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9A - Radio Club Libertas (9A4J) will be active as 9A25RBM on 1-30 April.
The special callsign is a tribute for Ronald H. Brown, the US
Secretary of Commerce who was killed, along with 34 others, in a
plane crash near Dubrovnik (3 April 1996).
C9 - The A25RU team (Vasily R7AL, Vlad R9LR, Mike RU3UR and Leo UI8J)
will leave Botswana on 2 April and drive up to Mozambique. Plans
are to be active as C92RU on 4-12 April, and to operate CW, SSB and
FT8 (Fox & Hound) on 160-10metres with four stations. QSL via Club
Log's OQRS, and eventually LoTW. More information can be found on
https://rv6ali.wixsite.com/mozambique2021.
CT7 - Markus, DJ4EL will be active as CT7/DJ4EL from Culatra Island (EU-
145) on 2-10 April. He will operate SSB on 40-10 metres. QSL via
Club Log's OQRS and LoTW. [TNX DX World]
CT8 - Celebrating Antonio, CU8AS' 83rd birthday, special callsign CQ83AS
will be aired on 13-19 April from Flores Island (EU-089), Azores.
QSL via HB9CRV. [TNX CT4NH]
DL - Special callsign DK30FFO will be active from 1 April until 31 De-
cember to celebrate the 30th anniversary of DARC's Ortsverband
Frankfurt (Oder). All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the
bureau and eventually LoTW.
EA - Members of Radio Club Henares will be active as EH4WRD on 12-18
April to celebrate World Amateur Radio Day 2021. QSL via EA4RCH.
F - TM100SHT is the special callsign for the Societe Havraise de Tele-
graphie Sans Fil (F6KOH, https://shtsf.fr) to celebrate its 100th
anniversary. Activity will start on 4 April, and will continue
during various weekends between 24 April and 5 September.
GU - The Guernsey Amateur Radio Society will operate special event sta-
tion GB5LIB on 8-14 May. The station will be on air on all bands
and modes to celebrate the 76th anniversary of the liberation of
the islands in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. QSL via LoTW (preferred)
or GU8ITE. [TNX GU0SUP]
HS - Jorge, AB6WP expects to be active as HS0ZOK from Phuket Island (AS-
053) "on or about the first week of April", with "no defined end
date". He will operate SSB and "some occasional CW" on 20, 17, 15,
12 and 10 metres. QSL via LoTW, or direct to his Thai address (see
qrz.com).
JA - Kenji, JA4GXS he will be active as JA4GXS/4 from Ohzu Island (AS-
117) on 17-18 April. He will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on 40, 30 and
20 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DX World]
JD1_oga- Takio, JH3QFL expects to be active as JD1BQA from Chichijima (AS-
031), Ogasawara on 23-30 April. He plans to operate FT8 and FT4 on
160, 80, 40 and 6 metres, and CW on the RS-44 satellite. QSL via
LoTW or direct to home call.
JW - JW1I is the club callsign for the Meteorological Station on Bear
Island (EU-027), Svalbard (http://bjornoya.org/). The operator is
Erling, JW/LB2PG, who is expected to stay there until 15 May. QSL
via the bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
OX - Bo, OZ1DJJ will be active again as OX3LX from Greenland between 8
April and 1 May. Plans are to stay at Kangerlussuaq (NA-018, WWL
GP47ta) for 5-7 days, then move first to Tasiilaq Island (NA-151,
WWL HP15eo) and then to Nuuk (NA-018, WWL GP44de). He will be QRV
in his spare time, typically around lunch time and after dinner
(local time is UTC-2), also at night and in the morning hours
during the weekends. QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS or direct to
OZ0J. [TNX DX World]
UA - Leonid, RA1WU will be active as R800ANP on 1-10 April. The special
callsign celebrates the 800th anniversary of the birth of Alexander
Nevsky, commonly regarded as a key figure of medieval Russia and
best known for the victory over the Teutonic Knights in the Battle
on the Ice (5 April 1242). QSL via RA1WU.
UA - Special event station R75RAA will be active on 1-30 April to cele-
brate the 75th anniversary of Radio Club Tambov (RK3R). A certifi-
cate will be available, see qrz.com for information. QSL via RN3RQ.
UA - Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the first manned space flight
by Yuri Gagarin (12 April 1961), special event stations R60RDK will
be active on 10-12 April, and R1961GP and R1961AG will be active
on 7-12 April. QSLs via operator's instructions.
Fausto Minardi, I4EAT died of Covid-19 on 31 March aged 71. Your trulies
have lost a dear personal friend, and Italy has lost one of its top DXers.
Licensed since 1968, during the Seventies Fausto operated almost exclusive-
ly on 2 metres. While experimenting with all propagation modes, in 1978 he
made the first ever 2m EME QSO from Italy, and in 1979 he established a TEP
world record (QSO with ZS3B, nearly 8,000 kilometres away).
Fausto started activity on the other bands in 1979, and in August 1982 he
got his 5BWAZ with 200 Zones. He made the first Top Band QSO in 1984: "for
several years my chances were limited due to very modest setup", he re-
called, but "with the new century I have experienced the extraordinary per-
formance of the beverage antennas and my score on that band really im-
proved". He became QRV on 6 metres in April 2001, and it took only seven
months for him to work the 100th Entity on the Magic Band. Fausto's latest
scores on 160 and 6 metres are 317 and 229 respectively; his current/total
DXCC Honor Roll scores are 340/357 (Mixed), 340/357 (Phone), 339/349 (CW)
and 332/335 (Digital).
With 3129 band points, he won the 2007 DXCC Challenge DeSoto Cup and took
the title away from W4DR for the first time ever. Fausto maintained the lead
until 2012; the current DXCC Challenge standings see him in third place with
3239 band points.
In 1999 he entered the IOTA Programme and developed a genuine enthusiasm for
island chasing. The latest IOTA Honour Roll Listing shows I4EAT with 1116
groups out of a possible 1136 that have seen activity, and he still leads
the IOTA VHF Listing with 221 credits. |
