25 April 2020

A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1512===========================*** 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 cut short, postponed, cancelled or evenextended at any time and without notice.
4W- The Lagunaria DX Group's DXpedition to Timor Leste (11 October-8November) [425DXN 1505] has been postponed until sometime in 2021.
"The current situation based on the Corona pandemic makes it
impossible to plan anything later in this year", the team says.
"The uncertainty of travel safety, the not predictable impact on
the companies we have to rely on and the current restrictions thatprevent a solid preparation, forced us to take this step. We hopethat we can see clearer by the end of this year what will be in2021". Updates will be posted to http://timor-leste-dx.de/.
EU- Commemorating the end of World War II, special callsigns EV75M,EV75F, EV75K, EV75P, EV75GA, EV75GK and EV75PP are expected to be
active from Belarus on 2-9 May. They will participate in theMemorial Pobeda-75 (see below). QSL via operator's instructions.
G- This year the Poldhu Amateur Radio Club (GB2GM) will be unable tooperate from the Marconi Centre on 25 April. Another special callsign, however, will celebrate Marconi's birthday: GB1GM, operated
by Cliff, G3UYN (Chairman of PARC). "No QSL", he says.
G- Even though this year's International Marconi Day has been cancancelled, three IMD stations will be active from England on 25April to celebrate the birth of Guglielmo Marconi: GB5IMD (on 2mFM), GB6IMD (on the HF bands SSB) and GB8IMD (on the HF bands FT8).
QSLs via eQSL only, but certificates will be available: see "2020
Innovation Awards" on the Quantum Amateur Radio & Technology
Society's website (https://quantumtech.club/).
HL- Special callsigns HL40GDM and D73M will be active on 1-31 May tocommemorate the 40th anniversary of the Gwangju Uprising (18-27 May1980), aka the Gwangju Democratization Movement. QSLs via HL4CCM,direct or bureau. In 2011, the Archives for the May 18th Democratic
Uprising against Military Regime were inscribed to the UNESCO
Memory of the World Register.
JA_ant - The 61st Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition's overwintering
team at the Syowa Station on East Ongul Island (AN-015), Antarctica
includes Taka, JA1AGS and Hiro, JH7JCX. In their spare time they
are QRV from the 8J1RL club station, with activity on 40, 30, 20,
17 and 15 metres mainly FT8. They will be there until January 2021.
QSL via the bureau to 8J1RL, or direct to JG2MLI.
JA- Special callsign 8J17CALL will be activated from 23 April until 22April 2021 by the 7-CALL Amateur Radio Club (JS1YEY), a Tokyo based
club station that gathers operators with callsigns in the 7K-7N

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prefix series - "a symbol of the golden age of Japanese amateur
radio history". The first 7K call (7K1AAA) was issued on 23 April
1990, the last 7-Call was issued on 20 June 2003 (7N4XZZ). Over theyears some 95% of the 7K-7N stations lost interest in the hobby,and nowadays the 7-Callers are only 17,583 out of the 402,180
Japanese amateurs. See https://7-call.com/en for more information.
All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau, eQSL andLoTW.
- Special callsign LZ50BFRA will be active from 26 April until theend of the year to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Bulgarian
Federation of Radio Amateurs. Founded on 26 April 1970, BFRA is
the national IARU member society. QSL via LZ1BJ (bureau).
- 4U2STAYHOME is the special callsign for the VIC Amateur Radio Contest DX Club (4U1A, http://www.cqdx.ru/4u1a/) to join the Stay Home
/Stay Safe campaign. This activity counts for Austria for DXCC, andfor the Vienna International Centre for the CQ DX Marathon. QSL via
UA3DX, direct or bureau.
- Jo, OE4VIE will be active as OE50MHZ (WWL JN87dc) from 1 May to 30June. He will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 6 metres, tomark the 30th anniversary of the allocation - initially subject
to severe restrictions - of the Magic Band to Austrian amateurs.
QSL via LoTW and eQSL; paper QSLs will be sent automatically via
the bureau.
- A very large number of Russian stations using special prefix RP75
(where the letter P stands for 'pobeda', i.e. 'victory') will be
active on 2-9 May to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the end ofWorld War II. See https://pobeda.srr.ru/ for more information, including the list of participating stations and their QSL routes.
- Canadian licensees are allowed to use "special event" prefixes from20 April to 20 June as a reminder to stay at home and help containand limit the spread of COVID-19: VA stations can use CF, VE
stations can use CG, VO stations can use CH, and VY stations canuse CI.
- The Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club of Babylon, NY is looking
for amateurs in each of New York State's 62 counties to operate
their home stations under the special event callsign K2H (H forHeroes) between 1 and 31 May. All operators will be signing K2H/
along with the county abbreviation as used in the New York QSO
Party (e.g. K2H/SUF for Suffolk, K2H/NAS for Nassau, etc). Thisspecial operation is intented to express gratitude to the men andwomen on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Confirmationcertificates" will be available, but QSL cards will not be issued.
See https://www.qrz.com/db/k2h for more information.
===========================*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ******* GOOD TO KNOW ... ****===========================
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

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COVID-19 PANDEMIC ---> Travel restrictions, self-isolation and social distancing requirements as well as general health and safety issues arisingfrom the coronavirus pandemic are affecting quite a number of operations andamateur radio events, which have been postponed or cancelled:
Z68AN
Kosovo27/04-30/04
cancelled
Z68EC
Kosovo27/04-30/04
cancelled
ZV1C
SA-02901/05-03/05
postponed later in 2020
8Q7KB
Maldives
04/05-12/05
cancelled
TM5IB
EU-105
16/05-23/05
cancelled
FM/OQ3R
Martinique
25/05-06/06
cancelled
TO3F
Martinique
CQ WW WPX CWcancelled
Museum Ships Weekend
06/06-07/06
cancelled
VP2V/W9DR
British Virgin Isls 17/06-24/06
cancelledZA/HG2DX
Albania
21/06-03/07
cancelled
4W
Timor Leste
11/10-08/11
postponed to 2021
JAPAN: EXPANDED ACCESS TO 160 AND 80 METRES ---> As of 21 April, Japaneseamateurs have gained new privileges on 160 and 80m. The current band plan,as summarized on the ARRL's website, is as follow:
160 METRES---------1800-1810 kHz
All modes (new assignment)
1810-1825 kHz
CW only
1825-1875 kHz
All modes (as secondary service, new assignment)
1907.5-1912.5 kHz CW and data (F1B, F1D, G1B, G1D)
80 METRES--------3500-3520 kHz
CW only
3520-3535 kHz
CW and data (F1B, F1D, G1B, G1D)
3535-3575 kHz
CW, phone, image; data only permitted for making
contacts with non-JA amateurs3575-3580 kHz
All modes (as secondary service, new assignment)
3599-3612 kHz
CW, phone, image, data3662-3680 kHz
All modes (as secondary service, new assignment)
3680-3687 kHz
CW, phone, image
3702-3716 kHz
CW, phone, image
3745-3770 kHz
CW, phone, image
3791-3805 kHz
CW, phone, imageQSL EY8MM ---> Reportedly Ted, K1BV has been hospitalized since September
and is unable to process QSL requests. Please refrain from mailing cards tohim until further notice, and do not mail cards to EY8MM's home address.
Nodir uploads his log to LoTW on a regular basis.
QSL H33K ---> The QSL route for the 2-13 March operation has changed "due toproblems with the postal service in Panama during the Covid-19 lockdown".
The new QSL manager is W4JS (direct only). The logs have been alreadyuploaded to LoTW and Club Log; the QSL cards are expected to be available
after 30 April.
STAY AT HOME ---> Other special callsign joining the Stay Home campaign and/or showing support for health care professionals and other key workers

during the COVID-19 pandemic include:
Callsign
DXCC
QSL---------------------------------------------------------------------------3G2HOME
Chile
LoTW only
4U2STAYHOME
Austria
UA3DX
4X2BESAFE
Israel
4Z1TL
26/04-12/08
5W19STAYSAFE Samoa
LoTW only
CB3STAYHOME
Chile
LoTW, or via EA5GL (direct)
GB0CCW
England
LoTW, or via M0LXD
GB0EDHEnglandoperated by G0NQZ 21/04-18/05
GB0KYD
Englandoperated by M0OWS 18/04-16/05
GB1HSC
No. Ireland GI7SBF
20/04-17/05
GB2SH
EnglandeQSL only
20/04-17/05
GB4KW
EnglandeQSL only
GB5KW
Englandoperated by M0TXX
GB9KW
EnglandeQSL only
HA0HOME
Hungary
HA0DX
HA0STAY
Hungary
HA0DX
HA127STAY
Hungary
HA9BA
IO6STAYItaly
IK6QON (direct)
22/04-20/07
K2H
USA
01/05-31/05
OD50SH
Lebanon
IZ8CLMOD5STAYHOME
Lebanon
IZ8CLM
OE1STAYHOMEAustria
LoTW and eQSL only
OR4LIFE
Belgium
ON6YX
OR7LIFE
Belgium
ON4OB
PE6STAYHOMENetherlands
operated by PE1EVX
TC3STAYHOMETurkeyTA3X
XR3STAYHOMEChileeQSL only===========================*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ********** QSL ROUTES *******===========================
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW===================================================================CALL
MANAGERCALL
MANAGERCALL
MANAGER===================================================================
3Z50DVP
SP6DVP
CO6ABP
RW6HS
OE25TWA
OE3TWA
4J0STAYHOME DC9RI
CS5MAR
CT1REP
OE25XGMOE5XGM
4K0STAYHOME DC9RI
CT1STAYHOME CT1EQQ
OE25XKJOE7XKJ
4L8A
M0OXO
D2EB
IZ3ETUOE25YSCOE3YSC
4O/E73A
9A2AA
DQ750KLDL5KVVOL1941FP
OK2CME
4U1A
UA3DX
DU9CA
IK2DUW
OL725PLZ
OK1DRQ
4U1UN
HB9BOU
DX0STAYHOME DX1PAR
ON4HEROESON5UR
4X0T
4Z5FI
DZ1Z
DV1YAION4STAYSTRONG ON4RCN
4X9A
4Z4OQ
E76C
E77E
OO7STAYHOME ON7SS
5B4AHL
M0URX
ED5URR
EA5URROP2STAYHOME ON6NB
5P0WARDOZ1ACB
EG5DMR
EA5RKBOP6STAYHOME ON4IPR
5P0WHDOZ1ACB
EK1915KE
EK1KE
OQ1HOPE
ON4ON
7X2GK
IK2DUW
EK1915MG
EK6MG
OQ4ANGELS
ON4CHT7X5JF
8P2K
8P6DR
9K2WARD
9M2TO
9N1AA
A35JP
A60WARD/1
A60WARD/4
A60WARD/5
A91WARD
AM1WARD
AM2WARD
AM3WARD
AM4WARD
AM5WARD
AM6WARD
AM795DX
AM7WARDAM8WARD
AM95WARD
AM9WARDAN595AHA
AO295EZ
AO395AKA
AO395NN
AO395PP
AO495S
AO495SE
AO595BY
AO595HRT
AO595KA
AO595XA
AO795IYF
AO795TV
BV50CYMC
C91CCY
CM8BD
CN20SH
3W1T
4K2GG
9G5GS
DC9RI
DL2020R
EL2FM
OE20M
TR8CA
V84SAR
XV1X

DJ8QP
KU9C
G3RWL
9K2RA
JA0DMV
N4GNR
JA0RQV
A61BK
A61BK
A92AA
A92AA
EA4URE
EA4URE
EA4URE
EA4URE
EA4URE
EA4URE
EB7DX
EA4URE
EA4URE
EA4URE
EA4UREEC5AHA
EA2EZ
EA3AKA
EA3NN
EA3PP
EA4S
EA4SE
EA5BY
EA5HRT
EA5KA
EA5XA
EA7IYF
EA7TV
BV4VR
K3IRV
RW6HS
RW6HS

EK1915RR
EK1915SI
EL2DT
EP2C
EU5C
FY4VA
GB4ARD
GB4SAH
H33K
HB9WARD
HC1HC
HC7AE
HF1J
HG0WFF
HH2/N3BNA
HI3MPC
HI8JSG
HI8K
HP1XT
HZ1WARD
II5CNPPII5LDV
IO3RT
IQ8BI
J68HZ
J73WA
JY5HX
KH2L
KL7J
KP3H
OD5KU
OD5TX
OE20M
OE25BKCOE25DMT
OE25IGPOE25JWD
OE25LCR
OE25PEN

EK1RR
EK6SI
EL2FM
EA5GL
EW1I
DL7BC
M0KPW
G4XEX
W4JS
HB9OCR
NE8Z
EA5GL
SP1NEN
HA0HW
KA2AEV
W2CCW
RW6HS
W2CCW
KU9C
HZ1SARIZ5RHU
IQ5LV
IQ3BM
IZ8CLM
K9HZ
ND3R
E73Y
W3HNK
N3SL
NP3LT
EB7DX
W4JS
OE1WHCOE3BKCOE7DMT
OE2IGP
OE6JWDOE3LCROE5PEN

OR20STAYHOME ON4RSX
OR4STAYHOME ON3AR [d]OR4STAYHOME ON4CP [b]
OR8STAYHOME ON4ATH
OR95WARD
ON4CRD [b]OR95WARD
ON4LBI [d]OT20LIFE
ON5AV
OT4HOPE
ON6SI
OT6STAYSAFE ON5YL
OT7STAYSAFE ON6MS
OX80HM
OZ1ACBOZ80HM
OZ1ACBOZ80QUEENOZ1ACBPC6STAYHOME PC4AD
PH70PH
PA7HPH
PU0FDN
PY7RP
RG61PP
RZ3LC
S50WAADS59DKS
S79VU
EA5GL
SK9WARD
SM6JSM
SM7/OZ1AA
OZ1ACB
SN0KURPSP5KVW
SN0MD
SP1PNW
SP0WL
SP5ZIP
TF3WARD
TF3MH
TI2VLM
EA5ZD
TI5/N3KS
W4FS
TM20PAQF4HZSTM35UFT
F6EEQ
TM5OIS/p
F5KRH
TM95WARD
F6BEE
TT8SN
DL9USA
TZ4AM
W0SA
UK8FF
W3HNK
VP2ETEW3HNK
XU7AMG
BD4HF
ZS6S
EA5GL
ZT4T
EA5GL
ZW5STAYHOME PY5EG

Eddy Visser, I.P.O Box 88, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam
Alexander Y. Frolov, P.O. Box 38, Volgograd, 400066, Russia
Matteo Ghirardini, Via Maggiore 77, 48121 Ravenna RA, Italy
Rashad Iskandarli, Postfach 600321, 60333 Frankfurt am Main,Germany
Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
Joe Brown, 10 Oldhams Lane, Bolton, BL1 6PN, United Kingdom
DokuFunk, An den Steinfeldern 4A, 1230 Wien, Austria
Jean Charron, 19 rue Gabriel Moussa, 33320 Eysines, FranceTamat Lampoh, P.O. Box 849, MPC Old Airport, Bandar Seri Begawan
BB3577, Brunei Darussalam
Eddy Visser, I.P.O Box 88, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam

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