[09/12/2016]425
DX News Bulletin #1335
03 Dic
2016
A.R.I. Dx Bulletin
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
3D2 - Chris, VK3FY will be active
holiday style as 3D3FY (callsign to be
confirmed) from the Fiji
Islands (OC-016) on 6-14 December. He will
operate SSB and
CW on 80-10 metres. QSL via
M0OXO (OQRS on
www.m0oxo.com). [TNX M0OXO]
4X - The Holy Land DX Group
(4X1VF, 4X4DZ, 4X6HP, 4Z4BS, 4Z4KX,
4Z5FI,
4Z5IW and 4Z5LA) will be active
as 4X07W from around 7 UTC on 23
December until noon on the
24th. They will operate SSB and CW with
two stations from Israel
National Park (4XFF-007) and UNESCO World
Heritage Site of Beit Guvrin.
QSL via 4Z5LA.
5T - Ahmad, 5T2AI (9K2AI)
and Vlad, 5T9VB (UA4WHX) have been
active as
5T5TI from Tidra Island
(AF-050) since 2 December. Plans are to be
QRV until 5 December; their
licence expires on 10 December. "They
run 30-90 watts to wired
slopers on all bands from 7 to 28 Mhz, 80m
and 6m not certain", Jean
(5T0JL) says, and adds: "it is strongly
requested to satisfy yourself
with one mode contact in order
to
please the pushing crowd". QSL
via NI5DX.
9X - Harald, DF2WO will be
active as 9XB954 (quite an unusual callsign)
from 3 February to 11 March
during his stay in Kigali, Rwanda. QSL
via M0OXO's OQRS
(www.m0oxo.com).
D4 - Larry, OH5XP and
Zaba, OH1ZAA have been active as
D4X from Boa
Vista (AF-086), Cape Verde
since 30 Novmber, and will remain there
until 5 December. QSL via
OH6GDX. [TNX The Daily DX]
E4 - Active from
Jericho, Palestine will be Bodo, DF8DX as
E44QX (8-12
December) and Herman,
DL2NUD as E44HP (8-18 December). Expect EME
activity on 23, 13 and 9cm,
but Bodo will also operate CW only on
the HF bands. QSL via home
calls (for E44QX also via LoTW and Club
Log's OQRS).
H44 - Remo, HB9SHD will be active
style as H44QQ from Uepi, New Georgia
Islands (OC-149) during
December. He will be QRV holiday style
on
40, 20, 15 and 10
metres; apparently he is particularly fond
of
digital modes. QSL via home
call.
HA - Radioclub Bajcsy will
be operating special event station HG0IDPD on
3 December in connection with
the United Nations International Day
of Persons with Disabilities.
An OQRS for bureau cards can be found
on https://www.qrz.com/db/hg0idpd;
traditional cards should be sent
direct to HA5MA.
J6 - The Buddies in the
Caribbean DXpedition group, which specializes in
100 watt or less low
power radios and the
Buddipole portable
antenna systems, will be active
again from St. Lucia (NA-108) on
4-12 December. Look
for J68HF (W6HFP), J68FF (W3FF),
J6/K0BBC,
J6/KI8R, J6/KO7M, J6/W6LDX,
J6/W6PNG and J6/WJ1B to operate CW, SSB
and digital modes on 160-6
metres. QSL via LoTW or direct to home
calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
JA_ant - Yath, JG2MLI will be active as 8J1RL and
8J60JARE (special callsign
for the 60th Japanese Antarctic
Research Expedition) from the Syowa
Station on East Ongul Island
(AN-015), Antarctica between 1 January
2017 and 20 January 2018. He
will operate CW, SSB and digital modes
on 40-10 metres. QSLs via the
JARL bureau or direct to JG2MLI. [TNX
DX World]
KP2 - Look for KP2/AA4W, KP2/KE4AL
(QSL via LoTW or direct to home call),
KP2/N8WD (QSL via LoTW or
direct to home call) and WP2/K4ZGB to be
active with
multiple stations from St. Croix,
Virgin Islands
(NA-106) on 6-14 December,
including participation in the ARRL 10
Meter Contest.
OH - Once again Santa Radio,
OF9X (Old Father Nine Xmas) will be active
on 1-31 December to "promote
the Christmas spirit on the
radio
spectrum". QSL via OH2BH
and Club Log's OQRS. There are
twelve
"elves" operating
OF9X, and they indicate
themselves with a
3-letter identity: ART (OH2KW
Arto), ATU (OH2FB Arttu), JYR (OH2KM
Jyri), LAK (OH2LAK Erik),
MAR (OH2BH Martti), NIK (OH2GEK Niko),
PAU (OH5BQ Pauli),
PEK (OH2TA Pekka), PER (OH2BEE Pertti),
RAI
(OH2BCI Raimo), SIM (OH2PM
Pertti) and TOM (OH6VDA Tom). Work OF9X
on as many bands and modes as
possible to earn QSO points, and work
as many elves as possible
to get multipliers, and "your efforts
will be rewarded by Santa
Awards" - see https://www.qrz.com/db/of9x
for complete information. [TNX
OH2BH]
PY - A team of seven
operators (PU2KFL, PU2LEW, PU2UTY, PY2ALC,
PY2GTA,
PY2HP and PY2XIZ) will
be active as ZV2CV from Ilha das
Couves
(SA-028) from around 11 UTC on
7 January until around 14 UTC on the
8th. The plan to operate SSB,
CW and digital modes on 80, 40, 20,
15 and 10 metres. QSL
via PY2XIZ, direct or
bureau. Realtime
logsearch at http://qsodirector.com/event/zv2ta/.
S5 - Special event station
S509PMC is active until 8 January to promote
the PMC Contest,
sponsored by the Radio Club
Slovenj Gradec
(S59DCD). All QSOs will be
confirmed automatically via the bureau
and eQSL; direct cards via
S50X. The International Association of
Peace Messenger Cities was
established in 1988 to recognize
and
encourage the role
and responsibility cities have in
creating a
culture of peace.
The PMC Contest, promoting contacts
between
stations located in the
Peace Messenger Cities and the rest of the
world, will be held on 7-8
January (see www.s59dcd.si/en10/).
UN - Celebrating the 25th
anniversary of the independence of Kazakhstan
(16 December 1991), a large
number of UP25 callsigns will be active
on 1-31 December. See
http://kazakhstan25.hamlog.ru/ for logsearch
and information on the
award. QSL for UP25CWA, UP25ECA,
UP25I,
UP25J, UP25KZ,
UP25L, UP25LL, UP25LW, UP25M,
UP25N, UP25NFD,
UP25NR, UP25NWA,
UP25O, UP25OGA, UP25P, UP25PA, UP25TX,
UP25Z,
UP25ZA, UP25ZAF, UP25ZF
and UP25ZWW via RW6HS, direct only. [TNX
RW6HS].
VK9N - Matt, VK1MA will be active
holiday style as VK9NM from
Norfolk
Island (OC-005) on 19-26
December. "As a keen participant in the
SOTA (Summits On The Air)
programme", he says, "I am intending to
activate Mt Bates several times
during my visit". QSL via LoTW and
eQSL only.
ZC4 - Steve, G0SGB will
be active as ZC4SB from "various
locations"
within the U.K.
Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus (AS-004) on
11-25
January. He will operate SSB
and CW mainly on 80, 40 and 20 metres.
QSL via home call, direct only.
[TNX rsgbiota.org]
AFRICAN TOUR ---> Once again Peter, HA3AUI
will be active as 6W2SC from
Senegal and J5UAP from Guinea-Bissau between
approximately 20 January and 5
March. He will operate mainly CW
on 20-10 metres. Some IOTA and/or
WFF
activities as 6W2SC/p are being
considered. QSL via HA3AUI (direct)
and
LoTW, logsearch on Club Log and http://cqafrica.net.
[TNX NG3K]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
6V1IS/P ---> The two recent 6V1IS/p operations have
been approved for IOTA
credit. Activity took place from the
islands of Ngor (from 16 UTC on 10
November to 9 UTC on the 12th) and Goree (from
21 UTC on 12 November to 13
UTC on the 14th); both
count for IOTA group AF-045.
QSL via IK7JWX;
logsearch and OQRS on Club Log.
CLUB LOG'S MOST WANTED LIST ---> The latest Most
Wanted List, generated on
1 December, is available at https://secure.clublog.org/mostwanted.php.
The
information is derived from QSOs
uploaded to Club Log (currently
394
million log entries available for analysis) and, to
improve quality, only
QSOs that have QSLs confirmed are considered to be
worked.
H44MS ---> Bernard, H44MS (DL2GAC) has been on
Guadalcanal (OC-047), Solomon
Islands for five weeks now [425DXN 1330], and will
remain there until 10 May
2017. He operates SSB only on 160 and 80 metres with
a vertical antenna left
Behind by H44GC, on 40m with an
inverted dipole, and on 20-10m
with a
4-element beam. The local noise is constantly very
high, and he is looking
for a better QTH outside the capital city of Honiara.
QSL via DL2GAC, direct
or bureau. [TNX DL2GAC]
QSL VIA DJ4EL ---> Markus, DJ4EL has uploaded to
Club Log and activated the
OQRS for the following operations:
5Z4/DJ4EL (October 2014, IOTA AF-040),
DD4T (June 2012, IOTA EU-127),
SV8/DJ4EL (March 2013 and July 2016, IOTA
EU-158), TA0/DJ4EL (March-April 2015,
IOTA AS-201), V31ME (January 2011 &
January 2013, IOTA NA-073 and NA-123), VP9/DJ4EL (October
2013, IOTA NA-005)
and XE1/DJ4EL (December 2010-January 2011 and
December 2014-January 2015).
VU7MS ---> Manoj, VU2CPL and Siddhu,
VU3NXI were active as VU7MS
from
Kavaratti, Lakshadweep Islands (AS-011) between
13.22 UTC on 29 November and
23.40 UTC on 1 December. They operated
CW and SSB on 40, 20, 17 and
15
metres, and made 3,333 QSOs. QSL via LoTW and
Club Log's OQRS; traditional
paper cards via VU2CPL.
QSLs received direct or through managers:
3B9HA, 3DA0NJ, 3XY1T, 4S7AB,
5A1AL, 5H3DX, 5T5AI, 9J2BO,
AT2SL (AS-176), CE0Y/JA0JHQ, CY9C,
D66D,
DL0KWH/p (EU-129), DS5DNO/p (AS-081), E41MS, EH0P,
EK7DX, EP2A, EX8M, FG1GW,
GB0MGY, K9AJ/VY0 (NA-159), KD6WW/VY0 (NA-159 &
NA-196), OC4WW, OJ0DX, OX3LX
(NA-134), R23RRC (AS-091), R3CA/0 (AS-038, AS-070,
AS-152, AS-163, AS-164),
R3CA/8, R3CA/9 (AS-005, AS-068, AS-104),
RI1C/p (EU-133), RI1FJ (EU-019),
RK1O/p (EU-161), SV5/SM8C, T2R, T32SB, T88AT,
TL0A, TZ4AM, UA2F, UE23RRC
(AS-142), V26K, V3A, V47JA, V5/DL3DXX, VE2IM,
VI6DH400 (OC-206), VK5MAV/6
(OC-266), YN2N, ZY8M (SA-045).
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