425 DX News #1402

17 March 2018 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1402

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

3W - Yuri, RM0F (ex RA0FU) will be active as 3W9CI from the city of Hoi
An (mainland Vietnam) and the Cham Islands (AS-162) between 18 and
27 March. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or via home call (direct or
bureau).
9A - Sergio, IZ3NXC will be active as 9A8NXC from Pag Island (EU-170)
from 30 March to 2 April. He will operate SSB and digital modes on
80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via
IK3GES. [TNX IZ3NXC]
C6 - Joe, W8GEX and Janet, W8CAA will be active holiday style as C6ADX
and C6AYL from Exuma (NA-001), Bahamas on 19-26 March. They will
operate SSB and digital modes on 40-6 metres. QSL direct to home
calls. [TNX DX World]
F - Charente DX Groupe's (http://www.charentedxgroupe.fr/) members
F4GBD, F5LOW, F5MNK, F5NBQ, F6HKA and ON4ZD will be active as TM3Y
from Yeu Island (EU-064) on 14-20 April. All QSOs will be confirmed
automatically via the bureau. Direct cards via Club Log's OQRS or
via ON4ZD. [TNX ON4ZD]
OA - Special callsign OC4SP will be active on 23-24 March from the
archeological site of Pachacamac, Peru. Two stations will operate
CW, SSB and various digital modes on 80-10 metres. QSL via OA4O.
PY - PR2CI will be active from Ilha das Couves (SA-071) on 6-8 April.
Look for activity on 80-10 metres SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL
via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or via PY2AE.
T2 - 8-15 April are the new tentative dates for 3D2AG's activity from
Tuvalu (OC-015) [425DXN 1401]. In his spare time Tony will operate
SSB, CW, RTTY, JT65 and FT8 on 160-6 metres. QSL direct to 3D2AG;
PayPal instructions on https://www.qrz.com/db/3d2ag. He does not
use LoTW or Club Log.
TJ - TJ2TT is the actual callsign issued to the Italian DXpedition Team
for their 15-29 March operation from Cameroon [425DXN 1400]. Six
operators will be QRV on 160-10m CW and SSB with three stations;
RTTY will be used on 20m only. QSL via I2YSB . Real-time logsearch
and OQRS for direct cards at http://www.i2ysb.com/idt/.
V3 - Victor, WB0TEV will be active again as V31VP from Blackman Eddy in
central Belize on 22-27 March, including an entry in the CQ WPX SSB
Contest. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via WB0TEV (direct or bureau).
V7 - Nobu, JA0JHQ (http://pandasan.jimdo.com/) will be active from
Majuro (OC-029), Marshall Islands on 22-25 March. He will collect
his licence and callsign upon arrival. Main activity will be during
the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest, with a focus on 20 metres FT8 outside
the contest. QSL via JA0JHQ, bureau or direct, and LoTW.
VK0/M - Norbert, VK0AI (home call VK5MQ) arrived at Macquarie Island
(AN-005) on 12 March, and will remain there for one year. He "is
not expected to be QRV until well after the changeover of wintering
crews". [TNX DX World]
VP5 - Ross, W2TT and John, AF3K will be active as VP5/W2TT and VP5/AF3K
from Providenciales, Caicos Islands (NA-002) on 20-27 March. They
will be QRV on 80-6 metres SSB, CW, RTTY, FT8 and 6m MSK, and will
participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as VP5P (QSL via LoTW,
Club Log's OQRS or W2TT). [TNX NG3K]
XT - Max, DK1MAX, will be active holiday style as XT2MAX from Burkina
Faso from 23 March to 2 April. He will operate almost exclusively
CW and FT8 on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL via LoTW and eQSL
only; logsearch on Club Log.
YJ - Chris, VK2YUS will be active again as YJ0CA from Efate (OC-035),
Vanuatu approximately between 18 and 24 March. He will operate SSB
on 40 and 20 metres during the local evenings. QSL direct to home
call. [TNX The Daily DX]

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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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

9M0W ---> The final log - 23460 QSOs (79% CW) with 9561 unique calls - is
now online: http://www.yt1ad.info/9m0w/qsl.html. Questions about missing
QSOs should be sent to YT3W (yt3w[@]yt3w.info), who will return home on 26
March.

REBEL DXERS' PROJECTS ---> Members of the Polish Rebel DX Group launch "an
extended transoceanic project called Travel Cheap to Top DXCCs". They plan
to "activate interesting and difficult-to-reach rare DXCC Entities in the
coming years". Plans for 2018 include a DXpedition to Central Kiribati (T31)
in May, followed first by Tokelau and Swains Island, and then by Bouvet
Island (3Y0I) [425DXN 1397]. They "invite all interested hams to join our
extraordinary project". See http://www.rebeldxgroup.com/ for further
information.

Z60A ---> Z60A went QRT at 20.20 UTC on 12 March. This initial activation of
DXCC's newest Entity totalled 98,450 QSOs with 30,541 individual callsigns
from 174 DXCC Entities. The delegates to a variety of support functions and
radio operating represented 12 countries. "They worked well together in a
real ham's spirit and assisted local Kosovar hams in many ways now that they
will be on their own among the global amateur radio community". The
operators were Z61DX, Z61FF, Z61VB, Z62FB, Z63DBB, DD2ML, DJ5IW, DL3DXX,
DL5AXX, DL5CW, DM5TI, ES2RR, G3TXF, IK0FVC, K9JF, OG2M, OH0XX, OH2BH, OH1MA,
OH3JR, OM3PC, OM5RW, PB2T, OZ1IKY, S50A, S51F, S57AW and VE7NY. A LoTW
upload will be done soon and QSLs are at the printers next week. [TNX N7NG]

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3B8CW NI5DX EM25URD UR7UT OE100GBK OE8GBK
3B8XF G3TXF EY8MM K1BV OE100IIO OE5IIO
3B9FR M0OXO G6XX M0OXO OE100RNS OE3RNS
3C0W YL2GN GB2GP GI4FUM OE100SGU OE1SGU
3W2TXR JA2TXR GB80GGCN G0TOC OE100VIE OE4VIE
4B4B XE1B GD6XX M0OXO OE100XHQ OE3XHQ
4J100RO 4K4K GI6XX M0OXO OE100YSC OE3YSC
4J28MAY 4J5A GJ6XX M0OXO OE100YXK OE8YXK
4M6R EA5GL GM6XX M0OXO OV1RR OZ1HHH
4S7IGG LZ1PJ GU6XX M0OXO P29LL EA7FTR
4S7KKG DC0KK GW6XX M0OXO PF2018YLS PA0MBD
4U13FEB 9A2AA H44MS DL2GAC PJ2ND K8ND
4X6TT N4GNR HF100ZHP SP5ZHH PJ4/K2NG WA2NHA
5R8AL G3SWH HF800W SQ6ILG PJ4KY M0URX
5W20SAMOA EA5GL HG5OLDT HA0KA PJ7TM K2GSJ
5X8C ON6NL HH2AA NR6M PZ5K G3NKC
6W/IV3FSG IK3GES HH70A W3HNK R105AP RV3YR
7X3WPL 7X3DL HI3K KB2MS RG61PP RZ3LC
8N1UEC/JD1 JA1ZGP HK3C NR6M RI1ANA RN1ON
8P1W KU9C HK3TK F5CWU RI1ANL RN1ON
8Q7WK OE1MWW HK4L EA5GL T32TV KE5EE
9A36W 9A6W HP3SS AC2OV T88XH JA0EKI
9H3AF G8MLQ II0ICH IM0QMA TJ2TT I2YSB
9H6A 9H1BT II0IDP IS0GFR TM17HF F6BCC
9J2BO G3TEV II0IDR IZ0FVD TN5R EA5RM
9M0W YT1AD II1ICS I1ANP TO5A F5VHJ
9N1AA N4GNR II1IGG I2AZ TX5X KH6OO
9Q6BB W3HNK II3ICZ IQ3GA TY7C F5GSJ
9V1YC W5UE II5IDK IQ5LI V26PD NR6M
A5A JH1AJT II5VC IZ5MMH V31AX M0URX
A60SF A61BK II7ICT IZ7AUH V31GX G4SGX
C37NL C37URA II8ICN IK8FIQ V31VP WB0TEV
C6AKT M1KTA II9IGB IT9CKA VP2ETE W3HNK
C93PA PA5X II9IGJ IT9MRM VY0ERC M0OXO
CB3R XQ3SK J42CPMV SV2HXV XR0YD DL4SVA
CE2SV N7RO J68SL WF2S XV1X RW6HS
CO7RR KU9C JW2US LA2US XV9NPS JA2NPS [b]
CP4BT DJ2BW JW7QIA LA7QIA XV9NPS JA2ODB [d]
CP4MG EA5KB KH6BB K1ER XX9B PP1CZ
CQ8M EA5GL LZ115RF LZ1YE YV1KK OH0XX
CR140AA CU3AA LZ140LO LZ1ZF YV1YL OH0XX
CR6T CT1ESV LZ25TRC LZ1YE Z81D OM3JW
CV7S CX7SS NP2X KU9C ZF2AE AA5UK
D44KIT HB9OBD NP4A W3HNK ZF2CA G4CWH
DA0HEL DF6QC OE100AIR OE8AIR ZF2LC W2SM
DL0IH DF6QC OE100AJT OE7AJT ZF2MJ N6MJ
DP0GVN DL5EBE OE100BKC OE3BKC ZF2NR K0NR
DU1/A61M A61BK OE100EGN OE5GEN ZV2C PY2CX
DU3LA W3HNK OE100FTE OE6FTE ZW2MT PY2AE

5H0JK Janusz Babol Vel Sobczyk, 8433 Southside Blvd Apt #2711,
Jacksonville FL 32256, USA
5V7SM C.A.R Marc, BP 1013, 87050 Limoges Cedex 2, France
DL4SVA Georg Tretow, Postfach 1114, 23931 Grevesmuehlen, Germany
EA5RM Antonio Gonzalez, Apartado Postal 930, 03200 Elche, Spain
F5GSJ Christian Bernard, 19 avenue Hoche, 77330 Ozoir la Ferriere
GP0STH Ron Bennett, 17 Truro Close, St. Helens, WA11 9EL, United Kingdom
HC1DW William Dean, 8641 Sandro Road, Bloomington MN 55438, USA
I2YSB Silvano Borsa, Viale Capettini 1, 27036 Mortara PV, Italy
JH1AJT Y. Zorro Miyazawa, P.O. Box 8, Oiso-machi, Naka-Gun, Kanagawa-ken,
259-0111, Japan
NP2J Dan Flaig, P.O. Box 25941, Christiansted VI 00824-1941, USA
PP1CZ Leo Ferreira, Caixa Postal 5099, Vitoria-ES, 29045-970, Brazil
TM0T Stephane Van Langhenhoven, 24 bis rue de Anter Hent, 29830
Ploudalmezeau, France
XE1B Marcos Campos, Lava 173, Jardines del Pedregal, 01900 Mexico CDMX,
Mexico
YL2GN Ziedonis Knope, P.O.Box 55, Balvi LV-4501, Latvia
YT1AD Hrane Milosevic, 36206 Vitanovac, Serbia

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