16 September 2017 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1376
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
A3 - Hal, JR4OZR will be active as A35W from Tongatapu (OC-049), Tonga
on 20-26 September. He will operate RTTY and FT8, and will
participate in the CQ WW DX RTTY Contest. QSL via JJ2VLY and LoTW,
logsearch on Club Log. [TNX The Daily DX]
FP - Look for FP/DH5FS, FP/DK2AB, FP/G3ZAY, FP/G7VJR, FP/M0BLF, FP/M0WUT
and FP/M0ZXA to be active from Ile-aux-Marins, Saint Pierre and
Miquelon (NA-032) on 18-22 September. They will operate CW, SSB and
digital modes (FT8 included) on 160-6 metres with four stations.
QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or via operator's instructions. [TNX
The Daily DX]
GU - The NB-DX Team will be active as MU/ON4ANN from Guernsey (EU-114)
on 18-24 September. They will operate SSB, CW and digital modes
with "special attention" for 160, 80, 40 and 30 metres. QSL via
M0URX's OQRS (http://m0urx.com/oqrs/) and LoTW. [TNX DX World]
JA - Look for JA8COE/8 and JE8KKX/8 to be active from Yagishiri Island
(AS-147) on 16-18 September. QSL via home calls. [TNX JN6RZM]
SM - Frank, DL2SWW was active as SD7W/6 from Orust Island (EU-043)
earlier this week; he will operate as SD7W from Oland Island
(EU-037) on 19-21 September. QSLs via home call, bureau preferred.
[TNX rsgbiota.org]
SV9 - Joerg, DM1OS will be active as SV9/DM1OS from Gavdos Island
(EU-187) on 23-25 September. He will operate holiday style around
the SSB IOTA frequencies. QSL via home call, bureau preferred. [TNX
rsgbiota.org]
T8 - JA3KIO as T88XA and JA3JND as T88ON will be active from Koror
(OC-009), Palau between 20 and 28 September. QSL via home calls,
direct or bureau.
UA - Konstantin, R7KF plans to be active as RI0ZF from from Beringa, one
of the Komandorskiye Islands (AS-039), indicatively between 16
and 22 September. Actual dates may change subject to weather
conditions. This is not a DXpedition, but he will try and be QRV on
30, 20 and 17 metres CW and SSB, running 100 watts to simple
antennas and using paper log. QSL via R7KF, direct or bureau. [TNX
NG3K]
V3 - Victor, WB0TEV will be active again as V31VP from Belize on 21-25
September. Main activity will be during the CQ WW DX RTTY Contest;
before and after the contest he might operate some SSB as well. QSL
via Club Log's OQRS or via home call (direct or bureau). He does
not use LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
V6 - JR1FKR as V63FKR and JH1MLO as V63MLO will be active from Pohnpei
(OC-010), Micronesia between 27 September and 2 October. They will
operate SSB and RTTY. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. They do
not use LoTW.
VU - AT7M is the callsign for the IOTA DXpedition to the St Mary Islands
(AS-096) [425DXN 1369]. A large team will operate "all modes with
multi TX" from 30 September to 1 October (less than 48 hours). QSL
via VU3NPI. [TNX VU2UR]
XW - Champ, E21EIC will be active again as XW1IC from Laos on 21-25
September. He will be QRV on 80-6 metres, and will participate in
the CQ WW DX RTTY Contest, possibily on 20 metres. QSL via Club
Log's OQRS and LoTW; traditional cards via E21EIC. [TNX DX World]
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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 August 2017 issue is now available for
Download at http://www.425dxn.org/index.php. [TNX IZ3EBA]
5L3BI (AF-111) ---> "The wet season is in full force in Liberia this year",
the 5L3BI team reported on 13 September. "This makes any road travel tricky
and potentially dangerous, which in-turn has so far prevented Richmond EL2BG
and Dickson EL2DT from making a 2nd recce trip to Baiyah Island (AF-111).
Since we believe roads conditions may never fully recover between now and
the end of October, we have recently managed to (thankfully) reserve seats
on a MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship International) flight which will take
most of the team directly to Greenville Sinoe airstrip. From there we will
meet Richmond EL2BG who will have made the treacherous road journey south in
his 4x4 vehicle.
With the new and additional cost of flights to/from Sinoe region from
Monrovia we do still seek generous donations from the IOTA and DX community.
Considering a donation? Please visit https://af111new.com/support/". [TNX DX
World]
ENIGMA RELOADED ---> The 4th "Enigma Reloaded" event will take place on
22-30 September. Complete information on the event and the associated award
is available at http://www.enigma-reloaded.it/.
IOTA: NEW WEBSITE ---> The new website is at https://www.iota-world.org.
For the time being all user logins have been suspended until the website is
released on 16 September at 8 UTC. Registered users on rsgbiota.org will NOT
have to re-register on IOTA World, because they will be able to log in with
the same credentials as they used on the old website. A choice of languages
is available by selecting one of the flags. The point of contact for help
and comments is at info[@]iota-world.org.
IOTA: DATABASE HOUSEKEEPING ---> "Parallel with launching the new IOTA
website and operating programme we are carrying out some long overdue
housekeeping on user records on our database. We have migrated all these
from the previous RSGB IOTA website to our new site. The following will
affect chasers who have not entered a score or updated an existing one on
their record since August 2007, the date we went online. We have several
thousand records falling into this category and it does not make sense to
retain them. We have with immediate effect moved them to Archives where they
will no longer be visible to their 'owners'. Queries about this notice
should be sent to info[@]iota-world.org".
IOTA: REPORTING PROGRAMME GROWTH ---> "In July we celebrated the first
anniversary of the introduction of crediting QSO matches with logs on Club
Log", G3KMA reported on 12 September. "Introduced on the existing software,
it has already been hugely successful in increasing the volume of credits
given by 70%, providing evidence that it meets the wishes of a significant
part of the IOTA community for this kind of development. Needless to say, it
has boosted the financial viability of the programme. Currently some 54% of
all credits given so far in 2017 were for QSO matches, a figure that we
believe will increase once participants get used to the new software. Paper
cards submitted are down 20% suggesting replacement with electronic
confirmations which from a very low figure for IOTA Contest matches has
spiralled from 4,036 to 32,878 credits. This is just the beginning".
PDXG QSL MANAGEMENT PLATFORM ---> Developed over the past three years, the
Perseverance DX Group's project (http://www.pdxg.net/index.php/news) aims at
simplifying the QSL manager's job by automating the back end processes. The
platform's exclusive users are Tim M0URX, Charles M0OXO, Pista HA5AO and
Gene K5GS, who have uploaded 5,018,167 QSOs from some 800 logs (DXpeditions,
contests, active DX stations handled by M0URX, M0OXO and HA5AO) so far. "A
QSL manager with one helper can process OQRS requests for the largest
DXpedition in one day, an amazing 75% reduction in time and labor. Today the
only time consuming OQRS confirmation tasks are stuffing envelopes and
affixing labels, a bulk mail franking machine eliminated postage stamps.
Other automated tasks include matching donors to the log for special
handling and busted call management. A new feature controls sending
duplicate QSL cards to the same DXer. Many DXers request a card through OQRS
or direct and also send a buro card. The software will not respond to the
buro request if a card was previously sent for the same contact(s). With all
this extra time on their hands M0URX and M0OXO are available to handle
additional DX callsigns and DXpeditions". [TNX K5GS]
TUNISIA: NEW LICENCING ARRANGEMENTS ---> The Ministry of Communication
Technologies and Digital Economy has approved and issued a decree (nr. 3215,
17 August 2017) that organizes amateur radio activity in Tunisia. The decree
has appeared in the Official Journal of the Tunisian Republic nr. 71 (5
September 2017). It is now possible for Tunisian hams to apply, pass an
exam and get their own amateur radio licences. Those who already have a
foreign licence can be granted licences without passing an exam. Resident
foreigners can also apply. See https://www.iaru-r1.org/.
WRTC-2022 --- > The 8th edition of the World Radiosport Team Championship
(WRTC) will be held in Germany in July 2018. Like the Olympic Games,
however, "it is important to provide continuity for the WRTC program and
give the radiosport community as much time as possible to prepare for each
event. Thus, it is appropriate at this time to begin the process of
considering where WRTC-2022 will be held and who will make up the organizing
committee. The WRTC Sanctioning Committee is responsible for evaluating
requests to host a WRTC event and selecting the winning applicant.
In order to begin the evaluation process, the WRTC Sanctioning Committee
requests any potential sponsor to send a written letter of intent to our
chairman, S50A (Tine Brajnik, Velike Lipljene 24, 1311 Turjak, Slovenia).
The letter should identify the group's primary leaders and contact
information, along with the general time frame and location for the event.
We will then respond with the WRTC requirements document from which a formal
proposal can be created. The deadline for submitting the letter of intent is
December 31, 2017. Formal proposals will then be accepted until March 1,
2018.
The WRTC Sanctioning Committee stands ready to answer questions and provide
whatever information we can to assist potential hosts in expressing interest
and making an application. It is our plan to announce the selected hosts for
WRTC-2022 during the closing ceremonies of WRTC-2018". [TNX S50A]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
C31CT Salvador Carol Tafall, Josep Calvet 64 Nave 6, 08302 Mataro
(Barcelona), Spain
G4NRT David Bondy, 19 Harriet Drive, Rochester, ME1 1DY, United Kingdom
HB0/DL2SBY Kasimir Bastian, Grunackerstr. 39, 71069 Sindelfingen, Germany
SQ1SGB Sebastian Gleich, Biesiekierz 65, 76-039 Biesiekierz, Poland
WA2NYC Wireless Association of New York City, 233 Wolverine St,
Staten Island NY 10306-1746, USA
WB2REM James Millner, 7010 Gullotti Place, Port Saint Lucie
FL 34952, USA
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