Bonsoir Voici les dernières nouvelles DX après, je l'espère, de bons résultats à la coupe du REF ! 73 de Raymond F-15873 21 February 2015 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1242 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 5H - Stefano, IK6JRI will be active as 5H1JRI from Zanzibar Island (AF-032) from 20 February to 3 March. He will operate SSB only on 40-10 and maybe 80 metres. QSL via IK7JWX. 5T - Jean, 5T0JL (ON8RA) will be active again as 5T0ITU [425DXN 1219] on 25-26 Feburary. This special callsign has been granted for use during ITU events, in this case the third meeting of ITU's Telecommunication Standardization Sector SG13RG-AFR that will be held in Zambia. QSL via ON8RA. Make sure to comply with Jean's operating habits as detailed on www.qrz.com/db/5T0ITU. C6 - John, C6ATS (http://kk4oyj.wordpress.com) has been active from Acklins Island (NA-113), Bahamas since 17 February. He should remain there for a few more days, with operations depending on weather conditions. John's permission to stay in the Bahamas expired on 24 February, but he has got an extension for one month. QSL via NI5DX (direct) and LoTW, OQRS on Club Log (bureau cards should be requested through the OQRS). CE0Z - An "Early Departure Team" has been in Chile since 16 February to arrange the shipment of the equipment to Robinson Crusoe Island, Juan Fernandez [425DXN 1240]. They expected to leave for the island on the 20th, to set up antennas and stations. "Due to new regulation rules which enter in force this week", they say, "flights to Juan Fernandez are now limited to 6 passengers. This change implies more planes than before and a dramatically increased budget which now represent an overall cost of US$ 56.000 (only for flights)! We would have prefered to transport the passengers by sea, but the only maritime company with adequat fleet has a very limited capacity". The second group of operators will arrive on Sunday (22 February); activity as 3G0ZC will then start as soon as possible. QSL via F1ULQ (OQRS on Club Log) and LoTW. Bookmark http://juanfernandez2015.com for updates. [TNX F5NQL] DL - Special event station DL1965WH will be active from 1 March to 29 February 2016 to celebrate a double golden jubilee, i.e. the 50th anniversary of the Amateur Radio Group of the German Armed Forces in Daun/Vulkaneifel, and the 50th birthday of the Group's leader, Volker Schnitzius, DL1WH. QSL via DL1WH, direct or bureau (cards will only be available next year, after the end of the activity). [TNX DL1WH] HP - Members of the Colon DX Group will be active as H91T from Taboga Island (NA-072) from 27 February to 1 March. Expect activity on 40, 20, 17, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via HP2BWJ. [TNX DX World] OX - Bo, OX3LX (http://geronne.dk/index.php/ox3lx/ox3lx-dxped) will be active again from the Kookoerne Islands (NA-220) on 24-27 February. As during his latest operation from there (6-11 February), he will be QRV in his spare time. QSL via OZ1PIF. PJ7 - The Uruguay DX Group (Gus CX2AM, Mario CX4CR, Rainer CX8FB and Bert CX3AN) will be active holiday style as PJ7C from Sint Maarten (NA-105) from 28 February to 9 March. They will operate SSB and CW with two stations. QSL via EB7DX. [TNX CX3ZAN] PY - PS8RV, PU8WMM, PU8WZT, PY8AB, PY8FML, PY8WW and PY8ZE will be active as ZV8V from the lighthouse Chapeu Virado on Ilha do Mosqueiro (not IOTA) on 20-22 February. They will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 80-10 metres. QSL via LoTW. [TNX PY8WW] V6 - Keith, GM4YXI and Chris, GM3WOJ will be active as V6Z from Chuuk (OC-011), Micronesia from 27 March to 9 April. They will also be active during the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest, but it will be a "part-time entry, mostly S&P". Keith an Chris will have two stations on the air "for as many hours per day as possible", running 500 watts on 80-10 metres CW and SSB. All V6Z QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW and Club Log, hopefully on a daily basis. There are also plans for a real-time logging system to show the last 30 QSOs - see www.v6z2015.com for further information. QSL via N3SL. VE - Alexey, VE1RUS has been active as VY0/VE1RUS from Ellesmere Island (NA-008) since 11 February and will remain there until the 25th. He is QRV in his spare time mainly on 20 metres. QSL to VE1RUS (direct only). VK9L - VK9LC is the callsign OH2YY and OH1TV will use during their 22-28 February activity from Lord Howe Island (OC-004) [425DXN 1239]. They will operate mainly SSB with some CW with two stations on 40-6 metres. QSL via OH2YY, direct or bureau; logsearch on Club Log. VP8 - Roger, G0SWC is active as VP8DBR from the Falkland Islands (SA-002) until 20 March, and will be active again from 19 July to 26 September. He is QRV in his spare time mainly on 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres SSB. QSL via G0SWC. [TNX The Daily DX] W - Look for KG4JSZ, KI4GMR, KS4WA, N2MFT and maybe others members of the Mid Florida DX Association to be active from Honeymoon Island (NA-034) for a few hours (12-18 UTC) on 28 February. QSL via home calls. [TNX rgsbiota.org] Z8 - Olli, OH0XX has been active as Z81X from Southern Sudan since 19 February. He will be QRV (CW only) until the 25th, including participation in the ARRL DX CW Contest. QSL via OH0XX. [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 January 2015 issue is now available for download at www.425dxn.org/monthly/index.html. [TNX IZ3EBA] ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST (CW) ---> Object of the contest is for W/VE amateurs to work as many stations in as many DXCC entities as possible on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 metre bands, while foreign amateurs (also including KH6, KL7, CY9 and CY0) work as many W/VE stations in as many of the 48 contiguous states and provinces as possible (complete rules can be found at www.arrl.org/arrl-dx). This year's event will run from from 00.00 UTC on 21 February through 23.59 UTC on the 22nd. Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, NG3K at www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxc2015.html - good contest to you all! CHESTERFIELD 2015 ---> TX3X has been officially issued to the 2-12 October DXpedition to the Chesterfield Islands [425DXN 1238]. The on-island team is now complete, and includes twelve operators (AA4NN, HA5AO, K5GS, K6GFJ, K6MM, K6TD, K6TU, N6HC, ND2T, W1SRD, W2LK, WA6O). The fundraising campaign is underway, please visit www.tx3x.com for information on how to donate. As for QSLling, a "fully integrated Log Search / OQRS / QSL management application" has been developed by the team. "The QSL management back end functions will significantly reduce the labor associated with processing OQRS, Direct and Buro requests, including LoTW". TX3X's QSL policy is detailed on the website. COCOS ISLAND ---> TI9/3Z9DX has been QRV from Cocos Island since 20 UTC on 16 February and will be QRV until the 23rd. MM0NDX reports that the operators (3Z9DX and RA9USU, SP8SIW and TI2HMJ) are not permitted to move from the location they have been assigned, which is surrounded by hills and almost entirely blocked to Europe. A complete write-up of previous activations of TI9 can be found on the Documentary Archives Radio Communications'website: www.dokufunk.org/cocos-e. K1N ---> The DXpedition went QRT on 15 February at 11.27 UTC. The last helicopter flight left Navassa at 15 UTC with the three team members who overnighted to keep stations QRV until the last possible moment. The full log has been uploaded to Club Log. It shows 139,702 QSOs (72770/CW, 54821/SSB and 12111/RTTY) with 35,825 unique callsigns. As for the breakdown by continent, 81551 QSOs (58.4%) were made with North America, 44755 (32.0%) with Europe, 8105 with Asia, 3208 with South America, 1204 with Oceania, 876 with Africa and 3 with Antarctica. QSL via N2OO, direct (Bob Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton NJ 08087, USA) or bureau; Club Log's OQRS has been activated for both direct and bureau cards. The logs will be uploaded to LoTW "sooner rather than later". If you do not find your QSO on Club Log, please send your complete log data to k1nqsl[@]yahoo.com, and be prepared to wait a bit, as "it may take several days for us to research your request". MEGA DXPEDITIONS HONOR ROLL ---> In the late 90s Jari Jussila, OH2BU started collecting records of DXpeditions that make at least 30,000 QSOs. What it used to be a spreadheet has been put into a database maintained by Bernd, DF3CB and hosted on the German DX Foundation's website: http://gdxf.de/megadxpeditions/. It is not a mere statistic exercise, but an intriguing review of 221 DXpeditions (so far) that have made the history of DXing over the years, from 8Z4A in 1979 to the most recent K1N and EP6T in 2015. Comments, corrections or additions to the list should be sent to Jari.Jussila[@]oh2bu.pp.fi and bernd[@]df3cb.com. QSL VIA G3SWH ---> Phil, G3SWH has managed to obtain copies of the logs for 8P9FX, G3RFX, GO3RFX, GQ3RFX, GR3RFX, PJ2/G3RFX, ZB2FX, ZB300FX, ZG2FX and ZQ2FX, all operated by the late Martyn, G3RFX (SK June 2014). All logs have been uploaded to LoTW. There are also log searches available at www.g3swh.org.uk and on Clublog. Phil also plans to upload the logs for DJ0EQ and DJ0EQ/p (Martyn's operations from Berlin in the 1970s). As Martyn's RSGB membership lapsed on his passing, paper QSL are only available direct from G3SWH, preferably through his OQRS (http://www.g3swh.org.uk/multiple-request.php). Please do not send QSL cards via the bureau system as they will not be received. [TNX G3SWH] S01WS ---> The Sahara DX Team twitted that on 15 February S01WS, the Sahrawi Amateur Radio Union's club station, "suffered various failures, which forced to suspend any activity for an extended period of time". + SILENT KEY + Charles "Frosty" Frost, K5LBU [425DXN 1239] passed away on 14 February, the day of his 74th birthday. Over the years he often travelled and lived in Africa; more recently he organized annual DXpeditions (3DA0CF, 7P8CF, A25CF, C91CF, C81CF) for several operators to join him. =========================== *** 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 EG4PAR EA4PN P49X W0YK 3D2KM W6ZL EG5ANT EA5DY PA15CC PA7HPH 3G7R CE7FKG EG8FLL EA8URE PA40FAW PA0FAW 3W3B E21EIC EH5ANT EA5FL PI25COM PA3CAL 3Z51EY SP7EY EI1Y EI5JQ PI4A PB1WB 3Z51MOC SP7MOC EM4IFF US5IQ PI4D PA3ERA 3Z51OXU SQ7OXU EN7P UT1PG PI4F PD1WAT 3Z51POS SP7POS FG4KH F1DUZ PI4ZU PC4DX 3Z51PSW SP7PSW FO/K8PGJ K8PGJ PJ2T W3HNK 3Z51R SP7RJI FS4WBS IZ1MHY PJ4D W3HNK 3Z51S SP7SEW FW5JJ F5RXL PJ4F M0URX 4H1T DU1IVT H2X IZ4AMS PJ4NX M0URX 4U0ITU 4U1ITU H44MS DL2GAC PJ7/WJ2O N2ZN 5B4AGN M0URX HA10SOTA HA1DTQ PJ7AA AA9A 5B4ALX IZ4AMS HB9ICE HB9BHY PR5P PT2OP 5C5W EA5XX HF0A SP9YI PW0F OH2BH 5H1ES IK3GES HF51SDA SP7PFD R1989A UA4AJD 5H1OC IK6CAC HG30CW HA3NU RC70YC K2PF 5H6JG HA3JB HG90IARU HA5MA S01WS EA2JG 5T0JL ON8RA HH2/N3BNA KA2AEV S79CO JT1CO 5W1SA JA1DXA HI3TT W2CCW SU0ERA SM5AQD 5W7A YT1AD HK1NA K6IPM SU9IG OM3CGN 5Z4/EA4ATI EA4YK HK1R K6IPM SX2AG SV2HXV 6Y2T VE3DZ HL2ZIK JE1XUZ TG9IIN K4TI 6Y5JH EA5GL HL2ZIM JG1WBB TI8/AA8HH K8DV 7Q7BP G3MRC HP3AK W4JS TI9/3Z9DX 3Z9DX 7X3V 7X2ARA HR5/AA4NC AI4U TM12WAP F8DHE 8P2K KU9C HS0ZKG F6AXX TR8CA F6CBC 9A0Z 9A3JB II0LOVE 9A8AOT UE23DZO RA4DR 9H3KZ G2BKZ II1MNA IQ1GE UE23DKA UA4PIE 9J2HN JR2KDN II2ANT I2JJR UE23DSA RL3DV 9M4SI 9M2YOT II5ANT IZ5BTC UE92L RQ7L 9M8XXW/6 DJ8XW II6ANT IW6NZY V26M W3HNK 9V1YC W5UE II8POLE IK8FIQ V31AT K5PI 9X0PY SM6CPY IO9Z IT9DSZ V31KP DK1IP AH0KT JH8PHT IR1ANT I1HYW V55V DJ8VC AO4HAG EA4GKV J73CCM SM0CCM V63MJ M0URX AT3ANT VU2UR J75D SM5DJZ VA7AAW VE7IG AU4ASR VU2AJO J79WW N4USA VC7G VE7JH BW2/JP1RIW BM2JCC K4C K4MZU VE2CSI M0URX C21BN JH1NBN K6IJ/KH6 EA5GL VK2ANT VK2FR C5DX G4DJX KG4AS N4SIA VP2MRS KB8RJ C6ABB N2RFA KG4HI WB2REM VP2MUR KB8RJ C6AKQ N4BP KG4RQ WB2REM VP8DBR G0SWC C6ARU N4UM KG4YL K9DIG VY1JA N3SL C6ATS NI5DX KH7XX EB7DX W2VQ/C6A WQ2N C6AUM K4RUM KP2M AI4U XU7AES KB4FB C6AWW NX4N LY97A LY5A YE0C YB0OKR CE3/KQ7W AC7DX LY97O LY8O YL390BF YL3BF CR2X OH2BH LZ112RF LZ1YE YL390UI YL2UI CR6K CT1ILT N0J JQ2GYU YR0WL YO9KPB D44EE OZ1BII OE88WAP OE3KKA Z81X OH0XX DP1POL DL1ZBO OE89ANT OE3AIS ZA/IW2JOP IW2HAJ DP7BVBG DF7AA OE90AAW OE3SGA ZL1WND EA5ZD DQ40AIX DJ9KR OG0Z W0MM ZL7/F8FUA F8FUA DU3LA N0QM OH0Z W0MM ZM3T ZL3TE DU9AQQ EA5GL P40L WA3FRP ZV2K PY2SHF EA6UP EA6SK P40LE K2LE ZW2R PY2LCD EG1LSP EA1GIB P49MR VE3MR ZW5WIM PU5IKE 3Z9DX Dom Grzyb, skr. poczt. 84, 34-200 Sucha Beskidzka, Poland 4U1ITU IARC, P.O. Box 6, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland 9M2YOT Hasrul Nizam, Peti surat 118, Pejabat Pos Besar, 75720 Melaka, Malaysia EA2JG Arseli Echeguren Bardeci, Barrena 6, 01408 Luiaondo (Alava), Spain JH1NBN Yuki Yosuke Uchiyama, 924-4 Yokokawa-machi, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo-to, 193-0823, Japan K8DV David Vest, 2934 Rontina Drive, Goshen OH 45122, USA K8PGJ Peter M. Gladysz, 4633 Riverchase, Troy MI 28098, USA K9DIG Nancy M Yoshida, 1079 Harvest Ln NE, Thompson, ND 58278, USA LU8DCH Carlos Alberto Heguilein, Calle Gral Tomas Guido 209, B1643EWE Beccar, Argentina N4SIA Clifton N Strickland III, 2008 Baltic Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA 23451, USA PJ2/DH6TJ Sascha Kolonko, Tristanstr. 15, 14109 Berlin, Germany PT2OP Orlando Perez Filho, SHIGS 706, Bloco L Casa 22, Brasilia - DF, 70350-762, Brazil PU0FDN Jose Carlos Marenga, Caixa Postal 52, Fernando de Noronha - PE, 53990-000, Brazil PU5IKE Jose Henrique Schossland, Rua Rui Barbosa 2247 Apto 01, Joinville - SC, 89220-100, Brazil PY2LCD Billy Heinz Dorsch, Rua Willis Roberto Banks 1119, Sao Paulo - SP, 05128-000, Brazil VE1RUS Alexey Tikhomirov, #210 - 45 Vimy Ave, Halifax NS B3M 4C5, Canada WB2REM James I. 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