425 DX News #1434

27 October 2018 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1434

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

5R - Andy, OE7AJH will be active holiday style (mainly during his
Morning and evening hours) as 5R8UP from the main island of
Madagascar (AF-013) on 3-13 November. He will operate CW and SSB on
40-10 metres, and on 80m depending on the antenna he has. QSL via
OE7AJH, direct or bureau.
A5 - Zorro JH1AJT (A5A), Martti OH2BH (A52BH), Champ E21EIC (A52C then
A52IC), Jin JF1IST (A52IST) and Franz DJ9ZB (A52ZB) will be active
on 160-10 metres from Bhutan on 24-30 October, including a Multi-2
entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as A5A. Before and after the
contest A5A and A52IST will focus on FT8 Fox & Hound mode (7056,
10131, 14090, 18095, 21091, 24911 and 28091 kHz). QSL A5A via Club
Log's OQRS, LoTW or via JH1AJT; QSL A52BH via OH2BH; QSL A52C and
A52IC via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or via E21EIC; QSL A52IST via
JA1HGY; QSL A52ZB via DJ9ZB.
EL - The EL2EL/4 IOTA DXpedition team members (Eric EL2EF, Col MM0NDX
And Jonathan MM0OKG) report that all their plans are coming
together [425DXN 1428]. They expect to arrive in Sasstown, southern
Liberia on the morning of 5 November, and to set foot on Telengbe
Island (AF-111, new one for IOTA) before sunset that day. Main
activity will be on 40, 30, 20, 17 and 15 metres SSB, with some CW
and possibly FT8. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or via M0SDV. This
is a "100% charity DXpedition", and every single donation (OQRS
included) will be used to help MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship)
continue to provide humanitarian flight service in Liberia:
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/af111new.
I - The United Nations Global Service Center ARC (4U1GSC) in Brindisi
is active as 4U73B until 23 October 2019. The special callsign
commemorates the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the United
Nations. DXCC wise, it counts for Italy. QSL via 9A2AA.
I - Special event station IY1EY will be active from 3 November to 31
December from Loano (http://www.ariloano.it/) to commemorate the
experiments conducted by Gugliemo Marconi from his yacht 'Elettra'
in the Ligurian Sea between 1919 and 1936. Expect activity on all
bands CW and SSB. Special QSL card via IK1QBT. [TNX IK1QBT]
J6 - Gary, K9AW is active again as J68GD from St Lucia (NA-108) until 2
February 2019. He operates CW and SSB on 160-10 metres, and will
participate in the CQ WW DX SSB and CW Contests as a single-band
entrant on 20 metres. QSL via LoTW or direct to K9AW, logsearch on
Club Log. [TNX K9AW]
KP4 - Dave, EI9FBB has been active as KP4/EI9FBB from Vieques Island
(NA-249) since 24 October, and will remain QRV on 40, 30, 20 and 17
metres until 28 October. During the weekend he will concentrate on
CW. This is the first activity from one of the six new IOTA groups
announced at the RSGB convention earlier this month [425DXN 1433].
QSL via M0OXO and Club Log's OQRS.
OE - Celebrating the 32nd anniversary of the European DX Foundation
(http://www.eudxf.de/), Jo, OE4VIE will be active as OE32EUDXF on
1-17 November. QSL via LoTW, eQSL or via the bureau.
VE - Look for Eric, VA2IDX/p to be active from Anticosti Island (NA-077)
on 2-7 November. He will operate QRP on 40 and 20 metres SSB and
possibly CW, around 15 and 23 UTC. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX DX World]
VK - VI100PEACE, as well as State and Territory special event callsigns
VI#PEACE and VI#LWF (where the suffix stands for Lest We Forget),
will be active on 3-11 November to commemorate the centenary of
the Armistice agreement that ended the hostilities in World War I.
QSLs will be online only, see https://www.silvertrain.com.au/.
VK9 - Michael, DF8AN will be active as VK9XQ from Christmas Island
(OC-002) on 3-6 November and again on 9-17 November, and as VK9CH
from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (OC-003) on 6-9 November. From
both locations he will operate mainly CW, RTTY, FT8 and other
digital modes on 160-6 metres. He will switch to FT8 Fox & Hound
mode (14090, 7045 or 10142 kHz) "only if too many callers",
otherwise he will operate on the regular FT8 frequencies. QSL via
DF8AN, direct or bureau, or eQSL. He does not use LoTW.
VP9 - Look for Paul, VP9KF (G4BKI) to operate CW only from Bermuda
(NA-005) from 31 October to 14 November. He will be QRV on 160-10
metres. See http://vp9kf.com/qsl.htm for QSLling instructions. [TNX
NG3K]
Z6 - Jeremy, EI5GM and Dave, EI9FBB will be active from Kosovo as
Z6/EI5GM and Z6/EI9FBB from 30 October to 6 November. QSL Z6/EI5GM
via M0OXO's OQRS, QSL Z6/EI9FBB via home call. [TNX M0OXO]

CQ WW DX SSB CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (27-28 October):

ZONE CALL CATEGORY COUNTRY QSL VIA
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05 VP9/K4AJA M/2 Bermuda LoTW/K4AJA
05 VP9I M/? Bermuda LoTW/WW3S
08 8P1W SOAB LP Barbados KU9C
08 8P5A SOAB HP Barbados LoTW/HA1AG
08 FG4KH SO Guadeloupe LoTW/F1DUZ
08 J68GD SOSB 20m St Lucia LoTW/K9AW
08 KP2M M/? US Virgin Islands NZ4DX
08 KP3Z SOAB Puerto Rico N4AO
08 KP4RV SOSB 20m Puerto Rico LoTW/KP4RV
08 NP2P SO US Virgin Isls LoTW
08 PJ7PL SO LP St Maarten N2HX
08 T42T M/S Cuba WB2REM
08 T42W M/? Cuba RW6HS
08 TO1J SOAB Martinique JF2QNM
08 V26B M/M Antigua & Barbuda LoTW/KA2AEV
08 V47X SOSB 20m St Kitts LoTW/ M0URX
08 VP2MDG M/S Montserrat LoTW/K2DM
08 VP5M Caicos Islands LoTW/K4QPL
08 VP5W M/S Caicos Isls LoTW/KD3TB
08 WP3Q SOAB LP Puerto Rico ND3F
08 ZF1A M/2 Cayman Isls LoTW/K6AM
08 ZF9CW SO Cayman Isls LoTW/K5GO
09 9Y4D SOSB 15m HP Trinidad & Tobago LoTW/9Y4D
09 FY5KE M/2 French Guiana LoTW
09 P40T SOAB HP Aruba VE3DZ
09 P40W SOAB LP Aruba LoTW/N2MM
09 PJ2T M/M Curacao LoTW/W3HNK
09 PJ4G M/? Bonaire WA2NHA
09 PJ4K Bonaire KU9C
09 PJ4Q M/? Bonaire W4PA
09 PZ5K M/? Suriname LoTW/G3NKC
09 YW4D SOSB 15m Venezuela LoTW/EA7JX
10 CP6UA SOAB Bolivia LoTW/CP6UA
10 HC0E M/M Ecuador HC1QRC
11 PY0F M/S HP Fernando de Noronha LoTW/PY7RP
11 ZW5B M/M Brazil K3IRV
12 CB1H M/? Chile XQ1KN
13 LU8YE M/2 Argentina LotW/IK2DUW
14 OZ5E M/S Denmark LoTW
14 OZ0TX M/S Denmark DL7AT
14 HB9H M/S Switzerland HB9CXZ
14 GU3HFN SOAB LP Guernsey GU8ITE
14 GS7V M/2 HP Shetland Isls N3SL
14 GD9W SOSB 20m Isle of Man M0DXR
14 EI7T SOAB LP Ireland LoTW/PA3249
14 DQ5M M/2 Germany LoTW/DK6SP
14 CR5E M/S Portugal CT1ILT
14 CR2L SOAB Azores LoTW
15 4U1A SOAB HP UN Vienna Int'l Centre UA3DX
15 9H3HZ SO Malta LoTW/TA1HZ
15 ES9C M/2 Estonia LoTW/ES5RY
15 IF9A M/? Sicily IT9WDC
15 IQ0RM M/S Italy LotW
15 IT9VDQ SOSB 10m Sicily IT9VDQ
15 OH5Z M/M Finland LotW
20 4X1DX M/S Israel 4X6OM
20 C4A M/? Cyprus LoTW/5B4KH
20 E44WE SOSB 20m Palestine SP9FIH
20 J42L M/S Greece Lotw
20 SX2X M/S Greece LoTW
21 4L2M SOSB 20m Georgia LoTW/EA7FTR
21 9K2K SOAB HP Kuwait LoTW/EC5AC
21 A44A M/M Oman A47RS
21 A73A M/M Qatar LoTW/M0OXO
21 EK3GM SO Armenia LoTW
21 EK6SI SOAB LP Armenia EK6SI
21 EK7DX SOAB LP Armenia EK7DX
22 A5A M/2 Bhutan LoTW/JH1AJT
22 AT3A India LoTW
23 JT1KAI M/? Mongolia JT1KAI
24 B4T M/M China BA4TB
24 BV2A/3 M/? Taiwan BV2A
24 VR2XAN SOSB 80m Hong Kong VR2XAN
27 AH2R M/? Guam LoTW
27 DY0MK Philippines DY0MK
28 YE2A M/? Indonesia LoTW
30 VK3HF M/? Australia LotW/M0OXO
31 KH6J M/? Hawaii LoTW
31 KH7M SOAB Hawaii LoTW
31 NH7A SOAB Hawaii LoTW/F5VHJ
31 V73MT SO Marshall Isls M0OXO
32 VP6D Ducie Island vp6d.com
32 YJ0CA SO Vanuatu VK2YUS
33 3V8SS SOAB LP Tunisia LoTW/LX1NO
33 CN3A M/? Morocco LoTW/IK2OHG
33 CQ3W SO Madeira LoTW
33 CR3DX M/S Madeira LoTW/OM2VL
33 EA9LZ SO Ceuta & Melilla LoTW/EA5KB
33 ED8W M/? Canary Isls LoTW
35 D4C M/? Cape Verde LoTW
35 XT2SZZ M/S LP Burkina Faso S59ZZ
36 S9CT SOAB Sao Tome & Principe LoTW/CT1BOL
37 5H3MB SOAB Tanzania IK2GZU
37 7Q6M SO Malawi K6ZO
37 ET3AA M/S Ethiopia N2OO
38 Z23MD M/2 Zimbabwe LoTW/IK2VUC
40 OX7A M/S Greenland LoTW/OZ1ACB

Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at https://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqs2018.html - good contest to
you all!

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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ITALY & 60 METRES ---> The WRC-15 60m band allocation has been released for
amateur radio use in Italy. The national frequency plan, published in the
Gazzetta Ufficiale (the official journal of the Italian government) on 19
October, now allows the use from 5351.5 to 5366.5 kHz on a secondary basis
with with a maximum power of 15 watts EIRP.

QSL NOT VIA NR6M ---> "Due to circumstances in my personal life", NR6M says,
I am no longer doing QSL manager work. I am only managing my personal call
and V47UR. For all the stations that I was previously managing, please
contact the individual callsign owners on how to obtain their QSL cards".
According to his qrz.com cached page (8 October 2018), Rex was the QSL
manager for 5W0W, A52PD, A6/N2IEN, C6/N2IEN, CO2HQ, DU1/W7XA, DU1KA, DU1WGA,
EL2BWI, EL2EF, FJ/KB2HZI, FJ/N2IEN, FJ/NN2DX, FJ/W2RE, FJ/WW2DX, H40IOTA,
H44IND, H44IOTA, H44RK, H44USMC, HH2/N2IEN, HH2AA, J8/WW2DX, NN2DX, NP4R,
OY/N2IEN, OY/W2RE, OY/WW1X, OY/WW2DX, OY6A (IARU 2015 only), TG9AJR, V26PD,
VK4EI, VK4SWE, VK7XX, VP2EZZ, VP2V/AA7V, VP2V/K6TOP, VP2V/KE2VB, VP2V/N2IEN,
VP2V/N3DXX, YJ0AT, YJ0RK, ZF2AV, ZL1G, ZL2HAM, ZM1G, ZR9C and ZS6WN.

TT8KO ---> After being forced to QRT on 10 October and prevented from
leaving Chad since 18 October [425DXN 1433], eventually Ken, LA7GIA (TT8KO)
was permitted to go home. He was no longer allowed to get on the air, but
was able to dismantle all of his antennas. His flight was booked for 25
October.

VP6D ---> The first QSO in the log was made on 20 October at 04:16 UTC. The
latest statistics update (8 UTC on 26 October) shows 51827 QSOs made on CW
(28743), SSB (13520), FT8 (8916), RTTY (646) and PSK (2) with 15453 unique
stations (29.82 %) located in North America (56.84 %), Europe (24.94 %),
Asia (13.12 %), rest of the world (5.1%). The most productive bands so far
are 20m and 40m (13375 and 11377 QSOs respectively).
"We know Ducie is an ATNO for many DXers", the team on the island says.
"However, we are seeing far too many dupes. People are working us and a few
minutes later working us again, the operators are getting a bit frustrated.
DXA availability depends on two Ducie Island networks that are subject to
intermittent outage. If either network drops out DXA does not do a refresh
to pick up missing calls". So "do not rely on what may show on DXA, but
check the 'Logsearch & OQRS' page on https://www.vp6d.com for the official
record of your contact". The team knows that "some FT8 QSOs are not in the
log yet", but they are "working that problem". For busted calls, not in log,
etc., follow the guide on the website's 'QSL Information' page.

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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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3V8CB LX1NO D41CV IK2NCJ [b] OX7AM OZ1ACB
3Z100M SP6IEQ D4Z HB9DUR [d] P40T VE3DZ
4G1L EA5GL D4Z IK2NCJ [b] P40W N2MM
4K0KRB 4J6RO DS0AHQ 6K2ECY P43K RW6HS
4K28MAY 4K4K DU3LA W3HNK PA6JAM PD5CW
4K6FO DC9RI EA8/RV1AW RU1AE PJ7PL N2HX
4K7Z RU3SD EG1SIC EA1URV PZ5K G3NKC
4U0WFP S57DX EG8GSD EA8AAG RI1ANW RN1ON
4U2U UA3DX EH3JAM EA3URE S9CT CT1BOL
4X6TT N4GNR EH3WRC EA3ZK SN100PW SP3ZAC
5B4ALG EC6DX EI8GQB PA3249 SN100TR SP9PGE
5B4ALX IZ4AMS EM0I UT2IZ SN100U SP2UUU
5B4AMM UT5UDX EM1111U US7UU SN100ZHP SP5ZIP
5H3MB IK2GZU EM75QM UR7QM SN2JOTA SP2ZIE
5T2AI NI5DX EY8MM K1BV SN740BAR SP1KRF
5W0DJ VK4MAP FG4KH F1DUZ SP100PAZ SP6PAZ
7Q6M K6ZO GB2GP GI4FUM SP100ZCF SP9ZCF
8P5A HA1AG GH0STH G4DIY SP306PAF SP2KJH
8P9DA WW5DD GM9C MM0GHM SU8JOTA SM5AQD
8Q7PE PE7T HA44FF HA5OKE SW9AG DL9USA
9A0HRS 9A3JB HC1DAZ AC7HU SW9CW DL5CW
9A36W 9A6W HC1PE EC6DX T30TM VK1TX
9H3GG EA1AST HD5J HC5ARC T45FM RW6HS
9H3ND DF4WX HF100SCI SP9SCI T88AQ JH6WDG
9H3ZY OK1FZM HF800W SQ6ILG T88RH JR6DRH
9K2GS EC6DX HG480UD HA0NAR TC29OCT YM1KE
9K2OD EC6DX HK3JCL DK8LRF TG9ADV EC6DX
9M2TO JA0DMV HL06NWPF HL5BJU TG9AOR EC6DX
9M4PMC 9M2DA HR1LW JA1LW TI2CF W3HNK
9M4SJSB 9W6DAD II3BVV IQ3VV TM220BP F4GFE
9X9PJ N4GNR II9BP IT9ZEO TM4RUM F4AVX
A25SL N4GNR IO8MQP IZ8EDJ TM62GG F4AHN
A43JOTA A47OS J28PJ F1TMY TM63CDP F6BDE
A52BH OH2BH J68GD K9AW TM6WPD F5LQE
A52C E21EIC J68SL WF2S TM84S F4KJK
A52IC E21EIC J79WTA HB9MFM TO1J JF2QNM
A52IST JA1HGY JW5X LA5X TU5MH DF3FS
A52ZB DJ9ZB JW6VDA OH2NRG V26B KA2AEV
A5A JH1AJT KL7J N3SL V26RA K3RA
A60JOTA A61BK KL7RA NI5DX V73MT M0OXO
A65BG PA5M KP4/EI9FBB M0OXO VK9PM ZL2HM
AM7JAM EA7JOE LA6JAM LA5G VK9XG G3TXF
AM9JAM EA9URC LU1DK EC6DX VP5D W3HNK
BV50IARU BV2FP LU1DX EC6DX VY0ERC M0OXO
C91CCY K3IRV LX9S HB9AOF XT2SZZ S59ZZ
CN2DPB EB1DPB OE100ES OE3XAS XW1IC E21EIC
CN3A IK2OHG OG73X OH8L XW4XR E21EIC
CO2RQ EA5AC OH0X OH2TA YB0ARJ JJ1RJR
CO8LY EA7ADH OH0Z W0MM YJ0GC LZ1GC
CP5HK EC6DX OH8X OH0XX [d] ZF1EJ K6AM
CR140AA CU3AA OH8X OH6KN [b] ZF2IN N6WIN
CS2TTC CT7ABF OL100CSR OK1MP ZF2MX KI6SMX
CT9/OM2KW OM2FY OM100CSR OM2FY ZF2RR KI6RRN
CX2AQ EA5KB OM777CS OM0CS ZF2WW KK6NON
CX2DK EA5GL ON4JOTA ON4GDV ZF9CW K5GO
CX5UA EA5KB OX3LX OZ0J ZL7X JA0VSH
D41CV HB9DUR [d] OX7AKT OZ1ACB ZS6RAS EA5GL

9L1YXJ Mark A. Brewer, 2160 Freetown Pl, Dulles VA 20189-2160, USA
CT1BOL Jorge Lopes, Travessa das Condominhas 114-4D, 4150-225 Porto,
Portugal
EC6DX Jose A. Senent, Apartado Postal 232, 07730 Alaior (Illes Balears),
Spain
FY5KE Jacques Mazzoni, 678 route de l'Egalite, 74290 Talloires Montmin,
France
HB2U Marco Hardmeier, Via Ponte Tresa 15, 6924 Sorengo, Switzerland
JA0VSH Kazuhide Maruyama, 1-25-49 Irima-cho, Chofu-shi, Tokyo, 182-0004,
Japan
JD1BNA Nick Seki, 4-731 Sakuragi-cho, Omiya-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken,
330-0854, Japan
LX5IGRY Joel Erpelding, Duerfstrooss 22, L-9165 Merscheid, Luxembourg
LZ1GC Stanislav Iv. Vatev, ul. Gen. Karcov 6A, 4300 Karlovo, Bulgaria
M0OXO Charles Wilmott, 60 Church Hill, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4NG,
United Kingdom
PY0F Renner Pedroza, Rua Waldemar Nery Carneiro Monteiro 475 Apt 602,
Boa Viagem, Recife - PE, 51030-140, Brazil
S59ZZ Rado Skrajnar, Frankovo naselje 110, 4220 Skofja Loka, Slovenia
T88SM Hakata Radio, P.O.Box 232, Hakata, 812-8799, Japan
V55JOTA Scouts of Namibia, PO Box 6436, Ausspannplatz, Windhoek, Namibia
VK1TX Alex Ihasz, 27 Buckley Circuit, Kambah ACT 2902, Australia
VP6D VP6D DXpedition, P.O. Box 17, Kenilworth, CV8 1SF, United Kingdom
YJ0CA Chris Ayres, 3/19-21 Eastern Rd, Turramurra, NSW 2074, Australia
ZM2B Frank Hunt, 8 Manu Crescent, Upper Vogeltown, New Plymouth 4310,
New Zealand

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