425 DX News #1698

18 November 2023 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1698
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

3B8 - Once again team 3B8M (https://www.facebook.com/3B8Mauritius/) will
participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest (M/M category) from Mauri-
tius (AF-049). QSL 3B8M via LoTW and M0OXO's OQRS. This year's
operating team includes 4O3A, G0CKV (3B8HA), G3XTT, K0AV, KX7M,
M0SDV and WD6T. Before and after the contest they will be QRV on
all bands CW, SSB, FT8. QSL 3B8/K0AV via LoTW; QSL 3B8/M0SDV via
LoTW and Club Log's OQRS; QSL 3B8HA via LoTW and M0OXO's OQRS; QSL
3B8/KX7M via F5CWU's OQRS (https://www.f5cwu.net/oqrs/).
5B - Yuri, VE3DZ will be active as 5B4AQW from Anogyra, Cyprus on 19-28
November. He will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as P3D.
QSLs via home call.
7O - Dima, RA9USU has been active as 7O73T from the Diksam Plateau on
Socotra Island (AF-028) since 10 November, and will remain there
until 28 November. He operates mainly CW with some FT8, and will
participate in the CQ WW CW Contest. QSL via Club Log's OQRS,
or via UA3DX. [TNX DX World]
F - Members of the Radio-club de Lyon (F8KLY) will be active as TM1AB
from 25 November to 9 December. The special callsign commemorates
the 100th anniversary of the first transatlantic amateur two-way
contact between Leon Deloy, F8AB and Fred Schnell, 1MO (28 November
1923). [TNX F8REF]
GM - Keith, GM4YXI and Chris, GM3WOJ will participate in the CQ WW DX CW
Contest as GS7V from the Shetland Islands (EU-012). Before and
after the contest they will be QRV as GS2MP. QSL for both callsigns
via LoTW or N3SL.
HR - Team HQ9X (K1XM, KQ1F, N9NC, NG7A and W1UE) will be active from
Roatan Island (NA-057) from 20 November to 4 December, including
entries in the CQ WW DX CW Contest, the ARRL 160-Meter Contest
(first night only), and the FT Roundup (complete information can be
found on https://www.rttycontesting.com/ft-roundup/). QSL via KQ1F.
[TNX NG3K]
JD1_oga- Nan, JH1HST will be active as JH1HST/JD1 from Chichijima (AS-031),
Ogasawara on 26-29 November. He will operate mainly FT8 with some
SSB and/or CW on 80-6 metres. QSL via LoTW (preferred), eQSL, or
via home call.
OX - Look for OX3LX (QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or via OZ0J), OX5DM
(QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or direct to OZ1ACB), OX7AKT (QSL via
LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or via OZ1ACB), and OX7AM (QSL via LoTW,
Club Log's OQRS, or via OZ1ACB) to be active from Greenland
(NA-018) on 21-28 November. Alex, OX7AM will participate in the CQ
WW DX CW Contest, while the other three will be QRV on 60, 30, 17
and 12 metres. [TNX NG3K]
P4 - John, W2GD will be active as P44W (not P40W) from Aruba on 21-28
November. Main activity will be during the CQ WW DX CW Contest;
outside the contest he will be QRV with a focus on 30, 17 and 12m
as time permits. QSL via LoTW, or direct to N2MM.
S7 - G3WPH, G4IRN (S79IRN), G4PVM and GW4XUM will be active from the
Seychelles starting on 21 November, including an entry in the CQ WW
DX CW Contest (callsign and QSL route to be announced). [TNX DX
World]
V2 - Bud, AA3B has been active again as V26K from Antigua (NA-100) since
10 November. He will remain there until 27 November, including an
entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or
via home call.

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

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4W8X ---> "We were in trouble deep as - until a few hours ago - we didn't
have a network connection between our two sites", the team reported on 17
November (http://www.timor-leste-dx.de/index.php). "The 500m Fiber Optics
cable which we brought was obviously damaged while it was laid out. Only
today we got a 5 GHz WiFi bridge link up and running. Many contacts of the
last days were not correctly uploaded to Club Log, but - by now - we have
made a full upload of our log. If you still don't see your contact(s) on
Club Log right now, please use the web form on our homepage and let us know.
For the coming days full operation of up to 12 signals at the same time
(plus EME) can be expected".

IDXC 2024 ---> Registration is now open for the 75th International DX Con-
vention, to be held at the Visalia Conference Center on 12-14 April 2024.
See https://www.dxconvention.org/registration.html for complete information.

PR0T ---> "Still within the first 24h of operations, some progress has been
done", it was reported on 17 November at 13.32 UTC. "Two fully operational
stations are on the air. A fully remote FT8 station and a local SSB/CW
station. All the operation till now is being run in low power. Later today,
the team hopes to have HP available. The goal is to keep on exploring the
maximum of 12m and 17m on FT8 and the other bands on SSB/CW. The team is
aware of some technical problems regarding the delay on the realtime log-
ging. The IT team is already dealing with that". See https://www.pr0t.com.br
for updates.

WINQSL ---> First released in 1995, the software originated from a QSL
Manager listing on paper from 1982. The latest version, accompanied by the
most recent dbase update (10 November 2023), can be downloaded for free at
https://www.winqsl.com/. [TNX DF6EX]

YASME NEWS ---> The Yasme Foundation reports that a new African node has
been added to the Reverse Beacon Network (RBN) with the activation of 7Q6M
in Malawi. The node was funded through a grant from Amateur Radio Digital
Communications, https://www.ardc.net/), managed and implemented by Yasme. At
its 8 November meeting, the Yasme board also approved funding for a node in
Ushuaia, at the southern tip of Argentina. [TNX K4ZW]

+ SILENT KEY + The team leader of the CB0ZA February 2024 DXpedition, Marco
A. Quijada, CE1EW (ex-CE6TBN and CE1TBN) has passed away. Born in 1973 and
Licensed since 1987, over the past twenty years or so he operated from
several IOTA groups, including rare ones such as SA-032 (CE6TBN/8 2004),
SA-043 (CE6TBN/7 2002 and 2005; XR7T 2017), SA-053 (XR7W 2008), SA-085 (3G1P
2003), SA-091 (CE6TBN/8 2004), SA-094 (CE8A 2005, the first and so far only
operation from that group), SA-098 (4T6I 2009). He also participated in
various DXpeditions (e.g. CE0Z 2000 and 2002, XR0Y 2009 and 9N7MD 2011) and
a large number of contests in the multi-operator categories.

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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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3B8CW N4GNR HS0ZME SM6NT SN6IU SP2PBY
4L1AN N4GNR HZ1OMAN HZ1SAR SN7Q SP7GIQ
4W8X DJ4MX IB2BGBS IQ2CP SP0LODZ SP7PGK
5H3MB IK2GZU IY5PIS IK5WOB SP0OTC SP3EA
6M23VGC HL4CAF KP3RE EA5GL SP105PW SP3PDO
7O73T UA3DX LO7H EA7FTR SP105PWK SP3PDO
7O8AD M0OXO LU4ZS LU3IA TJ9MD IK2VUC
7O8AE M0OXO LZ40C LZ2VP TM37EUDX PA1AW
7X0AD EA5KB MW9W GW0KRL TM3Z F4DSK
9A30T 9A2EU NP3X EB7DX TM8AB F4KJQ
9N1CA EA5ZD OE40WO OE8XDX UE33DX RQ7L
A43ND EC6DX OL7D OK1DG V62S VE3LYC
A65CW DL2RMC OM5R OM3KCM VI10VKFF VK5PAS
A91OMA EC6DX PB37EUDXF PA1AW VJ3A VK3JA
AO100WDC EA5RKB PI37EUDXF PA1AW VJ5W M0OXO
AP2FLY IK2DUW PI4DX PD1DX VK9XY YL2GN
CN2JA DL2EAD PJ2MAN EC5AHA VP6MW W0VTT
CN2MOG DL1MOG PJ4MM M0URX VP8KCA G5KC
CN48MS CN8WW PR0T M0OXO XW0LP M0OXO
DL100TC DL4CQ R100ZK RN3RQ YB0AR EB7DX
E6AJ DF8AN R2023DX RQ7L ZA/IW2JOP IW2HAJ
EK6TA DJ0MCZ R25RDM RN1QB ZF2MJ N6MJ
EY8MM W0VTT RI0SP RN3RQ ZL7DX M0OXO
H44WA M0URX SN3BUW SP2PBY ZP9MCE EA5ZD
HK3JCL DK8LRF SN5IW SP2PBY ZZ1M PY1SAD
HP1XT KU9C SN6ESH SP2PBY ZZ2RB PT2AA

4S7KKG Peter Vossen, Vossberg 1, 33100 Paderborn, Germany
CO6HLP Gherardo Pannoli, Strada di Tetti Gramaglia 22, 10133 Torino TO,
Italy
DF8AN Michael Noertemann, Neustadt 18, 37154 Northeim, Germany
DJ4MX Sven Lovric, Kampenwandstr. 13, 81671 Munchen, Germany
FJ4WEB Phil Bettan, 175 Harvard Dr., Plainview NY 11803, USA
GW0A John Barber, 49 Blackmill Road, Bryncethin, Bridgend, CF32 9YN,
United Kingdom
HS0ZLV Torsten Veith, Bahnweg 7, 55129 Mainz, Germany
IK2VUC Giuliano Mondini, Ufficio Busto Arsizio, Casella Postale 10,
21052 Busto Arsizio VA, Italy
L77D Angel Sapienza, Ramon Falcon 1284, B1704IYB, Ramos Mejia, Argentina
LX5IGRY Joel Erpelding, 22 Duerfstross, L-9165 Merscheid, Luxembourg
M0OXO Charles Wilmott, 60 Church Hill, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4NG,
United Kingdom
M0URX Tim Beaumont, 83 Limbrick Avenue, Coventry, CV4 9EX, United Kingdom
OZ11A Leif Nielsen, Stenhoejvej 280, 9900 Frederikshavn, Denmark
T88PB Nobuaki Hosokawa, 8270 Fujimi, Fujimi-cho, Suwa-gun, Nagano,
399-0211, Japan
VA3IFF Mike Willis, 58 Windsor Street, Guelph ON N1E 3N4, Canada
VE3LYC Cezar Trifu, 4986 Bath Rd., Bath ON K0H 1G0, Canada
VK9QO Koji Iijima, 7-12 Tenma, Gyoda-shi, Saitama, 361-0076, Japan
XW4DX Vincent Colombo, 32 rue de Gibrand, 17350 Port d'Envaux, France
YL2GN Ziedonis Knope, P.O. Box 55, Balvi LV-4501, Latvia
ZL7A Hiroyuki Miyake, 1-3-6 Asakura Machi, Maebashi-shi, Gunma,
371-0811, Japan

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