425 DX News #1523

11 July 2020 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1523

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

DL - Markus, DJ4EL will be active as DJ4EL/p from Juist Island (EU-047)
on 10-13 July. He will operate SSB on 40-10 metres. QSL via LoTW,
Club Log's OQRS, or via home call. [TNX DX World]
HS - Look for E20WXA/p (QSL direct to home call), HS0YNM/p (QSL via home
call, direct or bureau, and LoTW), HS1OLQ/p (QSL via home call) and
HS2JQC/p (QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or direct to home call) to
be active from Si Chang Island (AS-107) between around 6 UTC on 11
July until around 8 UTC on the 12th. They will operate SSB, CW, FT8
and FT4 on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres.
I - Michele, IU2NKC will be active as IA5/IU2NKC from Isola del Giglio
(EU-028) on 12-25 July. QSL via home call (bureau), LoTW and eQSL.
LZ - During the IARU HF World Championship, LZ0AA will be the Bulgarian
Federation of Radio Amateurs' HQ station on 80 metres. It will use
the tallest antenna (215 metres) at the Vakarel Transmitter broad-
casting facility, inaugurated in 1937 and shut down on 31 December
2014. The antenna will be taken down shortly after the contest. QSL
via the bureau to LZ1BJ. The other BFRA HQ stations are likely to
use LZ0HQ.
PZ - Markus, DJ4EL expects to be active as PZ5G from Papegaaien Island
(SA-092) on 16-19 October. He will operate CW and SSB on 80-10
metres. Before and after that, between 11 and 25 October, he will
be active as PZ5GE from Houttuin (mainland Suriname) on 40-10m SSB.
QSLs via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or via home call, direct or bureau.
Follow him on Twitter (https://twitter.com/rapanuiman) for the
latest news.
SM - Kjell, SM4DDS will be active again as 7S5A from Stora Alo/Boko
Island (EU-177) on 19-24 July. He will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on
80-6 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via home call
(direct or bureau). [TNX SM4DDS]
SV - Markus, DJ4EL, will be active as SV8/DJ4EL from Kythira Island (EU-
113) on 26-30 July. He will operate SSB on 40-10 metres. QSL via
LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or via home call. [TNX DX World]
UA - Look for Mikhail R1MJ/p, Yuliya R1CBL/p and Vitaly RA1AGJ/p to be
active from Gogland Island (EU-133) on 23-28 July. They plan to
operate mainly SSB on 160-15m. QSL via home calls. [TNX qrz.ru]
VE - Len, VE9MY/p and Linda, VE9GLF/p will be active from Grand Manan
Island (NA-014) on 12-18 July. They plan to operate from six World
Wide Flora & Fauna references on 80, 40, 20 and 17 metres SSB. QSL
via home calls, bureau preferred.
VK - Andy, VK5MAV will be active as VK5MAV/p from Granite Island (OC-
228) on 12 July between 1 and 6 UTC. He will operate CW on 20 and
15 metres with 100 watts (battery powered) and a ground plane. This
is intended to be a "test visit", as he expects to be QRV again on
25 and 26 July [425DXN 1522]. Access is limited to daytime hours
only, and he will not be able to overnight on the island. QSL via
Club Log's OQRS.
VK - "Preparations are almost complete for the VK5KI mini DXpedition to
Kangaroo Island (OC-139)" [425DXN 1518], Grant VK5GR posted to
https://vk5gr-iota.net/ on 5 July. He and Andrew VK5AKH will oper-
ate SSB, CW and "multiple digital modes" using a HexBeam on 20-10m,
a dedicated 40m vertical and a multi-band vertical for 160-10m.
They expect to have the station operational by 7 UTC on 13 July and
to QRT most likely before 22 UTC on the 17th. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS;
the logs will be available for Club Log and LoTW IOTA matching once
the direct QSL cards have been posted.
W - Joe, K5KUA will participate in the IOTA Contest from his home QTH
on Galveston Island (NA-143). He will operate mainly CW with some
SSB. QSL via home call, direct or bureau, and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]

IARU HF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ---> The object of the contest is to contact
other amateurs around the world - especially member-society HQ stations and
IARU officials - in as many ITU zones as possible on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and
10m CW and SSB. This year's event will run from 12 UTC on 11 July until
11.59 UTC on the 12th (see https://contests.arrl.org/iaruhf/). The following
is a selection of IARU Member Society HQ stations that are expected to be
QRV:
Call Mult Call Mult
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7A1HQ ORARI IO8HQ ARI
8N1HQ JARL IO9HQ ARI
8N2HQ JARL LN2HQ NRRL
8N6HQ JARL LR4HQ RCA
8N8HQ JARL LX8HQ RL
9A0HQ HRS LY0HQ LRMD
B0HQ CRAC LZ0AA BFRA
B3HQ CRAC LZ0HQ BFRA
B7HQ CRAC NU1AW IARU
B8HQ CRAC OH2HQ SRAL
B9HQ CRAC OL0HQ CRC
BV0HQ CTARL OP0HQ UBA
CR5HQ REP OZ1HQ EDR
CX1AA RCU PA6HQ VERON
DA0HQ DARC PW2HQ LABRE
E2HQ RAST PW7HQ LABRE
E7HQ ARABH R0HQ SRR
EF4HQ URE S50HQ ZRS
EI0HQ IRTS SK9HQ SSA
EM5HQ UARL SN0HQ PZK
GR2HQ RSGB TM0HQ REF
HB9HQ USKA W1AW/4 ARRL
IO1HQ ARI XE1LM FMRE
IO2HQ ARI YR0HQ FRR
IO4HQ ARI YT0HQ SRS
IO5HQ ARI ZS95SARL SARL
IO6HQ ARI
Members of the IARU Administrative Council and the three IARU regional
executive committees will send a signal report plus AC, R1, R2 or R3, as
appropriate.

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

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425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The June 2020 issue is now available for download
at http://www.425dxn.org/index.php. [TNX IZ3EBA]

FT8DMC ANNIVERSARY ---> Further special callsigns celebrating the 3rd an-
niversary of the FT8 Digital Mode Club until 31 July [425DXN 1521] include
CB3DMC, XR3DMC and XR3FT8 from Chile (QSL direct to CE3GCA); GB8DMC from
England (operated by G8LIY, QSL via qrz.com and possibly LoTW), and OZ8FTDM
from Denmark (operated by OZ1KZX, QSL via LoTW and eQSL). Information about
the FTDMC Anniversary Award can be found on https://www.ft8dmc.eu.

KH6VV/KH4 ---> The DXpedition to Midway Island [425DXN #1476] has been
postponed. "We've all seen the latest pandemic news. It's not progressing in
a good direction, or anything like the earlier predictions", Ron KH6DV
posted to qrz.com on 9 July. "We have encountered a strong and understand-
able pushback related to the original operation date of October 2020. Once
there was the possibility of moving the operation to the second half of Feb-
ruary 2021 the conversation turned more positive. The application for the
Special Use Permit for Midway has now been edited, and now proposes a period
of the second half of February and will be submitted this week. Two things
now need to happen: (1) we need more operator interest, and (2) we need more
donations to the expedition PayPal page(KH6VV[@]outlook.com)".

QSO TODAY VIRTUAL HAM EXPO ---> The first QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo (8-9
August) [425DXN 1519] has now confirmed a packed lineup of over 70 speakers
for the event. After each speaker finishes his talk, there will be a virtual
live Q&A so participants can get immediate answers to their questions. For
more information and to register, go to https://www.qsotodayhamexpo.com/.
Attendance is free and there are early bird prize incentives (donated by
sponsors) for registering by 24 July. The QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo will
run for 48 hours as a live event, then will be available as an on-demand
event for another 30 days.

WWFF SUMMER TOUR ---> Timo, OH1NOA (http://thehamradio.com/) is going on a
"WWFF Summer Tour" to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. He plans to operate CW
and SSB as ES1NOA/# (12-13 and 22-26 July), YL/OH1NOA (14-17 and 21 July)
and LY/OH1NOA (17-20 July) from 25-30 different protected areas. Updates
will be posted to the World Wide Flora & Fauna programme's website:
http://wwff.co/agenda/. QSL via the bureau and LOTW.

YASME SUPPORTING GRANT TO RBN ---> The Yasme Foundation has allocated funds
to purchase equipment needed to add 15 nodes to the Reverse Beacon Network.
These new nodes will be added in regions where there is a need for reception
reports to support amateur radio operation and where those reports will also
have scientific value for geophysical research.
Yasme was assisted in this effort by supporting grants from the Amateur
Radio Digital Communications team (https://www.ampr.org/), and by scientific
advice from the HamSCI (https://hamsci.org/) researchers. Information on the
node locations will be available after a final list of hosts is available.
[TNX K4ZW]

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 4U1UN, 5B60AIX, 5I4ZZ (AF-032),
5I5TT (AF-032), 6F3A (NA-153), 6W1/EA4ATI, 9G5W, 9J2LA, 9X2S, A71AE, CB0Z
(SA-101), CP4BT, E44RU, EA7/DJ4EL (EU-143), F4FCE/P (EU-039), FG8NY,
FS/VA7XW (NA-105), HL4HPK, HU1DL, JA8COE/0, KL7SB, KP4/AA7CH (NA-249),
OR95WARD, OX3LX (NA-018 and NA-134), OX80HM, RI0B (AS-068), S53A, TA0/R7AL
(AS-115), TA0/RK8A (AS-115), TC0X (AS-099), TG9ADM, TI9A, TM8C (EU-159),
VP2VB, VP8PJ (AN-008), XF3PAS (NA-090), XP2I, XR8RRC (SA-032), YE7SPN,
ZL3CW.

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