19 December 2015 A.R.I. DX
Bulletin
No
1285
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Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile
I2VGW
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3V -
Special callsign TS4NP is being used by the Association Tunisienne
des Radio Amateurs (3V8HQ) until 9 January to celebrate the Nobel
Peace Prize 2015, awarded to the National Dialoque Quartet "for
its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic
democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of
2011". QSL via the bureau.
3W - Bert, DK2BR will be active holiday style
as 3W2BR from Con Son
Island (AS-130) between 5 and 21 March
2016. He will run 60 watts
into vertical antennas, and will
operate SSB, RTTY and maybe PSK31
on 40-10 metres. QSL via DK2BR,
direct only. [TNX DK2BR]
4X - The Holy Land DX Group (4X1VF, 4X4DZ,
4X6HP, 4Z4BS, 4Z4KX, 4Z5FI,
4Z5IW and 4Z5LA) will be active as
4X4WFF from around 7 UTC on 25
December until noon on the 26th.
They will operate SSB and CW with
two stations from Israel National
Park (4XFF-004) and UNESCO World
Heritage Site of Avdat. QSL via
IK2DUW. [TNX IK2DUW]
5T - 5T2AI is the callsign issued to Ahmad, 9K2AI,
who is working in
Mauritania for the next three years [425DXN
1269]. The licence
expires on 18 August 2018. Ahmad is a 99% SSB
operator. QSL via
NI5DX. [TNX 5T0JL]
6W - Earl, WA3DX will
be touring Senegal between 26 December and 12
January and will
be active holiday style as 6W1/WA3DX from Dakar,
as 6W7/WA3DX from
Mbao, as 6W6/WA3DX from Kaolack and the Saloum
Islands (not
IOTA). He will operate mainly SSB on 40-10 metres.
QSL direct to
WA3DX. [TNX DX World]
9M2 - A large group from the Kuala Lumpur DX Team
will be active as
9M2SI from Indah Island (AS-074), West Malaysia
on 25-27 December.
They will operate SSB and CW on 40-10 metres.
QSL direct to 9M2OOO.
CE - Special callsign XR400AA will be in use until
the end of January
to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the
discovery of Cape Horn
(29 January 1616). QSL via XQ4CW. [TNX DX
Newsletter]
DL - Stefan, DF8HS will be active from his second QTH on
Fehmarn Island
(EU-128) from 19 December to 11 January. QSL via
the bureau. [TNX
rsgbiota.org]
DL - Volker, DL1WH will
be active holiday style as DL1WH/p from
Norderney Island
(EU-047) from 23 December to 2 January. He will
operate CW and
some SSB on 80-10 metres. QSL via home call, bureau
preferred. [TNX
The Daily DX]
E5_sc - Henrik, OZ6TL will be active holiday style as
E51TLA from
Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands from 19
December to 9
January. He will operate CW and RTTY. QSL via
OZ6TL. [TNX The
Daily DX]
G - From 1 January to 31
December 2016 the prefixes GK, MK, and 2K
will indicate a
station operating from Cornwall and the Isles of
Scilly. The
Regional Secondary Locator "K" stands for Kernow, i.e.
Cornwall in
Cornish language, and has been made available for a
period of up
to one year on a temporary and optional basis.
Information
on "The Kernow Award", offered by the Poldhu Amateur
Radio Club,
at http://gb2gm.org/index.php/the-kernow-award.
HL
- Han, DS2GOO will be active again as DS2GOO/2 from Taeijak
Island
(AS-090) on 26-28 December. He will operate CW, SSB and
digital
modes on 80-10 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX
HL1VAU]
I - Promoting the International Year of Light, special station
II1IYL
will be active from the Astronomical Observatory of Torino
for the
last time on 20 Dicember. All of the QSOs will be
confirmed
automatically via the bureau. Updated information on
the IYL2015
Award programme for working the four special
stations (II0IYL,
II1IYL, II3IYL and II8IYL) can be found at www.qrz.com/db/II1IYL.
[TNX
IW1FGZ]
J6 - Bill, K9HZ will be active again as J68HZ from St. Lucia
(NA-108)
from 19 December to 3 January. He will operate CW, SSB and
RTTY on
160-2 metres. QSL via home call (direct only), LoTW
and eQSL;
logsearch on Club Log. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
J7 -
Walter, HB9MFM has been active again as J79WTA from Dominica
(NA-101) since 28 November, and will remain there until 30 January
2016. He operates SSB and digital modes on all bands, 60 metres
included. QSL via home call, direct or bureau, and LoTW; logsearch
on Club Log.
JA - Take, JI3DST will be active as from the Miyako
Islands (AS-079)
from 26 December to 4 January. Callsigns to be
used are JS6RRR,
8N5KCJ/6 (special callsign to mark the 40th
anniversary of the
Keymen's Club of Japan) and maybe also
JI3DST/6. QSL JS6RRR and
JI3DST/6 via home call (bureaau
preferred), QSL 8N5KCJ/6 via
bureau, or direct to JO3OMA. [TNX
JI3DST]
PZ - Peter, PA1LP is active again as PZ5LP from Nieuw
Nickerie,
Suriname until 5 March 2016. Activity will be on 80-10
metres SSB
and digital modes. QSL direct to PZ5LP at his Suriname
address, or
(preferred) through Pay Pal (email
pz5lp[@]amsat.org for
information).
T8 - Ryosei, JH0IXE
will be active again as T8CW from Koror (OC-009),
Palau from 24
December to 7 January. He will operate mainly CW and
digital modes.
QSL via JA0FOX (bureau) or JH0IXE (direct), LoTW or
eQSL. [TNX The
Daily DX]
V2 - Laci, OM3AG will be active as V25LK from Antigua (NA-100)
from 23
December to 10 January. He will operate mainly CW on 20,
17, 15,
12 and 10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
[TNX DX
World]
VK - Pavel, VK6NAX will be active again as
VK6NAX/p from Garden Island
(OC-164) on 19 December, between 2 and
10 UTC. He will operate CW
on 20 and 15 metres. QSL direct
(QSLling instructions on qrz.com).
Pavel will be joined by John,
VK6AG (QSL direct or bureau). [TNX
rsgbiota.org]
VK -
Andy, VK5MAV and Craig VK5CE will be active from Breaksea Island
(OC-243) for 4-6 days in early March 2016. They will be QRV as
VK5MAV/6 (CW) and VK5CE/6 (SSB), and hopefully they will be able
to run two stations. Donations are gratefully accepted through Pay
Pal - see http://qrz.com/db/VK5MAV/6,
where more information is
expected to be posted in January. This
IOTA group was activated
only once (by VK6BSI back in January
2001).
VU - Dani, EA4ATI is now stationed in India for the next two
years, and
expects to be soon QRV as VU3WDN. QSL via EA4CWN. [TNX
EA4CWN]
YJ - Daniel, VK4AFU will be active as YJ0AFU from Port Vila
(OC-035),
Vanuatu on 2-10 January. He will operate digital modes
(JT65, JT9,
RTTY and some WSPR), CW and SSB on 160-6 metres. QSL
via NA5U and
LoTW. Updates will be posted to qrz.com. [TNX
NG3K]
ZF - Fred, WW4LL will be active holiday style as ZF2LL from
Grand
Cayman Island (NA-016) from 31 December to 5 January. He
will
operate SSB and RTTY on the HF bands, with main activity
during
the ARRL RTTY Roundup (2-3 January). QSL via LOTW. [TNX
NG3K]
IARU 90 ---> Joining the celebrations for the 90th
anniversary of the
International Amateur Radio Union are CO90IARU from
Cuba (QSL via W3HNK),
CQ790IARU from Portugal (14-20 December, QSL via
bureau or direct to
CT1REP), CQ890IARU from the Azores (17-23 December,
QSL via bureau or direct
to CT1REP), OD90IARU from Lebanon, ON90IARU from
Belgium (11-31 December,
QSL via bureau or direct to ON7TK) and
TF90IARU from Iceland. See
http://iaru90.hamlogs.net for free of
charge certificates for contacts made
with jubilee stations from 10
different IARU member countries.
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Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
425 DX
NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The November 2015 issue is now available
for
download at www.425dxn.org/monthly/index.html.
[TNX IZ3EBA]
CQ WW DX CONTEST PARTICIPANT SURVEY ---> On 2-29
September the CQ WW DX Contest Committee conducted a survey to gather
feedback from participants, and 5,117 responses were received from contest
operators around the world. The first results are now available at http://cqww.com/blog/.
HAMS WITH HEARTS
---> The International DX Association has announced the
formation of
a new fund within INDEXA that specifically supports
humanitarian
projects carried out by DXpeditions. The generous initial
contribution
by Zorro Miazawa (JH1AJT) will enable INDEXA to begin
humanitarian
support grants beginning mid-January of 2016. The tag line for
this fund is
"Hams with Hearts". To qualify for humanitarian grants,
DXpeditions
must present a clear plan for a humanitarian project to
coincide
with their DXpedition. The project must provide direct, physical
benefit
to the local population. See www.indexa.org/hamswithaheart.html
for
further information. [TNX W3OA]
IOTA BASH 2016 ---> The 12th
annual IOTA Bash will be held on 26-27
February in Boerne, Texas. The
agenda includes presentations by Mike K9AJ
(VP8STI and VP8SGI), David
EI9FBB (S79C and PJ7PK) and Mike AB5EB (N5M, NA-120). For further
information, please contact Mike Crownover,
AB5EB
(ab5ebdxer[@]gmail.com).
NPOTA ---> Celebrating the 100th
anniversary of the creation of the
National Park Service, the ARRL
National Parks on the Air (NPOTA) event
will run from 00.00 UTC on 1
January through 23.59 UTC on 31 December 2016,
with activity promoted and
encouraged from each of the more than 430
official NPS administrative
units and affiliated areas across the US. The
program will have two
participation tracks (Chasers and Activators) and
will be
administered entirely through LoTW. Complete details on the
National
Parks on the Air event are available on http://www.arrl.org/NPOTA.
QSL YB9AY
---> Cards for YB9AY/7 (Temajo Island, OC-252), as well as for
Made's
home callsigns (YC9AY and YB9AY), can be sent directly to him:
Made
Sudarsana, Jl. Danau Tamblingan No.126, Sanur, Denpasar 80228,
Indonesia.
[TNX YB3MM]
RI1FJ ---> Eugene, UA4RX has been
stationed at the Ernst Krenkel
Observatory on Heiss Island, Franz Josef
Land since early August [425DXN
1263]. The licence for RI1FJ has
been duly renewe and expires on 1
September 2017, but Eugene has not
been active so far. All that Victor,
UA2FM (RI1FJ's QSL manager) has
been able to understand is that Eugene "is
alive and well, he carries
out his duties, but he has no technical
possibilities to be QRV". He
is expected to remain on the island until
August 2016. [TNX DX
World]
TX3X LOTW & QSL CARD STATUS ---> The following update was
provided by Gene Spinelli, K5GS on 12 December:
- Not in Log and busted
call inquires have been researched and answered. If
you did not receive a
reply to an inquiry please send only one e-mail to
k5gs[@]pdxg.net with
the details of the missing QSOs.
- Several "Not in Log" call signs were
reported to be found in the logs of
other DXpeditions or a Cuban Special
Event station that were active at the
same time as TX3X.
- The complete
log will be uploaded to LoTW in May 2016.
- Individuals that donated to
the project at any time - your LoTW was
uploaded.
- OQRS PayPal
requests are processed daily, please allow 24-48 hours for
LoTW
upload.
- If you made a donation or processed an OQRS using PayPal and are
missing
an LoTW send an e-mail to k5gs[@]pdxg.net. All others, please wait
for the
complete log to be uploaded.
- Direct cards should be mailed
to Chesterfield Expedition, P.O. Box 1100,
Kenilworth, CV8 2YT, United
Kingdom. Those who send direct cards - your
LoTW will be uploaded
when we enter the contact information into the
system. QSL requests
received with insufficient funds will be sent via the
bureau.
- We are
finalizing the QSL card design and will send to the printer by 18
December. Cards will be mailed from the UK in January.
YF1AR/8 --->
The direct links to Club Log's logsearch and OQRS for YF1AR's
recent
"Moluccas IOTA Tour" are now up and running on www.qrz.com/db/YF1AR
and www.yf1ar.com.
+ SILENT KEY + Isidro
Gabino "Gabi" San Martin Hernandez died on 11
December in a 9-hour
shootout in Afghanistan. He was 48 and the father of
four. Gabi was part
of a police contingent guarding the Spanish Embassy in
Kabul when a car
bomb exploded at the Embassy Guest House gate. The bombers
then entered the
compound, and a gun battle erupted. At least seven members
of the diplomatic
staff were killed. [TNX
ARRL]
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QSLs
received direct or through managers: 3DA0TM, 4U70UN,
6K2CEW/2
(AS-090), A35JP/P (OC-064), B7/BA4TB (AS-094),B7/BD7IHN
(AS-129), BG9QM,
BG9XD, C31CT, C5YK, D8A (AN-016), E41WT, E51MQT
(OC-014), EK4IJ, EM140Y,
EX8VZ, FW5JJ, GB75BB, HC8/G8OFQ, JW2US
(EU-063), KG4AW, KG4WV, KL7NWR
(NA-070), OJ0V, OM2015TITANIC, OX1B,
P40BC, PJ6/K4UEE, R7AL/0 (AS-172),
S79SP, SI9AM, SV5/MW0JZE, SV5/SM8C,
T2GC, T41C (NA-093), T46BC, TI9/RA9USU,
TM73IE (EU-064), TO4GU, TT8AMO,
UA0ZC/p (AS-203), V44KAI, V47NT, V6WW,
V73A, VE7ACN/7 (NA-075), VE7DP/7
(NA-181), VO1/DJ8QP (NA-198), VY0/VE1RUS
(NA-008), XR3MIN, XR8MIN,
YB4IR/3 (OC-237), YB4IR/5 (OC-075), YB4IR/p
(OC-262), YB8RW (OC-146),
YB8RW/3 (OC-237, OC-250), YB8RW/5 (OC-106),
YB8RW/8 (OC-222), YB8RW/p
(OC-208, OC-209, OC-210, OC-236, OC-271, OC-272),
YB9/KF4EYY (OC-022),
YE3IOTA (OC-237), YP0H (EU-191), Z21MG, Z38CE, Z60A,
ZA/YT7DQ, ZD7VC,ZY8P
(SA-072).
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