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14 July 2018                                              A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1419

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                         ****  DX  INFORMATION  ****
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

3D2    - 3D2FD is the callsign being used by Dave, WJ2O from  Fiji  until 16
         July [425DXN 1413]. He operates CW on 40-15 metres. QSL via LoTW or
         direct to N2ZN.
3DA    - 16-28 September are the dates for HA5AO's  operation from  Mbabane,
         eSwatini (Swaziland) [425DXN 1409].  In his free time Pista will be
         active as 3DA0AO on 80-10 metres CW, RTTY and FT8.  Log search  and
         OQRS will be available at https://www.ha5ao.com.  His plans include
         testing  a  new feature  of  the  PDXG QSL Management Platform, the
         uploading  of QSOs in real time.  QSL via OQRS (preferred),  or via
         home call.  The complete  log will be uploaded to  LotW  six months
         after the DXpedition.  While  in-country  he will travel  to  rural
         areas visiting villages, schools and orphanages  to deliver  school
         supplies. He is interested in making a long term donation agreement
         to pay school fees for s everal orphaned children.  Pista is paying
         all expenses  from personal funds.  Any donations received  through
         his website will be used only for humanitarian purposes. [TNX K5GS]
4W     - Gordon, K7TRB is  active as 4W6VA  from  Dili, Timor Leste (OC-148)
         until mid-September. In his spare time he will  operate mainly FT8,
         with  some  SSB and CW, on  20, 17 and 6 metres.  QSL  via LoTW, or
         direct to home call.
9X     - The Italian DXpedition Team, who will be active from  Rwanda on  26
         September-10 October  [425DXN 1413]  has added a  second  callsign.
         They will use 9X0Y exclusively on FT8 DXpedition mode (7056, 10131,
         14090, 18095,  21091,  24911  and  28091 kHz), and 9X0T  everywhere
         else. See http://www.i2ysb.com/idt/ for detailed instructions. [TNX
         IK7JWY]
A2     - Andre, NJ0F has postponed his A25A operation, which was expected to
         take place  on  13-20 July [425DXN 1418].  The  new dates  will  be
         announced as soon as decided. [TNX The Daily DX]
CT7    - Special event station CR5F will be  active  on  16-22 July for  the
         37th  International  Motorcycle  Rally  in Faro,  Portugal.  Expect
         activity on 80-6 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and FT8. QSL via CT1EHX.
EA6    - Andreas, DK5ON will be active as EA6/DK5ON from  Mallorca, Balearic
         Islands (EU-004) on 13-28 July. He will operate CW, SSB and digital
         modes on 40-6 metres.  QSL via LoTW,  Club Log's OQRS,  or via home
         call. [TNX DX Newsletter]
F      - Noel, ON4APU will be active as  F/OO4O from  Oleron Island (EU-032)
         for the IOTA Contest (28-29 July), with some holiday style activity
         before and the contest.  QSL  via  ON4APU (bureau preferred),  Club
         Log's OQRS and LoTW. [TNX ON4APU]
F      - Special event call  TM40CDXC will be  active on  8-22 September for
         the 40th Convention of the Clipperton DX Club, to be held at Troyes
         (Aube) on  21-23 September  (http://wp.cdxc.org/2018-troyes/).  All
         QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau.
FH     - The Czech DXpedition Team (OK1BOA,  OK1FCJ,  OK1GK,  OK2ZA,  OK2ZC,
         OK2ZI and OK6DJ) will  be active  as  TO6OK  from  Mayotte (AF-027)
         between 20 September and 6 October. They will operate CW, SSB, RTTY
         and FT8 on 160-10 metres,  with a focus on  the low bands.  QSL via
         Club Log's OQRS, LoTW and eQSL; traditional cards via OK6DJ (direct
         or bureau).  See http://www.cdxp.cz/ for  further  information  and
         QSLling policy.
FO/A   - K4UEE, K5PI, W5MJ, W5RF  and  W5SJ  will  be active  as  TX5T  from
         Raivavae (OC-114), Austral Islands  on 13-21 August.  Plans are  to
         operate  three  stations  on  40-6 metres  CW, SSB,  RTTY  and  FT8
         DXpedition Mode. See http://australs2018.com/ for more information.
         QSL via M0URX's OQRS (direct or bureau);  traditional  QSLs  direct
         only to M0URX.
JA     - Take, JI3DST  will  be  active  as  JI3DST/1  from  Shikine  Island
         (AS-008) on 25-30 July, IOTA Contest included. He will operate SSB,
         CW and FT8 on  40-6 metres.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or  via  home
         call (bureau preferred). [TNX M0OXO]
JD1_mt - JG1RHN/JD1 is active from Minami Torishima (OC-073) until around 15
         August. QSL is likely to be via the JARL bureau. [TNX JN6RZM]
JW     - SP3FGI and  others  will be active  as  JW100PUT  from  Spitsbergen
         (EU-026), Svalbard on 18-31 July.  The special callsign  celebrates
         the 100th anniversary  of the  Amateur Radio Club (SP3PET)  of  the
         Poznan University of Technology.  They will be QRV on 80, 40, 20, 2
         metres and 70cm using SSB and FM.  QSL via the  bureau or direct to
         SP3PET. [TNX The Daily DX]
KH2    - Howard, WQ6B will be active as KH2/WQ6B from Guam (OC-026) on 20-24
         July. He will operate SSB and FT8 on the HF bands. QSL via LoTW, or
         via home call (direct or bureau).
OH     - Ra-Mi, OH3BHL and others will participate in  the  IOTA Contest  as
         OH8AA from Selkasarvi Island (EU-126), in the Bothnian Bay National
         Park.  They will be QRV before and after  the contest  on  "several
         modes and bands". [TNX M0OXO]
PJ2    - This year the Dave Kalter Memorial "Youth DX Adventure" will see  a
         team consisting of  four teenagers (Dhruv KC9ZJX,  Violetta KM4ATT,
         Mason KM4SII and David VE7DZO), four parents and  two leaders  (Jim
         AB8YK and Ron N8VAR) be active as PJ2Y from Curacao  on 19-24 July.
         See http://qsl.net/n6jrl/ for more information. QSL via AB8YK.
PY0F   - Renner, PY7RP will be active as PY0F/PY7RP from Fernando de Noronha
         (SA-003) on 13-16 July.  He plans to use FT8  on  80  and  6 metres
         (50313 kHz).  QSL via Club Log's OQRS,  or via home call.  [TNX The
         Daily DX]
SM     - Ric, DL2VFR [425DXN 1417] now plans to be QRV as SD7V/0 from either
         Uto Island on 16 July, or Musko Island on 17 July. Both counts  for
         IOTA group EU-084. QSL via DL2VFR, bureau preferred. [TNX The Daily
         DX]
UA9    - The Artic Legends IOTA DXpedition is set  to begin  on  4 September
         from the city of Dudinka [425DXN 1417], with the  first  activation
         expected to start around 10-11 September from  the  Firnley Islands
         (AS-054), followed  by  the  other  five  groups  (AS-121,  AS-104,
         AS-068, AS-087 and finally AS-005). Plans are for three stations to
         operate CW, SSB and digital modes  on 40-10 metres.  RI0B will  use
         FT8 DXpedition mode on 14095 kHz.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS. Updates
         and other  information, including the tracking tools to follow  the
         DXpedition's progress, can be found on https://www.qrz.com/db/ri0b.
W      - Once again Jon, WB8YJF will be  active  as WB8YJF/4  from  Ocracoke
         Island (NA-067) on 22-29 July, including participation in the  IOTA
         Contest. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K]
ZS     - ZS9V (http://zs9v.org.za/) will be active again from  Robben Island
         (AF-064) starting aroun 18 UTC on 17 August  until around 8 UTC  on
         the 20th.  Plans  are for  this  year's team  (ZS1A, ZS1AN, ZS1ANF,
         ZS1LS,  ZS1OIN,  ZS1V and ZS1VDV) to operate  SSB and  CW with  two
         stations  on  80, 40, 20, 15  and 10 metres.  QSL via M0OXO's  OQRS
         (direct or bureau); traditional  QSLs  direct  only to M0OXO.  [TNX
         M0OXO]

IARU HF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ---> The object of  the  contest  is  to  contact
other amateurs around the world  - especially member-society HQ stations and
IARU officials - in as many ITU zones as possible on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and
10 metres CW and SSB.  This year's event (www.arrl.org/iaru-hf-championship)
will  run from 12 UTC on 14 July until 12 UTC on the 15th.  The following is
a selection  of  IARU  Member  Society   HQ stations  that  are  expected to
participate:
Call        Mult            Call        Mult
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3V8CB       ARAT            IO4HQ       ARI
8N1HQ       JARL            IO5HQ       ARI
8N2HQ       JARL            IO6HQ       ARI
8N3HQ       JARL            IO8HQ       ARI
8N6HQ       JARL            IO9HQ       ARI
8N7HQ       JARL            LM90HQ      NRRL
8N8HQ       JARL            LU0HQ       RCA
9A0HQ       HRS             LX8HQ       RL
A47RS       ROARS           LY0HQ       LRMD
B1HQ        CRAC            LZ7HQ       BFRA
B2HQ        CRAC            NU1AW/9     IARU
B3HQ        CRAC            OH2HQ       SRAL
B4HQ        CRAC            OL8HQ       CRC
B5HQ        CRAC            OZ1HQ       EDR
B6HQ        CRAC            PA6HQ       VERON
B7HQ        CRAC            R3HQ        SRR
CQ3HQ       REP             SJ8HQ       SSA
DA0HQ       DARC            SN0HQ       PZK
E2HQ        RAST            TM0HQ       REF
EF4HQ       URE             VP9HQ       RSB
EI0HQ       IRTS            W1AW/4      ARRL
EM5HQ       UARL            YR0HQ       FRR
GR2HQ       RSGB            YT0HQ       SRS
HB9HQ       USKA            ZF1A        CARS
IO1HQ       ARI             ZS9HQ       SARL
IO2HQ       ARI
Members of the IARU Administrative  Council  and  the  three  IARU  regional
executive committees  will send a signal  report plus AC, R1,  R2  or R3, as
appropriate.

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

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KH1/KH7Z ---> The Baker Island team will upload a  "clean log"  and  turn on
Club Log's OQRS at 00.00 UTC  on 16 July.  "All people submitting  donations
prior to this time  will  receive an automatic  LOTW upload without  further
action".

WRTC 2018 ---> These are the  63  teams  that  will  compete  in  the  World
Radiosport Team Championship,  to be held in  parallel with  this  weekend's
IARU HF World Championship:
AS #1    R8CT    UA4FER             NA #2    AD4Z    NP4Z
AS #2    RC9O    UA9PM              NA #2    N4YDU   N3KS
AS #3    4X6FR   4X1DX              NA #3    N4TZ    N1UR
AS #5    E21EIC  9M2ZAK             NA #4    N5AW    K5WA
AS #6    JH5GHM  WA1Z               NA #5    K3PA    N3AD
EU #1    LY9A    LY4L               NA #6    N9RV    N6TR
EU #1    ES5TV   ES2RR              NA #6    K6XX    WA6O
EU #1    OH6KZP  OH6UM              NA #6    K2PO    KU1CW
EU #1    SM5AJV  SM3SGP             NA #7    VY2ZM   KK6ZM
EU #2    F8DBF   F1AKK              NA #8    VE7CC   VE7SV
EU #2    OR2F    ON5RA              NA #9    K9VV    VE3EJ
EU #2    F4DXW   F8CMF              OC #1    N2NL    W2SC
EU #3    UR0MC   VE3DZ              OC #2    ZL3IO   ZL4YL
EU #3    OM3BH   OM3GI              SA #1    PY1NX   PY2SEX
EU #3    OM2VL   OM3RM              SA #2    LU1FAM  YO9WF
EU #3    OK2ZI   OK2ZC              Defending Champions  N6MJ    KL9A
EU #3    US2YW   UW7LL              Youth Team #1        CE2LR   KG5HVO
EU #4    EC2DX   EA5KA              Youth Team #2        YO8TTT  UT5GW
EU #4    IZ3EYZ  IK4VET             Youth Team #3        HA8RT   DK6SP
EU #4    EA2OT   EA8RM              Wild Card #1         9A7DX   9A3LG
EU #5    9A1UN   9A6XX              Wild Card #2         UN9LW   UN9L
EU #5    E77DX   9A5K               Wild Card #3         ZL3CW   F6BEE
EU #5    S50A    S57AW              Wild Card #4         K1DG    N2NT
EU #6    RW7K    UB7K               Wild Card #5         YV1DIG  RA9USU
EU #6    UA2FB   RA2FA              Wild Card #6         VA2EW   DL1CW
EU #6    RW1A    RA1A               Wild Card #7         LZ5VK   RW4WR
EU #7    DJ5MW   DL1IAO             Sponsored Team #1    N6XI    AE6Y
EU #7    DL4NAC  DL8DYL             Sponsored Team #2    W2GD    AA3B
EU #7    DL2CC   DK9IP              Sponsored Team #3    K3LR    DL1QQ
NA #1    K1LZ    YO9GZU             Sponsored Team #4    E73A    4O3A
NA #1    LZ4AX   LZ3FN              Sponsored Team #5    YO8SCA  S55M
NA #1    KE3X    KD4D               
The competing teams will be assigned special callsigns in the  Y2A-Y9Z block
(not used since the dissolution of the German Democratic Republic, which the
block had been allocated to). Only 63 out of the following 70 callsigns will
be in use during the competition:
Y81A Y81D Y81K Y81M Y81N Y81R Y81U
Y82A Y82B Y82D Y82F Y82G Y82K Y82L Y82M Y82N Y82R Y82V Y82W
Y83B Y83C Y83D Y83G Y83K Y83L Y83O Y83P Y83R Y83U Y83V Y83X Y83Z
Y84B Y84C Y84G Y84J Y84O Y84P Y84Q Y84W Y84X Y84Y Y84Z
Y86C Y86F Y86J Y86O Y86P Y86Q Y86V Y86W Y86Y
Y87B Y87C Y87G Y87K Y87L Y87M Y87O Y87P Y87U Y87V Y87W
Y89A Y89D Y89K Y89M Y89N Y89R Y89U
The teams will know their callsigns at 11.45 UTC on 14 July, i.e. 15 minutes
before the contest starts.

WRTC 2018 LIVE SCOREBOARD ---> A live scoreboard will be online during  this
weekend's  World Radiosport Team  Championship:  http://sb.wrtc2018.de.  The
fully automated system will display score  data received directly  from  the
competitors' logging  programmes.  The Main Scoreboard  page  will show  the
latest total score data received from each team.  The Leaders page will show
the Top 5 teams in each of the "Special Awards"  categories  (highest number
of SSB QSOs and CW QSOs, and highest overall Multiplier total).  The Compare
Teams page can be used to select up to five teams to  view and  compare band
breakdowns.

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QSLs received direct  or  through managers: 3B7A, 3C0W, 3C3W,3W9CI (AS-162),
4B4B (NA-030), 9M0W, BA7IO (AS-129),  C93PA,  DU7ET,  E51BQ,  H40YM,  H44XG,
OY1CT, S01WS, SU1SK,  TM80FOC,  TN5R, TY7C,  VA7XV/VE2 (NA-038),  VE7ACN/VE2
(NA-084), VK5MAV/9 (OC-265), XF1IM (NA-078), XW4ZW, YB3LZ/8 (OC-242), Z61KR.

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