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6 March 2021                                              A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1557

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                         ****  DX  INFORMATION  ****
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

Owing to the ongoing and fluid nature  of the  COVID-19  situation globally,
announced  activities  might  be  cut short,  postponed,  cancelled  or even
extended at any time and without notice.

4X     - Look for special prefixes 4X73 and 4Z73, followed by the  station's
         individual suffix (e.g. 4X1VF and 4Z1AR will be signing 4X73VF  and
         4Z73AR respectively) to be used to celebrate the  State of Israel's
         73rd anniversary on 14-17 April, and especially during the Holyland
         Contest (https://www.iarc.org/iarc/#HolylandContest). [TNX 4X1VF]
9J     - Bodo, HB9EWU expects to be active as  9J2BG while spending one year
         on  a  humanitarian  mission  at  the  St. Paul's  Mission  General
         Hospital in Kashikishi, northern Zambia.  QSL via home call (direct
         or bureau);  note that requests  will be processed when he is  back
         home in 2022.
DL     - Special callsign DQ11WCA is active until 17 April from various  WCA
         (World Castles Award) and WWFF sites. All QSOs are uploaded to Club
         Log and confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX DF6EX].
DL     - Special event station DL21EURO has been QRV since 1 March  and will
         be  active until 11 July  for  the  two major tournaments  of  this
         year's European football (soccer) season:  the UEFA European Under-
         21  Championship  (to be played on 24-31 March and  31 May-6 June),
         and  the  UEFA European Football Championship  (to be played on  11
         June-11 July).  All QSOs  will be confirmed  automatically  via the
         bureau; direct cards via DK5ON.
EA     - URE San Fernando (EA7URF) is participating in the official celebra-
         tions for the  500th anniversary of  the first circumnavigation  of
         the Earth [425DXN 1467].  The fifth  in a series of  AM500  special
         event  stations  representing  a  milestone  of the voyage  will be
         AM500MMM, to be active from 24 April to 2 May to memorialize Ferdi-
         nand Magellan's death  on the  island of Mactan (Philippines).  QSL
         via EA7URF  (bureau or direct),  LoTW and eQSL.  Previously  active
         were AM500SEV, AM500SAN, AM500ISJ and AM500ETS.
FG     - Once again Philippe, F1DUZ will be active as FG4KH from  Guadeloupe
         (NA-102) from 16 March to 1 April, including an entry in the  CQ WW
         WPX SSB Contest. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, or direct to F1DUZ.
G      - Celebrating  Saint Patrick,  patron saint of Ireland,  the  Welland
         Valley ARS will be active as  GB0SP on 16-18 March.  QSL via G4XEX,
         LoTW and eQSL.
HC     - Rick, NE8Z will be active again as  HC1MD/2  from  the  Santa Elena
         province of Ecuador between 5 March and 15 May. He will operate CW,
         SSB, FT8 and FT4 on  40-6 metres. QSL via K8LJG and LoTW.  [TNX The
         Daily DX]
I      - Alessandro, IU3EDK (SSB) and Andrea, IU1LCU (CW)  plan to be active
         as IA5D from several islands in the Tuscan Archipelago (EU-028)  in
         the coming weeks.  The callsign is valid until the end of the year.
         QSL via IU3EDK.
I      - Members of ARI Carpi (Modena) will operate special callsign  II4CPC
         on 12-28 March to commemorate the 117th anniversary of the  Chilean
         town of Capitan Pastene,  founded by  Italian settlers  who arrived
         from Modena in two successive migrations.  Also active will be CB6I
         (operated by members of Radio Club Traiguen) and LU6DK (operated by
         LU1DIE and LU8DAL,  representing the Circulo de Radioaficionados de
         Dolores). Three certificates will be available, see CB6I's entry on
         qrz.com for information.  QSL CB6I via CE6TRA (direct);  QSL II4CPC
         via IQ4DJ (bureau).
JD1_mt - Take, JG8NQJ  will be back to  the weather station on  Minami Tori-
         shima (OC-073) on 10 or 17 March,  and will remain there  for about
         three months, his QSL manager reports.  In his spare time Take will
         operate  CW  as  JG8NQJ/JD1.  QSL  via  JA8CJY (direct)  or  JG8NQJ
         (bureau).
LY     - Celebrating the 31st anniversary of the Act of the Re-Establishment
         of the State of Lithuania (11 March 1990),  special callsigns LY31A
         and LY11LY will be active on 1-31 March. An award is available, see
         https://www.qrz.com/db/ly11ly for information.
OE     - The VIC Amateur Radio Contest DX Club (4U1A) is active again on all
         bands and modes as  C7A  (http://www.cqdx.ru/4u1a/c7a/)  throughout
         March.  This  activity  counts  for  Austria for DXCC,  and for the
         Vienna International Centre for the CQ DX Marathon.  QSL via UA3DX,
         direct or bureau.
PJ7    - Tom, AA9A has been active again as PJ7AA from Sint Maarten (NA-105)
         since  late February,  and  will remain  there  until 27 March.  He
         operates CW, FT8 and SSB on 80-10 metres.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS,
         LoTW or direct to AA9A.
UA     - R1934G, R108M, RG61PP and R1961G  are  the special callsigns  which
         will be active from the Smolensk Oblast from 1 March until 30 April
         to commemorate  the  87th anniversary  of  Yuri Gagarin's birth  (9
         March 1934)  and the  60th anniversary  of his historic  108-minute
         first flight  ("Pervyj Poljot")  into outer space  (12 April 1961).
UA0    - The RI0Q DXpedition team left  Gaz-Sale  on  5 March.  Depending on
         weather conditions, they expect to arrive at Khatanga on  15 March.
         Indicatively,  RI0Q is expected  to be QRV  from  Bol'shoy Begichev
         Island (AS-152) no sooner than 17 March.  Follow their progress  on
         https://www.iridium360.ru/guest/journey/cc42acc8.   QSL  via   Club
         Log's OQRS.

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

Access to the main functions of www.425dxn.org is provided by the 425DXN App
for Android. It is available on Google Play - free of charge, no ads. Enjoy!

425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The February 2021 issue is now available for down-
load at http://www.425dxn.org/index.php. [TNX IZ3EBA]

ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST (SSB) ---> Object of the contest is  for  W/VE
amateurs to work as many stations in as many DXCC Entities  as  possible  on
160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 metre bands, while DX stations  (also  including
KH6, KL7, CY9 and CY0) work as many W/VE amateurs  in  as  many  of  the  48
contiguous states and provinces as possible (complete rules can be found  at
http://www.arrl.org/arrl-dx).  This year's event  will be held on  6-7 March
(00.00-23.59 UTC).  Give  a  look   at  the  Announced  Operations   listing
maintained  by  Bill, NG3K:  https://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxs2021.html -  good
contest to you all!

QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards  on  Les  Nouvelles  DX's
website has been updated.  Sixteen different galleries include  18,876 cards
for the  ten Most  Wanted  DXCC  Entities  (2011-20), the  62  deleted  DXCC
Entities, obsolete prefixes,  stations  from  Maghreb  from  1945  to  1962,
Allied Forces stations in Germany (1945-80), special stations  commemorating
ITU and IARU, stations using the United Nations prefix (4U), Antarctic bases
and TAAF (Terres  Australes and Antarctiques Francaises), the various French
DXCC island Entities in the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Americas
(from 1945 to 1969), pre-1945  countries, French Departments and CONUS, plus
a gallery for cards not accepted  by DXCC. Your participation is encouraged:
http://www.lesnouvellesdx.fr/galerieqsl.php. [TNX F6AJA].

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3V8SS, 4K1AZI, 5H3EE, 7X7X, 9G5FI,
9M6NA, A62A, A71AM, BG2AUE, CO4SM (NA-056), CP4BT, CX2DK, DU3LA, E7DX, ED8W,
EJ9FBB (EU-006),  FS5GL,  GM8OFQ (EU-009),  JH6TYD (AS-040),  N1UL (NA-052),
PJ4EL, S79KW, TG9ADM, TK/S57C, TO0Z,VK9NC, VK9NE, VK9NG,VP9I, VR2XAN,  ZF1A,
ZL7DX.

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