425 DX News #605
7 December 2002
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
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3C - The OPDX Bulletin reports that Vitaly, 3C2MV might have to leave
Malabo a few days earlier than expected (possibly on 8 December, but
that is not definite yet). QSL via VE6JO.
8P - John, K4BAI will be active as 8P9HT (on 160-6 metres CW and SSB)
from Barbados (NA-021) on 10-17 December. He will participate in the
ARRL 10 Meter contest, both modes, as 8P9Z. QSL both calls via
K4BAI. [TNX NG3K]
C6 - Wade, AA8LL and Liz, K8LIZ will be active (on 40-10 metres mostly
SSB, with CW on request) from Crooked Island (NA-113), Bahamas on
18-20 January. They will be signing AA8LL/C6A and K8LIZ/C6A (QSL via
home calls), but they also have permissione to operate as C6ALB (QSL
via AA8LL) from Bird Rock Lighthouse (WLA LH-0118, ARLS BAH 005).
Their new web site is at http://home.att.net/~aa8ll [TNX AA8LL]
CO - Pepin, CO2TK reports he will participate in the ARRL 10 Meter
Contest as Single Operator Low Power. QSL via F6FNU.
EA9 - Special event station AM9CE will be active on 6-9 December during
the URE National Convention to be held in Ceuta. QSL via EA9CE. [TNX
EA9CD]
FM - Topbanders who need Martinique should look for Denis, FM5GU this
weekend, as he is going to put together a very serious effort in the
ARRL 160 Meter Contest. QSL via KU9C. [TNX KU9C]
GM - Look for Dave, GM0LVI/p to be active (on 80-20 metres CW and SSB)
from Tanera Mor in the Summer Isles (EU-092) between 28 December and
2 January. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ]
HA - Tibor, HG4I will operate as HG03HNY from 20 December to 12 January
to celebrate the new year. He plans to be active on all bands CW,
RTTY, PSK with some SSB. QSL direct to Tibor Szabo, Budai u. 6.,
H-2465 Rackeresztur, Hungary. [TNX HG4I]
HR - Hiro, HR3/JA6WFM had to cancel his planned trip to Cayo Cochino
(NA-160) as the arrangement with the hotel was not possible. Hiro
has finished his work in Honduras and is going back to Japan on 8
December. [TNX JI6KVR]
HS - Charly, K4VUD reports he is going back to Thailand and will be
active as HS0ZCW until 3 January. He plans to participate in the
ARRL 10 Meter Contest. QSL via home call.
HS - Special event station E20AJ (http://www.qsl.net/e20aj/) will be
activated from 28 December to 7 January during the 20th World Scout
Jamboree to be held in Sattahip, Thailand. [TNX LX1KQ]
I - Vincenzo, IT9NVA reports he plans to operate from Isola Grande di
Marzamemi (EU-025, IIA SR-005) on 7 December.
I - Special event station IR5ONU will be activated by operators from ARI
Val di Chiana between 8 December and 10 May. QSL via I5KKW either
direct or through the bureau [TNX I5KKW].
IS0 - Max, IK2YSE will be active (on 10-40 metres CW only) as IM0/IK2YSE
from the islands of Maddalena (EU-041, IIA SS-001) and Caprera
(EU-041, IIA SS-005) between 28 December and 2 January. QSL via
bureau. [TNX IK2YSE]
KH3 - Gary Belcher, KH6GMP will operate (on SSB, RTTY and PSK31) as
KH6GMP/KH3 from Johnston Atoll (OC-023) on 11-17 December, ARRL 10
Meter Contest included (SSB only). QSL via KH6GMP either direct or
through the bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
LU - Fabian/LU1AEE, Claudio/LU7DW, Daniel/LU8EKC and Nely/LW8EXF will be
active as homecall/D from the lighthouse (ARG-045) located on Martin
Garcia Island (SA-055) on 7-8 December. They plan to have two or
three stations on all bands SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via home calls
either direct or thorugh the bureau. [TNX LU1AEE and LU7DW]
PJ2 - W9VA, K9BG, W9JUV and W9UZ will participate in the ARRL 10 Meter
Contest (14-15 December) as PJ2T from Curacao (SA-006). QSL via
N9AG. Outside the contest they will operate as PJ2/homecall. [TNX
VA3RJ]
PY - PY8AZT, PY8DAN, PT2ND and PT2PS will be active as ZW8P
(http://www.zw8p.hpg.ig.com.br) from Cotijuba Island (SA-060) on
12-17 December, ARRL 10 Meter Contest included. They will have two
stations active on 80-6 metres. QSL via PT2PS. [TNX PT2PS]
TI9 - Jose Pastora, TI2JJP will be active (on 10, 15 and 20 metres SSB) as
TI9JJP from Cocos Island (NA-012) on 10-25 December. QSL to P.O. Box
2048-2050, San Pedro Montes Oca, San Jose, Costa Rica. [TNX The
Daily DX]
V3 - Look for Jay Hoskelis, K0BCN/V31MX and Cal Neely, V31MF to be active
(on 10, 15 and 20 metres SSB) from Caye Caulker (NA-073), Belize on
11-17 December, including a Multi-Single entry in the ARRL 10 Meter
Contest (14-15 December) as V31MX. QSL via K0BCN direct or bureau.
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
VU - Special event station AT0NG will be activated on 13-22 December to
celebrate the 32nd National Games of India. QSL via VU2JOS (Jose
Jacob, P.O. Box 1555, Somajiguda, Hyderabad 500082, India). [TNX The
Daily DX]
W - Ivan, G3IZD will operate as AE4WK from Anna Maria Island (NA-034) on
12-15 December. [TNX The Daily DX]
XU - Dick, N6FF will be active as XU7ACB from Sihanoukville, Cambodia
until 18 December. He will operate mainly on the low bands and
Topband enthusiasts should look for him transmitting on 1903 kHz and
listening between 1823 and 1831 kHz. QSL via N6FF. His pilot station
(Rod, WC7N) can be contacted at wc7n@gb.wave.net. [TNX The Daily DX]
XV - Hiroshi, JA1TAA will be active as XV3TAA from Vietnam on 12-20
December. He plans to operate on 160, 80, 40 and 30 metres CW and
SSB. QSL direct only via home call (Hiroshi Hotta, 4-12-53 Kameino,
Fujisawa City, Kanagawa, 252-0813 Japan). The web site for the
operation is at http://asahi-net.or.jp/~kw2m-szk [TNX JA3AFJ]
XW - Look for Champ, E21EIC to be again active as XW1IC from Laos on
11-16 December, including and entry in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest.
Before and after the contest he will operate on 160-10 metres. QSL
via E21EIC either direct or through the bureau. [TNX E21EIC]
YI - Mike, OM2DX [425DXN 603] will be using YI9OM for a few weeks, while
waiting for his call to be issued (hopefully YI9DX). Please note
that the new QSL route for contacts made with YI9OM from 28 November
2002 is via OM3JW. Mike will remain at the Slovak Embassy in Baghdad
fro 2-4 years and plans to operate on all bands CW, SSB, RTTY and
PSK 31. Topbanders should look for him after 20.30 UTC on 1832-1833
kHz. [TNX OM3JW]
ZA - Alfredo, IK7JWX (and possibly other operators from the Salento DX
Team) will join three operators from Radio Club Partizani (Albania)
for an operation from Sazan Island (EU-169) and Lighthouse (ARLHS
ALB-004) to take place between 16 (or 17) and 22 December.. QSL via
IK7JWX. [TNX IK7JWX]
ZK3 - Atsu, 5W1SA is now expected to be QRV from Tokelau [425DXN 604]
during the weekend. He will be there for 2-3 weeks. QSL via JH7OHF.
[TNX The Daily DX]
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9V1XE ---> Mirek, 9V1XE is moving from Singapore back to Australia. This
time, after operating as VK3DXI and VK2DXI, he will be in Perth, Western
Australia as VK6DXI. Mirek has made some 12,000 QSOs on all bands and modes
during his 4-year stay in Singapore, all logs are now with DL4DBR. Those who
still nedd a direct card for 9M8DX/2 or Z2/VK3DXI, please stand by for a few
months and wait for Mirek to settle in Perth. [TNX 9V1XE/VK6DXI]
DXCC NEWS ---> BQ9P (Pratas Island, 2002) and 3XY7C (Guinea, 2002) are now
being accepted for DXCC credit. Those who have had them rejected in a recent
submission can send an e-mail to dxcc@arrl.org to have their records updated.
EU SPRINT CW ---> The results of the EU Sprint Contest - Autumn CW (held on
12 October) are avalable at http://www.qsl.net/eusprint (logs of
participating stations are downloadable in .asc format). Rules, past scores,
all time records, winners, software, etc. are also available at the same URL.
[TNX I2UIY]
OLD QSL CARDS ---> Raul, LU6EF (GACW Coordinator) says that logs for all of
the past operations by the Grupo Argentino de CW are still open. They include
L20XSI, L8D/X, LU1ZC, LU2ZC, LU5EVB/Z, LU6UO/Z, LU6Z, LU7X. Please visit
http://gacw.no-ip.org for more details. Raul also reports that since 7
November 1 USD does not cover postage from Argentina.
QSL 4U1ITU ---> Please note that K1ZZ is the QSL manager only for contacts
made during the CQ WW CW DX 2002 and on 28 November 2002. [TNX The Daily DX]
QSL 5H3RK ---> Steve, G3OAG is receiving bureau cards for 5H3RK, but he is
not the QSL manager. The correct QSL route is direct to Ralph Karhammar, P.O.
Box 9274, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
QSL ZP6T ---> The correct QSL route is via ZP5MAL (not ZP6MAL as reported in
425 DX News #604). Many thanks to Chet, K8YTO for detecting the typo.
QSL VIA DJ2MX ---> Mario, DJ2MX (http://www.dj2mx.com) reports he has
received from the printer the QSL cards for VK2IR's DXpeditions (5W0IR,
KH8/VK2IR, 3D2IR, 6Y5/VK2IR and J6/VK2IR). The first 100 direct requests have
been processed and mailed and the rest will follow soon, then Mario will
process the requests that have been sent direct to Tommy's address in
Australia. QSL to Mario Lovric, Am Oelberg 11, D-61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany.
QSL VIA GM4FDM ---> Tom, GM4FDM has taken over QSL duties from Ray, G3NOM for
his various calls (including A52OM, XU1NOM, S21U, S2/G3NOM, JT4/G3NOM,
HS0/G3NOM, 9M2OM, HS0AC and also HS0ZDZ). Direct cards are up to date, but he
still has a huge backlog for bureau cards - he has completed cards for the
above calls up to 31 December 1998, and has started working on 1999. "Please
be patient", he says, "I'll try to get them out as soon as I can".
QSL VIA I8ACB ---> Ciro reports that the QSL cards for TY0T and TY3M are
being printed, please do not send duplicates.
QSL VIA PA3EPG ---> Please note that Ben is no longer the QSL manager for
4K5CW, 4K9CW and 4J4K. He says he can confirm only contacts made in the
following time frames:
4K5CW from 16 August 2000 to 11 March 2001
4K9CW from 30 October 2000 to 26 January 2001
4J4K from 03 November 2000 to 30 January 2001
QSL VIA UT3UY ---> Toly reports that the QSL cards for 4K5CW, 4J6ZZ and
4J10TX have been printed. He will try to mail all the direct requests
received so far within the end of the year. QSL to Anatoly Kirilenko, P.O.
Box 439/3, Kiev-151, 03151, Ukraine.
ZL3CW ---> Jacky, ZL3CW/F2CW reports that his new address is: Jacky Calvo, 31
Raurenga Ave, Epsom - Auckland, New Zealand.
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LOGS: The log for 3G1X (CQWW CW 2002) by Nick, XQ1IDM is available at
http://www.qsl.net/3g1x [TNX CE4USW]
LOGS: CY0MM on-line log at http://dx.fireroute.com/cy0mm was updated for
the last time on 30 November at 01.00 UTC, 45 minutes before the team
left the island. The 49511th and last QSO was made on 29 November at
12.28 UTC. [TNX VE3NWA]
LOGS: Logs for the V63RE and V63WN operations from OC-253 and OC-254 are
now on line at http://www.ddxc.net/search.asp, while pictures are
available at http://www.ddxc.net/v63/ [TNX IZ8BRI]
LOGS: Logs for the recent VK4WWI operations from OC-255, OC-187 and OC-172
are now available on line at http://home.tiscali.nl/~su042021 and
http://home.quicknet.nl/mw/prive/willemsen [TNX PA3EXX]
S07L: A photo gallery is available at
http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~iota/newpage39.htm [TNX JI6KVR]
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QSLs received direct: 3A2MW, 4K8M, 4L8A, 4X4DK, 5B4/G0NUP, 5B4/UA9YAB,
5N0NHD, 5W0DL, 5W0TR, 6J1MM, 6J1ZOI, 6Y6L, 7X4AN, 8R1AK, 8R1USA, 9H1AL,
9H1ET, 9M2TO, 9M6BG, 9Q1A, 9Q5BB, 9S1X, 9U5A, 9U5DX, 9Y4/NG5E, A25/V51AS,
A45XU, A52DX, A61AJ, AH3C, AP2AUM, AP2IA, AY1XS (SA-008), C31LJ, C98DC
(AF-072),CP1WG, CP4BT, CU2A, CX5X, CX6VM, CY9DH, D44TA, D44TD, DU1EIB,
DU3NXE, DX0L (OC-126), DZ1MS (OC-090), EA9HA, EM1KCC, EP3SMH, ET3YU, EW3BF,
EW8CZ, EX2T, EX8QB, EZ3A, EZ8CW/3, FM5BH, FO5QG, FP/W0SD, HC1JQ, HC5T, HC8N,
HF0POL, HK3JJH/4 (SA-093), HO1A, HS0/G3NOM, IS0/DM5TI, J48ALO, J75KG, J77C,
J79MM, JI5USJ/4 (AS-041), JM3FVL/JD1 (AS-031), JX7DFA, K1B, KH6ND, KL7AK/p
(NA-222), KN0E/KH3, KP2A, N2CW/3 (NA-140), NP4A, OH0B, P3A, P43JB, P5/4L4FN,
PW0T, PW6AI (SA-019), PZ5RA, R0DAT, R0L, R3CA/0 (AS-163 and AS-164), R40G,
RI0L, RI1CG0, RU6FZ, S9SS, SV2ASP/A, SV8UM (EU-075), T24DX (OC-015), T2DA,
T97M, TI5N, TI9M, TM5C, TN3W, TT8DX, UA0FAA (AS-025), UK9AA, UP6P, US4IXQ,
V47KP, V51AS, V63CP (OC-059), VI3JPI (OC-251), VK6LC/4 (OC-138), VK9LI,
VK9ML, VO1BC, VP2E, VP2VE, VP5MM, VP5T, VP6DI, VP9GE, VQ9NL, VR2BG, VU2HFR
(AS-153), W5AA/TI8, W9AEB/VP9, WL7O (NA-158), XF4IH (NA-188), XW1HS, XY0TA
(AS-165), YA5T, YE2R (OC-186), YJ8DA, YK1AO, YP1W (EU-183), YS1RR, YW1T
(SA-066), Z24S, Z34M, ZD9IR, ZF2NT, ZK1SCQ, ZL6QH, ZP5JLC, ZS5NK,
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