Bonjour Voici les dernières nouvelles DX. Bon trafic, bon week-end et 73 de Raymond. 16 June 2012 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1102 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 1A - A team of thirteen operators from Italy, France, Poland, Spain and The Netherlands will be active as 1A0C from Santa Maria del Priorato, home of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM) on 1-4 July. They will be active on the HF bands on 6 metres, with a "strong committment" to "offer the elusive 1A entity to as many hams outside Europe as possible". The team also intends raising funds - thanks to donations and contributions from QSL requests - in order to buy radio equipment for the Order of Malta's Italian Relief Corps (CISOM), an organization specialized in bringing assistance and relief during emergencies. Complete information can be found at www.1a0c.com. You can request your QSLs one of three ways: OQRS Direct, OQRS Bureau or direct to Francesco Cozzi, Via Nazionale 8/O, 70128 Bari BA, Italy. The entire log is expected to be uploaded to LoTW "within one year" after the end of the operations. [TNX DX Coffee] 9H - Jeff, N6GQ will be active as 9H3ZZ from Malta (EU-023) on 17-29 June. QSL via home call and LoTW. [TNX NG3K] F - Gil F4FET, Diego F4HAU, Vincent F4BKV and possibly others will be active as TM0CEZ from IOTA group EU-157 between 24 June and 7 July. They will operate CW and SSB from three islands (Agot, Cezembre and Harbour) during their daylight hours (6-17 UTC), dates will depend on sea and weather conditions. QSL via F5CWU. Further information can be found at http://tm0cez.webs.com/ [TNX F4FET] HH - Chris, W3CMP will be active as HH4/W3CMP from Haiti (NA-096) on 19-29 June. He hopes to be QRV on the HF bands in the evening hours, and to give 6 and 2 metres a try (50.106, 50.117 and 144.200 MHz). QSL via home call. [TNX QRZ-DX] I - Alessio, IZ0UIM will be active as IB0/IZ0UIM from Ventotene Island (EU-045) on 15-19 June. He plans to be QRV on 40-10 metres SSB. QSL via home call, LoTW and eQSL. [TNX DX Coffee] JA, JD - JA2MET will be operating as JD1BMG/JD1 from the Ogasawara Islands (AS-031) until 24 June. He will then go and be QRV as JA2MET/1 from Mikura-jima (AS-008) from 26 June to 1 July. QSL via bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] LA - Wolfgang, DM2AUJ will be active as LA/DM2AUJ from Senja Island (EU-046) on 24-28 June and from the Lofoten Islands (EU-076) from 30 June to 10 July. QSL via home call. [TNX rsgbiota.org] P2 - Axel DL6KVA, Hans-Peter HB9BXE and Eddy K5WQG will be joining Derek G3KHZ (P29NI) and Hans SM6CVX (P29VCX) for the announced IOTA expedition to Papua New Guinea [425DXN 1098]. Their schedule is as follows: 20-24 October P29VCX Emirau Island (OC-103) 27-31 October P29NI Simberi Island (OC-099) 2-4 November TBA Lihir Island (OC-069) The main team will fly home on 6 November, while Hans will continue the trip and be active from two other groups: 6-9 November P29VCX Buka Island (OC-135) 9-12 November P29VCX Manu Island (OC-025) Bookmark http://p29ni.yolasite.com/ for further information and updates. [TNX IZ1CRR] TA - Look for Berkin, TA3J to be active as TA3J/0 from Yassica Island (AS-099) until 17 June. He is QRV on 40-10 metres SSB. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX TA3J] TA - The TC Special Wireless Activity Team and the Giresun Radio Amateurs and Nature Sports Club will be active as TC6BLH from Boztepe Lighthouse on 30 June-1 July, and as TC2KLH from Kefken Ada Lighthouse (IOTA AS-159) on 27-29 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via TA1HZ. Information on the Western Black Sea Lighthouses On The Air award at www.tcswat.org/awards/WEBLOTA/index.html [TNX TA1HZ] TF - Volkmar, DL4AOJ will be active as TF/DL4AOJ from Grimsey Island (EU-168) on 15-19 June. He operates mainly SSB with some CW on 40-10 metres. [TNX DX Newsletter] VE - Look for Dick AH6EA and Harry K9DXA to operate SSB, CW and RTTY as VY0/AH6EZ and VY0/K9DXA from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut between 21 June and 2 July. They hope to go and operate from Marble Island (NA-185) "for several hours on one day" in the 25-29 June time frame. Further information at http://ah6ez.yolasite.com/ [TNX DX World] VP2V - Dave, W9DR will be active as VP2V/W9DR from the British Virgin Islands (NA-023) from 21 June to 2 July. He will operate CW and SSB on 6 metres (50.115.6 Mhz and 50.115 Mhz). QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ] VR - David, VO1AU will be active as VR2/VO1AU from Lantau Island (AS-006), Hong Kong on 15-17 June. He will run 100 watts into "simple antennas", and will operate mostly CW and on 6 metres when the band opens. QSL via VO1MX. [TNX NG3K] W - Dave, AC0QG will be active as AC0QG/5 from South Padre Island (NA-092) from 18 June to 13 July. QSL via home call. [TNX rsgbiota.org] W - Look for AJ4T, KI4GGJ, KJ4AVG, KV4T and W4CCF to be active as homecall/p from Dauphin Island (NA-213) on 22-25 June. KV4T will concentrate on 17 metres CW and AJ4T on 20 metres SSB, while the others will roam the bands. QSL via home call. [TNX rsgbiota.org] YB - A very large team of operators will be active as YE0M (http://ye0m.com/) from Pulau Kaliage Besar, Seribu Islands (OC-177) on 6-9 July. They will be QRV on 160-2 metres CW, SSB and RTTY with several stations. QSL via YB1GJS, direct and bureau. [TNX YB0AZ] =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The May 2012 issue is now available for download at www.425dxn.org/monthly/index.html. [TNX IZ3EBA] CASS AWARD ---> The Cass Award (www.CassAward.com) encourages DXpeditions to maximize the number of DXers they work by annually presenting a $1000 prize to the single-operator DXpedition that works the most unique callsigns within a 4-week interval. This award is named in honor of Cass WA6AUD (SK), whose stories in the West Coast DX Bulletin taught a generation of DXers that DX IS! The winner of the 2012 Cass Award will be announced in March 2013. An "unlimited" award category with a larger prize is under development for introduction in 2013. If you'd like to pledge a contribution, send email to Contribution[@]CassAward.com. [TNX AA6YQ] DAYTON PHOTO GALLERY ---> The Dayton Hamvention 2012 Photo Gallery (306 pictures collected by Tom, K8CX) can be found at http://hamgallery.com/dayton2012/.This is the 16th year for the Dayton Photo Galleries. There is also a recap of this years Hamvention at http://hamgallery.com/gallery/D/hamvention2012.htm. If anyone has a forum review or interesting story, please submit it to K8CX to be included on this page. [TNX K8CX] KH6RRC ---> The Hawaii IOTA Club was born to explore possibilities and - if permission is obtained from the Trustees of the Papahanaumokua'kea Marine National Monument - operate from IOTA new ones in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. QSL 4J9NM ---> Ralph, K2PF says he no longer handles QSL cards for 4J9NM. Requests should now be sent direct to Denis Denisov, P.O. Box 18, AZ Baku 1000, Azerbaijan. + SILENT KEYS + Jean-Luc Gaveau (F6BIV) passed away unexpectedly a few days ago. He took part in four expeditions with the Radio Club de Provins (TK7C, TS7C, TJ9PF and PJ4C) and had joined the V84SMD team for the November 2012 operation from Brunei. Other recently reported Silent Keys include Hugh R. Brand (6Y5HB, Jamaica Amateur Radio Association's IARU liaison), Marciano Righini (I4MY, ARI Ravenna Honorary President and a pioneer in amateur reception of weather and earth imaging satellites), Philip W. David (K6DLV, ex-YB0ARA) and W. Lane Tarleton (KC4CD - he had lived in Honduras for a number of years operating as KC4CD/HR2; his QSL manager N4AA says that he still has all the logs and "will maintain those records for an indefinite period, should anyone want a card"). =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL ROUTES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3A2CWG 3A2LF EM2012LL UX7LL LU5FZ EA7FTR 3Z0LH SP1PBW EM2012LS US4LS LZ05WFF LZ1BJ 3Z1BLH SP1DOZ EM2012MH UR4MH LZ109RF LZ1YE 3Z2012BRP SP9BRP EM2012ML UR2ML N2W W2GR 3Z2012YRY SP2UUU EM2012QN UT3QN OH0/SK3SN SM3KIF 4A3RRC EA5FL EM2012QQ UT8QQ OK5EPC OK1AW 4M6M YV5MM EM2012R RA4LW P29FR I2RFJ 5H3EE DL4ME EM2012UF UT8UF PA300BPM PD2GSP 5P1YF DL1YFF EM2012UO UT4UO PJ7MF IZ1MHY 7P8CC EI7CC EM2012UU US7UU R1150TV R3ID 7X2GK IK2DUW EM2012UZ UY5UZ R1150V RK3VWA 7X2RO OM3CGN EM2012VA US0VA R11GGGR UA6MM 7X5NZ EA7FTR EM2012W UR5WD R12GGGR UA6MM 7X5QB EA7FTR EM4IFF US5IQ R200BP RV3AGB 8S0HRA SK0QO EN2012GDX UR5GDX R200V RK3LO 9H3AY G3SDG EN2012I UY6IM R275T UA4HRT 9H3UT DL9GDB EN2012IO UT8IO R3GOFF R3GO 9K2KCBB 9K2RA EN2012IW UT3IW R44GGGR UA6MM 9M2QQ DF5UG EN2012L UT8LN R44WFF RA3AKF 9N7AK K0YAK EN2012LTX UR4LTX R55EPC R9CBA A41PB EB7DX EN2012MN UR1MN R66GGGR UA6MM A45KK EA7FTR EN2012NK UT3NK R73EPC RK3DSW A45WW EA5ZD EN2012UU US1UU R73GGGR UA6MM A52BA JK1EBA EN2012UZ UR5UZ R77GGGR UA6MM A52JY JA1JQY EN2012ZY UT5ZY SD1S LZ1YE A52KJ JA1KJW EN5RFF UT1RT SD7SUB SM7EYO A52MA JA3MCA EO2012EFC UR3EZ SG3U SM3CXS A52VE JA8VE EO2012IO UY8IO SN0DMP SP9PGB A61BK NI5DX EO2012IZ UX5IZ SN0ZKWT SP3YAC A62A IZ8CLM EO2012JT UU2JT SN2012ATE SP9ATE AH0I JF1IRW EO2012KW US0KW SN2012EB SP4EOO AJ2L/KH2 JR2KMX EO2012LBL UR4LBL SN2012EURO SP2KFL C31CT EA3QS EO2012LD UR9LD SN2012FUD SP2FUD C4Z G3SWH EO2012LF UX3LF SN2012MZH SP9MZH C6ABB N2RFA EO2012LN UX1LN SN2012RKK SP2RKK C6AJR W8GEX EO2012LX US3LX SN2012WR SP6NIC CA3KHZ EA5KB EO2012NY UT4NY SN755BLONIE SP5KOG CE1TT EA5KB EO2012UA UY2UA ST2UOK EA7FTR CO6LE EA5GL EO2012UC UR4UC SU9VB UA4WHX CO8TW HB9SVT EO2012UEFA UR7UC SV5/SM8C SM0CMH CS5FAT CT6ARL EO2012W US5WE SX135HRC SV1EOS DA0LSW DM3ZF EO2012WZA UT7WZA TC48TCF TA1CM DD4T IZ4AMS EO25R UT7RW TM0MIT F5CWU E77DX OE1EMS EV1150P EW6DX TM1EJ F5YD E77XZ DK6XZ F/ON6JUN/p ON5SD TM210VH F4GFE EA6/G3SZU M0OXO FK8GX W3HNK TM24H F6KFI EA6QY EB7DX GB2QJ G4IOG TM5BBC F2UW ED3CW EB3CW GB4EPC M0TVT TM82L F5MSS ED5ATK EA5ATK GB60HRH M0OXO TT8FC EA3GWK ED5DM EA5DM GB60QE G0TOC TT8PK F4EGS ED5DWS EA5DWS GD4JVG M0URX UE40MD UA4LU ED5DY EA5DY HC1MD K8LJG V31IZ JO1CRA ED5FL EA5FL HE5LC HB9LC V44KAI W5TFW ED5HAB EA5HAB HF2012DWR SQ1DWR V47GIW W4GIW ED5JC EC5JC HF2012IYV SQ6IYV V73/AF6SU G3ZVW ED5KB EA5KB HF2012KV SQ6KV VI2FG30 VK2FFG ED6QY EA6QY HF80WW SP9KRT VP2MDD M0AEP ED8DD EA8DD HS0ZEX DL9MDZ VP2MRT KB4CRT EG0FAS EB1BSV HZ1TT IZ8CLM W3WFF N3GJ EG4ANA EA4AUG II1WIL IQ4FE XV2W W6NWS EG5SUB EA5HEW II2IBCI IQ2MI XV9NPS JA2NPS EG7AO EA7JDU II2IGTO IQ2MI YP0CD YO5BFJ EH7MCB EB7CVL II9AS IT9JPW YI1RZ IK2DUW EH8FSJ EA8RKL J48SAI SV1RK YR6WFF YO6KNE EM2012AW UR5AW JT0YAB DK1MAX YU0EPC YU7AOP EM2012EURO UR5LCV JT0YPS UA9YPS YW5YL YV5AJ EM2012EZ UR7EZ JX9JKA LA9JKA Z21BB W3HNK EM2012F UR5FAV JY8SA A71AM ZF2LC W2SM EM2012HA UR7HA KH0N JA6CNL ZL2WL NI5DX EM2012IDX UR8IDX KH7Y EA5GL ZQ2FX G3RFX EM2012IO UX3IO KP4BD NP3O ZV3MAR PY3AA EM2012L US0LW LS1D AC7DX ZZ190GOB PT2OP DK1MAX Max Wild, Westendstr. 17, 85084 Winden am Aign, Germany EA3QS Salvador Carol Tafall, Josep Calvet 64 Nave 6, 08302 Mataro (Barcelona), Spain EA5FL Jose Miguel Moncho Alcaraz, Apartado Postal 252, 03700 Denia (Alicante), Spain IK2DUW Antonello Passarella, Via M. Gioia 6, 20812 Limbiate MB, Italy IZ8CLM Salvatore Rapacciuolo, Ufficio Pompei, Casella Postale 10, 80045 Pompei NA, Italy JA1JQY Shigeo Matsui, Shimoseya 2-31-10, Seya-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken, 246-0035, Japan JA1KJW Hisashi Nakayama, Shibuya 1-17-8, Yamato-shi, Kanagawa-ken, 242-0023, Japan JA3MCA Kaoru Tachibana, Oba-cho 385-21, Aoba-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken, 225-0023, Japan JA8VE Kunio Saito, 1-5-704 Nishi 11 Minami 9, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 064-0809, Japan JK1EBA Akira Hasegawa, Fukuda 3702-3, Yamato-shi, Kanagawa-ken, 242-0024, Japan LA9JKA Svein Rabbevag, Brendlia 12, 6013 Aalesund, Norway TX5VT Christian Veillet, P.O. Box 2124, Kamuela HI 96743, USA UA9YPS Aleksandr Y. Shishkin, ul. 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