SB DX@WW $425WW511A 425 DX News #511 [1/4] 17 February 2000 No 511 $425WW511A =========================== *** 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@425dxn.org - BBS I1JQJ@IK1MJJ.IPIE.ITA.EU) ! ! Maurizio Bertolino, I1-21171: 425 DX News WWW Pages ! ! (e-mail i121171@425dxn.org) ! \---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ 3B6 - There are still two vacancies for the 5-18 May 3B6RF DXpedition to Agalega [425DXN 502]. Team members now include HB9BQI, HB9BQW, HB9BXE, HB9CRV, HB9HFN, HB9JAI, HB9JBI, 3B8CF, 4Z5FL, CT1AGF, CT1EPV, DL3KUD, DL6UAA, F6HMJ, G3KHZ, N3SL, NK6F and SP9RTI. The web site for the operation is at http://www.Agalega2000.ch [TNX HB9BXE] 3W - Claude, F5PBL reports he will be active (call TBA) from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on 22-30 March. He plans to operate on 10 and 15 metres SSB with some CW and SOSB entry in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL via F5PBL either direct or through the bureau. 6Y - The DXpedition University (http://pages.prodigy.net/k2kw/dxu/) group will be active from Jamaica (NA-097) [425DXN 504] from 26 February to 6 March. They will sign 6Y8A WT6G/6Y5, WA6O/6Y5, K0COP/6Y5, W6NS/6Y5, N6XG/6Y5 and K2KW/6Y5 with four stations on all bands from 6 to 160 metres, mostly on SSB and CW though some PSK31 is possible. The group will enter the ARRL DX SSB Contest with a Multi-2 entry. QSL 6Y8A via WA4WTG, others via homecall. [TNX K2KW] 9M0_spr - Sally/KM5EP, Dennis/AF7Y, Jerry/WB9Z, Luis/XE1L, Darryl/AF7O, Dan/NA7DB and Mike/N7MB are planning an operation (on 10-80 metres CW and SSB) as 9M0M from the Spratly Islands (AS-051) during the first week of March. They will operate as 9M6DBT and 9M6MBT (QSL for both via WN7J) from Sabah, Malaysia for a few days before and after their 9M0 activity. QSL 9M0M via K7XN. The web site for this operation is at http://www.xcvr.com/9M0M [TNX OPDX Bulletin] A5 - The Daily DX reports there are seven newly licenced amateur radio operators in Bhutan: A51AA (Yeshey Dorji), A51KC (Kesang Namgyel), A51PK (Parop Kinley Dorji), A51PR (Pema Rinzin), A51UD (Dorji Yeshey), A51WD (Wangpo Dorji) and A51YL (Ambika Gurung). BQ9 - The BQ9P [425DXN 509] team includes BV4FH, BV2OO, BX2AE, BV5CR, AA4NN, W4NZC, RK3DT and JA1AYC. They plan to start operating from Pratas Island (AS-110) around 8 UTC on 6 March and to be QRV until the 15th. QSL via KU9C. [TNX JI6KVR] BV - The BV9L [425DXN 509] team includes BV4AS, BV4DC, BV4FH, BV4HJ, BV6DF, AA4NN, JA6IEF JI6KVR, W4NZC and possibly others. BV9L will be aired from Liuchiu Yu Island (AS-???) on 10, 15, 20 and 40 metres CW and SSB on 2-4 March. QSL via BV4YB. [TNX JI6KVR]. C5 - Mike, DL2OE and Hans, DL7CM will be active (on 6-160 metres CW, SSB and RTTY) as C56/homecalls from The Gambia between 20 February and 5 March. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX] CO - Juan Carlos, CO8TW reports he will participate in the ARRL CW DX Contest this weekend as SOSB (10 metres) low power. Logs will be available at http://www.qsl.net/co8tw/. QSL via IZ8CCW. CO - The No-Name DX-Group will again be operating as T48RAC from Santiago de Cuba. They will participate in the CQ 160 Meter SSB Contest (23-25 February) and in the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (3-4 March), and they hope to be active between the contests for prefix chasers. Logs will be posted on the Kitchener Waterloo ARC web page (http://www.kwarc.org). QSL via VE3ESE (Don Fisher, 48 Lucerne Dr., Kitchener, Ontario N2E 1B3, Canada). [TNX VE3NQK] DU - VE7DP, DU1KGJ, 4F1FZ and 4F1OZ will try to activate Lubang Island (OC-126) on 17-19 February. They will probably be signing 4I1P again (this was the call used one week ago from OC-244). QSL via VE7DP or DX1CW. [TNX VE7DP] DU - Frank, VE7DP reports that arrangement have been finalized for the operation from Batan Island (OC-093) on 24-27 February [425DXN 510]. Ten members of DX1CW will be participating in the expedtion and Frank will be one of the operators. CW-Philippines has applied for 4H2B call. QSL via VE7DP or DX1CW. FM - Dan/IV3TDM, Max/IV3FHH and Luke/IV3JVJ will be active as FM/home call from Martinique (NA-107) on 17-23 March. They will operate SSB, CW and RTTY from the QTH of FM5GU and will join that team for the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest (Multi-Single). QSL FM5GU via KU9C. [TNX FM5GU] /EX SB DX@WW $425WW511B 425 DX News #511 [2/4] 17 February 2000 No 511 $425WW511B =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== GJ - Look for Pete, MJ/K8PT and Craig, MJ/K3PLV to be active from the Channel Island of Jersey (EU-013) on 14-20 March. They will operate on 160-10 metres with an emphasis on the WARC bands and on CW, RTTY, PSK31 QSL via home calls. [TNX K8PT] GM - Leo, W3LEO reports he will once again be active as MM0LEO from Portpatrick in southwest Scotland from about 20 February to 14 March. He plans to participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest. QSL via W3LEO. H4 - Bernard, DL2GAC/H44MS has been in Honiara, Solomon Islands since 11 February. He plans to operate from the Russel Islands (OC-168) from 16 February (local evening) until the 18th (local morning). On 20 February he will move to the Shortland Islands (OC-162), where he expects to arrive on the 23rd and to stay for about two or three weeks. QSL via DL2GAC. [TNX G3KMA] I - Gaetano, IT9FXY reports he will participate in the ARRL DX SSB and other major contests as II9F. QSL via home call. J2 - David, J28EX (F5THR) and Jean-Louis, J28NH (F5NHJ) will be active from Maskali island (AF-053) during the weekend. They expect to leave Djibouti around 15 local time on Friday and to come back on Sunday late afternoon. [TNX F6AJA] J3 - Dee, W1HEO and Paul, W5PF will operate from Grenada from 30 March to 11 April. They will be active (calls to be issued upon arrival, but expect J3/W1HEO and J3/W5PF) on 10-40 metres SSB and CW; special attention will be given to the WARC bands and the General-class portions of the phone bands. QSL via home calls either direct or through the bureau. [TNX W5PF] JA - Masa, JA6GXK will be active again from Meshima, Danjo Archipelago (AS-056) on 27 February-9 March and 21-30 March. He will operate on +/- 14260 and 21260 kHz in his spare time. QSL only via bureau. [TNX JA3MZB] JA - Look for Aki, JA4FHE/4 to be active from Nakanoshima, Oki Islands (AS-041) on 3-6 May. QSL via JA4FHE (Akifumi Matsuda, 1-11-6 Ageicyo, Kurayoshi-city, Tottori 82-0022, Japan). [TNX JI6KVR] PY - Tom, PY1XP expects to operate as PY1XP/p from time to time while visiting his friends and relatives on Grande and Itacuruca Islands (SA-029). QSL via bureau ("no IRCs or green stamps will be accepted", he says, "only QSLs"). [TNX PY1XP] PY - Paul, PY3DX (ex PY3PAZ) reports he will operate (mainly CW on the low and WARC bands with some SSB) as PY3DX/p from Santa Catarina Island (SA-026) between 23 February and 5 March. QSL via home call either direct or through the bureau. T8 - Yukio, JA6ENF will be active (on 10-80 metres mainly CW) as T88NF from Palau (OC-009) on 21-26 February. QSL via JA6ENF either direct (Yukio Ono, 2-7-22-104 Yorumiya, Kita-Kyuushuu, 804-0042 Japan) or through the JARL bureau. [TNX The Daily DX] S2 - The Daily DX reports that Stig, S21YJ [425DXN 510] will now remain in Bangladesh until early March. QSL via SM4AIO. V7 - Dave, VE3LDT reports that Tom, K7ZZ (currently signing V73ZZ from Kwajalein) and a few others are planning an operation (possibly as V7E) from Enewetak Atoll (OC-087), Marshall Islands on 19-26 April. VP2M - Art, N2NB/VP2MDY and Woody, K2UU will operate from Montserrat Island (NA-103) between 22 February and 1 March. They will participate in the CQ WW 160 SSB Contest. QSL via NW8F. [TNX The Daily DX] W - Nat, WZ3AR, will be active as WZ3AR/4 from Chincoteague Island (NA-083, USI VA-002S) on 17-18 February. The operation will take place from the very rare Accomack County, VA. Look for him on 28.460, 24.950, 21.260, 18.128, and 14.260 MHz +/- QRM. QSL via WZ3AR either direct or through the bureau. W - Look for Willy, WC6DX (http://www.qsl.net/wc6dx) to operate (on or around 14260 and 21260 kHz) from three islands in San Francisco Bay as follows: on 10 March (18-24 UTC) from Alcatraz (USI CA-05S, WLH LH-0105, not IOTA), on 11 March (17-24 UTC) from Yerba Buena (USI CA-19S, not IOTA), on 17-18 March (from 20 to 20 UTC) from Angel (USI CA-06S, WLH LH-new, not IOTA). QSL via home call either direct or through the bureau (if you work him thrice, do not send three cards - one QSL with all the data is all right). [TNX I1HYW] XU - Frank, DL4KQ reports a small group of German amateurs plan to operate from Cambodia between 15 July and 3 August. They should be active on all bands 10-160 metres (SSB, CW and possibly RTTY and PSK31) plus 6 metres. A special emphasis will be on the low bands. Further information is expected in due course. ZD7 & ZD8 - ZD7K and ZD8K are the calls issued to the March DXpeditions to Ascension and St. Helena Islands [425DXN 509]. QSL for both via GW0ANA. The web pages for the operations are at http://www.dxpedition.co.uk ZL - Bob, G3PJT will be active mainly on CW as ZL4CC from Waiheke Island (OC-201) on 8-13 March, including an entry in the RSGB Commonwealth CW Contest (10-11 March). QSL via G3PJT either direct or through the RSGB bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] /EX SB DX@WW $425WW511C 425 DX News #511 [3/4] 17 February 2000 No 511 $425WW511C =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH CE0XT ---> The team regrets to report that due to circumstances beyond their control regarding the boat transportation from Valparaiso to San Ambrosio, the CE0XT DXpedition has been canceled. [TNX K6GNX] D68C ---> Operation began at 21 UTC on 8 February and 106 hours later there were some 61,500 QSOs in the log. The 90,000th QSO was made at 20.01 UTC on 15 February. Extra team members arrived on the 13th, which makes the team up to 25 operators. Up-to-date information and logs are available at http://www.dxbands.com/comoros/ QSL via G3SWH (Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol BS49 5HQ, England). [TNX G3NOM] ILLW ---> The International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend will take place from 0001 UTC on Saturday 18 August unutil 2359 UTC on Sunday 19 August 2001. Last year over 200 stations were QRV from lighthouses, lihtships and maritime beacons. [TNX GM4SUC] PW0S ---> The team arrived to St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks around 13 UTC on Friday, 9 February, but rough seas prevented them from landing. A new attempt took place at 12 UTC on Monday and they finally became active around 19.30 UTC. While on the rocks they also experienced severe weather conditions and a generator and a computer were damaged during a thunderstorm. PW0S went QRT on 16 February. QSL via KU9C (Steve Wheatley, P.O. Box 5953, Parsippany, NJ 07054-6953, USA). QSL 4O20S ---> QSL cards for this special station, celebrating the 20th anniversary of "SOKO" ARC in Sokobanja, should be sent direct to YU1ASB (P.O. Box 86, 18230 Sokobanja, Yugoslavia). [TNX YU1AS] QSL VK9LX/9 ---> Cards should be sent to Nick, VK2ICV (not VK2ICK as reported in 425DXN 510). Thanks to Zlatko, 9A3MN for detecting the typo. QSL VK0LD ---> Do not send cards for VK0LD to Alan, VK4AAR, as he does not have the logs. QSL for VK0LD is at http://www.eQSL.cc/qslcard only [TNX VK4AAR] QSL VK0MM ---> When sending your request to VK4AAR, please remember to include a SAE, but do not stick Australian stamps on it (Australia Post is now issuing new "International Only" stamps and the older "standard" Australian stamps are no longer valid). Also please use US$ or A$ and do not send foreign currency, as the bank charges involved in the exchange are considerable. IRCs must be franked at the originating office and must be less than one year old to be accepted by Australia Post. [TNX VK4AAR] QSL VP8CSA ---> Dieter, DL1SDN reports the cards have been printed, but he still has problems in getting the logs from Mark, VP8CSA. "He promised me to send the logs in February or March", Dieter says - for the time being, please be patient and do not send second cards. WAZ ---> Jim, K1MEM has been Silent Key for over a year now, yet WAZ applications continue to arrive at his QTH nearly every week. Please note that all WAZ applications and other correspondence should be sent to the current CQ WAZ Awards Manager, K5RT (Paul Blumhardt, 2805 Toler Rd, Rowlett, TX 75089, USA). The CQ web site is at http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com YK9A ---> The group made over 27,000 QSOs during 7 days of operating time. Final statistics will be available on the web site (http://www.qsl.net/k7ar/yk9a_'01.htm) by the end of the month. QSL via K9LA (k9la@gte.net): Carl Luetzelschwab, 1227 Pion Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46845, USA. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** NEWS FROM THE WEB *** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH DAYTON HAMVENTION: http://www.hamvention.org/ DX HOLIDAY: It is a site that lists QTHs around the world where people have operated on DXpeditions, and provides information on how to contact the owners. There is information on Rent-a-QTHs, Ham Friendly Hotels, and Club stations. The site can be found at http://www.dxholiday.com [TNX K2KW] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSL received direct: 1A0KM, 3D2AA, 3D2NV, 3D2RW (OC-121), 3E1DX, 4K8F, 4W/K7BV, 4W/N6FF, 4W6GH, 5R8GQ, 5X1P, 7X4AN, 8P9HT, 8P9JR, 8P9JS, 8P9JU, 8P9Z, 8Q7CE, 8R1AK, 9E1C, 9H1FN, 9K2ZZ, 9M0F, 9N7MS, 9Y4/DL2RVS, A35IQ, A35ZG, A52GJ, A52YL, B7K, C56RF, C56T, CV0F (SA-057), D2EB, D44CF, E30TA, E44/IZ0CKJ, EW5HQ, EW6GF, EX8MA, FM/F2JD, FO0DEH (OC-057), FO0DEH (OC-238), FR/F6KDF/T, HC8N, HF0POL, J75KG, J79GU, J8/WA2VUY, JD1BCK, JT1CO, LX0RL, N7ET/DU7, OH0RB, OX3IO, P40A, PZ5JR, PZ5RA, R0/UR8LV (AS-152), RK0FWL/P (AS-149),S92SV, SU9ZZ, SV9/K7BV, SY2A, TI2DLL, TR8IG, TR8IG, TS7N (AF-073), V26EA, V26ET, V26FM, V26WP, V44NK, V51AS, V73GOD, V7G, VK6BSI (OC-243), VP2EK, VP8DBQ, VP8DCD, VR2BG, VU2XO, WH0ABA, YB0A, YC9BU/P (OC-241), YC9MKF (OC-241), YC9WZJ/P (OC-239), YJ0AYL, YJ0AZG, YL3CW, Z30M, Z32XX, ZD7JC, ZD8A, ZD9ZM, ZK1ABR, ZK1NDK, ZK1NJC, ZK1VVV, ZK1WAL, ZM8CW. ***************************************************************************** 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 SB DX@WW $425WW511D 425 DX News #511 [4/4] 17 February 2000 No 511 $425WW511D =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ PERIOD CALL REF till 02/03 3Y0C: Bouvet (AN-002) * by N4BQW 509 till 21/02 8Q7MZ & 8Q7BZ: Maldives (AS-013) * by OE3MZC & OE3YCB 507 till 18/02 C6A/KI6T & C6AGS: Bahamas (NA-080) 510 till 28/02 D68C: Comoros Islands (AF-007) 509 till August FO0CLA: French Polynesia and Australs * by F2HE 501 till 28/02 FO: OC-027, Marquesas * by DL1AWI and DL5XU 508 till 18/02 H44MS: Russel Islands (OC-168) * by DL2GAC 511 till 28/02 HP: NA-170, NA-203 * by F5PAC 508 till 18/02 J28EX and J28NH: Maskali Island (AF-053) 511 till ?? JW3FL: Hopen Is. (EU-063) * by LA3FL 504 till 19/02 KH0/JQ1NGT and KH0/JI1EFP: Saipan (OC-086) 510 till 26/02 KH9: Wake Island * by K7ASU 507 till 27/02 AC4G/KH9: Wake Island (OC-053) 507 till 19/02 MD/DL4ALB, LQM, WG, DL5AXX, LYM, DL8WAA: Isle of Man 507 till 31/12 OE75: special prefix (Austria) 504 till April P40MR: Aruba (SA-036) * by VE3MR 500 till March R1ANF: South Shetlands (AN-010) 499 till 18/02 SO0DIG: Karsibor Island (EU-132) * by DL3BQA 509 till March S21YD: Bangladesh * by SM6CPY 511 till 04/03 T32RD: Christmas Isl. (OC-024) * by OK1RD,OK1RI,OK1PD 507 till 20/02 T88SM & T88VO: Palau (OC-009) * by JA6EGL & JM6VOV 510 till 28/02 VQ9PO: Diego Garcia (AF-006) * by W3PO 495 till 20/02 XX9TDX: Macau * by SM0GNU 510 14/02-21/02 C6AKW: Abaco Island (NA-080) * by K3TEJ 509 14/02-22/02 V4: St. Kitts * by VE3BW,K0CCX,DK5AX,W4OV,WD4JR VE3VFR 510 17/02-06/03 3W2LWS: Vietnam * by WA1LWS 510 17/02-19/02 4I1P: Lubang (OC-126) * by VE7DP,DU1KGJ,4F1FZ,4F1OZ 511 17/02-18/02 WZ3AR/4: Chincoteague Island (NA-083) 511 17/02-18-02 ARRL International DX Contest - CW *** 18/02-24/02 VK7: Flinders Island (OC-195) * by DF9MV 505 20/02-05/03 C56/DL2OE & C56/DL7CM: The Gambia 511 21/02-26/02 S2:St.Martin's Isl (AS-127)*IZ0CKJ,IZ7ATN,IZ7BNH,IW0FT 509 21/02-26/02 T88NF: Palau (OC-009) * by JA6ENF 511 22/02-01/03 3D2: Conway Reef * by YT1AD and others 509 22/02-01/03 VP2M: Montserrat (NA-103) * by N2NB/VP2MDY & K2UU 511 from 23/02 H44MS: Shortland Islands (OC-162) * by DL2GAC 511 23/02-04/03 T48RAC: Cuba * by No-Name DX-Group 511 23/02-05/03 PY3DX/p: Santa Catarina Island (SA-026) 511 23/02-25/02 W4D: Dauphin Island (NA-213) 505 23/02-25/02 CQ 160-Meter Contest (SSB) *** 24/02-27/02 4H2B: Batan Island (OC-093) * by VE7DP & DUs 511 24/02-25/02 REF Contest, SSB *** 24/02-25/02 RSGB 7 MHz DX Contest (CW) *** 24/02-25/02 UBA DX Contest (CW) *** 25/02-02/03 A35BQ: Tonga * by I6BQI 509 26/02-06/03 6Y8A: Jamaica * by WT6G,WA6O,K0COP,W6NS,N6XG,K2KW 511 27/02-12/03 5U: Niger * by I2YSB, I2UIY, IK2DIA 509 27/02-09/03 JA6GXK: Me-shima, Danjo Islands (AS-056) 511 27/02-05/03 PJ2/K6RO, PJ2/W6KK, PJ2R: Curacao (SA-006) 509 27/02-06/03 PJ8/AA1M, W1USN, W1HL: Sint Maarten (NA-105) 507 February 7Q7HB: Malawi * by G0JMU 503 February DU5/LA7YX: Leyte Island (OC-129) 508 from February EM1HO: Galindez Island (AN-006) 508 from February RU0LM/0: Shikotan Island (AS-062) 508 02/03-08/03 3D2: Fiji * by YT1AD and others 505 02/03-04/03 BV9L: Liuchiu Yu (AS-???) 511 02/03-09/03 ZK2BQI: Niue * by I6BQI 509 03/03-04/03 ARRL International DX Contest (SSB) *** 03/03-04/03 Open Ukraine RTTY Championship *** 04/03-19/03 3G0Y: Easter Island (SA-001) * by CEs and DLs 509 06/03-15/03 BQ9P: Pratas Island 511 08/03-13/03 ZL4CC: Waiheke Island (OC-201) * by G3PJT 511 10/03 WC6DX: Alcatraz Island (USI CA-05S) 511 10/03-11/03 RSGB Commonwealth Contest (CW) *** 10/03-11/03 UBA Spring Contest (CW) *** 11/03-16/03 V31GI: Southwest Caye (NA-180) * by PA3GIO 509 11/03 WC6DX: Yerba Buena Island (USI CA-19S) 511 14/03-20/03 MJ/K8PT & MJ/K3PLV: Jersey (EU-013) 511 17/03-23/03 FM/IV3TDM, FM/IV3FHH, FM/IV3JVJ: Martinique (NA-107) 511 17/03-18/03 HR: Swan Islands (NA-035) * by HRs 508 17/03-18/03 WC6DX: Angel Island (USI CA-06S) 511 17/03-19/03 BARTG WW RTTY Contest *** 17/03-18/03 Russian DX Contest *** 21/03-30/03 JA6GXK: Me-shima, Danjo Islands (AS-056) 511 22/03-30/03 3W: Vietnam * by F5PBL 511 24/03-25/03 CQ WW WPX Contest (SSB) *** 26/03-05/04 5W1BQ: Western Samoa * by I6BQI 509 28/03-02/04 PJ6/PA3GIO/m: Saba (NA-145) 509 30/03-11/04 J3/W1HEO & J3/W5PF: Grenada 511 March 9M0M: Spratly Islands (AS-051) 511 March YJ: Vanuatu * by I6BQI 509 March ZD7K: St. Helena * by GW4BVJ, G0WMW, GW0ANA 511 March ZD8K: Ascension * by GW4BVJ, G0WMW, GW0ANA 511 /EX