Bonsoir Voici les news DX, depuis Castres et le Saratech ! Bon week end et 73 de Raymond. (envoi restreint) From: I1JQJ Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 5:59 PM To: [425ENG] Subject: [425ENG] 425 DX News #1195 29 March 2014 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1195 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3D2 - Wes, ZL3TE will be active as 3D2SE from Viti Levu (OC-016), Fiji on 11-14 April. Main activity will be during the Japan International DX Contest CW; outside the contest he will operate CW and some digital modes. QSL via ZL3TE and LoTW. [TNX NG3K] 9H - Operators from the Malta Amateur Radio League will be active as 9H1MRL/p from the Gordan Lighthouse on 6 April. QSL direct to 9H1SP. [TNX Mediterraneo DX Club] C6 - John, 9H5G (http://kk4oyj.wordpress.com/) now expects to be active on SSB, RTTY and PSK from the Berry Islands (NA-054) [425DXN 1193] starting on 30 March. "I will work the best bands according to the prevailing conditions", he says. "10, 17 and 12m are the most likely, although if there are suitable support structures available, I may try some lower bands". He will be active for about ten days, but "operating sessions will be limited by battery power and recharging times". QSL 9H5G/C6A via NI5DX and LoTW. CE0_ei - Victor, CE1WFN will be active as CE0Y/CE1WFN from Easter Island (SA-001) on 5-17 April. QSL via home call. [TNX DX World] F - Commemorating the 70th anniversary of D-Day, a large group of operators will be active as TM70UTAH from Utah Beach (Normandy) on 2-12 June. Look for activity on CW, SSB and digital modes from 80m to 10 GHz. QSL via F5RJM, direct ot bureau, and LoTW. Logsearch on Club Log. [TNX F8PDR] J5 - Two operators from the Verona DX Team are back to Guinea Bissau and QRV in their spare time as J52HF until 5 April. Expect activity on 20, 15, 10 and 6 metres SSB, RTTY and JT65. QSL via I3LDP. JD1_oga- Toshi, JP1IOF and Yoshi, JE2EHP will be active as JD1BLC and JD1YBT from Chichijima (AS-031), Ogasawara on 3-12 May. They will be QRV on all bands and modes. QSL for both callsigns via JP1IOF, direct or bureau, and LoTW. Logsearches and OQRS on Club Log. OE - The Vienna International Amateur Radio Club (4U1VIC) will operate stations under newly released callsigns of C7A and 4Y1A as a host institute. The callsign blocks C7A-C7Z and 4YA-4YZ have been allocated to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) respectively. Both WMO and ICAO are specialized agencies of the United Nations. [TNX JH4RHF] OH - Jukka, OH3OJ will be active as OH3OJ/8 from Hailuoto Island (EU-184) on 11-15 April. QSL via home call, bureau preferred. [TNX rsgbiota.org] OZ - Look for Chris OZ/DC7VS, Ron OZ/DG2RON, Bert OZ/DL4ZZ and Andre OZ/DO7ALE to be active from Laesoe Island (EU-088) from 30 March to 4 April. They will operate SSB, CW, PSK31 and Hell. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX DX Newsletter] PJ2 - Anja, DH2AK, and Torsten, DL1THM will be active again as PJ2/DH2AK and PJ2/DL1THM from Curacao (SA-099) from 31 March to 18 April. They will operate SSB and digital modes on the HF bands. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX DX Newsletter] SV5 - Cliff, SV1JG and several other operators will be active as SX5LA from Levitha Island (EU-001) on 3-11 May. They will be QRV on 160-6 metres SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via SV2FWV. [TNX NG3K] T8 - Bodo, DF8DX will be active as T88QX from Palau (OC-009) on 8-15 April. He will operate CW and some SSB on 40-10 metres.QSL via DF8DX, direct or bureau, and LoTW. W - Once again Joe, K5KUA will be active as K5KUA/5 from Galveston Island (NA-143) on 17-20 April. Usually he operates CW only on 40-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. Logsearch on Club Log. [TNX rsgbiota.org] YB - Imam, YB4IR plans to be active as YB4IR/5 from IOTA group OC-106 on 10-14 April. He plans to operate CW, SSB and RTTY on QRV on 40-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau (OQRS on Club Log), and LoTW. [TNX YB4IR] ZC4 - Mike, AG6IP is active again as ZC4MIS from Akrotiri, UK Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus, for the next five months. He operates SSB and digital modes on 40-10 metres. QSL via AG6IP; QSLling policy on qrz.com, logsearch and OQRS on Club Log. ZS8 - Gerard, ZS1KX is due to leave South Africa on 2 April, destination Marion Island (AF-021). He expects to be QRV as ZS8KX around May for about one year. QSL to Gerard de Jong, P.O. Box 744, Wellington, 7654, South Africa (his wife will be his QSL manager). [TNX The Daily DX] CARIBBEAN TOUR ---> Martin, DB4BJ will be active as FS/DB4BJ from Saint Martin (NA-105) from 28 March to 1 April, and as J79DB from Dominica (NA-101) on 1-14 April. He will operate SSB, PSK and RTTY on 30-10 metres. QSL via DB4BJ, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX] CQ WW WPX SSB CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their participation in this year's event (29-30 March): Call Category Country QSL ------------------------------------------------------ 3G1B M/? Chile HA1AG 3V8BB SOAB Tunisia LX1NO 4V1JR M/S Haiti W3HNK 4Z4OQ SOSB 80m Israel LoTW 5E5E M/S Morocco W7EJ 5Z4T M/? Kenya EA4YK 8J1MTD M/M Japan LoTW 8P2K SO LP Barbados KU9C 8P5A SOAB HP Barbados NN1N 8Q7TS SO Maldives JF1CCH 9A73P M/S Croatia 9A2NA 9K2HN M/M Kuwait 9K2HN 9M2SM M/S West Malaysia 9M2GET A73A M/? Qatar A71A B1W China BA1GA B4L China BA4EG B7M China BA7MY B7P China BA4EG BH1CXR M/? China BH1CXR BP0P M/2 Taiwan qrz.com C4A M/2 Cyprus LoTW CE3CT M/? Chile EA5KB CN2AA M/S Morocco UA2FM CQ3L SOAB Madeira DJ6QT CQ8X SOAB HP Azores OH2BH CR3A M/? Madeira EA5GL CV3D M/S Uruguay CX2ABC D44AC SOSB 15m Cape Verde D4C SOSB 10m Cape Verde IZ4DPV DJ60DXMB M/? Germany DL7UXG E7A M/S Bosnia-Herzegovina E77E EA8/RA1A SOSB 40m Canary Isls RN3RQ EA9LZ SO Ceuta & Melilla LoTW ED9K M/2 Ceuta EA7LS EE5T M/2 Spain LoTW EF8U SOAB LP Canary Isls EA8URE EI1A SO Ireland PA3249 EI30T SO LP Ireland LotW ES9C M/M Estonia ES5RY ET3AA Ethiopia N2OO GM5N M/? Scotland H27A SO Cyprus RT9T HC1GVT/HC3 SO Ecuador KK4GV HR2WW M/S Honduras KD4POJ IB3C M/S Italy LoTW II5P M/S Italy IZ5PXX IO5O M/S Italy LoTW IR5A M/S Italy IK5AFJ IY1GMS M/S Italy IK1SPR J42T M/2 Greece LoTW J43TR M/S Greece LoTW KG2A/VP9 SOAB Bermuda KG2A KH2KY M/2 Guam JA1MFR KH6/N0JK SOSB 10M Hawaii N0JK LO5D SOSB 10M Argentina LU8EOT LY2W M/2 Lithuania LY2W LY7A M/M Lithuania LoTW MS0OXE M/S Scotland M0URX NH7A SOAB HP Hawaii F5VHJ NP2P SOAB Virgin Isls LoTW NQ4I M/M USA LoTW OH5Z M/2 Finland LoTW P3N SOAB HP Cyprus RW3RN P40W SO Aruba N2MM P49Y SOAB Aruba AE6Y PD9X M/2 Netherlands LoTW PJ2T M/2 Curacao W3HNK R2014E SOAB Russia (EU) LoTW R2014I SOAB Russia (EU) R7AA RG22RQ M/2 Russia (EU) RN3RQ RT0F M/2 Russia (AS) LoTW RY22MC SOAB Russia (AS) R9MC SE0X M/2 Sweden LoTW SJ2W M/S Sweden SM2LIY SX9C M/? Crete LoTW T32TM SO East Kiribati K8NA TC3D SO LP Turkey TA3D TI8/W1USN Costa Rica W1USN TO4C SOAB HP Martinique M0OXO TO7BC SO Mayotte DL7BC UI2K SOAB Kaliningrad UA2FZ VE7JT M/M Canada VE7JT VP2E M/2 Anguilla N5AU VP2VAK British Virgin Is SP9FIH VR2HKS M/2 Hong Kong LoTW WP2Z Virgin Islands KU9C WP3C SOAB LP Puerto Rico W3HNK XW0YJY SOAB LP Laos E21EIC YE2C M/S Indonesia LoTW ZM90DX SOAB HP New Zealand M0OXO ZV5WPX SOSB 10M Brazil PP5JR Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, at www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxs2014.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 DXCC NEWS ---> 3C0BYP (Annobon, operation from 26 February through 6 March 2014) and TN2MS (Republic of The Congo, operation from 12 October through 24 October 2013) have been approved for DXCC credit. If you have a TN2MS card that was rejected, send an e-mail to DXCC at bmoore[@]arrl.org to have your record updated. [TNX NC1L] HOLYLAND DX CONTEST ---> The 23rd Holyland DX Contest will be held on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 metres CW, SSB and Digital (RTTY and PSK31) from 21 UTC on 18 April to 21 UTC on the 19th. Complete information can be found on the IARC website at http://www.iarc.org/iarc/#HolylandContest ITALIAN ISLANDS AWARD ---> The new edition of the IIA Directory, compiled by Saverio Amore (IK2RLS), is now available for download on the ARI website at http://ari.it/iia_max/getfile.php?name=IIA_Directory_2014 MELLISH REEF ---> The VK9MT team arrived at Mellish Reef on 28 March at 13.25 local time "after three miserable days of nasty seas". Equipment is taken ashore using the Zodiac, but they run out of sunlight at about 18.30. At this early stage of the project they cannot take people back and forth at night, so "do not expect any operation until sometime on the 29th". QSL 3B9FR ---> The new QSL route is via M0OXO. Please use the OQRS for both direct and bureau requests (http://www.m0oxo.com/oqrs/). W1AW WAS ---> Look for ARRL Centennial stations W1AW/3 from Pennsylvania and W1AW/7 from Oregon to be on the air starting at 00.00 UTC on 2 April until 23.59 UTC on the 8th. Complete information on the ARRL Centennial QSO Party can be found at www.arrl.org/centennial-qso-party. WRTC2014 ---> "Team 59" is the 59th and final competing team; the sponsor has named George Demontrond (NR5M) and John Crovelli (W2GD) as the operating team. Six alternate referees have been invited to be part of the event: DL1NX/PY2SEX, G5LP, K3EST, LZ5VK, OM6NM, and W6RGG. They will be available to replace any referees that are unable to attend. Rich DiDonna (NN3W), Team Leader for selection area NA4E has withdrawn from the competition due to family reasons, and has been replaced by Nathan Moreschi, (N4YDU). Edmund Giambastiani (N4OC) has been named as the Grand Marshal for WRTC2014. He will preside over the Opening Ceremonies and administer the Oath of Sportsmanship to all competitors. Complete information on the World Radiosport Team Championship 2014 can be found at www.wrtc2014.org. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8DB, 3B8FQ, 3B9/OE4AAC, 3D2RA/p, 4L1AN, 4L1MA, 4S7VS, 4U1ITU, 5A1AL, 5H3CJ, 5H3EE, 6V7V, 6W/G3TXF, 6W7SK, 6Y2T, 6Y5WJ, 7O2A, 7Q7FOC, 7X4AN, 8P3A, 8P6SH, 8Q7BM, 8Q7KB, 8R1A, 8R1Z, 9H4JX, 9J2CA, 9L1A, 9Y4/VE3EY, A63RI (AS-124), A71BU, A92HK, AU5SV, BY1WXD/0, C31CT, C31KC, C37SBX, C5YK, C6AZZ, CE1/K7CA, CN2PM, CO2QU, CP4BT, CR3L, CX7OV, D2EB, D44TS, E44PM, EA9/DL2RNS, EA9RY, F4BKV/p, FG5DH, FK8CP, FP/VE3DZ, FR5DZ, FY8DK, HC1HC, HK7/WH6R, HZ1PS, IA0MZ, J6/N7QT, J6/N9AW, J79JG, J8/K8EAB, JD1BMH, JG8NQJ/JD1, JH6TYD (AS-040), JX9JKA, K1GI/VP9, K9W, LX1DA, NH2DX, NP4A, OD5NJ/p (AS-108), OH0Z, PJ4C, PJ4LS, PJ5/K5WE, PJ6/N7QT, PY0F/PP1CZ, PZ5T, RY110RAEM, SV5/SM8C, T77LA, T88XG, TF2MSN, TF3CW, TG9AHM, TG9ANF, TJ3AY, TM28UFT, TT8TT, TU2T, TU5AX, TX5D, UN7AB, UN7BEW, V31UZ, V73MW, VK9/OH3JR, VK9CZ, VP5/W5CW, VP9/M0BLF, VQ9JC, VR2ZQZ/p, VU7AG, XR0ZR, XT2TT, XX9THX, XZ1J, YB8S (OC-236), YB8VM (OC-070), YB8XM/p (OC-070), YB9YKI (OC-147), YE30P (OC-034), YJ0VK, YJ0ZZ, YN5Z, YS1/HB9KNA, YW5X, Z30U, ZA/IZ4JMA, ZB2FK, ZD7VC, ZF2BI, ZF2OK, ZF2XF, ZG2FK, ZS8C, ZS9MADIBA. **************************************************************************** 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 **************************************************************************** -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "425eng" group. 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