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9A - Tibor, HA3HP will be active from Dugi Otok (EU-170, IOCA CI-018) on
8-15 September. He also plans to operate from the islands of Arta
Mala (EU-170, CI-003), Arta Vela (EU-170, CI-004), Murter (not IOTA,
CI-074), Murvenjak (EU-170, CI-075), Radelj (EU-170, CI-097), Vrgada
(EU-170, CI-143) and Zminjak (EU-170, CI-153) during that time
frame. [TNX 9A6AA]
9A - Look for 9A5V/p (Frano), 9A3VM/p (Matko) and 9A5KV/p (Fredi) to be
active from the island of Bobara (EU-016, IOCA CI-157) on 8
September starting around 11 UTC. [TNX 9A6AA]
9H - The OPDX Bulletin reports that a large group of Dutch operators will
be active (on all bands 40-2 metres) from Malta (EU-023) between 14
September and 6 October. They will use either 9H0VRZ (QSL via PA7DX:
Anton Kerkhof, Blaublomke 2, 8401 MG Gorredijk, The Netherlands) or
their own individual calls as follows: 9H3AAG (QSL via PA1XA),
9H3AAK (QSL via PE1RVQ), 9H3IE (QSL via PA0BEA), 9H3LRK (QSL via
PA0LRK), 9H3ON (QSL via PA3BIZ), 9H3Q (QSL via PA0RDY), 9H3QC (QSL
via PA3CLF), 9H3QF (QSL via PA3FEO), 9H3S (QSL via PA3HGP), 9H3TE
(QSL via PE1NZA), 9H3X (QSL via PE1NGF), 9H3YM (QSL via PE1OFJ),
9H3YT (QSL via PA3GUU), 9H3? (QSL via PA1SL).
BY - On 5 September Alan/BA1DU, Jerry/BA1FB and Chen/BA1HAM left for a
reconnaissance trip to Furong Island (Shandong Province North West
group) [425DXN 535] on 5 September and were joined by the rest of
the team on the 7th. Plans are to be active (with three stations on
10-40 metres CW, SSB and RTTY) as BI4F until 10 September. [TNX
BA1DU]
CE - Sergio, IZ6BRN (ex VU3CUR, AP2WAP, 9N7RN) has been in Chile for six
months and will be working there for a couple of years. He is active
as CE3/IZ6BRN exclusively on 12, 17 and 6 metres. QSL via home call.
[TNX CE3/IZ6BRN]
CU - Bert, SM1CJV will be signing CU1/SM1CJV from Sao Miguel Island
(EU-003), Azores on 10-17 September. He will operate CW QRP on or
around 14060 and 21060 kHz during his evenings. [TNX SM1TDE]
D4 - IK7VJP plans to be active from Sao Tiago (AF-005), Cape Verde
between 14 and 21 September. QSL via home call. [TNX IZ8CCW]
E3 - Chris/DL5NAM (SSB, RTTY and 6m), Dieter/DF4RD (SSB and CW),
Wolf/OE2VEL (low bands SSB and CW) and Falk/DK7YY (low bands CW)
will be active (with special attention for North America, Asia and
the low bands) as E30NA from Eritrea between 17 October and 3
November. Their target QTH is one of the islands in the Dahlak
Archipelago (AF-038), if they cannot go there they will operate from
the capital city. The group is looking for financial support from
the DX community (please contact Chris, DL5NAM at dl5nam@qsl.net). A
web site is under construction at http://www.qsl.net/e30na [TNX
DL5NAM]
EA9 - EA9LS, EA9LZ, EA9CD, EA9AZ, EA9BW, EA9GW and EA9PB will participate
in the WAE DX Contest (SSB) as EA9LS. QSL via home call either
direct or through the bureau. [TNX EA9CD]
F - Didier, F5BJW will be active (on 10-80 metres mainly SSB) as TM2A
from Groix Island (EU-048, DIFM AT-012) on 15-24 September. QSL via
home call. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
G - The Cray Valley Radio Society will be operating GB2FB HF and VHF
from 8 UTC on 15 September until 14 UTC on the 16th as part of
"Transmission 2001" to help raise money for the British Wireless for
the Blind Fund. QSL via G4DFI. [TNX BRS-32525]
H4 - Luca, IZ6DSQ [425DXN 532] now plans to be active from Guadalcanal
(OC-047, Solomon Islands) on 6 and again on 14 October, from the
Reef Islands (OC-065, Temotu Province) on 7-13 October and from the
New Georgia Islands (OC-149, Solomon Islands) on 15-22 October. [TNX
IZ8CCW]
LX - Look for Ralf, LX/DH7RD/p to be active (on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80
metres SSB) from Eisenborn, Luxembourg between 8 and 15 September.
QSL via home call through the DARC bureau. [TNX DL4FCH]
OZ - Look for Rudolf, OZ/DK7OM/p to be active on SSB and digital modes
from Mors Island (EU-171, NJ-002 for the Danish Islands Award) on
8-22 September. QSL via home call. [TNX DL2VFR]
PJ2 - Look for Joeke, PJ2/PA0VDV to be active (CW only) from the
Netherlands Antilles between 15 September and 12 October. [TNX The
Daily DX]
SV - Look for Simon, SV8/IZ7ATN and Raffaele, SV8/IZ7BNH to be active (on
10-40 metres SSB, WARC bands included) from the islands of Skiros
(EU-060) and Skiatos (EU-072) between 7 and 10 September. QSL
SV8/IZ7ATN via IZ0CKJ either direct (Alessio Roma, Via Sterparo 43,
03023 Ceccano - FR, Italy) or through the bureau. QSL SV8/IZ7BNH
direct only to IZ7BNH (Raffaele Di Troia, P.O. Box 178, 70056
Molfetta - BA, Italy). [TNX IZ7ATN]
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SV9 - Rene/ON5KH, Bill/ON5JE and Luk/ON4BB will operate from (on 40-10
metres SSB and CW) Crete (EU-015) on 10-23 September. If conditions
permit and if they find suitable transportation, they will also be
active from Paximadia (EU-187) for one or two days during that time
frame. QSL via home calls, preferably through the bureau. [TNX
ON4BB]
TF - Gulli/TF8GX, Tiny/ON4CAT, Norby/LX1NO and Fred/DL8DXL will be active
(on 10-80 metres SSB, CW and possibly some digital modes) from
Flatey Island (EU-168) on 12-19 September. Gulli and Tiny will be
signing TF4RX (QSL via K1WY or ON4CAT), while Fred and Norby will
operate as TF4/LX9EG (QSL via LX1NO). [TNX K1WY]
VU - Special call AT0HF will be aired on 1-9 September to celebrate the
Hamfest India 2001 HF Contest. The Hamfest will be held at Nagpur on
27-28 October (details from niarindia@hotmail.com). QSL via VU2APR
(National Institute of Amateur Radio, Raj Bhavan Road, Hyderabad
500082, India). [TNX VU2JOS]
VU - Ram, VU3DJQ reports he will be participating in various contests as
AT0D until mid-November. He operates on 20 metres with 50 watts. QSL
direct via home call with IRCs (no green stamps please).
W - Look for John, K1FWE to be active (on 10-40 metres SSB and CW) from
the Isles of Shoals (NA-217) on 15-16 September. [TNX DL2VFR]
ZK1_nc - Look for Mike, KM9D/ZK1QMA (on 10-160 metres mainly CW) and YL
operator Jan, KF4TUG/ZK1TUG (on the higher bands SSB) to be active
from Penrhyn (Tongareva) Island (OC-082), North Cooks on 8-16
September. QSLs via OM2SA either direct or through the bureau. [TNX
OM2SA]
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ISS ---> The current ISS (International Space Station) crew members are the
American Commander Frank Culbertson (KD5OPQ), the Russian Pilot Vladimir
Dezhurov and the Russian Flight Engineer Mikhail Turin. The call signs
available for use on the ISS are RS0ISS, RZ3DZR, NA1SS, RZ3DZR-1 (packet
station mailbox callsign). The following frequencies are currently used for
ARISS general QSOs: 145.80 (Voice and Packet Downlink, worldwide), 144.49
(Voice Uplink for Regions 2 and 3), 145.20 (Voice Uplink for Region 1) and
145.99 (Packet Uplink, worldwide). QSL for the USA to ARRL Headquarters,
ARISS QSL Expedition-2, 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111-1494 USA. QSL
for Canada to Radio Amateurs of Canada, ARISS QSL Expedition-2, 720 Belfast
Road, Suite 217, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. QSL for Europe to ARISS-Europe QSL
Bureau, c/o AMSAT-France, 16 rue de la Vallee,, 91360 Epinay sur Orge,
France. For other countries, please use the US or Canadian address above.
[TNX IZ1CRR]
QSL A61AJ ---> Bernie, W3UR has stepped down as QSL manager for Ali, A61AJ;
effective 5 September all QSL requests need to go to N4QB (Joe Veras, P.O.
Box 1041, Birmingham, AL 35201, USA), who will have all logs for all QSOs
made by A61AJ. Cards already sent to W3UR need not to be resubmitted to N4QB.
QSL 9L1DX ---> Dr. Elmer R. Ribeiro (aka OA8DX, 7Q7DX and P29DX) is now
stationed in Sierra Leone and operates as 9L1DX (logs at
http://www.qsl.net/ea4cen). QSL via EA4CEN either direct (Jose A. Rodriguez
Fernandez, General Castejon 1-6-A, 28924 Alcorcon, Madrid, Spain) or through
the URE bureau. [TNX EA4CEN]
QSL SM1T ---> This call was used during this year's IOTA Contest from Gotland
Island (EU-020) by SM1TDE and SM5DJZ. All QSOs have been confirmed via the
bureau; direct cards can be sent to Eric, SM1TDE. [TNX SM1TDE]
QSL TU2WL ---> Gianni, IN3ASW reports he has run out of QSLs for his April
2000 activity as TU2WL and it will take at least two months to have the new
cards printed. Please be patient.
QSL VIA LY2MM ---> Cards for 4L1AE, 4L1W and 4L5T can be sent to Al, LY2MM
direct only with appropriate return postage. Al does not reply to bureau
cards, but he stores them while waiting for any opportunity to give them to
his Georgian friends. He had a chance to do so in May, but "the time for next
opportunity is undefinite".
QSL VIA VK4FW ---> Please note that effective 1 September the new address for
VK4FW is: Bill Horner, P.O. Box 1343, Maroochydore, 4558, Australia.
QSL VIA YC9BU ---> Kadek, YC9BU reports that some 60% of the direct QSL
requests he gets from the IOTA community arrive without return postage. He
recommends not to use US dollars but IRCs.
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DX ATLAS: Alex Shovkoplyas, VE3NEA is the author of "DX Atlas", an
electronic World atlas for radio amateurs available for
download at http://www.dxatlas.com [TNX VK6LC]
IOTA HELP LISTINGS: If you have still to convert your IOTA credits on the
basis of the IOTA Directory 2000, you might find of
interest the IOTA Help Listings maintained by John,
WD8MGQ at http://www.cm.quik.com/wd8mqg/newiotas/
LOGS: Roberto, EA4DX logged 7800 QSOs as H40DX from Temotu and
18200 QSOs as H44DX from the Solomons. and logs are now
on line at http://www.qsl.net/ea4dx/ QSLs for both calls
direct only to EA4DX (Roberto Diaz, Doce de Octubre 4,
28009 Madrid, Spain).
MOST WANTED SURVEY: The annual DX Magazine Most Wanted Survey is now
available on the DX Publishing Web site at
http://www.dxpub.com/dx_survey2001.html). The world-wide
results of the 2000 Survey are posted on the web site
under "DX News". [TNX N4AA]
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3A/F5RBB F5RBB EY10S DJ1MM T88MO 7K1SGX
3D2AW DL2AWG FM5GU KU9C TA3DD KZ5RO
3D2HY JA0SC FM5WD W3HNK TE8AA TI5BX
3D2XU PA3AXU FO0FLA AH6HY TG/DB2TR DL1SBF
3V8MED DL1BDF GB5FI GW0ANA TK/IK1QBT IK1QBT
3W2B XW2A H40DX EA4DX TM5MA F8AJF
4L1FX DJ1CW H44RD EA4DX TR0A UA3DJY
4N7M YU7KMN HI3HN OE7NHT TT8DX F5OGL
4W1XW pirate ID9/IT9SSI IZ8CCW TT8FC EA4AHK
4Z8GZ DH2GZ J3/PA0ZH PA5ET TT8JE F6FNU
5A32 5A1A J3/PA3EWP PA5ET UA0AZ W3HNK
5R8EE FR5EL J3/PA5ET PA5ET UA1CIO/P RZ1AK
5R8HC F6BUM J3/PA7FM PA5ET UE1ZPQ RA1ZS
5U7AH I6NLJ J38PA PA5ET UE3DDJ RZ3DJ
5U7JK I2YSB J44L/P SV4AQJ UM8AR UK8AR
5Z4TT SP5TT J6/EX0M DF8WS UM8CK UX5UO
6D0Z AC7DX J8/PA0ZH PA5ET UM8LA RW3RN
6D2X AC7DX J8/PA3EWP PA5ET UM9AA UK9AA
6D8Z AC7DX J8/PA5ET PA5ET UN5J W3HNK
6G0V AC7DX J8/PA7FM PA5ET UN7QX W7BO
7L2ICS/JD1 7L2ICS J8PA PA5ET UP0ACS DL8KAC
7X5JF DJ8QP JH1AEF/4 JH1AEF V63KA JH8BKL
8P9JM K2ZD JT1FBX JG5PJJ V63MC JH8BKL
9A/N0MX DJ2MX JT1FYT K4YT V63OO JA3AJ
9A3OY 9A1CCY JW2PA LA2PA V63YB JH8MYB
9E1S IV3TRK JW7QI LA7QI V73MJ JF1NZW
9M2JI JK1AJX KC4USV K1IED VE2/F5TBA/p F5TBA
A45WD YO9HP KG4DX W4WX VK0KMT VK4KMT
CE2LZR EA5KB KH0/JA3MVI JA3MVI VK4AWX KC6AWX
CO7KR DL5DCA LW9DAH AC7DX VK4BRK N5HHS
CO8EJ EA5KB LX/ON6CK ON6IJ VK7TS/4 VK7TS
CT1GFK/P CT1GFK LX0RL LX1KQ VK9CQ PA3GIO
CT1HZE DL8HCZ OG3GZ OH3GZ VK9XV PA3GIO
CT3/OK2BOB OK2BOB P29AM NU5O XE0DX AC7DX
CW1D CX1UU P29VB N5HHS XE2GV AC7DX
CX2AQ EA5KB P29WS W4HUT XE2XA AC7DX
D2BB W3HNK PJ2/AE9B AE9B XE2Z AC7DX
D44TD CT1EKF PJ2/NW0L NW0L XM2CWI VE2CWI
E20HHK E21EIC PJ2/W0CG W0CG YC1ANA EA7FTR
ED1SDC EA1AUM PJ2T KN7Y YJ0ADX JE1DXC
EK1700S EK6GB RI6LAP UA6MF YL800KA YL2KA
EK6TA DJ0MCZ RI9K UA4RC YL800LW YL2LW
EM1HO I2PJA RT9W RZ9WWH YN4SU TI4SU
EO100ZOO UY0ZG RZ1AK/p RZ1AK YU8/9X0A UA3DX
EO10N UX5UO S21YH 7M4PTE ZB2AZ G3MNN
EP3SP W3HC SV0LR HB9LDR ZC4DW G0DEZ
ER10MD ER1BF SV5/SM8C SM0CMH ZD7DP W1ZT
EX10A EX2A SW1XV SV1XV ZG2FX G3RFX
EX8QB IK2QPR T30XU PA3AXU ZP26DC ZP1LL
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7L2ICS Youichi Kamata, 2-3-8, kami-Ikebukuro, Toyoshima-ku 170-0012, Japan
7M4PTE Shin Makoto, 2-3-18, Naritanishi, Suginami-Ku, Tokyo 166-0016, Japan
CT1EEB Jose Emanuel Ribeiro de Sa, P.O. Box 79, P-3860 Estarreja, Portugal
CT9F A.R.R.M., P.O. Box 4694, 9001 Funchal, Portugal
DJ2MX Mario Lovric, Am Oelberg 11, D-61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany
DS2LGK Choi Kyu Yong, P.O. Box 63, Inchon, 400-036, Korea
F5OGL Didier A. Senmartin, P.O. Box 19, F-35998 Rennes Armees, France
FY5KE Radio Amateur Club, B.P. 450, 97382 Kourou Cedex, French Guiana
G0DEZ Dez Watson, C.A.O., JSSU (AN), BFPO 59, via London, UK
HA5NG Andras Szilagyi, P.O. Box 88, H-1554 Budapest, Hungary
IK0YUJ Riccardo Bruzzichini, P.O. Box 59, 06012 Citta' di Castello - PG,
Italy
IK1QBT Antonio Gallo, Via Capo Santo Spirito 1/16, 17020 Borghetto Santo
Spirito - SV, Italy
IZ0CKJ Alessio Roma, Via Sterparo 43, 03023 Ceccano - FR, Italy
IZ8CCW P.O. Box 360, 87100 Cosenza- CS, Italy
JH8BKL Katsuhide Kawase, 284-30 Kawaguchikisen, Teshio, 098-3312 Japan
JH8MYB Susumu Harada, 3-8 Taga, Mikasa, 068-2152 Japan
JK1AJX Mac Kumakura, 10-18 Kawagishi 4 chome, Kitakami, Iwate 024-0032,
Japan
K8ONV E.A.R.S., P.O. Box 572, Englewood, FL 34295-0572, USA
KC6AWX Robert T. Devine, 407 Alameda Del Prado, Novato, CA 94949-6302, USA
ON7YX Ronald Van Aken, Kapelstraat 5, 2330 Merksplas, Belgium
PA3GIO Bert vd Berg, Parklaan 38, NL-3931 KK Woudenberg, The Netherlands
PS7ZZ Francisco Edvaldo Pereira de Freitas, Av. Sao Miguel dos Caribes 31,
Neopolis II, 59086-500 Natal - RN, Brazil
RW3RN Alex Kuznetsov, P.O. Box 57, Tambov-23, 392023 Russia
RZ1AK Dennis Eremin, P.O. Box 202, St.Petersburg 196070, Russia
SV1XV Costas Krallis, P.O. Box 3066, GR-10210 Athens, Greece
TI5BX P.O. Box 159, St. Barbara, 3009 Heredia, Costa Rica
UA4RC P.O.Box 252, Almetyevsk, Tatarstan Republic, 423452, Russia
UA6MF Ivan A Gudima , P.O. Box 47 , Rostov-on-Don 344007, Russia
UA9KM Nikolai Kuprin, P.O. Box 158, Nadym, Yamalo-Nenetski AO, Tyumen obl.,
629736, Russia
UK9AA P.O. Box 58, Tashkent 700000, Uzbekistan
VE2CWI West Isl. A.R. Club, P.O. Box 884, Dorval, QC H9R 4Z6, Canada
VE9MY Len Morgan, 35 Upper Quaco RD., Baxters Corner, NB, E2S 2S2, Canada
VK4KMT Mark Tell, 44 Corowa St, Wavell Heights, Queensland, Australia 4012
VK7TS Trevor Spargo, 1 Roebourne Rd, Otago, Tasmania, Australia 7017
W6JHB Jim Bennett, 25 Lagunita Court, Martinez, CA 94553-3039, USA
YT1AD Dr. Hrane Milosevic, 36206 Vitanovac, Yugoslavia
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