28 September 2002 No 595
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4X - Alex, 4Z5KJ (UA0ZY) and Dov, 4Z4DX report they plan to operate from
Eilat Marina Lighthouse (ISR-007) until 28 September in their local
evening.
5H - Harald, DL7VSN reports he will be active again from Zanzibar Island
(AF-032) on 3-22 October. In 1997 he operated as 5H1/DL7VSN, but
now he will be signing 5H1HS on 10-80 metres (maybe also 160m) with
100 watts and dipoles. His favourite modes are CW and RTTY. QSL via
home call either direct (qrz.com) or through the bureau. Logs and
pictures will be available at
http://home.t-online.de/home/0309314613-0001/dl7vsn.htm
5Z - Alex, 5Z4DZ looks for USA on 80 metres from two hours before his
sunrise at 02.00 UTC until just after sunrise when he has to run to
work. During his sunset looks for Asia and Europe but the QRN is
still high at that time. Please note that he is not allowed to work
160, 30 and 6 metres. Log search at http://www.qsl.net/5z4dz/ QSL
via PA1AW. [TNX PA1AW]
9A - Kresimir, 9A7K plans to be active from several Croatian islands and
lighthouses between 27 September and 5 October. He will operate as
9A7K/p and 9A0LH from the lighthouses. He expects to be active from
IOTA EU-170 (Babac, Kosara and Pasman islands) EU-016 (Brusnik,
Jabuka, Svetac and Vis islands) and EU-136 (Cres, Krk, Prvic,
Susak, Sveti Marko, Trstenik and Zeca islands). QSL via 9A7K
(Kresimir Juratovic, P.O.Box 88, HR-48001 Koprivnica, Croatia).
[TNX W9DC]
9A - Peter, DL4AMK reports he will be active (on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 and
40 metres SSB) as 9A/DL4AMK from Sv. Ivan na Pucini Island (EU 110,
IOCA CI-113) and lighthouse (WLH 0036, CLH 145) on 12-18 October.
QSL via DL4AMK either dircet or through the bureau.
9V - After a long wait, Sasi, 9V1SM is QRV from Singapore on all bands
from 40 through 6 metres, mainly SSB. If all goes well, he plans to
commence his PSK 31 operations in a month's time. QSL via W3HNK.
[TNX 9V1SM]
BY - The BI7DX DXpedition to AS-139, originally planned to start on 27
September [425DXN 594], has been delayed due to weather conditions.
[TNX BA7JA]
C5 - C56R is the call Juha, OH9MM and his friends will be using during
their 20 November-1 December operation from The Gambia [425DXN 587].
Look for C53M during the CQ WW DX CW Contest. The QSL manager for
this trip will be OH3RM. [TNX OZ6OM]
C6 - Magnolia DX Association members Randy/W5UE, Stan/K5NY, Bernie/KK5EW,
Joe/N5ID and Terry/W8JE will be active (on on 10-160 metres CW and
SSB) as homecall/C6A from Treasure Cay, Abaco Island (NA-080) in the
Bahamas on 21-28 October. They will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB
Contest as C6ARB (Multi-Two). QSL for C6ARB via W5UE, individual
team member activity via home calls. [TNX W5UE]
CT3 - Ben, DJ8FW will be active again as CT3AS from Madeira (AF-014) from
29 September to 11 October. He plans to operate CW, RTTY, PSK31 and
some SSB. QSL via DJ8FW. [TNX NG3K]
F - Dom, F5SJB will be active again as TM5CW (France) on 11-25 November,
including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via home call
either direct or through the bureau. [TNX F5SJB]
HC8 - Mike, G4IUF will be vacationing in Ecuador on 2-29 October and plans
to operate (licence to be issued upon arrival, requested call HC8UF)
from San Cristobal Island, Galapagos (SA-004) on 5-23 October. He
plans to operate SSB (28477, 24947, 21277, 18137, 14197, 7047, 3797
and 1847 kHz) and CW (28017, 24897, 21007, 18077, 14007, 10107,
7007, 3507 and 1827 kHz), but this will a low key operation, as Mike
and his wife "want to see lots of the wildlife". [TNX G4IUF]
I - Look for Alberto, IT9MRM to be active (on 10, 15 and 20 metres SSB,
between 8 and 14 UTC) as IF9/IT9MRM/p from the lighthouse at Punta
Sottile (WAIL SI-024) on Favignana Island (EU-054, IIA TP-011) on 1
October. QSL via IT9MRM. [TNX IK1NLZ]
I - Special call IU7LE will be aired from ARI Lecce during the weekends
in October to celebrate the 75th anniversary of ARI, the Italian
amateur radio IARU society. QSL via I7PXV either direct or through
the bureau. [TNX IK7JWX]
I - Look for scout station IR2RES to be active on 19-20 October during
the annual Jamboree On The Air (http://www.scout.org/jota/). The
special call is for commemorating Ettore Rattellini, amateur radio
operator (I2EAR) and scout. QSL via IZ2DVI either direct (Marco
Gemelli, Via Roma 53, 21030 Marzio - VA, Italy) or through the
bureau. The web page for this activity is at
http://www.qsl.net/iz2dvi/activity/jota2002/jota02.htm [TNX IK2IWU
and IZ2DVI]
JA - JQ1QFO/1 and 7N1NAI/1 had to cancel their operation from AS-043
[425DXN 593], originally planned for 28-29 September. [TNX The Daily
DX]
JX - LA9DL, LA6VM and LA7XK will be active as JW5X from Longyearbyen
(EU-026) Svalbard on 27-29 September. They will participate in the
Scandinavia Activity Contest (SAC) SSB [TNX The Daily DX]
KH0 - Walter, KH2/KF2XN expects to go on a side trip to Saipan (OC-086)
[425DXN 594] and operate as KH0/KF2XN during the weekend. He will
try to be as active as possible on as many bands as possible, mainly
SSB. QSL for either KH2/KF2XN and KH0/KF2XN via W2GR (Mike Benjamin,
1064 99th Street, Niagara Falls, NY 14304, USA). [TNX W2GR]
LU - LU1AEE, LU2WD, LU5WF, LU5WR, LU6WBH, LU7DW, LU8WFY and LW8EXF will
be active as L65W from the lighthouse (ARG-071) located on Leones
Island (SA-065) on 11-13 October (if all goes well, as landing on
this island is "very difficult"). [TNX LU7DW]
PJ2 - Joeke, PA0VDV will be active again as PJ2/PA0VDV from Curacao
(SA-006), Netherlands Antilles from 10 November to 2 December. He
will operate CW only on 80-10 metres, with an emphasis on the WACR
bands. He does not plan to participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest.
QSL via home call either direct (Joeke van der Velde, Delleburen 1,
8421 RP Oldeberkoop, The Netherlands) or through the bureau. [TNX
PA0VDV]
PY_ssh - Oleg (UA1PBA), one of the operators at Russian research station
"Bellingshausen" (R1ANF, WABA UA-04), confirms he will try to
operate as R1ANF/p from "Padre Balduino Rambo" refuge [425DXN 591].
Established in 1985/85 and located on Fildes Peninsula of King
George Island, South Shetlands (AN-010), this Brazilian refuge has
never been activated on the amateur radio bands and will be a new
one for the WABA programme. [TNX DL5EBE]
S0 - Luis/XE1L, Bela/N8SHZ, Fernando/EA1BT, Xevi/EA3BTD, Jose/EA4BPJ and
Julio/EA5XX will be active as S07L from Bir Lehlu, Western Sahara
from 9 October until local sunrise of the 13th. They expect to
operate 24 hours a day on 6-40 metres (possibly 80 metres as well)
SSB, RTTY and PSK31 with some CW. They will use dipoles for the HF
bands and a 3-element yagi for 6 metres. The pilot for the operation
will be Antonio Gonzalez, EA5RM (ea5rm@ure.es). QSL via EA4URE. Logs
will be available after the operation at http://www.ure.es [TNX
EA5XX and EA5RM]
S7 - Serge, EX0M will operate as S79W from Mahe (AF-024), Seychelles on
6-12 October. QSL via DF8WS. [TNX NG3K]
SV - Terry, M0CLH will be active as SV8/M0CLH/P from Samos Island
(EU-049) on 3-17 October. This will be a QRP 'holiday' operation
with dipoles for 20, 17, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via home call direct
or through the bureau. [TNX M0CLH]
SV - Wolfram, DL3HWD reports he will operate (on 10, 15, 20 and 40 metres
CW) as J43DIG from near Kalamata on 3-15 October. QSL via DL3HWD.
TI - A large group of operators from Canada and the US (namely AC8G,
K6GXO, KE6WW, KA7KUZ, K8QOE, N1IZP, N6JRL, N0AT, VE3RZ, W8ILC, W8KKF
and WA8LOW) will be active from near San Jose, Costa Rica for a week
beginning 23 October. The principal activity will be as a
multi-multi entry in the CQ WW SSB contest using TI5N (QSL via
W3HNK) from the mega station QTH of Keko, TI5KD. Before and after
the contest, the group expects to have activity on all bands from
160 to 6 metres using a variety of modes to include PSK31. Calls
used will be TI5/homecall with the QSL route being the homecall or
as announced. [TNX AC8G]
TT8 - Pascal, F5PTM got his TT8ZZ licence on 24 september and will be
active from Chad until early December. He will operate on 80-6
metres mostly CW. QSL via home call. [TNX F5LEN]
UA - Andy, UA1PBP/9 will be active again from the polar station on
Marresal'skie Koshki Island (AS-089) for about one month starting on
24 September. His next assignment after that will be at the polar
station Fedorov on Vaygach Island (EU-086). QSL via RK1PWA. [TNX
DL5EBE]
VE - A large group of operators (namely VE3BY, VE3DXE, VE3CBA, VE3RS,
VA3RMF, VE3TV, VA3KO, VE3TPZ, VA3RD, VA3ZV, VE3SRE, VE3XAP, VE3HAE,
VE3KJS, VA3TSG, G3SXE, K8DD, AC8W, N8RA and NB1B) will operate from
Zone 2 on 21-31 October. Before the contest they will be signing
CJ2KCE, CJ2BY and CJ2SRE, while the special VC2C call (commemorating
the 100th anniversary of the completion of the Trans-Pacific Cable,
http://www.pacific-cable.org) will be used during and after the CQ
WW DX SSB Contest. Before and after the contest they will operate on
2 and 6 metres, Satellite, RTTY, PSK31, SSTV, CW and WARC bands. QSL
CJ2BY via VE3BY, CJ2SRE via VE3SRE, CJ2KCE via VA2KCE. QSL VC2C via
NB1B or VE3TPZ, either direct or through the bureau (stations from
the US and Canada are requested to use NB1B and VE3TPZ
respectively). The website for the operation is under construction
at http://www.QSL.net/teamzone2; sked requests are welcome at
TeamZone2@QSL.net [TNX NB1B]
ZK1 - Roger/W7VV (ZK1VVV), Bob/W7TSQ (ZK1ASQ), John/AA7PM (ZK1APM),
Ralph/VE7XF (ZK1AKX) and Rick/KT7G (ZK1TTG) will be active (on 6-160
metres CW, SSB and RRTY) from Manihiki (OC-014), North Cook Islands
on 17-31 October. QSL via home calls. They will join Tuatai, ZK1MA
and participate in the CQ WW SSB Contest as ZK1MA (QSL via W7TSQ).
Most of the operators will then move to Rarotonga (OC-013), South
Cook Islands and be active from there on 1-12 November. [TNX The
Daily DX]
ZK2 - Mike, KM9D and Janet, KF4TUG will be active as respectively ZK2MO
(CW) and ZK2TO (SSB) from Niue Island (OC-040) starting on 28
September for some ten days. QSL via OM2SA (George Sipos, 93013
Trhova Hradska 550, Slovakia). [TNX OM2SA]
ZS - Barry, ZS1FJ reports that his ZS23I activity from AF-077 [425DXN
589] has been delayed. He now plans to start on 3 October around 8
UTC on +/- 18160 kHz.
ZS_ant - Anton, ZS7/ZS4AGA expects to operate from "E-Base" (WABA ZS-04) on
the Fimbul Ice Shelf in late November. He is currently stationed at
"SANAE IV" (WABA ZS-03, the South African Antarctic base at
Vesleskarvet, Queen Maud Land) and will be on 21275 kHz next Monday
at 17 UTC for the Antarctica Net. [TNX DL5EBE]
CQ/RJ WW DX RTTY CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event:
8P - Dean, 8P6SH as 8P2K (SOAB or SOSB 15 metres). QSL via KU9C.
9A - 9A2EU, 9A4KJ and 9A5MR as 9A7T (Multi-Single, low power) QSL via 9A2EU.
HC - Jorge, HC1JQ as SOSB (10 metres). QSL via home call.
HC8 - N5KO and others as HC8N (Multi-Multi) from the Galapagos Islands. QSL
via W5UE.
HP - DJ7AA, DL4LQM, DL5LYM and HP1XVH as H8A (Multi-Single) from Contadora
Island (NA-072), Panama. QSL via DL6MYL.
HS - Champ, E21EIC as SOSB. QSL direct or bureau.
KH0 - JA2VUP as AH0B (SOAB) from Saipan. QSL via home call.
LX - Robert, LX1RQ as LX5A (SOAB LP). QSL via LX1RQ.
P4 - Jacobo, P43P from Aruba (SOAB). QSL via I2MQP.
R2 - A group of operators from Kaliningrad as RW2F. QSL via DK4VW.
SV - Savas, SV2AEL as SW2A (SOAB). QSL via home call.
SV9 - Uli, DJ9XB as J49XB from Crete.
UA - UA1AKC, UA1ARX, RW1AC, RV1AW, RN1AM and RA1ACJ as RU1A (Multi/Single).
QSL via RU1AE or bureau.
ZC4 - ZC4DW (U.K. Bases on Cyprus) as either SOAB or SOSB. QSL via G0DEZ.
[TNX NG3K, The Daily DX, OPDX Bulletin and others]
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EU SPRINT ---> The European Sprint Autumn Contests will take place on 5
October (SSB) and 12 October (CW), from 15 to 18.59 UTC on 20, 20 and 80
metres (pilot frequencies are: 14250, 7050 and 3730 SSB; 14040, 7025 and 3550
CW). For further information please visit the EU Sprint web site at
http://loja.kkn.net/~i2uiy/
GB50 ---> The two awards associated with the GB50 station that was active
from Windsor Castle in June 2002 have now been received from the printers.
Clare RS102891, the Golden Jubilee Awards Manager, is dealing with claims in
the order that they were received. The first batch of awards have already
been posted. Full details of the awards, and a claim form, are at
http://www.gb50.com or www.cvrs.org for anyone who has still to apply. The
GB50 QSL card will be available soon and Owen, G4DFI (the GB50 QSL Manager)
hopes to be in a position to start replying to cards in about ten days. [TNX
BRS32525]
QSL 9L1BTB ---> The correct QSL route is (it has been since 25 November 2001)
via SP7BTB, not SP7CDG.
QSL ER1CW ---> Effective immediately, W4FOA will be handling direct QSL
management responsibilities for ER1CW. Cards should be sent to Tony Martin,
1801 Grand Center Road, Chickamauga, GA 30707-1878, USA. Bureau cards should
still be sent to ER1CW via the ER bureau. [TNX W4FOA]
QSL GB0KJW ---> This call was used by David/G0EVV, Terry/G0OWE and Bill/G4ADD
from Longstone, Farne Islands (EU-109) on 21 September to celebrate the life
of the late Eric Brown (G0KJW) and his wide contribution to both the IOTA and
IOSA programmes. QSL via the RSGB Bureau or direct to G0OWE. [TNX K5MK]
QSL KG4 ---> Guantanamo (KG4) does not have a QSL bureau and all cards should
be sent direct or via a manager. Bill, W4WX is the QSL manager only for KG4GC
(his old call) , KG4DX (his present call since September 2001), KG4PK, KG4WD,
KG4KD, KG4FD, KG4AU, KG4JY, and KG4CQ. Bill has the GTMO data base of issued
calls; those who need assistance in locating a QSL route can send him an
e-mail at w4wx@bellsouth.net
QSL KH2/JA1HGY ---> Nao operated as KH2/JA1HGY on 13-16 September and
welcomes bureau card requests to be sent to ja1hgy@jarl.com [TNX JA1HGY]
QSL XW1LLR ---> Champ, E21EIC now has the logs and all the QSL requests
received by Larry, XW1LLR so far. Cards will be printed within late October
and Champ expects to start sending them out in November. QSL should be sent
to E21EIC either direct (Champ C. Muangamphun, P.O. Box 1090, Kasetsart
University, Bangkok 10903, Thailand) or through the RAST Bureau.
VI3JPI ---> The VI3JPI (http://www.qrz.com/vi3jpi) team reached Lady Julia
Percy Island (OC-251) by helicopter, which was far more expensive than the
planned boat. "The problem is", VK3QI reports, "that the boat would not go
until earliest Monday, due to the Bass Strait swell from the Low Pressure
south of Tasmania, so many IOTA chasers would have missed out, as operations
would have been on weekdays, not the weekend". Any donations would be
gratefully accepted towards the cost of the transportation. QSL via VK3KXG.
[TNX VK3EW and G3KMA]
WAE SSB ---> Ferdi, XQ5SM (Chairman of the Southern Cross DX Group) reports
the following SCDXG members were active during the recent WAE SSB Contest:
CE8EIO (SOHP), CE4EBJ (SOHP), CE4U (SOLP, operated by CE4USW), CE4P (SOLP,
operated by CE4PBB), CE4EM (SOLP). QSL via home calls either direct or
through the bureau.
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LOGS: On-line logs for R1ANF/HF0POL [425DXN 593] are available at
http://www.sq5ta.ats.pl/logs/search.html [TNX SQ5TA]
ST0F: Bruce, WD4NGB has put together a web page for William, ZS5WC/ST0F
at http://www.qsl.net/wd4ngb/st0f.htm [TNX The Daily DX]
ZL7: The web site for the 17-28 October operation from the Chatham Islands
[425DXN 591] is at http://www.qsl.net/zl7c [TNX ZL2ARN]
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QSLs received direct: 3B9FR, 3D2CI, 3D2CW, 3D2RW, 3DA0TM, 3V8BB, 3V8KO,
3XA8DX, 3XY8A, 4W6GH, 5B4/AI5P, 5W0DL, 5W0TR, 5Z4DZ, 9H1PF, 9J2CA, 9K2AI,
9M6CT, 9N7RB, 9Q1A, 9Q1YL, 9V1YC, AI5P/CY9, AP2ARS, BQ9P, C56JJ, CA0YAM,
CM6RCR, CO8ZZ, ED7SPI (EU-143), EK6DI, ER1DA, ER1QQ, ER1ZZ, ER4DX, ER5DX,
ER6A, ER7HQ, FK8HW, FP/AI5P, HL0Y/3 (AS-080), HP2CWB, JT1BV, JT1CO, JW0HS,
JW5NW, K1B, LA4WKA (EU-055),N6XIV/KH9, OH2U/P (EU-097), OJ0LA, OJ0U, OJ0VR,
P29SS, P3F, PW0T, PY2XU/P (SA-024), RA1QQ/1 (EU-161), RU0B (AS-057), S21YH,
S92SS, S9LA, S9SS, SU60WW, T25A, T2DA, T88DX, T93M/HI9, T94DO, T94MZ, TJ1GD,
TT8DX, UA0FF (AS-018), UN7QX, UX3FW/p (EU-182),V73MJ, VE7DP/1 (NA-091),
VK9CI, VK9LO, VK9ML, VK9XB, VK9XV, VP6DI, XF1DN (NA-163), XR2D (SA-086),
XX9TXW, XZ1DB, XZ2ST, YA5T, YI9OM, YJ0AHK (OC-035), YJ0AXC (OC-104), YL4HQ,
YN4SU, ZB3A,ZD8Z, ZK1SCQ (OC-124), ZW5T (SA-026), ZX5J.
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