425 DX News #1730

29 June 2024 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1730

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

C5 - Jean-Louis, F6ITS left France in August 2023 for a 2-3 year round-
the-world voyage. He recently obtained his Gambian licence and will
be active as C5GM until the end of the year. For the time being he
operates SSB and CW (QRS); the station is located on his sailing
boat, the "Sharkif", which means that his operations cannot be
accepted for DXCC credit. QSL via EA7FTR.
DL - Special callsign DL0SOP will be active on 1-31 July for the 66th
edition of the Sea of Peace Award (see https://dl0sop.darc.de/ for
full details). QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, eQSL, or direct to
DL4SVA.
FR - Giovanni, IZ2DPX will be active holiday style as TO7PX from Reunion
Island (AF-016) on 4-18 July. He will operate SSB and FT8 on 40-6
metres. QSL direct to IK2DUW.
KH9 - Tom, NL7RR will be back to Wake Island (OC-053) on 9 July, and will
remain there for 14 days. In his spare time he will be active as
NL7RR/KH9, on or around 14200 kHz between 06.00 and 09.30 UTC. QSL
direct to home call. [The Daily DX]
OX - Bo, OZ1DJJ will be active again as OX3LX from Greenland between 28
June and 16 July. In his spare time he will be QRV on 4 and 6m, as
well as on the HF bands, from grids GP47, GP60, GP80 (Sammisoq aka
Christian IV Island, NA-151) "and maybe some more during day
trips". QSL via OZ0J.
S7 - Zsolt, HA8PX, will be active holiday style as S79/HA8PX from Mahe
(AF-024), Seychelles on 5-10 July. He will operate mainly CW, with
some SSB and FT8, on various bands. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or
direct to home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
SP - Special callsign SN91LOT will be active on 1-31 July to commemorate
the 91st anniversary of the ill fated flight of Lithuanian pilots
Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas. On 15 July 1933 they attempted
a nonstop flight from New York City to Kaunas in a small airplane
named "Lituanica". After crossing the Atlantic Ocean, they crashed
on 17 July when they were only 650km short of their final destina-
tion. QSL via SP1PMY.
YB - Look for Ferdy YB9MKF/p, Herry YC9MFD/p and Vernando YD9LAU/p to be
active from Semau Island (OC-241) on 4-7 July. QSL via operator's
instructions.

CARIBBEAN TOUR ---> Stefano, IW2MJQ will be "will be travelling around the
Caribbean" in July, and will be QRV on the HF bands while operating /mm or
portable from beaches and POTA sites. He will visit Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines (J87/IW2MJQ) and Martinique (FM/IW2MJQ). QSLs direct to IK2WAD.

SPRINT WORLD WIDE AWARD 2024 ---> The HamAward Team announces the "Sprint
World Wide Award" chase that will take place on 1-7 July. The WWA combines
CW, SSB and digital modes activity from special event stations around the
world with real-time award tracking for the chasers: complete information
can be found on https://hamaward.cloud/wwa/rules. Special event callsigns
include stations from
Argentina LR1WWA
Balearic Islands EE6WWA
Bosnia-Herzegovina E7W
Canary Islands EG8WWA
Greece SX0WWA
Indonesia 8E1YB
Italy II0WWA, II1WWA, II2WWA, II3WWA, II4WWA, II5WWA, II6WWA,
II7WWA, II8WWA, II9WWA, IR1WWA
Kuwait 9K9WWA
Oman A43WWA
Sardinia IR0WWA
Slovenia S53WWA
Spain EG3WWA
Switzerland HB9WWA
United States N1W, N9W
Venezuela YW25WWA
Other participating stations include 9M2D (West Malaysia), A71AE (Qatar),
BY1RX (China), D4L (Cape Verde).

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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

3D2Z: TEAM MEMBER CHANGE ---> "Due to unexpected circumstances, Mike, W0VTT
has had to drop off of the 3D2Z on-island team. In our continued efforts to
bring more 'Next Generation' amateur radio operators into DXpeditioning, the
3D2Z team is pleased to announce that our new 6th member replacing Mike is
Lukas Bartkus, LY7J, a 22-year young ham from Lithuania. He joins Connor,
KD9LSV and Jamie, M0SDV as our 3rd young ham making this a multi-national
'Next Generation' DXpedition. Meanwhile, Mike will remain a valued member of
our off-island DXpedition team serving as one of the remote operators of the
two NexGenRiBs which will be accompanying the DXpedition. Funding efforts
continue for the November DXpedition: https://rotuma2024.com".

CY9C: ST PAUL ISLAND ---> The CY9C team has announced the VHF/UHF/EME/SAT
plans for the upcoming DXpedition to St Paul Island (26 August-5 September):
https://t-rexsoftware.com/cy9c/news.htm.

FT8: SUPERFOX & SUPERHOUNDS ---> N5J (Jarvis Island) and CY9C (St Paul Is-
land) will be the first two major DXpeditions to use WSJT-X's new SuperFox
sub-mode. In a nutshell:
* Using a 1512 Hz bandwidth, a SuperFox station starts at 750 Hz and go up
to 2262 Hz; it can transmit up to 9 messages simultaneously without reduc-
ing the dB values received by the SuperHounds.
* The SuperHound stations transmit normal FT8 signals anywhere from 200 Hz
and up; their frequencies are not shifted down after being called.
* A SuperFox station can send text messages of up to 26 characters in
length, for example to announce QSY.
* A digital signature embedded in the SuperFox message will enable the re-
ceiving software to confirm that the signal originates from the genuine
DXpedition.
* There will be no backwards compatibility, and the use the latest release
of WSJT-X will be mandatory (candidate release WSJT-X 2.7.0-rc5 is
upcoming, bookmark https://wsjt.sourceforge.io./wsjtx.html).
Familiarise yourself with this new, cutting-edge technology by reading the
FAQ: https://jarvisisland2024.com/operating/super-fox-mode.

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 (16 June 2024), can be downloaded for free at
https://www.winqsl.com/. [TNX DF6EX]

+ SILENT KEY + Ir. Jacob D.C. Sihasale, MT, YB8XM passed away on 8 June. A
professor of maritime systems engineering at the University of Pattimura,
during the 2010s "Joppy" operated from several IOTA groups, notably OC-221
in 2011, OC-249 and OC-271 (new one) in 2012, OC-224 and OC-076 in 2014, OC-
157 in 2015.

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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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3DA0AQ EA5GL ED5R EA5Z R100NOR RA3TT
4J6D DC9RI ED8A EA8DGS R440AR RN1ON
4U1UN HB9BOU EE5O EA5ITJ R650KI RW4NW
5Z4VJ M0URX EF0F EA4URE R70OAS RA3XEV
5Z4XB VK3XB EG5HSJ EA5RKB RK80PT R1NU
6M6M DS2GWM EG5YOGA EA5URV S79PAT S79JKN
7X2RF EA7FTR EG712R EB7R S79VU N4GNR
8Q7JF DM5JBN EH5LGBT EA5JMW SN0MARCONI SP2FVN
9J2BO EA5GL EL2DT N2OO TF/CT7ARW/p EA4URE
A61Q EA7FTR FG8OJ M0OXO TM17CEF F4WBU
A65HS 9K2HS FS/W6IZT KL7OR TM25FO F5KMY
A71VV M0OXO FW7JV HA7RY TM42JO F1ORJ
A91PSD EC6DX HF12ZPM SP2ZCI TM51OG F5JYD
AM24AL EA1CW HF80POR SP8PJL TM57JO F4KIY
C21TS M0OXO HF9MUZEUM SP9KAG TM5MCC F5KCC
C5GM EA7FTR HI6M EB7DX TM5OON F6KGL
DF4CEPALM DB4SCW LX/ON4IPA ON6ZV TM67OG F1LFL
DL2024E DL2VFR LX/OO6P ON6ZV V31MA M0OXO
DL2024EM DL3EBB LX24SAR LX1JX VP6MW W0VTT
DL2024O DL2VFR OE51DEEYE OE3OGC VP8GGM VP8ADR
DL2024R DL2VFR OE70VIE OE6VIE XU7GNY DL4WK
DL2024U DL2VFR OH0/8S5A/p SM5NAS YB0AR EB7DX
DU3/F4EBK F4EUO OY1OF M0URX YU7YOTA YU7SRV
ED5E EC5AGC PJ7/W6IZT KL7OR ZY250CPS PY2CER

5H3DX Charles W. Powell, 201 North 13th Street, Louisburg KS 66053-3520,
USA
9M1Z Mohamad Zaheer Bin Zakaria, 969A Lorong Song 3C2, 93350 Kuching,
Sarawak, Malaysia
9M1Z Winston Lim, 329 Lorong B4, Taman Satria Jaya BDC, 93350 Kuching,
Sarawak, Malaysia
ED1R Jesus Maria Gimare Marquez, C/ Jacinto del Barrio 2,
05358 Papatrigo (Avila), Spain
ED7O Pedro L. Alvarez, Calle Isaac Peral 11, 23700 Linares (Jaen), Spain
II0ITR Radioclub Coros, Museo della Radio Mario Faedda, Via Dante 17,
07044 Ittiri SS, Italy
II5SF Stefano Tolari, Via Torricelli, 22, 51016 Montecatini Terme PT,
Italy
IQ9MQ Alberto Mattei, Via Enrico Millo 20, 96010 Augusta SR, Italy
S21PL Antonio Cannataro, Via Don Minzoni 18, 87040 Marano Marchesato CS,
Italy
T88AT Tony Tyson, 3961 Canal Lane, Winters CA 95694, USA
T88PB Nobuaki Hosokawa, 8270 Fujimi, Fujimi-cho, Suwa-gun, Nagano,
399-0211, Japan

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