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DX425 bulletin issue nr. 278

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                                  Edited by
                               I1JQJ  & IK1GPG
                                Translated by
                              I1-21171 & IK1ADH

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A2     - Next week  Said,  H5ANX will  be  active from  Botswana.  Pat,  5N0T
         reports that Said should be QRV on 20 (14.155 MHz, at about 6 and 17
         UTC), 17 (18.160 MHz at about 14  UTC) and 12 metres (24.900 MHz  at
         about 12 UTC). QSL via ZS6EW.
CT3    - During the weekend  the station CT9F  will be active  from Ilheu  de
         Cima (DIP MA-010).
EA     - If he is  active from IOTA  group EU-142 [425DXN  277], Alan,  G3PMR
         will use the call EA1/G0WIN.  The call EA1/G3PMR  will be used  from
         the mainland. Alan will be in Spain up to 9 September. QSL for  both
         the calls via G3PMR.
F      - From 30 August to 6 September  the special event station TM2LB  will
         be active on all the bands, mostly CW. QSL via F6KCE.
GM     - From 5 to 7 September Gregg, ON9CCQ will be active from the isle  of
         Skye (EU-008) as GM4RTO/M. QSL via G4RTO.
I      - Saturday 31 August Renzo, IV3VER will be IL3/ from the island of San
         Pietro (IIA UD-002).  On Sunday 1  September he  might operate  from
         another island in the Marano or Grado Lagoons.
I      - On 2 September Roberto, IJ7/IK7XIV should be active from Isola della
         Scogliera (IIA LE-???).
JA     - From 31 August  to 1 September  the special station  8J6JCS will  be
         active from Tanegashima Space Centre, located on Tanegashima  island
         (AS-032).
PY     - From 5 to 25 September Joc, PY8JA/P will be active on 40, 20 and  15
         metres CW from  Atalaia Island  (DIB 40).  QSL via  PY8JA (P.O.  Box
         5056, 66601.970 Belem, PA, Brazil).
PY0_f  - From about 1 September Erik, SM0AGD will be active for some ten days
         as  ZY0ZGD  from  PY0FF's  QRH  on  Fernando  de  Noronha  (SA-003).
         Operations will take place on all bands, mostly in CW. QSL via  home
         call.
SM     - SM3TLG/2 will be  active (mainly on  40 and 80  metres CW) from  the
         island of Seskaro (EU-139) up to 31 August.
V6     - From 2 to 10 September Tosy, JA6VZB will be actve (SSB, CW and RTTY,
         from 10 to 160 metres,  WARC bands included)  as V63BM from  Pohnpei
         islands (OC-010). QSL via bureau to JA6BSM.
VK9_xms- From 30 August to  8 September Mark  Kawasaki, 9V1AN/JJ1TBB will  be
         active from Christmas Island as VK9XB. Operations will take place in
         SSB (14.180  and  21.280  MHz)  and  CW  (7.008,  14.008/14.028  and
         21.008/21.028 MHz).  QSL via  bureau to  JJ1TBB  or direct  to  Mark
         Kawasaki, 4-36-10 Kasuga, Nerima, Tokyo 179, Japan.
XZ     - On Tuesday, August 27th, Warren (KF7AY) reported to Bob (W1XT)  that
         "Kan Mizoguchi (JA1BK), Martti Laine (OH2BH) and Warren Hill (KF7AY)
         are presently  in  Yangon, capital  city  of the  Union  of  Myanmar
         [425DXN 276, editor's note]. This delegation has met with government
         officials to finalize  licensure and operating  arrangements for  an
         upcoming large-scale operation  to be  conducted by  members of  the
         Central Arizona DX  Association. As  part of  this week's  meetings,
         permission has been granted to conduct a limited operation using the
         call sign XZ1N.  For several hours each day between August 27th  and
         August 29th, XZ1N will be QRV on SSB (JA1BK, OH2BH) and CW (KF7AY)".
         Direct and bureau QSLs via W1XT (Bob Myers, P.O. Box 17108, Fountain
         Hills, AZ 85269-7108, USA). 
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CALL       MGR      CALL       MGR      CALL       MGR      CALL       MGR   
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3D2PN      OH5UQ    EA1BT/P    EA1BT    HI9/I4LCK  I4LCK    PY5ZHP     DL4DBR
4L1DX      OZ1HPS   EA1KK/P    EA5OL    HS7CDI     7L1MFS   R0/VK9XL   KE6SVR
4M5LR      WS4E     EA2CMW/P   EA2CMW   IA1/IK1JJB IK1JJB   R3ARES     RA3AR 
4N140T     YU1SB    EA4/ED5GNW ED5GNW   IA5/I2WEQ  I2WEQ    RA0FAD     KM6ON 
4N1SM      YU1DKL   EA4/ED5RCI EA5KW    IA5/I4VOS  I4VOS    RA2FBC     DJ1OJ 
4N7N       YU7BPQ   EA5OL/P    EA5OL    IA5/IK1TTD IK1TTD   RV9XF      UA9XHJ
4S7DA      W3HNK    EA6/DL8YEX DL8YEX   IA5/IK4RSR IK4RSR   RZ9DX/0    RW6HS 
4S7DRG     DL7DCU   EA9CE/P    EA9JS    IC8/IK2PZG IK2PZG   S21YE      G4VLV 
4U1UN      WB8LFO   EA9PB/P    EA9TQ    IC8/IK8YWL IK8YWL   S50O       S59VM 
5H3ES      DF9SU    EA9PD/P    EA9TQ    IC8/IZ8AJV IK8NBE   SO6USA/1   DL9USA
5H3LM      DJ1LE    ED2LFC     EA2MQ    IC8/IZ8AMZ IK8NBE   SO8SM      DF3SM 
5N6/KE6GEM K4ZLE    ED2RGC     EA5HT    ID9/I2IAU  I2IAU    SP0FOX     SP2PIK
5N6RDH     KF9TH    ED2SDX     EA5CVN   ID9/IK2AEQ IK2AEQ   SP6CZ/1    SP6CZ 
5R8EN      F6AJA    ED2TEB     EA5CVN   IF9/IK8WTM IK8WTM   SU1JR      9K2RA 
5R8EY      DJ1RL    ED3RGC     EA3ACA   IG9/IK1AOD IK1AOD   SV3/DL1BKK DL1BKK
5R8EZ      DK8FB    ED4ASD/1   EA4ASD   IG9/IK2PCZ IK2PCZ   SV8/EA3CB  EA3CB 
5X1D       SM0BFS   ED4RGC     EA4EKU   IH9/IK1MND IK1MND   SV9/IK1GPG IK1GPG
5X1R       SM4ARJ   ED4SDX     EA5CVN   IH9/IK8BIZ IK8BIZ   T77BL      T70A
7P8/G4FUI  G4FUI    ED5FAS     EA5URA   IJ7/IK7IMO IK7IMO   T92M       AI0Y  
7Q7DC      WA6IJZ   ED5RCH     EA5GMT   IJ7/IK7VJX IK7VJX   T94TU      N2MZH 
7Q7EH      AA9HD    ED5RGC     EA5FSK   IJ7/IK7XIV IK7XIV   TA1FA      TA1AL 
7Q7JL      G0IAS    ED5URX     EA5AHC   IJ7/IK8TWP IK8VRQ   TA2IJ      DJ9ZB 
7Q7RM      G0IAS    ED5VNA     EA5GPO   IL3/IV3DXW IV3DXW   TK2YT      F2YT  
7X2CR      IS0LYN   ED6ZXO     EA6ZX    IL3/IV3EXW IV3EXW   TL8FD      F5LBM 
8Q7AS      G4VPM    ED7NBE     EA7OH    IL6/IK6CGO IK6CGO   TM2LB      F6KCE 
8R1ZG      W4FRU    ED7RGC     EA7GYA   IM0/IK1TKS IK1TKS   TM5CRO     F8WA  
9A/DL4SD   DL4SD    ED7SFC     EA7GA    IM0/IK2OFT IK2OFT   TM6EMD     F5KOK 
9A11ELS    9A2AA    ED9IA      EA7ESH   IM0/IK4HPU IK4HPU   TM6GX      F6CHT 
9A4A       9A4AA    ED9MVC     EA9URM   IM0/IK8HCH IK8HCH   TT8SP      F5OIJ 
9A9A       9A1A     EK8JJ      GW3CDP   IM0/IS0BDF IS0BDF   TY1IJ      DK8ZD 
9H0A       LA2TO    EL2/K4YT   W2TK     IM0/IS0UPR IS0UPR   UA0QJG/0   UA1AGC
9H3PB      DF4EK    ER27A      ER1DA    J28JA      F5PWH    UA9CUA     W3HNK 
9H3RJ      HB9TU    ER3ED      I8YGZ    J28JC      F5UPA    UA9XK      RW6HS 
9H3WD      OK1AD    ER3MM      I8YGZ    J28JY      F6BFH    UN7TX      RW6HS 
9H3WM      OK1AD    ER5A       I8YGZ    J28TC      F6FNU    UR1100HA   UT7DX 
9H3WZ      DK7IH    ER5AA      I8YGZ    J28TK      F6FNU    US1RR      DJ0MAQ
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CALL       MGR      CALL       MGR      CALL       MGR      CALL       MGR   
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9J2SZ      SP8DIP   ER5DX      I8YGZ    J8/N5FTR   N5FTR    US5WUS     KK4WW 
9K2HN/P    9K2HN    ER5OK      I8YGZ    JD1/7J1AYK W5VSZ    US96HM     UT1HT 
9K2IC      DG2SBW   ER7A       I8YGZ    JD1/JG8NQJ JA8CJY   UT1N       UT7NW 
9K2MU      WA4JTK   ER7Z       I8YGZ    JU1BD      WA2JUN   UV5D       UT7DX 
9K2RF/P    9K2RF    ES96I      ES4RM    JW/DJ3KR   DJ3KR    V51/DK2WH  DK2WH 
9M2/JA8ELC JA8ELC   ES96L      ES6PZ    JX7DFA     LA7DFA   V51CM      WA2JUN
9M2EU      JA2EJI   ES96M      ES1QD    JY5HF      JY5AR    V59X       V51CM 
9M2JJ      SM0OEK   EX8F       DL8FCU   JY74X      JY6ZZ    V63CO      DJ9HX 
9M2TO      JA0DMV   EY8XX      GW3CDP   JY74Z      JY6ZZ    VI75RAAF   VK4LV 
9M6NA      JE1JKL   F2PI/P     F2PI     K26PI      K4PI     VP2MR      N5DXD 
9Y4VU      W3EVW    F6EPN/P    F6EPN    K400PI     K4PI     VP5J       KF8UM 
A35PM      OH5UQ    F6HQP/P    F6HQP    K96EWG     K4EWG    VQ9MG      K7MG  
A41JR      YO3DAD   FG5HR      F6BUM    KC6JF      KD6BTP   VQ9TT      W8OJM 
A71BY      F5PYI    FK8GJ      F6CXJ    KG4ML      WB6VGI   VQ9WM      K7IOO 
A925GF     EA7FR    FM5BH      F6HEQ    KH6/WB9PTN WB9PGB   VR2BH      AA6BB 
A92Q       K0DQ     FM5EE      F5HVT    L8DX       LU6EF    VY1ISL     NL7TB 
AH4/AH0W   KE7LZ    FM5GU      WA4JTK   LU/OH0XX   OH0XX    W4D        KD4FQT
BD4TB      9A2AJ    FT5WE      F5GTW    LU3ZI      LU6EF    WH0/WK3D   JF2KOZ
BV4MU      KA6SPQ   G6W        G4JVG    LU5EVB/Z   LU6EF    XJ1CWI     VE1CWI 
BY1PK      PA0LOU   GB2HSN     GM8YUI   LU6UO/Z    LU6EF    XJ2CQ      VA2RC 
BZ1AJ/9    JA4HCK   GB2STW     G3JNJ    LU7X       LU6EF    XR8S       CE8SFG
C56CW      DL7DF    GB3RN      G0VIX    LW7DOB     UT4PR    YB28AR     YC2BK 
CK4RU      VE1RU    GB50SWL    G4EHU    LZ3XT      LZ1KPE   YN1UNI     G4OEP 
CK4RU      VY2RU    GB5FI      GW0ANA   MW0AGE     GW Buro  YU/DF2UU   DF2UU 
CR8A       WA1ECA   GB800SA    G0REP    NH2G       WF5T     YV7/AH6OM  DL2SEK
CT1/DL3MCO DL3MCO   GW/PA3GIO  PA3GIO   OD5PN      LX9EG    Z30SVP     Z32KV 
CT1ASU/P   CT1CFI   GW4KCT/P   G4KCT    OEM3SGU    OE3SGU   Z32XX      KM6ON 
D2/UR5TY   UR5TY    GW6A       G0DBE    OH1LU/P    OH1LU    ZB2/DL1BX  DL1BX 
D2AO       DL4KAI   HA/W0YR    AA9DX    OK5VRK     OK2BIX   ZB2/DL7CM  DL7CM 
D2FIB      SM0FIB   HAM4FB     HA4FB    OK8EAO     DL1CW    ZB2FX      G3RFX 
D2HB       DL4KAI   HB0/DL1AZZ DL1AZZ   OY/DL8HAG  DL8HAG   ZD7WRG     WA2JUN
D2PV       DL4KAI   HC6CR      NE8Z     OY2H       I0WDX    ZD8DEZ     G0DEZ 
D68DV      DL4XS    HG1H       HA1KSA   OY4TN      OY6FRA   ZK2PN      OH5UQ 
D68ET      DL4XS    HG8SDS     HA8PH    OZ/DK1GU   DK1DU    ZP9BB      PY5FI 
D68XS      DL4XS    HGM0TYP    HA0IR    OZ1DYI/P   OZ1DYI   ZP9DM      ZP5AA 
DA0KDG     DL9ZEA   HGM8KVK    HA8KVK   PA/DL5NEJ  ON4BDS   ZS8IR      ZS6EZ 
DL2YY/P    DL2YY    HGM8RJ     HA8RJ    PJ2MI      K2PEQ    ZV2EPA     PY2YW 
DX1RVN     JA1HGY   HGM8ZO     HA8ZO    PQ8MM      PT7BI    ZV5AVG     PP5LL 
E21CJN     K3WUW    HH2AW      9A2AJ    PR5L       PP5LL    ZV5AVM     PP5LL
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                           DIPLOMA  ISLAS ESPANOLAS      
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                                  R U L E S 

1 - The present  Award is of international limits,  and can be granted to
all Radio Enthusiasts or Listeners (SWL) anywhere in the world and holding an
official licence.
2 - All contacts with the different islands, must have taken  place after
1st. January 1988.
3 - The  Award  may  be  applied  for  in whichever of  the two versions:
VITRIFIED PORCELAIN or BASIC. If required,you may apply for the two versions.
4 - Only direct communication will be accepted.
5 - In relation to the  WAZ Zone where the applicant station is situated,
You must prove through the corresponding QSL  that there has been contacts or
have listened to a minimum number of islands specified below,considering that
every DIFFERENT isle worked on (in which-ever mode or band),will count as one
point.
    5.1 - Spanish Stations:  25 points.
    5.2 - Stations situated in the zones: 14,15,16,20 & 33:  20 points.
    5.3 - Stations situated in the zones:
          5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,17,21,34,35,36,37 & 40:  12 points.
    5.4 - The stations situated in the remainder zones:   8 points.
6 - The ENDORSEMENTS, will be granted for every 5 points obtained.
7 - It  will  be  considered  valid  for  the  purpose of the Award those
contacts  maintained  by  two  stations  and  situated  in  the  same island.
8 - In the same way,  it will be considered valid those contacts  carried
out from stations known as "portable" & "mobile",provided that these contacts
are legally enforced.
9 - To apply for the AWARD D.I.E. or ENDORSEMENTS, the QSL must be without
corrections or erasures, enclosing to  the application the models outlined
in the joined present basis:
    - CERAMIC AWARD                AWARD           ENDORSEMENTS
      Spanish Stations          5.000 - pts        NO CHARGE
      Foreign Stations             70 - $ U.S.     NO CHARGE
      Foreign Stations            140 - IRC        NO CHARGE
    - BASIC AWARD  
      Spanish Stations          1.000 - pts        NO CHARGE
      Foreign Stations             12 - $ U.S.     NO CHARGE
      Foreign Stations             24 - IRC        NO CHARGE
Since the endorsements of the BASIC Diploma are free of charge, the applicant
station must enclose with the petition a self addressed-stamped envelope.
10- To obtain  your  Awards  and  endorsements,  send all the requested
information to:  D.I.E. Delegacion  Comarcal  de  URE,  Apartado  Postal 194,  
03750   Pedreguer (Alicante), Spain.  Authorized Checkpoint; DE0MST (DL, OE,
HB9), F5XL (F, 3A), G4WFZ (G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, EI), IK1GPG (I, T7, HV) 
LU8DY (South America), ON5XL (ON, PA), SP6TPM (SP, OK, OM)  
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                *** DIPLOMA ISLAS ESPANOLAS, SILVER CATEGORY ***
                                  R U L E S 
    
1 - In relation to the WAZ Zone where the applicant's station is situated
you must prove through th e corresponding QSL that there has been contacts or
have  listened to  a  minimum number of islands, specified below, considering
that every isle will count as one point as long as it has been worked through
different bands, ( 28, 21, 14, 7 and 3.5 Mhz ).
     1.1 - Spanish Stations:    25 points for band.
     1.2 - Stations situated in the zones: 14,15,16,20 and 33: 20 points/band.
     1.3 - Stations situated in the zones:
           5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,17,21,31,35,36,37 and 40: 12 points for band
     1.4 - The stations situated in the remainder zones:    8 points for band
2 - Expeditionary  will count as one point for each band  worked on that
expedition.
3 - This Award will not consent endorsements.
4 - It will only issued in VITRIFIED CERAMIC.
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              *** DIPLOMA ISLAS ESPANOLAS, GOLDEN CATEGORY ***
                                 R U L E S 

1 - The same basis as D.I.E., SILVER; plus the previous points  (silver
category  1.1 - 1.4),  with  the addition  of  the  WARC bands 18 and 24 Mhz.
/EX
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                         *** AWARD  D.I.E. - 250 ***
                                  R U L E S   

1 - The present Award is of international limits,  and can be granted to
all Radio Enthusiasts or Listeners (SWL) anywhere in the world and holding an
official licence, that they demons of have worked to, like least, 250 Spanish
Islands listed in the DIE Directory.
2 -  Marittime Islands and Interior Islands are valid.
3 - QSLs card are not necessary.
4 - The cost is 1.000 pts.
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                         *** AWARD  D.I.E. - 500 ***
                                  R U L E S   

1 - The present Award is of international limits,  and can be granted to
all Radio Enthusiasts or Listeners (SWL) anywhere in the world and holding an
official licence, that they demons of have worked to, like least, 500 Spanish
Islands listed in the DIE Directory.
2 -  Marittime Islands and Interior Islands are valid.
3 - QSLs card are not necessary.
4 - The cost is 1.000 pts.
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              *** D.I.E.  - ENDORSEMENT INTERIOR ISLANDS ***
                                 R U L E S

It  has been created for the INTERIOR ISLANDS, the INTERIOR ENDORSEMENT AWARD
"DIE". The classification and reference to these islands will be different to
the  maritime  islands,  and  will be refered to by the province in which are
situated, except SANTANDER which will be "ST" and ASTURIAS "OV".
(The first or second digit corresponding to the province letter, following by
a number in order.  It will be considered INTERIOR ISLAND, all those who have
fulfilled the requirements established in the "DIE"and is surrounded by fresh
water.
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                           *** PLEASE  NOTE ***
                           
THE D.I.E. WILL BE OBTAINED WITH A MINIMUN NUMBER OF ISLANDS MARITIME ONLY.
THE  HONOR ROLL D.I.E. BOARD CLASSIFICATION, WILL BE OBTAINED BY THE AMOUNT
OF MARITIME AND INTERIOR ISLANDS,
(ONCE THE DIE IS OBTAINED - THE SAME VALIDITY WILL BE FOR MARITIME OR
INTERIOR ISLANDS).
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Following many requests we have decided to start experimentally a new service
to  help  our  readers to find managers and/or addresses of DX stations.  The 
requests  should  be  sent  only  to  IK1GPG, who is responsibile for the QSL 
Managers/QSL Routes, via e-mail: 425dxqsl@pc.fr.flashnet.it
Answers will be published in the bulletin.
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       IK1HSR, IK1QFM, IK7AFM, IK7XIV, 5N0T, EA5KB, F5TGW, G4BUE,
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