425 DX News #1540

7 November 2020 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1540

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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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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 postponed or cancelled at any time and
without notice.

4X - The "Land of Craters" programme will see four special stations
operate from the Makhteshim ("craters") in the Negev desert of
Israel. The first activity will take place on 13-14 November from
the Makhteshim Arif (Arif Craters) under the special callsign
4X0ARF. It will be followed (dates to be announced) by 4X0GDL
(Makhtesh Gadol, the Large Crater), 4X0KTN (Makhtesh Katan, the
Small Crater) and 4X0RMN (Makhtesh Ramon). A certificate will be
available for working three out of four special stations: see
https://www.iarc.org/craters/. QSL for all callsigns via 4X6ZM,
LoTW and eQSL.
7Q - 7Q7RU was expected to be QRV on 7-18 November [425DXN 1537]. The
DXpedition team however was unable to catch their flight from Kenya
to Malawi owing to some visa problems which are trying to sort out
at the Malawian High Commission in Nairobi. In the meantime, they
might try and get a temporary 5Z4 operating permit.
HP - HP3BSM and several other operators will be active as 3E1FP on 1-30
November, while the country celebrates the Festas Patrias that
started with the 177th anniversary of the establishment of the
Republic of Panama (3 November 1903). Look for activity on 80-10
metres SSB, CW, FT8 and FT4. QSL direct to HP3BSM.
LU - Radio Club QRM Belgrano, LU4AAO will be active on the HF bands SSB,
FT8 and CW on 7-15 November to celebrate Argentine Tradition Day.
See http://lu4aao.org/cert_dia_tradicion_2020.htm for more informa-
tion. [TNX LU5AG]
ON - Members of UBA Section KTK (ON6CK) will be active as OP0PEACE until
30 November to commemorate the end of World War I. QSL via opera-
tor's instructions and logsearch on Club Log.
OX - Bo, OZ1DJJ has been active again as OX3LX from Asiaat Island
(NA-134) since 29 October, and expects to remain there until 16
November. He is QRV in his spare time, typically "around lunchtime
and after dinner" (local time is UTC-2), also at night and in the
morning hours during the weekends. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW,
or via OZ0J.
PY - Sandro, PY1SAN and Marc, PY1CMT will be active as ZX6BA from Prado
(HH02), Bahia on 13-15 November, and as PR1S from Nova Almeida
(GG99), Espirito Santo on 16-18 November. They will operate CW and
SSB on the QO-100 geostationary satellite, with some FT8 and CW
activity on the HF bands running 5 watts. QSL via LoTW only for
both callsigns.
TZ - Ulmar, DK1CE is expected to be back to Bamako, Mali in mid-November
and be active as TZ1CE from the QTH of Jeff, TZ4AM for a month. He
plans to be QRV "close to full time" on 160-10 metres CW, FT8 and
SSB. QSL via DK1CE (direct or bureau); he does not use LoTW. [TNX
The Daily DX]
Z8 - Sigfrido, IW9FMD is a member of the United Nations Mission in South
Sudan, and has been QRV again as Z81S since early November.
Activity is limited to his spare time; length of stay not known.
QSL direct to IT9YVO.

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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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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!

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

3Y0I: BOUVET --- > "We are still pushing with the missing budget ($24300) to
finalize last payment for the vessel to make 3Y0I happen", the Rebel DX
Group posted to Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup) on 3 Novem-
ber. "So far (as an international team) we still can't travel to South
Africa due the Covid situation. Bouvet is not cancelled! All our equipment
is ready there, waiting for us. Time is running like crazy, also Antarctic
summer will not wait for us so long... Please keep in mind that we will
maybe need to reschedule this trip for the next season".

DIA DO RADIOAMADOR BRASILEIRO --- > The Brazilian Radio Amateur Day is
celebrated annually by LABRE on 5 November in memory of Roberto Landell de
Moura (1861-1928), National Hero of Brazil and a pioneer in developing long-
distance audio transmissions. A certificate is issued for contacts made with
20 different Brazilian stations on any band or mode on 4-8 November (from 21
UTC to 21 UTC). Send your QSO details to Claudio Gimenez, PY2KP, LABRE
Radiosport Manager (awards[@]labre.org.br). [TNX PY2KP]

QSL VP6MW ---> W0VTT is the QSL manager for Meralda Warren, VP6MW (Pitcairn
Island) only for QSOs made on 2 November 2019 and after. All QSOs are
uploaded to LoTW, he says, but "many are transcribed from paper logs, so
times and dates may not match". Direct cards should be sent to Michael G.
Cizek, PO Box 616, St Charles MN 55972, USA (US stations please send SASE,
DX stations please send SAE + $2.00 USD). Bureau cards will be answered once
or twice per year.

QSL YS1AG ---> Being "still unable to send any kind of mail abroad", Andres
Goens (YS1AG) has "finally yielded and asked a good friend to look after my
QSLing". Effective 30 October, cards should be sent direct to K3SX: Sidney
D. Shusterman, 5008 Red Hill Rd, Keedysville MD 21756, USA (US stations
please send SASE, DX stations please send SAE + $2.00 USD). "I am hoping
that eventually these guys here will open the mail services", Andres says.
"When that happens, I will pick up again the chores".

QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX's
website has been updated. Sixteen different galleries include 18,451 cards
for the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (2010-19), the 62 deleted DXCC
Entities, obsolete prefixes, stations from Maghreb from 1945 to 1962,
Allied Forces stations in Germany (1945-70), special stations commemorating
ITU and IARU, stations using the United Nations prefix (4U), Antarctic bases
and TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises), the various French
DXCC island Entities in the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Americas
(from 1945 to 1969), pre-1945 countries, French Departments and CONUS, plus
a gallery for cards not accepted by DXCC. Your participation is encouraged:
http://www.lesnouvellesdx.fr/galerieqsl.php. [TNX F6AJA].

TM39EU: CANCELLED ---> The 4-11 November operation from the Chausey Islands
(EU-039) [425DXN 1538] has been cancelled as France has gone back into
nationwide lockdown since 30 October to combat a surge in cases of COVID-19.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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4L0G EA7FTR EF8K EA8DET NP4Z N4AO
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4M8E YV8ER EN90LUR UR6LF OE6Z OE6CLD
4U1A UA3DX ET3AA N2OO OG70AD OH3AD
4X0T 4Z5FI FK8GX W3HNK OG7A OH6MW
4X7R 4X6OM FM4TI EA5GL OH0X OH2TA
5B4AMM UT5UDX FM5BH W3HNK OH8X OH6KN
5E1EC RW6HS FM5DN KU9C OK7K OK1BN
5Q1A OZ5ESB FS4WBS IZ1MHY OL0M OK1CDJ
6Y5MS EA5GL G6XX M0OXO OL4C OK1NP
7H9H N2OO GB4CKS G4HLN OL7T OK2BXU
7X2GK IK2DUW GM7V N3SL OL8K OK1GTH
8P1W KU9C HB9CC HB9KNY OM2Y OM2IB
8Q7RM HB9SHD HB9H HB9CXZ OP20FENIKS ON5YL
9A0BB 9A3JB HC2AO RC5A OR1X ON5UR
9A2W 9A1AYZ HC7AE EA5GL P49Y AE6Y
9A5Y 9A7W HD200C HC5ARC PA5150EVH PF1SCT
9A8M 9A3JB HG5A HA5KDQ PA75F PA3FVE
9G2DX EA5GL HG8R HA8JV PA75GH PA0PIW
9J2RD IZ8CCW HH2MK EB7DX PA75J PA7J
9K9A EC6DX HI3LT W2CCW PE75T PE4T
9K9C EC6DX HI3Y RW6HS PJ2SM EC5AHA
A60A EA7FTR HK1N EA5KB PJ4X K1QX
A60AAP/12 A65BR HK4L EA5GL PT5J PP5JR
A60FD/12 A65BR HP1XT KU9C PU0FDN PY7RP
A60FD/2 EA7FTR IB3N IV3SKB RL3A W3HNK
A60FD/5 A61BK IB9A IZ2WFL RM65LP R1MJ
A65BB S57DX II0GD 9A5URI SE0X SM0MDG
A71VV M0OXO II2S IZ2FOS SN2B SP3CGK
A73A M0OXO II4RVT IQ4FE SN3A SP3GEM
AM500ETS EA7URF II7FA IQ7PU SO4R SP4PND
AP2MKB EB7DX IO6A IZ6BRJ SV9/LZ3FN LZ1PM
AP2NK W3HNK IR0A IK0XBX TC3A YM3KC
AZ7H EA5KB IR1G IZ1LBG TG9ADM EA5GL
B4T BA4TB IR2L IW2LLH TI7W M0URX
B7C BG7BES IR2Q IK2PFL TM100LY F6KUQ
B7N BD7MTJ IR3MD IN3MDR TM3R F5UTN
C44C M0URX IR3Z IN3XUG TM9VG F6KUF
C4W 5B4WN IR4M I4IFL TX0T VE3LYC
CB1D XQ1FM IR4X I4EAT UP0L DL8KAC
CB3W XQ4CW IR6T IK6VXO UP5B UN7ZO
CB500AM CE8PVT IR7T I7DFV V31AE EB7DX
CE3CT EA5KB IR9Z IT9VCE V3A M0OXO
CN45MS RW6HS J42C SV2HXX VC3R VE7VR
CQ8M EA5GL JY5HX E73Y VK4NM M0OXO
CR2X OH2BH KL7RA N4GNR VP9I WW3S
CR5T CS5ARC KP4RV EA5GL VY2ZM EA7HBC
CV7S CX7SS LS2D EC6DX XE2B EA5OL
CX2CC EA5KB LU1DX EC6DX XL3T VE3AT
CX3AT EA5GL LU3HS EA5KB XM3B VE3NOO
D4Z HB9DUR [d] LU4DJB EC6DX XV9OK JG6PWT
D4Z IK2NCJ [b] LU7YS EA7HBC YI9/IU5HWS IU5HWS
DF0HQ DL5AXX LW2DOD EC6DX ZA/IW2JOP IW2HAJ
DX1CC EA5GL LW5DR EA5GL ZB2TT M0URX
DX9EVM IK2DUW LW5HR EA5GL ZF1A K7ZO
DX9MM DU9WTZ LW6HAR EA5GL ZF2CH VO1IDX
E2A E21EIC LX4A LX1NO ZM1A ZL3CW
E77DX E77E LY111A LY5A ZP5AA ZP5DBC
E7CW E73ESP LZ350PI LZ1KCP ZP5DA EB7DX
E7DX E77E LZ5R LZ1YQ ZP6RAI IK2DUW
EA8RM EB7DX LZ6V LZ2KRM ZR2A DM5EE
EA9KB EA7FTR M6T G4BWP ZS6TVB N4GNR
ED5N EA5KA MD2C MD0CCE ZW2T PY2RKG
ED5R EA5SR MU2K GU8ITE ZZ2P PY2AA

CE7VPQ Javier Capdebilla Alvarado, Casilla 42, Sucursal Quellon,
5799001 Quellon, Region de Los Lagos, Chile
DP7D Holger Hammerschlag, Lederstrasse 9, 45479 Muelheim an der Ruhr,
Germany
HG6N Salgotarjani Varosi Radioklub, Salgotarjan, Meredek ut 6 II/1,
3100, Hungary
HK3X Pedro J. Allina 9906, PO Box 527668, Miami FL 33152, USA
IO9A Antonello Scauso, Via Tenente Minniti 105, 98057 Milazzo ME, Italy
IU5HWS Giorgio Toma, Via Settembrini 5, 57128 Livorno LI, Italy
J42L Leo Fiskas, 1 Argyriou Gouzgou Str., 52 200 Argos Orestiko, Greece
MI0M Simon Barnes, 191 Marlacoo Road, Portadown, Craigavon, BT62 3TD,
United Kingdom
NH6P Alexander E. Benton, 59 768 Kanalani Place, Haleiwa HI 96712, USA
OH0V Jukka Klemola, Aarontie 5, FI-31400 Somero, Finland
OZ11A Leif Nielsen, Stenhoejvej 280, 9900 Frederikshavn, Denmark
PT4A Alex Sandro Sousa Alfenas, Rua Dona Osmira Muniz 500,
Caratinga - MG, 35300-138, Brazil
PX2A Carlos Adalberto Carareto, Estrada de Santo Amaro 201,
Sao Paulo - SP, 05544-000, Brazil
PY7RP Renner Pedroza, Rua Waldemar Nery Carneiro Monteiro 475 Apt 602,
Boa Viagem, Recife - PE, 51030-140, Brazil
SJ2W Per Eklund, Teaterallen 12-0102, SE-903 64 Umea, Sweden
TM0DX Pierre Chassain, Lotissement La Barotie, 22 rue de La Barotie,
42440 Noiretable, France
TM6M Stephane Van Langhenhoven, 24 bis rue de Anter Hent,
29830 Ploudalmezeau, France
TR8CA Jean Charron, 19 rue Gabriel Moussa, 33320 Eysines, France
VE2IDX Igor Slakva, 101-95 Base Line Rd W, London ON N6J 4X3, Canada
VE2IM Yuri Onipko, 1265 Four Mile Creek Rd, Niagara On The Lake
ON L0S 1J0, Canada
VE3LYC Cezar Trifu, 4986 Bath Rd., Bath ON K0H 1G0, Canada
VR2XAN Alberto Annesi, 1/F 7A Nam Shan Road, Peng Chau, Hong Kong
Z81S Antonello Scauso, Via Tenente Minniti 105, 98057 Milazzo ME, Italy
ZW8T Milton Lima Ribeiro, Rua Mazerine Cruz 2673, Teresina - PI,
64076-040, Brazil

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