425 DX News #1660

25 February 2023 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1660

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

3B7 - The 3B7M DXpedition team's departure from Mauritius has been de-
layed owing to tropical cyclone Freddy. They set sail on 24 Febru-
ary, one day later than planned, and will extend radio operations
until 8 March. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via OK6DJ. See
See https://3b7m.com/ for more information.
3D2 - Wayne, N0UN is currently active as 3D2UN from Nadi, on the main
island of Viti Levu (OC-016), Fiji. He operates "from time to time
on human modes only, with an emphasis on CW". QSL via LoTW; he also
uploads his QSOs to Club Log.
9G - Team 9G4X (Zeev 4X4ZS, Haim 9G5AF, Curt N2ZX, George N4GRN, Joe
K9UR, Gregg W6IZT, Hal W8HC, Bob W9AP and Mike WB0SND) will be
active from Langma, Ghana on 22-30 March, including a Multi-Two
entry in the CQWW WPX Phone Contest. Outside the contest they will
operate five stations: three on 160-10 metres, one on 6 metres and
one QRV on QO-100. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via K4NHW. The
team also looks forward to working with some of the local amateurs
sharing DXpeditioning and contest operating experiences that they
hope will encourage the locals to pick up and continue after depar-
ture. The 5-element antenna for six metres will be donated to the
Accra Amateur Radio Club (9G2DX) for their continued use during the
6m season.
DU - DU2WAA is the new callsign issued to David VE3OI as of 17 February.
Previously active as DU3DW from Angeles City (Province of Pampanga)
and Subic Bay (Province of Zambales), he has moved to near Curri-
mao, Ilocos Norte. He is QRV on 40-10 metres. QSL via LoTW, OQRS
will be available later.
EA - Look for EG4IF, EG1GURU, EG2GURU, EG3GURU, EG4GURU, EG5GURU and
EG7GURU to be QRV from various SOTA locations during March. This
activity is a tribute to Jose-Antonio Gurutzarri "Guru" Jauregi
(EA2IF), an outstanding personality of the Summits On The Air pro-
gramme, who passed away on 11 March 2022. QSL cards will not be
provided; see https://sites.google.com/view/ea2if-memorial for the
certificate that will be available.
EA6 - Robert, OK2PYA will be active as EA6/OK2PYA from various WWFF
(World Wide Flora & Fauna) area on Mallorca, Balearic Islands (EU-
004) on 1-7 March. He will operate CW on 40-10 metres, and will
announce his operating schedule on https://wwff.co/agenda/. QSL via
Club Log's OQRS and LoTW.
F - Eric, F4ENJ will be active as TM5GI from Groix Island (EU-048) on
23-27 February, with main activity during the SSB leg of the "Coupe
du REF" (REF SSB Contest, 25-26 February). QSL via the bureau.
FG - Look for Gildas, FG/F6HMQ and Michel, FG/F6GWV to be active again
from Guadeloupe (NA-102) on 3-26 March. They will participate in
the ARRL DX SSB Contest (4-5 March) and the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest
(25-26 March) as TO3Z (QSL via F6HMQ). [TNX The Daily DX]
HC8 - Jim WB2REM, John K4LT and Bob KE2D will be active again as HD8M
from Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands (SA-004) on 1-11 March. They
will operate SSB, CW and FT8 (F/H) on 160-6 metres. QSL via Club
Log's OQRS, or direct to WB2REM; LoTW after six months. See
https://www.hd8m.com/ for the band plan and other information.
J7 - J74D (not J79UKR as he had requested and hoped for) is the callsign
actually issued to Yuri, VE3DZ for his activity from Domica (20-27
February). QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via home call.
J8 - Thomas, F4HPX will be active holiday style as J8/AG7JQ from "sever-
al islands" within Saint Vincent and the Grenadines sometime in
March. He will operate mainly SSB, with some FT8/FT4 "when tired"
and maybe "a bit of automated (sorry) CW" on 40-10 metres. QSL via
F4HPX (direct or bureau), LoTW and eQSL.
LU - Radio Club QRM Belgrano, LU4AAO will be active from 25 February
to 5 March to commemorate its 55th anniversary. Look for activity
on various bands and modes. A digital QSL and certificate will be
available, see https://www.qrz.com/db/LU4AAO for the details. [TNX
LU4AAO]
PJ2 - Andy, DK5ON will be active again as PJ2/DK5ON from Curacao (SA-099)
on 4-22 March. He will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on 160-6
metres. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or via DK5ON (direct or
bureau). [TNX NG3K]
PJ7 - Gary, KC9EE will be active holiday style as PJ7EE from Sint Maarten
(NA-105) on 1-8 March. He will operate mainly CW QRP and possibly
some FT8 and FT4 on 40-10 metres. He will upload his log to Club
Log and LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
PY - Renato, PY8WW has been active as PX8D from Mexiana Island (SA-042)
since 18 February, and expects to remain there until 1 March. He is
QRV on 40-6m CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL direct to home call.
T30 - Norbert, DF6FK and Judith, DL2ZAD have cancelled their operation
from Banaba [425DXN 1659] as "after daily visits to the government
offices, they found no ship is going to T33 in the near future".
They will remain in Tarawa (Western Kiribati) for a while, and be
active as T30BB and T30BA. QSl via QSL via DF6FK, direct or bureau.
[TNX The Daily DX]
VK9N - Tom, VK3FTOM will be joining the VK9NT team that will be active
from Norfolk Island on 17-31 March [425DXN 1659]. He has also got
his personal callsign, VK9TOM, which he will use starting on or
around 13 March for "some QRP operating" while on the island.
VP6 - Andy, AB7FS (E51AND) has been QRV as VP6AND from Pitcairn Island
(OC-044) since the early UTC hours of 24 February. During his two-
day holiday style activity he operates SSB and slow CW from the
QTH of Meralda, VP6MW. QSL direct to home call (no LoTW or eQSL).
ZL7 - Volker, ZL1VV has been active again as ZL7/ZL1VV from the Chatham
Islands (OC-038) since 23 February, and will remain there until 2
March. In his spare time he operates SSB on 20, 17, 15 and 10m. QSL
via LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]

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

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CY0S ---> Because of some scheduling issues, three operators (K4UEE, K5YY
and N2IEN) have dropped out of the team, which now includes Jay K4ZLE, Lou
N2TU, Glenn W0GJ, Dan W4DKS, Murray WA4DAN, Lee WW2DX and two new members,
namely Craig K9CT and John W2GD. The DXpedition to Sable Island is expected
to take place on 20-30 March [425DXN 1659]. CY0S is also on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/955351178705747/.

FT8WW ---> Thierry has made nearly 39,000 QSOs so far. He has been autho-
rized to continue until 3 March, then he will have to cease operations on
the HF bands for one week. Finally, he expects to resume activity for a few
more days. He is required to QRT ten days before the "Marion Dufresne" ar-
rives to take him and others off the island. Depending on sea conditions,
the ship is expected to stopover at Possession Island on or around 26 March.

QSL ET3SID --- Bob, N2OO has logs covering only the periods 13 February-2
June 2008, and 8-13 December 2011. QSL for these dates go to Bob Schenck, PO
Box 345, Tuckerton NJ 08087, USA. Sid May, ET3SID passed away in 2012, and
all other logs are missing.

VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC ---> George, AA7JV and Mike, KN4EEI will be operating
as /mm from power catamaran "Magnet" during a two-year journey across the
Pacific. They will be mostly on 160-40m CW and on 30-10m FT8 and CW. Also,
they plan to operate CW, FT8 and some SSB from a number of DXCC Entities.
Their first stops will be at the Marquesas Islands (OC-027) approximately on
18-25 March, the Tuamotu Archipelago (OC-066, French Polynesia) approximate-
ly on 28 March-5 April, and the Society Islands (OC-046 and OC-067, French
Polynesia) between 10 April and 10 July. In order to allow QSOs to be ac-
ceptable for DXCC credit, they will set up on various islands using the RIB
landing craft and their Radio In a Box (RIB) stations.
In pioneering experiment sponsored by the Northern California DX Foundation,
a remotely controlled station will be operated on 6 metres along the way
from hundreds of very rare grid squares: "we intend to test out the Starlink
connections en route using the call KH7Z/mm in the afternoons when the
vessel is in calm waters". All KH7Z/mm QSOs will be uploaded automatically
to LOTW after the completion of each grid.
The "Magnet" left Bahia Golfito, Costa Rica on 21 February. Grids will be
posted to https://www.qrz.com/db/KH7Z as they are activated.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3B8HK N4GNR FM4LV W3HNK PJ4NG K4BAI
3B9FR M0OXO FM5WD W3HNK SN160PS SQ5CSW
3D2TS M0OXO G6XX M0OXO SN2M SP2XF
3V8TD HB9FSA GH5DX EB7DX SN550E SP2PDG
3Z1K SP1KRF GM5X N3SL SN550I SP2GUB
3Z8GSC SP8GSC H44MS DL2GAC SN550K SP2PTU
4A7S XE2S HC7AE/1 EA5GL SN550N SP2PGD
4D3X W3HNK HF15M4PSP SP9SCI SN550O SP9BRP
4U1UN HB9BOU HH75RCH N2OO SN550R SP4PND
4U9A 9A2AA HP1XT KU9C SO4M SP4MPG
4UNR UA3DX HP3AK K4PWS SP0ANT SP3TYJ
5R8AL G3SWH HR5/F2JD F6AJA SP550K SP2KFQ
5V23LE F5LCX HZ1KWT HZ1SAR T45FM RW6HS
7P8SV EA7FTR HZ1WRD HZ1SAR T48K DK1WI
7Q7CT EA7FTR IB1D IK1TAZ T88CH JF6CHA
8P5A HA1AG II1CAI IQ1NO T88UW JH7IPR
8P5GL EA7FTR II2ANT IK2QPO TI7W M0URX
8P6ET KU9C II2S IZ2FOS TM1D F6OBD
9A50RKP 9A6KX II2V IK2AQZ TM1W F5HRY
9K2KO EC6DX II3BRU IN3ZWF TM2Y F6BEE
9Y4NWK N2NWK II3MNA IQ3TS TM3Z F4DSK
A61DI EA7FTR II5ANT IZ5BTC TM57M F8EFU
A61Q EA7FTR II8K IZ8EPX TM62WFF F4GYM
A91KWT EC6DX IR0A OM2FY TM6C F6KMB
A91SFD EC6DX IR1ANT I1HYW TM9C F5OHM
AP2SD EA5ZD J42R SV2HXV TO4A VE3DZ
C4W 5B4WN J644DS EB7DX TR8CR F6AJA
CB7C CE6TTL J72IMS EC6DX TT8SN DL9USA
CR3DX OM2VL J74D VE3DZ V26DX EB7DX
CR5O CT7AJL J79BH FM5BH V26OC N3OC
CT9ABN OM2VL J8/AJ4YX PA2LO V31AT K5PI
CV7S CX7SS JY4CI K2AX V31AX M0URX
CX5UA IK2DUW JY5HX E73Y V31DJ W0CP
D4L IK2NCJ KL2R EA5GL V31IT M0URX
D4T CT1FFU KL7J N3SL V31MU W0MU
D4Z IK2NCJ KL7RA N4GNR V31TP WC0W
DQ44WCA DF6EX KP2B EB7DX V3T WC0W
E2A E21EIC LN8W LA6YEA V55Y DK2WH
ED3D EA3RCB LZ04RN LZ1ZF VK2HJ/VK9 EB7DX
ED3Z EA3ICJ LZ78ZZ LZ1ZF VK9CVG M0OXO
ED7A EA7FPG MU5E GU4YOX VK9WX M0OXO
ED7Z EA7EQ NL8F N7RO VP5K K0PC
ED8M EA8DIG NP3VI NP3MR VP8AWU K4MZU
ED8X EA8DO NP4Z N4AO VP9IN EC6DX
EF1A EA1X OA4SS KB6J XF3RAM EA5GL
EF5K EA5DF OC4C OA4DX XV9K DJ6TF
EF6T EA3AIR OD5KU EB7DX YV7MAY EA8MU
EF6T EA3AIR OE1200W OE3WMW YW6CQ YV6BXN
EF7N EA7KHB OE20AAW OE3DMA Z66BCC DL2JRM
EF8BBM EA4BQ OE2S OE2GEN Z81D OM3JW
EG2CAI EA2RCA OQ95RCL ON3AR ZC4GR EB7DX
EH3ANT EA3EYO OX7AKT OZ1ACB ZD7MG DK7MG
EL2EF N2OO OX7AM OZ1ACB ZF1A K7ZO
EX0DX HB9DUR OZ625E OZ1ACB ZF2EZ W5SJ
EY8MM W0VTT P40L WA3FRP ZF2MJ N6MJ
FG4KH F1DUZ P40N EA7HBC ZF2SC KA9P
FG8OJ M0OXO P44W N2MM ZP6/N3BNA KA2AEV
FK/M0NSI EA5GL P49X W0YK ZP6TT IK2DUW
FK8HA K3IRV PA44WFF/p PA9CW ZP9MCE EA5ZD
FK8HM F5MFV PJ4A K4BAI ZT1T N4GNR

5R8XB Marco S. Botta, Avenue du Congo 14-27, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
8P0P Peter Cross, PO Box 7200, Rochester MN 55903, USA
8P9NX Peter Cross, PO Box 7200, Rochester MN 55903, USA
C5C Luc Thibaudat, 15 rue de Moiscourt, 27140 Gisors, France
CR6K Filipe Monteiro Lopes, Rua Manuel Jose da Silva 184, Espinheira,
3720-537 Sao Martinho da Gandara, Portugal
ED1R Jesus Maria Gimare Marquez, C/ Jacinto del Barrio 2,
05358 Papatrigo (Avila), Spain
J42L Leo Fiskas, 1 Argyriou Gouzgou Str., 52 200 Argos Orestiko, Greece
LX8RTTY Andre Doffing, 9 Cite Europe, L-3834 Schifflange, Luxembourg
NP2J Dan Flaig, PO Box 25941, Christiansted VI 00824-1941, USA
OX3LX Joergen Roemming, Brandelev Stationsvej 9, 4700 Naestved, Denmark
OX5DM Allis Andersen, Gyngemose Parkvej 11 2.th., 2860 Soeborg, Denmark
PX8D Fabio Renato Camboim de Araujo, Passagem Ademar de Barros 68,
Belem - PA, 66060-650, Brazil
TM0R Jean-Louis Zabalza, 7 allee le Sous Bois, 33140 Villenave d'Ornon,
France
TR8CA Jean Charron, 19 rue Gabriel Moussa, 33320 Eysines, France
V31XX Bill Kollenbaum, 2446 Belleair Rd, Clearwater FL 33764, USA
V3X Bill Kollenbaum, 2446 Belleair Rd, Clearwater FL 33764, USA
VP6AND Andrew N. Duncan, 636 Mooney Street, Independence OR 97351, USA
XV9DL Charles Gerarden, 428 Sunset Drive, Worland WY 82401, USA
ZF5T Stanford H. Stockton, PO Box 73, Siloam Springs AR 72761-0073, USA

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