Da: <425list@425dxn.org> A: <i121171@425dxn.org> Oggetto: [425ENG] 425 DX News #578 Data: venerd� 31 maggio 2002 21:53 1 June 2002 No 578 =========================== *** 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) ! \---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ >>> 425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE <<< The 425 DX News monthly edition (May issue) is now available at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/ and can be downloaded in either .pdf or .doc format. You are also invited to spend one minute of your time and participate in the new minipoll: would you like to see amateur radio related website reviews on 425DXN? 9H - Dieter, DL9GDB will be active on CW as 9H3UT from Comino Island (EU-023) on 3-22 June. QSL via home call either direct or through the bureau. [TNX DL9GDB] 9U - Gus, SM5DIC/9U5D reports that Christian Alemanni, UN Chief Communication Coordinator in Bujumbura, Burundi has got "a full legal license" and the call 9U5A. Please note that he has little experience of short wave operation, especially pile-ups. He will have a French QSL manager TBA. BQ9 - Rod, WC7N and Dick, N6FF have agreed to serve as pilot stations for the 4-12 June BQ9P operation from Pratas Island [425DXN 577]. They can be reached at bq9p-pilot@ku9c.com for purposes of providing information of value to the DXpedition. The team plans to operate the typical DXpedition frequencies. They will make efforts to operate in the general class portions of the 20 and 15 metre bands. Questions & comments can be sent to Steve, KU9C at (ku9c@arrl.net). [TNX KU9C] EI - The Limerick Radio Club EJ0A operation from the Aran Islands (EU-006), originally planned to take place on 24-26 May [425DXN 573], had to be cancelled at short notice due to bad weather and rough seas. Hopefully the trip will be re-arranged in a few weeks time. [TNX EI8EM] F - The South Flanders DX Activity Group will be active as F/ON6JUN/p on 1-2 June from the Pegasus Bridge Memorial Museum in Normandy to commemorate the 58th anniversary of the D-Day Landings. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin] F - Special event station TM6JUN will be active from Utah Beach on 1-8 June for the annual commemoration of the D-Day. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX] GJ - Ray/DL1ZBO, Tilo/DJ5BX and Ekki/DF4OR will operate (mainly on RTTY with some SSB and CW) from Jersey Island (EU-013) on 6-11 June, including an entry in the ANARTS RTTY Contest. [TNX DF4OR] HR - Look for HQ4C to be active (on +/- 7055, 14259 and 21259 kHz) from Conejo Island (NA-060) on 1-2 June. Conejo is not listed in the IOTA Directory 2002 and as long as its location is cleared up, this operation will not count for IOTA. QSL via HR2NLL (P.O. Box 273, San Pedro Sula, Honduras). [TNX HR2JRP and Islands On The Web] I - W.A.I.L. (Worked All Italian Lighthouses) Award Manager Paolo Garavaglia, reports that Claudio, IK1XPK will operate as /4 from the lighthouses at Porto di Ravenna (WAIL ER-004) till 1 June. QSL via home call either direct or through the bureau. Full info about WAIL is at http://www.425dxn.org or http://www.ari.it/wail.html IS0 - Marco, IK1YED reports he plans to operate as IS0/IK1YED/p from the islands of San Pietro (EU-165, IIA CA-013) and Sant'Antioco (EU-024, IIA CA-014) on 1-6 June. JA - Aru/JA0KNM, Kaoru/JA3MCA, Jun/JJ1EQW and Taka/JE3NJZ will operate (on 40-6 metres CW and SSB) as homecall/JR6 from Iriomote in the Yaeyama Islands (AS-024) on 7-10 June. QSL via home calls. [TNX JA3MCA] KH9 - Terry, K7ASU [425DXN 575] has resumed operations as K7ASU/KH9 from Wake Island. Roger, ZL4AFM reported on 28 May that Terry would be there "for the next 5-7 days" on PSK31 only, between 7.30 and 9.30 UTC (band will depend on propagation). [TNX NG3K] OH - A group of Finnish operators will be active (on HF, 6 & 2 metres and 70 cm) from two IOTA islands between 8 and 15 June. OH6NJ, OH6XX, OH6UV, OH6HJE and OH6MTG will operate as OH6AW from Bjorkon Island (EU-101) on 8-12 June; OH6NJ, OH6UV, OH6HJE and OH6MTG will then move to Hailuoto Island (EU-184) and be active as OH6AW/8 until 15 June. [TNX OH6NJ] OJ0 - Lasse/OH0RJ, Kauko/OH3KQ, Topi/OH3LO, Reino/OH3LG, Markus/OH3RM and Mika/OH4YR will be joining Seppo, OH1VR on Market Reef [425DXN 577]. They will operate on 80-6 metres as OJ0VR (CW and 6m) and OJ0U (SSB) from 8 UTC on 6 June to 6 UTC on the 10th. QSL direct to OH1VR (Seppo Sisatto, Ojakatu 3 A 18, 33100 Tampere, Finland). [TNX OH3RM] OZ - Herb, OZ7SM will be active (mainly SSB, possibly with some 6m operation) from Bornholm Island (EU-030) on 3-16 June. [TNX The Daily DX] SV5 - Alessandro, HB9DTA will be active (on 20 and 40 metres CW QRP) from Rhodes Island (EU-001) on 2-14 June. Look for SV5/HB9DTA/P or SV5/HB9DTA/QRP. QSL direct via home call. UA - Vladivostok Contest Club and Vladivostok ARC members will be active as UE0LFF from Popova Island (AS-066, RR-16-02) from 31 May to 2 or 3 June. One of the team members (John, RW0MM) will operate as RW0MM/p on the low bands during the IARU Region 1 Field Day. QSLs via UA3DX. [TNX RW0MM] UR - Club station UR4RZA will be active as EO15R from 31 May to 2 June to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the town of Slavutich. The operators will be UR7UL, UY2RO, UX2RY, UT0RW and UX2RV. QSL via UY2RO either direct or through the bureau. [TNX UX2RV] VE - Nenad, VE3EXY will be active as VE3EXY/2 from CQ Zone 2 from around 22 UTC on 7 June to 13 UTC on the 11th. He will operate on CW (3510, 7010, 10107, 14025, 18077, 21025, 24897 and 28025 kHz), RTTY (14090, 21090 and 28090 kHz) and SSB. QSL via home call either direct or via the bureau. [TNX VE3EXY] VE - Sasi, 9V1SM/VU3SNM plans to operate as XM7/VU3SNM from Victoria (Vancouver Island, NA-036), British Columbia on 8-16 June and as XM6/VU3SNM from Edmonton, Alberta on 17-20 June. I will be active on 20, 15, 12, 10 and 6 metres SSB and PSK31. QSL via 9V1SM either direct or through the bureau. [TNX 9V1SM] W - Special event call K1D will be aired (on 28380, 21380, 14270 and 7230 kHz) between 1 and 15 June to celebrate Kid's Day (15 June) and Amateur Radio Awareness. The operators will be Peter (W1DAD) and Jeanne (K1MOM) Schipelliti. QSL via W1DAD either direct (Peter Schipelliti, 7 Dearborn Ridge Rd, Atkinson, NH 03811, USA) or through the bureau. [TNX W1SAD] YA - Chris, YA/G0TQJ is active from Kabul, Afghanistan until the end of July. QSL via home call either direct (C.M. Vernon, 66 Kesteven Road, Stamford, Lincs PE9 1SU, England) or through the RSGB bureau. [TNX YA/G0TQJ] ZC4 - Steve, ZC4BS reports that during the month of June there will be two brand new prefixes from the Sovereign Bases on Cyprus. The Easten Sovereign base will use the ZC40xx range (Steve will be signing ZC40BS), and the Western Sovereign base will use the ZC41xx range (example ZC41WSB club station). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH RSGB JUBILEE CONTEST ---> Celebrating Queen Elizabeth's 50th anniversary, it will take place on 3.5, 7, 14, 21 and 28 MHz CW & SSB from 10 UTC on 8 June through 10 UTC on the 9th. Contact Commonwealth stations, send RS(T) and serial number. Free logging software available at http://www.ei5di.com and complete rules at http://www.rsgbhfcc.org QSL HH2PK ---> Steve, N3SL reports that the QSLs for HH2PK [425DXN 572] were received from the printer on 28 May and over 300 cards were mailed on the 29th. Many people sent requests for QSOs that were not in the log; if there is any doubt, please check the on-line log at http://www.qsl.net/n3sl/manager.htm. The donations received are greatly appreciated to assist with the printing costs. QSL JW# ---> The cards for JW4X, JW5QFA and JW8AJA (January 2002, 425DXN 558) have been received from the printer and all of the JW4X direct QSLs have been mailed by LA6EIA. Cards for JW5QFA and JW8AJA are being processed right now. [TNX LA8AJA] QSL KH6ND ---> Effective immediately, Ralph Fariello, K2PF will be handling QSLs for Mike, KH6ND. [TNX K2PF] QSL OT2H ---> Dimitri, ON4IT is the new QSL manager for OT2H contest station. QSL either direct (Dimitri Du Bois, Petrus Van Nuffelstraat 72, B-9300 Aalst, Belgium) or through the bureau. [TNX ON4IT] QSL VIA VK4AAR ---> "There has been an unfounded rumour going around that I am not continuing as a QSL manager", Alan, VK4AAR says. "This is totally untrue. In fact, I am looking for more work as I am getting lazy". So if you need a QSL manager with experience, Alan is available. Please e-mail him (almee@hypermax.net.au) for details. YB/F8CFU ---> Fabien, who was recently active from Indonesia, says that he was given wrong information about the licensing regulations which led him to operate without permission. He asks those who have worked him to refrain from sending QSL cards. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** NEWS FROM THE WEB *** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH LOGS: The final logs for TN3B (EA3BT) and TN3W (EA3WL) are available at http://www.ea3bt.com/congo/congo-logs-angles.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL INFO ******** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3D2RW ZL1AMO ET3PMW W7KEU P5/4L4FN KK5DO 3G1X XQ1IDM EW/NP3D W3HNK PJ4/K2QM K2QM 3Z0AJC SP8AJC EX2M W3HNK PU3A PY3DX 3Z0CDP SP6CDP GB0SM G3WNI PX2W PY2YU 3Z0IEQ SP6IEQ GB2COS G7BQY R1MVI OH2BR 4S7BRG HB9BRM GB50 G4DFI R3CA/0 UA9OBA 5B4AGU LZ1MS GN3XRQ GI bureau RI4M RN4LP 5N4BFD DJ9FH HF0POL SQ5TA RK1A/p RZ1AK 5N6EAM IK2IQD HP1XVH N0JT RT9W RZ9RWH 5W1SA JH7OHF HS0/SM3DYU SM3CVM RW0BB/9 UA4RC 5X1GS WB2YQH HS4BPQ/9 E21EIC S9SS N4JR 7X0DX DL4DBR HT4T TI4SU S9YL N4JR 7X2RO OM3CGN HZ1AB K8PYD SP1/DL7VOX/p DL7VOX 8N3ISS JH3IJY IG9SIX I4CIL SV9/G4LDL G4LDL 8P4A VA3UZ II0FM IZ0BTV T30ED 3D2SJ 8P9AL VA3UZ IQ5LDV I5NZR TA0/YU7AV YU7AV 8P9AM M0SDX IQ7H IK7XLU TA0/Z31MM Z31MM 8S0ITU SK0CC IR9T IT9AZS TA0/Z37M Z37GBC 9H3BC DF6MS IU3AC IK3GES TA5/PA3HEN PA3BLS 9M6A N2OO IZ5AXT/twr IK5ZTT TF7/DL2VFR DL2VFR 9M6AAC N2OO J28EX F8BON TI5/N0KE N0KE 9N7ZK SM4AIO J28UN F8UNF TL8DV W3MC 9Z4DI KZ5RO J45KLN SM0CMH TM0X F6ANA A45WD YO9HP JT1Y I0SNY TM5CW F5SJB A61AJ N4QB K9Y N9BOR TM9R F5EOT A61AO N1DG L73F LU5FF TN3B EA3BT A61AS YO3FRI LA/F8UFT/P F5MQW TN3W EA3BT A71MA KZ5RO MJ/F5JOT F8CUR UK8OAU RW6HS AH6HY/AH8 AH6HY MJ/F5LGQ F8CUR V31BV UA4WHX AY1ECZ EA5KB MJ/F6CKH F8CUR V73BL W4CK C31YL bureau MJ/F8CRH F8CUR VE1OTA/VY2 VE1VOX CA0YAM CE1VLY MJ/F8CUR F8CUR VK9LO PA3GIO CS8W DJ9MH MJ/F8CUY F8CUR VK9XV PA3GIO DT0FWC HL0OHQ OA6CY EA5KB VQ9HK WB4DAH DT1FWC HL0FHQ OD5/IW0GXY IW0BET VQ9SH KD4RHO DT2FWC HL0BHQ OH0EA OH2KMG XL2TKH VA2TKH DT3FWC HL0KHQ OH0Z OH1EH XL7DP VA7DP DT4FWC HL0IHQ OP1A ON5TO XM2AWR VE2AWR DT5FWC HL0NHQ OR4UN ON4UN XV9SW SM3CXS DT6FWC HL0JHQ OR5HR ON5HR YA5T KU9C DT7FWC HL0UHQ OR6NR ON6NR YB0IR W4JS DT8FWC HL0GHQ OS5UR ON5UR YC3CZ/9 YC9BU DT9FWC HL0CHQ OS5ZO ON5ZO YI9OM OM6TX DU1/SQ9BOP SP6GVU OS6AA ON6AA YP4O YO2BV E20HHK/6 E21EIC OS6HI ON6HI YR8A YO8AXP E20NTS/8 E21EIC OZ1RDP DL9BCP YT6A YU1FW EA6/SP4AOQ EC6TK P40MT N3MT YW1D YV1DIG EK3SA DK6CW P40RM W3RM ZK1NFK DL7NFK EP3UN LA7JO P40Y AE6Y ZP8BHA EA7FTR ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* ADDRESSES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH 5A1A Abubaker Alzway, c/o A. 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