425 DX News #1704

30 December 2023 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1704
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

9A - 9A100RKZ is the special callsign celebrating the 100th anniversary
since Radioklub Zagreb was founded (24 March 1924). Look for activ-
ity throughout 2024. QSL via 9A1ADE.
F - Michel, F8GGZ will be active as TM700MP on 5-12 January for the
700th anniversary since the death of Marco Polo, the Venetian
merchant and explorer who travelled through Asia along the Silk
Road (1271-1295) and gave to Europeans the first comprehensive look
into China, Persia, India, Japan and other Asian countries. QSL via
home call.
GW - Kev, GW0PUH will be active as GB9KW on 2-28 January using vintage
equipment manufactured by KW Electronics Ltd during the 1960s and
1970s. Main activity will be over the "KW Weekend" (6-7 January).
Other special callsigns are expected to be on the air, e.g. GB2KW
(Scotland), GB4KW & GB8KW (England).
HB9 - Members of the Zurich City Police Radio Amateur Club (HB9SP) will
be active as HB20SP throughout 2024 to celebrate their club's 20th
anniversary. QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW, Club Log and qrz.com;
do not send any card via the bureau.
HR - Alex, K6VHF will be active again as K6VHF/HR9 from Roatan Island
(NA-057) on 3-10 January. This time he will be joined by Paul, NO0T
and Bill, WT0DX. Plans are to operate digital modes, SSB and CW on
80-6 metres, and to participate in the ARRL RTTY Roundup (6-7 Janu-
ary). QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via home call.
JA - Take, JI3DST will be active again as JS6RRR from the Miyako Islands
(AS-079) between 5 January and 1 April. He will be QRV also as
JI3DST/6, JJ5RBH/6 and JR8YLY/6 on SSB and CW, as well as JI3DST/p,
JJ5RBH/p and JR8YLY/p on FT8. QSOs will be made available for Club
Log and LoTW Matching on the IOTA website.
JW - Jack, M0PLX will be active as JW/M0PLX from Spitsbergen (EU-026),
Svalbard on 1-5 January. He will operate SSB on 160-10 metres. QSL
via SP7DPJ and Club Log's OQRS. See https://www.facebook.com/M0PLX
for updates.
OE - Christian, OE5CCN will be active as OE24BI from 1 January until 30
June from the city of Bad Ischl, one of the European Capitals of
Culture for 2024. All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the
bureau and LoTW.
PY - Team ZZ2F will be active from Tinhare Island (SA-080) on 10-11
January. Look for activity on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB and FT8.
QSL via PP2LA.
SM - SK100FRK is the special callsign celebrating the 100 anniversary
since Falu Radioklubb (SK4AO) was founded. Look for activity from 1
January until 31 December 2024. A very special diploma will be
available - see https://www.qrz.com/db/SK100FRK.
SM - SK50B is the special callsign for members of the Botkyrka Radioama-
torer to celebrate their club's golden jubilee throughout 2024. The
club was founded on 18 January 1974. QSL via the bureau to SK0HB.
UA - Special callsigns R2024NY and UE24NY will be active from 30 Decem-
ber to 8 January for the annual "Russian New Year" radio marathon
organized by the Miller DX Club. QSLs via RQ7L.
VK_ant - Norbert, VK5MQ was active as VK0AI from Macquarie Island between
late April 2018 and late March 2019. He is now using the same call-
sign from Casey Station, Antarctica, as time permits. On 25-26 De-
cember he was briefly active from a deep-field camp established at
Edgeworth David Base in the Bunger Hills, 450 kilometres west of
Casey. QSL via home call.
VP9 - Look for Paul, VP9KF to be active again from Bermuda (NA-005) on 8-
22 January. He will operate CW only on 160-10 metres, and will par-
ticipate in the North American QSO Party (https://ncjweb.com/naqp/)
QSL direct to Paul Evans, 15 Watch Knob Lane, Swannanoa NC 28778,
USA. He does not use LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
W - Club station W2HRU will be QRV on 1-6 January to mark the 25th
annual Ham Radio University educational conference. Look for SSB
activity on 80, 40 and 20 metres, as well as FT8 on multiple bands.
QSL via LoTW, eQSL, the W2 QSL Bureau or direct to KA2D. In addi-
tion, a printable QSL Certificate will be available. Detailed in-
formation can be found on https://hamradiouniversity.org/.
W - The Straight Key Century Club's annual on-air event, commemorating
the club's founding in 2006 and celebrating the original instru-
ments of early radiotelegraphy (straight key, bug and cootie keys),
will run on 2-31 January. Look for K3Y to be aired from the ten US
call areas (K3Y/0 through K3Y/9), plus /KH6, /KL7 and /KP4. Infor-
mation on the event and QSLing instructions can be found on
https://skccgroup.com/k3y/k3y.php.
ZD7 - Alex, DL1PM and Rob, HB9ETR have been active as ZD7/DG1PM and ZD7/
HB9ETR since 27 December. They remotely operate ZD7CA's station.
"Previously, ZD7 had Internet access solely through a costly satel-
lite connection", Chris says, "but with the new undersea cable,
high-bandwidth connections make such achievements possible".

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

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CQ DX MARATHON ---> The CQ DX Marathon is a year-long DX hunt, with
participants competing to see who can work the greatest number of countries
("entities") and CQ zones during the calendar year. The 2024 edition will
start at 00.00 UTC on 1 January and will end at 23.59 UTC on 31 December.
See https://dxmarathon.com/rules/2024/ for the rules.

MARCONI CLUB'S QSO PARTY DAY ---> The 6th edition will be held on 6 January
from 7 to 21 UTC, on 80, 40 and 20 metres CW. Complete rules can be found on
http://www.ariloano.it/marconiclub/. ARI Loano Marconi Club is a member of
the International CW Council (https://internationalcwcouncil.org/) which
"promotes and aids in the retention and growth of International Morse Code
as a mode of communication between amateur radio operators". [TNX IK1QBT]

USI 30TH ANNIVERSARY AWARD ---> Formed in 1994, the United States Islands
Awards Program (USI) covers islands - located in lakes, rivers and along the
coastal shore line - that are within the fifty states of the United States,
and the U.S Territories and Protectorates. To celebrate the programme's 30th
anniversary, USI is offering a special award for both chasers and activators
running from 1 January to 31 December 2024. Detailed information can be
found on https://usislands.org/30th-award/.

WORLD WIDE AWARD 2024 --- After the successful WRTC Award conducted in Jan-
uary 2023 (1.4 million QSOs), the Hamaward Team has announced a similar
"marathon" event - the "World Wide Award" chase that will take place on 1-31
January to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Guglielmo Marco-
ni. The WWA combines CW, SSB and digital modes activity from special event
stations around the world with real-time award tracking for the chasers: see
https://hamaward.cloud/wwa for complete information. Special event callsigns
include stations from
Canary Islands EG8WWA
England GB2WWA
Greece SX0WWA
Kazakhstan UP7WWA
Northern Ireland GB8WWA
Oman A43WWA
Poland SN1WWA
Scotland GB4WWA
Spain EG3WWA
Wales GB6WWA
Italy II0WWA, II1WWA, II2WWA, II3WWA, II4WWA, II5WWA, II6WWA,
II7WWA, II8WWA, II9WWA, IR1WWA
Sardinia IR0WWA
USA N0W, N1W, N9W
Other participating stations include 8A0RARI (Indonesia); BA3RA, BA7LOK,
BG0DXC, BY1RX, BY2AA, BY4DX, BY5EA, BY6QS, BY8DX, BY9NX (China); D4M (Cape
Verde); EX0DX (Kyrgyzstan); YW6CQ (Venezuela).

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3B9AT IV3JVJ CX2TQ IK2DUW PZ5JW EA5GL
3W9IL JF3PLF CX4DI EA5GL R120A R2BFL
3W9TXR JH3TXR CX5UA IK2DUW R120I RN3RQ
4L1AN N4GNR D44MCS OE3MCS R120M UA6GG
4L5P IK7JTF DT0IP 6K2CFI R120N RO6L
4L8A M0OXO DU6/PE1NSQ EA5GL R120R RN3RQ
4S7KKG DC0KK EH125ATH EA2URV R120RAEM RO9O
5R8VE F4EZG EH24HNY EA5URV R120T RN3RQ
5W1SA JA1DXA EH5HNY EA5ZD R80URAN UA4AJD
5Z4VJ M0URX EL2EF N2OO RI0SP RN3RQ
7X2AC EA7FTR EP3ASA EA5GL RI1ANC RN1ON
7X2HF EA5GL HC1KX EA5GL RI1AND RN1ON
7X2RF EA7FTR HF150WW SP4LVK RI1ANE RQ8K
7X3WPL 7X3DL HH2AA EB7DX S79VU N4GNR
8P6ET KU9C HI3A EB7DX TC3AKSA TA3X
8S80AA SK5AA HI6M EB7DX TG9ADM EA5GL
9J2BO EA5GL HI8D NK4Q TG9ADV VE7BV
9K2ES EC6DX HK3X M0OXO TG9AJR M0URX
9K2GS EC6DX HK4GSO EA5ZD TG9ANF VE7BV
9K2JJ EA5GL HR5/F2JD F6AJA TI5CDA EA5GL
9K2KO EC6DX HS0ZBS OE2REL TM100ET F5SLD
9K2NO EC6DX IB2BGBS IQ2CP TM100GE F8GGZ
9K2OD EC6DX II2COMO IK2AQZ TM200JHF F5KPO
9K2OW EC6DX J79WTA HB9MFM V21TT KU9C
9K2YD EC6DX J8TT PA2LO V26K AA3B
9N1CA EA5ZD JD1BMH JD1BMH [b] V31MA M0OXO
9N7NQ JA7NQQ JD1BMH JG7PSJ [d] V85A EB7DX
A41CK A61BK KG4NE NM7H VK8NSB M0URX
A41DX M0OXO KL7KC KL1JP VP8WA M0OXO
A41KB ON7LX KP2AD OK1TN VU4N W4VKU
A41KJ N4GNR KP2M NZ4DX WP3A EB7DX
A41NN A61BK KP4DZ EB7DX WP3C M0OXO
A61BR EA5ZD KP4ZZ EB7DX XE1XR EA5GL
A61FJ LZ1YE LY23XMAS LY2QT XU7AKU JA1DXA
A61Q EA7FTR LZ75VAA LZ1ZF XV9KL JN3JBC
A61R EC6DX OD5ET EB7DX XV9NI JR1UFN
A91WALD EC6DX OD5ZZ N4GNR YB0AR EB7DX
AP2TN N4BAA OE0XMAS OE3XHQ YB9IPJ EA7FTR
CE2SV N7RO OE205XMAS OE3XDC Z21ML N4GNR
CE3QY M0OXO OE40WO OE8XDX Z81D OM3JW
CN2FPU F6FPU OF60IRON OH8DR ZD7CA EA5GL
CN2JA DL2EAD OH2IPA OH4MDY ZP9MCE EA5ZD
CO2QU NA7L OL60KUB OK2CME ZS1C W2ARP
CO7MTL IK2DUW OP70IPA ON6ZV ZS1SBW M0OXO
CX1RL EA5KB OY1DZ F5CWU ZS2DL M0OXO
CX2CC EA5KB PD50VOP PD0ARI ZS4JAN EA5GL
CX2DK EA5GL PJ2MAN EC5AHA ZS6CCY K3IRV
CX2RA EA7FTR PJ4SON M0URX ZT1T N4GNR

7Q6M Don Jones, 3130 Wisconsin Ave NW #723, Washington DC 20016, USA
7X4AN Mohamed Boukhiar, Apartado Postal 30133, 08080 Barcelona, Spain
AO6SS Pau Balaguer Juaneda, Carretera d'Esporles 65, 07010 Palma
(Illes Balears), Spain
CB32T Radio Club Traiguen, Casilla 150, 4730000 Traiguen, Chile
D4K Massimo Cortesi, Ufficio Forli Centro, Casella Postale 24,
47121 Forli FC, Italy
EA5GL Pedro Miguel Ronda Monsell, C/ Maximiliano Thous 16-24,
46009 Valencia, Spain
EA5ZD Miguel Rabadan, Apartado Postal 31, 30120 El Palmar (Murcia), Spain
EA7FTR Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias 23, 21110 Aljaraque (Huelva),
Spain
EB7DX David Lianez Fernandez, Apartado Postal 163, 21080 Huelva, Spain
EC6DX Jose A. Senent, Apartado Postal 85, 07730 Alaior (Illes Balears),
Spain
HS0ZIQ John M. King, PO Box 292, Gibraltar, GX11 1AA, Gibraltar
JG7PSJ Hiroyuki Kawanobe, 1-4-1 Mikamine, Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi,
982-0826, Japan
KU9C Steven M. Wheatley, PO Box 529, Mount Freedom NJ 07970-0529, USA
M0OXO Charles Wilmott, 60 Church Hill, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4NG,
United Kingdom
M0URX Tim Beaumont, 83 Limbrick Avenue, Coventry, CV4 9EX, United Kingdom
N4GNR Dan Cisson, 12 Hancock Drive, Toccoa GA 30577-9388, USA
OA1F Elena P. Moran, Rua do Codesal 5-3 Dcha, 15405 Ferrol (A Coruna),
Spain
OH0Z Laurent D. Thomin, 1615 Beaconshire Rd, Houston TX 77077-3817, USA
OH9SCL Anssi Puuronen, Kemijoen Itapuolentie 1577, FI-97110 Rautiosaari,
Finland
OX3XR Harry de Jong, Broekdijk 59, 7695 TC Bruchterveld, Netherlands
PJ2ND Jeffrey A. Maass, 9256 Concord Rd, Powell OH 43065-9625, USA
TR8CA Jean Charron, 19 rue Gabriel Moussa, 33320 Eysines, France
V44KAI Richard J. Fiero II, 1054 Cajun Ln, Magnolia MS 39652-3902, USA
VK9DX Nick Hacko, Suite 403 Level 4, Culwulla Chambers, 67 Castlereagh St
Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
W4VKU Krishna K. Kanakasapapathi, 102 Brook Creek Dr, Cary NC 27519, USA
XP3A Harry de Jong, Broekdijk 59, 7695 TC Bruchterveld, Netherlands
YR0XMAS Petrica Stolnicu, Buzau 7 - Ghiseu 1, CP 12, 120340 Buzau, Romania

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