425 DX News #1710

10 February 2024 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1710

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

3B8 - David, OK6DJ will be active as 3B8/OK6DJ from Mauritius Island (AF-
049) on 20-27 February. QSL via Club Log's OQRS.
5H - Sysa, OM4AYL will be active as 5H4AYL from Pemba Island (AF-063),
Tanzania on 18-28 February. Look for activity on 80-10 metres SSB,
CW and FT8. QSL via OM4AYL; QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log and
LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
5R - Borut, S53BV will be active holiday style as 5R8BV from Nosy Be
(AF-057), Madagascar from 17 February to 3 March. He will operate
CW and SSB on 80 and 40 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or direct
to home call.
5X - DJ6TF, DK1BT, DL4WK and DL7BO have been active as 5X7O from Uganda
since 7 February, and will remain there until 19 February. They
operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 160-10 metres. QSL via DJ6TF,
LoTW, Club Log's OQRS. [TNX DX World]
5X - Dick, W6TK will be active as 5X2G on 12-29 February while visiting
family in Uganda. He will operate CW and FT8/FT4, and hopes to
participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest on a part time basis. QSL via
LoTW.
7P - Pista, HA5AO has been back to Lesotho since 5 February, and will
remain there until 19 February. In his spare he operates CW, FT8
and SSB on 40-10 metres as 7P8AO. QSL via LoTW, or via his OQRS
(https://www.ha5ao.com/index.php). [TNX DX World]
9Y - 9Y24C is the special callsign to be used on various bands and modes
on 10-13 February for the National Carnival Celebration in Trinidad
and Tobago. QSL via LoTW only.
BY - Look for B5/BH4FSK to be active from Daishan Island (AS-137) on 13-
15 February. He will run 5-10 watts on 80, 40, 20, 17, 15, 10 and 6
metres.
CE0Z - The DXpedition to Robinson Island (SA-005), Juan Fernandez is set
for 10-24 February. Three callsigns will be used:
* CB0ZA operated by the 7-member on-island team
* CB0ZEW operated remotely
* CB0ZW operated only during the ARRL DX CW Contest
"Barring any unforeseen difficulties", the team anticipates arrival
at their primary accommodation on 10 February in the local after-
noon. They plan to get the remote station on the air as soon as
possible. About fifty operators from around the world have signed
up to operate CW or FT8 while the on-island team is busy the next
couple of days setting up the stations on the mountain above within
the National Park. Once the two mountain top operating camps are
established, the RIB will be taken up on top as well and added to
the stations there.
The DXpedition will enable Club Log's Live Stream.
FT8: the CB0ZEW remote station will be running WSJT-X F/H mode; the
CB0ZA on-island stations will be running MSHV multi-stream.
6 metres: plans call for 6m EME using Q65A; if the terrestrial pro-
pagation opens, the station will QSY to 50300 or 50313 kHz and use
FT8.
Nathan, K4NHW will serve as the CB0ZA DXpedition Pilot. Inquiries
(non-QSO and non-QSL related) or comments should be sent to
cb0za[@]k4nhw.com. See https://cb0za.com/ for the band plan, more
information and updates, which will also be posted to Facebook
(https://www.facebook.com/100093132288335).
QSLs via Club Log's OQRS, or via N2OO; full upload to LoTW after
six months.
DL - DP9GLHN is the special callsign that members of DARC's Ortsverband
Norderney will be using from 1 February to 31 December to mark the
150th anniversary since the Norderney Island (EU-047) lighthouse
was put into service. QSL via the bureau.
EA - Special callsigns AO1WRD, AO2WRD, AO3WRD, AO4WRD, AO5WRD, AO6WRD
(Balearic Islands), AO7WRD, AO8WRD (Canary Islands) and AO9WRD
(Ceuta and Melilla) are expected to be active on 9-18 February in
celebration of World Radio Day. QSL for all callsigns direct to
EA3RKF: Federacion Digital EA, Apartado Postal 3050, 08200 Sabadell
(Barcelona), Spain. World Radio Day was proclaimed in 2011 by the
Member States of UNESCO, and adopted by the United Nations General
Assembly in 2012 as an International Day. This year's theme is "Ra-
dio: A century informing, entertaining and educating".
F - Celebrating World Radio Day, F8GGZ will be active as TM24JMR (Jour-
nee Mondiale de la Radio) on 13 February. Michel will operate SSB
and CW on 80-10 metres. QSL via eQSL, or via the bureau.
FM - Yuri, VE3DZ will be active as FM/VE3DZ from Martinique (NA-107) on
13-21 February. He will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as
TO4A. QSLs via Club Log's OQRS, or via home call. [TNX DX World]
HL - 6K2BYF, 6K2CFI, 6K2GRX and DS1TUW will be active as DT0IP from
Anmyon Island (AS-080) on 17-19 February. They will operate CW, FT8
and SSB on 40-10 metres with two stations. QSL via LoTW, or direct
to 6K2CFI.
HS - Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Radio Amateur Society of
Thailand, RAST members will be active as HS60RAST from 10 February
to 10 March. QSL via HS6MYW.
HZ - HZ1WRD, 7Z1WRD and 8Z1WRD are the special callsign for the Saudi
Amateur Radio Society (HZ1SAR) to celebrate World Radio Day on 11-
13 February.
P4 - John, W2GD will be active again as P44W from Aruba (SA-036) on 12-
20 February, ARRL DX CW Contest included. Before and after the con-
test he will operate SSB and CW on 160-10 metres, with a focus on
30, 17 and 12m as time permits. QSL via LoTW, or direct to N2MM.
PJ7 - Fabian, DM7HG and Paul, DM2PF will be active holiday style from
Sint Maarten (NA-105) on 15-28 February. They will be QRV on 20, 15
and 10 metres as either PJ7/home call or a PJ7 callsign is they can
get one. [TNX DX World]
PY - Fabio, PY4YY and Marcio, PU4MDO will be active as ZW2FF from
Comprida Island (SA-028) on 11-14 February. They will operate SSB
on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via PY4YY (direct); QSOs will
be uploaded to LoTW and Club Log.
TY - Antonio, IK7WUL is active as TY2AA until 20 February while on a hu-
manitarian mission to Benin. In his spare time he operates SSB
only. QSL via IZ8CCW and LoTW.
V4 - Once again John, W5JON will be active as V47JA from St. Kitts (NA-
104) on 17-27 February. He will operate SSB and FT8 on the HF bands
and 6 metres. QSL via LoTW, or direct only to W5JON.
VK - Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Islands On The Air pro-
gramme, special event callsign VI60IOTA will be in use across Aus-
tralia during 2024: "whenever VI60IOTA is heard on the air", the
organizers say, "it will be from one of the VK IOTA entities", in-
cluding the main islands of Australia (OC-001) and Tasmania (OC-
007). Andrey, VK5MAV is using the callsign during part of his cur-
rent VK5MAV/4 activity from Magnetic Island (OC-171) [425DXN 1703],
and team VK5FIL will also operate VI60IOTA during part of their 14-
21 April expedition to Flinders Island (OC-261) [425DXN 1707]. QSOs
will be made available for Club Log and LoTW Matching on the IOTA
website; traditional QSLs via M0OXO's OQRS. Updates and information
about the certificates that will be available for working VI60IOTA
will be posted to https://www.qrz.com/db/VI60IOTA.
VU - Members of the Bengal Amateur Radio Society expect to be active as
AT8BRS from one or more islands qualifying for the AS-153 IOTA
group on 17-22 February. [TNX The Daily DX]

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The January 2024 issue is available for download
at https://www.425dxn.org/. [TNX IZ3EBA]

ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST ---> Object of the contest is for W/VE ama-
teurs to work as many stations in as many DXCC Entities as possible on 160,
80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres, while DX stations work as many W/VE amateurs
in as many of the 48 contiguous states and provinces as possible (see
https://www.arrl.org/arrl-dx for the rules). This year's event will be held
on 17-18 February (CW) and 2-3 March (SSB). Give a look at the Announced
Operations listings maintained by Bill, NG3K: https://www.ng3k.com/Contest/.

DX MENTOR RECOGNITION PROGRAM ---> The Southwest Ohio DX Association, SWODXA
in conjunction with ICOM America, Inc. announces the DX Mentor Recognition
Program "to recognize and reward amateur radio operators who have played a
key role in helping other amateur radio operators achieve DXCC" (note that
"those amateurs receiving the mentoring must be under 30 years of age during
the calendar year for the award"). The award will be presented at the SWODXA
DX Dinner, held annually in conjunction with the Dayton Hamvention. The
judging committee will be staffed by SWODXA representatives, as well as a
representative from both the Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF) and
the International DX Association (INDEXA).
See https://www.swodxa.org/DX-Mentor-Program/ for more information and the
application form. [TNX AJ8B]

IOTA GROUPS: FIVE-YEARLY REVIEW ---> "With a review due this year, the IOTA
Board has decided not to delay the announcement of Hans Island, located in
the high Arctic between Canada and Greenland, as the new IOTA NA-251P.
This follows the final stage of ratification last December of an agreement
between Canada and Denmark (representing Greenland) to split the island's
sovereignty equally between their two countries. IOTA Programme rules speci-
fy that split sovereignty island groups can qualify for separate listing
(IOTA Programme Structure B.1.7).
In fairness to all activators who might consider activating what is a
demanding group, the Board has felt it necessary to insert a delay in imple-
mentation of the decision, and will only consider operations that take place
on or after 1 July 2024.
The Board has also considered the whole review exercise. Aware that due to
the pandemic in the last three years there has been a major absence of IOTA
operations from the rarer IOTA groups, it has decided on a pause in creating
any further groups in the immediate future that might draw attention away
from these. The current tragic world political situation is also one factor
in this decision. It is not clear how long this pause may last, and it is
best not to assume that it will end any time soon and what the decision will
be when it does". [G3KMA and the IOTA Board, 7 February 2024]

LIGHTHOUSE WEEKEND ---> The 16th American Lighthouses Weekend will be held
on 16-18 February. Details, including a listing of participating stations,
can be found on https://www.grupodxbb.com.ar/.

QSL VIA EA5GL ---> Pedro is the new QSL manager for YN9H (ex-YN9HAU) and
OX3HI. He is also taking care of the QSL cards for 3C3CA, and those who
still need a QSL can request it from him. Ersoy, TA2OM was active as 3C3CA
from Bioco (AF-010), Equatorial Guinea from September 2022 to September 2023
and made nearly 196,000 QSOs.

+ SILENT KEY + Noted contestman and DXer Slavko Celarc, S57DX passed away on
4 February. No later than a couple of weeks ago he was signing IG9/S57DX
from Lampedusa Island during the CQ WW 160-Meter CW Contest. First licenced
in 1973 and initially active as YU3EIJ and YT3T (club callsigns), he was
issued personal callsigns YU3TUX (1978-1984) and YU3BQ (1984-1992), before
getting S57DX in October 1992. He was QRV on a daily basis, and made more
han 984,000 QSOs over the past 31 years as either S57DX and S573DX. In 2007,
while working for the United Nations' World Food Programme in Sudan, he was
active as ST2R. He was also the QSL manager for several operations, includ-
ing the ongoing activity by 9N7AA from Nepal. The QSL chores for 9N7AA are
now handled by Pavla, S56DX (Slavko's widow).

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3D2AD YT1AD EG1GOY EA1URV RI0SP RN3RQ
3D2AY YU3AA EL2EF N2OO RI1ANE RQ8K
3D2BT AJ4BT EN185UPP UR4UWY SN2WOSP SP2UUU
4S7KKG DC0KK FR4AV EA5GL SN40RVG SP2UUU
4U13FEB 9A2AA HC1MD/2 K8LJG SN7R SP7RFF
4U1UN HB9BOU HF5WOSP SQ5ABG SN7T SQ7OTK
5X7O DJ6TF HH2AA EB7DX TM1HR F5OCL
7P8AO HA5AO HR5/F2JD F6AJA TM21AAW F8DVD
7X3WPL 7X3DL II0LOVE IQ0TE TM25JMC F8GGZ
9J2BO EA5GL II4INTU IQ4FE TM4A F1SUN
A2NEW EA7FTR J79WTA HB9MFM TM4K F4EGZ
A44A EC6DX JG8NQJ/JD1 JA8CJY [d] TM4S F6HBI
A61Q EA7FTR JG8NQJ/JD1 JG8NQJ [b] TM4Y F6KGL
A62A EA7FTR KH7XX EB7DX TM50KRK F6KRK
A92GW EA5GL MU5E GU4YOX TM6C F6KMB
AO100RADIO EA4URE NL8F N7RO V26CV KG9N
CN2FPU F6FPU OD5ET EB7DX V26K AA3B
CN2GS EA5GL OF60IRON OH8DR V31DJ W0CP
CP4MG EA5KB OL4ACF OK1AR V31MA M0OXO
CR3DX OM2VL OX3HI EA5GL VK5KI M0OXO
CT9/F4IFF EB7DX OY1OF M0URX VP2MDX W2APF
D4SAL EA7KNT PF88ANT PA0RDY VP6MW W0VTT
D4X OH5ZA PJ4SON M0URX VY1JA N3SL
DP0GVN DL5EBE PV2K EA5GL XU7AKU JA1DXA
DP1POL DL1ZBO R101AE RQ7L YI3AA IK2DUW
E77DX E73Y R101ME RQ7L YN9H EA5GL

7Q6M Don Jones, 3130 Wisconsin Ave NW #723, Washington DC 20016, USA
9N7AA Pavla Celarc, Ob Igriscu 8, 1360 Vrhnika, Slovenia
HA5AO Gaspar Istvan, Budapest, Rakoczi u. 85., 1196, Hungary
J52EC Livio Pesavento, Via Antonio Bertoldi 19, 37141 Verona VR, Italy
JA8CJY Susumu Sanada, 5-17 Shinei 5-Jo 4-Chome, Kiyota-ku, Sapporo-shi,
Hokkaido, 004-0835, Japan
OH0Z Laurent D. Thomin, 1615 Beaconshire Rd, Houston TX 77077-3817, USA
OZ11A Leif Nielsen, Stenhoejvej 280, 9900 Frederikshavn, Denmark
P49X Ed Muns, POB 1877, Los Gatos CA 95031-1877, USA
TR8CA Jean Charron, 19 rue Gabriel Moussa, 33320 Eysines, France
YJ0AA Takio Hata, 921-25 Roku Jo, Yasu-shi, Shiga, 520-2412, Japan
YJ0MN Takio Hata, 921-25 Roku Jo, Yasu-shi, Shiga, 520-2412, Japan

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