11 November 2017 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
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No 1384
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
+ SILENT KEY + ARI President and former Secretary General Mario Ambrosi,
I2MQP passed away unexpectedly on 6 November at 74 years of age. Licensed
since 1975, he was an accomplished DXer with 339/356 (current/total) in the
DXCC Honor Roll Standings; he also gained DXCC on 9 bands (80-6m) and the CQ
WPX Award of Excellence. A CQ Awards Checkpoint and DXCC Card Checker, in
2005 he was inducted into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame as a "prominent
Italian amateur, author of many radio books, QSL manager, top official of
Italian national amateur radio association and Editor of its magazine,
RadioRivista". Above all, he was a personal friend of your Editors' for
thirty years, and we will sorely miss him.
5B - Alex, SQ9UM will be active holiday style as 5B/SQ9UM from Cyprus
(AS-004) on 10-17 November. He will operate CW, RTTY, PSK and FT8
on 40-6 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX SQ9UM]
5N - Bodo, DF8DX will be active again as 5N7Q from Nigeria on 12-16
November 2017. In his spare time he will operate mainly CW on 80-10
metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW, or via home call (direct
or bureau). [TNX The Daily DX]
5X - Jonathan, KK7PW will be active again as 5X1O from Uganda on 8-20
November. He expects to be QRV during his early morning and evening
hours on 40, 20, 17, 15 and 10 metres CW, SSB, WSPR, and possibly
FT8 and JT65. QSL via EA5GL. [TNX DX World]
6Y - LZ4AE, LZ2BE, LZ2HM, LZ3ND, LZ1NK, TA3D and TA2TX will be active as
6Y0AE, 6Y0BE, 6Y0HM, 6Y0ND, 6Y0W and 6Y0D from Jamaica (NA-097) on
23-29 November. QSL via operator's instructions. They will
participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as 6Y0W (QSL direct to
LZ1NK). Outside the contest they will concentrate on the low bands.
[TNX NG3K]
9L - Mark, KW4XJ is currently active as 9L/KW4XJ from Freetown, Sierra
Leone while waiting for a permanent 9L callsign. He operates CW and
digital modes. QSL via home call. [TNX DX World]
HR - HQ9X is the callsign that W1UE, K1XM and KQ1F will be using during
the CQ WW DX CW Contest from Roatan Island (NA-057) [425DXN 1383].
QSL via KQ1F. Outside the contest they will operate as HR9/W1UE,
HR9/K1XM and HR9/KQ1F (QSL via home calls). [TNX NG3K]
JW - Erik, LA2US will be back to Bear Island (EU-027), Svalbard in early
December for a 6-month stay. In his spare time he will be active as
JW2US and operate CW and digital modes (RTTY, FT8, BPSK). QSL via
LoTW, eQSL and Club Log's OQRS (the bureau request service will be
open while Erik is on the island, the direct request service will
be available when he returns home in June).
SP - Special callsigns HF7ASQ, HF7CKF, HF7DTP, HF7EX, HF7HB, HF7HX,
HF7JX, HF7LA, HF7LB, HF7LW and HF7NJX are active on 10-12 November
to honour the memory of eleven SKs (SP7ASQ, SP7CKF, SP7DTP, SP7EX,
SP7HB, SP7HX, SP7JX, SP7LA, SP7LB, SP7LW and SP7NJX) who
contributed to the development of amateur radio in the Polish
region of Lodz. QSLs via SP7VC, direct or bureau.
V2 - Frank, N2FF will be active holiday style as V26FF from Antigua
(NA-100) from 15 November to 7 December. He will operate digital
modes (RTTY and FT8), CW and SSB. QSL via LoTW or via home call.
[TNX The Daily DX]
VE - Yuri, VE3DZ will be active as VE2IM from Zone 2 on 21-28 November,
including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via LoTW or
VE3DZ. [TNX NG3K]
VP8 - Eberhard, DL7JLL will be active as VP8JLL from the Falkland Islands
(SA-002) between 15 and 25 November. QSL via home call. [TNX
DL1SBF]
VP9 - Tony, VE3RZ will be active as VE3RZ/VP9 from Bermuda (NA-005) on
19-28 November, including participation in the CQ WW DX CW Contest.
Outside the contest he will operate mainly CW (especially on 160
and 80 metres), FT8 and possibly some RTTY. QSL via M0URX's OQRS
and LoTW. [TNX M0URX]
ZF - Dan, N6MJ will be active again as ZF2MJ from the Cayman Islands
(NA-016) on 20-28 November, including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW
Contest. QSL via LoTW or via N6MJ. [TNX NG3K]
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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3C1L ---> The 3C1L operation (http://www.lral.lv/3c0l_3c1l) will QRT on 12
November in the UTC morning, and Yuris (YL2GM) and Kaspars (YL3AIW) will fly
back home the next day. Their latest update on Club Log (9 November at 03.15
UTC) included 35,143 QSOs with 12,481 unique callsigns.
ARRL INTERNATIONAL GRID CHASE ---> This new year-long operating event will
run from 00.00 UTC on 1 January through 23.59 UTC on 31 December 2018. It is
open to all amateurs, regardless of location or license class. Any operating
mode is eligible as well as every band, except 60 metres. The objective is
to work stations in as many different Maidenhead grid squares as possible,
and then upload your log data to ARRL's Logbook of The World (LoTW).
Each new grid square contact confirmed through LoTW will count toward your
monthly total. At the end of each month, the monthly scores will be reset to
zero to begin the new month of competition. The online scoring system will
maintain your monthly totals for a grand total at the end of the year, when
an annual summary will be released and awards given to top finishers in
various categories. See http://www.arrl.org/aigc2018 for complete details.
QSL 9N1AA ---> Dan, N4GNR is the new QSL manager for Satish, 9N1AA. "I
understand that N4AA had a sack full of unanswered cards at his home up to
the time of his death", Dan says. "I will be getting those cards this week,
and I hope to have them answered within two weeks. Any cards that come in
hereafter will be answered same day". QSL direct only to Dan Cisson, 12
Hancock Drive, Toccoa GA 30577, USA.
YASME EXCELLENCE AWARDS ---> In 2008 The Yasme Foundation (www.yasme.org)
established the Yasme Excellence Awards, to be presented to individuals and
groups who, through their own service, creativity, effort and dedication,
have made a significant contribution to amateur radio. The contribution may
be in recognition of technical, operating or organizational achievement, as
all three are necessary for amateur radio to grow and prosper. The Yasme
Excellence Award is in the form of a cash grant and an individually-
engraved crystal globe. The latest recipients, announced on 6 November, are:
- Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) - to pick up the world's largest
amateur radio event on a few months notice and move it to a completely
different facility is a daunting task. That it went so smoothly was a
testament to the extraordinary efforts of the 600 volunteers and event
leadership.
- Paul Verhage, KD4STH and Bill Brown, WB8ELK - for their leadership and
continued technical innovation in amateur radio high-altitude ballooning
(ARHAB - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude_balloon). While not
the traditional means of introduction, ARHAB is exposing hundreds of
students to amateur radio through an interest in science experimentation.
Both have written extensively about ARHAB and have contributed material to
the ARRL Handbook.
- Nathaniel Frissel, W2NAF and Magda Moses, KM4EGE - for creating and
leading the HamSCI (Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation) organization
that sponsored the Solar Eclipse QSO Party (SEQP). The SEQP was the
largest amateur radio experiment ever devised and generated the world's
most extensive set of HF propagation observations during an eclipse.
Beyond the SEQP, HamSCI is attracting the interest of professional/
academic researchers such as from numerous universities, the Arecibo Radio
Observatory in Puerto Rico, MIT's Haystack Observatory, and HAARP facility
in Alaska.
- The WSJT Development Team - initially the work of Joe Taylor, K1JT, the
WSJT software is now maintained and extended by a team of developers led
by Bill Somerville (G4WJS), Steve Franke (K9AN), Greg Beam (KI7MT),
Michael Black (W9MDB), Edson Pereira (PY2SDR) and Nico Palermo (IV3NWV),
along with Joe Taylor. Their latest digital mode, FT8, combines the
extraordinary low-SNR performance of JT9 and JT65 with a much faster
decoding and exchange process.
- Dale Hughes, VK1DSH - for his excellent work as Chairman of the Amateur
Working Group in ITU-R Working Party 5A and as Chairman of the sub Working
Group dealing with a worldwide 60 meter amateur allocation during World
Radiocommunication Conference 2015.
Additionally, the Board of Directors of The Yasme Foundation also made a
grant to Gary Pearce, KN4AQ, for his production and distribution of videos
of interest to the amateur radio community through Ham Radio Now and
YouTube. [TNX W6SZN]
4U1ITU International Amateur Radio Club, Case Postale 6, 1211 Geneve 20,
Switzerland
CR6P Miguel Goncalves, Rua Dr. Joel Magalhaes 6, 4740-272 Esposende,
Portugal
CW5W Jorge Diez Furest, Remigio Castellanos 474, 37000 Melo Cerro Largo,
Uruguay
DL7DF Sigi Presch, Wilhelmsmuehlenweg 123, 12621 Berlin, Germany
ED8H Rafa Afonso, Apartado Postal 532, 38760 Los Llanos de Aridane
(Santa Cruz de Tenerife), Spain
ED9E Mario Pilar Castro, Apartado Postal 418, 51001 Ceuta, Spain
EE5T Farfollas Contest Radio Team, Apartado Postal 290, 46960 Aldaia
(Valencia), Spain
EF7T Jose Alfonso Navas Garcia, Calle Mar Tirreno 4 6-C, 41015 Sevilla,
Spain
EI7M John Barry, Lackabeha, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork, Ireland
F4HJO Jerome Charton, 14 Rue du Tilleul, 76970 Ectot Les Baons, France
F5RAV Luc Thibaudat, 15 rue de Moiscourt, 27140 Gisors, France
FP5BZ Ronan Darchen, B.P. 109, 22700 Perros-Guirec, France
GJ2A Jersey Amateur Radio Society, Le Chemin des Signaux, St. Brelade,
Jersey, JE3 8LQ, United Kingdom
HB0A Amateur Funk Verein Liechtenstein, P.O. Box 629, 9495 Triesen FL,
Liechtenstein
HK3J German Duran, 2550 NW 72 Av, Suite 115, Miami FL 33122, USA
HV0A Francesco Valsecchi, Via Bitossi 21, 00136 Roma RM, Italy
IK2VUC Giuliano Mondini, Ufficio Busto Arsizio, Casella Postale 10,
21052 Busto Arsizio VA, Italy
JH1AJT Y. Zorro Miyazawa, P.O. Box 8, Oiso-machi, Naka-Gun, Kanagawa-ken,
259-0111, Japan
KH6J Walt Niemczura, 47-757 Hui Kelu St. Apt 5, Kaneohe HI 96744, USA
KH7XS Big Island Contest Club, P.O. Box 532, Laupahoehoe HI 96764, USA
MI0M Simon Barnes, 191 Marlacoo Road, Portadown, Craigavon, BT62 3TD,
United Kingdom
N7QT Robert Fanfant, 21422 NE 79th Street, Redmond WA 98053, USA
NH2DX Mariana Islands DX Association, 279 Gardenia Ave, Mangilao
GU 96913, USA
NP2N George Oster, 780 Leaf Road, Boone IA 50036-7265, USA
OG7O Seppo Sisatto, Ojakatu 3 A 18, FI-33100 Tampere, Finland
OH8L Jari Ojala, Latvalammentie 32, FI-92260 Kopsa, Finland
OX3XR Harry de Jong, Broekdijk 59, 7695 TC Bruchterveld, The Netherlands
RW2F Ulrich Mueller, Kreutzacker 13, 35041 Marburg, Germany
S01WS Arseli Echeguren Bardeci, Barrena 6 1 Izq, 01408 Luiaondo (Alava),
Spain
S0S Arseli Echeguren Bardeci, Barrena 6 1 Izq, 01408 Luiaondo (Alava),
Spain
SZ1A Radio Amateur Association of West Greece, P.O. Box 84,
301 00 Agrinio, Greece
TF3T Benedikt Sveinsson, Einarsnes 42, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland
TG9ANF Francisco Vassaux, 8602 Royster Run, Marvin NC 28173, USA
TG9IIN Ilias Nikolaidis, 8602 Royster Run, Marvin NC 28173, USA
TI2CC Carlos Paez, SJO 169221, P.O. Box 025331, Miami FL 33102, USA
UA2F Ulrich Mueller, Kreutzacker 13, 35041 Marburg, Germany
VK5CE Craig Edwards, PO Box 2160, Goolwa SA 5214, Australia
VR2/KC0W Thomas M. Callas, P.O. Box 1058, Minnetonka MN 55345, USA
XE1B Marcos Campos, Lava 173, Jardines del Pedregal, 01900 Mexico DF,
Mexico
YL2GN Ziedonis Knope, P.O.Box 55, Balvi LV-4501, Latvia
ZB2CN Bertin Butz, St. Johannisrain 9, 82377 Penzberg, Germany
ZV5O Associacao dos Radioamadores do Parana, Caixa Postal 16515,
Curitiba - PR, 81520-981, Brazil
ZZ2T Wanderley Ferreira Gomes, Avenida 23 de Maio 2966 Ap 1320,
Sao Paulo - SP, 04008-000, Brazil
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