No 1781
425 DX NEWS - DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
E4 - Ο Michal, OM2DX, έχει ανακοινώσει σχέδια για μια DXpedition στη Δυτική Όχθη στην Παλαιστίνη (West Bank, Palestine) κάποια στιγμή μέσα στο έτος. Το callsign θα είναι E44OM. "Οι Ημερομηνίες ορίστηκαν, η Ομάδα έχει σχηματισθεί, η Άδεια (License) είναι στα χέρια μας. Η προετοιμασία συνεχίζεται ... πρέπει να περιμένουμε μέχρι να σταθεροποιηθεί η κατάσταση", όπως ανακοίνωσε στο https://www.facebook.com/e44om/ στις 12 Ιουνίου 2025.
EZ - Ο David, DL7ZM (OE6NZM), ήταν ξανά ενεργός (active) ως EZ/DL7ZM από το Turkmenistan από 14-15 Ιουνίου 2025 και αναμένεται να παραμείνει QRV σποραδικά (sporadically) μέχρι τις 21 Ιουνίου 2025. Έχει λάβει άδεια για να κάνει εκπομπές σε CW και SSB στα 6 και 10 μέτρα (50110, 28020, 28550 +/- 5 kHz). Αυτή δεν είναι μια DXpedition, αλλά ένα ερευνητικό και εκπαιδευτικό project σχετικά με τη διάδοση (propagation). "Υποθέτω, ότι αυτή η δραστηριότητα θα γίνει τελικά αποδεκτή από την ARRL", λέει, "καθώς έχω μια πλήρη άδεια (full licence) με callsign, συχνότητες κ.λπ.". QSL to David Pommerenke, Paul Anton Keller Weg 30/2, 8075 Hart bei Graz, Austria. Βλ. https://www.qrz.com/db/DL7ZM για ενημερώσεις (updates).
HI - Το HI99RCD είναι το special callsign για το Radio Club Dominicano (HI8RCD, που ιδρύθηκε επίσημα στις 12 Ιουνίου 1926) για να γιορτάσει την 99η επέτειό του, από 31 Μαΐου έως 30 Ιουνίου 2025. Τα QSOs θα επιβεβαιωθούν (confirmed) by email και via QRZ Logbook.
J7 - Ο Laurent, FM5BH, θα είναι ενεργός (active) ως J79BH από τη Dominica (NA-101), στην Καραϊβική, από 25-29 Ιουνίου 2025. Θα κάνει εκπομπές σε SSB και CW, στα 80-10 μέτρα. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or direct to FM5BH. [TNX NG3K]
JD1_oga - Ακόμα μία φορά ο Harry, JG7PSJ, θα είναι ενεργός (active) ως JD1BMH από την Chichijima (AS-031), στην Ogasawara, νησιά που ανήκουν στην Ιαπωνία (ΝΑ), από 26 Ιουνίου έως 4 Ιουλίου 2025. Θα κάνει εκπομπές σε CW, SSB και RTTY, στα 40-10 μέτρα. QSL via JD1BMH (bureau), or direct to JG7PSJ. Logsearch on https://ss381094.stars.ne.jp/jd1bmh/. Δεν χρησιμοποιεί LoTW ή PayPal. [TNX The Daily DX]
OH0 - Kimmo, OH3DJP, will be active holiday style as OH0/OH3DJP from the Aland Islands (EU-002) from 24 June to 1 July. Activity will be on various bands, possibly including 6 metres, using 50 watts or less. QSL via the bureau; QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW and Club Log. [TNX The Daily DX]
OK - Martin, OL5Y (OK1FUA) and Vaclav, OL9R (OK6RA) are "very happy to have made it to WRTC 2026", and will be using the special callsign OL26WRTC during 2025 and 2026 " as a celebration and promotion" of that event. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or direct to OK6RA. The 10th World Radio Sport Team Championship (https://ww.wrtc2026.org) will take place in England on 8-13 July 2026.
SP - Special callsign SN92LOT will be active on 1-31 July to commemorate the 92nd anniversary of the ill fated flight of Lithuanian pilots Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas. On 15 July 1933 they attempted a nonstop flight from New York City to Kaunas in a small airplane named "Lituanica". After crossing the Atlantic Ocean, they crashed on 17 July 2025 when they were only 650km short of their final destination. QSL via SP1PMY.
VE - Pierre, VK3KTB, will be active again as VY0ERC from the Eureka Amateur Radio Club station on Ellesmere Island (NA-008) between 26 June and 24 July 2025. He operates SSB, CW and FT8 on various bands when time permits. He plans to operate as VY0RAC during the RAC Canada Day Contest (1 July). QSL via M0OXO's OQRS and LoTW.
W - The following stations will be active during the 17th annual "13 Colonies Special Event", which will be held from 13 UTC on 1 July until 4 UTC on 8 July 2025: K2A (New York), K2B (Virginia), K2C (Rhode Island), K2D (Connecticut), K2E (Delaware), K2F (Maryland), K2G (Georgia), K2H (Massachusetts), K2I (New Jersey), K2J (North Carolina), K2K (New Hampshire), K2L (South Carolina), and K2M (Pennsylvania), plus 'bonus stations' WM3PEN from Philadelphia (the city where the US independence was declared), GB13COL from England (QSL direct, see qrz.com for instructions) and TM13COL from France (QSL via F5OGL). Information about the award programme can be found on http://www.13colonies.us/.
YJ - "Due to my haste when changing bands to 60m at sunset, the PA has been damaged and 6m EME is cancelled", Bob, YJ0RS (ZL1RS) says. He will leave Vanuatu one week earlier than planned [425DXN 1779], and will be QRV "barefoot" on 6m FT8 (50313 kHz) and 10m FT8 (28074 kHz) until 22 June 2025.
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KH7AL/KH9 ---> Allen, has announced his operating schedule for the next few
Days (https://kh7al.site/kh9-upcoming-activity/):
22 June 16:30-19:00 UTC 17m FT8 Super Fox, 18095 kHz if available
23 June 01:30-05:00 UTC 15m CW
25 June 16:30-19:00 UTC 20m FT8 Super Fox, 14091 kHz if available
30 June 07:00-09:00 UTC 30m CW
03 July 07:00-11:00 UTC 20m SSB
04 July 07:00-09:00 UTC 17m SSB
Allen will continue his spare time operations from Wake Island until the end
of July. He expects to return to KH9 in early September.
YASME: THE FRYING PAN TOWER PROJECT ---> The Board of Directors of the Yasme Foundation has announced a grant to Kees Van Oosbree, W0AAE and Nathan Wood, K4NHW, "to support the establishment of a remote-control HF station on the
Frying Pan Tower platform in North Carolina (https://fptower.org). The intent of establishing the station is to encourage young amateurs to operate from an interesting location with good propagation. The platform is also located in FM13 which is mostly water and highly sought-after for grid-based operating awards. While Yasme's grant will help establish the station, additional support will be needed from the ham community to perform maintenance in the salt environment and keep the station on the air. The operators have established a GoFundMe account for individual donations:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/frying-pan-tower-remote-hf-project".
ZS8W ---> The website for the ZS8W DXpediton to Marion Island is back up:
https://www.lral.lv/zs8w/index.html. The operation has been approved for DXCC credit, and the LoTW certificate has been obtained. A full LoTW upload will be on 15 August 2025.
+ SILENT KEYS + Marek Kraszula, SP3GVX died on 11 June, aged 70. Back in 1996-97, 1999-2000, 2004-05 and 2007-08 he was a wintering crew member at the Henryk Arctowski Station on King George Island (South Shetlands), and was active as HF0POL. In 2002-03 he wintered at the Polish Polar Station in Hornsund, Spitsbergen (Svalbard), where he operated as JW0HU.
One day later, on 12 June, another Antarctic veteran passed away: Pavlo P. Budanov, UX2HO, aged 65. In 1997-98, 2001-02 and 2004-05, while wintering at the Akademik Vernadsky Station on Galindez Island (AN-006), he was active as EM1HO and distributed nearly 115,000 QSOs.
Wolfgang Hadel, DK2OM, passed away on 17 June at the age of 79. "He was one of the most dedicated and distinguished guardians of the amateur radio frequency spectrum, championing the protection of amateur radio bands with expertise, perseverance and passion for decades", Tom Kamp, DF5JL writes.
"With technical sensitivity and an almost detective-like intuition, he identified sources of interference, such as over-the-horizon radars, military data links, illegal stations and poorly suppressed switching power supplies. His well-founded reports were feared not by radio amateurs, but by those responsible for unauthorised transmissions, which he documented and reported with meticulous precision. He stopped numerous international disturbances on
his own initiative, often within a few days". [https://www.iaru-r1.org]
