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Subject: [425ENG] DX News #554
Date: sabato 15 dicembre 2001 01:28
15 December 2001 No 554
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3X - Francois, VE2XO provides more information on his forthcoming
operation from Guinea [425DXN 553]. He expects to be active as 3XY6A
from Conakry on 26-27 December and 3-5 January and as 3XY8A from
Rooma Island (AF-051) between 28 December and 2 January. He plans to
operate SSB on or around the following frequencies (split 5-10 kHz
up): 14.195 (3XY6A) and 14.260 (3XY8A), 18.145 (3XY6A) and 18.128
(3XY8A), 21.295 (3XY6A) and 21.260 (3XY8A), 24.945 (3XY6A) and
24.950 (3XY8A), 28.495 (3XY6A) and 28.460 (3XY8A). Some PSK31
activity (split 1-2 up) is planned on 14.070, 18.100, 21.070, 24.920
and 28.120 MHz. This will be a one man holiday DXpedition, so he
will also spend some time enjoying the beach. QSL direct only to
VE2XO (Francois Normant, 3054 avenue Lacombe, Montreal QC H3T 1L4,
Canada).
5U - Paolo, I2UIY reports that the DXpedition to Niger [425DXN 542 & 547]
will take place on 3-18 February.Seven operators will be active with
three stations on 160-6 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31. Further
information is available at "http://www.qsl.net/niger-2002".
9Q - The Amateur Radio Society of the Democratic Republic of Congo has
been granted permission to operate club station 9Q0AR until 16
December. Activity is planned to take place on 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20
metres SSB, including an entry in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest. QSL via
F2YT either direct or through the REF bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
CE - The Southern Cross DX Group CE9C operation from Hornos Island
(SA-031) [425DXN 529] is still scheduled to take place in late
December or January (actual dates depend on weather conditions).
Plans are to operate on 160-6metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via
CE4EBJ either direct (Ivan Bahamonde, P.O. Box 128, Talca, Chile) or
through the bureau. For further information check
http://www.qsl.net/ce9c
DL_ant - Dominik, DL5EBE reports that YL operator Mechita might be QRV as
DP0GVN from German Antarctic Base "Georg von Neumayer" (WABA DL-01)
for a short time. Amateur radio operator Sepp, who several years ago
was active as DP0LEX, is a member of the team working at the new
"Kohnen Station", located about 500 km south of Neumayer Base.
Dominik does not know what kind of HF equipment they use at Kohnen
Station, but he will try to bring them on frequency (at 21275 kHz
each Monday around 17 UTC).
EM - Lviv Branch of UARL is using special event call EM75W until 28
December to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Lviv Shortwave
Club. QSL via the bureau or direct to UT1WL (P.O.Box 5951, Lviv,
79054, Ukraine). For information on the award issued for this
activity, please visit http://am.ca/lkk [TNX UR5WCW]
FO - Marcel, FO0DEH is due to be back home in Belgium on 21 December and
OC-131 is his final semi-rare one for this year's trip. [TNX Islands
On The Web]
JA - Look for JM6CIP/6 and JN3FPV/6 to be active from the Koshiki Islands
(AS-037) on 22-23 December. QSL via home calls. [TNX JI6KVR]
LU_so - Operator Caludio is active from club station LU1ZA, South Orkney Is.
(AN-008). QSL via LU2CN.
P5 - As of 9 December Ed, P5/4L4FN had logged 2248 SSB QSOs (436 on 20m,
1 on 15m and 1881 on 10m). He has received the Butternut vertical,
which will allow him to operate on 15 metres, and the Bencher
paddle. He "hasn't been on CW since 1992 and that was with a
straight key", The Daily DX reports, so he "will first get familiar
with this new toy before becoming QRV on CW". QSL via KK5DO (but
cards will be not be purchased until after Ed receives a written
licence). In the meanwhile, Toma, YU1AB has announced that
Hrane/YT1AD and Voja/YU7AV are going to North Korea and hope to get
a licence to operate between 19 and 22 December.
S9 - The Scandinavian team has received S9LA - and not, of course, S79LA
[425DXN 553] - to be used during their 4-10 February DXpedition to
Sao Tome. [TNX LA6FJA]
VP6_di - Garth, VE3HO reports that the DXpedition to Ducie Island has been
rescheduled for the end of March. A new charter ship has been
arranged and JA1BK (group leader) is now looking for donations. The
final group of operators is still to be be finalized.
VU - Bernhard, DL2GAC left Germany a few days ago for his annual trip
until April. He is currently waiting for his VU2BMS licence to be
renewed and will remain in India until 17 January. His next stop
will be Honiara in the Solomon Islands (H44), where he expects to
arrive on 22 January. [TNX DL2GAC and Islands On The Web]
MARSHALL ISLANDS & MICRONESIA ---> The Daily DX reports that family reasons
prevented Jim Todd, KC7OKZ and his wife Carol from leaving Honolulu in
mid-May as previously announced [425DXN 519]. The two now expect to leave
this weekend and touring the Marshall Islands and Micronesia for some 12
months. Their original plans included operations from Ratak Chain (OC-029),
Ralik Chain (OC-028), Enewetak Atoll (OC-087) and Ujelang Atoll (OC-???) in
V7; Mwokil & Pingelap Atolls (OC-226), Kosrae (OC-059), Pohnpei (OC-010),
Oroluk Atoll (OC-???), Nukuoro Atoll (OC-???), Kapingamarangi Atoll (OC-167),
Mortlock Islands (OC-???), Chuuk Islands (OC-011) and Hall Islands (OC-???)
in V6.
ARRL 10 METER CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced they will
take part in this weekend's event:
- Giovanni, I5JHW from 3V8BB. [TNX I5JHW]
- LU8FPT, LU1FOW, LU2FLN, LU1FZR and LU5FC as LP5F (Multi Operator, Mixed,
High Power). QSL via LU1FZR. [TNX LU5FC]
- Zoli, HA1AG as LX5A (Single Operator CW). QSL via the LX bureau. [TNX
HA1AG]
- Mauricette, F8BPN and others as TM2E. This call will be aired until 22
December. QSL via F6KLO. [TNX F8BPN]
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2MT ---> This special station was activated on 12 December by the Chelmsford
Amateur Radio Society to commerate the centenary of Marconi's Trans-Atlantic
transmission. For further details check their web page at
http://www.g0mwt.free-online.co.uk [TNX M5AKA]
RIGA-800 ---> Twenty-two YL800 stations made some 14,000 QSOs between 1 July
and 31 September and Grigorij, YL2NS reminds award chasers that the deadline
for applications for the "Riga-800 Award" is 31 December. Rules are available
at http://www.lral.ardi.lv/riga800-eng.htm
QSL D68C ---> Phil, G3SWH reports that nearly 60% of the direct requests for
D68C QSLs have now been processed and that around 30,000 QSOs have been
confirmed to date. Please do not send "second requests", as this only slows
things down. [TNX G3XTT]
QSL F6AUS/HI9 ---> Serge logged some 12500 QSOs (mostly on CW - including
3053 contacts during the CQ WW DX CW Contest - and RTTY) during his recent
operation from the Dominican Republic. His correct address for direct QSLs is
Serge Soulet, Les Hautes Rivieres, 79800 Sainte Eanne, France.
WRTC 2002 --->The WRTC 2002 (http://www.wrtc2002.org) Organizing Committee
has announced that the first twenty-five referees were selected, and they
represent the first wave out of a total of fifty (50) on-site referees, one
at each participating site: K1VR, K6KR, K9JF, K9ZO, N2AA, N7BG, W6UM 4Z4KX,
DL6LAU, F6BEE, G4BUO, SM3CER, SM3DMP, SM3EVR, T97M, TG9AJR, UY5XE OH1EB,
OH2JA, OH3BU, OH4XX, OH5BM, OH5NQ, OH6OS, OH6RX. The second wave will be
launched January 30, 2002 and the third by March 15, 2002 at the latest. [TNX
OH1EH]
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VK9: The web page for Jurek (SP9EVP) and Wojtek's (SP9PT) recent
operations from Norfolk Island and East Malaysia is at
http://www.vk9n.sp5zcc.waw.pl [TNX SP5UAF]
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3D2AG/P 3D2AG HC2DX PY3ZM TI3M EA5KB
3W2XK W9XK HF1SSS SP1EG TI4/N6CW N6CW
4U1VIC OE bureau HF50WAT SP5PCI TL8DV W3MC
4U1WB KK4HD HR1BY EA7FTR TM0AFH F6LDH
5B4/RA6LUX UA6LCW HR1HR EA7FTR TM0H F5SJH
5R8FU SM5DJZ HS0ZCW K4VUD TM0TLT F6JOB
5R8GT DK8ZD II3GM IK3RIY TM7TLT F6KWP
5V7BR F5RUQ IR7GM IK7JWX TM8AT F8BAE
5W0VF W7TVF IU0M I0YKN TM8TLT F5SQA
6Y5/VK2IR VK2IR IU9MM IT9MRM TM9TLT F6KUC
9J0S G3TEV IY4W I4JED TP5CE F6FQK
9L1BTB SP7BTB J49DLH DL4FP TZ6JA JA3EMU
9U5D SM5BFJ J6/G3TBK G3TBK UE4HNT RW4HT
9V1GA JA4BJO K1M K3PD UN7CC KI6Y
9V1YC AA5BT KC4/N3SIG AI3D UN7FW IK2QPR
A25/KG6GPA W6DXO KC4AAA K1IED UN9LM LZ1YE
A61AJ N4QB KH7U/KH5 KH7U V31JP KA9WON
A61AR UA6MF LU2DAL EA5KB V73ED 3D2SJ
A71BY F5PYI LU7YS EA5KB V73MJ JF1NZW
AP2AA pirate LZ0A LZ1KDP VI8ABC VK8DA
BX4AE SM3DBU N1S W3GR VO1S VO1AA
CN8YR K4KU OA4DMR OH0XX VP2ECW N6CW
CO2PH F6FNU OD5TX K3IRV VP2V/N6CW N6CW
CO2WL EA3ELM OY3QN OZ1ACB VP2VCW N6CW
CO8ZZ DK1WI P29KH WD9DZV VP2VE WA2NHA
D44TD CT1EKF P43MR VE3MR VU2VVP SM3DBU
DU1/SQ9BOP SP6GVU P5/4L4FN KK5DO VU3BKY SM3DBU
E29AL HS0GBI PI50A PI4KGL WH0/JK2VOC JK2VOC
EA4TEN EA4AHD PJ2/W9EFL W9EFL WX7GTF W7ECA
EA6/SP4AOQ EC6TK PJ2/W9JUV W9JUV XK0XN/P VE3XN
ED5GRO EA5VM PJ2/W9VA W9VA XT2DE F5JRY
ED8RCV EA8BYO PJ2T KN7Y XU7ACB N6FF
EM1KCC UT7UA PY0FT JA1ELY YA5T KU9C
EM75W UT1WL S79GAN DL2GAN YC7TO EA5KB
EN100GM RU3OM S79LE DL8LE Z2/W6DXO W6DXO
ET3VSC K3IRV SI900TKM SK6NL ZA1AM IK1FLE
EY8MM K1BV SU9LL EA7CHR ZD8A N6CW
FO0FRY K8PYD SW1KID SV1CEI ZD8R N6ND
FO0SEV WB8YJF SW2B SV bureau ZD8Z VE3HO
FO5RA KM5M T30ED 3D2SJ ZF2AH W6VNR
FW0DX JE3RZT T88DX JI3DLI ZL1WY/ZL7 JF1OCQ
H44MA VK2GR TA2DS WA3HUP ZY5A PY1KN
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3D2SJ Fr. Steve Dives MSC, P.O. Box 1354, Suva, Fiji Islands
EA5KB Jose F. Ardid Arlandis, Box 5013, E-46080 Valencia, Spain
GM0HCQ Mike Gloistein, 27 Stormont Way, Scone, Perthshire PH2 6SP, Scotland
HS0GBI Cherdchai Yiwlek, P.O. Box 1090 Kasetsart, Bangkok 10903, Thailand
I0YKN Nuccio Meoli, Via della stazione sn, 04010 Cori - LT, Italy
IK2QPR Paolo Fava, Via Bertani 8, 46100 Mantova - MN, Italy
IK3RIY c/o A.R.I. Venezia, P.O. Box 227, 30100 Venezia, VE - Italy
IK7JWX Alfredo De Nisi, P.O. Box 218, 73100 Lecce - LE, Italy
IT9MRM Alberto Mattei, Via E. Millo 20, 96011 Augusta - SR, Italy
K4KU Sherman A. Harrison, 4824 Edens View, Kingsport, TN 37664-4638, USA
K4VUD Charles Harpole, 3100 N. Hwy. 426, Geneva, FL 32732-9761, USA
KA9WON Lonnie Miller, 12618 Thistle Ridge Close, Roscoe, IL 61073, USA
KK5DO Bruce Paige, P.O. Box 310, Alief, TX 77411, USA
LZ1NK Nikolai Enchev, Parchevich 43A, 4300 Karlovo, Bulgaria
OM2SA Juraj Sipos, 93013 Trhova Hradska 550, Republic of Slovakia
PY1KN Marcelo G. da Silva, Av. Gen. Guedes da Fontoura 551/20, 22621-240
Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil
RA9MC Valentin Horuzhenko, P.O. Box 1569, Omsk, 644110, Russia
SM3DBU Leif Lindh, Malargatan 5, SE-82531 Iggesund, Sweden
SM5BFJ Leif Hammarstrom, Lerklockan 4, SE-73091, Riddarhyttan, Sweden
SM5DJZ Jan Hallenberg, Vassunda Andersberg, SE-741 91 Knivsta, Sweden
UA9MQR Dmitriy P. Mikhal'chenko, P.O.Box 512, Omsk-21, 644021, Russia
UK9AA Fedor Petrov, P.O. Box 58, Tashkent 700000, Uzbekistan
XU7ABN Claude Laget, P.O. Box 1373 G.P.O., 99999 Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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