S DX@WW $425WW453A 425 DX News #453 [1/4] 8 January 2000 No 453 BID: $425WW453A =========================== *** 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) ! \---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ 3B6 - Hans-Peter, HB9BXE will lead a multi-national team of 18 operators to Agalega (AF-001) between 1 and 26 October. According to Bernie McClenny, Editor of The Daily DX, "under the current DXCC rules it could not qualify as a separate DXCC Entity" as the distance between St. Brandon and Agalega is "approximately 746 kilometers" instead of the required 800. Further information is expected in due course. 3DA - Andre, ZS6WPX will be active (10, 15, 20 and 40 metres SSB) as 3DA0WPX from Swaziland on 11-15 January. QSL direct only via ZS6WPX. [TNX The Daily DX] 8Q - Vadim, UA9CLB is active (CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31) as 8Q7DV from Meeru, Maldives (AS-013) until 14 January. QSL via UA9CI. [TNX UA9CDV] 9Q - Pat, F6BLQ reports that "the Secretariat General of PTT Kinshasa just informed the Society that 9Q new licences are expected to be issued before end January". CE - Dave, VE3LDT reports that a 24-hour activity from SA-050 is expected on 20 January from Valery (currently operating as CE9/R3CA from Patriot Hills, Antarctica) and another operator. [TNX Islands On The Web] CE0_jf - The current CE0Z operation (by CE6TBN, CE6JOE, CE6SAX, XQ3SAI and JA7AYE) from Juan Fernandez (SA-005) is confirmed to be on until 16 January [425DXN 441]. Suggested frequencies are 3.795, 7.045, 14.190, 18.150, 21.290, 24.950 and 28.520 kHz SSB; 3.510, 7.015, 14.020, 18.075, 21.025, 24.900 and 28.025 kHz CW; 7.030, 14.105, 18.055, 21.085, 24.920 and 28.045 kHz RTTY. QSL via CE6TBN either direct (Marco A. Quijada, P.O. Box 1234, Temuco, Chile) or through the bureau. The web site for the operation is at http://www.qsl.net/ce6tbn/ce0z.htm 8Q - Ronald, PA3EWP and Rob, PA5ET will be active as 8Q7WP and 8Q7ET from Kuramanthi Island in the Maldives (AS-013) between 12 and 18 January. They will operate with two stations on 80-10 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via PA5ET (Rob Snieder, Van Leeuwenstraat 137, 2273 VS Voorburg, The Netherlands). The web site for the operation is at http://www.muurkrant.com/pi4com/Maldives/8q-2000.html [TNX PA5ET] FR/T - Four operators from the Lyon DX Gang (namely F5PXT, F5PYI, F6JJX and F5NOD) are planning a expedition to Tromelin Island (AF-031) which should take place in July or August. They will be active with three stations on 160-6 metres SSB, CW and RTTY for around two weeks. The DXpeditioners are looking for sponsors; for further information please contact Erwann, F6JJX (f6jjx@easynet.fr) or Gil, F5NOD (f5nod@easynet.fr). The web page for this operation is under construction at http://perso.easynet.fr/~f5nod/ [TNX F5NOD] HB9 - Amateurs from Switzerland can replace the HB9 prefix with the special HB2 prefix through 31 December. [TNX HB9FBP and HB9FBG] HL - A group of operators from YARRA (the Yonsei Amateur Radio Research Association of the Yonsei University in Seoul) will be signing (on CW and SSB) HL0Y/2 from Kanghwa Island (AS-105) between 13 and 18 January. They will have dipoles fro 40 and 80, one beam for 20, 15 and 10 metres, one amplifer and three transceivers. QSL via HL0Y either direct (YARRA, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchon-dong Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-749, Korea) or through the bureau. [TNX hoyohoyo@dreamx.net] JA - JA6GXK will be active from Me-jima, Danjo Archipelago (AS-056) on 7-18 January and again between 28 January and 7 February. Look for him on 15 metres SSB. [TNX JA9IFF/1] K_ant - The ARRL DX Bulletin reports that YL operator Sarah (YL) will be active as KC4AAD from Siple Dome Station, Antarctica for the next several weeks. QSL via K4MZU. ON - ON4ANT, ON4CBA, ON4GG, ON4AME and ON4AOI will participate in the ARRL RTTY Round-Up as OT0E. R1A_ant - Evgenij, R1ANB is currently active as R1ANC from Russian Antarctic base "Vostok" [425DXN 447] until 20 January, when he will fly back to Russia. QSL direct to RU1ZC (ex-UW1ZC). Another operator (Alexander) is expected to work from Komsomolskaya, Vostok-1 and Pionerskaya bases during the expedition's trip back to Mirny base, which is due to start between 10 and 16 January. [TNX DL5EBE] R1A_ant - Mike, RW1AI has left Russian Antartic base "Novolazarevskaya" (R1AND, currently operated by Victor Karassev) and is now active as R1ANP from "Progress" base until the end of March. QSL direct only to NT2X (maildrop): Edward Kritsky, P.O. Box 715, Brooklyn, NY 11230, USA. [TNX DL5EBE] /EX S DX@WW $425WW453B 425 DX News #453 [2/4] 8 January 2000 No 453 BID: $425WW453B =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== SP - HF70PZK is the special event station which is active to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Polish IARU society (PZK). QSL via bureau or to SP3CW (Artur Topczewski, Kolbego 48, 64-115 Swieciechowa, Poland). [TNX SP3CW and N6RT] SP - Special station 3Z8IMA is active on 10-160 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and AMTOR from Lublin, Poland until 31 January. QSL via SP8YCB either direct (Club Station, P.O. Box 403, 20950 Lublin, Poland) or through the bureau. [TNX SP8QED] T32 - Dick, W4ZYV will be active as T32DA from East Kiribati between 11 and 25 January. [The Daily DX] T9 - Edin, T97M will be active as T92OOO until 1 February. QSL via T93Y either direct (P.O. Box 59, Sarajevo BA-71000, Bosnia-Herzegovina) or through the bureau. [TNX The Daily DX] TI - Carlos, TI5KD and several other operators plan to be active (on 80-6 metres SSB and CW) as TE8CH from Chira Island (NA-116) between 19 and 23 January. [TNX TI5KD and G3KMA] VE - The OPDX Bulletin reports amateurs from Canada are allowed to replace their current prefix with the following until 16 February: VA1=CF1 VA4=CF4 VA7=CF7 VE3=CG3 VE6=CG6 VE9=CG9 VY0=CI0 VA2=CF2 VA5=CF5 VE1=CG1 VE4=CG4 VE7=CG7 VO1=CH1 VY1=CI1 VA3=CF3 VA6=CF6 VE2=CG2 VE5=CG5 VE8=CG8 VO2=CH2 VY2=CI2 VK0_mac - Alan, VK0MM (QSL route TBA) will be active any time of the day (intermittent operation) until 9 January inclusive (tx 14155 kHz, Rx 14147kHz, USA 14.58 kHz): if you can hear him, give a call. His next operating schedule is as follows: 10 January 0200-0300 UTC CW 21003/008 kHz JAPAN/HL/UA0/UA9 10 January 0900-1100 UTC CW 14025/028 kHz USA/VE/XE etc. 11 January 0900-1100 UTC CW 14003/008 kHz Europe 12 January 0900-1100 UTC CW 14003/008 kHz JAPAN/HL/UAO/UA9 W - Members of the Carolina DX Association will operate as WY2OOO on all modes and all bands throughout January. QSL via K4MQG. [TNX AA4NN] XT - XT2DR is active from Burkina Faso through 24 January. QSL via F6BZH. [TNX The Daily DX] XU - ES1AKM and ES1AX [425DXN 443] are now expected to be in Cambodia for a couple of weeks starting on 6-7 January. Look for them to be active as XU7AKM on all bands and modes. QSL via ES1AKM. [TNX The Daily DX] XZ - The first group of XZ0A [425DXN 447] operators will reach Thahtay Kyun Island (Mergui Archipelago, AS-???) by the afternoon of 12 January and hope to be QRV by the afternoon of the 14th at the latest. The DXpedition will run continuously through 6 February. The list of operators includes AF7O, EA5XX, G3VMW, G3NOM, JA1UPA, JA1UT, JR0CGJ, K6RKE, K7TR, K7VS, K7WX, K7ZV, KD6XH, KM5EP, N5IA, N7XYR, NA7DB, V73GT, W8AEF, WA6CDR, WF5T, WY7K, XE1L and YB0ARA. There will be a total of eight stations with amplifiers and full size antennas on all bands. Although the great majority of contacts will be made on 80-10 metres, there will also be dedicated stations, with specialized operators, for Top Band, RTTY and 6 metres. The pilot stations will be Dick Wolf, N6FF (n6ff@tco.net) and Richard Briggs, WA7MTF (wa7mtf@intrepid.net). QSL via W1XT (w1xt@superphoenix.com) either direct (Bob Myers, 37875 North 10th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85086, USA) or through the bureau. More complete details, including zone-by-zone propagation information, planned operating frequencies and last minute updates, can be found at http://getnet.com/~k7wx/myanmar.htm [TNX K7WX] ZK2 - Gerard, PA3AXU (aka 3D2XU, A35XU and 5W0GD) reports he will be active as ZK2GD (call to be confirmed) from Niue (OC-040) in July. Further details will be published in due course on http://www.qsl.net/pa3axu. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH >>> DXCC 2000 MILLENNIUM AWARD <<< The DXCC 2000 Millennium Award certificate is for working 100 or more of the entities on the ARRL DXCC List. Contacts must be made between 00.00 UTC on 1 January 2000 and 23.59 UTC on 31 December 2000 and may consist of any combination of bands or modes (no endorsements of any kind are available). QSL cards are not required. The official Application Form and Record Sheets are available for downloading at http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc; mail requests for applications may be sent to DXCC 2000 Millennium Applications, American Radio Relay League, 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111, USA (please include an SASE, or an SAE with 1 IRC for Amateurs outside the US). Send completed application within 31 December 2001 to ARRL HQ along with US$10 to cover costs of printing, postage, and handling. For further information on the DXCC 2000 Millennium Award (as well as on the new 20 Meter DXCC and the exciting DXCC Challenge), please refer to the URL above. /EX S DX@WW $425WW453C 425 DX News #453 [3/4] 8 January 2000 No 453 BID: $425WW453C =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== CARDS BEING SENT ---> The cards for the following operations are being sent right now or are going to be sent very soon: 3C0R, F/IK1TTD (EU-070), T31YL (T31T & T31K are being printed), TE8CI (NA-117), VP2MBT, VP2MGL, ZK3YL (ZK3CW & ZK3CW are being printed). HELP NEEDED ---> Zik, 4N1DX reports the equipment of Radio Club Zemun PPS Ugrinovci (YU1AVA) was stolen in late October 1999. "Now, several callsigns including YU1AVA and 4N1DX are QRT. Maybe you can help us if you have some older TX and you do not need it. Any way of help will be greatful. Please e-mail us at 4n1dx@qsl.net" IOTA 2000 ---> A system for recording contacts for the IOTA 2000 Programme has been developed by Bengt, SM6DEC. It can be downloaded from the Chiltern DX Club web site at http://www.cdxc.org.uk [TNX G3NUG] PIRATES ---> The following have been reported as pirates - do not waste your time and money on them: AP2/WA2WYR, E41/OK1FEI, Y2K, YI2CL. QSL 5R8ET ---> Ben Witvliet, PA5BW reports he unintentionally gave a wrong QSL information concerning Solofo, 5R8ET [425DXN 452]. Cards for 5R8ET are via K1WY and must not be sent to Madagascar. QSL EU1EU ---> As of 1 January 2000 Valdas, LY1BA is no longer the QSL manager for Igor, EU1EU (aka EV5M, EU930EU, UC2ABO, LY/UC2ABO). Please send your cards to EU1EU either direct (Igor Getmann, P.O. Box 143, Minsk-5, 220005, Belarus) or through the bureau. Igor (getigor@belhard.com) also reports that the new manager for the AGB (Activity Group of Belarus, http://www.qsl.net/eu1eu) Awards and Trophies for stations outside CIS is Remigijus, LY2MW (P.O. Box 1029, Vilnius 2001, Lithuania). [TNX EU1EU] QSL LU9AY ---> Dave, NU4N reports he is no longer the QSL manager for LU9AY, L29AY and CP6/LU9AY. He will honour cards sent direct and via the bureau until 31 January 2000. QSL VIA 9A2DM ---> Vladimir, 9A2DM reports he has closed the logs for 9A1CZZ/p, 9A2DM/p and 9A3LM/p (1999 IOTA operations) and for special calls 9A25Z and 9A99WCD. Outstanding QSOs have been confirmed through the bureau. QSL VIA UA3AGS ---> Cards for the stations managed by UA3AGS (R1FJL, R1FJV, R1FJO, R1FJ/UA3UPA, EX8W, EX8F, R0/US3IU etc) should be sent to P.O. Box 1, Moscow 109387, Russia (CIS countries *only*) or to P.O. Box 196, Pepperell, MA 01463-0196, USA (maildrop). [TNX The Daily DX] + SILENT KEY + Ajoy, VU2JHM reports the sad news of the death of G. V. Sulu, VU2GV/A22GV on 31 December in Bangalore, India. He was a founder of the Bangalore Amateur Radio Club (VU2ARC) and the Botswana Amateur Radio Society. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** NEWS FROM THE WEB *** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH LOGS: Logs for the recent 5T5U operation will be available at http://www.netpro.ne.jp/~k_abe/search.html [TNX The Daily DX] THAILAND: Fred HS0ZAR/K3ZO has provided a comprehensive update and addendum of Thai Ham Call-Signs to Tony HS0/G4UAV for the RAST web site (http://www.qsl.net/rast). Tony will be responsible for future additions, amendments and deletions. [TNX HS0/G3NOM] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSL received via direct: 3D2AA, 3W6DK, 4M7X, 4S7OF, 5N0ZKD, 5R8EE, 6W6/K3IPK, 7A0K (OC-177), 9M6NA, 9U5D, A35SO, BA1CO, BA1DU, BI7Y (AS-143), BO0K, BO0M, CE0ZIS, CO6AP, CY9SS, E4/S53R, E44/IZ0CKJ, EK6TA, FG/G3TXF, FK8VHT/p (OC-033), FW8ZZ, GU3MBS, HC8A, HC8L, HL0YDM (AS-045), HL5FUA (AS-045), HU4U, LU/UX1KA, LX8DL, OD5NJ, PT7WX, P29BI (OC-135), PY0ZFO, PZ5JR, R1MVA, SV8/SM7EQL, T88JQ, TE8CI, TU2XZ, TY1PH, TZ6DX, UA0ZY/p (AS-142), V31KX (NA-073), V31YK, V44KJ, V47NS, V8IAN, VK9LX, VK9RS (OC-230 via I1HYW), VP2/G3TXF, VP2E, VP2MKW, VQ9QM, XF4MX, XR0Z, XV7SW, YC9BU, YK1AH, YN1/TI2WGO, YN6HM, ZD9BV, ZM5PX (AN-011), ZS8D, ZV0SB. QSL received via WF5E QSL Service: 3C5DX, 3D2DK, 3W7TK, 4L8A, 5T5U, 6K97EAG, AH8LG, BA4TB, BD7NQ, BT2HC, DU6/K9AW, E21CJN, FO0AWI, FO0XUU, FR5ZQ/T, FT5ZG, HS98AG, JX7DFA, NO7F/KL7 (NA-059), K8VHN/p, LO0D, N2OO (NA-111), NL7Z, S92YN, S92YV, T20FW, T95A, TE5T, TJ1PD, UE0LEZ, N4XP/V7, VP5GN, VP8CKN, VR2MM, XU2A, XZ1N, ZK3RW, ZX0Z (SA-067; DIB 068), ZY8R (SA-070; DIB 025). ***************************************************************************** 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 $425WW453D 425 DX News #453 [4/4] 8 January 2000 No 453 BID: $425WW453D =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* CALENDAR ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ PERIOD CALL REF 01/01-31/12 IOTA 2000 (http://www.cdxc.org.uk) *** till 14/01 3B8/I5JHW: Mauritius Island (AF-049) 449 till 31/01 3Z8IMA: special station (Poland) 453 till 15/01 5H3MG: Tanzania * by IN3GNV 449 till 14/01 8Q7DV: Maldives (AS-013) * by UA9CLB 453 till 31/12 9AY2K: special Millennium station 451 till 16/01 CE0Z: Juan Fernandez * by CE6TBN and others 453 till Jan CE8/ & CE9/R3CA: Antarctic base Patriot Hills 450 till 16/02 CF#, CG#, CH# CI#: special prefixes (Canada) 453 till 20/01 ER2000x: special Millennium stations (Moldova) 451 till 31/12 HB2: special Y2K prefix (Switzerland) 453 till ?? HF70PZK: special event station (Poland) 453 till 31/12 II0CV: special call 451 till 24/12 II0: special jubilee prefix 452 till 31/03 IU0PAW: special event station 451 till April JD1BKR: Iwo-Jima (AS-030), Ogasawara 441 till 09/01 JI3DST/6: Tokara Archipelago (AS-049) 451 till ?? KC4AAD: Siple Dome Station, Antarctica 453 till 10/01 KH4/W4ZYV: Midway (OC-030) 445 till 29/02 LZ0A: South Shetlands (AN-010) * by LZ2UU 447 till 29/02 M2000A: special call (England) * by Cray Valley RS 451 till 15/01 N5T * by N5VT 449 till 29/02 OG: specal prefix (Finland) 452 till January P2OOOK: New Britain (OC-008) * by P29PB 441 till January PZ5DX: Suriname * by K3BYV 433 till 20/01 R1ANC: Vostok base, Antarctica 453 till 31/03 R1ANP: Progress base, Antarctica 453 till 31/12 SI75A & SIxSSA: SSA 75th anniversary stations (Sweden) 445 till 01/02 T92OOO * by T97M 453 till 01/04 TZ6VV and TZ6YL: Mali 451 till ?? TZ6YV: Mali * by K7YV 446 till 14/01 UE4HNY and UE4HNT * by RW4HT 451 till 01/04 V31JP: Belize * by K8JP 443 till Dec VK0MM: Macquarie Island 453 till 31/01 VR2K: special Millennium call (Hong Kong) 449 till January VQ9DX: Diego Garcia (AF-006), Chagos * by AA5DX 439 till 31/01 WY2OOO * by Carolina DX Association 453 till 10/01 XE1/G0JHC and XE1/G0ULN: Mexico 449 till 24/01 XT2DR: Burkina Faso 453 till 21/01 YM21TA: special Millennium station * by TA3YJ & TA3J 450 till 12/01 YS: El Salvador * by HB9KNA 449 till May ZF2NT: Little Cayman (NA-016) * by N6NT 443 till March ZM: special Millennium prefix (New Zealand) 438 till 14/01 ZMY2K: special millennium station 452 till 31/01 ZW2V: special event station 452 05/01-31/05 FH/TU5AX: Mayotte (AF-027) * by 6W1QV 452 07/01-18/01 JA6GXK: Danjo Archipelago (AS-056) 453 08/01-15/01 VP9/KE0UI: Bermuda (NA-005) * by KE0UI 452 08/01-09/01 ARRL RTTY Round-Up *** 10/01-10/04 9U5D: Burundi * by SM5DIC 450 11/01-15/01 3DA0WPX: Swaziland * by ZS6WPX 453 11/01-25/01 T32DA: East Kiribati * by W4ZYV 453 12/01-18/01 8Q7WP & 8Q7ET: Maldives (AS-013) * by PA3EWP & PA5ET 453 13/01-18/01 HL0Y/2: Kanghwa Island (AS-105) 453 13/01-06/02 XZ0A: Mergui Archipelago (AS-???) * by CADXA 453 13/01-Feb ZK1GNW, FO0PRE, A35NW, FW/IK2GNW, KH6/IK2GNW 451 15/01-16/01 Hunting Lions in the Air Contest 452 19/01-23/01 TE8CH: Chira Island (NA-116) * by TI5KD 453 20/01 CE: SA-050 453 21/01-22/01 6th International Contest/DX Meeting (Helsinki) 445 28/01-07/02 JA6GXK: Danjo Archipelago (AS-056) 453 28/01-30/01 CQ WW 160 Meter DX Contest (CW) *** 29/01-05/02 TM5CRO: Porquerolles (EU-070) * by F5RMY and others 451 31/01-03/03 ZM7ZB: Chatham Islands (OC-038) * by DJ4ZB 447 Jan-May VP6BR: Pitcairn (OC-044) * by OH2BR 449 January XU7AKM: Cambodia * by ES1AKM and ES1AX 453 January /2K: Millennium suffix (British stations) 449 10/02-14/02 LU: Pinguino Island (SA-???) 429 12/02-13/02 CQ/RJ WW RTTY WPX Contest *** 14/02-06/03 V6: Truk (OC-011) * by G0VJK and G4VGO 429 19/02-25/02 CE0Y/ON5AX: Easter Island (SA-001) 451 19/02-20/02 ARRL International DX Contest (CW) *** 25/02-27/02 CQ WW 160 Meter DX Contest (SSB) *** 26/02-15/03 Clipperton Island 433 01-03/31-03 VR2K: special Millennium call (Hong Kong) 449 04/03-05/03 ARRL International DX Contest (SSB) *** from 15/03 FK: Chesterfield Islands (OC-176) - DXCC NEW? 451 19/03-29/03 V31GI: NA-180 (Belize) * by PA3GIO 449 26/03-31/03 V31JZ: Turneffe Is (NA-123), Belize * by NN7A 449 March HS: Malay Peninsula South East IOTA group (AS-???) 441 March VU7: Laccadives 433 14/04-16/04 International DX Convention (Visalia) 447 April 9G: Abokwa Island (NO-REF) * by F5VCR and others 449 01/05-31/07 VR2K: special Millennium call (Hong Kong) 449 May-Jun SU9DX: Giftun Island (AF-???) * by Is 447 May UA: Ushakova (AS-???) and Uedineniya (AS-057) islands 450 22/06-24/06 HAMFEST (Friedrichshafen, Germany) *** 28/07-30/07 Pacific Northwest DX Convention (DX2000), Vancouver 450 July-August FR/T: Tromelin Island (AF-031) * by Lyon DX Gang 453 July ZK2GD: Niue (OC-040) * by PA3AXU 453 01/10-26/10 3B6: Agalega (AF-001) * by HB9BXE and others 453 17/11-19/11 SEANET Convention Pattaya, Thailand *** 01/12-03/12 ARRL 160 Meter Contest *** 09/12-10/12 ARRL 10 Meter Contest *** 2000 HF0POL: South Shetlands (AN-010) * by SP3GVX 441 /EX