425 DX News issue #1392
click here to see the list of archived 425 DX News bulletins--f403045dc8fe4c784c056208b1e5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="PERL" 6 January 2018 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1392 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW >>> 3Y0Z: BOUVET ISLAND <<< "We are happy to report that we are on schedule for a January 13 departure to Bouvet Island, the World's most isolated island and the number two most wanted DX entity", the 3Y0Z Team announced on 29 December. "All team members will meet in Punta Arenas, Chile no later than January 10. We will attend a one and one-half day marine safety course, purchase last minute supplies and then fly across the Drake Passage to King George Island in the South Shetlands. There, we will board the newly refurbished Chilean vessel M/V Betanzos, and begin our 9 to 11-day voyage to Bouvet". Their plans remain unchanged: "we will have two stations on every open band whenever humanly possible, gain and directional antennas where possible, high power stations and a propagation-driven operation. The primary modes will be CW, SSB and RTTY. FT8 will be utilized if it is the only productive mode. Anyone preparing to utilize FT8 must read the 3Y0Z FT8 protocol on the Band Plan page of the DXpedition website (www.bouvetdx.org)". QSL via Club Log's OQRS (https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/3Y0Z) for either direct or bureau requests; traditional cards go via N2OO, direct (Bob Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton NJ 08087-0345, USA) or bureau. You may include a donation with your OQRS QSL request on Club Log (via PayPal), or you may include additional funds with your direct mailed QSL card. As for LoTW, "we will be uploading to LOTW for everyone who requests a direct QSL card. These will be done in batches during our QSL card processing, as time allows. A full LOTW upload will be made about 6 months after the end of the DXpedition". 3B7 - 5-17 April are the dates for the 3B7A DXpedition to the Saint Brandon Islands (AF-015) [425DXN 1387]. Eight experienced operators will be QRV on 160-10 metres CW, SSB and RTTY with five stations. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or via F5CWU (direct or bureau). See http://www.saintbrandondx.com for more information. 5W - Atsu, 5W1SA has been active from Samoa (OC-097) since 1998 (100,000 QSOs so far), and has received special callsign 5W20SAMOA for him to use throughout 2018 to celebrate his 20th anniversary. QSL via LoTW and eQSL; paper QSLs "maybe available later" through Club Log's OQRS if he finds a sponsor. 6Y - JA3AVO, JA3HJI, JA3UJR, JH3LSS and JI3DNN will be active as 6Y6J from Jamaica (NA-097) on 11-22 January. They will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 160-6 metres from the QTH of Josh, 6Y5WJ. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or via JA3AVO. C9 - Russian Robinson Club's members Vasily R7AL, Vasily RA1ZZ, Al RZ3K and Vlad RK8A will be active as C96RRC from Mozambique Island (AF-088) from 29 April to 3 May, and as C98RRC from Inhaca Island (AF-066) on 5-9 May. They will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 40-10 metres with three stations. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via R7AL. See https://dxpedition.wixsite.com/mozambique for more information. [TNX RA1ZZ] DU - Brian, DU1MS and a large group of operators will be active as DU0DM from Corregidor Island (OC-244) on 13-14 January. They will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on 40, 20, 15 and 10m. QSL via DU1MS (direct). [TNX The Daily DX] HL - To promote and support the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games, all authorized amateur radio stations in the Republic of Korea are allowed to change the call area number in their callsign to "23" until 28 February. For example, HL0HQ can be operated as HL23HQ, HL1VAU as HL23VAU, DS4NYE as DS23NYE/4, D70LW as D723LW. Special callsigns HL0WOP and DT23WOP will not change. [TNX HL1VAU] HP - Will, AA4NC will be active holiday style as HP1/AA4NC from Panama on 10-24 January. He will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on the HF bands and 6m. QSL via LoTW or direct to home call. [TNX The Daily DX] HS - John, ZB2JK has been active again as HS0ZIQ from Phuket Island (AS-053) since 18 December. He will remain there until 10 January. QSL via home call, direct only. LZ - Once again Radio Club Blagovestnik (LZ1KCP) will use twelve special callsigns throughout 2018 to honour as many different Bulgarian saints: LZ1883PSS (January), LZ250MT (February), LZ40MS (March), LZ362ME (April), LZ110SAE (May), LZ430PPW (June), LZ380PM (July), LZ1146SPS (August), LZ920MLC (September), LZ1545POA (October), LZ33MM (November) and LZ532PSO (December). QSL via bureau or direct to P.O. Box 36, 4300 Karlovo, Bulgaria. Details on the "All Saints 2018" award can be found at http://www.lz1kcp.com/. PJ2 - Joeke, PA0VDV will be active again as PJ2/PA0VDV from Curacao (SA-099) between 16 January and 8 February. He will operate only CW, with a focus on 80 metres. QSL via home call, bureau or direct. [TNX PA0VDV] V3 - Jim , W2JHP has been active again as V31TA from the Turneffe Islands (NA-123), Belize since 4 January, and will remain there until the 10th. QSL via EA5GL (direct only). VQ9 - Jim, ND9M (VQ9JC) is now active from Diego Garcia (AF-006), Chagos Islands [425DXN 1386] with his new special callsign: VQ920JC. His operating hours are still limited to 13-16 UTC, as he has to commute between his ship and his operating location on the island, then set up and break down each time. Usually he operates mainly CW on 30, 20 and 17 metres. QSL via home call. YJ - Chris, VK2YUS will be active again as YJ0CA from Efate (OC-035), Vanuatu on 14-21 January. He will operate SSB on 40 and 20 metres. QSL direct to home call. [TNX The Daily DX] ZF - Pete, K8PGJ will be active again as ZF2PG from the Cayman Islands (NA-016) on 13-21 January. He will operate SSB on the HF bands, with holiday style activity except during the North American QSO Party (from 18 UTC on 20 January to 6 UTC on the 21st). QSL via LoTW or direct to home call. =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW Access to the main functions of www.425dxn.org is provided by the 425DXN App for Android. It is available on Google Play - free of charge, no ads. Enjoy! ARRL INTERNATIONAL GRID CHASE ---> The Leader Board is now up and running at https://igc.arrl.org/index.php. The event started at 00.00 UTC on 1 January and will run through 23.59 UTC on 31 December. It is open to all amateurs, regardless of location or license class. Any operating mode is eligible as well as every band, except 60 metres. The objective is to work stations in as many different Maidenhead grid squares as possible, and then upload your log data to LoTW. See http://www.arrl.org/aigc2018 for complete details. CLUB LOG'S MOST WANTED LIST ---> The latest Most Wanted List, generated on 31 December is available at https://secure.clublog.org/mostwanted.php. The information is derived from QSOs uploaded to Club Log (currently 467.7 million log entries available for analysis) and, to improve quality, only QSOs that have QSLs confirmed are considered to be worked. The most wanted charts are rebuilt once per month, on average. 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 during the calendar year. The 2018 edition started at 00.00 UTC on 1 January and will end at 23.59 UTC on 31 December. The deadline for log submission for the 2017 DX Marathon is 10 January at 2359Z. Complete details can be found at http://www.dxmarathon.com/. CX3AL ON LOTW ---> Leo, CX3AL has uploaded to LoTW his handwritten logs covering the period from 28 April 2006 to present (some 19,000 QSOs). This year he will upload the logs from 2001 onwards. His paper logs collection goes back to 1970. If anyone cannot match a QSO, or wants a LoTW confirmation for an old contact, can write to Leo (leocorreag[@]gmail.com). [TNX CX3AL] DAYTON TOPBAND AND CONTEST DINNERS ---> The 29th Top Band Dinner will be held on 18 May, followed by the 26th Contest Dinner on the 19th. Both the events will take place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Dayton, Ohio. See https://www.topbanddinner.com/ and https://www.contestdinner.com/ for tickets and other information. DX SOUND CLIPS ---> Tom's (K8CX) DX sound clips for 2017 can be found at http://hamgallery.com/dx2017/. The collection of 118 clips (MP3 format) covers the major DXpeditions, plus rare and semi-rare DX. This makes 20 full years of sound clips available. INTREPID SPIRIT AWARD ---> The Intrepid-DX Group is seeking nominations for the individual or group that most displayed their "Intrepid Spirit" in 2017, "by expressing an unshakable commitment to the Amateur Radio DX Community". The award (http://www.intrepid-dx.com/awards.php) is made in memory of James McLaughlin, WA2EWE/T6AF (killed in Kabul Afghanistan, on 27 April 2011). Intrepid Spirits for purposes of this award are defined as being "bold, courageous, dedicated, innovative, fearless, generous, resolute and visionary in their approach to Amateur Radio". Nominations may be submitted via email to intrepiddxgroup[@]gmail.com and must be received by 15 January. The Board of Directors of the Intrepid-DX Group will evaluate the nominations and the award will be presented at the International DX Convention in Visalia on 21 April. [TNX N6PSE] IOTA DXPEDITIONER OF THE YEAR AWARD ---> The inaugural Island Radio Expedition Foundation's (IREF) "IOTA DXpeditioner of the Year" Award will be presented at the 2019 Dayton DX Dinner. The Southwest Ohio DX Association (SWODXA) has agreed to present the award at their annual DX Dinner, which - in the words of IREF President Mike Crownover AD5A - "will add prestige and visibility to the award and will provide the appropriate recognition for IOTA Expeditioners". The new award from IREF will join the list of awards presented annually at SWODXA DX Dinner including DXpedition of the Year, DXpeditioner of the Year (DXCC) and the presentation of the CQ DX Hall of Fame inductees. Details on the "IOTA DXpeditioner of the Year" award can be found at https://irefradio.com/activator-award/. QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX's website has been updated. Sixteen different galleries include 15,340 cards for the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (2004-16), the 62 deleted DXCC Entities, obsolete prefixes, stations from Maghreb from 1945 to 1962, Allied Forces stations in Germany (1945-70), special stations commemorating ITU and IARU, stations using the United Nations prefix (4U), Antarctic bases and TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises), the various French DXCC island Entities in the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Americas (from 1945 to 1970), pre-1945 countries, French Departments and CONUS, plus a gallery for cards not accepted by DXCC. Your participation is encouraged: http://www.lesnouvellesdx.fr/galerieqsl.php. [TNX F6AJA]. =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL ROUTES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3DA0AQ EA5GL A60MBZ A61BK JD1BMH JD1BMH [b] 3V8CQ EI9FBB A70X M0OXO JD1BMH JG7PSJ [d] 3V8SS LX1NO C56RU ON7RU OD5/EA1CYK EA7LS 3Z0R SP9SX C56VC SP7VC OD5ZF IZ8CLM 3Z0YL SP9SX CX7CO EA5GL OD5ZZ NI5DX 3Z18HNY SP6IEQ D4Z HB9DUR [d] OF3077F OH3JF 4K9W DL6KVA D4Z IK2NCJ [b] OT65MLB ON4MLB 4L1MA ON4RU DK200MARX DK5PZ OU0POLIO OZ1ACB 4L4ZA DJ1CW DL0FFF DL2RPS P49MR VE3MR 4L5P UT7QF DL1250BRET DF9IK P49X W0YK 4L6QL RW6HS DM900ZWI DM5JBN PF2018LWD PA0MBD 4L7AA IW7EGQ DP0GVN DL5EBE PJ2C EA5AHA 4L8A K1BV DQ800HRO DL5KVV PJ2ND K8ND 4T18PAX OA4O DR18WRD M0SDV RI1ANA RN1ON 4U1A UA3DX DU1/JA3FJE JN3VQM RI50ANO RN1ON 4U1GSC 9A2AA EI50AOM EI2KA SN20UM SQ9UM 4U24OCT 9A2AA ER4DX ER1FF SU1SK SM5AQD 5P9Z/p DL7UZO ES17EU ES2TI TI2VLM EA5ZD 5Q0PI OZ6PI FG8OJ F4AVX TY2AC DL9USA 5Z4FV N3ZS HC5DX W3HNK TZ4AM W0SA 6O6O M0OXO HG60KCI HA8KCI UN7ECA DL7EDH 7S75AA SK5AA [b] HH2AA NR6M UN7TE RW6HS 7S75AA SM5FUG [d] HH70A W3HNK V31PS M0SDV 8J1RL 8J1RL [b] HK3TK F5CWU V31TA EA5GL 8J1RL JG2MLI [d] HL23CEL HL4CEL V5/ZS1AO DJ2HD 8P2K KU9C HL23IWD HL1IWD VI70HI M0OXO 8Q7HB HB9VQQ HL23VAU HL1VAU VP2ETE W3HNK 9A161NT 9A7R HL23VXK HL2VXK VQ920JC ND9M 9G1SD AB0GC HP1LAC HP1MAC W2HRU N2MUN 9H3AY G3SDG HS0ZIA EA5GL YR100R YO3KAA 9M4RM 9W2XIO HS0ZIQ ZB2JK ZX8NO PT2GTI A52PD NR6M II4MXW IQ4FE ZX8TI PT2GTI 3W9T Trung Q. Nguyen, 12271 Oakwood Street, Garden Grove CA 92840, USA 5V1JE John Everman, Unit 2300 Box 840, DPO AE 09817, USA 6Y6Y Lester B. Veenstra, 452 Stable Lane, Keyser WV 26726, USA 8P0P Peter Cross, P.O. Box 7200, Rochester MN 55903, USA C5WP Pedro M.J. Wyns, Moutstraat 7, 2220 Hallaar, Belgium EA5GL Pedro Miguel Ronda Monsell, C/ Maximiliano Thous 16-24, 46009 Valencia, Spain JG7PSJ Hiroyuki Kawanobe, 1-4-1 Mikamine, Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, 982-0826, Japan M0OXO Charles Wilmott, 60 Church Hill, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4NG, United Kingdom ND9M James T. Clary, PO Box 18095, Panama City Beach FL 32417, USA ON7RU Franky Beuselinck, Ekenakker 12, 9880 Aalter, Belgium P29DA Darren Johnston, P.O. Box 3140, Browns Plains LPO QLD 4118, Australia PT2GTI Roberto Franca Stuckert, SHIN QI 7 Conjunto 12 Casa 14, Brasilia - DF, 71515-120, Brazil PU0FDN Jose Carlos Marenga, Caixa Postal 52, Fernando de Noronha - PE, 53990-000, Brazil S01WS Arseli Echeguren Bardeci, Barrena 6 1 Izq, 01408 Luiaondo (Alava), Spain **************************************************************************** 425 DX NEWS HOME PAGE: http://www.425dxn.org 425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE: http://www.425dxn.org/monthly **************************************************************************** 425 DX News is a free of charge weekly bulletin edited by Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ and Valeria Pregliasco, IK1ADH Its contents may be used, reproduced and distributed in part or full provided that "425 DX News" or "425DXN" receive proper credit Contributors are invited to send their DX information to Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ (i1jqj.mauro@gmail.com) The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays **************************************************************************** Direttore Responsabile Gabriele Villa, I2VGW Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 071675 Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti Roma, Italia **************************************************************************** -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "425eng" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to 425eng+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. --f403045dc8fe4c784c056208b1e5 Content-Type: text/html; charset="PERL"click here to see the list of archived 425 DX News bulletins--6 January 2018 A.R.I. DX BulletinNo 1392===========================*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ******* DX INFORMATION ****===========================Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADHDirettore Responsabile I2VGW>>> 3Y0Z: BOUVET ISLAND <<<"We are happy to report that we are on schedule for a January 13 departureto Bouvet Island, the World's most isolated island and the number two mostwanted DX entity", the 3Y0Z Team announced on 29 December. "All team memberswill meet in Punta Arenas, Chile no later than January 10. We will attend aone and one-half day marine safety course, purchase last minute supplies andthen fly across the Drake Passage to King George Island in the SouthShetlands. There, we will board the newly refurbished Chilean vessel M/VBetanzos, and begin our 9 to 11-day voyage to Bouvet".Their plans remain unchanged: "we will have two stations on every open bandwhenever humanly possible, gain and directional antennas where possible,high power stations and a propagation-driven operation. The primary modeswill be CW, SSB and RTTY. FT8 will be utilized if it is the only productivemode. Anyone preparing to utilize FT8 must read the 3Y0Z FT8 protocol on theBand Plan page of the DXpedition website (www.bouvetdx.org)".QSL via Club Log's OQRS (https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/3Y0Z ) foreither direct or bureau requests; traditional cards go via N2OO, direct (BobSchenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton NJ 08087-0345, USA) or bureau. You mayinclude a donation with your OQRS QSL request on Club Log (via PayPal), oryou may include additional funds with your direct mailed QSL card. As forLoTW, "we will be uploading to LOTW for everyone who requests a direct QSLcard. These will be done in batches during our QSL card processing, as timeallows. A full LOTW upload will be made about 6 months after the end of theDXpedition".3B7 - 5-17 April are the dates for the 3B7A DXpedition to the SaintBrandon Islands (AF-015) [425DXN 1387]. Eight experienced operatorswill be QRV on 160-10 metres CW, SSB and RTTY with five stations.QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or via F5CWU (direct or bureau). Seehttp://www.saintbrandondx.com for more information.5W - Atsu, 5W1SA has been active from Samoa (OC-097) since 1998 (100,000QSOs so far), and has received special callsign 5W20SAMOA for himto use throughout 2018 to celebrate his 20th anniversary. QSL viaLoTW and eQSL; paper QSLs "maybe available later" through ClubLog's OQRS if he finds a sponsor.6Y - JA3AVO, JA3HJI, JA3UJR, JH3LSS and JI3DNN will be active as 6Y6Jfrom Jamaica (NA-097) on 11-22 January. They will operate CW, SSBand digital modes on 160-6 metres from the QTH of Josh, 6Y5WJ. QSLvia Club Log's OQRS, LoTW or via JA3AVO.C9 - Russian Robinson Club's members Vasily R7AL, Vasily RA1ZZ, Al RZ3Kand Vlad RK8A will be active as C96RRC from Mozambique Island(AF-088) from 29 April to 3 May, and as C98RRC from Inhaca Island(AF-066) on 5-9 May. They will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on40-10 metres with three stations. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or viaR7AL. See https://dxpedition.wixsite.com/mozambique for moreinformation. [TNX RA1ZZ]DU - Brian, DU1MS and a large group of operators will be active as DU0DMfrom Corregidor Island (OC-244) on 13-14 January. They will operateSSB, CW and digital modes on 40, 20, 15 and 10m. QSL via DU1MS(direct). [TNX The Daily DX]HL - To promote and support the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games, allauthorized amateur radio stations in the Republic of Korea areallowed to change the call area number in their callsign to "23"until 28 February. For example, HL0HQ can be operated as HL23HQ,HL1VAU as HL23VAU, DS4NYE as DS23NYE/4, D70LW as D723LW. Specialcallsigns HL0WOP and DT23WOP will not change. [TNX HL1VAU]HP - Will, AA4NC will be active holiday style as HP1/AA4NC from Panamaon 10-24 January. He will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on theHF bands and 6m. QSL via LoTW or direct to home call. [TNX TheDaily DX]HS - John, ZB2JK has been active again as HS0ZIQ from Phuket Island(AS-053) since 18 December. He will remain there until 10 January.QSL via home call, direct only.LZ - Once again Radio Club Blagovestnik (LZ1KCP) will use twelve specialcallsigns throughout 2018 to honour as many different Bulgariansaints: LZ1883PSS (January), LZ250MT (February), LZ40MS (March),LZ362ME (April), LZ110SAE (May), LZ430PPW (June), LZ380PM (July),LZ1146SPS (August), LZ920MLC (September), LZ1545POA (October),LZ33MM (November) and LZ532PSO (December). QSL via bureau or directto P.O. Box 36, 4300 Karlovo, Bulgaria. Details on the "All Saints2018" award can be found at http://www.lz1kcp.com/.PJ2 - Joeke, PA0VDV will be active again as PJ2/PA0VDV from Curacao(SA-099) between 16 January and 8 February. He will operate onlyCW, with a focus on 80 metres. QSL via home call, bureau or direct.[TNX PA0VDV]V3 - Jim , W2JHP has been active again as V31TA from the TurneffeIslands (NA-123), Belize since 4 January, and will remain thereuntil the 10th. QSL via EA5GL (direct only).VQ9 - Jim, ND9M (VQ9JC) is now active from Diego Garcia (AF-006), ChagosIslands [425DXN 1386] with his new special callsign: VQ920JC. Hisoperating hours are still limited to 13-16 UTC, as he has tocommute between his ship and his operating location on the island,then set up and break down each time. Usually he operates mainly CWon 30, 20 and 17 metres. QSL via home call.YJ - Chris, VK2YUS will be active again as YJ0CA from Efate (OC-035),Vanuatu on 14-21 January. He will operate SSB on 40 and 20 metres.QSL direct to home call. [TNX The Daily DX]ZF - Pete, K8PGJ will be active again as ZF2PG from the Cayman Islands(NA-016) on 13-21 January. He will operate SSB on the HF bands,with holiday style activity except during the North American QSOParty (from 18 UTC on 20 January to 6 UTC on the 21st). QSL viaLoTW or direct to home call.===========================*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ******* GOOD TO KNOW ... ****===========================Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADHDirettore Responsabile I2VGWAccess to the main functions of www.425dxn.org is provided by the 425DXN Appfor Android. It is available on Google Play - free of charge, no ads. Enjoy!ARRL INTERNATIONAL GRID CHASE ---> The Leader Board is now up and running athttps://igc.arrl.org/index.php. The event started at 00.00 UTC on 1 January and will run through 23.59 UTC on 31 December. It is open to all amateurs,regardless of location or license class. Any operating mode is eligible aswell as every band, except 60 metres. The objective is to work stations inas many different Maidenhead grid squares as possible, and then upload yourlog data to LoTW. See http://www.arrl.org/aigc2018 for complete details.CLUB LOG'S MOST WANTED LIST ---> The latest Most Wanted List, generated on31 December is available at https://secure.clublog.org/mostwanted.php . Theinformation is derived from QSOs uploaded to Club Log (currently 467.7million log entries available for analysis) and, to improve quality, onlyQSOs that have QSLs confirmed are considered to be worked. The most wantedcharts are rebuilt once per month, on average.CQ DX MARATHON ---> The CQ DX Marathon is a year-long DX hunt, withparticipants competing to see who can work the greatest number of countries("entities") and CQ zones during the calendar year. The 2018 edition startedat 00.00 UTC on 1 January and will end at 23.59 UTC on 31 December. Thedeadline for log submission for the 2017 DX Marathon is 10 January at 2359Z.Complete details can be found at http://www.dxmarathon.com/.CX3AL ON LOTW ---> Leo, CX3AL has uploaded to LoTW his handwritten logscovering the period from 28 April 2006 to present (some 19,000 QSOs). Thisyear he will upload the logs from 2001 onwards. His paper logs collectiongoes back to 1970. If anyone cannot match a QSO, or wants a LoTWconfirmation for an old contact, can write to Leo (leocorreag[@]gmail.com).[TNX CX3AL]DAYTON TOPBAND AND CONTEST DINNERS ---> The 29th Top Band Dinner will beheld on 18 May, followed by the 26th Contest Dinner on the 19th. Both theevents will take place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Dayton, Ohio.tickets and other information.DX SOUND CLIPS ---> Tom's (K8CX) DX sound clips for 2017 can be found athttp://hamgallery.com/dx2017/.The collection of 118 clips (MP3 format) covers the major DXpeditions, plus rare and semi-rare DX. This makes 20full years of sound clips available.INTREPID SPIRIT AWARD ---> The Intrepid-DX Group is seeking nominations forthe individual or group that most displayed their "Intrepid Spirit" in2017, "by expressing an unshakable commitment to the Amateur Radio DXCommunity". The award (http://www.intrepid-dx.com/awards.php ) is made inmemory of James McLaughlin, WA2EWE/T6AF (killed in Kabul Afghanistan, on 27April 2011). Intrepid Spirits for purposes of this award are defined asbeing "bold, courageous, dedicated, innovative, fearless, generous,resolute and visionary in their approach to Amateur Radio". Nominations maybe submitted via email to intrepiddxgroup[@]gmail.com and must be receivedby 15 January. The Board of Directors of the Intrepid-DX Group will evaluatethe nominations and the award will be presented at the International DXConvention in Visalia on 21 April. [TNX N6PSE]IOTA DXPEDITIONER OF THE YEAR AWARD ---> The inaugural Island RadioExpedition Foundation's (IREF) "IOTA DXpeditioner of the Year" Award will bepresented at the 2019 Dayton DX Dinner. The Southwest Ohio DX Association(SWODXA) has agreed to present the award at their annual DX Dinner, which -in the words of IREF President Mike Crownover AD5A - "will add prestige andvisibility to the award and will provide the appropriate recognition forIOTA Expeditioners". The new award from IREF will join the list of awardspresented annually at SWODXA DX Dinner including DXpedition of the Year,DXpeditioner of the Year (DXCC) and the presentation of the CQ DX Hall ofFame inductees. Details on the "IOTA DXpeditioner of the Year" award can befound at https://irefradio.com/activator-award/ .QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX'swebsite has been updated. Sixteen different galleries include 15,340 cardsfor the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (2004-16), the 62 deleted DXCCEntities, obsolete prefixes, stations from Maghreb from 1945 to 1962,Allied Forces stations in Germany (1945-70), special stations commemoratingITU and IARU, stations using the United Nations prefix (4U), Antarctic basesand TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises), the various FrenchDXCC island Entities in the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Americas(from 1945 to 1970), pre-1945 countries, French Departments and CONUS, plusa gallery for cards not accepted by DXCC. Your participation is encouraged:http://www.lesnouvellesdx.fr/galerieqsl.php . [TNX F6AJA].===========================*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ********** QSL ROUTES *******===========================Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADHDirettore Responsabile I2VGW============================================================ ======= CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER============================================================ ======= 3DA0AQ EA5GL A60MBZ A61BK JD1BMH JD1BMH [b]3V8CQ EI9FBB A70X M0OXO JD1BMH JG7PSJ [d]3V8SS LX1NO C56RU ON7RU OD5/EA1CYK EA7LS3Z0R SP9SX C56VC SP7VC OD5ZF IZ8CLM3Z0YL SP9SX CX7CO EA5GL OD5ZZ NI5DX3Z18HNY SP6IEQ D4Z HB9DUR [d] OF3077F OH3JF4K9W DL6KVA D4Z IK2NCJ [b] OT65MLB ON4MLB4L1MA ON4RU DK200MARX DK5PZ OU0POLIO OZ1ACB4L4ZA DJ1CW DL0FFF DL2RPS P49MR VE3MR4L5P UT7QF DL1250BRET DF9IK P49X W0YK4L6QL RW6HS DM900ZWI DM5JBN PF2018LWD PA0MBD4L7AA IW7EGQ DP0GVN DL5EBE PJ2C EA5AHA4L8A K1BV DQ800HRO DL5KVV PJ2ND K8ND4T18PAX OA4O DR18WRD M0SDV RI1ANA RN1ON4U1A UA3DX DU1/JA3FJE JN3VQM RI50ANO RN1ON4U1GSC 9A2AA EI50AOM EI2KA SN20UM SQ9UM4U24OCT 9A2AA ER4DX ER1FF SU1SK SM5AQD5P9Z/p DL7UZO ES17EU ES2TI TI2VLM EA5ZD5Q0PI OZ6PI FG8OJ F4AVX TY2AC DL9USA5Z4FV N3ZS HC5DX W3HNK TZ4AM W0SA6O6O M0OXO HG60KCI HA8KCI UN7ECA DL7EDH7S75AA SK5AA [b] HH2AA NR6M UN7TE RW6HS7S75AA SM5FUG [d] HH70A W3HNK V31PS M0SDV8J1RL 8J1RL [b] HK3TK F5CWU V31TA EA5GL8J1RL JG2MLI [d] HL23CEL HL4CEL V5/ZS1AO DJ2HD8P2K KU9C HL23IWD HL1IWD VI70HI M0OXO8Q7HB HB9VQQ HL23VAU HL1VAU VP2ETE W3HNK9A161NT 9A7R HL23VXK HL2VXK VQ920JC ND9M9G1SD AB0GC HP1LAC HP1MAC W2HRU N2MUN9H3AY G3SDG HS0ZIA EA5GL YR100R YO3KAA9M4RM 9W2XIO HS0ZIQ ZB2JK ZX8NO PT2GTIA52PD NR6M II4MXW IQ4FE ZX8TI PT2GTI3W9T Trung Q. Nguyen, 12271 Oakwood Street, Garden GroveCA 92840, USA5V1JE John Everman, Unit 2300 Box 840, DPO AE 09817, USA6Y6Y Lester B. Veenstra, 452 Stable Lane, Keyser WV 26726, USA8P0P Peter Cross, P.O. Box 7200, Rochester MN 55903, USAC5WP Pedro M.J. Wyns, Moutstraat 7, 2220 Hallaar, BelgiumEA5GL Pedro Miguel Ronda Monsell, C/ Maximiliano Thous 16-24,46009 Valencia, SpainJG7PSJ Hiroyuki Kawanobe, 1-4-1 Mikamine, Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi,Miyagi-ken, 982-0826, JapanM0OXO Charles Wilmott, 60 Church Hill, Royston, Barnsley,S71 4NG, United KingdomND9M James T. Clary, PO Box 18095, Panama City Beach FL 32417,USAON7RU Franky Beuselinck, Ekenakker 12, 9880 Aalter, BelgiumP29DA Darren Johnston, P.O. Box 3140, Browns Plains LPOQLD 4118, AustraliaPT2GTI Roberto Franca Stuckert, SHIN QI 7 Conjunto 12 Casa 14,Brasilia - DF, 71515-120, BrazilPU0FDN Jose Carlos Marenga, Caixa Postal 52, Fernando deNoronha - PE, 53990-000, BrazilS01WS Arseli Echeguren Bardeci, Barrena 6 1 Izq, 01408 Luiaondo(Alava), Spain************************************************************ **************** 425 DX NEWS HOME PAGE: http://www.425dxn.org425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE: http://www.425dxn.org/monthly************************************************************ **************** 425 DX News is a free of charge weekly bulletinedited by Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ and Valeria Pregliasco, IK1ADHIts contents may be used, reproduced and distributedin part or full provided that"425 DX News" or "425DXN" receive proper creditContributors are invited to send their DX information toMauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ (i1jqj.mauro@gmail.com)The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays************************************************************ **************** Direttore ResponsabileGabriele Villa, I2VGWGiornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 071675Ordine Nazionale dei GiornalistiRoma, Italia************************************************************ ****************
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