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D2 - Hossam, SU1HM is now active as SU1HM/D2 from Luanda, Angola. Look
for him on +/- 14160 khz starting around 23.00 UTC. QSL direct to
SU1HM (Hossam El Shenawy, 16 El Daher Square, Cairo 11271, Egypt).
[TNX SU1HM]
E3 - Tom, W7LN is currently working in Asmara, Eritrea and is expected to
leave early this coming week. After being active as E30LA, he is
currently signing E30MA. QSL via W7LN (please note that these two
calls were issued for the first time to I2YDX and IK2WXZ
respectively, who used them for their IOTA operations from three
Eritrean island groups in 1999).
EA - Operators from the Union de Radioaficionados de Vigo-Val Minor will
be active as ED1VIG from Castro (PO-004) and San Sebastian (PO-013)
castles on 12-13 and 19-20 August respectively. QSL via bureau. [TNX
EB1GRJ]
EA8 - Look for ED8ILO to be aired from Lobos Island (AF-004) on 17-28
August. QSL via EA8FT. [TNX EA8FT]
FK - Look for TX8LH to participate in the International
Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (19-20 August) from the lighthouse on
Amedee Island (LH 0147, OC-033), New Caledonia. QSL via VK4FW. [TNX
F5OGG]
FR/T - The operators on Tromelin have logged some 38,000 QSOs, but they are
experiencing very bad weather conditions. It caused the loss of two
power supplies and one amplifier, which means no more RTTY activity.
They are currently working with batteries and an old generator -
KYFC as if it dies the DXpedition will go QRT sooner than planned.
HA - Special event station HG8SDS will be active (on 10-80 metres CW and
SSB) on 15-20 August from Veszti-Magor during the "Sarret Days". QSL
via HA8PH. [TNX HA8IC]
HL - Look for HL0K/2 to be active from Ullung Island (AS-045) on 15-19
August using CW and SSB on 40, 20 and 15 metres. [TNX ARRL DX
Bulletin]
HR - Look for Joe, W8GEX to be active on 40-6 (50.125 MHz) metres SSB as
HR6/W6GEX from Roatan Island (NA-057) on 13-18 August. QSL via
W8GEX. [TNX The Daily DX]
I - Northern Italy DX Team members Andy, IK4VET and Robi, IK4XCL will be
active (on 10, 15, 20 and 40 metres CW and SSB) as home call/3 from
Scanno di Boa (IIA RO-009, not IOTA) on 12 August. QSL via home
calls. [TNX IK4RQJ]
I - Special event station IQ3V will be aired on all bands on 12 August
during the Air Show in Trieste. The same call will be used on 19-20
August from Faro della Vittoria (WAIL FV-001) during the
International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend. QSL via bureau or to
IV3LNQ. [TNX IV3QBL]
I - IZ8BGY, IZ8CCW, IZ5BSB plan to operate from Le Castella (IIA KR-001,
not IOTA) on 12 August.
I - Bruno, IK2PZG reports he plans to operate from Ischia (NA-031) and a
few satellite islands between 13 and 21 August.
IS0 - IS0JMA, IS0SEB, IS0BTH, IS0JLJ and others will operate as IS0/IS0JMA
from the lighthouse at Capo Ferro (WAIL SA-002, IOTA EU-024) on 12
August. QSL via IS0JMA either direct (Roberto Alaimo, P.O. Box 41,
07026 Olbia - SS, Italy) or through the bureau. [TNX IS0JMA]
JA - Look for JF6WTY/6 to operate from AS-023 as follows; 12-14 August
from Tokunoshima, 15-16 August from Okino-Erabu, 23-26 August from
Amami and Kakeroma. QSL via JF6WTY.[TNX JI6KVR]
JT - Vladimir, UA4WHX will be active as JT1FDC (JT1DFC/4, JT1FDC/6,
JT1FDC/7) from Mongolia until 24 August. QSL via UA4WHX (Vladimir
Bykov, P.O.Box 2040, Izhevsk, 426000, Russia). [TNX JT1CD]
KH5 - While the Kingman Reef DXpedition is still on track for October,
Mike, KH6ND/KH5 has been increasingly QRV from Palmyra. He is to
leave the atoll on 17 August - however, QRZ-DX reports, "we do not
know how firm that date is. The previous date given was September
11". Mike is having problems on 160 metres and, while working on the
antenna, he was bitten by a brown scorpion. QSL via K4TSJ. [TNX
N4AA]
KP4 - Look for KP4ES to operate from Caja de Muertos (NA-099) during the
International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend (19-20 August). This
island counts towards the WPRI Award. [TNX The Daily DX]
LZ - Nick, LZ1NG reports he will be "very close" to Sveti Anastasiya
(EU-181) between 10 and 20 August and might operate (10-80 metres CW
and SSB) from the island during his spare time.
OH - Look for OH8T to participate in the International
Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend from the lighthouse at Marjaniemi on
Hailuoto Island (EU-184). Plans are to be active on 160, 80, 40, 20
and 15 metres. [TNX OH8HTS]
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PY0F - Look for Rick, PY1VOY/PY0F and Zeca, PY1LVF/PY0F to be active from
Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) through 15 August. QSL both via PY1LVF.
[TNX The Daily DX]
SM - Eric, SM1TDE will be active as 8S9LH (on HF and 2 metres) and as
SM1TDE (on 6 metres) from Gotska Sandoen (EU-020) between 18 and 20
August. He will operate from Fyrudden Lighthouse (LH-0401, locator
JO98OJ) and will participate in the International
Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend. QSL via SM1TDE.
SP - Special event station HF6WR will be active until 6 November to
celebrate the 1000th anniversary of the city of Wroclaw in Poland.
QSL via SP6ZDA either direct (Scouts Radio Club SP6ZDA, P.O. Box 41,
51-673 Wroclaw 9, Poland) or through the bureau. Further information
is avalable at http://www.wroclaw.tpsa.pl/user/sp6pwr [TNX SQ6ELF]
SV - Look for John, SV1TN and Manos, SV1IW to operate (SSB and CW on all
bands, WARC included) as SV1IW/8 and SV1TN/8 from Samothraki Island
(EU-174) between 11 and 18 August. QSL via home calls, either direct
(see addresses below) or through the bureau. [TNX SV1IW]
SV - Look for SV1ENG and SV1EFP to operate as SW8LH (CW only, mainly
above 30 metres) from Akrotiri Lighthouse on Santorini Island
(EU-067) during the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend.
Between 17 and 22 August, outside the lighthouse event, they will
operate as SV1ENG/p and SV1EFP/p. QSL via SV1ENG. [TNX SV1ENG]
UA - Dima/RW0LIS, Vlad/UA0ACG, Slava/UA0AOZ and Mike/UA0MF will be active
(on 10-40 metres CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK and SSTV) as RM0M from Popova
Island (AS-066, RR-16-02) between 13 and 16 August. QSL via UA0MF
(Mike Filippov, P.O. Box 20, Vladivostok, 690021, Russia). If they
operate as home call/A or /0, QSL via operator instruction. [TNX
UA0MF]
UA - Dima/RW0LIS, Mike/UA0MF and Art/UA0NL will operate (on 10-20 metres
CW and SSB) as UE0LLH from three lighthouses (namely Basargin, Shkot
and Tokarevskiy) in the port of Vladivostok during the Internation
Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend on 19-20 August. QSL via UA0MF (Mike
Filippov, P.O. Box 20, Vladivostok, 690021, Russia). [TNX UA0MF]
VK9 - Please note that the starting date for VK9CQ's operation from
Cocos/Keeling (OC-003) is 26 August (not 16 as mistyped in 425DXN
465). It is confirmed he will then move to Christmas Island (OC-002)
and be active as VK9XV between 2 and 13 September. QSL via PA3GIO.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused Bert, PA3GIO
and our readers.
W - Look for N5VL to be active (10-160 metres) from Cumberland Island
(NA-058) between 12 and 24 UTC on 12 August. [TNX N5VL]
W - The Old Barney ARC will be operating W2T during the International
Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend. Operations will take place from the
"Tucker's Island Lighthouse" in Tuckerton, NJ. This is a full scale
replica of the Tucker's Island lighthouse which succumbed to the
Atlantic back in 1927. Look for W2T from 13 UTC on 19 August to 3
UTC on the 20th and again from 13 UTC to 20 UTC on 20 August. QSL
via N2OO (Bob Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087, USA). [TNX
N2OO]
YJ - Masayoshi, JE1DXC will operate from the Shepherd Islands (OC-111),
Vanuatu on 14-20 August. He will collect his licence upon arrival
(in the past he operated as YJ0AXC from either OC-035 and OC-104).
Plans are to be active on 20, 17, 15 and 12 metres SSB and CW with
100 watts, dipoles and a generator. QSL direct only with one IRC to
JE1DXC (for further information on Masa's QSlling practices please
visit http://members.tripod.co.jp/mihara/oc-111.html). [TNX JE1DXC]
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DIE CONTEST ---> A reminder from Pepe, EA5KB: entries for the DIE Contest
2000 should be sent to URE Cullera, P.O. Box 75, 46400 Cullera (Valencia),
Spain (do not forget to include a photograph of the operator to be printed on
the certificates for participating in this year's event). [TNX IK1GPG]
INTERNATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE/LIGHTSHIP WEEKEND ---> The list of participants (so
far some 240 in 43 countries) this year's event (from 00.01 UTC on 19 August
until 23.59 UTC on the 20th) is continually updated at
www.waterw.com/~weidner/LH-day-table.htm [TNX GM4SUC, gm4suc@compuserve.com]
NOT EU-162! ---> Albert, RA1QHJ reports that, after checking with IOTA HQ,
they realized that the 26-20 July operation by RA1QQ/1, RA1QY/1 and UE1RRC/1
did not take place from EU-162, but from EU-147.
QSL 3C0R ---> Vic, EA5YN and Elmo, EA5BYP report that as there are problems
in receiving/sending out bureau cards for the September 1999 3C0R DXpedition
to Annobon, cards for contacts not confirmed direct will be sent
automatically through the REF bureau by F2VX.
QSL GB0HI ---> QSL manager Paul Scarratt, G0WRE reports he has now answered
all the direct QSL requests for GB0HI (Hilbre Island, EU-120) received to
date. "If you sent a direct card but enclosed anything other than $1 US or a
valid IRC, then your reply will have been sent via the RSGB Bureau."
QSL T31T/K & ZK3DX/CW ---> QSLling started the very same day Nils received
the cards from the printer, i.e. on 16 March. "Today (10 August) all direct
requests for QSLs are in the mail except those which I have to check a second
time because of various reasons", Nils, SM6CAS reports. Some 150 requests
that were sent along with cards for other operations managed by Nils are
being processed right now. Then it will be the turn of bureau cards.
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QSL VIA AC7DX ---> Ron, AC7DX reports he will close the logs for the
following stations on 1 October 2000:
1Z9A 9M2HB JT1AO UA3CT UZ2FWA VU2ACD
1Z9B 9M8EN JT1BG UB5UAT V31A XB9Z
1Z9D A35SS KC5HA UD6BD V31UN XH9Z
1Z9E BV2FB KP2/VS6CT UI9CQ VQ9HB XW8FA
1Z9YL BV5CN KP4AM UJ9SWE VQ9SS XX9CT
3D2LF BV5HJ RA0FA UK2RDX VQ9CQ ZK2VE
3D2WM BZ1FB RI5A UO5OAQ VQ9VO ZS3TL
3V8BB C21BD RW0CWA UO5OQ VR2BH
4B9CQ HK0/KB5GL S79WHW UR1RWX VR2EW
8P9GI HL9KL T30AC UR2RRR VS6CT
8P6JQ HL9KLN T30W UV0EX VS6CX
9K2QQ JT1AN UA0CCW UY5PC VS6DX
W9DXCC CONVENTION ---> The 48th Annual W9DXCC Convention will be held on
15-16 September at the Holiday Inn in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Details and
on-line registration at http://www.qth.com/w9dxcc [TNX W9VA, w9va@aol.com]
+ SILENT KEY + Alfredo Luciano, LU6DJX recently became a silent key. Don
Alfredo was one of the leading DXers in the world. Angelo, IK2HTW reports the
untimely passing of Sergio, IK2TCZ.
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CARIBBEAN TOUR: A comprehensive web-site for the Antigua & Barbados tour by
Ronald/PA3EWP, Peter/PA4EA, Rob/PA5ET and Dennis/PA7FM
[425DXN 481] has been set up at
http://www.qsl.net/lldxt/v2_8p_2000/index.html - it will have
on-line logs, tour diary, digital pictures and real audio
files of pile-ups and other relevant information related to
this tour. [TNX PA5ET]
QSL ROUTES: Pascual, EA5EYJ reports an IOTA Contest QSL Route List is
available at http://www.arrakis.es/~ea5eyj
QSL VIA W3HC: The up to date list of the stations managed by Mac is at
http://www.homestead.com/w3hc/index.html
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3D2CQ N6PEQ FY1DW FY5KE SV0IR DL2FDF
3V8CB DL1BDF GD3CWI/p G3CWI SV5/PA1KW PA1KW
3W2KYU JH8KYU GM5C GM0DEQ SV8/F2VX F2VX
3Z7FBQ SP7FBQ GX6YB G3SWH SV8/HA0HW/p HA0HW
4L1BR KE1HZ HB0/IN3IKF/p IN3IKF SV8/HA0HW/p HA0HW
4L4KW KE1HZ HB0/N7OV IK3VIA SV8/IT9YRE/p IT9YRE
4N1EA YU1RE HB0/PI4TUE PI4TUE SV9/PA3GCV PA3GCV
4X/DL8ABO/p DL8ABO HF0POL SP3WVL SY2S SV2DCD
4X/JM1LJS JL2XUN HI3/KB2MS KB2MS SY2T SV2CWY
5B4/G0DEZ G0DEZ HL0C/4 HL0C T88BX JA6BX
5R8GR DK6ST HS0AC HS0/G3NOM T88VG JR6NVG
5W1SA JH7OHF HS2ZIU E21EIC TA3AX DL7JAK
6W/DK8YY DH7WW HS4BPQ E21EIC TA3BT OE2GRP
7Q7HB G0IAS J28EW F5LDY TF/G3SQX G3SQX
9M6AAC N2OO J28EX F5THR TK/ON4IPA ON6ZV
AX3OLY VK3WI J3/G3TBK G3TBK TK/ON6ZV ON6ZV
BW2000 JP1RIW J43J DJ5JH UA1PBP/p RK1PWA
C99AT pirate J43U DJ8UY UE3MYI UA3XAC
CT3AS DJ8FW J6/OH1XX OH1XX UE4NNN RW4NM
CU4ARG CU3AN JT1FBB W9JOE UU7J/p UU8JK
DS2AGH/4 DS2AGH JW/OK2PBM OK2PBM UY0MF/5A UX5MZ
DU1/DK3GI DL2MY K1HP/KH0 JE2EHP V26EA PA5ET
E20HHK E21EIC K2L WB2YQH V26ET PA5ET
E20REX E21EIC KC4/HF0POL SP3WVL V26FM PA5ET
E4/JM1LJS JL2XUN KC4AAG W1LU V26WP PA5ET
EA1GA/p EA1GA KH6ND/KH5 K4TSJ V63KP K8AA
EA9/EA7JB/p EA9PB KL7AK N6AWD VD1VIK VO1UL
ED1SAC EC1AHS LU7EE EA5RD VK9XY DH1SGS
ED1URB EA1CCW OH0BVI OH2BVI VP2V/IZ1DLV IZ1DLV
ED1VIG bureau P29CC K1WY VQ9NL W4NML
ED3IM (22-23.7) EA3CKX PJ4G WA2NHA VQ9QM W4QM
ED3IM (iotatest) ON7LX PR5YL PP5LL W1VX/KH0 JF1OCQ
EJ5J EI3IG PV5IOTA PP5LL YB0DPO K5ZE
EJ7M EI6HB PV5L PP5LL YC0YAD K5ZE
EL2JR KB3U PY1VOY/PY0F PY1LVF YN9HAU HR1RMG
EM1KY UT7UA R1ANF RK1PWA YU30NW YU1NW
EM1U UT7UA R1ANZ RU1ZC ZF2JM KD3YK
EM500E UR4EYN RK0FWL/p RK0FWL ZF2SC KA9P
EP2MKO UA6HCW RK0YWA/p RA0WA ZK1PEQ N6PEQ
EY8MM K1BV S79WB DL4HBB ZL8RI ZL4HU
FR/F6KDF/T F6KDF SN0HQ SP2PI ZL9CI ZL4HU
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4X6TT Amir Bazak, Box 1515, Ramat, Hasharon 47100, Israel
9V1JA Naoski Oinuma, 43 Jurong East Avenue 1, # 10-02, Singapore 609778,
Singapore
DH1SGS Stefan Giehle, Schmidaecker 3, 73084 Salach, Germany
E21EIC Champ C. Muangamphun, P.O. Box 1090, Kasetsart, Bangkok 10903,
Thailand
EA5RD Francisco Sanchez Amedo, P.O.Box 673, Elda 03600, Alicante, Spain
EI6HB Denis O'Flynn, Ladysbridge P.O., Castlemartyr, Co. Cork. Ireland
ER3AU P.O.Box 637, Beltsy, MD-3101 Moldova
ET3DP Dennis Panther, P.O.Box 1014, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
F5BAR J.L. Bouchet, Chemin de l'Artaude, 14 verger de Beauvoir, 83220 Le
Pradet, France
F6KDF Radio Club de la Gendarmerie, 292 Route de Genas, 69677 Bron Cedex,
France
G0DEZ Dez Watson, 12 Chadswell Heights, Lichfield, Staffs WS13 6BH, England
IK7JWX Alfredo De Nisi, P.O. Box 218, 73100 Lecce - LE, Italy
IS0YUJ Gianni Zicca, Via Nazionale 58, Fraz. Sirai, 09013 Carbonia - CA,
Italy
IT9YRE Nando Rubino, P.O. Box 30, 96012 Avola - SR, Italy
IZ1DLV Gilberto G. Bonasegale, P.O. Box 7039, 16148 Genova - GE, Italy
IZ8CCW P.O. Box 360, 87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy
JT1BG S. Baatar, P.O.Box 158, Ulaanbaatar-13, Mongolia
LA6RHA Unni Gran, Mellomaasvn. 128, N-1414 Trollaasen, Norway
N2OB P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087, USA
OM2SA Juray Sipos, 930 13 Trhova' Hradska' 550, Slovakia
ON7LX Carine Ramon, Bruggesteenweg 77, B-8755 Ruiselede, Belgium
OZ6SM (EU-171) S.K. Mogensen, Syrenvej 9, DK-9440 Aabybro, Denmark
PA5ET Rob Snieder, Van Leeuwenstraat 137, 2273 VS, Voorburg, The Netherlands
RK0FWL P.O. Box 79, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk-10, 693010, Russia
RK1PWA Nick Shapkin, P.O.Box 73, 164744 Amderma, Arkhangelskaja, Russia
RU1ZC Valentin Mykitenko, Akademgorodok 2 1, 184340 Loparskaya, Russia
RW4NM Andrej Loginov, P.O. Box 767, Kirov, 610001, Russia
SK9HQ S.S.A., Box 45, SE-191 21 Sollentuna, Sweden
SP3WVL Tomasz Lipinski, Ul.I Paderewskiego 24m 1, 69-100 Slubice, Poland
SV1IW Manos Darkadakis, 2 Plithonos Gemistoy str., 17671 Kallithea, Athens,
Greece
SV1TN John Hatjidimitriou, 15 Doridos str., 15562 Athens, Greece
SV2CWY P.O. Box 40130, Salonica 56000, Greece
UA3XAC Valery N. Murashkin, P.O. Box 9008, Obninsk, 249039, Russia
UA6HCW Igor Kovalyov, P.O. Box 59, Pyatigorsk 357500, Russia
UA9JKY Serge Maximenko, P.O.Box 528, Surgut-12 626400, Russia
UT7UA Roman Bratchyk, P.O.Box B-19, Kyiv 01001, Ukraine
UU8JK Alex Kotovsky, P.O. Box 57, Kerch, 98312, Ukraine
VK7TS Trevor Spargo, 1 Roebourne Rd, Otago, Tasmania, Australia 7017
WB2YQH P.O. Box 73, Spring Brook, NY 14140, USA
ZL4HU Ken Holdom, P.O. Box 7, Clyde, Central Otago, New Zealand
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