Bonsoir Voici les dernières infos DX. Un IOTA F en gras. Bon trafic et 73 de Raymond F-15873. 15 April 2017 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1354 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 9M0 - Originally announced for December, the 9M0W DXpedition to the Spratly Islands [425DXN 1345] has been postponed to 10-20 March next year, owing to the unavailability of the resort on Layang Layang. Plans are for Hrane, YT1AD and a large group to be QRV on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and digital modes. The team has two vacant positions. [TNX YT3W] 9U - Antonio IZ8CCW, Gabriele I2VGW and a large multi-national team of Mediterraneo DX Club's members will be active as 9U4M from Bujumbura, Burundi on 6-17 November. They will operate on all bands and modes with five stations. More information is expected in due course. [TNX Mediterraneo DX Club] A4 - A41MS, A41OF, A41RN and A41ZZ will be active as A41ZZ/p from Suwadi Island (AS-112) on 14-15 April. QSL via A41ZZ. [TNX rsgbiota.org] D4 - Tony, CT1FFU will be active as D4T from Ilha do Sal (AF-086), Cape Verde on 18-25 April. He will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on the HF bands, 6m and 4m. QSL via CT1FFU, direct or bureau, and LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX] E3 - Zorro, JH1AJT will visit Eritrea again on 19-29 May. He will be joined by Franz DJ9ZB, Champ E21EIC and Dima RA9USU, with planned activity as E31AA on 160-10 metres CW, SSB, RTTY. Zorro also plans to be QRV as E39DI from the Dahlak Archipelago (AF-038) "for a few days" and with a focus on the low bands. This IOTA group was last activated in 1999. QSL for both callsigns via JH1AJT. [TNX NG3K] EW - Special callsign EV145O will be active from the city of Rechytsa from 24 April to 22 June to mark the 145th anniversary of the creation of the Water Rescue Society in Belarus. QSL via the bureau or direct to address on qrz.com. F - Andy F4ELK, Christophe F4ELI and Stephane F5UOW will operate SSB and CW as TM65EU from IOTA group EU-065 on 28-29 April. Islands mentioned are Quemenes (aka Kemenez, DIFM AT-039), Balanec (DIFM AT-038), Trilien (DIFM AT-040), Ledenes de Molene (aka Ledenez Vraz, DIFM AT 042) and Ledenes de Quemenes (aka Ledenez Kemenez, DIFM AT-044). QSL via F4ELK, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL] GM - Ian, G8ZLL will be active from the Scottish island of Islay, Inner Hebrides (EU-008) on 22-28 April. He will operate mainly CW on 80, 40 and 20 metres. GM - John, 2E0GUA will operate holiday style as 2M0GUA from the Isle of Mull (EU-008) from 22 April to 2 May. He hopes to be active "on HF, 2m & 70cm from various locations". QSL via home call (direct or bureau), eQSL and LoTW. [TNX rsgbiota.org] HB9 - Special callsign HB600NVF will be active until 31 December to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the birth of Niklaus von Flue, the patron saint of Switzerland. QSL via LoTW (preferred); paper QSLs via HB9JOE. See https://www.qrz.com/db/hb600nvf for information on the award programe. I - ARI Torino will be active as IQ1TO from the submarine 'Andrea Provana' on 22-23 April. Launched in 1918, she was decommissioned in 1928, and her central section with the conning tower has been located in Torino, on the bank of the river Po, since then. QSL via bureau. [TNX IK1MTX] J5 - The Italian DXpedition Team will be active as J5T from Bubaque Island (AF-020), Guinea-Bissau in mid-November (eaxct dates TBA). Eight operators (I1HJT, I2YSB, IK2CIO, IK2CKR, IK2DIA, IK2HKT, IK2RZP and JA3USA) will be QRV on 160-10 metres CW and SSB with four stations; RTTY will be used on one band only, to be selected depending on propagation. QSL via I2YSB and LoTW 6 months after the DXpedition. 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. [TNX IK7JWY] JA - Look for JA4GXS to be active as JA4GXS/5 from Naka Island (AS-200) on 23-24 April. He will operate CW and SSB on 40, 30, 20 and 17 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureu. [TNX rsgbiota.org] JA - Take, JI3DST will be active as either JS6RRR and JI3DST/6 from Miyako Island (AS-079) from 26 April to 9 May. He will be QRV on 80-6 metres SSB, CW, RTTY, JT65 and FM. QSL via bureau (preferred) or direct. [TNX JI3DST] OE - Special station OE17ATOM will be active from the power plant in Zwentendorf ("the world's only nuclear power plant to have been completed but never put into operation") on 21-22 April. QSL via bureau. SM - Special callsign SC90SM will be active until 31 December to mark the 90th anniversary of the longwave broadcasting station in Motala. Inaugurated in 1927 and closed in 1962, it was one of the most powerful BC stations in Europe. QSL via bureau, or direct to SM5ELV. TG - Dwight, VE7BV and Doug, VE7VZ will be active as TG9BBV and TG9/VE7VZ from Guatemala from 21 April to 15 May. They might also operate a few days from HR5. QSL for all operations via VE7BV (direct or bureau), LoTW and eQSL. [TNX The Daily DX] UA - Special stations R1961GP and R1961AG are active until 30 April to commemorate the first manned space flight made on 12 April 1961 by Yuri Gagarin. QSL R19161GP via Club Log's OQRS or R4CR, QSL R1961AG via RA4DR. [TNX RW4CLF] UA - Special callsign RA36GS will be active from 23 April to 22 May to commemorate the 140th anniversary of the birth of Russian Arctic explorer Georgy Y. Sedov (1877-1914). IOTA enthusiasts might note that the Sedova Archipelago, part of Severnaya Zemlya (AS-042), has been named after him. QSL via RN3FY. V4 - Alex, W1CDC will be active holiday style as V4/W1CDC from St. Kitts (NA-104) from 24 April to 7 May. He will operate mainly CW. QSL via home call, direct only. [TNX The Daily DX] V5 - Stefan, HB9JAB will be active as V51/HB9JAB while touring Namibia on a campervan between 18 April and 8 May. QSL via eQSL and LoTW. [TNX DX World] W - Nelson, NE4LS (CW QRP) and John, KE4IDW (SSB with 20 watts) will be active as N4T from Garden Key, Dry Tortugas (NA-079) on 21-24 April. QSL via NE4LS, direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org] XV - Jesus, JP7MBO (WP4JBG) will be active as XV9G from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam between 19 April and 9 May. He will operate mainly CW with some SSB on 40, 20 and 15 metres. =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 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 Plaque for the Single-Operator DXpedition that works the most unique callsigns within a specified interval. The 2016 Cass Award has been won by Jeff Martin, K5WE: "By working 7040 unique stations during his one-man DXpedition to Easter Island as XR0YS, Jeff demonstrated an outstanding effort to log as many DXers as possible". If you are interested in competing for - or contributing to - the 2017 Cass Award, please visit http://www.cassaward.com/. DXCC YEARBOOK ---> The 2016 ARRL DXCC Yearbook, which includes the Clinton B. DeSoto Challenge top scorers and the Annual Listing, can be found at http://www.arrl.org/files/file/DXCC/DXCCYearbook/DXCC%20YEARBOOK%202016.pdf. The Annual Listing of DXCC membership contains the call signs and credited totals for new awards and endorsements during the calendar year period from 1 January through 31 December 2016. The DXCC Honor Roll includes those who are within 9 entities of the "current" Entity count for Mixed, Phone, CW, and Digital modes. As of 31 December 2016, there were 339 Entities on the DXCC List, and entry level DXCC Honor Roll was achieved at level 330. H44MS ---> Bernard, H44MS [425dxn 1335] has moved to a new QTH "in square RI01" (most likely Malaita Island, OC-047), and will remain there until around 10 May. His new location is next to the sea and less noisy than his previous QTH in Honiara, but there is no access to the Internet. European stations who need the Solomon Islands on 80 metres should call Bernard around 3755 kHz between 18.50 and 19.30 UTC: "I am confident I can hear them then, and come back", he says. QSL via DL2GAC, direct or bureau. INTERNATIONAL MARCONI DAY ---> Organized by the Cornish Radio Amateur Club, the International Marconi Day (IMD) is a 24-hour amateur radio event held annually to celebrate the birth of Guglielmo Marconi (25 April 1874). It is not a contest, but an opportunity for amateurs around the world to make contacts with historic Marconi sites using HF communications techniques. This year's event will be held on 22 April, from 00.00 UTC to 23.59 UTC. Details, including information on the Award Certificates and the listing of participating stations, can be found at http://gx4crc.com/. KC0W WORLDWIDE DXPEDITION ---> "My next multi continent DXpedition will start 17 April, 2017", KC0W reported on qrz.com [425DXN 1351]. "Full information" is expected to be posted to https://www.qrz.com/db/kc0w on 15 April. R71RRC ---> The IOTA DXpedition to Arakamchechen Island (AS-071) is expected to QRT around 00.30 UTC on 15 April. [TNX EU7A] QSL VIA IK7JWX ---> Alfredo, IK7JWX reports that all direct cards for the November 2016 6V1IS and 6V1IS/p (AF-045) operations have been mailed out. Bureau cards requested through Club Log's OQRS will be sent in the next coming days. + SILENT KEY + Randy Johnson, W6SJ passed away on 27 March of complications from heart valve replacement surgery. Born in 1937, he was the driving force behind the DX Code of Conduct (http://www.dx-code.org/). =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL ROUTES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3B9GF 3B8GF HB600NVF HB9JOE RM25OL R5EO 3D2AG/p 3D2AG HB600NVF HB9JOE RO25KI RW4NW 3V8CB LX1NO HZ1XB IZ8CLM RO25KO R9XC 3Z0WARD SP6IEQ IC8MDC IZ1BZV RO25KR K2PF 4J0SFR 4K4K II0MDC IZ1BZV RO25LO UA1C 4L1FL EA7FTR II1MDC IZ1BZV RO25MA RD5C 4L5P UT7QF II2MDC IZ1BZV RO25MO R2DX 4O7TC UA3TCJ II3MDC IZ1BZV RO25OR R3EE 4S7VBG UA4WHX II4MDC IZ1BZV RO25RO RQ7L 4V1TL W3HNK II5MDC IZ1BZV RO25SP RW1F 4W/N1YC W5UE II7MDC IZ1BZV RO25TN RK9LWA 4W/PE7T PE7T II8MDC IZ1BZV RT90PK R2PT 4W/YB3LZ YB3MM IO0MDC IZ1BZV S79Z OM2FY 4W/YB3MM YB3MM IO1MDC IZ1BZV SC90SM SK5SM 4Z20MDC IZ1BZV IO9MDC IZ1BZV SU0ERA SM5AQD 5K3MDC IZ1BZV IR1MDC IZ1BZV SV5/SM8C SM0CMH 5R8M IZ1BZV IR5MDC IZ1BZV SX20MDC IZ1BZV 5T3MM PY4KL IR7MDC IZ1BZV SX9MDC IZ1BZV 5W1SA JA1DXA IR9MDC IZ1BZV T2AT N7SMI 7X5NZ EA7FTR J5B EA3BT T30TM VK1TX 7Y20MDC IZ1BZV J5W EA3BT T88FT JA7WFT 8N60JLRS JQ6FQI J68HZ K9HZ T88IH JI6IHG 9A21RBM 9A4J KH6TE W7TAE T88TA JM1LRA 9H2017EU 9H1SP LZ303SA LZ1KCP T88UW JH7IPR 9Q6BB W3HNK LZ38NR LZ1ZF TI2/WJ2O N2ZN A61ZX IZ8CLM LZ38SATURN LZ1ZF TI3/N8JAJ K8EF A71YY M0OXO MX0SNB M1GEO TM0MDC IZ1BZV A93JA KE5JA NP4R NR6M TM100VIMY N7RO CO6LC IZ1GDB OD5QB YO3FRI TM20MDC IZ1BZV CP6CL W3HNK OD5TX W4JS TM2H ON4ZD D2EB IZ3ETU OE20XMF OE6NFK TM32UFT F6ICG DL20MDXC IZ1BZV OL75SILVERA OK1MOW TM350MIL F1EOY DM150HSM DK0MIT OR20MDC IZ1BZV TM40LUB F4PCM DU1DL DK2DJ OY/MM0ZBH N2OO TM62VIMY F4HTO DX75BDM DU1AV P29VXG JA1XGI TY2BP IK2IQD EG1PEA EA1RKA PD05MDC PD5CW TZ4AM W0SA EG1SSV EA1URV PF38T PA7HPH UE25FO RZ5D EG5SSC EA5DDK PY5ZHP SP7CVW UN7TE RW6HS EG7SCM EA7URM R100LK RV1AQ VC3C2C VE3DC EG7SSM EA7DK R1147M RK3AW VP2MKX JS6TMW EG8MDC IZ1BZV R1605M RK3AW VP2V/N2IEN NR6M FJ/N2IEN NR6M R1961AG RA4DR XR20MDXC IZ1BZV FM1HM ON6DP R1961GP R4CR YJ0YM EA5GL FM1II KU9C R1963VT RK3MWA YO20MDC IZ1BZV FM4KA ON6DP R20MDXC IZ1BZV YP20MDC IZ1BZV FM8QR F5EAN R25SRR RN3RQ YQ20MDC IZ1BZV GB2MDC M0OXO R71RRC UA3AKO YR20MDC IZ1BZV HB0/PA2HGJ PE1FLO RA56GC RN3DK YR56GC YO8AXP HB0/PA3CNO PE1FLO RG56GC RZ3LC YT800YU YU1MM HB0/PA3HK PE1FLO RG61PP RZ3LC Z21LS 7Z1HB [d] HB0/PE0MGB PE1FLO RI1ANB EW4DX Z21LS DE1ZHB [b] HB20MDC IZ1BZV RI1ANO RN1ON ZV2CV PU2VCP 3D2SE Wesley A. Printz, P.O. Box 90884, Auckland 1142, New Zealand 5T0ITU Jean J. Lewuillon, Avenue E. Verhaeren 110/1, 1030 Bruxelles, Belgium C5WP Pedro M.J. Wyns, Moutstraat 7, 2220 Hallaar, Belgium CV5A Casilla de Correos 950, 11000 Montevideo, Uruguay DU1AV Alberto Villanueva, 19 Botolan Street, Santol, 1113 Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines EA3BT Josep Gibert del Pino, Carrer del Col-legi 1, 08800 Vilanova I La Geltru (Barcelona), Spain IK2IQD Flavio Tavecchio, Ufficio Erba, Casella Postale 161, 22036 Erba CO, Italy IZ1BZV Giorgio Tabilio, Via Sant'Eutichiano 26, 19123 La Spezia SP, Italy JA1XGI Haru Uchida, 2-30-11 Shintomi, Kawagoe, Saitama 350-0043, Japan OM2FY Branislav Daras, P.O. Box 6, 820 08 Bratislava 28, Slovak Republic SM5AQD Hakan Eriksson, Hemmingsbol 10, SE-740 10 Almunge, Sweden UA3AKO Victor N. 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