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Friday, April 27, 2018

425 DX News No. 1408

28 April 2018                                             A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1408
 
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW
 
3B9    – FR4NP, FR4PF, FR4PM, FR5CB and FR5FC will be active as 3B9RUN  from
         Rodrigues Island (AF-017) on 11-16 May.  They will operate SSB  and
         FT8 on 80-10 metres. QSL via EA7FTR.
9H     – Jean-Marc, F5SGI will be  active  as 9H3JI from  Malta (EU-023)  on
         5-12 May. He will operate CW only on 80-6 metres. All QSOs will  be
         confirmed automatically via the bureau; direct QSLs via F5SGI. [TNX
         F6AJA]
E5_sc  – Jim, KM7R will be active holiday  style as  E51KMR  from  Rarotonga
         (OC-013),  South Cook Islands on 8-11 May.  He will operate  mostly
         SSB  using E51JD’s  home station.  QSL via LoTW and  Club Log. [TNX
         NG3K]
HB0    – PD7YY, PG8M and PH0NO will be  active  as  HB0/PG8M  and  HB0/PH0NO
         from at  least  six  different  nature  reserves  in  Liechtenstein
         between 11 and 14 May.  They plan to operate mainly  SSB and CW  on
         80-2  metres  with  two  or  three  stations.  QSL  via PD7YY.  See
         http://www.ynomy.nl for more information. [TNX NG3K]
JA     – Look for 8J3XXIII/3 to be QRV from Tanga Island (AS-117)  on  12-13
         May.  Activity will be on 80-6 metres SSB, CW and  possibly digital
         modes (RTTY, JT65 and FT8).  The special  callsign  celebrates  the
         XXIII (23rd) edition of the  Kansai Amateur Radio Festival, and  is
         being used between 1 April and 15 July from various locations.  All
         QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX JI3DST]
KH6    – Philip, N2HX will be active  holiday style  as  KH6/N2HX from Maui,
         Hawaii (OC-019) from  2 May to 1 June.  He will operate mostly  SSB
         and RTTY. QSL via N2HX. [TNX NG3K]
OH0    – Ari, OH3KAV will be  active  holiday style  as  OH0KA from  Eckero,
         Aland Islands (EU-002) on 6-11 May. He plans  to  “focus on CW  and
         FT8 operation  on 5 MHz”.  QSL via LoTW  or via  OH3KAV,  direct or
         bureau.
ON     – Celebrating the 70th anniversary of UBA,  the Belgian IARU society,
         several special callsigns will be active on 1-31 May.  All starting
         with the OT70 prefix,  the callsigns  will  have 3-letter  suffixes
         representing  the various local branches of UBA: OT70ACC,  OT70ALT,
         OT70ARA, OT70AST,  OT70ATH,  OT70ATO,  OT70BDX,  OT70BFA,  OT70BSE,
         OT70BTS,  OT70BXE,  OT70CLR,  OT70CPN,  OT70CRD,  OT70DIG, OT70DST,
         OT70EKO, OT70ERA,  OT70GBN,  OT70GDV,  OT70GNT,  OT70GTM,  OT70HCC,
         OT70HRT,  OT70KTK,  OT70LGE,  OT70LIR,  OT70LLV,  OT70LUS, OT70LVN,
         OT70MCL, OT70MLB,  OT70NBT,  OT70NLB,  OT70NNV,  OT70NOL,  OT70ODE,
         OT70ONZ,  OT70ORA,  OT70OSA,  OT70OSB,  OT70OST,  OT70PHI, OT70RAM,
         OT70RAT, OT70RCA,  OT70RSX,  OT70SNW,  OT70THN,  OT70TLS,  OT70TRA,
         OT70TWS,  OT70UBA,  OT70WLD,  OT70WRA,  OT70WRC,  OT70WTO, OT70YLC,
         OT70ZTM. All QSOs will be confirmed  automatically via the  bureau.
         Direct cards via Club Log’s OQRS; SWLs should  request their  cards
         via email (70[@]uba.be). See http://70.uba.be/ for  information  on
         the award certificates available for working these callsigns.
P4     – Johannes, DF5AU  will be  active as  P4/DF5AU  from  Aruba (SA-036)
         on  8-13 May.  Activity  will  include  participation  in the  CQ-M
         International  DX  Contest (http://cqm.srr.ru/) as  P40AU.  QSL via
         DF5AU. [TNX NG3K]
S7     – Michael, VK4EF is working on the islands of Mahe and La Digue (both
         count for IOTA AF-024), Seychelles until 31 May. In his spare  time
         he operates SSB, JT65, FT8 and QRS CW as S79LD. QSL direct to home
         call. [TNX The Daily DX]
TA     – DX World team members Col MM0NDX, Max IK8LOV and  Bjorn ON9CFG will
         undertake their inaugural  DXpedition to  Buyukada (AS-201), Turkey
         on 7-11 May.  They  will be  QRV on  80-2 metres as TC0AX.  QSL via
         M0SDV, LoTW and Club Log. [TNX DX World]
UA     – A very large number of Russian stations using special  prefix  RP73
         (where the letter P stands for ‘pobeda’, i.e.  ‘victory’)  will  be
         active on 5-9 May to celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the  end  of
         World War II.  See https://pobeda.srr.ru/ for more information  and
         the list of participating stations.
 
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW
 
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3Y0Z —> “There  have  been  several  important   milestones  reached   and
decisions made in the last few weeks”, the  ill-fated  3Y0Z team  posted  to
qzr.com on  26  April.  “We  have  received  a  partial reimbursement on our
payments made to DAP, our transportation contractor. In our view, this it is
a fair settlement with them.
Our vessel, Betanzos  is  now  back  in  Punta Arenas  and  we  believe  the
container with our  personal  gear and  equipment  are intact.  We  will  be
arranging  to  transport  the  container back  to the US, arriving in a  few
months.
Originally, we felt if we could organize a return trip to Bouvet quickly, we
could redeploy the balance of our bank  account  along with some  additional
funds to cover costs.  Virtually none of  our investors (DX Foundations,  DX
Clubs of Individual contributors) had asked  for a pro-rata return  of their
contribution. They wanted to get Bouvet on the air, as did we.
However in recent weeks, it has become apparent that the chance of finding a
suitable and  affordable vessel for the  2018-19 Austral season  is becoming
less and less likely. It appears that the very earliest that we could  mount
a second attempt to activate Bouvet would be the 2019-20 season or  possibly
beyond.
Thus, we have made the decision to offer a pro-rata return of  the remaining
3Y0Z  DXpedition  funds  in our account.  This  will  occur  only  after the
container has arrived here and we have  paid all our bills.  Only then, will
we know the net balance  to be distributed.  As you may have concluded, this
is going to be an enormous task with  137 DX Clubs and Foundations and  3700
individual  DXers.  The process  will take some time.  We  ask  that you  be
patient as we complete this.
After the return of the  funds is  completed, we will  close the  accounting
books  and  bank  account of  3Y0Z.  This  is always  our procedure as  each
DXpedition must stand on its own.
We all are  unhappy and  extremely  disappointed  that the  project was  not
completed due to the mechanical failure of our vessel. This left the Captain
no choice but to abort the mission for safety reasons.
We believe this is the proper way to wrap up the DXpedition.
Thanks for your understanding!”
 
DXCC NEWS —> The recent 4B4B operation from  Socorro Island, Revillagigedo
has been approved for DXCC credit.
 
FT8 DXPEDITION MODE: THIRD PUBLIC TEST —> The  third   public  test of FT8
DXpedition  mode will  be conducted  on 5 May,  and all radio  amateurs  are
invited to participate. The goal is to simulate a rare-DXpedition  pileup by
having many  stations (“Hounds”)  calling and  trying to  work a  designated
pseudo-DXpedition station (“Fox”).
Participants  in the test  MUST USE  the  NEW  Release Candidate  version of
WSJT-X (v1.9.0-rc4).  Installation  packages for  Windows, Linux,  Macintosh
and Raspian Jessie are available on
In addition, participants in the test MUST READ the latest revision  of  the
“FT8  DXpedition  Mode  User Guide”  dated  26 April  (some  details of  the
operating procedures are different from previous editions):
The scheduled test will take place as follows, with each session lasting one
hour:
Date     UTC   MHz     Fox call
——————————-
May 5  1400   14.090   W1/KH7Z   (operated by N1DG)
May 5  1500   14.090   W7/KH7Z   (operated by AA7A)
May 5  1600   14.090   K1JT      (operated by K1JT)
If last-minute instructions  are necessary, they  will be  announced on  the
“Ping Jockey Relief” chat page: http://www.pingjockey.net/cgi-bin/pingtalkB.
 
INTREPID SPIRIT AWARD —> The Intrepid-DX Group is pleased to announce that
Yuris Peterson, YL2GM and  Kaspars Uztics, YL1ZF are the recipients  of  the
2018 “Intrepid Spirit Award” for their  activations  of  Annobon Island  and
Equatorial Guinea as 3C0L and 3C1L.  The awards will be presented in  Dayton
next month.  In addition, Antonio Gonzalez (EA5RM) is  the recipient of  the
“Intrepid Humanitarian Award” for  his  many years of  volunteering  in  the
Bolivian Rain Forest to help establish and  maintain communications  between
remote villages and hospitals and medical clinics. [TNX N6PSE]
 
LOTW —> Logbook of The World (LoTW) now has  a  full-time status  monitor:
https://status.lotw.arrl.org/. The system’s status is displayed in real time
and is available offsite, offering a  single spot for  all users to  quickly
check  what’s  happening  with   the  online  repository  of  contacts   and
confirmations. At a glance, the LoTW status monitor shows if  the system  is
up, paused, or down; overall  uptime  statistics,  and quick stats.  A green
status means all systems are go, a red status means the system is down,  and
a black  status  means  the system has  been paused.  The monitor  indicates
overall uptime for the past 24 hours, the past 7 days, and the past 30 days,
as well as the most-recent downtime occurrence. [TNX ARRL]
 
SWODXA DX DINNER —> The 33rd DX Dinner, sponsored again by  the  SouthWest
Ohio DX Association (SWODXA) and held in conjunction with  the  2018  Dayton
Hamvention, will be on Friday, 18 May  at  the  Marriott  Hotel  in  Dayton.
Gary Dixon (K4MQG) will be the keynote speaker.  The newest inductee(s) into
the CQ DX Hall of Fame will be announced, as well as  the DXPedition of  the
Year.  For more  information, including  a list of  the door prizes, and  to
order dinner tickets, please visit http://swodxaevents.org/. [TNX W8GEX]
 
+ SILENT KEY + Rafik Dandji, F5CQ (ex F6EUX) passed away in his sleep during
the night between 18 and 19 April. Born in Egypt in 1950, he and  his family
moved first to Lebanon  and  finally, in 1963, to France.  He  embraced  the
military career with the French Marine corps, and during his missions abroad
he operated from Djibouti as  FL8RD (1975-76) & J28EO (1986-88),  Martinique
as FM7BO  (1978-80),  Kerguelen  as  FT8XA (1984-85) &  FT5XA (1989-90)  and
Mayotte as  FH5CQ (1994-96), as  well as  from  Germany (DA1HU) and  England
(M0VXA). He was an accomplished all-mode DXer with  334/339  (current/total)
in the Mixed DXCC Honor Roll Standings, and 2719 DXCC Challenge points. [TNX
F5NQL]
 
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                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW
 
===================================================================
CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3B8MB       IW3HVB      EA8/IK1PMR  HB9FKK      OE100XFG    OE6XFG
3D2SE       ZL3TE       EA9KB       EA7FTR      OE100XGM    OE5XGM
3Z1ESH      SP2PBY      EA9LZ       EA5KB       OE100XWI    OE7XWI
4K6FO       DC9RI       EG1MOP      EA1AUM      OE18M       OE1WHC
4O1KZL      OK1KZL      EI0CAR      EI4JR       OH0CO       SM6CCO
4X6TT       N4GNR       EI0MAR      EI5EM       OP18N       ON4CRD
5B4AGN      M0URX       EI100MCV    EI6AL       P29LL       EA7FTR
5B4ALX      IZ4AMS      EI5IMD      EI2KA       PJ4KY       M0URX
5B4AMM      UT5UDX      EI6YXQ      EI9FVB      PJ7TM       K2GSJ
5C5AF       I8LWL       EL2EF       NR6M        PX7COM      PR7AYE
5F13SIA     CN8WW       FK8DD       NI5DX       PY5ZHP      SP7CVW
5P0WARD     OZ1ACB      FK8GX       W3HNK       RI1ANL      RN1ON
5P8VW       DJ8VW       FM5BH       W3HNK       S590RTVS    S50E
5R8UI       IZ8CCW      FM5FJ       KU9C        S79LD       VK4EF
5U7R        SM7EHU      FP5CJ       K9OT        SP0B        SQ7BTY
5W1SA       JA1DXA      FR4KM       EA7FTR      SP0H        SP7PTM
7X3WPL      7X3DL       GB0MGY      G6UT        SP0L        SP7RJI
7X5KBS      M0SDV       GB4ARD      M0KPW       SP100JO     SP7ITS
8T4I        VU2MLQ      GB4GM       GW4TTA      SP100N      SP9MA
9G1SD       AB0GC       GB4MDI      GW0ANA      SP9YFF      SP9WAN
9G5AR       N4GNR       GB60OT      G3KPU       SU8WD       SM5AQD
9G5ZS       ZS1XB       GB80GGCN    G0TOC       SU9TK       JH6HZH
9K2BS       A61BK       GM7RAF      G8FC        T2AR        3D2AG
9K2SS       KB2MS       H44R        VE3LYC      T32AZ       KH6QJ
9N1AA       N4GNR       HB9WFF      HB9FBI      T88FT       JA7WFT
9N7WA       R4WAA       HC2AO       RC5A        T88IH       JI6IHG
9Q6BB       W3HNK       HF0SEA/mm   SP1G        T88UW       JH7IPR
9X9PJ       N4GNR       HF100ZHP    SP5ZHH      TM17HF      F6BCC
A41CK       A61BK       HF20PWSZ    SP9TOB      TM33UFT     F6ICG
A41NN       A61BK       HG8ARDF     HA8BE       TM390SR     F4DTO
A43WARD     A47RS       HH2JR       W3HNK       TM3Y        ON4ZD
A60WARD     A61BK       HP3SS       AC2OV       TM93WARD    F6BEE
A60YOZ      A61BK       HZ1TT       A61BK       TR8CA       F6CBC
A61FK       A61BK       IB2RT       I2MYF       TZ4AM       W0SA
A61Q        EA7FTR      II3B        IQ3SD       UK8FF       W3HNK
A65BG       PA5M        II3WW       IQ3BM       V31MA       M0OXO
A65DR       N4GNR       IY0GA       IS0JMA      V47CDC      W1CDC
A71AM       M0OXO       IY0IMD      IZ0QPO      V63DX       JA7HMZ
A71EM       M0OXO       IY1MR       IQ1BK       V84SWA      V85TL
A75GR       M0OXO       IY1SM       IQ1BK       VK9X/N1YC   W5UE
A91WARD     A92AA       IY1SP       I1ANP       VK9X/PE7T   PE7T
A91YOZ      A92AA       IY4FGM      I4KMW       VP2ETE      W3HNK
AO1IMD      EA1BTO      IY5PIS      IW5AOT      XU7AKL      BG4HRM
AU2WRD      VU2JFA      IY6GM       IK6VXO      XV1X        RW6HS
AX5PAS      M0OXO       IY7M        IZ7XNB      XV9OK       JG6PWT
B5/IK7YTT   IW7EGQ      J28PJ       F1TMY       XV9WJR      WA7WJR
C93PA       PA5X        J79WTA      HB9MFM      XW4XR       E21EIC
CE2SV       N7RO        J88PI       GW4DVB      YB8EKA/p    YB8EKA
CO2JD       AD4Z        JW2US       LA2US       YB8HZ/p     YB8BRI
CO6RD       EA5GL       JY5HX       E73Y        YC8AO/p     HA3JB
CP4BT       DJ2BW       JY5MM       IK2DUW      YJ0AG       M0OXO
CP5HK       EC5AC       K3IMD       WK3N        YQ69MSCC    YO2MKI
CS5DFG      CS5NRA      KH2/NH0N    JA6GLD      YU100WWI    YU1SRS
CS8ABG      EA5GL       KL7RST      K7ICE       Z66D        OK6DJ
CW1GM       CX2ABC      KL7SB       NI5DX       Z81D        OM3JW
CX2DK       EA5GL       LZ115RF     LZ1YE       ZF2LC       W2SM
DM152ZYA    DK4PL       LZ65RCP     LZ1JZ       ZP4KFX      IK2DUW
DR18WRD     M0SDV       N1RAC/KL7   K7ICE       ZP9MCE      EA5ZD
DU1WQY/1    DF8DX       OD5ZF       IZ8CLM      ZV7COM      PR7AYE
DU3LA       W3HNK       OD5ZZ       NI5DX       ZW7COM      PR7AYE
E51BCP      KD7WPJ      OE100DMA    OE3DMA      ZX7COM      PR7AYE
 
3D2AG     Antoine de Ramon N’Yeurt, P.O. Box 10842, Laucala Beach Estate,
          Suva, Fiji
5H0JK     Janusz Babol Vel Sobczyk, 8433 Southside Blvd Apt #2711,
          Jacksonville FL 32256, USA
5V1JE     John Everman, Unit 2300 Box 840, DPO AE 09817, USA
7X2TT     Abdel Mesbah, 121 Hood Street, Nottingham,NG5 4AQ, United Kingdom
7X4AN     Mohamed Boukhiar, Apartado 30133, 08080 Barcelona, Spain
9H1MRC    Marconi Amateur Radio Circle, Triq L-Anzjani, L-Imtarfa, MTF 1510,
          Malta
DF8DX     Bodo Fritsche, Mardelaeckerstr. 14, 5417 Untersiggenthal,
          Switzerland
EI1IMD    Gerard Scannell, 3 Kingston Close, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork,
          P67 HR44, Ireland
EL2BG     I.Richmond W.K. Harding, 6141 Clifton Avenue Ext, Jacksonville,
          FL 32211, USA
EO32U     P.O. Box 33, Kyiv, 01001, Ukraine
FK4RD     Yves Novella, BP 12026, 98802 Noumea CEDEX, New Caledonia
FO5QB     Michel Huin, B.P. 8409, 98702 Faa’a – Tahiti, French Polynesia
FY5KE     Jacques Mazzoni, 678 route de l’Egalite, 74290 Talloires Montmin,
          France
GB0MFH    Raymond W. Coles, 10 Littlemoor Road, Weymouth, DT3 6AA,
          United Kingdom
GW4DVB    Brian Price, PO Box 2020, Llanharan, Pontyclun, CF72 9ZA,
          United Kingdom
HA3JB     Kutasi Gabor, Siofok, Koch R. utca 10/A I/4, 8600, Hungary
IR0IT     Italo Martella, Via di Tor Pignattara 20, 00177 Roma RM, Italy
IR0UN     Italo Martella, Via di Tor Pignattara 20, 00177 Roma RM, Italy
IY1TTM    Associazione Tigullio Torre Marconi, Salita alla Penisola di
          Levante 26/H, 16039 Sestri Levante GE, Italy
IY7GMB    Vincenzo Mangione, Via Eduardo De Filippo 18, 70010 Valenzano BA,
          Italy
OA1F      Elena P. Moran, c/ Luis de Requesens 4/A 3 A, 15406 Ferrol
          (A Coruna), Spain
OE18M     DokuFunk, OE18M, An den Steinfeldern 4A, 1230 Wien, Austria
OK6DJ     David Beran, Dolni Kamenice 55, 34562 Holysov, Czech Republic
OV1CDX    Frank Fendahl, Svinoevej 2, 4750 Lundby, Denmark
OZ30EU    Svend Erik Kofod, Kanegaardsvej 4, 3700 Roenne, Denmark
S01WS     Arseli Echeguren Bardeci, Barrena 6 1 Izq, 01408 Luiaondo
          (Alava), Spain
SM5AQD    Hakan Eriksson, Hemmingsbol 10, SE-740 10 Almunge, Sweden
SV9/OH1VR Seppo Sisatto, Ojakatu 3 A 18, FI-33100 Tampere, Finland
VE3LYC    Cezar Trifu, 4986 Bath Rd., Bath, ON K0H 1G0, Canada
VP8VPC    Bob McLeod, 75 Davis Street, Stanley, FIQQ 1ZZ, Falkland Islands
YB8BRI    Ramli Rahim, Azizah Residence C-2, Jln. Perintis Kemerdekaan III,
          Makassar 90245, Indonesia
YB8EKA    Andi Eka Putera Rindam, Jln. Jend Sudirman No. 53, Benteng 92812,
          Indonesia
YJ0CA     Chris Ayres, 3/19-21 Eastern Rd, Turramurra, NSW 2074, Australia
 
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                            Gabriele Villa, I2VGW
               Giornalista Professionista – Tessera n. 071675
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