425 DX News #1442

22 December 2018 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1442

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* TO ALL OUR READERS *
* WARMEST THOUGHTS AND BEST WISHES *
* FOR A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY *
* AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR *
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

DL - Special event stations DF13BLN, DF13BUD, DF13DEJU, DF13MUC, DF13PAR
and DF13STO will be active from 1 January to 30 June to celebrate
the 100th anniversary of the maiden flight of the Junkers F 13, the
world's first all-metal passenger aircraft that opened a new era in
the history of aviation. All QSOs will be confirmed automatically
via the bureau. A website where to find information about the
event and the award is under construction at http://juf13.de/. [TNX
DM2TO]
FO - Hiro, JI1JKW Hiro will be active as FO/JI1JKW from Fakarava Atoll,
Tuamotu Islands (OC-066), French Polynesia on 23-26 December. He
plans to operate SSB, CW and FT8 on 40-6 metres. QSL via home call,
direct or bureau. [TNX JE1LFX]
HI - Holger, DK1FY will be active as HI6/DK1FY/p from Lake Enriquillo,
Dominican Republic (NA-096) from 18 December until 19 January. He
will operate mainly CW, SSB and maybe digital modes on 40-10m. QSL
via home call. [TNX NG3K]
HL - DS3EXX/4 and DS3HWS/4 will be active from Shinji Island (AS-060) on
22-24 December. They will operate SSB, CW and FT8 on 160-10 metres.
FT8 Fox & Hound announced frequencies are 1825, 3545, 7070, 10130,
14090, 18090, 21090, 24910 and 28090 kHz. QSLs via DS3EXX and
logsearch on Club Log.
HP - Victor, HP1AVS and others will be active as H31A from 1 January to
15 August 2019 in celebration of the 500th anniversary of the
founding of Panama La Vieja. Look for activity on 80-10 metres SSB,
RTTY, FT8 and some PSK31. QSL via LoTW or via HP1AVS.
OE - The Marine Funker Club Austria (http://www.marinefunker.at/) will
be active as OE120MF on 21-23 December to commemorate the 120th
anniversary of the first wireless telegraphy trials between two
Austro-Hungarian Navy's ships (21 December 1898). QSL via OE6XMF.
OH - Once again Santa Radio, OF9X (Old Father Nine Xmas) will be active
to promote the Christmas spirit on the radio spectrum. The Hunt for
Santa Claus will start on 21 December at 18.00 UTC, and will end on
31 December at 24.00 UTC. This year the radio operations will be
led by the "younger elves" - including Niko OH5CZ (18), Otava OH3OT
(16), Arttu OH2FB (15) and others from their age group - while the
"regular elves" will be substituting. The youngsters will give a 2-
Letter X-report (e.g. "59 XN" for Niko), the more seasoned
operators will give a 3-letter report (e.g. 59 RAI for Raimo,
OH2BCI). Work OF9X on as many bands and modes as possible, and work
as many elves as possible to gain points. More information can be
found at https://www.qrz.com/db/of9x. QSL via OH2BH and Club Log's
OQRS. This year OF9X has partnered with the Norwegian Worldview
International Foundation (http://www.wif.care/) in its mission to
restore the mangrove forests in Asia. All Club Log donations of 10,
25 or 100 US dollars will result in the planting of 10/25/100
mangrove trees in the dedicated Santa Claus section at WIF's Thor
Heyerdahl Climate Park in Myanmar. [TNX OH2BH]
W - Rich, WA5LFD will be active from North Padre Island (NA-092) from
27 December to 14 February. He will operate CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL
via LoTW, or via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3Y0I ---> "We've just completed our 50-day long training and preparation
period prior to our DXpedition to Amateur Radio's 'Mount Everest': 3Y0I from
Bouvet Island", the team reported on 20 December. "We approach our goals in
small steps, but yet we're always moving forward", they say. Plans are to
land using "zodiac type high power boats"; once ashore, the "equipment will
be transported up the glacier with professional alpine gear". The equipment
includes four generators, four transceivers, four power amplifiers, three 2-
element multiband Yagis, three 8-band verticals, sloper and two verticals
for 80 and 160m. For the time being, the team continues "preparations of our
expedition vessel for this demanding trip". Read the complete release on
https://www.rebeldxgroup.com/bouvet-update/

3Y0Z: REFUNDS --> "We are pleased that we can now offer refunds to all those
that helped support the 2018 Bouvet DXpedition (3Y0Z)", K4UEE posted on 15
December. "This will begin early in January 2019. Please QRX for the
official press release with details, your options and instructions. All
contributors (DX Foundations, DX Clubs, the DXpedition Team and Individual
DXers) will be treated equally with the same percentage (%) of their
contribution available to them. For those of you that do not want any money
back, you will have other options. We believe you will be pleased as between
45-50% refund will be available".

CQ DX MARATHON ---> The CQ DX Marathon is a year-long DX hunt, with
participants competing to see who can work the greatest number of countries
("entities") and CQ zones during the calendar year. The deadline for log
submission - either online (new!) or by email - for the 2018 DX Marathon is
5 January 2019 at 23.59 UTC. Complete instructions can be found at
http://www.dxmarathon.com/Submission/2018/Submission2018.htm.

IDXC 2019 ---> Registration for the 70th Annual International DX Convention,
to be held on 12-14 April at the Visalia Convention Center in Visalia (CA),
is now open: http://dxconvention.com/index.html.

LOTW MILESTONE: ONE BILLION QSOS ---> As of 21 December, some 1,000,400,000
QSO records have been entered into ARRL's Logbook of The World system. The
1,000,000,000th record was uploaded by 7X3WPL on 19 December at 23:32 UTC
for a 20m SSB QSO with IW1DQS that took place on 28 December 2016. The
upload resulted in a match (QSL). One billion QSOs represent a significant
milestone, but a more important statistic may be the nearly 188 million QSOs
confirmed via LoTW since 2003. Today, 75% of all DXCC applications are
filed via LoTW, which accounts for 86% of confirmations applied. See
www.arrl.org/news/arrl-s-logbook-of-the-world-tops-1-billion-qso-records.

RAEM CONTEST ---> The 47th RAEM Contest (http://raem.srr.ru/en/main/) will
be held on 23 December, from 00.00 UTC until 11.59 UTC, on 80, 40, 20, 15
and 10 metres CW. Organized by he Russian Amateur Radio Union (SRR), this
annual event memorializes Ernst T. Krenkel (1903-1971), the legendary Arctic
explorer and radioman (callsign RAEM) on various polar stations and on the
first drifting ice station North Pole-1.

TX0M & TX0A ---> Adrian, KO8SCA and Cezar, VE3LYC logged 7,513 QSOs as TX0M
from Morane Atoll (OC-297) on 6-10 December, and 5,133 QSOs as TX0A from
Maria Est Atoll (OC-113) on 12-16 December. The logs have been uploaded to
Club Log, and the OQRS for both callsigns will be activated in due course.

YOTA 2019 ---> The Bulgarian Federation of Radioamateurs (BFRA) will host
the 9th edition of the Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) Camp near Sofia on 11-17
August. This annual event brings together young radio amateurs from IARU
Region 1 member societies for a week, creating an opportunity to learn all
about different nationalities and cultures, foster international friendships
and goodwill, and learn new amateur radio skills. Should your member society
be interested to participate, applications should be submitted before 1
February 2019. See "Call for application: Youngsters On The Air Bulgaria
2019" on https://www.ham-yota.com/ or https://www.iaru-r1.org/.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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5B4ALG EC6DX HF100PW SP3PGR SK50AJ SM5CBN
5P8VW/p DJ8VW HG18CEJ HA3JO SN1918WAR SP5AXL
5R8AL G3SWH HG480UD HA0NAR SO750W SP6CES
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5W1SA JA1DXA HP3SS AC2OV TM4TLT F4KIP
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9A36W 9A6W JD1BMH JG7PSJ [d] TX0A VE3LYC
9J2BO G3TEV KH2L W3HNK UE17DRW RK4CYW
9V1EA EA5GL KL7SB NI5DX UN9GD DL8KAC
9V1YC W5UE KT3Q/2 DF8DX V31AX M0URX
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A91ND A92AA OD5ZF IZ8CLM VK0AI VK5MQ
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CN18JIM EA7FTR OL100BOB OK2BOB YP8XMAS YO2MSB
CO2RQ EC6DX OM75TESLA OM3KHT YR1918BB YO8AXP
CP4BT DJ2BW OM777CS OM0CS YU100WWI YU1SRS
CP5HK EC6DX OP0PPY ON7LX Z21LS DE1ZHB
CT9/NZ1C DD5ZZ P49MR VE3MR Z66DH M0SDV
CX5DNT ON5NT PF2018DOK PA0MBD Z81D OM3JW
DM900ZWI DM5JBN PF2018FRA PA0MBD ZF2LA K9LA
DU1S/9 JA1PBV PF2018HIN PA0MBD ZF2YL AE9YL
E20AX E21EIC PF2018SNK PA0MBD ZW2F PY2LCD

5C5W Julio Volpe O'Neil, Colon 8, 46611 Benimuslem (Valencia), Spain
7X5FG Mohamed Khamla, 37 Clos des Blaches, 38550 St Maurice L'Exil,
France
A22LL Schalk Van Vuuren, PO Box 144, Oudtshoorn, 6620, South Africa
CN2JF Jean-Pierre Francois, 5 Lieu dit Les Treilleys, 33240 Verac, France
HV0A Francesco Valsecchi, Via Bitossi 21, 00136 Roma RM, Italy
JA1PBV Sadao Ito, 3-8-12 Baraki, Ishioka-shi, Ibaraki-ken, 315-0042, Japan
KG4AY SSG David E. Peck Jr, PSC 201 Box 780, APO AE 09522, USA
M0SDV Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
N4T Ham Radio World Club, PO Box 351087, Palm Coast FL 32135, USA
OM3JW Stefan Horecky, Mlynska 2, 900 31 Stupava, Slovak Republic
OZ30EU Svend Erik Kofod, Kanegaardsvej 4, 3700 Roenne, Denmark
PY2LCD Billy Heinz Dorsch, Rua Willis Roberto Banks 1119, Sao Paulo - SP,
05128-000, Brazil
VE3LYC Cezar Trifu, 4986 Bath Rd., Bath, ON K0H 1G0, Canada
VK5MQ Norbert Trupp, PO Box 1359, Mount Gambier SA 5290, Australia
ZT1T Tom Morgan, 58 Piet Retief Street, Robertson, 6705, South Africa

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