17 August 2002 No 589
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4X - Alex/4Z5KJ (UA0ZY) and Daniel/4X1FC expect to be active (mainly on
CW) from Mikhmoret Ligthouse (ARLHS ISR-006) until 19 August in the
morning. [TNX 4Z5KJ]
5B - Alan, G3PMR will be vacationing on Cyprus (AS-004) at the QTH of
Mike, 5B4AGX on 12-18 September. He hopes to get some operating in
(SSB and CW) from Mike's shack, signing 5B/G3PMR. QSL via home call.
[TNX G3PMR]
5W - Bill, W7TVF (5W0VF) will go back to Apia, Samoa (OC-097) from 18
November to 9 December. He plans to be active on all bands, 6 metres
included (beacon at 50.104 MHz), and will try to operate also RTTY
and PSK31. Those who need 5W on a particular band or mode can e-mail
Bill at bill.w7tvf@air-internet.com [TNX The Daily DX]
9A - Mike, 9A3JB will be active (on 40-6 metres CW and SSB) from Murter
Island (not IOTA, IOCA CI-074) from 19 August to 6 September. QSL
via bureau. [TNX 9A3JB]
9H - Gerd, DJ4KW and Gisela, DK9GG plan to be QRV on CW and digital modes
from Gozo (EU-023) from 26 September to 8 October. [TNX DJ4KW]
C9 - Babs, DL7AFS and Lot, DJ7ZG will be active again as C98DC from
Mozambique for two weeks starting around 22 September. They expect
to operate from an island in northern Mozambique, probably with Rei,
DL6DQW/C98RF. Rei will operate CW and on 6 metres, while Babs and
Lot will try to operate RTTY/PSK mostly on 18101 kHz. QSL C98DC via
DL7AFS, QSL C98RF via DL6DQW. Updates will be published at
http://www.qsl.net/dl7afs [TNX DJ7ZG]
CT - CT2GZB and CT1CSY will be active as CQ0GZB from the lighthouse at
Cabo da Roca (ARLHS POR-007, DFP FES-01) on 18 August. QSL via
bureau. [TNX CT1END]
CT - Marq, CT1BWW reports he will be signing CQ0BWW on 17/18 August, 7/8
September, 28/29 September, 12/13 October and 9/10 November. This
special call has been issued to him to celebrate his 20-year career
as constestman. QSl via bureau to CT1BWW.
CX_ssh - Oleg, R1ANF plans to operate as R1ANF/A from Uruguayan Antarctic
scientific base "General Jose Artigas" (WABA CX-01) on King George
Island, South Shetlands (AN-010) for a couple of weeks in early
September. Oleg is currently active from Chinese "Great Wall"
station (WABA BY-01) [425DXN 588] and can be found on the Antarctica
Net (held on Mondays starting at 17 UTC on 21275 kHz). QSL via
RK1PWA. [TNX DL5EBE]
CY0 - The Daily DX reports that George/VE3NZ, Nick/VE3EY and Lali/VE3NE
are planning an operation (HF and 6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY) from
Sable Island (CY0MM) between 15 and 26 November, CQ WW CW DX Contest
included. The DXpedition will take place only if the group can raise
enough funds by 15 October. They have a web page at
http://www.dipole.com
DL - Look for DF0IF to be active from Westermakelsdorf lighthouse (ARLHS
FED-026) on Fehmarn Island (EU-128) during the weekend for the ILLW.
QSL via bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
FS - Gregg, W6IZT will be active (on 40-10 metres CW and SSB) as FS/W6IZT
from St Martin (NA-105) on 17-26 August. QSL via home call. [TNX
VA3RJ]
G - Nick/G0WZK, Bill/G3WNI and Tom/G0PSE will operate (on 10-160 metres
CW, SSB and RTTY) as GB2APL from Anvil Point Lighthouse (ENG-001)
during the ILLW. QSL via the RSGB bureau or direct to G0PSE (e-mail
requests for bureau cards can be sent to g0pse@qsl.net). [TNX G0PSE]
HL - Special event station DT14AG is active until 23 October to celebrate
the XIV Asian Games in Busan, Korea. A second special station,
HL14AG, will be activated from 23 September through 23 October. QSL
via HL0BHQ either direct (KARL Busan Branch, P.O.Box 88, Busanjin,
614-013, Korea) or through the bureau. A series of certificates is
available for working HL14AG, DT14AG and stations located in the 43
Asian countries participating in the games; e-mail
ds5psn@hanmail.net for the details. [TNX DS5PSN]
I - Alfredo, IK7JWX and other operators from the Salento DX Team-ARI
Lecce will operate from Gallipoli (not IOTA, IIA LE-010) during the
morning of 17 August. They will then move to Sant'Andrea Island
(EU-091, IIA LE-001) and operate from the local lighthouse (WLHA
LH-075, ARLHS ITA-084, not WAIL) until the late afternoon/evening of
18 August. Operations are expected to take on HF and 6 metres (from
JN80XB) SSB and CW. QSL via home calls either direct or through the
bureau. [TNX IK7JWX]
I - Operators from ARI Imperia will be active as IK1AWV/P from the
Lighthouse at Porto Maurizio (WAIL LI-002) on 31 August in the
morning. QSL via IK1AWV either direct or through the bureau. [TNX
IK1AWV]
I - Bruno, IC8JAH reports he plans to be active on 40 metres from
Scoglio Monacone (EU-031, IIA NA-012) on 1 September.
JA - Look for JO1EPY/6 to be active (on 6, 10, 12, 15, 17 and 40 metres
SSB and CW) once again from Kuchinoshima (AS-049) on 5-8 September.
QSL via home call either direct (Hiroshi Kotoku, 3-4-19 Kishimachi,
Kawagoe City, Saitama 350-1131, Japan) or through the bureau. [TNX
JI6KVR]
JT - Frank, DK5PF will be active as JT1FDJ from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
until 29 September. QSL via home call (Frank Korte, Stormweg 6,
31737 Rinteln, Germany). [TNX JT1CD]
JT - JU840C is the call to be used on 21-31 October to celebrate the
840th anniversary of Gengis Khan (Chinggis Khaan), founder of
Mongolian empire, and the Mongolian Radio Sport Federation is
organizing an international DXpedition to the birthplace of Chinggis
Khaan in Khentii province, some 270 km far from Ulaanbaatar. Those
interested in participating in the DXpedition can e-mail
jt1kaa@mongol.net (Khos, JT1CD) for the details.
KH8 - Glyn Jones/GW0ANA and other five operators (namely David
Flack/AH6HY, Thomas Steinmann/DJ6OI, Roger Mulzer/DL5RBW, Markus
Dornach/DL9RCF and Doug Roberts/G0WMW) will be active from American
Samoa from 29 October to 8 November. Three operators will be active
from Tutuila (OC-045), while the other three will operate from Ofu
Island (OC-077) between 30 October and 6 November. Special attention
will be paid to 160 metres and to EU openings for OC-077. More
information is available at http://www.ukdxers.co.uk
LX - Peter/PA2PKZ, Arend/PA2AWU, Herman/PA0TEN, Roel/PA1DYK,
Harry/PA3HEP, Frans/PA5CA and Jan/PA5RA will operate as LX/PA6Z from
Wiltz, Luxembourg on 21-28 September. They will be active on 160-10
metres (possibly also 6 metres, if local TVI permits) SSB, CW and
RTTY, with special attention to RTTY and the WARC bands. QSL via
PA1KW either direct Bert van Holst, Ien Dalessingel 357, 7207 LJ
Zutphen, The Netherlands or through the bureau. [TNX PA5RA]
OZ - Weather permitting, Jakob/OZ7AEI will be active as OZ7AEI/P from
Livo Island (EU-171, NJ-007) on 18 August, starting around 10 UTC on
20 metres. [TNX OZ7AEI]
PJ6 - Henry, K4LMY expects to return to Saba Island (NA-145) on 19-24
August. He plans to operate as PJ6/K4LMY mainly between 10 and 12
UTC on 14260 and 21260 kHz. QSL via home call either direct (Henry
N. Hassell, 17251 Ingram Ln., Amelia, VA 23002, USA) or through the
bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
SV - Akis/SV7CLI, Vagelis/SV7AIF and Sakis/SV7AMJ will participate in
the ILLW as SY7LH from Alexandroupolis Lighthouse (ARLHS GRE-005).
QSL via SV7CLI. On-line logs for SY7LH 2000 and 2001 operations, as
well as information on the lighthouse, can be found at
http://www.qsl.net/sv7cli [TNX SV7CLI]
TA - LZ1NK, LZ1CNN, LZ1ZQ and LZ4MA will be active as TB05GF and YM05GF
from Gokceada Island (EU-186) on 23-26 August. They plan to operate
on 3520, 7020, 10105, 14020, 18075, 21020, 28020 kHz CW and 3780,
7050, 14250, 18125, 21250, 28550 kHz SSB. QSL via LZ1NK (Nikolay
Enchev, Parchevich 43 A, 4300 Karlovo, Bulgaria). [TNX NG3K]
UA - Vic, UA6AF and other are planning an operation from IOTA groups
AS-044 and AS-114 to take place between 20 August and 2 September
(dates will depend on weather conditions). QSL via G0KBO (direct)
or UA6AF (bureau). [TNX UA6AF]
UA - UA6LP, UA6MC, UX7IM and UR3IFD will be active from either Pervogo
Stvora Front Lighthouse (RLHA RLE-015, WLHA LH-0761, ARLHS ERU-134,
RR-17-06) or Pervogo Stvora Rear Lighthouse (RLE-014, LH 0493,
ERU-135) during the ILLW. [TNX WRC/RRA Bulletin]
UA - Look for RZ4HWF (operators RW4HW, RW4HAC, RK4HM, RZ4HF, RN4HW, RW4HL
and UA4HTJ) will be active from Damba-48 Island (RR-26-new) and
lighthouse (WLH-0551, ARLHS ERU-081) on 16-18 August. QSL via RW4HW.
[TNX RW4HW]
UA - Dima/RA0LQ and Mike/UA0MF will be active (SSB and CW with 150 watts)
as UE0LLH from the lighthouse (LH-1309, ASR-006, RLA-007) on
Skrypleva Island (AS-066) on 17-18 August. QSL via UA0MF (Mike
Filippov, P.O.Box 20, Vladivostok, 690021, Russia). [TNX UA0MF]
UA - RZ1AK, UA1CIO and UA4LDP will be active as UE1CLH from Stirsudden
Lighthouse (ARLHS ERU-008, RLE-011 for the Russian Lighthouses
Award) on 16-18 August. QSL via bureau or direct to VE3LYC. [TNX
RZ1AK]
UR - Vlad/UY0UY, Nick/UX7UN, Andre/UX1UF and Vlad/UT5UKY will be active
as UT4UZA/p from Letnik Island (DE-01) on 24 August. On 25 August
they plan to operate from a new island valid for the Ukrainian
Islands Award programme. QSL via UX7UN. [TNX UT5UKY]
UR - Alex/UR4LUG, Oleg/UR3IFD, Leo/UT2II and Vit/UX7IM will be active as
EM5UIA from Kosa Tuzla Island (EU-180) on 5-10 September. They plan
operate on 20-10 metres SSB, CW and RTTY with beam and vertical
antennas. QSL via UR4LUG either direct (Alexey E Yakovlev, P.O. Box
7629, Kharkov, 61018, Ukraine) or through the bureau. [TNX UR4LUG]
V6 - Kazu, JA0VSH (V63KZ) and his wife Miyuki, JG0PBJ (V63MP) will be
active from Pohnpei (OC-010), Micronesia on 9-15 September. They
expect to operate on 80-10 meters SSB and CW. QSL via home calls
either direct (Kazuhide and Miyuki Maruyama, 2-16-8-206 Kinuta,
Tokyo, 157-0073 Japan) or through the JARL bureau. [TNX JA1ELY]
VE - Look for Gilles, VE2MAM/p to be active on 10-20 metres SSB from
Grande Basque Island (NA-125, Zone 2) on 18-22 August. QSL via home
call either direct or through the bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
VK - Trevor, VK7TS will be active as VK7TS/4 from Magnetic Island
(OC-171) from 23 August to 6 September operating on 10-40 metres
mainly SSB. QSL to VK7TS either direct (Trevor Spargo, 1 Roebourne
Rd, Otago, Tasmania, Australia 7017) or via the bureau. [TNX VK7TS]
VP2M - Eugene, WA3IOU and his wife Marlene, N3LGY will be active (on 10-160
metres SSB) as VP2MEB and VP2MAB respectively from Montserrat
(NA-103) on 14-25 October. QSL via home calls. [TNX K3MI]
VP8_fal- Look for VP8LGT to be active from lighthouse on Cape Pembroke (ARLHS
FAL-001), Falkland Islands (SA-002) during the ILLW. QSL via VP8ON
(Donald Betts, P.O. Box 233, Stanley, Falkland Islands, South
Atlantic). [TNX VA3RJ]
W - Look for Ken, WA8REI/p to be active from Beaver Island Harbor
Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-047) during the ILLW event. The lighthouse is
located on Beaver Island (USI MI-032L) in Charlevoix County,
Michigan. QSL direct to WA8REI. [TNX VA3RJ]
W - The Pearl River DX Association will be on the air (on 15 and 20
metres SSB) during late August through September with the call W2WTC
to commemorate the amateurs who lost their lives at the World Trade
Center. QSL via K2HJB either direct or through the bureau. [TNX
K2HJB]
W - Tony, WF1N and Lou, W1DIG will be active from Appledore Island
(NA-217, ARLH USA-406) starting around 19 UTC on 20 September and
ending around 12 UTC on the 23rd. They will operate on 40, 20, 17,
15 and 10 metres on or near the usual IOTA SSB frequencies with a
tribander, wires and amplifier. QSl via home calls, either direct or
through the bureau. E-mail requests for bureau cards are welcome at
a.spino@snet.net (WF1N) and megawatt@snet.net (W1DIG). [TNX WF1N]
XU - Max/ON5UR, Karel/ON5TN and Wim/ON6NP will be active (on all HF bands
and 6 metres) as XU7ACJ ( SSB ) and XU7ACN (CW and digital modes)
from Cambodia on 11-26 september. On 20-23 September they will take
a side trip to Koh Poah (AS-133) and operate as XU7AUR. QSL XU7ACJ
and XU7ACN via ON6NP, QSL XU7AUR via ON5UR. Further information is
available at http://home2.pi.be/on5ur/cambodia/index.htm [TNX ON5UR]
XY - The XY3C/XY5T/XY7V team at Ngapali is experiencing strong winds and
heavy monsoon rainfalls, and is having major problems with antennas.
The XY0TA IOTA team became active from Apaw-ye Kyun on 15 August,
after an adventerous landing because of the storm situation. [TNX
IZ1CRR]
YB - Pri, YB0ECT says he is QRV daily on 3535 kHz CW starting around
20.00 UTC and using full-sized dipoles. QSL via K5ZE.
YJ - Art, ZL2HE will be active on 160-10 metres as YJ0HE from Vanuatu
from 21 August until 2 September. Operation will take place from
Port Vila (Efate, OC-035), home of YJ8UU, who is due to retire in
mid October and return to New Zealand. QSL via ZL2HE. [TNX ZL2HE]
ZS - Barry, ZS1FJ reports he plans to be active (likely on 17 and 12
metres) as ZS23I from AF-077 on 28 September for one or two days.
ILLW & IOTA ---> Several stations participating in the International
Lighthouse/Lighthsip Weekend (17-18 August) will be operating from IOTA
islands. Check http://www.vkwce.com/illw/2002.htm for the announced
operations listing including QSL routes.
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AMATEUR RADIO & ANTARCTICA ---> According to official sources, at least five
Antarctic features have been named after amateur radio operators who handled
radio traffic and arranged phone patches between the US and personnel in
Antarctica in the 1960s and 1970s:
Eichorst Island Marvin H. Eichorst, W9RUK (Glenview, IL)
Dean Nunataks William S. Dean, ........ (Pleasanton, TX)
Gillies Rock Betty Gillies, .......... (San Diego, CA)
Madey Ridge Jules Madey, ............ (Clark, NJ)
Mount Stagnaro John Stagnaro, .......... (La Crescenta, CA)
The Diamond DX Club, currently working on the revision of the WABA Directory
[425DXN 587] would like to know if there any reader of 425 DX News who can
help filling in the gaps.
ARLHS MEETING ---> Members of the Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (ARLHS)
will held their first meeting on 19 October at the Coastal Georgia Heritage
Center located adjacent to St. Simons Lighthouse on St. Simons Island,
Georgia. For further information please contact Jim Buffington, K5JIM
(jim@jimbuffington.com)
PIRATE ---> Tony, T77C reports that the station signing T77V on 40 metres CW
around 21 UTC on 1 August and around 20 UTC on 5 August was a pirate.
RTTY SURVEY ---> Digital modes enthusiasts are invited to participate in a
"RTTY Most Needed DXCC Entities Survey". The results will be used by many -
anyone wanting to plan a DXpedition or vacation can use the results to help
them determine which DXCC Entity might be more desired on the digital modes.
So it's not just the "top" RTTY operators results that are needed, but
results from every single RTTY operator, no matter how many entities you
need. Instructions on completing and submitting the survey form are at
http://www.aa5au.com/rttysurvey.html [TNX AA5AU]
QSL 4W6MM ---> Thor, 4W6MM (TF1MM) expects to be leaving East Timor soon and
from now on direct QSL cards should be sent to Thorvaldur Stefansson,
Skulagata 32-34, IS-101, Reykjavik, Iceland. He has logged some 40,000 QSOs
as 4W6MM and some 1,500 QSOs as 4U1ET. [TNX The Daily DX]
QSL SN6F/1 ---> Andy, SP6ECA reports that all of the SN6F/1 (EU-132) cards
for IOTA Contest activities in 1998, 1999 and 2000 were sent automatically
via the bureau. If anyone still needs a card, pse e-mail SP6ECA at
eca3@box43.pl; cards for the IOTA Contest 2002 will be ready in September.
QSL VIA EA7JX ---> Rodrigo, EA7JX is the new QSL manager for Javi, LU5FF and
his special calls L24FF, L45FF, LQ0F, AY5FF and L73F. [TNX LU5FF]
QSL VIA RW3RN ---> Alex reports he is the new QSL manager for 5B4/R3CC,
5B4/RW3QC, 9H3QC, OJ6C, R1MVC, R3CC, RK3QWA and RW3QC. His address is Alex
Kuznetsov, P.O. Box 57, Tambov-23, 392023, Russia and the web page for his
QSL service is at http://www.tmb.ru/~i011f/service.html
SARDINIA ISLANDS ---> The complete listing of Sardinia islands (EU-024,
EU-041 and EU-165) activated by members of ARI Olbia since 1992 is available
at http://www.ariolbia.cjb.net [TNX IS0JMA]
THE END OF RAC ---> The ARRL webnews reports that Radio Amateur Callbook
"will cease publication of its CD-ROM Callbook product effective with its
winter 2003 edition, which will come out in November" as "sales have declined
to levels that make it unprofitable to publish future editions". The Callbook
began publishing in 1920 and the 75th edition (1997) was the last hard-copy
version available.
UK POSTAL CHARGES ---> Mike, G3TEV (QSL Manager for 9J2BO) reports that the
UK postal rate for cards outside Europe is now 47 pence (there is no change
for cards inside Europe, as yet). Mike is receiving SASEs with the incorrect
postage on them, and he says "it would be much better if stations sent IRC's
as they can be used whatever the postal charge is".
YO DX HF CONTEST ---> It will take place on 31 August-1 September and there
are some changes in the rules. For further information please visit
http://www.qsl.net/yo3kaa/contests/yodx_eng.htm [TNX NG3K]
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DIFO: The DIFO activity listing has been updated and is available at
http://www.qsl.net/f5nod/difo_activity.html
LOGS: Logs for JY9QJ, JY8YB and JY8B are available at
http://www.qsl.net/dl5mby/ [TNX The Daily DX]
LOGS: The logs for YC3MM/5's operation from OC-245 and for 8A3M's
operation from Masalembu Island (OC-250) are available at
www.mdxc.org/logsearch.asp [TNX IZ8CCW]
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QSLs received direct: 3B8/DL6UAA, 3D2CI, 3D2CY, 3DA0WPX, 3G1X, 3V8BB, 3V8KO
(AF-092), 3XA8DX, 4L1DX, 4L2M, 4L3Y, 4S7BRG, 5A1A, 5A32, 5N0ZKD, 5Z4BI,
5Z4FM, 7O/OH2YY, 7X2LS, 7X2RO, 7X2VZK, 9H3Q, 9J2BO, 9K2ZZ, 9Q0AR, A25/DL1YFF,
A71MA, A92ZE, AA1AC/VP9, AB2GA/KH0, AH6HY/AH8, AH8/AH6HY, AH8LG, BD8SN, BN0W
(AS-103), BO0K (AS-102), BO0KS (AS-102), BO0M (AS-113), BV2B/9 (AS-155),
BV2KI, BV9A (AS-103), CE6/AD6TF, CN2IB, CO7OTA (NA-086), CV1F (SA-057),
EK6TA, EP3PTT, ES1QD, ES9A, EU6DX, FG/DL1DA, FG/F8CMT, FM/IV3JVJ, FM5BH,
FM5WD, GJ3YHU, GM3OFT/P (EU-009), H40XX, HB0/DL2SBY, HH2PK, HP1XBU, HR3J,
J75KG, JH0IEW/JD1, JW5RIA, JX7DFA, JY4NE, K1B, KG4JC, OJ0/AE9YL, OJ0/K9LA,
OJ0U, OY4TN, P5/4L4FN, PW0T, PZ5PI (SA-092), PZ5RA, R1AND, R1FJL, R1MVI,
S9SS, TA3DD, TG9AMD, TI2OHL, TN3B, TN3W, TO8CW, TR8CA, UA2FF, UA3AGW/5N4,
UK8GZ, V26X, V31GC, V47X, V73UG, VK9ML, VK9NL, VK9NS, VP2E, VP2VE, VP6DI,
WA0VOM/SU, WP2Z, WP3C, XF1/DL1YMK (NA-078), XR0X, XV3C (AS-162), XV9DT, XW0X,
XW1HS, YA5T, YB5QZ, YI1DZ, YI9OM, YJ0AOW, YJ0AXC, YN/TI2CF, YS1MAE, YU1AAO,
Z31PK, ZD7CY, ZF1VX, ZF2AH, ZF2AM, ZK1CG, ZK1JD, ZP6CW, ZY0SAT.
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