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425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _____________________________________________________________________________ 1 March 2008 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 878 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW C6 - Randy, W6SJ will be active as C6AWS from Grand Bahama (NA-080) on 6-12 March. He plans to operate holiday style with an emphasis on 30, 17 and 12 metres, "as there seems to be special interest in them". QSL via home call. [TNX W6SJ] DL - Clubstation DARC Ortsverband will be active as DA0HEL and DL0IH from Helgoland Island (EU-127) with the special DOK "HEL2008" from 1 through 31 March. QSL via DF6QC, bureau preferred. [TNX VA3RJ] EA - Adolfo, EA7TV wil be active as EA5/EA7TV from Tabarca Island (EU-093) on 6-9 March. Expect him to operate mainly on 20 and 40 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX EA7TV] FO0 - The TX5C team set sail on 28 February around 3.00 UTC and will operate as FO5A/mm while en route to Clipperton Atoll (NA-011). Conditions permitting, they should be QRV from the island on 7-17 March. Announced frequencies are as follows: CW SSB RTTY --------------------------------- 160m 1827 1847 - 80m 3507 3797 3577 40m 7007 7057 7037 30m 10107 - 10127 20m 14027 14197/14227 14077 17m 18078 18147 18107 15m 21027 21295 21077 12m 24897 24947 24927 10m 28027 28497 28077 6m 50107 50127 - The pilots will be Dave Anderson/K4SV ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Jean-Michel Duthilleul/F6AJA ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and Chris Sauvageot/DL5NAM ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). QSL via N7CQQ, direct (P.O. Box 31553, Laughlin, Nevada 89028, USA) or bureau. The log will be uploaded to LoTW. Bookmark http://www.clipperton2008.org/ for futher information, log search and and regular updates. FR - Jean-Pierre, F5HIJ will operate as FR/F5HIJ from Reunion (AF-016) on 3-31 March. Look for him to be active between 18 and 20 UTC. [TNX F5NQL] H4 - Bernhard, DL2GAC will be active once again as H44MS from Honiara, Guadalcanal Island (OC-047), Solomon Islands between 4 March and 28 April. Hermann, DL2NUD will be joining him until 7 April. The two plan to operate 2 metre EME WSJT from grid locator QI90xn. [TNX The Daily DX] HK0 - 5J0E will be the callsign the Texas DX Society team [425DXN 877] will be using from San Andres during the ARRL DX SSB Contest. During all other times, they will be signing HK0/homecall on SSB, CW and digital modes. The operators (WF5W, W5PF, NM5G, K5WAF, W5PR and N4AL) will be on the island from 1 to 6 March. QSL for all callsigns via W5PF. [TNX W9DX] KH9 - Colin, WA2YUN is on work assignment on Wake Island (OC-053) "for an extended period". He will be operating as WA2YUN/KH9 as time permits. QSL via K2PF. [TNX K2PF] PJ2 - Chad, WE9V is active as PJ2/WE9V from Curacao (SA-006) until 4 March. QSL via home call (direct, bureau or LoTW). He will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as PJ2T (QSL via N9AG or LoTW). [TNX WE9V] V2 - Chris, M0AJT will be signing V26CC from Antigua (NA-100) on 1-14 March, BERU Contest included. He plans to operate mainly CW with some SSB using 100 watts and a multiband vertical. [TNX K1XN] VK - John, K8UP and Marsha, N8FE will be active holiday style from Australia on 3-13 March. Expect them to operate as VK4AIJ and VK4AII on 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB. QSL via N8FE; logs will be uploaded to LoTW. [TNX N8FE] W - Curtis, KI6KUK and possibily other operators from the Palos Verdes Amateur Radio Club (www.palosverdes.com/pvarc) will operate as K6PV from Santa Catalina Island (NA-066) from about 22 UTC on 6 March through about 23 UTC on the 10th. Expect activity on 20, 40 and 80 metres SSB. QSL via K6PV. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST (SSB) ---> Object of the contest is for W/VE amateurs to work as many stations in as many DXCC countries as possible on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 metre bands, while foreign amateurs (also including KH6, KL7, CY9 and CY0) work as many W/VE stations in as many of the 48 contiguous states and provinces as possible (complete rules can be found at http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2008/intldx.html). The following stations have announced their partecipation in this year's event (from 00.00 UTC on 1 March through 24.00 UTC on the 2nd): Call DXCC QSL ---------------------------------------- 3A/EA1DVY Monaco EA1DVY 5J0E San Andres W5PF 6Y1V Jamaica OH3RB 8P1A Barbados NN1N C6ANM Bahamas qrz.com CV5K Uruguay CX2ABC CW6V Uruguay W3HNK EA8OM Canary Islands DJ1OJ HC8A Galapagos KU9C HI3C Dominican Republic ON4IQ HR2DMR Honduras HR2DMR HT2N Nicaragua IK2ILH IR9Y Italy IT9ABY J37K Grenada AC8G J88DR St. Vincent G3TBK JT1BV Mongolia JT1BV KP2M US Virgin Islands AI4U LT1F Argentina AC7DX P40A Aruba WD9DZV PJ2T Netherlands Ant. N9AG PJ7B Sint Maarten W8EB S21YV Bangladesh KX7YT T40C Cuba N1KI TF3CW Iceland LX1NO TO5A Martinique F5VHJ TI50DX Costa Rica N4NX TI8M Costa Rica TI2KAC TM2B France F8CIL UU5A Ukraine K2PF V26X Antigua K1XX VP9/W6PH Bermuda W6PH WP4I Puerto Rico W3HNK XW1B Laos E21EIC Give also a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxs2008.html =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW QSL 8R1PY ---> The direct requests received so far have been processed and mailed, PY4KL says. He also reports he is not the QSL manager for HH/PS7EB. VP6DX ---> VP6DX went QRT from Ducie Island on 27 February at 13.59 UTC after logging nearly 183,700 QSOs and breaking several records, including the record for the largest number of contacts made by any radio expedition. The on-line log has been updated (www.vp6dx.com) and the band/mode breakdowns are as follows: CW SSB RTTY Band ------------------------------------ 160m 5097 1574 0 6671 80m 9756 8592 0 18348 40m 14487 14935 1 29423 30m 10576 0 3699 14275 20m 12852 17205 3479 33536 17m 11813 16603 3073 31489 15m 12366 15526 0 27892 12m 6046 7215 0 13261 10m 4301 4490 0 8791 6m 0 0 0 0 ------------------------------------ Mode 87294 86140 10252 183686 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ****** QSL ROUTES ****** =========================== Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3A/EA1DVY EA1DVY FJ/SP3IPB SP3IPB LY90Y LY2CY 3W2TXR JA2TXR FJ/SP6IXF SP6IXF LZ05ANT LZ3SM 3Z10UM SQ9UM FJ/SP7VC SP7VC LZ08IPY LZ3SM 4L1MA ON4RU FK8DD LZ1JZ LZ130LO LZ1KZA 4S7BRG HB9BRM FK8GX W3HNK MJ0AWR K2WR 4U1UN HB9BOU FR5EZ F8CHM N2D N2MFT 5H1HD OK1HDU GB0ANT M3ZYZ N5T/ANT W5BOS 5N8NDP IK5JAN GJ2A K2WR OL5COTA OK2SJI 5W1VE DL9HCU GM7V M0CMK OY3QN OZ1ACB 5X1NH G3RWF H7/IV3IYH IK2ILH P40LE K2LE 5Z4HW DL7DF HA800LP HA0LP PJ4/K2NG WA2NHA 6W2SC HA3AUI HA800MO HA0MO PJ4O N4GG 6Y1V OH3RB HA800NAR HA0NAR R3ANT RN3ANT 7X5JF DJ8QP HA801CW HA1CW R6ANT UA6HPR 7Z1HL DJ9ZB HA802ERO HA2ERO S01MZ EA1BT 7Z1SJ EA7FTR HA806NF HA6NF SB1658OZ SK7JC 7Z1UG DG1XG HA80MRASZ HA1DAE SC1658OZ SK7BQ 8J3GOSE JA3ZNJ HB0/N0MX DJ2MX SK1658OZ SK7BQ 8P9JG NN1N HB9ICE HB9BHY ST2BSS ST2M 8P9RY AA6YQ HC2SL EA5KB SU9HP SC6A 8R1PW G3SWH HC2AQ EA5KB SY2V SV2GJV 8S0PSK SM0KCR HG1848I HA3HK T32OU N7OU 9A70LPC 9A7KM HI3C ON4IQ T32YA W7YAQ 9A73AA 9A2AA HI3T ON4IQ T32Z K3IRV 9K2PL EA5KB HR9/WQ7R AI4U T99D DJ2MX 9K2YM EA5KB HS0AC HS0ZFZ TC2T TA2MW 9K47NLD 9K2HN IA0ANT I0YKN TM0ANT F6KDF 9L1BTB SP7BTB IA0IPY I0YKN TM1ANT F5SIH 9M6XRO M5AAV IA3GM IV3LNQ TM1R F6KVP 9Q1TB SM5DJZ II1ANT IZ1GJK TM2OFL F5KFL 9Q1EK SM5DJZ II2ANT I2JJR TM5H F4ABC A71EM EA7FTR II2EFA IW2MNO TM5ICE F5IL A71CT EA7FTR II3ANT IZ3DBA TM6M F4DXW AI4GN/AH0 7K3BKY II5ANT IZ5BTC TM8ANT F8DVD AO1WAP EA1CS IO2ANT I2AZ TO5A F5VHJ C21DL DJ2EH IO4T IZ4JMA TR8CA F6CBC C4EURO 5B4AGC IO4WAP IK4QIB UE3YAR/P MM0DFV C6AGU HA7RY IP0ANT IZ0HAM UK8FF W3HNK C91R CT1BXT IP0WAP IW1CYZ UN3M EA7FTR CN2XW G5XW IQ8IPY IK8WEJ UN7QF EX2A CN3A I2WIJ IR0ANT IK0JFS V26F W1MD CN8YZ EA7FTR IR0IPY IZ0HTW V31JZ/p NN7A CN8IG EA7FTR IR1ANT I1HYW V31MN DF8AN CN8KD EA5XX IR2WAP IK2FIQ V31TP WC0W CN8SG EA7FTR IR8PS I8ACB V31YN/P DJ4KW CN8YE EA7FTR IR8WAP IK8WEJ V44KJ WB2TSL CO2WF N1KI IU8ANT I8QJU V49A V44NK CO7EH AD4C J20MB F4FMI V55SRT IZ8EDJ CO7PH W3HNK J28JA F5JFU VA2WAP VE2LHP CO8TW HB9SVT J28OO K2PF VA3AAO VE3XN CP6XE IK6SNR J37LR VE3EBN VA3WAP VA3NQ CT9L DJ6QT J37T VE3EBN VA7AAW VE7IG CV5K CX2ABC J47XCF SV7FSK VP6DX DL6LAU DA0ANT DC2SF J79XBI SM5FWW VP8DIF DJ9ZB DM800BFD DL3JVN J7DX W9IU VP8DLG DL2AH DR25RIN DL8OBQ JA6WFM/HC5 JA6VU VU2BMS DL2GAC E51WWA AD7AF K4A K6EID W7G W7BJN EA8/OH6L OH2BYS K9A/ANT K9PPY WH2D K3UOC EE5E K1DG KG6WTW/KH2 JF1TEU XU7ACY W2EN EF5K EA5KB KP2ZZ G4OOC XU7XRO M5AAV EG5Y EA5CY LQ5H EA5KB YB4IPY I0YKN EG7DCA EA7URS LR2F LU2FA YE2IPY YB2TJV EK3AA IK2QPR LX7I LX2A YQ2ANT YO2BP EK3GM IK2QPR LY90A LY2ZZ YU8/OH2R OH2BN EK6DM DK6CW LY90BY LY3BY YU8BH VK1AA EK6TA DJ0MCZ LY90CM LY1CM ZD7X W0MM ES90E ES5JR LY90FW LY1FW ZD8RH G4DBW ES90M ES1QD LY90M LY3M ZF2AH W6VNR ES90X ES7FU LY90MM LY2MM ZF2NE W5ASP ET3JA OK3AA LY90Q LY4Q ZP0R ZP5AZL EV5IPY EW4IDP LY90W LY3W ZP9EH K5WW EY8MM K1BV LY90X LY3X ZV8M PT2OP AD7AF Richard L Lemke, P.O. Box 1038, Ocean Park, WA 98640, USA DJ2EH Dieter Hornburger, Grabengasse 7, 96185 Schoenbrunn, Germany DL6LAU Carsten Esch, Drosselweg 3, 21376 Salzhausen, Germany DL9HCU Udo Moeller, Mienenbuettel 4, 21629 Neu Wulmstorf, Germany G3SWH Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol, BS49 5HQ, UK K2PF Ralph G. Fariello, 23 Old Village Rd, Hillsborough, NJ 08844-4008, USA K3IRV Irving L. Mc Wherter, 11910 Coronada Place, Kensington, MD 20895-2323, USA N7OU William J. Vanderheide, 333 NW 9th Ave Apt 913, Portland, OR 97209, USA NN7A Art Phillips, P.O. Box 73, Eckert, CO 81418, USA OH2BN Jarmo J. Jaakola, Kiilletie 5 C 30, Helsinki 00710, Finland T61AA Ross Ballantyne, PO Box 99, World Trade Centre, Victoria 8005, Australia W7YAQ Robert S. Norin, P.O. 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