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The Southwest Ohio DX Association (SWODXA)announced its 2025/26 DXpeditioner of the Year Award at the SWODXA DX DinnerFriday night of Hamvention, recognizing an operator who made an exceptionalcontribution to the DX community. The award was given to YL2GM, YurisPetersons, for his solo ZS8W operation from Marion Island. His expeditionlogged 31,672 QSOs and helped activate an entity that moved from #11 to #25 inranking. SWODXA praised the effort as well-organized and successfully carriedout under very challenging conditions.

SWODXA alsoannounced the 2025/26 DXpedition of the Year Award honoring excellence inplanning and execution from Most Wanted entities. The award went to the RussianDXpedition Team for their 9U1RU expedition to Burundi, which logged 179,831QSOs and moved the entity from #60 to #106 in ranking. SWODXA recognized theteam for a well-organized operation carried out in a challenging environment.

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ZC4 - UK Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus - G4WXJ, Dave, willoperate as ZC4RH from Dhekelia (KM64ux) between May 24 and 30, using 100watts with Yaesu 857D and Xiegu X6100 radios. He will be active on CW,SSB, FT8, and FT4 modes across 40 to 6 meters, using dipoles andEFHW antennas.

3B9 - Rodrigues I - UR9IDX, Ivan, isQRV until June 1st, as 3B9IDX from Rodrigues Island. His operationswill focus on HF bands, primarily using CW and some SSB, but not FT8. QSLdirect only to his address in Madeira Island, Portugal.

6Y – Jamaica - KQ4PGV, Bill, istraveling to Jamaica from May 31 to June 8 for an anniversary trip and willoperate as KQ4PGV/6Y on the radio when possible. Although experienced with POTAand SOTA, he is new to DXing and will be using an IC-705, tuner, and an amp(either 100W or 50W). He plans to activate parks for POTA using FT8 and Ham2kPortable Logger.

CP – Bolivia - Team CP7DX hasreleased some details of the upcoming DXpedition. They plan to be QRV fromTarija May 26 to June 6, including the CQ

WW WPX CW weekend. The rest of the timethey will do SSB, CW and FT8, 160-6M and EME on 144 and 432 MHz. QSL direct toLU1FM and Club Log OQRS too.

PJ4 – Bonaire - WA7RAR, Chris, asPJ4CB will be there again May 27 to June 8, SSB and CW, 20-10M and from POTAsites on the island. For a QSL it’s

F8FUA,Alain Esquirol, will be in Kigali, Rwanda, QRV holiday style as 9X5KM from June4 to 13. There will be activity on CW, SSB and Digital on all HF bands, and dependingon local conditions, possibly 160 meters. QSO will be uploaded to LoTW andLoTW, but no OQRS. QSL direct or via the bureau to F8FUA.

OH1LEGand OH1MN, Juha and Markus, will again activate OJ0Z and OJ0MN respectivelyfrom Market Reef, from May 30 to June 6, as they hope for good weather forlanding and the one week there.  It willbe the same gear as previously, a pair of IC-7300 radios and dipoles and otherwire antennas. Modes will be SSB and FT8. Juha says they do four meters down to 160 meters and “I like more lowbands.”  They will not do Logbook of theWorld or eQSL.

Thisweek, the DX Mentor Podcast will feature an update of the CQ Marathon programby Mark, WC3W. Check them out and let me know what you think.

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