Bonjour Voici les dernières infos DX, enfin...de la semaine dernière ! 73 de Raymond. 30 January 2016 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1291 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3B8 - Eric, OE4AAC will be active holiday style as 3B8HD from Mauritius Island (AF-049) from 11 February to 1 March. He will operate mainly CW on the HF bands. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. Logsearch and OQRS on Club Log. 8R - Alex, W1CDC will be active holiday style as 8R1A from Guyana on 11-24 April. He will operate CW on 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres. QSL via W1CDC, direct or bureau. 9A - A team from Croatia and Germany (9A2MF, 9A2NA, 9A6AA, DC5WW, DD0NM, DH6TJ, DK2RO, DL8AW and DL9NBJ) will be active as 9A8DXG from the Palagruza Islands (EU-090) from 28 May to 4 June. They will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on the HF bands, and EME on VHF. QSL via DL8AW, OQRS on www.codxg.org. [TNX rsgbiota.org] 9M0 - Mike, DF8AN will be active as 9M0S from Layang-Layang, Spratly Islands (AS-051) on 19-29 April. He will be QRV "as much as he can" and will operate mainly CW on 160-6 metres. QSL via DF8AN, direct or bureau. No eQSL and no LoTW. 9M8 - A team of four (9M8ADX, 9M8WAT, 9W8DEN and 9W8KIF) will be active as 9M8RC from Satang Besar (OC-165), East Malaysia from 29 April to 1 May. QSL direct to 9W8KIF. [TNX rsgbiota.org] C5 - Alan, G4DJX will be active again as C5DX from Banjul and Farafenni, The Gambia on 12-19 February. He plans to operate mainly CW on 40-10 metres from Banjul and to demonstrate SSB from the Senior Secondary High School in Farafenni. QSL via LoTW, or direct to home call. [TNX NG3K] C6 - Drew, N2RFA will be active as C6ABB from Nassau (NA-001), Bahamas on 8-18 February. He will be QRV on 80, 40, 20, 17, 12 and 10 metres, and plans to do "some digital work" (PSK31, JT65, RTTY and possibly SSTV). QSL via home call (direct), eQSL and LoTW. E4 - DF8DX, along with DL5YWM and DL7JAN, will be active again as E44QX from Jericho, Palestine on 8-15 May. They will operate mainly CW with some SSB and RTTY on 80-10 metres. QSL via DF8DX, direct or bureau, and LoTW; logsearch and OQRS on Club Log. ET - ET7L [425DXN 1290] has been QRV from Mekanisa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia since 17 January, with spare time activity on 30, 17, 15 and 12 metres so far. Operations on the low bands will start over the weekend, as on 29 January the operators gained access to the main tower and were able to install a sloping dipole with traps for 160, 80 and 40 metres. Bookmark http://et7l.dxer.com.ua/ for updates. Logsearch on Club Log, OQRS to be enabled later. Traditional cards via US0LW; the logs will be uploaded to LoTW after the end of the operation. F - Serge F5SN, Marie F5UAY and Michel F8GGZ will be active as TM39TJ from 31 January to 14 February for this year's Transjurassienne, annual cross-country ski marathon held in the French Jura mountains. QSL via F8GGZ. F - Members of Radio Club F6KMB will be active as TM6C on 1-15 February during the traditional Dunkirk Carnival (Carnaval de Dunkerque). QSL via F6KMB. [TNX F8REF] F - Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the Council of Europe Radio Amateur Club (http://tp2ce.eu) will be QRV as TP30CE on 12-13 February. Activity will be on all bands SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK. QSL via F5LGF. [TNX F6FQK] F - Tim ON5HC, Patrick ON7PQ, Geert ON7USB and Francis ON8AZ will be active as TM6U from the Saint Marcouf Islands (EU-081) on 1-7 May. They will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on 80-10 metres, plus 160 and 6m if conditions allow. QSL via OB8AZ, direct or bureau. See www.eu081.be for further information. [TNX ON7PQ] FP - Once again Eric, KV1J will be active as FP/KV1J from Miquelon Island (NA-032) on 17-29 March, including activity during the BARTG RTTY, Russian DX and CQ WPX SSB contests. Plans are to operate mainly SSB and RTTY on 160-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau, and LoTW. See www.kv1j.com/fp/Mar16.html for more information. H4 - Tom, WL7HP (H44TM) and his wife Maggie, H44MK [425DXN 1284] have moved to the New Georgia Islands (OC-149) and expect to stay there for few more days. They will remain in the Solomons until 16 February. QSL via WL7HP. [TNX The Daily DX] KL - Members of the North Country DX Association will be active on all bands and modes as KL7RST from Anchorage, Fairbanks and other locations in Alaska between 15 February and 27 March. QSL via K7ICE. See www.qrz.com/lookup/k7ice for more details. [TNX KL7JR] LY - Sam, LY5W reports he will be active LY16W on 1-29 February. The activity is in celebration of the "Act of 16 February" that in 1918 proclaimed the restoration of an independent State of Lithuania. QSL via LY5W. Information on the LY WPX Trophy awards can be found on Sam's qrz.com page. OX - Bo, OZ1DJJ (http://geronne.dk/index.php/ox3lx/ox3lx-dxped) will be active again as OX3LX from Sangmissoq/Christian IV Island (NA-151) on 11-18 February. This is not a DXpedition and Bo will operate in his spare time, typically "around lunch and after dinner". QSL via OZ1PIF. PY - The PR2DX activity from As Ilhas (SA-071) [425DXN 1289] is now scheduled to take place for 24 hours on 30-31 January. A team of five will operate SSB and digital modes on 80-10 metres. This will be an "educational trip" for operators who are not familiar with pileup management, so please be patient. QSL via EA5GL; logsearch and OQRS on Club Log. [TNX rsgbiota.org] PY - Look for PQ2WW (QSL via PY8WW), PQ2ZXT (QSL via PR8ZX) and PQ2/PU8MET (QSL via PU8MET) to be active from the rare Brazilian state of Tocantins on 6-9 February. They will operate CW, SSB and digital modes. Information on the WAB Award, issued by LABRE for contacts made with the 26 Brazilian states and the Federal District (PT2): www.labre.org.br/crbst_6.html. [TNX NG3K] V4 - Dave, K1KA will be active holiday style as V47KA from St. Kitts (NA-104) on 5-25 February. He will operate SSB, CW and possibly JT65 and PSK on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL via K1KA, LoTW and eQSL. [TNX NG3K] V5 - Look for V5/DC8QT, V5/DD8ZX and V5/DJ9KM to be active holiday style from Namibia on 9-18 February. They will operate SSB, RTTY and PSK on 160-10 metres, and will participate in the CQ WW WPX RTTY Contest possibly as V55V. QSL V55V via DJ8VC, others via home calls. VE - VY0ERC is callsign of the newly formed Eureka Amateur Radio Club at the weather station on Ellesmere Island (NA-008). The station will be active when time permits until around mid-March. QSL via VE1RUS. [TNX The Daily DX] VE - Members of the North Country DX Association will be active on all bands and modes as VY0RST, VY1RST and VE8RST from various locations in Nunavut, Yukon and the Northwest Territories between 15 February and 27 March. Also, expect VE8RST/VY0 to be used by VE1RUS and VE3KTB from Ellesmere Island (NA-008). QSL via K7ICE. See www.qrz.com/lookup/k7ice for more details. [TNX KL7JR] VE - Jean-Pierre, VA2SG will be active as XM2IOTA from Iles-de-la- Madeleine (NA-038) from 27 July to 2 August. He will operate SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31 on 20, 17, 15 and 10 metres, as well as on the low bands, mostly during his late afternoon and evening hours; main activity will be during the IOTA Contest. Logsearch on Club Log and QSL via VE2TLH (direct only). [TNX NG3K] VP2M - Scott, NE9U as VP2MWA and Ron, KK9K as VP2MRF will be active from Montserrat (NA-103) on 16-23 February, including an entry in the ARRL DX CW Contest (20-21 February) as VP2MWA. Expect activity on CW, SSB and RTTY before and after the contest. QSL VP2MWA via LoTW or direct to NE9U, QSL VP2MRF direct to KK9K. [TNX NG3K] VP8 - The final couple of days on Thule Island were quite an ordeal for the Intrepid-DX Group, with blizzard like conditions, 70 mph (112 Kph) winds, heavy snow fall, collapsed tents, damaged antennas, and a large ice floe that threatened to block the entrance to the bay where the team was located and caused VP8STI to go abruptly QRT in the UTC evening of 25 January. Eventually the team was able to retrieve all the equipment, and on 27 January the R/V Braveheart was on her way to South Georgia. Plans are to be active as VP8SGI for eight days starting in the UTC afternoon of 29 January. The final VP8STI log will be uploaded to Club Log from South Georgia. W - Dennis, WA2USA will be active as WA2USA/4 from St. George Island (NA-085) on 2-29 February. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW FT5XT ---> Gildas, TU5KG usually operates /mm when in the Crozet (FT5WQ) and Kerguelen (FT5XT) waters [425DXN 1284], but on 23 January he was able to be QRV from Kerguelen Island for about one hours on 15 metres SSB. QSL direct to F4DXW. K5P ---> The K5P team went QRT from Palmyra around 18.45 UTC on 26 January. A total of 75,210 QSOs (43805 CW, 23252 SSB and 8153 RTTY) with 18,263 unique callsigns from 157 different countries (46.1% North America, 34.2% Asia, 11.3% Europe, 8.4% rest of the world). The OQRS is now active on Club Log. QSL 3D2RI ---> During his recent visit to Rotuma (20 December 2015 - 23 January 2016) Tony, 3D2AG visited the local High School and was able to rescue "outstanding QSL requests for 3D2RI dating back to 2011" that "had been ignored for the past several years and were on the verge of being discarded". He adds that "currently there is nobody at the 3D2RI station knowleadgeable of amateur radio", as the "teachers trained by the 3D2R team have since been transferred, including the former Principal of RHS". QSL VIA RW6HS ---> As of 25 January, RW6HS' mailing address is: Vasilij M. Kasyanenko, P.O. Box 8, g. Novopavlovsk, Stavropolsky kr., 357300, Russia. See qrz.com for the long list of stations he is the QSL manager of. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B7FA, 3D2RJ, 3W3MD, 3XY5M, 4J15EUG, 4J6RO, 4U70UN, 5W0IF, 5X1S, 7T150LH, 9G5GH, 9H6A, 9M4KI (AS-058), B7/BD4TS (AS-094), BY5YAA (AS-138), CT9/OM3RM, CY0/VA1AX, D8A, DS2GOO/2 (AS-090), DU7ET, DU9/RC5A (OC-235), DX0P, E50J, FH/DL3RKS, FM5FJ, FO5QB, FY5FY, HH2/N5JR, HS0ZEE, HZ1PS, IM0MA (EU-041), J3/SP3CFM, JA4GXS/6 (AS-047), JW6VM, LU1ZA (AN-008), LU4ZS (AN-013), LY90IARU, MM0BQI/p (EU-108), OJ0DX, P40FN, P40FY, PJ6/OH1VR, PY0F/PP1CZ, PZ5W, RA1QQ/1, RD0B/p (AS-005), RI1PT (EU-188), RT9K/0 (AS-203), S01WS, S79DPX, SU90IARU, SV2ASP/A, SW9AA, T2GC, T2TT, TA0/RM0F (AS-201), V5/DK1CE, V73D, VK2015TDF, VK5MAV/8 (OC-229), VK6BP/p (OC-071), VK6NAX/p (OC-164), VK9WA, VQ9ET, W7P, XT2AW, YP0H (EU-191), YW5Z (SA-059), ZB2EO, ZD7W, ZF2MJ. **************************************************************************** 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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