425 DX News #1692

7 October 2023 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1692
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

CE0Y - Luis, CE2ML and Mathias, CE2LR will be active as XR0Y from Easter
Island (SA-001) on 22-29 October, including an entry in the CQ WW
DX SSB Contest as 3G0Y. They will operate CW, SSB and some FT8 on
the HF bands. QSL both callsigns via CE2ML. [TNX DX World]
CT9 - Helmut, DF7EE will be active again as CT9/DF7EE from Madeira (AF-
014) on 22-31 October, including an entry in the CQ WW DX SSB
Contest as CQ3W. Before and after the contest he will focus on 60,
30, 17 and 12 metres SSB and FT8. QSL both callsigns via LoTW and
Club Log's OQRS.
FG - Once again Philippe, F1DUZ will be active as FG4KH from Guadeloupe
(NA-102) from 17 October to 7 November, including participation in
the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, or via F1DUZ.
JA - Take, JI3DST will be active from the Miyako Islands (AS-079) from
6 October to 19 December. He will operate SSB and CW as JS6RRR,
JI3DST/6, JJ5RBH/6 and JR8YLY/6, as well as JI3DST/p, JJ5RBH/p and
JR8YLY/p on FT8. The QSOs will be made available for Club Log and
LoTW Matching on the IOTA website.
LX - Once again HB9S (the Geneva based World Scout Bureau Global Support
Centre) has been invited to take part in the JOTA-JOTI weekend (20-
22 October) in Luxembourg. Look for LX9S to be active with several
stations on the HF bands SSB, CW, FT8 and SSTV, and also via
QO-100. QSL via LoTW (preferred), or via HB9AOF.
V6 - Miki, JJ2CJB will be active as V63CB from Pohnpei (OC-010), Micro-
nesia on 27-31 October. He will operate mainly SSB, with some CW
and FT8, on 40-10 metres, and will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB
Contest. QSL via LoTW, or direct to JJ2CJB.
VK9L - Al, K7AR and Bob, W7YAQ were due to QRT from Lord Howe on 3 Octo-
ber. Their return flight, however, was cancelled, and the DXpedi-
tion has been extended. Look for VK9LAA to be active with one sta-
tion on 40-10 metres until 8 October. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW
or via W7YAQ.
VP8_ant- Serhiy, UW5EHR is a member of the XXVIII Ukrainian Antarctic Expe-
dition (2023-24) at the Akademik Vernadskyi station on Galindez
Island (AN-006), Antarctica. In his spare time he is active as
VP8/UW5EHR on the HF bands (so far on 20 metres FT8). QSL via LoTW.
VU - Look for AT30IIH to be active until 31 December to celebrate the
30th anniversary of the Indian Institute of Hams, whose focus is to
train and bring young people into the amateur radio community
(https://www.indianhams.com/). QSL via the bureau or direct, or via
eQSL.
YJ - Team YJ0TT (NC7M and other five operators) will be active from Efa-
te (OC-035), Vanuatu from 26 October to 3 November. They will
operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 160-10 metres. Individual
callsigns include YJ0SR (N7JI), YJ0ET (NG7E), YJ0NA (K6VHF, who is
planning to operate via satellites), YJ0UC (W6UC) & YJ0EE (NJ6P),
who plan to be QRV on 6 metres EME ("for the very first three days
to take advantage of low degradation") and terrestrial. QSL via
operator's instructions. See https://www.dxobsessed.org/home for
more information.

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

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RI0SP ---> This is the new callsign for Oleg, RD1A, who was previously QRV
as RI41POL. He is participating in the North Pole-41 expedition to the
Arctic onboard the "North Pole", a large self-propelled drifting research
vessel replacing the drifting ice stations built on ice floes. QSL via RN3RQ

SAC ---> The SSB leg of the 64th Scandinavian Activity Contest will take
place on 14-15 October, from 12 UTC on Saturday to 11:59 UTC on Sunday.
Scandinavian stations (Aland Islands, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland,
Greenland, Iceland, Jan Mayen, Market Reef, Norway, Svalbard & Bear Island,
Sweden) will try to work as many non-Scandinavian stations as possible and
vice versa. See https://www.sactest.net/ for complete information.

SOLAR ECLIPSE QSO PARTY ---> The Solar Eclipse QSO Party is an opportunity
for radio amateurs to operate before, during and after the October 2023 and
April 2024 eclipses pass over North America. Using various modes (CW, voice,
and digital), two-way QSOs made during the SEQP will contribute to scien-
tific studies focusing on the ionosphere's reaction to the eclipse. Although
the researchers are most interested in the participation of operators in
North America, amateurs from all over the world are welcome to operate and
enter the SEQP. The events will take place on 14 October 2023 (1200-2200
UTC) and 8 April 2024 (1400-2400 UTC), on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 and 6m.
See https://www.hamsci.org/contest-info for information, including FAQs and
Rules.

T2C ---> "We are in contact with Dom T22T, who is currently staying at our
planned QTH, the Funafuti Lagoon Hotel", the team posted on 1 October to
their website (https://t2c.mydx.de/). "There is a lot of unexpected traffic
around the hotel, as well as electrical and acoustic noise due to large land
claim activities including heavy construction machinery and overseas work-
ers". The team will carefully consider viable solutions and possibly look
for a second QTH (probably with only part of the team and equipment). Plans
are for T2C to focus on the higher bands, including 6 metres. On 23 October
the 160 and 80m antennas will be dismantled, and the following day half of
the team will fly back home with half of the equipment. The rest of the team
will operate three stations on 40-6 metres until the end of the expedition.
Updates will be posted to the DXpedition's website, as well as to
https://twitter.com/T2C_2023 and https://mastodon.radio/@dh5fs.

T22T & T32TT ---> Owing to an outbreak of Influenza Like Illness in Tuvalu,
team T22T decided to QRT on 4 October, earlier than planned. According to
Club Log's latest statistics, 102,248 QSOs were made on FT8 (80,179), FT4
(18,677), CW (2,290) and SSB (1,102). QSL via Club Log's OQRS (direct only).
The Rebel DX Group's next plan is to be active as T32TT (requested callsign)
from Kiritimati/Christmas Island (OC-024), East Kiribati sometime before
December. Bookmark https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup/ for updates.

TX5S ---> The Perseverance DX Group's DXpedition to Clipperton Island (18
January - 1 February 2024) [425DXN 1684] will have two operating camps: one
for CW/Digital/Satellite/EME and one for SSB/Digital. The equipment plan
(transceivers, amplifiers, antennas) for 8 operating positions + a satellite
position has been finalized, as well as the information for satellite, 6m
EME and 23cm operations.
The fundraising campaign is underway: "the long standing DXpedition funding
model is to split the DXpedition cost equally between the expedition team
and the DX community, i.e. organizations and individuals. TX5S donations are
only at about 40% of the goal. No doubt a sign of today's inflationary
impact. But the fact remains - DXpeditions are expensive and the teams need
your help. The cash flow challenge is real, we must pay the bills before we
sail", the team's Press Release #6 states. "We ask those of you who have not
yet processed a donation to consider supporting the project before we sail
on 11 January 2024": see https://clip.pdxg.net/donate/. You can also follow
TX5S on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tx5s2024.

W8S ---> The "Manu'atela" left Pago Pago (American Samoa) on 5 October at 9
UTC with the W8S Swains Team onboard. The initial schedule was slightly
delayed by the inclement weather and due to other commitments of the Govern-
ment operated vessel, serving the local island communities. The voyage to
Swains Island will take some 30 hours. Upon arrival at Swains, the team and
support crew will offload the ship at high tide and go ashore with a landing
craft, sailing up and down several times to offload all the cargo. After the
landing, the team will start working to set up two operating camps and a
Starlink Internet connection to keep the DX community updated. W8S is
expected to kick off with a limited setup on 7 October at 6 UTC.

WRTC 2026: SELECTION CRITERIA UPDATE ---> Following the publication of the
WRTC 2026 Selection Criteria, the Organising Committee has received feedback
and suggestions for rule amendments from the contesting community. After
review some suggestions were not considered viable or did not align with
real world data, but others gave potential to improve the competition. Fol-
lowing approval from the WRTC Sanctioning Committee, a few changes have been
announced: https://www.wrtc2026.org/2023/10/05/selection-criteria-update/.
With the first qualifying event approaching imminently, the Selection Crite-
ria are now finalised, and no further suggestions can be considered.

XW0LP ---> Simon has moved to a new QTH in Luang Prabang, Laos which has a
large garden and much clearer path to Europe. He is active on 160, 40, 20,
15, 17, 12, 10 and 6 metres ("I am authorised to use 6m because I am a
resident in Laos, not a visiting tourist"). QSL via M0OXO's OQRS. "To avoid
my measly signal being drowned out on the 'standard' FT8 frequencies", he
says, "I will usually operate on the 'alternative' FT8 frequencies. To save
you the trouble of listening out for me on these less-common frequencies, I
have written a small php file on my server that informs you if I am online
or QRT, and provides you with the frequency that I am listening on:
https://onlinescienceteacher.com/xw0lp.php".

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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4L8A M0OXO EG5NDO EA5URV SN100AXL SP5KAB
4O1OK/p OK1VEI EG7BSP EA7URF SO84PPP SP3PDO
5W0LM 9A3MR EG7DMT EA7RCM SO84PSZ SP3PDO
5X1S OZ2HC FG8OJ M0OXO SP84PPP SP3PDO
5X3K OK6DJ FS4WBS IZ1MHY SP84PSZ SP3PDO
5X7W M0OXO G6ZZ M0OXO SU1SK N2OO
6M23VGC HL4CAF GM2V N3SL T32AN EB7DX
6W/IV3FSG IK2DUW HB9SPACE HB9ACA TF3XO EA5GL
7Q7CT EA7FTR HS0ZOA EB7DX TM20KGN F8KGN
9G5AF EA5GL HZ9WSW HZ1SAR TM400BPA F5KDC
9N1CA EA5ZD II3RDV IV3EHH TM9C F5OHM
AM23SF EA1CW II4SML IQ4FE TX6D DL7DF
AM25UPCT EA5K IR1VKTR IQ1EE VK5KI M0OXO
AO6MTPH EA6SB MD7C M0OXO VP8BTR M0OXO
AP2FLY IK2DUW MJ0X M0RTI VP8KCA G5KC
AT50JOS VU2JOS OE40WO OE8XDX XU7AKU JA1DXA
C91CCY K3IRV OK8CX/p DL7CX XW0LP M0OXO
CN2JA DL2EAD OY1OF M0URX ZD9W YL2GN
D2EB IZ3ZLT PA100ETM PE1RDP ZF1EJ K6AM
D44PM IZ4DPV PA44WFF/p PA9CW ZF2MJ N6MJ
DL100RADIO DF2NU PA5150EVH PF1SCT ZF2MS W5LAC
DL60KIRN DF1WR PF99MILL PF9W ZL7DX M0OXO
DP0GVN DL5EBE PJ2CF EA5GL ZP5TDX EA5GL
E750ESP E73ESP RI0SP RN3RQ ZY3WCV PU3PYA

A65PX Herb Wolfson, P.O. Box 368, Ardmore PA 19003, USA
AH2R Sato Kouetsu, 9-15 Aoba, Nakayama-machi, Yamagata, 990-0411,
Japan
AO6URB Pau Balaguer Juaneda, Carretera d'Esporles 65, 07010 Palma
(Illes Balears), Spain
DL7DF Sigi Presch, Wilhelmsmuehlenweg 123, 12621 Berlin, Germany
HV0A Francesco Valsecchi, Via Bitossi 21, 00136 Roma RM, Italy
J88PI Brian Price, PO Box 2020, Llanharan, Pontyclun, CF72 9ZA,
United Kingdom
OK6DJ David Beran, Dolni Kamenice 55, 34562 Holysov, Czech Republic
OQ23BIA Peter Destoop, Oeselgemstraat 73, 8720 Dentergem, Belgium
OZ11A Leif Nielsen, Stenhoejvej 280, 9900 Frederikshavn, Denmark
PJ2ND Jeffrey A. Maass, 9256 Concord Rd, Powell OH 43065-9625, USA
T71SNM ARRSM Radio Club, Casella Postale 77, 47890 San Marino,
Repubblica di San Marino
TM0DCD Jean-Claude Munier, Residence Louis Best, 5 avenue de Lorraine,
55100 Verdun, France
TR8CA Jean Charron, 19 rue Gabriel Moussa, 33320 Eysines, France
TZ4AM Gregory J. Carter, 808 Paris Mountain Rd, Rockmart GA 30153, USA
V73AH Ulrich Krieg, OT Soellichau, Feldstr. 26, 06905 Bad Schmiedeberg,
Germany
V73ML Lisa M. Marks, PSC 701 Box 958, APO AP 96555, USA
YL2GN Ziedonis Knope, P.O. Box 55, Balvi LV-4501, Latvia
YR50PUSKAS Puskas Tivadar Radioklub, str. Pescarilor nr. 41, 520041
Sfantu Gheorghe, Romania
ZF2OO Jim Millner, 7010 Gullotti Place, Port Saint Lucie, FL 34952, USA

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