18 January 2025 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1759
===========================
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** DX INFORMATION ****
===========================
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
5N - 5N9DTG [425DXN 1758] is expected to be QRV from Abuja, Nigeria
starting "around 25 January for two weeks". This will be a 2-man
activity from 160 to 6 metres, with the highest priority given to
FT8/FT4. See https://www.qrz.com/db/5N9DTG for their planned trans-
mit frequencies. QSL via Club Log's OQRS.
"Right after that we are heading to ZS land to meet our southern
ocean vessel to make a lot of preparation for the most important
one..." (according to their previous announcements, it should be
Bouvet).[https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup]
8Q - Ilian, LZ5KW will be active as 8Q7KW from the Maldives (AS-013)
starting on 22 January for two weeks. He will operate mainly CW,
with some SSB and FT8, on 80-10 metres. QSL via LoTW or via LZ1JZ;
QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log. [TNX The Daily DX]
9A - Throughout 2025 Tom, 9A2AA will use 9A68AA to mark his 68 years of
activity on the amateur radio bands. QSL via home call.
C5 - Przemo, SP3PS is again active as C5SP from the Gambia until mid-
March. He can operate SSB and FT8 on 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12 and
10 metres. QSL via home call.
D4 - Claudio, HB9OAU will be active holiday style as D44OA from Sal
Island (AF-086), Cape Verde on 5-18 February. He will operate SSB
and CW on 40-6 metres. QSL via LoTW and eQSL (paper cards will not
be provided); QSOs will be uploaded also to Club Log.
FM - Dom, F4IFF will be active as FM/F4IFF from Martinique (NA-107) on
19-27 January. He will operate SSB and digital modes on the HF
bands, and will use Club Log's Live Stream. QSL direct to EB7DX.
JD1_mt - Take, JG8NQJ/JD1 is currently QRV from Minami Torishima (OC-073)
[425DXN 1749]. His QSL manager reports that at the end of January
Take will QRT on 10 metres, and be active on 12 metres instead.
Also, sometime in late January-early February he will be able to be
QRV on 20 metres. Take operates mainly CW in his spare time. QSL
via the bureau to JG8NQJ, or direct to JA8CJY.
JW - Kristoffer, LB0VG and Stian, LB5SH will be active from Longyearbyen
(EU-026), Svalbard from about 15:00 UTC on 24 January until around
10:00 UTC on 26 January (https://lb5sh.no/). They will operate SSB
and CW as JW2T, and FY8/FT4 as JW/LB5SH, with two stations on 160-
10 metres. QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log, whose Livestreams
feature will be enabled. QSL JW2T via LoTW, QRZ Logbook, or via
EA5GL. QSL JW/LB5SH via LoTW and QRZ Logbook (no paper cards).
P2 - Xu, BG5DON will be working near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (OC-
034) between 18 January and 30 May. In his spare time, mostly
during the weekends, he will be active as P29XZ on 20, 17, 15, 10
and 6 metres FT8, running low power (10 watts). [TNX The Daily DX]
P4 - Mathias, DL4MM will be active again as P40AA from Aruba (SA-036) on
18-28 January, CQ WW 160-Meter CW Contest included. He will operate
CW, SSB and FT8 on 160-10 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW,
or via DL4MM. TNX [NG3K]
PA - Special event station PA25MC will be active on 23 January to
introduce the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps to the world of
amateur radio. Organized and supported by PI4VBD, the club station
of the Royal Army's Signal Regiment, activity will be on SSB on the
HF bands.
TZ - Ulmar, DK1CE will be active again as TZ1CE from Bamako, Mali be-
tween 28 January and 20 February. Usually he operates mainly SSB
and FT8 on 160-6 metres. QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log and
LoTW, and will be confirmed automatically via the bureau.
V4 - Once again John, W5JON will be active as V47JA from St. Kitts (NA-
104) between 26 January and 5 February. He will operate SSB and FT8
on various bands. QSL via LoTW, or direct only to W5JON.
V7 - Sven (DJ4MX), Yannick (DK1YH), Philipp (DK6SP), Braco (E77DX), Tomi
(HA8RT) and Jamie (M0SDV), will be active as V73WW from Majuro (OC-
029), Marshall Islands starting on 12 February "for approximately
12 days". They will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 with four sta-
tions. Plans are to distribute at least 2000 RTTY QSOs, to focus on
the low bands, and to participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest. If the
Internet connection is stable, they will use Club Log's Live
Stream. See https://next-generation-dx.com/v7/ for V73WW's tenta-
tive band plan and other information. QSL via LoTW ("daily free of
charge"), Club Log's OQRS, or via DJ4MX. Updates will be posted to
https://www.facebook.com/RMI2025 and https://x.com/rmi2025.
VP5 - Gerhard, OE3GEA will be active holiday style as VP5/OE3GEA from
Providenciales (NA-002) on 23-26 January. He will operate CW on 30-
10 metres. QSLs via OE3GEA, direct or bureau.
VU_ant - AT44I is the callsign for George, VU2DGR to be active in his spare
time from Bharati Research Station. He is a member of the 44th In-
dian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica. QSL via home call.
Z8 - Ken, K4ZW expects to be active as Z81Z from Juba, South Sudan on
20-24 January. He will operate CW and some SSB on various bands;
once in Juba he will see if activity on the low bands is possible.
QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or via K4ZW. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZD7 - Giovanni, IZ2DPX will be active holiday style as ZD7DPX from St.
Helena Island (AF-022) from 21 January to 3 February. He will
operate SSB and digital modes from ZD7CTO's QTH. QSL via Club
Log's OQRS, or direct to IK2DUW.
AFRICA TRIP ---> Antonio, IK7WUL is going on a humanitarian mission trip to
Africa; in his spare time he might be QRV - most likely on 10 metres SSB -
as follows (dates are tentative):
26-31 January Burkina Faso callsign TBA
1-6 February Ghana 9G5IK
6-14 February Togo 5V0DX
14-23 February Benin TY2AA
CENTRAL AMERICA TOUR ---> The Russian Robinson Club (operators Mike K5MSK,
Yuri N3QQ, Tim NL8F, Slava OK8AU, Raisa R1BIG, Vlad R9LR, Alex RW3RN
and Hal W8HC) will be active from Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
between 11 February and 7 March. This will be a POTA/IOTA operation, with
CW, SSB and FT8 activity on 160-10 metres from the parks, and on 40-10
metres from the islands. Tentative dates are as follows:
* 11-16 February YN6RRC (requested callsign)
POTA NI-0055 (Complejo Volcanico San Cristobal Nature Reserve)
* 11-16 February H7RRC (requested callsign)
Concurrent side trip to Isla del Cardon (IOTA NA-212) by OK8AU, NL8F, N3QQ
* 19-25 February TI1RRC
POTA CR-0018 (Corcovado National Park)
Concurrent side trip to Isla del Cano (IOTA NA-117, POTA CR-0033); four
operators for 3-4 days with three stations
* 26 February-3 March 3F3RRC (requested callsign)
POTA PA-0033 (Fortuna Forest Reserve)
QSLs via M0OXO's OQRS (via RW3RN for Russia and Belarus only); QSOs will be
uploaded to Club Log, and full LoTW upload is expected by 24 December.
===========================
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
===========================
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!
ARRL SYSTEMS SERVICE DISRUPTION ---> "DXCC application processing is back to
typical processing times", the ARRL announced on 14 January. "In October, we
reported that the ARRL DXCC System had been returned to service following
work that was completed to ensure the security and integrity of the system
following the cyber-attack in May. Over 4,000 DXCC applications have been
logged into the system for processing since returning the system to
service. We are currently processing applications submitted in December, and
we continue to mail orders for paper DXCC certificates and endorsement
stickers. There were 315 certificates mailed between December 27, 2024, and
January 13, 2025".
AU2V: SUPPORT NEEDED ---> Team AU2V is looking for support for the announced
operation from Sacrifice Rock (AS-161) [425DXN 1758]. "We're facing a criti-
cal challenge that threatens the success of our project", Sarath, VU2RS
says. "Despite our efforts, we've been unable to secure significant funding
from major DX foundations. This has left us with a substantial shortfall,
and we're now relying on the support of the IOTA community to make this
activation a reality". Donations to help offset the significant costs of
"equipment, logistics, and contingency planning" are gratefully accepted:
https://au2v.vu2rs.com/donations/.
DX WORLD BULLETINS COLLECTION ---> The weekly DX World Bulletins, compiled
by Bjorn (ON9CFG) since 2013, are now archived in the Digital Library of
Amateur Radio & Communications (DLARC), a project of the Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/details/dx-world.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
QSLs received direct or through managers: 3A/TK4TH, 3D2XD, 3DA0DL, 3V8HP,
3V8SS, 4L2M, 4O4DB, 4S7AB, 4U1UN, 4X0A, 5H1WX, 5R8WE (AF-057), 5Z4PA, 5Z4VJ,
6Y/DK9PY, 6Y6N, 9M1Z (OC-088), 9N1CA, 9V1YC, A71WW, BA5AD, C91AHV, CB8E,
D2ACE, D4C, D4L, DS1TUW/2 (AS-105), DT0IP (AS-148), E6AQ, EF4HQ, ER4KAA,
FO/DH5FS (OC-066 and OC-131), FP5BZ, FW7JV, GB2GM, GU0SUP, HH2AA, HH2K,
HI3K, HS0ZBS, HV0A, HZ1SK, J73ESL, J88BTI, K0AP/5 (NA-168), K5M (NA-120),
K8R, KH0/4Z5LA, KH0/KC0W, N5J, OH0/LX1NO, PA80OMG, PI38EUDFX, PX0FF, S01WS,
S79VU, SU1SK, SZ1AB, T22T, T30UN, T88AT, T88JH, T88SM, TI1T, TM33GAME,
TU5ML, V31CQ, V31TL, V55LA, V7/N7XR, VP6DF, VP8G, VP8LP, WC6DX (NA-066),
XW4KV, YB0ECT, Z21EI, Z21ML, Z61DX, Z68BB, ZA/SV1ENG, ZB2BU, ZB2R, ZD7G,
ZL7/JL8AQH.
****************************************************************************
425 DX NEWS HOME PAGE: https://www.425dxn.org/
****************************************************************************
425 DX News is a free of charge weekly bulletin
edited by Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ and Valeria Pregliasco, IK1ADH
Its contents may be used, reproduced and distributed
in part or full provided that
"425 DX News" or "425DXN" receive proper credit
Contributors are invited to send their DX information to
Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ (i1jqj.mauro@gmail.com)
The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays
****************************************************************************
Direttore Responsabile
Gabriele Villa, I2VGW
Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 071675
Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti
Roma, Italia
****************************************************************************
