425 DX News #601
9 November 2002
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:
Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: DX information
(e-mail i1jqj@425dxn.org - BBS I1JQJ@I1YLM.IPIE.ITA.EU)
Maurizio Bertolino, I1-21171: 425 DX News Web Pages
(e-mail i121171@425dxn.org)
Many thanks to all those who have sent their congratulations and good wishes
to 425 DX News on the occasion of 425DXN #600. You are far too many to be
thanked individually, but rest sure we were very pleased to read your kind
words of appreciation.
5B - Alan, G3PMR reports he will be active again, on a casual basis, as
5B/G3PMR from Cyprus(AS-004) on 19-26 November. QSL via home call.
5W - Paul, VK3DK is active as 5W0PV from Samoa (OC-097) until 16 November.
QSL via VK3DK (P.O. Box 1068, Croydon, Victoria 3136, Australia). [TNX
The Daily DX]
6W - Jean-Marc, F8IXZ will be active from Djoudj National Park in northern
Senegal on 14-22 December. He plans to operate either as 6W4/F8IXZ or
with a 6W call on 10-40 metres mainly CW. He might also operate as
6W1/F8IXZ from Dakar. QSL via home call. [TNX F8IXZ]
6Y - Team Vertical will be active again from Jamaica (NA-097) on 16-26
November. Operators include K2KW, KE7X, N6BT, N6XG, W6FOG, W6NS and
W7CB; their main goal will be QRP single band entries (as 6Y0A, 6Y1A,
6Y2A, 6Y4A, 6Y8A, and 6Y9A) in the CQ WW DX CW Contest, while outside
the contest they will operate as homecall/6Y5 on all bands and modes.
There will be a dedicated 6m station (W6NS/6Y5, breakable beacon on
50.101 MHz) and two dedicated Satellite stations (W6FOG/6Y5) on AO-7,
AO-27, AO-40, FO-20, FO-29, and UO-14. QSL all QSOs via WA4WTG (but
USA satellite QSOs will be sent via AMSAT). Details on the operation
are available at http://www.k2kw.com [TNX K2KW]
7X - Mirek, 9V1XE will be back to Algeria from 15 November (evening) to the
18th (morning) and will try to operate (on 20 metres and up, SSB and
CW) as 7X0DX as time permits. QSL via DL4DBR. [TNX 9V1XE]
8Q7 - Juergen, DL8LE will active from the Maldives (AS-013) during his
holidays from 17 November until 3 December. He will try to operate on
10-80 metres mainly CW, with some SSB, RTTY and PSK 31 depending on
local conditions. The call sign is not known yet. QSL via home call
either direct or through the bureau. [TNX DL8LE]
9A - Charlie/NF4A, Paul/N4PN and Tom/N4XP will be active from Croatia on
18-24 November. They will operate as 9A5PC (NF4A), 9A4PN (N4PN) and
9A/N4XP from the 9A1A club station in Jarun, near Zagreb and will
participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest with the 9A1A group. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
9M6 - Look for 9M6/OK2SG, 9M6/OK2WH and 9M6/OK2PBM to be active on all the
HF bands CQ, SSB, RTTY and PSK31 plus 6 metres from Sabah, East
Malaysia until 25 November. QSL via home calls. [TNX OK2PBM]
BY - David, BA4DW will be active from Changxing Island (which is not listed
in the IOTA Directory, but has been confirmed to qualify for AS-151)
on 8-14 November. He will concentrate on 12, 17 and 30 metres with 100
watts and a HB9CV. QSL via BA4DW (David Y. J. Zhou, P.O. Box 040-088,
Shanghai, 200040, China). [TNX BA4DW]
CE - Ferdi, XQ5SM (Chairman of the Southern Cross DX Group) reports that
the following SCDXG members will be active over the weekend during the
Japan International DX Contest (SSB): XQ5SM and CE4USW as 3G5A (Multi
Single), CE3NR on 10 metres, CE4EBJ on 40 metres, CE4PBB as CE4P on 20
metres, CE4FXY as CE4Y on 15 metres, XQ1IDM on 15 metres. QSL via home
calls.
EA8 - Frank, DH5JG will be active as EA8/DH5JG/p from Lanzarote (DIE S-007),
Canary islands (AF-004) on 18-29 November. He will operate mostly CW
with some SSB on 10-40 metres and will participate in the CQ WW DX CW
Contest. QSL to DH5JG via bureau. [TNX NG3K]
FK - Jean-Louis, FK/F5NHJ is currently active from Poindimie, New Caledonia
(OC-032). On 13 November he will move to Ile des Pins (OC-032) for
three days; a side trip to either Mare and/or Lifou (OC-033) is being
planned for his last week in FK. He will be returning to France on 25
November. [TNX La Gazette du DX]
FW - Frank, FK8HC will be on Wallis Island (OC-054) on 12-18 November and
plans to operate (callsign not given) on 40-10 metres with 100 watts
and a vertical antenna. QSL via VK4FW (Bill Horner, P.O. Box 1343,,
Maroochydore, 4558, Australia). [TNX F5NOD]
GJ - Rich, K2WR will be active as MJ0AWR (QSL via K2WR) from Jersey
(EU-013) on 20-25 November. He will participate in the CQ WW DX CW
Contest as GJ2A (SOAB High Power), QSL via GJ3DVC. [TNX NG3K]
HC - A group of 13 operators from Ecuador will be active on 15 and 20
metres SSB and CW as HC4T from Playas de Tonsupa on 16 November. QSL
via EA7FTR. [TNX EA7FTR]
I - Special callsign IR7TA will be aired on the HF bands and 6 metres
through 30 November to celebrate the 30th anniversary of ARI Taranto
(http://www.aritaranto.it). QSL via IK7AFM either direct (Rocco
Lucatorto, P.O. Box 2001, I-74100 Taranto/1o, Italy) or, preferably,
through the bureau. [TNX IZ7AUH]
I - Vincenzo, IT9NVA plans to operate from Cozzo Spadaro Lighthouse (WAIL
SI-012) on 12 November in the morning. [TNX IT9NVA]
J7 - George, K5KG and John, W4IX will be active (on 10-160 metres mainly
CW) as J75KG (QSL via KU9C) and J79JRC (QSL via W4IX) from Dominica
(NA-101) on 16-26 November, including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW
Contest as J75KG. [TNX The Daily DX]
KH0 - Yoshi, JK2VOC and Taka, JF2VAX will be active (on 80-6 metres SSB and
CW) as KH0/JK2VOC and KH0/JF2VAX from the Mariana Islands (OC-086) on
22-25 November. Look for them to participate in the CQ WW DX CW
Contest as separate entrants in the SOAB category. QSL via home calls,
either direct or through the JARL bureau. The web pages for the
operation are at http://www5.ocn.ne.jp/~jk2voc/ and
http://jf2vax.cside6.com/ [TNX JF2VAX]
KH8 - Mike, KM9D/KH8 became active from Swains Island (OC-200) [425DXN 600]
early this week. This single operator activity is expected to continue
at least through the weekend. Mike favours CW on 10-40 metres. QSL via
OM2SA (George Sipos, 93013 Trhova Hradska 550, Slovakia). [TNX OM2SA]
LU - A group of operators from the Bahia Blanca DX Group
(http://www.geocities.com/bbdxgroup) will be active from Gama Island
(SA-022) on 6-9 December. Look for LW3DKC/D, LW4DRH/D, LW4DRV/D,
LW8DMK/D, LW9EAG/D, LU4ETN/D, LU6EPR/D, LU6DRD/D, LU7DSY/D, LU8DWR/D,
LU8EBK/D, LU8ECF/D, LU8EBJ/D, LU8EXN/D and LU9ESD/D on all bands. QSL
via LY7DSY (Carlos Almiron, P.O.Box 709, 8000 Bahia Blanca,
Argentina). The current postage from Argentina to the US is USD 1,25
and to the rest of the world USD 1,40. [TNX LU8DWR]
PY0_f- Tony, PY8IT will be active as PY0FT from Fernando de Noronha (SA-003)
on 8-10 December. He plans to concentrate on RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV. QSL
via JA1ELY. [TNX NG3K]
S9 - Paul, K1XM (S9MX) and Charlotte, KQ1F will operate from Principe
Island (AF-044) from around 19 November to the 27th, including
activity during the CQ WW DX CW Contest. They may also be active from
Sao Tome (AF-023) from 28 November to 1 December. [TNX NG3K]
ST - William, ZS5WC/ST0F is now back in Sudan until at least Christmas. His
web site is at http://www.qsl.net/st0f/. QSL via ZS4TX. [TNX The Daily
DX]
SU - Francisco, EA7FTR reports that Roger, G3PVU is active as SU9VU from El
Gorah, Egypt. QSL via EA7FTR.
SV5 - Goran, SM0CMH will be active (on 40-10 metres mainly CW, possibly on
80 and 160 metres as well) as SV5/SM8C from the Dodecanese (EU-001) on
16-29 November, including and entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as
J45KLN. QSLs via SM0CMH either direct (Goran Lundell, Algovagen 11,
SE-133 36 Saltsjobaden, Sweden) or through the bureau. [TNX SM0CMH]
T8 - Maciek "Mark" Rozmilowski, WQ7X will be active as T88SP from Palau
(OC-009) on 20-25 November. He plans to operate on 80-10 metres plus 6
metres SSB and CW. QSL via SP5DRH (Jacek Kubiak, P.O. Box 4, 00-957
Warsaw 36, Poland). [TNX WQ7X]
V2 - Bud, AA3B will be active (CW only) as V26K from Antigua (NA-100) on
21-24 November, CQ WW DX CW Contest included. QSl via home call.
V3 - Joe Pontek, K8JP will be back to Belize from around 20 November
through April 2003. He will operate as V31JP on 6-160 metres mainly
CW, with some SSB and, maybe, some RTTY as well. QSL direct to KA9WON.
His web page is at http://mywebpage.netscape.com/v31jp/homepage.html
[TNX K8JP]
VE - Yuri, VE3DZ reports he will be active again as VE2IM from Sept-Iles
(Zone 2) on 20-25 November, CQ WW DX CW Contest included.
VP9 - Tom, W9AEB reports he will operate as VP9/W9AEB from Bermuda (NA-005)
on 21-30 November. He plans to be active on 10-40 metres SSB and
CW. QSL via WF9V.
W - Look for Ron, K0NEO/p to operate from Held's Island (USI MO-New),
Gasconade County, Missouri on 19 November starting around 6 UTC. QSL
via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
XT - Dani, XT2ATI [425DXN 600] also operates CW, but please QRS and be
patient with him as this is not his favourite mode. Logs are available
at http://www.qsl.net/ea4ati/ [TNX EA4CWN and EA4YK]
ZF - Pete, N2LM will be active (on 10-80 metres SSB and CW) as ZF2PD from
the Cayman Islands (NA-016) from 23 November until 1 December. QSL via
home call, either direct or through the bureau. [TNX N2LM
ZS - A total eclipse of the sun will be visible from the Northern and North
Eastern regions of Limpopo Province, South Africa, on 4 December, and
a group of operators from ZS5 and ZS6 will air the special event call
ZS6SOL from 30 November through 7 December. QSL via ZS5WI either
direct (P.O. Box 1064, Eshowe 3815, South Africa) or through the
bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
WEST INDIES ---> Look for DL1EFD to be active from Aruba (SA-036) and the
Netherlands Antilles (SA-006) as follows:
11-17 November P4/DL1EFD
18-22 November PJ4/DL1EFD/p
23-24 November PJ4W as SOAB Low Power in the CQ WW DX CW Contest
26-29 November PJ2/DL1EFD/p
QSLs via DL1EFD either direct or through the bureau (e-mail requests for
bureau cards are welcome at dl1efd@rrdxa.de). [TNX NG3K]
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CARIBBEAN TOUR ---> The Low-Land DXpedition Team's (http://www.qsl.net/lldxt)
Caribbean tour to Dominica and Montserrat ended on 2 November, after 16539
QSOs (plus the loss of one amplifier and several blackout hours) from J7 and
31886 QSOs from VP2M, including some 7700 contacts during the CQ WW DX SSB
Contest. Complete on-line logs are available on the web site above.
GALAPAGOS ---> A DXpedition rental QTH is now available in the Galapagos
Islands at the hotel "Hogar de Don Guido", owned and operated by the family
of Guido Rosillo, HC8GR in the seaside town of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno (San
Cristobal Island). Reservations are being handled by Trey, N5KO. See
http://www.donguido.com/ for additional details.
PARIS-DAKAR ---> "La Gazette du DX" reports that Jean-Gabriel, F5PNI
(f5pni@wanadoo.fr) and Marko, S52SK (s52sk@yahoo.com) will compete in the
25th Paris-Dakar rally and are looking for a third radioamateur to join them.
Amateur radio activity is expected to take place from the various countries
involved in the rally. Further information at
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/common_files/project/index.htm
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/s52sk
QSL 8A3M ---> Antonio, IZ8CCW reports that the first batch of 500 direct QSL
cards for 8A3M (Masalembu Island, OC-250) was mailed on 5 November. The rest
will follow within the end of the month.
QSL EU-165 ---> Roberto, IS0JMA and Alberto, IK4HPU operated as IS0/homecall
from Isola del Fico (EU-165, IIA SS-103) on 18 August (pictures at
http://www.ariolbia.cjb.net). They report that all of the direct requests
have been replied to, remaining QSOs have been confirmed automatically via
bureau.
QSL HK3JJH ---> Carl, N4AA is receiving cards for Pedro's IOTA operations in
2002 from SA-040, SA-078 and SA-093. Please note that cards for these
activities should be sent direct only to HK3JJH himself (Pedro J. Allina,
P.O. Box 81119, Bogota, Colombia). [TNX HK3JJH]
QSL PW6AI ---> Lunkes, PT2HF, President of the Brazilian DXpedition Group,
reports that the QSL cards for the February PW6AI operation from Abrolhos
Archipelago (SA-019) are being sent out right now. The QSL manager is PT2GTI
(Roberto F. Stuckert, QI 07, Conj. 12, Casa 14, 71515-120 Brasilia - DF,
Brazil).
QSL TO5A ---> Jack, F6BUM operated as TO5A in July 1996, but the call has
been reissued. Please note that cards for the recent TO5A activity should be
routed through F5VHJ.
QSL UU5YL ---> Effective 1 November 2002, KI6T will handle North American QSL
cards for Olga, UU5YL. Gary can probably help if you have any outstanding
QSLs prior to November. [TNX KI6T]
QSL VY1JA ---> Joe, JJ1BDX/3 reports that QSLs for VY1JA from JA stations
should be routed to JA3JM either direct (Akio Shimizu, P.O. Box 76 Fujiidera,
Osaka 583-8691, Japan) or through the JARL bureau (e-mail requests for bureau
cards are welcome at ActiveHams@aol.com). Akio also handles the following
callsigns: VC1JA, VG1JA, VY1A, VY1RAC, VY3JA, VY5JA, VY5OJA, VY7JA, CG1JA,
CI1JA, CI1RAC, CK1JA, CK3JA, CK5JA, CK7JA, CK9JA, XO1JA, XK1JA, XN5JA, XN9JA.
QSL ZK1MA ---> Please note that, as repeatedly mentioned in 425 DX News, the
QSL route for all QSOs with ZK1MA is via W7TSQ. Tuatai, ZK1MA does not have
the cards and he is starting to get some direct QSLs he has no way of
answering.
QSL VIA DJ0LZ ---> DJ0LZ is the QSL manager for Z36A, Z34M, Z31GX and Z31PK.
He also handles cards for Z31VP, Z31RB, Z31VJ and EK6LF (from 1991). QSL
direct only to Ace Jevremov, P.O. Box 14, D-82378 Peissenberg, Germany. [TNX
DJ0LZ]
QSL VIA UA1RJ ---> Yuri reports that all of the direct cards for R16S, R17O
and RK21Z (activities by Radio Club Vologda) have been mailed.
QSL VIA VK4AAR ---> Alan reports he is now the QSL manager for VK8XC and
VK8DP. QSL direct only to Alan Roocroft, P.O. Box 421, Gatton 4343,
Australia.
V63RE & V63WN ---> Nando, IT9YRE (V63RE) and Claudio, I1SNW (V63WN) logged
some 1600 QSOs from Nomwin Island (OC-253) and some 3000 QSOs from Ta Island
(OC-254) during their recent trip to Micronesia. Due to circumstances beyond
their control, the operation from Nomwin had to close down much earlier than
planned and they apologize to those island chasers who were not able to work
them. The activity from Ta risked being cancelled due to other local problems
that were eventually sorted out overrunning the budget by a few thousands
dollars. Donations to offset the high cost will be gratefully accepted along
with your QSL cards, which should be sent (for either V63WN and V63RE, from
either OC-253 and OC-254) to IT9YRE: Ferdinando Rubino, P.O.Box 30, 96012
Avola - SR, Italy. [TNX I1SNW & IT9YRE]
+ SILENT KEY + The Daily DX reports the tragic death of 66-year-old Ronald S.
Ford, G3NKO (C56RF), whose body "was discovered in a shallow grave near the
Senegal-Gambia border" a couple of weeks ago. "Police have arrested four men
in connection of the murder. Initial reports state that Ford was shot,
possibly during a robbery".
+ SILENT KEY + We are sad to report the news of the sudden passing of
54-year-old Daniel K. Robbins, KL7Y, who was killed on 31 October in a
motorcycle accident in Hawaii. Dan, "Alaska's amateur radio ambassador to the
world" (WA2GO), had operated the CQ WW SSB DX Contest from KH7R. His QSL
manager, Ken/W8LU has Dan's complete log back through 1994 and will continue
to respond to requests for confirmation of QSOs with him. [TNX WL7E and W8LU]
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ANTARCTIC QSLS: A nice Antarctic QSL Gallery can be found on the web site of
the French bulletin "Les Nouvelles DX" at
http://lesnouvellesdx.free.fr/ [TNX F5NOD]
247 DX GROUP: The 247 DX group and Chuck Degard, K7PT have new web pages
dedicated to amateur radio. The URLs are
http://www.rni.net/~247dx/247DX.html
http://www.rni.net/~k7pt/
CQWW SSB: Pascual, EA5EYJ reports that a list of QSL routes for
stations active during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest 2002 is now
available at http://www.arrakis.es/~ea5eyj
CY0MM: The web page for the forthcoming DXpedition to Sable Island
is at http://dx.fireroute.com/cy0mm (it will be updated on a
daily basis, on-line logs included).
GACW CONTEST: The reults of the first edition of the GACW (Grupo Argentino
de CW) Contest are available at http://gacw.no-ip.org [TNX
LU6EF]
LOGS: On-line logs for the current 3XY7C operation from Guinea
[425DXN 577] are at http://www.qsl.net/dl7df/
LOGS: Logs for the recent C98RF and C98DC operations are now
available at http://www.qsl.net/dl7afs/Log_C9.html
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QSLs received direct: 3B8/S51OI, 3B9FR, 3V8KO (AF-092), 3XA8DX, 4K5D, 4K9W,
4L1FX, 4S7BRG, 4U1ITU, 5B4/DL1CW, 5B4AHA, 5B4KH, 5C2MI (AF-065), 5C8A,
5N6EAM, 5T5U, 5W0DL, 5W0TR, 5X1T, 6J1L, 6J1YYD, 6Y5WJ, 7O/OH2YY, 7Q7DX,
9A2YM, 9L1BTB, 9U0X, A25/DJ6SI, A71MA, AH8A, AP2IA, BA7JA/7 (AS-094), BQ9P,
C4MG (AS-120), CE0ZIS, CM8WAL, CN2PM, CN8KD, CN8NK, CN8YR, CO8LY, CP6XE,
CX3AN, D2BB, D44TC, ER/DL6MHG, FG/DL1CW, FO5RH, FP/K9OT, FR5AB, FS/AH8DX,
GB50, HR1/W4CK, HR1RTF, IS0/IS0JMA (EU-166; IIA SS-103), J3A, J75KG, JA6DJD
(AS-023), JW5NM, JX7DFA, JY9QJ, K1B, KH7X, LX1KC, N6XIV/KH9, OA7/DL1CW,
OD5/OK1MU, OH0JV, OH0RJ, OY4TN, PJ2AM, PW6AI (SA-019), PZ5RA, R1ANF, RI0L
(AS-066), RK2FWA, S07U, S07X, S21AR, SN800R, SU9US, SV5/DL8KWS, SV9/DJ9XB,
SV9/SV1QN (EU-187), T5X, T77C, T77CD, T77M, TA1BM, TG/DL1CW, TL8DV, TM5Y
(EU-064), TN6X, TT8VMFR, TX5BTY, UA2FF, UK8OM, UK9AA, UM8LA, V73CW, V73GOD,
VK9NS, VP5JM, VP6DI, VQ9FW, VQ9X, VU2OWY, W4NU/9K2, XE1UN, XU7ABN, XW1IC,
XY0TA (AS-165), XY3C, XY7V, YM3LZ, YW1T (SA-066), ZC40DW, ZC40VG, ZD7VC,
ZD8Z, ZK1KDN (OC-082), ZK1NCP (0C-082), ZW5B.
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