425 DX News #1562

10 April 2021 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1562

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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.

4X - Jan, 4X1VF and Ruben, 4Z5FI will be active as 4X73T during the
Holyland Contest on 16-17 April. They will operate from the rare
Holyland square L19BL on the the Dead Sea area. All QSOs will be
confirmed automatically via the bureau.
A9 - The Bahrain Amateur Radio Society will operate A91WARD on 14-18
April to celebrate World Amateur Radio Day 2021. QSL via EC6DX.
F - Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the first human flight in space
by Yuri Gagarin, members of the ISS Fan Club will be active as
TM60YURI on 10-25 April. QSL via F1UJT, direct or bureau.
F - Celebrating World Amateur Radio Day, John, F4GDO will be active as
TM96WARD on 17-25 April. QSL via eQSL; paper QSLs will not be
issued.
GM - Col MM0NDX, Ross MM0OBT and Jonathan MM0OKG will be active as
MS0INT from the Bass Rock (EU-123) on 17 April, and possibly also
on the 18th. They are watching closely weather and sea forecasts,
as even a small swell would prevent them from landing. Plans are to
operate probably CW and SSB only on 20, 30 and/or 40 metres; they
will also have a VHF station. QSL via EB7DX. [TNX DX World]
HC - Celebrating World Amateur Radio Day 2021, Ecuador DX Club members
will be active as HD1DX and HD2DX on 17-18 April. QSLs via LoTW. A
certificate will be available: https://ecuadordxclub.org/radioday/.
KC4 - Mark, W5MED is stationed at McMurdo Station on Ross Island (AN-
011), Antarctica until October. He will be QRV as KC4USV on 17
April at 23.30 UTC until 2.30 UTC on the 18th, and again on
18 April at 6-8 UTC and from 21 UTC until midnight. Look for him on
14243 kHz SSB and 14070 kHz FT8. QSL direct to K7MT and LoTW.
KL - The Russian Robinson Club's IOTA DXpedition to Alaska [425DXN 1521]
has been postponed until July. Their schedule is still subject to
any travel restriction changes, but now plans are for Yuri N3OO,
Rob N7QT, Tim NL8F, Sandro VE7NY and possibly a fith operator to be
active as KL7RRC/p from Kiska Island (NA-070) on 7-12 July, and as
KL7RRC from Adak Island (NA-039) on 14-16 July. They will operate
CW, SSB and FT8 (Fox & Hound) with three stations. QSLs via N7RO.
Bookmark https://www.na-234.com/ for updates.
ON - Belgian individual operators and radio clubs are authorized to
replace their ON prefix with OS between 18 April and 12 December.
This is to celebrate World Amateur Radio Day (18 April) and the
120th anniversary since Guglielmo Marconi's first reception of
transatlantic radio signals (12 December 1901).
S7 - Celebrating World Amateur Radio Day, S79KW, S79RP and S79VU will be
active as S77SARA on 18 April for a couple of hours (11-13 UTC).
S77SARA is the callsign of the Seychelles Amateur Radio Society's
club station (https://www.sara.sc/), located on Mahe Island (AF-
024). [TNX The Daily DX]
UA - In celebration of the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first
manned flight into outer space (12 April 1961), the Miller DX Club
(https://mdxc.ru/) will operate several special callsigns on 12-25
April: R60CTC, R60MCC, R60YAG, RA60YG, RC60YG, RD60YG, RG60YG,
RJ60YG, RK60YG, RL60YG, RM60YG, RN61YG, RO60YG, RQ60YG, RT60YG,
RU60YG, RV60YG, RW60YG, RX60YG, RY60YG, RZ60YG. QSLs via RQ7L.
Certificates will be available on https://hamlog.online/club/mdxc.
VE - Radio Amateurs of Canada is once again holding a "Get on the Air on
World Amateur Radio Day" special event in which it encourages as
many amateurs as possible to contact as many RAC stations as possi-
ble. Operating across Canada from 00.00 UTC to 23.59 UTC on 18
April, the RAC official stations will be VA2RAC, VA3RAC, VE1RAC,
VE4RAC, VE5RAC, VE6RAC, VE7RAC, VE8RAC, VE9RAC, VO1RAC, VO2RAC,
VY0RAC, VY1RAC and VY2RAC. QSL via LoTW or via the bureau. Those
contacting one or more of these stations, on any band and mode,
will be eligible for a special commemorative certificate:
https://www.rac.ca/certificates/.

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

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3Y0I: BOUVET 2021 ---> "First of all, we would like to wish the recently
announced 3Y0J Bouvet DXpedition all the best for a successful activity in
2023", the Rebel DX Group posted to their Facebook page on 5 April
(https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup/). "There is enough space for even 3
more activities from 3Y0 land. We know how much detailed planning goes into
a project like this and cross fingers for them.
From a Rebel perspective, the 3Y0J announcement does not change our plans.
December 15, 2021 is when we plan to leave Cape Town and again head south
into the Roaring Forties and Furious Fifties before attempting a Bouvet
landing. We absolutely know from experience how volatile the seas around
this most remote island are.
Our team of 8 operators aim to spend up to 30 days on Bouvet. Depending on
weather, we will likely spend 7-10 days each way on the high seas getting
there and returning. Once on the island and our camp is set up, we will run
8 stations covering 160-6m. Modes include CW, SSB, FT4/FT8, RTTY and OQ100.
The total budget for our Bouvet DXpedition is considerably less than that of
3Y0J. We also have had no backing from any of the DX foundations. Nonethe-
less, we are now missing only $32,000 from our final cost of $267,000. We
absolutely hope between now and December we can accrue this missing amount,
and appeal to all generous donors to help us with our final push to meet
target". Bookmark https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup/ as "more info will
be posted soon".

3Y0J: BOUVET 2023 ---> The Intrepid DX Group has announced plans to be
active as 3Y0J from Bouvet Island (#2 Most Wanted DXCC Entity) in January-
February 2023. The group has been planning this major DXpedition since the
successful 2016 operations from the South Sandwich Islands (VP8STI) and
South Georgia (VP8SGI).
In January 2023, a team of fourteen skilled and seasoned operators (team co-
leaders N6PSE and LA7GIA; AB5EB, DL6KVA, HA0NAR, JH4RHF, K6TD, KO8SCA,
LA7THA, LB1QI, N2WB, N7QT, W1SRD, WD5COV) will depart Cape Town on the RV
"Braveheart" and embark on a 42-day voyage to Bouvet Island and back.
Plans are to make a shore landing and an arduous climb up onto the edge of
the glacier, to stay at Bouvet for twenty days (weather permitting) and to
operate CW, SSB and digital modes (FT8/FT4 and RTTY) on 160-10 metres for
14-16 days.
"Each team member will contribute a minimum of $20,000 each and your dona-
tion will be spent on securing the budget of $ $764,000". More information,
including QSLling policy, can be found on https://3y0j.com/. Updates will be
posted also to Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/901378553769436/.

CQMM DX CONTEST ---> The CQ MM DX Contest, organized by the Juiz de Fora CW
Group, will be held on 17-18 April. It will run from 9 UTC on Saturday
through 23.59 UTC on Sunday, on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres CW. Complete
details can be found at http://www.cqmmdx.com.

FT4 SPRINT CONTEST ---> The Strange Radio Team (www.strangeradioteam.it)
organizes the second edition of the "FT4 Sprint Contest Italia 40m" that
will run on 18 April from 8 to 14 UTC. Only contacts made by Italian sta-
tions with Italian stations can count for this short duration event. [TNX
IZ8EDJ]

JAPAN INTERNATIONAL DX CW CONTEST ---> Object of the contest is for amateurs
in Japan to work as many stations stations in as many DXCC Entities and CQ
Zones as possible on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 metres, while DX stations
work as many JA amateurs in as many Prefectures and JD1 islands as possi-
ble. This year's event will be held on 10-11 April (07.00-13.00 UTC). Com-
plete information can be found on http://jidx.org/jidxrule-e.html.

YOTA CONTEST 2021 ---> Organized by the IARU R1 Youth Working Group in co-
operation with the Hungarian Amateur Radio Society (MRASZ), the newly born
YOTA Contest's aim is to increase youngsters activity on the air, strengthen
the reputation of the YOTA programme and demonstrate support for youngsters
across the world. This year's YOTA Contest will be held on 22 May (0800-1959
UTC), 17 July (1000-2159 UTC) and 30 December (1200-2359 UTC), on the five
classic bands CW and SSB. Everyone can work everyone. The complete rules can
be found on https://ham-yota.com/contest. [TNX IARU Region 1]

+ SILENT KEY + Waldemar "Waldi" Polit, SP7IDX passed away on 4 April. A well
known Hexbeam antenna manufacturer and IOTA activator, he died of a heart
attack while recovering from contracting Covid-19. [TNX DX World]

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3V8SS LX1NO ED7N EA7KHB OZ75MAY OZ1ACB
3Z0WARD SP6IEQ ED8B EA8TR PA96WARD PA1AW
3Z0X SP5MXZ EE1MGY EB1LO PB00T PA2TMS
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4A5E EA5ZD EF8K EA8DET PG96WARD PG1R
4K6MAR DC9RI EG1PEA EA1RKA PI4COM PA1AW
4L0G EA7FTR EG7MSP EA7RCM PJ2ND K8ND
4M8E YV8ER EM2G UR7GO PJ2T W3HNK
4U1GSC 9A2AA EM60LKG UT5LA PJ4DX M0URX
4X0A 4X1VF EO50FF UX0FF PJ4G K4BAI
4X7R 4X6OM EP2HAM M0OXO PR4T EA7FTR
5Z4VJ M0URX EP2LSH EA5GL PS2T K3IRV
7A1A EA7FTR FG4NO EA5GL R41WCMB R1II
7D5RI EA5GL FM5BH W3HNK R75RAA RN3RQ
7X2HF EA5GL HC1HN EA5GL R800ANP RA1WU
7X2GK IK2DUW HF1J SP1NEN SN2B SP3CGK
7Z1AL EC6DX HF66KAO SP9KAO SN7Q SP7GIQ
8P1W KU9C HG7T HA7TM SO4R SP4PND
8Q7MS EA5GL HG8R HA8JV SO9I SQ9ORQ
8S0C SM0MPV HH2AA EB7DX SX200AOK SV2AOK
9A0BR 9A4W HI6LT W2CCW SX200COL SV9COL
9A10FF 9A2MF HL1IWD/5 EA5GL SX200DCY SV8DCY
9A165T 9A1ZDR HP8DPD EA7FTR TG9ANF VE7BV
9A25RBM 9A4J HS0ZOA EB7DX TI7W M0URX
9A64AA 9A2AA HZ1SK IZ8CLM TM0R F5GGL
9A88A 9A1UN HZ1TT A61BK TM100SHT F6KOH
9G5FI DL1RTL II2S IZ2FOS TM3Z F4DSK
9H6A 9H1BT II4DNZ IQ4FE TM6BZF F6KTM
9J2MM N4GNR II5LDV IQ5LV TM77SM F4GYM
9K9C EC6DX II8K IZ8EPX TM8A F8DVD
9V1YC W5UE IO7T IZ7ECL UK8ZC RW6HS
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A61DD EA7FTR IR8W IK8YFU V85AHV EB7DX
A61QQ A61BK IR9Z IT9VCE VB3E VE3AT
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A71OK EA5GL JG8NQJ/JD1 JG8NQJ [b] VK4KW N3SL
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AZ7H EA5KB L21RCA LU4AA WP2Z KU9C
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C92RU R7AL LR3D EA7FTR YB9GV EA7FTR
CE1TT N2OO LS2D EC6DX YB9UA IK2DUW
CN12FES CN8ZG LT5X LU8XW YI1WWA IK2DUW
CN8YR EA7FTR LX5WARD LX1JH YJ8RN NZ4DX
CP1XRM EA5RM LX7I LX2A YL6W YL2GD
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CR5OIDH EA4URE LZ125LAZ LZ1ZF YQ6A YO6BHN
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CX3AT EA5GL LZ5R LZ1YQ Z21ML N4GNR
CX5UA IK2DUW LZ7G LZ1NK ZC4GR EB7DX
D2EB IZ3ETU M5W M0HMJ ZF5T K5GO
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DC220GERKE DJ6SI OC200U OA4O ZP6RAI IK2DUW
DP0POL/mm DL5EBE OD5ET EB7DX ZR6DX EA7FTR
DR165TESLA DK8ZZ OD5YA IZ8CLM ZS1OPB N4GNR
DT8A DS5TOS OD5ZZ N4GNR ZS4JAN EA5GL
DY1T DU1IVT OE100LCR OE3LCR ZS6CCY K3IRV
E2A E21EIC OE2S OE2GEN ZS6TVB N4GNR
E2U HS4WLA OG30YL OH2YL ZW2W PT2IC
E7CW E73ESP OG73X OH8L ZW61DF PT2GTI

7S60BQ Ewe Hakansson, Pilspetsvagen 4, SE-291 66 Kristianstad, Sweden
7X4AN Mohamed Boukhiar, Apartado Postal 30133, 08080 Barcelona, Spain
CE7VPQ Javier Capdebilla Alvarado, Casilla 42, Sucursal Quellon, 5799001
Quellon, Region de Los Lagos, Chile
CR6K Filipe Monteiro Lopes, Rua Manuel Jose da Silva 184, Espinheira,
3720-537 Sao Martinho da Gandara, Portugal
DA21WARD Andreas Christian Salder, Senner Hellweg 77a, 33659 Bielefeld,
Germany
ED1R Jesus Maria Gimare Marquez, C/ Jacinto del Barrio 2,
05358 Papatrigo (Avila), Spain
EE5T Santiago de La Fuente, Miguel Hernandez 37 Pta. 6, 46970 Alacuas
(Valencia), Spain
EH5SSC Radio Club Carthago, Apartado Postal 176, 30200 Cartagena (Murcia)
Spain
GB1004FTS John Rowlands, Tanrallt, Rhosybol, Amlwch, LL68 9RD,
United Kingdom
IO9R Simone Puglisi, Via Catania 16, 95022 Aci Catena CT, Italy
J42L Leo Fiskas, 1 Argyriou Gouzgou Str., 52 200 Argos Orestiko, Greece
JA8CJY Susumu Sanada, 5-17 Shinei 5-Jo 4-Chome, Kiyota-ku, Sapporo-shi,
Hokkaido, 004-0835, Japan
OG66X Jouni Mehtomaa, Kylmalantie 1, FI-92140 Pattijoki, Finland
OH0V Jukka Klemola, Aarontie 5, FI-31400 Somero, Finland
PQ2M Wanderley Ferreira Gomes, Avenida 23 de Maio 2966 Ap 1320,
Sao Paulo - SP, 04008-000, Brazil
PR4A Wellington Coimbra, Rua Cel. Marciano Goncalves Campos 172/202,
Rio Pomba - MG, 36180-000, Brazil
PV7M Carlos Alberto Pinto Moreira, Rua Pamela Loren 59, Mangabeira,
Eusebio - CE, 61760-000, Brazil
T6A Robert Kasca, Govejk 11C, 5281 Spodnja Idrija, Slovenia
T6AA Robert Kasca, Govejk 11C, 5281 Spodnja Idrija, Slovenia
TR8CA Jean Charron, 19 rue Gabriel Moussa, 33320 Eysines, France
V51MA Harry de Jong, Broekdijk 59, 7695 TC Bruchterveld, The Netherlands
VC2W Victor Androsov, 1185 Rue de Blois, Boucherville, QC J4B 7Z5,
Canada
ZM4T Holger Hannemann, 262 Waimarama Heights, RD12,
Havelock North 4294, New Zealand
ZT1T Tom Morgan, 58 Piet Retief Street, Robertson, 6705, South Africa
ZV2C Mauricio Pitorri, Rua Verona 174, Sao Paulo - SP, 02348-050,
Brazil
ZV5M Amelio Alves de Marins Filho, Rua Comandante Didio Costa 1013,
Paranagua - PR, 83206-050, Brazil
ZW8T Milton Lima Ribeiro, Rua Mazerine Cruz 2673, Teresina - PI,
64076-040, Brazil