425 DX News issue #1238
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No 1238
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
H4 - Once again Bernhard, DL2GAC will be active as H44MS from Honiara
(OC-047), Solomon Islands between 1 February and 30 April. He will
operate SSB only on 80-6 metres. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau.
HS - Alain, HS0ZKG (home call F6HBR) will go QRT permanently from Koh
Samui (AS-101) in May. He operates mainly CW, with some PSK and
RTTY, on 40-10 metres. QSL via F6AXX, direct or bureau, and eQSL.
Logsearch on Club Log.
J3 - Gregory, W2BEE will be QRV as J38GA from Grenada (NA-024) between
31 January and 28 February, with activity focusing on the digital
modes. QSL via home call, direct or bureau, and LoTW; logsearch on
Club Log. [TNX The Daily DX]
KP1 - "Within two weeks the K1N Navassa DXpedition should be QRV with up
to 7-8 stations", the K1N team reorted on 17 January. "Our exact
departure date will be decided at the last moment by USFWS and
weather windows. We hope to have a basic camp established by the
end of the first day and if things go extremely well, we hope to
have several stations on the air by nightfall on the second day.
Helicopter deployment will continue for a total of three days
before the camp is fully established".
Look for K1N on "the usual" DX frequencies, listening up, but in
some cases, down, for certain parts of the world's band plan.
Listen carefully to the instructions of the DXpedition operator.
At least one station will be on 20 metres 24 hours/day. 160m and
12m will be CW only, and 10m will be SSB only. Other bands will
alternate CW and SSB. At least one station will always be on RTTY.
The pilots will be N2OO (Chief Pilot), V51B (Africa), JA1ELY
(Asia, Zone 25), EY8MM (Central Asia, Zones 17-19, 21-24 and 26),
MM0NDX (Europe), K2SG (North America), ZL2AL (Oceania), HK1R
(South America) and KF5NYQ (Youth Pilot). They will collect
reports and suggestions from the various target areas (each
pilot's contact information is listed on the DXpedition's website:
click on 'Our Team'). The worldwide feedback will be prioritized,
summarized and forwarded to the team on Navassa. Pilots will not
have access to the logs, so do not ask about busted calls, log
entries, etc. Logs will be uploaded several times daily to Club
Log.
QSL via N2OO, direct or bureau (OQRS on Club Log), and LoTW
("sooner rather than later"). Read the complete Press Release on
www.navassadx.com; the next one will be when the landing
operations commence. After that, daily progress and pictures will
be posted on the website. Follow K1N on Twitter (@navassa2015) and
check out their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/2015Navassa).
ON_ant - ON5TN and ON1EN are active as OP0LE from the Princess Elisabeth
Station, Antarctica until the end of February. QSL via ON7TK. [TNX
DX World]
OZ - Jakob, OZ7AEI will use OU25AEI for all his portable operations
(IOTA, lighthouses, etc) in 2015. The special callsign celebrates
his Silver Jubilee in amateur radio. QSL via bureau or direct.
OZ - Celebrating the 90th anniversary of the International Amateur
Radio Union, special callsign OZ90IARU will used until 31 December
by several different operators around Denmark. QSL via OZ0J
(please use the OQRS provided by Club Log for direct and
especially for bureau cards), LoTW and eQSL. See www.oz90iaru.dk
for the relevant award and general further information.
PY - LABRE-SP (PY2AA) will activate special callsign ZZ461SP on 24-25
January to celebrate the 461st anniversary of the city of Sao
Paulo. QSL via bureau to PY2AA, eQSL and LoTW. Information on the
relevant award che be found on qrz.com.
UA - A team of seven (RA9LR, RW0BG, UA0BA, UA0ZC, UA0ZFW, UA9KAM and
UA9KDF) will be active as RT9K/0 from Dobrzhanskogo Island
(AS-203, new one for IOTA) in early September. They will travel to
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on 19 August, but once there it will
still be a 1,500-kilometre voyage before they reach the island.
RT9K/0 will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 40-10 metres with
three stations. QSL via RX9KM (logsearch on Club Log). Further
information and updates on http://www.qrz.com/db/RT9K/0
V3 - Gerd, DJ4KW (V31YN) and Gisela, DK9GG (V31GW) are active from
Consejo Shores, Belize until 5 March. Activity will be on 160-10
meters CW, RTTY ans some SSB. This year they "will stay on the
mainland the whole time and will not be visiting any IOTA
locations". QSL via home calls, direct or bureau, and LoTW. [TNX
ODX Bulletin]
VE - VE3RHE will be active as CG350F from 1 February to 1 March to
celebrate the 50th anniversary of the National Flag of Canada.
Also known as the Maple Leaf, it was adopted to replace the Union
Flag and made its first official appearance on 15 February 1965.
QSL via VE3RHE.
VP8 - Denis, ZL4DB will be working at King Edward Point, South Georgia
Island (AN-007) between late January and late March/early April.
He might operate SSB only as VP8DOZ with 100 watts and a ground
plane on 17m, 20m and maybe other bands, possibly starting around
late February. He is "very inexperienced in using a computer
logging program or pile-up handling so may not be calling CQ
initially, he may only S&P for a while until his confidence
increases". ZL4PW will be his QSL manager; see qrz.com for further
information and updates.
VP9 - Ron, W3PV will be active as W3PV/VP9 from Bermuda (NA-005) on
23-29 January. He will operate CW, JT65 and JT9 on 40-6 metres. He
will also "spend some time listening for QRP operators". QSL via
home call (bureau), LoTW and eQSL. [TNX W3PV]
W - Howie, K1VSJ will be active from Key Colony Beach (NA-062) from 29
January to 9 February. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
XW - Toshi, JA8BMK is active again as XW8BM from Laos until 10
February. He is QRV with a focus on the low bands from a new, low
noise QTH. QSL via JA8BMK.
YO - In celebration of the 90th anniversary of the International
Amateur Radio Union, special Romanian stations YO90IARU, YP90IARU,
YQ90IARU and YR90IARU will be active on all bands and mode from 1
February to 31 December. [TNX IARU Region 1]
PACIFIC TOUR ---> Hrane, YT1AD will be on a reconnaissance trip in
preparation for a future DXpedition, and will be active next month as
follows:
3-8 February 3D2AD Fiji
8-11 February 5W7A Samoa
11-12 February KH8/N9YU American Samoa
13-14 February KH6/N9YU Hawaai
He will operate CW and SSB on 160-6 metres. QSLs via YT1AD. [TNX The Daily
DX]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
CHESTERFIELD 2015 ---> The team for the 1-12 October TX3X DXpedition to the
Chesterfield Islands (OC-176) [425DXN 1236] now includes eleven operators:
AA4NN, HA5AO, K5GS, K6GFJ, K6MM, K6TD, K6TU, ND2T, W1SRD, W2LK and WA6O.
The pilot stations now include W4HK (Chief Pilot and North America), JA1WSX
(Japan), 4L5A (Rest of Asia), PT7WA (South America), V51B (Africa), HA5XA
(Europe) and VK3HJ (Oceania). See http://chesterfield2015.pdxg.net/ for
further information. [TNX K5GS]
DXCC RULES CHANGES ---> At its 16-17 January Meeting, the ARRL Board of
Directors decided to tweak "the DX Century Club (DXCC) rules to clarify and
expand their recognition of remotely controlled station technology. It also
has added a rule that puts greater ethical responsibility on operators with
respect to remotely controlled operation". The following was published on
the ARRL's website on 21 January:
The DXCC Rules changes, which affect Section I, subsections 8 and 9,
explain and extend how contacts with remotely controlled stations now may
be applied toward the DXCC award. As ARRL CEO David Sumner, K1ZZ,
explained, the changes are subtle but significant. The modified rules make
clear that contacts with legally licensed, land-based, remotely controlled
stations count for DXCC, but the control point - the operator's location -
of a remotely controlled station no longer has to be land based; the
operator can be literally anywhere.
"It has always been permitted for a QSO to count for both stations, if
either station was operated remotely from a control point within the same
DXCC entity," Sumner explained. "Now the location of the operator doesn't
matter; the operator could be on the far side of the Moon if he or she
could figure out how to remotely control a station on land back on Earth
from there." Transmitter location continues to define a station's location,
and, for DXCC purposes, all transmitters and receivers must be located
within a 500 meter diameter circle, excluding antennas.
Under the old rules, if either station was operated from a control point in
another DXCC entity, the contact did not count for DXCC for either station.
"This was unenforceable unless someone was transparent about what they were
doing," Sumner said.
The Board further adopted a new rule, now Subsection 11 (subsequent rules
will be renumbered accordingly), that acknowledges the reality of the
technology enabling remote operation, and it puts greater responsibility on
individuals when it comes to applying that technology ethically and
responsibly.
"Issues concerning remotely controlled operating and DXCC are best dealt
with by each individual carefully considering the ethical limits that
he/she will accept for his/her DXCC and other operating awards," the new
rule states. It adds, in part, "the owner of these achievements needs to be
comfortable standing behind his/her award and numbers. Peer attention has
always been a part of awards chasing, of course, but in these times with so
many awards and so many players, it is more important than even to 'play
the game ethically.'"
Subsection 11 acknowledges that technological advances "add to the
difficulty in defining rules for DXCC," but stresses that the intent of the
rules is what's important. "It will continue to be up to the operator to
decide what types of legal remote control operating he/she will use (if
any) to contribute to an operating award," the new rule concludes.
K1N & DQRM ---> "Deliberate QRM has been a major hindrance on both ends of
the pileups in recent years and is worsening. There is a tab on our website
(www.navassadx.com) where you can help us identify QRMing stations. This
tab will not be active until the DXpedition comes on the air. By entering
the data requested, and if enough data is entered, even with crude or rough
beam headings, a 'heat map' can be produced with mathematical analysis of
the data. This was covertly tested during the recent FT4TA Tromelin
DXpedition and even with limited data input, several deliberate QRMing
stations could be identified within a very small area! Again, the more data
that is provided the more accurate the 'heat' can be put on offending
stations. If we do experience QRM, we have planned tactics to minimize the
malicious interference. Hint: listen, listen and listen more for us... we
might try to 'wiggle' out of it! We will also try hard to keep our splits
narrow as possible to avoid annoying non-DXers who have been known to
'bother' a pileup".
NC1L ---> ARRL DXCC and Awards Manager Bill Moore, NC1L was seriously
injured in a single-car accident on 3 July last year [425DXN 1212]. Sadly,
Bill has now resolved to resign: "After much consultation with my family
and as a result of the life changing accident I suffered in July, 2014, I
have decided to relinquish my position as Awards Manager at ARRL HQ and
focus my full effort on physical therapy. I have enjoyed my years at ARRL
and the countless friends I have made within the ham radio community. I
hope to maintain contact as best I can via email and hope someday I will be
able to get back on the bands. Email can be sent to me at
BillMooreNC1L[@]gmail.com and while I plan to read each and every one, I
cannot promise to reply in a timely manner". [TNX The Daily DX]
VP8 2016 ---> The Intrepid-DX Group is pleased to announce that they have
received their Landing/Camp Permit for South Sandwich and South Georgia
Islands for their January 2016 DXpeditions [425DXN 1233]. "We will be on
each island for ten days and we plan for eight full days of radio", they
say. The primary objective is to provide as many DXers as possible with a
New One, and to focus low-band contacts as a secondary objective: "we will
use proven techniques to help ensure that everyone has a fair chance to
work us". They also hope to upload to LoTW during or just after the
DXpedition. "At this time, we are seeking Foundation, Club and individual
support to help us offset our significant costs to activate these two rare
islands" (South Sandwich and South Georgia are currently in the 4th and 9th
place respectively according to Club Log's DXCC Most Wanted List). The
vessel charter is in excess of 310,000 USD and the totale budget is 425,000
USD. See www.intrepid-dx.com/vp8/ for further information. [TNX N6PSE]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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AD7AF Richard L. Lemke, P.O. Box 1038, Ocean Park, WA 98640, USA
EL2FM Joe Brown, 10 Oldhams Lane, Bolton, BL1 6PN, United Kingdom
JA3AVO Masumi Nakade, 3-94 Koya, Itami-shi, Hyogo-ken, 664-0881, Japan
JE1LET Masahiko Otokozawa, 985-7 Kuno, Odawara-shi, Kanagawa-ken,
250-0055, Japan
JE6DND Katsuhiko Hayashida, 5-5-28-106 Hibaru, Minami-ku, Fukuoka-shi,
Fukuoka-ken, 811-1355, Japan
K3Y Jeff Peters, 5562 Heritage Way, Traverse City MI 49685, USA
KC0W Thomas M. Callas, P.O. Box 1058, Minnetonka, MN 55345. USA
M0OXO Charles Wilmott, 60 Church Hill, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4NG,
United Kingdom
M0URX Tim Beaumont, P.O. Box 17, Kenilworth, CV8 1SF, United Kingdom
PA3249 Harry de Jong, Broekdijk 59, 7695 TC Bruchterveld, The
Netherlands
PZ5RA Ramon Kaersenhout, P.O. Box 745, Paramaribo, Suriname
SM4VPZ Lily Aspelin, Hertig Karlsg 21B, SE-682 30 Filipstad, Sweden
VU2NRO National Institute of Amateur Radio, 6-3-1092/93 Raj Bhawan Road,
Somajiguda, Hyderabad 500082, India
YB8IBD Salmin Sahidin, Jln. Belimbing No. 89, Kel. Andonohu, Poasia,
Kendari 93232, Indonesia
YS1/HB9KNA Markus Pfiffner, Gopf 791, 9052 Niederteufen AR, Switzerland
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