425 DX News #607
21 December 2002
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
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4W - Alan, VK4AAR reports that the 4W6AN activity from East Timor [425DXN
606] has been postponed. Further information will be given in due
course.
9N - Kiyo, JH3PAS will be active (on 6-160 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK-31)
as 9N7AS from Kathmandu, Nepal on 23-30 December. QSL via home call,
either direct (Kiyotaka Ichikawa, 1-74-3 Issiki-Nishi Hiraoka,
Kakogawa, 675-0117 Japan) or through the JARL bureau. [TNX The Daily
DX]
CE - CA6TBB (Gladys), CE6AMN (Carlos), CE6TBN (Marco), CE6AKH (Jaime),
XQ5SM (Fernando) and CE6NE (Mario) will be active as CE6M from Mocha
Island (SA-061) on 15-18 January. They plan to operate on 160-10
metres SSB and CW. QSL to P.O.Box 591, Temuco, Chile. [TNX CE6NE]
CX - Look for CV1F to be aired from San Gabriel Island (SA-057) and
Lighthouse (URU-025) on 10-13 January. QSL via EA5KB. [TNX EA5KB]
G - As part of the "Lighthouse Christmas Lights 2002" event, Anvil Point
Lighthouse (ENG-001) will be activated on 27-30 December. Look for
GB2APL on 10-160 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via G0PSE either
direct or through the bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards are
welcome at g0pse@qsl.net). [TNX G0PSE]
G - Scout special event station GB2COS from the City of Chester will be
active on most HF bands, but especially on 10, 15 and 20 metres, on
4-5 January in order to link up with the World Jamboree Station in
Thailand [425DXN 605]. QSL via the bureau or direct to G7BQY. [TNX
G7BQY]
JA - Look for Takeshi, JI3DST to be active (on 40, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 6
metres SSB) as JI3DST/6 from Miyako Island (AS-079) from around 6 UTC
on 29 December to 00.00 UTC on 5 January. QSL via home call,
preferably via the JARL bureau. [TNX JI3DST]
KH0 - Nozomu, JE8KKX will be active as AH2K/KH0 from Saipan (OC-086) on
28-30 December. He plans to operate on 40-6 metres and to concentrate
on RTTY. QSL via home call either direct (Nozomu Takahashi, 2-5
5-chome 18-jo Toko, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, 078-8358 Japan) or through
the JARL bureau. [TNX JE8KKX]
KP2 - Joe Pater, W8GEX and John Walker, WZ8D will be active as N8Z from St.
Croix, Virgin Islands (NA-106) from 30 December to 8 January. They
will be at the QTH of WP2Z and will operate on 6-160 metres. John will
will monitor 50.125 for the USA and 50.110 for Europe; if the band
opens look for him on 50.122 CW or SSB. QSL direct to WZ8D. [TNX WZ8D]
PY - A group of operators from LABRE-Pernambuco and the Guara DX Group will
be active as PV7G, from Itamaraca Island (SA-046, DIB 18) until 22
December. They plan to have to stations active on 80-10 metres SSB, CW
and RTTY. QSL via PY7XC (Jemesson Faria, Rua Dhalia 228 AP401,
51020-290 Recife - PE, Brazil). [TNX PY7XC]
V6 - Bert, V73GOD will be active (mostly on 6, 10, 12 and 17 metres SSB) as
V63USA from Kosrae Island (OC-059), Micronesia from 26 December until
1 January. QSL to P.O. Box 1480, APO AP 96555, USA. [TNX The Daily DX]
VP8 - Martin, G3ZAY left England early this week on a 3-week trip to the
Falklands, South Georgia, South Orkneys, South Shetlands and Antarctic
Peninsula. The exact landing spots/bases will be determined by weather
and ice conditions, but he may be heard from time to time signing
VP8DFK. [TNX G3ZAY]
W - John, W2AGN will operate as W2C during the "Lighthouse Christmas
Lights 2002" event. He plans to to be active between 14 UTC on 21
December to 19 UTC on the 22nd from Finn's Point Rear Range Light
(USA-285), Salem County, NJ. QSL via W2AGN (John L. Sielke, 1353
Samuel Dr, Vineland, NJ 08360, USA). [TNX VA3RJ]
W - Special event call K1D will be aired (on 28380, 21380, 14270 and 7230
kHz) between 21 December and 5 January to celebrate Kid's Day (4
January) and Amateur Radio Awareness. The operators will be Peter
(W1DAD) and Jeanne (K1MOM) Schipelliti. QSL via W1DAD (Peter
Schipelliti, 7 Dearborn Ridge Rd, Atkinson, NH 03811, USA). [TNX
W1DAD].
W - Steve, K2ZPF/p plans to be active (mainly on 17 and 20 metres) from
three Florida islands between 23 and 31 December. His prime location
will be on St. George Island (NA-085, USI FL-007S), and he will try to
operate also from St. Vincent Island (not IOTA, USI FL-006S) and Dog
Island (not IOTA, USI FL-005S). QSL via home call, either direct or
through the bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
XU - Jaak Meier, ES1FB reports he will be active as XU7ACE from
Shianoukville, Cambodia unitl 27 December. QSL via ES1FB either direct
or through the bureau.
ZK3 - Atsu, 5W1SA is finally active as ZK3SA from Tokelau (OC-048). His
original plans [425DXN 604] were to remain there for a couple of
weeks. QSL via JH7OHF.
ZL - Steve, G4EDG will be active as ZL4/G4EDG from Stewart Island (OC-203)
from 17 January for approximately four full days. He will run 100w and
operate CW only mostly on 20 metres. QSL via home call, either direct
or through the bureau. [TNX ZL4HU]
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10 YEARS OF 9A ---> 2002 marks the 10th anniversary of allocation of the 9A
prefix to Croatia and the Croatian Amateur Radio Association sponsors a
special award (http://www.hamradio.hr/award.asp) for contacts made with 9A
stations between 5 July and 31 December. The first 97 awards have been mailed
and the deadline for applications, to be sent to Denis, 9A3Z
(9a3z@hamradio.hr), is 31 March 2003. The 9A CW Contest, which is held this
weekend, is a good opportunity to work the award. [TNX 9A3Z]
40 METRES ---> John, NT5C, one of the more successful 40m SSB US DXers,
reminds non-US stations where to transmit on 40 meters in order to be heard
in the USA: "below 7100, most integral multiples of 5KHz (7050, 7055, 7065,
7085, etc) are 'owned' by nets and ragchewers in Central and South America
and Canada. The odds are much better for the DX if they get between those
integral 5KHz multiples. Good frequencies to try are 7047, 7052 and 7057,
which are above most of the CW, but below the RTTY."
KH6GMP/KH3 ---> Gary, KH6GMP ended up his activity from Johnston Atoll with
just a little less than 3000 QSOs. He lost his main antenna on 13 December
and had to go with a very low wire multiband that had been installed probably
many years ago and only 2 or 3 feet above the steel reinforced concrete roof
of the building. By the way, The Daily DX reports that "the building which
houses the radio station will be demolished in January and no station nor
antennas will remain". [TNX YO3/DL4AAZ]
PIRATE ---> QRZ-DX reports that someone pirated 9S1X on 80 metres on 13
December. Patrick, 9Q1A and his wife Nicole, 9Q1YL are moving from Kinshasa
to Matadi [425DXN 603] and expect to resume activity on the amateur radio
bands in early January.
QSL HL1VAU ---> Han, HL1VAU is working on the QSL cards received for his
HL1VAU/4 (AS-093, April 2002) and HL1VAU/3 (AS-080, July 2002) operations and
hopes to process them all within the end of the year. Bureau cards will
follow. He apologizes for the delay, due to circumstances beyond his control.
QSL VY0/W2NTJ ---> As the QSL manager for VY0/W2NTJ's operations in 2000 and
2001, Cezar, VE3LYC has received a lot of inquiries regarding his operations
in 2002. Jack did not contact VE3LYC before his departure to VY0, and as of
19 December Cezar had received neither information nor logs regarding these
activities. "I suggest for now that you restrain yourselves from sending
direct QSL requests for contacts with him made this year", Cezar says. [TNX
N1HRW]
QSL VIA DJ0LZ ---> Those who still need a QSL for YU1KW, YU1CV or YU8DX can
send theirs to DJ0LZ, who also handles cards for Z32FD and UT1QK. QSL direct
only to Ace Jevremov, P.O. Box 14, D-82378 Peissenberg, Germany. [TNX DJ0LZ]
QSL VIA LU8VCC ---> Effective 1 January 2003 the new address for LU8VCC (QSL
manager for LT5V) is: Alex Rocca, 217 Bis 1128, 8332 Roca, Rio Negro,
Argentina. [TNX LU8VCC]
ZL1AMO ---> Judy, AA7UC reports that Ron's conditions are improving. His
tracheal tube has been removed and as a result he looks better, feels better
and can talk.
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FO/JA4GXS: A photo gallery for the October 2002 operation by FO/JA4GXS
from Rangiroa Island (OC-066) is available at
http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~iota/newpage40.htm [TNX JI6KVR]
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QSLs received direct: 3B8CF, 3B9FR, 3D2CY, 3D2IR, 3DA0TM, 4L1UN, 4L3Y,
4U1ITU, 5B4AHA, 5H3RK, 5K0Z, 5N42EAM, 5W0IR, 5Z4DZ, 6K5REL/5 (AS-081), 6V6U,
6W6/K3IPK, 6Y5/VK2IR, 7Q7CE, 7X4AN, 8Q7TB, 8R1AK, 8R1AK/P (SA-068), 9G5MD,
9J2BO, 9K2ZZ, 9L1AB, 9L1BTB, 9Q1A, 9Q1YL, 9S1X, 9U0X, A22HH, A45WD, AH0B,
C21ZM, C31BO, C6AKP, C98DC (AF-066 & AF-072), CE0ZIS, CE8/R3CA, CY9DH, D2BB,
D44TD, DU3NXE, DU9/N0NM, DZ1MS (OC-090), EA9BW, EK3AA, EK3SA, EK6GC, EL2WW,
EY10S, EY8/F5CW, EY8CQ, EY9/RA300, FG/T97M, FH/G3SXW, FM5BH, FM5WD, FO/I2YSB,
FO/IK2QPR (OC-067), FO5PS, FS/K7ZUM, FY5FY, HC1JQ, HC8N, HH2/DL1DA, HI8RV,
HI9/T93M, HK0/EA4DX, HK3JJH/4 (SA-093), HK8RQS/p (SA-081), HR8/YN4SU, HV5PUL,
J3/G3TBK, J38AA, J3A, J6/G3TBK, J6/VK2IR, J79LR, J79MM, J88DR, JT1CO, K1B,
KH8/VK2IR, KL7J, N4BQW/KH9, NP4A, OH0/W6YA, OX3DB, OY3QN, P40E, P40RM, P40W,
P5/4L4FN, PA3GIO/HI9 (NA-096),PJ2/K8NZ, PJ2T, PJ7/PA3GIO/M (NA-105),PT0F,
PW0T, PW6AI (SA-019), PZ5DK, R1ANT, R3CA/0 (AS-163), RA0FN, RK4HM/0
(RR-21-04), RW3TT/0 (RR-07-02), S79JDC, SU9BN, T77C, T77CD, T7IARU, T94DO,
T97M, TF8SM, TI1C, TI4CF, TI5/VE3RZ, TI9CF, TK5EP, TN3B, TN3W, TY0CDX,
TY22DX, UK7F, UK8OM, UN2O, V21CW, V47KP, VI3JPI (OC-251), VK9YL, VP2MDC,
VP2VE, VP5/W5AO, VP6DI, VU2ZAP, W6FOG/6Y5, WP3R, XF1DN, XT2DX, XW1IC, XY5T,
YA5T, YB0A, YK1AO, YN4SU, Z24S, ZA/Z35M, ZB0/DJ7TO, ZB2/G3SQX, ZD8Z, ZF2MK,
ZF2RR, ZK2FT, ZL7/G3SXW, ZP6T.
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