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425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _____________________________________________________________________________ 10 May 2008 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 888 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 9X - Rich, WA3FPK will be in Rwanda for three weeks starting on 15 May. He has been issued the call 9X0A and he plans to be active in his spare time, mainly on 20 metres SSB, especially during his last week in the country. QSL via KA1CRP. [TNX The Daily DX] F - F4BCG, F4FCS, F5RAB, F6AXN and F6DPD will be active as TM5EL from Ile aux Moines (EU-107) on 9-11 May. They will operate mostly SSB and CW, and activity will depend on tide hours and weather conditions. QSL via F6KHI, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] F - Giovanni/IK1WEG, Davide/IW1DQS, Gerry/IZ1DSH, Giorgio/IZ1DXS, Riccardo/IZ1GDB, Willy/IZ1HGM and Claudio/IZ1JMV will be active with three stations from St. Honorat, Lerins Islands (EU-058) on 17-18 May. Should their requested call (TM0IL, QSL via IZ1HGM) not be issued in time, they will operate as F/homecall. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX IZ1DXS] G - The Cray Valley Radio Society will be airing the special call GB6MW on 10-11 May for the "Mills on the Air" weekend. The station will be located at Meopham Windmill in Kent. Activity on CW and SSB, particularly 20, 40 and 80 metres. QSL via G4DFI. [TNX M3RCV] G - Phil/F5OGG, Andre/F6HER, Franco/F4EVR and Tony/F8ATS will operate SSB and CW as M/F5KEE/p from St. Mary's, Scilly Isles (EU-011, grid square IN69uv) on 16-23 May. During the weekend they will concentrate on the VHF and UHF bands. QSL via F8ATS, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL] GM - Mike, K9AJ, is a member of the team travelling to Rockall (EU-189) in a few days' time. If weather and seas allow, he will be QRV using battery power on 20 and 40 metres CW on the IOTA frequencies for +/- 24 hours. The time window is approximately 14-15 May, but landing date/time is at the sole discretion of the captain and could be +/- one or two days. Rockall is the rarest IOTA group in Europe, and was activated only once, and just for a few hours, back in 2005. I - Special event callsign II9LXCT will be aired until 25 May to celebrate the 60th anniversary of ARI Catania. QSL via IT9VCE. I - Sicily will host the first three stages of the 91st edition of the Giro d'Italia (the long distance road bicycle race for professional cyclists) and special event station IR9GI will be active on 10-18 May to celebrate that event. QSL via IT9TQH. [TNX IT9TQH] I - ARI Ivrea will be active on all bands as IO1WWC from 12 May until 8 June, celebrating the Wildwater World Championships to be held on 3-8 June (http://www.ivrea2008.it). QSL via IQ1IV, direct or bureau. [TNX IK1SOW] I - The fourth edition of the Mediterraneo DX Club's Members Trophy will take place on 17-18 May. The MDXC HQ station IQ8MD plus several special event stations are expected to participate in the event: 3G1MDC, II0MDC, II1MDC, II5MDC, II8MDC, IO1MDC, IO3MDC, IO8MDC, IO9MDC, IR0MDC, IR1MDC, IR2MDC, IR3MDC, IR5MDC, IR7MDC, IR8MDC, IR9MDC, SX1MDC. All of the QSOs made with these stations will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. Direct requests should be sent to the Members Trophy Manager, Giuliano Mondini (IK2VUC). Information on the event and the relevant award can be found at http://www.mdxc.org/trophy.asp JD1_mt - Masa, JA6GXK is active again (80-6 metres) as JD1BMM from Minami Torishima (OC-073) until 22 May. [TNX The Daily DX] OJ0 - Pasi, OH3WS will be active as OJ0/OG3A from Market Reef (EU-053) on 13-17 May. He plans to operate CW and SSB on 40-20 metres. QSL via OH3WS. [TNX The Daily DX] PA - Special callsign PA143ITU will be aired on 15-30 May celebrating the 143th anniversary of ITU and the World Telecommunication Day (17 May). Expect activity on 80, 40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres CW and SSB, with some RTTY. PA143ITU will also participate in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest. QSL via PA3CAL. [TNX PG2AA] SP - SP9PLK, the club station of the 2nd Mechanized Corps "General Anders" of the Polish Land Forces, will be active as HF9GA on 14-29 May and again on 2-30 June. QSL via SP9PLK [TNX SP9BRP] VR - To celebrate the upcoming Beijing Olympic 2008, the Equestrian event and the Hong Kong Island Scout Olympic, special event station VR2S will be active from 11 May to 15 August. QSL via VR2HKS. [TNX VR2XNG] W - N5D will be the callsign for "The Unusual Suspects" group's activity from the Cedar Creek Ranch (Tarpley, TX) on 16-17 May. See http://web.mac.com/ke5kxu/ [TNX KE5KXU] =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW ANTARCTIC CRUISE ---> Mehdi Escoffier, F5PFP says the amateur radio Antarctic cruise [425DXN 866] is confirmed to take place between 18 February and 17 March 2009. Plans are to visit and operate from several Antarctic bases located in the South Shetlands (AN-010) and Palmer Archipelago (AN-012), as well as on the Antarctic mainland (AN-016). If interested in participating in this adventure, please e-mail Mehdi ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or visit http://f6kdf.ath.cx/f5nod/ [TNX F5PFP] QSL VIA RW3GW ---> Valery, RW3GW/3, says his new address for QSLling is: Valery Sushkov, P.O. Box 88, Moscow 101000, Russia. He suggests not to send "green stamps", but to use IRCs instead. He is the QSL manager for the following calls: 4K1RRC, 4K2RRC, 4K3/RW3GW (EU-082), 4K3GW (EU-161), 4K3OMM (EU-035), 4K3RRC, 4K3WQ (EU-162), 4K4DV (AS-29), 4K5RRC (1993), 5B4/RW3GW (AS-004), 5H2VS, 5H2VS/P, CE8/R3RRC, CE9/R3RRC, EA6/RW3GW (EU-004), OX/NA1SA (2007), R100R (EU-133), R1FJV (EU-19), R3AA/9 (AS-109), R3IOTA, R3IOTA/MM, R3RRC, R3RRC/AM, R3RRC/ANT, R3RRC/MM, R7C, R7C/ANT, R7C/TF (2006), RI0B (AS-156), RI3OTA/AM, RS0B (AS-042), RS0B/P (AS-068), RV3GW/1 (EU-161), RW3GW/0 (AS-005), RW3GW/6 (EU-185), RW9OWM/0 (AS-066, AS-114), RZ3AZO/1 (EU-162), SU1HR (WPX SSB 2001), UA0KAH (AS-038), UA0KAH/A (AS-065). RSGB QSL BUREAU ---> The new address for the Radio Society of Great Britain's QSL Bureau is: RSGB QSL Bureau, P.O. Box 5, Halifax, HX1 9JR, England (telephone 01422-359362). WPX CONTEST DIRECTOR ---> Randy Thompson, K5ZD has been named Director of the CQ World Wide WPX Contests, effective immediately. Randy succeeds Steve Merchant, K6AW, who has been WPX Contest Director since 2002 and who needed to step aside due to business obligations. Any questions regarding the 2008 WPX Contests (SSB weekend was held last March; CW weekend is coming up at the end of May) should be directed to Randy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). + SILENT KEYS + Finn, OZ7YY reports the very sad news of the sudden passing of Torben Loevenhoej, OZ1TL (A52TL), who died of a massive heart attack on 2 May in his hotel room in Katmandu. "Torben had been invited by the King of Bhutan", Finn says, and "was looking very much forward to this DXpedition". Other recently reported SIlent Keys include Stuart "Stu" Santelmann (KC1F), Maj. Gen. (ret.) Rustom Zal Kabraji (VU2BK), Armand De Fusco (W1WKO) and Zivko Trendafilovski (Z31CM). =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL ROUTES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3Z0KK SP3FUK HZ1MD EA7FTR RP1A RZ1AWF 3Z0TGP SP9PDG IF9A IT9ATF RP1ADB RZ1AXL 4L4WW EA7FTR II0ALE IW0EFA RP1CC RV1CC 4Z60TL 4Z4TL II4SM I4PZP RP1CKK RX1CQ 5B4AHI RX3RC IQ8OM IZ8EDJ RP1K RV1AQ 5C5W EA5XX IR3IPY IZ3DBA RP1L RZ1AWO 5X7FN DC7NF IR8DX IK8VRH RP1N RN1NU 5Z4ES K3IRV IR8PS I8ACB RP1VIC RV1AC 6L0OX HL0NHQ IY0IMD IK0WGF RP3ABT RA3BT 6L0VH DS5QLJ IY0ORP IZ0BTV RP3D RA3FO 7S50S SM6EGJ IY0TC I0KHP RP3DJY UA3DJY 9A0CI DE0MST IY1SP I1SAF RP3EOD RU3EJ 9A70LPC 9A7KM IY1TTM IW1RIK RP3EPS RZ3EC 9A73AA 9A2AA IY5PIS IZ5DMC RP3GKK RN3GM 9H3ZQ DF7JP JT1PA DJ5PA RP3K UA3QDX 9K2/SP4R SP4GFG JT1SNY I0SNY RP3LPM RZ3LC 9M2IDJ JA6IDJ KH0TH JL1UTS RP3QWK N2UCK 9N7WU JA8MWU LZ08KM LZ1PJ RP3RST RN3RQ A41MX EB7DX MJ0MJH M0MJH RP3RTF UA3RQG A61I IZ8CLM MS0DGR MM0DFV RP3UNN RK3UWA BY7KP/7 BY7IFJ MX0IRN G4IRN RP3V RK3VWA CQ4IPY CT1BWW MX0NRC M3UNN RP3WKB RK3WWA CW1GM CX2ABC NP3CW EB7DX RP3YGA RV3YR DA0SAR DK8VR OA4BHY/3 DL2JRM RP3ZOR RK3ZZM DM152ZYA DJ7AL OD5PL HB9CRV RP4H RW4HB E73MMM E73TW or K2PF OE2008AAI OE7AAI RP4HRT RZ4HXM ED1PVB EA1URS OE2008AVC OE1AVC RP4M UA4LU EE1TR EA1YG OE2008B OE7SPI RP4P RA4PO EG4DCM EA4CT OE2008BZL OE2BZL RP4PR RW4PL EM40EKR UT4EK OE2008C OE4RGC RP4W RK4WWF EO63I UR6IM OE2008CMI OE7CMI RP63DWM RN3BR EO63JM K2PF OE2008D OE4SWA RP63P R3AWA EO63JS UU9CW OE2008DXA OE3DXA RP63X UA9XC EO63MF UR0MM OE2008E OE7XKJ RP6A RA6AU EO63X UT3XX OE2008FMH OE7FMH RP6Y RA6YJ EP4SP OK1DOT OE2008GOA OE1GOA RP6YW UA6YW EV5C EW3AA OE2008GQA OE1GQA RP9A UA9APA EW6GF DL8KAC OE2008I OE7XCI RP9J RV9JD GB0GFH M0CNP OE2008ICI OE9ICI RP9JGS RK9JYY GB2BST M0XIG OE2008JTB OE1JTB RP9OMP RZ9OJ GB4MDI GW0ANA OE2008KLW OE1KLW RP9X UA9XC GB6MD GM4FDM OE2008KYG OE6KYG S50IPY S51RU GB8GM M0DOL OE2008L OE5FSL SI9AM SM3CVM GS3PYE/P G4HUN OE2008MBB OE1MBB SJ9WL LA4EKA GS4MWS/p 2E0DOD OE2008MDF OE6MDF SN0DO SQ2CFL HA80MRASZ HA1DAE OE2008OHO OE5OHO SN0TGP SP8ZKX HB2008A HB9SVT OE2008OHO OE5OHO SO9Q SP9QMP HB2008GE HB9IBG OE2008P OE8SPW SY2G SV2JAO HB2008HQ HB9SVT OE2008PKV OE9PKV SY2V SV2GJV HB2008J HB9EKB OE2008R OE9SEI SZ8L SV3GKE HB2008MM HB9DTE OE2008REO OE5REO TK7C F9IE HB2008OK HB9OCR OE2008RI OE5RI TM3RCH F8KHN HB2008P HB9DUQ OE2008SMC OE1SMC UE3DDX/3 RZ3FR HB2008Q HB9EHJ OE2008SSU OE1SSU UE3EDA RZ3EC HB2008S HB9AOF OE2008TAV OE9TAV UE4CMS RW4CM HB2008X HB9DLO OE2008U OE3GCU UE80MC UA9MC HB2008Z HB3YIG OE2008VIE OE4VIE UE80MD UA9MD HC2SL EA5KB OE2008WOQ OE8WOQ UE9RDA RK9QWW HC8/UR3HR UR3HR OE2008WPV OE9WPV VC2VQ VE2CQ HC8/UT5UY UT5UY OE2008WRO OE5WRO VE7NARA VE7FCO HC8/UX0HX UX0HX OE2008XQC OE1WHC W3S KA3UNQ HC8/UZ1HZ UZ1HZ OE2008Z OE7XWI W8H W8KJ HF16PZK SP9PNB OH2DZ/P UA1ANA YB4IPY I0YKN HF30KVW SP5KVW OL1908D OK1KT YI9WV NI5DX HG1848I HA3HK OL550KJ OK2KR YM0TA TA1ED HI3K KB2MS OL600VB OK2JS YP9W YO9WF HP#/JA6REX JA6REX PY100JA PY2PA ZD8N G3ZVW HS0AC HS0ZFZ R245GS RL3AB ZF2GU DL7VOG 9J2QQV Ryuji Shishito, C/O JICA-ZI Project, P.O. 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