3 June 2023 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1674
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
8Q - Kasimir, DL2SBY will be active again as 8Q7KB from the Maldives
(AS-013) on 13-21 June. This time he will operate "more CW and SSB"
with a focus on 12, 10 and 6 metres. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS,
or direct to home call. He no longer uses the bureau.
F - Michel, F8GGZ will be active as TM400BP on 14-21 June. The special
callsign memorializes the 400th anniversary since the birth of
Blaise Pascal, the French mathematician, physicist, inventor,
philosopher and writer (19 June 1623). QSL via home call.
HA - Special callsign HG23TISZA (QSL via HA7VK and LoTW) will be used
again during this year's Tisza Cup, the International CW Contest to
be held on 3 June (from 02.00 UTC to 14.59 UTC). Complete informa-
tion can be found on https://www.tiszacup.eu/.
I - ARI Perugia will operate two stations during their Open Day from
Pian di Massiano (JN63ec). Look for II0PEG to be active via the QO-
100 satellite (SSB and CW) on 4 June (7-15 UTC), and IQ0PG/p to
participate in the IARU Region 1 Field Day CW (3-4 June).
I - Launched in 1904, the "Elettra" was a two-masted steam yacht that
Guglielmo Marconi used as a floating laboratory for many
experiments. Part of her keel stands in the grounds of Villa
Griffone, at Pontecchio near Bologna, from where ARI Fidenza will
be active as IY4FGM on 10-11 June.
JD1/M - Teru, JE7IZM will be on Minami Torishima (OC-073) on 8-9 June. He
expects to be QRV on 17 and 15 metres as JE7IZM/JD1 in his spare
time. QSL via the bureau to home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
JY - JY7RW is the special callsign for members of the Royal Jordanian
Radio Amateurs Society (JY6ZZ) to celebrate the wedding of Hussein
bin Abdullah, Crown Prince of Jordan, and Ms. Rajwa Al Saif on 1-4
June.
LX - Amateur radio operators from France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands
and Germany have hold a meeting in Luxembourg since 1969. Look for
special event call LX8SAR to be aired during this year's event,
which will take place on 16-18 June at Weicherdange. All QSOs will
be confirmed via the bureau.
PY - Look for Ren, PY8WW to be active as PX8B from Ilha de Bailique (SA-
045) on 21-25 June. He plans to be QRV on 80-6 metres. QSL via home
call.
SM - Lars, SM6CUK will be active holiday style as SA6G/7 from Ven Island
(EU-137) on 5-11 June. He will operate mainly CW on 40-10 metres.
QSL via SM6CUK and LoTW; logsearch on Club Log. [TNX The Daily DX]
YJ - Chris, VK2YUS will be active again as YJ0CA from Efate (OC-035),
Vanuatu on 17-28 June. He will operate SSB on 40-10 metres. QSL
direct to home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZC4 - ZC4RH has been QRV again from Dhekelia (KM64vx), UK Sovereign Base
Areas on Cyprus, since 1 June. He will remain there until 8 June,
with activity on the HF bands (maybe also 6m) CW, SSB, FT4 and FT8.
QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or DK6SP. [TNX The Daily DX]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The May 2023 issue is available for download at
https://www.425dxn.org/. [TNX IZ3EBA]
CQ DX MARATHON ---> The CQ DX Marathon is a year-long DX hunt, with
participants competing to see who can work the greatest number of countries
("entities") and CQ zones during the calendar year. Complete results of the
2022 edition are on https://dxmarathon.com/results/2022/.
EZ/DL7ZM ---> David, DL7ZM (OE6NZM) was active as EZ/DL7ZM from Turkmenistan
on 29-31 May, and expected to remain there until 3 June. This was neither a
DXpedition nor a holiday style operation, but a "a trip to establish a uni-
versity cooperation and to perform some very limited radio propagation
study" similar to his June 2022 activity from Socotra Island (Yemen). He
operated CW on 10 metres, and did not expect to make "more than a few hun-
dred QSOs".
MM0UKI ---> Nobby, G0VJG and Emil, DL8JJ were active with two stations from
Rockall Island (EU-189) from around 00.00 UTC on 31 May until around 05.45
UTC on 2 June. According to first-hand information published by "The
Guardian" (https://www.theguardian.com/uk/scotland) on 31 May, the "ascent
up the sheer-sided granite rock was much more hazardous than expected be-
cause the waves were far bigger than anticipated". When Emil, who is an
expert mountaineer, tried to land on the rock to fix the lines needed for
the others to follow, "the swell was so great that he was twice washed into
the sea before he was able to clamber on at the third attempt". QSL via
M0OXO's OQRS (https://www.m0oxo.com/oqrs/); please note that Charles is away
from home until 27 June.
T31TT --- > The Rebel DX Group has been active from Kanton Island since
around 03:30 UTC on 31 May. According to Club Log's latest statistics (see
https://clublog.org/charts/?c=T31TT#r), as of 2 June at 02.32 UTC they had
made 21972 QSOs with 5293 unique callsigns. Main activity is taking place on
FT8 (19650 QSOs). They plan to be QRV for 10-12 days. QSL via Club Log's
OQRS.
+ SILENT KEY + Charles H. "Chip" Margelli, K7JA passed away on 26 May. He
was diagnosed with cancer in March. First licenced in 1963, during his ca-
reer with Yaesu Musen Co. Ltd. (1977-2006) he helped provide equipment for
countless DXpeditions. He also worked for Heil Sound, CQ Publishing, Force
12/InnovAntennas America and Ham Radio Outlet. K7JA was active in DXing and
especially in contests and goodwill activities for over sixty years.
In 1984, the Chinese Radio Sport Association invited Chip and his wife Janet
(KL7MF) to operate from BY1PK and help train new local operators during the
early phases of the rebirth of amateur radio in China. In 1989, he was the
American representative in the first-ever Finnish-Soviet-American DXpedition
to Malyj Vysotskij Island (4J1FS), and in 1991 he joined team ZA1A, whose
activity reintroduced amateur radio in Albania. He was also a member of the
joint Cuba-USA operations in 1994 (CO0FRC) and 2003 (CO0US). In 1990 Chip
and Mike Wetzel (W9RE) won the silver medal at the first-ever World Radio-
sport Team Championship, held in conjunction with the Goodwill Games in
Seattle.
A member of the First Class CW Operators' Club (FOC) and a recipient of the
E.T. Krenkel Medal conferred "for the outstanding world contribution to the
development of radio amateurs", in May 2008 Chip was inducted into the CQ
Amateur Radio Hall of Fame.
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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4A7A XE2T HC5EG EA5GL PZ5JW EA5GL
4L5O N3SL HF60WLA SP2YWL R105MPW R2AB
4L8A M0OXO HG23TISZA HA7VK R105RPW RN3RQ
4U29MAY 9A2AA HG7T HA7TM R118MS RQ7L
4X6TT N4GNR IB8A I8QLS R1LK RV1AQ
5P9Z/P DL7UZO IB9A IZ2WFL RI41POL RN3RQ
5Q5W DL2SWW IF9/OP8L ON8WTF RT95KG RN3RQ
5X1S OZ2HC IF9A IT9ATF RT95MS RN3RQ
6W1QL LoTW II2CC IZ2FED RT95NS RN3RQ
7Q7CT EA7FTR II4SSM IQ4FE S515SOTA S58R
7X2RF EA7FTR II8K IZ8EPX SD1A SM1TDE
7Z1AL EC6DX J8DL DK2PZ SD7V/6 DL2VFR
7Z1CQ EC6DX JW5E OH6VDA SE5E SM5AJV
7Z1OO EC6DX KL7RA N4GNR SN50GUC SP2GUC
8Q7VJ HB9VCJ KP2B EB7DX SN7Q SP7GIQ
9A30T 9A2EU KP2M NZ4DX SO25UM SQ9UM
9G5AF EA5GL LN8W LA6YEA SO4M SP4MPG
A91GCC EC6DX LT6M EC6DX SV0SYH OK1CDJ
AO175FBM EA5RKB LZ5R LZ1JZ SV0XAF HB9EBC
AO5U EA5U LZ75VAA LZ1ZF T41DX RW6HS
AP2FLY IK2DUW MD2C MD0CCE TF/PD9DX M0URX
C4W 5B4WN MJ0X M0RTI TI7W M0URX
CB3R XQ3SK MM0PLX/p SP7DPJ TM01CNR F5JBR
CE0Y/EA5KA EA7HBC MM0UKI M0OXO TM19CNR F6CQU
CE3CT EA5KB MR5W M0HMJ TM1SIX F6ITD
CN3A IK2OHG MS0INT EB7DX TM24H F6KFI
CO2XN EB7DX NP2X KU9C TM50CRP F6HRP
CR3DX OM2VL OG3B OH3RB TM5JSK F4HZR
CS2CM CT2ISX OG73X OH8L TM74PA F4JEJ
CW3A EA5GL OJ0/LA1UW EA5GL TM7A LoTW
D2EB IZ3ETU OJ0/LA3WAA EA5GL TY5AB EC6DX
DA0BCC DL2JRM OJ0/LB0VG EA5GL UE38MS RQ7L
DB23SOWG DL2VFR OJ0/LB5SH EA5GL UP0L DL8KAC
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E7MILMIL E74BYZ OL100RADIO OK1MP VC7G VE7JH
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ED8M EA8DIG OL23RADIO OK1MP VP2EAR KE1B
EF0F EA4URE OL23RJ OK1MP VP2MKP K5PI
EF1A EA1X OL7T OK2BXU WP3X M0OXO
EF5K EA5DF OM0R OM3GI XR3W XQ4CW
EF8R EB7DX OM7M OM4MM XV9K DJ6TF
EG2DMA EA2EWF OR75Y15W ON6KL YB9/PB5X PA1AW
EG3PTM EA3RCI OV9M DF9TM YR9F YO9FNP
EG5LTO EA5ITJ P49Y AE6Y Z38EE OZ2I
EG7MFA EA7RCM PA30JOOP PC2Y Z68XX DL2JRM
EG8CID EA8URL PB23AMF PA0RSM Z81D OM3JW
EH1LOW EA1KC PD50VOP PD0ARI ZF1A K7ZO
EH1OLA EA1UVR PJ2T W3HNK ZF1EJ K6AM
ET3AA N2OO PJ4MM M0URX ZF2NX K6BFL
EX0DX HB9DUR PJ4RF EA5GL ZX2E PY2ZEA
8P9CB Chris Billings, P.O. Box 1383, Shady Cove OR 97539, USA
9H6A Paul Galea, 66 Triq Guze Ellul Mercer, Had-Dingli, DGL 1118, Malta
9M4KI Reuben Chirng, D-28-09, Laman Glasier, Country Garden,
Taman Damansara Aliff, 81200 Johor Bharu, Johor, Malaysia
C6AWA Sergei Shepelin, 145 NW 209th Ln., Pembroke Pines FL 33029, USA
CR6K Filipe Monteiro Lopes, Rua Manuel Jose da Silva 184, Espinheira,
3720-537 Sao Martinho da Gandara, Portugal
CV5EP Lupo Bano Negreira, Casilla de Correos 950, 11000 Montevideo,
Uruguay
CW5W Jorge Diez Furest, Remigio Castellanos 625, 37000 - Melo,
Cerro Largo, Uruguay
E7DX Boris Knezovic, P.O. Box 59, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
ED1R Jesus Maria Gimare Marquez, C/ Jacinto del Barrio 2,
05358 Papatrigo (Avila), Spain
EI7M John Barry, Lackabeha, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork, Ireland
FR4KR Francois Barbier, 5 bis La Marrerie, 50500 St Andre de Bohon,
France
GB80DAM Lincoln Short Wave Club, The Shack, Village Hall Lane, Aisthorpe,
LN1 2SG, United Kingdom
HB0A AFVL Contest Team, P.O. Box 222, 9495 Triesen, Liechtenstein
HC1M Julio Volpe O'Neil, Partida de Les Salades, Poligono 1, Casa 45,
03295 Elx (Alicante), Spain
HC3RJ Julio Volpe O'Neil, Partida de Les Salades, Poligono 1, Casa 45,
03295 Elx (Alicante), Spain
HG6N Salgotarjani Varosi Radioklub, Salgotarjan, Meredek ut 6 II/1,
3100, Hungary
II1ITR Oscar Barberi, Via Arquello 6, 28053 Castelletto Sopra Ticino NO,
Italy
II9P Vincenzo Bongiovanni, Via Asia 19/A, 97100 Ragusa RG, Italy
K4D Bruce D. Brady, 208 Mount Tabor Rd, Hot Springs National Park
AR 71913, USA
KH8W Oliver Sweningsen, PO Box 90, Orinda CA 94563, USA
LU1ZV Horacio Enrique Ledo, Manzanares 4586, Piso 2 Dpto. 4, C1430AFH,
Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
LU4ZS Horacio Enrique Ledo, Manzanares 4586, Piso 2 Dpto. 4, C1430AFH,
Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
LZ73TRC Atanas Petrov Kolev, P.O. Box 49, 6100 Kazanlak, Bulgaria
M0OXO Charles Wilmott, 60 Church Hill, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4NG,
United Kingdom
MX3W Nick Totterdell, Moscar Cross House, Hollow Meadows, Sheffield
S6 6GL, United Kingdom
NH7T John Hillyer, 37859 Messer St, Soldotna AK 99669, USA
OH0V Jukka Klemola, Aarontie 5, FI-31400 Somero, Finland
P3C Valdas Bieliauskas, P.O. Box 58253, CY-3732 Limassol, Cyprus
P40W Carol Richards, 22 Mill Rd, Shamong NJ 08088, USA
SZ1A R.A.A.W.G., Kokkinologos Sargiadas, 301 50 Agrinio, Greece
TM6M Stephane Van Langhenhoven, 24 bis rue de Anter Hent,
29830 Ploudalmezeau, France
TZ4AM Gregory J. Carter, 808 Paris Mountain Road, Rockmart GA 30153, USA
V26BP Bill Priakos, 10 Free Ferry Heights, Fort Smith AR 72903, USA
V26MJ Madison R. Jones, 2030 Nelson Ranch Loop, Cedar Park TX 78613, USA
V26OC Brian Mcginness, 1001 Hawlings Road, Brookeville MD 20833, USA
V26RC Bob Allphin, 4235 Blackland Dr, Marietta GA 30067, USA
V47JA John Abbruscato, 22199 Pine Tree Ln, Hockley TX 77447, USA
VC2W Victor Androsov, 1185 Rue de Blois, Boucherville, QC J4B 7Z5,
Canada
VC3EMS David Lambert, PO Box 595733, Fort Gratiot MI 48059-5733, USA
VP2MDM George W. Briggs, 3027 Alva Terrace, The Villages FL 32163, USA
VP2MMJ Madison R. Jones, 2030 Nelson Ranch Loop, Cedar Park TX 78613, USA
VP2MSJ Bill Priakos, 10 Free Ferry Heights, Fort Smith AR 72903, USA
VP2MUE Bob Allphin, 4235 Blackland Dr, Marietta GA 30067, USA
VP5M James F. Jordan, 11013 Farmwood Dr, Raleigh NC 27613, USA
XE2I Jose Felix Nunez Enciso, Revolucion de 1910 No. 3080,
Col. Pueblo Nuevo, 23060 La Paz BCS, Mexico
XV9DL Charles Gerarden, 428 Sunset Drive, Worland WY 82401, USA
YB0ECT Steve Busono, 3 Margaret Drive, Somerset, NJ 08873, USA
ZV2HAM Carlos Wagner, Rua Jose Manoel Lorenzo Leiro 659, Itanhaem - SP,
11740-000, Brazil
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