425 DX News #1424

18 August 2018 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1424

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

CE0Y - Otis, NP4G will be active holiday style as CE0Y/NP4G from Easter
Island (SA-001) on 26-29 August. He will operate CW and FT8 on
40-10 metres. Announced "Fox & Hound" FT8 frequencies are: 7056,
10131, 14090, 18095, 21091, 24911 and 28091 kHz. QSL via LoTW. [TNX
NG3K]
CO - Once again special station T45FM will be QRV from the lighthouse at
Punta Maya during the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend
(ILLW) on 18-19 August. Expect activity on 80-10 metres SSB, CW and
FT8. QSL via RW6HS. [TNX RW6HS]
DL - Sebastian, DL1AXX will be active as DL1AXX/p from Helgoland Island
(EU-127) on 18-22 August. He will operate mainly CW. QSL via the
bureau.
ER - Roberto, IK1HGE will be active as ER/IK1HGE from Nisporeni, Moldova
from 21 August to 1 September. He will operate mainly SSB on 80-10
metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IW1DQS]
F - Reg, G3WPF will be active as TM100HAB from 23 August to 4 September
to commemorate 100 years since the liberation of t he village of
Hardecourt-aux-Bois in the Departement de la Somme during World War
I (28 August 1918). Operation will be on 160-6 metres CW with some
SSB. QSL via LoTW or Club Log's OQRS. [TNX G3WPF]
GI - The Bushvalley Amateur Radio Club will be active as MN0GKL from
Rathlin Island (EU-122) on 18-19 August for the International
Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend. They will be QRV on the HF bands,
plus VHF and UHF. QSL via the bureau or eQSL.
OK & OM- OL100CSR from the Czech Republic and OM100CSR from the Slovak
Republic are two special event callsigns commemorating the 100th
anniversary of the establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic (CSR)
until 31 October. The activity is organized jointly by the Czech
Radio Club and the Slovak Amateur Radio Association. QSL OL100CSR
via LoTW and Club Log's OQRS; traditional cards via the bureau or
direct to OK1MP; QSL OM100CSR via Club Log's OQRS or via OM2FY. See
http://www.100csr.eu/ for the award available for working these
stations.
XT - Al, F8FUA will be active as XT2BR from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on
21-29 August. He will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL via LoTW,
or via home call (direct or bureau). Al was QRV as XT2BR from
November 1983 until June 1986. Those old logs are lost, except
about 4300 QSOs which will be uploaded to LoTW along with the new
ones.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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4U1UN ---> "We're one step closer to being back on the air", James Sarte,
K2QI (President of the United Nations ARC, http://www.4u1un.net) posted to
Facebook on 16 August. "As some may know, Dmitri Zhikharev RA9USU along with
Adrian Ciuperca KO8SCA have been working with me behind the scenes to get
the station operational again. Through the generous donations of Dima and
his associates (notably Ed Kritsky NT2X), we were able to get a rack mounted
K3, Acom 2000 linear amplifier, and associated network-enabled control
hardware. We were also granted another K3 to act as a remote head from SK
Tony N2UN via his widow, and delivered to us by Andrew Bodony K2LE. Finally,
Adrian has been doing a lot of behind-the-scenes networking and legwork with
his counterparts to help get things done from within the United Nations.
Yesterday represents an additional milestone for the club as Adrian (who did
most of the work) and I, finally erected a brand new SteppIR BigIR vertical
antenna on the Secretariat's roof. All that remains is to connect and lay
the ground radials, fine-tune the rack mounted devices, and setup and
configure the remote K3. Once done and after almost a decade off-air, we can
finally call CQ 20 de 4U1UN".
"With regards to remote", K2QI explained in late July to DX World (see
https://dx-world.net/whats-the-issue-with-4u1un/), "the operators will still
be inside the UN proper. Just now, everything will be done by IP where the
control heads are located on the first floor and the transceiver on the 41st
floor to minimize coax length to the antennas. There will be no true remote
operations of the station from outside the compound as dictated by current
UN network security protocols".

FT8 OPERATING GUIDE ---> Gary, ZL2IFB has updated his "FT8 Operating Guide"
(Version 1.20), a collection of "tips, pragmatic suggestions aimed at making
FT8 easier and more effective to use on the HF bands": http://www.g4ifb.com/

NCDXF --- > The Northern California DX Foundation has announced the addition
of two new members to the Board: Rich Seifert (KE1B) and Lee Finkel (KY7M).
Both "have strong technical and legal backgrounds, and years of DXpedition
experience, which will serve them well as members of the NCDXF leadership
team". The Board of Directors now includes K6MM (President), AA7A (Vice
President), W0GJ (Secretary), N1DG (Treasurer), AA7JV, K6GFJ, K6TD, K9CT,
KE1B, KY7M and ND2T (Directors). The primary purpose of NCDXF is to help
fund well-organized DXpeditions to rare, difficult and expensive entities.
See http://www.ncdxf.org for complete information.

RI1FJ ---> Evgenij, UA4RX ended his 12-month assignment at the Ernst Krenkel
Observatory on Heiss Island (EU-019), Franz Josef Land on 10 August. The
RI1FJ station has been dismantled, and regrettably the 2018-19 team does not
include amateur radio operators. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or direct to
RW2F (ex UA2FM): Victor N. Loginov, P.O. Box 73, Kaliningrad, 236022,
Russia.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3B8CW NI5DX D73G HL4CEL LM90HQ LA5YJ
3B9FR M0OXO DK0WCA DF2DD LR5D LU4AA
3V8CB LX1NO DM900ZWI DM5JBN LY765KM LY3X
4L2M EA7FTR DU1IST JA1HGY MX0SNB G3SVK
4L8A K1BV DU3LA W3HNK OD5TX W4JS
4S7DMG SP9DLM E725ZRHB E73Y OE23HABC OE3PFS
5B4AGN M0URX EA7KFE OZ1ACB OG60F OH1NOA
5B4AMX LZ3SM EA9KB EA7FTR OH0JV DL7RV
5E5AM EA7FTR ED2FPA EA2RCA OL100CSR OK1MP
5P9O DK2DO EG17PAZ EA2RCH OM100CSR OM2FY
5R8UI IZ8CCW EG7FPM EA7RCM OP18A ON7LU
5W1SA JA1DXA EH3FPT EA3RCY OP18L ON5VL
6W1SU M0URX EH3UAB EB3GCP PF18NAWAKA/J PA5UL
7S5A SM4DDS EI100MCV EI6AL PI40FL PA3HEB
7X2ET M0NPT EM0KHNO UT4UMZ PJ2MAN EC5AHA
8S8ODEN SA2LLL EN90L UT8LN PJ7TM K2GSJ
9G1SD AB0GC EO90L UR5LCV R100WWS RV3YR
9G5AR N4GNR EX0DX HB9DUR R105WWS RV3YR
9H3TG DO8TIG FG8OJ F4AVX R1943KB RW3WW
9M2CNC G4ZFE FK8CE NI5DX R25RLHA RZ3EC
9M2TO JA0DMV FK8DD NI5DX RA0AY RW6HS
9M61MB 9M4CHS FK8GX W3HNK RI1FJ RW2F
9M61MD 9M2ZOL FM5FJ KU9C RO75NN R2EA
9M61MN 9W2ONK FM5WD W3HNK RO75O R2EA
9M61MP 9W2EYR GD8GNI G8GNI SE7M SM7GUY
9M61MW 9M4COK GX3WIM G4WYJ SV8/OK1FFU OM2FY
9M61MY 9M2OOO HA60NU HA3NU T45FM RW6HS
9X9PJ N4GNR HC2AO RC5A TC7YLH YM7KK
A60YOZ A61BK HF40CUF SP4CUF TF1A EB7DX
A61FK A61BK HF800W SQ6LIG TM0BSM DK5OPA
A62A A61BK HG480UD HA0NAR TM5SE F4KJP
A65FU IZ0GYP HG60KCI HA8KCI TM74IDL F5KKD
A75GR M0OXO HH2JR W3HNK TR8CA F6CBC
A91YOZ A92AA HH2MK EB7DX TX5T M0URX
CN2PK DK6KT HH70A W3HNK V31VP WB0TEV
CN8KD EA5XX HK3C M0URX VP2ETE W3HNK
CN8SG EA7FTR HK4L EA5GL VP9I WW3S
CP6CL W3HNK HS0ZMS HB9MUQ YL44WFF YL2SW
CS5DFG CS5NRA JY5HX E73Y YT600WCA YU1CA
CS5SUB CS5NRA JY5MM IK2DUW YU85AOP YU7AOP
D4C IK2NCJ LA/CT1BWW CT1BWW [d] Z21MH IZ0EGA
D4Z IK2NCJ LA/CT1BWW EA4URE [b] ZS6RAS EA5GL

9L1YXJ Mark A. Brewer, 2160 Freetown Pl, Dulles VA 20189-2160, USA
9M4DXX Tex Izumo, 827 Nakanojou, Ueda-shi, Nagano-ken, 386-0034, Japan
9M61MK Kelab Radio Amatur Kota Setar, 189 Desa Seraya Jalan Lencong Barat,
05400 Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia
9M61MM Jalur Selatan Radio Amatur Melaka, JB 9708 Jalan BH 4,
Taman Bemban Height, 77200 Bemban, Melaka, Malaysia
9M61MT Pemancar Terengganu, Lot 7263, Jalan Paya, Kampung Telok Ketapang,
21300 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
A35RR Roly J. Runciman, 18 Lansell Drive, East Tamaki Heights,
Auckland 2016, New Zealand
CY1R Christopher Hillier, 29 Round Pond Rd, Portugal Cove-St Philips,
NL A1M 2Z4, Canada
EG8HKT Radio Club Islas Canarias, Apartado Postal 178, 38200 La Laguna
(Santa Cruz de Tenerife), Spain
F6CBC Jean Charron, 19 rue Gabriel Moussa, 33320 Eysines, France
FY5KE Jacques Mazzoni, 678 route de l'Egalite, 74290 Talloires Montmin,
France
HC1HC/8 Rick Dorsch, P.O. Box 616, Hamburg MI 48139-0616, USA
M0URX Tim Beaumont, P.O. Box 17, Kenilworth, CV8 1SF, United Kingdom
N4GNR Dan Cisson, 12 Hancock Drive, Toccoa GA 30577, USA
RW2F Victor N. Loginov, P.O. Box 73, Kaliningrad, 236022, Russia
XU7AEX Rene Camus, Pavillon Terres Rouges, Chemin des Terres Rouges,
91120 Palaiseau, France
YJ0CA Chris Ayres, 3/19-21 Eastern Rd, Turramurra, NSW 2074, Australia
ZY159CAT Adriano Gomes, Caixa Postal 182, Catalao - GO, 75701-970, Brazil

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