425 DX News #1496

4 January 2020 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1496

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

D4 - Egill, TF3EO is active again as D44KF from Sal Island (AF-086),
Cape Verde until 9 January. This time he operates CW and "a very
little SSB". QSL direct to G3SWH (OQRS on http://www.g3swh.org.uk)
or LoTW; the log will be uploaded to Club Log.
G - John, M0XIG will operate special callsign GB200FN between 7 January
and 3 February to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), the founder of modern nursing.
QSL direct to M0XIG.
GW - Chris, G1VDP and Tim, M0URX will be active as MC0SHL from the
Strumblehead Amateur Radio Klub's premises on mainland Wales on 3-5
January. They will be testing out the Band Activity and Real Time
Log Search on M0URX's OQRS: read about this facility by going to
https://www.m0urx.com/ and selecting "OQRS Hints & Tips" in the
dropdown menu under "How to QSL".
JA - JARL's Okinawa Branch will operate special station 8N6SHURI
throughout 2020 to support the reconstruction of Shuri Castle,
whose main courtyard structures were destroyed in a fire on 1
October 2019. QSL via the bureau. A UNESCO World Heritage site, for
450 years Shuri Castle was the royal court and administrative
centre of the Ryukyu Kingdom, as well as the cultural heart of the
Ryukyu Islands.
LZ - Once again Radio Club Blagovestnik (LZ1KCP) will use twelve special
callsigns throughout 2020 to honour as many different Orthodox
saints: LZ1908IK (January), LZ34WGI (February), LZ250KD (March),
LZ603IL (April), LZ177GL (May), LZ734PA (June), LZ551MS (July),
LZ662MI (August), LZ595IP (September), LZ1891AO (October), LZ350PI
(November) and LZ1263AN (December). QSL via the bureau or direct to
P.O. Box 36, 4300 Karlovo, Bulgaria. Details on the "All Saints
2020" award can be found at http://www.lz1kcp.com/.
T8 - JH6WDG will be active again as T88AQ from Koror (OC-009), Palau on
7-13 January. He will operate SSB, CW and FT8 on 160-10 metres. QSL
via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or via JH6WDG. [TNX The Daily DX]
UA - The Russian Robinson Club will operate special event station
R200ANT [425DXN 1495] between 1 January and 31 March to commemorate
The 200th anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica. QSL via
RZ3EC. See https://antarctica200.hamlog.ru/ for information on the
"Antarctica 200" award programme.
VK9N - Janusz, SP9FIH will be active as VK9NK from Norfolk Island (OC-005)
between 12 January and 12 April. He will operate SSB, RTTY and FT8
(Fox & Hound) on 160-10 metres, and will participate in the CQ WW
WPX SSB Contest. QSL via Club Log's OQRS (preferred), or via
SP9FIH. See http://vk9nk.dxpeditions.org/ for more information.
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
VP2M - Duane, WV2B will be active holiday style as VP2MDT from Montserrat
(NA-103) on 9-15 January. He will operate SSB and CW. QSL via WV2B.
[TNX NG3K]
XE - Weather and sea conditions permitting, Radio Club Puebla DX's
members XE1AY, XE1SPM, XE1SRD and XE1SY will be active as 6F3A from
Isla Perez (NA-153) on 11-17 February, including participation in
the ARRL DX CW Contest and the American Lighthouses Weekend. They
plan to be QRV on 80, 40, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 6 metres with
three stations during their daylight hours; during the night, when
they are not allowed to use the generator, they will run one or two
stations using deep cycle batteries. QSL via XE1SY (see qrz.com for
Paypal instructions).
YU - Special callsign YT50SCWC will be activated throughout 2020 to
celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Serbian CW Club. QSL via
LoTW, or via YU1MM (direct or bureau).
ZF - Pete, K8PGJ will be active again as ZF2PG from the Cayman Islands
(NA-016) on 11-19 January. He will operate SSB on the HF bands,
with holiday style activity except during the North American QSO
Party (from 18 UTC on 18 January to 6 UTC on the 19th). QSL via
LoTW or direct to home call.

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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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

CQ DX HALL OF FAME NOMINATIONS ---> Nominations for the 2020 "class" of the
CQ DX Hall of Fame are due by 1 March. The CQ DX Hall of Fame honours those
DXers who have gone "above and beyond", not only in terms of their own
on-air accomplishments, but also in terms of "giving back" to the DXing
community. A maximum of two (2) people may be inducted each year.
Nominations may be made by DX clubs, national organizations or individuals,
and must be submitted by 1 March of each year to be considered. Nominations
should be directed to CQ DX Hall of Fame, c/o CQ Magazine, 17 West John
Street, Hicksville NY 11801, USA; or (preferably) via e-mail to w2vu[@]cq-
amateur-radio.com. Be sure to specify that the nomination is for the CQ DX
Hall of Fame. [TNX N2OO]

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. The 2020 edition started
at 00.00 UTC on 1 January and will end at 23.59 UTC on 31 December. Complete
details can be found at http://www.dxmarathon.com/.

DX SOUND CLIPS ---> Tom's (K8CX) DX sound clips for 2019 can be found at
http://hamgallery.com/dx2019/. The collection of 130 clips (MP3 format)
covers the major DXpeditions, plus rare and semi-rare DX. This makes 22
full years of sound clips available.

MOST WANTED LISTS ---> The "Most Wanted 100 Countries Archive" maintained by
Tom, K8CX (http://hamgallery.com/countries/) covers the years 1993-2019 and
counting. The charts show the Top 100 DXCC Entities moving up and down the
list from year to year; data come from The DX Magazine (2014 and before) and
Club Log (since 2015).
Club Log's latest Most Wanted List, generated on 25 December 2019, can be
found at https://secure.clublog.org/mostwanted.php. The information is
derived from QSOs uploaded to Club Log (currently 611.7 million log entries
available for analysis) and, to improve quality, only QSOs that have QSLs
confirmed are considered to be worked. The most wanted charts are rebuilt
once per month, on average. The top 20 Entities are:
1. P5 DPRK (North Korea) 11. FT/G Glorioso Islands
2. 3Y/B Bouvet Island 12. VK0M Macquarie Island
3. FT5/W Crozet Islands 13. YV0 Aves Island
4. BS7H Scarborough Reef 14. KH4 Midway Island
5. CE0X San Felix & San Ambrosio 15. ZS8 Prince Edward & Marion Isls
6. BV9P Pratas Island 16. VP8O South Orkney Islands
7. KH7K Kure Island 17. PY0S St Peter and St Paul Rocks
8. KH3 Johnston Island 18. PY0T Trindade & Martim Vaz Isls
9. 3Y/P Peter I Island 19. KP5 Desecheo Island
10. FT5/X Kerguelen Islands 20. SV/A Mount Athos

QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX's
website has been updated. Sixteen different galleries include 17,564 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].

R207RRC ---> UA3AKO and other Russian Robinson Club's members plan to be
active as R207RRC from Kosa Dvukh Pilotov (AS-207, new one for IOTA)
sometime during the Spring. The licence is valid through 16 May. More
information is expected in due course.

RI0B ---> The Artic Legends Expedition 2020 (http://legendsarctic.com/) is
set to start in mid-March. The team (UA9KDF, UA9LDD, UA0BA, RW0BG and RT9K)
will first gather at the Sopochnaya Karga weather station, and then go and
be active as RI0B from Rastorguyev Island (AS-068). The trip will depend on
weather, as the team will be using snowmobiles. More information is expected
in due course.

SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS: VP8PJ ---> The callsign for the Perseverance DX
Group's DXpedition to the South Orkney Islands (https://sorkney.com/) will
Be changed to VP8PJ. "In past years it was relatively easy to get a
preferred VP8 call sign for the British Antarctic Territory", the team says.
"After a licensing administrative change", however, they were unable to
obtain a VP8 callsign, and decided to use VP8/VP8DXU (VP8DXU is the Falkland
Islands callsign issued to Doc, W7XU). But Alan, VK6CQ, "a recent addition
to the team, holds the call sign VP8PJ that was issued to him for operation
from the British Antarctic Territory. After submission of a copy of Alan's
license, ARRL has issued us a new LoTW certificate for the use of this call
from South Orkney for the duration of our expedition". [TNX K5GS]

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3D2DJ VK4MAP FM5FJ KU9C RO20NY RQ7L
3W2MAE DL5MAE GX0OOO/p G4SSH RT20NY RQ7L
3W3B E21EIC H44DA VK4KHZ RU20NY RQ7L
3Z0XMAS SP6IEQ HE2JOJ HB9HI RW20NY RQ7L
3Z20HNY SP6IEQ HF670ML SP8N RX20NY RQ7L
4K6FO DC9RI HK3JCL DK8LRF RZ20NY RQ7L
4O7CC UA4CC HS0ZET DF6RK S79JOE HB9JOE
4S7KKG DC0KK HS0ZIQ ZB2JK SC10CWO SM0OY
4U25B 9A2AA II4BRN IQ4FE SD10CWO SM6JWR
4X9R 4Z5LA IR9CWO IT9SSI SF10CWO SM6CUK
4Z9III EA7HBC J79WTA HB9MFM SM10CWO SM1TDE
5B60AMX LZ3SM JD1BMH JD1BMH [b] SN10CWO SP9PZD
5P9Z/p DL7UZO JD1BMH JG7PSJ [d] SN25EBM SQ5EBM
5T5PA PA5X JW7QIA LA7QIA SN800WL SP9EZM
9A775O 9A7R KC4USV K7MT SO28WOSP SP3POW
9G1SD AB0GC KE2CWO W0TG SP95IARU SP7AH
9M2MRS PA0RRS KH2/KH0TG JL1UTS TF/OJ0Y EB7DX
9M2TO JA0DMV KH7X K2PF TF4M G3SWH
A65DR N4GNR KL7RA N4GNR TM12M F5FAB
A71AM M0OXO KT5CWO W0TG TM30CDR F6KUQ
A71EM M0OXO LG80T LA2T TM70IPA F6FLO
C5SP SP3PS LZ10CWO LZ1HW TT8SN DL9USA
CE0Y/UR5BCP KD7WPJ LZ1908IK LZ1KCP V31AE EB7DX
CN19JIM RW6HS LZ50GU LZ1GU V31MA M0OXO
CN2JF EA5GL LZ5O LZ1ZF VK8NSB M0URX
CX4DI EA5GL MC0SHL M0URX VP8HAL EB7DX
D41CV IK2NCJ NP2X KU9C W2HRU N2MUN
D44KF G3SWH OL10CWO OK1TN W6CWO W0TG
DA0DOM DL8CWA OL250VEK OK1KQI W7CWO W0TG
DF70DARC DK5DC P49X W0YK W9CWO W0TG
DP70DARC DK5DC PD112MKNN PD0OYF XV9BO DL7BO
DQ10CWO DJ5BWD PG10CWO PG4I YS1RS EB7DX
DQ750KL DL5KVV PY6/PP2RON PP2RON YT50SCWC YU1MM
DR10CWO DJ5BWD R105DA RZ5D Z81D OM3JW
DR10WCA DF6EX R200ANT RZ3EC ZF2LZ NN1C
DU1IST JA1HGY R2020NY RQ7L ZL20SLO ZL1SLO
DU3LA W3HNK RA20NY RQ7L ZP9MCE EA5ZD
EG2ETS EA2RKW RC20NY RQ7L ZS0RR PA2PGU
EH5ASR EA5RKB RG20NY RQ7L ZS1C W2ARP
EM600T UR7TWY RK20NY RQ7L ZS1OPB N4GNR
EX0DX HB9DUR RL20NY RQ7L ZS1SBW PA2PGU
EX8VM RW6HS RM20NY RQ7L ZS6CCY K3IRV

3D2AG Antoine de Ramon N'Yeurt, P.O. Box 10842, Laucala Beach Estate,
Suva, Fiji
5B60AIF Norman Banks, 3 Salaminos, CY-8651 Statos-Agios Fotios, Cyprus
5B60AIX Noz Bryan, P.O. Box 66625, CY-8591 Pegeia, Cyprus
7X7X Ben Lagha, 18 rue Louis Aragon, 26200 Montelimar, France
C5WP Pedro M.J. Wyns, Mechelsesteenweg 14, 2220 Heist-op-den-Berg,
Belgium
C5YK Andre Bourbon, Route de Xhoffraix Hockai 30, 4970 Stavelot, Belgium
JG7PSJ Hiroyuki Kawanobe, 1-4-1 Mikamine, Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi,
982-0826, Japan
KH0/KC0W Thomas M. Callas, P.O. Box 1058, Minnetonka MN 55345, USA
MM5DWW David Wishart, Curcum, Swannay by Evie, Orkney, KW17 2NS,
United Kingdom
PP2RON Ronnan Werneck, Caixa Postal 571, Goiania - GO, 74001-970, Brazil
T6AA Robert Kasca, Govejk 11C, 5281 Spodnja Idrija, Slovenia
TR8CA Jean Charron, 19 rue Gabriel Moussa, 33320 Eysines, France
XV1X Eddy Visser, I.P.O Box 88, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam
ZT1T Tom Morgan, 58 Piet Retief Street, Robertson, 6705, South Africa
ZZ1R Marcelo Pera, Rua Vitoria Colombo Rossi 317, Valinhos - SP,
13270-260, Brazil

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