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> 13 June 2009                                              A.R.I. DX 
> Bulletin
>                                   No 945
>                         ===========================
>                         *** 4 2 5  D X  N E W S ***
>                         ****  DX  INFORMATION  ****
>                         ===========================
>                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
>                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW
>
> 5H     - 5H3TSA will be active on 20 and 15 metres (+/- 14290 kHz and 
> 21360
>         kHz) for Tanzaree 2009, the Tanzania National Scouts jamboree 
> that
>         will be held at Mbeya, southern Tanzania on 12-19 June. QSL 
> direct
>         via 5H3HO (Hidan Ricco, P.O. Box 661945, Dar Es Salaam, 
> Tanzania).
>         [TNX K1XN]
> 7X     - Bureaucratic hitches have caused Mike, DB1JAW to cancel  his 
> 13-20
>         June visit to Algeria [425DXN 944]. He was expected  to  be 
> active
>         as 7X/DB1JAW and to attend the International Sahara  Meeting. 
> [TNX
>         DB1JAW]
> 8R     - Dave/N3DB  &  Chris/W3CMP  as  8R1DB  (from  16  to  26  June) 
> and
>         Terry/K4RX & Ken/AC4TO as 8R1TO (from  27  June  to  6  July) 
> will
>         operate on 6 metres from Guyana. QSL via N3DB,  direct  or 
> bureau.
>         The    website    for     the        expedition        is 
> at
>         www.6meterbeaconproject.org/8r2009.html
> 9H     - Giorgio, IV3EPO will be active holiday style as  9H3EP  from 
> Malta
>         (EU-023) on 23-29 June. He plans to operate almost  exclusively 
> CW
>         on 10, 15, 20, 30 and 40 metres.  QSL  via  home  call,  direct 
> or
>         bureau. [TNX IV3EPO]
> CE0Y   - VK9LA (Lord Howe island) veterans Stan/SQ8X  and  Vicky/SV2KBS 
> are
>         looking for one or two operators to join  a  DXpedition  to 
> Easter
>         Island (SA-001) from 31 October to 15 November. "It's not top 
> most
>         wanted DXCC", they say, "but there is  still  a  strong  demand 
> on
>         contacts with that entity - especially in  Europe,  which  will 
> be
>         our main target". They plan to have two  stations  up  and 
> running
>         for almost two weeks  and  to  operate  as  CE0Y/homecall. 
> Further
>         details  are    expected    in    due    course.    Please 
> visit
>         http://dx-hamspirit.com/ for  preliminary  information  and 
> Stan's
>         e-mail address. [TNX MM0NDX]
> DU     - Gerard, F2JD is back to the Philippines for at least  five 
> months.
>         He hopes to be able to renew his previous licence  (DU1/G0SHN) 
> and
>         to visit a few island groups during his stay. QSL via  F6AJA. 
> [TNX
>         F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
> F      - Special event callsign TM6SCH will be  in  use  on  15-28  June 
> to
>         commemorate the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the  city 
> of
>         Cherbourg. Expect activity on 80-10 metres  CW  and  SSB.  QSL 
> via
>         F5LHB, direct or bureau. [TNX F8REF]
> F      - Francois, F5JNE will be active from Belle Ile (EU-048, DIFM 
> AT-015)
>         on 16-24 June. He plans to operate CW only  on  40  and  20 
> metres
>         during his evening hours. On 20 June he expects to go and 
> operate,
>         along with Max/F5IRH, from nearby Ile  aux  Chevaux  (EU-048, 
> DIFM
>         AT-109). QSL via F5JNE, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
> F      - F1UGV, F4BJW, F5DBC, F5NLR and F5SRH will operate  CW  and  SSB 
> as
>         TM5DUM  from  Dumet  Island  (EU-064)  on  20-21  June.  QSL 
> via
>         operator's instructions. [TNX F8REF]
> F      - Jean-Pierre,  F6ITD  will  be  active  as  F6ITD/p  from 
> Belle-Ile
>         (EU-048) on 20-28 June. He will operate SSB only on 10, 15, 20, 
> 40
>         and 80 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
> F      - Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth  of 
> radioactivity
>         pioneer and Nobel laureate  Pierre  Curie,  special  event 
> station
>         TM7RPC will be active from 21 June to 5 July. [TNX F1SIU]
> FO     - Phil, F5PHW will be living and working on Tahiti, French 
> Polynesia
>         for two years (August 2009-July 2011). He plans  to  be  active 
> as
>         FO/F5PHW (but he will also try to get a FO5 callsign upon 
> arrival)
>         and to operate CW, RTTY and some  SSB  on  80-10  metres.  QSL 
> via
>         F8BPN, direct or bureau. Phil's logs  will  be  uploaded  to 
> LoTW.
>         Further information at http://f5phw.chez.com [TNX F5PHW]
> FT5G   - The French military amateur radio  operators  who  will  be 
> active
>         from  Ile  de  la  Grande  Glorieuse  (AF-011)  on  9-28  July 
> are
>         Philippe/F4EGS,  Freddy/F5IRO,  Yves-Michel/F5PRU, 
> Jean-Marc/F5RQQ
>         and Sylvain/F5TLN. Their  trip  to  Glorioso  is  first  of  all 
> a
>         military operation, not a DXpedition.  At  all  events,  they 
> will
>         have four complete stations with amplifiers, three Spiderbeams 
> for
>         the higher bands, verticals for 40 and 80  metres,  an  Inverted 
> L
>         for 160 metres and a K9AY array receiving system, plus a  G5RV 
> for
>         6 metres. They plan to  be  QRV  during  both  the  IARU  HF 
> World
>         Championship and the IOTA  Contest.  Requested  callsign  is 
> FT5GA
>         (see "Iles Eparses"  below).  QSL  via  F5OGL,  direct  or 
> bureau.
>         Further   information,   including  log-search, can  be  found 
> at
>         http://glorieuses2008.free.fr/ [TNX F5NQL]
> GM     - Jurij, MM0DFV and John, GM0WRR will be  active  portable  from 
> the
>         Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park during  the  WFF 
> Green
>         Days (http://wff44.com/en/contest/) on 13-14  June.  They  plan 
> to
>         operate SSB, CW and PSK. A  special  colourful  QSL  card  will 
> be
>         printed. [TNX MM0DFV]
> GM     - Members of the Workington and  District  Amateur  Radio  Club 
> will
>         operate as MS0WRC  from  the  Island  of  Barra  (EU-010)  from 
> 26
>         September  to  2  October.  The  team  will  include 
> Steve/G0MTD,
>         Paul/M1PAF,  Mark/M0WCR  and  Glyn/M3XUH,  and  they  will 
> operate
>         mainly SSB on 80-17 metres. QSL via G0MTD, direct or  bureau. 
> [TNX
>         G0MTD]
> GW     - The Grantham Amateur Radio Club (http://www.garc.org.uk/)  will 
> be
>         active as GB0YG  from Holy Island  (Ynys  Gybi,  EU-124)  on 
> 24-29
>         June. QSL direct only via G0RCI. [TNX G0RCI]
> I      - Alex, IK8YFU, and Giovanna, IZ8FEV  will  be  active  as 
> IF9/IQ8PP
>         from Favignana Island (EU-054, IIA TP-011) on 18-25 July.  QSL 
> via
>         IK8YFU. [TNX IK8YFU]
> JA     - Look for 7N4AGB/6, JA1KJW/6, JA1XEQ/6, JJ1JGI/6 and JK1EBA/6 to 
> be
>         active from the Daito Islands (AS-047) from 25 June to 5 July, 
> and
>         from Tokashiki Island (AS-017) on 7-10 July. They plan  to 
> operate
>         CW and SSB on 160-6 metres, with an emphasis on the low bands. 
> QSl
>         via home call,s direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
> JA     - Look for JJ2JQF/0 and JH9UYZ/0 to be active on all bands and 
> modes
>         from Awa Island (AS-117) on 26-30 June. QSL via home calls, 
> direct
>         or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
> JT     - Giampiero, I5NOC will be active as JT1NOC from  Mongolia  on 
> 12-29
>         June. He will operate CW and SSB on 10-80  metres,  and  will 
> also
>         give 6m a try. QSL via home call. [TNX IK5HHA]
> KH2    - 7L4CEC, JA1BVY, JA1CJP, JA1HOD, JH1EMT, JJ1CDY, JL1FYW  and 
> JR1QCQ
>         expect to be signing  KH2/homecall  from  Guam  (OC-026)  until 
> 14
>         June. Look for them on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and possibly RTTY. 
> QSL
>         via home calls. [TNX JA1CJP]
> KL     - The KL7RRC  team  (KE7V,  N3QQ  and  UA9OBA)  has  been  active 
> as
>         KL7RRC/p from Ogliuga Island (NA-233) [425DXN 943] since  10 
> June.
>         They plan to remain there until 14 June, then,  depending  on 
> boat
>         availability, they might go and operate as KL7RRC/a  from  the 
> Rat
>         Islands (NA-070). QSL via  UA9OBA  (Russia  and  Europe)  and 
> N7RO
>         (others). Updates can be found at http://na-233.ucoz.com/
> LA     - LA1MNA, LA1LSA, LA5ZN and LA9RY will be active on 6 metres and 
> the
>         HF bands as LA7H from Utsira Island (EU-055) on 12-14 June. QSL 
> to
>         LA7H, direct or bureau. Ã^TNX www.rgsbiota.org]
> PA     - Celebrating his Silver Jubilee with amateur radio,  Adriaan, 
> PE2KP
>         (previous callsign PE1KHP, www.pe2kp.nl) will be  active  again 
> as
>         PE25KP from 25 July to 16 August. QSL via  bureau  to  PE2KP. 
> [TNX
>         PE2KP]
> SM     - Jorgen, SM3CXS will be active as SG3U from Trasko  Island 
> (EU-084)
>         until 16 June and from Grimskar Island (EU-176) on 18-21  June. 
> He
>         operates SSB and CW on 40-6 metres. QSL via home  call,  direct 
> or
>         bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
> SV     - Elizabeth/K4KTG, Michael/KC6ZUS and Jonathan/KI4UOU will be 
> active
>         as SV/K4KTG from Thira (Santorini) Island (EU-067) between 15 
> June
>         and 30 July. QSL via K4KTG. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
> SV5    - Pandelis  (SV5AZP), Stathis (SV5DKL), Dionisis (SV5FRD), 
> Panagiotis
>         (SV5AZK)  and Yiannis  (SV5FRI) will  be active as SX5SYMI from 
> the
>         island of Symi, Dodecanese (EU-001) from 31  July to 3 August. 
> They
>         plan  to  operate SSB, CW  and RTTY on 160-6 metres.  QSL direct 
> to
>         SV5FRI.  Further information at http://sx5symi.symiakos.gr; 
> details
>         on  the  Greek  Islands On  The Air (GIOTA)  award programme 
> visit
>         http://www.5-9report.gr/giota/index.htm [TNX SV5FRI]
> SV9    - Ron, WB2GAI is celebrating his Golden Jubilee in amateur radio 
> and
>         will be active again as SV9/WB2GAI/p from Crete from 21  August 
> to
>         5 October. He will operate CW on  80-17  metres.  QSL  via 
> bureau.
>         [TNX WB2GAI]
> TZ     - Ed/W0SD, Arliss/W7XU and Holly/N0QJM will be active as  TZ6EI 
> from
>         Bamako, Mali from 26 June to 5 July [425DXN  941].  Although 
> their
>         primary focus will be 6 metres on 50103 kHz,  there  will  be 
> RTTY
>         operation  concurrent  with  activity  on  6m,  plus  CW  and 
> SSB
>         operation at night after six meter  sporadic  E  is  over.  The 
> HF
>         bands will likely to be limited to 30, 20 and 17  metres.  QSL 
> via
>         W7XU.  Further information  at  http://w0sd.com/mali/mali.htm 
> [TNX
>         W0SD]
> UA     - Look for RN1AW/p, RV1AQ/p and UA1ATI/p to be active  from 
> Peschany
>         Island (EU-133, RR-01-14)  on  15-23  June.  QSL  via  home 
> calls,
>         bureau preferred. [TNX RN1AW]
> UA     - Alik, RX9WN  will  be  active  as  RX9WN/0  from  Kharantsy 
> Island
>         (RR-21-12) and possibly also Olkhon Island  (RR-21-01)  between 
> 19
>         and 21 June. Both the islands are located in  Lake  Baikal  and 
> do
>         not count for IOTA. [TNX RX9WN]
> UR     - Members of the Ternopil  Amateur  Radio  Club  will  be  active 
> as
>         UR4BZB/p from Medobory  Nature  Reserve  on  12-14  June.  QSL 
> via
>         UT1BC. [TNX UR5BCP]
> UR     - Vladimir, UU6JJ plans to be  active  from  the  lighthouse  at 
> Mys
>         Lukull (ARLHS UKR-135) on 13-14 June. He will operate CW  and 
> some
>         SSB  on  40-15  metres.  Complete  information  on  the 
> Ukrainian
>         Lighthouses Award can  be  found  at  http://www.lights.in.ua 
> [TNX
>         US4LGW]
> VE     - Rene, DL2JRM was active as VE1/DL2JRM from Bells Island (NA-081) 
> a
>         couple of days ago, and will operate again as VE1/DL2JRM from 
> Long
>         Island (NA-127) on 13-15 June. Look for him  on  80-10  metres 
> CW.
>         QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
> VE     - George,  WW4GA  will  be  active  as  WW4GA/VO1  from 
> Newfoundland
>         (NA-027) from 18 June to 9 July. QSL  direct  to  home  call. 
> [TNX
>         www.rsgbiota.org]
> VE     - Mike, K9AJ  and  Bruce,  KD6WW  will  be  active  as  K9AJ/VY0 
> and
>         KD6WW/VY0 from Thomson Island (NA-185) from the  local  evening 
> on
>         31 July through the local morning of 3 August. They will  have 
> two
>         stations and  will  operate  CW  and  SSB  around  the  usual 
> IOTA
>         frequencies. QSL via home calls. The NA-185 IOTA group is 
> offshore
>         Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, on the western shore of Hudson Bay  and 
> was
>         activated only once by NU2L/VE8 back in 1993. [TNX K9AJ]
> YU     - Special prefixes YU2009, YT2009, YU09, YT09, YT25 and YU25 will 
> be
>         in use  from  12  June  to  12  July  to  promote  the  XXV 
> Summer
>         Universiade  (the  World  University  Games  organized    by 
> the
>         International University Sports Federation) that will  be  held 
> in
>         Belgrade, Serbia on 1-12 July. [TNX www.yu1srs.org.rs]
> YV     - The Radio Club Venezolano  will be  active  as YW9A  from the 
> rare
>         Amazonas State on 20-24 June. QSL  via  YV5AJ,  direct  or 
> bureau.
>         Information on the Diploma Estados Venezolanos  (Venezuelan 
> States
>         Award) can be found at http://radioclubvenezolano.org/concurso.htm
>
> PACIFIC TOUR 2009 ---> Karl-Heinz, DL2FAG  will  be  active  from  Niue 
> and
> Samoa in October and November as follows:
> 19/10-07/11    ZK2DL    Niue Island (OC-040)
> 17/11-30/11    5W0KH    Upolu Island, Samoa (OC-097)
> He plans to operate mainly RTTY, PSK  and  SSB  on  10-80  metres,  using 
> a
> Triple  leg multiband and dipoles. After Niue and before Samoa he will 
> will
> be  visiting New Zealand's  South Island (OC-134) and be active 
> sporadically
> as  ZL4/DL2FAG.  QSLs via  home call. Log  searches  will  be  available 
> at
> www.qsl.net/dl2fag.
>
> PACIFIC TOUR 2010 ---> Wallis Island has been added to the itinerary of 
> the
> 22-day  Pacific tour that is being organized to take place next year 
> [425DXN
> 929].  A multi-national  team  of 14 operators  led  by Hrane, YT1AD will 
> be
> active from Tokelau (ZK3, 30 September-3 October), Central Kiribati (T31, 
> 5-
> 10 October)  and Wallis Island  (FW, 12-14 October). Details are expected 
> in
> due  course.  Updates  will   be  posted  to  the  expedition's  website 
> at
> http://www.yt1ad.info/t31/index.html [TNX YT3W]
>
>                         ===========================
>                         *** 4 2 5  D X  N E W S ***
>                         ****  GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
>                         ===========================
>                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
>                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW
>
> CQ SIXTY METRES ---> Sixty  metres  enthusiasts  can  find  lots  of 
> useful
> information at http://www.60meters.net/, including  information  on 
> current
> and upcoming DX activities on 5 MHz gathered by Joe, W8GEX.
>
> ILES EPARSES ---> Previously placed under the administration of the 
> prefect
> of  Reunion,  the  so-called  Iles  Eparses  (Scattered  Islands, 
> including
> Europa, Juan de Nova, Glorioso and Tromelin) have been administered  by 
> the
> French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF) since 3  January  2005  and 
> have
> constituted the TAAF 5th district since  21  February  2007.  Amateur 
> radio
> callsigns will be  affected  by  the  change  as  follows:  Europa  = 
> FT#E,
> Glorioso = FT#G, Juan de Nova = FT#J, Tromelin = FT#T.
>
> QSL 9J2FR & 9J2AA ---> Claudio, IK2RZQ says he  still  has  logs  and 
> blank
> cards for either Renzo/9J2FR and Rosa Angela/9J2AA.  Requests  can  be 
> sent
> direct or via the bureau.
>
> QSL HV50VR ---> Please note that the  new  QSL  route  is  via  IV3KKW: 
> the
> person in charge is still Alessandro Carletti (formerly  known  as 
> IW0GPN),
> who received his brand new callsign a few  days  ago.  QSL  direct  only 
> or
> LoTW. Alex says  that  all  of  the  requests  received  so  far  have 
> been
> processed and mailed.
>
> SOUTH AFRICA ---> Effective 10 June,  amateur  radio  operators  from 
> South
> Africa have full access to the 40m band (7000-7200 kHz),  and  ZR 
> licencees
> are allowed to operate on 14225-14350 kHz. [TNX ZS4BS]
>
> + SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include Ted  Collins 
> (G4UPS),
> Pietro Piccolo (I3UAZ), Anthony W. Malesic (K3BHL),  Larry  Duncan 
> (K4WLS),
> Manoel Santos  (PY2CJW),  Jurij  A.  Golovanov  (RA2FW),  Vadim  V. 
> Kononov
> (U3HB), George Sanford Ardern (W4DUP), Edwin A. Andress (W6KUT) and 
> Russell
> A. Baird (ZL4DJ).
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> QSLs received direct or  through  managers:  3B8GT,  3D2AD,  3D2VB, 
> 3DA0VB,
> 3XD2Z, 4K9W, 4O3A, 4S7DA, 4U1UN, 4V4JR, 5H1X, 5H3RK,  5H3VMB,  5K0T 
> (NA-132
> and NA-133), 5R8VB, 5Z4/RW1AU, 7Q7VB, 7X0RY,  8Q7SC,  9J2FM,  9J2VB, 
> 9K2YM,
> 9U0VB, 9X0BV, A35VB, A61Q,  A71MA,  A92GR,  BG4TRF,  BH4QAK,  C91FC, 
> C91VB,
> CU3AD, CW6V, CX7CO, D20VB, D2BB, D44TXI, D60VB, DV5PO, E44M, E51MMM, 
> E71DX,
> EA9CF, EA9PY, EL2AR, ES1CW, EU3AR, EW8KY, FK/G3MXJ,  FM5BH,  FW5RE, 
> GJ0KYZ,
> H40FN, HC2AQ, HI9/EA3BT, HI9/EA3WL, HK0/EA7HEJ, HK1X, HL3IUA,  HP1AC, 
> HV0A,
> HV50VR, J75KG, JD1BMH, JT1DN, JW1CCA,  JW5LJA,  K5D,  KG4AS,  KH0PR, 
> KH0UA,
> KH6BB, KH8/N9YU, KP2/K3TEJ, KP4KE, KP4YI,  L21D  (SA-021),  LX1FX, 
> LX8RTTY,
> LX9SW, OA4TT, OK1TN, OM7M, PS0F, PY0FF, R1ANB,  R1ANC,  R1ANP,  S04R, 
> T30M,
> T30VB, T32YY, T33ZZ, T48K, T88CI, T8CW,  T8NF,  TI5N,  TO5A,  TR8CA, 
> UK9AA,
> UN1L,  UN5J,  UN7BEW,  US0KW,  V63MB,  V63PR,  VK0BP,   VK9N/G3MXJ, 
> VK9XHZ,
> VP5/K7LAZ, VP5DF,  VP8/LZ1UQ,  VP8DLJ,  VP8YLI,  VR2XMT,  VU2NKS, 
> XE1KK/XF1
> (NA-124), XE2HWB/XF1 (NA-078), XX9BB, YB2ECG, YJ0AQY, YJ0MXJ, YK1BA, 
> YN2WW,
> Z29KM, Z36A, Z36W, ZL7T.
>
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