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Subject: [425ENG] 425 DX News #561
Date: domenica 3 febbraio 2002 12:23
02 February 2002 No 561
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3C - Mirek, SP1NY was active as 3C5/SP1NY (QSL via home call) from Bioco
Island (AF-010), Equatorial Guinea, on 26-27 January. He reports
that due to "some misunderstanding with local authorities" that
activity might not be valid for DXCC. He will be back to Malabo
around 5 February for 3-5 more days and "will try to clarify all
official matters concerning with my licence". [TNX SP1NY]
5T & S0 - Six members of the International Amateur Radio Volunteeers (IARV)
will visit Mauritania and Western Sahara on 11-17 February. They
expect to be permitted to operate amateur radio with individual 5T5
callsigns (QSL via home calls) as well as S07CRS and S07U (QSLs via
JA1UT). They will work mainly CW and RTTY. [TNX JA1UT and Japan DX
News]
9A - Ivan, ZS6IL (formerly ZS6ILU) reports he will be active from the
islands of Brac (EU-016, IOCA-010) and Hvar (EU-016, IOCA-028)
between around 10 February through early March. He will operate SSB
and possibly RTTY and PSK31 as well.
9Q - The Daily DX reports that 9Q1MM (Jean-Philippe), 9Q1KS (Cyprien),
9Q1A (Patrick) and 9Q1YL (Nicole) have been granted permission to
operate through 24 February as 9Q0AR/6 from Goma (Nyiragongo
volcano), Democratic Republic of Congo.
C6 - Bill, K1CN will be active (on 10-40 metres CW and SSB) as C6AWW
from Harbour Island (NA-001), Bahamas between 15 February and 1
March. He will participate in the ARRL CW DX Contest (16-17
February). QSL via K1CN. [TNX The Daily DX]
CE - Marco, CE6TBN reports he will be active (on 10-40 metres SSB) as
CE6TBN/2 from Damas Island (SA-086) on 8-10 March. QSL via N1IBM
(Morris E. Maze III, 847 Dolan St., Lanoka Harbor, NJ 08734, USA).
CO - Josy/CO8JY, Doug/CO8DM, Geo/CO2JZ and Raul/CO8ZZ will participate
in the ARRL DX CW Contest (16-17 February) as T48K (Multi Single).
QSL via DK1WI. [TNX CO8ZZ]
FG - Girts, YL2KL reports he will be active (on 10-160 metres mostly CW
with some SSB and RTTY) as FG/YL2KL from Guadeloupe on 13-20
February. He will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as either
FG5BG or FG/YL8M (SOAB HP). QSL via YL2KL.
FS - Look for W4LW and K4FMD to operate (on 10, 15, 20 and possibly 80
metres SSB, mainly during their evenings and early mornings) as
FS/K4UP from St. Martin (NA-105) on 2-8 February. QSL via K4UP.
[TNX WA4TLI]
H4 - Look for Babs, DL7AFS and Lot, DJ7ZG to be active (on 6-80 metres
SSB, RTTY and PSK) as H44LB and H44ZG from the Solomon Islands
starting on 2 February. Later (actual date will depend on local
conditions) they will operate as H40YL and H40ZG from Temotu. QSLs
via DL7AFS. Up-to-date information will be available at
http://www.qsl.net/dl7afs [TNX DL2FAG]
J3 - Bill, K4LTA (J37BO) and his wife Ruby, K4UPS (J37RO) will operate
from Grenada between 31 January and 25 February. Bill will be
active as J38A during the FOC Marathon (1-3 February), the NA
Sprint (9 February) and the ARRL DX CW Contest (16-17 February).
Look for J37BO on the WARC bands & 80/160 metres CW and for J37RO
on 10, 15 and 20 metres SSB. A breakable CW beacon will be
activated on 50103 kHz, typically from 12-17 UTC and from 23-01
UTC. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
KH0 - Look for Yuji, KH0/JA5ROH and Take, KH0/JA5AUC to be active (on
6-160 metres CW and SSB) from Rota Island (OC-086), Northern
Marianas on 9-11 February. QSL via home calls either direct or
through the JARL bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
KH0 - Look for Nob, KH0/JM1LRQ to be active (on 6-160 metres CW and SSB)
from Saipan (OC-086) on 14-18 February. He will participate in the
ARRL DX CW Contest (SOAB) and will concentrate on SSB and WARC
bands operation outside the contest. QSL via JM1LRQ either direct
(Nobuyuki Arai, 5-6-1-1002 Kitayamata, Tsuzuki, Yokohama, 224-0021
Japan) or through the JARL bureau. [TNX JM1LRQ]
KH2 - Hide, JH8KYU/K8YU reports he will be active as K8YU/KH2 from Guam
(OC-026) on 8-11 February. He will participate in the CQ/RJ WPX
RTTY Contest (SOAB) with some CW and SSB while not contesting. QSL
via JH8KYU either direct or through the JARL bureau.
KH4 - David Robbins, K1TTT reports that "the Midway Phoenix Company that
has been running the island's infrastructure is leaving effective 1
March. This essentially closes down the island except for the Fish
and Wildlife service. All planes have been canceled, stores and
accommodations are closed, and all the company people are packing
to leave". As a first consequence, and to their deep
disappointment, Phil/G3SWH and Jim/G3RTE have been forced to
cancel their 30 March-6 April W4M operation [425DXN 559]. [TNX AD1C
and G3SWH]
PJ2 - Larry, K6RO and Ron, W6UL will be active (mainly on the WARC bands
and 160 metres SSB and CW) from Curacao (SA-006) between 27
February and 5 March. Larry will participate in the ARRL DX SSB
Contest (2-3 March) as PJ2K (SOAB HP) while Ron will be signing
PJ2/W6UL before and after the contest. QSL via KU9C. [TNX K6RO]
PJ7 - Bil, W8EB and his wife, Dorothy, W8DVC will be active from St.
Maarten between 24 February and 17 March. Bob, K8RLM and his wife,
Lori, W9MSU will join them the first week of March. Bob and Bil
will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest (2-3 March) as PJ7B
(QSL via W8EB), while the rest of the time they will operate as
PJ7/homecalls on all bands (6 metres included) CW, SSB and RTTY.
[TNX W8EB]
PY - PT2GTI, PT2HF and PP2RON will be active (on 10-80 metres CW and
SSB) as PY0AI from Abrolhos Archipelago (SA-019, DIB 12, DFB BA-14)
on 16-22 February. QSL via PT2GTI (Roberto F. Stuckert, Shin QI 07,
Conj. 12, Casa 14, 71515-120, Brasilia DF, Brazil). [TNX PS7AB]
PY - Tom, PY1XP says he will operate (on 40-10 metres) from Rio de
Janeiro and Itacuruca Island (SA-029) from now on "for a long
period of time".
PY0_spp - Joaquim, PS7JN reports he is due to leave Natal on 20 February to
carry out a research programme in geology at St. Peter and St. Paul
Archipelago (SA-014). He will be there from 23/25 February through
10/12 March and he plans to be active again as ZY0SAT in his spare
time (typically during his nights) with 10-50 watts and a multiband
dipole on +/- 7060, 14250, 21350 and 28600 kHz. QSL via PS7JN
(Joaquim das Virgens Neto, Rua Carlos Serrano 1969, 59076-740 Natal
RN, Brazil). A web page is under construction at
http://www.geocities.com/dasvirgens/aspsp/dxspsp.html (the English
version will be available soon).
PY0_ti - The team for the 18 February-2 March PW0T DXpedition to Trindade
[425DXN 559] has been finalized and now includes Andre/PY0FF, Rolf/
PY1RO, Peter/PY5CC, Herminio/PY5HSD, Eliso/PT7BZ, Jim/PY7XC,
Ciro/PY7ZY, Fred/PY7ZZ, Dick/N6FF and Bill/W9VA. While major
sponsors have begun stepping forward providing vital support for
the DXpedition, financial contributions are still sought for and
can be sent to K7BV (Dennis Motschenbacher, 4357 Appollonio Way,
Carson City, NV 89704, USA). The web site for the operation
(http://www.Trindade2002.com) is updated with daily fresh
information. [TNX K7BV]
S9 - The S9LA DXpedition to Sao Tome (AF-023) [425DXN 554] is confirmed
to take place on 4-11 February. LA5UF, LA5QKA, LA6EIA, LA6FJA,
LA7THA, LA7WCA, LC3EAT, SM5COP and SM5IMO will be active 24 hours a
day with two stations on 160-6 metres CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and
possibily on SSTV as well. The pilot stations are Trond, LA9VDA
(North and South America & Low Bands: la9vda@online.no), Tor,
LA3WAA (Europe and Africa & 6 metres: torpet@online.no) and Teru,
JM2HBO (Japan, Asia and Oceania: teru@k-net.or.jp). QSL via LA2N
either direct or through the bureau. Logs will be available at
http://www.qsl.net/s9la [TNX LA6FJA]
T32 - VK3DK plans to be active as T32IR from Christmas/Kiritimati Island
(OC-024), East Kiribati on 3-17 February. QSL via VK3DK (P.O. Box
1068, Croydon 3136, Australia). [TNX La Gazette du DX]
T8 - Derek/G3KHZ, Maurizio/IZ1CRR and Nando/IT9YRE [425DXN 555] expect
to arrive to Koror on 6 February and, sea conditions permitting, to
start operating from Sonsorol (South Palau Group, OC-???) around 5
UTC on the 8th. They plan to operate as T88SI until around 18 UTC
on the 10th, with three stations, verticals and dipoles. Look for
them on +/- 7055, 14260, 18128, 21260, 24950 and 28460 kHz SSB;
7025, 10115, 14040, 18098, 21040, 24920 and 28040 kHz CW. Dereck
will then be active as T88DC from Koror (OC-009) until 20 February.
QSL T88SI via IT9YRE (Ferdinando Rubino, P.O. Box 30, 96012 Avola -
SR, Italy); QSL T88DC via G3KHZ. Silvano, KB5GL and Salvo, IT9HLR
will be the pilots for NA/SA/OC and EU/AS/AF respectively. The web
page is at http://www.425dxn.org/dxped/t88si
TI - The 4-11 February TI2 operation by Bob, AA1M and Mike, W1USN
[425DXN 557] has been cancelled. Their host in Costa Rica is
leaving and his place will no longer be available. [TNX AA1M]
V3 - Andy, VE7AHA will be active as V31HA from Belize on 2-16 February.
QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
V7 - Jim, W7UG will be active as V73UG from Kwajalein (OC-028), Marshall
Islands for the CQ/RJ WW RTTY Contest and the Asia-Pacific CW
Sprint (9-10 February) and the ARRL DX CW Contest (16-17 February).
On 11-15 February he will concentrate on the WARC bands. QSL via
home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
VP8_sg - The multi-national team became active as VP8GEO from South Georgia
(AN-007) around 00 UTC on 28 January. They should be QRV until
around 5 February. QSL via VE3GCO (The Maple Leaf Radio Society, 5
McLaren Avenue, Listowel, Ontario N4W 3K1, Canada).
W - Dave, KW1DX might operate from Long Island (NA-137) on 2 and 3
February. Main activity should take place on 15 and 20 metres SSB,
with some possible operation on 10, 40 and 80 metres (WARC and CW
if requested). [TNX KW1DX and Islands On The Web]
W - The Metro Amateur Radio Club of Chicago (http://www.qsl.net/mac)
will activate Chicago Harbor Lighthouse (ARLS USA 171) on 9-10
February. The call to be used is K9Y. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
XE - Enrique/XE1LWY, Javier/XE1KOF, Jose Luis/XE1YJL, Alfonso/XE1UZ and
Martin/XE1ML will be active (on all HF bands and 6 metres SSB, CW
and RTTY) as XF4IH from Cacaluta Island (NA-188) on 26-31 March.
QSL via XE1LWY (Enrique Garcia, Apartado Postal 75 - 481, 07300
Mexico D. F., Mexico [TNX XE1YJS]
YA - While Peter, ON6TT is on his way to the US, Robert, S53R is in
Kabul and has been operating as YA5T on CW for a couple of days. On
2 February he will be joined by Mark, ON4WW, so expect more CW
activity. QSL via KU9C. [TNX ON5NT]
ZL_ant - Chris, N3SIG and Mike, KE6ZYK will be operating portable (on 20, 17
and 15 metres, possibly on 40 and 80 metres as well) as ZL5CG from
the Ross Ice Shelf in front of Scott Base (http://www.scott.aq).
They plan to start on 14243 kHz around 5 UTC on 2 February. QSL via
AI3D. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
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A50B ---> This is the call issued to the new club station for the Technical
College, Polythechnic and University of Puentsholling, Bhutan. The station
has been set up by Ray, G3NOM/A52OM. QSL to P.O. Box 88, Thimpu, Bhutan. [TNX
The Daily DX]
JA6GXK/6 ---> Masa, JA6GXK/6 went QRT on 30 January from Danjo Island
(AS-056), after some 5500 QSOs made in three years during his various working
shifts at the lighthouse. QSL via JA6GXK (Masafumi Ishihara, 493-4 Koba-cho,
Fukue, 853-0033 Japan). [TNX JI6KVR]
LIGHTHOUSES ---> The ARLHS 2002 Spring Lites QSO Party will take place from 1
UTC on 29 March through 23.59 UTC on 7 April. The rules are available at
http://www.lighthouse-award.com/spring-2002.txt [TNX DL2VFR]
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Anatoly, US7IID reports he is not the QSL manager for
UP9L.
PIRATES ---> The following pirate activities have been reported recently:
- 4K5CW on digital modes. Sergej Gorobec, the genuine 4K5CW, says once again
that he currently does not operate RTTY or other digital modes. [TNX 4K5CW]
- CO6XN on 21020 kHz around 17.30 UTC on 16 January. [TNX HK6DOS]
- UA0SC on 6 metres. [TNX UA0SJ]
QSL EZxxx ---> QSL requests for EZ10A, EZ21A, EZ3A, EZ56V, EZ75R, EZ8CW and
EZ9A should be sent to RU4SS: Konstantin Vakhonin, P.O. Box 57, Yoshkar-Ola,
424000, Russia. The mail drop for North America is KJ6OW: Terry Morton, 66190
3rd St., Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240, USA (please enclose a SASE and $2).
QSL PJ2T ---> Scott, N9AG is the new QSL manager for PJ2T (the Caribbean
Contesting Consortium club station) as of 29 January 2002. All outstanding
QSL requests sent to the former QSL manager, KN7Y, will be serviced in the
next couple of months. Please be patient as the transfer is completed. [TNX
NW0L & K8GT]
QSL PZ5RA ---> Antonello, IZ7DOO reports that cards should not be sent to
Suriname any longer, but to Ramon Kaersenhout, c/o Marga Klompelaan 56, 1067
TZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
QSL RK3DZJ ---> Eugene, RZ3EC reports that the QSL cards for RK3DZJ's
activities in 2001 should be printed "within the next few days". Last year's
operations included the following islands: Bol'shoy Zhuzhmuy (EU-147,
RR-02-02, WLH-2713), Tiunets (EU-147, RR-02-24), Salmaludy (EU-147,
RR-02-25), Malyj (EU-162, RR-02-07, WLH-0768), Chayachy (not IOTA, RR-22-10).
QSL VY0/W2NTJ ---> Cezar, VE3LYC has now received the year 2000 logs for
Jack's operations from Long Island (NA-173), Sleeper Islands (NA-159) and
Kugong in the Belcher Islands (NA-196). Cezar can also confirm contacts made
with Jack between 13 August and 23 December 2001 (some 3,500 QSOs - 90% from
NA-173 and the rest from Namaska, Quebec). QSL direct only to Cezar Trifu,
410 College St., Kingston, Ontario K7L 4M7, Canada. Please note that neither
Cezar nor Jack are able to confirm any contact made in previous years (1999,
1997, 1995, 1994 and even earlier), as those logs "have been lost forever".
[TNX VE3LYC and Islands On The Web]
QSL Z38B ---> Simonetta, IV3FSG is currently stationed in Macedonia and is
active as Z38B. QSL via IK3GES. [TNX IV3FSG]
QSL VIA EA4DX ---> Roberto reports that all of the direct requests for H44RD
and H40DX received up to 15 January have been processed. The logs for his
previous operations - 3D2DX (Rotuma 1998), 3D2DX/p (Fiji 1998), 3D2DX (Fiji
1999), T24DX (1999) and 8Q7XX (1998 and 2000) - are still open and QSL cards
should be sent direct only to Roberto Diaz, Doce de Octubre 4, 28009 Madrid,
Spain.
QSL VIA RA1QQ ---> Nick (ra1qq@cscenter.ru) reports that all of the QSLs the
operations from IOTA EU-160, EU-161, EU-147 and EU-082, as well as those for
the RRC islands activities, have been sent. [TNX RA1QHJ]
YA0USA ----> Karl, K4YT has obtained a club license (YA0USA) which can be
used by US government officials operating from the American Embassy in Kabul.
Karl himself operated with this call earlier this week before leaving Kabul
(QSL via K4YT). [TNX The Daily DX]
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LOGS: On-line logs for the recent IOTA operation from Sagar Island
(AS-153) are now available at http://www.mdxc.org
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QSLs received direct: 4K5CW, 4L0G, 4U1ITU, 4W/CU3FT, 5A1A, 5H1X (AF-063),
5H1X/2, 5R8DL, 5R8GY (AF-090), 5W0DA (OC-097), 8P5A, 9A99P (EU-090), 9L1BTB,
9M2/JI1ETU (AS-015), 9M6TPR (AS-051), 9Q0AR, 9U5D, 9V1YC, AH2K/KH0, AP2ARS,
AP2JZB, BI4F (AS-160), BI4FAS, BY4BSN, C6A/W9AU, C98DC (AF-066), CE0/IK5SQX
(SA-001), CE7AOY/8 (SA-091), CO8ZZ, CT3/DK1BT, CU2AA, D68C (AF-007), E29AL
(AS-101), EP3SHM,ER6A, ES8X (EU-178), EY8MM, FG/K6LA, FO0AND (OC-046), FO0DEH
(OC-062), FO0DEH (OC-094), FO0DEH (OC-131), FP5AC, FR5FD, FY5FY, H44MX
(OC-047),HB0/HA4DX/P, HB0/HB9AON, HC8N, HI3K, HP1/DL7CM, HS1OVH, HZ1AB,
IR7GM, J28VS, J39A, J3A, J69AZ, J75J, J88DR, JT1BV, JT1DA, KG4DX, KH6/KF6GYM,
KL5E, KL7JR (NA-050), KL7Y, LX1DA, LZ/IZ0CKJ (EU-181), LZ1JY, OA4SS,
OD5/OK1MU, OD5YJ, P29IO, P29NB (OC-034), PS8HF/p (SA-025), PZ5RA, RZ0SR,
RZ1OA/a, S79LE, SV2FPU/8 (EU-060), SV3/IZ0CKJ/p (EU-158), T32Z (OC-024),
T77C, TA0/IZ0CKJ/P (AS-115), TA0/IZ0CKJ/P (AS-123), TA0/IZ0EGB/p (AS-123),
TA0/IZ7ATN/p (AS-154), TE8AA, TF4RX (EU-168), TG/DL3GA, TG0R, TM2E, TU2DP,
TY0CDX, TY22DX, TY68F, UA9CBO, UK8LA, UU2JZ, V63HO (OC-010), V73OD, V73UX,
V8JA (OC-088), VE1/HB9BCK (NA-010), VE1/HB9BCK (NA-068), VK9CQ, VK9KND,
VK9LO, VK9XV, VP2EMH, VP5/N5KW, VP5DX, VQ9RW, VU2ELJ, VU2PAI (AS-096),
VY2/HB9BCK (NA-029), WP4F, XT2DX, XV9SW, XW0X, XW2A, XX9SC, YA5T, YB0ECT,
YB1A, YB8HZ/p (OC-247), YJ0PD (OC-035), YN1EYE, YN4SU, ZA/IZ7DOO, ZA1A, ZD7K,
ZD7VC (AF-022), ZD8K, ZK1AWG, ZK1CG, ZK1EPY (OC-013), ZK1FGV (OC-013),
ZK1KDN, ZK1NCP, ZK1NDK (OC-082), ZK1TUG, ZS6EZ, ZV0SB (SA-014), ZY0SAT
(SA-014).
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