425 DX News #1578

31 July 2021 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1578

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

4X - Originally scheduled during the IOTA Contest [425DXN 1574], the
4X100AI operation from the Akhziv Islands (AS-100) has had to be
postponed due to bad weather conditions. The team now expects to
operate SSB, CW, FT8 and on QO100 on 7 August (5-15 UTC). QSL via
4X6ZM; the log will be uploaded to LoTW, Club Log and eQSL. [TNX
The Daily DX]
CN - Taking part in the annual Throne Day's celebrations, members of
the Association Royale des Radioamateurs du Maroc (ARRAM) will be
using the special prefix CN22 between 28 July and 8 August. Throne
Day is a public holiday in Morocco that commemorates the enthrone-
ment of the incumbent monarch. Since 1999, it has been celebrated
on 30 July.
CN - Bruno, IW5BBV will be active as CN2BBV while touring Morocco on 5-
30 August. He will operate SSB mainly on 40 and 20 metres. QSL via
home call.
DL - Members of DARC's Ortsverband Greifswald (DL0HGW) will be active as
DL70GREIF from 1 August to 31 December. The special callsign marks
the 70th anniversary of the "Greif", a brigantine owned by the town
of Greifswald and used as a training ship for maritime youth educa-
tion. All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. See
https://hamlog.online/club/germany/189 for the certificate.
E5_sc - Bruce, ZL1AAO will be active holiday style as E51AAO from the South
Cook Islands: first from Atiu (OC-083) on 6-9 August, and then from
Rarotonga (OC-013) until 19 August. He will operate SSB on 40 and
20 metres. QSL via home call and LoTW.
ES - Look for Sergei, ES1LL/0 and Andrei, ES4AW/0 to be active from the
islands of Muhu, Saaremaa and Hiiumaa (all counts for IOTA group
EU-034) on 5-8 August.
F - For the 69th year the Association des Radioamateurs de la Sarthe
(F6KFI) will operate a special event station for the 24 Hours of
Le Mans. Look for TM24H on 8-22 August, with activity on various
bands and modes (SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK, FT8). QSL via F6KFI.
HC - Members of the Ecuador DX Club will be active as HD1O on 7-8 August
to commemorate Ecuador's "First Cry for Independence" from Spain
(10 August 1809). QSL via LOTW. A certificate will be available for
downoload: https://ecuadordxclub.org/10-de-agosto/
OY - Michael, DF8AN will be active as OY/DF8AN from the Faroe Islands
(EU-018) from 31 July to 8 August. He will operate CW and digital
modes. QSL via DF8AN, direct or bureau; he does not use LoTW.
TK - Frans, DJ0TP will be active as TK/DJ0TP from Corsica (EU-014) be-
tween 6 August and 14 September. QSL via LoTW, or via the bureau to
home call. [TNX DJ0TP]
UA - Mikhail, RA1ALA will be active as RA1ALA/p from Volostrov Island
(RRA RR-02-49, claimed to count for IOTA group EU-162) from 31 July
to 7 August. He will operate SSB and FT8. QSL direct to RA1ALA.
UA - Special callsigns R20RTA, R20RTM, R20RTP, R20RTRN and R20RTT will
be active on 1-31 August to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the
Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network (RTRN), created
on 13 August 2001. QSL via operator's instructions.
UA - Special callsigns R1961GT and UE60GT will be active on 2-8 August
to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Gherman S. Titov's flight
aboard Vostok 2 (6-7 August 1961). QSL via operator's instructions.
Titov was the second human to orbit the Earth, but the first to
orbit multiple times, the first to pilot a spaceship and to spend
more than a day in space.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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FT8DMC ANNIVERSARY ---> Several special event callsigns are expected to be
activated on 2-15 August to celebrate the 4th anniversary of the FT8 Digital
Mode Club: 4J8FTDM and 4K8FTDM (Azerbaijan), 8B1FTDM (Indonesia), A60FTDMC
(United Arab Emirates), A91FTDMC (Bahrain), GB0DMC (Wales), HZ8FTDMC (Saudi
Arabia) II2FTDM and II8FTDM (Italy), LR8FTDMC (Argentina), LX8FTDM (Luxem-
bourg), OE21FTDMC (Austria), OZ8FTDM (Denmark), PF21FTDMC (Netherlands),
TM8FTDM (France), YL3FTDM (Latvia), YQ6FTDMC (Romania), Z3FTDMC (North Mace-
donia), ZL6FTDMC (New Zealand) and ZY2FTDMC (Brazil). QSL via operator's
instructions. See https://ft8dmc.eu/anniversary/ for information about the
FTDMC Anniversary Award.

VK5AVB ---> Grant, VK5GR reports that Tony, VK5AVB is a new operator who is
a permanent resident on Kangaroo Island (OC-139). He currently holds a Foun-
dation Lincence with limited privileges on 80, 40, 14 and 10m; Grant says he
is "extremely keen" and believes Tony will upgrade soon. In the meanwhile
Grant is "in the process of explaining IOTA to him".

WW DIGI DX CONTEST ---> The third edition of the World Wide Digi DX Contest
("WW Digi") will take place on 28-29 August (from 12:00 UTC to 11:59 UTC).
The objective is for amateurs around the world to contact as many other ama-
teurs in as many Maidenhead Grid Fields (used for multipliers on each band)
and Grid Squares (used in the exchange and for determining QSO points) as
possible using the FT4 and FT8 modes on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m. See
https://ww-digi.com/ for complete information. WW Digi is a collaboration
between the World Wide Radio Operators Foundation (WWROF) and the Slovenia
Contest Club (SCC).

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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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3Z0R SP9SX EN7P UT1PG OR40NOL ON6NL
4M8E YV8ER EO30UA US8UA OV5N DM5JBN
4O/LZ1SMS YT2SMS EP2ABS RW6HS OV7X DL2JRM
5P5XX DF3XX EP2LMA EA5GL OV9M DF9TM
5Q5CW DL5CW EP2MRK RW6HS PA/OQ4T ON4TO
5Q5M ON6QR ES6JP/0 YL2GM PA38EU PA2TMS
5Q5W DL2SWW ES6TZ/0 YL2GN PI4AMF/p PA3EYC
5R8AL G3SWH ES8GP ES5GP PJ2MAN EC5AHA
5T5PA/p PA5X EV5SL EW1BBA PJ4/WW4LL K4BAI
5W1SA JA1DXA FK8HM F5MFV PJ4BZL M0URX
9A21A S58MU G1A M0NKR PJ4EL M0URX
9A8DV IK6VXO GB1SMC F4IIQ PJ4EVA M0URX
9A8TQF HB9TQF GM5DX EB7DX PJ4KY M0URX
9V1ZV EA5GL GM7M G4ZVB R105MA RN3YN
A41CK A61BK GM7V N3SL R15MAKS UA3DJ
A41NN A61BK HC2AO RC5A R950A RA9AEA
A61DD EA7FTR HC3RJ EC5R RI0FF RZ3EC
A92EE EC6DX HC5DX W3HNK RI0FWA RZ3FW
AP2HA JA1WIO HD1QRC90 EA5GL RI8KK R1II
AP2MS EA5GL HF23MSAS SP3ZIR RV6AWZ/p RV6CU
AP2SD EA5ZD HH2JR W3HNK S5130TA S58N
AP2TN DJ9ZB HK4GSO EA5ZD S5730ZM S57ZM
B2/BY1CY BD1KV HS18IARU E21EIC S5930FOP S59FOP
BG4OP BI4IIZ ID8A IK8PGM SD1A SM1TDE
BI4SSB BA4TB IF9A IT9ATF SF1Z SM0HEV
CN22ATM CN8ATM II1SP I1ANP SF400B SK6LK
CN22PA CN8PA II3TH IK3FHP SJ7SOP SM7VRZ
CN22QR CN8QR II3Y M0OXO SM0S SM5BAX
CN22SG EA7FTR IR9K IT9DSZ SN0L SP9KRJ
CN22ZG CN8ZG J48J SV1PMQ SN0RX SP8BXL
CN8DEM EA7FTR JW0W M0OXO SU1SK JH1AJT
CN8LAF EA7FTR JY5HX E73Y SV2RSG/A SV1RP
CO2WP NA7L KL7J N3SL SV9RNG LZ1YE
CO3JR EA7FTR KT3Q/4 DF8DX TI2VVV EC6DX
CO7FR IK2DUW LB5GI M0OXO TM1N F4GYM
CO7MTL IK2DUW LC5C LA6KOA TM1SMC F4IIQ
CO8LY CT1FMX LS8Y IK2DUW TM21MAB F5LPY
CR3W DL5AXX LZ70HSC LZ2JE TM21OG F4GPB
CT7ANZ LX2RS M7C M0OXO TM6JVX F4ELK
CT9ABN OM2VL MD4K G3NKC TM7P F4FET
CT9ABV DL5AXX MP5A G3TXF UK8LAL RW6HS
CX2DK EA5GL MS0INT EB7DX UR1G UR8GX
CX2TQ IK2DUW MU0MXF RN3RQ V85A EB7DX
DA2W/p ON1DX NL7S N4GNR VE2CSI M0URX
DU1R DU1UGZ NL8F N7RO XE1XR EA5GL
EA8/OG60BBM EA4BQ NP2AR EB7DX XE3N EA5GL
ED1BP EA1BP NP4TX EB7DX XW0LP EA5GL
EG50CNCW EA4URE OE100GOA OE1GOA YB0ECT W2FB
EI1SMC F4IIQ OE7TIR DJ7AO YI1WWA IK2DUW
EJ1E EI5KF OH0JV DL7RV Z38DX YU1FW
EJ3Z EI6GGB OH0X OH2TA ZC4CBK EB7DX
EM50QWW UR4QWW OH9A OH1NOA ZC4GR EB7DX
EM7U UR7UT OL44FF OK1VEI ZM1M ZL1BBW
EN30UKR UT4ULP OL50DJ OK6DJ ZS4JAN EA5GL

CO2WL Kutasi Gabor, Siofok, Koch R. utca 10/A I/4, 8600, Hungary
CT1FMX Jorge M. Santos, Rua do Moinho 3, Seixal, 2530-267 Lourinha,
Portugal
D2FJZ Paulo Mira, Apartado 603, EC Paivas, 2846-909 Amora, Portugal
DL5KUD Joachim Zillmann, Ruegen Radio 14, 18551 Glowe, Germany
GJ8A Alan Hydes, Woodcroft, Bath Road, Langford, Bristol, BS40 5EB,
United Kingdom
GM3C Ed Holt, Ashwell, St. Ola, Kirkwall, KW15 1SX, United Kingdom
J88PI Brian Price, PO Box 2020, Llanharan, Pontyclun, CF72 9ZA,
United Kingdom
K1IMI Bertrand R. Michaud, 10808 Marthas Way, Raleigh NC 27614, USA
KH6LC Tom Thomas, 1149 Gentle Dr. Corona, CA 92880, USA
MM0T Terry Robinson, 82 Albert Road, Glasgow, G42 8DR, United Kingdom
OH0V Jukka Klemola, Aarontie 5, FI-31400 Somero, Finland
OX3LX Joergen Roemming, Brandelev Stationsvej 9, 4700 Naestved, Denmark
PU0FDN Renner Pedroza, Rua Waldemar Nery Carneiro Monteiro 475 Apt 602,
Boa Viagem, Recife - PE, 51030-140, Brazil
S58MU Milan Pivk, Vareja 48b, 2284 Videm pri Ptuju, Slovenia
SV1RP George K. Vlachopoulos, Panselinou 26, 11 141 Athens, Greece
SW8YA Draskovits Gabor, Szombathely, Karpati K. u. 43, 9700, Hungary
SX8T Thomas Misirgis, Ipolochagou Angelaki 57, 561 22 Menemeni, Greece
SY8APQ Antonio Nicola Belekas, Rua Visconde de Inhomerim 1093 Ap.162,
Sao Paulo - SP, 03120-001, Brazil
V84SKP BDARA, P.O. Box 849, MPC Old Airport, Bandar Seri Begawan BB3577,
Brunei Darussalam
YN2RP Rafael A. Pena, 740 Kenyon Street NW, Washington DC 20010, USA

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