S DX@WW $425WW534A 425 DX News #534 [1/4] 28 July 2001 No 534 $425WW534A =========================== *** 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, IZ1CRR (I1-21171): 425 DX News WWW Pages ! ! (e-mail i121171@425dxn.org) ! \---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ 5B - Alf, 5B4AFB reports that C4MG is the speciall call to be used during the IOTA Contest operation from Agios Georgios Island (AS-120) [425DXN 533]. QSL via 5B4KH. 5B - Tom, SP5AUF is expected to be active (mostly on CW, RTTY and PSK31) as 5B4/SP5AUF from Cyprus (AS-004) until 5 August, IOTA Contest included. QSL via SP5AUF. [TNX QRZ-DX] BY - BA4TA, BA4RD, BD4RS, BD4XF, BD4RU and BD5RV will participate in the IOTA Contest as BI4U. Michael Chen, BD5RV reports they will operate from "Qinshan Island, AS-135" between 28 and 30 July. QSL via BA4RD. [TNX BD5RV] DL - DH1LA, DH7NO, DL2RTK, DL2SWW and DL2VFR have changed their plans [425DXN 529] and will now participate in the IOTA Contest as DL0KWH from Usedom Island (EU-129). On 30 July they will visit and be active from Greifswalder Oie (EU-057, GIA O-12) and Ruden (EU-057, GIA O-11). The operation from Greifswalder Oie will take place from a lighthouse (WLH LH-114, German Lighthouses Award 23). The web site for the German Lighthouses Award is at http://www.lighthouse-award.de [TNX DL2VFR] ES - Look for ES1AKM/1 and ES1RA/1 to participate in the IOTA Contest from Aegna Island (EU-149). QSL via homecalls. [TNX DXNL] F - Domimique, F5RYC will participate in the IOTA Contest as F5RYC/P from Pomegues Island (EU-095, DIFM ME-016). QSL to F5RYC preferably through the bureau. [TNX F5RYC] HK - Dave, W5WP reports he will be on holiday visiting Bert, HK5JPS from 1 to 10 August and plans to operate (primarily SSB with some slow CW and PSK31 on 10-40 meters, including 12, 17 and possibly 30 metres) as HK5/W5WP from Bert's QTH. Band/Mode requests are welcome at w5wp@arrl.net until 31 July. QSL via W5WP. HL - Operators from the Hanyang University Wave Research Club will be active (on 40, 20 and 15 metres SSB, CW and RTTY) as HL0C/4 from Wi Island (AS-148) on 2-8 August. QSL either direct to CPO Box 4397, 100-643 Seoul, Korea or through the bureau. The web pages for the operation are at http://dx.hl0c.net [TNX HL0C] I - Max, IK2XYG reports he will participate in the IOTA Contest as IL7/IK2XYG from San Nicola Island (EU-050, IIA FG-002). QSL via home call. I - Alfredo, IK7JWX reports that the call to be used during the IOTA Contest from Isola Grande (EU-091) [425DXN 532] will be IK7FPX/P. QSL via home call either direct or through the bureau. I - The planned activity by IK4VET, IK4XCL, IK4ALM from IIA RO-021 and RO-017 [425DXN 532] has been postoponed to 26 August. [TNX IK4VET] LZ - LZ1KSL (ex LZ1KMS) will operate from Sveta Anastasiya Island (EU-181, WLH-0035) starting on 27 July, including an entry in the IOTA Contest. QSL to P.O. Box 597, Burgas 8001, Bulgaria. [TNX LZ3GM] OH - Jussi-Pekka, OH6RX reports he will be active on all modes from EU-101 on 27-30 July. [TNX Islands On The Web] PA - PA7BT, ON5UM, ON6NL, ON6ZX and ON4AKL have not been allowed to operate from Tiengemeten Island [425DXN 533] and will now participate in the IOTA Contest as PI4HQ from Goeree/Overflakkee (EU-146). PA - Ron, ON4ALW reports the PA6TEX IOTA Contest operation [425DXN 515] will include the activation of the lighthouse (ARLHS NET 024) on Texel Island (EU-038). QSL via ON4ALW either direct or through the UBA bureau. SM - John, SM7CRW and Sten, SM6DER will participate in the IOTA Contest as 8S7A from Oland Island (EU-037). [TNX SM7CRW] SP - Look for SQ4GXE/1 and SP4JWR/1 to participate in the IOTA Contest (CW only) from Wolin Island (EU-132). QSL via home calls. [TNX SQ4GXE] TI - Look for TE8AT to be active from Chira Island (NA-116) on 3-5 August. QSL to TI3MCY (Mario, P.O. Box 391-7050, Cartago, Costa Rica). [TNX The Daily DX] UA - UA0ZAZ, RA0ZD, UA0ZFK and R0/US4EWP are active as UE0XYZ from Ptichiy Island (AS-091, RR-13-01) until 31 July. They are expected to participate in the IOTA Contest as RZ0ZWA. QSL via RA0ZD. [TNX http://www.dl6zfg.de/rrcexp.htm] UA - Special event station R3DAS is active until 19 August from Zhukovsky near Moscow. QSL via UA3DJ either direct (Leonid Kamensky, P.O. Box 410, Zhukovsky 140180, Russia) or through the bureau. [TNX UA3DJ] UA - Look for RA3NN/1, RA3NY/1, UA3NCD/1, UA1OEJ/1 to be active from Mud'yugskiy Island (EU-153, RR-205) on 25-29 July. They will participate in the IOTA Contest as RA3NN/1 (Mixed). QSL via RA3NN (Andre Hudyacov, P.O. Box 1, 157500 Sharya, Kostromskaya Obl., Russia). [TNX RA3NN] UA - Vlad/RZ1OA, Dima/UA1OLM and Oleg/RU1OG will be signing RZ1OA/A, UA1OLM/A and RU1OG/A from Lyasomin Island (EU-153) between 25 July and 2 August. QSL via RZ1OA (Vlad Sadakov, P.O. Box 48, Arkhangelsk, 163040, Russia). [TNX RZ1OA] UA - RA3AUM/6 and a group of UA6 operators will be active as RI6AAA from Dzendzik Island (EU-185, RR-24-04) during the IOTA Contest. After the contest they plan to operate /p from Krupinina (EU-185, RR-24-03), Golen'kij (EU-185, RR-??) and Lisij (not IOTA, RR-??) islands. QSL RI6AAA via UA6CW either direct or through the bureau. [TNX UA6CW] /EX S DX@WW $425WW534B 425 DX News #534 [2/4] 28 July 2001 No 534 $425WW534B =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== VE - Len/VE9MY, Linda/VE9GLF and four others will operate (on 15, 20 and 40 metres) from Pendleton Island (NA-014, new one for the Canadian Islands Award) and Mac's Island (NA-014, CISA new) on 4 and 5 August respectively. Operations from each island will be for about 8 hours starting at 13 UTC. Main callsign will be VE9MY/p, but individaul operators may use their own calls. QSL all to home callsign. [TNX VE9MY and Islands On The Web] VK - Tommy, VK2IR reports that the Fishers Ghost Amateur Radio Club (VK2FFG) will be active during the IOTA Contest from Windang Island (OC-001). QSL via VK2FFG or VK2IR. VK - Stuie/VK8NSB, Mark/VK8MS, Alan/VK8ZAB, Geoff/VK8KGP and possibly others will operate three stations Emery Point Lighthouse (AUS-071) in Darwin Northern Territory, Australia (OC-001) during the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend on 18-19 August. They have applied for the special call AX8LH and are looking for a QSL manager (if interested please e-mail Stuie, VK8NSB at vk8nsb@octa4.net.au or vk8nsb@vkham.com). [TNX VK8NSB] VP5 - Dick, K9APW will be vacationing on North Caicos Island (NA-002) between 2 and 12 August and plans to operate as VP5/K9APW on 6 metres (he will monitor 50.125 and 50.110 as much as he can). QSL via home call. [TNX OZ6OM] W - Philip, K4EP and Craig, KF4NLM will operate as W4LVS/P. from Jeff's, KF4WHY, QTH on Bogue Banks (NA-112) during the IOTA Contest. QSL to W4LVS either direct or via bureau. [TNX K4EP] W - Look for W0MTL to be active from the Mark Twain Memorial Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-915) on 3-4 August. QSL via W0MTL. This will be a joint special event by the Hannibal, MO ARC and the Western Illinois ARC. [TNX VA3RJ] W - Look for W4P to be aired from the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse, near Daytona Beach, FL on 4-5 August. [TNX W2EJG] YB - John, YB5NOF will operate SSB only from Rupat Island (OC-245) during the IOTA Contest. QSL to John E. Daluas, P.O.Box 194/CPA, Ciputat 15401, Indonesia. [TNX YB5QZ] ZA - Antonello, IZ7DOO reports he will be active (on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 40 and 80 metres SSB) from Lezhe, Albania starting around 6 August for two weeks. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH DXCC ---> The DXCC Manager (Bill Moore, NC1L) reports that 3XY1B0, 3XY7A and 3XY03A (Guinea), as well as T5AR (Somalia), have been approved for DXCC credit. "They were on the bad list for lack of documentation. The documentation has been reviewed and it is OK. People can now receive DXCC credit. Anyone who has submitted these and had them rejected can contact us and we'll be able to update their record without having to submit the card again. If not, it can be sent in the next submission." IOTA CONTEST (AWARDS) ---> Re: the recent posting of the IOTA Contest Rules please note that the wording of the W9DWQ Trophy in paragraph 11(g) should read: "W9DWQ Contest Award to the leading Single Operator North American Island Expedition Station" NOT THE MANAGER ---> Martin, G3ZAY is not, and never has been, the QSL Manager for ZS6EZ (cards have been turning up occasionally for the last few years). He is not the QSL Manager for G3CWI and has not been the manager for VP8ANT since about 1985 (QSL G3CWI and VP8ANT via G3CWI). Finally he held the call VK9LX in 1984 only and is not the QSL manager for subsequent VK9LX operations (the callsign was re-issued several times). QSL OX/SP8UFO ---> Marek, SP8UFO reports that cards for his recent activity from Greenland will mailed out in August. Please note that direct cards should not be sent to him but to SP8TK (Jerzy Miskiewicz, ul.Walecznych 17, 20-135 Lublin, Poland). QSL ZX5T/1 ---> Simone, IV3NVN apologies for the delay and reports he has been working on direct cards for the January 2001 operation from SA-029 since 15 July. Those who want a bureau card and have not sent their QSL so far, please send it via PP5TO. Direct cards should still be mailed to Simone Candotto, P.O.Box 4, 33050 Castions di Strada - UD, Italy. For any question please feel free to email Simone at S.Candotto@hamburg.de UIA ---> The Ukrainian Islands Award is available to either licenced operators and SWLs for working/listening to five DXpeditions from three different islands. For further details, as well as for information on the UDXPF (Ukrainian DXpedition Foundation) Award, please contact UY5XE (George Chlijanc, P.O. Box 19, Lviv, 79000, Ukraine; e-mail uy5xe@ut1wpr.ampr.org; web site at http://www.qsl.net/uy5xe/index.html). W9DXCC CONVENTION ---> The 49th Annual W9DXCC convention will be held on 14-15 September at the Holiday Inn in Rolling Meadows, IL. Full information is available at http://www.qth.com/w9dxcc or from Bill, W9VA (w9va@aol.com). + SILENT KEY + Past president of the Turkish Radio Amateur Association Bahri Kacan, TA2BK passed away unexpectedly on 23 July. A keen supporter of amateur radio in his country, his call was familiar to everyone on the air and, as a pleasant personal recollection, he provided the first-ever QSOs with Turkey to both your editors during their greenhorn days. /EX S DX@WW $425WW534C 425 DX News #534 [3/4] 28 July 2001 No 534 $425WW534C =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** NEWS FROM THE WEB *** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH FP/K9WM: The web site for the 26-31 July operation from Miquelon Island [425DXN 529] is now available at http://www.mhtc.net/~k9ot [TNX K9OT] LOST ISLANDS: Yuri, UA9OBA reports that the 16 April-2 May DXpedition to "The Lost Islands" [425DXN 520] logged more than 25000 contacts as RI0B (Ushakova Island, AS-156, 13,000 QSOs), RU0B (Uyedineniya Island, AS-057, 10,000 QSos), RS0B (Srednij Island, AS-042, 870 QSOs), RU0B/p (Kirova Islands, AS-050, 470 QSOs), RS0B/p (Mona Islands, AS-068, 370 QSOs) and R3CA/0 (Dikson Island, AS-005, 670 QSOs). Pictures and logs are available at http://rrc.sc.ru; QSL cards are expected to be sent in late September-early October. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL INFO ******** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3A2DX pirate EC7DWO EA7KY R1FJV UA3AGS 3D2RW ZL1AMO ED2IZA EA2URV RA3NN/1 RA3NN 3V8CB DL1BDF EK6LF DJ0LZ S21YH 7M4PTE 3W2LWS WA1LWS EL2DT WA4TII S21YV KX7YT 4A3ZOI XE1ZOI EN0PA UT5PW SI9AM SM3CVM 4L/AJ3M AJ3M ER7HQ ER1FF SM5/G0GRC G0RCI 4M1X W4SO F/G0MEU/p ON4ON SM6/DL5MO DL5MO 4S7VK DJ9ZB FK8GM WB2RAJ SM7/DL5MO DL5MO 4Z8BB WC1X FO0CLA F6CTL SN0DO SP2ZIE 5H3KA JA2LZF FP/K9WM NN9K SV3/IZ0CKJ IZ0CKJ 5K3CA HK3DDD GB5SI MM0BQI SV8/IK3GES IK3GES 6H3KK XE1KK GD0CGL/P G0CGL SW8T SV8DTL 7X0AD EA4URE GM0DHZ/P G0DHZ T88DX JI3DLI 8S4C/5 SM4DDS GM2T GM4UYZ TA0/LZ1CNN LZ1NK 9A/HA6NL/p HA6NL GM4WSB/M G4WSB TG7/W9AEB W9AEB 9A/HA6PS/p HA6PS GS0UTT/P G0UTT TL8CK F6EWM 9A/HA6ZV/p HA6ZV HL1OYF/2 HL1OYF TM1ON ON4ON 9A/OK1FUA OK1MG HL1TXQ/2 HL1OYF TR8IG F5IG 9A/ON4CJK/P ON4ADN HL1VAU/2 HL1OYF TT8DX F5OGL 9A0A OK1FLM HR1/W4CK W4CK TT8JE F6FNU 9A0LH 9A7K IA5G I5ZUF UA0NL/P UA0NL 9A10HRM 9A7K ID9/IT9SSI IZ8CCW UE0XYZ RA0ZD 9A1C/p 9A4BL II9R IT9HLR UE1CIG RN1AW 9A5DJ/P OK1DJG IO7Z IZ7AUH UE1QAA/1 UA1RJ 9A7T/p 9A2EU J49R I2WIJ UN8GF IZ8CCW 9H3TI DL2AAZ J75KG KU9C UR1L UX3LZ 9M6AAC N2OO JD1BCK JM1TUK UR6F UX0FF 9M6EYT JA3EYO JI3DST/6 JI3DST V47UY KJ4UY 9M6IFT JA3IFT JW4LN LA4LN VE2A VE2QK 9N7RB W4FOA JW5E LA5NM VO2/K2FRD K2FRD 9Q0AR F2YT KH2/7N4JZK 7N4JZK W1F KO4PY 9V1GA JA4BJO KH2/KJ1C JI1CYX W4R N4OX (**) 9V9HQ AA5BT KH6/K4IQJ K4IQJ XF3IC XE3OYJ BV9A/JH3JWW JH3JWW KP2/AA1BU AA1BU XL3NJ VA3NJ BV9A/JI3DST JI3DST KP2/AG8L NN6C XM2AWR VE2AWR BV9AYA JH3JWW (*) L80AA/D LU4AA XM2CWI VE2CWI BW0RS BV4VE LO0D F6FNU XM2JCW VE2JCW BW0TCC BV4CN LT2D LU2EE XM3SJL VE3SJL C21TA VK3DYL LV5D LU7DS XU7ABR DL4KQ C56YT VK4AO LW9EOC EA7JX XU7ABT DL4KQ C6AJR W8GEX LX/DK1WV DK1WV XU7ABU DL4KQ C97MR G3MRC MJ0AWR K2WR XU7ABV DL8KBJ CE0Y/IK5SQX IK5SQX MM0BNN M0BNN YC0UTC IZ8CCW CO2OJ K8SIX OE75OHO OE5OHO YC9MB IZ8CCW CO8LF DL1ZU OH0/OK1NR/p OK1NR YL5W YL2GN CP4BT EA5KB OH0/OK2DA/P OK2DA YL800GP YL2GP CP5/G4ASL G4ASL OH0/OK2PBM/p OK2PBM YM0KA TA2DS CQ0ODX CT2GZE OH0CO SM0CCO YM0MA LZ1NK CQ2I EA4URJ OH0V OH6LI YN9HAU EA7JX CT1/CT3FN HB9CRV OJ0/AH7X JP1NWZ YR0HQ YO3FRI DS0DX/2 HL1XP OY/DF2SS DF2SS YV5JBI/P YV5JBI DS1EON/2 HL1OYF OZ/DH8WW DH8WW Z32XX NN6C DS1EVQ/2 HL1OYF PJ2/G0WKW G0WKW ZL2/K3SRO K3SRO DS3BGI/2 HL1OYF PJ2/G3XSV G3XSV ZP26DC ZP1LL EA6/SP4AOQ EC6TK PX2I PY2TNT ZS6SRL ZS4BS (*) 20-22 July 2001 only (**) 13-16 July 2001 only /EX S DX@WW $425WW534D 425 DX News #534 [4/4] 28 July 2001 No 534 $425WW534D =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* ADDRESSES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH 3W2B P.O. Box 2659, Vientiane, Laos 4J3M Yuri Frolov, P.O. Box 1, Mingechevir 374311, Azerbaijan 7N4JZK Tatsurai Cho MD, 602-2 Nagata, Mohka-city, Tochigi 321-4364, Japan 9A5KV P.O. Box 286, 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia 9A7K Kresimir Juratovic, P.O. Box 88, HR-48001 Koprivnica, Croatia DL1ZU Martin Wieland, Cottbuser Str. 10, 35440 Linden, Germany DL4KQ Frank Rosenkranz, Blumenstr. 25, 50126 Bergheim, Germany DS4CNB Lee Dae Ryung, P.O Box 30, Tongyung 650-600, South Korea EA5KB Jose F. Ardid Arlandis, Apartado 5013, 46080 Valencia, Spain EA7JX Rodrigo Herrera, P.O. Box 47, 41310 Brenes, Sevilla, Spain EP3PTT Post Office Box 4415, Tehran 15875, Iran G0RCI Alan Gibson, 1 Oakleigh Rd., Grantham. Lincs. NG31 7NN, England, UK HL1OYF Duk-nam Kim, P.O. Box 54, Dong-Jak, Seoul 156-600, South Korea I5ZUF Luigi Bulfon, P.O.Box 486, 57100 Livorno - LI, Italy IK2QPR Paolo Fava, Via Bertani 8, 46100 Mantova - MN, Italy IK3GES Gabriele Gentile, Via Baratta Vecchia 240, 31022 Preganziol - TV, Italy IK7JWX Alfredo De Nisi, P.O. Box 218, 73100 Lecce - LE, Italy IN3ZNR Fabrizio Vedovelli, Via Gramsci 27, 38100 Trento - TN, Italy IZ7AUH Francesco Giacoia, Casella Postale 2224/TA05, 74100 Taranto - TA, Italy IZ8CCW P.O. Box 360, 87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy JI1CYX Shin-ichi Ota, 5-23-46, Mori, Isogo, Yokohama, 235-0023 Japan JI3DST Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-cho, Abeno-ku, Osaka-city, Osaka 545-0021, Japan K2FRD Fred Stevens, 263 Keach Rd, Guilford, NY 13780, USA K3SRO Robert N. Wilderman, 19 Glen Road, Lansdale, PA 19446-1405, USA MM0BQI Jim Martin, 3 Lismore Avenue, Edinburgh, EH8 7DW, Scotland, UK OH6LI Jukka Klemola, Aarontie 5, 31400 Somero, Finland ON4ADN Geert Decru, St. Laurentiusstraat 18, B-8710 Wielsbeke, Belgium ON4ON Danny Commeyne, Rozenlaan, 38, B-8890 Dadizele, Belgium PJ5/UA1ACX Dmitri Tonkopi, University of Sint Eustatius School of Medicine, Golden Rock, P.O. Box 73, St. Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles PY2TNT P.O Box 2605, 08780-990 Mogi das Cruzes - SP, Brazil UK0A Fedor Petrov, Box 58, Tashkent 700000, Uzbekistan UK9AA Fedor Petrov, Box 58, Tashkent 700000, Uzbekistan UR7QM Valery Smiyan, P.O. box 30, Melitopol-11, 72311, Ukraine UX0FF Nikolay Lavreka, P.O. Box 3, Izmail, 68600, Ukraine UY5YY Pavel Guzenko, P.O. box 29, Melitopol-15, 72315, Ukraine VK3DYL Gwen Tilson, 3 Gould Crt, Mt Waverley, Victoria, 3149, Australia WB8YJF Jon Severt, 5586 Babbitt Rd., New Albany, OH 43054, USA XU7ABF P.O. Box 2659, Vientiane, Laos XW0X P.O. 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