30 March 2024                                             A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1717

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A6     - Special event callsign  A60WAAD (QSL via EA7FTR)  will be active on 1-8 April for  World Autism Awareness Day.  Also expect activity by  A60WAAD/0, A60WAAD/1, etc  (see https://www.qrz.com/db/A60WAAD  for the QSL routes for the various suffix extensions).

8Q     - Tev, TA1HZ will be active holiday style as 8Q7HZ  from the Maldives (AS-013) on 6-15 April. He will operate SSB and FT8/FT4  on 30, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres. QSL via LoTW or direct  (see the instruc-
         tions on qrz.com); QSOs will also be uploaded to Club Log and eQSL.

CT     - CR50Y is the special callsign for members of the Rede dos Emissores Portugueses  to celebrate  the  50th anniversary  of the  Carnation Revolution  (25 April 1974),   which resulted in the Portuguese  transition  to democracy.  Look for activity  to take place  on various bands and modes on 19-25 April. QSL via CT1REP.  A certificate will be available, see qrz.com for information.

CT8    - Holger, CT8/DL6ED  (CW and SSB)  and Mario, CT8/DM4MN (CW)  will be active from Sao Miguel (EU-003), Azores  from  28 March to 2 April. QSL via home calls and LoTW.

DL     - Celebrating World Amateur Radio Day,  DARC special  event  callsign DA24WARD will be active on  1-30 April.  All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau; direct cards via DL2VFR.

E5_sc  - Tom, K7TLM  and  Leslie, KD7YZE will be active as E51TLM from Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands on 7-13 April. They will operate QRP on 10 metres SSB  (28385 kHz)  and slow CW  (28060 kHz)   typically between 19.00 and 01.00 UTC.  QSL via K7TLM,  and maybe LoTW  at  a later stage.

E6     - Gavin, ZL3GAV will be active as  E6SP from  Niue (OC-040)  on 16-28 April. He will operate mainly FT8 and FT4 with a focus on 15 and 10 metres;   SSB, as well as some  CW, RTTY,   VarAC and SSTV,  are  also possible.  QSL via LoTW (preferred),  or direct  to EA5GL;  if  the connection to the Internet is stable, QSOs will be uploaded to Club Log in real time.  When he is QRV, Gavin will try and "self spot" on https://twitter.com/ZL3GAV.

GM     - A team of five  (namely G0AZE, G0VQO, M0EBJ, M0GLV and M0KVK)  will be active as GB0SIC from the Isle of Coll (EU-008)  on 15-20 April. They will operate SSB, CW and FT8/FT4 on "most bands". Plans are to  operate from all of the four WAB squares on the island. See qrz.com for more information.  QSL via LoTW,  Club Log's OQRS, or direct to G0AZE.

HB0    - Anne, OH2YL will be active as HB0/OH2YL  from Liechtenstein on 6-13 April. She will operate CW and FT8 on 160-10m. QSL via home call.

HB9    - Special callsign HB50VC celebrates the 50th anniversary of  the Radio Amateur Club Swissair  (HB9VC)  from  18 March to  31 December.  QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW;  QSL cards will not be  provided, but a certificate will be available for download: https://award.dl1run.de/award/hb50vc/awardform.html

I      - Special callsign II1GM will be used on 1-30 April  to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Guglielmo Marconi. Various operators will be QRV from different call areas  (e.g. II1GM/1, II1GM/2,
II1GM/IS0, II1GM/IT9, etc). QSL via eQSL, or direct to IK1VHX.  See https://www.qrz.com/db/II1GM for more information.

OZ     - In celebration of World Amateur Radio Day,  a number of Danish stations will be signing  5P0WARD/xx  with different suffix extensions on 18 April.   QSL via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW,  or via OZ1ACB.   Anaward will be available, see https://www.qrz.com/db/5p0ward for information.

PA     - To mark the 75th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (4 April 1949), special event stations PA75OTAN  and  PA75NATO  will be active on 1-19 April  and  20-21 April, respectively.  QSLs via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, eQSL,  or via the bureau.  A certificate will be available, see https://www.qrz.com/db/PA75NATO for information.
         Additionally, during the weekend of 20-21 April, several other special stations are expected  to be QRV from various  Cold War  locations  in  the Netherlands:  PA6KLD,  PA75BBGB,  PA75GOLF,  PA75HS,          PA75KLE, PA75KOC, PA75NAVO,  PA75NN,  PA75NSG,  PA75PARE,  PA75PBV,  PA75YP,   PC75NAVO,  PD75SAS,   PE75NATO,  PG75NAVO  and  PH75NATO.  (https://pa60cuba.nl/pa75navo-zendstations/).

PZ     - Renato, PY8WW will be active again as PZ5TW  from Suriname from  27  March to 6 April, including an entry in the  CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL via Club Log's OQRS. [TNX DX World]

SV     - SZ0WARD is the  special callsign for the  Radio Amateur Association of Greece to celebrate World Amateur Radio Day on 15-30 April. Look for activity  on all bands   SSB, CW and digital modes.  QSL via the bureau and LoTW. See https://sv2rck.gr/SZ0WARD for the certificate.

TA     - In celebration of World Amateur Radio Day,  members  of  TRAC Izmir will be active as TC3WRD between  1 and 30 April.  QSL via LoTW.  A certificate will be available, see https://tadx.org/awards.

TI     - Reiner, DL2AAZ will be active holiday style as TI2/DL2AAZ  from Costa Rica on 5-20 April. He will operate SSB and CW on 40-10 metres.  QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]

VE     - Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the  Royal Canadian Air Force, between 1 and 30 April amateur radio operators  across Canada  will  be operating  special event stations with special callsigns such as VC3RCAF and VE3RCAF (Ontario), VC9RCAF and VE9RCAF (New Brunswick), VE2RCAF   (Quebec),  VE5RCAF  (Saskatchewan),  VE6RCAF   (Alberta),  VE7RCAF (British Columbia),  VO1RCAF (Newfoundland),  VY2RCAF (Prince Edward Island). QSL via operators' instructions.

VE     - Rikk, WE9G will be active as WE9G/VY0  from Iqaluit,  Baffin Island (NA-047) on 11-16 April.  Depending on conditions,  he will operate  FT8, FT4 and SSB on  80-10 metres. QSL cards will not be provided, but QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW, Club Log and eQSL.

XE     - Look for 4A5D to be active from Puerto Balleto on Maria Madre,  the largest of the Islas Marias   (NA-244, new one for IOTA)   during the Easter weekend,   indicatively  between 23 UTC (17 local time) on 29  March and 18 UTC (noon local time) on 31 March. Initial plans  were to be  QRV  for three hours a day only, but hopefully it may be more than that.  The station will be operated  mainly by  XE2N, who will  be accompanied  by his wife (XE2DLC) and daughter (XE2DL). They will be running 100 watts into a vertical antenna,  and will operate FT8 using MSHV   (28090, 24911, 21090, 18095, 14090 kHz)  and SSB (24950 and 18128 kHz). QSL via EA5GL and LoTW. Apparently the main purpose of this activation  is to demonstrate  to the  authorities of  this  protected island the functionality of amateur radio, with a view to returning in the future with better equipment and  more experienced operators.

XE     - Members  of the  Asociacion  de  Radio Aficionados  de la Republica Mexicana  will be active  as 6D2SOL on 7-9 April.  QSL via XE2M.  The special callsign is for the Great American Eclipse (8 April), whose  path of totality  will run  through  Mexico  (from Sinaloa to Coahuila), the USA  (from Texas to Maine),  and  Canada  (from Ontario to Newfoundland).

CARIBBEAN TOUR ---> Mike, DF8AN will be active:

He will operate mainly  FT8 (F/H) and FT4 with some RTTY and CW on 160-6 metres.  QSL via home call, direct or bureau. He does not use LoTW.