3 November 2018                                           A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1435
 
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW
 
5R     – Eric, F6ICX will be active again as 5R8IC from  Sainte-Marie Island
         (AF-090) from  5 November  until  February 2019.  He  will  operate
         mainly CW with  some RTTY, BPSK and SSB  on  40-10 metres.  QSL via
         Club Log’s OQRS, LoTW or via home call.
8Q     – Braco, E77DX will be active  on  160-10 metres as  8Q7DX  from  the
         Maldives (AS-013) on 10-25 November, including  a 24-hour entry  in
         the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via LoTW or via OE1EMS. [TNX NG3K]
9L     – Members of the  Radio Club de Provins (F6KOP)  will  be  active  as
         9LY1JM from  Banana Island (AF-037), Sierra Leone  on  9-21 January
         2019. Plans are for 12 operators to be active on  160-10 metres CW,
         SSB,  RTTY,  PSK  and  FT8 (Fox & Hound mode)  with  four stations.
         Complete information is expected in due course.
9Y     – Nick, VE3EY  will  be  active  again  as  9Y4/VE3EY  from  Trinidad
         (SA-011) on 19-26 November, including an  entry in the  CQ WW DX CW
         Contest. QSL via VE3EY, Club Log’s OQRS and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
A5     – Martti, OH2BH is still  active as A52BH  from  Bhutan [425DXN 1434]
         until  5 November.  He  is using  the  permanent  A5A  set-up  with
         multiple  beams  plus  verticals  on  160  and  80  metres.  He  is
         concentrating on the 160/80m US windows (21.00-00.00 UTC and  11-15
         UTC) CW only. QSL via home call. [TNX N7NG]
ET     – December is Youngsters On The Air (YOTA) month.  The idea for  this
         event  is to show  the  amateur radio hobby to young people  and to
         encourage youngsters to be active on the amateur bands.  As part of
         YOTA month, Bob W9XY and Ken K4ZW will travel to Ethiopia  to  team
         up with the ET3AA club at the Addis Ababa University’s Institute of
         Technology. More details will be forthcoming.  In the meantime, let
         them  know what bands  and  modes you need ET on.  You can take the
         survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/982K53W. [TNX K4ZW]
HC     – Uwe, DL8UD will be active as HC5M  from  Cuenca, Ecuador  on  21-28
         November, CQ WW DX CW Contest included. Outside the contest he will
         operate  SSB  and CW  on  160-10 metres.  QSL via DL8UD, direct  or
         bureau.
J8     – K7AR, KO8SCA, N7RO, VE7CT, VE7NY and VE7XF will be active  as  J8NY
         from St Vincent (NA-109) on 21-28 November.  They will operate “all
         modes” (FT8 included) on 160-6 metres, and will participate in  the
         CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via VE7NY and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
JD1_mt – Take, JG8NQJ expects to be back at the weather  station  on  Minami
         Torishima (OC-073) for three months starting around 15 November. He
         operates CW and some RTTY as JG8NQJ/JD1 in his spare time.  QSL via
         JA8CJY (direct) or JG8NQJ (bureau).
JD1_oga- JD1BOI (QSL via JI1LET),  JD1BON (QSL via JA1UII),  JD1BPH (QSL via
         JH1HHC)  and  JI1CRM/JD1  (QSL  via JI1CRM)  will  be  active  from
         Chichijima (AS-031), Ogasawara from 22 November to 7 December. They
         will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 on 160-6 metres. [TNX JI1LET]
P4     – John, W2GD will be active again as P40W from Aruba (SA-036)  on 19-
         27 November.  Main activity will be during the CQ WW DX CW Contest;
         outside the  contest  he will operate  SSB and CW on 160-10 metres.
         QSL via LoTW  or direct only to  N2MM.
PY     – PS8NF, PY1AX, PY6AWU, PY6BA, PY6HD and PY6RT will be active as ZY6V
         from  Santa Barbara Island, Abrolhos Archipelago (SA-019) on  14-19
         November.  They will operate SSB, CW and FT8 (Fox & Hound mode)  on
         160-6 metres.  See qrz.com for their planned operating frequencies.
         QSL via Club Log’s OQRS, LoTW or direct to PY6HD.
T8     – Nobu, JA0JHQ (http://pandasan.jimdo.com/) will be active  again  as
         T88PB  from  Koror (OC-009),  Palau from  on  23-26 November.  Main
         activity  will  be during  the  CQ WW DX CW Contest.  QSL via  LoTW
         (preferred) or direct to JA0JHQ.
V6     – Sho, JA7HMZ will be active again  as V63DX  from  Pohnpei (OC-010),
         Micronesia on 19-26 November. He will be QRV on 160-6 metres,  with
         a focus on 160m FT8 for Europe. He will participate in the CW WW DX
         CW Contest as V6A.  QSL for both callsigns via  LoTW  or  direct to
         JA7HMZ. [TNX NG3K]
VP2E   – Art, WA7NB (VP2EAB) and  John, N2LK (VP2EJS) will  be  active  from
         Anguilla (NA-022) on 18-26 November.  They will operate SSB, CW and
         digital modes on 160-6 metres, and will participate in the CQ WW DX
         CW Contest as VP2EAB.  QSL via LoTW,  Club Logs’ OQRS, or  via home
         calls. [TNX DX World]
VP2V   – Dave, WJ2O will  be active as  VP2V/WJ2O  from  the  British Virgin
         Islands (NA-023) on 21-27 November.  He will participate in the  CQ
         WW DX CW Contest, and will focus  on  30, 17 and 12 metres  outside
         the contest. QSL via LoTW, or via N2ZN. [TNX NG3K]
ZA     – Henning, OZ1BII will operate CW only  as  ZA/OU2I  from  Albania on
         21-27 November, including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL
         via Club Log’s OQRS, LoTW and eQSL. [TNX NG3K]
 
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                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW
 
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32 EUDXF AWARD —> Joining the celebrations for the 32nd anniversary of the
European DX Foundation during November are  DL32EUDXF  from Germany (QSL via
Club Log’s OQRS,  or via DJ8NK), and  OT32EUDXF  from Belgium  (QSL via Club
Log’s OQRS, or via ON6CC).  Information on the ’32 EUDXF Award’  for working
these and other special callsigns is on http://www.eudxf.eu/?p=2878.
 
INDEXA NEWSLETTER —> The Fall 2018 edition (#123) of the  International DX
Association’s  Newsletter  (INDEXA)   is  now  available  for  download   at
http://www.indexa.org/newsletters.html. It contains a complete report on the
3C3W/3C0W DXpedition to Equatorial Guinea and Annobon earlier this year,  as
well as the profiles of three  new members of the  Board of Directors.  [TNX
K8YC]
 
QSL GALLERY —> The large collection of QSL cards  on  Les  Nouvelles  DX’s
website has been updated.  Sixteen different galleries include  16,223 cards
for the  ten Most  Wanted  DXCC  Entities  (2008-17), 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 1969), pre-1945  countries, French Departments and CONUS, plus
a gallery for cards not accepted  by DXCC. Your participation is encouraged:
 
TX0A & TX0M —> “In just a little over 5 weeks, Adrian (KO8SCA) and  I will
be heading down to French Polynesia for the challenging activation of OC-113
(TX0A) and OC-297 (TX0M)”, Cezar VE3LYC  posted to the  expedition’s website
(https://tx0a-tx0m.weebly.com/) on 26 October. “We are grateful to those who
have already provided us with  financial support.  At a price-tag of $28.5k,
if we can resell the power components  upon our return  in Rikitea,  this is
truly a very costly endeavour.  Since French Polynesia ranks low  among  the
Most Wanted DXCC, we know that virtually all the support will come from  the
IOTA community.  Consequently,  we  are  looking  for more  islands chasers,
particularly from  EU and NA,  who are willing to help us out.  We need your
assistance!”
 
VP6D —> As the forecast indicated strong winds  and  rough seas,  the VP6D
team went QRT earlier than planned, on 31 October at 16.20 UTC, “in order to
achieve a  safe  departure  from  Ducie Island”.  According  to  the  latest
statistics, 113,726 QSOs were made with 24,920 unique callsigns (21.91%).
Breakdown by continents      Breakdown by modes
———————–      ——————
NA   59,731   52.52%         CW    58,593   51.52%
EU   30,296   26.64%         FT8   26,158   23.00%
AS   18,291   16.08%         SSB   23,279   20.47%
SA    3,452    3.04%         RTTY   5,685    5.00%
OC    1,428    1.26%         PSK31      9    0.01%
AF      528    0.46%         PSK        2    0.00%
The most productive bands were  40m  with 22674 QSOs (19.94%) and  20m  with
21828 QSOs (19.19%), followed by 17m/18436, 15m/16761, 30m/12802,  12m/7900,
80m/6381, 10m/3933, 160m/3011.
 
YASME EXCELLENCE AWARDS & SUPPORTING GRANT —> In 2008 The Yasme Foundation
(http://www.yasme.org/)  established  the  Yasme  Excellence  Award,  to  be
presented  to  individuals  and  groups  who,  through  their  own  service,
creativity, effort and dedication, have made  a significant contribution  to
amateur  radio.  The  contribution  may  be  in  recognition  of  technical,
operating  or  organizational  achievement,  as all three are necessary  for
amateur radio to grow and  prosper.  The latest recipients,  announced on 25
October, are:
* Brian Machesney, K1LI, and  Michelle Guenard  –  in recognition  of  their
  extraordinary efforts on behalf of Commonwealth of Dominica communities in
  the wake of the 2017 hurricane season. Their efforts included fundraising,
  delivery of communications supplies, on-site support,  and application  of
  amateur radio technologies  to support the  relief efforts which  continue
  today.
* Fred Kleber, K9VV/KP2 – in recognition of Fred’s leadership and  technical
  Skills   that  support  the   Virgin  Islands’  emergency   communications
  capabilities.  Fred has been a key player  long before hurricanes Irma and
  Maria  devasted  the islands.  He is  hard  at work today  re-building and
  extending the interisland communication systems even after his own station
  suffered extensive damage.
* Zorro Miyazawa, JH1AJT – for his extensive promotion of  amateur radio  in
  developing countries. Governments and telecommunications administrators in
  Bangladesh (S2), Bhutan (A5), Cambodia (XU), Eritrea (E3) and Myanmar (XZ)
  have benefited from Zorro’s patient  and skillful efforts, supporting  his
  own government and his fellow amateurs in Japan and around the world.
* Stu Phillips, K6TU –  for  contributions  to  amateur  radio  through  his
  Propagation and DX Strategy website (https://www.k6tu.net/). In particular
  his innovative tools, free for amateur use, enhance the  use  of the  High
  Frequency Terrain Analysis (HFTA) program developed  by  Dean Straw, N6BV,
  another Excellence Award recipient in 2012.
* Randy Wright, W6CUA – in recognition  of  his  long service  to  the Yasme
  Foundation  as  our  Awards Manager.   His  steady  efforts  and  exacting
  attention to detail and customer service are greatly appreciated.
The Board of Directors of the Yasme Foundation  has also made a  significant
grant  to  ARISS   (Amateur  Radio  on  the  International  Space   Station,
http://www.ariss.org/) in support of the Critical Infrastructure Fund. Yasme
has supported this important upgrade to the  ISS amateur station  since  the
effort began and challenges other organizations and  individuals  to support
it, as well.  As of late 2018, ARISS is the only non-commercial entity being
considered for NASA’s Deep Space Gateway program,  indicating the importance
with  which  the  space  program  views  amateur radio.  Putting and keeping
amateur radio in space is a significant expense and needs the support of the
entire amateur community. [TNX K4ZW]
 
+ SILENT KEY + The Reverend  Paul E. Bittner, W0AIH  died  tragically  on 31
October, after  falling from  one of his towers.  Born in 1933 and  licenced
since 1949, he was a retired Lutheran Minister.  His main operating activity
was contesting from his QTH in west-central Wisconsin,  known as ‘The Farm’.
In 2009 he was inducted into the CQ Contest Hall of Fame:  “spreading across
120 acres,  his farm grows  a wide variety of antennas,  as well as  regular
crops of new contesters”, the motivation said. “Bittner constantly seeks out
and trains new contesters at his multi-multi station,  and welcomes visiting
hams from around the world”.
 
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