25 November 2017 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1386
A3 - Hiro, JA6WFM has been active as A31MM from Nuku'alofa (OC-049),
Tonga since January 2016, and will QRT at the end of the year. This
weekend's CQ WW DX CW will be the last contest for him; after that
he will be QRV on 15 metres only. QSL via LoTW or direct to EA5GL.
C5 - Andre, ON7YK has been active again as C5YK since 17 November, and
will remain in The Gambia until 30 January 2018. He operates
digital modes (especially FT8) and some CW on 40, 20, 17 and 15
metres. QSL via LoTW and eQSL, or via home call (direct or bureau).
Logsearch on http://www.on7yk.eu/. [TNX The Daily DX]
C6 - Tomi HA7RY, George AA7JV and Michael KN4EEI have been active as
C6AGU from Water Cay (NA-001), Bahamas since 19 November and will
remain there until 3 December, including activity during the CQ WW
DX CW Contest and the ARRL 160 Meter Contest. While operating
mainly CW and some SSB on 160-10 metres, they will test some new
antennas (a 43-foot vertical for 160/80/40m, a 2-element yagi
vertical for 20-10m, and a 4-square RX antenna) for the 2018
DXpedition to Baker Island (KH1). QSL via HA7RY; neither Club Log
nor LoTW will be used. [TNX DX World]
H40 - Cezar, VE3LYC plans to be active from Taumako Island (OC-179),
Temotu for at least five days in early May 2018. This Most Wanted
IOTA group was activated only once, by H44MS (DL2GCA) back in March
1993. Complete information is expected in due course. [TNX DX News]
HC8 - HC8LUT (not HC8LU as previously announced) is the callsign issued
for the Argentine team [425DXN 1377] to use during their activity
from San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands (SA-004) between 29 November
and 8 December. They will operate SSB and digital modes on 160-6
metres. QSL via IK2DUW and LoTW, logsearch on Club Log. See
https://hc8lu.blogspot.com/ for more information.
HL - Celebrating the XXIII Olympic Winter Games that will be held next
year in PyeongChang (https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en), special
event station HL0WOP is active until 25 February 2018. QSL via Club
Log's OQRS, eQSL, or via HL4CCM (direct or bureau).
HS - Look for E20WXA/p, HS2AAW/p and HS2JQC/p to be active from Koh Lan
(AS-107) on 25-26 November. QSL via E20WXA. [TNX The Daily DX]
JT - Khos, JT1CD is active as JT1CD/0 until 29 November from the city of
Olgii, located in the extreme west of Mongolia. QSL via LoTW or
direct to home call. [TNX JT1CD]
OH - As tradition dictates, OH9SCL will be active again in December from
the heart of Santa Claus Land, in the Lapland region of Finland.
Activity will be mostly on the HF bands on all modes. QSL via
OH9AB, direct or bureau. See http://oh9scl.fi for additional
information.
V8 - Tom, KC0W will be active as V85/KC0W from Brunei from 24 November
to 10 December. QSL via home call (direct only) and logsearch on
Club Log. He does not use LoTW. Tom expected to be active as 3W9CW
from Con Son Island (AS-130), Vietnam until 28 November [425DXN
1385], but "technical reasons" made him go QRT on 15 November with
just 69 QSOs in his log. He then moved to Cambodia, and operated as
XU7XXX on 19-21 November (874 QSOs).
VE - Mikhail, VE7ACN will be active as VE7ACN/7 from Galiano Island
(NA-075) on 24-27 November, including activity during the CQ WW DX
CW Contest. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or via home call. [TNX DX
News]
VQ9 - Jim, ND9M is active again as VQ917JC from Diego Garcia (AF-006),
Chagos ISlands. His operating hours are still limited to 13-16 UTC,
as he has to commute between his ship and his operating location on
the island, then set up and break down each time. Usually he
operates mainly CW on 30, 20 and 17 metres. QSL via home call.
ZA - ZA1WW is the callsign for a Multi-Multi entry in the CQ WW DX CW
Contest and a subsequent 160/80m activity hosted by the Kosovo
Amateur Radio Association (SHRAK) and the National Association
Radioamateurs of Albania (NARA) from the coastal area of Durres. On
the low bands they will use vertical radiators next to salt water,
matched by appropriate RX antennas. Dedicated low-band frequencies
after the contest will be 1816.5 kHz and 3526 kHz, both +/- QRM.
Co-led by Z62FB and ZA1F, the team will include local operators
such as ZA1EM (YL) and Z61DX, as well as invited guests (OG2M,
OH1MA, OH2BH, OH2TA and OH3JR). QSL ZA1WW via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW
or via OH2TA. [TNX W6SZN]
ZL - Pisti, HA5OJ celebrates his 60th birthday by touring New Zeland
until late January 2018. He will be active holiday style as
ZL/HA5OJ from Waiheke Island (OC-201) on 22-26 November, from North
Island (OC-036) between 27 November and 20 January, and finally
from South Island (OC-134) on 21-29 January. He operates CW only on
30-6 metres. QSLs via the Hungarian bureau. [TNX HA5BA]
CQ WW DX CW CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (25-26 November):
ZONE CALL CATEGORY COUNTRY QSL VIA
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02 VE2IM SOAB HP Canada LoTW/VE3DZ
05 VE3RZ/VP9 SOAB LP Bermuda LoTW/M0URX
07 HQ9X M/2 Honduras KQ1F
07 TI7W SOAB HP Costa Rica W4FS
07 V34AO SOAB LP Belize DL7VOA
07 YN2CC SOAB LP Nicaragua LoTW/AJ9C
08 6Y0W M/2 Jamaica LZ1NK
08 6Y3M M/2 Jamaica VE3NE
08 8P50B SOSB 20m LP Barbados LoTW/KU9C
08 C6AGU Bahamas HA7RY
08 FG/F6ARC SOSB 15m Guadeloupe LoTW/FE11DX
08 J68GD St. Lucia LoTW/K9AW
08 NP2X M/? US Virgin Islands LoTW/K5WW
08 TO2SP M/? St. Barthelemy LoTW/SP6IXF
08 TO5W SO Martinique LoTW/KO8SCA
08 V26FF SO Antigua & Barbuda LoTW/N2FF
08 V26K SOAB LP Antigua & Barbuda LoTW/AA3B
08 V47T M/2 St Kitts & Nevis W2RQ
08 VP5M M/? Turks & Caicos Isls LoTW/K4QPL
08 ZF2MJ SOAB Cayman Isls LoTW/N6MJ
08 ZF9CW SO Cayman Isls LoTW/K5GO
09 8R1/AG6UT SO Guyana LotW/DJ9RR
09 9Y4/VE3EY SOAB HP Trinidad & Tobago VE3EY
09 FY5FY SOSB 20m LP French Guiana FY5FY
09 P40C SO Aruba LoTW
09 P40L M/2 Aruba LoTW/WA3FRP
09 P40W SOAB Aruba LoTW/N2MM
09 PJ4A SOSB 15m Bonaire LoTW/K4BAI
09 PJ4E SOSB 80m Bonaire LoTW/K9ES
09 PJ4I SOSB 20m Bonaire LoTW/AD4ES
09 PJ4Y M/S Bonaire DL5CW
09 PZ5V M/2 Suriname LoTW/M0URX
10 HC0E M/2 Ecuador HC1QRC
11 PS0F M/S LP Fernando de Noronha PY7RP
11 PX0F SO Fernando de Noronha PP5BZ
11 ZP9MCE SOAB LP Paraguay EA5ZD
12 XR2K SO Chile W4/CX1EK
12 XR6F SOSB Chile XQ4CW
14 4U1ITU ITU HQ 4U1ITU
14 CR2M SOSB 15m HP Azores LoTW
14 CR5SSB M/S Portugal CT1EOU
14 CR6K SOAB HP Portugal CT1CJJ
14 CU4DX SOSB 40m HP Azores LoTW
14 GJ2A SOSB 20m Jersey LoTW
14 GU3HFN SOAB LP Guernsey GU3HFN
14 GU4CHY SOSB 20m HP Guernsey GU4CHY
14 GU4YOX SOSB 15m LP Guernsey LoTW/GU4YOX
14 HB0A Liechtenstein LoTW
14 SI9AM M/? Sweden SM3TIR
14 TM1A M/S HP France LoTW/F5GSJ
14 ZB2TT M/S Gibraltar LoTW/M0URX
14 ZB2X SOSB Gibraltar LoTW/OH2KI
15 4O7CC SOAB Montenegro LoTW/UA4CC
15 4U1A M/S UN Vienna Int Center UA3DX
15 9H6A M/? Malta LoTW/9H1BT
15 ES9C M/2 Estonia ES5RY
15 LY4A M/? Lithuania LotW
15 OF5Z M/M Finland LotW
15 SN6O SOSB 40m Poland SP6PAZ
15 SO4M M/S Poland LoTW/SP4MPG
15 SO9M SOAB LP Poland SQ9UM
15 TK0C M/2 Corsica LoTW/S50C
15 Z60WW SO Kosovo OH2BH
15 ZA1WW M/M Albania LoTW/OH2TA
17 UN4L SOSB 80m Kazakhstan UA9AB
18 RW0A M/2 Russia (AS) LotW/RA0ALM
21 4L2M SOSB 20m Georgia EA7FTR
21 9K2K SOAB Kuwait LotW
21 A44A M/M Oman A47RS
24 B1Z M/? China EA7FTR
24 B7Q M/? China BA1DU
24 VR2XAN SOSB 160m HP Hong Kong VR2XAN
26 HS0ZAR M/2 Thailand K3ZO
26 HS0ZIA M/? Thailand LoTW
27 AH0K M/2 Mariana Islands LoTW/OH6GDX
27 AH2R M/S Guam LoTW
27 DU9/R4WAA Philippines R4WAA
27 DU9/RZ3FW Philippines RZ3FW
27 V6A SOAB Micronesia JA7HMZ
28 9M6NA SOAB HP East Malaysia LoTW/JE1JKL
28 YC1ZAZ M/S LP Indonesia LoTW
28 YE2C M/2 Indonesia LoTW
29 VK6LW SOAB Australia VK6LW
31 KH7M SOAB Hawaii KH6ZM
32 A31MM SOSB 15m Tonga LoTW/EA5GL
32 FK/JR3RIU SO New Caledonia LoTW
32 ZM4T M/2 New Zealand LotW/ZL3IO
33 3V8SS SOAB LP Tunisia LoTW/LX1NO
33 CR3OO SOAB Madeira LoTW/W3HNK
33 CT9/OK6RA SOSB 40m LP Madeira OK6RA
33 CT9/R7KW M/S Madeira K2PF
33 ED8R M/S Canary Isls LoTW/LZ1JZ
33 ED8X M/S Canary Isls LoTW/RN3RQ
34 SU9JG SOSB 15m LP Egypt LoTW/EA5GL
35 3XY3D Guinea F5OZC
35 6W1SU SOAB HP Senegal LoTW/M0URX
35 9G5W Ghana S59ZZ
35 D4P SO Cape Verde LoTW
37 5X1NH SOSB Uganda LoTW/G3RWF
37 5X8B SO Uganda LoTW/DL3YM
39 3B9HA SOAB Rodrigues Island LoTW/M0OXO
39 S79K SOAB Seychelles LoTW/G3NKC
40 TF3JB SOSB 20m HP Iceland LoTW/TF3JB
Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqc2017.html - good contest to
you all!
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