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26 April 2008                                              A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 886
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                         ****  DX  INFORMATION  ****
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

9A      - Special event station 9A08P will be  active on all bands and  modes
          through 31 December in celebration of  the city of Djurdjevac.  All
          QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX 9A2JK]
9A      - Tom, 9A2AA  will be  active as  either  9A2AA/p and  9A73AA/p  from
          Korcula Island  (EU-016)  on 26-29  April.  He might  also  go  and
          operate from one or more nearby islands. [TNX 9A2AA]
A5      - Torben, OZ1TL says  his activity from  Bhutan [425DXN  873] is  now
          scheduled to take  place on 2-15  May. He  will operate  99% CW  as
          A52TL. QSL via OZ1TL. Torben might be joined by Sarath, VU3RSB, who
          operates mainly digital modes.
FR/G    - Didier, F5OGL announced  that the Glorioso  operation [425DXN  881]
          has been postponed  until late  September or  early October,  after
          "important infrastructure works" on the island are done. The  press
          release can  be  found at  http://www.glorieuses2008.free.fr/  [TNX
          F5NQL]
GU      - Russell, G5XW will be active as  GU5XW/p from Guernsey (EU-114)  on
          26 April. He plans to operate mainly on 12 metres SSB and some  QRS
          CW. QSL direct to home call. [TNX G5XW]
HB9     - Luciano, HB9FBI and Augusto, HB9TZA will  operate as HB2008RL/p  on
          26  April,  before  and  during  the  Helvetia  Contest.   Complete
          information on the "Euro 2008" award  [425DXN 883] can be found  at
          http://eurodiplom2008.oevsv.at [TNX HB9FBI]
HP      - JA6REX will be active from Panama as follows:
          27-28 April   HP4/JA6REX   Bocas del Toro Archipelago (NA-088)
          1-4 May       HP8/JA6REX   Penonome (mainland)
          6-7 May       HP2/JA6REX   San Blas Archipelago (NA-170)
          QSL via JA6REX. [TNX F5NQL]
HP      - Tom, W4JKC  will be  active again  as HP4/W4JKC  from Colon  Island
          (NA-088) on  5-10 May.  He plans  to operate  SSB and  CW on  40-10
          metres. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
JA      - Look for  JS6RRR  and JI3DST/JS6  to  be  active  from  Miyako-Jima
          (AS-079, JIIA  AS-079-005) between  26 April  and 7  May. Two  side
          trips to Ikema-jima (AS-079-001)  and Kurima-jima (AS-079-003)  are
          being planned. QSL via bureau. [TNX JS6RRR]
JD1_oga - Koji, JI1LET will be active as JI1LET/JD1 from Chichijima (AS-031),
          Ogasawara on 1-5 May. He plans to  operate SSB, CW and RTTY on  40,
          30, 17, 15,  12, 10  and 6  metres. QSL  via home  call, direct  or
          bureau. [TNX JI1LET]
JT      - A new callsign has been issued to Nicola, I0SNY for his forthcoming
          activity from  Mongolia  [425DXN 885].  Expect  him to  be  signing
          either JT1SNY and  - when in  Bayankhongor - JT8SNY.  QSL via  home
          call.
PY      - Special  callsign  PY100JA  will  be  aired  through  December   to
          commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first Japanese immigration
          to Brazil. QSLs will  be available after  September, via bureau  or
          direct via PY2PA. [TNX NG3K]
TA      - Metin/TA1ED (SSB), Nuri/TA3BN (CW)  and Arif/TA1EE (digital  modes)
          will be  active with  three stations  as YM0TA  from Bogsak  Island
          (AS-123) between 30 April and 5  May. QSL via  TA1ED. The web  page
          for the  operation  is  at  http://www.ym0tadxpedition.net.tc  [TNX
          TA1ED]
TK      - Thierry/F4TTR,    Bruno/F5AGB,    Bernard/F9IE,    Jean-Paul/F8BJI,
          Jean-Luc/F6BIV and  Laurent/F1JKJ  will  be  active  as  TK7C  from
          Corsica (EU-014) on  3-10 May.  They plan  to operate  CW, SSB  and
          digital modes with three  stations on 80-10  metres. QSL via  F9IE,
          direct or bureau. Their logs will be uploaded to LoTW. The web site
          for the operation is at http://tk7c.free.fr/ [TNX F5NQL]
VE      - The Nanaimo Amateur Radio Association  (VE7NA) on Vancouver  Island
          (NA-036) will be  active as VE7NARA  on 1-30 May  to celebrate  the
          club's 60th Anniversary. QSL via VE7FCO. [TNX VA3RJ]
ZF      - Gerd, DL7VOG  will  be active  as  ZF2GU from  the  Cayman  Islands
          (NA-016) from 28 April to 14 May. He will operate CW and RTTY, plus
          SSB on  request.  QSL  via home  call,  direct  or  bureau  (e-mail
          requests for bureau  cards can be  sent to qsl@dl7vog.de).  Further
          information can be found at http://www.qslnet.de/member/zf2gu/

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                         ****  GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

DX MEETING ---> The fifth DX Meeting organized by the west Ligurian ARI Radio
Clubs, will  take place  in Imperia  (north west  Italy) on  31 May.  Further
information at http://www.arimperia.net [TNX IK1QBT]

LOGS ---> The on-line log for 9M6/N1UR (Spratly Islands) is now available  at
http://www.n1urspratly.com/, along with a few pictures showing the  location,
equipment and antennas. [TNX N1UR]

LOGS ---> The log  search for the  recent XE83IARU activity  can be found  at
http://www.dxxe.org/xe83iaru/ [TNX DL6KAC]

QSL VIA K1BV ---> Ted, K1BV says he has assumed QSL manager duties for  Vaho,
4L8A. He he is also the manager for D4B, D44TT and EY8MM.

WORLD ROBINSON CUP 2008 --->  The Russian Robinson  Club sponsors the  "World
Robinson Cup" for contacting stations operating from islands between 1  April
and 30 September 2008. The national island programmes considered by WRC  2008
are BIA (Belarus), CIsA (Canada), DIA (Denmark), DIB (Brazil), DICE  (Chile),
DIE (Spain),  DIFM and  DIFO (France),  DIP  (Portugal), GIA  (Germany),  IIA
(Italy), IOCA (Croatia),  IOSA (Scotland), JIIA  (Japan), RRA (Russia),  SPIA
(Poland), UIA  (Ukraine),  USIA  (United  States).  Complete  information  is
available     on     the     Russian     Robinson     Club's     web     site
(http://www.hamradio.ru/rrc/wrc_e.htm). [TNX RZ3EM]

XV3M ---> Jack, F6BUM has posted the  story with pictures of his recent  IOTA
trip to Vietnam on his web site (http://www.f6bum.net/index_en.html, click on
"AS-185"). He made only 577  QSOs under difficult  circumstances from Con  Co
(AS-185), plus 1018 QSOs from Phu  Quoc (AS-128) and 1094  QSOs from Con  Dao
(AS-130).

+ SILENT KEYS + Recently  reported Silent Keys  include Peter Taylor  (8R1J),
Uli Adelung (DK2OC) and L.B. Cebik (W4RNL).

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                         ******* QSL  ROUTES *******
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

===================================================================
CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3B6FQ       K5XK        CO8LY       EA7ADH      T88JY       JA1JQY
3W2TXR      JA2TXR      DF50PAMIR   DF9YG       T88KJ       JA1KJW
4K6OF       UA3FDX      E73BB       K2PF        T88VE       JA8VE
4L8A        K1BV        EK6LP       IK2DUW      TA4ZT       DK1AR
4M5M        W4SO        EL5BK       HB9BEI      TC57A       TA1HZ
4O3B        OH2BH       EL5CB       HB9AUZ      TF8SM       NI5DX
4X4DK       VE3MR       EN5R        UY2RA       TL8CK       F6EWM
5R8FL       G3SWH       ER5GB       W3HNK       TM2MP       F6KTN
5R8FU       SM5DJZ      ET3JA       OK3AA       TS2008FG    3V bureau
5R8GZ       G3SWH       FM1FV       W3HNK       TS83WARD    3V bureau
5X1DX       PA7FM       FM1HN       ON4IQ       TT8FC       EA4AHK
5X4X        DF5GQ       GB0U        GW0ANA      UA0AZ       W3HNK
6V7J        SP9CTT      GJ7VJR/P    G7VJR       UN12B       UN7BJ
6V7K        SP9SX       HC1HC       NE8Z        UO1E        RX3RC
6W1SJ       E73TW       HG550REX    HA5GY       V44KJ       WB2TSL
7Q7BP       G3MRC       HK6K        EA5KB       V8AQM       W3HNK
7Q7CT       CT1ABE      HP3AK       W4JS        V8FGM       PG5M
9G1YE       PA3ERA      HS0ZEA      OE2REL      V8FRO       M3SDE
9H3EE       K4UEE       HS0ZEX      DL9MDZ      VK1AA/2     VE3EXY (a)
9H9JR       DJ0QJ       HS0ZGQ      DL1MJF      VK1AA/2     VK1AA  (b)
9J2BO       G3TEV       HV0A        IK0FVC      VP8CMH/MM   GM0HCQ
9J2CA       G3SWH       HV50VR      IW0GPN      VR10XLN     VR2XLN
9K2WARD     9K2RA       I0SPQR      I0YCB       VR10XMT     VR2XMT
9K2YM/P     EA5KB       IE9N        IZ0FKE      W2W         W3HEM
9M2TO       JA0DMV      II3PIAV     IK3GES      WH0DX       JM1LJS
9M6/LA6VM   LA6VM       IR3HST      IV3EHH      XE83IARU    N7RO
9M6/LA7XK   LA7XK       K1HP/KH2    JE2EHP      XU7ADV      ON6NP
9M6/LA9DL   LA9DL       KB7OBU/KH2  JA3VXH      XU7AVO      JA3AVO
9M6DXX      M3SDE       KH2F/KH0    JA2TBS      XU7DFM      JA3DFM
9Q1EK       SM5DJZ      KP4DJ       WP4F        XU7FMZ      JA1FMZ
9Y4W        DL4MDO      N1YC/VK9X   N5ID        XU7KOH      ON7PP
A45WD       YO9HP       OL76CAV     OK1UU       XW1B        E21EIC
A45WG       NI5DX       OV5A        OZ5DL       YB9AQH      PA0HOP
A52K        JA1CG       PE7T/VK9X   PE7T        YI9PT       N4XP
A61AS       YO3FRI      PS2T        K3IRV       YK1BA       N5FF
A61NA       UA6MF       R1FJT       UA4RC       YN4SU       TI4SU
A71EM       EA7FTR      R4CG        RK4CYW      YT30FOC     YT1E
AD7RT/AH0   JP1PZE      RA9LI/9     UA9LP       YV5MSG      IT9DAA
AH8/W9EYE   W9EYE       RK1G        RZ3LC       Z29KM       EA7FTR
AM7W        EA7TV       S21B        KX7YT       ZF1DX       W8BLA
C31LJ       VE3EXY      S52X        NI5DX       ZF2XY       KE1F
C91R        CT1BXT      SC1658OZ    SK7BQ       ZM80WB      ZL2AOH
CE1VCZ      CE1VLY      SV5/SM8C    SM0CMH      ZP6CW       ZP6CU
CO3JN       EB7DX       T6AB        IT9YVO      ZP8VAO      EA7FTR
CO3VK       IZ8EBI      T80K        JN3JBC      ZV5R        AI4U

(a)  bureau        (b)  direct

F4EGS   Philippe Koch, Le Cottereau, 37320 Saint Branchs, France
H44MD   Moffet via Robert Wao, C/- TQF P.O. Box 490, Honiara, Solomon Islands
J39BS   Derek Steele, P.O. Box 536, St.George's, Grenada, West Indies
K1BV    Ted Melinosky, 12 Wells Woods Road, Columbia, CT 06237, USA
VK1AA   Nick Hacko, P.O. Box 900, Spit Junction, NSW 2088, Australia
XU7ABN  Claude Laget, P.O. Box 1373 GPO, Phnom Penh 99999, Cambodia

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