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Subject: [425ENG] 425 DX News #571
Date: sabato 13 aprile 2002 00:39
13 April 2002 No 571
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C2 - YL operators Elizabeth/VE7YL (CW), June/VK4SJ, Mio/JR3MVF and
Gwen/VK3DYL plan to operate, possibly as C21YL, from Nauru (OC-031)
on 1-14 October. QSL via VK3DYL either direct (Gwen Tilson, 3 Gould
Court, Mt. Waverley, Victoria 3149, Australia) or through the VK3
bureau. [TNX VK3DYL]
CN - CN2PM is Peter, G3WQU (ex E4/G3WQU), who is stationed at Laayoune
(Western Sahara under Moroccan Administration). He will be active
(CW and PSK31) most weekends for two years, maybe more. QSL to
Peter McKay, MINURSO, P.O. Box 80000, Laayoune, Western Sahara,
Morocco. [TNX CN2PM]
DU - Ken, G3OCA will be going to the Philippines in September to
activate the Calamian group (OC-090) and the Cuyo Islands (OC-120)
as DU1/G3OCA and the Sarangani Islands (OC-175) as DU9/G3OCA. He
will operate CW and SSB with 100 watts to either a 3-element yagi
or a multiband vertical. Exact dates will be given nearer departure
time. QSL via G3OCA (Russian stations QSL via UA4SKW). [TNX G3OCA]
EA - EA1CA, EA1DAV, EA2TV, EA4ABE, EA4AHD, EA4ST will be active as
ED1URJ from the Sisargas Islands (EU-077) on 26-29 July, including
an entry in the IOTA Contest. QSL via bureau or direct to EA4URJ.
[TNX JI6KVR]
EA8 - Operators from the Gran Canaria DX Group will be active as EA8RA/p
from Arinaga Lighthouse (D-2812 for the Spanish Lighthouses Award)
on 14 April. QSL via EA8AKN. [TNX EA8AKN]
FG - Michel, F5IN will operate (CW only) as FG/F5IN while vacationing at
Capesterre, Guadeloupe (NA 107, DIFO FG-001) on 1-10 May. QSL via
F5IN. [TNX F5NQL]
GI - Operators from the Bangor And District Amateur Radio Society
(http://welcome.to/bdars) will operate as GN3XRQ from Rathlin
Island (EU-122) from 31 May until 3 June. They expect to be active
on 80-10 metres mostly SSB, with some CW. [TNX GI4XSF]
I - Weather permitting, Antonio/IK2SNG and Augusto/IK4RQJ will operate
from Scanno di Piallazza (EU-155, IIA FE-001) on 12-14 April.
Andrea/IK4VET, Roberto/IK4XCL and Filippo/IK4ZHH will be active
from Isola Barricata (not IOTA, IIA RO-005) and Isola Batteria (not
IOTA, IIA RO-007) on 13-14 April from around 7 UTC until around 16
UTC. Activity is expected to take place on 10-40 metres CW and SSB.
QSL via home calls either direct or through the bureau. [TNX
IK4RQJ]
I - Filippo/IK4ZHH, Alberto/IK4ZHV and Roberto/I4YFY will be active
(on 10, 15, 20, 40 metres and WARC bands, CW and SSB) from
Cesenatico Lighthouse (WAIL ER-003) on 25-28 April. QSL via IK4ZHH
(P.O. Box 7217, 47100 Forli - FO, Italy). [TNX IK4ZHH]
I - Several operators from ARI Latina and Salento DX Team will be
active as IB0A from Zannone Island (EU-045, IIA LT-012) on 20-24
June. QSL via I0YKN either direct (Nuccio Meoli, Via della Stazione
36, 04010 Cori - LT, Italy) or thorugh the bureau. [TNX IK7JWX]
I - A group of operators from ARI Livorno (namely I5JRR, I5ZUF, IK5CMI,
IK5PWB, IK5SRF, IK5UIP and IK5WWA) will participate in the ARI
International Contest (4-5 May) as IA5G from Gorgona Island
(EU-028, IIA LI-014). [TNX Radiogiornale 49/2002]
I - Operators from Salento DX Team will participate in the IOTA Contest
as II7GR from Isola Grande (EU-091, IIA LE-002). QSL via I0YKN
either direct (Nuccio Meoli, Via della Stazione 31, 04010 Cori -
LT, Italy) or through the bureau. [TNX IK7JWX]
JA - Look for JH1VVW/6 and JF1GUQ/6 to be active (on HF and 6m, SSB and
CW) from Tsushima (AS-036) on 12-14 April. [TNX JI6KVR]
JA - Takeshi, JI3DST will be active (on 40, 17, 15, 12, 10, 6 and 2
metres SSB) as JI3DST/6 from Miyako Island (AS-079) between 27
April and 5 or 6 May. QSL via JI3DST, preferably through the
bureau. [TNX JI3DST]
JA - Look for Joe, JA4PXE/6 and Kou, JH4WXV/6 to be active on all bands
SSB and CW from the O-jima, Danjo Islands (AS-056) from 9 UTC on 3
May through 00.30 UTC on either 5 or 6 May. QSL via home calls
either direct or through the bureau. [TNX JA4PXE]
JD1_oga - Tack/JD1BKQ, Nori/JA1OZK and others will install a DX Club Station
in Ogasawara (AS-031) in early May. Look for JD1YBO to be active on
1-5 May on all bands CW, SSB and RTTY plus 6 metres. QSL via the
bureau to JD1YBO or direct to JD1BKQ (Tatsuhiko Kimura, 79-142
Nara-cho, Saitama-city, 331-0042 Saitama, Japan). [TNX JD1BKQ]
KH0 - Look for KH0/JM1YGG to operate (on 6 metres and HF) from Saipan
(OC-086), Northern Marianas on 16-19 May. QSL to JM1YGG through the
JARL bureau. [TNX JK1EBA]
LU_so - Jose-Luis [425DXN 563] is the current operator at LU1ZA
(Destacamento Naval Orcadas, WABA LU-14) on Laurie Island, South
Orkneys (AN-008). He has not been active on the amateur radio bands
so far. He expects to be QRV in May, most likely after 21.30 UTC.
[TNX YZ1SG, F5NQL and Diamond DX Club]
LU - Pablo, LU8DO and Claudio, LU7CC plan to operate as LU8DO/p and L77C
from Punta Piedra Lighthouse (ARLHS ARG-058) on 13-14 April. QSL
via home calls. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
OE - Radio Austria International will operate special event station OE1M
on the International Marconi Day (27 April). Further details
(including the "QRZ" facility: enter your call and OE1M will
immediately call you on the band) are available at
http://roi.orf.at/intermedia [TNX OE1WHC]
OZ - Knud, OZ2ZB plans to operate from three Danish islands on
18 April as follows:
09.30 UTC Egholm EU-171 NJ-004
10.30 UTC Tagholm EU-171 NJ-015
11.30 UTC Frueholm EU-171 NJ-010
TK - TK7I, the special call of the Loos DX Gang, will aired on 10-80
metres from Etang de Biguglia, south of Bastia (EU-014) on 20-27
April. QSL via F5JYD either direct or through the REF bureau. [TNX
F5JYD]
R1A_ssh - Oleg, R1ANF went QRT from the Brazilian Antarctic refuge "Astronomo
Cruls" (R1ANF/p, WABA PY-03) on 8 April and is again active from
Bellingshausen Base (WABA UA-04), South Shetland Islands. QSL via
RK1PWA (Nick Shapkin, P.O.Box 73, Amderma, Arkhangelskaja 164744 ,
Russia). [TNX DL5EBE]
V2 - Bill, W4WX and Larry, W1LR are currently active as VP2MHX and
VP2MHS from Montserrat (NA-103) until 14 April. They will then move
to Antigua (NA-100) and operate (on all bands, except 160m, on SSB,
RTTY and PSK-31) as V25WX and V2/W1LR on 15-16 April. QSL via home
calls either direct or through the bureau. [TNX W4WX]
VE - The Society of Newfoundland Radio Amateurs will be operating the
special event station VO1MGY on 15 April from the Admiralty House
Museum in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland to commemorate the 90th
anniverary of the sinking of the Titanic. This will be a CW only
event. QSL via the bureau or direct to VO1HE.
VE - Linda, VE9GLF and Len, VE9MY are planning to operate from St.
Pierre & Miquelon (NA-032) around the end of July including an
entry in the IOTA Contest. "We understand that there is a large
demand for this one from Asia and Oceania", they say. More
information will be available in due course. [TNX VE9MY]
VK9_lh - YL operators Elizabeth/VE7YL (CW), June/VK4SJ, Mio/JR3MVF,
Raija/SM0HNV and Gwen/VK3DYL will operate as VK9YL from Lord Howe
Island (OC-004) on 15-29 September. QSL via VK3DYL either direct
(Gwen Tilson, 3 Gould Court, Mt. Waverley, Victoria 3149,
Australia) or through the VK3 bureau. [TNX VK3DYL]
XV_spr - The XV9TH April DXpedition to the Spratly Islands [425DXN 557] has
been postponed to a later date to be decided. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZD8 - Jim, N6TJ will be active again as ZD8Z from Ascension Island
(AF-003) on 17-27 April. QSL direct only via VE3HO. [TNX The Daily
DX]
GUYANAS ---> Olli Rissanen, OH0XX will operate (mainly CW) as FY5KE from
French Guiana on 16-19 April, PZ5RA from Suriname (formerly Dutch Guiana) on
21-24 April and 8R1RPN from Guyana on 25-26 April. The QSL route for all of
these operations is via OH0XX (Olli Rissanen, #599 1313 So. Military Trail,
Deerfield Beach, FL 33442, USA). [TNX The Daily DX]
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DXCC NEWS ---> Cards for 3DA0FR, 3DA0DF and 3DA0FOC have been inadvertently
rejected for "No documentation Received." This error has been corrected. If
you have had one or more of these cards rejected contact DXCC for correction
at: dxcc@arrl.org [TNX Bill Moore, NC1L, DXCC Manager]
EP3DX ---> Mac, W3HC reports this is a new amateur radio operator from Iran.
QSL to Hessam D. Jodakei, P.O. Box 16765-4114, Tehran, Iran. You can access
any of Mac's 17 web pages by going to
http://macswitch.tripod.com/macsindexpage/
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Vittorio D'Amora, I8DVJ is not and has never been the
QSL manager for any station, let alone "YA0A", "P52BH" and similar pirate
calls, for he is actually receiving several requests!
QSL 5Z4MR ---> "There a few different addresses in the QSL managers' list
including N4GNR", Max says, but since 1994 his QSL route has been direct to
Max Raicha, P.O. Box 1641, Kisumu 40100, Kenya.
QSL HC8N ---> Trey, N5KO/HC8N reports that Derek Wills AA5BT is stepping down
after 10 years and 50,000 QSL requests answered. The new QSL route for HC8N
is now via W5UE (Randy Becnel, P.O. Box 170, Kiln, MS 39556-0170, USA).
QSL YC9WZJ ---> Steve, W2FB (formerly W6MD) reports he now has Joni's logs
for contacts made in 2002, December 2001 and 1998 until 30 November. He is
missing most QSOs in 1999, 2000, and 2001. QSL direct to W2FB (Steve Busono,
3102 Commons Drive, East Brunswick, NJ 08816, USA) or YC9WZJ (Joni Salim,
P.O. Box. 127, Sorong 98401, Irian Jaya, Indonesia). Please note that cards
for YC9WZJ/P are via YC9BU.
QSL ZL2VS ---> Dusty, ZL2VS has been permanently QRT since 21 February 2002
and says that he "will honour any QSL cards that I receive via buro until end
of year".
QSL "LOST ISLANDS" ---> The QSL cards for the 16 April-2 May 2001 "Lost
Islands" DXpedition - RI0B (AS-156), RU0B (AS-057), RS0B (AS-042), RU0B/p (AS
-050), RS0B/p (AS-068) and R3CA/p (AS-005) - have been printed (give a look
to them at http://www.hamradio.ru/rrc under "QSL collection") and RW3GW and
UA9OBA expect to receive them soon. After direct requests are processed, the
remaining QSOs will be confirmed automatically through the bureau. [TNX
UA9OBA]
QSL NIGER 2002 ---> Silvano, I2YSB reports that all the direct cards for this
DXpedition have been processed and mailed.
QSL VIA G0IAS ---> Allan, G0IAS is receiving QSL cards for the stations he
manages without return postage. "I pay for all printing and for the envelopes
that are sometimes not included", he says, but "as I am not allowed to use
RSGB Buro for their return, I will not pay the postage from my own pocket".
SUBMARINES ON THE AIR ---> This special event will take place between 00.00
UTC on 27 April and 23.59 UTC on the 28th (for details visit the Submarines
Veterans Amateur Radio Association's web site at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SVARA/). Over thirty submarines worldwide are
expected to take part in the event - for a list of Museum Submarines with
call signs please visit http://www.marinefunker.de/eng/shiplist.html [TNX
Mediterraneo DX Club]
WRTC 2002 ---> As part of its original plan for the WRTC 2002 event
(http://www.wrtc2002.org), the WRTC2002 organizing committee reserved the
right to select one team with special characteristics, while maintaining the
high quality operator criteria established as a hallmark for the WRTC 2002
games.
With this objective in mind, at its meeting on April 8, 2002, the committee
decided to invite a team from the United Arab Emirates (A61AJ) to be the
representative of the contesting community in the Middle East. Team UAE will
be led by Ali Al-Futtaim, A61AJ, who has been the driving force behind the
development of what is one of the premier contest superstations in the Middle
East and Asia. In the spirit of the games, a team has been selected that is
representative of the current A61AJ operating roster. Team members therefore
include US nationals Jeff Briggs, K1ZM and Phil Goetz, N6ZZ, who represent
the A61AJ team as it now stands in the contesting landscape. [TNX OH1EH]
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LOGS: The logs for H40XX and H44XX (with the exception of contacts made
during the CQ WPX SSB contest) are now available at
http://www.qsl.net/vk1aa/temotu
VK9ML: main website: http://www.qsl.net/vk9ml/2002
mirror website: http://www.users.bigpond.com/vk4cp/2002/
mirror website (Japanese language): http://www.pedi.jp/vk9ml/2002/
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QSLs received direct: 3A2MD, 3B8CF, 3B9FR, 3D2CI, 3DA0FOC, 3DA0RS, 3V8SM
(AF-083), 3W7D (AS-157), 4F8BOF, 4U1ITU, 5U4R, 5X4L, 6Y9A, 7Q7LA, 8P9JB,
9K2MU, 9M6/JA1OEM, 9M6YAT, 9N7ZK, 9Q0AR, 9Q1A, 9V1YC, A35RK, A61AO, AH4/AH7G,
AP2JZB, BI5P (AS-138), BI7D (AS-131), BQ9P (AS-110), BV9G (AS-155), C31LJ,
C93MR, C93MR, D44TD (AF-086), E29AL, E30NA, EK3KA, EK6TA, EL2AR, EM1KCC,
ET3PMW, EU3FT, EY8MM, EZ8AQ, FM5DX, FO5PS, FR5FD, FR5HA, FY5FY, FY5KE, GD6IA,
H44AT, HP3XBS, HR3/JA6WFM, J28EW, J5X, J75KG, JD1/JA9XBW, JT1BH, JT1Y,
KC4AAA (AN-016; WABA K-08), KG4EC, KG4MO, KH6ND/KH5, KP4SQ, L80AA/D (SA-055),
LU1ZA (AN-008; WABA LU-14), OH0/W3UR, OH0NL, OX1AWG, OX3LG (NA-151), OY9JD,
P40A, P40E, PJ7/ND5S, PT0T, RW2F, RZ1OA/p, S53O, SV2ASP/A, T2T, T88CC, T88SI
(OC-248), TE8AT, TF4/LX9EG, TF8GX, TI5/KE0UI, TR8CA, TU2MA, UA1OLM/a, UE0XYZ
(AS-091), V63RF, V73UG, VK0KMT (AN-016; WABA VK-03), VK4FW/FK, VK9NL,
VP5/W5AO, VP5GA, VP8CBA, VP8GEO, VP8SGK, VP8SIG (AN-008; WABA G-05), VQ9IO,
VQ9NL, VU2ELJ, VU2KFR (AS-153), VY1JA, W4D (NA-213), XP1AB (NA-018), XU7ACE,
XW0X, YB5QZ, YI9OM, YI9OM, YS1CF, ZD8A, ZD9IR, ZK1NCP, ZK1VVV, ZL5CP (AN-11;
WABA ZL-02).
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