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LISTINFO-LPC 1796: vente transceiver
by AUPETIT Raymond March 13, 2018

March 13, 2018

Bonjour Une PA de Jacques F4GKP-87. A contacter directement. 73 de Raymond F-15873 Vends ICOM 7610 il a 1 mois .bien sur il est neuf et avec tous ses accessoires et emballage d'origine. Cause de la vente changement de projet. contact : émail.f4gkpjacques(a)gmail.com tel;0670670631. merci de m'avoir lu Jacques

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LISTINFO-LPC 1795: Expédition CDXG
by AUPETIT Raymond March 12, 2018

March 12, 2018

Bonsoir F5NBQ Fabrice me prie de vous communiquer l’info ci-dessous. 73 de Raymond F-15873 Les membres du Charente DX Groupe (CDXG) seront actifs avec l’indicatif TM3Y depuis l’île d’Yeu IOTA EU064 (DIFM AT021) du 14 au 20 avril. Les opérateurs seront Franck/F4GBD, Eric/F5LOW, Laurent/F5MNK, Fabrice/F5NBQ, Bertrand/F6HKA, Léon ON4ZD-OS0S. L’activité se fera sur toutes les bandes HF et 50Mhz en CW-SSB-RTTY-FT8... QSL via ON4ZD. Il y aura confirmation automatique par bureau. ORQS de clublog sera utilisé et un ‘’upload’’ journalier sera réalisé si nous disposons d’une couverture internet. L’accès OQRS sera sur la page QRZ.COM de TM3Y. Visitez aussi la page http://www.charentedxgroupe.fr Cette activité est supportée par http://www.xbstelecom.eu

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[425ENG] 425 DX News #1401
by AUPETIT Raymond March 10, 2018

March 10, 2018

Bonjour Ci-jointes les dernières nouvelles DX. Avec ce WX...bon trafic ! 73 de Raymond F-15873 10 March 2018 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1401 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3B8 - Mart, DL6UAA will be active again as 3B8MM from Mauritius Island (AF-049) from 27 March to 11 April. He will operate mainly CW and digital modes on 40-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau, and LoTW. Logsearch on http://3b8mm.host4free.de/search.html. 3C0 - YL1ZF, YL2GM and YL2KL were not able to fly to Annobon on 6 March [425DXN 1400], and remained active as 3C3W from Luba on Bioko Island (AF-010), Equatorial Guinea until 6 UTC on 9 March (30,323 QSOs). Tickets wer bought to Annobon for 10 March, with return flight on the 24th. When there, they will be signing 3C0W. Please note that contacts made with 3C0W on 2 March around 0040Z-0140Z (7019 kHz) and on 3 March around 1220Z-1320Z (21029 kHz) were actually made with 3C3W. The confusion originated from a "wrong CW macro". Bookmark http://www.lral.lv/3c0w_3c3w/index.html for updates. QSL via Club Log's OQRS (direct or bureau), or via YL2GN. 6W - Elvira, IV3FSG will be active as 6W/IV3FSG from Senegal starting on 9 March. Usually she operates SSB and digital modes in her spare time. QSL via IK3GES and logsearch on Club Log. [TNX IK3GES] 9Y - Rich, KE1B and Anna, W6NN will be active as 9Y4/KE1B and 9Y4/W6NN from Tobago (SA-009) on 19-31 March, including activity during the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. They will be QRV on 40-10 metres. QSL via home calls (direct or bureau), LoTW and eQSL; logsearch and OQRS on Club Log. A5 - Zorro JH1AJT, Jin JF1IST and Champ E21EIC will be active again as A5A from Bhutan on 14-18 March. Activity will be on 160-6 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL via JH1AJT; logsearch and OQRS on Club Log. [TNX DX World] DL - A large group of operators will be active as DA0HEL from Helgoland Island (EU-127) on 8-18 March. They will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on 160-17 metres. They might be active also as DL0IH from nearby Helgoland Duene. QSLs via DF6QC, direct or bureau. [TNX DX Newsletter] EI - Olivier, ON4EI will be active again as EI8GQB from Fethard, Ireland (EU-115) on 18-28 March using an hybrid wind-solar power system from his caravan. He will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as EI7T (the Tipperary Radio Club's special call, as he cannot use EI1A any longer). QSL EI8GQB via LoTW or via PA3249 (direct or bureau), QSL EI7T via LoTW. See www.qrz.com/db/EI8GQB. GI - GB1SPD, GB5SPD and GB9SPD are threes special callsigns that will celebrate St Patrick's Day from Northern Ireland. The St Patrick's Day on the air event will run from 12 UTC on 16 March until 12 UTC on 18 March. See http://stpatrickaward.webs.com/ for details. GJ - Kazu, M0CFW will be active again from Jersey (EU-013) on 16-18 March. He will participate in the Russian DX Contest (from 12.00 UTC on 17 March to 11.59 UTC on the 18th) as MJ5Z; outside the contest he will be QRV as MJ0CFW. QSL via LoTW and Club Log's OQRS. [TNX NG3K] HS - HS8JCV and other operators will be active as HS8JCV/p from Lipe Island (AS-126) from 29 March to 2 April. QSL via HS8JCV. [TNX DX World] J6 - Steve, WF2S as J68SL (mainly FT8) and Ralph, K1ZZI as J6/K1ZZI (mainly CW) will be active from Gros Islet, St. Lucia (NA-108) on 13-22 March. QSLs via LoTW or home calls; J68SL will be also available via Club Log's OQRS. [TNX The Daily DX] OE - Celebrating the 100th anniversary since the proclamation of the Republic of Austria, OE amateurs may replace their current prefix with OE100 from 11 March to 13 November. For instance, OE1SGU will be active as OE100SGU, OE3DMB as OE100DMB, OE4VIE as OE100VIE and OE8AIR as OE100AIR. See qrz.com for QSLling instructions. PJ4 - 20-year-old Philipp, DK6SP and 17-year-old Jamie, M0SDV will be active as PJ4/DK6SP and PJ4/M0SDV from PJ4DX's QTH on Bonaire (SA-006) from 16 March to 2 April. They will operate mainly CW and SSB with some digital modes on 160-6 metres, and will participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as PJ4V (QSL via M0URX's OQRS) along with PJ4DX, PJ4KY and PJ4NX. During their stay on Bonaire there is also a trip planned to another DXCC in the Caribbean. QSL via home calls. [TNX DX World] PJ4 - John, KK9A will be active as PJ4/KK9A from Bonaire on 19-23 March. He will operate CW and SSB on 160-10 metres, and will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as PJ4R. QSL via WD9DZV. [TNX NG3K] PJ5 - Look for PJ5/SP2FUD, PJ5/SP2GCJ and PJ5/SP9FIH to be active from Sint Eustatius (NA-145) on 12-28 March. They will operate SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK and FT8 (probably DXpedition mode), and will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as PJ5F, PJ5T and PJ5Z. QSL via Club Log's OQRS (preferred), or via home calls. Expect updates to be posted to http://pj5.dxpeditions.org. SM - Jef, DD2CW and Dirk, ON3UN will be active from SI9AM (the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Amateur Radio Society, www.si9am.com) in Ragunda on 20-26 March, including an entry in the CQ WPX SSB Contest QSL via SM3FJF, direct or bureau. T2 - Tony, 3D2AG will be active again as T2AR from Tuvalu (OC-015) tentatively on 1-8 April. In his free time he will operate SSB, CW and digital modes (RTTY, JT65, FT8). QSL direct to 3D2AG; PayPal instructions on https://www.qrz.com/db/3d2ag. He does not use LoTW or Club Log. VK9L - Chris VK3QB, Brenton VK3YB and Luke VK3HJ will be active as VK9LI from Lord Howe Island (OC-004) on 11-18 May. They will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on 160-17 metres. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS or via VK2CA. VP2E - Jim, WB2REM will be active as VP2EGO from Anguilla (NA-022) on 17-24 March. He will operate SSB, CW and FT8. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or direct to WB2REM. [TNX The Daily DX] XE - Celebrating the spring equinox, which was important in Mayan culture, a group of operators will be active again as 6E3MAYA on 17-21 March from different archaeological sites in the Mexican states of Yucatan, Campeche, Tabasco, Chiapas and Quintana Roo. The activity will be on 80-6 metres SSB, CW, digital modes and satellite. QSL via XE3N and LoTW. [TNX XE3N] XT - Harald, DF2WO will be active again as XT2AW from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso from 19 March to 15 April. He will operate CW, SSB and digital modes (especially FT8) on 160-10 metres. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS and LoTW. [TNX DX World] Z6 - A Czech team (OK1BOA, OK1CRM, OK1FCJ, OK1GK, OK2ZA, OK2ZC, OK2ZI and OK6DJ, plus OK1GK, OK2ZC and OK2ZI) will be active as Z66D from Kosovo between 14 and 22 April. They will operate SSB, CW, RTTY and FT8. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, eQSL or via OK6DJ (direct or bureau). See https://www.qrz.com/db/Z66D for QSLling policy. ZF - Look for ZF2NR (QSL via LoTW or K0NR) and ZF2PF (QSL via LoTW or KB9DPF) to be active from the Cayman Islands (NA-016) on 10-17 March. They will operate SSB and FT8 on 40-10 metres and some FM satellites. [TNX The Daily DX] =========================== *** 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! 3Y0Z ---> "The 3Y0Z team members are safely home", Bob, K4UEE reported on 5 March. "We have been home about two weeks now, after 31 days aboard our vessel M/V Betanzos. We have been to Bouvet Island, and as a result, we have a better appreciation for the challenges we face. It is a dark, dismal and dangerous place. Yet, when the sun shines, it is magnificent. The most difficult thing to reflect upon is the final day offshore, when we saw the island, crystal clear in calm winds, less than a mile away. The conditions were perfect for our first reconnaissance flight and possible landing of men and camp infrastructure. But, during the violent night before, the Captain had made the decision to abort. In retrospect, his call was clairvoyant. The mechanical, propulsion failure on the ship that occurred would have brought disaster, if it resulted in some of our men being stranded ashore. We are sure you are wondering what happens now? Well, we are not the kind f people to give up. The same thing happened when we were trying to activate Peter I in 2005. We came back the following year and with DAP's (the vessel owner) help, we got it done. We are optimistic about a fair settlement and a resulting refund of some of our money paid to DAP for this recent attempt to activate Bouvet. That money, and what we still have in the bank will allow us to begin making plans to try again. We have begun the difficult task of looking for a suitable vessel, and would hope to go back to Bouvet in the next year or two. Obviously, we will keep you informed. Thank you for the hundreds of favorable and encouraging comments from our financial supporters and sponsors. No one has asked for any of their contributions back, and, in fact, many have offered additional support for the next chapter in this book. We are hopeful that those of you who have invested in this project will see fit to 'roll over' your financial support to the next attempt. So, if we can pull all the moving parts together, we are going to try it again. Hopefully, this time, with a different outcome". CASS AWARD ---> The annual Cass Awards (http://www.cassaward.com/) honour the wisdom and spirit of Cass WA6AUD (SK) and encourage DXpeditions to maximize the number of DXers worked with a Plaque for the single-operator DXpedition that works the most unique callsigns within 2 weeks or less, and a Plaque for the "unlimited" DXpedition that works the most unique callsigns. The 2017 Single-Operator Cass Award has been won by Janusz Wegrzyn, SP9FIH: "By working 10,087 unique stations during his one-man DXpedition to Palestine as E44WE, Janusz demonstrated an outstanding effort to log as many DXers as possible". CLUB LOG'S MOST WANTED LIST ---> The latest Most Wanted List, generated on 8 March, is available at https://secure.clublog.org/mostwanted.php. The information is derived from QSOs uploaded to Club Log (currently 483.9 million log entries available for analysis) and, to improve quality, only QSOs that have QSLs confirmed are considered to be worked. The most wanted charts are rebuilt once per month, on average. The top 10 Entities are: 1. P5 DPRK (NORTH KOREA) 6. KH1 BAKER HOWLAND ISLANDS 2. 3Y/B BOUVET ISLAND 7. BV9P PRATAS ISLAND 3. FT5/W CROZET ISLAND 8. KH7K KURE ISLAND 4. CE0X SAN FELIX ISLANDS 9. KH3 JOHNSTON ISLAND 5. BS7H SCARBOROUGH REEF 10. VK0M MACQUARIE ISLAND QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX's website has been updated. Sixteen different galleries include 15,566 cards for the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (2008-17), the 62 deleted DXCC Entities, obsolete prefixes, stations from Maghreb from 1945 to 1962, Allied Forces stations in Germany (1945-70), special stations commemorating ITU and IARU, stations using the United Nations prefix (4U), Antarctic bases and TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises), the various French DXCC island Entities in the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Americas (from 1945 to 1970), pre-1945 countries, French Departments and CONUS, plus a gallery for cards not accepted by DXCC. Your participation is encouraged: http://www.lesnouvellesdx.fr/galerieqsl.php. [TNX F6AJA]. RSGB COMMONWEALTH CONTEST ---> The 81st edition of the Commonwealth (BERU) Contest (https://berucontest.wordpress.com) will be held on 10-11 March, from 10 UTC to 10 UTC, on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres CW. Only operators located within the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies, Commonwealth or British Mandated Territories are eligible to enter. VK5MAV/9 ---> Andy, VK5MAV will be active as VK5MAV/9 from Cato Reef (OC-265), Australia on 11-16 April [425DXN 1399]. A propagation prediction tool has been added to http://vk5mav.wixsite.com/dxpedition/ as a guidance for island chasers and Andy himself alike. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B9FR, 3C0L (AF-039), 3C1L (AF-010), 3W9CW, 5B4AGN, 6O6O, 6Y0HM, 7X5KBS, 9G5W, 9U4M, BV1EK, C21VE, C81G (AF-061), D2EB, E31A, GW3YDX, HK0/OZ1AA, J28PJ, J5T (AF-020), J68GD, JT5DX, OY1OF, P29LL, P29VXG (OC-008), PJ4/K4BAI, PJ4A, PS0F, RI1F (EU-190), S01WS, SU9JG, T88PB, TK/S57C, TR8CA, TY2AC, VK8NSB, VP2MDG, VR2/KC0W, VU2USA, VY0ERC (NA-008), XW4XR, Z21LS, ZC4A. **************************************************************************** 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(a)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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LISTINFO-LPC 1794: AG de l'IDRE 03/03/2018 CASTRES
by AUPETIT Raymond March 7, 2018

March 7, 2018

Bonjour, Voici quelques images de l’AG en date de samedi dernier 3 mars. Ce sont toutes des copies d’écran des originales ou des vidéos. J’espère qu’elles vont toutes vous arriver en bon état, car j’ai qq pb avec ma messagerie ! Un article concernant le SARATECH F5PU 2018 (14 avril à Castres) devrait être dans Radio-REF de Mars. de G à D : F5RYT Trésorier F6GXY président Indispensables à l’organisation du SARATECH : Les YL. Les organisateurs à Castres Décisions prises Chacun donne son avis. A table aussi on se tient ! Le nouveau staf La photo de l’AG. La photo originale sera remise au président pour son CR. Un article est paru dans Radioamateur.org. Cliquez sur le lien ci-dessous : https://www.radioamateur.org/les-news-radio/news-2972-saratech-f5pu-2018-le… Saratech f5pu 2018 le 14 avril a castres 81 Radioamateur.org Se tenant initialement au Muret, puis au Parc des Expositions de Castres (81) depuis 2007, le salon SARATECH F5PU est devenu incontournable au fil des années ; l'édition 2018 se déroulera le samedi 14 avril, de 09h00 à 19h00, et marquera les 30 ans de l'IDRE (Institut pour le Développement des ... Saint-Lys : Un communiqué de l’amicale St-Lys Radio, paru sur Facebook ! Bonne semaine. 73 de Raymond F-15873. N’oubliez pas de visiter les pages de l’IDRE : - la page d’accueil : http://idre.unblog.fr/ - la page des scolaires : http://idre.unblog.fr/la-journee-des-scolaires/ - le blog des scolaires : http://scolaires.unblog.fr/ - les radiocommunications à l’école : http://idre.unblog.fr/les-itinerants-de-la-communication/

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LISTINFO-LPC 1793: Annonce de F5AJE + Vidéo Périgny
by AUPETIT Raymond March 6, 2018

March 6, 2018

Bonjour Je cumule : Une petite annonce de F5AJE/16 à contacter directement : f5aje.chichi(a)orange.fr Bonjour Raymond peut tu me passer cette annonce ? recherche transformateur pour millivoltmétre vhf férisol type 5702 ou épave. merci 73 qro Gérard F5AJE Et en plus un vidéorama de F6BGW-17 sur la brocante de Périgny, lien fourni par F6BCC, auteur des photos : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT8FqTTX2Uk Bonnes visites et 73 de Raymond F-15873

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LISTINFO-LPC 1792: annonce matériel OM à vendre
by AUPETIT Raymond March 5, 2018

March 5, 2018

Bonjour Voici jointe une petite annonce de vente de Bernard F5DE (16), à contacter directement. 73 de Raymond F-15873. Cause double emploi et réduction activité radioamateur, F5DE vend le matériel de la liste jointe. Si intéressé, contacter Bernard via son adresse mail : f5de(a)wanadoo.fr

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[425ENG] 425 DX News #1400
by AUPETIT Raymond March 2, 2018

March 2, 2018

Bonsoir Voici les dernières news DX. Bon trafic et 73 de Raymond. 3 March 2018 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1400 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3B7 - Two 3B7A team members will set sail from Mauritius for Saint Brandon on 3 April. They will be in charge "of all equipment transit operations, as well as identifying the location for all antennas, stations, generators, etc." The rest of the team will leave on 5 April. Plans are to be QRV as soon as possible, but "do not expect any QSO before the entire team is on the island". Five stations will be in use, with "priority given to the areas with the shortest and most difficult openings" (see the propagation predictions page on http://www.saintbrandondx.com) 3B7A will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-10 metres (60m excluded). The team has decided "not to bring any antenna for 6m. Conditions are so bad that it would be a waste of time for just a few or no contact at all. No antenna for 6m also means no try for EME". QSL via Club Log's OQRS (direct or bureau) or via F5CWU (direct or bureau); LoTW for all contacts about six months after the end of the DXpedition. 3B8 - Nigel, G3TXF will be active as 3B8XF from Mauritius (AF-049) on for the RSGB Commonwealth (BERU) Contest (10-11 March). QSL via LoTW and Club Log's OQRS. 3C0 - Yuris YL2GM, Kaspars YL1ZF and Girts YL2KL have been active as 3C3W from Bioko Island (AF-010), Equatorial Guinea since 28 February and will remain there until 5 March. On 6 March they "will try to catch a flight" to Annobon Island (AF-039), where they will be QRV as 3C0W. "Further plans are not clear yet", they say, but their flight back home is scheduled on 27 March. They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-10 metres with three stations. Updates are posted to http://www.lral.lv/3c0w_3c3w/. QSL via Club Log's OQRS (direct or bureau), or via YL2GN. 4K - 4K100W is a special callsign used by Vlad, 4K9W from 1 March throughout the end of the year to celebrate the 100th anniversary since the founding of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via DL6KVA. 7Q - All preparations are now complete for the forthcoming 7Q7EI DXpedition to Malawi (24 March-2 April) [425DXN 1395]. Up to five stations will be QRV on 160-10 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. The 7Q7EI team will also participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest in the Multi-Multi category. Be sure to check out their VOACAP propagation prediction tool on the DXpedition's website (http://7q7ei.com/) [TNX EI9FBB] 9Y - Arkady, UA4CC and Arunas, LY2IJ will be active as 9Y4/UA4CC and 9Y4/LY2IJ from Tobago (SA-009) for a couple of weeks starting on 28 February. They will operate CW, SSB and possibly RTTY with a focus on 160 and 80 metres for Europe and Asia. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via home calls. [TNX qrz.ru] C6 - Dom, M1KTA will be active as C6AKT from Eleuthera Island (NA-001) Bahamas on 8-17 March. He will operate QRP CW on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres, and will participate in the RSGB Commonwealth (BERU) Contest. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or via home call. [TNX DX World] D2 - The D2TI DXpedition to Tigres Island (AF-108) has been cancelled "due to a whole host of ongoing factors". A Russian team had already purchased their flights "with an aim to be active mid-March for about a week" [425DXN 1399], but the local airline company "is unreliable and seems to be going bankrupt. It does not appear that AF-108 will be activated anytime soon, as together with airline issues, there is a vast problem with local logistics and help". [TNX DX World] H4 - H44R is the callsign for the 22-25 April IOTA DXpedition to Mbanika Island (OC-168, Solomon Islands for DXCC) [425DXN 1394]. Cezar, VE3LYC and Bernhard, DL2GAC will try to run two stations "for as long in the day as possible". QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via VE3LYC. See https://h44r-h40d.weebly.com (new URL) for updates. JD1_mt - Take, JG8NQJ expects to be back to the weather station on Minami Torishima (OC-073) for three months starting around 15 March. He operates CW and RTTY as JG8NQJ/JD1 in his spare time. QSL via JA8CJY (direct) or JG8NQJ (bureau). KH1 - "While our movements and equipment may be regulated in order to protect the environment", the KH1/KH7Z Baker Island DXpedition team reported on 26 February, "luckily the hours we can be on the air are not. Therefore, we intend to be active as much as we can on all available bands. This project presents a great opportunity to prove to the US Fish and Wildlife Service that DXpeditioning is a highly compatible activity on an ecologically sensitive island". March will mark "a significant milestone for the team as our next payment on the ship is due. Though the operator team will contribute over 50% of the expected budget, we still need your support to make this trip happen. If you haven't contributed yet, please consider helping by visiting our website: http://www.baker2018.net". Plans are for KH1/KH7Z to be QRV from 26 June through 7 or 8 July, depending on weather and seas. PJ2 - Ben, DL1RNT will be active holiday style as PJ2/DL1RNT from Curacao (SA-099) on 6-15 March. He will operate mainly CW on the HF bands. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. T8 - Kiyoshi, JA0EKI will be active as T88XH from Koror (OC-009), Palau on 8-14 March. He will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 on 160-6 metres. QSL via LoTW, or via JA0EKI (direct or bureau). [TNX NG3K] TJ - TJ3TT is the callsign issued to the Italian DXpedition Team for their forthcoming expedition to Cameroon [425DXN 1396]. The dates are 15-29 March. Six operators (I2YSB, IK2CIO, IK2CKR, IK2DIA, IK2HKT and JA3USA) will be QRV on 160-10 metres CW and SSB with three stations; RTTY will be used on 20 metres only. QSL via I2YSB and eventually LoTW. More information, including a band & mode survey, real-time logsearch and OQRS for direct cards, can be found at http://www.i2ysb.com/idt/. Updates will be posted to a dedicated forum on www.hamradioweb.net. VK - Craig, VK5CE has added a fourth island to his Western Australia IOTA Tour [425DXN 1393], and will be active as VK5CE/6 as follows: 05-07 June East Lewis Island OC-199 08-12 June Direction Island OC-140 16-19 June Cheyne Island OC-193 20-22 June Woody Island OC-170 "This operation involves four DXpeditions with 9600 km of driving", Craig says. "Each island is different and requires a different range of life support, power and antenna equipment. Therefore it is actually cheaper to drive my vehicle full of gear rather than fly". QSL via Club Log's OQRS (look for VK5CE/6_OC140, VK5CE/6_OC170, VK5CE/6_OC193 and VK5CE/6_OC199), or direct to VK5CE. See https://vkiota.wordpress.com/vk5ce-6/ for more information and updates. Z6 - OG2M, OH2BH and OH3JR will be active again as Z60A from 28 February until 12 March on the low bands and in the ARRL DX (SSB) Contest. They were previously disappointed as they were not able to achieve clean receiving on the low bands, thus locals Z61DX, Z61AS and Z62FB have been working hard to find the noise sources. It now looks like both 80m and 40m are relatively clean, while 160m is still a challenge. The operators will try beverages located as far as possible from the noisy electricity lines, and they are also considering going to the middle of nowhere with their Spiderbeam radiator. It will be another Arctic mission though, as the temperatures are estimated to reach -17C (1F), and permanent snow is covering the scene as they are 700m ASL. QSL via Club Log's OQRS or via OH2BH. [TNX N7NG] XF4 - According to the updated qrz.com entry, XE1B now expects to be active as 4B4B from Socorro Island (NA-030), Revillagigedo [425DXN 1389] for the entire monhth of March. He departed the Mexican Navy Base at Manzanillo on 1 March, and expects to be QRV starting on 3 March. He will operate SSB on 160-6 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS or direct to home call. =========================== *** 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! 3Y0I ---> Last week the organizers of the 3Y0I DXpedition to Bouvet Island [425DXN 1397] "publicly invited the members of the ill-fated 3Y0Z team to join forces as part of 'rebooted preparations' for the venture, but 3Y0Z team co-leader Bob Allphin, K4UEE, told ARRL that his group has other plans". The 3Y0I team says they expect to announce the expedition dates soon (see https://bouvetoya.org) ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST (SSB) ---> Object of the contest is for W/VE amateurs to work as many stations in as many DXCC Entities as possible on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 metre bands, while DX stations (also including KH6, KL7, CY9 and CY0) work as many W/VE amateurs in as many of the 48 contiguous states and provinces as possible (complete rules can be found at http://www.arrl.org/arrl-dx) This year's event will run from from 00.00 UTC on 3 March through 23.59 UTC on the 4th. Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxs2018.html - good contest to you all! FT8 DXPEDITION MODE: PUBLIC TEST ---> A "Release Candidate" version (WSJT-X v1.9.0-rc2) of the WSJT-X digimode software has been released. A primary purpose of this beta release is to allow field testing of the new FT8 DXpedition Mode, which facilitates high QSO rates in pileup situations. A public test run is scheduled for 6-7 March. The goal is to simulate a rare- DXpedition pileup by having many stations ("Hounds") calling and trying to work a designated pseudo-DXpedition station ("Fox"). Those participating in the test MUST use WSJT-X v1.9.0-rc2. Installation packages for Windows, Linux, Macintosh and Raspian Jessie are available on http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html. Participants in the test MUST read and carefully follow the instructions: http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/FT8_DXpedition_Mode.pdf The scheduled test will take place as follows: 6 March 23.00 UTC 14080 kHz 7 March 00.00 UTC 10141 kHz 7 March 01.00 UTC 7080 kHz 7 March 02.00 UTC 3585 kHz The USB dial frequencies are subject to change, depending on other band usage at the time. If last-minute instructions are necessary, they will be posted on http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/DXpedition_Mode_Test.txt. Note that the dial frequencies are NOT the conventional FT8 operating frequencies for each band. DXpedition Mode should NOT be used on standard FT8 operating frequencies. You may also choose to do your own testing of FT8 DXpedition Mode together with a group of colleagues. One station would act as Fox, the others as Hounds. In such tests the Fox will be limited to using a single TX "slot". Please report any anomalous behavior to wsjt-devel[(a)]lists.sourceforge.net (you must be a subscriber in order to post there). FT8 DXPEDITION MODE: TY7C ---> The 7-18 March DXpedition to Benin [425DXN 1398] will operate FT8 in DXpedition mode. The use of WSJT-X v1.9.0-rc2 or higher is mandatory, otherwise TY7C will not be able to decode you in the waterfall. You need to be configured as "Hound", while TY7C will be the Fox" and will not use the standard FT8 frequencies. ITALIAN ISLANDS AWARD ---> The new edition of the IIA Directory, compiled by Saverio Amore (IK2RLS), is now available for download on the ARI website at http://ari.it/iia_max/getfile.php?name=IIA_Directory_2018. QSL G3MRC/9Q5 ---> The paper log for G3MRC's activity from Goma, Zaire as G3MRC/9Q5 (30 June-8 November 1994) has now been transferred to electronic format. It is fully searchable at http://www.g3swh.org.uk/9q5mrc.html and has been uploaded to both LoTW and Club Log. As with any such manual transfer, transcription errors are possible. If you have a QSO that does not appear in the on line log, please contact Phil, G3SWH and he will do a double check (and amend if necessary). Paper QSLs via G3SWH's OQRS (direct only). [TNX G3SWH] QSL VIA KU9C ---> After more than a decade of handling the QSL chores for a handful of stations, Erik K5WW has decided to hand the baton to Steve KU9C. The callsigns involved are: C6AKU, CW5T (25-28 November 2005 only), CW7T, CX7TT, HP1XT, HQ9R, HR9/WQ7R, J68V, K4T (11-15 March 2010 operation from the Dry Tortugas, NA-079), NP2X, PJ6/K9VV, V31BD and VP2VVV. The QSL route change is effective immediately, as KU9C has already received the blank cards. =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL ROUTES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3C3W YL2GN FM5BH W3HNK PJ4A K4BAI 3D2EU DK2AMM FM5FJ KU9C PJ4G WA2NHA 3E1L HP1RCP FM8QR F5EAN PR2IL PY2LCD 3W2MAE DL5MAE FR4PV F1UIJ PS2T K3IRV 3W3B E21EIC FR5FC EA7FTR PV7L PT2OP 3Z100K SP7CVW G5K G0BNR PW5T PP5NY 3Z3GF UT3GF GM5X N3SL PX2A PY2VM 4K100W DL6KVA GX5MW M6VFC PX5P PU5IKE 4K28MAY 4K4K H40YM EA5GL PX5Z PP5BI 4L6QL RW6HS H44YM EA5GL SN7Q SP7GIQ 4M6CQ YV6BXN H72DX WY1G SN8B SP8CUR 4S7NHG LZ1NK HB2U HB9OCR ST60JOTA ST2M 5H1TMM IV3TMM HG3R HA3NU SU9JT E73Y 5H3EE DL4ME HG5A HA5KDQ SX5SPY SV5AZP 5T2AI NI5DX HG5C HA5MA SZ3P SV3CYL 5X2B JA1PBV HG7T HA7TM T2AT N7SMI 7X5QB EA7FTR HH2JR W3HNK T45FM RW6HS 8P5A HA1AG HR5/F2JD F6AJA TI7W W4FS 9A200S 9A2MF HZ1HZ N7RO TM18ATS F8ATS 9A61AA 9A2AA II2ANT IK2QPO TM2B F8CIL 9A8GHJ/P OE7GHJ II2V IK2AQZ TM2D F5KHP 9H18VLT 9H1SP II3B IQ3SD TM2O F1AEY 9H3FC G4UDG II3BOVE IV3CCT TM2T F8DHE 9X0TA N4GNR II3MNA IQ3TS TM3R F5UTN A41NN A61BK II4CAO IQ4FE TM4E F4GPB A91YOZ A92AA II5ANT IZ5BTC TM55M F4ESV AH2R JH7QXJ II7WWI IZ7AUH TM5OTT F4SGU AO5ANT EC5EA IP2ANT IK2QPR TM5TT F4BEV AT3HT VU2ZMK IR18AAW IK8FIQ TM5XR F4HIK AT7BK EA5GL IR1ANT I1HYW TM5Y F8DBF BV30R BM2JCC IR1Y IZ1YPF TO1A F5HRY CE2AWW N7RO IR4ANT IU4DDT TO3Z F6HMQ CO2JD AD4Z IR4M I4IFL TO7D F6ITD CO2RQ EC5AC IR4X I4EAT TO972A F5RXL CP5HK EC5AC J52EC IZ3BUR TY1TT ON6DX CP6CL W3HNK JD1BOW JA0JHQ UE23DSA RO5F CR3DX OM2VL KH6LC WA6WPG UE23DZO RA4DR CR3W DL5AXX KL7RA NI5DX V26K AA3B CR6K CT1ILT KP2M NZ4DX V31MA M0OXO CS2C OK1RF LN8W LA9VDA V31MK K5MDK CT9ABN OM2VL LU4ZS LU4DXU V31RU DO5ALX CU4DX CU2CE LX7I LX2A V31TR KT0A CX2BR EA5GL LY100T LY1RMD V31YN DJ4KW CX9AU EA5GL LY28A LY5A V3T WC0W D2EB IZ3ETU LZ40MS LZ1KCP V47T W2RQ D41CV HB9DUR [d] LZ5R LZ1YQ VA7AAW VE7IG D41CV IK2NCJ [b] M6T G4BWP VI70HI M0OXO D44EE OZ1BII MD2C MD0CCE VP2MMF K1XX D44KF G3SWH NP4G NP3O VP5K K0PC DU1/JA3FJE JN3VQM NP4Z N4AO VU4G G4IRN E2A E21EIC OA4SS KB6J VY2ZM EA7HBC E51GEA OE3GEA OE15AAW OE3DMA XL3A VE3AT EA6FO EA5BM OE88WAP OE3KKA XV9DLH DK8ZZ ED7P EA7PP OE89ANT OE3AIS XV9HL HL1AHS ED8W EA8DO OE90AAW OE3SGA YN1N NB3I EG7DCA EA7URS OH0Z W0MM YQ6A YO6BHN EH3ANT EA3EYO OH8X OH2UA YT100SF YU1SRS EH5TGR EA5EV OK3C OK2ZC YU100WWI YU1SRS EH8URT EA8URT OK5F OK1FFU Z2LA M0OXO EI100MCV EI6AL OK7K OK1BN Z60A OH2BH EI50AOM EI2KA OT4V ON4VT Z68M Z32ZM ET3AA N2OO OX5T OZ0J ZF1A K6AM F8UFT F6ICG P40E K9QVB ZF2AM K6AM FG4KH F1DUZ P40L WA3FRP ZF9CW K5GO FG4NN NI5DX P49Y AE6Y ZM1A ZL3CW FK8GX W3HNK PB18ANT PA0RDY ZM4T ZL3IO FM1HN W3HNK PI40FL PA3HEB ZV7T PR7AYE FM4KA ON6DP PJ0DX IZ1MHY ZW8T PS8HF FM4LV W3HNK PJ2T W3HNK ZY8D PS8RV 3D2AG Antoine de Ramon N'Yeurt, P.O. Box 10842, Laucala Beach Estate, Suva, Fiji AO3MWC Federacion Digital EA, Apartado Postal 3050, 08200 Sabadell (Barcelona), Spain DK2AMM Erno Ogonovszky, Am Steinbruch 4, 09123 Chemnitz, Germany EA5GL Pedro Miguel Ronda Monsell, C/ Maximiliano Thous 16-24, 46009 Valencia, Spain G4IRN John Warburton, 31 Greenwood Road, Thames Ditton, KT7 0DU, United Kingdom HV0A Francesco Valsecchi, Via Bitossi 21, 00136 Roma RM, Italy IZ1MHY Andrea Gili, Via Scorpacciano 1, 19034 Luni SP, Italy K6PV Palos Verdes ARC, P.O. Box 2316, Palos Verdes Peninsula CA 90274, USA KP4KE Tony Ramos, 2306 E. Lumsden Rd, Valrico FL 33594, USA OA4TT John Henry, 8345 NW 66 St #B4451, Miami FL 33166, USA ON6DX Wim Hamblok, Waaltjes 8, 3920 Lommel, Belgium PU5IKE Jose Henrique Schossland, Rua Rui Barbosa 2247 Apto 01, Joinville - SC, 89220-100, Brazil RW2F Ulrich Mueller, Kreutzacker 13, 35041 Marburg, Germany S01A Arseli Echeguren Bardeci, Barrena 6 1 Izq, 01408 Luiaondo (Alava), Spain T48K Erhard Hauptmann, Erlenstr. 31, 57581 Katzwinkel, Germany TM6M Stephane Van Langhenhoven, 24 bis rue de Anter Hent, 29830 Ploudalmezeau, France V31ZF James A. Widlar, 311 McConnell Drive, Lyons CO 80540, USA V51SCOUT Scouts of Namibia, PO Box 6436, Ausspannplatz, Windhoek, Namibia WY1G Mark Bevan, 83 Porter Hill Road, Cummington MA 01026, USA YL2GN Ziedonis Knope, P.O.Box 55, Balvi LV-4501, Latvia **************************************************************************** 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(a)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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