09 March 2013 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1140
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

C5 - Pedro, ON7WP will be working on a human aid project in The Gambia
and be active C5WP on 20-27 March. He will be QRV on 40-10 metres.
QSL via home call, direct only. [TNX ON7WP]
CT9 - Peter, G3TKK reports he will be active holiday style as CT9/G3TKK
from Madeira (AF-014) on 12-22 March. He operates CW and digital
modes. QSL via home call.
FS & PJ- Andy, DK5ON will be active from either Saint Martin (FS/DK5ON) and
Sint Maarten (PJ7/DK5ON) on 10-29 March. He plans to operate SSB,
PSK and RTTY on 80-6 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
H4 - Dom, SQ9KWW and Maggie, H44MK will join Ralph, H44RK/H40RK on a
4-week IOTA tour around the Solomon Islands [425DXN 1135]. It will
start the first week of June, with planned activities from IOTA
groups OC-149, OC-168, OC-047, OC-127 and OC-285 (Stewart Islands,
new one for IOTA). A special callsign is being applied for
(reportedly H40IOTA, but all of the groups mentioned above count
for Solomon Islands, H44, DXCC wise). They are looking to take on
board one proficient CW operator for the OC-285 leg of the
journey. Please contact Ralph at ralph.honiara[@]gmail.com, which
is also the PayPal address for donations. After OC-285, Ralph will
continue on a solo activation trip to three IOTA groups in Temotu
Province (OC-065, OC-100 and OC-163) and two groups in Vanuatu
(OC-110 and OC-104) as heading back to Brisbane (Australia). All
QSL requests via NR6M. [TNX NR6M]
JD1_oga- Harry, JG7PSJ will be active again as JD1BMH from Chichijima
(AS-031), Ogasawara from 22 April to 4 May. He will operate CW,
SSB and RTTY on 40-10 metres, plus 80m if possible. QSL via JD1BMH
(bureau) or JG7PSJ (direct). Logsearch and other information can
be found at http://jd1bmh.zxq.net/ [TNX JG7PSJ]
KH9 - A DXpedition to Wake Island (OC-053) is being organized to take
place in October. Access to Wake is extremely limited and the time
frame is dictated by transportation issues. As such, official
dates have not been set but will be announced as soon as possible.
Twelve operators (Lou N2TU, Craig K9CT, Joe AA4NN, Joe W8GEX,
Jerry WB9Z, Tom ND2T, Mike K9NW, John K6MM, Hal W8HC, Carl K9CS,
Dick W3OA and Tom N4XP) plan to be QRV with five stations on all
bands and modes over a 14 day period. This operation combines a
DXpedition and a commemoration of the 70th anniversary of a tragic
event occurred on the atoll during World War II. Bookmark
www.wake2013.org for further information and updates. [TNX W8GEX]
LU - Members of Radio Club Ushuaia (LU8XW) will operate as LT5X from
Isla Redonda (SA-049) from around 00:00 UTC on 23 March until
around 15 UTC on the 24th. They plan to run three stations on 80,
40, 20, 25 and 10 metres SSB, CW and PSK31. [TNX LU6XV]
LY - Jonas, LY5A will be active as LY23A from 11 March to 11 April to
celebrate the 23rd anniversary of the restoration of Lithuanian
independence QSL via LY5A. Information on the LY WPX Trophy can be
found at http://qrz.com/db/LY5W [TNX LY5W]
MJ - Kazu, M0CFW will be active as MJ0CFW from Jersey (EU-013) on 15-17
March. He will participate in the Russian DX and BARTG HF RTTY
contests. QSL via home call and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
OE - The Amateur Radio Section of ORF (the Austrian Broadcasting
Corporation) and the Documentary Archives Radio Communications/QSL
Collection will operate special event station OE13M on 19-21
April. This is an official "International Marconi Day" station and
contacts made on 20 April will count for the IMD Award. QSL via
OE1WHC. [TNX OE1WHC]
PJ7 - Look for Randy PJ7/N0TG, Ron PJ7/AA4VK and Jeff PJ7/N1SNB to be
active from St Maarten (NA-105) on 15-23 March, with a focus on
the higher bands. QSL all callsigns via AA4VK (direct only). [TNX
DX World]
T5 - Tevfik Aydin, TA1HZ will be in Mogadishu, Somalia on a
humanitarian mission from 23 March to 4 April. He plans to operate
on the HF bands in his spare time, hopefully as T5TC (callsign not
assigned yet), with activity also during the CQ WW WPX SSB
Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX TA1HZ]
V3 - Ron, WB1EAZ and Elaine, KA1UCC will be active as V31RT and V31BE
from Belize on 13-20 March. They will operate SSB with a focus on
Europe, Oceania and Asia. QSLs direct to WB1EAZ.
VK - Graham VK3DOG, Keith VK3FT and Tony VK3TZ will be active as
homecall/p from Phillip Island (OC-136) on 15-18 March. They will
be QRV on 160-10 metres, using rotatable dipoles on the high
bands, full size verticals on 40m and 80m and a 22m-tall vertical
array on 160m, with some parasitic elements, beverages and loops
for receive. [TNX DX World]
ZL7 - Jim, ZL1LC will be active as ZL7LC from the Chatham Islands
(OC-038) on 14-20 March. He will operate PSK31 only on 7035,
14070, 21070 and 28120 kHz. QSL via EB7DX (direct).
ZS8 - At the end of the day, two radio amateurs will be part of the
overwintering team on Marion Island and will be active from May
2013 to April 2014: Carson, ZR6CWI (ZS8C) [425DXN 1136] and David,
ZS1BCE (ZS8Z), who finally has been appointed as the radio
technician. They are expected to operate SSB and digital modes on
40-10 metres. QSL for both via ZS1HF, who says that "more
information will be posted on their respective qrz.com sites once
they have been created". [TNX DX World]

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

INTERNATIONAL MARCONI DAY ---> Organized by the Cornish Radio Amateur Club,
the International Marconi Day (IMD) is a 24-hour amateur radio event held
annually to celebrate the birth of Guglielmo Marconi (25 April 1874). It is
not a contest, but an opportunity for amateurs around the world to make
contacts with historic Marconi sites using HF communications techniques.
This year's event will be held on 20 April, from 00.00 UTC through 23.59
UTC. Details, including information on the relevant Award Certificates and
the listing of participating stations, can be found at www.gb4imd.org.uk

T4#RRC ---> All of the recent activities (T48RRC from NA-218, T47RRC from
NA-086, T46RRC & T46T from NA-204) have been approved for IOTA and DXCC
credit. The OQRS for either direct and bureau cards has been activated
(http://cuba2013.ru/oqrs)

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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G100RSGB M0VFC T6RH NI5DX ZW6AJU PP6AJM
GM100C M0OXO T88XC JA0FKK ZZ6B PT2OP

EA5GL Pedro Miguel Ronda Monsell, C/ Maximiliano Thous 16-24, 46009
Valencia, Spain
EL2FM Joe Brown, 2 Orbel Street, London, SW11 3NZ, United Kingdom
N2OO Bob Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton NJ 08087-0345, USA
PU5IKE Jose Henrique Schossland, Rua Rui Barbosa 2247 Apto 01, Joinville
- SC, 89220-100, Brazil
UT6UD Vadym Ivliev, 35 Baumana, Kyiv, 03190, Ukraine
YB4IR Imam Raharjo, Jl. Putri Kembang Dadar II No.14C Rt.52, Palembang
30139, Indonesia

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