Bonjour Voici les dernières nouvelles DX Bon trafic et 73 de Raymond F-15873 17 October 2015 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1276 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3W - Miki, JJ2CJB will be active as XV2CJB from Vietnam on 23-25 October. He will be QRV on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres and will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via JJ2CJB and LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX] A3 - Dave, W6ZL (3D2KM) will be active holiday style as A35KL from Tongatapu (OC-049), Tonga on 17-24 October. He will operate CW and RTTY on 80-10 metres. QSL via W6ZL (direct) and LoTW. [TNX rsgbiota.org] A3 - Masa, JA0RQV (http://blog.goo.ne.jp/rqv) will be active as A35JP/p from Vava'u Island (OC-064) from 31 October to 2 November. He will operate CW and SSB on 40-6 metres, running 100 watts into verticals. Prior to that, he will be QRV as A35JP from Tongatapu (OC-049) on 24-29 October. Main activity will be during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via JA0RQV, direct or bureau (OQRS on Club Log), and LoTW. C9 - Beth, MW0VOW and John, ZS5J will be active as C91B from Mozambique from 20 October to 3 November. They will operate CW and SSB on 160-6 metres. QSL via LoTW or direct to P.O. Box 102303, Meer en See, Richards Bay, 3901, South Africa; logsearch on Club Log. [TNX DX World] DL - Special callsign DL25UNION is active until 31 December to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the end of the process in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany to form the reunited nation of Germany. QSL via DJ6SI, direct or bureau. [TNX DX Newsletter] EA9 - DG0OHD, DG5AA, DK8YY, DL1AOB, DL1AWD, DL5AOL and DL8ALU are active from Melilla on 14-19 October. They operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 160-10 metres and will take part in the WAG (Worked All Germany) Contest (http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/contest/wag/en/) on 17-18 October. [TNX DH7WW] JA - Take, JI3DST will be active as JI3DST/5 (CW and SSB) and JS6RRR/5 (RTTY and FM) from Shodo (AS-200) on 24-26 October and again from 31 October to 3 November. QSL via bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org] PY0F - Godoi, PY4NY will be active again as PY0NY [425DXN 1253] from Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) from 28 October to 5 November. He will operate CW, SSB, PSK31 and RTTY on 40-10 metres, and maybe also on 80 and 6m. See qrz.com for more information. QSL direct to home call. [TNX DX World] SM - Jef DD2CW, Marcel ON6UQ and Roger ON7TQ, along with SWL Dirk ONL741, will be active again from SI9AM (the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Amateur Radio Society, www.si9am.com) in Ragunda on 21-28 October, including an entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via SM3TIR, direct or bureau. SV - Nicolas, F1RAF will be active again as SV8/F1RAF from Poros Island (not IOTA) on 25-31 October. He will operate SSB only on 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau (OQRS on Club Log). [TNX F6AJA] V2 - V26OC (QSL via N3OC), V26RA (QSL via K3RA) and V26BZR (QSL via W2BZR) will be active from Antigua (NA-100) on 18-28 October. Main activity will take place as V26B (QSL via LoTW or direct only to KA2AEV) during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. [TNX The Daily DX] YB - As part of a "Moluccas IOTA Tour", Budi, YF1AR (www.yf1ar.com) will be active as YF1AR/8 from the Barat Daya Islands (OC-272) starting on 15 October "until further notice". Plans are to operate mainly SSB on 80-10 metres. QSL via the OQRS on Club Log (preferred, direct link on qrz.com) or N2OO. [TNX YF1AR] ZL7 - Graham, ZL3MA, will be active as ZL7/ZL3MA from the Chatham Islands (OC-038) on 20-27 October. He will operate CW, PSK and JT65 in his spare time. QSL via ZL3MA. [TNX NG3K] =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW REDEFINED Q-CODE ---> A redefined Q-code (QTX) is promoted to communicate the state of affairs clearly from both ends of the DXpedition circuit. The new QTX code was released over the past weekend at the ARI DX summit in Rome, Italy and the RSGB Convention in the UK. "The new meaning of QTX: when a DXpedition operator clearly spells out a callsign and a number, it simply means that a targeted station should stop transmitting for a specified time period, say 1 hour, and then come back with a retuned method and mind. Alternatively, a DXer can send QTX with band and time to a pilot station indicating that a specific DXpedition operator's efficiency and throughput - the rate, that is - has reached a point where the DXpedition operator cannot handle the task at hand, so much so that it all results in a chaotic situation. The DXpedition management folks should then act accordingly to deal with this unfortunate operator". [TNX OH2BN] THE FUTURE OF THE IOTA PROGRAMME ---> The following release was posted by the Radio Society of Great Britain's General Manager on 10 October: "The RSGB Islands on the Air (IOTA) programme celebrated its 50th anniversary as a premier DX programme in July 2014. The last fifty years have seen the programme grow to 2,500 active island chasers and approximately 15,000 more casual participants. It is perhaps second in scale and scope to the DXCC award; indeed, many would argue it is even more challenging than that programme. Last year the Board identified a number of challenges that the programme faced, not least of which was the need to provide an IT system that would allow online island credit submission akin to Logbook of the World (LoTW). Since that time, a small group of IOTA enthusiasts has been working with the Society to ensure that the IOTA programme continues to grow and play the prominent role that it has done in Amateur Radio DXing and contest activity for the last fifty years. That work has now come to fruition and we are pleased to announce that a new organisation will be formed, to be called the IOTA Foundation. It will be run by IOTA enthusiasts and will manage the IOTA programme in partnership with the Society. One major task for the new organisation will be to develop a new online credit system that is due to be completed in 2017. Roger Balister (G3KMA), Bob Barden (MD0CCE), Cezar Trifu (VE3LYC) and Johan Willemsen (PA3EXX) are the team who will implement the IT changes and form the IOTA Foundation, with representation from radio amateurs at home and abroad". Read G3KMA's "Welcoming Response" on www.rsgbiota.org. TX3X ---> The TX3X team logged their last QSO at 17.17 on 11 October and left the island at 3 UTC on the 12th. The voyage back to New Caledonia was not smooth: "with 2-3 meter seas, coming at us from different directions, and heavy winds the boat and passengers took a significant beating". All the logs have been uploaded to the server, and the current statistics show 50104 QSOs (50.8% CW, 38.9% SSB and 10.3% RTTY) with 14401 unique callsigns (28.74%) located in Asia (44.43%), North America (30.22%), Europe (20.19%), Oceania (3.71%), South America (1.23%) and Africa (0.23%). There are hundreds of e-mails asking for a "log check", and the team reports they "will begin the process of working through the NiL and busted calls when we are near a reliable Internet connection. This will probably not be until 19 October". VK0EK NEWSLETTER ---> In the sixth issue of the Heard Island Expedition Newsletter, published on 14 October, "we celebrate and thank our sponsors. While the current list is incomplete (we receive new sponsors almost every day), we take this opportunity to thank not only those who have contributed already, but all who will help us complete our fundraising goal. The good news is that we are on track to completing the financial resources to carry out the expedition". Subscribe to the Newsletter for free by going to www.heardisland.org/HD_pages/HD_newsletter.php (where there is also a link to download back issues). VP8SGI & VP8STI ---> This appeal (abridged) comes from the organizers of the January-February 2016 VP8STI (South Sandwich) and VP8SGI (South Georgia) DXpeditions. "Analysis of our funding shows us that while individual donations have exceeded all expectations, club donations have not. We are seeing that many clubs that gave FT5ZM or K1N $1000-$2000 are giving us $500 or a fraction of what they gave to these other DXpeditions. Some clubs that gave quite generously to other recent DXpeditions have decided not to make any donation to us. While we appreciate each and every donation, with a budget of $425,000 we are making small incremental steps when leaps and bounds are needed. To date, we have raised $142,000 above the team contribution of $210,000. We still have a deficit of $73,000 that we need to fill as much as we can. At this time, we are asking for those Foundations and Clubs that have not yet made a donation to please consider doing so": www.intrepid-dx.com/vp8. + SILENT KEY + Franz Nieberding, DK1II (DA0I) passed away on 8 October 2015. Licenced since 1966, he was primarily a CW operator - but enjoyed SSB and RTTY as well - with a focus on DXing and contesting. He was the organizer and team leader of the 7O1YGF DXpedition to Yemen (2000), and participated in the 5A7A (Lybia 2006), ZL8X (Kermadec 2010) and T32C (Kiritimati/Christmas Island 2011) DXpeditions. Other DX activities include YJ0AII (2004), ZL7II (2004) and 3D2II (2010). =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL ROUTES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3B8CW NI5DX HA3ITU HA5AGP R00BVB UA4WHX 3Z90GNZ SP5ZRW HA4ITU HA5AGP R00QVB UA4WHX 4L5P UT7QF HA5BPITU HA5AGP R10NRC RV9V 4U0ITU 4U1ITU HA6ITU HA5AGP R2015DF RA1ANY 4U0WFP S57DX HA7ITU HA5AGP RI0POL UA4WHX 5H3MB IK2GZU HA8ITU HA5AGP RI0QV UA4WHX 5X8C ON6NL HA9ITU HA5AGP S01WS EA2JG 7Y7Y 7X2ARA HB9SPACE HB9ACA S79SP SP6FXY 8S0C SM0MPV HE200GE HB9AOF SI9AM SM3TIR 9G5GH EA5ZD HF690PMA SP9KUP T43GDXC CO3JA 9G5SP SP3UQE HG0ITU HA5AGP T45GDXC PA3ACA 9Q6AL DF9TA HG150ITU HA5AGP T46G RW6HS A60WSW IZ8CLM HG1ITU HA5AGP T48X K2AU C5YK ON6EG HG2ITU HA5AGP T88MZ DU1CKF [d] CN8KD EA5XX HG3ITU HA5AGP T88MZ JH0CKF [b] CO3VK IZ8EBI HG4ITU HA5AGP TM1CO F6LIA CO8DM KU9C HG5ITU HA5AGP TM25LUX F5KMY CO8LY EA7ADH HG6ITU HA5AGP TM300SK F4GFE CX2DK EA5GL HG7ITU HA5AGP TM72BST F6KFI DK0WRTC DJ9MH HG8ITU HA5AGP TT8AMO M0URX DU1IST JA1HGY HG9ITU HA5AGP V31YN DJ4KW E30FB JH1AJT HL03NWPF HL5FXP V44KAI W5TFW EA9/DK8YY DH7WW [d] J42CPMV SV2HXV V47JA W5JON EA9/DK8YY DK8YY [b] JK3ZXK/5 JP3AYQ V73D DL4SVA EG5MCC EA5RCK JT90IARU JT1KAA V85/VE3LA LY5W EI150ITU EI6AL JW5X LA5X V85/VE8DX LY5W EI8GQB PA3249 KG4AW KG9LB VK6BP/p VK6BP EN1000U UR4UWY KG4DY KE4KDY VP2MTX K8ESQ EO70LHG UR3LDO KG4WV W4WV XX9TIH SP9FIH FK8DD NI5DX LG5LG LA5TIA XX9TUD SP2FUD FM5BH W3HNK MB5RC M0DXR YB9/KY1A E21EIC FM5FJ KU9C MX0LDG M0URX YB9/WQ2C 9M2CQC G50FRS G0YYY N5M AB5EB YP94HMK YO2KBQ GB0RWC G0GWY OA6Q OE3NHW YQ40KNE YO6KNE GP0STH G4DIY OT4CLM ON3AIM YR94HMK YO2KBQ HA0ITU HA5AGP P40DX K5JP ZD7W W6NV HA150ITU HA5AGP P40JW NT5V ZF1DX W8BLA HA1ITU HA5AGP PA70FAW PA0FAW ZM2IO DK7AO HA2ITU HA5AGP PY90IARU OZ1HHH ZV10M PT7ZT AB5EB Mike Crownover, 1326 Hilltop Ridge, New Braunfels TX 78132, USA CE2LML Luis Matho, 2303 Nordok Place, Alexandria VA 22306, USA DH7WW Ulrich Mockel, Schwarzwinkel 13, 08304 Schonheide, Germany DL4SVA Georg Tretow, Postfach 1114, 23931 Grevesmuehlen, Germany EA2JG Arseli Echeguren Bardeci, Barrena 6 1 Izq, 01408 Luiaondo (Alava), Spain EA5ZD Miguel Rabadan, Apartado 31, 30120 El Palmar (Murcia), Spain HA5AGP Solti Istvan, Kistarcsa, Homok dulo 96, 2143, Hungary IM0FFM Francesco Tonissi, Via Cala Chiesa 25, 07024 La Maddalena OT, Italy JH1AJT Y. Zorro Miyazawa, P.O. Box 8, Oiso-machi, Naka-Gun, Kanagawa-ken, 259-0111, Japan N3YUG Jason Rearick, PO Box 372, Patuxent River MD 20670, USA R2015Y P.O. Box 1, g. Tashtagol, Kemerovskaya oblast, 652990, Russia SP2FUD Bogdan Madry, Przyleki, Zakladowa 9, 86-005 Biale Blota, Poland SP6FXY Ryszard Woroszczuk, ul. Akacjowa 9, 55-080 Smolec, Poland SP9FIH Janusz Wegrzyn, Skr. Poczt. 480, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland VK6BP Chris McGough, P.O. 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