425 DX News #1470

6 July 2019 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1470

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

G - On 20 July members of the Poldhu Amateur Radio Club will be
operating GB50AML from the Goonhilly Earth Satellite Station near
the Lizard in Cornwall. This is to commemorate the part Goonhilly
played in relaying TV signals of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing fifty
years ago. Look for activity on 40 metres SSB, and 20 metres CW and
SSB. QSL via Club Log's OQRS (preferred), or via G3UCQ.
GI - The North West Group ARC (MN0NWG) will run special event callsign
GB0OGC on 17-21 July for the 148th Open Championship, the oldest of
the four most prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf,
this year to be held at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern
Ireland. QSL via the bureau or eQSL.
HL - Look for D73F to be active on all bands and modes from 5 July to 18
August for the FINA (Federation Internationale de Natation) 18th
World Championships (12-28 July) and World Masters Championships
(5-18 August). QSL via HL4CCM, Club Log, eQSL.
I - Members of ARI Torino, Ivrea and Pinerolo will be active as II1EMG
between 2 July and 4 August for the European Masters Games that
will be held in the city of Torino and its environs (26 July-4
August). They will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on the HF and
VHF bands. QSL via the bureau. An award will be available for free
download; see https://www.ii1emg.it/ for information.
I - ARI Spezia will be active as IY1SP on 9-18 July to commemorate
Marconi's first demonstrations of his wireless system in Italy,
conducted for observers from the Italian navy at Spezia in July
1897. QSL via I1ANP. [TNX IS0JMA]
JA - Harry, JG7PSJ will be active as JG7PSJ/7 from Oshima (AS-206,
new one for IOTA) starting around 22 UTC on 19 July until around 6
UTC on 21 July. He will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 40-10 metres.
QSL via home call.
KH0 - Tom, KH0/KC0W will be using the special callsign K0W from Saipan
(OC-086) on 5-14 July. QSL via home call, direct only. He does not
use LoTW.
OH0 - CO8DM, E21EIC, OH2BH and OH2TA will participate in the IARU HF
World Championship (13-14 July) as OH0C from the Aland Islands
(EU-002). Outside the contest they will use their personal calls.
QSL OH0C via E21EIC.
OJ0 - Market Reef was added to the DXCC List fifty years ago. Taking part
in the golden jubilee celebrations, which started in June with
OJ0AW and OJ0JR, during the next coming weeks will be:
6-10 July OJ0A by CO8DM, DJ9ZB, E21EIC, E20NKB, SM3DYU,
OH2TA, OH2BH, OH3JR
10-13 July OJ0B & OJ0Z by DJ9ZB, OH2PM, PB2T, OH3JR
13-20 July OJ0C by OH1UBO, OH2FB, OH3UAF, OH3WS
25-31 July OJ0DX by DL3DXX, DJ4MF, DL5SE, SM0W, SA0LAT
17-24 August OJ0O by JH4RHF, JE6HIB, DS4EIO, W5XU, OG2M,
OH3JR
Additionally, the host operators will "fill some slots and several
odd band/modes": OJ0BH (OH2BH), OJ0JR (OH3JR), OJ0MR (OG2M) and
OJ0W (OH3WS). See https://www.qrz.com/db/OJ0A for information about
the special awards that will be available for working five or ten
different OJ0 callsigns in 2019.
OZ - Carsten, OZ4CG from Bornholm Island (EU-030) is active again as
OZ4SOP for the Sea Of Peace Award until 31 July. QSL via Club Log's
OQRS, LoTW and eQSL.
PA - Special event station PA11APOLLO will be active from 6 July until 2
August to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission
to the Moon. QSL via PA1UN.
PJ2 - This year the Dave Kalter Memorial "Youth DX Adventure" will see a
team consisting of three teenagers (KG5HVO, KM4BUN and KM4ZIA) be
active again as PJ2Y from Curacao on 14-18 July. Plans are to be
QRV on all bands SSB, CW, FT8 and possibly some satellites. See
http://qsl.net/n6jrl/ for more information. QSL direct to AB8YK;
logsearch on Club Log.
SP - Special event callsign SN86LOT is active on 1-31 July to commemo-
rate the 86th anniversary of the ill fated flight of Lithuanian
pilots Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas. On 15 July 1933 they
attempted a nonstop flight from New York City, United States to
Kaunas, Lithuania in a small airplane named Lituanica. After
successfully crossing the Atlantic Ocean, they crashed on 17 July
when thy were only 650km short of their final destination. QSL via
SP1PMY.
VP9 - Look for KU9C/VP9 (QSL via KU9C) and KL7SB/VP9 (QSL via N4GNR) to
be active from Bermuda (NA-005) on 7-15 July. They will participate
in the IARU HF World Championship as VP9HQ (RSB Headquarters
station, QSL via KU9C and LoTW). [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
W - Using the John F. Kennedy Space Center Amateur Radio Society's
original callsign, special event station WB4ICJ will be active on
14-20 July to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first manned
lunar landing ((http://www.wb4icj.com/). Activity will be centered
on 80, 40 and 20 metres SSB and FT8.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

Access to the main functions of www.425dxn.org is provided by the 425DXN App
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QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX's
website has been updated. Sixteen different galleries include 17,119 cards
for the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (2009-18), the 62 deleted DXCC
Entities, obsolete prefixes, stations from Maghreb from 1945 to 1962,
Allied Forces stations in Germany (1945-70), special stations commemorating
ITU and IARU, stations using the United Nations prefix (4U), Antarctic bases
and TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises), the various French
DXCC island Entities in the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Americas
(from 1945 to 1969), pre-1945 countries, French Departments and CONUS, plus
a gallery for cards not accepted by DXCC. Your participation is encouraged:
http://www.lesnouvellesdx.fr/galerieqsl.php. [TNX F6AJA].

T33T ---> "Dom arrived safely in Japan today", the Rebel DX Group reported
on 2 July (https://www.rebeldxgroup.com/). "He has several meetings sched-
uled over the next few days/week. Once back in Fiji and after a little more
boat 'work', then the Rebels will be off for Banaba and T33T".

USA-CA AWARD ---> Effective 1 June, Brian Bird (NX0X) is the new Custodian
for CQ magazine's United States of America Counties Award (USA-CA). He has
succeeded Ted Melinosky (K1BV), who served as USA-CA Custodian and CQ Awards
Editor for 21 years. Any correspondence relating to the CQ USA-CA programme
should be directed to Brian Bird, 4567 Caribou Lake Road, Duluth
MN 55811-9607, USA; or via e-mail to nx0x[@]aol.com. A few updates in the
USA-CA Award rules have taken effect at the same time - details can be found
at https://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/cq_awards/index_cq_awards.html.

WW DIGI DX CONTEST ---> The World Wide Radio Operators Foundation (WWROF),
in collaboration with the Slovenia Contest Club (SCC), announces that first
annual World Wide Digi DX Contest ("WW Digi") will occur over 24 hours on 31
August-1 September (from 12:00:00 UTC to 11:59:59 UTC). The objective is for
amateurs around the world to contact as many other amateurs in as many
Maidenhead grid squares as possible using the FT4 and FT8 modes on 160, 80,
40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. See https://ww-digi.com/ for complete information.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3B8CW N4GNR EU19RO EW1I PX50Y PT2OP
4O7AA YU1CA EV0CA EV1R R2019CG RV9WB
4O7CC UA4CC EV19ATH EV1R R39PGD RA1WU
4O7DST HB9DST EV19BAD EV1R R3ARS/4 RA3AKF
4O7TC UA3TCJ EV19BAS EV1R R53ICGC RV9WB
5B19CWC 5B4AJT EV19BOX EV1R R53ICGF R9WG
5C1M RW6HS EV19BSO EV1R R53ICGJ RV9WB
5P19CWC OZ1ACB EV19FRS EV1R R53ICGS R9WEI
5R8UI IZ8CCW EV19JUD EW1W R53ICGV RX9WT
5Z4FV N3ZS EV19KAR EV1R R53ICGW RZ9WU
6M6M HL1IWD EV19SHO EV1R R550Y UA4YE
6Y3Y JJ2RCJ EV19TEN EV1R RI0BC RW1AI
7R7W 7X2VB GB13COL G0VLF RI1OM RN1ON
9A01GPPVC 9A5WW GB2AFD M1CCF RZ1CWC RW6HS
9A440KA 9A1CVW GB5EHL G4SJX S92HP CT1ENW
9A8NXC IK3GES HF40STOK SP4LVK SF2CW SM3DMP
9H3KZ G2BKZ HF75AK SP8MMW SN86LOT SP1PMY
9K2HQ EC6DX HF75MG SP9VFR SP4WOJTEK SQ4AVD
A65DR N4GNR HH2JR W3HNK T2AR 3D2AG
AN50LGBT EB3GCP HK3JCL DK8LRF TK/IQ5JA IU5JHK
AO50MOON EA1RCI HL18FINA HL4CCM TM230RF F4DTO
AP2NK W3HNK HP1XT KU9C TM4IPA ON6ZV
CB2E CE2LS HZ1SK IZ8CLM TM500LDV F4GPB
CS2019CWC CT7ACG II0GDF 9A8AOT TM57FFC F-11734
DF0RSA DL3DUE II0ROSA 9A5URI TM5LHP F1LNS
DL0SOP DL4SVA II1IVR IQ1IV TM75RG F5KLJ
DL50NFA DL8NBM II4MJR IQ4FE TM8FF F8DZU
DQ600UNI DL5KVV IY1DCI IK1GPG TT8FC EA3GWK
DR100BADZ DK8HE JT1QP DJ8QP V73NS W3HNK
DU1IST JA1HGY LG80T LA2T VK19AUS VK2IR
E750RKK E71CQ LX0RL LX1KQ VP2ETE W3HNK
EA6/EI6DX RA3R LY10WCA LY3IV VX4WARC VE4BB
EF0F EA4URE LZ10WCA LZ1YE WP3C W3HNK
EF8L EA8URU LZ1809PNS LZ1KCP XW4XR E21EIC
EF9Z EA5KB LZ815NI LZ1KCP XZ2B JH3SIF
EG3HKD EA3MM OD5TX W4JS YP0H VE7NY
EG5HSJ EA5RKB OE88YL OE3YSC YR6MUSEUM YO6KNE
EG7FAM EA7RCM OH0Z W0MM YR90AR YO2KBQ
EG7FCJ EA7FC OR50BFS ON2KFJ YT10WCA YT2KID
EI100ABC EI2II PB100IAU PA9RZ YV7MAY EA8MU
EI100YXQ EI9FVB PC100IAU PB7TT Z81D OM3JW
EK8ZZ EK7DX PD10WCA PD0RWL ZF2CJ JJ2RCJ
EN60KSR UT1KY PJ4DX M0URX ZP5DA EB7DX

3D2AG Antoine de Ramon N'Yeurt, P.O. Box 10842, Laucala Beach Estate,
Suva, Fiji
3W1T Eddy Visser, I.P.O Box 88, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam
4W/JH2EUV Bin Kawamura, 497-2 Okubo Ryoke, Sakura-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama,
338-0826, Japan
ED9E Jose Antonio Mendez Rios, C/Martin Moreno 15-1, 51002 Ceuta, Spain
HG7DANUBE Szekely Jozsef, Budakalasz, Kinizsi u. 5, 2011, Hungary
HR9/AD8J John L. Getz, 24 Stony Ridge, Asheville NC 28804, USA
JH3SIF Kiichiro Onishi, 3-19 Tomogaoka, Suma-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo,
654-0142, Japan
K0W Thomas M. Callas, P.O. Box 1058, Minnetonka MN 55345, USA
KD7WPJ Oleh Kernytskyy, 554 Deb Corallo Terrace, Mountain House CA 95391,
USA
LX50MOON LARU LX QSL Bureau, PO Box 85, L-9201 Diekirch, Luxembourg
SK6SAQ Grimeton Veteranradios Vanner Radiostationen, Grimeton 72,
SE-432 98 Grimeton, Sweden
SM3DMP Thomas A. Rylander, Berg 110, SE-870 52 Nyland, Sweden
TC16BURSA TRAC Bursa Subesi, Gencosman PTT Merkezi PK 76,
16105 Osmangazi/Bursa, Turkey
TR8CA Jean Charron, 19 rue Gabriel Moussa, 33320 Eysines, France
XV1X Eddy Visser, I.P.O Box 88, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam
ZB2IG19 GARS, PO Box 292, Gibraltar
ZX40ZT Carlos Moreira, Rua Pamela Loren 59, Mangabeira, Eusebio - CE,
61760-000, Brazil

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