425 DX News #1451

23 February 2019 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1451

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

5T - Johannes, PA5X has been active as 5T5PA from Nouadhibou, Mauritania
since 17 February, and will remain there for the next coming
months. In his spare time he operates SSB, RTTY and FT8 on various
bands. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS or via home call.
6O - Ali, EP3CQ will be active again as 6O1OO from Somalia between 26
February and 24 March. Usually he operates FT8 on 20 metres; his
activity on the bands is limited to his spare time. QSL direct to
Ali Solhjoo, c/o Dr. de Vivanco, Schnackenburgstr. 3, 12159 Berlin,
Germany.
8P - Richard, G3RWL will be active again as 8P6DR from Barbados (NA-021)
from 13 March to 17 April. He will operate CW and RTTY on 80-10
metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or via home call (direct or
bureau).
9G - Matteo, IZ4YGS has been active as 9G5GS from Sanzule, Ghana since
16 February, and will remain there until 13 March. In his spare
time he operates mainly FT8 on 80, 60, 40, 30 and 20 metres. QSL
via eQSL, or direct to home call.
C6 - Dom, M1KTA will be active as C6AKT from Eleuthera Island (NA-001),
Bahamas on 8-16 March. He will operate CW on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10
metres, and will participate in the Commonwealth (BERU) Contest.
QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via home call. [TNX DX World]
CY9 - AA4NC, K5DHY, N2IEN, VA3QR, W4DKS, WA4DAN and WW2DX will be active
again as CY9C from St Paul Island (NA-094) on 1-11 August. This
will be an all band/all mode operation, including EME by WW2DX. QSL
via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS or direct to WA4DAN. See http://cy9c.com
for more information.
E5 - Dagmar, DM7PQ (E51NPQ) and Rainer, DL1AUZ (E51AUZ) will be active
holiday style from Rarotonga (OC-013, South Cooks) on 9-11 March
and again on 2-11 April, from Manihiki (OC-014, North Cooks) on
13-25 March, and from Aitutaki (OC-083, South Cooks) on 27-31
March. They will operate CW only.
FY - Hartwig, DL7BC will be active again as TO2BC from French Guiana
from 21 March to 2 April. Main activity will be during the CQ WW
WPX SSB Contest ("depending on the TVI situation with the
neighbour"). QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via home call
(direct or bureau). [TNX NG3K]
HR - Gerard, F2JD will be active again as HR5/F2JD from Copan, Honduras
from 22 February to 15 May. He will operate CW, SSB and digital
modes on all bands. QSL via F6AJA, direct or bureau; logsearch on
http://LesNouvellesDX.fr/voirlogs.php. [TNX Les Nouvelles DX]
KG4 - Look for KG4SC (QSL via KP2L) and KG4AS (QSL via N4SIA) to operate
SSB, CW, FT8 and possibly other digital modes from Guantanamo Bay
on 6-13 March. QSL direct to home calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
PJ7 - Tom, AA9A will be active again as PJ7AA from Sint Maarten (NA-105)
on 2-30 March. He will be QRV on 80-10 metres, with an emphasis on
CW and FT8. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or direct to AA9A.
PY - Martin, PT2ZDX (LU9EFO) and Angel, PP5GEL will be active as PS5X
from Ilha do Mel (SA-047) between 25 February and 5 March. QSL
direct to PP5GEL (Brazilian stations only) or F4BHW (rest of the
world).
T2 - Tony, 3D2AG confirms he will be active as T2AR from Tuvalu (OC-015)
until 27 February [425DXN 1450]. This is a business trip, and he
will be QRV in his spare time - see https://www.qrz.com/db/T2AR for
his tentative operating schedule and band plan. Tony will operate
mainly CW, with some SSB, RTTY and FT8 using MSHV's multi answer
protocol (not to be confused with the "Fox & Hound" mode). His
focus will be on the low bands. QSL direct to 3D2AG (see qrz.com
for PayPal instructions). He does not use LoTW or Club Log.
T32 - Ken, KH6QJ will be active again as T32AZ from Kiritimati (Christmas
Island, OC-024), East Kiribati from 28 February to 5 March,
including an entry in the ARRL DX SSB Contest. QSL via home call.
[TNX The Daily DX]
TA - TC10GITRAD is the special callsign for the Giresun Radio Amateurs
and Nature Sports Association (YM7KK) to celebrate their 10th
anniversary until the end of the year. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, direct
or bureau.
VE - Mike, VE7ACN (https://www.ve7acn.com/) will be active as VE7ACN/VE1
from Bells Island (LaHave Islands, NA-081) on 22-28 March, as
VA7XW/VE1 from Long Island (NA-127) from 28 March to 4 April, and
as VE7ACN/VE9 from White Head Island (NA-014) on 5-11 April. QSL
via Club Log's OQRS, or via home call (direct or bureau).
VK - Taka, JA8COE will be active as VK4/JA8COE from Thursday Island
(OC-138) on 14-17 March. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via home call
(direct or bureau).

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3Y0I: ATLANTIC TUNA SEA TRIAL ---> "Sometime in the next 10 days you will be
tracking the two to three day sea trial of our ship the Atlantic Tuna", the
Bouvet Island team posted on 20 February to the Rebel DX Group's website.
If the trial "goes as expected, we will announce our departure date on
www.rebeldxgroup.com and https://bouvetoya.org, as well as our Twitter and
Facebook pages".

IOTA DINNER ---> The 24th Annual Islands On The Air (IOTA) Dinner will be
held on 12 April at Visalia Mariott in conjunction with the 70th
International DX Convention. The IOTA Dinner is not included in the main
Convention registration, there is a separate registration and fee for it and
advance payment is required. Registration for this event ends on 31 March.
See http://www.dxconvention.com/pages/dinners-iota.html for full details.

SPACE WEATHER DASHBOARD ---> Jan van den Berg, PA2P authored "Build Your Own
Space Weather Dashboard" on "how to design your own gauges and charts with
Space Weather data from NOAA for your own website, instead of using the
existing dashboards". It can be found at http://www.pa2p.nl/noaa.

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 4B4B, 4E1CVB/4 (OC-202), 5R8IC,
5W2TB, 5W0GC, 6D50I, A35EU, D41CV, DP1POL, E70T, EP6RRC (AS-189), ET3AA,
FG8OJ, H44SHD (OC-149), H7/RM0F (NA-013), H7/RC5A (NA-013), HV0A, J8NY,
OD5ZZ, OX3XR, R18CRO, R18GER, R18TUN, RI0B, RL9Y, TZ4AM, V31MA, VK0AI, VP6D,
VP9GE, WP3UX, XZ2B, YB9AY, YI3WHR, YJ0GCZ81D, ZL7/JA0JHQ.

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