Bonsoir Ci-dessous les dernières nouvelles DX. Bon trafic et 73 de Raymond F-15873 07 November 2015 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1279 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3B - Matthias, DF6LO will be active as 3B9RF from Rodrigues (AF-017) around mid-November, and as 3B8RF from Mauritius (AF-049) in December. He will operate JT65 with 30 watts, and occasionally CW with 100 watts. QSL via LotW and eQSL only. [TNX DX World] 5W - Lars, ZL1IF will be active as 5W0IF from Apia, Samoa (OC-097) from 25 November to 3 December. He will operate mainly CW on 80-10 metres, and will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via ZL1IF. [TNX NG3K] 6W - The Association des Radioamateurs du Senegal (ARAS) will conduct its annual expedition to the island of Goree (AF-045) on 27-29 November. The callsign will be 6V1A. QSL direct to 6W7JX. [TNX F8REF] 9H - Henning, OZ1BII (www.oz1bii.dk) will be active as 9H3EE from Malta (EU-023) on 24-30 November. He will operate CW only, and main activity will be during the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via OZ1BII, direct or bureau (OQRS on Club Log), and LoTW. [TNX NG3K] 9X - Nick, G3RWF will be active as 9X0NH from Rwanda from 18 November to 2 December. He will be QRV on 80-10 metres all modes, and will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via home call, direct or bureau (OQRS on Club Log), and LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX] E5 - Haru, JA1XGI (http://island.geocities.jp/southcookholiday/) will be active as E51XGI from Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands on 3-10 December. He will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK on the HF bands. QSL via JA1XGI (OQRS on Club Log) and LoTW. FR - Stephane, F5UOW will be active again as FR/F5UOW from Reunion Island (AF-016) from 16 December to 8 January 2016. In his spare time he will operate CW and digital modes on 40-10 metres. QSL via LoTW (preferred) or home call. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX] PJ4 - PJ4/KU8E, PJ4/K4BAI and PJ4/W8FN will be active from Bonaire (SA-006) from 25 November to 1 December, including a Multi-Single entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as PJ4A (QSL via K4BAI and LoTW). [TNX NG3K] PJ6 - Seppo, OH1VR and Henri, OH3JR will be active as PJ6/OH1VR and PJ6/OH3JR from Saba (NA-145) from 23 November to 3 December. They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY with two stations, and both of them will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL direct to home calls. [TNX NG3K] S7 - After five months of intense preparations, the much anticipated 16-22 November DXpedition to Coetivy Island (AF-119, new one for IOTA) [425DXN 1274] is soon to begin. Six operators (EA3NT, EI9FBB, MM0NDX, PA3EWP, SP5APW and VK5CE) will be QRV as S79C on 40-10 metres CW, SSB and RTTY with several stations; a dedicated station will run 24/7 on 6 metres (50.103.5 Mhz). As the final leg of the flight is by private airplane charter, this is an extremely expensive IOTA DXpedition; if you would like to support this unique activation, please visit www.af119new.com/donate. Follow the team on Twitter (@af119new) for the latest updates. [TNX EI9FBB] SV9 - Daniel, DL5YWM will be active holiday style as SV9/DL5YWM from Crete (EU-015) on 8-19 November. Depending on ferry schedule, he also plans to operate as SV9/DL5YWM/p from Gavdos Island (EU-187) on 16-17 November. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org] SV9 - Christo, LZ3FN will be active as SW9AA from Crete (EU-015) from 21 November to 1 December, including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via LZ1PM. [TNX NG3K] T8 - Frank, I2DMI will be active holiday style as T88RY from Koror (OC-009), Palau on 22-29 December. He will operate RTTY only on 80-10 metres. QSL via home call. Logsearch and OQRS on Club Log. TA - Once again the Balkan Contest Club will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as TC0A (QSL via LZ1NK and LoTW) from Bozcaada (AS-099). The team will include LZ1BP, LZ1DCW, LZ1NK, LZ2UW, LZ2YO, LZ3ND, LZ3ZZ, LZ4AE, LZ5CA, LZ5VV, TA2TX and TA3D; the first operators will arrive on 20 November and will participate in the LZDX Contest. See www.lz5x.com for durther information. V6 - Sho, JA7HMZ will be active as V63DX from Pohnpei (OC-010), Micronesia from 27 November to 5 December. He will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as V6A. Before and after the contest he will be looking for Europe on 160 metres. QSLs via JA7HMZ (direct). [TNX NG3K] VK - Look for Peter, VK4LLE (VK4HOY) to be active from Lady Elliot Island (OC-142) on 4-7 December. QSL to Peter Ross Allen, 18 Rowan Lane, Mount Mellum QLD 4550, Australia. [TNX rsgbiota.org] VP2E - Rich, KE1B (VP2EAQ) and Anna, W6NN (VP2EAR) will be active again from Anguilla (NA-022) on 22-30 November. They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 40-10 metres. Expect VP2EAQ to participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSLs via KE1B, LoTW and eQSL. Logsearch and OQRS on Club Log. XT - Harald, DF2WO will be active again as XT2AW from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on 7-27 November. He will operate SSB, CW, PSK, JT65 and RTTY on 40-6 metres. QSL via M0OXO, preferably through his OQRS (www.m0oxo.com). [TNX M0OXO] YN - Mike, AJ9C will be active as YN2CC from Nicaragua from 25 November to 2 December. He will operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 160-6 metres, and will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via AJ9C and LoTW; OQRS on Club Log. [TNX NG3K] CARIBBEAN TOUR ---> JA1ELY, JH1NBN, JR4OZR will be active as VP2ELY from Anguilla (NA-022) on 13-18 November, and as PJ7ELY from Sint Maarten (NA-105) on 19-25 November (however JH1NBN will have to leave on the 21st). They will operate SSB, CW, RTTY on 80-10 metres with two stations. QSLs via JA1ELY (direct only) and LoTW after a while. Logsearch on Club Log. [TNX JN3VQM] =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW CLUB LOG'S MOST WANTED LIST ---> The latest Most Wanted List, generated on 2 November, is available at https://secure.clublog.org/mostwanted.php. The information is derived from QSOs uploaded to Club Log (as of 1 November there were 314.7 million log entries available for analysis) and, to improve quality, only QSOs that have QSLs confirmed are considered to be worked. IARU 90 ---> Special event station OL90IARU will be operated by Czech Radio Club's members from 7 November to 6 December to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). QSL via bureau, LoTW, eQSL and Club Log's OQRS. Also celebrating the anniversary until 31 December are 9H90IARU from Malta (QSL via 9H1SP), HH90IARU from Haiti, OH90IARU from Finland (QSL via OH2BAD) and UP90IARU from Kazakhstan (QSL via RW6HS). See http://iaru90.hamlogs.net for free of charge certifica- tes for contacts made with jubilee stations from 10 different IARU member countries. QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX's web site has been updated. Fifteen different galleries include 13,215 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 and 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]. VP8STI & VP8SGI ---> "At this time, all plans are moving forward and we expect to be QRV on January 17th as VP8STI" from the South Sandwich Islands, the VP8STI/VP8SGI team reported on 1 November. The DXpedition Pilot Program will be led by Antonio Gonzalez (EA5RM). He will communicate with each of the regional pilot stations to ensure that the operators on the islandss are satisfying the needs of the global DX Community and that they are aware of propagation and other issues. The regional pilots are AA6G (US West Coast), EA5RM (Europe and Chief Pilot), JR4OZR (Asia), VK4MA (Oceania) and W2IRT (US East Coast). They can be contacted by clicking on their photograph on the main page of the expedition's website (www.intrepid-dx/com/vp8). The pilots will not have access to the logs, and all logging issues will be addressed by the QSL Manager following the conclusion of both activations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8/HB9ARY, 3B8HC, 3B9FR, 3G0ZC, 3XY5M, 4W/JA7LU, 5W1SA, 8P2K, 9K2QA, 9M2/R6AF/p (AS-073), A71CM, B7/BA4TB (AS-094), C31CT, C37AC, CE2AWW, CO3JA, D44TUK, DV1UD, DX0P, E51AAR, E6GG, EK7DX, EP3SMH, FK8DD/m, H76W (NA-212), HZ1BW, IJ7TA (EU-073), JA0JHQ/VK9C, JW2US, K4KGG/VO1 (NA-198), KG4AW, MM8C (EU-059), OH0KXJ, OH5TS (EU-140), PJ6/NM1Y, PX8K (SA-042), R3RRC/0 (AS-082), R7AL/0 (AS-172), RA1ALA/1 (EU-086), RA2FT, RI0NZ (AS-066), RI1PT (EU-188), T30RG, T32DX, T41C (NA-093), TF/N8XJ, TI9/RA9USU, UA0FAM (AS-062), UD4F, UN0LL, VE3KTB/VY0 (NA-008), VE7DP/7 (NA-181), VE7KDU/7 (NA-181), VK2SSI (OC-194), VP2ETE, VY0/VE3LYC (NA-009), VY0M (NA-248), WS5K/KH8, XZ1Z, YB3MM/9 (OC-150), YB8RW/5 (OC-108), YC8UTI (OC-209), YE3B (OC-197). **************************************************************************** 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 ****************************************************************************