Bonsoir Voici les dernières news DX ! Bon trafic et 73 de Raymond F-15873. 28 March 2015 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1247 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3A - 3A90IARU is the special callsign for the Association des Radioamateurs de Monaco to use from 1 April to 30 June in celebration of the 90th anniversary of IARU. QSL via 3A2ARM, direct or bureau, and LoTW. [TNX F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX] 3A - Look for Gil, 3A/F4FET and Diego, 3A/F4HAU to be active from Monaco on 2-5 April. They will operate SSB and RTTY on 40-10 metres, with a focus on working North America and Asia especially on 10 and 12 metres, if propagation permits. QSL via home calls. 5W - Look for 5W0JY (QSL via JA1JQY), 5W0KJ (QSL via JA1KJW), 5W0MA (QSL via JA3MCA) and 5W0VE (QSL via JA8VE) to be active from Apia, Samoa (OC-097) on 9-15 April. They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on all bands with a couple of stations. [TNX NG3K] DL - DJ9MD, DK7JAN, DK8MIL and DL7MUK will be active as DF0TM from Usedom Island (EU-129) on 27-29 March. They will be QRV mainly on 20 and 40 metres SSB, hopefully with some PSK in the evening hours. QSL via DF0TM, direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org] ET - Dani, EA4ATI is visiting Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and has been granted permission to operate the ET3AA station during the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. Operating time will be limited from 8am to 8pm (local time), and Dani is likely to be QRV on 10, 15 and 20 metres. [TNX NG3K] FO - Alan, F6BFH will be QRV from Tahiti (OC-046) French Polynesia until 27-28 March, and as FO/F6BFH/p from Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands (OC-027) "around 5 April". Look for him on CW (14045, 18085, 21045, 24895, 28045 kHz) and SSB (14270, 18145, 21270, 24970, 28470 kHz). QSL via home call, direct or bureau (email requests for bureu cards can be sent to f6bfh[at]f6bfh.ne). [TNX F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX] FW - Jean-Gabriel, F4CIX is now active as FW1JG from Uvea (Wallis Island, OC-054) through the end of November 2016. He operates SSB and digital modes on 40, 20, 15, 12, and 10 metres. Logsearch and OQRS on Club Log. GM - Special callsign GB2SUM will be in use on 4-5 April during the Royal Air Force Amateur Radio Society's "Airfields On The Air" event (http://www.qsl.net/g4dqp/Activations.html). The location is the former WWII RAF airfield at Sumburgh on the Shetland Islands (EU-012). QSL via MM5PSL, direct only. GM - The Camb-Hams will be active as GS3PYE/p from the Isle of Mull (EU-008) on 15-21 May. A large group of operators will be QRV with multiple stations on 80-10 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK; VHF activity will be on 50 MHz, 70 MHz and 144 MHz (see http://dx.camb-hams.com for exact details). They may do very short side trips to Iona (EU-008) and the Treshnish Islands (EU-108), and will announce these nearer the time on the website. Please use the OQRS provided by Club Log for direct or bureau cards. [TNX G3ZAY] HB0 - A team from the PI4RAZ Radio Club will be active from Liechtenstein on 11-18 April. Look for HB0/PA2HGJ, HB0/PA2HW, HB0/PA2RDK, HB0/PA3CNO, HB0/PA3DFR, HB0/PA3HK, HB0/PE0MGB and HB0/PE1FLO to be active on 160-10 metres CW, SSB and PSK31. QSL via PE1FLO. JD1_oga- Once again Makoto, JI5RPT (www.ji5rpt.com/jd1/) will be active as JD1BLY from Chichijima (AS-031), Ogasawara from 29 April to 5 May. He will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 40-6 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau; logsearch on Club Log. [TNX JI5RPT] KH0 - Mami, JP3AYQ will be active again as AH0YL from Saipan (OC-086) from 29 March to 1 April. She will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 40-6 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau (OQRS on Club Log), LoTW and eQSL. [TNX NG3K] PY - PS7AB (SSB) and PP1CZ (CW and digital modes) will be active as PS70FEB on 1-30 April. This is the fourth of a series of twelve special callsigns; the suffix stands for Forca Expedicionaria Brasileira, the Brazilian Expeditionary Force that fought alongside the Allied powers in Italy during World War II. QSL via PS7AB (direct or bureau), LoTW and eQSL. See www.qrz.com/db/ps70feb for further information. [TNX PS7AB] TK - Alex, IW5ELA will be active holiday style as TK/IW5ELA from Calvi, Corsica (EU-014) on 4-9 April. He will operate mainly CW on 40-10 metres. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX NG3K] UA - Vasily R7AL and Vasily R6AL have announced their plans to be active as R7AL/0 from the rare Malminskiye Islands (AS-172, activated only once, by RI0CM back in July 2004) for three days between 8 and 16 August. The place is "located far away from civilization, the nearest and only one settlement is Ayan, 40 Km away", they say. "Since there is no any vessel available, the only one way is a small fishing motorboat. Two trips, 80 Km each needed to deliver all the equipment and operators to the island. Flights to Ayan are not regular and depend on weather conditions", but if "the weather is unfavorable, we'll wait as long as we can". Plans are to operate SSB and CW on two bands only, possibly 20 and 17 metres, with 500 watts. QSL via R7AL, direct or bureau (OQRS on Club Log). Bookmark http://as172.yolasite.com/ for updates and further information. [TNX DX World] UR - Special callsigns with UW31-UW39 prefixes and OA-OZ suffixes will be used for the 3rd Ukrainian Radio Sport Championship (www.ozchu.org.ua), to be held in the rural area near the city of Zhytomyr on 6 June, during the first 6 hours of the IARU R1 Field Day CW (15.00-20.59 UTC). QSL via UY5XE. [TNX UY5XE] VE - David, VY0/VE3VID is about going QRT from Igloolik Island (NA-174), after being active thrice a year since March 2013. He plans to be QRV on 20 metres RTTY on 28-29 March and 4 April, and hopefully also on 11-12 April. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX] VE - Pierre, VE3KTB might be active as VE3KTB/VY0 from the McGill Arctic Research Station on Axel Heiberg Island (NA-043) "sometime in the first week of April". [TNX The Daily DX] VK - The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) was a First World War army corps of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force that was formed in Egypt in 1915 and operated during the Battle of Gallipoli. Special callsign VK100ANZAC will be in use between 25 April and 20 December "for significant event dates covering all conflicts where Australian forces have been involved from WW1". State and Territory special callsigns (VI1ANZAC, VI2ANZAC, VI3ANZAC, etc) are available on a roster basis until the conclusion of the WIA Remembrance Day contest (15-16 August). Complete information on the ANZAC centenary commemoration can be found on the Wireless Institute of Australia's website (http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/anzaccentenary/about/). VK9N - Four Oceania DX Group members (namely Chris VK3QB, Luke VK3HJ, Roy VK3GB and Oly VK3XDX/5) will be active as VK9NT from Norfolk Island (OC-005) from 24 April to 4 May. They plan to operate SSB and CW on 160-10 metres, with two stations "as often as possible". QSL via VK2CA, direct or bureau, preferably through the OQRS provided by Club Log. Logs will uploaded to LoTW as soon as possible. See http://vk9nt.odxg.org/vk9nt2015/index.html. YB - Adhi, YB3MM had to cancel his trip to OC-250 [425DXN 1245] due to circumstances beyond his control. However, he will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as YB3MM/p from Gili Genting (OC-237). See see www.yb3mm.com or qrz.com for QSLling options. Meanwhile, Din YB8RW has been active as YB8RW/3 from Masalembu Besar (OC-250) since 24 March and will be there until the 27th. He has extended his trip and will go and be QRV also from Karamian Island (OC-250) on 28-29 March and Masalembu Kecil (OC-250) from 30 March to 1 April. See qrz.com for the link to Club Log's OQRS. [TNX YB3MM] YB - Special callsign YE533KC will be in use on 2-3 April to commemorate the 533rd anniversary of Cirebon Regency, West Java. Expect activity on 15 metres SSB, CW and RTTY, as well as on 40 and 80m SSB. QSL direct (see qrz.com) and LoTW. YB - Special event station YB200T will be active on 5-11 April to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Mount Tambora's eruption. Mount Tambora is an active volcano on the island of Sumbawa (OC-150), whose 1815 catastrophic explosive event is the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. QSL via W2FB. ZD8 - Steve, G3ZVW will be active again as ZD8N from Ascension Island (AF-003) on 9-21 April. He will be QRV in his spare time (during his early morning and evening hours, and over the weekends) on the HF bands CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via G3ZVW, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K] ZL7 - John ZL1ALZ, John ZL1BYZ and David ZL1DK will be active as ZL7E from Kaingaroa, Chatham Islands (OC-038) on 3-15 April. They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 40-10 metres with two stations. QSL via Club Log's OQRS (for both direct and bureau requests) and LoTW. Traditional direct cards should be sent to ZL1ALZ. [TNX NG3K] CQ WW WPX SSB CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their participation in this year's event (28-29 March): Call Category Country QSL ---------------------------------------------------- 3G1B M/S Chile HA1AG 3V8SS SOAB LP Tunisia LX1NO/LotW 3Z6V SO Poland SP6DVP 4L8A SOSB Georgia K1BV/LoTW 4U5F SOAB Italy S57DX 4X7R M/S Israel 4X6OM 4Z0DX SO Israel 4Z4DX/LoTW 5E5E M/2 Morocco W7EJ 5J0B SO San Andres LU1FM 6Y4W SOAB Jamaica LoTW 7QAA Malawi N7RO 8P5A SOAB HP Barbados NN1N/LoTW 9A73A SOAB HP Croatia 9A2RD 9K2GS SOAB Kuwait 9K2GS/LoTW 9K2HN M/2 Kuwait 9K2HN/LoTW 9M2M M/S West Malaysia direct BP0P M/S Taiwan qrz.com CE3WW M/2 Chile XQ4CW CQ3L SO Madeira DJ6QT CT9/UA9CDC SO Madeira G3SWH/LoTW E2X M/S Thailand E20GMY ED1B M/S Spain LoTW EE5T M/S Spain LotW EF8S SOSB 20m Canary Isls OH2BYS EI1A SO2R Ireland PA3249/LoTW ET3AA SO Ethiopia H27A SO Cyprus RW3RN HC0E M/2 Ecuador HC1JQ HI0UD M/S LP Dominican Republic W2CCW HI3K M/S LP Dominican Republic KB2MS HI3TEJ SOAB LP Dominican Republic HI3TEJ/LoTW HO1C M/S Panama HP1CQ HR2WW SOAB HP Honduras KD4POJ J42T M/2 Greece LotW JD1BOW SO Ogasawara JA0JHQ KP4RV SOSB 15m Puerto Rico AI4U/LoTW L47H M/S Argentina EA5KB LQ4D M/S Argentina bureau LY4A M/2 Lithuania LY4A NP2P SOAB Virgin Isls LoTW NR7DX USA N9RV OG9X M/2 Finland LoTW OH0B SOSB 15m Aland Isls OH0B OZ90IARU M/2 Denmark LoTW P3N SOAB HP Cyprus RW3RN PA6V M/S Netherlands PA6V PD9X M/2 Netherlands LotW PJ4Z M/S Bonaire K4BAI PJ7PL SO LP St Maarten WA1ZAM PR70FEB SO HP Brazil PS7AB PV7M SOAB Brazil PT7ZT R35MWC SOAB HP Russia (EU) R9XC RQ3R SOAB LP Russia (EU) LotW SV5DKL SOSB 10m HP Dodecanese SV5DKL/LoTW SX9C M/2 Crete SV9COL/LoTW T71DX San Marino I4ZQS TO4C SO Martinique M0OXO V6Z M/2 Micronesia N3SL VR2HKS M/S Hong Kong direct YB0NDT SOSB 40M Indonesia LotW YB2DX SOAB Indonesia YB2DX/LoTW YB3MM/p SO Indonesia qrz.com YC8ROP SOSB 15m Indonesia LoTW YE2C M/M Indonesia LoTW Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxs2015.html. Good contest to you all! =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW ARRL CENTENNIAL QSO PARTY ---> The window to apply for ARRL Centennial Points Challenge and W1AW Worked All States awards is now open: https://centennial-qp.arrl.org. Certificates will be available for the Centennial Points Challenge Award, while W1AW WAS Award participants will have the option of a certificate or a plaque. Certificates are $16, and plaques are $60. As for QSLling, US stations that worked W1AW/p and W100AW during the Centennial may request QSL cards via the Incoming QSL Service on the Centennial QSO Party web page (www.arrl.org/centennial-qso-party#QSLs). Cards destined for stations outside the US will be sent via the QSL Bureau. Direct cards should be sent to W1AW, 225 Main St., Newington CT 06111, USA. W1AW/p and W100AW will not confirm every contact on the traditional paper QSL cards, but will confirm QSOs for each mode and on most bands on a single card for each weekly operation. CASS AWARD ---> Presented annually, the Cass Award honours the wisdom and spirit of Cass WA6AUD (SK) and encourages DXpeditions to maximize the number of DXers worked with a $1000 prize for the Single-Operator DXpedition that works the most unique callsigns over a two-week interval. The 2014 Cass Award has been won by Nigel Cawthorne, G3TXF: "While QRV from the island of Tristan da Cunha as ZD9XF in September 2014, Nigel G3TXF worked 9314 unique stations during the first 14 days of his one-man DXpedition, demonstrating an outstanding effort to log as many DXers as possible and setting a new Single-Operator Cass Award record". Club Log founder Michael Wells, G7VJR presented Nigel with his plaque and prize at the CDXC Annual Dinner is on 21 March. If you are interested in competing for - or contributing to - the 2015 Cass Award, please visit www.cassaward.com. [TNX AA6YQ] DX0P ---> The website for the 14-20 April DXpedition to Pagasa, Spratly Islands [425DXN 1246] is now up and running at www.dx0p.org. Eight operators will be active on 160-10 metres ("may include WARC bands") SSB, CW, RTTY and JT-65. QSL via WA6LOS; logsearch on Club Log. IOTA DINNER ---> The 20th Annual Islands On The Air (IOTA) Dinner will be held on 17 April at the Visalia Conference Center in conjunction with the 66th International DX Convention. Details can be found at www.dxconvention.com/pages/dinners-iota.html. There will be IOTA card checking available and a IOTA/IREF table in the Convention Center promoting the IOTA program and the IREF. Registration for the IOTA Dinner closes on 31 March. If you have any questions, please contact Ray, N6VR (rayn6vr[@]cableone.net). [TNX N6VR] IOTA HONOUR ROLL ---> The 2015 Honour Roll and Annual Listings have been posted on the IOTA website (www.rsgbiota.org/info/) and on the IOTA Manager's website (www.g3kma.dsl.pipex.com). It is noticeable how scores are now beginning to bunch, closing in on the top position at 1110 groups. 168 record-holders have scores over 1000 and 484 over 750 which is the number required for the IOTA Plaque. [TNX G3KMA] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A0C, 3A2MD, 3B8/HB9ARY, 3B9FR, 3G5JA (SA-070), 4M5W, 4W/G3ZEM, 4W/N1YC, 5N4EAM, 5R8M, 5Z4/DJ4EL (AF-040), 5Z4LS, 6V1A (AF-045), 6Y5WJ, 6Y6N, 7O2A, 7Q7GIA, 7Q7VW, 7X2JV, 8P9NX, 9J2T, 9M2OUT, 9M6XRO, 9V1YC, 9Y4/AI5P, 9Y4/VE3EY, A25DX, A25TQ, A61E, A71AM, A71ME, AM03EGB, B5A, B9/BY9GA, BA5AG, BG9XD, BY4IB (AS-146), C6ARU, C6AUM, CE0Z/UA4WHX, CO2WL, CP6XE, CR2A,D3AA, DS5USH, E20AS (AS-125), E41MT, EA9/DL2RNS, EP2MKO, EP6T (AS-166), ER3GS, ER4DX, EX8M, FK8CE, FK8IK, FM1AG, FM5DN, FM5FJ, FO/K8PGJ, FO5RH (OC-066), FR/F8AAN, FR4NT, FT4TA (AF-031), FW5JJ, HB0/DL2SBY, HB0/DL5YL, HB0/HB9LCW, HC2AO/8, HC2RCT/8, HC8ART, HH5/KC0W, HI2DX, HI8JQE, HK0/UA4WHX, HO100CANAL, HV0A, J3/AI5P, JT1CO, JT5DX, KG4HF, KG4HI, KG4LB, KH6/K1YR, KL7RA, KP2/AG1LE, KP2/AG2J, KP2/K3TEJ, KP2/W7AUM, KP2AD, LX9DX, LY10NATO, MC0SHL, MX0LDG, NP3XF, OA1F, OF9X, OJ0AM, OY3JE, P3F, P4/W1XP, PJ4DX, PJ6/G4IUF, PJ7/N0TG, PJ7/WJ2O, PT0F, PY0FM, RI0F, RK10WZ/P (EU-153), S79AC, S9TF, SU1HZ, SV2ASP/A, T6T, TA0/LZ3ND (AS-099), TC0MI (AS-201), TG9AHM, TK5EL, TM0O, TO2TT, TO4FM, TX4A (OC-218), TX5W (OC-114), UK8ZC, UN1O, V31AT, V51WW, V63DX (OC-010), V73TM, VK6ISL (OC-294), VK9DLX, VK9LM, VK9MT, VP2ERJ, VP2V/SP9FIH, VP8LP, VP9/W3PV, VU2VID, VU4CD, VU4KV, W8A, XE2CQ, XT2AW, XV2RZ, XX9TYT (AS-075), YJ0X, YN2AA, YW5D (SA-044), ZA/Z35T, ZB2R, ZC4VI, ZD7FT, ZD9ZS, ZF2LC, ZX0F. **************************************************************************** 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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