19 October 2002 No 598
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6W - Christian, F6HLC will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as
6W/F6HLC (SOAB Low Power) from Senegal. Outside the contest he will
operate on 6 metres from IK14. His web page is at
http://f6hlc.free.fr/page_6w/6w-a.htm [TNX F6HLC]
D4 - Al, 4L5A will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as D4B from
Cape Verde. He might also be active before the contest. QSL via
IK3HHX (e-mail requests for bureau cards are welcome at
at@at-communication.com; those who work him on at least 3 different
bands can send an e-mail request for direct cards). [TNX IK3HHX]
DU - Dave, KB2FB/DU7 lives on Panglao Island (OC-129) in the Philippines
and he is active on all bands except (for the time being) 160
metres. Typically he can be found on 15 or 20 metres at 10-12 UTC
and on 80 metres at 12-15 UTC. [TNX The Daily DX]
FR - Fred, F5IRO will be stationed on Reunion Island (AF-016) for the
next four months. He expects to visit Juan de Nova (AF-012) from
time to time and operate (mainly on CW) as FR5KH/J. QSL via F6FNU.
[TNX La Gazette du DX]
FS & PJ - Ken, K7ZUM and Dustin, KD7BSW will operate as FS/K7ZUM (on all
bands RTTY) and FS/KD7BSW (mainly on 10 metres SSB) from St. Martin
(NA-105) before the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. They will participate in
the contest as PJ7/K7ZUM from St. Maarten. [TNX The Daily DX]
GM - Jim, MM0BQI will be returning to Tanera Mor in the Summer Isles
(EU-092) for a week starting on 19 October. He will operate as
MM0BQI/P on 80-10 metres SSB, CW and digital modes (he will
concentrate on 80 metres during his sunrise/sunset hours but also
through the night). Part time participation in JARTS RTTY, RSGB
10/15m CW and CQ WW SSB contests is expected. QSL via MM0BQI either
direct (Jim Martin, 3 Lismore Avenue, Edinburgh EH8 7DW, Scotland)
or via the RSGB bureau. [TNX MM0BQI]
GM - A team from the GMDX Group (namely Colin/GM0RLZ, Stu/MM0BSM,
John/MM0CCC, Colin/GM0CLN, Robert/MM0ANT, Tom/GM4FDM and
Gavin/GM0GAV) will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as GM5A
(Multi-Multi) from the club premises of Stirling and District ARC.
QSL via GM0RLZ. [TNX GM0CLN]
GM - The contest group of the Mid Lanark ARS (namely GM0EGI, GM0LIR,
GM0OQV, GM0WIB, GM0XFK, GM1MMK, GM7VYR, MM0BCR, MM0BHX and MM0BUL)
will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as GM0B (Multi-Multi).
They will operate from Dunnet Head, the most northerly point on the
U.K. mainland and before the contest they will operate as
homecall/p. QSL via the RSGB bureau or direct to GM0EGI. [TNX
GM0EGI]
GU - G0WAT, G3BJ, G3XTT, G4JKS, G4JVG, G4VXE, GU0SUP and GU4YOX will
participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as MU0C (the Chiltern DX
Club contest call) in the multi-two category. They will operate as
guests of the Guernsey Amateur Radio Society, from its HQ station.
QSL via G3XTT. [TNX G3XTT]
I - Look for Vincenzo, IT9NVA to operate from Isola delle Palme
(EU-025, IIA SR-010) on 19 October in the morning. QSL via bureau
or direct to Vincenzo Altamura, P.O. Box 164, 96100 Siracusa - SR,
Italy. [TNX IT9NVA]
I - Special event station II9GM will be active from Patti, Sicily
(EU-025) on 20 October. [TNX IT9EJE]
KC4_ant - Bruce, KJ3Z will be spending a couple of weeks at McMurdo Station
(WABA K-09) on Ross Island (AN-011) in late October and might find
the time to operate from KC4USV. He will be on a 6-week assignment,
two based at McMurdo and then four out "in the field" (once out on
the ice, though, he probably will not be operating at all). [TNX
F5NOD and WN3VAW]
KH6 - Rich, N0HJZ reports he will be active from Hawaii on 22-29 October
and will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as KH6/N0HJZ (SOAB
Low Power).
KP - Jeff, N5TJ reports he will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest
as KP3Z (SOAB) from the newly enhanced NP4Z station in Puerto Rico.
QSL via WC4E.
KP2 - Bob, K8NY reports he will be active as KP2/K8NY from St. John in
the Virgin Islands (NA-106) from 19 October through the 26th. He
will be operating on 20 metres around the CW and SSB IOTA
frequencies.
KP2 - Bruce/W4OV, Julio/WD4JR, John/NP2B and Joe/VE3BW will be active
from St. Croix, US Virgin Islands (NA-106) starting 22 October.
They will participate in the CQ WW SSB Contest as NP2B, before the
contest they will concentrate and the WARC bands and especially 6
metres as homecall/NP2. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
PY - PS8ET/p, PS8DX/p, PS8PY/p, PS8HF/p, PU8PYK/p and possibly others
will operate from Ilha da Conceicao (not IOTA, DIB 79) during this
weekend's Jamboree On The Air. QSL to Teresina DX Group, P.O. Box
096, 64001-970 Teresina - PI, Brazil. [TNX PP5SZ]
ST - Scout station ST2BBS (Boy Scouts Sudan) will be active during the
Jamboree on the Air. QSL via the address on QRZ.com [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
V4 - Doc, W9NY reports that V47NS will again be active for the CQ WW DX
SSB Contest from Nevis Island (NA-104). They hope to have the
station up and running on 24 October and will break down on the
28th. Contest will involve two transceivers all bands and multiple
operators. QSL via W9NY.
V6 - The boat chartered by Claudio, I1SNW and Nando, IT9YRE for the
voyage to Nomwin Island has a serious problem to the engine, but
they have been able to find another (although much more expensive)
boat. Claudio and Nando are therefore able to confirm their plans
for the upcoming double IOTA expedition to Micronesia. They will be
leaving Italy on 20 October and expect to be QRV from Nomwin Island
(OC-???) around 7.30 UTC on the 24th until around 14 UTC on the
27th. They will then move to Ta in the Mortlock Islands (OC-???)
and be active from around 3 UTC on 30 October until around 14 UTC
on 4 November. Look for V63RE and V63WN from both the islands on
the usual IOTA frequencies. QSL via IT9YRE.
VP5 - Jack/N2VW and Frank/WA2VYA will be active from VP5JM's QTH on
22-29 October. They will participate in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest as
VP5T (multi-multi) and plan to operate CW, PSK31, WARC bands and
maybe 6 metres before and after the contest. QSL via N2VW. [TNX The
Daily DX]
VP9 - Look for Mike, K1EU/VP9 (QSL via home call) and Joe, K1JB/VP9 (QSL
via home call) to be active (on 10-160 metres CW and SSB) from
Bermuda (NA-005) on 23-29 October. They will participate in the CQ
WW DX SSB Contest as VP9I (QSL via K1EU). [TNX W2SUQ]
W - The Lake Whitney Amateur Radio Society, NZ5T, will be active from
The Island (USI TX-036L, not IOTA) on 26 October. Look for activity
on 14250, 21290 and 28435 kHz. QSL to L.W.A.R.S., P.O. Box 1181,
Whitney, TX 76692, USA. [TNX VA3RJ]
XX9 - A large team of operators from Macao, Hong Kong and Guangdong will
participate in the cq WW DX SSB Contest as XX9C (Multi-Multi) from
Taipa Island (AS-075), Macao. QSL via XX9BB. Logs will be available
at http://www.hellocq.net/xx9c [TNX The Daily DX]
YB - The team on Temaju Island (OC-252) - YC9BU/7, YC9WZJ/7, YB9COD/7
and YB9AY/7 - is expected to go QRT around 24 UTC on 19 October.
QSLs via YC9BU. [TNX YE1D]
ZS7_ant - Weather permitting, Anton, ZS7/ZS4AGA will operate as ZS7/ZS4AGA/p
from "E-Base" (WABA ZS-04) during the weekend. He will have 100
watts only. Look for him on 21275 kHz at 17/18 UTC. [TNX DL5EBE]
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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#CQDX ---> The popular #CQDX chat room for DXers has a new address. Please
reconfigure your IRC client to connect to irc.radiochat.org. Information
about the room and software configuration instructions can be found at
http://dx.qsl.net/cqdx [TNX N6RT]
DXCC NEWS ---> The 9U0X operation by Baldur, DJ6SI (September 2002) has been
approved for DXCC credit.
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Please note that Bill, K8ZBY is not and has never been
the QSL manager for 9K2FM.
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Mario, IK3HHX is receiving cards for D44TD. Please note
that he is not the manager for this station (QSL via CT1EKF).
PIRATE ---> Alex, 5Z4DZ was spotted on 30 metres (CW) and 15 metres RTTY, but
30 metres are not allowed in Kenya and Alex has not operated RTTY so far.
Logs at http://www.qsl.net/5z4dz have been updated and now contain 14,728
QSOs through 13 October 2002 (14 UTC). QSL via PA1AW, who reports he has no
QSL backlog.
QSL L65W ---> The QSL manager for the recent operation from Leones Island
(SA-065) is Claudio Fernandez, LU7DW. Please include 1 IRC or 2 US$ (one gren
stamp is not enough to cover the air mail postage from Argentina) for direct
cards. E-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to lu7dw@comnet.com.ar.
Claudio reports that he hopes have the QSLs from the printer in early
November.
QSL XR3Z & CE3/NE4Z ---> Paul, K4FB (ex AJ4Y) was the QSL manager for Steve,
XR3Z & CE3/NE4Z. Steve has been back from Chile for a few years, but is once
again out of the country on assignment and Paul has neither the logs nor the
QSL cards any longer.
QSL VIA HK3JJH ---> Cards for Pedro's operation as HK3JJH/4 from Titumate
(SA-093) should be sent direct only to Pedro J. Allina, P.O. Box 81119,
Bogota, Colombia. Pedro would welcome some help with the high costs of the
expedition when people send for QSLs. [TNX HK3JJH]
QSL VIA IK0FVC ---> Francesco, IK0FVC regrets being no longer able to confirm
contacts made with HV4NAC prior to 31 January 1999, as due to a computer
crash those log files are lost and cannot be retrieved. HV0A logs are safe
and sound, as well as the logs for 1A0KM (but please note that he can confirm
QSOs made from 1994 onwards only). [TNX IK0FTA]
QSL VIA KJ4UY ---> Larry, KJ4UY/V47UY is now back home and his Winter Haven
address [425DXN 570] is no longer valid. His current address is Lawrence W.
Wolf, 3528 Oak Grove Court, Haines City, Florida 33844-9298, USA. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
QSL VIA SP2PI ---> George, SP2PI says he is the QSL manager for the following
past, present and future activities:
SN0HQ - contest call for the HQ PZK (IARU Contests 2000, 2001, 2002, ecc)
SO2R - new contest call for SP2FAX (to be used for the first time during the
CQ WW DX SSB Contest 2002)
HF70M - special event call for SP2PMK (15 December 2002 - 15 March 2003)
HF2VL - special event call for SP2PI (February-March 2003)
Direct cards should be sent to Jerzy H. Wojniusz, Matejki 56/39, 87-100
Torun, Poland.
WABA DIRECTORY ---> The Diamond DX Club presented the new WABA (Worked
Antarctic Bases Award) e-Directory during the HF-DX Convention in Bologna.
The web version is available on the DDXC's site
(http://www.ddxc.net/directory/), the paper version (.pdf format) will be
downloadable starting on 1 January 2003, when the new Directory becomes
effective. Due to the many changes in the Antarctic base listings, a forum
has been opened on the web site (click on Forum in the header section):
please do *not* send your comments, questions etc. to the web master (Egidio,
IZ8BRI), but use the forum instead.
WAG CONTEST ---> The Worked All Germany Contest will take place from 15 UTC
on 19 October through 14.59 UTC on the 20th. You have to work as many
stations from Germany as possible on each of the five traditonal bands. The
complete rules are available at http://www.darchfdx.de [TNX DL1DTL]
+ SILENT KEY + Albert, LU6XQ and the GACW (Grupo Argentino de CW) reports the
sad news of the passing of Jorge Vrsalovich, LU7XP, on 12 October at 74 years
of age due to severe heart problems. First licenced in May 1949, he was a
well-known DXer and a teacher for amateur radio operators in Argentina.
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LOGS: The logs for the recent activity by DL9HO/P and DK1IP/P from
Nordstrandischmoor Island (EU-042) are available at
http://www.qsl.net/dl9ho/N25/N25.html [TNX DL9HO]
LOGS: The log of the recent GB2IOM activity from the Isle of Man (IOTA
EU-116) is now available at http://www.qsl.net/g0pse. [TNX G0PSE]
LOGS: On-line logs and information on the recent LX/PA6Z can be found at
http://www.pa6z.tk [TNX PA5RA]
ZL7C: The web site for the current operation from Chatham is at
http://www.qsl.net/zl7c/ - it includes logs uploaded daily. The
group will be very active in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest and will
close down immediately after the contest is finished. [TNX ZL2AL]
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AC7DX Ron G. Lago, P.O. Box 25426, Eugene, OR 97402, USA
EA5KB Jose F. Ardid Arlandis, P.O.Box 5013, 46080 Valencia, Spain
EA7FTR Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias 23, 21110 Aljaraque, Huelva, Spain
F8UNF Vincent Charles, P.O. Box 12, 54760 Leyr, France
G3MRC Brian J. Poole, 18, Grosvenor Avenue, Kidderminster, Worcs., DY10
1SS, England
G3OCA Ken Frankcom, 1 Chesterton Road, Spondon, Derby DE21 7EN, England
G4DFI Owen Cross, 28 Garden Avenue, Bexleyheath, Kent DA7 4LF, England
IZ0CKJ Alessio Roma, Via Sterparo 43, 03023 Ceccano -FR, Italy
IZ2DVI Marco Gemelli, Via Roma 53, 21030 Marzio - VA, Italy
JA1MRM Saburo Asano, 3-26-8 Toyotamakita, Nerima, Tokyo, 176-0012 Japan
JA4GXS Kenji Sasaki, 2-15 Ishikannon-cho, Yamaguchi-city, 753-0038 Japan
KU9C Steve Wheatley, P.O. Box 31, Morristown, NJ 07963-0031, USA
LU4EJ Mariano Viva, Independencia 1193, Mar del Plata 7600, Argentina
N2OO Bob Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087, USA
OM2SA George Sipos, 93013 Trhova Hradska 550, Slovakia
PA1AW Alex van Hengel, De Manning 15, 2995AE Heerjansdam, The Netherlands
PA3GIO Bert vd Berg, Parklaan 38, NL-3931 KK Woudenberg, The Netherlands
PA5ET Rob Snieder, Van Leeuwenstraat 137, 2273 VS Voorburg, The Netherlands
RK1PWA Nick Shapkin, P.O.Box 73, 164744 Amderma, Arkhangelskaja, Russia
RU4SS Konstantin Vakhonin, P.O. Box 57, Yoshkar-Ola, 424000, Russia
SM7DKF Ronnie Nilsson, V. Haggviksvagen 12, SE-236 32 Hollviken, Sweden
SM7EQL Bengt Falkenberg, Blomstervagen 6, SE-225 93 Lund, Sweden
SP6DVP Krzysztof Bieniewski, P.O.Box 2110, PL 45-246 Opole 15 ZWM, Poland
UA4WHX Vladimir M. Bykov, P.O. Box 2040, 426000 Izhevsk, Russia
VE3HO Garth Hamilton, P.O. Box 1156, Fonthill, Ontario L0S 1E0, Canada
VE7XF Ralph Parker, 5330 Wallace Ave. Delta, BC, V4M 1A1, Canada
VK4FW Bill Horner, P.O. Box 1343,, Maroochydore, 4558, Australia
YO3JW Fenyo Stefan Pit, P.O. Box 19-43, RO-74400 Bucuresti 19, Romania
Z32XX Dragan Davkovski, P.O. Box 15, 2000 Stip, Macedonia
ZL4HU Ken Holdom, P.O. Box 7, Clyde, Central Otago, New Zealand
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