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5 December 2020                                           A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1544

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                         *** 4 2 5  D X  N E W S ***
                         ****  DX  INFORMATION  ****
                         ===========================
                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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

3D2/R  - Tony, 3D2AG will be active again as 3D2AG/p from Rotuma Island (OC-
         060). Departure is scheduled for 12 December,  and return  sometime
         mid-January 2021. The primary purpose of this trip is to set up the
         tombstone memorial for his son  Rehanisi (2009-2020),  who lost his
         life during  Tony's latest visit  in January.  QSLling instructions
         can be found on https://www.qrz.com/db/3D2AG/P.
6W     - The annual 6V1A expedition to the island of Goree (AF-045)  will be
         conducted on 18-20 December. Activity will be on various  bands SSB
         and CW. QSL via LoTW, or PayPal 6v1a.aras[@]gmail.com for a  direct
         card. [TNX The Daily DX]
EA     - In celebration of the  40th anniversary since  its foundation,  URE
         San Fernando will be active as EG40URF on  5-6 and  12-13 December.
         QSL via EA7URF.
F      - TM110P is a special callsign for Les Emetteurs Biterrois (F6KEH) to
         pay a tribute to Louis Paulhan (1883-1963) between  28 November and
         12 December.  Paulhan was  a pioneering  French aviator,  known for
         winning the first  Daily Mail  aviation prize for  the first flight
         between London and Manchester in 1910. QSL via the bureau to F6KEH.
JA     - Kenji,  JA4GXS  will  be active  as  JA4GXS/4  from  Kasado  Island
         (AS-117) on 5 December, between  7 and 22 UTC.  He will operate CW,
         SSB and FT8 on 40-15 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX DX World]
OA     - OA90O is the special callsign for the Radio Club Peruano (OA4O)  to
         celebrate  its  90th  anniversary  until 31 December.  Peru's  IARU
         member society, RCP was founded on 6 December 1930. QSL via OA4O.
SV     - SX2500S is a special callsign commemorating the  2500th anniversary
         of the naval  Battle of Salamis,  fought in 480 BC  between  an al-
         liance of  Greek city-states under  Themistocles,  and the  Persian
         Empire under  Xerxes the Great.  Look for activity to take place on
         all bands and  modes  on  1-31 December.  QSL via LoTW,  Club Log's
         OQRS,  or via the bureau.  Certificates will be available for down-
         load (https://xromio.gr/SX2500S/)  for contacts  made  on  at least
         three different bands.
SV     - Special callsign SX40ARES will be active on 5-20 December  to cele-
         brate the 40th anniversary of the  Hellenic Amateur Radio Emergency
         Service (ARES).  QSL via Club Log's OQRS,  LoTW,  eQSL,  or via the
         bureau.

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                         *** 4 2 5  D X  N E W S ***
                         ****  GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
                         ===========================
                          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 November 2020 issue is now available for down-
load at http://www.425dxn.org/index.php. [TNX IZ3EBA]

RI0Q 2021 ---> The  Artic Legends Expedition 2021  [425DXN 1534]  is set  to
start on 10 March  from  Talnakh (Norilsk).  The trip  to  Bol'shoy Begichev
Island (AS-152) will depend on weather,  as the team  will be using  snowmo-
biles. Indicatively,  RI0Q is expected  to be QRV  no sooner than  17 March.
[TNX UA1QV]

+ SILENT KEY + Marcello Cassinelli, IK2DIA  passed away  unexpectedly  on  1
December. Between 2001 and February 2020 he teamed up with  Silvano, I2YSB &
Friends and operated  from  Niger (5U2K and 5U4R),  Marquesas (TX4PG), Samoa
(5W0SB), Tokelau (ZK3SB),  Somalia (6O0CW and 6O0N),  Djbouti (J20MM/J20RR),
Sierra Leone (9L1X), Ghana (9G5TT/9G5XX),  Togo (5V7TT),  Liberia (5M2TT and
A82X/A82Z), Ivory Coast (TU2T), Chad (TT8TT),  Mayotte (TO2TT), Burkina Faso
(XT2TT), Benin (TY1AA), Zambia (9J2T), Kenya (5Z0L),  Democratic Republic of
the  Congo (9Q0HQ),  Guinea (3XY1T),  Guinea Bissau (J5T),  Central  African
Republic (TL8TT), Cameroon (TJ2TT),  Rwanda (9X0T/9X0Y),  Uganda (5X3C/5X3E)
and Tanzania (5I5TT/5I4ZZ).  As a member of the  Italian DXpedition Team  he
was inducted into the CQ DX Hall of Fame in 2019.

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                         *** 4 2 5  D X  N E W S ***
                         ******* QSL  ROUTES *******
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                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

====================================================================
CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER      CALL        MANAGER
====================================================================
3G3O        XQ3OP       ED8M        EA8DIG       OR19MEDIC   ON4ATO
3V8SS       LX1NO       EF1A        EA1X         OZ100MILL   OZ1ACB
4A50CRH     XE2AU       EF8O        DJ1OJ        OZ2SPACE    OZ1ACB
4K6FO       DC9RI       EH2EUS      EA2TP        OZ5E        OZ1ACB
4L2M        EA7FTR      EI0NMMI     EI6AL        OZ7A        OZ7AMG
4L6DL       LZ1OT       ES9C        ES5RY        P40W        N2MM
4O7CC       UA4CC       GM5X        N3SL         PA75PKZ     PA2PKZ
4X6FR       4X6OM       HB9CA       HB9FMU       PJ2MAN      EC5AHA
5B4AAB      G8CLY       HC1HC       NE8Z         PJ4/KU8E    K4BAI
7A1A        EA7FTR      HC1KX       EA5GL        PJ4A        K4BAI
7C9B        DL3KZA      HC1M        EA5GL        PQ3B        PP5BZ
9A0DIG      9A3SM       HC5DX       W3HNK        PZ5JW       EA5GL
 9A5X        9A5X        HF8ISS      SP8YAY       R0FP        RZ3EC
 9J2BO       EA5GL       HG7T        HA7TM        R30EMER     RW9QA
 9J2BS       EA5GL       HP1KZ       EA7FTR       R30MCHS     R4CR
9M2S        9M4COO      HP2DFA      EC6DX        RM41MB      R2DX
9N1CA       EA5ZD       HZ1TT       A61BK        S79KW       N4GNR
A450MO      A47RS       HZ1UAE      HZ1SAR       SI9AM       SM3FJF
A60MD       EA7FTR      II1DCC      IK1RAE       SJ0X        SM6JSM
A60MD/5     A92AA       II4MDY      IQ4FE        SN0LEWIN    SP2KPD
A60MD/8     A61BK       II8K        IZ8EPX       SN7Q        SP7GIQ
 A60ND       EA7FTR      IO4T        IZ4JMA       SO1SS       SP3QFE
A61DD/49    A61BK       IR2R        9A8MDC       SP8R        SP8PCF
A61DL/49    EA7FTR      J42I        SV2JAO       TC3SAV      TA3X
A61Q/ND49   EA7FTR      J73HGL      EA5GL        TF3W        TF3MH
A71EM       M0OXO       J8/UR5BCP   KD7WPJ       TI2VVV      EC6DX
A91ND       EC6DX       JW7GIA      M0OXO        TK4QL       EA5GL
A91UAE      EC6DX       KH6LC       WA6WPG       TM110P      F6KEH
AP2TN       DJ9ZB       KH7M        I0MWI        TM1SAFE     F4GPB
AU2JCB      VU2DSI      KH7M        KH6ZM [W/VE] TM2Y        F6BEE
C4XMAS      IZ4AMS      KH7Q        AH6NF        TM4W        F4DXW
C6AGU       HA7RY       KP3DX       N4AO         TM63SC      F8DZU
CE2SV       N7RO        KT3Q/2      DF8DX        TM6X        F5VHY
CJ3T        VE3AT       L50FV       LU3FV        UA7Q        RW6HS
CN8QR       RW6HS       LN8W        LA6YEA       UN3M        M0OXO
CO7HNS      RW6HS       LO5D        LU8EOT       UN9L        LZ1YE
CO7MLS      IK2DUW      LU1ZG       LU4DXU       V51LZ       EA5GL
CO8ZZ       DK1WI       LX7I        LX2A         V51WH       DK2WH
CO9JAB      IK2DUW      LZ105AJ     LZ1ZF        VE9AA       VE3IKV
CP4BT       IK2DUW      LZ1263AN    LZ1KCP       VK2IA       DK2BJ
CP6CL       W3HNK       LZ7G        LZ1NK        VK6LW       EA7FTR
CR3DX       OM2VL       LZ8E        LZ2BE        VO2AC       VE3FU
CR3W        DL5AXX      MM2N        MM0GPZ       VP2ETE      W3HNK
CT9ABV      DL5AXX      NP2X        KU9C         VP5M        K4QPL
CX1VH       EA7FTR      NP3X        EB7DX        WP3C        W3HNK
CX2BR       EA5GL       OA90O       OA4O         XR3W        XQ4ZW
CX2DK       EA5GL       OA9DVK      IK6BFH       XV9NPS      JA2NPS [b]
CX2TQ       IK2DUW      OE5TXF      G3TXF        XV9NPS      JA2ODB [d]
CX4ACH      IK2DUW      OG1XMAS     OH1NOA       YB0AR       EB7DX
CX4DI       EA5GL       OH0PM       OH2PM        YJ8RN       NZ4DX
CX5A        CX2ABC      OH0R        OH2PM        YT5A        YT1AD
D2EB        IZ3ETU      OH9W        OH5BQ        ZF5T        K5GO
D2XX        CT1CRS      OK7O        OK1DOL       ZF9CW       K5GO
D44PM       IZ4DPV      OL8M        OK1DRQ       ZM1M        ZL1BBW
D73A        EA5GL       OM0R        OM3GI        ZP9MCE      EA5ZD
DU3LA       W3HNK       OM7M        OM3PA        ZS1C        W2ARP
DU3TW       EA5GL       OP4SPES     ON6CK        ZS3Y        N4GNR
EA6FO       EA3AIR      OQ4ANGELS   ON4CHT       ZS6CCY      K3IRV

7Q6M     Don Jones, PO Box 21500, Washington DC 20009-1500, USA
7X2YOTA  Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
7X3YOTA  Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
8Q7NV    Oliver Sweningsen, PO Box 90, Orinda CA 94563, USA
8Q7ZO    Olli Rissanen, Apartado Postal 88, 35450 Santa Maria de Guia
         de Gran Canaria, Spain
9A0YOTA  Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
9A20YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
AP20YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
CR6K     Filipe Monteiro Lopes, Rua Manuel Jose da Silva 184, Espinheira,
         3720-537 Sao Martinho da Gandara, Portugal
CT9ABO   Jozef Lang, Obrancov Mieru 344, 059 34 Spisska Teplica,
         Slovak Republic
CW5W     Jorge Diez Furest, Remigio Castellanos 474, 37000 - Melo,
         Cerro Largo, Uruguay
DB0YOTA  Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
E71YOTA  Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
ED1R     Jesus Maria Gimare Marquez, C/ Jacinto del Barrio 2,
         05358 Papatrigo (Avila), Spain
ED7O     Pedro L. Alvarez, Apartado Postal 306, 23700 Linares (Jaen), Spain
EF42C    Alfredo Franco, Apartado Postal 60, 46900 Torrent (Valencia), Spain
EI0YOTA  Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
EI7M     John Barry, Lackabeha, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork, Ireland
GB20YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
GU4CHY   Dick Allisette, Lilyvale House, Rue Des Houmets, Castel, Guernsey,
         GY5 7XZ, United Kingdom
HA6YOTA  Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
HB0A     Amateurfunk Verein Liechtenstein, P.O. Box 629, 9495 Triesen FL,
         Liechtenstein
II1YOTA  Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
II9YOTA  Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
K8A      Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
K8O      Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
K8T      Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
K8Y      Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
LX8M     Joel Erpelding, 22 Duerfstross, L-9165 Merscheid, Luxembourg
LY5YOTA  Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
OE0YOTA  Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
OH2YOTA  Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
OM20YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
OY1CT    Carsten Thomsen, Uppi i Troed 8, FO-340 Kvivik, Faroe Islands
P3C      Valdas Bieliauskas, P.O. Box 59745, CY-4012 Limassol, Cyprus
SH9YOTA  Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
T6A      Robert Kasca, Govejk 11C, 5281 Spodnja Idrija, Slovenia
TC20YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
TC61CAT  Cankut Kalyoncu, Gencosman PTT Merkezi PK 76, 16105 Osmangazi/Bursa
         Turkey
TF3YOTA  Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
V51MA    Harry de Jong, Broekdijk 59, 7695 TC Bruchterveld, The Netherlands
XP3A     Harry de Jong, Broekdijk 59, 7695 TC Bruchterveld, The Netherlands
XR50BA   Esteban Asenjo Castruccio, Casilla 27194 Sucursal Apumanque,
         7559001 Las Condes, Region Metropolitana, Chile
YI9WS    Giorgio Toma, Via Settembrini 5, 57128 Livorno LI, Italy
YL20YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
YN7ZTR   Trevis Rissler, 40 Webb Creek Cir., Bangor CA 95914, USA
YO0YOTA  Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
YT20YOTA Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
         United Kingdom
ZM2B     Frank Hunt, 8 Manu Crescent, Upper Vogeltown, New Plymouth 4310,
         New Zealand
ZM4T     Holger Hannemann, 262 Waimarama Heights, RD12, Havelock North 4294,
         New Zealand
ZT1T     Tom Morgan, 58 Piet Retief Street, Robertson, 6705, South Africa

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