425 DX News issue #1122

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03 November 2012                                          A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1122
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                         ****  DX  INFORMATION  ****
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

3A     - Look for Max, 3A/ON5UR and Marc, 3A/ON8AK to be active from  Monaco
         on 9-17 November. They will operate SSB only on 80-10  metres.  QSL
         via M0URX. [TNX DX World]
5X     - Once again Nick, G3RWF will be QRV (hopefully also  on  160  and  6
         metres) as 5X1NH from  Uganda  starting  on  6  November  for  five
         weeks. He prefers CW, with some activity on SSB and digital  modes.
         QSL via home call, direct and bureau, and LoTW.
A5     - Zorro, JH1AJT will be active as A5A from Bhutan on  8-15  November.
         He will be QRV in his spare time on  40-10  metres.  QSL  via  home
         call, direct or bureau. [TNX JA1TRC]
CY0    - Al, VE1AWW is going back to Sable Island (NA-063), and  expects  to
         remain there and be QRV in his spare  time  as  CY0/homecall  until
         late December. He apologizes for "the great delay in QSL  replies":
         he plans to "sort through the backlog" while  on  the  island,  and
         mail those cards on his return to  the  mainland.  He  prefers  new
         requests come by the bureau.
EL     - The VooDoo Contest Group will participate in the CQ WW  CW  Contest
         as EL2A (Multi-Multi) from Liberia.  QSL  via  G3SXW.  Outside  the
         contest, possibly  between  17  and  27  November,  the  team  will
         operate with their personal callsigns:  AA7A  as  EL2ES,  G3SXW  as
         EL2A, G4BWP as EL2WP, G4IRN as EL2RN, KC7V as EL2MF, KY7M as  EL2LF
         and N7CW as EL2WS. QSL EL2WP via G5LP, others via home  call.  Logs
         will be uploaded to LoTW and  Club  Log  (with  OQRS)  as  soon  as
         possible. [TNX G3SXW]
ET     - The Ethiopian Amateur Radio  Club,  ET3AA  (http://et3aa.com/),  is
         commemorating their mentor, Sid T. May (ET3SID),  who  passed  away
         in late September. Activity started on 29 October and  will  go  on
         until they make 10,000 QSOs. The QSL  manager  for  this  event  is
         N2OO.
FM     - Dmitry, UT5UGR will be active as FM/KL7WA from Martinique  (NA-107)
         on 19-26 November. He will participate in the CQWW  CW  Contest  as
         TO7A. QSLs via home call. [TNX UT5UGR]
I      - Special event station IY1EY will be active on  3-11  November  from
         Loano (www.ariloano.it) to commemorate  the  experiments  conducted
         by Gugliemo Marconi from his yacht 'Elettra' in  the  Ligurian  Sea
         between 1919 and 1936. Expect activity on CW, SSB, RTTY and  PSK31.
         QSL via IK1QBT, bureau preferred. [TNX IK1QBT]
LU     - Owing to unfavourable weather forecast, the  LT0X  IOTA  expedition
         to Isla Pinguino (SA-087) [425DXN 1120] has been postponed to  9-11
         November. Eight operators plan to be QRV on 80-10  metres  SSB,  CW
         and PSK31 with three stations. QSL direct to LU7DSY.
LU     - An   IOTA  expedition  to  Isla  Escondida  (SA-096,  new  one)  is
         scheduled to take place in early January 2013  under  the  auspices
         of the Radioclub de  Puerto  Madryn.  A  team  of  four  operators,
         including Cezar VE3LYC, Johan PA3EXX and two LU radioamateurs  will
         attempt to maintain two stations on the air for up  to  four  days.
         Further information is expected in due course. [TNX DX World]
PJ2    - DB5IJ, DF9MV, DJ1MGK and DL5MFL will  be  active  as  PJ2/homecalls
         from the Signal Point contest station on Curacao (SA-099)  on  6-15
         November. They will also participate in the Worked All Europe  RTTY
         Contest (10-11 November). QSL via home  calls,  direct  or  bureau.
         [TNX VA3RJ]
PY0S   - The PT0S DXpedition  [425DXN  1109]  team  members  (AA7JV,  HA7RY,
         PP5XX and PY2XB) are on schedule to leave the city of  Natal  on  5
         November, and to arrive at St. Peter & St. Paul Rocks on  the  9th.
         It will then take one day to set up.  There  will  be  a  dedicated
         station operating on 160 metres from sunset  to  sunrise,  while  a
         second station will be on 80 and 40 metres  at  night.  During  the
         day there will be two stations on the higher bands - and  6  metres
         - depending on  conditions. RTTY will also be  supported.  QSL  via
         HA7RY (OQRS for direct and bureau cards will be  available  on  the
         website) and LoTW (the logs will be uploaded "generally  within  36
         hours of the  QSO  taking  place").  For  further  information  and
         regular updates please visit http://pt0s.com/
S7     - Hardy,  DL8NU  will  be  active   as  S79NU  from  Mahe   (AF-024),
         Seychelles on 9-24 November. He will operate  mainly  CW.  QSL  via
         home call.
V8     - Announced frequencies for the 11-23 November V84SMD  activity  from
         Brunei [425DXN 1100] are:
         CW   1826.5 3505 7005 10105 14025 18075 21025 24895 28025 50101
         SSB  1840   3799 7080   -   14200 18145 21295 24950 28470 50130
         RTTY   -    3600 7040 10140 14085 18100 21080 24930 28085
         A  multi-national team of 23 operators will be  active  with  seven
         stations  from  two  different  sites.   QSL  via  IK2VUC.  Further
         information,  including QSLling  policy and logsearch, can be found
         at http://www.mdxc.org/v84smd

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

NEW IOTA CHECKPOINT ---> Effective 1 November, Alejandro Valdez  (XE1EE)  is
the new IOTA Checkpoint  for  Mexico,  Central  America  and  the  Caribbean
Islands (with the exception of territories with US or French zip codes).  He
can be reached at iota.mexico[@]gmail. [TNX rsgbiota.org]

QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards  on  Les  Nouvelles  DX's
web site has been updated. Fourteen different galleries  include  more  than
10,300 cards for the  ten  Most  Wanted  DXCC  Entities  (2004-11),  the  61
deleted DXCC Entities, obsolete prefixes, stations from  Magrebh  from  1947
to 1962, Allied Forces stations in  Germany  (1946-62),  Antarctic  bases  &
TAAF (Terres Australes and  Antarctiques  Francaises),  the  various  French
DXCC island Entities  in  the  Pacific  Ocean,  the  Indian  Ocean  and  the
Americas (from 1945 to 1970), pre-1945  countries,  French  Departments  and
CONUS, plus a gallery for cards not accepted by DXCC. Your participation  is
encouraged - please visit www.LesNouvellesdx.fr and send  your  comments  to
lesnouvellesdx[@]free.fr [TNX F6AJA] 

SABLE ISLAND ---> Weather conditions deteriorated, and Ron AA4VK and  Murray
WA4DAN were forced to leave Sable Island around  1915  UTC  on  27  October,
four days earlier than expected.  "Naturally  we  were  very  disappointed",
they say, but "we had little choice as we could have been  stranded  on  the
island for weeks". During the 4.5  days  of  the  DXpedition,  approximately
13,000 QSOs were logged. QSL for either WA4DAN/CY0 and AA4VK/CY0  direct  to
WA4DAN; OQRS on www.cy0dxpedition.com/

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).

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                         ******* QSL  ROUTES *******
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3A2MG       F9JS        ED7R        EA7IZJ      P29NI       G3KHZ
3B8CW       NI5DX       ED8W        EA8DO       P29VCX      SM6CVX
3B9FR       HB9SLO      ED9Z        EA9LZ       P29VPB      G3KHZ
3G1D        EA5GL       EE1A        EA1HDD      P33W        UA3DX
3G1Z        CE1WNR      EE1W        EA1AZ       P39P        5B4ES
3G3P        CE3PG       EE2K        EA2RKO      P3F         5B4AHJ
3G3W        XQ4CW       EE6E        EA6DD       P3J         5B4AHJ
3V8BB       LX1NO       EE7T        EA1BD       P40L        WA3FRP
3V8SS       LX1NO       EE7Y        EA7ISH      P40T        AI4U
3W3B        E21EIC      EE8L        EC8AFM      P40W        N2MM
3Z2X        SP2YWL      EE8V        EA8URV      PB100NAC    PA1WLB
4A7L        XE1L        EF1W        EA1WS       PJ2T        W3HNK
4J0K        RW6HS       EF5T        EA5HT       PJ4NX       PA3CNX
4K3K        RW6HS       EF5Y        LoTW        PJ4X        W1MD
4K7Z        RU3SD       EF7W        EC7KW       RI1FJ       UA2FM
4L9QQ       UR9QQ       EF7X        EA7GYS      S505SLG     S59DCD
4M1F        YV1JGT      EF8R        EB7DX       S512IAPMC   S59DCD
4X130RISHON 4Z4KX       EF8S        OH2BYS      S79LC       I5IHE
5N52EAM     IK2IQD      EG5MAT      EA5BX       S79UN       IK5RUN
5N7M        OM3CGN      EI1A        ON4EI       S79YY       I5OYY
5P9X        OZ9GA       EK6LP       RN4LP       SI9AM       SM3CVM
5R8AL       G3SWH       ES9C        ES5RY       SU55J       SM5AQD
5R8GZ       G3SWH       EV200BP     EW2CC       SV0JQ       DK1TR
5T5BV       JA1PBV      EX8VM       RW6HS       SX100SKG    SZ2T
5V7TH       ON4CIT      EY8MM       K1BV        SX100TSL    SZ2TSL
6V7S        RK4FF       FG/TU5KG    F4DXW       SX5P        SV5FRD
6Y9X        KQ1F        FM5FJ       KU9C        T6MO        K9GY
8P2K        KU9C        FM5WD       W3HNK       T77NC       I4ZQS
8P5A        NN1N        FY5KE       FY1FL       T80W        JM1LJS
8P6SH       KU9C        FY8DK       F5TJP       T88EB       JH1EAQ
8Q7EJ       G3VDB       GD3RXQ      G3RXQ       T88KV       JF2SKV
9A1P        9A2RD       GJ2A        GJ3DVC      TF3CW       LX1NO
9A7A        9A1HDE      GM2T        GM4UYZ      TF3W        TF3W
9A9DX       N2RIT       GM2V        N3SL        TF8GX       KT6YL
9H1KZ       G2BKZ       GM5X        N3SL        TI5N        W3HNK
9H3PP       HA5PP       GS6NX       GM4UYE      TI8M        TI2KAC
9H3SGM      9H5SN       GW9T        GW6NLP      TK9R        IK8UND
9H9MSG      9H1SF       GW9X        MW1LCR      TM0R        F5GGL
9H9X        WS7L        GZ5Y        GM4SSA      TM0T        F4DXW
9J2GR       ZS6AYU      H44MS       DL2GAC      TM17H       F8FZC
9K2/SP4R    SP7DQR      H44RK       NR6M        TM1E        F1JRD
9K2UU       EA5ZD       HB9/SN0HST  SP3SLU      TM1T        F5TRO
9M2MRS      PA0RRS      HB9HST      HB9JOE      TM40BMCH    F8DHE
9M4CBP      9M6MZ       HB9WFF      HB9FBI      TM5BRT      F5THW
9M6XRO      M0URX       HE5LC       HB9LC       TM6M        F4DXW
9V1KK       JH1ILX      HF80HR      SP2ZCE      TM7F        F6KRC
9V1YC       W5UE        HG0WFF      HA0HW       TM7VG       F6KUF
9Y4W        DL4MDO      HG20IPA     HA3JB       TO2A        KU9C
A52SV       JA2PSV      HI3K        KB2MS       TO9R        S53R
A60A        IZ8CLM      HK1NA       K6IPM       TP8CE       F5LGF
A60JOTA     IZ8CLM      HK3TK       F5CWU       TR8JH       F6FWT
A61K        EA7FTR      HL9BSA      WX8C        TX4FO       F4GYP
A65BB       S57DX       HP1/IZ6BRN  IZ8CLM      UA9FAR      EA7FTR
A71CV       NI5DX       HQ2GL       AC7DX       UI2K        UA2FZ
A73A        EA7FTR      HR5/W9GL    AC7DX       UP0L        DL8KAC
AA4VK/CY0   WA4DAN      HR9/NP3J    EA5GL       UP2L        UA9AB
AH0BT       7L1FPU      HR9/NP3JA   JM6EBU      UP9L        RW6HS
AH2R        JH7QXJ      HS0ZGQ      DL1MJF      UZ2M        US0LW
B3C         BA4EG       HS25DX      E20PFE      V25NY       PY2NY
B7JA        BA4EG       HT9H        TI4SU       V26B        KA2AEV
BM0LF       BM2JCC      HZ1MOP      HZ1HN       V26BZR      W2BZR
BV0TW       BU2BF       IF9A        IT9ATF      V26E        AB2E
BY5CD       BD4HF       IG9R        IK8HCG      V26MC       K3GEG
C37NL       C37URA      II9K        IT9HBT      V26OC       N3OC
C45T        5B4MF       II9P        IT9CHU      V26Y        HB9OCR
C4N         W3HNK       IO5O        IK5RLP      V31MW       N0HJZ
C4W         5B4WN       J38T        KS5Z        V55JAM      V51Q
C4Z         G3SWH       J42T        SV7LOS      V63CP       JH1BLP
C50C        OM2FY       J43J        DJ5JH       V73AX       WH0AI
C5A         OM2FY       J45MD       ON4PO       VC2B        VE2BR
C5S         ON6EG       J45PO       ON4PO       VC2X        VE3ZF
C6AQQ       N3IQ        J79AL       K8AL        VC3J        VE3JPP
C6AZZ       KQ8Z        J79WTA      HB9MFM      VC3X        VE7VR
CE2/VE7SV   VE7WY       KH7CW       K2WR        VD1M        VO1MP
CN2R        W7EJ        KP2M        AI4U        VE2IM       VE3DZ
CN3A        IV3ZXQ      KP2MM       N2TTA       VK6XX       VK6HZ
CO3JA       CO3JY       KW2X/KH0    JG7PSJ      VP2MDG      K2DM
CQ7A        CT1DSV      LR3M        LU3MAM      VP2MKC      GM4FDM
CR2T        CU2AF       LT1F        AC7DX       VP2MXU      GM4FDM
CR2X        OH2BH       LX7I        LX2A        VP5DX       NU4Y
CR3A        CT3EE       LY7A        LY2ZO       VP5T        N2VW
CR3L        DJ6QT       MS0WRC      G0MTD       VP8DNY      M1AYI
CR5D        CT1DIZ      MW6VOW      EB7DX       VP9I        N1HRA
CR5T        CS5ARC      NA8O/KH0    JK1FNL      VQ5X        W4OX
CW0A        HB9IBG      NH2T        W2YC        VQ92JC      ND9M
CW1PJB      CX1AA       NH7O        EA5GL       VQ9HF       W3HF
CX2DK       EA5GL       NP3X        NP3O        WA4DAN/CY0  WA4DAN
D2QR        RW6HS       NP4G        NP3O        WA5PS/KH0   JK1FNL
D4C         IZ4DPV      NP4Z        N4AO        XL3A        VA3RVK
D93I        DS4NYE      OA4GL       EA7HBC      XP1A        OZ1ACB
D9K         DS4NYE      OA4SS       KB6J        XV1X        RW6HS
DP0GVN      DL5EBE      OD5O        EA5BYP      XV4Y        OK1DOT
DQ0STRATEX  DK4REX      OE3K        OE3DIA      XX9TYT      IZ8CCW
DX1M        DU1BP       OE6Z        OE6CLD      YE0X        YB0ZZ
E2E         HS0AC       OE8Q        OE8SKQ      YE2R        YB3MM
E51OTC      WB7OTC      OG1M        OH1VR       YN2AA       NN3W
E7DX        E77E        OH0X        OH2TA       YV1FPT      EA5GL
EA1/F4BKV   F4BKV       OH0YY       OH2YY       YW4D        EA7JX
EA9KB       EA7FTR      OH0Z        W0MM        Z21GF       ZS6AYU
ED1C        EA1AJV      OH8X        OH2UA       Z60WW       OH2BH
ED1G        EA1URG      OM8A        OM2VL       ZD8O        OH0XX
ED1J        EA1JJ       OP0P        ON6DP       ZF2AH       W6VNR
ED1R        EC1KR       OP4A        ON6LY       ZL3X        ZL3PAH
ED1T        EA1HLH      OP7B        ON7BJ       ZL7A        JF1OCQ
ED1WW       EA1FCR      OQ4U        ON4AMX      ZM4T        ZL2AL
ED3X        EA3JW       OQ5M        ON5ZO       ZP9MCE      EA5ZD
ED5O        EA5URS      OZ/KH6DXX   DF3XX       ZS7/DL1LLL  DL5EBE
ED5T        EA5ELT      OZ1BIKE     OZ1ACB      ZW5B        K3IRV

CD6713   Javier A Capdebilla, 22 de Mayo 274, 5790000 Quellon, Chile
CN2SM    Karl Schulz, Ringstrasse 28, 23626 Ratekau / Warnsdorf, Germany
CW5W     Jorge Diez Furest, Remigio Castellanos 474, 37000 Melo - Cerro
         Largo, Uruguay
CW90A    Lupo Bano Negreira, Casilla de Correos 950, 11000 Montevideo,
         Uruguay
DS4NYE   Rew Seung-Min, P.O. Box  22, Jeongeup-si, Jeollabuk-do, 580-600,
         South Korea
EA9LZ    Jorge Taboada Pareja, P.O. Box 530, 51001 Ceuta, Spain
G3KHZ    Derek Cox, 18 Station Road, Castle Bytham, Grantham, NG33 4SB,
         United Kingdom
HB9IBG   Hippolyte Tournier, 5 Champ d'Anier, 1209 Geneva, Switzerland
HB9SLO   Bertrand  Bladt, 14 Impasse des Tournesols, 1530 Payerne,
         Switzerland
I5IHE    Luca Corsini, Via Luca della Robbia 14, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino FI,
         Italy
I5OYY    Danio Carta, Via Siena 13, 50013 Campi Bisenzio FI, Italy
IK5RUN   Simone Sarti, Via Giuseppe Parini 7, 50141 Firenze FI, Italy
IZ8CCW   Antonio Cannataro, Via Don Minzoni 24, 87040 Marano Marchesato CS,
         Italy
JA1PBV   Sadao Ito, 3-8-12 Baraki, Ishioka-Shi, Ibaraki-Ken, 315-0042, Japan
JF1OCQ   Miyake  Hiroyuki, 1-3-6 Asakura-machi, Maebashi-shi, Gunma-ken,
         371-0811, Japan
JF2SKV   Mazshita  Hisashi, 14-1 Ugasemae, Iwakura-cho, Toyota-shi,
         Aichi-ken, 444-2225, Japan
JH1EAQ   Nobuyuki  Watanabe, 6-11-2 Azuma-cho, Iruma-shi, Saitama-ken,
         358-0002, Japan
NR6M     Rex A. Turvin, P.O. Box 1383, Arizona City AZ 85123, USA
ON4CIT   Wim Hamblok, Waaltjes 8, 3920 Lommel, Belgium
SM6CVX   Hans Olof Hjelmstrom, Karnebacken 13, SE-546 31 Karlsborg, Sweden
UA2K     Ulrich Mueller, Kreutzacker 13, 35041 Marburg, Germany
WA4DAN   Murray Adams, P.O. Box 45, Farmville, NC 27828, USA
ZS6AYU   Gerard Roux, P.O. Box 34393, Erasmia, 0023, South Africa

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