425 DX News #1500

1 February 2020 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1500

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3W - Wolfgang, DL5MAE will be active again in his spare time as 3W2MAE
from Vietnam approximately between 13 and 20 February. He has
antennas for 80-10 metres, but the QRM at his QTH, especially on
the low bands, is very high and "sometimes it needs lots of
patience to complete a QSO". QSL via DL5MAE (bureau preferred).
C2 - Look for C21AA (QSL via JH3QFL), C21GW (QSL via JR3GWZ), C21MB (QSL
via JH3AZC), C21PF (QSL via JA1PFP) and C21VA (QSL via JH3VAA) to
be active from Nauru (OC-031) on 4-10 February. C21MB is expected
to do 2m EME, while the others will operate mainly FT8 with some CW
on the HF bands. [TNX The Daily DX]
DL - Club station DF0CHE will be active as DA2025C from 1 February to 31
January 2021 to support the candidacy of the city of Chemnitz as
European Capital of Culture 2025. All QSOs will be confirmed via
the bureau and eQSL.
DL - Heiko, DK3DM and others are active as DL2020R until the end of the
year to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the German reunification
process. QSL via Club Log's OQRS (bureau or direct), or direct only
to M0SDV.
DL - DL250BEETH is another special callsign commemorating Ludwig van
Beethoven's 250th anniversary. It will be used by the Kerpen local
branch of DARC from 8 February to 31 December. QSL via DJ6SI.
HR - Dave, VE3VSM will be active again as VE3VSM/HR9 from Roatan Island
(NA-057) on 11-23 February. The primary purpose of his trip is
Scuba diving. He will be QRV on 20 and 15 metres CW, including
activity in the ARRL DX CW Contest. QSL via LoTW, or direct to
VE3VSM.
KL - Henry, NL0H is working on plans for some more activity as NL0H/p
from St. Lawrence Island (NA-040) "sometime between February and
March". In his spare time he will operate SSB and possibly FT8/FT4
on 40, 20 and possibly 30 metres. Last year Henry was active from
NA-040 on 17-20 May, 7 and 9 June. QSL direct to home call.
PY0F - Andre, PP6ZZ will be active as PY0FF from Fernando de Noronha
(SA-003) on 5-18 February. He plans to operate all modes, including
FT8 and FT4, in his spare time. QSL via LoTW, or via W9VA. [TNX The
Daily DX]
UA_ant - RI1ANC, the club station at Vostok Station (Antarctica), will be
active again starting on 10 February. Look for activity on the HF
bands, mainly FT8 with some CW and SSB. QSL via RN1ON. [TNX DX
World]
V3 - Uwe, DL8UD will be active as V31KO from Belize on 11-20 February.
He will operate SSB, CW and FT8 on 160-6 metres, and will take part
in the ARRL DX CW Contest as V3O. QSLs via home call (direct or
bureau) and logsearch on Club Log.
VP2M - Ed, K1EP will be active as VP2MEP from Montserrat (NA-103) on 11-17
February. He will operate CW, SSB and some FT8. QSL via LoTW, or
direct to K1EP. He will join the VP2MSS team for the ARRL DX CW
Contest (QSL VP2MSS via LoTW only). [TNX The Daily DX]
VP5 - Bill, AC0W and Pat, K0PC will be active as VP5/AC0W and VP5/K0PC
from Providenciales (NA-002), Turks and Caicos Islands on 12-17
February. QSL via home calls. They will operate mainly CW on 160-10
metres, and will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as VP5K (QSL
via K0PC). The logs will be uploaded to LoTW and Club Log. [TNX The
Daily DX]
ZC4 - Rob, G4WXJ will be active as ZC4RH from the UK Sovereign Base Areas
on Cyprus between 4 and 13 February. He expects to operate SSB, CW
and FT8 on 40, 30, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via home call, direct
or bureau. He does not use LoTW or Club Log. [TNX The Daily DX]

CARIBBEAN TOUR ---> Hans, PB2T is active as PJ2/PB2T from Curacao until 2
February. Then he will go and be QRV as FJ/PB2T from St. Barthelemy on 3-5
February, as PJ6/PB2T from Saba on 6-7 February, and as either PJ7/PB2T from
Sint Maarten (PJ7) or FS/PB2T from St. Martin on 8-11 February. QSLs via
LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]

SOUTH PACIFIC TRIP ---> Will, AA4NC and Ron, AA4VK (https://aa4vk.com/) will
be active on a holiday style DXpedition to the South Pacific as follows:
12-16 February TX4N and TX4VK from Tahiti, French Polynesia
18-20 February ZL/AA4NC and ZL/AA4VK from New Zealand
21-23 February VK9NR and VK9NN from Norfolk Island
24-27 February VK/AA4NC and VK/AA4VK from Australia
28-29 February P29NC and P29VK (requested callsigns) from Papua New Guinea
1-2 March H44NC and H44VK (requested callsigns) from Guadalcanal,
Solomon Islands
3-5 March YJ0NC and YJ0VK from Vanuatu
6-10 March 3D2AA and 3D2VK from Fiji
Plans are to operate CW, FT8, FT4 and SSB on all bands. Look for TX4N and
3D2AA to participate in the ARRL DX CW and SSB Contests, respectively. QSL
AA4NC calls via EA5GL, QSL AA4VK calls direct to AA4VK.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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ARRL NEW ONLINE FORUMS ---> Three three new online discussion forums, hosted
By Groups.io (https://groups.arrl.org/g/ARRL-Groups/subgroups), have been
opened as part of ARRL's "ongoing efforts to enhance and improve communica-
tion between ARRL leadership and members or prospective members". The new
forums focus on antenna law, regulatory issues, and support for new amateur
radio licensees. They join an ARRL discussion forum lineup that already
includes ARRL-Contesting, ARRL-Awards, ARRL-IARU and ARRL-LOTW, all open to
the amateur radio community. For more information see "ARRL Expands its
Roster of Online Discussion Groups" on http://www.arrl.org/news.

FT4 SPRINT CONTEST ---> The Strange Radio Team organizes the "FT4 Sprint
Contest Italia 40m" that will run on 2 February from 8 to 16 UTC. Only
contacts made by Italian stations with Italian stations can count for this
short duration event.

NEW IARU WEBSITES ---> "For some time, all parts of IARU have been working
to bring together the very different website styles of the three regions and
the global site into one single global identity and brand for all four
sites. At the same time, new material has been added to broaden appeal of
the sites", Don Beattie, G3BJ (President, IARU Region 1) reported on 30
January. The new IARU Global and Region 1 websites are now up and running,
the others will go live over the next several days. The three regional sites
can be accessed direct from the IARU Global homepage: https://iaru.org/.

TI9A ---> The TI9A team was due to depart Puntarenas aboard the "Okeanos Ag-
gressor I" on 30 January in the late afternoon (local time). They expect to
reach Cocos Island after about 36 hours, indicatively around 12 UTC on 1
February. See https://dx-world.net/ti9a-cocos-island/ for updates.

YOUTH CONTEST PROGRAM 2020 ---> Applications are now open for YOTA's Youth
Contest Program 2020. Young operators (aged under 26 years) from IARU R1
member societies are invited to take part in a contest from "Top Gun"
stations. They will "learn how to operate the contest station, improve their
contest skills, and will aim for the best results together as a team". See
https://www.ham-yota.com/youth-contesting-program/ for complete information.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3B8BAP N4GNR EP4HR IK2RZQ P40AA DL4MM
3B8CW N4GNR ET3AA N2OO P40LE K2LE
3G3G EA5GL EW5A EW6W PB75A PB2A
3V8SF LX1NO FM4RU F1LNS PJ2ND K8ND
3Z50DVP SP6DVP GB1LBC G2KS PJ2T W3HNK
4D2X EA5GL HC1MD/2 K8LJG PJ4/KU8E K4BAI
4J8VHF RW6HS HF100BY SP2PBM PJ4A K4BAI
4L8A M0OXO HG8DX HA8FT PJ4KY M0URX
4X2M 4X4DZ HI3AA NK4DX PY2ZEA OH2MM
5B4AMM UT5UDX HI3Y RW6HS R110WG RA9LY
5B60AMT 5B4AMT HR5/F2JD F6AJA R1943S RZ4AWB
5P3KP DL3KP HS0ZJF ON4AFU R900DM RC1C
5R8UI IZ8CCW HS0ZKE HB9DUS RA77SK UC4A
6Y5HN EA5GL HS0ZME SM6NT SI9AM SM3FJF
8J1RL 8J1RL [b] HU1DL DL4SVA SN1920T SP2TMT
8J1RL JG2MLI [d] JT5DX JT1CO SP4WOJTEK SQ4AVD
8P2K KU9C JY5HX E73Y SP8R SP8PCF
8P9CA KB8YRX KH2L W3HNK TC0X HG5DX
9J2BO G3TEV KH7A JA5DQH TI2CDA EA5GL
9K2BS EC6DX KL7J N3SL TI7W W4FS
A35JP JA0RQV KL7SB N4GNR TM0DX F8DHE
A75GR M0OXO KP2M NZ4DX TM13M F6KRD
AE4JP/KH2 JE4JPQ KP4/AA7CH VE7ACN TM39PVJ F8GGZ
AX5GR M0OXO LX20I LX2A TM55M F4ESV
AX5PAS M0OXO LZ5R LZ1YQ TM5G F8TRL
C31CT EA3QS MD2C MD0CCE TM5NN F5MXH
C5FUD SP2GCJ MU2K GU8ITE TM8SN F5RQQ
C5GCJ SP2GCJ MX5A G3TXF TO10CWO FG8NY
C5XW G5XW OD5ET EB7DX TT8FC EA3GWK
C6AEI WB4OMG OD5TX W4JS UN9L LZ1YE
CN8SG EA7FTR OD5VB EA5GL UP4L UN7LZ
CO2RQ EC6DX OD5YA IZ8CLM V51WH DK2WH
CO7DSR RW6HS OD5ZF IZ8CLM VO2AAA VE9CB
CO7MLS IK2DUW OD5ZZ N4GNR VO2AC VE3FU
CO8LY EA7ADH OE9TXF G3TXF VP2ETE W3HNK
CP4BT IK2DUW OH0R OH2PM WP3R W3HNK
CR3W DL5AXX OH0Z W0MM XZ2B JH3SIF
CR6K CT1ILT OK7K OK1BN YP0C YO3CZW
CT8/S51TA S58N OL4A OK1DSX YS1RR W3HNK
D4C HB9DUR [d] OL725PLZ OK1DRQ ZF2BJ K0BJ
D4C IK2NCJ [b] OM2Y OM2IB ZF2OL KC3OL
E2X E20GMY OP3A ON8AJ ZF5T K5GO
E7DX E77E OS8A ON8VK ZL3FRI JA3FRI
EA6/OE6MBG EB7DX OT7D ON7DM ZP9MCE EA5ZD
EH5MCB EA5BX OX3LX OZ0J ZS6J N4GNR
EL2EF N2OO OZ5E OZ1ACB ZS7ANF RK1PWA
EM250QZ UR4QZZ P33W UA3DX ZW5B K3IRV

6O1OO Ali Solhjoo, Schnackenburgstr. 3, 12159 Berlin, Germany
9M2SAF Safri Bin Muhiyu'ddin, 1 Jalan Hj Nawang, Kg Kubang Jambu,
33400 Lenggong, Perak, Malaysia
CX6VM Jorge Diez Furest, Remigio Castellanos 474, 37000 - Melo,
Cerro Largo, Uruguay
DL4SVA Georg Tretow, Postfach 1114, 23931 Grevesmuehlen, Germany
EI0R Declan Craig, 167 Saint James's Road, Dublin 12, D12 W6T4, Ireland
FY5KE Jacques Mazzoni, 678 route de l'Egalite, 74290 Talloires Montmin,
France
P29KW Wiktor Kanarski, P.O. Box 109, Goroka, EHP 441, Papua New Guinea
S79KW Kamil Eugeniusz Korneluk, PO Box 904, Anse Etoile, Victoria, Mahe,
Seychelles
T40DXXE R. Esteban Verdecie, Calle Lorenzo Ortiz No. 13, CP 75100 Las Tunas
Cuba
XE2X Jorge F. Rios Alvarado, 116 E Coma Ave, PMB #426, Hidalgo TX 78557,
USA

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