21 July 2018 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1420
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
7X - Afif, 7X2RO and others have been active as 7V9A from the Habibas
Islands (AF-094) since 17 July, and will remain QRV until the 21st.
QSL direct to Ben Lagha, 18 rue Louis Aragon, 26200 Montelimar,
France; logsearch on Club Log.
9H - Look for 9H3XSV (G3XSV), 9H3TKF (G3TKF) and 9H3AXX (G4AXX) to
operate SSB and CW from Malta (EU-023) on 25-29 July. They will
participate in the IOTA Contest as 9H6YB (QSL via G3SWH). [TNX
G4AXX]
D4 - Christian, M0UPL will be active as D44EK from Sal Island (AF-086),
Cape Verde from 23 July to 7 August. He will operate SSB on the HF
bands. QSL via home call. [TNX DX News]
GD - Look for MD2C (QSL via MD0CCE, OQRS on Club Log) and GD6NX (QSL via
LoTW, logsearch on Club Log) to participate in this year's IOTA
Contest (28-29 July) from the Isle of Man (EU-116).
JA - Ken, JE6HCL will be active as JE6HCL/6 from Iki Island (AS-036) on
28-30 July. He will operate SSB and CW, and will participate in
the IOTA Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
JD1 - The Ogasawara Islands, as well as Minami Torishima, were returned
to Japanese control in 1968. Celebrating that 50th anniversary,
JARL's Tokyo Branch (http://jarl-tokyo.org/wp2/) was active as
JD1YAB/JD1 from Hahajima (Ogasawara) on 23-30 June. The same
callsign hase been used from Minami Torishima since 16 July, where
operations are expected to continue as time permits until early
August on 17 and 15 metres. Future plans are to be QRV from
Chichijima (Ogasawara) around mid-August, and again on 7-9
November. All QSOs will be confirmed via the bureau. The route for
direct QSLling "is currently under discussion".
LA - Marq, CT1BWW will be active as LA/CT1BWW from the Lofoten Islands
(EU-076) between 30 July and 10 August. He will operate SSB, CW and
Digital modes on 80-10 metres. He is also planning a mobile
operation for one day only (4 August) from IOTA group EU-033. [TNX
The Daily DX]
PY - Marcelo, PY2AE and others will participate in the IOTA Contest as
PR2CI from Ilha das Couves (SA-071). There might be some FT8
activity on 17 and 30 metres concurrent with SSB and CW activity on
the five contest bands. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via
PY2AE.
UA - R1NU and UA1NFA will participate in the IOTA Contest as R1KRG/p
from Bol'shoy Kimalishche Island (EU-147). QSL via R1NU. Before
and after the contest, on 26-30 July, they will be QRV as R25RRA
(QSL via RZ3EC). [TNX NG3K]
VE - Mike, VE2XB will be active again as VY0BRR from Iqaluit on Baffin
Island (NA-047), Nunavut starting on 14 July "for several months,
at least until Christmas 2018". QSL via VE2XB. [TNX VE2XB]
VE - Mike, KI1U will be active again as VE9IU from Grand Manan Island
(NA-014) on 21-28 July. He will operate CW and FT8 on the HF bands,
with some activity on 6 meters and various satellites. QSL via KI1U
and LoTW; logsearch on Club Log. [TNX ARRL DX News]
VE - Once again the NA128 Contest Group (http://www.qsl.net/na128cg/)
will be active from IOTA group NA-128 for the IOTA Contest. This
year they will be signing CK2I from Ile-aux-Grues on 27-29 July,
with some limited FT8 activity before the contest to check the
antennas. QSL direct via VE2EBK; the log will be uploaded to Club
Log and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
Z6 - Enda EI2II, Declan EI9HQ, Martti OH2BH, Hans PB2T, Driton Z61DX and
Fehmi Z62FB will be active as Z66X from Kosovo on 19-30 July. This
Kosovo International Friendship Consortium's operation will use FT8
DXpedition mode on the following frequencies: 3567, 7056, 10131,
14090, 18095, 21091, 24911, 28091 and 50323 kHz. QSL via Club Log's
OQRS, or via OH2BH. [TNX OH2BH]
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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!
425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The June 2018 issue is now available for download
at http://www.425dxn.org/index.php. [TNX IZ3EBA]
KH1/KH7Z ---> The OQRS is up and running on Club Log. According to the final
statistics, the team on Baker Island made 68,972 QSOs with 18,128 unique
callsigns (26.28%).
Breakdown by continents Breakdown by modes
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AS 29,046 42.11% CW 32,432 47.02%
NA 25,253 36.61% SSB 18,903 27.41%
EU 11,914 17.27% FT8 16,671 24.17%
OC 2,333 3.38% RTTY 926 1.40%
SA 333 0.49%
AF 93 0.14%
Unsurprisingly, given the team's announced plan to maintain a 24/7 presence
there, 20m was the most productive band with 27,568 QSOs (39.97%), followed
by 17m/11796, 15m/8091, 40m/7563, 30m/6616, 80m/2996, 12m/1912, 160m/1706,
10m/557 and 60m/167.
WRTC 2018 ---> The World Radiosport Team Championship, held in Germany in
parallel with the IARU HF World Championship, is now history. Gedas
Lucinskas (LY9A) & Mindis Jukna (LY4L) are the new world champions; Manfred
Wolf (DJ5MW) & Stefan von Baltz (DL1IAO) are the runners-up, and the bronze
medalists are the defending champions Chris Hurlbut (KL9A) & Daniel Craig
(N6MJ). An Excel file with the complete final results can be downloaded from
https://wrtc.info/wrtc2018-final-results/.
# Call Operators # Call Operators
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1. Y81N LY9A LY4L 33. Y86Y VA2EW DL1CW
2. Y81A DJ5MW DL1IAO 34. Y83P N5AW K5WA
3. Y82V N6MJ KL9A 35. Y81K UA2FB RA2FA
4. Y81M F8DBF F1AKK 36. Y89D DL4NAC DL8DYL
5. Y86Q LZ4AX LZ3FN 37. Y84B EA2OT EA8RM
6. Y84Z OM3BH OM3GI 38. Y84Y K2PO KU1CW
7. Y89A S50A S57AW 39. Y83C LU1FAM YO9WF
8. Y89R US2YW UW7LL 40. Y86O OM2VL OM3RM
9. Y84W 9A7DX 9A3LG 41. Y84C JH5GHM WA1Z
10. Y82G IZ3EYZ IK4VET 42. Y87K OK2ZI OK2ZC
11. Y87O N2NL W2SC 43. Y87L PY1NX PY2SEX
12. Y83O ES5TV ES2RR 44. Y83B LZ5VK RW4WR
13. Y81D UR0MC VE3DZ 45. Y83U N4TZ N1UR
14. Y87W YO8TTT UT5GW 46. Y82L N6XI AE6Y
15. Y87M N4YDU N3KS 47. Y82N YV1DIG RA9USU
16. Y81U 9A1UN 9A6XX 48. Y83X 4X6FR 4X1DX
17. Y87C K1LZ YO9GZU 49. Y83K KE3X KD4D
18. Y84X K6XX WA6O 50. Y82M F4DXW F8CMF
19. Y82F E77DX 9A5K 51. Y86J EC2DX EA5KA
20. Y82K W2GD AA3B 52. Y89M ZL3CW F6BEE
21. Y83V N9RV N6TR 53. Y84J RC9O UA9PM
22. Y84O R8CT UA4FER 54. Y82B AD4Z NP4Z
23. Y82D HA8RT DK6SP 55. Y87V VE7CC VE7SV
24. Y84P OH6KZP OH6UM 56. Y83Z CE2LR KG5HVO
25. Y86C RW1A RA1A 57. Y84G UN9LW UN9L
26. Y84Q K3LR DL1QQ 58. Y89N ZL3IO ZL4YL
27. Y81R RW7K UB7K 59. Y86W K3PA N3AD
28. Y87U SM5AJV SM3SGP 60. Y82W E73A 4O3A
29. Y83L K1DG N2NT 61. Y86P E21EIC 9M2ZAK
30. Y89U K9VV VE3EJ 62. Y86V OR2F ON5RA
31. Y87G DL2CC DK9IP 63. Y87B VY2ZM KK6ZM
32. Y82A YO8SCA S55M
Awards were also given to the SSB Leaders (VY2ZM & KK6ZM), the CW Leaders
(ES5TV & ES2RR), the Multiplier Leaders (again ES5TV & ES2RR), the Accuracy
Leaders (OR2F & ON5RA), as well as the Best Youth Team (YO8TTT & UT5GW). See
http://www.wrtc2018.de/ for more information, including the videoes of the
opening and closing events.
WRTC 2022 ---> Tine Brajnik (S50A), President of the WRTC Sanctioning
Committee, announced that the organization of the World Radiosport Team
Championship 2022 has been granted to the Italian Host Committee. The
competition will be held in the Emilia-Romagna region.
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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3B8CW NI5DX EF8R EB7DX PF2018FRA PA0MBD
3B9FR M0OXO EG3RRC RZ3EC PJ2HQ W3HNK
3D2FD N2ZN EG8RRC RZ3EC PJ4DX M0URX
3D2TS FK1TS EG8RTF EA8URE PS2T K3IRV
3V8CB LX1NO EH1MOP EA1AUM PW2J PY2OP
3W9CQ EA5BCQ EH8RSE EA8URA PX2A PY2VM
4M1K OH0XX EI0HQ EI4BZ R18DEN UA6YW
4O7CC UA4CC EM5RGM UV3RT R18EGY UA6YW
4O7TC UA3TCJ EM7U UR7UT R18KSA UA6YW
4U1A UA3DX EO1030UA US8UA R18SRB UA6YW
4W6VA K7TRB ER7HQ ER1FF R1943KB RW3WW
5B4AJC UA3DX GB0GKC G3TJE R75WKB R5WW
5B4ALX IZ4AMS GB139SQN G4NRZ R850G RK3VWA
5B4AMM UT5UDX GR2HQ M0OXO RC18KZ UA6YW
5X7W SM0HPL GS8VL M0OXO RC18SO RK6AX
9A0HQ 9A3JB HB2U HB9OCR RI1ANL RN1ON
9A25RRC RZ3EC HB9HQ HB9JOE RO75NN R2EA
9A61AA 9A2AA HC7AE EA7FTR RO75O R2EA
9G5AR N4GNR HH2AA NR6M S50HQ S54G
9Q6BB W3HNK HH2MK EB7DX SI9AM SM3FJF
9X9PJ N4GNR HS0ZJF ON4AFU SJ8HQ SM6JSM
9Y4HQ DF2RG IB0P IK5WWA SN0HQ SP7DQR
A71AM M0OXO IB1DCI IK1GPG SN0UNESCO SP9KDU
A71HQ A71A II2RR IK2VUC SP300PAF SP5PSL
AH2R JH7QXJ II3PG IQ3VI SP50ZCF SP9ZCF
B1HQ BA4EG IO2X IK2NCJ TF3HQ TF3MH
B2HQ BA4EG IR3Z IN3XUG TM0HQ F5CWU
B3HQ BA4EG IR4M I4IFL TM85TF F6KUF
B4HQ BA4EG JV5A WV6E UA2FL RN3RQ
B5HQ BA4EG JW100PUT SP3PET UE80GS UA1QV
B6HQ BA4EG JY5HX E73Y UP25RRC RZ3EC
B7HQ BA4EG K9AJ/VY0 K9AJ V6J JP3AYQ
BV0HQ BM2JCC KD6WW/VY0 KD6WW VE1FA/KL7 VE1FA
C4W 5B4WN KL7RA NI5DX VP2ETE W3HNK
CO8CY KP4SX KP2M NZ4DX VP9HQ KU9C
CP4BT DJ2BW LU0HQ LU4AA VY0ERC M0OXO
CQ3HQ CT1REP LU4ZS LU4DXU WP3C W3HNK
CQ918FWC CT1REP LY0HQ LY8O XU7AKL BG4HRM
CR2X OH2BH LZ30STM LZ1ZF XW4XR E21EIC
CR5F CT1EHX LZ7HQ LZ1BJ YB9KA HA3JB
CS2018FWC CT1REP NL8F N7RO YJ0GA ZL3GA
CV7S CX7SS OD5YA IZ8CLM YJ3XPT VK3XPT
DA0HQ DL5AXX OD5ZF IZ8CLM YP1000LEANY YO6KNE
DK0WCA DF2DD OE0HQ OE3KAB YR48REV YO7HUZ
DU3LA W3HNK OE100GOA OE1GOA YT0HQ YU1SRS
DX0HQ DX1PAR OG2P OH2PM YT0YOTA YU1SRS
E2HQ E21EIC OG7A OH6MW Z66X OH2BH
E7DX E77E OH0EA OH2KMG ZB2RAF G8FC
E7TESLA E77E OH0X OH2TA ZF1A K6AM
EA8/F4HHL F5KKD OH8X OH2UA ZF1EJ K6AM
ED7R EA7IZJ OZ1HQ OZ1ACB ZF2GO K6GO
ED8RY EA8AKN P33W UA3DX ZF2NA NA6MB
EF1W EA1WS P3Z 5B4AFM ZF9DX K0DEQ
EF4HQ EA4URE PA6HQ PA3CAL ZP6TT IK2DUW
3D2AG Antoine de Ramon N'Yeurt, P.O. Box 10842, Laucala Beach Estate,
Suva, Fiji
7V9A Ben Lagha, 18 rue Louis Aragon, 26200 Montelimar, France
EL2BG I.Richmond W.K. Harding, 6141 Clifton Avenue Ext, Jacksonville,
FL 32211, USA
FR4QT Mario Xavier Laporte, 653 Chemin des Longanis, St Gilles les
Hauts, 97435 St Paul, France
G8FC RAF Amateur Radio Society, Royal Air Force Cosford,
Wolverhampton, WV7 3EX, United Kingdom
HG0HQ Szabo Karoly, Fuzesgyarmat, Aradi u. 42, 5525, Hungary
HV0A Francesco Valsecchi, Via Bitossi 21, 00136 Roma RM, Italy
HV5PUL Luca Della Giovampaola, Via Cremera 11, 00198 Roma RM, Italy
JP3AYQ Mayumi Sanada, 9-20-1203 Kori-nishi-no-cho, Neyagawa-shi,
Osaka-fu, 572-0089, Japan
K7TRB Gordon E. Ward, 180 Preston Drive, Warrenton VA 20186, USA
K9AJ Michael J. McGirr, 3441 W Oakhill Dr, Crete IL 60417-1965, USA
KD6WW Bruce D. Lee, 17520 Kennison LN, Lodi CA 95240, USA
KG4WH Wade Hicks, PSC 1005 Box 37, FPO AE 09593, USA
KH7XS Big Island Contest Club, P.O. Box 532, Laupahoehoe HI 96764, USA
LX5IGRY Joel Erpelding, Duerfstrooss 22, L-9165 Merscheid, Luxembourg
NU1AW International Amateur Radio Union, PO Box 310905, Newington
CT 06131-0905, USA
OV1CDX Frank Fendahl, Svinoevej 2, 4750 Lundby, Denmark
PJ2Y James R. Storms, 4968 Tilbury Rd, Huber Heights OH 45424, USA
PY0F/PY7RP Renner Pedroza, Rua Waldemar Nery Carneiro Monteiro 475 Apt 602,
Boa Viagem, Recife - PE, 51030-140, Brazil
S01WS Arseli Echeguren Bardeci, Barrena 6 1 Izq, 01408 Luiaondo
(Alava), Spain
TM100ARM Rachid Bassit, 59 Rue Dussouich, 62800 Lievin, France
V31HQ BARC, P.O. Box 159, Belmopan, Belize
V84FIFA Tamat Lampoh, P.O. Box 849, MPC Old Airport, Bandar Seri Begawan
BB3577, Brunei Darussalam
VE1FA Frederick Schurman Archibald, 25 Canard Street RR#1, Port
Williams, NS B0P 1T0, Canada
W1AW ARRL HQ Operators Club, 225 Main St, Newington CT 06111, USA
XE2T Fernando Ramirez Gambino, 1246 N Industrial Park Ave., Nogales
AZ 85621, USA
ZV5O Marcelo Teixeira, Rua Francisco Maravalhas 246, Curitiba-PR,
81540-360, Brazil
ZZ2T Wanderley Ferreira Gomes, Avenida 23 de Maio 2966 Ap 1320,
Sao Paulo - SP, 04008-000, Brazil
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