19 October 2013 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1172
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

7P8 - Gert, ZS6AYU plans to be active as 7P8GF from Lesotho on 23-26
October. He will operate holiday style on 40-10 metres CW only.
QSL via ZS6AYU, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K]
9L - Zbig, SP5BTB will be active again as 9L1BTB from Sierra Leone from
25 October to 10 November. He will be QRV on 20 and 15 metres
only. QSL via home call (direct). [TNX DX World]
A9 - Special event station A91ACC will be active on the HF bands during
the Arab Cycling Championship to be held in Bahrain. Activity days
will be 22-24 October and 28-29 October. This amateur radio event
is endorsed by H.E. Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, President
of the Bahrain Cycling Association. QSL via IZ8CLM. [TNX A92AA]
D4 - The Monteverde Contest Team (http://d4c.cc/) will participate in
the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as a Multi-Multi entry from the D4C
station on Sao Vicente (AF-086), Cape Verde. The team includes
9A1TT, CT1ESV, E7DX/OE1EMS, HB9DUR, I4UFH, I4VEQ, IK1HJS, IT9RGY,
IT9SPB, IZ1LBG, IZ4DPV, IZ4UEZ, JK3GAD, SG7A and and YL2GM. QSL
via IZ4DPV (direct or bureau), LoTW and eQSL. Watch the video
teaser on YouTube! (http://youtu.be/gIHsOidudCY) [TNX IK1HJS]
E5_sc - Al, K7AR will be active as E51AAR from Rarotonga (OC-013), South
Cook Islands on 21-26 October. He plans to operate mainly RTTY,
but will also be active during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via
K7AR, direct or bureau, and LoTW. Logserach on Club Log. [TNX The
Daily DX]
ES - Simo, OH2HAN will be active as ES0HAM from Hiiumaa Island (EU-034)
on 17-22 October. He will operate mainly RTTY on 80-10 metres, and
will participate in the JARTS WW RTTY Contest. QSL via OH2HAN,
bureau or direct.
FS - Randy N0TG, Ron AA4VK and Jeff N1SNB will be active as FS/homecall
from St. Martin (NA-105) on 24-31 October. They will participate
in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as FS/N1SNB. QSL all callsigns via
AA4VK. [TNX NG3K]
KH0 - OH6RX and OH7WV will be active as AH0K from Saipan (OC-086) on
22-29 October and again on 20-27 November. They will participate
in the CQ WW DX SSB and CW contests as Multi-Two entrants. Outside
the contests, they will focus on 160-40 metres. QSL via OH6GDX.
[TNX The Daily DX]
PA - Ben, DO1BEN (www.do1ben.de) and Barbara, DO1IQ will be active as
PD/DO1BEN and PD/DO1IQ from Texel Island (EU-038) on 21-27
October. They will RTTY, PSK31 and SSB on 40, 20 and 10 metres.
QSL via home calls, bureau preferred.
PJ6 - Look for PJ6/KB1ZOJ, PJ6/K4UEE, PJ6/N4GRN, PJ6/K5AC and PJ6/W6IZT
to be active from Saba (NA-145) on 23-29 October. They will
participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as PJ6A. [TNX The Daily DX]
SV5 - Rich, M5RIC will be active as SW5CC from the island of Rhodes
(EU-001) on 23-31 October. He will operate SSB and RTTY on 30-10
metres, and will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as a
single-op single band entry. QSL via M5RIC (direct).
T8 - Tom, JN2AMD will be active as T88AZ from Palau (OC-009) on 25-28
October, including participation in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. He
will operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 80-10 metres. QSL via JN2AMD,
direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
TU - Chris F4WBN (ex TL0A) as TU5AX, Paul F6EXV as TU5XV and Jan DJ8NK
as TU5NK will be active from Cote d'Ivoire on 17-30 November. They
will operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 160-6 metres. QSL via home calls,
direct or bureau (OQRS on Club Log). This will be a "solidarity
radio operation": in an effort to "revive the Abidjan Radio Club",
they will donate their equipment to TU2CI and train local
operators to use it. The team will also assist local operators
"who have strongly suffered from the civil war that hit the
country some time ago". [TNX F4WBN and F6EXV]
VP9 - Markus, DJ4EL will be active as VP9/DJ4EL from Bermuda on 19-31
October. He will be QRV holiday style on 40-10 metres SSB. QSL via
home call. [TNX DX World]
VP9 - N1SV will participate in the CQ WW SSB Contest as VP9I (QSL via
WW3S) from Bermuda (NA-005). Before the contest, starting on 23
October, he will be QRV as VP9/N1SV (QSL via home call). [TNX NG3K]
XW - Champ, E21EIC will be active as XW0YJY from Laos on 25-29 October,
inclduing an entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. Before and after
the contest he will operate CW on 80-10 metres. QSL via E21EIC and
LoTW; logsearch and OQRS on Club Log. [TNX NG3K]
YB - Adhi, YB3MM (www.yb3mm.com) will be active as YB3MM/4 from Sebesi
Island (OC-262) on 19-21 October. This IOTA group was activated
only once, back in 2003. Adhi will operate SSB and CW on 20 and 15
metres. QSL information on qrz.com.
YB - The YB9Y expedition to Bras Island (OC-276, new one) [425DXN 1166]
is now expected to start around 12 UTC on 21 October and finish
around 00 UTC on the 28th. Plans are to be QRV on 160-6 metres CW,
SSB and RTTY with several stations. QSL via YB1GJS, direct or
bureau (OQRS on Club Log). Further information can be found at
www.yb9y.com [TNX PD9DX]
Z2 - Mirek, SP5IXI (VK6DXI) has been active as Z21DXI from Bulawayo,
Zimbabwe since 14 October. He should remain there until late
October at least. This is a business trip, and he is QRV in his
spare time using 100 watts and simple wire antennas. QSL via
SP5UAF, direct or bureau. Logsearch at www.sp5ixi.dxing.pl/z21dxi/

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

425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The September 2013 issue is now available for
download at www.425dxn.org/monthly/index.html. [TNX IZ3EBA]

AMSTERDAM 2014 ---> "Since the early planning days of this DXpedition, we
have been accumulating and storing equipment at our staging site in
Atlanta, Georgia. On October 15 our packing and organizing was completed,
equipment was placed on pallets, loaded into our sea container, and began
its journey to New Zealand where it will be loaded aboard our ship". See
the pictures on the FT5ZM's website (www.amsterdamdx.org).

BANGLADESH 2013 ---> The Mediterraneo DX Club's team in Bangladesh (S21ZBC
and S21ZBB) [425DXN 1170] will operate from the Bangladesh Scouts'
Headquarters, and would like to organize skeds with other Scout groups on
20-21 November. If interested, please contact IK7JTF (rborace[@]gmail.com).

HAM RADIO 2013 LECTURES ---> The lectures held at Ham Radio 2013
(Friedrichshafen) are now available on DokuFunk (the Documentary Archive
for the History of Radio Communication and Electronic Media):
OH2BH Changing Times in DX Hunt (keynote speech)

OH6KN & OH8GLV Technology Innovations Helping DXers
W1TP The ENIGMA and other Historic Cipher Machines. Introduction
to the Enigma
G7GCT Small Cipher Machines
DK7ZB Development of Broadcasting in Germany 1923-2013 (In German)
G3SVL 100 Years of the RSGB and its International Partners
The Powerpoint slides with synchronized audio are at www.dokufunk.org/talk
[TNX OE1WHC]

WAG & JOTA ---> The Jamboree on the Air is an annual event in which half a
million Scouts and Guides all over the world make contact with each other
by means of amateur radio. The 56th edition will take place on 19-20
October. Specific "contest-free frequencies" have been agreed with the
organizers of the Worked All Germany Contest in order to avoid interference
between the two events. Complete information can be found at
www.darc.de/referate/dx/contest/wag/en/.

KOSOVO ---> "CQWW SSB will bring several Kosovar stations active from this
new state recognized today by 105 United Nations member states and
qualifying as separate country multiplier in the CQWW Contest. Among the
activity, Z68BH will be operated by Martti, OH2BH, using the new antennas
of Driton, Z61DX, with great support of Igor, UA2FZ.
During the most recent European DX Contest (WAEDC) many non-EU station had
difficulty with their contest logging programs on Z6 prefix. A new CTY.dat
file can be loaded at www.country-files.com. QSL Z68BH via OH2BH". [TNX
OH2BH]

OC-239 ---> The 16-22 October expedition by YB9WZJ and YD9RQX to Waigeo
Island [425DXN 1170] has been postponed, "maybe till 2014". [TNX W2FB]

WRTC 2014 ---> WRTC2014, Inc., host of the 2014 World Radiosport Team
Championship (www.wrtc2014.org), has announced the fifty five teams that
will be invited to compete in New England next July. Team Leaders were
selected for each qualifying region based on 3 years of qualifying scores.
The Team Leaders were given the choice to select any operator as a Team
Mate to complete their team.
Area Team Leader Team Mate Area Team Leader Team Mate
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AF 3V/KF5EYY YT1AD EU5 UR0MC VE3DZ
AS1 R9DX UA9CDV EU5 UU4JMG UU0JM
AS2 RC9O UA9PM EU6 RX3APM RV1AW
AS3 5B4WN 5B4AFM EU6 UA3DPX UA4FER
AS4 BA4ALC BA7IO EU6 RL3FT RA3CO
AS5 JH5GHM JA1OJE NA1 K1LZ YT6W
EU1 CT1ILT CT1BOH NA2 W2RE WW2DX
EU1 F8DBF F1AKK NA3 KE3X K0DQ
EU1 M0CFW GI0RTN NA4E NN3W N3KS
EU1 G0CKV M0DXR NA4W AD4Z W4UH
EU1 F4DXW F8CMF NA5 N5DX N2IC
EU2 LX2A YO3JR NA6 N6MJ KL9A
EU2 IK2NCJ IK2QEI NA6 K6AM N6AN
EU2 DJ5MW DL1IAO NA7 K7RL KL2A
EU2 IK1HJS I4UFH NA8 K8MR K9NW
EU2 DL1QQ DL8DYL NA9 W9RE N5OT
EU3 ES5TV ES2RR NA10 KU1CW EA5GTQ
EU3 LY9A LY4L NA11 VY2ZM KK6ZM
EU3 OH2UA OH6KZP NA12 VE7CC VE7SV
EU3 YL1ZF YL3DW NA13 K9VV VE3EJ
EU4 OE3DIA E77DX OC KH6ND KH6SH
EU4 OM2VL OM3RM SA1 PY2YU PY2NDX
EU4 OM3BH OM3GI SA2 CX6VM LU1FAM
EU4 OE2VEL OE5OHO YOUTH IZ1LBG WQ2N
EU4 S50A S57AW Wild Card LZ4AX LZ3FN
EU5 9A6XX 9A1UN Wild Card DK6XZ DK9IP
EU5 9A5K 9A1TT Def Champ RW1A RA1A
EU5 4O3A 9A3A
There are four sponsored teams yet to be announced. A Team Sponsor donation
earns the right to select a team. Contact Doug, K1DG (k1dg[@]wrtc2014.org),
for details about the Team Sponsor program.

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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3B8FA NI5DX CR6VLM CS5NRA OG7X OH4XX
3D2GC LZ1GC CT3AS DL3BK OH0I OH3BHL
3D2RA/p LZ2HM CX2BR EA5GL OQ100LAKEN ON6TI
3W3B E21EIC CX2DK EA5GL OQ4CLM ON3AIM
4A2I XE2I D2CT CT2HPM OU1RAEM DF5LW
4K6AG RW6HS D2QR RW6HS OU4O OZ1FAO
4K9W DL6KVA D2SG GM4FDM OV0V OZ3ABE
4L1MA ON4RU DT0HH DS3FGV OW75FOC G3SWH
4U1GSC 9A2AA E51NOU N7OU OZ30EU OZ8IE
5B/OO9O ON7SS EG1RGC EA1SV PA75TP PA5ENJ
5B4AHL M0URX EG5PO EA5HOX R100MFF RN4ABD
5R8UI IZ8CCW EG8RGC EA8AAG R863LK RV3LK
5T0JL ON8RA EK6TA DJ0MCZ R863LX RW3LX
5X8A SM1TDE EM2G UR7GO RI1ANP RN1ON
5X8EW SM1TDE ER1IARU ER1KAA S79MHY IZ1MHY
6V7T F5RAV ES0HAM OH2HAN SA2Z SM2YPZ
7P8CC EI7CC EW2RK RW6HS SA5N SM5NBE
7Q7BP G3MRC FW5JJ F5RXL SA6P SA6AVB
7T9A 7X2ARA GB2NZ M0OXO SB0A SM0LPO
7Z1BL IZ8CLM GB6SPD G0VXC SB6A SA6AOA
7Z1ES IZ8CLM GP0PKT G6NHU SG0M SA0AQT
7Z1HL DJ9ZB H44MS DL2GAC SG5W SM5IMO
7Z1SJ EA7FTR H70ORO TI4SU SG6T SM6WET
7Z1TT NI5DX HC2IMP IK2DUW SG8X SM5AQD
8R1A W1CDC HF450NS SP3KEY SI3A SM3LIV
9H5G NI5DX HK1MK DL6IAK SI9AM SM3CVM
9L1JT N4WDT HQ4W KD4POJ SN0WFF SP5X
A52AEF JH3AEF HV5PUL IW0DJB SN35SMAK SP1PMY
A52EQW JH7EQW HZ1GV/p 9K2GV SU9AF UA3DX
A52IVU JA3IVU II1FM IQ1SP T6JR ON4JM
A52YB DK4YB J28NC F5RQQ T6RH NI5DX
A52YY OH2YY JW5X LA5X T88EC JO1AEC
A60WSW IZ8CLM JW7XK LA7XK T88IK JF1LUT
AH0J JA1NVF JW9DL LA9DL TK6A F6AML
AH2EA JF2WGN K5T AB5EB TM20KTU F5KTU
AM5ES ON4LO KG4HF W6HGF TM25FDS F5KMY
CO2IR EB7DX KG4WV W4WV TM6CCA F6FMT
CO2WL HA3JB KH0M JF1VXB TN2MS PA3AWW
CO8LY EA7ADH KH2F JA2TBS TO4FM EA5GL
CO8WOH RW6HS KK6WW/KH0 JA6EGL UK8GCG RW6HS
CR2H PT7ZT LG5LG LA4EKA V31AE EB7DX
CR2SBT CS5NRA LN1B LA8PDA V31RL AD7AF
CR3FCH CS5NRA LZ2013IPA LZ3HI V31ZM M0OXO
CR6ALM CS5NRA MC0SHL M0URX V47JA W5JON
CR6BMT CS5NRA NH0J JJ2VLY V6P JH1NBN
CR6CSC CS5NRA NH2T W2YC VK5CE/4 VK5CE
CR6LPM CS5NRA OD5TX W4JS VK9DAC VK3DAC
CR6OBD CS5NRA OF40R OH8DR VX31763 VE3RHE
CR6PLA CS5NRA OG1D OH1JD XP1A OZ1ACB
CR6SAB CS5NRA OG3077F OH3JF YF1AR/0 N2OO
CR6SJG CS5NRA OG30OJ OH3OJ YO900TO YO5TO
CR6STR CS5NRA OG6N OH6NIO Z21DXI SP5UAF
CR6TMR CS5NRA OG73X OH8L ZD8O OH0XX
CR6TVA CS5NRA OG7F OH5DA ZP9EH K5WW

9K2GV Sal Al, P.O. Box 13828, 71959 Keifan, Kuwait
AB5EB Mike Crownover, 1326 Hilltop Ridge, New Braunfels TX 78132, USA
C82DX P.O. Box 333, Bethlehem GA 30620, USA
F5RXL Solange Ducos, 48 Chemin de Valentin, 33370 Yvrac, France
G6NHU Keith Maton, 41 Bemerton Gardens, Kirby Cross, Frinton-on-Sea,
CO13 0LQ, United Kingdom
IW0DJB Luca Della Giovampaola, Via Cremera 11, 00198 Roma RM, Italy
N4WDT William D Trousdale, 74 River Chase Drive, Allensville KY 42204,
USA
PA3AWW Henk van Oosterhout, Meelbeshof 8, 3355 BD Papendrecht, The
Netherlands
VK5CE Craig Edwards, PO Box 2094, Middleton SA 5213, Australia
W1CDC Alex M. Kasevich, 7008 Wildwood Lane NE, Albuquerque NM 87111, USA
W4WV William M. Verebely Jr, 2200-F Dunbarton Dr, Chesapeake VA 23325,
USA
W6HGF Al Danis, P.O. Box 220164, Chantilly VA 20153, USA

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