425 DX News #1454

16 March 2019 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1454

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

6W - Elvira, IV3FSG will be active as 6W/IV3FSG from Thies, Senegal from
17 March to 14 April. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or via IK3GES.
[TNX IK3GES]
E6 - Janusz, SP9FIH will be active as E6AF from Niue (OC-040) [425DXN
1453] from 16 March to 25 April. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via
SP9FIH. See http://www.e6.dxpeditions.org/ for other information.
[TNX NG3K]
KH8 - Joe, OZ0J and Palle, OZ1RH will be active as KH8/OZ0J and KH8/OZ1RH
from Tutuila (OC-045), American Samoa between 16 and 22 April. They
will operate CW, SSB, FT8 and maybe RTTY on 80-12 metres with two
stations. QSL via LoTW and Club Log's OQRS. See http://kh8.oz0j.dk/
for more information.
PA - Marcel, PD5MVH will be active as PD5MVH/p from Ameland Island
(EU-038) on 16-30 March. During the UK/EI DX CW Contest (23-24
March, https://www.ukeicc.com/) he will be signing PD38EU. QSLs via
home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DX Newsletter]
UA9 - Special callsigns R100WA, R100WB, R100WD, R100WE, R100WEI, R100WG,
R100WGK, R100WJV, R100WK, R100WMG, R100WN, R100WO, R100WT, R100WU,
R100WW, R100WXK and R100WYY are active on 10-23 March to
commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Bashkortostan
(Bashkiria). A number of certificates are available for download at
https://r9w.hamlog.ru/diploms/b100/. [TNX qrz.ru]
VP6 - VP6R is the callsign for the DXpedition to Pitcairn Island (OC-044)
[425DXN 1445]. The anticipated dates of operation are from 18
October to 1 November. The team (EY8MM, JR4OZR, K0IR, K0PC, K9CT,
K9NW, N4GRN, N6HC, N9TK, W0GJ, W0VTT, W6IZT, W8HC and WB9Z) plans
"for 8 stations, each capable of maximum legal power, with monoband
Yagis for the high bands and verticals with good radial systems and
directional receive antennas for the low bands". More information
and updates on https://pitcairndx.com.
VU - AU60BARC is the special callsign for the Bangalore Amateur Radio
Club (VU2ARC) to celebrate its Diamond Jubilee. It is being used by
several BARC members until 13 May. The logs will be uploaded to
https://hamlogs.net/ and Club Log.
XE - Celebrating the spring equinox, which was important in Mayan
culture, special event stations 4A3MAYA, 4B3MAYA, 4C3MAYA, 6E3MAYA
and 6F3MAYA will be QRV on 21-24 March from various archaeological
sites in the Mexican states of Tabasco, Yucatan, Campeche, Quintana
Roo and Chiapas. QSLs via the bureau.
YB - YB9ZGD, the ORARI Lokal Lombok Timur club station, will participate
in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as a Multi-Single entry from Lombok
Island (OC-150). QSL direct to YB9ZGD or eQSL, logsearch on Club
Log. [TNX NG3K]
YJ - Chris, VK2YUS will be active again as YJ0CA from Efate (OC-035),
Vanuatu from 26 March to 2 April, CQ WW WPX SSB included. He will
be mostly on 40, 20 and 15 metres. QSL direct to VK2YUS. [TNX The
Daily DX]

PACIFIC TRIP ---> Stan, LZ1GC and Mitko, LZ3NY will be active as E51GC from
Manihiki (OC-014), North Cook Islands on 10-28 October, and as T30GC from
Tarawa, Western Kiribati (OC-017) from 30 October to 15 November. They will
operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-10m. QSL via Club Log's OQRS (preferred),
LoTW or via LZ1GC (direct or bureau).

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3Y0I ---> "An important decision to our DXpedition plans has been taken
today, which will reflect in extending the initial 3Y0I plans", the team
announced on 14 March. "We decided to take more provisions than initially
planned. So did we regarding the fuel", because "if weather permits, we plan
to stay up to 3-4 weeks at the island itself (excluding sailing and landing
time), giving much more chances for ATNOs all over the world". See
https://bouvetoya.org/3yoi-initial-plans-extended/.

CANADA INCOMING QSL BUREAU ---> Effective 1 May, the new address for the
National Incoming QSL Bureau for Canada will be as follows:
RAC NATIONAL INCOMING QSL BUREAU MANAGER
ED SPINGOLA VA3TPV
PO BOX 83
STREETSVILLE ON L5M 1L5
CANADA
Cards received at the PO Box 51 in Saint John, NB will be forwarded for a
few months to allow the change notifications to be received by other bureaux
worldwide. After that, mail will be returned as undeliverable.

PROPORTION OF MODES USED ON THE AIR ---> "I've been running some reports on
activity uploaded in logs up to the end of December last year", Club Log's
Michael Wells (G7VJR) posted to his blog on 10 March. "The total number of
QSOs uploaded was quite high - more than any previous year - at 41.3 million
QSOs. That's 12% higher than 2017 or 2016 (which were nearly identical at
36.8 million QSO each - and 2015 was 39.8 million). I think that fact is
more significant given the ongoing decline of this particular solar cycle,
and it's possible evidence of extra activity from FT8 and newly-active
amateurs who'd run out of steam on CW and SSB, but are back to try digital
modes". As for the operating habits, "in 2017, 8,000 Club Log users had
uploaded at least one QSO with FT8. However, in 2018, that number has risen
to 14,200. For comparison, 13,900 users uploaded at least one CW contact,
and 18,000 at least one phone (mainly SSB) contact. The total number of
active users was just under 22,000 across all modes in 2018". Read the full
report (quite interesting) on https://g7vjr.org/.

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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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3B8XF G3TXF EG7JQS EA7URM PY2ZEA OH2MM
3G3N CE3NR EG7NSC EA7URS R100WB RV9WB
3G3W XQ4CW EH5FMC EA5RKD R100WD RZ9WU
4S7KKG DC0KK EH8URT EA8URT R100WE R9WE
4U1A UA3DX EI100YXQ EI9FVB R100WEI R9WEI
4U73B 9A2AA EL2EF N2OO R100WG R9WG
5Q1A OZ5ESB EP3AS RW6HS R100WJV RA9WJV
5V7EI M0OXO ET3AA N2OO R100WK RA9WU
5X2S JA1PBV FG8OJ F4AVX R100WN RX9WN
5X3C I2YSB FM1HN W3HNK R100WO R8WO
5X3E I2YSB GI6XX M0OXO R100WT R9WT
7P8LB M0OXO GM6XX M0OXO R100WU RU8W
8P1W KU9C GW6XX M0OXO R100WW RM8W
8P5A HA1AG H31A HP1AVS R100WXK R9WXK
9G2DX M0OXO HC0E HC1QRC R100WYY RZ9WYY
9J2BO G3TEV HF1CHO SP1KZE R160ASP RV1AQ
9N1MM M0OXO HI3LT W2CCW R160PM RA9FDR
A52IC E21EIC HP3SS AC2OV RF1A RQ1A
A52ZB DJ9ZB HR2DMR KD4POJ RG61PP RZ3LC
A62A A61BK HS0ZJF ON4AFU S50DIG S59SV
A65DR N4GNR HS0ZME SM6NT S549APR S51A
A92GW EA5GL II0IDP IM0SDX SN10WFF SP5C
C56DF G3XTT II3ICZ IQ3GA SN2M SP2XF
C6AKT M1KTA II4MRC IQ4FE SN3A SP3GEM
C91AHV CT7AHV II8ICN 9A5URI SN765GR SP1KZE
CB3W XQ4CW II8K IZ8EPX ST2/EK6DO K6EID
CB8E CE8EIO II9IGJ IT9MRM SU9VB UA4WHX
CE2SV N7RO KG4AS N4SIA T32AZ KH6QJ
CM8NMN EB7DX KG4SC KP2L T42T WB2REM
CO6HZ EA5ZD KL7SB N4GNR T46A CO6LC
CO6RD EA5GL KP3Z N4AO T88XH JA0EKI
CO8RBD EB7DX L77D LU6DC TM66BLM F6KBR
CO8WN EB7DX LG80T LA2T TO5A F5VHJ
CO8ZZ DK1WI LN8W LA9VDA TZ4AM W0SA
CQ7A CT1DSV LO5D LU8EOT V26M W3HNK
CQ8M EA5GL LO7H LU7HW V31AX M0URX
CR6K CT1ILT LX7I LX2A V31GX G4SGX
CR6T CT1ESV LY11LY LY2QT V31VP WB0TEV
CU2KG OH2BH LY29A LY5A VP9I WW3S
CV7S CX7SS LZ19ECC LZ1KSP XR0ZRC R7AL
CX2AQ EA5KB LZ818PT LZ1KCP XR6N CE6VMO
CX2DK EA5GL NP2X KU9C XV9JK SP5APW
CX5A CX2ABC OH0Z W0MM YR0UCRR YO5KDV
CX9AU EA5GL OH8AA OH8JK YU125VS YU1BBV
DL70AIR DL2VFR OZ1ONOFF OZ1ACB YV7MAY EA8MU
DR19SID DM2RM OZ2SPACE OZ1ACB YW6CQ YV6BXN
DU3LA W3HNK P29LL EA7FTR Z81D OM3JW
E51AUZ DL1AUZ P44K G3NKC Z81Z K4ZW
E51NPQ DM7PQ PA40UNIFIL PC9C ZA/IW2JOP IW2HAJ
E7DX E77E PJ2MAN EC5AHA ZF2CA G4CWH
ED1R EC1KR PJ2ND K8ND ZF2UL K3UL
ED5FDC EA5HT PJ2T W3HNK ZP4KFX IK2DUW
EF1W EA1WS PJ4DX M0URX ZW2T PY2RKG
EF2O EA2AOO PJ4G WA2NHA ZW85LABRE PT2ADM
EF7X EA7PP PJ7AA AA9A ZW8T PS8HF
EG2ETS EA2RKW PS50Y PT2OP ZX5J NZ4DX

4M1F Jose Gregorio Teran Paredes, Apartado Postal 01, Trujillo 3150
Estado Trujillo, Venezuela
9L1YXJ Mark A. Brewer, 2160 Freetown Pl, Dulles VA 20189-2160, USA
DL1AUZ Rainer Deutsch, Juri-Gagarin-Ring 128A, 99084 Erfurt, Germany
DM7PQ Dagmar Kirsten, Lindenstr. 29, 98693 Ilmenau, Germany
ED7O Pedro L. Alvarez, Apartado Postal 306, 23700 Linares (Jaen), Spain
GP0STH Ron Bennett, 17 Truro Close, St. Helens, WA11 9EL, United Kingdom
HV5PUL Luca Della Giovampaola, Via Cremera 11, 00198 Roma RM, Italy
I2YSB Silvano Borsa, Viale Capettini 1, 27036 Mortara PV, Italy
M0OXO Charles Wilmott, 60 Church Hill, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4NG,
United Kingdom
OH8JK Jarmo Kiuru, Kesatie 26 A, FI-90530 Oulu, Finland
R7AL Vasily V. Pinchuk, ul. Krestianskaya 26/36, Anapa, 353445, Russia
SP5APW Jacek Krupa, ul. Zalesna 66, 05-520 Borowina, Poland
V6JBVS Janusz Babol Vel Sobczyk, 8433 Southside Blvd Apt #2711,
Jacksonville FL 32256, USA
ZZ2T Wanderley Ferreira Gomes, Avenida 23 de Maio 2966 Ap 1320,
Sao Paulo - SP, 04008-000, Brazil

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