425 DX News #1650

17 December 2022 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1650

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

4X - The Israel Amateur Radio Club will be running four special event
stations, celebrating the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah and Christmas.
Hanukkah station 4Z8NER will be active on 18-26 December; Christmas
stations 4X7XMAS, 4X8XMAS and 4X9XMAS will be active on 23-25 De-
cember. QSLs via 4X6ZM, LoTW and eQSL.
A6 - A60QATAR is the special callsign for the Emirates Amateur Radio
Society to take part in the celebrations of Qatar National Day on
18-22 December. QSL via EA7FTR. Individual operators may append a
serial number to the special callsign, and be active as A60QATAR/0,
A60QATAR/1, etc. (see qrz.com for the QSL routes).
FY - Pierre-Jean, F4GPK will be active again as FY/F4GPK from Kourou,
French Guiana from 26 December to 8 January. QSL via eQSL, or
direct to home call. [TNX DX World]
HZ - HZ20SAT is a special callsign for the Saudi Amateur Radio Society
(HZ1SAR) to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the launch of the
Saudi satellite SO-50 (20 December 2002). Look for activity on
SO-50 on 11-20 December; see qrz.com for more information.
JD1_oga- Once again Harry, JG7PSJ will be active as JD1BMH from Chichijima
(AS-031), Ogasawara from 24 December to 2 January. He will operate
CW, SSB and RTTY on 80-10m. QSL via JD1BMH (bureau), or direct to
JG7PSJ. Logsearch on http://jg7psj.starfree.jp/jd1bmh/. He does not
use LoTW or PayPal.
OH - Once again Santa Radio, OF9X (Old Father Nine Xmas) will be active
on 16-31 December on all amateur radio bands CW, SSB and digital
modes. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via OH2BH.
"For this troubled year Santa has established a special theme to
focus the region that will be suffering in this Christmas most.
Santa's puzzle is dedicated to those suffering children: xxAxA
xxxAIxI (three plus four letters).
In this puzzle the letters I and A are presented on multiple times
while the other 7 single letters are released as part of the report
received from OF9X, such as 599RA. The first letter is from the
operator name, and the second is one of the seven different puzzle
letters.
The operator roster includes Rami OH2BCI (R), Martti OH2BH (M), Era
OH2CV (E), Arttu OH2FB (U), Arto OH2KW (O), Juha OH2LQ (J), Pekka
OH2TA (P), Anne OH2YL (A), Pauli OH5BQ (L), Timo OH5LLR (T), Alex,
UT5UY (X) and others. Additional questions and the completed puzzle
should be sent to of9x@sral.fi; the top-10 will be presented and
awarded on https://www.qrz.com/db/OF9X by 1 January 2023".
S5 - Special event station S523PMC is active until 8 January to promote
the PMC Contest, sponsored by the Radio Club Slovenj Gradec
(S59DCD). All QSOs will be confirmed via the bureau. The Interna-
tional Association of Peace Messenger Cities was established in
1988 to recognize and encourage the role and responsibility cities
have in creating a culture of peace. The PMC Contest, promoting
contacts between stations located in the Peace Messenger Cities and
the rest of the world, will be held on 7-8 January (complete infor-
mation on http://www.s59dcd.si/).
TI - Joe, VE3BW will be active as TI7/VE3BW from Guayabo de Bagaces, Co-
sta Rica from 23 December to 3 January. He will operate CW, SSB and
FT8 on 160-6 metres. QSL via VE3BW and LoTW.
VU - Team POTA India will be active as AU2SOA ("Santa On Air") between
15 and 31 December. Look for activity on FT8, SSB and SSTV from
various locations - see qrz.com for the details. QSL via eQSL.
W - Brad, N9EN will be active again as W4A on 16-18 December, commemo-
rating the birthdate of Edwin H. Armstrong, the electrical engineer
and inventor who developed FM radio and the superheterodyne receiv-
er system. He will operate CW only on 160-10 meters. QSL via home
call, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K]

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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CONTEST UNIVERSITY 2023 ---> Registration is now open for the 2023 Contest
University (CTU), to be held on 18 May at the Hope Hotel near Dayton, Ohio.
See https://www.contestuniversity.com/ for the details. This is the venue
for all contest-related activities taking place during the Dayton Hamvention
(CTU, Contest Super Suite, Top Band Dinner, Contest Dinner, etc).

TN8K 2023 ---> The TN8K DXpedition to the Congo [425DXN 1637] is confirmed
to take place between 6 January (arrival) and 21 January (departure), with
"full operation" planned on 10-19 January. The team has secured a location
"in the flat terrain within sight of the ocean. We will have an area of
approximately 6000 square metres at our disposal, which is fenced, so we
should feel safe. The view in all directions is unobstructed so we can point
our antennas without problems to all continents. There is also enough space
around for installing beverage antennas; the only complication can be graz-
ing herds of cows".
The team will carry "17 pieces of checked baggage of 23 kg, and eight pieces
of cabin baggage of 12 kg. That's a total of 487 kilograms of material". Two
diesel generators will provide power around the clock; they will "regularly
alternate in operation", so "we can expect minor outages needed to switch
the entire local network to the second generator". The estimated consumption
for two weeks is about 1400 litres of diesel at "roughly +0.8 USD per litre
plus delivery costs to the QTH". This is "the most expensive project imple-
mented by the Czech DXpedition team to date", and donations will be grate-
fully accepted. See https://www.cdxp.cz/ for more information, including a
revised band plan.
"To make the operation of the TN8K expedition more attractive, we decided to
announce a competition for the official expedition T-shirt". The first sta-
tions from EU, NA & SA, AS and VK/ZL & Oceania "with the most slots on Club
Log will receive a free official expedition T-shirt from us as a thank-you.
Only the first station from a given area with the maximum number of slots
can win. It is not only the number of slots that matters, but also the speed
of who reaches this number first".

W8S: SWAINS ISLAND ---> The DXpedition has been postponed once more, as "at
the moment it is impossible to charter a ship for March 2023", PA3EWP re-
ported on 11 December. The government ship 'Manu'atele' has a fixed schedule
and cannot sail to Swains to drop the team off and pick them up two weeks
later. Negotiations continue, however, and the project "has certainly not
been cancelled, but again postponed. As soon as it is possible, we will go
to Swains". Bookmark https://swains2020.lldxt.eu/home/ for updates.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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9J2BO EA5GL HH2AA EB7DX TM200LP F8GGZ
9K2GV M0URX HS0ZJF ON4AFU TM34SCRP F4JBU
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9K2YM EA5KB HZ1BHR HZ1SAR TM4TLT F4KIP
9K9BHR EC6DX JG8NQJ/JD1 JA8CJY [d] TM50VAR F4GPB
9K9QATAR EC6DX JG8NQJ/JD1 JG8NQJ [b] TM6DEO F4GJC
9N7NQ JA7NQQ KL2R EA5GL TM9C F5OHM
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A60BHR/11 EA7FTR LP1H EA5KB UE25RR RA4DAR
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AP2TN N4BAA OR78NUTS ON5UB XW4KV F4BKV
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CT9ABO OM3GI PJ7PL N2HX ZC4GR EB7DX
CX1T IK2DUW PR2R PY2ERA ZF1A K7ZO
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DP0GVN DL5EBE R1941OM R5CA ZW8T PS8HF
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9H6A Paul Galea, 66 Triq Guze Ellul Mercer, Had-Dingli, DGL 1118, Malta
9N7AA Slavko Celarc, Ob Igriscu 8, 1360 Vrhnika, Slovenia
CX5A Lupo Bano Negreira, Casilla de Correos 950, 11000 Montevideo,
Uruguay
E7DX Boris Knezovic, P.O. Box 59, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
EE44C Francisco Jose Garcia Garcia, Mirador Teresa Navarro 19 pta 3,
46118 Serra (Valencia), Spain
EI7M John Barry, Lackabeha, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork, Ireland
F4BKV Vincent Colombo, 32 rue de Gibrand, 17350 Port d'Envaux, France
FR4QT Francois Barbier, 5 bis La Marrerie, 50500 St Andre de Bohon,
France
HG0IDPD Viczian Laszlo, Budapest, Duranci utca 5, 1116, Hungary
HS0ZEE Sheridon K. Street, P.O. Box 55, Maejo Post Office, Chiang Mai,
50290, Thailand
IT9EJW Alfio Bonanno, Via Trastevere 8, 95037 San Giovanni La Punta CT,
Italy
J5JUA Joao Carlos Marinho, Travessa do Carrascal 74, Carrascal de Manique
2645-426 Alcabideche, Portugal
KH6BB Chuck Malefyt, 1821 Vancouver Pl, Honolulu HI 96822, USA
OG1XMAS Timo Klimoff, Yrjonkatu 4 A 15, FI-28100 Pori, Finland
OH9SCL Anssi Puuronen, Kemijoen Itapuolentie 1577, FI-97110 Rautiosaari,
Finland
P40P Robert A. Wood, 4111 Tumbleweed Trail, Midland TX 79707, USA
PJ2ND Jeffrey A. Maass, 9256 Concord Rd, Powell OH 43065-9625, USA
PR2R Casa do Radioamador de Ribeirao Preto, Rua Benedito Tortoro 155,
Jardim Roberto Benedetti, Ribeirao Preto - SP, 14098-220, Brazil
PX2A Carlos Adalberto Carareto, Estrada de Santo Amaro 201,
Sao Paulo - SP, 05544-000, Brazil
TM6M Stephane Van Langhenhoven, 24 bis rue de Anter Hent,
29830 Ploudalmezeau, France
VI2FG40 Fisher's Ghost Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 302, Leumeah, NSW 2560,
Australia
VJ2J David E. Burger, PO Box 37, Mount Colah, NSW 2079, Australia
VJ4T Kenneth A. Bawden, PO Box 537, Gatton QLD 4343, Australia
VL4U Cory Newman, 7 Hanover Court, Morayfield, QL 4506, Australia
VR2XAN Alberto Annesi, 1/F 7A Nam Shan Road, Peng Chau, Hong Kong
YJ0CA Chris Ayres, 3/19-21 Eastern Rd, Turramurra, NSW 2074, Australia
ZF2OO Jim Millner, 7010 Gullotti Place, Port Saint Lucie, FL 34952, USA
ZF5T Stanford H. Stockton, PO Box 73, Siloam Springs AR 72761-0073, USA
ZZ4A Fabio Fagundes de Lima, Caixa Postal 310, Extrema - MG, 37640-970,
Brazil

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