425 DX News #1716

23 March 2024 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1716

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

3D2 - Dom, 3Z9DX will once again be active as 3D2AJT from Nadi, Fiji
Islands for 30-40 days starting on 18 March. The callsign is in
memory of the late Yasuo "Zorro" Miyazawa, JH1AJT, who passed away
on 23 March 2022. QSL via Club Log's OQRS.
CE0Z - Felipe, CE3SX will be active as CB0ZIX from Juan Fernandez from 21
March to 4 April. He will be QRV almost exclusively on 6 metres SSB
and FT8 (F/H). QSL via LoTW, traditional QSL cards will not be
available.
EA - The Union de Radioaficionados Espanoles, Spain's IARU member soci-
ety, was founded on 1 April 1949. Celebrating URE's 75th anniver-
sary, a month-long activity will take place from 1 to 30 April.
Look for AO75URE and 18 other special stations representing the Au-
tonomous Communities and Autonomous Cities of the country:
AO75AN Andalucia AO75GA Galicia
AO75AR Aragon AO75IB Islas Baleares, EA6
AO75CA Cantabria AO75IC Islas Canarias, EA8
AO75CL Castilla y Leon AO75LR La Rioja
AO75CM Castilla-La Mancha AO75MA Madrid
AO75CT Cataluna AO75MC Melilla and Ceuta, EA9
AO75CV Comunidad Valenciana AO75MU Murcia
AO75EU Euskadi i.e. Basque Country AO75NA Navarra
AO75EX Extremadura AO75PA Principado de Asturias
In addition, CQ75URE will be active from Portugal. A large number
of awards will be available: see https://75aniversario.ure.es for
detailed information, logsearch and OQRS (to be activated after 30
April).
ER - ER30ARM is a special callsign celebrating the 30th anniversary of
the Amateur Radio Society of Moldova (ER1KAA). Look for activity
from 20 March to 30 April. QSL via the bureau, direct, and LoTW.
FM - Miguel, EA1BP will be active holiday style as FM/EA1BP from Marti-
nique (NA-107) from 23 March to 1 April. He will participate in the
CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as TO7O. QSL via LoTW, or via home call. [TNX
EA1BP]
FT/G - Marek, FH4VVK will be active as FT4GL from Grande Glorieuse, Glo-
rioso Islands (AF-011) from 24 May to 19 June. The most recent
activity from the islands dates back to 2009 (FT5GA), and the Glo-
rieuses are currently ranked 8th on Club Log's DXCC Most Wanted
List. This one-man operation will be carried out in parallel with
Marek's professional activities. He hopes to be QRV daily with two
stations at the same time - one on FT8 and one on SSB or RTTY (he
lacks sufficient knowledge of CW to manage a huge pile-up). There
will be no activity on 6 metres, EME, or via satellite. QSOs will
be uploaded to Club Log on a daily basis; access to the Internet
will be available for two hours a day, from 18 to 20 local time.
QSL via F4FTV (direct or bureau); full LoTW upload will follow six
months after the end of the DXpedition. Bookmark
https://ft4gl.blogspot.com/ and
https://www.facebook.com/61557262192352
for more information and updates.
I - Launched in 1904, the "Elettra" was a two-masted steam yacht that
Guglielmo Marconi used as a floating laboratory. Members of ARI
Loano (IQ1LA) & Marconi Club will be active as IY1EY on 1-14 April
to memorialize the experiments conducted in the Ligurian Sea be-
tween 1919 and 1936. QSL via IQ1LA.
I - Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Guglielmo Marco-
ni, members of ARI Asti will be active as IR1GM on 1-30 April. QSL
via the bureau, LoTW, eQSL, or direct to IK1XPK.
I - Members of ARI Venezia (IQ3VE) will be active as IR3POLO between 1
April and 30 June. The special callsign commemorates the 700th
anniversary since the death of Marco Polo, the Venetian merchant
and explorer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road (1271-
1295). All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau.
[TNX I3MDU]
PA - Laurens, PF3X and Barry, PC1K will be active as PA24WAAD from 23
March to 7 April for the World Autism Awareness Day. QSL via Club
Log's OQRS and LoTW.
PJ7 - Ken, KJ9B will be active as PJ7KB from Sint Maarten (NA-105) from
30 March to 6 April. He will operate SSB and FT8/FT4 on 20-10m. QSL
via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
V4 - Pete, G0TLE will be active again as V4/G0TLE from St Kitts (NA-104)
from 23 March to 5 April. He will operate CW and SSB on 40-10m. QSL
via LoTW, or direct to home call; QSOs will be uploaded also to
Club Log. [TNX DX World]
From 26 March to 2 April, also look for V47NT (QSL via LoTW, or
direct to W2RQ), V4/K5ZD (QSL via LoTW) and V4/HA1AG (QSL via home
call) to be active from St. Kitts. They will operate CW and SSB on
160-10 metres, and will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as
V47T (QSL via LoTW, or direct to W2RQ). TNX The Daily DX
VP5 - AF3K, KH6M and W2TT will be active from Providenciales (NA-002)
from 26 March to 2 April, including an entry in the CQ WPX SSB
Contest. Outside the contest they will operate SSB, CW, FT8 and FT4
on 160-6 metres. QSL VQ5P via N2OO; all QSOs will be uploaded to
LoTW and Club Log. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZD7 - Torsten, DL9GG will be active as ZD7GG from St. Helena Island (AF-
022) on 23-30 March. He will operate mainly CW and some SSB on 160-
10 metres. QSL via home call, or eQSL. [TNX The Daily DX]

CARIBBEAN TOUR --- > Mike, DF8AN will be active from four Caribbean islands
as follows:
29-30 March FS/DF8AN from St. Martin (NA-105)
30 March-5 April VP2V/DF8AN from the British Virgin Islands (NA-023)
5-9 April V26MN from Antigua (NA-100)
9-17 April VP2MMN from Montserrat (NA-103)
17-19 April V26MN from Antigua (NA-100)
He will operate mainly FT8 (F/H) and FT4 with some RTTY and CW on 160-6m.
QSL via home call, direct or bureau. He does not use LoTW. [TNX The Daily
DX]

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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IOTA DXPEDITION FUND: FURTHER NEWS ---> "IOTA Ltd reported in early Septem-
ber 2023 the creation of a DXpedition Fund to help reduce the costs of expe-
ditions to the rarer and less accessible IOTA groups" [425DXN 1688]. "Since
then the Fund has made a number of applicants very happy.
However we want to do more to encourage operations from groups where there
has not been a significant operation for at least 15 years. So in addition
to making grants to operations from IOTA references confirmed by less than
25% of IOTA members based on the last 10-year listing in IOTA's Most Wanted
List, we will also do the same for operations to groups confirmed by less
than 30% of IOTA members on the same list that have not seen an activation
for at least 15 years. It is estimated that these two categories cover some
250 IOTA groups.
The grant request should be submitted more than 30 days prior to the opera-
tion's start. The evaluation and grant process is based on various criteria,
including the rarity of the IOTA reference, the length of the operation and
number of operators, importantly the planned number of contacts, bands and
modes to be used, and the estimated expedition cost. Applications should be
addressed to dxp-fund[@]iota-world.org". [The IOTA Board and DXpedition Fund
Committee, 19 March 2024]
The Evaluation Criteria and the Grant Application Form can be found on the
IOTA website (https://www.iota-world.org/) under the DXPEDITION FUND label.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3B9FR M0OXO EL2EF N2OO R165AP R4WD
3DA0AQ EA5GL ET3AA N2OO R75SHK R9HCV
3Z0RVG SP1EG FK/LZ5QZ LZ1GC SK75NATO SM0SHG
4K0CW DL6KVA FW1JG F4FTV SN25PCH SP2KFQ
4L/OU2I OZ2I FY4JI EA5GL SN80ULMA SP9KKA
4L1AN N4GNR HD8MD K8LJG SP0DIG SP1EG
4L8A M0OXO HF21DKS SP9CJM SP21DKS SP3POB
5P7F OZ7FOC HF80LUFT SP3PGX T32EU DL2AWG
5Q3W E73Y HI3K EB7DX T44DX RW6HS
5W1SA JA1DXA HR5/F2JD F6AJA T88UW JH7IPR
5X4E IQ3CO [b] IY4SUC IQ4FE TM88YL F4IFD
5X4E IZ3ZLG [d] JG8NQJ/JD1 JA8CJY [d] V31MA M0OXO
6Y5HM EA5GL JG8NQJ/JD1 JG8NQJ [b] VP2MDX W2APF
6Y6YI G3VYI LQ4D LU4DQ VP6MW W0VTT
7P8EI M0OXO LU4DJB EC6DX VP8KCA G5KC
A2NEW EA7FTR NL8F N7RO VP8VK GM3ITN
A65HS 9K2HS OL4ACF OK1AR XF3AB EA5GL
A73A M0OXO OV5YL DJ5YL XU7AKU JA1DXA
CN2GBY F4GBY OX3LX OZ0J YN9H EA5GL
DL100ANA DH7WW OY1OF M0URX Z39A EA5GL
DL60RRDXA DJ5BWD P35A 5B4AQN Z81D OM3JW
DM88YLF DJ5YL PJ2MAN EC5AHA ZF1EJ K6AM
DR44WCA DF6EX PJ4SON M0URX ZF2LC W2SM
EG1SSV EA1URV PV2K EA5GL ZL7DX M0OXO
EG7SSM EA7DK R108M RK3LC ZW2WSP PU2TWZ

7Q6M Don Jones, 3130 Wisconsin Ave NW #723, Washington DC 20016, USA
DL2AWG Guenter Gassler, Eichertstr. 8, 07589 Muenchenbernsdorf, Germany
II9IGA Serafino De Filippi, Via Capitano Fiscale 7, 91100 Trapani TP,
Italy
KH0/KC0W Thomas M. Callas, P.O. Box 1058, Minnetonka MN 55345, USA
KH0W Thomas M. Callas, P.O. Box 1058, Minnetonka MN 55345, USA
MP7DX Ron Bennett, 17 Truro Close, St. Helens, WA11 9EL, United Kingdom
OG66X Jouni Mehtomaa, Kylmalantie 1, FI-92140 Pattijoki, Finland
RW6HS Vasiliy M. Kasyanenko, P.O. Box 8, g. Novopavlovsk,
Stavropolskiy kr., 357300, Russia
TM72FDL Guillaume Francoise, 7 impasse Jacques Danton, 72470 Champagne,
France
YJ0CA Chris Ayres, 3/19-21 Eastern Rd, Turramurra NSW 2074, Australia

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