425 DX News #1512

25 April 2020 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1512

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

Owing to the ongoing and fluid nature of the COVID-19 situation globally,
announced activities might be cut short, postponed, cancelled or even
extended at any time and without notice.

4W - The Lagunaria DX Group's DXpedition to Timor Leste (11 October-8
November) [425DXN 1505] has been postponed until sometime in 2021.
"The current situation based on the Corona pandemic makes it
impossible to plan anything later in this year", the team says.
"The uncertainty of travel safety, the not predictable impact on
the companies we have to rely on and the current restrictions that
prevent a solid preparation, forced us to take this step. We hope
that we can see clearer by the end of this year what will be in
2021". Updates will be posted to http://timor-leste-dx.de/.
EU - Commemorating the end of World War II, special callsigns EV75M,
EV75F, EV75K, EV75P, EV75GA, EV75GK and EV75PP are expected to be
active from Belarus on 2-9 May. They will participate in the
Memorial Pobeda-75 (see below). QSL via operator's instructions.
G - This year the Poldhu Amateur Radio Club (GB2GM) will be unable to
operate from the Marconi Centre on 25 April. Another special call-
sign, however, will celebrate Marconi's birthday: GB1GM, operated
by Cliff, G3UYN (Chairman of PARC). "No QSL", he says.
G - Even though this year's International Marconi Day has been can-
cancelled, three IMD stations will be active from England on 25
April to celebrate the birth of Guglielmo Marconi: GB5IMD (on 2m
FM), GB6IMD (on the HF bands SSB) and GB8IMD (on the HF bands FT8).
QSLs via eQSL only, but certificates will be available: see "2020
Innovation Awards" on the Quantum Amateur Radio & Technology
Society's website (https://quantumtech.club/).
HL - Special callsigns HL40GDM and D73M will be active on 1-31 May to
commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Gwangju Uprising (18-27 May
1980), aka the Gwangju Democratization Movement. QSLs via HL4CCM,
direct or bureau. In 2011, the Archives for the May 18th Democratic
Uprising against Military Regime were inscribed to the UNESCO
Memory of the World Register.
JA_ant - The 61st Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition's overwintering
team at the Syowa Station on East Ongul Island (AN-015), Antarctica
includes Taka, JA1AGS and Hiro, JH7JCX. In their spare time they
are QRV from the 8J1RL club station, with activity on 40, 30, 20,
17 and 15 metres mainly FT8. They will be there until January 2021.
QSL via the bureau to 8J1RL, or direct to JG2MLI.
JA - Special callsign 8J17CALL will be activated from 23 April until 22
April 2021 by the 7-CALL Amateur Radio Club (JS1YEY), a Tokyo based
club station that gathers operators with callsigns in the 7K-7N
prefix series - "a symbol of the golden age of Japanese amateur
radio history". The first 7K call (7K1AAA) was issued on 23 April
1990, the last 7-Call was issued on 20 June 2003 (7N4XZZ). Over the
years some 95% of the 7K-7N stations lost interest in the hobby,
and nowadays the 7-Callers are only 17,583 out of the 402,180
Japanese amateurs. See https://7-call.com/en for more information.
All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau, eQSL and
LoTW.
LZ - Special callsign LZ50BFRA will be active from 26 April until the
end of the year to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Bulgarian
Federation of Radio Amateurs. Founded on 26 April 1970, BFRA is
the national IARU member society. QSL via LZ1BJ (bureau).
OE - 4U2STAYHOME is the special callsign for the VIC Amateur Radio Con-
test DX Club (4U1A, http://www.cqdx.ru/4u1a/) to join the Stay Home
/Stay Safe campaign. This activity counts for Austria for DXCC, and
for the Vienna International Centre for the CQ DX Marathon. QSL via
UA3DX, direct or bureau.
OE - Jo, OE4VIE will be active as OE50MHZ (WWL JN87dc) from 1 May to 30
June. He will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 6 metres, to
mark the 30th anniversary of the allocation - initially subject
to severe restrictions - of the Magic Band to Austrian amateurs.
QSL via LoTW and eQSL; paper QSLs will be sent automatically via
the bureau.
UA - A very large number of Russian stations using special prefix RP75
(where the letter P stands for 'pobeda', i.e. 'victory') will be
active on 2-9 May to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the end of
World War II. See https://pobeda.srr.ru/ for more information, in-
cluding the list of participating stations and their QSL routes.
VE - Canadian licensees are allowed to use "special event" prefixes from
20 April to 20 June as a reminder to stay at home and help contain
and limit the spread of COVID-19: VA stations can use CF, VE
stations can use CG, VO stations can use CH, and VY stations can
use CI.
W - The Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club of Babylon, NY is looking
for amateurs in each of New York State's 62 counties to operate
their home stations under the special event callsign K2H (H for
Heroes) between 1 and 31 May. All operators will be signing K2H/
along with the county abbreviation as used in the New York QSO
Party (e.g. K2H/SUF for Suffolk, K2H/NAS for Nassau, etc). This
special operation is intented to express gratitude to the men and
women on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Confirmation
certificates" will be available, but QSL cards will not be issued.
See https://www.qrz.com/db/k2h for more information.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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COVID-19 PANDEMIC ---> Travel restrictions, self-isolation and social dis-
tancing requirements as well as general health and safety issues arising
from the coronavirus pandemic are affecting quite a number of operations and
amateur radio events, which have been postponed or cancelled:
Z68AN Kosovo 27/04-30/04 cancelled
Z68EC Kosovo 27/04-30/04 cancelled
ZV1C SA-029 01/05-03/05 postponed later in 2020
8Q7KB Maldives 04/05-12/05 cancelled
TM5IB EU-105 16/05-23/05 cancelled
FM/OQ3R Martinique 25/05-06/06 cancelled
TO3F Martinique CQ WW WPX CW cancelled
Museum Ships Weekend 06/06-07/06 cancelled
VP2V/W9DR British Virgin Isls 17/06-24/06 cancelled
ZA/HG2DX Albania 21/06-03/07 cancelled
4W Timor Leste 11/10-08/11 postponed to 2021

JAPAN: EXPANDED ACCESS TO 160 AND 80 METRES ---> As of 21 April, Japanese
amateurs have gained new privileges on 160 and 80m. The current band plan,
as summarized on the ARRL's website, is as follow:
160 METRES
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1800-1810 kHz All modes (new assignment)
1810-1825 kHz CW only
1825-1875 kHz All modes (as secondary service, new assignment)
1907.5-1912.5 kHz CW and data (F1B, F1D, G1B, G1D)
80 METRES
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3500-3520 kHz CW only
3520-3535 kHz CW and data (F1B, F1D, G1B, G1D)
3535-3575 kHz CW, phone, image; data only permitted for making
contacts with non-JA amateurs
3575-3580 kHz All modes (as secondary service, new assignment)
3599-3612 kHz CW, phone, image, data
3662-3680 kHz All modes (as secondary service, new assignment)
3680-3687 kHz CW, phone, image
3702-3716 kHz CW, phone, image
3745-3770 kHz CW, phone, image
3791-3805 kHz CW, phone, image

QSL EY8MM ---> Reportedly Ted, K1BV has been hospitalized since September
and is unable to process QSL requests. Please refrain from mailing cards to
him until further notice, and do not mail cards to EY8MM's home address.
Nodir uploads his log to LoTW on a regular basis.

QSL H33K ---> The QSL route for the 2-13 March operation has changed "due to
problems with the postal service in Panama during the Covid-19 lockdown".
The new QSL manager is W4JS (direct only). The logs have been already
uploaded to LoTW and Club Log; the QSL cards are expected to be available
after 30 April.

STAY AT HOME ---> Other special callsign joining the Stay Home campaign and/
or showing support for health care professionals and other key workers
during the COVID-19 pandemic include:
Callsign DXCC QSL
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3G2HOME Chile LoTW only
4U2STAYHOME Austria UA3DX
4X2BESAFE Israel 4Z1TL 26/04-12/08
5W19STAYSAFE Samoa LoTW only
CB3STAYHOME Chile LoTW, or via EA5GL (direct)
GB0CCW England LoTW, or via M0LXD
GB0EDH England operated by G0NQZ 21/04-18/05
GB0KYD England operated by M0OWS 18/04-16/05
GB1HSC No. Ireland GI7SBF 20/04-17/05
GB2SH England eQSL only 20/04-17/05
GB4KW England eQSL only
GB5KW England operated by M0TXX
GB9KW England eQSL only
HA0HOME Hungary HA0DX
HA0STAY Hungary HA0DX
HA127STAY Hungary HA9BA
IO6STAY Italy IK6QON (direct) 22/04-20/07
K2H USA - 01/05-31/05
OD50SH Lebanon IZ8CLM
OD5STAYHOME Lebanon IZ8CLM
OE1STAYHOME Austria LoTW and eQSL only
OR4LIFE Belgium ON6YX
OR7LIFE Belgium ON4OB
PE6STAYHOME Netherlands operated by PE1EVX
TC3STAYHOME Turkey TA3X
XR3STAYHOME Chile eQSL only

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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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3Z50DVP SP6DVP CO6ABP RW6HS OE25TWA OE3TWA
4J0STAYHOME DC9RI CS5MAR CT1REP OE25XGM OE5XGM
4K0STAYHOME DC9RI CT1STAYHOME CT1EQQ OE25XKJ OE7XKJ
4L8A M0OXO D2EB IZ3ETU OE25YSC OE3YSC
4O/E73A 9A2AA DQ750KL DL5KVV OL1941FP OK2CME
4U1A UA3DX DU9CA IK2DUW OL725PLZ OK1DRQ
4U1UN HB9BOU DX0STAYHOME DX1PAR ON4HEROES ON5UR
4X0T 4Z5FI DZ1Z DV1YAI ON4STAYSTRONG ON4RCN
4X9A 4Z4OQ E76C E77E OO7STAYHOME ON7SS
5B4AHL M0URX ED5URR EA5URR OP2STAYHOME ON6NB
5P0WARD OZ1ACB EG5DMR EA5RKB OP6STAYHOME ON4IPR
5P0WHD OZ1ACB EK1915KE EK1KE OQ1HOPE ON4ON
7X2GK IK2DUW EK1915MG EK6MG OQ4ANGELS ON4CHT
7X5JF DJ8QP EK1915RR EK1RR OR20STAYHOME ON4RSX
8P2K KU9C EK1915SI EK6SI OR4STAYHOME ON3AR [d]
8P6DR G3RWL EL2DT EL2FM OR4STAYHOME ON4CP [b]
9K2WARD 9K2RA EP2C EA5GL OR8STAYHOME ON4ATH
9M2TO JA0DMV EU5C EW1I OR95WARD ON4CRD [b]
9N1AA N4GNR FY4VA DL7BC OR95WARD ON4LBI [d]
A35JP JA0RQV GB4ARD M0KPW OT20LIFE ON5AV
A60WARD/1 A61BK GB4SAH G4XEX OT4HOPE ON6SI
A60WARD/4 A61BK H33K W4JS OT6STAYSAFE ON5YL
A60WARD/5 A92AA HB9WARD HB9OCR OT7STAYSAFE ON6MS
A91WARD A92AA HC1HC NE8Z OX80HM OZ1ACB
AM1WARD EA4URE HC7AE EA5GL OZ80HM OZ1ACB
AM2WARD EA4URE HF1J SP1NEN OZ80QUEEN OZ1ACB
AM3WARD EA4URE HG0WFF HA0HW PC6STAYHOME PC4AD
AM4WARD EA4URE HH2/N3BNA KA2AEV PH70PH PA7HPH
AM5WARD EA4URE HI3MPC W2CCW PU0FDN PY7RP
AM6WARD EA4URE HI8JSG RW6HS RG61PP RZ3LC
AM795DX EB7DX HI8K W2CCW S50WAAD S59DKS
AM7WARD EA4URE HP1XT KU9C S79VU EA5GL
AM8WARD EA4URE HZ1WARD HZ1SAR SK9WARD SM6JSM
AM95WARD EA4URE II5CNPP IZ5RHU SM7/OZ1AA OZ1ACB
AM9WARD EA4URE II5LDV IQ5LV SN0KURP SP5KVW
AN595AHA EC5AHA IO3RT IQ3BM SN0MD SP1PNW
AO295EZ EA2EZ IQ8BI IZ8CLM SP0WL SP5ZIP
AO395AKA EA3AKA J68HZ K9HZ TF3WARD TF3MH
AO395NN EA3NN J73WA ND3R TI2VLM EA5ZD
AO395PP EA3PP JY5HX E73Y TI5/N3KS W4FS
AO495S EA4S KH2L W3HNK TM20PAQ F4HZS
AO495SE EA4SE KL7J N3SL TM35UFT F6EEQ
AO595BY EA5BY KP3H NP3LT TM5OIS/p F5KRH
AO595HRT EA5HRT OD5KU EB7DX TM95WARD F6BEE
AO595KA EA5KA OD5TX W4JS TT8SN DL9USA
AO595XA EA5XA OE20M OE1WHC TZ4AM W0SA
AO795IYF EA7IYF OE25BKC OE3BKC UK8FF W3HNK
AO795TV EA7TV OE25DMT OE7DMT VP2ETE W3HNK
BV50CYMC BV4VR OE25IGP OE2IGP XU7AMG BD4HF
C91CCY K3IRV OE25JWD OE6JWD ZS6S EA5GL
CM8BD RW6HS OE25LCR OE3LCR ZT4T EA5GL
CN20SH RW6HS OE25PEN OE5PEN ZW5STAYHOME PY5EG

3W1T Eddy Visser, I.P.O Box 88, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam
4K2GG Alexander Y. Frolov, P.O. Box 38, Volgograd, 400066, Russia
9G5GS Matteo Ghirardini, Via Maggiore 77, 48121 Ravenna RA, Italy
DC9RI Rashad Iskandarli, Postfach 600321, 60333 Frankfurt am Main,
Germany
DL2020R Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
EL2FM Joe Brown, 10 Oldhams Lane, Bolton, BL1 6PN, United Kingdom
OE20M DokuFunk, An den Steinfeldern 4A, 1230 Wien, Austria
TR8CA Jean Charron, 19 rue Gabriel Moussa, 33320 Eysines, France
V84SAR Tamat Lampoh, P.O. Box 849, MPC Old Airport, Bandar Seri Begawan
BB3577, Brunei Darussalam
XV1X Eddy Visser, I.P.O Box 88, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam
Z81S Antonello Scauso, Via Tenente Minniti 105, 98057 Milazzo ME, Italy

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