Bonjour Voici les dernières news DX ! Bon week-end ensoleillé ! 73 de Raymond. F-15873. 16 January 2016 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1289 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3D2 - Hardy, DF6PW will be active holiday style as 3D2PW (requested call) from Mango Bay (Viti Levu, OC-016), Fiji on 13-19 February. He will operate CW with a focus on 30, 17 and 12 metres. QSL via bureau to DF6PW and LoTW. [TNX DX World] 3W - Torsten, SM3NFB is active as XV3TH from Da Nang, Vietnam until 6 February. He is QRV on 40, 20, 17, 15, 10 and 6 metres CW, SSB and PSK31. QSL via SM3NFB. [TNX The Daily DX] 3W - Owing to a change in his flight schedule, Bert, DK2BR now expects to be active as 3W2BR from Con Son Island (AS-130) [425DXN 1285] on 10-26 March. He will run 60 watts into vertical antennas, and will operate SSB, RTTY and maybe PSK31 on 40-10 metres. QSL via DK2BR, direct only. [TNX DK2BR] 5V - Wim, ON6DX will be active again as 5V7TH from Togo from 10 February until around the 22nd. He will operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 40-6 metres, typically during the local morning and evening hours. QSL via ON6DX, direct or bureau, and LoTW; logsearch and OQRS on Club Log. Further information: www.dxpedition.be/5V7TH.html 6W - Francis, F6BLP (6W7SK) has had to cancel his trip [425DXN 1281] owing to health problems. Jacques, F6HMJ will be active in his spare time as 6W7/F6HMJ from 10 February to 1 March. He will operate on all bands mainly CW. [TNX Les Nouvelles DX] 7P - Members of the F6KOP Amateur Radio Club will be active as 7P8C from Lesotho on 8-17 February. They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-6 metres with five stations. A website is under construction. [TNX F5NQL] 8P - Willy, KB8YRX will be active as 8P9CA from Barbados (NA-021) from 16 January to 4 February. He will operate SSB on 20-10 metres. QSL via home call, and LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX] CE0Y - Bob, W7YAQ will be active holiday style as CE0Y/W7YAQ from Easter Island (SA-001) on 10-14 February. He will operate CW and RTTY on 40-15 metres. QSL via LoTW. [TNX DX World] FO - Bob, W7YAQ will be active holiday style as FO/W7YAQ from Moorea (OC-046), French Polynesia on 6-7 February. He will operate CW and RTTY on 40-15 metres. QSL via LoTW. [TNX DX World] GD - John, GW4SKA will be active as GD4SKA from the Isle of Man (EU-116) on 15-23 March. He will operate RTTY and some some PSK on 80-10 metres. During the BARTG HF RTTY Contest (19-20 March) he will use GD0A. QSLs via M0OXO (OQRS on www.m0oxo.com for direct and bureau cards) and logsearch on Club Log. [TNX M0OXO] GM - Jim, MM0BQI will be active as MM0BQI/p from Tanera Mor (EU-092) from 29 July to 5 August. He will participate in the IOTA Contest as GM1J. QSL both callsigns via MM0BQI, direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org] HC - Rick, NE8Z will be active again from Ecuador from 16 January to 6 February. He will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 40-6 metres as HC1MD from Tumbaco (Pichincha Province) and as HC1MD/HC2 from the Capay lighthouse in Ballenita (Santa Elena Province). QSL via K8LJG (direct) and LoTW. [TNX QRZ DX] HK0_sa - A team from Poland (SP2EBG, SP3CYY, SP3GEM, SP6IXF, SP9FOW, SP9PT, SP9RCL and SQ2OFS) will be active as 5J0P from San Andres Island (NA-033) on 6-21 March. They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-6 metres with four stations. QSL via Club Logs OQRS (for direct and bureau cards); traditional cards should be sent to SP6IXF (direct or bureau). The logs will be uploaded to LoTW "within 6-7 months". Complete details on the Dxedition can be found at www.5j0p.com. [TNX SP6IXF] J6 - Once again the J6 Portable Group (http://j6portable.dageekz.com) will be active as J64SLI on 20-26 February to celebrate the anniversary of the indipendence of St. Lucia. The group will be camping out for the weekend and will be operating for the remainder of the week from various locations. QSL via WB5Q. J7 - Stig, SM3PHM will be active holiday style as J79M from Dominica (NA-101) from 17 January to 3 February. He will operate CW only. QSL via LoTW or via bureau to SM3PHM. [TNX NG3K] JA - Taka, JA8COE will be active as JA8COE/6 from Onna, Danjo Islands (AS-056) on 8-9 April. QSL via home call, direct or bureau, and OQRS on Club Log. [TNX rsgbiota.org] PY - The Curva do Rio Group will be active as PR2DX from As Ilhas (SA-071) on 22-25 January. They plan to be QRV on 80-10 metres with two stations. QSL via operator's instructions. Plans for 2016 are to go and operate from a few other islands along the Sao Paulo State coast, namely Sao Sebastiao (SA-028), Gatos (SA-071), Comprida (SA-024), and possibly also Arvoredos (SA-071), Vitoria (SA-028) and Couves (SA-071). [TNX The Daily DX] PY - Orlando, PT2OP will be active as PS5M from Ilha do Mel (SA-047) on 18-21 February, including participation in the 8th South American Lighthouses Weekend. QSL via PT2OP, direct (preferred) or bureau. [TNX PS7AB] SV - The Amateur Radio Team of Aegina Island (EU-075) will be active as SX8KAP from 22 January to 5 February to commemorate the Inauguration day of Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias, the first head of state of independent Greece. QSL via SV8UM, direct or bureau, and LoTW. V6 - Sho, JA7HMZ will be active again as V63DX from Pohnpei (OC-010), Micronesia on 19-24 February. He will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as V6A. Before and after the contest he will be looking for Europe on 160 metres. QSLs via JA7HMZ (direct). [TNX NG3K] VK - Andrew, VK4NM and Peter, VK4LAT will be active as VK4NM/p from Fraser Island (OC-142) from 29 January to 1 February. QSL via M0OXO (www.m0oxo.com/oqrs/). W - Members of the Mid-Florida DX Association (www.w4fdx.com) will be active as W4FDX from Garden Key (NA-079), in the Dry Tortugas National Park, on 29-31 January. Multiple stations will be on the air, including one to be QRV on 6 metres for the ARRL VHF Contest. See qrz.com for QSL information. [TNX rsgbiota.org] =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW CONTACT SPORT ---> Written by J.K. George (N3BB), "Contact Sport. A Story of Champions, Airwaves, and a One-Day Race around the World" is a 266-page new book that "describes the exciting world of amateur radio competition and the intriguing characters of the 2014 World Radiosport Team Championship". See http://authorjkgeorge.com/ for complete information. DXCC NEWS ---> Sharon Taratula, Awards Manager at the ARRL Radiosport Department, reports that 3B7FA (2015 operation), D2FJZ (2012 and 2015 operations) and TN/CT1FJZ (2015 operation) have been approved for DXCC credit. GB7NHR ---> Ken, G3OCA reports that the new Telnet address for GB7NHR, the DX Cluster run by the Nunsfield House Amateur Radio Group, is gb7nhr.dyndns.org (Port 7300). K5P ---> Operations from Palmyra started just after 8 UTC on 12 January. The logs are regularly uploaded to Club Log; the latest update (at 13:00 UTC on 15 January) showed 19,293 QSOs (47.3% with North America, 37.3% with Asia, 15,4% with the rest of the world) with 6,757 unique callsigns. Poor propagation and difficult path account for the current meagre 6,1 % with Europe. QSL 9H3XI ---> Mack, JJ2QXI was active from Malta on 28-31 December. QSL via home call, bureau preferred (OQRS on Club Log). [TNX JJ2QXI] VK0EK NEWSLETTER ---> The eighth issue (Vol. 2, No. 1) of the the Heard Island Expedition Newsletter, published on 14 January, contains "amazing images of Heard Island" that "stimulate research plans". Go to www.heardisland.org/HD_pages/HD_newsletter.php and subscribe to the Newsletter for free (there is also a link to download back issues). VP8STI ---> The team is active as VP8IDX/mm from the "Braveheart". After stopping at King Edward Point (South Georgia) for safety and biodiversity briefing, they resumed their voyage and expect to arrive to Thule Island (South Sandwich Islands) on 17 January. Follow their progress at http://www.intrepid-dx.com/vp8/location.php. WORLDWIDE DXPEDITION ---> Tom, KC0W will be going on a DXpedition tour to American Samoa (KH8), Samoa (5W), Tokelau (ZK3), Solomon Islands (H4), Temotu Province (H40) and Bangladesh (S2); Nepal (9N) and Bhutan (A5) to be decided once in S2. "Several of the licenses will be issued upon arrival", he says. The tour will start sometime this summer, and "there will be no time frame from each entity. The determining factor will be when the pileups die down it's time to pack everything up & move along. Could be 3 weeks or it could be 3 months at each QTH". He will operate CW only, with an emphasis on 160, 80 and 40 metres. [TNX DX World] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSLs received direct or through managers: 3XY5M, 4L4C, 4U1WRC, 5E2E, 5U5U, 5Z4HW, 6V1A, 6Y5WJ, 7X4AN, 9X0NH, A25LC, AP2NK, CR3OO, CX/N3BNA, D4D, E51MKW, FY/F5UII, FY5FY, HH2/N3BNA, J3/KO8SCA, JA1UNS/1 (AS-043), JG8NQJ/JD1, JW/OX5M, KP2Q, N5M (NA-120), OJ0DX, PJ4X, PJ6/G3TXF, PY0F/AA4NC, PZ5W, RT9K/0 (AS-203), SU90IARU, SU9IG, SV2ASP/A, T2GC, TA0/RM0F (AS-201), TM6NB (EU-105), TX3X (OC-176), TX90IARU (OC-032), TZ4AM, UE73DI (AS-005), UK8OCR, V73D, VK4AAC/5 (OC-139), VK5MAV/8 (OC-229), VK9WA (OC-007), XX9TIH, YB4IR/3 (OC-217), YB8RW/5 (OC-108), YB8RW/p (OC-272), YJ8RN/p (OC-110), YP0H (EU-191), YW5T (SA-059), Z21MG, ZA/YT5Z, ZA/YT7DQ, ZA/YU7CM, ZA3HA,ZD7W. **************************************************************************** 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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