425 DX News #1552

30 January 2021 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1552

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

9K - During the month of February, in celebration of the 60th anniver-
sary of the country's independence, the Kuwait Amateur Radio Soci-
ety (KARS) will activate special callsign 9K60NLD (QSL via 9K2RA),
and all 9K amateur radio operators will be allowed to use the
special prefix 9K60 - e.g. 9K2GS will be signing 9K60GS.
F - Special callsign TM1CCA will be used during the weekends between 30
January and 20 March to draw attention to a French charity support-
ing research on pediatric cancers. Look for activity on the HF
bands CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8 and FT4. QSL via LoTW and eQSL.
GM - Gareth, M0MOL will be active as MM0MOL/p from the main island of
Shetland (EU-012) in February and March. He will operate QRP "with
a typical portable setup" and be QRV mainly in the evenings after
work.
HL - Kang, DS4DRE will be active as DS4DRE/4 from Komun Island (AS-060)
from 1 February until 31 January 2022. He plans to operate SSB and
CW on 80-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX
DS4DRE]
LU - Special event station L21RCA will be active throughout 2021 to
celebrate the 100th anniversary of Radio Club Argentino , the
national IARU member society, which was founded on 21 October 1921.
QSL via LoTW or via LU4AA (direct and bureau).
LX - Celebrating his 40th anniversary in amateur radio, Andy, LX1DA will
be active as LX40DA from 1 February to 31 March, and again from 1
September to 31 December. QSL via LX1DA; the log will be uploaded
to Club Log and (after the end of the year) to LoTW.
LZ - Once again Radio Club Blagovestnik (LZ1KCP) will use twelve special
callsigns throughout 2021 to honour as many different Orthodox
saints: LZ21RH (January), LZ544SG (February), LZ250KG (March),
LZ1612EN (April), LZ1072BG (May), LZ308WK (June), LZ950TM (July),
LZ363ER (August), LZ305AI (September), LZ1337KM (October), LZ1470IN
(November) and LZ14MP (December). QSL via the bureau or direct to
P.O. Box 36, 4300 Karlovo, Bulgaria. Details on the "All Saints
2021" award can be found at http://www.lz1kcp.com/.
OH0 - Celebrating the Finnish Amateur Radio League's (SRAL) 100th an-
niversary, OH0W will be active from the Aland Islands (EU-002)
between 29 January and 3 February, including an entry in the CQ WW
160-Meter CW Contest. After the contest OH0W will specifically do
some FT8 toward Japan & USA on 80 metres. QSL via LoTW, or via
OH2BH.
OZ - Special callsign OV0JUTLANDIA will be active from 1 February to 31
March to commemorate hospital ship Jutlandia's humanitarian
expedition (1951-1953) and Denmark's contribution to the United
Nations during the Korean War. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW and
eQSL. See https://www.qrz.com/db/OV0JUTLANDIA for more information.
UA - Sergey, UA1ATD plans to be active as UA1ATD/p from Kotlin Island
(EU-133) for a few hours (indicatively 7-13 UTC) sometime this
coming week, The Daily DX reports. "Most likely he'll be running
100 watts to a vertical dipole for activity on CW and SSB on 20
meters". On 25 January he logged 350 QSOs during a brief operation
from Verperluda Island (EU-133). All QSOs will be uploaded to Club
Log by 31 March. See http://kosinsky.info/ua1atd/log.php for a list
of his operations.
YI - Tony, I0IJ reports that Giorgio, YI9WS (IU5HWS) is still operating
from the base camp located some 40 miles away from Baghdad, Iraq
until March. He is a member of the Italian military peacekeeping
mission as a paratrooper in the airborne brigade "Folgore". After
thousands of QSOs with Europe and Russia, he is now mainly working
stations outside Europe in need of Iraq as an all time new one. He
is QRV daily in his spare time, sometimes being forced to interrupt
his radio activity according to the sudden demands of his military
mission. Look for him on or around 21.282 kHz (6-9 UTC), 18.142 kHz
(9-12 UTC), 14.242 kHz (12-17 UTC), 7.132 and 3.799 kHz (17-5 UTC;
QRV for Japan, Pacific, Indian Ocean and Africa at 20-22 UTC). QSL
via LoTW, or direct to home call (Giorgio Toma, Via Settembrini 5,
57128 Livorno LI, Italy; the requests will processed when Giorgio
returns home). [TNX Mediterraneo DX Club]
ZS_ant - Oleg, ZS1ANF (UA1PBA) is on his way to Wolf's Fang Runway, Queen
Maud Land, Antarctica (AN-016) and hopes to be active again as
ZS7ANF starting early February. QSL via RK1PWA. [TNX DX World]

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

CTU PROPAGATION SUMMIT --- > The presentations and videos of the "2021 Pro-
pagation Summit" can be found on https://www.contestuniversity.com/ (Files
and Videos pages). The event was hosted by Contest University on 23 January.

EURASIA HF CHAMPIONSHIP ---> After a successful first edition last year, the
Eurasia HF Championship will return on 6 February (8-17 UTC, CW and SSB on
160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres). Complete details can be found on
https://eurasia-contest.com/.

HAMCATION QSO PARTY ---> Nine special event stations that will spell out
HAMCATION will be active during the HamCation QSO Party from 15 UTC on 13
February until 3 UTC on 14 February: K4H, W4A, K4M, W4C, N4A, K4T, W4I, K4O
and W4N. The QSO Party has been organized to create a fun way for amateurs
to celebrate the Orlando HamCation experience over the air: complete
information can be found on https://www.hamcation.com/special-event-station.
The Orlando HamCation Special Edition online event will take the place of
what would have been the HamCation 2021 in-person show: read the details on
https://www.hamcation.com/forums-speakers.

INTREPID SPIRIT AWARD ---> The Intrepid DX Group is seeking nominations for
their annual Intrepid Spirit Award (http://www.intrepid-dx.com/awards.php)
made in memory of James McLaughlin, WA2EWE/T6AF (killed in Afghanistan on 27
April 2011). The award is given to the individual or group that most
displayed their "intrepid spirit" in 2020, by expressing "an unshakable
commitment to the Amateur Radio DX Community" . Nominations may be submitted
via email to intrepiddxgroup[@]gmail.com and must be received by 15
February. The Board of Directors of the Intrepid DX Group will evaluate the
nominations and the award will be presented in May.

SOLAR INDICES ---> For those who might have missed Carl Luetzelschwab's
(K9LA) presentation "Understanding and Applying Solar Indices", the complete
video recording is now available on the Madison DX Club's YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbOR4kFlf2JgMuGVx5pKNYg. Also, to under-
stand the scientific basis of solar cycle predictions, watch the excellent
presentation from NOAA's Space Prediction Center Chief, Dr. Doug Biesecker
at the same YouTube channel. [TNX W9EWZ]

+ SILENT KEY + Wim Elbers, XU7TZG (ON6TZ) passed away on 21 January. Over
the years he operated repeatedly from IOTA group AS-133 using the callsigns
XU7POS, XU7TAS and XU7KOH.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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7V9A Ben Lagha, 3 rue Claude Curtat, 69330 Meyzieu 69330, France
9L1YXJ Mark A. Brewer, 2160 Freetown Pl, Dulles VA 20189-2160, USA
EA5ZD Miguel Rabadan, Apartado Postal 31, 30120 El Palmar (Murcia), Spain
EC5R Julio Volpe O'Neil, Calle Colon 8, 46611 Benimuslem (Valencia),
Spain
HG6N Salgotarjani Varosi Radioklub, Salgotarjan, Meredek ut 6 II/1,
3100, Hungary

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