425 DX News #1564

24 April 2021 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1564

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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.

9A - The Radio Klub Grada Zaboka (9A0Z) has been active as 9A2CHRIS
since early April to honour the memory of Kresimir "Chris" Kovarik,
9A5K (8 May 1974 - 27 February 2019). Activity will continue until
the end of the year. QSL via LoTW and eQSL; a special QSL card will
be downloadable on http://www.9a0z.com/. Past President of the
Croatian Amateur Radio Association (HRS) and Vice Chairman of the
IARU Region 1 HF Committee, Chris was the author of DXlog.net and a
competitor in WRTC 2006, 2014 and 2018. In 2019 he was inducted
into the CQ Contest Hall of Fame.
DL - DL25GDXF is the special callsign for the German DX Foundation to
celebrate its 25th anniversary from 1 May until 31 July. QSL via
DL6DH and LoTW. Contacts made between 1 May and 31 December with
DL25GDXF, DF0GDX (club callsign, active since 1 February 2021) and
GDXF members count towards the "25 Jahre GDXF" award - see
https://gdxf.de/gdxf25/ for information.
HB9 - Special callsign HB90BERO will celebrate the 90th anniversary of
the Beromuenster broadcasting station between 1 May and 31 July.
QSL via LoTW and Club Log's OQRS. The Beromuenster transmitter was
a medium wave AM broadcast station. Officially opened on 11 June
1931, it was shut down on 28 December 2008.
HL - Lee, HL1IWD will be active holiday style as HL1IWD/4 from the
Kogunsan Islands (AS-148) on 1-3 May. He will operate CW and some
FT8 on 40-20 metres. On his way back he will make a short stop over
on Anmyon Island (AS-080), and will try to be QRV as HL1IWD/3. QSLs
via EA5GL. [TNX The Daily DX]
I - Look for IY0CG, IY0ORP, IY0TC, IY1MR, IY1SM, IY1SP and IY5PIS to be
active during the International Marconi Day (24 April). QSLs via
operator's instructions. These are stations affiliated to the
"Coordinamento Stazioni Marconiane Italiane", which gathers amateur
radio stations operating from historic Marconi sites located in
Italy. [TNX IS0JMA]
JD1_oga- Once again Harry, JG7PSJ will be active as JD1BMH from Chichijima
(AS-031), Ogasawara from 30 April to 7 May. He will operate CW, SSB
and RTTY on 40-10m. QSL via JD1BMH (bureau) or JG7PSJ (direct). He
does not use LoTW or PayPal. Logsearch on http://jd1bmh.webcrow.jp/
JW - LB1QI, LB2HG, LA7GIA, LA7QIA and LA8OM will be active as JW0W from
Prins Karls Forland (EU-063), Svalbard on 21-26 July, including
participation in the IOTA Contest. They will concentrate activity
on 40, 30 and 20 metres ("but also other bands if propagation
allows"), and outside the contest they will focus on North America
and Asia. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS and LoTW.
KL - The KL7RRC team currently includes Hal W8HC, Rob N7QT, Tim NL8F and
Yuri N3QQ. There is currently an open slot for a 5th operator;
contact team leader Yuri, N3QQ (kl7rrc[@]gmail.com) if you may be
interested. Now plans are to be QRV as KL7RCC from Kiska Island
(NA-070) on 7-12 July, and as KL7RCC/p from Adak Island (NA-039) on
30 June-3 July and again on 14-16 July. On Kiska the team plans to
have a minimum of two stations operating SSB, CW and FT8 on 40-6m
with amplifiers and a focus on the difficult trans-polar path to
Europe. QSLs via N7RO. Donations in support of this challenging
IOTA DXpedition can be sent via PayPal: see https://www.na-234.com/
for the direct link and further information. [TNX W8HC]
LZ - Special callsign LZ70HSC will be in use throughout 2021 to
celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Radio Telegraphy High Speed
Club (http://www.highspeedclub.org/). QSL via LZ2JE.
PY - PX521BR is the special callsign that Peter, PY5CC will use from 22
April to 21 May to commemorate the anniversary of the Portuguese
discovery of Brazil (22 April 1500). QSL via LoTW.
SM - Members of the Hisingens Radioklubb (SK6AW) will operate as SE400G
from 1 May to 31 July to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the
city of Gothenburg, which was granted its founding royal charter on
4 June 1621. QSL via LoTW, paper cards will not be available.
SP - Special callsigns 3Z1921PS, HF1921PS, SN1921PS, SO1921PS, SP1921PS
and SQ1921PS will be activated on 1-31 May to commemorate the
centenary of the third Silesian Uprising (2 May-21 July 1921). The
Silesian Uprisings ("Powstania Slaskie") were a series of three
armed conflicts in Upper Silesia from 1919 to 1921 in which Poles
and Polish Silesians sought to break away from Germany and join the
new Polish Republic, founded after World War I. QSL via operator's
instructions. See https://logsp.pzk.org.pl/a/ps1921/ for informa-
tion about the certificate.
UA - Special event station R75T will be active on 1-31 May to celebrate
the 75th anniversary of Radio Club Stavropol. QSL via RO7T.
UA - A very large number of Russian stations using special prefix RP76
(where the letter P stands for 'pobeda', i.e. 'victory') will be
active on 2-9 May to celebrate the 76th anniversary of the end of
World War II. More information, including the list of participating
stations and their QSL routes, is expected to be available on
https://pobeda.srr.ru/ in due course.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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AGCW GOLDEN JUBILEE ---> Joining special event stations DR50AGCW and
DP50AGCW in the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Activity Group
CW (https://www.agcw.de/) on 1-31 May will be CR50AGCW, OE50AGCW, PA50AGCW,
SN50AGCW, YL50AGCW and Z350AGCW. QSL via operator's instructions.

VISALIA 2021 ---> This year's International DX Convention will be a virtual
two-day meeting to be held on 15 and 16 May, with eight DX-related and eight
exhibitor Zoom webinars respectively. Free pre-registration is required and
is now open. See https://www.dxconvention.com/ for more information,
including the programme details.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3G3O XQ3OP HB9WARD HB9OCR RA60YG RQ7L
3V8SF LX1NO HC1M EC5R RC60YG RQ7L
3W3B E21EIC HC1MD/2 K8LJG RD60YG RQ7L
4F2KWT EA5GL HC5EG EA5GL RG21DS RQ7L
4O4T YU1FW HC5LM HC5VF RG60YG RQ7L
4O9KOM EB7DX HG5D HA8QZ RG61PP RZ3LC
4X70ZM 4X6ZM HP1XT KU9C RJ60YG RQ7L
4X73HU 4X6HU HP2DFA EC6DX RK60YG RQ7L
4X73KE/m 4X5KE HZ1EARTH HZ1SAR RK75FF UF2F
4X73OM 4X1OM HZ1WARD HZ1SAR RL60YG RQ7L
4X73REM 4Z5MU HZ1XB IZ8CLM RM60YG RQ7L
4X73UT 4X6UT II2OM IK2AQZ RN60YG RW3X
4X73VF 4X1VF II5RCH IZ5RHU RN61YG RQ7L
4Z73DZ 4Z1DZ JU100DX JT1CH RO60YG RQ7L
4Z73FW RW6HS KC4AAA K7MT RQ60YG RQ7L
4Z73JJ 4Z1JJ KC4USV K7MT RT60YG RQ7L
4Z73KX 4Z4KX KP3G EB7DX RU21DS RQ7L
4Z73LA 4Z5LA LZ70HSC LZ2JE RU60YG RQ7L
4Z73MU 4Z5MU MD2C MD0CCE RV60YG RQ7L
4Z73TL 4Z1TL MS0INT EB7DX RW60YG RQ7L
4Z73UN RW6HS NL7RR/KH9 AL7JX RX60YG RQ7L
5P0WARD OZ1ACB OA6AMN EA5ZD RY60YG RQ7L
5T5PA PA5X OD5PY KU9C RZ60YG RQ7L
6D1A XE2T OD5SB EB7DX S79KW N4GNR
6D2A XE2T OD5TX W4JS S79VU N4GNR
6D3A XE2T OD5VB EA5GL SM2M SM2LIY
9K2BS EC6DX OD5ZF IZ8CLM SM2U SM0CXU
9K2WARD 9K2RA OE21WARD OE3XHQ SN0IMED SP9MOA
9M7DX 9W6MUL OG2B OH2GEK SN80EJG SP5EJG
9N1CA EA5ZD OR21WARD ON9TT SZ200ERS SZ8ERS
9V1KB EA5GL OS21WARD ON4NOK TF3WARD TF3MH
9V1VV EA5GL OS3DWG ON3DWG TG9ADM EA5GL
A25SL N4GNR OS4CHK ON4CHK TG9ADV EC6DX
A60WARD/5 A61BK OS4OSA ON6EF TG9AOR EC6DX
A91WARD EC6DX OS5CDG ON5CDG TG9AWS W3HNK
AO7WRD EA7URU OS6HC ON6HC TM60YURI F1UJT
AP2SD EA5ZD OS6ZV ON6ZV TM618T F6FMT
AU2HFI VU2MUD OS8ON ON8ON TM7IGRY F1DHX
CE2SV N7RO OT30CRD ON4CRD TM96WARD F6BEE
CM2IU RW6HS OY9JD EA5GL TZ4AM W0SA
CN8GC RW6HS PA21AGR PE1RLN U4MIR RN3DK
CN96JQ RW6HS PA21WARD PA3EFR UP4L UN7LZ
CO5LB RW6HS PA96Q PA0Q UP55L RW6HS
CO7FR IK2DUW PC19HOPE PA7HPH V31MA M0OXO
CQ83AS HB9CRV PJ2MAN EC5AHA V51LZ EA5GL
DP44WCA DF6EX PJ4BZL M0URX VI100AF M0URX
DU6/PE1NSQ EA5GL PJ4EVA M0URX VK100AF M0URX
EG5DMR EA5RKB PR3R PY3ZZR XR96IARU CE3AA
EH4WRD EA4RCH PT5W PP5NY XW0LP EA5GL
EN35U US0UX PV7T PR7TU YG9WKB EB7DX
EO35IZ UX5IZ R1961AG RA4CEO YL0WFF YL2CQ
EO35UC UR4UWA R1994YU RQ7L YV7MAY EA8MU
EP3ASA EA5GL R1996VK RQ7L Z81D OM3JW
FS4WBS IZ1MHY R2014NC RQ7L ZA/IW2JOP IW2HAJ
GB0DOE G0PNM R35CHA RZ5D ZF1EJ K6AM
GB0SG G4XEX R35YCH RW3YS ZF2CH VO1IDX
GB6QE G7KHV R60CTC RQ7L ZM1A ZL3CW
GH5DX EB7DX R60MCC RQ7L ZM1M ZL1BBW
HB15SOTA HB9DPR R60RDK RA4DAR ZZ1M PY1SAD

4K2GG Alexander Y. Frolov, P.O. Box 38, Volgograd, 400066, Russia
7V7V Ben Lagha, 3 rue Claude Curtat, 69330 Meyzieu 69330, France
9M2TO Tex Izumo, 827 Nakanojo, Ueda-shi, Nagano, 386-0034, Japan
FY5KE Jacques Mazzoni, 678 route de l'Egalite, 74290 Talloires Montmin,
France
HV0A Francesco Valsecchi, Via Bitossi 21, 00136 Roma RM, Italy
K7MT William Erhardt, 2851 Festival Rd, Helena MT 59602, USA
OA1F Elena P. Moran, Rua do Codesal 5-3 Dcha, 15405 Ferrol (A Coruna),
Spain
OX3LX Joergen Roemming, Brandelev Stationsvej 9, 4700 Naestved, Denmark
PX1C Liece Gomes De Souza Junior, Rua Sao Joao Gualberto 329,
Vila da Penha, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 21221-380, Brazil
PZ2YT Yudel Torres, C Van Dalstraat 221, Nieuw Nickerie, Suriname
T30TM Alex Ihasz, 27 Buckley Circuit, Kambah, ACT 2902, Australia
V84SAS BDARA, P.O. Box 849, MPC Old Airport, Bandar Seri Begawan BB3577,
Brunei Darussalam
YV7PMG Pedro M. Gonzalez G., C/ Aurora, San Sebastian, Tacarigua 6323,
Estado Nueva Esparta, Venezuela
ZV5M Amelio Alves de Marins Filho, Rua Comandante Didio Costa 1013,
Paranagua - PR, 83206-050, Brazil
ZX6T Robson de Almeida Silva, Caixa Postal 62, Conceicao do Coite - BA,
48730-970, Brazil

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