24 June 2017 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1364
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
8Q - John, G4IRN will be active holiday style as 8Q7RN from the Maldives
(AS-013) from 26 June to 6 July. He will operate CW only, most
likely on 30, 20 and 17 metres. QSL via G4IRN, Club Log's OQRS and
LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
CP - Once again Antonio, EA5RM will be working on a non-governmental
organization's project in Bolivia between 28 June and 14 August. He
will be operate SSB and digital modes as CP1XRM. QSL via LoTW or
direct to EA5RM. [TNX DX Coffee]
CT7 - Colin/CT7ACG, Cliff/CT7ANG, David/G3UNA, Charlie/GI4FUE and Rob/
M0KPD will participate in the IOTA Contest as CR5CW from Ilha da
Culatra (EU-145). They will operate CW and SSB and will run two
stations. If conditions allow, they will be QRV also on 6 metres
with a third station. QSL via CT7ACG and LoTW.
CT8 - Antonio/CU8AS, Hermann/CU8FN (HB9CRV), Siggi/DL2HYH and Lutz/DL8MLD
will participate in the IOTA Contest as CR2V from Ilha das Flores
(EU-089), Azores. QSL via HB9CRV and LoTW. They plan to "activate
some summits" before and after the contest. [TNX NG3K]
G - On 25 June the Cray Valley Radio Society will be active as GB2CM
from the Crossness Museum in London for the International Museums
Weekend (http://www.radio-amateur-events.org/IMW/). Details can be
found on qrz.com. QSL via G4DFI [TNX M0MCV]
HH - Chris, W3CMP and Dale, N3BNA will be visiting Haiti from 27 June to
6 July. In their spare time they will QRV as 4V1G with a "major
focus" on 6 and 4 metres. QSL via W3HNK. [TNX The Daily DX]
I - Michele, IZ2FME will operate CW only as II2FIST from 1 July to 31
December to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the FISTS Club, the
International Morse Preservation Society (https://fists.co.uk/).
QSL via IZ2FME, direct or bureau, and possibly LoTW. [TNX IZ2FME]
JA - Taka, JA8COE will be active as JA8COE/8 from Yagishiri Island
(AS-147) on 23-25 June. QSL via home call, direct or bureau, and
OQRS on Club Log. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
OM - Special callsign OM2017WYAC will be active from 26 June to 9 July
for the first World Youth ARDF Championships that will be held in
Tucianske Teplice, Slovakia (http://wyac2017.rob.sk/). QSL via
OM3CND.
SV9 - Ron, WB2GAI will be active as SV9/WB2GAI/p from Crete (EU-015) from
2 July to 29 September. He will operate CW on 80-10 metres. QSL via
home call. Neither LoTW nor Club Log will be used. [TNX The Daily
DX]
T8 - JR1FKR as T88TJ and JH1MLO as T88HR will be active holiday style
from Koror (OC-009), Palau between 28 June and 2 July. They will
operate SSB and RTTY on 80-6 metres. QSL via home calls, bureau or
direct; they do not use LoTW.
UA - The Radio Marathon "Moscow-870" [425DXN 1340] is running until 31
December. Special callsigns to be active next month are R1451M (01-
10 July), R1591M (11-20 July) and R1521M (21-31 July). Detailed
information on the event and the award programme can be found at
https://www.moscow870.com/.
V6 - The V6J team [425DXN 1362] is currently on Pohnpei (V63GF, V63GJ,
V63SS, V63YL) and their ship to Mwokil Island (OC-226) has been
delayed. They now expect to be active from Mwokil from 28 June to 2
July. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or direct only to JP3AYQ. [TNX DX
World]
VK - Special callsign VI4ALARA will be in use between 1 July and 30
September to promote the Australian Ladies Amateur Radio
Association's ALARAMeet that will be held in Cairns, Queensland
(http://alara.org.au). QSL via operator's instructions.
VR - Commemorating the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's reunification
with China, Hong Kong licensed radio amateurs are allowed to use
the special prefix VR20 (Victor Romeo Two Zero) on a voluntary
basis from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
5N7ATI/4 ---> Uli, 5N7ATI (DL7ATI) was briefly active as 5N7ATI/4 from Bonny
Island (AF-076) on 20 June. QSL via DF8DX.
DXCC NEWS ---> The ARRL Awards Branch has approved the following operations
for DXCC Credit: 5A5A (Libya, April 2017) and VU4YC (Andaman Islands, May
2017).
QSL A91HI ---> Effective 20 June, the QSL management for the activation of
Hawar Island (AS-202, 27 April-1 May 2016) has been transferred to A92AA.
[TNX M0OXO]
QSL VIA G3SWH ---> Joe, G3MRC became a Silent Key in early May 2017, and
Phil, G3SWH has obtained from Joe's widow copies of the logs and a quantity
of blank cards for each of the following callsigns: 5X1P, 7Q7BP, 7Q7FOC,
9Q5MRC, 9U5MRC, C91MR, C93MR, C96MR, C97MR, G3MRC, VK8CP and Z38/G3MRC. The
logs had all been previously uploaded to LoTW by Joe, but have now also been
uploaded to http://www.g3swh.org.uk, where there are log search facilities
for each call.
Joe's RSGB membership lapsed at the time of his passing. Therefore, Phil is
unable to process or respond to any bureau QSL requests whatsoever as the
RSGB QSL bureau will not to forward outgoing cards for non members.
Consequently, paper QSLs for this stations are only available direct with
adequate return or via the OQRS on Phil's website above. [TNX G3SWH]
VENEZUELAN INDEPENDENCE CONTEST ---> Sponsored by the Radio Club Venezolano,
the 57th Concurso Independencia de Venezuela (Venezuelan Independence
Contest) will be held on 1 July (from 00.00 UTC to 23.59 UTC) on 160, 80,
40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB, CW and PSK. Complete information can be found
on http://yv5rcv.org/reglasindep.aspx.
WRTC 2018 ---> The WRTC 2018 Organizing Committee, host of the 2018 World
Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) in Germany, has announced that the
application process for individuals that would like to participate in WRTC
2018 as a Team Leader is now open.
Applications must be submitted no later than 15 August 2017. The Team Leader
qualification formula consists of 12 scores selected from 32 qualifying
events between February 2015 and November 2016. A total of 63 Team Leaders
will be selected from the top qualifiers in 29 regions from around the
world. Each Team Leader then selects his/her teammate for the competition.
In addition to the regional qualifying, there are also three slots dedicated
to contest teams with both members less than 25 years old before July 2018.
Those interested in being considered for the Youth Team must follow the Team
Leader application process. Complete details can be found on the WRTC 2018
website (http://wrtc2018.de). Announcement of the Team Leaders is scheduled
by the beginning of September.
WRTC 2018 ---> In preparation for WRTC 2018, the second WRTC test day will
take place on 23-25 June in Jessen and surrounding area. The focus will be
on testing logistics and training the support teams. Nearly 100 volunteers
are coming from all over Germany to build the fifteen stations. After each
site is set up, radio operation is planned. This is mainly to test the
online scoreboard system and as publicity for WRTC 2018.
The 15 test session stations (with their specially assigned DOKs) will be:
DA0T (WTT01), DF5A (WTT03), DM3W (WTT05), DM4X (WTT06), DM5A (WTT07), DM5D
(WTT08), DP4B (WTT09), DP4D (WTT10), DP5E (WTT11), DP6T (WTT12), DP9A
(WTT04), DR1X (WTT13), DR3W (WTT02), DR5L (WTT14) and DR5W (WTT15).
A special diploma for working the test stations will be available; see
http://wrtc2018.de for the details.
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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3B8IK N4GNR FT3YL F6KPQ R17MEX RW1F
3W1T RW6HS GB0FP G1TDN R17NZL R9XC
3W9A JA6QGF GB0HMG G0AGO R17PRT R6DG
3W9W JA1WBW GB1BAF 2W0DSP R17RUS RQ7L
3Z0LH SP1DPA GB2MOF GM4UYZ R1945M RK3AW
3Z560SC SP7KMX GJ4FOC G3SWH R1963VT RO3M
4E1A 9V1KG GS2MP N3SL R2017SS RW3WWW
4E1ADW 9V1KG HF0DAG SP2PBM R80PSP UA3QII
4L5P UT7QF HF0H SP9KGC RI0FI UA0FAM
4L8A K1BV HF100F SQ5M SB7S SM7PXS
5N7ATI/4 DF8DX HF100HRW SP3PGS SJ9WL LA7TIA
6Y5XN KG4ZXN HF1CHO SP1KZE SN10SSR SP7SSR
8P2K KU9C HF23BSC SQ6DGB T88HY JL1HYH
9H3ND DF4WX HF67CES SP6CES T88MK JO3LVG
9M2CNC G4ZFE HF70OSP SQ6BOR T88NC JI6NCY
A25TVB N4GNR HF79TG SP5PPK T88RR JA6UBY
AT3T VU2PTT HF90TM SP9KAT T88VV JH6DUL
C6ACC K8CC HH2AA NR6M TM100BS F5KOU
C6ALY K6KLY HI3A W2CCW TM160BF F4GFE
CE2SQE W3HNK HI3K KB2MS TM17BTB F4HRR
CO6HLP IZ1DSH HK1MW N2OO TM17USA F6COW
CO6RD EA5GL J28ND S57DX TM40LU F6CKE
CO8LY EA7ADH J42T SV2DCD TM44RT F5KBB
CP5HK EA5IDQ J68GD K9AW TM5BDG F6COW
CT7ANG G0MMI KH0R/KH2 JE6DND TM62GREF F4HRI
DL/ON4IPA ON6ZV LG5LG LA7TIA TM8FDA F4KJP
DL/OO6P ON6ZV MX0SNB M1GEO TX5EG F6BCW
DL0DFF DL3HBZ OH0Z W0MM UE08F UF2F
DU6/JA1PBV JA1PBV OX3LX OZ0J V31MA M0OXO
DZ1ONH JJ2ONH OY1OF M0URX V31PS M0SDV
E2A E21EIC P3X UT5UDX V63YL JP3AYQ
EA9EU EA5KB PG400TH PA3ETC VK9MAV RN3RQ [b]
ED1RLE EA1RLE R110FDU UA2FDU VK9MAV VK5MAV [d]
EH4MCG EA4DCU R1608M RK3AW VP2EIH KD4SLM
ES0UG/4 DL3BQA R17CHL UA6YW YR32A YO8AXP
FM5DN KU9C R17CMR K2PF YU180SB YU1KN
FR4PV F1UIJ R17CUP R4AS Z68PM S57PM
FR5FC EA7FTR R17DEU RX1CQ ZF2BR AF2BR
4JF1EU Alexander Y. Frolov, P.O. Box 38, Volgograd, 400066, Russia
F6BCW Didier Cadot, 17 Grande Rue, 71460 Genouilly, France
G3SWH Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol,
BS49 5HQ, United Kingdom
JA1PBV Sadao Ito, 3-8-12 Baraki, Ishioka-shi, Ibaraki-ken, 315-0042, Japan
VK5MAV Andrey Mikaylov, 249 Brodie Road, Morphett Vale SA 5162, Australia
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