12 October 2002 No 597
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3B8 & FR - Bert, PA3GIO reports he will be active as 3B8/PA3GIO from
Mauritius (AF-049) until 16 October. He will then move to Reunion
Island (AF-016) and operate as FR/PA3GIO/p until 26 October. QSL
via home call either direct or through the bureau. The web pages
for Bert's DXpedition are at http://www.pa3gio.nl/ and
http://www.qsl.net/pa3gio/
4X - Andy, NP3D/W2 reports will be active (on all bands SSB, CW and
RTTY) as NP3D/4X from Israel on 20-28 October, including an entry
in the CQ WW SSB Contest. QSL via W3HNK.
5R - Phil, G3SWH will be back in Madagascar between 5 and 19 November
and expects to be re-issued with his 5R8HA call. He plans to be
active from various places on the main island (AF-013) on 5-13th
and from Nosy Komba (AF-057) on 14-19th. This will be a holiday
type operation with activity limited to when he is able to get on
the air, but he will try to be as active as possible on all bands
40 to 10 metres, CW only. QSL via G3SWH either direct via the RSGB
bureau. [TNX G3SWH]
CE0_jf - Marco, CE6TBN will be active as CE0Z from Robinson Crusoe Island
(ICE-004), Juan Fernandez (SA-005) on 25-30 October. He plans to
operate on 10-80 metres SSB and QRS CW with an emphasis on the low
and WARC bands. He will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as
SOAB High Power. Further details at http://www.qsl.net/ce6tbn; QSL
via N1IBM either direct (Morris E. Maze III, 847 Dolan St., Lanoka
Harbor, NJ 08734, USA) or through the bureau. [TNX N1IBM]
CO - SM0WKA will be visiting Cuba between 18 October and 10 November.
He will be hosted by Raul, CO8ZZ and Radio Club Las Tunas and will
use the T48W callsign (on 160-6 metres, with an emphasis on the
low bands), including a M/S entry in the CQ WW SSB Contest. [TNX
OZ6OM]
CT3 - Eight operators from the Lufthansa Amateur Radio Club will be
active (on 160-10 metres SSB, CW and PSK) as CT9DLH from Madeira
on 7-11 November. QSL via DL4FP. [TNX DK7PE]
DU - Ken, G3OCA was stuck in Manila for three days due to
transportation difficulties. Being unable toget to Cuyo Island
(OC-120) in a timely manner, the team (four people) went to Coron
Island (OC-090) instead. They were expected to operate as DZ1MS
from OC-090 until 11 October; the rest of their itinerary is as
follows - please note that this differs a little from their
original plans [425DXN 596]:
12-17 October 4D0MS from Talikud Island (OC-235)
18-20 October DX0L from Lubang Island (OC-126)
Ken must be back in Manila by the 21 October to catch a plane back
to the UK on the 22nd. [TNX 9V1RH]
ER - Special event station ER8C will be active from until 13 October to
celebrate the "City Day" of Chisinau, the capital city of Moldova.
QSL via ER1DA either direct or through the bureau. [TNX ER1DA]
EZ - Vit, EZ8CW (EZ3A club member) will use special event call sign
EZ11A on 15-31 October to celebrate the 11th anniversary of the
indipendence of Turkmenistan. QSL via RU4SS (Konstantin Vakhonin,
P.O. Box 57, Yoshkar-Ola, 424000, Russia). [TNX RU4SS]
F - Operators from the Radio Club of Brive la Gaillarde will be active
again [425DXN 559] as TM2E on 14-27 October, CQ WW DX SSB Contest
included. QSL via F8BPN. Information on the Euro-Award can be
found at http://www.euro-award.fr.st [TNX F8BPN]
F - The radio club of the Council of Europe will participate in the
JARTS WW RTTY Contest (19-20 October) as TP3CE. Before the
contest, look for operation on 80 metres (3660 to 3670 kHz) from
18 UTC to 00 UTC on 18 October. QSL via F6FQK. [TNX F6FQK]
F - Special event station F6REF will be QRV on 19-20 October during
the 24th edition of HAMEXPO in Auxerre. QSL via F2WS (but all of
the QSOs will be confirmed automatically through the bureau). [TNX
F5PKD]
F - Didier, F5BJW will be active on SSB as TM2A from Re Island
(EU-032, DIFM AT-022) from 24 October to 1 November. He will not
participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via F5BJW. [TNX
F5NQL]
FO - Anci, JA2ZL will be active as FO/JA2ZL from Morea (OC-046), French
Polynesia from 30 October to 2 November. He plans to operate on
40-10 metres mainly SSB, with some CW and RTTY. QSL via home call
(Anci Yamada, 17-8-2 Takirocho, Tajimi, 507-0813 Japan). [TNX
JA1ELY]
FO_aus - Antoine, 3D2AG will be working on Rapa Island (OC-051) [425DXN
567] from 27 October to 28 November. He plans to operate as FO5RK
on CW and SSB with some digital modes during his late afternoon,
night and early morning hours. QSL to Antoine de Ramon N'Yeurt
(attn. C.E. Payn), Laboratoire Terre Ocean, Universite de la
Polynesie Francaise, B.P. 6570, 98702 Faa'a, Tahiti. Check
http://www.sat.net/~iref/rapapage.htm for further information.
FT_Z - Caroline, F4DOT [425DXN 581] is now active as FT1ZK from Amsterdam
Island. She is authorized to operate on 6 metres only and is QRV
every day on 50110 kHz. A beacon will be set up at 50086 kHz. QSL
via F5JCB. [TNX OZ6OM]
G - The Cray Valley Radio Society (http://www.cvrs.org) will be
running another special event station on 13 October. They will
operate as GB6CW from the Crown Woods School "Festival of Nations"
using two stations (one on HF, mainly SSB, and one on 40 metres
SSB) from 8-16 UTC. Special QSL via G4DFI. [TNX BRS-32525]
G - Members of the Mersey Light-vessel Preservation Society will
operate as GB2LBL from the Lighthisp "Planet", berthed at the
Historic Warships Museum in Birkenhead (near Liverpool, England)
between 9 UTC on 18 October and 16 UTC on the 20th. Two stations
will be active 24 hours a day on CW and SSB. The activity is to
mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee year and the operators will try to
work as many Commonwealth stations as possible. QSL via M0CMW
either direct or through the RSGB bureau. Further information at
http://www.barlightvessel.org.uk [TNX M0CMW]
GM - Leo, W3LEO reports he will once again be active as MM0LEO from
Portpatrick in southwest Scotland from about 14 October to 16
November. He plans to participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL
via W3LEO.
GM - Richard, G0OGN will be moving to Barra Island in the Outer
Hebrides (EU-010) at the end of the month for a year or so. He is
a keen QRP man and has also been allocated the additional callsign
MM3BRR. [TNX GM3VLB]
HC8 - Ramon, XE1KK, will be active as HC8/XE1KK from the Galapagos
Islands (SA-004) on 20-30 October. He will operate on HF, 6 metres
and UO-14. QSL via home call either direct or through the bureau.
[TNX XE1KK]
HI & HH - Koh, JA7KAC reports he will operate (on 80-10 metres SSB and CW)
as HI8/K2AC from the Dominican Republic on 18-22 October. He will
then move to Haiti and be active as HH2/K2AC on 23-30 October,
including a SOAB entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL for both
via JA7AGO.
I - The Tikirriki Contest Club (namely DF4OR, EU1SA, EW2AA, JA3USA,
K3PN, KR7X, W7ZB, OL5Y, I2IFT, IK2ANI, IK2CIO, IK2HKT, IK2RZP,
IK2SND, IK2YCN, IK7JWY, IK8ETA, IN3QBR, IN3SAU, IN3XUG, IN3ZNR,
IT9BLB, IT9WPO, IT9ZGY and IT9ZMX) will participate in the CQ WW
DX SSB Contest as IH9P (Multi-Multi) from Pantelleria (AF-018, IIA
TP-01). QSL via KR7X. The operators will start arriving on the
island on 19 October; look for CW, RTTY, SSTV and PSK31 activity
as homecall/IH9 before the contest. The web site for IH9P is at
http://www.ih9p.com [TNX IT9BLB]
JA - Look for Takeshi, JI3DST to be active (on 40, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 6
metres SSB) as JI3DST/8 from Okushiri Island (AS-147) from around
6 UTC on 24 October and 0.00 UTC on the 27th. QSL via home call,
preferably via the JARL bureau. [TNX JI3DST]
KH6 - Look for KH6/JI3CEY to operate on 10-40 metres mostly CW with some
SSB from Hawaii (OC-019) on 11-14 October. QSL via home call. [TNX
JI6KVR]
KH8 - The team of the double IOTA DXpedition to America Samoa [425DXN
593] is studying the propagation forecasts for 160 metres and it
is hoped they will be able to give the deserving KH8 on top band.
Please visit http://www.ukdxers.co.uk for updated information on
propagation conditions from the islands. All-band and all-mode
operations will take place as K8T (QSL via GW0ANA) from Tutuila
(OC-045) from 29 October to 8 November and as K8O (QSL via AH6HY)
from Ofu (OC-077) from 30 October to 6 November. Dave, AH6HY will
arrive in Pago Pago a few days before the DXpedition team and may
be active as AH6HY/AH8 (QSL via home call) during and after the CQ
WW DX SSB Contest. [TNX GW0ANA and JI6KVR]
KL - The 14-18 October operation [425DXN 596] from St. Lawrence Island
(NA-040) has been cancelled. Randy, AL7PJ had planned to operate
as KL1SLE, but his company has cancelled his business trip to the
island. [TNX KL7FH]
LU - Jacques/F5JY, Yves/F5TYY, Alain/F6BFH, Jacquie/F6EGG and
Bernard/F9IE will be active (SSB and CW on the usual IOTA
frequencies) from southern Argentina and Chile between 2 and 22
November. They will be based at Ushuaia (Tierra del Fuego, SA-008)
and operations from other locations will depend on local
conditions. QSL via home calls either direct or through the
bureau. [TNX La Gazette du DX]
PJ7 - Tom, WB8N will be active (on 20, 15 and 10 metres between 12-15
UTC and 19-21 UTC) as PJ7/WB8N from St. Maarten (NA-105) on 20-25
October. QSL via home call. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
S0 - Toni, EA5RM reports that "due to several problems", the S07L
[425DXN 595] team will not be able to operate on either 6 metres
and CW. QSL via EA4URE.
TX0 - Franck/FK8HC, Paolo/IZ0EVI, Luca/IZ6DSQ and Simon/IZ7ATN will
operate as TX0AT from Long Island in the Chesterfield Islands
(OC-176). They will be leaving New Caledonia on 13 October and
expect to reach Long Island (FK-082) after a couple of days'
voyage. Plans are to operate from Long Island from 15 to 22
October; a side trip to Loop Island (FK-006) is also being
planned. Contributions will be gratefully accepted and can be sent
to the QSL manager, IZ0CKJ (Alessio Roma, Via Sterparo 43, 03023
Ceccano - FR, Italy). [TNX IZ0CKJ]
UR - Weather permitting, Serge (UT2FA/p), Nick (UX0FF/p) and Yuri
(UX3RW/p) expect to be active from Stambul'skyi Island (EU-182)
until 13 October. QSL via home calls either direct or through the
bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
V6 - Regrettably Gaetano, IT9GAI/V63GH has been forced to cancel his
participation in the double IOTA DXpedition to Micronesia [425DXN
591]. Nando/IT9YRE and Claudio/I1SNW confirm they be active as
V63RE and V63WN from Nomwin Island (OC-???) on 24-27 October and
Ta Island (OC-???) from 30 October to 4 November. QSL via IT9YRE.
VK9_lh - Look for JA0SC to be active as VK9LI from Lord Howe Island
(OC-004) on 13-18 November. He plans to operate on 15 and 20
metres SSTV (+/- 21343 and 14233 kHz) and RTTY (+/- 21080 and
14080 kHz). QSL via JA0SC (Hirotada Yoshiike, 722-1 Shiba
Matsushiro-cyo, Nagano-city, 381-1214, Japan). [TNX JA0SC]
VP5 - K5AND, W5OZI and W5LXG will be operating most likely as VP2MJD
from Montserrat (NA-103) from 31 October through 8 November. They
will use 100 watts on 20-10 metres, but they will be focusing on 6
metres (CW beacon on 50155 kHz) with a 7-element beam and 800
watts. [TNX NG3K]
W - Weather permitting, Victor/N8OO and Serge/ AC5ML will be active
(on 20-40 metres CW and SSB) as homecall/p from Grand Isle
(NA-168) on 11-13 October. QSl via home calls. [TNX AC5ML]
XY - Hiroo, JA2EZD (XW2A) will be back in Yangon, Myanmar from 20
October to 5 November and will operate as XY1M with an amplifier
and a tribander. QSL via XW2A (Hiroo Yonezuka, P.O. Box 2659,
Vientiane, Laos). [TNX G4UZN and JI6KVR]
YB - Kadek, YC9BU and others plan to operate from Temaju Island
(Kalimatan's Coastal Islands West group, OC-???) starting on 16
October.
YO - Pit, YO3JW reports he plans to operate again as YP1W from Sacalinu
Mare Island (EU-183) on 13-19 October. QSL via YO3JW (Fenyo Stefan
Pit, P.O.Box 19-43, RO-74400 Bucuresti 19, Romania).
ZD8 - Jim, N6TJ will be active as ZD8Z from Ascension Island (AF-003) on
16-29 October, including a serious effort in the CQ WW SSB DX
Contest. QSL direct only via VE3HO. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZL - Bill, N2WB reports he will be active as ZL3/N2WB from Christchurch
(South Island, OC-134), New Zealand on 10-15 and 29-31 October.
QSL via N2OO (Bob Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087,
USA).
PACIFIC TOUR ---> Michael Ackermann, HB9DKX plans to be active (calls not
known as yet) from Tonga (A3) and Niue (ZK2) as follows (the overlap between
OC-049 and OC-040 is due to the International Date Line running between the
two countries):
24-26 October Tongagatapu OC-049
25 October-1 November Niue OC-040
2-7 November Ha'apai OC-169
7-11 November Vava'u OC-064
He plans to operate SSB (3580, 7080, 14280, 21280 and 28480 kHz) and CW
(7015, 14015, 21015 and 28015 kHz) and to concentrate on Europe. QSL via home
call. Further information at http://www.qsl.net/hb9eaa/dxped02/index.html
[TNX HB9DKX and JI6KVR]
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DXCC NEWS ---> "We continue to log DXCC applications that were postmarked on
or before 30 September 2002", Bill Moore, NC1L (DXCC Manager) reports. The
backup is heavy, so it may take some time to log all of the September mail
into the system. Keep checking the "List of DXCC Applications Received" at
http:www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc: if your application does not appear on this
page by 20 October, you can check with dxcc@arrl.org to determine the status
of your application.
PIRATE ---> QSL manager EA4AHK reports that TT8FC operates SSB, RTTY and PSK
only. Contacts made on CW are with a pirate, do not waste your time with him.
[TNX IZ3ETU]
QSL OH0Z ---> It looks like some of the QSL requests for OH0Z have gone to
the wrong address. Please note that OH5DX is a reissued call and that its
original owner cannot be reached anymore. The correct address for the current
OH5DX is Ari Korhonen, Kreetalank. 9A1, FIN 29200 Harjavalta, Finland. [TNX
OH1EH/OH5DX]
QSL UA0FDX ---> Paco, EA5OL apologies for the typo in his previous message
and states that the station for which he has the logs from 1995 to date is
UA0FDX (not UA9FDX as reported in 425DXN #596).
QSL Z32XX ---> Dragan reports that Mike, NN6C is no longer is QSL manager.
Cards should now be sent to Z32XX either direct (Dragan Davkovski, P.O. Box
15, 2000 Stip, Macedonia) or through the bureau.
QSL VIA UA4WHX ---> Vladimir, UA4WHX/AC4LN operated from a number of
countries in Central America and the Caribbean between 29 May and 2
September. Some 18,000 QSOs were made using the following callsigns (in
alphabetical order):
8P9/AC4LN AC4LN/HR2 J6/AC4LN
8P9BV AC4LN/J3 J73/AC4LN
8R1/AC4LN AC4LN/TI2 J8/AC4LN (from both NA-025 and NA-109)
9Y4/AC4LN H7/AC4LN TG4/AC4LN
AC4LN/6Y5 HI8/AC4LN TG4/UA4WHX
AC4LN/HH2 HP1/AC4LN V31BV
AC4LN/HR1 HP8/AC4LN YS1/AC4LN
Vladimir says that "all the operations are 100% legal and all the relevant
papers are available and can be presented to those interested". QSLs have
been ordered and are being printed. He will start answering the requests in
late October/early November. Cards should be sen to UA4WHX either direct
(Vladimir M. Bykov, P.O. Box 2040, 426000 Izhevsk, Russia) or through the
bureau. QSLs sent via AC4LN prior to 25 September have been collected and
will be answered. Mail coming via AC4LN direct/buro will be collected in
January 2003 and will also be answered. QSLs for Vladimir's other calls,
VK8VB and JT1FDC, are via UA4WHX as well.
URE ---> The annual convention of the Spanish IARU Society (URE) will be held
in Ceuta on 6-9 December. Details at http://www.ure.es/ceuta/ceutaing.htm
[TNX EA5RM]
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C.IS.A.: The Canadian Islands Award (C.IS.A.) website has been moved to
http://www.qsl.net/ve3tpz/cisa. James Davidson, VE3TPZ, who has
taken over the website administration, wishes to thank John Van
Putten, WD8MGQ for his years of dedication on maintaining the
old site.
LOGS: The logs for CU9X (EU-089) are now available on-line at
http://www.mdxc.org/logsearch.asp [TNX IZ8CCW]
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QSLs received direct: 3B8CF, 3D2UM, 3V8KO (AF-092), 3XA8DX, 3XY6A, 3XY8A
(AF-051), 4J9NM, 4L1MA, 5V7XO, 5W0TR, 5Z4DZ, 8P5A, 9H0A, 9J2BO, 9K2MU,
9L1BTB, 9M2TO, 9M6DBT, 9Q1A, 9Q1YL, A25/V51AS, A45WD, A52UL, A71EZ, C6AIE,
CE7AOY (SA-064), CE9R, CU9D (EU-089), CX4SS, D44BS, DU9/N0NM, EA5KB/EA7
(EU-143), EK3SA, EW6GF, EY90MT, FO/JJ8DEN (OC-057), FR5AB, GM3VLB (EU-118),
GW7X, H40AT, H40XX, H44AT, HP1XBU, HR6SI (NA-035), IK1AWV/P (WAIL LI-002),
IP1/I2AZ (EU-083; IIA SV-002), IP1/IK2TDR (EU-083; IIA SV-002), IT9NVA/P (IIA
SR-006), IT9NVA/P (WAIL SI-008, SI-009, SI-010, SI-011, SI-012), J79TUY,
J8PA, JA6LCJ/6 (AS-012), JT1CO, JT1Y, JW0HS, JY9QJ, K1B, KH2/JA1HGY, LY3BH,
LZ1JZ, N6XIV/KH9, OH0ZV, OH1/DL5ME (EU-096), OH1MM/OJ0, OJ0LA, P5/4L4FN,
R1ANZ, RI0B (AS-156), RI9K (AS-109), RS0B (AS-042), RS0ISS, RU0B (AS-057),
S21/OK1FWC, S9LA, S9SS, SU9BN, SV5/G4OBK, T25A, T77C, T88ZF, TA2RC/0
(AS-159), TJ1RA, TT8DX, V51AS, V51LK, V63EK (OC-059), V63KZ, V63ZF, V73CW,
VE8AE/VY0 (NA-130), VK7TS/4 (OC-171), VP6DB (OC-044), VP6DI, VQ9FW, XF1DN
(NA-163), XU7ABN, XV300S, XV3AA, XV9DT, YB9NOF/p (OC-106), YC3MM, YC8TXW/P
(OC-236), YC8UFF/P (OC-236), YI9OM, YJ0AXC (OC-104), YM0KI (AS-159), Z31MM,
Z35M, ZA/Z35M, ZA1E, ZB3A, ZC4BS, ZC4DW, ZC4VG, ZX2B.
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