Da: "Mauro Pregliasco" <i1jqj@ari.it>
A: <i121171@425dxn.org>
Oggetto: 425 DX News #581
Data: sabato 22 giugno 2002 09:34
22 June 2002 No 581
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3DA - Frosty, K5LBU will be active (on SSB and possibly some PSK) as
3DA0CF from Swaziland on 11-18 July. Frosty expects to have a
tribander plus dipoles for the low bands and he hopes to put up
something for 6 metres. He will be active during the IARU Contest.
QSL via K5LBU either direct or through the bureau. [TNX K5LBU]
9A - Look for 9A5V/p, 9A3VM/p and 9A5KV/p to be active from the following
Croatian islands on 22-23 June: Tajan (EU-016, IOCA CI-221), Crkvina
(EU-016, IOCA CI-163), Kosmec (EU-016, IOCA CI-180) and Olipa (not
IOTA, IOTA CI-079). [TNX 9A6AA]
9A - Bill, ON5JE will be active as 9A/ON5JE from Dugi Otok (EU-170) from
27 June to 20 July. QSL via home call either direct or through the
bureau. [TNX ON5JE]
BY - Jean-Michel, F6AJA (Editor of Les Nouvelles DX) reports he will be
in Nanjing from 26 June to 1 July. His licence authorizes him to
operate as homecall/club call and he will operate as either
F6AJA/BY4RSA or /BY4WNG from the University.
DL - Volker (DL1WH) and Peter (DL2RPS) will be active (SSB and CW) as
DL0FFF from the lightship "Fehmarnbelt" in Lubeck on 15-18 August,
for the International Lightship/Lighthouse Weekend. It will be the
first amateur radio activity to take place from this ship. QSL via
the bureau or direct to DL1WH. [TNX DL1WH]
F - A group of operators from France (F5GTW and F5TRK) and Belgium
(ON6QO, ON7WZ, ON4LEM, ON4LAN, ON5GL, ON4CFG and ON4CCP) will be
active as TM4X from Aix Island (EU-032) on 6-12 July. QSL via F5GTW.
The web page for the operation is at
http://users.skynet.be/on4ccp/iota.htm [TNX ON4CCP]
F - The Chatelleraud Radio Club will activate special event station
TM2CMM from 18 August to 1 September to celebrate the World
Championships for hot-air balloons. QSL to F5KOK via bureau. [TNX
F6AOJ]
FP - After the St. Paul Island operation [425DXN 575] Ed, W0SD and his
wife Edith, W0OE will be active from St. Pierre and Miquelon
(NA-032) on 27-29 July. Look for them on HF and 6 metres on the same
frequencies as the St. Paul operation. [TNX W0SD]
FP - Paul, K9OT and Peg, KB9LIE will be active as FP/K9OT and FP/KB9LIE
(QSL via home calls) from Miquelon (NA-032) on 11-19 August. They
will operate CW and SSB on 80-6 metres (160m will be attempted) with
100 watts to wire and vertical antennas. Special emphasis will be on
30, 17 and 12 metres. They will participate in the North American
QSO Party SSB as FP/K9WM (the Green River Valley ARS club call, QSL
via NN9K). [TNX K9OT]
FR - Patrick, FR5FD will return to France on 8 September 2002. Thus far,
he has sent out 103,000 QSL cards since September 1999. [TNX WE7K]
FT_Z - Caroline, F4DOT has been on Amsterdam Island for six months and is
waiting for the equipment put together by F5CW to reach her (the
next ship is due to depart in July). She will operate from square
MF82 on 6 metres only, most like with a FT1Z call. Caroline should
be the first YL operator from the TAAF (Territory of French Austral
and Antarctic Lands). [TNX La Gazette du DX]
GM - Andre, GM3VLB is planning an operation from the Flannan Islands
(EU-118) around the second half of July or early August. Tem members
will include Peter/GM3OFT, Alex/G(M)0DHZ, Andre himself and possibly
Niall, GM6GMZ/VP8NJS. Further details are expected in due course.
[TNX GM3VLB]
I - Vincenzo, IT9NVA plans to operate (on 20 and 15 metres SSB and CW)
from Dromo Giggia Lighthouse (WAIL SI-008; ARLHS ITA-62) on 22 June.
[TNX IT9NVA]
I - Franco, IK4PLW operated from the Ravenna Harbour lighthouse (WAIL
ER-004) on 17-18 June and plans to be active again as IK4PLW/p on
22-23 June. QSL via home call. [TNX IK4PLW]
I - Giorgio, IZ1DXS will operate in his spare time on 6 and 2 metres as
IZ1DXS/1 from Laigueglia (JN43BX, a rare square) from 26 June to 8
July. Look for him around 50180 kHz SSB and 50098 kHz CW, and on +/-
144.320 MHz during the contest on 6-7 July. QSL to IZ1DXS preferably
through the bureau. [TNX IZ1DXS]
I - IK8UHA, IK8VRH, IK8WEJ, IZ8EBI and possibly others will participate
in the IOTA Contest as IQ8B from Santo Janni (EU-144, IIA PZ-001).
QSL via IK8WEJ. [TNX IK8VRH]
I - Look for Roberto, IH9/IK2XRJ to be active (SSB only on 10-40 metres,
possibly also on 6 metres) from Pantelleria (AF-018, IIA TP-001) on
11-22 August. QSL via home call either dircet or through the bureau.
[TNX IK2XRJ]
JW - Tom, LA4LN will be active again as JW4LN from Spitsbergen (EU-026)
on 6-8 July and 17-21 July and (weather premitting) from Bear Island
(EU-027) on 9-16 July. He will operate (mainly in the local evenings
and when time permits) on the lower CW portions of especially the
40, 30, and 20m bands (or other bands which may be open) and on 6
metres (50150 +/- 15 kHz). PSK-31 and RTTY are possible, but not
from Bear Island, where a battery and a gasoline generator will be
used for power. QSL direct to LA4LN (Tom V. Segalstad, P.O. Box 15
Kjelsaas, N-0411 Oslo, Norway). [TNX LA4LN]
SP - Special event station 3Z0EMC is active through 28 June during 16th
International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility at the
Wroclaw University of Technology (http://www.emc.wroc.pl). QSL via
SP6ECA. [TNX SP6ECA]
SP - Krzysztof, SP1MVG reports that the following stations will operate
from Polish lighthouses on 29-30 June (SPL-xx = the reference number
for the Polish Lighthouses Award): SN1DM from Swinoujscie (SPL-15)
on Wolin Island (EU-132), 3Z1DM from Kikut ( SPL-14 ) on Wolin
Island (EU-132), SN0DM from Niechorze (SPL-13) and SP1KQR/1 from
Kolobrzeg (SPL-12). QSLs via bureau.
SP - The Polish Amateur Radio Union HQ station, SN0HQ, will participate
in the IARU Championship on 13-14 July. The PZK HQ Award (CW, SSB or
Mixed, award fee 1 USD) will be issued for 3, 6, 9 and 12 QSOs with
SN0HQ. Applications should be sent to Augustyn Wawrzynek (SP6BOW),
PZK Award Manager, ul. Korfantego 5 B/1, 47 - 232 Kedzierzyn-Kozle
12, Poland. [TNX SP6BOW]
SU - Alan, VK6BN is active as SU9BN from Sharm El Sheikh. During the
first days he gave his home call as QSL route, but now he has a QSL
manager and cards should be sent to EA7FTR (Francisco Lianez Suero,
Asturias 23, 21110 Aljaraque, Huelva, Spain). [TNX EA7FTR]
TF - Ramon, XE1KK reports he will be active on HF and UO-14 as TF/VE7RKK
from Iceland on 2-8 July. He might take a side trip to Greenland
during that time frame and operate as OX/VE7RKK on satellite (UO-14)
only. QSL via XE1KK, preferebaly through the bureau.
V6 - Spike, W7AVA will be active as V63VB from Pohnpei (OC-010),
Micronesia on 14-23 September. QSL via home call. [TNX W7AVA]
VE - Jeff, VA3QSL will be vacationing on Cape Breton Island (NA-010) on
27-30 June and will operate mobile on a casual basis on the ususal
IOTA frequencies. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3QSL and Islands On The
Web]
W - Look for Brad, W1RQ to be active from Martha's Vineyard Island
(NA-046) from 22 June through 12 July. He will operate mainly on
10-40 metres SSB. QSL via home call. [TNX W1RQ]
W - Steve, AK0M plans to be active (mainly CW, with some SSB and PSK31)
from Ocean Isle Beach (USI NC-011S) on 23-28 June. Look for him on
20-10 metres plus 6m, with possibly some 30m and 40m activity
depending on conditions. QSL via home call. [TNX AK0M]
W - As many as 40 operators, mostly from the Central Texas DX & Contest
Club, will be signing W1AW/5 (ARRL HQ station) from six contest
stations during the IARU HF World Championship on 13-14 July. "We
want to produce the best score ever done from the USA by any HQ
station effort in the past", Richard King, K5NA says, "and threaten,
if not beat, the best of the European HQ stations." W1AW/5 will be
operating on each of the twelve band-modes available in the contest
for the entire 24 hour long contest period. A map of the station
locations is online at http://www.ctdxcc.org/iaru2002.html QSL via
W1AW. [TNX WM5R]
W - Look for W4/LZ3SM, KG4NXP and WF1L/4 (ex KG4OHE) to be active from
Tangier Island (NA-083) on 26-28 July. They plan to operate on 40-2
metres CW, SSB and PSK31 and to participate in the IOTA Contest. QSL
via operator's instructions. [TNX LZ3SM]
YV - The Association of Radioamateurs of Venezuela (ARV) and the Grupo DX
Caracas are organizing the annual IOTA DXpedition to celebrate the
Venezuelan Navy Day. This year the operation will take place from
Toas Island (SA-066) on 23-28 July. They will be active as YW1T on
HF and 6 metres, SSB and CW. QSL via W4SO (mail drop) either direct
or through the bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
XF4 - Ramon, XE1KK reports that the his DXpedition to Socorro Island,
Revilla Gigedo [425DXN 559] has been postponed "indefinitely".
ORKNEY ISLANDS ---> Peter, GM3OFT plans to visit the following islands during
his GM3OFT/P trip [425DXN 577] to the Orkney Islands (EU-009):
25/06 Burray, Lamb Holm, Glim Holm, Burray 3/07 Eday, Stronsay
26/06 Burray, Hunda, South Ronaldsay 4/07 Stronsay, Rousay
27/06 South Ronaldsay, Orkney Mainland 5/07 Rousay, Egilsay, Wyre
28/06 North Ronaldsay 6/07 Wyre
29/06 North Ronaldsay 7/07 Shapinsay, Orkney Mainland
30/06 North Ronaldsay, Sanday 8/07 Gairsay
1/07 Sanday, Eday 9/07 Flotta, Hoy
2/07 Eday 10/07 Hoy, Orkney Mainland
Look for Peter on +/- 3772, 7072, 14260, 18160 and 21260 kHz. QSL to GM3OFT
either direct or through the bureau. [TNX GM3OFT]
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>>> THE HUMAN RACE <<<
William K. Desjardins, W1ZY is the producer of a television documentary
series entitled "The Human Race". This project, which is receiving
endoserments from several IARU member societies, pits two radio amateurs
against one another in a race around the planet. One heads East and the other
West. The racers are tracked off a central website by fellow radio amateurs
who participate in the race by transporting and hosting the racers. Both are
followed by television production crews that document both legs of the race.
Throughout the production phase, amateurs are interviewed on-camera and,
together, tell the story of Amateur Radio to television viewers. The race
begins in the American midwest (June, 2003) and concludes when the two teams
meet one another at a point located roughly halfway around the world
(December, 2003). Radio amateurs are invited to support this television
project by participating in it as racers, hosts or trackers. These roles are
explained more fully on the project's website (see below).
Bill, W1ZY, has been invited to attend and produce 'official' videotapes of
the Ham Radio 2002 and WRTC 2002 in Germany and Finland. The project
presently seeks small contributions from DX associations, amateur radio clubs
and individual amateurs to relocate the project to Europe. This relocation
allows the producers to begin visiting IARU member societies in countries
situated on the travel itinerary. 425DXN readers are invited to review the
content of The Human Race by visiting the project's website at
http://home.earthlink.net/~bdesj/index.html
ILLW ---> The annual International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend will be held
00.01 UTC on 17 August through 23.59 UTC on the 18th, with over 100 announced
operations from 27 countries so far. The official site for the event is at
http://vk2ce.com/illw [TNX GM4SUC, gm4suc@compuserve.com]
IRCs ---> Allan, G0IAS (QSL manager for 7Q7HB and several other stations) is
receiving IRCs that are not redeemable as they are not stamped by the issuing
Post Office: "please to all Hams... IRCs MUST be franked by Post Office when
they are purchased. They are already too expensive and if they can't be
exchanged they are no good at all".
QSL 5R8GN & 8Q7PA ---> Fabio Pandini, I2PQW is receiving cards for these two
stations for contacts made in 2000. Please note that I2PQW has logs and QSLs
only for IK2GNW's operations in 1985-86 (8Q7PA) and 1990-91 (5R8GN). These
calls have been reissued and the QSL routes are via PA0LPE for 8Q7PA
(19/01-03/02/00) and via FA1AWH for 5R8GN.
QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Kim Larson - Steve's (N3SL) daughter - is looking
for stations needing a QSL manager. She has done AH1A and is now doing 3B6RF
(North America only), GM4YXI, 9M2/GM4YXI, GM3WOJ, GS2MP and HH2PK. Please
contact Steve at n3sl@arrl.net for information (web page at
http://www.qsl.net/n3sl/manager.htm)
SALMON RUN ---> The 2002 Washington State Salmon Run (the legendary contest,
sponsored by the Western Washington DX Club, that offers smoked salmon
prizes) will be held during the weekend of 21-22 September. Complete details
are available at http://www.wwdxc.org/salmonrun/ [TNX WA0RJY]
VK4FW ---> Bill, VK4FW suffered from a mild heart attack on 18 June. "Doctors
tell us that an infected lung triggered it", Cheryl Horner says. "Bill is
expected to take a while to fully recover. Please be patient if you are
waiting for QSL cards or other DX related things".
WRTC 2002 ---> Ari Korhonen, OH1EH reports the following changes in team and
referee rosters:
* The Italian team now includes Stefano Brioschi, IK2QEI and Fabio Schettino,
I4UFH, who will replace Maurizio Panicara, I4JMY
* Team Slovenia no includes Vito Gregor, S56M and Ivo Jereb, S57AL (they
replace Robert Kasca, S53R and Robert Bajuk, S57AW)
* Referee Edin Gadzo, T97M will be replaced by Boris Knezovic, T93Y.
YA5T ---> If you have worked one of the YA5T operators and do not find your
call in the on-line log (http://www.ve9dx.com/ya5t/ya5t.html), do not panic!
"The YA5T operation is a team of 6 people", Steve Wheatley, KU9C says. "Each
one of them keeps their own logs, and submits them to me and the web site
when time permits. I have logs up to a few days ago, but there is a number of
days in early June for which the logs have not been received. If you do not
show up on the web site, it doesn't mean you are not in the logs, it just
means the logs have not been uploaded to the web site."
XR0X ---> The March 2002 XR0X operation from San Felix was on hold for DXCC
credit pending receipt of documentation. Documenation has been received and
the operation has been approved. [TNX I8NHJ]
+ SILENT KEY + Zik, 4N1DX/VE3ZIK reports the sad news of the recent passing
of Ladislav "Laci" Rudic, YU7SF. A very active contester, Laci took part in
2407 contests.
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HS0/IK4MRH: The web page for Nerio, a resident on Phuket Island (AS-053), is
at http://www.qsl.net/ik4mrh/ [TNX IK4DCT]
LOGS: The on-line log for YC3MM/P (Bawean Island, OC-197) is at
http://www.mdxc.org/logsearch.asp [TNX IZ8CCW]
RDA: Information on the new "Russian District Award" can be found at
http://rx3rc.paints.ru/rda/rda_eng.htm [TNX RX3RC]
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QSLs received direct: 3B8DB, 3D2AG/P, 3D2CI, 3V8GI (AF-091), 3W2XK, 3W3M
(AS-157), 4T0I (SA-052), 5H3RK, 5R8DL, 5U0T, 5U1A, 5U4R, 6H3KK (NA-090),
6K5REL/4 (AS-148), 7X4AN, 7Z1AC, 8R1K, 8R1RPN, 9K2MU, 9L1BTB, 9L1DX, 9L1JT,
9M6/JA1OEM, 9M6/JA1WPX, 9N6AAC, 9N7RB, 9N7ZK, A25/JA1OEM, A35SO, A45XR,
A61AJ, A71MA, A92ZE, BI5P (AS-138), BV9G (AS-155), BX5AA, C31LJ, C56RF,
C98DC, CB4A, CN2PM, CN8LI, CN8YR, CV1F (SA-057), CW0Z (SA-030), CW6V, D2BB,
D44AC, DS4DEV, DU1/G0SHN (OC-090), E4/OK1DTP, EL2ART, EP3PTT, ET3BN, EZ8AQ,
FG5DH, FJ/JH8CLU, FK8GJ, FM5BH, FO0SEV, FO8DX, GM3VLB/p, GM5C (EU-123), H40T,
H44YC, H44ZG, H6C, H7DX, HH2PK, HH4/K4QD, HL1VAU/4 (AS-093), HV5PUL, J88DR,
JY9NX, K3J, LU1ZA (AN-008), LY2ZZ, NH6D/KH4, OD5/OK1MU, OJ0U, OY9JD, P29VMS
(OC-103), P3A, P40RH, P43E, P5/4L4FN, PA9DD, PT0F, PT1G (SA-029), RW2F, S07U,
S79EU, S79MX, SU1SK, SV2ASP/A, UE0XYZ (AS-091), V47SS, V51/DJ4SO, VP6DI,
VQ9MR, XE1UN, XE1ZOI, XF1/DL1YMK (NA-078), XR0X, XW3ZNR, YA5T, YE8XM/p
(OC-070), YJ0ABR (OC-035), YN4RBO, YV5JBI/P (SA-090), Z21HS, ZA1E, ZC4BS,
ZD7VC, ZK1NCI, ZL2AMI, ZL7/G3TXF, ZS6IR.
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