425 DX News #1516

23 May 2020 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1516

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

EA8 - The Radio Club Laurilsiva (EA8RKL) from Gran Canaria (AF-004) will
be active again as EH8DDC on 24-31 May. QSL via eQSL and logsearch
on Club Log. Celebrating the anniversary of the local autonomous
Parliament's first session back in 1983, the Canary Islands Day
(Dia de Canarias) is held annually on 30 May.
F - TM1SAFE is the special callsign for the Radio Club du Val d'Issole
(F8KGH) to participate in the "Stay Home" campaign. QSL via eQSL,
LoTW, Club Log, or via F4GPB.
FP - Eric, KV1J has had to postpone his trip to Miquelon Island [425DXN
1501] because of travel restrictions. He now plans to be QRV as
FP/KV1J from 22 September to 6 October, "subject to restrictions at
that time". He will operate SSB, RTTY, FT8, FT4 and some CW on 80-
6 metres, with a focus on 60, 12, 10 and 6 metres. Activity on 160
metres will be limited. He will participate in the CQ WW RTTY DX
Contest. QSL via home call (direct or bureau), LoTW and eQSL; log-
search on Club Log. Bookmark http://www.kv1j.com/fp/July20.html for
updates.
JT - Special event station JU85UIA will be active through the end of the
year in celebration of the 85th anniversary of the University of
Internal Affairs in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. QSL direct to JT1CH.
KL - Brayden, KC1KUG will be active as KL7/KC1KUG from Fire Island
(NA-158) on 2-27 June. He will operate SSB and CW ("although I may
have to resort to FT8", he adds) on 40 and 20 metres; he might be
QRV also on 30 and 17 metres, while the time frame he will be on
the island "probably won't be great for 80". QSL direct to home
call. [TNX NG3K]
LY - LY56BC has been active since 14 May and will remain QRV until the
31st to promote and participate in the 56th edition of the Baltic
Contest. Organized by the Lithuanian Radio Sports Federation, the
contest will be held on 80 metres SSB and CW starting at 21 UTC on
23 May and ending at 2 UTC on 24 May. Complete information can be
found on http://www.lrsf.lt/en/balticcontestrules/.
VU - A couple of other COVID-19 special callsigns from India are AT2SON
("Save Our Nation") operated by VU3ZIG, and AT0II ("Improve Immuni-
ty") operated by VU2DCT until 18 August. QSL via home calls.
W - Bruce, K5TEN now expects to be active as K4D from Dog Island (NA-
085) on 9-18 September. He will operate SSB and FT8 on 40 and 20
metres. QSL direct to home call; he will upload his log to LoTW and
eQSL.

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

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7Q7AO ---> Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions, Pista,
HA5AO has had to postpone until further notice his trip to Malawi, which was
planned during the second half of September/early October [425DXN 1503].

COVID-19 RADIO COMMUNICATION EVENT ---> The Finnish Amateur Radio League
(SRAL), in cooperation with the Araucaria DX Group (ADXG) of Brazil and
Radio Arcala (OH8X) invite you to join them into a global special event
featuring their STAYHOME radio campaign. The "COVID-19 Radio Communication
Event" will be conducted in a contest-like framework on 6-7 June (from 10
UTC on Saturday until 09.59 UTC on Sunday), on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres
CW, SSB and digital modes (FT4/FT8 only). The direct link to the complete
Rules can be found on https://www.qrz.com/db/OH2STAYHOME.

CQ AMATEUR RADIO HALL OF FAME ---> The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame was
established in January 2001 to recognize individuals - radio amateurs or
not - who significantly affected the course of Amateur Radio, as well as
radio amateurs who have made significant contributions either to amateur
radio, to their professional careers or to some other aspect of life on our
planet. This year's inductees, which bring the total number of members of
the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame to 333, are:
* Chet Atkins, W4CGP (SK), legendary musician known as "Mister Guitar", and
music producer; ushered in "the Nashville sound" on RCA Records. (Note:
Chet's call has subsequently been re-issued).
* Les Barclay, G3HTF (SK), propagation expert, leader of International
Telecommunication Union propagation study groups and Chairman of the ITU's
first Radiocommunication Assembly in 1993; top official in the UK's
telecommunication regulatory agency.
* George Laurer, K4HZE (SK), developer of the UPC (Universal Product Code)
or "bar code" on merchandise, permitting items purchased at stores to be
scanned on checkout rather than manually rung up.
* Yasuo "Zorro" Miyazawa, JH1AJT, whose Foundation for Global Children helps
fund educational and medical programs for children around the world; FGC
also works with several countries to help them organize and train teams
for the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
* Champ Muangamphun, E21EIC, is a DXer and DXpeditioner who has been a
sparkplug for growing interest in ham radio in Thailand and throughout
Southeast Asia; Champ also accompanies JH1AJT on many of his humanitarian
missions and operates DXpedition-style ham stations while Zorro works with
government officials and non-governmental organizations on behalf of the
Foundation for Global Children.
* Sultan Qaboos bin Said, A41AA (SK), Sultan of Oman from 1970-2020; trans-
formed impoverished country into a modern and prosperous state with influ-
ence throughout the Middle East.
* Tom Roscoe, K8CX, a champion of amateur radio history who collects and
makes available online his "Ham Gallery" of old QSL cards and other
historic photos.

CQ DX HALL OF FAME ---> Established in 1967, the CQ DX Hall of Fame honours
those DXers who not only excel in personal performance, but who also "give
back" to the hobby in outstanding ways. CQ DX Editor Bob Schenck, N2OO, made
a virtual presentation on the Ham Nation podcast on 20 May. The 2020
inductees to the CQ DX Hall of Fame are:
* Tony Gonzalez, EA5RM - has been an active DXpeditioner for 20 years, often
organizing and leading teams to operate from difficult and challenging
locations. Tony and his teams have also helped establish or re-establish
amateur radio activities in several countries, including Rwanda (where it
had been banned for a decade due to civil war) and the newly-independent
country of South Sudan. In addition, Tony has made ten trips to Bolivia to
establish and maintain HF communication links between medical facilities
and remote villages in the Amazon rain forest, and has operated as CP1XRM
during his free time. Tony's work in South America earned him the ARRL
International Humanitarian Award in 2015.
* Edward "Ned" Stearns, AA7A - is an accomplished DXer, DXpeditioner (he's
been on 32 of them and led 8) and technical innovator. He introduced the
use of switchable vertical dipole array antennas on island DXpeditions and
designed "dual-band discone" antennas for use with the Northern California
DX Foundation's worldwide beacon network. Ned also worked with 2019 DX
Hall of Fame inductee Joe Taylor, K1JT, on developing the "Fox/Hound" mode
for FT8 used by DXpeditions. Ned also maintains two remote stations in
Arizona, has made presentations at many technical conferences and has
served in a variety of leadership roles in the hobby. On the air, he is at
the Top of the Honor Roll for DXCC Phone and Mixed , was the first recipi-
ent of 11-band DXCC and has worked over 160 countries via EME (Earth-Moon-
Earth).

IOTA AND LOTW QSO MATCHING ---> Islands On The Air (IOTA) Ltd has announced
"the implementation of the ARRL application which allows the use of QSO
matching via LoTW. This will allow IOTA chasers to obtain credits by
matching their logs with those at LoTW in addition to those at Club Log. We
have a lot of work ahead of us to identify the time windows of past IOTA
operations and this will be phased in over the next few months. An initial
list of operations arising from the link-up with LoTW has been added to the
database and these will become available for QSO matching from 21 May.
Further additions will be made on an ongoing basis". Instructions for LoTW
QSO Matching are on https://iota-world.org/info/lotw_qso_matching-en.pdf,
and notes on "Accepted Activations for QSO Matching" can be found on
https://iota-world.org/info/accepted_activations-en.pdf.

QSL VP8PJ ---> Tim, M0URX reports that all VP8PJ OQRS requests and direct
mailed QSL cards received by 20 May were posted from the UK on 21 May.
Depending on your country's COVID-19 situation, please allow 10-14 days for
the cards to arrive, in some cases possibly longer. Bureau cards will be
shipped directly to the worldwide bureaux early next year.

TQSL: NEW VERSION ---> A new version (v2.5.4) 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 2.5.3 was
released. This release also includes an update to the most recent TQSL con-
figuration file. TQSL 2.5.4 can be installed to upgrade any older version.
On all three supported platforms (Windows, MacOS and Linux), installing
TQSL 2.5.4 will replace older versions of Trusted QSL while preserving your
Callsign Certificates, Station Locations, and preferences.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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4J75DJ Alexander Y. Frolov, P.O. Box 38, Volgograd, 400066, Russia
4K75AL Alexander Y. Frolov, P.O. Box 38, Volgograd, 400066, Russia
4K75GG Alexander Y. Frolov, P.O. Box 38, Volgograd, 400066, Russia
9W2PD Rabindra Harichandra, Peti surat 73, 71007 Port Dickson,
Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
EA7FTR Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias 23, 21110 Aljaraque (Huelva),
Spain
FY5KE Jacques Mazzoni, 678 route de l'Egalite, 74290 Talloires Montmin,
France
GB200FN John Wakefield, Oakhurst, Lower Common Road, West Wellow, Romsey,
SO51 6BT, United Kingdom
GW0A John Barber, Llwyn Onn, 49 Blackmill Road, Bryncethin, Bridgend,
CF32 9YN, United Kingdom
KH0W Thomas M. Callas, P.O. Box 1058, Minnetonka MN 55345, USA
RW6HS Vasiliy M. Kasyanenko, P.O. Box 8, g. Novopavlovsk,
Stavropolskiy kr., 357300, Russia
ZA/IK2RLM Marco Corridore, Vicolo del Toro 4, 20060 Cassina de' Pecchi MI,
Italy
ZA/IZ7PMQ Renato De Stefanis, Via Città Verde 90, 05100 Terni TR, Italy

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