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14 April 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 832
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
5H - 5H0RS is the callsign issued to Sigfrido, 7Q7RS [425DXN 829]. He
will be working in the Dodoma Region of Tanzania for one year. QSL
via IT9YVO.
6O - Filip, ON4TA is active as 6O0F from Puntland, Somalia until 18
April. He planned to operate SSB on 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres
during his spare time. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
BY - A large group of operators from the Zhuhai Polytechnic College ARC
will be active as BY7KPI from Huangmao (AS-131) from around 6 UTC
on 14 April until around 8 UTC on the 15th. They plan to operate
SSB and RTTY on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via BY7KPI. [TNX
www.rsgbiota.org]
BY - Look for BD1DRJ/3, BD3APX/3 and BD3AEO/3 to be active from
Shijiutuo Island (AS-134) on 21-22 April. They plan to operate CW
and SSB on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via home calls. [TNX
www.rsgbiota.org]
I - The third edition of the Mediterraneo DX Club's Members Trophy will
take place on 20-22 April. The MDXC HQ station IQ8MD plus several
special event stations are expected to participate in the event:
4M0R, 4X0MDC, EB8MDC, II0MDC, II9MDC, IO0MDC, IO1MDC, IO2MDC,
IO3MDC, IO9MDC, IR0MDC, IR2MDC, IR3MDC, IR8MDC, IS0MDC, IU0MDC,
IU9MDC, SX1MDC. All of the QSOs made with these stations will be
confirmed automatically via the bureau. Direct requests should be
sent to the Members Trophy Manager, Giuliano Mondini (IK2VUC).
Information on the event and the relevant award can be found at
http://www.mdxc.org/trophy.asp
I - Special station I0SPQR will be active on all bands on 20-22 April
to celebrate the 2760th anniversary of the foundation of Rome. QSL
direct to I0YCB. [TNX IZ0CUX]
JD1_oga - Skip, JE2HCJ will operate as JE2HCJ/JD1 from the Ogasawara Islands
between 16 and 25 April. He will be QRV with a long wire on 6-160
metres, mainly on CW on the low bands. QSL via home call. [TNX The
Daily DX]
KH8_si - The N8S team on Swains Island expects to go QRT around 18-19 UTC on
15 April. The logsearch on the expedition's website has been
disabled for a few days because of traffic overload. Go to
http://logsearch.de/ instead, and use the "N8S Log search" button
on the left menu. At 1.35 UTC on 13 April N8S had logged 97,127
QSOs (chapeau!).
OD - Paulo, CT1EFS is currently in Shama, Lebanon and will remain there
until early June. He is waiting for the authorization to operate as
OD5/CT1EFS, and plans are to be active daily on 15, 17 and 20
metres (possibily 40 metres as well) SSB and CW starting around
16.30 UTC. [TNX CT1END]
OH - OH6LI, OH3BHL and other Finnish operators will be active as OH3I
from either Parainen or Nauvo Island (EU-096) on 21-22 April. They
plan to operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 40, 30, 20 and 17
metres with 2-3 stations, amplifiers and good antennas. QSL via
OH3BHL. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
OZ - Tom, DL4VM will be active as OZ/DL4VM from Samso Island (EU-172)
from 21 April to 5 May. He will operate QRP on 40, 20 and 15 metres
CW only. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
SU - Special event station SU8DRM will be activated on 14-17 April for
the Regional Conference on "Disaster: Relief and Management" to be
held in Alexandria, Egypt. QSL via SU1KM (direct only).
TA - TA1HZ and TA2RX will operate as TC57ALAY on 21-25 April in
remembrance of the role played by the 57th Infantry Regiment
("Alay") of the Turkish Fifth Army during the Dardanelles Campaign
(Canakkale Savaslari) in 1915. Expect activity on 40 and 20 metres
SSB. QSL via TA1HZ. [TNX TA1HZ]
TK - Laci/HA0HW, Tomi/HA4DX, Geza/HA4XG, Ivan/LZ1PJ and Valya/LZ5AV will
be active as TK/homecall from Corsica (EU-014, Grid JN43qa) on
21-28 April. They will operate on the HF bands (160-10 metres
mainly CW, with some SSB, RTTY and PSK31 as well) and VHF. QSL via
home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX HA0HW]
VE - Igor, VA3YDX will operate from Manitoulin Island (CIsA ON-001) on
21-22 April during the Ontario QSO Party. QSL via home call (direct
only). Full information on the Canadian Islands Award can be found
at http://www.qsl.net/ve3tpz/cisa/ [TNX VA3YDX]
VP5 - Fred, PY2XB will active as VP5/PY2XB from Providenciales (NA-002),
Caicos Islands from 19 April trhough 3 May. He plans to put an
emphasis on 160. 80 and 40 metres, as well on 30, 17 and 12 metres
and digital modes (BPSK31 and RTTY). He will also have a CW beacon
on 50097 kHz. On-line logs will be available at
http://www.py2yp.ws/py2xb/; QSL via PT7WA, direct or bureau. [TNX
PT7WA]
YB - Hotang, YC0IEM will operate as YC0IEM/4 from Bangka Island (OC-144)
on 16-22 April. QSL via IZ8CCW. [TNX IZ8CCW]
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (March 2007) is now available at
http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/index.html. Articles and pictures should be
sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).
9Q5MO ---> This Otto Mayer, DK3MO (QSL via DF9TA), who operates from Bukavu,
Democratic Republic of Congo. Nowadays the 9Q5 prefix is used exclusively for
the Province Orientale, while Bakavu is located in the Province of Sud-Kivu
(9Q6 call area). Philippe, 9Q1TB says that the only four properly authorized
amateur radio operators are 9Q1D, 9Q1EK, 9Q1NT and himself. [TNX The Daily DX
and F5NQL]
CQ DX MARATHON ---> The CQ DX Marathon is a year-long DX hunt, with
participants competing to see who can work the greatest number of countries
("entities") and CQ zones over the course of a full year, then starting again
at zero at the beginning of the next year. For 2006, the winner in the
Unlimited Class is Pete Meyer, N0FW (286 countries and all 40 zones). The
Formula class winner was Drago, T94GB (193 countries and 35 zones using 100
watts and wire antennas). For 2007, the WARC bands are now permitted. This
year's Marathon began at 00.00 UTC on 1 January and will end at 23.59 UTC on
31 December. Complete rules and submission information can be found at
www.dxmarathon.com [TNX K9EL]
LOTW ---> Henrik, OZ6TL reports that all of the QSOs he made as either ZK1TLA
(1999-2005) and E51TLA (2006) have been uploaded to LoTW.
QSL AS-148 ---> Rocky, HL1VAU reports that the QSL cards for the 1-3 March
activity from Sonyu Island have been received from the printer. Rocky,
Han/DS2GOO and Ryou/DS4NYE are processing direct requests received so far.
They made more than 2,300 QSOs, the main part of them on the WARC bands, in
20 hours.
QSL VIA EA7FTR ---> Francisco is the QSL manager for more than 130 stations
from 41 different DXCC entities. His web site is up and running at
http://www.ea7ftr.com/
UKRAINIAN CONTEST CLUB ---> The 17th Meeting organized by the Ukrainian
Contest Club (http://www.ucc.zp.ua) will take place on 18-20 May at
Khortitca, Zaporozhye. Further information at http://www.ucc.zp.ua or from
Vladimir, UY5ZZ (uy5zz[at]mail[dot]ru). [TNX UY5ZZ]
WARD AWARD ---> The WARD (World Amateur Radio Day) Award commemorates the
World Amateur Radio Day celebrated by IARU on 18 April each year. The award
is sponsored by MK QTC (the Polish Amateur Radio Journal) with the Polish
Amateur Radio Union's support, and it is issued to licenced amateurs and SWLs
for contacts made/heard between 00.00 and 23.59 UTC on 18 April. Full
information at http://qtc.radio.org.pl/pokazartykul.php?articleID=544 [TNX
SP2FAP]
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******* QSL INFO ********
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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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3B8FQ K5XK AO1A EB1ISN N8S YT1AD
3B8MM DL6UAA AY7X WD9EWK NP4A W3HNK
3DA0FC ON4CJK BD5HAM IK2DUW OK6DJ OK1FJD
4K5D K2PF BP100S BX4AN OL0R OK1WMR
4K9W DL6KVA C6AGN W1DIG OL32OLP OK1DRQ
4L1FP LZ1OT CO7PH W3HNK ON60AF ON6KN
4L1MA ON4RU CX6VM W3HNK ON60HRT ON7IG
4L4CC RV1CC CX7CO KA5TUF ON7G ON4MRX
4L6DL LZ1OT DU1/K3RAG WY4N OX60AD OX3UR
4L8A DJ1CW EG5CPH EA5URR P29VR W7LFA
4O6T PB2T EG5SVF EA5URR PJ4/W9NJY WD9DZV
4U1WB KK4HD EH7SMN EA7URM R0UPOL F8DVD
5H0RS IT9YVO ER/RW3AH RW3AH R41WP RA3LBA
5H3VMB UA4WHX EX/W0AIH W0AIH R4CG RK4CYW
5N8NDP IK5JAN F5SGI/p F5SGI RK1G RZ3LC
5P7Y OZ7AM FT5XQ/mm F4EFI SB300L W3HNK
5P8Y OZ1ACB GB2BST M0XIG SC300VL SK6HD
5T5JA JA1BAB GB6GW GW0TKX SC5L SM5XSH
5X1GS WB2YQH GP4BJC/P G6XOU SV0IE DL2YAG
5Z4/IK4ALM IK4ALM H44MS DL2GAC SV0XAF/8 HB9EBC
5Z4ZK W4ZYT HC7AE EA7FTR T88ME 7N1RTO
6H1MW XE1MW HG200B HA3HK T960ARA T94GB
6H1TRP XE1TRP HI8LAM EA5NI TI1DX TI8AA
6H1XR XE1XR HK4KDO EA5KB TI2AXX DL3AXX
6H1YYD EA5KB HR9/WQ7R N6FF TR8CA F6CBC
6J3PMR XE3PMR HS0AC HS0ZFZ TU2/F5LDY F1CGN
6J3RBA XE3RBA HV0A K0FVC TZ1T ON4LN (a)
6O0F ON4TA HZ1SK IZ8CLM TZ1T ON5CD (b)
6V7F SM5GMZ IA0IPY I0YKN TZ2T ON4LN (c)
7P8/G4MFW 9V1FJ IA4IPY IK4QIB TZ4T ON4FG (b)
7P8DX ZS1CT IE9/IQ9PA IT9TQH TZ4T ON4LN (a)
7Q7HB G0IAS II1ICB IK1QBT UA0AZ W3HNK
7Q7VB UA4WHX II7ARI IQ7MU UE1SNA RA1QQ
7X2EB EA7FTR II7BP IZ7GWP UN7AD RW6HS
8J10YRP JN1YRP IP7IPY IZ7AUH UP21B UN7BF
8P6ET KU9C IP8IPY I8QJU V31WB KB2OWB
8Q7EB IW1GIO IR8DX IK8VRH V63J K9AJ
9A950DM 9A1CCJ IU8SF IK8WEJ V63RE IT9YRE
9A950DX 9A8DX J5UAP HA3AUI V63WN I1SNW
9A950JB 9A3JB J68WI WB5ZAM V73NS WD8CRT
9L1DIR EA4URE J79XBI SM0FWW VP5X OH3RB
9M2/PG5M PG5M JW/F8DVD F8DVD VQ9JC ND9M
9M2TO JA0DMV KG4JB N7ID XE2S WD9EWK
9V1AP KD3TB KH8/K3UY RA3AUU XU7MDY OH4MDY
9V1YC N5ID KH8/N9YU YT1AD XU7TZG ON7PP
A35RK W7TSQ LU1ECZ EA5KB XV9SW SM5MX
A45WD YO9HP LZ07IPY LZ3SM YK1BA N5FF
A92WHD A92GR LZ2007EU LZ1BJ ZS4U K3PD
(a) direct (b) bureau (c) direct and bureau
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******* ADDRESSES *******
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
5U5U Christian Saint-Arroman, Chemin de Mousteguy, F-64990 Urcuit, France
DL6UAA Mart Moebius, Kirchplatz 10, D-04924 Dobra, Germany
EA7FTR Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias 23, 21110 Aljaraque, Huelva, Spain
F8DVD Francois Bergez, 6 Rue de la Liberte, F-71000 Macon, France
I1SNW Claudio Scaglia, P.O. Box 161, 14100 Asti - AT, Italy
IT9YRE Ferdinando Rubino, P.O. Box 30, 96012 Avola - SR, Italy
K9AJ Michael J McGirr, 3441 W Oak Hill Dr, Crete IL 60417, USA
ON4CJK Jose Duyck, Molenakker 56, 8740 Egem, Belgium
ON4LN Eric Lauwers, Benedictijnenlaan 25, Kessel-Lo, Belgium
ON4TA Filip Rogister, Kroendaalplein 4, Overijse, 3090 Belgium
PG5M Gerben A. Menting, Brandparken 2, 9351 XM Leek, The Netherlands
RA1QQ Nick A. Smerdov, P.O. Box 24, Cherepovets 162611, Russia
WD8CRT Neil Schwanitz, Box 8341, APO, AP 96557, USA
WD9EWK Patrick Stoddard, 4031 E. Aster Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85032-7417, USA
YT1AD Hrane Milosevic, 36206 Vitanovac, Serbia
ZS1CT Cape Town Amateur Radio Centre, P.O. Box 2541, 7740 Clareinch, Cape
Town , South Africa
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