29 July 2017 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1369
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
4O - Gianluca, IK4LZH and Teresa, IU4ICT will be active as 4O/IK4LZH and
4O/IU4ICT from Montenegro on 6-15 August. They will operate SSB on
40 and 20 metres. QSLs via LoTW, eQSL or via IK4LZH (bureau
preferred). [TNX IK4LZH]
9X - Alan, KE4TA has been in Kigali, Rwanda since late May [425DXN 1359]
and hopes to be QRV as 9X0TA in a couple of weeks. He will stay in
Rwanda for the next three years. QSL via N4GNR (direct) and LoTW.
See http://www.rwandadx.com/ for updates.
ES - Pasi, OH2MZB and Simo, OH2HAN will be active as ES0HAM from Hiiumaa
Island (EU-034) on 17-21 August. They will operate mainly RTTY,
with some SSB. QSL via OH2HAN, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K]
F - The TM5VI operation from ile Vierge (EU-105) [425DXN 1367] has been
cancelled. Plans were for three operators to participate in this
weekend's IOTA Contest. [TNX F6AJA]
G - Commemorating five decades of offshore radio broadcasting, the
Martello Tower Group (http://www.martellotowergroup.com/gb5rc.html)
will be active again as GB5RC on 3-7 August. They will run two
stations mainly on 80, 40 and 20 metres. Activity will take place
from the MV Ross Revenge, home of Radio Caroline, moored in the
Blackwater estuary near Bradwell-on-Sea (Essex). QSL via GB5RC
(bureau) or G6NHU (direct).
G - Special event station GB17YOTA will be active during the 7th
edition of Youngsters On The Air (https://www.ham-yota.com) that
will take place at Gilwell Park, England on 5-12 August. QSL via
operator's instructions.
G - GB8YA will be a "Youngsters Activity" event to be run during the
same week as the YOTA camp (5-12 August). This event has no direct
connection to the Youngsters On The Air programme, but is "to allow
young people who are not able to go to YOTA camp this year a chance
to get on air". QSL via LoTW and logsearch on Club Log. Paper QSLs
will not be issued, unless there is a "reasonable demand".
GJ - Paul, G4PVM will be active holiday style as GJ4PVM from Jersey
(EU-013) on 5-11 August.QSL via LoTW and eQSL only; he will upload
his log to Club Log for IOTA credit, but he does not plan to have
any QSL cards printed.
HC8 - Geoff, G8OFQ will be working again as a volunteer at the Giant
Tortoise Breeding Center on Isla Isabela, Galapagos (SA-004)
between 1 August and 31 October. Apparently he will be mostly QRV
/mm from his yacht (the "Blue Aurora") moored in Puerto Villamil.
QSL direct only. He will upload his logs to LoTW and Club Log. [TNX
The Daily DX]
JD1_oga- Koji, JI1LET, will be active again as JD1BOI from Chichijima
(AS-031), Ogasawara on 3-13 August. He will operate CW, SSB and
RTTY on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL via JI1LET, direct or
bureau.
KL - Mikhail, VE7ACN [425DXN 1361] now expects to be active as AL3/AA7CH
from Hinchinbrook Island (NA-042) on 9-15 August, and as NL6/AA7CH
from Kayak Island (NA-157) on 18-28 August. QSL via Club Log's OQRS
(preferred), or via VE7ACN (direct or bureau); he will also upload
his logs to LoTW. See https://www.ve7acn.com/ for more information.
SM - Kjell, SM4DDS will be active as SM4DDS/3 from Hogbonden Island
(EU-087) and lighthouse on 2-5 August. He will operate CW and SSB
on 80-6 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via home call (direct
or bureau). [TNX SM4DDS]
SV - Berkin, TA3J will be active as SV8/TA3J from Lesvos Island (EU-049)
on 14-17 August. He will be QRV on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL
via TA3J. [TNX TA3J]
TI - This year the Dave Kalter Memorial "Youth DX Adventure" will see a
team consisting of three teenagers, three parents and two leaders
be active from TI5/WA8NJR's QTH in Rio Jesus, Costa Rica on 3-7
August. Look for TI5/AB8YK, TI5/KD8VRX, TI5/KD8YVJ, TI5/KG5HVO,
TI5/N8OXC, TI5/N8VAR and TI5/WA8CCS to operate SSB, CW, PSK and
RTTY on the HF bands with two stations. QSL via home calls. More
information on http://qsl.net/n6jrl/. [TNX The Daily DX]
UA - The Radio Marathon "Moscow-870" [425DXN 1340] is running until 31
December. Special callsigns to be active next month are R870K
(01-20 August) and R1382M (21-31 August). Detailed information on
the event and the award programme at www.moscow870.com.
VE - VE9IU is the new callsign issued to Mike, KI1U. He is now active as
CG9IU (for the 150th anniversary of Canada) from Grand Manan Island
(NA-014) [425DXN 1367] until 30 July. QSL via KI1U. [TNX The Daily
DX]
VK9 - Peter VK3FN, Chris VK3FY, Lee VK3GK, Luke VK3HJ, Tony VK3TZ and
David K3LP will be active as VK9XI from Christmas Island (OC-002)
on 2-10 October and as VK9CI from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
(OC-003) on 10-17 October [425DXN 1345]. They will operate CW and
SSB on 160-10 metres, and RTTY on 40-17m. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS
(www.m0oxo.com/oqrs/) and LoTW; logsearch on Club Log. The website
for the operation is at http://christmascocos2017.vkdxg.com/.
VU - VU3NPI and several other operators (VU2DEV, VU2GTI, VU2RCT, VU3DEW,
VU3EDG, VU3ESV, VU3GDS, VU3SXH, VU3YPP, VU3ZLS and VU3ZNG) plan to
be active from the St Mary Isles (AS-096) from 30 September to 1
October. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
W - Members of the Old Barney ARC will be active as N2OB from 'Old
Barney', the Barnegat Lighthouse on Long Beach Island (NA-111) on 5
August (rain date 6 August) from about 13 UTC to 21 UTC. QSL via
N2OO. [TNX The Daily DX]
YB - YB67JTG is a special callsign commemorating the 67th anniversary of
Jawa Tengah, the Indonesian province of Central Java. Activity on
the HF bands is expected to take place on 20-27 August, including
operations from the Borobodur Central Java Amateur Radio Fair's
premises (http://bcjarf2017.com/). QSL via operator's instructions.
ZS - ZS9V (http://zs9v.org.za/) will be active again from Robben Island
(AF-064) on 9-13 August. This year's operators (ZS1A, ZS1AN,
ZS1ANF, ZS1V, ZS1VDV and ZS6A) plan to operate SSB and CW with two
stations. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS; traditional QSLs direct only to
M0OXO. [TNX DX World]
RSGB IOTA CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (from 12 UTC on 29 July through 12 UTC on
the 30th) from qualifying islands. For lastest additions please give a look
at https://www.rsgbiota.org, and at the announced operation list maintained
by Bill, NG3K (http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/iota2017.html). Complete details on
the IOTA Contest can be found on the RSGB Contest Committee's website:
http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2017/riota.shtml.
The IOTA SWL Contest has been picked up by the Radioascolto SWL Club, and it
will run in parallel with the IOTA Contest. Complete details can be found at
http://www.radioascolto.org/swl/ or from the IOTA SWL Contest Manager
(iw1qla[@]tin.it). Good luck to you all!
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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!
2017 CQ WW RULES --- > A few updates have been made to the rules, "effective
for the 2017 CQWW SSB and CW weekends. Full rules will be published soon. In
addition to the updates, the thought process behind each update is included.
We hope this will provide some insight into the reasons for the updates":
see http://cqww.com/blog/2017-cqww-rules-update-announcement/.
IAAW 2017 --- > The 4th International Air Ambulance Week will take place on
9-17 September. The event is primarily intended to help support and
generate donations for flying medical services a round the world. See
http://www.radio-amateur-events.org/IAW/index.htm for complete information.
NEW IOTA WEBSITE ---> "IOTA Ltd's IT Group has worked tirelessly on the
development of the new IOTA administration software and the new IOTA
website", Johan PA3EXX reported on 23 July. "One of the significant
developments was the implementation of paperless QSLing through QSO matching
via Club Log. This part has been available to the IOTA community on the
existing IOTA system since July 2016. The process of adding operations that
are valid for IOTA has been on-going, resulting in very large number of
credits being given.
We are targeting the launch of the new IT system for early September.
Software developers should be aware that this may affect any application
using data from www.rsgbiota.org since this website will be taken offline.
Please contact us at info[@]iota-world.org if your software uses data from
www.rsgbiota.org and you want to have access to this kind of data in the
future".
RI0C ---> Activity from Iony Island (AS-069) started on 25 July around 7 UTC
reportedly with only three operators running 100 watts. After going through
many trials and tribulations, RI0C went QRT some 48 hours later.
VOACAP DIY ---> "VOACAP Online now has an option to offer do-it-yourself HF
propagation predictions, suitable for the websites of DXpeditions (and for
other needs, too). Just embed a small snippet of code in your HTML codebase,
and you are set to go. It's free": http://www.voacap.com/diy-charts.html.
[TNX DX World]
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