425 DX News issue #1024

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18 December 2010                                          A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1024
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

A3     - Dave, W6ZL is active as A35KL from Foa  Island  (OC-169)  until  20
         December,  and  from  Tongatapu  (OC-049)  on  21-24  December.  He
         operates mainly CW on 80-10 metres. QSL direct to W6ZL, and LoTW.
4S     - Peter, DC0KK is active as 4S7KKG from Sri  Lanka  until  13  March,
         and will also try to go and operate from Barberyn  Island  (AS-171)
         sometime during that time frame. He prefers digital modes. QSL  via
         home call, direct or bureau.
5R     - Paolo, IK2QPR will be active as 5R8PR  from  Nosy  Be  (AF-057)  on
         17-25 January. He will operate holiday style on 40-10  metres  SSB,
         CW and RTTY. QSL via home call, direct or bureau,  and  LoTW.  [TNX
         IK2QPR]
E5     - Giulio, IW3HVB will  be  active  as  E51HVB  from  the  South  Cook
         Islands between 20 and 28 December. He will operate  holiday  style
         from Rarotonga (OC-013) on 20-24 December and  then  from  Aitutaki
         (OC-083). Expect him to be QRV on 7057, 14267, 18137, 21267,  24957
         and 28567 kHz. QSL via IW3HVB, direct or bureau.
JA     - Look for Take, JI3DST to be active as either JS6RRR and  JI3DST/JS6
         from Miyako Island (AS-079) from  26  December  to  4  January.  He
         plans to operate SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 and FM on 160-6 metres;  side
         trips to nearby Ikema-jima and Kurima-jima are also being  planned.
         QSL via bureau only. [TNX JS6RRR]
S2     - S21YX is the callsign actually issued to  the  group  of  operators
         [425DXN 1022] who are active  from  Bangladesh  until  21  December
         (originally they expected to be using S21FGC). Activity is  on  160
         to 10 metres, with an emphasis on 160, 80 and  40m,  using  CW  and
         SSB  with  two  stations  active.  QSL  via  JH1AJT.  Logsearch  at
         http://ds4eoi.karl.or.kr/logs/search.html
T8     - Ryosei, JH0IXE will be active as T8CW from Palau from  22  December
         to 6 January. He plans to be QRV on 160-6 metres mainly on  digital
         modes. QSL via JH0IXE. [TNX NG3K]
VP8_ant- Mike, VP8DMH has been active as VP8DMH/p from Fossil Bluff  station
         on Alexander Island (AN-018),  Antarctica  since  13  December.  He
         anticipated remaining there "for one to two weeks". Expect  him  to
         be QRV in his spare time mostly on 40, 20 and 17  metres  SSB.  QSL
         via G0VGS. [TNX The Daily DX]

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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 (November2010) is  now  available
at www.425dxn.org/monthly/index.html. [TNX IZ3EBA]

DL POSTAL RATES ---> Effective 1 January, there will be one  single  postage
rate  for  standard  letters  (up  to  20  grams)  mailed  from  Germany  to
everywhere in the world: the rate from DL to Europe will rise from EUR  0.70
to EUR 0.75, while the rate from DL to the rest of the world  will  go  down
(!) from EUR 1.70 to EUR 0.75.

DU1/F2JD ---> Gerard, F2JD has ha to cancel his planned trip to the  Batanes
Islands (OC-093) [425DXN 1023] "due to airplane problems". [TNX F6AJA]

DXCC NEWS ---> 7Z1HB (Saudi Arabia, 2007 to  present  operation)  and  H40HP
(Temotu Province, 2009 operation) have been approved  for  DXCC  credit.  If
you had these operations rejected in a recent application,  please  send  an
e-mail to the ARRL DXCC Desk. Due  to  heavy  e-mail  volume,  you  may  not
receive a reply, but results will appear in  Logbook  of  The  World  (LoTW)
accounts, as well as online on the daily listings.

OQRS ---> Francesco, IZ7AUH reports he  has  enabled  an  OQRS  Service  for
requesting bureau and direct cards for any of the callsigns that he  manages
(www.iz7auh.com)

PJ4B ---> The October 2010 PJ4B video can be  viewed  via  the  PJ4B  weblog
(http://sitekreator.com/pa3gvi/pj4b-weblog.html)  as  well  as  on   YouTube
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6X4JX11Ewk). [TNX PA3GVI]

SILENT KEYS --->  Ahmed  M.  Zaidan  (HZ1HZ),  Saudi  Arabia  amateur  radio
community's doyen, passed away at 96 years of age. Other  recently  reported
Silent Keys include Jack Columbus (VE1XT), Josephine C. Hansen (WB6ZUC)  and
Finland's legendary DXer and contester, as well as  former  SARL  President,
Axel Tigerstedt (OH5NW).

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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

===================================================================
CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
4B2S        XE2S        EG1MRL      EA1GHH      PT3T        PY3FOX
4K9W        DL6KVA      EH7JA       EA7NL       R1ANP       RW1AI
4L4WW       EA7FTR      FP5BZ       F5TJP       S21YX       JH1AJT
4S7BRG      LZ3HI       FR5DZ       F6CXV       SK50AU      SK2AU
5K3B        HK3O        GB1YDD      M0OXO       SN0CGL      SP6OPZ
5N50K       LZ1CL       GX4HRC/A    G3SVK       SO200FCM    SP5PB
5R8IC       F6ICX       H74LEON     TI4SU       SP9YFF/P    SQ9IDG
7P8RU       RV9WJ       HD2A        EA5KB       ST2UOK      EA7FTR
9G1YK       PA3ERA      HF40SEP     SP9PTA      T48T        EA5KB
9K2/SP4R    SP7DQR      HH2/PY3SB   PY2WC       T6AF        EB7DX
9L1BTB      SP7BTB      HI3CC       ON4IQ       T6TL        N4FF
9M2MRS      PA0RRS      HS0ZGQ      DL1MJF      T88SC       JA1LPH
9M6/W8AY    R2AD        HV50VR      IV3KKW      TC2010GT    TA1HZ
9M6RHM      NI5DX       HZ1PS       IZ8CLM      TJ3AY       F5LGE
9M6XX/2     JA5DQH      II2IGTO     IQ2MI       TM0T        F4EFI
9Q/DK3MO    DF9TA       II7IADU     IK7WDS      TM22P       F4EUG
9Q50ON      ON4BR       II7IASM     IK7WDS      TM4TLT      F4KIP
A35KL       W6ZL        II7IGPR     IZ7AUH      TM55SN      F6KUP
A35MZ       KJ6BBP      J68UN       N7UN        TR8CA       F6CBC
A41KJ       NI5DX       J6BP        N7UN        UA0SR       W3HNK
A65BD       G5LP        J79WTA      HB9MFM      V25R        K6IF
A65BG       PA7FM       JI1FGX/DU9  JF1LZQ      V31RG       K4VU
A65BI       SM5DJZ      KG4EM       KB7GJ       V73RRC      N7RO
A65BP       UA6MF       KH6ZM       I0MWI       VK0KEV      JE1LET
A65BR       UA9AB       LR2F        LU2FA       VK9NN       PA3LEO
AT16BSG     VU2NRO      LT4S        LU8SAN      VP2ETN      JN1RVS
BV100       BV2KI       LX8RTTY     LX1DA       VP5WW       KX4WW
CE200BC     CE3WDH      N7JAL/KH2   JM1WJI      VP8DMH/p    G0VGS
CE20RKV     CE1RKV      NH2B/KH0    JA1BAN      VQ9JC       ND9M
CE4CT       EA5KB       OA4TT       N6XQ        VQ9LA       N0QM
CE4SES      EA5KB       OE40ADXB    OE1XBC      VQ9ZZ       N1ZZZ
CN8IG       EA7FTR      OF50VRA     OH4TY       W2W         K3NEM
CN8KD       EA5XX       OG20YL      OH2YL       W8XGI/KH2   JA1XGI
CQ7GIL      CS1AAM      OH9SCL      OH9UV       XE1CDF      XE1YYD
CR2T        CU2AF       ON25NOK     ON7YX       XR2A        CE3BBC
CU2KG       OH2BH       ON60BLV     ON4CRD      XR33M       CE3BBC
CW5R        CX2ABC      OP4A        ON6LY       XU7FMZ      JA1FMZ
D2QV        UT0EA       P40K        WM6A        Z21BB       W3HNK
D2SG        GM4FDM      P40TA       WM6A        Z21DXI      SP5AUF
D44TBV      JA1PBV      PA11HNY     PB5X        Z23MS       UA3DX
DT0HF       HL2FDW      PA65VERON   PA3CAL      ZC4TS       NI5DX
DU1/F2JD    F6AJA       PB10XMAS    PB5X        ZD9GI       ZS1A
EA8AH       OH1RY       PC10SANTA   PB5X        ZF2LA       K9LA
ED1R        EA4RCH      PE10MERRY   PB5X        ZF2YL       AE9YL

CX2ABC   Lupo Bano Negreira, P.O. Box 950, 11000 Montevideo, Uruguay
DF9TA    Konrad Mayer, Vogesenstr. 2, 79194 Gundelfingen, Germany
G0VGS    Ian J Maude, 21 Colwyn Avenue, Morecambe, LA4 6EQ, United Kingdom
JH1AJT   Y. Zorro Miyazawa, P.O. Box 8, Oiso-machi, Naka-Gun, Kanagawa-ken,
         259-0111, Japan
N7RO     Richard J. Moen, 2935 Plymouth Dr, Bellingham WA 98225, USA
OE1XBC   Austrian DX Board, P.O. Box 1000, 1081 Wien, Austria
ON4BR    Carlo Houben, Koebaan 73, 3600 Genk, Belgium
VK4LDX   Craig Edwards, P.O. Box 487, Belgian Gardens QLD 4810, Australia
W6ZL     David L. Lee, 1626 Warwick Lane, Newport Beach CA 92660, USA
XWPA     Hiroo Yonezuka, Box DD 153, Huang Sathai, Vientiane, Laos
ZS1A     Johan Sevenster, 2 Roozeboom Street, De Bron, Bellville, 7530,
         South Africa

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          Contributors are invited to send their DX information to
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                      The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays

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                           Direttore Responsabile
                            Gabriele Villa, I2VGW
               Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 071675
                      Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti
                                Roma, Italia

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