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19 January 2013                                           A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                  No 1133
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                        *** 4 2 5  D X  N E W S ***
                        ****  DX  INFORMATION  ****
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                         Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                       Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

5H     - Sam, F6AML will be active as 5H1Z  from  Zanzibar  Island  (AF-032)
        from 20 January to 28 February. He  will  operate  CW  and  SSB  on
        40-10 metres in his spare time. Side trips to IOTA  groups  AF-054,
        AF-063 and AF-075 are being considered. QSL via  F6AML,  direct  or
        bureau. [TNX DX Coffee]
5X     - Announced frequencies for the  6-18  February  5X8C  DXpedition  to
        Uganda [425DXN 1123] are:
        CW    1826.5 3524 7024 10104 14024    18074 21024 24892 28024
        SSB   1850   3785 7075       14145    18140 21295 24960 28480
        RTTY  1842   3585 7042 10142 14082-90 18102 21082 24922 28082
        PSK          3570 7040 10140 14072    18100 21072 24920 28122
        RX frequencies on 160m CW will be 1834.5 for  EU/NA and 1821.5  for
        AS/OC. A large multi-national team (DF1LON, DJ7JC, DL1YFF,  DL8OBF,
        EI9FBB, F2DX, F2JD, F2VX, F5CWU, F5EOT, F5NHJ, F5NKX, F5UFX, F5UOW,
        F5VHQ, F6ENO, F8BJI, F8IXZ, F9IE, FM5CD,  K4SV,  ON4LO, ON7RN, RG8K
        and UA9KGH/1) will be active with six stations  and a focus on  the
        low bands;  operations are  expected to start on  8 February around
        noon.  F4TTR and V51B  will be the pilot stations.  QSL  via F1NGP,
        direct or  bureau  (OQRS  provided  by Club Log), and LoTW. Further
        information at www.5x2013.com. [TNX F5NQL]
6W     - Jean-Claude, F6IRS will be active holiday style  as  6W/F6IRS  from
        Senegal from 21 January to 7 February. He plans to be  QRV  on  all
        bands SSB, typically in his  late  afternoon-early  evening  hours.
        QSL via bureau. [TNX F8REF]
A3     - Werner, DJ9KH [425DXN  1131]  will  not  be  able  to  collect  his
        licence (hopefully A35WH or A31WH) until he arrives  in  Tonga.  He
        will be active from Tongatapu (OC-049) on 13-23 February  and  from
        Vava'u (OC-064) from 24 February  to  2  March,  with  activity  on
        160-10 metres CW, SSB and  RTTY.  QSL  via  home  call,  direct  or
        bureau. He plans to post updates to http://www.qrz.com/db/A31WH  on
        a regular basis while on the islands.
CT8    - Rudi, HB9CQL and Hermann, HB9CRV will be active as  CT8/HB9CQL  and
        CT8/CT3FN from Flores Island (EU-089),  Azores  on  22-25  January.
        They  will  team  with  Antonio,  CU8AS  and  Toze,   CT1GFK    and
        participate in the CQ WW 160M  Contest  (CW)  as  CR2W.  After  the
        contest expect them to be signing CR2V until  8  February,  with  a
        focus on the low bands and an entry  in  the  Mexico  International
        RTTY Contest (2-3 February). QSL CR2W and CR2V via  HB9CRV,  direct
        and bureau, and LoTW.
FT     - Gildas, TU5KG is leaving on a new fishing campaign in the  Southern
        Indian Ocean. He will  be  sailing  in  the  Kerguelen  and  Crozet
        areas;  when  on  land  he  will  use  his  new  callsigns,   FT5XT
        (Kerguelen) and FT5WQ (Crozet), otherwise he will be  signing  /mm.
        QSL via F4DXW, direct only. [TNX DX World]
HK     - Once again Lothar, DK8LRF will be active as  HK3JCL  from  Colombia
        between 18 January and 1  April.  He  will  operate  SSB  on  40-10
        metres. QSL via home call, bureau preferred.
JA     - Nobu, JP1EWY  will  be  active  as  JP1EWY/1  from  Hachijo  Island
        (AS-043) on 19-21 January. He will operate mainly CW with some  SSB
        on 40-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JN6RZM]
PY     - Ed PS7DX, Nazareno PS7NN, Mac PS7GL, Carlos  PS7KC  and  Nat  PS7HD
        will be active as PW7F on 18-20  January  to  celebrate  the  415th
        anniversary of the Fortaleza does Reis Magos, located in  the  city
        of Natal. They will operate SSB, CW and  digital  modes  on  160-10
        metres. QSL via PS7HD, direct or bureau, plues LoTW and eQSL.
S7     - Bert, CX3AN will be active as S79AN from Mahe (AF-024),  Seychelles
        on 4-11 February. He  will  operate  mainly  SSB  and  CW  on  80-6
        metres. QSL via CX3AN. [TNX CX3AN]
SM     - Raf ON5RZ, Dirk ON7DS and Jean ON4JW  will  be  active  from  SI9AM
        (the  King  Chulalongkorn  Memorial    Amateur    Radio    Society,
        www.si9am.se) in Ragunda on 23-28 January, including  an  entry  in
        the UBA DX Contest (26-27 January). Outside the contest  they  will
        be on 160-10 metres CW and SSB. QSL via SM3CVM, direct  or  bureau.
        [TNX SM3CVM]
TA     - The TC Special Wireless Activity Team will  be  active  as  TC150RC
        until 31 January and again on 1-31  July  to  celebrate  the  150th
        anniversary of Robert College  of  Istanbul,  the  oldest  American
        school still in existence in its original location outside the  US.
        All of the QSOs will be confirmed  automatically  via  the  bureau.
        TCSWAT's activity calendar for 2013 can be found at  www.tcswat.org
        [TNX I3TGW]
VK     - Look for VK4NM/p to be active from Fraser Island (OC-142) on  15-18
        February. Two operators (Andrew, VK4NM and Peter, VK4LAT)  plan  to
        be QRV on 80-10 metres, with an emphasis on the higher  bands.  QSL
        via M0OXO. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
VK9C   - Chris, GM3WOJ and Keith, GM4YXI will be active as  VK9C/GM2MP  from
        the Cocos-Keeling Islands (OC-003) from 30 March to 13 April.  They
        will operate SSB and CW, with  some  RTTY.  They  hope  to  have  a
        real-time logging system and daily LoTW uploads if  possible.  More
        details are expected in due course. [TNX GM3WOJ]
ZF     - Ted, K8AQM  will  be  active  as  ZF2TA  from  the  Cayman  Islands
        (NA-016) from 26 January to 2 February.  He  will  operate  holiday
        style on 20-10 metres SSB and CW. QSL via K8AQM. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZS8    - David, ZS1BCE has been appointed as the new  radio  technician  for
        Marion Island (AF-021). He will depart Cape Town on 15  April,  and
        expects to be QRV about four weeks later until May  2014.  He  will
        operate SSB only on most HF bands (callsign  still  to  be  applied
        for). QSL via ZS1HF. [TNX DX World]

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                        *** 4 2 5  D X  N E W S ***
                        ****  GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
                        ===========================
                         Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                       Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

DAYTON TOPBAND DINNER ---> The 24th Annual Dayton  Topband  dinner  will  be
held on 17 May at the Crowne  Plaza  Hotel.  Deatils  and  tickets  are  now
available on http://topbanddinner.com

DXCC NEWS ---> Z81Z (Republic of South Sudan, current  operation  commencing
8 January 2013) has been approved for DXCC credit. [TNX NC1L]

LU6W ---> The German DX Foundation (www.gdxf.de) is collecting donations  to
help the LU6W team replacing the equipment they  lost  during  their  recent
operation  from  Isla  Escondida  (SA-096,  read  about  their   trials  and
tribulations at http://lu6w.yolasite.com/).

QSL V25A ---> Jack, W9NJB is the QSL manager for V25A prior to  23  December
2012 (QSOs made by K9MDO). As  of  23  December  2012,  the  call  has  been
re-assigned to KG2A. [TNX N9LAH]

SOS RADIO  WEEK  --->  Some  forty  stations  in  the  United  Kingdom  have
registered to take part in the SOS Radio Week, a fund raising event  in  aid
of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution that  will  run  from  19  to  27
January. Details on registered stations and the awards (free of charge)  for
contacting them can be found at www.sosradioweek.org.uk [TNX VA3RJ]

TRIATHLON DX CONTEST ---> The Triathlon DX Contest  is  a  competition  that
combines the main operating modes into one single non-stop event to be  held
on 2 February, from 00.00 UTC to 23.59 UTC, with 8  hours  of  operation  on
each mode (RTTY, Phone and CW). Complete details (look at the first  prize!)
can be found on www.triathlon-dx-contest.gr [TNX SV8CYV]

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A0C, 3B9SP,  3D2C,  3V8BB,  4L8A,
4O3A, 4O7VB, 5C2P, 5H2DK, 5N7M, 5T0SP, 5T5BV,  5U5U,  5V7TH,  7P8CC,  7Q7GM,
7X4AN, 7Z7AB (AS-190), 8P5A, 9A8OK,  9A8VB,  9G5TT,  9H3PP,  9H9BH,  9M4SLL,
9Y4/DL7VOG, 9Y4LAS,  A45XR,  A60WSW,  A71CT,  AA4VK/CY0,  AH0/N0AT,  BA4TB/4
(AS-136), BM0LF, BY1CQ (AS-158), BY1WXD/0, C37NL, C50C, C5A,  C6AUM,  C6AXY,
C6AZZ, CA7FKG (SA-018), CN2R,  CP4DR,  CQ8X,  CR2X,  E20VB,  E51AIU,  EA6QY,
EA6UN, EI9JU,  EL2A,  EL2DT,  EL2ES,  EL2LF,  EL2MF,  ES5Q,  FG5FR,  GO3TXF,
HC2/W7SE, HH2/EK6KB, HK0NA, J75Z, J79WE, JU850DN,  JW2US  (EU-027),  JW7QIA,
JX5O, JY8VB, KH2/N2NL, KL7RRC/p, LT0X (SA-087), NH8S,  NP2KW,  OJ0X,  OX8MM,
P29NI (OC-099), P29VCX (OC-025, OC-103, OC-135,  OC-240),  P29VPB  (OC-069),
P3EU, PJ2/K2PLF, RI0K (AS-061), RI1ANF, SU9VB, SV2ASP/A, T6LG, T88UE,  T8XX,
TF/VE3IKV, TG9IDX, TI8M, TR8CA, TT8TT, TX5EG (OC-067), TZ6VV, V31NO,  V63PR,
V73AX  (OC-028),  V85TLVK6WDI  (OC-170),  VK9/OH1VR,  VK9/OH3JR,   VK9/OH3X,
VK9XS,  VP2MDD,  VP2MDG,  VP2MGZ,  VP2MYL,  VP5/K7AR,  VP8ROT,    VU3BPZ/mm,
VY0/K9DXA, WA4DAN/CY0, XX9THX, YE9IOTA (OC-150), YS1YS, YW5B (SA-037), ZL7A.

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                          Direttore Responsabile
                           Gabriele Villa, I2VGW
              Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 071675
                     Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti
                               Roma, Italia

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19 January 2013                                           A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                  No 1133
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                        *** 4 2 5  D X  N E W S ***
                        ****  DX  INFORMATION  ****
                        ===========================
                         Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                       Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

5H     - Sam, F6AML will be active as 5H1Z  from  Zanzibar  Island  (AF-032)
        from 20 January to 28 February. He  will  operate  CW  and  SSB  on
        40-10 metres in his spare time. Side trips to IOTA  groups  AF-054,
        AF-063 and AF-075 are being considered. QSL via  F6AML,  direct  or
        bureau. [TNX DX Coffee]
5X     - Announced frequencies for the  6-18  February  5X8C  DXpedition  to
        Uganda [425DXN 1123] are:
        CW    1826.5 3524 7024 10104 14024    18074 21024 24892 28024
        SSB   1850   3785 7075       14145    18140 21295 24960 28480
        RTTY  1842   3585 7042 10142 14082-90 18102 21082 24922 28082
        PSK          3570 7040 10140 14072    18100 21072 24920 28122
        RX frequencies on 160m CW will be 1834.5 for  EU/NA and 1821.5  for
        AS/OC. A large multi-national team (DF1LON, DJ7JC, DL1YFF,  DL8OBF,
        EI9FBB, F2DX, F2JD, F2VX, F5CWU, F5EOT, F5NHJ, F5NKX, F5UFX, F5UOW,
        F5VHQ, F6ENO, F8BJI, F8IXZ, F9IE, FM5CD,  K4SV,  ON4LO, ON7RN, RG8K
        and UA9KGH/1) will be active with six stations  and a focus on  the
        low bands;  operations are  expected to start on  8 February around
        noon.  F4TTR and V51B  will be the pilot stations.  QSL  via F1NGP,
        direct or  bureau  (OQRS  provided  by Club Log), and LoTW. Further
        information at www.5x2013.com. [TNX F5NQL]
6W     - Jean-Claude, F6IRS will be active holiday style  as  6W/F6IRS  from
        Senegal from 21 January to 7 February. He plans to be  QRV  on  all
        bands SSB, typically in his  late  afternoon-early  evening  hours.
        QSL via bureau. [TNX F8REF]
A3     - Werner, DJ9KH [425DXN  1131]  will  not  be  able  to  collect  his
        licence (hopefully A35WH or A31WH) until he arrives  in  Tonga.  He
        will be active from Tongatapu (OC-049) on 13-23 February  and  from
        Vava'u (OC-064) from 24 February  to  2  March,  with  activity  on
        160-10 metres CW, SSB and  RTTY.  QSL  via  home  call,  direct  or
        bureau. He plans to post updates to http://www.qrz.com/db/A31WH  on
        a regular basis while on the islands.
CT8    - Rudi, HB9CQL and Hermann, HB9CRV will be active as  CT8/HB9CQL  and
        CT8/CT3FN from Flores Island (EU-089),  Azores  on  22-25  January.
        They  will  team  with  Antonio,  CU8AS  and  Toze,   CT1GFK    and
        participate in the CQ WW 160M  Contest  (CW)  as  CR2W.  After  the
        contest expect them to be signing CR2V until  8  February,  with  a
        focus on the low bands and an entry  in  the  Mexico  International
        RTTY Contest (2-3 February). QSL CR2W and CR2V via  HB9CRV,  direct
        and bureau, and LoTW.
FT     - Gildas, TU5KG is leaving on a new fishing campaign in the  Southern
        Indian Ocean. He will  be  sailing  in  the  Kerguelen  and  Crozet
        areas;  when  on  land  he  will  use  his  new  callsigns,   FT5XT
        (Kerguelen) and FT5WQ (Crozet), otherwise he will be  signing  /mm.
        QSL via F4DXW, direct only. [TNX DX World]
HK     - Once again Lothar, DK8LRF will be active as  HK3JCL  from  Colombia
        between 18 January and 1  April.  He  will  operate  SSB  on  40-10
        metres. QSL via home call, bureau preferred.
JA     - Nobu, JP1EWY  will  be  active  as  JP1EWY/1  from  Hachijo  Island
        (AS-043) on 19-21 January. He will operate mainly CW with some  SSB
        on 40-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JN6RZM]
PY     - Ed PS7DX, Nazareno PS7NN, Mac PS7GL, Carlos  PS7KC  and  Nat  PS7HD
        will be active as PW7F on 18-20  January  to  celebrate  the  415th
        anniversary of the Fortaleza does Reis Magos, located in  the  city
        of Natal. They will operate SSB, CW and  digital  modes  on  160-10
        metres. QSL via PS7HD, direct or bureau, plues LoTW and eQSL.
S7     - Bert, CX3AN will be active as S79AN from Mahe (AF-024),  Seychelles
        on 4-11 February. He  will  operate  mainly  SSB  and  CW  on  80-6
        metres. QSL via CX3AN. [TNX CX3AN]
SM     - Raf ON5RZ, Dirk ON7DS and Jean ON4JW  will  be  active  from  SI9AM
        (the  King  Chulalongkorn  Memorial    Amateur    Radio    Society,
        www.si9am.se) in Ragunda on 23-28 January, including  an  entry  in
        the UBA DX Contest (26-27 January). Outside the contest  they  will
        be on 160-10 metres CW and SSB. QSL via SM3CVM, direct  or  bureau.
        [TNX SM3CVM]
TA     - The TC Special Wireless Activity Team will  be  active  as  TC150RC
        until 31 January and again on 1-31  July  to  celebrate  the  150th
        anniversary of Robert College  of  Istanbul,  the  oldest  American
        school still in existence in its original location outside the  US.
        All of the QSOs will be confirmed  automatically  via  the  bureau.
        TCSWAT's activity calendar for 2013 can be found at  www.tcswat.org
        [TNX I3TGW]
VK     - Look for VK4NM/p to be active from Fraser Island (OC-142) on  15-18
        February. Two operators (Andrew, VK4NM and Peter, VK4LAT)  plan  to
        be QRV on 80-10 metres, with an emphasis on the higher  bands.  QSL
        via M0OXO. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
VK9C   - Chris, GM3WOJ and Keith, GM4YXI will be active as  VK9C/GM2MP  from
        the Cocos-Keeling Islands (OC-003) from 30 March to 13 April.  They
        will operate SSB and CW, with  some  RTTY.  They  hope  to  have  a
        real-time logging system and daily LoTW uploads if  possible.  More
        details are expected in due course. [TNX GM3WOJ]
ZF     - Ted, K8AQM  will  be  active  as  ZF2TA  from  the  Cayman  Islands
        (NA-016) from 26 January to 2 February.  He  will  operate  holiday
        style on 20-10 metres SSB and CW. QSL via K8AQM. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZS8    - David, ZS1BCE has been appointed as the new  radio  technician  for
        Marion Island (AF-021). He will depart Cape Town on 15  April,  and
        expects to be QRV about four weeks later until May  2014.  He  will
        operate SSB only on most HF bands (callsign  still  to  be  applied
        for). QSL via ZS1HF. [TNX DX World]

                        ===========================
                        *** 4 2 5  D X  N E W S ***
                        ****  GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
                        ===========================
                         Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                       Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

DAYTON TOPBAND DINNER ---> The 24th Annual Dayton  Topband  dinner  will  be
held on 17 May at the Crowne  Plaza  Hotel.  Deatils  and  tickets  are  now
available on http://topbanddinner.com

DXCC NEWS ---> Z81Z (Republic of South Sudan, current  operation  commencing
8 January 2013) has been approved for DXCC credit. [TNX NC1L]

LU6W ---> The German DX Foundation (www.gdxf.de) is collecting donations  to
help the LU6W team replacing the equipment they  lost  during  their  recent
operation  from  Isla  Escondida  (SA-096,  read  about  their   trials  and
tribulations at http://lu6w.yolasite.com/).

QSL V25A ---> Jack, W9NJB is the QSL manager for V25A prior to  23  December
2012 (QSOs made by K9MDO). As  of  23  December  2012,  the  call  has  been
re-assigned to KG2A. [TNX N9LAH]

SOS RADIO  WEEK  --->  Some  forty  stations  in  the  United  Kingdom  have
registered to take part in the SOS Radio Week, a fund raising event  in  aid
of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution that  will  run  from  19  to  27
January. Details on registered stations and the awards (free of charge)  for
contacting them can be found at www.sosradioweek.org.uk [TNX VA3RJ]

TRIATHLON DX CONTEST ---> The Triathlon DX Contest  is  a  competition  that
combines the main operating modes into one single non-stop event to be  held
on 2 February, from 00.00 UTC to 23.59 UTC, with 8  hours  of  operation  on
each mode (RTTY, Phone and CW). Complete details (look at the first  prize!)
can be found on www.triathlon-dx-contest.gr [TNX SV8CYV]

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A0C, 3B9SP,  3D2C,  3V8BB,  4L8A,
4O3A, 4O7VB, 5C2P, 5H2DK, 5N7M, 5T0SP, 5T5BV,  5U5U,  5V7TH,  7P8CC,  7Q7GM,
7X4AN, 7Z7AB (AS-190), 8P5A, 9A8OK,  9A8VB,  9G5TT,  9H3PP,  9H9BH,  9M4SLL,
9Y4/DL7VOG, 9Y4LAS,  A45XR,  A60WSW,  A71CT,  AA4VK/CY0,  AH0/N0AT,  BA4TB/4
(AS-136), BM0LF, BY1CQ (AS-158), BY1WXD/0, C37NL, C50C, C5A,  C6AUM,  C6AXY,
C6AZZ, CA7FKG (SA-018), CN2R,  CP4DR,  CQ8X,  CR2X,  E20VB,  E51AIU,  EA6QY,
EA6UN, EI9JU,  EL2A,  EL2DT,  EL2ES,  EL2LF,  EL2MF,  ES5Q,  FG5FR,  GO3TXF,
HC2/W7SE, HH2/EK6KB, HK0NA, J75Z, J79WE, JU850DN,  JW2US  (EU-027),  JW7QIA,
JX5O, JY8VB, KH2/N2NL, KL7RRC/p, LT0X (SA-087), NH8S,  NP2KW,  OJ0X,  OX8MM,
P29NI (OC-099), P29VCX (OC-025, OC-103, OC-135,  OC-240),  P29VPB  (OC-069),
P3EU, PJ2/K2PLF, RI0K (AS-061), RI1ANF, SU9VB, SV2ASP/A, T6LG, T88UE,  T8XX,
TF/VE3IKV, TG9IDX, TI8M, TR8CA, TT8TT, TX5EG (OC-067), TZ6VV, V31NO,  V63PR,
V73AX  (OC-028),  V85TLVK6WDI  (OC-170),  VK9/OH1VR,  VK9/OH3JR,   VK9/OH3X,
VK9XS,  VP2MDD,  VP2MDG,  VP2MGZ,  VP2MYL,  VP5/K7AR,  VP8ROT,    VU3BPZ/mm,
VY0/K9DXA, WA4DAN/CY0, XX9THX, YE9IOTA (OC-150), YS1YS, YW5B (SA-037), ZL7A.

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