425 DX News #1668

22 April 2023 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1668
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

8Q - Kasimir, DL2SBY will be active again as 8Q7KB from the Maldives
(AS-013) from 27 April to 7 May. He will operate CW, SSB and FT8/
FT4 (using MSHV) with a focus on 30, 17, 12, 10 and 6 metres. QSL
via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or direct to home call. He no longer
uses the bureau.
C3 - Operated by EA3NT, MM0NDX, MM0OKG and members of URA (Unio de
Radioaficionats Andorrans), look for C37RC to be active on various
bands CW, SSB, FT8 and FT4 during the last weekend of April. This
operation celebrates DX World's 16th anniversary. QSL via URA
(bureau or direct) and LoTW. [TNX DX World]
CN - Special callsign 5F15SIA will be active from 25 April to 7 May for
the 15th edition of Morocco's International Exhibition of Agricul-
ture (Salon International de l'Agriculture). QSL via LoTW, or
direct to CN8WW.
CO - Seven operators (CO2XN, CO8ZZ, KB2FMH, N3QQ, OK8AU, R9LR, UA9OBA)
will be active as CO0RRC from Cayo Coco (NA-086), Cuba from 24
April to 3 May. They will operate CW, SSB, FT8 (F/H) and FT4 on
160-6m. QSL via LoTW, Club Log, or via N7RO (RW3RN for Belarus and
Russia). See qrz.com for more information.
DU - Jairus, 4F1DY will be active as 4F1DY/2 from Calayan Island
(OC-092) on 21-23 April. QSL via N6ERS. [TNX DX World]
F - Special callsign TM5OIS will be activated on 22-30 April from the
city of Abbeville and other locations in the Bay of Somme
(TM5OIS/p) during the 32nd edition of the Bird and Nature Festival.
QSL via F5KRH.
F - Members of the Radio Club de Provins (F6KOP) will be active as
TM45KOP on all bands and modes from 29 April to 13 May to celebrate
their club's 45th anniversary.
FP - Georg, DK7LX has been active as FP/DK7LX from St Pierre et Miquelon
(NA-032) since 18 April, length of stay unknown. In his spare time
he operates CW. QSL via Club Log's OQRS; he does not use LoTW.
G - GB23C will be the "Flagship Special Event Station" to mark the
Coronation of King Charles III. Manned by members of the Cray
Valley Radio Society and located in the Monument Gardens of the Old
Royal Naval College in Greenwich, the station will be active round-
the-clock from late 3 May until around 8 UTC on 9 May on 80-10
metres SSB and CW, as well as on 6 metres and 2 metres. On 10 May
the callsign will be available for individuals and clubs to use
until the end of June. See https://www.cvrs.org/gb23c/ for more
information. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS.
GM - A large group of Camb Hams will be active as GS3PYE from the island
of Islay (EU-008) from 30 April to 6 May. Look for them on 160-10m
CW, SSB and digital modes, plus via QO-100 on SSB. There may be
some SOTA or Worked All Britain activity from Islay and possibly
Jura. QSL via LoTW and Club Log's OQRS only. [TNX G3ZAY]
HV - HV1CN will be QRV again from Vatican Radio's headquarters for the
International Marconi Day. Look for activity on 22 April from 7 to
13 UTC. Plans are to operate CW and SSB on 40 metres and possibly
other bands, as well as CW, SSB and FT8 via QO-100. QSL via LoTW;
paper cards via the bureau to IQ0CV, or direct to IK0PHU. Vatican
Radio, the official broadcasting service of Vatican City, was
established in 1931 by Guglielmo Marconi.
JD1_oga- Once again Harry, JG7PSJ will be active as JD1BMH from Chichijima
(AS-031), Ogasawara from 22 April to 5 May. He will operate CW, SSB
and RTTY on 40-10 metres. QSL via JD1BMH (bureau), or direct to
JG7PSJ. Logsearch on http://jg7psj.starfree.jp/jd1bmh/. He does not
use LoTW or PayPal.
VK - VK100ZL is the callsign issued for members of the Wireless Insti-
tute of Australia (WIA) to use between 1 April and 31 December. The
special event callsign commemorates the 100th anniversary of the
first Trans-Tasman amateur radio contact, made on 26 April 1923
between Frank Bell (later known as Z4AA) at Shag Valley in Otago
and Charles Maclurcan (2CM) in Sydney.
VP5 - W2FQ, KC8RP and W1WV will be active as VQ5Q from Providenciales
(NA-002), Turks and Caicos on 20-27 April. They will operate CW,
SSB and FT8 on 80-10 metres. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or
direct to W2FQ. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZL - Also commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first Trans-Tasman
amateur radio contact, members of the New Zealand Association of
Radio Transmitters (NZART) will operate special callsign ZL100 (ZL
One Hundred) from 26 April to 25 July.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3C3CA: QRV ---> "Problem solved", Ersoy, 3C3CA (TA2OM) tweeted on 14 April.
He has been back on the air since then, with a focus on FT4 hoping to give
more stations a chance to work him.

3Y0J ---> The Spring 2023 Special Edition of the Northern California DX
Foundations' Newsletter is entirely devoted to "3Y0J: The 2023 DXpedition to
Bouvetoya. A voyage to the world's most remote island", an article co-
authored by Cezar Trifu, VE3LYC and Kenneth Opskar, LA7GIA. It can be found
at https://ncdxf.org/pages/newsletter.html.
The full version of the official 3Y0J video has been uploaded to YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbD0xmsk75U

EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT: 9Q ---> Silvano, I2YSB and the Italian DXpedition Team
are in the final planning stages for a DXpedition to the Democratic Republic
of the Congo which is expected to take place for a couple of weeks in early
September.

EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT: CY9 ---> The CY0S team, along with members of the previ-
ous CY9C DXpeditions, have announced their plans to go back to St. Paul
Island (NA-094) in July-August 2024.

EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT: H4 ---> Team H44WA (N7JP, N7QT, N9ADG, NU7J and WA7CPA)
will be active from the Solomon Islands in March 2024. Updates will be post-
ed to http://www.h44wa.com/.

QSL VIA IT9EJW ---> All QSOs made by XF2C (NA-135), XF3O (NA-090), XF3M (NA-
45) and XF3H (NA-045) will be uploaded to Club Log in early May, when the
operator (Enrique, XE2AA) returns home. Please refrain from sending direct
QSL requests to his QSL manager now, but wait until Club Log's OQRS is
enabled. Also please note that after processing incoming requests for direct
cards, all of the remaining QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the
bureau. [TNX IT9EJW]

TX5S ---> in addition to DJ9RR, HA0NAR, K3EL, K5GS, KE4KY, N6NU, N6WM, N6XG,
N7QT, PY2PT, W1SRD, W7XU and ZL3CW, Nodir EY8MM, Allan EA3SHO and Dave
WD5COV have joined the team of the Perseverance DX Group's DXpedition to
Clipperton Island (18 January - 1 February 2024).
"As the cost of expeditions to highly most wanted DXCC entities continues to
increase", their Press Release #2 states, "the importance of donations to
support these projects has never been greater. The Clipperton Island project
budget is $350,000. The ship's fee represents the largest expense and must
be paid in advance. We have set a fund-raising target of $175,000. To date
we have raised $35,800". See https://clip.pdxg.net/donate/. [TNX K5GS]

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3B8HK N4GNR CQ7HS4A CT1REP LY19EU LY2QT
3DA0AQ EA5GL CT8/S51TA S58N LZ522ME LZ1KCP
3W3B E21EIC CT9ABN OM2VL LZ86IV LZ1ZF
4L8A M0OXO CX2DK EA5GL NL8F N7RO
4O/DO1IBJ JQ1IBJ CX2TQ IK2DUW OD5VB IZ8CLM
4T4T OA4DX D2EB IZ3ETU OH0EG SP1EG
4W1A DJ4MX DA0WCA DF6EX OO80VNU ON4PHI
4X75A 4X1VF DL100RADIO DF2NU OQ95RCL ON3AR
4X75DL 4X6DL DL100TC DL4CQ PJ4MM M0URX
4X75EL 4X6ZM DR44WCA DF6EX PJ5/OM2DX OM2FY
4X75HQ 4X6ZM DU3LA W3HNK PJ5/OM2ZZ OM2FY
4X75HU 4X6HU DU6/PE1NSQ EA5GL PJ6/OM2ZZ OM2FY
4X75KE 4X6ZM E51CIK SP6CIK PJ7/OM2ZZ OM2FY
4X75LP 4X6ZM E51WEG SP9FIH PS2OTA PP2LA
4X75OM 4X1OM E730S E77AR PW2F PY2NA
4X75WH 4X6ZM EG1PEA EA1RKA PZ5JW EA5GL
4X75YA 4X6ZM EG5DMR EA5RKB R108M RK3LC
4X75ZM 4X6ZM EG7DMR EA5RKB R1994YU RQ7L
4Z75DX 4X6ZM EG8HRD EA8URL R1996VK RQ7L
4Z75KD 4X6ZM EI/OP8L ON8WTF R2014NC RQ7L
4Z75KX 4Z4KX EP2LSH EA5GL RI1AND RN1ON
4Z75MU 4Z5MU ES1NOA OH1NOA S79VU N4GNR
4Z75NB 4Z1NB ES5TTT N4GNR SN50GUC SP2GUC
4Z75TL 4Z1TL EX0DX HB9DUR SP150WK SP3PDO
4Z75WS 4X6ZM EX0QKT EX7DI SP80KATYN SP3PDO
5P0WARD OZ1ACB FJ/OM2ZZ OM2FY SP80PGW SP3PDO
5W1SA JA1DXA FK1TS M0OXO ST18WARD ST2M
5Z4FV WT3Q FS/OM2DX OM2FY T47C IK2DUW
6M23VGC HL4CAF FS/OM2ZZ OM2FY T88AQ JH6WDG
7Q7CT EA7FTR GS8VL M0OXO T88UW JH7IPR
7Z1AL EC6DX GX3WKS/75 G4OTV TC4EGE TA1BE
8Q7MZ OE3YCB H44MS DL2GAC TF3WARD TF3MH
8Q7QC DK3ZL HC1MD/2 NE8Z TM1AI F8CHM
9A0EMCOR 9A7R HC5DX N4GNR TM5J F6ITD
9K9WARD EC6DX HC5LM HC5VF TM98WARD F6BEE
9N1CA EA5ZD HC6IM EC5R UK7AL EA5GL
9Y4WARD M0OXO HG130SVP HA5GY V26K AA3B
A41DX M0OXO HI3K EB7DX V31JZ/p NN7A
A43WARD EC6DX HZ1WARD HZ1SAR V47FWX M0URX
A60WARD EA7FTR II0MVV IZ0QPO VP2EOM OM2FY
A71/RN1B RW3RN II1ALB IQ1LA VP8KCA G5KC
A91WARD EC6DX II1CAI IQ1NO VP9IN EC6DX
AO50LPP EA7URM II1CME IQ1EE VU7W YL2GN
AO5PP EA5GUQ II3BRU IN3ZWF XF3M IT9EJW
AO5WARD EA5JEB II3IQX IV3EAD XF3O IT9EJW
AP5FRS UA4WHX II3PDV IQ3WW Z30HS4A Z37RSM
C91CCY K3IRV II7GDC IQ7MU ZX7J PT7BI
CB3R XQ3SK JG8NQJ/JD1 JA8CJY [d] ZX7O PT7BI
CN98ZG CN8ZG JG8NQJ/JD1 JG8NQJ [b] ZY1M PY1AA
CO9JAB IK2DUW LA4O100 LA4O ZZ1M PY1SAD

5H8HZ Bora Kasapoglu, P.O. Box 73, Karakoy, 34421 Istanbul, Turkey
9N7AA Slavko Celarc, Ob Igriscu 8, 1360 Vrhnika, Slovenia
AT8BRS Bengal Amateur Radio Society, 12/1 Dr. Nagen Ghosh Lane, Dhakuria,
Kolkata, 700031, India
DA23WARD Enrico Stumpf-Siering, Hinter den Hoefen 4,
27305 Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Germany
DM23BUGA Enrico Stumpf-Siering, Hinter den Hoefen 4,
27305 Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Germany
EX0M Wilhelm Schommer, Merscheider Weg 37, 54662 Speicher, Germany
GB0SIM Lyns Owen, Fairlight, 68 Clevedon Road, Tickenham, Clevedon,
BS21 6RD, United Kingdom
HS0ZNR Bradley Devon, 8 Bruckner Place, Claremont Meadows, NSW 2747,
Australia
II2SIX Marco Lando, Viale Borri 67, 21052 Busto Arsizio VA, Italy
J5JUA Joao Carlos Marinho, Travessa do Carrascal 74,
Carrascal de Manique, 2645-426 Alcabideche, Portugal
JW8EKA Kaare Roar Hagen, Bleikervangen 76, 1387 Asker, Norway
SP9YFF Jan Cieslik, Szmaragdowa 7/V/10, 41-943 Piekary Slaskie, Poland
TZ4AM Gregory J. Carter, 808 Paris Mountain Road, Rockmart GA 30153, USA
VP9KF Paul Evans, 15 Watch Knob Lane, Swannanoa NC 28778, USA
VQ5Q Martin D. Chapman, 41 Pheasant Ridge Road, Seekonk MA 02771, USA
YJ0MB Michael Boorne, P.O. Box 127, Artarmon, NSW 1570, Australia
YL2GN Ziedonis Knope, P.O. Box 55, Balvi LV-4501, Latvia

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