30 March 2013 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1143
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

5W - Suggested frequencies for the 4-18 April 5W0M operation from Samoa
(OC-097) [425DXN 1125] are:
CW 3526, 7026, 10116, 14026, 18086, 21026, 24906, 28026, 50107
SSB 3805, 7095, - 14210, 18120, 21255, 24945, 28440, 50110
RTTY 3580, 7041, 10137, 14077, 18104, 21098, 24924, 28098
A large team of German operators will be active with four stations
and various antennas, with a serious effort on EME on 144 MHz. QSL
via DL4SVA, direct or bureau; QSL for EME QSOs via DL9MS. The log
will be uploaded to LoTW about 6 months after the expedition.
Logsearch, OQRS for direct/bureau cards and further information at
http://5w0m.hkmann.de/
8P - Jeff, VA3QSL will be active holiday style as 8P9HI from Barbados
(NA-021) on 6-13 April. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
9M2 - Jacek, SP5APW will be active as 9M2/SP5APW from Pulau Perhentian
Besar (AS-073) on 1-7 May. He plans to be QRV holiday style on 20,
15, 12 and 10 metres SSB and some digital modes. QSL via home
call. Updates will be posted to http://as-073.blogspot.com [TNX
SP5APW]
CO - Look for T48T to be active from the historical site of Playitas de
Cajobabo, Cuba (NA-015) on 6-7 April. Activity will be on 80, 40,
20, 15 and 10 metres SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL via EA5KB.
[TNX EA5KB]
CY0 - Gary, VE1RGB and Murray, WA4DAN will be active from Sable Island
(NA-063) on 1-11 October. The call CY0P has been chosen and issued
in recognition of the newest National Park in Canada. They will
operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-10 metres. Further information is
expected in due course. [TNX NG3K]
E5_sc - Mauri, AG1LE will be active as E51DXX from Rarotonga (OC-013),
South Cook Islands on 1-13 April. QSL via home call.
F - Special callsign TM28UFT will be active on 7-21 April for the 28th
General Assembly of the Union Francaise des Telegraphistes
(www.uft.net) to be held in Panazol (Limoges). QSL via F9IE (all
of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau). [TNX
F5NQL]
F - Celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Radio Club de Provins
(F6KOP), special callsign TM35KOP will be in use on 3-18 May on
all bands and modes. QSL via bureau to F6KOP or direct to F5NQL.
[TNX F5NQL]
F - A team of ten operators from Belgium will be active as TM7T from
the Chausey Islands (EU-039) on 26-28 July. The main activity (SSB
and CW) will be during the IOTA Contest. QSL via ON8ZL, direct or
bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
FH - Silvano, I2YSB and the Italian DXpedition Team will be active from
Mayotte (AF-027) on 3-17 October. Further information is expected
in due course. [TNX IK7JWY]
FR - Guy, F5MNW will be active as FR/F5MNW from Reunion Island (AF-016)
on 6-29 April. He will operate only CW on the HF bands. QSL via
home call. [TNX DX World]
G - Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the First Class CW
Operators' Club (FOC), a month-long event will be held on 1-31 May
featuring many special "FOC" suffix callsigns from around the
world. The anniversary call for FOC club station will be GB75FOC,
with GP4FOC to be used when operating from Guernsey, GS4FOC from
Scotland and GT4FOC from the Isle of Man. QSLs via G3SWH.
Information on the relevant award can be found at www.g4foc.org
[TNX KR3E]
I - Ezio IK2AHB, Diego IW2MZX, Alessandro IW5ELA, Andrea IZ2AJE and
Fabio IZ2GMT will be active as IA5A from Isola del Giglio (EU-028)
from 29 April to 4 May (www.vbdxc.altervista.org). They will
operate SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31 on 80-6 metres with three
stations. QSL via IK2AHB, direct or bureau. Logsearch and OQRS on
Club Log. [TNX IZ2GMT]
J6 - Look for Rob, J6/N7QT and Frans, J69DS to be active from St Lucia
(NA-108) on 5-16 April. They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY or PSK
on 80-10 metres, with field portable activity (battery only and
lightweight antennas) from beaches or mountain tops. QSL J6/N7QT
via home call (direct or bureau), LoTW and eQSL; QSL J69DS direct
only. [TNX NG3K]
J8 - Brian, GW4DVB (www.g4dvb.co.uk) will be active as J8/G4DVB from
Palm Island (NA-025) on 13-20 April. [TNX DX World]
JA - Takio, JH3QFL (V6H) and Keizo, JH3AZC (V6S) will be active from
Pohnpei (OC-010), Micronesia from 29 April to 5 May. They will
operate SSB, CW, RTTY and JT65 on 80-6 metres. QSL via home calls.
[TNX NG3K]
KP2 - Look for K1HP/KP2 (QSL via JE2EHP), KP2/JF1BVG (QSL via JF1BVG)
and WH7P/KP2 (QSL via JP1IOF) to be active on all bands and modes
from St. Croix, Virgin Islands (NA-106) on 3-9 April. QSL direct
or via the JARL bureau, and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
LU - Horacio, LU4DXU expects to be active on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10
metres as LU1DMG from Martin Garcia Island (SA-055) from 30 March
to 2 April. QSL via LU4DXU. [TNX DX World]
OZ - Ela, DL1TM (OZ7TM) and Tor, DJ4MG (5P4MG) will be active from
Vendsyssel-Thy / Nordjylland (EU-171) on 1-18 April. They plan to
be QRV on 160, 80, 40, 20, 17 and 15 metres SSB and PSK31. QSL via
home calls, bureau preferred. [TNX DXNL]
PA - Fred, PA0FAW will be active as PA150BA on 1-28 April to celebrate
the 150th anniversary of Bronbeek, a military museum and home for
veterans in Arnhem. He will operate mainly CW, with some SSB and
digital modes. QSL via home call, direct and bureau, and eQSL.
PA - Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands will formally end her 33-year
long reign on 30 April, and leave monarchy to Crown-Prince
Willem-Alexander. To celebrate this event, quite a number of Dutch
special stations will be active before, during and after the
inauguration day. To name a few:
02 April - 30 April PA13KING QSL via PA9JO
11 April - 08 May PB200KING QSL via PA1TX
15 April - 12 May PB2013KING QSL via PA9LUC
18 April - 05 May PA200KING QSL via PD5ROB
20 April - 01 May PB33Q QSL via PA7DA
20 April - 11 May PG6KING QSL via PD9ND
22 April - 02 May PC13KING QSL via PA1DV
26 April - 23 May PA33KBX QSL via PA0ABM
T33 - The T33A DXpedition to Banaba Island (OC-018) [425DXN 1120] has
been rescheduled with 6-17 November as expected QRV dates.
Activity will be on all bands and modes with six stations. Two or
three experienced operators are being sought. If willing to join
the group, email t33-ops[at]t33a.com. A website is under
construction at www.t33a.com [TNX The Daily DX]
V4 - Once again John, W5JON will be active as V47JA from St. Kitts
(NA-104) from 9 July to 10 August. He will operate SSB and digital
modes on all bands, and will participate in the IARU HF World
Championship and the RSGB IOTA Contest. His wife Cathy, W5HAM will
occasionally operate as V47HAM. QSL via W5JON and LoTW. [TNX W5JON]
V6 - Haru, JA1XGI will be active as V63XG from Pohnpei (OC-010),
Micronesia on 3-11 April. He plans to operate CW, SSB, RTTY and
JT65 on 160-6 metres. With a 2-element yagi for 17 and 12 metres,
and a vertical for 40, 30, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via JA1XGI,
direct or bureau. Further information and logsearch at
http://island.geocities.jp/v63xg/index.htm
VP9 - Gary, WB4DNL will be active as WB4DNL/VP9 from Bermuda (NA-005) on
3-10 April. He will operate SSB and CW on 160-10 metres. QSL via
home call, direct or bureau, and LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
W - Ron, K5HM and Matt, K5NGU will use the Brazos Valley ARC's
callsign KK5W to operate from Mustang Island (NA-092) on 6-7
April. QSL direct to KK5W. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
XE - The Club de Radio Experimentadores de Occidente celebrates its
80th anniversary this year, and will be active as 4A1TD at various
times until 31 December, including several contests. QSL via
XE1GZU. [TNX XE1H]
ZK3 - The ZK3N DXpedition to Tokelau [425DXN 1141] has been brought
forward, and Hans, DL6JGN and Guenter, DL2AWG will now be active
on 15-30 April. They will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on
80-10 metres. QSL via DL2AWG. [TNX DX World]

CARIBBEAN TOUR ---> Rick, AI5P will be active holiday style as J75PX from
Dominica (NA-101) on 6-20 April and as TO5PX from Martinique (NA-107) on
20-30 April. QSLs via AI5P. [TNX The Daily DX]

CQ WW WPX SSB CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (30-31 March):
Call Category Country QSL
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3G1B M/? Chile XQ1KZ
3G3W M/? Chile XQ4CW
3V8BB SOAB HP Tunisia LX1NO
3V8SS SOSB 15m LP Tunisia LX1NO
3Z6O SOAB Poland SP6NVK
3Z6V HP Poland SP6DVP
4A1TD MO Mexico XE1GZU
4K6FO SOSB LP Azerbaijan 4K6FO
8P2K SOSB 10m Barbados KU9C
9A33P M/? Croatia 9A2NA
9A7A M/S Croatia 9A1HDE
A71AM M/2 Qatar A71AM
AH0BT M/S Mariana Isls 7L1FPU
CS8/PD9DX SO Azores PD9DX
DZ1B M/2 Philippines DU1BP
E7DX M/? Bosnia & Herz. E77E
EA8/EA1BP SOSB QRP 15m Canary Isls EA1BP
EB8AH M/S Canary Isls LoTW
ED1R M/S Spain EC1KR
ED9Z M/S Ceuta & Melilla EA9LZ
EE1W M/M Spain EA1AZ
EI1A SOAB LP Ireland PA3249
ES9C M/M Estonia ES5RY
EV50WB SOSB 40m LP Belarus EU1AZ
FM4KA SO Martinique NI5DX
FR4NT SO LP Reunion FR4NT
GJ2A SOAB HP Jersey LoTW
GW100C SOAB Wales MW1LCR
H27A M/S Cyprus RW3RN
HA30S M/? Hungary HG1S
HK1NA M/M Colombia K6IPM
HQ2N SOSB 10m Honduras EA5GL
HQ9R SOSB LP 10m Honduras K5WW
HS0ZIP SO Thailand KC7X
IB1B SOAB LP Italy LoTW
IO5O M/S Italy IK5RLP
KG2A/VP9 SO Bermuda KG2A
KG9N/C6A Bahamas KG9N
KH0/RA0FU SOAB Mariana Isls RA0FU
KH2KY M/2 Guam JA1MFR
KP2MM SOAB Virgin Is LoTW
LO5D SOSB 10m Argentina LU8EOT
LX7I SOAB Luxembourg LX2A
LY7A M/M Lithuania LotW
LZ135LO Bulgaria LZ1KZA
P40Z SOAB Aruba W3HNK
PJ4D M/2 Bonaire W1SRD
PV7M SO LP Brazil PT7ZT
R100AP M/2 Russia (EU) UA9XL
RN3F SOSB 10m Russia (EU) RA3F
T2TT SOAB or SOSB 10m Tuvalu K8NA
T48K M/S Cuba F5FYO
T5TC SOAB LP Somalia TA1HZ
T6MO SOSB LP Afghanistan K9GY
TM1W SOSB 15m France LotW
TM4W SOSB 15m France LotW
TM5A SOAB HP France F5VHJ
TM6M M/? France F4DXW
TM71A France F8DVD
TO7BC Mayotte DL7BC
WP2Z M/S Virgin Isls KU9C
YE1K M/M Indonesia YE1ZAT
YT8A SOSB 40m Serbia LotW
ZL3X M/2 New Zealand ZL3PAH
Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxs2013.html. Good contest to you all!

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

GALILEO SPECIAL EVENT ---> Detailed information on the European Space
Agency's Amateur Radio 2013 Galileo Special Event, running through 2013 to
"celebrate the achievements of the Galileo satellite navigation project",
can be found at https://sites.google.com/site/hamradiogalileo/home. The
first activity period started on 14 March and will end on 7 April. [TNX
I0WTD]

WARD AWARD ---> The WARD (World Amateur Radio Day) Award commemorates the
World Amateur Radio Day celebrated by IARU on 18 April each year. The award
is sponsored by MK QTC (the Polish Amateur Radio Journal) and PZK (the
Polish Amateur Radio Union), and it is issued to licenced amateurs and SWLs
for contacts made/heard between 00.00 and 23.59 UTC on 18 April. Details
can be found at http://qtc.suchacz.eu/articles.php?article_id=5 [TNX SP2FAP]

+ SILENT KEY + Ingolf Schuster, DL4JS died on 28 March "due to a terrible
accident" during the T2YY DXpedition to Tuvalu. An RTTY specialist, over
the years he participated in several operations - 5K0Z, XU7AJS, 5T5DC,
6V7M, TO8YY, 9H9OB, XV4YY and HU2DX to name a few. The other two team
members (Rich, DK8YY and Det, DL3ALI) will still be QRV as T2YY to honour
Ingolf's memory until 4 April, but understandably their activity will only
be sporadic. [TNX DL7ZZ]

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B9/OH1LEG, 3D2C, 4A0MAYA,
4S7DXG, 5C5W, 5H1Z/3 (AF-075), 5T0SP, 5U8NK, 5W0W, 5Z4/DL1QW, 5Z4EE, 6Y3M,
7X2ARA, 7X4AN, 7Y50I, 7Z7AB (AS-190), 8P9NX, 9M2AX, A45XR, A5A, A62A, A62HI
(AS-021), AD0AX/VY0, AH0/N0AT, C31CT, CT9/DG3FAW, CX5CBA, D2QR, D3AA,
DU3/N0QM, DU7TET, E77DX, EI2CN, EP3SMH, ER1OO, ES4RD, FR/DJ7RJ, FR4NT,
GJ2A, H44UD, H77REX, HC2AC, J6/W4VAB, J8/W6HGF, JG8NQJ/JD1, JY4CI, K2J,
KH8/M1KTA, LU6W (SA-096), OA7/DF7NX, OJ0X, P29NI, P29VCX, PJ2/DL4JS, PJ2T,
PJ4/W9NJY, PJ4X, RI0K (AS-061), RI0K/p (AS-092), RW0BG/9 (AS-083 and
AS-109), T30PY, T40C, T6LG, TC0P (AS-099), TI5N, UA0ZAM/P, UN1L, V25A,
V25X, V73NS, VK9HR, VP2ME, VP2V/AA7A, VR2UW, VR2XMT, WP2NN, XE3/OH2NSW,
XP1A, XT2SE, XT2TT, XU1A, XV2RZ, XX9THX, YI1RZ, YN4SU/9, Z60WW, Z81Z, ZB3R,
ZD7VC, ZF2BJ, ZL9HR.

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