425 DX News #1679

8 July 2023 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1679
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

3D2/R - Previously active from Guam (AH2/WA7WJR), the Northern Mariana
Islands (AH0/WA7WJR), and more recently from Pohnpei, Micronesia
(V63WJR), "BJ", WA7WJR has been QRV as 3D2BJ from Rotuma (OC-060)
since 3 July. He plans to remain there until 10-11 July, and then
set sail for Viti Levu, Fiji. He operates mainly FT8 and CW primar-
ily on 17-10 metres. QSL via LoTW or direct to WA7WJR; cards will
be sent out when he returns to the US sometime in September. You
can follow his voyages: https://www.questsofdiscovery.com/ (click
on "Where Am I?").
9Q - Originally scheduled for September [425DXN 1670], the Italian DXpe-
dition Team's operation from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
has been brought forward by two months. 9Q1AA (SSB, CW, RTTY) and
9Q1ZZ (FT8 F/H) will now be active on 6-18 July with four stations.
See http://www.i2ysb.com/idt for the band plan. QSL direct to I2YSB
(real-time online log and OQRS on http://win.i2ysb.com/logonline).
C2 - "The return of C21TS is confirmed", Phill, 3D2TS (FK1TS) posted to
his website on 3 July. He expects to be back on Nauru on 22 July,
but "as I'll be starting a new job, radio will be secondary, and I
also don't know where I will be staying yet. But I'd hope to be on
the air by the start of August in my spare time and weekends.
Antenna wise, let's wait and see". Updates will be posted to
https://www.hardstaff.com/.
CT7 - Special event station CR6J will be active on 17-23 July for the
41st International Motorcycle Rally in Faro, Portugal. Expect
activity on 80-6 metres SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL via CT1EHX.
[TNX CT1END]
ES - Timo, OH1NOA will be active as ES1NOA/0 from a few Flora & Fauna
sites on Hiiumaa Island (EU-034) on 9-12 July. He will operate CW
and SSB on 80-10 metres, possibly with some FT8 from his base camp.
QSL via OH1NOA. Information about the ESFF (Estonian Flora Fauna)
programme can be found on https://www.erau.ee/en/wwff-in-estonia.
F - Dirk, DL1KVN will be active holiday style as F/DL1KVN/p from
Noirmoutier Island (EU-064) on 15-28 July. He will operate CW and
SSB on 40-10 metres. A side trip to Ile d'Yeu (also EU-064) will
take place on 20 July, with activity planned on 9-16 UTC.
F - Larry, F6FVY and Alain, F6BFH will be active again as TM5OL from
Oleron Island (EU-032) for the RSGB IOTA Contest (29-30 July). QSL
via F6AJA. [TNX F6AJA]
H40 - Due to changes in flight schedules, the new operational dates for
the Intrepid DX Group's DXpedition to the Temotu Province [425DXN
1656] are from 26 October to 9 November. Look for team H40WA
(DJ9RR, K3VN, N6PSE, N7QT, OE1JUN/JH4RHF, VE7NY, W7XU and WD5COV)
to operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 (F/H) on 160-6 metres with up to
five stations and "a significant effort on the low bands". They
also plan to be active during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest (28-29 Octo-
ber). QSL via M0URX's OQRS (see the expedition's website for the
detailed QSLling policy). Donations are gratefully accepted; for
more information and updates see https://intrepid-dx.com/temotu2023
and https://www.facebook.com/groups/h40wa.
HK - Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Colombian Navy (Armada de
la Republica de Colombia) and the Battle of Lake Maracaibo (24 July
1823), several special callsigns will be in use on 22-24 July:
5K0ARC, 5K1ARC, 5K2ARC, 5K3ARC, 5K4ARC, 5K5ARC, 5K6ARC, 5K7ARC,
5K8ARC, 5K9ARC; 5K0CB, 5K1CB, 5K2CB, 5K3CB, 5K4CB, 5K5CB, 5K6CB,
5K7CB, 5K8CB, 5K9CB; 5K0BG. Look for activity on 80-10 metres CW,
SSB, FT8, FT4. The event is organized by Liga Radio Bogota. QSL via
LoTW, eQSL, qrz.com, Club Log, or via HK3LRB. A number of awards
will be available, see https://www.qrz.com/db/5K1ARC for detailed
information.
I - Mauro, IW2KVT will be active holiday style as IH9/IW2KVT from Pan-
telleria Island (AF-018) on 8-14 July. He will operate SSB on the
HF bands and 6 metres.
I - The IP1X team (I1NVU, IK1CJO, IK1NEG, IK1QBT and IU1JCZ) will be
active again from Gallinara Island (EU-083) on 29-30 July. They
will operate CW and SSB on 80-10 metres, and will participate in
the IOTA Contest. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via IU1JCZ (direct or
bureau). [TNX IK1QBT]
J3 - A group of Belgian Low Band DXers (Marc ON4MA, Ghis ON5NT and Karel
ON5TN) will be active from Grenada on 4-16 March 2024, with plans
to be QRV on 160-10 metres. More information is expected in due
course. [TNX ON4MA].
JA - Take, JI3DST will be active from the Miyako Islands (AS-079) from
20 July to 2 August. He will operate SSB and CW as JS6RRR, JJ5RBH/6
and JI3DST/6 (including participation in the IOTA Contest), as well
as JI3DST/p and JJ5RBH/p on FT8. The QSOs will be made available
for Club Log and LoTW Matching on the IOTA website.
LY - Special event station LY0NATO will be active on 11-12 July, for the
NATO Summit to be held in Vilnius. QSL via LoTW.
PA - Marco DJ4MH, Chris DK2CL, Kolja DK5KK, Zik DK8ZZ and Wil PE3T will
participate in the IOTA Contest as PE55TEX from Texel Island (EU-
038). All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau, LoTW
and eQSL. There will be some activity before the contest as PA/
homecall.
T2 - A German team (DG2RON, DH5FS, DJ7TO, DJ9KH, DK5WL, DL1KWK, DL4SVA,
DL6KAC, DL6KVA, DL7JOM, DL7VEE and DL8LAS) will be active as T2C
from Funafuti, Tuvalu (OC-015) on 10-30 October. They will operate
CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 (MSHV multi-stream) on 160-6 metres with four
stations and a focus on the higher bands. QSL via Club Log's OQRS
(preferred), or via DL4SVA (direct or bureau).
See https://t2c.mydx.de/ for detailed QSLling policy, more informa-
tion, and updates.
V3 - Mark, DK8MM and Uwe, DL8UD will be active as V31XT (QSL via DK8MM)
and V31KO (QSL via DL8UD) from Belize on 6-14 September. They will
participate in the SSB leg of the WAE DX Contest (9-10 September)
as V3O (QSL via DL8UD). All QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW and Club
Log.
V6 - DF4GV, DK2AMM, DL2AMD and DL2AWG will be active as V6EU from Chuuk
Island (OC-011), Micronesia on 15-28 November. They will operate
SSB, CW, RTTY and FT8 on 160-10 metres. QSL via DL2AWG, Club Log
and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
W - John, WB8YJF will be active again from Ocracoke Island (NA-067)
From 22 July to 4 August, including an entry in the RSGB IOTA
Contest. He will operate CW, FT8/FT-4, RTTY, and some SSB. QSL via
home call; he will also upload his log to LoTW and hopefully Club
Log. [TNX NG3K]

IARU HF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ---> The object of the contest is to contact
other amateurs around the world - especially member-society HQ stations and
IARU officials - in as many ITU zones as possible on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and
10m CW and SSB. This year's event will run from 12 UTC on 8 July until 11.59
UTC on the 9th (see https://contests.arrl.org/iaruhf/). The following is a
selection of IARU Member Society HQ stations that have announced their
participation in this year's event:
Call Mult
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8N1HQ JARL
8N2HQ JARL
8N3HQ JARL
8N7HQ JARL
8N8HQ JARL
9A0HQ HRS
AT1HQ ARSI
B3HQ CRAC
B8HQ CRAC
B9HQ CRAC
CR5HQ REP
CX1AA RCU
DA0HQ DARC
E2HQ RAST
E7HQ ARABH
EF4HQ URE
EI0HQ IRTS
GR2HQ RSGB
HB9HQ USKA
II9HQ ARI
LT4RCA RCA
LZ0HQ BFRA
NU1AW IARU
OE0HQ OV
OH0HQ SRAL
OH2HQ SRAL
OM3HQ SARA
OP0HQ UBA
OZ1HQ EDR
PA6HQ VERON
PJ2HQ VRONA
R4HQ SRR
S77HQ SARA
SK9HQ SSA
SN0HQ PZK
SX0HQ RAAG
TF3HQ IRA
TM0HQ REF
W1AW/KH6 ARRL
YT0HQ SRS
ZL6HQ NZART
ZP5AA RCP
Members of the IARU Administrative Council and the three IARU regional
executive committees will send a signal report plus AC, R1, R2 or R3, as
appropriate.

WRTC 2022 ---> These are the 58 teams that will compete in the World
Radiosport Team Championship, to be held in parallel with this weekend's
IARU HF World Championship:
AF #1 EA8RM EA2W NA #3 KD4D KE3X
AF #2 5T5PA KF5EYY NA #3 NN3W N3QE
AF #3 ZR2A DL9EE NA #4 NE9U K9CT
AS #2 RM9I UN9L NA #5 K4AB NN7CW
AS #3 4X6FR 4X1DX NA #6 N2IC HA3NU
AS #4 BA1RB BA4TB NA #7 KU1CW EB5A
AS #5 VR2XAN IK2PFL NA #8 VE5MX VE3EJ
AS #6 E21EIC E29TGW NA #9 KI6RRN N5ZO
AS #7 JA1BJI JR2GRX NA #10 NG0C AC0W
AS #7 JH5GHM WA1Z OC #1 9M6NA K5WA
CA #1 NP4Z N2NT OC #2 AD6E K6XX
EU #1 LY4A OM3RM OC #3 ZL3CW VK2IA
EU #2 GD4XUM G3NKC SA #1 W2GD AA3B
EU #2 OR2F LZ4AX SA #2 FY5FY F4DXW
EU #3 DJ5MW DL1IAO SA #3 CE2LR CE3CT
EU #3 DL5AXX DL7FER SA #4 PY2NY PY2SEX
EU #3 SP7GIQ SP7IVO
EU #4 RA3CO RA3AUU Donor Team #1 KO8SCA S55M
EU #4 UA4FER LZ2HM Donor Team #2 AD5A AB5EB
EU #5 EC2DX CT1ILT Donor Team #3 4O3A 9A3A
EU #6 F8DBF F1AKK Donor Team #5 UW7LL VE3DZ
EU #7 9A7DX 9A3LG
EU #7 IZ1LBG IK3QAR Wild Card #1 OM3BH OM3GI
EU #7 S53MM S57K Wild Card #2 SV2DSJ LZ3FN
EU #8 EW6W EU1A Wild Card #4 LZ1NK LZ4AE
EU #8 RW7K RA9P
EU #9 E77DX E70T Youth Team #1 YL3JA UR5YKO
EU #10 IZ8JAI IZ8FWN Youth Team #2 M0SDV DK6SP
NA #1 K5ZD W2SC Youth Team #3 YU5EEA 9A3SMS
NA #1 W1UE K1XM Youth Team #6 DL3ON EI5LA
NA #2 VA2EW VA2WA
The competing teams have been assigned 58 out of the following 68 special
callsigns:
I41D I41K I41M I41N I41R I41U
I42A I42B I42D I42F I42G I42K I42L I42M I42N I42R I42V I42W
I43B I43C I43D I43G I43K I43L I43O I43P I43R I43U I43V I43X I43Z
I44B I44C I44G I44J I44O I44P I44Q I44W I44X I44Y I44Z
I46C I46F I46J I46O I46P I46Q I46V I46W I46Y
I47B I47C I47G I47K I47L I47M I47O I47P I47U I47V I47W
I49A I49D I49K I49M I49R I49U
In addition, I41A is the callsign of the WRTC Headquarters, and I49N will be
used to spot on the DX Spotting Network.
The teams will know their callsigns at 11.45 UTC on 8 July, i.e. 15 minutes
before the contest starts.
On 10 July, at around 18.00-18.15 UTC, a link will be posted to the WRTC
website (https://www.wrtc2022.it) for live streaming of the closing ceremo-
ny, which will include the announcement for the WRTC 2026.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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INDEXA NEWSLETTER ---> The Summer 2023 issue (#139) of the International DX
Association's Newsletter is now available for download on the INDEXA website
(https://indexa.org/newsletters.html). Highlights include "3Y0J Bouvet DXpe-
dition Report" by Otis, NP4G; "A Message from our President Bob Schenck,
N2OO"; "Celebrating 40 Years of Magic: The INDEXA Worldwide QSO Party" by
Ralph Fedor, K0IR (see below).

INDEXA WORLDWIDE QSO PARTY ---> Grown from a few people loaning equipment to
DX travelers to an organization that has sponsored hundreds of DXpeditions,
the International DX Association will turn 40 years old in September. To
commemorate this anniversary, INDEXA is sponsoring a worldwide on the air
celebration, the INDEXA QSO Party. The event will occur on 2-10 September on
160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB, CW, and RTTY. This event is open to
all radio amateurs, INDEXA members and non-members alike. There will be QSO
points, multipliers, plaques and awards, and published results. See
https://indexaqsoparty.com/ for detailed information.

QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX's
website has been updated. Seventeen different galleries include 21,423 cards
for the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (2013-22), the 62 deleted DXCC
Entities, obsolete prefixes, stations from Maghreb from 1945 to 1962,
Allied Forces stations in Germany (1945-80), special stations commemorating
ITU and IARU, stations using the United Nations prefix (4U), Antarctic bases
and TAAF (Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises), amateur radio
"globetrotters", the various French DXCC island Entities in the Pacific
Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Americas (1945-1969), pre-1945 countries,
French Departments and CONUS, plus a gallery for cards not accepted by DXCC.
Your participation is welcome: http://www.lesnouvellesdx.fr/galerieqsl.php.
[TNX F6AJA].

SOUTH SUDAN ---> The YASME Foundation reports that last week two members of
the National Communications Authority (NCA) of South Sudan visited the ET3AA
club station in Addis Ababa to learn more about amateur radio and to gather
information from members of the Ethiopian Amateur Radio Association (EARA).
There is interest in establishing a club like ET3AA in South Sudan and
creating a pathway for local citizens to gain access to amateur radio. It is
hoped this visit will help to further that effort. Travel for NCA was
sponsored by the Yasme Foundation.

ZS8C: PIRATE ---> The SARL Secretary has been informed of a pirate station
operating on 17 metres using FT8 and using the call sign ZS8C. Carson McAfee
ZS8C was active from Marion Island in 2013 and 2014, and the licence was
cancelled in 2015. It has been confirmed that there are no radio amateurs on
Marion Island, Gough Island and at SANAE Base. [TNX ZS4BS]

+ SILENT KEY + Georgij A. Chliyanc, UY5XE passed away a few days ago. Born
in 1948 and licenced since 1966, in 1986 he volunteered his services as a
Chernobyl liquidator. He was an active DXer and contester, and a historian
who authored a large number of books and articles about amateur radio. An
early supporter of the IOTA programme, he participated in many DXpeditions,
notably 4K3MI (1990, EU-119), 4K4I (1991, AS-086), 4K4N (1993, AS-104) and
EM5UIA (2000, EU-179, EU-180, EU-182).

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3D2AG, 3D2AG/p, 3D2LYC, 4J100HA,
4W1A, 5W1SA, 5X2I, 7X4CZ, 8P5A, 9G4X, 9M2SPN , A41DX, A71WW, AB2E/VP9, CY0S,
DS5USH, DX0NE, E51CIK, E6CI, EK1ET, ET3AA, FK8GM, FO5SK, H31B (NA-072), H31W
(NA-072), H44SHD, HI3LT, HZ1AM, JT1CO, JT5DX, LB5GI, LU7HN, MD0CCE, RI30ANT,
SV9COL, SV9DJO, TK4LS, V51WW, V85T, VK9WX, VP8/SQ1SGB, VQ5Q, XT2MAX, XZ2B,
YB0DPO, YE8DWC, YJ0A, ZF2OO, ZS2DL.

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