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5 March 2022                                              A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1610

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

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

3A     - Gianpi, IK1TTD, will be active as  3A/IK1TTD  from Monaco on  25-27
         March, with main activity during the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL via
         home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IK1TTD]
5U     - Giorgio, IU5HWS (ex YI9WS) is now stationed in Niamey, Niger  until
         20 March.  In his spare time he will operate mainly SSB as  5UA99WS
         (correct callsign). QSL via EA5GL and eventually LoTW.
5V     - Andy, KB9IJI  has lived in  Mango, Togo  since 2016.  He was  first
         granted a special permission to be QRV as  5V/KB9IJI [425DXN 1490],
         then issued the callsign  5VJA [425DXN 1579], and finally he is now
         active as  5V7JA.  "My roots are in SSB and a little CW",  he says,
         "but at this distance from most stations, I'm starting with digital
         weak signal modes to get a sense of propagation and messaging capa-
         bilities".  QSL via eQSL or LoTW.  "I'm happy to still  send you an
         old-fashioned paper card in the mail from Togo", he adds. "Just let
         me know (kb9iji[@]gmail.com). No need to send any money".
8Q     - Laurent, F8CZI will be active holiday style as 8Q7ZI  from the Mal-
         dives (AS-013) on 9-21 March.  He will operate  QRP CW and SSB. QSL
         via F8CZI.
C5     - Don, G3XTT will be active again as  C56DF from  The Gambia  on 9-18
         March,  including an entry in the  RSGB Commonwealth (BERU) Contest
         on 12-13 March. He is most likely to operate CW only,  and to focus
         on  30, 17 and 12 metres  outside the contest.  QSL via LoTW,  Club
         Log's OQRS, or via G3XTT. [TNX The Daily DX]
CO     - CM6WYZ, CO6JI, CO6SE and CO6XE will conduct a SOTA activity from La
         Sabina,  in the  Lomas de Banao Ecological Reserve,  on  8-9 March.
         They will be QRV as T46SB on 80-10 metres CW, SSB and FT8/FT4.  QSL
         via RW6HS.
CT9    - Helmut, DF7EE will be active again as  CT9/DF7EE from  Madeira (AF-
         014) from 22 March to 1 April, including participation in the CQ WW
         WPX SSB Contest as CQ3W.  QSL for both callsigns via LoTW  and Club
         Log's OQRS.
EX     - Pavel, R2DX and others  will be active  again  as  EX0QR  from  the
         southern shore of  Lake Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan on  5-16 March.  They
         will operate  CW, SSB and digital modes on  160-10 metres.  QSL via
         Club Log's OQRS, or via R2DX (direct or bureau).
F      - Thierry, F6CUK will be active as  TM8C from  Brehat Island (EU-074)
         on 23-30 April.  He will operate SSB, CW and FT8  mainly on  40, 30
         and 20 metres. This will be a field-test in preparation for his ex-
         pedition to Crozet,  with a focus on testing  the software for FT8.
         QSL via F6CUK (direct or bureau) and LoTW. [TNX Les Nouvelles DX]
GW     - Celebrating  twenty years  of  the  Summits  on  the Air  programme
         (https://www.sota.org.uk/), GB20SOTA will be active from the  Welsh
         SOTA summit of  Mynydd y Cwm  between  2 and 26 March.  QSL via the
         bureau, or direct to M1EYP.
JD1_mt - Take, JG8NQJ expects  to be back to the  weather station on  Minami
         Torishima (OC-073) on 16 March, his QSL manager reports. Usually he
         remains there for about three months, and is QRV as  JG8NQJ/JD1  in
         his limited  spare time.  QSL via JA8CJY (direct),  JG8NQJ (bureau)
         and LoTW.
JT     - Mats, RM2D (SM6LRR) plans to be QRV as JT4RR/p from the  Oyu Tolgoi
         Mine Camp, South Gobi Desert, for a few days in the March-April and
         July-August time frames. He will operate 99% CW (no FT8) and run 5-
         10 watts to a vertical antenna  ("possibly, I will be able to use a
         50W amplifier provided that I will find a suitable battery power
         source", he says). QSL via EA5GL and LoTW.
OE     - Commemorating the 150th anniversary since the death of  Samuel F.B.
         Morse (2 April 1872), Jo, OE6VIE  will operate CW only as  OE0MORSE
         on 1-30 April.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS (preferred), LoTW and eQSL.
         A certificate will be available: https://oe4ksf.at/oe0morse/
OA     - Alex, DD5ZZ will be active again as  OA7/DD5ZZ  until approximately
         mid-May, including an entry in the  CQ WW WPX SSB Contest.  He will
         be QRV on 40-10 metres. QSL via home call and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
PA     - Frans, PC2F will be active as  PF01MAX between  18 March and 20 No-
         vember, over the twenty-two Grand Prix weekends of this year's  FIA
         Formula One World Championship. The special callsign stands for Max
         Verstappen, the defending champion who will compete under race num-
         ber 1. QSL via PC2F (direct or bureau), LoTW and eQSL.
V3     - Iain, G4SGX will be active again as V31GX  from mainland Belize  on
         8-18 March, including an entry in the RSGB Commonwealth (BERU) Con-
         test. QSL via LoTW and M0OXO's OQRS.

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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  February 2022 issue is available for download
at https://www.425dxn.org/. [TNX IZ3EBA]

3Y0J: LATEST NEWS ---> "We're preparing for a tiered approach  where we will
go onshore even during a very short weather window",  Ken, LA7GIA  posted to
Facebook on 25 February.  "The short weather window  will allow us  to bring
onshore a single generator, antennas and 5 radios and tent for certain peri-
od.  The first landing  will of course  also include necessary  food, water,
heating and  safety equipment  for this period.  After that  the next zodiac
runs will continue  supplying another generator,  more antennas,  more fuel,
radios, spare parts etc.  As soon as  we have  the second generator  onshore
Cape Fie this will be a full-scale  DXpedition.  We have prepared  this high
level approach of how to sequence the equipment and soon this will material-
ize into a very detailed plan of exactly  what equipment is being loaded  in
what sequence.  It means that we don't need  a half day or full day of  nice
weather to  start operating - we will do that  even  for very short  weather
windows down to 90-120 minutes". Read the complete update on
https://www.facebook.com/groups/3093983840726129/posts/3719949314796242/

AFRICAN TOUR ---> Don, K6ZO [425DXN 1608]  now expects to be active as  7Q6M
from Malawi on 2-13 March,  including an  entry in the  ARRL DX SSB Contest.
He will then move to the Comoro Islands and be QRV as D60AB 16-18 March  and
22-29 March (including participation in the  CQ WW WPX SSB Contest),  with a
side trip to  Mayotte as  FH/K6ZO on 18-22 March.  QSLs direct to home call.
[TNX NG3K]

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 run from 00.00 UTC on 5
March  through 23.59 UTC on the 6th. Do not forget to give a look at the An-
nounced Operations listing  (https://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxs2022.html)  main-
tained by Bill, NG3K - good contest to you all!

INDEXA NEWSLETTER ---> The  Spring 2022 issue (#135) of the International DX
Association's Newsletter is now available for download on the INDEXA website
(https://indexa.org/newsletters.html).  Highlights include "Bhutan: The Land
of the Thunder Dragon"  by  Adrian Ciuperca  (KO8SCA),  "A Tribute  to  Mary
Hobart, K1MHH (SK)" by Bob Allphin (K4UEE),  and news of the 3Y0J Bouvet and
W8S Swains DXpeditions.

QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards  on  Les  Nouvelles  DX's
website has been updated.  Sixteen different galleries include  19,642 cards
for the  ten Most  Wanted  DXCC  Entities  (2012-21), 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].

VE3LYC'S IOTA BOOK ---> "Dream Big and Dare to Fail",  the DXexpedition book
authored by Cezar Trifu, VE3LYC [425DXN 1601],  has been available for order
since 1 January. "The current stocks are small and  will not be replenished,
as no additional copies will be printed",  Cezar says.  "In view of this, if
you  are contemplating  to order this book,  please don't hesitate  to do it
sooner rather than later": https://ve3lyc-book.weebly.com.

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SOME RESPONSES TO RECENT WORLD EVENTS
* The International Amateur Radio Union issued the following statement on 28
  February: "IARU is an  apolitical  organization  focused  on promoting and
  defending amateur radio and the amateur radio services.  The amateur radio
  service is about self-instruction in communications and friendship between
  people".
* The operators of the  DX Summit  have removed the  Ukrainian callsigns  as
  amateur radio has been suspended in the country since the  24 February de-
  claration of a state of emergency.  Moreover, as "DX Summit wants to avoid
  being an advertising medium  for war and war related messages of any kind,
  we see it reasonable to block out all  cluster posted messages related  to
  this unfortunate event". In addition, they have also blocked callsigns and
  messages posted by operators from Russia, Belarus and Donetsk.
* QRZ has removed - not deleted from the dbase, though - Russian  (and Bela-
  rusian) callsigns.  AA7BQ's sticky post explains the reasoning behind this
  decision: https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?forums/ham-radio-discussions.13
* On 3 March, Soyuz Radiolyubitelei Rossii (the Russian Amateur Radio Union)
  posted an appeal to the International Amateur Radio Union and its national
  member societies.  "Each of us off the air can give  our own assessment of
  what is currently happening in Ukraine,  but it is today  that we can  and
  must demonstrate to the public  that  radio amateurs  are  a community  of
  people who treat each other with respect, regardless of political beliefs,
  religion, or nationality":  https://srr.ru/category/v-prezidiume-srr/  has
  the complete text (in Russian), or read the translation on DX World.

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QSLs received direct  or  through managers:  3B8CW,  3B8M,  3DA0RU,  3X2021,
4J3DJ, 4L1AN, 4O3B, 5I4ZZ, 5I5TT,  5W1SA, 5Z4/HB9DSP,  7P8RU, 9N7AA,  A52CC,
A65DR, BW2/JP1RIW,  D60AB,  E20AX,p (AS-125), EA9KB,  ES5TTT, FK8CE,  FK8DD,
FK8HA,  FK8HM, HI3AA,  HP3SS,  HS0ZDK, HS0ZLE,  IA0/IZ1KHY,  J79SB,  J79WTA,
JD1BHA, JD1BMH, KH2L, KL0R,  KL7RA, KL7SB,  NP2AR, OD5ZZ, OQ60ANT, P4/DL4MM,
RI60ANT, S21DX (AS-140), S79VU,  SU9VB, SV2RSG/A,  TM57HNY, TM57STN,  VK9DX,
VO1GO, VO2MK, VP9KD,  VU2TMP, XV1X,  YJ8RN,  ZB2R, ZP9MCE,  ZS1OPB,  ZS6BNS,
ZS6TQ, ZS6TVB, ZS6US.

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