S DX@WW $425WW458A 425 DX News #458 [1/4] 12 February 2000 No 458 $425WW458A =========================== *** 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) ! \---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ 8P - Richard, G3RWL will be active as 8P6DR from Barbados (NA-021) between 14 and 28 February. Look for him on 10-20 metres mostly during his mornings and evenings. QSL via G3RWL. [TNX The Daily DX] 8P - Will, AA4NC/8P9JB and Jim, K4MA/8P9JA will be active on all bands from Barbados (NA-021) on 15-22 February. Look for 8P9JA to participate in the ARRL International DX Contest (CW) and for 8P9JB to operate RTTY. [TNX AA4NC] A2 - Last week's 425DXN was put together in a great hurry due to overwhelming business priorities - and Murphy took immediate advantage: A22EW is active until 25 February from Botswana (obvioulsly), not from Bahrain (!). Many thanks to Kevin, VE3SYB for detecting the blunder and humble apologies to our readers. C6 - Look for AC8W/C6A and K8DD/C6A to be active from Treasure Cay, Abaco Island (NA-080), Bahamas on 15-25 February, including a multi-operator entry in the ARRL International DX Contest (CW). QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX] CT3 - Look for Ricardo, CT3KN to participate in the ARRL International DX Contests (CW, 19-20 February and SSB, 4-5 March) from Madeira (AF-014). QSL direct to CS3MAD or through the bureau. [TNX CT3KN] FH - Christian, 6W1QV [425DXN 452] is now expected to leave France on 18 February and to be active as FH/TU5DX from Mayotte (AF-027) on 20 February for six months. QSL via F5OGL (Didier Senmartin, DASC, BP 19, 35998 Rennes Armees, France). [TNX The Daily DX] FO0_cl - The Clipperton 2000 team now includes HB9AHL, JK7TKE, K4UEE, N7CQQ (team leader), N9NS, N9TK, ON4WW, VE5RA, 9V1YC and three additional members: Charlie/N0TT, Doug/N6TQS and Eddie/EA3NY. Operations are expected to start on 1 March and shut down on the 8th. QSL via N7CQQ either direct (John Kennon, P.O. Box 31553, Laughlin, Nevada 89028, USA) or through the bureau.The web page for the DXpedition is at http//www.qsl.net/clipperton2000 HC8 - Dave, W6NL will participate in the ARRL International DX Contest (CW) on 19-20 February as HC8L (SOAB) from Isla San Cristobal, Galapagos (SA-004). QSL via N2AU. [TNX W6NL] HP - Don/W4OC and Ken/N4UK will be active (10-160 metres) as 3E1AA from Contadora Island (NA-072) between 16 and 22 February. The will participate in the ARRL CW DX Contest (Multi-Single). QSL route TBA. [TNX The Daily DX] JT - Nicola/I0SNY (nicola.sanna@tin.it), Antonio/I1ZB, Alberto/I1QOD, Riccardo/IK0AZQ and possibly others will be active again as JT1Y from Mongolia for a couple of weeks starting on or around 22 May. They will participate in the CQ WW WPX Contest (CW) on 27-28 May as JU1Y. [TNX I0SNY] PJ8 - Ron/ND5S, Sue/KF5LG. Bill/W8EB and Dorothy/W8DVC will be signing PJ8/home call from Sint Maarten (NA-105) between 19 February and 12 March. Look for them on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via home calls. They will participate in the ARRL International DX (SSB) as PJ8A (QSL via W9NIP). [TNX The Daily DX] R1A_ant- Paul, UT1KY is going to be active possibly as EM1KY from Akademik Vernadsky Base on Galindez Island (AN-006). QSL via UT7UA. [TNX UR5LCV] S2 - Andy, G4ZVJ reports he will be in Dhaka, Bangladesh between 12 and 21 February and plans to be QRV on CW (callsign TBA). QSL via G4ZVJ. V4 - Joe/VE3BW (V47CA), Julio/WD4JR, Bruce/W4OV and possibly one or two more operators will be active (on all bands CW and SSB) from St. Kitts (NA-104) on 14-24 February. They will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest (Multi Single). [TNX OPDX Bulletin] W - Special Event station K4L will be active between 13 and 21 UTC on 12 February to commemorate the anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. The operation will be conducted from the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site, Hodgenville, KY. [TNX N4HT] ZL - Bob, W7TSQ will be travelling to New Zealand on 16 February. He plans to operate as either ZL/W7TSQ or with a ZL callsign to be assigned upon arrival (possibly ZL2SQ) until 1 March. He will participate in the ARRL International DX Contest (CW) on 19-20 February. QSL via W7TSQ. [TNX A35RK] /exit S DX@WW $425WW458A 425 DX News #458 [2/4] 12 February 2000 No 458 $425WW458B =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH DDF 2000 ---> The French Departments Award 2000 celebrates the year 2000 and the 75th anniversary of the French amateurs' national society (REF). It is available to licenced amateurs (and SWLs) for working the various French Departments between 1 January and 31 December 2000. For full information please contact the award manager F6AXP (Max Pomel, P.O. Box 73, F-63370 Lempdes, France) at m.pomel@wanadoo.fr JARL BUREAU ---> As of 1 February the new address for the JARL QSL Bureau is: JARL QSL Bureau, Shobara Post Office, Shimane 699-0588, Japan. Questions may be e-mailed to intl@jarl.or.jp [TNX G3PMR] NEW DXCC CARD CHECKING PROGRAM ---> The current DXCC Field Checking program will end on March 31, 2000, with the new program beginning on April 1, 2000. Under the new program, DXCC Card Checkers will be able to check all awards except 160 meter DXCC, and all QSLs from any current DXCC Entity. This will apply to both new awards and endorsements. QSOs made up to ten years prior to the current year will be eligible for checking in the field, while older cards and Deleted Entities may still be sent to ARRL HQ. For further information contact Bill Moore, NC1L at dxcc@arrl.org QSL 4K1A ---> The QSL manager is W3HC but only for contacts made between November 1982 and April 1984 and only for countries outside Russia. [TNX W3HC] QSL 9G5ZW ---> QSL Manager Miro, OM3LZ reports Zdeno, 9G5ZW has logged some 22,000 QSOs on all bands so far. Direct QSLling started on 10 January, the first bureau requests will be answered in March. QSL FH & S79 ---> Roger, G3SXW and Nigel, G3TXF made a total of 26,200 CW QSOs during their recent visit to Mayotte (21,740 QSOs) and the Seychelles (4,460 QSOs). QSL FH/G3TXF and S79TXF via G3TXF, QSL FH/G3SXW and S79SXW via G3SXW either direct (see addresses below) or through the RSGB bureau. Requests (including your call-sign and QSO details) for bureau reply may be sent by e-mail to g3txf@compuserve.com and g3sxw@compuserve.com [TNX G3SXW] QSL YJ8AA ---> Former QSL manager Alan Roocroft, VK4AAR reports that Frank, YJ8AA has moved to Australia for medical reasons; he is now an Australian citizen but retains his YJ8AA call. Frank has QSL cards and logs from 1996 (possibly older) and will be able to take care of some old QSL requests himself. QSL direct only to Frank Palmer, 78 Corser Street, Point Vernon, 4655, Australia. TROMELIN 2000 ---> Gil, F5NOD (f5nod@easynet.fr) confirms the Lyon DX Gang will activate Tromelin Island (AF-031) this summer [425DXN 453] - exact dates not known for the time being, but it should be during August. It is planned to be a 2-week all-band all-mode activity, with four operators and three stations. "The DXpedition is very expensive", Gil says, "and it will take place if we can gather enough money". Donations can be made to CIC Lyonnaise de Banque (France), Account Number 022 9 62086 L or through the treasurer (F5PXT: Eric Blanchard, 2 Rue Bichat, Allee 32, 69002 Lyon, France). The web site is http://perso.easynet.fr/~f5nod/ 6 METRES ---> The Italian Six Metre Activity Contest will be held from 18 UTC to 22 UTC on the 4th Tuesday of February, March, April and May. Full information is available at http://web.tiscalinet.it/iwobet [TNX IW0BET] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** NEWS FROM THE WEB *** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH CALLBOOK: Boris, T93Y reports the T9 Callbook (updated 31 January 2000) is available at http://www.qsl.net/t93y THE DAILY DX All issues of The Daily DX from 1997, 1998 and 1999 can now be searched at http://www.dailydx.com/search.html /exit S DX@WW $425WW458C 425 DX News #458 [3/4] 12 February 2000 No 458 $425WW458C =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL INFO ******** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3B8/G4FKH G4FKH FO0KOJ JK7TKE TG9/IK2NCJ I2MQP 3D2RK W7TSQ FO0SOU F6AUS TG9IGI I2MQP 3D2SQ W7TSQ FY5FU/p F5PAC TL8BC F5IPW 3W7CW SP5AUC FY5HY F6IHY TL8PL F5LNA 3XY1B0 F5XX GM8V ZS5BBO TM5CRO F5RMY 4K9W DL6KVA GU3VXJ/p G3VXJ TN7OT AL7OT 4L1BR KE1HZ H40MS DL2GAC TU2OJ F5IPW 5R8ET K1WY HC8/LU7DW LU7DW TU2TP F5IPW 5U7X DJ6SI HC8/LW8EXF LW8EXF TU5IJ I2AOX 5U7Z DJ9ZB HC8N AA5BT UA0AZ W3HNK 5W1VE DL9HCU HF70PZK/2 SP1ZZ UA3SDK/0 RU3SD 5X1S DF2RG HI3HN DH2JD UE0LEZ UA0MF 5X4M IN3BLX HK3OSA/0 DF4UW UK8CK RW6HS 6K2K HL0HQ HR5/F2JD F6AJA UW7C UT7UW 6Y5WJ G0NAN HV0A IK0FVC V31JP K9WON 7A0K YB0AI II8CS IZ8CCW V47FET GM0FET 7Q7BO ZS5BBO IU1W I1WXY V47KP K2SB 8P1A W2SC J28NH F5IPW V51HK DL6OBS 8P9DX VE3ICR J69MV J6LMV V7/N4XP N4XP 8P9JO N0JK J73CCM SM0CCM V73XP N4XP 8Q7CR DF5JR JW5HE LA5HE VB7V VE7AGJ 8Q7PA PA0LPE JW5UF LA9VDA VK0ERZ VK2FUN 8Q7QQ HB9QQ JW6YEA LA9VDA VK4FOC/5 EA6ACC 8S7M SM7DXQ JW9IAA LA9VDA VK9CN DJ4OI 9AY2K 9A1A JW9VDA LA9VDA VK9CO DJ3OS 9H3RS DL3LAR JY9QJ DL5MBY VK9CP DF6IC 9J2AM JA0JHA KC4AAA K1IED VK9LY JA3IG 9M2TO JA0DMV KG4AS N4SIA VK9XS DJ4OI 9N7RB W8NRB KG4KO K1KO VK9XT DJ3OS 9N7RN IK4ZGY KH0/JA2KTP JA2KTP VK9XU DF6IC 9U5D SM0BFJ KH0/KC0GPO JE1RXJ VP5/K2KW WA4WTG A22EW KB2MS KP2F W0CG VP5/K9RS K9QVB A6/YI1HK KK3S L29AY W3HC VP5/WQ7X SP8EST AN1BD EA1BD L4D SA-065 G3SWH VP5TT WA4WTG AP2JZB K2EWB LM7SKI LA7M VP6BR OH2BR AX0LD CWSP LO0D F6FNU VQ9DX AA5DX AX0LD PY2YP LU/UX1KA DL5EBE VQ9JA N1ZZZ BO0K BV2KI LU9AUY W3HC VQ9NL W4NML BO0M BV2KI LU9AY W3HC VY0TA VE2BQB BV5BG IK7JTF M/VU2UKR VU2UKR WH7C/DU3 JG1OUT BV9A BV2KI M2000A G4DFI WP2Z KU9C BV9AYA BV2KI N4XP/V7 N4XP WY2OOO K4MQG BX2000 JP1RIW NP2/K7BV KU9C XU7AAV G4ZVJ BX5AA BV5GQ NP4A W3HNK XX9SC XX9AU C4A 9A2AJ NZ7Q/KH4 N6ZVA XZ0A W1XT C6AKP N4RP OD5/OK1MU OK1TN XZ1DB W1XT C6AMP DL2NCY OG2R OH2BH XZ1L W1XT CO6WD W0SA P29PL VK9NS XZ1VS W1XT CO8ZZ DK1WI P40K I2EOW XZ1YL W1XT CP6/LU9AUY W3HC P40MH OH2BAD XZ1ZV W1XT CP6/LU9AY W3HC PA9MR VE3MR YI1AK AD5W CP6AA W3HC PJ2I ON4CFD YI1DKS IK2DUW CP6XE IK6SNR PW2A PT2BW YJ0DX VK4BKM CT3/DJ7RJ DJ7RJ PY2ZDX F6AJA YW7C YV5EED CT3/SM3CVM SM3CVM PY5CDA/A PA3DES ZC4CM GI4OYG D2BF EA8EE R1ANP NT2X ZD7VC K1WY D3SAF I3LLH S21YJ SM4AIO ZK1AVK LA5VK DL4NCF/HI9 DL4NCF S79SXW G3SXW ZK1BJA LA5VK EA8BH OH2BH S79TXF G3TXF ZK1GNW I2YSB ED2FCR EA2CBY SM0WYB OK1FWA ZK1NCI IK2GNW ED5SMA EA5URR SM7CRW W3HNK ZK2/K7CA NW7O ED8GCR EA8AKN SU1ER WA3HUP ZK2/W7TVF W7TVF EK6LP IK2DUW T88LJ JH8DEH ZK2CA NW7O EO6F UX0FF T92000 T93Y ZK2VF W7TVF FG5FR F6FNU T97M K2PF ZK2ZL DJ7RJ FH/G3SXW G3SXW TA2FE KK3S ZM7ZB DJ4ZB FH/G3TXF G3TXF TA3DD KB2MS ZS8D ZS6EZ FO0AOI F6AOI TE8CH TI5KD ZV4C PY1ARS/4 /exit S DX@WW $425WW458D 425 DX News #458 [4/4] 12 February 2000 No 458 $425WW458D =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* ADDRESSES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH 3D2AG Antoine D.R. Nyeurt, P.O. Box 14633, Suva, Fiji, Pacific Ocean 3F1AC Camilo A. Castillo, P.O. Box 0860-00144, Villa Lucre, Panama F6BUM Jack Mainguy, Broquet, F-47160 Buzet/Baise, France 6Y5MM Mike Matalon, 7-9 Harbour St., Kingston, Jamaica A22RM P.O. Box 41295, Gaborone, Botswana AC7DX Ron Lago, P.O. Box 25426, Eugene, OR 97402, USA BV2KI Bruce Yih, P. O. Box 84-609, Taipei, Taiwan CO3JK Javier Gamez, P. O. Box 6, Madruga, La Habana 33000, Cuba CWSP Sao Paulo CW Group, P.O. Box 1807, Sao Paulo, SP 01059-970 Brazil DJ4ZB Lothar Grotehusmann, Quaekerstrasse 35, D-13403 Berlin, Germany DL5EBE Dominik Weiel, Faehrstr.16, D-27568 Bremerhaven, Germany DL7VAF Dieter Schmalz, Wacholderweg 12, D-16321 Bernau, Germany EZ8CW Vitaly Dotsenko, P.O. Box 73, Ashgabat, 744020, Turkmenistan F5IPW Joel Ricaud, 32 avenue de la vallee du Lys, 37260 Artannes-sur-Indre, France F6FNU Antoine Baldeck, P.O. Box 14, F-91291 Arpajon Cedex, France FG5FR Frantz Selbonne, Villa le Ferrick, Rocade de Paul, 97129 Lamentin, Guadeloupe, F.W.I FM5AN Guy Lenormand, Radio Caraibes International, B. P. 1111, F-97248 Fort-de-France, France G3SWH Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol, BS49 5HQ United Kingdom G3SXW Roger Western, 7 Field Close, Chessington,Surrey, KT9 2QD, England, UK G3TXF Nigel Cawthorne, Falcons, St. George's Avenue, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 0BS, England, UK HL0EXN Korea University Seochang ARC, P.O. Box 19, Chochiwon 339-800, Korea HL0HQ K.A.R.L., CPO 162, Seoul, Korea HL0ZX INHA University ARC, 253, Yonghyun-Dong, Man-Ku, Inchon, 402-751, Korea HL1TXQ Phil Young Kim, P. O. Box 24, Chung Rang, Seoul 131-600, Korea HL4CDA Kim-Soung Man, Seogipo P. O. Box 31, Cheju 697-600, Korea HL4HEQ Kim-Kyeng Mi, Seogipo P. O. Box 31, Cheju 697-600, Korea I2YSB Silvano Borsa, Viale Capettini 1, 27036 Mortara - PV, Italy IK2GNW Adriano Premoselli, Via Rossini 2, 20080 Cisliano - MI, Italy IZ8CCW P.O. Box 360, 87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy J28FG Gonzalez Fernand, 2, Parc Mesmanic, F-29470 Loperhet, France JA7QFU/0 P.O. Box 5, Iwaki 970-8026, Japan JD1BKR Katsuya Sawada, Iwo-Jima, Ogasawara-mura, Tokyo 100-2100, Japan JH8DEH Akira Miyata, 4-28-5, Minami Nishi 23 Jyou, Obihiro 080-2473, Japan JL6UBM Takumi Iwashita, 2672 Fukuyama, Matsumoto-Cho, Hioki-Gun, Kagoshima 899-2702, Japan JW0LGS Telenor Nett AS, Svalbard Radio, P. O. Box 121, N-9171 Longyearbyen, Norway K1IED Larry F.Skilton, 72 Brook Street, South Windsor, CT-06074, USA K1KO Karl Oyster Jr., 1448 Lotus Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23456-4011, USA LZ1KDP Radio Club, P.O.Box 812, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria N4SIA Clifton N. Strickland, 206 76th Street, Virginia Beach, VA 23451-3113, USA NORTH PATAGONIA DX GROUP CC 37, 8332 Roca, Rio Negro, Argentina NT2X Edward Kritsky, P.O. Box 715, NY-11230 Brooklyn, USA NW7O Jim Frye, 4120 Oakhill Ave, Las Vegas, Nevada 89121-6319, USA OD5IU Labib Shammaa, P. O. Box 20, Sidon, Lebanon OK1FWA Ladislav Sima, Prazska 113, Caslav, CZ 286 01 Czech Republic PT2BW Ariosto Rodrigues de Souza, P.O. Box 03821, 70084-970 Brasilia - DF, Brazil PT9LUA Alfredo Dorigao Peres, Rua Jardim, 091, 79.150-000 Maracaju (MS), Brazil PY2YP Cesar Augusto C Rodrigues, Al Min Rocha Azevedo, 495 AP 121, Sao Paulo, SP 01410-001, Brazil RA0CG Oleg Sanko, P.O. Box 1, Khabarovsk - Galkino, 682312 Russia RU3SD V. Bardin, P.O. Box 1, Ryazan, 390000, Russia SP3WVL Tomasz Lipinski, Ul.I Paderewskiego 24m 1, 69-100 Slubice, Poland SP8EST Marek Rozmilowski, Ul. Glowna 34 B, 20-829 Lublin, Poland ST2SA Sid Ibrahim, P.O. Box 1533, Khartoum, Sudan SV4FGT Tessas Andreas, 41 Mandilara Str., GR-412 23 Larissa, Greece T93Y Boris Knezovic, P.O. Box 59, Sarajevo BA-71000, Bosnia-Herzegovina TF3A Haraldur Sigurdsson, Midvangi 159, IS-220 Hafnarfirdi, Icelnad TI5KD Carlos W. Diez, P.O. Box 195, Belen 4005 Heredia, Costa Rica TK5CH Roland J. Colin, Rocca Poletra, F-20137 Porto Vecchio, France UA4WAE P.O. Box 1626, Izhevsk 426075, Russia UR5NX Ken Khokhlov, P.O. Box 8100, 21050 Vinnitsa, Ukraine UX0FF Nikolay Lavreka, P.O. Box 3, Izmail 68600, Ukraine V44KAA Winston Hanley, P.O. Box 743, Basseterre, St. Kitts, West Indies V73JK James Ray Knighton, P. O. Box 1186, APO AP 96555, USA VK2FUN H.W. Cowled, 13 Kevin Street, Mannering Park, NSW 2259, Australia VP6PAC Pitcairn Island Amateur Radio Club, P. O. Box 73, Pitcairn Island VP9/KE0UI Bob North, 3205 Cavell Lane, St. Louis Park, MN 55426, USA W1XT Bob Myers, 37875 N. 10th St., Phoenix, AZ 85086, USA W2FXA/VP9 Gene Nadolny, 21 Hidden Valley Dr., Elma, NY 14059, USA W3HC Carl F. Mcdaniel, 2116 Reed Street, Williamsport, PA 17701-3904, USA YB0AI Taufan Prioutomo, P.O. Box 8000, Jakarta 11000, Indonesia YC2OBL Fx. Sutaryono, P. O. Box 11, Gringsing, Batang 51281, Indonesia YC9YKI Bachrun Betta, P.O. Box 37, Serui 98211, Indonesia ZS5BBO Edwin Musto, P.O. Box 211032, Bluff, 4036, South Africa ***************************************************************************** 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 ***************************************************************************** /exit