425 DX News #612
25 January 2003
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
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Give also a look to the results of The DX Magazine's Most Wanted Survey at
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Bernie McClenny, W3UR, Editor of The Daily DX, has combined the results of
the two surveys and has come to the conclusion that the top 10 positions are
being held by Andaman (VU4), Scarborough (BS7), Lakshadweep (VU7), Juan de
Nova & Europa (FR/J) and Peter I (3Y), Desecheo (KP5) and Yemen (7O), Navassa
(KP1) and North Korea (P5), Aves (YV0).
5X - Bob, WB2YQH reports that Graham, 5X1GS has been semi-active this
month due to work related travel away from Kampala. He is now
travelling to Kenya (no operation) and back to Uganda for a day
before departing for the UK on 30 January. He will return to Uganda
on 15 February, hopefully with a WARC beam for a better signal. QSL
via WB2YQH.
6W - Norbert, F6AXX will be active as 6W7/F6AXX from Saly, Senegal from
25 January to 7 February. His favourite mode is CW and he plans to
operate mainly during his morning and night hours on or around
14035, 18090, 21035, 24105 and 28035 kHz. QSL via F6AXX either
direct or through the bureau. [TNX NG3K]
9Y - Look for Moni, 9Y/DL1SEN and Mike, 9Y/DL2SEK to be active on SSB and
digital modes from Tobago (SA-009) until 6 February. QSL via home
calls. [TNX DX Newsletter]
HH - Hans/DL7CM and Sid/DM2AYO will be active as HH6/DL7CM and HH6/DM2AYO
from Ile a Vache (NA-149), Haiti from 30 January to 15 February.
They plan to operate on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY, with a beam
and a GP for the low bands. QSL via home calls. Logs will be
available at http://www.qsl.net/dl7cm/haiti.htm [TNX DL7CM]
I - Vincenzo, IT9NVA plans to be active from Cozzo Spadaro lighthouse
(WAIL SI-012, IOTA EU-025) on 25 January. He also says that is
correct new address is P.O. Box 216, 96100 Siracusa - SR, Italy (Box
164, reported in 425DXN #611, was a mistake and Vincenzo apologizes
for any inconvenience this may have caused).
OD - Pavel, OD5/OK1MU will participate in the CQ WW 160 Meter CW Contest
as Single Operator HP (he has about 400W but only a 35m half
slooper). QSL via OKDX Foundation or OK1TN. His web page is at
http://www.qsl.net/ok1mu [TNX NG3K]
PY - Scout Association Baependi, PY3UEB will operate as ZX3S until 19
February to celebrate the World Social Forum taking place in Porto
Alegre. QSL via PY3CQ. [TNX PY3CQ]
T31 - Mike, KM9D is currently active as T31MY from Canton Island (OC-043),
Central Kiribati. QSL via OM2SA. The Daily DX reports that Mike
expects to remain there for the next three to four weeks.
VK0_mi - The Daily DX reports that Peter, VK0MQI will be leaving Macquarie
Island the last week of March: "he plans his last activity this
Sunday (GMT) at 0000Z. Keep an ear on 21365, 24940 and 28630".
VP5 - Chrissy, KB9VAL and her father Gary, K9SG will be active as
VP5/KB9VAL and VP5/K9SG from Providenciales (NA-002) from 31 January
through 3 February. QSL via K9SG. [TNX The Daily DX]
XE - Hector/XE2K, Pablo/XE2CHE, Rogelio/XE2FCR, Emidgio/XE2ZY,
Hector/XE2CK and Ray/N6VR (CW operator) will be active as XF1K from
Isla Pelicano (NA-167) between 6 and 9 February. This rare IOTA
group (Sonora State North) is needed by the 97.40% of the current
IOTA members. The operation will last three days. The team hopes to
start operating at 3 UTC on 6 February and expects to leave the
island on either the evening of 8 Feburary or the morning of the 9th
(the decision will depend on tides). SSB and CW operations are
expected to take place on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres, for 12-18
hours a day. QSL via N6AWD either direct (Fred K. Stenger, 6000
Hesketh Dr, Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA) or through the bureau. The
operations is sponsored by the Island Radio Expedition Foundation
(IREF) - http://www.islandradio.org [TNX AB5EB]
XY - Kai, JH6VZS and Shirow, JF6DEA are going to join Hiroo, XY2A, who
has been already active from Myanmar for a few days. Kai and Shirow
plan to be active, hopefully as XY5D and XY6J, on 25-27 January and
to concentrate on the low bands and 6 metres. There is further
infomation on Shirow's web site (http://www.ham-net.net/vu-dx/).
QSLs for XY5D and XY6J should be sent direct to JH6QIL (Shin-Ichi
Kusumoto, 1777-289, Nishi-Mochida, Aira-cho, Aira-Gun, Kagoshima,
899-5431 Japan). [TNX JF6DEA]
YB - Stan, OK1JR/YB0AJR reports he will be active during the CQ WW 160
Meter CW Contest as YE0X from Jawa, Indonesia. He will be looking
for Europeans around 1855 kHz. Special QSL via the YB bureau.
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CDXC AWARD ---> Robert Felicite, 3B9FR is the first winner of the Chiltern DX
Club's "Local Heroes" Award. Club members voted for Robert as an outstanding
operator who, resident in a rare DX location, has for many years tirelessly
provided QSO's and QSL's for thousands of amateurs worldwide, all without
major sponsorship. Nominations are now requested for the 2003 award which
will be decided in June this year. Votes can be e-mailed to
chairman@cdxc.org.uk [TNX G3LAS]
EWWA ---> The new Country List for the European World Wide Award can be found
at http://www.ewwa.net or can be requested by sending an e-mail to
radioamateur.tp2ce@coe.int [TNX F6FQK]
GREEK PREFIXES ---> Costas, SV1XV reports the Greek amateur radio prefix
system has changed recently to support the introduction of the new VHF-only,
no-CW licence:
* SV1-SV9 = full HF privileges
* SW1-SW9 = 144 MHz and higher, no HF or 50 MHz
* SZ1-SZ9 = club stations
* J41-J49 = special event stations
* SY1-SY9 = special event stations
* SX1-SX9 = special event stations
* SV1x-SV9x = voice repeaters and beacons
* J41xxx-J49xxx = digital repeaters
* SV0XAA-SV0XZZ = foreign amateurs with semi-permanent licence (HF)
* SW0AAA-SW0ZZZ = foreign amateurs with semi-permanent licence (VHF only).
* Temporary operations by foreign amateurs shall use the SV or SW prefixes,
as appropriate, followed by the original callsigns and the appropriate
identifier /P, /M, /MM, /AM.
* The following identifiers shall be used for portables etc:
/P portable
/M land mobile, mounted on a vehicle
/A alternative licensed location
/MM maritime mobile
/AM aeronautical mobile
* There is no provision for call area identifier, if operating outside main
station call area; SV1AAA portable in SV5 will be SV1AAA/P.
* There is no prefix reserved for Mount Athos. SY callsigns and /A
identifiers do not imply a Mount Athos operation.
QRP MARATHON ---> The I-QRP Club organizes the 4th HF Marathon to encourage
QRP activity. Open to licenced amateurs and SWLs, it will take place from
00.00 UTC on 1 April through 24.00 UTC on 31 August. For further details
please contact Giovanni Zangara, IW0BET at iw0bet@amsat.org
QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Alan Roocroft, VK4AAR says that now he has more time
to manage the QSLs of additional DX or IOTA activities. If any of our readers
need his services, please contact Alan for the details at either
almee@dodo.com.au or almee@countyhunter.com Alan currently handles cards for
the following stations (some now QRT): C21RH, KH2VM, P29RH, V63PD, VI0ANARE,
VK0MM, VK6BM (OC-234), VK6BSI (OC-243), VK8AN, VK8AN/6 (OC-154), VK8AN/8
(OC-229), VK8AV/3 (OC-136), VK8DP, VK8MI (OC-173), VK8RH, VK8XC, VU3RSB,
ZK2JJ, ZK2PJ. Please note that logs for YJ8AA are no longer available to
Alan.
QSL 9V1DJ ---> QSL cards can be sent via the SARTS (Singapore Amateur Radio
Transmitting Society) bureau. Those who want to QSL direct, please note that
Taka, 9V1DJ/JA3KAB will be going back to Japan an the end of February. He
advises that after 15 February direct cards should be sent to Taka K.
Shimazu, 10-36 Kizuri 3-chome Higashiosaka, Osaka 577-0827, Japan. [TNX K1XN]
QSL CO6XN ---> Effective immediately, Frank Dalonzo, N3ZOM, will be handling
all of CO6XN's direct cards. Bureau cards will continue to be handled by
Oscar Gaviria, HK6DOS. [TNX HK6DOS]
QSL CV1F ---> The correct QSL route is via EA5KB (not EA5JB): Jose F. Ardid
Arlandis, P.O.Box 5013, 46080 Valencia, Spain. Many thanks to Paulo, PY2PAI
for detecting the typo in 425DXN 610.
QSL KC4/N2TA ---> Mike Fokin (RW1AI) went QRT from "East Camp" (WABA K-12,
AN-016) on 22 January, after some 5000 QSOs made as KC4/N2TA. QSL direct only
to P.O. Box 392, Brooklyn, NY 11230, USA (mail drop). Mike and Alex, UA1PAC
were expected to stop for a couple of days at McMurdo Base (WABA K-09,
AN-011) on their way to Christchurch, New Zealand. [TNX UA1AKE]
QSL YI1BGD ---> Contradictory information is being circulated about the
correct QSL route for the current activity of YI1BGD.
Diya, YI1DZ, confirms that he is the QSL manager and QSL cards should be sent
direct only to P.O. Box 7361, Baghdad 12216, Iraq.
However Steve, OM3JW, states that the current operator at YI1BGD is his son
Mike, OM2DX [425DXN 605], who, while waiting for his personal call to be
issued, is active from the club station. The QSL route for this operation is
via OM3JW (logs are at http://www.qsl.net/om2dx).
At the same time Cliff, G0MMI, reports that "due to the confusion regarding
the latest operation at YI1BGD, I am no longer Rodger's manager. All QSL
cards go to YI1DZ" (Cliff used to be the QSL manager only for contacts made
with YI1BGD operated by G0TLC).
At the end of the day, as John, K1XN from the Golist wisely says, "guess this
one should be: QSL via operators instructions".
QSL VIA KU9C ---> "As of January 31", Steve says, "I will be current with all
direct QSL received for PW0T and YA5T as of January 6, 2003. Please note that
this means that if you sent a QSL to me for *only* PW0T or YA5T (i.e.,
without another card for a station I manage), it will have been processed and
mailed to you. If you do not have your card within a reasonable mailing time
from NJ at that time, I'd suggest you resubmit.
The 2002 BQ9P operation will be my next focus, and I expect to have that done
in February.
Other calls I manage have been on the back burner a bit, although I'm mailing
them out as I can get to them. If you sent me *individual* SASEs for these
stations, I expect to have them out in the next month or so as well.
Many QSLs will be delayed beyond the above schedule because more than one
call have been included in the SASE.
Statistics: just under 50,000 PW0T QSOs and 20,000 YA5T QSOs have been
issued. When I take these with the other calls I manage, including bureau
mailings, approximately 100,000 QSOs have been issued by me since January 1,
2002".
SWL CONTEST ---> The SLP Contest for SWLs will take place in eight sessions
through the year. The first session is on 25-26 January. Visit
http://www.veron.nl/cie/nl/swlcontest.htm for the rules, or e-mail Ruud
Ivens, NL-290, the new VERON SWL Manager, at NL290@amsat.org [TNX
I1-21171/IZ1CRR]
WRTC 2002 VIDEO ---> The official video of the Amateur Radio Olympics (WRTC
2002) is now available on DVD and VHS. Unlike previous ham radio videos, this
one is produced from a 100% "pro-sports" perspective. In order to capture as
much of the action as possible, three different camera crews were sent out to
film as many teams and events as they could during the actual 24 hour
competition. And supporting all this great footage are high-end 3D graphics,
intra-competition scoreboards, top-ten boxes, team profiles, and lots of
other things that you might expect when watching a professional sports event
on television. The entire production is even narrated by one of ESPN's top
announcers. Total running time is 60 minutes. The DVD version also contains
lots of extra features like full score breakdowns for each team, continental
line-ups, competitor rulebook, and even all the past WRTC scores dating back
to 1990. All information on how to obtain your copy can be found at
http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~jamesb/ [TNX OH5DX]
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CONTEST CALENDAR: The 12-Month Contest Calendar, compiled by Bruce Horn,
WA7BNM and updated as new contest information is received,
is available at http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/ The
e-mail version can be requested by sending an e-mail to
calendar@hornucopia.com
QSL ROUTES: Boye, OZ7C reports that his QSL manager web page is back up
and running at http://www.qsl.dk/oz7c/ (the QSL and Manager
databases contain 336,368 and 17,570 records respectively).
Weekly updates will be posted usually on Mondays.
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3C5XA G3XAQ EY8MM K1BV T30HC DL9HCU
3V8SQ DL1BDF FG5FC F6DZU T77GI pirate
3W2XK W9XK FK8GM WB2RAJ TA0/NK7U pirate
3Z0OL SQ4NR FP5BZ F5TJP TF3CW LX1NO
4K7A TA2ZV FY5GS F6FNU TM0A F6OIE
4X6HP/P EA7FTR H44MS DL2GAC TM5SIA F2WS
5H9IR ZS6EZ HC#/NP3D W3HNK TT8FC EA4AHK
5R8GZ G3SWH HI3HN OE7NHT UA6JD K0KG
7Q7HB G0IAS HI8ROX ON4ANT UA6LGR/3 UA6LGR
7Q7LA G0IAS HK3CW W2GR [a] UA9YAU W4CMB
7X2RO OM3CGN HL5/VK2DXI DS5UCP UK8ZC RW6HS
8Q7AM EA5MB II1D IZ1CCE UN0F EA5KB
9G1YK PA3ERA IY4W I4JED UN9GC LZ1YE
9H3CT G0WKJ J41LHA SV1GRB V31JP KA9WON
9J2BO G3TEV J75PL AA1M V31JZ NN7A
9K2GS W6YJ J75RN W1USN V31KQ WA0ETE
9L1BTB SP7BTB J79AK 8R1AK V31YN DJ4KW
9N7YJ LA5YJ J79RJ DJ7RJ V51HK DL6OBS
A45WD YO9HP JT1R JT1BL V51XG DL8AL
A61AJ N4QB JW0HU SP3WVL V73GT WF5T
A61AQ N1DG JW7VK LA7VK V73RX N6RX
A61AR UA6MF K8LIZ/C6A K8LIZ VK0MQI JA1ELY
C21HC DL9HCU K9YNF/HR9 K9YNF VK0MQI JE1LET
C31LJ VE3GEJ LU1ZA LU4DXU VK7KHZ/P EA7FTR
C6AGN W1DIG LW4EU EA7FTR VO2UE VE2ACP
C6ALB AA8LL LZ0A LZ1KDP VO2ZT VE2TKH
CE/CO2WW pirate N4BQW/KH9 KB6NAN VP8ROT GM0HCQ
CM8WAL EA5KB OH0B OH2BH VQ9SS N6SS
CT3FN HB9CRV OH0R OH2PM W8DLI/WH0 JI3DLI
CV1F EA5KB OH0Z OH5DX W8XGI/KH0 JA1XGI
D2EB I3LLH P29VMS DL2GAC WH0EWX SP5EWX
D44TD CT1EKF P40AV K4AVQ XT2ATI EA4YK
D88S DS4CNB P40RH W6FRH XW1N HS6NDK
DA0ED DJ5CL P49MR VE3MR XY2A XW2A
DU9/N0NM W4DR PJ5/K3RGD WA2NHA YA1BV JA1PBV
E44Q pirate PR0F W5SJ YA6RF F6ITD
ED2TIS EA2ICA RU0SYL UA0SE ZF2CM K0BJ
ED5MUC EA5URM S21B KX7YT ZF2DS W3WKP
ED5URV EA5URV S21YY JM1HXU ZK1UKX W6UKX
ED6SAA EA6ZX SB7OOJ SM5CAK ZK2GI PA3GIO
EM60USB UT5UKY ST2X PA5NT ZP62AA ZP5AA
ER60SB ER1DA SU9BN EA7FTR ZS90SAP ZS6ZYM
[a] direct cards only
[b] others
[c] JA stations only
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5A1A Assid, Hardehauser Weg 4, 33100 Paderborn, Germany
A41MA Younis Albeloushi, P.O.Box 1470, 111 Muscat, Oman
CE6M P.O.Box 591, Temuco, Chile
DS4CNB Lee Dae Ryung, P.O Box 30, Tongyung 650-600, South Korea
EA2ICA Asociacion Radioaficionados Aragon, P.O. Box 10263, 50080 Zaragoza,
Spain
EA4YK Ricardo J. Hartasanchez, P.O.Box 41079, 28080 Madrid, Spain
EA6ZX Pau Balaguer, P.O. Box 240, 07080 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
EA7FTR Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias 23, 21110 Aljaraque, Huelva, Spain
ER1DA Valery Metaxa, P.O. Box 3000, Chisinau, MD-2071, Moldova
EX8MLE Sergey Tkachenko,P.O. Box 742, Bishkek 720017, Kyrghyzstan
IT9NVA Vincenzo Altamura, P.O. Box 216, 96100 Siracusa - SR, Italy
IV3NCC Marco Tuniz, Via Savoia 18, 34079 Staranzano - GO, Italy
K2ZR/4 Dick Stein, 206 / Apt.2 Southard Street, Key West, FL 33040, USA
KB6NAN Dianna R. Killeen, P.O. Box 911, Pescadero, CA 94060-0911, USA
KC4/N2TA P.O.Box 392, Brooklyn, NY 11230, USA
LA5YJ Hugo Bjorn Ark, Rute 504, Reinsvoll, N-2840 Norway
LU4DXU Horacio "Henry" Ledo, P.O. Box 22, Martinez 1640, Buenos Aires,
Argentina
N6SS Preston T. Smith, 20 N. Outback Rd., Dewey, AZ 86327, USA
NN7A Art Phillips, P.O. Box 201, Flagstaff, AZ 86002, USA
OH5DX Ari Korhonen, Kreetalank. 9A1, FIN 29200 Harjavalta, Finland
OM2SA George Sipos, 93013 Trhova Hradska 550, Slovakia
ON5NT Ghis Penny, P.O. Box 93, BE-9700 Oudenaarde, Belgium
PA3GIO Bert vd Berg, Parklaan 38, NL-3931 KK Woudenberg, The Netherlands
PA5NT Gerben A. Menting, Waezenburglaan 104, 9351 HG Leek, The
Netherlands
SQ4NR Grzegorz Gawel, ul. Herdera 16/14, 10-691 Olsztyn, Poland
UA0SE Serge Karpov, P.O.Box 5247, Angarsk 665819, Russia
UR7VA P.O. Box 23, Kirovograd-9, 25009, Ukraine
UT5UKY Vladimir Prikhodko, P.O. Box 54, Kiev 04213, Ukraine
W2GR Mike Benjamin, 1064 99th Street, Niagara Falls, NY 14304, USA
XW2A Hiroo Yonezuka, P.O.Box 2659, Vientiane, Laos
YO9HP Alex Panoiu, Pleasa, Prahova, RO-2038, Romania
ZS6ZYM Jan Swanepoel, P.O. Box 14393, Zuurfontein 1912, South Africa
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