425 DX News issue #1176
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No 1176
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3DA - Announced frequencies for the 16-27 November 3DA0ET DXpedition to
Swaziland [425DXN 1161] are:
CW 1825 3520 7018 10105 14018 18075 21018 24905 28018
SSB 3790 7085 14180 18145 21180 24960 28480
RTTY 3590 7035 10140 14080 18100 21080 24915 (JA 24922) 28080
A "DXpedition Hot-line" phone number (listed on www.swazidx.org,
along with details about how 6m openings will be handled) has been
enabled for sending SMS messages to the expedition pilot (ZS6WB)
about any copy of the beacon which will be running 24/7 on 50.450
FM, and for sending any reports about RX of low-band activities.
3DA0ET will use five stations, one dedicated to RTTY. QSL via N7RO
direct or bureau, and LoTW. Logsearch on Club Log. [TNX ZS6RJ]
4S - Radio Society of Sri Lanka's special event station 4S0CGM [425DXN
1175] is active to commemorating the 23rd Commonwealth Heads of
Government Meeting (CHOGM) that is being held in Colombo. In
addition, individual operators can append their suffix to special
callsigns 4S5CGM, 4S6CGM and 4S7CGM, or append /CGM to their
personal callsign during the month of November. [TNX 4S7JL]
4S - Peter, DC0KK will be active again as 4S7KKG from Sri Lanka (AS-003)
from 17 November to 15 April 2014. He will operate mainly CW and
digital modes. QSL via DC0KK, direct or bureau. Logsearch on Club
Log.
9M2 - Once again Rich, PA0RRS will be active as 9M2MRS from Penang
Island (AS-015) from 31 December until 3 February 2014. He will
operate CW, RTTY and PSK on 40-10 metres. QSL via home call,
direct or bureau, as well as LoTW and eQSL. [TNX PA0RRS]
D4 - The Monteverde Contest Team (http://d4c.cc/) will participate in
the CQ WW DX CW Contest as a Multi-Multi entry from the D4C
station on Sao Vicente (AF-086), Cape Verde. The team includes
HB9CAT, IK2JUB, IK2NCJ, IT9BLB, K1RX, LY2IJ, OM2VL, OM3BH, OM3GI,
OM3RM, YL2KL, YL3DQ, LB3HC and YL3DW. QSL via IZ4DPV (direct or
bureau), LoTW and eQSL. [TNX IK1HJS]
FK - FK8RO is the callsign issued to Freddy, F5IRO for his activity
from New Caledonia [425DXN 1173]. He will remain there through
February 2014. QSL via F5IRO, direct or bureau. Freddy, along with
FK8DD and FK8IK, will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as
TX8B (QSL via FK8DD).
FS - Dave, WJ2O (www.wj2o.com) will be active as FS/WJ2O from St Martin
(NA-105) on 20-29 November. He will operate CW only on 40-10
metres, and will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via
N2ZN. [TNX NG3K]
JW - LA8HGA will be active as JW8HGA from Spitsbergen (EU-026),
Svalbard until 18 November. He will operate mainly CW on the HF
bands. QSL via LA8HGA, direct or bureau, and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
KP4 - Commemorating the 520th anniversary of the discovery of the island
of Puerto Rico, three local amateur radio clubs will be QRV with
special call signs: the Caribbean Amateur Radio Group as N4D
(13-19 November), the Western Amateur Radio Group as W4D (17-24
November) and the Borinquen Amateur Radio Club as K4D (17-19
November). QSL for all callsigns via KP4TC. [TNX Southgate ARC]
P4 - Once again John, W2GD will activate P40W from Aruba (SA-036) for
the CQWW DX CW Contest (23-24 November). He plans to be QRV on
160, 30, 17 and 12 meters CW before the contest, as time permits.
QSL via LoTW or N2MM (direct only, as after 31 December 2013 no
bureau requests will be honoured). [TNX NG3K]
PJ2 - Andy, W9NJY will be active as PJ2/W9NJY from Curacao (SA-099) on
19-25 November. He will operate CW on 160-10 metres. QSL via
WD9DZV and LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
PJ7 - Dennis K2SX, Les W2LK and Andy K2LE will be active as PJ7/homecall
from Sint Maarten on 19-26 November. QSL via home calls. They will
participate in the CQ WW CW Contest as PJ7W (QSL via W2LK). [TNX
NG3K]
S5 - Special event stations S506SLG and S506PMC are active until 5
January to promote the PMC Contest, sponsored by the Radio Club
Slovenj Gradec (S59DCD). The International Association of Peace
Messenger Cities was established in 1988 to recognize and
encourage the role and responsibility cities have in creating a
culture of peace. The PMC Contest, promoting contacts between
stations located in the Peace Messenger Cities and the rest of the
world, will be held from 12 UTC on 4 January 2014 until 12 UTC on
the 5th. Complete details can be found at www.s59dcd.si/en10/
TY - Wim, ON6DX will be returning to Togo on 18 November and be active
again as 5V7TH. He plans to be QRV on 40 and 30 metres CW, SSB and
RTTY during his evenings. However, the main purpose of his trip is
to go and operate from Benin. He has found "a nice QTH", Wim says,
and will move there "when I have my TY1 callsign papers in my
hands". His plans are to be QRV (http://dxpedition.be/Benin.html)
on 40-6 metres SSB, CW and RTTY between 21 November and 3 December.
QSL for both callsigns via ON6DX, direct or Bureau (OQRS on Club
Log) and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
V3 - Bob, K7YB will be active as V31YB from San Pedro, Ambergris Caye
(NA-073), Belize on 20-25 November. He will operate holiday style
on 40, 20, 10 and 6 metres SSB and CW, and will be active during
the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
V4 - Bob, K5WA will be active as V4/K5WA (QSL via home call) from St.
Kitts (NA-104) on 20-27 November. He will be QRV on 160-10 metres
CW, and will participate in the CQ WW CW Contest as V49J (QSL via
W5JON and LoTW). [TNX NG3K]
V6 - Sho, JA7HMZ and Masa, JA7ZF will be active as as V63DX and V63ZF
from Pohnpei (OC-010), Micronesia on 22-30 November. QSL via home
calls. [TNX NG3K]
VU7 - The VU7AG frequency plans [425DXN 1174] "have been updated after
carefully checking which other DXpeds are QRV around the same time
as us", and are as follows:
CW 1812 3512 7012 10112 14012 18082 21012 24902 28012
SSB 3680 7095 14180 18155 21280 24955 28480
RTTY 3584 7032 10142 14082 18092 21092 24922 28092
There will be three stations running minimum 400w on all bands.
VU7AG is expected to be QRV from Agatti, Lakshadweep Islands
(AS-011) "for at least fourteen days" between 20 November and 10
December. Three pilot stations for the Americas have been added:
N1UK (NA East Coast), KY6R (NA West Coast) and LU1FAM (Central and
South America). QSL via W4VKU, direct or bureau (logsearch and
OQRS on Club Log), and LoTW approximately six months after the
conclusion of the DXpedition. Bookmark www.vu7ag.info for further
information and updates.
XV - Once again Retu, OH4MDY will be active as XV2RZ from Vietnam from
22 November to 8 December. He will be QRV on 20-6 metres CW and
SSB. QSL via home call, direct only. Logsearch on Club Log. [TNX
DX World]
XZ - The 15-26 November XZ1J expedition to Myanmar [425DXN 1175] now
has a website at www.xz1j.org. Plans are for an 11-member team to
operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-10 metres with three or four
stations. Please use the OQRS provided by Club Log for QSLling.
YN - Mike, AJ9C will be active again as YN2CC from Nicaragua on 19-27
November. He will operate CW, SSB and RRTY on 160-6 metres, and
will take part in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via home call and
LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZD8 - Olof G0CKV (ZD8M), Oliver W6NV (ZD8W) and Jorma OH2KI (ZD8X) will
be active from Ascension Island (AF-003) on 19-24 November. Their
main activity will be during the CQ WW CW Contest as single-band
entrants (on 40, 15 and 10 metres respectively). Before the
contest they will be QRV on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL via
home calls. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
ANTARCTICA ---> Gerry, VK0GB (aka G3WIP and VK4BGL) is a medical
Practitioner stationed at Casey Station, Antarctica until February 2014.
Plans are to sit around 7130, 14315, 18130, 21300 and maybe 28775 at 01.00,
09.30, 12.00 and 17.30 UTC ("but not every day", he says, as his job
"always comes first, so I cannot promise too much").
CARIBBEAN TRIP ---> Pete, VE3IKV will be active as FJ/VA3RA (SSB and CW on
the HF bands and 6m) from Saint Barthelemy (NA-146) on 21-25 November,
including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest on 10 metres. He will then
move to Sint Maarten (NA-104) and be QRV on 10 and 6 metres as PJ7/VA3RA on
25-28 November. QSL via VE3IKV, direct only. [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 October 2013 issue is now available for
download at www.425dxn.org/monthly/index.html. [TNX IZ3EBA]
5J0R ---> The San Andres expedition's website has been updated with
pictures and statistics from the recent operation. 5J0R made 80508 QSOs
(33426 CW, 37033 SSB and 10049 RTTY) with 22704 unique callsigns in ten
days. The OQRS for direct QSLs is up and running, bureau cards should be
requestd through the dedicated OQRS when it is made available on the
website (http://www.dxfriends.com/SanAndres2013/index.php).
DXCC NEWS ---> K9W (Wake Island, 2013 operation) has been approved for DXCC
credit. [TNX NC1L]
IRON HAM CONTEST ---> Drawing inspiration from the Ironman Thriatlon
races,the Araucaria DX Group sponsors the WW Iron Ham Contest, a
competition that combines the main operating modes (Phone, CW and RTTY)
into one single contest. The second edition will be held on 28-29 December
(from 12 UTC on Saturday through 11:59 UTC on Sunday). The 24-hour contest
is organized to have 8 hours of operation on each mode in periods no
shorter than one hour. Complete details (look at this year's very special
prize for the winners!) can be found at www.ironham.com.br [TNX PY5EG]
THE BIG PICTURE... ---> "The Big Picture of Expedition Operating and the
Direct Relationship to Anti-Social Pileup Behavior" is a 43-minute
presentation by Rick, K6VVA. It "describes the problems and also solutions
to the dysfunctional behavior we unfortunately hear in DX & IOTA pileups on
the Amateur Radio bands these days". It can be found at
http://youtu.be/svLlfrFA-1E [TNX K6VVA]
Z81X ---> The 14-28 November Z81X operation from South Sudan [425DXN 1173]
will employ DX University's "Best Practices for DXpedition Operating". With
the exception for 160 and 80 metres (1826.5 KHz and 3523 KHz), they will
not pre-announce their operating frequencies, but will depend on "the
modern Internet spotting networks". Near the end of the operation, they
will use "a version of e-Pilot" in an effort "to work as many of the 'more
deserving, but DX challenged' DXers as possible".
Z81X "will also look for conduct that is consistent - or inconsistent -
with the 'Best Practices for Courteous and Efficient DXing' presented on
the DX University Webpage" (go to www.dxuniversity.com, click on "DXing
Tools" and then on "Best Practices" in the drop-down menu). Be aware that
they will "record many segments of the operation in stereo, pileup on one
channel, Z81X on the other", and that "selected segments will be uploaded
to the DX University website to illustrate certain points".
As the activity will be running for two-weeks, SSB operation on the low
bands will come during the second weekend. During the CQ WW DX CW Contest
there may be as many as three single-band stations activated. QSL via OH0XX
(OQRS on Club Log).
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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E6AA JA8VE R100MFF RN4ABD YJ0ZS JA2ZS
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EM70U UT7UU S506SLG S59DCD ZF2LC W2SM
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ES4CASTLE ES4RM SE70AA SK5AA ZV2K PY2SHF
FK8RO F5IRO SN21RN SP3PGR ZW8T PS8HF
EB7DX David Lianez Fernandez, P.O. Box 163, 21080 Huelva, Spain
F5IRO Freddy Laigu, 23 rue de Verdun, 10800 Saint Julien les Villas,
France
I0WDX Cesare Casaroli, Via San Michele 1/A, 00046 Grottaferrata RM, Italy
IV3DSH Paolo Del Do, Vicolo Cantarutti 3, 33035 Torreano di Martignacco
UD, Italy
JA2ATE Seiji Morishima, 1-8 Tono-machi, Ichinomiya-shi, Aichi-ken,
491-0848, Japan
JA2ZS Tug Mori, 135-419 Shinden Umemori-cho, Nisshin-shi, Aichi-ken,
470-0132, Japan
K9W Wake Island DXpedition, P.O. Box 5005, Lake Wylie SC 29710, USA
SP3CYY Jan Ambrozy, Slaska 12, 63-400 Ostrow Wielkopolski, Poland
W2IJ Jay Kobelin, 10628 Grandview Drive, Rancho Cucamonga CA 91701, USA
XE2HUQ Manuel Palos, Lerdo de Tejada 289 Pte., 23600 Ciudad Constitucion
BCS, Mexico
YB4IR Imam Raharjo, Jl. Putri Kembang Dadar II No. 14C RT 52, Palembang
30139, Indonesia
YB9BU Kadek Kariana SP, P.O. Box 106, Singaraja 81100, Indonesia
ZL3CW Jacky Calvo, 31 Raurenga Avenue, Royal Oak, Auckland 1023, New
Zealand
ZS8C Carson McAfee, PO Box 1585, Allens Neck, 1737, Roodespoort,
Johannesburg, South Africa
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