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425 DX News Bulletin
1557
20 March 2021 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1559
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
Owing to the ongoing and fluid nature of the COVID-19 situation globally,
announced activities might be cut short, postponed, cancelled or even
extended at any time and without notice.
C6 - Steve, KG4LJB has been active as C6AJB from Eleuthera (NA-001),
Bahamas since 13 March, and will remain there until the 27th. QSL
via LoTW and eQSL only. Daily updates are being posted to
https://www.qrz.com/db/C6AJB.
C6 - AA7JV, KN4EEI, W6IZT and W8HC will be active again as C6AGU from
Water Cay (NA-001), Bahamas on 22-30 March, including activity
during the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. They will be using a "Radio In a
Box" (RIB) station - see https://www.qrz.com/db/c6agu. QSL via LoTW
or via HA7RY. [TNX The Daily DX]
CT9 - Helmut, DF7EE will be active as CT9/DF7EE from Madeira (AF-014) on
20-31 March. He will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as
CQ3W (most likely) or CR3W. QSL CT9/DF7EE via LoTW and Club Log's
OQRS; QSL CQ3W via LoTW and Club Log's OQRS; QSL CR3W via LoTW and
DL5AXX's OQRS (http://www.dl5axx.de/dxlog/).
DL - Special callsign DP70HSC will be in use throughout 2021 to
celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Radio Telegraphy High Speed
Club (http://www.highspeedclub.org/). QSL via the bureau and LoTW.
EA - The Mike Delta Victor DX Group (EA3RKM) is active as EH3DWN from 15
March to 1 April to mark World Down Syndrome Day (21 March). QSL
via LoTW and eQSL only. See https://mikedeltavictor.com/ for more
information.
HL - Lee, HL1IWD will be active holiday style as HL1IWD/5 from Koje
Island (AS-081) on 2-4 April. He will operate CW and some FT8 on
40-20 metres. QSL via the bureau, or direct to EA5GL.
JW - Stian, LB5SH will be active as JW/LB5SH from the JW5E club station
in Longyearbyen (EU-026), Svalbard on 25-28 March. He will operate
SSB and FT8, and will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as
JW2T.
KH9 - Randy, WW6RG is an airline pilot, and he is scheduled to be on Wake
Island on 23 March, 26 March and 1 April. He plans to operate QRP
SSB on 20 and 17m between 4 and 7.30 UTC. QSL direct to WW6RG; he
does not use LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
KL - Keith, KL2JE has been active from Dutch Harbor, Unalaska Island
(NA-059) since 14 March, and will remain there until 10 April, The
Daily DX reports. In his spare time he is QRV on 20 metres FT8.
Note that on 7-10 March he operated from Adak Island (NA-039).
P4 - Jean-Pierre, P43A is active as P45A from 15 March to 15 April,
including participation in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. The special
prefix celebrates the 45th anniversary of Aruba's National Anthem
and Flag (both adopted on 18 March 1976), as well as the 35th
anniversary since the enaction of "status aparte" for the country.
QSL via P43A.
PA - PF44F is the special callsign that Enno, PF5X will use to promote
the Flora & Fauna Netherlands Programme (http://www.pa-ff.nl/). The
first activity will take place on 21 March from Grensmaas, part of
the Natura 2000 European network of protected nature areas. QSL via
LoTW; paper cards will not be available.
PA - Three members of the Netherlands Telegraphy Club (namely PA3HEN,
PA7RA and PG4I) will be active as PA50AGCW on 1-31 May to celebrate
the 50th anniversary of the Activity Group CW. QSL via PA3HEN,
direct or bureau.
SP - Members of the Piastowski Amateur Radio Club (SP6PAZ) will be
active as SO100PS on 1-31 May to commemorate the centenary of the
third Silesian Uprising (2 May-21 July 1921). The Silesian Upris-
ings ("Powstania Slaskie") were a series of three armed conflicts
in Upper Silesia from 1919 to 1921 in which Poles and Polish
Silesians sought to break away from Germany and join the new Polish
Republic, founded after World War I. QSL via SP6PAZ and LoTW. See
https://logsp.pzk.org.pl/?page=award&id=88 for more information.
[TNX SP6DVP]
W - Mark, K0EJ plans to be active from Dauphin Island (NA-213), Alabama
on 21-26 March. In his spare time he will operate CW only on 40, 20
and 15 metres. [TNX The Daily DX]
XE - Look for Isma, XF3/XE1JC and Mark, XF3/XE1B to be active from
Holbox Island (NA-045) on 19-25 March. They will operate SSB with a
focus on 20 and 40 metres. [TNX DX World]
YB - Anton, YB5QZ and other four operators (YB5WIR, YB5OB, YC5TEB and
YD5NDR) will be active as 7D5RI from Rupat Island (OC-245) on 26-28
March. They will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on 80-10 metres, and will
not participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL via operator's
instructions; the log will be uploaded to LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
YN - Myron, KN6GHM will be active as H7/KN6GHM from Guanacastillo, Nica-
ragua on 22-30 March. QSL via LoTW or direct to home call. He and
Trevis, YN7ZTR will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as
YN1YN. [TNX The Daily DX]
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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!
HAM RADIO TOWERS ---> The complete video recording of Don Daso's K4ZA recent
presentation "Safety in All Aspects of Ham Radio Towers" is now available on
the Madison DX Club's YouTube channel: the direct link can be found on
http://www.madisondxclub.org/MDXC_Programs.html. Don is a tower professional
and author of "Antenna Towers for Radio Amateurs. A Guide to Design, Instal-
lation and Construction", published by the ARRL. [TNX W9EWZ]
OH NORTHERN LIGHT 100-YEAR CERTIFICATE ---> The Finnish Amateur Radio League
(SRAL) is celebrating its 100th anniversary. To earn the "OH Northern Light
100-year Certificate" (OH-NL-100), contact fifty OH and fifty OF stations
during 2021 (a special OF prefix will be launched to all OH stations on 15
September), and ten specially featured Finnish stations ("multipliers").
Multiplying your QSO points (maximum 100) by your multiplier value (max 10)
will give you your score - maximum of 1000 points. The ten multipliers are:
OF2HQ to be used by the SRAL team in the IARU HF World Championship on
10-11 July)
OF9X Santa Claus station, Old-Father-9-Xmas
OG2B representing the OH2B NCDXF Propagation Beacon
OH0W Aland Islands
OH100SRAL the official SRAL centennial jubilee station
OH2A the SRAL HQ station in Helsinki
OH2YOTA Finlands' Youngsters On The Air
OH6SRAL used by OH6ZS when transmitting SRAL news bulletins on Saturdays
OI3AX representing the various OI-prefixed amateur radio stations in
the Finnish Defence Forces)
OJ0C Market Reef
All who score 1000 points and the top-ten continental highest scorers will
receive their OH-NL-100 certificate signed by Santa Claus. A special lottery
will feature additional special prizes that will be announced later. Your
log extract should be sent to the Santa Claus offices (of9x@sral.fi) during
January 2022. The same address will answer all questions relating to this
centennial activity. [TNX OH2BH)
REBEL DX GROUP'S PLANS ---> "Things are going slow during pandemic, but we
are going forward with our plans", the Rebel DX Group posted to Facebook on
15 March. "After visiting South Africa 2 months ago, we can confirm that all
equipment is ready for this year 2021 (November-December) Bouvet operation
part 2. We really hope this time wild ocean will cooperate with us.
In the mean time we are finally going back to our Rebel vessel located in
Fiji. Plans are to go back to Conway Reef for 3 weeks, Rotuma for 3 to 4
weeks and some very rare IOTAs around 3D2 zone. We will be testing some our
new ideas to operate five different stations on FT8 (Fox & Hound) at the
same time by one operator (no robots involved!)". See the Rebels' FB page
(https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup/) for more information.
RI0Q ---> After a good share of trials and tribulations, on 18 March the
RI0Q team were approaching the village of Syndassko (some 200km away from
Bol'shoy Begichev as the crow flies) when the tracker stopped working. They
might be QRV anytime soon, depending on local conditions. The diary of the
DXpedition: https://legendsarctic.com/dnevnik_ekspedicii_ri0b_2_2.
VI100AF & VK100AF --- > Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Royal
Australian Air Force [425DXN 1553], both VI100AF (4661 QSOs so far) and
VK100AF (3612 QSOs) have been active since 1 March. The logs are uploaded to
M0URX's OQRS (https://www.m0urx.com/oqrs/logsearch.php) and LoTW the day
after each operator's allocated time. The QSL card is now being finalized
with the designer and will be at the printers very soon ("we expect to be
sending the QSL card out in late April"). [TNX M0URX]
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 4U75UN, 8Q7NV, 8Q7ZO, A25JR,
A71YY, CB7FT (SA-018), CU2DX, E51WL, EA9LZ, ED9Z, FG/F5HRY, FM5BH, GM5X,
HH2/N5JR, HH2AA, HP3SS, J3/WA2DE, JD1BMH, JT1BV, JT5DX, KH0W, KH6ZM, KP4AA,
NL0H (NA-040), NP3A, NP4DX, OH0V, OH8X, ST2NH, TK5IH, TT8SN, TZ1CE, VU2OY,
XU7AKU, XV1X, ZB2FK, ZD7JC, ZF2LZ, ZF2MJ.
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[11/03/2021]
VK9CE Cocos
Keeling
VK9CE Team will be active from Cocos Keeling Islands,
IOTA OC - 003, 16 - 23 March 2021.
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[11/03/2021]
VK9HR Willis
Island
VK9HR Team will be active from Willis Island,
OC-007, 3 - 13 November 2021.
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[09/03/2021]
Shortwave Shindig
in Exile via WRMI: February 27, 2021
Live, off-air, recording of the broadcast
of an hour-long segment of the North
American Shortwave Association's Winter SWL
Fest "Shortwave Shindig in Exile" session by
WRMI, Radio Miami International, using a
transmitter at Okeechobee, Florida, on 27
February 2021 from 02:00 to 03:00 UTC on a
shortwave frequency of 7780 kHz. The listed
transmitter power is 100 kW with an antenna
beam azimuth of 44°. The recording begins
and ends with the WRMI station
identification.
The radio broadcast, from a recording,
took place in the same time slot as its
airing during the virtual 34th Annual Winter
SWL Fest held 26-27 February 2021 via Zoom.
The broadcast included the digital
transmission of an image in MFSK32 mode
centred on 1500 kHz.
The broadcast was received outdoors on a
Belka-DSP receiver in pseudosynchronous mode
with 50 Hz to 3 kHz filtering and a Tecsun
AN-03L 7-metre wire antenna strung to a
nearby tree in Hanwell (just outside
Fredericton), New Brunswick, Canada.
Reception was mostly good but there was
signal fading at times with some attendant
noise.
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[09/03/2021]
Radio Öömrang:
February 21, 2021
Live, off-air, one-hour-long recording of Radio
Öömrang on 21 February 2021 beginning at 16:00 UTC
on a frequency of 15215 kHz from a transmitter at
Issoudun, France, operating at 500 kW and beamed to
North America. Radio Öömrang broadcasts once a year
on the occasion of the Biakendai to the descendants
of immigrants from the island of Amrum. Öömrang is a
North Frisian dialect and is still spoken on Amrum.
Biakendai is an annual celebration where a great
bonfire is lit to dispel winter, although reportedly
it was not held in 2021 due to the pandemic.The
broadcast consisted of talks and interviews in
Frisian, German, and English and included new and
repeat material from previous years' broadcasts. It
began with an introduction in German and then in
English:
"Hello.
We are broadcasting. This is Radio Öömrang, the
Frisian voice coming from Amrum, the island in north
Germany. The frequenz is 15.215 shortwave
broadcasted with 500 kW. It could be heard on the
21st of February in North America and east coast.
And now you can hear us. This is the tenth issue of
Radio Öömrang and we are happy to send this
anniversary. The initiator of this broadcasting is
Mr. Arjan Koelzow, Tanenwai 24, in 25946 Nebel on
the island Amrum. My name is Gernot Schrader, the
leader of the free assistance school Toosbüy-Schule
in Flensburg at the Danish borderline with Germany."
Although the introduction mentions it is the tenth
anniversary issue, that actually occurred in 2015
and the English introduction has been reused each
subsequent year.
Reception was excellent.
The
broadcast was received outdoors on a Belka-DSP
receiver in semi-synchronous mode with 50 Hz to 3
kHz RF filtering and a Tecsun AN-03L 7-metre wire
antenna strung to a nearby tree in Hanwell (just
outside Fredericton), New Brunswick, Canada.
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[08/03/2021]
HC1MD/2 Santa
Elena Ecuador
Richard, NE8Z will be active as HC1MD/2 from
Provincia de Santa Elena, Ecuador, 5 - 15 March
2021.
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[08/03/2021]
WW6RG/KH9 Wake
Island
Randy, WW6RG/KH9 will be active again from Wake
Island, IOTA OC-053, 21, 26 March and 1 April 2021.
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[08/03/2021]
C6AHA Bimini
Islands The Bahamas
C6AHA Team will be active from Bimini Islands, IOTA
NA - 048, The Bahamas, 14 - 21 July 2021.
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[08/03/2021]
A25RU Botswana
A25RU Team will be active from Botswana, 14 - 26
March 2021.
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[08/03/2021]
RI0FM Moneron
Island
RI0FM
Team will be active from Moneron Island, IOTA AS -
149, RR-16-01, RDA SL-16, WFF RFF-193, Russia, 15 -
31 July 2021.
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425 DX News Bulletin
1557
6 March 2021 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1557
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
Owing to the ongoing and fluid nature of the COVID-19 situation globally,
announced activities might be cut short, postponed, cancelled or even
extended at any time and without notice.
4X - Look for special prefixes 4X73 and 4Z73, followed by the station's
individual suffix (e.g. 4X1VF and 4Z1AR will be signing 4X73VF and
4Z73AR respectively) to be used to celebrate the State of Israel's
73rd anniversary on 14-17 April, and especially during the Holyland
Contest (https://www.iarc.org/iarc/#HolylandContest). [TNX 4X1VF]
9J - Bodo, HB9EWU expects to be active as 9J2BG while spending one year
on a humanitarian mission at the St. Paul's Mission General
Hospital in Kashikishi, northern Zambia. QSL via home call (direct
or bureau); note that requests will be processed when he is back
home in 2022.
DL - Special callsign DQ11WCA is active until 17 April from various WCA
(World Castles Award) and WWFF sites. All QSOs are uploaded to Club
Log and confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX DF6EX].
DL - Special event station DL21EURO has been QRV since 1 March and will
be active until 11 July for the two major tournaments of this
year's European football (soccer) season: the UEFA European Under-
21 Championship (to be played on 24-31 March and 31 May-6 June),
and the UEFA European Football Championship (to be played on 11
June-11 July). All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the
bureau; direct cards via DK5ON.
EA - URE San Fernando (EA7URF) is participating in the official celebra-
tions for the 500th anniversary of the first circumnavigation of
the Earth [425DXN 1467]. The fifth in a series of AM500 special
event stations representing a milestone of the voyage will be
AM500MMM, to be active from 24 April to 2 May to memorialize Ferdi-
nand Magellan's death on the island of Mactan (Philippines). QSL
via EA7URF (bureau or direct), LoTW and eQSL. Previously active
were AM500SEV, AM500SAN, AM500ISJ and AM500ETS.
FG - Once again Philippe, F1DUZ will be active as FG4KH from Guadeloupe
(NA-102) from 16 March to 1 April, including an entry in the CQ WW
WPX SSB Contest. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, or direct to F1DUZ.
G - Celebrating Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, the Welland
Valley ARS will be active as GB0SP on 16-18 March. QSL via G4XEX,
LoTW and eQSL.
HC - Rick, NE8Z will be active again as HC1MD/2 from the Santa Elena
province of Ecuador between 5 March and 15 May. He will operate CW,
SSB, FT8 and FT4 on 40-6 metres. QSL via K8LJG and LoTW. [TNX The
Daily DX]
I - Alessandro, IU3EDK (SSB) and Andrea, IU1LCU (CW) plan to be active
as IA5D from several islands in the Tuscan Archipelago (EU-028) in
the coming weeks. The callsign is valid until the end of the year.
QSL via IU3EDK.
I - Members of ARI Carpi (Modena) will operate special callsign II4CPC
on 12-28 March to commemorate the 117th anniversary of the Chilean
town of Capitan Pastene, founded by Italian settlers who arrived
from Modena in two successive migrations. Also active will be CB6I
(operated by members of Radio Club Traiguen) and LU6DK (operated by
LU1DIE and LU8DAL, representing the Circulo de Radioaficionados de
Dolores). Three certificates will be available, see CB6I's entry on
qrz.com for information. QSL CB6I via CE6TRA (direct); QSL II4CPC
via IQ4DJ (bureau).
JD1_mt - Take, JG8NQJ will be back to the weather station on Minami Tori-
shima (OC-073) on 10 or 17 March, and will remain there for about
three months, his QSL manager reports. In his spare time Take will
operate CW as JG8NQJ/JD1. QSL via JA8CJY (direct) or JG8NQJ
(bureau).
LY - Celebrating the 31st anniversary of the Act of the Re-Establishment
of the State of Lithuania (11 March 1990), special callsigns LY31A
and LY11LY will be active on 1-31 March. An award is available, see
https://www.qrz.com/db/ly11ly for information.
OE - The VIC Amateur Radio Contest DX Club (4U1A) is active again on all
bands and modes as C7A (http://www.cqdx.ru/4u1a/c7a/) throughout
March. This activity counts for Austria for DXCC, and for the
Vienna International Centre for the CQ DX Marathon. QSL via UA3DX,
direct or bureau.
PJ7 - Tom, AA9A has been active again as PJ7AA from Sint Maarten (NA-105)
since late February, and will remain there until 27 March. He
operates CW, FT8 and SSB on 80-10 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS,
LoTW or direct to AA9A.
UA - R1934G, R108M, RG61PP and R1961G are the special callsigns which
will be active from the Smolensk Oblast from 1 March until 30 April
to commemorate the 87th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's birth (9
March 1934) and the 60th anniversary of his historic 108-minute
first flight ("Pervyj Poljot") into outer space (12 April 1961).
UA0 - The RI0Q DXpedition team left Gaz-Sale on 5 March. Depending on
weather conditions, they expect to arrive at Khatanga on 15 March.
Indicatively, RI0Q is expected to be QRV from Bol'shoy Begichev
Island (AS-152) no sooner than 17 March. Follow their progress on
https://www.iridium360.ru/guest/journey/cc42acc8. QSL via Club
Log's OQRS.
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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!
425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The February 2021 issue is now available for down-
load at http://www.425dxn.org/index.php. [TNX IZ3EBA]
ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST (SSB) ---> 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 DX stations (also including
KH6, KL7, CY9 and CY0) work as many W/VE amateurs in as many of the 48
contiguous states and provinces as possible (complete rules can be found at
http://www.arrl.org/arrl-dx). This year's event will be held on 6-7 March
(00.00-23.59 UTC). Give a look at the Announced Operations listing
maintained by Bill, NG3K: https://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxs2021.html - good
contest to you all!
QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX's
website has been updated. Sixteen different galleries include 18,876 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].
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3V8SS, 4K1AZI, 5H3EE, 7X7X, 9G5FI,
9M6NA, A62A, A71AM, BG2AUE, CO4SM (NA-056), CP4BT, CX2DK, DU3LA, E7DX, ED8W,
EJ9FBB (EU-006), FS5GL, GM8OFQ (EU-009), JH6TYD (AS-040), N1UL (NA-052),
PJ4EL, S79KW, TG9ADM, TK/S57C, TO0Z,VK9NC, VK9NE, VK9NG,VP9I, VR2XAN, ZF1A,
ZL7DX.
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