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3D2 - After their operation from Rotuma, Birgit (DL7IO) and Holger (DL7AU)
will be active again as 3D2IO and 3D2AO from Fiji until 9 December.
QSL via DL7VRO. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
3D2 - Hirotada, JA0SC will be active (10-80 metres SSB and RTTY) as 3D2HY
from Fiji on 3-5 December. QSL via JA0SC either direct (Hirotada
Yoshiike, 1378-1 Mashima Mashima-machi, Nagano-city 381-11, Japan)
or through the bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
6Y - Alan, G3XAQ will be active as G3XAQ/6Y5 from Jamaica (NA-097)
between 29 November and 9 December. [TNX The Daily DX]
9A - Frane/9A5V, Fredi/9A5KV, Matko/9A3VM and possibly Tom/9A2AA plan to
operate from Jakljan Island (EU-016, CI-033 for the Croatian Islands
Award) on 3-4 December and from Olipa Island (EU-016, CI-079) on 5
December. QSL via home calls. [TNX 9A2NO and 9A3ZG]
A3 - Paul, A35RK (OC-169) is currently QRT as all his equipment is
broken. Replacement equipment is now being purchased and assembled
in the Seattle area for transport to Tonga. "If you, or anyone you
know, is planning on coming to Tonga, between now and Christmas, and
would be willing to hand carry any or all of this gear, please
contact my QSL manager Bob Preston, W7TSQ (w7tsq@aol.com), as soon
as possible." Paul looks forward to getting back on the air in time
for the New Millennium celebrations (and it may be worth noting that
contacts made with OC-169 in *** JANUARY *** will score three points
towards IOTA 2000...). [TNX The Daily DX]
CN - A large group of operators from the Bavarian Contest Club
(http://www.uni-erlangen.de/~unrz45/BCC) will participate in the CQ
WW CW DX Contest as CN8WW (Multi-Multi) from Morocco. QSL via DL6FBL
either direct (Bernd Och, Chr.-Wirth-Str. 18, D-36043 Fulda,
Germany) or through the bureau. The web site for the operation is at
http://www.dl6fbl.de/cn8ww/ [TNX DF4RD]
FT5W - Gilles, FT5WH will be leaving Crozet on 7 December. QSL manager
F5NOD reports he has the logs for contacts made up to 14 October and
that all of the requests received before 5 November have been
processed. [TNX F5NOD]
GJ - Bert, PA3GIO will be active (10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 40, 80 metres) as
MJ/PA3GIO/p or /m from Jersey (EU-013) on 11-16 December. QSL via
PA3GIO preferably thorugh the bureau. The web site for the operation
is at http://www.xs4all.nl/~pa3gio/GJ99/ [TNX PA3GIO]
HR - When asked if the Swan Islands (NA-035) operation was still on for
December [425DXN 441], Rene, HR1RMG recently said that "because the
weather maybe bad, he may have to wait untill the spring." However
Rene hopes to be active from Tigre Island (NA-060) "the first week
in December". [TNX G0APV and Islands On The Web]
LU - North Patagonia DX Group operators Rafael/LU7VCH, Sergio/LU7YS,
Alex/LU8VCC and Martin/LU3VED will participate in the ARRL 10 Meters
Contest as LT5V. QSL via LU8VCC (Alex Rocca, P. O. Box 37, 8332
General Roca, Rio Negro, Argentina). [TNX LU8VCC]
LZ_ssh - Danny, LZ2UU will be active as LZ0A from the Bulgarian Antarctic
base on Livingston Island, South Shetlands (AN-010) [425DXN 445]
starting around 4 December through February 2000. QSL via LZ1KDP
(P.O.Box 812, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria). [TNX LZ1PJ and LZ2CJ]
OH - Look for special Santa Claus station OH9SCL to be active on all
modes and bands from Rovaniemi on 17-19 December. Further
information is expected to be published at http://www.oh9scl.com
[TNX OH9HNP]
P4 - Martin, VE3MR will be active as P49MR from Aruba (SA-036) between
December and April. QSL via VE3MR or P49MR (Martin Rosenthal, P.O.
Box 4069, Noord, Aruba). [TNX The Daily DX]
PA - Look for Johan, PA3FDO to be active as PA3FDO/p from Ameland Island
(EU-038) on 10-13 December, including the ARRL 10 Meters Contest.
QSL via PA3DFO. [TNX PA3DFO]
PY - Look for PQ7G to be active from Forte das Cinco Pontas (DFH PE 06)
on 3-5 December. QSL via PS7AB either direct (Rony Reis, Caixa
Postal 2021, 59094-970, Natal/RN, Brazil) or through the bureau.
[TNX PY7YL]
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R1A_ant- An Antarctic expedition left Mirny base on 18 November to reach
Russian bases Pionerskaya, Vostok 1, Komsomolskaya and Vostok (and
then back to Mirny following the same itinerary). The radio operator
is Evgeniy, R1ANB who will operate on 20 metres SSB (between 15 and
16.30 UTC only on 14.160 MHz) as R1ANB/A from Pionerskaya (hopefully
starting on 1 December) and Vostok 1, as R1ANK from Komsomolskaya
and as R1ANC from Vostok. QSL direct to RU1ZC (ex-UW1ZC). [TNX R1ANF
and K4MZU]
SU - For those who have asked: if you want to offer your contribution to
the May 1999 SU9DX operation from Giftun Island (Red Sea Coast North
Group, AF-???) [425DXN 445], the contact point is the DXpedition
leader, I8IYW (Peppino Jannuzzi, P.O. Box 5083, I-80144 Napoli - NA,
Italy; e-mail computronica@tin.it).
V6 - Hide, JM1LJS will be active (on 10-80 metres CW and SSB) as V63LJ
from Ponape (OC-010), Micronesia between 26 and at least 31 December
(when his licence expires: if he has it renewed he will operate
until 4 January 2000). QSL via JH8DEH (Akira Miyata, 4-28-5, Minami
Nishi 23 Jyou, Obihiro 080-2473, Japan). [TNX JM1LJS]
VP9 - Mark, AA1AC will be active 8on 10-40 metres SSB and CW) as AA1AC/VP9
from Paget Parish, Bermuda (NA-005) on 16-20 December. QSL via home
call.
XU - Andy, G4ZVJ has extended his stay and will be active as XU7AAV
[425DXN 443] until 00.30 UTC on 5 December. QSL via home call. [TNX
N4KG]
XU - Yoh, 7L1MFS and Koji, JS6BLS Koji will be active (on 40-6 metres
SSB, CW and RTTY) as XU2C on 4 and 5 December. QSL for this
operation via JS6BLS (bureau cards can be requested at
js6bls@qsl.net). [TNX JS6BLS]
XZ - The XZ0A DXpedition to Thahtay Khun Island, Mergui Archipelago
(AS-???), Myanmar [425DXN 417] is scheduled to take place between 13
January and 6 February 2000. Organized by the Central Arizona DX
Association, this will be the first amateur radio activity from
outside the capital city of Yangon and the very first IOTA from this
country. Twenty-four operators (namely AF7O, EA5XX, G3VMW,
HS0/G3NOM, JA1UPA, JA1UT, JR0CGJ, K6RKE, K7TR, K7VS, K7WX, K7ZV,
KD6XH, KM5EP, N5IA, N7XYR, NA7DB, V73GT, WY7K, W8AEF, WA6CDR, WF5T,
XE1L, YB0ARA) will be active with eight stations on all bands and
modes. QSL via W1XT either direct (Bob Myers, 37875 North 10th
Street, Phoenix, AZ 85086, USA) or through the bureau. For further
information please visit http://getnet.com/~k7wx/myanmar.htm [TNX
K7WX]
YU - The OPDX Bulletin reports that Andy, RW3AH will be in Kosovo for the
next couple of years and expects to be active as YU8/9X0A.
ZL7 - Lothar, DJ4ZB reports he has been authorized to operate as ZM7ZB
during his 31 January-3 March activity for the Chatham Islands
(OC-038) [425DXN 433]. Special attention will be paid to Europe on
12 (24935 kHz) and 10 metres (28395, 28495, 28595, 28460 kHz).
Contacts made with ZM7ZB in *** JANUARY *** will score three points
towards the RSGB IOTA Millennium Programme (IOTA 2000). QSL via
DJ4ZB (Lothar Grotehusmann, Quaekerstrasse 35, D-13403 Berlin,
Germany).
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CQ WW CW DX CONTEST ---> Last minute additions to the list of the stations
who have announced their participation include [TNX 7K4QOK, CT1CJJ, JT1CO,
LU6XQI]:
Call Zone Category QSL via Notes
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CQ1A 14 CT1CJJ op. CT1DSC
JT1JA 23 MM JT1CO (**)
LU8XW 13 LU8XW op. LU3XQ, LU6XQI
TX8CW 32 20,15,10 FK Bureau (*)
ZM1A 32 MS op. ZL3CW,ZL1AMO,ZL1BMW,JA4EKO
(*) ARANC, P. O. Box 3956, 98846 Noumea Cedex
(**) Ch.Chadraabal, P.O.Box 905, Ulaanbaatar 23, Mongolia
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PIRATE ---> "I am still receiving lots of cards showing me as QSL manager for
ZA1SRB", Tony (G4UZN) reports. "This station was a pirate and seems to have
been active on all hf bands for quite a while in November and December 1998."
VISALIA 2000 ---> The International DX Convention, sponsored by the Southern
California DX Club, will take place on 14-16 April at the Holiday Inn in
Visalia, CA. For further information please visit the SCDXC site at
http://www.scdxc.org
VK6 QSL BUREAU ---> Plese note that after sixty years the address has
changed. The new address for the VK6 QSL Bureau is P. O. Box 10, West Perth
6872, Western Australia, Australia. [TNX VK4BLE, WIAQ QSL Bureau Manager]
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VK8: The new web site with on-line logs, pictures etc. for the
recent VK8ML (OC-173) and VK8CI (OC-229) IOTA operations is at
www.vk2nnn.com/IOTA [TNX VK8NSB]
YO: The logs for the special "Solar Eclipse" station YR99E and the
final scores of the YO-DX HF 1999 contest are available on the
web site for the Romanian Amateur Radio Federation. [TNX
YO3FWC]
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QSL received via direct: 3B9FR, 3B9R, 3C1GS, 3C2JJ, 3D2DK, 3D2RW, 3W5FM,
5A30, 5H3US, 5N0ZKD, 5W1CW, 5Z4IC, 5Z4RT, 9H1ZA, 9K2QQ, 9M2/GM4YXI (AS-097),
9N7RN, 9U5D, 9V1WW, 9X0A, A35SO, A61AP, BA7IA/7, C91LCK, CE0AA, CP6/LU9AY,
CP6XE, CY9CWI, CY9RF, CY9SS, DX1E, EM1LV/p, FK8GM, FK/F6BUM (OC-032, OC-033),
FT5YG (AN-017), FT5ZH, FY/DJ6SI, GI0KOW, GI6YM, HL0IHQ/2 (AS-122), HU4U,
ID9/I1SNW (EU-017); IT9/I1SNW (EU-017; IIA ME-010, 020, 024, 028), IK1QBT/P
(EU-083), IQ7T, IS0LYN/IM0 (EU-024; IIA NU-006), IS0LYN/IM0 (EU-165),
IT9/I1SNW (EU-017; IIA ME-010, ME-028, ME-035), J28NH, JH6TYD/6 (AS-040),
JI3DST (AS-117), JL6UBM/6 (AS-032), JW4CJA (EU-027), KC4AAC, KH0T, KH2PC,
KL7/DL1YMK (NA-028), LA/SM3TLG (EU-056 & EU-079), OD5NJ, OJ0/K7BV, OX3LG,
P29CC, P29VHX (OC-008, OC-034, OC-153), R1MVA, RF1P (EU-102), RZ1OA/A
(EU-153), S92YN, SV1CEI, T24DX, T30R, T33RD, T88WX, TA3DD, TG9NX, TI2CBJ,
TM2F (EU-081), TN7OT, TR8CA, TR8XX, UA0FCD/p (AS-025), UA0ZY/p (AS-142),
V31JZ, VK4CAY (OC-227), VK7CW, VK8AN(8 (OC-229), VO1XC, VP2MHJ, VP6PAC,
W5DX/p (NA-169), XQ0YAF, XX9TRR, XX9TUP, YK1AO, Z2/VK3DXI, Z2/W0YG, ZB2FK,
ZC4ATC, ZD8A, ZK1SCQ (OC-083, OC-159), ZL4IR/P (OC-203), ZV0SB, ZV0SW.
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PERIOD CALL REF
till 05/12 3B8/F6HMJ: Mauritius Island (AF-049) 443
till 09/12 3D2IO & 3D2AO: Fiji * by DL7IO and DL7AU 447
till 29/11 3W6DK: Vietnam * by N0ODK 445
till 22/12 3XY2D: Guinea * by VE2DPS 442
till 01/12 4M7X: Coche Isl (SA-012), Venezuela * by Team Vertical 445
till 30/11 8J2POS: special event station (Japan) 431
till 30/11 8P: Barbados * by K4BAI, K1TO, N4TO 446
till 31/12 9A643KC: special event call 444
till 31/12 9A770N: special event station (Croatia) 422
till 29/11 9M6AAC: East Malaysia (OC-088) * by N2OO and others 443
till 18/12 9M6CT: East Malaysia * by HS0/G4JMB 444
till 10/12 9U5D: Burundi * by SM5DIC 439
till 01/12 C6AKP: South Bimini (NA-048) * by N4RP 446
till 02/12 N7NU/C6, K7AR/C6, WJ7R/C6, W7RR/C6, C6AJX: Bahamas 446
till 30/11 WA3WSJ/C6A: Abaco (NA-080) 446
till 28/11 CO0DX: Camaguey Archipelago (NA-086) * by COs 445
till 31/12 DU67: special anniversary prefix 441
till 01/12 E4/S53R: Palestine 445
till 30/11 FO0DEH: French Polynesia and Austral Is * by ON4QM 440
till 07/12 FT5WH: Crozet (AF-008) * by F5AGL 447
till 20/12 FT5ZJ: Amsterdam Island 399
till 03/12 GD4UOL: Isle of Man (EU-116) * by G4UOL 445
till 30/11 H44MX & H44YL: Solomon Is * by K1XM & KQ1F 445
till 31/12 HB7OGR: special call 428
till 03/12 HI3JH and HI3K: Dominican Republic * by AD4Z 435
till 31/12 HS72A: special event call 443
till 01/01 IU0PAW: special event station 442
till April JD1BKR: Iwo-Jima (AS-030), Ogasawara 441
till 15/12 KC4/WA1O: Antarctica 443
till 04/12 KH4/SM6FJY: Midway (OC-030) * by SM6FJY and V63YL 429
till 10/01 KH4/W4ZYV: Midway (OC-030) 445
till 01/12 PJ4/home call & PJ4B: Bonaire (SA-006) * by Ws 446
till end Nov PY1NEZ/PP1,PU1NEZ/PP1,PY1LVF/PP1,PY1NEW/PP1: SA-067 443
till 30/11 PY0ZFO & PY0FF: Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) * by W9VA 446
till January PZ5DX: Suriname * by K3BYV 433
till 04/12 S92CW or S92DX: Sao Tome (AF-023) * by DA1MH & DL5OBZ 445
till 02/12 SV5/G4OBK and SV5/G4RCG: Rhodes 439
till 29/11 T32BE, T32BO, T32PO: Christmas Island (OC-024) * by Ws 445
till ?? TZ6YV: Mali * by K7YV 446
till 30/11 UE0JX: special event station 435
till 29/11 V26K: Antigua (NA-100) * by AA3B 441
till 30/11 V26KW: Antigua (NA-100) * by K3TEJ 441
till 01/04 V31JP: Belize * by K8JP 443
till 29/11 VC1A: special event station (Canada) 443
till 29/11 VP2MGU: Montserrat (NA-103) * by DL7VOG 443
till 01/02 VP8NJS: Antarctic base Patriot Hills 446
till January VQ9DX: Diego Garcia (AF-006), Chagos * by AA5DX 439
till 05/12 XU7AAV: Cambodia * by G4ZVJ 447
till 03/12 XV7SW: Vietnam * by SM5MX 446
till 31/12 XW2A: Laos * by JA2EZD 438
till 02/12 XX9TDX: Macau * by SM0GNU 446
till 30/11 ZD8A: Ascension Island (AF-003) * by K6NA 445
till May ZF2NT: Little Cayman (NA-016) * by N6NT 443
till March ZM: special Millennium prefix (New Zealand) 438
till 06/12 ZP6/AB2E, /N3BNA, /CX6VM, ZP6T: Paraguay 439
27/11-28/11 PT7AAC: Mundau Lighthouse (DFB CE-04) 446
27/11-28/11 CQ WW CW DX Contest ***
29/11-09/12 G3XAQ/6Y5: Jamaica (NA-097) * by G3XAQ 447
30/11-14/12 HC1MD and HC1MD/HC7: Ecuador * by NE8Z 439
30/11-01/12 JI3DST/3: Awajishima (AS-117) 443
01/12-05/01 3F: special prefix (Panama) 445
01/12-06/12 T46AA and T46CW: NA-201 (Cuba) 434
03/12-05/12 3D2HY: Fiji * by JA0SC 447
03/12-04/12 9A: Jakljan Isl (EU-016) * by 9A5V,9A5KV,9A3VM,9A2AA 447
03/12-05/12 PQ7G: Forte das Cinco Pontas (DFH PE 06) 447
03/12-06/12 PV7ZZ: Ponta Do Mel Lighthouse (DFB RN-02, LH 1323) 445
03/12-05/12 ARRL 160 Meters CW Contest ***
04/12-04/01 3W6KM: Vietnam * by ES1AKM and ES1AX 443
04/12-29/02 LZ0A: South Shetlands (AN-010) * by LZ2UU 447
04/12-05/12 XU2C: Cambodia * by 7L1MFS and JS6BLS 447
04/12-05/12 EA DX CW Contest ***
05/12 9A: Olipa Island (EU-016) * by 9A5V,9A5KV,9A3VM,9A2AA 447
10/12-13/12 PA3FDO/p: Ameland Island (EU-038) 447
11/12-12/12 LT5V (ARRL 10 Meters)
11/12-16/12 MJ/PA3GIO/p: Jersey (EU-013) 447
11/12-12/12 ARRL 10 Meters Contest ***
11/12-12/12 Italian Contest (40 & 80 Meters) ***
14/12 II2V * special A. Volta station 407
16/12-20/12 AA1AC/VP9: Paget Parish, Bermuda (NA-005) 447
17/12-19/12 OH9SCL: "Santa Claus" station 447
26/12-03/01 8Q7BX: Maldives (AS-013) * by I4ALU 445
26/12-31/12 V63LJ: Ponape (OC-010), Micronesia * by JM1LJS 447
31/12-29/02 M2000A: special call (England) * by Cray Valley RS 439
31/12-01/01 Happy New Year 2000 Contest 437
December 4S7: Sri Lanka (AS-003) * by DL7FER 445
Dec-Jan P2OOOK: New Britain (OC-008) * by P29PB 441
Dec-Apr P49MR: Aruba (SA-036) * by VE3MR 447
December HR: Tigre Island (NA-060) * by HR1RMG 447
from December R1ANB/A, R1ANK, R1ANC: Russian Antarctic bases 447
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