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16 August 2025 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1789
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
4X - Five special callsigns will be used from Israeli lighthouses on 16
August for the International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend: 4X01LH
(Jaffa), 4X02LH (Stella Maris), 4X03LH (Ashdod), 4X04LH (Akko),
4X05LH (Tel Aviv/Reading). QSLs for all lighthouses via 4X6ZM.
5H - Alex, SQ9UM will be active as 5H1UM from Zanzibar Island (AF-032),
Tanzania on 12-24 August. He will operate FT8/FT4, CW and some SSB
on 80-6 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via SQ9UM.
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]
5R - Silvano, I2YSB and the Italian DXpedition Team (I1FQH, I1HJT,
I2PJA, IK2CKR, IK2HKT, IK2RZP and IV3ZXQ) will be active as 5R8TT
(CW, SSB and RTTY) and 5R8XX (FT8) from Nosy Be (AF-057), Madagas-
car from 29 October to 12 November. They will run four stations on
160-6 metres. QSLs direct to I2YSB. See https://www.i2ysb.com/idt/
for more information, including band plan, OQRS for direct cards
and the new DXpedition Awards.
CX - CW200DI is a special event callsign for members of Radio Club Uru-
guayo to celebrate the bicentennial of Uruguayan declaration of in-
dependence (25 August 1825) from 20 August to 18 September. QSL via
the bureau, LoTW, or direct to CX1AA.
HK - Renato, PY8WW has announced plans to be active (callsign TBA) from
Playa Blanca Island (SA-084) on 12-16 November. The island is
located within the Utria National Natural Park, and "due to strict
environmental regulations, the National Park has prohibited the use
of fossil fuels on the island. Therefore, the operation will rely
entirely on an EcoFlow power bank system, supported by solar
panels. This eco-friendly approach adds complexity and cost,
including excess baggage, specialized transport, and equipment
logistics". More information is expected in due course.
OH0 - Team OG0C (OH2JIU, OH5CW, OH5CY, OH5CZ, OH5YL, and maybe others)
will be active again from the Aland Islands (EU-002) on 17-24
August. Operating from grid square KO09, they will be QRV from 160m
to 70cm CW, SSB, FT8, FT4, RTTY, MSK144 and JT65. They will also
give 50 MHz EME a try. QSL via OH5CW (direct) and LoTW.
OJ0 - Markus, OH1MN will be active as OJ0MN from Market Reef (EU-053) on
25-30 August. He will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on the HF
bands, 6 and 4 metres. QSL via OH1MN; QSOs will be uploaded to Club
Log.
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 [425DXN 1788].
PA - The "Dutch Lighthouse Hunt" will run on 1-30 September, when mem-
bers 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 Septem-
ber. 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. 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. 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 up-
loaded 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, during
the George Enescu International Festival and Competition. Certifi-
cates and eQSL will be available on https://hamlog.online/. Held in
Bucharest since 1958, the Festival honours and celebrates the memo-
ry, 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.
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
Access to the main functions of www.425dxn.org is provided by the 425DXN App
for Android. It is available on Google Play - free of charge, no ads. Enjoy!
3C2MD SURVEY --- > The Mediteraneo DX Club is conducting a survey to deter-
mine 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 No-
vember: 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 logis-
tics 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 DXpe-
dition 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 expe-
rience 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 Mon-
tana, meaning that he will not be returning to Wake on 6 September as previ-
ously 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).
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B9DJ, 7Q2MM, 7Q8P, 8A1K, 9H6A,
9J2FI, CE0YHO, CP6CL, D4DX, E6RS, FG5FI, FO/G0VJG, GB0IARU, GB13COL, GU6EFW,
GW8DX, HC5AI, HH2K, HP1EUA, HP1IBF, HS0ZOY, J42A, J52EC, OH0R, OX3LX,
OY/4X6TT, P44W, PJ2T, S21AF, S21PL, TF3JB, TM13COL, TX9A, VI100IARU, VP8CIW,
VP9/JL8AQH, YJ8RN, ZD7BG, ZS8W.
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