425 DX News #1558

13 March 2021 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1558

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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 cut short, postponed, cancelled or even
extended at any time and without notice.

8Q - Mats, RM2D (SM6LRR) will be active holiday style as 8Q7MS from the
Maldives (AS-013) from 28 March to 10 April. He will operate CW
with some SSB on mainly 40-15 metres. QSL via LoTW, or EA5GL.
A2 - Vasily R7AL, Vlad R9LR, Mike RU3UR and Leo UI8J will be active as
A25RU from Botswana on 15-26 March. They will operate CW, SSB and
FT8 (Fox & Hound) on 160-10 metres with four stations. They also
plan to be QRV on QO-100. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, and eventually
LoTW. See https://rv6ali.wixsite.com/botswana2021 for more informa-
tion.
CN - Special event station CN21JIF will be active on 19-22 March from
Ourika Valley in the Moroccan High Atlas. QSL via RW6HS. The suffix
stands for Journee Internationale des Forets, the International Day
of Forests established by the UN General Assembly and observed
annually on 21 March.
F - Special callsign TM150PAR will be active for fifteen days between
20 March and 16 May to mark the 150th anniversary of the Paris
Commune, the revolutionary government that ruled Paris (18 March-28
May 1871) and had significant influence on the ideas of Karl Marx.
QSL via F4HZS.
FS - Barring Covid-related restrictions, Janusz, SP9FIH will be active
as TO1K from Saint Martin (NA-105) from 22 March to 5 April. QSL
via Club Log's OQRS, or via home call. Updates will be posted to
http://fs.dxpeditions.org/. [TNX NG3K]
GW - John, MW1CFN will be active as GB1004FTS from Anglesey (EU-005)
between 25 March and 8 April. He will operate SSB and digital modes
on the HF bands, 6 and 2m. QSL via LoTW or direct. The special
callsign celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force's
No. 4 Flying Training School, opened on 1 April 1921.
I - Celebrating the 1600th anniversary of the founding of Venice,
traditionally set on 25 March 421, and the 75th anniversary of ARI
Venezia (http://www.arivenezia.it/), II3VE and IQ3VE will be active
on various bands and modes from 15 March to 30 November. QSLs via
the bureau. [TNX I3MDU]
OH - The SSAB Raahe Amateur Radio Club (OH8SSAB) will be active as
OF60RR until 1 March 2022 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the
Rautaruukki steel plant. QSL via the bureau, or direct to OH8DR.
PY - Special callsign PQ213CFN will be active on 5-31 March to celebrate
the 213rd anniversary of the Brazilian Marine Corps, which traces
its origin to March 1808. QSL via LoTW; logsearch on Club Log. A
certificate will be available for download: http://www.gcen.org.br/
(after 10 April).
PY - Special callsigns ZZ5FLN and ZZ5FLORIPA will be active on 16-23
March to commemorate the 348th anniversary of the city of Floriano-
polis, the capital of the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. A
certificate will be available; see qrz.com for information.
UA - Look for Mikhail, R1MJ and Yulia, R1CBL to be active from Verper-
luda Island (EU-133) starting around 9 UTC on 13 March until around
11 UTC on the 14th. They will operate mainly SSB on 40 and 20m. QSL
via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX qrz.ru]
YB - Ravi, YD7RV and Mas Jok, YD7HKV will be active as YD7RV/p and
YD7HKV/p from the Laut Kecil Islands (OC-268) on 13-15 March. They
plan to operate SSB and FT8 from Marabatua (13 March), Payongpayon-
gan (14 March) and Denawan (15 March, maybe with a special
callsign). All QSLs via EA5GL. [TNX DX World]

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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CASS AWARDS ---> The Cass Awards honour the wisdom and spirit of Cass WA6AUD
(SK), and encourage DXpeditions to maximize the number of DXers worked with
a Plaque for the single-operator DXpedition that works the most unique call-
signs within 2 weeks or less, and a Plaque for the "unlimited" DXpedition
that works the most unique callsigns.
Janusz Wegrzyn, SP9FIH has won (for the fourth year in a row!) the 2020
Single-Operator Cass Award by working 6,845 unique stations during his one-
man operation from Norfolk Island as VK9NK.
The HU1DL team (Andy Wolf DH8WR, Thomas Freimann DJ6TF, Werner Hasemann
DJ9KH, Frank Milatz DL1KWK, Dietmar Lindner DL2HWA, Norbert Strauch DL2RNS,
Georg Tretow DL4SVA, Olaf Matthaei DL7JOM, Rolf Thieme DL7VEE, and Franz
Bernd DL9GFB) worked 19,456 unique stations from El Salvador to win the 2020
Unlimited Cass Award.
Presented annually, the Cass Awards are issued in March for DXpeditions
during the preceding year. See http://www.cassaward.com/ for complete
information.

RI0Q ---> The complete RI0Q team assembled at Noril'sk-Talnach and resumed
the journey on 11 March. At 13 UTC on 12 March there were near the village
of Volochanka, with still some 700 km as the crow flies for the snowmobiles
convoy to drive before they reach their final destination (Bol'shoy Begichev
Island, AS-152). See https://maps.findmespot.com/s/BG5T#live/assets.

RSGB COMMONWEALTH CONTEST ---> The 84th edition of the Commonwealth (BERU)
Contest (https://berucontest.wordpress.com) will be held on 13-14 March,
from 10.00 UTC to 09.59 UTC, on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m CW. Only operators
located within the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies, Commonwealth or
British Mandated Territories are eligible to enter.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3G1D XQ1FM FS4WBS IZ1MHY OK7K OK1BN
3G2K CE2ML GB0SD G4XEX OL8K OK1GTH
3W3B E21EIC HB40POLICE HB9GSO OM3KAP OM4MM
3W9FAR EA5GL HC1HC NE8Z ON4BFS ON3SLW
4J10SFR 4K4K HC1MD/2 K8LJG OY1OF M0URX
4L1FL EA7FTR HC2AP RC5A OY9JD EA5GL
4L1MA ON4RU HC2TKV RC5A OZ9ETOV OZ1HHH
5B4AAB G8CLY HC3RJ EC5R PJ7AA AA9A
5B4AMM UT5UDX HF30ZIR SP3ZIR PT1K EA7FTR
5P2A OZ1HX HI3LT W2CCW PT5J PP5JR
5R8AL G3SWH HK3C M0URX R108M RK3LC
5W7X JF1OCQ HZ1XB IZ8CLM R125PR R1AU
5Z4BU EA5GL IB3N IV3SKB R1934G R3LC
7X2TT EA5GL IB8A I8QLS R1961G RV3LZ
7Z1ES IZ8CLM IB9A IZ2WFL R21BLIN RO3M
7Z1OO EC6DX II0ICH IS0DSW R90PAR RZ5D
9A5USA EB7DX II0IDP IM0SDX RG61PP RZ3LC
9G1SD AB0GC II0QSE IS0AGY SD400SU SM3NXS
9K9A EC6DX II4CPC IQ4DJ SN0MORSE SP2FVN
9N1CA EA5ZD II4RDF IQ4FE SN2021WBN SP1PBW
AP2SD EA5ZD II9IGJ IT9MRM SP0NOBEL SP3POB
AU6HTP VU2DSI IO5O IK5RLP SP21DKS SP3POB
C7A UA3DX IO6A IZ6BRJ SP223OI SP5ZIP
CB4R XQ3SK IQ1SM IZ1GAR SQ0MORSE SP1EG
CB8E CE8EIO IR2D IK2EGL SU0ERA SU1SK
CN8PA RW6HS IR4M I4IFL SX1A SV2GWY
CN8PG EA7FTR IR7T I7DFV SZ200ERS SZ8ERS
CN8RAH RW6HS J68HZ K9HZ TG9ADM EA5GL
CN8SG EA7FTR KP2BH EB7DX TI5/N3KS M0URX
CO7HNS RW6HS KP2DX EB7DX TM0GL F6DBA
CQ8M EA5GL KP4/NH7A F5VHJ TM2CR F6FMT
D44PM IZ4DPV KT3Q/2 DF8DX TM4Y F6KGL
D90EXPO DS3BBC L77D LU6DC UA0AV W3HNK
DP50AGCW DM4CW LV4V LU4VZ VI100AF M0URX
EA6URA EA3AIR LY11LY LY2QT VK100AF M0URX
ED5R EA5Z LY31A LY5A VP2EE VE2AED
ED7R EC7WR LZ250KG LZ1KCP WP3R W3HNK
EE7P EA7ATX MD2C MD0CCE YR0UCRR YO5KDV
EH1CO EA1JAO MU0MXF RN3RQ ZD8HZ TA1HZ
EH1PVC EA1JAY NL8F N7RO ZF2ZO K7ZO
EM5C UR7CF OC200R OA4O ZP6TT IK2DUW
EP2LMA EA5GL OE100BL OE4JHW ZS6JSI/TY EC6DX
FM1HM ON6DP OE100GTU OE1GTU ZW5B K3IRV

CB6I Radio Club Traiguen, Casilla 150, 4730000 Traiguen, Chile
DL21EURO Andreas Christian Salder, Senner Hellweg 77a, 33659 Bielefeld,
Germany
EA6URB Pau Balaguer Juaneda, Carretera d'Esporles 65, 07010 Palma
(Illes Balears), Spain
ED7O Pedro L. Alvarez, Apartado Postal 306, 23700 Linares (Jaen), Spain
HV0A Francesco Valsecchi, Via Bitossi 21, 00136 Roma RM, Italy
II0IDR Alberto Mattei, Via Enrico Millo 20, 96010 Augusta SR, Italy
II3ICZ Gianpiero Loconsole, Via Pasqualigo 6/E Int.8, 30174 Mestre (VE),
Italy
II9IGA Serafino De Filippi, Via Capitano Fiscale 7, 91100 Trapani TP,
Italy
IO9A Antonello Scauso, Via Tenente Minniti 105, 98057 Milazzo ME, Italy
KH0W Thomas M. Callas, P.O. Box 1058, Minnetonka MN 55345, USA
OF60RR Kari Kanasaari, Kesahaantie 1, FI-92140 Pattijoki, Finland
YD6HNL Mario Otomosi Zebua, Dian Otomosi Hotel, Jl. Yos Sudarso Km 3.2,
Gunungsitoli 22811, Indonesia
ZY2B Guilherme Vaz, Caixa Postal 121, Tatui - SP, 18270-970, Brazil
ZZ4A Fabio Lima, Rua Marilia 123, Serpa, Caieiras-SP, 07713-020, Brazil

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