425 DX News #1572

19 June 2021 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1572

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

4K - Special callsigns 4J880M, 4J880N, 4J880NZ, 4J880NZM, 4K880NZ and
4K880NZM celebrate the 880th anniversary of the birth of Nizami
Ganjavi (1141-1209), born in nowadays Azerbaijan and generally
considered the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature.
See https://www.qrz.com/db/4J880NZM for information about the
certificate issued by the DX Club Safari (4J0SFR).
9A - 9A1MB, 9A3DF, 9A3DX, 9A3ST, 9A4NA and 9A4WY will be active as
9A10FF from Lastovo Island (EU-016) on 17-24 June. This is the
special callsign for the Croatian Flora Fauna ARC (9A1WFF) to use
throughout 2021 to celebrate its 10th anniversary (information on
the Anniversary Award: http://www.9aff.sova-projekt.hr/). QSL via
9A2MF and LoTW. Some of the team members will also try and be QRV
as homecall/p from the nearby island of Kopiste. [TNX DX World]
A3 - After being stuck in Fiji for two months owing to the problematic
pandemic situation there [425DXN 1569], Masa, JA0RQV (A35JP) has
decided to return home and to cancel his trip to Tonga. He plans to
try again "to enter Tonga in August or September via New Zealand".
Updates will be posted to http://blog.goo.ne.jp/rqv.
A9 - A91PSD is the special callsign for the Bahrain Amateur Radio Soci-
ety to celebrate the UN Public Service Day on 19-23 June. QSL via
EC6DX. Observed annually on 23 June, the United Nations Public Ser-
vice Day highlights the value and virtue of public service to
communities and development.
F - Special callsigns expected to be active for this year's Tour de
France include:
TM53TDF 26 June-9 July QSL via F6AEW
TM66TDF 26-30 June and 3-12 July QSL via F6KBR
TM84MV [*] 26 June-10 July QSL via F5KPO
TM84TDF 26 June-10 July QSL via F5KPO
[*] the suffix stands for the legendary Mont Ventoux, which the
cyclists will climb twice (!) during the 11th stage on 7 July.
HB0 - Loick, HB9HBY will be active again as HB0/HB9HBY from Liechtenstein
from 30 June to 4 July. He will operate CW, SSB and FT8/FT4. QSL
via EB7DX. See https://www.facebook.com/hb9hby for updates.
J2 - Jerome "Jeje" Legras, F8FKJ is active as J20EE from Djibouti until
mid-July. He operates CW. QSL via LoTW and eQSL. [TNX DX World]
JA - 8J1ME (eastern Japan) and 8J3ME (western Japan) celebrate on all
bands and modes the 55th anniversary of the Mitsubishi Electric
Amateur Radio Club between 1 June and 31 December. All QSOs will be
confirmed automatically via the bureau, neither LoTW nor eQSL will
be used.
LU - Radio Club QRM Belgrano (LU4AAO, LU4AAO/A and LU4AAO/D) will be
active on 19-27 June to celebrate Argentine Flag Day. Look for
activity on all bands SSB, FT8, CW and SSTV. Special award and QSL
are available, see http://lu4aao.org/cert_dia_de_la_bandera.htm for
information. [TNX LU4AAO]
S9 - The Czech DXpedition Group (OK1BOA, OK1CRM, OK1FCJ, OK1GK , OK2ZA,
OK2ZC, OK2ZI and OK6DJ) will be active as S9OK from Sao Tome
(AF-023) between 2 and 16 October. They will operate SSB, CW, RTTY
and FT8 on 160-6 metres, with a focus on the low bands. Depending
on Internet availability, they will be using Club Log Live Stream
(https://clublog.org/livestream/s9ok). QSL via Club Log's OQRS
(preferred), LoTW, or via OK6DJ.
W - Oleh, KD7WPJ will be active again from Santa Rosa Island (NA-144)
on 19-21 June. He will operate CW, FT8 and SSB on 40-6 metres. QSL
via home call. [TNX DX World]
W - Alex, AK4AM will be active as AK4AM/p from Atlantic Beach, Bogue
Banks (NA-112) from 26 June to 3 July. He will operate SSB only
with a focus on 80, 40 and 20 metres. QSL via LoTW.
ZD7 - Gerard, G3WIP will be working as a doctor on St. Helena from 21
June to 30 September, and has plans to be QRV in his spare time
(callsign TBA).

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3Y0J: CANCELLED ---> Team Co-Leaders Paul Ewing, N6PSE and Kenneth Opskar,
LA7GIA announced on 13 June that the 2023 DXpedition to Bouvet Island has
been cancelled. "The global pandemic has impacted the expedition charter
vessel business very hard; this includes the venerable RV 'Braveheart' which
has provided outstanding safety and service to many DXpeditions. As you
know, we had signed a contract with 'Braveheart' for 3Y0J.
Today, we were informed that 'Braveheart' will be sold. As a result, Nigel
Jolly will no longer be associated with the ship, our contract with the ship
has been cancelled and our deposit will be refunded. This is a very disap-
pointing development to all involved.
At this time, we are cancelling the 3Y0J Dxpedition. We have ceased accept-
ing donations and we will begin refunding 100% of the donations using the
same method they were received, i.e. PayPal, cash or check. This process
will take several weeks to sort out, so please be patient.
We wish to thank our team for putting their trust in us. We wish to thank
all of the donors and sponsors that gave generously to this project. We will
continue to research other ships and possibly find another suitable vessel
for a future project".
"Some ask us why don't we just charter another ship", N6PSE posted to the
3Y0J's Facebook group on 14 June. "That seems logical, however we have not
found another ship that is both suitable and affordable. 'Cdt Fourcault' and
'Hanse Explorer' both charge over $1 million USD for a charter to Bouvet.
That is well beyond what a DXpedition can manage. We have the desire to go,
we lack an affordable ship that is capable".

QSL VIA SM6WYN ---> Ulrika, SM6WYN has taken over the QSL management for the
operations previously handled by her late father Nils, SM6CAS. These include
- 3D2CU and 3D2CT (Conway Reef 1995)
- T31T, T31K and T31YL (Central Kiribati 1999)
- T32MI, T32SI, T32CI and T32VI (OC-279, OC-280, OC-281 and OC-282, 2010)
- T33KK and T33CS (Banaba 1994)
- TF4/SM6CAS (EU-168, 1995)
- V63CS (OC-012, OC-078 and OC-180, 1993)
- ZK3CW, ZK3DX and ZK3YL (Tokelau 1999)
Niels "was also the QSL manager for Mats, SM7PKK, for example 5X1Z and his
Pacific tour call signs in 1988-1990. I'll now be the QSL manager for all
callsigns listed above, as well as my father's Swedish callsigns SM6CAS and
SK6PJ". QSL to Ulrika Persson, Stoppstalle 648, SE-296 33 Ahus, Sweden. [TNX
DX World]

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. Owing to "unforeseen date collisions", the second round of
YOTA Contest 2021 has been postponed from the previously announced date (17
July) to 18 July, 1000-2159 UTC. See https://ham-yota.com/contest for
complete rules, claimed scores, etc. [TNX IARU Region 1]

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3D2TS M0OXO EN7P UT1PG P40P W5AJ
4J880M 4J3DJ [d] FS4WBS IZ1MHY PA375KL PC2F
4J880M RA4AAT [b] GB75ISWL G6XOU PF20EURO PA0RDY
4K6MAR DC9RI GU3NDX/p GU4YOX PJ4BZL M0URX
4K880NZM 4K4K HC1KX EA5GL PJ4EVA M0URX
4L1PJ N4GNR HC3RJ EC5R R21EURO R1II
4O7CC UA4CC HC5LM HC5VF R21RUS RQ7L
5B4AAB G8CLY HC6IM EC5R R90KFF R1NU
5P2UEFA OZ1ACB HF1CHO SP1KZE RO21RU RQ7L
5Z4BU EA5GL HG83BTND HA5GY RT21RU RQ7L
6W1TA F5PRU HI3AA EB7DX RU21RU RQ7L
6Y5HM EA5GL HI3MRV EA5GL RW21RU RQ7L
7X3WPL 7X3DL HI3Y EB7DX S79KW N4GNR
8P6RY KU9C HI8JSG RW6HS SA6G/7 SM6CUK
9G1SD AB0GC HI95RCD RW6HS SN80EJG SP5EJG
9G5AR N4GNR HK3X M0OXO TM01ISS F5KBD
9K2BS EC6DX HP3SS AC2OV TM100SHT F6KOH
9K2OF EC6DX HZ1SK IZ8CLM TM1PAR F5RRZ
9K2OW EC6DX II0CAR IK0XFD TM21EURO F4GFE
A61DD EA7FTR II0MMI IW0BTN TM25TL F5KMY
A65BP UA6MF II1MMI IK1YRA TM400JF F4DTO
A71VV M0OXO II2MM IQ2CF TM57COV F-11734
A92EE EC6DX II2MMI I2QIL TO11A F6HMQ
AP2HA JA1WIO II3TDD IQ3DD TT8SN DL9USA
AP2IN IK2DUW IO0MMI IM0SDX UE16FA R1AU
AP2SD EA5ZD IO9MMI IT9MRM UE1FA RV1CC
AP2TN DJ9ZB IR0MMI IZ0XZD VE2CSI M0URX
CN8DEM EA7FTR IR5MMI IK5AEQ VE3VACCINE VE3ES
CO8LY EA7ADH IR7MMI IZ7LOW VK0PD EB7DX
DB59FIRAC DL8DWL JD1BLY JI5RPT VP2ETE W3HNK
DP0GVN DL5EBE JU100DX JT1CH XT2AW M0OXO
DR165TESLA DK8ZZ KL7FBI AA0NN XV9HEU EA5GL
DR60ANT DL2VFR KP3H EB7DX YB1JYL/7 EA5GL
ED7EFS EA7URS NP2AR EB7DX YB8QT IK2DUW
EH5SUB EA5GVJ NP4TX EB7DX YB8UTI YB3MM
EH7FCM EA7URM OH0SCA/2 KO8SCA YC5NDR EA5GL
EJ5HTB IZ3GNG OJ0C OH3JR YI1WWA IK2DUW
EM30UU US7UU OL50DJ OK6DJ YL/ES6TZ YL2GN
EM7EFF UR7EY OR40NOL ON6NL YR6MUSEUM YO6KNE
EM7U UR7UT OS7XT ON7XT YT165TESLA YU1MM
EN30UKR UT4ULP OZ2SPACE OZ1ACB YW200BC YV4KW

DL21EURO Andreas Christian Salder, Senner Hellweg 77a, 33659 Bielefeld,
Germany
K4D Bruce D. Brady, 208 Mount Tabor Rd, Hot Springs National Park
AR 71913, USA
KH0W Thomas M. Callas, P.O. Box 1058, Minnetonka MN 55345, USA
MS0ORK David Wishart, Curcum, Swannay, Orkney, KW17 2NS, United Kingdom
OX3LX Joergen Roemming, Brandelev Stationsvej 9, 4700 Naestved, Denmark
OZ11A Leif Nielsen, Stenhoejvej 280, 9900 Frederikshavn, Denmark
T6AA Robert Kasca, Govejk 11C, 5281 Spodnja Idrija, Slovenia
UE2FA Dmitry A. Sokolov, P.O. Box 13, Sertolovo, Leningradskaya obl.,
188655, Russia
YV4KW Juan Saer, PO Box 824033, Pembroke Pines FL 33082, USA

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