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DX425 bulletin issue nr. 582

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Oggetto: [425ENG] 425 DX News #582
Data: venerd� 28 giugno 2002 20:01


    29 June 2002                                               No 582
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                           Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH

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7X   - Mirek, 9V1XE (aka VK3DXI and SP5IXI) is will be going back to  Algeria
        on the first or second week of July for a period of 3-4 weeks. "It  is
        possibly my last trip, as the  project is almost completed", he  says.
        He plans  to operate  as 7X0DX  on 160-10  metres (CW,  SSB, RTTY  and
        PSK31) plus  AO40  (6  meters  is not  allowed)  in  his  spare  time,
        typically after 16 UTC, before 5  UTC and on Fridays. QSL via  DL4DBR.
        Updates and details of his activities at http://www.7x0.sp5zcc.waw.pl/
        [TNX 9V1XE]
9A   - OE1EMS, OE2WPO, OE8KDK,  OE8MHQ, OE8SKQ and  9A9R will participate  in
        the IOTA  Contest as  9A0R from  Krk Island  (EU-136, CI-046  for  the
        Islands Of Croatia Award) QSL via DJ2MX. Before and after the  contest
        they will be active as 9A/homecall. [TNX 9A6AA]
9A   - Mato, 9A3PA and others will participate  in the IOTA Contest as  9A8RR
        from the island of Korcula (EU-016, CI-041 for the Islands Of  Croatia
        Award). On 30-31 July they will operate as 9A8RR/p from the lighthouse
        (LH-0170, CRO-004)  on  Glavat  in  the  Vrhovnjaci  Islands  (EU-016,
        CI-144). QSL via OM7JG. [TNX OM3JW and 9A6AA]
CY9  - CY9DH is the  call to be  used during the  St. Paul Island  DXpedition
        [425DXN 575]. The team is expected to be QRV on late 29 June through 7
        July. QSL via W7XU. [TNX The Daily DX]
ET   - Paul, W4PFM/ET3PMW expects to go QRT from Ethiopia on 8 July. QSL  via
        W7KEU. [TNX The Daily DX]
F    - Operators from ON4RSX  and F5KFL radio  clubs will be  active as  TM5X
        from Aix Island (EU-032) on 5-12 July. [TNX La Gazette du DX]
GM   - Ed, G3SQX reports he will participate in the IOTA Contest (CW only) as
        GM7X from the Isle of Arran (EU-123). QSL via G3SQX.
HL   - Han/DS2GOO, Son/DS3HWS and Chae/DS5BSX will be  active (on 40, 15,  12
        and 10 metres SSB) as  homecall/3 from Anmyon  Island (AS-080) on  5-7
        July.   QSL    via   homecalls.    Logs   will    be   available    at
        http://myhome.naver.com/~dxer2han/as080/ [TNX HL1VAU]
I    - Antonio, IZ8CCW and other operators from the Mediterraneo DX Club will
        be active  from Scogli  Coreca  (IIA CS-004,  not  IOTA) on  30  June.
        Further  activities   from   other  Calabria   region   islands   (see
        http://www.mdxc.org/award.htm for  the  Calabria  Islands  Award)  are
        expected to take place during the summer. [TNX IZ8CCW]
I    - Marco, IZ3ERM will be active   (on 10-40 metres)  as IA5/IZ3ERM   from
        Elba Island (EU-028,  IIA LI-001) on  13-27 July.  QSL via  home  call
        either direct or through the bureau. [TNX IZ1CRR]
I    - Alfredo, IK7JWX  and other  operators  from  Salento DX Team  will  be
        active on HF and 6 metres from Scogli Apani  (IIA BR-002, not IOTA) on
        6 July, from Guaceto Maggiore (IIA BR-003, not IOTA)  on 7 July,  from
        Guaceto di Fuori (IIA BR-015, not IOTA)  on  20 July  and from Guaceto
        Minore (IIA BR-014,  not IOTA) on  21 July.  QSL via home calls.  [TNX
        IK7JWX]
I    - Roberto, IK8PGM will be active (on 40, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 6 metres
        SSB) as ID9/IK8PGM  from Lipari  Island (EU-017,  IIA ME-001)  between
        25/26 and 28/29 July, including an entry in the IOTA Contest. QSL  via
        IK8PGM  either  direct   (Roberto  Duca,  Viale   Europa  184,   80053
        Castellammare di  Stabia -  NA, Italy)  or  through the  bureau.  [TNX
        IK8PGM]
IS0  - Look for  Sauro,  IK5EKB to  operate  (on 10-80  metres  CW,  with  an
        emphasis on the WARC  bands) as IS0/IK5EKB  from Sardinia (EU-024)  on
        3-24 July. QSL via home call. [TNX IK5EKB]
JW   - Marek Krzaszula, SP3GVX (who  operated from HF0POL  in 1997 and  2000)
        will join the  Hornsund Base staff  on Spitsbergen (EU-026),  Svalbard
        for one year starting in July.  He will operate  on the amateur  radio
        bands as JW0HU. QSL via SP3WVL. [TNX SP5DRH]
OH   - OH9RJ, OH9HNP and OH9MDV from  the OH9AR club  station will be  active
        from Kuusiluoto Island (EU-126) from 29  or 30 June for 3-4 days.  QSL
        via the  bureau  or  direct  to OH9AR  (P.O.  Box  53,  95401  Tornio,
        Finland). [TNX The Daily DX]
SP   - Special event stations 3Z0ZAG, 3Z0AJC, 3Z0AWQ, 3Z0JLP and 3Z0ZKX  will
        be active until the end of  July to celebrate the 25th anniversary  of
        the town of Zagorz. [TNX SP9JPA]
SP   - A group of operators will be active as SN0WI (on 10-80 metres CW,  SSB
        and RTTY)  from Wolin  Island (EU-132)  on  23-28 July,  IOTA  Contest
        included. QSL via SP2LLW. [TNX SP2OVN]
SV   - Kiki Frangiscatos,  SV1BRL  will be  active  again  as  SV1BRL/8  from
        Kefalonia Island (EU-052) from July until mid-September, including  an
        entry in the IOTA Contest. Kiki welcomes bureau cards, but please note
        that they should be  routed through the  REF Bureau -  DPT 33 (do  not
        send your cards to the Greek bureau).
V7   - Hiro, JF1OCQ and Tsutomu, JA1VND plan to operate (on 80-6 metres  SSB,
        CW, RTTY and Satellite)  as V73XX and  V73AA respectively from  Majuro
        (OC-029), Marshall  Islands  on  2-10  July.  Look  for  them  on  +/-
        3507/3797,   7007/7096,    10108,   14027/14170/14082,    18077/18137,
        21027/21270/21082, 24897/24937,  28027/28470 and  50115 kHz.  QSL  via
        home calls either direct or through the JARL bureau. [TNX JF1OCQ]
VE   - Dana, VE1VOX will be active as VE1OTA from Long Island (NA-127)  until
        29 June at least. Dana will be based on Long Island, but he will  also
        travel to Brier  Island (NA-127); lighthouses  will be included  where
        possible, with ARLHS CAN-206 and CAN-059 assured. QSL to VE1VOX.  [TNX
        VE1VOX]
YB   - YE8XM, YB8VM  and YC9BU  were active  for a  few days  from Kai  Kecil
        Island (OC-221)  while waiting  for the  boat to  take them  to  Wamar
        Island (Aru  Islands, OC-???).  They should  remain on  Wamar for  one
        week. Look for YE8XM/P, YB8VM/P and  YC9BU/8. on 10, 15 and 20  metres
        SSB. QSLs via YC9BU. [TNX YC9BU]
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DXCC NEWS ---> The following operations  from Tunisia have been approved  for
DXCC credit: 3V8SF, 3V8SM, 3V8SQ, 3V8ST,  3V8SJ. [TNX Bill Moore, NC1L,  DXCC
Manager]

GB50 ---> GB50 at Windsor Castle, probably the highest-profile special  event
station ever to be activated from the UK,  ended operations at 1900 UTC on  9
June. As well as achieving 24,727 QSOs in 145 DXCC entities, several  hundred
visitors to Windsor Castle each day took time out to watch the operation  and
to tour the RSGB Amateur Radio Experience exhibition. Many visiting  amateurs
from around Europe and also from JA, W, etc. took the opportunity to  operate
the station. A full write-up and photographs will appear on the GB50  website
(http://www.gb50.com). QSL via G4DFI. [TNX G3XTT]

P5/4L4FN ---> Wolf  Harranth, OE1WHC of  Radio Austria International  reports
that  issue  #275  of  "Intermedia"  (Radio  Austria  International's  weekly
communications magazine)  will  broadcast an  extensive  interview  with  Ed,
P5/4L4FN (his personal,  amateur radio  and professional  background; how  he
succeeded  to  operate  from  North  Korea;  current  situation  and   future
plans...):
5 July (UTC) 17.04, 18.30
6 July (UTC) 02.03*, 19.03      * only via satellite
7 July (UTC) 16.30
German Service to Europe on  6.155, 13.730 (-18:00)  and 5.945 (18:00-),  and
via ASTRA  (ORF-DVB 12.692  H, SR  22000, FEC  5/6).  RealAudio and  MP3  for
download (German and  English versions): http://roi.orf.at/intermedia  <#275>
and www.qsl.at

RSGB HF & IOTA CONVENTION ---> This year the The RSGB International HF & IOTA
Convention will take place at the  Savill Court Hotel & Conference Centre  at
Egham, Surrey (a few miles within  the Windsor Great Park, just minutes  away
London Heathrow Airport), on 11-13 October. Details and on-line ordering  for
the       Convention       packages        can       be       found        at
http://www.rsgb.org/shop/acatalog/index.html with  "HFC2002" typed  into  the
"search box". Details and  the provisional programme  is on the  Convention's
website, see http://www.rsgb.org/hfc/

QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Danny Commeyne,  ON4ON (the UBA QSL Bureau  Manager)
is willing to offer his services as a QSL Manager for someone in need. Please
contact him at on4on@qsl.net

QSL EU-182 ---> Nikolay, UX0FF reports that UX0FF/p, UX3FW/p and UT2FA/p made
some 3900 QSOs  in 60 hours  during their recent  operation from  Ochakovskij
Island (EU-182, DU-04 for the  Ukrainan Islands Award).  The QSL routes  (via
home calls) for direct cards are as follows:
UX0FF  Nikolay Lavreka, P.O. Box 3, Izmail, 68600, Ukraine
UX3FW  Yurij Kucherenko, P.O. Box 60, Izmail, 68600, Ukraine
UT2FA  Serge Platonov, P.O. Box 44, Odessa, Ukraine

QSL 4W/VK2QF ---> All outstanding cards  have been processed and mailed.  "In
the next year  or so",  Neville Mattick,  VK2QF says,  "I will  move all  the
generated labels to cards and process  them to the  bureaux. After this  logs
will close". [TNX VK3EW]

QSL EK3GM ---> As of 20 May 2002 Paolo,  IK2QPR is no longer the QSL  manager
for EK3GM. Cards for QSOs made after this date go via DK6CW.

QSL YE8V ---> Kadek, YC9BU has been  able to recover the YE8V (Banda  Island,
OC-157) logs from Martin, YB8VM. The original cards were lost, but Kadek will
have them reprinted. If  you still need  a YE8V card  (1-5 November 1991  and
15-17 November 1995), please send your request to Kadek Kariana SP, P.O.  Box
106, Singaraja 81100, Bali, Indonesia. [TNX YC9BU]

QSL STATUS ---> Thanks to K2KW, LA7THA and EA3BT for providing the  following
updates:
6Y2A - there was  an unexpected demand  for 6Y2A QSLs  and the printer  won't
finish the new order  for 6 weeks.  All 6Y2A and  Team Vertical QSL  requests
will be promptly returned when the printing is done. QSL 6Y2A via WA4WTG.
S9LA - direct cards for the February 2002 Sao Tome DXpedition are expected to
start going out in late July, bureau cards will follow.
TN3B & TN3W - cards for  the May 2002 activity from Congo  are due to  arrive
from the printers around the end of July.

QSL VIA  SM0JHF --->  If you  need a  card  for Henryk's  operations  (D44CF,
S92JHF, C56JHF just  to name a  few), please note  that he  does not  collect
QSLs. Send a plain request by surface mail (Henryk Kotowski, Sibeliusg 28 XI,
SE-16477 Kista, Sweden)  or e-mail  (henryk@sm0jhf.info or  sm0jhf@chekko.se)
and do not send  bureau cards, as  they will not  be delivered. Henryk's  web
sites are at http://www.sm0jhf.info or http://www.kotowski.com [TNX SM7AED]

+ SILENT  KEY +  John Schjetne,  LA6MP reports  the sad  news of  the  recent
passing of Annar  Kjersvik, LA2KD, an  active DXer and  QSL manager for  many
Norwegian operations.
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3W3M:     Pictures, information etc on Jack's, F6BUM operations as 3W3M  from
           AS-157 and AS-162 can be found at http://www.f6bum.fr.st
COMMCAT:  CommCat is a new software designed by Howard Nurse, W6HN for DXers.
           It provides rig control, logging and many features that can help in
           pileups. Please visit http://www.commcat.com for information.  [TNX
           W6HN]
LOGS:     Logs    for     HS0/IK4MRH     (AS-053)    are     available     at
           http://www.qsl.net/ik4mrh/ [TNX IK4DCT]
LOGS:     Doug, N6RT reports there will be no log updates on dx.qsl.net  from
           6 through 18 July, since he  will be in  Finland competing at  WRTC
           2002. All received logs will be processed after his return.
WLH:      The  World   Lighthouse   Award     (WLH)   web   page      is   at
           http://wlh.free.fr/
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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3V8KO       I5JHW       EP3UN       LA7JO       SO8ZZ       UY5ZZ
3XA8DX      DJ6SI (a)   EZ3A        RU4SS       SU3AM       DL5ZBV
3XA8DX      DL1QW (b)   FG/F5CW     F5CW        SU9BN       EA7FTR
3Z0CDP      SP6CDP      FM5GU       KU9C        SU9US       K4DX
3Z0EMC      SP6ECA      FP5KE       F5TJP       SV0JD/SV8   DL6NBA
3Z0ZKX      SP8ZKX      FR5ZU/T     JA8FCG      T94DO       DJ2MX
4L1UN       RW6HS       GB2MRF      G3UZU       TA3DD       KZ5RO
4S7BRG      HB9BRM      GU3MHV      KP3YL       TM5NOR      F5KEB
5N6EAM      IK2IQD      GU4WHV      KP3YL       TU2IG       F5IG
5R8EW       AD6KA       HP8/AC4LN   UA4WHX      UE0OBI      RZ0OA
5X1CW       F6GQK       HS4BPQ      E21EIC      UE3QFF      RN3QO
7Q7BP       G3MRC       IB0/IK2DUW  IK2DUW      UE3RFF/4    RK3RB
7Q7CT       CT1ABE      IB0A        IZ0BTV      UE9XSC      RA9XF
7X5JF       DJ8QP       IP1/IK2TDR  IZ2BHQ      V44KCB      NT5W
8S4C/5      SM4DDS      IP1/IK2UVT  IZ2BHQ      VK8AN       VK4AAR
9H3SK       DK9VS       IQ9YL       IT9BLB      VK8AN/6     VK4AAR
9L1BTB      SP7BTB      J28UN       F8UNF       VK8AN/8     VK4AAR
9N7RB       W4FOA       K5F         KW5DX       VQ9FW       KG4ESX
9N7ZK       SM4AIO      K8WK/HI9    K8WK        VQ9HK       WB4DAH
A45WD       YO9HP       KH0N        JA6CNL      VY0/K4UP    K4UP
A71MA       KZ5RO       L53EA       LW3EA       W2NNY       N2JNZ
AC4LN/TI2   UA4WHX      LA1V        LA4LN       WH0C        JA6AGA
AP2ARS      K2PF        LG5LG       SM5DJZ      XF1DN       N6AWD
AP2AUM      KK5DO       LX0SAR      DF3VM       XL3WN       VA3WN
AY1ECB      EA5KB       MQ0ADG      N0JT        XN1GO       VO1GO
AY8EEM      LU8EEM      N1C         N3HOW       XO0TA       VE2BQB
CA0YAM      CE1VLY      N4B         KK0DX       XW1IC       E21EIC
CN2DX       HB9HLM      NP4A        W3HNK       XX9TXW      K9XW
CO8CH       EA5KB       OH0NL       OH2BYS      YA5T        KU9C
CO8CY       EA5KB       OH0ZV       K7ZV        YB0AZ       W7TSQ
CX5AO       EA5KB       OP1A        ON5TO       YB0ECT      K5ZE
D2U         CT1BFL      P40SF       W4YHD       YB8VM/P     YC9BU
DS4DRE/4    DS4DRE      P5/4L4FN    KK5DO       YE8XM/P     YC9BU
E20HHK      E21EIC      R1ANC       DL5EBE      YJ8MN       JH3IIU
ED1IRM      EA1ET       RH9XF       RA9XF       YS1JBL      EA7FTR
EG0CES      EA7DA       RK1B        RV1AC       YV5DTA      W4DTA
EG3RIC      EA5GSU      S21B        KX7YT       ZD9IR       ZS6EZ
EJ3HB       WA2YMX      S9SS        N4JR        ZP75CM      ZP1LL
EO15R       UY2RO       SN800R      SP9ERV      ZW5T        IV3NVN

(a) CW
(b) other modes
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4W6MM   Thorvaldur Stefansson, P.O. Box 3699, Darwin NT 0801, Australia
DJ2MX   Mario Lovric, Am Oelberg 11, D-61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany
DK5IM   Helmfried Gruwnwald, Backofenbreite 18, D-39326 Mose, Germany
DL5EBE  Dominik Weiel, Johannes-Meyer-Str.13, D-49808 Lingen, Germany
E21EIC  Champ C. Muangamphun, P.O. Box 1090, Kasetsart, Bangkok 10903,
         Thailand
EA5KB   Jose F. Ardid Arlandis, P.O. Box 5013, 46080 Valencia, Spain
EA7FTR  Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias 23, 21110 Aljaraque, Huelva, Spain
EK8WB   Vahan Avetisian, P.O. Box 50, Gyumri, Armenia
EP3SMH  Sayyed Mohsen Hosseini, P.O.Box 441, Takestan, Iran
ET3AA   E.A.R.S., P.O. Box 60258, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
EX8MLE  Sergey Tkachenko,P.O. Box 742, Bishkek 720017, Kyrghyzstan
G0TQJ   C. M. Vernon, 66 Kesteven Road, Stamford, Lincs PE9 1SU, England
G4DFI   Owen Cross, 28 Garden Avenue, Bexleyheath, Kent DA7 4LF, England
HI8RV   Rafael E. Biguera, P.O.Box 3541, Santo Domingo, Dominic Republic
I5JHW   Giovanni Bini, Via Santini 30, 51031 Agliana - PT, Italy
IZ0BTV  Simone Bizzarri, P.O. Box 51, 00046 Grottaferrata - RM, Italy
JH0IEW  Masaaki Arai, 5-16 Otate, Nakano, Nagano 3830023, Japan
K4UP    Castalia Island DX Association, P.O. Box 3, Castalia, NC 27816, USA
K4ZIN   Jerry Trousdale, 407 Bellwood Drive, Murfreesboro, TN 37130, USA
KK0DX   Todd LeMense, 3603 So. 89th Street, Omaha, NE 6812-3931, USA
KK5DO   Bruce Paige, P.O. Box 310, Alief, TX 77411, USA
KU9C    Steve Wheatley, P.O. Box 5953, Parsippany, NJ 07054-6953, USA
LA7JO   Stig Lindblom, P.O.Box 827, N-7408 Trondheim, Norway
N2JNZ   George Osier, 708 East South Street, Ogdensburg, New York 13669, USA
RA9XF   Leonid Sidorkin, P.O.Box 841, Syktyvkar, 167000, Russia
RK6CZ   Igor Derkach, P.O. Box 3157, Krasnodar 350065, Russia
RW6HS   Vasil M. Kasyanenko, P.O. Box 0, g. Novopavlovsk, 357300,
         Stavropolsrij Kr., Russia
RZ1AK   Dennis Eremin, P.O. Box 202, St.Petersburg 196070, Russia
RZ3EC   Eugene Shelkanovtcev, P.O.Box 70, Orel 302028, Russia
UY2RO   Alexander Anisimov, P.O. Box 14, Slavutich-3, Kiev obl., 07100,
         Ukraine
VK4AAR  Alan Roocroft, P.O. Box 421, Gatton 4343, Australia
VU2ONR  Raju O. N., E-15 A, Painavu, Idukki, Kerala 685 63, India
XW0X    Hiroo Yonezuka, P.O. Box 2659, Vientiane, Laos
YC9BU   Kadek Kariana SP, P.O. Box 106, Singaraja 81100, Bali, Indonesia
Z35M    Vladimir Kovaceski, P.O. Box 10, Struga 6330, Macedonia
ZS6EZ   Chris R. Burger, P.O. Box 4485, 0001 Pretoria, South Africa
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