Bonsoir Voici les dernières nouvelles DX.... 73 de Raymond F-15873 01 September 2012 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1113 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 9A - Jan, PA4JJ will be active holiday style as 9A/PA4JJ from Porec (Croatian mainland) until 12 September. RTTY and PSK31 are his preferred modes. QSL via home call (OQRS on www.pa4jj.nl). [TNX PA4JJ] C2 - Yuki, JH1NBN will be active as either C21BN and/or a special callsign from Nauru (OC-031) between 3 and 12 September. He will be QRV in his spare time, with 100 watts and a wire antenna. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] CT9 - Look for CT9/DG3FAW, CT9/DJ6KS and CT9/DJ8OG to be active from Madeira (AF-014) on 4-11 September. They will operate SSB, RTTY and PSK on 80-10 metres (maybe also 6m). QSL via home calls. Matthias, DJ8OG will participate in the WAE SSB Contest as CR3L (QSL via DJ6QT). [TNX NG3K] E6 - Lance, W7GJ (E6M) will conduct a 6m EME DXpedition to Niue on 7-21 September. QSL direct to home call. Further information, including details on the QSO procedure that he uses "most effectively on these DXpeditions", is at www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/Niue2012.htm. During the same period Bob, ZL1RS will be active as E6RS on 2m EME (see www.qsl.net/zl1rs/zk2.html for further information). QSL via home call. 5Z - Eric, SM1TDE (www.sm1tde.bloggspace.se) will be active as 5Z4/SM1TDE from Mombasa, Kenya on 5-22 November. He will operate holiday style on 40-10 metres CW. QSL via home call (bureau preferred) and LoTW. [TNX SM1TDE] 6W - Enrico, IK2FIL will be active as 6V7X (http://6v7x.jimdo.com/) from Senegal from 25 September to 3 October, including an entry in the CQ WW RTTY Contest. The QSOs will be confirmed via the bureau through Global QSL, plus LoTW and eQSL on a daily basis. Direct cards via home call. 8Q - Juergen, OE4JHW will be active holiday style as 8Q7OE from the Maldives (AS-013) on 3-14 September. He will operate mainly SSB and BPSK on 40-10 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] EA6 - Look for Alessandro, EA6/IZ4WNA and Giuliano, EA6/IZ4WNP to be active from Ibiza, Balearic Islands (EU-004) on 7-10 September. They plan to be QRV on 40-6 metres SSB and PSK63. QSL via home calls (bureau preferred) and LoTW. [TNX hamradioweb.org] FR - Michael, DF8AN will operate mainly CW as FR/DF8AN from Reunion Island (AF-016) on 2-10 September. QSL via home call. [TNX DX Newsletter] HS - Tana, E27EK will participate in the All Asian DX SSB Contest (1-2 September) as E27EK/p from Si Chang Island (AS-107). QSL via home call. [TNX DX World] IS0 - Riccardo, IZ5JMX will be active as IM0/IZ5JMX from San Pietro Island (EU-165) on 2-14 September. He will operate holiday style on 40-10 metres SSB. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. KH8S - Two NH8S team members (W8GEX and DL3DXX) expected to arrive on American Samoa on 30 August to coordinate last minute details. The remainder of the team will arrive in Pago Pago on 3 September in the late evening. They anticipate leaving on Tuesday morning (4 September) for the 24 hour boat trip to Swains, where they will remain until the 19th. The equipment is already on the island, and they "should be able to get right to work on erecting the antennas and setting up stations. We are anxious to get on the air and will be QRV as soon as possible". Announced frequencies are: CW 1826.5 3503 7003 10103 14003 18079 21003 24894 28003 50107 SSB - 3790 7082 - 14185 18140 21285 24955 28485 50107 RTTY - 3580 7035 10148 14080 18099 21080 24901 28080 - Frequencies for activity on 60m are 5405 (CW) and 5403.5 (SSB). Plans are to upload logs daily by satellite phone from the island to Club Log. An Online QSL Request System (OQRS) will be activated on Club Log after the DXpedition ends (around 22 September). You will be able to request your QSLs one of four ways: OQRS Direct, OQRS Bureau, direct mail (Swains Island DXpedition, P.O. Box 5005, Lake Wylie SC 29710, USA), via bureau to AA4NN. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW six months after the conclusion of the DXpedition. Further information can be found at www.nh8s.org OZ - PA0ABM, PA1SVM, PD2DX and PD2R are active as OV2T (QSL via PA0ABM) from Vendsyssel-Thy/Nordjylland (EU-171) until 4 September. During the weekend they will join the OZ5GX group for the IARU Region 1 Field Day as OZ5GX/p. PA - Promoting the World Statues Festival that will take place in Arnhem at the end of the month, Fred PA0FAW will be active as PC12WSF on 3-30 September. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. SM - Look for Fred, SM7DAY/p to be active from Senoren Island (EU-138) on 8-14 September. He will operate CW and SSB on the HF bands. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX SM7DAY] SV - Dirk, ON5CT will be active as SV8/ON5CT/p from Corfu Island (EU-052) on 4-18 September. He will operate SSB and RTTY on 20, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 6 metres. QSOs to be confirmed via eQSL and LoTW, no paper QSLs will be available. [TNX NG3K] SV9 - Look for Silvia, SV9/EA1AP and Alberto, SV9/EA1SA to be active from Crete (EU-015) on 9-15 September. They will operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 80-6 metres. QSL via home calls. [TNX DX World] W - Special memorial station N3U will be active on 8-13 September in remembrance of United Flight 93 and the tragic events that occurred on 11 September 2001. QSL via W3PN, direct or bureau. YB - Joppy, YB8XM and another operator have plans to operate from Babar Island (OC-271, new one for IOTA) on 1-6 November. [TNX JN6RZM] ZD9 - Martin, G3ZAY and Robert, M0VFC have secured places on the "Baltic Trader" travelling to Tristan da Cunha (AF-029) on 20 September from Cape Town. They expect to have about 7 days on the island from the 27th, though this could be curtailed by bad weather. They do not expect to have time to cover all bands and probably will not be able to operate on 160 or 6 metres. The callsign will be ZD9UW to be used by both operators. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW and ClubLog shortly after the operation (or during if an Internet connection is available) and cards will be handled by OQRS on Clublog, or direct to M0VFC, or via email bureau requests. Please try to avoid sending inbound cards via the bureau. Martin and Rob would like to try to raise some extra funds for the Tristan da Cunha Educational Trust Fund. They plan to take some QSL cards to the island and anyone willing to donate $25 (up to a max of 100 donors) will receive a direct card mailed from Tristan Da Cunha for their first two QSOs (the rest to be mailed at no extra cost to the recipient on return to the UK). More information on how to donate will be available at www.zd9uw.org.uk [TNX G3ZAY] PACIFIC TRIP ---> John, N7CQQ and Ron, N6XT will be "in the Samoa area" for thirty days starting on 30 August. They will be active from Samoa (5W) and hopefully will get permission to visit Tokelau (ZK3) for a couple of weeks. They also might operate from American Samoa (KH8) in late September while waiting for their flight home. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX] =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW DXCC NEWS ---> After reviewing new information and documentation, the ARRL DXCC Desk has concluded that the 1998 XU1A DXpedition to Cambodia will be valid for DXCC credit. If you have had QSLs rejected for this operation, please send a request via e-mail (bmoore[@]arrl.org) to be placed on the list for update. If you remember the submission in which you included the QSL, please note this in your e-mail, as it will expedite the search for the rejected QSO. GTC CW CUP ---> The second Greek Telegraphy Club (GTC) CW Cup will be held on from 12 UTC on 6 October to 12 UTC on the 7th. Details can be found at www.raag.org (click on the G.T.C. tag) or from Stathis Maliakis, SV5DKL (sv5dkl[@]rho.forthnet.gr) [TNX SV5DKL] HK0NA ---> The HK0NA (Malpelo 2012) DVD is now available for sale. "This video captures the planning and organization phases, the non-stop pileups, humor and local animal life - as well as incredible footage of team members climbing the mountain. In all my experience, this was the most physically difficult DXpedition of all", Bob Allphin, K4UEE says. To purchase a copy, go to www.k4uee.com/dvd NOT THE MANAGER ---> Effective immediately, NI5DX is no longer the QSL manager for A60A, A60DWC, A60HD, A60ITU, A60JJ and A60WARD. Check qrz.com for the QSL routes. [TNX K1XN and The Golist] QSL A61BK ---> Effective 20 August, all cards for A61BK should go direct to him (Khalid Khamis, P.O Box 19037, Dubai, United Arab Emirates). Buzz, NI5DX, will no longer be confirming any cards for A61BK, however he will answer any A61BK cards that arrive in the next bureau shipment. After this shipment, no A61BK cards will be confirmed via the bureau either. [TNX K1XN and The Golist] + SILENT KEYS + Fr. Lars Rooth, SJ (SM1BOE) became a Silent Key on 21 July, at 90 years of age. During his long eventful life he was, among many other things, in charge of the Scandinavian section of Vatican Radio, and an operator at HV3SJ. Cris Henderson (GM4FAM) passed away on 23 August. He was only 57 years old, and one of the top CW DXers in the United Kingdom. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSLs received direct or through managers: 3C0E, 3C6A, 3D2MP, 6O0CW, 6O3A, 6V7S, 6Y5WJ, 7P8AO, 7X5QB, 7Z1SJ, 8P6AZ, 9A205AN, 9J3A, 9K2/SP4R, 9M2/R6AF/p (AS-097), 9M2TO, 9M6XRO, A41MX, A41PB, A45XR, A51WD, A52BA, A5A, A73A, AT2DW, C21HA, C91TX, CG3B, CO7EH, CO8LY, CO8OY, CP4BT, CX7CO, D3AA, DS0DX/2, E74A, EP3PK, ES4EQ, ES9C, EW6DX, FK8CE, FM5WD, FR8NE, FS/W6IZT, FW0NAR, G0VJG/p, H44UD, H6VA, HC1MD, HK0NA, HV0A, J52HF, JX5O, KH0/JK2VOC, KH0N, KH8PPG, LU3HS, LU6EF, N7C, NH0Z, NP3CW, OK5JM, PJ7PT, PY0FF, RI1ANA, RI1ANR, RI1FJA, S92LX, S9DX, SU1SK, SV0XAF/8, SV2ASP/A, T32C, T32TX, T32XX, T6AG, TF/VE3IKV, TI8AA, TM33LDX, TO5RZ, TY2BP, V73AX, V88/EA3NT, VE2/F8BMG (NA-177), VK8MM (OC-141), VK9NI, VK9XW, VP2ETE, VP2MDG, VP2MSN, VP2V/N3DXX, VR2KF, VY0HL, XV9NPS, XX9E, XX9LT, YB8Y, YL2AG, YN4SU, ZD7FT. **************************************************************************** 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 ****************************************************************************