425 DX News #1700

2 December 2023 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1700
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

>>> 1700 AND COUNTING <<<
It all began in May 1991. Today, 425 DX News marks its 1700th issue after
over thirty-two years of providing uninterrupted service to the DX
community. To all our readers across the globe: thank you!

A6 - A60ND is the special callsign for the Emirates Amateur Radio Soci-
ety to celebrate the UAE National Day (2 December). QSL via EA7FTR.
Also expected to take part in the celebrations are the Bahrain Ama-
teur Radio Society as A91UAE (26 November-2 December), the Saudi
Amateur Radio Society as HZ1UAE (26 November-2 December), the
Kuwait Amateur Radio Society as 9K9UAE (30 November-6 December),
and possibly the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society as A43UAE.
A6 - Patrick, A65D says that "planning is underway for an IOTA activa-
tion of the UAE coastal islands [AS-021 and/or AS-124, Ed.] by a
team of operators from the Emirates Amateur Radio Society in Decem-
ber 2023 or January 2024". Operations are expected on most HF bands
and on the QO-100 satellite, likely over two or three days. Details
are expected in due course.
CY9 - The target date for the CY9C DXpedition to St. Paul Island (NA-094)
[425DXN 1668] is now late August into early September 2024. The
main island is controlled by the Canadian Wildlife Service and is
off-limits; the team will once again have a helicopter available to
access the smaller Northeast Island as there is no dock or landing
area for a boat. This will be an all-mode all-band "tent and
generator" DXpedition with nine operators (K4ZLE, K9CT, N2IEN,
N2TU, W0GJ, W0PR, W4DKS, WA4DAN and WW2DX). Updates will be posted
to https://t-rexsoftware.com/cy9c/.
EA - Celebrating Christmas and the New Year, members of Radio Club
Lliria (EA5RCL) will be active as EH5XMAS from 7 December to 7 Jan-
uary. QSL via the bureau to EA5RCL, LoTW and eQSL.
HZ - HZ30EXPO is the special callsign for the Saudi Amateur Radio Soci-
ety (HZ1SAR) to celebrate the election of Saudi Arabia as host
country of World Expo 2030, which will take place in Riyadh. Look
for activity from 30 November to 9 December.
JD1_oga- Members of the Kansai Okinawa Ham Club will be active as JD1YCE
from Ogasawara on 9-19 December. They will operate CW, SSB and dig-
ital modes on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's
OQRS, or direct to JA3AVO.
PA - Celebrating Christmas and the New Year, special callsign PH23XMAS
will be active on 6-28 December, followed by PH24HNY from 28 Decem-
ber to 31 January. QSL cards will not be provided.
PZ - Nobu, JA0JHQ will be active as PZ5NH from Paramaribo, Suriname on
7-11 December. He will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on various bands,
with main activity during the ARRL 10-Meter Contest (9-10 Decem-
ber). QSL via LoTW, or direct to JA0JHQ. [TNX The Daily DX]
T32 - The Rebel DX Group will be active as T32TT from Kiritimati/Christ-
mas Island (OC-024), East Kiribati starting on 5 December "for 3 or
more weeks". Plans are to have two stations for CW, one for SSB and
twelve stations for digital modes: expect "up to 10 streaming sig-
nals on each band" for both FT4 and FT8 "on normal mode and F/H
mode", using "dedicated FT8/FT4 frequencies and standard frequen-
cies depending on traffic". QSL via Club Log's OQRS. Bookmark
https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup/ for updates.
V4 - Once again John, W5JON will be active as V47JA from St. Kitts (NA-
104) on 9-18 December. He will operate SSB and FT8 on the HF bands
and 6 metres. QSL via LoTW, or direct only to W5JON. [TNX NG3K]
VU4 - Krish, W4VKU will be active as VU4N from the Andaman Islands (AS-
001) on 16-26 December. He plans to be QRV on the HF bands and 6m
SSB and FT8 using MSHV on non-standard frequencies. QSL via LoTW,
Club Log's OQRS (direct and bureau), or direct to W4VKU. [TNX The
Daily DX]
VU7 - Krish, W4VKU will be active as VU7A from the Lakshadweep Islands on
4-10 December. He plans to be QRV on the HF bands and 6 metres SSB
and FT8 (see https://www.qrz.com/db/VU7A for his planned transmit
frequencies). QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS (direct and bureau), or
direct to W4VKU. [TNX The Daily DX]
XT - Harald, DF2WO will be active again as XT2AW from Burkina Faso on 6-
19 December. He operates all modes on the HF bands, 6 metres and
via QO-100. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS and LoTW.
YB - Burkhard, DL3KZA has changed his plans [425DXN 1699] and will be
active as YB9/DL3KZA from Lombok Island (OC-150) from 30 November
to 18 December. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily
DX]
ZD7 - Elvira, IV3FSG will be active as ZD7Z from St. Helena (AF-022) from
16 January to 4 February. She will operate SSB, CW, RTTY, FT8 and
FT4 (using MSHV) on 160-6 metres. Plans are to enable Club Log's
Live Stream feature. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, paper cards direct to
IK2DUW.

YOTA MONTH ---> The Youngsters On The Air group will be active again during
the entire month of December. The idea for this event is to show the amateur
radio hobby to youth and to encourage youngsters to be active on the ham
radio waves. So far announced participants include stations from
Argentina LR1YOTA
Bahrain A91YOTA
Bosnia Herzegovina E71YOTA
Canada VA7YOTA
Canada VE2YOTA
Canada VE3YOUTH
Cuba CO0YOTA
Czech Republic OL23YOTA
Egypt SU8YOTA
El Salvador YS1YOTA
Finland OH2YOTA
France TM23YOTA
France TM4YOTA
Germany DQ23YOTA
Hungary HA6YOTA
Hungary HG0YOTA
Israel 4X1YOTA
Japan 8N2YOTA
Korea HL0YOTA
Malaysia 9M2YOTA
Netherlands PA6YOTA
Netherlands PC6YOTA
Poland SN0YOTA
Portugal CQ7YOTA
Romania YO0YOTA
Serbia YT23YOTA
Slovakia OM23YOTA
Slovenia S50YOTA
South Africa ZS9YOTA
Spain AO23YOTA
Sweden SH9YOTA
Sweden SK8YOTA
Thailand E2YOTA
Tunisia 3V8CB/YOTA
Turkey TC100YOTA
United Kingdom GB23YOTA
USA K8Y
USA K8O
USA K8T
USA K8A
QSLs via Club Log's OQRS (direct or bureau). Information about the event and
the awards can be found on https://events.ham-yota.com/.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The November 2023 issue is available for download
at https://www.425dxn.org/. [TNX IZ3EBA]

EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT: PACIFIC TOUR ---> Hrane, YT1AD and a large team will be
active from Fiji (3D2AD), Samoa (5W8A) and Tokelau between 7 February and 1
March 2024. Main activity will be as ZK3M (or maybe ZK3A, as in 2019) from
Tokelau (OC-048) on 15-25 February. Current team members are YT1AD, K1LZ,
K3JO (YT3WW), LU9ESD, R7KW, RC9O and his wife UA9OYL, VK3FY, YT3M, YU3AA.
There are still openings for three or four more operators, contact Hrane if
interested in joining the team. More information is expected in due course.

UNDERSTANDING OQRS ---> QSL Managers Charles Wilmott M0OXO and Tim Beaumont
M0URX have posted on their websites an article to help understand some
changes that both have made on their Online QSL Request System:
https://www.m0oxo.com/2023/11/27/understanding-oqrs/
https://www.m0urx.com/understanding-oqrs/

V62P ---> After going through all sorts of trials and tribulations since his
arrival on Puluwat (see https://v6iota.weebly.com for the various ordeals he
suffered), Cezar went QRT on 30 November and was finally able to leave the
island on 1 December, just in time to reach Weno and then catch his return
flight on 3 December.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3B8/KX7M F5CWU EA8RM EB7DX OX7AKT OZ1ACB
3B8M M0OXO ED3Z EA3DZ OX7AM OZ1ACB
3B9KW M0CFW ED5O EA5URS OY5ET EB7DX
3V8SS LX1NO ED8M EA8DIG P3AA RW3RN
3W9C SP5APW EF1A EA1X P3D VE3DZ
4L0G EA7FTR EF6T EA3AIR P4/WE9V WD9DZV
4L2M EA7FTR EF8BBM EA4BQ P40L WA3FRP
4L5O N3SL EH2EUS EA2TP PA80STAR PA1UN
4L8A M0OXO EM1U UT7UA PE11W PH3T
5B4AQW VE3DZ FY4JI EA5GL PJ2T KU9C
5H3FM HB9DSP GS2MP N3SL PJ4/KU8E K4BAI
5J1LR HK3LRB GS7V N3SL PJ4A K4BAI
5J3L HK3LRB HC2GRC LY5CA PJ4K KU9C
5J3LR HK3LRB HF800SMICZ SP6VE PJ7/G4JEC N0UK
5J4LR HK3LRB HG7T HA7TM PJ7PL N2HX
5J5LR HK3LRB HI3A EB7DX PT5J PP5JR
5J6LR HK3LRB HO2T KU9C PV2K EA5GL
5J7LR HK3LRB HQ9X KQ1F PX2W PY2YU
5R8VE F4EZG HR5/F2JD F6AJA PZ5CO UA2FM
5W1SA JA1DXA HS0ZOA EB7DX R1941MB R2DX
5Z4VJ M0URX HZ1UAE HZ1SAR RI1AND RN1ON
7P8EA HB9CCS II2GLNO IQ2BG S77HQ S79JKN
7X2RF EA7FTR II2S IZ2FOS SK3W SM5CCT
8P2K KU9C II3RCT IQ3TS SN0RUN SP5PPK
8P5A HA1AG II4CDV IQ4FE SN600LD SP7PGK
8P9A GU4YOX IR0A OM2FY TF/OU2I OZ2I
8Q7XX DK6AS IR4M I4IFL TF3W TF3MH
9K9OMAN EC6DX IR4X I4VEQ TI7W M0URX
9M8YY JR3WXA J28RC EA5GL TK4W DJ4MX
A25SL N4GNR J79WTA HB9MFM TM100LTB F8GGZ
A60A EA7FTR K8R HA7RY TM125ED F4KLR
A60OMA/15 EA7FTR KG4NE NM7H TM1AB F8KLY
A60WRC/15 EA7FTR KL7RA N4GNR TM2Y F6BEE
A71WW EA7FTR KP2B EB7DX TM3VIN F6KPW
A91IDPD EC6DX KP2M NZ4DX TO0T KB9DVC
A91UAE EC6DX LN8W LA6YEA TO7A UT5UGR
AO5NVG EA5URG LP1H EA5GL TO9W W9ILY
AP2TN N4BAA LS2D EC6DX V26K AA3B
AU2JCB VU2DSI LX7I LX2A V31CQ K5PS
B0A BA4TB LY23XMAS LY2QT V47NT W2RQ
C37N C37URA LZ5R LZ1JZ V47T W2RQ
C4W 5B4WN MD2C MD0CCE V62P VE3LYC
CN3A IK2OHG MD4K G3NKC VE2CSI M0URX
CR3A OM2VL MM2N MM0GPZ VK6T EA7FTR
CT9ABN OM2VL NP4Z N4AO VK9CY YL2GN
CT9ABP OM3BH OA4SS KB6J VL6K VK6WX
D2ACE CT2IXQ OE100XBB OE5WRO VO2AC VE3FU
D4C IK2NCJ OE6V OE6WIG XL3A VE3AT
D4DX E73Y OH0X OH2TA XU7AKU JA1DXA
D4L IK2NCJ OK5Z OK2ZI XV9Q N4GNR
D4Z IK2NCJ OK7O OK1DOL Z21GC K3IRV
DV8/KH7EA SP3SUX OM7M OM4MM Z68BB S53BB
E2A E21EIC OT5IDPD ON6WL ZF1A K7ZO
E2X E20GMY OT7T ON4CJK ZL7IO DK7AO
E7CW E73ESP OX3LX OZ0J ZS7ANF DL5EBE

4L4DX Alexander Nersesian, 1790 E Indigo Dr, Chandler AZ 85286, USA
6Y8LV Lester B. Veenstra, 452 Stable Lane, Keyser WV 26726, USA
7Q6M Don Jones, 3130 Wisconsin Ave NW #723, Washington DC 20016, USA
9H6A Paul Galea, 66 Triq Guze Ellul Mercer, Had-Dingli, DGL 1118, Malta
9N7AA Slavko Celarc, Ob Igriscu 8, 1360 Vrhnika, Slovenia
AH2R Sato Kouetsu, 9-15 Aoba, Nakayama-machi, Yamagata, 990-0411, Japan
C6AWA Sergei Shepelin, 145 NW 209th Ln., Pembroke Pines FL 33029, USA
CE0YHF Jorge Jana Lagos, Pasaje Alcoy 2270, 8206219 Puente Alto,
Region Metropolitana, Chile
CR6K Filipe Monteiro Lopes, Rua Manuel Jose da Silva 184, Espinheira,
3720-537 Sao Martinho da Gandara, Portugal
CW5W Jorge Diez Furest, Remigio Castellanos 625, 37000 - Melo,
Cerro Largo, Uruguay
ED1R Jesus Maria Gimare Marquez, C/ Jacinto del Barrio 2,
05358 Papatrigo (Avila), Spain
EI1E Gerard Scannell, 3 Kingston Close, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork,
P67 HR44, Ireland
EI7M John Barry, Lackabeha, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork, Ireland
EX0M Wilhelm Schommer, Merscheider Weg 37, 54662 Speicher, Germany
FR8TZ Fabrice Brassier, 10 rue de Chanlat, 63190 Moissat, France
FR8UA Fabrice Brassier, 10 rue de Chanlat, 63190 Moissat, France
FW2CW Jacky Calvo, 780 Whakamarama Road, RD 7, Tauranga 3179,
New Zealand
FW5N Jacky Calvo, 780 Whakamarama Road, RD 7, Tauranga 3179,
New Zealand
FY5KE Laurent Haas, 19 Rue de la Duee, BP 11, 75020 Paris, France
HB0A AFVL Contest Team, P.O. Box 222, 9495 Triesen, Liechtenstein
HG6N Salgotarjani Varosi Radioklub, Salgotarjan, Meredek ut 6 II/1,
3100, Hungary
J42L Leo Fiskas, 1 Argyriou Gouzgou Str., 52 200 Argos Orestiko, Greece
JW7QIA Peter Lund, Tungenesveien 195, 4071 Randaberg, Norway
KH0W Thomas M. Callas, P.O. Box 1058, Minnetonka MN 55345, USA
KU9C Steven M. Wheatley, PO Box 529, Mount Freedom NJ 07970-0529, USA
LT1F Karlos Luis Bruno, Calle Espana 1115, S2000DBW, Rosario, Argentina
LX8M Joel Erpelding, 22 Duerfstross, L-9165 Merscheid, Luxembourg
LY/ER1LW Veaceslav Lisii, 88-7947 209 St, Langley BC V2Y 0Y6, Canada
NP2J Dan Flaig, PO Box 25941, Christiansted VI 00824-1941, USA
OG1F Timo Klimoff, Yrjonkatu 4 A 15, FI-28100 Pori, Finland
OH0V Jukka Klemola, Aarontie 5, FI-31400 Somero, Finland
OH0Z Laurent D. Thomin, 1615 Beaconshire Rd, Houston TX 77077-3817, USA
OX5DM Allis Andersen, Gyngemose Parkvej 11 2.th., 2860 Soeborg, Denmark
P44W Carol Richards, 22 Mill Rd, Shamong NJ 08088, USA
PJ2ND Jeffrey A. Maass, 9256 Concord Rd, Powell OH 43065-9625, USA
PJ7EE Gary L. Hunt, 99 Maple Ridge Drive, Morton IL 61550, USA
PP4T Fernando Cesar Almeida Laguardia, Rua Mendes Pimentel 43,
Barbacena - MG, 36205-024, Brazil
PX2A Carlos Adalberto Carareto, Estrada de Santo Amaro 201,
Sao Paulo - SP, 05544-000, Brazil
PZ5MA Saulius Zalnerauskas, Nemuno g. 3A, Bruze, LT-54190 Kauno r. sav,
Lithuania
SJ2W Per Eklund, Teaterallen 12-0102 lgh 1102, SE-903 64 Umea, Sweden
TI5/VA3RA Peter Helmuth Csanky, 1255 Bayly Street Suite 2508, Pickering
ON L1W 0B6, Canada
TM6M Stephane Van Langhenhoven, 24 bis rue de Anter Hent,
29830 Ploudalmezeau, France
V26OC Brian Mcginness, 1001 Hawlings Road, Brookeville MD 20833, USA
V73ML Lisa M. Marks, PSC 701 Box 958, APO AP 96555, USA
VE3LYC Cezar Trifu, 4986 Bath Rd., Bath ON K0H 1G0, Canada
VP5M James F. Jordan, 11013 Farmwood Dr, Raleigh NC 27613, USA
WH2JA Masayuki Kawamoto, 3-16-18 Hibarigaoka, Takarazuka-shi, Hyogo,
665-0805, Japan
XV9DL Charles Gerarden, PO Box 850, Worland WY 82401, USA
YJ0MB Michael Boorne, P.O. Box 127, Artarmon, NSW 1570, Australia
YL2GN Ziedonis Knope, P.O. Box 55, Balvi LV-4501, Latvia
ZF5T Stanford H. Stockton, PO Box 73, Siloam Springs AR 72761-0073, USA
ZF9CW Stanford H. Stockton, PO Box 73, Siloam Springs AR 72761-0073, USA

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