425 DX News #1518

6 June 2020 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1518

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

CO - Special callsign CO200SMP will be in use on 8-30 June to celebrate
the 200th anniversary of San Miguel del Padron, one of the fifteen
municipalities that make up the city of Havana, Cuba. Look for
activity on the HF bands CW, FT8 and SSB. QSL direct to CO2AME.
G - MZX was the callsign allocated to Marconi's radio factory in New
Street in Chelmsford, where the first live public entertainment
broadcast (a song recital by the renowned operatic soprano, Dame
Nellie Melba) took place on 15 June 1920. Celebrating the 100th
anniversary of that milestone, members of the Chelmsford Amateur
Radio Society (G0MWT) will be active as GB100MZX on 13-20 June. QSL
via operator's instructions.
G - Marking the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Royal Corps
of Signals, special callsign GB100RS will be operated by members of
the Royal Signals ARS from England on 28 June-8 August, Northern
Ireland on 9 August-5 September, Wales on 6 September-3 October,
and Scotland on 4-17 October. Additionally, GB100RCS will be active
from the HQ station at Blandford Camp, Dorset as soon as permission
to reopen it is received. See https://rsars.org.uk/ for more
information.
GW - Also celebrating the centenary of Nellie Melba's recital will be
GB0MZX from Wales, operated by members of the Dragon Amateur Radio
Club (GW4TTA) on 12-21 June. QSL via operator's instructions.
Certificates will be available, details will be published on
https://www.qrz.com/db/GB0MZX.
HL - Han, DS2GOO and Lee,6K2CEW will be active as DS2GOO/4 and 6K2CEW/4
from Pogil Island (AS-085) on 9-11 June. They will operate CW, SSB,
FT8 and other digital modes on 80-6 metres. QSL via home calls.
[TNX HL1VAU]
OJ0 - Weather permitting, Henri, OH3JR, will land on Market Reef (EU-053)
on 5 June and be active as OJ0A during the COVID-19 Radio communi-
tion Event (6-7 June) [425DXN 1517]. He expects to remain there for
one week and be QRV as OJ0JR after the COVID-19 event. QSLs via
OH3JR. [TNX OH2BH]
UA - R20RUS and RU20RU are two special callsigns for the Miller DX Club
(https://mdxc.ru/) to celebrate Russia Day on 8-14 June. QSL via
Club Log's OQRS. Russia Day, the national holiday of the Russian
Federation, has celebrated annually on 12 June since 1992.
VK - Special callsign VI110WIA celebrates the 110th anniversary of the
Wireless Institute of Australia. Commencing on 1 June and ceasing
on 31 December, it is available for use by WIA affiliated clubs and
all WIA members. QSL via LoTW and eQSL.
VK - The Wireless Institute of Australia has joined the "Stay Home"
campaign and be active as VK20HOME between 1 June and 31 December.
The special callsign is available for use by WIA affiliated clubs
and all WIA members. QSL via LoTW and eQSL.
VK - The VK5KI activity from Kangaroo Island (OC-139) [425DXN 1508] has
been rescheduled and scaled down. It will no longer coincide with
the IOTA Contest, but will be held on 13-18 July as a holiday style
operation. Grant, VK5GR and Andrew, VK5AKH will be QRV with one
station on 80-10 metres. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS. More information can
be found on https://vk5gr-iota.net/. [TNX VK5GR]

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

Access to the main functions of www.425dxn.org is provided by the 425DXN App
for Android. It is available on Google Play - free of charge, no ads. Enjoy!

COVID-19 COMMUNICATION EVENT ---> The top 30 multimode scores, the top five
single-mode scores on each mode, and the top three scores from each conti-
nent will receive an online certificate and will participate in a free draw-
ing for a week-long trip, either to Finland or to Brazil, to take place in
2021. Additionally, "stayhome" stations that will log at least 1000 QSOs
will participate in a drawing for a Yaesu FT-891 transceiver. Finally, the
63 sub-category winners as well as the operators of the registered "stay-
home" stations that contact a minimum of 500 stations during the event, will
have a chance of winning, through a lottery, the Master Grand Prize: a Yaesu
FTdx101D transceiver. The COVID-19 Radio Communication Event [425DXN 1517]
will be held on 6-7 June; complete information can be found as follows:
Rules http://ko8sca.com/rules.pdf
Multipliers http://ko8sca.com/multipliers.pdf
Awards http://ko8sca.com/awards.pdf
Prizes http://ko8sca.com/prizes.pdf

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. Complete results of the
2019 edition are on http://www.dxmarathon.com/Results/2019/Results2019.htm.

STAY AT HOME ---> Further special callsign that have recently joined the
"Stay Home" campaign include:
- A43STAYHOME from Oman
- N2I/STAYHOME from the United States, operated by the South Jersey DX
Association (N2CW) on 6-7 June
- TC7STAY from Turkey (QSL via LoTW only)
- VC3STYSAFE from Canada (QSL via VE3ES)
- W8I/STAYSAFE from the United States, operated by the Lost Mountain
Operators Club between 5 and 8 June. The operators are distributed in the
states of West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland, and the QSLs will reflect
the actual QTH of the operator worked. QSL via LoTW and eQSL; paper cards
via the bureau (DX stations) or direct to Lost Mountain Operators Club,
9700 Darlene Ln, Great Falls VA 22066, USA.

SUMMER CHALLENGE ---> The Summer Challenge 2020 is a fun DX event organized
by the EI DX Group. It started on 1 June, and will run through 30 August.
The goal is to work as many DXCC Entities, CQ Zones, Irish counties (EI and
GI) and members of the EIDXG as possible; each of these counts once regard-
less of band and mode. There will be plaques and "bonus prizes" for the top
scorers. Complete information, including a downloadable check-sheet, can be
found on http://eidxg.com/sc2020/. [TNX EI9FBB]

WSJT-X 2.2.0 ---> On 2 June Joe, K1JT and the WSJT Development Group an-
nounced the general availability (GA) release of WSJT-X Version 2.2.0, which
provides a number of new features and capabilities, as well as minor en-
hancements and bug fixes. See the Release Notes and the updated User Guide
on the website below. Upgrading from earlier versions of WSJT-X should be
be seamless. There is no need to uninstall a previous version or move any
files. Links to installation packages for Windows, Linux, and Macintosh are
available on http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html.

YASME EXCELLENCE AWARD & SUPPORTING GRANTS ---> In 2008 The Yasme Foundation
(http://www.yasme.org/) established the Yasme Excellence Award, to be
presented to individuals and groups who, through their own service,
creativity, effort and dedication, have made a significant contribution to
amateur radio. The contribution may be in recognition of technical,
operating or organizational achievement, as all three are necessary for
amateur radio to grow and prosper. The Yasme Excellence Award is in the form
of a cash grant and an individually-engraved crystal globe.
The latest recipient, announced on 1 June, is Joe Eisenberg, K0NEB, "for his
contributions to amateur radio through his kit-building seminars, as seen at
the Dayton Hamvention and other ham gatherings. He is also editor of the
Kit-Building column for CQ magazine. Joe exemplifies the 'give back' and
'self-teaching' spirit of ham radio, especially in training youngsters".
The Board of Directors of the Yasme Foundation has also made supporting
Grants to the Foundation for Amateur Radio (https://www.farweb.org/) and
ARRL scholarship programmess for 2020, as well as to the Open Research In-
stitute (https://openresearch.institute/) to enable completion of ORI's
Phase 4 Ground Project (an open source satellite ground station for the
amateur radio satellite service). [TNX K4ZW]

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3V8SS LX1NO FM5DN KU9C OL3Z OK1HMP
4D3X W3HNK FM5WD W3HNK OL725PLZ OK1DRQ
4E1A 9V1KG FY4VA DL7BC OM7M OM3PA
4K6MAR DC9RI GB0ELR M0LMN P33W UA3DX
4L1R W3HNK GS2MP N3SL P3AA RW3RN
4L2M EA7FTR HC1HC NE8Z PJ2SM EC5AHA
4L5O N3SL HC2AO RC5A PJ4/KU8E K4BAI
4L6DL LZ1OT HF3015O SQ4O PJ4/WW4LL K4BAI
4L6QL RW6HS HG120BAY HA5GY PQ5FB PY5FB
4X2M 4X4DZ HG3IPA HA3JB PS2T K3IRV
4X6FR 4X6OM HG3R HA3NU PX2A PY2VM
5B4AMM UT5UDX HG7T HA7TM PY2ZEA OH2MM
5B60AJC UA3DX HH2/N3BNA KA2AEV R100RK R1NU
5Q6EE OZ2I HK3JCL DK8LRF R100Y RW4YD
5R8AL G3SWH HP2DFA EC6DX S79VU EA5GL
5R8UI IZ8CCW IB9A IZ2WFL SC7DX SM7GIB
5T5PA PA5X IB9T IT9TQH SI9AM SM3FJF
5W1SA JA1DXA IF9A IT9ATF SN25EBM SQ5EBM
5Z4/G3AB M0URX II4REP IQ4FE SN3A SP3GEM
8P1W KU9C J68HZ K9HZ SN7Q SP7GIQ
8P2K KU9C JY5HX E73Y SO4M SP4MPG
8P5A HA1AG JY5MM IK2DUW SP8R SP8PCF
9J2BO G3TEV KC4USV K7MT SU1IE IK2DUW
A61CK IZ8CLM KH6LC WA6WPG TG9ADV EC6DX
A61EK IZ8CLM KH7M I0MWI TI5/N3KS W4FS
A61FJ LZ1YE KH7M KH6ZM [W/VE] TI7W W4FS
A61HA A61BK LN8W LA9VDA TM50PSG F8GGZ
A61QQ A61BK LT5V EC6DX TM80DYN F6KMB
AT2GOK VU2FI LT7D EA5GL TT8FC EA3GWK
AU2STH VU2JAU LX20I LX2A TZ4AM W0SA
BG4OP BI4IIZ LZ24M LZ1KDP UK8OK EA7FTR
BI4WXD BI4SCC LZ4A LZ1YQ UK8ZC RW6HS
BY4DX BD4HF LZ5R LZ1YQ UN7AB DL8KAC
BY5EA BD4HF LZ734PA LZ1KCP UN9L LZ1YE
C4W 5B4WN M2L M0OXO UP75A RW6HS
CE3CT EA5KB M6O G3WGN UP75B RW6HS
CF7RR VA7RR MU2K GU8ITE UP75D RW6HS
CG3EJ VE3EJ MX0SNB G3SVK UP75E RW6HS
CG3T VE3DZ OA4GL EA7HBC UP75O RW6HS
CJ3A VE3AT OA4SS KB6J UP75P RW6HS
CN8SG EA7FTR OD5KU EB7DX UP75POBEDA RW6HS
CO6RD EA5GL OD5TX W4JS V31MA M0OXO
CO7YMC IK2DUW OD5UI IZ8CLM V73NS W3HNK
CR5O CT7AJL OE25BKC OE3BKC VC7X VE7JH
CX2TQ IK2DUW OE25DMT OE7DMT VE2SPEED VE2JCW
CX6DZ EA5GL OE25RBO OE5RBO VK9NK SP9FIH
DQ750KL DL5KVV OE25TWA OE3TWA VY2ZM EA7HBC
DU1IST JA1HGY OE25XFG OE6WIG WP2Z KU9C
E2A E21EIC OE25XFG OE6WIG YJ8RN NZ4DX
E7CW E73ESP OE25XGM OE5XGM YL7X YL2LY
EE4A EA4IE OE25XKJ OE7MPI YO70IPA YO3AS
EE5X EA5KO OE25XKJ OE7XKJ YP7WFF YO7CKQ
EF8R EB7DX OE25YSC OE3YSC ZM1A ZL3CW
EH1MDC EA1UVR OE2S OE2GEN ZM1M ZL1BBW
EH1OLA EA1UVR OE3K OE1DIA ZP6TT IK2DUW
EI0W EI9GTB OG1D OH1JD ZP9MCE EA5ZD
EI20C EI3KD OG2P OH2PM ZR2A/4 DM5EE
EO50LW UT7LW OH0T OH2GEK ZV2K PY2SHF
EP6DSP WA3FRP OH8X OH6KN ZZ60CRASMO PP5AA [b]
F6KOP F5GSJ OK5Z OK2ZI ZZ60CRASMO PP5DZ [d]

5B60AIX Noz Bryan, P.O. Box 66625, CY-8591 Pegeia, Cyprus
5B60ALJ Mike Zaskalet, P.O.Box 66791, CY-8575 Peyia, Cyprus
CF2T Gilles Renucci, 550 Chemin Monk, L'Ile-Bizard, QC H9E 1B2, Canada
CR6K Filipe Monteiro Lopes, Rua Manuel Jose da Silva 184, Espinheira,
3720-537 Sao Martinho da Gandara, Portugal
CX6VM Jorge Diez Furest, Remigio Castellanos 474, 37000 - Melo,
Cerro Largo, Uruguay
GB2OL Ed Holt, Ashwell, St. Ola, Kirkwall, KW15 1SX, United Kingdom
GW4J Stewart Rolfe, Ty'n Lon, Bangor, LL57 4DR, United Kingdom
HG6N Salgotarjani Varosi Radioklub, Salgotarjan, Meredek ut 6 II/1,
3100, Hungary
HH2AA MyQSL Service, PO Box 375, Pawling NY 12564, USA
II9P Vincenzo Bongiovanni, Via Asia 19/A, 97100 Ragusa RG, Italy
J42L Leo Fiskas, 1 Argyriou Gouzgou Str., 52 200 Argos Orestiko, Greece
KH6TU Wailuku DX Association, 2164 Kamaile St, Wailuku HI 96793, USA
LY88A Rolandas Zakelis, Naujakuriu g. 82-19, LT-47131 Kaunas, Lithuania
OH0V Jukka Klemola, Aarontie 5, FI-31400 Somero, Finland
OM0M Dozen Dashes Contest Club, P.O. Box 26, 040 13 Kosice 13, Slovakia
OV1CDX Frank Fendahl, Svinoevej 2, 4750 Lundby, Denmark
OY1CT Carsten Thomsen, Uppi i Troed 8, FO-340 Kvivik, Faroe Islands
TM73E Fred Donati, 44 rue du 11 Novembre 1918, 87380 Meuzac, France
VC2A Victor Androsov, 1185 Rue de Blois, Boucherville, QC J4B 7Z5,
Canada
VR2XAN Alberto Annesi, 1/F 7A Nam Shan Road, Peng Chau, Hong Kong
VX3X Peter Csanky, 4 Ravensdale Road, Cobourg, ON K9A 2B9, Canada
XP3A Harry de Jong, Broekdijk 59, 7695 TC Bruchterveld, The Netherlands
YN7ZTR Trevis Rissler, 40 Webb Creek Cir., Bangor CA 95914, USA
ZM4T Holger Hannemann, 262 Waimarama Heights, RD12, Havelock North 4294,
New Zealand
ZT1T Tom Morgan, 58 Piet Retief Street, Robertson, 6705, South Africa
ZW8T Milton Lima Ribeiro, Rua Mazerine Cruz 2673, Teresina - PI,
64076-040, Brazil

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