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08 December 2006                                           A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                    No 814
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                          ****  DX  INFORMATION  ****
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                           Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                         Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

9N      - Stig, 9N7JO  reports he  will be  QRV from  Nepal  "on and  off"  at
          various periods during  2007. He will  operate on all  the HF  bands
          SSB, CW, PSK31 and RTTY. QSL direct only to his address in Thailand:
          Stig Lindblom, Jum Changphimai 147/1  - Moo 3,  Tambon Boot, Ban  Ta
          Bong, Phimai, TH-30110 Nakhon Ratchashima, Thailand.
CE      - Hector, CE3FZL reports he will be active as CE2P from the lighthouse
          at Punta Panul (ARLHS CHI-073) during weekends in December,  January
          and February. He plans to operate SSB  on 40, 20, 15 and 10  metres.
          QSL via EA5KB.
HS      - Nopporn, HS0EHF has joined  the team of  operators for the  E21EIC/P
          activity from  Lipe Island  (AS-126). Originally  announced to  take
          place on 5-12 December [425DXN 812],  it is now scheduled from 8  to
          13 December. QSL via home calls. [TNX UT5UY]
JA      - Special event  station  8J8WSC  is active  until  4  March  2007  to
          celebrate the  FIS Nordic  World Ski  Championships that  will  take
          place   Sapporo   (Hokkaido)   from   22   February   to   4   March
          (http://www.sapporo2007.com/). QSL via bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
LU      - Fernando, LW2DX reports  that the  LR50U and  LR5U special  activity
          [425DXN 813] was performed last year only, and will not be  repeated
          this year.
P4      - Marty, W2CG will be vacationing in Aruba on 11-18 December and plans
          to operate as P40CG  (requested call) during  his early morning  and
          late evening hours. QSL via homecall. [TNX W2CG]
TF      - Russian  Robinson  Club  members  Sergey/RA3NAN,  Eugene/RZ3EC   and
          Andy/RZ3EM will be going to Iceland  next week. Weather  permitting,
          they will operate  as TF7RRC from  the Westman  Islands (EU-071)  on
          15-16 December  and  TF4RRC from  Flatey  Island (EU-168)  on  18-19
          December. QSL  both calls  via RZ3EC  (QSL RA3NAN/TF,  RZ3EC/TF  and
          RZ3EM/TF via  home calls).  The website  for  the expedition  is  at
          www.qso.ru/tf7rrc [TNX RZ3EM]
UA      - RP65MB, RP65FWW  and  a number  of  other  special  event  stations/
          callsigns (RP65xxx, RP3xxx, UE3xxx plus UE4CGP) are active until  10
          December to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Battle of Moscow
          during World War II. These activaty days are organized by the Moscow
          regional branch of  SRR. Information on  the relevant  award can  be
          found at www.srr-mo.ru (if  you can read  Russian) or from  Dmitriy,
          RV3DUT (rv3dut@narod.ru). QSL RP65MB and RP65FWW via RZ3FR (but  all
          of the contacts will be confirmed automatically via the SRR bureau);
          the QSL routes for the other  stations are listed in the "QSL  Info"
          section below. [TNX RV3DUT]
VP5     - Olav, LA9VFA  will  be active  as  VP5/LA9VFA  from  Providenciales,
          Caicos Islands (NA-002) on 13-29 December. QSL via home call, direct
          or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
YV0     - After  the  successful  YX5IOTA  operation,   the  4M5DX  Group   is
          organizing a DXpedition to  Aves Island (NA-020)  to take place  for
          ten days  starting  around  5  February  2007.  A  team  of  fifteen
          operators  (lead   by  Alex,   YV5SSB  and   including   Jose/YV5TX,
          Julio/YV1RDX,     Rafael/YV5RED,     Martti/OH2BH,     Tomas/YV1CTE,
          Jesus/YV5MSG,    Jose/YV5ANT,     Olli/YV5WW-OH0XX,     Greg/YV5OHW,
          Ray/YV5EU-DL2GG,   Pasquale/YV5KAJ,    Franco/YV1FM,    Felo/YV5GRV,
          Jig/AD6TF and Corrado/IT9DAA) will be active  as YW0DX on all  bands
          and modes. QSL via IT9DAA, direct or bureau. Sponsors and donors are
          beingh sought; further information can be  found on the website  for
          the DXpedition at http://yw0dx.4m5dx.org/ [TNX IT9DAA]

ARRL 10 METER CONTEST ---> Object of the contest is for amateurs worldwide to
work as many stations as possible  on 10 metres (full rules  can be found  at
http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2006/10-meters.html).  This  year's  event
will run from 00.00 UTC on 9 December through  23.59 UTC on the 10th. Do  not
forget to give a look to the Announced Operation listing maintained by  Bill,
NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/arrl10_2006.html

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

3B7C ---> The  Five Star  DXers Association  (FSDXA) 3B7C  expedition to  St.
Brandon (AF-015) [425DXN 806] is still on course for September 2007. The plan
is to be  QRV from the  7th to the  24th, ensuring two  full weeks and  three
weekends of activity. The team is  aware that a Polish expedition to  Agalega
has been announced for April 2007,  but considers that  demand for this  rare
one is such that a  large-scale operation (12  stations) is fully  justified.
The QSL manager will be G3NUG, direct or bureau. Further information will  be
posted on http://www.3b7c.com as it becomes available. [TNX G3XTT]

3D2RN ---> Jack, WB6JZY is active  from Sigatoka, Viti  Levu (OC-016). He  is
using the  callsign of  Richard  Norby (3D2RN),  from  whose resort  Jack  is
currently guest operating. QSL via WB6JZY. [TNX IW0HEX]

425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The  latest issue (November 2006) is now  available
at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/index.html. Articles  and  pictures   should
be sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).

POSTAL RATES (CANADA) ---> Garth, VE3HO reports that on 15 January 2007 rates
will increase for all mail (domestic, to the US and overseas) as follows:
Canada          - $0.56 for 30 grams ($0.52 plus 6% tax)
USA             - $0.99 for 30 grams ($0.93 plus 6% tax)
Other countries - $1.64 for 30 grams ($1.55 plus 6% tax)
Current exchange rate for 1 USD is  $1.13 Canadian (note: US $2.00 bills  can
not be exchanged in Canada). All  IRCs other than the new  blue ones will  no
longer be redeemable starting on 1 January 2007.

QSL VP2VVV --->  Please note  that the  correct QSL  route is  via K5WW  (not
K9VV).

QSL XV1X ---> Effective 1 December 2006, the new QSL route for Eddy, XV1X  is
via OK1DOT:  Petr Gustab,  P.O Box  52, Cesky  Brod, 282  01 Czech  Republic.
On-line logsearch can be found at http://www.qsl.net/xv1x/logs/ [TNX OK1DOT]

VU7RG ---> While another five VU7 permits and three reciprocal licences  have
been granted to foreign participants in  the January 2007 activity, the  team
is finishing now the last logistics for a full-fledged operation of 15 manned
stations. The  latest  field tests  confirmed  that Internet  access  on  the
islands will allow the team to upload  online logs on daily base. VU7RG  will
make use of three pilot stations (Klaus/DL1XX, Don/N1DG and a third one TBA).
For the time being,  you can give  the team the  opportunity to benefit  from
your  monitored  band  openings  towards   the  Lakshadweeps.  Please   visit
http://www.vu7.in, enter  the  VU7RG blog  and  post  your  observations  and
suggestions. [TNX DL4KQ]

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                          ***  NEWS FROM THE WEB  ***
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                           Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                         Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

LOGS:      On-line    logsearch    for     8Q7GL    can     be    found     at
           http://www.mdxc.org/8q7gl; the  QSL  cards are  being  printed  and
           Gianluca expects to get them by the end of the year. [TNX IK0XIH]
LOGS:      The first and partial logs (1-5 December) have been uploaded to the
           VU7LD website (http://arsi.info/vu7/).
N8S:       The website for the April 2007 expedition to Swains Island  [425DXN
           808] is now up and running at http://www.yt1ad.info/nh8s/index.html
           (be advised that the callsign for the DXpedition is N8S, not NH8S).
           A multi-national  team of  12-15 operators  will be  active on  all
           bands and modes with several stations for ten days. [TNX YT1AD]

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

===================================================================
CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3B8/OM0C    OM2FY       EG1WFA      EA1URE      RP65DWP     RK3FWD
3D2CX       JA7GAX      EG4TCA      EA4HV       RP65DXS     RK3DXS
3G1X        XQ1IDM      EG5A        EA5RS       RP65DZA     RZ3DZA
3V6T        YT1AD       EG5D        EA5FID      RP65FWW     RZ3FR
3W2TXR      JA2TXR      EH7CE       EA7URM      RP65FZP     RN3BR
3W9JR       OK1JN       EK3AA       IK2QPR      RP65MB      RZ3FR
3XD2Z       UA6JR       ES5RR       ES2RR       SN1I        SP1NQF
4K5D        K2PF        EX2X        EA5KB       SN3A        SP3GEM
4K9W        DL6KVA      EY8MM       K1BV        ST2A        T93Y
4L2M        K3PD        G5W         G3BJ        SV8/G4EDG/P G4ELZ
4L4CC       RV1CC       G6M         M3UZL       SV8/G4ELZ/P G4ELZ
4L8A        DJ1CW       GD8T        G4SHF       T40C        N1KI
4N500ZZ     4N7ZZ       GJ2A        K2WR   (a)  T88MR       K9NW
4O3B        OH2BH       GJ2A        GJ3DVC (b)  T99D        DJ2MX
4O3M        OH2PM       H7A         TI4SU       TG9AKH      OK1DOT
4U1UN       HB9BOU      HB0/DD4B/p  DL3PS       TI5N        W3HNK
4X0G        W3GG        HC8N        W5UE        TM2Y        F6BEE
4X1FQ       AA4V        HG1956R     HA3HK       TM4Q        F6FYA
4Z8DT       OK1DT       HG3DX       HA7UW       TM5AIR      F5KEK
5A7A        DL9USA      HI3A        ON4IQ       TM7XX       F5MUX
5B/M0XAA    5B8AD       HI9CF       DL4NCF      TM8W        F5TER
5H3EE       DL4SM       HK0GU       DL7VOG      TO5X        K5UN
5N8NDP      IK5JAN      HK4QMH      EA5KB       TP20CE      F5LGF
5R8FU       SM5DJZ      HK4SAN      EA7FTR      TZ5A        G3SXW
5R8GZ       G3SWH       HP3XUG      KG6UH       UA0YAY      IK2QPR
5W0CX       JA7GAX      HS0ZDJ      W2YR        UA9AYA      UA9AB
5W0OJ       DL4RDJ      HS0ZEA      OE2REL      UE3AOM/P    RZ3AWQ
5Z1A        PA1AW       HS0ZFI      SM5GMZ      UE3DLM      RK3FWC
5Z4LS       G3RWF       HZ1SK       IZ8CLM      UE3DOP      RK3DXJ
6V7D        KQ1F        IH9P        KR7X        UE3DPK      RK3DYD
6W1RW       F6BEE       IS0N        OK1MG       UE3DPS      RX3DQX
6Y1V        OH3RB       J20SA       ON7SAT      UE3DUT      RV3DUT
6Y3R        OH3RB       J37T        VE3EBN      UE3DWM      RN3BR
7X2EB       EA7FTR      J41A        LY1DF       UE3DWR      RN3BR
8P5A        NN1N        J42T        SV2BFN      UE3DXZ      RX3FS
8P9XA       G3SWH       J45KLN      SM0CMH      UE3LWP      RA3LBA
8Q7BB       DK7TF       J79CO       F6COW       UE3XGV      UA3XGV
8Q7DV       UA9CLB      J79EP       F6EPY       UE4CGP      RA4CEO
8Q7ED       4S7AB       J79Z        K3TEJ       UE9CZF      RV9CVA
9A1P        9A2RD       JW1CCA      LA1CCA      UN7AB       DL8KAC
9G5ZS       ZS6EGB      K2G         JA1OZK      UP5G        LZ1YE
9H6A        9H1XT       KH0PR       JJ8DEN      V26K        AA3B
9J2BO       G3TEV       KH6BK       VE3HO       V47NT       N2NT
9J2SZ       SP8DIP      KH7U        AH6NF       VC7G        VE7GL
9M2/PG5M    PG5M        KH7X        K2PF        VE2WDX      VE3TA
9M2CNC      G4ZFE       KH8/JA7GAX  JA7GAX      VK8NSB      VK6NE
9M6NA       JE1JKL      KH8Q        W8QID       VK9AA       DL8YR
9M6XRO      M5AAV       KP3Z        WC4E        VO1AAM      VE3DZ
9M8YY       JR3WXA      LN3Z        LA9VDA      VP2MDG      K2DM
9V1YC       N5ID        LN8W        LA9VDA      VP2VVV      K5WW
9Y4AA       VE3HO       LR2F        LU2FA       VP5/N0VD    N0VD
9Y4RAJ      AB2MH       LU2FLN      EA5KB       VP5W        W7TSQ
A45WD       YO9HP       LU8YE       EA7FTR      VP8DBR      G0SWC
A61AB       IZ8CLM      LX7I        LX2A        VP8DJK      G0HFX
A61M        A61AV       LY7A        LY2ZO       VP9I        N1HRA
A61NT       ON5NT       LZ0A        LZ1KDP      VQ9JC       ND9M
A70RRY      EA7FTR      LZ1900K     LZ1BJ       VU7LD       W3HNK
A71EM       EA7FTR      MD4K        G3NKC       VY2ZM       K1ZM
A92BND      A92GR       MD6V        G3NKC       W2W         W3HEM
AH2R        JH7QXJ      MJ0AWR      K2WR   (a)  XU7ADE      E21EIC
AM1A        EA4URE      MJ0AWR      GJ3DVC (b)  XU7MWA      KM0O
B1Z         EA7FTR      MZ5A        G3TXF       YB0ECT      K3AIR
B3C         BA4EG       OE4A        OE1EMS      YC0IEM/9    IZ8CCW
B7P         BG7KUB      OH0I        OH3BHL      YI9E        WU5E
BP100S      BX4AN       OH0M        OH1MM       YI9HU       K3ASK
C4M         W3HNK       OH0V        OH6LI       YI9HW       N4THW
C6AKX       WA4WTG      OH0X        OH2TA       YI9IZE      KF4IZE
C6AQQ       ND3F        OH0Z        W0MM        YI9KT       SP8HKT
C6ART       KN5H        OH1F        OH1AF       YI9TU       N2OO
C6ATA       WA4WTG      OH4A        OH6LI       YN4SU/9     TI4SU
C6AXX       W9IXX       OH6M        OH6AH       YQ0U        YO5BET
C6DX        W8GEX       OH7M        OH6DX       YR8B        YO8KGA
C91VB/4     UA4WHX      OH8X        OH6KN       YT0A        YU1EXY
CN2R        W7EJ        OL40JAZZ    OK1FAK      YT0TESLA    YU1EXY
CN2WW       EA7FTR      ON60TWS     ON5UR       YT150CS     YT1CS
CN8SG       EA7FTR      OX3XR       OZ3PZ       YT6A        YU1FW
CO2NB       EA5KB       P3F         5B4AGN      YU2A        YU1BX
CS2R        CS1GDX      P40A        WD9DZV      YU50NR      YU1NR
CS7A        CS1GDX      P40T        VE3HO       YU60BPQ     YU7BPQ
CT2GLO      W3HNK       P40TA       WM6A        YV5SSB      EA5KB
CT3NT       CT1BOH      P40W        N2MM        YW4D        EA7JX
CT6A        CT1ILT      P40Z        K9UK        YZ6AMD      EA7FTR
CT9L        DJ6QT       P49Y        AE6Y        Z36A        DJ0LZ
CU2A        OH2BH       PJ2T        N9AG        Z38N        HA6KNB
CX7BY       CX5BW       PJ4A        K4BAI       ZB2/4O3AL   EB7EAY
DR100NAU    DL1RG       PZ5ZY       N6ZZ        ZF1A        W5ASP
DR1A        DL6FBL      RK2FWA      DK4VW       ZF2ZH       K6ZH
DT8A        HL2FDW      RP3DFT      RZ3DO       ZL6QH       ZL2AOH
E51NOU      N7OU        RP3DMK      RL3FX       ZP0R        W3HNK
E51YAQ      W7YAQ       RP3DYB      RK3DYB      ZP8AE       EA7FTR
EA8/OH4NL   OH2BYS      RP3DZD      RK3DZD      ZS2BS       DJ5MS
EA8EW       YL2KL       RP65DPW     RA3FO       ZS3NN       AA4NN
EA9/OL8R    OK1FCJ      RP65DRO     RW3DW       ZY7C        PT7WA

(a) USA     (b) others

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                          *******  ADDRESSES  *******
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                           Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                         Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

5B8AD  Alexander M. Saveliev, P.O. Box 42110, Larnaca 6431, Cyprus
A45XR  Chris Dabrowski, P.O.Box 2038, CPO 111, Sultanate of Oman
DL8YR  Peter Kallfelz, Langenbruchweg 58, D-52080 Aachen, Germany
DL9USA Andreas Glaeser, PF 100 246, D-03122 Spremberg, Germany
JE1JKL Satoshi Nakamura, 1-27-2, Kamiya, Ushiku, Ibaraki, 300-1216 Japan
PG5M   Gerben A. Menting, Brandparken 2, 9351 XM Leek, The Netherlands
R7C    HQ Academy & Found "The World Encyclopedia of Travel", P.O. Box 2007,
        Moscow, 101000, Russia
W3HNK  Joseph L. Arcure, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352, USA

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