DX News by I1JQJ, IK1ADH and I2VGW - 18 Ιαν 2025

No 1759

425 DX NEWS - DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

5N - Ο 5N9DTG [425DXN 1758] αναμένεται να είναι QRV από την Abuja, την πρωτεύουσα της Νιγηρίας (Nigeria), στην ΚΔ Αφρική, ξεκινώντας από περίπου τις 25 Ιανουαρίου 2025 και για 2 εβδομάδες. Θα είναι μια δραστηριότητα 2 ανδρών από τα 160-6 μέτρα, με υψηλότερη προτεραιότητα να δίνεται στο FT8/FT4. Βλ. https://www.qrz.com/db/5N9DTG για τις συχνότητες εκπομπής τους. QSL via Club Log's OQRS. "Μετά θα κατευθυνθούμε στην περιοχή ZS, προς το νησί Bouvet στην Ανταρκτική". [https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup]

8Q - Ο Ilian, LZ5KW, θα είναι ενεργός ως 8Q7KW από τις Maldives (AS-013), που βρίσκονται στον Ινδικό Ωκεανό και ΝΔ της Ινδίας, ξεκινώντας από τις 22 Ιανουαρίου 2025 και για 2 εβδομάδες. Θα εκπέμπει κυρίως σε CW, με λίγο SSB και FT8, στα 80-10 μέτρα.  QSL via LoTW or via LZ1JZ; QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log. [TNX The Daily DX]

9A - Όλο το 2025 ο Tom (Tomislav Dugec), 9A2AA, από την Κροατία (Σπλιτ), θα χρησιμοποιεί το 9A68AA για να γιορτάσει τα 68 χρόνια από τη δραστηριότητά του στις ραδιοερασιτεχνικές μπάντες (amateur radio bands). QSL via home call.

C5 - Ο Przemo, SP3PS, είναι ξανά ενεργός ως C5SP από τη Gambia, που βρίσκεται στη Δυτική Αφρική και που περικλείεται από τη Σενεγάλη, μέχρι και τα μέσα Μαρτίου 2025. Θα δουλέψει σε SSB και FT8 στα 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12 και 10 μέτρα. QSL via home call.

D4 - Claudio, HB9OAU, will be active holiday style as D44OA from Sal Island (AF-086), Cape Verde on 5-18 February. He will operate SSB and CW on 40-6 metres. QSL via LoTW and eQSL (paper cards will not be provided); QSOs will be uploaded also to Club Log.
FM - Dom, F4IFF, will be active as FM/F4IFF from Martinique (NA-107) on 19-27 January. He will operate SSB and digital modes on the HF bands, and will use Club Log's Live Stream. QSL direct to EB7DX.
JD1_mt - Take, JG8NQJ/JD1, is currently QRV from Minami Torishima (OC-073) [425DXN 1749].  His QSL manager reports that at the end of January Take will QRT on 10 metres, and be active  on 12 metres instead. Also, sometime in late January-early February he will be able to be QRV on 20 metres. Take operates mainly CW in his spare time. QSL via the bureau to JG8NQJ, or direct to JA8CJY.
JW - Kristoffer, LB0VG, and Stian, LB5SH, will be active from Longyearbyen (EU-026), Svalbard from about 15:00 UTC on 24 January until around 10:00 UTC on 26 January (https://lb5sh.no/). They will operate SSB and CW as JW2T, and FY8/FT4 as JW/LB5SH, with two stations on 160-10 metres. QSOs will be  uploaded to Club Log, whose Livestreams feature will be enabled.  QSL JW2T via LoTW,  QRZ Logbook,  or via
EA5GL. QSL JW/LB5SH via LoTW and QRZ Logbook (no paper cards).
P2 - Xu, BG5DON, will be working near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (OC-034) between 18 January and 30 May. In his spare time, mostly during the weekends, he will be active as P29XZ on 20, 17, 15, 10 and 6 metres FT8, running low power (10 watts). [TNX The Daily DX]
P4 - Mathias, DL4MM, will be active again as P40AA from Aruba (SA-036) on 18-28 January, CQ WW 160-Meter CW Contest included. He will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on  160-10 metres.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS,  LoTW, or via DL4MM. TNX [NG3K]
PA - Special event station PA25MC will be active on 23 January to introduce the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps to the world of amateur radio. Organized and supported by PI4VBD,  the club station of the Royal Army's Signal Regiment, activity will be on SSB on the HF bands.
TZ - Ulmar, DK1CE, will be active again as TZ1CE from Bamako, Mali between 28 January and 20 February. Usually he operates mainly SSB and FT8 on 160-6 metres.  QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log and LoTW, and will be confirmed automatically via the bureau.
V4 - Once again John, W5JON, will be active as V47JA from St. Kitts (NA-104) between 26 January and 5 February. He will operate SSB and FT8 on various bands. QSL via LoTW, or direct only to W5JON.
V7 - Sven (DJ4MX), Yannick (DK1YH), Philipp (DK6SP), Braco (E77DX), Tomi
(HA8RT) and Jamie (M0SDV), will be active as V73WW from Majuro (OC-029), Marshall Islands starting on 12 February "for approximately 12 days". They will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 with four stations. Plans are to distribute at least 2000 RTTY QSOs, to focus on the low bands, and to participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest. If the
Internet connection is stable, they will  use  Club Log's Live Stream. See https://next-generation-dx.com/v7/  for  V73WW's tentative band plan and  other information. QSL via LoTW ("daily free ofcharge"), Club Log's OQRS, or via DJ4MX.  Updates will be posted to

https://www.facebook.com/RMI2025 and https://x.com/rmi2025.
VP5 - Gerhard,OE3GEA, will be active holiday style as VP5/OE3GEA from Providenciales (NA-002) on 23-26 January. He will operate CW on 30-10 metres. QSLs via OE3GEA, direct or bureau.
VU_ant - AT44I is the callsign for George, VU2DGR, to be active in his spare time from Bharati Research Station. He is a member of the 44th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica. QSL via home call.

Z8 - Ken, K4ZW, expects to be active as  Z81Z  from Juba, South Sudan on 20-24 January.  He will operate CW and some SSB on various bands; once in Juba he will see if activity on the low bands is possible. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or via K4ZW. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZD7 - Giovanni, IZ2DPX, will be active holiday style as ZD7DPX from St. Helena Island (AF-022) from 21 January to 3 February. He will operate SSB and digital modes from  ZD7CTO's  QTH.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or direct to IK2DUW.

AFRICA TRIP ---> Antonio, IK7WUL, is going on a humanitarian mission trip to
Africa; in his spare time he might be QRV - most likely on 10 metres SSB -
as follows (dates are tentative):
26-31 January   Burkina Faso    callsign TBA
1-6 February    Ghana           9G5IK
6-14 February   Togo            5V0DX
14-23 February  Benin           TY2AA

CENTRAL AMERICA TOUR ---> The Russian Robinson Club (operators  Mike, K5MSK,Yuri N3QQ, Tim, NL8F, Slava, OK8AU, Raisa, R1BIG, Vlad, R9LR, Alex, RW3RN, and  Hal, W8HC) will be active from Nicaragua,  Costa Rica, and Panama
between 11 February and 7 March. This will be a POTA/IOTA operation, with CW, SSB and FT8 activity on 160-10 metres from the parks, and on 40-10 metres from the islands. Tentative dates are as follows:
* 11-16 February YN6RRC (requested callsign)
  POTA NI-0055 (Complejo Volcanico San Cristobal Nature Reserve)
* 11-16 February H7RRC (requested callsign)
  Concurrent side trip to Isla del Cardon (IOTA NA-212) by OK8AU, NL8F, N3QQ
* 19-25 February TI1RRC
  POTA CR-0018 (Corcovado National Park)
  Concurrent side trip to  Isla del Cano  (IOTA NA-117, POTA CR-0033);  four
  operators for 3-4 days with three stations
* 26 February-3 March  3F3RRC (requested callsign)
  POTA PA-0033 (Fortuna Forest Reserve)
QSLs via M0OXO's OQRS  (via RW3RN for Russia and Belarus only); QSOs will be
uploaded to Club Log, and full LoTW upload is expected by 24 December.