5 December 2020 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1544
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
Owing to the ongoing and fluid nature of the COVID-19 situation globally,
announced activities might be postponed or cancelled at any time and
without notice.
3D2/R - Tony, 3D2AG will be active again as 3D2AG/p from Rotuma Island (OC-
060). Departure is scheduled for 12 December, and return sometime
mid-January 2021. The primary purpose of this trip is to set up the
tombstone memorial for his son Rehanisi (2009-2020), who lost his
life during Tony's latest visit in January. QSLling instructions
can be found on https://www.qrz.com/db/3D2AG/P.
6W - The annual 6V1A expedition to the island of Goree (AF-045) will be
conducted on 18-20 December. Activity will be on various bands SSB
and CW. QSL via LoTW, or PayPal 6v1a.aras[@]gmail.com for a direct
card. [TNX The Daily DX]
EA - In celebration of the 40th anniversary since its foundation, URE
San Fernando will be active as EG40URF on 5-6 and 12-13 December.
QSL via EA7URF.
F - TM110P is a special callsign for Les Emetteurs Biterrois (F6KEH) to
pay a tribute to Louis Paulhan (1883-1963) between 28 November and
12 December. Paulhan was a pioneering French aviator, known for
winning the first Daily Mail aviation prize for the first flight
between London and Manchester in 1910. QSL via the bureau to F6KEH.
JA - Kenji, JA4GXS will be active as JA4GXS/4 from Kasado Island
(AS-117) on 5 December, between 7 and 22 UTC. He will operate CW,
SSB and FT8 on 40-15 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX DX World]
OA - OA90O is the special callsign for the Radio Club Peruano (OA4O) to
celebrate its 90th anniversary until 31 December. Peru's IARU
member society, RCP was founded on 6 December 1930. QSL via OA4O.
SV - SX2500S is a special callsign commemorating the 2500th anniversary
of the naval Battle of Salamis, fought in 480 BC between an al-
liance of Greek city-states under Themistocles, and the Persian
Empire under Xerxes the Great. Look for activity to take place on
all bands and modes on 1-31 December. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's
OQRS, or via the bureau. Certificates will be available for down-
load (https://xromio.gr/SX2500S/) for contacts made on at least
three different bands.
SV - Special callsign SX40ARES will be active on 5-20 December to cele-
brate the 40th anniversary of the Hellenic Amateur Radio Emergency
Service (ARES). QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, eQSL, or via the
bureau.
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
Access to the main functions of www.425dxn.org is provided by the 425DXN App
for Android. It is available on Google Play - free of charge, no ads. Enjoy!
425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The November 2020 issue is now available for down-
load at http://www.425dxn.org/index.php. [TNX IZ3EBA]
RI0Q 2021 ---> The Artic Legends Expedition 2021 [425DXN 1534] is set to
start on 10 March from Talnakh (Norilsk). The trip to Bol'shoy Begichev
Island (AS-152) will depend on weather, as the team will be using snowmo-
biles. Indicatively, RI0Q is expected to be QRV no sooner than 17 March.
[TNX UA1QV]
+ SILENT KEY + Marcello Cassinelli, IK2DIA passed away unexpectedly on 1
December. Between 2001 and February 2020 he teamed up with Silvano, I2YSB &
Friends and operated from Niger (5U2K and 5U4R), Marquesas (TX4PG), Samoa
(5W0SB), Tokelau (ZK3SB), Somalia (6O0CW and 6O0N), Djbouti (J20MM/J20RR),
Sierra Leone (9L1X), Ghana (9G5TT/9G5XX), Togo (5V7TT), Liberia (5M2TT and
A82X/A82Z), Ivory Coast (TU2T), Chad (TT8TT), Mayotte (TO2TT), Burkina Faso
(XT2TT), Benin (TY1AA), Zambia (9J2T), Kenya (5Z0L), Democratic Republic of
the Congo (9Q0HQ), Guinea (3XY1T), Guinea Bissau (J5T), Central African
Republic (TL8TT), Cameroon (TJ2TT), Rwanda (9X0T/9X0Y), Uganda (5X3C/5X3E)
and Tanzania (5I5TT/5I4ZZ). As a member of the Italian DXpedition Team he
was inducted into the CQ DX Hall of Fame in 2019.
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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3G3O XQ3OP ED8M EA8DIG OR19MEDIC ON4ATO
3V8SS LX1NO EF1A EA1X OZ100MILL OZ1ACB
4A50CRH XE2AU EF8O DJ1OJ OZ2SPACE OZ1ACB
4K6FO DC9RI EH2EUS EA2TP OZ5E OZ1ACB
4L2M EA7FTR EI0NMMI EI6AL OZ7A OZ7AMG
4L6DL LZ1OT ES9C ES5RY P40W N2MM
4O7CC UA4CC GM5X N3SL PA75PKZ PA2PKZ
4X6FR 4X6OM HB9CA HB9FMU PJ2MAN EC5AHA
5B4AAB G8CLY HC1HC NE8Z PJ4/KU8E K4BAI
7A1A EA7FTR HC1KX EA5GL PJ4A K4BAI
7C9B DL3KZA HC1M EA5GL PQ3B PP5BZ
9A0DIG 9A3SM HC5DX W3HNK PZ5JW EA5GL
9A5X 9A5X HF8ISS SP8YAY R0FP RZ3EC
9J2BO EA5GL HG7T HA7TM R30EMER RW9QA
9J2BS EA5GL HP1KZ EA7FTR R30MCHS R4CR
9M2S 9M4COO HP2DFA EC6DX RM41MB R2DX
9N1CA EA5ZD HZ1TT A61BK S79KW N4GNR
A450MO A47RS HZ1UAE HZ1SAR SI9AM SM3FJF
A60MD EA7FTR II1DCC IK1RAE SJ0X SM6JSM
A60MD/5 A92AA II4MDY IQ4FE SN0LEWIN SP2KPD
A60MD/8 A61BK II8K IZ8EPX SN7Q SP7GIQ
A60ND EA7FTR IO4T IZ4JMA SO1SS SP3QFE
A61DD/49 A61BK IR2R 9A8MDC SP8R SP8PCF
A61DL/49 EA7FTR J42I SV2JAO TC3SAV TA3X
A61Q/ND49 EA7FTR J73HGL EA5GL TF3W TF3MH
A71EM M0OXO J8/UR5BCP KD7WPJ TI2VVV EC6DX
A91ND EC6DX JW7GIA M0OXO TK4QL EA5GL
A91UAE EC6DX KH6LC WA6WPG TM110P F6KEH
AP2TN DJ9ZB KH7M I0MWI TM1SAFE F4GPB
AU2JCB VU2DSI KH7M KH6ZM [W/VE] TM2Y F6BEE
C4XMAS IZ4AMS KH7Q AH6NF TM4W F4DXW
C6AGU HA7RY KP3DX N4AO TM63SC F8DZU
CE2SV N7RO KT3Q/2 DF8DX TM6X F5VHY
CJ3T VE3AT L50FV LU3FV UA7Q RW6HS
CN8QR RW6HS LN8W LA6YEA UN3M M0OXO
CO7HNS RW6HS LO5D LU8EOT UN9L LZ1YE
CO7MLS IK2DUW LU1ZG LU4DXU V51LZ EA5GL
CO8ZZ DK1WI LX7I LX2A V51WH DK2WH
CO9JAB IK2DUW LZ105AJ LZ1ZF VE9AA VE3IKV
CP4BT IK2DUW LZ1263AN LZ1KCP VK2IA DK2BJ
CP6CL W3HNK LZ7G LZ1NK VK6LW EA7FTR
CR3DX OM2VL LZ8E LZ2BE VO2AC VE3FU
CR3W DL5AXX MM2N MM0GPZ VP2ETE W3HNK
CT9ABV DL5AXX NP2X KU9C VP5M K4QPL
CX1VH EA7FTR NP3X EB7DX WP3C W3HNK
CX2BR EA5GL OA90O OA4O XR3W XQ4ZW
CX2DK EA5GL OA9DVK IK6BFH XV9NPS JA2NPS [b]
CX2TQ IK2DUW OE5TXF G3TXF XV9NPS JA2ODB [d]
CX4ACH IK2DUW OG1XMAS OH1NOA YB0AR EB7DX
CX4DI EA5GL OH0PM OH2PM YJ8RN NZ4DX
CX5A CX2ABC OH0R OH2PM YT5A YT1AD
D2EB IZ3ETU OH9W OH5BQ ZF5T K5GO
D2XX CT1CRS OK7O OK1DOL ZF9CW K5GO
D44PM IZ4DPV OL8M OK1DRQ ZM1M ZL1BBW
D73A EA5GL OM0R OM3GI ZP9MCE EA5ZD
DU3LA W3HNK OM7M OM3PA ZS1C W2ARP
DU3TW EA5GL OP4SPES ON6CK ZS3Y N4GNR
EA6FO EA3AIR OQ4ANGELS ON4CHT ZS6CCY K3IRV
7Q6M Don Jones, PO Box 21500, Washington DC 20009-1500, USA
7X2YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
7X3YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
8Q7NV Oliver Sweningsen, PO Box 90, Orinda CA 94563, USA
8Q7ZO Olli Rissanen, Apartado Postal 88, 35450 Santa Maria de Guia
de Gran Canaria, Spain
9A0YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
9A20YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
AP20YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
CR6K Filipe Monteiro Lopes, Rua Manuel Jose da Silva 184, Espinheira,
3720-537 Sao Martinho da Gandara, Portugal
CT9ABO Jozef Lang, Obrancov Mieru 344, 059 34 Spisska Teplica,
Slovak Republic
CW5W Jorge Diez Furest, Remigio Castellanos 474, 37000 - Melo,
Cerro Largo, Uruguay
DB0YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
E71YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
ED1R Jesus Maria Gimare Marquez, C/ Jacinto del Barrio 2,
05358 Papatrigo (Avila), Spain
ED7O Pedro L. Alvarez, Apartado Postal 306, 23700 Linares (Jaen), Spain
EF42C Alfredo Franco, Apartado Postal 60, 46900 Torrent (Valencia), Spain
EI0YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
EI7M John Barry, Lackabeha, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork, Ireland
GB20YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
GU4CHY Dick Allisette, Lilyvale House, Rue Des Houmets, Castel, Guernsey,
GY5 7XZ, United Kingdom
HA6YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
HB0A Amateurfunk Verein Liechtenstein, P.O. Box 629, 9495 Triesen FL,
Liechtenstein
II1YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
II9YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
K8A Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
K8O Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
K8T Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
K8Y Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
LX8M Joel Erpelding, 22 Duerfstross, L-9165 Merscheid, Luxembourg
LY5YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
OE0YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
OH2YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
OM20YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
OY1CT Carsten Thomsen, Uppi i Troed 8, FO-340 Kvivik, Faroe Islands
P3C Valdas Bieliauskas, P.O. Box 59745, CY-4012 Limassol, Cyprus
SH9YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
T6A Robert Kasca, Govejk 11C, 5281 Spodnja Idrija, Slovenia
TC20YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
TC61CAT Cankut Kalyoncu, Gencosman PTT Merkezi PK 76, 16105 Osmangazi/Bursa
Turkey
TF3YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
V51MA Harry de Jong, Broekdijk 59, 7695 TC Bruchterveld, The Netherlands
XP3A Harry de Jong, Broekdijk 59, 7695 TC Bruchterveld, The Netherlands
XR50BA Esteban Asenjo Castruccio, Casilla 27194 Sucursal Apumanque,
7559001 Las Condes, Region Metropolitana, Chile
YI9WS Giorgio Toma, Via Settembrini 5, 57128 Livorno LI, Italy
YL20YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
YN7ZTR Trevis Rissler, 40 Webb Creek Cir., Bangor CA 95914, USA
YO0YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
YT20YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
ZM2B Frank Hunt, 8 Manu Crescent, Upper Vogeltown, New Plymouth 4310,
New Zealand
ZM4T Holger Hannemann, 262 Waimarama Heights, RD12, Havelock North 4294,
New Zealand
ZT1T Tom Morgan, 58 Piet Retief Street, Robertson, 6705, South Africa
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