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425 DX News #1437

Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2018 9:56 am
by NP3N
17 November 2018                                          A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1437

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

4S     - DK7TF and DH6ICE will be  active  again as  4S7DLG  from  Sri Lanka
         (AS-003) from 22 November to  6 December.  They will operate mainly
         SSB and FT8.  QSL via LoTW, or via  DK8ZZ (direct or bureau).  [TNX
         The Daily DX]
4W     - Look for 4W/HL1AHS and 4W/DS3EXX  to  be  active  from  Timor Leste
         (OC-148) 26 November to 3 December.  They will operate SSB, CW  and
         FT8 on 160-10 metres. QSL via LoTW or direct to home calls. [TNX DX
         World]
7Q     - Karl, DK2WV will be QRV as  7Q7W  from  Malawi  on  13-28 November.
         Expect activity on 40-6 metres SSB, CW and FT8. QSL via DK2WV.
7Q     - Susan, W7KFI  (7Q7M)  and  Don, K6ZO (7Q6M)  will  be  active  from
         Embangweni,  Malawi on  21-27 November. Main activity will be on 20
         and 40 metres (14036 and 7036 kHz). [TNX The Daily DX]
8Q     - Masa, JR3RIU will be active as 8Q7JX from the Maldives (AS-013)  on
         23-25 November, including participation in the  CQ WW DX CW Contest
         on 40-10 metres.  QSL direct to JR3RIU;  he will upload his log  to
         LoTW, eQSL and Club Log.
C6     - Starting this weekend, KN4EEI  and  AA7JV will be active  as  C6AGU
         from  Water Cay  (NA-001),  Bahamas  until  3 December.  They  will
         operate CW and FT8  mainly  on  160, 80 and 40 metres;  their plans
         include activity during the CQ WW DX CW and the  ARRL 160 Meter (30
         November-2 December) Contests. [TNX The Daiily DX]
C6     - Brian, ND3F will be active as C6AQQ  from  Nassau (NA-001), Bahamas
         from 24 November to 1 December. He will participate in the CQ WW DX
         CW Contest, and will operate  "some FT8"  outside the contest.  QSL
         via N3IQ. [TNX NG3K]
CT8    - Hermann, HB9CRV (http://www.to-mk.com/ct3fn/)  will  operate  again
         FT8 as CU8FN from Flores Island (EU-089), Azores  from  19 November
         to 1 December.  During the  CQ WW DX CW Contest,  look for CU8FN on
         40-10 metres, and for Antonio, CU8AS on 160 and 80 metres.  QSL for
         both callsigns via HB9CRV and LoTW.
EA     - Celebrating the International Day of the Basque Language (Euskara),
         special callsign EH2EUS will be active on all bands and modes  from
         27 November to 3 December.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, eQSL  or
         via EA2TP. [TNX EA2CW]
F      - The Radio Club de Nice (F4KJQ) will be active as TM8AB  between  24
         November and 12 December to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the
         first Transatlantic amateur two-way contact between Leon Deloy F8AB
         and Fred Schnell 1MO (28 November 1923).
F      - F4ESV, F5LPY and F8EFU will be active as TM18EHF  from  29 November
         to 13 December for the European Women's Handball Championship. They
         will operate CW, SSB  and digital modes  on 160-10 metres.  QSL via
         F4ESV, direct or bureau. [TNX F8REF]
FM     - Oliver, W6NV will be active  as  TO5A  from  Martinique (NA-107) on
         20-28 November, including participation in the CQ WW DX CW Contest.
         QSL via LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
FS     - Look for Paul FS/K9NU, John FS/W9ILY, Mike FS/W9MK, John FS/K9EL as
         well as Marco FS4WBS to be active from St. Martin (NA-105) from  28
         November to 8 December. They will operate CW, SSB, FT8 (Fox & Hound
         mode on  3567, 7056,  10131, 14090,  18095, 21091, 24911  and 28091
         kHz) and some RTTY on 160-6 metres with three stations and a  focus
         on 80 and 160m  during hours  of darkness.  QSL FS4WBS via LoTW  or
         IZ1MHY; QSL others via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or via home calls.
HA     - Established as  Magyar  Rovidhullamu  Amator  Egyesulet  (Hungarian
         Shortwave  Amateur  Union)  in  1928,  the  Hungarian  Radioamateur
         Society (MRASZ) celebrates its  90th anniversary  and  commemorates
         its  founding fathers.  Look for special event stations  HG90MRASZ,
         HG90MRAE,  HA90AM  (Anzerberger Mihaly),  HA90HL  (Horvath Laszlo),
         HG90BD (Bibo Denes), HG90BJ (Brisky Jozsef), HG90FI (Fodor Istvan),
         HG90HL  (Hollos  Lajos),  HG90KI  (Kemeny  Istvan),  HG90MF  (Mayer
         Ferenc),  HG90NK  (Nekolny Kurt)  and  HG90NS (Nagy Sandor)  to  be
         active from  15 November  to  15 December.  QSLs via the  HA bureau
         and  LoTW.  Logsearch  and  downloadable  awards  can be  found  at
         http://www.mrasz.org/onlinelog-award-download-90. 
HR     - LZ5VV/HR9,  N2WQ/HR9 and SP4Z/HR9 will be active from Roatan Island
         (NA-057)  on  17-25 November.  They will operate CW, SSB, RTTY  and
         FT8, and will participate in the CQ WW CW Contest as  HQ9X (QSL via
         KQ1F). [TNX NG3K]
OH     - Santa's Radio Club (https://oh9s.fi) will be active as OH9S on  1-8
         December from Finnish Lapland, some 200km above the  Arctic circle.
         Activity will be  mainly on 80m-6m on all modes, FT8 included.  All
         QSOs  will  be  confirmed  automatically via  the bureau  and LoTW;
         direct cards via Club Log's OQRS (preferred) or via OH9MM.
OX     - Bo, OZ1DJJ (http://geronne.dk/index.php/ox3lx/ox3lx-dxped) will  be
         active again  as  OX3LX  from  Tasiilaq, Ammassalik Island (NA-151)
         from  21 November  to  4 December.  Bo is QRV  in his  spare  time,
         typically "around lunch and after dinner". QSL via OZ0J, Club Log's
         OQRS and LoTW.
P2     - ZL1BQD, Roly will be  active as P29RR  from  Lae,  Papua New Guinea
         (OC-034) from 20 November to 4 December,  with a focus on FT8.  QSL
         via LoTW, eQSL, or direct to ZL1BQD. [TNX The Daily DX]
PA     - Wino, PA0ABM and  Rich, PA0RRS will participate in the  CQ WW DX CW
         Contest  (24-25 November)  as  PE75W.  The special  callsign  is in
         Celebration  of  their  75th birthdays.  QSL  via  LoTW only.  [TNX
         PA0RRS]
PJ4    - Jeff, KU8E and John, K4BAI will be active as PJ4/KU8E and PJ4/K4BAI
         from  Bonaire (SA-006) on  18-27 November.  QSL both callsigns  via
         K4BAI.  They will participate in the  CQ WW DX CW Contest  as  PJ4A
         (QSL via LoTW or K4BAI) as Multi-Single or two single band entries.
         [TNX NG3K]
PJ7    - Oleh, UR5BCP (KD7WPJ)  will  be  active  as  PJ7/UR5BCP  from  Sint
         Maarten (NA-105) on 17-21 November.  He will operate mainly CW  and
         FT8 on 20 and 15 metres. QSL via KD7WPJ. [TNX UR5BCP]
PY     - Ronaldo, PS8RV and Aristides Carlos, PS8ACM will be active as ZV7FF
         from the  Ubajara National Park, in the  Brazilian  State of Ceara,
         from 29 November to 2 December.  They will operate  SSB and FT8  on
         80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via PS8RV.
T32    - Nobu, JA0JHQ (http://pandasan.jimdo.com/) will be active  as  T32NH
         from Kiritimati (Christmas Island,  OC-024), East Kiribati on  5-11
         December.  He will operate mostly  CW and FT8  on 160-6 metres, and
         will  participate  in  the  ARRL 10 Meter  Contest.  QSL  via  LoTW
         (preferred) or direct to JA0JHQ.
TK     - A large team  from  Slovenia (S53CC,  S53F,  S53MM,  S53RM,  S53WW,
         S55OO,  S57C, S57K,  S57L and S57VW)  will be active as  TK0C  from
         Corsica (EU-014) on 19-26 November, including participation in  the
         CQ WW DX CW Contest.  Outside the contest they will operate SSB, CW
         and FT8. QSL TK0C via LoTW, eQSL or via S50C. [TNX The Daily DX]
TT     - The dates for the announced DXpedition  to  Chad [425DXN 1436]  are
         from 22 February to  7 March 2019.  Silvano, I2YSB and  the Italian
         DXpedition Team  will  be active  as  TT8RR (CW, SSB and RTTY)  and
         TT8XX (FT8).
VP2V   - Look for VP2V/K6NAO to be  active from  the  British Virgin Islands
         (NA-023) on 17-23 November. QSL via Club Log's OQRS or via JA1HGY.
XT     - Harald, DF2WO will  be  active again  as  XT2AW  from  Ouagadougou,
         Burkina Faso from 17 November until the end of the month. Plans are
         to focuns on 160, 80 and 60 metres. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS.  [TNX The
         Daily DX]
YN     - Yuri RM0F, Sergey R4WAA, Yan RZ3FW, Yuri N3QQ and  Elena RC5A  will
         be active as H7/homecall and YN4RRC from Big Corn Island  (Isla del
         Gran Maiz, NA-013), Nicaragua from 26 November to 7 December.  They
         will operate C W and SSB  on  160-10 metres.  QSL YN4RRC via RZ3FW.
         [TNX DX World]
ZA     - Rumen, LZ1MS will be active  as  ZA/LZ1MS  from  Albania  on  23-27
         November, including a SOSB (40m) entry in the  CQ WW DX CW Contest.
         QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or via home call.

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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3Y0I ---> The 3Y0I team (3Z9DX, CT1DSV,  JE1CKA,  SP3CMX,  SP5ES,  SP8S  and
YU4DX)  have assembled  in  Cape Town, South Africa in anticipation of their
upcoming DXpedition to  Bouvet Island (dates TBA).  "Our cruise will take 12
days  one way",  they say.  "If we are lucky with weather,  our stay  at the
island will last  for  2 weeks".  We assume  the  entire  journey  will take
approximately 1.5 months". Plans are to operate CW, SSB and FT8 (Fox & Hound
mode on all bands except 160m) as follows:
CW    1822  3502  7002  10106  14002  18072  21002  24892  28002  50105
SSB     -   3785  7090    -    14190  18140  21200  24940  28440  50140
FT8   1840  3567  7056  10131  14090  18095  21091  24911  28091    -
QSL via Club Log's OQRS (preferred), LoTW or via 3Z9DX.  The website for the
DXpedition is at https://bouvetoya.org/.

EP6RRC ---> Announced  FT8  (Fox & Hound mode)  frequencies  for  the  17-23
November DXpedition to Shif Island (AS-189, new one for IOTA),  Iran [425DXN
1431] are  3567, 7056, 10131, 14090,  18095 and  21091 kHz.  Eight operators
expect to be QRV on 160-10 metres CW and SSB with two stations, with a third
station  devoted to FT8.  The pilots will be  JA8COE (Far East and Oceania),
UA3AKO (Europe, Russia, and ex USSR countries),  VE3LYC (East Coast NA)  and
WC6DX (West Coast NA).  QSL via  LoTW,  Club Log's OQRS,  or via  R7AL.  See
https://dxpedition.wixsite.com/ep6rrc for more information.

SM3CER ---> Jan-Eric  Rehn,  SM3CER's   popular  "Contest  Service"  website
(http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/) has not been  updated for a while.  "Jan-Eric
fell in his apartment in early  September and could not get up  or call  for
help for several days", N0AX reports. "After being rescued and a stay in the
hospital, he is back home but pretty much unable to move around and faces  a
long convalescence". His friend SM3DMP says that Jan-Eric  "would appreciate
receiving emails and QSLs, even though it is  very unlikely he  will be able
to respond". His email address is jan-eric.rehn[@]telia.com, and  his postal
address is on qrz.com.

WSJT-X 2.0 ---> A fourth candidate release  ("RC4") of  WSJT-X 2.0  has been
available for  download  and use  by  beta testers  since  13 November.  The
"Quick-Start Guide to WSJT-X 2.0" has been revised and extended, and must be
read thoroughly before using RC4:
http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1j ... -X_2.0.pdf
The version  of  FT8  (and of MSK144  as well) in  the  new release  is  not
backward-compatible with the original protocol. This means that anyone using
an earlier version of the software  will be unable  to decode  transmissions
from users of v2.0.0-rc4, and  vice-versa.  "To minimize this cross-protocol
interference  we  suggest  initially  using  the  RC4  release  at audio  TX
frequencies 2000 Hz and higher. As more users upgrade their software to  RC4
or  later, activity  can  gradually  move downward  in  audio frequency.  By
December 10 or  very soon afterward,  everyone should  upgrade  to the  full
WSJT-X 2.0 general availability (GA) release".
Download links for RC4 on  Windows, Linux, and  macOS  can be found  on  the
WSJT-X web page: http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html.

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QSLs  received  direct  or  through managers:  4B4B (NA-030),  5H3EE,  5P2C,
5Z4/LZ4NM, 7T9A (AF-094 & AF-104),  7V9A (AF-094), 8Q7DV, 9A70A, 9X0T, 9X0Y,
A61QQ,  BW9W (AS-155),  BY4JN (AS-150), C21GJ,  C21VE,CN2MA, CO8LY,  D44TWO,
DA2018LH,  DQ800HRO,  DU3LA,  DU6GG,  ES0VB/5,  ET3AA,  EZ8BO,  FY1LE,  H40D
(OC-179), H44R (OC-168),  H44R/p (OC-158), HP3AK,  JW/DJ2AX, JW6VDA,  JW9DL,
K9AJ/VY0  (NA-207),   KD6WW/VY0  (NA-207),   KH1/KH7Z  (OC-089),   KH9/N7NVK
(OC-053), OJ0C,  OY9JD,  PJ5/SP2FUD,  PJ7PL,  PS1S (SA-077),  PW7I (SA-046),
RI1ANL,  RT65KI (AS-065),  SV2ASP/A,  TN5R,  V6J (OC-254),  XR0YD  (SA-001),
YJ0CA, Z61DX, Z68M, ZB2EO, ZB2FK, ZB2LGT, ZG2BK, ZS9V (AF-064).

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