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425 DX News #1409

Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 9:44 am
by NP3N
5 May 2018                                                A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1409

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

3DA    - Pista HA5AO will be  active  as  3DA0AO  (requested callsign)  from
         eSwatini (Swaziland) during the second  half of September.  He will
         operate CW, RTTY, FT8 and some SSB on 80-10 metres.  Log search and
         OQRS  will  be  available  at  https://www.ha5ao.co.  As  he did in
         Lesotho in previous years, Pista continues his humanitarian project
         work by supporting an orphanage.  He will deliver school  items and
         small gifts  to the  children.  More details  to follow  at a later
         date. Swaziland was recently renamed  "The Kingdom of eSwatini"  by
         King Mswati III to mark the  50th anniversary of independence.  The
         new name means "land of the Swazis". [TNX K5GS]
9H     - Henning, OZ1BII (http://www.oz1bii.dk/) will  be  active  as  9H3EE
         from Malta (EU-023) on 25-28 May. Main activity will be during  the
         CQ WW WPX CW Contest.  He will operate CW only.  QSL via Club Log's
         OQRS and LoTW, or via OZ1BII. [TNX NG3K]
9X     - Harald, DF2WO will be active again as 9X2AW from Kigali, Rwanda  on
         5-24 June.  He will operate  CW, SSB, FT8 and RTTY on the  HF bands
         and 6 metres. QSL via LoTW or M0OXO's OQRS. [TNX M0OXO]
CT9    - Tibor, OM3RM will be active  as  CT9ABN  from  Madeira (AF-014)  on
         19-29 May. He will be QRV on 80-10 metres, and will participate  in
         the CQ WW WPX CW Contest as CR3DX. QSLs via OM2VL. [TNX NG3K]
DU     - Press, N6SS will be active as DU6/N6SS from  Panay Island (OC-129),
         Philippines until 17 May.  He operates CW and FT8 on  80-10 metres.
         QSL via home call (neither  Club Log nor  LoTW will be used).  [TNX
         The Daily DX]
E5_sc  - Bruce AD7MM (E51BAS),  Doug W6HB (E51DLD),  Peter WA6HXM  (E51HXM),
         Marilyn KI7DLK (E51MAS), Bob NC6Q (E51NCQ) and Judy KM6RFE (E51RFE)
         will be active holiday style  from  Rarotonga (OC-013),  South Cook
         Islands  on 13-25 May.  QSL via operators'  instructions.  [TNX The
         Daily DX]
EA     - Once again the Federacion Digital EA will operate special callsigns
         AO1EU, AO2EU, AO3EU, AO4EU, AO5EU, AO6EU, AO7EU, AO8EU and AO9EU on
         3-9 May to celebrate Europe Day,  the anniversary  of  the  Schuman
         Declaration (9 May 1950) that paved the way to the  European Union.
         See http://www.fediea.org/eudota/ for more information and  QSLling
         instructions. [TNX Southgate Amateur Radio News].
EA8    - The Union de Radioaficionados de Las Palmas (EA8URL) will be active
         as EG8CID  on 10-30 May  in  celebration  of the  Day of the Canary
         Islands (30 May). QSL via LoTW or EA8URL.
F      - The Radio Club Ardennais (F4KJP) will be active as TM5SE on 5-6 May
         (and again during a few more weekends between 2 June and 7 October)
         in  remembrance  of  Franck Tonna (F5SE),  who passed  away  on  20
         December 2017. An antenna manufacturer himself,  he was the son  of
         Marc Tonna, F9FT (SK). [TNX F6AJA]
F     -  Members of the Institut  pour le  Developpement des Radiocommunica-
         tions par  l'Enseignement (IDRE) and the Castres  DX  Gang will  be
         active again as TM5FI from  Ratonneau Island (EU-095) on  9-16 May.
         They will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on 80-6 metres. QSL via
         F5XX,  direct or bureau.  Logsearch on  Club Log. [TNX DX World]
F      - Andre F4ELK, Christophe F4ELI, Stephane F5UOW and Jean-Pierre ON7ZM
         will be active  as  TM65EU from  IOTA group EU-065  on  22-23 June.
         Islands mentioned are  Trielen (DIFM AT-040),  Bannec (DIFM AT-037)
         and Molene (DIFM AT-002). QSL via F4ELK, direct or bureau.
G      - The Cray Valley Radio Society will be active as GR9RW on  19-23 May
         to mark the Royal Wedding between HRH Prince Henry of Wales and Ms.
         Meghan Markle.  Two HF stations and one VHF station will  be active
         and will cover all bands from 80m to 70cm.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS
         or via G4DFI.
H4     - Haru, JA1XGI (http://island.geocities.jp/h44xg/) will be active  as
         H44XG from Guadalcanal (OC-047), Solomon Islands on 21-27 June.  He
         will operate mainly CW and FT8 on 40, 30, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL
         via JA1XGI and LoTW; log search and OQRS on Club Log.
KH1    - Following a successful Visalia DX Convention, the KH1/KH7Z team met
         in Cupertino to assemble the stations and network in preparation of
         landing on Baker (http://www.baker2018.net/pages/pretrip.html). The
         DXpedition is now in the  final planning stages  and this step  was
         the last before packing and shipping the gear to Fiji.
         There will be eight stations in three separate  tents for  CW,  SSB
         and digital modes. "Although limited  to 43 feet, our  80 and  160m
         antennas are newly designed AA7JV 'fat'  verticals, which will  sit
         just inside the high  tide  mark.  The  SteppiR  verticals  for  75
         through 10m will also be mounted just inside of the high tide mark,
         while four 2-element vertical arrays will be mounted away from  the
         water for 15, 17 and 20m. In this way, we  can  maintain a  24-hour
         presence on 20m to  maximize  the number  of  unique callsigns  and
         enable the most ATNO contacts. We also intend to install  a  multi-
         vertical  array  for 6m  at  the  digital radios".  Plans  are  for
         KH1/KH7Z  to be QRV from 26 June through  7 or 8 July, depending on
         weather and seas, and to upload the logs to Club Log twice a day to
         minimize  duplicate  contacts.  This will be another  large  budget
         operation, and  you  can  help  make  it  happen  by  visiting  the
         DXpedition's website and contributing today. [TNX N1DG]
KL     - Tim, NL8F and Yuri, N3QQ will be  active  as KL7RRC/p  from Kagamil
         Island (NA-234) on 23-27 May. This IOTA Group was activated for the
         first and only time back in 2008.  They will operate  CW plus  some
         SSB and/or  FT8  on  80-17 metres.  QSL via N7RO.  The log will  be
         uploaded to Club Log after the expedition.  See https://na-234.com/
         for possible updates. [TNX DX World]
OH     - Look for OH1/DL2VFR,  OH1/DL2YBG and  OH1/DL7UXG to be active  from
         the islands of Reposaari (EU-173) on 20-23 May, and Parainen-Pargas
         (EU-096) on 23-26 May. They will operate CW, SSB and  digital modes
         (RTTY, PSK and FT8). QSL via home calls.
PA     - Tony, PD1TV and Henry, PA4HM will be active as  PH00GEVEEN  on 5-22
         May for  the  annual  "Wings and Wheels"  event  held  at Hoogeveen
         Airfield.  They  will operate SSB  on  the  HF  bands. QSL via  the
         bureau.
PA     - Bernard PB7Z,  Mark  PD0ME  and  Jelle PD5JFK  will  be  active  as
         PD18MILL from 'de Eendracht' in Gieterveen for the Mills On The Air
         event   on  12-13  May  (see   http://www.pd6mill.com/   for   more
         information).  All QSOs will be  confirmed  automatically  via  the
         bureau, LoTW and eQSL. Direct cards via PD7BZ.
PY     - Look for PR5M to be active from Ilha do Mel (SA-047) from 31 May to
         3 June. Eight operators plan to be active on  80-10 metres  CW, SSB
         and  digital modes  with  at least  a  couple of stations.  QSL via
         PP5BZ. The log will be uploaded to Club Log. [TNX The Daily DX]
VP5    - Members  of  the  Jake McClain Driver Memorial ARC  will  be active
         holiday style as  VP5/KC5WXA  from  Providenciales,  Caicos Islands
         (NA-002) on 5-14 May.  They will be  QRV on the  HF  bands with  an
         emphasis on FT8. QSL via KC5WXA, direct or bureau, and LoTW.
VP5    - Pete, VE3IKV and Bill VE3MMQ (W4TAA)  will be  active as  VQ5Z from
         Providenciales,  Caicos Islands (NA-002)  on  1-11 July.  They will
         operate SSB and CW,  as well as  FT8, MSK144 and JT65, on  6 metres
         (50107 kHz)  and  the  HF bands  from grid  FL31vs.  QSL direct  to
         VE3IKV. [TNX VE3IKV]
XE     - Members of Radioclub Cancun will be active as 6E5RM from 23 May  to
         1 June during the 5th edition of  the  Rally Maya Mexico.  On 23-24
         May they will be  QRV as  6E5RM/XF3  from  Cozumel Island (NA-090).
         They will operate SSB, RTTY and FT8 on 80-6 metres. QSL via XE3N.
YJ     - Geoff, ZL3GA will be  active again  as YJ0GA  from  Efate (OC-035),
         Vanuatu on 18-25 July. He will operate CW and FT8 with some SSB  on
         80-10  metres.  QSL  via  Club Log's  OQRS, LoTW  or via home  call
         (direct or bureau). [TNX ZL3GA]
Z6     - Z68AA (QSL via 9A6AA)  and  Z68RBJ (QSL via 9A5RBJ) will  be active
         from Peja, Kosovo on 14-21 May.  Look for activity on  80-10 metres
         SSB, CW and FT8.

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                         ****  GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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3Y0I ---> The Rebel  DX  Group  is  accepting  applications  to  join  their
DXpedition  to  Bouvet  Island  [425DXN 1397].  "Experienced operators"  are
invited   "to  join  efforts  to  activate  the  2nd  most  wanted   entitiy
during  Antarctic  summer.  More  details  available  on  request  by  email
(dom[@]rebeldxgroup.com).  Don't forget to  attach your  ham radio CV".  See
https://bouvetoya.org/. [TNX DX World]

INDEXA NEWSLETTER ---> The Spring 2018 edition (#121)  of the  International
DX Association's  Newsletter  (INDEXA)   is now   available for download  at
http://www.indexa.org/newsletters.html.  "This issue will let us follow Stan
Vatev, LZ1GC, as he performs his solo DXpedition to  Temotu Province [H40GC]
and combine it with a humanitarian mission to help the students of  Temotu's
JCP College.  We are pleased  that amateur radio  can be a fascinating hobby
and at the same time improve the lives of some of the people we touch  while
engaged in our activities". [TNX K8YC]

QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards  on  Les  Nouvelles  DX's
website has been updated.  Sixteen different galleries include  15,789 cards
for the  ten Most  Wanted  DXCC  Entities  (2008-17), the  62  deleted  DXCC
Entities, obsolete prefixes,  stations  from  Maghreb  from  1945  to  1962,
Allied Forces stations in Germany (1945-70), special stations  commemorating
ITU and IARU, stations using the United Nations prefix (4U), Antarctic bases
and TAAF (Terres  Australes and Antarctiques Francaises), the various French
DXCC island Entities in the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Americas
(from 1945 to 1970), pre-1945  countries, French Departments and CONUS, plus
a gallery for cards not accepted  by DXCC. Your participation is encouraged:
http://www.lesnouvellesdx.fr/galerieqsl.php. [TNX F6AJA].

QSL VIA W4DTA --- > Steve, W4DTA is "taking over QSL manager duties for  the
expeditions of El Grupo  DX  Caracas", which  include  YW5DX,  YW5LR,  YW5N,
YW5PI, and YW5X, as well as YX0A and  YX0LIX (Aves Island, April 2006).  The
logs are being uploaded to Club Log and the OQRS has been enabled.  [TNX The
Daily DX]

+ SILENT KEY + Jean-Pierre Kaeuffer, F5AHO passed away  on  29 April.  First
licenced  in  1968  as F1AHO,  he participated in  the  TX5C  DXpedition  to
Clipperton Island (March 2008). Over the years he operated from several IOTA
groups in six continents, including island hopping in  Canada as  VE1/F5AHO,
VE9/F5AHO and VY2/F5AHO (NA-010, NA-029, NA-068, NA-081, NA-126, NA-127  and
NA-154), in Korea as  HL1/F5AHO (AS-081, AS-060,  AS-026 and AS-085), and in
Patagonia as CE/F5AHO (SA-091),  LU/F5AHO (SA-008) and  LU/F5AHO/p (SA-049).
Other DX/IOTA activations included  FJ/F5AHO,  FK/F5AHO (OC-032 and OC-033),
FM/F5AHO,  FR/F5AHO,  FS/F5AHO (NA-105  and NA-199),  FY/F5AHO (SA-020)  and
PJ7/F5AHO.

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QSLs  received  direct  or  through managers:  5A1AL,  9Y4/UA4CC  (SA-009),
EI50AOM,  F6KOP/p  (EU-148),  HP1AVS,  JI3DST/4 (AS-041),  JS6RRR (AS-079),
JS6RRR/5 (AS-200),  MW0YVK,  OJ9X,  PJ2/DK5ON,  PY0F/PY2NDX, S01WS,  SU9JG,
TJ2TT, TN5R, V31JZ/p,  VK5CE/p, VU4G,  XF1IM (NA-078),  XR0YD, Z2LA,  Z60A,
Z61DX, Z68M, ZP4KFX.

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