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>>> OPERATION DOUBLE TROUBLE <<<
It is being organized by Mats, 5X1Z/SM7PKK in order "to give the deserving
around the world a chance to work two rare locations": Central Kiribati (T31,
OC-043, between 23 September and 3 October) and Tokelau (ZK3, OC-048, between
7 and 12 October). Six operators will be active with three 1KW stations (one
for SSB, one for CW, one for WARC/Lowband/RTTY), beams for the higher bands
(WARC included) and verticals for the low bands. The vessel transporting the
team has already been secured; the rough budget for this DXpedition is around
US$ 30,000 (donations from Clubs and Foundations are welcome). [TNX
5X1Z/SM7PKK] - See OPERATORS NEEDED below
3A - Special event station 3A50R is active until 16 May to celebrate the
Golden Jubilee of Prince Rainer III of Monaco. QSL via bureau only.
[TNX The Daily DX]
4U1UN - Mats, SM7PKK/5X1Z and Peter, ON6TT/5X1T will be active from 4U1UN on
16-18 May, right after Dayton. [TNX ON6TT/5X1T]
5B4 - The P3A team I2VXJ, RA9JX, RU3DX, RW3QC, RZ3TX, RX4HW, UA3AB,
UA3DPX, UA9CDV, UA9MA, UN7FZ, UT7QF) will participate in the CQ WW
WPX CW Contest (Multi-Multi) from Cyprus (AS-004). QSL via W3HNK
(QSL for contacts made with 5B4/home call before and after the
contest are via home call). [TNX UN7FZ]
8Q - DH5HV plans to be active from the Maldives (AS-013) during his
honeymoon between 17 and 31 May. [TNX The Daily DX]
CY9 - K8RF (Dan), K4LT (Doug), W6RGG (Bob), W6BSY (Mac), K8DD (Hank) and
AC8W (Stan) will be active as CY9RF from St. Paul Island (NA-094)
between 23 and 31 May. They will participate in the CQ WW WPX CW
Contest (Multi-Multi) with four main stations running 24 hours a day
+ two part time stations running peak times (11.00 to 12.00 UTC and
21.00 to 02.00 UTC). Before the Contest they will run two or three
stations, concentrating mostly on the WARC bands and on difficult
areas of the world such as Asia, VK, ZL etc. All SSB operation will
be before the Contest period. This will be a "YASME" DXpedition and
CY9RF will count for credit for the awards available for working
enough YASME operations (http://www.cestro.com/myweb/yasme.html).
QSL via K8RF (Dan Flaig, 2101 Ronaldson Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio
45230-1510, USA) [TNX K8RF]
CY9 - Seven or eight operators from Canada and the US will be active as
CY9SS from St. Paul Island (NA-094) indicatively between 5 and 14
June (start-up time will depend on wx). They will operate on all
bands (160m-70cm) on SSB, CW, RTTY, Satellite and possibly EME. QSL
via VY2SS. Any comments or questions can be addressed to VE9MY
(lmorgan@nbnet.nb.ca). [TNX VE9MY]
DL - Mario, DJ2MX will be active as DJ2MX/P from Fehmarn Island (EU-128)
between 15 and 19 May. He promised to pay special attention to VK/ZL
and Pacific area. QSL via bureau. [TNX VK4NM]
EA8 - Fernando, EA3KU will participate in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest as
ED8PP from Tenerife, Canary Islands (AF-004). Bedore and after the
contest he will be active as EA8/EA3KU. QSL via EA3KU (Fernando
Martinez Lizama, P. O. Box 69, L'Ametlla de Mar 43860, Tarragona,
Spain). [TNX EA3KU]
ER - Special event station ER0ITU will be active on 14-16 May to
celebrate the World Telecommunications Day. QSL via ER1DA (Valery
Metaxa, P.O. Box 9537, Kishinev, MD-2071, Moldova). [TNX ER1CW]
F - F5RRW, F5NBQ, F5LOW, F2EJ and F1SDQ will be active as TM0H from
Houat Island (EU-048) from 12.00 UTC on 13 May until 10.00 UTC on
the 17th. QSL via F2EJ either direct or through the bureau. [TNX The
Daily DX]
F - Club station F5KAC will be active /p from Stagadon Island (EU-105,
DIFM MA-094) on 22-24 May. QSLs will be sent automatically through
the bureau, the address for direct cards is F5KAC/Stagadon Isl, P.O.
Box 5, 45270 Ladon, France. [TNX F-11556]
FO - Alain, F2HE [425DXN 417] will now be touring Polynesia between 19
May and 13 August. Now he expects to operate as FO/F2HE from FO5QG's
QTH on Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands (OC-027) between 27 May and 27
June. He also plans to be active (with 100 watts and a vertical,
mostly on CW) from Tahiti (OC-046), King George Islands (OC-131),
Raiatea (OC-067) and possibly from the Austral Islands during this
tour. QSL via F6LQJ (Bruno Descat, 106 la Prairie, 33230
Saint-Medard-de-Guizieres, France). Alain's web site is at
http://f2he.ifrance.com [TNX F6LQJ]
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FR/G - Henri, FR5ZQ arrived to Glorioso (AF-011) on 8 May. Plans are to be
active in his spare time as FR5ZQ/G on 10-80 metres for four weeks.
Look for him on or around 28480, 21230, 14180, 7050 and 3770 kHz
SSB; 28023, 21023, 14023 and 7003 kHz CW (he will operate on WARC as
well, although no frequency was given), QSL direct to FR5ZQ. [TNX
IK2IQD]
FS - Hiroo, JA1WSX will be active as FS/KH0Y from St. Martin (NA-105)
between 16 and 19 May. QL via JA1WSX. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
GD - Doug, N6TQS he will be operating RTTY from the Isle of Man (EU-116)
as MD0BPI between 20 and 26 May. QSL via N6TQS/M0BPI. [TNX AA5AU and
The VK2SG RTTY DX Notes]
GM - Look for Jim, GM4CHX to be active from the Shetlands (EU-012)
[425DXN 418] on 14 May (Papa Stour, IOSA SH14), 15 May (Vaila, SH12)
and 16 or 17 May (Hascosay, SH15). His activity was expected to
start yesterday (13 May) from Mousa (SH10). The correct information
came from Charlie Wilson, GM4UZY (IOSA Directory and Awards Manager,
cwm.wilson@zetnet.co.uk).
GM - GM0DEQ, GM0SEI and GM3WIL now plan to be active (on 10, 15, 20, 40
and 80 metres SSB/CW) as GB5TI from Lunga Island (IOSA NH-17),
Treshnish Islands (EU-108) [425DXN 417] between 28 and 30 May. Last
year's visit was cut short due to one operator suffering a heart
attack. QSL via GM0KVI. [TNX GM0DEQ]
GM - Don, W9DC (MM/W9DC) plans to operate with GM3VLB from Fidra Island
(EU-123, IOSA FF-04, World Lighthouse Award LH-0313) on 31 May. Look
for them on 40, 20, and 15 metres (IOTA frequencies, SSB with
possible CW). Between 5 and 7 June Don plans to be active as
MM/W9DC/m from several other Scottish islands, namely Mull (EU-008,
IOSA NH-15), Seil (IOSA FL-03), Luing (FL-04), Kerrara (FL-02),
Davaar (CL-09, World Lighthouse Award LH-0724, not IOTA). Most
activity will be on or near 14260 kHz with special attention to
stations outside Europe. Since access to islands depends on weather
conditions, alternate Scottish island operations may be chosen at
the last moment. Information on the World Lighthouse Award (WLH)
[425DXN 411] is available at http://www.infini.fr/~tquere [TNX W9DC]
GM - A team from Cockenzie & Port Seton ARC (including F5VBU, GM7OLQ,
GM0CLN GM0HLK, GM0NTL, MM1AVA, MM1CPP, MM0CCC and possibly one or
two others) will participate in the IOTA Contest as 2A0CCC/P (or
MM0CCC/P if permission is not given to use 2A prefix) from the Isle
of Tiree (EU-008, IOSA NH4), the most westerly of the Inner
Hebrides. They will operate on 3.5, 7, 14, 21 and 28 MHz, SSB and
CW. Some activity might take place using the operators' own calls /P
prior to the contest (from 23 July in their afternoon). QSL via
GM0ALS. Updates will be available at
http://www.btinternet.com/~john.innes/Tiree.html [TNX GM0CLN]
HL - Look for HL0IHQ/2 to be active from Paengnyong Island (AS-122)
between 21 and 25 May. PLans are to operate on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10
metres with a dipole, two beams and an amplifier. QSL via HL0IHQ
(P.O. Box 375, Naminchon, 405-600 Korea). [TNX HL2KAT]
JA - Toshi, JM1PXG will be active (on 10-40 metres CW with some SSB) as
JM1PXG/6 from Daito Islands (AS-047) between 23 and 26 July. He will
participate in the IOTA Contest. QSL via JM1PXG either direct
(Toshiyuki Saito, 3-10-3-204, Yoga, Setagaya, Tokyo 1580097, Japan)
or through the bureau. [TNX JM1PXG]
JW - YL operator Marit, JW4CJA is active from Bear Island (EU-027),
Swalbard until the end of May. QSL via LA4CJA. [TNX W1DIG and
Islands On The Web]
KH2 - Dave, KH2/N2NL will participate in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest (SOAB)
as WH2/N2NL from Guam (OC-026). QSL via W2YC either direct or
through the bureau (please note that cards sent directly to his Guam
address will be answered, but the turn around will be much longer
than via his manager). [TNX KH2/N2NL]
KP2 - Jeffrey, N5TJ will be active as N5TJ/KP2 from St. Croix, Virgin
Islands (NA-106) between 25 and 31 May. QSL via home call. He will
participate in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest as WP2Z (QSL via KU9C). [TNX
N5TJ]
LU - Between 16 and 23 May amateurs from Argentina will be allowed to
replace the two letters of their current prefixes as follows: LU
with L2 (for instance LU2CRM = L22CRM, LU7EC = L27EC), LW with L3
(eg LW8EZU = L38EZU) and AZ with L4. This will be to celebrate the
75th anniversary of the CW QSO (21 May 1924) between Carlos Braggio,
r-CB8 from Buenos Aires and Ivan O'Meara, z-2AC from Gisborne, New
Zealand (a world record in 1924!). The Radio Club Argentino (LU4AA)
will celebrate the anniversary with a commemorative station, L75CB
(QSL via LU4AA either direct to P.O. Box 97, 1000 Buenos Aires,
Argentina or through the bureau). For further information,
includingthe award programme sponsored by Radio Club Argentino,
please visit http://www.lu4aa.org [TNX LU4AA and LW8EZU].
OX - Michael, OX3LG is active from Asiaat Island (NA-134) until 20 May.
Plans are to operate on 6, 10, 15 and 20 metres in his spare time.
QSL via OZ1PIF (Peter Frenning, Ternevej 23, DK-4130 Viby Sj.,
Denmark). [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
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OZ - DL2RVL and DL2VFR (http://www.qsl.net/dl2vfr) will be active as
OZ/DL2RVL and OZ/DL2VFR from Laeso Island (EU-088, NK-003 for the
Danish Islands Award) between 15 and 22 May. QSL via home calls.
[TNX DL2VFR]
PY - Santos Dumont Air Scouts Group will be active (CW and SSB) as ZW5AC
on 22-23 May from the National Scout Communitary Action Moot. QSL
via PY5DZ or direct to P.O.Box 6025, 80011-970 Curitiba, Parana,
Brazil. [TNX PY5DZ]
SV9 - Juha, OH1KAG/OH9MM and Pertti, OH3LQK/OH7WW will be SV9/homecall/p
(CW, SSB and RTTY) from Crete (EU-015) between 24 and 30 May. They
plan to participate in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest. QSL for both calls
to OH3LQK via the bureau. [TNX OH1KAG/OH9MM]
UA - Special event station R3EXPO is active until 15 May from
"Expocomm-99" in Moscow. QSL via UA3AA. [TNX RX3AEX]
UA - Nick, RA1QQ and others plan to be active as UE1QFF on 20-23 May from
"45th" Island (new one for the RRC Award). QSL via RA1QQ (P.O.Box
24, Cherepovets, 162627 Russia). Further information at
http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/bunker/4755 [TNX RA1QHJ]
V4 - Hiroo, JA1WSX plans to be active from St. Kitts (NA-104) between 19
and 21 May. His call will be issued upon arrival, QSL via JA1WSX.
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
V7 - Tom, K7ZZ will be active (on all bands except 160 metres) as V73ZZ
from Kwajalein (OC-028) between 23 May and 2 June. He will
participate in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest, but will operate SSB before
and after the contest. [TNX The Daily DX]
VE - Look for VE7TLL/p, VE7QCR/p, VE7EDZ/p, VE7KDU/p and VE7GKH/p to be
active from Dundas Island (NA-118) between 22 and 26 July (QSL via
home calls). They will also operate as VE7ISL/p (QSL via VE7TLL) and
will participate in the IOTA Contest as VD7D (it is a special call
to celebrate the 225th anniversary of the first European contact
with Queen Charlotte Islands by Juan Perez and his ship the Santiago
in 1774). There is the possibility of activating a couple of the
smaller islands near Dundas Island for the C.Is.A. programme, but it
will be depending on the weather and availability of transportation.
QSL VD7D via VE7TLL (Terry Mitchell, P.O. Box 9, Tlell, BC V0T 1Y0,
Canada). [TNX VE7TLL]
VK - Dan Holloway, VK8AN has just returned from Troughton Island
(OC-154), from where he was able to log over 700 QSOs in is spare
time. He will return to Troughton on 2 June for another two weeks
and will most likely be repeating that 2 week on/2 week off cycle
for the rest of the year. When he returns to the island, he will
take his regular base rig and his 3 element triband beam in order to
work many more European stations. He also hope to be active in the
IOTA Contest from OC-154. QSL via VK4AAR (Alan Roocroft, P.O.Box
421, Gatton 4343, Australia). [TNX VK8AN]
VQ9 - Ron, VQ9DX/AA5DX will possibly be leaving the Chagos Islands on 22
May if his replacement arrives on time. He will continue to try to
make as many contacts as possible on 160 metres before he leaves. He
arrives to the club station at 4.15 am (22.15 UTC) and calls CQ on
1.828 until 7.30 am (01.30 UTC) which is 30 minutes past his
sunrise. QSL via AA5DX. [TNX NE8Z]
W - The ARRL celebrates its 85th anniversary on 18 May and to mark the
event, Maxim Memorial Station W1AW will operate as special event
station W1AW/85 on all bands and modes during the week of 17-23 May.
A special QSL will be available. [TNX ARRL]
W - Joe, K2OLG plans to be active from Cedar Keys (NA-076) on 17 May,
St. George Island (NA-085) on 18 May and Santa Rosa Island (NA-142)
on 19 May. Look for him on 14.260 MHz between 11 and 14 UTC ("random
QRGs" will be used at other times). QSL via home call. [TNX DX News
Sheet]
W - Ivan, G3IZD will be active (on 10-40 metres CW) as AE4WK from
Captiva Island (NA-069) on 21-24 May. QSL via G3IZD. [TNX DX News
Sheet]
YO - Jean-Michel, F6AJA, editor of Les Nouvelles DX, will be signing
YO/F6AJA during his spare time from the QTH of YO8FZ between 17 and
22 May. [TNX F6AJA]
W - Harry, AA2WN will be operating as AA2WN/3 from time to time this
summer from Kent Island (NA-140, USI MD-004S). He will be mobile,
running 100 watts to a vertical. QSL via AA2WN either direct or
through the bureau. [TNX AA2WN]
SOMALILAND ---> Baldur, DJ6SI and Franz, DJ9ZB have been active respectively
as 6O0X (Six Oscar Zero X-Ray) on CW and 6O1Z on SSB from Hargeisa,
Somaliland since 10 May. They will be operating (no RTTY) until 17 May. QSL
SO0X via DJ6SI and 6O1Z via DJ9ZB.
Buck, DL5KAT reports that "Somaliland declared its independence from Somalia
on May 18, 1991, and has an own parliament, government, and, important for
us, an own radio licensing authority. More information about Somaliland can
be found on the WWW under www.anaserve.com/~mbali/home.htm". However it
should be noted that, in order to added to the DXCC List as a Political
Entity, any candidate must be a UN Member State, or have been assigned a
callsign prefix bloc by the ITU, or have a separate IARU Member Society. Bill
Kennamer, K5FUV also says that "Should Somaliland qualify under one of the
three, the start date would be the date that 1, 2 or 3 occurs". In order to
count for Somalia, he adds, "the licenses would need to be issued from the
Somali authorities." [TNX DL5KAT and The Daily DX]
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<<< RSGB IOTA CONTEST (24-25 JULY) >>>
The following stations are expected to participate in this year's event [see
also 425DXN 401, 405, 409, 411, 413, 417]:
AS-117 - Takeshi, JI3DST as JI3DST/3 from Awajishima. He plans to be active
between 6 UTC on 24 July and 6 UTC on the 26th. QSL via JI3DST
(Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-Cho Abeno-Ku, Osaka-City, Osaka,
545-0021 Japan). [TNX JI3DST]
EU-038 - Club station ON4NOK as PA6TEX [425DXN 405] from Texel Island on CW
and SSB. QSL via ON4ALW. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
EU-066 - Radio Club Vologda operators led by Mike, UA1QV from Solovetskie
Islands, possibly as RF1O. QSL via Radio Club Vologda, P.O. Box 23,
Vologda, 160035 Russia. [TNX UA1RJ]
EU-123 - Otley Amateur Radio Club members G3UNA, G0SNV, G0NIG, G0WNT, M0AMA,
G8HDN and G7RDJ as MM8Y from Bute Island. QSL via M0ARK. [TNX DX
News Sheet]
EU-101 - OH6RX from Raippaluoto. [TNX Islands On The Web]
NA-066 - Gary, KI6T and Glenn, WR6O from Santa Catalina. They plan to be
active between 22 and 26 July. [TNX The Daily DX]
NA-148 - A team from the Framingham Amateur Radio Association led by Steve,
AA1IZ George's Island. QSL via AA1IZ. [TNX KC1YR]
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BI5D ---> The BI5D (AS-141/p) IOTA DXpedition went QRT at 23.48 on 2 May.
They were not able to for 96 hours as expected, due to electricity and
transportation problems. However 16,178 QSOs (8121 on SSB, 7927 on CW and 130
on RTTY) were logged in 80 hours on 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 6 metres.
The team used six transceivers, three amplifiers, three yagi and three
vertical antennas from three different QTHs. QSL via P.O. Box 1713, Guangzhou
city 510600, People's Republic of China. The BI5D log is now online at
http://dx.qsl.net/logs and the BI5D web page is at http://www.qsl.net/bi5d
[TNX BA1DU and N6RT]
FELD-HELL ---> Another AFSK digital mode is growing popular among radio
amateurs world wide. The mode Hellschreiber was first patented in 1929 by the
German inventor Rudolph Hell. A version known as Feld-Hell is being used
today. IZ8BLY has developed software for Windows 95 and a sound card to
operate Feld-Hell. You can find the program and more information on IZ8BLY's
site at http://www.freeweb.org/varie/ninopo/ [TNX VK2SG RTTY DX Notes]
OPERATORS NEEDED ---> Mats, SM7PKK/5X1Z is looking for three skilful
operators for "Operation Double Trouble" to Central Kiribati and Tokelau.
They should be available for about 6 weeks in September-October 1999.
Suitable candidates must be able to handle SSB and CW (RTTY a plus) pile-ups
and prepared to work hard and operate following the instructions regardless
of personal preferences. Practical technical abilities are a big plus.
Participants fee is around $1500 (all tickets, accommodation and other
related costs before and after the DXpedition have to be dealt with out of
your own pocket). If you are seriously interested in joining the team, please
send detailed list of your qualifications and information about your
personality to Home.Mats.Persson@wfp.or.ug BEFORE 19 MAY.
RUSSIA (NEW QRGs) ---> The Daily DX reports that amateurs in both European
and Asiatic Russia (no CIS countries) are now allowed to operate on
24890-25140, 18068-18318 and 1810-2000 kHz.
QSL 5B4AGC ---> N2WK is *not* the QSL manager for 5B4AGC. Cards should be
sent direct to George Beasley, P.O. Box 1344, Paphos, CY 8133, Cyprus.
QSL A92GJ ---> Ed Tenhulzen, A92GJ now has a QSL manager and cards should be
sent to N1SHM either direct (Larry L. Laflamme, 474 Second Avenue, Berlin, NH
03570, USA) or through the bureau. [TNX N1SHM]
QSL DU1EIB ---> Warren reports the new QSL information for DU1EIB is Warren
S. Uy, P.O. Box 3987, Manila, 1099 Philippines.
QSL E44/HA1AG ---> Zoli, HA1AG reports the 2500 direct QSLs have been mailed.
The other 7100 were due to follow early this week. QSL to Zoli Pitman,
Somogyi Bela ut 18, Gyor H-9024, Hungary.
QSL HK0 (SAN ANDRES, MARCH 99) ----> QSL Manager W4DC reports that "most of
the direct HK0F, HK0/AA3KX, HK0/W4DC, HK0/K5OF and HK0/WN4VNU QSL requests
were mailed this past week. Will be working on HK0/WB4ZNH and remaining cards
this week".
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QSL IA5/IK0YUJ ---> Rik, IK0YUJ reports that for reasons beyond his control
the cards for his 1998 activity from Isola del Giglio (EU-028, IIA GR-002)
have been printed only recently. He will confirm all the QSOs as soon as
possible.
QSL TI5/K3LU ---> The QSL route given by several sources was W3CU [425DXN
418]. However Russ, N3GT (Trustee for W3CU) says that "W3CU is the club
station call for the Maryland Mobileers Amateur Radio Club. We are *not* QSL
managers for anyone. It is possible that the previous call owner was". [TNX
K1XN and The Golist]
QSL VK6EWI ---> The cards for the March 1999 DXpedition to Woody Island
(OC-170) are being mailed right now by VK6NE (N.R. Penfold, 2 Moss Crt.,
Kingsley, WA 6026, Australia). "If requesting cards direct", he reports,
"please send an appropriate sized return envelope. Many of the envelopes
being received are simply to small to fit a normal card into". [TNX VK6APK]
QSL VIA EA4AHK ---> The latest update from Francisco is that he is the QSL
manager for 5H3FH, EA4RSF, S01RSF, TJ1GS, TJ2RSF, TT8FC, TZ6ASN. QSL via
EA4AHK: P.O.Box 10, 28400 Villalba, Madrid, Spain. [TNX EA4AHK].
QSL VIA PA1AW ---> Alex, PA1AW reports that all direct and bureau requests
for TL5A and TL0R received until 1 May have been answered. Direct cards for
T99KK will be mailed next week, other QSOs will be confirmed via bureau in
early June.
QSL VIA UA9AB ---> The latest update from Gene is that he is the QSL manager
for 4K6DFT, 4K6FT, 4K8F, EN6Q, EY4AA, RK9AWT, RK9AYY, RP9ATZ, RW9USA, RW9UZZ,
RZ9A, RZ9AZA, UA7A, UA0UBG/UA8V, UA9AJ, UA9BA, UA9BA/50, UA9UST, UE9AWA,
UE9AZA, UD6DFF, UD6DFT, UD8F, UG/UV3ZZ, UA9AN/UI, UJ8RA, UJ9A, UK7R, UK8AX,
UK9AAN, UK9ADT, UL7VV, UN2L, UN4L, UN7LT, UN7VV, UP50V, UT7QF, UW8V/UA0UBG,
UW9AR, UZ9AXB, UZ9AYA. He also has the old logs for EA8BYR, K0DEQ, KP4DQ,
RH8AD, RH8AY, SV9ANH, UH9HWB, UI8DAF, UI8DAM, UI8DAT, UI8DT, UI8GM, ZL1HS.
QSL via UA9AB either direct (Gene Shcumat, P.O.Box 17, Troitsk,
Chelyabinskaya obl., 457100 Russia) or through the bureau. [TNX RA3SL and The
Daily DX]
VISALIA 2000 ---> Next year's International DX Convention will be held at the
Holiday Inn, Visalia on 14-16 April. Make your reservations at 209-651-5000
(they have about 250 rooms and some 100 have been taken). [TNX W3UR]
W3HC ---> Mac, W3HC reports the following: "TA4A cards go direct to W3HC (not
direct to Turkey); ZC4AA cards do *not* go to W3HC (I have received about 30
in last week, I believe this guy is a pirate); 9G1NS cards do *not* go to
W3HC (never been his manager); CO2OM cards do *not* go to W3HC (was manager
until 1990)".
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WRTC: Full information about the World Radiosport Team Championship
2000 can is available at http://wrtc2000.bit.si/ [TNX The Daily
DX]
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QSL received via direct: 3A2MD, 3B8/DJ7MI, 4M5I (SA-037), 4U1UN, 5A1A, 6D2X,
6Y2A, 9K2GS, 9H1EL, 9M6AAC, A41KJ, A61AS, C21ZM, C91RF, E30AA, E30LA (AF-038,
080, 081), E30MA (AF-038, 080, 081), E44/JA1UT, FK8GM, FG5GI, FM5GU, FR5ZQ/T,
HK0F, HK3JJH/0M, HK0/AA3KX, HP1/F5PAC (NA-072), HP4/F5PAC (NA-088),
IC8/IK2PZG (IIA NA-036, 038), IC8/IZ8AMY (IIA 010, 031, 036, 047), J3A,
J3/KF8OY,J79WW, J80C, J80K, JA6LCJ/6 (AS-037), JD1/JL1KFR, JY8ZW, JY9QL,
KB5GL/5 (NA-168), KG4OX, KG4SD, KG4TO, KL1SLE (NA-040), KP2/IK1EDC,
KP3/IK1EDC, KP4/IK1EDC, LX1NJ, LX/DL3BRC, NH4/NH6YK, OD5NJ, P40W, PJ5JP,
S21B, S79MX, S79OY, SU1SK, SV9/I4UFH, T32IW, T32LN, T32RT, T32VU, TI4CF,
TJ1HP, TO8B, UA0MF, UK9AA, V63YT, VK9CL, VP8CRB, VQ9QM, VU3TOM, WP2Z, XA5T,
XX9TRR, ZA0Z (EU-169), ZC4RAF, ZL4IR/P (OC-203), ZX0CW (AN-010), ZX0DX, ZY8M
(DIB-023).
QSL cards received via WF5E QSL Service: 4U1UN, 5H3US, 5Z4RL, 9H0A, 9H3DN,
AH4/WA6FGV, AH8LG, ET3AA, HC1MD/HC4, FH5CB, FK8HC, FO0GUI, FP5AA, FT5WG,
FP/N9PD, KH0AC, KH6CC, P29CC, TL8CK, TY8A, V26K, VK9LX, VP8CRB, VP8CXV,
VP8TTY, YS1X.
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PERIOD CALL REF
till 31/07 2C, 2X and 2W: special prefixes from Wales 415
till 31/07 2S, 2A and 2T: special prefixes from Scotland 415
till 16/05 3A50R: special event station (Monaco) 419
till Jun 3DA0CA: Swaziland 411
till 17/05 6O0X & 6O1Z: Somaliland * by DJ6SI & DJ9ZB 419
till May 9G5HK: Ghana * by DL1IAL 404
till 17/05 9N7UD: Nepal * by K4VUD 413
till 2001 A92GJ: Bahrain (AS-002) * by WH6CXQ 415
till 16/05 ER0ITU: special event station 419
till 16/05 F5JOT/p, F5TBF/p, F5LGQ/p: Brehat island (EU-074) 417
till 17/05 F5KEQ: special event activity 417
till 15/05 F5TYY/p, F6IUI/p, F6BFH/p, F9IE/p: Sein Isl. (EU-068) 418
till August FK8VHU: New Caledonia 401
till early Jun FR5ZQ/G: Glorioso (AF-011) 419
till December FT5WH: Crozet (AF-008) * by F5AGL 401
till December FT5ZJ: Amsterdam Island 399
till 17/05 GM4CHX: Shetland Islands (EU-012) 419
till 31/05 JW4CJA: Bear Island (EU-027) * by LA4CJA 419
till 20/05 OX3LG: Asiaat Island (NA-134) 419
till 15/05 PA/ON4BAM: Ameland Island (EU-038) 411
till 15/05 R3EXPO: special event station 419
till 31/07 SN0APT: special event station (Poland) 417
till 16/05 TM0AR: special event station (France) 418
till 17/05 TM0H: Houat Island (EU-048) * by Fs 419
till 22/05 VQ9DX: Diego Garcia (AF-006) * by AA5DX 419
till Sep 2000 XE1/NP2AQ: Mexico 414
till 27/11 XJ1: special prefix (Nova Scotia, Canada) 401
till 15/08 YS1/KE4LWT: El Salvador 418
15/05-19/05 DJ2MX/p: Fehmarn Island (EU-128) 419
15/05-19/05 TM0AC: special event station (France) 418
15/05-22/05 OZ/DL2RVL and OZ/DL2VFR: Laeso Island (EU-088) 419
15/05-28/05 SV9/GM3YOR: Crete (EU-015) 418
15/05-late Oct VK8PW/p: Arnhem Land 417
15/05 EU Sprint Spring CW Contest ***
16/05-18/05 4U1UN * by SM7PKK/5X1Z and ON6TT/5X1T 419
16/05-19/05 FS/KH0Y: St. Martin (NA-105) * by JA1WSX 419
16/05-23/05 L2, L3, L4: special prefixes (Argentina) 419
16/05-23/05 L75CB: commemorative station * by LU4AA 419
17/05-31/05 8Q: Maldives (AS-013) * by DH5HV 419
17/05 AX3ITU: World Telecommunications Day 417
17/05-19/05 K2OLG: NA-076, NA-085, NA-142 419
17/05-23/05 W1AW/85: special event station 419
17/05-22/05 YO/F6AJA: Romania 419
18/05-02/06 HS0ZCW: Thailand * by K4VUD 410
19/05-13/08 FO/F2HE: Polynesia, Marquesas, Australs 419
19/05-23/05 IA5/I4IOR,IK4GLV,IK4JPR,IK4RUX,IK4THF,IZ4CCO: EU-028 415
19/05-21/05 V4: St. Kitts (NA-014) * by JA1WSX 419
20/05-23/05 UE1QFF: "45th" Isl (RRC Award) * by RA1QQ and others 419
20/05-26/05 MD0BPI: Isle of Man (EU-116) * by N6TQS 419
21/05-24/05 AE4WK: Captiva Island (NA-069) * by G3IZD 419
21/05-25/05 HL0IHQ/2: Paengnyong Island (AS-122) * by HLs 419
21/05-23/05 WF1N and W1DIG: Pot Island, The Thimbles (NA-136) 418
22/05-30/05 3C8XX: Corisco Isl (AF-???) * by TR8XX, TR8CA, TR8SA 417
22/05-24/05 F5KAC/p: Stagadon Island (EU-105) 419
22/05-23/05 WC6DX: Anacapa Island (NA-144) 417
22/05-23/05 ZW5AC: Scout station (Brazil) 419
22/05-23/05 Baltic Contest ***
22/05-23/05 ITU Contest ***
23/05-31/05 CY9RF: St. Paul Island (NA-094) * by Ws 419
23/05-02/06 V73ZZ: Kwajalein (OC-028) * by K7ZZ 419
23/05-03/06 OJ0/K7BV, OH0/K7BV & OH0Z: Market Reef and Aland Is 409
24/05-30/05 SV9: Crete (EU-015) * by OH1KAG/OH9MM & OH3LQK/OH7WW 419
25/05-31/05 N5TJ/KP2 & WP2Z: Virgin Islands (NA-106) 419
28/05-30/05 GB5TI: Treshnish Is (EU-108) * by GM0DEQ,GM0SEI,GM3WIL 419
29/05-30/05 ED8PP: Canary Islands (WPX CW) * by EA3KU 419
29/05-30/05 P3A: Cyprus (WPX CW) 419
29/05-30/05 WH2/N2NL: Guam (OC-026) (WPX CW) 419
29/05-30/05 CQ WPX CW Contest ***
31/05-07/06 MM/W9DC: EU-123, EU-008, IOSA islands 419
May 3D2RK: Fiji (OC-016) * by A35RK 417
May JA6GXK: Danjo Archipelago (AS-056) 418
May-July JY8YB: Jordan * by DL5MBY 418
May ZS8D: Marion Island (AF-021) * by ZS6DE 412
Summer AA2WN/3: Kent Island (NA-140) 419
02/06-16/06 VK8AN/6: Troughton Island (OC-154) 419
04/06-07/06 KL7AK: Nunivak Island (NA-074) 405
05/06-14/06 CY9SS: St. Paul Island (NA-094) * by Ws and VEs 419
05/06-06/06 Fielday IARU Region 1 CW ***
12/06-13/06 II2V * special A. Volta station 407
12/06-13/06 ANARTS RTTY Contest ***
12/06 Portugal Day SSB ***
12/06-13/06 WW South America CW Contest ***
13/06 V DIE Contest ***
19/06-20/06 All Asian CW Contest ***
19/06-20/06 RSGB 1.8 MHz CW Contest ***
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