425 DX News #1344

4 February 2017 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1344
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

3B8 - Paul, HB9ARY is active again as 3B8HC from Mauritius Island
(AF-049) until 15 February. He operates SSB and slow CW on 80-10
metres, with a focus on 80m. QSL via NI5DX (direct only), LoTW and
eQSL. [TNX The Daily DX]
3X - Alain, F5OZC and Sebastien, F8DQZ plan to be active (callsign TBA)
from the Los Islands (AF-051), Guinea between 5 and 26 February.
They will operate mainly CW on 40-10 metres. QSL via F5OZC. [TNX DX
World]
6Y - Yuri, VE3DZ will be active as 6Y2T from Jamaica (NA-097) on 14-21
February, including an entry in the ARRL DX CW Contest. QSL via
home call. [TNX NG3K]
7P - Pista, HA5AO will return to Lesotho on 10-26 February. He will be
overseeing the project at a local orphanage that he started during
his October 2016 visit and will deliver donations received since
then. In his spare time he will be active as 7P8EUDXF on 40-10
metres mostly CW. QSL via HA5AO and LoTW; see for
logsearch and OQRS. Money donated to 7P8EUDXF will be used only for
humanitarian purposes. [TNX K5GS]
9H - Nobu, JA0JHQ () will be active as 9H3NH
from Malta (EU-023) on 9-12 February. Main activity will be on 40,
30 and 20 metres CW, as well as on 40-20 metres RTTY during the CQ
WPX RTTY Contest. QSL via JA0JHQ, bureau or direct, and LoTW;
logsearch on Club Log.
A5 - A5A will be activated again on 10-17 February by Zorro JH1AJT,
JayCie E20NKB and Champ E21EIC. The main purpose of this trip is to
support the launch of the Paralympic Committee with the Bhutan
Olympic Committee. Activity will be on 160-10 metres CW, SSB and
RTTY. QSL via JH1AJT; logsearch and OQRS on Club Log. [TNX DX
World]
CX - Henry, LU4DXU will be active as CX/LU4DXU from Isla de Lobos and
Isla Gorriti (both count for IOTA group SA-039) on 4-11 February.
QSL direct to home call. [TNX VE3LYC]
EP - The Alborz DX Club, EP2C () will be active during a
field day operation from northern Iran on 8-10 February. Activity
is permitted on 40, 20 and 15 metres SSB and CW. QSL via EA5GL.
G - GB952MT is a special callsign for the Chelmsford Amateur Radio
Society to celebrate the 95th anniversary of wireless station 2MT
(), the first regular radio broadcast service in the
UK. Look for activity on 12-14 February.
HP - Mike, W1USN and Bob, AA1M will be active as HP/home call from
Panama on 10-22 February. They will operate SSB, CW and digital
modes on all available HF bands. QSL via home calls, direct or
bureau, and LOTW. [TNX NG3K]
HP - Mek, SQ3RX will be active as HP/SQ3RX from Volcan, Panama on 12-15
February. He will operate CW and some SSB and RTTY on the HF bands.
QSL via home call, Club Log's OQRS and LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
I - 4U7FOC is the callsign that Robert, S53R will be using during this
weekend's FOC Marathon. He operates from the United Nations World
Food Programme's club station (4U0WFP) in Rome, Italy. QSL via
S57DX. The Marathon () runs from 21 UTC on 3
February until 21 UTC on the 5th; it is open to FOC members only,
who "would prefer not to be called by non-members".
JA - Look for Take, JI3DST to be active as JI3DST/5 from Shodo (AS-200)
on 11-14 February. QSL via home call, bureau preferred. [TNX
rsgbiota.org]
P4 - John, W2GD will be active again as P40W from Aruba (SA-036) on
12-20 February, especially during the ARRL DX CW Contest (18-19
February). Outside the contest expect some activity on 160, 30, 17
and 12 metres as time permits. QSL via LoTW or direct to N2MM.
PJ2 - Joeke, PA0VDV will be active as PJ2/PA0VDV [425DXN 1341] from
Curacao (SA-099) from 1 March to 1 April. He will operate CW only.
QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX PA0VDV]
PJ7 - Forthcoming activities from Sint Maarten (NA-105) include PJ7AA
from 15 February to 18 March (SSB and CW on 80-10 metres; QSL via
LoTW, Club Log's OQRS or direct to AA9A), and PJ7/OH2IS on 17-25
February (mainly CW on 80-10 metres; QSL via Club Log's OQRS and
LoTW).
TI - Gerry, W1VE will be active holiday style as TI7/W1VE from Costa
Rica on 4-11 February. He will operate mainly CW on 40-10 metres,
and possibly 80m. QSL via LoTW or direct to home call. [TNX The
Daily DX]
UA - A team of five (R6LGT, R6MG, RX3F, RZ3K, RZ5D and UA3EDQ) will be
active as RI0Z from Beringa, one of the Komandorskiye Islands
(AS-039), on 5-13 July. A side trip to Mednyy Island is also being
planned. Bookmark for more information and
updates.
V4 - Look for Bryan, V4/N8WD and Tom, V4/K4ZGB to be active with the
"Buddies in the Caribbean Veterans DXpedition" to St. Kitts
(NA-104) on 14-20 February. QSL via home calls; V4/N8WD will also
upload his log to LoTW and eQSL. [TNX DX World]
YB - YB9HKM, YB9IUS, YB9JIN and YB9KA will operate special event station
YB9K from Lombok Island (OC-150) on 16-19 February for the annual
Bau Nyale Festival. Expect activity on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres
SSB. QSL via HA3JB (direct); Indonesian amateurs can QSL to ORARI
Daerah Nusa Tenggara Barat.
ZC4 - Bob, 5B4AGN (G3ZEM) and Steve, G3VMW are active as ZC4A from the UK
Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus for the next coming days. While
waiting for the licence to be issued, Bob operated as ZC4ZM between
14.25 UTC on 2 February until 09.28 UTC on the 3rd. QSL both calls
via M0URX's OQRS () and LoTW, logsearch also
available on Club Log. Traditional cards should be sent direct only
to Tim Beaumont, P.O. Box 17, Kenilworth, CV8 1SF, United Kingdom.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

CLUB LOG & IOTA ---> "I have made Club Log's first IOTA feature live",
Michael G7VJR announced on 27 January. "The Call Tester is now capable of
identifying IOTA islands (groups and island names), with time frames, maps
of the locations and comments added by the RSGB IOTA team to help with any
ambiguities". Please note that "none of the research for these IOTA
definitions originated in Club Log", and that "the only way an IOTA
definition will be added is when the IOTA Validation Team choose to do
that".

CLUB LOG'S MOST WANTED LIST ---> The latest Most Wanted List, generated on
31 January, is available at . The
information is derived from QSOs uploaded to Club Log (currently 407
million log entries available for analysis) and, to improve quality, only
QSOs that have QSLs confirmed are considered to be worked. The most wanted
charts are rebuilt once per month, on average.

E51PT ---> After being QRT since 1984, Pia Taraeka ("Papa Pia"), E51PT is
back on the air from Manihiki (OC-014), North Cook Islands "thanks to the
generosity of members of the Western Washington DX Club". He can operate CW
and SSB on 80-10 metres "running 100 watts into an all band dipole". QSL via
N7BX, direct only (no LoTW). [TNX The Daily DX]

INDEXA NEWSLETTER ---> The Winter 2017 edition of the International DX
Association's Newsletter (INDEXA) is now available for download at
. This issue contains the story of CY9C (St.
Paul Island 2016). [TNX K8YC]

IOTA DINNER ---> The 22nd Annual Islands On The Air (IOTA) Dinner will be
held on 21 April at the Visalia Conference Center in conjunction with the
68th International DX Convention. As the IOTA Dinner is not included in the
main Convention registration, there will be a separate registration and fee
for it. See or contact Will,
WC6DX (wc6dx[@]sbcglobal.net) for information. [TNX WC6DX]

V63DX ---> Sho, JA7HMZ has cancelled his 17-24 February [425DXN 1341]
operation from Pohnpei, Micronesia. He was expected to be QRV as V63DX and
V6A during the ARRL DX CW Contest. [TNX NG3K]

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3B8CW NI5DX EP2C EA5GL SN0WFF SP5C
3B8HC NI5DX EP4HR I2MQP SU1SK SM5AQD
3B8IK N4GNR FG4KH F1DUZ SU9JG EA5GL
3V8CB LX1NO FR4NT F4DXW SV9BAI SV9AHZ
3V8ST LX1NO GB1LBC M6ENP T32TV KE5EE
3W1T RW6HS GB5LBC G4USW TC4LOVE TA3X
4J3J RW6HS H2017PFO 5B4AIE TC5OCK TA5FA
4K6AG RW6HS H44MS DL2GAC TL8TT I2YSB
4K6N RW6HS HC1MD K8LJG TM14AAW F8DVD
4L1MA ON4RU HH2/N3BNA KA2AEV TM1A F6KOP
4L2M EA7FTR HI1UD W2CCW TM2D F5KHP
4V1TL W3HNK HK1R K6IPM TM5G F8TRL
4X0B 4X6ZM IK2SGL/OA8 IK2AQZ TM5OTT F4SGU
5R8AL G3SWH J68DH VA3EGG TM6M F4DXW
5R8IC F6ICX J73BEE K2BEE TM8CIL F4ARJ
5R8XB ON8XB J79USA N4USA TO7D F6ITD
6W1SU M0URX J79XBI SM5DJZ TR8CA F6CBC
7V7V UA4WHX JG8NQJ/JD1 JA8CJY [d] TT8FC EA3GWK
7X5NZ EA7FTR JG8NQJ/JD1 JG8NQJ [b] TU5MH DJ5BWD
7Z1JA KE5JA JW2US LA2US UN7FW UA9AB
8P5A NN1N JY9FC E73Y UP28UA DL8KAC
8P9PR W7PR KH2L W3HNK UP28UAS DL8KAC
9G1SD AB0GC KP2M NZ4DX UP28UBA DL8KAC
9H3KZ G2BKZ LX7I LX2A UP28UCL DL8KAC
9M4LI 9W2NDQ LZ235SIR LZ1KCP UP28UCS DL8KAC
A25SL N4GNR MT0IXD M0OXO UP28UFR DL8KAC
A35CS WB2CM MX0SNB M1GEO UP28UFS DL8KAC
A35NN JJ2VLY NP2J K8RF UP28UIH DL8KAC
A35W JJ2VLY NP2X K5WW UP28UNC DL8KAC
A65CZ K6EID NP4A W3HNK UP28USB DL8KAC
A65DC IZ8CLM OA0MP OA4O UP28USJ DL8KAC
B1Z EA7FTR OD5PY KU9C UP28USS DL8KAC
C6AGU HA7RY OH0R OH2PM UP28UST DL8KAC
CI1AAA KC1CWF OH0Z W0MM V31AE EB7DX
CM7OA W3HNK OY1OF M0URX VE100VIMY/VE4 N7RO
CN2AA UA2FM OZ100DVI OZ1IVA VE100VIMY/VE5 N7RO
CN2CO UA2FM P33W UA3DX VK5CE/3 VK5CE
CN8ZG EA7FTR P4/N3DXX AA7V VK8AV R9XC
CO2JD AD4Z P40AA DL4MM VK8NSB M0URX
CO6LC IZ1GDB P40XX AA7V VQ9HF W3HF
CO8LY EA7ADH PE65TER PC7T VY0ERC M0OXO
CP4BT DJ2BW PG400TH PA3ETC VY2ZM EA7HBC
CS2C OK1RF PH17ANT PA0RDY XP5T OZ0J
CT7AEQ LZ1WR PJ2ND K8ND XT2AGI M0OXO
DF0WRTC DJ9MH PJ2T W3HNK YC3VI YB3MM
DP1POL DL1ZBO PR2GU PY2DS YE0C YB0OKR
DU1DL DK2DJ PZ5W N0AT YE1K EA5GL
DU7DRU JG1GWL R1336FO R2FBO YJ0FM JI2UAY
E51DWC OK1DWC R1547M RK3AW Z34LOVE Z37RSM
E51PT N7BX R680FBO R2FBO Z60A OH2BH
EA9EU EA5KB R75PWO RV3YR ZC4A M0URX
EA9KB EA7FTR R870M RK3AW ZC4ZM M0URX
EF6T EA3AIR RI1AND RW1AI ZF2BJ K0BJ
EI0R EI6FR S01WS EA2JG ZF9CW K5GO

7W0A Ben Lagha, 18 rue Louis Aragon, 26200 Montelimar, France
9W2NDQ Nazari Samsudin, 35A Jalan Halaman 3, Taman Halaman, 68000 Ampang,
Selangor, Malaysia
CN2JF Jean-Pierre Francois, 5 Lieu dit Les Treilleys, 33240 Verac,
France
DJ5BWD Brigitte Weis-Dittko, Ammerbaumweg 44, 44357 Dortmund, Germany
DL8KAC Vlad Engel, Dorfstrasse 11A, 51766 Engelskirchen, Germany
EA5GL Pedro Miguel Ronda Monsell, C/ Maximiliano Thous 16-24,
46009 Valencia, Spain
FY5KE Jacques Mazzoni, 678 route de l'Egalite, 74290 Talloires Montmin,
France
GB2OL Ed Holt, Ashwell, St. Ola, Kirkwall, KW15 1SX, United Kingdom
I2YSB Silvano Borsa, Viale Capettini 1, 27036 Mortara PV, Italy
JA8CJY Susumu Sanada, 5-17 Shinei 5-Jo 4-Chome, Kiyota-ku, Sapporo-shi,
Hokkaido, 004-0835, Japan
JJ2VLY Mihoko Sakurai, P.O. Box 1, Suyama, Susono-shi, Shizuoka-ken,
410-1299, Japan
K8LJG John Kroll, 3528 Craig Drive, Flint MI 48506, USA
N4USA FAIRS, P.O. Box 179, Floyd VA 24091, USA
N7BX Melanie R. Bishop, 881 414 White Birch Lane, Williston VT 05495,
USA
PY2DS Murilo Rogerio Rodrigues, Caixa Postal 487, Itu - SP, 13300-970,
Brazil
R2FBO Dmitry A. Ivanov, ul. Lipovskaya d. 7, pos. Lipovka,
Chernyakhovsky r-n, Kaliningradskaya obl., 238151, Russia
S21SM Syed Ibrahim Khandker, Taitoniekantie 9 E 311, FI-40740 Jyvaskyla,
Finland
VB7150 Barry Johnson, 272 Newdale Court, North Vancouver, BC V7N 3H1,
Canada
VK5CE Craig Edwards, PO Box 2160, Goolwa SA 5214, Australia
W2CCW Charles C. Weber Jr, 240 Montclair Rd South, Barnegat NJ 08005,
USA
W3HF Stephen Melachrinos, 2020 Allison Circle, Collegeville PA 19426,
USA
YB9/F5LIT Emmanuel Gidon, 2 Chemin des Longs Champs, 50480 Blosville, France
ZT1T Tom Morgan, 58 Piet Retief Street, Robertson, 6705, South Africa

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