425 DX News #1735

3 August 2024 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1735

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

8P - Philipp, OE6MCX will be active holiday style as 8P9MC from Barbados
(NA-021) on 4-12 August. He will operate SSB, FT8 and FT4 on 40-6
metres. QSL direct to home call; QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log.
[TNX The Daily DX]
C2 - A large German team (DG2RON, DJ5IW, DJ7TO, DJ9KH, DK3CG, DK5WL,
DL1KWK, DL2RNS, DL4SVA, DL6KAC, DL6KVA, DL7JOM, DL7VEE and DL8LAS)
will be active as C21MM from Nauru (OC-031) on 11-27 October: six
team members will arrive on 11 October, the rest of the team will
arrive on 14 October for another 12 days. Plans are to operate CW,
SSB, FT8 and RTTY on 160-6 metres with five stations. On FT8 they
will be using MSHV multi-stream, but "there is a possibility for
using SuperFox-WSJT-X too". QSL via Club Log's OQRS (preferred), or
via DL4SVA. More information, QSL policy included, can be found on
https://c21mm.mydx.de/.
DU - 4F1PH and DU1MS will be active as DZ9TI from Taganak Island
(OC-225) on 3-5 August. They will operate SSB and CW on 40, 20, 15
and maybe 10 metres. See https://www.facebook.com/REC.org.ph/ for
possible updates. QSL via DZ1REC. [TNX The Daily DX]
F - The Radio Club du Val d'Issole (F8KGH) will be active as TM80DP
between 9 and 27 August to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the
landing operation ("Debarquement de Provence") of the Allied inva-
sion of Provence during World War II (15 August 1944). They will
operate SSB, CW and digital modes on 80-6 metres, and via QO-100.
QSL via the bureau, eQSL, QRZ Logbook.
HL - Oh, 6K2CFI and Ji, DS1TUW will be active as D93H from Taehuksan
Island (AS-093) on 15-17 August. They will operate SSB, CW and FT8
on the HF bands and 6 metres (WWL PM24rq). QSL via Club Log's OQRS,
or direct to DS1TUW. Club Log's Live Stream will be enabled:
https://clublog.org/livestream/D93H.
J6 - Seth, N4XTT will be active holiday style as J6/N4XTT from St. Lucia
(NA-108) on 10-17 August He will operate CW, SSB, FT8 and FT4 on
40-10 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW, or via home call.
[TNX The Daily DX]
LY - LY35BW and LY35A will be active on 1-31 August to celebrate the
35th anniversary of the Baltic Way. On 23 August 1989 hundreds of
thousands people formed a human chain spanning across Estonia,
Latvia and Lithuania, demanding the reestablishment of the
independence of the Baltic States. A special award will be
available, see https://www.qrz.com/db/LY35BW for the details.
S9 - A large multi-national team (Roman 5B4AQN, Jorge CT1BOL, Jose
CT1EEB, Rigo HI8RD, Max I8NHJ, Kimo KH7U, Angus KJ7KOJ, Ralph K0IR,
Al K3VN, Bill N2WB, Tom N4XP, Mike N6MZ, Dave WB4JTT and Robin
W7YED) will be active as S9Z from Sao Tome (AF-023) on 11-20
November. They will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on 160-6
metres, and will also be on 70 cm EME. Bookmark https://s9z.org/ as
well as https://www.facebook.com/groups/805821064953030/ for more
information and updates.
The Northern California DX Foundation has announced its financial
support for the DXpedition, as the team includes a young DXer
(KJ7KOJ). This will be his "first chance at being a DXpeditioner.
He is a great operator and has the full support of his Dad, W7YED
who is also on the team". The mission of NCDXF is to provide neces-
sary financial support for well-organized DXpeditions to desirable
DXCC Entities and to support advances in DXpeditioning skills,
technology, and infrastructure: https://www.ncdxf.org.
SM - Kjell, SM4DDS will be active again as 7S5A from Stora Alo/Boko
Island (EU-177) from 31 July to 5 August. He will operate CW, SSB
and FT8 on 80-6 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via home
call.
UA9 - Mikhail, RA1ALA and Valery, RA9J will be active as RI0KA from Ayon
Island (AS-038) on 13-27 August. They will have two transceivers
with 1.2 kW and vertical and inverted V antennas for activity on
40-10 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via RZ3EC. [TNX R1AJ]
YB - Celebrating the 79th anniversary of the Republic of Indonesia's
proclamation of independence (17 August 1945), special event
stations 8H79RI, 8H79I, 8H79N, 8H79D, 8H79O, 8I79N, 8I79E, 8I79S,
8I79I and 8I79A will be QRV on 10-18 August. Look for activity on
80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB, CW, FT8 and RTTY, plus via FM
satellites. See https://award.orari.or.id for eQSLs and the "Indo-
nesia Award 2024".
YO - YQ60YODXC is the special callsign celebrating the 60th anniversary
of the YO DX Club on 1-31 August. A number of certificates will be
available, see https://www.qrz.com/db/YQ60YODXC for the details.
ZA - Luca, IU3MDI will be active as ZA/IU3MDI from Shkoder, Albania on
3-17 August. He will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on 40-10 meters. QSL
via LoTW, eQSL, or via the bureau to home call.

AFRICA TOUR ---> Celebrating his Golden Jubilee in amateur radio, Pista,
HA5AO will be active from four African countries as follows:
3-13 September Z22AO Zimbabwe
Zambezi National Park region (KH21ww)
14-23 September 9J2AO Zambia
Victoria Falls region (KH22wc)
24 September - 4 October A25AO Botswana
Chobe National Park (KH22oc)
5-14 October V5/HA5AO Namibia
Katima Mulilo region (KH22dm)
He will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 (F/H) on 80-6 metres. QSL preferably
via HA5AO's OQRS (for direct and bureau cards), or direct to HA5AO; the
complete log will be uploaded to LoTW six months after the expedition. See
https://ha5ao.com/index.php/dxpeditions/africa-tour-2024 for more informa-
tion, including QSL policy and band plan.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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CY9C ---> The St. Paul Island Team welcomes Scott (NE9U, who replaces K4ZLE)
and Adrian (KO8SCA) as an additional member. CY9C will be QRV from 26 August
to 5 September.
The airlift of "infrastructure gear over to the Northeast Island of St. Paul
will take place on 24 August. Six airlifts are currently planned and they
will be taking the tents, tables, chairs, generators, fuel, electrical
cables, coaxial cables and all other necessary gear to build the CY9C camp.
As with most DXpeditions, weather will play a factor in the schedule. Prepa-
rations for the airlift will commence on 5 August, with the arrival of
the first load of gear in Dingwall. The estimated cost of just the heli-
copter airlifts is CAD 48,300. Any support to help with this expense will be
greatly appreciated: https://t-rexsoftware.com/cy9c/donate.htm". Bookmark
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1455659374986029/ for updates.

MM0UKI ---> The 1-4 August DXpedition to the Flannan Islands (EU-118) has
been cancelled. "While the weather isn't so bad today", DX World reported on
1 August, "the forecast isn't good and the skipper does not have a long
enough WX window to collect the group if they landed, not to mention it's
dangerous. They have decided to call off the trip and return home".

N5J ---> "After a successful test operation in preparation of Jarvis", K8R
went QRT on 28 July at around 23.30 UTC. "SuperFox performed much better
than we've ever seen F/H do, and we experimented with many QRP stations".
The team anticipates departing for Jarvis Island on 2 August. According to
their website's home page (https://jarvisisland2024.com), N5J is now expect-
ed to be QRV on 7-19 August.

RADIO OLYMPICS ---> Several TM-prefixed special event stations are active
from France (plus TK2AJO and TK2BJO from Corsica) during the Paris 2024
Olympic Games. Contacts made with these stations from 26 July (00.00 UTC) to
11 August (23:59 UTC) count towards the Radio Olympics Award organized by
the ARV84 Radio Club. Complete information, including the list of qualifying
stations, can be found on https://www.oly24.fr/award_en.html.

WRTC 2026: SPONSORED TEAMS ---> The Organising Committee has announced de-
tails of the process for Sponsored Teams for WRTC 2026. The Sponsored teams
will be allocated to the two highest bidders in a sealed bid auction of two
rounds. See https://www.wrtc2026.org/selection-criteria/sponsored-teams/ for
complete information, including the bidding process and important dates.

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3D2RC, 5H4AYL (AF-063), 5U5K,
5W0RC, 5W1SA, 7O2WX, 7Q6M, 7Q7EMH, 8E1YB, 9K2NO, 9L5M, 9N7AA, 9X2AW, A25R,
A31DJ, A35RC, BV0L (AS-155), BX3AER, BY4DX, C21TS, CU2BN, CX4RL, E51EME,
FG8OJ, FW1JG, G4SGX/6Y, GB0SIC (EU-008), GJ0KYZ, GM4PMK, HK6AAY, OY1OF,
PJ5/SP9FIH, PY0FZ, PZ5DX, SU1SK, TI7W, TO7O, TT8RR, TT8XX, VE2CSI, VK8NSB,
VP6DF, VP6G, XW0LP, ZC4GW, ZF2OO.

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