425 DX News #1676

17 June 2023 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1676
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

ET - Ken, K4ZW and Bob, W9XY will return to ET3AA, the Ethiopian Amateur
Radio Society's club station at the Addis Ababa University, Insti-
tute of Technology, on 19-29 June. They will operate CW, SSB and
FT8 on the HF bands (neither 160 nor 80 metres) and 6 metres. QSL
via Club Log's OQRS, or via N2OO.
F - Members of Radio Club F5KDC will be active as TM400BPA on 17-20
June and again on 6-16 October. Look for activity on 80, 40 and 20m
SSB and CW. The special callsign memorializes the 400th anniversary
since the birth of Blaise Pascal, the French mathematician, physi-
cist, inventor, philosopher and writer (19 June 1623). [TNX F8REF]
G - GB0ECA and GB0WCA are two special callsigns used from various
locations (castles, forts, stately homes, etc) across England. QSL
via eQSL. Established in January 2021 and managed by Bob Saunders
(M0MJA), the English Castles Awards (ECA) is an awards programme
for chasers and activators of Castles On The Air (COTA), and it is
an integral part of WCA (World Castles Awards). Complete informa-
tion can be found on https://englishcastlesawards.uk/.
GI - Paul, G4PVM will be active holiday style as GI4PVM from Rathlin
Island (EU-122) on 25-29 June. He will operate CW and SSB on 40-10
metres, possibly also on 80 and 6m. QSL via LoTW and eQSL; he will
also upload his log to Club Log for QSO matching on the IOTA
website.[TNX DX World]
JA - Masa, JF3ELH will be active as JF3ELH/6 (CW and SSB) and JF3ELH/p
(FT8) from Okino Erabu, Amami Islands (AS-023) on 23-26 June. He
will be QRV on 80-6 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX JI3DST]
KH2 - Yas, JA1QQU will be active as KH2/JA1QQU from Guam (OC-026) from 29
June to 4 July. He plans to be QRV between 23-2 UTC, and 10-14 UTC.
QSL via LoTW and eQSL (after 7 July), or via home call.
KH8 - Yuri N3QQ, Hal W8HC and James KB2FMH will be active as KH8RRC from
Tutuila (OC-045), American Samoa on 4-18 July. They plan to operate
CW, SSB and FT8/FT4 on 80-6 metres from a mountaintop location
within the American Samoa National Park. This will be the first
ever POTA activity on the island. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or
direct to KB2FMH, "LoTW afterwards".
LU - Radio Club QRM Belgrano (LU4AAO) will be active on 17-25 June to
celebrate Argentine Flag Day. Look for activity on all bands SSB,
FT8, CW and SSTV. Special award and QSL will be available, see
http://lu4aao.org/cert_dia_de_la_bandera.htm for information. [TNX
LU4AAO]
VP2V - Dave, W9DR will be active as VP2V/W9DR from Anegada (FK78tr),
British Virgin Islands (NA-023) on 23-29 June. He will operate FT8,
Q65, SSB and CW on 6m only. QSL direct to home call. [TNX NG3K]
VP6 - VP6A started operations from Ducie Island (OC-182) [425DXN 1675] on
12 June around 23 UTC. Activity is now expected to continue until
26 June. See https://www.qrz.com/db/VP6A for the band plan. QSL via
Club Log's OQRS, or via HA7RY; logs will also be uploaded to LoTW
as QSLs are ordered, and full log when the flow of direct requests
decreases.
"VP6A is on the air with four stations", George, AA7JV reported on
16 June. "We have started with two remotely operated FT8 stations,
and one locally operated CW/SSB station . The remote FT8 operation
is going well with over 20,000 QSOs in the log. The local CW and
SSB operation has been seriously curtailed by the difficult condi-
tions we are operating under.
When we arrived at Ducie, the entrance to the lagoon, where it is
easy and safe to land - and where past DXpeditions were operating
from - was completely blocked by huge crashing waves. We have es-
tablished a very precarious hold for the boat on the exposed north
shore and landed the RIB boat across the rocky bars and surf.
The three of us (KN4EEI, W6IZT and AA7JV) have been working hard to
keep the boat safe and to keep the stations operating. We have only
a limited time to operate the local SSB/CW station. We understand
that demand for CW and SSB is high. We have just brought on the air
the fourth station, which is a remotely operated CW station. We
hope this will be able to satisfy the demand for more CW opera-
tions.
We continue hanging on under difficult conditions. Forecasts indi-
cate favorable weather for the next two days, followed by some very
strong NW winds and the passage of a cold front. This will require
us to relocate for one or two days. Once the front has passed, we
will be able to return to the north shore, hopefully for the rest
of the operation.
This is an entirely self-funded DXpedition, mainly to prove that
remote operation is possible with a small support team and a mini-
mal footprint. As environmental restrictions increase, this may be
the only future way to activate many much wanted entities. We
appreciate the support of the Amateur Radio community in our
efforts".
Z6 - Tapani, OH5BM and Naim, Z62NS will be active as Z66X on 60 and 6
metres from 14 June until late on 18 June. QSL via OH2BH. The 5 Mhz
frequency band has been recently approved for amateur radio
services in Kosovo. [TNX OH2BH]

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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W8S: PROPAGATION PREDICTION CHART ---> Jari, OH6BG has prepared a propaga-
tion prediction chart for W8S, the 4-17 October DXpedition to Swains Island
[425DXN 1672]. "The timeframe in October as well as the antennas and power
that will be used on Swains are set by default, so you only have to put your
grid square and antenna situation in the designated boxes and the chart will
show you the best bands and times to make it into our log":
https://swains2020.lldxt.eu/propagation/.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3B8CW N4GNR DP0POL DL5EBE R300PD UF8F
3B8HK N4GNR EE3TDM EA3DVP R300PI RV9FF
3Z8GSC SP8GSC EG5DATV IU1BOT R300PL RC9F
4K6FO DC9RI EK6TA DJ0MCZ R300PS UA9FFV
4K6MAR DC9RI EL2DT N2OO R320P R1NU
5B4AAB G8CLY EP2LMA EA5GL RI1AND RN1ON
5B4AMX LZ3SM EY8MM W0VTT SA6G/7 SM6CUK
5H6PJ VU2BGC FK8HM F5MFV SJ9WL LA7TIA
5W1SA JA1DXA FS4WBS IZ1MHY SN0AA SP3ZIR
6Y5HM EA5GL HF50HDA SP7HDA SN70ME SP9KKA
7X2HF EA5GL HH2MK EB7DX SO100TRA SP9CJM
7Z1VD EA5GL HI3MM EB7DX SP100JCH SP3PDO
9A50RKP 9A6KX HI3R EB7DX SP100TRA SP3TYJ
9K2ES EC6DX HI8D NK4Q TF4ZQ SA7AZQ
9K2GR M0OXO HS0ZJF ON4AFU TG9ADM EA5GL
9K2GS EC6DX HZ1AM EA7FTR TG9AWS N2OO
9K2NO EC6DX II1DCI IK1GPG TM016JNTO F5MCC
9K2OF EC6DX II2BGBS IW2NNZ TM17LOTI F8KIS
9K2YD EC6DX II2MM IQ2CF TM200TC F5KOI
9K2YM EA5KB JY5HX E73Y TM28RT F4KLW
9N1CA EA5ZD KH6BB KH6DL TM2TW F5PTI
9V1YC W5UE KK2H/KH6 JL1UXH TM400BP F8GGZ
A47RS EC6DX LG5LG LA7TIA TM5CO F4FRG
A71VV M0OXO LU1ZV LU3IA TM61TC F4HAQ
A71XX EC6DX LU8DBS/Z LU4DXU TM62TLG F4KLR
AP2HA JA1WIO LZ78KA LZ1KCP TM6J F6KCZ
AP2IN IK2DUW NP3XF EA5GL TM80MAX F8KLY
AP2SD EA5ZD NP4TT KU9C TR8CR F6AJA
AP2TN N4BAA OD5ET EB7DX VC9FEMBOY VE2TBR
CN2AWB/p CT7AWB OD5TX IZ8CLM VP6A HA7RY
CQ8AOV CT7AOV OD5VB IZ8CLM VU7W YL2GN
CS2CO CS5CRE OH0Z W0MM YI3MUT IK2DUW
CT9/OM3RG OM2FY OL100R OK1MP YS1CH EA5GL
CT9ABV DL5AXX OL750HOL OK1MR YS1ECB EA7BO
CX4DI EA5GL OQ95RCL ON3AR Z66X OH2BH
DL0NGCAT DB4SCW PA44WFF/p PA9CW ZA/OG1N OH2TA
DP0GVN DL5EBE PS5M PT2OP ZC4RH DK6SP

5H8HZ Bora Kasapoglu, P.O. Box 73, Karakoy, 34421 Istanbul, Turkey
5W0RS Antonello Scauso, Via Tenente Minniti 105, 98057 Milazzo ME,
Italy
5Z4SK Jacob S. Kissuu, 11101 N. McGee St, Kansas City MO 64155, USA
8Q7KB Kasimir Bastian, Grunaeckerstr. 39, 71069 Sindelfingen, Germany
9N7AA Slavko Celarc, Ob Igriscu 8, 1360 Vrhnika, Slovenia
CE0Y/CA3YMR Manuel Yanzon, Casilla 42, Sucursal Gran Avenida,
8909001 San Miguel, Region Metropolitana, Chile
CE0Y/CE3KEY Leo Bonilla, Casilla 42, Sucursal Gran Avenida,
8909001 San Miguel, Region Metropolitana, Chile
CT9/UR9IDX Antonio Duarte Costa Gomes, Apartado 2710, Loja CTT Monumental
(Funchal), 9001-401 Funchal, Portugal
D4K Massimo Cortesi, Ufficio Forli Centro, Casella Postale 24,
47121 Forli FC, Italy
EH5TOR Francisco Lara, Apartado Postal 701, 03180 Torrevieja
(Alicante), Spain
HA7RY Pekarik Tamas, Fot, Alagi ut 15, 2151, Hungary
HS0ZLV Torsten Veith, Bahnweg 7, 55129 Mainz, Germany
JV1A Togtokhin Tumurbaatar, 2516 10th Street, Berkeley CA 94710-2520
USA
P29VBR Giovanni Viana, PO Box 45, Matangi 3260, New Zealand
PJ2ND Jeffrey A. Maass, 9256 Concord Rd, Powell OH 43065-9625, USA
S77SARA Jaya Nair, PO Box 1516, Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles
SP9YFF Jan Cieslik, Szmaragdowa 7/V/10, 41-943 Piekary Slaskie, Poland
T88PB Nobuaki Hosokawa, 8270 Fujimi, Fujimi-cho, Suwa-gun, Nagano,
399-0211, Japan
V26B Michael J. Samanka, 53-12 Arthur Kill Road, Staten Island
NY 10307, USA
VC7BEPIS Timothy D. Graham, P.O. Box 117, Edgewater, BC V0A 1E0, Canada
YL2GN Ziedonis Knope, P.O. Box 55, Balvi LV-4501, Latvia

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