29 April 1995 no.208
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edited by I1JQJ, IK1IYU, IK2ULV
translated by I1-21171
CN2 - Following what published in previous number, Giovanni I5JHW is, as
scheduled, active from Marocco (Agadir) using 100 watts and a R5
antenna. He is using the CN2HW call.
CT - From 30 April to 6 May, DJ0MW, together with two portuguese radio
amateurs, will be active as CT7B, from Berlenga Isl. (EU-040). QSL
via DJ0MW.
CT3 - From 5 to 29 May DL5MAE and DL6RAI will be active from Madeira,
using all modes (CW, SSB, RTTY, Satellite, Pactor, EME, MS) from 2
to 160 mtrs. They would like to join the CQWW CW WPX Contest (27-28
May) with a special call.
DL - During the weekend DF3ZE will be QRV from Amrun Island (EU-042).
DU - Tom, DU7CC, reports that his call has been used from some pirates:
he has received many QSL from European stations for QSO in 80 mtrs
band that he never made! He has been also reported in 160 mtrs on
wrong hours.
DU - Rene, 4F2IR, reports that his QSL manager is DU3DO.
EA1 - During the weekend the station ED1IDT will be active from Isla de
Tambo (EU-080). QSL via EA1ASR.
EM0 - To celebrate the 205th anniversary of Samuel Morse's birth, the
special station EM0RSE from Ukraina is active. QSL via DJ0MAQ.
FK - Tada, JA1WPX, is doing a trip in the South Pacific. The first acti-
vity from New Caledonia is scheduled for the 28th of April, then he
will stop again the 6, 7 and 9 May. Tada will be active mainly on
40 (7005 KHz) and 30 (10105 KHz) mtrs.
FP - Gary, K9GS, hopes to join the CQWW DX SSB Contest (28-29 October)
from St. Pierre & Miquelon.
FR/G - FR5HG, currently portable from Europa Island (AF-009), will be QRV
from Glorioso Island (AF-011) in August.
FW _ From 29 April to 5 May Tada, JA1WPX, will be portable FW, mainly on
40 (7005 KHz) and 30 (10105 KHz) mtrs.
HB0 - From 24 to 28 May Manfred, DL8SET, will be HB0/ from Liechtenstein.
Particular activity on 6 mtrs; however Manfred will be active also
on other bands, using 100 watts and a vertical antenna.
IA5 - From 9 to 11 June Pierluigi (IK1EDC), Giovanni (IK1JJB), Massimo
(IK5OIY) and Claudio (IK5RLP) hope to activate the Sparviero Rock
(IOTA EU-028; IIA GR07) using the IA5S call. Then, if possible
they will try to activate also the Porcarelli or Porchetti Reef
(IIA GR09). Operations on 6, 10, 15, 20 and 40 mtrs.
IB0 - Following what published in previous number, Luca, (IK0QDB) during
his trip in Ventotene (28 April-1 May) hopes to activate also the
Sconcigli Rocks (EU-045 ; IIA LT-28), the Nave of Ventotene Rock
(EU-045; IIA LT-13) and S.Stefano island (EU-045; IIA LT-10).
IE9 - The Neapolitan team of IK8BIZ, IK8FPI and IK8HOX has ended the Us-
tica's operations scoring 5200 QSOs during 3 days of activity.
II9 - Salvo, IT9HLR, will join the ARI International Contest working in
SSB with the special II9R call. QSL via IT9HLR.
IL6 - Following what published in previous number, from 1100Z of Sunday
30 April to 1400Z of Monday 1 May, Vittorio (IK4CIE) together with
Giuliano (I4VJC), Stefano (IK4IDW) and Lorenzo (IK4XQM), will be
portabe IL6 from Vela Reef, still without IIA reference number. The
operations will be in 10, 15, 20 and 40 mtrs with a GP antenna,
while in 80 and 160 mtrs they will use a dipole. Activity on 7005,
7070, 14025 and 14260 KHz. The friends of Western Emilia DX Club
will be QRV on 14260 KHz for italian stations at 1400Z of Sunday
and 7070 KHz around 0800Z of Monday. For USA stations on 14025 KHz
at 1700Z of Sunday 30 April.
IO4 - Guido, IK4PVR, will join the ARI International DX Contest (6 and 7)
May and the other big contests during 1995, using the special IO4A
call. QSL via IK4PVR, Guido Migliori, Viale Giordano 67, I-41049
Sassuolo (Modena).
IQ1 - During next ARI International DX Contest the station IQ1A will be
active. QSL via I1JQJ.
IQ0 - Daniele, IK0REH, will join the ARI International DX Contest with
the special IQ0J call. QSL via IK0REH, Daniele Casini, Box 42,
I-06011 Cerbara (PG).
IR1 - During next ARI International DX Contest the station IR1A will be
active. QSL via IK1GPG.
IR8 - From 26 to 28 May the station IR8A will be active from Procida Isl.
(EU-031; IIA NA-02) and Vivara (EU-031; IIA NA-05). QSL via IK0YYY
P.O.Box 17, Roma, Italia.
IZ8 - During the celebrations of 100th years of Radio, the friends of
Naples ARI Section will be active Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 May,
from 0700 to 1100Z, with the special station IZ8ARI. QSL via IK8JVG.
JA6 - From 0600Z of 4 May to 0300Z of 6 May, Takeyasu, JR0GFM, will be
QRV from Tsushima Is. (AS-036). It's a QRP activity (2 watts out-
put) scheduled on 14260 and 14030 KHz.
JX - Per, LA7DFA, reports that at the date of 19 April he answered to
all the direct QSLs for the JX7DFA activity. If you will not recei-
ve your card, write him a message on packet, addressed to
LA7DFA@LA6K.KSU.T.NOR.EU: you will have your QSL via bureau. Please
don't send other requests via Bureau. To have a direct card write:
P.O.Box 105, 6520 Rensvik, Norway.
KH9 - Following what published in number 202, Tom (AL7EL) corfirms that
his activity from Wake Island will be from 17 to 23 May. Operations
in CW and SSB mainly on 30, 40, 80 and 6 mtrs bands.
KP1 - Vance, W5IJU, reports that the Navassa expedition, scheduled for
the last week of April, has reported on number 195, has been post-
poned to the last week of may due to trip problems. Operators will
be W5IJU, KB4VLO, K0IYF, WA3YVN (one of South Georgia's team).
KP2 - From 4 to 9 May NP2N will be QRV from U.S. Virgin Islands (NA-106)
mainly on 40 mtrs CW, but also on 10, 15 and 20 mtrs. QSL via W0ANZ
or through the KP2 bureau.
OD - Zanek, SP7LSE, will be active from Lebanon for a month, probably as
OD5/SP7LSE.
OJ0 - Market Reef will be activated from 25 to 29 May on all bands HF
(WARC included) and 50 MHz, joining the WPX CW Contest. Operators
will be OH0RJ, OH6EI, OH6LI, OH6LK e OH8PF. The call will be an-
nounced later. QSL via OH6LI.
ST - WB2RAJ reports that all requests for ST2/G4OJW, ST2AA and ST0K has
been answered.The requests that he receives now will be answered in
24 hours from reception.
SY - Peter (KC1QF/SV0GV/EI4GV) and Andreas (SV1BKN) want to operate from
Mount Athos from 6 to 9 July, using the SV0GV/3 call. Operations in
CW and SSB, may be in RTTY and AMTOR too.
V6 - The 9th of May Ken, V73C, will be in Pohnpei (V63), where he hopes
to discuss with the local authorities the possibility of activating
Pingelap Atoll (OC-???).
VE2 - John, VE2PR, is actually QRV from Mistassini lake, Zone 2 and he is
particularly active on the lower edge of the 80 mtrs DX band.
VP2E - K8MFO hopes to join the CQWW DX CW Contest (25-26 November) from
Anguilla with the VP2EFO call. QSL via W8TPS.
VP2M - Dave, K5GN, and Bob, N5DU, will join the IARU Contest (8-9 July)
from Montserrat with the VP2MDE call.
VP9 - Dave, WJ2O, hopes to join the next CQWW CQ WPX Contest (27-28 May)
from Bermudas.
VU4 - Following what previously published, VU2JPS is currently in Andaman
Islands and he hopes to receive in a short time a call. VU2JPS has
an AM/CW transceiver, but VU radio amateurs are trying to give him
a SSB equipment.
W4 - From 21 to 26 June a group of operators including Bob, N4BP, Scott,
KR4GJ, Bruce, W4OVU, Kevin, WV5Z, and Jerry, KR4RBB, will be acti-
ve from Dry Tortugas (NA-079). During the Field Day (24-25 June)
they will use the N4BP call and operations (on QRP) will be mainly
in CW from 10 to 80 mtrs. Outside of the test the KR4GJ call will
be used with 100 watts power.
XV - Rolf, XV7SW (SM5MX), will be QRV from Vietnam on 1827, 3505, 7013
KHz at the end of May. Rolf hopes to find the wire necessary to
build antennas. The copper is as precious as gold over there ! The
new laws about amateur radio service in Vietnam will be probably
approved during the second half of this year and will allow the use
of the entire bands, not only the fixed frequencies. Rolf asks to
be patient with his QSL for problems of time concerning his work
and for problems of photo development. Rolf suggest to not use IRC
but just 1 green stamp.
XV/3W - UA0FM/3W is active in RTTY from Vietnam.
YA - As announced in number 201, Oleg, YA/UT9XL, is active from Kabul,
Afghanistan. Oleg will stay in Kabul for other 5 months. QSL via
P.O.Box 207, Pavlograd 323012, Ukraine.
YJ - The 7 and 8 of May Tada, JA1WPX, will be active from Vanuatu, main-
ly on 40 (7005 KHz) and 30 (10105 KHz) mtrs.
YL - During the next CQWW WPX CW Contest the station YL7T will be acti-
ve. QSL via: P.O.Box 265, Riga 50, Latvia LV-1050
ZF2 - Joe, W5ASP, will be active as ZF2NE during the CQWW CW WPX Contest.
QSL via home-call.
ZL8 - Following what published in number 205, Barry (G4MFW, ZS1FJ) has
left Capetown the 27th of April and he is now travelling towards
Kermadec Islands. He will be QRV from there from 5 to 15 May using
the G4MFW/ZL8 call. Look for him on 14195, 21295, 7080 and 3798 Khz
only in SSB and SPLIT. QSL via KA1JC that is asking only one card
per envelope.
ZS - Lambert, ZS2LL and Roy, ZS6QU, are very active in 80 mtrs CW and
they hope to be soon on 160 mtrs also.
3V8 - YT1D is active for about one week from the radio station located in
the University of Tunisi, 3V8BB. QSL via home-call.
4U1UN - Jerry, WB8LFO, reports that a ton of QSL of 4U49UN and 4U1UN has
been sent last 20th of April. QSLs for 4U50UN operations will be
worked as soon as printed. Jerry, helped by Mike AA8EU is now
working on answering through the bureau and wish to thanks for the
patience.
5T - Sal, IT9AZS, reports that during his trip in Mauritania, together
with IT9PHY and I2RLX, he scored 13,000 QSO working over 130 coun-
tries. QSL will be ready in 15 days.
5W - Edwin, K8VIR, is active from Western Samoa Is. using the 5W1GEH
call. QSL K8VIR, Edwin Hartz, 108 Hartz Drive, Holly,MI 48442, USA.
7Q - Peter, has already reported, is a Red Cross consultant, and he will
be in Malawi again from 11 May, where he hopes to operate with his
old 7Q7XT call. Peter, that will be QRV from 10 to 40 mtrs in SSB,
CW and RTTY will use a 5 elements yagi directed to Europe. QSL via
ON5NT.
8Q7 - Until the 10th of May Gerhard (DL3NBL) and Hans (DL8NBE) will be
active respectively as 8Q7BL and 8Q7BE from Thuragiri Isl. (AS-013).
QSL via home-calls.
CONWAY REEF -> OH1RY, team leader of the Conway Reef DXpedition , reports
that activity, from 25 March to 3 April, scored 30.000 QSOs of which 15-20%
with European stations (but in 15 and 10 mtrs almost only K and JA stations)
Operation was two days less than initially planned due to severe landing ac-
cidents caused by very high swell, which turned into 10 meter high breakers
when the waves hit the coral reef. The landing operation was done in several
stages, several trips had to be made. The first landing trip took some an-
tennas ashore, the second one became a disaster when radios, computers, the
outboard motor and personal belongings were lost not to mention seriously
endangering the lives of the operators. The computers were lost - which is
why there are few statistics to give out at this time. Paper logs were used,
in fact all available slips of paper which could be found were filled with
QSO-data. Supporting: Needless to say the operation turned out to be more of
a life rescue operation than a DXpedition. Much material loss also occured.
Now DX folks, if you feel that you can support the group, please send your
support as a money transfer to the account specifically set up for this pur-
pose. Bank: "OKO Bank Finland", Account number: 531935-42044, account name:
"Conway 1995". Many did offer their support before the expedition. Of this
the group is very grateful. The group hereby announces that in 1996 OH1RY+Co
will find their way to Canton Island T31. We remind that QSL managers for
the Conway expedition are SM7PKK (only for CW contacts with 3D2CU) Mats
Persson, Zenitgatan 24 #5, S-21214 Malmo, Sweden) and G4WFZ (only for SSB
contacts with 3D2CT) Philip Marsh, Orcheston road 28, Charminster, Bour-
nemouth BH8 8SR, Dorset, England.
SCARBOROUGH REEF -> OH0XX, that together with BZ1HAM,BZ1OK, KJ4VH, OH2BH and
VR2EW has been one of the operators of last activity from Scarborough Reef
(BS7H), reports that during the operations they scored about 12,000 QSOs, of
which CW-QSOs are 3000-4000 (a thousand were made by the Chinese straight
keyers). Remember that the QSL manager is JA1BK and that next activity from
Scarborough Reef is planned for 1996, by BYs.
WF5E QSL SERVICE -> Following what previously published and answering to ma-
ny requests here are some details for the WF5E QSL service. From August 1994
after 13 years and about 1,000,000 of cards, the "DX QSL Service" of Dick,
N7RO, ceased to operate and is now in the hands of Les Bannon, WF5E, that
use the same way of Dick, sending the cards directly to the DX station or
his manager, using the informations of DX bulletins and other publications.
When he receive the cards back from the DX stations he then send them thru
the bureau.Cards must be alphabetically ordered and no older than 12 months.
The cost is 1 US$ or 2 IRC for 6 cards. The address is: WF5E-DX QSL SERVICE,
3400 Bedford, Midland, TX 79703, USA.
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