425 DX News #1466

8 June 2019 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1466

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

EA - Special callsigns EG3PTP, EG3PTA, EG3PTT, EG3PTU and EG3PTM will be
active on 15-23 June for "La Patum", the traditional festival that
is celebrated annually in the Catalan city of Berga (Barcelona) and
has been inscribed on the UNESCO's Representative List of the
Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The activity is organized
By the Radioclub La Baells (http://www.rcbaells.org); QSLs via
EA3RCI.
EW - EU19RO and several other special callsigns representing the sports
(EV19ARC, EV19ATH, EV19BAD, EV19BAS, EV19BOX, EV19BSO, EV19CYC,
EV19FRS, EV19GYM, EV19JUD, EV19KAR, EV19ROW, EV19SAM, EV19SHO and
EV19TEN) and the venues (EV0CA, EV0MA and EV0SD) will be active for
the 2nd edition of the European Games, to be held in Minsk, Belarus
on 21-30 June. QSL via operator's instructions. A number of
certificates will be available for download at http://hamlogs.net.
Organized by the European Olympic Committees, the European Games is
a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all
over Europe.
FG - Gildas, FG/F6HMQ and Michel, FG/F6GWV will be active again from
Guadeloupe (NA-102) on 14-25 June. QSL via home calls. They will
also operate as TO1T (QSL via F6HMQ). [TNX The Daily DX]
G - On 21 June the Government Communication Amateur Radio Club (GCARC)
will operate two special event stations in celebration of the
centenary of the Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ, the
United Kingdom's Signals Intelligence Agency, formerly based at
Bletchley Park during WWII). GB100GCHQ will operate from the
headquarters in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire and GB100GCB will
operate from the organisations' station in Bude, Cornwall. Activity
will be primarily on the HF bands SSB, CW and digital modes. All
contacts will be confirmed via eQSL and LoTW; paper cards should be
requested direct to GCARC QSL Manager, The Logistics Building,
Hubble Road, Cheltenham, GL51 0EX, United Kingdom.
JD1_mt - Take, JG8NQJ is back at the weather station on Minami Torishima
(OC-073) until 13 June, his QSL manager reports. He might be QRV as
JG8NQJ/JD1 in his spare time. QSL via JA8CJY (direct) or JG8NQJ
(bureau).
KH0 - Tony, JA6CNL will be active as KH0N from Saipan (OC-086) on 13-17
June, including participation in the CW leg of the All Asian DX
Contest (15-16 June). Outside the contest he will operate FT8. QSL
via JA6CNL. [TNX The Daily DX]
OJ0 - OH4EA, OH6FSG, OH6KV, OH6LSR, OH6NJ and OH6OK will be active as
OJ0AW from Market Reef on 8-15 June. They will operate SSB, CW, FT8
and other digital modes on the HF bands pkus "some VHF". QSL via
OH6AD, and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
PY - ZV15CDR (June) and ZZ15CDR (July) are the special callsigns for the
CDR Group (Grupo Curva do Rio de Radioamadores) to celebrate their
15th anniversary. QSl via LoTW. A participation certificate will be
available for dwonload at http://grupocdr.com.br/geracert/.
SV - Members of the Radio Amateur Union of North Aegean (SZ8LSV) are
active again as J48GEO until 30 June to promote the UNESCO Global
Geopark of Lesvos Island (EU-049). They will operate SSB and
digital modes on all bands. QSL via LoTW or direct to SZ8LSV.
T8 - Look for T88HR (QSL via JH1MLO) and T88TJ (QSL via LoTW and JR1FKR)
to be active holiday style from Koror (OC-009), Palau on 6-11 June.
T88HR will operate SSB on 80-10m, while T88TJ plans to operate SSB,
RTTY and possibly FT8 on 10, 17, 15, 10 and 6 metres.
T8 - Nobu, JA0JHQ (http://pandasan.jimdo.com/) will be active again as
T88PB from Koror (OC-009), Palau on 15-23 June. Main activity will
be on 6m FT8 and during the All Asian DX CW Contest (15-16 June).
QSL via LoTW (preferred) or direct to JA0JHQ.
VE - Special callsign XN1M will be active between 21 June and 21 July
from Newfoundland Island (NA-027) to mark the 50th anniversary of
the first manned mission to land on the Moon QSL via VO1IDX and
LoTW.
VP8 - Special station VP8HDM will be activated from the Historic Dockyard
Museum in Stanley, Falkland Islands (SA-002) on 15-16 June for this
year's first of two International Museums Weekends (information can
be found at http://www.radio-amateur-events.org/IMW/). Activity
will focus on 40, 30, 20 and 17 metres. QSL direct to VP8LP. [TNX
The Daily DX]

>>> MARKET REEF'S 50TH DXCC ANNIVERSARY (1969-2019) <<<

The first ever DXpedition to icy Market Reef landed on 27 December 1969 and
put OJ0MR on the air. The first operators were Sigge OH0NI (SK), Martti
OH2BH, Erkki OH2BW (SK) and Raimo OH2KK. Soon after the first operation, the
permanent lighthouse keeper Karl-Erik, OJ0MA also hit the airwaves. A stream
of DXpeditions followed. These later DXpeditions kept OJ0 a dream location
for hundreds and hundreds DXpeditioners, allowing them to discover the light
and become performers within the admired DXpedition industry.

The Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF) had helped OJ0MA become a
household DXer and later a great ham as OH0NA, while later-on, the NCDXF and
OHDXF assisted the Finnish Light House Society (FLS) to restore the beauty
of this remote DX outpost between Aland Islands and Sweden.

The 2019 season will see many veteran DXpeditioners returning to their
dreamland to provide OJ0 QSOs to those who deserve - the Deserving! Their
return will enable them to once again experience the camaraderie and
friendship only a true DX location can provide. Adding to the crew will be
upcoming OH and SM youngsters!

The invited guests of the season are: CO8DM, E21EIC, E20NKB, W5XU, DS4EOI,
JH4RHF, JE6HIB, PB2T, DJ9ZB, DL3DXX, DJ4MF, DL5SE, SM0W, SA0LAT and others.
They will be hosted by OH3WS, OH3JR, OH2BH, OH2TA, OG2M, OH2PM, OH4EA,
OH6FSG, OH6LSR, OH6KV, OH6OK, OH6NJ and the younger vintage of OH2FB, OH1UBO
and OH3UAF.

The activity is in several phases throughout the summer and may even extend
to the hard winter season in order to capture the best low-band openings.
It all starts this Saturday 8 June with OJ0AW and OJ0JR.
Next, following the international week of 6 July will be OJ0A and OJ0Z.
Then the IARU Contest weekend of 13-14 July with OJ0B and then turning to
the Youth Week of OJ0C from 15 July, the IOTA week of 27 July (OJ0DX) and
the Lighthouse Weekend in August (OJ0O).
The OJ0-regulars Pasi OH3WS (OJ0W), Henri OH3JR (OJ0JR), Martti OH2BH
(OJ0BH) and Pertti OG2M (OJ0MR) will take the slots along with their
official duties.

There are twenty-one (21) valid OJ0 licenses. More than 50% are expected to
be active during this year. If you work five of them (5) in 2019, a special
award will be released. If you work ten (10) of them in 2019, you will
qualify for a special award and a symbolic key to the light house. Your log
extract should be submitted to Pasi (OH3WS), the contact person between the
FLS and the global ham fraternity.

The Aland Islands Postal Administration will also release a special Market
Reef stamp to commemorate Market's 50th DXCC year for philatelist community.
The special stamp on a Market Reef postcard can be obtained from the Market
Reef Post Office with appropriate stamping at the cost of 4.00 Euros from
Pasi, OH3WS (OJ0W).

And finally, as the sugar at the bottom, the Aland Island boat captain
Fredrick will provide a day tour to those who want to see this wonderland
and make few contacts on their own from OJ0 on 10 and 16 July. Please
contact Martti, OH2BH for details (oh2bh[@]arrl.net).

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3D2CR ---> The Rebel DX Group has been active as 3D2CR from Conway Reef
since 1 June around 8 UTC. The operating team consists of Tack, JE1CKA
(CW/FT8) and Dom, 3Z9DX (SSB/FT8), and as of 7 June at 06.30 UTC they had
made more than 22,000 QSOs. QSL via Club Log's OQRS. "After several attempts
and several hours of trying, we have ditched our efforts of uploading an
online log", the team reported on 7 June (https://www.rebeldxgroup.com/), so
the logs will be uploaded when they get back to Fiji. "Plans are at this
time to pull up anchor on the 11th", the team also reported. "Of course we
are a dynamic DXpedition so times and dates can (and most probably will)
change. We do not want to run ourselves into the ground at stop #1 when we
still have several more stops in the Pacific planned".

425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The May 2019 issue is now available for download
at http://www.425dxn.org/index.php. [TNX IZ3EBA]

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. Complete results of the
2018 edition are on http://www.dxmarathon.com/Results/2018/Results2018.htm.

DAYTON PHOTO GALLERY ---> The Dayton Hamvention 2019 Photo Gallery (361
pictures) can be found at http://hamgallery.com/dayton2019/. The Dayton
Photo Galleries contain 6,053 photos dating back to 1961. They are all
searchable by callsign from the HamGallery homepage. [TNX K8CX]

QSL VIA K0BJ ---> Bruce, K0BJ can confirm QSOs made by Mike, KM9D and Jan,
KF4TUG during their several DXpeditions (1999-2011). Although he does not
have a master listing of dates and island names, he does have the logs and
"can supply homebrew, IOTA-acceptable QSLs" for 3D2BT, 3D2MO, 5W0MO,
9M2/KM9D, 9M6/KM9D, A35MO, A35TO, CE0Z/KM9D, E51QMA, E51TUG, FK/KM9D,
FO/KM9D, FO0MOT, FO0MOT/p, FW0MO, FW0YL, H40MY, H44MY, H44TO, KF/KF4TUG,
KM9D/KH8, T21MY, T2YL, T31MY, T32MO, T88CF, V63MY, V63TO, XR0ZY, YJ0AMY,
YJ0ATU, ZF2MO, ZK1TUG, ZK2MO, ZK2TO, ZL/KM9D, ZL1CMY. You can email
brucefrahmk0bj[@]gmail.com for QSLling/PayPal instructions and log check.
[TNX The Daily DX]

VOACAP & EME ---> Jari Perkiomaki (OH6BG) announced on 31 May that "VOACAP
Online (voacap.com/hf) now allows you to determine the time periods when the
Moon is visible both at the Transmitter (TX) and the Receiver (RX) sites at
the same time, i.e. the common moon window times for EME (Earth-Moon-Earth)
QSOs. You will just place the TX and RX markers on the map at the
coordinates of your choice, select the start date from the calendar, and
press the green 'EME' button underneath the map". Read the details on
https://voacap.blogspot.com/.

WAIL ---> Effective 1 June, the Worked All Italian Lighthouses (WAIL) award
programme is managed by the Gruppo Radio Liguria, and the new Award Manager
is Alessandro Novelli, IZ1PKI. Lighthouse chasers will find complete
information on http://www.grupporadioliguria.it/wail/index-en.html.

WSJT-X 2.1.0-RC7 ---> A seventh candidate release ("RC7") of WSJT-X 2.1.0
has been available for download and use by beta testers since 3 June. Links
to installation packages for Windows, Linux, and macOS are available on the
WSJT-X web page. Please note that the new version of the FT4 protocol in RC7
is not backward-compatible with that in earlier releases. If you wish to use
FT4 after 3 June or to take advantage of other recent program corrections or
enhancements, you should use WSJT-X 2.1.0-rc7 (and stop using RC5 or RC6).
RC7 will be inoperable during the ARRL June VHF QSO Party (8-10 June) or
ARRL Field Day (22-23 June), but will be available for beta-testing through
21 July, then it will permanently cease to function. If all goes according
to plan, by that time there will be a General Availability (GA) release of
WSJT-X 2.1.0.

+ SILENT KEY + Andre Saunders, GM3VLB passed away on 23 May, five days ahead
of his 81st birthday. A physics teacher by profession, he was an active DXer
in Kenya from 1967 as 5Z4KL. He returned to his native Scotland in 1978,
and, following retirement in 1995, he concentrated on /m and /p operations.
He activated 298 islands worldwide, and in June 2012 he completed the
activation of all the 200 islands within the SCOTIA (Scottish Islands Award)
programme, which he administered (http://www.gm3vlb.com/).

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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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3E3E AC2OV HG5A HA5KDQ PJ2T W3HNK
3W3B E21EIC HG7T HA7TM PW50Y PT2OP
3Z18MPS SP1PMY HK3JCL DK8LRF PX2A PY2VM
4D3X W3HNK IB9T IT9TQH R130S RZ5D
4K6MAR EA5GL II1OVAD IQ1OV R26RRC R7AL
4L8A K1BV II2VZME IZ2SOG R300POL RG3B
4O/E73A 9A2AA II4ART IQ4FE R85AAL RZ5D
4O7CC UA4CC II5CC IZ4SUC S573G S50G
4U1A UA3DX II9P IT9CHU S92HP CT1ENW
4X7R 4X6OM IK2SGL/OA9 IK6BFH S9A EB7DX
5B19CWC 5B4AJT IQ6CC IZ4SUC SA6G SM6CUK
5B4ALG EC6DX IR4X I4EAT SD3G/2 DL7UXG
5B4NC 5B4KH IR6T IK6VXO SD7SUB SM7EYO
5P19CWC OZ1ACB IR8D IZ8JAI SD7V/2 DL2VFR
5Q6EE OZ2I J48GEO SZ8LSV SF50CG SM0BYD
5T2AI N4GNR JT5DX JT1CO SJ0X SM6JSM
5W0H EB7DX K4D K5TEN SL8SUB SM6DQR
5Z4FV N3ZS KH6BB K1ER SN10WFF SP5C
9A0BB 9A3JB KH6YY K2PF SN2B SP3CGK
9A5Y 9A7W KH7M I0MWI [others] SN3A SP3GEM
9A73A 9A2RD KH7M KH6ZM [K/VE] SN7Q SP7GIQ
9H6A 9H1BT KL7RA N4GNR SP8R SP8PCF
9M8YY JR3WXA L60ESC LU7DUE SU0ERA SM5AQD
A61ZX IZ8CLM LM450C LA4C SX1T SV1ENG
AH2R JH7QXJ LN8W LA9VDA SX2IMA SV2JAO
AN1WHS EC1DD LX/GM0OBX M0OXO T32AZ KH6QJ
AT3A VU2XE LX7I LX2A T88HR JH1MLO
B4T BA4TB LY10WCA LY3IV T88TJ JR1FKR
BV50CYMC BV4VR LZ10WCA LZ1YE TG9BBV VE7BV
BW2/JP1RIW BM2JCC LZ5R LZ1YQ TI7W W4FS
C44C M0URX LZ60KAA LZ1KAA TM0R F5GGL
CB2E CE2LS LZ73TRC LZ1YE TM1I F4FET
CE3CT EA5KB LZ815NI LZ1KCP TM24H F6KFI
CN2CO UA2FM M6T G4BWP TM24SLX F8GGZ
CN3A IK2OHG MD4K G3NKC TM2FLO F6KPQ
CO5MK RW6HS MJ/OQ7A/p ON8AZ TM350XWB F1EOY
CO8LY EA7ADH MU2K GU8ITE TM500LDV F4GPB
CP5HK EC6DX MX0SNB G3SVK TM5BZH F4ELK
CR2V HB9CRV MX1COL G6XOU TM5LHP F1LNS
CR3DX OM2VL NH7A F5VHJ [others] TM6J F6KCZ
CR6K CT1ILT NH7A WA6WPG [USA] TM75GRV F5KAQ
CS8ABG EA5GL OA4SS KB6J TM8FF F8DZU
CU8FN HB9CRV OD5TX W4JS UN9L LZ1YE
D4Z HB9DUR [d] OE19LAWN OE3IPC UP0L DL8KAC
D4Z IK2NCJ [b] OG2P OH2PM UP4L UN7LZ
DL19JDAY DK7TX OG5A OH5AD VB3E VE3AT
E31A JH1AJT OG73X OH8L VC7M VE7JH
EA6/WJ2O N2ZN OG7A OH6MW VK19AUS VK2IR
EF8R EB7DX OH0B OH2BH VP5M K4QPL
EG7AGC EA7URF OH0NOA/p OH1NOA VR2019CWC VR2XRW
EH5SUB EA5GVJ OH0Z W0MM VX4WARC VE4BB
EI100ABC EI2II OH3077F OH3JF WP2Z KU9C
EM30TPU UR7TWY OH5Z OH5LIZ XT2SE IK3GES
EM5DIG UY5AX OH8X OH0XX [d] XV9DF M0OXO
EM7EFF UR7EY OH8X OH6KN [b] XV9DXB EB7DX
ER4DX ER1FF OK5Z OK2ZI YE1K EA5GL
F/ON6JUN/p ON5SD OL7C OK1FIK YT10WCA YT2KID
G5O G8SRS OM7M OM3PA YU73BFG YU8A
GB2CAV G0TAR P33W UA3DX Z3M Z37M
GB75DDAY G0TOC P40X DJ4MX Z66X OH2BH
GB75JF G4GBP P44W N2MM Z81D OM3JW
GM7V N3SL PA100IAU PA1UN ZA/OG1N OH2TA
HB10WCA HB9FBI PC10WCA PA3FYG ZF1A K6AM
HC0E HC1QRC PD10WCA PD0RWL ZM1A ZL3CW
HC5ARC HC5VF PF6W PA0RRS ZP5DA EB7DX
HF40STOK SP4LVK PI4MRC PD2PN ZP5KO PY4KL

7X2JV Liliana Aspelin, Hertig Karlsgatan 21B lgh 1201,
SE-682 30 Filipstad, Sweden
9L1YXJ Mark A. Brewer, 2160 Freetown Pl, Dulles VA 20189-2160, USA
AP19CWC Pakistan Amateur Radio Society, PO Box 1450, Islamabad-44000,
Pakistan
CJ3RA Peter Helmuth Csanky, 4 Ravensdale Road, Cobourg, ON K9A 2B9,
Canada
EB7DX David Lianez Fernandez, Apartado Postal 163, 21080 Huelva, Spain
EC1DD Bernardo Dominguez Barros, Avedida Elduayen 19 4E, 36380 Gondomar
(Pontevedra), Spain
EI7M John Barry, Lackabeha, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork, Ireland
EM9WFF Eugene Mosiychuk, Apartado Postal 5, 03170 Rojales (Alicante),
Spain
EV10WCA Eugene N. Lopurko, ul. Gogolya, 68-37, 224003 Brest, Belarus
FY5KE Jacques Mazzoni, 678 route de l'Egalite, 74290 Talloires Montmin,
France
G5W Donald Beattie, Hares Cottage, Woolston, Church Stretton, SY6 6QD,
United Kingdom
GB0DDR Tracey Ralph, 15 Portchester Close, Peterborough, PE2 8UP,
United Kingdom
GB0SFY David Houlden, 29 Court Barton, Portland, DT5 2HJ, United Kingdom
GB2DAW Peter Davis, 2 Virkie Cottages, Virkie, Shetland, ZE3 9JS,
United Kingdom
GB75OF Raymond W. Coles , 10 Littlemoor Road, Weymouth, DT3 6AA,
United Kingdom
HG1S MTTOSZ Gyor Varosi Radioklub, Gyor, Nagysandor Jozsef u. 27, 9027,
Hungary
HG6N Salgotarjani Varosi Radioklub, Salgotarjan, Meredek ut 6 II/1,
3100, Hungary
J42L Leo Fiskas, 1 Argyriou Gouzgou Str., 52 200 Argos Orestiko, Greece
JH1AJT Y. Zorro Miyazawa, P.O. Box 8, Oiso-machi, Naka-Gun, Kanagawa,
255-0003, Japan
KH6TU Wailuku DX Association, 2164 Kamaile St, Wailuku HI 96793, USA
LT1F Karlos Luis Bruno, Calle Espana 1115, S2000DBW, Santa Fe, Argentina
MX3W Nick Totterdell, Moscar Cross House, Hollow Meadows, Sheffield,
S6 6GL, United Kingdom
OH44FF Keijo Koskela, Koskenmaentie 13, FI-04300 Tuusula, Finland
OM0M Dozen Dashes Contest Club, P.O. Box 26, 040 13 Kosice 13,
Slovak Republic
ON8AZ Francis Balcaen, Heulebosstraat 33, 8501 Heule, Belgium
OV1CDX Frank Fendahl, Svinoevej 2, 4750 Lundby, Denmark
OY1CT Carsten Thomsen, Uppi i Troed 8 FO-340 Kvivik Faroe Islands
OY1R Regin Nicolajsen, Geredhisvegur 10, FO-140 Skopun, Faroe Islands
PR2B Fabio Azevedo, Praca Pio XII 6, Itanhaem - SP, 11740-000, Brazil
SZ1A Radio Amateur Association of West Greece, P.O. Box 84,
301 00 Agrinio, Greece
T40A Raul Verdecie Fernandez, Calle Angel Guardia No. 119,
e/Adolfo Villamar y Francisco Varona, CP 75100 Las Tunas, Cuba
TM6M Stephane Van Langhenhoven, 24 bis rue de Anter Hent,
29830 Ploudalmezeau, France
VC2W Victor Androsov, 1185 rue de Blois, Boucherville, QC J4B 7Z5,
Canada

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