425 DX News #1680

15 July 2023 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1680
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

3D2/R - "BJ", WA7WJR has been QRV as 3D2BJ from Rotuma (OC-060) since 3
July and was expected to set sail for Viti Levu, Fiji on 11 July
[425DXN 1679]. His departure has been postponed, however, owing to
bad weather conditions. He will now remain on Rotuma until 17 or 18
July. QSL via LoTW or direct to WA7WJR; you can follow his voyages
on https://www.questsofdiscovery.com/current-position.
9A - Look for 9A7YY, 9A/S53Z, 9A/S54W, 9A/S58MU, 9A/S50O and 9A/S50X to
be active from Vis Island (EU-016) from 24 July and 1 August. They
will operate CW and SSB on 80-10 metres, and will also be active
during the IOTA Contest. QSLs via the bureau, eQSL, or direct to
home calls. [TNX S58MU]
F - F4FET, F4HHL, F5RAB and F8GGV will participate in the IOTA Contest
as TM5K from Ouessant Island (EU-065). Before the contest they will
operate SSB, CW, RTTY and FT8 on 80-6 metres. QSL via F8GGV. [TNX
NG3K]
GM - Nobby, G0VJG and Emil, DL8JJ will return to Rockall (EU-189) to
collect the equipment that has remained there since Cam Cameron was
rescued by the Coastguard and flown back to dry land [425DXN 1678].
"Weather and seas permitting they hope to arrive by possibly 18
July at the earliest, but subject to change", DX World reports.
"Should the weather and swell conditions around the islet be
favourable, both Nobby and Emil will operate as MM0UKI for 90
minutes each - total of three hours operating time - on CW and SSB
only".
I - II3GR is the special callsign for the annual YOTA Camp organized by
ARI Grado. This year it will took place on Volpera Island (not
IOTA) on 20-23 July, including participation in the second session
of the YOTA Contest (22 July, 1000-2159 UTC). QSL via IV3CTT.
I - Seven operators (IK7WDS, IU7EHF, IW7DMH, IW7DOL, IZ7AUH, IZ7LDC and
IZ8EGM) will be active as IJ7DX (IOTA Contest included) and IJ7SAT
(on QO-100, LEO and MEO satellites) from San Pietro Island (EU-073)
on 28-30 July. QSL via Club Log's OQRS.
IS0 - Giuseppe, IK5WWA will be active as IM0C from San Pietro Island (EU-
165) on 16-30 July. He will be QRV on 40-2 metres, hopefully also
on 80m. QSL via home call.
JA - Look for Kenji, JA4GXS to be active as JA4GXS/6 from Uji Island
(AS-067) on 22 July (4-21 UTC). He will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on
40, 30, 20 and 6 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX
The Daily DX]
OH - Jarno, OH6NJ will be active as OH6NJ/8 from Hailuoto Island (EU-
184) on 24-31 July. He will operate CW, SSB and FT8 mainly on the
higher bands. QSL via home call. [TNX DX World]
OZ - Ron, DL1RNW will be active as OZ/DL1RNW from Sandkas (WWL JO75jg)
on Bornholm Island (EU-030) from 23 July to 5 August. He will be
QRV on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL via eQSL.
SM - Members of EDR Ballerup will be active as SM7/OZ5BAL from Ven
Island (EU-137) on 28-30 July, including participation in the IOTA
Contest. Before the contest they will be QRV on 30, 17 and 12m, and
will also operate digital modes. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS,
eQSL, or via OZ0J.
TF - Mek, SP7VC and Kasia, SQ7OYL will be active as OY/SP7VC from the
Faroe Islands on 23-26 July, followed by an extensive tour of
Iceland (TF/SP7VC) from 27 July to 17 August. Look for activity on
50, 70 and 144 MHz, as well as on 20 metres.
TG - Dennis, KT8X will be active holiday style as TG4/KT8X from Guatema-
la from 23 July to 4 August. Plans are to operate CW, FT8 and
possibly some SSB on 40-6 metres. QSL via LoTW only. [TNX NG3K]
V6 - Cezar, VE3LYC has resumed his plans for the DXpedition to the
Federated States of Micronesia's IOTA groups OC-155 (West Chuck)
and OC-299 (Yap East, new one for IOTA) that had to be put on hold
because of the Covid-19 pandemic. He is now working to finalize the
complex logistics of the trip, which should take place sometime in
October-November. Details will be announced in due course. Bookmark
https://v6iota.weebly.com/ for updates.
V7 - Bob, W0RGC expects to be active as V7/W0RGC from Kwajalein (OC-028)
Marshall Islands for 2-3 weeks starting around 13-14 July. In his
spare time he will operate SSB and FT8 on 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL
via LoTW, eQSL, or via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
VK9/N - David, VK5DG will be active as VK5DG/9 from Norfolk Island (OC-005)
on 21-27 July. "This will be a purely portable operation", and all
contacts will be made via various satellites, more information can
be found on https://www.qrz.com/db/VK5DG/9. QSL via LoTW and eQSL.
VP5 - Shawn, KI5PXG will be active holiday style as VP5/KI5PXG from the
Turks Islands (NA-003) on 17-24 July. He will operate SSB and FT8
on the HF bands, primarily 10 and 20 metres. QSL via LoTW.

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

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QSL CO2XN ---> Boris, E73Y is the new QSL manager for Jose, CO2XN, including
his previous callsigns (CM2XN and CM8AKD). The QSL cards are being designed
and Boris hopes to have them printed by mid-August. QSLs can be reuested via
Club Log's OQRS, or via E73Y (direct and bureau). Jose will periodically
upload his log to LoTW. [TNX E73Y]

QSO TODAY ACADEMY ---> The QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo was introduced during
the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. After six successful events, it is
evolving into the QSO Today Academy. The inaugural event will take place on
9-10 September. See https://www.qsotodayhamexpo.com/ for more information.

WRTC 2022 ---> The World Radiosport Team Championship, held in Italy in
parallel with the IARU HF World Championship, is now history. Yaroslav
Oleynik (UW7LL) and Yuri Onipko (VE3DZ) are the new world champions; once
again Manfred Wolf (DJ5MW) and Stefan von Baltz (DL1IAO) are the runners-up,
and the bronze medalists are Vedran Carapovic (9A7DX) and Zvonko Karnik
(9A3LG).
# Call Operators # Call Operators
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1 I44W UW7LL VE3DZ 30 I44Y ZL3CW VK2IA
2 I43C DJ5MW DL1IAO 31 I47O N2IC HA3NU
3 I49D 9A7DX 9A3LG 32 I42L KU1CW EB5A
4 I47M F8DBF F1AKK 33 I46F EA8RM EA2W
5 I47L OM3BH OM3GI 34 I49R GD4XUM G3NKC
6 I42M ZR2A DL9EE 35 I41D 4O3A 9A3A
7 I47V SV2DSJ LZ3FN 36 I44G 4X6FR 4X1DX
8 I42G K5ZD W2SC 37 I43O YL3JA UR5YKO
9 I43Z RW7K RA9P 38 I43L YU5EEA 9A3SMS
10 I47K LY4A OM3RM 39 I42F EW6W EU1A
11 I49M NN3W N3QE 40 I47B M0SDV DK6SP
12 I49A KD4D KE3X 41 I42D S53MM S57K
13 I44X EC2DX CT1ILT 42 I44B BA1RB BA4TB
14 I43R UA4FER LZ2HM 43 I46Y 9M6NA K5WA
15 I42V IZ1LBG IK3QAR 44 I43U E21EIC E29TGW
16 I43K W2GD AA3B 45 I41N VR2XAN IK2PFL
17 I49K KI6RRN N5ZO 46 I43B VA2EW VA2WA
18 I42W NP4Z N2NT 47 I41U FY5FY F4DXW
19 I42R OR2F LZ4AX 48 I46C W1UE K1XM
20 I46Q SP7GIQ SP7IVO 49 I47U JA1BJI JR2GRX
21 I42B E77DX E70T 50 I42A CE2LR CE3CT
22 I47P JH5GHM WA1Z 51 I41K PY2NY PY2SEX
23 I46J RA3CO RA3AUU 52 I43G IZ8JAI IZ8FWN
24 I41M RM9I UN9L 53 I46P NG0C AC0W
25 I44Z AD6E K6XX 54 I43V K4AB NN7CW
26 I46V DL5AXX DL7FER 55 I47C AD5A AB5EB
27 I44C LZ1NK LZ4AE 56 I47W NE9U K9CT
28 I41R KO8SCA S55M 57 I44P DL3ON EI5LA
29 I44Q VE5MX VE3EJ 58 I46O 5T5PA KF5EYY
Awards were also given to the Phone Leaders (YU5EEA & 9A3SMS), the CW Lead-
ers (F8DBF & F1AKK), the Multiplier Leaders (UW7LL & VE3DZ), the Accuracy
Leaders (DJ5MW & DL1IAO), as well as the Best Youth Team (YL3JA & UR5YKO).
A PDF file with the complete final results is available for download:
https://www.wrtc2022.it/wrtc_2022_final_scores.pdf.

WRTC 2026 --- > The 10th World Radio Sport Team Championship will be hosted
by the United Kingdom, and will tale place in the area known as East Anglia,
in the East of England, on 7-13 July 2026.
The qualification criteria are still being determined. It is already known,
however, that the first and final qualification events will be this year's
CQ WW DX SSB Contest (28-29 October) and the 2025 ARRL DX SSB Contest (1-2
March), respectively. Bookmark https://www.wrtc2026.org/ for updates.

YOTA CONTEST 2023 ---> The second session of this year's YOTA Contest, orga-
nized by the IARU R1 Youth Working Group in cooperation with the Hungarian
Amateur Radio Society (MRASZ), will take place on 22 July (1000-2159 UTC) on
the five classic bands CW and SSB. Everyone can work everyone. The complete
rules can be found on https://ham-yota.com/contest.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3D2BJ WA7WJR GR2HQ M0OXO RI1ZZ RZ3EC
3Z90LOT SP1KRF HB9WFF HB9FBI RJ30RR RZ3EC
4A7A XE2T HF90LOT SP1PMY RK30RR RZ3EC
4L6QL RW6HS HG23TISZA HA7VK RL30RR RZ3EC
4U1A UA3DX IB9A IZ2WFL RM30RR RZ3EC
4U1UN HB9BOU II4SPZ IQ4FE RN30RR RZ3EC
7Z1CQ EC6DX II9RRC RZ3EC RO30RR RZ3EC
8Q7HU EB7DX KH6RRC N7RO RT30RR RZ3EC
9A0HQ 9A2EU KL7RA N4GNR RU30RR RZ3EC
9A150TESLA 9A7R KL7RRC N7RO RV30RR RZ3EC
9A8GHJ/p OE7GHJ KL7SB N4GNR RW30RR RZ3EC
9G5AF EA5GL KP2B EB7DX RX30RR RZ3EC
A25SX DL1SX KP2M NZ4DX RZ30RR RZ3EC
A41DX M0OXO L70V LU1VZ S50HQ S58MU
A41KB ON7LX LB5GI M0OXO S573DX S57DX
A47HQ EC6DX LR8FTDMC F1ULQ SK9HQ SM6JSM
A61DI EA7FTR LY1933DG LY2NZ SN0HQ SP3CGK
A61Q EA7FTR LY90DG LY5O SN100WS SP9KKA
A71HQ A71A LY90FLY LY2MM SN300CITY SP4GAP
BM0QSO BM2JCC LY90SD LY2NZ SN90LOT SP1KZE
BV0HQ BM2JCC LY90SG LY2NZ SO90LOT SP1PKW
C37HQ C37URA LZ04RN LZ1ZF SP80WON SP3PDO
CR3Y OM2FY LZ0HQ LZ1BJ SP90LOT SP1PBT
CR5HQ CT1REP LZ1015RW LZ3GA SQ90LOT SP1KM
CX2DK EA5GL LZ30RRC RZ3EC ST0HQ ST2M
D2EB IZ3ETU MD7C M0OXO TF/4X6TT N4GNR
DA0HQ DL5AXX MJ0X M0RTI TF3W TF3MH
DL100TC DL4CQ OE0HQ OE3KAB TF3XO EA5GL
DR30RRC RZ3EC OE100XBB OE5WRO TM0HQ F5CWU
DS0AHQ 6K2EHQ OJ0JW OH1JW TM110TDF F8GGZ
E2HQ E21EIC OL30RRC RZ3EC TM13COL F5OGL
E750ESP E73ESP OL70KVK OK6RP TM25DFCF F6FNA
E775BYZ E74BYZ OM2MEDVE OM2GM TM33TDF F6KUQ
E7HQ E70ARA OM30RRC RZ3EC TM34JM F6KEH
E7TESLA E74BYZ OP0HQ ON4CAS TM63TDF F4KLW
ED8M EA8DIG OY/4X6TT N4GNR V85A EB7DX
EE7P EA7ATX OY/M0JHQ JA0JHQ VB3BACON VA3RT
EF4HQ EA4URE OZ1HQ OZ1ACB VB3P VA3KWZ
EF6T EA3AIR P3N RW3RN VC1933 VE1FQ
EF8BBM EA4BQ PA6HQ PA1AW VE2CSI M0URX
EI0HQ EI4BZ PJ2HQ W3HNK VI25AREG M0OXO
ER7HQ ER1FF PJ4A K4BAI VY0ERC M0OXO
ES1NOA/0 OH1NOA R30RRC RZ3EC XM3I VE3NE
FW1JG F4FTV R3RRC RZ3EC YT0HQ YU1SRS
G6XX M0OXO RA30RR RZ3EC Z21ML N4GNR
GB0RRC RZ3EC RC30RR RZ3EC Z30HQ Z37RSM
GB5SGS G3KME RD30RR RZ3EC ZF1A K7ZO

9A575Z Vladimir Talan, P.P. 77, 48001 Koprivnica, Croatia
9H3TTN Marcio Cabral, Rua Artur de Azevedo 1681, Sao Paulo - SP, 05404-014
Brazil
9Q1AA Silvano Borsa, Viale Capettini 1, 27036 Mortara PV, Italy
9Q1ZZ Silvano Borsa, Viale Capettini 1, 27036 Mortara PV, Italy
AH2R Sato Kouetsu, 9-15 Aoba, Nakayama-machi, Yamagata, 990-0411, Japan
C31CA Jordi Fernandez Garcia, Avda. de Molinaseca 8 2A, 24401 Ponferrada
(Leon), Spain
C6ADX Joe Pater, 2419 Pierson Rd., Oxford OH 45056, USA
DL0SOP Georg Tretow, Postfach 1114, 23931 Grevesmuehlen, Germany
FR4KR Francois Barbier, 5 bis La Marrerie, 50500 St Andre de Bohon,
France
GB13COL Rich Shivers, 9029 Eastview Rd, Philadelphia PA 19152-1608, USA
HG0HQ Szabo Karoly, Fuzesgyarmat, Aradi u. 42, 5525, Hungary
KH8RRC James Gallo, 149 Marine Avenue 6F, Brooklyn NY 11209, USA
OX3LX Joergen Roemming, Brandelev Stationsvej 9, 4700 Naestved, Denmark
PX2A Carlos Adalberto Carareto, Estrada de Santo Amaro 201,
Sao Paulo - SP, 05544-000, Brazil
S77HQ Jaya Nair, PO Box 1516, Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles
VL4U Cory Newman, 7 Hanover Court, Morayfield, QL 4506, Australia
VO2VC Chris Vernon, 8 Philips Place, Flatrock, NL A1K 1C8, Canada
VP6MC Michael Collis, P.O. Box 1594, 21678 Jobs Peak Road, Crestline
CA 92325, USA
ZF2PG Pete Gladysz, 4633 Riverchase, Troy MI 48098, USA
ZF5T Stanford H. Stockton, PO Box 73, Siloam Springs AR 72761-0073, USA
ZF9DX William C. Morgan, 12012 County Road 3000, Rolla MO 65401, USA

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