23 February 2013 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1138
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

3B9 - Toshi JA8BMK, Ken JA8CDG/JN1THL and Yoshiko JQ1LCW will be active
as 3B9DX from Rodrigues Island (AF-017) on 1-10 March. They will
operate CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31 on 80-10 metres. QSL direct to
EA5GL. [TNX DX World]
7P - Once again Peter, EI7CC will be active as 7P8PB from Lesotho on
6-26 March. He will operate holiday style from the station of his
brother-in-law Gerry, 7P8CC (EI8CC, the Irish amabassador to
Lesotho). QSL via EI7CC, direct or bureau. Logs will be uploaded
to LoTW on a daily basis is at all possible. [TNX EI7CC]
8P - Gerry, W1VE will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as 8P1V
from Barbados. The week before the contest, starting on 26
February, he will be QRV as 8P9RM on 160-6 metres, with a focus on
CW and the low bands, with "some SSB and RTTY thrown in". QSL
direct to home call. [TNX W1VE]
9M4_spr- Christian EA3NT had to withdraw from the 10-18 March 9M4SLL
DXpedition [425DXN 1132] due to work reasons, but he has been
replaced by Pista HA5AO and George HA5UK. The other operators are
John 9M6XRO, Steve 9M6DXX, James 9V1YC, Don G3BJ, Tony KM0O and Ben
N6MUF/DJ0YI. 9M4SLL will operate from Pulau Layang Layang, Spratly
Islands (AS-051) with five stations simultaneously at peak times,
using full legal power linear amplifiers on all stations and
vertical antennas sited within a few metres of the ocean. Activity
will be on 160-10 metres, CW, SSB and RTTY. There will be no 60m
operation as that is not permitted by the Malaysian licence. QSL
via M0URX (OQRS for direct and bureau cards at http://m0urx.com/).
Logs will be uploaded to LoTW within a few days after the end of
the operation. Further information, including suggested operating
frequencies, can be found at http://m0urx.com/9m4sll [TNX 9M6DXX]
CE0_ei - Nigel G3TXF, Martin G3ZAY, Michael G7VJR and John G4IRN will be
active as XR0YG from Easter Island (SA-001) on 20-27 March. They
will operate mainly CW on 160-10 metres, with a focus on the low
bands and Europe. QSL via G3TXF (OQRS for direct and bureau cards
on Club Log). They plan to upload their logs to Club Log and LoTW
during the expedition. Chile experiences regular earthquakes, and
the XR0YG team is making a donation of $500 to RCCh (Radio Club de
Chile) "in support of their emergency communications projects, in
appreciation of their friendly backing of our expedition,
especially for their help with our licenses and 30m permits for
Easter Island". The website for the expedition is at
http://xr0yg.com/
FM - Al, F5VHJ will be active as FM/F5VHJ from Martinique (NA-107) from
25 February to 3 March, including an entry in the ARRL DX SSB
Contest as TO5A. QSL via home call, direct or bureau, and LoTW.
[TNX NG3K]
JA - Special event station 8J6ISG will be active on all bands and modes
between 1 March and 30 April to celebrate the opening of the new
airport of Ishigaki (AS-024). QSL via the JARL bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
PJ2 - Ulf, DL5AXX will be active as PJ2/DL5AXX from Curacao (SA-099)
from 24 February to 11 March. He will operate holiday style on
80-10 metres, mainly CW with some RTTY. QSL via home call; an OQRS
for bureau cards can be found at www.dl5axx.de [TNX The Daily DX]
PY - PU5IKE and PP5RK will operate SSB and digital modes as ZW5WIM from
Ilha da Paz (SA-027) and lighthouse on 23-24 February. QSL via
PU5IKE, direct or bureau, plus LoTW and eQSL. [TNX PT7WA]
UA - Celebrating the 95th anniversary of the Russian National Military
Forces, special callsign UE95RA (Russian Army) will be in use
until 24 February on all bands and modes. QSL via UA3YLP. [TNX
RV3YR]
V3 - Lee N8LJ (V31LJ), Stan AC8W (V31AC) and Jim KB8TXZ (V31VJ) will be
active from Belize from 27 February to 6 March. They plan to be
QRV on 160-6 metres CW, RTTY and SSB and to operate a multi-single
entry in the ARRL DX SSB Contest. QSL V31LJ via K8ESQ, QSL V31AC
and V31VJ via KB8TXZ. [TNX AC8JF]
VP2V - Larry, KE2VB will be active as VP2V/KE2VB from the British Virgin
Islands (NA-023) from 27 February to 4 March, including an entry
in the ARRL DX SSB Contest. He will operate CW and SSB before and
after the contest, hopefully on 160-10 metres. QSL via NR6M.
W - Lou, W0FK plans to be active from Longboat Key (NA-034) on 2-16
March. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
W - Pete, VE3IKV will be active as W4/VA3RA from St. Simons Island
(NA-058) on 2 March and from Key West (NA-062) on 3-15 March. Look
for him on 30 and 17 metres CW. A side trip to the Dry Tortugas
(NA-079) is planned on 11-14 March, if the weather is fine. Expect
him to be signing VE3IKV/W4 while on NA-079 (a low-power battery
and solar power CW operation on 30, 17 and 6 metres). QSLs via
VE3IKV, direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
XU - Eddy, ON4AFU (www.on4afu.net) will be active as XU7AFU from
Cambodia until 14 March. He will operate CW only on 40-10 metres
with 100 watts and wire antennas. QSL via ON4AFU, direct or bureau.
YN - Scott, K7ZO will be active as YN5Z from Nicaragua from 27 February
until 3 March. His main focus will be a SOAB entry in the the ARRL
DX SSB Contest. QSL direct to K7ZO and LoTW.
YS - John, NO7B will be active as YS1/NO7B from El Salvador from 21
February to 12 March. He will operate SSB only on 40-10 metres.
QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZA - Max, IZ4JMA reports he is now living in Albania and will be on the
air as ZA/IZ4JMA starting from 25 February for 18 months at least.
He can be QRV on all bands and modes. QSL via IZ4JMA.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

CQ WW 160-METER CONTEST (SSB) ---> Objective of the contest is for amateurs
around the world to work as many US States, Canadian provinces and
countries as possible on 160 metres CW (http://cq160.com/rules.htm). A list
of stations that have announced their participation in this year's event
(from 22.00 UTC on 22 February through 22.00 UTC on the 24th) is maintained
by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cq160s2013.html

NA-066 ---> The 20-24 February K6PV/6 activity from Santa Catalina Island
[425DXN 1137] has been cancelled due to sea conditions. [TNX The Daily DX]

SA-030 ---> The 21-24 February CV5A activity from Flores Island [425DXN
1137] has been postponed until further notice while the Uruguayan Navy
recovers the remains of an aircraft that crashed off Flores back in June
2012.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3Z20RE SP5DZC ES95S ES2TI P40L WA3FRP
3Z2X SP2YWL FK8CE LZ1JZ P40W N2MM
3Z51EQB SP7EQB FM/R5GA UA3DX PA6ANT PA3FOE
3Z51FBX SP7FBX FM5WD W3HNK PA6NB PA7JWC
3Z51MOC SP7MOC FR5DZ F6CXV PF13ANT PA0RDY
3Z51NLH SQ7NLH G9W M0DXR PJ2/N0VD W3HNK
3Z51OVL SQ5OVL GB0ANT M0OXO PJ2/W9NJY WD9DZV
3Z51SDA SP7POS GB4R M0DOL PX2C M0OXO
3Z51SZW SP7SZW H44KW G3SWH R100AIP RW3YW
3Z55OP SP6PNZ HA30S HG1S R2013CG UA8WAA
3Z8T SQ8JX HB9HLM EA7FTR R250GS RL2A
3ZL301GVX SP3GVX HB9ICE HB9BHY R70RND RW6MF
4A2I XE2I HC7AE EA7FTR RI1ANU ZS1OIN
5B4AIZ G3SWH HF0A SP9YI RL3A W3HNK
5C5T EA5YU HF2013MAX SP3YAC SN150AW SP5CGN
5C5W EA5XX HF9Q SP9QMP SN150BPM SP7PCA
5R8AL G3SWH HG5C HA5MA ST2SF K0YAK
5W1SA JA1DXA HH2/EK6KB K6EID T30TT W7JET
5X1C K3FP HI3TT ON4IQ T46RRC RZ3EC
6V7S RK4FF HI8CSS EA5GL T46T RZ3EC
6Y2T VE3DZ HK1NA K6IPM T47RRC RZ3EC
6Y5AE KJ4QHL HQ2N EA5GL T48RRC RZ3EC
7Z1BL IZ8CLM HS0ZJS HB9PHJ T6LG LZ1ZF
8P9HA WA4WTG HS0ZKX W2EN T6MO K9GY
9H3FW DK7YY II2ANT I2JJR T88UU W1NN
9H3KK SP7VC II2E IK2FTB T8TT JA1WSX
9H3RX DJ0IF II2V IK2AQZ TC1BW TA1HZ
9K2YM EA5KB II5ANT IZ5BTC TC1DX TA1DX
9U4U M0URX II5ISS IZ5JLW TI5W N3YIM
9V1YC W5UE II9P IT9CHU TM0R F5GGL
A35WH DJ9KH IO3X IV3JCC TM10WAP F8DHE
A60A IZ8CLM IO5ANT IW5EFX TM6M F4DXW
A65BP UA6MF IP8AAW IK8FIQ TM6X F5VHY
AH0CI JA3IUY IR1ANT I1HYW TO22C F6HMQ
AO1ICE EA1WK IR1SP IK1NEG TO5X UA3DX
AO5ANT EA5FL IR2C IK2FTB UE95RA UA3YLP
AO7WAP EC7ZK IR2R IZ2EWR V31AT K5PI
AT3ANT VU2UR IY4FGM I4KMW V31EE WX9U
C6ABB N2RFA J38RF KE4TG V31TP WC0W
C6AKQ N4BP J52HF I3LDP V47JA W5JON
C6ANM WA2IYO J5NAR HA0NAR V63ZM M0URX
C6APG K4PG JX9JKA LA9JKA V73NS W3HNK
C6ASP W6KW JY9ET M0OXO VA7AAW VE7IG
C6ATN IZ7ATN K4A K6EID VK4NM/p M0OXO
CM2XN EA7FTR K4K K4MZU VP2EC N5AU
CM8AKY EA7FTR KG4KL KN4KL VP2ME AI4U
CO6LC EA5GL KG4WV W4WV VP5S K0MD
CQ8X OH2BH KH0WF JH1AJT VQ5RP K0UU
CR1Z OH2BH KH2/G3ZEM M0URX XT2TT I2YSB [d]
CR2X OH2BH KH7X K2PF XT2TT IK2CIO [b]
CW5W CX6VM KP2M AI4U XU7ACQ KF0RQ
D2EB IZ3ETU KP3Z N4AO XV2DLH DK8ZZ
D2QV UT0EA KP4EE OK1DOT YB9GV EA7FTR
D3AA UA1QV LT0H EA7FTR YE1ZAT YD1JZ
EA6/KH7XX OE6BMG LT1F AC7DX YN9SU TI4SU
EA8CMX OH2BYS LW9DHR EA6SK YO2013EYOWF YO6MP
EA9EU EA5KB LX1HD LX1NJ YP0FOTE YO6BBQ
ED2C EA2RCF LX7I LX2A YQ0ANT YO2LIW
EE8E EB7DX LY1SCOUT LY4Q YQ8ANT YO8AZQ
EF5F EA5FV LZ10ANT LZ3SM YU1700AST YU1AST
EF7X EA7GYS LZ134SOF LZ1KZX YU313EDICT YU1AST
EF8N EA8NC LZ5R LZ1YQ YW2LV YV5YMA
EF8R EB7DX M3W G4FAL Z320N Z36N
EF8USA W2GR M5E G0CKV Z320O Z32KI
EG1ACG EA2FC MD2C MD0CCE Z320T DJ0LZ
EG1WAA EA1GIB MD4K G3NKC ZD8KFC NI5DX
EK3GM IK2QPR NH2T W2YC ZF2AM K6AM
EM0I UT2IZ OA4SS KB6J ZF2DP N4QS
EM70LI UT3LI OE2013SKI OE1SSS ZM1A ZL3CW
ES95B ES5QD OK8WW OM2FY ZZ2T PY2MNL

DJ9KH Werner Hasemann, Zur Kleinen Moorweide 29, 27339 Riede, Germany
DK8ZZ Zrinko Zibert, Rothweg 1, 55494 Erbach, Germany
G3SWH Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol, BS49
5HQ, United Kingdom
I2YSB Silvano Borsa, Viale Capettini 1, 27036 Mortara PV, Italy
I3LDP Lucio Bresciani, Via Locchi 29, 37124 Verona VR, Italy
M0URX Tim Beaumont, P.O. Box 17, Kenilworth, CV8 1SF, United Kingdom
RZ3EC Eugene Shelkanovtcev, P.O. Box 70, Orel, 302028, Russia

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