Bonjour Et voici les dernières news DX ! Bonne chance et 73 de Raymond F-15873 10 January 2015 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1236 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 7Q - Karl, DK2WV will be active again as 7Q7VW from Malawi from 26 January to 6 February. He plans to be QRV on 160-6 metres. QSL via DK2WV. C5 - Everything is on schedule for the C5X DXpedition to the Gambia starting on 15 January through to the 26th [425DXN 1227]. With two high-power stations, the team (G3VMW, G3XAQ, G3XTT and M0PCB) will be QRV on 160-10 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and a little PSK31/63. As the public beach area is not suitable for VDAs, antennas include two Spiderbeams on the five HF bands and dipoles at good height for the lower bands. "We have not specified any TX frequencies by band", Steve G3VMW says, "and will always try to avoid other DXpeditions that may be active. However, we will always work split frequency, listening uo, normally between 1 to 5 kHz". They will also "make frequent checks on our TX frequency, and if necessary, move a few kHz lower or higher to clear the QRM". QSL via M0OXO (preferably through the OQRS at www.m0oxo.com); the logs will be uploaded daily to Club Log and LoTW. [TNX G3VMW] EP - Announced frequencies for the EP6T expedition [425DXN 1235] to Kish Island (AS-166) are: SSB 3763, 7083, 14183, 18143, 21283, 24953, 28493 CW 1823.5, 3503, 7013, 10123, 14033, 18083, 21013, 24903, 28033 RTTY 7042, 10136, 14082, 18102, 21082, 24922, 28082 QSL via M0URX and LoTW "at the earliest opportunity"; OQRS for direct and bureau cards on www.m0urx.com and Logsearch on Club Log. The website for the DXpedition is at www.rockall.be. FJ - Gene, N9SW will be active holiday style as FJ/N9SW from St Barthelemy (NA-146) on 17-25 January. He will operate mainly CW on 40-6 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX DX World] FK0 - "Along with the skipper of 'Evohe' we developed our tentative sailing schedule", the Perseverance DX Group [425DXN 1221] announced on 3 January. The equipment will be shipped to Auckland (New Zealand), where the boat will be loaded and sail for Noumea, (New Caledonia) on 17 September. The team expects to reach the Chesterfield Islands on 1 October, and to be QRV as TX3X (requested callsign) on 2-12 October. At the moment the roster includes seven operators (HA5AO, K5GS, K6GFJ, K6TD, W1SRD, W2LK and WA6O), and others will be added. Please e-mail chesterfield[@]pdxg.net if interested in joining the team. The preliminary budget for this DXpedition is around USD 150,000. The complete press release and other information (QSLling policy and management, operating plan, instructions on how to donate) can be found at http://chesterfield2015.pdxg.net/. The team also has a Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/chesterfield2015. [TNX K5GS] KH8 - Zorro, JH1AJT will be active holiday style as KH8Z from Tutuila (OC-045), American Samoa on 12-19 January. He will operate mainly SSB on 40-10 metres. QSL via JH1AJT, direct or bureau. [TNX JA1TRC] P2 - Norbert, DH1NK will be working at Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (OC-034) between 15 January and 15 June. In his spare time he will be QRV as P29NK on 80, 40, 20, 17, 12 and 10 metres SSB and Pactor. QSL via DH1NK, bureau preferred. [TNX The Daily DX] PY - The Aroeira DX Group will be active as PS06J on 11-16 January during the VI Scout National Jamboree. Look for activity on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK. QSL via PR7JP. [TNX PS7DX] TA - The TC Special Wireless Activity Team is active as TC150ITU on until 31 January and again on 1-30 May. As usual with TCSWAT operations, all of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau and LoTW. TA - Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli during World War I, TA1CM is active as TC100GLB from 1 January until 30 April. He operates SSB and digital modes on 160-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. TG - Dwight, VE7BV will be active holiday style as TG9/VE7BV from Guatemala from 22 January to 17 February. He will operate CW and SSB on "20, 17 and 15 metres at least". QSL via home call, direct or bureau, and LoTW. [TNX NG3K] V4 - Once again John, W5JON will be active as V47JA from St. Kitts (NA-104) from 20 January to 1 March. He will be QRV on SSB on 160-6 metres SSB; his wife Cathy (W5HAM) will also operate occasionally as V47HAM. All QSLs via W5JON (direct only) and LoTW. [TNX NG3K] W - Once again Joe, K5KUA will be active as K5KUA/5 from Galveston Island (NA-143) from 30 January to 1 February. Usually he operates CW only on 40-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. Logsearch on Club Log. [TNX rsgbiota.org XW - Ken, K4ZW will be active again as XW4ZW from Laos on 23-30 January. Plnas are to focus on the low bands. QSL via K1SE, direct or bureau, and LoTW; logsearch on Club Log. [TNX The Daily DX] =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The December 2014 issue is now available for download at www.425dxn.org/monthly/index.html. [TNX IZ3EBA] CQ DX MARATHON ---> The CQ DX Marathon is a year-long DX hunt, with participants competing to see who can work the greatest number of countries ("entities") and CQ zones during the calendar year. The 2015 edition sterted at 00.00 UTC on 1 January and will end at 23.59 UTC on 31 December. The deadline for log submission for the 2014 DX Marathon is 10 January at 2359Z. Complete details can be found at www.dxmarathon.com. CQ HALLS OF FAME ---> The CQ DX Hall of Fame (started in 1967) and the CQ Contest Hall of Fame (started in 1986) recognize those amateurs who have made major contributions to DXing and contesting, respectively. The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame (started in 2001) recognizes those who have made major contributions to amateur radio as a whole, and radio amateurs who have made major contributions to society at large. Nominations for the Halls of Fame must be submitted by 1 March; instructions can be found on http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/cq_awards/index_cq_awards.html. DAYTON ANNUAL CONTEST AND TOPBAND DINNERS ---> The 26th Top Band Dinner will be held on 15 May, followed by the 23rd Contest Dinner on the 16th. Both the events will take place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Tickets are available on http://topbanddinner.com and on http://contestdinner.com respectively. FARALLON ISLANDS ---> K6F was active for a very short time on 20 metres SSB from the Farallon Islands (NA-178) on 6 January [425DXN 1235]. "Sorry it was such a short operation", K6EWN says on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/K6Fislands). "The work we came out to do took more time than expected, thus shortening our play time". QSL via W6TCP. MOST WANTED SURVEY ---> The DX Magazine's annual Most Wanted Survey was conducted in September-October 2014 [425DXN 1218]. The top 10 DXCC Entities are: 1. P5 North Korea 2. KP1 Navassa Island 3. 3Y Bouvet Island 4. FT5W Crozet Isls 5. VK0 Heard Island 6. BS7H Scarborough Reef 7. VP8 South Sandwich Isls 8. FT5T Tromelin Island 9. KH5K Kingman Reef 10. KH5 Palmyra Eight out of ten places are occupied by the same DXCC Entities listed for 2013 and 2012, in four cases with just a slight varition in ranking. Tromelin Island is still listed, because the survey closed on 15 October and FT4TA became active on the 30th. Marion Island was in 8th place and now has moved down to the 19th (thanks to the activities by ZS8C, ZS8Z and ZS8A); Amsterdam and St. Paul was in 4th place and now - not surprisingly, after FT5ZM - is no longer listed among the 100 Most Wanted Entities. ZS8 and FT5Z have been replaced by Kingman Reef and Palmyra & Jarvis, which last year were in 12th and 11th place respectively. The 100 Most Wanted listing can be found on http://www.dxpub.net/MOST-WANTED-SURVEY.html. Breakdowns are published in the January/February 2015 issue of The DX Magazine ("I was not able to provide some of the breakdowns as in past years due to a computer malfunction", N4AA says. "Some of the data was corrupted and was not retrievable"). QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX's web site has been updated. Fifteen different galleries include 12,441 cards for the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (2004-14), the 61 deleted DXCC Entities, obsolete prefixes, stations from Maghreb from 1945 to 1962, Allied Forces stations in Germany (1945-70), special stations commemorating ITU and IARU, Antarctic bases & TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises), the various French DXCC island Entities in the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Americas (from 1945 to 1970), pre-1945 countries, French Departments and CONUS, plus a gallery for cards not accepted by DXCC. Your participation is encouraged: www.LesNouvellesdx.fr. [TNX F6AJA] VK0EK ---> A comprehensive FAQ page has been addedd to the 2015 Heard Island DXpedition website (http://vk0ek.org/faq/). Radio operations are expected to be conducted approximately from 22 November to 8 December. After the stay on Heard Island, there are plans for the team to visit and be QRV from Kerguelen for 3-4 days, "assuming permits can be obtained". YASME EXCELLENCE AWARDS AND GRANTS ---> In 2008 The Yasme Foundation (www.yasme.org) established the Yasme Excellence Awards, to be awarded to individuals who, through their own service, creativity, effort and dedication, have made a significant contribution to amateur radio. The contribution may be in recognition of technical, operating or organizational achievement, as all three are necessary for amateur radio to grow and prosper. The Yasme Excellence Award is in the form of a cash grant and an individually-engraved crystal globe. The latest recipients, announced on 5 January, are: - Kimo Chun, KH7U, for his 20 years of behind-the-scenes support to DXpeditions to Pacific entities, including logistics, organization, equipment, local contacts and planning. - Dick Flagg, AH6NM, for his years of working with the amateur radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) and Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) groups and in supporting NASA's Radio Jove project, all designed to introduce amateur radio to the public, particularly students of all ages. - Florin-Cristian Predescu, YO9CNU and Lisa Leenders, PA2LS, for their work in organizing and promoting Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) and amateur radio youth activities. The YASME Foundation also has made supporting grants to the following: - the California Historical Radio Society, to fund the Maxwell Library and Maxwell Archives Room in support of Jim Maxwell's, W6CF (SK) efforts to maintain the history of amateur radio. - the Foundation for Amateur Radio, to be used in its scholarship programme. - the International Amateur Radio Union Region 1, in support of youth activities in amateur radio - Bruce Horn, WA7BNM, for providing web-based services to the amateur radio community; - IARU Region 1, earmarked for the support of the Egyptian Radio Amateur Society for Development (ERASD). - the World Wide Radio Operators Foundation (WWROF), in recognition of their support for the Yasme Foundation and other amateur radio groups, its support of international radiosport activities, and for providing webinars to the amateur radio community. - the ARRL Foundation, in support of its scholarship programme; - the ARRL Second Century Campaign, for the support of amateur radio in the next 100 years. + SILENT KEY + Renato Paramithiotti, I1XQ passed away on 6 January at 93 years of age. A doyen of amateur radio in Italy, he had been licensed for more than seven decades. =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL ROUTES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 1A0C IZ7KHR DK65DARC DF1QR PP70FEB PS7AB 3B8CW NI5DX DL0WRTC DF1QR PQ60ICN PS7GL 3Z0WOSP SP5ZRW DL65DARC DF1QR PY0F/PP1CZ PP1CZ 3Z0YL SP9SX DM700LSW DH3FEN R73RDA RW3FB 3Z2015NY SP6IEQ DR50RRDXA DJ6QT R900BL R1BAL 3Z50AYP SP7DQR DU1KA NR6M RI1ANZ RN1ON 3Z85PZK SP4JCP DU3LA N0QM S01WS EA2JG 3Z90IARU SP6JIU E50A E51AND SN3WOSP SP3CGK 4L1HD DL8KAC EA6/G3SZU M0OXO SN40KRF SP1KRF 4L8A K1BV EA6UN EC6TK SN85PZK SP3POW 4O7CC UA4CC EG5RMC EA5FIV SN90IARU SP1PMY 4X6TT N4GNR EI1100WD EI2HZB SO85PZK SP9HQJ 5R8SV G3SWH EI30T EI3CTB SO90IARU SQ6PWJ 5Z4FV N3ZS EM44WFF UT4WA SP85PZK SP0PZK 6Y5JH EA5GL EX/HB9DUR HB9DUR SP90IARU SP7AH 7Q7BP G3MRC EX2F RW6HS SQ0WOSP SP7YLD 7S400K SM7BHM FG4NN NI5DX SQ85PZK SP3KWA 7X2BDX IK2DUW FK8DD NI5DX SQ90IARU SP7PTM 7X3WPL 7X3DL FO/KK6BT KE8G SV9RNG LZ1YE 9A88AA 9A2AA G50FRS G0YYY T88HS JA6KYU 9J2BO G3TEV HA60KWO HA8LKM T88KO JS1OHI 9J2HN JR2KDN HC1WDT W0OR T88RR JA6UBY 9K2GS EA5KB HE200GE HB9AOF T88SM JA6EGL 9N1AA N4AA HF7SIEMA SP7PTK TC5OCK TA5FA 9V1PW JH4PHW HF85PZK SP7PGK TI5/HB9FIH DL3LAH A41KJ NI5DX HF90IARU SP1MGM TJ3SN IZ1BZV A61QQ IZ8CLM HR1AAB EA7FTR TM400M F1EOY A71EM EA7FTR HR1RQF EA7FTR TM5CW F5SJB A82YOTA OM2FY HZ1BL IZ8CLM TX5W KE8G A92AA IZ8CLM HZ1FI DL2RMC VK8NSB M0URX AH0CO/KH8 JA0JHQ J79MM EI4JY VP8ROT GM0HCQ AH2/AB2RF JJ2RCJ J79XBI SM5DJZ VP9/K4KGG W3HNK AH2Y HL1IWD JD1BMH JG7PSJ VU2RBQ DJ9RB C31CT EA3QS KL7SB NI5DX XU7TZG ON7PP C5YK ON6EG KP2BH EB7DX XV4Y OK1DOT C6ATS NI5DX LZ290MB LZ1KCP YP1989TM YO2KQT C98RF DL6DQW NP4A W3HNK YT0PUPIN YT7WA CX2AQ EA5KB NP4G NP3O YT90NS YU7BPQ CX7OV EA5KB OD5PY KU9C ZD9A ZS1LS CX9AU EA5GL OD5ZZ NI5DX ZF2DX K0DEQ D3AM UA1QV OG30OJ OH3OJ ZF2LC W2SM DG150ZRS DL1MIL P49X W0YK ZF2NT G3SWH DJ90IARU DL2VFR PH44ZU PC4DX ZV5WSC PU2KKE DL6DQW Reinhard Fendler, Waldteichstr. 34/21-15, 01468 Moritzburg OT Boxdorf, Germany EA2JG Arseli Echeguren Bardeci, Barrena 6, 01408 Luiaondo (Alava), Spain EI4JY Aleksandr Labunskij, 100 Priory Court, Eden Gate, Delgany, Co. Wicklow, Ireland GM0HCQ Mike Gloistein, 27 Stormont Way, Scone, Perth, PH2 6SP, United Kingdom HB9DUR Andrea Bianchi, Via Arbostra 23 E, 6963 Pregassona, Switzerland IZ7KHR Francesco Cozzi, Via Nazionale 8/o, 70128 Bari BA, Italy JG7PSJ Hiroyuki Kawanobe, 1-4-1 Mikamine, Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, 982-0826, Japan JR2KDN Yuichi Yoshida, Kato Building 4F, Rokugaike-cho, Kita-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, 462-0002, Japan KE8G Jim Blanca, 11209 Sharon Drive, Parma, OH 44130, USA ZS1LS Allan Saul, P.O. 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