425 DX News #1504

29 February 2020 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1504

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

CT9 - Once again Rosel, DL3KWR and Hardy, DL3KWF will be active as
CT9/DL3KWR and CT9/DL3KWF from Madeira (AF-014) from 6 March to 1
April. They will operate mainly CW and some FT8 on the HF bands.
QSL via home calls (bureau preferred), LoTW and eQSL.
FK - Moto, JA1GZV will be active as TX8A from Noumea (OC-032), New Cale-
donia on 10-18 March. He will operate CW on or around 7010, 10120,
14010, 18080 and kHz. QSL via JA1GZV (direct or bureau) and eQSL.
FR - DK1BT, DL4WK, DL6SAK, DL7DF and DL7UFR will be active as TO7DL from
Reunion Island (AF-016) on 4-16 March. They will operate CW, SSB
and digital modes on 160-10 metres (60m included) with three sta-
tions. QSL via DL7DF (direct or bureau) and LoTW "within 6 months
after the DXpedition". See http://www.dl7df.de/fr/ for logsearch
and OQRS.
FS - TO0A is the callsign that FS4WBS and others will be using from St.
Martin (NA-105) during the ARRL DX SSB Contest. QSL via LoTW. [TNX
NG3K]
J6 - Steven, NY3B will be active as J68SS from St Lucia (NA-108) on 4-11
March. He will be QRV from the QTH of J69DS, and will participate
in the ARRL DX SSB Contest. QSL via LoTW. [TNX DX World]
OE - Several Austrian stations (OE25AVD, OE25BKC, OE25DMT, OE25JWC and
OE25XOA to name a few) will be using the special prefix OE25 from 1
March to 31 December to mark the 25th anniversary since Austria
acceded to the European Union. QSL via operator's instructions.
P4 - John, KK9A will be acyive as P40A from Aruba (SA-036) on 1-8 March.
He will operate CW and SSB on 160-10m, and will participate in the
ARRL DX SSB Contest. QSL direct to WD9DZV. [TNX The Daily DX]
PJ4 - George, K5KG will be active as PJ4/K5KG from Bonaire (SA-006) on 2-
9 March. QSL via LotW, or direct to home call. He will join the
PJ4G (QSL via WA2NHA) team for the ARRL DX SSB Contest. [TNX NG3K]
V4 - Matt, K0BBC and Paul, W6PNG will be active as V4/K0BBC and V4/W6PNG
from St. Kitts (NA-104) on 5-11 March, including an entry in the
ARRL DX SSB Contest as V47P. Outside the contest they will operate
SSB and FT8 on 80-6m. QSLs via LoTW; the logs will be uploaded to
Club Log. [TNX The Daily DX]
VP5 - VP5/K4BAI, VP5/K4QPL, VP5/N9NB and VP5/WU4V will be active from
Providenciales (NA-002), Turks and Caicos Islands on 3-12 March.
They will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as VP5M (QSL via
LoTW, or direct to K4QPL). [TNX NG3K]
VP9 - Steve, K3SW will be active as VP9/K3SW from Bermuda (NA-005) on 5-
10 March. He will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as VP9I
(QSL via WW3S); before and after the contest he will operate CW
only. QSL VP9/K3SW via LoTW, or direct to home call. [TNX NG3K]
YN - Gerhard, OE3GEA will be active as YN3GEA from mainland Nicaragua on
1-6 March, and from the Corn Islands (NA-013) on 7-8 March. He will
operate CW on 40-10 metres. QSL via OE3GEA, direct or bureau. He
does not use LoTW or Club Log. [TNX The Daily DX]
Z8 - Sigfrido, IW9FMD (ex 5H0RS, T6AB, 7Q7RS) is a member of the United
Nations Mission in South Sudan, and has been in the country for a
couple of months now. Length of stay unknown. He is QRV as Z81S on
20m SSB, typically around 16.30-17.30 UTC. QSL direct to IT9YVO.
ZF - Joel, NF3R will be active as ZF2RJ from the Cayman Islands (NA-016)
on 3-10 March. Main activity will be during the ARRL DX SSB
Contest; before and after the contest he will operate SSB and the
WSJT-X modes on 40-6 metres. The log will be upoloaded to LoTW and
Club Log. [TNX The Daily DX]

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3B9FR--- > "I finally made contact with Robert a few days ago", his QSL
manager (M0OXO) reported on 25 February. "Without going into detail, he is
safe, well and in good health. He will however be taking a break from
Amateur Radio for the time being, and isn't responding to email messages.
Don't expect him back on air anytime soon, but never say never". Robert has
not been active since May 2019. [TNX M0OXO]

3D2AG/P ---> Thanks to the help provided by Danny, ON4VT, who volunteered to
Convert the handwritten logs into ADIF, nearly 5700 QSOs made by 3D2AG/p
from Rotuma between 21 December 2019 and 9 January 2020 have been uploaded
to Club Log.

IOTA HONOUR ROLL ---> The 2020 Honour Roll and Annual Listings have been
posted on the IOTA website https://iota-world.org/: click on PERFORMANCE
LISTINGS in the dropdown menu under PROGRAMME INFORMATION. They show the
position as at 31 January 2020.
The Honour Roll lists the stations with a checked score equalling or
exceeding 50% of the total of numbered IOTA groups, excluding those with
provisional numbers, at the time of preparation. The Annual Listing lists
the stations with a checked score of 100 or more IOTA groups but less than
the qualifying threshold for entry into the Honour Roll.
IOTA rules limit inclusion in the listings to those participants who have
updated their scores at least once in the preceding five years (i.e. since
February 2015) and have opted to have their scores published.

ONLINE LOGS: The logs for the recent operations of 4A2L from Isla del Carmen
(NA-135) and 6F3A from Isla Perez (NA-153) have been posted to
http://puebladx.org/spcall/spcall_log.php?spcall=4A2L and
http://puebladx.org/spcall/spcall_log.php?spcall=6F3A respectively.

T30ET POSTPONED ---> Alex, 5B4ALX has been informed that, owing to the coro-
na virus outbreak, he should undergo a 14-day quarantine in Honiara (Solomon
Islands) and to obtain a medical clearance before travelling to Kiribati.
His operation from Tarawa, which was expected to take place from 18 March to
6 April [425DXN 1503], is therefore postponed, "indicatively to October". He
is also considering - if "Singapore Airlines does not agree to reprotect me
in October, rather than losing 5000 EUR of tickets and baggage allowance -
an alternative destination that can be reached from Brisbane without travel
restrictions, but I don't see many alternatives at the moment".

VP8PJ ---> The team has been on the air from Signy, South Orkney Islands
(AN-008) since late 22 February, and is working hard to hand out as many
QSOs as possible under very cold, windy and snowy weather conditions. Having
a consistent and stable connection with the available satellites has shown
to be a challenge. The terrain on the island blocks the path to the satel-
lite, and the team can only send the logs from the "Braveheart", as and when
they can. So far the online log includes 14067 QSOs made from 23.56 UTC
on 22 February until 19.00 UTC on 25 February:
https://www.m0urx.com/oqrs/logsearch.php?dxcallsign=VP8PJ
As for FT8, "RR73, but not in log" is a known issue and a "historic problem
for DXpeditions", the QSL manager (M0URX) says. "10% of all FT8 QSOs will be
dropped and cannot be entered into the log until after the DXpedition". The
operators are aware of this problem, so "please no email, phone calls,
texts, WhatsApp", M0URX says. The "Not in Log?" form on his website will be
enabled when the log is consolidated at the end of the DXpedition. "If you
are not in the log, make a security QSO if you can, or wait until this
function will be enabled".

W8S: NEW DATES ---> The DXpedition to Swains Island has been postponed
because of the travel restrictions imposed by the Department of Health of
American Samoa as a result of the coronavirus outbreak [425DXN 1503]. The
team is now scheluded to be on the island from 23 September until 6 October.
Bookmark https://swains2020.lldxt.eu/ for updates.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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4A7S XE2S EN90LUR UR6LF PJ7/G4JEC N0UK
4J7WMF RX3RC EP2LMA EA5GL PJ7TM K2GSJ
4L2M EA7FTR EX8VM RW6HS PR1M PY1LU
4L5P UT7QF FG4KH F1DUZ PX8S PT2OP
4O4T YU1FW FM1HN W3HNK PY5ZHP SP7CVW
4O7CC UA4CC FM5BH W3HNK R100FA RN1ON
4U1WB KK4HD FM8QR F5EAN R89DRA UA4AJD
4U25B 9A2AA FS/RW0CN VE7ACN SN6M SQ6EMM
5Z4/G3AB M0URX GS8VL M0OXO T45FM RW6HS
7I8X YB8RW H44MS DL2GAC TG9AJR M0URX
8P5A HA1AG HF670ML SP8N TM0KUC F6KUC
8Q7HK JG1SXP HK1N EA5KB TM2F F4GTT
9G5AR N4GNR HP1UPR HP1MRA TM3CN F4HIK
9M2MRS PA0RRS HZ1KWT HZ1SAR TM5AD F6KQK
9V1YC W5UE II2V IK2AQZ TM5OTT F4SGU
A43KWT A47RS IO3AF IQ3BM TM6C F6KMB
A60KWT A62A J28PJ F1TMY TO3Z F6HMQ
A71KWT A71A JD1BON JA1UII TO4A VE3DZ
A71VV M0OXO JD1BPH JH1HHC TO7D F6ITD
A91KWT A92AA KH0/WB6Z JF1OCQ TU5PCT OK6DJ
AH2R JH7QXJ KH6/N6DA WA6WPG TX4VK EA5GL
BV120SU BU2EQ KL0R N4GNR UN7AB DL8KAC
C4W 5B4WN KL7RST K7ICE V31AX M0URX
C6AAN DF8AN KP2/ND3F EA5GL V31CO W0YBS
C6AGE OE3GEA KP3DX N4AO V31MA M0OXO
CB3R XQ3SK KP3RE EA5GL V31YN DJ4KW
CM2XN EB7DX LZ105AJ LZ1ZF V3T WC0W
CM6RK EA7HBC LZ50GU LZ1GU V47JA W5JON
CN2BG F8ALU MI5K MI0SLE V47T W2RQ
CN2JF EA5GL NP2J K8RF V73NS W3HNK
CN4M RW6HS NP2X KU9C VK9NK SP9FIH
CO6RD EA5GL NP3VI EA5GL VK9NN EA5GL
CR3EE OZ2I NP4A W3HNK VK9NR EA5GL
CW1C CX1AA NP4DX W3HNK VP5K K0PC
DU3LA W3HNK OA4/EA7TN EA5GL VP8PJ M0URX
E7CW E73ESP OA4SS KB6J VP9I WW3S
EA9EU EA5KB OC1TU OA4O VR2CC VR2XRW
EA9KB EA7FTR OC4C OA4DX VY2ZM EA7HBC
ED8URT EA8URT OL7M OK1YM XR2K CE2ML
ED8W EA5GL P29NC EA5GL YS1RS EB7DX
EG2CAI EA2RCA P3X UT5UDX Z81B IZ0EGA
EG7AND EA7URS P40L WA3FRP Z81D OM3JW
EG7FIM EA7URF PA2020BP PA3EFR ZF1A K6AM
EG8URT EA8URT PA75OV PA3ETC ZF2AM K6AM
EH5TSA EA5EV PE75BS PE2BS ZF2AN DF8AN
EH8URT EA8URT PI30COM PA1AW ZP5AA ZP5MAL
EI0W EI9GTB PJ4/K1TO K4BAI ZR2A/4 DM5EE
EL2DT EL2FM PJ4G WA2NHA ZS0RR PA2PGU
EM600T UR7TWY PJ4NG WA2NHA ZW8T PS8HF

5H3DX Charles W. Powell, 201 North 13th Street, Louisburg KS 66053-3520,
USA
8Q7VR Eugene Mosiychuk, Apartado Postal 5, 03170 Rojales (Alicante),
Spain
9J2MYT Giorgio Laconi, Via Perine 4, 31020 Villorba TV, Italy
9Q1C Paolo Pristipino, Via Nicolo Taccone 22, 72100 Brindisi BR, Italy
EL2FM Joe Brown, 10 Oldhams Lane, Bolton, BL1 6PN, United Kingdom
J42L Leo Fiskas, 1 Argyriou Gouzgou Str., 52 200 Argos Orestiko, Greece
KP4KE Tony Ramos, 2306 E. Lumsden Rd., Valrico FL 33594, USA
LX8M Joel Erpelding, 22 Duerfstross, L-9165 Merscheid, Luxembourg
M0URX Tim Beaumont, 83 Limbrick Avenue, Coventry, CV4 9EX, United Kingdom
OK6DJ David Beran, Dolni Kamenice 55, 34562 Holysov, Czech Republic
OY1R Regin Nicolajsen, Gerdisvegur 10, FO-240 Skopun, Faroe Islands
VD1TP Michael Ryan, Box 335 English Cove Rd, Marysvale, NL A0A 2Z0,
Canada
YB8RW Syariefudin Syah, Jl. Kartini No. 110, Bitung 95524, Indonesia
Z81S Antonello Scauso, Via Tenente Minniti 105, 98057 Milazzo ME, Italy
ZZ5C Uniao Brasileria de Radio Operadores, Caixa Postal 4,
Blumenau - SC, 89010-971, Brazil

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