No 1789
425 DX NEWS - DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
5H - Ο Alex, SQ9UM, θα είναι ενεργός (active) ως 5H1UM από το Zanzibar Island (AF-032), στην Tanzania (ΚΑ Αφρική) από 12-24 Αυγούστου 2025. Θα εκπέμπει σε FT8/FT4, CW και λίγο SSB στα 80-6 μέτρα. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via SQ9UM.
5R - Ο Silvano, I2YSB, και η Italian DXpedition Team (I1FQH, I1HJT, I2PJA, IK2CKR, IK2HKT, IK2RZP και IV3ZXQ) θα είναι ενεργοί (active) ως 5R8TT (CW, SSB και RTTY) και 5R8XX (FT8) από το νησί Nosy Be (AF-057), στα ΒΔ της Madagascar (ΚΑ Αφρική) από 29 Οκτωβρίου έως 12 Νοεμβρίου 2025. Θα λειτουργήσουν τέσσερις σταθμούς στα 160-6 μέτρα. QSLs direct to I2YSB. Βλ. https://www.i2ysb.com/idt/ για περισσότερες πληροφορίες, όπως και το band plan, OQRS για direct cards και τα καινούργια DXpedition Awards.
CX - Το CW200DI είναι ένα special event callsign για τα μέλη του Radio Club Uruguayo για να γιορτασθεί η 200ή επέτειος της Διακήρυξης της Ανεξαρτησίας της Ουρουγουάης (25 Αυγούστου 1825) από 20 Αυγούστου έως 18 Σεπτεμβρίου 2025. QSL via the bureau, LoTW, or direct to CX1AA.
HK - Ο Renato, PY8WW, έχει ανακοινώσει σχέδια ότι θα είναι ενεργός (active) με το callsign TBA) από το Playa Blanca Island (SA-084), στα Κανάρια Νησιά της Ισπανίας, από 12-16 Νοεμβρίου 2025. Το νησί βρίσκεται μέσα στο Utria National Natural Park και οι εκπομπές θα γίνουν αποκλειστικά με ηλιακά panels. Περισσότερες πληροφορίες εν ευθέτω χρόνω.
OH0 - Η Ομάδα (Team) OG0C (OH2JIU, OH5CW, OH5CY, OH5CZ, OH5YL και ίσως και άλλοι) θα είναι ενεργοί (active) ξανά από τα Aland Islands (EU-002), στη ΝΔ Φινλανδία, από 17-24 Αυγούστου 2025. Εκπέμποντας από μια grid square KO09, θα είναι QRV από τα 160 μέτρα έως τα 70 εκατοστά, σε CW, SSB, FT8, FT4, RTTY, MSK144 και JT65. Θα προσπαθήσουν επίσης και στα 50 MHz EME. QSL via OH5CW (direct) and LoTW.
OX - "Due to unexpected illness", Markus, DL6YYM, has had to cancel his trip to Greenland. He was expected to be QRV as OX/DL6YYM on 15-29 August 2025 [425DXN 1788].
PA - The "Dutch Lighthouse Hunt" will run on 1-30 September 2025, when members of the Dutch Radio Group will use eleven special callsigns, each representing a different lighthouse in the Netherlands: PA01LH, PD00LH, PD01LH, PD02LH, PD03LH, PD04LH, PD05LH, PD06LH, PD07LH, PD08LH, and PD09LH. See https://www.qrz.com/db/PA01LH for detailed information.
PJ7 - Czech DXpedition team members OK1FCJ, OK2ZA, OK2ZC, OK6DJ and OM5ZW will be active as PJ7K from Sint Maarten (NA-105) on 12-22 September. They will operate CW, SSB, FT8 and RTTY on 160-6 metres, and via satellite. QSL via Club Log's OQRS (preferred), LoTW, or via OK6DJ.
VK9N - Chris, VK3QB, Luke, VK3HJ, and Alan, VK6CQ, will be active as VK9NT from Norfolk Island (OC-005) on 14-27 September 2025. They will operate CW, FT8 and a little SSB on 40-6 metres with up to two stations. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS. See https://www.qrz.com/db/VK9NT for updates and FT8 instructions.
VK9X - After his Lord Howe Island operation [425DXN 1787], Janusz, SP9FIH, will be active as VK9/SP9FIH from Christmas Island (OC-002) from 19 September to 3 October 2025. Plans are to operate SSB and FT8 (FH/SF) on 30-10 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS (direct requests for QSL will be uploaded to LoTW within few days, bureau requests will be uploaded after 12 months). See https://vk9.dxpeditions.org/ for more information.
YO - Members of the Federatia Romana de Radioamatorism (FRR) will be active as YO2025ENESCU between 24 August and 21 September 2025, during the George Enescu International Festival and Competition. Certificates and eQSL will be available on https://hamlog.online/. Held in Bucharest since 1958, the Festival honours and celebrates the memory, the music and the personality of Romanian composer, pianist, violinist and conductor George Enescu (1881-1955).
ZL - ZL100C is a special callsign celebrating the centenary of the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters (NZART), which was formed on 16 August 1926. The callsign is valid until 6 August 2026. QSL via the bureau and LoTW.
5H - Chas, NK8O, will be active again as 5H3DX from Tanzania between 31 August and 21 September. He plans to operate CW and FT8/FT4 on 30-10 metres in his limited spare time. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, or direct to home call (see https://www.qrz.com/db/5H3DX for instructions). [TNX The Daily DX]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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3C2MD SURVEY --- > The Mediteraneo DX Club is conducting a survey to determine the most in-demand bands and modes for their 3C2MD DXpedition to Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, which will take place from 30 October to 10 November: https://www.mdxc.support/3c2md/survey/.
3Y0K ---> All the equipment for the 2026 DXpedition to Bouvet is bound for Oslo this week and next, LA7GIA posted to Facebook on 14 August. "The logistics involved in getting all the equipment selected, designed, tested, packed and shipped to Norway has involved many persons, manufacturers, helpers and hard work for a long time. We started developing the 3Y0K DXpedition in April 2023, and it has taken us more than 2 years to get to this stage where soon all the equipment will be loaded into a container located in Nittedal, just outside Oslo, Norway. This container will not only be loaded with equipment, but other essentials like tents, provisions, safety and emergency equipment, evacuation gear, QRO generators and a lot more.
Our goal is to conduct a safe and sound DXpedition where our ability to adapt to the changing conditions is important. Four team members have experience from Bouvet Island 2023, and know what to expect - I can guarantee we will get onshore!" In two weeks, they will pay the $400,000 deposit for the vessel. By the time they ship the container in mid-September, they will have spent a total of $1,000,000 on this DXpedition, not to mention the thousands of hours of hard work involved.
KH7AL/KH9 ---> Allen left Wake Island permanently at the end of July. On 12 August, he announced via X that he had accepted a position at home in Montana, meaning that he will not be returning to Wake on 6 September as previously anticipated [425DXN 1786]. "Wake Island was an amazing experience for me, largely thanks to our ham radio community", he says. According to Club Log, KH7AL/KH9 made 20,572 QSOs 28 November 2024 and 25 July 2025.
QSL KI6LT/ZD8 ---> The QSL route for Larry's recent activity (July 2025) from Ascension Island is via N2OO (OQRS on https://www.oqrs.net/n2oo/). Cards already sent to KI6LT will be redirected to N2OO. QSLs will be printed soon.
WW DIGI DX CONTEST ---> This year's edition of the World Wide Digi DX Contest ("WW Digi") will take place on 30-31 August (from 12:00 UTC to 11:59 UTC). The objective is for amateurs around the world to contact as many other amateurs in as many Maidenhead Grid Fields as possible using the FT4 and FT8 modes on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m. See https://ww-digi.com/ for complete information. WW Digi is a collaboration between the World Wide Radio Operators Foundation (WWROF) and the Slovenia Contest Club (SCC).
