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Subject: [425ENG] 425 DX News #572
Date: venerd� 19 aprile 2002 23:13
20 April 2002 No 572
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3D2 - Brian, N6IZ plans to be active (hopefully as 3D2IZ) from Namotu
(OC-121), Fiji Islands on 19-26 April. He will operate on 10, 15,
20 and 40 metres with 100 watta and a vertical antenna. [TNX The
Daily DX]
DU - Yannick, F6FYD and Gerard, F2JD/G0SHN plan to be active as
DU1/G0SHN from an island in the Calamian group (OC-090) on 26-29
April. They will operate SSB and CW with 100 watts and a dipole.
QSL via F6AJA. [TNX F6AJA]
F - Look for F9IE to be active (on 80-20 metres) from Noirmoutier
Island (EU-064) on 19-22 April. [TNX La Gazette du DX]
I - Bad weather conditions have caused the IU9ACI operation from Lachea
Island (EU-166) [425DXN 569] to be postponed to 19-21 April. [TNX
IT9EJW]
I - Gio, IK2AIT reports he will operate (on 20 metres mainly CW) as
IF9/IK2AIT from Marettimo Island (EU-054, IIA TP-010) on 20-25
April.
I - Operators from ARI Pisa will be active (SSB and CW) as IY5PIS from
the Marconian site at Coltano during the International Marconi Day
(27 April). QSL via IZ5MDC either direct or through the bureau.
[TNX IK5ZTT]
I - Marconian station IY0TC will be active during the International
Marconi Day from Scoglio del Pirgo (not IOTA. IIA RM-001) starting
around 13 UTC. QSL via I0KHP. [TNX IK0CNA and I0KHP]
JA - Look for Shigeru, JI3CEY/6 to be active (on 40, 20, 17, 12, 10 and
6 metres SSB and CW) from Okinawa (AS-017) from around 9 UTC on 27
April and 00.00 UTC on the 30th. QSL via the JARL bureau. [TNX
JI6KVR]
JD1_oga - Look for JA1HEF/JD1, JA1KJW/JD1 and JE1XXG/JD1 to be active (on
160-6 metres CW and SSB) from Ogasawara on 21-28 April. QSL via
home calls. [TNX JA1ELY]
KH1 - The final list of operators for the upcoming DXpedition to Baker
Island include YT1AD, YU1AU, YU1DX, Z32ZM, ZS6MG/Z31FU, KW4DA,
N6TQS, RZ3AA, RA3AUU, 9X0A/RW3AH, S56A and LY3NUM. Estimated QRV
time is from 4 UTC on 29 April through 2 UTC on 9 May. QSL via
RZ3AA (SSB only: Roman Thomas, P.O. Box 2059, Moscow, 101000,
Russia) and YT1AD (other modes: Dr. Hrane Milosevic, 36206
Vitanovac, Yugoslavia). The web site for the DXpedition is at
http://www.kragujevac.co.yu/kh1
KH9 - Terry, K7ASU will operate as K7ASU/KH9 from Wake Island (OC-053)
starting around 27 April for approximately 4 weeks. He will be QRV
in his spare time, most likely between 7 and 9 UTC. QSL via K7ASU.
[TNX The Daily DX]
LU - Benjamin Ricciardo, LU1EBS is a 13-year-old amateur radio operator
who lives on Martin Garcia Island (SA-055) with his parents and
eight brothers. He is a novice class operator and for the time
being is active almost daily around 23 UTC on 80 metres (3595.5,
3610 and 3689 kHz). QSL direct only via LU2CRM (Carlos Martinez,
P.O. Box 6, 1420 Buenos Aires, Argentina). [TNX LU2CRM]
LU - Argentine amateurs are allowed to replace their current LU, LW and
AZ prefixes with AY, L5 and L6 respectively from 12 UTC on 20 April
through through 14 UTC on 29 December. This is to celebrate the
25th anniversary of GACW (Grupo Argentino de CW) and support the
programme "Amateur Radio, Amateur, a safe way for our children"
sponsored by GACW. [TNX LW2DX]
LU - L50W is the special call used by the Trelew Radio Club (LU1WP) to
celebrate their 50th anniversary. Activity will start on 22 April
on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres. QSL via LU4WGE (Jorge Omar
Gallego, P.O. Box 7, Trelew, 9100 Chubut, Argentina). Logs will be
available at http://www.qsl.net/lu1wp [TNX LU4WGE]
OZ - Look for Jakob, OZ7AEI/P to be active from Egholm Island (EU-171,
DIA NJ-004) on 24 April starting around 13 UTC on 20 metres and
later on 40 and 15 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX OZ7AEI]
T2 - Dave Anderson, KW4DA is part of the Baker Island DXpedition team.
Prior to and following the activity from Baker he will operate from
Tuvalu (OC-015) on CW, RTTY, PSK, SSB and SSTV. Look for T2DA on
22-25 April and again on 11-16 May. QSL via KW4DA (Dave Anderson,
712 Baneberry Court, Asheville, NC 28803, USA). [TNX KW4DA]
VK9_mr - Rough seas and strong winds delayed the voyage, and the VK9ML team
reached Mellish Reef on 14 April around 12.30 UTC. Five stations
came on the air at 10.00 UTC on 15 April after a day of hectic
setup. The original QRT date of 22 April might be extended. QSL via
VK4APG. Visit http://www.qsl.net/vk9ml/2002/ for up-to-date
informatiom and log search. [TNX N1DG]
VP9 - Tom, W9AEB reports he will be active (on 10-20 metres SSB and CW)
as VP9/W9AEB from Bermuda (NA-005) until 28 April. QSL via WF9V.
W - Pieter, KG4NXP and Svetly, W4/LZ3SM will operate on CW, SSB and
PSK31 from Tangier Island (NA-083, USI VA-001S) on 26-27 April.
[TNX W4/LZ3SM]
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RLHA ---> The Russian Lighthouse Award (RLHA) is a newly born award sponsored
by the Russian Robinson Club. Rules, lighthouse list and further information
can be found at http://www.hamradio.ru/rrc/rlha/ [TNX VA3RJ]
QSL EK5ZI & 4K5ZI ---> Nikolay, UX0FF still has logs and cards for these
operations from Zmeiniy (Snake) Island (EU-182) back in 1990-1992. Cards
should be sent to Nikolay Lavreka, P.O. Box 3, Izmail, 68600, Ukraine. [TNX
OPDX Bulletin]
QSL HH2PK ---> Steve Larson, N3SL, reports that his daughter Kim (who has
handled cards for AH1A, 3B6RF, GM4YXI, GM3WOJ, and GS2MP) has been chosen by
Pat, HH2PK, to take care of his QSLs. Pat has not been active since January
1998 and has moved from Haiti to Canada. Kim has Pat's logs from April 1989
to 29 Nov 1997 (the December 1997 and January 1998 logs were corrupted and
cannot be recovered). Please visit http://www.qsl.net/n3sl/manager.htm for an
on-line log search and specific instructions on QSL requests. Cards will not
be received from the printer until mid-June, at the earliest. Any donations
to help with expenses will be appreciated.
QSL KH6XT ---> N9NU (Tim S. Dickerson, 900 Vincent Dr, Sandwich, IL 60548,
USA) reports he is the new QSL manager for Dennis, KH6XT.
QSL T93M ---> Boris, T93Y reports that direct QSLs for FG/T93M and T93M/HI9
sent to T93Y's address in Sarajevo are forwarded to the QSL manager (DJ2MX)
once a month. For a quicker response, please send your requests direct to
DJ2MX: Mario Lovric, Am Oelberg 11, D-61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany).
QSL TM5C ---> Lee, F5NLY reports he now has the TM5C logs starting from 2001
CQWW contests, but he is still waiting for the cards. QSL preferably via the
bureau.
QSL UA0QFC/A ---> Alex, UR3HC (ex-UA0QFC) operated from Dunay Island (AS-082)
back in 1992, 1993 and 1994. He still has logs and cards for those
activities; QSLs should be sent to Alex Nakonechij P.O.Box 84 Kremenchug
39631, Ukraine.
QSL V44NK ---> Please note that Larry, KJ4UY (V47UY) is not the QSL manager
for Karl Sage, V44NK. Cards for V44NK should be sent direct only, as they
have no bureau in St.Kitts/Nevis. Larry, KJ4UY can confirm QSOs made with
V47UY only.
QSL VIA RU3FS ---> RU3FS reports he is the QSL manager for RI1CGO (IOTA
Contest 2000), RP3DDF (December 2001), UE3FWM (22-24 February 2002), UE3ASK
(12 August 2001). Cards can be sent via the bureau or direct to A. Kostikov,
P.O. Box 55, Moscow, 115522, Russia. [TNX UA3DX]
US POSTAL RATES INCREASE ---> The United States Postal Service has announced
that new postal rates will go into effect on 30 June. Details can be found at
http://www.usps.gov/ratecase/
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DIE: The latest list DIE and DIEI islands, as well as the rules for
these awards, are available on http://www.425dxn/org (.pdf
files).
DX SPOTS: DXINFO v1.9 is the new release of the software for handling the
files of the collection of DX spots from the OH2AQ Web Cluster
put together by Rod Elliott, VE3IRF. It can be found at
http://www.425dxn.org/dxspots/
QSL VP6DI: Check http://www.ve3ho.com/ve3ho-qslmgr.htm for detailed
information direct from the QSL manager.
XR0X: The San Felix team made 68,910 QSOs (38125 SSB, 27506 CW, 3053
RTTY, 226 PSK). A 7-minute audio clip (12 metres CW on 23
March) can be found on http://www.425dxn.org/, thanks to team
member Massimo Mucci, I8NHJ.
YUDX: The YU DX Contest will take place from 12 UTC on 20 April to 12
UTC on the 21st. Full information can be found at
http://www.yudx.net [TNX 4N1DX/VE3]
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3D2IR DJ2MX HC8N W5UE T93Y W2FB
3W9HRN DL1HRN HC8Z NE8Z T94EU W2FB
3XY6A VE2XO HD8Z NE8Z TK7I F5JYD
3XY8A VE2XO HH4/K4QD K4QD TL8CG IK1APO
4L1FX DJ1CW HL1VAU/4 HL1VAU TM1AIX F8CHM
4U1WB KK4HD IR0MA I0MWI TM2A F5BJW
5B4/T93Y W2FB IU9ACI IT9EJW TM5OIS F5KRH
5N6NDP IK5JAN J6/VK2IR DJ2MX TM5PDG F6KQK
5W0IR DJ2MX JT1R JT1BL TM9FFP F6KUC
5W1SA JH7OHF JX2IJ LA2IJ TR0A OM3LZ
6K5REL/4 6K5REL K4/VK2IR DJ2MX TR8CA F6CBC
6Y/VK2IR DJ2MX KH2E JE1HJA TU2IG F5IG
7Q7DX EA5IQ KH2WW JL1EAN TU5EX TU2CI
7X0MT F5MSR KH8/VK2IR DJ2MX UA9C/UA9QDK RW9QA
9L1JT K4ZIN KP4SQ KD8IW UA9CUA W3HNK
9M6/JQ1NGT JQ1NGT L50EV LU9EV UA9OS W3HNK
A25/DJ6SI DJ6SI L52DX LW2DX UA9QA RW9QA
A25/DL1YFF DL1YFF L77C LU7CC UA9QDK RW9QA
A25/G3HCT G3HCT LI3D LA9CE UA9QFF RW9QA
A41KJ N5FTR LU9XT WD9EWK UA9QFF W3HNK
A43GI A47RS N4/VK2IR DJ2MX UE0XYZ RA0ZD
A71EM LZ1YE NO7F/KL7 K8NA UN3F EA5KB
C56JJ PA9JJ NP4A W3HNK UN9PQ IK2QPR
CE2LZR EA5KB OD5/IW0GXY IW0BET UR6F UX0FF
CN2PM G3WQU OD5/OK1MU OK1TN V2/W1LR W1LR
CU9AB F5TOV OD5IU LX1NO V25WX W4WX
CX2AQ EA5KB OD5UT K3IRV V47UY KJ4UY
DS2GOO/4 DS2GOO OH8/ES1RA/P ES1RA VK9LT HB9QR
DU1/SQ9BOB SP6GVU OK9GLX OK2AOP VO1MGY VO1HE
DU9/N0NM W4DR OP0GS ON5GK VP2E N5AU
EA8RA/p EA8AKN P29BW N5FTR VP2EJ W5SJ
ED3NP EA3NP P40M AA1M VP2MHS W1LR
ED4MAD EA4RCU P49MR VE3MR VP2MHX W4WX
ED5MUC EA5VM P5/4L4FN KK5DO VP2VE WA2NHA
ED5SJF EA5URL P55P pirate VP5/GM3JOB GM3JOB
EJ4GK/P EI4GK PT1G PY1LVF VP5/GM4ZNC GM4ZNC
EM0RSE DJ0MAQ PZ5AM PA3AMA VQ9NL W4NML
EP3UN LA7JO PZ5DK PA0DKA XW1HS E21EIC
EP4HR I2MQP R0POL UA6CW YB0AVR HA2VR
ET3PMW W7KEU R1FJL UA3AGS YC0KTS LZ1YE
EX0V N6FF R4CG RK4CYW YI9OM OM6TX
EX7ML DL4YFF RM9RX RW9QA YJ0ABR DL6NBR
FM5WD W3HNK RM9RZ RW9QA YJ0AHK DL1NHK
FO0/N5XX N5XX RN9RZ RW9QA YJ8DA KE4DA
FY5FU F5PAC RW9QA RW9QA Z32XX NN6C
FY5GS F6FNU RW9QA W3HNK Z38B IK3GES
GB90MGY G3XHK S79MX HB9MX ZD8Z VE3HO
H44MS DL2GAC SM0JHF/HI9 SM0JHF ZD9IR ZS6EZ
HC8A KU9C SN800R SP9ERV ZK1HCC DL9HCU
HC8GR N5KO T30CXX W0CXX ZS6FJM CT1ABE
HC8L N2AU T88WB DL7ADL ZS7/ZS4AGA ZS4A
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5Z4MR Max Raicha, P.O. Box 1641, Kisumu 40100, Kenya
A47RS P.O. Box 981, Muscat 113, Sultanate of Oman
CU3AN Gabriel Alves, P.O. Box 157, 9701-902 Angra Codex, Portugal
DJ2MX Mario Lovric, Am Oelberg 11, D-61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany
DL6UAA Mart Moebius, Kirchplatz 10, D-04924 Dobra, Germany
E21EIC Champ C. Muangamphun, P.O. Box 1090, Kasetsart, Bangkok 10903,
Thailand
EA5IQ Jose Maria Vives, Co Moncada 62 6A, 46025 Valencia, Spain
EA5KB Jose F. Ardid Arlandis, P.O. Box 5013, 46080 Valencia, Spain
EP3DX Hessam D. Jodakei, P.O. Box 16765-4114, Tehran, Iran
ER6A Slava Lisii, C.P. 112, Chisinau-12, MD-2012, Moldova
ES1RA Oleg M. Mir, P.O. Box 806, 11702 Tallinn, Estonia
EZ8BD P.O. Box 15, Ashgabat, 744017, Turkmenistan
G3WQU (CN2PM) Peter McKay, MINURSO, P.O. Box 80000, Laayoune, Western
Sahara, Morocco
HB9QR Erwin Fink, Toedistr. 7, CH-8572 Berg, Switzerland
I0MWI Stefano Cipriani, Via Taranto 60, 00055 Ladispoli - RM, Italy
IT9EJW Alfio Bonanno, P. O. Box 18, 95028 Valverde - CT, Italy
KB5GL Silvano Amenta, 5028 Hearst Ave, Metaire, LA 70001, USA
KJ4UY Lawrence W. Wolf, 4330 Mahogany Run S.E., Winter Haven, Florida
33884-2945, USA
KK5DO Bruce Paige, P.O. Box 310, Alief, TX 77411, USA
KU9C Steve Wheatley, P.O. Box 5953, Parsippany, NJ 07054-6953, USA
NE8Z Rick Dorsch, P.O. Box 616, Hamburg, MI 48139 USA
OH0XX Olli Rissanen, #599 1313 So. Military Trail, Deerfield Beach, FL
33442, USA
PY1LVF Jose Luiz Vieira Fernandes, P.O. Box 18009, 20722-970 Rio de
Janeiro - RJ, Brazil
RA0ZD Alexey Antipov, P.O. Box 81, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 683038,
Russia
RW9QA Vlad Kondratenko P.O. Box 1, Kurgan-38, 640038, Russia
RZ3EC Eugene Shelkanovtcev, P.O. Box 70, Orel 302028, Russia
SV2ASP/A Monk Apollo, Monastery Dochiariou, GR-63037 Mt. Athos, Greece
UN2O L.V. Welikanov, P.O. Box 1, Atyrau 465002, Kazakstan
UX4UM Victor Petrenko, P.O. Box 55, Kiev, 02091, Ukraine
VE2XO Francois Normant, 3054 avenue Lacombe, Montreal QC H3T 1L4, Canada
VE3HO Garth Hamilton, P.O. Box 1156, Fonthill, Ontario L0S 1E0, Canada
W2FB Steve Busono, 3102 Commons Drive, East Brunswick, NJ 08816, USA
W5SJ Bill Priakos, 6408 Risinghill Dr, Dallas, TX 75248, USA
W5UE Randy Becnel, P.O. Box 170, Kiln, MS 39556-0170, USA
ZS6EZ Chris R. Burger, P.O. Box 4485, 0001 Pretoria, South Africa
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