425 DX News #1432

13 October 2018 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1432

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

5W - Steve, WB2IQU will be active as 5W2IQ from Apia, Samoa (OC-097) on
18-25 October. He will be QRV on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL
direct to home call. [TNX M0OXO]
7Q - Don, K6ZO will be active as 7Q6M from Embangweni, Malawi on 23-29
October, including participation in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL
via K6ZO. [TNX The Daily DX]
E4 - Janusz, SP9FIH will be active again as E44WE from Palestine between
27 October and 11 November, including a single-band entry (20m) in
the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. He will operate SSB, some RTTY and FT8 on
20, 17 and 15 metres, and possibly on 160m. QSL via Club Log's
OQRS, or via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
F - Special callsign TM63CDP will be active at various times between 18
October and 18 November to celebrate the recent inscription of the
Chaine des Puys volcanoes on UNESCO's World Heritage List. QSL via
F6BDE. [TNX F8REF]
FJ - Thierry, F6CUK will be active holiday style as FJ/F6CUJ from Saint
Barthelemy (NA-146) from 21 October to 1 November. He will operate
CW and SSB on various bands. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, eQSL or
via home call (direct or bureau).
HH - Owing to security concerns, the 19-29 October 4V7R expedition to
Haiti [425DXN 1423] has been cancelled. [TNX DX World]
HL - Look for DS2GOO/3, DS4NYE/3, HL1VAU/3 and a few other homecall/3
operators to be active from Hwang Island (AS-080) on 12-14 October.
They will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 on 80-10 metres. QSL via
home calls. From time to time they will also be signing D70LW/3
(QSL via DS4NYE). [TNX HL1VAU]
HL_ssh - Lee, DS4NMJ is active as DT8A from the King Sejong Station on King
George Island, South Shetlands (AN-010) until 18 December. He
operates FT8, CW and SSB on 40, 20, 17, 15 and 12 metres. QSL via
HL2FDW and LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
I - ARI Milano will operate scout station II2JOTA on 20-21 October
during this year's Jamboree On The Air. QSL via the bureau.
JD1_oga- Kazu, JD1BNA will be active again from Hahajima (AS-031), Ogasawara
on 24-29 October. He will concentrate on 180, 80 and 40 metres CW.
QSL direct to JL1UTS. [TNX DX World]
OA - Rich, K2RR expects to be active as OA5/K2RR from San Gallan Island
(SA-073) on 15 October for a few hours, hopefully starting around
14 UTC (9 AM local time) on 14040 kHz CW with Europe as his first
priority. If conditions on 20 metres are poor, he will be QRV on
10115 kHz. He will run 100 watts and use batteries, as generators
are not allowed on the island. [TNX W1JR]
OE - Celebrating the 100th anniversary since the proclamation of the
Republic of Austria, special callsign OE100OE will be active on 16
21 and 31 October, and again on 3 and 12 November. Activity dates
have been chosen because of their historical significance (see
qrz.com). Each day will have its special QSL card, and all QSOs
will be confirmed automatically via the bureau.
P4 - John, W2GD will be active again as P40W from Aruba (SA-036) on 22-
30 October. Main activity will be during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest;
outside the contest he will operate SSB and CW on 160-10 metres.
QSL via LoTW or direct only to N2MM.
PJ4 - Scott, NE9U will be active as PJ4/NE9U from Bonaire (SA-006) from
20 October to 3 November. QSL via LoTW, or via home call (direct or
bureau). He will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as PJ4G
(QSL via WA2NHA) along with KK9K, K2NG and NA2AA. [TNX NG3K]
PY0F - The Noronha Contest Group will be active as PY0F from Fernando de
Noronha (SA-003) on 23-29 October, with main activity during the CQ
WW DX SSB Contest. Outside the contest they will operate mainly SSB
and FT8 on 160-10 metres. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or direct
to PY7RP. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]

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

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RI0B ---> The logs for the recent RI0B IOTA operations have been uploaded to
Club Log, and the OQRS has been enabled for each of them:
RI0B/AS-054 13-15 September 4,883 QSOs
RI0B/AS-087 20-21 September 7,018 QSOs
RI0B/AS-104 16-18 September 4,298 QSOs
RI0B/AS-121 10-12 September 4,955 QSOs

TT8KO ---> Operated by LA7GIA, TT8KO stopped transmitting at 17:45 UTC on 10
October, when "the national security police" shut down the station pending
"an equipment inspection" which has been postponed until 12 October ("no
time given"). During the first 24 hours of his solo DXpedition Ken logged
2,135 QSOs, which have been uploaded to Club Log as well as to M0OXO's
website.

VK9XG ---> The 17-29 October DXpediton to Christmas Island (OC-002) [425DXN
1423] plans to use FT8 as the primary data mode. While demand is high they
will use FT8's DXpedition mode, operating as the 'Fox' on the following
frequencies: 1844 kHz (plus 1908 kHz for JA), 3590 kHz, 7060 kHz, 10140 kHz,
14086 kHz, 18104 kHz, 21095 kHz, 24918 kHz and 28095 kHz. These frequencies
have been selected to avoid mutual interference with the VP6D DXpedition
which is scheduled to be active at the same time. You must be using
WSJT-X V1.9.1 in 'Hound' mode' to achieve a QSO. The steps to work VK9X G on
FT8 are described at http://www.6gs.org.uk/vk9xg-on-ft8/. If demand for FT8
QSOs is low or band conditions are poor, they will operate in normal FT8
mode on the standard FT8 frequencies.

VP6D ---> "After 18 months of intensive planning we will soon begin our long
journey to Ducie Island", the VP6D reported on 10 October. "This is a team
effort and you are part of the team. Please help us to work you by reviewing
this important information.
1. You can follow our progress as we sail to and from Ducie Island.
https://share.garmin.com/VP6D tracking will be available on 16 October
as we depart Mangareva.
2. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook - updated from the ship and island.
3. As time permits, we'll send Press Releases to the DX bulletins and
upload photos to https://vp6d.com/ from the island.
4. Your only email route to VP6D is through the pilot team.
5. The pilots do not have the logs. Please don't ask them about NIL busted
calls, skeds, etc. Do send them helpful suggestions.
6. There is no access to personal email while on the ship or on the island.
7. The log will be uploaded daily, OQRS will be available on the website
shortly after we leave the island.
8. The process for reporting busted/missing QSOs will be available when
OQRS opens.
9. We are uploading the log only to the website - there is no Leaderboard.
10. We plan to use WSJT-X Version 1.9.1 as a Fox on all bands except 160
where we will not use DXpedition mode. VP6D FT8 operating guidelines
posted on the website.
11. DXA at http://www.dxa3.org/vp6d/ will update about 3 minutes after your
contact. Check here to see if you are in our log.
12. The log may show FT8 dupes even if you didn't dupe us, we will resolve
dupes after the DXpedition.
13. Thanks to Lance W7GJ our plan to activate 6m EME is a first for Ducie
Island.
There will be at least 3 DXpeditions operating from the Pacific during Oct/
Nov. Ensure you are in the correct pileup for the DX you are trying to work.
If you see your contact on VP6D's DXA that contact is in our log.
Please consider a donation at VP6D.com to help offset the team's significant
investment to put Ducie Island on the air. Those who process a donation on
VP6D.com before we sail on 16 October will receive their LoTW confirmation
while we're on the island.
We wish everyone the best of luck in getting in the log, we'll do our best
to get you the QSOs you want". [TNX K5GS]

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3E1JT HP1ALX EL2EF NR6M S79LD VK4EF
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3W9XG DF2XG FM5FJ KU9C SN100ID SP8ZBX
3Z100I SP9YGD FR/DL9HAL M0OXO SN100N SP9KJU
3Z100K SP7CVW FY/F5DKO F5TJP SN100POL SP1PMY
3Z100POL SP6PZG GB100MCV GW4TTA SN150EL SP1KRF
4K100W DL6KVA GR150NIB G3SWH SN7Q SP7GIQ
4O1YCP 4O1HQ HB9SPACE HB9ACA SO100I SP9PRR
4O2YCP 4O1HQ HC2AO RC5A SO100N SP3PWL
4O4YCP 4O1HQ HF100I SP4LVK SO100ZHP SP9ZHP
4U1A UA3DX HF100POL SP2PBM SO4M SP4MPG
4U1GSC 9A2AA HF100TPN SP9PTA SO9M SQ9UM
5C5W EA5XX HF40CUF SP4CUF SP100I SP0PZK
5R8UI IZ8CCW HF800W SQ6LIG SP100N SP9MA
5X7W SM0HPL HG242LOC HA5GY SP100POL SP2YRY
8Q7YC W5UE HH2MK EB7DX SP85NISKO SQ7FPD
9A8GHJ/P OE7GHJ HS0ZJF ON4AFU SQ100N SP5KOG
9G5ZS ZS1XB HZ1TT A61BK SQ100POL SP3KWA
9H3AF G8MLQ IB0/IQ5ZP 9A8MDC SQ100S SQ9S
9J2BO G3TEV IB0/IU5ASA 9A8MDC SU9JG EA5GL
9M6SKT 9W6MUL IB0/IZ5NRF 9A8MDC SW8DX IK8JAI
9M6ZAE W3HNK II0BP IW0GOA SX100SV SV2JAO
9Q6BB W3HNK II4OER IQ4FE SX2X SV2JAO
A44A A47RS II7JOTA IK7YZI T43MY CO3JK
A60WSW A61BK IQ1RY IK1HXN T88HS JA6KYU
A61EK IZ8CLM IQ9UI IT9CHU T88UW JH7IPR
A61QQ A61BK J42L SV2DCD T88WM JQ6FQI
AM400Y EA7RCS J66CD EB7DX TA4/UA9CDC G3SWH
AM5BCP EA5GUQ JW7XK LA7XK TC16BURSA YM3KB
AY8A LU8ADX JW9DL LA9DL TC3COTA TA3CX
C21GJ W7GJ JY5HX E73Y TC6EKM YM1KE
C37NL C37URA KG4HF W6HGF TG9AOR EC5AC
CE2SV N7RO KG4WV W4WV TM1VG F4FCE
CN8YR EA7FTR KH2/KJ7AQI JS2AZO TM3Z F4DSK
CN8ZG EA7FTR KH2L W3HNK TR8CA F6CBC
CO6RD EA5GL KL7SB NI5DX TT8FC EA3GWK
CP4BT DJ2BW LU1DX EC5AC TT8KO M0OXO
CP4MG EA5KB LX7I LX2A TY2AC DL9USA
CR3DX OM2VL LX8M LX1ER UP44WFF UN6GAO
CR3W DL5AXX LZ1545POA LZ1KCP V31MA M0OXO
CR6AZB CT2IWW LZ25TRC LZ1YE V47JA W5JON
CV7S CX7SS LZ35PAR LZ1ZF V850IARU V85TL
CW4MAX EA5GL LZ73TRC LZ1YE VC3NPARC70 VE3VM
CX7CO EA5GL MJ5Z M0CFW VC3S VE3EID
CX9AU EA5GL OD5ZZ NI5DX VE3FIRE KD2CUO
D44TWO M0OXO OE2E OE2GEN VK8NSB M0URX
DR18WRD M0SDV OE9R OE9HGV VK9/JK7LXU JK7LXU
DT8A HL2FDW OH0T OH2GEK VK9/JO7GVC JO7GVC
DX2R W3HNK OK7O OK1DOL VK9BF N7BF
E2X E20GMY OL100A OK1TN VK9QR N7QR
E6Y ZL3PAH OL100C OK1TN VK9XT N4GNR
EA8DED OH2BP OL100E OK1PI VO2VC VE6CMV
ED1LO EA1RCR OL100N OK1TN VP9AD W3HNK
ED3D EA3RCB OL100R OK1TN VP9IN EC5AC
ED5ST EA5ST OL100S OK2ZA XU7AME EA5GL
ED7P EA7PP OL100T OK5AC XV9RH OE1ZKC
EF1Z EA1BD OL100Y OK7CM XV9WJR WA7WJR
EF8U EA8URL OM4Q OM3BY YQ6WFF YO6KPT
EG1TMP EA1URE OY1OF M0URX YR0REX YO5BFJ
EG7DSM EA7RCS P3X 5B4AMM Z21MH IZ0EGA
EH1MEP EA1AUM PA75STAR PA1UN ZA5V OE6FNG
EH2018AJT EA1EG PF2018WOR PA0MBD ZM1A ZL3CW
EH5TYF EA5RKB RI0BC RW1AI ZW50EDB PY1EDB

3Z100N Szkolny Klub Krotkofalowcow, ul. Szczesliwicka 56, 02-353 Warszawa,
Poland
6D50I Jose Felix Nunez Enciso, Av. Revolucion de 1910 #3080,
Col. Pueblo Nuevo, 23060 La Paz BCS, Mexico
CB1H Antofagasta DX Group, Los Geiser 9775, 1266765 Antofagasta, Chile
CE2ML Luis Matho, 2303 Nordok Place, Alexandria VA 22306, USA
EA5XX Julio Volpe O'Neil, Colon 8, 46611 Benimuslem (Valencia), Spain
EC5AC Jose A. Senent, Apartado Postal 232, 07730 Alaior (Illes Balears),
Spain
ED9E Jose Antonio Mendez Rios, Calle Martin Moreno 15-1, 51002 Ceuta,
Spain
F5TJP Ronan Darchen, B.P. 109, 22700 Perros-Guirec, France
F6CBC Jean Charron, 19 rue Gabriel Moussa, 33320 Eysines, France
N4GNR Dan Cisson, 12 Hancock Drive, Toccoa GA 30577-9388, USA
OH8A Jouni Mehtomaa, Kylmalantie 1, FI-92140 Pattijoki, Finland
OV1CDX Frank Fendahl, Svinoevej 2, 4750 Lundby, Denmark
OX3XR Harry de Jong, Broekdijk 59, 7695 TC Bruchterveld, Netherlands
TM0T Stephane Van Langhenhoven, 24 bis rue de Anter Hent,
29830 Ploudalmezeau, France
WW1USA National World War I Museum Amateur Radio Club, 100 W 26th St,
Kansas City MO 64108, USA
ZL3PAH Phil Holliday, 131 Starnes Road, RD 2, Upper Moutere 7175,
New Zealand
ZX2B Wanderley Ferreira Gomes, Avenida 23 de Maio 2966 Ap 1320,
Sao Paulo - SP, 04008-000, Brazil

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