425 DX News #613
1 February 2003
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
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3B8 - Katrin, DL1AXL has been forced to cancel her participation in the
9-15 February 3B8/DK7AO operation [425DXN 611] from Mauritius
(AF-049). The team now include Achim, DL1XD. QSL via DL3APO. Logs
will be available at http://www.radioklub.de/3b8 [TNX DL3APO]
5B - Look for Alan, 5B/G3PMR to be active from Cyprus from 4 February to
10 March. QSL via G3PMR either direct or through the RSGB bureau
(e-mail requests for bureau cards are welcome at
g3pmr@shacklog.co.uk).
9Q - La Gazette du DX reports that Pat and Nicole's licences have been
renewed through July. They are going to resume their amateur radio
activities as 9Q1A/2 and 9Q1YL/2 from their new QTH at Matadi.
A5 - Glenn Johnson, W0GJ will operate again as A51B from Bhutan between 3
and 26 February. He plans to concentrate on 80 metres CW during his
mornings and evenings and to be active during the CQ/RJ WW RTTY (8-9
February) and the ARRL DX CW (15-16 February) contests. QSL direct
to W0GJ. [TNX The Daily DX]
BY - Nicola, I0SNY and Gianni, I8KGZ plan to will be active from China on
6-29 May. Further details to follow. [TNX I0SNY]
C6 - Ivars, KC4PX will be active on 6 metres as C6APX from Nassau
(NA-001) on 8-15 February. QSL via KC4PX. [TNX The Daily DX]
DL - A group of German operators (including DH1LA, DH2AX, DH7NO, DL2RTK,
DL2SWW, DL2VFR, DL6ATM and others) will participate in the IOTA
Contest (26-27 July) as DL0KWH from Peenemuende, Usedom Island
(EU-129). Before the contest they will operate for 2-3 days with
individual callsigns on CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL via bureau. [TNX
DL2VFR]
DU - G3OCA, 4F2KWT and other DU operators will be active as DX0C from
OC-120 on 14-17 March and as 4D0B from OC-092 on 20-26 March. They
plan to have two stations on 40, 20,15 and 10 metres SSB and CW,
maybe with some WARC activity as well. QSL via G3OCA (except for
Russian stations, whose cards will be handled by UA4SKW). All direct
cards received for the 2002 expedition were mailed by the beginning
of December 2002, cards received recently are normally sent out next
day. [TNX G3OCA]
EA9 - EA9CE, the Ceuta branch of URE (http://www.gratisweb.com/ea9ce),
will participate in the CQ WW WPX RTTY Contest as AM9CE. QSL via
bureau to EA9CE. [TNX EA9CD]
F - The Belgian team of the "Minkieboys" will be going for the fourth
year to Sein Island (EU-068, DIFM AT-007) to participate in the IOTA
Contest. ON4ASG, ON4AVA, ON4ON, ON5SY, ON6CX, ON7PQ, ON7XT and
ON9CGB plan to be on the island from 24 to 29 July, and to operate
as TM3ON before, during and after the contest. QSL via ON4ON either
direct (Danny Commeyne, Rozenlaan 38, B-8890 Dadizele, Belgium) or
through the bureau. The web site for the team is at
http://users.skynet.be/minkies/ [TNX ON9CGB]
FG - Pierre, F6FXS will be active as FG/F6FXS from Guadeloupe (NA-102,
DIFO FG-001) from 12 February to 12 March. He will operate on 10-40
metres CW only, mainly during his morning and evening hours, with
some 30 watts and a wire antenna. QSL via homecall either direct
or through the bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
FO_mar - I2MOV, I2YSB, IK1AOD, IK1PMR, IK2DIA, IK2GNW and IK2WXV will be
active on CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK from the Marquesas Islands (OC-027)
for two weeks starting in late April. They plan to have three
stations on all bands, 6 metres included, with beams and linear
amplifiers. Further information is expected in due course; on-line
logs will be available at http://digilander.libero.it/i2ysb [TNX
I2YSB]
HP - Wil, DJ7AA will be active (callsign not known) from Contadora Island
(NA-072) on 4-19 February. He will participate in the CQ WPX RTTY
and ARRL DX CW contests. Outside the contests he will concentrate on
160 and 80 metres CW (look for him on or around 1826.5 and 3560
kHz), with some SSB and WARC band activity. QSL via DL6MYL. [TNX
NG3K]
JA - Look for Hiro, JO1EPY/6 to be active (on 40, 17, 15, 12 and 10
metres SSB and CW) from Nakano-shima in the Tokara Islands (AS-049)
on 1-3 March. QSL via home call either direct (Hiroshi Kotoku,
3-4-19 Kishimachi, Kawagoe City, Saitama 350-1131, Japan) or through
the bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
JA - Mat, JS6PXB will be active (on 40 and 20 metres SSB) as JS6PXB/6
from Zamami Island (AS-017), from 6 UTC on 5 February through 00.00
UTC on the 6th. QSL via home call either direct or through the
bureau.
KH3 - Martti/OH2BH, Pertti/OH2PM and Bernie/W3UR have been active as AH3D
from Johnston Atoll since early this week. They operate from the
local Club station (KJ6BZ), which will be dismantled a few days
after the end of this expedition. The last operation will be on
Monday night (Johnston local time) on 20 and 10 metres (last
antennas to come down). There have been problems with e-mail from
Johnston, so on-line logs are not available. The pilot station is
Bill Avery, K6GNX (bavery@telemetry.com). QSL via OH2BH (2003
Johnston Atoll DXpedition, P.O. Box 73, 02380 Espoo, Finland). [TNX
K6GNX]
PJ - Tom/AE9B, Marty/NW0L and Jerry/WB9Z will be active (on SSB, CW and
RTTY with an emphasis on the WARC bands) as PJ2/homecall from from
Curacao (SA-006) from 26 February through 4 March. QSL via home
calls. They will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as PJ2T (QSL
via N9AG). [TNX NW0L]
PY - CT1AHU, PY8EA, PT7BI, PT2GTI, PT2HF will be active (call unknown)
from Mexiana Island (SA-042, the most "most wanted" IOTA group in
South America) on 21-25 May. They plan to operate on 40, 20, 15 and
10 metres SSB. Further information is expected in due course. [TNX
CT1END and CT1AHU]
PY0_fdn- Bill, W9VA will be active as PY0ZFO (QSL via W9VA) from Fernando de
Noronha on 12-18 February, including and entry in the ARRL CW DX
Contest (contest category and callsign TBA). [TNX NG3K]
T8 - JA5AUC (T88TM), JA5ROH (T88RH), JA5MY (T88FB), JA5SUD (T88DY) and
JA5EIY (T88EI) will be active on 160-6 metres from Palau (OC-009) on
7-12 February. QSL via home calls. [TNX NG3K and La Gazette du DX]
V2 - Bill, W4WX (V25WX) and Larry, W1LR (V2/W1LR, but he has applied for
V26LR) will be active from Antigua (NA-100) on 17-25 February. They
will have a small beam for 10, 15 & 20 metres, a vertical for 10,
12, 15, 17, & 20 metres and dipole for 6 metres. They will be on
SSB, MMTTY and PSK-31. The pilot station will be Clarence, W9AAZ
(kx8nlaf@bellsouth.net). QSL via home calls. [TNX W4WX]
VK9_lh - Barry, VK2BJ will be active as VK2LBJ from Lord Howe Island (OC-004)
for one week starting on 8 February. [TNX The Daily DX]
VK9_xms- Steve, VK3OT/VK3SIX will be active as VK9XI from Christmas Island
(OC-002) on 7-21 April. He will concentrate on 6 metres (50115 kHz)
between 10 and 15 UTC, with low band operation at 23 UTC (sunrise)
and 8 UTC (sunset). QSL direct to VK3OT (Steven Gregory, P.O. Box
622, Hamilton, Victoria 3300, Australia). Web page at
http://members.datafast.net.au/electronics/vk9x.htm [TNX VK3OT]
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DAYTON DX DINNER ---> The Southwest Ohio DX Association is pleased to
announce the 18th Annual DX Dinner to be held on 16 May at the Crowne Plaza
Hotel, Dayton. Tickets must be purchased in advance and seats will be
assigned on 16 March in the order that requests are received. For further
information please visit http://my.erinet.com/~n8bjq/ or contact Steve Bolia,
N8BJQ at n8bjq@erinet.com [TNX N8BJQ]
OLD WOMAN ISLAND ---> The VK4FW/P cards for Bill's operation from Old Woman
Island have a wrong IOTA reference number on them (OC-142). The island is
just a few minutes outside the OC-142 grid, and the IOTA Committee has
confirmed that they will accept these cards for OC-137. Bill apologizes for
the unintentional mistake.
QSL 3B9FR ---> Robert, 3B9FR says that F6FNU has not been his QSL manager for
more than four years now. QSL cards should be sent direct only to Robert
Felicite, P.O. Box 31, Rodriguez Island, via Mauritius Island, Indian Ocean.
[TNX IK2IQD]
QSL CO6XN ---> Due to the current unstable mail situation and increase in
cost of the bureau service in Colombia, Oscar/HK6DOS will cease to handle
CO6XN's bureau cards effective 1 June 2003. The last date to accept via the
bureau will be 31 January 2003. Frank, N3ZOM will continue to handle all of
Abel's direct cards. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
QSL EP6KI ---> Following the tragic death of Victor Rusinov, UT8LL, in an air
crash just before Christmas the Ukrainian Amateur Radio League (UARL) and the
IOTA Committee have been working together to see that the QSLing of EP6KI
contacts is carried through in accordance with his wishes. UARL has taken on
the design of a special memorial card and this should be printed over the
next few weeks. Phil Marsh, G4WFZ has received a large number of direct cards
and will reply to all of these when the EP6KI cards are available. The
decision has been taken to QSL all contacts in the log and, to help Phil in
this, Igor Zeldin, UR5LCV has agreed to act as QSL manager for the CIS
countries. There is no need to send further bureau cards or duplicate direct
cards either to the Ukraine or to the UK. [TNX G3KMA]
QSL HK6DOS ---> "Due to the cost of the mail in Colombia", all QSL cards
(direct and bureau) for Oscar, HK6DOS should be sent to his QSL manager,
EA5KB. [TNX HK6DOS]
QSL XE2AC ---> Luis, XE2AC (6J2AC) reports that his new QSL manager is Paco,
EA5OL.
QSL YB0GJS ---> Effective 1 February 2003, the new QSL manager for Lani,
YB0GJS will be N9NU (Tim S. Dickerson, 900 Vincent Dr, Sandwich, IL 60548,
USA). [TNX YB0ECT]
QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Veteran QSL Manager Bob Nadolny, WB2YQH (5X1GS,
5Z4GS, K2L, VP9MN etc) is looking to take on another station for QSL chores.
A semi-rare and active station or small DXpedition is welcome. Computer
logging is a must and e-mail of logs monthly to keep the Deserving happy
would be helpful. Please contact Bob at wb2yqh@earthlink.net to discuss the
details. [TNX WB2YQH]
QSL VIA HB9BGN ---> Albert, HB9BGN acts as a maildrop for the ZA stations
(mainly ZA1Z) whose QSL route is "via HB9BGN". He says that "mail forwarding
to Tirana is done 2-3 times per year by trustworthy persons travelling to
Tirana". One USD is sufficient, please do not send SASEs with Swiss stamps as
QSLs are mailed from Albania. Further information can be found at
http://mypage.bluewin.ch/HB9BGN [TNX The Golist, http://golist.net/]
V31KQ ---> Roger, WA0ETE, QSL manager for V31KQ, informs me that the recent
operations on 15m CW are the work of a pirate. The only valid dates for
operation from V31KQ in 2002 were from 24 April to 2 May. At present, there
are no firm plans to return to Belize in 2003. [TNX K9RZ]
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QSLs received direct: 3A2MD, 3DA0TM, 3XY7C, 4S7NE, 4U1ET, 4U1ITU, 5A1A, 5A32,
5K0Z, 5T5JC (1993 QSO),6Y5WJ, 7P8ZZ, 8N1OGA,8P9HT, 9H0A, 9H1ZA,9H4CM, 9J2BO,
9M6LSC, 9S1X, A22MN (1994 QSO)A25/V51AS, A35TL, A41KJ, A71MA, BA4DW, BA4DW/2
(AS-151), BA4DW/4 (AS-150), BA4EG, BA4RF, BQ9P, C21AT, C6ARB, C98DC,
CE0Y/7K1WLE, CO2CI, CY0/N1NK, D2/SU2HM, D2CR, EA4DX/HK0,EG9IA, EX2T, EY8MM,
FG/JR3IXB, FH/DL5CF, FK/F5NHJ, FK8VHY, FM5BH, FO5RK (OC-051), FP5BU, FP5BZ,
FP5KE, FS/N3OC, FS/W6IZT, FY5FY, GB50, GJ2A, HC8N, HF70A, HI9/DL7AFS, HL0C/2
(AS-090), HR1AAB (1998 QSO), HR5/F2JD, HV5PUL, J38X, J75PL, J79RJ,
JQ1SYQ/JD1, JT1CO, JX7DFA, JY9NX, JY9QJ, K2G, K7A, KL7A, KL7J, KP2D, L65W
(SA-065), LQ7D, NP2B, OD5/OK1MU, OY3QN, OY6FRA, PJ4V, PJ5/K3RGD, PW0T, PY0FT,
PY5M, PZ5RA, R1ANF, RI0CA (AS-044), RI0CB (AS-114), RW2F, S07U, S21YY, S79MX,
S9MX (AF-023 and AF-044), S9SS, ST0F, SV9ANH, SZ8LH (EU-049), T77C, T88HA,
TI5/KI7VR, TI9M, TR8CA, TT8ZZ, TY4DX, TY7Z, TY9F, TZ6JA, UE1RCV/1 (EU-188),
UK8BQ, UK8GK, UY2VM, V26S, V31DJ, V31JP, V47NS, V63RE (OC-253 and OC-254),
V63WN (OC-254), VE8AE/VY0 (NA-130), VK4YI (OC-137), VK9YL, VP2V/N6WKS, VP6DI,
VP8SDX, VQ9DT, W2SF/4 (NA-062), W5AA/TI8, XE2/WD9EWK, XU7AAN, XV3TAA, XW1LLR,
YA5T, YC9BU/7 (OC-252), YC9WZJ/7 (OC-252), YI9OM, YV5OHW, YV5OHW, YW1T
(SA-066),Z22JE, Z24S, ZA/Z35M, ZA1Z, ZB2JO, ZC4DW, ZD7DP,ZD8Z, ZF2AH,ZK1USA,
ZK1VVV, ZK2CW, ZM8CW, ZS1EL, ZS6QU, ZX5J.
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