12 August 1995 No.223
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edited by I1JQJ, IK1IYU
CE0 - FoLlowing what published in number 215 and previously, Bob (KK6EK)
and Massimo (XE1XA) reported us that XR0Y (Easter Island) and XR0Z
(Salas y Gomez) operations are respectively planned from 5 to 20
September and from 7 to 13 September. They confirmed the activity
via Oscars 10 & 13 satellites.
CE0_jf - Following what published in number 216 the preparation for the CE0Z
expedition to Juan Fernandez Island, planned from 13 to 21 Sep-
ember, is continuing regularly. Operations in RTTY and on WARC bands
also. QSL manager will be K0IYF.
CO - Following what published in number 221, Luis (CT1ESO), team leader
of the November expedition to Los Colorados Archipelago (NA-093),
reports that they will use the CO1OTA call. QSL via CT1ESO.
CT - During the weekend CT1EGH and CT4UW will be active as CQ7U. Satur-
day 12 August they will be QRV from a lighthouse and Sunday 13 from
an island valid for DIP as ES-10.
CY9 - Recent Saint Paul Island operations logged about 11600 QSOs. Best
bands were the low bands and 14 and 18 MHz. Many contacts were made
on satellite.
FR/G - Confirming what published in number 208, FR5HG is now portable from
Glorioso Island. Activity mainly in CW.
FS - Following what published in number 222, the Tintamarre Isl (NA-199)
operations by FS5PL, FG5BG and FJ5AB are now planned from 14 August
for a two or three days duration.
G - Until 23 August the special GR0LOS station is active, all HF/VHF
bands in SSB, CW, RTTY, SSTV, FAX (GR is a rare UK prefix).
HK2 - As previously reported in number 221, Pedro, HK3JJH, during the
weekend is active from Ajuga Island (with the new IOTA SA-082 refe-
rence). Pedro says that IRCs are no valid in Colombia.
HL - Until 13 August, the HL0CBD station is active from Bee-Kum Do Isl.
(Lat. 34 46' N, Long. 125 55' E) for an expedition organized by
Chonnam National University Amateur Radio Association (CARA). QSL
via bureau or direct to: Chonnam University Amateur Radio Associa-
tion, P.O. Box 110, Kwangju 501-600, South Korea.
I8 - Monday 21 agosto, Nino (IK8DDN) will try to activate Scialandro
reef (IIA SA-03). The 23 August the La Secca reef (IIA PZ-??), the
25 from Santo Ianni reef (EU-144, IIA PZ-01) and the 27 from an
island near Dino (IIA CS-??). All opearations will take place only
if weather allows depending also on the shipment ways. QSL IK8OZZ.
IC8 - Sunday 13 August, IK8MRA, IK8JUZ, IK8EPC and IK8TEO will be porta-
ble IC8 from Tre Fratelli reef (IIA NA-??). QSL via IK8OZZ.
IL7 - Following what published in number 222, the IL7/IK0MHR operations
are now planned from 21 to 26 August.
IL7 - Marcello, IW6MTM, will spend his holidays in Puglia from 19 August
to 2 September and, during those days, he will try to activate Tre-
miti islands (EU-050) in 144 MHz.
IY1 - From 13 August to 10 September, during the "Marconi: dal Tigullio
al Mondo - 100 Anni di Radio" show organised by Ari Section and
municipality of Rapallo, helped by Marconi Foudation and ARI, near
the Castle on sea the special IY1MR station will be active, all HF,
VHF and UHF bands. For further information on the demonstration
contact IK1HJT @ IK1HJT.ILIG.ITA.EU .
IY1 - From 16 to 22 September the special IY1EY station will be active
during the "Loano Elettra Award" to celebrate the radio experiments
that Guglielmo Marconi made from Elettra ship between 1916 and 1936
A special QSL reproducing the Elettra can be asked to I1QOD.
JY - Amir, 4X6TT, will be again in Amman, planning to sign as JY8TT, to
help handling QSL for the last JY74 activities, that logged about
17000 QSOs. A special award, signed from His Majesty King Hussein
(JY1) is available for JY74 contacts on at least two bands. Request
to JY6ZZ. Further informations to 4X6TT: Amir Bazak, P.O.Box 1515,
Ramat-Hasharon, Israel 47100.
KL7 - An activity is planned for 18 August from Kalgin Isl. (NA-158).
P4 - From 5 to 12 September Jack, N2VW, will be active as P40T from Aru-
ba. Jack, who plans to join the WAE SSB Contest (9-10 September),
wants to be active mainly on WARC bands. QSL via homecall.
PJ7 - From 23 September K8URE will be portable PJ7 from St.Maarten, wor-
king 15, 20 and 40 meters. QSL via homecall.
PY - From 10 to 16 October the ZW2EPA station will be active in SSB and
CW from Anchieta Island (SA-028, DIB 61). QSL via PP5LL P.O.Box 08,
88010-970 Florianopolis, SC, Brazil.
TA - Andy, UA3AB, from 18 August to 1 September will be active from Be-
lek, Turkey, as TA4/UA3AB, working mainly in CW on WARC bands. QSL
via homecall.
TA - Following what published in number 222, Gus (DJ8QP) hopes to acti-
vate during this week the Anatolia Region South East group (AS-???)
and then the IOTA AS-115 and AS-098 groups.
TF7 - On 7 and 8 August Martin (TF7/G3ZAY/P), Andrew (TF7/G0HSD/P) and
John (TF7/G3WGV/P) were active in 20 meters SSB and 30 meters CW
from Westman islands (EU-071). QSL via homecalls.
TI9 - As previously reported in number 221, Jose, TI9JJP is QRV from Co-
cos Island until 15 August, but he will be again on the island from
4 to 20 October. QSL via: Jose Pastora, P.O. Box 330, 1000 San Jose
Costa Rica. Jose is not active in RTTY but he will try to use this
mode during the next activity.
VP2E - Following what published in number 208, from 18 to 28 November Don,
K8MFO, will be QRV from Anguilla as VP2EFO. He plans to join the
CQWW DX CW Contest. Before and after the contest Don will be active
mainly on WARC bands and on 6 meters.
VP5 - WD8AUB, W9VNE, N9DX and W0CG will join the CQWW DX CW Contest using
the VP5FOC call in the multi-single category.
VQ9 - Pete, N5TP will be active again as VQ9TP during September for about
four months.
W5 - From 21 to 24 September N5UR together with other operators will be
active from Marsh Island (NA-120).
XU - Following what published in numbers 133, 196 and 197 John (PA3BTQ),
who is active from Bangladesh, reported to Wolff (DJ5JH) that in
September he will be active for two weeks as XU6TQ. Then he will be
in Afghanistan, but with few opportunities to be on the air.
YS - Kent, N2MIP, will be QRV from El Salvador from 5 to 11 November
using the YS1ZRK call. Operations mainly on satellite (it is the
very first time that YS is active on sats) with possible activities
on HF bands when OSCARs 10 and 13 are not reachable.
ZC - From 24 October to 6 November, some Whitton Amateur Radio Group
memebers will be active as ZC4DX joining the CQ SSB Contest in the
multi-single category. All modes activity (CW, SSB, RTTY, EME and
satellite) from 160 meters to 2.4GHz. QSL via G0MRF.
ZL8 - Following what published in number 216, some ZL operators have re-
ceived the permission to work from Kermadec but only if they will
stop to be active at sunset. They are now considering if it is
possible to afford a DXpedition with these restrictions.
3B9 - Robert, 3B9FR, is actually QRV, mainly in CW, on WARC bands.
3W - Nickolay, 3W5FM, is still active in CW/SSB/RTTY, but he doesn't
know how long he will stay in Vietnam. Probably until September or
October. His address is changed: QSLs for 3W5FM and UA0FM/3W now go
to P.O. Box 66, Vladimir 600011, Russia. QSLs are handled by Nicko-
lay's daughter, Nataly (UA0FFL/3); she reports that is not necessa-
ry to send a second request as she can recover the post sent to the
old address.
5B - From 13 to 16 August Marios, 5B4WN, and other operators, should be
active from Manijin Island (AS-120). The call will be C4MA and the
activity is planed in SSB and CW on 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters. QSL
via 5B4KH.
5R - From mid-August until the end of September, Shun, JF1MGI, will be
in Madagascar for work. During his spare time Shun will try to be
QRV as 5R8EU, mainly in RTTY, PACTOR and low bands, particularly
during the third week of september. QSL via homecall.
9A - During the weekend, S52CI will be portable 9A from EU-016. QSL via
homecall.
+ KB4C SILENT KEY + Last 26 July Miriam West Smith, KB4C, Carl Smith N4AA's
wife (DX-Editor of the famous "QRZ DX" bulletin) was S.K. The 425-DX-News's
team sends condolences to Carl, joining his pain.
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OY6A & OY/ON... -> Fred, ON6QR, reports that QSL requests for the OY6A ope-
rations during the IOTA 1995 Contests and those from 24 July to 3 August
using the OY/ON6QR call must be sent to : ON6QR, Fred Jans-Cooremans, 3 Tan-
gedallaan, B-1850 Grimbergen, Belgium. The requests for OY/ON7PC in the sa-
me period must be sent to ON7PC. Fred reports also that for all these acti-
vities it is possible to use the P.O.Box 1789, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium.
GB0CI -> If you still have not received the QSL for the 12/13 June 1993
activity from Copeland Islands (EU-122), you are kindly request to send it
tagain to manager GI0DVU, both via bureau or direct, as he knows about lost
mail from the local post office. The correct address is : J.C. Henry, GI0DVU
3 Kirkwoods Park, Lisburn, Co. Antrim, BT28 3RR, North Ireland.
ES0SM/0 (EU-034) -> If you contacted this station during the IOTA Contest
you can send the QSL to SM0OGX, Kjell Zajd, Lojovagen 8, 181 47 Lidingo,
Sweden.
QSL received -> 5B4/G4WFZ/P (AS-120), 7W5J, 9J2BO, 9N1RNH, A51/JH1AJT, BS7H,
BV9AAA (AS-103), BV9AYA (AS-103), BV0L, 9Q5MRC, BY9GA, CE7LNJ (SA-053),
DX1EA, IR1ANT, S92SS, S0RASD, VK6ISL (OC-206), VU2JPS.
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G4BUE, GI0DVU, HL4XM, KB8NW, KK6EK, N4QQ, ON6QR, OZ4FF, PP5LL, SM0OGX,
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PERIOD CALL REF
till ? FR5HG/G: Glorioso Isl. (AF-011) 208
till 19/8 GD3NKC/p 221
till 23/8 GR0LOS: Special Station 223
till 13/8 HB0/HB9QQ 197
till 13/8 HL0CBD: Bee-Kum Do Isl. 223
till 13/8 IA5/IK4GNH: Giglio Isl. (EU-028) (IIA GR-02) 218
till ? ID9/I2AE: Salina Isl. (EU-017) (IIA ME-15) 222
till ? ID9/I2PFY: Lipari Isl. (EU-017) (IIA ME-01) 222
till 30/8 IM0/I8KCI 220
till 19/8 IM0/IK4HPU: Maddalena Isl. & Capraia Isl. (EU-041) 219
till February OD/N4ISV 222
till end Sept SV1UM/8: Antikithira Isl. (EU-113) 222
till ? SV1QN/8: Myconos Isl. (EU-067) 221
till middle Aug TI9JJP * by TI2JJP 221
till end August TY1IJ * by DJ4IJ 222
till 31/10 VI50PEACE * special event station 217
till 31/8 VF1L: Cape Breton Isl. (NA-010) * by VE1AL 214
till 16/10 VY1QRP/VE * by DL1FDF 219
till 30/7 WB4RMJ: Hatteras Isl. (NA-067) 221
till September YA/UT9XL 208
till 17/8 YE50RI: Special Event Station 222
till 18/8 ZC4C * by OK1ADM, OK1RF, OK1RI 221
till September ZD8WD * by G4RWD 197
till September 3W5FM 223
till 13/8 9A/S52CI: EU-016 223
till ? 9Q2L * by PA3DZN 217
till ? 9X/SM5DIC 221
11/8-18/8 C6A: Abaco Isl. (NA-080) * by KG9N 220
11/8-13/8 HK2: Guajira/Magdalena Div. group (SA-???) * by HK3JJH 221
11/8-15/8 HL0T/2: Jebu Isl. (AS-105) 222
11/8-13/8 OZ4CHR: Christians Island (EU-030) * by OZ4FF 222
11/8-26/8 VE: (NA-036, 075, 091, 061, 051, 118) by F5JYD & F5SSM 222
11/8-1/9 4J0FR * by F6FYD 222
11/8-14/8 9M2/G3NUG: Babi Besar (AS-046) 221
12/8-13/8 CQ7U * by CT1EGH & CT4UW 223
12/8 IT9GAI: Ognina Isl. (IIA SR-08) 222
12/8-20/8 ZA * by IK7JWX & Salento DX Team 210
12/8-13/8 WAE CW Contest ***
12/8-18/8 GM0LUQ: Skye Isl. (EU-008) * by G0LUQ 216
12/8-20/8 YS4/TI5NW 220
13/8 IC8: Scoglio 3 Fratelli (IIA NA-??) by IK8MRA's team 223
13/8-10/9 IY1MR: Rapallo * Special Event Station 223
13/8-16/8 C4MI: Manijin Isl. (AS-120) * by 5B4WN's team 223
14/8-17/8 FS5PL/p: Tintamarre Isl. (NA-199) by FS5PL,FG5BG,FJ5AB 223
14/8-30/8 SV8/I3BQC: Amorgus Isl. (EU-067) 222
15/8-19/8 FP5AA * K2RW 222
15/8-16/8 GW/I4ALU/p : Flat Holm Island (EU-124) 221
16/8 KK5DO: Alief, TX * special event station 219
17/8-21/8 9M2/G3NUG: Perhentian Besar (AS-073) 221
18/8-21/8 GM0LUQ: Lewis Isl. (EU-010) * by G0LUQ 216
18/8 KL7: Kalgin Isl. (NA-158) 223
18/8-9/1 TA4/UA3AB 223
19/8-20/8 HS2: Samet Isl. (AS-107) * by HS7CDI & 7L1MFS 220
19/8-20/8 SARTG WW RTTY Conntest ***
19/8-20/8 CQ4I: Ilhote do Cabo * by CT1ASU,CT1EEU,CT1ERY,CT1FDU 190
19/8 KK5DO: Alief, TX * special event station 219
20/8-21/8 G/I4ALU/p: Scilly Isl. (EU-011) 221
20/8-27/8 ID9/IK8NIM: Vulcano Isl. (EU-017) (IIA ME-18) 220
20/8-1/9 IH9/IK0XBX: Pantelleria Isl. (AF-018) (IIA TP-01) 222
20/8-6/9 IM0/IK2GAO: Sant'Antioco Isl. (IIA CA-14) 219
20/8-21/8 TI5NW * by WB3LUI 220
21/8-29/8 F: Belle Isl. (EU-048) * by F5GVH 219
21/8-25/8 GM0LUQ: Skye Isl. (EU-008) * by G0LUQ 216
21/8 IK8DDN: Scoglio Scialandro (IIA SA-03) 223
21/8-26/8 IL7/IK0MHR: Campi Isl.(FG-10) & Portonuovo Isl.(FG-09) 222
22/8-27/8 YK1/ZP5ALI 222
23/8 IK8DDN: Scoglo La Secca (IIA PZ-??) 223
24/8-27/8 F: DIFM Islands 216
24/8-27/8 IF9/IT9AUP: Marettimo Isl. (EU-054) (IIA TP-10) 206
24/8-27/8 TM8AT: Molene Isl. (EU-065) * by F5RUQ 220
25/8-28/8 GM0LUQ: Arran Isl. (EU-123) * by G0LUQ 216
25/8 IK8DDN: Scoglo Santo Ianni (EU-144) (IIA PZ-01) 223
25/8-29/8 PA6QRP: Special Station 222
25/8-26/8 W: New Orleans * DX Convention ***
26/8-27/8 3E2G: Isla Grande (NA-202) 222
27/8 IK8DDN: IIA CS-?? 223
28/8-3/9 SU1/ZP5ALI 222
30/8-13/9 EX/DK7UY/p 222
August CT: Poco Isl. (DIP BL-10) * by NPDXG 219
August EA5BD/p: Isla de Audi (DIEI T-16) 218
August IL3 * by IK2ILH & IK2MRZ 217
middle August TA: AS-???, AS-115, AS-098 * by DJ8QP 223
middle August VK9CJ (Cocos Keeling) * by DJ9HX 222
middle August 5R8EU * by JF1MGI 223
August 9X * by ON4WW 217
13/10-15/10 >>> Bologna: V IOTA CONVENTION <<< ***