425 DX News #1626

2 July 2022 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1626

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

5X - Elvira, IV3FSG has been in Uganda since 23 June, and will remain
there until 13 July. In her spare time she operates mainly digital
modes and SSB as 5X3R. QSL direct to IK2DUW; plans are to upload
the QSOs to Club Log and LoTW.
7Q - Fresh from their recent Z21RU operation from Zimbabwe [425DXN
1623], Russian DXpedition Team's members R7AL, RA1ZZ and RW9JZ will
be QRV as 7Q5RU from the Embangweni Mission Hospital in Malawi from
30 June until 10 July. They plan to pay special attention to SSB,
as the last time they were there (7Q7RU, November-December 2020)
Phone QSOs were only 5,000 out of 47,000. QSL via Club Log's OQRS.
CO - A large group of operators will be active as T41DX from Playa Boca
de Galafre on the main island of Cuba (NA-015) on 14-17 July. Look
for activity on 80-10 metres SSB, CW, FT8, FT4, RTTY, SSTV. QSL via
LoTW, or direct to RW6HS.
I - Look for Luca, IL7/IK5AEQ to be active again from San Domino, Tre-
miti Islands (EU-050) on 2-8 July. He will operate SSB, FT8 and FT4
on 40-6m, possibly also on 2m. QSL via home call. [TNX IK5AEQ]
JA - The following HQ stations representing JARL will be active from
various regions of Japan for the IARU HF World Championship:
Band/mode Call Location
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160m CW 8N8HQ Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido
160m SSB 8N2HQ Okazaki-shi, Aichi
80m CW 8N1HQ Minamiashigara-shi, Kanagawa
80m SSB 8N7HQ Yonezawa/shi, Yamagata
40m CW 8N2HQ Okazaki-shi, Aichi
40m SSB 8N9HQ Nanto-shi, Toyama
20m CW 8N8HQ Asahikawa-shi, Hokkaido
20m SSB 8N1HQ Hachioji-shi, Tokyo
15m CW 8N6HQ Aso-gun, Kumamoto
15m SSB 8N8HQ Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido
10m CW 8N1HQ Hachioji-shi, Tokyo
10m SSB 8N8HQ Ishikari-gun, Hokkaido
All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the JARL QSL bureau.
LA - Ari, OH3KAV will be active again as LA/OH3KAV from Rostlandet,
Lofoten Islands (EU-076) on 6-8 July. He will operate mainly FT8
and CW on 40-10 metres. QSL via LoTW, or via the bureau to home
call.
OE - OE60STMK is the special callsign that Franz, OE6WIG and other mem-
bers of OEVSV Landesverband Steiermark (OE6XFG, the Styrian region-
al association within Austria's IARU society) will be using from 1
July to 31 August to celebrate their 60th anniversary. QSL via the
bureau to OE6WIG.
OZ - Volker, DJ8VW has been active as 5P8VW from Romo Island (EU-125)
since 26 June, and will remain there until 16 July. He can operate
SSB, CW, FT8 and FT4 on 160-4m. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, Club Log's OQRS
(preferred), or via home call.
PJ2 - This year the Dave Kalter Memorial "Youth DX Adventure" will see a
team consisting of three teenagers (K6BFL, KE8MMS and KO4FFA) be
active again as PJ2Y from Curacao (SA-099) on 14-19 July. Plans are
to be QRV on all bands SSB, CW, FT8 and possibly some satellites.
See https://www.qsl.net/n6jrl/ for more information. QSL direct to
AB8YK; the logs will be uploaded to LoTW and Club Log.
SP - Ed, ES2TT plans to be active from the islands of Wolin (EU-132, SP/
ES2TT) and Uznam/Usedom (EU-129, SP/ES2TT and/or DL/ES2TT) between
15 and 18 July. He will operate CW and SSB on 40, 30 and 20m. QSL
via Club Log's OQRS (preferred), or via home call. Bureau cards can
be requested by email.
VK - VK75FAA is a special callsign celebrating the 75th anniversary of
the formation of the Fleet Air Arm, the Royal Australian Navy's
aviation branch. Activity will start on 3 July from the HMAS Alba-
tross naval air station at Nowra, New South Wales. From 4 July un-
til the end of October the callsign will be used by amateurs from
around Australia on a roster basis.
YB - Special callsign YH0R will be activated on 9-17 July to celebrate
the 54th anniversary of the Organisasi Radio Amatir Indonesia
(ORARI), Indonesia's IARU member society. Look for activity on 80,
40, 20, 15 and 10 metres CW, SSB, FT8 and RTTY. The logs will be
uploaded to LoTW, eQSL and Club Log. An anniversary award will be
available on https://award.orari.or.id.
Z6 - Z66X has been QRV from Kosovo since 27 June, and will continue
until 4 July with a strong emphasis on 6 metres FT8 (50313 and
50323 kHz). Depending on propagation, Z66X might also show up on 6m
CW and SSB. QSL via OH2BH.
ZL - Special event station ZL90GQ will be on the air throughout July to
celebrate the 90th anniversary of NZART Southland Branch 37 (ZL4GQ)
based in Invercargill, New Zealand. A commemorative certificate
will be available, see https://www.qrz.com/db/ZL90GQ for informa-
tion.

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

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CY0S ---> In addition to the standard mode operations, the CY0S DXpedition
to Sable Island (www.cy0s.com) will see Lee, WW2DX being QRV on 2m EME. Pat,
N2IEN will include Satellite operations as conditions permit. The DXpedition
is scheduled for the October/November time frame, but Parks Canada has till
to determine the exact dates.

FT8DMC ACTIVITY DAYS ---> Several special event callsigns are expected to be
activated on 4-17 July to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the FT8 Digital
Mode Club (https://ft8dmc.eu/):
Argentina LR8FTDMC
Austria OE05FTDMC, OE0FTDMC
Bahrain A91FTDMC
Brazil ZY2FTDMC
Canada VC3FTDMC
Denmark OZ8FTDM
France TM5FTDM, TM8FTDM
Germany DQ8FTDMC
Guadeloupe TO8FTDM
Indonesia 8B0FTDM, 8B1FTDM, 8B2FTDM, 8B3FTDM, 8B4FTDM,
8B5FTDM, 8B6FTDM, 8B7FTDM, 8B8FTDM, 8B9FTDM
Italy II2FTDM, II8FTDM
Luxembourg LX8FTDM
New Zealand ZL6FTDMC
North Macedonia Z3FTDMC
Romania YQ6FTDMC
Saudi Arabia HZ8FTDMC
Uruguay CW8FTDM
Wales GB0DMC
QSL via operator's instructions. See https://ft8dmc.com for the downloadable
FTDMC Anniversary Award.

QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX's
website has been updated. Sixteen different galleries include 19,816 cards
for the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (2012-21), the 62 deleted DXCC
Entities, obsolete prefixes, stations from Maghreb from 1945 to 1962,
Allied Forces stations in Germany (1945-80), special stations commemorating
ITU and IARU, stations using the United Nations prefix (4U), Antarctic bases
and TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises), the various French
DXCC island Entities in the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Americas
(from 1945 to 1969), pre-1945 countries, French Departments and CONUS, plus
a gallery for cards not accepted by DXCC. Your participation is encouraged:
http://www.lesnouvellesdx.fr/galerieqsl.php. [TNX F6AJA].

QSL TX5N ---> All direct QSLs were posted on 30 June, M0URX reports. Bureau
cards will be shipped to the individual IARU bureaux in the next coming
weeks.

VK0MQ ---> "I'll be on air through to around October", Matt, VK0MQ says. He
is QRV from Macquarie Island [425DXN 1624] in his limited spare time, "which
is shared with other hobbies and relaxing. I also spend time completing work
in the field for up to a week or more at a time". For the time being he
operates FT8 Fox & Hound mode, as this is "the best way to give the most
operators the chance to work me". Look for him on 3567, 7056, 10131, 14083,
18095, 21091, 24911 and 28091 kHz. He uploads his QSOs on Club Log and LoTW,
paper QSL arrangements to be decided.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3B9FR M0OXO EG5HSJ EA5RKB PE44FF PH0NO
3DA0AQ EA5GL EG7FAM EA7RCM PJ4NX M0URX
4O9KOM EB7DX EG7FCJ EA7FC R1160GB RW1QN
5B4AGN M0URX EG7FDA EA7URI R120ZF R2AB
5B4AQC DK6SP EH2SM EA2IR R90SOK RA1QD
5P8VW DJ8VW EH3ARA EC3ACO RK20LH RZ3EC
5W1SA JA1DXA EP2C EA5GL SP1050CED SP1KZE
5X3R IK2DUW EP2MRK RW6HS SQ75ZOT SP1EG
5Z4BU EA5GL ER0FEO EA5AA SX2PLSK SV2BXZ
5Z4VJ M0URX EX8MCD RW6HS TC6NUT YM7KK
7O/DL7ZM DL7ZM FM5BH W3HNK TG9AJR M0URX
7R19MG IK2DUW FP/KV1J KV1J TI5/N3KS M0URX
7Y19MG 7X2VFK GB2HMM GW4TTA TM109TDF F8GGZ
7Z1BL IZ8CLM HC1M EC5R TM17FFF F4GFE
8C1339PDS YB4HQ HF30STB SP9SCI TM17JM F1OOG
9K2JJ EA5GL HF78AK SP8MMW TM2YT F5KRH
A71XX EC6DX HF800M SP9PKS TM72LMC F1IEH
A75GT N4GNR HZ1CY A61BK VB4LIGMA VA4BEN
A91PSD EC6DX HZ1TT A61BK VC3DEEZ VE3GKT
AP2HA JA1WIO J28JD EA5GL VK0WN VK7WN
BW/JH4RHF OE1JUN JD1AJD JA1ADT VP2ETE W3HNK
C91CCY K3IRV JD1BMH JD1BMH [b] VX5RAA VA5DX
CO3JR EA7FTR JD1BMH JG7PSJ [d] XZ2B JH3SIF
CP5HK EC6DX JW7QIA LA7QIA YB8DEV/p YB8HZ
CR3DX OM2VL KP2B EB7DX YB8DKL/p YB8HZ
D44PM IZ4DPV KP2BH EB7DX YB8HZ/p YB8HZ
DL/AD8FJ E25KAE LZ1GLASS LZ1KAK YC8AQY/p YB8HZ
DU3LA W3HNK NL8F N7RO YC8BNZ/p YB8HZ
EA6/EI6DX RA3R OA9DVK IK6BFH YC8ES/p YB8HZ
EA8OM DJ1OJ OD5TX IZ8CLM YD8BUL/p YB8HZ
EF0F EA4URE OJ0JR OH3JR YR6MUSEUM YO6KNE
EF8K EA8DET OL5GMA/p OK3EQ Z21RU R7AL
EF8L EA8URU OZ50DDXG OZ1ACB Z66X OH2BH
EG1ROU EA1URO PC70RH PF1SCT ZS3Y N4GNR

7P8AB Mark A. Brewer, 2340 Maseru Pl, Dulles VA 20189-2340, USA
9N7AA Slavko Celarc, Ob Igriscu 8, 1360 Vrhnika, Slovenia
DL0SOP Georg Tretow, Postfach 1114, 23931 Grevesmuehlen, Germany
DL7ZM David Pommerenke, Institute of Electronics, Inffeldgasse 12,
8010 Graz, Austria
E76C Boris Knezovic, P.O. Box 59, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
LZ18NATO George Kolarov, PO Box 2, 9200 Provadia, Bulgaria
OJ0MR Pertti Turunen, Kolunkulma 157, FI-17130 Vesivehmaa, Finland
OV1CDX Frank Fendahl, Svinoevej 2, 4750 Lundby, Denmark
OX3LX Joergen Roemming, Brandelev Stationsvej 9, 4700 Naestved, Denmark
YB8HZ H. Hajar Sas, Mangga Tiga Permai A2/11, Paccerakang,
Biringkanaya, Kota Makassar 90241, Indonesia
ZA/IK2RLM Marco Corridore, Vicolo del Toro 4, 20060 Cassina de' Pecchi MI,
Italy

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