425 DX News #1476

17 August 2019 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1476

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

9M - Fifteen special event stations located in various Malaysian states
and federal territories will celebrate the 62nd anniversary of
Malaysia's independence (31 August 1957) from 30 August to 1
September. Active from West Malaysia will be 9M62MA, 9M62MB,
9M62MC, 9M62MD, 9M62MJ, 9M62MK, 9M62MM, 9M62MN, 9M62MP, 9M62MR,
9M62MT, 9M62MW and 9M62MY. Active from East Malaysia will be 9M62MQ
(Sarawak) and 9M62MS (Sabah). QSL via operator's instructions. A
certificate will be available from the Malaysian DX and Contest
Group's website (http://www.9mdxc.com/cq9m).
EA - AO7RL will be active from the Mesa de Roldan Lighthouse on 17-18
August. The location falls within rare grid square IM96, and
activity will focus on the VHF/UHF bands (50 MHz, 144 MHz, 432 MHz
and 1.2 GHz) using Phone, CW and FT8 via TR, MS, EME and satellite.
A dedicated HF station will also be QRV. QSL via the bureau, LotW,
eQSL or direct to EA7KP.
EA - Special event callsigns EG1SDC-EG9SDC and EH1SDC-EH9SDC will be
activated on 1-15 September to commemorate Day of Asturias and the
principality's patron saint, popularly known as the Santina de
Covadonga. This is the 35th edition of the 'SDC' special event. QSL
for all callsigns via EA1AUM (direct or bureau), LoTW and eQSL. See
http://santina.dxfun.com/ for more information.
EL - 30 September-11 October are the dates for the Italian DXpedition
Team's operation from Liberia [425DXN 1459]. Eleven operators
(I1FQH, I1HJT, I2PJA, I2YSB, IK2CIO, IK2CKR, IK2DIA, IK2HKT,
IK2RZP, IZ2XAF and JA3USA) will be active as A82X (CW and SSB) and
A82Z (RTTY and FT8) with five stations on 160-10 metres. QSL direct
to I2YSB. See http://www.i2ysb.com/idt/ for more information,
including band plans, real-time logsearch and OQRS for direct QSLs.
EX - A polish team (SP6CIK, SP6OJK, SP9FIH, SP9FOW, SP9TCE and SP9HVW)
will be active as EX6QP from the southern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul,
Kyrgyzstan on 2-15 September. They will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and
FT8 on the HF bands. QSL via SP6OJK. [TNX NG3K]
HL - Han, DS2GOO will be active holiday style as DS2GOO/3 from Sapshi
Island (AS-080) on 24-26 August. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX HL1VAU]
I - Look for IY7M to be active on 18 August from the premises of the
lighthouse at Punta San Cataldo (Bari). This activity commemorates
the 115th anniversary of the first public service of wireless tele-
graphy established by the Marconi Company across the Adriatic Sea,
and the 150th anniversary of the lighthouse. QSL via IZ7XNB. [TNX
IS0JMA]
I - ARI Scandicci, IQ5BL will be active from 24 August to 1 September
during the 32nd Italian Para-Archery Championships. All QSOs will
be confirmed automatically via the bureau. This special activity
has been endorsed by FITARCO, the Italian Archery Federation. [TNX
IZ5FSA]
J6 - Bill, K9HZ will be active again as J68HZ from St Lucia (NA-108)
from 23 August to 4 October. He operates CW, SSB, FT8 and RTTY on
160-2 metres, and plans to be QRV daily between 20 and 6 UTC. QSL
via LoTW (preferred), eQSL, or direct to K9HZ. [TNX The Daily DX]
JA - Special callsigns 8J3ICOM (from Kyoto) and 8N3ICOM (portable from
various locations) are active until 31 December. The suffix stands
for International COuncil of Museums (ICOM), whose 25th General
Conference is to be held in Kyoto on 1-7 September. Created in
1946, ICOM is a worldwide organisation committed to promoting and
Protecting natural and cultural heritage. All QSOs will be
confirmed automatically via the bureau; the log for 8J3ICOM will be
uploaded to LoTW. Direct cards should be requested through Club
Log's OQRS, or mailed to JARL Kyoto (P.O. Box 21, Mukomachi, Kyoto,
617-8691, Japan). A certificate will be availbale, more information
can be found on http://www.khn.co.jp/~shibu/icom2019/icom_e.htm.
KH8 - Atsu, 5W1SA is active again as KH8C from Tutuila (OC-045), American
Samoa until 25 August. He operates mainly FT8 and FT4 "after
sunset" on weekdays and "full time" during the weekends. QSL via
LoTW, or via JF1OCQ.
OJ0 - Taking part in Market Reef's golden jubilee celebrations, JH4RHF,
JE6HIB, DS4EOI and OM5RW (with on-site support by Henri OH3JR/OJ0JR
and Pertti OG2M/OJ0MR) will be active as OJ0O on 17-24 August. QSL
via Club Log's OQRS. Another OJ0 operation, led again by Henri, is
expected to take place on 19-28 September, with participation in
the CW leg of the Scandinavian Activity Contest. This will include
dismantling the permanent antennas and taking back the used
equipment. [TNX OH2BH]
PA - Special callsigns PA75OSB (15 August-30 September) and PA75SODS (26
August-22 September) will be activated to commemorate the 75th
anniversary of Operation Switchback and the Battle of the Scheldt
(Slag Om De Schelde) during World War II. QSL PA75OSB via PC4C
(direct or bureau); QSL PA75SODS via PI4ZWN (bureau) or PA3GEO
(direct).
PA - Arie, PD0ARI will be active as PD538RNI from 28 August to 25
September. His love for radio started in the early seventies while
listening to Radio Veronica (which transmitted on 538 metres) and
Radio Northsea International (RNI). When the Dutch government
passed its anti-pirate legislation, both offshore stations had to
close down on 31 August 1974. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
PA - Special callsign PH100KLM will be activayed from 1 September to 30
November to mark the centenary of KLM, the flag carrier airline of
the Netherlands and the oldest airline in the world still operating
under its original name. QSL via the bureau to PA3DVA.
TA - Special callsign TC113PTR will be activated on 31 August and 1
September to memorialize the opening of the first wireless
telegraph station in the Ottoman Empire, established at Patara near
Gelemis (Antalya) on 31 August 1906. QSL via TA4E.
YO - Dan, YO9FNP will be active again as YO9KXF/p from Fericirii Island
(EU-191) on 16-19 August. He will operate mainly CW with some
SSB and FT8 on 40 and 20 metres. QSL direct to YO9FNP (see
https://www.qrz.com/db/YO9KXF/p for PayPal instructions). [TNX DX
World]
Z8 - Diya, YI1DZ has returned to Juba, South Sudan and hopes to be QRV
again as Z81D by 17 August. He operates SSB and FT8 on 80-10m. His
contract in South Sudan runs to 10 October. QSL via Club Log's
OQRS, or via OM3JW. He does not use LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]

BALTIC WAY 30 ---> On 23 August 1989 hundreds of thousands people formed a
human chain spanning across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, demanding the
reestablishment of the independence of the Baltic States. Commemorating the
30th anniversary of the "Baltic Way", memorial stations ES30WAY, LY30WAY and
YL30WAY will be active on 19-25 August. This is a joint project of the
amateur radio societies of Estonia (Eesti Raadioamatooride Uhing, ERAU),
Lithuania (Lietuvos Radijo Megeju Draugija, LRMD) and Latvia (Latvijas Radio
Amatieru Liga, LRAL). QSLs via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW and eQSL. A certificate
will be available; see http://lrmd.lt/30WAY for instructions.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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HAPPY 150! ---> 2019 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth (2 September
1869) of Hiram Percy Maxim (W1AW), first president and cofounder of the
ARRL, and the League is again holding an operating event to celebrate his
legacy. This operating event is open to all amateurs, and the goal is
straightforward: find stations operating in the event, many adding "/150" to
their call signs, and contact as many a s possible during the 9-day
celebration, from 31 August to 8 September. W1AW and all ARRL members are
eligible and will append /150 to their call sign during this event (this
includes DX Stations who are ARRL members, who may operate as callsign/150
if permitted by the regulations of their country of license). See
http://www.arrl.org/hpm150-birthday-celebration for complete information. A
dedicated logging programme developed by Scott Davis, N3FJP can be
downloaded for free: http://www.n3fjp.com/hpmaxim.html

IOTA: TRANSFER OF CREDITS FROM AS-117 TO AS-206 --- > "All old AS-117
credits issued for operations from islands which now belong to AS-206 have
been transferred to AS-206.
Additionally, old AS-117 operations from islands now within AS-206 which
have logs at Club Log enabled for QSO matching, as well as old IOTA Contest
logs which fall in this category have been appropriately amended to be used
toward AS-206 credits. Please direct any questions you may have on this
topic to info[@]iota-world.org" [VE3LYC, https://iota-world.org/, 8 August
2019]

IOTA: TRANSFER OF OLD AS-025, EU-019, AND EU-133 CREDITS --- > "All old
credits issued for operations from islands which used to be at one time part
of these island groups but are now within AS-204, EU-190, and EU-117,
respectively, have been transferred. In case the respective chasers already
had credits for the latter groups, their original credits were revoked.
EU-117 and EU-133 have been re-organized after Malyy Visotsky Is. lost its
DXCC status in 2012, but the credit transfer was postponed until now.
Old operations from the above island groups which have logs at Club Log
enabled for QSO matching, as well as old IOTA Contest logs which fall into
this category have been appropriately amended to continue to be used toward
IOTA credits. Please direct any questions you may have on this topic to
info[@]iota-world.org" [VE3LYC, https://iota-world.org/, 14 August 2019]

MIDWAY ISLAND 2020 ---> Ron, KH6DV has announced that "for a number of very
good reasons" the February 2020 KH6VV/KH4 DXpedition to Midway [425DXN 1474]
has been postponed. "Some of the things we are working on will take a number
of months - one will take 4 or 5 by itself. We could postpone for just a
couple months but then we would be operating during the summer with its
associated terrible conditions. We have decided to plan for the first two
weeks in October 2020". [TNX DX World]

QSL R63RRC ---> The logs for the IOTA DXpedition to Popigay-Ary Island,
AS-063 (15,265 QSOs logged between 24 July and 3 August) have been posted to
Club Log and the OQRS has been enabled: https://clublog.org/logsearch/R63RRC
Those who do not use Club Log should go direct and mail their request to
EU7A (maildrop): Andrey N. Teterukov, P.O. Box 13, 212030 Mogilev-30,
Belarus.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3B8CW N4GNR E73M E73Y P3N RW3RN
3V8CB LX1NO EA6/EA3HSO N4GNR PA75OSB PC4C
3Z1919PS SP9PNB ED2FPA EA2RCA PJ4/AH2P EA4AK
4K6N RW6HS EF1A EA1XT PJ4DX M0URX
4L2M EA7FTR EF2A EA2OT PJ7TM K2GSJ
4S7YSG JA2SWH EF5Y LoTW R105WWS RV3YR
4X/KL7SB N4GNR EG7FPM EA7RCM RA1ALA/8 RA1ALA
4X6FR 4X6OM EG7SCC EA7HBC RK30DR R1II
4Z4AK 4Z5MU EH3FPT EA3RCY SE7M SM7GUY
5B4AMX LZ3SM EM44T DH5FS SK7BORE SK7DX
5E6A EA7FTR EN60KSR UT1KY SL1HF SM7EXE
5R8PX IK2DUW EX8NR RW6HS SN0ARCO SP9KJU
5R8UI IZ8CCW F/OE6MBG EB7DX SN0RUN SP5PPK
6W1TA F5PRU FK8CE N4GNR SN1919PS SP9KDU
7S2W SM2EKM FK8GX W3HNK SN2B SP3CGK
8Q7GB IZ2DLV H31A HP1AVS SN75PW SP5ZIP
9A01GPPVC 9A5WW H44MS DL2GAC SN75W SP7IWA
9G5AR N4GNR HC5DX W3HNK SN7Q SP7GIQ
9J2BO G3TEV HF1919PS SP9ZHR SN86LOT SP1PMY
9K2BS EC6DX HG0FLOYD HA5GY SO1944W SP5PSL
9N1AA N4GNR HH2JR W3HNK SQ1919PS SP9PKM
9Q6BB W3HNK HK3C M0URX SW9AA LZ1PM
9V1YC W5UE HK7AAG EA5GL SZ6P SV1BJW
A91FTDMC A92AA HL74V 6K0MF T45FM RW6HS
AM500SEV EA7URF HO1D HP1RCP T88US JF1OCQ
C37AC EA3QS II8FTDM IK8YFU TM0BSM DK5OPA
C37FF C37URA IR2Q IK2PFL TM14FAJ F5KHP
C37NL C37URA IR8D IZ8JAI TM230RF F4DTO
C91CCY K3IRV KH8C JF1OCQ TM25GC F5KMY
CB3DIA CE3GCA LG80T LA2T TM500LV F1IOZ
CN2KW ON4KWT LX75V LX1JH TM75DP F4AHJ
CN8KD EA5XX LX8FTDM LX1TI TM75LM PA2JWN
CP5HK EC6DX LY783SUN LY4TB TM8FTDM F1ULQ
CR3EE OZ2I LZ19YOTA LZ1BJ TO8FTDM F1ULQ
CR3W DL5AXX LZ50ZF LZ2UW VK2IA DK2BJ
CS5SUB CS5NRA LZ5R LZ1YQ VK8ZJZ EB7DX
CT9ABR OZ2I OD5ET EB7DX VY0ERC M0OXO
CX2BR EA5GL OD5FTDMC K3IRV VY2ZM EA7HBC
DA0FONTANE DK6AN OE19FTDMC OE1SGU W2T N2OO
DK100WDWR DL7USC OH0UDG M0OXO YO15IPA YO3AS
DK100WDWR DL7USC OL88YL HB9FPM ZL6FTDMC F1ULQ
DQ600UNI DL5KVV OM8A OM2VL ZS9V M0OXO
DU1IST JA1HGY ON75PPA ON6WL ZV50Y PT2OP
E2A E21EIC P33W UA3DX ZW8T PS8HF

7X4AN Mohamed Boukhiar, Apartado Postal 30133, 08080 Barcelona, Spain
9L1YXJ Mark A. Brewer, 2160 Freetown Pl, Dulles VA 20189-2160, USA
CQ0ODX Oeste DX Gang Associacao, Rua do Moinho 3, Seixal,
2530-267 Lourinha, Portugal
EG8CAN Apartado Postal 112, San Cristobal de La Laguna,
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 38200 Spain
EG8HKT Apartado Postal 178, San Cristobal de La Laguna,
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 38200 Spain
EL2BG I.Richmond W.K. Harding, 6141 Clifton Avenue Ext, Jacksonville,
FL 32211, USA
GB5RO David Wishart, Curcum, Swannay by Evie, Orkney, KW17 2NS,
United Kingdom
JF1OCQ Hiroyuki Miyake, 1-3-6 Asakura-machi, Maebashi-shi, Gunma,
371-0811, Japan
RA1ALA Mikhail B. Lipin, Novokolomyazhsky prospekt 11-630,
Sankt-Peterburg, 197375, Russia
TO5M Christopher Hillier, 29 Round Pond Rd, Portugal Cove-St Philips,
NL A1M 2Z4, Canada
ZD7BG Gilbert Legg, PO Box 157, Jamestown, STHL 1ZZ, St. Helena Island,
South Atlantic Ocean
ZD7DL Daniel Leo, PO Box 97, Jamestown, STHL 1ZZ, St. Helena Island,
South Atlantic Ocean
ZD7FT Peter Constantine, PO Box 33, Jamestown, STHL 1ZZ,
St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean
ZD7GWM Garry Mercury, Dairy Farm Cottage, Longwood, STHL 1ZZ,
St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean
ZD7JC John Cranfield, PO Box 229, Waterfall View, The Briars, STHL 1ZZ,
St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean
ZD7MY Barrie Williams, PO Box 107, Jamestown, STHL 1ZZ,
St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean
ZD7VC Bruce R. Salt, PO Box 5, Jamestown, STHL 1ZZ, St. Helena Island,
South Atlantic Ocean
ZY160CAT Adriano Gomes, Caixa Postal 182, Catalao - GO, 75701-970, Brazil

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