425 DX News #1598

18 December 2021 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1598

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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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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.

8Q - Tom, OE1TRI will be active holiday style as 8Q7TR from the Maldives
(AS-013) from 28 December to 3 January. He will run 20 watts on 80,
40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB and FT8. QSL via OE1TRI; he does not
use Club Log or LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
G - During the month of December, the Welland Valley Amateur Radio
Society will be running special callsigns GB1XMS, GB2XMS, GB5XMS
and GB9XMS to celebrate Christmas and say farewell to 2021. QSL via
operator's instructions.
GU - Bob, GU4YOX will be operating MU5A for the Stew Perry 160m Contest
on 18-19 December (https://www.kkn.net/stew/). He will be using a
top loaded 160m vertical antenna especially installed for the "Big
Stew". QSL via LoTW, paper QSL cards will not be available.
HA - Special callsign HA21XMAS is being activated on 14-26 December on
various bands CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via LoTW and eQSL; a
downloadable certificate for two QSOs on two different modes is
available on http://qrz.com/db/ha21xmas.
HS - Champ, E21EIC and others will be active as E20AX/p from Koh Chang
(AS-125) on 18-20 December. They plan to operate SSB, CW and FT8 on
80-10 metres (also 160 metres, if space permits) with two or three
stations. QSL via LoTW and E21EIC (all QSOs will be confirmed auto-
matically via the bureau); logsearch on Club Log.
OE - The 12-31 December 4U1XMAS "Santa Claus HF Activity" from the Vien-
na International Centre [425DXN 1595] has been postponed to Decem-
ber 2022 "due to the difficult situation with the COVID pandemic".
ON - Celebrating the 75th anniversary of UBA (Belgium's national IARU
society, established on 25 January 1947), 64 special event stations
scattered all over the country will be active from 1 January until
28 February: ON75AAA, ON75ACC, ON75ALT, ON75ARA, ON75AST, ON75ATH,
ON75ATO, ON75BDX, ON75BTS, ON75BXE, ON75CDZ, ON75CLR, ON75CRD,
ON75DIG, ON75DST, ON75EKO, ON75GBN, ON75GBX, ON75GDV, ON75GNT,
ON75GTM, ON75HCC, ON75IPR, ON75KSD, ON75KTK, ON75LGE, ON75LIR,
ON75LLV, ON75LUS, ON75LVN, ON75MCL, ON75MLB, ON75MWV, ON75NBT,
ON75NNV, ON75NOK, ON75NOL, ON75ODE, ON75ONZ, ON75ORA, ON75OSA,
ON75OSB, ON75OST, ON75PHI, ON75RAF, ON75RAM, ON75RAT, ON75RCA,
ON75RCN, ON75REM, ON75RST, ON75RSX, ON75SNW, ON75TLS, ON75TRA,
ON75TRC, ON75TWS, ON75UBA , ON75WLD, ON75WRA, ON75WRC, ON75WTO,
ON75YLC and ON75ZTM. QSL via Club Log's OQRS (direct or bureau;
requests must be sent within 31 March); those who do not use Club
Log must go direct to ON9TT (Marc Domen, Ferdinand Coosemansstraat
32, 2600 Antwerpen, Belgium), or request bureau cards by email to
uba75qsl@uba.be (uba75swl@uba.be for SWLs). Two series of awards
will be available for download, details will be published on
https://hamlog.online when the event starts. [TNX ON4CAS]
PY - Felipe, PU2OYT will be active as PU2OYT/p from Ilha do Algodao (SA-
029) on 23-24 December. He will be QRV mostly on 10 metres SSB and
15 metres FT8. QSL via home call. [TNX DX World]
TA - Simon Luttrell (ex-XW0LP) expected to temporarily relocate to the
territory of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus [425DXN 1592],
but "the licencing authorities in north Cyprus have failed so far
to issue a licence (failed, not refused)". So he has moved to the
"sunny Turkish coast of Fethiye" instead, where he will be QRV as
TA4/G6JFY, while waiting for a TA callsign to be allocated.
UA - Special callsigns R2022NY, R22HNY, RA22NY, RG22NY, RJ22NY, RK22NY,
RL22NY, RM22NY, RO22NY, RQ22NY, RT22NY, RW22NY, RX22NY and RY22NY
will be active from 25 December to 14 January for the "Russian New
Year 2022" radio marathon organized for the sixth year in a row by
the Miller DX Club. QSLs via RQ7L. A number of certificates will be
available, see https://hamlog.online/club/mdxc.

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

Access to the main functions of www.425dxn.org is provided by the 425DXN App
for Android. It is available on Google Play - free of charge, no ads. Enjoy!

9N7AA ---> "We have now moved to the new residence and a couple of vertical
dipoles were strung from a Spiderbeam pole on the upper terrace of our top
floor apartment", Robert, 9N7AA (S53R) posted to his qrz.com page on 11
December. "I mostly run on 17m as other bands sound rather empty. A new
antenna mast was manufactured locally and delivered today, while the Ultra
Beam/WIMO 2el Yagi (40-6m) is still at the customs. If all stars align, I
will be able to install it before the end of the year. 160/80 will have to
wait for a while, though. I have an idea how to install quarter-wave slopers
but this will need some negotiations with the neighbors, as the wires will
go over two adjacent land plots. Kathmandu is veeery densely populated.
And, for those constantly asking: 60m band is not permitted in Nepal.
Equipment from my previous operation is still stuck in Kabul and we are
trying hard to bring it to Kathmandu. As of very recently, single-airline
commercial flights have finally resumed to Dubai, so there is a little tiny
light at the end of the tunnel". QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or direct
only to S57DX.

QSL FG8OJ ---> Burt, FG8OJ has joined the M0OXO QSL Service from his home in
Sainte-Anne, Guadeloupe (NA-102), where he has been resident since 2012. He
has been in the hobby since 1990 and is very active on VHF/UHF using satel-
lite and Moon Bounce. New QSL cards are being printed, and the OQRS is open:
https://www.m0oxo.com/oqrs/.

QSL T6AA & T6A ---> Effective immediately, Pedro, EA5GL has picked up the
direct and bureau QSLing for Robert Kasca's operations from Afghanistan.
Between September 2019 and July 2021, Robert (S53R, currently active as
9N7AA from Nepal) was active as T6AA and T6A, and made an overall total of
nearly 124,000 QSOs. "I will still respond to the QSL requests received
directly or via PayPal for the period up to December 2021", he says.

RAEM CONTEST ---> This year's RAEM Contest (https://raem.srr.ru/) will be
held on 26 December, from 00.00 UTC until 11.59 UTC, on 80, 40, 20, 15 and
10 metres CW. Organized by the Russian Amateur Radio Union (SRR), the annual
event memorializes Ernst T. Krenkel (1903-1971), the legendary Arctic ex-
plorer and radioman (callsign RAEM) on various polar stations and on the
first drifting ice station North Pole-1.

SV2RSG/A ---> Monk Iakovos, SV2RSG/A was active from 30 November to 3 Decem-
ber, and has been QRV again since 14 December. A pirate station - "whose
signal", according to the Hellenic Radio Amateur Team, "comes from a specif-
ic geographical area of Greece" - has been on the air too, causing much con-
fusion. The genuine SV2RSG/A is now posting the log to Club Log every two
hours: check https://clublog.org/logsearch/SV2RSG/A if you suspect you have
worked a pirate. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or direct to SV1RP.

THE 2022 DX ULTRA-MARATHON ---> The True Blue DXers Club announces the 2022
DX Ultra-Marathon, a year-long operating event to be run from 1 January
through 31 December 2022. Intended to promote everyday activity on CW and
SSB, this initiative's aim is to get people on the air and contact as many
different stations as possible, on as many bands as possible, in as many
DXCC Entities and WAZ Zones as possible over the duration of a full year.
Participation is open to all amateurs: see https://www.tbdxc.net/marathon
for detailed information.

VP8/SQ1SGB ---> The Falkland Islands Communications Regulator has directed
Seba, VP8/SQ1SGB to cease his amateur radio operation from Halley Research
Station, Antarctica forthwith. A formal complaint has been raised by Chris,
VP8WOS and Alan, VP8PJ, acting on Seba's behalf. The details can be found on
https://www.openfalklands.com/.

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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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3B8CW N4GNR EO35UC UR4UC PJ4DX M0URX
3D2TS M0OXO EP2ABS RW6HS PJ7/NZ1C EA5GL
3DA0AQ EA5GL EP5CZD RW6HS PR2E PY2AA
3G3O XQ3OP FG4NO EA5GL PR5Y PP5IP
3V8SF LX1NO FG8OJ M0OXO PT1K EA7FTR
3W3B E21EIC FK8CE N4GNR PV2K EA5GL
3Z100ZOSP SP9PSJ FK8GU EA5GL R104FSB RK9DR
4C10M EA5GL FM1HM ON6DP R104KGB R2AB
4L1FL EA7FTR FM5BH W3HNK R1941OM R5CA
4L5P UT7QF FM8QR F5EAN R200NN RC3M
4L6QL RW6HS FR4PJ EB7DX R60ANT RZ3EC
4L8A M0OXO G6XX M0OXO RA60ANT RZ3EC
4U1UN HB9BOU GB2ZE M0OXO RC60ANT RZ3EC
4U1WB KK4HD GB5XMS G4XEX RG60ANT RZ3EC
4Y1A UA3DX GB60ANT GM0GAV RJ60AN RZ3EC
5T5PA PA5X GS2ZE M0OXO RK60ANT RZ3EC
5Z4PA M0URX HF50FGP SP7FGP RL60ANT RZ3EC
6W1TG EA4R HG100CF HA1KSS RN60ANT RZ3EC
7Z1VD EA5GL HG83BTND HA5GY RT60ANT RZ3EC
8P6ET KU9C HH2AA EB7DX RU60ANT RZ3EC
9A10FF 9A2MF HI3K EB7DX RZ60ANT RZ3EC
9G1SD AB0GC HI3MRV EA5GL S21DX EB7DX
9J2BO EA5GL HI8S EA5GL SN10PMY SP1PMY
9J2BS EA5GL HP1KZ EA7FTR SN35KZE SP1KZE
9K2BS EC6DX HR5/F2JD F6AJA SP60ANT SP3POB
9K9BHR 9K2RA HZ1BHR HZ1SAR SX200BXZ SV2BXZ
9K9QATAR 9K2RA HZ1QATAR HZ1SAR SX200COL SV9COL
9N1CA EA5ZD II1RM IQ1GE SX200HXX SV2HXX
A43BHR A47R S II4DTH IQ4FE SX200JAO SV2JAO
A43QAT A47RS II6OANT I1HYW SX200ME SV1ME
A52CC N4GNR J79WTA HB9MFM SX200MNE SV1MNE
A60BHR/3 A61BK KL7KY S56ZZZ SX200SQM SV2SQM
A60EXPO EA7FTR L77D LU6DC TI2VVV EC6DX
A60EXPO/2 EA7FTR LO7H EA7FTR TM1B F5TLN
A71QND A71A LQ3D EA7FTR TM1TLT F8KFP
A721FAC A71A LS2D EC6DX TM4TLT F4KIP
AP2FLY EA7FTR LT6M LU8MHL TM57MC F11734
CB8E CE8EIO LV4V LU4VZ TM80BCRA F5LHJ
CN0S CN8YZ LX40DA LX1DA TZ4AM W0SA
CN8KD EC5R LY21XMAS LY2QT UE60ANT RZ3EC
CO2WP NA7L LZ95MA LZ1ZF V55Y DK2WH
CO2YQ EC6DX NP4EB EA5GL VE2CSI M0URX
CX1VH EA7FTR OA4SS KB6J VJ4K N3SL
CX2DK EA5GL OF9X OH2BH VJ4T VK4QH
DP0GVN DL5EBE OG60IPA OH4MDY VP8VK GM3ITN
DR60ANT DL2VFR OI3AX OH2LGW XT2AW M0OXO
EA8OM DJ1OJ OL50DJ OK6DJ YB7KE/p EA5GL
EA9KB EA7FTR OM700MHZ OM2FY YJ8RN NZ4DX
ED5GRT EC5R ON75AF ON6KL YS1RR DJ9ZB
EM7U UR7UT PF33MAX PF1B ZC4RH G4WXJ
EN10RKP UV3RT PJ2MAN EC5AHA ZP9MCE EA5ZD

4C2BC Juan Tellez, 1112 2nd Ave, Chula Vista CA 91911, USA
7S60BQ Ewe Hakansson, Pilspetsvagen 4, SE-291 66 Kristianstad, Sweden
7X4AN Mohamed Boukhiar, Apartado Postal 30133, 08080 Barcelona, Spain
EA5GL Pedro Miguel Ronda Monsell, C/ Maximiliano Thous 16-24,
46009 Valencia, Spain
EA7FTR Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias 23, 21110 Aljaraque (Huelva),
Spain
EB7DX David Lianez Fernandez, Apartado Postal 163, 21080 Huelva, Spain
EC6DX Jose A. Senent, Apartado Postal 85, 07730 Alaior (Illes Balears),
Spain
FK8HM Raymond Merle, Pavillon 1, Rue des Augeres, 77520 Donnemarie
Dontilly, France
HS0ZNR Bradley Devon, 8 Bruckner Place, Claremont Meadows, NSW 2747,
Australia
KL7FBI Fred R. Anderson, 918 Abeto St NE, Palm Bay FL 32905, USA
M0OXO Charles Wilmott, 60 Church Hill, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4NG,
United Kingdom
M0URX Tim Beaumont, 83 Limbrick Avenue, Coventry, CV4 9EX, United Kingdom
OH9SCL Anssi Puuronen, Kemijoen Itapuolentie 1577, FI-97110 Rautiosaari,
Finland
OX3XR Harry de Jong, Broekdijk 59, 7695 TC Bruchterveld, The Netherlands
PX2A Carlos Adalberto Carareto, Estrada de Santo Amaro 201, Sao Paulo -
SP, 05544-000, Brazil
PZ2YT Yudel Torres, C Van Dalstraat 221, Nieuw Nickerie, Suriname
SX200BOH Ilias Varuchakis, Amfipoleos 30, 544 54 Thessaloniki, Greece
TM6M Stephane Van Langhenhoven, 24 bis rue de Anter Hent,
29830 Ploudalmezeau, France

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