425 DX News #1726

1 June 2024 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1726

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

D4 - Harald, DF2WO as D44TWO and Adolf, DG9KAN as D44KAN will be active
from Sao Tiago (AF-005), Cape Verde on 6-22 June. Look for D44TWO
to be QRV "all modes, all bands" (6 metres included) and via
QO-100, while D44KAN will operate mainly SSB on 80-10 metres. QSL
D44TWO via M0OXO's OQRS; QSL D44KAN via eQSL, or direct to DG9KAN.
F - Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, French
special event stations include TM6DD, operated by members of the
Association des Radioamateurs de l'Orne from Utah Beach on 3-8 June
(QSL via F6IGY), and TM80DDAY, operated by a group of Dutch scouts
(PA3EFR/J) from Omaha Beach on 4-9 June.
FS - John, K9EL will be active holiday style as FS/K9EL from St. Martin
(NA-105) on 5-19 June. He will focus on 6 metres when the band is
open, with limited activity on other bands. QSL via Club Log's OQRS
(preferred), LoTW, or via K9EL.
GB - Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, the
RSGB's National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park will host the
special event station GB2DAY on 6-9 June. Look for activity on 80
and 40 metres SSB and CW. QSL via eQSL.
HK - A five-man team (HK4C, HK4LPA, HK4SSI, HK4T and HK4X) will be
active from Isla Gorgona (SA-017) on 7-11 June. They will be QRV as
homecall/0, or with a special callsign TBA. The latest operation
from this IOTA group dates back to 2009 (5K5T). Plans are to
operate SSB, FT8 and FT4 on 80-6 metres, and also via satellite.
QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log, eQSL, QRZ Logbook and LoTW.
HR - Mike, AB5EB will be active as HQ9EB from Roatan Island (NA-057),
Honduras on 5-11 June. He will participate in the ARRL June VHF
Contest (8-10 June), with "some HF operating during the week". QSL
via AB5EB. [TNX The Daily DX]
I - Domenico, IK1MNF will be active again as IK1MNF/IA5 from Isola
d'Elba (EU-028) from early June through the end of September. He
will operate SSB on 20-6 metres. QSO will be uploaded to Club Log
and LoTW; QSL via home call.
KH0 - Tony, JA6CNL will be active as KH0N from Saipan (OC-086) on 6-12
June. He will operate mainly FT8 and FT4. QSL via home call, direct
or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
SM - Lars, SM6CUK will be active holiday style as SA6G/7 from Ven Island
(EU-137) on 3-9 June. He will operate mainly CW on 40-6 metres. QSL
QSL via SM6CUK; QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log and LoTW.
SP - Special callsigns SP900CPZ, 3Z1OTTON, HF1OTTON, SN1OTTON, SO1OTTON,
SP1OTTON and SQ1OTTON will be active from 3 June to 2 July to mark
the 900th anniversary of the first mission to Pomerania undertaken
by Otto, bishop of Bamberg. A certificate will be available, see
https://sp1kze.pzk.org.pl/900.html#en for information.
VK9L - Yuris, YL2GM will be active as VK9LA from Lord Howe Island (OC-004)
on 14-24 June. He will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on 160-10 metres.
QSL via Club Log's OQRS (preferred), or via YL2GN; full LoTW upload
six months after the end of the DXpedition. Updates will be posted
to https://lral.lv/vk9la/index.html. After Lord Howe, Yuris is
expected to be QRV as K8K from American Samoa for another week
between 26 June and 9 July. The Northern California DX Foundation
has granted its financial support to Juris ("one of the most pro-
lific DXpeditioners today"), as "wherever he goes with a radio, he
can be counted upon to create quite a commotion on the bands".
VP2V - Rikk, WE9G will be active as VP2V/WE9G from Tortola, British Virgin
Islands (NA-023) on 9-12 June. He will operate FT4, FT8, SSB and
possibly CW on 80-6 metres; he also plans to be QRV from three
National Parks. QSL direct to home call; QSO will be uploaded to
Club Log, QRZ Logbook and LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]

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

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425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The April 2024 issue is available for download at
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ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS 2025 ---> Dx-Adventure has announced that a large
team will be active from VU4 "in the first quarter of 2025". Details will be
posted to https://www.dx-adventure.com/.

ARRL SYSTEMS SERVICE DISRUPTION ---> While LoTW is still down, the latest
update (29 May) "includes information about the status of several services
as we continue to respond to a serious incident involving access to our net-
work and systems": https://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-systems-service-disruption

HAMVENTION 2024: PRESENTATIONS ---> Fifty-five presentations from this
year's Dayton Hamvention are available on the Dayton Amateur Radio Associa-
tion's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DARAHamvention. These
include the presentations from the DX Forum:
"DXpedition to Micronesia" (V62S & V62P) by Cezar Trifu, VE3LYC;
"DXpedition Tutuila Island 2023" (KH8RRC) by James Gallo, KB2FMH;
"TX5S Clipperton Island DXpedition 2024" by Gene Spinelli, K5GS;
"W8S DXpedition Swains Island 2023" by Adrian Ciuperca, KO8SCA.

MARSHALL ISLANDS 2025 ---> After their successful operation from Guyana
(8R7X), the team will be active from the Marshall Islands (V7) in February
2025. Complete details are expected in due course.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3D2BT AJ4BT FM5DN KU9C PS2E PY2ZEA
3V8SS LX1NO FO/WJ2O N2ZN PW2F PY2NA
3W9A KU1CW FS4WBS IZ1MHY PZ5DX UA2FM
4L2M EA7FTR FT4GL F4FTV R119MS RQ7L
4L5O N3SL FW1JG F4FTV RI1ANE RN3RQ
4L8A M0OXO FY4JI EA5GL SO4R SP4CUF
4X2DS 4Z5TT GM6XX M0OXO SX5R OH2BH
5X4E IQ3CO [b] HA50HK HA3HK TF3W TF3MH
5X4E IZ3ZLG [d] HF7SENIOR SP7PZS TG9AOR EC6DX
8P5A HA1AG HG3IPA HA3JB TI7W M0URX
8Q7KR DO4RKR HG7T HA7TM TI8/N7ZG EA5GL
9H6EE OZ2I HH2JR N2OO TM0FEC F5KMB
9V1YC W5UE HP1XV EA5XV TM1FOB F6KUQ
A2NEW EA7FTR II0BDA IQ0FB TM200CF F4DTO
A71WW EA7FTR II5CECI IQ5AAR TM24FO F6CUK
A91GCC EC6DX II9IKF IQ9TP TM33GAME F6KNL
AM475T EC4T IO6A IZ6BRJ TM40FLO F4KLM
AO575KT EA5KT JD1BQW JA6VZB TM53JO F6KSU
AT3K VU2XE K4H AF2F TM5FI F5XX
CN3A IK2OHG KP2M NZ4DX UE39MS RQ7L
CR3DX OM2VL LR6EGE EA7HBC UP0L DL8KAC
CW1MDC CX1AA LT4RCA LU4AA UP7L UN6LN
D4Z IK2NCJ LV1F LU4FTA VB3EMS VE3KGK
DA0BCC DL2JRM LY0UKR LY7M VC7X VE7JH
DP44WCA DF6EX LY20EU LY2QT VE3KTB/VY0 M0OXO
E2A E21EIC LZ55ZF LZ1ZF VI60IOTA M0OXO
E2M E21LLR LZ5R LZ1JZ VK6T EA7FTR
E2X E20GMY MD2C MD0CCE VP9I WW3S
E770JHI E73JHI MD4K G3NKC WP2Z KU9C
E7CW E73ESP NP3X EB7DX WP3C M0OXO
EF0F EA4URE OA4SS KB6J XM3T VE3DZ
EF1A EA1X OG3B OH3RB XR2K CE2ML
EF6T EA3AIR OK7O OK1DOL XU7AKJ JA3ULS
EF8R EB7DX OM0R OM3GI XU7AKU JA1DXA
EG1DC EA1RCI OM7M OM4MM Z21ML N4GNR
EG1DFA EA1URG OT25PRAL ON8JJ Z68BG HB9TSW
EG3PTM EA3RCI OZ1RDP DL9BCP Z81D OM3JW
EG7FPR EA7URF P35A 5B4AQN ZA/OG1N OH2TA
EH2WSE EA2URC P3AA RW3RN ZA1RST ZA5G
EH8CID EA8CNR P40L WA3FRP ZC4GW M0URX
EK/RX3DPK EA5GL PJ2T KU9C ZF1MA EA5GL
EP2LMA EA5GL PJ4A K4BAI ZW8T PS8HF

4L/UN7IDW Alexander Nersesian, 1790 E Indigo Dr, Chandler AZ 85286, USA
4L7T Alexander Nersesian, 1790 E Indigo Dr, Chandler AZ 85286, USA
8Q7KB Kasimir Bastian, Grunaeckerstr. 39, 71069 Sindelfingen, Germany
9H6A Paul Galea, 66 Triq Guze Ellul Mercer, Had-Dingli, DGL 1118, Malta
9M4IOTA Kuala Lumpur DX Team, No. 50 Jalan AU 4/2,
Taman Seri Keramat Tengah, 54200 Kuala Lumpur, WP Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
9M4VM Husaini Marzuki, No. 22 Jalan RP 8/7, Taman Rawang Perdana,
48000 Rawang, Selangor, Malaysia
AH2R Sato Kouetsu, 9-15 Aoba, Nakayama-machi, Yamagata, 990-0411, Japan
CR6K Filipe Monteiro Lopes, Rua Manuel Jose da Silva 184, Espinheira,
3720-537 Sao Martinho da Gandara, Portugal
E7DX Boris Knezovic, P.O. Box 59, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
EI7M John Barry, Lackabeha, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork, Ireland
F4FTV Fabrice Brassier, 10 rue de Chanlat, 63190 Moissat, France
FY5KE Laurent Haas, 19 Rue de la Duee, BP 11, 75020 Paris, France
GB6IBC Andrew Gibbons, 9 Belvoir Close, Waddington, Lincoln, LN5 9DG,
United Kingdom
HC5ARC Fausto Vintimilla, 3 Ekes Ct., Sussex NJ 07461, USA
HG6N Salgotarjani Varosi Radioklub, Salgotarjan, Meredek ut 6 II/1,
3100, Hungary
HS0ZLV Torsten Veith, Bahnweg 7, 55129 Mainz, Germany
HS0ZNR Bradley Devon, 8 Bruckner Place, Claremont Meadows, NSW 2747,
Australia
KH0W Thomas M. Callas, P.O. Box 1058, Minnetonka MN 55345, USA
KL5DX Allen R. Brier, 1515 Windloch Lane, Richmond TX 77406-2553, USA
M0RSE Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol,
BS49 5HQ, United Kingdom
MX3W Nick Totterdell, Moscar Cross House, Hollow Meadows, Sheffield
S6 6GL, United Kingdom
NH7T John Hillyer, 41693 Patriot Lane, Soldotna AK 99669-9090, USA
OH0V Jukka Klemola, Aarontie 5, FI-31400 Somero, Finland
OH0Z Laurent D. Thomin, 1615 Beaconshire Rd, Houston TX 77077-3817, USA
P3C Valdas Bieliauskas, P.O. Box 58253, CY-3732 Limassol, Cyprus
P44W Carol Richards, 22 Mill Rd, Shamong NJ 08088, 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
PY0FZ Renner Pedroza, Rua Waldemar Nery Carneiro Monteiro 475 Apt 602,
Boa Viagem, Recife - PE, 51030-140, Brazil
SJ2W Per Eklund, Teaterallen 12-0102 lgh 1102, SE-903 64 Umea, Sweden
SZ1A R.A.A.W.G., Kokkinologos Sargiadas, 301 50 Agrinio, Greece
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
TM80BON Laurent Borde, 987 route de Pelussin, 42520 Maclas, France
V47JA John Abbruscato, 22199 Pine Tree Ln, Hockley TX 77447, USA
VC2A Victor Androsov, 1185 Rue de Blois, Boucherville QC J4B 7Z5,
Canada
VK0DS David Scott, 4139 Freemantle Road, Bathurst, NSW 2795, Australia
VP5M James F. Jordan, 11013 Farmwood Dr, Raleigh NC 27613, USA
VP6DF Ken Boasi, 560 Root Road, Brockport NY 14420, USA
W9IMS Indianapolis Motor Speedway Amateur Radio Club, P.O. Box 30954,
Indianapolis IN 46230, USA
ZM4T Holger Hannemann, 262 Waimarama Heights, RD 12,
Havelock North 4294, New Zealand

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