425 DX News #1472

20 July 2019 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1472

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

6O - Ken, LA7GIA (6O6O in January 2018) will return to Somalia and be
active as 6O7O for 14 days in September (dates TBA). The licence
has been granted, flights and accomodation have been booked, and
the LoTW certificate has been issued. He will operate mainly CW on
160-10 metres. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS and LoTW; the log will be
uploaded also to Club Log. See https://www.la7gia.com/ for more
information.
9H - Bristol Contest Group members G3TKF, G3XSV, G3YHV and M1DSE will
again operate as 9H6YB from Malta (EU-023) during the IOTA Contest
(27-28 July). The log will be uploaded to LoTW and Club Log; paper
QSLs via G3SWH (direct only: the use of the OQRS facility on
http://www.g3swh.org.uk/decision.html is strongly recommended).
[TNX G3SWH]
BY - BA4TB, BD4SS, BD4TS, BG4TRN, BH4BWX, BH4SCF, BH4TVU, BH4TXN and
BI4SCC will go to Chongming Island (AS-136) for the IOTA Contest.
Before the contest they will use their home calls, during the
contest they will be signing BG4TRN. QSL via home calls. [TNX NG3K]
C5 - Przemek, SP3PS will be active again as C5SP from The Gambia from
23 July to 5 August. He will operate SSB and FT8 on 20-6 metres.
QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
CT7 - CT1DMC, CT1HIX, CT2GSN, CT2HOV, CT7AFR and EA1CBX will be active as
CR5IC from Insua Island (EU-150) on 26-29 July, including partici-
pation in the IOTA Contest. QSL via CS5ARAM. [TNX NG3K]
EA6 - Andy, DK5ON has been active again as EA6/DK5ON from Mallorca,
Balearic Islands (EU-004) since 12 July, and will remain there
until the 26th. He operates CW, SSB and digital modes (RTTY, FT8,
FT4) on 40-6 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via home
call (direct or bureau). [TNX NG3K]
FO - Rick, AI5P will be active holiday style as FO/AI5P from Tahiti
(OC-046), French Polynesia on 22-29 July. He will operate CW and
FT8 on 40-17 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
I - Michele, IW7EGQ will be active as IL7MP from the Tremiti Islands
(EU-050) on 26-28 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS.
I - A team of ten operators will be active as IP1T from Isola del Tino
(EU-083) on 27-28 July during the IOTA Contest. Activity will be
Limited to daylight hours only, as they are not permitted to
overnight on the island. QSL via I1ANP.
IS0 - ARI Porto Torres will be active as II0SRE on 19-21 July for the
34th Ittiri Folk Festa. Activity will take place from the Mario
Faedda Radio Museum in Ittiri (Sassari), Sardinia (EU-024) on 80,
40 and 20 metres SSB and CW, and via satellite. QSL via IS0JXO.
[TNX IS0JXO]
IS0 - Sebastien, F8BDQ will be active as IS0/F8BDQ from the main island
of Sardinia (EU-024) from 24 July to 6 August, IOTA Contest
included. QSL via home call (direct only). [TNX NG3K]
J6 - Frank, K3TRM will be active as J6/K3TRM from St. Lucia (NA-108)
from 21 July to 3 August. He will operate SSB, CW and digital modes
(RTTY and FT8), plus satellite, on 40-6 metres. QSL via Club Log's
OQRS, LoTW, or via home call (direct or bureau).
LA - Look for LA/OK1XC and LA/OK3EE (OK1DBS) to be active from Flemsoya
(EU-056) from 20 July to 4 August. During the IOTA Contest they
will be using LA/OL7X (QSL via OK1XC). [TNX The Daily DX]
OZ - Michael, 5P1KZX will be active as 5P5SAM from Samso Island
(EU-172) on 20-27 July. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, eQSL, or via
home call.
PA - Special event station PA13HJ will be activated between 28 July and
6 August during the 13th Haarlem Jamborette in Spaarnwoude, the
Netherlands. Look for activity on 80-6 metres SSB, CW and digital
modes. QSL via the bureau to PA9LUC.
PY - Stucker, PT2GTI and others will be active as PX8R from Ilha de
Guaras (SA-060) on 26-28 July. They will operate SSB, CW and FT8 on
80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m, and will participate in the IOTA Contest.
QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or direct to PT2GTI.
PY0F - Julio, PP2BT and Renner, PY7RP will be active again as PY0F from
Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) on 22-28 July. They will operate CW,
SSB and digital modes on 160-10 metres, and will participate in the
IOTA Contest. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or direct to PY7RP.
[TNX The Daily DX]
SM - Members of Norrkoping Radioklubb (SK5BN) will be using special
callsign SE19O on 21-27 July during this year's O-Ringen, the
world's largest orienteering competition first held in 1965. QSL
via the bureau.
SV9 - Thomas, SV2CLJ will be active as SV9/SV2CLJ from Crete (EU-015) on
23-31 July. He will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on 80-6 metres. QSL
direct to home call. [TNX NG3K]
UA - RU3SD, RA1ZZ and UA1ZZ will be active as either RK3SWB/1 and - in
the IOTA Contest - RA1ZZ/p from several islands and lighthouses in
Vyborg Bay between 20 and 31 July [425DXN 1471]. Only the following
islands will count for IOTA group EU-117: Ravitsa (22 July),
Zapadny Berezovy (23-24 July), Severny Beryozovy (24-25 July),
Vikhrevoy (26-28 July) and Lisy (28-29 July).
VE - Mike, VE7ACN has had to cancel his IOTA trip [425DXN 1467] owing to
medical reasons. He had planned to operate from NA-176, NA-125,
NA-068 and NA-077 between 25 July and 31 August. He will take part
in the IOTA Contest (27-28 July), though, as VE7ACN/7 from Bowen
Island (NA-091). QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via home call (direct
or bureau).
VK9L - Rick, AI5P will be active holiday style as VK9APX from Lord Howe
Island (OC-004) from 31 July to 10 August. He will operate CW and
FT8 on 40-17 metres. QSL via QSL to AI5P. [TNX The Daily DX]
W - Steve, NY3A will be active as NY3A/3 from Smith Island (NA-140)
starting on 26 July through the end of the IOTA Contest. QSL via
home call. [TNX NG3K]
YJ - Chris, VK2YUS will be active again as YJ0CA from Efate (OC-035),
Vanuatu on 24-31 July, IOTA Contest included. He will be mostly on
40, 20 and 15 metres. QSL direct to VK2YUS. [TNX The Daily DX]

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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WSJT-X 2.1.0 ---> On 15 July Joe, K1JT and the WSJT Development Group
announced the general availability (GA) release of WSJT-X Version 2.1.0. It
is a major upgrade that introduces FT4, a new protocol for HF contesting.
Improvements have also been made in other areas, as well as many minor
enhancements and bug fixes. Upgrading from earlier versions of WSJT-X should
be seamless. There is no need to uninstall a previous version or move any
files. Links to installation packages for Windows, Linux, and Macintosh are
available on http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html.

+ SILENT KEY + Ananth G. Pai, VU2PAI died on 14 July of a heart attack. Born
in 1973 and active on the HF bands since 1995, he was a successful
businessman, a philantropist and an avid DXer and contester. He participated
in a number of DXpeditions, including VU7LD (Lakshadweep Islands 2006),
VU4PB (Andaman Islands 2011), 8Q7KP (Maldives 2013), VU7AG (Lakshadweep
Islands 2013) and VU4CB (Nicobar Islands 2014), as well as expeditions to
IOTA groups AS-096 (St. Mary Isles 2001), AS-161 (Sacrifice Rock 2002) and
AS-169 (AT0AI, Arnala Island 2006). In the past he also served in the
Governing Committee of the Amateur Radio Society of India (ARSI), India's
IARU member society.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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B1HQ BA4EG IO9A IT9YVO SN8K SQ8ERS
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B4HQ BA4EG IR4X I4EAT TG9ANF VE7BV
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B7HQ BA4EG KL7SB/VP9 N4GNR TM07A F8DHE
BGOCOH BH4ESB KP2M NZ4DX TM0HQ F5CWU
BV0HQ BM2JCC LU0HQ LU4AA TM1MOON F4EUG
C6ADX W8GEX LX7I LX2A TM5A F5VHJ
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CO8LY EA7ADH MD/WJ2O N2ZN TM62TLG F4AHN
CO8RBD RW6HS MD2C MD0CCE UE90PR RK1O
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D4Z IK2NCJ [b] OD5ZZ N4GNR YU73BFG YU8A
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4L/DL7ZM David J. Pommerenke, 205 Sooter Lane, Rolla MO 65401, USA
EA5RM Antonio Gonzalez, Apartado Postal 930, 03200 Elche, Spain
EI7M John Barry, Lackabeha, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork, Ireland
HB2U Marco Hardmeier, Via Ponte Tresa 15, 6924 Sorengo, Switzerland
HG6N Salgotarjani Varosi Radioklub, Salgotarjan, Meredek ut 6 II/1,
3100, Hungary
HH2AA MyQSL Service, PO Box 375, Pawling NY 12564, USA
J42L Leo Fiskas, 1 Argyriou Gouzgou Str., 52 200 Argos Orestiko, Greece
JF1CCH Tatsuhiko Shimizu, 3-3-449 Higashishisui, Shisui-machi, Inba-gun,
Chiba, 285-0923, Japan
JH2RMU Akira Murayama, 248-4 Nakano-cho, Ise-shi, Mie, 516-0034, Japan
JO1CRA Hideharu Aimono, 2577-1 Tsuruta-machi, Utsunomiya-shi, Tochigi,
320-0851, Japan
JQ1SUO Eiji Shinoda, 3-3-17 Tomisato, Kashiwa-Shi, Chiba, 277-0081, Japan
JR7DXE Shigeyuki Saijo, 253-4 Ushiroku Jo, Kesennuma-shi, Miyagi,
988-0065, Japan
KH7XS Big Island Contest Club, P.O. Box 532, Laupahoehoe HI 96764, USA
LS2D Jose A. Senent, Apartado Postal 232, 07730 Alaior (Illes Balears),
Spain
LY0HQ Remigijus Vaicius, Neuzmirstuoliu g. 5-19, LT-04124 Vilnius,
Lithuania
NU1AW IARU, P.O. Box 310905, Newington CT 06131-0905, USA
PT4A Alex Sandro Sousa Alfenas, Rua Dona Osmira Muniz 500,
Caratinga - MG, 35300-138, Brazil
S79KW Kamil Eugeniusz Korneluk, PO Box 904, Anse Etoile, Victoria, Mahe,
Seychelles
SP9FIH Janusz Wegrzyn, pl. Pilsudskiego 6/9, 45-706 Opole, Poland
SP9YFF Jan Cieslik, Ul. Szmaragdowa 7/V/10, 41-943 Piekary Slaskie,
Poland
SZ3PMBG19 Amateur Radio Association of West Peloponnese, P.O. Box 12,
260 03 Patra, Greece
T40RCT Raul Verdecie Fernandez, Calle Angel Guardia No. 119,
e/Adolfo Villamar y Francisco Varona, CP 75100 Las Tunas, Cuba
TI5/N5BEK Philip P. Phillips, #20 Hacienda Atenas, Alajuela Atenas Atenas,
20501, Costa Rica
V31HQ BARC HQ Station, P.O. Box 159, Belmopan, Belize
VR2XAN Alberto Annesi, 1/F 7A Nam Shan Road, Peng Chau, Hong Kong
W1AW ARRL HQ Operators Club, 225 Main Street, Newington CT 06111, USA
WB4ICJ Space Center Amateur Radio Group, P.O. Box 340, Carbon Cliff
IL 61239-0340, USA
XP3A Harry de Jong, Broekdijk 59, 7695 TC Bruchterveld, The Netherlands
YW1K Julio Rivero, 1601 W Montgomery St, Broken Arrow OK 74012, USA
ZV5O Marcelo Teixeira, Rua Francisco Maravalhas 246, Curitiba-PR,
81540-360, Brazil

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