3 February 2018 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1396
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
>>> 3Y0Z: BOUVET ISLAND <<<
After experiencing strong winds and turbulent seas, the 3Y0Z DXpedition
arrived at Bouvet on 31 January at around 6 UTC, and dropped anchor off the
east side of the island. On 1 February winds were 35-45 knots and the ship
was pitching and rolling up to 30 degrees, which made flying and a landing
attempt impossible. In the local morning of 2 February the situation had not
sufficiently improved, and the forecast does not very promising [1]. Plans
are to get everything ashore as quickly as possible when a weather window
opens, "with never more people than our infrastructure can support". The
"first strike team" will have to select and secure a site, and will include
EY8MM, K0IR and Alejo Contreras Steading (Antarctic explorer, guide and
mountaineer).
[1] http://www.myweather2.com/City-Town/Bouvet-Island/Bouvet-Island.aspx
4L - Furkan, TA7AOF and Golkem, TA7AZC will be active as 4L/TA7AOF and
4L/TA7AZC from Batumi, Georgia on 8-12 February. They will operate
mainly digital modes, and will participate in the CQ WPX RTTY
Contest. QSL via LoTW (preferred), or via home calls. [TNX NG3K]
5W - Dick, AD7AR will be active as 5W0LR from Samoa (OC-097) between 4
and 22 February, including an entry in the ARRL DX CW Contest. He
will operate CW and FT8, with some SSB if conditions are good,
mainly on 40-15 metres. QSL via LoTW or direct to home call;
logsearch on Club Log. [TNX The Daily DX]
D4 - Henning, OZ1BII (http://www.oz1bii.dk/) will be active as D44EE
from Sao Tiago (AF-005), Cape Verde 15-20 February, including
participation in the ARRL DX CW Contest. He will operate CW only on
160-10 metres, with activity on the WARC bands before and after the
contest. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, eQSL, or via home call
(direct or bureau). [TNX NG3K]
DU - Two special callsigns have been issued to Dindo, DU1UD for his
activities from the islands of Mapun Island (OC-105) and Tawi Tawi
(OC-174) [425DXN 1389]. The licences allow him to operate from
either island at any time during 2018, and he will use DX8MAP for
OC-105 and DX8TT for OC-174. "Due to Dindo's work comitments", his
QSL manager (M0OXO) says, "the activations usually take place at
very short notice". Bookmark https://www.m0oxo.com/ for updates.
ES - Special stations ES100A, ES100C, ES100F, ES100G, ES100J, ES100L,
ES100M, ES100O, ES100P, ES100Q, ES100R, ES100S, ES100U, ES100X and
ES100Z will be active from 1 February to 31 March to celebrate the
100th anniversary of Republic of Estonia. See http://es100.eu for
complete information on the awards (give a look at the prize for
the overall winner!). QSL via LoTW and eQSL; paper QSLs will be
sent via the bureau, and should be requested on the website before
31 May. [TNX ES1TI]
PJ4 - Scott, NE9U will be active as PJ4/NE9U from Bonaire (SA-006) on 10-
24 February. QSL via LoTW, or via NE9U (direct or bureau) . He will
participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as PJ4A along with KK9K,
K4BAI and K2NG. [TNX NG3K]
TJ - The next operation of Silvano, I2YSB and the Italian DXpedition
Team is planned to take place from Cameroon during the second half
of March. The licencing process is underway. Further information is
expected in due course. For the time being, a band & mode survey
can be found on http://www.i2ysb.com/idt/. [TNX IK7JWY]
TN - The Tifariti Gang will be active as TN5R from Congo on 9-19 March.
Plans are for eleven operators (EA1SA, EA5KM, EA5RM, EA7AJR, EA7KW,
F8ATS, F9IE, HK6F, IK5RUN, IN3ZNR and JH4RHF) to be QRV on 160-10
metres SSB, CW and RTTY with at least four stations. QSL via EA5RM;
see http://www.dxfriends.com/tn5r for logsearch, OQRS and more
information.
V3 - Victor, WB0TEV (V31VP) and and Scott, KK7JS (V31CQ) will be active
from Belize on 8-12 February. They will be QRV on 80-10 metres,
including an entry in the CQ WPX RTTY Contest as V31VP (QSL via
Club Log's OQRS or via home call, direct or bureau). [TNX ARRL DX
Bulletin]
V4 - Once again John, W5JON will be active as V47JA from St. Kitts
(NA-104) from 13 February to 16 March. He will operate SSB on 160-6
Metres. QSL via W5JON (direct only) and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
VE - Mike, VE7ACN (https://www.ve7acn.com/) was QRV as VE7ACN/7 from
Thetis Island (NA-075) on 24-28 January. He plans to be active
again as VE7ACN/7 from South Pender Island (NA-075) on 7-14
February, and from Quadra Island (NA-091) on 13-19 March. Next he
will operate as VA7XW/VE2 from Havre Aubert Island (NA-038) on 2-9
April, and as VE7ACN/VE2 from Harrington Island (NA-084) on 10-17
April. QSL via home call (direct or bureau), Club Log's OQRS and
LoTW.
W - Lou, W0FK will be active again as W0FK/4 from Longboat Key (NA-034)
on 1-14 March. He will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on 40-10 metres. QSL
via home call (direct) and LoTW. [TNX W0FK]
PACIFIC TOUR ---> Gerhard, OE3GEA will be touring the Pacific between 4
February and 20 March, with holiday style activities on 30-10 metres (plus
40 and 6m if possible) from Fiji (4-9 February, callsign TBA), Tonga (10-13
February, callsign TBA), New Zealand (14-20 February as ZL/OE3GEA),
Rarotonga in the South Cook Islands (21-24 February as E51GEA), French
Polynesia (25 February-10 March as FO/OE3GEA) and Hawaai (11-20 March as
KH6/OE3GEA). QSLs via OE3GEA, direct or bureau. [TNX DX Newsletter]
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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3Y0Z: BAND PLAN --- > The Band Plan for 3Y0Z is as follows (frequencies
might be adjusted depending on conditions or interference):
BAND CW SSB RTTY
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160m 1.826.5 - -
80m 3.523 3.785 3.580
60m 5.400 5.400 -
40m 7.023 7.082 7.045
30m 10.108 - 10.142
20m 14.023 14.185 14.080
17m 18.079 18.130 18.099
15m 21.023 21.285 21.080
12m 24.894 24.955 24.912
10m 28.023 28.485 28.080
6m EME 50.190 - -
2m EME 144.144 - -
FT8 will not be a primary mode for 3Y0Z, but it will be used only "when we
cannot use the standard, higher rate modes", i.e. "when the band dies, or
before it opens". The FT8 transmit frequencies will be 1835, 3570, 5357,
7071, 10133, 14067, 18095, 21067, 24912, 28067 and 50316 kHz. 3Y0Z will
transmit low in the passband (200-400 Hz) and LISTEN UP: set your transmit
frequency higher in the passband, and be certain your TX and RX frequencies
are not locked together. Detailed guidelines for FT8 are available on
http://www.bouvetdx.org/band-plan-frequencies/ ("Ten Steps on How to Work
3Y0Z (Bouvet) With FT8").
LOTW & WAZ AWARD--- > Beta testing for bringing CQ Magazine's Worked All
Zones (WAZ) award program into ARRL's Logbook of the World (LoTW) system
continues to move forward. Some problems in the implementation were
discovered by testers and have since been corrected; the documentation has
also been improved by feedback from the testers. In parallel, the LoTW
server has been executing a background task that creates and populates a WAZ
account for each LoTW user. Beta testing will continue until this background
task completes. When all WAZ accounts have populated, LoTW-WAZ will be made
available to everyone. The goal is for operators to be able to directly
submit LoTW confirmations for WAZ credit. Standard LoTW credit fees and
separate CQ award fees will apply. [TNX ARRL]
Z60A ---> Project Goodwill Kosovo is moving into its second week. In total,
hams from 10 countries will participate in the project's current phase. "The
40,000 QSO mark has been passed as the team is concentrating on maximizing
its Asia and North America numbers", the team reported on 30 January. "They
are well on their way by penetrating those selective openings. Be patient,
as their best effort is given at all times in spite of the high noise level.
As the locations are fixed, the only improvement opportunity is to see
whether low-laid receiving antennas would help with this mission. The second
week team will try to accomplish that task as they move toward the upcoming
weekend.
Many are asking about an immediate LoTW upload during the operation, and
these options are being taken under consideration. An LoTW upload and early
QSL card may be considered as an additional service, while its modest
compensation would be exclusively directed to further support for evolving
Amateur Radio in Kosovo".
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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3G9A/mm N2OO EM0I UT2IZ OP4U ON7USB
3V8CB LX1NO EP2LMA EA5GL OQ5M ON5ZO
3W3B E21EIC ES5G ES5TV OR7R ON4LG
3Z70M SP9PRR FG4KH F1DUZ OS8A ON8VK
4K9W DL6KVA G3U G3UJE P29VXG JA1XGI
4L2M EA7FTR G5W G3BJ P29XC ZL2XC
4U0WFP S57DX GB1LBC M6ENP P33W UA3DX
4U13FEB 9A2AA GM4Z GM4ZUK P40AA DL4MM
4U1A UA3DX GS2MP N3SL P40LE K2LE
4X2M 4X4DZ GW0A GW4SKA P49MR VE3MR
5P5CW DL5SE H84VC SP7VC PF2018SNK PA0MBD
5T2AI NI5DX HC1MD K8LJG PJ2ND K8ND
5W1SA JA1DXA HF0DKI SP2DKI PJ2T W3HNK
5X2B JA1PBV HG6N HA6KNB PJ4NX M0URX
6M0NR DS4GGM HG7SNOW HA7PL R1943S RZ4AWB
6W1SU M0URX HG7T HA7TM R900BL UF1M
7X5KBS M0SDV HG8DX HA8FT RA75SB R4AS
7X5QB EA7FTR HG8R HA8JV RA75SK R4AS
8P1W KU9C HG8X HA8RC RF1A RQ1AP
8P2K KU9C HH2JR W3HNK RI1ANA RN1ON
8P9CA KB8YRX HL23N HL2UVH RI50ANO RN1ON
9A36W 9A6W II4HRZ IQ4FE SI3A SM3LIV
9H18VLT 9H1SP J52EC IZ3BUR SK2T SK2AT
9H3AF G8MLQ J68HZ K9HZ SN7Q SP7GIQ
9H3YY DL2JRM J88PI GW4DVB SO5Y SP5PPK
9J2BO G3TEV JT5DX JT1CO SP100N SP9MA
9J2MM N4GNR JW4JSA LA4JSA SU0ERA SM5AQD
9N1AA N4GNR KC4AAA K1IED T88PB JA0JHQ
A71AM M0OXO KH0R/KH2 JE6DND TI2CF W3HNK
AX5MTM W3HNK KL7SB/VP9 NI5DX TI3/N8JAJ K8EF
AX5PAS M0OXO LX7I LX2A TM2D F5KHP
C5YK ON7YK LY100E LY1RMD TM39PVJ F8GGZ
C6AGU HA7RY LY100F LY1RMD TM4K F4EGZ
C81G PG5M LY100H LY1RMD TM55M F4ESV
C8X PA5X LY100I LY1RMD TM5G F8TRL
CE2AWW N7RO LY100J LY1RMD TM7A F5IYJ
CN8PG EA7FTR LY100M LY1RMD TO7D F6ITD
CO2JD AD4Z LY100O LY1RMD TR8CA F6CBC
CP5HK EC5AC LY100Q LY1RMD UK8FF W3HNK
CR140AA CU3AA LY100QT LY2QT V31MA M0OXO
CR2W HB9CRV LY100R LY1RMD V47UR NR6M
CR3DX OM2VL LY100S LY1RMD VI70HI M0OXO
CR6K CT1ILT LY100U LY1RMD XV9WJR WA7WJR
CU8FN HB9CRV LY100V LY1RMD YE1K EA5GL
CX2DK EA5GL LZ11C LZ2DB YP0C YO3CZW
D68I IK5CRH LZ250MT LZ1KCP YP100ARR YO9RIJ
DP0GVN DL5EBE LZ5R LZ1YQ YR100R YO3KAA
DR18WRD M0SDV MD2C MD0CCE YR2V YO2LC
E2X E20GMY MW5R MW0EDX YR8D YO8KRR
E51IAN M0INB MX0SNB G3SVK YR8E YO8RNI
E7DX E77E OC4MS OA4O YV1KK OH0XX
EA9LZ EA5KB OD5ZZ NI5DX Z60A OH2BH
EF6T EA3AIR OG7A OH6MW ZC4A M0URX
EF8R EB7DX OH0R OH2PM ZF2BJ K0BJ
EH3DK EA3ZK OH0Z W0MM ZF2PD N2LM
EI0R EI6FR OK5Z OK2ZI ZF9CW K5GO
EI100MCV EI6AL OK7K OK1BN ZM4T ZL3IO
EI50AOM EI2KA OL3Z OK1HMP ZS6CCY K3IRV
5H0JK Janusz Babol Vel Sobczyk, 8433 Southside Blvd Apt #2711,
Jacksonville FL 32256, USA
5V1JE John Everman, Unit 2300 Box 840, DPO AE 09817, USA
5V7SM C.A.R Marc, BP 1013, 87050 Limoges Cedex 2, France
FY5KE Jacques Mazzoni, 678 route de l'Egalite, 74290 Talloires Montmin,
France
IK5CRH Giovanni Alessi, Via Don Pio Vannucchi 81, 59100 Prato PO, Italy
JA1XGI Haru Uchida, 2-30-11 Shintomi, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama-ken, 350-0043,
Japan
KH7XS Big Island Contest Club, P.O. Box 532, Laupahoehoe HI 96764, USA
LA4JSA Morten Hagfors, Vefsnvegen 68, 8660 Mosjoen, Norway
NP2J Dan Flaig, P.O. Box 25941, Christiansted VI 00824-1941, USA
OH2BH Martti Laine, Savasundintie 4C, FI-02380 Espoo, Finland
OZ11A Leif Nielsen, Stenhoejvej 280, 9900 Frederikshavn, Denmark
PA5X Johannes Hafkenscheid, Riouwstraat 89A, 1094 XK Amsterdam,
Netherlands
PG5M Gerben A. Menting, Leemdobbe 19, 9472 ZR Zuidlaren, Netherlands
RW2F Ulrich Mueller, Kreutzacker 13, 35041 Marburg, Germany
TM18GOAL Philippe Bedrine, 12 rue de la Mouche, 69540 Irigny, France
TM6M Stephane Van Langhenhoven, 24 bis rue de Anter Hent,
29830 Ploudalmezeau, France
WW1USA National World War I Museum Amateur Radio Club, 100 W 26th St,
Kansas City MO 64108, USA
YB9/F5LIT Emmanuel Gidon, 2 Chemin des Longs Champs, 50480 Blosville, France
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