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DX News Bulletin #1242
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile
I2VGW
5H - Stefano, IK6JRI will be active as 5H1JRI
from Zanzibar Island
(AF-032) from 20 February to 3 March. He
will operate SSB only on
40-10 and maybe 80 metres. QSL via IK7JWX.
5T - Jean, 5T0JL (ON8RA) will be active again as
5T0ITU [425DXN 1219]
on 25-26 Feburary. This special callsign
has been granted for use
during ITU events, in this case the third
meeting of ITU's
Telecommunication Standardization Sector
SG13RG-AFR that will be
held in Zambia. QSL via ON8RA. Make sure
to comply with Jean's
operating habits as detailed on
www.qrz.com/db/5T0ITU.
C6 - John,
C6ATS (http://kk4oyj.wordpress.com)
has been active from
Acklins Island (NA-113), Bahamas since
17 February. He should
remain there for a few more days, with operations
depending on
weather conditions. John's permission to
stay in the Bahamas
expired on 24 February, but he has got an
extension for one month.
QSL via NI5DX (direct) and LoTW, OQRS on
Club Log (bureau cards
should be requested through the OQRS).
CE0Z - An "Early Departure Team" has been in Chile
since 16 February to
arrange the shipment of the equipment to Robinson
Crusoe Island,
Juan Fernandez [425DXN 1240]. They expected
to leave for the
island on the 20th, to set up antennas and
stations. "Due to new
regulation rules which enter in force this
week", they say,
"flights to Juan Fernandez are now limited
to 6 passengers. This
change implies more planes than before
and a dramatically
increased budget which now represent an
overall cost of US$ 56.000
(only for flights)! We would have prefered
to transport the
passengers by sea, but the only maritime
company with adequat
fleet has a very limited capacity". The
second group of operators
will arrive on Sunday (22 February);
activity as 3G0ZC will then
start as soon as possible. QSL via F1ULQ (OQRS
on Club Log) and
LoTW. Bookmark http://juanfernandez2015.com
for updates. [TNX
F5NQL]
DL - Special event station DL1965WH will be
active from 1 March to 29
February 2016 to celebrate a double golden
jubilee, i.e. the 50th
anniversary of the Amateur Radio Group of
the German Armed Forces
in Daun/Vulkaneifel, and the 50th birthday
of the Group's leader,
Volker Schnitzius, DL1WH. QSL via DL1WH,
direct or bureau (cards
will only be available next year, after the
end of the activity).
[TNX DL1WH]
HP - Members of the Colon DX Group will be
active as H91T from Taboga
Island (NA-072) from 27 February to 1 March.
Expect activity on
40, 20, 17, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via
HP2BWJ. [TNX DX World]
OX - Bo, OX3LX (http://geronne.dk/index.php/ox3lx/ox3lx-dxped)
will be
active again from the Kookoerne Islands
(NA-220) on 24-27
February. As during his latest operation
from there (6-11
February), he will be QRV in his spare
time. QSL via OZ1PIF.
PJ7 - The Uruguay DX Group (Gus CX2AM, Mario
CX4CR, Rainer CX8FB and
Bert CX3AN) will be active holiday style as
PJ7C from Sint Maarten
(NA-105) from 28 February to 9 March. They
will operate SSB and CW
with two stations. QSL via EB7DX. [TNX
CX3ZAN]
PY - PS8RV, PU8WMM, PU8WZT, PY8AB, PY8FML,
PY8WW and PY8ZE will be
active as ZV8V from the lighthouse Chapeu
Virado on Ilha do
Mosqueiro (not IOTA) on 20-22 February.
They will operate CW, SSB
and digital modes on 80-10 metres. QSL via
LoTW. [TNX PY8WW]
V6 - Keith, GM4YXI and Chris, GM3WOJ will be
active as V6Z from Chuuk
(OC-011), Micronesia from 27 March to 9
April. They will also be
active during the CQ WW WPX SSB
Contest, but it will be a
"part-time entry, mostly S&P". Keith an
Chris will have two
stations on the air "for as many hours
per day as possible",
running 500 watts on 80-10 metres CW and
SSB. All V6Z QSOs will be
uploaded to LoTW and Club Log, hopefully on
a daily basis. There
are also plans for a real-time logging
system to show the last 30
QSOs - see www.v6z2015.com
for further information. QSL via N3SL.
VE - Alexey, VE1RUS has been active as
VY0/VE1RUS from Ellesmere Island
(NA-008) since 11 February and will remain
there until the 25th.
He is QRV in his spare time mainly on 20 metres.
QSL to VE1RUS
(direct only).
VK9L - VK9LC is the callsign OH2YY and OH1TV will
use during their 22-28
February activity from Lord Howe Island
(OC-004) [425DXN 1239].
They will operate mainly SSB with some CW
with two stations on
40-6 metres. QSL via OH2YY, direct or
bureau; logsearch on Club
Log.
VP8 - Roger, G0SWC is active as VP8DBR from
the Falkland Islands
(SA-002) until 20 March, and will be active
again from 19 July to
26 September. He is QRV in his spare time
mainly on 20, 17, 15, 12
and 10 metres SSB. QSL via G0SWC. [TNX The
Daily DX]
W - Look for KG4JSZ, KI4GMR, KS4WA, N2MFT and
maybe others members of
the Mid Florida DX Association to be active
from Honeymoon Island
(NA-034) for a few hours (12-18 UTC) on 28
February. QSL via home
calls. [TNX
rgsbiota.org]
Z8 - Olli, OH0XX has been active as Z81X from
Southern Sudan since 19
February. He will be QRV (CW only) until
the 25th, including
participation in the ARRL DX CW Contest.
QSL via OH0XX. [TNX The
Daily DX]
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TO KNOW ...
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile
I2VGW
425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The January 2015 issue
is now available for
download at
www.425dxn.org/monthly/index.html.
[TNX IZ3EBA]
ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST (CW) ---> Object of
the contest is for W/VE
amateurs to work as many stations in as many DXCC
entities as possible on
160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 metre bands, while foreign
amateurs (also
including KH6, KL7, CY9 and CY0) work as many W/VE
stations in as many of
the 48 contiguous states and provinces as possible
(complete rules can be
found at
www.arrl.org/arrl-dx).
This year's event will run from from 00.00
UTC on 21 February through 23.59 UTC on the 22nd. Do
not forget to give a
look at the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at
www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxc2015.html
- good contest to you all!
CHESTERFIELD 2015 ---> TX3X has been officially
issued to the 2-12 October
DXpedition to the Chesterfield Islands [425DXN
1238]. The on-island team is
now complete, and includes twelve operators
(AA4NN, HA5AO, K5GS, K6GFJ,
K6MM, K6TD, K6TU, N6HC, ND2T, W1SRD, W2LK, WA6O).
The fundraising campaign
is underway, please visit
www.tx3x.com
for information on how to donate. As
for QSLling, a "fully integrated Log Search / OQRS
/ QSL management
application" has been developed by the team. "The
QSL management back end
functions will significantly reduce the labor associated
with processing
OQRS, Direct and Buro requests, including LoTW".
TX3X's QSL policy is
detailed on the website.
COCOS ISLAND ---> TI9/3Z9DX has been QRV from Cocos
Island since 20 UTC on
16 February and will be QRV until the 23rd.
MM0NDX reports that the
operators (3Z9DX and RA9USU, SP8SIW and TI2HMJ) are
not permitted to move
from the location they have been assigned, which is
surrounded by hills and
almost entirely blocked to Europe. A complete
write-up of previous
activations of TI9 can be found on the Documentary
Archives Radio
Communications'website:
www.dokufunk.org/cocos-e.
K1N ---> The DXpedition went QRT on 15 February at
11.27 UTC. The last
helicopter flight left Navassa at 15 UTC with the three
team members who
overnighted to keep stations QRV until the last
possible moment.
The full log has been uploaded to Club Log. It
shows 139,702 QSOs
(72770/CW, 54821/SSB and 12111/RTTY) with 35,825
unique callsigns. As for
the breakdown by continent, 81551 QSOs (58.4%)
were made with North
America, 44755 (32.0%) with Europe, 8105 with
Asia, 3208 with South
America, 1204 with Oceania, 876 with Africa and 3
with Antarctica.
QSL via N2OO, direct (Bob Schenck, P.O. Box 345,
Tuckerton NJ 08087, USA)
or bureau; Club Log's OQRS has been activated for both
direct and bureau
cards. The logs will be uploaded to LoTW "sooner
rather than later". If you
do not find your QSO on Club Log, please send your
complete log data to
k1nqsl[@]yahoo.com,
and be prepared to wait a bit, as "it may take several
days for us to research your request".
MEGA DXPEDITIONS HONOR ROLL ---> In the late
90s Jari Jussila, OH2BU
started collecting records of DXpeditions that make
at least 30,000 QSOs.
What it used to be a spreadheet has been put into a
database maintained by
Bernd, DF3CB and hosted on the German DX
Foundation's website:
http://gdxf.de/megadxpeditions/.
It is not a mere statistic exercise, but
an intriguing review of 221 DXpeditions (so far)
that have made the history
of DXing over the years, from 8Z4A in 1979 to the
most recent K1N and EP6T
in 2015. Comments, corrections or additions to the
list should be sent to
Jari.Jussila[@]oh2bu.pp.fi
and bernd[@]df3cb.com.
QSL VIA G3SWH ---> Phil, G3SWH has managed to obtain
copies of the logs for
8P9FX, G3RFX, GO3RFX, GQ3RFX, GR3RFX, PJ2/G3RFX,
ZB2FX, ZB300FX, ZG2FX and
ZQ2FX, all operated by the late Martyn, G3RFX (SK
June 2014). All logs have
been uploaded to LoTW. There are also log
searches available at
www.g3swh.org.uk
and on Clublog. Phil also plans to upload the logs
for
DJ0EQ and DJ0EQ/p (Martyn's operations from Berlin
in the 1970s). As
Martyn's RSGB membership lapsed on his passing,
paper QSL are only
available direct from G3SWH, preferably
through his OQRS
(http://www.g3swh.org.uk/multiple-request.php).
Please do not send QSL
cards via the bureau system as they will not be
received. [TNX G3SWH]
S01WS ---> The Sahara DX Team twitted that on
15 February S01WS, the
Sahrawi Amateur Radio Union's club station, "suffered
various failures,
which forced to suspend any activity for an extended
period of time".
+ SILENT KEY + Charles "Frosty" Frost, K5LBU [425DXN
1239] passed away on
14 February, the day of his 74th birthday.
Over the years he often
travelled and lived in Africa; more recently
he organized annual
DXpeditions (3DA0CF, 7P8CF, A25CF, C91CF, C81CF) for
several operators to
join him.
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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
===================================================================
3B8CW NI5DX EG4PAR EA4PN P49X
W0YK
3D2KM W6ZL EG5ANT EA5DY
PA15CC PA7HPH
3G7R CE7FKG EG8FLL EA8URE
PA40FAW PA0FAW
3W3B E21EIC EH5ANT EA5FL
PI25COM PA3CAL
3Z51EY SP7EY EI1Y EI5JQ PI4A
PB1WB
3Z51MOC SP7MOC EM4IFF US5IQ PI4D
PA3ERA
3Z51OXU SQ7OXU EN7P UT1PG PI4F
PD1WAT
3Z51POS SP7POS FG4KH F1DUZ
PI4ZU PC4DX
3Z51PSW SP7PSW FO/K8PGJ K8PGJ PJ2T
W3HNK
3Z51R SP7RJI FS4WBS IZ1MHY PJ4D
W3HNK
3Z51S SP7SEW FW5JJ F5RXL PJ4F
M0URX
4H1T DU1IVT H2X IZ4AMS
PJ4NX M0URX
4U0ITU 4U1ITU H44MS DL2GAC
PJ7/WJ2O N2ZN
5B4AGN M0URX HA10SOTA HA1DTQ
PJ7AA AA9A
5B4ALX IZ4AMS HB9ICE HB9BHY PR5P
PT2OP
5C5W EA5XX HF0A SP9YI PW0F
OH2BH
5H1ES IK3GES HF51SDA SP7PFD
R1989A UA4AJD
5H1OC IK6CAC HG30CW HA3NU
RC70YC K2PF
5H6JG HA3JB HG90IARU HA5MA
S01WS EA2JG
5T0JL ON8RA HH2/N3BNA KA2AEV
S79CO JT1CO
5W1SA JA1DXA HI3TT W2CCW
SU0ERA SM5AQD
5W7A YT1AD HK1NA K6IPM
SU9IG OM3CGN
5Z4/EA4ATI EA4YK HK1R K6IPM
SX2AG SV2HXV
6Y2T VE3DZ HL2ZIK JE1XUZ
TG9IIN K4TI
6Y5JH EA5GL HL2ZIM JG1WBB
TI8/AA8HH K8DV
7Q7BP G3MRC HP3AK W4JS
TI9/3Z9DX 3Z9DX
7X3V 7X2ARA HR5/AA4NC AI4U
TM12WAP F8DHE
8P2K KU9C HS0ZKG F6AXX
TR8CA F6CBC
9A0Z 9A3JB II0LOVE 9A8AOT
UE23DZO RA4DR
9H3KZ G2BKZ II1MNA IQ1GE
UE23DKA UA4PIE
9J2HN JR2KDN II2ANT I2JJR
UE23DSA RL3DV
9M4SI 9M2YOT II5ANT IZ5BTC
UE92L RQ7L
9M8XXW/6 DJ8XW II6ANT IW6NZY V26M
W3HNK
9V1YC W5UE II8POLE IK8FIQ
V31AT K5PI
9X0PY SM6CPY IO9Z IT9DSZ
V31KP DK1IP
AH0KT JH8PHT IR1ANT I1HYW V55V
DJ8VC
AO4HAG EA4GKV J73CCM SM0CCM
V63MJ M0URX
AT3ANT VU2UR J75D SM5DJZ
VA7AAW VE7IG
AU4ASR VU2AJO J79WW N4USA VC7G
VE7JH
BW2/JP1RIW BM2JCC K4C K4MZU
VE2CSI M0URX
C21BN JH1NBN K6IJ/KH6 EA5GL
VK2ANT VK2FR
C5DX G4DJX KG4AS N4SIA
VP2MRS KB8RJ
C6ABB N2RFA KG4HI WB2REM
VP2MUR KB8RJ
C6AKQ N4BP KG4RQ WB2REM
VP8DBR G0SWC
C6ARU N4UM KG4YL K9DIG
VY1JA N3SL
C6ATS NI5DX KH7XX EB7DX
W2VQ/C6A WQ2N
C6AUM K4RUM KP2M AI4U
XU7AES KB4FB
C6AWW NX4N LY97A LY5A YE0C
YB0OKR
CE3/KQ7W AC7DX LY97O LY8O
YL390BF YL3BF
CR2X OH2BH LZ112RF LZ1YE
YL390UI YL2UI
CR6K CT1ILT N0J JQ2GYU
YR0WL YO9KPB
D44EE OZ1BII OE88WAP OE3KKA Z81X
OH0XX
DP1POL DL1ZBO OE89ANT OE3AIS
ZA/IW2JOP IW2HAJ
DP7BVBG DF7AA OE90AAW OE3SGA
ZL1WND EA5ZD
DQ40AIX DJ9KR OG0Z W0MM
ZL7/F8FUA F8FUA
DU3LA N0QM OH0Z W0MM ZM3T
ZL3TE
DU9AQQ EA5GL P40L WA3FRP ZV2K
PY2SHF
EA6UP EA6SK P40LE K2LE ZW2R
PY2LCD
EG1LSP EA1GIB P49MR VE3MR
ZW5WIM PU5IKE
3Z9DX Dom Grzyb, skr. poczt. 84, 34-200 Sucha
Beskidzka, Poland
4U1ITU IARC, P.O. Box 6, 1211 Geneva 20,
Switzerland
9M2YOT Hasrul Nizam, Peti surat 118, Pejabat Pos
Besar, 75720 Melaka,
Malaysia
EA2JG Arseli Echeguren Bardeci, Barrena 6, 01408
Luiaondo (Alava), Spain
JH1NBN Yuki Yosuke Uchiyama, 924-4 Yokokawa-machi,
Hachioji-shi,
Tokyo-to, 193-0823, Japan
K8DV David Vest, 2934 Rontina Drive, Goshen OH
45122, USA
K8PGJ Peter M. Gladysz, 4633 Riverchase, Troy MI
28098, USA
K9DIG Nancy M Yoshida, 1079 Harvest Ln NE,
Thompson, ND 58278, USA
LU8DCH Carlos Alberto Heguilein, Calle Gral Tomas
Guido 209, B1643EWE
Beccar, Argentina
N4SIA Clifton N Strickland III, 2008 Baltic
Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA
23451, USA
PJ2/DH6TJ Sascha Kolonko, Tristanstr. 15, 14109
Berlin, Germany
PT2OP Orlando Perez Filho, SHIGS 706, Bloco L
Casa 22, Brasilia - DF,
70350-762, Brazil
PU0FDN Jose Carlos Marenga, Caixa Postal 52,
Fernando de Noronha - PE,
53990-000, Brazil
PU5IKE Jose Henrique Schossland, Rua Rui Barbosa
2247 Apto 01, Joinville
- SC, 89220-100, Brazil
PY2LCD Billy Heinz Dorsch, Rua Willis Roberto
Banks 1119, Sao Paulo - SP,
05128-000, Brazil
VE1RUS Alexey Tikhomirov, #210 - 45 Vimy Ave,
Halifax NS B3M 4C5, Canada
WB2REM James I. Millner, 7010 Gullotti Place, Port
St Lucie, FL 34952, USA
YB0OKR Tito Nugroho, Kavling Polri Blok G VII No.
1718, Jelambar, Jakarta
Barat 11460, Indonesia
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DX News Bulletin #1241
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INFORMATION
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile
I2VGW
3X - Michael, PA5M expects to be active again as
3XY5M from Guinea for
the next couple of months, until around 10
April. He will be QRV
in his free time, typically during his evening
hours. QSL via
PA7FM. [TNX The Daily DX]
4U1ITU - The International Amateur Radio Club
of ITU HQ (4U1ITU,
www.itu.int/radioclub)
was active as 4U0ITU on 13 February for
World Radio Day, which also marked
the kick-off for the
celebrations of the 150th anniversary
of the International
Telecommunication Union. IARC will be using
the callsign 4U0ITU
for the rest of 2015, until the World
Radio Conference WRC-15
(2-27 November). See
qrz.com
for QSL information. [TNX SV3SJ]
7Q - Ken, LA7GIA will be active again as 7Q7GIA
from Malawi on 21-28
February. He will operate CW and RTTY on
80-10 metres, with a
focus on 80, 40, 30 and 12m. QSL via home
call, direct or bureau,
and LoTW; logsearch on Club Log. [TNX DX
World]
C2 - Yuki, JH1NBN will be active again as C21BN
from Nauru (OC-031) on
18-28 February. He will be QRV on 60-10
metres SSB in his spare
time. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
C5 - Alan, G4DJX will be active as C5DX from
Banjul and Farafenni, The
Gambia on 13-20 February. This will be a "limited
operation whilst
on school trip", with activity on 40-10
metres CW and SSB. QSL via
LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
C6 - Chris, NX4N will be active as C6AWW from
Grand Bahama (NA-080) on
20-23 February. He will focus on 80 metres
CW during the ARRL DX
CW Contest; outside the contest he will be
QRV mainly on 30, 17,
12 and 6 metres CW. QSL via LoTW or direct
to NX4N. [TNX The Daily
DX]
CT9 - Once again Rosel, DL3KWR and Hardy,
DL3KWF will be active as
CT9/DL3KWR and CT9/DL3KWF from Madeira
(AF-014) from 5 March to 1
April. They plan to operate mostly in CW
with a focus on 12, 17
and 30 metres. QSL via home calls. Email
requests for bureau cards
can be sent to dl3kwr[@]darc.de
or dl3kwf[@]darc.de
respectively.
[TNX DL3KWR]
FG - Michel, F6GWV and Gildas, F6HMQ will be active
as FG/F6GWV and
FG/F6HMQ from Guadeloupe (NA-102) from 18
February to 8 March.
They will also use special callsign TO66R (QSL
via F6HMQ) during
the ARRL DX SSB Contest. [TNX The Daily DX]
FR - Michel, F5PLC will be active as
FR/F5PLC from Reunion Island
(AF-016) from 16 April to 16 June. He will
operate QRP CW mainly
on 20 metres and possibly 30 metres. QSL
via home call. [TNX Les
Nouvelles DX]
FY - Christian, F5UII will be active as FY/F5UII
from French Guiana on
18-27 February. He will operate SSB and
maybe RTTY on the HF bands
in his spare time, indicatively before 11
UTC, between 15 and 17
UTC and after 22 UTC. QSL via home call,
direct or bureau.
Logsearch on
www.f5uii.net.
[TNX DX World]
HR - Will, AA4NC will be active as HR5/AA4NC from
Honduras on 17-25
February, including an entry in the ARRL DX
CW Contest. Outside
the contest he will operate RTTY, CW and
SSB on 160-6 metres. QSL
via AI4U (direct) and LoTW. [TNX AA4NC]
J6 - Members of the J6DX Group will be active as
J64SLI/36 (for the
36th anniversary of the indipendence of
St. Lucia) on 21-23
February. They will operate QRP on CW, SSB,
PSK-31 and RTTY. QSL
via WB5Q. [TNX DX World]
J7 - Jan, SM5DJZ plans to be active as J75D from
Dominica (NA-101) on
18-25 February, including an entry in the
ARRL DX CW Contest.
Outside the contest he will operate mainly
CW "on most bands". QSL
via home call (OQRS on Club Log) and LoTW.
[TNX The Daily DX]
JW - Look for Bodo JW/DF8DX, Daniel JW/DJ4MF,
Rene JW/DL2JRM and Herman
JW/DL2NUD to be active from Longyearbyen
(EU-026), Svalbard on
18-25 February. They will operate mainly CW
on all bands from the
JW5E club station. QSL via home calls. [TNX
The Daily DX]
KG4 - Bill, W4WV (KG4WV) and Al, W6HGF (KG4HF)
will be active from
Guantanamo Bay from 20 February to 6 March.
They will operate SSB,
PSK, RTTY and CW on all bands. QSL via home
calls (KG4HF also via
LoTW) and logsearch on Club Log.
KH0 - JA1NVF and OH7WV are currently active as
N0J from from Tinian,
Northern Mariana Islands (OC-086). JA1NVF
will operate SSB until
16 February, and OH7WV will operate CW
until the 17th. They are
QRV on the HF bands except 160 metres. QSL
via JQ2GYU. [TNX NG3K]
KH8 - Ethan, K8GU will be active as KH8/K8GU from
Tutuila (OC-045),
American Samoa on 20-27 February. He will
operate in his spare
time, most likely between 16 and 2 UTC. He
hopes to be QRV for
Europe on 80 and 40 metre on the the gray
line, and to enter the
ARRL DX CW Contest probably on 15 metres.
QSL via home call,
direct or bureau, and LoTW.
PJ7 - Dave, WJ2O will be active as PJ7/WJ2O from
Sint Maarten (NA-105)
on 18-25 February, inclding an entry in the
ARRL DX CW Contest. He
will be QRV on 40-10 metres, with a focus
on 30, 17 and 12 metres
outside the contest. QSL via N2ZN and LotW.
[TNX NG3K]
LU - Carlos, LU8DCH will be active as LU8DCH/D
from Isla Martin Garcia
(SA-055) on 18-22 February. He will operate
SSB and PSK on various
bands. QSL direct to home cll. [TNX VA3RJ]
PY - PU2TRX, PU2TYA, PY2HG, PY2LCD and PY2VM will
be active as ZW2R
from Icapara Lighthouse on Ilha Comprida
(SA-024) on 20-22
February. QSL via PY2LCD, direct or bureau.
[TNX
rsgbiota.org]
PY - PY1MT and PY1SG will be active as
ZV1M from Ilha Jurubaiba
(SA-029) on 21-22 February. QSL direct to
PY1MT. [TNX
rsgbiota.org]
PY0F - Ville, PY2ZEA and Martti, OH2BH will be
active as PW0F from
Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) on 20-25
February, ARRL DX CW Contest
included. QSL via OH2BH.
PY0T - Fabio PP5BZ, Jaime PP5JD and Claudio PY3OZ
will be active as PQ0T
from Trindade (SA-010) on 3-6 April, "but
confirmation of the
exact date depends on the Brazilian Navy".
They will operate CW,
SSB and RTTY on 80-6 metres. QSL route TBA.
S7 - Chak, JT1CO will be active as S79CO from
the Seychelles on 14-25
February. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
T7 - ARRSM members will operate T7DX from the Republic
of San Marino
during this year's major contests, starting
with the CQ WW WPX SSB
(28-29 March). QSL direct to A.R.R.S.M.
Radio Club, Casella
postale 77, 47890 San Marino, Repubblica
di San Marino. [TNX
IZ4AKS]
VK - Special callsign VI110ROTARY has been granted
for use from 20
February until 31 May to celebrate the
110th anniversary of Rotary
International. Members of Rotarians of
Amateur Radio will be
launch it on 22 February at the Wyong Field
Day (New South Wales)
and other activities will follow from various
locations around
Australia. [TNX Southgate ARC]
VP5 - Look for VP5/K0MD, VP5/K0PC and
VP5/AC0W to be active from
Providenciales, Caicos Islands (NA-002) on
18-23 February. QSL via
home calls. Their main purpose is to enter
the ARRL DX CW Contest
as VP5S (QSL via K0MD). [TNX The Daily DX]
W - Once again Joe, K5KUA will be active as
K5KUA/5 from Galveston
Island (NA-143) on 20-22 February. Usually
he operates CW only on
40-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. Logsearch on
Club Log. [TNX
rsgbiota.org
YB - The mid-February IOTA operation from Lucipara
Island (OC-274)
[425DXN 1240] has been cancelled as one of
the operators (Budi,
YF1AR) has fallen ill. [TNX DX World]
ZF - Martti, OH2BH will be active as ZF2BH from
the Cayman Islands
(NA-016) on 3-9 March. QSL via OH2BH, He
will participate in the
ARRL DX SSB Contest along with Joe, ZF2AH
(QSL via W6VNR). [TNX
OH2BH]
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**** GOOD
TO KNOW ...
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile
I2VGW
ANTARCTIC ACTIVITY WEEK ---> The Worldwide Antarctic
Program has announced
that the 12th Antarctic Activity Week will be held
from 16 to 22 February.
The aim of this annual event is to promote worldwide
interest in the
Antarctic continent. Special callsigns (QSL via operator's
instructions)
are expected to be aired during this year's AAW
from the following
countries:
Australia VK2ANT
Austria OE88WAP, OE89ANT, OE90AAW
Canada VA3WAP, VA7AAW
France TM12WAP, TM60TAAF
Italy II1MNA, II2ANT, II5ANT, II6ANT,
IR1ANT
Poland HF0A
Spain AO4HAG, EG1LSP, EG5ANT, EH5ANT
Switzerland HB9ICE
The Netherlands PA6ANT, PF15ANT
USA K0ANT, K4C, WK3N/AAW
Complete information on the AAW can be found at
www.waponline.it.
BEST COMMUNICATION AWARD ---> Sponsored by DX Coffee
(www.dxcoffee.com)
and
DX University, it takes into account the Public
Relations side of a
DXpedition, i.e. the information (daily reports,
pictures, videos, forums,
propagation hints, online logs, operating advice,
etc) provided to the
amateur radio community through the DXpedition
website and other channels.
The 2014 Best Communication Award went to FT5ZM
(Amsterdam Island), whose
website was made "to satisfy any curiosity that one
could have" about the
DXpedition as well as the island itself. "Special
mentions" went to other
five DXpeditions that have distinguished themselves
for their communication
through dedicated websites and/or the social media:
A35V & A35X, YW5D (Isla
La Tortuga), VK9MT (Mellish Reef), VK9DLX (Lord Howe)
and FT4TA (Tromelin).
The award presentation will take place at the
DxCoffee Party on 12 April,
hosted by the Florence HamFest (www.florencehamfest.com).
[TNX IZ8IYX]
BOUVET 2016 ---> While still working on his
one-man DXpedition project
[425DXN 1235], Mark, ON4WW has published "An update
and a reflection on
DXpedition funding" which is worth a careful
reading. It is quite long, so
please have a look at it:
http://www.on4ww.be/bouvet2016_pr3.html.
INDEXA NEWSLETTER ---> The Winter 2015 issue of
the International DX
Association's (INDEXA) Newsletter is available
for download:
www.indexa.org/newsletters.html.
This issue (#108) recounts the VK9MT
DXpedition to Mellish Reef in April 2014 that was
shortened by a major
cyclone: "imagine sitting on a sand coral island
barely 6 feet (2 meters)
above sea level that is about 600 miles (1150 Km)
from terra firma with a
tent flapping so loud from the wind that you can
barely hear a radio
communication even with earphones on your ears". [TNX
K8YC]
K1N ---> Thanks to OE1WHC, the second of three
scheduled exclusive
interviews with Glenn Johnson, W0GJ is available
on the Documentary
Archives Radio Communications':
www.dokufunk.org/navassa-e.
K1N will be in
"full-swing" through their local Friday evening.
The beams
will come down on Saturday at dawn, and three
outbound helicopter flights
are planned for that day. This will leave three
people on the island (K9CT,
WB9Z and W0GJ), with three stations on the air using
wire antennas. K1N will
look specifically for those who need Navassa as an
All Time New One: on 13
and 14 February on 15 metres SSB (22-24 UTC, for
Asia and Oceania only), and
on 14 February on 14240 kHz (13-24 UTC,
worldwide). The operation will
close down on 15 February at the break of dawn (Navassa
time). Club Log's
latest statistics (13 February at 00.43 UTC)
show 125,071 QSOs (59.6%
NA and 31.5% EU) with 32,578 unique callsigns.
Updates and pictures can be
found at
www.navassadx.com.
LIGHTHOUSE WEEKEND ---> The 7th South American
Lighthouses Weekend will be
held on 20-22 February. Details, including a listing
of partecipating
stations, can be found at
www.grupodxbb.com.ar.
VP8 2016 ---> The Intrepid-DX Group announced their
plans to activate South
Sandwich and South Georgia early next year [425DXN
1238]. "The activation
of these two rare islands will be very expensive.
The 14 team members are
contributing $210,000 towards the $425,000 total cost
of the DXpedition.
The team has a critical decision to make. We have a
non-refundable deposit
of $54,000 due to pay for our vessel charter. We
fully intend to go forward
with our plans however we need indications from
the global DX Community
that you support our plans. While we are pleased
with the support of some
individuals and a few clubs so far, we are now
asking those of you who have
not yet done so to please consider donating to our
fund, or pledge a
donation. We ask that the DX Clubs and Associations
of the global DX
community lend us their support. We must feel confident
that we can
successfully raise enough funds for this exciting endeavor
before we can
commit to the non-refundable charter deposit. You
can see how to make a
donation here:
http://www.intrepid-dx.com/vp8/sponsors.php.
If you cannot
donate at this time, but wish to make a pledge,
please let us know:
intrepiddxgroup[@]gmail.com.
If you wish your donation to be US tax
deductible, consider making a directed donation
through the Northern
California DX Foundation (www.ncdxf.org).
Without significant support from
the global DX Community, we will not be able to go
forward with our plans".
[TNX N6PSE]
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B9/F4HAU,
3B9FR, 4W/N1YC, 4X0W,
4X7R, 5B4AHL, 5B4ZI, 5R8M, 5T0JL, 7O2A, 8P2K,
9M8DX/2, A61E, AH2/AB2RF,
BG4HJE, C21GC, CE0Y/PG5M, CE2AWW, E51HDJ, E51IXW,
E6XG, EA9/DL2RVL, EA9IB,
ER3MM, EU7LA, F4HAU/p (EU-068 and EU-107), FR4PV,
FT5ZM, GJ8DX, GM5X, HI2DX
(NA-122), HK1NA, HK7/AL4Q, HR9/WQ7R, HV0A,
HV5PUL, J48TSL, J79SB,
JA0JHQ/VK9N, JA8COE/8 (AS-147), JT1AA/3, JT1AA/5,
KC4/K6REF, KH8Z, MW5R,
OC0I, OY1CT, PJ2/DL5AXX, PJ7PK, RI0F (AS-062),
S01WS, SF3HF (EU-087),
SU0ERA, SV2ASP/A, T88SM, TM0O (EU-065), TO2R
(AF-016), TO4R, TU5DF, UN8PY,
V26M, V44KAI, VC1S (NA-126), VK9/G7VJR, VK9DLX,
VK9LM, VO2CQ, VO2NS,
VP2ERJ, VP2V/SP6CIK, VP8AIB/100, VP8LP/100, VR2UW,
VU4CB (AS-033), VU4KV,
VY0/RK0BWW/p (NA-008, NA-009 and NA-043),
XR0YJ, XR2T, XW4ZW, XX9R,
YB8/DL3KZA (OC-146), YB8/JA1PBV, YB8RW/p (OC-209
and OC-210), YB8XM/p
(OC-070), Z21DXI, Z81X, ZB2FK, ZD7DL, ZD8O, ZS8Z.
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DX News Bulletin #1240
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INFORMATION
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile
I2VGW
5H - Carlo, IK6CAC will be active as 5H1OC from
Zanzibar (AF-032),
Tanzania from 18 February to 11 March. In
his spare time he will
operate SSB and QRS CW. QSL via home call,
LoTW and eQSL; log
search on Club Log and
www.ik6cac.com.
Along with Carlo will be
Elvira, IV3FSG, who usually operates SSB
and digital modes. She
will be QRV as 5H1ES (QSL via IK3GES).
9X - Carl, SM6CPY will be active again as 9X0PY
from Rwanda from 10
February to 2 March. Main activity will be
on 20-10 metres. QSL
via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DX
World]
CE0Z - The DXpedition to Juan Fernandez (SA-005)
[425DXN 1232] is set to
be conducted from 24 February to 4 March.
A large multinational
team (DJ7JC, DJ9RR, EI6JK, EI9FBB,
EI9KC, F1ULQ, F2DX, F4DLM,
F5EOT, F5JTV, F5MFV, F5NTZ, F5RAB,
F5UOW, F5VHQ, F6IRA, F8ATS,
M0PLX, OE3GCU, OE3JAG, ON4LO, ON7RN,
OZ1IKY) will be active as
3G0ZC with several stations on 160-6
metres CW, SSB and digital
modes. QSL via F1ULQ (OQRS on Club Log)
and LoTW. The pilot
stations are MM0NDX (Europe), K6MM (Americas)
and V51B (Africa and
Asia). Website at
www.juanfernandez2015.com.
DL - Robert, DK2RO will be active from Spiekeroog
Island (EU-047) on
15-20 February. CW is his preferred
mode. QSL via home call,
direct or bureau. [TNX
rsgbiota.org]
FJ - FJ/KB2HZI, FJ/N2IEN, FJ/W2RE and FJ/WW2DX
will be active holiday
style from St Barthelemy (NA-146) on 11-17
February. They will be
QRV on 160-6 metres with a focus on Asia. [TNX
The Daily DX]
FO - Pete, K8PGJ will be active as FO/K8PGJ from
Bora Bora (OC-067),
French Polynesia on 15-24 February. He will
be QRV holiday style
on 20-10 metres. QSL to home call (direct)
and LoTW.
HB0 - Laci, HA7JTR will be active again as
HB0/HA7JTR from Masescha,
Liechtenstein from 24 February to 2 March,
including an entry in
the CQ WW 160-Meter SSB Contest. Outside
the contest he will be
QRV holiday style on 160-10 metres. QSL via
home call. [TNX HA0HW]
H4 - After the 6-9 March VK7FG operation from
Flinders Island (OC-195)
[425DXN 1239], Christian, EA3NT will travel
alone to the Solomon
Islands and be active as H44NT from either
the Russell (OC-168) or
the Florida Islands (OC-158) on 11-14 March,
and from Bellona
Island (OC-123) on 15-16 March. He will run
100 watts into a VDA
for 15m and vertical dipoles for 12, 17 and
20m. On his way back
home, he plans to be active as VK4/EA3NT from
IOTA group OC-137
(17-18 March). All QSLs via M0OXO (www.m0oxo.com/oqrs/:
please
note that bureau cards must be requested
through the OQRS, and not
sent to the RSGB bureau). Further
information on Christian's plans
at
www.qrz.com/db/H44NT.
I - Special station II0MSN will be active on
13-15 February from the
Italian Air Force Museum at Vigna di
Valle. QSL via operator's
instructions. [TNX IK5IWU]
KH0 - Kazu, JH8PHT expects to be active again
as AH0KT from Saipan
(OC-086) on 11-15 February. He will operate
SSB, CW and digital
modes on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL via
JH8PHT and LoTW.
PJ7 - Tom, AA9A will be active as PJ7AA from Sint
Maarten (NA-105) from
18 February to 16 March. He will operate
CW and SSB on 40-10
metres. QSL via AA9A and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
T8 - Nando IT9YRE (T88TI), Claudio I1SNW (T88GI)
and Mike K9AJ (T88XX)
wil be active from Tobi Island (OC-296, new
one for IOTA) on 11-13
March. They will operate SSB and CW with
three stations. QSL via
home calls (OQRS on Club Log). Alfio,
IT9EJW will be the pilot;
further information and updates on
www.it9yre.it/t88/.
[TNX IT9EJW]
V5 - Look for V5/DC8QT, V5/DD8ZK and V5/DJ9KM to
be active from Namibia
on 10-19 February. They will operate SSB,
RTTY and PSK on 160-10
metres, and will participate in the CQ WPX
RTTY Contest as V55V.
QSL V55V via DJ8VC and LoTW, others via
home calls and LoTW. [TNX
OPDX Bulletin]
YB - Around mid-February, look for YB0AI/8,
YC9VL/8 and YF1AR/8 to be
active from Lucipara Island (OC-274, new
one for IOTA) for a few
days. [TNX DX World]
ZD8 - DJ9KH, DK9BDN and DL6KAC will all be active
as ZD8D from Ascension
Island (AF-003) from 23 February to 6
March. They will operate CW,
RTTY and SSB on 160-6 metres, with a focus
on 160-40 metres. QSL
via DL9HO. [TNX The Daily DX]
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**** GOOD
TO KNOW ...
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile
I2VGW
K1N ---> The first helicopter flight from Jamaica to
Navassa landed three
operators and infrastructure materials during the local
afternoon on 31
January. Flights resumed at sunrise and K1N has been
QRV since 23:14 UTC on
1 February. After the whole team arrived, K1N expected
to go "to full
DXpedition mode" with seven stations at 00.00 UTC on
5 February. Reported
band/mode errors in the uploaded logs have been
fixed: "the on-island logs
are complete and safe and we think that Club Log accurately
reflects them
now", the team reported on 6 February at 04.39 UTC,
so "if you don't see
your Qs by this time tomorrow, it's probably best to
work us again". The
latest statistics (6 February at 02.44 UTC) show
40556 QSOs (73,5 % NA and
19,3 % EU) with 14299 unique callsigns. K1N shoukd
be QRV until around 14
February. The operation has been already approved
for DXCC credit. Updates
and pictures can be found at
www.navassadx.com.
THE DQRM TRACKING PROJECT ---> Recently, the amount
and intensity of DQRM
(Deliberate QRM) has been growing logarithmically,
targeting DXpeditions
all over the world. DQRMers attempt to spoil
communications and disrupt the
joy of chasing DX. Without going into the motivation
of DQRMers, the DX
Community is taking steps to eliminate this practice.
The KP1-5 Project, which is producing the 2015 K1N
Navassa DXpedition, has
been working with tele-communications agencies around
the world. The
objective is to identify stations who are acting as
DQRMers and use legal
means to stop this behaviour. The technology is
in hand to solve this
problem and, with your assistance, we can stop this
blight that is hurting
hams worldwide.
HOW IT WORKS: Locating the stations engaging in
DQRM is a matter of
triangulation. When the DQRMer is 60db over S9 at
your location, you can be
pretty sure that station is nearby. If you fill
out the form at
www.dqrmreport.com,
the data will be collected and analyzed to
produce a
reasonably accurate map of the DQRMer's location.
This data will allow a
close-in search in the DQRMer's area and, using local
transmitter hunting
devices, the offender will be identified. This is a
real-time system that's
been in development for several years; its first
major test will be the
2015 K1N Navassa DXpedition.
WHAT YOU DO: Fill out the form with as much
information as you can provide.
All information will remain confidential. The form
will go into a database
and the DQRM Project software will do the rest. We
can stop DQRM - and you
can help!
YB3MM/8 ---> Adhi, YB3MM reports that his recent
activity from IOTA group
OC-247 took place from four different islands:
Sailusa Besar (aka Sailus,
from 28 January until 2 UTC on the 29th), Satanger
(from 6 UTC on 29
January until 2 UTC on the 30th), Kapoposang
(6-17.30 UTC on 30 January)
and Sailusa Kecil (aka Poleonro, from 22 UTC on 30
January until 00 UTC on
the 31st).
+ SILENT KEY + Rinaldo Cavagnero, I1CAW passed away
on 3 February. His
interests ranged from 80m to 10 GHz; a DXer for many
decades, he had total
of 356 Entities confirmed in the DXCC Phone
standings and was one of the
doyens of IOTA chasing in Italy.
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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
===================================================================
3B8HC NI5DX EI150ITU EI6AL
PJ4DX M0URX
3V8SS LX1NO EY8MM K1BV
PQ70FEB PS7AB
3W9HRN DL1HRN FG4NN NI5DX
R1943S RN4ABD
4K9W DL6KVA FK8DD NI5DX
R95RGA RK9CR
4L4ZA DJ1CW FR5DZ F6CXV
S61KK JH1ILX
4L5P UT7QF GB1LBC G4USW
S61PW JH4PHW
4L8A K1BV GB2LBC MX0WRC
SI9AM SM3TIR
5R8AL G3SWH GB2RNLI M6LZX
TI5/N3KS N3YIM
5R8SV G3SWH GB4LBC G4USW
TM39PVJ F8GGZ
7Q7VW DK2WV GB5SLB M0SHK
TM60TAAF F8DVD
7X5SDX KB9GSY HC1WDT W0OR TO6D
F6ITD
7Z1HL DJ9ZB HE200GE HB9AOF
TT8CY F5PRU
7Z1SJ EA7FTR HF2015MARI SQ3BKH
TT8FC EA3GWK
9H3BT PB2T HK1MK DL6IAK
TY2CD ZS6ARF
9K54NLD 9K2MY HK1MW N2OO
UE2AT R1BAL
9V50XX 9V1XX HZ1FI DL2RMC
UE2BF RN3RQ
A61ZA IZ8CLM IY4FGM I4KMW
V25RC W7AUM
A92AA IZ8CLM J38GA W2BEE
V31JB KB0FJB
AX16AC M0OXO JY4NE K3IRV
V31JQ HR2J
AX5PAS M0OXO K1N N2OO
V47JA W5JON
BV0TW BU2BF KH0YF JK7LXU
VP5DX NU4Y
CN8QN EA7FTR KL7KY S56ZZZ
XU7TZG ON7PP
CP4MG EA5KB LZ550SI LZ1KCP
XV3BV JA9BV
CU8FN HB9CRV OD5KU EB7DX
YO90IARU YO3KAA
CX3TQ IK2DUW OD5RW K8NA
YP90IARU YO3KAA
D3AM UA1QV OP15HC ON7PP
YQ90IARU YO3KAA
DA0WCA DL7RAG OU25AEI/p OZ7AEI
YR90IARU YO3KAA
DL4DBM PA3CLP OX3LX OZ1PIF
ZF2DX K0DEQ
DU1IST JA1HGY OZ90IARU OZ0J
ZF2LC W2SM
E41MT KB9GSY P29VIM YO5BIM
ZL7/JA0JHQ JA0JHQ
E50A E51AND PA90IARU PA0RSM
ZS4AZ EA5ZD
EA8/G3XAQ G3SWH PF15ANT PA0RDY
ZY2WCI PY2AA
EG5MYC EA5BX PF35SRS PA3DHR
ZZ461SP PY2AA
HC1PF Pierluigi Mansutti, Apartado Postal
17-17-567, Quito, Ecuador
JA0JHQ Nobuaki Hosokawa, 1458-25 Okagami, Asao-ku,
Kawasaki-shi,
Kanagawa-ken, 215-0027, Japan
JH1ILX Keiji Tamura, 3-7-6 Izumi-dai,
Ichihara-shi, Chiba-ken, 299-0114,
Japan
JH4PHW Shiro Sakai, 2-2-24-701 Koyama-dai,
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo-to,
142-0061, Japan
N2OO Bob Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton NJ
08087, USA
YB9/F5LIT Emmanuel Gidon, 2 Chemin des Longs Champs,
50480 Blosville, France
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