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18 October 2025 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1798
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
CE - 3G5SM [425DXN 1797] is now expected to be QRV from Isla Santa Maria
(SA-070) on 10-14 November. QSL via M0URX's OQRS. The operation
will also serve as a trial run of the equipment - including a re-
mote station - to be used during XQ7IR's announced DXpedition to
San Ambrosio in January 2026. Please note that only contacts made
with the on-site 3G5SM operator(s) will be accepted for IOTA cred-
it. Those contacts will include SSB QSOs (10-14 November) and FT8
QSOs (10-12 November). Any CW and FT8 contacts made between 00:01
UTC on 13 November and 23:59 UTC on 14 November will be carried out
remotely, and will not count towards IOTA credit. Bookmark
https://3g5sm.webnode.cl for more information and updates.
EA - Members of URE's Union de Radioaficionados de Cadiz (EA7URU), in
collaboration with the Rotary Club Jerez Internacional, will be
active as AO7POLIO on 18-26 October. QSL via the bureau and eQSL.
The special callsign marks World Polio Day (24 October), estab-
lished by Rotary International to raise awareness and celebrate
global efforts to eradicate poliomyelitis through vaccination.
FW - While FW5K (issued to NC7M) is the main callsign for the 19-31 Oc-
tober DXpedition to Wallis Island [425DXN 1796], team members also
hold personal callsigns: FW1NA (K6VHF), FW6N (KA6BIM), FW7H
(W7HER), FW7SR (N7JI), FW7Z (NG7E).
GU - Ron, G4DIY and Kev, M0TNX will be active as GP0STH from Guernsey
(EU-114) on 17-19 October. They will operate CW and SSB on 80-10
metres. QSL direct to G4DIY; QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log,
LoTW and QRZ Logbook. [TNX DX World]
I - Markus, DJ4EL will be active as IE9/DJ4EL from Ustica Island (EU-
051) on 15-21 October. QSL via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW.
IS0 - Team IQ0ID (namely IS0EIR, IS0GQX, IS0GVH, IS0IYX, IS0JRL, IS0PAH)
will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest from San Pietro Island
(EU-165), Sardinia. QSL via LoTW, or via IQ9MQ. [TNX IS0GQX]
PJ2 - Olli, DH8BQA will be active holiday style as PJ2/DH8BQA from Cura-
cao (SA-099) from 24 October to 6 November. He plans to participate
in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest (QRP). QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS.
SM - On the occasion of United Nations Day, the still operational long
wave transmitter at the Grimeton Radio Station, callsign SAQ, will
be activated on 24 October to send a message on 17.2 kHz CW at
14:00 UTC. As for the amateur bands, SK6SAQ will be QRV during the
day on CW (3517, 7017, 14017 kHz) and SSB (3755 and 7140 kHz). QSL
SK6SAQ via the bureau. See https://alexander.n.se/en/ for more in-
formation.
TA - Members of the Tango Alfa Ham Radio Club (YM1KE) will be active as
TC29TC on 19-29 October to celebrate Republic Day (29 October). QSL
via eQSL.
TF - Stephen, W4BB will be active as TF/W4BB from Iceland between 23 and
27 October. His main goal is to participate in the CQ WW DX SSB
Contest; outside the contest he will be QRV on 40, 20, 15 and 10
metres (he is not authorized to transmit on other bands) and on FM
satellites. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, or direct to home call.
UA_ant - RI1ANI is the callsign issued to Alex, UG1A for his operations dur-
ing the 2025-26 Antarctic season. He will be at Progress Station
between 20 October and 5 December, and at Vostok Station from 20
December.
V8 - Commemorating the centenary of the International Amateur Radio
Union, special event station V84SRU will be active on all bands and
modes from 24 October to 26 November. QSL direct to P.O. Box 211,
MPC Old Airport, Bandar Seri Begawan BB3577, Brunei Darussalam.
VE - The Daily DX reports that Mike, VY0ZOO has had to extend his stay,
and will remain on Cape Dorset (NA-156) [425DXN 1787] until 19 Oc-
tober before heading back to Southampton Island (NA-007). QSL di-
rect to VE2XB (please wait until after 1 December before sending
him direct QSLs).
VU - The back-to-back expedition to IOTA groups AS-176 (2-4 November)
and AS-169 (6-8 November) [425DXN 1782] has been postponed until
sometime next year. "Our plans for the west coast of India are cur-
rently on hold due to heavy rainfall, which makes island travel
difficult and unsafe", Sarath, VU2RS says. "We will revisit and
schedule these expeditions only after the VU7 DXpedition" (see
below).
VU7 - The DX India Foundation will undertake a DXpedition to Agatti (AS-
011), Lakshadweep Islands on 10-22 January. A multi-national team
(so far VU24ADX , VU29AR, VU2DWA, VU2RS, VU3DXA, VU3GDS, DJ5IW,
DL6KVA, EY8MM, R7KW, YT1AD) will operate CW, SSB and FT8 (F/H) on
160-10 metres with four stations and a focus on 160, 80, and 40m. A
fifth station will be dedicated to 6m and QO-100. QSL via M0OXO's
OQRS. Bookmark https://vu2rs.com/vu7r for more information and
updates.
XF4 - On 25 October, Mark (XE1B) will visit Socorro Island (NA-030), Re-
villagigedo to meet the new base commander and establish conditions
for an international team with remote capabilities for the future.
Access to the base is limited and is only possible via a Navy
battleship departing from Baja, Mexico. The voyage takes 36 hours.
The next Navy trip departs on 23 October and returns on 30 October,
giving Mark a five-day window to operate.
Mark has visited the island three times before (in 1999, 2011 and
2018) and has obtained a new licence for this trip. The callsign
will be announced when he is QRV. He has also obtained permission
from the Navy and the other two regulatory agencies to visit the
island and operate.
The operation will have a low profile, demonstrating that a DXpedi-
tion can be carried out with minimal impact on the island. Mark's
focus will be on making as many ATNO contacts as possible in order
to lower XF4's rank in demand. He will bring four antennas, two
radios and a linear amplifier. He will operate SSB and FT8 simulta-
neously,without automated FT8 QSOs. There are uncertainties regard-
ing Internet access, so contacts will not be streamed.
QSLs will be available via Club Log's OQRS only; QSOs will be up-
loaded to LoTW as OQRS requests are processed. Any excess proceeds
will be donated to the Northern California DX Foundation. The aim
of this visit is to pave the way for a larger activation in 2026.
Z6 - Milan S58MU as Z68MU (QSL via home call) and Silvo S50X as Z68WW
will be active from Gjilan, Kosovo from 23 October to 3 November.
They will operate SSB and CW on 160-10 metres, including an entry
in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as Z68MU. On 1-2 November, during the
IPARC Contest (https://dl0ipa.darc.de/Contest.htm) they will use
Z66IPA (QSL via S58MU, direct or bureau). [TNX S58MU]
PACIFIC TOUR ---> Rudi, DK7PE's third Pacific DXpedition (25 October-19 No-
vember) [425DXN 1797] will include activity from Guam (KG6/AH0G), Palau
(T8), Micronesia (V6CW), the Marshall Islands (V7), and possibly Western
Kiribati (T30RK). He will operate CW only with 100 watts and wire antennas.
"It will be a mixture of DXpedition, antenna experimenting and meeting local
radio amateurs", he says. Details will be posted to https://www.rooody.de/.
QSLs via home call.
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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!
9U1RU ---> Ark, UA4CC/4O7CC is the social media manager for the upcoming
Russian DX Team's DXpedition to Burundi [425DXN 1775]:
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/9u1ru
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/9u1ru2025/
Telegram https://t.me/RUDXT_9U1RU
DXLOOK ---> Created by Rodrigo O. Vazquez, AK6FP, this tool offers a compre-
hensive view of real-time signal reception, making amateur radio operations
more informed and engaging. In focusing on actual reception data, DXLook ag-
gregates information from multiple sources, including WSPRnet, the Reverse
Beacon Network, PSK Reporter, DX Clusters, and more, along with solar data
overlays for added context. DXLook runs in a web browser with no login re-
quired: https://dxlook.com.
E51MWA ---> The team on Manihiki Atoll (OC-014), North Cook Islands was
forced to go QRT at 17 UTC on 14 October, which was much earlier than
planned. It was a Murphy-stricken DXpedition. Just 12 hours after the start
of the activity, the solar plant experienced a drop in voltage and the back-
up generator did not start as expected, resulting in a power outage that
lasted several hours. Over the next few days, a power strip failed, one ra-
dio stopped working and the high-power bandpass filters for 17 and 12 metres
failed and had to be taken out of line. Finally, another power outage oc-
curred in the local early hours of 14 October. A "technician came to start
the backup generator and went home", but at some point "the generator and
the building caught fire" and burned down. "The damage has been assessed,
and it has been determined that the village will be without power for the
next three to four months. Without power options the team had no choice but
to go QRT". [Source: https://www.e51mwa.com]
NA-038 ---> Francois, VA2RC has moved to Fatima on Ile du Cap aux Meules, La
Madeleine Islands (NA-038) and has been active since late September. He op-
erates FT8, CW and SSB. QSL via the bureau or direct, and LoTW
QSL 3G1P & AT2AH ---> IT9EJW has printed the cards for 3G1P (SA-100) and
AT2AH (AS-178), but Canada Post's ongoing strike means they cannot be sent
to the QSL manager (VE3LYC). Instead, Cezar will organize for them to be
shipped from Italy to Canada via courier. Meanwhile, he will upload to LoTW
all QSOs for those who requested direct QSL cards.
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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Bogota 110121, Colombia
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5X1XA Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol, BS49 5HQ
United Kingdom
6J8A AERBCS, Sonora 219, 23600 Ciudad Constitucion BCS, Mexico
AH0BT Kuniyoshi Nakada, ML9292, 2-14-8 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0061,
Japan
D44PM Massimo Cortesi, Ufficio Forli Centro, Casella Postale 24,
47121 Forli FC, Italy
D4M Massimo Cortesi, Ufficio Forli Centro, Casella Postale 24,
47121 Forli FC, Italy
FP5BZ Ronan Darchen, BP 109, 22700 Perros-Guirec, France
GP0STH Ron Bennett, 17 Truro Close, St. Helens, WA11 9EL, United Kingdom
HC1M Julio Volpe O'Neil, Partida de Les Salades, Poligono 1, Casa 45,
03295 Elx (Alicante), Spain
HC5VF Fausto Vintimilla, 3 Ekes Ct., Sussex NJ 07461, USA
LN8W Tom Sigurdsson, Hasasgrenda 10, 3243 Kodal, Norway
M0OXO Charles Wilmott, 60 Church Hill, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4NG,
United Kingdom
M0URX Tim Beaumont, 83 Limbrick Avenue, Coventry, CV4 9EX, United Kingdom
OH0V Jukka Klemola, Aarontie 5, 31400 Somero, Finland
S21PL Antonio Cannataro, Via Don Minzoni 18, 87040 Marano Marchesato CS,
Italy
SJ2W Per Eklund, Teaterallen 12-0102 lgh 1102, SE-903 64 Umea, Sweden
SN19KJP Piotr Sobota, Janosika 5/40, 85-794 Bydgoszcz, Poland
SU1OK Ayman Aly, 28 Mellowglen Crt., Bedford NS B4A 0J8, Canada
T88PB Nobuaki Hosokawa, 8270 Fujimi, Fujimi-cho, Suwa-gun, Nagano,
399-0211, Japan
TZ4AM Gregory J. Carter, 808 Paris Mountain Rd, Rockmart GA 30153, USA
V73HW Randall Hisle, PSC 701 Box 307, APO AP 96555, USA
VA3FIRE Fire Prevention Week Special Event, c/o Siemens Fire Safety USA,
2 Gatehall Drive, Parsippany NJ 07054, USA
VY0ZOO Michael Shaer, 20-5400 Randall Ave, Montreal QC H4V 2V5, Canada
WH0RU Hiroyuki Kawanobe, 1-4-1 Mikamine, Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi,
982-0826, Japan
YJ0CA Chris Ayres, 3/19-21 Eastern Rd, Turramurra NSW 2074, Australia
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