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[27/09/2024]
425 DX News Bulletin
n.
1742
21 September 2024 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1742
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3D2/R - 3D22 (Three Delta Twenty-two) and 3D2V are the callsigns that the
Rebel DX Group will be using during their upcoming activity from
Rotuma [425DXN 1741]. SuperFox keys valid from 20 September to 30
October (https://ncdxf.org/pages/sfkey.html) have been issued for
both callsigns. FT8 will be prioritized ("CW and SSB less impor-
tant") and plans are to use both FT8 SuperFox and multistream MSHV
on 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10m (same bands but different frequencies);
on 160-30m only multistream MSHV will be used. The Rebels plan to
set sail for Rotuma on 24 or 25 September, with the voyage taking
around 48 hours. Bookmark https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup for
updates. QSL via Club Log's OQRS.
5R - Eric, F6ICX will be active again as 5R8IC from Sainte-Marie Island
(AF-090), Madagascar from October until the end of the year. He
will operate mainly CW on 40-10 metres; during the last two weeks
of December he will also be QRV on the QO-100 satellite. QSL via
LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or via home call (direct or bureau).
E6 - Fred, DH5FS will be active holiday style as E6FS from Niue (OC-040)
on 20-30 September. He will be QRV on various HF bands using 100
watts into wire antennas. QSL via his home call.
EA - EG3AMCUP (from 15 September to 14 October) and AO3AMCUP (from 15
October to 28 October) are the special callsigns used by members of
URE's Unio de Radioaficionats de Barcelona i Baix Llobregat (EA3MM)
during the 37th America's Cup. A certificate will be available, see
https://www.ure.es/diploma-cq-americas-cup-2024/ for information.
QSL via EA3MM, LoTW, eQSL and QRZ Logbook.
GM - Special event station GB2ZL (Scotland) will operate CW only on 1-28
October to mark the 100th anniversary of the first amateur radio
contact between Great Britain and New Zealand (18 October 1924).
QSL via LoTW only. See https://www.qrz.com/db/GB2ZL for more infor-
mation.
IS0 - Luca, IK5AEQ will be active as IM0/IK5AEQ from San Pietro Island
(EU-165) from 29 September to 6 October. He will operate SSB, RTTY
and FT modes on 40-2 metres. On 26-28 September he will be QRV as
IS0/IK5AEQ from POTA sites in the rare province of Oristano on
mainland Sardinia (EU-024). QSL via LoTW, Club Log, or via home
call. [TNX IK5AEQ]
OE - Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the start of regular radio
broadcasting in Austria (1 October 1924), members of the Amateur
Radio Club of the ORF (Austria's national public broadcaster) will
be active as OE0RF (https://www.oe1xrw.radio/). QSL direct to
OE1XRW.
OZ - Dieter, DF2SD is active holiday style as OV9R from Fano Island
(EU-125) until 28 September. QSL via LoTW, eQSL and Club log's OQRS
for paper cards.
V4 - Dale, W4AUV and Bob, K4RLC will be active from St. Kitts (NA-104)
on 1-12 October. Look for V4/W4AUV to operate mainly CW on 40m,
while V4/K4RLC will operate QRP CW on 20 metres from the three POTA
sites on the island. QSLs via LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
W - Mike AB5EB, Mike AD5A, Dragan K0AP and Hector XE2K (AD6D) will be
active from two IOTA groups in early October. The plan is for the
team to be QRV as N5D from Timbalier Island (NA-119) on 4-6
October, and as K5M from Marsh Island (NA-120) on 7-8 October. The
latter operation will be conducted only during the day, due to the
restrictions on staying overnight on the island. They will operate
SSB, CW and FT8 on 40, 20, 15, 10 and 6 metres.
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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!
NCDXF NEWSLETTER ---> The Summer 2024 issue of the Northern California DX
Foundation's Newsletter is now available for download on the NCDXF website
at https://ncdxf.org/pages/newsletter.html. Highlights include "N5J. The
DXpedition to Jarvis Island" by Don Greenbaum (N1DG), "The Next Generation.
8R7X - Guyana 2024" by Philipp Springer (DK6SP), "CB0ZA. The Juan Fernandez
Story" by Otis Vicens (NP4G), "TJ9MD Cameroon DXpedition" by Steve Werner
(AG4W) and "T2C. A Lightweight DXpedition to Tuvalu" by Werner Hasemann
(DJ9KH).
OH2AM's 60TH ANNIVERSARY ---> 19 September marked the 60th anniversary of
the OH2AM station's debut in the 1964 Scandinavian Activity Contest. The
newly formed OH-DX-Ring achieved remarkable success by winning first place
in both multi-multi CW and Phone categories. The anniversary is commemorated
by the release of Laura Piipari's new book, "Atlas of QSL Cards", a fasci-
nating journey through the world of DX guided her late father's valuable QSL
card collection (https://atlasofqsl.com/). The OH2AM-60 Lottery, launched in
August, concluded with ten winners (DL2TOS, HA1DAE, K6CZ, K8MFO, LU6DOT,
OH2KI, OH4X, TA4RC, VE3ZZ and W5DV) receiving a fresh-off-the-press copy of
the book. Among the Scandinavian stations participating in this weekend's CW
leg of the SAC, you will also hear the mothership OH2AM and its modern ver-
sion OH8X from the Far North. [TNX OH2BH]
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******* QSL ROUTES *******
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3B8CW N4GNR EG3MSC EA3DVP PH80LIB PF1SCT
3D2MA VK3BDL EH1DAA EA1UVR PH80MG PI4CQ
3W9A KU1CW EH1SDC EA1AUM PJ4MM M0URX
3Z0SYBIR SP8SW EH2SDC EA1AUM PT5J PP5JR
4L2M EA7FTR EH3SDC EA1AUM R100HVS UA4LL
4V1SAVANNAH N2OO EH4SDC EA1AUM R12RED RN5A
4X0T 4Z5FI EH5SDC EA1AUM R785VA UA3LLS
5A21MB EC6DX EH6SDC EA1AUM S21AF I8KHC
5H1WX I8KHC EH7SDC EA1AUM SN780CHO SP1KZE
5H2MUA DO2HQS EH8SDC EA1AUM SP85BGB SP7PRM
5Q7DX PA7JWC EM100WJZ UR4WWE SZ2TIF SZ2TSL
8Q7WN I8KHC FO/G0VDE M0URX T32AZ KH6QJ
9A24RRC RZ3EC GB80OMG G3WZP T88SG JK1SZX
9J2AO HA5AO GB8MG M7WLT TC93HARP YM9KE
9N7NQ JA7NQQ HB40OK HB9OCR TI7W M0URX
A42K M0OXO II7IAME IZ7WEM TM200CF F4DTO
A60ARS/5 EA7FTR II7LNX IZ7LOW TM45CDXC F5CWU
A91ARS EC6DX LQ5A EA7FTR TM80LTX F8DBN
AO3MMM EA3URC LR3D EA7FTR V26K AA3B
C49C 5B4KH MD4K G3NKC V31MA M0OXO
CB8E CE8EIO OH50LOW OH5JJL VI7POL VK5PAS
CT9ABO OM3GI OK8CX DL7CX XF3AB EA5GL
D4L IK2NCJ OS70DOURBES ON4PHI XT2AW M0OXO
E2A E21EIC OV2T PA0ABM XU7AKJ JA3ULS
E2M E21LLR OV5W OZ1GIN XU7AKP IW3SNW
E51SRX KK7SRX OZ0ROM DK1VK XV9NI JR1UFN
ED3SDC EA1AUM PA80OMG PD8RW ZZ2O PY2EX
EG3AMCUP EA3MM PD538RNI PD0ARI ZZ5K PP5RT
EJ7NET Declan Craig, Letter, Cadamstown, Birr, Co. Offaly, R42 PP90,
Ireland
FY5KE Laurent Haas, 19 rue de la Duee, BP 11, 75020 Paris, France
HA5AO Gaspar Istvan, Budapest, Rakoczi u. 85., 1196, Hungary
I8KHC Antonio Cannataro, Via don Minzoni 18, 87040 Marano MArchesato CS,
Italy
II8IHBC Michele Politano', Via IV Novembre 23, 81042 Calvi Risorta CE,
Italy
II9IABJ Andrea Angelillis, Via Nuovalucello 47/G, 95126 Catania CT, Italy
II9IAGM Alberto Mattei, Via Enrico Millo 20, 96010 Augusta SR, Italy
LX4RTTY Andre Doffing, 9 Cite Europe, L-3834 Schifflange, Luxembourg
LZ73TRC Atanas Petrov Kolev, P.O. Box 49, 6100 Kazanlak, Bulgaria
OE50LOW Enrico Dona', Lohbachweg B 28a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
P3CR Valdas Bieliauskas, P.O. Box 58253, CY-3732 Limassol, Cyprus
S9VMJ Paulo Bauer Jorge, 114 Avenue Victor Hugo, 92170 Vanves, France
T2X Darren Johnston, PO Box 3140, Browns Plains LPO, Browns Plains,
QLD 4118, Australia
T88JH Yoshiaki Sone, 2-5-21 Shoya, Settsu-shi, Osaka 566-0012, Japan
T88PB Nobuaki Hosokawa, 8270 Fujimi, Fujimi-cho, Suwa-gun, Nagano,
399-0211, Japan
TR8CA Jean Charron, 19 rue Gabriel Moussa, 33320 Eysines, France
TZ4AM Gregory J. Carter, 808 Paris Mountain Rd, Rockmart GA 30153, USA
XW4KV Vincent Colombo, 32 rue de Gibrand, 17350 Port d'Envaux, France
ZD9GJ Lance Collister, P.O. Box 73, Frenchtown MT 59834-0073, USA
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[26/09/2024]
W9HT/VP9 Bermuda Islands
Josh,
W9HT will be active as W9HT/VP9 from Bermuda Islands,
IOTA NA - 005, 11 - 14 October 2024.
He will operate on HF Bands plus 6m Band.
Recent DX Spots
W9HT/VP9
QSL via home call direct.
Ads for direct QSL:
Joshua J Long, 8725 Edwardsberg Pl, New Haven, IN,
46774, USA.
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[22/09/2024]
6O3T Somalia
6O3T
Team will be active from Somalia, 9 - 30 September
2024.
Team - IV3JPP, IV3DSH, IZ8GCE, IV3ZXQ, IV3AZV, YL3JA
They will operate on 160 - 6m, CW, SSB, Digital
modes with focus on Low Bands and 6m Band.
QSL direct, LOTW, ClubLog OQRS.
Ads for direct QSL:
Paolo del Do, Postal Office, 33030, Moruzzo, (UD),
ITALY.
Buro request via ClubLog OQRS.
Information from the Team:
DXpedition in Somaliland - Hamradio in the horn of
Africa!
Hello hamradio friends !!!
We are excited to share with you our upcoming
dxpedition to Somaliland.
Somaliland is one of the 5 states that make up the
de facto country called Somalia.
A
difficult territory that has never been spared from
war and famine.
An exciting and complicated dxpedition, in a
turbulent territory, and not always easy to activate.
Date: TBA for security reasons
Location: Somaliland
Call: 6O3T
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[21/09/2024]
CR2B Graciosa Island
Miguel, EA1BP will be active as CR2B from Sao Miguel
Island, IOTA EU - 003, Azores in CQ WW DX SSB
Contest, 26 - 27 October 2024.
He will operate in Single Operator All Band LP
Category.
Recent DX Spots
CR2B
Outside the contest he will be active as CT8/EA1BP.
Previous activity:
Miguel, EA1BP will be active from Graciosa Island,
IOTA EU - 175, in CQ WW DX SSB Contest 29 - 30
October 2022, as CR2B.
Outside of the contest he will operate as CT8/EA1BP.
QSL via home call.
Ads for direct QSL:
Miguel Angel Devora, c/ Canadelo Alto, 55 - 2şB,
36206, Vigo (Pontevedra), Spain.
DXCC Country - Azores Islands.
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[20/09/2024]
3D2NB Fiji
3D2NB Team will be active from Nadi, Viti Levu
Island, IOTA OC - 016, Fiji, 30 November - 2
December 2024.
Team - W7YAQ and K7AR.
Recent DX Spots
3D2NB
QSL
via W7YAQ, LOTW, ClubLog OQRS.
Previous activity:
William, 3D2OU (N7OU) and Robert, 3D2NB(W7YAQ) will
be active from Fiji Islands from 11 till 16 of
february
2009 on 160-10m mainly CW.
QSL via home calls.
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[20/09/2024]
FW7AA Wallis Island
FW7AA Team will be active from Wallis Island, IOTA
OC - 054, Wallis and Futuna, 16 - 29 November 2024.
Team - Bob, W7YAQ and Al, K7AR.
Recent DX Spots
FW7AA
They will operate on HF Bands.
QSL via W7YAQ, LOTW, ClubLog OQRS.
QTH - Vaimalau, Wallis Island.
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[14/09/2024]
425 DX News Bulletin
n.
1741
14 September 2024 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1741
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3D2/R - The Rebel DX Group will be active as 3D22 (Three Delta Twenty-two)
and 3D2V from Rotuma Island sometime in the near future. Two opera-
tors will be active on 160-6 metres mainly FT8 (F/H) for 3-4 weeks.
Bookmark https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup for updates. QSL via
Club Log's OQRS.
3DA - Manfred DK1BT, Wolf DL4WK, Annette DL6SAK, Tom DL7BO and Frank
DL7UFR will be active as 3DA0DL from eSwatini from 25 October to 9
November. They will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 160-10
metres with up to five stations. QSL via DL7UFR (direct or bureau)
and LoTW "within 6 months after the DXpedition". More information
can be found on https://webufr.dl7ufr.selfhost.eu/3da (logsearch
and OQRS included).
5H - Maurizio, IK2GZU will be active again as 5H3MB from Tanzania from
10 October to 11 November, while doing volunteer work at a local
school. In his spare time he will operate SSB, CW and digital modes
on 80-10 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW and eQSL, or via
IK2GZU (direct or bureau).
5W - Pete, ZL4TE will be active holiday style as 5W0TE from Upolu, Samoa
(OC-097) on 3-10 October. He plans to operate mainly CW on 40, 20
and 10 metres, and "to activate at least one of the POTA parks
(more if I get time)". QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or direct to ZL4TE.
6O - The 6O3T team arrived in Hargeisa, Somaliland, on 11 September. On
13 September, they were "waiting for the customs clearance of the
equipment, which as expected will take a few days. For this reason,
no exact dates had been communicated regarding our on-air opera-
tion". If all goes well, they should be ready for the installation
of the first of five stations in the coming days. Bookmark
https://www.facebook.com/Dxexplorernet for updates. QSL via Club
Log's OQRS (direct and bureau), or direct only to IV3DSH; full up-
load to LoTW 12 months after the DXpedition.
DU - Lucy, AB3MY will be active as DU1/AB3MY from Legazpi on Luzon Is-
land (OC-042), Philippines on 19-24 September. She will operate SSB
and possibly some FT8 on 40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres. QSL via
home call. Her activity is to honour her late father, Percy Tence
(PY2PD), who lived in Brazil but was born in the Philippines, and
died in a road traffic accident in 2001.
FR - Michal, OM2DX will be active as TO2DX from Reunion Island (AF-016)
from 27 September to 7 October. He will operate CW, RTTY and FT8 on
60-10 metres, and will participate in the CQ WW RTTY DX Contest
(28-29 September). QSL via home call; QSOs will be uploaded to
Club Log and LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
GM - Members of the Guisborough and District Amateur Radio Club (M0NYM)
will be active as MS0NYM from the Isle of Lewis (EU-010) on 22-26
September. QSL direct to G0UOK.
JA - Look for JA4GXS/4 and JN4JXL/4 to be active from Kasado Island (AS-
117) on 21 September, starting around 7 UTC until 22 UTC. They will
operate CW, SSB and FT8/FT4 on 40, 30, 20, 17 and 6 metres. QSL via
home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
KH2 - Hirata, JH3DJX will be active holiday style as KH2/JH3DJX from Guam
(OC-026) from 29 September to 2 October. He will operate mainly CW
and FT8 on 40-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
OX - Henning, OZ2I will be active again as XP2I from Kangerlussuaq,
Greenland (NA-018) on 20-22 September. He will operate CW only on
80-10 metres, with main activity during the CW leg of the Scandina-
vian Activity Contest. QSL via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW.
SV - Dirk, ON5CT will be active as SV8/ON5CT from Samos Island (EU-049)
from 9 September to 6 October. He operates SSB, FT8 and RTTY on 80-
6 meters. QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW, eQSL and Club Log; paper
QSLs will not be available.
V4 - Once again John, W5JON will be active as V47JA from St. Kitts (NA-
104) from 18 September to 1 October. He will operate SSB and FT8 on
the 160-6 metres. QSL via LoTW, or direct only to W5JON.
V5 - Gunter, DK2WH will be active again as V51WH and V55Y in contests
from Namibia between 19 September and 12 November. He operates SSB,
FT8 and some CW on 160-10 metres. QSL via home call; he does not
use LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
VE - Chris, VO1CH will be active again as VO2VC from Zone 2 in Labrador
from 26 September to 3 October, including an entry in the CQ WW
RTTY DX Contest. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or via VO1CH.
VK9C - Team VK9CV (OK2ZA, OK6DJ, OM3PC, OM4AYL, OM4MM, OM4MW, OM5RW, OM5ZW
and VK5GR) will be active from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (OC-003)
on 1-15 November. They will operate SSB, CW, RTTY and FT8 on 160-6
metres, and via QO-100, from three different operating sites. QSL
via OK6DJ; QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log and LoTW. See
https://vk9cv.com/ for more information; updates will be posted
also to https://www.facebook.com/groups/489325376829131.
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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!
IOTA NEWS ---> The logs for the IOTA Contest 2024 island stations have now
been added to the IOTA database and are available for QSO matching. Record-
holders who have made IOTA contacts in an IOTA contest after 2003, can claim
credit for them without submitting QSLs, provided that the contact details
match. Go to https://iota-world.org/, log in, select "Add Contest QSOs"
under the "My IOTA" tab, and choose either "Upload Contest Log" or "Manual
QSO Entry". The 2024 RSGB IOTA Contest complete results are available on
https://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/hfresults.pl?Contest=IOTA%20Contest&year=2024
IOTA NEWS: CLUBLOG QSO MATCHING UPDATE ---> To enhance security, the Club
Log website no longer accepts regular passwords for QSO matching. Instead, a
Club Log application password must be used. You can obtain this by logging
into the Club Log website, navigating to "Settings", and selecting "App.
Passwords". There, create a new application password and store it in a safe
place. To log in to the Club Log website, continue using your regular pass-
word. When downloading QSO matches from Club Log to the IOTA website, use
the application password you created by following the instructions above.
QSL VIA IK2DUW ---> Antonello would like to remind you that he is not a
member of ARI, the Italian IARU member society, and therefore cannot receive
or send QSLs via this bureau. See https://qsl.net/ik2duw/ for his OQRS.
SAC ---> The 65th Scandinavian Activity Contest will be held on 21-22
September (CW) and 12-13 October (SSB), from 12 UTC on Saturday to 11:59 UTC
on Sunday. Scandinavian stations (Aland Islands, Denmark, Faroe Islands,
Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Jan Mayen, Market Reef, Norway, Svalbard and
Bear Island, Sweden) will try to work as many non-Scandinavian stations as
possible and vice versa. Complete information of the SAC events can be found
at https://www.sactest.net/.
SUPERFOX KEYS ---> SuperFox keys, which allow WSJT-X to operate in SuperFox
mode, are issued by the Northern California DX Foundation. The current list
of SuperFox Keys issued by the NCDXF (last updated on 10 September) can be
found at https://ncdxf.org/pages/sfkey.html. Included in the list are the
ongoing operations of C21TS, KH8T, VP6WR and ZD9GJ.
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8FA, 3B9FR, 3D3CA, 3V8SS, 4L7T,
4S7AB, 4U1UN, 5A21MB, 5Z4BU, 8H79I, 9J2BS, 9K2ES, 9K2OW, 9M1Z (OC-088),
A2NEW, A41CK, A42K, A44A, A60A, A71YY, C91AHV, CN2DX , CN2GS, CN8NY, CP7DX,
CR3A, CU2BN, CX9AU, DT0IP (AS-148), EX2G, FY4JI, HC5DX, HI3SD, HS0ZOA,
IC8SQS, J73ESL, JT1CO, JT1CS, K8K (OC-045), KP2B, LP1H, MD0CCE, OD5KU, OJ0T,
PJ4/K5PI, PV2K, PZ5JW, R0QAF, RI1ANE, S21ABK, S21CMD, S21ZI, T47C, TI5/N3KS,
TX7L, TX7W, UN3M, VI60IOTA, VK9DX, VK9LA, VP6MW, WE9G/KH8, XE1XR, XV9T,
XW4KV, YH3AA, YJ0CA, ZC4GW.
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