425 DX News #1596

4 December 2021 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1596

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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.

5Z - Ferdy, HB9DSP has had to postpone his December trip to Kenya
[425DXN 1595], and now plans to be active as 5Z4/HB9DSP around mid-
January. He will operate SSB and some FT8 on 20, 15 and 10m. QSL
via LoTW and home call (bureau preferred). [TNX DX World]
8Q - Tor, DG7RO will be active as 8Q7RO (reissued callsign, already used
by RT4RO in 2013) from the Maldives (AS-013) on 11-27 December. He
will only operate via Oscar QO-100. QSL via DG7RO and LoTW.
9J - Mario, IK1MYT is active again as 9J2MYT from Lusaka, Zambia until
June 2022. He operates SSB on 40, 20, 17, 15 and 10 metres. QSL
direct to IZ3KVD.
F - The Radio Club de Nice is active as TM8AB until 6 December to
commemorate the anniversary of the first Transatlantic amateur two-
way contact between Leon Deloy F8AB and Fred Schnell 1MO (28 Novem-
ber 1923). QSL via F4KJQ.
HI - Hrane, YT1AD and Milos, YT3M will be active as HI7/YT1AD from the
Dominican Republic on 4-14 December. QSL via YT1AD. [TNX NG3K]
I - Members of the Italian Naval Old Rhythmers Club (www.inorc.it) will
be active as II1TCWC on 12-17 December to commemorate the 120th an-
niversary of the first radio transmission sent across the Atlantic
Ocean (12 December 1901). They will operate only CW. All QSOs will
be confirmed automatically via the bureau. A certificate will be
available; see https://www.qrz.com/db/II1TCWC for information. [TNX
IN3MDR]
OH - The Finnish Amateur Radio League (SRAL) is celebrating its 100th
anniversary. To earn the "OH Northern Light 100-year Certificate"
(OH-NL-100), contact fifty OH and fifty OF stations during 2021,
and ten "multipliers" [425DXN 1559]. The list of special centennial
activations will be completed during the month of December by three
multipliers: OI3AX (QRV on 3-7 December, QSL via OH2LGW), OF2YOTA
(QSL via Club Log's OQRS) and Santa Claus station, OF9X (Old Father
9 Xmas, QSL via OH2BH). These special stations greet you with 59(9)
SRAL message and you can greet them back with 59(9) MX (Merry
Christmas). Your log extract should be sent to of9x@sral.fi during
January 2022. Complete rules for the OH-NL-100 Certificate can be
found on https://www.sral.fi/en/. [TNX OH2BH]
OH - OH9SCL is once again active from Finnish Lapland ("Santa Claus
Land") during the month of December. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, or direct
to Anssi Puuronen, Kemijoen Itapuolentie 1577, FI-97110 Rautio-
saari, Finland
PA - Celebrating Christmas and the New Year, special callsigns PH21XMAS
and PH22HNY will operate SSB and digital modes on 6 December-3 Jan-
uary and 10 December-31 January, respectively. QSL via operator's
instructions.
S2 - The S21DX operation from IOTA group AS-140 [425DXN 1589] has been
brought forward, and is now expected to take place on 10-16 Decem-
ber in accordance with the operating permission granted by the li-
cencing authority. S21AM and S21RC will run one station on the HF
bands SSB and FT8; a second station will be on the QO-100 satel-
lite. QSL via EB7DX. See https://s21dx.org for more information.
S5 - Special event station S522PMC will be active from 3 December to 2
January 2022 to promote the PMC Contest, sponsored by the Radio
Club Slovenj Gradec (S59DCD). All QSOs will be confirmed via the
bureau. The International Association of Peace Messenger Cities was
established in 1988 to recognize and encourage the role and
responsibility cities have in creating a culture of peace. The PMC
Contest, promoting contacts between stations located in the Peace
Messenger Cities and the rest of the world, will be held on 1-2
January (see http://www.s59dcd.si/ for complete information).
VE - The Signal Hill National Historic Site is the location where Gu-
glielmo Marconi received the very first wireless transatlantic
message on 12 December 1901. Commemorating the 120th anniversary of
that historic event, the Society of Newfoundland Radio Amateurs
will operate special callsign VD1M on 1-31 December. QSL via Club
Log's OQRS, or direct to VO1IDX.
W - This year marks the 100th anniversary of the historic Transatlantic
Tests of December 1921, when the ARRL's representative Paul Godley,
2ZE set up his listening station in Ardrossan (Scotland) and re-
the signals of more than two dozen US amateur radio stations, the
first from 1BCG in Connecticut. During the UTC night between 11 and
12 December those transmissions will be recreated by W2AN/1BCG from
the Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut, using a
replica transmitter constructed by volunteers at the Antique Wire-
less Association. Transmissions will start on +/- 1820 kHz CW at 23
UTC, then every 15 minutes until 03.45 UTC on 12 December. Trans-
missions from W2AN/1BCG will be one-way, just like the original
Transatlantic Tests. You can get a SWL certificate by sending a
copy of the transmitted message to 1BCG@AntiqueWireless.org. See
http://1BCG.org for more information.
YB - YB7NUS/p, YB7KE/p and YD7MHZ/p will be active from Laut Island (OC-
166) on 4-5 December. They will operate SSB, CW and FT8 on the HF
bands. QSL via EA5GL. [TNX DX World]
Z2 - DJ6TF and DL7BO have had to postpone their December trip to
Zimbabwe [425DXN 1595], and now plan to be active as Z21A and Z22O
on 3-20 February. They will operate CW, SSB, FT8 and FT4 on 160-10
metres. QSL both calls via DJ6TF.

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

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160-METER TRANSATLANTIC CENTENARY QSO PARTY ---> Organized by the ARRL and
the RSGB, this operating event will take place on 12 December, from 2 to 8
UTC (six hours). The event coincides with the 100th anniversary of the
successful second Transatlantic Test. Stations participating will operate
only CW, trying to contact the two official callsign activations: W1AW from
Newington (Connecticut) and GB2ZE from Scotland. The GMDX Group will award a
quaich - a traditional Scottish drinking cup representing friendship - to
the first stations in North America and the UK to complete contacts with
both W1AW and GB2ZE during the QSO Party. A commemorative certificate will
be available for download. Log submissions will not be required, as the
official logs from W1AW and GB2ZE will be used to determine the winners and
for certificates. For more details, see http://www.arrl.org/transatlantic
and https://rsgb.org/main/activity/transatlantic-tests/qso-party/.

INDEXA NEWSLETTER ---> The Fall 2021 issue (#134) of the International DX
Association's Newsletter is now available for download on the INDEXA website
(https://indexa.org/newsletters.html). It contains a special article from
Yuris Petersons, YL2GM on the recent 3DA0WW DXpedition to the Kingdom of
Eswatini, a "Director in the Spotlight" with Adrian Ciuperca (KO8SCA) , and
the latest news of the November 2022 3Y0J Bouvet DXpedition.

QSL S01WS & S0S ---> The QSL manager is EA2JG, who accepts only requests for
direct cards made through Club Log's OQRS. Neither traditional direct cards
(i.e. by postal mail) nor bureau cards will be accepted. "If it is your
wish", however, "we will upload the data to LoTW" once the OQRS has been
used. See the Radio Club Saharaui's website: https://saharadx.jimdofree.com/

YOTA MONTH --- > The Youngsters On The Air group is active again during the
Entire month of December to show the amateur radio hobby to youth and to
encourage youngsters to be active on the ham radio waves. Participating
stations include 3V8CB/YOTA (Tunisia), 5B4YOTA (Cyprus), 6V1YOTA (Senegal),
7X2YOTA and 7X3YOTA (Algeria), 8C2YOTA (Indonesia), 9A0YOTA and 9A21YOTA
(Croatia), 9K9YOTA (Kuwait), A71YOTA (Qatar), A91YOTA (Bahrain), AP21YOTA
(Pakistan), AT2YOA (India), CO0YOTA (Cuba), CQ7YOTA (Portugal), DC0YOTA
(Germany), E71YOTA (Bosnia Hercegovina), EF4YOTA (Spain), EI0YOTA (Ireland),
EM6YOTA (Ukraine), ES9YOTA (Estonia), GB21YOTA (England), HA6YOTA and
HG0YOTA (Hungary), HF0YOTA, SN0YOTA and SQ9YOTA (Poland), HL0YOTA (Korea),
HZ1YOTA (Saudi Arabia), II3YOTA and II6YOTA (Italy), K8Y, K8O, K8T and K8A
(USA), LR1YOTA (Argentina), OA0YOTA (Peru), OD5YOTA (Lebanon), OE0YOTA
(Austria), OF2YOTA and OH2YOTA (Finland), OL21YOTA (Czech Republic),
OM21YOTA (Slovakia), PA6YOTA and PD6YOTA (Netherlands), R21YOTA (Russia),
SH9YOTA and SK8YOTA (Sweden), TC21YOTA (Turkey), TF3YOTA (Iceland), TM21YOTA
(France), V55YOTA (Namibia), YI0YOTA (Iraq), YO0YOTA (Romania), YT21YOTA
(Serbia), Z30YOTA and Z39YOTA (North Macedonia), ZS9YOTA (South Africa).
QSLs via Club Log's OQRS (direct or bureau). Information about the event and
the awards can be found on https://events.ham-yota.com/.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3B8/KX7M F5CWU FM5FJ KU9C PA375KL PC2F
3B8HA M0OXO FS/KC9FFV IZ1MHY PA5150EVH PF1SCT
3B8M M0OXO G9W M0DXR PI4COM PA1AW
3E200P HP2NG GI5I GI4DOH PJ2T W3HNK
3F200NG HP2NG HB1BCG HB9ACA PJ4/KU8E K4BAI
3V8SS LX1NO HC1BI NE8Z PJ4A K4BAI
4J880NZ 4J7WMF HC1KX EA5GL PJ7/G4JEC N0UK
4L1AN N4GNR HC1M EC5R PJ7/UR5BCP KD7WPJ
4U9A 9A2AA HC1MD/2 K8LJG PR5B 6K5YPD
5B4AJC UA3DX HC2AO RC5A PS2T K3IRV
5R8AL G3SWH HC3RJ EC5R PW7B PR7AB
5W1SA JA1DXA HC5EG EA5GL PZ5CO UA2FM
5X4E IQ3CO [b] HC6IM EC5R R1941MB R2DX
5X4E IZ3ZLG [d] HF74QMP SP9PRO R800VAN RK3VWA
5Z4VJ M0URX HG3N HA3LN SK3W SM5CCT
6Y5HM EA5GL HG7T HA7TM SM2U SM0CXU
8J1RL 8J1RL [b] HI3AA EB7DX SO4M SP4MPG
8J1RL JG2MLI [d] HI3Y EB7DX SO4R SP4PND
8P6RY KU9C HI8K EB7DX SV2RSG/A SV1RP
8Q7JT WV6E HK1MW N2OO SX1T SV1ENG
9A64AA 9A2AA HP3SS AC2OV TC0F TA2BN
9G5FI DL1RTL HQ9X KQ1F TF3XO EA5GL
9K2OW EC6DX HS0ZLN HB9BXQ TG9AOR EC6DX
9K9UAE EC6DX HZ1UAE HZ1SAR TI7W M0URX
9X4X 4Z5FI IB3ABM IU3EDK TK0C S50C
A62A EA7FTR IB3N IV3SKB TM100ORP F8KHW
A650ND EA7FTR IB8A I8QLS TM4K F4EGZ
A91UAE EC6DX II1DCC IK1RAE TM57STN F11734
A950ND EC6DX II3VE IQ3VE TM5DX F4HAU
AL1G W2GR IO0A IK0XBX TM6X F5VHY
AM500ESP EA7URF IR4M I4IFL TM8AB F4KJQ
AT7SJ VU3NPI J42CPMV SV2HXV TO7A UT5UGR
AU2JCB VU2DSI JW7QIA LA7QIA TO9W W9ILY
B7P BA4EG JY5MM IK2DUW UN4Q UN2G
C4W 5B4WN KC4USV K7MT UN9L LZ1YE
C56XA G3SWH KL2R EA5GL UP0L DL8KAC
C6AGU HA7RY KP2B EB7DX UP4L UN7LZ
C6AQQ EA5GL L55DZV LU7DZV V26K AA3B
CB3R XQ3SK LX5MF LX1KQ V31HT G4LHT
CF3A VE3AT LX7I LX2A V48A WX4G
CO5WE RW6HS LZ01MLN LZ1PM V73NS W3HNK
CO8LY CT1FMX LZ14MP LZ1KCP VK6T EA7FTR
CQ3J CT3MD LZ30AM LZ1ZF VX3INSULIN VE3NOO
CR2X OH2BH LZ70HSC LZ2JE VY2ZM EA7HBC
CR3DX OM2VL M0X M0RTI XR3W XQ4CW
CR3W DL5AXX MJ5A G3TXF XV9NPS JA2NPS [b]
CR5O CT7AJL NP2X KU9C XV9NPS JA2ODB [d]
CS2C OK1RF NP4A W3HNK YC1SDL EA5ZD
CT9ABN OM2VL NP4Z N4AO YQ0U YO5BFJ
CT9ABP OM3BH OC200U OA4O YR8D YO8KRR
CT9ABV DL5AXX OE5TXF G3TXF ZF1A K7ZO
CX2BR EA5GL OF9W OH5BQ ZF2DJ WD6T
CX9AU EA5GL OH0TA OH2TA ZF2MZ DG1CMZ [b]
DF0HQ DL5AXX OH2R OH2BH ZF2MZ NT6V [d]
DU1IST JA1HGY OL0W OK1DSZ ZF2RN KI6RRN
EA6FO EA3AIR OL3Z OK1HMP ZF2WF W9KKN
EA8RM EB7DX OL700SM OK2UHP ZL25NZ ZL3CW
EH2EUS EA2TP OR3A ON6CC ZM1A ZL3CW
EH5MM EA5GVZ OS8ON ON8ON ZP5AA ZP5DBC
EL2DT N2OO OY1OF M0URX ZP5KO PY4KL
EN95WLKK SP8AUP OZ5E OZ1ACB ZP6/N3BNA KA2AEV
EO50FF UX0FF P44W N2MM ZS6CCY K3IRV
EY8MM W0VTT PA21SANTA PA1AW ZZ1M PY1SAD

6Y6Y Lester B. Veenstra, 452 Stable Lane, Keyser WV 26726, USA
9J2MYT Giorgio Laconi, Via Perine 4, 31020 Villorba TV, Italy
9M2A PO Box 00002, Pejabat Pos Kajang, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
9M2TO Tex Izumo, 827 Nakanojo, Ueda-shi, Nagano, 386-0034, Japan
CR6K Filipe Monteiro Lopes, Rua Manuel Jose da Silva 184, Espinheira,
3720-537 Sao Martinho da Gandara, Portugal
CT9ABO Jozef Lang, Obrancov Mieru 344, 059 34 Spisska Teplica,
Slovak Republic
E7DX Emir Memic, Kohlergasse 12/3, 1180 Wien, Austria
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
EE5H Adolfo Jose Dorta Luis, Calle Santa Teresa 7-19, 46530 Puzol
(Valencia), Spain
FJ/KP4DO Dario A. Ochoa, Calle Lerna 2123, Urb Alto Apolo, Guaynabo
PR 00969, USA
FR4KR Francois Barbier, 5 bis La Marrerie, 50500 St Andre de Bohon,
France
FR8TZ Fabrice Brassier, 10 rue de Chanlat, 63190 Moissat, France
FY5KE Jacques Mazzoni, 678 route de l'Egalite, 74290 Talloires Montmin,
France
GU4CHY Dick Allisette, Lilyvale House, Rue Des Houmets, Castel, Guernsey,
GY5 7XZ, United Kingdom
HG0IDPD Viczian Laszlo, Budapest, Duranci utca 5, 1116, Hungary
HI7/DL2SBY Kasimir Bastian, Grunaeckerstr. 39, 71069 Sindelfingen, Germany
KH6LC Tom Thomas, 1149 Gentle Dr. Corona, CA 92880, USA
NH2DX Joel E. Chalmers, 279 Gardenia Ave, Mangilao GU 96913, USA
OE50ADXB ADXB, c/o Musisches Zentrum, Zeltgasse 7, 1080 Wien, Austria
PT4A Alex Sandro Sousa Alfenas, Rua Dona Osmira Muniz 500, Caratinga-MG
35300-138, Brazil
PX5M Rodrigo Goncalves, Rua Alfonso Nicolao Bornhofen 163, Blumenau-SC
89032-452, Brazil
SV1RP George K. Vlachopoulos, Panselinou 26, 111 41 Athens, Greece
V3X Bill Kollenbaum, 2446 Belleair Rd, Clearwater FL 33764, USA
VD1M Chris Hillier, 29 Round Pond Road, Portugal Cove NL A1M 2Z4,
Canada
XE2I J. Felix Nunez Enciso, Revolucion de 1910 No. 3080, Col. Pueblo
Nuevo, 23060 La Paz BCS, Mexico
XE2X Jorge F. Rios Alvarado, 116 E Coma Ave, PMB #426, Hidalgo TX 78557
USA
Z64EEF Fehmi Bojniku, 22 Kruja, Prishtina 10000, Kosovo
Z81S Antonello Scauso, Via Tenente Minniti 105, 98057 Milazzo ME, Italy
ZM1M Gavin Williams, 100 Draffin Road, RD9, Whangarei 0179, New Zealand
ZM4T Holger Hannemann, 262 Waimarama Heights, RD12, Havelock North 4294
New Zealand

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