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3A - Luc, I1YRL and Luca, IK1OWC will be active (CW only) on 14-15 June.
5N - Franz, 5N4BHF was due to go QRT from Bonny Island (AF-076) on 27
May. He will be active from the mainland as 5N0BHF. QSL via OE6LAG.
9N - The Daily DX reports that Murray, VE5SM should be in Nepal. for a
few more weeks. He has already worked several hundred stations from
either 9N1RHM's QTH and his own place. Murray's licence allows him
to operate on 20 and 40 metres only.
9N - Dick, 9N1ARB went QRT on 22 May. He is travelling to Thailand, China
and Hong Kong. He misht be active from the QTHs of HS0/DL1ZAV,
BA1HAM and VR2FN. QSL via KV5V.
A6 - Jamal Al Maktoum, A61AO is newly licensed operator from United Rab
Emirates. QSL via N1DG.
CY0 - Wayne, VE1CBK will be on Sable Island (NA-063) from 7 to 21 June
doing spring maintenance work. He will again be using the call
CY0SAB, but due to the fact that this is a working trip he will have
limited operating time, at least during the first week. Special
attention will be paid for any openings to Asia. Wayne plans to be
active on 6-80 metres, SSB, CW and RS12. QSL via VE1CBK.
FR - Olivier, FR5HG went QRT on 2 June. QSL to P.O.Box 14, Riv. des
Pluies, 97438 Sainte-Marie. Reunion Island.
FR/J - FR5KH/J and FR5FT/J (1762) have gone QRT from Juan de Nova (AF-012).
6000 QSOs have been logged (only four with USA stations). QSL via
F6FNU. FR5KH should be /E from Europa (AF-009) on his next trip to
the islands.
I - Mario, IV3JWR plans to be active from IL3 islands in the Grado and
Marano Lagoons on 7 or 8 June. QSL via IV3JWR.
I - The Venice Islanders will be active from some islands in the Venice
lagoonon 7-8 June: La Salina (EU-131, IIA VE-013), Santa Cristina (EU-131, IIA VE-012) and others.
I - The Salento DX Team will be active from Scoglio Occhio Uno (IIA
LE-020) and Scoglio Occhio Due (IIA LE-021) on 7-8 June.
I - IT9HLR and others [425DXN 315] will be active (SSB and CW) from the
island of Milocca (EU-025) on 14-15 June.
KL - Frank, KL7FH [425DXN 301] plans to be active as KL1SLE from the
following IOTA groups: NA-087 (through 6 June), NA-059 (from 6 June
for a couple of days), NA-019 (9-13 June), NA-028 (30 June-4 July),
NA-042 (1-4 July). These dates could be changed easily by weather
and flight schedules. Operation may be as short as one day or one
night in some places. Latest information can be found on
http://www.customcpu.com/personal/kl7fh
KL - AL7R and KL7XX will be on NA-004 6-7 June, but will only be
operating for 4 hours each day (04.00-08.00 UTC).
KP2 - Carroll, NA4I will be /KP2 (mainly on 6 metres) from U.S. Virgin
Islands (NA-106) from 12 to 18 June.
TJ - Mark La Point (ex J5UAI) is now active from Yaounde, Cameroon. He
plans to be QRV on all bands CW, SSB and RTTY. His time of duty at
the U.S. Emabassy is two years. QSL via NW8F.
UA1 - Albert, RA1QHJ (Albert_Marcovchuk@p18.f350.n50.z2.fidonet.org)
reports that RA1QQ, RW1ZZ and RA1ZZ are planning a DXpedition to
Kil'din (EU-082), Bol'shoy Oleniy (EU-082), Kharlov (EU-161), Novaya
Zemlya (EU-035) and maybe Bolshoi Ainov (NO-REF). Operations should
start after 15 June with the calls RA1QQ/1, RW1ZZ/1, RA1ZZ/1,
UE1QQQ/1 and UE1ZNF.
UA0 - N7TZ reports that RA0AA will be on AS-062 next week.
UA0 - N7TZ reports that RW0FO will be on AS-025 during the weekend.
VK0_mac- The Daily DX reports that Tom, VK0TS (Macquarie Island) is likely to
be on 14.222 MHz with Jim, VK9NS at 03.45 UTC on Saturday and
Sunday. QSL via VK1AVS (P.O. Box 2063, Kambah Valley, ACT 2092,
Australia).
VU - Special event station VU4NG97 is active until 12 June to celebrate
the 4th National Games of India.
VU_and - Mani, VU2JPS keeps on being active from time to time from the
Andamans, but the Daily DX reports that he and his wife Mala, VU2MTC
will be leaving Port Blair (Andaman Islands) some time this month
(probably on 17 June) and will be moving back to mainland India.
Z2 - Alain (ex 5U7NU, TZ6NU and XT2BR) is active as Z21KM from Zimbabwe.
He might also be active as 9J1AE from Zambia and 7Q7/9J2AE from
Malawi. QSL via F6FNU.
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CLIPPERTON DX CLUB ---> The Clipperton DX Club International DX Convention
will be held on 20-21 September in Nantes, France. For further information
please contact Alain, F5LMJ (secretary of the Clipperton DX Club) at
f5lmj@f5keq.fpdl.fra (his mailing address is Alain Tuduri, 25 rue de Jussieu,
44300 Nantes, France).
DC3MF'S PAGES ---> Historical and geographical information on IOTA islands
can be found on Wolfgang's (DC3MF) pages at http://www-dx-deis.unibo.it/
hrdx/dc3mf/
IOTA CONTEST 1997 ---> Paul, EI5DI, has produced an updated version of Super
Duper for the IOTA Contest which can handle up to 5000 QSOs. It is freeware
and may be downloaded from his site (http://www.iol.ie/~okanep).
NA-066 BREAKDOWN ---> Recent operation by N6VV and W7DR from Santa Catalina
Island (NA-066) [425DXN 316] logged 5314 QSOs (4373 SSB, 941 CW): 2987 QSOs
with USA, 294 with Canada, 1785 with Europe, 1015 with Zone 14, 542 with Zone
15, 96 with Zone 16, 96 with Zone 17.
QSL 4U1UN ---> Cards for QSOs after April 1997 should be sent to W6TER
(Gerald Smith, 145 west 67th Street - # 29-H, New York, NY 10023, USA).
Contacts made before April 1997 will still be handled by WB8FLO.
QSL 5N0MVE ---> Carine, ON7LX reports that everything received by the end of
January 1997 has been answered.
QSL 5N0RMS ---> Cards for this station are now handled by Alan, WA4JTK.
QSL DU9RG ---> The OPDX reports that Robin Go, DU9RG has a new QSL address:
Robin U. Go, 818 Acacia Avenue, Ayala Alabang Village, 1780 Muntinlupa City,
Philippines.
QSL HS50A ---> The logs for the second operation from Koh Chang (AS-125, 8-11
May 1997) have arrived [425DXN 317]: 2488 QSOs (1427 CW, 1061 SSB) were made
on 160 (25 CW), 80 (41 CW), 40 (382/75), 20 (644/522), 15 (255/401) and 10
metres (80/63). QSL cards have been printed and both the QSL managers (JA9IFF
for Japan only, and I1JQJ) have replied to all direct requests. Bureau cards
are still being dealt with. Requests for verification received via E-mail
will be accepted, and if verified will be confirmed by a QSL card returned
via the bureau. E-mail requests are welcome at i1jqj@amsat.org (I1JQJ) and
jim@ba2.so-net.or.jp (JA9IFF). HS50A Home Pages, including photos and map,
can be found at www-dx.deis.unibo.it/htdx/ and www.eurolife.com/user2/home-g.
html
QSL IIA FE-004 ---> Cards for recent operation by IL4/IK2PZG and IL4/IK4HPU
from Mezzanino (IIA FE-004) cand be sent to either IK2PZG or IL4/IK4HPU
(direct or via bureau).
QSL AH0R/VP9 ---> QSL for this station (active from Bermuda during the CQWW
WPX CW Contest) should go via JH6RTO (Seiji Fukushima, 1182-1 Hase, Atsugi
243, Japan).
QSL YB0ARA --> The QSL manager is neither WA6AHF nor K6DLV, but N2AU.
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W.A.S.A. results - Up to date 01/06/97
Worked Antarctic Stations Award
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Call .... Stations Call .... Stations Call ...Stations
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1. GM3ITN .... 206 . I7JFQ .... 45 . IK8CVZ .... 20
2. K4MZU .... 158 16. I2MWZ .... 42 30. IK8MKE .... 19
3. W9DC .... 125 17. VE3LDT .... 38 31. JH1IED .... 16
4. VE3XN .... 122 18. I8LEL .... 35 32. JA9IFF .... 15
5. K6DT .... 105 19. EA5AT .... 34 33. I8INW .... 14
6. K9PPY .... 103 20. VE3MDQ .... 28 34. I8KUT .... 13
7. VE7IG .... 83 . RA6AR .... 28 35. F5JYD .... 11
8. I8KNT .... 74 22. UC2AW .... 24 36. IK8TWV .... 10
. IK1GPG .... 74 23. EA5KB .... 21 . F-10095.... 10
10. I8IYW .... 73 . JE1DXC .... 21 . EA5OB .... 10
11. N5UR .... 52 . DF7GK .... 21 . JA4CTL .... 10
12. ON5KL .... 50 26. PY2DBU .... 20 . LU7AGG .... 10
13. IK8OZZ .... 45 . I1-21171... 20
WD8MGQ .... 45 . NE8Z .... 20
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W.A.B.A. Results - Up to date 01/06/97
Worked Antarctic Bases Award
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Call .... Bases Call .... Bases Call ....Bases
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1. K4MZU .... 91 Top HR . 4Z4DX .... 26 HR . OK1-1198...11
2. I8ACB .... 73 Top HR 66. I5OYY .... 25 HR . IK0GPP ....11
3. W9DC .... 72 Top HR . I0OLK .... 25 HR . IS0JMA ....11
4. VE3XN .... 70 Top HR . I8LEL .... 25 HR . WB9EEE ....11
5. GM3ITN .... 68 Top HR . IK2FIQ .... 25 HR . EA5GJM ....11
6. I1ZL .... 66 Top HR . IK8PGC .... 25 HR . IK2ILH ....11
7. I1HYW .... 63 Top HR . EA7BR .... 25 HR . PY5OP ....11
8. I2YDX .... 61 Top HR 72. UY5XE .... 23 . TU2QW ....11
9. IK1EDC .... 60 Top HR . KC8PG .... 23 . DL6KVA ....11
10. I8KNT .... 59 Top HR . OA4OS .... 23 . F6EXQ ....11
. K6DT .... 59 Top HR . PT2TF .... 23 . DF7GK ....11
12. IK1GPG .... 58 Top HR . I1UKM .... 23 (SK) 140. IK8HVH ....10
13. DE0MST .... 54 Top HR . VE3NSZ .... 23 . IK8DOI ....10 (SK)
14. I1SNW .... 52 Top HR . EA8BGY .... 23 . I2MQP ....10
15. VE7IG .... 51 Top HR 79. I5DCE .... 22 (SK) . HB9CSA ....10
. K9PPY .... 51 Top HR . VE3MDQ .... 22 . EA7CIW ....10
. IK2HTW .... 51 Top HR 81. UT51862.... 21 . BRS-44266..10
18. I1JQJ .... 50 Top HR 82. I2LPA .... 20 . YB0RX ....10
19. W3KH .... 49 HR 83. I8WES .... 19 . ONL4003....10
20. I8IYW .... 48 HR . IK8CVZ .... 19 . OH3MIG ....10
. F6EPN .... 48 HR . F6GKA .... 19 . EA9PY ....10
22. IK1JJB .... 46 HR . I8KDB .... 19 . CT1DIZ ....10
. OE2-205572. 46 HR 87. IK8BMW .... 18 . HB9DAX ....10
24. F6ELE .... 45 HR . W0-6437.... 18 . IK8TWV ....10
25. YL1XZ .... 42 HR . NE8Z .... 18 . SM5HV ....10
26. I2FUG .... 41 HR . JE1DXC .... 18 . GM0LVI ....10
27. IK8OZZ .... 40 HR 91. DL7CW .... 17 . KD1CT ....10
28. EA5AT .... 39 HR . IK7NXM .... 17 . EA5ZR ....10
29. ON5KL .... 38 HR . IK4HPU .... 17 . CT1AHU ....10
. OH2QQ .... 38 HR . I1-21171... 17 . CT1EEB ....10
. KE4I .... 38 HR 95. I2PHN .... 16 (SK) . EA5GCX ....10
32. DK1RV .... 37 HR . EA7OH .... 16 . EA5OB ....10
. OM3JW .... 37 HR . I8SAT .... 16 . UA3-147412.10
34. W0MLY .... 36 HR . PY2DBU .... 16 . F6HKA ....10
. DE0DXM .... 36 HR . KA5TQF .... 16 . KK6ZO ....10
36. I2MWZ .... 34 HR . IK8MKE .... 16 . EA3EYR ....10
. OE3WWB .... 34 HR 101. I8YZP .... 15 . IK4HLU ....10
. OE6MKG .... 34 HR . I8KUT .... 15 . ON7DR ....10
39. I8XTX .... 33 HR . EU2AW .... 15 . IK5ATM ....10
. I8KCI .... 33 HR . KJ8M .... 15 . EA9PB ....10
. EA4MY .... 33 HR . IK8VRS .... 15 . IK7CNX ....10
. G4WFZ .... 33 HR . I2ZGA .... 15 . UN2O ....10
. IK8DDN .... 33 HR . I2YWR .... 15 171. ARI .... 0
. WD8MGQ .... 33 HR 108. I8IHG .... 14 . ARI ROMA .. 0
45. I1KFB .... 32 HR (SK) . EA4KK .... 14 . J.A.R.L.... 0
. IK6FHX .... 32 HR 110. G3YAA .... 13 . CQ USA .... 0
. G4RFV .... 32 HR . CT1UE .... 13 (SK) . U.R.E. .... 0
48. I7JFQ .... 31 HR . VE6VK .... 13 . DK3PZ ....Simple
49. W9DWQ .... 30 HR (SK) . IK5UIS .... 13 . U3HB ....Simple
. IT9GAI .... 30 HR . EA5GRM .... 13 . EA4BOD ..Op.ED0BOD
. F5XL .... 30 HR . JH1IED .... 13 . ZL2AKV ..Op.ZL5AL
52. IK2MLY .... 29 HR . I1RJP .... 13 . F6APU ..Op.FB8YF
53. G3TOK .... 28 HR . RA6AR .... 13 . N4GCK ..Op.3Y0PI
. IK2IWU .... 28 HR . JH7DFZ .... 13 . WA4JQS ..Op.3Y0PI
. I8QJU .... 28 HR 119. RA3AR .... 12 . DL8JDX ..Op.DP0GVN
. IK2PZG .... 28 HR . I8INW .... 12 . GM0GAV ..Op.VP8GAV
57. EA5KB .... 27 HR . IT9YRE .... 12 . I0JBL ..Op.IA0PS
. EA3KB .... 27 HR . EA5OL .... 12 186. VP8CMR ..Op.VP8CMR
. F/HH2HM.... 27 HR . DJ9RR .... 12
. VE3LDT .... 27 HR . JA9IFF .... 12
. F5PYI .... 27 HR . DL8USA .... 12
62. I8YRK .... 26 HR . F5WA .... 12
. IK8FUN .... 26 HR 127. DK6NJ .... 11
. W4BAA .... 26 HR . I2AT .... 11
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>>> IOTA REFERENCE NUMBERS CONFIRMED IN MAY 1997 <<<
AS-127 S2 Chittagong Region group (Bangladesh, operation from Hatia
Island by S21YS in April 1997)
AF-076 5N4 Gulf of Guinea group (Nigeria, operations from Bonny
Island by 5N4ALE since September 1996 and 5N4BHF since
February 1997)
AF-078 6W Atlantic Coast South group (Senegal, operation from
Karabane Island by 6W2/F6BUM in April 1997)
>>> OPERATIONS WHICH HAVE PROVIDED ACCEPTABLE VALIDATION MATERIAL (*) <<<
AF-076 (confirmed) 5N4ALE, Bonny Island (since September 1996)
AF-076 (confirmed) 5N4BHF, Bonny Island (since February 1997)
AF-078 (confirmed) 6W2/F6BUM, Karabane Island (April 1997)
AS-127 (confirmed) S21YS, Hatia Island (April 1997)
NA-132 HK3JJH/0A, Serranilla Bank (April 1997)
NA-133 HK3JJH/0B, Roncador Cay (April 1997)
OC-218 FK5M, Matthew Island (second operation - April 1997)
SA-082 HK3JJH/2, HK3JLN/2, Aguja Island (March 1997)
(*) Includes operations where validation material was volunteered, ie not
specifically required for credit to be given - in all cases cards now
submitted will be accepted by Checkpoints.
>>> IOTA REFERENCE NUMBER YET TO BE ISSUED <<<
(awaiting validation material)
OC-... Kai Is (Indonesia, operations by YC8VYY and YC8YR in May 1997)
>>> 1997 HONOUR ROLL & ANNUAL LISTING <<<
The 1997 IOTA Honour Roll and Annual Listing will be published in the July
issues of "RadCom" and "The DX News Magazine".
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For the news issued in this number, thanks to:
I1HYW, I1WFF, IK1RGL, IK1QFM, IV3JWR, IK4HPU, I5FLN, IK7AFM, IK8CJP, IT9HLR,
Brescia DX Group, Crazy DX Group, Delta Mike, Diamond DX Club, Roman DX
Group, Salento DX Team, 9M2OM,, CT1EEB, CT1ENQ, DL4VBP, DL7VOA, DL9GOA,
EA5KB, F6AJA, G4BUE, JH6RTO, JI6KVR, K8SM, KH6WU, N5UR, N6AWD, N6VV, NL7TB,
PS7AB, PS7KM, RA1QHJ, VK6LC, VU2JHM, VY2RU/VE1RU, W3UR, WD8MGQ, ARRL-DX,
DX-NL, DXNS, LNDX, NPDXG, OPDX, PY-DX, QRZ-DX, The 59(9) DX Report, The Daily
DX, URE-EA-DX, VK2SG RTTY Notes.
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