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Saturday, March 31, 2018

SARL VHF/UHF Digital Contest

WA7BNM Contest Calendar – 1000Z, Apr 7 to 1000Z, Apr 8

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Florida State Parks on the Air

WA7BNM Contest Calendar – 1400Z-2200Z, Apr 7 and 1400Z-2200Z, Apr 8

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Texas State Parks on the Air

WA7BNM Contest Calendar – 1400Z, Apr 7 to 0200Z, Apr 8 and 1400Z-2000Z, Apr 8

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LZ Open 40m Sprint Contest

WA7BNM Contest Calendar – 0400Z-0800Z, Apr 7

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PODXS 070 Club PSK 31 Flavors Contest

WA7BNM Contest Calendar – 1000Z, Apr 7 to 0400Z, Apr 8

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Missouri QSO Party

WA7BNM Contest Calendar – 1400Z, Apr 7 to 0400Z, Apr 8 and 1400Z-2000Z, Apr 8

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EA RTTY Contest

WA7BNM Contest Calendar – 1600Z, Apr 7 to 1600Z, Apr 8

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SP DX Contest

WA7BNM Contest Calendar – 1500Z, Apr 7 to 1500Z, Apr 8

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Mississippi QSO Party

WA7BNM Contest Calendar – 1400Z, Apr 7 to 0200Z, Apr 8

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ARRL Propagation Bulletin

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Propagation de K7RA

31 March, 2018

We saw no sunspots during this reporting week, March 22-28. The previous week had sunspots on only three days, with an average of 5.6.

Average daily solar flux receded from 69.3 to 68.2. Average daily planetary A index dropped from 14.4 to 10.6, and average mid-latitude A index declined from 11.3 to 8.9.

Predicted solar flux is 70 on March 30 to April 15, 69 on April 16, 68 on April 17-29, 69 on April 30, then 70 on May 1-12 and 69 on May 13.

Predicted planetary A index is 10 on March 30, 5 on March 31 to April 4, then 8 and 12 on April 5-6, 5 on April 7-9, then 8, 15 and 20 on April 10-12, 15 on April 13-15, then 8, 5 and 5 on April 16-18, then 15, 1 and 15 on April 19-21, then 18, 10 and 5 on April 22-24, then 15, 12 and 8 on April 25-27, 5 on April 28 through May 6, then 8, 15 and 20 on May 7-9, 15 on May 10-12 and 8 on May 13.

F.K. Janda, OK1HH sent this geomagnetic activity forecast for the period March 30 to April 24, 2018.
“Geomagnetic field will be:
Quiet on April 1-2, 4, 8-9, 24
Mostly quiet on March 30, April 5
Quiet to unsettled on March 31, April 3, 7, 16-19, 23
Quiet to active on April 6, 10-11, 13, 15, 21-22
Active to disturbed on April 12, 14, (20)
Solar wind will intensify on March (31,) April (6-8,) 10-18, 23-25
Remark:
– Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement.
– With regard to ongoing changes, current forecasts are less reliable again.”

Jon Jones, N0JK, sent this on March 26: “Remarkable propagation on both 6 and 10 meters despite a SFI of only 68. On March 23, 6 meters opened between North America and CE, LU.
“Ken, AC4TO, in Florida worked CE4WJK and CE2SV.
“CE2SV 18/03/23 2242Z 50313.0 EM28 F2 FF47 CQ FT8 one decode N0JK CE2SV 18/03/23 2212Z 50313.0 ft8 LU4FPZ
CE2SV 18/03/23 2203Z 50102.0 579 in EM70 Thanks! AC4TO

“I saw a spot by K0TPP for CE2SV on 50.313 MHz. I copied one decode from CE2SV ~ 2240z. Probably afternoon TEP for AC4TO, possibly an Es link from the Midwest to TEP.

“The geomagnetic field was active with the Kp to 4.

“Conditions were good in the CQ WPX SSB on 10 meters March 24. Central and South American stations were loud to eastern Kansas around 1930z and put 15 stations in the log with 5 watts and mobile 1/4 wave whip. Conditions not as good Sunday, though YV1KK was 20 dB over S9 at 2000z. At 2114z CE7VPQ was very loud on 10 and I was his contact # 480.

“AC4TO heard CE again on 6 meters about the same time:
CE2SV 18/03/25 2139Z 50102.0 Heard CQ agn AC4TO”

This arrived just a little late for last week’s bulletin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93FaZY4Qqho

And this arrived just in time for this week’s bulletin: https://youtu.be/a79X7nM-gyw

If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at k7ra@arrl.net.

For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service at http://arrl.org/propagation-of-rf-signals.

For an explanation of numbers used in this bulletin, see http://arrl.org/the-sun-the-earth-the-ionosphere.

An archive of past propagation bulletins is at http://arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive-propagation. More good information and tutorials on propagation are at http://k9la.us/.

Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve overseas locations are at http://arrl.org/propagation.

Instructions for starting or ending email distribution of ARRL bulletins are at http://arrl.org/bulletins.

Sunspot numbers for March 22 through 28, 2018 were 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, and 0, with a mean of 0. 10.7 cm flux was 68.5, 68.1, 67.6, 68.3, 67.8, 68.3, and 68.6, with a mean of 69.3.
Estimated planetary A indices were 7, 17, 9, 17, 12, 9, and 3, with a mean of 14.4.
Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 6, 15, 7, 15, 10, 7, and 2, with a mean of 11.3.

All propagation reports can be found at:
http://www.southgatearc.org/propagation

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Work the World with WSJT-X

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Video of the talk given by Professor Joe Taylor K1JT about the FT-8 and WSPR modes at the 2018 MicroHAMS Digital Conference on March 24

Budd Churchward WB7FHC writes:

Dr. Joe Taylor, K1JT, author of many of the weak signal digital modes and co-author of the very popular FT-8 mode presented: “Work the World with WSJT-X”  at the 2018 MicroHAMS Digital Conference in Redmond, Washington about the WSJT-X Digital Software Suite for Amatuer Radio.

Dr. Taylor gives a detailed description of both the FT-8 and WSPR modes that so may Hams are using all over the world.

Watch Work the World with WSJT-X – Dr. Joe Taylor

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WUNC on Jazz: “America’s Coolest Weapon During The Cold War”

Willis Conover, The Voice of America (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

(Source: WUNC’s The State of Things via Kim Elliott)

During the Cold War, the U.S. Department of State sent jazz musicians around the world to sell the American way of life. This initiative took place in the 1950s, during segregation and the beginning of the civil rights movement. Jazz was gaining popularity on the international stage partly because of a Voice of America program hosted by Willis Conover, and partly because jazz musicians, like Louis Armstrong, played international tours.

The U.S. government took note of this popularity and decided to send musicians as representatives of the country, even as those representatives didn’t have the full benefits of the freedom they were touting. Many of these multi-racial, multi-gender groups were not allowed to perform within the boundaries of the United States due to Jim Crow.

Host Frank Stasio talks to Hugo Berkeley, director of the new documentary “The Jazz Ambassadors: The Untold Story of America’s Coolest Weapon in the Cold War.” Historian Adriane Lentz-Smith joins the conversation to put the story of the jazz ambassadors into context. Lentz-Smith is a professor of history at Duke University who served as an advisor to the documentary. She’s also the author of “Freedom Struggles: African Americans and World War I” (Harvard University Press/2011). “The Jazz Ambassadors” screens at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham on Sunday, April 8.[…]

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The ISS will be sending SSTV in April

(Source: ARRL via Eric McFadden, WD8RIF)

Space Station’s Slow-Scan Television System to be Active in April

The Amateur Radio Slow-Scan Television (SSTV) system on the International Space Station (ISS) is expected to be active in April on 145.800 MHz (FM). The Russian segment’s MAI 75 SSTV has announced transmissions on Monday, April 2, 1505 – 1830 UTC, and on Tuesday, April 3, 1415 – 1840 UTC.

“Reviewing the crew schedule, the SSTV activity, which uses Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) radios, was coordinated around ARISS school contacts and is listed for April 2 and April 3,” said NASA ISS Ham Project Coordinator Kenneth Ransom, N5VHO.

The SSTV system, which uses the call sign RS0ISS, is also expected to be active from April 11 – 14 worldwide to mark Cosmonautics Day in Russia on April 12. Specific transmission times are not yet available. Images on all dates will be related to the Soviet Union’s Interkosmos cooperative space ventures project.

SSTV images will be transmitted in PD-120 format on 145.800 MHz (FM) using the Kenwood TM-D710 transceiver in the ISS Russian Service Module. ISS transmissions use the 5-kHz deviation FM standard. It’s possible to receive SSTV transmissions with only a handheld transceiver and appropriate SSTV software[…]

Click here to read the full article on the ARRL website.

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NHK World Radio Japan’s A-18 Schedule

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia (LW4DAF), who notes that NHK World Radio Japan has posted their A-18 Schedule (March 25 – October 28) for download.

Click here to download a PDF copy.

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A Yaesu WIRES-X SWL Net?

The WIRES-X Network (Source: Yaesu)

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Zantow (N9EWO), who asks:

How many of you Amateur Radio folks reading this web page have WIRES-X capability (either with a local node on your own or have access to it via a repeater) ?? I ask this as a possibility of a casual net of some kind ? We have WIRES-X (local node) here and would be willing to at least try a test run of a weekly or semi weekly “SWL – Receiver Net” IF we receive enough feedback (even if only a few readers). So I would appreciate an email back with a thumbs up or down to this idea and that you would be at least a check in ? Also please give me ideas when you would think a good day of the week and time would be (USA) ? If I receive zero feed back, of course I will not waste my time (but I think it would be fun to at least give it a try).

I only recently acquires a WIRES-X capable handheld: the Yaesu FT2DR. Now I need to find out if there is a WIRES-X capable repeater I can hit from my home. Of course, for me it’s always finding a reliable time to meet–that’s the real challenge! Great idea, Dave!

Post Readers: Contact Dave if you’re interested–his email can be found at the top of his homepage.

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Rallies and Hamfests

Southgate ARC – Check-out the latest additions to G4RGA’s comprehensive rally and hamfest guide

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Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

Southgate ARC – Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to remain at very low levels

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Propagation de K7RA

Southgate ARC – We saw no sunspots during this reporting week, March 22-28. The previous week had sunspots on only three days, with an average of 5.6

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Work the World with WSJT-X

Southgate ARC – Video of the talk given by Professor Joe Taylor K1JT about the FT-8 and WSPR modes at the 2018 MicroHAMS Digital Conference on March 24

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The Reality of Amateur Radio in 2018

Southgate ARC – Chris Rolinson G7DDN asks what is the greatest hobby on earth? Now there’s a question! For many of you reading this article, the answer will be clear – Amateur Radio. It’s a hobby that delights, excites and, at times, frustrates in probably equal measures!

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VK6WIA NewsWest

Southgate ARC – In the club focus edition of the news we have updates from amateur radio clubs who use the first Sunday of the Month to share their exploits, their adventures, activities and updates for members

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New revolutionary logic for GB3PI

Southgate ARC – Over the years, how to ensure that every user has a fair crack of the whip while operating through one of the UK’s most popular 2m repeaters has been a difficult question to answer

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New award for CW and Digimode on HS4

Southgate ARC – On HamSphere 4.0 we use Phone SSB but also CW ( Morse code ) and digital modes: RTTY, SSTV and PSK. There are a lot of awards for SSB but now 4 new awards for digimodes. They are not easy to win…

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HAARP Spring research campaign – April 6-14

Southgate ARC – Researchers will explore the physics of scintillations, magnetic field-aligned irregularities, artificial and natural atmospheric airglow, stimulated electromagnetic emissions, plasma waves and radio-enhanced ionization

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Get Radio Active in a different way

Southgate ARC – The SARL will soon be featuring a 3-minute slot on LM Radio. It will be broadcast mid-morning on a Saturday on 702 kHz AM from Johannesburg

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Electronic Communications’ Humble Beginnings:

eHam.net News – SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. — When people think about the Air Force Network Integration Center, they immediately relate to their government email being migrated to the cloud or being the number one premier organization on cyber integration and standardization across the Air Force. The year 2018 marks the 75th anniversary of AFNIC. However, communications started much earlier. While communications dates back thousands of years, the effort towards electronic communications began in the mid-1800s. It was over 180 years ago that Samuel F. B. Morse received a patent for his electromagnetic telegraph. He devised a cipher code where words were assigned three or four-digit numbers and entered them into a codebook. Morse’s now famous message from the Bible, “What hath God wrought?” was sent May 24, 1824, 41 miles from Washington to Baltimore on an experimental line. Alfred Vail, Morse’s assistant in Baltimore, received and returned the same message that day. Vail advanced Morse’s original experiment and developed a more intricate numerical code using dots and dashes. Today, we are familiar with this as Morse code, which greatly increased the speed of deciphering messages and set the path for future electronic communications.

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Electronic Communications’ Humble Beginnings:

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. — When people think about the Air Force Network Integration Center, they immediately relate to their government email being migrated to the cloud or being the number one premier organization on cyber integration and standardization across the Air Force. The year 2018 marks the 75th anniversary of AFNIC. However, communications started much earlier. While communications dates back thousands of years, the effort towards electronic communications began in the mid-1800s. It was over 180 years ago that Samuel F. B. Morse received a patent for his electromagnetic telegraph. He devised a cipher code where words were assigned three or four-digit numbers and entered them into a codebook. Morse’s now famous message from the Bible, “What hath God wrought?” was sent May 24, 1824, 41 miles from Washington to Baltimore on an experimental line. Alfred Vail, Morse’s assistant in Baltimore, received and returned the same message that day. Vail advanced Morse’s original experiment and developed a more intricate numerical code using dots and dashes. Today, we are familiar with this as Morse code, which greatly increased the speed of deciphering messages and set the path for future electronic communications.

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Amateur Radio Operators Invited to Summits on the Air:

eHam.net News – KINGSPORT — Amateur radio operators from throughout the Southeast will be coming to the Tri-Cities next month for a special event called Summits on the Air. Organizer Patrick Harris said the event will allow these radio operators — or “hams,” as they are sometimes called — to meet other hobbyists and engage in a bit of friendly competition. “Summits on the Air is an awards program (think trophies and certificates) where we hike to mountaintops, set up small portable radios and antennas and try to make radio contacts,” Harris said. “It is a bit like a scavenger hunt or, as I often tell people, it is like geocaching for ham radio.” ARRL, the national association for amateur radio, states that amateur radio is a hobby and service that “brings people, electronics and communication together.” “People use ham radio to talk across town, around the world, or even into space, all without the Internet or cell phones,” the ARRL website states. “It’s fun, social, educational, and can be a lifeline during times of need.”

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Amateur Radio Operators Invited to Summits on the Air:

KINGSPORT — Amateur radio operators from throughout the Southeast will be coming to the Tri-Cities next month for a special event called Summits on the Air. Organizer Patrick Harris said the event will allow these radio operators — or “hams,” as they are sometimes called — to meet other hobbyists and engage in a bit of friendly competition. “Summits on the Air is an awards program (think trophies and certificates) where we hike to mountaintops, set up small portable radios and antennas and try to make radio contacts,” Harris said. “It is a bit like a scavenger hunt or, as I often tell people, it is like geocaching for ham radio.” ARRL, the national association for amateur radio, states that amateur radio is a hobby and service that “brings people, electronics and communication together.” “People use ham radio to talk across town, around the world, or even into space, all without the Internet or cell phones,” the ARRL website states. “It’s fun, social, educational, and can be a lifeline during times of need.”

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VK6WIA NewsWest for Sunday, 1 April 2018:

eHam.net News – In the club focus edition of the news we have
updates from amateur radio clubs who use the
first Sunday of the Month to share their
exploits, their adventures, activities and
updates for members.

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VK6WIA NewsWest for Sunday, 1 April 2018:

In the club focus edition of the news we have
updates from amateur radio clubs who use the
first Sunday of the Month to share their
exploits, their adventures, activities and
updates for members.

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Friday, March 30, 2018

FCC Seizes Equipment from Pirate Broadcasters in Boston

ARRL –

The FCC reports that it seized transmission equipment from two pirate radio stations in Boston on March 26. According to court documents, the seizures involved an illegal broadcaster that identified as “Big City” on various FM channels from Dorchester, Massachusetts (with a studio in Roxbury) and pirate “B87.7 FM,” which operated on 87.7 FM from Dorchester. Both unlicensed stations had been iss…

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425 DX News No. 1404

31 March 2018                                   A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1404

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****  DX  INFORMATION  ****
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Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

9A    – Radio Club Libertas 9A4J will be active  as 9A22RBM on  1-15 April.
The special  callsign  is a  tribute  for  Ronald H. Brown,  the US
Secretary of Commerce who  was killed, along  with  34 others, in a
1996 plane crash near Dubrovnik. QSL via 9A4J or 9A5AX. [TNX 9A2AA]
A5    – Zorro JH1AJT, Jin JF1IST and Champ E21EIC will  be active again  as
A5A from Bhutan  on 4-11 April. Activity will be on 160-6 metres CW
SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL via JH1AJT; logsearch  and OQRS on Club Log.
[TNX DX World]
D4    – Mike, CT1IUA will be active as D4IA from Sal Island (AF-086),  Cape
Verde on 1-9 April. He will operate mainly CW on the HF bands.  QSL
via home call (direct or bureau) and LoTW.
G    – Celebrating the  centenary of the Royal Air Force, special callsign
GB100RAF  will be  in use from  various  locations  in England  and
Elsewhere  between  1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019.  QSL direct  to
G8FC. See https://www.rafars.org/raf100/ for more information.
GI    – The Grey Point Fort ARS will  be  active as  GB106TBC on 2-29 April
to commemorate the 106th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.
QSL via MI0MOD.
OA    – Daniel, IK2SGL will be relocating to  call area 9 in  the  Peruvian
Amazon rainforest in a couple of weeks.  In his spare time he  will
be QRV as IK2SGL/OA9; follow  his  activities on Twitter (@IK2SGL).
QSL via LoTW and eQSL.
RI1F   – Evgenij, UA4RX has had his RI1FJ licence renewed until 1 September.
He is stationed at the  Ernst Krenkel Observatory  on  Heiss Island
(EU-019), Franz Josef Land and operates CW on 40 and 30 metres. QSL
via Club Log’s OQRS and LoTW, or direct to UA2FM. [TNX DX News]
UA    – Special  event  stations  R108M  (QSL via RK3LC),  R12APR  (QSL via
R3LO),  UE12APR (QSL via R3LO)  and  UE57G (QSL via R3LD)  will  be
active on 1-15 April to  commemorate the  57th anniversary of  Yuri
Gagarin’s first manned flight into outer space (12 April 1961). See
https://gagarin.ga/ for online logs and certificates. [TNX R3LO]
VK    – Tim, NL8F will be active as VK4COF from Hamilton Island (OC-160) on
3-13 April.  He will operate FT8 and SSB on  the HF bands.  QSL via
N7RO. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZB    – Special callsign ZB2RAF will be active  from 1 April to 29 July  to
celebrate the centenary of the Royal Air Force. QSL direct to G8FC.
ZL    – 1968 was a tragic year for New Zealand shipping,  with the loss  of
the ferry Wahine and the  grain  ship Maranui,  plus a fire at  sea
aboard the liner Gothic. Sixty-seven people died  in  these events.
Fifty years later, those  disasters will be commemorated  by  three
special callsigns: ZM50GW in April, ZM50LA in June and ZM50MAUQ  in
August. Operations will be based at ZL1NZ in Auckland, New Zealand.
Look for activity on 80, 40 and 20 metres CW and SSB. The logs will
be uploaded to Club Log. See http://maritimeradio.org/2018 for more
details and QSL information.

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*** 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!

PIRATE —> Francois Botha, ZS4X has notified the  SARL Office that  his old
call sign, ZS6BUU, is  being  pirated using  the FT8 mode.  ICASA (the South
African Regulator) has  confirmed  that  ZS6BUU has not  been reissued. [TNX
ZS4BS]

VP6D —> CW enthusiast Ken Karr, NG2H  has joined  the  VP6D DXpedition  to
Ducie Island (20 October-3 November) [425DXN 1397].  He participated in  the
VK0EK  expedition  to  Heard Island (2016).  “Providing an  All Time New One
(ATNO)  is  a  key  objective of  VP6D”, the  organizers say.  “We will keep
stations on 20m SSB and CW  as  propagation permits.  Additionally,  FT8 may
also provide DXers an ATNO opportunity  during periods  of poor conditions”.
The fundraising campaign continues. See https://www.vp6d.com/ for the latest
information from the team and details on how to contribute.

Z60A LOTW AND QSL RELEASE —> “It is now 10-days from the last QSO made  at
Z60A, the  Republic of Kosovo’s  first  activation”,  OH2BH  reported on  23
March. “Because this is an overall new DXCC entity, it has resulted in  many
requests  for  checking missing  QSOs  due to pirates,  a variety of logging
errors and busted calls. We have extended this period for another week as we
try to enter the cleanest possible QSO data to LoTW.  The magic day for  the
complete LoTW upload will be 1 April 2018.  We will continue processing  log
errors  for  another  7-days prior  to  the upload.  Queries can be made  at
z60a[@]sral.fi“.  The paper QSL cards are  being printed, and  “we expect to
have them here around 1 April as well.  We will proceed with mailing as fast
as we can”. The  Mission  Goodwill Kosovo  has been invited  to present  the
story of “The Republic of Kosovo and Z60A” at the  Visalia International  DX
Convention;  Z61VB, OH2BH and K9JF will  be  the  Saturday  evening  Banquet
speakers.

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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
===================================================================
3B8MM      DL6UAA    EF9R       EA5KB      OK1KLV    OK1DOM
3V8CB      LX1NO      EG1PEA    EA1RKA    OK7K       OK1BN
3V8SS      LX1NO      EG1SSV    EA1URV    OM777FL     OK1FML
3W3B       E21EIC    EG7SCM    EA7URM    OM7M       OM3PA
3W9CI      RM0F       EG7SSM    EA7DK      OS0X       ON4JM
3Z0HDE    SQ8W       EI0W       EI9GTB    OS8A       ON8VK
3Z1ESH    SP2PBY    EK3SA      DJ1CW      OY1OF      M0URX
3Z1K       SP1KRF    EM0X       UT2XQ      P33W       UA3DX
4E1A       9V1KG      EM2G       UR7GO      P40WL      DK5WL
4L2M       EA7FTR    EN4U       EA5HPX    P49Y       AE6Y
4M8E       YV8ER      EN7P       UT1PG      PJ4/KK9A    WD9DZV
4X0A       4X1VF      EP4HR      IK2RZQ    PJ4R       WD9DZV
4X7R       4X6OM      ER4A       ER1FF      PJ4V       M0URX
5B4ALJ    UT7UW      ES9C       ES5RY      PJ5Z       SP9FIH
5B4AMX    LZ3SM      ET3AA      N2OO       PX2A       PY2VM
5P3KP      DL3KP      EW5Z       EU1A       RI50ANO     RN1ON
5R8SV      G3SWH      FK/5B4ALX   IZ4AMS    S92HP      CT1ENW
5W1SA      JA1DXA    FM5DN      KU9C       SI9AM      SM3FJF
6E3MAYA     XE3N       GB60OT    G3KPU      SJ0X       SM6JSM
7Q7EI      M0OXO      H2T        5B4XF      SK2T       SK2AT
7X5QB      EA7FTR    HB2U       HB9OCR    SN20UM    SQ9UM
8P5A       HA1AG      HC2AO      RC5A       SO4R       SP4PND
8P6DR      G3RWL      HF40KVW     SP5KVW    SP307PAF    SP9KAO
8T8S       VU2AE      HG7T       HA7TM      SZ5RDS    SV5AZP
9A0BB      9A3JB      HH6/N3BNA   KA2AEV    TC3D       TA3D
9A200S    9A2MF      HR2WW      KD4POJ    TC3GP      YM3KCN
9A60KDE     9A1AA      HS0AC      HS5NMF    TC3GS      YM3KCN
9A70A      9A7A       HS0ZED    G4SQA      TC3SO      TA3AER
9G5AR      N4GNR      HS0ZJF    ON4AFU    TI7W       W4FS
9G5ZS      ZS1XB      HZ1FI      DL1RTL    TM17CV    F8FZC
9K9C       A61BK      IB2RT      I2MYF      TM28FFA     F5KOU
9M2IDJ    JA6IDJ    IF9A       IT9PPG    TM390SR     F4DTO
9M8YY      JR3WXA    II0IDO    IZ0FVD    TM5XR      F4HIK
9X0TA      N4GNR      II1A       IK1SPR    TO2BC      DL7BC
9X9PJ      N4GNR      II1AIT    I1SAF      TO5GI      F5XX
A41NN      A61BK      II1IGJ    IK1VHX    TR8CA      F6CBC
A61EK      IZ8CLM    II2S       IZ2FOS    TY2AC      DL9USA
A61FK      A61BK      IO2X       IK2NCJ    TZ4AM      W0SA
A61HA      A61BK      IO5O       IK5RLP    UE4KR      K2PF
A61QQ      A61BK      IO9A       IT9YVO    UI8J       RW9JZ
A61ZX      IZ8CLM    IO9O       9A8MDC    UN2E       DF6PB
A71AM      M0OXO      IO9R       ON3AR      UN3M       M0OXO
A73A       M0OXO      IR4M       I4IFL      UN9L       LZ1YE
A91WMD    A92AA      IR4X       I4EAT      UP0L       DL8KAC
A91YOZ    A92AA      IR6T       IK6VXO    UP2L       UA9AB
A96A       A92AA      IR8P       IZ8FWN    UP4L       UN7LZ
AT5M       VU2MUD    J41J       SV1PMQ    UP9L       RW6HS
B1Z        EA7FTR    J73WA      ND3R       V31GS      K9GS
BI4SSB    BA4TB      J79WTA    HB9MFM    V31MA      M0OXO
BV0WPX    BV2KI      JT5DX      JT1CO      V73NC      JA0JHQ
BV30R      BM2JCC    JY5HX      E73Y       V73NS      W3HNK
C44C       M0URX      JY5MM      IK2DUW    VB3T       VE3AT
C4A        5B4KH      KH2KY      JA1MFR    VC3J       VE3EJ
C6ADX      W8GEX      KL7RA      NI5DX      VE8RST    K7ICE
C7A        UA3DX      L77D       LU6DC      VK3HF      M0OXO
CB6F       XQ6OA      LN8W       LA9VDA    VK4KW      N3SL
CB8E       CE8EIO    LO7H       LU7HW      VP2EGO    WB2REM
CN2AA      UA2FM      LT7F       EA5KB      VP5P       W2TT
CN2PM      UA2FM      LU1DK      EC5AC      VR20/W1DQR  JJ1DQR
CN3A       IK2OHG    LU3DX      EA5FL      VY2ZM      EA7HBC
CN4P       EA5XX      LY11LY    LY2QT      XT2AW      M0OXO
CN8ZG      EA7FTR    LY28A      LY5A       XT2MAX    DK1MAX
CO8LY      EA7ADH    LZ40MS    LZ1KCP    XU7AKL    BG4HRM
CR3DX      OM2VL      LZ5R       LZ1YQ      XV9BG      RW0BG
CR6K       CT1ILT    LZ65RCP     LZ1JZ      XW1IC      E21EIC
CS5RPT    CT1BNW    MD1E       M0OXO      YP0C       YO3CZW
CT9ABO    OM3GI      MD1U       M0OXO      YP7P       YO7LFV
CX2CC      EA5KB      MJ5Z       M0CFW      YP8T       YO8KGA
CX2DK      EA5GL      NH7A       F6VHJ      YQ6A       YO6BHN
CX4ACH    IK2DUW    NL8F       N7RO       YR100R    YO3KAA
CX5A       CX2ABC    OA4SS      KB6J       YR100U    YO5KDV
DY1T       DU1IVT    OC4SP      OA4O       Z3B        Z37CEF
E2A        E21EIC    OD5/EA1CYK  EA7LS      ZA/IW2JOP   IW2HAJ
E2X        E20GMY    OD5ZZ      NI5DX      ZM4T       ZL3IO
E7DX       E77E       OE100EGN    OE5EGN    ZS6TVB    N4GNR
EA9LZ      EA5KB      OE100YEARS  OE1SSS    ZS9Z       ZS1OIN
ED5FDC    EA5HT      OE8Q       OE8SKQ    ZV1C       PU2VCP
ED8B       EA8TR      OG73X      OH8L       ZV5O       PY5QW
EE8K       EA8AV      OG7A       OH6MW      ZW8T       PS8HF
EF2A       EA2OT      OH0JV      DL7RV      ZX5J       NZ4DX
EF8I       EA8TK      OH10TA    OH1MN      ZY2A       PP2BO
EF8R       EB7DX      OH5Z       OH5LIZ    ZY2Y       W2CCW

4U1ITU   International Amateur Radio Club, Case Postale 6, 1211 Geneve 20,
Switzerland
7X2TT    Abdel Mesbah, 121 Hood Street, Nottingham,NG5 4AQ, United Kingdom
9M2M     Hairil Anuar Abdul Hamid, 49F Jalan 2 Hujung, Taman Sri Mawar,
02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
BP0P     A.R.T. QSL Service, P.O.Box 73-326, Taipei, Taiwan
CB1H     Antofagasta DX Group, Los Geiser 9775, 1266765 Antofagasta, Chile
CR6P     Miguel Goncalves, Rua Dr. Joel Magalhaes 6, 4740-272 Esposende,
Portugal
ED9E     Mario Pilar Castro, Apartado Postal 418, 51001 Ceuta, Spain
EE5T     Farfollas Contest Radio Team, Apartado Postal 290, 46960 Aldaia
(Valencia), Spain
EH5SSC   Radio Club Carthago, Apartado Postal 176, 30200 Cartagena (Murcia),
Spain
EI7M     John Barry, Lackabeha, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork, Ireland
FR4QT    Mario Xavier Laporte, 653 Chemin des Longanis, St Gilles les Hauts,
97435 St Paul, France
FY5KE    Jacques Mazzoni, 678 route de l’Egalite, 74290 Talloires Montmin,
France
HG1S     MTTOSZ Gyor Varosi Radioklub, Gyor, Nagysandor Jozsef u. 27., 9027,
Hungary
JA0JHQ   Nobuaki Hosokawa, 1458-25 Okagami, Asao-ku, Kawasaki-shi,
Kanagawa-ken, 215-0027, Japan
JU1DX    JTDXA Contest Team, C.P.O Box 2373, Ulaanbaatar-13 15160, Mongolia
KH7XS    Big Island Contest Club, 39650 US HWY 19 N Unit 243, Tarpon Springs
FL 34689, USA
M0OXO    Charles Wilmott, 60 Church Hill, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4NG,
United Kingdom
MN0NID   Simon Barnes, 191 Marlacoo Road, Portadown, Craigavon, BT62 3TD,
United Kingdom
NP2N     George Oster, 780 Leaf Road, Boone IA 50036-7265, USA
OG7O     Seppo Sisatto, Ojakatu 3 A 18, FI-33100 Tampere, Finland
OZ11A    Leif Nielsen, Stenhoejvej 280, 9900 Frederikshavn, Denmark
PU2VCP   Pedro Pioli, Caixa Postal 569, Indaiatuba – SP, 13330-972, Brazil
RM0F     Yuri Burykh, P.O. Box 12, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk-23, 693023, Russia
SZ1A     Radio Amateur Association of West Greece, P.O. Box 84,
301 00 Agrinio, Greece
TG9ANF   Francisco Vassaux, 8602 Royster Run, Marvin NC 28173, USA
TM6M     Stephane Van Langhenhoven, 24 bis rue de Anter Hent, 29830
Ploudalmezeau, France
VD105A   North Atlantic ARC, 29 Round Pond Rd, Portugal Cove-St Philips,
NL A1M 2Z4, Canada
YJ0CA    Chris Ayres, 3/19-21 Eastern Rd, Turramurra, NSW 2074, Australia
ZZ2T     Wanderley Ferreira Gomes, Avenida 23 de Maio 2966 Ap 1320,
Sao Paulo – SP, 04008-000, Brazil

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425 DX News No. 1404 Calendar

31 March 2018                                            A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1404
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                          *******   CALENDAR  *******
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                           Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                         Direttore  Responsabile I2VGW
 
PERIOD           CALL                                                   REF
till  31/03      4B4B: Socorro Island (NA-030), Revillagigedo          1400
till  31/03      4U13FEB: special callsign (Italy)                     1395
till  31/03      9Y4/KE1B and 9Y4/W6NN: Tobago (SA-009)                1401
till  31/03      ES100A-ES100Z: special callsigns                      1396
till  31/03      LZ40MS: special callsign                              1392
till  31/03      RI50ANO:  Bellinghausen, South Shetlands (AN-010)     1387
till  31/03      VI4GAMES: special callsign                            1399
till  31/03      XW1IC: Laos                                           1403
till  01/04      VY0ERC: Ellesmere Island (NA-008)                     1395
till  02/04      7Q7EI: Malawi                                         1400
till  02/04      9A8NXC: Pag Island (EU-170)                           1402
till  02/04      HS8JCV/p: Lipe Island (AS-126)                        1401
till  02/04      PJ4/DK6SP and PJ4/M0SDV: Bonaire (SA-006)             1403
till  02/04      XT2MAX: Burkina Faso                                  1402
till  04/04      FK/5B4ALX: New Caledonia (OC-032)                     1395
till  04/04      V31AX: Belize                                         1393
till  05/04      CT9/DL3KWR and CT9/DL3KWF: Madeira (AF-014)           1399
till  06/04      TO5GI: Guadeloupe (NA-102)                            1403
till  10/04      6W/IV3FSG: Senegal                                    1402
till  11/04      3B8MM: Mauritius Island (AF-049)                      1401
till  11/04      JG8NQJ/JD1: Minami Torishima (OC-073)                 1403
till  15/04      XT2AW: Burkina Faso                                   1401
till  19/04      Z68BG: Kosovo                                         1403
till  29/04      8P6DR: Barbados (NA-021)                              1397
till  April      VP8DPJ: Adelaide Island (AN-001), Antarctica          1331
till  10/05      HR5/F2JD: Honduras                                    1391
till  31/05      5V1JE: Togo                                           1385
till  31/05      L50A: special event station                           1398
till  01/06      JW4JSA: Bear Island (EU-027), Svalbard                1388
till  30/06      DM90AIW: special event station                        1391
till  30/06      HH70A: special callsign                               1391
till  30/06      VR20: special prefix (Hong Kong)                      1364
till  24/08      II6CNT: special calsign                               1373
till  01/09      RI1FJ: Franz Josef Land (EU-019)                      1404
till  20/10      IB2RT: special callsign                               1403
till  13/11      OE100: special prefix                                 1401
till  31/12      4K100W: special callsign                              1400
till  31/12      5W20SAMOA: special callsign (Samoa, OC-097)           1392
till  31/12      9A36W and 9A61AA: special callsigns                   1391
till  31/12      DA200FWR: special callsign                            1391
till  31/12      DJ70WAE: special callsign                             1391
till  31/12      DK200MARX: special callsign                           1391
till  31/12      EI100MCV: special callsign                            1391
till  31/12      II2RR: special callsign                               1398
till  31/12      IR0FOC: special callsign (Sardinia)                   1394
till  31/12      LM90C, LM90HQ, LM90NRRL: special callsigns            1393
till  31/12      SU9JT: Egypt                                          1399
till  31/12      YT100SF and YU100WWI: special callsigns               1399
till  March 2019 VK0AI: Macquarie Island (AN-005)                      1402
March            3D2JS: Fiji (OC-016)                                  1391
March            3W9DLE: Vietnam                                       1395
March            EI50AOM: special event station                        1391
March            GB2GW: special callsign (England)                     1389
March            H44MS: Solomon Islands                                1399
March            II4CAO: special callsign                              1391
March            JW2US: Bear Island (EU-027), Svalbard                 1384
March            PF2018YLS: special callsign                           1387
March            RI1ANL: Novolazarevskaya Station, Antarctica (AN-016) 1399
01/04-09/04      D4IA: Sal Island (AF-086), Cape Verde                 1404
01/04-15/04      9A22RBM: special callsign                             1404
01/04-15/04      R108M, R12APR, UE12APR, UE57G: special callsigns      1404
01/04-30/04      LZ362ME: special callsign                             1392
01/04-29/07      ZB2RAF: special callsign                              1404
01/04/31/03/2019 GB100RAF: special callsign                            1404
02/04-09/04      VA7XW/VE2: Havre Aubert Island (NA-038)               1396
02/04-29/04      GB106TBC: special callsign (Northern Ireland)         1404
03/04-13/04      VK4COF: Hamilton Island (OC-160)                      1404
04/04-11/04      A5A: Bhutan                                           1404
05/04-17/04      3B7A: Saint Brandon Islands (AF-015)                  1400
06/04-08/04      PR2CI: Ilha das Couves (SA-071)                       1402
08/04-15/04      T2AR: Tuvalu (OC-015)                                 1402
09/04-16/04      PJ5/AI5P: Sint Eustatius (NA-145)                     1403
10/04-17/04      VE7ACN/VE2: Harrington Island (NA-084)                1396
11/04-16/04      VK5MAV/9: Cato Reef (OC-265)                          1401
14/04-20/04      TM3Y: Yeu Island (EU-064)                             1402
14/04-22/04      TM93WARD: special callsign (France)                   1403
14/04-22/04      Z66D: Kosovo                                          1401
15/04-18/04      DU1WQY/1: Palawan Island (OC-128), Philippines        1403
17/04-29/04      YJ0AG: Efate (OC-035), Vanuatu                        1399
19/04-27/04      FJ/N0KV and FJ/AI5P: St. Barthelemy Island (NA-146)   1403
22/04-25/04      H44R: Mbanika Island (OC-168)                         1400
26/04-27/04      H44R/p: Florida Islands (OC-158)                      1400
28/04-05/05      PJ6/AI5P: Saba (NA-145)                               1403
29/04-03/05      C96RRC: Mozambique Island (AF-088)                    1392
29/04-03/05      H40D: Duff Islands (OC-179)                           1398
April            3W9DLE: Vietnam                                       1395
April            GB2FWW: special callsign (England)                    1389
April            H44MS: Solomon Islands                                1399
April            II4MAR: special callsign                              1391
April            JW2US: Bear Island (EU-027), Svalbard                 1384
April            KH9/N7NVK: Wake Island (OC-053)                       1403
April            PF2018SLO: special callsign                           1387
April            VD1BOOM: Bell Island (NA-198)                         1403
April            ZM50GW: special callsign                              1404
01/05-23/05      OZ18ICE and 5P8ICE: special event stations            1395
01/05-31/05      LZ110SAE: special callsign                            1392
02/05-04/05      JD1BLY: Chichijima (AS-031), Ogasawara                1403
02/05-15/05      C8T: Mozambique                                       1403
05/05-09/05      C98RRC: Inhaca Island (AF-066)                        1392
08/05-13/05      GB9OSA: Isle of Wight (EU-120)                        1399
11/05-18/05      VK9LI: Lord Howe Island (OC-004)                      1401
15/05-15/08      JG8NQJ/JD1: Minami Torishima (OC-073)                 1403
25/05-25/06      II1ITR: special callsign                              1397
May              GB4GW: special callsign (England)                     1389
May              H44MS: Solomon Islands                                1381
May              II4TES: special callsign                              1391
May              JW2US: Bear Island (EU-027), Svalbard                 1384
May              PF2018BOL: special callsign                           1387
May              T31T: Central Kiribati (OC-043)                       1403
01/06-30/06      LZ430PPW: special callsign                            1392
05/06-07/06      VK5CE/6: East Lewis Island (OC-199)                   1400
08/06-12/06      VK5CE/6: Direction Island (OC-140)                    1400
16/06-19/06      VK5CE/6: Cheyne Island (OC-193)                       1400
20/06-22/06      VK5CE/6: Woody Island (OC-170)                        1400
24/06-30/06      BW/DF8DX: Taiwan (AS-020)                             1403
26/06-07/07      KH1/KH7Z: Baker Island (OC-089)                       1400
June             GB4FWW: special callsign (England)                    1389
June             II4AMP: special callsign                              1391
June             PF2018HIN: special callsign                           1387
June             ZM50LA: special callsign                              1404
01/07-31/07      LZ380PM: special callsign                             1392
27/07-30/07      F4GYM/p and F4GTB/p: Noirmoutier Island (EU-064)      1399
28/07-29/07      TM6N: Noiremoutier Island (EU-064)                    1399
July             GB5GW: special callsign (England)                     1389
July             II4COU: special callsign                              1391
July             PF2018FRA: special callsign                           1387
01/08-09/08      CY9C: St. Paul Island (NA-094)                        1377
01/08-31/08      LZ1146SPS: special callsign                           1392
August           GB5FWW: special callsign (England)                    1389
August           II4VOL: special callsign                              1391
August           PF2018HAR: special callsign                           1387
August           ZM50MAUQ: special callsign                            1404
01/09-30/09      LZ920MLC: special callsign                            1392
12/09-01/10      T32AH: Christmas Island (OC-024), East Kiribati       1399
September        GB6GW: special callsign (England)                     1389
September        II4LNZ: special callsign                              1391
September        PF2018DOK: special callsign                           1387
01/10-31/10      LZ1545POA: special callsign                           1392
02/10-29/10      WH8/DL2AH: Ofu Island (OC-077), American Samoa        1399
20/10-03/11      VP6D: Ducie Island (OC-182)                           1404
October          GB6FWW: special callsign (England)                    1389
October          II4OER: special callsign                              1391
October          PF2018WOR: special callsign                           1387
01/11-30/11      LZ33MM: special callsign                              1392
10/11-11/11      GB0AD: special callsign (England)                     1389
November         GB8GW: special callsign (England)                     1389
November         II4HNR: special callsign                              1391
November         PF2018STA: special callsign                           1387
01/12-31/12      LZ532PSO: special callsign                            1392
December         II4FRD: special callsign                              1391
December         PF2018xxx: special callsigns                          1387
TBA              DX8MAP: Mapun Island (OC-105)                         1396
TBA              DX8TT: Tawi Tawi (OC-174)                             1396
 
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                    Giornalista Professionista – Tessera n. 071675
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                                     Roma, Italia
 
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