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Edição: 1769 Data: 28/03/2025 [ Atualizado todas as sextas feiras ]5B - Special callsign 5B50CARS celebrates the 50th anniversary of theCyprus Amateur Radio Society (CARS). Look for activity on 15 April(the actual anniversary date), 18 April (World Amateur Radio Day)and 25-26 April (100th anniversary of IARU and 75th anniversary ofIARU Region 1). QSL via LoTW and QRZ Logbook.5H - Maurizio, 5H3MB (IK2GZU) reports that, despite the equipment beingdisconnected during the storm, a lightning strike destroyed hisradio, power supply and PC. He has a backup radio and will attemptto repair the power supply. However, he is currently unsure if hewill be able to resume operations before his departure. He will bein Tanzania until 8 April.8Q - Flavio, IW2NEF will be active holiday style as 8Q7EF from theMaldives (AS-013) on 3-10 April. He will operate digital modes andSSB on 40-6 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or direct toIK2DUW.D6 - D68Z will participate in this weekend's CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as asingle-band entrant (10 metres, low power). Elvira will QRT on 31March or 1 April. Nearly 75,000 QSOs have been logged so far. QSLvia Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via IK2WAD (direct and bureau).ER - ER100IARU is the special callsign for the Amateur Radio Society ofMoldova (ARM) to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the IARU be-tween 22 March and 30 April. QSL via the bureau; QSOs will be up-loaded to LoTW, Club Log, eQSL, QRZ Logbook and HamLog.F - This year marks the centenary of the Reseau des Emetteurs Francais,the French member society of the International Amateur Radio Union.To commemorate this event, the REF is launching a "Radio Challenge"which will run from 1 April to 30 June and will see the participa-tion of a very large number of special callsigns. These will in-clude TM100REF (21 April-5 May), from TM01REF to TM95REF (depart-ments of metropolitan France), TK2AREF and TK2BREF (Corsica),TO###REF and TX###REF (overseas departments and territories, e.g.TO974REF for La Reunion). Various certificates will be available,see https://tm100ref.r-e-f.org/ for information.FJ - Jim, K6EI and Scott, KK6IK will be active as FJ/K6EI and FJ/KK6IKfrom St. Barthelemy (NA-146) on 5-12 April. They will operate CW,FT8 and FT4 on 80-6 metres with two stations. QSLs via LoTW, ordirect to home calls. [TNX The Daily DX]GU - The Guernsey Amateur Radio Society will operate special eventstation GU80LIB on 9-11 May to celebrate the 80th anniversary ofthe liberation of the Channel Islands at the end of World War II.QSL via LoTW, Club Log's OQRS, direct, or via the bureau. [TNXGU6EFB]HI - Celebrating World Amateur Radio Day (18 April), members of theSociedad Dominicana de Radioaficionados (SDRA) will be active asHI0DMRA on 1-30 April.HS - Celebrating the International Amateur Radio Union's centenary,members of the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST) will beactive on the HF bands, 2 metres and satellites as HS100IARU on 1-30 April. QSL via LoTW and Club Log's OQRS.JD1_oga- Koji, JI1LET and Takeshi, JA1UII will be active as JD1BOI andJD1BON, respectively, from Chichijima (AS-031), Ogasawara on 8-17April. They will operate CW, SSB and FT8/FT4 on 160-6 metres. QSLsvia LoTW, or direct to home calls.LX - LX100IARU is the special callsign for the Radioamateurs du Luxem-bourg (RL), a founding member of IARU, to celebrate the centenaryof the International Amateur Radio Union until 31 July. QSL viaClub Log's OQRS.OZ - In celebration of World Amateur Radio Day, a number of Danish sta-tions will be signing 5P0WARD/x with different suffix extensionson 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 in-formation.PJ6 - Team PJ6Y will be active from Saba (NA-145) on 17-29 October. Theteam will comprise 14 on-site operators, eight of whom will beunder the age of 25. The local team will be complemented by 25-30remote operators. There will be five stations: three for the localoperators, and two NexGenRiBs2 for remote operation. Activity willbe on 80-6 meters CW, SSB and FT8, plus satellite. PJ6Y will alsoparticipate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS; fullLoTW upload within 6 months after the conclusion of the expedition.Fundraising is in progress, with the goal of covering all expensesfor the young operators. See https://pj6y2025.com for more informa-tion and updates.TY - Red, DL1BUG is active as TY5FR from Cotonou, Benin until 9 April.He operates CW and SSB on 80-10 metres. QSOs will be uploaded toLoTW and Club Log. [TNX The Daily DX]VE - Ted, VE3EDE might be active as VE3EDE/VY0 from Iqaluit, BaffinIsland (NA-047) on 28-30 March. He will operate QRP, using mainlyFT8 on 30, 20, 17, 15 or 12 metres as propagation permits.Z3 - Celebrating IARU's centenary, members of the Radioamateur Societyof Macedonia (Z37RSM) will be active as Z3100IARU from 25 March to18 May. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, QRZ Logbook.ZC4 - Dave, G4WXJ expects to go back to Dhekelia, UK Sovereign Base Areason Cyprus, on 6-11 April. He will be active holiday style as ZC4RHon 40-6 metres CW, SSB, FT8 and FT4. QSL via Club Log's OQRS andLoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]OPERATIONS MANNA & CHOWHOUND COMMEMORATION ---> Operation Manna and Opera-tion Chowhound were a series of humanitarian food drops to feed Dutch civil-ians at risk of starvation during the final days of the Second World War inEurope.Commemorating the 80th anniversary, special callsigns VB7MAN will be usedfrom Canada between 1 April and 10 May, and VK80MAN will be used from vari-ous locations in Australia between 24 April and 10 May.Main activity is expected to take place on 25-27 April, when the commemora-tion will be joined by special event stations GB80CHO, GB80MAN and GB8MANfrom England; PH80MAN from the Netherlands; SN80MAN from Poland; W4C fromthe US. A certificate will be available, see https://manna80.radio/ for moreinformationWORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY ---> W2A will be active on 2-8 April for thethird World Autism Awareness Week Special Event. QSL via Club Log's OQRS.Also active are expected to be a number of other special callsigns, includ-ing stations from Canada (VC2AA), Dominican Republic (HI0A), England (GB2AAand GB4AAW), Indonesia (8A2AAW), Scotland (GB2AAW, GB5AAW, GB6AAW, GB9AAW),United Arab Emirates (A60WAAD and A60WAAD/#)), Wales (GB0AAW and GB2WAA).QSL via operators' instructions. See https://www.qrz.com/db/W2A for moreinformation.GOOD TO KNOW ...Access to the main functions of www.425dxn.org is provided by the 425DXN Appfor Android. It is available on Google Play - free of charge, no ads. Enjoy!CASS AWARDS ---> The Cass Awards honour the wisdom and spirit of Cass WA6AUD(SK), and encourage DXpeditions to maximize the number of DXers worked witha Plaque for the single-operator DXpedition that works the most unique call-signs within 2 weeks or less, and a Plaque for the "unlimited" DXpeditionthat works the most unique callsigns within 4 weeks or less, with no limiton the number of operators of the activity.Janusz Wegrzyn, SP9FIH has won the 2024 Single-Operator Cass Award by work-ing 15,396 unique callsigns (a new record) during his A52P operation fromBhutan. This is the seventh Cass Award for Janusz, who has already been awinner for six years in a row (2017-22).The PX0FF team (Bernd Och DA1DX, Markus Staude DK2CX, Andreas Paulick DL5CW,Wolfgang Klier OE2VEL, Ville Hiilesmaa OH2MM, and Renner Pedroza PY7RP) haswon the 2024 Unlimited Cass Award by working 34,336 unique stations fromFernando de Noronha.Sponsored by Club Log, the Northern California DX Club and DXLab, the CassAwards are presented annually and issued in March for DXpeditions during thepreceding year. See http://www.cassaward.com/ for complete information.IARU 100 ---> Special event stations/callsigns from IARU societies celebrat-ing the 100th anniversary of the International Amateur Radio Union at vari-ous times in April (not necessarily throughout the month) include:3Z100IARU PZK Poland 425DXN 17624X100IARU IARC Israel 14-24 April4Z100IARU IARC Israel 14-24 April8A100IARU ORARI Indonesia 425DXN 17689A100IARU HRS Croatia 425DXN 1768A9100IARU BARS Bahrain 425DXN 1761AO100IARU URE Spain 425DXN 1766AO1IARU URE Spain 425DXN 1766AO2IARU URE Spain 425DXN 1766AO3IARU URE Spain 425DXN 1766AO4IARU URE Spain 425DXN 1766AO5IARU URE Spain 425DXN 1766AO6IARU URE Balearic Isls 425DXN 1766AO7IARU URE Spain 425DXN 1766AO8IARU URE Canary Isls 425DXN 1766AO9IARU URE Ceuta & Melilla 425DXN 1766CN100IARU ARRAM MoroccoCX100IARU RCU Uruguay 425DXN 1768DA0IARU DARC Germany 425DXN 1762E7100IARU ARABiH Bosnia- Herzegovina 1-30 AprilER100IARU ARM Moldova 425DXN 1769GB0IARU RSGB United Kingdom 425DXN 1768HA100A MRASZ Hungary 425DXN 1768HA100B MRASZ Hungary 425DXN 1768HA100C MRASZ Hungary 425DXN 1768HA100E MRASZ Hungary 425DXN 1768HA100I MRASZ Hungary 425DXN 1768HA100IARU MRASZ Hungary 425DXN 1768HA100L MRASZ Hungary 425DXN 1768HA100N MRASZ Hungary 425DXN 1768HA100O MRASZ Hungary 425DXN 1768HA100R MRASZ Hungary 425DXN 1768HA100T MRASZ Hungary 425DXN 1768HA100Y MRASZ Hungary 425DXN 1768HF100IARU PZK Poland 425DXN 1762HG100IARU MRASZ Hungary 425DXN 1768HL100IARU KARL Republic of Korea 425DXN 1765HS100IARU RAST Thailand 425DXN 1769LX100IARU RL Luxembourg 425DXN 1769ON100A UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767ON100I UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767ON100R UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767ON100U UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767OO100A UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767OO100I UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767OO100R UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767OO100U UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767OP100A UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767OP100I UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767OP100R UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767OP100U UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767OQ0IARU UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767OQ100A UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767OQ100I UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767OQ100R UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767OQ100U UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767OR0IARU UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767OR100A UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767OR100I UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767OR100R UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767OR100U UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767OS100A UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767OS100I UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767OS100R UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767OS100U UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767OT100A UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767OT100I UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767OT100R UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767OT100U UBA Belgium 425DXN 1767OZ100IARU EDR Denmark 425DXN 1765PA100IARU VERON NetherlandsS5100IARU ZRS Slovenia 425DXN 1762SN100IARU PZK Poland 425DXN 1762SO100IARU PZK Poland 425DXN 1762SP100IARU PZK Poland 425DXN 1762SZ100IARU RAAG Greece 425DXN 1768TC100IARU TRAC TurkeyVI100IARU WIA AustraliaVU1IARU ARSI India 425DXN 1768Z3100IARU RSM North Macedonia 425DXN 1769INDEXA NEWSLETTER ---> The Spring 2025 issse (#144) of the International DXAssociation's Newsletter is now available for download on the INDEXA website(https://indexa.org/newsletters.html). Highlights include "Message from thePresident" by Otis Vicens (NP4G), "A Solar Project for Nauru (C21MM)" byWerner Hasemann (DJ9KH), and "Dateline DX Association and INDEX A JointlyProvide Humanitarian Aid to Basic School on Sao Tome e Principe (S9Z)" byJose Araujo (CT1DSV).IOTA CHECKPOINT VACANCY IN BRAZIL ---> "The IOTA Board were sorry to hearfrom Luciano Sampaio de Souza, PT7WA that he had decided to step down fromthe post of Checkpoint for Brazil. We are grateful to him for the manyyears' service in that role since 2009 and thank him most sincerely for thecare and attention he has paid to it. We wish him the very best for thefuture.It follows that we are now looking to appoint an IOTA enthusiast to fill thepost of Checkpoint for Brazil. It is a volunteer one, not heavily loaded,but it does require a good knowledge of English, awareness of key IOTA rulesand a commitment to uphold the principles of the IOTA Programme, and suffi-cient IT skills to process online applications. This is a good opportunityto join a group of dedicated folk whose interest is to support IOTA into thefuture as a leading international programme aimed at promoting activity onthe bands. Fuller details are available on request from g3kma[@]outlook.comwhere applications supported by a statement of personal skills should besent before 21 April 2025".VOACAP & ITURHFPROP ---> Developed by the International TelecommunicationUnion (ITU), the ITURHFProp propagation prediction engine is now fullyintegrated into VOACAP Online for Ham Radio (https://voacap.com/hf/).ITURHFProp provides point-to-point HF propagation predictions across allamateur radio bands. With VOACAP and ITURHFProp using different predictionmethodologies, you can now compare their results side by side and gaindeeper insights into HF propagation.The latest version of the comprehensive VOACAP Online User's Manual can bedownloaded here: https://www.voacap.com/2023/documents/VOACAP_Manual.pdfZS8A ---> This is the callsign of a new permanent receiving station in theInternational WSPR Beacon Project (https://github.com/HB9VQQ/WSPRBeacon)that the South African National Space Agency will install on Marion Islandsometime in April.----------------------------------------------------------------------------QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8/YU6DX, 4U1ITU, 4U1WB, 7Q6M,7Q7EB, 9J2AO, A25AO, A35GC, A61KZ, AP2TN, C5T, D4C, DP1POL, E51SGC, FM5KC,FR4OM, FR8TZ, FY5KE, HR3KBS, J79BH, JT1CO, PJ2ND, PJ4G, S79VU, S9Z, SU9VB,TI1T, TR8CA, VK9CV, VP5M, VY2RCAF, YJ0VV, Z22AO, ZA1RR, ZD7KYD, ZD7W.