3月末で定年退職。4月1日から再就職。新しい職場での1週間が慌ただしく経過した。
気候は暖かくなり、昼間は暑いくらいに感じることもある。
DX向けのバンドコンディションは今一つパッとしないような気がするが・・・

4月9日付 425DX News #1614から抜粋 
PERIOD(/)  CALL  
till  14/04      HD8MD and HD8MM: Galapagos Islands (SA-004)
till  15/04      6D1A, 6D2A, 6D3A: special callsigns (Mexico)
till  20/04      XT2MAX: Burkina Faso  
till  22/04      CP1XRM: Bolivia        
till  23/04      9N7MK: Nepal            
till  23/04      V7/KD7ADI: Kwajalein (OC-028), Marshall Islands
till  15/05      OA7/DD5ZZ: Peru      
till  31/05      3A5M: special callsign  
till  31/05      HK3JCL: Colombia      
till  09/06      OH0100AX: special callsign (Aland Islands)
till  11/06      FK/F5NHJ: New Caledonia (OC-032)        
till  16/06      JG8NQJ/JD1: Minami Torishima (OC-073)  
till  June       9J2MYT: Zambia                        
till  27/07      5B4AQC: Cyprus                        
till  05/10      JX7QY and JX/LB4MI: Jan Mayen (EU-022)
till  ??/12      FT4XW: Kerguelen Islands (AF-048)  
09/04-16/04      IS0/DF8DX: Sardinia (EU-024)        
10/04-16/04      VP2V/N2IEN: British Virgin Islands (NA-023)
13/04-19/04      CQ84AS: Flores Island (EU-089)  
13/04-19/04      FM/DF8AN and TO8N: Martinique (NA-107)  
13/04-27/04      8Q7DX: Maldives (AS-013)          
14/04-25/04      VK9NT: Norfolk Island (OC-005)      
19/04-24/04      J79MN: Dominica (NA-101)          
19/04-26/04      JW0X: Svalbard (EU-026)          
22/04-24/04      JW100QO: Svalbard (EU-026)      
22/04-29/04      OH0EG: Aland Islands (EU-002)      
24/04-01/05      J6: St. Lucia (NA-108) * by DF8AN    
April            KH0/WA7WJR/p: Tinian/Saipan (OC-086)  


8Q     - Braco, E77DX will be active  holiday style as  8Q7DX  from the Mal-
         dives (AS-013) on 13-27 April.  He plans to be QRV on 80-10 metres.
         QSL via LoTW and E73Y.
CT8    - CQ84AS is a special callsign for Tony, CU8AS  to celebrate his 84th
         birthday on 13-19 April. Located on Flores Island (EU-089), Azores,
         he will operate mainly CW ("no more than 18 WPM") with some SSB. On
         16-17 April  he will be QRV only  on 30, 17 and 12 metres.  QSL via
         HB9CRV and LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
VP2V   - Lori KB2HZI, Pat N2IEN, Ray W2RE, Rock WW1X  and  Lee WW2DX will be
         active as VP2V/N2IEN from  Tortola, British Virgin Islands (NA-023)
         on 10-16 April.  They will operate CW, SSB and FT8 on  160-6 metres
         with a focus on the higher bands.  QSL via EB7DX.  Follow @WW2DX on
         Twitter for live updates.

CARIBBEAN TOUR ---> Michael,  DF8AN  will be touring  the Caribbean  between
mid-April and early May,  and will be active from  Martinique (FM/DF8AN)  on
13-19 April and again on 1-2 May; from Dominica (J79MN) on 19-24 April,  and
from St. Lucia  (J6 callsign TBA) from  24 April to 1 May.  While on  Marti-
nique, he will be signing  TO8N during the  YU-DX-Contest (16-17 April)  and
other contests. He will operate mainly CW and digital modes on all bands,  6
metres included. QSLs via DF8AN, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]

QSL 7Q7CT ---> A "JH1AJT Team"  has taken over  from the late  Yasuo "Zorro"
Miyazawa  and picked up the QSLing duties.  Use Club Log's OQRS,  or send by
post to  JH1AJT Team, P.O. Box 8, Oiso-machi, Naka-Gun, Kanagawa,  255-0003,
Japan.

3Y0J: LATEST NEWS ---> Pete, N0FW  has been  added  to  the  operating team,
which is now complete. "Today it is 9 months  until  the operators travel to
South America to board 'Marama' and go to Bouvet",  the 3Y0J team  announced
on 3 April. In a couple of weeek's time they will conduct a 4-day  "detailed
inspection"  of the ship in  Itajai (Brazil),  and  will also  "complete the
vessel loading plan".
All team members will then gather in  Norway on 28 April,  and for four days
they will  "perform a  system integration test  where we will do a  thorough
test of the radios, amplifiers and antennas in a real environment like  what
we can expect at Bouvet. During this event team members will practice on the
installation and familiarize with it.  A lot of equipment  will undergo  its
final testing and packing, and be stored until the container leaves Oslo  in
September". Read the complete  Press Release #9 on the DXpedition's website:
https://www.3y0j.no/.
A DXpedition to  Bouvet Island  is  "a huge undertaking financially  and  it
would simply not be possible  without the support from the  vendors,  clubs,
foundations and individual sponsors".  As of 5 April,  the fundraising camp-
aign had reached the 85% of its target amount of donations.  "Let's continue
this path  as we are preparing our next vessel deposit  to be paid in June",
the team urges. "We can not do this DXpedition without your support - let us
make this happen together! We have contracted minimum  22 days  at Bouvet so
this will give everyone a chance to work us both big guns, smaller guns, and
small pistols". See https://www.3y0j.no/funding for instructions.