Bonsoir Voici les dernières nouvelles DX. Demain n’oubliez pas le concours QRP de l’UFT. Bon trafic et 73 de Raymond F-15873 24 June 2017 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1364 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 8Q - John, G4IRN will be active holiday style as 8Q7RN from the Maldives (AS-013) from 26 June to 6 July. He will operate CW only, most likely on 30, 20 and 17 metres. QSL via G4IRN, Club Log's OQRS and LoTW. [TNX NG3K] CP - Once again Antonio, EA5RM will be working on a non-governmental organization's project in Bolivia between 28 June and 14 August. He will be operate SSB and digital modes as CP1XRM. QSL via LoTW or direct to EA5RM. [TNX DX Coffee] CT7 - Colin/CT7ACG, Cliff/CT7ANG, David/G3UNA, Charlie/GI4FUE and Rob/ M0KPD will participate in the IOTA Contest as CR5CW from Ilha da Culatra (EU-145). They will operate CW and SSB and will run two stations. If conditions allow, they will be QRV also on 6 metres with a third station. QSL via CT7ACG and LoTW. CT8 - Antonio/CU8AS, Hermann/CU8FN (HB9CRV), Siggi/DL2HYH and Lutz/DL8MLD will participate in the IOTA Contest as CR2V from Ilha das Flores (EU-089), Azores. QSL via HB9CRV and LoTW. They plan to "activate some summits" before and after the contest. [TNX NG3K] G - On 25 June the Cray Valley Radio Society will be active as GB2CM from the Crossness Museum in London for the International Museums Weekend (http://www.radio-amateur-events.org/IMW/). Details can be found on qrz.com. QSL via G4DFI [TNX M0MCV] HH - Chris, W3CMP and Dale, N3BNA will be visiting Haiti from 27 June to 6 July. In their spare time they will QRV as 4V1G with a "major focus" on 6 and 4 metres. QSL via W3HNK. [TNX The Daily DX] I - Michele, IZ2FME will operate CW only as II2FIST from 1 July to 31 December to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the FISTS Club, the International Morse Preservation Society (https://fists.co.uk/). QSL via IZ2FME, direct or bureau, and possibly LoTW. [TNX IZ2FME] JA - Taka, JA8COE will be active as JA8COE/8 from Yagishiri Island (AS-147) on 23-25 June. QSL via home call, direct or bureau, and OQRS on Club Log. [TNX rsgbiota.org] OM - Special callsign OM2017WYAC will be active from 26 June to 9 July for the first World Youth ARDF Championships that will be held in Tucianske Teplice, Slovakia (http://wyac2017.rob.sk/). QSL via OM3CND. SV9 - Ron, WB2GAI will be active as SV9/WB2GAI/p from Crete (EU-015) from 2 July to 29 September. He will operate CW on 80-10 metres. QSL via home call. Neither LoTW nor Club Log will be used. [TNX The Daily DX] T8 - JR1FKR as T88TJ and JH1MLO as T88HR will be active holiday style from Koror (OC-009), Palau between 28 June and 2 July. They will operate SSB and RTTY on 80-6 metres. QSL via home calls, bureau or direct; they do not use LoTW. UA - The Radio Marathon "Moscow-870" [425DXN 1340] is running until 31 December. Special callsigns to be active next month are R1451M (01- 10 July), R1591M (11-20 July) and R1521M (21-31 July). Detailed information on the event and the award programme can be found at https://www.moscow870.com/. V6 - The V6J team [425DXN 1362] is currently on Pohnpei (V63GF, V63GJ, V63SS, V63YL) and their ship to Mwokil Island (OC-226) has been delayed. They now expect to be active from Mwokil from 28 June to 2 July. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or direct only to JP3AYQ. [TNX DX World] VK - Special callsign VI4ALARA will be in use between 1 July and 30 September to promote the Australian Ladies Amateur Radio Association's ALARAMeet that will be held in Cairns, Queensland (http://alara.org.au). QSL via operator's instructions. VR - Commemorating the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's reunification with China, Hong Kong licensed radio amateurs are allowed to use the special prefix VR20 (Victor Romeo Two Zero) on a voluntary basis from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 5N7ATI/4 ---> Uli, 5N7ATI (DL7ATI) was briefly active as 5N7ATI/4 from Bonny Island (AF-076) on 20 June. QSL via DF8DX. DXCC NEWS ---> The ARRL Awards Branch has approved the following operations for DXCC Credit: 5A5A (Libya, April 2017) and VU4YC (Andaman Islands, May 2017). QSL A91HI ---> Effective 20 June, the QSL management for the activation of Hawar Island (AS-202, 27 April-1 May 2016) has been transferred to A92AA. [TNX M0OXO] QSL VIA G3SWH ---> Joe, G3MRC became a Silent Key in early May 2017, and Phil, G3SWH has obtained from Joe's widow copies of the logs and a quantity of blank cards for each of the following callsigns: 5X1P, 7Q7BP, 7Q7FOC, 9Q5MRC, 9U5MRC, C91MR, C93MR, C96MR, C97MR, G3MRC, VK8CP and Z38/G3MRC. The logs had all been previously uploaded to LoTW by Joe, but have now also been uploaded to http://www.g3swh.org.uk, where there are log search facilities for each call. Joe's RSGB membership lapsed at the time of his passing. Therefore, Phil is unable to process or respond to any bureau QSL requests whatsoever as the RSGB QSL bureau will not to forward outgoing cards for non members. Consequently, paper QSLs for this stations are only available direct with adequate return or via the OQRS on Phil's website above. [TNX G3SWH] VENEZUELAN INDEPENDENCE CONTEST ---> Sponsored by the Radio Club Venezolano, the 57th Concurso Independencia de Venezuela (Venezuelan Independence Contest) will be held on 1 July (from 00.00 UTC to 23.59 UTC) on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB, CW and PSK. Complete information can be found on http://yv5rcv.org/reglasindep.aspx. WRTC 2018 ---> The WRTC 2018 Organizing Committee, host of the 2018 World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) in Germany, has announced that the application process for individuals that would like to participate in WRTC 2018 as a Team Leader is now open. Applications must be submitted no later than 15 August 2017. The Team Leader qualification formula consists of 12 scores selected from 32 qualifying events between February 2015 and November 2016. A total of 63 Team Leaders will be selected from the top qualifiers in 29 regions from around the world. Each Team Leader then selects his/her teammate for the competition. In addition to the regional qualifying, there are also three slots dedicated to contest teams with both members less than 25 years old before July 2018. Those interested in being considered for the Youth Team must follow the Team Leader application process. Complete details can be found on the WRTC 2018 website (http://wrtc2018.de). Announcement of the Team Leaders is scheduled by the beginning of September. WRTC 2018 ---> In preparation for WRTC 2018, the second WRTC test day will take place on 23-25 June in Jessen and surrounding area. The focus will be on testing logistics and training the support teams. Nearly 100 volunteers are coming from all over Germany to build the fifteen stations. After each site is set up, radio operation is planned. This is mainly to test the online scoreboard system and as publicity for WRTC 2018. The 15 test session stations (with their specially assigned DOKs) will be: DA0T (WTT01), DF5A (WTT03), DM3W (WTT05), DM4X (WTT06), DM5A (WTT07), DM5D (WTT08), DP4B (WTT09), DP4D (WTT10), DP5E (WTT11), DP6T (WTT12), DP9A (WTT04), DR1X (WTT13), DR3W (WTT02), DR5L (WTT14) and DR5W (WTT15). A special diploma for working the test stations will be available; see http://wrtc2018.de for the details. =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL ROUTES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3B8IK N4GNR FT3YL F6KPQ R17MEX RW1F 3W1T RW6HS GB0FP G1TDN R17NZL R9XC 3W9A JA6QGF GB0HMG G0AGO R17PRT R6DG 3W9W JA1WBW GB1BAF 2W0DSP R17RUS RQ7L 3Z0LH SP1DPA GB2MOF GM4UYZ R1945M RK3AW 3Z560SC SP7KMX GJ4FOC G3SWH R1963VT RO3M 4E1A 9V1KG GS2MP N3SL R2017SS RW3WWW 4E1ADW 9V1KG HF0DAG SP2PBM R80PSP UA3QII 4L5P UT7QF HF0H SP9KGC RI0FI UA0FAM 4L8A K1BV HF100F SQ5M SB7S SM7PXS 5N7ATI/4 DF8DX HF100HRW SP3PGS SJ9WL LA7TIA 6Y5XN KG4ZXN HF1CHO SP1KZE SN10SSR SP7SSR 8P2K KU9C HF23BSC SQ6DGB T88HY JL1HYH 9H3ND DF4WX HF67CES SP6CES T88MK JO3LVG 9M2CNC G4ZFE HF70OSP SQ6BOR T88NC JI6NCY A25TVB N4GNR HF79TG SP5PPK T88RR JA6UBY AT3T VU2PTT HF90TM SP9KAT T88VV JH6DUL C6ACC K8CC HH2AA NR6M TM100BS F5KOU C6ALY K6KLY HI3A W2CCW TM160BF F4GFE CE2SQE W3HNK HI3K KB2MS TM17BTB F4HRR CO6HLP IZ1DSH HK1MW N2OO TM17USA F6COW CO6RD EA5GL J28ND S57DX TM40LU F6CKE CO8LY EA7ADH J42T SV2DCD TM44RT F5KBB CP5HK EA5IDQ J68GD K9AW TM5BDG F6COW CT7ANG G0MMI KH0R/KH2 JE6DND TM62GREF F4HRI DL/ON4IPA ON6ZV LG5LG LA7TIA TM8FDA F4KJP DL/OO6P ON6ZV MX0SNB M1GEO TX5EG F6BCW DL0DFF DL3HBZ OH0Z W0MM UE08F UF2F DU6/JA1PBV JA1PBV OX3LX OZ0J V31MA M0OXO DZ1ONH JJ2ONH OY1OF M0URX V31PS M0SDV E2A E21EIC P3X UT5UDX V63YL JP3AYQ EA9EU EA5KB PG400TH PA3ETC VK9MAV RN3RQ [b] ED1RLE EA1RLE R110FDU UA2FDU VK9MAV VK5MAV [d] EH4MCG EA4DCU R1608M RK3AW VP2EIH KD4SLM ES0UG/4 DL3BQA R17CHL UA6YW YR32A YO8AXP FM5DN KU9C R17CMR K2PF YU180SB YU1KN FR4PV F1UIJ R17CUP R4AS Z68PM S57PM FR5FC EA7FTR R17DEU RX1CQ ZF2BR AF2BR 4JF1EU Alexander Y. 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