Bonsoir Voici quelques nouvelles fraîches (c'est le cas de le dire !) concernant votre trafic DX. 73 bon week end. Raymond. 24 November 2012 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1125 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3B8 - Jacques, F1BCS will be active as 3B8/F1BCS from Mauritius Island (AF-049) from 27 November to 14 December. He will operate SSB, RTTY and PSK mainly on 20 and 15 metres. [TNX F8REF] 3W - Once again Retu, OH4MDY will be active as XV2RZ from Vietnam from 23 November to 10 December. He will be QRV on 20-6 metres with a focus on digital modes. QSL via home call, direct only. 5W - A large team of German operators (namely DF1AL, DJ9HX, DJ9RR, DK1AX, DK1MA, DK3CG, DK7AN, DL2HWA, DL2RNS, DL3KMS, DL4SVA, DL7VEE, DL9GFB, DL9MS and DM2AYO) will be active as 5W0M from Savaii, Samoa (OC-097) on 4-18 April 2013. They will have four stations QRV on 80-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY plus 2m EME. QSL via DL4SVA, direct or bureau; QSL for EME QSOs via DL9MS. Logsearch, OQRS for direct/bureau cards and further information can be found at http://5w0m.hkmann.de/ 8Q - Claudio, HB9OAU will be active as 8Q7AU from the Maldives (AS-013) from 26 November to 11 December. He will operate SSB on 80-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. 9Y - Gerd, DL7VOG (www.dl7vog.de) is currently active as 9Y4/DL7VOG from Tobago (SA-009) until 3 December. His preferred modes are CW and RTTY, and can operate on 160-6 metres. He will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via home call, bureau preferred. C6 - Gil, N2GG will be active holiday style as C6AGG from Grand Bahama (NA-080) on 1-13 December. He will operate SSB and some CW on 80-10 metres. QSL via N2GG. [TNX The Daily DX] CN - Special callsign 5G12ITD will be in use from Morocco until 16 December for the United Nations' International Day for Tolerance. QSL via RW6HS. [TNX RW6HS] F - Celebrating the French scientific research vessel Tara's expeditions, F8DVD and F8IJV will be active as TM1TARA on 8-10 December. They will be QRV on 20-10 metres SSB. QSL via F8DVD, direct or bureau. [TNX F8DVD] H40 - Sigi, DK9FN will be active again as H40FN (CW) from Nendo (OC-100), Temotu Province between 22 December and 7 January. His target frequencies will be 1825, 3505, 7005, 14005, 18075, 21005, 24905, 28005 and 52000 kHz. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau; the QSL route for direct cards is via HA8DD. Further information and operating tips (they are worth a reading) at qrz.com under H40FN. HP - Olli, OH0XX is active as HP1WW from the QTH of HP1XX on Contadora Island (NA-072), and will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest on 10 metres. Gunter, HP1XX will move permanently to Panama City in early December, "so this is the last operation from his house". QSL HP1WW via OH0XX. [TNX The Daily DX] J6 - The Buddies in the Caribbean DXpedition group, which specializes in 100 watt or less low power radios and the Buddipole portable antenna systems, will be active from St. Lucia (NA-108) on 2-11 December. There will be fixed operations from a villa and portable operations from various points on the island using CW, SSB, and RTTY or PSK on 160-10 metres. The group will participate in the ARRL 10m Contest as J68UN. The eight operators will be Everett J6/W6ABM, Robert J6/N7QT, Hugh J6/W4VAB, Bryan J6/WB8ISG, Scott J6/KA9P, Jerry J6/W5TDY, Budd W3FF (J68FF) and Guy N7UN (J68UN). QSL via home calls, LoTW and eQSL. [TNX N7UN] KH0 - OH6RX and OH7WV will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as AH0DX (QSL via WX8C) from Saipan (OC-086). Time permitting, they might be QRV one day before and one day after the contest. [TNX NG3K] ON - Special callsigns OR200HC (QSL via ON3AIM) and OP200HC (QSL direct to ON2CYV) will be active on 1-31 December to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Belgian writer Hendrik Conscience. OX - Graham, G4MFX is on a business trip to Aasiaat Island (NA-134), Greenland until 26 November. He plans to be QRV as OX/G4MFX in his spare time, especially on 24 November around 21 UTC, and to operate QRP SSB on 17 and 20 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DX World] T6 - Mike,KI4MRH is active as T6MH from Afghanistan until October 2013. He operates SSB and digital modes (PSK-31/PSK-63/JT-65) on 80-10 metres (not on 30m). QSL direct to W2GR. [TNX W2GR] V4 - Andy, N2NT/V47NT has had to cancel his 19-26 November trip to St. Kitts [425DXN 1124] as "the road to the station is out and no way to get to the hill". [TNX NG3K] VU - Special callsign AU2JCB will be used by VU2DSI between 24 November and 10 December to celebrate the birthdate of Indian physicist and radio pioneer Jagadish Chandra Bose. Look for activity on 40, 20, 15, 12 and 10 metres SSB, plus 6m FM on 51500 kHz. QSL direct to VU2DSI. [TNX VU2DSI] XT - Silvano, I2YSB and the Italian DXpedition Team (www.i2ysb.com/idt) will be active from Burkina Faso on all bands and modes for two weeks in February-March 2013. Further information is expected in due course. [TNX IK7JWY] ZL9 - Announced frequencies for the ZL9HR expedition to Campbell Island (28 November-9 December) are: CW 1825 3528 7030 10125 14035 18080 21035 24905 28035 50107 SSB 1840 3793 7185 - 14200 18145 21295 24965 28495 50145 RTTY - 3630 7035 10145 14090 18105 21090 24925 28090 - The team (9M6XRO, HA5AO, K3EL, K5GS, KE4KY, VE7DS, VK2IR, VK3YP, W2LK and ZL3CW) is scheduled to leave on their 40-hour voyage around 12 (local time) on 26 November. They must comply with the conditions of the landing permit issued by the New Zealand Department of Conservation. No antennas are allowed in or near the water, and the team will have to shuttle back and forth from the island as no overnight stays are allowed (unless the weather prevents return to the boat). Information about antenna placement and propagation can be found at www.campbell2012.com (click on the "Plans" tab). During the DXpedition daily traffic with the team will be handled by the designated Pilot stations (listed on the "Team" page). Plans are to upload logs by satellite phone from the island to Club Log. You will be able to request your QSLs one of four ways: OQRS Direct, OQRS Bureau, via EB7DX direct or bureau Logs will be uploaded to LoTW "shortly after the DXpedition". CQ WW DX CW CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their participation in this year's event (24-25 November): ZONE CALL CATEGORY COUNTRY QSL VIA -------------------------------------------------------------- 02 VE2EKA SOAB LP Canada VA2WDQ 05 VC2T SO Canada LoTW 05 WB4DNL/VP9 SO Bermuda WB4DNL 07 HP1WW SOSB 10m Panama OH0XX 07 HQ2N SOSB 10m Honduras EA5GL 07 HQ9R SOSB 40m LP Honduras K5WW 07 TG9IDX SOAB LP Guatemala DL5RMH 07 TI5A SOAB Costa Rica TI5KD 07 YN2CC SOAB LP Nicaragua AJ9C 08 8P9DF SOAB LP Barbados WJ2O 08 C6AKQ Bahamas N4BP 08 C6AQQ SOAB LP Bahamas ND3F 08 C6ARU Bahamas N4UM 08 C6AUM Bahamas K4RUM 08 FS/K9EL St. Martin K9EL 08 FS/K9NB St. Martin K9NB 08 J34K SOAB QRP Grenada LoTW 08 J75Z SOAB LP Dominica K7ZZ 08 KP2M M/S Virgin Isls AI4U 08 KP2MM SO Virgin Isls LoTW 08 NP3X SOSB 20m LP Puerto Rico NP3O 08 NP4Z SO HP Puerto Rico N4AO 08 PJ7/VA3RA SO Sint Maarten VE3IKV 08 R4WAA/HI7 Dominican Rep. R4WAA 08 T40C M/S Cuba N1KI 08 TO7A SOAB Martinique UT5UGR 08 V26K SOAB LP Antigua AA3B 08 VP2MMM SO Montserrat W3HNK 08 VP2V/AA7V M/S British Virgin Isls NR6M 08 VP5CW Turks & Caicos W5CW 08 ZF1A M/S Cayman Isls K6AM 09 9Y4/DL7VOG SO Trinidad & Tobago DL7VOG 09 FY5FY SOSB LP French Guiana FY5FY 09 FY5KE SOSB HP French Guiana FY1FL 09 HK1AR SOSB 10m Colombia RW6HS 09 HK1NA M/M Colombia K6IPM 09 P40F SOAB Aruba UA3DX 09 P40W SOAB Aruba N2MM 09 P49Y Aruba AE6Y 09 PJ2T M/? Curacao W3HNK 09 PJ4A M/? Bonaire K4BAI 09 PJ4D Bonaire W3HNK 09 PZ5T SOAB Suriname VE3DZ 10 HD2A M/2 Ecuador HD2A 11 ZP9MCE SOSB 10m Paraguay EA5ZD 13 CW5W SOAB HP Uruguay CW5W 13 CW90A M/? Uruguay CX2ABC 13 CX2DK SOSB 20m LP Uruguay EA5GL 13 CX3AL SOSB 15m HP Uruguay CX3AL 13 CX5TR SOSB 15m LP Uruguay EA5KB 13 CX7ACH SOSB 10m LP Uruguay CX7ACH 13 CX7CO SOSB 10m HP Uruguay WB3CDX 13 LS1D M/S Argentina AC7DX 13 LT1F M/S Argentina AC7DX 13 LU8YE M/2 Argentina LU8YE 14 4U1ITU ITU HQ bureau 14 CR2X SOAB HP Azores OH2BH 14 ED1R M/2 Spain EC1KR 14 EF7X M/S Spain EA7GYS 14 F6KOP M/M France F6KOP 14 GJ2A SOAB HP Jersey qrz.com 14 GU4CHY SOSB 10m Guernsey GU4CHY 14 GU4YOX SOSB 15m HP Guernsey GU4YOX 14 LN8W SOAB HP Norway LA9VDA 14 LX7I M/S Luxembourg LX2A 14 MD2C Isle of Man MD0CCE 14 MJ0ASP SOAB Jersey MJ0ASP 14 MZ5B SOSB 10m Shetland G3TXF 14 OP4K M/S Belgium OP4K 14 OU2A SOAB HP Denmark bureau 14 OY1CT SO HP Faroe Isls OY1CT 14 OZ5E M/M Denmark LotW 15 9H3PP SOSB Malta HA5PP 15 9H3TX M/2 Malta DL5XAT 15 E7DX M/S Bosnia and Herzeg. E77E 15 ES6Q SOAB LP Estonia ES5RY 15 II1A M/? Italy IK1SPR 15 II9P M/S Sicily IT9CHU 15 IQ1TO M/? Italy qrz.com 15 LY7A M/M Lithuania LY2ZO 15 OE3K SOAB Austria OE3DIA 15 OH0V M/2 Aland Isls OH6LI 15 OH0X SOAB Aland Isls OH2TA 15 OH0Z SOAB HP Aland Isls W0MM 15 OH8X SOAB Finland OH2UA 15 UA2KW SOSB 20m Kaliningrad qrz.com 15 Z6/S56A SOAB LP Kosovo S56A 16 ER4A SOAB HP Moldova LoTW 16 EU1AA SOAB QRP Belarus W3HNK 16 RT7T SOSB 10M EU Russia RY7G 17 EY8MM SOSB 10m Tajikistan K1BV 19 RU0FM M/2 AS Russia RU0FM 20 J43J SOSB 10m Greece DJ5JH 20 P3N SOAB HP Cyprus RW3RN 20 TC2M M/2 Turkey LZ1NK 21 4K6FO SOAB Azerbaijan 4K6FO 21 T6LG SOAB LP Afghanistan LZ1ZF 21 T6MO SOAB LP Afghanistan K9GY 22 VU2PTT SOAB HP India VU2PTT 24 BA7JS SOSB 160m HP China BA7JS 24 BY5CD SOAB HP China BD4HF 26 3W2J M/S Vietnam LoTW 26 E21YDP SOAB LP Thailand E21YDP 26 HS4DDQ SOSB 10m Thailand HS4DDQ 26 XU7AEO SO Cambodia VK6LC 26 XV1X SOSB 10m Vietnam RW6HS 27 AH0DX M/2 Mariana Isls WX8C 27 AH2R M/S Guam JH7QXJ 27 KG6DX SOSB 10m HP Guam KG6DX 27 KH2/JK2VOC SOAB LP Guam JK2VOC 27 NH2T SOAB HP Guam LoTW 27 T8NS SOAB Palau TBA 27 V6A SOAB Micronesia JA7HMZ 28 9M2/E21EIC SOAB West Malaysia E21EIC 28 9M6NA SOAB East Malaysia JE1JKL 28 YB0ECT SOSB 10m LP Indonesia W2FB 29 VK6AA SOAB LP Australia DK2BJ 29 VK8GM SOAB HP Australia VK8GM 30 VK9/OG1M SOSB 10m LP Lord Howe OH1VR 30 VK9/OH3X SOSB 160m HP Lord Howe OH3JR 31 KH7M SOAB HP Hawaii qrz.com 31 V73AX SO Marshall Isls WH0AI 32 TX1CW SO New Caledonia LZ1JZ 32 ZM4T M/M New Zealand ZL2AL 33 3V8BB SOAB LP Tunisia LX1NO 33 CR3E SOAB Madeira Isl W3HNK 33 CR3L M/2 Madeira DJ6QT 33 EA8CUU SOSB Canary Isls OH6CS 33 ED9Z M/S Ceuta & Melilla HA1AG 33 EF8S SOSB 160m LP Canary Isls OH2BYS 33 EF8X SOAB Canary Isls W2GR 33 IH9R SOSB 40m African Italy IZ1GAR 35 6V7V M/S Senegal N1SNB 35 9G5XA SOSB 10M Ghana G3SWH 35 C5A M/M The Gambia OM2FY 35 D4C M/? Cape Verde IZ4DPV 35 EL2A M/M Liberia G3SXW 36 9J3A SO LP Zambia S57S 36 D3AA SOAB Angola UA1QV 36 ZD8W SOAB Ascension Isl W6NV 37 5X1NH SO Uganda G3RWF 37 5Z4EE SOAB HP Kenya NV7E 38 7P8D M/? Lesotho ZS2DL 38 ZS4TX SOSB 15m South Africa LoTW 40 JW5E M/S Svalbard JW5E 40 RI1FJ SOSB 15m LP Franz Josef Land UA2FM 40 TF3CW SOAB Iceland LX1NO 40 TF4X M/2 Iceland G3SWH Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, NG3K at www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqc2012.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 PT0S ---> The team was aiming to remain QRV for the CQWW contest, but they were not permitted to stay during the weekend and PT0S went QRT at 10.30 UTC on 23 November. "Most of our plans went out the window the day we landed", the team reported on the 20th. "We had to improvise because things have changed since our July survey trip. We ended up with a totally different basing, antenna and operating plan". Read about the trials and tribulations the team had to endure at http://pt0s.com/. Log updates were very difficult to send. The latest, but not final update on Club Log (22 November at 08.45 UTC) includes 40922 QSOs (23649 CW, 15676 SSB, 1597 RTTY) with 13116 unique calls. Logs are sent to LoTW at the same time as they go to the online logsearch, but there is several days of delay at ARRL processing the files. The OQRS for both direct and bureau cards is now up and running on the DXpedition's website. QSL 4L1AN ---> As of 21 November, Buzz NI5DX, is the QSL manager for Joni 4L1AN. They will work on designing a card and getting it printed. This may take up to 6 weeks. NI5DX will not be able to answer any card requests prior to 21 November 2012. [TNX The Golist] QSL ZL2HAM ---> Effective immediately, Buzz NI5DX, is the QSL manager for Rick ZL2HAM (including his contest callsigns ZL1G and ZM1G).Rick has forwarded his past logs, so Buzz will be able to answer any request for a card. The QSL cards should be available to send out in about a month. [TNX The Golist] V26B ---> Team Antigua is saddened to announce that the V26B contest station was totally destroyed by fire on 18 November. Luckily, no one was seriously hurt. The station Owner, Roy V21N, received minor injuries due to smoke inhalation but is OK now. As of now, the future of the station is uncertain. It may be possible to rebuild it, as the antennas and towers were not damaged. However the interior and all equipment, tools and spare parts were totally destroyed. Pictures of the fire can be found at http://n3oc.dyndns.org/v26b/ Also, Mike KA2AEV (QSL manager for V26B) reports that he has not "yet begun to answer any QSL requests that I have received". He does not anticipate being able to do so for "maybe another two weeks" because of his current work commitments ("Hurricane Sandy hit my area hard", he says, and "I work for the local Power Company"). VP8SGK ---> Mike, GM0HCQ (VP8CMH/mm) was able to operate as VP8SGK from King Edward Point, South Georgia on 20 November, from about 17.30 UTC until about 19 UTC. He was QRV on 10, 17 and 20 metres SSB. QSL direct to GM0HCQ (Mike Gloistein, 27 Stormont Way, Scone, Perthshire PH2 6SP, United Kingdom). + SILENT KEYS + Rod Newkirk, W9BRD/VA3ZBB passed away on 19 November. The editor of QST Magazine's "How's DX?" column from 1947 to 1978, he was inducted into both the CQ DX Hall of Fame (1984) and the CQ Hall of Fame (2002). He was credited with coining the term "Elmer" (meaning someone who provides personal guidance and assistance to would-be hams) back in 1971. [TNX ARRL] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A0C, 3A/G0VJG, 3D2C, 4L1MA, 5B/W2TAA, 5B4AII, 5C13IG, 5C13KD, 5C13YR, 5U5U, 5U6E,5U8NK, 6O3A, 7O6T, 8P6DR, 8Q7OE, 9M8DX, 9Y4D, 9Y4W, A5A, A71CV, BD1BYV, C4M, C50C, C5A, CO2QU, CY9M, D3AA, D64K, E21EJC, E51AND (OC-124), EA6UN, ER1LW, EX8MLE, EY0A, FG5FR, IP1T (EU-083), J28AA, J28NC, J39BS, JA1NLX/VK4 (OC-160), JT1E, JY4CI, KG4WV, KH8/DL3DXX, KH8/N7CQQ, NH0J, OD5PY, OG3077F, OX3LX, OY1CT, P3N, PJ6/G4IUF, PJ7DX, RI1FJ, T6JC, T6JP, T6LG, T77C, TF3W, TK9R, TO2D, TO6T, TO7BC, TT8PK, TT8TT, VK9XM, VP5DX, VP8CFV, VP9I, VU7M, XE1L/XF3 (NA-183),XE2HQI, Z81D,ZA/OK6DJ, ZD8O, ZS6NK,ZS7/DL1LLL, ZW364PA. **************************************************************************** 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 ****************************************************************************