425 DX News #1374

2 September 2017 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1374
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

D2 - "Tentatively, the first week of March 2018 is the new preferred
period" for the D2TI DXpedition to Tigres Island (AF-108) [425DXN
1360]. More information is expected in November. [TNX DX World]
DL - Mike, DG5LAC will be active holiday style as DG5LAC/p from Oland
Island (EU-042) on 3-6 September. He will operate SSB. QSL via home
call, direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
DU - Nicholas, DV7FCC will be active as DV7FCC/DU5 from Homonhon Island
(OC-129) on 1-4 September. QSL via home call. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
EA - Special event stations EG1SDC-EG9SDC and EH1SDC-EH9SDC will be
active respectively on 1-7 September and 8-10 September to
commemorate Day of Asturias and the principality's patron saint,
popularly known as the Santina de Covadonga. This is the 33rd
edition of the "SDC" special event. QSL for all callsigns via
EA1AUM or LoTW. See https://www.qrz.com/db/eg1sdc for more
information.
EI - Mike, DF8AN will be active as EI/DF8AN/p from the main island of
Ireland (EU-115) and as EJ/DF8AN/p from the Aran Islands (EU-006)
between 1 and 10 September. He will operate mainly CW and digital
modes. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
G - Frank, G8PQH will be active as G8PQH/p from the Isles of Scilly
(EU-011) on 9-16 September. QSL via home call (direct). [TNX
rsgbiota.org]
HB0 - Kasimir, DL2SBY will be active as HB0/DL2SBY from Liechtenstein on
9-15 September. He will operate RTTY, SSB and CW on 80-10 metres.
QSL via home call, direct only; bureau cards can be requested via
Club Log's OQRS by the end of November, as he will not renew his
DARC membership.
HK - Special callsign 5K300PF will be used on all bands and modes on
1-15 September to celebrate Pope Francis' visit to Colombia. QSL
via HK1X. [TNX NG3K]
I - Look for IK7WDS/IJ7, IU7EHF/IJ7, IZ7AUH/IJ7, IZ7LDC/IJ7 and IZ7QSS/
IJ7 to be active from San Pietro Island (EU-073) on 1-3 September.
They will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on the HF bands and 6
metres with two stations. QSL via home calls. They plan to upload
their logs to Club Log. [TNX IZ7AUH]
I - Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik 1, the
first artificial Earth satellite, special event station II1MIR will
be active on 2-3 September. See qrz.com for more information on the
event and QSLling instructions.
KH1 - The Dateline DX Association has announced "significant progress" in
their planning to operate from the Baker Island National Wildlife
Refuge (KH1) [425DXN 1366]. "We have executed a charter agreement
with a ship, the 'Nai'a' out of Fiji, with an anticipated arrival
at the refuge during the 3rd week of June 2018. We intend to be at
the refuge a total of 12 days with 10 days of operations. This ship
and dates were chosen in consultation with the US Fish and Wildlife
Service based on availability of their resource monitor, avoidance
of the cyclone season, and 'Nai'a' availability". As with any
DXpedition to really rare DXCC Entities (and KH1 is currently the
4th Most Wanted in the world), "this will be another large budget
operation. The 11 operator team will contribute over 50% of the
expected budget of $400,000". See http://www.baker2018.net/ for
more information and donation instructions.
OJ0 - Jukka, OH2BR will be active in his spare time as OJ0/OH2BR from
Market Reef (EU-053) for one week starting on 2 September. QSL via
home call. The "main load" will be taken by a "guest operator
representing the CQ DX Hall of Fame". [TNX NG3K]
RI1F - Evgenij, UA4RX has been active as RI1FJ from Franz Josef Land
[425DXN 1365] for the past few days. His licence expired on 31
August, and he will be signing UA4RX/1 while waiting for RI1FJ to
be renewed. He will be stationed at the Ernst Krenkel Observatory
on Heiss Island (EU-019) until July-August 2018. QSL RI1FJ via Club
Log's OQRS and LoTW, or direct to UA2FM; QSL UA4RX/1 direct to
UA2FM. [TNX The Daily DX]
SV5 - Claudio, HB9OAU will be active again as SV5/HB9OAU from Karpathos
(EU-001) on 9-22 September. He will operate SSB, RTTY and PSK on
40-10 metres. QSL via home call (direct or bureau), LoTW and eQSL;
logsearch on Club Log.
VK9C - Keith, GM4YXI and Chris, GM3WOJ will be active again as VK9CZ
[425DXN 1353] from Cocos-Keeling (OC-003) from 24 October to 7
November, including a M/2 entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. They
will operate SSB, CW and some RTTY on 160-10 metres with two
stations. QSL via N3SL and LoTW, logsearch on Club Log. The website
is now up and running at http://www.vk9cz2017.com/.
YJ - Rod, YJ8RN will be active in his spare time as YJ8RN/p from Loh
Island (OC-110), Vanuatu between 11 and 29 September. Before that,
he might be QRV from the Banks Islands (OC-104). He will operate
SSB with 100 watts on 80, 40 and 20 metres. [TNX The Daily DX]
YO - YP0F has been active from Insula Fericirii (EU-191) since 31
August. The team (YO3GA, YO4GKP, YO9RIJ and YO9RYJ) will operate
mainly SSB on 80-10 metres until 3 September. They are running low
power into verticals and dipoles. QSL via YO9RIJ. [TNX DX World]

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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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CLUB LOG'S MOST WANTED LIST ---> The latest Most Wanted List, generated on
31 July is available at https://secure.clublog.org/mostwanted.php. The
information is derived from QSOs uploaded to Club Log (currently 443.5
million log entries available for analysis) and, to improve quality, only
QSOs that have QSLs confirmed are considered to be worked. The most wanted
charts are rebuilt once per month, on average.

HAM RADIO 2017 LECTURES ---> The Powerpoint slides with synchronized audio
of the keynote speeches and other lectures delivered at Ham Radio 2017
(Friedrichshafen) are now available on DokuFunk (the Documentary Archive for
the History of Radio Communication and Electronic Media): go to
http://www.dokufunk.org/ and click on Horsaal/Lecture room.

OCEANIA DX CONTEST ---> This year's Oceania DX Contest will take place on
7-8 October (SSB) and 14-15 October (CW). Both events start at 08.00 UTC on
Saturday and end at 08.00 UTC on Sunday. Complete details, including the
2017 rules, plus results, soapbox comments and records from previous events,
can be found at http://www.OceaniaDXcontest.com. [TNX ZL2IFB]

PIRATE ---> Dom, 3Z9DX is not in North Korea, and all recent cluster spots
for P5/3Z9DX are fake. He is currently "concentrating on other projects for
later this year and 2018", and does not expect to return to DPRK anytime
soon. [TNX DX World]

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3DA0AY ZS6AYE DL0GEO DL2YAK R1914P UA4CGR
3E1L HP1RCP DU3LA W3HNK R270ENG UA4CGR
3V8CB LX1NO E718MEDITERAN E73Y R44QKO RU3KO
3W3B E21EIC EA6/EA3HSO N4GNR R460KB UA6XT
3Z0LH SP1DPA EG1FSR EA1UVR R50ZKR RC3M
3Z100F SP5NZA EG1JRA EA1RKA R55AGN RZ4Z
3Z20ILLW SP1ZZ EG1LWV EA1HNP R73QRQ RG5A
3Z2LS SP2ZIE EG5VCE EB5AG RA70MD RQ7L
3Z560SC SP7KMX EG7FDA EA7URI RA70MG RQ7L
3Z5PKW SP5KAB EH1LHA EA1RKA RG50IV RC3M
4A3AA XE3AA EH1LSI EA1AUO RG50RW RC3M
4A3YLH XE3A EI0LHL EI5HXB RG50SP RC3M
4K6AG RW6HS EI1OHL EI2KA RG50VL RC3M
4K6N RW6HS EI7T EI3ENB RG50YR RC3M
4L5O N3SL EM0E/p UR7EZ RI1ANC RN1ON
4O7GXB IZ7GXB EM4IFF US5IQ RI1ANO RN1ON
4U1A UA3DX EM7UT UR7UT RI1FJ UA2FM
4V1G W3HNK EP2LMA EA5GL S5100PAX S59DKR
5B4ALG EA5IDQ ES17EU ES2TI S51LGT S51LGT [b]
5K300PF HK1X EV500S DL7VFM S51LGT S53EO [d]
5P90EDR OZ1ACB EV750M EW7A SC40VIC SM6JSM
5T2AI NI5DX FG4NN NI5DX SD5F SM6GOR
5W0HA CX3AN FR4PV F1UIJ SJ9WL LA7TIA
7P8QM ZS2KU GB0SNB G3SVK [d] SK6SYL SM6KAT
7P8VRR EA5GL GB0SNB GB0SNB [b] SK7BORE SK7DX
8P50B KU9C GB1BPL 2W0DSP SK7L SK7CA
8P6ET KU9C GB1PBL G1OCN SN60CIS SP9PNB
8S7LHJ SK7CA GB2BHL G0VEO SN75PW SP1PMY
9A0HRS 9A3JB GB2ELH GM0GFL SO1CC DL1CC
9A490CETIN 9A1CVW GB2LBN GM4UYZ SO1RE DK8RE
9A8DV IK6VXO GB2SL G1TDN SP9YFF SP9WAN
9A8GHJ/p OE7GHJ GB4LL G4WUA SV0GU DL4SV
9H3X DK9IP GB6NT G6XOU T43SD CO3JY
9J2BO G3TEV GS4LAB/p G4IAR T45FM RW6HS
9K2SS KB2MS H2017PFO 5B4AIE T46FY EA5GL
9M4CJS 9M2ESM HB9ILLW HB9LR T46LC CO6CG
9M4LHB 9M4CHS HF100SBS SP5PLW T88WH 7K1HLJ
9M4LHC 9W2WWW HF79TG SP5PPK TC3FLY TA3AHJ
9M4LHM 9W8KIF HG14HST HA2NA TM0BSM DK5OPA
9M4LHN 9W2PD HG150MONAR HA0BW TM0LHG PA0HEL
9M60MA 9M2OHM HI3A W2CCW TM150ST F8KHG
9M60MB 9W2EMU HK1MW N2OO TM160BF F4GFE
9M60MK 9W2AOA HK1W EA5KB TM8SRY F5KCC
9M60MM 9M2MDX HK3C NR6M TT8FC EA3GWK
9M60MP 9W2EYR HK4L EA5GL TX5EG F6BCW
9M60MR 9M4CPS HL72V 6K0MF TZ4AM W0SA
9N1AA N4AA II1L IQ1GE UE80AR RN1ON
A35JP/p JA0RQV IP1T I1ANP UP44WFF UN6GAO
A41CK A61BK IQ5QO 9A8MDC V31MA M0OXO
A41KB ON7LX IY7MG IQ7DV V31RJ VE6RAJ
A41NN A61BK J41J SV1PMQ V53DX DO4DXA
A61FJ LZ1YE JT0YPS UA9YPS V63KS JA6REX
A61FK A61BK KC4AAA K1IED V73NS W3HNK
A61HA A61BK KH2L W3HNK VK8NSB M0URX
A61Q EA7FTR LG5LG LA7TIA VP2ETE W3HNK
A61QQ A61BK LI5TA LA4F VY2PLH VY2GF
A71AM M0OXO LY17LP LY2KM XK150YUKON KC1CWF
AM1MLC EA1COW NL6/AA7CH VE7ACN XV9OK JG6PWT
AO8DX EA8AKN OA6Q OE3NHW YB0AZ W4JS
BV0FISU BV2FP OF11WCA OG2K YE1Y HA3JB
C37NL C37URA OH1F OH1AF YJ0AT NR6M
CP4BT DJ2BW OM7WFF OM7PY YJ0CX CX3AN
CP5HK EA5IDQ ON9BD ON6EF YJ0ST EA5GL
CR1FF CS5NRA OP0PPY ON7LX YO13IPA YO3AS
CR5CC CS5NRA OP17L ON6DP YP0F YO9RIJ
CR5CM CS5NRA OV1RR OZ1HHH YQ0BIKE YO6KNE
CR5FSE CS5ARL OX3LX OZ0J Z21LS 7Z1HB [d]
CR5SV CS5NRA OY1OF M0URX Z21LS DE1ZHB [b]
CR6LH CT1GZB OZ0IL DL1UWE Z21MH IZ0EGA
CS2LH CS5LX PA50LELY PA3HEB Z68BB S53BB
CV7S CX7SS PA6FUN PA3HHT Z81D OM3JW
CW1R CX1AA PA6LST PI4ADH ZB2LGT ZB2BU
CX2BR EA5GL PA6SCH PI4DHG ZB2TT M0URX
CX7CO EA5GL PF35CAVENTE PA7HPH ZF2ZL W8ERI
DA0COTA DF2DD PF38T PA7HPH ZP6ARO IK2DUW
DA0LHT DG6LAU R1382M RK3AW ZP9MCE EA5ZD
DA2017LH DJ2HD R1530IG UA3VLO ZS8Z ZS1LS
DF0WRTC DJ9MH R1747PS UA4CGR ZS9V M0OXO

9V1KK Keiji Tamura, 3-7-6 Izumi-dai, Ichihara-shi, Chiba-ken, 299-0114,
Japan
DU4DXT Dexter Toyado, Calatagan Proper, Virac, 4800 Catanduanes,
Philippines
GB1OL David Wishart, Curcum, Swannay, Orkney, KW17 2NS, United Kingdom
HG17EYOF MTTOSZ Gyor Varosi Radioklub, Gyor, Nagysandor Jozsef u. 27,
9027, Hungary
IZ7GXB Costantino Ferrone, Via Molfetta 42, 71121 Foggia FG, Italy
JA0RQV Masato Tamura, 2086-13 Daitakubo, Minami-ku, Saitama-shi,
Saitama-ken, 336-0015, Japan
JA6REX Susumu Kakubuchi, 1-10-205 Imashuku-machi, Saga-shi, Saga-ken,
840-0052, Japan
KH7XS Big Island Contest Club, P.O. Box 532, Laupahoehoe HI 96764, USA
OA1F Elena P. Moran, c/ Luis de Requesens 4/A 3 A, 15406 Ferrol
(A Coruna), Spain
OX3XR Harry de Jong, Broekdijk 59, 7695 TC Bruchterveld, Netherlands
OZ11A Leif Nielsen, Stenhoejvej 280, 9900 Frederikshavn, Denmark
PJ4/PA3BWK W.J. Hollemans, Dennenlaan 12, 3739 KN Hollandsche Rading,
Netherlands
S01WS Arseli Echeguren Bardeci, Barrena 6 1 Izq, 01408 Luiaondo
(Alava), Spain
TI2CC Carlos Paez, SJO 169221, P.O. Box 025331, Miami FL 33102, USA
TZ4PR Andre Burgermeister, 260 rue du Luminet, 91690 Guillerval, France
UA2FM Victor N. Loginov, P.O. Box 1122, Kaliningrad, 236019, Russia
UA9YPS Alexander Shishkin, Kalinina 18-18, Rubtsovsk, 658213, Russia
V51SCOUT Scouts of Namibia, PO Box 6436, Ausspannplatz, Windhoek, Namibia
V84SMY Sallehan Din, 43 Jalan Maju 2, Taman Maju, 32610 Bandar Seri
Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia
V85T Tamat Lampoh, P.O. Box 211, MPC Old Airport, Bandar Seri Begawan
BB3577, Brunei Darussalam
VE7ACN Mikhail Zavarukhin, 7581 Mark Crescent, Burnaby, BC V5A 1Z2,
Canada
VK9VKL Cliff Tindall, P.O. Box 752, Christmas Island WA 6798, Australia
XU7AEX Rene Camus, Pavillon Terres Rouges, Chemin des Terres Rouges,
91120 Palaiseau, France
YB67JTG ORARI Daerah Jawa Tengah, P.O. Box 1087, Semarang 50010,
Indonesia
YB72RI Organisasi Amatir Radio Indonesia, Gedung Prasada Sasana Karya,
Jl. Suryopranoto No. 8, Jakarta 10130, Indonesia
YO9RIJ Stolnicu Petrica, CP 12 Buzau 7 Ghiseu 1, 120340 Buzau, Romania
ZY31BIM Clube de Radioamadores de Campina Grande, Avenida Presidente
Getulio Vargas 1012, Campina Grande - PB, 58400-585, Brazil

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