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425 DX News #1414

Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 12:09 pm
by NP3N
​9 June 2018                                               A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1414

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

DL     - Volker, DL1WH will be active as DL1WH/p from Usedom Island (EU-129)
         on 9-23 June. He will operate mainly  CW  with some SSB on  the  HF
         bands. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DX Newsletter]
F      - Special event station TM62GG will be active from Meurchin,  Pas-de-
         Calais for the 100th anniversary of World War I. Activity will take
         place on 17-18 June, and again  for  a  few other days  between  12
         October and 2 December. QSL via F4AHN, direct or bureau.
J3     - Nobby,  G0VJG will be active as J3/G0VJG from  Grenada (NA-024)  on
         14-28 June.  He will  operate SSB  on  80-6 metres.  QSL via G4DFI,
         direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
KL     - Look for Fred, VE1FA/KL7 and  Helen, VA1YL/KL7  to be  active  from
         Round Island (NA-121)  on 5-10 July.  They  will operate SSB on  or
         around 7150 and 14260 kHz. QSL via VE1FA. [TNX NG3K]
OJ0    - Pasi, OH3WS will be active again as OJ0W from  Market Reef (EU-053)
         on 9-16 June. In his spare time he will operate  CW and SSB on 40-6
         metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
SV     - Members of  the  Radio Amateur Union of North Aegean  (SZ8LSV)  are
         active as J48GEO until 30 June to promote the UNESCO Global Geopark
         of Lesvos Island (EU-049).  They will operate SSB and digital modes
         on all bands. QSL via LoTW or direct to SZ8LSV.
UA0    - Special callsign R125NSK will be active on 18-24 June to  celebrate
         the 125th anniversary of the city of Novosibirsk. [TNX 5B4AHJ]
VK     - VK5CE/6's operation from East Lewis Island (OC-199) was delayed  by
         bad weather and plagued by bad band conditions. Activity started at
         08.30 UTC on 6 June and plans were to be QRV until around 22 UTC on
         the 8th. Craig now expects to be QRV from Direction Island (OC-140)
         from around 10 UTC on 9 June until around 22 UTC on the 11th.
XV     - Nobu, JA0JHQ (http://pandasan.jimdo.com/) will  be active as  3W9NH
         from Hoi An, Vietnam on 14-18 June.  Main  activity will  be during
         the  All Asian DX CW  Contest, with  a  focus  on  FT8 outside  the
         contest. QSL via LoTW or direct to JA0JHQ.


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

Access to the main functions of www.425dxn.org is provided by the 425DXN App
for Android. It is available on Google Play - free of charge, no ads. Enjoy!

CQ DX MARATHON ---> The  CQ  DX  Marathon  is  a  year-long  DX  hunt,  with
participants competing to see who can work the greatest number of  countries
("entities") and CQ zones during the calendar year. Complete results of  the
2017 edition are on http://www.dxmarathon.com/Results/2017/Results2017.htm.

IARU REGION III 50TH ANNIVERSARY ---> HS50IARU  (QSL  via  LotW,  Club Log's
OQRS or  via  the  bureau)  and  BV50IARU (QSL via BV2FP)  are  the  special
callsigns for the  Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST) and the  Chinese
Taipei Amateur Radio League  (CTARL) to  celebrate the  50th anniversary  of
IARU Region 3 [425DXN 1410] until 31 October.  See http://awards-iaru-r3.org
for information on the awards issued free of  charge for working  these  and
other commemorative special callsigns.

KH1/KH7Z: PROPAGATION FORECASTS ---> The  2018  DXpedition  to  Baker Island
[425DXN 1413] occurs during  the  declining  side of  the solar cycle  where
propagation is usually much, much worse, nearing the bottom.  "However, this
is the  when  our  permit  is valid", the  KH1/KH7Z  team says,  "and we are
planning to maximize  the time  we  are  available  to work  to  propagation
challenged areas".
Thanks to Stu, K6TU, "we have imbedded his tools  in our website  where  you
Can  run  forecasts  specific to  your  grid square and  station properties.
Please visit http://www.baker2018.net/pages/propagation.html to see when and
on what bands to look for us. We have also run these forecasts by geographic
area to know when  we should be  listening for you".  The pilots  will  also
report how well  we are being  heard in the  various areas to keep  the team
abreast of propagation.
"Our permit restricts our antennas to 43 ft vertical antennas", and "we will
be using Steppirs and special design antennas to take advantage of  the salt
water ground".  KH1/KH7Z will also  be using FT8  "to find openings we might
not hear, and to serve as a beacon. When we find an opening,  we will put as
many radios, modes, operators on as we can".
Make sure  you  read 'WORKING  KH1/KH7Z USING  THE  FT8 DXPEDITION  SUBMODE'
(http://www.baker2018.net/pages/plan.html)  which  describes  how  the  team
intends  to operate as the 'Fox' and how   they recommend  all  the 'Hounds'
operate.
KH1/KH7Z will stay on 20 meters continuously  and jump to  other bands  from
one of the other 7 operating positions. The 15 operators will rotate on  and
off in 3 hour shifts.  "We have one goal, maximize the number of  ATNO  QSOs
with this 5th most wanted entity".

NA-234 ---> The OQRS for the  25-27 May  KL7RRC/p operation  is now  up  and
running on https://clublog.org/logsearch/KL7RRC/P/2018.  Tim, NL8F and Yuri,
N3QQ  made  2,255 QSOs  operating  from  Chuginadak Island  (not Kagamil  as
previously announced).

OC-164 ---> The OQRS for VK5CE/6's operation from  Rottnest Island  (2 June)
is up and running on https://clublog.org/logsearch/vk5ce/6_oc164.

TRUE BLUE DXERS CLUB ---> "Because it' hard, not because it's easy"  is  the
True Blue DXers Club's motto. "The one and only requirement is your personal
commitment to pursuing and  promoting  DXing as a form  of  person-to-person
amateur  radio  activity  involving  the  use  of  radiotelegraphy  (CW)  or
radiotelephony (SSB). Therefore, if you enjoy FT8, we wish you all the  very
best in your ham radio activity, but the TBDXC is probably not for you". See
https://www.tbdxc.net/ for more information.

WRTC 2018 ---> The designated  Team Leader  for  Team Africa  has  withdrawn
owing  to  personal  reasons, and  he  will be  replaced  by  a  "wild card"
competitor. Wild card applications ("please explain why you are applying  as
TL") for the now  open position with  DL1CW  as teammate  should be sent  to
qualification[@]wrtc2018.de. The deadline is 9 June at 23.59 UTC. 

+ SILENT KEY + G. Kip Edwards, W6SZN passed  away  on 6 June.  Born in 1947,
first licenced as KN0PID (1958) and re-licenced as  W6SZN in 1976,  he was a
Director and Secretary  of  the  Northern California DX Foundation  and  the
YASME Foundation. A serious DXer and contester, in the past he also  various
offices  of  the  Northern California DX Club  and  the  Northern California
Contest Club.  He was a team member  of  FO0XX (Clipperton Island 1986)  and
3D2XX, the first DXpedition to Rotuma (1988).
Larry Skilton, K1IED passed away on 4 June. In 1991-2002 he worked a nightly
schedule to run phone patches and  traffic  for the US science  stations  in
Antarctica.  The  National Science Foundation  rewarded  his  service to the
Antarctic  group  by  naming  Skilton Ledge  (a rock platform in  the Darwin
Mountains) after him.  Larry was the QSL manager  for  KC4AAA (the Amundsen-
Scott South Pole Station),  KC4AAC (Palmer Station on Anvers Island, AN-012)
and KC4USV (McMurdo Station on Ross Island, AN-011).
Gennady "Gene" T. Shkumat, UA9AB passed away on 4 June after a long illness.
An active DXer and contester  for  nearly fifty years,  he was also  the QSL
manager for several stations, notably UN4L and UP2L.

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3B8CW       NI5DX       EJ7NET      HB9DGV      OH8X        OH2UA
3V8SS       LX1NO       EN4U        EA5HPX      OH9W        OH5BQ
4E1A        9V1KG       EN7P        UT1PG       OL3Z        OK1HMP
4J100RO     4K4K        ER18FIFA    ER1FF       OM0R        OM3GI
4J28MAY     4J5A        ER4A        ER1FF       OM2018FIFA  OM0CS
4K100W      DL6KVA      ET3AA       N2OO        OM7M        OM3PA
4K28MAY     4K4K        EV18FWC     EU1EU       P33W        UA3DX
4K6FO       DC9RI       EX8VM       RW6HS       P44W        N2MM
4L5P        UT7QF       FM5BH       W3HNK       PF2018HIN   PA0MBD
4L8A        K1BV        FS4WBS      IZ1MHY      PJ2T        W3HNK
4M1K        OH0XX       G4R         G4RFR       PJ4KY       M0URX
4O7CC       UA4CC       G5O         G8SRS       PS2T        K3IRV
4U1A        UA3DX       G5W         G3BJ        PX18WC      PY2GTA
4U29MAY     9A2AA       G6T         M0URX       PX2MTV      PY2VM
4Z9III      EA7HBC      G6XX        M0OXO       R100PW      UA4CDN
8P5A        HA1AG       GB100RAF    G8FC        R100PZ      RX7K
9A18FWC     9A3JB       GB18FIFA    MI0SAI      R1630SR     RA4AV
9A70A       9A7A        GB4RME      GW0ANA      R16JKR      UA9JLL
9H3EE       OZ1BII      GB9RAF      MI0MOD      R16JUR      UA9JLL
9H4G        M0OXO       GI6XX       M0OXO       R30STM      RZ5D
9H6A        9H1BT       GM6XX       M0OXO       R350SA      RA4AV
9K2GS       EC5AC       GW6XX       M0OXO       R70AWB      RZ4AWB
9L1YXJ      KW4XJ       HD18FIFA    HC5VF       R90ORC      RA9MX
9M6NA       JE1JKL      HF100M      SP2ZIE      RN85AM      RK1B
9M8YY       JR3WXA      HG3R        HA3NU       S9ZZ        EB7DX
9X2AW       M0OXO       HG6N        HA6KNB      SA6G/7      SM6CUK
9X9PJ       N4GNR       HG7T        HA7TM       SD7SUB      SM7EYO
A60FIFA     A61BK       HH2MK       EB7DX       SJ0X        SM6JSM
A75GT       N4GNR       HP18FWC     HP2BWJ      SN2B        SP3CGK
A91FWC      A92AA       HQ9X        KQ1F        SN740BAR    SP1KRF
AH2R        JH7QXJ      HZ1FI       DL1RTL      SN7Q        SP7GIQ
AL1G        W2GR        IB1CN       IK1UGX      SN8B        SP8CUR
AO18FWC     EA4URE      IB9T        IT9TQH      SN8N        SP8HZZ
AY0FWC      LU5FB       II1ITR      IZ1ETD      SP100N      SP9MA
B4T         BA4TB       II2RR       IK2VUC      SP50ZCF     SP9ZCF
B7P         BA4EG       II3B        IQ3SD       SX1T        SV1ENG
BV50IARU    BV2FP       II3WW       IQ3BM       SX2G        SV1RP
CB3R        XQ3SK       II4AMP      IQ4FE       TE6DX       TI2CDA
CN18FWC     CN8MC       II5CWA      IQ5DY       TI7W        W4FS
CN3A        IK2OHG      II9FIFA     IW3RUA      TM10ARP     F4HRA
CQ7BE       CS0RCL      IO4T        IZ4JMA      TM18FWC     F8ATS
CR140AA     CU3AA       J42L        SV2DCD      TM24H       F6KFI
CR3DX       OM2VL       J48GEO      SZ8LSV      TM3FO       F6KCZ
CR3W        DL5AXX      J48J        SV1PMQ      TM6GAL      F6HQP
CR5E        CT1ILT      JT5DX       JT1CO       TM7Q        DF3FS
CS20EXPO    CT1REP      JW8DW       LA8DW       UN9L        LZ1YE
CS2C        OK1RF       K7UGA       K7BHM       UP0L        DL8KAC
CS5SUB      CS5NRA      KH6LC       WA6WPG      UP4L        UN7LZ
CW18FWC     CX1AA       KL7SB       NI5DX       V3A         M0OXO
CW4MAX      EA5GL       KP2M        NZ4DX       VB3T        VE3AT
DJ18FWC     DK5ON       LN8W        LA9VDA      VC3J        VE3EJ
DK18FWC     DK7TX       LX/ON4PRA/P ON6LC       VK18FIFA    VK2IR
DM200MARX   DG0CH       LX0RL       LX1KQ       VK1FOC      DK2BJ
DQ800HRO    DL5KVV      LX7I        LX2A        VK3FY       M0OXO
DU1KA       NR6M        LZ25TRC     LZ1YE       VK4DX/p     VK4DX
DX18FIFA    DU1EV       LZ30STM     LZ1ZF       VK5CE/6     VK5CE
E2A         E21EIC      LZ430PPW    LZ1KCP      VP5M        K4QPL
E2X         E20GMY      M6T         G4BWP       VR2FIFA     VR2XRW
E7CW        E73ESP      MD2C        MD0CCE      WH7AA       N2NL
EF7X        EA7PP       OC18FWC     OA4O        YI0FIFA     IK2DUW
EF8R        EB7DX       OD5YA       IZ8CLM      Z3Y         Z37Y
EG1PNP      EA1AUM      OG0C        OH5C        Z68AT       IW7EGQ
EG3PTM      EA3DUR      OG0Z        W0MM        Z68BH       OH2BH
EG7JIR      EA7LH       OG73X       OH8L        ZB2RAF      G8FC
EG8CID      EA8URL      OG7A        OH6MW       ZM4G        ZL2IFB
EI0DXG      M0OXO       OH0R        OH2PM       ZP9MCE      EA5ZD
EI6DX       RA3R        OH3077F     OH3JF       ZW8T        PS8HF

4U1ITU   International Amateur Radio Club, Case Postale 6, 1211 Geneve 20,
         Switzerland
9Y4FIFA  Trinidad and Tobago ARS, P.O. Box 1167, Port of Spain,
         Trinidad & Tobago
EB7DX    David Lianez Fernandez, Apartado Postal 163, 21080 Huelva, Spain
FY5KE    Jacques Mazzoni, 678 route de l'Egalite, 74290 Talloires Montmin,
         France
G8FC     RAF Amateur Radio Society, Royal Air Force Cosford, Wolverhampton,
         WV7 3EX, United Kingdom
KH7B     Mauna Kea Contest Club, P.O. Box 532, Laupahoehoe HI 96764, USA
KW4XJ    Mark A. Brewer, 2160 Freetown Pl, Dulles VA 20189-2160, USA
OH8WW    Jouni Mehtomaa, Kylmalantie 1, FI-92140 Pattijoki, Finland
OV1CDX   Frank Fendahl, Svinoevej 2, 4750 Lundby, Denmark
SZ1A     Radio Amateur Association of West Greece, P.O. Box 84,
         301 00 Agrinio, Greece
TI2CDA   Charlie Azofeifa,. 8115 N.W. 74 Ave, CRBOX 50605262,
         Miami FL 33166, USA
TM6M     Stephane Van Langhenhoven, 24 bis rue de Anter Hent,
         29830 Ploudalmezeau, France
VC2A     Victor Androsov, 1185 Rue de Blois, Boucherville, QC J4B 7Z5,
         Canada
VK4DX    Mike Sivcevic, 31/45 Regent Street, Woolloongabba, QLD 4102,
         Australia
VK5CE    Craig Edwards, P.O Box 2160, Goolwa SA 5214, Australia
W9IMS    Indianapolis Motor Speedway Amateur Radio Club, P.O. Box 30954,
         Indianapolis IN 46230, USA
ZZ18FWC  Mario E. Libardi, Rua Doutor Costa Leite 1038, Botucatu - SP,
         18602-110, Brazil

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