425 DX News #1552

[I1JQJ]

30 January 2021                                           A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1552

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                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

9K     - During the month of February,  in celebration of the  60th anniver-
         sary of the country's independence,  the Kuwait Amateur Radio Soci-
         ety (KARS) will activate special callsign  9K60NLD (QSL via 9K2RA),
         and  all  9K  amateur radio  operators will be allowed  to use  the
         special prefix 9K60 - e.g. 9K2GS will be signing 9K60GS.
F      - Special callsign TM1CCA will be used during the weekends between 30
         January and 20 March to draw attention to a French charity support-
         ing research on  pediatric cancers.  Look for activity on  the  HF
         bands CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8 and FT4. QSL via LoTW and eQSL.
GM     - Gareth, M0MOL will be active as  MM0MOL/p from  the  main island of
         Shetland (EU-012) in February and March. He will operate QRP  "with
         a typical portable setup" and be QRV  mainly in the evenings  after
         work.
HL     - Kang, DS4DRE will be active as DS4DRE/4 from  Komun Island (AS-060)
         from 1 February until 31 January 2022. He plans to operate SSB  and
         CW  on  80-10 metres.  QSL via home call,  direct or  bureau.  [TNX
         DS4DRE]
LU     - Special event  station  L21RCA  will be active  throughout 2021  to
         celebrate  the  100th anniversary  of  Radio  Club  Argentino , the
         national IARU member society, which was founded on 21 October 1921.
         QSL via LoTW or via LU4AA (direct and bureau).
LX     - Celebrating his 40th anniversary in amateur radio, Andy, LX1DA will
         be active as LX40DA from  1 February to 31 March,  and again from 1
         September to 31 December. QSL via LX1DA;  the log will be  uploaded
         to Club Log and (after the end of the year) to LoTW.
LZ     - Once again Radio Club Blagovestnik (LZ1KCP) will use twelve special
         callsigns  throughout  2021  to honour  as many different  Orthodox
         saints:  LZ21RH  (January),  LZ544SG (February),  LZ250KG  (March),
         LZ1612EN (April), LZ1072BG (May),  LZ308WK (June),  LZ950TM (July),
         LZ363ER (August), LZ305AI (September), LZ1337KM (October), LZ1470IN
         (November) and LZ14MP (December).  QSL via the bureau or  direct to
         P.O. Box 36, 4300 Karlovo,  Bulgaria.  Details  on the  "All Saints
         2021" award can be found at http://www.lz1kcp.com/.
OH0    - Celebrating  the  Finnish Amateur Radio League's (SRAL)  100th  an-
         niversary, OH0W  will be active  from  the  Aland Islands  (EU-002)
         between 29 January and 3 February, including an entry  in the CQ WW
         160-Meter CW Contest.  After the contest OH0W will  specifically do
         some  FT8 toward  Japan &  USA on 80 metres.  QSL via LoTW,  or via
         OH2BH.
OZ     - Special callsign OV0JUTLANDIA will be active from  1 February to 31
         March  to  commemorate   hospital  ship  Jutlandia's   humanitarian
         expedition (1951-1953)  and Denmark's  contribution  to the  United
         Nations during  the Korean War.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW  and
         eQSL. See https://www.qrz.com/db/OV0JUTLANDIA for more information.
UA     - Sergey, UA1ATD plans to be active as  UA1ATD/p  from  Kotlin Island
         (EU-133)  for  a few hours  (indicatively 7-13 UTC)  sometime  this
         coming week,  The Daily DX reports.  "Most likely  he'll be running
         100 watts to a vertical dipole  for activity on  CW and SSB  on  20
         meters". On 25 January he logged 350 QSOs during a  brief operation
         from Verperluda Island (EU-133). All QSOs will be uploaded  to Club
         Log by 31 March. See http://kosinsky.info/ua1atd/log.php for a list
         of his operations.
YI     - Tony, I0IJ reports that Giorgio, YI9WS (IU5HWS)  is still operating
         from the base camp located some  40 miles away  from  Baghdad, Iraq
         until March. He is a member of  the  Italian military  peacekeeping
         mission as a paratrooper  in the airborne brigade "Folgore".  After
         thousands of QSOs with Europe and Russia, he is now mainly  working
         stations outside Europe in need of Iraq as an all time new one.  He
         is QRV daily in his spare time, sometimes being forced to interrupt
         his radio activity according to the sudden demands of his  military
         mission. Look for him on or around 21.282 kHz (6-9 UTC), 18.142 kHz
         (9-12 UTC), 14.242 kHz (12-17 UTC), 7.132 and 3.799 kHz  (17-5 UTC;
         QRV for Japan, Pacific, Indian Ocean and Africa at 20-22 UTC).  QSL
         via LoTW,  or direct to home call (Giorgio Toma, Via Settembrini 5,
         57128 Livorno LI, Italy;  the requests will processed  when Giorgio
         returns home). [TNX Mediterraneo DX Club]
ZS_ant - Oleg, ZS1ANF (UA1PBA)  is on his way  to  Wolf's Fang Runway, Queen
         Maud Land,  Antarctica (AN-016)  and  hopes  to be active again  as
         ZS7ANF starting early February. QSL via RK1PWA. [TNX DX World]

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                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

CTU PROPAGATION SUMMIT --- > The presentations and videos of the  "2021 Pro-
pagation Summit" can be found on  https://www.contestuniversity.com/  (Files
and Videos pages). The event was hosted by Contest University on 23 January.

EURASIA HF CHAMPIONSHIP ---> After a successful first edition last year, the
Eurasia HF Championship will return on  6 February  (8-17 UTC, CW and SSB on
160, 80,  40, 20,  15  and 10  metres).  Complete details  can  be found  on
https://eurasia-contest.com/.

HAMCATION QSO PARTY ---> Nine  special event stations  that  will  spell out
HAMCATION will be active  during the  HamCation QSO Party  from 15 UTC on 13
February until 3 UTC on 14 February:  K4H, W4A, K4M, W4C, N4A, K4T, W4I, K4O
and W4N.  The QSO Party has been organized  to create a fun way for amateurs
to  celebrate  the  Orlando HamCation  experience  over  the  air:  complete
information can be found on https://www.hamcation.com/special-event-station.
The  Orlando HamCation Special Edition  online event  will take the place of
what would have been the HamCation 2021 in-person show:  read the details on
https://www.hamcation.com/forums-speakers.

INTREPID SPIRIT AWARD ---> The Intrepid DX Group is seeking nominations  for
their annual  Intrepid Spirit Award  (http://www.intrepid-dx.com/awards.php)
made in memory of James McLaughlin, WA2EWE/T6AF (killed in Afghanistan on 27
April 2011).  The award  is given  to  the  individual  or group  that  most
displayed  their  "intrepid spirit"  in 2020,  by expressing  "an unshakable
commitment to the Amateur Radio DX Community" . Nominations may be submitted
via  email  to  intrepiddxgroup[@]gmail.com  and  must  be  received  by  15
February.  The Board of Directors of the Intrepid DX Group will evaluate the
nominations and the award will be presented in May.

SOLAR INDICES ---> For  those  who  might have  missed  Carl Luetzelschwab's
(K9LA) presentation "Understanding and Applying Solar Indices", the complete
video recording  is now available on the Madison DX Club's  YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbOR4kFlf2JgMuGVx5pKNYg.  Also,  to  under-
stand the scientific basis of  solar cycle predictions,  watch the excellent
presentation from  NOAA's Space Prediction Center Chief,  Dr. Doug Biesecker
at the same YouTube channel. [TNX W9EWZ]

+ SILENT KEY + Wim Elbers, XU7TZG (ON6TZ)  passed away on  21 January.  Over
the years he operated repeatedly from IOTA group AS-133  using the callsigns
XU7POS, XU7TAS and XU7KOH.

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                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3Z5WOSP     SP5PAT      HC2AO       RC5A       OD5YA       IZ8CLM
3Z6M        SP6IEQ      HC3RJ       EC5R       OE100CEN    OE4CEN
4K1AZI      DC9RI       HC5DX       W3HNK      OE100EIE    OE4EIE
4L5O        N3SL        HC5F        HC5VF      OE100GTU    OE1GTU
4L6DL       LZ1OT       HC5LM       HC5VF      OE100LHP    OE1LHP
4X6FR       4X6OM       HF100CH     SP2LQP     OL70KRT     OK2UYU
5B4AMM      UT5UDX      HF100LEM    SP9PKZ     PJ2SM       EC5AHA
5Z4BU       EA5GL       HG0M        HA0ML      R1991A      RA3ATT
7X2HF       EA5GL       HG0R        HA0NAR     R900BL      UF1M
7X4LV       F6FZG       HG1A        HA1ZN      R900DM      RC1C
9A64AA      9A2AA       HG1G        HA1YI      R900DV      UA1CEI
9K2OF       EC6DX       HG1Z        HA1XY      RC30KR      RZ3R
9N1CA       EA5ZD       HG3A        HA3MRK     RG78ML      RQ7L
AG6AU       W1RH        HG3X        HA3IN      RT78ML      RQ7L
AP2FLY      EA7FTR      HG4I        HA5LN      RW30KR      R9OY
AX5GR       M0OXO       HG5A        HA5KDQ     RW78ML      RQ7L
AX5IR       W3HNK       HG5C        HA5MA      RZ30KR      R2ZCA
C31CT       EA3QS       HG5D        HA8QZ      SD400SU     SM3NXS
CE2SV       N7RO        HG5R        HA8JP      SX5A        SV2GWY
CM2IU       RW6HS       HG6C        HA6IAM     TG9ADQ      VE7BV
CO6XE       EA7FTR      HG6O        HA6OA      V51DM       DK3ZL
CP4BT       IK2DUW      HG6R        HA6IHA     V51HZ       N4GNR
CP4MG       EA5KB       HG6Y        HA6OI      V51WH       DK2WH
CP6CL       W3HNK       HG7T        HA7TM      VP9IN       EC6DX
DP0GVN      DL5EBE      HG8C        HA8EK      VR2CC       VR2XRW
DP1POL      DL1ZBO      HG8W        HA8ZO      VR2HK9O     VR2HK
EG7HSE      EA7RCM      HG8X        HA8RC      WP3TT       W2VQ
EH5COV      EA5AG       HI3AA       EB7DX      XE1EE       EA5ZD
EN100LT     UT5LU       HI3CC       W2CCW      YB0AR       EB7DX
ER2OZ       EA5ZD       HK1MW       N2OO       YB0ECT      W2FB
FM4RU       F1LNS       HZ1SK       IZ8CLM     YB1RKT      EA5ZD
FM5DN       KU9C        J73HA       W2GBX      YB5QZ       W3HNK
FM8QR       F5EAN       JY5MM       IK2DUW     YB9KA       HA3JB
GB75ISWL    G6XOU       LU1ZG       LU4DXU     YJ8RN       NZ4DX
GS8VL       M0OXO       LZ2021HNY   LZ2VP      Z81B        IZ0EGA
HC1HC       NE8Z        OC200P      OA4O       ZD8HZ       TA1HZ
HC1M        EC5R        OD5PY       KU9C       ZF2LC       W2SM
HC1Y        EC5R        OD5VB       EA5GL      ZL1A        ZL3CW

7V9A     Ben Lagha, 3 rue Claude Curtat, 69330 Meyzieu 69330, France
9L1YXJ   Mark A. Brewer, 2160 Freetown Pl, Dulles VA 20189-2160, USA
EA5ZD    Miguel Rabadan, Apartado Postal 31, 30120 El Palmar (Murcia), Spain
EC5R     Julio Volpe O'Neil, Calle Colon 8, 46611 Benimuslem (Valencia),
         Spain
HG6N     Salgotarjani Varosi Radioklub, Salgotarjan, Meredek ut 6 II/1,
         3100, Hungary

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