425 DX News #1524

18 July 2020 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1524

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

A6 - A60EMM is a special callsign commemorating the Emirates Mars Mis-
sion "Hope Probe" (https://www.emiratesmarsmission.ae/), which is
expected to be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan
between 20 and 22 July, depending on improved weather conditions.
The Hope orbiter is scheduled to reach Mars in February 2021, to
coincide with the 50th anniversary of the United Arab Emirates'
formation. Look for A60EMM to be QRV with multiple stations, e.g.
A60EMM/1 A60EMM/2, A60EMM/3, etc: https://www.qrz.com/db/a60emm.
BV - Bruce, BV2KI will be active as BV0WPX from Liuchiu Yu Island (AS-
155) on 25-26 July. QSL via BV2KI and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
BY - Look for members of the One Partner DX Club, BG4OP to be active
from Lingshan Island (AS-150) on 25-26 July. QSL via BI4IIZ. [TNX
NG3K]
DL - Jo, DL5KUD will participate in the IOTA Contest from his home QTH
on Ruegen Island (EU-057). He will operate CW in the 12-hour cate-
gory. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or direct only to DL5KUD. [TNX NG3K]
F - Fabien, F4GYM will be active as F4GYM/p from Noirmoutier Island
(EU-064) in late July. He will operate SSB, CW and digital modes.
QSL via home call. On 25-26 July he will be signing F6KBK/p (QSL
via the bureau to F4GTB). [TNX NG3K]
HA - The Hungarian FIRAC group is active as HA70MAV until 1 December in
celebration of the 70th Railway Day. The special callsign's suffix
stands for Magyar Allamvasutak, "Hungarian State Railways". QSL via
LoTW and eQSL only.
I - Giuseppe, IT9PPG will be active as IF9A from Favignana Island (EU-
054) on 25-26 July. QSL via IT9ATF.
I - Raffalele, IH9YMC will participate in the IOTA Contest from his
home QTH on Pantelleria Island (AF-018). QSL only via LoTW or eQSL;
he also uploads his log to Club Log on a regular basis.
IS0 - Emil, DL8JJ will be active as IS0/DL8JJ/m from Sardinia (EU-024) on
16-26 July, with a side trip to Foradada Island (EU-165) on 18
July. He will operate CW and SSB on 40-10 metres. QSL via DL8JJ and
LoTW. [TNX DX World]
LA - Tom, LA4LN is now active as LN1V from Stord Island (EU-055, Locator
JO29qs) until mid-August. He is QRV mainly on 6 metres using digi-
tal modes, although he can operate on all bands and modes. QSL
direct to home call. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
OH - Tony, OH1TD is active again from his summer QTH on Korpo Island
(EU-096) until September. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
PY - Carlos PY1CG, Marcelo PY1MT and Renato PY8WW plan to be active as
ZV1M from Ilha das Palmas (SA-079) on 24-26 July. They will operate
CW, SSB and digital modes on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via
PY1MT.
SV - Thomas, SV2CLJ and other members of the Crows Contest Team (J42L)
are expected to be active as J48L from Amouliani Island (EU-174) on
25-26 July. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or direct only to SV2CLJ. [TNX
NG3K]
SV5 - Stathis, SV5DKL will participate in the IOTA Contest from his home
QTH on Rhodes Island, Dodecanese (EU-001). He will operate CW. QSL
via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, eQSL, or via home call. [TNX NG3K]
V8 - Celebrating the 74th birthday of HRM Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan and
Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei, special callsign V84SPU will be active
on 18-31 July on all bands and modes. QSL direct to P.O. Box 849,
MPC Old Airport, Bandar Seri Begawan BB3577, Brunei Darussalam.
VK - Andy, VK5MAV will try and be active again as VK5MAV/p from Granite
Island (OC-228) on 18 or 19 July, weather permitting. Access is
limited to daytime hours only, and on 12 July [425DXN 1523] he made
150 QSOs between 1 and 6 UTC: "I didn't expect anything else", he
says, "my signal was very weak with such setup (GP for 20 and 15m,
copper wire into the water as radials, 100 watts, battery powered,
no tent, no shelter, no normal table/chair)". Under such circum-
stances, activity during the IOTA Contest weekend "would be point-
less".
W - Andy, AA5JF will be active holiday style as AA5JF/4 from Jekyll
Island (NA-058) on 23-26 July. "This is mostly an HF effort with a
focus on 40, 30 and 20 metres", he says, "but if I see that 6m is
open, I may get on". He will operate CW, FT8 and possibly FT4
before the IOTA Contest, and then CW and SSB (with Andy's son Sage,
KO4BUR on the mic) during the contest. QSL direct to home call; the
log will be uploaded to Club Log and LoTW.

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

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JAN MAYEN 2021 ---> The JX0X DXpedition to Jan Mayen (EU-022) [425DXN 1521]
is scheduled to take place between 15 September and 5 October 2021. The
preliminary plan is for the team (LA7GIA, RA9USU, DL5EBE and RM2D) to depart
on 15 September, and to reach their destination on the 18th, depending on
sea conditions. Operations will start "as soon as possible on a few bands,
not later than 24 hours from arrival to the island". JX0X will run up to
four stations simultaneously for two weeks; the main modes will be CW and
digi, plus some SSB. The expedition will focus on 160, 80, 60, 40 and 30
metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS. Bookmark http://jx0x.com/ for more informa-
tion and updates.

RA1ZZ/P ---> Vasily, RA1ZZ has had to cancel his activity from Bolshoy Bere-
zovyy Island (EU-117) [425DXN 1522]. He was expected to be QRV on 25-26
July. [TNX NG3K]

TO5T ---> The 10-17 August DXpedition to St Pierre & Miquelon [425DXN 1503]
has been cancelled. It will be rescheduled sometime next year. [TNX DX
World]

VK9NK ---> Janusz, SP9FIH left Norfolk Island a few days ago, after nearly
58,000 QSOs made between 13 January and 5 July. QSL via Club Log's OQRS
(preferred), or via home call.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3W3B E21EIC EA6/EI6DX RA3R P3X UT5UDX
3Z65M72M SP3GVX EA8RM EB7DX PA6HQ PA1AW
4L5P UT7QF EF4HQ EA4URE PJ4/KU8E K4BAI
4O4T YU1FW EG1FMM EB1CAM PJ4A K4BAI
4U1A UA3DX EI0HQ EI4BZ PJ4DX M0URX
4U1UN HB9BOU EM9WFF EA5EL PJ4KY M0URX
4Y1A UA3DX ER4DX ER1FF PW2HQ PY2KP
5B4AOW RW3RN ER7HQ ER1FF PW7HQ PY2KP
5Q5W DL2SWW ES1NOA OH1NOA PX2A PY2VM
5T5PA PA5X ES7A ES7GM R0HQ RN3RQ
5Z4/G3AB M0URX EX8VM RW6HS R103GPMK RM3Y
7X5JF DJ8QP EY8MM W0VTT R1943KB RW3WW
8Q7AM IW0HBY FK8HA K3IRV S50HQ S54G
9A0HQ 9A3JB FM5BH W3HNK SK50AX SK7AX
9G5AR N4GNR FR4PV F1UIJ SK9HQ SM6JSM
9V1YC W5UE FS4WBS IZ1MHY SN066POL SQ1PSA
A25SL N4GNR GM6XX M0OXO SN0HAL SP5ZIP
A42K EA5GL GR2HQ M0OXO SN0HQ SP7DQR
A60EMM/3 A61BK GS8VL M0OXO SN306DM SP2PTU
A61R EC6DX HB9HQ HB9OCR SN7Q SP7GIQ
A65BP UA6MF HC0T RC5A SN87LOT SP1PMY
A71EM M0OXO HC1M EA5GL SO7G SQ7PGP
A71HQ A71A HF0BW SP1PBW TF3ML TF3MH
A71VV M0OXO HG0HQ HA8IB TF3W TF3MH
AP2MKS EA5GL HG7T HA7TM TG9ADV EC6DX
B3HQ BA4EG IB9A IZ2FWL TG9ANF VE7BV
B7HQ BA4EG II1A IK1SPR TG9IN K4TI
B8HQ BA4EG II4NBL IQ4FE TM0HQ F5CWU
B9HQ BA4EG IO9A IT9YVO TM0SOC F5PBL
BV0HQ BM2JCC IR1G IZ1LBG TM3CN F4HIK
BV0M BU2EQ IR2Q IK2PFL TM5A F5VHJ
C4W 5B4WN IR4M I4IFL TM8FTDM F1ULQ
CE3CT EA5KB IR8D IZ8JAI TZ4AM W0SA
CN8JQ RW6HS LR4HQ LU4AA UE45SA RV3YR
CO8LY EA7ADH LY0HQ LY8O V31MA M0OXO
CP4BT IK2DUW LZ0AA LZ1BJ V55HQ DL9NDS
CP4MG EA5KB LZ0HQ LZ1BJ VC3STYWELL VE3ES
CP5HK EC6DX LZ5R LZ1YQ VK5KI M0OXO
CR6T CT1ESV LZ6V LZ2KRM WP3C W3HNK
CX7CO EA5GL MX0SNB G3SVK XE1LM XE2AU
D44PM IZ4DPV OD5KU EB7DX YR8D YO8KRR
DA0HQ DL5AXX OE0HQ OE3KAB YT0HQ YU1SRS
DP0GVN DL5EBE OE1970WWL OE1WWL YT50SCWC YU1MM
DX0HQ DX1PAR OH0R OH2PM Z60A OH2BH
E2A E21EIC OL0HQ OK1MP ZF2CH VO1IDX
E2HQ E21EIC OP0HQ ON4CAS ZL7DX M0OXO
E75C E73Y OV9M DF9TM ZM1A ZL3CW
E7DX E77E OX3LX OZ0J ZR2A/4 DM5EE
E7HQ E70ARA OZ1HQ OZ1ACB ZS95SARL ZS6C
E7TESLA E77E OZ4SOP OZ4CG ZW5B K3IRV

CB3DMC Sebastian Garcia, Casilla 12096, Sucursal Quinta Normal,
8509001 Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile
II2EMCA Michele Carlone, Via Aldo Moro 1, 24030 Mozzo BG, Italy
LN1V Tom V. Segalstad, Postboks 15 Kjelsaas, 0411 Oslo, Norway
OA1F Elena P. Moran, Rua do Codesal 5 - 3 Dcha, 15405 Ferrol (A Coruna)
Spain
OH0CO Bengt E. Karlsson, Laerkstigen 4, SE-546 33 Karlsborg, Sweden
OZ30EU Svend Erik Kofod, Kanegaardsvej 4, 3700 Roenne, Denmark
TI2CC Carlos Paez, SJO 169221, P.O. Box 025331, Miami FL 33102, USA
XR3DMC Sebastian Garcia, Casilla 12096, Sucursal Quinta Normal,
8509001 Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile
XR3FT8 Sebastian Garcia, Casilla 12096, Sucursal Quinta Normal,
8509001 Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile
XV1X Eddy Visser, I.P.O Box 88, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam
YV7PMG Pedro M. Gonzalez G., C/ Aurora, San Sebastian, Tacarigua 6323,
Estado Nueva Esparta, Venezuela
Z81S Antonello Scauso, Via Tenente Minniti 105, 98057 Milazzo ME, Italy
ZA/IZ7PMQ Renato De Stefanis, Via Città Verde 90, 05100 Terni TR, Italy

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