11 October 2014 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1223 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 4W - Jon K7CO, Ed VE4EAR and maybe others will be active as 4W/K7CO from Timor Leste (OC-148) on 19-31 October. They will operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 80-10 metres. Logsearch and OQRS on Club Log. Further information at nielsen.net/4w/ 6W - Sigi, DL7DF (dl7df/6w/index.html) will be active as DL7DF/6W from Somone, Senegal on 1-13 November. He will operate CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV on 160-10 metres as often as possible. QSL via home call. CE0Z - Felipe, CE5WQO will be active holiday style as CE0Z/CE5WQO from Juan Fernandez (SA-005) on 19-27 November. QSL via KA3LKM (direct only). CN - CN2RY (QSL via EA2RY), CN2XX (QSL via EA5XX), CN2JR (QSL via EA7AJR) and CN2C (QSL via EA5RM) will operate SSB, CW and RTTY from Rabat, Morocco on 22-27 October. Logsearch on dxfriends/cn2014/ [TNX EA5RM] EI - Olivier, ON4EI will be active again as EI8GQB from Fethard, Ireland (EU-115) on 18-30 October using an hybrid wind-solar power system from his caravan. He will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as EI1A. QSL for both callsigns via PA3249, direct or bureau, and LoTW. Follow his activity and antenna experimentation on qrz/db/EI8GQB. F - The Association des Radio Amateurs de la Cote dEmeraude will be active as TM0RHUM from 24 October to 7 November for the 10th Route du Rhum, the 3000-mile single-handed transatlantic yacht race between St-Malo (France) and Pointe-a-Pitre (Guadeloupe). QSL via F4AVX. HL - Members of the Korea Contest Club will be active as D70LW from Cheju Island (AS-026) for the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via DS4NYE and LoTW. [TNX NG3K] I - Miran, S50O will be active as IG9/S50O from Lampedusa Island (AF-019) until the end of November. QSL via home call, direct or bureau (OQRS on Club Log), and eventually LoTW. He will be one of the IO9Y team members for the CQ WW DX contests. [TNX S50U] I - The Lampedusa Contest Team (ig9y/) will enter the CQ WW DX SSB and CW Contests with two multi-national large teams in the M/M category. The location on the island of Lampedusa (AF-019) will be the same as in 2013, but this year they will use IO9Y for both the events. QSL via S57DX. JA - Taka, JA8COE will be active as JA8COE/5 from Shodo Island (AS-200) on 16-19 October. QSL via home call, direct or bureau (OQRS on Club Log). [TNX rsgbiota.org] KH8 - Masa, JH3PRR will be active as KH8B from Pago Pago (OC-045), American Samoa on 21-27 October. He will be QRV on 160-10 metres, and will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via LoTW and the OQRS on Club Log. [TNX NG3K] OH0 - Pekka, OH2TA and Martti, OH2BH will be active as OH0AM from the Aland Islands on 10-12 October, as part of the celebrations for the OH-DX-Rings Golden Jubilee [425DXN 1220]. QSL via OH2BH. PJ7 - PJ7PK (pj7pk.net/) was able to log 2300 QSOs from Pelikan Key (NA-247) in 18 hours between 7 and 8 October. Only three (3Z9DX, EI9FBB and EI5GM) of the five team members were able to land on the island. Depending on sea and weather conditions, 3Z9DX and J69DS will make another attempt at landing on the 10th for an overnight stay. QSL via 3Z9DX. Logsearch and OQRS on Club Log. [TNX PJ4DX] PY - Rony, PS7AB will be active as PS43GPB on 7-9 November for the 43rd Brazilian Formula 1 Grand Prix to be run at Interlagos (Sao Paulo). QSL via home call, LoTW and eQSL. TA - Rich, M5RIC (m5ric.co.uk) will be active as TC7V from Trabzon, Turkey on 22-28 October, including an entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. He will be QRV on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB and possibly RTTY. QSL via M0OXO (OQRS preferred) and logsearch on Club Log. VP5 - Look for VP5/WA2VYA (mainly CW on the low bands, as well as on 30, 17, 12, 10 and 6 metres), VP5/K4QE and VP5/WA3RHW (both mainly SSB on 17 and 12 metres) to be active from Providenciales, Caicos Islands (NA-002) on 21-28 October. QSL VP5/WA2VYA and VP5/WA3RHW via home calls (direct or bureau), QSL VP5/K4QE via LoTW. They will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as VP5T (QSL via WA3RHW, direct or bureau, and LoTW). [TNX NG3K] VQ9 - Bob, N7XR now expects to be active as VQ9XR from Diego Garcia (AF-006), Chagos Archipelago starting on or about 25 October. He will operate CW, RTTY and SSB on the HF bands. His original plans were for a 3-week stay on the island. He may also use the call VQ92X or VQ92XR to provide prefix hunters a new one. See wake-diego2014.org for possible updates. QSL via N7XR, direct only. XX9 - Eugene EA5HPX, Fran EA7FTR, Veronica EA7JQS, Jose EB5BBM, David EB7DX and Oleg US7UX will be active as XX9R from Coloane (AS-075), Macao from 22 October to 1 November. They will be QRV on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY with 2-3 stations, and will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via EB7DX, direct or bureau (an OQRS will be available). Further information on macao2014/. ZA - Look for Franck, ZA/F4DTO and Patrick, ZA/F4GFE to be active holiday style from Albania on 18-27 October. They will operate SSB on 40-10 metres. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K] PACIFIC TRIP ---> Naoki, JS3LSQ will be active as T88WJ from Palau on 24-28 October, and as V63WJ from Micronesia from 29 October to 4 November. He will will operate SSB on 20-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW W1AW WAS ---> Look for ARRL Centennial stations W1AW/4 from Alabama, W1AW/8 from Michigan and W1AW/KH0 from the Northern Mariana Islands to be on the air starting at 00.00 UTC on 15 October until 23.59 UTC on the 21st. Complete information on the ARRL Centennial QSO Party can be found at arrl.org/centennial-qso-party. WRTC 2018 ---> On 5 October the World Radio Team Championship (WRTC) Sanctioning Committee selected Germany as the host nation for WRTC 2018. It will be a joint effort by the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club (DARC), the Bavarian Contest Club (BCC) and the Rhein Ruhr DX Association (RRDXA). Christian Janssen, DL1MGB is the President of the Organizing Committee for the event. A website has been set up to provide further details: wrtc2018.de. [TNX DL6MHW] ZD9TT ---> The ZD9TT DXpedition to Tristan da Cunha, originally planned for September 2014 and then postponed to September 2015 because of transportation problems, has been cancelled. The Italian DXpedition team will no more advertise its plans in advance, they say, We regret that this decision might affect the plans of other Teams, we feel compelled to adopt this policy due to the course of events. [TNX IK7JWY] + SILENT KEY + Les Mitchell (G3BHK), the founding father of JOTA, passed away on 6 October. He launched the idea of a Jamboree On The Air in 1957, and the first JOTA event took place one year later. Over the years JOTA has become the largest international Scout event ever, with thousands of participants from all over the world. The 57th JOTA will be held on 18-19 October. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSLs received direct or through managers: 4L6DL, 4O4A, 4S7NE, 4W/NB3MM, 4Y1A, 5E7R, 9G5ZZ, 9K53NLD, A35LT, A71AM, CE0Z/UA4WHX (SA-005), CE2/UA4WHX, CE7/UA4WHX (SA-043), CE8/UA4WHX (SA-091), CE9/UA4WHX (SA-050), CN8KD, DU1GM, ET3AA, FT5ZM, H40TA, HC6EP, HK1MW, J6/AA4W, JA6TBE/4 (AS-041), JT1AA/3, JT5DX, JW9JKA, JX9JKA, JY4CI, LY10NATO, LY25W, N7ET/DU7, N9BX/p (NA-052), P29NO, S01WS, S79D, SN50MKS, T6DD, T88CL, TM800B, UK8IF, UK8ZC, VP2ERM, YB4IR/8 (OC-222), YB8RW/p (OC-222), YN2N, ZC4MIS, ZD8N. **************************************************************************** 425 DX NEWS HOME PAGE: 425dxn.org 425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE: 425dxn.org/monthly **************************************************************************** 425 DX News is a free of charge weekly bulletin edited by Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ and Valeria Pregliasco, IK1ADH Its contents may be used, reproduced and distributed in part or full provided that 425 DX News or 425DXN receive proper credit Contributors are invited to send their DX information to Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ ([email protected]) The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays **************************************************************************** Direttore Responsabile Gabriele Villa, I2VGW Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 071675 Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti Roma, Italia *******************************************************
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 19:30:22 +0000
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