425 DX News #1490

23 November 2019 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1490

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

4S - Bernhard, DK7TF will be active again as 4S7DLG from Ambalangoda,
Sri Lanka (AS-003) starting around 25 November. He will operate
mainly SSB and FT8. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS.
5N - Bodo, DF8DX and Rene, DL2JRM have been active as 5N7Q from Abuja,
Nigeria since 16 November. They will remain there until the 25th,
Including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. They operate CW,
RTTY, SSB and FT8 (Fox & Hound) on 160-10 metres. QSL via LoTW, or
Club Log's OQRS, or via DF8DX (direct or bureau).
5V - Andy, KB9IJI is a long-term resident in Mango, Togo and has been
granted "special permission to legally operate as 5V/KB9IJI" until
his application for a callsign is approved, "hopefully before the
end of the year". He plans to operate SSB, CW and digital modes on
all HF bands, and to upload his log to both LoTW and eQSL. [TNX The
Daily DX]
8Q - Fabien, DF3XY will be active as 8Q7XY from the Maldives (AS-013) on
10-23 December. He will operate mainly FT8 and SSB on 40, 30, 20,
15 and 10 metres. QSL direct to home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
8R - Heye, DJ9RR has been active as 8R1/AG6UT since 20 November, and
will remain in Guyana until 28 November. He operates CW, RTTY and
FT8 on 160-10 metres, and will participate in the CQ WW DX CW
Contest. QSL via DJ9RR (direct or bureau), and eventually LoTW.
9J - Mario, IK1MYT is active as 9J2MYT from Lusaka, Zambia until May
2020. He can be QRV on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL direct to
IZ3KVD.
C5 - Andre, ON7YK has been active again as C5YK since 16 November, and
will remain in Bijilo, The Gambia until early March 2020. He
operates digital modes (especially FT8), SSB and some CW on 60-10
metres. QSL via LoTW and eQSL, or via home call (see qrz.com for
instructions); logsearch on http://www.on7yk.eu/.
C5 - Paul, SA6PIS will be active holiday style as C56PIS from Bakau, The
Gambia from 28 November to 13 December. QSL via home call.
UA - Special callsigns R2019DX and UE29DX will be active from 25
November to 1 December to mark the 29th anniversary of the Miller
DX Club. QSL via the bureau, or direct to RQ7L.
V4 - Once again John, W5JON will be active as V47JA from St. Kitts
(NA-104) on 10-19 December. He will operate SSB and FT8 on 160-6
metres. QSL via W5JON (direct only) and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
VU - Datta, VU2DSI will be active again as AU2JCB from 23 November to
16 December to commemorate the birthdate of Indian physicist and
radio pioneer Jagadish Chandra Bose. Look for activity on 80, 40,
20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL direct to VU2DSI.
XZ - Martti, OH2BH has been active as XZ2D from Myanmar since 21
November. The licence issued to him is valid up to 17 April 2020,
with band privileges limited to 20 MHz and higher (which means 15
and 10 metres only). Martti hopes to get a special temporary
permission to operate on 14065 kHz for the duration of the CQ WW DX
CW Contest (48 hours). QSL via OH2BH.

CQ WW DX CW CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their par-
ticipation in this year's event (23-24 November):

ZONE CALL CATEGORY COUNTRY QSL VIA
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02 VE2IM Canada LoTW/VE3DZ
02 VY0ERC Canada LoTW/M0OXO
05 VP9I M/S Bermuda LoTW/WW3S
07 HR9/N3AD SOAB Honduras W3HNK
07 TG4/KT8X SO Guatemala LoTW
07 TI7W SOAB HP Costa Rica LoTW/W4FS
07 V31CQ M/S Belize LoTW/K5PS
07 YN2CC SOAB LP Nicaragua LoTW/AJ9C
08 8P2K SOSB 160m Barbados KU9C
08 8P5A SOAB HP Barbados LoTW/HA1AG
08 8P6ET SOAB LP Barbados KU9C
08 C6AGU Bahamas HA7RY
08 FM5KC SOAB Martinique LoTW/F5VHJ
08 FS/VA3DF SOSB St Martin LoTW
08 HH2AA SOAB LP Haiti LoTW
08 HI3CC SO Dominican Republic W2CCW
08 KP2M M/? US Virgin Isls LoTW/NZ4DX
08 KP3Z SOAB Puerto Rico LoTW/N4AO
08 KP4/WQ2N SOSB 20m Puerto Rico WQ2N
08 NP2P SO US Virgin Isls LoTW
08 PJ7/K0CD SOSB 20m QRP Sint Maarten K0CD
08 V26K SOAB LP Antigua & Barbuda LoTW/AA3B
08 V4/WX4G SOSB 40m St Kitts & Nevis WX4G
08 V47T SOAB HP St Kitts & Nevis W2RQ
08 VP2MDM M/2 Montserrat LoTW/K2DM
08 VP2VWW SOAB LP British Virgin Isls LoTW/AA7V
08 VP5M M/? Turks & Caicos LoTW/K4QPL
08 ZF1A SOAB HP Cayman Isls LoTW/K6AM
08 ZF9CW SOAB HP Cayman Isls LoTW/K5GO
09 8R1/AG6UT SOAB Guyana LoTW/DJ9RR
09 FY5FY SOSB 160m French Guiana FY5FY
09 FY5KE SO French Guiana LoTW
09 P40C SOAB Aruba LoTW
09 P40W SOAB Aruba LoTW/N2MM
09 PJ4A M/S Bonaire LoTW/K4BAI
09 PJ4K M/2 Bonaire KU9C
09 PZ5W M/2 Suriname LoTW/N0AT
09 TO1A SOSB 15m LP French Guiana LoTW
10 HC0T SOAB LP Ecuador LoTW/RC5A
14 CR5E SOAB Portugal LoTW/CT1ILT
14 GJ4YOX SOSB 20m Jersey LoTW/GU4YOX
14 GU4CHY SOSB 20m Guernsey GU4CHY
14 HB0A M/S Liechtenstein LoTW
14 MD4K SOAB Isle of Man LoTW/G3NKC
14 MU2K SOAB LP Guernsey GU8ITE
14 MW5B SOSB 160m Wales LoTW
15 4U1A M/S Vienna Int'l Centre UA3DX
15 9H3TX M/2 Malta LoTW/DL5XAT
15 HV0A MO Vatican City LoTW/IK0FVC
15 IS0/LZ5F M/S Sardinia
15 IS0/OM8A SOAB HP Sardinia OM2VL
15 LY4A M/? Lithuania LoTW/LY4A
15 OH0Z SOAB HP Aland Isls LoTW/W0MM
15 TK0C M/S Corsica LoTW/S50C
16 EW5A M/S Belarus EW6W
20 5B4AGU SOSB 40m Cyprus LZ1MS
20 SW9AA SOAB Crete LZ1PM
20 SX2I M/? Greece LoTW/SV2JAO
20 SZ1A M/? Greece LotW
20 TC0F M/S Turkey TA2BN
21 4L2M SOSB 20m Georgia EA7FTR
21 4L8A SOSB 40m Georgia LoTW/K1BV
21 9K2HN SOAB Kuwait LoTW/9K2HN
21 9K2K SOSB 40m Kuwait LoTW/EC6DX
21 A44A M/? Oman A47RS
24 B4T M/? China LoTW/BA4TB
26 HS0ZAR M/2 Thailand K3ZO
26 XV9D SOSB Vietnam LoTW/EA5GL
26 XV9DXB SO Vietnam EB7DX
26 XZ2D SO Myanmar OH2BH
27 AH2R M/S Guam LoTW
27 V63AR SOAB HP Micronesia LoTW/K7AR
28 7A2A M/S Indonesia LoTW/YB2DX
28 9M6NA SOAB East Malaysia LoTW
28 V85RH SO Brunei LoTW
29 VK9CZ M/2 Cocos (Keeling) Isls LoTW/N3SL
32 FO/K5PI SO LP French Polynesia K5PI
32 H40KT Temotu Province M0URX
32 ZL3X M/2 New Zealand LoTW
32 ZM4T M/2 HP New Zealand LoTW
33 CN3A Morocco LoTW/IK2OHG
33 CR3S SOSB Madeira LoTW
33 CR3X M/S Madeira LoTW/K2PF
33 EA8/IK1PMR SO Canary Isls HB9FKK
33 EA8/OK2GG SOSB 40m LP Canary Isls OK2GG
33 EA8/OK5D SOSB 80m LP Canary Isls OK1DTP
33 EA8/OL1A SOSB 15 LP Canary Isls OK1CW
33 ED8W SOSB 40m Canary Isls EA5GL
33 IH9/OK6RA SOSB 40m AF Italy OK6RA
33 IH9/OL3R SOSB 20m AF Italy OK1VWK
35 5N7Q Nigeria LoTW/DF8DX
35 5T0AA SO Mauritania LoTW/PE5O
35 5U9AMO SOAB LP Niger LoTW/M0URX
35 6V7A M/S Senegal LoTW/F6BEE
35 6W7PCT Senegal F5KKD
35 9G5W M/S LP Ghana LoTW/S54W
35 C56DF SOSB The Gambia LoTW/G3XTT
35 C56XA SOSB The Gambia LoTW/G3SWH
35 D4C SOAB HP Cape Verde LoTW
35 D4CC SO Cape Verde OE4AAC
36 ZD7W SOAB St. Helena LoTW/W6NV
37 5H3UA Tanzania LoTW
38 V55A SOAB HP Namibia M0OXO
39 3B8M M/M Mauritius LoTW/M0OXO
40 XP2I SOAB LP Greenland LoTW/OZ2I

Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqc2019.html - good contest to you
all!

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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4U1UN ---> Two updates were posted to the United Nations Amateur Radio Club
(4U1UN) Facebook page on 20 November . First: the 4U1UN beacon, which was
temporarily deactivated due to wind-incurred damage to the antenna, is back
- "not sure how much longer it'll survive", however, as "the antenna is
literally being held together with tape and chewing gum at this point".
Second: "some may have had the good fortune of working Adrian [KO8SCA] today
while he ran some tests", and it seems that "everything is finally
functioning as it should. That said, you should start to hear 4U1UN back on
the air very soon".

PRIMNM COMMUNITY GROUP ---> Don Greenbaum, N1DG has been appointed to the
NOAA Fisheries/US Fish and Wildlife Service PRIMNM Community Group,
established to provide input to the agencies on the management, proper care,
and effective stewardship of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National
Monument. This Community Group will also provide a forum to discuss ideas
and opportunities regarding PRIMNM management, for consideration in the
draft Monument Management Plan that is under development. The PRIMNM area
consists of approximately 1,282,000 square kilometers in the central Pacific
Ocean, and encompasses four current DXCC Entities: Baker & Howland Islands,
Johnston Atoll, Palmyra Atoll & Jarvis Island, and Wake Island.

QSL VIA RW6HS ---> Vasiliy reports he is the QSL manager for Moroccan
stations CN8HDZ, CN8NIL, CN8SAM and CN8SCS, as well as for HI8CQ and HI7M
(including the latter's past callsigns, HI7MC and HI7MCW). QSL direct to
Vasiliy M. Kasyanenko, P.O. Box 8, g. Novopavlovsk, Stavropolskiy kr.,
357300, Russia.

ROTUMA DXPEDITION NEWS ---> Tony, 3D2AG expected to be QRV as 3D2AG/p from
Rotuma in late November, but he has had to postpone his departure owing to
an unexpected change in the ship schedule [425DXN 1489]. "It now appears
that sailing will not happen before 8 December, or latest by 15 December
(two boats being looked at)", he posted to https://www.qrz.com/db/3d2ag/p on
21 November. "As we are heading into our cyclone season, the longer the
delay the more risk of being stranded on the return in mid-January. Because
of the need to take drums of diesel fuel, a heavy-duty generator, and other
equipment flying is not an option".

TQSL: NEW VERSION ---> A new version (v2.5.1) of LoTW's Trusted QSL (TQSL)
has been released: http://www.arrl.org/tqsl-download. This version has new
features as well as corrections for defects found since TQSL 2.4.7 was
released. This release also includes an update to the most recent TQSL
configuration file. TQSL 2.5.1 can be installed to upgrade any older version
of TQSL. On all three supported platforms (Windows, MacOS and Linux),
installing TQSL 2.5.1 will replace older versions of Trusted QSL while
preserving your Callsign Certificates, Station Locations, and preferences.

WRC-19: REGION 1 50 MHZ AMATEUR ALLOCATION ---> "The World Radiocommunica-
tion Conference WRC-19 has approved an allocation in the 50 MHz band for
amateurs in Region 1", Hans Blondeel Timmerman, PB2T (IARU Region 1 Secre-
tary) posted to https://www.iaru-r1.org/ on 21 November. "The decision will
now be incorporated in the Final Acts of the conference.
The decision comes after more than three weeks of strenuous negotiations to
reconcile widely disparate views of Region 1 administrations. The result is
a dramatic improvement in the international Radio Regulations for amateurs
in Region 1. Before WRC-19 there were only 11 countries in Africa with a
primary allocation in the band. When the Final Acts take effect, on a date
that has not yet been determined, there will be 44 countrie s in Region 1
with a primary allocation of at least 500 kHz including 26 countries with a
primary allocation of the entire band 50-54 MHz. The entire region will have
an amateur secondary allocation of 50-52 MHz except in the Russian Federa-
tion, whose administration opted for only 50.080-50.280 MHz on a secondary
basis. There are provisions to protect the other existing services that use
the band in Region 1 and neighboring countries in Region 3. The existing
primary allocation of 50-54 MHz in Regions 2 and 3 is unaffected. The exact
manner in which the allocations will be implemented in Region 1 countries
will be determined by each administration and may be either more generous or
less, depending on national considerations. The WRC-19 decision on its
agenda item 1.1 is the culmination of years of effort by the IARU and its
member-societies, mainly in Region 1 but with support from the other two
regions".

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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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3A/IU5AXT IZ5GST DU3LA W3HNK OM4Q OM3BY
3B8M M0OXO DU6/PE1NSQ EA5GL OR18ONZ ON6HC
4E1ADW 9V1KG E2OH E21EIC OR18WTO ON4KNP
4L1R W3HNK EH5ASR EA5RKB OR50BFS ON2KFJ
4L5P UT7QF EI100YXQ EI9FVB PA6TRIS PC2L
4U1A UA3DX EN185UNIV UT8UF PD33EUDXF PA0MBD
4U1WB KK4HD EY8MM K1BV PJ4/KU8E K4BAI
4U25B 9A2AA FM5FJ KU9C PJ5/SP6EQZ SP6EQZ
4V1000 W3HNK FM5KC F5VHJ PJ5/SP6IXF SP6IXF
5B4AJC UA3DX GB60ATG M0OXO PJ7TM K2GSJ
5N7Q DF8DX H40TT M0URX PZ5W N0AT
5P9X OZ9GA HS0ZFV DL3DXX R100AS RO1M
5R8KU JA8VE HS0ZLD K4ZW R200SB RZ4AWB
5R8VX JF1OCQ HS0ZME SM6NT SF50CG SM0BYD
5T0AA PE5O HZ1TT A61BK SN90WAC SP3PSM
5U9AMO M0URX IB2LV I2MYF SW9AA LZ1PM
6W1RW F6BEE IQ5PJ IW5AOT SX2I SV2JAO
6W7PCT F5KKD [b] IY5PIS IW5AOT T88DT JH1OLB
6W7PCT F8GGV [d] J66CD EB7DX TM30CDR F6KUQ
7X2TT EA5GL J68GD K9AW TM350XWB F1EOY
8Q7KX DL8KX J79WTA HB9MFM TM75MAR F4HZS
8Q7XR ZL1BQD K2SC/KH2 JJ2PIK TM8AB F4KJQ
8R1/AG6UT DJ9RR KH0TF/KH2 JK2NWW V26K AA3B
9G5W S54W KH2L W3HNK V31CQ K5PS
9H3FX DF4XX KH8/K1TF JA1VND V47NT W2RQ
9H3OG DL4HG LZ19ECC LZ1KSP V51WH DK2WH
A25SL N4GNR LZ4A LZ1YQ V63AR K7AR
A41KJ N4GNR LZ6E LZ1GU VE2IM VE3DZ
A65DR N4GNR LZ8R LZ3BB VK2DX W3HNK
A91OMA A92AA N2FO/KH2 JH1FNU VK5PAS M0OXO
AC2CX/KH2 JE1JAC NB6GC WW6G VK9CZ N3SL
BV0J BM2JCC NJ2BB KB2BRR VK9LQ DF8AN
C56DF G3XTT OA4/EA7TN EA5GL VP2MED K2TE
C56XA G3SWH OG60IPA OH4MDY VP2MPS K2PS
C5YK ON7YK OK5W OK1MJA VY0ERC M0OXO
C6AGU HA7RY OK5Z OK2ZI XP2I OZ2I
CE2SV N7RO OK7O OK1DOL XT2BR F8FUA
CN8SG EA7FTR OL1C OK1ONA XV9D EA5GL
CP1XRM EA5RM OL3A OK1MR XZ2D OH2BH
CS2ACC CT7ABF OL4ACF OK1AR YJ0FWA RZ3FW
CT9/R7KW K2PF OL5M OK1GI YN2CC AJ9C
CT9/UZ5DX HG5DX OL6P OK2WTM YQ0U YO5BFJ
D4CC OE4AAC OL9Z OK2PVF Z68HZ TA1HZ
D4Z IK2NCJ OM0R OM3GI ZD7W W6NV
DQ600UNI DL5KVV OM45TATRY OM2FY ZL/HG0R HA0NAR

9L1YXJ Mark A. Brewer, 2160 Freetown Pl, Dulles VA 20189-2160, USA
DR175CW Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
EA5GL Pedro Miguel Ronda Monsell, C/ Maximiliano Thous 16-24,
46009 Valencia, Spain
EA5RM Antonio Gonzalez, Apartado Postal 930, 03200 Elche, Spain
G3SWH Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol,
BS49 5HQ, United Kingdom
KU9C Steven M. Wheatley, P.O. Box 529, Mount Freedom NJ 07970-0529,
USA
M0OXO Charles Wilmott, 60 Church Hill, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4NG,
United Kingdom
N3SL Kim Larson, 22 N Hidden Acres Dr, Sioux City IA 51108, USA
PY7XC/PY0F Jemesson Faria, Rua Maria Carolina 553/1002, Recife - PE,
51020-220, Brazil
T6AA Robert Kasca, Govejk 11C, 5281 Spodnja Idrija, Slovenia
W3HNK Joseph Arcure Jr., P.O. Box 68, Dallastown PA 17313, USA
W6NV Oliver Sweningsen III, PO Box 90, Orinda CA 94563, USA
ZZ7ZP Flavio Teixeira, Rua Neilson Costa Barros 45,
Palmeira dos Indios - AL, 57608-473, Brazil

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