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3B9 - Frank Smith, AH0W says the Midway Kure DX Foundation (MKDXF)
multi-national DXpedition to Rodriguez Island (AF-017) [425DXN 393]
has been postponed to April. [TNX The Daily DX]
3D2 - Pekka, OH1RY and Jaakko, OH1MA will be active respectively as 3D2RY
and 3D2MA from Fiji between 30 December and 6 January. [TNX ON5NT]
3DA - V51VE (Rudi), ZS6AL (Vidi), ZS6EZ (Chris) and YL operators V51KV
(Katrin) and ZS6ESU (Hester) will be active as 3DA6Z from Swaziland
between 26 December and 3 January. Look for them on CW (1827.5,
3504, 7024, 10104, 18074, 24894, 50110 kHZ), RTTY (14084, 21084,
28084 kHz) and SSB (7044, 18144, 24944, 50110 kHz). [TNX The Daily
DX]
5A - Martino, IK3RIY and Veronica, IK3ZAW will be active (mostly on CW)
from 5A1A between 29 December and 4 January. They expect to be
issued a "guest callsign" with a 2 letter suffix. Veronica plans to
operate via RS-13 as well (mode K, uplink 21, downlink 29 MHz). [TNX
IK3ZAW]
6Y - Gerd, DL7VOG will be active (10-80 metres, CW and RTTY) from Jamaica
(NA-097) between 27 December and 8 January. [TNX DX News Letter]
A4 - Tony, A45ZN has been active from Oman for three years and will go
QRT Oman on 8 January. QSL via bureau to G4KLF or direct to Tony
Selmes, C/O 16, St James Rd, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex TN40 2DF,
England. [TNX The Daily DX]
C9 - Jon, 3DA0CA will be vacationing in Mozambique between 27 December
and 8 January. He plans to be active (on CW with some SSB) as
C91CO/P on 10-40 metres. Look for him from around 18 UTC and again
between 02.30 UTC and 04.30 UTC. QSL via via W4DR. [TNX The Daily
DX]
CO - Mac, W3HC has been informed that all Radio Club stations in Cuba
have changed their calls to a CO9 prefix with three letters in the
suffix. The first letter of the suffix indicates the province where
the station is located. [TNX W3HC]
FO_mar - Pekka, OH1RY and Jaakko, OH1MA will be active respectively as FO0KOL
and FO0SIL from the Marquesas (OC-027) between 7 and 13 January.
[TNX ON5NT]
FT5X - Helios, F6IHY is expected to be active again as FT5XN from Kerguelen
starting in March. [TNX F5PXT]
FT5Y - Philippe, FT5YG will be active from Adelie Land [425DXN 396] for one
year starting in January. QSL via F5LBL (Gerard Karpe, 629 route de
Montpellier, 30800 Saint Gilles, France). [TNX F5LBL]
FT5Z - Michael, FT5ZJ is stationed on Amsterdam Island for a year. He was
just licensed three weeks ago and is not expected to be on very
much, certainly not for pileups. [TNX WA6KBL]
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FT5Z - A serious storm approaching Amsterdam Island forced Mehdi, F5PFP and
Eric, F5SIH to go QRT as FT5ZH earlier than planned, around 18.10
UTC on 21 December. They have made a real effort to work on 160
metres, but the noise level there has been over S-9 and as of 19
December less than 25 stations had been logged on Top Band.
Propagation on 10 metres did not co-operate at all, but at the end
of the day the DXpedition was beyond expectations, as they made more
than 32,000 QSOs with just two operators and no backup for shifts.
QSL via F6KDF. [TNX F5NOD and WA6KBL]
H40 - Bernhard, DL2GAC now plans to be active as H44MS from Pigeon Island
(OC-065), Temotu [425DXN 397] between 23 January and April. He will
be joined by DK9FN (CW operator) until early February. QSL via
DL2GAC. [TNX DX News Letter]
HK - Gerard, F2JD has had his licence renewed [425DXN 386] as HK3/G0SHN.
He will stay in Colombia for one or two years. QSL via F6AJA. [TNX
F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
JA - Masa, JE1DXC expects to be active (mainly on CW) as JE1DXC/6 from
Tsushima Is (AS-036) sometime between 24 and 30 December. QSL via
home call. [TNX DX News Sheet].
JD1_oga- Den, JI1FLB plans to be active as JI1FLB/JD1 from Ogasawara (AS-031)
between 30 December and 2 January. QSL via JI1FLB (Seiichi Tanaka,
2-12-20 Nishimizumoto Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 125-0031, Japan). [TNX
The Daily DX]
KL - AL7R (Brent), AL7O (Gary, QSL via AL7BL) and KL7XX (Bill) are active
from Prudhoe Bay, where it is permanent darkness in December and
January. They are QRV for Europe around 1823 kHz at between
05.00-07.30 UTC and 16.00-22.30 UTC. [TNX DX News Sheet]
PY - Ben, PY1QN will be active (probably on CW only) as PT9/PY1QN between
31 December and 7 January from Bodoquena, Dourados and Amanmbai in
the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. QSL via PY1QN. [TNX PY1KS]
T3 - Karl, DL1VU is active as T30CT from Tarawa, West Kiribati (OC-017)
[425DXN 398] until 27 December. He will then move to Banaba and
operate as T33VU throughout January. QSL via DL2MDZ. [TNX DX News
Letter]
TU - Aldo, I2AOX and Marco, IK2CHZ will be active from TU5IJ's QTH at
Nassian, Ivory Coast between 12 and 25 January. They plan to operate
on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres SSB and CW, possibly on 160 metres
and WARC bands as well. QSL direct to I2AOX. [TNX IK2CHZ]
VP2M - DF2SS is active (CW, SSB and RTTY) as VP2MHJ from Montserrat
(NA-103) until 8 January. He uses a 100 watt rig with a 50 foot
vertical for 10-160 metres. QSL via DL2MDZ. The web page for this
operation is at http://www.wimo.com/vp2m.htm [TNX DJ5AV and DX News
Letter]
VP9 - N1KS will be active as N1KS/VP9 from Bermuda (NA-005) between 27
December and 1 January. QSL via JA1FUI. [TNX DX News Letter]
VU - Bernhard, DL2GAC will be active as VU2BMS from India until 13
January. QSL via bureau to DL2GAC. [TNX DX News Letter]
W - Ed, W4YO, will operate as W4YO/p from Harbor Island, South Carolina
(NA-110) between 26 December and 3 January. Look for him on 10, 15
and 20 metres. QSL via W4YO either direct or through the bureau.
[TNX W4YO]
W - Dick, K2ZR expects to be active again (mostly on CW) as K2ZR/4 from
Key West, Florida Keys (NA-062) between 13 January and 15 April. QSL
via home call. [TNX DX News Sheet]
YB - Ronny, YC8TXW and Benny, YC8YZ now will be active as YC8TXW/P and
YC8YZ/P from Obi Islands (OC-222) [425DXN 391] between 12 and 19
January. QSL via home calls. [TNX K7SO and Islands On The Web]
YB - Ronny, YC8TXW and Benny, YC8YZ are also planning an operation from
Sula Islands (OC-076), probably in March. Plans for the future
include the activation of two new ones, namely Mapia (YB8) and
Lucipara (YB9) Islands. Meanwhile YC8VIP is reported to be trying to
get a local amateur QRV from Banda Islands (YB8, OC-157). [TNX K7SO
and Islands On The Web]
ZL9 - The New Zealand Department of Conservation has granted a permit to
the Kermadec DX Association ZL9CI team [425DXN 396] which restricts
the operators to "daytime" visits only, of around 18 hours. There is
a provision in the permit that allows them to remain on Campbell if
the weather is deemed too rough to return to the ship, but the
decision to go or stay will be made on a daily basis by the DoC
officer with the team. However the permit allows operation for about
2 hours after sunset and before sunrise, which should give a
potential of 70 hours operation on the low bands during the
DXpediton. On a day to day basis, ZL9CI will have at least six
stations on the air between 16 UTC and 10.30 UTC. [TNX EI6FR]
ZS_ant - Bud, ZS1B is currently active from Antarctica using the call sign
ZS7B. In a recent QSO with Lanny, W5BOS he stated he has not
processed any QSL cards for his September ZD9 operations from
Tristan da Cunha (AF-029) and Gough Island (AF-030) and DXers will
have to wait until he returns from this trip. [TNX W5BOS and Islands
On The Web]
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DX STATION WANTED ---> Tony Naglieri, N1NJ offers his services as QSL manager
for a DX station. "I was the W1 assistant manager and like it very much", he
says and invites those interested to get in touch with him at n1nj@samnet.net
PIRATE ---> Tony, G4UZN is receiving QSLs from USA and Canada for recent QSOs
with ZA1RSB. Please note this was a pirate. [TNX G4UZN]
QSL MANAGERS ---> Manfred Meier, DF6EX reports he has just uploaded the new
freeware version of Windows-QSL-Manager (5000 QSL routes). The file can be
downloaded at http://www.qrz.com/df6ex/files/FREE.ZIP
QSL NA-150 & NA-210 ---> QSL manager N6AWD (Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh
Dr., Bakersfield, CA 93309-1429, USA) reports that all QSL cards for
KL7/W6IXP (Little Diomede Island, NA-150) and KL7/K6ST (Sledge Island,
NA-210) will be in the mail within the next few days. Island chasers should
note that N6AWD he has NO logs and NO QSLs for KL7/W6IXP from Kayak Island
(NA-157) in July 1997. Cards for this operations should be sent direct to
W6IXP. [TNX K6DT and Islands On The Web]
QSL XX9CH ---> Christian Hohenwallner, OE2CHN operated as XX9CH in *1989* and
those logs are still open. Apparently this call has been reissued, as Chris
is receiving a lot of cards for recent contacts he is NOT able to confirm.
[TNX OE2CHN]
QSL *NOT* VIA WA4VEK ---> John, WA4VEK is receiving cards for the following
stations: 4L6YL, EX2FP, EX9DZ, RF6FP and UF6DZ. He is NOT and NEVER has been
QSL manager for any of these stations. The only station he has ever been QSL
manager for was YN9BCH for a short period back in 1978.
QSL VIA N4XP ---> Please note that requests for QSLs from all Dateline DX
Association operations (1998 KH9, 1997 ZK1XXP, 1996 AL7EL/KH9) should now be
sent to N4XP either direct (Tom Harrell, 2011 New High Shoals Road,
Watkinsville, Georgia 30677, USA) or thriugh the bureau. The WA4YBV route is
no longer being used, however all cards sent earlier are being forwarded. Any
inquiries are to be directed to n4xp@juno.com [TNX N4XP]
TOPLIST ---> As from January 1999 the Toplist will change. The current
Toplist will become the TOPBAND and will be based on the number of
confirmed DXCC Entities on each band.
Example:
10 15 17 20 24 30 40 80 160
IZ1XXX 156 201 235 300 149 98 102 76 52
There will a be the TOPMODE, which will be based on the number of confirmed
DXCC Entities on each mode.
Example:
CW SSB RTTY
IZ1XXX 278 311 102
The new TOPLIST will be based on the sum of confirmed DXCC Entities on each
band + the sum of confirmed DXCC Entities on each mode.
Example:
TOPBAND TOPMODE TOTAL
IZ1XXX 1369 721 2090
You may choose to participate in the the list(s) you prefer. Please send your
scores, as well as any request for further information, to Erminio Pandocchi,
I2EOW at i2eow@bigfoot.com
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XZ1N ---> The Central Arizona DX Association's DXpedition to Yangon, Myanmar
endend after some 38,400 contacts in just over three weeks of operating. In
all fourteen operators (five YLs) showed up in Yangon and as with many other
CADXA DXpeditions it was a mix of experienced operators as well as those who
were on their very first trip. The two real workhorse bands were 20 meteres
(4,300 CW and 5,800 SSB QSOs) and 10 metres (1,500 CW and 4,800 SSB QSOs). On
Top Band the log shows 92 contacts with North America, 672 with Europe, 215
with Asia, 6 with Africa and 28 with Oceania. QSL via W1XT either direct
(Robert M. Myers, 37875 N. 10th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85027, USA) or through
the bureau. The web site for the DXpedition is at http://ng7m.qrq.com/~xz1n
[TNX NA7DB]
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QSL received via direct: 1A0KM, 3DA5A, 4U1UN, 4U1VIC, 5R8GC, 5R8FU, 5W0BF,
5X1Z, 7X4LX, 8R1K, 9G5VJ, 9Q5MRC, A25/W0YG, A35RK, A35SO, A61AJ, BY5QFB,
C6A/KI6T, C94AI, CE0ZIS, E30HA, EP2MKO, ET3AA, FK8VHN, FO5QG, FR5ZQ/T, GI6YM,
HK6KKK, HL50AP, JL1KFR/JD1, JT1FBB, JT1X, JU60MTZ, JW0M, JX7DFA, JY5SK,
N2PQE/KH0, KH2D, KH4/W4ZYV, KL7AC, NO7F/KL7 (NA-059), N6VV/p (NA-184), P29CC,
P29BW, PJ5JR, PJ8/W8EB,PS1A (SA-02), PS2S (SA-024), PU0F, PZ5JR, R1ANF,
RX1OX/FJL, S07WW, SU1CS, TF7/DL3KUD, TF8GX, TJ2RSF, V51AE, V8GTW, VO2WL,
VP2VF, VU2JPS, W4T (NA-079), W5BOS/7 (NA-211), YC8VIP, Z31FK, Z38/NO6X.
QSL received via WF5E DX QSL Service: 3W5RS, 4J80ADR, 9K2ZZ, 9V1ZB, 9V8WW,
9V8ZB, A35RK, BA1DU, BI3H (AS-134), BV88ARL, C6AFV, CT98BOH, EI4VVF/P, EK6CC,
EK6GC, GT6YB, HF0POL, HZ1HZ, LY98ZZ, R1ANZ, R9KM (AS-083), RA0FF, RL0P,
RW9QA, T95A, TL5A, UP0F, UP6F, VE8C (NA-173), XM3PBX, Z32XX.
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E30GA: The web pages (http://qsl.net/eritrea and http://pagus.it/E31DX)
have been updated with details of the DXpedition and many
pictures. Bruce, WD4NGB will add a section about getting a
license in Eritrea. The QSL cards are about being printed and
requests should be sent to INDEXA (c/o K4JDJ, James L. Young,
556 Babbtown Road, Suffolk, VA 23434, USA) or via the bureau to
K4JDJ. [TNX WD4NGB]
LOGS: Logs for the recent 8Q7DV Russian DXpedition from the Maldives
are available at http://www.ampr.spb.ru/logs/8Q7DV/
LOGS: Logs for Eugene, RA0FF (who has been active in major contests
since 1995; QSL via either N6FF or RA0FF) are available at
http://www.qsl.net/ra0ff/ [TNX RA0FF]
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PERIOD CALL REF
till 01/01 3D2DK: Fiji (OC-016) * by DLs 398
till 31/03 4N800, YT800, YU800, YZ800: special event stations 397
till December 4S7BRG: Sri Lanka (AS-003) * by HB9BRM 385
till 12/01 8Q7LE: Maldives (AS-013) * by G0ULN 397
till January 9G5MG: Ghana * by WK6O 397
till 16/01 9M6CT: East Malaaysia * by HS0/G4JMB 396
till 01/02 A35VR: Lifuka (OC-169), Tonga * by 3D2VA 397
till 08/01 A45ZN: Oman 399
till 31/12 AT: special prefixes from India 394
till 31/12 CG#, CF#, CJ#, CK#: special prefixes from Canada 395
till 31/12 EF1IAT: A Toxa Island (NO-REF) 397
till 31/12 EU200A, EV200M & EW200M: special event stations 378
till ?? EZ0AB: Turkmenistan 394
till 01/01 FG: Guadeloupe (NA-102) * by F5NZO and F5SSM 397
till 30/12 FM/W8MV: Martinique (NA-107) 398
till 30/12 FO0EEN: Tubuai (OC-152), Austral Is * by LA1EE 398
till Jan 99 FO5QE: Tahiti (OC-046) * by F5GSK 369
till 27/12 GB100SFL: South Foreland Lighthouse * by Barry ARS 397
till 31/12 HS98AG: special event call 389
till 30/12 JE1DXC/6: Tsushima Is (AS-036) 399
till 07/01 JL1KFR/JD1: Minami Torishima (OC-073) 397
till 01/02 KC4AAD: Siple Dome Antarctic base 397
till late Feb LZ0A: South Shetlands (AN-010) * by LZ2UU 397
till 02/01 NH4/NH6YK: Midway (OC-030) 397
till 20/04 P49M: Aruba (SA-036) * by VE3MR 397
till 28/12 PJ9/PA0VDV: Curacao (SA-006) 395
till 28/12 PY0FT: Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) * by PY8IT 398
till 31/01 S21YP: Bangladesh * by G3REP 398
till 15/01 SM1TDE/7S1BL: Gotland Island (EU-020) 393
till 27/12 T30CT: West Kiribati * by DL1VU 399
till December TL5A: Central African Republic * by PA3DZN 373
till 31/12 VA1S: special event station 396
till 08/01 VP2MHJ: Montserrat (NA-103) * by DF2SS 399
till 13/01 VU2BMS: India * by DL2GAC 399
till ?? WP2: US Virgin Islands (NA-106) * by WB9Z 398
till Apr 99 ZF2NT: Little Cayman (NA-016) * by N6NT 388
till ?? ZS7B: Antarctica * by ZS1B 399
26/12-03/01 3DA6Z: Swaziland * by V51s and ZS6s 399
26/12-02/01 VK9CL: Cocos-Keeling * by JM1LJS 391
26/12-16/01 VP8CRB & VP8TTY: Falkland Is (SA-002) * by K4QD 397
26/12-06/01 XR3J: special event scout station (Chile) 397
26/12-03/01 W4YO/p: Harbor Island (NA-110) 399
27/12-01/01 N1KS/VP9: Bermuda (NA-005) 399
27/12-08/01 6Y: Jamaica (NA-097) * by DL7VOG 399
27/12-08/01 C91CO/P: Mozambique * by 3DA0CA 399
27/12 Canada Winter Contest ***
29/12-04/01 5A: Libya * by IK3RIY and IK3ZAW 399
30/12-02/01 JI1FLB/JD1: Ogasawara (AS-031) 399
30/12-06/01 3D2RY and 3D2MA: Fiji * by OH1RY and OH1MA 399
31/12-07/01 PT9/PY1QN: Mato Grosso do Sul 399
Dec-Jan FT5WH: Crozet (AF-008) * by F5AGL 398
Dec-Jan FY/DJ0PJ: French Guiana 395
December ZK3: Tokelau (OC-048) * by ZL1AMO 398
01/01 Happy New Year Contest ***
01/01 SARTG New Year RTTY Contest ***
02/01-14/01 T2: Tuvalu (OC-015) * by DLs 398
02/01-03/01 AGCW DL QRP Winter CW Contest ***
02/01-03/01 ARRL RTTY Roundup ***
06/01-25/01 ZL9CI: Campbell Island (OC-037) * by KDXA 399
07/01-13/01 FO0KOL & FO0SIL: Marquesas (OC-027) * by OH1RY & OH1MA 399
08/01-10/01 Japan DX CW Low Bands (40, 80, 160) Contest ***
09/01 YL OM midwinter CW Contest ***
10/01 YL OM midwinter SSB Contest ***
12/01-25/01 TU5IJ: Ivory Coast * by I2AOX and IK2CHZ 399
12/01-19/01 YC8TXW/p and YC8YZ/p: Obi Islands (OC-222) 399
13/01-15/04 K2ZR/4: Key West (NA-062) 399
17/01 HA DX CW Contest ***
23/01-Apr H44MS: Pigeon Island (OC-065), Temotu * by DL2GAC 399
28/01-03/02 C5: The Gambia * by G0OIL 397
29/01-31/01 CQ WWDX 160 Meter CW Contest ***
29/01-31/01 REF - French CW Contest ***
29/01-31/01 UBA Contest - SSB ***
January T33VU: Banaba * by DL1VU 399
from January FT5YG: Adelie Land, Antarctica 399
from January FT5ZJ: Amsterdam Island 399
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