14 September 2002 No 593
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4S - A large group of operators from JARL Kansai will be active from Sri
Lanka (AS-003) on 20-25 September. They plan to operate on 80-10
metres SSB, CW, RTTY and SSTV, and they will also try to be active
on 6 metres. JA3ART (4S7GGG), JA3CHS (4S7CHG), JA3DBD (4S7DBG),
JA3HXJ (4S7YHG), JA3UJR (4S7UJG), JH3FAR (4S7FAG), JH3GXF (4S7GXG),
JH3IJY (4S7IJG), JM3INF (4S7YJG) and JR3QHQ (4S7QHG), plus 7J3AOZ,
7K1MAG, JA3ARJ, JA3CF JA3GLU, JA5BM, JA5FDI, JA5GSG, JE3RZT, JF3NIM,
JG3FPN, JG3JKG, JH3LSS, JH3VEJ, JN4QIN and JR3OCS. QSL for all via
JR3QHQ (Toru Tanaka, 3-6-14 Jonan, Ikeda Osaka 563-0025, Japan).
[TNX JR3QHQ]
8R - Esmond, 8R1AK is active from Laguan Islan (SA-068) as 8R1USA/p. QSL
via Esmond L. Jones, P.O.Box 10868, Georgetown, Guyana.
9M6 - Shun Wakiyama, JH7IMX will be active as 9M6LSC from East Malaysia
from 26 September to 1 October, including a SOAB entry in the CQ/RJ
WW DX RTTY Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
9M6 - Saty, JE1JKL will be active again as 9M6NA (SOSB 15 metres) from
Labuan Island (OC-133), East Malaysia during the CQ WW DX CW Contest
(23-24 November). QSL via home call (e-mail requests for bureau
cards are welcome at 9m6na@jsfc.org). The web page for 9M6NA is at
http://jsfc.org/je1jkl/9m6na.html [TNX NG3K]
9U - Baldur, DJ6SI is active as 9U0X from Burundi until 20 or 21
September. He prefers CW and expects to operate on all bands. QSL
via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
C6 - Al, K3TKJ has extended his C6ALW operation [425DXN 588] from Andros
Island (NA-001), Bahamas until 13 October. He will operate on 6
metres only. QSL via K3TKJ. [TNX The Daily DX]
CE_ssh - Ricardo, CE9R [425DXN 587] has been QRT from the Chilean Antarctic
base "Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva" (WABA CE-03) since early
September. Ric will be going back to King George Island, South
Shetlands (AN-010) in January 2003, when he will operate from
"Profesor Julio Escudero" base (WABA CE-011). [TNX DL5EBE]
EA8 - Robert/F6BED, Gerard/F5YD and Roger/F6BDE will be active as
EA8/homecall from the Canary Islands (AF-004) as follows: Hierro
Island (DIE S-015) on 16-18 September, La Gomera (DIE S-014) on
20-23 September, Tenerife (DIE S-012) on 25-27 September. QSL via
home calls either direct or through the French bureau. [TNX NG3K]
F - Francois, F5JNE will operate (on 20 and 40 metres SSB and CW) from
Belle Ile (EU-048, DIFM AT 015) on 25-26 September. QSL via home
call either direct or through the bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
F - Special event station TM4ENN will be active from 26 September to 9
October to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the airborne squadron
"Normandie-Niemen", founded by Charles de Gaulle in 1942. QSL via
bureau or to F6BZH. [TNX F5NQL]
FS - Look for Ann/W2AZK, Brian/KF2HC, Gene/K2KJI, Maryann/K2RVH, Bob/W5GJ
and Mike/WA2VUN to be active as FS/home call from St. Martin
(NA-105) on 4-11 December. They hope to have two stations on HF and
one station on 6m, operations will be CW, SSB, and possibly some
PSK31. They plan to participate in the ARRL 160M contest. QSL to the
call sign worked. Up-to-date information will be available at
http://www.njdxa.org [TNX KF2HC]
G - The Cray Valley Radio Society (http://www.cvrs.org) will be active
as GB2FB during the British Wireless for the Blind's "Transmission
2002" weekend (http://www.blind.org.uk) on 14-15 September. Each QSO
made by GB2FB will help to make more money for the BWBF, and the
Society's aim is to make 1000 QSOs. GB2FB will begin its 24 hours of
operation at 10z on Saturday through to 10z on Sunday. Two stations
will be active - one will concentrate on the various HF bands, while
the second station will be active on 40 metres SSB for the entire 24
hours. Special QSL via G4DFI. [TNX BRS-32525]
GD - Bill/G3WNI, Tom/G0PSE and Richard/M5RIC will operate (on 10-160
metres CW, SSB and RTTY) as GB2IOM from the Isle of Man (EU-116) on
5-11 October. The QTH will be the Point of Ayre Lighthouse
(IOM-013), in the rare WAB Square NX40. QSL via the bureau or direct
to G0PSE (e-mail requests for bureau cards are welcome at
g0pse@qsl.net). Logs will be available at http://www.qsl.net/g0pse
about one week after the operation. [TNX G0PSE]
GJ - Chris, G0WFH will be active as GJ0WFH/p from Jersey (EU-013) on 5-12
October. He plans to operate around 28360, 24950, 21285, 18135,
14180 and 7090 kHz during his daylight hours and around 7045, 3780
and 1845 kHz at night. QSL via G0DBX either direct or through the
bureau. [TNX G0WFH]
GM - Dave, GM0LVI reports he will be active from the island of Tanera Mor
in the Summer Isles (EU-092) on 5-12 October.
HI - Four operators from the Florida DXPedition Group - namely W4WX
(W4WX/HI9), Clarence W9AAZ (W9AAZ/HI9), Cory N1WON (N1WON/HI9) and
Bob K9MDO (K9MDO/HI9) - will be active (on all bands, including 6
metres, CW, SSB, PSK-31 and RTTY) from the Dominican Republic
(NA-096) on 22-30 October. They will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB
Contest as HI9X (Multi-Single). QSL HI9X via W9AAZ, QSL xxxx/HI9 via
home calls. [TNX W4WX]
HK - Look for HK8HIX/p, HK8RQS/p and HK8UUC/p to be active from Isla del
Morro (SA-081) on 11-14 October. QSL via EA5KB (Jose F. Ardid
Arlandis, P.O.Box 5013, 46080 Valencia, Spain). [TNX EA5KB]
I - Special event station II6I will be activated on 5-13 October during
a congress on propagation in Jesi. [TNX IK6PYS]
JA - Look for Joe, JA4PXE/4 and Takeshi, JI3DST/4 to be active (on 40,
20, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 6 metres SSB) from Yashiro Island (AS-117) on
14-15 September. QSL via home calls, preferably through the bureau.
JA - Look for Taka, JR3TVH/8 to be active (on 40, 20, 17, 15 10 and 6
metres SSB and CW) from Rishiri Island (AS-147) on 20-23 September.
QSL via JR3TVH either direct or through the bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
JA - Sasi/JA1KJW, Yama/JJ1JGI, Mitsu/7N4AGB and Hiro/7N4TCG will operate
(on 80-6 metres CW and SSB) from Sado Island (AS-117) on 20-24
September. QSL via home calls either direct or through the bureau.
[TNX The Daily DX]
JA - Look for JQ1QFO/1 and 7N1NAI/1 to be active (on 6, 10 and 14 metres
SSB and CW) from Hachijo Island (AS-043) on 28-29 September. QSL via
home calls either direct or through the JARL bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
KH0 - JA2VUP will participate in the CQ RJ WW DX RTTY Contest (28-29
September) as AH0B (SOAB) from Saipan (OC-086). He will be there
from 26 to 29 September and will concentrate on PSK31 and the WARC
bands before the contest. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
KH2 - Walt, KF2XN will be active as KH2/KF2XN from Guam (OC-026) for at
least the next month. He operates mostly SSB in his spare time
(weekend hours of operation will be increased and varied depending
on propagation). His assignment might be extended for 3 months,
however at the moment this is not clear. QSL direct to W2GR (Mike
Benjamin, 1064 99th Street, Niagara Falls, NY 14304, USA). [TNX
W2GR]
KH8 - The callsigns to be used during the double IOTA DXpedition to
America Samoa [425DXN 589] are K8T from Tutuila Island (OC-045, 28
October-8 November, QSL via GW0ANA) and K8O from Ofu Island (OC-077,
29 October-7 November, QSL via AH6HY). [TNX NG3K]
KH9 - Jake, N6XIV/KH9 [425DXN 592] has been notified that his stay on Wake
Island has been extended. He will now remain on the island until 4
October unless something changes. Look for Jack between 7 and 9 UTC
on +/- 14265 kHz. QSL via K2FF. [TNX K2FF]
KP2 - WF9V, W7FLE, WW9WW, WG9J, W9AEB (members from the STARS Radio Club
anniversary tour) will operate (on 160-6 metres SSB, CW and PSK) as
K9V from St. Croix, US Virgin islands (NA-106) on 2-8 December. QSL
via WF9V. [TNX W9AEB]
LU_ant - It has been reported that LU1ZG (Martin) and LU2ZL are currently
active from the Antarctic base "General Manuel Belgrano II" of
Argentina (AN-016, WABA LU-08). [TNX DL5EBE]
OZ - Knud, OZ2ZB reports he will be active from the following Danish
islands:
JY-013 Store Rotholm 17 September, 0800 to 0900 UTC
NJ-009 Hirsholm EU-171 27 September, 1800 to 1900 UTC
NK-003 Laesoe EU-088 28 September, 0600 to 0800 UTC
NK-006 Borfeld EU-088 28 September, 1000 to 1100 UTC
NK-007 Sondre Ronner EU-088 28 September, 1400 to 1500 UTC
OZ - Look for Jakob, OZ7AEI/p to operate from several Danish
islands starting in the morning of 19 September:
FY-001 Fyn EU-172 FY-019 Langeland EU-172
FY-015 Tasinge EU-172 FY-021 Sio EU-172
FY-016 Thuro EU-172 FY-024 Helnaes
QSL via bureau or direct. [TNX OZ7AEI]
PY - Ciro, PY7ZY (http://www.qsl.net/py7zy) is active as ZY7USA until 17
September.
PY - Look for PU1NEZ/6 (Carl), PY1NEW/6 (Pete), PY1NEZ/6 (Lima) and
PY1VOY/6 (Rick) to be active (on 160-6 metres CW and SSB) between 21
and 30 September from the following mainland lighthouses in Bahia
State: Porto Seguro LH (ARLHS BRA-084), Corumbau (BRA-130),
Barreiras do Prado (BRA-119), Alcobaca (BRA-003). QSL via operators'
instructions. [TNX PY1NEZ]
R1_ssh - R1ANF/HF0POL (Mirek) is currently active from Russian Antarctic base
"Bellingshausen" (WABA UA-04) on King George Island, South Shetlands
(AN-010). He should remain there for about one more week. [TNX
DL5EBE]
SV - Luke/ON4BB, Rene/ON5KH and Bill/ON5JE will be active from Zakynthos
(EU-052) on 18-30 September. They plan to operate as SV8/homecall on
20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres SSB and CW. QSL via home calls either
direct or through the bureau. [TNX ON5JE]
SV - Gabi, HA3JB will be operating from Greece using CW, RTTY (14083,
21083 and 28083 kHz), PSK31 (14070, 21070 and 28120 kHz), and SSTV
(14227, 21343 and 28683 kHz) as SV4/HA3JB between 11 and 19 October.
QSL to home call. [TNX W5KAU]
SV5 - Phil, G4OBK will be active as SV5/G4OBK from Kos Island (EU-001) in
the Dodecanese from 19 September to 1 October. He expects to be QRV
for a few hours most days, and to operate on 10-40 metres CW, RTTY,
PSK31 and maybe a little SSB. He might operate for a limited time
during the CQ/RJ WW DX RTTY Contest to give out a multiplier. QSL
via home call either direct or trhough the bureau. [TNX G4OBK]
TA - Mill, LX1CC, will be active as YM3CC from Izmir until 2 October. He
will operate on all HF bands and on VHF/UHF CW, SSB and FM. QSL via
LX1CC either direct or through the bureau. [TNX TA3J]
UN - Look for special calls UO2000T (Vladimir, UN6T), UO2000TFN (Evgenij,
UN7TFN), UO2000TO (Aleksandr, UN7TO), UO2000TS (Sergej, UN7TS),
UO2000TX (Bek, UN7TX) to be aired from Taraz, Dzhambulskoj oblast of
Kazakhstan on 20-30 September. QSL for all these special calls via
RW6HS (Vasilij M. Kasyanenko, P.O. Box 0, 357300, g. Novopavlovsk,
Stavropolskij kr., Russia). [TNX RW6HS]
V6 - Sho, JA7HMZ will be active (on 160-6 metres) as V63DX (QSL via home
call) from Pohnpei (OC-010), Micronesia on 25-31 October. He will
participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as V63B (SOAB, QSL via
JA7AO). [TNX NG3K]
V6 - The web pages for the double IOTA DXpedition to Micronesia [425DXN
591] have been updated at http://www.ddxc.net/v63. 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
Ta Island in the Satawan Atoll (Mortolok Islands, OC-???) from 30
October to 4 November. QSL via IT9YRE.
VK - Paul Stampton, VK3KXG is an ornithologist who has gained permission
to visit Lady Julia Percy Island, a wildlife refuge in the Victoria
State West group (OC-???), to undertake some scientific studies. He
has invited Tom Marlowe, VK3ZZ and Peter Forbes, VK3QI along to help
with his scientific work and to activate the island from 27 to 30
September. The operation will be CW/SSB on most HF bands on the
usual IOTA frequencies. It is intended that two stations will be in
operation 18hrs a day with a special callsign TBA when the operation
starts (if all goes well, around 6 UTC on Friday 27th). The
scheduled date is subject to change due to wind conditions which can
make access to the island by boat very difficult. QSL direct only to
VK3KXG (Paul Stampton, 69-71 Brown Street, Leongatha, Victoria,
Australia 3953). [TNX VK3KXG]
W - Look for Mike, AB5EB/p to be active on the usual IOTA frequencies
from South Deer Island (NA-143) on 14 September. QSL via home call.
[TNX VA3RJ]
W - The North Side Contesters Club will operate as K8B (on all HF bands
plus 6 and 2 metres and 70 cm) from grid square EN67 on 21-23
September. It will be a field day type operation from Brockway
Mountain in Keweenaw County, Michigan. QSL via NV8V. Details can be
found at http://members.aol.com/nv8v [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
W - Magnolia DX Association (http://www.mdxa.org) members Bill/K5YG,
Glenn/K2FF, Darryl/KD5CQT and Randy/W5UE will be active as K5C from
Cat Island (NA-082, USI MS002S) on 21-22 September. This is a small
scouting trip in preparation for a larger operation from the island
by the MDXA in early spring, 2003. They plan to be QRV on 10-80
metres CW and SSB. QSL via K2FF. [TNX W5UE]
YB - Special event station YE7V will be active (on 15 and 80 metres SSB,
CW, RTTY and SSTV) on 22-30 September to celebrate the 3rd
Indonesian Royal Palace Festival, to be held in Kutai, Kertanegara
Regency, East Borneo. A special certificate signed by the Sultan of
Kutai Kertanegara and the Mayor of Kutai Kertanegara will be sent to
those who QSL direct to YC7WZ (Sy. Bandi Irwan R., P.O. Box 1419,
Samarinda, Kaltim 75100, Indonesia). [TNX W4JS]
YU - Ron, DL5NAV has left Afghanistan (logs available at
http://www.qrz.com/dl5nav) and he is currently in Prizreni, Kosovo.
Ron operates mainly CW as YU8/DL5NAV and will try to get a special
4N8 call from the UNMIK (United Nation Mission in Kosovo). Cards
will be sent out when Ron goes back home in late November. [TNX
DL5NAV]
ZK1_sc - Bengt, SM7EQL and Ronnie, SM7DKF (both members of the SK7DX
Southwest Scania Radio Amateurs) will operate (SSB and CW) as ZK1EQL
and ZK1DKF from the Southern Cook Islands next month. They will be
active from Rarotonga (OC-013) on 1-3 October and again on 12-14
October, and from Mangaia (OC-159) on 4-11 October. QSL via home
calls. More information at http://www.qsl.net/sm7eql/ [TNX SM7EQL]
AFRICA TOUR ---> Christian, TT8DX is back to Chad until the end of the month.
He will then visit Mali (TZ) on 1-15 October and Cameroon (TJ) from 16
October through 30 November. In December he is expected to be in Tanzania
(5H), Burkina Faso (XT), Ivory Coast (TU) and Gabon (TR). QSL via F5OGL. [TNX
La Gazette du DX]
ANTARCTICA ---> Chris, ZL5CP, currently active from Scott Base (WABA ZL-02)
on Ross Island (AN-011), will be staying in Antartica until February 2003. He
also operates as KC4/N3SIG from nearby McMurdo Station (WABA K-09), where
there is Mike, KC4/KE6ZYK (KC4USV) as well. Mike's web site is at
http://groups.msn.com/antarcticmemories/ [TNX DL5EBE]
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NOT VIA WB2RAJ ---> Rich, WB2RAJ is not the QSL manager for ST2SA.
PIRATES ---> George Glushinsky, RV6LJK from the Rostov Oblast Radio Club
reports that local "radio hooligans" are pirating 4K7DYY and EP3PTT and ask
for cards to be sent to RZ6LS or RV6LAH. Spare your time and money with these
ones.
QSL NOT VIA F5NPS ---> Denis, F5NPS is not the QSL manager for A71EZ or
HP1XBI. He found out that someone had modified the Buckmaster entries, which
now have been corrected. Cards already received are being sent back to
sender. Denis is the QSL manager only for 6W4RK. [TNX F5CWU]
QSL 4S7BRG ---> Mario, 4S7BRG has moved permanently to Sri Lanka and his old
QSL route (via HB9BRM) is no longer valid. Cards should now be send via the
4S bureau or via his qrz.com address. [TNX DL6KAC]
WAE CONTEST ---> The 48th WAE-DX-Contest (SSB), sponsored by the Deutscher
Amateur Radio Club (DARC), will take place from 00.00 UTC on 14 September
through 23.59 UTC on the 15th. EU stations work DX and DX stations work EU,
exchange RST and serial number. Check the new (some minor changes) rules at
http://www.waedc.de [TNX DXNL]
ZL9BSJ ---> This is Wilbert, ZL2BSJ, who was active as ZL9BSJ from Campbell
Island (OC-037) on 12 September. The Daily DX reports that Wilbert "is
currently in the area on work business and was ashore for a very brief time.
Length of stay was not mentioned". QSL via ZL2BSJ.
+ SILENT KEY + Murphy Ratterree, W4WMQ, the founder and first president of
INDEXA, became a Silent Key on 9 September. [TNX AA7UC]
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LX/PA6Z: The web site for the 21-28 September operation from Luxembourg
[425DXN 589] is at http://www.pa6z.tk [TNX PA5RA]
YJ0AXC: Information on Masa's, JE1DXC operation from the Banks Islands
(OC-104), as well as on his QSLling policy, is available at
http://members.tripod.co.jp/mihara/oc104-2.htm
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QSLs received direct: 3A/DJ7RJ, 3C5/SP1NY, 3DA0CF, 3DA0DF, 3DA0FR, 3V8BB,
3V8KO, 4S7/N6AA, 5B4/AI5P, 5H3RK, 5U1A, 5U4R, 5W0DL, 5W0TR, 7O/OH2YY, 7Q7AH,
7X0DX, 8R1AK, 9M2/GM4YXI (AS-072), 9N7RB, 9V1YC, A35VP, A45XR, A71MA,
AH2K/KH0, AL7W, AL8/WA6FGV, BQ9P, C6DX, CN8YR, CO8LY, D2U, EK3AA, EP3UN,
FG5FR, FO/HG9B/P (OC-050), FO0ARE (OC-046), FP5BU, FR5FD, FY5FY, H2SJR,
HC2DX, HC8L, HI8ROX, HO1A, JY9NX, JY9QN, K1B, MD4K, N6XIV/KH9, OJ0U, OX3SA,
P29AS, PW0T, PY0FF, PZ5RA, R1ANF, R1MVI, RK1B, S9SS, T88CC, T88PG, T88TW,
TI9M, TL8DV, TN3B, TN3W, UA0FDX, V8A, VK9CI, VK9ML, VP6DI, VP6VT, XE2MX,
XQ1ZW, XR0X, XR2D, XV3C, XW1HS, YA5T, Z35M, ZA1Z, ZD7DP, ZF2SO, ZK2CW.
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