425 DX News #1610

12 March 2022 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1610

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

8P - Dick, G3RWL will be active again as 8P6DR from Barbados (NA-021)
from 10 March to 4 April. He will operate CW only on 80-10 metres,
and will participate in this weekend's Commonwealth (BERU) Contest.
QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
EI - Charlie, EI8JB will be active again as EJ8JB from Bere Island (EU-
121) on 17-18 March. He usually operates SSB, CW and RTTY on the HF
bands. QSL via LoTW (preferred), or via the bureau.
F - TM55SNSM is a special callsign to be aired between 18 March and 16
July for the 55th anniversary of the Societe Nationale des Sauve-
teurs en Mer (the French National Society of Sea Rescuers). It will
be operated by members of the Radio Club du Val d'Issole (F8KGH) on
80-6 metres CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via the bureau, eQSL,
or direct to F4GPB. [TNX F8REF]
F - Joachim F4IDX, Fred F4JDH, Maciek F4VSQ and Dave F5SDD will be
active as TM5F from Ile de Ratonneau (EU-095) on 19-20 March. Look
for activity on CW and SSB. QSL via F5SDD and logsearch on Club
Log.
F - Special callsign TM24PVJ will be activated on 20 March-3 April for
the 24th "Percee du Vin Jaune", the festival celebrating the "Open-
ing of the Yellow Wine" which this year will take place at Cramans
(Jura). QSL via F8GGZ.
GI - GB2SPD and GB4SPD are two special callsigns that will celebrate St.
Patrick's Day from Northern Ireland. The St Patrick's Day on the
air event will run on 16-18 March, from 12 UTC to 12 UTC. See
https://www.stpatricksaward.com/ for information.
GU - Ron, G4DIY and Jay, M0UNN will be active again as MP7DX from
Guernsey (EU-114) on 11-15 March. They will operate CW and SSB on
40-15 metres. QSL direct to G4DIY. [TNX DX World]
GW - Celebrating twenty years of the Summits on the Air programme
(https://www.sota.org.uk/), GB2OTA will be active between 5 and 29
March. QSL via M1EYP.
HA - Special callsign HG200PS will be activated between 15 March 2022
and 15 March 2023 to commemorate the 200th anniversary since the
birth of Petofi Sandor, one of the greatest Hungarian poets. QSL
via LoTW and Club Log's OQRS.
I - Special callsigns II0IDR, II0IGU, II3ICZ, II5IDK, II7ICE, II7ICT,
II9ICF, II9IGA, II9IGJ and II0IDP (from Sardinia) - all represent-
ing former coast radio stations of the Italian Navy - will be acti-
vated on 11-20 March for the 16th Italian Navy Coastal Radio Sta-
tions Award (https://www.assoradiomarinai.it/armilog/coastal.html).
PJ4 - John, KK9A will be active as PJ4/KK9A from Bonaire (SA-006) on 23-
30 March. He will operate CW and SSB on 80-10 metres, and will par-
ticipate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as PJ4R. QSLs via WD9DZV.
[TNX The Daily DX]
S2 - The S21DX operation from IOTA group AS-140 [425DXN 1603] has been
brought forward, and is now expected to take place sometime in De-
cember. Plans are for S21AM, S21RC, S21D and hopefully others to be
QRV with three stations, two on FT8 and one on SSB (with a linear
amplifier, "if we can manage a bigger generator"). QSL via EB7DX,
LoTW and Club Log. See https://s21dx.org/ for more information and
updates.
Z8 - Diya, YI1DZ expects to be back to Juba, South Sudan on 11 March,
and to be active again as Z81D in his spare time over the next six
months. QSl via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via OM3JW. [TNX The Daily
DX]

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

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R150WS ---> The six team members gathered at Sopochnaya Karga on 10 March.
They expect to leave on 12 March, and there will be still some 800 kilome-
tres to go before they get to Rykachev Island (AS-104). They anticipate
reaching their destination after 15 March, depending on weather conditions.
See https://legendsarctic.com/dnevnik_ekspedicii_r150ws_ostrov_rykachev for
updates

RSGB COMMONWEALTH CONTEST ---> The 85th edition of the Commonwealth (BERU)
Contest (https://berucontest.wordpress.com) will be held on 12-13 March,
from 10.00 UTC to 09.59 UTC, on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m CW. Only operators
located within the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies, Commonwealth or
British Mandated Territories are eligible to enter.

SOME RESPONSES TO RECENT WORLD EVENTS
* QRZ has reinstated the Russian and Belarusian callsigns that were tem-
porarily removed [425DXN 1609]. "The 24-hour restriction on our database
has ended", AA7BQ announced on 4 March. "It was done in protest to raise
awareness of the situation in Ukraine and it wasn't without controversy",
he says. "I'm sorry for causing such an uproar and you can be certain that
it won't happen again, to any country or region for as long as QRZ lives".
* On 4 March the Radio Society of Great Britain announced its decision to
"follow the actions of the mainstream sporting bodies with regard to all
activities of a competitive nature such as contests and ARDF. Russian and
Belarusian radio amateurs are therefore currently ineligible to partici-
pate in any event that is organised/sponsored by the RSGB". For RSGB Con-
tests, "until further notice, all logs received from stations in the
Russian Federation or Belarus will be treated as check logs".

+ SILENT KEY + Reportedly, Ivan Lysenko, UR8GX was killed in action while
defending his home city of Kherson, Ukraine a few days ago. Ivan was an
active DXer and a well known contester; he also operated with the UR1G team
from the Kalanchakskiye Islands (EU-179) during the IOTA Contest over the
past few years.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3W3B E21EIC FG4KH F1DUZ PJ7AA AA9A
4A7S XE2S FG8OJ M0OXO PT1K EA7FTR
4L8A M0OXO FK8HA K3IRV PT5J PP5JR
4M1F YV1JGT FM8QR F5EAN R108M RK3LC
4S7DRG DK9KR FO/SP5EAQ SP7DQR RG61PP RZ3LC
4U0WFP S57DX FS/KC9FFV IZ1MHY SN200IL SP8ZKX
4U1WB KK4HD FS4WBS IZ1MHY SQ200IL SP3POB
5UA99WS EA5GL G9W M0DXR T42CT RW6HS
5X1XA G3SWH GB2OTA M1EYP T88SS EA5GL
5X4E IQ3CO [b] GB80LAN G0KUC TI2VVV EC6DX
5X4E IZ3ZLG [d] HB9CC HB9KNY TI2YO EA7FTR
6W1TG EA4R HC1HC NE8Z TM0GL F6DBA
6Y5FS G4BWP HC1M EC5R TM1W F5HRY
8P6ET KU9C HG0R HA0NAR TM22P F4EUG
8Q7CQ M0OXO HH2AA EB7DX TM2RJ F4HRU
9G5AR N4GNR HI3LT EB7DX TM30BUS F1LFL
9J2BO EA5GL HI3T K7BV TM4S F6HBI
9J2BS EA5GL HK3C M0URX TM6CXJ F2FZ
9K2BS EC6DX HK3X M0OXO TO3Z F6HMQ
9N1CA EA5ZD HK4L EA5GL TT8SN DL9USA
A41DX EB7DX HZ1CY A61BK TZ4AM W0SA
A42K EA5GL HZ1DH A61BK V26K AA3B
A71AM M0OXO HZ1SK IZ8CLM V31AE EB7DX
AP2SD EA5ZD HZ1TT A61BK V31AX M0URX
C56DF G3XTT IB1D IK1TAZ V31BN W0BNC
C6AGU HA7RY II4CPC IQ4DJ V31GX M0OXO
CB1C CE1VLY IO0A IK0XBX V3A M0OXO
CB3R XQ3SK IO6A IZ6BRJ V44RR EA5ZD
CB8E CE8EIO IR4X I4VEQ V48Z G0TLE
CE1TT N2OO IR6T IK6VXO V51DM DK3ZL
CJ3A VE3AT JY5HX E73Y V51LZ EA5GL
CN8SG EA7FTR KT3Q/4 DF8DX V85A EB7DX
CO6HZ EA5ZD LQ5A EA7FTR VE80LAN VE3DC
CP4BT IK2DUW LR5H EA5GL VJ4T VK4QH
CP6CL W3HNK LU1HHT EC6DX VK3X VK3GK
CQ8M EA5GL LU3HS EA5KB VK5PAS M0OXO
CS2C OK1RF LV4V LU4VZ VK8NSB M0URX
CT9ABN OM2VL LY11LY LY2QT VP2ETE W3HNK
CX2DK EA5GL LY32A LY5A VP8ADR M0OXO
D4K IZ4DPV LZ22DIG LZ2VP VP8BTR M0OXO
D4L IK2NCJ LZ475GJ LZ1KCP VP9I WW3S
D4Z IK2NCJ NP2X KU9C XV9HEU EA5GL
DA22WARD DL2VFR OA4SS KB6J YI3WHR IK2DUW
E2A E21EIC OM0R OM3GI YL50BF YL3BF
ED3T N4GNR OR100RCBE ON4GDV YP0C YO3CZW
ED3X EA3QP OY1DZ F5CWU YQ6A YO6BHN
ED5R EA5Z OY1OF M0URX YU65HQR YU1HQR
ED8W EA5GL OY5ET EB7DX YU75ACR YU1ACR
EE7E EC7K OY9JD EA5GL ZF2RX KC1KUG
EE7P EA7ATX PJ2MAN EC5AHA ZF2WB LU8EOT
EF5DGC EA5WP PJ4BZL M0URX ZL7STU M0OXO
EF5T EA5JDN PJ4EL M0URX ZP6TT IK2DUW
EP2C EA5GL PJ4EVA M0URX ZW5B K3IRV
ES5TTT N4GNR PJ4G K4BAI ZW8T PS8HF
EX0QR R2DX PJ4MM PA4MM ZZ5K PP5RT

7Q6M Don Jones, PO Box 21500, Washington DC 20009-1500, USA
CB6CPC Radio Club Traiguen, Casilla 150, 4730000 Traiguen, Chile
CB6I Radio Club Traiguen, Casilla 150, 4730000 Traiguen, Chile
CX5A Lupo Bano Negreira, Casilla de Correos 950, 11000 Montevideo,
Uruguay
EI7M John Barry, Lackabeha, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork, Ireland
FK8GX Raymond Merle, Pavillon 1, Rue des Augeres,
77520 Donnemarie Dontilly, France
FK8HM Raymond Merle, Pavillon 1, Rue des Augeres,
77520 Donnemarie Dontilly, France
FM4RU Dominique Derudder, 153 rue de Mardyck, 59279 Loon Plage, France
FY/F4GPK Pierre-Jean Dufond, 10 rue d'Auneuil, 60240 Monneville, France
FY5KE Jacques Mazzoni, 678 route de l'Egalite, 74290 Talloires Montmin
France
HG1S MTTOSZ Gyor Varosi Radioklub, Gyor, Nagysandor Jozsef u. 27,
9027, Hungary
II9P Vincenzo Bongiovanni, Via Asia 19/A, 97100 Ragusa RG, Italy
J68HZ William J. Schmidt, 27427 Myrtle Lake Lane, Katy TX 77494, USA
OA1F Elena P. Moran, Rua do Codesal 5-3 Dcha, 15405 Ferrol (A Coruna)
Spain
PT4A Alex Sandro Sousa Alfenas, Rua Dona Osmira Muniz 500,
Caratinga-MG, 35300-138, Brazil
PX4M Marcos Rodrigues da Silva, Rua Dona Zulmira Pereira da Silva 601
Governador Valadares - MG, 35030-140, Brazil
PX5M Rodrigo Goncalves, Rua Alfonso Nicolao Bornhofen 163,
Blumenau-SC, 89032-452, Brazil
SP7DQR Marek Niedzielski, Skr. Poczt. 25, 25-030 Kielce 10, Poland
TM0R Jean-Louis Zabalza, 7 allee le Sous Bois,
33140 Villenave d'Ornon, France
V4/G0TLE Pete Grigson, 60 Thrupp Close, Castlethorpe, Milton Keynes,
MK19 7PL, United Kingdom
V48Z Pete Grigson, 60 Thrupp Close, Castlethorpe, Milton Keynes,
MK19 7PL, United Kingdom
VA2PEACE Jean Charron, 17 Rue Elisabeth, Saint Jerome QC J7Z 2S9, Canada
VI2022PRIDE Michaela Wheeler, 16 Erin Close, Gladstone, QLD 4680, Australia
VJ2X Robert J. Long, PO Box 891, Bowral, NSW 2576, Australia
VJ2Z Richard R. Cerveny, PO Box 102, Macquarie Fields, NSW 2564,
Australia
VK7C Catherine Hammond, 57 Gatenbys Road, Gravelly Beach, TAS 7276,
Australia
XP3A Harry de Jong, Broekdijk 59, 7695 TC Bruchterveld, Netherlands
ZF5T Stanford H. Stockton, PO Box 73, Siloam Springs AR 72761-0073,
USA
ZF9CW Stanford H. Stockton, PO Box 73, Siloam Springs AR 72761-0073,
USA

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