23 December 2017 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1390
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* FOR A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY *
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
6O - Ken, LA7GIA and Adrian, KO8SCA will be active as 6O6O from Somalia
on 3-16 January. They will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 on 160-10
metres with two stations. QSL via LoTW or via M0OXO's OQRS;
logsearch on Club Log. The DXpedition will also have a humanitarian
aspect. 100% of donations received from individuals, clubs or
organizations will go to Medecins Sans Frontieres. See "Doctors
Without Borders Fundraiser" on http://la7gia.com/6o6o/index.html.
[TNX KO8SCA]
8Q - Roland, HB9VQQ will be active holiday style as 8Q7HB from the
Maldives (AS-013) on 22-30 December. He is likely to operate mainly
JT65 and FT8 on the HF bands. QSL via home cal; he will also upload
his log to Club Log, LoTW and eQSL.
9Y - Thomas, DL9OBQ will be active as 9Z4/DL9OBQ from Trinidad (SA-011)
from 19 December to 7 February. He will operate mainly CW on 30, 17
and 15 metres. QSL via bureau to home call.
C5 - Forthcoming activities from The Gambia include:
Pedro, ON7WP again as C5WP between 25 December and 1 January. This
time he will focus on the digital modes, with main activity on 60
metres JT65. QSL via ON7WP, direct only.
Frank, ON7RU as C56RU from 26 December to 1 January. QSL via Club
Log's OQRS, via ON7RU and LoTW.
Przemo, SP3PS as C5/SP3PS from 30 December to 12 January. He will
be QRV on 40, 20 and 10 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX DX World]
DL - Volker, DL1WH will be active as DL1WH/p from Foehr Island (EU-042)
from 22 December to 2 January. He will operate CW and some SSB
on the HF bands. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DX
Newsletter]
EA8 - Mauro, IV3HAX will be active as EA8/IV3HAX from Fuerteventura,
Canary Islands (AF-004) from 24 December to 5 January. He will
operate CW, RTTY and FT8 with a focus on 160 and 80 metres. QSL via
LoTW, Club Log's OQRS or direct to IV3HAX. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
JA - Take, JI3DST will be active as either JS6RRR/6 and JI3DST/6 from
Kita-Daito Island (AS-047) from 28 December to 9 January. He will
operate SSB, CW, RTTY, JT65 and FT8 on 80-6 metres. QSL JS6RRR/6
via JS6RRR, QSL JI3DST/6 via JI3DST.
VK - Special callsign VI70HI will be active from mainland Australia to
commemorate the first ANARE expedition to Heard Island in December
1947. Look for activity on 160-10 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and possibly
other digital modes from 19 December to 28 February. QSL via
M0OXO's OQRS and LoTW.
XT - Harald, DF2WO will be active again as XT2AW from Ouagadougou,
Burkina Faso between 30 December and 18 January. He will operate
CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS and LoTW.
ZD8 - Andy, M0HLT will be working on Ascension Island (AF-003) for the
next two years. He plans to be active as ZD8AC on 40-10 metres SSB.
QSL via operator's instructions. [TNX The Daily DX]
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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!
9E1C ---> Gabriele, IK3GES (ik3ges[@]alice.it) has uploaded to LoTW the logs
for IV3OWC's activity as 9E1C from Ethiopia (some 36,000 QSO made between 23
January 1999 and 29 November 2000).
EL2DT RADIO FUND ---> Dickson, EL2DT participated in the attempt to activate
Baiyah Island (AF-111), a new IOTA, in November 2017. You can find the story
here: https://af111new.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/5l3bi-story-pdf.pdf.
"The outcome of the expedition was that the team was unsuccessful in even
landing on the island. The financial losses were significant for everyone.
In addition to the money, Dickson's primary home station radio (an older
TS-50) was dunked in the sea and is a total loss".
When the Voodoo Contest Group left Liberia in 2012, they donated one of
their Kenwood TS-930s to Dickson. "He quickly discovered that it only ran on
110/220 VAC and is a current hog. So he acquired the TS-50 and most of his
operating has been from battery power. Since he has no power at his home, he
must pay his neighbor to run a generator to re-charge the battery".
Bud, N7CW is now soliciting "donations for 1 of 2 solutions to Dickson's
problem of getting back on the air. He can purchase a generator in-country
to run the 930. This option has the added benefit of providing power to his
home at other times, however, gasoline is expensive and sometimes hard to
find. The second alternative is to find or buy him a replacement radio,
perhaps another TS-50, an IC-706, an FT-857/897 or something similar. The
negative side of a radio is that we have to get it into Liberia, which
usually means finding someone willing to carry it in their personal
luggage".
If you have a radio you can donate, please let Bud know (bsemon[@]gmail.com)
as soon as possible. He would prefer not to collect money if he can find a
radio. If you wish to donate money, he has set up a MoneyPool with PayPal at
this link: https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/802uhKeOBz. [TNX N6VR]
VK IOTA POLL --- > Craig, VK5CE is planning "a range of rare and semi-rare
IOTA operations". He invites island chasers to visit the new VK IOTA website
(www.vkiota.wordpress.com) and take the poll (click on "What VK IOTA's do
you need?") to help guide his future IOTA activations.
WRTC 2018 ---> WRTC 2018 e.V., host of the 2018 World Radiosport Team
Championship in Germany, has announced the 65 referees (63 on site and 2
alternates) that will be monitoring the teams during the competition (14-15
July 2018): AA4NC, AJ9C, CE3CT, DK3GI, DL2OBF, DL7FER, DM5EE, ES5RY, G0CKV,
G4BUO, HA3NU, HB9CAT, HB9DHG, I2WIJ, IK1HJS, JH4RHF, JK3GAD, K1CC, K1RX,
K4AB, K4BAI, K7BV, K7GK, K9ZO, KC7V, KU5B, LW9EOC, LY7Z, LZ2HM, N2GA, N2IC,
N3RD, N6AN, NF4A, NN3W, OE5OHO, OE6MBG, OH1RX, OK2FD, OZ1IKY, PA3AAV, PP5BZ,
RC0F, RM2D, S50R, S50XX, S53R, S56A, SP4Z, UA9MA, UT7QF, VA2EW, VA2WA,
VE3EY, VE3XB, W0YK, W1UE, W1VE, W6OAT, W6PH, YL1ZF, YL2KL, YT6W, YT7AW,
YU1EA. A referee will be on site at each of the 63 competing stations to
verify compliance with the rules and make decisions on any rule questions by
the teams. The referees must be top-level contesters because they must
simultaneously listen to the audio from both operators for the entire 24
hours of the WRTC2018 competition. The referee application and verification
process was managed by Ulf Ehrlich, DL5AXX. There were over 130 applications
received. The selection process considered many factors, including
geographical areas, language skills and SO2R ability. The final selection
was done by the Judging Committee of the WRTC 2018.
+ SILENT KEYS + World class contester Jim Sullivan, W7EJ passed away a few
days ago aged 64. His contest career began in 1973 and in 1989 he started to
operate outside the US. He constructed three stations in DX locations - FG5R
9M8R and CN2R (http://cn2r.net) - where he achieved several records in the
CQWW, WPX, RUDXC, and CQ160 DX contests. Besides being a top-notch single
operator, Jim contributed to several winning multi efforts.
Ulrich Bihlmayer, DJ9KR passed away on 16 December after a long illness.
"Uli served in the DARC Bandwacht for 45 years of which 26 years as
Coordinator", IARU Region 1 reports. In 2005 he was appointed deputy
coordinator of the IARU Region 1 Monitoring System. "Together with IARUMS
coordinator Wolfgang Hadel DK2OM, he led a team that grew from 5 to 24
members. Being a polyglot, Uli specialised in broadcast intruders and
pirates on telephony. Uli was presented the IARU Region 1 medal in 2011
before he stepped down from the IARU Region 1 Monitoring System in 2012".
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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3B9FR M0OXO D80MT DS3EXX OH1NAVY OH1AJ
3G1D XQ1FM DM1517L DL5AWI P3X 5B4AMM
3G2M CE2MVF DM60BER DL1BWU PA6YOTA M0SDV
3V8CB LX1NO DT23WOP HL1IWD PF44FF PH0NO
3V8YOTA M0SDV E51DXX AG1LE PI40BOZ PD3JAG
3W3B E21EIC ED1L EA3AH PJ4DX M0URX
3W9XG DF2XG ED8H EA8ARI PT3T PY3AA
3Z0XMAS SP6IEQ EG5ERC EB5AG PV2B PU2VJI
3Z560SC SP7KMX EG8NB EA8NB PW5T PP5NY
4E1ADW 9V1KG ES9YOTA M0SDV R100FSB UA3FQ
4O4A LX1NO ET3AA N2OO R100KGB UA3FQ
4U1WB KK4HD EY8MM K1BV S500R S53M
4X6TT N4GNR FK8GX W3HNK S510PMC S59DCD
5B4AAB G8CLY FR5FC EA7FTR SN150MJP SP3PGR
5B4ALG EC5AC G6MC G2YL SN20WHL SP2TMT
5B4XMAS IZ4AMS GB2GM G3UCQ SP20ZIP SP5ZIP
5P8VW DJ8VW GM5X N3SL TC630MECCA TA3X
5R8UI IZ8CCW H2017PFO 5B4AIE TI3/N8JAJ K8EF
5Z4BU EA5GL HA60KNA HA3KNA TI5/N3KS W4FS
8P9AR DD0VR HF0HERTZ SP5PPA TI7W W4FS
8P9JB J69Z HF0HW SP3PWL TK/NZ1C DD5ZZ
8Q7RB GM4DLG HF2018HNY SP2PBM TM0W F2CT
9A57AX 9A5AX HI3Y RW6HS TR8CA F6CBC
9H3CW DL5SE HK1MW N2OO UE80S UA3SLB
9H3YY DL2JRM HK3C NR6M V31MA M0OXO
9J2BO G3TEV HR2DMR KD4POJ VK8NSB M0URX
9K2BS A61BK HZ1SK IZ8CLM XV9NPS JA2NPS [b]
9V1YC W5UE IY3VE IQ3ME XV9NPS JA2ODB [d]
9X9PJ N4GNR J28ND S57DX YO13IPA YO3AS
A41CK A61BK JY4CI K2AX YP0XMAS YO9FNP
A91ND A92AA JY5MM IK2DUW YP2018HNY YO3KPA
AC2BF/KH2 JA1OHP KC4AAA K1IED YP2XMAS YO9FNP
AT6MIT VU3BUN KH6YY K2PF YP5XMAS YO9FNP
C5YK ON7YK LQ0D EC5AC YP9XMAS YO9FNP
C93PA PA5X LY2017XMAS LY2QT YS1/HR2DMR KD4POJ
CB3R XQ3SK LZ105PBP LZ1ZF YT0W YU1JW
CE2AWW N7RO LZ5R LZ1YQ YT800YU YU1MM
CN17JIM EA7FTR M3I G3SWH YT8A YU1EA
CP5HK EC5AC MX0SNB G3SVK YW2LV YV5YMA
CS2017RCL CS0RCL OD5KU EB7DX Z60YOTA M0SDV
CV7S CX7SS OD5VB EA5GL ZF2YL AE9YL
CX2BR EA5GL OF0BHU OH0BHU ZS9YOTA M0SDV
D41CV IK2NCJ OH100FIN OH3ZQ ZZ2P PY2AA
7X5FG Mohamed Khamla, 37 Clos des Blaches, 38550 St Maurice L'Exil,
France
CE7VPQ Javier Capdebilla Alvarado, 22 de Mayo 274, 5790166 Quellon,
Region de Los Lagos, Cile
FR4QT Mario Xavier Laporte, 653 Chemin des Longanis, St Gilles les Hauts,
97435 St Paul, France
H44DA Shane Lynd, 17 Atherton Crescent, Glenden QLD 4743, Australia
WX3MAS Christmas City ARC, 14 Gracedale Ave, Greystone Building, Nazareth,
PA 18064-9211, USA
XR2K Luis Matho, 2303 Nordok Place, Alexandria VA 22306, USA
ZT1T Tom Morgan, 58 Piet Retief Street, Robertson, 6705, South Africa
ZW5T Marcelo Teixeira, Rua Francisco Maravalhas 246, Curitiba-PR,
81540-360, Brazil
ZZ4X Marcio Henrique dos Reis Lopes, Rua Oscavo Gonzaga Prata 150,
Juiz de Fora-MG, 36033-220, Brazil
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