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20 December 2008 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 920
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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* TO ALL OUR READERS *
* WARMEST THOUGHTS AND BEST WISHES *
* FOR A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY *
* AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR *
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7P - Danny, ZS6AW will be active as 7P8AA from Lesotho on 24-27
December. Main activity will be on 20 metres SSB. QSL via home
call. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin]
JA - JS6RRR/JS6 will be active from Okinawa Island (AS-017, JIIA
AS-017-033) on 23 December (4-23 UTC). Then expect JS6RRR/JS6 and
JI3DST/JS6 to operate from the Miyako Islands (AS-079) from 24
December to 5 January. The main QTH will be on Miyako Island (JIIA
AS-079-005), but activity is also planned to take place from
Ikema-jima (AS-079-001) and Kurima-jima (AS-079-003). QSL via
bureau. [TNX JS6RRR]
JD1_mt - Masa, JA6GXK will be active again as JD1BMM from Minami-Torishima
(OC-073) from 23 December to 6 January. He will operate in his
spare time on all bands and modes with 500 watts and a focus on
the low bands. QSL via JD1BMM, direct (Masafumi Ishihara, 2-305
Loran, 2-5-35 Miyazaki, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-0806 Japan) or through
the JARL bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
OA - Fred, DL1NL is currently active as OA4/DL1NL from Peru until the
end of this month. He operates CW only. QSL via home call.
OH - Jouni/OH4KZM and Jukka/OH4MFA will be active as OH4JT/1 from
Kustavi Island (EU-096) on 26-30 December. Their preferred mode is
CW, and they will try to be on the air on as many bands and for as
many hours as possible. Further information can be found at
http://personal.inet.fi/surf/oh4mfa/oh4jt-1.htm. QSL via OH4MFA,
direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
PA - Special event station PA30KST is active through the end of the
year to celebrate the 30th anniversary of VERON club Kanaalstreek
(PI4KST). QSL via PE9DX. [TNX PD7BZ]
PJ4 - Randy, K7LNR will be active from Bonaire (SA-006) on 21-27
December. He plans to operate mainly on 20 and 30 metres PSK. [TNX
MM0NDX]
PJ4 - Larry, WO0Z will be active as PJ4/WO0Z from Bonaire (SA-006) from
26 December to 4 January. He intends to concentrate on 17 and 30
metres in this holiday style DXpedition using all modes. QSL via
WO0Z (Whiskey Oscar Zero Zulu). [TNX WO0Z]
TA - The TC-Special Wireless Activity Team will be active from a number
of lighthouses around Istanbul as follows:
20-21 December TC1KLH Karaburun (TUR-036)
27-28 December TC1KLH Karaburun (TUR-036)
17-18 January TC2SLH Sile (TUR-046)
24-25 January TC2ALH Anadolu (TUR-014)
21-22 February TC1ALH Ahirkapi (TUR-056)
21-22 March TC1RLH Rumeli/Turkeli (TUR-053)
04-05 April TC2FLH Fenerbahce (TUR-021)
Stations contacting four or more lighthouses will receive the
"Istanbul Lighthouses On The Air Award" (details to be announced on
http://tcswat.tripod.com). [TNX TA1HZ]
W - Members of the Old Barney Amateur Radio Club (www.obarc.org) will
be operating as N2OB/150 (or N2OB/LH) on all bands and modes
available starting at 00.00 UTC on 27 December through 23.59 UTC
on 4 January. This will be to celebrate the relighting and the
150th anniversary of the Barnegat Lighthouse. N2OB/150 stations
will be operating from various locations around Ocean County. Some
operations from the lighthouse property may be possible and will
use N2OB/LH, which will count for working the lighthouse and IOTA
NA-111. QSL via N2OB, direct or bureau. [TNX N2OO]
XE - The DXXE Group (http://www.dxxe.org/) will operate as 4A1DXXE from
25 December to 6 January to celebrate their 4th anniversary.
Expect SSB, CW and RTTY activity on all bands. QSL via N7RO. The
logs will be uploaded to LoTW.
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
AEI NEW MANAGER ---> Founded on 27 October 1993 by Pedro Sirzanink (PP5SZ),
the Associacao de Expedicionarios Ilheus (AEI, Island Expeditioners
Association) sponsors the DIB (Brazilian Islands Award), DFB (Brazilian
Lighthouses Award) and DFH (Brazilian Historical Fortifications) awards.
The new AEI and award manager is Ronaldo Reis, PS7AB. Details and contact
information can be found at http://www.aei.radioamador.org.br [TNX PS7AB]
BLACK SEA CUP ---> The Black Sea Contest Club sponsors the Black Sea Cup
International Contest, which will be held on 7-8 February on 160, 80, 40,
20, 15 and 10 metres SSB and CW. For further information please visit
http://www.bscc.ucoz.ru or contact Alexander Shevchenko, UR5EAW
(alex@ur5eaw.com) [TNX UR5EAW]
CAROLINA DX ASSOCIATION ---> At its annual meeting held on 11 December, the
Carolina DX Association (http://www.cdxa.org/)elected the following
officers to serve for 2009: Ted Goldthorpe/W4VHF (President), Paul
Ponak/AD4IE (Vice President), Cliff Wagoner/W3ZL (Secretary-Treasurer),
John Scott/K8YC (Newsletter Editor), Dick Williams/W3OA (Contest Manager),
Joe Simpkins/K4MD and Paul Sturpe/W3GQ (Cluster Managers), Wayne
Setzer/WB4BXW (Webmaster). [TNX K8YC]
EUCW 160M CONTEST ---> The Union Francaise des Telegraphistes (UFT, the
French EUCW society) sponsors the annual European CW 160 Meter Contest,
which will be held on the 3rd (20-23 UTC) and the 4th (4-7 UTC) of January.
the dedicated piece of software, written by by F6ENO, can be found at
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/f6eno/UFT.html and the rules can be found at
http://www.uft.net; [TNX F5NQL]
LOGS ---> A log search for the recent A5100A operation from Bhutan is now
up and running at http://www.f5lmj.net/a5100a.htm, along with a photo
gallery, MP3 files and other information [TNX F6AJA]
LOGS ---> A log serach for the recent AT2RS IOTA expedition to Nachugunta
Island (AS-199) is now up and running at http://www.vu3rsb.org/. The team
made 2811 QSOs (1456 SSB, 1349 CW, 6 RTTY) between 4 and 8 December. QSL
via W3HNK (for North and South America) and DL4KQ (rest of the world).
MEXICO RTTY INTERNATIONAL CONTEST ---> Sponsored by the Federacion Mexicana
de Radioexperimentadores, it will be held on 7-8 February (from 18 UTC to
17.59 UTC). Complete rules can be found on the FMRE's website at
http://www.fmre.org.mx/concursos/2009/rtty/rules-rtty-2009-eng.pdf [TNX
XE1KK]
QSL ZL7/SP5EAQ ---> Jacek, SP5EAQ operated as ZL7/SP5EAQ from the Chatham
Islands back in October 2007. If you are still waiting for a direct card,
please contact him (e-mail address on qrz.com) as it look like that a few
envelopes got "lost" at his local post office. [TNX SP5EAQ]
+ SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include Marcus D. Leuchter
(AA5XM), Renato Rogna (I1ROP, former President of ARI Piemonte & Valle
d'Aosta), Richard F. Ray (KB1IGN), Charles O. Fulcher (KE6SE), Russell R.
Mc Donald (N5SCQ), Viktor L. Kozlov (R9WU), Alexander V. Pakhomov (UA3GEV),
Anatoly A. Abramov (UA9SU), Vladimir N. Serdyuk (UR7ISG), Fernand Plante
(VE2FVD), Robert K. Golder (W1WYZ) and Robert V. Edwards (W8KIC).
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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3B8JB SM6JBC EA9EU EA5KB ON1000NOTGER ON6DP [a]
3W9HRN DL1HRN ED6URB EA6ZX ON40BAF ON6KN
3Z83NKP SP2FAP EG3CTV EA3RKR P29SS NI5DX
4L1FP LZ1OT EH3CT EA3KG P29VR W7LFA
4L1MA ON4RU ER4DX ER1DA P40K WM6A
4L1UN EA7FTR ET3JA OK3AA PJ2Y G3SWH
4L3Y DK6CW FK8DD LZ1JZ PY0FF W9VA
4L6DL LZ1OT FM5CD F5VU RI1OTA UA9XC
4L6QC LZ1OT FM5FJ KU9C RP3APR RA3ATX
4L8A K1BV FR1AN NI5DX T47C W3HNK
4Z8AY F5LGE FT5YI F4EGX TI2TL IN3DEI
5N/LZ1QK LZ1CL H6VA TI4SU TI3/WA7UZO AI4U
5N9NDP IK5JAN HB10DX HB9AGH TT8FC EA4AHK
5R8IC F6ICX HC2AD EA5KB TT8JT E73Y
5W0UK SM6CUK HC2AQ EA5KB UE1RFF/1 UA1RJ
7S3F SM3AF HC2SL EA5KB UE6FFF/p RK6FZ
7S5CF SK5AA HF0APAS SP9YI UE6IPY UA6HPR
9L1BTB SP7BTB HG1848I HA3HK UE6MAC RZ6MF
9M2MRS PA0RRS HG80MRASZ HA1DAE UN3F EA5KB
A35KL W6ZL HI3A ON4IQ UN7AB DL8KAC
A61NA UA6MF HI3TEJ ON4IQ UN7CC KI6Y
A61TX W4JS HK4OBA EA5KB UN7QX W7BO
A71CV A71AN HP3AK W4JS UX2IO RV3DHC
A92BND A92GR HP3DX W4DX V44KJ WB2TSL
AM1LE EA4URE HQ2GL W9GL VK0BP VK2CA
AM7CE EA7URM HQ2W HR2DMR VK6ANC VK6NE
AP2TN DJ9ZB IG9W IZ1GAR VO1AA VO1HE
AY8A LU8ADX IG9X IK1QBT VP5JM W3HNK
C31CT EA3QS II0SB IS0MKX VQ98JC ND9M
CE1TT EA5KB J28KO F4FUD W8XGI/KH2 JA1XGI
CM6RCR/p W3HNK JY4NE K3IRV XE2S WD9EWK
CN8IG EA7FTR KH6BB K1ER XT2MSF F5CWU
CN8KD EA5XX KH6BK JA1BK XU7XRO M0URX
CN8LI ON4IQ KH8/KK6H W7TSQ XU7XXX KC0W
CN8NK EA5XX KT3Q/4 DL3OCH XV9TH SK7AX
CN8YE EA7FTR L50E LU2EE YI1RAZ IK2DUW
CN8YZ EA7FTR LO7D LW1DRH YI9AJ OM3JW
CO7PH/p W3HNK LS2D EA5KB YN4SU TI4SU
CO7RR KU9C LT0D LU6DU YT30FOC YT1E
CS95BD CT3BD LT0H EA7FTR YW1TI IT9DAA
CT7FFG CT1GFK LV5V LU5VV Z21BC NI5DX
CX7CO KA5TUF LV6D EA5KB Z22JE K3IRV
D22CW K1BV LW3EWZ EA5KB Z29KM EA7FTR
D2QMN RZ3EC MJ0AWR K2WR ZA1E I2MQP
DR0X DL2SD MM0XAU DJ6AU [b] ZF2AH W6VNR
DU1MGA K3IRV OA4SS KB6J ZP6CW ZP6CU
E51KAJ JA1KAJ OD5RZ YO3FRI ZS2DL NI5DX
E51QQQ JA1KAJ OD5SK IZ8CLM ZX1SG PY1RJ
E74AW E77E ON1000NOTGER ON5VL [b] ZY7EAM PY7GK
[a] direct [b] bureau
ER1DA Valery Metaxa, P.O. Box 3000, Chisinau, MD-2071, Moldova
ET3AA Ethiopian Amateur Radio Society, P.O. Box 60258, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
ET3BN Peter Haferkorn, P.O. Box 150194, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
ET3SID Sid May, P.O. Box 60229, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
F4EGX Nicolas Chatelain, 1D rue des Vosges, 67800 Hoenheim, France
HV5PUL Luca Della Giovampaola, Responsabile Tecnologia Informatica,
Pontificia Universita' Lateranense, Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano
4, 00120 Citta' del Vaticano
IK1QBT Tony Gallo, Via Capo Santo Spirito 1/16, 17052 Borghetto Santo
Spirito - SV, Italy
IK5JAN Marcello Ceccherini, Via Torricella 165, 50017 Campi Bisenzio -
FI, Italy
IT9DAA Corrado Ruscica, P.O. Box 1 (succ. 1), 96018 Pachino - SR, Italy
IZ1GAR Emilio Borea, Via Volta 75/21, 18038 Sanremo - IM, Italy
KC0W Tom Callas, P.O. Box 1058, Minnetonka, MN 55345, USA
LZ1CL Vassil Shatarov, P.O. Box 185, Plovdiv 4000, Bulgaria
MM0XAU Hans Stoeteknuel, Garderhouse, Eshaness, Shetland ZE2 9RS,
Scotland, UK
PA08XMASS Clemens Cornelissen, Hoogstraat 21, 5462 CW Veghel, The
Netherlands
UA9XC Andrey Pervakov, P.O. Box 73, Syktyvkar, 167023, Russia
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