From: <425list@425dxn.org> To: <i121171@tin.it> Subject: [425ENG] 425 DX News #556 Date: sabato 29 dicembre 2001 11:21 29 December 2001 No 556 =========================== *** 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) ! \---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ ************************************ * TO ALL OUR READERS * * WARMEST THOUGHTS AND BEST WISHES * * FOR A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY * * AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR * ************************************ 7X - Please note that the correct URL for the web page on Mirek's (SP5IXI/9V1XE) activity from Algeria [425DXN 555] is http://www.7x0.sp5zcc.waw.pl [TNX SP5UAF] 8Q - Ian, G3TMA will be active (mainly on CW) as 8Q7IJ from the Maldives (AS-013) from 31 December through 7 January. QSL via home call. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] 8Q - Giovanni, I5JHW will be active as 8Q7CG from the Maldives starting on 6 January for one week. QSL via home call. [TNX I5JHW] HL - Special event station D902WSF (Delta Nine Zero Two WSF) will be activated (on 80, 40, 15 and 10 metres CW and SSB) by the KARL Branch in Pohang, South Korea between 31 December and 4 January to celebrate the World Cup Sun Rising Festival. QSL via DS5UCP either direct or through the bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] HL - Celebrating the 17th FIFA World Football (soccer) Cup, the Korean Amateur Radio League (KARL) will operate special event call HL17FWC from 1 January through 30 May. During the championship, from 31 May through 30 June, ten special DT#FWC (DT0, DT1 etc through DT9) calls will be aired to hnour the ten host cities in Korea. QSL via HL0HQ (Korean Amateur Radio League, C.P.O. Box 162, Seoul, Korea). [TNX DS1BHE] KH2 - Testu, JF2UED and Mack, JJ2QXI will be active from Guam (OC-026) on 3-5 January. They plan to operate on 160-6 metres SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via home calls. [TNX JJ2QXI] P5 - Toma, YU1AB reports that Hrane/YT1AD and Voja/YU7AV returned from North Korea on 26 December with "a written permission" whose "call sign is known". Hrane, Voja and two others are expected to conduct a DXpedition starting on 5 March 2002. According to Toma, the activity will include the training of twenty local amateur radio operators. Further information is expected in due course. S7 - Luca, I5IHE will be active (mainly on SSB and RTTY, with some CW and SSTV) as S79LC from Praslin Island (AF-024), Seychelles between 31 December and 11 January QSL via I5JZP. [TNX VK2SG RTTY DX Notes] TI9 - According to the information posted on the new web site (http://www.qsl.net/ti9m/), the TI9M DXpedition team to Cocos Island [425DXN 555] includes TI2HMG, AD6E, AK0A, F5CWU, KA0KKO, KI7WO, N4CD, N6KT, N7DF, PA3EWP, PA5ET, RA9CO, RN3BZ, WS4Y and IZ7ATN, and the QSL manager will be AK0A (Bill Boeckenhaupt, 8904 Westbrooke Dr, Overland Park, KS 66212, USA). VK - Steve, VK6VZ will participate in the Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge (29-30 December) from Australia's first lighthouse at Cape Leeuwin. Look for VK6VZ/6 around 1810-1815 kHz. Special QSL via VK6VZ. [TNX The Daily DX] VK - Tony, VK3TZ reports he will be active (on the usual 10, 15 and 20 metres IOTA fequencies) sporadically from Phillip Island (OC-136) between 29 December and 26 January. QSL via CBA. VU - Deepak/VU2DPM, Sked/VU2SKD, Kitchu/VU2KFR, Horey/VU2HFR and Joy/VU2JSH will be the Calcutta VHF Amateur Radio Society's members who willoperate on HF bands from Sagar Island (AS-153) on 10-16 January [425DXN 555].They will be using their personal callsigns as no special call has beenassigned for this operation. Look for them between 1-3.30 UTC and 12-19 UTCon SSB (+/- 14260, 21260 and 28460 MHz), CW (14040, 21040 and 28040 MHz) andpossibly on PSK31 (14.070 MHz), with an emphasis on 20m SSB and CW. Pleaseremember thatthe CVARS operates upon request from the districtadministration to assist them in maintaining an emergency communicationnetwork and handling missing persons traffic during the Ganga Sagar Melaannual festival. This means that the HF schedule might change, particularlyon 13 and 14 January, when the crowd on the island peaks toaround half amillion. The Mediterraneo DX Club will sponsor the QSLcards; the QSL manager for all of the five operators will be IZ8CCW (Antonio Cannataro,P.O. Box 360, 87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy). Any money surplus topostage costs received with incoming QSLs will be given to CVARS, whose resources are extremely limited. A web site is under construction at http://www.mdxc.org/as-153 W - Look for Howie, K1VSJ to operate from Martha's Vineyard (NA-046) from 29 December until 1 January. [TNX The Daily DX] XE - Ken, G3OCA provides official information on the March 2002 operation from a few rare IOTA Mexican groups [425DXN 555]. Ken and Les, G4CWD will be leaving the UK on 2 March, destination the QTH of XE2MX where they will establish their expedition HQ. Depending on local conditions, they intend to activate four out of the five following IOTA groups: NA-162, NA-163, NA-164, NA-165 and NA-167 (no dates for each island are currently available). The same call (hopefully a special call, which is being requested) will be used from all of the islands. Ken and Les will leave Mexico on 24 March. QSL via G3OCA either direct or through the RSGB bureau. Any queries regarding the operation should be sent to ken@g3oca.fsnet.co.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH EU SPRINT ---> Rules, full results, past scores and all time records for the European Sprint contests are available at http://loja.kkn.net/~i2uiy/ (the free EU Sprint software can be downloaded at this same address). In 2002 the EU Sprint contests (two in spring and two in autumn) will take place on 13 April and 5 October (SSB) and on 20 April and 12 October (CW). The Contest runs from 15 UTC through 18.59 UTC on 20, 40 and 80 metres. RRC ---> Rolf Rahne, DL6ZFG reports he will be no longer Checkpoint and Coordinator for the Russian Robinson Club (http://rrc.sc.ru). QSL 3B9FR ---> Robert, 3B9RF reports that several direct cards got lost in the mail, apparently due to incomplete address. QSLs should be sent direct only to Robert Felicite, P.O. Box 31, Rodriguez Island, via Mauritius Island, Indian Ocean. [TNX ON4LAC] QSL 5R8O ---> Phil Whitchurch, G3SWH reports he has now received the logs from Albert, 5R8O for his activities between May 2000 and May 2001. QSL LU5DX ---> Ron, AC7DX reports he is now the new QSL manager for LU5DX starting December 2001. QSL LX9SW ---> QSL manager Bert van Holst, PA1KW reports that he expects to send the QSLs for the 15-22 September LX9SW operation in late January. QSL TG9AJR ---> Cards can be sent either to Juan Carlos Munoz, P.O. Box 61 Periferico, Guatemala 01011, Guatenala or to his QSL manager (WA1ECA). [TNX TG9AJR] QSL VC7GM ---> Nenad, VE3EXY (RAC QSL Bureau Manager) says he is not the QSL manager for this Marconi special event station. Direct cards already received by Nenad will be sent directly to the Maple Ridge ARC (VA7CMR, P.O. Box 292, Maple Ridge, B.C. V2X 7G2, Canada) who will process them. Further direct cards Nenad will receive in the future will be forwarded to the VE7 QSL bureau. QSL XV3FT ---> Mac, W3HC (w3hcw@suscom.net) has been receiving a lot of requests for cards for XV3FT. He does not know who this guy is, but Mac does handle cards for EU3FT. His name is Henry and XV3FT is using that name. If anybody knows of this operation, please let Mac know and he will have new cards printed up. "I sent mail to Henry", Mac says, "but it will take a few months to get an answer if he is at home". QSL VIA VK2GJH ---> QRZ-DX reports that Jack, VK2GJH is retiring from amateur radio for the time being due to work and family committments. In March 2002 the following logs will be closed: 3D2JH (1997), T33JH (1997), C21JH (1998-2000) and T30JH (1997-2000). QSL direct only. UK LICENCES ---> The Radiocommunications Agency announced in September 2001 a series of changes to the radio amateur licensing regime, designed to make it more attractive as a technical hobby. The changes include lowering the Morse Code speed requirement from 12 to 5 wpm for full licensees, amalgamating some licence categories, allowing trainees to operate while supervised before passing an examination and the introduction of a new Foundation Class licence which will come into effect on 1 January 2002. Holders will be issued M3 (MM3 for Scotland, MW3 for Wales etc) callsigns and will be allowed to operate with 10 watts on most of the amateur bands. Detailed information is available at http://www.rsgb.org/licensing/newlicencestructure.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL INFO ******** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3W2XK W9XK HR3J JA6VU TI5N W3HNK 3XY6A VE2XO HS0ZDJ W2YR TM0AFH/p F6LDW 3XY8A VE2XO II3GM IK3RIY TM2E F6KLO 4K5CW UT3UY IM0R IS0AGY TM4AMD F6IGF 5W0VK OH3JR IR7GM IK7JWX TT8DX F5OGL 8R1USA 8R1AK IU0M I0YKN UA6JD K0KG 9J2BO W6ORD IY4W I4JED UE3DDX RZ3FR 9Q0AR F2YT JA6WFM/HR3 JA6VU UK8BQ RW6HS 9U5D SM5BFJ JI3DST/6 JI3DST UQ10AB DL8KAC AH8A AC7DX JX7DFA LA7DFA V73GT WF5T C56YT VK4AO JX9LAA LA9LAA VK9AA/9 DL8YR CE7AOY/8 CE7ZK JY9NX JH7FQK VP5/KN4UG KN4UG CO3ET WD4OIN K1D W1DAD WV2B/CY9 KC6AWX CQ3T CT3KN K1M K3PD XF3IC XE3OYJ CQ9T CT3KN KG4PK W4WX XK0XN/p VE3XN CT3KN/CT1 CT3KN LP5F LU1FZR XU7ABF XW2A CT7A CT1GFK LU1ZA LU2CN XU7ABW F6BFH CT9KN CT3KN OH0Z OH1EH XU7ABY F5TYY DU6/G0SHN F6AJA P49MR VE3MR XU7ABZ F9IE DU9/N0NM W4DR P5/HA0HW pirate XU7ACA F6EGG EM1HO I2PJA P5/YT1AD pirate YV1DIG EA7JX EM75W UT1WL PT2ZAW OK1FWQ Z33F NN6C EY8MM K1BV T88DX JI3DLI ZA1E I2MQP FY5FU/P F5AEG T88HA JK1FNN ZC4DW G0DEZ HG02HNY HG4I T88MY JK1FNN ZY5A PY1KN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* ADDRESSES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH 3D2AG Antoine D.R.Nyeurt, P.O. Box 14633, Suva, Fiji 3D2BA H. J. Best, P. O. Box 23, Sigatoka, Fiji 5R8GZ Albert Solonjatovo, COM/DT/TELECOM, Toby Ratsimandrava, Box 11 bis, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar 5Z4PV Theodore Peter Vlaar, P. O. Box 3900, Eldoret, Kenya AC7DX Ron G. Lago, P.O. Box 25426, Eugene, OR 97402, USA CT1GFK P.O. Box 468, P-8700 914 Olhao, Portugal CT3KN Ricardo Martins, Cam do Pilar, Edf Colinas Pilar, Bl. D, 5 Dto, 9000-150 Funchal, Portugal DU1SAN Serafin A. Nepomuceno, P. O. Box 3000 QCCPO, 1170 Quezon City, MM, Philippines EG3TVC URCat-EA3URC, C/ Riereta 4, E-08830 St. Boi, Barcelona, Spain EY7AB Yuri Pivovarov, 23 Rakhimberdy Egamberdyeva St., Khujand 735701, Tajikistan EY7AV Eugene Pivovarov, 23 Rakhimberdy Egamberdyeva St., Khujand 735701, Tajikistan EZ8BO Evgeny M. Zwontsov, P. O. Box 880, Ashgabat 744027, Turkmenistan EZ8BP Vladimir Zinevich, P. O. Box 168, Ashgabat 744017, Turkmenistan F6AUS Serge Soulet, Les Hautes Rivieres, 79800 Sainte Eanne, France FR1GZ Yvon Kong Kaye, 6 B, Ch. Cap Bernard, F-97417 La Montagne, France G0DEZ Dez Watson, C.A.O., JSSU (AN), BFPO 59, London, United Kingdom GM0HCQ Mike Gloistein, 27 Stormont Way, Scone, Perthshire, PH2 6SP, Scotland, UK HA8IB Karoly Szabo, Aradi u.42, Fuzesgyarmat, 5525 Hungary HS0GBI Cherdchai Yiwlek, P.O. Box 1090 Kasetsart, Bangkok 10903, Thailand I0YKN Nuccio Meoli, Via della stazione sn, 04010 Cori - LT, 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 JA6VU Masaaki Kano, 712 Kagami-machi, Yatsushiro-gun, Kumamoto 869-4203, Japan JI3DST Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-Cho, Abeno-Ku, Osaka-City, Osaka 545-0021, Japan JT1BV T.Naranbaatar, C.P.O Box 820, Ulaanbaatar-13, 210613, Mongolia KA9WON Lonnie Miller, 12618 Thistle Ridge Close, Roscoe, IL 61073, USA KC6AWX Robert T. Devine, 407 Alameda Del Prado, Novato, CA 94949-6302, USA KH0JX John Cadag, Koblerville, P. O. Box 501989, Saipan, MP 96950, USA LU2CN S.A.R.A., Avenida Del Libertador Y General San Martin 8209, CF 1429 BNC Buenos Aires, Aregentina OH3JR Henri Olander, Helavalkeantie 15, 13270 Hameenlinna, Finland PY1KN Marcelo G. da Silva, Av. Gen. Guedes da Fontoura 551 / 201, 22621-240 Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil SM5BFJ Leif Hammarstrom, Lerklockan 4, SE-73091, Riddarhyttan, Sweden SM5DJZ Jan Hallenberg, Vassunda Andersberg, SE-741 91 Knivsta, Sweden UA0SJ Yuri A. Maltsev, P.O. Box 2304, Bratsk-city, 665700, Russia US0HZ Stan Ermachkov, P.O. Box DX, Poltava 36000, Ukraine UT1WL P.O. Box 5951, Lviv 79054, Ukraine UT5JAJ Igor Kischenko, P.O. Box 72, Sevastopol-55 99055, Ukraine VE2XO Francois Normant, 3054 avenue Lacombe, Montreal QC H3T 1L4, Canada VR2GP John Tsui, G. P. O. Box 541, Hong Kong VU2PHD P. M. Mathew, P. O. Box 1, Kattappana S. P. O., Kerala 685 515, India VU2RIG Rajen P. Kavadia, 9B, Giriraj, Altamount Road, Bombay 400 026, India W1DAD Peter Schipelliti, 7 Dearborn Ridge Rd, Atkinson, NH 03811, USA XE3OYJ Jose Angel Yanez, Apartado Postal 1883, Cancun, Quintana Roo 77500, Mexico XU7ABN Claude Laget, P.O. Box 1373 G.P.O., 99999 Phnom Penh, Cambodia XW0X Hiroo Yonezuka, P.O. Box 2659 Vientiane, Laos YB2ERL Bambang Suryo Widodo, Jl. Permata Hijau E 84A, Semarang 50176, Indonesia YJ8BC Ben Carlson, P. O. Box 174, Port Vila, Vanuatu YJ8GC Greg Carlson, P. O. Box 174, Port Vila, Vanuatu ZL6JAM P.O. 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