13 April 2013 A.R.I. DX Bulletin

No 1145

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

5H - Bodo, DF8DX will be active from Tanzania on 20-28 April. His

tentative itinerary is as follows:

20 April 5H1DX/3 Dar Es Salaam

21 April 5H1DX/3 Bongoyo Island (AF-075), from 9 to 19 UTC

22-26 April 5H1DX Pemba Island (AF-063)

26-28 April 5H1DX Zanzibar (AF-032)

He will operate mainly CW on the IOTA frequencies, with 100 watts

and vertical antennas. QSL via DF8DX and LoTW.

5Z & 6O- Roger, LA4GHA is now active from Kenya (5Z4/LA4GHA) and Somalia

(6O0LA) while on a work assignment for the United Nations Office

on Drugs and Crime. He is QRV on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and digital

modes until December 2014. QSL via LA4GHA. [TNX LA4GHA]

6W - Luc, F5RAV will be active again as 6V7T from Senegal from 26 April

to 5 May. He will operate SSB and PSK and will participate in the

Helvetia Contest (27-28 April). QSL via home call, direct only.

[TNX F8REF]

9A - Look for Pista 9A/HA5AUC, Ed 9A/HA5BWW and Karl 9A/HA7PC to be

active from Rab Island (EU-136) on 21-27 April. They will operate

mainly CW on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL via home calls, direct

or bureau. [TNX HA0HW]

A3 - Masa, JA0RQV will be active as A35JP from Tongatapu (OC-049),

Tonga on 5-22 May. He will be QRV on 80-10 metres CW and SSB in

his spare time, typically during his evening-night hours, with 100

watss and a GP. QSL via home call, direct or bureau, and LoTW.

[TNX JA0RQV]

CT9 - Costantino, IW2NXD and Antonio, IK2ZJR will be active holiday

style as CT9/IW2NXD and CT9/IK2ZJR from Madeira (AF-014) on 12-20

May. They will operate SSB, CW and PSK31. QSL via home calls,

bureau preferred. [TNX IK2XDE]

DU - Dindo, DV1UD was active as DX8DX from Bongao, Tawi Tawi group

(OC-174) on 9-11 April. The operation from the Turtle Islands

(OC-225) is now scheduled for 12/13-15 April. QSL via M0OXO (OQRS

for direct and bureau cards at www.m0oxo.com)

F - TM114M will be active during the International Marconi Day's

weekend to celebrate the 144th anniversary of the first wireless

transmissions across the Channel (27 March 1899). QSL via F5JYD,

direct or bureau. [TNX F5JYD]

FT5Z - FT5ZM is the callsign issued to the Amsterdam Island DXpedition

planned for January-February 2014 [425DXN 1144]. The website is

now up and running at www.amsterdamdx.org

GJ - Peter ON8ZZ, Frederik ON8ZL and Frank ON5NQ will be active as

MJ/OT9Z from Jersey (EU-013) on 2-9 August. They will operate SSB,

CW and digital modes on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL via ON8ZL,

direct or bureau, and LoTW. Further information can be found at

www.dxpeditionchannelislands.weebly.com [TNX ON8ZL

JA - Toku, JA6TNY will be active as JA6TNY/0 from Awa Island (AS-117)

from around 7 UTC on 20 April until around 3 UTC on the 21st. He

will operate CW and SSB on 160-10 metres, with planned main

activity on 20m. [TNX JN6RZM]

KH0 - Yutaka, JQ2GYU and his wife Miho, JJ2VLY will be active as NH0J

from Tinian (OC-086) between 27 April and 1 May. They plan to

operate CW, SSB amd RTTY on 80-10 metres. QSL via JJ2VLY, direct

or bureau. [TNX NG3K]

PA - Wim, PA0WRS will be active as PA0WRS/p from Ameland Island

(EU-038) on 19-26 April. QSL via home call, direct and bureau.

[TNX rsgbiota.org]

PA - Bob, PA5V will be active as PA6IMD on 19-22 April for the

International Marconi Day, and as PA75FOC on 4-31 May to celebrate

the 75th anniversary of FOC (www.g4foc.org) [425DXN 1143]. [TNX

F8REF]

SU - Sparky, RW3AH is now active as SU9AF from Egypt. His license in

valid until 31 December, and is allowed to operate on 160, 40, 20,

17, 15, 12 and 10 metres (80, 30 and 6 metres are not permitted).

He runs 100 watts into a delta loop for 20 and 10m, and a vertical

for the other bands (no antenna yet for 160m). QSL via UA3DX.

Further information and logserach at http://www.cqdx.ru/su9af/

SV - Francois, ON4LO will be active as SV3/ON4LO/p from the Peloponnese

from 15 April to 30 May. He plans to operate SSB on 40-6 metres,

with activity from various lighthouses. QSL via home call. [TNX

ON4LO]

SV - Five members of the Sands Contest Group (namely Ian G0VGS, Barrie

G1JYB, Stephany G1LAT, Bob G1OCK and Hughie G4UME) will operate as

SZ8S from the Aegean Radio Association's Radio House at Zervou

Point on Samos Island (EU-049) between 16 and 30 May. QSL for this

operation via G1LAT (direct) or M0SCG (bureau), plus eQSL. [TNX

SV8CYV]

UA - RA9LR, UA9LAC, UA9LEW, UA9LP, UA9LT, UB9LAG and UB9LBS will be

active as RT9L/8 from Nature Park "Bazhovskiye mesta" on 17-21

April. They will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 80-10

metres. QSL via UA9LP (email requests for bureau cards can be sent

to ua9lp[@]mail.ru). [TNX UA9LP]

UA - A large number of callsigns with R27, RA27, RT27 and RU27 special

prefixes will be active between 18 April and 17 July to celebrate

the XXVII Summer Universiade (the World University Games organized

by the International University Sports Federation) to be held in

Kazan, Russia on 6-17 July.

V6 - Look for JA7HMZ (V63DX) and JA7GYP (V63T) to be active from

Pohnpei (OC-010), Micronesia on 15-20 April. QSL via home calls.

They plan to operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 40-6 metres. [TNX NG3K]

W - Once again Joe, K5KUA will be active as K5KUA/5 from Galveston

Island (NA-143) on 26-28 April. He usually operates CW only on

40-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX

rsgbiota.org]

XE - Celebrating World Amateur Radio Day and IARU's 88th anniversary

(18 April), the DXXE Group (www.dxxe.org) will be active on 160-6

metres and satellites as 4A8DMR on 18-21 April. QSL via N7RO and

LoTW.

XW - A multi-national multi-operator DXpedition to Vientiane, Laos, is

being planned for 6-16 September. Team members 9M6DXX, 9V1YC,

EA2TA, EA3NT, EA5KA, F4BKV, G3XTT and MM0NDX plan to operate five

stations from 160m to 6m on CW, SSB and RTTY. A website is being

produced and will be available soon. The callsign and further

details will be announced later. [TNX 9M6DXX]

YB - Adhi, YB3MM and Teti, YB2TET expect be active holiday style as

YB3MM/2 and YB2TET/p from Karimunjawa (OC-186) on 13-16 April.

They plan to be QRV on 15 metres SSB between 10 and 23 UTC. QSL

via IZ8CCW.

YN - Eric, K9GY will shut down his T6MO station on 28 April and then

leave Afghanistan. On 22-28 May he will operate as YN2GY from

Nicaragua, including a SOAB Low Power entry in the CQ WW WPX CW

Contest. Outside the contest he will concentrate on 30, 17, 12 and

hopefully 6 metres CW. QSL via home call, direct or bureau, and

LoTW. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]

ZS8 - On 10 April Carson, ZR6CWI (ZS8C) and David, ZS1BCE (ZS8Z) [425DXN

1140] left Cape Town for Marion Island (AF-021). They expect to be

QRV around mid-May, after the current overwintering team heads

back home. They will be QRV in their spare time, with activity on

SSB and digital modes using "the commercial broadband HF antenna

at the base". QSL for both via ZS1HF. More information can be

found on their respective qrz.com sites. Pierre, ZS1HF also

reports that "Carson's girlfriend, Nadia, and the team's diesel

mechanic, Marius" will take their Radio Amateur's Examination

(RAE) while on the island, so "there will eventually be four

active hams on Marion Island during the next year".

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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

CQ MM DX CONTEST ---> The third edition of the CQ Manchester Mineira DX

Contest, sponsored by the the Juiz de Fora CW Group (www.cwjf.com.br), will

be held on 20-21 April. It is a continuation of the Manchester Mineira All

America CW Contest, initially limited to Brazil (1993-1996), then expanded

to South America (1997-2006), to the Americas (2007-2010) and finally to

the world (2011). It will run from 12 UTC on Saturday through 23.59 on

Sunday, on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres CW. Complete details can be found

at www.cqmmdx.com [TNX PY4WAS]

NEW IOTA CHECKPOINT ---> With effect from 1 May 2013 Tony Ritchie, G4VMX

will be stepping down as checkpoint for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland,

Channel Islands, Isle of Man and all British SWLs. He will be replaced by

Bob Barden, MD0CCE who has agreed to take over responsibility for this

checkpoint area. Bob's address is correct on QRZ.com. There will be no

other change to UK checkpoints. [TNX G3KMA]

QSL T48K ---> Raul, CO8ZZ reports that DK1WI is no longer the QSL manager

for T48K (he still manages all T48K operations from 1999 until last year's

CQ WW VHF Contest). The QSL route for contacts made during the CQ WW WPX

SSB Contest 2013 is via F5FYO, direct (Hugo O. Gomez, P.O. Box 50033, 33191

La Reole CEDEX, France) or bureau.

TOP LISTS ---> The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now

available at http://www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. QSOs

confirmed through LoTW or included in on-line logs are eligible for

listing. Send your scores, as well as any request for further information,

to Luciano Lucini, IK2QPO (ik2qpo[@]425dxn.org).

+ SILENT KEYS + Hermann Sachse (5Z4RT), passed away on 4 April. "He had

been in Kenya for decades", says Ted Alleyne, 5Z4NU, Chairman of the

Amateur Radio Society of Kenya, "was a Life Member of ARSK and ran our

Sunday morning nets for many years as well as being involved in a medical

net based in Germany".

- Nusret Abadzic E73N (ex T93N, YU4BN) passed away on 6 April after a long

illness at 82 years of age. For many years he was the IARU liaison officer

for ARABiH, Bosnia-Hercegovina's national amateur radio society.

- Alan R. Leith (VE1AL) passed away unexpectedly on 11 April, apparently

from a heart attack, at 66 years of age. Over the years Al edited several

DX publications, and in 1988-89 he participated in the CY9DXX and CY0DXX

DXpeditions to St. Paul and Sable islands. In paying their tribute to "a

true gentleman in every sense of the word", the CY9M team says that last

year's expedition to St. Paul "would not have happened without Al's help and

knowledge".

- Mike Bazley, VK6HD passed away on 12 April. one of Australia's most

successful DXers, he was the first station from Oceania to obtain DXCC on

160 metres.

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3D2MF, 3D2PT (OC-121), 4L8A,

4S7NE, 4W0VB, 5N0NH, 5N7YZC, 5X8C, 5Z4/DL1QW, 6Y3M, 7O6T, 8Q7TB, 9U4U,

9X0NH, A63HI (AS-021), BV1EL, CE6WUW, CT9/DL5AXX, CW5X, D2QR, DU9AQQ

(OC-235), E51E, E51WL, ED5K (EU-093), ED5RKB (EU-093), EU3DN, EX/UA4WHX,

EY8/UA4WHX, EY8MM, FH8PL, FO4BM, GI0BQX, GN4KPT, H40FN, HA30S, HC2/UA4WHX,

HD2A, HG1S, HS0ZCW, HS0ZCY, II2POPE, J52HF, JG8NQJ/JD1, JT1CO, JY5MM,

KH2/G3ZEM, KL7DX, L22D (SA-022), LX1HD, MI0MVP, OF9X, OH0RJ, OJ0X, OO7P,

PJ2T, RA0R, RI0K (AS-061), RI0K/p (AS-092), RI1FJ, RV3EFH/0, S21XV,

S5300TP, T6LG, T88TF, TX0HF, TZ6BB, UK/UA4WHX V25A, V63ZM, VP2V/KE2VB,

VP8ROT, W1AW/KP4, XR0ZA, XT2TT, XV1X, XX9TTR, XX9TYT, YB6N (OC-161), Z60WW,

ZB3R, ZF2DP, ZF2NT, ZL9HR, ZS2I, ZS3D.

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