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Bulletin 18 ARLD018
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT April 30,
2020
To all radio amateurs
SB DX ARL ARLD018
ARLD018 DX
news
This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided
by
The Daily DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, DXNL, Contest Corral
from
QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks
to
all.
BAHRAIN, A9. Operators Fawaz, A92AA, Ahmed, A92AB and Ely,
A93LT
will be active as A91WTIS from May 10 to 17 for
World
Telecommunication and Information Society Day. Activity will be
on
various HF bands. QSL via A92AA, direct.
ANTARCTICA, 8J. Members
of the Japanese Antarctic Research
Expedition team (JARE) will be active as
8J1RL from Showa Research
Station, Queen Maud Land (AN-015), until January
2021. Listen for
operators Take, JA1AGS and Hiro, JH7JCX. Activity will be
on
various HF bands using CW and the digital modes. QSL via JG2MLI or
the
JARL Bureau.
CHILE, 3G2. Stay-At-Home station 3G2HOME is now QRV.
Activity has
been mainly on 20 meter CW. QSL via LoTW only.
ISRAEL,
4X2. Isaac, 4Z1TL will activate Stay-At-Home station
4X2BESAFE until August
12. Activity will be on various HF bands.
QSL via 4Z1TL, direct. No
IRCs.
JAMAICA, 6Y6. Nigel, 6Y5HN is supporting the COVID-19
Stay-At-Home
event as 6Y6STAYHOME. Activity has been on 40 meters. QSL
via
EA5GL.
CHINA, B0-9. Members of the Chinese Radio Amateurs Club
(CRAC) will
activate 10 special event call signs (B0CRA - B9CRA) across
their
country to make QSOs with hams all over the world. Operations
will
take place from May 1 to 7. QSL via BA1GG.
CANADA, CH2. Ian,
VO2IR is active as CH2IR until June 20 to remind
everyone to Stay-At-Home.
Activity is on various HF bands. QSL via
VO2IR.
LEBANON, OD5/OD50.
Members of the Radio Amateurs of Lebanon (RAL)
will activate special event
call signs OD50SH and OD5STAYHOME to
spread awareness and Stay-At-Home as
part of social distancing
policies during the COVID-19 outbreak. QSL via
IZ8CLM.
BELARUS, EU. The following special event stations will take part
in
the Pobeda-75 commemoration of the end of World War II: EV75B,
EV75F,
EV75GK, EV75K, EV75M and EV75PG.
ENGLAND, G. Members of the RSGB Contest
Club will put GB1945PE,
GB1945PJ and GB75PEACE on the air during May and
August to mark
Victory in Europe and Victory in Japan Days. QSL only via
LoTW and
eQSL. Also, The Royal Air Force Amateur Radio Society
(RAFARS)
marks the end of World War II in Europe with the call sign
GB75VED
from May 1 to 28. QSL via 2E0NDZ.
ITALY, I. The ARI Fidenza
Club (IQ4FE) will put a number of special
event stations on the air during
2020 to commemorate the life and
achievements of Guglielmo Marconi. During
May, II4TEA commemorates
the first transatlantic transmission in 1903. QSL
via IQ4FE.
BULGARIA, LZ. The Bulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs
(BFRA)
celebrates its 50th anniversary with the call sign LZ50BFRA
until
the year's end. QSL via bureau to LZ1BJ.
AUSTRIA, OE. Alex,
OE3DMA will be active with the call sign OE60IPA
on April 30 and May 1 for
the 60th anniversary of the International
Police Association. QSL to OE3DMA
via bureau.
RUSSIA, RP. A large number of special event call signs with
the
prefix RP75 will be active from Russia celebrating the end of
World
War II.
AUSTRALIA, VK. Station VI250COOK commemorates Captain
James Cook's
voyage on HMS Endeavour along Australia's east coast with
activity
from May 1 to August 31. For QSL information see
qrz.com.
STAY AT HOME. More stations in the stay at home
effort:
4U2STAYHOME, 5W19STAYHOME, AT2SHI, IO6STAY, OD50SH,
OD5STAYHOME,
OE1STAYHOME and OQ1HOME.
THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The
Araucaria World Wide VHF Contest,
10-10 International Spring Contest, CW, RCC
Cup, Microwave Spring
Sprint, ARI International DX Contest, 7th Call Area QSO
Party,
Indiana QSO Party, RTTYOPS Weekend Sprint, Delaware QSO Party,
FISTS
Spring Slow Speed Sprint and the New England QSO Party are all
on
tap for this weekend. Please see May 2020 QST, page 69 and the
ARRL
Contest Calendar and WA7BNM Contest Web Sites for
details.
NNNN
/EX
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Monday, April 27, 2020
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1462
SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1462
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1462
The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 1462
BID: $OPDX.1462
April 27, 2020
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Written/Send From Strongsville, Ohio
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, the AB5K's AR Cluster
Networks, NJ1Q & W1AW, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, K8YSE, W8GEX &
60m DX News, K9EL, 7L4IOU, BA1RB, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter,
DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425
DX News, Pete Rayer & ISWL, Sixitalia Weekly, and VA3RJ & ICPO for the
following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 19th/April, through Sunday, 26th/April there were 218
countries active. Countries available: 3B8, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S,
4U1U, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H,
9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY,
C3, C6, C9, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU,
E3, E4, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY,
F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0,
HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J3, J5, J6, J7, JA, JD/o, JT,
JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD,
OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ,
S0, S5, S7, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T5, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TN,
TR, TT, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK,
VK9N, VP2E, VP2M, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YL,
YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, Z6, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZL, ZL7, ZP, ZS
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or
more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work
First Worry Later".
3G2, CHILE (Special Event). Special event "Stay-At-Home" station 3G2HOME
is now active. Length of activity is not known. Activity has been mainly
on 20 meters CW. QSL only via LoTW.
4U2, AUSTRIA (Special Event). Martti, OH2BH, on April 24th, reported the
following:
UN International Center in Vienna, Austria, is joining The STAYHOME
movement -- United Nations ARC President, James, K2QI in New York, has
approved the callsign 4U2STAYHOME to promote the amateur radio goodwill
and social networking over the air.
Andy, RW3AH, opened up the stream of communication today, Thursday,
on 40M CW. QSL via UA3DX.
4U2STAYHOME count for both CMA and SHA awards:
http://www.qrz.com/db/%20OH2STAYHOME
4X2, ISRAEL (Special Event). Isaac, 4Z1TL, will activate special event
"Stay-At-Home" station 4X2BESAFE from Herzliya between April 26th and
August 12th. Activity will be on various HF bands. QSL via 4Z1TL direct.
NO IRCs.
5W19, SAMOA (Special Event). Atsu, 5W1SA, is expected to be active as
5W19STAYSAFE from Apia during the pandemic COVID-19 lock-down. He states,
"I know everyone struggle with Covid-19 where as we Samoa has no positive
case so far. One of very rare Covid Free Island country that I'm trans-
mitting from. Yes, the Island is really isolated from any other land and
the Samoa Government decided close the boarder at the early stage. I wish
everybody Stay Safe at your places and we will see the end of pandemic
as soon as possible. I also wish I could help you kill time while calling
me or enjoy collect DXCC, WPX or any other award you are trying....
73 and Stay Safe all!!" QSL via LoTW (NO Paper Card).
6Y6, JAMAICA (Special Event). Nigel, 6Y5HN, is another station supporting
the COVID-19 Stay Home event by being active as 6Y6STAYHOME. Length of
activity is unknown. He states, "Our small Island is on the brink of some-
thing never before experienced. It pales in comparison to hurricanes and
other natural disasters." Activity was heard on 40 meters. QSL via EA5GL.
8J, ANTARCTICA. Member and operators of the Japanese Antarctic Research
Expedition team (JARE) will be active as 8J1RL from Showa Research Station,
Queen Maud Land (AN-015), until January 2021. Operators mentioned are
Take/JA1AGS and Hiro/JH7JCX. Activity will be on various HF bands using
CW and the Digital modes. QSL via JG2MLI or by the JARL Bureau.
A9, BAHRAIN (Special Event). Operators Fawaz/A92AA, Ahmed/A92AB and
Ely/A93LT will be active as A91WTIS from Bahrain between May 10-17th,
for World Telecommunication and Information Society Day event. Activity
will be on various HF bands. QSL via A92AA direct.
B0-9, CHINA (Special Event). Members of the Chinese Radio Amateurs Club
(CRAC) will activate 10 special event callsigns (B0CRA - B9CRA) across
their country make QSOs with amateur radio operators all over the world.
Operations will take place between 0000 UTC May 1st and 1200 UTC May 7th.
QSL via BA1GG. Log search entry: http://mulandxc.com/crac/view
This activity/event takes place every year. It started on May 5th, 1940,
where Chinese amateur radio operators started an "On air conference". On
May 5th, 1947, the conference covered all the regions in China, it was the
biggest on air event. In 1942 and 1944, there were 2 exhibitions associated
with the "On air conference". In recent years, the CRAC organized several
events on May 5th every year and designated that day as a Chinese amateur
radio festival, called "5.5 Festival". Due to COVID-19, the CRAC called
for all amateur radio operators "Stay Home" to fight for the Conoravirus
situation. The 2020 "5.5 Festival" was shifted to the air waves.
The CRAC provides special awards to whose who meet the criteria below.
Award application can be sent to (cq55@crac.org.cn); indicate your call-
sign, award category and E-mail address to receive the award. The award
application deadline is September 30th, 2020.
Award Rules: The award has three categories Bronze, Silver and Golden,
which will be measured by slots worked. One slots is a combination of a
special callsign, band and mode. For example, worked B1CRA in 20m, SSB,
model is 1 slot.
For BY Applicants:
Bronze Award: 10 slots
Silver Award: 20 slots
Golden Award: 40 slots -- Must consist of all 10 special callsigns
For non-BY Applicants (XX9, BV, VR2 applicants applied in this category):
Bronze Award: 8 slots
Silver Award: 15 slots
Golden Award: 30 slots -- Must consist of all 10 special callsigns
BORED WITH "STAY AT HOME" ORDERS? Although we are missing DXpeditions,
there is a tremendous amount of activity on the bands as every country
in the world seems to have stay at home orders. With no expeditions,
some may be experiencing a lack of motivation to get on the air. We have
the answer! CQ's annual DX Marathon!! Each year hams are invited to work
as many countries and CQ zones as possible. So far this year over 255
CQ countries have been active plus all 40 zones. That is a lot of DX
chasing to keep everyone busy! There are plenty of certificates and even
plaques for the top scores each year, but many hams simply compete against
themselves to improve their totals each year. This is a wonderful time
to participate in the DX Marathon and see how many countries and zones
you can work this year!!! Complete details on the DX Marathon are available
on the DX Marathon website - www.dxmarathon.com .
Come and join the fun! 73, John K9EL
CB3, CHILE (Special Event). Operators Cocke/CE3JBD, Juan/CE3BN, Sebas-
tian/CE3GCA, Alejandro/CE3VRT and Alejandro/CE3ARU will be active as
CB3SH from Santiago until September 30th. Their "Stay-Home" activity
will be on 40/30/20/17/15/10 meters using SSB, FT8 and PSK. QSL will
only be done in digital form and you must request it via E-mail to:
covid19.special.event@gmail.com
Also, QSL via ClubLog or LoTW. For more details, see QRZ.com.
CB3, CHILE (Special Event). Jorge, CE3YP, will activating the special
event callsign CB3STAYHOME from Santiago, Chile. For SARL Finland Stay-
At-Home SAH awards please visit their Web site. Activity will be on 80-10
meters on FT-8. Look for some SSB operations on 14250-14270 kHz between
1200-1600 UTC. All QSO will be logged on LoTW. QSL cards are via Pedro,
EA5GL, only. No direct, Bureau, eQSL, QRZ.com or ClubLog.
CF/CG/CH/CI, CANADA (Special Prefixes). As of April 20th, Canadian stations
are allowed to use the following special prefixes until June 20th. This
activity is to remind everyone to Stay-At-Home and help contain/stop the
spread of COVID-19. Look for the following stations to possibly to change
their prefixes from: VA to CF, VE to CG, VO to CH and VY to CI.
CH2, CANADA (Special Event). Ian, VO2IR, is now active as CH2IR from
Labrador City until June 20th. He is using this callsign during the
pandemic COVID-19 lock-down to remind everyone to Stay-At-Home. Activity
will be on various HF bands. QSL via VO2IR.
IOTA NEWS. Since no new IOTA announcements have been made during the past
week (probably because of many COVIN-19 travel restrictions), OPDX decided
to list the following IOTA operations that were active this past week
between April 20-25th (as per the DXCluster):
IOTA Callsign Island/GROUP Bands/Modes
------ ---------- ------------- ------------
AF-004 AM6WARD Canary 20/17/12/10m; FT8/CW/SSB
AF-004 AM8WARD Canary 160/40/20/15/10m; CW/Digi
AF-004 AO895TH Canary 20m; SSB
AF-004 EA8JK Canary 12m; SSB
AF-004 EA8TH Canary 20m; CW
AF-004 EA8TL Canary 10m
AF-014 CT3HF Madeira 20m
AF-014 CT3MD Madeira 30m; FT8
AF-016 FR4PV Reunion 17m; SSB
AF-016 FR4QT Reunion 15m; SSB
AF-106 TU10EG Cote D'lvoire 20m; SSB
AS-002 A92GE Bahrain 15m; CW
AS-015 9M2TO Penang 40m; FT8
AS-017 8N6SHURI/6 Okinawa 20m; CW
EU-003 CR2STAYHOME Azores 20m; SSB
EU-005 MW0ZZK Wales 10m
EU-009 GM8OFQ Orkney 20m; SSB
EU-015 SV9DJO Crete 30/20/12m; CW
EU-016 9A4W Brac 20m; CW
EU-023 9H5BZ Malta 20m; SSB
EU-023 9H5TS Malta 17m; SSB
EU-025 IT9CTG Sicily 20m; Digi
EU-025 IT9HRL Sicily 40; SSB
EU-029 OV1CDX Sjaelland 30/17m; CW/SSB
EU-042 DL6BEN Wyk auf Föhr 20m; FT8
EU-047 DA0IMD Borkum 30m
EU-089 CU8AI Azores 17m; SSB
EU-089 CT8/S51TA Western 17m; CW
EU-146 PA5TT Zuid Holland/Zeeland 20m; CW
EU-175 CT8/S51TA Central 40/30/20/6m; CW
EU-186 TA4CS Turkey 20m; SSB
NA-015 CO7KD Cuba 40m
NA-015 KG4NE Cuba 30m
NA-021 8P6DR Barbados 40/12m; CW
NA-021 8P6NW Barbados 20m; SSB
NA-026 NY2PO NY State 20m; CW
NA-027 VO1AW Newfoundland 20m; FT8
NA-065 KF6PKG WA State North 30m; FT8
NA-099 KP4JRS Puerto Rico 15m; CW
NA-099 KP4TF Puerto Rico 30m
NA-099 NP4NC Puerto Rico 40m; CW
NA-108 J68HZ St. Lucia 40/10m; FT8
OC-001 VK2BY Australia 17m; SSB
OC-021 YB0AZ Java 20m; SSB
OC-036 ZM2AGY NZ North 30m
OC-049 A35JP Tongatapu 40m
OC-129 N7ET/DU7 Visayan 20m; CW
OC-147 YG9WKB W.Papua Coast (N) 40m; FT8
SA-011 9Z4Y Trinidad and Tobago 20/10m
SA-018 CE7VPQ Chiloe 20/15/10/6m; SSB
PLEASE NOTE: Since the Webmasters of the new <www.iota-world.org> have
decided NOT to post or dedicate a Web page to announce upcoming IOTA
operations, PLEASE send your IOTA operations information to the OPDX,
and we will post it here in an upcoming bulletin......
IMD CANCELED. It has been announced that the International Marconi Day
(IMD) amateur radio event is canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. IMD
is the celebration of wireless pioneer Guglielmo Marconi, who developed
radio technology, on a Saturday in April closest his birthday (April 25th,
1874). For more details, see: http://gx4crc.com/gb4imd
http://www.arrl.org/news/international-marconi-day-canceled
ISWL CALLSIGNS (For May 2020). The following ISWL club callsigns will be
used throughout the month of May 2020:
GX4BJC/A - Operated from Lambourn, in Berkshire, by John, G0GWK
(WAB Square - SU37 - England, IOTA EU-005, WLOTA 1841)..
MN1SWL/A - Operated /A, from Belfast, in Northern Ireland, by Alan,
GI0VWU (WAB Square - J36 - N. Ireland, IOTA EU-115,
WLOTA 1439).
ALL QSLs will be handled by Dick, M5DIK - The QSL Manager and NOT the
individual operator. The I.S.W.L. is a member of the European PSK Club.
All QSL info is on <www.iswl.org.uk> or <www.qrzcq.com> or <www.qrz.com>
or via <www.eQSL.cc>. NO LoTW.
JA 160/80M NEWS (Update). Hisami, 7L4IOU, reports: Good news for the
Low-banders who seek Japan. The law was amended on April 21, 2020. The
new 160m and 80m bands in Japan are as follows:
[Band whole] [Modes details] [Modes details]
--- 160m --- ----- 160m --------- ----- 80m ------
1800-1875 kHz 1800-1810 kHz: All 3500-3520 kHz: A1A
1907.5-19125.5 kHz 1810-1825 kHz: A1A 3520-3535 kHz: A1A, F1B,
1825-1875 kHz: All F1D, G1B, G1D
--- 80m --- 1907.5-19125.5 kHz: A1A, 3535-3575 kHz: All (Except
3500-3580kHz F1B, F1D, G1B, G1D for JA-JA Digital)
3599-3612kHz 3575-3580 kHz: All
3662-3687kHz 3599-3612 kHz: All
3662-3687 kHz: All
"The small break is a still problem, but overall it's an improvement.
In particular, a small RTTY-window was born at 3575-3580 kHz....
73, Hisami 7L4IOU"
EDITOR'S NOTE: Also read the ARRL Newsletter (dated April 23rd) and
the following on the ARRL Web page at:
http://www.arrl.org/news/japan-s-radio-amateurs-gain-expanded-access-to-160-and-80-meters
OD5/OD50, LEBANON (Special Event). Members of the Radio Amateurs of
Lebanon (RAL) will activate the special event callsigns OD50SH and
OD5STAYHOME to spread awareness and to Stay-At-Home as part of social
distancing policies during the COVID-19 outbreak. QSL via IZ8CLM.
OPDX MAILING LIST (Just A Reminder). Details on how to subscribe and
unsubscribe from the "OPDX Mailing List" are at the bottom of this
bulletin. PLEASE pass the word around.... Thanks and 73 de Tedd KB8NW
PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (April 27th-May 3rd).......
Apr/27th HN Apr/30th AN May/02nd AN
Apr/28th AN May/01st AN May/03rd AN
Apr/29th AN
SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS/INDEXES AND GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE
------------------------------------------------------
NORMALITY GEOMAG K Values Alpha
----------------- ------ -------- ------
AN - Above Normal Quiet K=0-1 0-7
HN - High Normal Unsettled K=2 8-15
LN - Low Normal Active K=3 16-29
BN - Below Normal Minor Storm K=4 30-49
DIS - Disturbed Major Storm K=5 50-99
VRY DIS - Very Disturbed Severe Storm K=6-9 100-400
Meanwhile, check out the following Web sites for propagation:
* VOACAP predication Web page at: http://www.voacap.com/hf
and http://www.voacap.com/prediction.html
* DX.QSL.NET Propagation page: https://dx.qsl.net/propagation
* A daily HF radio wave propagation forecast can be found at:
https://www.facebook.com/thomasfranklingiellaw4hm
* SolarHam Web page: http://www.solarham.net
* Radio Propagation/Space Weather/Sunspot Cycle Information at:
http://sunspotwatch.com
* News and Information About The Sun-Earth Environment:
https://www.spaceweather.com
* Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve
overseas locations are at: http://arrl.org/propagation
* Information and tutorials on propagation are at: http://k9la.us
* Graphic propagation tool by DR2W: http://www.dr2w.de/dx-propagation
* Point to point propagation at: http://www.predtest.uk/p2p.html
* Real-time propagation at: http://www.predtest.uk
* Also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@GiellaW4hm
QSL INFO AND NEWS...................
QSL-INFO from DB0SDX by Lothar, DL1SBF (www.qslinfo.eu) (April 26th)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
4U2STAYHOME via UA3DX EA8/HB9FIH via HB9FIH & (L) OG66X via OH8GDU (d/L)
5P1W via OZ1HYI EA8JK via EB7DX (d/e) OR4LIFE via ON6YX
6Y6STAYHOME via EA5GL GB1HSC via GI7SBF & (L) SF6F via SA6FOL (L)
8N6SHURI/6 via (JA-B) HA0STAY via HA0DX SO80HUBAL via SP7AH (O/L)
AN595AHA via EC5AHA II5CNPP via IZ5RHU SZ3STAYHOME via SV3GKU (L/e)
AN595CSW via EC5CSW (L/e) L33M via LU3MAM (L/e) V73NS via W3HNK & (L)
AO395BOX via EA6B OD50SH via IZ8CLM ZA/IZ7PMQ via 9A8AOT
AO795KZ via EA7KZ OE20M via OE1WHC
AO795URI via EA7URI (L) OE60IPA via OE3DMA
(e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau
(O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only (N) No QSL needed
(I) No IRC (P) PayPal (NB) No Bureau
LOGS ONLINE (New/Updated) AVAILABLE ON CLUBLOG.ORG THIS WEEK......
https://clublog.org/logsearch/CB3SH
https://clublog.org/logsearch/J68HZ (Updated)
https://clublog.org/logsearch/Z81D
R207RRC IOTA STATUS. Andy, EU7A, reports that the R207RRC activation
from Kosa Dvukh Pilotov Island (AS-207) has been accepted for the IOTA
award.
PJ2LA LOTW STATUS. Rune, LA7THA, reports that the upload of the full
DXpedition log to LoTW will be available on June 18th.
VK9NK (Correction - not VK9NS) QSL STATUS (Update). Janusz, SP9FIH,
reports on April 18th: "I just made first upload to LoTW. QSOs requested
as direct via OQRS ClubLog were uploaded. Please be patient - all QSOs
will be uploaded when I am back home. Nobody knows when, but I hope
before next year... My priority now is making QSOs with all who need
Norfolk Island as ATNO. Contact confirmations will wait for some time."
Janusz reported on April 24th, that he has had the worse propagation
and has posted pictures on his Blog page at: http://vk9nk.dxpeditions.org
VP8PJ QSL STATUS. On April 21st, Gene, K5GS, reported the following:
"The VP8PJ QSL card proofs have been approved and the production started
at ON5UR QSL Print Service. Being done over the Internet made the process
easy and seamless during the Covid19 lock down. Thanks to Tim, M0URX, and
Max, ON5UR, for their help with the process. There will be three full
color cards, each designed by Dave K3EL."
Picture links are from the M0URX Web page and the DXNEWS Web page ....
- ZL1NA/MM - RV Braveheart anchored - Borge Bay - Signy Island.
https://www.m0urx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ZL1NA-MM-QSL-front-final-730x476.jpg
https://www.m0urx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ZL1NA-MM-QSL-back-final-730x476.jpg
- VP8PJ folded card - various scenes of the island
https://www.m0urx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/QSL-VP8PJ-300-gr-glans-laminaat-buiten-1-2048x658.jpg
https://www.m0urx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/QSL-VP8PJ-300-gr-glans-laminaat-binnen-2-1-2048x658.jpg
- VP8PJ Bureau and overflow card
https://dxnews.com/upload/images/xvp8pj-buro-front.jpg.pagespeed.ic.D8YTjBYcka.webp
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On April 23rd, Gene reported: "As promised, this is the primary QSL
card for the project. Thanks to all who processed a request on OQRS
or mailed their request to Tim, M0URX. The cards will be shipped from
ON5UR Print Services in Belgium to the UK. Tim has already printed
the QSO labels, address labels and printed the postage. As soon as
Tim receives the cards he will stuff the envelops and take to the
post office. With the Covid19 airline disruptions international mail
is slower than normal, so please have patience. As a reminder, all
VP8PJ confirmation processing is handled by Tim, M0URX, from the UK.
Bureau cards will be placed in the bureau system in early 2021.
73, GS K5GS"
XR8RRC VIDEO. A video is now available on YouTube.com (as April 25th)
on the recent XR8RRC IOTA DXpedition to Wellington Island (SA-032) by
Russian Robinson Club (RRC) members (R7AL, RK8A, RW9JZ, UA3EDQ, OK8AU).
The video (in Russian; length 6:27 min.) is available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=14&v=WF5WedZbB_4&feature=emb_logo
Z81D QSL STATUS ONLINE. It was reported on the QRZ.com that Z81D is
now on ClubLog and LoTW as of April 23rd.
QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 5H3CA, 5Z4/G3AB, FO5QB, HZ1BL, KM4SII, NP2J,
RT0F, S01WS, TT8SN, UP2L, VP2ETE, XU7AMG and Z81D
QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 3W9CI (AS-162), CB0Z (SA-101), TA0/RM0F (AS-201),
TC0F (AS-099), TO7DL and VP2VB (NA-023)
QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: NONE REPORTED THIS WEEK!!!!
--- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc)
send in their info....
SPECIAL STAY AT HOME STATIONS/ACTIVITIES (Updated/Corrections). Many more
special event stations have hit the airwaves (or soon will be) to promote
individuals to "STAY-AT-HOME" and raise awareness for the restrictions
necessary to fight the spread the coronavirus. List also includes special
event stations to thank all health and medical workers. Here is a checklist
of stations announced to be active:
3G2HOME (Chile) OH1PYSYKOTONA (Finland)
4J0STAYHOME (Azerbaijan) OH2PYSYKOTONA (Finland)
4K0STAYHOME (Azerbaijan) OH3PYSYKOTONA (Finland)
4MSTAYHOME (Venezuela) OH4PYSYKOTONA (Finland)
4U2STAYHOME (Austria) OH5PYSYKOTONA (Finland)
4X2BESAFE (Israel) OH6PYSYKOTONA (Finland)
5B4STAYHOME (Cyprus) OH7PYSYKOTONA (Finland)
5W19STAYSAFE (Samoa) OH8PYSYKOTONA (Finland)
6Y6STAYHOME (Jamaica) OH9PYSYKOTONA (Finland)
8A1HOME (Indonesia) OH0STAYHOME (Aland Island)
8A1STAYHOME (Indonesia) OH1STAYHOME (Finland)
8C2STAYHOME (Indonesia) OH2STAYHOME (Finland)
9K9STAYHOME (Kuwait) OH3STAYHOME (Finland)
A60SH/1 [SH=StayHome] (U.A.E.) OH4STAYHOME (Finland)
A60SH/2 (United Arab Emirates) OH5STAYHOME (Finland)
A60SH/3 (United Arab Emirates) OH6STAYHOME (Finland)
A60SH/4 (United Arab Emirates) OH7STAYHOME (Finland)
A60SH/5 (United Arab Emirates) OH8STAYHOME (Finland)
A60SH/6 (United Arab Emirates) OH9STAYHOME (Finland)
A60SH/7 (United Arab Emirates) ON4HEROES (Belgium)
A60SH/8 (United Arab Emirates) ON4STAYSTRONG (Belgium)
A60SH/9 (United Arab Emirates) OO7STAYHOME (Belgium)
A60SH/10 (United Arab Emirates) OP2STAYHOME (Belgium)
A60SH/11 (United Arab Emirates) OP6STAYHOME (Belgium)
A60SH/12 (United Arab Emirates) OQ4ANGELS (Belgium)
A60SH/13 (United Arab Emirates) OR2STAYHOME (Belgium)
A60STAYHOME (United Arab Emirates) OR20STAYHOME (Belgium)
A69STAYHOME (United Arab Emirates) OR4LIFE (Belgium)
AX2020STAYHOME (Australia) OR4STAYHOME (Belgium)
CB3SH (Chile) OR7LIFE (Belgium)
CB3STAYHOME (Chile) OR8STAYHOME (Belgium)
CH2IR (Cananda) OS0STAYHOME (Belgium)
CN20SH (Morocco) OT2STAYHOME (Belgium)
CQ8STAYHOME (Azores) OT20LIFE (Belgium)
CR2STAYHOME (Azores) OT20STAYHOME (Belgium)
CT1STAYHOME (Portugal) OT4HOPE (Belgium)
CV7STAYHOME (Uruguay) OT6STAYSAFE (Belgium)
DX0STAYHOME (Philippine) OT7STAYSAFE (Belgium)
E2STAYHOME (Thailand) PC6STAYHOME (The Netherlands)
E7STAYHOME (Bosnia & Herzegovina) PE6STAYHOME (The Netherlands)
GB0CCW (England) PR2STAYHOME (Brazil)
GB0EDH (England) R3STAYHOME (European Russia)
GB0KYD (England) SZ3STAYHOME (Greece)
GB1HSC [Health & Social Care] TC1STAYHOME (Turkey)
(Northern Ireland) TC3STAYHOME (Turkey)
GB2SH (England) VC2STAYHOM (Canada)
GB4KW (England) VC3STAYHOM (Canada)
GB4SAH [SAH=Stay-At-Home] (England) VE9HOME (Canada)
GB5NHS [NHS=National Health Service] W4IPC/STAYHOME (United States)
(England) VI2020STAYHOME (Australia)
GB5KW (England) XM2STAYHOM (Canada)
GB9KW (England) XR3STAYHOME (Chile)
HA0HOME (Hungary) YO19STAYHOME (Romania)
HA0STAY (Hungary) YS1STAYHOM1 (El Salvador)
HA127STAY (Hungary) YS1STAYHOM2 (El Salvador)
HZ1STAYHOME (Saudi Arabia) YS1STAYHOM3 (El Salvador)
IO6STAY (Italy) YS1STAYHOM4 (El Salvador)
IX1HPN/STAYHOME (Italy) YS1STAYHOM5 (El Salvador)
K2H (United States) YS1STAYHOM6 (El Salvador)
KC1KUG/STAYH (United States) Z30STAYHOME (North Macedonia)
OD50SH (Lebanon) Z39STAYHOME (North Macedonia)
OD5STAYHOME (Lebanon) Z60STAYHOME (Kosovo)
OE1STAYHOME (Austria) ZW5STAYHOME (Brazil)
OH0PYSYKOTONA (Finland; "Pysy ZW8THANKS (Brazil)
kotona" means StayHome in Finnish)
QSL via operator's instructions or check to see if the QSL info is
listed above or under "QSL INFO AND NEWS". ADDED NOTE: If you missed the
special bulletin OPDX.1459.1 (http://papays.com/opdx1459.1.html), the
Finnish Amateur Radio League (SRAL) is providing a number of special
awards during these Stay-At-Home "OH" operations (as well as other coun-
tries signing STAYHOME that qualified) which run through July 8th.
Complete details can be found in OPDX.1459.1 or on the SRAL Web page at:
https://www.sral.fi/2020/04/07/finland-stay-home
VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. Mario, W4HBW, and formerly VP5VMA (also
I2HBW, 3A2NY), is now VP5MA as of February 1st, 2020. There was no mention
when his next activity will take place. QSLs for VP5MA can only be direct
or via ClubLog's OQRS.
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Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - E-mail addresses:
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Editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin (OPDX - DXer's Tool of Excellence)
President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA)
DX Chairman for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society
ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division
Sysop of the "Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG)
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1462
The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 1462
BID: $OPDX.1462
April 27, 2020
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Written/Send From Strongsville, Ohio
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, the AB5K's AR Cluster
Networks, NJ1Q & W1AW, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, K8YSE, W8GEX &
60m DX News, K9EL, 7L4IOU, BA1RB, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter,
DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425
DX News, Pete Rayer & ISWL, Sixitalia Weekly, and VA3RJ & ICPO for the
following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 19th/April, through Sunday, 26th/April there were 218
countries active. Countries available: 3B8, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S,
4U1U, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H,
9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY,
C3, C6, C9, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU,
E3, E4, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY,
F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0,
HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J3, J5, J6, J7, JA, JD/o, JT,
JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD,
OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ,
S0, S5, S7, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T5, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TN,
TR, TT, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK,
VK9N, VP2E, VP2M, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YL,
YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, Z6, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZL, ZL7, ZP, ZS
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or
more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work
First Worry Later".
3G2, CHILE (Special Event). Special event "Stay-At-Home" station 3G2HOME
is now active. Length of activity is not known. Activity has been mainly
on 20 meters CW. QSL only via LoTW.
4U2, AUSTRIA (Special Event). Martti, OH2BH, on April 24th, reported the
following:
UN International Center in Vienna, Austria, is joining The STAYHOME
movement -- United Nations ARC President, James, K2QI in New York, has
approved the callsign 4U2STAYHOME to promote the amateur radio goodwill
and social networking over the air.
Andy, RW3AH, opened up the stream of communication today, Thursday,
on 40M CW. QSL via UA3DX.
4U2STAYHOME count for both CMA and SHA awards:
http://www.qrz.com/db/%20OH2STAYHOME
4X2, ISRAEL (Special Event). Isaac, 4Z1TL, will activate special event
"Stay-At-Home" station 4X2BESAFE from Herzliya between April 26th and
August 12th. Activity will be on various HF bands. QSL via 4Z1TL direct.
NO IRCs.
5W19, SAMOA (Special Event). Atsu, 5W1SA, is expected to be active as
5W19STAYSAFE from Apia during the pandemic COVID-19 lock-down. He states,
"I know everyone struggle with Covid-19 where as we Samoa has no positive
case so far. One of very rare Covid Free Island country that I'm trans-
mitting from. Yes, the Island is really isolated from any other land and
the Samoa Government decided close the boarder at the early stage. I wish
everybody Stay Safe at your places and we will see the end of pandemic
as soon as possible. I also wish I could help you kill time while calling
me or enjoy collect DXCC, WPX or any other award you are trying....
73 and Stay Safe all!!" QSL via LoTW (NO Paper Card).
6Y6, JAMAICA (Special Event). Nigel, 6Y5HN, is another station supporting
the COVID-19 Stay Home event by being active as 6Y6STAYHOME. Length of
activity is unknown. He states, "Our small Island is on the brink of some-
thing never before experienced. It pales in comparison to hurricanes and
other natural disasters." Activity was heard on 40 meters. QSL via EA5GL.
8J, ANTARCTICA. Member and operators of the Japanese Antarctic Research
Expedition team (JARE) will be active as 8J1RL from Showa Research Station,
Queen Maud Land (AN-015), until January 2021. Operators mentioned are
Take/JA1AGS and Hiro/JH7JCX. Activity will be on various HF bands using
CW and the Digital modes. QSL via JG2MLI or by the JARL Bureau.
A9, BAHRAIN (Special Event). Operators Fawaz/A92AA, Ahmed/A92AB and
Ely/A93LT will be active as A91WTIS from Bahrain between May 10-17th,
for World Telecommunication and Information Society Day event. Activity
will be on various HF bands. QSL via A92AA direct.
B0-9, CHINA (Special Event). Members of the Chinese Radio Amateurs Club
(CRAC) will activate 10 special event callsigns (B0CRA - B9CRA) across
their country make QSOs with amateur radio operators all over the world.
Operations will take place between 0000 UTC May 1st and 1200 UTC May 7th.
QSL via BA1GG. Log search entry: http://mulandxc.com/crac/view
This activity/event takes place every year. It started on May 5th, 1940,
where Chinese amateur radio operators started an "On air conference". On
May 5th, 1947, the conference covered all the regions in China, it was the
biggest on air event. In 1942 and 1944, there were 2 exhibitions associated
with the "On air conference". In recent years, the CRAC organized several
events on May 5th every year and designated that day as a Chinese amateur
radio festival, called "5.5 Festival". Due to COVID-19, the CRAC called
for all amateur radio operators "Stay Home" to fight for the Conoravirus
situation. The 2020 "5.5 Festival" was shifted to the air waves.
The CRAC provides special awards to whose who meet the criteria below.
Award application can be sent to (cq55@crac.org.cn); indicate your call-
sign, award category and E-mail address to receive the award. The award
application deadline is September 30th, 2020.
Award Rules: The award has three categories Bronze, Silver and Golden,
which will be measured by slots worked. One slots is a combination of a
special callsign, band and mode. For example, worked B1CRA in 20m, SSB,
model is 1 slot.
For BY Applicants:
Bronze Award: 10 slots
Silver Award: 20 slots
Golden Award: 40 slots -- Must consist of all 10 special callsigns
For non-BY Applicants (XX9, BV, VR2 applicants applied in this category):
Bronze Award: 8 slots
Silver Award: 15 slots
Golden Award: 30 slots -- Must consist of all 10 special callsigns
BORED WITH "STAY AT HOME" ORDERS? Although we are missing DXpeditions,
there is a tremendous amount of activity on the bands as every country
in the world seems to have stay at home orders. With no expeditions,
some may be experiencing a lack of motivation to get on the air. We have
the answer! CQ's annual DX Marathon!! Each year hams are invited to work
as many countries and CQ zones as possible. So far this year over 255
CQ countries have been active plus all 40 zones. That is a lot of DX
chasing to keep everyone busy! There are plenty of certificates and even
plaques for the top scores each year, but many hams simply compete against
themselves to improve their totals each year. This is a wonderful time
to participate in the DX Marathon and see how many countries and zones
you can work this year!!! Complete details on the DX Marathon are available
on the DX Marathon website - www.dxmarathon.com .
Come and join the fun! 73, John K9EL
CB3, CHILE (Special Event). Operators Cocke/CE3JBD, Juan/CE3BN, Sebas-
tian/CE3GCA, Alejandro/CE3VRT and Alejandro/CE3ARU will be active as
CB3SH from Santiago until September 30th. Their "Stay-Home" activity
will be on 40/30/20/17/15/10 meters using SSB, FT8 and PSK. QSL will
only be done in digital form and you must request it via E-mail to:
covid19.special.event@gmail.com
Also, QSL via ClubLog or LoTW. For more details, see QRZ.com.
CB3, CHILE (Special Event). Jorge, CE3YP, will activating the special
event callsign CB3STAYHOME from Santiago, Chile. For SARL Finland Stay-
At-Home SAH awards please visit their Web site. Activity will be on 80-10
meters on FT-8. Look for some SSB operations on 14250-14270 kHz between
1200-1600 UTC. All QSO will be logged on LoTW. QSL cards are via Pedro,
EA5GL, only. No direct, Bureau, eQSL, QRZ.com or ClubLog.
CF/CG/CH/CI, CANADA (Special Prefixes). As of April 20th, Canadian stations
are allowed to use the following special prefixes until June 20th. This
activity is to remind everyone to Stay-At-Home and help contain/stop the
spread of COVID-19. Look for the following stations to possibly to change
their prefixes from: VA to CF, VE to CG, VO to CH and VY to CI.
CH2, CANADA (Special Event). Ian, VO2IR, is now active as CH2IR from
Labrador City until June 20th. He is using this callsign during the
pandemic COVID-19 lock-down to remind everyone to Stay-At-Home. Activity
will be on various HF bands. QSL via VO2IR.
IOTA NEWS. Since no new IOTA announcements have been made during the past
week (probably because of many COVIN-19 travel restrictions), OPDX decided
to list the following IOTA operations that were active this past week
between April 20-25th (as per the DXCluster):
IOTA Callsign Island/GROUP Bands/Modes
------ ---------- ------------- ------------
AF-004 AM6WARD Canary 20/17/12/10m; FT8/CW/SSB
AF-004 AM8WARD Canary 160/40/20/15/10m; CW/Digi
AF-004 AO895TH Canary 20m; SSB
AF-004 EA8JK Canary 12m; SSB
AF-004 EA8TH Canary 20m; CW
AF-004 EA8TL Canary 10m
AF-014 CT3HF Madeira 20m
AF-014 CT3MD Madeira 30m; FT8
AF-016 FR4PV Reunion 17m; SSB
AF-016 FR4QT Reunion 15m; SSB
AF-106 TU10EG Cote D'lvoire 20m; SSB
AS-002 A92GE Bahrain 15m; CW
AS-015 9M2TO Penang 40m; FT8
AS-017 8N6SHURI/6 Okinawa 20m; CW
EU-003 CR2STAYHOME Azores 20m; SSB
EU-005 MW0ZZK Wales 10m
EU-009 GM8OFQ Orkney 20m; SSB
EU-015 SV9DJO Crete 30/20/12m; CW
EU-016 9A4W Brac 20m; CW
EU-023 9H5BZ Malta 20m; SSB
EU-023 9H5TS Malta 17m; SSB
EU-025 IT9CTG Sicily 20m; Digi
EU-025 IT9HRL Sicily 40; SSB
EU-029 OV1CDX Sjaelland 30/17m; CW/SSB
EU-042 DL6BEN Wyk auf Föhr 20m; FT8
EU-047 DA0IMD Borkum 30m
EU-089 CU8AI Azores 17m; SSB
EU-089 CT8/S51TA Western 17m; CW
EU-146 PA5TT Zuid Holland/Zeeland 20m; CW
EU-175 CT8/S51TA Central 40/30/20/6m; CW
EU-186 TA4CS Turkey 20m; SSB
NA-015 CO7KD Cuba 40m
NA-015 KG4NE Cuba 30m
NA-021 8P6DR Barbados 40/12m; CW
NA-021 8P6NW Barbados 20m; SSB
NA-026 NY2PO NY State 20m; CW
NA-027 VO1AW Newfoundland 20m; FT8
NA-065 KF6PKG WA State North 30m; FT8
NA-099 KP4JRS Puerto Rico 15m; CW
NA-099 KP4TF Puerto Rico 30m
NA-099 NP4NC Puerto Rico 40m; CW
NA-108 J68HZ St. Lucia 40/10m; FT8
OC-001 VK2BY Australia 17m; SSB
OC-021 YB0AZ Java 20m; SSB
OC-036 ZM2AGY NZ North 30m
OC-049 A35JP Tongatapu 40m
OC-129 N7ET/DU7 Visayan 20m; CW
OC-147 YG9WKB W.Papua Coast (N) 40m; FT8
SA-011 9Z4Y Trinidad and Tobago 20/10m
SA-018 CE7VPQ Chiloe 20/15/10/6m; SSB
PLEASE NOTE: Since the Webmasters of the new <www.iota-world.org> have
decided NOT to post or dedicate a Web page to announce upcoming IOTA
operations, PLEASE send your IOTA operations information to the OPDX,
and we will post it here in an upcoming bulletin......
IMD CANCELED. It has been announced that the International Marconi Day
(IMD) amateur radio event is canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. IMD
is the celebration of wireless pioneer Guglielmo Marconi, who developed
radio technology, on a Saturday in April closest his birthday (April 25th,
1874). For more details, see: http://gx4crc.com/gb4imd
http://www.arrl.org/news/international-marconi-day-canceled
ISWL CALLSIGNS (For May 2020). The following ISWL club callsigns will be
used throughout the month of May 2020:
GX4BJC/A - Operated from Lambourn, in Berkshire, by John, G0GWK
(WAB Square - SU37 - England, IOTA EU-005, WLOTA 1841)..
MN1SWL/A - Operated /A, from Belfast, in Northern Ireland, by Alan,
GI0VWU (WAB Square - J36 - N. Ireland, IOTA EU-115,
WLOTA 1439).
ALL QSLs will be handled by Dick, M5DIK - The QSL Manager and NOT the
individual operator. The I.S.W.L. is a member of the European PSK Club.
All QSL info is on <www.iswl.org.uk> or <www.qrzcq.com> or <www.qrz.com>
or via <www.eQSL.cc>. NO LoTW.
JA 160/80M NEWS (Update). Hisami, 7L4IOU, reports: Good news for the
Low-banders who seek Japan. The law was amended on April 21, 2020. The
new 160m and 80m bands in Japan are as follows:
[Band whole] [Modes details] [Modes details]
--- 160m --- ----- 160m --------- ----- 80m ------
1800-1875 kHz 1800-1810 kHz: All 3500-3520 kHz: A1A
1907.5-19125.5 kHz 1810-1825 kHz: A1A 3520-3535 kHz: A1A, F1B,
1825-1875 kHz: All F1D, G1B, G1D
--- 80m --- 1907.5-19125.5 kHz: A1A, 3535-3575 kHz: All (Except
3500-3580kHz F1B, F1D, G1B, G1D for JA-JA Digital)
3599-3612kHz 3575-3580 kHz: All
3662-3687kHz 3599-3612 kHz: All
3662-3687 kHz: All
"The small break is a still problem, but overall it's an improvement.
In particular, a small RTTY-window was born at 3575-3580 kHz....
73, Hisami 7L4IOU"
EDITOR'S NOTE: Also read the ARRL Newsletter (dated April 23rd) and
the following on the ARRL Web page at:
http://www.arrl.org/news/japan-s-radio-amateurs-gain-expanded-access-to-160-and-80-meters
OD5/OD50, LEBANON (Special Event). Members of the Radio Amateurs of
Lebanon (RAL) will activate the special event callsigns OD50SH and
OD5STAYHOME to spread awareness and to Stay-At-Home as part of social
distancing policies during the COVID-19 outbreak. QSL via IZ8CLM.
OPDX MAILING LIST (Just A Reminder). Details on how to subscribe and
unsubscribe from the "OPDX Mailing List" are at the bottom of this
bulletin. PLEASE pass the word around.... Thanks and 73 de Tedd KB8NW
PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (April 27th-May 3rd).......
Apr/27th HN Apr/30th AN May/02nd AN
Apr/28th AN May/01st AN May/03rd AN
Apr/29th AN
SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS/INDEXES AND GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE
------------------------------------------------------
NORMALITY GEOMAG K Values Alpha
----------------- ------ -------- ------
AN - Above Normal Quiet K=0-1 0-7
HN - High Normal Unsettled K=2 8-15
LN - Low Normal Active K=3 16-29
BN - Below Normal Minor Storm K=4 30-49
DIS - Disturbed Major Storm K=5 50-99
VRY DIS - Very Disturbed Severe Storm K=6-9 100-400
Meanwhile, check out the following Web sites for propagation:
* VOACAP predication Web page at: http://www.voacap.com/hf
and http://www.voacap.com/prediction.html
* DX.QSL.NET Propagation page: https://dx.qsl.net/propagation
* A daily HF radio wave propagation forecast can be found at:
https://www.facebook.com/thomasfranklingiellaw4hm
* SolarHam Web page: http://www.solarham.net
* Radio Propagation/Space Weather/Sunspot Cycle Information at:
http://sunspotwatch.com
* News and Information About The Sun-Earth Environment:
https://www.spaceweather.com
* Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve
overseas locations are at: http://arrl.org/propagation
* Information and tutorials on propagation are at: http://k9la.us
* Graphic propagation tool by DR2W: http://www.dr2w.de/dx-propagation
* Point to point propagation at: http://www.predtest.uk/p2p.html
* Real-time propagation at: http://www.predtest.uk
* Also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@GiellaW4hm
QSL INFO AND NEWS...................
QSL-INFO from DB0SDX by Lothar, DL1SBF (www.qslinfo.eu) (April 26th)
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4U2STAYHOME via UA3DX EA8/HB9FIH via HB9FIH & (L) OG66X via OH8GDU (d/L)
5P1W via OZ1HYI EA8JK via EB7DX (d/e) OR4LIFE via ON6YX
6Y6STAYHOME via EA5GL GB1HSC via GI7SBF & (L) SF6F via SA6FOL (L)
8N6SHURI/6 via (JA-B) HA0STAY via HA0DX SO80HUBAL via SP7AH (O/L)
AN595AHA via EC5AHA II5CNPP via IZ5RHU SZ3STAYHOME via SV3GKU (L/e)
AN595CSW via EC5CSW (L/e) L33M via LU3MAM (L/e) V73NS via W3HNK & (L)
AO395BOX via EA6B OD50SH via IZ8CLM ZA/IZ7PMQ via 9A8AOT
AO795KZ via EA7KZ OE20M via OE1WHC
AO795URI via EA7URI (L) OE60IPA via OE3DMA
(e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau
(O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only (N) No QSL needed
(I) No IRC (P) PayPal (NB) No Bureau
LOGS ONLINE (New/Updated) AVAILABLE ON CLUBLOG.ORG THIS WEEK......
https://clublog.org/logsearch/CB3SH
https://clublog.org/logsearch/J68HZ (Updated)
https://clublog.org/logsearch/Z81D
R207RRC IOTA STATUS. Andy, EU7A, reports that the R207RRC activation
from Kosa Dvukh Pilotov Island (AS-207) has been accepted for the IOTA
award.
PJ2LA LOTW STATUS. Rune, LA7THA, reports that the upload of the full
DXpedition log to LoTW will be available on June 18th.
VK9NK (Correction - not VK9NS) QSL STATUS (Update). Janusz, SP9FIH,
reports on April 18th: "I just made first upload to LoTW. QSOs requested
as direct via OQRS ClubLog were uploaded. Please be patient - all QSOs
will be uploaded when I am back home. Nobody knows when, but I hope
before next year... My priority now is making QSOs with all who need
Norfolk Island as ATNO. Contact confirmations will wait for some time."
Janusz reported on April 24th, that he has had the worse propagation
and has posted pictures on his Blog page at: http://vk9nk.dxpeditions.org
VP8PJ QSL STATUS. On April 21st, Gene, K5GS, reported the following:
"The VP8PJ QSL card proofs have been approved and the production started
at ON5UR QSL Print Service. Being done over the Internet made the process
easy and seamless during the Covid19 lock down. Thanks to Tim, M0URX, and
Max, ON5UR, for their help with the process. There will be three full
color cards, each designed by Dave K3EL."
Picture links are from the M0URX Web page and the DXNEWS Web page ....
- ZL1NA/MM - RV Braveheart anchored - Borge Bay - Signy Island.
https://www.m0urx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ZL1NA-MM-QSL-front-final-730x476.jpg
https://www.m0urx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ZL1NA-MM-QSL-back-final-730x476.jpg
- VP8PJ folded card - various scenes of the island
https://www.m0urx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/QSL-VP8PJ-300-gr-glans-laminaat-buiten-1-2048x658.jpg
https://www.m0urx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/QSL-VP8PJ-300-gr-glans-laminaat-binnen-2-1-2048x658.jpg
- VP8PJ Bureau and overflow card
https://dxnews.com/upload/images/xvp8pj-buro-front.jpg.pagespeed.ic.D8YTjBYcka.webp
https://dxnews.com/upload/images/xvp8pj-buro-back.jpg.pagespeed.ic.tmgSWzK0sF.webp
On April 23rd, Gene reported: "As promised, this is the primary QSL
card for the project. Thanks to all who processed a request on OQRS
or mailed their request to Tim, M0URX. The cards will be shipped from
ON5UR Print Services in Belgium to the UK. Tim has already printed
the QSO labels, address labels and printed the postage. As soon as
Tim receives the cards he will stuff the envelops and take to the
post office. With the Covid19 airline disruptions international mail
is slower than normal, so please have patience. As a reminder, all
VP8PJ confirmation processing is handled by Tim, M0URX, from the UK.
Bureau cards will be placed in the bureau system in early 2021.
73, GS K5GS"
XR8RRC VIDEO. A video is now available on YouTube.com (as April 25th)
on the recent XR8RRC IOTA DXpedition to Wellington Island (SA-032) by
Russian Robinson Club (RRC) members (R7AL, RK8A, RW9JZ, UA3EDQ, OK8AU).
The video (in Russian; length 6:27 min.) is available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=14&v=WF5WedZbB_4&feature=emb_logo
Z81D QSL STATUS ONLINE. It was reported on the QRZ.com that Z81D is
now on ClubLog and LoTW as of April 23rd.
QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 5H3CA, 5Z4/G3AB, FO5QB, HZ1BL, KM4SII, NP2J,
RT0F, S01WS, TT8SN, UP2L, VP2ETE, XU7AMG and Z81D
QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 3W9CI (AS-162), CB0Z (SA-101), TA0/RM0F (AS-201),
TC0F (AS-099), TO7DL and VP2VB (NA-023)
QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: NONE REPORTED THIS WEEK!!!!
--- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc)
send in their info....
SPECIAL STAY AT HOME STATIONS/ACTIVITIES (Updated/Corrections). Many more
special event stations have hit the airwaves (or soon will be) to promote
individuals to "STAY-AT-HOME" and raise awareness for the restrictions
necessary to fight the spread the coronavirus. List also includes special
event stations to thank all health and medical workers. Here is a checklist
of stations announced to be active:
3G2HOME (Chile) OH1PYSYKOTONA (Finland)
4J0STAYHOME (Azerbaijan) OH2PYSYKOTONA (Finland)
4K0STAYHOME (Azerbaijan) OH3PYSYKOTONA (Finland)
4MSTAYHOME (Venezuela) OH4PYSYKOTONA (Finland)
4U2STAYHOME (Austria) OH5PYSYKOTONA (Finland)
4X2BESAFE (Israel) OH6PYSYKOTONA (Finland)
5B4STAYHOME (Cyprus) OH7PYSYKOTONA (Finland)
5W19STAYSAFE (Samoa) OH8PYSYKOTONA (Finland)
6Y6STAYHOME (Jamaica) OH9PYSYKOTONA (Finland)
8A1HOME (Indonesia) OH0STAYHOME (Aland Island)
8A1STAYHOME (Indonesia) OH1STAYHOME (Finland)
8C2STAYHOME (Indonesia) OH2STAYHOME (Finland)
9K9STAYHOME (Kuwait) OH3STAYHOME (Finland)
A60SH/1 [SH=StayHome] (U.A.E.) OH4STAYHOME (Finland)
A60SH/2 (United Arab Emirates) OH5STAYHOME (Finland)
A60SH/3 (United Arab Emirates) OH6STAYHOME (Finland)
A60SH/4 (United Arab Emirates) OH7STAYHOME (Finland)
A60SH/5 (United Arab Emirates) OH8STAYHOME (Finland)
A60SH/6 (United Arab Emirates) OH9STAYHOME (Finland)
A60SH/7 (United Arab Emirates) ON4HEROES (Belgium)
A60SH/8 (United Arab Emirates) ON4STAYSTRONG (Belgium)
A60SH/9 (United Arab Emirates) OO7STAYHOME (Belgium)
A60SH/10 (United Arab Emirates) OP2STAYHOME (Belgium)
A60SH/11 (United Arab Emirates) OP6STAYHOME (Belgium)
A60SH/12 (United Arab Emirates) OQ4ANGELS (Belgium)
A60SH/13 (United Arab Emirates) OR2STAYHOME (Belgium)
A60STAYHOME (United Arab Emirates) OR20STAYHOME (Belgium)
A69STAYHOME (United Arab Emirates) OR4LIFE (Belgium)
AX2020STAYHOME (Australia) OR4STAYHOME (Belgium)
CB3SH (Chile) OR7LIFE (Belgium)
CB3STAYHOME (Chile) OR8STAYHOME (Belgium)
CH2IR (Cananda) OS0STAYHOME (Belgium)
CN20SH (Morocco) OT2STAYHOME (Belgium)
CQ8STAYHOME (Azores) OT20LIFE (Belgium)
CR2STAYHOME (Azores) OT20STAYHOME (Belgium)
CT1STAYHOME (Portugal) OT4HOPE (Belgium)
CV7STAYHOME (Uruguay) OT6STAYSAFE (Belgium)
DX0STAYHOME (Philippine) OT7STAYSAFE (Belgium)
E2STAYHOME (Thailand) PC6STAYHOME (The Netherlands)
E7STAYHOME (Bosnia & Herzegovina) PE6STAYHOME (The Netherlands)
GB0CCW (England) PR2STAYHOME (Brazil)
GB0EDH (England) R3STAYHOME (European Russia)
GB0KYD (England) SZ3STAYHOME (Greece)
GB1HSC [Health & Social Care] TC1STAYHOME (Turkey)
(Northern Ireland) TC3STAYHOME (Turkey)
GB2SH (England) VC2STAYHOM (Canada)
GB4KW (England) VC3STAYHOM (Canada)
GB4SAH [SAH=Stay-At-Home] (England) VE9HOME (Canada)
GB5NHS [NHS=National Health Service] W4IPC/STAYHOME (United States)
(England) VI2020STAYHOME (Australia)
GB5KW (England) XM2STAYHOM (Canada)
GB9KW (England) XR3STAYHOME (Chile)
HA0HOME (Hungary) YO19STAYHOME (Romania)
HA0STAY (Hungary) YS1STAYHOM1 (El Salvador)
HA127STAY (Hungary) YS1STAYHOM2 (El Salvador)
HZ1STAYHOME (Saudi Arabia) YS1STAYHOM3 (El Salvador)
IO6STAY (Italy) YS1STAYHOM4 (El Salvador)
IX1HPN/STAYHOME (Italy) YS1STAYHOM5 (El Salvador)
K2H (United States) YS1STAYHOM6 (El Salvador)
KC1KUG/STAYH (United States) Z30STAYHOME (North Macedonia)
OD50SH (Lebanon) Z39STAYHOME (North Macedonia)
OD5STAYHOME (Lebanon) Z60STAYHOME (Kosovo)
OE1STAYHOME (Austria) ZW5STAYHOME (Brazil)
OH0PYSYKOTONA (Finland; "Pysy ZW8THANKS (Brazil)
kotona" means StayHome in Finnish)
QSL via operator's instructions or check to see if the QSL info is
listed above or under "QSL INFO AND NEWS". ADDED NOTE: If you missed the
special bulletin OPDX.1459.1 (http://papays.com/opdx1459.1.html), the
Finnish Amateur Radio League (SRAL) is providing a number of special
awards during these Stay-At-Home "OH" operations (as well as other coun-
tries signing STAYHOME that qualified) which run through July 8th.
Complete details can be found in OPDX.1459.1 or on the SRAL Web page at:
https://www.sral.fi/2020/04/07/finland-stay-home
VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. Mario, W4HBW, and formerly VP5VMA (also
I2HBW, 3A2NY), is now VP5MA as of February 1st, 2020. There was no mention
when his next activity will take place. QSLs for VP5MA can only be direct
or via ClubLog's OQRS.
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Editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin (OPDX - DXer's Tool of Excellence)
President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA)
DX Chairman for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society
ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division
Sysop of the "Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG)
Saturday, April 25, 2020
ANS-117 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-117
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-
mation service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS
publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on
the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who
share an active interest in designing, building, launching and commun-
icating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur
Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor at amsat.org.
You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service
Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:
http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans
In this edition:
* March/April 2020 Edition of Apogee View Posted
* Long-Lost U.S. Military Satellite Found By Amateur Radio Operator
* Let's Take Some Pictures
* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution
* The W4AMI Award and How to Obtain One
* New OSCAR T-Shirt Available from AMSAT Zazzle Store
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* ARISS News
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-117.01
ANS-117 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 117.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE 2020 April 26
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-117.01
March/April 2020 Edition of Apogee View Posted
The March/April 2020 edition of Apogee View, a comprehensive update
on AMSAT's activities from AMSAT President Clayton Coleman, W5PFG,
has been posted to the AMSAT website.
https://www.amsat.org/apogeeview/
[ANS thanks AMSAT the above information]
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Long-Lost U.S. Military Satellite Found By Amateur Radio Operator
Scott Tilley, VE7TIL, has made the news once again for tracking down
yet another "zombie" satellite. Scott was the subject of a report
broadcast on National Public Radio on Friday, April 24.
This time, he managed to identify signals from LES-5, an experimental
military UHF communications satellite built by the Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory and launched in 1967. Even
though the satellite was supposed to shut down in 1972, it's still go-
ing. As long as the solar panels are in the sun, the satellite's radio
continues to operate.
In 2018, Tilly found a signal from a NASA probe called IMAGE that the
space agency had lost track of in 2005. With Tilley's help, NASA was
able to reestablish contact. He has rediscovered several other long-
forgotten birds, including Transit 5B-5, a nuclear-powered U.S. Navy
navigation satellite launched in 1965.
Scott announced his findings on LES-5 through his Twitter account,
@coastal8049, on March 24. The full NPR story may be found at:
https://n.pr/2x64aAZ.
[ANS thanks NPR.org for the above information]
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AMSAT office
is closed until further notice. For details, please visit
https://www.amsat.org/amsat-office-closed-until-further-notice/
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Let's Take Some Pictures
The command team has had a few requests for camera mode on AO-92 over
the last few weeks, and it’s been a while, so let’s take some pictures
next week.
Next Tuesday morning, April 28th, we’ll attempt to command the camera
on at approximately 1440Z and 1612Z. We’ll also try the 1750Z pass.
If we can’t command on the 1750Z pass, we’ll find a suitable pass
later in the week for the west coast.
Take a look at
https://www.amsat.org/foxtelem-software-for-windows-mac-linux/
for a guide on how to set up FoxTelem, and
https://www.amsat.org/tlm/showImages.php?id=4 for near-live images
as we go. Remember, the more stations submitting telemetry during
the event, the better the chance of complete images!
[ANS thanks Andrew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT VP Operations,
for the above information]
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Purchase AMSAT Gear on our Zazzle storefront.
25% of the purchase price of each product goes
towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space
https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear
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Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution
Last week's AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletin (ANS-110.01) contained
a news item entitled "Receiving SMOG-P and ATL-1 Nano Satellites With
an RTL-SDR" from Zoltan Doczi, HA7DCD.
Please note that on December 19, 2019 AMSAT designated SMOG-P as
Magyar-OSCAR 105 (MO-105) and ATL-1 as Magyar-OSCAR 106 (MO-106).
In the AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution, the TLEs for these two Hungarian
satellites are shown as follows:
MO-105 is NORAD Cat ID 44832 (SMOG-P)
MO-106 is NORAD Cat ID 44830 (ATL-1)
[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the
above information]
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The W4AMI Award and How to Obtain One
Just a little history, Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI, was a very prolific
operator and in his honor this certificate was created and the first
certificate was issued to him on June 27, 1994. He has since become an
SK and his local club has taken over his call sign. The award was
originally the W4AMI Satellite Operator Achievement Award. The local
club asked me not to use their call sign for the award. I changed the
award to The Robert W. Barbee, Jr. W4AMI Satellite Operator Achievement
Award. And here we are today, finally having issued over 100
certificates and over 30 of the 5,000 certificates.
This award is for making 1,000 contacts with any station any time. You
can say hello to your friend on every satellite on every pass every day
and count those contacts. That being said, any contact you log counts.
The award has endorsements for making 1,000 more contacts up to 4,000.
Another 1,000 contacts will earn a special W4AMI 5,000 certificate.
To submit for the award, please email me an extract from your log either
in Microsoft Excel XLS(X) format or ADI(F) format. Either will work just
fine. Then wait for me to get back to you notifying you to go online and
make your payment. I need nothing from LoTW, confirmed contacts are not
an issue, this award is for simply making a contact.
https://www.amsat.org/amsat-robert-w-barbee-jr-w4ami-award/
[ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director Contests and Awards,
for the above information]
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Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,
and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through
AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards
Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.
https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/
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New OSCAR T-Shirt Available from AMSAT Zazzle Store
Thanks to an post on Twitter from Michael Styne, K2MTS, AMSAT is
pleased to offer a new t-shirt on the AMSAT Zazzle Store. This t-
shirt design is available in variants suitable for printing on either
dark or lightly colored shirts.
The shirt features a representation of AMSAT-OSCAR 7 in orbit with the
tagline "OSCAR - Adventure and Excitement in Space Age Communication"
This image was used in advertisements for the 1978 ARRL book "Getting
to Know OSCAR." The ARRL has granted AMSAT permission to republish
this classic image as a t-shirt.
Get yours today! 25% of the purchase price goes towards Keeping
Amateur Radio in Space.
https://www.zazzle.com/oscar_t_shirt_dark-235643945481104970
https://www.zazzle.com/oscar_t_shirt_light-235449229998854129
[ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, AMSAT Executive VP, for the above
information]
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
ZW8, BRAZIL (Special Event). Operators Freddy/PY3YD, Joselito/PS8BR,
Fernando/PS8CW, Raimundo/PS8DX, Jose/PS8ET, Milton/PS8HF, Nelson/PS8NF,
Pirajah/PS8RF, Dalton/PS8TV and Andre/PT9AL are using the special event
callsign ZW8THANKS as a tribute to health care professionals fighting
COVID-19. Activity will be on all bands and modes including the satel-
lites. QSL via direct, eQSL or LoTW.
(ANS thanks the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1461 for the above information)
Due to COVID-19, there are no other announced satellite operations at
this moment. Any roving activity of which AMSAT becomes aware will be
posted at:
https://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/
Until then, stay safe and keep making contacts from home.
Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT VP-User Services for the
above information]
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AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur
radio package, including two-way communication capability, to
be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit.
Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/
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ARISS News
ARISS lets students worldwide experience the excitement of talking
directly with crew members of the International Space Station, inspir-
ing them to pursue interests in careers in science, technology,
engineering and math, and engaging them with radio science technology
through amateur radio.
Northern Virginia Schools Group, Woodbridge VA, Multi-point telebridge
contact via AB1OC is scheduled for Thursday, April 30. The ISS call-
sign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS, and the scheduled astronaut
is Chris Cassidy, KF5KDR. The contact is go for 13:35:00 UTC at a max-
imum elevation of 62 degrees. Stations in the eastern U.S. should be
able to listen in on this contact on 145.80 MHz FM. A multi-point tele-
bridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from
their own home.
The ARISS team continues to test and firm up a plan to transform ARISS
contacts and how ARISS interacts with youth and education institutions.
ARISS will provide distance learning with every student and staff mem-
ber in their own homes (even quarantined).
[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]
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Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
Want to see AMSAT in action or learn more about amateur radio in space?
AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating
through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meet-
ings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events.
Due to COVID-19, many hamfest and events around the United States have
been canceled or postponed. While we make every effort to ensure the
information contained below is correct, there may be some that we
missed. We wish all of you safekeeping and hope to be at a hamfest
near you soon.
Current schedule:
June 12-13, 2020, Ham-Com, Plano, TX
September 26, 2020 Arrowhead Radio Amateurs Club Hamfest, Superior, WI
The following events scheduled to have an AMSAT presence have been
CANCELED:
May 2, 2020, Cochise Amateur Radio Association Hamfest, Sierra
Vista, AZ
May 8-9, 2020 Prescott Hamfest, Prescott, AZ
May 15-17, Hamvention, Xenia, OH
A copy of the AMSAT hamfest brochure is available for download from:
https://bit.ly/2ygVFmV This color brochure is designed to be printed
double-sided and folded into a tri-fold handout.
To include your upcoming AMSAT presentation and/or demonstration,
please send an email to ambassadors (at) amsat (dot) org.
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT VP-User Services for the
above information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ Diwata-2 (PO-101) has been active daily to provide emergency access
during Covid-19 pandemic. Check https://twitter.com/Diwata2PH
For Daily activation schedule
(ANS thanks DIWATA-2 Ground Team for the above information)
+ On this 50th anniversary of the flight of Apollo 13, the BBC has pro-
duced a documentary video series, "13 Minutes to the Moon," along
with associated web resources and podcasts. The documentary can be
accessed worldwide at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xttx2
(ANS thanks Peter Green, G0ABI, for the above information)
+ Happy 30th anniversary, Hubble! The Hubble Space Telescope was laun-
ched into LEO on April 24th, 1990 aboard Space Shuttle Discovery
STS-31 launch video). Featuring a 2.4 m mirror and optics that are
smooth to 10 nanometers (but were in the wrong shape until corrected
by the first of five servicing missions in 1993), Hubble takes images
of the Universe with never-before-seen quality. The telescope may
work into the 2040s, hopefully being joined by its more-advanced sib-
ling, the JWST, next year. Take a moment to browse some of Hubble’s
most stunning snapshots of the Universe at:
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/
(ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above information)
+ Astronauts onboard the International Space Station have gotten a
first good look at the controversial Starlink satellites. On April
13th, they photographed a train of 16 Starlinks cutting through
Southern Lights over the Antarctic. Learn more about their unique
photo + corresponding ground-based sightings on Spaceweather.com
(ANS thanks Southgate ARC for the above information)
+ SpaceX launched 60 more spacecraft Wednesday to join the Starlink
fleet. The successful launch Wednesday marked the 84th flight of a
Falcon 9 rocket since June 2010. That makes SpaceX’s Falcon 9 the
most-flown orbital-class U.S. launcher currently in operation, ex-
ceeding the 83 missions performed by the Atlas 5 rocket built by
rival United Launch Alliance. With Wednesday’s launch, SpaceX has
delivered 422 Starlink satellites to space. The company is seeking
regulatory approval to fly 4,400 of the satellites in the project's
first phase. SpaceX’s next Starlink launch after Wednesday could
happen as soon as early May on another Falcon 9 rocket mission. That
will be followed by SpaceX’s first launch with astronauts on-board —
scheduled for May 27 — to begin a test flight of the company’s Crew
Dragon spaceship to the International Space Station.
(ANS thanks spaceflightnow.com for the above information)
+ A series of unusually severe spring storms parading across the south-
eastern USA had residents taking shelter this week from hail and tor-
nadoes. High above the maelstrom, sprites were dancing. Sprites are
a form of electricity in powerful storm clouds. While regular light-
ning lances down, sprites leap up. They can reach all the way to the
edge of space 90 km or more above Earth’s surface.
(ANS thanks Southgate ARC and spaceweatherarchive.com for the above
information)
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In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT
Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership
at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space,
This week's ANS Editor, Casey Tucker, KI7UNJ
ki7unj at amsat dot org
_______________________________________________
Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
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In this edition:
* March/April 2020 Edition of Apogee View Posted
* Long-Lost U.S. Military Satellite Found By Amateur Radio Operator
* Let's Take Some Pictures
* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution
* The W4AMI Award and How to Obtain One
* New OSCAR T-Shirt Available from AMSAT Zazzle Store
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* ARISS News
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 117.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE 2020 April 26
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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March/April 2020 Edition of Apogee View Posted
The March/April 2020 edition of Apogee View, a comprehensive update
on AMSAT's activities from AMSAT President Clayton Coleman, W5PFG,
has been posted to the AMSAT website.
https://www.amsat.org/apogeeview/
[ANS thanks AMSAT the above information]
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Long-Lost U.S. Military Satellite Found By Amateur Radio Operator
Scott Tilley, VE7TIL, has made the news once again for tracking down
yet another "zombie" satellite. Scott was the subject of a report
broadcast on National Public Radio on Friday, April 24.
This time, he managed to identify signals from LES-5, an experimental
military UHF communications satellite built by the Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory and launched in 1967. Even
though the satellite was supposed to shut down in 1972, it's still go-
ing. As long as the solar panels are in the sun, the satellite's radio
continues to operate.
In 2018, Tilly found a signal from a NASA probe called IMAGE that the
space agency had lost track of in 2005. With Tilley's help, NASA was
able to reestablish contact. He has rediscovered several other long-
forgotten birds, including Transit 5B-5, a nuclear-powered U.S. Navy
navigation satellite launched in 1965.
Scott announced his findings on LES-5 through his Twitter account,
@coastal8049, on March 24. The full NPR story may be found at:
https://n.pr/2x64aAZ.
[ANS thanks NPR.org for the above information]
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AMSAT office
is closed until further notice. For details, please visit
https://www.amsat.org/amsat-office-closed-until-further-notice/
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Let's Take Some Pictures
The command team has had a few requests for camera mode on AO-92 over
the last few weeks, and it’s been a while, so let’s take some pictures
next week.
Next Tuesday morning, April 28th, we’ll attempt to command the camera
on at approximately 1440Z and 1612Z. We’ll also try the 1750Z pass.
If we can’t command on the 1750Z pass, we’ll find a suitable pass
later in the week for the west coast.
Take a look at
https://www.amsat.org/foxtelem-software-for-windows-mac-linux/
for a guide on how to set up FoxTelem, and
https://www.amsat.org/tlm/showImages.php?id=4 for near-live images
as we go. Remember, the more stations submitting telemetry during
the event, the better the chance of complete images!
[ANS thanks Andrew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT VP Operations,
for the above information]
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Purchase AMSAT Gear on our Zazzle storefront.
25% of the purchase price of each product goes
towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space
https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear
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Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution
Last week's AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletin (ANS-110.01) contained
a news item entitled "Receiving SMOG-P and ATL-1 Nano Satellites With
an RTL-SDR" from Zoltan Doczi, HA7DCD.
Please note that on December 19, 2019 AMSAT designated SMOG-P as
Magyar-OSCAR 105 (MO-105) and ATL-1 as Magyar-OSCAR 106 (MO-106).
In the AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution, the TLEs for these two Hungarian
satellites are shown as follows:
MO-105 is NORAD Cat ID 44832 (SMOG-P)
MO-106 is NORAD Cat ID 44830 (ATL-1)
[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the
above information]
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The W4AMI Award and How to Obtain One
Just a little history, Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI, was a very prolific
operator and in his honor this certificate was created and the first
certificate was issued to him on June 27, 1994. He has since become an
SK and his local club has taken over his call sign. The award was
originally the W4AMI Satellite Operator Achievement Award. The local
club asked me not to use their call sign for the award. I changed the
award to The Robert W. Barbee, Jr. W4AMI Satellite Operator Achievement
Award. And here we are today, finally having issued over 100
certificates and over 30 of the 5,000 certificates.
This award is for making 1,000 contacts with any station any time. You
can say hello to your friend on every satellite on every pass every day
and count those contacts. That being said, any contact you log counts.
The award has endorsements for making 1,000 more contacts up to 4,000.
Another 1,000 contacts will earn a special W4AMI 5,000 certificate.
To submit for the award, please email me an extract from your log either
in Microsoft Excel XLS(X) format or ADI(F) format. Either will work just
fine. Then wait for me to get back to you notifying you to go online and
make your payment. I need nothing from LoTW, confirmed contacts are not
an issue, this award is for simply making a contact.
https://www.amsat.org/amsat-robert-w-barbee-jr-w4ami-award/
[ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director Contests and Awards,
for the above information]
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Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,
and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through
AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards
Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.
https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/
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New OSCAR T-Shirt Available from AMSAT Zazzle Store
Thanks to an post on Twitter from Michael Styne, K2MTS, AMSAT is
pleased to offer a new t-shirt on the AMSAT Zazzle Store. This t-
shirt design is available in variants suitable for printing on either
dark or lightly colored shirts.
The shirt features a representation of AMSAT-OSCAR 7 in orbit with the
tagline "OSCAR - Adventure and Excitement in Space Age Communication"
This image was used in advertisements for the 1978 ARRL book "Getting
to Know OSCAR." The ARRL has granted AMSAT permission to republish
this classic image as a t-shirt.
Get yours today! 25% of the purchase price goes towards Keeping
Amateur Radio in Space.
https://www.zazzle.com/oscar_t_shirt_dark-235643945481104970
https://www.zazzle.com/oscar_t_shirt_light-235449229998854129
[ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, AMSAT Executive VP, for the above
information]
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
ZW8, BRAZIL (Special Event). Operators Freddy/PY3YD, Joselito/PS8BR,
Fernando/PS8CW, Raimundo/PS8DX, Jose/PS8ET, Milton/PS8HF, Nelson/PS8NF,
Pirajah/PS8RF, Dalton/PS8TV and Andre/PT9AL are using the special event
callsign ZW8THANKS as a tribute to health care professionals fighting
COVID-19. Activity will be on all bands and modes including the satel-
lites. QSL via direct, eQSL or LoTW.
(ANS thanks the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1461 for the above information)
Due to COVID-19, there are no other announced satellite operations at
this moment. Any roving activity of which AMSAT becomes aware will be
posted at:
https://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/
Until then, stay safe and keep making contacts from home.
Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT VP-User Services for the
above information]
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AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur
radio package, including two-way communication capability, to
be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit.
Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/
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ARISS News
ARISS lets students worldwide experience the excitement of talking
directly with crew members of the International Space Station, inspir-
ing them to pursue interests in careers in science, technology,
engineering and math, and engaging them with radio science technology
through amateur radio.
Northern Virginia Schools Group, Woodbridge VA, Multi-point telebridge
contact via AB1OC is scheduled for Thursday, April 30. The ISS call-
sign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS, and the scheduled astronaut
is Chris Cassidy, KF5KDR. The contact is go for 13:35:00 UTC at a max-
imum elevation of 62 degrees. Stations in the eastern U.S. should be
able to listen in on this contact on 145.80 MHz FM. A multi-point tele-
bridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from
their own home.
The ARISS team continues to test and firm up a plan to transform ARISS
contacts and how ARISS interacts with youth and education institutions.
ARISS will provide distance learning with every student and staff mem-
ber in their own homes (even quarantined).
[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]
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Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
Want to see AMSAT in action or learn more about amateur radio in space?
AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating
through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meet-
ings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events.
Due to COVID-19, many hamfest and events around the United States have
been canceled or postponed. While we make every effort to ensure the
information contained below is correct, there may be some that we
missed. We wish all of you safekeeping and hope to be at a hamfest
near you soon.
Current schedule:
June 12-13, 2020, Ham-Com, Plano, TX
September 26, 2020 Arrowhead Radio Amateurs Club Hamfest, Superior, WI
The following events scheduled to have an AMSAT presence have been
CANCELED:
May 2, 2020, Cochise Amateur Radio Association Hamfest, Sierra
Vista, AZ
May 8-9, 2020 Prescott Hamfest, Prescott, AZ
May 15-17, Hamvention, Xenia, OH
A copy of the AMSAT hamfest brochure is available for download from:
https://bit.ly/2ygVFmV This color brochure is designed to be printed
double-sided and folded into a tri-fold handout.
To include your upcoming AMSAT presentation and/or demonstration,
please send an email to ambassadors (at) amsat (dot) org.
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT VP-User Services for the
above information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ Diwata-2 (PO-101) has been active daily to provide emergency access
during Covid-19 pandemic. Check https://twitter.com/Diwata2PH
For Daily activation schedule
(ANS thanks DIWATA-2 Ground Team for the above information)
+ On this 50th anniversary of the flight of Apollo 13, the BBC has pro-
duced a documentary video series, "13 Minutes to the Moon," along
with associated web resources and podcasts. The documentary can be
accessed worldwide at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xttx2
(ANS thanks Peter Green, G0ABI, for the above information)
+ Happy 30th anniversary, Hubble! The Hubble Space Telescope was laun-
ched into LEO on April 24th, 1990 aboard Space Shuttle Discovery
STS-31 launch video). Featuring a 2.4 m mirror and optics that are
smooth to 10 nanometers (but were in the wrong shape until corrected
by the first of five servicing missions in 1993), Hubble takes images
of the Universe with never-before-seen quality. The telescope may
work into the 2040s, hopefully being joined by its more-advanced sib-
ling, the JWST, next year. Take a moment to browse some of Hubble’s
most stunning snapshots of the Universe at:
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/
(ANS thanks The Orbital Index for the above information)
+ Astronauts onboard the International Space Station have gotten a
first good look at the controversial Starlink satellites. On April
13th, they photographed a train of 16 Starlinks cutting through
Southern Lights over the Antarctic. Learn more about their unique
photo + corresponding ground-based sightings on Spaceweather.com
(ANS thanks Southgate ARC for the above information)
+ SpaceX launched 60 more spacecraft Wednesday to join the Starlink
fleet. The successful launch Wednesday marked the 84th flight of a
Falcon 9 rocket since June 2010. That makes SpaceX’s Falcon 9 the
most-flown orbital-class U.S. launcher currently in operation, ex-
ceeding the 83 missions performed by the Atlas 5 rocket built by
rival United Launch Alliance. With Wednesday’s launch, SpaceX has
delivered 422 Starlink satellites to space. The company is seeking
regulatory approval to fly 4,400 of the satellites in the project's
first phase. SpaceX’s next Starlink launch after Wednesday could
happen as soon as early May on another Falcon 9 rocket mission. That
will be followed by SpaceX’s first launch with astronauts on-board —
scheduled for May 27 — to begin a test flight of the company’s Crew
Dragon spaceship to the International Space Station.
(ANS thanks spaceflightnow.com for the above information)
+ A series of unusually severe spring storms parading across the south-
eastern USA had residents taking shelter this week from hail and tor-
nadoes. High above the maelstrom, sprites were dancing. Sprites are
a form of electricity in powerful storm clouds. While regular light-
ning lances down, sprites leap up. They can reach all the way to the
edge of space 90 km or more above Earth’s surface.
(ANS thanks Southgate ARC and spaceweatherarchive.com for the above
information)
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In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT
Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership
at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space,
This week's ANS Editor, Casey Tucker, KI7UNJ
ki7unj at amsat dot org
_______________________________________________
Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
425 DX News #1512
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April 2020 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1512
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
Owing to the ongoing and fluid nature of the COVID-19 situation globally,
announced activities might be cut short, postponed, cancelled or even
extended at any time and without notice.
4W - The Lagunaria DX Group's DXpedition to Timor Leste (11 October-8
November) [425DXN 1505] has been postponed until sometime in 2021.
"The current situation based on the Corona pandemic makes it
impossible to plan anything later in this year", the team says.
"The uncertainty of travel safety, the not predictable impact on
the companies we have to rely on and the current restrictions that
prevent a solid preparation, forced us to take this step. We hope
that we can see clearer by the end of this year what will be in
2021". Updates will be posted to http://timor-leste-dx.de/.
EU - Commemorating the end of World War II, special callsigns EV75M,
EV75F, EV75K, EV75P, EV75GA, EV75GK and EV75PP are expected to be
active from Belarus on 2-9 May. They will participate in the
Memorial Pobeda-75 (see below). QSL via operator's instructions.
G - This year the Poldhu Amateur Radio Club (GB2GM) will be unable to
operate from the Marconi Centre on 25 April. Another special call-
sign, however, will celebrate Marconi's birthday: GB1GM, operated
by Cliff, G3UYN (Chairman of PARC). "No QSL", he says.
G - Even though this year's International Marconi Day has been can-
cancelled, three IMD stations will be active from England on 25
April to celebrate the birth of Guglielmo Marconi: GB5IMD (on 2m
FM), GB6IMD (on the HF bands SSB) and GB8IMD (on the HF bands FT8).
QSLs via eQSL only, but certificates will be available: see "2020
Innovation Awards" on the Quantum Amateur Radio & Technology
Society's website (https://quantumtech.club/).
HL - Special callsigns HL40GDM and D73M will be active on 1-31 May to
commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Gwangju Uprising (18-27 May
1980), aka the Gwangju Democratization Movement. QSLs via HL4CCM,
direct or bureau. In 2011, the Archives for the May 18th Democratic
Uprising against Military Regime were inscribed to the UNESCO
Memory of the World Register.
JA_ant - The 61st Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition's overwintering
team at the Syowa Station on East Ongul Island (AN-015), Antarctica
includes Taka, JA1AGS and Hiro, JH7JCX. In their spare time they
are QRV from the 8J1RL club station, with activity on 40, 30, 20,
17 and 15 metres mainly FT8. They will be there until January 2021.
QSL via the bureau to 8J1RL, or direct to JG2MLI.
JA - Special callsign 8J17CALL will be activated from 23 April until 22
April 2021 by the 7-CALL Amateur Radio Club (JS1YEY), a Tokyo based
club station that gathers operators with callsigns in the 7K-7N
prefix series - "a symbol of the golden age of Japanese amateur
radio history". The first 7K call (7K1AAA) was issued on 23 April
1990, the last 7-Call was issued on 20 June 2003 (7N4XZZ). Over the
years some 95% of the 7K-7N stations lost interest in the hobby,
and nowadays the 7-Callers are only 17,583 out of the 402,180
Japanese amateurs. See https://7-call.com/en for more information.
All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau, eQSL and
LoTW.
LZ - Special callsign LZ50BFRA will be active from 26 April until the
end of the year to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Bulgarian
Federation of Radio Amateurs. Founded on 26 April 1970, BFRA is
the national IARU member society. QSL via LZ1BJ (bureau).
OE - 4U2STAYHOME is the special callsign for the VIC Amateur Radio Con-
test DX Club (4U1A, http://www.cqdx.ru/4u1a/) to join the Stay Home
/Stay Safe campaign. This activity counts for Austria for DXCC, and
for the Vienna International Centre for the CQ DX Marathon. QSL via
UA3DX, direct or bureau.
OE - Jo, OE4VIE will be active as OE50MHZ (WWL JN87dc) from 1 May to 30
June. He will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 6 metres, to
mark the 30th anniversary of the allocation - initially subject
to severe restrictions - of the Magic Band to Austrian amateurs.
QSL via LoTW and eQSL; paper QSLs will be sent automatically via
the bureau.
UA - A very large number of Russian stations using special prefix RP75
(where the letter P stands for 'pobeda', i.e. 'victory') will be
active on 2-9 May to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the end of
World War II. See https://pobeda.srr.ru/ for more information, in-
cluding the list of participating stations and their QSL routes.
VE - Canadian licensees are allowed to use "special event" prefixes from
20 April to 20 June as a reminder to stay at home and help contain
and limit the spread of COVID-19: VA stations can use CF, VE
stations can use CG, VO stations can use CH, and VY stations can
use CI.
W - The Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club of Babylon, NY is looking
for amateurs in each of New York State's 62 counties to operate
their home stations under the special event callsign K2H (H for
Heroes) between 1 and 31 May. All operators will be signing K2H/
along with the county abbreviation as used in the New York QSO
Party (e.g. K2H/SUF for Suffolk, K2H/NAS for Nassau, etc). This
special operation is intented to express gratitude to the men and
women on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Confirmation
certificates" will be available, but QSL cards will not be issued.
See https://www.qrz.com/db/k2h for more information.
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
Access to the main functions of www.425dxn.org is provided by the 425DXN App
for Android. It is available on Google Play - free of charge, no ads. Enjoy!
COVID-19 PANDEMIC ---> Travel restrictions, self-isolation and social dis-
tancing requirements as well as general health and safety issues arising
from the coronavirus pandemic are affecting quite a number of operations and
amateur radio events, which have been postponed or cancelled:
Z68AN Kosovo 27/04-30/04 cancelled
Z68EC Kosovo 27/04-30/04 cancelled
ZV1C SA-029 01/05-03/05 postponed later in 2020
8Q7KB Maldives 04/05-12/05 cancelled
TM5IB EU-105 16/05-23/05 cancelled
FM/OQ3R Martinique 25/05-06/06 cancelled
TO3F Martinique CQ WW WPX CW cancelled
Museum Ships Weekend 06/06-07/06 cancelled
VP2V/W9DR British Virgin Isls 17/06-24/06 cancelled
ZA/HG2DX Albania 21/06-03/07 cancelled
4W Timor Leste 11/10-08/11 postponed to 2021
JAPAN: EXPANDED ACCESS TO 160 AND 80 METRES ---> As of 21 April, Japanese
amateurs have gained new privileges on 160 and 80m. The current band plan,
as summarized on the ARRL's website, is as follow:
160 METRES
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1800-1810 kHz All modes (new assignment)
1810-1825 kHz CW only
1825-1875 kHz All modes (as secondary service, new assignment)
1907.5-1912.5 kHz CW and data (F1B, F1D, G1B, G1D)
80 METRES
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3500-3520 kHz CW only
3520-3535 kHz CW and data (F1B, F1D, G1B, G1D)
3535-3575 kHz CW, phone, image; data only permitted for making
contacts with non-JA amateurs
3575-3580 kHz All modes (as secondary service, new assignment)
3599-3612 kHz CW, phone, image, data
3662-3680 kHz All modes (as secondary service, new assignment)
3680-3687 kHz CW, phone, image
3702-3716 kHz CW, phone, image
3745-3770 kHz CW, phone, image
3791-3805 kHz CW, phone, image
QSL EY8MM ---> Reportedly Ted, K1BV has been hospitalized since September
and is unable to process QSL requests. Please refrain from mailing cards to
him until further notice, and do not mail cards to EY8MM's home address.
Nodir uploads his log to LoTW on a regular basis.
QSL H33K ---> The QSL route for the 2-13 March operation has changed "due to
problems with the postal service in Panama during the Covid-19 lockdown".
The new QSL manager is W4JS (direct only). The logs have been already
uploaded to LoTW and Club Log; the QSL cards are expected to be available
after 30 April.
STAY AT HOME ---> Other special callsign joining the Stay Home campaign and/
or showing support for health care professionals and other key workers
during the COVID-19 pandemic include:
Callsign DXCC QSL
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3G2HOME Chile LoTW only
4U2STAYHOME Austria UA3DX
4X2BESAFE Israel 4Z1TL 26/04-12/08
5W19STAYSAFE Samoa LoTW only
CB3STAYHOME Chile LoTW, or via EA5GL (direct)
GB0CCW England LoTW, or via M0LXD
GB0EDH England operated by G0NQZ 21/04-18/05
GB0KYD England operated by M0OWS 18/04-16/05
GB1HSC No. Ireland GI7SBF 20/04-17/05
GB2SH England eQSL only 20/04-17/05
GB4KW England eQSL only
GB5KW England operated by M0TXX
GB9KW England eQSL only
HA0HOME Hungary HA0DX
HA0STAY Hungary HA0DX
HA127STAY Hungary HA9BA
IO6STAY Italy IK6QON (direct) 22/04-20/07
K2H USA - 01/05-31/05
OD50SH Lebanon IZ8CLM
OD5STAYHOME Lebanon IZ8CLM
OE1STAYHOME Austria LoTW and eQSL only
OR4LIFE Belgium ON6YX
OR7LIFE Belgium ON4OB
PE6STAYHOME Netherlands operated by PE1EVX
TC3STAYHOME Turkey TA3X
XR3STAYHOME Chile eQSL only
===========================
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
******* QSL ROUTES *******
===========================
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
===================================================================
CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
===================================================================
3Z50DVP SP6DVP CO6ABP RW6HS OE25TWA OE3TWA
4J0STAYHOME DC9RI CS5MAR CT1REP OE25XGM OE5XGM
4K0STAYHOME DC9RI CT1STAYHOME CT1EQQ OE25XKJ OE7XKJ
4L8A M0OXO D2EB IZ3ETU OE25YSC OE3YSC
4O/E73A 9A2AA DQ750KL DL5KVV OL1941FP OK2CME
4U1A UA3DX DU9CA IK2DUW OL725PLZ OK1DRQ
4U1UN HB9BOU DX0STAYHOME DX1PAR ON4HEROES ON5UR
4X0T 4Z5FI DZ1Z DV1YAI ON4STAYSTRONG ON4RCN
4X9A 4Z4OQ E76C E77E OO7STAYHOME ON7SS
5B4AHL M0URX ED5URR EA5URR OP2STAYHOME ON6NB
5P0WARD OZ1ACB EG5DMR EA5RKB OP6STAYHOME ON4IPR
5P0WHD OZ1ACB EK1915KE EK1KE OQ1HOPE ON4ON
7X2GK IK2DUW EK1915MG EK6MG OQ4ANGELS ON4CHT
7X5JF DJ8QP EK1915RR EK1RR OR20STAYHOME ON4RSX
8P2K KU9C EK1915SI EK6SI OR4STAYHOME ON3AR [d]
8P6DR G3RWL EL2DT EL2FM OR4STAYHOME ON4CP [b]
9K2WARD 9K2RA EP2C EA5GL OR8STAYHOME ON4ATH
9M2TO JA0DMV EU5C EW1I OR95WARD ON4CRD [b]
9N1AA N4GNR FY4VA DL7BC OR95WARD ON4LBI [d]
A35JP JA0RQV GB4ARD M0KPW OT20LIFE ON5AV
A60WARD/1 A61BK GB4SAH G4XEX OT4HOPE ON6SI
A60WARD/4 A61BK H33K W4JS OT6STAYSAFE ON5YL
A60WARD/5 A92AA HB9WARD HB9OCR OT7STAYSAFE ON6MS
A91WARD A92AA HC1HC NE8Z OX80HM OZ1ACB
AM1WARD EA4URE HC7AE EA5GL OZ80HM OZ1ACB
AM2WARD EA4URE HF1J SP1NEN OZ80QUEEN OZ1ACB
AM3WARD EA4URE HG0WFF HA0HW PC6STAYHOME PC4AD
AM4WARD EA4URE HH2/N3BNA KA2AEV PH70PH PA7HPH
AM5WARD EA4URE HI3MPC W2CCW PU0FDN PY7RP
AM6WARD EA4URE HI8JSG RW6HS RG61PP RZ3LC
AM795DX EB7DX HI8K W2CCW S50WAAD S59DKS
AM7WARD EA4URE HP1XT KU9C S79VU EA5GL
AM8WARD EA4URE HZ1WARD HZ1SAR SK9WARD SM6JSM
AM95WARD EA4URE II5CNPP IZ5RHU SM7/OZ1AA OZ1ACB
AM9WARD EA4URE II5LDV IQ5LV SN0KURP SP5KVW
AN595AHA EC5AHA IO3RT IQ3BM SN0MD SP1PNW
AO295EZ EA2EZ IQ8BI IZ8CLM SP0WL SP5ZIP
AO395AKA EA3AKA J68HZ K9HZ TF3WARD TF3MH
AO395NN EA3NN J73WA ND3R TI2VLM EA5ZD
AO395PP EA3PP JY5HX E73Y TI5/N3KS W4FS
AO495S EA4S KH2L W3HNK TM20PAQ F4HZS
AO495SE EA4SE KL7J N3SL TM35UFT F6EEQ
AO595BY EA5BY KP3H NP3LT TM5OIS/p F5KRH
AO595HRT EA5HRT OD5KU EB7DX TM95WARD F6BEE
AO595KA EA5KA OD5TX W4JS TT8SN DL9USA
AO595XA EA5XA OE20M OE1WHC TZ4AM W0SA
AO795IYF EA7IYF OE25BKC OE3BKC UK8FF W3HNK
AO795TV EA7TV OE25DMT OE7DMT VP2ETE W3HNK
BV50CYMC BV4VR OE25IGP OE2IGP XU7AMG BD4HF
C91CCY K3IRV OE25JWD OE6JWD ZS6S EA5GL
CM8BD RW6HS OE25LCR OE3LCR ZT4T EA5GL
CN20SH RW6HS OE25PEN OE5PEN ZW5STAYHOME PY5EG
3W1T Eddy Visser, I.P.O Box 88, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam
4K2GG Alexander Y. Frolov, P.O. Box 38, Volgograd, 400066, Russia
9G5GS Matteo Ghirardini, Via Maggiore 77, 48121 Ravenna RA, Italy
DC9RI Rashad Iskandarli, Postfach 600321, 60333 Frankfurt am Main,
Germany
DL2020R Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
EL2FM Joe Brown, 10 Oldhams Lane, Bolton, BL1 6PN, United Kingdom
OE20M DokuFunk, An den Steinfeldern 4A, 1230 Wien, Austria
TR8CA Jean Charron, 19 rue Gabriel Moussa, 33320 Eysines, France
V84SAR Tamat Lampoh, P.O. Box 849, MPC Old Airport, Bandar Seri Begawan
BB3577, Brunei Darussalam
XV1X Eddy Visser, I.P.O Box 88, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam
Z81S Antonello Scauso, Via Tenente Minniti 105, 98057 Milazzo ME, Italy
****************************************************************************
425 DX NEWS HOME PAGE: http://www.425dxn.org
425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE: http://www.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 (i1jqj.mauro@gmail.com)
The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays
****************************************************************************
Direttore Responsabile
Gabriele Villa, I2VGW
Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 071675
Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti
Roma, Italia
****************************************************************************
No 1512
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** DX INFORMATION ****
===========================
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
Owing to the ongoing and fluid nature of the COVID-19 situation globally,
announced activities might be cut short, postponed, cancelled or even
extended at any time and without notice.
4W - The Lagunaria DX Group's DXpedition to Timor Leste (11 October-8
November) [425DXN 1505] has been postponed until sometime in 2021.
"The current situation based on the Corona pandemic makes it
impossible to plan anything later in this year", the team says.
"The uncertainty of travel safety, the not predictable impact on
the companies we have to rely on and the current restrictions that
prevent a solid preparation, forced us to take this step. We hope
that we can see clearer by the end of this year what will be in
2021". Updates will be posted to http://timor-leste-dx.de/.
EU - Commemorating the end of World War II, special callsigns EV75M,
EV75F, EV75K, EV75P, EV75GA, EV75GK and EV75PP are expected to be
active from Belarus on 2-9 May. They will participate in the
Memorial Pobeda-75 (see below). QSL via operator's instructions.
G - This year the Poldhu Amateur Radio Club (GB2GM) will be unable to
operate from the Marconi Centre on 25 April. Another special call-
sign, however, will celebrate Marconi's birthday: GB1GM, operated
by Cliff, G3UYN (Chairman of PARC). "No QSL", he says.
G - Even though this year's International Marconi Day has been can-
cancelled, three IMD stations will be active from England on 25
April to celebrate the birth of Guglielmo Marconi: GB5IMD (on 2m
FM), GB6IMD (on the HF bands SSB) and GB8IMD (on the HF bands FT8).
QSLs via eQSL only, but certificates will be available: see "2020
Innovation Awards" on the Quantum Amateur Radio & Technology
Society's website (https://quantumtech.club/).
HL - Special callsigns HL40GDM and D73M will be active on 1-31 May to
commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Gwangju Uprising (18-27 May
1980), aka the Gwangju Democratization Movement. QSLs via HL4CCM,
direct or bureau. In 2011, the Archives for the May 18th Democratic
Uprising against Military Regime were inscribed to the UNESCO
Memory of the World Register.
JA_ant - The 61st Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition's overwintering
team at the Syowa Station on East Ongul Island (AN-015), Antarctica
includes Taka, JA1AGS and Hiro, JH7JCX. In their spare time they
are QRV from the 8J1RL club station, with activity on 40, 30, 20,
17 and 15 metres mainly FT8. They will be there until January 2021.
QSL via the bureau to 8J1RL, or direct to JG2MLI.
JA - Special callsign 8J17CALL will be activated from 23 April until 22
April 2021 by the 7-CALL Amateur Radio Club (JS1YEY), a Tokyo based
club station that gathers operators with callsigns in the 7K-7N
prefix series - "a symbol of the golden age of Japanese amateur
radio history". The first 7K call (7K1AAA) was issued on 23 April
1990, the last 7-Call was issued on 20 June 2003 (7N4XZZ). Over the
years some 95% of the 7K-7N stations lost interest in the hobby,
and nowadays the 7-Callers are only 17,583 out of the 402,180
Japanese amateurs. See https://7-call.com/en for more information.
All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau, eQSL and
LoTW.
LZ - Special callsign LZ50BFRA will be active from 26 April until the
end of the year to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Bulgarian
Federation of Radio Amateurs. Founded on 26 April 1970, BFRA is
the national IARU member society. QSL via LZ1BJ (bureau).
OE - 4U2STAYHOME is the special callsign for the VIC Amateur Radio Con-
test DX Club (4U1A, http://www.cqdx.ru/4u1a/) to join the Stay Home
/Stay Safe campaign. This activity counts for Austria for DXCC, and
for the Vienna International Centre for the CQ DX Marathon. QSL via
UA3DX, direct or bureau.
OE - Jo, OE4VIE will be active as OE50MHZ (WWL JN87dc) from 1 May to 30
June. He will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 6 metres, to
mark the 30th anniversary of the allocation - initially subject
to severe restrictions - of the Magic Band to Austrian amateurs.
QSL via LoTW and eQSL; paper QSLs will be sent automatically via
the bureau.
UA - A very large number of Russian stations using special prefix RP75
(where the letter P stands for 'pobeda', i.e. 'victory') will be
active on 2-9 May to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the end of
World War II. See https://pobeda.srr.ru/ for more information, in-
cluding the list of participating stations and their QSL routes.
VE - Canadian licensees are allowed to use "special event" prefixes from
20 April to 20 June as a reminder to stay at home and help contain
and limit the spread of COVID-19: VA stations can use CF, VE
stations can use CG, VO stations can use CH, and VY stations can
use CI.
W - The Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club of Babylon, NY is looking
for amateurs in each of New York State's 62 counties to operate
their home stations under the special event callsign K2H (H for
Heroes) between 1 and 31 May. All operators will be signing K2H/
along with the county abbreviation as used in the New York QSO
Party (e.g. K2H/SUF for Suffolk, K2H/NAS for Nassau, etc). This
special operation is intented to express gratitude to the men and
women on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Confirmation
certificates" will be available, but QSL cards will not be issued.
See https://www.qrz.com/db/k2h for more information.
===========================
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
===========================
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
Access to the main functions of www.425dxn.org is provided by the 425DXN App
for Android. It is available on Google Play - free of charge, no ads. Enjoy!
COVID-19 PANDEMIC ---> Travel restrictions, self-isolation and social dis-
tancing requirements as well as general health and safety issues arising
from the coronavirus pandemic are affecting quite a number of operations and
amateur radio events, which have been postponed or cancelled:
Z68AN Kosovo 27/04-30/04 cancelled
Z68EC Kosovo 27/04-30/04 cancelled
ZV1C SA-029 01/05-03/05 postponed later in 2020
8Q7KB Maldives 04/05-12/05 cancelled
TM5IB EU-105 16/05-23/05 cancelled
FM/OQ3R Martinique 25/05-06/06 cancelled
TO3F Martinique CQ WW WPX CW cancelled
Museum Ships Weekend 06/06-07/06 cancelled
VP2V/W9DR British Virgin Isls 17/06-24/06 cancelled
ZA/HG2DX Albania 21/06-03/07 cancelled
4W Timor Leste 11/10-08/11 postponed to 2021
JAPAN: EXPANDED ACCESS TO 160 AND 80 METRES ---> As of 21 April, Japanese
amateurs have gained new privileges on 160 and 80m. The current band plan,
as summarized on the ARRL's website, is as follow:
160 METRES
----------
1800-1810 kHz All modes (new assignment)
1810-1825 kHz CW only
1825-1875 kHz All modes (as secondary service, new assignment)
1907.5-1912.5 kHz CW and data (F1B, F1D, G1B, G1D)
80 METRES
---------
3500-3520 kHz CW only
3520-3535 kHz CW and data (F1B, F1D, G1B, G1D)
3535-3575 kHz CW, phone, image; data only permitted for making
contacts with non-JA amateurs
3575-3580 kHz All modes (as secondary service, new assignment)
3599-3612 kHz CW, phone, image, data
3662-3680 kHz All modes (as secondary service, new assignment)
3680-3687 kHz CW, phone, image
3702-3716 kHz CW, phone, image
3745-3770 kHz CW, phone, image
3791-3805 kHz CW, phone, image
QSL EY8MM ---> Reportedly Ted, K1BV has been hospitalized since September
and is unable to process QSL requests. Please refrain from mailing cards to
him until further notice, and do not mail cards to EY8MM's home address.
Nodir uploads his log to LoTW on a regular basis.
QSL H33K ---> The QSL route for the 2-13 March operation has changed "due to
problems with the postal service in Panama during the Covid-19 lockdown".
The new QSL manager is W4JS (direct only). The logs have been already
uploaded to LoTW and Club Log; the QSL cards are expected to be available
after 30 April.
STAY AT HOME ---> Other special callsign joining the Stay Home campaign and/
or showing support for health care professionals and other key workers
during the COVID-19 pandemic include:
Callsign DXCC QSL
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3G2HOME Chile LoTW only
4U2STAYHOME Austria UA3DX
4X2BESAFE Israel 4Z1TL 26/04-12/08
5W19STAYSAFE Samoa LoTW only
CB3STAYHOME Chile LoTW, or via EA5GL (direct)
GB0CCW England LoTW, or via M0LXD
GB0EDH England operated by G0NQZ 21/04-18/05
GB0KYD England operated by M0OWS 18/04-16/05
GB1HSC No. Ireland GI7SBF 20/04-17/05
GB2SH England eQSL only 20/04-17/05
GB4KW England eQSL only
GB5KW England operated by M0TXX
GB9KW England eQSL only
HA0HOME Hungary HA0DX
HA0STAY Hungary HA0DX
HA127STAY Hungary HA9BA
IO6STAY Italy IK6QON (direct) 22/04-20/07
K2H USA - 01/05-31/05
OD50SH Lebanon IZ8CLM
OD5STAYHOME Lebanon IZ8CLM
OE1STAYHOME Austria LoTW and eQSL only
OR4LIFE Belgium ON6YX
OR7LIFE Belgium ON4OB
PE6STAYHOME Netherlands operated by PE1EVX
TC3STAYHOME Turkey TA3X
XR3STAYHOME Chile eQSL only
===========================
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
******* QSL ROUTES *******
===========================
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
===================================================================
CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
===================================================================
3Z50DVP SP6DVP CO6ABP RW6HS OE25TWA OE3TWA
4J0STAYHOME DC9RI CS5MAR CT1REP OE25XGM OE5XGM
4K0STAYHOME DC9RI CT1STAYHOME CT1EQQ OE25XKJ OE7XKJ
4L8A M0OXO D2EB IZ3ETU OE25YSC OE3YSC
4O/E73A 9A2AA DQ750KL DL5KVV OL1941FP OK2CME
4U1A UA3DX DU9CA IK2DUW OL725PLZ OK1DRQ
4U1UN HB9BOU DX0STAYHOME DX1PAR ON4HEROES ON5UR
4X0T 4Z5FI DZ1Z DV1YAI ON4STAYSTRONG ON4RCN
4X9A 4Z4OQ E76C E77E OO7STAYHOME ON7SS
5B4AHL M0URX ED5URR EA5URR OP2STAYHOME ON6NB
5P0WARD OZ1ACB EG5DMR EA5RKB OP6STAYHOME ON4IPR
5P0WHD OZ1ACB EK1915KE EK1KE OQ1HOPE ON4ON
7X2GK IK2DUW EK1915MG EK6MG OQ4ANGELS ON4CHT
7X5JF DJ8QP EK1915RR EK1RR OR20STAYHOME ON4RSX
8P2K KU9C EK1915SI EK6SI OR4STAYHOME ON3AR [d]
8P6DR G3RWL EL2DT EL2FM OR4STAYHOME ON4CP [b]
9K2WARD 9K2RA EP2C EA5GL OR8STAYHOME ON4ATH
9M2TO JA0DMV EU5C EW1I OR95WARD ON4CRD [b]
9N1AA N4GNR FY4VA DL7BC OR95WARD ON4LBI [d]
A35JP JA0RQV GB4ARD M0KPW OT20LIFE ON5AV
A60WARD/1 A61BK GB4SAH G4XEX OT4HOPE ON6SI
A60WARD/4 A61BK H33K W4JS OT6STAYSAFE ON5YL
A60WARD/5 A92AA HB9WARD HB9OCR OT7STAYSAFE ON6MS
A91WARD A92AA HC1HC NE8Z OX80HM OZ1ACB
AM1WARD EA4URE HC7AE EA5GL OZ80HM OZ1ACB
AM2WARD EA4URE HF1J SP1NEN OZ80QUEEN OZ1ACB
AM3WARD EA4URE HG0WFF HA0HW PC6STAYHOME PC4AD
AM4WARD EA4URE HH2/N3BNA KA2AEV PH70PH PA7HPH
AM5WARD EA4URE HI3MPC W2CCW PU0FDN PY7RP
AM6WARD EA4URE HI8JSG RW6HS RG61PP RZ3LC
AM795DX EB7DX HI8K W2CCW S50WAAD S59DKS
AM7WARD EA4URE HP1XT KU9C S79VU EA5GL
AM8WARD EA4URE HZ1WARD HZ1SAR SK9WARD SM6JSM
AM95WARD EA4URE II5CNPP IZ5RHU SM7/OZ1AA OZ1ACB
AM9WARD EA4URE II5LDV IQ5LV SN0KURP SP5KVW
AN595AHA EC5AHA IO3RT IQ3BM SN0MD SP1PNW
AO295EZ EA2EZ IQ8BI IZ8CLM SP0WL SP5ZIP
AO395AKA EA3AKA J68HZ K9HZ TF3WARD TF3MH
AO395NN EA3NN J73WA ND3R TI2VLM EA5ZD
AO395PP EA3PP JY5HX E73Y TI5/N3KS W4FS
AO495S EA4S KH2L W3HNK TM20PAQ F4HZS
AO495SE EA4SE KL7J N3SL TM35UFT F6EEQ
AO595BY EA5BY KP3H NP3LT TM5OIS/p F5KRH
AO595HRT EA5HRT OD5KU EB7DX TM95WARD F6BEE
AO595KA EA5KA OD5TX W4JS TT8SN DL9USA
AO595XA EA5XA OE20M OE1WHC TZ4AM W0SA
AO795IYF EA7IYF OE25BKC OE3BKC UK8FF W3HNK
AO795TV EA7TV OE25DMT OE7DMT VP2ETE W3HNK
BV50CYMC BV4VR OE25IGP OE2IGP XU7AMG BD4HF
C91CCY K3IRV OE25JWD OE6JWD ZS6S EA5GL
CM8BD RW6HS OE25LCR OE3LCR ZT4T EA5GL
CN20SH RW6HS OE25PEN OE5PEN ZW5STAYHOME PY5EG
3W1T Eddy Visser, I.P.O Box 88, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam
4K2GG Alexander Y. Frolov, P.O. Box 38, Volgograd, 400066, Russia
9G5GS Matteo Ghirardini, Via Maggiore 77, 48121 Ravenna RA, Italy
DC9RI Rashad Iskandarli, Postfach 600321, 60333 Frankfurt am Main,
Germany
DL2020R Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
EL2FM Joe Brown, 10 Oldhams Lane, Bolton, BL1 6PN, United Kingdom
OE20M DokuFunk, An den Steinfeldern 4A, 1230 Wien, Austria
TR8CA Jean Charron, 19 rue Gabriel Moussa, 33320 Eysines, France
V84SAR Tamat Lampoh, P.O. Box 849, MPC Old Airport, Bandar Seri Begawan
BB3577, Brunei Darussalam
XV1X Eddy Visser, I.P.O Box 88, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam
Z81S Antonello Scauso, Via Tenente Minniti 105, 98057 Milazzo ME, Italy
****************************************************************************
425 DX NEWS HOME PAGE: http://www.425dxn.org
425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE: http://www.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 (i1jqj.mauro@gmail.com)
The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays
****************************************************************************
Direttore Responsabile
Gabriele Villa, I2VGW
Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 071675
Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti
Roma, Italia
****************************************************************************
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