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>>> DUCIE ISLAND <<<
>>> THE 335TH DXCC ENTITY <<<
The International Amateur Radio Union (http://www.iaru.org) has announced
that The Pitcairn Island Amateur Radio Association (PIARA, see "Good To Know"
below) has been admitted as an IARU member effective 16 November 2001. This
makes the Pitcairn Islands (namely Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno) to be
considered a DXCC "Political Entity"; consequently Ducie Island, which is
separated from its "Parent" (Pitcairn itself) by 350+ kilometres has become a
DXCC "Geographic Separation Entity". The ARRL (http://www.arrl.org) has in
its turn announced that starting at 00.00 UTC on 16 November 2001, Ducie
Island (IOTA OC-182, CQ zone 32, ITU zone 63) will be eligible for DXCC
credit; only contacts dated 16 November 2001 and later will count for DXCC.
As for the DXpedition to the newest "new one", the team's departure from
Mangareva (French Polynesia), originally scheduled to take place on 14
November [425DXN 549], has been delayed due to concerns about a nearby
weather front. They expected to leave from Mangareva at sunrise (14 UTC) on
15 November, to stop for a couple of hours at Pitcairn and to reach Ducie
around local dawn on Saturday 17 November. [TNX K6GNX]
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>>> NORTH KOREA <<<
Ed, 4L4FN works for the UN World Food Program in North Korea and has been
finally able to get a verbal permission to operate amateur radio from the #1
Most Wanted DXCC Entity. 200+ stations have been able to work 4L4FN/P5 on 20
and/or 10 metres so far (logs at http://www.amsatnet.com/p5log.html). Ed is
now awaiting a written permission, which hopefully should arrive around
Christmas. This is not a DXpedition, but Ed will try to operate as much as
possible. For the time being he has SSB only, and prefers +/- 14205 and +/-
28575 kHz (split up 5-15 kHz), tipically between 14 and 15 UTC and again
between 22 and 23 UTC during the week, while during weekends more operating
time is available to him. Ed is currently using a dipole, but he plans to
build a small beam for 10 and 20 metres. He will be back home for Christmas
and will return to North Korea with his keyer and some equipment for digital
modes. Ed expects to be in North Korea until June or July 2002. QSL via KK5DO
(Bruce Paige, P.O. Box 310, Alief, TX 77411, USA), who will wait for the
final written licence before printing the cards. Updates on Ed's activities
will be posted by KK5DO at http://www.amsatnet.com/p5.html [TNX KK5DO and The
Daily DX]
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3D2_rot - Tony, 3D2AG is expected to be active from Rotuma Island (OC-060)
from now until around 10 January. [TNX The Daily DX]
5A - The Daily DX reports that Abubaker Alzway, 5A1A will be soon
leaving Libya; he will go and study in Germany. In the meanwhile a
few new amateur radio licences have been issued to the Assaker Club
station (5A1ASC, QSL via DK4HB), Tark Abu Kris (5A1TA, QSL via
EA3GIP) and Haytm Hashim (5A1HA, QSL via DJ9ZB).
8P - John, K4BAI will be active as 8P9HT from Barbados (NA-021) on 20-27
November. He hopes to use the 8P9Z callsign during the CQ WW DX CW
Contest (SOAB high power). Outside the contest he will concentrate
on 160 metres and the WARC bands CW (SSB on request), plus 6 metres
CW and SSB when the band is open. QSLs via K4BAI. [TNX The Daily
DX]
9U - Gus, SM5DIC will be back to Burundi on 17 November for around three
months. He expects his licence will be renewed and most likely he
will operate again as 9U5D. He plans to be active on HF bands (all
modes with 100 watts and a loop antenna), on 6 metres (with a
3-element beam) and 2 metres (with a 17-element beam and 400 watts
for EME). QSL direct only via SM5BFJ (Leif Hammarstrom, Lerklockan
4, SE-73091, Riddarhyttan, Sweden). [TNX SM5DIC]
CN - Jacques, F6BEE will be active as CN2JS from Morocco on 21-27
November. He will participate in the CQ WW CW Contest (SOAB); if he
can bring a suitable antenna with him, before the contest he will
operate on the WARC bands. QSL via F6BEE. [TNX F5NQL]
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CT3 - Frank, DL2CC will be active as CT3/DL2CC from Madeira (AF-014) on
20-26 November. He will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as
CT9M. QSL via DL1SBF. [TNX DX News Letter]
CU - Gabriel, CU3AN is regularly active around 19 UTC on HF bands, 6
metres (50.110 MHz) and satellite. QSL direct only to Gabriel
Alves, P.O. Box 157, 9701-902 Angra Codex, Portugal. [TNX CU3AN]
D2 - Vitor, CT1FSC will be in Angola from 21 November through 14
December and will try to operate as D2/CT1FSC from Luanda. QSl via
home call. [TNX CT1FSC]
FO - Marcel, FO0DEH expects to be leaving OC-062 for Papeete on 20
December. QSL via ON4QM. [TNX JE1DXC and Islands On The Web]
HC8 - Jon, N0JK and others will be back to the HC8N station on San
Cristobal Island, Galapagos (SA-004) on 20-26 November. They will
participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest; outside the contest they
will be active on HF, 6 and 2 meters as well as the satellites.
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
I - Look for the Marconi memorial station IY4FGM to be activated on HF
bands CW and SSB (details available from iy4fgm@amsat.org) and,
exceptionally, for IY4FGM/4 on 23cm EME (details available from
I4BER, tomassetti@ira.bo.cnr.it) on 12 December to celebrate the
100th anniversary of the first transatlantic radio transmission by
Guglielmo Marconi. [TNX IK4UPU]
JT - Ken, K4ZW (JT1/K4ZW) is making his final preparations for a lowband
operation from Mongolia along with JT1CO. They expect to be active
on 80 and 160 metres early in the week of 19 November. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
KH0 - JF2SKV (NH0S), JG3VEI (NH0V), JQ1UKK (KH0/AD6VH) JE6MYI
(KH0/JE6MYI) and JK2VOC (KH0/JK2VOC) will be active (on 160-6
metres CW, SSB, FM, RTTY, PSK31) from Saipan, Northern Marianas
(OC-086) on 22-27 November. They will participate in the CQ WW DX
CW Contest as NH0S (Multi-Single High Power). QSLs via home calls.
Questions should be sent to Maz, JF2SKV (jf2skv@jarl.com). Their
web site is at http://homepage2.nifty.com/jg3vei/ [TNX JF2SKV]
KH2 - Guam Contest Club members JI3ERV/NH2C, JR7OMD/WI3O, JK3GAD/AL7NC,
JR8VSE/NH2N and JP1JFG/N2IU will participate in the CQ WW DX CW
Contest as AH2R (Multi-Single) from Guam Island (OC-026). QSL via
JH7QXJ either direct or through the JARL bureau. [TNX JI3ERV]
KL - John, KL7JR will be active from Kaktovik on Barter Island (NA-050,
USI AK-044S) on 13-18 December. He will operate exclusively on 10
metres (+/- 28495 kHz) and will participate in the ARRL 10 Meter
Contest. The main purpose of this operation is amateur radio
demonstration at school. QSL via CBA (qrz.com). [TNX KL7JR]
PJ4 - Look for Jeff, W8RXR to operate (on 10, 15 and 20 metres CW with
some SSB) as PJ4/W8RXR from Bonaire (SA-006) on 18-27 November.
[TNX The Daily DX]
UN - Valery, UN9PQ is now active on RTTY and can be found almost daily
on 18107 kHz between 10 and 15 UTC. QSL via IK2QPR (Paolo Fava, Via
Bertani 8, 46100 Mantova - MN, Italy). [TNX IK2QPR]
V4 - Larry, KJ4UY will be operating (SSB, RTTY, PSK-31 with some CW) on
all bands as V47UY from Karl's (V44NK) QTH on Nevis Island (NA-104)
from 22 November through 4 December. He will try to operate during
the CQ WW DX CW Contest to give the multiplier (but please QRS and
be patient with him, as he says his CW is rusty). QSL via KJ4UY.
[TNX KJ4UY]
VE - Len, VE9MY and Linda, VE9GLF will try to operate from Purdy Island
(CISA NS-028) and possibly Emerys Island (CISA NS-029) on 17
November starting around 14 UTC. QSL via home calls either direct
or through the bureau. [TNX VE9MY and Islands On The Web]
VP5 - John, K3TEJ will be active (on 10-160 metres) as VP5/K3TEJ from the
Turks and Caicos Islands on 20-27 November, including an entry in
the CQ WW DX CW Contest as VP5G (SOAB). [TNX The Daily DX]
VP5 - Ed, WA3WSJ will be active as VP5ED from the Turks and Caicos
Islands on 20-27 November, including a QRP entry in the CQ WW CW DX
Contest. [TNX QRZ-DX]
XU - Andy, G4ZVJ will be in Cambodia on 21-27 November and hopes to be
active (CW only) as XU7AAV, including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW
Contest. QSL via G4ZVJ (Andy Chadwick, 5 Thorpe Chase, Ripon, HG4
1UA North Yorkshire, UK). [TNX G4ZVJ]
YB - Adi, YC3MM (http://www.mdxc.org/yc3mm) will operate as YC3MM/p from
Madura Island (OC-237) on 24-26 November. QSL via IZ8CCW. [TNX
IZ8CCW]
ZF - Joe/W5ASP, John/K6AM and Carl/K9LA are planning single band efforts
for the CQ WW DX CW Contest from the Cayman Islands (NA-016). Look
for ZF2AM (QSL via K6AM) on 10 metres, ZF1A (QSL via W5ASP) on
either 15 or 20 metres and ZF2LA (QSL via K9LA) on 80 metres.
Additionally, Vicky AE9YL/ZF2YL will be on SSB before, during, and
after the contest. QSL via home call. [TNX K9LA]
ZL - A group of operators from the NZART branch 33 are planning to be
active, possibly as ZL6WI, from Whale Island (OC-201) on 23-26
November. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZS_ant - Anton, ZS4AGA is currently operating as ZS7/ZS4AGA from the SANAE
Antarctic Base (WABA ZS-01) [425DXN 549]. QSL via ZS4A (Rickus de
Lange, 23 Kedron St., Bethlehem, South Africa). [TNX DL5EBE]
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DXCC NEWS ---> The ARRL DXCC Desk reports that ZK1NJC (North Cook Islands)
and T5X (Somalia) have been approved for DXCC credit. The documentation has
been reviewed and it is OK. Those who have submitted them and had them
rejected, can contact DXCC (dxcc@arrl.org) to have their record updated
without having to re-submit the card(s). Otherwise, they can be included with
the next submission.
OQ AWARD ---> The Belgian IARU society (UBA) sponsors "The OQ Award"
(http://qsl.net/on4cas/oq.htm) to honour the birth of Princess Elisabeth (25
October 2001). The award is available to either licenced amateurs and SWLs
for working Belgian stations using the special OQ prefix [425DXN 548] between
26 October and 31 December. For further information please contact the UBA
Award Manager, Egbert Hertsen, ON4CAS.
PIARA ---> The Pitcairn Island Amateur Radio Association has 10 members,
representing the entire population of resident amateur operators. Moreover
there are 23 amateurs licensed to operate including several temporary
residents and visitors, plus one club station. The official address of PIARA
is P.O. Box 88, Adamstown, Pitcairn Island, South Pacific Ocean via New
Zealand. Tom Christian, VP6TC is the PIARA president and head of the Ducie
DXpedition team.
PIRATE ---> Marc, ON6AA reports his call is regularly pirated by someone
signing F/ON6AA on CW and RTTY from southern France. [TNX F5NQL]
QSL C91JM ---> Bob, W7MAE still has logs for John, C91JM (August 1997 - June
1998). The TL8JM logs were never recovered. [TNX The Daily DX]
QSL TR0A ---> Miro, OM3LZ was active as TR0A from Gabon during a business
trip between 27 October and 4 November. He logged more than 3000 QSOs on 20,
17, 15, 12 and 10 metres SSB and CW. QSL direct only to OM3LZ (CBA). [TNX
OM3LZ]
QSL VIA UT3UY ---> Toly, UT3UY is the new QSL manager for Serge, 4K5CW and
club station 4J6ZZ. Cards should be sent direct only to Anatoly Kirilenko,
P.O. Box 439/3, Kiev - 151, 03151 Ukraine. [TNX UT3UY]
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SP-M@ILS: Sylwester, SP2FAP (editor and publisher "QTC - The Polish Radio
Amateur's Journal) reports that e-mail addresses for Polish
amateurs can be found at http://qtc.radio.org.pl
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3B8/LA7MFA LA7MFA D44CF SM0JHF PJ4/PA3CNX PA3CNX
3B8/ON4LAC ON4LAC DT2001PAF DS2AXU PY0FF W9VA
3G5A XQ5SM DU3NXE W3HNK RA0FU N6FF
3W2FM UA0FM DU9/N0NM W4DR S79AN DF8AN
3W2KHO WB2KHO ED4MAD EA4RCU S79GAN DL2GAN
3W2LWS WA1LWS ED5MUC EA5VM SP0PZK SP2UKB
4K6GF TA2ZV EG1CYV EA1EG T2T JN1HOW
4L0G DL7BY EK8WA SP9ERV TA3DD KZ5RO
4L1DA DL7BO EL2DT WA4TII TI8/N0KE N0KE
4L7O DL7BY EM3QLH UR5QRB TJ2RSF EA4AHK
4W/CU3FT CT1EEB EN10U UX5UO TK5XN F2YT
5H1F/# KQ1F EO10B UX5UO TM0A F6OIE
5H1X/# KQ1F EO10N UX5UO UA0AZ W3HNK
5H2MN DF8AN EO10W UX5UO UA9CUA W3HNK
5R8GZ G3SWH EX0V N6FF UE2FWG RA2FO
5V7BR F5RUQ EX8MLE IK2QPR UN7MO EA7FTR
5W0MO OM2SA EY8CQ DJ1MM UR5FEO/P UR5FEO [c]
5Z4KE DF8AN EY90MT K1BV UR5FJF/P UR5FJF [c]
8Q7KT HB9KT F6AUS/HI9 F6AUS UT4FA/P UT4FA [c]
9L1BTB SP7CDG F6KTL F6HMJ [b] UW7C UT7UW
9M6/JA1HGY JA1HGY FG/N4CD N4CD UX0FF/P UX0FF [c]
9M6/JA8GQZ JA8GQZ FG/T93M DJ2MX UX3FW/P UX3FW [c]
9M6/JK1OPL JK1OPL FG/T97M K2PF V31JP KA9WON
9M6A N2OO FO0DEH ON4QM V85TG JN3GAH
9M6JU JA1RJU FO0SAI JI1JKW VK0KMT VK4KMT
9M6LSC JA2ADH [a] FR5/ON4LAC ON4LAC VK4AHN JF1VXB
9M6SEA N2OO GJ2A GJ3DVC VK7GK DL8NU
9M6TDC JA1BRK [a] HF50WAT SP5PCI VP5/K5CM K5CM
9M6US N2OO HK0GU DL7VOG VP5/N5KW N5KW
9M8AER JA3AER HS0ZDG K4YT VU2ABE JA4DOB
9M8ART JA3ART II2R I2RFJ VY0/W2NTJ VE3LYC [d]
9M8HCK JA4HCK IR3MD IN3BHR XE2P AC7DX [e]
9M8JAA JA3AA IR3PO IK3OYY XE2P F6FNU [f]
9M8JUB JA3UB JD1XX pirate XF2RCS KA9WON [f]
9M8MVF JR3MVF JW7VK LA7VK XF2RCS XE1KK [g]
9M8TG JH3GAH KC4/N3SIG AI3D XU7ABZ F9IE
9N1AC N3ME KC4AAA K1IED YC9MB IZ8CCW
9N7ZK SM4AIO KH2/JA5XAE JA5XAE YJ8UU ZL2HE
A35OY KF8OY KH2E JE1HJA ZB2CN DJ9WH
A45WD YO9HP MM0LEO W3LEO ZC4DW G0DEZ
A61AJ N4QB MW5EPA W2GR ZC4VG G0UVX
BD4XYL BD4XA OA/ON4CD ON4CD ZD7DP W1ZT
CE0Y/HB9AAQ HB9AAQ OD5/OK1MU OK1TN ZD9IR ZS6EZ
CX2AM EA5KB OH0NL OH2BYS ZF2ZZ SM7DZZ
CX2TG EA5KB OH0RM OH3RM ZL4/PA0MIR PA0MIR
CY9/WA4RX KC6AWX OQ4ELD ON5UE ZM8CW ZL3CW
CY9/WV2B KC6AWX OZ0RM OH3RM ZY2Y PY2KQ
[a] 8-11 November 2001 only
[b] 26-29 October 2001 only
[c] 19-21 October 2001 (EU-182)
[d] 13 August-15 October 2001 only
[e] North and South America
[f] others
[g] XE stations
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AC7DX Ron G. Lago, P.O. Box 25426, Eugene, OR 97402, USA
CT1EEB Jose Emanuel Ribeiro de Sa, P.O. Box 79, 3860 Estarreja, Portugal
DF8AN Michael Noertemann, Neustadt 18, D-37154 Northeim, Germany
DS2AXU Sang Yong Yun, P.O.Box 80, Pyong Taek, 450-600, South Korea
EA4RCU Seccion Local URE Madrid, Avda. Monte Igueldo 102 - 2a Planta, 28053
Madrid, Spain
F6FNU Antoine Baldeck, P.O. Box 14, 91291 Arpajon Cedex, France
GJ3DVC Jersey Amateur Radio Society, P.O. Box 338, Jersey JE4 9YG, United
Kingdom
I2RFJ Ivano Rigoli, Via Spluga 3, 21050 Gorla Maggiore - VA, Italy
IK3OYY Fabrizio Bottaro, Via A. Manzoni 4, 35041 Battaglia Terme - PD, Italy
IZ8CCW P.O. Box 360, 87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy
JA5XAE Hirokazu Yano, 1-3-7 Minami-machi, Matsuyama City, Ehime 790-0856,
Japan
JA6GXK Masafumi Ishihara, 493-4 Koba-cho, Fukue, 853-0033, Japan
JN1HOW Toshihiko Niwa, 1081-8 Sakae, Kitakawabe, 349-1213 Japan
KA9WON Lonnie Miller, 12618 Thistle Ridge Close, Roscoe, IL 61073, USA
KC6AWX Robert T. Devine, 407 Alameda Del Prado, Novato, CA 94949-6302, USA
N4CD Robert A. Voss, 3133 Charring Cross, Plano, TX 75025, USA
OM2SA Juraj Sipos, 93013 Trhova Hradska 550, Republic of Slovakia
ON4CAS Egbert Hertsen, Postbus 85, Mechelen 2, B-2800 Mechelen, Belgium
PA0MIR Nico van der Bijl, Lepelblad 129, NL 1441 VH Purmerend, The
Netherlands
PY2KQ Rubens Galdino, P.O. Box 348, 13330-970 Indaiatuba - SP, Brazil
UA0ACG Vlad Kravchenko, P.O.Box 375, Zelenogorsk, Krasnoyarskiy kray,
663690, Russia
UA1QV Mike Koutjumov, P.O. Box 23, Vologda, 160035 Russia
UR5QRB Yuri Kazakevich, P.O. Box 146, Berdyansk - 8, Zaporozhskaya Obl.,
71108 Ukraine
UT7UW P.O. Box B-32, Kiev 01001, Ukraine
UX5UO Gennady Treus, P.O. Box 925, Kiev-100, 02100, Ukraine
VE3LYC Cezar Trifu, 410 College St., Kingston, Ontario K7L 4M7, Canada
VK4KMT Mark Tell, 44 Corowa St, Wavell Heights, Queensland, Australia 4012
W2GR Mike Benjamin, 1064 99th Street, Niagara Falls, NY 14304, USA
XU7ABN Claude Laget, P.O. Box 1373 G.P.O., 99999 Phnom Penh, Cambodia
XW0X Hiroo Yonezuka, P.O. Box 2659 Vientiane, Laos
ZL3CW Jacky Calvo, P.O. Box 593, Pukekohe 1800, New Zealand
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