425 DX News issue #1056

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30 July 2011                                              A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1056
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                         ****  DX  INFORMATION  ****
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

9A     - Andrea, IK6VXO and Italo, IK6JNH  will  be  active  as  9A/homecall
         from Drvenik Veli Island (EU-016) between 31  July  and  5  August.
         QSL via home calls. [TNX IK6VXO]
CE0_ei - Frank, I2DMI will  be  active  as  CE0Y/I2DMI  from  Easter  Island
         (SA-001) on 2-9 August. He will operate RTTY only on  80,  40,  20,
         17, 15, 12 and 10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.  All
         of the QSOs will be uploaded  to  LoTW  and  eQSL  as  soon  as  he
         returns  home.   Further    information    can    be    found    at
         www.mdxc.org/ce0yi2dmi/
CT7    - CT1BOL, CT1DZR, CT1EAV,  CT1EEB,  CT1ENV,  CT1FFU,  CT1FJL,  CT1HXB
         and CT1IZW will be active from Berlenga Island  (EU-040)  on  29-31
         July. They will participate in the IOTA Contest  as  CR5B;  outside
         the contest they will be  signing  homecall/p  on  all  bands,  60m
         included. The authorized  60m  band  frequencies  in  Portugal  are
         5288,5 SSB & CW,  5371,5 SSB & CW,  5403,5 SSB & CW.  QSL  CR5B via
         CT1BOL, others via home calls. [TNX CT1EEB]
CT7    - Antonio CT1EPV (CU8AS), Hermann CT3FN  (HB9CRV)  and  Siggi  DL2HYH
         will be active as CS2W from Insua Island  (EU-150)  and  lighthouse
         on 1-7 August. They plan to operate  CW  and  SSB  on  40-6  metres
         during their daytime. QSL via HB9CRV.
GM     - Andre,  GM3VLB  plans  to  operate  from  several  islands  in  the
         Shetland (EU-012) and Orkney (EU-009) groups between  28  July  and
         18 August. Look for him around 14257.5 kHz. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
I      - Vincenzo, IK7IMO, Piero IK7VJX and Roberto IK7XIV  will  be  active
         on SSB and CW as IJ7A (http://ij7a.altervista.org/blog/)  from  San
         Pietro Island (EU-073) on 29-31 July, IOTA  Contest  included.  QSL
         via IK7IMO, direct or bureau. [TNX IK7XIV]
I      - IK8LIU, IK8WEJ, IZ0FKE, IZ8EDJ, IZ8EGM, IZ8KNW, IZ8LKL, IZ8OJG  and
         IZ8UZF will be active as  IC8L  from  Licosa  Island  (EU-031,  IIA
         SA-001) on 7 August. QSL via IZ8EGM, direct or bureau.
JA     - Yoshi, JJ8DEN plans to be active as JJ8DEN/8 from a few islands  in
         the AS-147 IOTA group: Rebun (30-31 July),  Rishiri  (1-2  August),
         Teuri (4-5 August) and Yagishiri (6-7 August). This schedule  might
         be cancelled without notice due to sea conditions. He plans are  to
         be QRV on 40-6 metres CW, RTTY,  PSK31  and  JT65A.  QSL  via  home
         call, direct or bureau.
JD1_mt - Take, JG8NQJ/JD1 is active from  Minami  Torishima  (OC-073)  until
         mid-October. During this period  he  will  be  QRV  on  17  and  30
         metres; he will return to the island in December and be  active  on
         all bands. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DX World]
JD1_oga- Makoto, JI5RPT (www.ji5rpt.com/jd1/) will be active as JD1BLY  from
         Chichijima (AS-031), Ogasawara on 1-7 August. He will  operate  CW,
         SSB and digital modes on 40-6 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
LZ     - Laci LZ/HA0HW, Tomi LZ/HA4DX and Ivan  LZ1PJ  will  travel  through
         Bulgaria from the Serbian border to the Black Sea  area  between  6
         and 21 August. They  will  stop  in  different  Bulgarian  National
         Parks and will try to operate a few hours  from  each.  During  the
         second week they will go on a side trip to one of  the  islands  in
         IOTA group EU-181. All activities will take  place  mostly  on  40,
         30, 20 and 17 metres CW and SSB. QSL  via  home  calls.  Direct  or
         bureau. [TNX HA0HW]
OZ     - Ric, DL2VFR will be active as OZ0FR/p from Aero Island (EU-172)  on
         6-19 August. He will operate mostly CW,  with  some  SSB.  QSL  via
         home call, direct or bureau. [TNX rgsbiota.org]
TA     - Look for TC1LHW (from Karaburun Lighthouse) and TC7LHW (from  Yoros
         Lighthouse) to be active on 1-8 August.  Both  lighthouses  are  on
         the Black Sea coastline. QSL via TA1HZ. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
UA     - Nick, RA1QQ will be active  again  as  RA1QQ/1  from  Malyy  Island
         (EU-162) and Kandalakshskiy  lighthouse  between  28  July  and  10
         August, including an entry in  the  IOTA  Contest.  Side  trips  to
         other  islands  are  lighthouses  are  possible.  QSL   via    home
         call,direct or bureau. [TNX RA1QY]
V3     - Colin, KU5B will be active as V31UB from Belize on 5-10 August.  He
         will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on  80-6  metres,  and  will
         take part in the North American QSO Party CW.  QSL  via  home  call
         and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
VP6    - Jacques  F6BEE,  Nigel  G3TXF,  Gilles  VE2TZT,  Michel  FM5CD  and
         Vincent F4BKV will be active as VP6T from Pitcairn Island  (OC-044)
         on 20-29 January 2012. Plans are  to  have  three  stations  active
         round-the-clock on 160-10 metres CW, SSB  and  RTTY.  Pitcairn  has
         not seen any large-scale amateur DXpedition operation for the  past
         decade, and VP6T has a target of more  than  50,000  QSOs.  Efforts
         will be made to give this extremely rare Entity on  as  many  bands
         as possible, but especially  on  the  low  bands.  QSL  via  G3TXF,
         direct or  bureau,  and  LoTW.  QSLling  instructions  and  further
         information can be found at www.vp6t.org [TNX DX world]
W      - Members of the Old Barney ARC (www.obarc.org) will be operating  as
         N2OB from "Old Barney", the Barnegat Lighthouse (USA-039)  on  Long
         Beach Island (NA-111) on 6 August from  about  13  UTC  through  21
         UTC. Expect main  activity  on  20  and  40  metres  SSB  with  two
         stations. QSL via N2OB. [TNX N2OO]
YB     - Look for Pri, YB0ECT to participate in the IOTA Contest on  20m  CW
         in the 12-hour category. He is located  in  Jakarta  (OC-021).  QSL
         via W2FB. [TNX YB0ECT]

IOTA CONTEST ---> The following stations have  announced their participation
in this year's RSGB IOTA Contest (from 12 UTC on 30 July through 12  UTC  on
the  31st). For lastest additions  please give a  look at  www.rsgbiota.org,
and at the announced operation lists maintained by
Ric, DL2VFR (www.iota-expedition.com/IOTA2011/iota2011.html)
and Bill, NG3K (www.ng3k.com/Misc/iota2011.html)
Other groups will be activated during the weekend, but  advance  information
did not mention if the operators participate in the contest. Full details on
the IOTA Contest can be found at www.iotacontest.com
SWLs please note that the IOTA  SWL  Contest  has  been  picked  up  by  the
Mediterraneo  DX Club  (www.mdxc.org/swl/index.php), in cooperation with the
RSGB HF Contests  Committee,  and  it will be held in parallel with the IOTA
Contest.
Good luck to you all!

Group       Call/Ops         QSL VIA
------------------------------------
AF-003      ZD8D             DL9HO
AF-004      EF8M             UA3DX
AS-014      A43MI            A47RS
AS-018      RA0FF            RA0FF
AS-025      UA0FUA           IK2QPR
AS-066      RW0MM/p          RW0MM
AS-066      UA0LCZ/p         UA0LCZ
AS-080      D93I             DS4NYE
AS-101      HS7AT/p          E21IZC
AS-102      BV100            BV2KI
AS-107      E2E              HS0ZFZ
AS-146      BY1CW/4          BA4EG
EU-001      J45K             SV9DJO
EU-001      SV5/DJ4MH        DJ4MH
EU-001      SV5DKL           SV5DKL
EU-007      EJ0PL            EI5JQ
EU-008      GM0ADX             -
EU-008      GM2T             GM4UYZ
EU-008      GM7A             GM7AAJ
EU-010      GM7V             N3SL
EU-013      GJ2A             GJ3DVC
EU-013      GJ6YB            G3SWH
EU-015      SY9M             SV9CVY
EU-018      OY1CT            OY1CT
EU-020      SA1A             SM1TDE
EU-029      OZ8SW            OZ8SW
EU-030      OZ4FF            OZ4FF
EU-030      OZ7VEA           DL7VEA
EU-034      ES0U             ES2DJ
EU-036      LA/DB5YB         DB5YB
EU-038      PA3FKN           PA3FKN
EU-038      PA6NH            PH9HB
EU-039      TM7T             ON7EQ
EU-040      CR5B             CT1BOL
EU-042      DC1HPS/p         DC1HPS
EU-045      IB0R             IK8HCG
EU-048      TM2BI            F6KPQ
EU-052      SZ8L             SV8GKE
EU-054      IF9/IT9BXR       IT9BXR
EU-055      LA8OM            bureau
EU-055      LA9RY            LA9RY
EU-057      DL5KUD           DL5KUD
EU-057      DL6MHW           DL6MHW
EU-062      LA/SP7IDX        SP7IDX
EU-062      LA/SP7VC         SP7VC
EU-068      F5KKD/p          F5KKD
EU-073      IJ7A             IK7IMO
EU-080      ED1T             EA1HLH
EU-084      SK0HS/5          SM0MPV
EU-091      IQ7HK            IK7FPX
EU-092      GM1J             MM0BQI
EU-094      TM1G             F6CNM
EU-095      F5RAB/p          F5RAB
EU-096      OH1TD            OH1TD
EU-097      OH/G4FSU         G4FSU
EU-110      9A/S56A          S56A
EU-110      9A8AMS           IZ4AMS
EU-114      MP0HTJ           M0TZO
EU-115      EI1DD            bureau
EU-119      RC3W/1           RW3WWW
EU-120      G7N              G5XV
EU-121      EJ3Z             EI3Z
EU-122      MI0UDX           GI4VIV
EU-123      GM0B             MM0BHX
EU-123      GM7X             GW3SQX
EU-123      MM0TFU/p         MM0TFU
EU-123      MM3T               -
EU-124      GW5O             bureau
EU-124      GW8K             GW0ANA
EU-125      OZ/DF2SD         DF2SD
EU-125      OZ/DL2JRM/p      DL2JRM
EU-125      OZ0TX            DL7AT
EU-127      DF6QC            DF6QC
EU-128      DL9LBG/m         DL9LBG
EU-129      DL0KWH/p         DL0KWH
EU-129      DM6V/p           DL5AXX
EU-132      SP8RX/1          DJ0IF
EU-133      RI1AA            UA1AIR
EU-133      UA1ANA/1         UA1ANA
EU-135      SF2X/p           SM5EFX
EU-136      9A/S57UN         S57UN
EU-137      SA6G/7           SM6CUK
EU-140      OG5A             OH5AD
EU-142      ED1M             EA1DR
EU-146      PA2A/p           PA2A
EU-146      PF4C             ON4ON
EU-147      RK3SWB/1         RK3SWB
EU-147      RN1N/p           RN1N
EU-147      UA1NFA/p         UA1NFA
EU-149      ES4GP or ESWK    bureau
EU-150      CR6W             CS1GDX
EU-162      RA1QQ/1          RA1QQ
EU-165      IM0P             IZ1DNJ
EU-166      IT9EJW/p         IT9EJW
EU-170      9A/DK3CH         DK3CH
EU-170      9A1CKL           DK8ZZ
EU-172      OZ/DG5LAC        DG5LAC
EU-172      OZ7BQ/p          OZ7BQ
EU-174      J48JJ            HA7JJS
EU-174      J48NL            HA6NL
EU-174      J48P             HA7PL
EU-174      SV8/HA5AOP       HA5AOP
EU-174      SX8R             HA0NAR
EU-181      LZ0I             LZ1BJ
EU-185      R6AF/p           R6AF
NA-029      VE3ZZ/VY2        VE3ZZ
NA-032      FP/K9OT          K9OT
NA-034      W4FDX            N2MFT
NA-046      K1VSJ            K1VSJ
NA-067      AA4XX            AA4XX
NA-067      N4A              N4YDU
NA-067      N4I              W4OTN
NA-067      W4O              N4YDU
NA-067      WB8YJF/4         WB8YJF
NA-083      W4T              K5VIP
NA-091      VE7RSV/p         VE7RSV
NA-092      WD5IYT           WD5IYT
NA-099      NP3QE            NP3QE
NA-099      NP4DX            W3HNK
NA-104      V47JA            W5JON
NA-110      AA4V             AA4V
NA-114      FG5KC/p          FG5KC
NA-126      VC1D             VE1DHD
NA-128      XM2I             VE2CQ
NA-136      W1ASB/p          W1ASB
NA-137      N1LI             N1LI
NA-139      N2US/3           N2US
NA-142      W4/DF2MM         DF2MM
NA-142      W4S              W4PC
NA-143      AD5WB            AD5WB
NA-143      K5KUA/5          K5KUA
NA-144      W6UX/p           K6GEP
NA-154      VC1Z             VE1CDD
NA-198      VD1B             VO1LM
OC-004      VK9HR            EB7DX
OC-021      YB0ECT           W2FB
OC-021      YB3MM            IZ8CCW
OC-142      VK4NM/p          M0OXO
OC-227      VK4SWE           VK4SWE
OC-239      YB9WZJ/p         YB9WZJ
SA-046      PY7CRA/p         PY7CRA
SA-047      PR5D             PY5DC

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                         *** 4 2 5  D X  N E W S ***
                         ****  GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
                         ===========================
                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

GTC CW CUP ---> The first Greek Telegraphy Club CW Cup will run from 12  UTC
on 24 September through 12 UTC on the 25th. Email Stathis  Maliakis,  SV5DKL
(sv5dkl[@]rho.forthnet.gr) for complete details. [TNX SV5DKL]

NA-172 ---> Rick, K6VVA and Mike, K9AJ went QRT  from  NA-242  on  25  July,
after 3875 QSOs. The trip  to  NA-172  has  been  cancelled  because  of  "a
combination of poor HF conditions and a limited amount of available time  on
the  island,  in  addition  to  the  trouble  of  changing  existing  travel
arrangements". It will be rescheduled for July 2012. [TNX W6SC]

NA-198 ---> VE9MY, VE9GLF and  VO1DK  had  to  cancel  their  activity  from
Little Bell Island (NA-198)  [425DXN  1055]  because  of  inclement  weather
conditions. [TNX VE9MY]

QSL AP2ARS ---> Dragan, 9A6W has  been  guest  operating  from  AP2ARS  (the
Pakistan Amateur Radio Society's station in Islamabad) for a  few  days.  He
will leave the country on 3 August. QSL for this operation  only  via  9A6W.
[TNX The Daily DX]

QSL IL3A ---> Bureau cards for the Extreme DX & Contest  group's  activities
from the Venice Lagoon islands can  be  requested  by  email  from  the  QSL
manager IK3HHX (mariohhx[@]tiscali.it). [TNX IZ3EBA]

QSL PJ2T ---> The new QSL manager is W3HNK.  QSL  cards  that  have  already
been sent to the late N9AG (SK) will be forwarded to W3HNK, so there  is  no
need to resubmit. Future logs will continue being  uploaded  to  LoTW.  [TNX
The Daily DX]

ST0R ---> The ST0R log search is now current for  QSOs  made  between  15.36
UTC on 22 July and 13.18 UTC on he 29th. A total of  47,011  QSOs  has  been
made with 14,235 unique callsigns.
Check www.dxfriends.com/SouthernSudan2011/ for  log updates,  news from  the
team in Juba and pictures.

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                         *** 4 2 5  D X  N E W S ***
                         ******* QSL  ROUTES *******
                         ===========================
                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

===================================================================
CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3A2CWG      3A2LF       D93I        DS4NYE      SA6G/7      SM6CUK
4J3DF       RW6HS       DL0SOP      DL4SVA      ST0R        EA5RM
4J7WMF      RX3RC       DP3LUNA     DK1PM       SV0XAF/8    HB9EBC
4K9W        DL6KVA      EG7FPR      EA7HFS      SV0XAN/5    IK2WZD
4L1FX       DJ1CW       EJ3Z        EI3Z        SV0XBZ/5    YL2VW
4L1UN       EA7FTR      EJ4GRC      EI8DD       SV0XCC/9    LZ1YE
5B4ABP      OE2GEN      EN125WFF    UR5WD       SX8R        HA0NAR
5B4AIF      EB7DX       EN5R        UY2RA       T6TL        N4FF
5H4BL       IV3RTL      EN85W       UR5WA       T8XO        JA3AVO
5N4LRJ      G8JWT       EO0UD/P     UR7UT       TC100TAF    TA1HZ
5Q2T        OZ0J        EO2011U     UT7UU       TC23BSR     TA0U
5Q2J        OZ2JBC      ER44ZOO     ER1RR       TC2BK       TA7EB
5R8XB       ON8XB       ES4GP       ES5GP       TC7EYOF     YM7KA
5T0JL       ON8RA       FG4NO       F4AVX       TI4CF       W3HNK
5X1SF       GM4FDM      FP/K9OT     K9OT        TK11QRP     F8BBL
7S5A        SM4DDS      GS2UG       G0PFH       TK9VOCE     TK1LG
7X2VX       F4EPP       H77REX      TI4SU       TM1G        F6CNM  (b)
7Z1HL       DJ9ZB       HA50HH      HA0HH       TM1G        ON6DP  (d)
7Z1TT       NI5DX       HF0MSC      SP4ICP      TM2BI       F6KPQ
8P9XC       DF1XC       HG0WFF      HA0HW       TM2CV       F6KJX
8Q7HA       9K2HS       HK6AAY      EA5KB       TM36ZOO     F5SSN
9A04JB      9A3JB       II8JC       IQ8BB       TM40KFH     F6KFH
9A8TQF      HB9TQF      IM0P        IZ1DNJ      TM95SOM     F5KOU
9G5SW       OK1DOT      IP7W/p      IK7JWX      TP50CE      F5LGF
9M2/KM9D    OM2SA       JY5MM       IK2DUW      V31RN       K3TRM
9Q/DK3MO    DF9TA       K6VVA/KL7   N6AWD       V63FAA      W6ANM
A62ER       EA7FTR      KL7RRC      N7RO        VC9M        VE9MSR
A65BB       S57DX       KU2F/VK4    JE1SCF      VK9HR       EB7DX
AH0J        JA1NVF      MW0REN      DJ6OI       VX1D        VE1DHD
BO100       BM2JCC      OD5NF       HB9CRV      W4O         N4YDU
C31CA       EA1PO       OD5NJ       EA5BYP      W4T         K5VIP
C37NL       C37URA      OD5QB       YO3FRI      WH0AU       JP3WAU
C92DG       ZR6DG       OH1K        OH1JO       XE1RK       EA5ZD
C92IO       ZS6HB       OH3I        OH3BHL      XE2OR       W5OZI
CE2/VE7SV   VE7WY       OL90FOLK    OK7MT       XE3/IZ2LSC  EB7DX  (d)
CN2LW       HB9EOU      OZ0TX       DL7AT       XE3/IZ2LSC  IZ2LSC (b)
CO3ET       IZ8EBI      OZ7VEA      DL7VEA      XM2I        VE2CQ
CP6LA       HA3JB       P29CS       M0URX       XT2WC       F1IQH
CX7CO       WB3CDX      P29CW       VK2IR       YS3CW       I2JIN
D2CQ        CT1IUA      PJ7TM       K2GSJ       ZC4MIS      KF6RCP
D2QR        RW6HS       PQ3C        PT2OP       ZD8D        DL9HO
D2SG        GM4FDM      R34CZF      RV9CVA      ZD9GI       ZS1A

DL9HO    Volker Rose, Turnhallenweg 10, 21423 Winsen, Germany
EA5RM    Antonio Gonzales, P.O. Box 930, 03200 Elche (Alicante), Spain
EB7DX    David Lianez Fernandez, P.O. Box 163, 21080 Huelva, Spain
IZ1DNJ   Claudio Fantino, Corso Luigi Einaudi 44, 14100 Asti AT, Italy
JA3AVO   Masumi Nakade, 3-94 Koya, Itami-shi, Hyogo-ken, 664-0881, Japan
JE1SCF   Kanichi Nakagawa, 1257-4 Aoba-cho Chuo-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba-ken,
         260-0852, Japan
JP3WAU   Toshihiro  Nonaka, 5-1-1-2404 Kubo-cho, Nagata-ku, Kobe-shi,
         Hyogo-ken, 653-0041, Japan
K5VIP    Barry Priddy, 723 Peachtree Drive, Chesapeake VA 23322, USA
N6AWD    Fred Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr., Bakersfield CA 93309, USA
N7RO     Richard J. Moen, 2935 Plymouth Dr, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA
VE1DHD   D. Howard Dickson, 11346 Peggy's Cove Road, Seabright NS B3Z 3A7,
         Canada
W6ANM    Ainsley N Mc Clure, 231 Meadows Ct, Fremont CA 94539, USA

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