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425 DX News #1411

Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 11:53 am
by NP3N
19 May 2018                                               A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1411

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

6O     - Baldur, DJ6SI  is  now  active  as  6O0X  (reissued callsign)  from
         Hargeisa, Somalia  until 6 June.  QSL  direct  to  Baldur Drobnica,
         Zedernweg 6, 50127 Bergheim, Germany. [TNX The Daily DX]
6Y     - Armin, DK9PY will be active again  as  6Y6N  from  Jamaica (NA-097)
         from 23 May to 2 June.  He will operate CW only  on  160-10 metres,
         and will participate  in the  CQ WW WPX CW Contest.  QSL via DK9PY.
         [TNX The Daily DX]
9H     - Thomas, SV2CLJ will be active as 9H3SV from Malta (EU-023) on 24-31
         May. He will operate SSB, RTTY, PSK and FT8 on 80-2 metres. QSL via
         LoTW, eQSL or direct only to SV2CLJ. [TNX NG3K]
9M6    - Saty, JE1JKL will  be  active  again as  9M6NA  from  Labuan Island
         (OC-133), East Malaysia from 21 May to 11 June, including an  entry
         in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest.  QSL via LoTW or Club Log's OQRS. [TNX
         NG3K]
9X     - 9X0T is the callsign for  the  Italian DXpedition Team's  operation
         from Rwanda [425DXN 1406].  Silvano, I2YSB and  others will be  QRV
         from 27 September to 12 October. A band/mode survey is available on
         http://www.i2ysb.com/idt/. [TNX IK7JWY]
DL     - A team of ten operators will be active again as DL0DFF from  Hallig
         Hooge (EU-042) on 20-24 June. They will operate CW, SSB and digital
         modes on 80-10 metres and 2m MS. QSL via DL3HBZ (direct or bureau);
         OQRS on Club Log. [TNX DX Newsletter]
F      - For the 67th year the Association des Radioamateurs  de  la  Sarthe
         (F6KFI) will operate a special event station for the  24  Hours  of
         Le Mans. Look for TM24H  on  3-17 June,  with activity  on  various
         bands and modes (SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK, FT8).  QSL  via the bureau  to
         F6KFI. [TNX F8REF]
GJ     - G0FDZ, G0VJG, G4FNL, M0MDR, M0TBS and M0TGV will participate in the
         IOTA Contest  (28-29 July)  as  MJ8C  from  Les Minquiers (EU-099).
         Before the contest, starting on 25 July, will use GJ3RCV.  QSLs via
         G4DFI. [TNX NG3K]
GW     - A team from  the  Barry  Amateur Radio Society  will  be  active as
         GB4RME from  The Royal Mint's  headquarters  in  Llantrisant, Wales
         on 1-2 June.  They will operate SSB, CW and digital modes.  QSL via
         GW0ANA (direct or bureau),  Club Log  and LoTW.
HR     - K1XM, KQ1F, N2WQ and W1UE  will  be  active  as  homecall/HR9  from
         Roatan Island (NA-057) on 19-29 May. QSL via home calls.  They will
         participate in the  CQ WW WPX CW Contest  as HQ9X  (QSL via LoTW or
         via KQ1F). [TNX NG3K]
JW     - Karl, LA8DW (http://www.la8dw.com) will be  active again  as  JW8DW
         from Longyearbyen (EU-026), Svalbard on 26-29 May. QSL via LoTW, or
         via the bureau to home call; logsearch on Club Log.
SM     - Rick/SM6U, Bengt/SM6UQL and Tomas/SM6XMY  will be active  as  7S6WX
         from the "Weather Islands" (Vaderoarna, EU-043) on 24-27 May.  They
         will operate SSB on  80-10 metres  with  two stations.  QSL via the
         bureau or via LoTW: [TNX SM6U]
UA     - R0LS, RW0LZ and  UA0LCZ  will be active  as  R0LS/p from  Skrebtsov
         Island (claimed to qualify  for  IOTA group AS-066)  on  24-28 May.
         They plan to be QRV on  80-10 metres CW  (3507, 7007, 10107, 14017,
         18077, 21017, 24897, 28017 kHz). QSL via R0LS. [TNX qrz.ru]
VK     - Chris, VK6BP  will  be  "a relief  pilot  for  tourist  flights  to
         Cockatoo Island (OC-071)", and plans to be QRV as VK6BP/p.  He will
         be on  the island  "three days a week  for six hours at a time  for
         several months" starting sometime in late May.
VK     - Mike, VK4DX will be active as VK4DX/p from  Russell Island (OC-137)
         on 1-3 June.  He will operate  SSB and CW on 80-20 metres.  QSL via
         home call, direct or bureau, and LoTW; an OQRS for direct cards can
         be   found  on  http://vk4dx.com/qsl/online-qsl-request/.  [TNX  DX
         World]
VK     - Craig, VK5CE has  added a  sixth island  to  his  IOTA Tour [425DXN
         1410], and now expects to be active as VK5CE/6 from Rottnest Island
         (OC-164) on 2 June.  He will be QRV on  20 and 40 metres  between 8
         and 18 UTC.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS  for  direct cards only  (look
         for VK5CE/6_OC164),  or  via  VK5CE  (direct  or bureau).  Bookmark
         https://vkiota.wordpress.com/vk5ce-6/ for more information.
VQ9    - Randy, WW6RG will  be  active  again  as  VQ9RA  from  Diego Garcia
         (AF-006), Chagos Islands on 23-24 May.  He plans to be  QRV between
         about 04.30 UTC  to 13 UTC  "for several hours at a time".  He will
         operate QRP most likely on  or around  14190 or 21280 kHz.  QSL via
         home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
W      - Bruce, K5TEN will be active again as K4D  from  Dog Island (NA-085)
         on 2-9 June.  He will operate SSB and CW  on  40-6 metres.  QSL via
         home call, see qrz.com for instructions.
YB     - Special event station  YB46SEA  will  be  active  on  18-21 October
         during the 46th SEANET Convention that will be held in  Yogyakarta,
         Indonesia. More information on https://seanet2018.orari.or.id/.
Z2     - Antonio IZ8CCW, Gabriele I2VGW and a large  multi-national  team of
         Mediterraneo  DX  Club's  members  will  be  active  as Z23MD  from
         Zimbabwe from 26 October to 6 November.  They  will operate  on all
         bands and modes  with five stations.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS,  via
         IK2VUC (direct or bureau) and LoTW.  See http://www.mdxc.org/z23md/
         for more information and updates. [TNX Mediterraneo DX Club]

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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CQ AMATEUR RADIO HALL OF FAME ---> The CQ  Amateur  Radio  Hall of Fame  was
established in  January 2001 to  recognize  individuals - radio amateurs  or
not - who significantly affected  the  course of  Amateur Radio, as  well as
radio amateurs who have made  significant  contributions  either to  amateur
radio, to their professional careers or to some other aspect of life on  our
planet. This year's inductees are:
- Marlon Brando, FO5GJ (SK), iconic movie actor
- David Brown, KC5ZTC (SK), NASA astronaut killed in 2003 Columbia disaster
- Kalpana Chawla,  KD5ESI (SK),  NASA  astronaut  killed  in  2003  Columbia
  disaster
- Laurel Clark, KC5ZSU (SK), NASA astronaut killed in 2003 Columbia disaster
- Ashhar Farhan, VU2ESE, pioneer in  popularizing  open-source  Bit-X "semi-
  Kits" using Arduinos for affordable QRP transceivers
- Grady Fox, W4FRM (SK),  SSB pioneer;  worked on  Manhattan Project  during
  World War II and the camera for NASA's lunar landers
- Wendell King, ex-2ADD (SK),  African-American pioneer of broadcasting  and
  college radio
- Fred Lloyd, AA7BQ, founder of  QRZ.com, the  most widely-accessed  amateur
  radio website
- Mark Pecen, KC9X/VE3QAM, wireless  communication  and  networking pioneer,
  inventor, cybersecurity expert
- Carole Perry, WB2MGP,  longtime  advocate  for youth   in  amateur  radio;
  moderator of Dayton youth forum for more than 30 years
- Ed Westcott, W4UVS,  photographer  who  chronicled  the  Manhattan Project
  during World War II and later helped the FBI with its investigation of the
  Jonestown massacre
This year's inductions bring the total  number  of  embers of the CQ Amateur
Radio Hall of Fame to 321.
Two new members each are also being inducted into the  CQ DX and  CQ Contest
Halls of Fame at the respective  Dayton DX and Contest dinners.  Their names
will be announced separately.

CQ WW DX CONTEST ---> Effective 14 May, John Dorr (K1AR) is the new Director
of the  CQ World Wide DX Contest.  He succeeds Doug Zwiebel (KR2Q),  who has
been CQWW Director  for  the  past  two years and  who has stepped down  for
personal reasons. K1AR has been a member of the CQWW Contest Committee since
the mid-1970s, and served as  CQ magazine's Contesting Editor  from 1989  to
2011.  A two-time medalist in the World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC),
he was inducted into the CQ Contest Hall of Fame in 1997.

CQ WW DX CW CONTEST 2017 ---> "A change in scoring methodology for duplicate
contacts in the CW weekend  of the 2017  CQ World Wide DX Contest  led to an
inconsistency with the standards by which logs submitted for the SSB weekend
of the same contest were scored", the  CQWW Management announced on  10 May.
It was therefore decided to restore the original scoring methodology and  to
rescore all  CW logs for 2017.  The updated scores  have been posted online:
http://www.cqww.com/scorescw.htm?yr=2017&mode=CW.  "There was minimal impact
to the final scores with no significant changes  to the final standings  and
only 40% of the total pool of logs affected at all",  K1AR (CQ WW DX Contest
Director) says.

DXPEDITIONS DELAYED ---> Both the  3D2CR DXpedition  to  Conway Reef [425DXN
1410] and the T31T DXpedition  to  Kanton Island,  Central Kiribati  [425DXN
1403] have been delayed. Dom, 3Z9DX and the Rebel DX Group were expected  to
start from Conway around 21 May. "We want to do it as one trip", Dom said on
eHam.net, but  "there is a delay  from Kiribati gov.  with delivery new  SAT
emergency system for early warning earthquake and tsunami".

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QSLs  received  direct  or through managers: 3B8XF, 5A1AL, 5R8UI, 9Y4/UA4CC,
A91AA, BG2AUE, D68I, DU7ET, E51BQ, EU1WW, FP/G7VJR,HR1/K2LCT, IC8SQS, OD5ZZ,
OJ9X,  PJ2/KV4UD, PJ2/M0SDV,  PJ5/SP9FIH,  PJ5Z, PY5KD, TJ2TT,  TN5R,  TX5X,
TY1TT, UK9AA, V47UR, V85T, VE3VSM/HR9, VK9X/N1YC, XR0YD, YF9CDL, Z60A, Z68M.

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