19 October 2002 No 598 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH /---------------------------------------------------------------------------\ ! Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to: ! ! ! ! Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: DX information ! ! (e-mail i1jqj@425dxn.org - BBS I1JQJ@IK1MJJ.IPIE.ITA.EU) ! ! Maurizio Bertolino, IZ1CRR (I1-21171): 425 DX News WWW Pages ! ! (e-mail i121171@425dxn.org) ! \---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ 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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH #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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** NEWS FROM THE WEB *** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH 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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL INFO ******** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3B8/PA3GIO PA3GIO EZ11A RU4SS OH0B OH2BH 3D2RW ZL1AMO EZ21A RU4SS OH0JV DL7RV 3F8FDA HP8AJT EZ3A RU4SS OQ0LEF ON4RU 3Z6V SP6DVP EZ56V RU4SS P29CC K1WY 4D0MS G3OCA EZ75R RU4SS P29VR W7LFA 4X6HP/P EA7FTR EZ8CW RU4SS R5CC RW3RN 4Z5LA/p 4Z5LA EZ8CW/3 RU4SS RU1A RU1AE 5H1HS DL7VSN EZ9A RU4SS S07L EA4URE 5H3JD DK9MA F6REF F2WS S79W DF8WS 5Z4DZ PA1AW FK8HW VK4FW S9YL N4JR 6F1LM XE bureau FO0PT DJ0FX ST0F ZS4TX 6J2Z AC7DX FO0SAI JI1JKW T88ME 7N1RTO 7Q7BP G3MRC GB2IOM G0PSE TA4ZT DK1AR 8N1OGA JA1MRM GB2LBL M0CMW TG4/AC4LN UA4WHX 8P6JQ K9JJR GB6CW G4DFI TG4/UA4WHX UA4WHX 8P9/AC4LN UA4WHX GJ0WFH/P G0DBX TM2E F8BPN 8P9BV UA4WHX GS2MP N3SL TM5BIB F6KMF 8Q7QR HB9BMY GU4YWY/m G4YWY TM5SIA F2WS 8R1/AC4LN UA4WHX H7/AC4LN UA4WHX TM8ZV F5FAB 9H3JR DJ0QJ HG41FC HA1VQ TO8MZ F6BLK 9H3SG DJ4KW HI8/AC4LN UA4WHX TP3CE F6FQK 9J2BO G3TEV HK3JJH/4 HK3JJH TT8FC EA4AHK 9J2GM PA3HHT HK8RQS/P EA5KB TU2IG F5IG 9L1BTB SP7BTB HP1/AC4LN UA4WHX TX0AT IZ0CKJ 9M6A N2OO HP8/AC4LN UA4WHX UA0FDX EA5OL 9M6AAC N2OO HR1RQF EA7FTR UA6QL RW6HS 9N1HA N5VL HS4BPQ/9 E21EIC UN3F EA5KB 9N7ZK SM4AIO II6I IK6LLE V31BV UA4WHX 9Y4/AC4LN UA4WHX IR2RES IZ2DVI VP2VE WA2NHA A25/PA3HHT PA3HHT J28UN F8UNF VP5FEB KZ5RO A35RK W7TSQ J43DIG DJ8OT VU4A pirate A61AJ N4QB J6/AC4LN UA4WHX XX9TEP N1UR A61X N1DG J73/AC4LN UA4WHX YA3GIB pirate AC4LN/6Y5 UA4WHX J75EA PA5ET YA5T KU9C AC4LN/HH2 UA4WHX J75ET PA5ET YI9OM OM6TX AC4LN/HR1 UA4WHX J75PA PA5ET YN4SU TI4SU AC4LN/HR2 UA4WHX J75WP PA5ET YP1W YO3JW AC4LN/J3 UA4WHX J75ZH PA5ET YS1/AC4LN UA4WHX AC4LN/TI2 UA4WHX J8/AC4LN UA4WHX Z2/PA3HHT PA3HHT AC5ML/p AC5ML JT1FDH OE2CAL Z22JE KZ5RO AY1ECZ EA5KB JW5NM LA5NM ZB2CN DJ9WH AY4EJ/D LU4EJ JY9QJ DL5MBY ZC4DW G0DEZ CA0YAM CE1VLY K6C W1SRD ZC4VG G0UVX CN2OA F3OA KH2GR JF6BCC ZD8Z VE3HO CN8UIT CN8MC KH6ND K2PF ZK1AKX VE7XF CP6AA IK6SNR KL7FAA AC7DX ZK1APM AA7PM CQ0BWW CT1BWW L59DA AC7DX ZK1ASQ W7TSQ CW60F CX3FH LQ7D AC7DX ZK1DKF SM7DKF D2BB W3HNK LU7JA WD9EWK ZK1EQL SM7EQL DX0L G3OCA MB2HFC G4BWP ZK1MA W7TSQ DZ1MS G3OCA MD3LCR/P M3LCR ZK1TTG KT7G E5DX pirate MI0SDX M0SDX ZK1VVV W7VV EO5GKU UR0GK N6DE W1SRD ZK2MO OM2SA ER8C ER1DA OD5/OK1MU OK1TN ZL3/N2WB N2OO EX8MLS DL4YFF OD5PL HB9CRV ZL7C ZL4HU EZ10A RU4SS OD5UT K3IRV ZW5B W3HC ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* ADDRESSES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH 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. 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