425 DX News #1646

19 November 2022 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1646

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

3D2/R - Tony, 3D2AG will be active again as 3D2AG/p from Rotuma Island (OC-
060). Departure is scheduled for 19 November, and he expects to be
QRV on or around 24 November until 20 December. He hopes to operate
CW, SSB, RTTY and some FT8 on 160-6 metres, with a focus on the
higher bands (15, 12 and 10m). QSL via Club Log's OQRS (please note
that as he will have no access to the Internet while on Rotuma, he
will upload his log when he returns home). More details, including
band plan, can be found on https://www.qrz.com/db/3D2AG/P.
9M6 - Saty, JE1JKL will be active again as 9M6NA from Labuan Island (OC-
133), East Malaysia on 23-29 November, including an entry in the CQ
WW DX CW Contest. QSL via LoTW and Club Log's OQRS. [TNX NG3K]
6Y - Lester, W8YCM will be active as W8YCM/6Y from Jamaica (NA-097) from
27 November until sometime in January 2023. On 1-11 December he
will be signing 6Y8LV. QSLs direct to W8YCM.
A6 - Celebrating the 22nd edition of the FIFA World Cup to be held in
Qatar, the Emirates Amateur Radio Society (EARS) will operate spe-
cial callsign A60FIFA from 19 November to 19 December. QSL via
EA7FTR. Individual operators may append a serial number to the spe-
cial callsign, and be active as A60FIFA/0, A60FIFA/1, etc. (see
qrz.com for the QSL routes).
C6 - A team of four (AA7JV, HA7RY, HA8KW and KN4EEI) will be active as
C6AGU from Wood Cay (NA-001), Bahamas starting on 19 or 20 Novem-
ber. They will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest (26-27 Novem-
ber) and the ARRL 160 Meter Contest (2-4 December). Between the two
contest weekends they will focus on the low bands. Once again they
will be using RIB ("Radio In a Box", https://www.qrz.com/db/c6agu)
stations. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or via HA7RY. [TNX The
Daily DX]
C6 - Brian, ND3F will be active as C6AQQ from Nassau, New Providence
(NA-001), Bahamas from 24 November to 1 December, including an
entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. He will be QRV on 160, 80, 40,
20, 15 and 10 metres, and "will do some FT8" before and after the
contest. [TNX The Daily DX]
CN - Celebrating the 22nd edition of the FIFA World Cup to be held in
Qatar, the Association Royale des Radioamateurs du Maroc (ARRAM)
will operate special callsign CN22CWQ from 18 November to 20 Decem-
ber.
DU - Irek, SP3SUX has been active again as DV8/KH7EA from General Santos
on Mindanao Island (OC-130), Philippines since 14 November, and
will remain there until 3 December. QSL via SP3SUX. During the CQ
WW DX CW Contest he will be using the Ham Radio Club General San-
tos' callsign, DX8H.
DX0 - 25 November is the tentative departure date for the DX0NE DXpedi-
tion to the Spratly Islands [425DXN 1629]. The five-operator team
is expected to be QRV for a couple of weeks on 160-10 metres SSB,
CW and FT8. Their licence is valid through 31 December. QSL via
Club Log’s OQRS (preferred), or via IZ8CCW. [TNX The Daily DX]
E7 - Celebrating Statehood Day of Bosnia and Herzegovina (25 November),
special callsign E7BOSNIA will be active from the ancient royal
cities of Jajce, Visoko and Bobovac on 13-29 November. QSL via LoTW
See https://www.qrz.com/db/E7BOSNIA for more information.
F - The Radio Club de Nice is active again as TM8AB to commemorate the
anniversary of the first transatlantic amateur two-way contact
between Leon Deloy, F8AB and Fred Schnell, 1MO (28 November 1923).
Activity started on 11-13 November, and will continue on 26-30 No-
vember and 2-4 December. QSL via F4KJQ.
JA - Look for Hiro, JA4VNE to be active as JA4VNE/6 from Irabu Island
(AS-079) on 23-24 November, and Tarama Island (AS-079) on 25 Novem-
ber. He uses LoTW, Club Log and eQSL.
JW - Peter, LA7QIA will be active again as JW7QIA from the Svalbard Ama-
teur Radio Club's station in Longyearbyen (EU-026), Svalbard on 25-
29 November. Main activity will be during the CQ WW DX CW Contest.
QSL via LoTW (preferred), or direct to home call.
PA - Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the World Wide Flora & Fauna in
Amateur Radio programme, PD7YY, PE5TT, PF5X and PH0NO will be
active as PA10FF on 19-20 November. Plans are to operate CW and SSB
with three stations on 80-6 metres from the nature reserves of
Stiphoutse Bossen (PAFF-0221) and Sarsven en De Banen (PAFF-0180).
QSL via Club Log's OQRS.
T8 - Nobu, JA0JHQ will be active again as T88PB from Koror (OC-009),
Palau on 25-29 November, with main activity during the CQ WW DX CW
Contest. QSL via LoTW (preferred) or direct to JA0JHQ. He will be
followed by Tony, JH1FFW, who will operate FT8 and SSB on 40, 20,
15, 17 and 10 metres as T88RC from 30 November to 5 December (QSL
via LoTW, eQSL, or via JH1FFW).
UA - Special callsigns R2022DX and UE32DX (QSLs via RQ7L) will be active
on 21-30 November for the 32nd anniversary of the Miller DX Club
(http://mdxc.ru/).
V2 - Bud, AA3B will be active again as V26K from Antigua (NA-100) on 22-
28 November. He will operate mainly CW, and will participate in the
CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, eQSL, or via
home call (direct and bureau). [TNX NG3K]
VP5 - Doug, VA3DF and Tony, VE3RZ will be active as VA3DF/VP5 and VE3RZ/
VP5 on 22-29 November. They will operate CW and possibly some SSB
and FT8 on 160-10 metres, and will participate in the CQ WW DX CW
Contest as VP5Y (QSL via LoTW and M0URX’s OQRS). [TNX The Daily DX]

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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
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3Y0J PROPAGATION POLL ---> Team 3Y0J has launched a Propagation Poll "to
prepare for not only working the Big Guns, but to better understand when and
if we succeed to work the Small Pistols": https://www.3y0j.no/latest-news.
"By participating in this poll you intend to provide 3Y0J with information
about your station setup to aid 3Y0J to understand what your station config-
uration looks like. Please give as accurate information as possible. When
you work 3Y0J we will get info about what category you belong to. The infor-
mation will only be used to display to the operators once you work them what
category you belong to - so for them to get a better view of the propa-
gation".
The categories have been intentionally limited to three:
- Small Pistol max 100 W, vertical/dipole
- Regular Station max 1 kW, 2-3 el yagi on 20-10m, wires on the low bands
- Big Gun HP (>1 kW), high gain yagi on 20-10m, yagi on 80-30m
"In addition we will establish a baseline of DX stations - hopefully several
thousand unique stations will participate in the survey. During the DXpedi-
tion we will not only know if we work a Small Pistol, Regular Station or Big
Gun - but we can compare the various stations in our log with the baseline.
We are working on a script that automatically will do an online analysis of
the QSO database, so to display an online parameter indicating if we reach
out to the small pistols or not. Thus
- everytime the 3Y0J operators log a QSO with a station which is part of the
DX baseline (i.e. the participants in the survey) the respective Indicator
(Small Pistol, Regular Station or Big Gun) will be updated
- the Indicators will be compiled to a relative parameter which compares the
actual stations worked with the DX baseline. This online parameter will
give us an indication how well we manage to work the small pistols, and
even at a certain continent. We then need to understand if this is due to
the propagation or our operating practice".

CWOPS AWARD ---> First presented in 2016, the "CWops Award for Advancing the
Art of CW" recognizes individuals, groups or organizations that have made
the greatest contributions toward advancing the art or practice of radio
communication by Morse code. Nominations must be received by 10 March 2023.
See https://cwops.org/the-cwops-award-for-advancing-the-art-of-cw/ for the
details.

QSO TODAY VIRTUAL HAM EXPO ---> All of the 370+ presentations made since Au-
gust 2020 at five QSO Today Virtual Ham Expos are migrating to a dedicated
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@qsotodayvirtualhamexpo. A few
videos are being uploaded on a daily basis, until the entire catalog is on
YouTube.

VE3LYC'S IOTA BOOK ---> "Dream Big and Dare to Fail", the DXexpedition book
authored by Cezar Trifu (VE3LYC), sold out in May. "In view of the interest
expressed by quite a few hams", however, he has decided to order one more
run, and the book (240 pages, full color, with 516 illustrations) is once
again available: https://ve3lyc-book.weebly.com.

WWROF SCHOLARSHIPS ---> The World Wide Radio Operators Foundation (WWROF)
has announced a new scholarship programme. The WWROF will award up to two
scholarships of $2500 each to amateurs who demonstrate active on-the-air
operation, including entering contests or achieving awards such as DXCC or
WAS. There are no restrictions on applicant nationality, place of residence,
location of institution, or intended field of study. Preference will be
given to applicants 25 years of age or younger.
The WWROF scholarships will be administered by the ARRL Foundation. Online
applications are now being accepted for the 2023 awards. The deadline is 4
January 2023 at 17.00 UTC. For information on applying for these scholar-
ships, see https://www.arrl.org/scholarship-descriptions.
Created in 2009, the World Wide Radio Operators Foundation is "dedicated to
improving the skills of amateur radio operators around the world, utilizing
education, competition, advancement of technology and scientific research,
promoting international friendship and goodwill, and preparing them to
better serve society in times of communication need" (https://wwrof.org/).

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3B8CW N4GNR HC5DX N4GNR SN2BUW SP2PBY
3B8HK N4GNR HC5F HC5VF SN4IW SP2PBY
3C3CA TA2OM HF77DIORA SP3PDO SN50CA SP2CA
3D2TS M0OXO HH18NOV N2OO SN5ESH SP2PBY
4O7CC UA4CC HZ1OMAN HZ1SAR SN5IU SP2PBY
4U1A UA3DX IQ5PJ IK5WOB SN7Q SP7GIQ
4U1GSC 9A2AA IY5PIS IK5WOB SO8DAN SP8ZBX
4X6TT N4GNR J28JD EA5GL SP77DIORA SP6PZB
5Z4PA M0URX J79WTA HB9MFM SZ1KVDD SV1ENG
7X3WPL 7X3DL JG8NQJ/JD1 JA8CJY [d] T88SS EA5GL
8N2YOTA JJ2VLY JG8NQJ/JD1 JG8NQJ [b] TG9ADM EA5GL
9M100SK 9W2TXL KP4/E77DX E73Y TG9AJR M0URX
A35GC LZ1GC NL7S N4GNR TL8AA I2YSB
A43ND EC6DX OD5KU EB7DX TL8ZZ I2YSB
A60A EA7FTR OD5VB EA5GL TM100LGG F4DDF
A60OMA/2 EA7FTR OD5ZF IZ8CLM TM100UNOR F8KHG
A91OMA EC6DX OD5ZZ N4GNR TM105BDC F8KGN
AP2FLY IK2DUW OE70FI OE5FSL TM2FC F4GKT
C31CT EA3QS OG2P OH2PM TM2LD F4GQQ
CE8MGZ EA7FTR OL15SOTA OK1CYC TM35FIST F6JOE
CN8YR EA7FTR OP22HWL ON2WAB TM36EUDX PA1AW
CP6CL M0OXO P3AA RW3RN TM3Z F4DSK
CX100B CX1AA P40DA PA7DA TM70FI F5KTR
DV8/KH7EA SP3SUX PA50PKZ PA2PKZ TM8AB F4KJQ
E780PPA E73JHI PD36EUDXF PA1AW V31MA M0OXO
EX0DX HB9DUR PE36EUDXF PA1AW V85A EB7DX
FK8HA K3IRV PH36EUDXF PA2TMS VE7/G7VJR M0OXO
FM1HN W3HNK PJ2MAN EC5AHA VK5PAS M0OXO
FM5BH W3HNK PJ4KY M0URX VP2ETE W3HNK
FM8QR F5EAN PJ4NX M0URX ZA/IW2JOP IW2HAJ
FY4JI EA5GL PT1K EA7FTR ZC4RH DK6SP
GX6XX M0OXO PX2RB PY2KP ZD7CA EA5GL
HA36EUDXF HA5MA RI41POL RN3RQ ZF2PD N2LM
HC4ER F4BHW SN10PWS SP6PWS ZS6CCY K3IRV

4U1ITU IARC, P.O. Box 6, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland
5H8HZ Bora Kasapoglu, P.O. Box 73, Karakoy, 34421 Istanbul, Turkey
CE0YHO Jose Barrera, Correos Chile, 2779001 Isla de Pascua, Chile
CO6HLP Gherardo Pannoli, Via Dante Alighieri 13, 14035 Grazzano Badoglio
AT, Italy
FR8UA Fabrice Brassier, 10 rue de Chanlat, 63190 Moissat, France
HC3RJ Julio Volpe O'Neil, Partida de Les Salades, Poligono 1, Casa 45,
03295 Elx (Alicante), Spain
HS0ZET Ralf Klingler, Oberems, Feldstr. 7, 61479 Glashuetten, Germany
I2YSB Silvano Borsa, Viale Capettini 1, 27036 Mortara PV, Italy
LX8RTTY Andre Doffing, 9 Cite Europe, L-3834 Schifflange, Luxembourg
LZ1GC Stanislav Vatev, ul. Gen. Karcov 6A, 4300 Karlovo, Bulgaria
TR8CA Jean Charron, 19 rue Gabriel Moussa, 33320 Eysines, France
ZA/IK2RLM Marco Corridore, Vicolo del Toro 4, 20060 Cassina de' Pecchi MI,
Italy
ZF9CW Stanford H. Stockton, PO Box 73, Siloam Springs AR 72761-0073, USA

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