425 DX News #1456

30 March 2019 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1456

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

E6 - Alex, 5B4ALX has been joined by Tim, NL8F during his E6ET operation
from Niue Island (OC-040) through 2 April. During the weekend Alex
will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as E6ET (SOSB 20m),
while Tim begin be operating with his own call E6AW. [TNX The Daily
DX]
EA - Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Union de Radioaficionados
Espanoles, Spain's IARU member society (https://www.ure.es/),
Spanish radio amateurs are allowed to use special prefixes on 1-30
April: EA stations can sign AM + call area + 70 + suffix (e.g.
EA4ZZZ can use AM470ZZZ), EB stations can sign AN + call area + 70
+ suffix (e.g. EB4ZZZ can use AN470ZZZ), EC stations can sign AO +
call area + 70 + suffix (e.g. EC4ZZZ can use AO470ZZZ).
F - Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the ATL Radio Club (F6KBK),
special event station TM50KBK will be active on 1-15 April. QSL via
F4GTB, LoTW and eQSL.
F - Jerry, F4HJO will be active as F4HJO/p from Belle Ile en Mer
(EU-048) on 13-21 April. He will operate SSB, RTTY and FT8 on 80-15
metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via the bureau to home call.
F - World Amateur Radio Day marks the foundation of the International
Amateur Radio Union (Paris, 18 April 1925). The Reseau des
Emetteurs Francais (REF, the French IARU member society) will be
active as TM94WARD on 13-21 April for World Amateur Radio Day 2019.
QSL via LoTW and the bureau.
FW - Nobby, G0VJG now expects to be active as FW/G0VJG from Wallis
Island (OC-054) [425DXN 1453] starting on or around 8 May for two
weeks, with the possibility of a short side trip to Futuna Island
(OC-118). He will operate SSB and FT8 Fox & Hound on 40-6 metres
(maybe also on 60m). Before the FW operation he will be QRV as
3D2AS from Fiji starting on 3 May for five days. QSLs via M0OXO's
OQRS. [TNX M0OXO]
J2 - Chris, EA3NT will be active as J20NT from mainland Djibouti on
13-14 April, while waiting for his J20DX team mates [425DXN 1455]
to arrive. QSL via EA3NT.
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
[425DXN 1454]. They will be QRV on 80-15 metres CW, SSB and FT8 Fox
& Hound with two stations. Their band plan can be found on
https://kh8.oz0j.dk/dxpedition/band-plan/. On 80 and 60m they will
operate only CW and FT8 with a focus on Europe and the Americas at
their sunrise (around 16.30 UTC), and on Africa, Asia and Oceania
at their sunset (around 5 UTC). They plan to upload their logs to
Club Log on a daily basis, depending on their connection to the
Internet. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS and eQSL; traditional cards
for both callsigns should be sent direct to OZ0J.
KL - Mike, K9AJ and Bruce, KD6WW [425DXN 1440] will be active as K7Y
from Khantaak Island, in the Yakutat County Group of Alaska
(NA-250, new one for IOTA) on 10-13 May. Plans are "to be on the
island & set up by local sunset on Thursday, May 9" (early morning
hours on 10 May UTC), and to "cease operations & break camp around
local sunrise on Monday, May 13" (around 12-13 UTC). They will
operate mainly CW on 40, 30, 20 and 17 metres, with some SSB and
possibly some FT8 as well. If conditions allow, they will have two
stations QRV during most of their operation. Bruce, N9BX will be
their pilot station. They will not be able to upload their logs to
Club Log during the operation, as there is no Internet access from
the island. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via K9AJ (direct or
bureau). The Club Log Matching function will be enabled at a later
date. [TNX K9AJ]
VE - The Yukon Canam Contest Club (VY1AAA) has secured Canadian special
prefixes for use by all Canadian licensees from 28 March through 28
May: VEs can use CK, VAs can use CJ, VYs can use CZ, and VOs can
use CY. The special prefixes are celebrating the 50th anniversary
of the Official Languages Act of Canada. The club itself has
secured the special call CZ1Z (QSL via LoTW). [TNX DX World]
VK - Tim, NL8F will be active as VK4COF/p from Fraser Island (OC-142)
for a few days sometime between 4 and 10 April. [TNX The Daily DX]
XT - Once again Harald, DF2WO will be active as XT2AW from Ouagadougou,
Burkina Faso on 7-26 April. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS and LoTW. [TNX The
Daily DX]

CQ WW WPX SSB CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (30-31 March):
Call Category Country QSL
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3V8SF SOSB 160m Tunisia LoTW/LX1NO
3Z6V SO Poland LoTW/SP6DVP
4L/F5RAV SO Georgia F5RAV
4Z7Z SOAB HP Israel 4X1DX
7W7W M/? Algeria qrz.com
8P1W SOAB LP Barbados KU9C
8T8A SO India VU3ELR
A42K M/2 Oman LoTW
B1Z China EA7FTR
B4T China BA4TB
BP0P M/? Taiwan qrz.com
BW/JG1WBB SOSB Taiwan JG1WBB
BW/JI1NLJ SOSB Taiwan JI1NLJ
BW/JL3RDC SOSB Taiwan JL3RDC
CB1H M/? Chile LoTW
D4C M/M Cape Verde LoTW
DU6/N6SS SOSB 40m Philippines N6SS
E2A SOAB HP Thailand LoTW/E21EIC
E6ET SOSB 20m LP Niue IZ4AMS
EB8AH SOAB HP Canary Isls LoTW
ED9E M/? Ceuta and Melilla EA9CD
EF9Z SOAB Ceuta & Melilla LoTW/EA5KB
IG9MO M/? AF Italy IK4ALM
IO5O M/S Italy LoTW
KH2KY M/? Guam LoTW/JA1MFR
LY29A SOAB Lithuania LY5A
MU2K SOAB LP Guernsey GU8ITE
NP2P SO US Virgin Islands LoTW
P44W SOAB LP Aruba LoTW/N2MM
PJ2T M/? Curacao LoTW/W3HNK
PJ4K SOAB Bonaire KU9C
PJ4R SOAB Bonaire LoTW/WD9DZV
RL3A M/S Russia (EU) W3HNK
SI9AM Sweden ON3UN
TM3Z SOAB France F4DSK
TM5CQ France F4FRG
TO2BC SO French Guiana LoTW/DL7BC
V31VP SOAB HP Belize WB0TEV
V85RH SO Brunei LoTW
VC2W SOAB HP Canada LoTW
VC2Z M/S Canada LoTW
VP5P M/? Turks & Caicos LotW/N2OO
VP9I M/2 Bermuda LoTW/WW3S
WP4X SO Puerto Rico
YB2BOB SOSB 20m Indonesia LoTW/YB2BOB
YB2DX SOAB Indonesia LoTW/YB2DX
YB9ZGD M/S Indonesia YB9ZGD
YC9DE M/2 Indonesia LoTW/YB3MM
YJ0CA SO Vanuatu VK2YUS
YV1KK SOAB HP Venezuela LotW/OH0XX
Z66Y M/S Kosovo Z62FB
ZL7C M/? Chatham Islands ZL2AYZ
ZV1FF Brazil LoTW/PS8RV
ZZ4A M/? Brazil LoTW
Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at https://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxs2019.html - good contest to
you all!

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3Y0I: POSTPONED ---> "On March 26 the vessel had been approaching a Cyclonal
storm wandering nearby Bouvet Island", the 3Y0I Press Officer posted to the
DXpedition's website. "The captain analyzed the latest weather reports
indicating a chance to break through the storm - it hadn't been that strong
at that time. Unfortunately, the storm developed and intensified in a matter
of an hour. Around 5-6 o'clock GMT, just 70 nautical miles off Bouvet
island, the ship has been hit by a series of 11+ meters (36+ ft) tall waves
+ wind exceeding 83 knots/h (approx. 160 km/h). The fierce oceanic forces
swept past the upper deck, taking one of the radars, including VSAT, VHF and
HF marine antennas, off the mast and throwing them all overboard. The hit
was so hard the vessel tilted as much as 45 degrees". Under such
circumstances "the captain of the MV Atlantic Tuna had to take a difficult
but responsible decision to take a course back to Cape Town, South Africa".
The 3Y0I DXpedition is not cancelled, though. "Once they reach Cape Town and
go through a detailed technical inspection of the vessel", the 3Y0I Team
Leader (Dom, 3Z9DX) "will decide when and how the DXpedition will take place
again. Repeat: we're definitely talking about rescheduling the expedition to
the nearest possible and reliable term, not aborting or suspending our
plans". Read the latest updates on https://bouvetoya.org/blog/:
- "3Y0I to be continued"! (Press Release #6, 28 March)
- "Hams simply rock" (Press Release #5, 27 March)
- "3Y0I postponed" (Press Release #4, 27 March)
- "Bouvet vs. Hams 2:0?" (Press Release #3, 27 March)
- "Furious 50s, how are you?" (Press Release #2, 25 March)

CASS AWARD ---> The annual Cass Awards (http://www.cassaward.com/) honour
the wisdom and spirit of Cass WA6AUD (SK) and encourage DXpeditions to
maximize the number of DXers worked with a Plaque for the single-operator
DXpedition that works the most unique callsigns within 2 weeks or less, and
a Plaque for the "unlimited" DXpedition that works the most unique
callsigns.
Janusz Wegrzyn, SP9FIH has won (for the second year in a row) the 2018
Single-Operator Cass Award "by working 8257 unique stations during his one-
man DXpedition to St. Eustatius Island as PJ5/SP9FIH".
Yuris Petersons YL2GM, Kaspars Uztics YL1ZF and Girts Budis YL2KL "worked
18,812 unique stations as 3C0W on Annobon Island, winning the first
Unlimited Cass Award and demonstrating an outstanding effort to log as many
DXers as possible".

CY0C: SABLE ISLAND 2020 ---> Permission has been granted for a DXpedition to
Sable Island (NA-063) sometime in in autumn 2020. The team for the August
2019 CY9C DXpedition to St. Paul Island (https://cy9c.com/) [425DXN 1451]
will be the primary makeup of the Sable team. "The permit process took over
a year of emailing, phone calls, and furnishing documents. Sable at this
point is no longer easily 'permitted' for Ham Radio DXpeditions, as the
policies have changed with the change in administration. In fact our permit
finally was graciously authorized as a 'one time special use permit'. We
believe that it is very probable that permits in the future may be
essentially 'nil' for a very long time. Among other policies, visitors to
the island are not permitted overnight stays. Thankfully, we have been
authorized to stay there for 7-8 days ($300 per person per day). We are
grateful and excited and look forward to meeting the challenge of a sizeable
operation as if it were the last one for a very long time".

DXCC YEARBOOK ---> The 2017 ARRL DXCC Yearbook, which includes the Clinton
B. DeSoto Challenge top scorers and the Annual Listing, can be found at
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/DXCC/DXCCYearbook/DXCC%20YEARBOOK%202018….
The Annual Listing of DXCC membership contains the call signs and credited
totals for new awards and endorsements during the calendar year period from
1 January through 31 December 2018. The DXCC Honor Roll includes those who
are within 9 entities of the ""current" Entity count for Mixed, Phone, CW,
and Digital modes. As of 31 December 2018, there were 340 Entities on the
DXCC List, and entry level DXCC Honor Roll was achieved at level 331.

IOTA DXPEDITIONER OF THE YEAR 2018 ---> The inaugural Island Radio
Expedition Foundation's (IREF) "IOTA DXpeditioner of the Year" Award will be
presented at the 34th DX Dinner, to be held on 17 May at the Marriott Hotel
in Dayton (tickets can be purchased at http://swodxaevents.org/). The DX
Dinner is held in conjunction with the Dayton Hamvention and is sponsored by
the Southwest Ohio DX Association (SWODXA). The new award from IREF will
join the list of awards presented annually at the DX Dinner, including
DXpedition of the Year, DXpeditioner of the Year (DXCC) and the presentation
of the CQ DX Hall of Fame inductees. Details on the "IOTA DXpeditioner of
the Year" award can be found at https://irefradio.com/activator-award/.

NORTH MACEDONIA ---> After nearly three decades of disagreement on the name
of the country called Macedonia (otherwise known as FYROM, the Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), the dispute between Greece (SV) and
Macedonia (Z3) was settled in June 2018 with an agreement that the country
should rename itself "Republic of North Macedonia" (Republika Severna
Makedonija). After the agreement was ratified by both sides, it entered into
force on 12 February 2019. DXCC wise, only the Entity name has changed. You
will find it listed as "North Macedonia" on LoTW, and as "North Macedonia
(Republic of)" in the March 2019 edition of the ARRL DXCC List. The DXCC
"country code" number remains 502.

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3B9FR M0OXO CS2TCB CT1ARR OD5VB EA5GL
3V8CB LX1NO CS2TCM CT2JYO OG60IPA OH4MDY
3W3B E21EIC CS2TCS CT7ABF OL50MR OK1MR
3W9JF EA5GL CS2TCT CT1ARR P3X 5B4AMM
4D3X W3HNK D4Z HB9DUR [d] P40L WA3FRP
4K6FO DC9RI D4Z IK2NCJ [b] P44W N2MM
4L6QL RW6HS DL1250G DL8SCU PD38EU PD5MVH
4L8A K1BV DR50DIG DH1PAL PJ2DX W0CG
5B4AGN M0URX E51HMK DK2HM PJ4/KK9A WD9DZV
5P1PT DL1PT E6AF SP9FIH PJ4K KU9C
5T5PA PA5X E6ET IZ4AMS PJ4KY M0URX
6E0P XE1EE E7CW E73ESP PJ7TM K2GSJ
6W/IK5BSC IK2DUW EA8/G3XAQ G3SWH PS2T K3IRV
6W/IV3FSG IK3GES EE100V EA5YJ R108M RK3LC
8P6DR G3RWL EG2AZF EA2URZ R125IL RZ5D
9H3FC G4UDG EG8TSI EA8URE R1961G RV3LZ
9H3HI DL7VFM [d] EH1FSJ EA2DVN RD0B/p RD0B
9H3HI EU4CK [b] EH5TYF EA5RKB SI9AM ON3UN
9H3JD DL7VFM EM1U UT7UA T88US JF1OCQ
9K9A EC6DX EO65QRC UR4QZZ TG9AJR M0URX
9M19TEA 9M2CDX EP2C EA5GL TM29FFA F5KOU
9M2CNC G4ZFE EP2LMA EA5GL TO2BC DL7BC
9V1YC W5UE EP4HR IK2RZQ TY2AC DL9USA
A35JP JA0RQV EV125IL EV6C UP0L DL8KAC
A71YY M0OXO GB100RAF G8FC V31RF K8NDS
B5/IK7YTT IW7EGQ HC5TLM HC5VF VA7XW/VE1 VE7ACN
BW2/JP1RIW BM2JCC HF50ZAT SP3ZAT VE3LYC/KL7 VE3LYC
C4W 5B4WN IG9MO IK4ALM VE7ACN/VE1 VE7ACN
C7A UA3DX II0BIKE 9A5URI VP2ETE W3HNK
C91CCY K3IRV IS0/OM8A OM2VL VP5/AF3K N2OO
CJ3A VE3AT J28PJ F1TMY VP5/W2TT N2OO
CN2AM M0OXO J43N SV1NK VP8CTR DL5EBE
CN2CL CT1QP JT5DX JT1CO VY0ERC M0OXO
CN2FA RN2FA JW6VDA OH6VDA XZ2C JH1NBN
CN2MA LY5W LY800SMG LY2NZ YO3IPA YO3AAS
CN3A IK2OHG LZ50ZF LZ2UW YU73BFG YU8A
CR5O CT7AJL MJ5Z M0CFW ZL7C ZL2AYZ
CS2CTS CT1ARR NA8O/KH2 JK1FNL ZV1FF PS8RV

6Y5KB Kasimir Bastian, Gruenaecker Str. 39, 71069 Sindelfingen, Germany
EA5GL Pedro Miguel Ronda Monsell, C/ Maximiliano Thous 16-24,
46009 Valencia, Spain
G8FC RAF Amateur Radio Society, Royal Air Force Cosford, Wolverhampton,
WV7 3EX, United Kingdom
IZ4AMS Alessandro Gromme, Via G.M. Savani 20, 41125 Modena MO, Italy
J52EC Livio Pesavento, Via Antonio Bertoldi 19, 37141 Verona VR, Italy
OA4TT John Henry, 8345 NW 66 St #B4451, Miami FL 33166, USA
RD0B Valery N. Savin, P.O. Box 45, Dikson, Krasnoyarsky kray, 647340,
Russia
SP9FIH Janusz Wegrzyn, pl. Pilsudskiego 6/9, 45-706 Opole, Poland
VE3LYC Cezar Trifu, 4986 Bath Rd., Bath, ON K0H 1G0, Canada
VE7ACN Mikhail Zavarukhin, 7581 Mark Crescent, Burnaby, BC V5A 1Z2, Canada
YJ0CA Chris Ayres, 3/19-21 Eastern Rd, Turramurra, NSW 2074, Australia

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