11 November 2017 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1384
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
+ SILENT KEY + ARI President and former Secretary General Mario Ambrosi,
I2MQP passed away unexpectedly on 6 November at 74 years of age. Licensed
since 1975, he was an accomplished DXer with 339/356 (current/total) in the
DXCC Honor Roll Standings; he also gained DXCC on 9 bands (80-6m) and the CQ
WPX Award of Excellence. A CQ Awards Checkpoint and DXCC Card Checker, in
2005 he was inducted into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame as a "prominent
Italian amateur, author of many radio books, QSL manager, top official of
Italian national amateur radio association and Editor of its magazine,
RadioRivista". Above all, he was a personal friend of your Editors' for
thirty years, and we will sorely miss him.
5B - Alex, SQ9UM will be active holiday style as 5B/SQ9UM from Cyprus
(AS-004) on 10-17 November. He will operate CW, RTTY, PSK and FT8
on 40-6 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX SQ9UM]
5N - Bodo, DF8DX will be active again as 5N7Q from Nigeria on 12-16
November 2017. In his spare time he will operate mainly CW on 80-10
metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW, or via home call (direct
or bureau). [TNX The Daily DX]
5X - Jonathan, KK7PW will be active again as 5X1O from Uganda on 8-20
November. He expects to be QRV during his early morning and evening
hours on 40, 20, 17, 15 and 10 metres CW, SSB, WSPR, and possibly
FT8 and JT65. QSL via EA5GL. [TNX DX World]
6Y - LZ4AE, LZ2BE, LZ2HM, LZ3ND, LZ1NK, TA3D and TA2TX will be active as
6Y0AE, 6Y0BE, 6Y0HM, 6Y0ND, 6Y0W and 6Y0D from Jamaica (NA-097) on
23-29 November. QSL via operator's instructions. They will
participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as 6Y0W (QSL direct to
LZ1NK). Outside the contest they will concentrate on the low bands.
[TNX NG3K]
9L - Mark, KW4XJ is currently active as 9L/KW4XJ from Freetown, Sierra
Leone while waiting for a permanent 9L callsign. He operates CW and
digital modes. QSL via home call. [TNX DX World]
HR - HQ9X is the callsign that W1UE, K1XM and KQ1F will be using during
the CQ WW DX CW Contest from Roatan Island (NA-057) [425DXN 1383].
QSL via KQ1F. Outside the contest they will operate as HR9/W1UE,
HR9/K1XM and HR9/KQ1F (QSL via home calls). [TNX NG3K]
JW - Erik, LA2US will be back to Bear Island (EU-027), Svalbard in early
December for a 6-month stay. In his spare time he will be active as
JW2US and operate CW and digital modes (RTTY, FT8, BPSK). QSL via
LoTW, eQSL and Club Log's OQRS (the bureau request service will be
open while Erik is on the island, the direct request service will
be available when he returns home in June).
SP - Special callsigns HF7ASQ, HF7CKF, HF7DTP, HF7EX, HF7HB, HF7HX,
HF7JX, HF7LA, HF7LB, HF7LW and HF7NJX are active on 10-12 November
to honour the memory of eleven SKs (SP7ASQ, SP7CKF, SP7DTP, SP7EX,
SP7HB, SP7HX, SP7JX, SP7LA, SP7LB, SP7LW and SP7NJX) who
contributed to the development of amateur radio in the Polish
region of Lodz. QSLs via SP7VC, direct or bureau.
V2 - Frank, N2FF will be active holiday style as V26FF from Antigua
(NA-100) from 15 November to 7 December. He will operate digital
modes (RTTY and FT8), CW and SSB. QSL via LoTW or via home call.
[TNX The Daily DX]
VE - Yuri, VE3DZ will be active as VE2IM from Zone 2 on 21-28 November,
including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via LoTW or
VE3DZ. [TNX NG3K]
VP8 - Eberhard, DL7JLL will be active as VP8JLL from the Falkland Islands
(SA-002) between 15 and 25 November. QSL via home call. [TNX
DL1SBF]
VP9 - Tony, VE3RZ will be active as VE3RZ/VP9 from Bermuda (NA-005) on
19-28 November, including participation in the CQ WW DX CW Contest.
Outside the contest he will operate mainly CW (especially on 160
and 80 metres), FT8 and possibly some RTTY. QSL via M0URX's OQRS
and LoTW. [TNX M0URX]
ZF - Dan, N6MJ will be active again as ZF2MJ from the Cayman Islands
(NA-016) on 20-28 November, including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW
Contest. QSL via LoTW or via N6MJ. [TNX NG3K]
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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!
3C1L ---> The 3C1L operation (http://www.lral.lv/3c0l_3c1l) will QRT on 12
November in the UTC morning, and Yuris (YL2GM) and Kaspars (YL3AIW) will fly
back home the next day. Their latest update on Club Log (9 November at 03.15
UTC) included 35,143 QSOs with 12,481 unique callsigns.
ARRL INTERNATIONAL GRID CHASE ---> This new year-long operating event will
run from 00.00 UTC on 1 January through 23.59 UTC on 31 December 2018. It is
open to all amateurs, regardless of location or license class. Any operating
mode is eligible as well as every band, except 60 metres. The objective is
to work stations in as many different Maidenhead grid squares as possible,
and then upload your log data to ARRL's Logbook of The World (LoTW).
Each new grid square contact confirmed through LoTW will count toward your
monthly total. At the end of each month, the monthly scores will be reset to
zero to begin the new month of competition. The online scoring system will
maintain your monthly totals for a grand total at the end of the year, when
an annual summary will be released and awards given to top finishers in
various categories. See http://www.arrl.org/aigc2018 for complete details.
QSL 9N1AA ---> Dan, N4GNR is the new QSL manager for Satish, 9N1AA. "I
understand that N4AA had a sack full of unanswered cards at his home up to
the time of his death", Dan says. "I will be getting those cards this week,
and I hope to have them answered within two weeks. Any cards that come in
hereafter will be answered same day". QSL direct only to Dan Cisson, 12
Hancock Drive, Toccoa GA 30577, USA.
YASME EXCELLENCE AWARDS ---> In 2008 The Yasme Foundation (www.yasme.org)
established the Yasme Excellence Awards, to be presented to individuals and
groups who, through their own service, creativity, effort and dedication,
have made a significant contribution to amateur radio. The contribution may
be in recognition of technical, operating or organizational achievement, as
all three are necessary for amateur radio to grow and prosper. The Yasme
Excellence Award is in the form of a cash grant and an individually-
engraved crystal globe. The latest recipients, announced on 6 November, are:
- Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) - to pick up the world's largest
amateur radio event on a few months notice and move it to a completely
different facility is a daunting task. That it went so smoothly was a
testament to the extraordinary efforts of the 600 volunteers and event
leadership.
- Paul Verhage, KD4STH and Bill Brown, WB8ELK - for their leadership and
continued technical innovation in amateur radio high-altitude ballooning
(ARHAB - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude_balloon). While not
the traditional means of introduction, ARHAB is exposing hundreds of
students to amateur radio through an interest in science experimentation.
Both have written extensively about ARHAB and have contributed material to
the ARRL Handbook.
- Nathaniel Frissel, W2NAF and Magda Moses, KM4EGE - for creating and
leading the HamSCI (Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation) organization
that sponsored the Solar Eclipse QSO Party (SEQP). The SEQP was the
largest amateur radio experiment ever devised and generated the world's
most extensive set of HF propagation observations during an eclipse.
Beyond the SEQP, HamSCI is attracting the interest of professional/
academic researchers such as from numerous universities, the Arecibo Radio
Observatory in Puerto Rico, MIT's Haystack Observatory, and HAARP facility
in Alaska.
- The WSJT Development Team - initially the work of Joe Taylor, K1JT, the
WSJT software is now maintained and extended by a team of developers led
by Bill Somerville (G4WJS), Steve Franke (K9AN), Greg Beam (KI7MT),
Michael Black (W9MDB), Edson Pereira (PY2SDR) and Nico Palermo (IV3NWV),
along with Joe Taylor. Their latest digital mode, FT8, combines the
extraordinary low-SNR performance of JT9 and JT65 with a much faster
decoding and exchange process.
- Dale Hughes, VK1DSH - for his excellent work as Chairman of the Amateur
Working Group in ITU-R Working Party 5A and as Chairman of the sub Working
Group dealing with a worldwide 60 meter amateur allocation during World
Radiocommunication Conference 2015.
Additionally, the Board of Directors of The Yasme Foundation also made a
grant to Gary Pearce, KN4AQ, for his production and distribution of videos
of interest to the amateur radio community through Ham Radio Now and
YouTube. [TNX W6SZN]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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3G1D XQ1FM EF1W EA1WS OK5W OK1MJA
3V8SS LX1NO EF3T EA3CCN OK7K OK1BN
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4E1A 9V1KG EH2GRE EA2RKW OP17AR ON7SS
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4L5P UT7QF EL2BB EI9FBB OP17RCL ON3AR
4L7AA IW7EGQ EL2EL M0OXO OZ0BO/p DK5OPA
4M8E YV8ER EL2GM M0OXO P29LL EA7FTR
4O7CC UA4CC EP2C EA5GL P33W UA3DX
4W/OZ1AA OZ1ACB ER4A ER1FF PA160HZ PA5V
4X0A 4X1VF ER4DX ER1FF PA25ZWN PI4ZWN
4X0T 4Z5FI ES9C ES5RY PI4AMF PA3EYC
4X2M 4X4DZ EX8NR RW6HS PI4COM PA3CAL
5B4AAB G8CLY FM1HN W3HNK PI4M PA0MBD
5B4AMX LZ3SM FM5BH W3HNK PJ4G WA2NHA
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5C42PG EA7FTR FS4WBS IZ1MHY PQ1LM PY1AA
5H3WA SM0HPL GM2T GM4UYZ PS14BIS PY2GTA
5P2C DL8UD H2017PFO 5B4AIE PX2A PY2VM
5Q1A OZ5ESB H2T 5B4XF R100OR R4AS
5T2AI NI5DX H2X IZ4AMS R460KB UA6XT
6W1SU M0URX H79H TI4SU RF1A RQ1AP
7S50AW SM6PPS HB2U HB9OCR RI1ANC RN1ON
8J1RL 8J1RL [b] HB9H HB9CXZ RK1A RV1AQ
8J1RL JG2MLI [d] HC0E HC1QRC SJ0X SM6JSM
8J60JARE 8J60JARE [b] HF0HERTZ SP5PPA SK3W SM5DJZ
8J60JARE JG2MLI [d] HF0HW SP3PWL SN100F SP5CGN
8P1W KU9C HF40PLV SP3CGK SN145BRAIL SP2PBY
8S0C SM0MPV HF6FIRAC SP6IEQ SN250A SP9KUP
9A/IZ3NXC IK3GES HF7ASQ SP7VC SN3A SP3GEM
9H3ER ON7ERA HF7HX SP7VC SN8B SP8CUR
9H6A 9H1BT HF7JX SP7VC SX1Z SV1PMR
9J2BO G3TEV HF7LA SP7VC SX2X SV2JAO
9K2BS A61BK HF7LB SP7VC SZ3P SV3CYL
9M8K JR3WXA HF95OSP SP9MOA SZ5RDS SV5AZP
9Q6BB W3HNK HG4F HA4FF T42A RW6HS
9U4M IK2VUC HG6N HA6KNB T88GA JA7XBG
9V1YC W5UE HG7T HA7TM TC0F TA2FE
9X0TA N4GNR HI3K KB2MS TC29EKM YM1KD
9Y4W DL4MDO HL2ZDA OE1ZKC TC630MECCA TA3X
A31MM EA5GL HP1RIS HP1ALX TF3CW LX1NO
A44A A47RS HP1XT K5WW TI5M TI2KAC
A5A JH1AJT HR1AAB EA7FTR TI5W W4FS
A60FD A61BK HR2DMR KD4POJ TK9R IK8UND
A61EK IZ8CLM HS0AC HS5NMF TM17PGM F4FCE
A61FK A61BK HS0ZLP DJ9ZB TM1CT F4HJO
A61HA A61BK IB2A I2PJA TM3R F5UTN
A61Q EA7FTR IB4A IZ4VYY TM40SM F5KPO
A61QQ A61BK IB4K IZ4COW TM44RT F5KBB
A61SM A61BK IB4X IZ4ORO TM6M F4DXW
A65CF EA7FTR IB9T IT9TQH TO2E K2HVN
A71AM M0OXO IF9A IT9ATF TY2AC IZ1BZV
A73A M0OXO II2S IZ2FOS TY2BP IK2IQD
AC2AI/KH2 JJ2CJB II9P IT9CHU TZ4AM W0SA
AH0BT 7L1FPU IO2X IK2NCJ UA4M RN4LP
AH2D JA1NEJ IO5O IK5RLP UA4S RU4SU
AH2EA JF2WGN IO9A IT9YVO UB6B R7AB
AH2R JH7QXJ IP5LV IK5ZUB [d] UN8LYA UA9AB
B1Z EA7FTR IP5LV IQ5LV [b] UP0L DL8KAC
B4T BA4TB IR1Y IZ1YPF UP2L UA9AB
B7K BA4EG IR2L IW2LLH V26A KA2AEV
B7Q BA1DU IR3MD IZ2GOT V26B KA2AEV
B9K BA4EG IR3Z IN3XUG V26E AB2E
BM0DX BM2JCC IR4M I4IFL V26NY PY2NY
BV0L BV2KI IR4X I4EAT V31AE EB7DX
C21JY JA1JQY IR6T IK6VXO V31VP WB0TEV
C21MA JA3MCA J42T SV2DCD V3A M0OXO
C21VE JA8VE JG8NQJ/JD1 JA8CJY [d] V47FWX M0URX
C37RC C37URA JG8NQJ/JD1 JG8NQJ [b] V51/TA1HZ LZ3HI
C44C M0URX JT5DX JT1CO VA2ZM VE2PGI
C4A 5B4KH K2SC/KH2 JJ2PIK VC3C2C VE3DC
CB3R CE3KHZ KB7G/KH6 VR2BG VC3X VE7VR
CE2AWW N7RO KH7CW K2WR VE2IDX VE3ZF
CE3CT EA5KB KH7M KH6ZM VK4KW N3SL
CN2AA UA2FM KH7X K2PF VK4NM M0OXO
CN2BW CT1BWU KL7RA NI5DX VK9AR VK5CE
CN2R W7EJ KL7SB NI5DX VK9MA N7QT
CN42MS EA7FTR L77D LU6DC VP2MDG K2DM
CO6HLP IZ1DSH LN8W LA9VDA VP2MDL DL7DF
CO6LC IZ1GDB LO7H LU7HW VP5W KD3TB
CO6RD EA5GL LQ0D EC5AC VY2ZM EA7HBC
CP5HK EC5AC LU3DX EA5FL WH0RU JG7PSJ
CR5T CS5ARC LU8YE IK2DUW XL3T VE3AT
CR6K CT1ILT LX7I LX2A XU7AJA N0MMA
CR6T CT1ESV LZ307MU LZ1KCP XX9O XX9AU
CS8ABG EA5GL LZ5R LZ1YQ YE16BATU YB3MM
CU4DX CU2CE LZ7A LZ1KAA YJ0MB VK2BXE
CV7S CX7SS LZ8A LZ2DF YR8D YO8KRR
CX2DK EA5GL M1C G1XOW YV6CR EA5GL
D2EB IZ3ETU M6T G4BWP YV7MAY EA8MU
D4C HB9DUR [d] MD2C MD0CCE Z370M Z33Z
D4C IK2NCJ [b] NP4Z N4AO ZB2TT M0URX
DA0WRTC DJ9MH OA4SS KB6J ZF2LC W2SM
DC500LS DM2AJK OA6Q OE3NHW ZM4T ZL3IO
DF0HQ DL5AXX OD5ZZ NI5DX ZS9Z ZS1OIN
DL/4X1DX 4X6OM OE2S OE2GEN ZV2C PY2CX
DU1HR DU1VHY OE3K OE1DIA ZW8T PS8HF
DU1R DU1UGZ OE6Z OE6CLD ZX5J NZ4DX
DU7/DK5YA DL8FBD OF1F OH1AF ZY2A PP2BO
E2X E20GMY OF1Z OH1LEG ZZ8A PY1MT
4U1ITU International Amateur Radio Club, Case Postale 6, 1211 Geneve 20,
Switzerland
CR6P Miguel Goncalves, Rua Dr. Joel Magalhaes 6, 4740-272 Esposende,
Portugal
CW5W Jorge Diez Furest, Remigio Castellanos 474, 37000 Melo Cerro Largo,
Uruguay
DL7DF Sigi Presch, Wilhelmsmuehlenweg 123, 12621 Berlin, Germany
ED8H Rafa Afonso, Apartado Postal 532, 38760 Los Llanos de Aridane
(Santa Cruz de Tenerife), Spain
ED9E Mario Pilar Castro, Apartado Postal 418, 51001 Ceuta, Spain
EE5T Farfollas Contest Radio Team, Apartado Postal 290, 46960 Aldaia
(Valencia), Spain
EF7T Jose Alfonso Navas Garcia, Calle Mar Tirreno 4 6-C, 41015 Sevilla,
Spain
EI7M John Barry, Lackabeha, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork, Ireland
F4HJO Jerome Charton, 14 Rue du Tilleul, 76970 Ectot Les Baons, France
F5RAV Luc Thibaudat, 15 rue de Moiscourt, 27140 Gisors, France
FP5BZ Ronan Darchen, B.P. 109, 22700 Perros-Guirec, France
GJ2A Jersey Amateur Radio Society, Le Chemin des Signaux, St. Brelade,
Jersey, JE3 8LQ, United Kingdom
HB0A Amateur Funk Verein Liechtenstein, P.O. Box 629, 9495 Triesen FL,
Liechtenstein
HK3J German Duran, 2550 NW 72 Av, Suite 115, Miami FL 33122, USA
HV0A Francesco Valsecchi, Via Bitossi 21, 00136 Roma RM, Italy
IK2VUC Giuliano Mondini, Ufficio Busto Arsizio, Casella Postale 10,
21052 Busto Arsizio VA, Italy
JH1AJT Y. Zorro Miyazawa, P.O. Box 8, Oiso-machi, Naka-Gun, Kanagawa-ken,
259-0111, Japan
KH6J Walt Niemczura, 47-757 Hui Kelu St. Apt 5, Kaneohe HI 96744, USA
KH7XS Big Island Contest Club, P.O. Box 532, Laupahoehoe HI 96764, USA
MI0M Simon Barnes, 191 Marlacoo Road, Portadown, Craigavon, BT62 3TD,
United Kingdom
N7QT Robert Fanfant, 21422 NE 79th Street, Redmond WA 98053, USA
NH2DX Mariana Islands DX Association, 279 Gardenia Ave, Mangilao
GU 96913, USA
NP2N George Oster, 780 Leaf Road, Boone IA 50036-7265, USA
OG7O Seppo Sisatto, Ojakatu 3 A 18, FI-33100 Tampere, Finland
OH8L Jari Ojala, Latvalammentie 32, FI-92260 Kopsa, Finland
OX3XR Harry de Jong, Broekdijk 59, 7695 TC Bruchterveld, The Netherlands
RW2F Ulrich Mueller, Kreutzacker 13, 35041 Marburg, Germany
S01WS Arseli Echeguren Bardeci, Barrena 6 1 Izq, 01408 Luiaondo (Alava),
Spain
S0S Arseli Echeguren Bardeci, Barrena 6 1 Izq, 01408 Luiaondo (Alava),
Spain
SZ1A Radio Amateur Association of West Greece, P.O. Box 84,
301 00 Agrinio, Greece
TF3T Benedikt Sveinsson, Einarsnes 42, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland
TG9ANF Francisco Vassaux, 8602 Royster Run, Marvin NC 28173, USA
TG9IIN Ilias Nikolaidis, 8602 Royster Run, Marvin NC 28173, USA
TI2CC Carlos Paez, SJO 169221, P.O. Box 025331, Miami FL 33102, USA
UA2F Ulrich Mueller, Kreutzacker 13, 35041 Marburg, Germany
VK5CE Craig Edwards, PO Box 2160, Goolwa SA 5214, Australia
VR2/KC0W Thomas M. Callas, P.O. Box 1058, Minnetonka MN 55345, USA
XE1B Marcos Campos, Lava 173, Jardines del Pedregal, 01900 Mexico DF,
Mexico
YL2GN Ziedonis Knope, P.O.Box 55, Balvi LV-4501, Latvia
ZB2CN Bertin Butz, St. Johannisrain 9, 82377 Penzberg, Germany
ZV5O Associacao dos Radioamadores do Parana, Caixa Postal 16515,
Curitiba - PR, 81520-981, Brazil
ZZ2T Wanderley Ferreira Gomes, Avenida 23 de Maio 2966 Ap 1320,
Sao Paulo - SP, 04008-000, Brazil
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