S DX@WW $425WW435A 425 DX News #435 [1/5] 4 September 1999 No 435 BID: $425WW435A =========================== *** 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) ! ! Maurizio Bertolino, I1-21171: 425 DX News WWW Pages ! ! (e-mail i121171@amsat.org) ! \---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ 4X - Special station 4X2J [425DXN 429] will be active from the Bloomfield Science Museum in Jerusalem on Tuesdays and Saturdays until 3 October. QSL via bureau. [TNX 4X6HI] 5A - Special event station 5A30 is active until 7 September to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Libyan Revolution. QSL via K1WY DX Association (P.O. Box 2644, Hartford, CT 06146-2644, USA or P.O. Box 90, 9900 Eeklo, Belgium). [TNX The Daily DX] 5W - Plans have been finalized for PA3AXU's activity from Western Samoa (OC-097) [425DXN 433]. He will arrive in the late UTC afternoon on 28 September and leave around midday (UTC) on 11 October. Look for 5W0GD to operate SSb, CW, RTTY, PSK31 and Hell. QSL via home call (G.A.M.C. Dijkers, Dokter P.A. Cornethof 3, 6669AZ Dodewaard, The Netherlands). Logs will be available at http://www.qsl.net/pa3axu [TNX PA3AXU] 8Q - DH3MIT and HB9KOC will be active as 8Q7IT from the Maldives (AS-013) between 26 October and 2 November. Plans are to participate in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest. QSL via DH3MIT. [TNX DH3MIT] 9A - The six 9A2000B operators have been granted permission to be active from the Brijuni/Brioni Islands (EU-110) until 8 September. They were expected to operate as 9A2000FT [425DXN 431], but the licencing authorities have changed the call. The activity takes place from Veli Brijun (CI-139 for the Croatian Islands Award, 425DXN 433), but Kreso, 9A7K will operate as 9A7K/p from other two islands as well (Mali Brijun, CI-063 and Sveti Jerolim, CI-114). QSL via 9A7K (Kresimir Juratovic, P.O. Box 88, HR-48000 Koprivnica, Croatia). [TNX 9A7K] 9H - Twenty-six Dutch operators will be active from Malta (EU-023) between 18 September and 10 October. They will operate (on 6-80 metres SSB and CW) with either their personal 9H3 calls and the special call 9H0VRZ. The QSL manager for 9H0VRZ will be PA0JR (Andre van den Bos, Olof Palmelaan 5, 9649 BH Muntendam, The Netherlands). For further information please visit http//www.vrza.org or contact Wim, PA3BIZ at pa3biz@vrza.org [TNX PA3BIZ/9H3ON] 9M2 - The Malaysian Amateur Radio Transmitters Society's special "millennium" call 9M2K will be aired (by four stations on all bands SSB and CW) from 10 UTC on 3 September until 10 UTC on the 5th from Port Dickson, Malaysia. It will participate in the All Asia SSB Contest. Special card via 9M2AA. [TNX 9M2AA] 9M2 - Mirek, 9V1XE will be active as 9M8DX/2 from Tioman Island (AS-046) on 6-9 September. QSL via 9V1XE (not DL4DBR) either direct (Mirek Rozbicki, 7 Seletar Terrace, Singapore 806908) or through the 9V bureau. [TNX 9V1XE] BY - The BI7Y (see below) operators (BA1AJ, BA1DU, BA1HAM, BA4RC, BA4TA, BA7IA, BA7JA, BG7YB and BG7YC) will meet on Hainan Island (AS-094) on 5 September, and they will operate from there using their home call /7 for about 24 hours. [TNX BA1DU] BY - Nine operators (namely BA1AJ, BA1DU, BA1HAM, BA4RC, BA4TA, BA7IA, BA7JA, BG7YB and BG7YC) will be active as BI7Y from Yangxing Island, Xisha Archipelago (Paracel Islands, AS-???) starting around 5 UTC on on 8 September for five days. The team will leave the island on the 13th. They will have two stations with one beam and one amplifier and will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 40-10 metres. It has taken one year to team leaders Alan, BA1DU (ba1du@arrl.net) and Yang, BA7JA (ba7ja@amsat.org) to get all the necessary permissions to operate from this off-limits military island. The activity is supported by Chinese Radio Sports Association, The Beijing DX Club and The Island Radio Expedition Foundation Inc. QSL direct to BA7JA (P.O.Box 1713, Guangzhou 510600, China) or via the BY Bureau (P.O.Box 6106, Beijing 100061, China). [TNX BA1DU] BY_ssh - Oleg, R1ANF is active as R1ANF/A from Chinese Antarctic base "Great Wall" on King George Island, South Shetlands (AN-010) until around 8 September. QSL via RK1PWA (Nick Shapkin, P.O.Box 73, 164744 Amderma, Arkhangelskaja, Russia. [TNX R1ANF, UR5LCV, K4MZU] C9 - Reinhard, DL6DQW will be active as C91RF/p from Inhaca Island (AF-066) on 18-21 September. QSL via DL6DQW. [TNX The Daily DX] EA - EA4CAZ and EA4CBA will be active as EA4CBA/p from Isla de La Piedra (DIEI GU-020, not IOTA) on 12 September. QSL via bureau to EA4CBA. [TNX EA4CBA] F - Paul, F6CXV will be vacationing on Groix island (EU-048) on 5-24 September. He will operate as TM0G between the 10th and the 23rd. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX] F - Gianpaolo, IK1TTD (virtual@rosenet.it) will be active from Porquerolles Island (EU-070) between 11 and 13 September. QSL via IK1TTD (P.O. Box 32, 18011 Arma di Taggi - IM, Italy). /EX S DX@WW $425WW435B 425 DX News #435 [2/5] 4 September 1999 No 435 BID: $425WW435B =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== FO - Marcel Dehonin, ON4QM/FO0DEH will be leaving for Tahiti on 3 September and will be touring French Polynesia until the end of November. He plans to operate (with 100 watts and a vertical, SSB only) from several IOTA groups, including Raivavae (OC-114), Austral Islands starting around 16 September. QSL via ON4QM either direct (Marcel Dehonin, Eversestraat 130, B-1932 Saint-Stevens-Woluwe, Belgium) or through the bureau. [TNX ON7GB] FR/G - A group of four French operators (namely Gil/F5NOD, Eric/F5PXT, Larry/F5PYI and Erwann/F6JJX) is organizing a 2-week DXpedition to the Glorioso Islands (AF-011) in July or August 2000. Plans are to be active with two stations on 6-160 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. Further details are expected in due time. [TNX F6AJA and The Daily DX] GW - Steve, G0UIH and Roger, G3XFA are active as GW0UIH/p and GW3XFA/p from Holy Island (EU-124) until 4 September. QSL via G0UIH. [TNX G0UIH and Islands On The Web] HI - Julio, AD4Z/HI3JH will be active (on all bands with an emphasis on 160 metres and the WARC bands) from Dominican Republic (NA-096) between 26 November and 3 December. He will participate in the CQ WW CW DX Contest as HI3K. QSL via AD4Z. [TNX AD4Z] HR - In a recent QSO with Doc/K7SO, Rene/HR1RMG stated "he has the Swan Is [425DXN 435] license in hand and expects to start the operation sometime between 20 and 26 October (weather permitting). He says it is a tough one for him because of the long distance from HR and the lack of communications with the island". [TNX K7SO and Islands On The Web] I - IK8UHA, IK8VRH, IZ8ATP and IZ8DDG will be active from Scoglio Gaiola (IIA NA-007, not IOTA) on 5 September. QSL via home call. [TNX IZ8DDG] I - Antonio/IK2SNG, Gus/IK4RQJ, Marco/IK4RSO, Andrea/IK4VET, Roberto/IK4XCZ and William/IK4ZGY plan to be active from Scanno del Gallo (IIA RO-012, not IOTA) and possibly from Isola Batteria (IIA RO-007, not IOTA) on 11-12 September. I - Francesco, IK0XBX will be active as IQ0A during the Worked All Europe DX SSB Contest (11-12 September). [TNX IK0XBX] JA - Takeshi, JI3DST announced he would be active as JI3DST/3 from Awajishima (AS-117) between 00.00 UTC on 4 September and 6 UTC on the 6th. Later this month he will operate as JI3DST/4 on SSB (17, 15, 12, 10 metres + 80 and 40 metres for Japan) from Oki Archipelago (AS-041) between 8 UTC on 23 September and 22 UTC on the 25th. QSL via JI3DST either direct (Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-Cho Abeno-Ku, Osaka-City, Osaka 545-0021, Japan) or through the bureau. [TNX JI3DST] JA - Look for JA4PXE/6, JI3DST/6 and JF6WTY/6 to be active (on 40, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 6 metres SSB) from Uji Archipelago (AS-067) between 00.00 UTC on 9 October and 24.00 UTC on the 10th. QSL via JA4PXE (Joe S. Kuwahara, 1-74 Midorimachi, Tokuyama-City 745-0075, Yamaguchi, Japan), JI3DST (Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-Cho Abeno-Ku, Osaka-City, Osaka 545-0021, Japan) and JF6WTY (Yuichiro Hayashi, 2-40-27-101, Murasakibaru, Kagoshima City, 890-0082 Japan) either direct or trough the bureau. [TNX JI6KVR and VE3LDT] KH8 - Look for Double Trouble DXpedition [425DXN 431] team members Steve, G4EDG and Nils, SM6CAS to be active from Pago Pago (OC-045), American Samoa from 7 September. They will operate as KH8/G4EDG (CW) and KH8/SM6CAS (SSB). QSL via home calls. The team will leave Pago Pago for Kanton Island, Central Kiribati on 17 September. The web page for the Double Trouble DXpedition is at http://www.qsl.net/t31t/ [TNX LA7MFA] KL - John Pendrey, AL7RB plans to operate in his spare time while on a working trip to Attu Island (NA-064) on 16-21 September. [TNX AL7RB and Islands On The Web] LU - Operators from Radio Club General Roca will participate as LV2V in the forthcoming major contests in September, October and December. QSL via bureau to either LU1VEW or LU6VG; direct cards should be addressed to Radio Club General Roca, P.O. Box 34, 8332 General Roca - RN, Argentina. [TNX LU5VM and LU2VDP] OD - The Association of Radio Amateurs in Lebanon is organizing a DXpedition to Ramkin Island (AS-108), one of the rarest Asian IOTA groups. The operation (on 10, 15 and metres SSB and CW, hopefully on the other bands, WARC included, as well) will take place between 17 UTC on 24 September and 12 UTC on the 26th wi the call OD5RAL. QSL cards to OM R. Azrak, P.O. Box 22, Baabdat, Lebanon. [TNX OD5PN and ON9CGB] OH0 - Dennis, K7BV [425DXN 431] will arrive at Mariehamn, Aland Islands (EU-002) on 13 September at 20.30 UTC. He and Ari, OH1EH will go immediately to the OH0Z station for a one-night "multi-multi" operating on 80 and 160 metres until sunrise. Their frequencies will be on or close to 3.512 and 1.827 MHz. Some SSB may be attempted if conditions are favourable. Dennis will be leaving OH0 for Market Reef (see below) on 14 September in the morning. QSL OH0/K7BV via KU9C, QSL OH0Z via OH1EH. [TNX K7BV] OH0 - Jukka, OH6LI will participate in the SAC CW (18-19 September) and SAC SSB (25-26 September) contests as OH0V from the Aland Islands (EU-002). Outside the contests he will be active as OH0JJS mainly on WARC bands. QSL OH0JJS via OH6LI (Jukka Klemola, Aarontie 5, 31400 Somero, Finland). QSL OH0V via OH4JLV (Antti Tiittala, Akselinkatu 14A, 57130 Savonlinna, Finland). [TNX OH6LI] /EX S DX@WW $425WW435C 425 DX News #435 [3/5] 4 September 1999 No 435 BID: $425WW435C =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== OJ0 - Dennis/K7BV [425DXN 431], Seppo/OH1VR and Lars/OH0RJ expect to arrive on Market Reef (EU-053) on 14 September around 12.00 UTC and to start operating a few hours later after the antennas are up and the stations put together. They will place heavy emphasis on 160 and 80 metres and will be active during the SAC Contest. They will leave the reef on 20 September at 08.00 UTC. QSL OJ0/K7BV via KU9C. [TNX K7BV] SV - Savas, SV2AEL will be active as SW2A during the WAE SSB and CQ WW SSB DX Contests. QSL via P.O. B ox 22013, Thessaloniki 55310, Greece. His home page with logs for his activities as SW2A, SV2AEL/SV8 (EU-052), J48ISL (EU-049), SX2T and SX2THE is at http://www.qsl.net/sv2ael/ [TNX SV2AEL] SV5 - Aegean DX Club members SV8CRI ,SV8CYR, SV8CYV, SV8DCY, SV8DTL and SV8DTZ will be active (on 160-6 metres SSB, CW and RTTY) as SW5AI from the island of Agathonisi in the Dodecanese (EU-001) between 7 and 15 September. [TNX SV8DTL] SV9 - Bill, ON5JE and Luk, ON4BB will be active from Crete (EU-015) between 15 and 22 September. QSL via home calls. [TNX ON4BB] T8 - Look for Toshi, JA6QXW and Mac, JA1OYP will be active (on 20, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 6 metres) respectively as T88XW and T88XX on 12-15 September. QSL T88XW via JA6QXW, QSL T88XX via JA1OYP. [TNX JM1LJS] TU - Laurent, F4ATM will be active as TU2/F4ATM from Ivory Coast between 7 and 17 September. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX] UA - Special event station UE0JX will be active until 30 November to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the city of Zeya. QSL direct to RA0JX (Vladimir I. Babynin, P.O. Box 1, Zeya-3, Amurskaya Obl., 676200, Russia. [TNX UA0JGB] V5 - Charlie, W0YG/ZS6YG [425DXN 434] will be active (mainly on 10-30 metres CW) as V5/ZS6YG from Namibia between 6 and 20 September. QSL direct to W0YG (Charlie Summers, 6746 North Yucca Trail, Parker, CO 80138-6110, USA). [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin] VK - Erol, VK2NP and other VK operators will be active as home call/p from the rare Broughton Islands (OC-212) between 1 and 4 October. They plan to operate on 10-80 metres SSB and CW. The QSL route has still to be decided. [TNX VK2NP] VK - After the Rowley Shoals VK9-99 DXpedition [425DXN 431], Jim, VK8PY/6 (QSL via K9PPY), Sam/VK6EEN (QSL via CT1EEN) and Mal, VK6ISL (QSL via VK6LC) will operate from Malus Island (OC-199) on 2-3 October and from Green Island (OC-183) on 5-6 October. Plans are subject to change due to off-shore weather conditions at the period of time. [TNX VK6LC] VP2M - Josep Gibert, EA3BT and Nuria Font de Gibert, EA3WL will be active respectively as VP2MBT and VP2MGL from Montserrat (NA-103) between 22 and 30 October. They will have an amplifier and will operate SSB, RTTY and some CW on 10-80 metres, WARC bands included. QSL via EA3BT. Amateur radio activity from this island has been very poor since the 1997 volcanic eruption, and Josep and Nuria plan to be on the air as much as possible. [TNX EA3BT] VP6 - Jukka Heikinheimo, OH2BR will be active from Pitcairn Island (OC-044) in January 2000 to celebrate the 40th year of his amateur radio career. The transportation to Pitcairn will be confirmed by the shipping company only one week before the ship's estimated departure from Auckland (New Zealand). Jukka plans to operate as VP6BR on 6-160 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via OH2BR to his new address (to be announced later). Jukka will have a linear amplifier and triband & duoband yagis for 10 to 20 metres and vertical antennas for the low bands. Subject to support from the manufacturers and the DX community, the antennas will be left on the island. Two 2 KW generators and 1000 litres of gasoline are planned for maximum reliability of power supply. The prospects of a serious 6 metre operation depend on the feasibility of taking an amplifier and beam antenna to Pitcairn as well as demand for such an operation. Side trips to rare IOTA Henderson (OC-056) and Ducie (OC-182) islands may be considered if there is enough interest from the IOTA community. Donations are welcome to cover the high costs of extra equipment, transportation, generator and gasoline expenses and can be sent to Jukka Heikinheimo, Rikunkuja 4, FI-01420 Vantaa, Finland. [TNX OH2BR, oh2br@sral.fi] VQ9 - Joe, VQ9JT/K5DIY will be active from Diego Garcia, Chagos Archipelago during the PSK31 Contest. This event, which is sponsored by the Chautaugua County Contest Club, will take place between 00.00 UTC and 23.59 UTC on 4 September. The rules can be found at http://netsync.net/users/obrienaj/ccc.htm [TNX KB2EOQ] VU_ant - Mike, R1AND will operate as R1AND/A from Indian Antarctic base "Maitri" (AN-016) in November-December. QSL via RW1AI (Mikhail I. Piskizjov, P.O.Box 2, St. Petersburg, 195009, Russia). [TNX UR5LCV] W - Operators from the Greater Norwalk ARC of Norwalk, CT will be active as W1NLK from Sheffield Island (NA-136, USI CT-008S) for approximately 24 hours begining on 25 September. The bulk of the operation is expected to be on 40 and 20 metres SSB during local daylight hours and on 80 metres at night. Operations on other bands and modes will depend on conditions and on operator availability. QSL direct to W1NLK-IOTA, 304 Main Ave., PMB 115, Norwalk, CT 06851, USA. [TNX N1OLO] ZD8 - Paul, ZD8V/KF4OOX will go definitively QRT around 8-10 September as he will be leaving Ascension on the 15th. QSL via home call (Paul Hutley, 298 Logan Avenue, Sharon, PA 16146, USA). [TNX QRZ-DX] BORNEO/SPRATLY DXPEDITION ---> Bob Schenck, N2OO/9M6OO; Jani Kusmulyana, YB0US/NM6US/9M6US; Mike Mraz, N6MZ; Tom Harrell, N4XP and Paul Newberry, N4PN will be active as follows: as 9M6AAC (http://www.qsl.net/9m6aac) from Hillview Gardens (http://www.alfons.com), Sabah, East Malaysia (OC-088) on 7-11 November and again between the 25th and the 29th (including and entry in the CQ WW CW Contest); as 9M6OO from Layang-Layang Island, Spratly Islands (AS-051) on 12-18 November; as V8??? from Brunei (OC-088) on 21-25 November. The team will be attending the SEANET Convention in Brunei (18-21 November). They will have a web page set up linked from http://www.qsl.net/n2oo Contact point for this DXpedition is Bob, N2OO (n2oo@arrl.net) QSL 9M6AAC and 9M6OO via N2OO (Bob Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, N.J. 08087-0345, USA). [TNX N2OO] PACIFIC TRIP ---> Ron Wright, ZL1AMO will be leaving New Zealand on 8 September for Fiji, Western Samoa and Nukunono Island, Tokelau (ZK3). Plans are to operate for one week as 3D3RW, for another week as 5W1CW and for four weeks from ZK3 (starting around 24-25 September). [TNX The Daily DX] /EX S DX@WW $425WW435D 425 DX News #435 [4/5] 4 September 1999 No 435 BID: $425WW435D =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH IOTA 2000 ---> The purpose of the RSGB IOTA Millennium Programme (IOTA 2000) is to celebrate the Millennium, to promote IOTA activity and to have fun on the HF bands. The programme will be administered by the Chiltern DX Club-The UK DX Foundation on behalf of the RSGB IOTA Committee. For full details please visit http://www.cdxc.org.uk JA POSTAGE ---> Isao, JA1-20784 reports that the current air mail postage for letters up to 25 grams from Japan to North America, Europe and Australia is 110 yen, and to South America and Africa it is 130 yen. While one US$ might not be enough (the current exchange rate is 109 yen for US$1), one IRC is all right, as 1 coupon is equivalent to one 130 yen stamp. [TNX Islands On The Web] VK POSTAGE ---> Alan, VK4AAR reports that "Australian overseas postal charges *will rise dramatically* in the immediate future. Please act accordingly". PATHFINDER ---> Pathfinder is a freeware tool (running on PCs with Windows 95, 98 or NT) for finding QSL information in web-accessible sources. The program is pre-loaded with the ability to search 12 popular sources of QSL information. You can modify these searches if desired, or replace them with new ones. Pathfinder can be downloaded from http://www.qsl.net/pathfinder or from ftp://ftp.swl.net/pub/oe1002419/ [TNX AA6YQ] QSL VE9MY/p ---> Len, VE9MY reports the cards for the recent operation from Partridge Island (NA-014) will be ordered early next week. Please note that U.S. postage stamps on return envelopes in Canada are no good. All direct QSLs received this way or without return postage will be forwarded via the bureau in due time. QSL to VE9MY, whose *new* address is Len Morgan, 21 Susan Dr., Saint John, NB, E2N 1P2, Canada. QSL VIA VA3UZ ---> Yuri, VA3UZ/UT4UZ can confirm contacts made with 6W1/N2WCQ, 6W1/KE4EKV, 9N1UZ, CF3UZ (1998), EM4U, EO5U (1993), N2WCQ, RT1U, RY1U, RY2U, US9D, UT4UZ, UT4UXW, VA3UZ and VE2IM. Please note that as of 1 August 1999 his address is Yuri Onipko, 2313 Lakeshore Blvd.W., # 1014, Etobicoke, ON, M8V 1A8, Canada. [TNX VA3UZ/UT4UZ] US LICENCE ---> Do you want to get one? Onda Cristoni, IK4SDY, President of ARI Bologna reports an exam session will take place on either 25 or (more likely) 26 September during the XV Italian HF-DX Convention near Bologna (for details visit http://www2.comune.bologna.it/bologna/assradbo/). If interested in participating, please e-mail assradbo@iperbole.bologna.it as soon as possible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** NEWS FROM THE WEB *** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH EHAM: Give a look to http://www.eHam.net - a brand new web site that opened its doors on 1 September. It is intended to be "a community of ham radio operators from all over the world who share ideas through chat, contribute news articles, buy & sell, take practice exams, get propagation information, DX spotting, and a variety of other applications designed for hams". There are 14 different features which deserve a visit. [TNX W4AN] LOGS: Doug, N6RT reports the following new/updated logs are now online at http://dx.qsl.net/logs: 4K9W (through 16 August), 9X0A (March 1996 through April 1998), DS5DNO (through 31 August), DU1ODX (through 31 August), ED6EIG (August 1999), IZ4AFW (through 29 August), KP2/K6RO (July 1999), KP4AH (through 28 August), VQ9CV (through 29 August), WP2Z (1999 IARU Contest). SSTV: Lots of information can be found at http://www.ping.be/on4vt/ - the web site is maintained by Danny Van Tricht, ON4VT (ON4VT@ping.be), who is the editor of The Picture DX Bulletin. UKR DX TEST: Vladimir Latyshenko, UY5ZZ reports the results of the 1998 Ukrainan DX Contest are available at http://www.qsl.net/ucc ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSL received via direct: 3B9FR, 3B9R, 3V8BB, 3V8DJ (AF-083), 3XY7A, 4L1W, 5A1A, 5A1IC, 5H3US, 5Z4GS, 6O1Z, 8R1WD, 9M2TO, 9M2ZA, 9V8WW, A22EW, AA1BU/KP2, AP2JZB, BV7WB, BV9AAC (AS-103), C91RF/P, CE0AA, CH3HBC, CN8NK (EA5XX), CO8ZZ (AD4Z), CP6/LU9AY, D44BC, DS5RNM, DU3NXE, DU4EX, E30LA (AF-081), E30MA (AF-038), E41/OK1DPT, E44/HA1AG, E44DX (OH2BN), EA8TB, EK9AA (W6QKB), EP2MKO (UA6HCW), FO0MSN, FO0QG (OC-027, XE1L), FR5ZU/T, FT5WH, FW5WN, FY5KE, H44XX (JA5DQH), HB0/HA0HW, HK3JJH/HC4 (SA-056), HI9/N9SW, HK0F, HK3JBR/1 (SA-040), HK3JJH/0M, HL1/JI1EFP, HP3/F5PAC (NA-071), HP4/F5PAC (NA-088), IJ9/IT9SGC (IIA SR-017), IK2HTW/1 (ILIA PIE 002, 006, 007), IK2HTW/2 (ILIA LOM 009), IK2TCZ/2 (ILIA LOM-009), IL7/IK7VJX (IIA FG-001), J3/N7OV (N7OV), J68AS, JG6URG/6 (AS-036), JT1DA, N6FD/7 (NA-065), NH0E, NH6D/KH3 (N6FF), KH4/IV3NVN, KH8/N5OLS (N5JA), OY1CT, P49V, RW2F, S01A, S79FAG, S79YL, S79ZG, T30R, T32IW, T32VU, TA3DD (KB2MS), TR8CA, TY8A, UN5J, V26B, VE8C (NA-173), VK9EHH, VR2GY, VU2TMP, XF4MX, XM3PBX, XU1A, XW8KPL (JR2KDN), XX9TRR, YB0DX, YC5TML (0C-075), YC9BU, Z2/VK3DXI, ZD7CTO (KB2MS), ZD7MY, ZF1A, ZL9CI, ZP40Z, ZV0SB, ZV0SW. ***************************************************************************** 425 DX NEWS WWW PAGE ---> http://www.425dxn.org ***************************************************************************** <<< 425 DX NEWS REFLECTOR SUBSCRIPTIONS >>> If you want to SUBSCRIBE, please send a message to 425server@425dxn.org with either subscribe 425eng (for the English version) OR subscribe 425ita (for the Italian version) in the SUBJECT (leave the body of the message blank) If you want to UNSUBSCRIBE, follow the same procedure and replace subscribe 425eng or subscribe 425ita with unsubscribe 425eng or unsubscribe 425ita respectively ***************************************************************************** /EX S DX@WW $425WW435E 425 DX News #435 [5/5] 4 September 1999 No 435 BID: $425WW435E =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* CALENDAR ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ PERIOD CALL REF till 02/10 3Z60O,3Z60H,3Z60P,3Z60W,3Z0MDL: special event stations 434 till 03/10 4X2J: special station 435 till 07/09 5A30: special event station (Libya) 435 till 09/09 5B4/G3VMW and 5B4/G3ZEM: Cyprus (AS-004) 434 till 30/11 8J2POS: special event station (Japan) 431 till 08/09 9A2000B: Brioni Islands (EU-110) * by Koprivnica ARC 435 till 31/12 9A770N: special event station (Croatia) 422 till 05/09 9M2K: special millennium station 435 till 2001 9V1XE: Singapore (AS-019) * by VK3DXI 429 till 10/09 C56/G0SAH: The Gambia between * by G0SAH 434 till 04/09 DJ2MX/p: Fehmarn Island (EU-128) 433 till 05/09 FK/F6BUM: Les Pins (OC-032), New Caledonia 425 till December FT5WH: Crozet (AF-008) * by F5AGL 401 till 20/12 FT5ZJ: Amsterdam Island 399 till 04/09 GW0UIH/p and GW3XFA/p: EU-124 * by G0UIH and G3XFA 435 till 31/12 HB7OGR: special call 428 till 09/09 IA5/IK0YUJ: Giglio Island (EU-028) 427 till 04/09 ID9/I1SNW: Vulcano Island (EU-017) 427 till 04/09 ID9/I2IAU: Eolie Islands (EU-017) 429 till 2001 J87AB: St. Vincent (NA-025) * by G0GPX 425 till Dec P29BI: Bougainville Island (OC-135) * by VK4EMS 433 till January PZ5DX: Suriname * by K3BYV 433 till 08/09 R1ANF/A: Great Wall Base, South Shetlands (AN-010) 435 till 14/09 S79GI: Amirante Is (AF-033), Seychelles * by PA3GIO 431 till 08/09 SV8/HA6NL/p, SV8/HA6PS/p, SV8/HA6ZV/p: EU-052 433 till 11/09 T24DX: Tuvalu (OC-015) * by EA4DX 434 till 07/09 TF/W2SF: Iceland (EU-021) 431 till 30/11 UE0JX: special event station 435 till 27/11 XJ1: special prefix (Nova Scotia, Canada) 401 till 13/09 XX9TUP: Macau * by JM3DTY 434 till 10/09 ZD8V: Ascension Island 435 from 01/09 ZS6YG, V5, A2, Z2: African tour by W0YG 434 till 12/09 ZV7G: Santo Aleixo Island (SA-046) * by PYs 433 03/09-30/11 FO0DEH: French Polynesia and Austral Is * by ON4QM 435 04/09-06/09 JI3DST/3: Awajishima (AS-117) 435 04/09-04/12 KH4/SM6FJY: Midway (OC-030) * by SM6FJY and V63YL 429 04/09-05/10 OX/OZ8AE: Greenland (NA-018) 434 04/09-12/09 ZG2FX: Gibraltar * by G3RFX 434 04/09-05/09 All Asian SSB Contest *** 04/09-05/09 Fielday IARU Region 1 SSB *** 04/09 PSK31 Contest 428 05/09 BA1AJ,DU,HAM,BA4RC,TA,BA7IA,JA,BG7YB,YC: AS-094 435 05/09 IK8UHA, IK8VRH, IZ8ATP, IZ8DDG: Gaiola (IIA NA-007) 435 06/09-09/09 9M8DX/2: Tioman Island (AS-046) * by 9V1XE 435 06/09-20/09 V5/ZS6YG: Namibia * by W0YG 435 07/09-17/09 KH8/G4EDG and KH8/SM6CAS: American Samoa (OC-045) 435 07/09-15/09 SW5AI: Agathonisi Isl (EU-001) * by Aegean DX Club 435 07/09-17/09 TU2/F4ATM: Ivory Coast 435 08/09-25/10 3D3RW, 5W1CW, ZK3?? * by ZL1AMO 435 08/09-13/09 BI7Y: Xisha Archipelago (AS-???) * by BYs 435 10/09-12/09 JF2WXS/1 and JR2UKF/1: Hachijo Isl. (AS-043) 433 10/09-23/09 TM0G: Groix Island (EU-048) * by F6CXV 435 11/09-13/09 F: Porquerolles Island (EU-070) * by IK1TTD 435 11/09-12/09 IK2SNG, IK4RQJ, RSO, VET, XCZ, ZGY: IIA RO-012 & 007 435 11/09-12/09 IQ0A: WAE Contest (SSB) * by IK0XBX 435 11/09-12/09 Worked All Europe DX Contest (SSB) *** 12/09 EA4CBA/p: La Piedra (DIEI GU-020) * by EA4CAZ, EA4CBA 435 12/09-13/09 II2V * special A. Volta station 407 12/09-15/09 T88XW and T88XX: Palau * by JA6QXW and JA1OYP 435 13/09-16/09 3D2DX/p: Viti Levu (OC-016) * by EA4DX 433 13/09 OH0/K7BV & OH0Z: Aland Is (EU-002) * by K7BV & OH1EH 435 14/09-24/09 3C0R: Annobon (AF-039)* by 3C1GS, 3C1RV, EA5BYP, EA5YN 428 14/09-20/09 OJ0/K7BV: Market Reef (EU-053) 435 15/09-22/09 SV9: Crete (EU-015) * by ON5JE and ON4BB 435 16/09-21/09 AL7RB: Attu Island (NA-064) 435 16/09 II2V * special A. Volta station 407 18/09-10/10 9H0VRZ an others: Malta (EU-023) * by 26 PAs 435 18/09-21/09 C91RF/p: Inhaca Island (AF-066) * by DL6DQW 435 18/09-19/09 OH0JJS & OH0V (SAC CW): Aland Is * by OH6LI 435 18/09-19/09 Clipperton DX Club's Convention 427 18/09 GM DX Convention 432 18/09-19/09 Scandinavian Activity Contest (CW) *** 21/09-26/09 VK9: Rowley Shoals (OC-???) * by VK6LC and others 431 23/09-10/10 3B8/PA3EPD, PA0VHA, PB0AIT, PE1ALV: Mauritius (AF-049) 433 23/09-25/09 JI3DST/4: Oki Archipelago (AS-041) 435 23/09-03/10 T31T, T31K, T31YL: Central Kiribati (OC-043) 431 24/09-26/09 OD: Ramkin Island (AS-108) * by ODs 435 25/09-26/09 OH0JJS & OH0V (SAC SSB): Aland Is * by OH6LI 435 25/09 W1NLK: Sheffield Island (NA-136) 435 25/09-26/09 >>> BOLOGNA: XV ITALIAN HF-DX CONVENTION <<< 433 /EX