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>>> EAST TIMOR <<<
>>> NEW DXCC ENTITY <<<
The International Telecommunications Union has communicated to the
United Nations the assignment of the prefix block 4WA-4WZ for use by radio
stations within the areas administered by UNTAET (United Nations Temporary
Administration of East Timor). This prefix assignment is for the use of
UNTAET as long as it exists, and will be released to the ITU at the end of
its existence.
UN stations within East Timor may be assigned 4U prefixes for official
use, while UN Amateur stations may use the prefix 4U1 (his includes the UN
Amateur Radio Club station, 4U1ET). All other private and Amateur Radio
stations in East Timor will use the prefix 4W6. Individuals who expect to be
there less than one year would use 4W6/ home call, while those who will be
there in excess of one year may obtain 4W6 callsigns. Permanent residents of
East Timor who were previously licensed may also obtain permanent callsigns.
For DXCC purposes, UN Temporary Administration of East Timor will be
added to the DXCC List with the effective date of March 1, 2000. QSL cards
for QSOs made after that date will be accepted on and after October 1, 2000.
For further information please contact Bill Moore, NC1L at
bmoore@arrl.org
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>>> TX0DX - CHESTERFIELD ISLANDS <<<
>>> 23 March - 1 April <<<
The Chesterfield Islands (OC-176) DXpedition team now consists of FK8GM,
FK8HC, JA1BK, N5KO, N7NG, OH1RY, OH2BC, OH2BH and OH2RF. They are expected to
depart for the Chesterfields early Sunday morning (FK time).
While the call TX8CI will be used during the early phase of the
operation, the TX0DX call sign is expected to be activated at 00.00 UTC on 23
March, once it has been determined that the IARU vote has confirmed ARANC
(Association des Radio Amateurs de Nouvelle Caledonie, the amateur radio
society of New Caledonia) as an official IARU member society. This would be
the "Event Date" for the proposed new DXCC entity. DXCC status for the
Chesterfields will still require an affirmative vote by the DXAC ragarding
Section II criteria.
The following transmit frequencies will be used by TX0DX:
CW: 1834.5, 3504, 7004, 10104, 14024, 21024, 24894, 28024 and 50115 kHz
SSB: - 3790, 7085, 14195, 18145, 21295, 28945, 28480 and 50115 kHz
During the WPX SSB Contest (0000 UTC 25 March through 2359 UTC 26 March), the
transmit frequency 21445 kHz will be used.
Four HF stations and a dedicated 6-metre station will be used. Two
stations (one on 15 metres SSB and one on 15 metres CW) will be activated on
a nearly continuous basis to provide everyone a reasonable access to their
first QSO. Other bands will be activated to capture complimentary openings to
various parts of the world. Since TX0DX is potentially a new DXCC entity, the
goal of maximizing the number of individual DXers logged will guide the
operating strategy.
This DXpedition is highly dependent on the weather situation since it is
taking place during the typhoon season. There may be variations in the
operating dates to dodge any major storms. The team has promised that if
there is a weather-related delay they will stay longer to give as many as
possible the new country.
The chief pilot will be Bill Avery, K6GNX (k6gnx@telemetry.com) and the
most important feedback will be your e-mails giving the opening, peak, and
closing times of band openings to your area. Regional pilots F6AJA, FK8CR,
JH1KRC, OH2BN, N4GN and VK3EW will assess the pileups in their respective
areas and inform K6GNX by e-mail of any issues.
The DX community may also follow the DXpedition's progress through the
TX0DX web site (http://www.n4gn.com/tx0dx/), which will be updated regularly
as the operation proceeds.
QSL TX0DX for HF QSOs only via OH2BN either direct (Jarmo J. Jaakola,
Kiilletie 5C30, Helsinki 00710, Finland) or through the bureau.
QSL TX0DX for 50 MHz QSOs only via JA1BK either direct (Kan Mizoguchi,
5-3 Sakuragaoka 4 Chome, Tama-City, Tokyo 206-0013, Japan) or through the
bureau. [TNX N4GN]
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3A - Look for 3A/W8MV and 3A/WZ8A to be active on 10-80 metres CW on
20-25 March. QSL via home calls. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin]
3V - Giovanni, I5JHW and seven other operators from Italy (namely
Sergio/I5NSR, Danio/I5OYY, Sauro/IK5EKB, Roberto/IK5FTQ,
Marcello/IK5JAN, Marco/IK5SQX and Gabriele/IK5ZTW) will be active
(possibly as 3V8T) from Touzer, Tunisia on 19-21 March. Then they
will move to the Kerkennah Islands (AF-073), where they will
operate (possibly as 3V8K) with two or three stations (on CW, SSB
and RTTY) between 24 and 26 March. The Italians will team up with a
few local operators, namely Marowan, Karim, Faouzi and Amor at
Touzer and Lotfi, Ramzi and YL operators Nadia, Mei, Zaida and
Thouraya from the Kerkennahs. [TNX I5JHW]
3V - Another operation from the Kerkennahs (AF-073) is being organized
by a group of German operators. The DXpedition is scheduled to take
place on 15-30 November (CQ WW DX CW Contest included) with the
call TS7N on all bands and modes. Further details will be published
in due course. [TNX DJ7IK]
4W - Both Ross, VK8UN and Thor, TF1MM are now active with their brand
new Timor East calls, respectively 4W6UN (QSL via VK3OT: Steve R.
Gregory, P.O. Box 622, Hamilton, Victoria, 3300 Australia) and
4W6MM (QSL route to be announced). Nev, VK2QF is planning to
operate (on +/- 7010, 14010, 21010, 28010 kHz CW and 7095, 14195,
21295, 28495 kHz SSB) as 4W6/VK2QF sometime approximately between
29 March and 5 April. He will be active on 6 metres as well (50090
CW and 50135 SSB). QSL direct only to VK2QF (Nev Mattick,
Hargraves, N.S.W. 2850, Australia).
5H - A group of operators from the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society
will be active as 5I3A and 5I3B from one of the qualifying islands
in the Tanga Region Group (AF-???) in the first half of July. Plans
are to operate with three stations on all bands SSB, CW and digital
modes. Further details will be published in due course. The
DXpedition is organized by Nasser, A41KG and Salim, A41JV. [TNX
A41KG]
8Q - Peter, HA2SX is active as 8Q7KK from the Maldives (AS-013) until 25
March. Look for him on 10-80 metres CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK-31, HELL,
MT63 and SSTV. QSL via HA2SZ either direct or through the bureau.
[TNX HA0HW]
9G - Derek/F5VCR, Roger/G3SXW, Ken/G3OCA, Les/G4CWD and Fred/G4BWP will
be active from Abokwa Island (AF-???), Ghana between 1 and 6 April.
They will operate on 10-40 metres SSB and CW, callsign TBA. [TNX
The Daily DX]
BV9 - The Chinese Taipei Amateur Radio League (CTARL) is pleased to
announce that a large multi-national team of experienced DXers will
be active as BQ9P from Tung-Sha Dao (Pratas Island, AS-110) between
approximately 5 UTC on 5 April and 21 UTC on the 12th. The
operators will be Dr. Bolin Lin, BV5AF (President of CTARL),
Kenny/BV2EW (Vice President of CTARL), Johnson/BV4DP (Vice
Secretary of CTARL), Bruce/BV2KI, William/BV2VA, Jimmy/BV4AS,
Paul/BV4FH, Chung/BV4ME, Wang/BV5CR, Sky/BV8BC, Teruji/JA1JKG,
Leo/K8PYD and Paul/WT8S. Six or seven stations are planned to be
operative from two locations on the island. Planned operating
frequencies are: 1826.5, 3504, 7004, 10104, 14024, 18074, 21024,
24894 and 28024 KHz (CW); 3790, 7085, 14195, 18145, 21295, 24945
and 28480 KHz (SSB); 14083, 21083, 28083 KHz (RTTY); 14230 KHz
(SSTV). QSL via KU9C (Steve Wheatley, P.O. Box 5953, Parsippany, NJ
07054-6953, USA). Donations in advance or with your QSL request
will be graciously accepted and appreciated. These can be sent to
the DXpedition via KU9C at the above address. On-line logs will be
available after the operation. [TNX BV4AS]
DU - Dave, VE3LDT reports Roland, DU1KGJ/DU4 is planning an operation
from Calagua Islands (OC-202) in the first week of April. This
group was activated for the first and so far only time by I2YDX/DU4
in November 1994.
EA - EA2AAE and others will participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as
AM2AAE. QSL via EA2AAE either direct (P.O. Box 121, Vitoria 01080,
Spain) or through the bureau. [TNX EA2AAE]
EA6 - Look for EA6AEQ to participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as AN6AEQ
(SOAB). QSL via EA6AEQ either direct (P.O. Box 10180, Palma de
Mallorca 07080, Spain) or through the bureau. [TNX EA6AEQ]
ER - Slawa, ER1LW will participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as ER6A.
QSL via ER1LW (P.O.Box 112, Chisinau, MD-2012, Moldova). [TNX
ER1LW]
HC8 - Pedro, HC1OT will be active as HD8Z (QSL via NE8Z) from San
Cristobal, Galapagos (SA-004) during the CQ WPX SSB Contest. Before
and after the contest he will be active as HC1OT/HC8 (QSL via
NE8Z). [TNX NE8Z]
HI - Sigi, DL7DF is active (on CW, SSB and RTTY) as HI9/DL7DF from the
Dominican Republic (NA-096) until 23 March. QSL via DL7DF.
HL - Look for DS4CNB, DS5KMY, 6K5RRC and an operator from HL0Z to be
active as DS4CNB/5 and HL0Z/5 from Hansan Island (AS-081) between
15 and 17 April. They will operate on 6-160 metres CW and SSB. QSL
to P.O Box 30, Tongyung 650-660, Korea. Logs will be available at
http://ds4cnb.qsl.co.kr [TNX DS4CNB]
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I - Alfredo, IK7JWX and other operators from Salento DX Team/ARI Lecce
will be active (SSB and CW on 10, 15, 20, 40, 6 and 2 metres) from
the following islands in the Pedagne Archipelago (EU-091, WWL
JN80XP): La Chiesa (IIA BR-008) on 18-19 March, Traversa (BR-009)
on 25-26 March, Giorgio Treviso (BR-006) on 1-2 April, Monacello
(BR-007) on 8-9 April, Pedagna Grande (BR-001) on 15-16 April. QSL
via IK7JWX (Alfredo De Nisi, P.O. Box 218, 73100 Lecce - LE). [TNX
IK7JWX]
I - Look for IR2ANT will be active from "Ernesto Cairoli" Highschool in
Varese, Italy on 20-26 March. QSL via IK2IWU (Carlo Raso, P.O. Box
1, 21100 Varese 2 - VA, Italy). [TNX IK2IWU]
I - Special station IR0MM will be active on 17-19 March from the Abbey
of Valvisciolo (Latina, Italy). QSL via I0YKN (Nuccio Meoli, Via
della Stazione snc, 04010 Cori - LT). [TNX I0YKN]
I - Special station IR0MA will be ative on all bands between 21 and 30
April to celebrate the 2753rd anniversary of the foundation of
Rome. QSL direct only via I0MWI (Stefano Cipriani, Via Taranto 60,
00055 Ladispoli - RM, Italy). For information on the "Natale di
Roma" award please contact I0MWI at i0mwi@qsl.net [TNX I0MWI]
J6 - Look for the following stations to participate in the CQ WPX SSB
Contest on 25-26 March from St. Lucia (NA-108): J68AS (QSL via
N9AG), J68DD (QSL via N6JRL), J68ID (QSL via W8QID), J6/KD4YHY
(QSL via KD4YHY). [TNX The Daily DX]
JA - Hiro, JK1FNN and YL operator Mie, 7L1MKM will be active (on 10-20
metres SSB and CW) from Izu Archipelago (AS-008) on 25-26 March.
QSL via JK1FNN, preferably through the bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
JT - Laurence "Flo" Howell, GM4DMA is likely to be operational again
from Central Mongolia as JT1FCR on HF and especially 6 metres
starting on 18 April for two weeks. QSL via GM4DMA. [TNX GM4DMA]
KG4 - Vance N5VL will be active as KG4VL from Guantanamo (NA-015) between
22 and 29 March, CQ WPX SSB Contest included. QSL via N5VL. [TNX
N5VL]
KH6 - Look for Al, NH7A to participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest from the
island of Maui. QSL via W6QK (please note that cards sent to the
old manager, N2AU, are neither answered nor forwarded). [TNX NH7A]
KP2 - N6DE, W7MH, and W6XK will participate in the CQ WPX SSB contest
(Multi-Single) as WP2Z (QSL via KU9C) from St. Croix, U.S. Virgin
Islands (NA-106). Before and after the contest they will operate as
N6DE/KP2, W7MH/KP2 and W6XK/KP2 (QSL via home calls). [TNX The
Daily DX]
KP4 - Carlos, WP4U will be active from Mona Island (NA-099) between 25
and 31 March. QSL via WP4U. [TNX The Daily DX]
LU - Operators from Radio Club Casilda will be active on 16-19 March as
LU0F from Expo Chacra 2000 at Uranga in Santa Fe province. QSL via
LU1FFF either direct (Radio Club Casilda, P.O. Box 167, 2170
Casilda, SF, Argentina) or through the bureau. [TNX LU5FC]
LU - Between 00.00 UTC on 15 April and 24.00 UTC on the 23rd amateur
radio operators from Argentina will be using special prefixes as
follows to celebrate IARU's 75th anniversary: LU stations will use
L4 (eg LU7EE = L47EE), LW stations will use L5 (eg LW3EFD =
L53EFD), AZ stations will use L6 (eg AZ4AV = L66AV). The Radio Club
Argentino will use AY1ARU. QSL AY1ARU via LU4AA either direct (P.O.
Box 97, 1000 Buenos Aires, Argentina) or through the bureau. A
programme os special awards is sponsored by the Radio Club
Argentino to mark the event. For further information please visit
http://www.lu4aa.org [TNX LU7DS and LU7EE]
P2 - 17 March was announced to be Bernhard's (P29VMS) last day from
Lihir (OC-069). He is expected to stop again on OC-008 and then to
be active from OC-101 (and maybe OC-102 or another group as well).
Bernhard operates "free style" but can also be found on the VK-ZL
net (starts at 5 UTC) on 14183 kHz. QSL via DL2GAC.
PJ - Albert, HB9BCK will be active as PJ4/HB9BCK from Bonaire (SA-006),
Netherlands Antilles between 9 and 22 April. He will operate on
3505, 7005, 10105, 14005, 18073, 21005, 24895, 28005, 50110 kHz CW;
3775, 7075, 14275, 18145, 21275, 24975, 28475, 50125 kHz SSB;
14085, 21085, 28085 kHz RTTY. QSL via home call. [TNX HB9BCK]
PY - Mario, PP5MQ will participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as PV5M (10
metres). QSL via PP5MQ (Mario Marquardt, P.O. Box 212, 89201-972
Joinville - SC, Brazil). [TNX PP5MQ]
PY - PY1KS, PY1TIA, PY1SL and PY1NX will be active as ZV1IR (SSB) and
ZW1MB (CW) with two stations from Rasa Island (SA-079, DIB-054),
DFB-RJ-10) between 21 UTC on 14 April and 18 UTC on the 16th.
Suggested frequencies are 50115, 28460, 24960, 21260, 18160, 14260,
7060, 3790 kHz SSB and 50115, 28025, 24895, 21025, 18075, 14025,
10110, 7007, 3505 kHz CW. QSL via PY1AA either direct (LABRE-RJ,
P.O. Box 58, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 20001-970, Brazil) or through
the bureau. [TNX PY1KS and PS7AB
PY - Look for PS8DX, PS8ET, PS8HF, PS8PY, PS8NF, PU8PYK & PT7AA ZW8CI to
be active (on 6-80 metres CW and SSB) as ZW8CI from Ilha das
Canarias, Caju Archipelago (SA-072, DIB 72, PI-01 for the Brazilian
Lighthouses Award) between 20 and 23 April. QSL via PS8DX (P.O. Box
96, Teresina, PI 64001-970, Brazil). [TNX PS7AB]
S0 - Naama/S01A, Mehdi/S0RASD and Arseli/EA2JG will be active as S05R (a
new prefix) from Western Sahara on 17-23 April. [TNX EA2JG]
SM - John, SM0DJZ plans to operate as SJ9WL from Morokulien during the
CQ WPX SSB Contest. He will be there on 24-27 March; before and
after the contest he will use LG5LG on RTTY and WARC bands. QSL for
both via SM0DJZ (Jan Hallenberg, Siriusgatan 106, SE-195 55 Mersta,
Sweden). [TNX SM0DJZ]
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SU - Giftun Island (AF-???) [425DXN 447] Update. Two calls (SU9DX and
6V0TA) have been requested for the DXpedition, which is now planned
to take place between 22 and 27 May. The team includes I8IYW (team
leader), IK6CAC, IK7XIV, IK8UHA, IK8VRH, IK8YTF, IS0JMA and T77WI.
They plan to operate two stations on SSB, one on CW and one on
RTTY. The QSL manager will be IK8UHA (Tony Barbato, P.O. Box 5039,
80144 Napoli - NA, Italy; su9dx@qsl.net). Contributions can be sent
to I8IYW (Pino Iannuzzi, P.O. Box 5039 , 80144 Napoli - NA, Italy).
The web site for the operation is at www.qsl.net/su9dx
SV - Dimitris, SV1CIB and others will participate in the CQ WPX SSB
Contest as SZ3PTR (Multi-Single). QSL via SV3BSF. [TNX SV1CIB]
V3 - Reminder [425DXN 449]: look for Bert, PA3GIO to be active (80-10
metres SSB) as V31GI from Southwest Caye, Glover's Reef (NA-180) on
19-24 March and from Little Water Caye (NA-180) on 26-29 March. QSL
via PA3GIO preferably through the bureau. Give a look to his web
site at http://www.qsl.net/pa3gio/
V3 - Art, NN7A confirms he will operate as V31JZ from the Turneffe
Islands (NA-123) on 26-31 March [425DXN 449]. Look for him mostly
on CW (10-160 metres), with some SSB on 14260 and 21260 khZ around
14-17 UTC. QSL via NN7A either direct (Arthur M. Phillips, P.O. Box
201, Flagstaff, AZ 86002, USA) or through the bureau. His web site
is at http://www.qsl.net/nadxa/v31jz [TNX NN7A]
VK - The New South Wales Division of the Wireless Institute of Australia
(http://www.wia.org.au/vk2) has authorised a number of NSW Amateur
Radio clubs to use the Sydney Olympics special event callsign
AX2000 (A-X-2-thousand) during 2000. The Manly-Warringah Radio
Society will activate the call in the CQ WPX SSB Contest and will
continue to use it through the end of March. The Wahroonga Amateur
Historical Radio Association will be active as AX2000/IMD on 29
April (the International Marconi Day). Other New South Wales radio
clubs will activate the call at various times throughout the year,
and AX2000 will be running from the WIA (VK2) Divisional
headquarters during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Visitors may
apply to operate the station by contacting the VK2 Divisional
office (vk2@wia.org.au). [TNX VK2SKY]
VK0_mac - Due to recent interference to the ionosonde / riometer receivers
and other sensitive Upper Atmospheric Physics equipment at the
research station, the Senior Communications Engineer on the island
has directed that VK0MM operations shall be limited to a window of
frequencies between 10 & 15 Megahertz until further notice.
"No Europe scheds until April", Alan, VK0MM announced [425DXN 455].
In fact Europeans amateurs will have to wait until 1 April - and it
will not be an April's Fool. His operating scheduled will be as
follows:
1000-1100Z LA/JW/JX/TF/OZ/OX/OY/OH/SM *ONLY* SSB 14150 kHz QSX 160
1100-1200Z REST OF EUROPE SSB 14150 kHz QSX 160
He wants you to "send your last two & then full call on contact.
Stations persistently calling out of turn will not be responded to
& will have their callsigns flagged with QRU by the logging
software". Alan also states that "the limit is TWO different
band/mode QSOs per station (eg: one on 40m CW and one on 15m SSB,
or one 80m SSB & one 20m SSB etc.). Stations attempting more
contacts will be completely removed from the log, no exceptions".
QSL route TBA. Latest information on Alan's operating schedules and
practices is at http://geocities.com/vk0ld/1.html
VP2V - Bill, AA7X will be active (on 10-40 metres CW and SSB) as VP2V/AA7X
from the British Virgin Islands (NA-023) between 25 March and 1
April. QSL via AA7X. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin]
VP5 - Look for Dave/W5AO and Jim/K5TT to be active (on 6-160 metres SSB
and CW) as VP5/W5AO and VP5/K5TT from North Caicos Island (NA-002)
between 20 and 29 March. They will participate in the WPX SSB
Contest as VP5V. QSL VP5/W5AO and VP5V to P.O. Box 88, Morris, OK
74455-0088, USA; QSL VP5/K5TT via K5TT. [TNX The Daily DX]
W - Gary, KI6T will be active (10-20 metres SSB and CW) as KI6T/p from
Catalina Island (NA-066) between 29 March and 11 April and again on
3-5 October. QSL via KI6T. [TNX KI6T]
XT - Robert, F5JRY will be in Burkina Faso from 27 March to 11 April and
hopes to be active on SSB with some CW on higher bands. [TNX F6AJA
and Les Nouvelles DX]
XU - Kim, JA6HJP and Aki, JA6VQA will be active (on 10-80 metres, WARC
bands included, SSB and CW) from Cambodia between 24 and 27 March.
They will participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest. Callsigns not
mentioned, but QSL via home calls. [TNX JA6VQA]
YB - Efendi, YC8XNE and his wife Fat, YC8XWJ are residents on Sula
Island (OC-076). They are still new to pile-ups and are often
helped by net controllers. Look for them on or around 21260 kHz in
the UTC afternoons. QSL via YC8TXW (Ronny Monoarfa, P.O. Box 166,
Tahuna, Sangihe Island, 95800 Indonesia). [TNX 9V1RH and Islands On
The Web]
Z3 - Mike, NN6C will be guest operating as Z38/NN6C until 4 April. He
will be active on all bands CW, SSB and RTTY. He and a large group
of Z3 operators will participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as Z30M
(Multi-Multi). QSL via NN6C (Mike Jakiela, P.O. Box 286, Poway, CA
92074, USA). Mike is the QSL manager also for Z37GBC, Z31GB, Z31JA,
Z32XA and Z32XX. [TNX Z31JA and Z37GBC]
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CALLBOOK ---> Fred, DF6EX has been the editor of the QSL MANAGER listing
included in the Flying Horse Callbook CD since 1996. The deadline for the
summer 2000 edition is near at hand and if you have any corrections,
additions or call changes, e-mail Fred as soon as possible (DF6EX@winqsl.de).
If you want to see your current record, e-mail info@winqsl.de and write list
<call> in the body of the message. Please note that ADDRESSES corrections
should NOT be sent to Fred, but to 103424.2142@compuserve.com [TNX DF6EX]
EAST TIMOR (LICENCES) ---> CEPT licenses are accepted, with the provision
that all users of such licenses must give prior notification to the UN
Telecommunications Offices, and wait for approval by the UN prior to
operating. Notification must include a copy of the operator's license, and a
mailing address. Those who might want to operate from East Timor should have
all entry clearances in hand before applying for operating permission,
including notifying the UN of intention to use a CEPT license, and receiving
the approval of the UN before commencing operations. Notifications or
applications should go to: Mr. Alain C. Moerenhout, Telecommunications
Service, 405 East 42nd Street, Room S-1931B, New York, NY 10017, USA (fax
(212)-963-3669). [TNX NC1L]
FRENCH POLYNESIA ---> Mat, ON5KL is planning to operate from French Polynesia
later this year and would like to receive some inputs from the IOTA
community. Please let him know which IOTA groups you still need before the
end of March. His e-mail address is on5kl@planetinternet.be [TNX ON5KL]
LY10 AWARD ---> Amateurs from Lithuania will be using LY10 prefixes to
celebrate the 10th anniversary of restoration of independence in their
country until 31 March. An award is available for contacting three LY10s; for
further information please contact the Award Manager Giedrius Bartaska, LY1FW
at ly1fw@takas.lt
MACEDONIA ---> Venco Stojcev, Z31JA (z31ja@mt.net.mk) reports that Z3 first
class licencees can change their calls and use Z31-Z37 + one-letter suffixes.
New calls issued so far include Z31A (ex-Z31AA), Z33Z (ex-Z31RB), Z34A
(ex-Z31ET), Z35A (ex-Z31RU), Z35M (ex-Z32KV) and Z36A (ex-Z31VP). Vladimir,
ZS6MG/Z31FU reports that Mike, Z31FK will be receiving his new call (Z34M) in
a few months (please note that Z31FK has no QSL manager: cards should be sent
either direct or through the bureau).
MOLDOVA (QSL BUREAU) ---> Valery Metaxa, ER1DA reports the new address for
the ARM QSL Bureau: ARM QSL Service Bureau, P.O. Box 2942, Kishinev, MD-2071
Moldova.
QSL 9M8DX/2 ---> Cards for Mirek/9V1XE's recent operation from Langkawi
Island (AS-058, 13-16 March) should be sent to 9V1XE either direct (Mirek
Rozbicki, 7 Seletar Terrace, Singapore 806908) or through the 9V bureau.
QSL FO0AAA ---> The address for N7CQQ, as taken from the the DXpedition's web
site (http://www.qsl.net/clipperton2000/) is: John Kennon, P.O. Box 31553,
Laughlin, Nevada 89029, USA.
QSL RA3DEJ/1 ---> Dima, RA3DEJ reports he has started sending out the
RK3DZJ/1 (EU-147 and EU-066) QSL cards for the August 1999 operation. [TNX
RA3AUU]
QSL UZ8RR ---> The QSL manager (for NA, SA and DX stations only) is W3HC
(Carl F. McDaniel, 2116 Reed Street, Williamsport, PA 17701-3904, USA).
European stations should write direct to UZ8RR (Vladimir Antonovich, P.O. Box
28, Chernigov-Postamt, 14000 Ukraine). Vlad is active on all bands 10-160
metres CW only. [TNX morse@ok.net.ua]
QSL YC5XIP ---> QSL manager I1WFF (Fulvio Marin, P.O. Box 88, 13900 Biella -
BI, Italy) reports he has finally received the logs for 1999 and has started
processing the requests.
QSL YC8SHQ/P ---> Those who have not received their cards for YC8SHQ/p
(OC-224, September 1997) may want to try through YC9BU, who has the logs. The
address is Kadek Kariana, P.O. Box 106, Singaraja Bali 80100, Indonesia.
Please note that Kadek suggests not to send US$, IRCS are all right. [TNX
I8XTX and IK8PGC]
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THE DAILY DX ---> Congratulations to Bernie McClenny, W3UR who celebrated the
third anniversary of his "The Daily DX" on 17 March. For further information
on this first rate DX bulletin please check out its homepage
(http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx) or e-mail Bernie at bernie@dailydx.com
TROMELIN 2000 ---> "On wich bands/modes do you need FR/Tromelin?" Let the
DXpeditioners [425DXN 458] know your desiderata at
http://perso.easynet.fr/~f6jjx/menu.htm [TNX F5NOD]
+ SILENT KEYS + Hans-Georg Goebel, DK1RV reports the sad news of the passing
of Guenther, DF4DI (aka ZK1DI, F00DI, P29VDI etc) on 15 March. Guenther had
been ill for 13 years, but this did not prevent him from operating from rare
spots (between 1995 and 1999 he was active thrice from Rarotonga and logged
more than 40,000 QSOs with just 100 watts and wire antennas). From November
1999 to early March 2000 he was in 3B9, but was unable to get a licence.
We were also informed by Nuccio, I0YKN of the death of Mimmo, IK8TWP, who
operated from several Italian Islands Award programme locations.
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4W6: The Daily DX reports the web pages for 4W6UN and 4W6/VK2QF can be
found at http://www.winsoft.net.au/~vk2qf/4w6un/4w6un.html and
http://www.winsoft.net.au/~vk2qf/4w6un/4w6_vk2qf.html
LOGS: The logs for all of the operations managed by Rob Snieder, PA5ET
(ex-PA3ERC) are avalable at http://www.qsl.net/lldxt/menu_screen.html
LOGS: The logs for Franck's FK8HC/p operation from N'Die Island (DIFO
FK-079) on 10 March are now available at
http://perso.easynet.fr/~f5nod/fk8hc.html [TNX F5NOD]
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QSL received via direct: 3B9R, 3C0R (AF-039), 3D2AG/p, 3DA0WPX, 3V8BB,
3XY2D, 4L1UN, 4L8A, 4S7BRG, 5A29, 5R8DA, 5U7X, 6Y5/G3XAQ, 7A0K (OC-177),
7Z1IS, 8P6SH, 9G5CW, 9G5DX, 9J2A, 9M2TO, 9M6OO, 9U5D, 9V1YC, A45XR, A92GE,
AH2R, AX0LD, BO0M (AS-113), BY1DX, CM6QG, CP6XE, DU3NXE, E41/OK1DTP,
E44/IZ0CKJ, E44/JA1UT, EA6NB, EL2WW, EP2MKO, ES1WN, ET3VSC, FH/G3SXW,
FH/G3TXF, FH5CB, FK/OH2BH, FO0AOI, FO0DEH (OC-131), FO0SAL (OC-027; OC-067),
FO0SUC (OC-027; OC-066), FO0XUU, FR5ZQ/G, FS/W2QM, FW8ZZ, FY/DJ6SI, H44MX,
HK3JJH/0M, HP1XVH, HS1NGR, JW9PJA, KH4/W4ZYV, KH5/DF6FK, KL1SLE (NA-028),
KL7HF, KP2/W6KK, OD5/OK1MU, OD5NH, OD5NJ, OH0MYF/6 (EU-101), OH0TA, OH0Z,
OH3GZ/OH0, OH3GZ/OI0, OJ0/K7BV, R1MVZ, S79FAG, S79XC, S79ZG, SV2ASP/A,
SV9ANK, T22JY, T22VE, T24DX, T30CW, T30ED, T30Y, T33Y, TG9IGI, TJ2RSF,
VK6NU/P (OC-164), VK9LK, VK9RS (OC-230), VP2VW, VP5EA, XQ5BIB/8 (SA-032),
XV300S, XV7TH, XW2A, YJ8UU, ZB2/W5FI, ZB2X, ZC4AKR, ZD7VC, ZK2VF, ZK3YL,
ZL8RS, ZV0SB, ZY8A.
QSL received via WF5E QSL Service: 3D2RW, 5R8GC, 6Y2A, A61AJ, DX1S, E44A,
E4/OK5DX, NH6D/KH3, KL1SLE (NA-040), LU1ZC R1MVA, TN7OT, V63X (OC-059),
V73ZZ, VK9YY, VP2EREM, W7W (NA-169).
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PERIOD CALL REF
01/01-31/12 IOTA 2000 (http://www.cdxc.org.uk) ***
till 20/03 3W2GAX/p: Phu Quoc (AS-128) * by JA7GAX 461
till 19/03 3W50K: Cat Ba Island (AS-132) * by OKs 461
till 31/12 3Z: special prefix (Poland) 454
till May 4S7BRG: Sri Lanka (AS-003) * by HB9BRM 460
till 07/05 6K2000WFK: special event station (Korea) 459
till 25/03 8Q7KK: Maldives (AS-013) * by HA2SZ 463
till 31/12 9AY2K: special Millennium station 451
till 20/03 9G5VJ: Ghana * by G4ZVJ 462
till 27/03 9M6BAA & 9M6AAC: East Malaysia (OC-088) * by Gs 461
till 10/04 9U5D: Burundi * by SM5DIC 450
till 31/03 C34, C35, C36, C37URA and C37RC: Andorra 461
till 08/04 CE0: Juan Fernandez (SA-005) * by OH2MXS,OH2NSM,OH3JF 462
till August FH/TU5AX: Mayotte (AF-027) * by 6W1QV 458
till 20/03 FO0CLA: Marquesas (OC-027) * by F2HE 460
till 31/12 HB2: special Y2K prefix (Switzerland) 453
till ?? HF0POL: South Shetlands (AN-010) * by SP3GVX 441
till 31/12 HF70PZK: special event station (Poland) 453
till 23/03 HI9/DL7DF: Dominican Republic (NA-096) 463
till 31/12 II0CV: special call 451
till 24/12 II0: special jubilee prefix 452
till 19/03 IR0MM: special station 463
till 31/03 IU0PAW: special event station 451
till 20/03 JI3DST/6: Koshiki Islands (AS-037) 455
till 20/03 JW5QFA: Svalbard * by LA5QFA 462
till 19/03 LU0F: special event station 463
till 31/03 LY10: special prefix (Lithuania) 463
till April JD1BKR: Iwo-Jima (AS-030), Ogasawara 441
till 14/04 M/VU2UKR: England 460
till 29/03 P29VMS: Papua New Guinea * by DL2GAC 463
till 31/03 R1ANP: Progress base, Antarctica 453
till 01/04 S79MX * by HB9MX 459
till 31/12 SI75A & SIxSSA: SSA 75th anniversary stations (Sweden) 445
till 01/04 TZ6VV and TZ6YL: Mali 451
till 01/04 V31JP: Belize * by K8JP 443
till Dec VK0MM: Macquarie Island 463
till May VP6BR: Pitcairn (OC-044) * by OH2BR 455
till 05/05 XW2A: Laos * by JA2EZD 459
till 26/03 YB3ASQ/9: Indonesia * by W7TSQ 460
till 04/04 Z38/NN6C: Macedonia 463
till May ZF2NT: Little Cayman (NA-016) * by N6NT 443
till 30/04 ZV4D: special event call * by PY4AUN 454
from 15/03 CE0: Easter Island (SA-001) * by CE3SAD 462
16/03-21/03 JF1CZQ/JR6, JF1IRW/JR6, JN1JFC/JR6, JQ1DPP/JR6: AS-024 459
17/03-28/03 JA6GXK: Danjo Archipelago (AS-056) 461
17/03-20/03 JN1HOW/JD1: Ogasawara (AS-031) 461
17/03-19/03 T88GM, T88HG, T88RK: Koror (OC-009) * by JAs 461
18/03-01/04 FM/F5LGQ & FM/F5JOT: Martinique (NA-107) 462
18/03-19/03 I: La Chiesa Isl (EU-091) * by IK7JWX and others 463
18/03-20/03 JA6LCJ/6: Tsushima (AS-036) 461
18/03-28/03 TI2/DL8UD: Costa Rica 461
18/03-19/03 BARTG Spring RTTY Contest ***
18/03-19/03 Russian DX Contest ***
19/03-21/03 3V8T (?): Touser, Tunisia * by I5JHW and others 463
19/03-22/03 TX8CI: Chesterfield Is (OC-176), New Caledonia 463
19/03-29/03 V31GI: NA-180 (Belize) * by PA3GIO 463
19/03-21/03 ZK1: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook * by WA6O 462
20/03-25/03 3A/W8MV and 3A/WZ8A: Monaco 463
20/03-30/03 9E1S and 9E1C: Ethiopia * by IV3TRK and IV3OWC 461
20/03-26/03 IR2ANT: special station (ITALY) 463
20/03-29/03 VP5/W5AO, VP5/K5TT, VP5V: North Caicos Isl (NA-002) 463
21/03-27/03 JW2RY, JW9IY, JW9GY: Svalbard * by LA2RY, LA9IY, LA9GY 462
22/03-29/03 KG4VL: Guantanamo (NA-015) * by N5VL 463
22/03-28/03 MJ/K3PLV and MJ/K8PT: Jersey (EU-013) 461
22/03-29/03 YM3LZ: Turkey * by TAs and LZs 459
23/03-25/03 J7: Dominica (NA-101) * by F5LGQ & F5JOT 462
23/03/01/04 TX0DX: Chesterfield Is (OC-176) - DXCC NEW 463
24/03-26/03 3V8K (?): Kerkennah Is (AF-073) * by I5JHW and others 463
24/03-26/03 J7: Dominica (NA-101) * by F5JOT and F5LGQ 459
24/03-27/03 LG5LG and SJ9WL * by SM0DJZ 463
24/03-27/03 XU: Cambodia * by JA6HJP and JA6VQA 463
25/03-3003 3W2GAX: Hon Tam (NO-REF) * by JA7GAX 461
25/03 4U1UN: UN HQ (NYC) * by PA1KW 462
25/03-26/03 7A0A: Indonesia (OC-021) (CQ WPX SSB) 462
25/03-31/03 AX2000: Sydney Olympics special event callsign 463
25/03-26/03 CL0C: Cuba (CQ WPX SSB) 462
25/03-26/03 AM2AAE: Spain (CQ WPX SSB) 463
25/03-26/03 AN6AEQ: Balearic Is, EU-004 (CQ WPX SSB) 463
25/03-26/03 ER6A: Moldova (CQ WPX SSB) 463
25/03-26/03 HD8Z: Galapagos, SA-004 (CQ WPX SSB) 463
25/03-26/03 I: Traversa Isl (EU-091) * by IK7JWX and others 463
25/03-26/03 J68AS, J68DD, J68ID, J6/KD4YHY: St. Lucia (NA-108) 463
25/03-26/03 JK1FNN and 7L1MKM: Izu Archipelago (AS-008) 463
25/03-26/03 LP7H: Argentina (CQ WPX SSB) 462
25/03-26/03 LX7I: Luxembourg (CQ WPX SSB) 462
25/03-26/03 PV5M: Brazil (CQ WPX SSB) 463
25/03-26/03 SY1D: Greece (CQ WPX SSB) 462
25/03-26/03 SZ3PTR: Greece (CQ WPX SSB) 463
25/03-01/04 VP2V/AA7X: British Virgin Islands (NA-023) 463
25/03-31/03 WP4U: Mona Island, Puerto Rico (NA-099) 463
25/03-01/04 ZS31ER: Elephant Rock (AF-???) 462
25/03-26/03 CQ WW WPX Contest (SSB) ***
26/03-31/03 V31JZ: Turneffe Is (NA-123), Belize * by NN7A 463
27/03-11/04 XT: Burkina Faso * by F5JRY 463
29/03-05/04 4W6/VK2QF: East Timor 463
29/03-11/04 KI6T/p: Catalina Island (NA-066) 463
Mar-Apr C21JH and C21/VK2QF: Nauru (OC-031) 461
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