03 August 2002 No 587
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3B8 - Look for Laurent, 3B8/F5AEG to be active (on 10, 15 and 20 metres
SSB) from Mauritius (AF-049) on 3-20 August. He will try to operate
from a lighthouse located on one of the smaller islands surrounding
Mauritius during the ILLW on 17-18 August. QSL via F5AEG. [TNX La
Gazette du DX]
3D2_rot - Stephane, J28VS will operate (on all HF bands SSB) as 3D2VS/p from
Rotuma (OC-060) between 30 August and 5 September and as 3D2VS from
Suva (OC-016), Fiji Islands on 6-11 September. QSL via F6KHM either
direct or through the bureau. [TNX J28VS]
4J - Yannick, F6FYD (President of Clipperton DX Club) and Gerard, F2VX
will be in Baku, Azerbaijan on 6-23 August. Yannick will operate as
4J0FR (QSL via F6FYD) while Gerard will use the club call 4K7W (QSL
via operator's instructions). They will be active on all bands CW
and SSB. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
5X - Jay, K4ZLE/5X2A is in Uganda until 11 August. This is not a
DXpedition and most operation will be during his late night/early
morning hours. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
7Q - Ely, IN3VZE will be active again as 7Q7CE from Malawi from 22
September to 8 October. QSL via home call either direct (Ely Camin,
Corso 3 Novembre 136/2, 38100 Trento - TN, Italy) or through the
bureau. [TNX IN3VZE]
8Q - Emanuela, IZ2ELV will operate (on 10 and 20 metres SSB with a
dipole) as 8Q7LY from Velavaru, Maldives (AS-013) on 21-31 August.
QSL via bureau to her home call. [TNX IZ2ELV].
9A - A large group of Dutch amateurs will be going to Qawra (JM75FV),
Malta (EU-023) for their 15th holiday/DXpedition. They will operate
as 9H9PA from 16 September until 6 October on all modes 40-6 metres
(also on 80 and 160 metres if they can find a good place for the
antennas) and VHF. QSL via PA7DX (Anton Kerkhof, Blaublomke 2, 8401
MG Gorredijk, The Netherlands). The operators will be Sietse/PA1XA
(9H3AAG), Peter/PA7PTR (9H3TE), Ton/PA1SL (9H3AB), Louis/PA0LRK
(9H3LRK), Rob/PE9PE (9H3PE), Frits/PA0BEA (9H3IE), Andre/PA3HGP
(9H3S), Hans/PA3FYG (9H3AAL), Jaap/PE1NGF (9H3X), Bill/PA3BIZ
(9H3ON), Ger/PA0OI (9H3OI), Sjirk/PE1OFJ (9H3YM), Barry/PA3FEO
(9H3QF), and Ruben/PD3RUB (9H3ZR). QSL for the individual 9H3s via
home calls. Logs and pictures will be available at
http://www.vrza.nl [TNX PA3BIZ]
9M2 - Keith, GM4YXI plans to be active as 9M2/GM4YXI from Ketam Island
(AS-074) on 9-11 August and from Babi Besar Island (AS-046) on
16-19 August, while the weekend of 24-25 August is 'open'. He will
operate on 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres using the usual IOTA SSB
frequencies and around 14040, 18088, 21040, 24910 and 28040 kHz on
CW, with 100 watts and vertical antennas. Keith will lookout
specifically for openings to NA, especially the east coast. QSL via
Kim Larson, 22 N Hidden Acres Dr, Sioux City, IA 51108, USA. Kim
and Steve Larson (N3SL) also have the logs for Keith's previous 9M2
activity (see http://www.qsl.net/n3sl/manager.htm). Last minute
issues may cause a change of plan, check http://www.gm7v.com/ for
updates. [TNX GM4YXI]
C5 - John, G4IRN will be active as C56/G4IRN from The Gambia on 6-13
September. He will operate mainly CW on 10-80 metres with 100 watts
and wire antennas. QSL via G4IRN. [TNX NG3K]
C5 - Juha, OH9MM will celebrate his 30th birthday (28 November) with a
special Multi/Multi or Multi/Single operation from The Gambia
during the CQ WW CW Contest (23-24 November). Before and after the
contest, from 20 November through 1 December, activity will take
place on 160-6 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. The callsign will be
C53M and Juha still needs a couple of CW operators to join the
team. If interested, please contact him at oh9mm@sral.fi [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
CE - Marco, CE6TBN will be active as CE6TBN/p from Mocha Island (SA-061,
DICE ICE-601) on 9-11 August. QSL via N1IBM. [TNX N1IBM]
CE9_ssh - Ricardo, CE9R is active (mostly on 15 and 10 metres SSB) from the
Chilean Antarctic Base "Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva" (WABA
CE-03) on King George Island (AN-010) until September. QSL via
CE3HDI. [TNX CE3HDI]
DL - Look for DJ3XG/p to operate from the EU-042 islands of Japsand
(German Island Award N-32), Norderoog (N-33), Norderoogsand (N-34)
and Suederoogsand (N-35) between 8 and 20 August. QSL via bureau.
[TNX DL2VFR]
DL - Helios Lighthouse in Cologne/Ehrenfeld (FED-107) will be activated
during the ILLW on 17-18 August. Two HF stations will operate on
10-40 metres SSB, with some PSK31 and possibly some SSTV as well.
The main callsign will be DA0HC (QSL via DL6KAC), DN1KAV (QSL via
DH4KAV) and DN1KS (QSL via DJ2KS) are likely to be used as well.
[TNX DL6KAC]
FO - Look for FO/JJ8DEN to be active (on CW and RTTY) from the Maupihaa
group (OC-057), French Polynesia on 5-7 August. He will then
operate from Maupiti Island (OC-067), French Polynesia until 9
August. QSL via home call either direct or through the JARL bureau.
[TNX JI6KVR]
G - Look for GB5PW to operate from Pendeen Watch Lighthouse during the
ILLW on 17-18 August. QSL via bureau or direct to G0CAM. [TNX
G0CAM]
GM - Andre, GM3VLB and Alex G(M)0DHZ are going to be faced with a
difficult voyage and above all a most difficult landing ("a trip to
EU-118 is not like a cruise on your local lake"), but hope to be
able to operate from the Flannan Islands [425DXN 581] starting on 8
August. QSL direct to GM3VLB. [TNX GM3VLB]
GM - Look for GB2ELH to operate from Eshaness Lighthouse (SCO-075) in
the Shetland Islands (EU-012) during the ILLW on 17-18 August. QSL
via MM5PSL or WA7OBH. [TNX MM5PSL]
I - IT9NVA expects to operate from the lighthouse at Capo Murro di
Porco (WAIL SI-011, ARLHS ITA-029, IOTA EU-025) on 3 August in the
morning.
I - A group of operators from ARI Portici and Pomigliano will operate
from Procida Island (EU-031, IIA NA-002) on 4 August. Look for
IC8/IZ8DDG, IC8/IW8EVR, IC8/IW8EUE, IC8/I8JOQ, IC8/IW8ERC,
IC8/IK8TYD and IC8/IK8FMF to be active on HF, 6 and possibly 2
metres. QSL via home calls either direct or through the bureau.
[TNX IZ8DDG]
I - Look for Vanni, IA5/IK4RUX and Ermanno, IA5/IZ4AIH to be active on
SSB from Elba Island (EU-028, IIA LI-001) on 6-17 August. They are
planning a side trip to at least one satellite island. QSL via home
calls either direct or through the bureau. [TNX IK4RUX]
I - Look for IQ1L to be active from La Lanterna (WAIL LI-005, ITA-177),
Genova during the ILLW on 17-18 August. QSL via bureau. [TNX
IZ1BZS]
I - Giuseppe, IZ5BSB plans to operate on 20-40 metres SSB as IZ5BSB/I8
from Le Castella (IIA KR-001) on 10 August. [TNX IZ5BSB]
I - IU1DCI will be the call of the special station to be activated
during the DCI (Italian Castles Award) Meeting organized by ARI
Mondovi' on 21-22 September.
KG4 - Florida DXPedition Group member Bill Gallier, W4WX/KG4DX will be
active from Guantanamo (NA-015) on 16-21 August. Bill will join
Clayton, KG4PK as entry in the ILLW on 17-18 August. They will
operate from the very rare Windward Point Lighthouse (GTM-001). QSL
KG4DX and KG4PK via W4WX. [TNX W4WX]
LA - Bruce, KD6WW reports he will be active (primarily on CW) as
LA/KD6WW/p from EU-033 on 8 August (19-23 UTC) and in the early
morning (4-6 UTC) of the 9th.
LU - AY4EJ/D and AY3DTD/D are the callsigns to be used by Mariano, LU4EJ
and Daniel, LU3DTD during their 4-6 October operation [425DXN 585]
from Ariadna Island (SA-021). They will run 150 watts into a
vertical antenna, ground planes and dipoles. Main activity will
take place on SSB, but Mariano will try to operate QRS CW on +/-
3520 and 7020 kHz from 21 UTC. QSL via home calls. [TNX LU7EE and
JI6KVR]
OJ0 - The QLF DX Team (namely LA5UKA, LA6YEA, LA8SDA, LA9VDA, OJ0/LB1NE
plus OH0RJ) will be active from Market Reef (EU-053) from 31 August
to 7 September. They have applied for OJ0LA and plans are to
operate on 10-160 metres CW and SSB (maybe some RTTY as well). QSL
OJ0LA via LA9VDA, QSL OJ0/LB1NE via CBA, QSL OJ0RJ via OH0RJ. The
web page is at http://home.c2i.net/la6yea/ [TNX LA9VDA]
OZ - Club station OZ9HBO will be active as OZ9HBO/L from Bovbjerg
Lighthouse during the ILLW on 17-18 August. QSL via bureau or
direct to OZ9HBO (P.O. Box 1323, DK-7500 Holstebro, Denmark). [TNX
OZ1JMO]
PJ2 - Mark, KD4D will be active as PJ2/KD4D from Curacao (SA-006) until
14 August. QSL via home call. He will participate in the 2002 WAE
DX CW Contest as PJ2M (QSL via N9AG). [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
SP - To celebrate the visit of pope John Paul II to Poland Darek, SP6NVK
will operate (on 80-10 metres SSB, RTTY and PSK31) as HF6HF on
14-21 August, while special station HF9JP (QSL via SP9PKZ) will be
active (on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY) on 10-31 August. [TNX
SP6NVK and SP9BRP]
SV5 - Goran, SM0CMH will be active (on 10-80 metres, WARC bands included,
CW) as SV5/SM8C from Kalymnos Island (EU-001) on 3-30 August. QSL
via SM0CMH either direct (Goran Lundell, Algovagen 11, SE-13336
Saltsjobaden, Sweden) or through the bureau. [TNX SM0CMH]
TK - Look for Claude, TK/F5MCC to operate (on +/- 14030 and 18072 CW,
14125 and 14257 SSB) from Lavezzi Island (EU-164, DIFM TK-011) on 4
August between 8.30 UTC and 15.30 UTC. QSL via F3GJ. [TNX F5NQL]
UA - Mike/UA0MF, Art/UA0NL, Alex/UA0LCS and Volodja/UA0LE will activate
Tokarevskiy Lighthouse (WLH-0435) during the weekend. QSL via
UA0MF. [TNX UA0MF]
UA - Operators from the Russian Robinson Club plan to be active as
R3RRC/1 from the Khibiny Mountains, Kola Peninsula on 9-23 August.
[TNX WRC/RRA Bulletin]
UR - Vlad/UY0UY, Nick/UX7UN and Vlad/UT5UKY will be active as UT4UZA/p
on 3-4 August from a Dnieper island valid for Ukrainian Islands
Award programme. QSL via UX7UN (Nick Usoltsev, P.O. Box 73, Kiev
04209, Ukraine). [TNX UT5UKY]
VE - The Georgian Bay ARC will be active as VE3OSR/p from Flower Pot
Island (CISA ON-005) and Lighthouse (ARLHS CAN-181) on 3-5 August.
QSL direct to VE3OSR. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
VE - The Summerside ARC (VE1CFB, http://www.ve1cfb.hn.org/) will be
active as VY2PEI from the Cape Bear Lighthouse (CAN-092) on Prince
Edward Island (NA-029) from 13 UTC until 21 UTC on 7 August. [TNX
The Daily DX]
VK - The RAAF Williams Amateur Radio Club (http://www.vk3app.com) will
be activating Split Point Lighthouse Aireys Inlet (ARLS AUS-154) as
VK3APP/p from 0001-0800 UTC on 17 August as part of the ILLW. QSL
via the bureau or direct to VK3JMG. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
VK9_ck - Hirotada, JA0SC will be active as VK9CI from Cocos-Keeling (OC-003)
on 25-29 August. He plans to operate mainly on 15 metres SSTV and
RTTY with 200 watss and a mono bander. QSL via JA0SC (Hirotada
Yoshiike, 722-1 Shiba Matsushiro-cyo, Nagano-city 381-1214, Japan).
[TNX JA0SC]
VP2V - Look for Zev, VP2V/N2WKS to be active (on 40-10 metres) from the
British Virgin Islands (NA-023) starting on 4 August for one week.
He plans to operate the WAE on CW. [TNX QRZ-DX]
W - Steve, W3HF, will be active as W3HF/4 from Bogue Banks (NA-112, USI
NC-010S) from 10 to 17 August. Operation will be QRP on 10-20m,
with a possibility of 30 and 40. Primary mode will be PSK, with
some SSB possible. This qualifies for the APE (August PSK
Expedition) endorsement from the PODXS 070 club
(http://hometown.aol.com/n3dqu/podxs070.htm). QSL via home call,
direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
W - The Old Barney ARC will participate in the ILLW as N2OB from "Old
Barney", the Barnegat Lighthouse (USA-039) on Long Beach Island, NJ
(NA-111, USI NJ-001S). Operation will be on 17 August from 13 UTC
to 22 UTC on +/- 7180, 14280 and 21280 kHz. QSL via N2OB (Bob
Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087, USA). The web page is
at http://www.qsl.net/n2oo/history/beacon.htm [TNX N2OO]
W - Bob/N2OO, Beth/KF2BQ and Skip/N1IBM will operate as N2CW/3 from
Smith Island (NA-140, USI MD-003S) between 26 August and 2
September. Look for them on +/- 7180, 14280, 18140, 21280 kHz SSB
and CW around .025 on each band. QSL via N2CW or N2OO either direct
(same address: P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087, USA) or through
the bureau. [TNX N2OO]
XY - XY0TA will be the callsign to be used during the 16-19 August IOTA
operation from Apaw-ye Kyun in the Arakan Region group (AS-???).
Two stations will be active on 10-40 metres. QSL via DL8KBJ. [TNX
The Daily DX]
ZS - Andrew, ZS1AN will be active as ZS1AN/P from the lighthouse on
Dassen Island (AF-064) during the ILLW. He plans to operate from
approximately 16 UTC on 16 August until 12 UTC the 18th. Mode will
be primarily CW, on or around 7026, 14026, 21026 and 28026 kHz.
Direct cards should be sent to P.O. Box 350, Newlands 7725, South
Africa. The operation is weather dependant as the island can only
be reached by small boat. Additional information can be found at
www.qsl.net/zs1an/dassen.html [TNX ZS1AN]
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CLIPPERTON DX CLUB ---> The 24th annual Clipperton DX Club Convention will be
held in Bretagne on 27-29 September. Please visit http://cdxc.free.fr/ for
the details. [TNX La Gazette du DX]
DIB ---> Pedro Sirzanink, PP5SZ (DIB Manager) says that the correct DIB
reference number for Ilha da Polvora [425DXN 586] is 73 (not 33, which has
been given to Ilha Pedras Brancas). QSL PP3P via PY3JAF Jorge A. Fauth, Rua
Albion 402, ap 301 Bloco B1, Porto Alegre - RS 91530-010, Brazil). The rules
and island list for the Brazilian Islands Award are at
http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/pp5sz
DXCC NEWS ---> The following operations are approved for DXCC credit: 9N7QK
(29 September-29 November 2001), A52PC (22 October-3 November 2001), XW1LLR
(1 May-30 September 2002).
ILLW ---> Over 225 stations in 36 countries have announced their
participation in this year's International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (from
00.01 UTC on 17 August until 23.59 UTC on the 18th). The full list can be
found at http;//www.vk2ce.com/illw/2002.htm
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Markus, DL4AAZ is receiving cards for 9H1TI and
6Y5/DL2AAZ. Please note that the first call should be 9H3TI and that the QSL
manager for both is DL2AAZ.
PIRATE ---> Someone pirated 5C2MI on 80 metres. Please note that due to
strong winds, Giorgio/I2JSB and Marco/IK2IQV were *not* able to operate on
either 80 and 160 metres during their most recent activity from Mogador
Island (AF-065). [TNX IK20VC]
QSL TN3B & TN3W ---> Josep, EA3BT reports that all the TN3B and TN3W direct
cards received until mid July have been mailed. QSLs are now being processed
almost on a daily basis.
QSL VIA IK2DUW ---> Please note that POB 13448 is no longer active. Cards
should be sent to Antonello Passarella, Via M. Gioia 6, 20051 Limbiate - MI,
Italy. The logs for the recent RI0L operation from Rikorda Island (AS-066)
are available at http://ri0l.nauss.ru [TNX IK2DUW]
QSL VIA JA7KAC ---> "I stopped to pay for another years of QSL handling
charge to JARL buro", Koh, JA7KAC says. Those who still need a QSL card for
J6/JA7KAC, J79KAC, K2AC/KH2 and V63DQ should therefore send their request
direct to the address at qrz.com
WABA ---> The Diamond DX Club has been working on a revision of the WABA
(Worked Antarctic Bases Award) Directory for a few months. Based on a serious
scientific approach to the matter, the new WABA Directory, with corrections
and integrations to the Antarctic bases listing as well as a new IOTA
section, will be presented at the XVIII HF-DX Convention to be held in
Bologna on 28-29 September (for information on the Convention please contact
Anton, IK4UPU at ik4upu@amsat.org). [TNX Diamond DX Club]
+ SILENT KEY + Eugene, RA0FF reports the sad news of the recent passing of
well known DXer and contestman Valery Baranovich, RA0FA.
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DX SPOTS: Rod Elliott, VE3IRF has collected the DX spots from the OH2AQ Web
Cluster since January 1997. The collection (from January 1997
up to July 2002) is available at http://www.425dxn.org/dxspots/, as
well the software (DXINFO v1.7) which will enable you to handle the
files (instructions at the URL above). For further information,
please e-mail to Maurizio, I1-21171/IZ1CRR (i121171@425dxn.org).
BENIN: The web site for the current operation from Benin
(http://perso.wanadoo.fr/f5cwu/html/benin02.htm) has been updated
with pictures, logs and information. [TNX La Gazette du DX]
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QSLs received direct: 3C2CY, 3D2AD, 3D2CI, 3DA0DF, 3V8BB, 3W6LI, 3XY8A,
4K6DI, 4L6AM, 4M1X, 4W6MM, 5R8FU, 7X2LS, 7X2RO, 8Q7OA, 9L1BTB, 9L1DX, 9L1JT,
9M2/G4ZFE/P (AS-074), 9M6AAC, 9M6BG, 9N7RB, 9Q1A, 9Q1YL, 9V1YC, A35TL, A45WD,
A52OM, A71MA, D44TC, D44TD, ET3PMW, EZ8AQ, FP/JA9KRO/P, FP5BZ, FT5ZJ, FW5ZL/p
(OC-118), H40T, H44LB, H44MS, H7DX, HC8N, J6R, JG1GGU/JD1, JY5HX, JY9NX, K1B,
KH7O/KH5, N4MO/TI7, NH4/NH6YK, OD5/OK1MU, OH9AR (EU-126), OJ0U, OY/DJ6AU,
P29VMS (OC-099), P29VMS (OC-103), P5/4L4FN, PJ2/DL7DF, PW0T, PY7IG, PZ1AP,
PZ5PI (SA-092), R1ANM, RU0LL, RU9VA, S21AR, S9SS, SO7X, SU9LL, SV5FRD,
SV9CVY, T25A, T77C, TA3DD, TF8GX, TN3B, TN3W, UK9AA, V47KP, VE3EXY/2, VK0MQI,
VK9LT, VK9NL, VP6AJ, VP6DI, VP6VT, VR2MY, VU2DK, VU2PAI (AS-096 and AS-161),
XR0X, XV9DT, XW1HS, YA5T, YB0AZ, YC3MM/P (OC-197), YI9OM, YW4M, ZC40BS,
ZC4VG, ZK1NFK, ZK2CW, ZP6CW.
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