425 DX News issue #1393
click here to see the list of archived 425 DX News bulletins--f403045eb7b21c3ade05629653fe Content-Type: text/plain; charset="PERL" 13 January 2018 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1393 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW A7 - Three operators from the Lufthansa ARC Hamburg (namely DF4HR, DK2DO and DL1BDF) have been active again as A71DLH from Qatar since 11 January, and will remain QRV on all bands CW, SSB and digital modes until 17 January. QSL via DL0LH. C9 - Johannes, PA5X (C93PA) and Gerben, PG5M (http://dx.to/) will be active as C8X and C81G respectively from Ibo Island (AF-061) from 28 January to 5 February. They will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on 80-10 metres with two stations. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via home calls. [TNX PG5M] DU - Jacek, SP5APW will be active as DU1/SP5APW from Palawan Island (OC-128) on 13-18 March. He will operate mainly SSB on 17 and 20 metres. QSL via home call (direct or bureau) or LoTW; logsearch and OQRS on Club Log. [TNX DX World] FG - Jean-Pierre, F6ITD will be active again as FG/F6ITD and TO7D from La Desirade, Guadeloupe (NA-102) from 29 January to 15 March. Plans are to focus on the low bands SSB and on FT8. QSLs via LoTW (preferred) or F6ITD; logsearch on Club Log. H40 - There have been some changes in VE3LYC's original time schedule of his Duff Islands project [425DXN 1389]. Cezar has decided to start earlier and lengthen the DXpedition by a week, in order to include some contingency in case weather and sea conditions delay the voyage to Taumako (OC-179). "If everything works well", he says, "I should be finished with OC-179 before the end of April, and hopefully have time to operate from a second or perhaps even a third IOTA group in the area". His second target can be the Vanikolo and Utupua Islands group (OC-163, H40), and the third the Florida Islands (OC-158, H44). Bookmark http://oc-179.weebly.com for updates. J5 - Livio, IZ3BUR will be active in his spare time as J52EC from Father Gianfranco's (J52OFM) mission at Cumura, Guinea-Bissau between 24 January and 21 February. QSL via IZ3BUR. J8 - Brian, GW4DVB will be active again as J88PI from Palm Island (NA-025) on 21-27 January. QSL via home call, direct only (PayPal information on http://www.g4dvb.co.uk); logsearch on Club Log. LA - Special callsigns LM90C, LM90HQ and LM90NRRL will be used throughout 2018 to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Norsk Radio Relae Liga (NRRL), the Norwegian IARU Society. QSL via the bureau. OA - Special callsign OC4MS will be active on 27-28 January from the archeological site of Mateo Salado in Lima, Peru. Two stations will operate CW, SSB and various digital modes on 80-10 metres. QSL via OA4O. P4 - Mathias, DL4MM, will be active as P4/DL4MM from Aruba (SA-036) on 24-31 January. He will participate in the CQ WW 160-Meter CW Contest as P40AA. Outside the contest he will focus on the low bands, with "special attention to JA and Asia on 80/160m". [TNX NG3K] SP - Special stations 3Z26FIN (12 January), HF26FIN (14 January), SP26FIN (15 January), SP26WOSP (14 January) and SQ26FIN (13 January) will be active around the 26th Grand Finale fundraiser of the Wielka Orkiestra Swiatecznej Pomocy (WOSP), Poland's biggest charity organization. An award for working 3 different callsigns will be available at https://wosp.hamlog.ru/. [TNX SP2FAP] TY - A multi-national team (DJ3CQ, DL1CW, DL3GA, F1HRE, F1ULQ, F4AZF, F5MFV, F5NTZ, OE7PGI and possibly other two operators) will be active from Benin on 7-18 March (callsign TBA). They will have four stations running on 160-10 metres CW, SSB and digital modes (FT8 included). QSL via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW, or via F5GSJ (direct or bureau). Bookmark https://ty2018dx.wordpress.com/ for more information and updates. [TNX F5NQL] V3 - Paul, VE3AXT is active again as V31AX from Consejo Shores, mainland Belize until 4 April. QSL via M0URX's OQRS (http://m0urx.com/oqrs) and LoTW. [TNX DX World] V3 - Art, NN7A will be active again as V31JZ/p from South Water Caye (NA-180), Belize on 8-14 February. He will operate mainly CW on 160-10 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via NN7A (direct or bureau). [TNX DX World] V4 - Bernie, W3UR will be active holiday style as V47UR from St. Kitts (NA-104) from 29 January to 12 February. He will operate CW, SSB and some FT8 on 160-6 metres. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or via NR6M. [TNX The Daily DX] V6 - Sumio, JI1MDM will be active from Pohnpei (OC-010), Micronesia on 15-18 January. He will operate SSB as V63AKB48 (correct call) and FT8 as V63AKB on 20, 17, 15 and 12 metres. QSL via the bureau to JI1MDM. VK - Andy, VK5MAV plans to be active as VK5MAV/9 from Cato Reef (OC-265) for six days in April or May. "I'm ready for such expedition technically", he says, "but not financially". Any support will be much appreciated. Apparently this "group of rare Australian islands is in a process of management plan change", which will include "more strict control of access" and "total ban on camping". See https://www.qrz.com/db/VK5MAV/9 for more information. [TNX VK5MAV] VK - Craig, VK5CE will be active as VK5CE/6 from three IOTA groups in Western Australia in June. Plans are to be QRV from Woody Island (OC-170) for 2-3 days, from East Lewis Island (OC-199) for 3-4 days and from Direction Island (OC-140) for 3-4 days. Details will be published on https://vkiota.wordpress.com/vk5ce-6/ in due course. [TNX VK5CE] W - Howie, K1VSJ will be active from Key Colony Beach (NA-062) from 15 January to 15 February. He will operate CW and SSB on 40-10 metres. QSL direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX] W - KM1CC, the Marconi Cape Cod Radio Club, will be active from 13 UTC on 18 January through 21 UTC on 19 January from rare grid FN51 to honour "Marconi's vision and achievements in wireless communications on the 115th anniversary of the first transatlantic transmission from his South Wellfleet, USA wireless to his Poldhu, UK station". Look for activity on 80-15 metres SSB (3660-3860, 7130-7260, 14260, 18160, 21360 kHz) and CW (3535, 7035, 10110, 14035, 18080, 21035 kHz). QSL to KM1CC or via LoTW. YB - Emmanuel, F5LIT will be active again as YB9/F5LIT from Bali Island (OC-022) from 30 January to 10 February. He will operate SSB on 20, 17 and 15 metres. QSL via home call (direct only) and LoTW. [TNX DX World] YJ - Grant, VK5GR will be active holiday style as YJ0AG (requested callsign) from Efate (OC-035), Vanuatu on 17-29 April. He will operate digital modes (RTTY, FT8, PSK, Olivia) on 80-10 metres, with some SSB and maybe some CW. He also plans "an SSTV activity day". QSL via M0OXO's OQRS. [TNX VK5GR] =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW Access to the main functions of www.425dxn.org is provided by the 425DXN App for Android. It is available on Google Play - free of charge, no ads. Enjoy! 3Y0Z: BOUVET 2018 ---> The 3Y0Z team will be active as 3G9A/mm during their voyage aboard the MV Betanzos from King George Island (South Shetlands) to Bouvet. QSL via N2OO. The team will be using a satellite tracking device that will enable you to follow their progress on a near-real time map: https://share.garmin.com/bouvet. IDXC 2018 ---> Registration for the 69th Annual International DX Convention, to be held on 20-22 April at the Visalia Convention Center in Visalia (CA), will begin on 15 January at 17 UTC: http://www.dxconvention.org/. IOTA NEWS ---> "The last date for mailing applications or updates to checkpoints for inclusion in the 2018 Honour Roll and other performance tables is 31 January 2018", G3KMA posted to https://iota-world.org/. "If postmarked after that date, they will be processed in the normal way but the scores will be held over to the following year's listing. It is important that participants who have not updated since the 2013 annual listings and wish to remain listed should make a submission on or before 31 January 2018. Of interest this year is that in addition to the 2017 IOTA Contest logs a much larger number of logs of IOTA operations on Club Log have recently been made available for QSO matching". It is possible to get IOTA credits through QSO matching for irregular log names. To facilitate this, the log names are now listed on the accepted activations tab. In order to get a match for AA1AA/P on XX-yyy with the log name AA1AA/P_XX-yyy, the chaser must upload to Club Log a QSO with the callsign AA1AA/P_XX-yyy. Once the match is obtained, the system will automatically use the proper callsign in the subsequent credit application. For any questions contact info@iota-world.org SWODXA DX DINNER ---> The 33rd DX Dinner, sponsored again by the SouthWest Ohio DX Association (SWODXA) and held in conjunction with the 2018 Dayton Hamvention, will be on Friday, 18 May at the Marriott Hotel in Dayton. Dinner tickets can be ordered by going to www.swodxaevents.org; programme details and a list of the prizes will be on the website as they become available. [TNX W8GEX] VOACAP ---> Jari, OH6BG is "happy to introduce a new functionality at the VOACAP Online P2P (poit-to-point) HF propagation prediction service (http://www.voacap.com/p2p), namely assessment of the Best Operating Frequencies for every hour of the day for the circuit chosen. This means That all ham radio bands are being considered and, after a careful evaluation, the three best bands will be displayed, together with some VOACAP prediction data. To use the new service, just click on the new button labeled 'Best FREQ', located just below the graphs on the front page". More information can be found on https://voacap.blogspot.com. ZS8Z QRT ---> David, ZS8Z (ZS1BCE) uploaded his last QSO to Club Log on 19 November 2017, and has been off the air from Marion Island since then. According to the South African Sunday Times, the 20-people science mission on the island "is stranded with an 'unstable' team member, a faulty generator and a critical food shortage". Reportedly an Indian relief ship is on the way with food and fuel, but David is unlikely to get back on the air before departing Marion in May. + SILENT KEYS + We mourn the tragic loss of David Collingham, K3LP, who died on 5 January after falling through the ice on a pond while attempting to rescue his stranded dog. He was 59 years old. First licensed in 1975, he was very active in DXpeditions, contesting, youth development and charity projects. He visited over 100 different DXCC Entities, operated from 63 of them and participated in over 75 DXpeditions - 3D2DC (Fiji 2004 and 2011), T33C (Banaba 2004), T30LP (West Kiribati 2004), K3LP/KP5 (Desecheo 2005), VU4AN/VU3RWO (Andaman Islands 2006), 5A7A (Libya 2006), N8S (Swains Island 2007), 5W3LP (Samoa 2007), YI9PSE (Iraq 2010), ST0R (South Sudan 2011), 3D2R (Rotuma 2011), ET3AA (Ethiopia Youth Project 2011), 7O6T (Socotra Island, Yemen 2012), XZ1J (Myanmar 2013), VP8STI (South Sandwich 2016), VP8SGI (South Georgia 2016) and 5U5R (Niger 2017), just to name a few. In 2014 he was inducted into the CQ DX Hall of Fame. Read N6PSE's touching Tribute on https://n6pse.wordpress.com/2018/01/09/tribute-to-david-collingham-k3lp/ Hans-Rudolf "Rudi" Lauber, HB9RG passed away on 26 December at 92 years of age. "Rudi was a multi-faceted ham and active in many different disciplines of our hobby", Pete, HB9PL says. "He not only held an astonishing score of first VHF/UHF contacts between Switzerland and the rest of Europe as well as beyond, but was initiator, sponsor and driving wheel of a group of enthusiast who in the second half of the fifties realised the first EME QSOs out of Switzerland. During the last few decades he shifted his activities towards DX and achieved DXCC Honor Roll No.1 status (339/358 Mixed) in remarkably short time. His sincere, eloquent, competent and helpful manners will be widely missed". ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSLs received direct or through managers: 5A1AL, 5Z4/DL2RMC, 9J2BO, B90IARU, CT9/DL5AXX, E51WL, EP2LMA, FK/JR3RIU (OC-032), H40GC, HC8LUT, J5T (AF-020), J68GD, JT5DX, JY5IB, PY0F/PP1CZ, RI0ZF (AS-039), S21ED, S21ZAS (AS-127), S21ZDC (AS-140), SU9JG, TI7W, TU2C, VK5CE/7 (OC-233), VK5CE/8 (OC-198), VK9AR (OC-216), VK9AR/6 (OC-234), VK9CI, VK9CZ, VK9XI, VP2MDL, VP9/DL7LX. **************************************************************************** 425 DX NEWS HOME PAGE: http://www.425dxn.org 425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE: http://www.425dxn.org/monthly **************************************************************************** 425 DX News is a free of charge weekly bulletin edited by Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ and Valeria Pregliasco, IK1ADH Its contents may be used, reproduced and distributed in part or full provided that "425 DX News" or "425DXN" receive proper credit Contributors are invited to send their DX information to Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ (i1jqj.mauro@gmail.com) The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays **************************************************************************** Direttore Responsabile Gabriele Villa, I2VGW Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 071675 Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti Roma, Italia **************************************************************************** -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "425eng" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to 425eng+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. --f403045eb7b21c3ade05629653fe Content-Type: text/html; charset="PERL"click here to see the list of archived 425 DX News bulletins--13 January 2018 A.R.I. DX BulletinNo 1393===========================*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ******* DX INFORMATION ****===========================Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADHDirettore Responsabile I2VGWA7 - Three operators from the Lufthansa ARC Hamburg (namely DF4HR, DK2DOand DL1BDF) have been active again as A71DLH from Qatar since 11January, and will remain QRV on all bands CW, SSB and digital modesuntil 17 January. QSL via DL0LH.C9 - Johannes, PA5X (C93PA) and Gerben, PG5M (http://dx.to/) will beactive as C8X and C81G respectively from Ibo Island (AF-061) from28 January to 5 February. They will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on80-10 metres with two stations. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or viahome calls. [TNX PG5M]DU - Jacek, SP5APW will be active as DU1/SP5APW from Palawan Island(OC-128) on 13-18 March. He will operate mainly SSB on 17 and 20metres. QSL via home call (direct or bureau) or LoTW; logsearch andOQRS on Club Log. [TNX DX World]FG - Jean-Pierre, F6ITD will be active again as FG/F6ITD and TO7D fromLa Desirade, Guadeloupe (NA-102) from 29 January to 15 March. Plansare to focus on the low bands SSB and on FT8. QSLs via LoTW(preferred) or F6ITD; logsearch on Club Log.H40 - There have been some changes in VE3LYC's original time schedule ofhis Duff Islands project [425DXN 1389]. Cezar has decided to startearlier and lengthen the DXpedition by a week, in order to includesome contingency in case weather and sea conditions delay thevoyage to Taumako (OC-179). "If everything works well", he says, "Ishould be finished with OC-179 before the end of April, andhopefully have time to operate from a second or perhaps even athird IOTA group in the area". His second target can be theVanikolo and Utupua Islands group (OC-163, H40), and the third theFlorida Islands (OC-158, H44). Bookmark http://oc-179.weebly.comfor updates.J5 - Livio, IZ3BUR will be active in his spare time as J52EC from FatherGianfranco's (J52OFM) mission at Cumura, Guinea-Bissau between 24January and 21 February. QSL via IZ3BUR.J8 - Brian, GW4DVB will be active again as J88PI from Palm Island(NA-025) on 21-27 January. QSL via home call, direct only (PayPalinformation on http://www.g4dvb.co.uk); logsearch on Club Log.LA - Special callsigns LM90C, LM90HQ and LM90NRRL will be usedthroughout 2018 to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the NorskRadio Relae Liga (NRRL), the Norwegian IARU Society. QSL via thebureau.OA - Special callsign OC4MS will be active on 27-28 January from thearcheological site of Mateo Salado in Lima, Peru. Two stations willoperate CW, SSB and various digital modes on 80-10 metres. QSL viaOA4O.P4 - Mathias, DL4MM, will be active as P4/DL4MM from Aruba (SA-036) on24-31 January. He will participate in the CQ WW 160-Meter CWContest as P40AA. Outside the contest he will focus on the lowbands, with "special attention to JA and Asia on 80/160m". [TNXNG3K]SP - Special stations 3Z26FIN (12 January), HF26FIN (14 January),SP26FIN (15 January), SP26WOSP (14 January) and SQ26FIN (13January) will be active around the 26th Grand Finale fundraiser ofthe Wielka Orkiestra Swiatecznej Pomocy (WOSP), Poland's biggestcharity organization. An award for working 3 different callsignswill be available at https://wosp.hamlog.ru/. [TNX SP2FAP]TY - A multi-national team (DJ3CQ, DL1CW, DL3GA, F1HRE, F1ULQ, F4AZF,F5MFV, F5NTZ, OE7PGI and possibly other two operators) will beactive from Benin on 7-18 March (callsign TBA). They will have fourstations running on 160-10 metres CW, SSB and digital modes (FT8included). QSL via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW, or via F5GSJ (director bureau). Bookmark https://ty2018dx.wordpress.com/ for moreinformation and updates. [TNX F5NQL]V3 - Paul, VE3AXT is active again as V31AX from Consejo Shores, mainlandBelize until 4 April. QSL via M0URX's OQRS (http://m0urx.com/oqrs)and LoTW. [TNX DX World]V3 - Art, NN7A will be active again as V31JZ/p from South Water Caye(NA-180), Belize on 8-14 February. He will operate mainly CW on160-10 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via NN7A (direct orbureau). [TNX DX World]V4 - Bernie, W3UR will be active holiday style as V47UR from St. Kitts(NA-104) from 29 January to 12 February. He will operate CW, SSBand some FT8 on 160-6 metres. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or viaNR6M. [TNX The Daily DX]V6 - Sumio, JI1MDM will be active from Pohnpei (OC-010), Micronesia on15-18 January. He will operate SSB as V63AKB48 (correct call) andFT8 as V63AKB on 20, 17, 15 and 12 metres. QSL via the bureau toJI1MDM.VK - Andy, VK5MAV plans to be active as VK5MAV/9 from Cato Reef (OC-265)for six days in April or May. "I'm ready for such expeditiontechnically", he says, "but not financially". Any support will bemuch appreciated. Apparently this "group of rare Australian islandsis in a process of management plan change", which will include"more strict control of access" and "total ban on camping". Seehttps://www.qrz.com/db/VK5MAV/9 for more information. [TNX VK5MAV]VK - Craig, VK5CE will be active as VK5CE/6 from three IOTA groups inWestern Australia in June. Plans are to be QRV from Woody Island(OC-170) for 2-3 days, from East Lewis Island (OC-199) for 3-4 daysand from Direction Island (OC-140) for 3-4 days. Details will bepublished on https://vkiota.wordpress.com/vk5ce-6/ in due course.[TNX VK5CE]W - Howie, K1VSJ will be active from Key Colony Beach (NA-062) from 15January to 15 February. He will operate CW and SSB on 40-10 metres.QSL direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]W - KM1CC, the Marconi Cape Cod Radio Club, will be active from 13 UTCon 18 January through 21 UTC on 19 January from rare grid FN51 tohonour "Marconi's vision and achievements in wirelesscommunications on the 115th anniversary of the first transatlantictransmission from his South Wellfleet, USA wireless to his Poldhu,UK station". Look for activity on 80-15 metres SSB (3660-3860,7130-7260, 14260, 18160, 21360 kHz) and CW (3535, 7035, 10110,14035, 18080, 21035 kHz). QSL to KM1CC or via LoTW.YB - Emmanuel, F5LIT will be active again as YB9/F5LIT from Bali Island(OC-022) from 30 January to 10 February. He will operate SSB on 20,17 and 15 metres. QSL via home call (direct only) and LoTW. [TNXDX World]YJ - Grant, VK5GR will be active holiday style as YJ0AG (requestedcallsign) from Efate (OC-035), Vanuatu on 17-29 April. He willoperate digital modes (RTTY, FT8, PSK, Olivia) on 80-10 metres,with some SSB and maybe some CW. He also plans "an SSTV activityday". QSL via M0OXO's OQRS. [TNX VK5GR]===========================*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ******* GOOD TO KNOW ... ****===========================Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADHDirettore Responsabile I2VGWAccess to the main functions of www.425dxn.org is provided by the 425DXN Appfor Android. It is available on Google Play - free of charge, no ads. Enjoy!3Y0Z: BOUVET 2018 ---> The 3Y0Z team will be active as 3G9A/mm during theirvoyage aboard the MV Betanzos from King George Island (South Shetlands) toBouvet. QSL via N2OO. The team will be using a satellite tracking devicethat will enable you to follow their progress on a near-real time map:IDXC 2018 ---> Registration for the 69th Annual International DX Convention,to be held on 20-22 April at the Visalia Convention Center in Visalia (CA),will begin on 15 January at 17 UTC: http://www.dxconvention.org/.IOTA NEWS ---> "The last date for mailing applications or updates tocheckpoints for inclusion in the 2018 Honour Roll and other performancetables is 31 January 2018", G3KMA posted to https://iota-world.org/. "Ifpostmarked after that date, they will be processed in the normal way but thescores will be held over to the following year's listing. It is importantthat participants who have not updated since the 2013 annual listings andwish to remain listed should make a submission on or before 31 January 2018.Of interest this year is that in addition to the 2017 IOTA Contest logs amuch larger number of logs of IOTA operations on Club Log have recently beenmade available for QSO matching". It is possible to get IOTA credits throughQSO matching for irregular log names. To facilitate this, the log names arenow listed on the accepted activations tab. In order to get a match forAA1AA/P on XX-yyy with the log name AA1AA/P_XX-yyy, the chaser must uploadto Club Log a QSO with the callsign AA1AA/P_XX-yyy. Once the match isobtained, the system will automatically use the proper callsign in thesubsequent credit application. For any questions contact info@iota-world.orgSWODXA DX DINNER ---> The 33rd DX Dinner, sponsored again by the SouthWestOhio DX Association (SWODXA) and held in conjunction with the 2018 DaytonHamvention, will be on Friday, 18 May at the Marriott Hotel in Dayton.Dinner tickets can be ordered by going to www.swodxaevents.org; programmedetails and a list of the prizes will be on the website as they becomeavailable. [TNX W8GEX]VOACAP ---> Jari, OH6BG is "happy to introduce a new functionality at theVOACAP Online P2P (poit-to-point) HF propagation prediction service(http://www.voacap.com/p2p), namely assessment of the Best OperatingFrequencies for every hour of the day for the circuit chosen. This meansThat all ham radio bands are being considered and, after a carefulevaluation, the three best bands will be displayed, together with someVOACAP prediction data. To use the new service, just click on the new buttonlabeled 'Best FREQ', located just below the graphs on the front page". Moreinformation can be found on https://voacap.blogspot.com.ZS8Z QRT ---> David, ZS8Z (ZS1BCE) uploaded his last QSO to Club Log on 19November 2017, and has been off the air from Marion Island since then.According to the South African Sunday Times, the 20-people science missionon the island "is stranded with an 'unstable' team member, a faultygenerator and a critical food shortage". Reportedly an Indian relief ship ison the way with food and fuel, but David is unlikely to get back on the airbefore departing Marion in May.+ SILENT KEYS + We mourn the tragic loss of David Collingham, K3LP, who diedon 5 January after falling through the ice on a pond while attempting torescue his stranded dog. He was 59 years old. First licensed in 1975, he wasvery active in DXpeditions, contesting, youth development and charityprojects. He visited over 100 different DXCC Entities, operated from 63 ofthem and participated in over 75 DXpeditions - 3D2DC (Fiji 2004 and 2011),T33C (Banaba 2004), T30LP (West Kiribati 2004), K3LP/KP5 (Desecheo 2005),VU4AN/VU3RWO (Andaman Islands 2006), 5A7A (Libya 2006), N8S (Swains Island2007), 5W3LP (Samoa 2007), YI9PSE (Iraq 2010), ST0R (South Sudan 2011), 3D2R(Rotuma 2011), ET3AA (Ethiopia Youth Project 2011), 7O6T (Socotra Island,Yemen 2012), XZ1J (Myanmar 2013), VP8STI (South Sandwich 2016), VP8SGI(South Georgia 2016) and 5U5R (Niger 2017), just to name a few. In 2014 hewas inducted into the CQ DX Hall of Fame. Read N6PSE's touching Tribute onHans-Rudolf "Rudi" Lauber, HB9RG passed away on 26 December at 92 yearsof age. "Rudi was a multi-faceted ham and active in many differentdisciplines of our hobby", Pete, HB9PL says. "He not only held anastonishing score of first VHF/UHF contacts between Switzerland and the restof Europe as well as beyond, but was initiator, sponsor and driving wheel ofa group of enthusiast who in the second half of the fifties realised thefirst EME QSOs out of Switzerland. During the last few decades he shiftedhis activities towards DX and achieved DXCC Honor Roll No.1 status (339/358Mixed) in remarkably short time. His sincere, eloquent, competent andhelpful manners will be widely missed".------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------- QSLs received direct or through managers: 5A1AL, 5Z4/DL2RMC, 9J2BO, B90IARU,CT9/DL5AXX, E51WL, EP2LMA, FK/JR3RIU (OC-032), H40GC, HC8LUT, J5T (AF-020),J68GD, JT5DX, JY5IB, PY0F/PP1CZ, RI0ZF (AS-039), S21ED, S21ZAS (AS-127),S21ZDC (AS-140), SU9JG, TI7W, TU2C, VK5CE/7 (OC-233), VK5CE/8 (OC-198),VK9AR (OC-216), VK9AR/6 (OC-234), VK9CI, VK9CZ, VK9XI, VP2MDL, VP9/DL7LX.************************************************************ **************** 425 DX NEWS HOME PAGE: http://www.425dxn.org425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE: http://www.425dxn.org/monthly************************************************************ **************** 425 DX News is a free of charge weekly bulletinedited by Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ and Valeria Pregliasco, IK1ADHIts contents may be used, reproduced and distributedin part or full provided that"425 DX News" or "425DXN" receive proper creditContributors are invited to send their DX information toMauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ (i1jqj.mauro@gmail.com)The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays************************************************************ **************** Direttore ResponsabileGabriele Villa, I2VGWGiornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 071675Ordine Nazionale dei GiornalistiRoma, Italia************************************************************ ****************
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