425 DX News 1656

28 January 2023 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1656

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

3Y0J ---> As of 27 January at 5 UTC, there were still about 1240 kilometres
between the "Marama" and Bouvet (https://share.garmin.com/3y0j). If she
maintains her current speed, the estimated date of arrival at the island
should be 30 January. Originally it was announced that there would be no /mm
operation on the way to Bouvet; several team members, however, have been QRV
since 23 January: AB5EB/mm, DL6KVA/mm, KO8SCA/mm, LA7GIA/mm, LA7THA/mm,
LB1QI/mm, LB5GI/mm, NP4G/mm, VE3LYC/mm, WD5COV/mm.

4W - Satoshi, JH2EUV has been active again as 4W/JH2EUV from Timor-Leste
(OC-148) since 21 January, length of stay unknown. He operates FT8
on various bands. QSL via LoTW, or to home call via the bureau.
6W - Willy, ON4AVT will be active again as 6W7/ON4AVT from Warang, Sene-
gal from 6 February to 31 March. Usually he operates mainly FT8
with some SSB and CW on 80-10m; he will be QRV also on the QO-100
satellite. QSL via Club Log's OQRS (preferred), or via home call.
7P - Yuris, YL2GM will be active as 7P8WW from Lesotho from 26 January
to 4 February. He will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 on 160-10m.
QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via YL2GN; the full log will be up-
loaded to LoTW six months after the end of the DXpedition. See
https://www.lral.lv/7p8ww/index.html for more information.
DU - Jacek, SP5APW will be active as DU1/SP5APW/p from Marinduque Island
(OC-244) on 9-14 March, and as DU1/SP5APW from Calayan Island (OC-
092) on 18-26 March. He will operate SSB and FT8 on 40-10 metres,
and digital on 6 metres. See https://oc-092.blogspot.com/ for more
information. QSL via Club Log's OQRS.
FS - Paul, VA3ZC will be active holiday style as FS/VA3ZC from St. Mar-
tin (NA-105) from 31 January to 9 February. He will operate QRP on
20-10 metres FT4 and FT8. [TNX DX World]
FY - TO1A is the special callsign for the FY5KE club station to partici-
pate in the Coupe du REF's CW leg, to be held from 6 UTC on 28 Jan-
uary to 18 UTC on 29 January. Complete information about the French
HF Championship can be found on https://concours.r-e-f.org/contest/
H40 - Heye DJ9RR, Laci HA0NAR, Paul N6PSE, Walt N6XG, Rob N7QT, Jun
OE1JUN (JH4RHF), Sandro VE7NY and Arliss W7XU will be active as
H40WA from the Temotu Province from 31 October to 14 November.
Plans are to operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 (F/H) on 160-10 metres
with three stations and "a significant effort on the low bands".
Donations will be gratefully accepted; for more information and
updates bookmark https://intrepid-dx.com/temotu2023/ and the expe-
dition's Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/h40wa).
HB0 - Look for HB0/DL1MGB, HB0/DL2JRM, HB0/DL3DXX and HB0/DL7CX to be
active from Liechtenstein on 26-30 January. They will operate
mainly CW, and will participate in the CQ WW 160-Meter CW Contest
as HB0DX (QSL via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW). [TNX NG3K]
JD1_oga- A group of Japanese operators will be active as JD1YCC from Chichi-
jima (AS-031), Ogasawara on 7-13 February. They will operate EME on
2m, 70cm and 23cm. QSL via LoTW, or direct to JH3AZC. Details can
be found at https://www.qrz.com/db/JD1YCC. Team members are JA1PFP
(JD1BQB), JH3AZC (JD1BPW), JH3BUM (JD1BPX), JH3QFL (JD1BQA), JH3VAA
(JD1BPI), JJ3JHP (JD1BQD) and JP3EXR (JD1BPY).
KP2 - Gene, W8NET will be active as N8V from St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
(NA-106) on 6-10 February. He will operate SSB and FT8 on 80, 40,
20, 17 and 10 metres, and plans to activate three POTA (Parks on
the Air) counters. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, eQSL, or direct
to W8NET. [TNX The Daily DX]
S7 - Peter, G4HSO will be active holiday style as S79/G4HSO from the
Seychelles on 1-21 February. Probably he will operate only CW and
VarAC (https://www.varac-hamradio.com/) from "three different loca-
tions". QSL via LoTW, no paper QSLs.
V3 - Chuck, WO9K will be active again as V31WO from Placencia, Belize
between 28 January and 2 February. He will operate CW and FT8 on
the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
VK9C - Nobby, G0VJG will be active as VK9CVG from the Cocos (Keeling) Is-
lands (OC-003) on 17-24 February. He will operate SSB and some FT8
on 80-10 metres. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS. Before that, on 12-16 Febru-
ary, he will be QRV as VK6/G0VJG from Australia.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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9N7AA ---> Robert, 9N7AA (S53R) has been back to Kathmandu, Nepal since 16
January, and is "enjoying good conditions on 12 & 10 meters. The local QRM
is bearable higher in the spectrum, while it's getting worse and worse on
17m and below. Antenna for 80 & 160 has been removed. While I could easily
reach Europe with very decent signal, only a single QSO was made on 160 and
a few more on 80. Local interference prevents any meaningful activity on
lower bands. For the fall, the plan is to activate a QTH within the Kathman-
du valley, but away from populated areas, covering 160-40m. I have identi-
fied a couple of good locations which should not suffer so badly from QRM,
as is the case in the city. Till then, will continue to operate higher
bands, while also preparing some extra RX stuff for this year's 6m season".
QSL via LoTW, or S57DX (direct only); logsearch on Club Log.

CY0S ---> The CY0S team has been working on the plans for their flights to
Sable Island on the morning of 20 March. Five team members will fly on a
plane, and the others on a helicopter. They now have an absolute payload ca-
pacity limit of 2930 lbs (about 1330 kg), including the weight of the opera-
tors; they are over that weight limitation, and are identifying areas where
they can reduce weight.
The DXpedition is currently scheduled to conclude on 29 March; due to the
operational requirements of the Sable Station, however, the team might need
to depart the island one day earlier (28 March) or one day later (30 March).
The team has now reached the 60% level of their fundraising goal of USD
37,500. The total cost of the DXpedition is estimated at USD 75,000. Dona-
tions are very much appreciated and can be made from the DXpedition's web-
site (www.cy0s.com).

EU DX CONTEST ---> The third edition of the European Union DX Contest (EUDX
Contest) will be held on 4-5 February (from 12 UTC to 12 UTC). Complete
information can be found on https://www.eudx-contest.com/. The objective is
for amateurs around the world to contact as many other amateurs in as many
European Union regions and countries on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres CW
and SSB.

FT8WW ---> As of 27 January Thierry was still awaiting the extension of the
permit to operate on the HF bands. In the meanwhile, he continues SSB activ-
ity via QO-100 (1108 QSOs so far), as well as DATV tests in anticipation of
planned contacts with 16 schools and colleges. As a reminder, FT8WW was QRV
on 30, 20, 17 and 15 metres from 25 December 2022 to 14 January. QSL via
Club Log's OQRS.

TRUE BLUE DXERS CLUB HAS CLOSED DOWN ---> "It is with great sadness that I
have to announce my decision to bring the TBDXC experience to a close", Pete
MM0TWX announced on 21 January (https://www.tbdxc.net/). "This follows the
resignation of our President and Marathon Manager Peter DL3NAA, triggered by
yet another 'scandal' about TBDXC members massively engaging in FT8
activity".
Founded in 2018, the True Blue DXers Club's motto was 'Because It's Hard,
Not Because It's Easy'. The one and only requirement for membership was the
personal commitment to pursuing and promoting DXing as a form of person-to-
person amateur radio activity involving the use of CW or SSB.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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4L4DX Alexander Nersesian, 1790 E Indigo Dr, Chandler AZ 85286, USA
7X4LV Mohamed Khamla, 37 Clos des Blaches, 38550 St Maurice l'Exil,
France
9N7AA Slavko Celarc, Ob Igriscu 8, 1360 Vrhnika, Slovenia
CE3WB Mario Antonio Arancibia Alezthier, General Mackenna 1138
Dpto 1109, 8340154 Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile
CT9/UR9IDX Eugene Mosiychuk, Apartado Postal 5, 03170 Rojales (Alicante),
Spain
HC6CR Julio Volpe O'Neil, Partida de Les Salades, Poligono 1, Casa 45,
03295 Elx (Alicante), Spain
HG6N Salgotarjani Varosi Radioklub, Salgotarjan, Meredek ut 6 II/1,
3100, Hungary
HS0ZBS Rudolf Riess, Braunauerstrasse 17, 5204 Strasswalchen, Austria
HV5PUL Luca Della Giovampaola, Via Cremera 11, 00198 Roma RM. Italy
J8NKI Kevin Thomas, 235 Littlejohn Rd, Yarmouth ME 04096, USA
LU1ZV Horacio Enrique Ledo, Manzanares 4586, Piso 2 Dpto. 4, C1430AFH,
Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
PJ2ND Jeffrey A. Maass, 9256 Concord Rd, Powell OH 43065-9625, USA
S79/DL2SBY Kasimir Bastian, Grunaeckerstr. 39, 71069 Sindelfingen, Germany
T88DK Kunio Miyagawa, 5-4-201 Kawanishi-cho, Nishinomiya-shi,
Hyogo 662-0951, Japan
T88SM Hakata Radio, PO Box 232, Hakata Kita, Fukuoka, 812-8799, Japan
TM5CO Serge Philippe, 21 rue de Batz, 35230 Orgeres, France
V31XX Bill Kollenbaum, 1590 Burns Dr, Clearwater FL 33764, USA
VO2AAA Dave Goodwin, 141 Acton Drive, Smiths Falls ON K7A 5B8, Canada
Z36T Ace Jevremov, Postfach 14, 82378 Peissenberg, Germany
ZF2OO Jim Millner, 7010 Gullotti Place, Port Saint Lucie, FL 34952, USA

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