425 DX News issue #1223
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No 1223
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
4W - Jon K7CO, Ed VE4EAR and maybe others will be active as 4W/K7CO
from Timor Leste (OC-148) on 19-31 October. They will operate SSB,
CW and RTTY on 80-10 metres. Logsearch and OQRS on Club Log.
Further information at www.nielsen.net/4w/
6W - Sigi, DL7DF (www.dl7df.com/6w/index.html) will be active as
DL7DF/6W from Somone, Senegal on 1-13 November. He will operate
CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV on 160-10 metres "as often as
possible". QSL via home call.
CE0Z - Felipe, CE5WQO will be active holiday style as CE0Z/CE5WQO from
Juan Fernandez (SA-005) on 19-27 November. QSL via KA3LKM (direct
only).
CN - CN2RY (QSL via EA2RY), CN2XX (QSL via EA5XX), CN2JR (QSL via
EA7AJR) and CN2C (QSL via EA5RM) will operate SSB, CW and RTTY
from Rabat, Morocco on 22-27 October. Logsearch on
www.dxfriends.com/cn2014/ [TNX EA5RM]
EI - Olivier, ON4EI will be active again as EI8GQB from Fethard,
Ireland (EU-115) on 18-30 October using an hybrid wind-solar power
system from his caravan. He will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB
Contest as EI1A. QSL for both callsigns via PA3249, direct or
bureau, and LoTW. Follow his activity and antenna experimentation
on www.qrz.com/db/EI8GQB.
F - The Association des Radio Amateurs de la Cote d'Emeraude will be
active as TM0RHUM from 24 October to 7 November for the 10th Route
du Rhum, the 3000-mile single-handed transatlantic yacht race
between St-Malo (France) and Pointe-a-Pitre (Guadeloupe). QSL via
F4AVX.
HL - Members of the Korea Contest Club will be active as D70LW from
Cheju Island (AS-026) for the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via DS4NYE
and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
I - Miran, S50O will be active as IG9/S50O from Lampedusa Island
(AF-019) until the end of November. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau (OQRS on Club Log), and eventually LoTW. He will be one of
the IO9Y team members for the CQ WW DX contests. [TNX S50U]
I - The Lampedusa Contest Team (http://ig9y.com/) will enter the CQ WW
DX SSB and CW Contests with two multi-national large teams in the
M/M category. The location on the island of Lampedusa (AF-019)
will be the same as in 2013, but this year they will use IO9Y for
both the events. QSL via S57DX.
JA - Taka, JA8COE will be active as JA8COE/5 from Shodo Island (AS-200)
on 16-19 October. QSL via home call, direct or bureau (OQRS on
Club Log). [TNX rsgbiota.org]
KH8 - Masa, JH3PRR will be active as KH8B from Pago Pago (OC-045),
American Samoa on 21-27 October. He will be QRV on 160-10 metres,
and will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via LoTW and
the OQRS on Club Log. [TNX NG3K]
OH0 - Pekka, OH2TA and Martti, OH2BH will be active as OH0AM from the
Aland Islands on 10-12 October, as part of the celebrations for
the OH-DX-Ring's Golden Jubilee [425DXN 1220]. QSL via OH2BH.
PJ7 - PJ7PK (http://pj7pk.net/) was able to log 2300 QSOs from Pelikan
Key (NA-247) in 18 hours between 7 and 8 October. Only three
(3Z9DX, EI9FBB and EI5GM) of the five team members were able to
land on the island. Depending on sea and weather conditions, 3Z9DX
and J69DS will make another attempt at landing on the 10th "for an
overnight stay". QSL via 3Z9DX. Logsearch and OQRS on Club Log.
[TNX PJ4DX]
PY - Rony, PS7AB will be active as PS43GPB on 7-9 November for the 43rd
Brazilian Formula 1 Grand Prix to be run at Interlagos (Sao
Paulo). QSL via home call, LoTW and eQSL.
TA - Rich, M5RIC (www.m5ric.co.uk) will be active as TC7V from Trabzon,
Turkey on 22-28 October, including an entry in the CQ WW DX SSB
Contest. He will be QRV on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB
and possibly RTTY. QSL via M0OXO (OQRS preferred) and logsearch on
Club Log.
VP5 - Look for VP5/WA2VYA (mainly CW on the low bands, as well as on 30,
17, 12, 10 and 6 metres), VP5/K4QE and VP5/WA3RHW (both mainly SSB
on 17 and 12 metres) to be active from Providenciales, Caicos
Islands (NA-002) on 21-28 October. QSL VP5/WA2VYA and VP5/WA3RHW
via home calls (direct or bureau), QSL VP5/K4QE via LoTW. They
will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as VP5T (QSL via
WA3RHW, direct or bureau, and LoTW). [TNX NG3K]
VQ9 - Bob, N7XR now expects to be active as VQ9XR from Diego Garcia
(AF-006), Chagos Archipelago starting "on or about 25 October". He
will operate CW, RTTY and SSB on the HF bands. His original plans
were for a 3-week stay on the island. He may also use the call
VQ92X or VQ92XR "to provide prefix hunters a new one". See
www.wake-diego2014.org for possible updates. QSL via N7XR, direct
only.
XX9 - Eugene EA5HPX, Fran EA7FTR, Veronica EA7JQS, Jose EB5BBM, David
EB7DX and Oleg US7UX will be active as XX9R from Coloane (AS-075),
Macao from 22 October to 1 November. They will be QRV on 160-6
metres CW, SSB and RTTY with 2-3 stations, and will participate in
the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via EB7DX, direct or bureau (an OQRS
will be available). Further information on http://macao2014.com/.
ZA - Look for Franck, ZA/F4DTO and Patrick, ZA/F4GFE to be active
holiday style from Albania on 18-27 October. They will operate SSB
on 40-10 metres. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K]
PACIFIC TRIP ---> Naoki, JS3LSQ will be active as T88WJ from Palau on 24-28
October, and as V63WJ from Micronesia from 29 October to 4 November. He will
will operate SSB on 20-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
W1AW WAS ---> Look for ARRL Centennial stations W1AW/4 from Alabama, W1AW/8
from Michigan and W1AW/KH0 from the Northern Mariana Islands to be on the
air starting at 00.00 UTC on 15 October until 23.59 UTC on the 21st.
Complete information on the ARRL Centennial QSO Party can be found at
www.arrl.org/centennial-qso-party.
WRTC 2018 ---> On 5 October the World Radio Team Championship (WRTC)
Sanctioning Committee selected Germany as the host nation for WRTC 2018. It
will be a joint effort by the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club (DARC), the
Bavarian Contest Club (BCC) and the Rhein Ruhr DX Association (RRDXA).
Christian Janssen, DL1MGB is the President of the Organizing Committee for
the event. A website has been set up to provide further details:
http://www.wrtc2018.de. [TNX DL6MHW]
ZD9TT ---> The ZD9TT DXpedition to Tristan da Cunha, originally planned for
September 2014 and then postponed to September 2015 because of
transportation problems, has been cancelled. The Italian DXpedition team
"will no more advertise its plans in advance", they say, "We regret that
this decision might affect the plans of other Teams, we feel compelled to
adopt this policy due to the course of events". [TNX IK7JWY]
+ SILENT KEY + Les Mitchell (G3BHK), the founding father of JOTA, passed
away on 6 October. He launched the idea of a Jamboree On The Air in 1957,
and the first JOTA event took place one year later. Over the years JOTA has
become the largest international Scout event ever, with thousands of
participants from all over the world. The 57th JOTA will be held on 18-19
October.
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 4L6DL, 4O4A, 4S7NE, 4W/NB3MM,
4Y1A, 5E7R, 9G5ZZ, 9K53NLD, A35LT, A71AM, CE0Z/UA4WHX (SA-005), CE2/UA4WHX,
CE7/UA4WHX (SA-043), CE8/UA4WHX (SA-091), CE9/UA4WHX (SA-050), CN8KD,
DU1GM, ET3AA, FT5ZM, H40TA, HC6EP, HK1MW, J6/AA4W, JA6TBE/4 (AS-041),
JT1AA/3, JT5DX, JW9JKA, JX9JKA, JY4CI, LY10NATO, LY25W, N7ET/DU7, N9BX/p
(NA-052), P29NO, S01WS, S79D, SN50MKS, T6DD, T88CL, TM800B, UK8IF, UK8ZC,
VP2ERM, YB4IR/8 (OC-222), YB8RW/p (OC-222), YN2N, ZC4MIS, ZD8N.
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