Bonsoir Voici les dernières news DX ! Bon trafic et 73 de Raymond. 20 June 2015 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1259 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 4W - Look for 4W/JI1AVY and 4W/JA7LU to be active from Timor Leste on 25-29 June. They plan to operate CW, RTTY and SSB on 160-6 metres. QSL direct to home calls. [TNX The Daily DX] 5B - Representing the Cyprus Amateur Radio Society (CARS), C4HQ will be the callsign for the Cyprus HQ team to participate in the IARU HF World Championship (11-12 July). There will be stations on all six HF contest bands, on both CW and SSB. QSL via LoTW (soon after the contest submission deadline on 11 August) and Club Log's OQRS; traditional cards should go to 5B4KH. Further information, including award programme details, station locations, etc, can be found at http://www.cyhams.org/index.php/en/about. [TNX 5B4AFM] 9A - Ismo, OH2IS, will be active holiday style as 9A/OH2IS from Vis Island (EU-016) on 6-15 July. He will operate CW and SSB on 40-10 metres. QSL via home call (OQRS on Club Log) and LoTW. [TNX NG3K] BV - A large group of operators from Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong and Macau will be active as BO0K from Kinmen Island (AS-102) on 24-27 July, including participation in the IOTA Contest. QSL to A.R.T. QSL Service, P.O.Box 73-326, Taipei, Taiwan. [TNX rsgbiota.org] E5_sc - Milan, OK1DWC has been active holiday style as E51DWC from Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands since 11 June. Length of stay is not known, a few weeks as he plans to go back home "when I miss skating and skiing". QSL via home call and logsearch on Club Log; QSLling policy at http://www.qrz.com/db/e51dwc. E6 - Peter, ZL2HM will be active holiday style as E6AB from Niue (OC-040) from 24 June to 2 July. He plans to operate SSB on 80-10 metres and maybe 6m. QSL direct to home call. [TNX The Daily DX] E6 - G3BJ, G3SVL, G3TXF, G3WGN, G3WPH, G4JKS and G4TSH will be active as E6GG from Niue (OC-040) on 15-29 September. They will take four complete high power stations, with at least three operational at any time on CW, SSB and RTTY ("on RTTY we will use multi-channel receive technology - you will have a better chance of working us quickly if you pick your calling frequency and stay there until we find you"). Plans are to upload logs daily to Club Log and LoTW. QSL via G3TXF (please use the OQRS provided by Club Log for both direct and bureau cards). The website for the DXpedition is at http://www.e6gg.com/. EA - Special callsign AO10EURAO will be in use on 15 June-15 July to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the European Radio Amateurs' Organization (EURAO). During the same time frame, individual operators are authorized to use special prefixes followed by their usual call area number + 10: EA stations can use AM (e.g. EA4AAA = AM410AAA), EB stations can use AN (e.g. EB8AAA = AN810AAA) and EC stations can use AO (e.g. EC9AAA = AO910AAA). F - The Association Radioamateur Pyrenees Atlantiques will operate special event callsign TM64TDF on 1-15 July for this year's Tour de France. QSL via F6ENL, direct or bureau. [TNX and Les Nouvelles DX] FP - After his activity from Prince Edward Island (see VE below), Ariel, NY4G will go and be QRV as FP/NY4G from St. Pierre (NA-032) on 15-23 July. He will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 40-10 metres. QSL via NY4G (OQRS on Club Log) and LoTW. He has a website at www.fp-ny4g2015.com. GI - G0LZL, G0SYP, G3SHF, M0DCG, M0TJU, M1PTR and M5KJM will be active as GI5O from Rathlin Island (EU-122) on 24-26 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via M5KJM. [TNX rsgbiota.org] GU - Peter, 2E0SQL will be active as 2U0SQL from Guernsey (EU-114) on 22-28 July. He will be QRV on the HF bands and satellites, and will participate in the IOTA Contest as GU9V along with 2U0TKB, M0PCB and M0TZO. QSL 2U0SQL via 2E0SQL, direct or bureau. QSL GU9V via the OQRS provided by Club Log, plus LoTW. [TNX rsgbiota.org] IS0 - Richard, OK8WW will be active holiday style as IS0/OM2TW from Sardinia (EU-024) from 20 July to 1 August, including an entry in the IOTA Contest. QSL via OM2FY. [TNX NG3K] LX - A team of YL operators (namely DJ5YL, DL5YL, F1EOY, F4DHQ, F4GDI, F4HJC, F5JER, F5RPB and HB9EPE) will be active as LX9YL from Eisenborn, Luxembourg on 7-10 August. They will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 160-6 metres with three stations. QSL via bureau to LX2A, logsearch on Club Log. [TNX F5NQL] OJ0 - ON5TQ, ON6QO and ON8VP will be active as OJ0V from Market Reef (EU-053) from 28 June to 4 July. They will operate CW and some SSB on 40-10 metres, plus 6m if conditions are good. QSL via ON5TC, direct or bureau. UA - Look for Mike, UA1QV/1 and Nick, RA1QQ/1 to be active from Kashin Island (EU-102) on 24-28 June. Actual dates might change depending on weather conditions. QSL via home calls. [TNX UA1QV] V6 - Kouchi, JR2GAG will be active as V63GG from Pohnpei (OC-010), Micronesia from 29 June to 5 July. He will be QRV mainly on 20-6 metres. QSL via JR2GAG, direct or bureau. [TNX DX World] V7 - Bob, VK2RG will be active as V73RG from Majuro (OC-029), Marshall Islands for at least one week starting on 22 June. He will operate JT65, WSPR and possibly some PSK; he "will also show up on some SSB DX nets as Bob did when in Tuvalu" (T2RG). [TNX DX World] VE - Frank, VE7DP/7 and Klaus, VE7KDU/7 have been active from Barnard Island (NA-181) since around 6 UTC on 18 June. They planned to be QRV for three days [425DXN 1258]. QSL via home calls. VE - Look for Ariel NY4G/VY2, Bill N4IQ/VY2, Phil AC4Q/VY2 and Bob ND7J/VY2 to be active from Prince Edward Island (NA-029) on 7-14 July, including participation in the IARU HF World Championship. They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on all bands. QSLs via NY4G; direct links to Club Log's OQRS for each callsign can be found at http://pei2015.com/. VK - A team from the Hellenic Ametur Radio Association of Australia (VK2FMAD, VK2IR, VK2KAM, VK2PN, VK2RF and VK3YP) will be active on all bands and modes as VK2SSI from South Solitary Island (OC-194) on 26-28 July. QSL via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW. They have a website at www.vk2ssi.com. [TNX rsgbiota.org] W - Yuri, N3QQ will be active as N3QQ/p from the Fort Casey State Park campground on Whidbey Island (NA-065) on 23-25 June. QSL via N7RO. [TNX DX World] W - KC1AJT and KB1VWZ will be active as W1V from the Gay Head Light on Martha's Vineyard (NA-046) on 27-28 June. QSL direct to Patrick R. Prescott, 314 Maple St,Bellingham MA 02019, USA. [TNX rsgbiota.org] XU - Jarrad, VK3HXT (https://vk3hxt.wordpress.com/) has been active as XU7AGA from Sihanoukville, Cambodia since 29 May. He will spend the 20-21 June weekend on Koh Rong (AS-133) and be QRV as XU7AGA/p on 20, 17 and 15 metres SSB and PSK-31. [TNX DX World] YB - YB9WZJ/p, YB9WAN/p and YB9RWY/p will join Imam, YB4IR/9 during his 18-22 June activity from Ram Island (OC-239) [425DXN 1258]. QSL via home calls. [TNX YB4IR] =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The May 2015 issue is now available for download at www.425dxn.org/monthly/index.html. [TNX IZ3EBA] DAYTON PHOTO GALLERY ---> The Dayton Hamvention 2015 Photo Gallery (361 pictures) can be found at http://hamgallery.com/dayton2015/. The Dayton Photo Galleries start in 1997 and contain a total of 4456 photos. They are all searchable from the HamGallery homepage or individually searchable from each yearly Dayton page. [TNX K8CX] QSL K6VVA ---> Rick is updating the QSL policy for his expeditions (see http://www.k6vva.com/iota). His QSL manager (N6AWD) has retired as announced, and now the QSL route for Rick's DXpeditions before 31 December 2014 is via K6VVA. The QSL policy for future DXpeditions will be announced in due course. T31LP ---> Lee, KA3WRB operates onboard the vessel "Nai'a", offshore Nikumaroro Island, Central Kiribati. He has been active as T31LP since 14 June and will remain there until the 26th as part of the TIGHAR (The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery, http://tighar.org) project aiming at finding "conclusive artifact evidence" that Amelia Earhart's final flight ended on Nikumaroro, back in 1937 known as Gardner Island. He is QRV around 14280-14310 kHz after 4 UTC, but as long as he is not land based, the operation will not count for DXCC or IOTA. [TNX DX World] VK0EK ANGEL FUND ---> The Heard Island Expedition Angel Fund was created in December 2014 by a private anonymous donor to provide up to USD 50,000 in funds on a matching basis. Originally the fund had a minimum qualifying donation of $1000, but that offer expired on 31 March. Since then the Angel has opened the fund to donations above USD 100.00 at the Visalia International DX Convention, the Dayton Hamvention and now also at HamRadio 2015 (Friedrichshafen, 26-28 June). To be eligible for matching by the Angel Fund, donations must be physically received at HamRadio, be at least EUR/USD 100.00 and made in a single name. See http://vk0ek.org/2015/06/11/angel-fund-will-work-at-friederichshafen/ + SILENT KEYS + Lee Jennings, ZL2AL passed away on 13 June. He was first licensed in Canada (VE3DIL, VE3CDX, VE3OE and VE3LJ , 1953-69), then he moved to New Zealand in 1969 (ZL1BET and ZL2AL since 1972). A FOC member and a highly accomplished DXer and contester, he operated from the Chatham Islands (ZL7AA/ZM7A in 1993 and 1997, and ZL7T in 2009), the Kermadecs (ZL8RI in 1996) and Campbell Island (ZL9CI in 1999), and was the team leader for the East Coast Contesters (ZM4T). He also ejoyed being the VK/ZL Pilot for several high profile DXpeditions, including FT5ZM and K1N, and had agreed to play that role again in 2016 for VK0EK and E44Y. Hans-Juergen Bartels, DL1YFF passed away on 16 June at 71 years of age. He operated from several DXCC Entities, notably as TN1M (Congo 1995), 7P8AA (Lesotho 2000), A25/DL1YFF (Botswana 2002), XF4DL (Revillagigedo 2006), 9L0W (Sierra Leone 2008), PJ4C (Bonaire 2012) and 5X8C (Uganda 2013). A past chairman of the Rhein Ruhr DX Association (2008-14), he was a member of the CT9L/CR3L contest team, and also served in the Deutscher Amateur-Radio-Club's (DARC) Board of Directors (2001-05). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSLs received direct or through managers: 3A90IARU, 3B9FR, 3D2RO, 3G3W, 5H1Z, 5V7BD, 5W1SA, 5Z0L, 6Y4DX, 7QAA, 9K2BM, 9N7WE, 9Q0HQ, A71BX, A92HK, AX8AA, BV5OQ, BY8CY, C21EU, C6AMM, C91RF, C98RF (AF-061), CA7CAQ (SA-018), CE0Y/LA5UF, CE0Y/UA4WHX, CE0Z/UA4WHX, CE7/UA4WHX, CE8/UA4WHX, CE8/UA4WHX, CE9/UA4WHX, CP1/UA4WHX, CP4WHX, CX2AQ, CX7BBR, CY0P, DL2RU/P (EU-129), DS4AOW, E20QVD, E21EJC, E30FB, ED9Z, ER120R, ER1OO, EU3DN, EX8MLE, EY8/UA4WHX, FM4LV, FO8AA/p, FR/DJ7RJ, FR5CB, FW1JG, FW5JJ, GU4CHY, HD2A, HD8A, HK0/UA4WHX, HS0ZCW, HS0ZLV, HS8GLR, J34O, J6/DL7VOG, J87GU, JA0JHQ/VK9X, JA5CPJ (AS-200), JA7BXS, JD1BMH, JT1E, K1N, KH0/7N4SQJ, KL7UW, M0HEM, MI0BPB, MI0RRE, MT0IXD, OA/UA4WHX, OE15M, OK1IEC/TI7, PJ4NX, PJ6/NM1Y, PY0F/PP1CZ, PY0F/UA4WHX, PY8/UA4WHX, PZ5VB, S01WS, SU9VB, T88GI (OC-296), T88TI (OC-296), T88XX (OC-296), TG9AJR, TI9/3Z9DX, TK5MH, TM9M, UA2F, V6Z, VK9NT, VP8LP, XU7AEZ, YB4IR/7 (OC-268), YB5M, YB7AM/p (OC-269), YC1BJX, YC8DRX, YE0EEE, YJ0OU, YJ8RN/p (OC-110), YS1/NP3J, YV5/AC4LN, ZA/UA4WHX, ZD7VC, ZF2CI, ZK3T, ZL7E. **************************************************************************** 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 (425dxn@alice.it) The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays **************************************************************************** Direttore Responsabile Gabriele Villa, I2VGW Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 071675 Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti Roma, Italia **************************************************************************** -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "425eng" group. 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