Bonsoir Et maintenant le dernier bulletin de 425 DX News Bons DX et 73 de Raymond. 02 July 2016 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1313 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 6W - An Italian team (Leopoldo I8LWL, Alfredo IK7JWX, Ampelio IS0AGY, Christian IS0BWM, Loredana IS0FFR, Patrizio IS0FQK and maybe others) will be active as 6V1IS from Senegal between 7 and 19 November. The trip will include /p activity from either Goree and/or Ngor Island (both counts for AF-045). Plans are to be operate SSB, CW and digital modes on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL via IK7JWX; logsearch on Club Log. See www.qrz.com/db/6v1is/ for more information and updates. [TNX IK7JWX] 9A - Look for 9A/DL5RF/m to be active from the island of Hvar (EU-016) on 11-21 July. He will operate SSB on 40 and 20 metres. QSL via bureau to home call and eQSL. [TNX rsgbiota.org] D6 - The Czech DXpedition Team (OK1BOA, OK1FPS, OK1GK, OK2ZA and OK6DJ) will be active as D66D from the Comoro Islands (AF-007) between 16 and 30 September. They will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 160-10 metres. QSL via OK6DJ, direct or bureau, eQSL and LoTW; logserach and OQRS on Club Log. See www.cdxp.cz for further information and QSLling policy. DL - YL operators from Germany will be active as DM88YLF on 1-31 July. They will operate SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL via DJ5YL. [TNX F8REF] EI - Olivier, ON4EI will be active again as EI8GQB from Fethard, Ireland (EU-115) on 2-16 July and again from 27 July to 12 August using an hybrid wind-solar power system from his caravan. He will participate in the IARU HF World Championship and the IOTA Contest as EI1A. QSL for both callsigns via PA3249, direct or bureau, and LoTW. Follow his activity and antenna experimentation on www.qrz.com/db/EI8GQB. F - The Association des Radioamateurs Vauclusiens will operate special event callsign TM84MV on 2-17 July during this year's Tour de France. Expect activity on the HF bands SSB, CW, Psk and RTTY, as well as on 2m EME JT65. The suffix stands for the legendary Mont Ventoux, which the cyclists will climb during the 12th stage on 14 July. QSL via bureau to F5KPO. [TNX F8REF] F - YL operators from France will be active as TM88YL for fifteen days between 4 and 31 July (planned dates are 4-6, 10-13, 17-20, 24-26 and 31 July) QSL via F5JER. [TNX F8REF] GM - Jamie, 2E0SDV will be active as 2M0SDV from Mainland, Orkney Islands (EU-009) from 29 July to 2 August, including an entry in the IOTA Contest as MS0YHC. QSL both calls via 2E0SDV; logsearch and OQRS for direct and bureau cards on Club Log. JA - Yoshi, JP1LRT will be active from Yoron Island (AS-023) from around 8 UTC on 2 July until around 4 UTC on 4 July. Main activity will be on 80, 40, 15 and 6 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau, eQSL and LoTW. [TNX rsgbiota.org] JA - Nobu, JA0JHQ as JA0JHQ/1 and Masa, JA0RQV as JA0RQV/1 will be active from Hachijo Island (AS-043) from around 9 UTC on 9 July until around 2 UTC on 11 July. They will operate SSB and CW on 40-6 metres with 50 watts. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org] JA - Nobu, JA0JHQ (http://pandasan.jimdo.com/) will be active as JA0JHQ/6 from Minami Daito Island (AS-047) from 28 July to 1 August, IOTA Contest included. He will run 50 watts and operate SSB and CW on 40, 30, 20, 15, 17 and 6 metres. QSL via JA0JHQ, direct or bureau. JT - RZ3FW and R4WAA will be active as JT5FW from Mongolia on 11-19 July. QSL via RZ3FW; logsearch and OQRS on Club Log. [TNX DX News] JT - Look for JT0YPS (UA9YPS), JT0YTX (RA9YTX) and JT0YGC (RA9YGC) to be active from Lake Tolbo Nuur, Mongolia on 19-24 July. They will be QRV on 80-6 metres and on 2m EME. QSL direct to home calls (OQRS on Club Log for JT0YPS). KL - Yuri, N3QQ will be on a business trip to Soldotna (Alaska), and there is "a possibility he will make a side trip to either Kalgin or Fire Island (NA-158) around 8-11 July. If active he’ll use KL7RRC". [TNX DX World] LU - Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Indipendence of Argentina (9 July 1816), Argentine amateur radio stations are allowed to use special prefixes from 00 UTC on 9 July until 3 UTC on 11 July: LU stations can use LR, LW stations can use LV, AZ stations can use LT, Radio clubs can use LS and other institutions (e.g. Scout groups) can use AY. [TNX DX World] OZ - Carsten, OZ4CG from Bornholm Island (EU-030) will operate CW only as OZ4SOP for the Sea Of Peace Award (http://dl0sop.darc.de/) on 1- 31 July. QSL via OZ4CG (bureau preferred), LoTW and eQSL. [TNX DX Newsletter] PA - Paul, PE2LZ will be active as PE2LZ/p from Texel Island (EU-038) on 1-8 July. QSL via home call, bureau preferred. [TNX rsgbiota.org] PY - PS7AB (SSB) and PP1CZ (CW and digital modes) will be active as PY160FD on 1-30 July. The special callsigns celebrates the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the first Fire Department in Brazil. QSL via PS7AB, direct or bureau, eQSL and LoTW. [TNX PS7AB] SM - Anders, SM5EFX will be active holiday style as SF2X/p from Ledskar Island (EU-135) from 18 July to 5 August. Main activity will be during the IOTA Contest. QSL via SM5EFX, direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org] UA - The RI0FS Dxpedition to Shikotan Island (AS-062) [425DXN 1303] is now expected to take place on 9-16 August. Plans are for five operators to be QRV on all bands and modes with two stations. Bookmark http://ri0fs.ru/en/ for updates. V6 - Kou, JR2GAG will be active again as V63GG from Micronesia on 6-10 July. This time he will operate from Pohnpei (OC-010). QSL via home call, direct or bureau; logsearch and OQRS on Club Log. [TNX NG3K] W - The following stations will be active during the 8th annual "13 Colonies Special Event", which will be held from 13 UTC on 1 July until 4 UTC on 7 July: K2A (New York), K2B (Virginia), K2C (Rhode Island), K2D (Connecticut), K2E (Delaware), K2F (Maryland), K2G (Georgia), K2H (Massachusetts), K2I (New Jersey), K2J (North Carolina), K2K (New Hampshire), K2L (South Carolina) and K2M (Pennsylvania). See www.13colonies.info for QSL routes and information on the award programme. W - Mike, W2IY will be active from Mount Desert Island (NA-055) from 10 July to 5 August. QSL direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org] W - Once again Jon, WB8YJF will be active as WB8YJF/4 from Ocracoke Island (NA-067) on 24-31 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW CLUB LOG'S MOST WANTED LIST ---> The latest Most Wanted List, generated on 1 July, is available at https://secure.clublog.org/mostwanted.php. The information is derived from QSOs uploaded to Club Log (currently 365 million log entries available for analysis) and, to improve quality, only QSOs that have QSLs confirmed are considered to be worked. IOTA QSO MATCHING ---> "We have started offering IOTA credits by Club Log QSO Matching. Go to http://www.rsgbiota.org > My Credits, click on "Club Log QSO Matches", scroll down and click on "Show Accepted Activations" to see the list of operations for which QSO Matching is available. Please note that at this time this is mainly provided for island operations from locations for which one DXCC corresponds to one IOTA group only. A few operations carried out since 1 January 2016 have already been included, and we are working now to extend this to other operations which took place this year. Check the above link periodically for an update on operations available for QSO Matching. If you have questions, please send them to iota_ltd[@]aol.com, the only address for them. We would appreciate it if you can refrain from sending enquiries which fall outside the scope of what is on offer on the website. We will extend the coverage as and when we can". [TNX IOTA IT Team] KC0W'S WORLDWIDE DXPEDITION ---> Tom, KC0W has been active as 5W0COW from Samoa since 12 June [425DXN 1310] and expects to remain there until 12 July. His trip to Tokelau has been postponed, and he now plans to continue his "Worldwide DXpedition" and go to Tuvalu (19 July-18 August), Vanuatu (20 August-21 September), Western Kiribati (T30COW, 24 September-24 October), the Solomon Islands (25 October-26 November) and then back to Samoa on 27 November. He operates CW only on 160-6 metres. QSL direct only to KC0W and logsearch on Club Log. He does not use LoTW. R3CA/9 & R3CA/0: LOGSEARCH ---> The logs for the recent R3CA/9 and R3CA/0 operations (March-May 2016) are now available on Club Log (https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch.php), and the OQRS for direct and bureau cards will be activated soon. Search for R3CA_AS-005, R3CA_AS-038, R3CA_AS-068, R3CA_AS-070, R3CA_AS-104, R3CA_AS-152, R3CA_AS-163 and R3CA_AS-164. If you do not find your callsign, please send your QSO data to r3ca.arctic[@]gmail.com for the support team to check. [TNX EU7A] VP8STI & VP8SGI ---> The VP8STI and VP8SGI DXpeditions videos have been uploaded to https://vimeo.com/intrepiddxgroup, the Intrepid DX Group's Vimeo page. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSLs received direct or through managers: 3DA0IJ, 3XY1T (AF-051), 7P8GF, 7X2ARA, 9L0W, 9M2AX, A63RI, AF7S, AG2J (NA-111), C91IJ, D3AA, E44YL, EP2A, ET7L, FH/F4FET, FH/F6BEE, FS/W3FF, FT4JA, GS0NWM (EU-010), HC2GRC/p (SA-034), HS0ZCW, J28NC, JT1DN, MJ0KUC, NP2X, PU0R/PU0FDN (SA-038), RI1PA (EU-085), SV2RSG, T6MH, TK9C, UE40SA, VK0EK, VP8SGI, VP8STI, VY0BRR (NA-156), XR400AA, XU7AKC (AS-133), YL2AO. **************************************************************************** 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