From: <425list@425dxn.org> To: <i121171@425dxn.org> Subject: [425ENG] 425 DX News #576 Date: venerd� 17 maggio 2002 21:13 18 May 2002 No 576 =========================== *** 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) ! \---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ EI - John, EI4GK and Declan, EI9HQ plan to be active as EJ4GK and EJ9HQ from Great Blasket Island (EU-007) on 23-26 May. Operation will be mainly SSB on all bands 10-80 metres, but they also hope to include a 6m operation and some PSK31. QSL via home calls. [TNX EI4GK] EW - Andy, W2/NP3D will be active (on all bands CW, SSB and RTTY) as EW/NP3D from Belarus on 18-27 May. QSL via W3HNK. [TNX W2/NP3D] F - Look for Pascal, F8CGL/P to be active from Oleron Island (EU-032, DIFM AT-025) on 17-24 May. QSL via home call either direct or through the bureau. [TNX La Gazette du DX] F - Bernard, F5XX and the Castres DX Gang will be active (on 160-6 metres CW, SSB, PSK31, RTTY) as F5XX/P from Fort Brescou (EU-148, DIFM ME-001) on 23-27 May. They will participate in the CQ WPX CW Contest as TM5B (MS low power). [TNX F5NQL] I - Raul, IK8VRS will be active from the islands of Procida (EU-031, IIA NA-002) and Vivara (EU-031, IIA NA-005) during the weekend. [TNX IZ8CCW] JA - JO1EPY has been forced to cancel his 8-10 June operation from Tokara Archipelago (AS-049) [425DXN 573] due to business commitments. [TNX JI6KVR] JT - Nicola, I0SNY and Gianni, I8KGZ will be active as JT1Y from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia for a couple of weeks starting on 21 May. In late May they will take a side trip to China and will operate from Beijing's Radio Club for 2-3 days. QSLs via I0SNY. [TNX I0SNY] OZ - Six German operators from the Amateur Radio Scout Group VCP-Bremen will operate as OZ1RDP from Romo Island (EU-125) on 18-21 May. They plan to be active on 80-10 metres, plus 6 and 2 metres, SSB and CW. [TNX IZ8CCW] OZ - Finn, OZ4EL will be active (on 80-10 metres SSB with some CW) from Sletterhage Lighthouse (DEN-043) in central Jutland between 25 May and 7 June. QSL via OZ4EL either direct or through the bureau. Finn is the President of the Danish lighthouse Society (http://home.19.inet.tele.dk/fyrtaarn) and Chairman of the Radio Aateur Lighthouse Group Sletterhage (http://home19.inet.tele.dk/lhouse) PY0_fn- Dennis, K7BV will be active from Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) between 24 May and 1 June, including an entry in the WPX CW Contest (possibly with a special call). Log and further information will be available at http://www.qth.com/k7bv/PY0F [TNX The Daily DX] R1M - A group of operators from Russia (including six WRTC 2002 operators, who will take advantage of this activity to simulate the WRTC competition for 24 hours) and Finland will operate (on 10-80 metres SSB and CW, CQ WPX CW Contest included) from Malyj Vysotskij Island (EU-117) starting in the local evening of 22 May. The Russians will depart on 27 May, while the Finnish team remain on the island until the 30th. Calls will be R1MVI (QSL via OH2BR) and special calls R1MVC, R1MVD and R1MVF to be used during the WRTC simulation. [TNX The Daily DX] TI - Look for Dick, W5AA to be signing W5AA/TI8 from Costa Rica between 22 May and 17 June. He will operate on all bands with an emphasis on 30, 12 and 17 metres. [TNX W5AA] TI - N0KE, W8QZA, W1XE, CX6VM and probably others will participate in the upcoming CQ WPX CW Contest as TI5N from TI5KD's contest station (http://www.yantis.net/ti5kd/). This will be a QRP (5 watts) Multi-Multi operation. QSL via W3HNK. UA - Yuri, UA9OBA logged some 1500 QSOs as R3CA/0 from Makar Island (Respublika Sakha, Laptev Sea Coast East group, AS-163) on 14-15 May. The "Polar Ring" expedition is now on the coast of the East Siberian Sea and Yuri might operate again as R3CA/0 from Nemkova or Smerti in the Kolesovskaya Otmel' Islands (AS-???). QSl via UA9OBA (Yuri Zaruba, P.O. Box 1, Novosibirsk-92, 630092, Russia). [TNX WRC/RRA Bulletin] VE - Terry, VE7TLL reports that Canadian amateur radio operators have been authorized to use special prefixes to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. From 18 May through 18 July, the following special prefixes are authorized on a voluntary basis: XM1 for VE1 XL4 for VA4 XM8 for VE8 XL1 for VA1 XM5 for VE5 XM9 for VE9 XM2 for VE2 XL5 for VA5 XN1 for VO1 XL2 for VA2 XM6 for VE6 XN2 for VO2 XM3 for VE3 XL6 for VA6 XO0 for VY0 XL3 for VA3 XM7 for VE7 XO0 for VY1 XM4 for VE4 XL7 for VA7 XO2 for VY2 VP9 - Merv, N6NO will be active as N6NO/VP9 from Bermuda (NA-005) on 22-28 May. He plans to concentrate on the WARC bands CW. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] YB - Ten operators from ORARI Medan branch will be active as homecall/p from Pandan Island, North Sumatera on 25-26 May (Pandan is not listed in the IOTA Directory 2002 and as long as its location is cleared up, this operation will not count for any IOTA group). They plan to operate on 40 (7.060 Mhz) and 80 (3.820 Mhz) metres only. QSL via YC6PUP (P.O. Box 2395, Medan 2001, Indonesia). [TNX YC6LPM] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH 7W4HI ---> The 14-18 May 7W4HI operation from the Habibas Islands (AF-???) [425DXN 575] was cancelled at the very last moment due to unexpected bureaucratic problems concerning landing permissions. "I am frustrated and it's big disappointment for me", Steve, OM3JW says, as "we spent a lot of time with preparations of this project". NOT THE MANAGER ---> DK3WO has received several cards for contacts made with "ST6MM" on 29 September 2001 (20 and 15 metres CW and SSB). Please note that DK3WO is not the QSL manager for any station, let alone this pirate. [TNX DL3KVR] QSL 4U1ITU ---> Due to a most unfortunate oversight Robert, W5IUA has been listed recently as the QSL route for 4U1ITU. Please note that he is not and has never been the QSL manager for 4U1ITU ar anyone else. Cards still have to be sent via the bureau or direct to IARC, P.O.Box 6, CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused Robert and our readers. QSL DU1/SQ9BOP ---> Jacek, SQ9BOP made some 6000 QSOs from the Philippines; now he is in Poland and in July will be goint to the US for one year. Cards should be sent to SP6GVU (Andrzej Kaleta, P.O. Box 498, Wroclaw 2, Poland). [TNX SP6GVU] QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Nick Pisaroff, LZ2JF has been a radio amateur for more than twenty years and now is willing to offer his services as a QSL manager for someone in need. Please contact him at lz2jf@yahoo.com + SILENT KEY + DXpedition pioneer Bob Denniston, VP2VI (W0DX) died unexpectedly in his sleep a few days ago at 83 years of age. He served as ARRL president from 1966 until 1972 and as IARU president from 1966 until 1974. After heading up the VP7NG DXpedition to the Bahamas during the second weekend of the 1948 ARRL International DX Contest, he was credited with being the "father of the modern DXpedition." First licensed as W9NWX at the age of 13, he subsequently held W4NNN, W0NWX, W0DX and, when he retired to Tortola (British Virgin Islands), VP2VI. He remained active on the amateur radio bands until his death. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL INFO ******** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3D2AD YT1AD AY1ECZ EA5KB OP0GS ON5GK 3D2AF RW3AH AY1QS EA5KB P5/4L4FN KK5DO 3D2CW KW4DA AY4DX EA5KB PJ5JP K1BXE 3D2MG ZS6MG AY7DSY LU7DSY R1ANF RK1PWA 3D2RU RZ3AA C56RF G3NKO RP1COP RZ1AK 3D2UM LY3NUM CN2OA F3OA RP9XUK UA9XS 3D2UU RA3AUU CO8UN EA5KB SN0EH SP9RQH 4F3/GM4DKO GM4DKO D2BB W3HNK SN0LED SP3OL 4K1V 4K7Z DX1HBC JA1HBC SV5/SM8C SM0CMH 4L1BR DL2RMG EG3MLL EA3AKN T25A YT1AD 4L4MM F5VHH EM0RSE DJ0MAQ T26U RA3AUU 4S7BRG HB9BRM EM5U UT2UB T2DA KW4DA 4X6HP EA7FTR EO57F UR5FEO TI3M EA5KB 5A1XU pirate EO57G UR3GM TM0AR F5TJC 5B4/AI5P AI5P EO57JM KG6AR TM0X F6ANA 5N4BFD DJ9FH EO57JS KD5RBU TM1BI F8CHM 5W0SJ 3D2SJ EO57RR UZ8RR TM5OA F5OA 5X1GS WB2YQH EO57WL UT1WL TM5Y F4AJQ 5Z4IC MW0AIE ET3PMW W7KEU TN3B EA3BT 6K2BTX HL6US EW8AM DL8KAC TN3W EA3BT 6O0X DJ6SI GB0SM G3WNI TP3CE F6FQK 6Y2A WA4WTG HL17FWC HL0HQ TX5BTY F6CTL 7O/OH2YY OH2YY IF9A IT9ATF UE1ZSM UA1ZJW 7X0DX DL4DBR IQ0N IK0NFV UE9ORQ UA9ORQ 7X2RO OM3CGN IR0MA I0MWI UE9OWQ UA9ORQ 8Q7FO JR2FOR IR7Y IK7WUJ UK8GZ UA3TT 8Q7HS JA2AZX J28FF F6ITD UP57BF UN7BF 8Q7IC JA2AIC K1B (SSB) RZ3AA UP57EX UN7EX 8Q7JA JA2ALN K1B YT1AD UP57T UN7TO 8Q7MI JJ2KYT K2KW/6Y5 WA4WTG V73BL W4CK 8Q7NK JA2AAU KG4IZ WA5PAE V73MJ JF1NZW 8Q7TE JA2ATE KH0/JM1YGG JM1YGG VK9XV PA3GIO 9A/F5TLN F5LPY L59DAH AC7DX VP6KH KD7KH 9M6QQ DF5UG LA/M0AXP M0AXP VQ9SH KD4RHO 9M8QQ DF5UG M0SDX UT2UB WS1Z/KH0 JA5CUX 9N7RB W4FOA OA6CY EA5KB XW1LLR XW8KPL A35RK W7TSQ OH0/SK3SN SM3KIF YA5T KU9C A41KJ N5FTR OJ0/SM0UXX SM0UXX YL/RZ3BY UA3DX AT0D VU3DJQ OJ0/SM0VFE SM0VFE YS1EJ W4GJ AX2ITU VK2PS OJ0RJ OH0RJ ZC4RAF 5B4YX AX3ITU VK3ER OJ0VR OH1VR ZV2GJR PY2GJR ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* ADDRESSES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH 4Z5KJ Alex Goldenberg, P.O. 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