S DX@WW $425WW387A 425 DX News #387 [1/6] 3 October 1998 No 387 BID: $425WW387A =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH /---------------------------------------------------------------------------\ ! Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to: ! ! ! ! Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: DX information ! ! (e-mail i1jqj@amsat.org - BBS I1JQJ@I1YLM.IPIE.ITA.EU) ! ! Massimo Balsamo, IK1GPG: QSL Managers/QSL Routes ! ! (e-mail ik1gpg@amsat.org - BBS IK1GPG@IW1BIM.IPIE.ITA.EU) ! ! Maurizio Bertolino, I1-21171: 425 DX News WWW Pages ! ! (e-mail i121171@amsat.org) ! \---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ 3V - Eddie, W6/G0AZT will guest operate from 3V8BB between 15 and 20 October, including the JARTS contest. Some RTTY activity prior to the contest, mainly for west coast W/VE, is highly likely. QSL direct to P.O. Box 5194, Richmond, CA 94805, USA. [TNX W6/G0AZT] 5H - Dave, K8MN has started his final rotation in Tanzania [425DXN 373] and the licencing application process. He should be there for about three years and hopes to be active on 160-6 metres. More information is expected from the QSL manager as soon as it is available. QSL via WA8JOC either direct or through the bureau. [TNX WA8JOC] 5N - Mario, TT8AM is now active as 5N9EAM from Nigeria. QSL via IK7JTF. [TNX IK7JTF] 5Z - Graham, G0VNW will be working in Kenya as of October for one year. He hopes to get the call 5Z4GC and to be active on all bands, 160 metres included. QSL via WB2YQH. [TNX DX News Sheet] 9A - Special event stations signing 9A98JP are expected to be active on all bands and modes between 1 and 5 October to celebrate the visit of pope John Paul II to Croatia. QSL for contacts made on 20 metres only via 9A1A (P.O. Box 108, Zagreb, Croatia 1001). [TNX 9A9A] 9H - The 24 Dutch amateurs who are going to operate from Malta between 3 and 18 October [425DXN 385] have received individual callsigns as follows: 9H3IB (QSL via PA0PRT), 9H3IE (QSL via PA0BEA), 9H3KF (QSL via PA3DNW), 9H3ON (QSL via PA3BIZ), 9H3QH (QSL via PE1KNL), 9H3UJ (QSL via PA3CRA), 9H3WA (QSL via PA3EPV), 9H3WH (QSL via PA0JR), 9H3YM (QSL via PE1OFJ), 9H3YN (QSL via PA3CUZ), 9H3YO (QSL via PA3AGZ), 9H3YP (QSL via PD1ABY), 9H3ZE (QSL via PE1RAG), 9H3ZF (QSL via PB0AOD), 9H3ZG (QSL via PA3AWX), 9H3ZH (QSL via PE1PZR), 9H3ZI (QSL via PE1OZU), 9H3ZJ (QSL via PA3GMZ), 9H3ZK (QSL via PE1PWM), 9H3ZL (QSL via PD0HAV), 9H3ZM (QSL via PE1NSU), 9H3ZN (QSL via PE1OPH), 9H3ZO (QSL via PD1AIY), 9H3ZP (QSL via PA3GRI). They will also operate as 9H0VRZ (QSL via PA0JR). [TNX The Daily DX] 9M6 - Ed, K8EP will be active (mostly on 40, 20, 17, 15 and 10 metres CW) from 9M6AAC at Hillview Gardens (Sabah, East Malaysia) [425DXN 325] between 8 and 11 October. QSL via N2OO. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] 9Y - Bavarian Contest Club members DK6WL, DL4MCF, DL4MDO and DL4MEH will be active (on 10-160 metres CW, SSB and RTTY) as 9Y/home call from Tobago (SA-009) between 15 and 31 October. They will participate in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest (multi-single) with a special call to be announced. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX] A4 - Don, A45XU (ex A92BE) will be in Oman there until January 2000. QSL to Don Street, S. K. Street, P.O. Box 2571 Seeb, Postal Code 111, Sultanate of Oman. [TNX The Daily DX] CN - Ben, DL6FBL will be active as CN8WW from Morocco between 20 and 25 October. He will participate in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest (SOAB) and concentrate on WARC bands before the contest. QSL via DL6FBL (Ben will confirm all the contacts automatically through the bureau). [TNX DL6FBL] E3 - After his trip to Djibouti [425DXN 383] Jacky, ZL3CW/F2CW is active again as E31AA from Eritrea. He started on 28 September and operates on CW as promised. Length of stay is unknown at this time. QSL via ZL3CW (Jacky Calvo, P.O. Box 593, Pukekohe 1800, New Zealand). FO - Walter, DJ0FX will be active (on 10-160 metres CW with some SSB) as FO0PT from Moorea (OC-046), French Polynesia between 10 and 30 October. QSL via DJ0FX either direct or through the bureau. [TNX The Daily DX] FR/G - Jacques, FR5ZU will be active (SSB only) as FR5ZU/G from Glorioso (AF-011) between 6 and 30 October. Amateurs from North America can look for Jacques on 20 metres around 2 UTC (he will have daily QSOs with his QSL manager on 14.256 MHz and then he will work freestyle). QSL via VE2NW. [TNX VE2NW] /EX S DX@WW $425WW387B 425 DX News #387 [2/6] 3 October 1998 No 387 BID: $425WW387B =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== FW - Cedric, HB9HFN (ex A35FN and 5W0FN) will be active (call to be announced in due time) from Uvea (OC-054), Wallis and Futuna between 28 February and 8 March 1999. He plans to operate on 160-10 metres mostly on CW, with some SSB and RTTY. If you have DX/Contest experience and are interested in joining Cedric, please drop him a line (e-mail address is cedric.baechler@com.mcnet.ch; snail mail address is Cedric Baechler, Mettetlet 26, 1763 Granges-Paccot, Switzerland). The website for the expdition is at http://www.qsl.net/hb9hfn/, where log will be available after the operation. [TNX HB9HFN] HP - DL5RBW, DL1RBR and DL9RCF will be visiting HP1XVH on Contadora Island (NA-072) in October. Actual dates have not been mentioned, but they are expected to participate in CQ WW SSB DX Contest as 3E1DX (QSL via N0JT). Cards for contacts made before and after the contest go via home calls. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] HV - HV5PUL [425DXN 363] will be active again from the Pontificia Universita' Lateranense on 6 November (possibly until the 13th) to celebrate the opening of the 1998-99 academic year. The website for this station from Vatica City is at http://www.pul.it/pul/hv5pul.htm QSL to Luca Della Giovampaola, Responsabile Tecnologia Informatica, Pontificia Universita' Lateranense, Piazza S.Giovanni in Laterano 4, 00120 Citta' del Vaticano. [TNX IW0DJB] I - Twelve AGESCI (Italian Catholic Guides And Scouts Association) scout stations will be active on 17-18 October during the 41st Jamboree On The Air as follows (please note that the suffixes make up the words SCOUT JOTA XLI): II0S from Bracciano (Roma), II0C from Olbia (Sassari, EU-024), II1O from Celle Ligure (Savona), II2U from Salo' (Brescia), II2T from Siziano (Pavia), II3J from Costigliola (Veneto region), II4O from Spettine (Emilia Romagna region), II5T from Rosignano Marittimo (Livorno), II7A from Cassano Murge (Bari), II8X from Matiniti di Campo Calabro (Reggio Calabria), II8L from Portici (Napoli) and II9I from Marineo (Palermo, EU-025). QSL via bureau or direct to Segreteria AGESCI, Piazza Pasquale Paoli 18, 00186 Roma - RM, Italy. [TNX IK7BPV and IK7AFM] KH0 - Masa, JH6VLF will be active (on 40, 30, 20, 15 and 10 metres CW/SSB) as KH0/KD7CLP from Rota Island (OC-086), Mariana Islands, between 9 and 12 October. QSL via JH6VLF (Masanori Matsuyama, 303-Jyunesu Suzuki, 1330-Hiregasaki, Nagareyama, Chiba, 270-0161, Japan). [TNX OPDX Bulletin] KL - Tim, NO7F/KL7 is still on Unalaska Island (NA-059) [425DXN 379]. He can be found on +/- 14.260 MHz around 2.30 UTC and later: "I usually don't get on much sooner in the day", he says. "My work is fairly demanding and some times I just do not have any opportunity to get on the bands. I hope to be operating during most of the contests this winter". Please note that his new QSL manager is K8NA. [TNX VE2NW and Islands On The Web] KP2 - Pier Luigi, IK1EDC plans to operate from the Virgin Islands (NA-106) as follows: on 14 October from Great St. James, on the 15th from Inner Brass, on the 17th from Capella, on the 18th from Savana. [TNX IK1EDC] KP3 - Pier Luigi, IK1EDC plans to operate from the following islands surrounding Puerto Rico (NA-099): on 9-10 October from Vieques Island, on the 11th from Culebra, on the 27th from Palominos, on the 28th from Caja de Muertos, on the 29th from Cabras, on the 30th from Maguey. [TNX IK1EDC] LZ - Valery "Wally" Stefanov, LZ2CJ will participate in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest (24-25 October) as SOSB on 160 metres and welcomes skeds at lz2cj@qsl.net [TNX LZ2CJ] PJ7 - Warren, W4WR will participate in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest (24-25 October) PJ7/W4WR from Dutch Sint Maarten (NA-105). QSL via W4WR either direct or through the bureau. [TNX W4WR] PY - A group of Brazilian amateurs will be active as PV2E from Santo Amaro Island (SA-071, DIB 10) between 22 and 26 October. QSL via PY2YW (Antonio Demarinis, P.O. Box 65002, 01390-970, Sao Paulo/SP, Brazil). [TNX PY2YW] PY0_spp- The ZY0SP and ZY0SZ January 1999 DXpedition to St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks [425DXN 385] has been postponed to the first week of March 1999 to avoid any clash with the Campbell (ZL9) and Rodrigues (3B9) operations. [TNX PS7AB and PS7KM] S9 - Chris, HB9CYV and Martin, HB9CYN will be active as S92YV and S92YN from Sao Tome (AF-023) between 26 October and 7 November. Look for them on CW (3502, 7002, 10104, 14002, 18069, 21002, 24892 and 28002 kHz) and SSB (3793, 7045, 14202, 18115, 21245, 24933 and 28502 kHz). The website for the DXpedition is at http://ab5eh-lin.tamucc.edu/~hb9cyn (where the logs will be available after the operation). QSL S92YV via HB9CYV (Christian Zeller, Jaegerstr. 19, CH 8200 Schaffhausen, Switzerland) and QSL S92YN via HB9CYN (Martin Ghermi, Wyden 5, CH 5242 Birr AG, Switzerland). Cards may be sent either direct or through the bureau. [TNX HB9CYN] /EX S DX@WW $425WW387C 425 DX News #387 [3/6] 3 October 1998 No 387 BID: $425WW387C =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== T32 - Chuck, T32NCC lives on Fanning (Tabuaeran) Island (OC-084), East Kiribati. He runs 100 watts into a wire dipole and uses old car batteries charged by solar cells. Chuck does not like pileups and usually is active on 12 and 10 metres. QSL to Chuck Corbett, Fanning Island, Republic of Kiribati (please note that mail to the island takes about seven months). [TNX The Daily DX] T8 - KJ9I, NF9V and NZ9Z will be active as T88II from Palau (OC-009), Belau between 8 and 17 December. They plan to operate on 10-160 metres (WARC included) with an emphasis on 160 metres. QSL via KJ9I. Contributions are appreciated via the QSL manager KJ9I (David Schmocker, N7298 CTH F, Oconomowoc, WI 53066-9040, USA). [TNX KJ9I] V2 - Frankford Radio Club's (FRC) Team Antigua will once again be active from Antigua (NA-100) between 20 and 30 October. They will participate in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest as V26B. Before and after the contest they will operate on all bands and modes as follows: V26A = N3BNA (QSL via WB3DNA), V26AK = N2TK (QSL via N2TK), V26B = WT3Q (QSL via WT3Q), V26DX = W3CF (QSL via KU9C), V26E = AB2E (QSL via AB2E), V26FV = (QSL via W3FV), V26J = WX0B (QSL via WX0B), V26OC = N3OC (QSL via N3OC), V26R = KA2AEV (QSL via KA2AEV), V26RN = (QSL via N5NJ), V26SR = N2SR (QSL via N2SR), V26T = K3MQH (QSL via K3MQH), V26TS = (QSL via K3MM), V26TZ = ZP5AZL (QSL via W3HNK), V26U = W2UDT (QSL via W2UDT). The home page for Team Antigua is at http://www.frc-contest.org/v26b/index.htm [TNX W3CF] V3 - Gerry, VE6PL and his wife Flo, KD7ATS will be active (mainly on 20 metres SSB) as V31WF from Ambergris Cay (NA-073), Belize between 23 and 30 November. [TNX VE6VK and Islands On The Web] VE - VE2ICM (Conrad), VE2FCQ (Francois) and possibly VA2SR (Serge) plan to be active (SSB and CW) as VE2MA/P from three or four new Canadian islands located in the St. Laurence river near the city of Sorel on 3 October atrting around 12 UTC. The islands are Ile aux Castors, Ile Du Mitan, Ile aux Vaches and Ile Dupas. QSL direct to VE2ICM. [TNX VE2ICM] VK9_coc- George, W8UVZ and Charlie, W0YG will be active from Cocos Island (OC-003) between 13 and 20 February 1999. They plan to concentrate on the low and WARC bands and on RTTY. The callsigns have not been assigned so far. [TNX W0YG] VK9_xms- George, W8UVZ and Charlie, W0YG will be active from Christmas Island (OC-002) between 6 and 13 February 1999. They plan to concentrate on the low and WARC bands and on RTTY. The callsigns have not been assigned so far. [TNX W0YG] VP2V - Pier Luigi, IK1EDC plans to operate from the British Virgin Islands (NA-023) as follows: on 22 October from Virgin Gorda, on the 23rd or the 25th from Pricly Pear, on the 24th from Anegada. [TNX IK1EDC] VP2V - Cinco Nueve DX Group members N7MQ, WJ7R, K7AR, W7YAQ, N7NU and K9JF will be active (mainly on 40, 80 and 160 metres) as home call/VP2V from the British Virgin Islands (NA-023) between 20 and 27 October. They plan to participate in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest (Multi-Single) as K7AR/VP2V. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX] VP5 - North Florida DX Association (NFDXA) members N4KE, NU4Y, KC4FWS, AB4UF, W1LR, WA4DRU, W4WSZ, AA4US and W3KT will participate in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest as VP5DX (Multi-Single) from Middle Caicos (NA-002). QSL via K4UTE. Outside the contest they will be signing VP5/home call (QSL via home calls). [TNX W3KT] VP9 - Igor, US1IDX will be active as US1IDX/VP9 from Bermuda (NA-005) between 17 and 24 October. He will be staying at the Palmetto Bay Hotel located in Smith parish, but he plans to operate as US1IDX/VP9/m from other parishes as well (namely St. George and Hamilton) starting on the very day of his arrival from around 20 UTC. QSL via N5FG (Floyd Gerald, 17 Green Hollow Road, Wiggins, MS 39577, USA). [TNX US1IDX] VP9 - Gene, W2FXA will be active (on 10-80 metres, WARC included, CW and SSB) as W2FXA/VP9 from Devonshire parish, Bermuda (NA-005) between 25 October and 2 November. QSL via W2FXA. [TNX W2FXA] W - Special event station W98ITU will be active in October from Minneapolis for the ITU meeting with delegates from 184 countries. [TNX DX News Sheet] W - It is Lev, N6VV who was planning to operate from St. George Reef Lighthouse (NA-184) [425DXN 386]. Bad weather conditions have forced him to cancel the trip. [TNX The Daily DX] W - The Morris-Sussex Council of the Boy Scouts of America will be hosting the Jersey Jamboree on 10 and 11 October and the special event station K2BSA/2 will be on the air mainly on 40 and 20 metres. QSL via KF2TI. [TNX KF2TI] XV - Larry, K6SGD will be operate as XV1Z from Vietnam between 20 October and 14 November. He plans to be active on RTTY. [TNX W2JGR and The VK2SG RTTY DX Notes] ZD7 - Johnny, ZD7WRG and many other ZD7 stations will be active on 11 October to celebrate St. Helena Day. [TNX DX News Sheet] ZK3 - Ron Wright, ZL1AMO plans to leave New Zealand on 17 October for Tokelau (OC-048), from where he is expected to be active for 3-4 weeks probably as ZK3RW as he did in 1995. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] /EX S DX@WW $425WW387D 425 DX News #387 [4/6] 3 October 1998 No 387 BID: $425WW387D =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH 5V7FA ---> Both Marc, F5PCU [425DXN 375] and Cris, G4FAM [425DXN 383] hold a 5V7FA licence, which seems to have been issued twice by the Togo licencing authorities. Efforts are being made to solve the problem. For the time being please note that Marc F5PCU/5V7FA (QSL via F6FNU) works SSB, while Cris G4FAM/5V7FA (QSL via G4FAM) will be working CW in November as a member of the Voodoo Contest Group team. A22/ & Z2/W0YG ---> Charlie, W0YG reports he worked "a bunch from Z2 but never got the chance to operate on 80/160 metres as a DX mobile signal on those bands is equivalent to a dummy load. An unforeseen bout in the bush with malaria cut short my operation from Z2 and stopped me from further operating from A2 when I went there. I will again try for licensing on my next trip and attempt to do a better job of it then". Charlie visited Botswana and Zimbabwe in July/August 1998 [425DXN 375]. QSL to Charlie Summers, 6746 North Yucca Trail, Parker, CO 80138-6110, USA. DX AWARDS ---> The K1BV DX Awards Directory is a 250-page book listing the rules for 2640 awards from 117 countries. For further information please contact Ted Melinosky, K1BV, 65 Glebe Road, Spofford, NH 03462-4411, USA. ITALIAN LAKE ISLANDS AWARD ---> It is availabe to both licenced and SWLs who have worked/heard stations (from 1 January 1998) operating from Italian islands located in lakes (not IOTA). The award (I.L.I.A.) is sponsored by the Crazy DX Group (P.O. Box 11, 04011 Aprilia - LT, Italy). For further information visit http://www.grisnet.it/crazy or http://www.qsl.net/crazy [TNX CRAZY DX GROUP] HIGHWAY ARC AWARD ---> It is available to both licenced amateurs and SWLs who have worked/heard 23 stations (from 1 July 1996 onwards) whose last letter of the call sign makes up the words "Highway Amateur Radio Club". Send a copy of the log (certified by two other radio amateurs from your radio club) with US$ 6 or 12 IRCs to The Awards Manager, P.O. Box 779, New Germany, 3620 South Africa. [TNX ZS5BBO] QSL HP3XUG & HO3A ---> Louis, KG6UH/HP3XUG/HO3A reports that his current address (PSC 61 Box 324, FPO AA 34061) [425DXN 384] will cease to forward after February 1999. The new address is: Capt. Louis N. Anciaux, USN (RET), PSC 1 Box 57, APO AA 34001-0057, USA. His local Panama address (Apartado 417, David, Chiriqui, Republica de Panama) remains valid, although it is quite slow at times. QSL KH9 ---> Do not resubmit cards for K8XP/KH9, N2OO/KH9, N6MZ/KH9 and N2WB/KH9 (the Dateline DX Association's DXpedition to Wake in February-March). Tom, N4XP reports that cards are being processed and mailed daily, but there are two factors that slow down the process: many operators put cards for QSOs with all four stations in a single SASE while others put QSO labels from one or more QSOs with more than one of the DXpedition calls on a single QSL. QSL UA9LP ---> Serge, UA9LP (ua9lp@yahoo.com) is active daily on 10-80 metres RTTY from Zone 17. QSL direct to his new address: Serge S. Abyshev, Box 698, Tyumen 625000, Russia. [TNX UA9LP] QSL YC8VIP ---> Ovy, YC8VIP (OC-070) reports that VK4FW is *not* his new QSL manager [425DXN 386]. QSL cards should be sent to W6MD (Steve Busono, 1700E, 13th No. 14 OE, Cleveland, OH 44114, USA). [TNX OPDX Bulletin] QSL VIA NE8Z ---> Rick, NE8Z is the QSL manager for HC1HC and HD1HC and can confirm all past, present and future QSOs. His address is Rick Dorsch, P.O. Box 616, Hamburg, MI 48139-0616, USA. [TNX NE8Z] RODRIGUEZ 1999 ---> The DXpedition to Rodriguez Island will not take place in early January 1999 [425DXN 383] due to the concurrent DXpedition to Campbell [425DXN 383]. However Frank, AH0W is reported to be still planning the 3B9 operation on a later date. [TNX The Daily DX] /EX S DX@WW $425WW387E 425 DX News #387 [5/6] 3 October 1998 No 387 BID: $425WW387E =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** NEWS FROM THE WEB *** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH DXTELNET: Fabrizio Sartoni, IK4VYX (rac2610@racine.ra.it) reports that the new version of DXTelnet (4.4) is now available at both http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/wd4ngb/telnet.htm and http://www.powernetonline.com/~dbald/dxtelnet.html IIA: The latest IIA (Italian Islands Award)/IOTA list is now available at http://www-dx.deis.unibo.it/htdx/index.html LOGS: Logs for Libor, OK7DX (ex OK2PHH) are now available at http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/9663/ok2kli/logsearch/, where there is also a QSL request form. [TNX OK7DX] SOFTWARE: Jukka, OH2GI reports that the new release of OH2GI-Ham System V6.3d is available at http://www.sci.fi/~ejuhola/oh2gi/ SSTV: SSTV enthusiasts are invited to visit the website of Danny Van Tricht, ON4VT at http://www.ping.be/on4vt/ where to find dates and rules for all the SSTV contests, information on SSTV awards, the Picture DX Bulletin with the "Pictures of the Month". ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSL received via direct: 3B7RF, 3B8CF, 3C1GS, 3D2CB, 3D2CB/R, 3B7RF, 3D2DA (OC-156), 3D2KT, 3D2TN, 3D2WD (OC-156), 3DA0NX, 3V8BB, 3W4EZD (AS-128), 5W0FN, 5W0VD, 5W0VV, 6W1QV/p (AF-045), 6W6JX, 7X2RO, 9G1BJ, 9G5WD, 9M2AX, 9U5DX, 9V8ZB, A2/ZS5UZ, A35FT, A35NQ, A61AQ, A92GE, BV2RS, CY9AA, CY0DX, D2BB, D44BS, EP2AC, EP2MKO, ET3BT, F5VCR/p (DIFM AT-006, 131, MA-016, 045, 062, 067, 102), F/EA2BUF/p (DIFM AT-029), FG/DJ6SI, FO5JR (OC-050), FO0HAR, FO0/OK1VD, FO0/OK5DX, HB0/PI4TUE, HC8N, HF0POL, HR6/N7QXQ, HS1NGR, HS0ZAA, HS0/JA6GIJ, ID8/IK8YFU (IIA VV-003), IJ7/IK7TAJ (IIA LE-048), IJ9/IT9SGC (IIA SR-011, 016, 017, 018), IJ9/IT9YRE (IIA SR-008), IL3/IK3QAR (IIA VE-006, 012, 016. 038, 039, 042, 055, 056), IL3/IV3WDH (IIA GO-009) IL7/IK6CAC (IIA LE-039), IL7/IK7TAJ (IIA BR-011), IL7/IK7VJX (IIA LE-032), IM0/IS0JMA (IIA SS-059), IT9YRE/9 (IIA AG-005), JW0M, KC4AAA, N9KX/KH4, N2WB/KH9, N6MZ/KH9, LY2CX, OX3LG, PZ1EL, RS0F, S21J, S08R, SV2ASP/A, SV5DDR, TF/DL7BY, TL5A, TU2XZ, V63AO (OC-059), V63KU, VP2VI/50, VP5KE, VR2KF, K1ZZ/VY2, YB5QZ, YB0AI, YB0JIV, YI1WL, Z31RQ, ZD7CTO, ZK1EHH (OC-083), ZK1SCQ (OC-013, 082, 159), ZL7DK. QSL received via WF5E DX QSL Service: 7Z1AB, 9M6HIL, 9M6OO, HF0POL, KP2/N2OO, NN50CIA, PT5T (SA-026), TT8JWM, VK2IOM (OC-223), VK9XZ, VS97UW, ZD9BV, ZK1XXP. ***************************************************************************** 425 DX NEWS WWW PAGE ---> http://www-dx.deis.unibo.it/htdx/index.html ***************************************************************************** 425 DX NEWS IN ENGLISH --> http://www-dx.deis.unibo.it/htdx/425/425-eng.html 425 DX NEWS EN ESPANOL --> http://www.intercom.es/qtc/qtc425.htm 425 DX NEWS IN ITALIANO --> http://www-dx.deis.unibo.it/htdx/425/425-ita.html ***************************************************************************** 425 DX NEWS REFLECTOR <<< SUBSCRIPTIONS >>> If you want to subscribe/unsubscribe, please send a message to Maurizio Bertolino, I1-21171 (for the English version) at i121171@amsat.org Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ (for the Italian version) at i1jqj@amsat.org ***************************************************************************** 425 DX NEWS SEARCH Are you looking for any information published in past issues of 425DXN? Please go to: http://www-dx.deis.unibo.it/htdx/index.html and try the "Search" button ***************************************************************************** /EX S DX@WW $425WW387F 425 DX News #387 [6/6] 3 October 1998 No 387 BID: $425WW387F =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* CALENDAR ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ PERIOD CALL REF till 05/10 9A98JP: special event station (Croatia) 387 till 07/11 9N7RW: Nepal * by G4ERW 386 till 15/11 9V8: Singapore * special prefix 369 till 19/10 A35SO & A35xx: Fafa (OC-049), Tonga * by DJ4SO & DJ7RJ 386 till 03/10 BI5X: Zhoushan Archipelago (AS-137) * by BYs 386 till 06/10 C91RF: Mozambique * by DL6DQW 386 till ?? CE3/NE4Z: Chile and Chilean IOTA islands 380 till ?? E31AA: Eritrea * by ZL3CW/F2CW 387 till 31/12 EU200A, EV200M & EW200M: special event stations 378 till Jan 99 FO5QE: Tahiti (OC-046) * by F5GSK 369 till November FW5XX: Futuna (OC-118) * by ON4QM 385 till ?? LU1ZI: Teniente Jubany Base, So. Shetlands (AN-010) 382 till 07/10 SV8/SM3CVM/P: Poros Island (EU-075) 385 till December TL5A: Central African Republic * by PA3DZN 373 till ?? TZ6DX: Mali * by K4RB 382 till 29/10 YM75TA: special event station 377 29/09-07/10 FO0RIC: Moorea (OC-046), French Polynesia * by F6IFC 386 01/10-15/10 3V8BB: Tunisia * by F2KN 386 02/10-05/10 GB4SM: Isles of Scilly (EU-011) * by M0BJL and G0TSM 385 02/10-04/10 VII Hamfest-India (Bangalore) 383 02/10-04/10 VIII W5 DX Bash 384 03/10-18/10 9H0VRZ & 9H3xx: Malta (EU-023) * by PAs 387 03/10-10/10 J6: St. Lucia (NA-108) * by IN3ZNR 386 03/10-04/10 TM5FKW: France * special event station 386 03/10 VE2MA/P: C.IS.A. islands * by VE2ICM, VE2FCQ, VA2SR 387 03/10 European Autumn SSB Contest 356 03/10-04/10 VK/ZL SSB Contest *** 05/10-??/12 4S7BRG: Sri Lanka (AS-003) * by HB9BRM 385 06/10-30/10 FR5ZU/G: Glorioso (AF-011) 387 06/10-11/10 H76C: Cardon Island (NA-???) * by HR1RMG & YN1RFV/YN6 384 07/10-12/10 FO0RIC: Bora Bora (OC-067),French Polynesia * by F6IFC 386 07/10-18/10 FO0SUC: Tubuai (OC-152), Austral Is * by F5JJW 381 08/10-11/10 9M6AAC: Sabah, East Malaysia * by K8EP 387 08/10 W1NLK: Sheffield Isl (NA-136) * by Greater Norwalk ARC 385 09/10-12/10 KH0/KD7CLP: Rota (OC-086), Mariana Is * by JH6VLF 387 09/10-30/10 KP3: Puerto Rico (NA-099) * by IK1EDC 387 09/10-11/10 RSGB HF & IOTA Convention 385 09/10-11/10 4th Russian IOTA/DX HF Hamvention (Lipetsk) 365 10/10-16/10 DL4FCH/p: Pellworm Island (EU-042, DIA N-23) 385 10/10-30/10 FO0PT: Moorea (OC-046), French Polynesia * by DJ0FX 387 10/10-11/10 K2BSA/2: special event (scout) station 387 10/10 European Autumn CW Contest 356 10/10-11/10 Ibero American SSB Contest *** 10/10-11/10 VK/ZL CW Contest *** 11/10 St. Helena Day 387 12/10-15/10 FO0RIC: Huahine (OC-067), French Polynesia * by F6IFC 386 14/10-27/10 C5: The Gambia * by DF4RD,DL5NAM,DL9NDS,OE2VEL,OE9MON 383 14/10-31/10 HG5P: Hungary * special event call 356 14/10-18/10 KP2: Virgin Islands (NA-106) * by IK1EDC 387 14/10-24/10 US1IDX/VP9: Bermuda (NA-005) 387 15/10-20/10 3V8BB: Tunisia * guest operated by W6/G0AZT 387 15/10-31/10 9Y/DK6WL, DL4MCF, DL4MDO, DL4MEH: Tobago (SA-009) 387 16/10-19/10 KH0/N3JJ, KH0/JM1LJS: Saipan (OC-086)*by JA3ART,JM1LJS 385 17/10-27/10 FG/N6RV,K6RO,W6SR,N6ED,W6KK,N6RT + FG5BG: Guadeloupe 385 17/10-18/10 II0S, II0C, II1O, II2U, II2T, II3J: 41st JOTA 387 17/10-18/10 II4O, II5T ,II7A, II8X, II8L, II9I: 41st JOTA 387 17/10 Oklahoma DX Association DX Banquet 384 19/10-04/11 8Q7IO & 8Q7IQ: Maldives (AS-013) * by DL7VRO & others 385 19/10-22/10 FO0SUC: Tahaa (OC-067) * by F5JJW 381 19/10-27/10 WP2Z & KP2/...: Virgin Is * by W4WX and others 382 20/10-25/10 CN8WW: Morocco * by DL6FBL 387 20/10-26/10 FM/EA3AOK/P & FM/EA3BT/P: Martinique (NA-107) 383 20/10-27/10 HI3/ON4ANT: Dominican Republic (NA-096) * by ONs 385 20/10-30/10 V26B & V26xx: Antigua (NA-100) * by Frankford RC 387 20/10-27/10 N7MQ,WJ7R,K7AR,W7YAQ,N7NU,K9JF/VP2V: British Virgin Is 387 20/10-14/11 XV1Z: Vietnam * by K6SGD 387 21/10-28/10 A35XU: Tonga * by PA3AXU 379 21/10-26/10 V31MX: Belize * by K0BCN 383 22/10-26/10 HL5/JI6KVR: Ullung Island (AS-045) 383 22/10-26/10 PV2E: Santo Amaro Island (SA-071, DIB 10) * by PYs 387 22/10-27/10 T32MP,KV,PL,PS: Christmas Isl (OC-024), East Kiribati 385 22/10-24/10 VP2V: British virgin Islands (NA-023) * by IK1EDC 387 23/10-26/10 7K4STV/1 and JQ1USM/1: Hachijo Island (AS-043) 383 24/10-25/10 FS/K7ZUM and FS/N7KG: St. Martin (NA-105) 385 24/10-25/10 PJ7/W4WR: Sint Maarten (NA-105) 387 24/10-25/10 PJ9Q: Bonaire (SA-006) * by W9QQ and W4JVN 383 24/10-25/10 VP5DX: Middle Caicos (NA-002) * by North Florida DXA 387 24/10-25/10 CQWW DX SSB Contest *** 25/10-02/11 W2FXA/VP9: Bermuda (NA-005) 387 26/10-07/11 S92YV & S92YN: Sao Tome (AF-023) * by HB9CYV & HB9CYN 387 October 3E1DX & HP/DL5RBW, DL1RBR & DL9RCF: NA-072 387 October 3V8BB/4 or TS4QI: AF-073 * by Z32ZM,Z32AU,YT1AD & 3V8s 384 October BV9: Pratas Island 386 October W98ITU: special event station (Minneapolis) 387 late October ZK3RW: Tokelau (OC-048) * by ZL1AMO 387 /EX