425 DX News #1574

3 July 2021 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1574

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

4X - Team 4X100AI will participate in the IOTA Contest (24-25 July) from
the Achziv Islands (AS-100). Outside the contest they will be QRV
on FT8 and QO-100 satellite. QSL via LoTW, or direct to 4X6ZM. [TNX
The Daily DX]
C6 - The 14-21 July C6AHA operation from the Bimini Islands (NA-048)
[425DXN 1569] has been postponed until sometime in October.
HL - DS3BBC and others will be active as D70EXPO from Pukkyongnyolbi
Island (AS-080) on 22-25 July. They will be QRV on 80-6 metres, and
will participate in the IOTA Contest. QSL via LoTW, or via DS3BBC;
the log will be uploaded to Club Log.
JA - Ichy, JH7IPR will be active from Tokunoshima, Amami Islands (AS-
023) from around 5 UTC on 2 July until around 5 UTC on 7 July. He
will be QRV on 80-6 metres as either JH7IPR/6 (CW, RTTY, SSB) and
JH7IPR/p (other digital modes such as FT4 and FT8). The logs will
be uploaded to Club Log. Ichy's latest IOTA operations were from
the Koshikijima Islands (AS-037) in April, Yakushima and Tanega-
shima (AS-032) in May, Iki and Tsushima (AS-036) in June.
JA - The following HQ stations representing JARL will be active from
various regions of Japan for the IARU HF World Championship:
Band/mode Call Location
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80m CW 8N9HQ Nanto-shi, Toyama
40m CW 8N2HQ Okazaki-shi, Aichi
40m SSB 8N8HQ Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido
20m CW 8N3HQ Miki-shi, Hyogo
20m SSB 8N3HQ Maibara-shi, Shiga
15m CW 8N6HQ Aso-gun, Kumamoto
15m SSB 8N9HQ Nanto-shi, Toyama
10m SSB 8N8HQ Ishikari-gun, Hokkaido
All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the JARL QSL bureau.
P4 - John, W2GD will be active again as P44W from Aruba (SA-036) on 6-
13 July. He will operate mainly CW with a focus on the IARU HF
World Championship. QSL via LoTW, or direct to N2MM. [TNX The Daily
DX]
SP - Special callsign SN88LOT will be active from 1 July to 31 August to
commemorate the 88h anniversary of the ill fated flight of Lithuan-
ian pilots Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas. On 15 July 1933 they
attempted a nonstop flight from New York City to Kaunas in a small
airplane named "Lituanica". After crossing the Atlantic Ocean, they
crashed on 17 July when thy were only 650km short of their final
destination. QSL via SP1PMY.
UA - Oleg UA1O (ZS1ANF), Alexei RN1ON, Yuri UA1OC and Alex UA1OJL will
be active as RI1OZ from Zhizhginskiy Island (EU-153) on 4-10 July.
They will operate CW, SSB and FT8/FT4 on 80-10 metres. QSL via Club
Log's OQRS, or via RN1ON. They also plan to be QRV from a couple of
other nearby islands and/or lighthouses as RK1O/p (QSL via RN1ON).
[TNX RN1ON]
UA0 - A team of six (R9YU, RA3DS, RA9Y, RN5A, RX3AMI and UA3A) will be
active as RI0FM from Moneron Island (AS-149) on 15-31 July, IOTA
Contest included. Plans are to operate CW, SSB and FT8 on various
bands with two stations. QSL via UA3A. See https://ri0fm.ru for
more information.

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

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JW0W ---> The team is now complete, and includes six operators: EA3HSO,
LB1QI, LA5GI, LA7GIA, LA7THA and LA8OM. They are expected to be active from
Prins Karls Forland (EU-063), Svalbard on 21-26 July. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS
and LoTW. PayPal donations to help offset some of the costs are gratefully
accepted, see http://jw0w.no/ for more information.

KIRIBATI: UPCOMING CHARTER SERVICE ---> "Chuck, T32NCC is working to acquire
a 65 ft power boat capable to allow him to offer charters to any of the
islands of Kiribati, including all of the Southern Line, Pheonix and Banaba.
His goal is to offer transportation services to local scientists, radio
amateur expeditions, sport fishing and diving enthusiasts starting early
2022. The boat will be able to accommodate up to 12 passengers and cargo, in
addition to the crew, at an average cruising speed of 15-20 knots under 2.5m
ocean swell. Chuck will be able to charter from international airports in
Kiribati and Samoa, and will provide hospitality support ashore". Chuck can
be contacted at line.islands[@]gmail.com. [TNX VE3LYC]

QSL 9V1VV ---> with immediate effect, Phil, G3SWH is the new QSL manager for
John, 9V1VV. All available logs have been uploaded to LoTW and Club Log, and
there are also log search and OQRS facilities on https://www.g3swh.org.uk/.
"As John is not a member of the RSGB, paper QSLs for this station are only
available direct with adequate return postage". [TNX G3SWH]

QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX's
website has been updated. Sixteen different galleries include 19,135 cards
for the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (2011-20), the 62 deleted DXCC
Entities, obsolete prefixes, stations from Maghreb from 1945 to 1962,
Allied Forces stations in Germany (1945-80), special stations commemorating
ITU and IARU, stations using the United Nations prefix (4U), Antarctic bases
and TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises), the various French
DXCC island Entities in the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Americas
(from 1945 to 1969), pre-1945 countries, French Departments and CONUS, plus
a gallery for cards not accepted by DXCC. Your participation is encouraged:
http://www.lesnouvellesdx.fr/galerieqsl.php. [TNX F6AJA].

THE SLOW MORSE CLUB ---> Special callsigns EI1SMC (operated by John, EI3HQB
and Keith, EI5KJ), GB1SMC (operated by Ray, G0OKR) and TM1SMC (operated by
Jeff, F4IIQ) will be used on 17-25 July to celebrate the first anniversary
of The Slow Morse Club. QSLs via F4IIQ. SMC is a Facebook group with around
1800 members worldwide. "Our informal group encourages new operators, begin-
ners, returnees and SWLs to join us, also those of us who enjoy code at a
more relaxing pace. Usually there is a slow Morse session every weekend on
3.552 MHz" (https://www.facebook.com/groups/3231315733622032/).

+ SILENT KEY + Faisal Al-Ajmi, 9K2RR passed away on 2 July "following a pro-
longed period of hospitalisation with COVID". He had been "IARU Region 1
Vice President since the 2014 General Conference and was an energetic and
active supporter of amateur radio in the Arab world and globally. He was
also an accomplished and successful contester. He represented IARU in the
Arab Spectrum Management Group meetings and had attended ITU World Radio
Conferences on behalf of IARU". [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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3B8BAP N4GNR EM44L UT5LU PD375OO PD4L
3B8CW N4GNR EM9WFF EA5EL R100KOMI R1II
4J7FM DC9RI EO30W UR5WHQ R24NEW UA6MF
5Z4VJ M0URX EP2HAM M0OXO S5030A S50A
7D9BA EA7FTR EX44WFF EX8AY S5030XX S50XX
9J2BO EA5GL GS5DX/p EB7DX S5130RU S51RU
9J2BS EA5GL HF100HCH SP9ZHC S5130Z S51Z
9V1VV G3SWH HF35BLP SP7MJX S5230F S52F
A71AM M0OXO HF77AK SP8MMW S5230WW S52WW
A91PSD EC6DX HP2DFA EC6DX S5330X S53X
AM1ASX EA1IQM HZ1TT A61BK S5430G S54G
CE2SV N7RO IB1DCI IK1GPG S5430X S54X
CN8PG EA7FTR II0LXXV IQ0RM S5530G S55G
CO2YQ EC6DX II4DXS IQ4FE S5530X S55X
CO3DK EA7FTR II9MMI IT9GHW S5730ZT S57ZT
CO6XE EA7FTR J73ESL EA5GL S5930AA S59AA
CO7CD IK2DUW J79WTA HB9MFM SN70KAB SP5KAB
CQ750RSI CT7AQD JW7QIA LA7QIA SN88LOT SP1PMY
CX3AT EA5GL KL7RRC N7RO SP1980LS SP8CHI
CX5A CX2ABC KL7SB N4GNR SP64GBC SP2TMT
CX5UA IK2DUW KP2BH EB7DX SQ1980LL SP0PGA
DF0GDX DL6DH KP4HF EB7DX TI5/N3KS M0URX
DL25GDXF DL6DH L21RCA LU4AA TM108TDF F8GGZ
DQ60ANT DL1RUN LZ950TM LZ1KCP TM13COL F5OGL
DU3LA W3HNK NL0H M0OXO TM17JM F1OOG
DV3CEP EB7DX NP3XF EA5GL TM1CY F5PBL
EA6/EI6DX RA3R OD5ET EB7DX TM53TDF F6AEW
ED3M EA3RCV OD5KU EB7DX TM66TDF F6KBR
ED7N EA7KHB OD5PY KU9C TM84MV F5KPO
ED8S EA8DFB OD5VB EA5GL TM84TDF F5KPO
EE7P EA7ATX OD5ZZ N4GNR UE90AS RZ9UF
EF0F EA4URE OJ0JR OH3JR VP8ZMS M0ZMS
EF5U EA5U OK8CX/P DL7CX YB5QZ W3HNK
EF8K EA8DET OL4AKAT OK1MLP YJ8RN NZ4DX
EG4RCH EA4RCH OL70DG OK1DG YS1RR DJ9ZB
EG5HSJ EA5RKB OZ4SOP OZ4CG ZL7DX M0OXO
EG7FCJ EA7FC PA375YN PA7ML ZL7STU M0OXO
EG8VCAN EA8URA PC375BR PC2LR ZP5DNB IK2DUW

7I1S Kutasi Gabor, Siofok, Koch R. utca 10/A I/4, 8600, Hungary
AO3MWC Federacion Digital EA, Apartado Postal 3050, 08200 Sabadell
(Barcelona), Spain
CX6VM Jorge Diez Furest, Remigio Castellanos 474, 37000 - Melo,
Cerro Largo, Uruguay
DL0SOP Georg Tretow, Postfach 1114, 23931 Grevesmuehlen, Germany
ED1R Jesus Maria Gimare Marquez, C/ Jacinto del Barrio 2,
05358 Papatrigo (Avila), Spain
ED7O Pedro L. Alvarez, Apartado Postal 306, 23700 Linares (Jaen), Spain
EE5T Santiago de La Fuente, Miguel Hernandez 37 Pta. 6, 46970 Alacuas
(Valencia), Spain
FR8TZ Fabrice Brassier, 10 rue de Chanlat, 63190 Moissat, France
FR8UA Fabrice Brassier, 10 rue de Chanlat, 63190 Moissat, France
G3SWH Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol,
BS49 5HQ, United Kingdom
GB13COL Raymond McAleer, 44 Harvey Avenue, Durham, DH1 5ZG, United Kingdom
J20EE Stephane Van Langhenhoven, 24 bis rue de Anter Hent,
29830 Ploudalmezeau, France
KL7FBI Fred R. Anderson, 918 Abeto St NE, Palm Bay FL 32905, USA
OJ0MR Pertti Turunen, Kolunkulma 157, FI-17130 Vesivehmaa, Finland
PT88CDC ARCCO, Caixa postal 62, Coceicao do Coite - BA, 48730-970, Brazil
VP8HDM Bob McLeod, 75 Davis Street, Stanley, FIQQ 1ZZ, Falkland Islands

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