6 November 2021 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1592
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
4X - The "Land of Craters" programme sees four special stations operate
from the Makhteshim ("craters") in the Negev desert of Israel. The
first two activities were conducted by 4X0ARF (November 2020) and
4X0GDL (April-May 2021). Look for 4X0KTN to be QRV on various bands
and modes with two stations from Makhtesh Hakatan (Small Crater) on
12-13 November. QSL via 4X6ZM (direct or bureau), LoTW and eQSL. A
certificate will be available for working three out of four special
stations: see https://www.iarc.org/craters/. [TNX 4X6ZM]
9N - Robert, S53R is now stationed in Kathmandu, Nepal for the foresee-
able future, and will be active as 9N7AA (reissued callsign, previ-
ously used by UA3AA in 2014). He is waiting to move to a permanent
residence and for part of his equipment to arrive; "for the time
being only limited operation is planned", he says, "but the pace
should pick up by end of November". QSL via LoTW, or direct to
S57DX.
A6 - Celebrating Oman's National Day (18 November), special event call-
sign A60OMA will be active on 12-18 November. QSL via EA7FTR.
C5 - C5B is the callsign issued to the C5C team for an operation from
the Bijol Islands (AF-060), tentatively planned for 10 November.
[TNX DX World]
CX - Radio broadcasting in Uruguay began on 6 November 1922, when Radio
Paradizabal went on the air for the first time. Starting on 6 No-
vember 2021, Radiogrupo Sur will be active as CW100A in celebration
of that centenary. QSL direct to CX2ABC. More information can be
found on https://cw100a.radio.org.uy/
G - Celebrating Saint Andrew, patron saint of Scotland, the Welland
Valley ARS will be active as GB0SA between 6 November and 3 Decem-
ber. QSL via G4XEX, LoTW and eQSL.
LU - Radio Club QRM Belgrano, LU4AAO will be active on the HF bands SSB,
FT8 and CW on 6-14 November to celebrate Argentine Tradition Day.
See http://lu4aao.org/cert_dia_tradicion_2021.htm for more informa-
tion. [TNX LU4AAO]
PA - Hans, PA7HPH will be using special callsign PC19VACCIN from 13
November to 31 December. See qrz.com for more information about
this activity. QSL via PA7HPH (bureau preferred).
PJ7 - Oleh, KD7WPJ will be active as PJ7/UR5BCP from Sint Maarten (NA-
105) 18-24 November. He will operate CW, SSB and FT8on 40-6 metres.
QSL via KD7WPJ. [TNX KD7WPJ
TL - Ken, LA7GIA has been active as TL7M from Bangui, Central African
Republic since 30 October, and will remain there until 15 November.
He can operate SO2R (Single-Operator Two-Radio) and combine CW and
FT8. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS (https://www.m0oxo.com/oqrs/).
TZ - Ulmar, DK1CE will be active again as TZ1CE from Bamako, Mali from
18 November to 8 December. He plans to operate CW, SSB and FT8 on
160-10 metres. "On FT8 DX outside Europe will be preferred at any
time", he says, and adds that he will not operate Fox & Hound as
"according to my experience it has no advantage". QSL via DK1CE
(all QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau).
VU - Abie, AB1F will be active as VU2ABE from Shillong, in the Indian
state of Meghalaya, between 6 November and 18 December. He will be
QRV on 40, 20, 15 and 10m. QSL via home call (direct or bureau) and
LoTW; he will upload his log also to eQSL, QRZ and Club Log on a
regular basis. [TNX The Daily DX]
YB - Hajar, YB8HZ and other nine operators (YB8DKL, YC8AQY, YC8BNZ,
YC8ES, YD8BVL, YD8CUI, YD8CXQ, YD8EQY, YD8ESH) will be active from
Pulau Sapuka Besar, in the Sabalana and Tengah Islands IOTA group
(OC-247), on 12-16 November . They will operate SSB, CW and FT8 on
80-10 metres. QSLs direct to YB8HZ (QSL requests for contacts made
with YB8HZ himself should go via OQRS PayPal to yb8hz[@]yahoo.com;
he will also upload his log to Club Log and LoTW). [TNX The Daily
DX]
ZS - Commemorating the signing of the Armistice that ended the First
World War (11 November 1918), special callsign ZS18MOTH will be
active on 11-14 November on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m. The suffix
stands for the Memorable Order of Tin Hats, founded in 1927 as a
brotherhood of South African former front-line soldiers.
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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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!
1B/XW0LP ---> Simon, XW0LP has "temporarily relocated" his station to the
territory of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (not valid for DXCC), and
his new callsign is 1B/XW0LP. "The most important thing for me is that I
love amateur radio and want to use my hobby to help young students learn
about radio communications. I have zero interest in any discussions about
the politics and history of my current residence". More information can be
found on https://www.qrz.com/db/1B/XW0LP.
CROZET 2022-2023 ---> While a website is under construction, the DXpedition
to the Crozet Islands is now on Twitter: https://twitter.com/crozet2022.
Thierry, F6CUK has been granted permission to be QRV from the #3 Most Wanted
DXCC Entity for three months (mid-December 2022 to mid-March 2023) [425DXN
1591].
"It seems important to indicate some of the conditions of this permission",
Thierry says, as there are "three aspects that impose limitations": climate
(the wind blows almost constantly at 70 kmh), soil nature (it is impossible
to secure any mast in the ground), and nature protection (for bird protec-
tion, antennas, guy wires and anything that could be an obstacle are forbid-
den; also, it is impossible to dig, make anything in concrete, all over the
island).
"Our original request was for 4 squares on 40 and 20. This was refused. Im-
possible to keep them up because of the wind and the soil nature. The only
possibility that the administration allowed was to have an attachment point
to an existing building, and have wire antennas from there. NO beam! This is
clearly stated in the permit we received. The whole team is studying the
best solution for the best antenna possible, taking into account these con-
straints".
Thierry also says that "CW and SSB will be the priority. FT8 will be mostly
for low bands if we can install an 80m dipole, and for far away areas (US
West Coast mainly)".
The Northern California DX Foundation (http://www.ncdxf.org/) has announced
it is granting USD 20,000 to Thierry: "hopefully this experienced DXpedition
operator can exploit this rare opportunity to access Crozet Island, put out
an effective signal on all the bands and log all of the needy over the
course of his extended stay".
JAPAN INTERNATIONAL DX SSB CONTEST ---> Object of the contest is for ama-
teurs in Japan to work as many station s in as many DXCC Entities and CQ
Zones as possible on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 metres, while DX stations
work as many JA amateurs in as many Prefectures and JD1 islands as possible.
This year's event will be held on 13-14 November (07.00-13.00 UTC). Complete
information can be found on http://jidx.org/jidxrule-e.html.
QSL 6F1IHF ---> Pedro, EA5GL has picked up the QSLing for the February 2005
6F1IHF operation (Ixtapa Island, NA-183). See https://www.qrz.com/db/EA5GL
for instructions.
QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX's
website has been updated. Sixteen different galleries include 19,408 cards
for the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (2011-20), the 62 deleted DXCC
Entities, obsolete prefixes, stations from Maghreb from 1945 to 1962,
Allied Forces stations in Germany (1945-80), special stations commemorating
ITU and IARU, stations using the United Nations prefix (4U), Antarctic bases
and TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises), the various French
DXCC island Entities in the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Americas
(from 1945 to 1969), pre-1945 countries, French Departments and CONUS, plus
a gallery for cards not accepted by DXCC. Your participation is encouraged:
http://www.lesnouvellesdx.fr/galerieqsl.php. [TNX F6AJA].
W8S: SWAINS ISLAND 2023 ---> "This week the W8S team had another conference
call about the planning for the upcoming DXpedition to KH8/s Swains Island",
Ronald PA3EWP wrote on 4 November. "Due to the Covid-19 restrictions, it
will remain impossible to travel to American Samoa in the coming months.
The limited number of flights, only 5 the first quarter of 2022, from Hawaii
to American Samoa with the additional restriction to do a Covid-19 test 5
days before departure in Hawaii makes travelling extreme difficult. Also
tourists have a lower priority to buy a ticket.
The risk is too great to travel to Swains in the spring of 2022.
Two members of our team are also part of the 3Y0J Bouvet team scheduled for
November/December 2022.
The entire team therefore had to decide to postpone the W8S Swains DXpedi-
tion until March 2023. This is the only opportunity to be on Swains for 15
days with the same team as our original plans in 2020.
Our project has certainly not been canceled but postponed to the spring of
2023. An extra advantage that the propagation is much better on the higher
bands". Updates will be posted to https://swains2020.lldxt.eu/, as well as
to Twitter and Facebook.
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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3A/MM0NDX EB7DX HZ1SGI HZ1SAR PH35EUDXF PA1AW
3A/RA9USU UA3DX HZ1SK IZ8CLM PI35EUDXF PA1AW
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3B8FP N2OO IB1D IK1TAZ PI4M PA0MBD
3D2TS M0OXO IB9A IZ2FWL PJ2/M5RIC M0OXO
3X2021 F1TMY IB9T IT9TQH PJ4G K4BAI
4J880N 4K4K IH9/OK1M OK1WMR PJ4K KU9C
4K9W DL6KVA II2S IZ2FOS PP4T PY4BZ
4L2M EA7FTR II4BLN IQ4FE PT5J PP5JR
4L8A M0OXO II8K IZ8EPX PV2K EA5GL
4U1A UA3DX IO6A IZ6BRJ PV60CRASC PT2OP
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7P8RU R7AL IR2L IW2LLH R325G R1ZBR
7X2GK IK2DUW IR2Q IK2PFL R325K UA1CEI
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8P6ET KU9C IR4X I4VEQ R325P R1YY
8Q7RM HB9SHD IR6T IK6VXO R325RF RV1AQ
8S0C SM0MPV IR9R IT9DSZ R325S RQ7R
9J2BO EA5GL IS0/OM2TW OM2FY R325SSF R1ZBU
9J2BS EA5GL J68HZ K9HZ R325WMF RA4DAR
9J2RD IZ8CCW KH7M I0MWI R325Z R1ZBE
9K9A EC6DX KH7M KH6ZM [W/VE] SN2B SP3CGK
9N1CA EA5ZD KL7RA N4GNR SN3A SP3GEM
A25SL N4GNR KP3Z N4AO SP60ANT SP3POB
A42K EA5GL L55D LU5DF SQ2A SQ2RCM
A43MI M0OXO LN8W LA6YEA TL7M M0OXO
A44M M0OXO LO5D LU8EOT TM0ISS F4KLR
A60EXPO EA7FTR LO7H EA7FTR TM123K F4IVV
A60FD EA7FTR LR3D EA7FTR TM1O F1IKA
A60FD/2 EA7FTR LR7D LU9ESD TM2N ON4ZD
A60FD/3 A61BK LT1E EA7FTR TM2RJ F4HRU
A61BR EA5ZD LT2HH EA5GL TM2Y F6BEE
A65BB S57DX LT5V EC6DX TM3R F5UTN
A73A M0OXO LT6M LU8MHL TM5A F5VHJ
B0A BA4TB LU1DX EC6DX TO7O EA1BP
B4T BA4TB LV4V LU4VZ UE35EUF RQ7L
C37N C37URA LW5HR EA5GL V3A M0OXO
C44C M0URX LZ1470IN LZ1KCP VC3X VE7VR
CB1C CE1VLY LZ5R LZ1YQ VE2CSI M0URX
CB8E CE8EIO LZ6V LZ2KRM VJ3A VK3JA
CF3A VE3AT M6T G4BWP VJ4G VK4FI
CN46MS CN8WW MD2C MD0CCE VJ4K N3SL
CN8PA RW6HS MD4K G3NKC VJ4T VK4QH
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CQ3W DF7EE NP2J K8RF VK4A VK4NM
CQ8M EA5GL OA4SS KB6J VK4I VK4CZ
CQ9T CT3KN OC200R OA4O VK6N VK6NC
CR3A OM2VL OD5ET EB7DX VL2A VK2IM
CR5T CS5ARC OD5TX W4JS VL4R VK4ZD
CT9ABY OM2FY OD5ZF IZ8CLM VL5X VK5ARG
CX2CC EA5KB OD5ZZ N4GNR VL6C VK6IR
CX2DK EA5GL OE2S OE2GEN VO2AC VE3FU
CX5UA IK2DUW OE35EUDXF OE6VIE VP6MW W0VTT
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D4L IK2NCJ OH8X OH6KN VP9I WW3S
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E2E E23NEZ OL7T OK2BXU XE2B EA5OL
E7AA 9A2AA OL9Z OK2PVF XV9HEU EA5GL
E7CW E73ESP OM0R OM3GI YI1WWA IK2DUW
ED7R EC7WR ON75BAF ON4CMO YP0C YO3CZW
EE7L EA7HLU ON75BFS ON4LDR YT5A YT1AD
EF8K EA8DET OQ05PHI ON4PHI Z60A OH2BH
ET3AA N2OO OQ35EUDXF ON6CC Z68XX DL2JRM
FG4KH F1DUZ OT5IDPD ON6WL ZC4GR EB7DX
FG4NO EA5GL OT5X ON4CRD ZF2LZ EA5GL
FM1II KU9C OX7A OZ1ACB ZP6LMR IK2DUW
FM5BH W3HNK OX7AKT OZ1ACB ZP6RAI IK2DUW
G6XX M0OXO OX7AM OZ1ACB ZS6TVB N4GNR
GM2T GM4UYZ OY9JD EA5GL ZS9Z ZS1OIN
GM5X N3SL P33W UA3DX ZV1T PP1WW
HB9H HB9CXZ P3Z 5B4AFM ZW2T PY2RKG
HD8R EA5RM P40W N2MM ZW7RENER PU7MPB
HF70WAT SP5PPK PA35EUDXF PA1AW ZW8T PS8HF
HG8R HA8JV PB35EUDXF PA1AW ZZ5K PP5RT
3G4K Pedro Ponce Cubillos, Av. Sepulveda Bustos 46, 3780250 Chillan,
Chile
7Q6M Don Jones, PO Box 21500, Washington DC 20009-1500, USA
9H6A Paul Galea, 66 Triq Guze Ellul Mercer, Had-Dingli, DGL 1118, Malta
C5C Luc Thibaudat, 15 rue de Moiscourt, 27140 Gisors, France
C6AHB Richard Visman, 11943 Acosta Road, Jacksonvillle FL 32223, USA
CR6P Miguel Goncalves, Rua Doutor Joel Magalhaes 6, 4740-272 Esposende,
Portugal
EA5RM Antonio Gonzalez, Apartado Postal 930, 03200 Elche, Spain
ES9C Toomas Soomets, Lootuse tn 22-2, 50108 Tartu, Estonia
HB0A Amateurfunk Verein Liechtenstein, P.O. Box 629, 9495 Triesen FL,
Liechtenstein
HG6N Salgotarjani Varosi Radioklub, Salgotarjan, Meredek ut 6 II/1,
3100, Hungary
I1UWF Gianni Tosello, Strada alla Colla 14, 18038 Sanremo IM, Italy
II9P Vincenzo Bongiovanni, Via Asia 19/A, 97100 Ragusa RG, Italy
IO9A Antonello Scauso, Via Tenente Minniti 105, 98057 Milazzo ME, Italy
J42L Leo Fiskas, 1 Argyriou Gouzgou, 52 200 Argos Orestiko, Greece
KH7Q Beverley A. Yuen, 2047 Nuuanu Ave 2202, Honolulu HI 96817-2522,
USA
KP2M Fred Bennett, 2253 Mill Creek Road, Newport NC 28570, USA
L21F Jesus Rubio, Calle Mendoza 2484, S2000PBF, Rosario, Argentina
N4GNR Dan Cisson, 12 Hancock Drive, Toccoa GA 30577-9388, USA
OF1F Timo Klimoff, Yrjonkatu 4 A 15, FI-28100 Pori, Finland
OF8L Jari Ojala, Latvalammentie 32, 92260 Kopsa, Finland
OH0V Jukka Klemola, Aarontie 5, FI-31400 Somero, Finland
OR1Z Raff Braspenning, Bareelstraat 50, 2990 Loenhout, Belgium
OX3HI Holger Mortensen, Postboks 159, 3910 Kangerlussuaq, Greenland
OX3LX Joergen Roemming, Brandelev Stationsvej 9, 4700 Naestved, Denmark
OX3XR Harry de Jong, Broekdijk 59, 7695 TC Bruchterveld, The Netherlands
PJ5/W5JON John Abbruscato, 22199 Pine Tree Ln, Hockley TX 77447, USA
PX2A Carlos Adalberto Carareto, Estrada de Santo Amaro 201,
Sao Paulo - SP, 05544-000, Brazil
PY0F Renner Pedroza, Rua Waldemar Nery Carneiro Monteiro 475 Apt 602,
Boa Viagem, Recife - PE, 51030-140, Brazil
PZ2YT Yudel Torres, C Van Dalstraat 221, Nieuw Nickerie, Suriname
SJ2W Per Eklund, Teaterallen 12-0102 lgh 1102, SE-903 64 Umea, Sweden
ST0HQ Magdi Osman Ahmed Abdelrahim, P.O. Box 2, Khartoum Airport 11112,
Sudan
TM0DX Pierre Chassain, Lotissement La Barotie, 22 rue de La Barotie,
42440 Noiretable, France
TM0R Jean-Louis Zabalza, 7 allee le Sous Bois, 33140 Villenave d'Ornon,
France
TM6M Stephane Van Langhenhoven, 24 bis rue de Anter Hent,
29830 Ploudalmezeau, France
TM7Y Sebastien Sauvannet, 4 rue de Villequiers, 18800 Gron, France
V26B Michael J. Samanka, 53-12 Arthur Kill Road, Staten Island NY 10307
USA
VE2IDX Igor Slakva, 101-95 Base Line Rd W, London ON N6J 4X3, Canada
VE2IM Igor Slakva, 101-95 Base Line Rd W, London ON N6J 4X3, Canada
VE2PEACE Jean Charron, 17 Rue Elisabeth, Saint Jerome QC J7Z 2S9, Canada
VJ2J David E. Burger, PO Box 37, Mount Colah, NSW 2079, Australia
VJ2Z Richard R. Cerveny, PO Box 102, Macquarie Fields, NSW 2564,
Australia
VK7C Catherine Hammond, 57 Gatenbys Road, Gravelly Beach, TAS 7276,
Australia
VK9DX Nick Hacko, Suite 403 Level 4, Culwulla Chambers, 67 Castlereagh
St, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
VL4U Cory Newman, 7 Hanover Court, Morayfield, QL 4506, Australia
VL5L Steve Adler, 12 Blue Crescent, Woodforde, SA 5072, Australia
VP5DX Jim Iori, 814 Basswood Ct, Orange Park FL 32065, USA
VR2XAN Alberto Annesi, 1/F 7A Nam Shan Road, Peng Chau, Hong Kong
ZF5T Stanford H. Stockton, PO Box 73, Siloam Springs AR 72761-0073, USA
ZV2X Rafael Goncalves, Caixa Postal 49, Votorantim - SP, 18110-972,
Brazil
ZZ2T Wanderley Ferreira Gomes, Avenida 23 de Maio 2966 Ap 1320,
Sao Paulo - SP, 04008-000, Brazil
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