Bonsoir Voici les dernières news DX. 73 de Raymond. F-15873 25 March 2017 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1351 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3D2/R - Now Tony, 3D2AG expects to be QRV as 3D2AG/p from Rotuma (OC-060) [425DXN 1349] on 2-22 April. He plans to operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 160-2 metres, 60m included. QSL via 3D2AG; see https://www.qrz.com/db/3d2ag for his tentative operating schedule and PayPal instructions. 5T - Jean, 5T0JL has been authorized to use special callsign 5T3MM on 12-18 April; look for him especially during the CQ Manchester Mineira DX Contest (15-16 April). QSL via PY4KL. CE0Y - Eliot, W1MJ will be active holiday style as CE0Y/W1MJ from Easter Island (SA-001) on 2-6 April. He will operate QRP on 40, 30, 20 and 15 metres CW, and might also give PSK31 a try. [TNX The Daily DX] CT9 - Operating from the CR3A site, the Madeira Contest Team will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as CT3EE. The callsign is a memorial to Luis Camacho, CT3EE, who passed away on 18 March. CX - Radiogrupo Sur will be active again as CV5A from Isla de Flores (SA-030) (http://cv5a.cx.uy/) from 30 March to 2 April. A large team will be QRV on various bands and modes. QSL direct only to Casilla de Correos 950, 11000 Montevideo, Uruguay. [TNX rsgbiota.org] E5_nc - The website for the E51LYC expedition to Pukapuka Atoll (OC-098), North Cook Islands [425DXN 1350] is now up and running at http://e51lyc.weebly.com. The operation will take place between 11 and 23 May. Cezar, VE3LYC will be QRV on 40-10 metres SSB and CW. "Propagation paths will be studied to ensure that appropriate windows are identified to all regions of the world". Johan, PA3EXX will be the pilot for the expedition; requests for time windows, bands and modes of operation should be emailed directly to him. QSL via Club Log's OQRS (preferred), or via VE3LYC (direct or bureau). EA6 - Jean-Marc, F5SGI will be active as EA6/F5SGI from Menorca, Balearic Islands (EU-004) on 9-15 April. He will operate CW only on the HF bands. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX Les Nouvelles DX] EA9 - The Tortugas CW Team (EA2CW, EA3CV, EA3HSJ, EA3NN, EA4GMX, EA4JJ, EA4PN, EA5IHK, EA5UF and EA8ZT) will participate in the King of Spain CW Contest (20-21 May, from 12 UTC to 12 UTC) as ED9T from Melilla. On 18-19 May they will be signing EG9TOR on CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via the bureau, LoTW and eQSL; direct requests should be sent to EA4PN. [TNX EA2CW] GD - Members of the Barry Amateur Radio Society will be active as GT4BRS from the Isle of Man (EU-116) on 15-22 April. Seven operators will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and JT65; "special efforts" are planned on 5Mhz "to give all time new one on 60 metres" especially to the west coast of North America. QSL via DJ6OI. [TNX DX World] HB0 - The PI4RAZ Radio Club will conduct their annual expedition to Liechtenstein on 1-8 April. Look for HB0/PA2HGJ, HB0/PA2RDK, HB0/PA3CNO, HB0/PA3DFR, HB0/PA3HK, HB0/PE0MGB and HB0/PE1FLO to be active on 160-10 metres mainly CW, SSb and digital modes, with an emphasis on 60m. QSL via PE1FLO. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] I - IT9DSZ and other seven operators will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as IE9K from the island of Ustica (EU-051). QSL via IT9DSZ. I - ARI Perugia IQ0PG will be active on 1-30 April for the ARI 90 Years Award. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, eQSL, bureau or direct. See https://www.qrz.com/db/iq0pg for information on the award. [TNX IK0EFR] J2 - Dane, S53T has moved to Djibouti and is active as J28ND, for the time being running low power into home made verticals. His license is valid until the end of 2019. QSL via S57DX. J6 - Bill, K9HZ will be active again as J68HZ from St. Lucia (NA-108) on 1-8 April. QSL via LoTW (preferred), eQSL or direct to K9HZ; logsearch on Club Log. [TNX The Daily DX] J8 - Brian, GW4DVB will be active again as J88PI from Palm Island (NA-025) on 14-23 April. He will operate SSB on 40, 20, 17, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via home call, direct only (PayPal information on http://www.g4dvb.co.uk). [TNX rsgbiota.org] JA - Special callsign 8J2016Y will be active between 1 April and 31 October to celebrate the Inuyama Festival, one of the 33 Japanese float festivals that in 2016 UNESCO inscribed to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. QSL via the JARL bureau. KH6 - Nobu, JA0JHQ (http://pandasan.jimdo.com/) will be active as AH0C/KH6 from Ohau (OC-019), Hawaii on 7-9 April. He plans to operate CW on 80-15 metres, with main activity during the Japan International DX CW Contest (from 7 UTC on 8 April to 13 UTC on the 9th). QSL via JA0JHQ, bureau or direct, and LoTW; logsearch on Club Log. OH0 - Ari, OH3KAV will be active holiday style as OF0KA from the Aland Islands (EU-002) on 22-26 April. The OF prefix celebrates Finland's 100 years of independence. He will operate CW, JT65 and JT9, possibly also on new 60m band. QSL via OH3KAV. [TNX OH3KAV] OX - Roger, SM7RYR will be active as OX/SM7RYR from Kangerlussuaq, Greenland (NA-018) on 6-10 April. He will be QRV with 10 watts on 20, 17 and 15 metres. QSL via LoTW only. [TNX DX World] RI1F - A large team will be active as RI1F from Victoriya Island (EU-190, new one for IOTA) in late September. They expect to depart on the 23rd, and to reach their destination after three or four days, depending on sea conditions. DXCC wise, this island is part of Franz Josef Land. Bookmark https://www.qrz.com/db/ri1f for updates. [TNX DX World] UA - The Radio Marathon "Moscow-870" [425DXN 1340] is running until 31 December. Special callsigns to be active next month are R1147M (1-10 April), R1605M (11-20 April) and R870O (21-30 April).Detailed information on the event and the award programme can be found at http://www.moscow870.com/ VE - Doug, VA7DP is active as XL7100 from 23 March to 22 April. This commemorative special callsign marks the centenary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, fought in northern France in April 1917. QSL via VA7DP, direct only. VE - XO1X is a special callsign for the Yukon CanAm Contest Club to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Canada's Confederation until 31 December. Multi-single entries in both the WPX SSB and CW contests are confirmed. QSL direct to KC1CWF or via LoTW. [TNX NG3K] VP9 - Adrian, KO8SCA will be active as KO8SCA/VP9 from Bermuda (NA-005) on 25-26 March. He will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via home call and LoTW; logsearch on Club Log. During the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest he will be using VP9I. [TNX KO8SCA] VQ9 - Jim, ND9M has received the requested VQ917JC license [425DXN 1350]. His operating hours are still limited to 12-16 UTC, and he is likely to focus on 30, 20 and 17 metres "just to get VQ9 into some logs". QSL via home call. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] XE - The XF2L activity from Isla de Lobos (NA-221), which was scheduled for 24-26 March [425DXN 1350], has been cancelled owing to strong wind and bad weather conditions. Hopefully it will be rescheduled on 26-28 May. YJ - Chung, VA7YM will be active as YJ0YM from Efate (OC-035), Vanuatu on 6-17 April. He will operate SSB, RTTY and PSK31 on 80-6 metres. QSL via EA5GL and LoTW, logsearch on Club Log. CQ WW WPX SSB CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their participation in this year's event (25-26 March): Call Category DXCC QSL ------------------------------------------------------------- 3V8SS M/S LP Tunisia LoTW/LX1NO 3Z6V SO LP Poland LotW/SP6DVP 4M1K SOSB 40m Venezuela LoTW/OH0XX 5J0NA SOAB San Andres LW9EOC 8P1W SOAB LP Barbados KU9C 8P5A SOAB HP Barbados LoTW/NN1N 9K2K SOAB Kuwait LoTW A73A M/2 Qatar LoTW/M0OXO AT5M SO India LoTW/VU2MUD BP0P M/2 Taiwan qrz.com BW/JL3RDC SOAB Taiwan JL3RDC BW/JN3MXT SOAB Taiwan JN3MXT BW/JP3PZG SOAB Taiwan JP3PZG CQ3W M/? Madeira LoTW/Club Log CR6K SOAB Portugal Club Log CT3EE M/S Madeira D41CV SOSB 15m HP Cape Verde LoTW D4C SOSB 20m HP Cape Verde LoTW E2A SOAB LP Thailand LoTW/E21EIC E51DWC SOAB HP South Cook Isls LoTW/OK1DWC E7DX M/S Bosnia-Herzegovina E77E EA8DO SO Canary Isls LoTW EA9KB SOSB 20m Ceuta & Melilla EA7FTR ED8W M/? Canary Isls LoTW EF9R SO Ceuta & Melilla LoTW/EA5KB HR2WW SOAB LP Honduras KD4POJ IE9K M/? Italy IT9DSZ IF9A SOSB 15m Italy IO9R M/2 Italy ON3AR IY4FGM M/? Italy I4KMW KP3H SOSB 15m Puerto Rico LotW/NP3LT KP4RV SOSB 15m Puerto Rico LoTW/WP4PGY LY27A M/2 Lithuania LY5A M1E SOSB England LotW M1U SOSB England LotW NP2P SO US Virgin Isls LoTW OF5Z M/2 Finland LotW PA10A M/S Netherlands LoTW PJ7PL SO Sint Maarten WA1ZAM RK90DR M/S AS Russia R9XC S21L M/? Bangladesh S21L S21ZEE M/? Bangladesh LoTW/YL2GN SI9AM M/S Sweden SM3TIR T2AQ SOAB 20m Tuvalu LoTW/SP7DQR T2TT SOSB 80m Tuvalu N7RO T40A M/S LP Cuba CO8ZZ T42A M/? Cuba LoTW/RW6HS TI5M M/2 Costa Rica TI2KAC TM3Z SOAB HP France F4DSK V31VP SOAB Belize WB0TEV V47JA SOAB St Kitts & Nevis LoTW/W5JON V51/TA1HZ SO Namibia LoTW/LZ3HI VC2W SOAB HP Canada LotW/VA2WA VC3T SOAB HP Canada VE3DZ VP5P M/2 Turks & Caicos LoTW/W2TT VP9I SOSB LP Bermuda VR2HKS M/S Hong Kong VR2HKS XO1X M/S Canada LoTW/KC1CWF YB2DX SOAB Indonesia LoTW/YB2DX YD3RJL SOSB 80m Indonesia YD3RJL YD3VRY SOSB 40m Indonesia YD3VRY YN2KW M/S LP Nicaragua N5ET YV1YL SOSB 10m Venezuela LotW/OH0XX YW4D SOSB Venezuela LoTW Z60A SO (Kosovo) OH2BH ZA/PA2LS M/? Albania PA2LS ZX5J SOAB Brazil NZ4DX Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxs2017.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 CQ MM DX CONTEST ---> The fifth edition of the CQ Manchester Mineira DX Contest, sponsored by the the Juiz de Fora CW Group, will be held on 15-16 April. It will run from 12 UTC on Saturday through 23.59 on Sunday on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m CW. Complete details on www.cqmmdx.com. [TNX PY4WAS] KC0W WORLDWIDE DXPEDITION ---> "My next multi continent DXpedition will start 17 April, 2017", KC0W reported on qrz.com. Neither Equatorial Guinea nor Annobon will be included in Tom's tour, as he was unable to get the licenses. Nonetheless, "these upcoming DXpeditions should still generate good interest". Usually he operates CW only, but he is "also considering operating RTTY & PSK due to high need". MDXC 20TH ANNIVERSARY ---> Expect a large number of special callsigns to be active on 1-30 April to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Mediterraneo DX Club: Algeria 7Y20MDC Azores CR20MDC Belgium OR20MDC Canary Isls EG8MDC Chile XR20MDC Colombia 5K3MDC Crete SX9MDC Croatia 9A8MDC England GB0MDC France TM20MDC Germany DL20MDXC Greece SX20MDC Israel 4Z20MDC Italy IC8MDC, II0MDC, II1MDC, II2MDC, II3MDC, II4MDC, II5MDC, II7MDC, IR7MDC, II8MDC, IO0MDC, IQ8MD, IR1MDC, IR5MDC, IR9MDC Nepal 9N1MD Netherlands PD05MDC Romania YR20MDC, YO20MDC, YP20MDC, YQ20MDC Russia R20MDXC Switzerland HB20MDC USA KM1DX QSL via IZ1BVZ. See http://www.mdxc.org/20years/ for complete details about the award programme. RT9K/9 ---> While on Dikson Island (AS-005), the RT9K/9 team logged 764 QSOs between 7 and 9 March. QSL cards can be requested through Club Log's OQRS: https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/RT9K/9/AS-005. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B9FR, 3D2AG, 3XY5M, 7X3FG, 7X4AN, A35W, C6ANA, DS4EOI, GB70CV, H74B (NA-013), HB0/DK4YJ, HV0A, HV6SP, KH6AT, MD/DL4SVA, P4/DL4MM, TL8TT, TR8CA, TU5AX, TU5MH, UK9AA, V31VP, VP2MVV, VP5/K0PC, XT2SE, XU7MDC, XU7TZG, XW3DT, XX9TKB, XX9TXN, YB3MM/7 (OC-166 and OC-295), ZC4A, ZD8W. **************************************************************************** 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 (i1jqj.mauro@gmail.com) The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays **************************************************************************** Direttore Responsabile Gabriele Villa, I2VGW Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 071675 Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti Roma, Italia