31 August 2002 No 591
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5T - After several years Nicolas Sinieokoff, 5T5SN is again active from
Nouakchott, Mauritania. QSL via IZ1BZV (Giorgio Tabilio, P.O. Box
95, 19100 La Spezia - SP, Italy). [TNX IZ1BZV]
5Z - Alex, PA3DZN has been in Kenya on a new assignment with UNICEF
since April and is now active as 5Z4DZ for 2-3 years. QSL via PA1AW
(Alex van Hengel, De Manning 15, 2995AE Heerjansdam, The
Netherlands). [TNX The Daily DX]
7Q - Allan, G0IAS reports that Harry, G0JMU will be signing 7Q7HB from
Malawi for the next five weeks. QSL direct only via G0IAS.
9Q - Ed, ON7UN will be in Kinshasa and Lubumbashi (D.R. of Congo) in
late September for two weeks and expect to operate with a 9Q5 call
TBA. He will also visit Brazzaville (Congo, TN) and see if he can
operate from there. For the next six months will be visiting Gabon,
Kenia, Tanzania, Zambia and Mozambique. QSL via ON4ACA either
direct or through the bureau. [TNX ON4ACA]
C9 - Babs, DL7AFS and Lot, DJ7ZG will start their 2-week activity as
C98DC [425DXN 589] around 24 September from Bazaruto Island
(AF-072) in northern Mozambque. They will operate SSB on the usual
DX frequencies and will also work RTTY/PSK on 18101 kHz. QSL via
DL7AFS. Further information at http://www.qsl.net/dl7afs [TNX
DJ7ZG]
EA - Look for EA5/DK5IM/P to be active on CW from EU-093 on 1-11
September. QSL via DK5IM. [TNX The Daily DX]
EA6 - Christian, DL6KAC reports he will be active again as EA6/DL6KAC
from Mallorca Island (EU-004, DIE E-021) starting 5 September until
late September-early October. He will operate on 10-80 metres
mainly SSB. QSL via home call either direct or through the bureau.
F - Didier, F6ELE and Joel, F5PAC will operate from Cezembre Island
(EU-157) on 14-15 September. They plan to be active on 40, 20, 15
and 10 metres. [TNX F6ELE]
F - Next activity of the Radio Club of the Council of Europe (TP2CE) is
scheduled to take place with the call TP3CE on 19-20 October during
the JARTS WW RTTY. [TNX F6FQK]
FR & FH - Bernie, F6BLK will operate (mainly CW with some SSB) as FR/F6BLK
from Reunion Island (AF-016) on 23-29 September and as TO8MZ from
Mayotte (AF-027) from 30 September to 9 October. QSL via F6BLK
either direct or through the bureau. [TNX F6BLK]
G - Look for M/DK1RF to be active from one of the English Coastal
islands (EU-120) on 7-13 September. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ]
GJ - Kevin, ON1DRE and others will operate as GJ/ON1DRE from Jersey
(EU-013) on 3-10 September. Theirs will be a 6 and 2 metres
operation. [TNX ON1DRE]
GM - Andre, GM3VLB reports he will operate from the Burnt Islands
(EU-005) from 31 August until 2 September. QSL direct to home call.
HK - Pedro, HK3JJH will be active from Isla Palma (SA-078) on 6-9
September and from Isla del Pirata (apparently one of the Rosario
Islands - SA-040 - but not mentioned in the IOTA Directory) on
11-12 September. Look for HK3JJH/1 on +/- 28460, 21260 and 14260
kHz. QSL direct only to HK3JJH (Pedro J. Allina, P.O. Box 81119,
Bogota, Colombia). [TNX HK3JJH]
HS - Mirek, 9V1XE/VK3DXI is going to Thailand on business for 6-8 weeks.
He plans to operate again as HS0/VK3DXI after hours and on
weekends. He will be active mainly on CW, RTTY, and PSK, but will
not disregard SSB or SSTV (however no no operation via AO40 is
expected). QSL via DL4DBR. [TNX 9V1XE]
I - Roby, IZ1CYN reports he will be active from Pantelleria (IH9), IOTA
AF-014, on 17-23 September. QSL via home call either direct or
through the bureau.
JA - Look for JI5USJ/4 and JI5RPT/4 to be active from Oki Island
(AS-041) starting around 12 UTC on 20 September until around 00 UTC
on the 24th. They will operate on 160-10 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and
PSK31. QSL via home calls either direct or through the bureau. [TNX
JI6KVR]
JA - Look for Take, JI3DST/8 to be active (on 10, 12, 15, 17 and 40
metres SSB) once again from Okushiri Island (AS-147) on 20-23
September. QSL via JI3DST (preferably thriugh the bureau). [TNX
JI6KVR]
KC4_ant - Mike Fokin, RW1AI will operate (mostly CW on 40-10 metres) as
KC4/N2TA from "East Camp" (WABA K-12), the US camp co-located with
Russian "Vostok" station, from late August for five months. QSL
direct only to P.O. Box 392, Brooklyn, NY 11230, USA (mail drop
only: expect direct replies when Mike returns home early next
year). [TNX UA1AKE]
KH0 - Look for JE6DND to be active as KH0R from Saipan, Northern Marianas
(OC-086) on 7-10 September. He expects to operate on HF and 6
metres. QSL via home call. [TNX OZ6OM]
KH0 - Shin, JI1CYX reports he will operate as KJ1C/KH0 from Saipan,
Northern Marianas (OC-086) on 15-18 September. He will be active on
30-10 metres CW and SSB with 100 watts and dipoles. QSL via JI1CYX
(Ota Shin-ichi, 5-23-46 Mori, Isogo, Yokohama, 235-0023 Japan).
KH6 - Hiro, JA5XAE reports he will operate as KH6/JA5XAE from Ohau
Island, Hawaii (OC-019) on 22-26 September. He plans to be active
on 40-10 metres SSB, CW and RTTY.
LA - The Norwegian Post- and Telecommunications Authority has recently
issued a permit for Norwegian club stations to replace their
ordinary LA prefix with the rare LN prefix during certain HF
contests, starting with the All Asian (7-8 September), WAE (14-15
September), SAC (21-22 and 28-29 September) and CQ/RJ WW RTTY DX
(28-29 September) contests. [TNX LA4LN]
LX - Norbert, DL9NEI will operate as LX/DL9NEI/p from Luxembourg on
13-16 September. During the WAE SSB Contest he will be signing
LX5A, before and after the contest he will concentrate on RTTY. QSL
via bureau. [TNX DL9NEI]
OZ - Look for Peter, OZ/DL6LZM to operate on 10-80 metres SSB from Fyn
Island (EU-172) on 3-6 September and from either Lolland or Enehoje
Island (EU-029) on 7-13 September. QSL to DL6LZM via the DARC
bureau. [TNX DL2VFR and VA3RJ]
P5 - Ed, P5/4L4FN was out of the country on 13-27 August. Now he is back
on the air from Pyongyang, North Korea and has received all the
stuff (some masts, some elements to repair the Hex beam and some
other odds and ends) sent by KK5DO several weeks ago. Please visit
http://www.amsatnet.com/p5.html for regular updates on Ed's
activity. [TNX KK5DO]
PY - PS7ZZ, PS7TKS et PS7KC will operate (on 10-80 metres CW, SSB, PSK31
and RTTY) as ZW7NDG from Bacopar Lighthouse on 6-8 September. QSL
via PS7ZZ. [TNX La Gazette du DX]
SM - Hardy, DL3KWF and his wife Rosel, DL3KWR will be active (CW) as
SM1/DL3KWF an SM1/DL3KWR from Gotland Island (EU-020) on 2-13
September. QSL via home calls; bureau card requests are welcome at
dl3kwf@darc.de and dl3kwr@darc.de [TNX DL3KWF]
SP - Radio Club station SP9KDU will be active as SN9TG from Tarnowskie
Gory on 1-8 September. QSL via SP9KDU, preferably via bureau. [TNX
SP9KDU]
TK - Vasek, DL4FF reports he will be active from Corsica (EU-014)
between 8 September and 4 October. He will operate on 160-10 metres
CW and SSB as TK/DL4FF. QSL via home call, either direct or through
the bureau.
TY - Pat, I8QLS (ex-TY2LS), Piero W1NA/I8CZW and Gino, I8ULL will be
active from Benin on 19-28 October, including single band efforts
during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest (Pat on 10m, Piero on 15m and Gino
on 20m). Outside the contest they will concentrate on the low and
WARC bands, on 6m and CW. QSL via I8ACB. [TNX I8QLS]
UA - RA0LFN, RA0LGG, RU0LM, UA0LEM, UA0LGI and UA0LQI are active as
RK0LXD/p from Lisij Island until 1 September. According to RW0LF,
who has provided the information, this island is located near the
town of Nakhodka (along the coast of the Sea of Japan). QSL via
UA0LQJ.
UA - Look for UE0OBI/p to be active from Bolshoy Ushkaniy Island (RRA
RR-21-02) on 5-7 September. QSL via RZ0OA. [TNX VA3RJ]
UK - Special event station UM9AA will be active on all bands from 27
August through 5 September to celebrate Uzbekistan's Indipendence
Day (1 September). QSL via UK9AA (Fedor Petrov, P.O. Box 58,
Tashkent 700000, Uzbekistan). [TNX UK9AA]
V6 - The Diamond DX Club announces that three DDXC members - namely
Nando/IT9YRE, Gaetano/IT9GAI and Claudio/I1SNW - will be active as
V63RE, V63GH and V63WN from Nomwin Island (Hall Islands, OC-???) on
24-27 October and from Etal Island (Mortolok Islands, OC-???) from
30 October to 4 November. QSL via IT9YRE. Further information are
available at http://www.ddxc.net/v63
VE - Terry, VE7TLL reports that Canadian amateur radio operators have
been authorized to use special prefixes to celebrate the 125th
anniversary of Japanese immigration to Canada. From 1 September
through 31 October, the following special prefixes are authorized
on a voluntary basis:
CK1 for VE1 CK8 for VE8 CJ6 for VA6
CK2 for VE2 CK9 for VE9 CJ7 for VA7
CK3 for VE3 CJ1 for VA1 CY1 for VO1
CK4 for VE4 CJ2 for VA2 CY2 for VO2
CK5 for VE5 CJ3 for VA3 CZ0 for VY0
CK6 for VE6 CJ4 for VA4 CZ1 for VY1
CK7 for VE7 CJ5 for VA5 CZ2 for VY2
VE - Michael, VE3WMB will be activating five lighthouses on the Island
of Grand Manan (NA-014), New Brunswick on 1-6 September. This will
be a PSK31 (QRP) only operation; look for VE3WMB/VE9 on or around
14071 kHz. The lighthouses to be activated are Gannet Rock (ARLHS
CAN-192), Swallowtail (ARLHS CAN-491), Southwest Head (ARLHS
CAN-469), Long Eddy Point (ARLHS CAN-283) and Long Point (ARLHS
CAN-644). QSL via VE3WMB. [TNX VA3RJ]
W - The Radio Amateur Society of Norwich (N1NW) will be active from New
London Ledge Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-542) on 7-8 September. QSL via
Radio Amateur Society of Norwich, P.O. Box 329, Norwich, CT 06360,
USA. [TNX VA3RJ]
W - Joe Emond, KE6SGA and Bill Wortell, KA6SPQ plan to operate from the
lighthouse (ARLHS USA-793) on St George Reef (NA-184) on 19-20
October, weather permitting. Access will be via helicopter with
very hazardous sea conditions on and off the rock. For more
information please contact Bill at ka6spq@charter.net [TNX VA3RJ]
XE - 6F1LM will be aired until the end of the year from the FMRE
headquarters station (XE1LM) to celebrate the 70th anniversary of
the Federacion Mexicana de Radio Experimentadores [425DXN 590].
[TNX XE1J]
ZK1_sc - Victor, ZK1CG reports he will be signing again ZK1USA in September
in commemoration of September 11th. Victor operates from Rarotonga
(OC-013) in the Southern Cooks. QSL via ZK1CG. Victor is looking
for operators to help run a contest station from the South Cooks
during the CQ WW SSB Contest in October, If interested, please
contact Victor at sales@computers.co.ck
ZL7 - The Kermadec DX Association's operation from Chatham Island
(OC-038) [425DXN 583] is scheduled to take place from 17 through 28
October local times. Actual operating times will depend on local
conditions. The operators will be Hiro Miyake (JF1OCQ), Reinhard
Maute (DF4TD), Steve Taylor (G4EDG), Paul Rubinfield (WF5T), Bill
Beyer (N2WB), Dave Anderson (KW4DA), Al Hernandez (K3VN), Murray
Woodfield (ZL1CN), Wilber Knol (ZL2BSJ), Stan White (ZL2ST), Bob
McQuarrie (ZL3TY) and Team Leader Ken Holdom (ZL4HU). They will
operate on 160-10 metres, with some 6 metres where possible. The
callsign will ben announced when the operation starts. QSL via
ZL4HU either direct or through the bureau. Donations can be sent to
Kermadec DX Association ZL7, P.O. Box 7, Clyde, Central Otago, New
Zealand. [TNX ZL4HU]
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ANTARCTIC BASES ---> Oleg (UA1PBA) and Alex, operators at R1ANF (the Russian
station "Bellingshausen", WABA UA-04), left the Chinese station "Great Wall"
(WABA BY-01) on 28 August, after being active as R1ANF/A since 7 July. They
confirm they plan to operate, again as R1ANF/A, from from the Uruguayan
station "General Jose Artigas" (WABA CX-01) during the first two weeks of
September. Oleg and Alex will also try to operate from the Brazilian refuge
"Padre Balduino Rambo" (WABA PY-???), the Korean station "King Sejong" (WABA
HL-01) and the Chilean base "Profesor Julio Escudero" (WABA CE-11). All of
the scientific stations mentioned so far are located on King George Island in
the South Shetlands (AN-010). Look for daily activity on CW (on +/- 10106,
14011, 18076, 21011, 24906 and 28011 kHz) and on SSB during the Antarctic Net
on Mondays (21275 kHz at 17 UTC). QSL via RK1PWA. [TNX R1ANF]
ANTARCTICA LIST ---> Gil, F5NOD (f5nod@waika9.com) reports that the new
mailing list devoted to operations from the Antarctic continent is up and
running and has the support and co-operation of the Diamond DX Club
(http://www.ddxc.net).
Please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/antarctica_list/ or send an e-mail
to antarctica_list-subscribe@yahoogroups.com in order to subscribe.
QSL 3D2AG/p ---> Tony, 3D2AG/FO5RK is currently in French Polynesia, while
the new blank cards for his activity from Rotuma are in Fiji. Please be
patient and do not send second requests, as there are some 2000 cards still
to be replied to. [TNX K4WSB]
QSL 9N7RB ---> Lawrence, 9N7RB has been officially QRT since 23 August, after
some 12,000 QSOs with 289 countries. QSL via W4FOA, preferably direct (bureau
cards will be answered on a time available basis). Lawrence's equipment and
antennas will be left behind in Nepal. [TNX W4FOA]
QSL AP2ARS ---> Robert, S53R reports that all direct requests for A52KR and
AP2ARS were answered during July/August (direct cards sent with unredeemable
IRCs were replied to via bureau). Please note that Robert does not handle
AP2ARS cards any more due to lack of time. K2PF has been the QSL manager for
AP2ARS (and A52KR) since 1 January 2002; bureau cards sent to S53R need to be
resent to K2PF.
QSL D68C ---> Phil, G3SWH reports that he has finished processing all of the
incoming requests D68C cards on hand. A large quantity of cards will be
despatched shortly to the RSGB bureau. The confirmed QSO count stands at
80692. That's 47.8%, and almost certainly a record for number of confirmed
QSOs for a single DXpedition. Phil is still receiving at least one direct
request most days! [TNX G3XTT]
QSL JW4LN ---> Tom, LA4LN logged 1000+ QSOs during his 6-21 July activity as
as JW4LN from Spitsbergen (EU-026) and Bear (EU-027) islands. Some 750 QSOs
were made from Bear. Tom reports that the majority of the direct QSLs
received so far did not include sufficient coverage for return postage (one
US$ is not enough, while 1 IRC is). "For a while I have answered
under-covered direct QSLs, attaching a request for reimbursement of the
missing postage", Tom says, but "only a very few percent have reimbursed the
missing postage". From now on direct QSLs to LA4LN without sufficient
coverage will be answered via the QSL bureau. Direct cards should be sent to
Tom V. Segalstad, P.O. Box 15, Kjelsaas, N-0411 Oslo, Norway.
QSL RU0B & RI0B ---> Elen, RV3ACA (Russian Robinson Club secretary) reports
that all QSLs for RU0B and RI0B have been sent out via the bureau or direct.
[TNX G3PMR]
QSL TM4T ---> The QSL route is via F6HLC; Yann, F5NBU is the QSL manager only
for the CQWW SSB Contest 1994. [TNX F5NBU]
QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Antonio Dimasi, IV3IUM is willing to act as a QSL
manager for one or more stations. He can be contacted at iv3ium@libero.it
QSL VIA EA5KB ---> Pepe reports that on 29 July someone replaced his qrz.com
address with a wrong one. Please note that if you use POB 5031 your mail will
never reach him. His correct address is and has ever been the following: Jose
F. Ardid Arlandis, P.O.Box 5013, 46080 Valencia, Spain.
VK POSTAL RATES ---> The Daily reports that effective 2 September the postal
rates from Australia to Asia and near Pacific countries go from $1.00 to
$1.10 and for the rest of the world go from $1.50 to $1.65.
YO DX HF CONTEST ---> The Romanian Amateur Radio Federation (FRR) invites the
radio amateurs all over the world to participate in the International Short
Wave Championship of Romania (YO DX HF Contest), to be held from 12 UTC on 31
August through 12 UTC on 1 September. There have been some changes in the
rusles, please visit http://www.qsl.net/yo3kaa/contests/yodx_eng.htm for
detailed information. [TNX N2YO]
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LOGS: Logs, pictures and other information of the recent operation from
Les Saintes (NA-114) are available at
http://www.xdenews.net/ik2xde/fg2002 [TNX IK2XDE]
LOGS: Logs and pictures of DL0KWH/p (IOTA Contest operation from
EU-129) are available at http://www.qsl.net/dl0kwh. QSL via
bureau or direct to DL2VFR (Enrico Stumpf-Siering, Gruene Trift
19, D-15754 Bindow, Germany). [TNX DL2VFR]
LOGS: Logs and pictures of OY/DL2VFR, TF7/DL2VFR and TF1/DL2VFR are
available at http://www.iota-expedition.com [TNX DL2VFR]
WAIL: Pictures and information of Alberto's (IT9MRM) activity as
I8/IT9MRM/p from the lighthouse at Capo Spartivento (WAIL CL-009)
are now available at
http://digilander.libero.it/marinai/Logs/i8_it9mrm_p.htm
XY0TA: Pictures and other information of the recent XY0TA (AS-165)
operation are available at
http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~iota/newpage34.htm [TNX JI6KVR]
XY2EZ: The web page for Hiroo's (JA2EZD) operation as XY2EZ is at
http://qth.com/dxshack/XY/XYpedi2002.htm [TNX The Daily DX]
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QSLs received direct: 3B8/W8MV, 3C5/SP1NY, 3D2CY, 3D2RW, 4K6DI, 4K7A/4JP2,
4K8F, 4U1UN, 4W6MM, 5H3RK, 5U4R, 5W0DL, 5W0TR, 6Y2A, 6Y5/K2KW, 6Y5/KE7X,
6Y5/N6XG, 6Y5/W0YK, 6Y5/WA6O, 9G1MR, 9H1AL, 9H1ZA, 9N7AS, 9Q1A, A25/DJ6SI,
A52KR, A71EM, A71EY, A71EZ, AP2ARS, BV9G, C31JI, CP6XE, CU9/CU3DJ, EP3PTT,
EP3UN, FG/F5CW, FG/G3TXF, FH/G3TXF, FM5GU, FO5QG, FW/G3TXF, HB0/DL7NS,
HF0POL, HH2/F8CUP, HI8RV, HP3XBH, HZ1AB, IQ3V, J3J, J75KG, JY9QJ, K1B, K5M
(NA-092), KP2BH, LU1ZA, LZ0A, LZ2DD, N6NO/VP9, OA4DKC, OA4WW, OH0B, OX3FV,
OY3QN, P5/4L4FN, PJ2/G3XSV, PT1G, PW0T, R1ANF/P, RK1B, S07X, S9LA, SU9BN,
T77C, TA3DD, TF3A, TI2OHL, TI5/N7DF, TI9M, TN3W, TU5IJ, UK9AA, V73XP, VK9ML,
VP6DI, XR0X, XW1HS, XX9TEP, YA5T, YB0ECT, YI9OM, YJ0AOW, YJ2AU, YK1AH,
YN8TLS, ZC4ATC, ZC4DW, ZL/PA0MIR, ZL/PA0MIR/p (OC-203), ZP6CW, ZX7XX
(SA-046).
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