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DX425 bulletin issue nr. 496


425 DX News #496 
4 November 2000 
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to: 
Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: DX information 
(e-mail i1jqj@425dxn.org - BBS I1JQJ@I1YLM.IPIE.ITA.EU)
Maurizio Bertolino, I1-21171: 425 DX News Web Pages
(e-mail i121171@425dxn.org) 

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3W     - Hans, WA1LWS plans to be on the  air (CW only) from Vietnam on  9-26
          November, including en entry in the  CQ WW DX  CW Contest. [TNX  The
          Daily DX]
5T     - After a short trip to Bujumbura,  Burundi (9U5) Yannick, F6FYD  will
          be based in Nouakchott, Mauritania (5T) for six months at least.  He
          will be active on all bands SSB.  QSL via home call. [TNX F6AJA  and
          Les Nouvelles DX]
5T     - Eight operators from I.A.R.V. will visit  Mauritania and operate  as
          5T5U from 10  to 16 November.  They might also  be active as  S07CRS
          from Western Sahara. QSL via JA1UT (team leader). [TNX JF6OJX]
8P     - Martyn, G3RFX will be active again  as 8P9FX from Barbados  (NA-021)
          on 12-16 November, mainly CW (40-10  metres) with some SSB. QSL  via
          home  call.  Further  information  and  pictures  are  available  at
          http://www.btinternet.com/~g3rfx [TNX G3RFX]
CT     - CT1BWW and CT1DGK will be signing  CQ2K on 10-12 November. Look  for
          them on all bands (except 160 metres) and during the JIDXC  Contest.
          QSL via CT1BWW.
EA     - Look for Pepe, EA5KB to be active from Penyeta del Moro (EU-151)  on
          4-5 November (also CW); from El Recati (DIEI V-010, not IOTA) and El
          Tancat (V-012, not IOTA)  on 11 and  12 November respectively.  [TNX
          EA5KB]
HV     - Look for HV5PUL to operate on HF, 6 and 2 metres from the Pontificia
          Universita' Lateranense, Vatic City on 9-10 November. [TNX IW0DJB]
J3     - Chip, W1AIM will  be active on  6 metres  (50110 and  50125 kHz)  as
          J3/W1AIM from Carriacou Island (NA-147) on 10-22 November. [TNX  The
          Daily DX]
R1A_ant- Operator Gennady  is expected  to be  active as  R1ANP from  Russian
          Antarctic Base Progress. Look for  him on 14.160  kHz at 15-18  UTC.
          [TNX UR4LUG]
SP     - Special event  stations  SP2000S  (SP-two  thousand-S)  and  SN2000C
          (SN-two thousand-C) will be active on  all bands and modes until  31
          December to celebrate  the new millennium.  QSL SP2000S via  SP5ZCC,
          QSL SN2000C via SP9PKZ. [TNX SP5UAF and SP9XWD]
VE     - Terry, VE7TLL  lives on  NA-051 and  will operate  as VE7TLL/p  from
          Kaien Island  (NA-061)  over this  weekend.  QSL via  VE7TLL  either
          direct (P.O.  Box 9,  Tlell,  BC V0T  1Y0,  Canada) or  through  the
          bureau. [TNX VE7TLL]
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AS-140 ---> I1SLY's unexpected business commitments caused the 27-29  October
S21AM and S21YS operation from Char  Kukri Mukri (AS-140) [425DXN 490] to  be
postponed. The new date will be announced in due course. [TNX I1SNW]

DXCC ---> Do you want to know if your DXCC cards have been safely received at
ARRL HQ?  A list  of applications  received is  now available  on the  League
website   at   http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/appstatus.html   [TNX    N7NG,
wmills@arrl.org]

IOTA/RSGB CONVENTION ---> Do you want  to know how  your editors and  several
other IOTA regulars  look like? Give  a look to  the nice  photo gallery  put
together    by     Jean-Michel,     F6AJA    and     now     available     at
http://home.nordnet.fr/~yverbeke/iotaconv.shtml

K7UGA ---> The famous K7UGA callsign, formerly held by the late US Sen. Barry
Goldwater, has been re-issued to his club, the Central Arizona DX Association
(http://www.cadxa.org/). [TNX AD1C]

NEW BOOK ---> "Long-Path Propagation, Revisited  in Year 2000" (91 pages,  67
figures), is  an  update of  NM7M's  earlier book,  "Long-Path  Propagation",
written almost ten years ago. The  update expands the original discussion,  a
year-long study on 20 CW, to include new information on long-path propagation
and the other bands, 10 to  160 metres. For  further information (price  etc)
please contact Bob, NM7M at bobnm7m@cnw.com or write to Robert R. Brown, 1105
- 27th  Street, Room  AW-110, Anacortes,  WA  98221-2710, USA.  All  proceeds
beyond the cost  of printing and  mailing will  be donated  to charity.  [TNX
NM7M]

OC-237 ---> The call used during the CQ WW SSB Contest was YC3IZK/p (some 200
QSOs on 10 metres only). QSL  via IZ8CCW (P.O. Box 360,  87100 Cosenza -  CS,
Italy). [TNX IZ8CCW]

QSL 4U1ITU ---> Peter, G3RZP (peter.chadwick@ieee.org) reports the following:
"Operation from 4U1ITU in the CQ  WW contest has not been  100% QSLed -  only
those who specifically asked for a card  have got one (via Bureau). I've  got
copies of the log and can  QSL anyone who wants a card.  The 10 and 18MHz  CW
operation over  that weekend  has  been QSLed  100%  via Bureau.  Note:  this
applies ONLY to operation over the weekend of Oct 28/29 - I have no logs  for
any other period."

QSL EZ8CQ ---> Alex,  EZ8CQ reports he  has no QSL  manager. Cards should  be
sent to P.O. Box 76, Ashabad, 744001, Turkmenistan. [TNX EU1TT]

QSL TA3J,  TA3YJ &  YM3LZ --->  Nilay, TA3YJ  reports that  bureau cards  for
amateurs in Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil,  Bulgaria,
Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy,  Japan, Kazakhstan, United  Kingdom,
Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, The Netherlands, New Zealand,
Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia,  Slovakia, Slovenia, South  Korea,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, USA, Ukraine and Uzbekistan were sent  on
3 November.

VHF/UHF DX CONTEST ---> The 3rd  edition of the Brazilian VHF/UHF DX  Contest
will  take   place   on  4-5   November.   Full  rules   are   available   at
http://www.qsl.net/vhf-dx/ [TNX PY2ZX]
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E30TA:         The web  site  for Chris,  DK5NAM  (E30NA) and  Dieter,  DF4RD
                (E30TA) is at http://www.qsl.net/e30ta
LOGS:          Logs for A52FH (13,666 QSOs from 3 to 14 September) and  A51AA
                (933 QSO  from  12  to 17  September)  are  now  available  at
                http://www.multimania.com/cdxc [TNX F5LMJ]
LOGS:          Logs  for  FK8HC's  DIFO  activities  are  now  available   at
                http://www.multimania.com/fk8hc/ [TNX FK8HC]
QSL ROUTES:    A list of QSL routes for  stations active during the CQ WW  DX
                SSB Contest is available at http://www.arrakis.es/~ea5eyj [TNX
                EA5EYJ]
VE9DX.COM:     Andy,      VE9DX       (ve9dx@rac.ca)       reports       that
                http://www.ve9dx.com/logs.html now contains links to over 1250
                searchable logs, while  http://www.ve9dx.com/telnet/sites.html
                has links to numerous open DXclusters available via telnet.
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===================================================================
CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3A/IZ1DFI   IZ1DFI      FO0SCH      W6UFT       TF5JAM      TF3KET
4D68RG      DU9RG       FO0TOH      JA1OEM      TF8JAM      TF3KET
4L0G        4L1DA       FO0WEG      SP9FIH      TI5WFM      JA6WFM
4S7WHG      G3SWH       FP/AC8W     AC8W        TJ1GD       SP9CLQ
4X/UT5UDX   UT2UB       FP/K8DD     K8DD        TT8JLB      F5BAR
5B4/DL1IAV  DL1IAV      FP/N8KR     N8KR        TZ6JA       JA3EMU
5C8M        DL6FBL      FS/K4ZA     K4ZA        UA0ACG/0    UA0ACG
5N2BHF      OE6LAG      FY/W7XU     W7XU        UA0AOZ/0    UA0AOZ
5X1GS       WB2YQH      GJ1Y        N0KV        UA0BA       UA3DX
5X1Z        SM6CAS      HB0/HA5RT   HA6NL       UA0ZY/p     4Z5AV
6K2000DX    HL1XP       HB0/HB9AON  DJ2YE       UAOCW       W3HNK
7N4HTS      DG4ZX       HC1OT       NE8Z        UF3CWR      UA3DX
7S5Z        SM0UXX      HF0POL      SP3WVL      UK0A        UK9AA
8J1RL       JG3PLH      HH2LQ       VE2EH       UR3GA       UR7GG
9E1C        IV3OWC      HH2SJR      KZ5RO       US8IDV      UX8IXX
9E1S        IV3TRK      HP3XBH      W4WX        UT0U        UT2UB
9J2BO       W6ORD       HS0AC       G3NOM       UT5UDX      UT2UB
9K2K        W6YJ        IG9A        I2MQP       V26A        WB3DNA
9K2LOW      9K2RA       IH9P        KR7X        V26AK       N2TK
9K2ZZ       W8CNL       II0BP       IK0ZSN      V26AU       DL6LAU
9K9X        9K2HN       II4M        I4MES       V26B        WT3Q
9K9Z        W8CNL       IR0AD       I0NNY       V26EW       N2ED
9M6AAC      N2OO        IY4W        I4JED       V26J        W3LT
9M6BAA      G4SHF       J28NH       F5IPW       V26O        N5NJ
9M6CTT      JA8CCL      J3/K1TH     K1TH        V26OB       DL8OBQ
9M6ERT      K7AR        J3/W6FC     W6FC        V26OC       N3OC
9M6NNT      N7NU        J6R         K3LP        V26SZ       N5CK
9M6RET      W7RR        J8/NO2R     W2EN        V26TZ       W3HNK
9M6YAT      W7YAQ       J8/W2EN     W2EN        V26U        W2UDT
9N7MC       JA9CNC      J8/WA2VUY   W2EN        V26YR       W2YR
9V1YC       AA5BT       J80WW       W2EN        V29K        N2TK
A22ZS       ZS6ZS       JD1BCK      JM1TUK      V31GE       AK0A
A35BQ       I6BQI       JW9XGA      LA9XGA      V31KY       KO0U
A35YL       DL7AFS      JX7DFA      LA7DFA      V31TD       AC0L
A35ZG       DL7AFS      K5K         K4TSJ       V47KP       K2SB
A47JOTA     A47RS       KA6WHA/C6A  KA6WHA      V63DQ       JA7KAC
A52B        JR7TEQ      KC4AAA      K1IED       V63DX       JA7HMZ
A52DX       JF1PJK      KH0/NH7V    JI3NST      V73CW       AC4G
A52JA       JK1AFI      KH2TX/KH0   JA2KTX      V73GI       K3VN
A52W        JH1NBN      KP2/K6RO    K6RO        V73JK       V73AX
A52XX       JA1PCY      KP2/KG6OK   KG6OK       V8A         JH7FQK
A61AJ       W3UR        KP2/NU0Q    NU0Q        VB2R        NB1B  (US)
A61AO       N1DG        KP2A        W3HNK       VB2R        VE3BY (others)
AA9WZ/KH2   JA1OZK      LP1F        LU5FC       VC5C        VE5SF
AX2GAMES    VK2PS       LY40BA      LY3BA       VI5RAS      VK5FV
B7K         W2AY        LY40KB      LY3KB       VK6DIR      VK6NE
BT4ARDF     LZ1ZF       M6T         G4PIQ       VK9LEH      AA4EH
BV5BG       IK7JTF      MJ/KU4CG    KU4CG       VP2EF       AC8G
C6A/KI6T    KI6T        MJ/N0KV     N0KV        VP2EK       W8ILC
CE3F        CE3FIP      OD/JY4NE    KB6NAN      VP2EP       W8GEX
CE8/KD6WW   KD6WW       OH0PM       OH2PM       VP2EV       W8GEX
CM6YI       W3HNK       OO4CLM      ON6HC       VP5/LA4DCA  LA4DCA
CN2MP       EA9AM       P29AM       NU5O        VP5/LA9HW   LA9HW
CN8WW       DL6FBL      P3A         W3HNK       VP5/WA2VYA  WA2VYA
CO2WL       EA3ELM      P40W        N2MM        VP5DX       NU4Y
CT3AS       DJ8FW       PJ2/PA0VDV  PA0VDV      VP9/IK0FVC  IK0FVC
CU3DX       CU3EJ       PJ7UQ       W3HNK       WP2Z        KU9C
D2EB        I3LLH       PJ8/K4ZA    K4ZA        XE3/W0AH    W2GR
D44AC       EA8URL      PJ8/K7ZUM   K7ZUM       XQ0Y        KD6WW
D4A         I2MQP       PJ8/N4ZC    N4ZC        XT2AJ       F5JRY
DL2GG/YV5   DJ7AO       PW7BZ       PT7BZ       XU7AAP      N2OO
E30TA       DL5NAM      PW7Z        PY7BEL      XU7AAV      G4ZVJ
EA3URT      EA3AXD      PY5M        VE3HO       XU7ABF      XW2A
EA8/DL8MEV  DL8MEV      PZ5JR       K3BYV       XU7ABL      JA1ELY
EA8AH       OH1RY       R1AND       DL5EBE      YB3ZMI      IZ8CCW
EG3OPS      EA3AFR      R1ANF       RK1PWA      YC8RSW/P    YC8TXW
EK8WY       IZ8CLM      R1ANZ       RU1ZC       YC8UFF/P    YC8TXW
EM1KY       UT7UA       R2/OZ5IPA   OZ5AAH      YI9OM       OM6TX
EM5U        UT2UB       R3/UT5UDX   UT2UB       YS1EJ       W4GJ
EO55U       UT2UB       RA0BA       UA3DX       YU7RTV      YU7BPQ
EO5U        UT2UB       RU4SS       K7INA       ZA1M        IK2HTW
EY2A        K6VNX       RW9OWD      UA9OW       ZB2X        OH2KI
EY8/N6ZZ    K6VNX       S21YE       G4VLV       ZC4GL       KF4UCH
EY8/W6XD    K6VNX       SN600UJ     SP9PKZ      ZF2AH       W6VNR
EY8CQ       DJ1MM       SU9ZZ       OM3TZZ      ZF2RV       WJ7R
EZ9A        EZ8CW       SY2A        SV2ASP      ZK1AGL      KB5GL
FG/N2WB     N2OO        T2DX        W4WET       ZK1NDK      JR2KDN
FM/F2JD     F6AJA       T88QG       JA1QGT      ZK1NJC      JR2KDN
FM5BH       W3HNK       T88TU       JK7TKE      ZK1YRE      IT9YRE
FO0BOG      F5SIH       T88WX       JA1WSX      ZM8CW       ZL3CW
FO0ELY      JA1ELY      TF1JAM      TF3KET      ZX5J        VE3HO
FO0FRA      CT1EAT      TF3JAM      TF3KET      ZY2W        PT2ND
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4L1DA   David Devdariani, Shartava st.7, 380122 Tbilisi, Georgia
4U1VIC  Vienna International Amateur Radio Club, Vienna International Centre,
         P.O. Box 200, A-1400 Vienna, Austria
4Z5AV   Michael Krimer, P.O. Box 2288, Eilat 88122, Israel
AT0JH   P.O. Box 15, Secunderabad 500003, India
BA4DW   David Y. J. Zhou, P.O. Box 040-088, Shanghai, 200040, China
BD7NQ   P.O. Box 599, Foshan GD 528000, China
CT1EAT  Francisco Costa, P.O. Box 172, 7801-902 Beja, Portugal
CU3EJ   Leonel Gaspar Cardoso Avila, Canada das Almas 49, 9700-014 Angra do
         Heroismo, Azores, Portugal
D44BS   P.O. Box 308, Praia, Cabo Verde
DF6HZ   Kurt Kobbenrodt, Frankenstr. 9, D-73630 Remshalden, Germany
DL5EBE  Dominik Weiel, Johannes-Meyer-Str.13, D-49808 Lingen, Germany
DL6FBL  Bernd Och, Christian-Wirth-Str. 18, D-36043 Fulda, Germany
DL7DF   Sigi Presch, Wilhelmsmuehlenweg 123, D-12621 Berlin, Germany
EZ8CW   Vitaly Dotsenko, P.O. Box 73, Ashgabat, 744020, Turkmenistan
F5BAR   Jean-Luc Bouchet, Chemin de l'Artaude, 14 Verger de Beauvoir, 83220
         Le Pradet, France
FR5FD   Patrick Lebeaume, 40 rue Louis Desjardines, Bois de Nefles, F-97411
         Saint Paul, France
G3WOS   Chris Gare, Old White Lodge, 183 Sycamore Road, Farnborough,
         Hampshire, GU14 6RF, UK
HR1AAB  P.O. Box 1734, 11101 Tegucigalpa, Honduras
IT9YRE  Nando Rubino, P.O. Box 30, 96012 Avola - SR, Italy
IZ8CCW  P.O. Box 360, 87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy
JA7AO   Tokro Matsumoto, 3-62 Okachimachi, Yuzawa, 012-0856 Japan
JA7HMZ  Shoji Igawa, 17 Shirogane, Yokobori, Ogachi, 019-0204 Japan
JA7KAC  Kosaku Sasaki, 3800-42, Shimotsuruma, Yamato, 242-0001 Japan
JE1DXC  Masayoshi Mihara, 4-22-23 Motobuto, Urawa 336-0004, Japan
JG3PLH  Takumi Kondoh, 1-23 Shinke-cho, Sakai City, Osaka 599-8232, Japan
JH1NBN  Yoosuke Uchiyama, 924-4 Yokokawacho, Hachioji, 193-0823, Japan
JI1PLF  Suehiro Osada, 8-4-14-803 Shimorenjaku, Mitaka-city, Tokyo 181-0013,
         Japan
JI3DST  Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-Cho Abeno-Ku, Osaka-City, Osaka
         545-0021, Japan
JK7TKE  Koji Fukui, 1840-5 Izumi-cho, Tokorozawa 359-1112, Japan
JM1TUK  Kazuyoshi Nasu, 3-12-11-201, Oda Kawasaki-Ku, Kawasaki 210-0846,
         Japan
JR2KDN  Yuichi Yoshida, 4th Floor Kato Building, 529 Rokugaike-cho, Kita-ku,
         Nagoya 462-1112, Japan
K1IED   Larry F.Skilton, 72 Brook Street, South Windsor, CT-06074, USA
KB5GL   Silvano Amenta, 5028 Hearst Street, Metaire, LA 70001, USA
LA7DFA  Per-Einar Dahlen, Royskattv 4, N-7670 Inderoy, Norway
LA9XGA  Tor-Atle Sandal, Hamnaflot 6, N-4200 Sauda, Norway
LU5FC   Jesus Rubio, San Juan 2694, Rosario 2000, Santa Fe, Argentina
LY3BA   G. Lucinskas, P.O. Box 34, Birzai, LT-5280 Lithuania
LY3KB   V. Liukpetris, P.O.Box 2, Birzai, LT-5280, Lithuania
LZ1BJ   Boytcho Hadshiyski, P.O. Box 90, 2500 Kyustendil, Bulgaria
LZ1ZF   P.O. Box 11, 4300 Karlovo, Bulgaria
N0KV    Barry Mitchell, 12200 Boothill Dr., Parker, CO 80138, USA
NB1B    Dennis Egan, 3 Keith Rd, Wayland, MA 01778, USA
OZ5AAH  Preben Jakobsen, 9 Knoldager, 2670 Greve, Denmark
PA0VDV  Joeke van der Velde, Delleburen 1, 8421 RP Oldeberkoop, The
         Netherlands
PY7BEL  Jolibel Alves Andrade, rua. Martinho Fransisco 67, 55813-541 Carpina,
         Pernambuco, Brazil
RK1PWA  Nick Shapkin, P.O.Box 73, 164744 Amderma, Arkhangelskaja, Russia
RU1ZC   Valentin Mykitenko, Akademgorodok 2 1, 184340 Loparskaya, Russia
SP3WVL  Tomasz Lipinski, P.O.Box 78, 69-100 Slubice, Poland
SP9FIH  P.O. Box 480, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
ST2BSS  Boy Scouts Sudan, Khartoum Airport, P.O. Box 2, Khartoum, Sudan
UA0ACG  Vlad Kravchenko, P.O. Box 375, Zelenogorsk, Krasnoyarsky region,
         663690, Russia
UA0AOZ  Vyacheslav Shupikov, ul.30 let VLKSM, 20-12, 663600, Kansk, Russia
UA3DX   Nick Averyanov, P.O. Box 39, Odintsovo-10, 143010, Russia
UA3FDX  Vladimir Ulyanov, P.O. Box 10, Moscow, 121615, Russia
UA9OW   P.O. Box 82, Novosibirsk, 630073, Russia
UR4RWO  Children Club Station, P.O.Box 1242, 14034, Chernigov, Ukraine
UR7GG   Victor Tkachenko, P.O.Box 73, Kherson, 73000 Ukraine
UT0RW   Yuri Kuchinsky, P.O.Box 591, 14030, Chernigov, Ukraine
UT2UB   P.O. Box 99, Kyiv-10 01010, Ukraine
UT7UA   Roman Bratchyk, P.O.Box B-19, Kyiv 01001, Ukraine
UX2RV   Vitaly Sichko, P.O.Box 14, Slavutich-3, Kiev obl., 07100, Ukraine
UX2RY   Andre Asriyanz, P.O.Box 14, Slavutich-3, Kiev obl., 07100, Ukraine
UY2RO   Alex Anisimow, P.O.Box 14, Slavutich-3, Kiev  obl., 07100, Ukraine
VE3BY   Carl Styan, RR #1, Glencairn, Ontario, L0M 1K0, Canada
W8CNL   Raymond H. McClure, 5 McKenzie Circle, North Augusta, SC 9841-4319,
         USA
YC0LND  Linda, P.O. Box 6789, Jakarta 14067, Indonesia
YC1CVA  Anna, P.O. Box 100, Sukabumi 43100, West Java, Indonesia
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