Bonjour Voici les dernières infos DX. Je vous ai mis les F en gras ! Pour une fois qu'il y en a pas mal !Hi ! 73 de Raymond F-15873. 07 July 2012 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1105 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3D2_cr - The 3D2C team [425DXN 1080] now includes sixteen operators (AD6E, AH6HY, K6MKF, K6SRZ, K9CT, LZ1CG, N6NKT, N6PSE, PY5CC, RW3RN, RW4NW, RZ3FW, UA4HOX, WD5COV and YT1AD). They will leave Suva (Fiji Islands) for Conway Reef on 24 September around 18 local time (6 UTC), and will return in the night between 5 and 6 October. Their "primary objective is to provide as many DXers as possible a 'new one' with this rare DXCC entity" and their "secondary objective is to give as many band-slots as possible". They will target European contacts during those periods when propagation is possible. Plans are to upload their logs to Club Log on a daily basis. QSL via YT1AD. There will be an OQRS for direct and bureau QSL cards. Band plan and further information ca be found at http://www.yt1ad.info/3d2c/index.html [TNX N6PSE] 7X - Special event stations 7T50I (operated by Radio Club Algiers), 7U50I and 7V50I (both operated by Radio Club Laghouat), 7W50I (operated by Radio Club Bou-Saada) and 7Y50I (operated by Radio Club Mostaganem) will be active through the end of the year to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the indipendence of Algeria. Information on the relevant award can be found at qrz.com under any of the callsign above. [TNX IARU Region 1] BV - Look for BO0M to be active from Matsu Island (AS-113) on 27-30 July, IOTA Contest included. QSLling instructions can be found at http://art.ham.org.tw/en/qsl_en.aspx [TNX NG3K] EI - Olivier, ON4EI will be active as EI8GQB on 7-31 July using an hybrid wind-solar power system from his caravan. He will participate in the IOTA Contest as EI1A. QSL for both callsigns via bureau to ON4EI. A Live Information Banner as well as daily updates with pictures and videoes will be available at http://www.qrz.com/db/EI8GQB [TNX ON4EI] ES - RD1AR, SP7DPJ, SQ7OXU and UA1ANA will be active as ES0W from Ruhnu Island (EU-178) on 26-30 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via SP7DPJ, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K] F - To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the French Army Signal Corps and to honour French radio pioneer and army general Gustave-Auguste Ferrie (1868-1932), special event station TM70TE will be active on 12-14 July from the 3rd level of the Tour Eiffel. Expect activity on the HF and VHF bands, SSB and CW. QSL via F5KBB, direct or bureau. F - Jacky, F4EGH (SSB) and Leon, ON4ZD (CW) will be active as TM0BI from Fort Boyard Island (EU-032) on 25-26 July. They will be QRV from 7 UTC to 16 UTC each day, as they are not allowed to stay overnight. QSL via ON4ZD, direct or bureau. [TNX ON4ZD] F - Peter ON8ZZ and his son Frederik ON3NT will be active as F/OT9Z from the Chausey Islands (EU-039) on 27-29 July. They will also participate in the IOTA Contest as TM7T. [TNX rsgbiota.org] F - Look for F6KUF/p to be active from Noirmoutier Island (EU-064) on 20-21 August. Activity will be on 80-10 metres SSB, CW and possibily PSK/RTTY. QSL via home call. [TNX F5TRO] FM - Lars, K9FY will be active holiday style as TO5U from Martinique (NA-107) on 11-18 July. He will be QRV on all bands SSB and CW. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. G - In the IARU HF World Championship (14-15 July), and transmitting from several DXCC Entities within the UK, the RSGB HQ team will be using the special callsign GO2HQ to celebrate the London Olympics. QSL via M0OXO and LoTW. Further information can be found at www.gr2hq.com. [TNX GM3WOJ] G - 2O12L (Two Oscar One Two Lima) will be the callsign of the London amateur radio station for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Five stations (three on HF and two on VHF) will be active from 25 July to 9 September. QSL via G4WNF, direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to g4wnf[@]mac.com), and LoTW. Further information at www.2o12l.com HA - HA0BW, HA0DX, HA0KA and HG0NAZ will be active as HG0WFF from the Hevesi Fuves Pusztak nature reserve on 13-16 July. They plan to operate SSB, CW and digital modes on the HF bands with up to four stations. QSL via HA0HW, bureau preferred. [TNX HA0HW] HB9 - The teams of HB9IRC and Insubria Radio Club (IQ2IR) will be operating from Mount Bar, in southern Switzerland, during the weekend. HB9IRC will be located at hut and will be active on 7-8 July, while a second station will be activated as HB9SOTA on 8 July from the summit of Mount Bar. Expect activity on the HF bands CW and SSB and on 145.350 MHz. [TNX HB9TZA] HC - Celebrating their 81st anniversary, members of Quito Radio Club (HC1QRC) will be active as HD081QRC on 14-22 July. They will be QRV on all bands CW and SSB, using both modern equipment and some vintage radios "beautifully restored by Gustavo, HC1BG". QSL via HC1JQ, direct or bureau. [TNX NE8Z] I - Look for Dario, IZ4UEZ to be active holiday style as ID9/IZ4UEZ from Lipari Island (EU-017) on 6-11 July. He will operate SSB, possibily with some RTTY. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org] I - Members of ARMI Taranto and the 599 DX Team will be active as IJ7T from San Pietro Island (EU-073) on 20-22 July. They will operate SSB, CW and RTTY on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL via IK7WDS. An OQRS for direct and bureau cards will be available on Club Log. Further information will be available at www.armi.ta.it [TNX IZ7AUH] LA - Thomas, SM3DMP will be active holiday style as LA/SM3DMP from Otroy (EU-056) on 18-20 July. He will operate mainly CW on 30, 20 and 17 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org] LA - Waldi, SP7IDX and Mek, SP7VC will be active as LA/SP7IDX and LA/SP7VC from Mageroya (EU-044) on 20-29 July. They will operate SSB and RTTY with two stations on 80-6 metres, and will participate in the IOTA Contest. During their travel to Mageroya, on 19-20 July, they might stop and be active as SM/SP7VC and SM/SP7IDX from Seskaro Island (EU-139). QSL via home calls. [TNX DX Coffee] LX - Radioamateurs du Luxembourg will be represented in the IARU HF World Championship (14-15 July) by LX75HQ. This is the HQ special callsign celebrating the LX Amateur Radio Association's 75th anniversary. Information on the award for contacting LX75HQ, LX75RL and ordinary LX stations during the year 2012 can be found at www.rlx.lu. [TNX LX2A] OZ - DL2JRM, DO2XX and DO6XX will be active as OZ/homecall from Vendsyssel-Thy (EU-171) on 7-21 July. Look for OZ/DO6XX and OZ/DO2XX on 80-10 metres SSB, while OZ/DL2JRM will also operate CW. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org PA - Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the National Open Air Museum in Arnhem, Fred PA0FAW will be active as PC100NOM until 29 July. QSL via PA0FAW, direct and bureau. [TNX VA3RJ] PY - The Perdigueiros Radio Team will be active as PR5D from Ilha do Mel (SA-047) on 27-29 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via PY5DC, direct only. [TNX rsgbiota.org] PY0S - Fred/PY2XB, Peter/PP5XX (PY5CC), Tomi (HA7RY) and George (AA7JV) will be active as PT0S from St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks (SA-014) for two weeks in the late November to mid-December time frame. The actual dates will depend on weather conditions and will be announced on the PT0S website (see below). Amateur radio activities are still banned from the archipelago [425DXN 1088], but the the Araucaria DX Group has been given a special permit to conduct this DXpedition. The operation will have a strong low band focus. There will be a dedicated station operating on 160 metres from sunset to sunrise. A second station will be on 80 and 40 metres at night. During the day there will be two stations on the higher bands - and 6 metres - depending on conditions. RTTY will also be supported. QSL via HA7RY (OQRS for direct and bureau cards will be available on the website) and LoTW (the logs will be uploaded "generally within 36 hours of the QSO taking place"). For further information and regular updates please visit http://pt0s.com/ SM - Lars, SM6CUK will be active as SA6G/7 from Ven Island (EU-137) on 25-30 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ] SV - The Radio Amateur Association of Greece (RAAG) will activate special callsign SX1GR from the Acropolis of Athens on 18-22 July. Expect activity on the HF bands SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31, as well as on 6 and 2 metres. QSL via bureau. [TNX SV1RP] SV9 - Claude, HB9CRX will be active as SV9/HB9CRX from Kissamos, Crete (EU-015) on 9-21 July. He will operate CW QRP on 30-6 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX F5NQL] TA - TC0KLH (and not TC2KLH as previously announced) will be the callsign to be used from Kefken Island (AS-159) on 27-29 July, IOTA Contest included [425DXN 1102]. QSL preferably via the TA bureau. [TNX TA1HZ] UA - Special callsign UE95K will be in use on 14-22 July from Bryansk in memory of Pavel M. Kamozin, World War II fighter ace and twice Hero of the Soviet Union. QSL via RV3YR. [TNX RV3YR] UA - Members of the Russian Robinson Club are planning to be active from IOTA groups AS-061 (Ratmanova/Big Diomede Island) and AS-092 (Bering Sea Coast South group) in July-August. A special callsign, RI0K, has been granted for use bewteen 15 July and 28 August. [TNX DX World] UA - Vladimir, UA0LCZ will be active as RI0NZ from Popov Island (AS-066) on 24-30 July. Before the IOTA Contest he will concentrate on CW (3507, 7007, 10107, 14017, 18067, 21017, 24897 and 28017 kHz). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX UA0LCZ] V3 - Henry W5HNS (V31WH), Jay K0BCN (V31MX) and Marty W5MRM (V31MO) will be active from Caye Caulker (NA-073) on 23-31 July. They will operate CW, PSK and SSB on 40-10 metres. During the IOTA Contest they will use V31MX and alternate SSB and CW. QSL via home calls or LoTW. [TNX W5HNS] W - Jon, WB8YJF, will be active as WB8YJF/4 from Ocracoke Island (NA-067) on 22-29 July, IOTA Contest included. He will operate CW, RTTY and SSB on 80-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct and bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] CHANNEL ISLANDS ---> Peter ON8ZZ and his son Frederik ON3NT will be active as MU/OT9Z from Guernsey (EU-114) on 16-20 July. They also plan to operate from the islands of Herm (17 July), Sark (18 July) and Alderney (19 July). On 20-26 July they will be active as MJ/OT9Z from Jersey (EU-013). QSLs via ON3NT, direct or bureau, and LoTW. They have a website at http://dxpeditionchannelislands.weebly.com NORTHERN EUROPE TOUR ---> Paolo, I2AE is touring northern Europe (Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark) until late July, and plans to operate holiday style from a number of WFF sites, islands, lighthouses etc. "he will find on his way". Look for him around 14244 and 7144 kHz, with some possibile activity also on 6 metres. [TNX I2JJR] =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW DX WORLD GUIDE ---> The third edition of the "DX World Guide", by Franz Lagner (DJ9ZB), is the first edition using color throughout and the first to be entirely in English. The 384-page book includes detailed entries for well over 300 DX "entities". It is available in both print and digital (CD) formats; orders can be placed on the CQ Communications on-line store at http://store.cq-amateur-radio.com. LOTW & WPX ---> The ARRL launched the integration of Logbook of The World (LoTW) with CQ Magazine's Worked All Prefixes (WPX) Award on 2 July. A WPX account has automatically been created for Logbook users on their awards page, and they will be able to use LoTW to generate lists of confirmed contacts to be submitted for WPX credit. Standard LoTW credit fees and CQ award fees will apply. Further information on www.arrl.org (News section). NORTH KOREA ---> Rick, K6VVA has been working for quite some time on a "P5 CW Only & IOTA AS-197 Project" which now appears to be having interesting developments. "It has been a very long 6 years thus far", Rich says, "but I believe the time has finally come to fish or cut bait". Rick is "not seeking any donations at this point, but rather only an indication of the level of potential contributions for the related humanitarian purposes likely required in order for approval of this project and issuance of a P5 license". Read the details at www.k6vva.com/p5/ QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX's web site has been updated. Fourteen different galleries include more than 10,000 cards for the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (2004-11), the 61 deleted DXCC Entities, obsolete prefixes, stations from Magrebh from 1947 to 1962, D5 and DL5 stations from 1945 to 1962 (soon to be enlarged to include D2/DL2 and D4/DL4 stations), 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 - please visit www.LesNouvellesdx.fr and send your comments to lesnouvellesdx[@]free.fr [TNX F6AJA] QSL MANAGER OF THE YEAR ---> The Golist QSL Manager Data Service is reviving its QSL Manager of the Year Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize the service provided by QSL managers to the world wide DX community. The definition of a QSL Manager for this award is "any person who confirms contacts via printed QSL card for any station other than their primary call sign". A plaque, donated by DX Publishing, Inc., publisher of QRZ-DX and The DX Magazine, will be awarded to the QSL Manager of the Year selected, at the W4DXCC Convention held in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee in September 2012. Nominations will be accepted from DX and Contest clubs, which are encouraged to poll their members for their nominations for the Top 5 QSL Managers for 2012. Each club should tabulate the votes of their members and submit to the Golist the Top 5 vote getters. The deadline is 1 August 2012. The recognized format for clubs submission is: Club Name; Club Officer (Name, Call Sign, club office and email address); Top 5 QSL Manager Nominees (list name and callsign); put QSL Manager of the Year-2012 in the subject line and sent the message to golist[@]gmail.com. [TNX K1XN] TOP LISTS ---> The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now available at www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. QSOs confirmed through LoTW or included in on-line logs are eligible for listing. Send your scores, as well as any request for further information, to Luciano Lucini, IK2QPO (ik2qpo[@]425dxn.org). + SILENT KEYS + Gian Carlo Bavassano (I1RBJ) passed away on 5 July at 66 years of age. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSLs received direct or through managers: 3A2LF, 3C0E, 3C6A, 3DA0FC, 3V8BB, 3Y8XSA, 4W0VB, 4Z5MU, 5N7M, 6O0CW, 6O3A, 6V7S, 7X5QB, 8P6EX, 9K2YM, 9L0W, 9M0L, 9M2AX, 9M6YBG, 9Q6AL, 9Y4LAS, A43MI (AS-014), A52JY, A52KJ, A92GE, AA1BU/KP2, AP2JZB, BA1KW, BX4AD, BY8AC, C31CT, C31PP, C6AGW (NA-048), C91JD, CE2WQ, CP4BT, CU3AK, CX2TQ, E51NNN, EA9EU, EA9IB, EI100T, EK6TA, EK7DX, ER1DA, ES1TU, ES3AX, EY7AD, EY8MM, FG8NY, FR1LB, FS/K9EL, FW0NAR (OC-054), FW0NAR/p (OC-118), HI6PLE/7, HK0NA, HR5/F2JD, HS0ZKG (AS-101), IH9WKH, J5V, J6/NX8L, J69MV, J79IU, J79XB, JY5HX, KG2A/VP9, KH6/VE7AHA, KH8/N9YU, LA/DL5DSM/p (EU-141), LX1NJ, MM0XAU, MU0FAL, OD5NJ, OD5PY, OM7M, PJ5/SO6X, PJ5/SP6IXF, PJ7/IK2QPR, PJ7AZ, PJ7TM, PZ5RO, PZ5T, S79RR, SM0/JH0CJH, SU9VB, SV2ASP/A, SV5BYR/5, T30D, TA3J/0 (AS-115), TJ6RM, TX8CW, UA0BA, UA0C, V26E, V31IZ, V5/DH3WO, V5/DJ2HD, V85SS, VK6YS/p (OC-199), WP3Y, XU7DLH, YB8Y (OC-221), YI1RZ, YJ0VK, YV1FPT, YW3Y, YW5PI (SA-048), ZA100I, ZD7VC, ZK2C, ZL7VR. **************************************************************************** 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 ****************************************************************************