425 DX News #1634

27 August 2022 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1634

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

A3 - Masa, JA0RQV expected to be back to Nuku'alofa (OC-049), Tonga on
22 August, and be active again as A35JP until the end of September.
In his spare time he operates CW, FT8, FT4 and some SSB on 80-10
metres. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or via home call (bureau
preferred).
CN - Michel, F5LRL will be active holiday style as CN2DX from near Keni-
tra, Morocco from 28 August to 9 September. He will operate SSB, CW
and FT8 on 40, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10 metres at around 5-10 UTC and 18-
22 UTC. QSL via home call.
EA - URE San Fernando (EA7URF) is participating in the official celebra-
tions for the 500th anniversary of the first circumnavigation of
the Earth [425DXN 1467]. The last in a series of ten special event
stations representing a milestone of the voyage will be AM500PCM,
to be activated on 3-19 September to memorialize the arrival of the
ship "Victoria", commanded by Juan Sebastian Elcano, in Sanlucar de
Barrameda on 6 September 1522. Emperor Charles V granted Elcano an
augmentation of his coat of arms featuring a world globe with the
words "Primus Circumdedisti Me" ("You first encircled me"). QSL via
EA7URF (bureau or direct), LoTW and eQSL.
Previously active were AM7PVM (2018), AM500SEV (2019), AM500SAN
(2019), AM500ISJ (2020), AM500ETS (2020), AM500MMM (2021), AM500EMV
(2021), AM500ESP (2021) and AM500TOR (2022).
HB0 - Look for Tina, HB0/DL5YL and Fred, HB0/DL5YM to be active once
again from Masescha, Liechtenstein on 7-27 September. They will
operate CW, some RTTY (especially HB0/DL5YM during the CQ WW DX
RTTY Contest) and some SSB on 160-6 metres. They will be looking
for Asia and Oceania on the long path, as the short path is blocked
by the mountains. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. They do not
use LoTW.
HL - Members of the Gwangju DX Club (6L0NJ) will be active as D73G from
Nohwa Island (AS-085) on 25-28 August. They will operate on the HF
bands and 6 metres using CW, SSB and various digital modes. QSL via
the bureau, LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, eQSL, or direct to HL4CCM.
LZ - LZ20ARDF is the special callsign celebrating the 20th IARU World
ARDF Championships (https://ardf2022.eu/) to be held on 28 August-3
September and hosted by the Bulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs.
QSL via the bureau
ON - Special event station OQ100MBS will be active on 1-30 September to
celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Royal Carillon School in
Mechelen. A commemorative award and electronic QSLs will be avail-
able, see https://www.qrz.com/db/OQ100MBS for information. The
Mechelen Beiaardschool is the first and largest carillon school in
the world.
OZ - Jan-Willem PA7JWC (5Q7DX), Maarten PD2R (OV2T) and Sven PA1SVM (OZ/
PA1SVM) will be active from Saeby, Vendsyssel-Thy (North Jutland,
EU-171) on 11-18 September. They will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on
160-2m. QSL 5Q7DX via PA7JWC and LoTW (preferred), and logsearch
on Club Log; QSL OV2T via PA0ABM and LoTW (preferred).
PA - Friso, PF1B will be active as PF22GP for the Formula 1 Dutch Grand
Prix which will take place at Zandvoort on 2-4 September. QSL via
eQSL.
PY - Special callsigns PQ7AYE, PV7AYE, PW7AYE, PX7AYE, ZV7AYE, ZW7AYE,
ZY7AYE and ZZ7AYE will be active also during the SSB leg of the
63rd CVA (Concurso Verde e Amarelo) DX Contest, which will be held
on 27-28 August (http://cvadx.org/rules.pdf). QSLs via PR7AA. The
activity is in remembrance of Murilo Martins Ferreira, PR7AYE. A
mentor to countless radio amateurs and a recipient of LABRE's Ordem
do Merito do Radioamador, he passed away on 3 August aged 78.
SV5 - Claudio, HB9OAU will be active as SV5/HB9OAU from Karpathos Island,
Dodecanese (EU-001) on 10-23 September. He will operate SSB, CW,
RTTY and FT8 on 80-6 metres. QSL via home call (direct or bureau),
LoTW and eQSL.
W - Alex, AK4AM will be active again as AK4AM/p from Atlantic Beach,
Bogue Banks (NA-112) on 2-6 September. QSL via LoTW.
XE - Members of Radio Club Guadiana will be active as 6E2RCG from the
Mexiquillo Nature Park starting around 15 UTC on 27 August until
around 3 UTC on 29 August. They will operate mainly SSB and FT8 on
the HF bands with at least a couple of stations. QSL via XE2ML.
YB - A large group of operators will be active as 7G1RL from Liwungan
Island (OC-237) on 27-28 August. They plan to be QRV on the HF
bands as well as on the IO-86 and QO-100 satellites. QSL direct to
HA3JB (OQRS on https://www.ha3jb.com/oqrs.html).
Z6 - Rene, DL2JRM will be active again as Z68XX from Gjilan, Kosovo on
9-12 September, including an entry in the WAE DX SSB Contest. QSL
via DL2JRM, direct or bureau.

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

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details on https://www.3y0j.no/raffle. The deadline is 25 September at 12
UTC.

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YASME FOUNDATION GRANT TO WRTC ---> "The Board of Directors of the Yasme
Foundation is pleased to announce a supporting grant of $7,500 to the Ital-
ian WRTC 2022 organizing committee", it was announced on 25 August. "This
supplements Yasme's 2019 grant of $5,000 and sponsorship of the Ham Widow's
Ball, an event for spouses attending WRTC. The board encourages other orga-
nizations and individuals to support this global event".

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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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3B9FR M0OXO DM20OTUS DM20OTUS [b] P3CG 5B8AP
3D2TS M0OXO DP75ALF DF7OA [d] PA22VUELTA PI4UTR
3Z200LHR SP2PGD DP75ALF DP75ALF [b] PA50PKZ PA2PKZ
3Z25ILLW SP2PGD DQ44WCA DF6EX PF38CAVENTE PA7HPH
3Z75ZOT SP1KRF DS1TRU/4 DS2GOO PF6DOG PG4I
4U1UN HB9BOU EA9KB EA7FTR PI40VNW PI4VNW
4X01LH 4X6ZM EP2FAR RW6HS PR2E PY2AA
4X02LH 4X6ZM EP6DSP WA3FRP PV2K EA5GL
4X03LH 4X6ZM FK1TS M0OXO PW2D M0OXO
4X04LH 4X6ZM FM1HN W3HNK PW7T PT7WA
4X05LH 4X6ZM FM5DN KU9C R1530IG RV3VR
4X6TT N4GNR GB0CSL GM3TKV R752MAK R3PB
5B4AJC UA3DX GB0HL G4ARN RA20LH RZ3EC
5E9DEM CN8DEM GB0NHL GM0TKB RC20LH RZ3EC
5E9NOA CN8NOA GB0TNL GS0IYP RG20LH RZ3EC
5E9PA CN8PA GB2ELH GM0GFL RN20LH RZ3EC
5E9QR CN8WW GB2TD GW0LIS RU20LH RZ3EC
5E9SMB F1SMB GB2TNL GS0IYP S51LGT S51LGT [b]
5E9WW CN8WW GD4FOC G3SWH S51LGT S53EO [d]
5E9ZG CN8ZG GS5DX EB7DX SN0RUN SP5PPK
5P5CW DL5SE GX5DX EB7DX SP75ZOT SP1KM
5T5PA PA5X HB9ILLW HB9FVF SU1SK N2OO
7S0SFJ SK0QO HH2AA EB7DX SW9AA LZ1PM
7Z1VD EA5GL HP3AK K4PWS T41DX RW6HS
8A61KCKB YB1MBA HS0ZOA EB7DX T45FM RW6HS
8Q7QE EA5Q IP6POPE IZ6BRJ T47C IK2DUW
8S6BUA SA6OHM IS0/OM2TW OM2FY TM0BSM DK5OPA
9A24ZRF 9A1ZRF J3/N9GB EB7DX TM11SRY F5KCC
9A655AX 9A5AX J48LH SV8SIV TM22LH DL7BC
9H6LH DL1KJ JW5E OH6VDA TM2LW F4ELJ
9K2OW EC6DX JY5HX E73Y TM321XLR F1EOY
9V1ZV EA5GL KP2B EB7DX TM3GGR F5OEV [d]
A60A EA7FTR KP2BH EB7DX TM3GGR F6KUF [b]
A61Q EA7FTR L60CBA LU5CBA TM59LH F8KGS
A71XX EC6DX LY770CT LY1CT TM80NN F4HZS
AP75AJM IK2DUW MM0MSV/p RA3NAN UE75AIR RD3BBX
AT3VLH VU2EXP N2OB N2OO V47FWX M0URX
AT75RADIO VU2CW NP2AR EB7DX V5/ZS1WO DH3WO
AT75RS VU2RS NP3VI EA5GL VK0MQ M0OXO
AU75JRO VU2JRO OD5ET EB7DX XE1HG EA5GL
AU75KOC VU2KOC OD5ZF IZ8CLM YB0ECT W2FB
AU75SMN VU2SMN OG0C OH5C YC9IPJ EA7FTR
AU75SMS VU2SMS OG70AD OH3AD YE4LWU M0OXO
C91CCY K3IRV OH0Z W0MM YJ8RN NZ4DX
CE2SV N7RO OH1SYL OH5KIZ YL1DOG YL3JD
CN2SMB F1SMB OJ0JR OH3JR YS1RR W3HNK
CR6LH CT1GZB ON37IOF ON7QC ZC4GR EB7DX
CS2DOG CT7AUS OP45IH ON4RAT ZF2PG K8PGJ
CS2LH CS5LX OR100RCBE ON4GDV ZS0RR M0OXO
CX1T IK2DUW OY7EE OZ2I ZW5B K3IRV
D73G HL4CCM OZ19LH DJ4JI ZX8F PS8RV
DM20OTUS DJ8NU [d] P3AA RW3RN ZZ1Z PP1ZZ

7P8AB Mark A. Brewer, 2340 Maseru Pl, Dulles VA 20189-2340, USA
9M4LHB Hulu Selangor Amateur Radio Club (HUSAR), 4 Jalan AU 4/9A, Taman
Sri Keramat Tengah, 54200 Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
9M4LHJ Jayakanthan M. Lachmanan, Surya 2 - G1, Jalan Cyber Suria,
Cyber Heights Villa, 63000 Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia
CE0Y/CE3CT Roberto Ramirez, Eduardo Cruz Coke 389 Oficina C,
8320000 Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile
CW5X Lupo Bano Negreira, Casilla de Correos 950, 11000 Montevideo,
Uruguay
EG5VCE Manolo Sanchez Perez, Campet-J 16, 03660 Novelda (Alicante),
Spain
FK8GX Raymond Merle, Pavillon 1, Rue des Augeres, 77520 Donnemarie
Dontilly, France
FK8HM Raymond Merle, Pavillon 1, Rue des Augeres, 77520 Donnemarie
Dontilly, France
FM1HM Paul Delmelle, Grand Route 58, 4122 Neupre, Belgium
FR8UA Fabrice Brassier, 10 rue de Chanlat, 63190 Moissat, France
GB1OL David Wishart, Curcum, Swannay, Orkney, KW17 2NS, United Kingdom
HS0ZNR Bradley Devon, 8 Bruckner Place, Claremont Meadows, NSW 2747,
Australia
J5GQA Joao Carlos Marinho, Travessa do Carrascal 74, Carrascal de
Manique, 2645-426 Alcabideche, Portugal
J5JUA Joao Carlos Marinho, Travessa do Carrascal 74, Carrascal de
Manique, 2645-426 Alcabideche, Portugal
KP3LH Puerto Rico Amateur Radio Team, PO BOX 1179, Maunabo PR 00707,
USA
L70Q Radio Club San Luis, Yapeyu 1385, D5702BLQ, San Luis, Argentina
OG66X Jouni Mehtomaa, Kylmalantie 1, FI-92140 Pattijoki, Finland
PR2V Claudio Miashita, Av Pedro Machado 1010 casa 08, Mogi das Cruzes
- SP, 08717-720, Brazil
PX2A Carlos Adalberto Carareto, Estrada de Santo Amaro 201, Sao Paulo
- SP, 05544-000, Brazil
SV9/SV0XBF Tommy Horozakis, PO Box 13, Sans Souci NSW 2219, Australia
VK2FM Fred McSkimming, 15 Jemalong Crescent, Toormina, NSW 2452,
Australia
YD9HJD Roby Sulpayadi, Teko, Pringgabaya, 83654 Lombok Timur, Indonesia
ZB2LGT GARS, PO Box 292, Gibraltar
ZF1PB/9 Phil Bodden, P.O. Box 2240, Grand Cayman KY1-1107, Cayman Islands
ZV8C Sandro Tolosa, Joao Alfredo 170, Marapanim - PA, 68760-000,
Brazil
ZZ1M Aldir Blanc da Silva, Rua Luisa Lyrio do Vale 155,
Praia Campista, Macae - RJ, 27923-080, Brazil

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