25 March 2023 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1664
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3A - Look for 3A8AB to be active from Monaco on 1-30 April. QSL via
LoTW. The special callsign commemorates the 100th anniversary of
the first transatlantic amateur two-way contact between Leon Deloy,
F8AB and Fred Schnell, 1MO (28 November 1923). Leon Deloy (1894-
1969) died in Monaco and bequeathed his fortune to a number of
local charities and philanthropic foundations.
3D2 - Dom, 3Z9DX will be active again as 3D2AJT from Nadi, Fiji Islands
on 23-31 March. The callsign is in memory of the late Yasuo
"Zorro" Miyazawa, JH1AJT, who passed away on 23 March 2022. QSL via
Club Log's OQRS.
D4 - Timo, OH1NOA will be active holiday style as D4NA from Sal Island
(AF-086), Cape Verde between 30 March and 6 April. He will operate
mainly CW and SSB on 40-10m, with plans to be QRV from a couple of
World Wide Flora & Fauna sites. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or
direct to OH1NOA.
DL - Celebrating World Amateur Radio Day, DARC special event callsign
DA23WARD will be active from 21 March to 18 April. All QSOs will be
confirmed automatically via the bureau; direct cards via DL2VFR.
FH - Dom, F4IFF will be active as FH/F4IFF from Mayotte (AF-027) on 1-8
April. He will operate SSB and FT8 on 80-10 metres ("I will run
simultaneously FT8 and SSB to maximize the number of contacts", he
says). QSL via EB7DX and logsearch on Club Log.
FO - FO/AA7JV went QRT from the Marquesas Islands on 20 March at 16.10
UTC. Mike, KN4EEI and George operated from Anaho Bay, on the north
side of Nuku Hiva. They put on the beach two RIB (Radio In a Box)
stations and two antennas; due to software issues they worked CW
and SSB, and only made a handful of FT8 QSOs. "Low band conditions
were poor, made worse by the difficult geography of the bay",
George says, but "we seemed to have very good signals on 30 and 10
metres, and good on 40 and 20". This was the first operation where
the RIBs were used in an actual DXpedition.
The "Magnet" is now going to the Tuamotu Archipelago (OC-066),
French Polynesia, where Mike and George expect to be QRV again
as FO/AA7JV starting around 27 March until around 5 April. QSL via
HA7RY and LoTW.
FO0/C - The Perseverance DX Group is organizing a DXpedition to Clipperton
Island (NA-011). The current schedule is for a team of experienced
operators (namely DJ9RR, HA0NAR, K3EL, K5GS, KE4KY, N6WM, N6XG,
N7QT, PY2PT, W1SRD, W7XU and ZL3CW) to be QRV as TX5S from 18 Janu-
ary to 2 February 2024. They will operate SSB, CW, RTTY and FT8 on
160-6 metres with up to eight stations. QSL via M0URX's OQRS.
Bookmark https://clip.pdxg.net/ for more information and updates.
Now designated a protected environmental reserve, visits to Clip-
perton require a lengthy and detailed application process. The
latest major DXpeditions took place in 2013 (TX5K), 2008 (TX5C) and
2000 (FO0AAA).
The Perseverance DX Group (https://wp.pdxg.net/) has conducted five
DXpeditions and logged over 340,000 QSOs since its formation ten
years ago: VK9MT (Mellish Reef 2014), TX3X (Chesterfield Islands
2015), VP6D (Ducie Island 2018), VP8PJ (South Orkney Islands 2020)
and TX5N (Austral Islands 2022).
ON - Celebrating World Amateur Radio Day, UBA special event station
OT23WARD will be active from various locations on 1-30 April. QSL
via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, eQSL. A certificate will be available,
the details will be published on https://www.qrz.com/db/OT23WARD.
OZ - EDR special callsign 5P0WARD will be active on 11-25 April in cele-
bration of World Amateur Radio Day. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW
and eQSL, or via OZ1ACB. See https://www.qrz.com/db/5p0ward for the
award.
T30 - The T30UN operation from West Kiribati (OC-017) [425DXN 1663] is
now set to start during the first week of April, in order to avoid
clashing with concurrent DXpeditions, especially on FT8. Plans are
to be QRV for about five weeks on 160-6 metres with one CW station,
one SSB station and seven FT8 stations. It will possible to see two
FT8 stations on the same band at the same time (one operating on
the standard frequency, and the other operating F/H on a different
frequency). See https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup for updates.
QSL via Club Log's OQRS.
VK - VI10VKFF is the special callsign celebrating the 10th anniversary
of the World Wide Flora & Fauna (WWFF) programme in Australia
(https://www.wwffaustralia.com/). It will be used from Australian
Parks until the end of 2023. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, or via VK5PAS
(direct or bureau).
VU - Look for AU40NRO to be active from 1 April to 30 June to celebrate
The 40th anniversary of the National Institute of Amateur Radio
(NIAR). QSL via VU2NRO.
Z8 - Dia, YI1DZ has been back to Juba, South Sudan since 13 March, and
expects to remain there until 22 April. He operates SSB and FT8 as
Z81D in his spare time. QSL via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW, or via
OM3JW. [TNX The Daily DX]
CQ WW WPX SSB CONTEST ---> The following stations are expected to take part
in this year's event (25-26 March):
Call Category Country QSL
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3A/IK1TTD SO Monaco IK1TTD
3G2K SO Chile LoTW
5B/HA5PP SOAB Cyprus HA5PP
5K300EA Colombia LoTW
9G4X M/2 Ghana LoTW/K4NHW
AT3K M/M India LoTW/VU2XE
CL0C M/2 LP Cuba LoTW
CQ3W SOAB Madeira LoTW
D4DX SOAB Cape Verde LoTW/E73Y
HD1A M/M Ecuador LoTW/HC1QRC
HQ2E SO Honduras LoTW/M0OXO
LG5LG M/? Norway LA7TIA
NH7T M/M Hawaii NH7T
P3N Cyprus LoTW/RW3RN
PJ2T M/M Curacao LoTW/W3HNK
PJ4K SO Bonaire KU9C
PJ4R Bonaire LoTW/WD9DZV
PR2R Brazil LoTW/PY2ERA
PT1W Brazil PY1FJ
TC3J SOSB 80m Turkey LoTW/TA3J
TI0RC M/M Costa Rica LoTW
TO1Q SOSB 10m Guadeloupe LoTW/F1ULQ
TO3Z Guadeloupe F6HMQ
TO7O SOAB Martinique LoTW/EA1BP
V26EI Antigua LoTW/M0OXO
V26K SOAB HP Antigua LoTW/AA3B
VC2W SO Canada LoTW
VC3T SO Canada LoTW
VC6X SO Canada LoTW
VF1T SO HP Canada LoTW
VG2Z SO Canada LoTW
VJ9N Norfolk Island LoTW/M0OX
VP5P M/? Turks & Caicos Isls LoTW/N2OO
ZX7E SO Brazil LoTW/PT7BI
ZZ2A SOSB 10m Brazil LoTW
Complete rules can be found at https://www.cqwpx.com/rules.htm.
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The February 2023 issue is available for download
at https://www.425dxn.org/. [TNX IZ3EBA]
INDEXA NEWSLETTER ---> The Spring 2023 issue (#138) of the International DX
Association's Newsletter is now available for download on the INDEXA website
(https://indexa.org/newsletters.html). Highlights include "The CW Receiving
Machine" by Ralph Fedor (K0IR), as well as trip reports of S21DX (Dhal Char
Island, AS-140, December 2022), PJ2Y Youth DX Adventure (July 2022) and TN8K
(Congo, January 2023).
IOTA DINNER ---> After three years of "virtual dinners" because of the pan-
demic, the Annual Islands On The Air (IOTA) Dinner will be held on 21 April
in conjunction with the 74th International DX Convention. The IOTA Dinner
is not included in the main Convention registration, and there is a separate
registration and fee for it. Registration for this event ends on 7 April:
https://www.dxconvention.com/pages/dinners-iota.html. [TNX WC6DX]
QSL VIA DL6KVA ---> The QSL cards for the 3Y0J team members' operations from
the "Marama" (AB5EB/mm, DL6KVA/mm, KO7SS/mm, KO8SCA/mm, LA7GIA/mm,
LA7THA/mm, LB1QI/mm, LB5GI/mm, N0FW/mm, NP4G/mm, VE3LYC/mm, WD5COV/mm) will
be handled by DL6KVA. They made 5,588 QSOs from the boat, and will indicate
which grid they were in for each QSO. The logs will be uploaded to Club
Log's OQRS. [TNX The Daily DX]
TX5XG: CANCELLED --- > "Due to unforeseen circumstances", JA1XGI says, "the
activity of TX5XG is suspended". Haru expected to be QRV from the Austral
Islands on 12-19 April [425DXN 1663].
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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3C3CA TA2OM EH5VEF EA5URV LZ23ROJ LZ1YE
3V8CB LX1NO EP6DSP WA3FRP OD5TX IZ8CLM
3V8SS LX1NO FG4KH F1DUZ OL750HOL OK1MR
4U1GSC 9A2AA FO/AA7JV HA7RY OY1DZ F5CWU
4U1UN HB9BOU FS4WBS IZ1MHY P40L WA3FRP
4U1WB KK4HD FY4JI EA5GL PB23AMF PA0RSM
5H6PJ VU2BGC H25A LZ3SM PJ2MAN EC5AHA
5Z4PA M0URX HF550MK SP9PLK PJ4/KK9A WD9DZV
6Y5FS G4BWP HF6FIRAC SP6IEQ PJ4EL M0URX
6Y5HM EA5GL HH75RCH N2OO PJ4K KU9C
7Z1LR EC6DX HI0LT EB7DX PJ4RF EA5GL
8P9XX VE2AED HS0ZJF ON4AFU PJ4SON M0URX
8S80AA SK5AA HS0ZMY EA5GL PR2R PY2ERA
9G4X K4NHW II0AQN IQ0MA PR5Y PP5IP
9G5AF EA5GL II0BPL IQ0FB PV2K EA5GL
9K2JJ EA5GL II0FRO IQ0FN PY5ZHP SP7CVW
9K2NO EC6DX II0LAT IQ0LT R2023BA R1II
9K2OD EC6DX II0RMC IQ0RM RI41POL RN3RQ
9K2YD EC6DX II1VM IQ1VM S76P S79JKN
9K2YM EA5KB II2BRS IQ2CJ SN0OSA SP2TMT
9N7NQ JA7NQQ II2MIL IQ2MI SN0RUN SP5PPK
9X5RU R7AL II2VNG IQ2VA TF3VG LZ1JZ
A44A EC6DX II3AVI IV3EHH TG9ADM EA5GL
A61HA A61BK II3BLN IQ3CR TM0CR F6FMT
A61QQ A61BK II3IST IQ3TR TM100SGDF F5SDD
A61R EC6DX II4PNF IQ4AX TO1Q F1ULQ
A61ZX IZ8CLM II5MSC IQ5MS UN8LWZ RW6HS
A62A EA7FTR II5PIS IK5WOB UP0L DL8KAC
A65CW DL2RMC II7BRI IQ7PU V26OC N3OC
A71AE EC6DX II7LEG IQ7AF V31CO W0YBS
A71BX EA7FTR II8RCL IQ8RC V31HB F4IXC
A71VV M0OXO II8REG IQ8LD V31MA M0OXO
A71XX EC6DX II8VVL IW8PQ V51WH DK2WH
A73A M0OXO II9CMS IQ9RG VI10VKFF VK5PAS
A92EE EC6DX II9CTF IQ9DE VK9NT M0OXO
AP2FLY IK2DUW II9CVT IQ9VH VP2ETE W3HNK
AP2HA JA1WIO II9PAB IQ9BH VP2MDX W2APF
AP2IN IK2DUW II9SIG IQ9BF VP5/AF3K N2OO
AP2TN N4BAA IO5LUT IQ5LU VP5/W2TT N2OO
AZ1D EC6DX J68KC WA4PGM VP6MW W0VTT
CE4MBH IZ1MHX JG8NQJ/JD1 JA8CJY [d] XZ2B JH3SIF
CN3W YL2GM JG8NQJ/JD1 JG8NQJ [b] Z21ML N4GNR
CX7CO EA5GL JY5MM IK2DUW ZF2CA G4CWH
CY0S WA4DAN KG4NE NM7H ZF2RJ NF3R
D4DX E73Y LY11LY LY2QT ZS9Z ZS1OIN
D4K IZ4DPV LY33A LY5A ZV5N PP5KW
DF100TA DL4CQ LZ110AP LZ1ZF ZY1T PY1VA
5W0RS Antonello Scauso, Via Tenente Minniti 105, 98057 Milazzo ME, Italy
A61AS Maria Tina Muller, P.O. Box 18-130, 014770 Bucharest 1, Romania
CN2DXF Adam Gladysz, Witkiewicza 22/17, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland
CT9ABO Jozef Lang, Obrancov Mieru 344, 059 34 Spisska Teplica,
Slovak Republic
D67AA Hiroyuki Miyake, 1-3-6 Asakura Machi, Maebashi-shi, Gunma,
371-0811, Japan
FR4KR Francois Barbier, 5 bis La Marrerie, 50500 St Andre de Bohon,
France
HC3RJ Julio Volpe O'Neil, Partida de Les Salades, Poligono 1, Casa 45,
03295 Elx (Alicante), Spain
HV5PUL Luca Della Giovampaola, Via Cremera 11, 00198 Roma RM. Italy
JH3SIF Kiichiro Onishi, 3-19 Tomogaoka, Suma-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo,
654-0142, Japan
PJ2ND Jeffrey A. Maass, 9256 Concord Rd, Powell OH 43065-9625, USA
V55AF Mike Alberts, PO. Box 31410, Pionierspark, 10023, Namibia
WA4DAN Murray Adams, PO Box 45, Farmville NC 27828-0045, USA
YJ0CA Chris Ayres, 3/19-21 Eastern Rd, Turramurra, NSW 2074, Australia
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