26 May 2018 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1412

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

9A - Look for Marco, 9A/IV3WMS to be active from Solta Island (EU-016)
from 25 May to 6 June. He will operate SSB and on the HF bands. QSL
via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K]
EI - The EIDX Group will activate all Irish IOTA groups between 1 June
and 30 September. They will use EI0DXG from the main island of
Ireland (EU-115), and EJ0DXG from the other groups as follows:
15-18 June EU-103
20-22 July EU-007 to be confirmed
24-26 August EU-121 to be confirmed
13-16 September EU-006
The first activity will take place from Little Saltee Island
(EU-103) on 15-18 June. Plans are for three stations to operate CW,
SSB and digital modes on the HF bands and 6 metres. Updates will be
posted to https://www.facebook.com/groups/185038478993063/. QSL via
M0OXO's OQRS. A plaque will be available for working all four
groups, with EI0DXG as a wildcard (see http://dxwanted.net/). [TNX
EI9FBB]
I - Launched in 1904, the 'Elettra' was a two-masted steam yacht that
Guglielmo Marconi used as a floating laboratory for many
experiments. Part of her keel stands in the grounds of Villa
Griffone, at Pontecchio near Bologna, from where ARI Fidenza will
be active as II4AMP during the Museum Ships Weekend on 2-3 June.
QSL via bureau to IQ4FE. [TNX IW4CLV]
OH0 - Juha, OH5CW and the OH5C group will be active as OG0C and OG0C/p
from Kokar (grid square KO09), one of the Aland Islands (EU-002),
on 2-6 June. They will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on 80-2 metres. QSL
via OH5CW and possibly LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
OZ - Special event stations OZ50HRH and 5P0HRH (as well as OX50HRH and
OX5HRH from Greenland) will be active on 26 May to celebrate the
50th birthday of H.R.H. the Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark. Look
for activity on all bands and modes. QSL via Club Log's OQRS. An
award will be available, see OZ50HRH on qrz.com for information.
PZ - Olli, OH0XX is active as PZ5XX from Lelydorp, Suriname until 29
May, including an entry in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest. He operates CW
on 160-10 metres. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or via OH0XX
(direct or bureau). [TNX The Daily DX]
UA - The FIFA World Cup is a quadrennial international football (soccer)
tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member
associations of the Federation Internationale de Football
Association. This year's edition is scheduled to take place in
Russia. HQ stations RU18WC and R18REF will be active from 14 June
to 15 July for the "Football World Cup Radio Marathon". During the
same period, 43 special callsigns will be active to represent the
32 national teams qualified to play the tournament and the 11 host
cities: R18ARG (Argentina), R18AUS (Australia), R18BEL (Belgium),
R18BRA (Brazil), R18COL (Colombia), R18CRC (Costa Rica), R18CRO
(Croatia), R18DEN (Denmark), R18EGY (Egypt), R18ENG (England),
R18ESP (Spain), R18FRA (France), R18GER (Germany), R18IRN (Iran),
R18ISL (Iceland), R18JPN (Japan), R18KOR (Korea), R18KSA (Saudi
Arabia), R18MAR (Morocco), R18MEX (Mexico), R18NGA (Nigeria),
R18PAN (Panama), R18PER (Peru), R18POL (Poland), R18POR (Portugal),
R18RUS (Russia), R18SEN (Senegal), R18SRB (Serbia), R18SUI
(Switzerland), R18SWE (Sweden), R18TUN (Tunisia), R18URU (Uruguay),
RC18EK (Ekaterinburg), RC18KA (Kaliningrad), RC18KZ (Kazan), RC18MO
(Moscow), RC18NN (Nizhny Novgorod), RC18RO (Rostov-on-Don), RC18SA
(Samara), RC18SO (Sochi), RC18SP (Saint-Petersburg), RC18SR
(Saransk), RC18VG (Volgograd). Complete information will be
published on http://fwc18.hamlogs.net/.
V6 - Tosy JA3FGJ (V63GJ), Sanny JJ3CIG (V63SS) and Mami JP3AYQ (V63YL)
will be active as V6J from Ta Island in the Mortlok group (OC-254)
in early July (dates TBA). This IOTA group was activated only once
back in 2002. They will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 on 40, 30,
20, 17, 15 and 6 metres. While on Pohnpei (OC-010) they will be
using their personal V6 callsigns. QSL V6J via Club Log's OQRS, or
direct only via JP3AYQ; QSL others via home call. Updates will be
posted to https://www.qrz.com/lookup/V6J. Joe, JJ3PRT will be their
pilot station.
VK - VK5CE's final update on https://vkiota.wordpress.com/vk5ce-6/ now
includes updated operation dates, propagation forecasts and
operating times/bands for all six islands of his IOTA Tour:
02 June VK5CE/6 Rottnest island OC-164
04-07 June VK5CE/6 East Lewis Island OC-199
08-11 June VK5CE/6 Direction Island OC-140
15-18 June VK5CE/6 Cheyne Island OC-193
20-23 June VK5CE/6 Woody Island OC-170
27-29 June VK5CE/p St Peter Island OC-220
QSL via Club Log's OQRS for direct cards only (see the website for
direct links to the six logsearches), or via VK5CE (direct or
bureau). Those who send in sponsorship before the DXpedition, will
automatically receive a QSL for all IOTAs they are in the log of,
plus "a special VK IOTA fridge magnet gift". Those who work Craig
from 5 out of the 6 IOTAs can apply for the "VK IOTA Tour Award"
(free of charge) that also commemorates the 25th anniversary of the
Russian Robinson Club. See the website for the details.
VP2V - Kevin, K6TOP will be active again VP2V/K6TOP from Tortola, British
Virgin Islands (NA-023) from 23 May to 1 June. He operates CW on
40, 30, 20 and 17 metres. QSL via LoTW or direct to NR6M. [TNX The
Daily DX]
YB - Special event station YB50AR will be active on 1-30 June to
celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Organisasi Amatir Radio
Indonesia (ORARI), Indonesia's IARU member society. In addition to
the HQ station, other 32 special callsigns will be active from the
32 ORARI Subdivisions (ORARI Daerah) over the same period: YB50AC,
YB50BA, YB50BB, YB50BE, YB50BT, YB50GO, YB50JA, YB50JB, YB50JI,
YB50JK, YB50JT, YB50KB, YB50KI, YB50KR, YB50KS, YB50KT, YB50LA,
YB50MA, YB50MU, YB50NB, YB50NT, YB50PA, YB50RI, YB50SA, YB50SB,
YB50SG, YB50SN, YB50SR, YB50SS, YB50ST, YB50SU and YB50YO. QSLs via
LoTW (no paper cards will be issued). Information on the ORARI
Golden Anniversary Awards will be posted to http://www.orari.or.id/

CQ WW WPX CW CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (26-27 May):
Call Category DXCC QSL
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3V8SS SO Tunisia LotW/LX1NO
4K6FO SOAB LP Azerbaijan LoTW/DC9RI
4L2M SOSB 160m HP Georgia EA7FTR
6Y6N SO Jamaica DK9PY
8P1W SOAB LP Barbados KU9C
8P5A SOAB HP Barbados LotW/HA1AG
9H3EE SOAB LP Malta LoTW/OZ1BII
9K2GS SOAB Kuwait LoTW/EC5AC
9M6NA SOAB HP East Malaysia LoTW/JE1JKL
A25VR Botswana VE7VR
AH2R M/? Guam LoTW/JH7QXJ
B4T M/? China BA4TB
B7P M/? China BA4EG
CR3DX SOAB HP Madeira OM2VL
CR3W M/? Madeira DL5AXX
E2A SOAB HP Thailand LoTW/E21EIC
ED5X M/? Spain LoTW
EF8R SOAB Canary Isls LoTW/EB7DX
EX8MJ SOAB LP Kyrgyzstan qrz.com
GB60OT England G3KPU
GU3HFN Guernsey qrz.com
HC2GRC SOAB LP Ecuador LoTW
HQ9X M/? Honduras LoTW/KQ1F
LY4A M/? Lithuania LoTW
NP2P SOSB 40m US Virgin Isls LoTW
P44W SOAB Aruba LoTW/N2MM
PZ5XX Suriname LoTW/OH0XX
SW8WW SOAB LP Greece HA0HW
SX1T Greece SV1ENG
V3A M/S LP Belize LoTW/M0OXO
VB2Z M/S HP Canada LoTW
VP5M M/S LP Turks & Caicos Isls LoTW/K4QPL
YE1ZAZ M/S HP Indonesia LoTW
Z3Y M/S LP Macedonia Z37Y
Z68BH Kosovo OH2BH
ZP9MCE SOAB LP Paraguay LoTW/EA5ZD
Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxc2018.html - good contest to
you all!

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The April 2018 issue is now available for download
at http://www.425dxn.org/index.php. [TNX IZ3EBA]

CQ CONTEST & CQ DX HALL OF FAMERS ---> The CQ Contest Hall of Fame
(established in 1986) and the CQ DX Hall of Fame (established in 1967)
honour those amateurs who not only excel in personal performance in these
major areas of amateur radio, but who also "give back" to the hobby in
outstanding ways.
The 2018 inductees to the CQ CONTEST HALL OF FAME are:
- Andy Blank, N2NT - Nominated by the Frankford Radio Club, Andy has been
the director of the CQ World Wide 160-Meter DX Contest for the past
decade. A world-class contester with wins stretching back to 1979, Andy
has also competed in five Word Radiosport Team Championships (WRTC)
competitions and was Director of Competition for WRTC-2014, held in
Massachusetts. He is also a member of the advisory board of the World Wide
Radio Operators' Foundation (WWROF).
- Tom Wagner, N1MM - Nominated by both the Yankee Clipper Contest Club and
the Northern California Contest Club, Tom is best known for his
development of and ongoing upgrades to the N1MM Logger, which has become
the world's most popular contest logging software. The program supports
more than 240 different contests, multiple operating modes and integration
with any number of transceivers and station accessories. Tom now leads a
team of developers who are developing further enhancements and were
recognized with the YASME Excellence Award in 2015.
CQ Contesting Editor David Siddall, K3ZJ, presented Hall of Fame plaques at
an induction ceremony held at the annual Dayton Contest Dinner on 19 May.
This year's inductions bring the total number of members of the CQ Contest
Hall of Fame to 71.
The 2018 inductees to the CQ DX HALL OF FAME are:
- Kimo Chun, KH7U - was nominated by the Dateline DX Association, of which
he is a founding member. He has operated on many major DXpeditions,
including Kingman Reef, Christmas Island, Palmyra Atoll, Cambodia and
Midway Island. In addition, he routinely provides logistical assistance to
hams planning Pacific island DXpeditions; and provides electronic
maintenance support for groups administering Pacific island nature
preserves, including the Nature Conservancy and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service. A longtime member of Hawaii's Department of Emergency Management
RACES team, Kimo was recently featured on an NBC News story about last
year's accidental nuclear attack alert message sent out in Hawaii, and
emphasized the role played by amateurs as the first to alert the public
that the message was sent in error.
- Krassimir "Krassy" Petkov, K1LZ/LZ1SA - Nominated by the Araucaria DX
Group of Brazil, the Bulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs and the Yankee
Clipper Contest Club, Krassy has made many behind-the-scenes contributions
to DXing and contesting over the years. A veteran of two dozen
DXpeditions, Krassy has also provided or arranged financial and/or
material support to many others. He also co-founded the Young Ham Contest
Program in 2003, taking hams under age 21 to operate in major contests
from Caribbean superstations; and served on the board of the 2006 World
Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) competition in Brazil. He has also
worked with fellow DXers during DXpeditions to promote amateur radio and
provide equipment for hams in the countries in which the groups operated.
CQ DX Editor Bob Schenck, N2OO, presented Hall of Fame plaques at an
induction ceremony held at the annual Dayton DX Dinner on 18 May. This
year's inductions bring the total number of members of the CQ DX Hall of
Fame to 73.

FOOTBALL WORLD CUP RADIO MARATHON ---> A large number of special callsigns
from countries participating in the Football World Cup tournament, as well
as from other FIFA member countries that did not qualify for the finals,
will be active between 1 June and 15 July. Participating stations are
expected from Algeria (7X2FIFA), Antigua & Barbuda (V218FIFA), Argentina
(AY0FWC), Austria (OE18FIFA), Bahrain (A91FWC), Bermuda (VP9FIFA), Bosnia &
Herzegovina (E70FIFA), Brazil (ZZ18FWC), Canada (VB18FIFA), Croatia
(9A18FIFA), Denmark (OU18FWC), Ecuador (HD18FIFA), Egypt (SU18FWC), England
(GB18FWC), France (TM18FWC), Germany (DJ18FWC and DK18FWC), Greece
(SX18FIFA), Haiti (HH18FIFA), Hong Kong (VR2FIFA), Hungary (HG18FIFA),
Indonesia (YB18FIFA), Iraq (YI0FIFA), Italy (II9FIFA), Kazakhstan
(UP18FIFA), Korea (DT18FIFA and DT18FWC), Luxembourg (LX18FIFA), Moldova
(ER18FIFA), Netherlands (PA18FIFA), New Zealand (ZL18FIFA), Northern Ireland
(GB18FIFA), Panama (HP18FWC), Peru (OC18FWC), Philippines (DX18FIFA), Poland
(3Z18FWC), Portugal/Azores (CR2018FWC), Qatar (A71FIFA), Saudi Arabia
(HZ18FIFA and HZ18FWC), Scotland (MB18FIFA: 10, 13, 14 July), Serbia
(YU18FWC), Slovakia (OM18FIFA and OM2018FIFA), Spain (AO18FWC), Suriname
(PZ18FIFA), Sweden (7S18FWC, 8S18FWC, SB18FWC, SC18FWC, SD18FWC, SE18FWC,
SF18FWC, SH18FWC and SI18FWC), United Arab Emirates (A60FIFA), Uruguay
(CW18FWC), Venezuela (YW18FIFA), Wales (MB18FIFA: 12 June and 12 July).
Complete information will be published on http://fwc18.hamlogs.net/.

IOTA DIRECTORY 2018 ---> Edited by Roger Balister (G3KMA) and Steve Telenius
-Lowe (PJ4DX), and published by Islands On The Air (IOTA) Ltd, the 2018
edition of the IOTA Directory (128 pages) is now available from the IOTA
Shop on https://www.iota-world.org/iota-shop.html. It contains the complete
listing of IOTA islands as well as everything you need to know to
participate in IOTA. Included in the colour section are fascinating reports
on several rare IOTA operations (Ashmore Reef, Bhola Island & and St
Martin's Island, Pukapuka Atoll, Busuanga Island, Mokil Island). The rules
have been restructured to make them easier to follow. The list of Most
Wanted IOTAs has been recast to show the listing in three ways: based on
contacts credited all-time, credited to those who updated in the last 10
years and to those who did so in the last 5 years. Regular features such as
the Honour Roll and other performance listings, award winners and advice on
making a first application are also included. This Directory will probably
be the last paper edition to be printed.

KOSOVO & ALBANIA ---> Martti, OH2BH (Z68BH) and Pertti, OG2M (Z68MM) are in
Kosovo "to close several open ends with the Kosovo Amateur Radio Society
(SHARK) and their Telecom administrators (ARKEP). This includes potential 6m
permits for the future". While in Kosovo, Z68BH will participate in the CQ
WW WPX CW Contest. Then they will move to Albania with Z61DX and possibly
others, and be active as ZA/OG2M "specifically on 6 metres". Ultimately,
they will go to Friedrichshafen, where "at DARC's special invitation they
will give a 'Mission Goodwill Kosovo' presentation on 1 June at 4 p.m. in
the lecture room Schweiz". As for Z60A QSLs, "all direct requests, OQRS and
postal have been mailed. There is no backlog as of today. The LoTW
confirmations (54,419) have now reached 55% of the total number of QSOs".
[TNX N7NG]

NCDXF ---> The Northern California DX Foundation (http://www.ncdxf.org/) has
announced the addition of two new Directors - Ross Forbes (K6GFJ) and George
Wallner (AA7JV) - to fill vacancies created by retiring board members. The
other eight members of the Board of Directors are John Miller K6MM
(President), Kip Edwards W6SZN (Secretary), Don Greenbaum N1DG (Treasurer),
Kevin Rowett K6TD, Ned Stearns AA7A, Craig Thompson K9CT, Glenn Johnson W0GJ
and Tom Berson ND2T (Directors). The primary purpose of NCDXF is to help
fund well-organized DXpeditions to rare, difficult and expensive DXCC
Entities.

SOMALIA ---> Baldur, DJ6SI has left Hargeisa, Somalia earlier than expected.
He started operating as 6O0X [425DXN 1411], but on 20 May his licence was
changed to 6OX. QSL via home call.

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3B9FR M0OXO GB8RNLI G0NWM PH18MILL PI4ZHE
3B9RUN EA7FTR GN4FOC G3SWH PJ8RV JA1HGY
3D2TS FK1TS GR0AAA G3TXF PJ8Z JH1AJT
3W3B E21EIC GR0ANA GW0ANA PZ5XX OH0XX
3W7W W3HNK GR3SG GI3SG R0LS/p R0LS
3Z0I SP7PTM GR7VJR M0OXO R100LPU RX1CQ
3Z1918N SP6ZJP GR9RW G4DFI R16JHM UA9JLL
3Z70I SP5PDB GR9RW G4DFI R16JIG UA9JLL
3Z70ISRAEL SP5PDB GT4FOC G3SWH R16JLA UA9JLL
4X6TT N4GNR HF100JUNG SP1KQR R16JNG UA9JLL
5B4AMX LZ3SM HF100LMR SP5PLW R16JNV UA9JLL
5B80FOC M0URX HF100R SP5PPK R16JRA UA9JLL
5R8SV G3SWH HF1918N SP6OUJ R16JSU UA9JLL
6E5RM/XF3 XE3N HF80TG SP5PPK R16JSV UA9JLL
6O0X DJ6SI HG10CC HA3JB R16UGRA UA9JLL
6OX DJ6SI HK3C M0URX R315SPB UF1M
6Y6N DK9PY HK3TK F5CWU RI1FJ UA2FM
7X2RO OM3CGN HR9/K1XM KQ1F RN85KN R1MP
8R1A W1CDC HS0ZJF ON4AFU S590RTVS S50E
9A61AA 9A2AA IF9A IT9ATF SJ9WL LA7TIA
9A8TQF HB9TQF II2MM IQ2CF SN0BEM SP5KVW
9G5AR N4GNR II7FOC I7ALE SN0ZN SP3PGR
9H18VLT 9H1SP JG8NQJ/JD1 JA8CJY [d] SP100L SP1ZES
9H3AF G8MLQ JG8NQJ/JD1 JG8NQJ [b] SP145PFT SP5KCR
9H3KZ G2BKZ JW2US LA2US SP303PAF SP5KCR
9H3SV SV2CLJ JW7QIA LA7QIA SP317PAF SP5KCR
A25VR VE7VR KL7RRC/p N7RO SU9JG EA5GL
A60ITU A61BK L66S LU1SF SW8WW HA0HW
AP2NK W3HNK LG5LG LA7TIA T42A RW6HS
CE2SV N7RO LY80FOC LY5A [*] TI5/N3KS W4FS
CN8KD EA5XX MR0CCE MD0CCE TM100BS F5KOU
CN8SG EA7FTR MR0GOR MM0GOR TM10KHW F4HTN
CP4BT DJ2BW MR0HVU MM0HVU TM390SR F4DTO
CP4MG EA5KB MR3AWD MM3AWD TM80FOC F6JOE
CP5HK EC5AC OE6YHOTA OE6SWG TR8CA F6CBC
CP6CL W3HNK OH0/SK3SN SM3KIF TT8FC EA3GWK
CT9ABN OM2VL OH0PM OH2PM TZ4AM W0SA
D41CV IK2NCJ OL10ROBOT OK1DDV UE80GS UA1QV
E51BAS AD7MM OL90ITALIA OK1ZKR V31MA M0OXO
E51DLD W6HB OS100V ON4OS VK9LI VK2CA
E51HXM WA6HXM OT70BSE ON7SS VP2V/K6TOP NR6M
E77A 9A2AA OT70GBN ON7SS VR2/AH2Y HL1IWD
EF0F EA4URE OT70ORA ON7SS YR18BEE YO6LB
EG1MCP EA1AUM OV1RR OZ1HHH YR80FOC YO3FLR
EG1SPR EA1URV OY1OF M0URX Z68AA 9A6AA
EG7DFA EA7URM P3X 5B4AMM Z68RBJ 9A5RBJ
EL2EF NR6M P40AU DF5AU Z81D OM3JW
FS/KH8Z JH1AJT PB18MILL PB7Z ZA/IK2RLM IZ2LSP
GB0HSM G4LKW PB6MILL PA7DA ZA/IW2JOP IW2HAJ

[*] for contacts made on 16-31 May 2018

DJ6SI Baldur Drobnica, Zedernweg 6, 50127 Bergheim, Germany
ED9E Mario Pilar Castro, Apartado Postal 418, 51001 Ceuta, Spain
GB100WO John Wakefield, Oakhurst, Lower Common Road, West Wellow, Romsey,
SO51 6BT, United Kingdom
UA2FM Victor N. Loginov, P.O. Box 1122, Kaliningrad, 236019, Russia
VK2CA Allan Meredith, P.O. Box 890, Mudgee NSW 2850, Australia
ZB2FOC Derek Austin, P.O. Box 292, Gibraltar, Gibraltar
N7RO Richard J. Moen, 2935 Plymouth Dr, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA

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