14 April 2018 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1406
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
4X - Special station 4X0BG will be active on 20-21 April, Holyland
Contest included (http://www.iarc.org/iarc/#HolylandContest). This
activity is in remembrance of David Ben-Gurion, the primary
national founder of the State of Israel and its first Prime
Minister. All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau.
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
9A - Once again Jan, PA4JJ will be active holiday style as 9A/PA4JJ
from mainland Croatia between 27 April and 8 June. Expect him to
operate mainly FT8 on 40-10 metres. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS
or via home call. [TNX PA4JJ]
9N - Sergei, R4WAA will be active as 9N7WA from Nepal on 20-27 April. He
will operate CW and digital modes on the HF bands. QSL via home
call. [TNX DX World]
9X - The next operation of Silvano, I2YSB and the Italian DXpedition
Team is planned to take place from Rwanda between late September
and early October. Further information is expected in due course.
For the time being, you can take the band/mode survey available on
http://www.i2ysb.com/idt/. [TNX IK7JWY]
CN - A large team of Moroccan operators will be active as 5C5AF from
Mogador Island (AF-065) on 17-22 April. QSL via operators'
instructions. [TNX F6AJA]
CO - Cuban multi-operator station T43A will be active on 27-29 April.
They will operate SSB, CW and FT8 on 40-10 metres. QSL via LoTW or
direct to RW6HS.
J8 - Brian, GW4DVB will be active again as J88PI from Palm Island
(NA-025) on 21-29 April. QSL via home call, direct only (PayPal
information on http://www.g4dvb.co.uk). He will operate mainly SSB
on 40-6 metres. [TNX DX World]
JA - Kenji, JA4GXS will be active as JA4GXS/5 from Naka Island (AS-200)
on 22-23 April. He will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on 40-17 metres.
QSL via home call. [TNX DX World]
JA - Look for Tak, JR1LZK/6 and Mitsu, JE1HXZ/6 to be active from Kita
Daito Island (AS-047) from 27 April to 7 May. They will operate CW,
SSB, RTTY and FT8 on 80-6 metres. QSL via home calls (direct or
bureau), Club Log and LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
KH1 - Neil King, VA7DX has joined the KH1/KH7Z Baker Island DXpedition
team, which now includes 15 operators (9V1YC, AA7A, AA7JV, HA7RY,
JN1THL, KN4EEI, K6MM, K6TD, N1DG, N4HU, N6HC, N6MZ, ND2T, VA7DX and
WJ2O). "As with any DXpedition to the really rare ones", and KH1 is
the 6th Most Wanted DXCC Entity, "this will be another large budget
operation. The operator team will contribute over 50% of the
expected budget of $400,000. You can help make this DXpedition
happen by visiting our website (http://www.baker2018.net), and
contributing today. With two months to go before we board our ship
in American Samoa, we thank you in advance for your support". Plans
are for KH1/KH7Z to be QRV from 26 June through 7 or 8 July,
depending on weather and seas, and to "to bring the KH1 Entity to
as many operators, and countries as we can".
OJ0 - Pasi, OH3WS will be active again as OJ0W from Market Reef (EU-053)
from 27 April to 4 May. In his spare time he will operate CW and
some SSB. QSL via OH3WS, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K]
T2 - 17-24 April are the new tentative dates for T2AR's activity from
Tuvalu (OC-015) [425DXN 1405]. In his spare time Tony will operate
SSB, CW, RTTY, JT65 and FT8 on 160-6 metres. QSL direct to 3D2AG;
PayPal instructions on https://www.qrz.com/db/3d2ag. He does not
use LoTW or Club Log.
V4 - Alex, W1CDC will be active holiday style as V47CDC from St. Kitts
(NA-104) from 23 April to 5 May. He will operate CW only on 80-10
metres. QSL via W1CDC. He does not use Club Log or LoTW. [TNX The
Daily DX]
VK0/M - Norbert, VK0AI (home call VK5MQ) arrived at Macquarie Island
(AN-005) on 12 March, and will remain there for one year [425DXN
1402]. He is now "working towards getting a station on air in the
near future under a number of operating restrictions". [TNX The
Daily DX]
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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3B7A ---> The 3B7A team has been QRV since 6 April. They are likely to
"partially dismount the antennas" on 15 April; six operators will leave the
island on 16 April, while two operators will remain one more day "with a
minimum setup". See https://clublog.org/charts/?c=3B7A for logsearch and
statistics.
CQMM DX CONTEST ---> The CQ MM DX Contest, organized by the Juiz de Fora CW
Group (http://www.cwjf.com.br/), will be held on 21-22 April. It will run
from 12 UTC on Saturday through 23.59 on Sunday, on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10
metres CW. Complete details can be found at http://www.cqmmdx.com. [TNX
PY4WAS]
IOTA HONOUR ROLL ---> The 2018 Honour Roll and Annual Listings have been
posted on the IOTA website https://iota-world.org/: click on PERFORMANCE
LISTINGS in the dropdown menu under PROGRAMME INFORMATION. "Together the two
main listings show growth of 4.6% over the same listings in 2017. 221
record-holders have scores of 1000 or more IOTA groups, an increase of 6.8%,
and 562 have scores of at least 750 groups, the number required for the IOTA
Plaque. Scores at the top continue to close with 37 record-holders breaking
through the 1100 mark and 17 of them within 10 of the top score.
Congratulations to joint l eaders 9A2AA and I2YDX on 1119 groups out of a
possible 1124 and indeed to all who have joined the IOTA family or updated
in the last year". [TNX G3KMA]
+ SILENT KEY + Emily Thiel, P43E passed away on 12 April after suffering a
stroke. She was only 49. A DXer and a contester, she was a board member of
the Aruba Amateur Radio Club, and ran the P4 QSL Bureau for many years. [TNX
The Daily DX]
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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3B7A F5CWU CP4MG EA5KB OD5YA IZ8CLM
3B9FR M0OXO CP6CL W3HNK OM777CS OM0CS
3D2TS FK1TS CT8/DD5DD OK8ZZ OP18HC ON6HC
3Z0X SP5MXZ D44CH CT1EKU PF2018SLO PA0MBD
3Z25RE SP5DZC D4IA CT1IUA PF38T PA7HPH
4J100A 4J5A DP0GVN DL5EBE PJ4DX M0URX
4J100RO 4K4K EI0NMMI EI6AL PY2ZEA OH2MM
4K100K 4K4K EM30N UR4NWW R108M RK3LC
4K100W DL6KVA EM915Q UR6QS R12APR R3LO
4K28MAY 4K4K FG8OJ F4AVX R1961GP R4CR
4L8A K1BV G3RAF G8FC R1LK RV1AQ
4O4A LX1NO GB0BB G1TDN R20ARRS RT1O
4O7TC UA3TCJ GB0WY M0JWS RG61PP RZ3LC
4S7KCG JH3KCW GB100RAF G8FC RI1ANO RN1ON
4S7UJG JA3UJR GB106TBC MI0MOD RI1FJ UA2FM
4U0WFP S57DX GB1RAF G4DQP RJ1O RZ1O
4U1A UA3DX GB2GM G3UCQ SU9JG EA5GL
4U1GSC 9A2AA GM8RAF G8FC SV5/SM8C SM0CMH
5Q0PI OZ6PI H44MS DL2GAC TM68REF F6KDL
5R8AL G3SWH HB0/PA2HGJ PE1FLO UE12APR R3LO
5T2AI NI5DX HB0/PA3CNO PE1FLO UE57G R3LD
5W20SAMOA EA5GL HB9GOLD HB9OCR V44KAI W5TFW
9A22RBM 9A4J HP1XT KU9C VA7XW/VE2 VE7ACN
9A61AA 9A2AA HR5/F2JD F6AJA VD1BOOM VO1IDX
9A8GHJ/P OE7GHJ HZ1BL IZ8CLM VE7ACN/VE2 VE7ACN
9A8NXC IK3GES II2RR IK2VUC VI4GAMES VK4WIG
9H3AB SP4R II4MAR IQ4FE VK5MAV/9 RN3RQ
9H3JD DL7VFM KH2L W3HNK VP8RAF/100 G8FC
9H3ME DO7DOC LY18SP SP1EG XV9JM F6ITD
A5A JH1AJT LZ140LO LZ1ZF YR57GC YO8AXP
AH0I/AH2 JF1IRW LZ362ME LZ1KCP YT100SF YU1SRS
AP2NK W3HNK LZ73ZZ LZ1ZF Z68BG HB9TSW
C31CA EA1PO MD4K G3NKC ZB2RAF G8FC
C31CT EA3QS OD5PY KU9C ZD8KFC N4GNR
CN8YR EA7FTR OD5VB EA5GL ZF2EV K3HTK
4L7AA Michele Pace, Via De Cuneo 54, 76125 Trani BT, Italy
9M4DXX Tex Izumo, 827 Nakanojou, Ueda-shi, Nagano-ken, 386-0034, Japan
C5WP Pedro M.J. Wyns, Moutstraat 7, 2220 Hallaar, Belgium
F5CWU Flo Moudar, 26 rue Fleurie, 37330 Souvigne, France
FR/F4HQZ Stephane Van Langhenhoven, 24 bis rue de Anter Hent,
29830 Ploudalmezeau, France
G8FC RAF Amateur Radio Society, Royal Air Force Cosford, Wolverhampton,
WV7 3EX, United Kingdom
GB5TAM David Wishart, Curcum, Swannay, Orkney, KW17 2NS, United Kingdom
IR0IT Italo Martella, Via di Tor Pignattara 20, 00177 Roma RM, Italy
IR0UN Italo Martella, Via di Tor Pignattara 20, 00177 Roma RM, Italy
JH1AJT Y. Zorro Miyazawa, P.O. Box 8, Oiso-machi, Naka-Gun, Kanagawa-ken,
259-0111, Japan
UA2FM Victor N. Loginov, P.O. Box 1122, Kaliningrad, 236019, Russia
VE7ACN Mikhail Zavarukhin, 7581 Mark Crescent, Burnaby, BC V5A 1Z2, Canada
VO1IDX Christopher Hillier, 29 Round Pond Rd, Portugal Cove-St Philips,
NL A1M 2Z4, Canada
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