425 DX News #1602

15 January 2022 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1602

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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.

3B8 - Simon Luttrell (ex-XW0LP) had moved to the Turkish coast of Fethiye
[425DXN 1598], but "the cold weather created a lot of problems for
my lungs, and I had to quickly look for a new and hot country to
call home", he posted to eHam.net on 10 January. He has now left
Turkey and relocated to "sunny Mauritius. I have rented a nice
house with a big garden, and hope to be on the air in the next
month or so with my 3B8 callsign. Especially, I hope to do some low
band DXing".
5Z - Ferdy's trip to Kenya [425DXN 1601] has been delayed, and now he
expects to be QRV as 5Z4/HB9DSP on 17-31 January. He will operate
SSB and some FT8 on 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via LoTW and home
call (bureau preferred).
6Y - Neville, G3RFS will be active again as 6Y5FS from Jamaica (NA-097)
starting around 13 January for two months. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's
OQRS, or via G4BWP. The logs will be computerised after Nev returns
home. [TNX The Daily DX]
G - Special event stations GB1900HA (operated by M0MNE) and GB1900HW
(operated by M0TKF) will be active between 24 January and 23 Decem-
ber for the 1900th anniversary since the beginning of the construc-
tion of Hadrian's Wall (https://1900.hadrianswallcountry.co.uk/).
QSLs via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW. A former defensive fortification
which marked the boundary between Roman Britannia and unconquered
Caledonia to the north, Hadrian's Wall is the largest Roman archae-
ological feature in Britain, and has been inscripted on the UNESCO
World Heritage Site List since 1987.
I - II2IDT is the special callsign celebrating the 10th anniversary of
the Italian DXpedition Team. Look for activity on 160-10m SSB, CW
and FT8 on 5-13 February. QSL via I2YSB. A certificate for at least
5 QSOs and plaques for the three top scores will be available. See
https://www.qrz.com/db/ii2idt for the details.
JA - JI3DST/5, JJ5RBH, JS6RRR/5 and JS6RRR/p (for FT8) will be active
from Shodo Island (AS-200) between 20 January and 24 February. Look
for activity on 80-2m CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via operator's
instructions. [TNX DX World]
LU - AMSAT Argentina, LU7AA will celebrate the 32nd anniversary of the
LUSAT (LO-19) satellite on 15-23 January. Activity on the HF bands
will be on SSB, CW and digital modes. More information can be found
at http://lu4aao.org/lu7aa/cert_32_aniv_lusat_2022.htm.[TNX LU4AAO]
PY - A large team will be active as PX7B from the Pedra da Boca State
Park in the Brazilian state of Paraiba on 14-16 January. They will
operate SSB, CW, FT8 and via satellite on 80-6 metres. QSL via
PR7AB (direct and bureau) and LoTW.
TU - Petr OK1BOA, Petr OK1FCJ and David OK6DJ will be active again as
TU5PCT from the Cote d'Ivoire between 4 and 13 February, with "full
operation" expected on 7-12 February. They will operate SSB, CW,
RTTY and FT8 on 80-6 metres (160m "if QTH allows"). QSL via LoTW,
Club Log's OQRS, or via OK6DJ. See https://www.cdxp.cz/ for more
information. Updates will be posted to the Czech DXpedition Group's
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1472348776313779/.
UA - Special callsigns R900BL, R900DM, R900DV and R900RO will be acti-
vated from Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast on 17-31 Janu-
ary for the annual commemoration of the end (27 January 1944) of
the nearly 900-day siege of Leningrad during World War II. QSL via
operator's instructions.
UA_ant - Alex, UG1A (ex-RD1AV) will be active again as RI1ANC from Vostok
Station, Antarctica starting on 13 January until early February. In
his spare time he will operate mainly CW. QSL via Club Log's OQRS,
or via RN1ON.
W - The Marconi Cape Cod Radio Club, KM1CC will be active from 13.30
UTC on 18 January until 02.00 UTC on 19 January to commemorate the
119th anniversary of the first transatlantic wireless communica-
tion between the United States and Europe (18 January 1903). The
message was sent from Marconi's station in South Wellfleet, Massa-
chusetts and received at his station in Poldhu, England. Look for
activity on 40-10 metres CW (neither SSB nor digital modes). QSL
via LoTW (preferred), or direct to N1NS.
YB - Look for YB1TIA/4 to be joining YB1TDL/4 and YC1RQZ/4 [425DXN 1601]
and be active from Rakata Island (OC-262) on 15-20 January. QSLs
direct to HA3JB (OQRS on http://www.ha3jb.com/oqrs.html). Also QRV
from the same location will be YB1RET/4 (QSL via LoTW), who will
operate SSB on 15-16 January for about 30 hours.
YB - YB6ABO/p, YC1BIQ/6, YD0AVE/6 and YE1AR/6 will be active from Pulau
Rondo (OC-245) on 20-27 January. The island is Indonesia's north-
ernmost territory. They will operate FT8 as well as CW and SSB on
160-10m. QSL YB6ABO/p, YC1BIQ/6 and YD0AVE/6 via N2OO; QSL YE1AR/6
via Club Log's OQRS or via N2OO.
YB - Donny, YB0DX (incumbent ORARI Chairman for 2021-26) and Dave, YC5YC
(founder & director of https://dxportable.com/, DXPortable Amateur
Radio) will be active as YB0DX/7 (QSL via YB8RW) and YC5YC/7 (QSL
via EA7FTR) from Kalimantan, the Indonesian portion of the island
of Borneo (OC-088) on 23-24 January. They will operate SSB and
digital modes on the HF bands. [TNX DX World]

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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B4/BG2CNO: CANCELLED ---> Due to adverse weather and sea conditions, the 13-
15 January operation from Lingshan Island (AS-150) [425DXN 1601] has been
cancelled. Hopefully it will be rescheduled at a later date.

E20AX/P: POSTPONED ---> Due to the current outbreak caused by the Omicron
variant, the E20AX/p operation from Koh Samet (AS-107), originally scheduled
for 8-10 January [425DXN 1601], has been postponed to a later date TBA.

IDXC 2022: CANCELLED ---> The 73rd International DX Convention, which was
due to be held in Visalia on 8-10 April, has been cancelled "in response to
to the current covid virus threat". Those who had hotel reservations should
contact the hotel as soon as possible to ensure they are cancelled.

MARCONI CLUB'S QSO PARTY DAY ---> The fourth edition will be be held on 22
January from 7 to 18 UTC, on 80, 40 and 20 metres CW. Complete rules can be
found on http://www.ariloano.it/marconiclub/. ARI Loano Marconi Club is a
member of the International CW Council (https://internationalcwcouncil.org/)
which "promotes and aids in the retention and growth of International Morse
Code as a mode of communication between amateur radio operators". [TNX
IK1QBT]

QSL ON75*** ---> The QSL route for the 64 special event stations celebrating
the 75th anniversary of UBA (Belgium's national IARU society) is via Club
Log's OQRS (direct or bureau). Requests must be sent within 31 March. Those
who do not use Club Log will have to go direct to ON9TT (Marc Domen,
Ferdinand Coosemansstraat 32, 2600 Antwerpen, Belgium), or request their
bureau cards by email to uba75qsl@uba.be (uba75swl@uba.be for SWLs). Active
until 28 February, the stations are:
ON75AAA ON75BTS ON75GBN ON75KTK ON75MWV ON75OSA ON75RCN ON75TWS
ON75ACC ON75BXE ON75GBX ON75LGE ON75NBT ON75OSB ON75REM ON75UBA
ON75ALT ON75CDZ ON75GDV ON75LIR ON75NNV ON75OST ON75RST ON75WLD
ON75ARA ON75CLR ON75GNT ON75LLV ON75NOK ON75PHI ON75RSX ON75WRA
ON75AST ON75CRD ON75GTM ON75LUS ON75NOL ON75RAF ON75SNW ON75WRC
ON75ATH ON75DIG ON75HCC ON75LVN ON75ODE ON75RAM ON75TLS ON75WTO
ON75ATO ON75DST ON75IPR ON75MCL ON75ONZ ON75RAT ON75TRA ON75YLC
ON75BDX ON75EKO ON75KSD ON75MLB ON75ORA ON75RCA ON75TRC ON75ZTM
See https://hamlog.online/uba75/ for the "Royal Belgian Amateur Radio Union
75 Years" award.

V73NS SOON QRT ---> Neil, V73NS (WD8CRT) will be going QRT from Kwajalein
OC-028), Marshall Islands "by the end of this month", The Daily DX reports,
and will relocate to Alabama, USA. QSL via LoTW or W3HNK.

+ SILENT KEY + Saifuddahar Shahid, S21A died in Albuquerque, New Mexico on 9
January, aged 75. A graduate of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and
Technology, he created Shahidlipi, the first Bangla keyboard developed for
the computer (1985). A founding member and first President of the Bangladesh
Amateur Radio League (1979), "after working hard lobbying and negotiating
with government officials for more than twelve years", he and other BARL
members eventually succeeded in launching Amateur Radio in the country. In
1992 Saif got the first licence issued in Bangladesh, S21A; seven years
later he migrated to the US, where he held the callsign KF6WJZ.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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4L1AN N4GNR FS4WBS IZ1MHY PJ4EVA M0URX
4L1BB EA5GL GB8KW G0UKN PJ4NX M0URX
4L9MH DL8RDS GX5DX EB7DX PY7ZC HB9OCR
4O7CC UA4CC GX7WAB GI0AZA R075F RN3RQ
4S7VK DJ9ZB HC1M EC5R R250SM RK3VWA
4U1A UA4DX HC1MD/2 K8LJG R90MMK R8AR
5K6RM HK6RM HC2GRC RC5A RI1ANC RN1ON
5R8HK JH0OXB HG4I HA5LN S79KW N4GNR
5W1SA JA1DXA HI3SD EC6DX S79VU N4GNR
5Z4VJ M0URX HK1O EA5KB SD1A SM1TDE
6F6F EA5GL HP3AK W4JS SN30WOSP SP2UUU
7Q7CT JH1AJT HS0ZJF ON4AFU SN5X SP5GRM
7X2TT EA5GL HS0ZME SM6NT SN7Q SP7GIQ
7X3WPL 7X3DL HZ1DH A61BK SO39SYBIR SP4PZM
9A302AA 9A2AA KC4USV K7MT SP200IL SP3POB
9A652AA 9A2AA KH2L W3HNK SV2RSG/A SV1RP
9A655AX 9A5AX KJ0D/KP2 EB7DX TF1A EB7DX
9K2GR EA5GL KP2B EB7DX TF3XO EA5GL
9V1YC W5UE KP2BH EB7DX TG9ADM EA5GL
A25SL N4GNR KP3H EB7DX TG9ADQ VE7BV
A41MX EB7DX LY13LY LY8O TG9ADV EC6DX
A61Q EA7FTR LZ2022HNY LZ2VP TG9ANF VE7BV
A61QQ A61BK LZ22NY LZ2VP TG9AOR EC6DX
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A71RR EC6DX MD4K G3NKC UO2022HNY RW6HS
A71VV M0OXO MM0EAX M0OXO UP2022HNY RW6HS
A92AA EC6DX NL7S N4GNR UP2022SG RW6HS
AP2MS EA5GL NP2AR EB7DX V31AE EB7DX
AU2GSI EA5GL NP2J K8RF V44RR EA5ZD
C31CT EA3QS NP2X KU9C VK5IR M0OXO
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CN8HAN RW6HS NP4TX EB7DX VP2MDX W2APF
CN8SG EA7FTR NP4Z N4AO VP8/SQ1SGB EB7DX
CO2RQ EC6DX OA4AI EA5GL VP8AWU K4MZU
CP4BT IK2DUW OD5PY KU9C VP9IN EC6DX
CX1RL EA5KB OD5YA IZ8CLM XV9HEU EA5GL
CX2CC EA5KB OD5ZF IZ8CLM YB0AR EB7DX
CX5UA IK2DUW OD5ZZ N4GNR YB0ECT W2FB
DP1POL DL1ZBO OG70AD OH3AD ZF1A K7ZO
EA8/IZ2DPX IK2DUW OY1OF M0URX ZS7ANF RK1PWA

4J3DJ Alexander Y. Frolov, P.O. Box 38, Volgograd, 400066, Russia
8P9CB Christopher Billings, PO Box 1383, Shady Cove OR 97539, USA
DB50AFZ Enrico Stumpf-Siering, Hinter den Hoefen 4, 27305 Bruchhausen-
Vilsen, Germany
DK050BN Lothar Huebinger, Im Taubentrank 7, 55452 Windesheim, Germany
DL60LINDAU Markus Dropmann, Am Durrenbuhl 5, 88161 Lindenberg im Allgau,
Germany
DM60CSJ Ralf Tauchnitz, Zschettgauer Strasse 1, 04838 Jesewitz, Germany
E77DX Boris Knezovic, P.O. Box 59, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
FS/F8AAN David Albert, 13 Chemin de Pey Broustera, 33340 Gaillan en Medoc,
France
FY5KE Jacques Mazzoni, 678 route de l'Egalite, 74290 Talloires Montmin,
France
K3Y Straight Key Century Club, C/O Jeremy Downard,
511 W. Pottawatamie St., Tecumseh MI 49286, USA
LG2022WP Piotr Ludwig, Rudbergveien 8 B, 2340 Loten, Norway
LX8RTTY Andre Doffing, 9 Cite Europe, L-3834 Schifflange, Luxembourg
OZ11A Leif Nielsen, Stenhoejvej 280, 9900 Frederikshavn, Denmark
OZ30EU Svend Erik Kofod, Kanegaardsvej 4, 3700 Roenne, Denmark
OZ50Q Allis Andersen, Gyngemose Parkvej 11 2.th., 2860 Soeborg, Denmark
SV1RP George K. Vlachopoulos, Panselinou 26, 111 41 Athens, Greece
V31XX Bill Kollenbaum, 2446 Belleair Rd, Clearwater FL 33764, USA
V7/KX4QD Randall W. Hisle, PSC 701 Box 978, APO AP 96555, USA
Z36T Ace Jevremov, Postfach 14, 82378 Peissenberg, Germany
ZF2OO Jim Millner, 7010 Gullotti Place, Port Saint Lucie, FL 34952, USA

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