425 DX News #622
5 April 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
(e-mail i121171@425dxn.org)
9A - Ron, 9A5JR (OE3REB) and Emir, 9A6AA, Emir will be active (on 15, 20
and 40 metres SSB) from Dugi Otok (EU-170, IOCA CI-018) on 7-9
April. [TNX VA3RJ]
DU - Frank, VE7DP reports that his IOTA operation from the Philippines
has been downscaled. Frank and Rey, 4F1FZ will operate as 4G6A from
Semirara Island (OC-125) on 5-7 April. QSL via VE7DP.
FO_mar - TX4PG is the call issued for the 25 April-9 May activity [425DXN
619] from the Marquesas Islands (OC-027). QSL via I2YSB. The web
page for the operation is at http://digilander.libero.it/i2ysb [TNX
I2YSB]
GM - A group of operators from the Vital Sparks Amateur Radio Expedition
Group (namely John/ GM0WRR, Jurij/MM0DFV, Ross/MM0WED, Ernie/GM0EZP
and Alex/MM3OAW) is active as MM0VSG/p from Lismore Island in the
Inner Hebrides (EU-008) until 7 April. QSL via GM0WRR. [TNX MM0DFV]
H4 - Bernhard, DL2GAC/H44MS reports he expects to leave the Solomon
Islands and return to Germany on 13 April.
HB - The Amateur Radio Club of Vaud Canton, Switzerland
(http://www.hb9mm.com) has been authorized to use the special call
HE2MM from 1 April through 31 December. All of the QSOs will be
confirmed automatically through the bureau. [TNX HB9DUC]
HC - Fran, EA7FTR reports that the HCDX group will be active on 8-11
April from Muisne Island (Esmeraldas Province) on 10, 15 , 20 and 40
metres. Call not known but QSL via EA7FTR (Francisco Lianez Suero,
Asturias 23, 21110 Aljaraque, Huelva, Spain). Please note that,
according to the latest edition of the IOTA Directory, the only
island qualifying for SA-056 (Esmeraldas Province group) is La
Isla/Cojimies.
I - Special call IU7FM will be activated on 11-18 May to celebrate the
4th Friendship Meeting that will take place nesr Porto Cesareo on
17-18 May. Details on the meeting at http://www.dreamingsea.it [TNX
I7YKN and IK7JWX]
I - ID9RGE is the call sign for the 24-27 April operation from Filicudi
Island (EU-017, IIA ME-003) by IT9EJW, IT9GAC, IT9GIE, IT9LCY,
IT9TPJ, IT9VKY, IW9BCW, IW9BDV, IW9FY and IW9HDS [425DXN 619]. QSL
via IT9EJW either direct or through the bureau. [TNX IT9EJW]
I - Antonio/IZ8CCW, Gianni/IZ8CGS and other members of the Mediterraneo
DX Club will be active (on 10-80 metres SSB, CW and RTTY) as IB0DX
from Ventotene (EU-045, IIA LT-011) on 25-27 April. Web page at
http://www.mdxc.org/ibodx
IS0 - The newly issued IQ0AH call will be aired for the first time on 5-6
April. This club call belongs to Olbia ARI Branch
(http://www.ariolbia.cjb.net) located in Sardinia (IS0) and one of
the operators will be ARI Secretary General Ruggero Manenti, IS0RUH.
QSL via bureau or direct to Sezione A.R.I. Olbia, P.O. Box 213,
07026 Olbia - SS, Italy. [TNX IS0JMA]
J5 - Miguel, EA5IK reports he will be working in Guinea Bissau on 12-15
April and hopes to be able to operate duirng his spare time. QSL via
EA5BY.
JA - JA1KJW, JJ1JGI, JK1EBA and JN1IKT will be active (on 160-6 metres CW
and SSB) as homecall/0 from Sado Island (AS-117) on 10-13 April. QSL
via the bureau or direct to their home calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
JA - Taka, JR3TVH will operate as JR3TVH/6 from Miyako Island (AS-079)
from 7 UTC on 11 April to 1 UTC on the 13th. He will be active on
10-40 metres SSB, CW and RTTY, but the main objective of this visit
is to work on 6 metres focusing on Europe and Africa. A breakable
beacon will be activated on 50.138 MHz. While on the island, Taka
can be contacted by e-mail to jr3tvh@arrl.net. QSL via home call
either direct or through the bureau.
JA_ant - Obi, JA0WJN is currently active as 8J1RF from Dome Fuji Station
(WABA JA-04), Antarctica. Established in February 1995, this
research station is located at 77.19S-39.42E, some 1000 kilometres
inland from the Antarctic coastline and at an altitude of 3800m
a.s.l. Obi will be stationed at Dome Fuji until mid-January 2004. He
can operate on 30, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and SSTV,
as well as satellite (AO40). Typically his operating times are
09.30-10.00 UTC, 12.30-13.00 UTC, 17.00-20.00 UTC during the week,
13.00-20.00 UTC on Saturdays and 07.00-20.00Z on Sundays. All of the
QSOs will be confirmed automatically through the JARL bureau when
Obi returns to Japan (after May 2004). [TNX 8J1RF]
J7 - Jon, AA1K and Jeanie, AB1P will be active as J79K and J79P from
Dominica (NA-101) on 5-12 April. This will be a vacation and casual
DXpedition, but they plan to operate a bit on 160-6 metres. Jon will
focus on CW, especially on the WARC bands, and Jeanie will do some
phone operating. The second radio will be monitoring 50.110 MHz or
CQing on 50.102 MHz. QSL via home calls. [TNX AA1K]
OH0 - Ben, SM6CCO will be active (mainly on CW and the WARC bands) as
OH0CO from his QTH on the Aland Islands (EU-002) on 10-16 April. QSL
via home call either direct or through the bureau. [TNX NG3K]
PA - Look for Peter, PA/DL4FCH to be active from Texel Island (EU-038) on
11-17 April. He plans to operate on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres CW.
Further information and logs at http://www.niksch.de/dl4fch [TNX
DL4FCH]
PY - Operators from CRANHA Group will be active (on 40, 10, 6 and 2
metres, plus 70 cm) as PY3CNH from Rolante (GG40rj), Rio Grande do
Sul on 12-13 April. QSL via bureau or direct to P. O. Box 83,
93180-000 Portao - RS, Brazil. [TNX PY2ZX]
W - Andy, NP3D is expected to be signing NP3D/W5/m from Galveston Island
(NA-143) starting on 4 April. This is a business trip and he will be
active in the evenings when time permits. [TNX NP3D]
W - John, WA4JA will activate Shell Island (NA-085) for one day between
7 and 11 April. He will also try to operate from Okaloosa Island
(NA-142, FL003S) during the same week. QSL direct to WA4JA (but DX
stations with bureaux will be QSLled via the bureau automatically).
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
YB - YE5XMD is a special call currently aired from Batam Island (OC-075)
to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Mediterraneo DX Club
(www.mdxc.org). QSL via IZ8CCW.
ZC4 - Colin Brown, GM0RLZ/ZC4CB is currently stationed at the Western
Sovereign Base Area in Cyprus. Due to security restrictions, the QSL
route is only via the ZC4 bureau. "If people want to arrange skeds
for the low bands etc", he says, "let me know via
gm0rlzuk@yahoo.com".
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DXCC NEWS ---> DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L reports that VP6DIA (Ducie
Island, 8-13 March) has been approved for DXCC credit.
GB50 ---> The Cray Valley Radio Society (www.cvrs.org) has released a
professionally produced interactive CD ROM as a record of last year's very
successful GB50 (Golden Jubilee) special event station (www.gb50.com). The CD
costs USD 10, EUR 10 or GBP 6 (including postage and packing) and copies are
available by post from G3SXE (Paul Lethbridge, 24 Furze Road, High
Salvington, West Worthing, Sussex BN13 3BH, England). [TNX G3XTT]
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Natan, W6XR says he has received many requests for QSL
cards for C31XR, "which is a pirate operation. My call was given as the QSL
manager but I am not a QSL manager for anyone".
QSL 8Q7ZZ ---> Phil Whitchurch, G3SWH is pleased to announce that the 8Q7ZZ
QSL cards were delivered from the printers on 1 April. "Needless to say, I am
very embarrassed about the delay in sending out the cards", Phil says. "I
have not been responsible for the design or printing of them, as the
expedition operators wanted to do this themselves. I will get on with the job
as fast as I can now they are to hand, but please do NOT send second
applications, as they will not be answered. As you will imagine, there is
quite a large backlog of requests to answer, which will take many weeks (if
not months) to work through, so please have patience."
QSL C34SD ---> Please note that CT1AMK is the QSL manager only for C31SD.
Cards for C34SD (as well as for any other special C34 prefix) should be
routed via URA (Unio de Radioaficionats Andorrans). [TNX CT4NH]
QSL EM0U ---> This is callsign issued to the club station at the Ukrainian
State Center of Radio Frequencies (UCRF) and QSL cards should be routed via
UT3UZ (not UT3UW as mistyped in 425DXN #616) either direct or through the
bureau.
QSL LU1ZA ---> Rick, NE8Z has brought back from Argentina a few hundred LU1ZA
cards, which he will mail out in the next few days. Henry, LU4DXU is only the
manager for the most recent LU1ZA QSOs made by operators Jose Luis (who
returned to Buenos Aires three weeks ago) and now Anibal. Henry stopped by
SARA (LU2CN) and picked up all of the outstanding LU1ZA QSLs waiting to be
confirmed, He was able to find some of their old logs, but many of the old
logs from prior to the mid 1990's are not available. [TNX The Daily DX]
QSL UU2JQ ---> Rustam, UU2JQ reminds DXers that his former QSL manager (Andy,
KZ1L) has been a SK since 2001. QSLs should be sent to UU2JQ himself either
direct or through the bureau.
QSL MANAGER OFFERED --- Gianfranco Lai, IK8VRN is willing to volunteer his
services as a QSL manager. He can be contacted at either ik8vrn@mdxc.org or
P.O. Box 5, 80034 Marigliano - NA, Italy.
ST0RY ---> The team went QRT at 17.45 UTC on 31 March, earlier than expected.
The online log contains 49,153 QSOs, but one fragment (contacts made between
23.53 UTC on 30 March and 05.53 UTC on the 31st) is missing.
As for direct QSLs, please send only one card with all QSO information on it.
European stations can enclose 1 Euro or 1 Dollar, otherwise the German cost
of return airmail postage is $ 2. The QSL manager is DL5NAM (Chris Sauvageot,
Guttenburg 19, D-91322 Graefenberg, Germany); bureau cards can be requested
on-line (www.df3cb.com/st0ry). Individual donations would be greatly
appreciated to help defray the great cost of getting #18 on the 100 Most
Wanted List to a lot DXers. [TNX K4WLS]
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LOGS: Logs for PI4COM, PA6HQ and PI4HQ are on line at
http://www.qsl.net/pa3cal/
LOGS: The first logs for the current multi-operator activity from the
Faroe Islands are available on the LLDXT website at
http://www.qsl.net/lldxt/oy_2003/ [TNX PA1AW]
QSL ROUTES: A collection of QSL routes for stations active during the recent
CQ WW WPX SSB Contest is now available at
http://www.arrakis.es/~ea5eyj/wpxssb03.htm
S05X: The web site for the forthcoming DXpedition to Western Sahara is
now up and running at http://www.pagus.it/s05x. If you need this
DXCC Entity on any particular band/mode, please click on
"Survey" and let the DXpeditioners know where you would like to
work them. "425 DX News" supports this DXpedition through the
pilot station Maurizio, IZ1CRR/I1-21171 (i121171@425dxn.org)
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3B8MM DL6UAA FM5FJ KU9C PJ5NA K1NA
3D2IZ N6IZ G8A G0DBE PS5K PY3FOX
3W2ER G4ZFE H44H P29KM PS5S PP5MQ
3W9HRN DL1HRN H44V JA1PBV PV2I EC5AHA
3XY1L UY5XE H7A TI4SU PX2W PY2YU
3Z6V SP6DVP HC1CB EA7FTR PX5E PP5JR
4J85YGA UT3UY HC8N W5UE PZ5DK PA0DKA
4K6DI W3HNK HF2VL SP2PI R9/N5XZ N5XZ
4Z8GZ OE1GZA HI3CCP AD4Z RA9LI/9 DL6ZFG
5Z4BK DJ8NK HQ9R N6FF RM0A UA0ANW
5Z4BL DL2RUM HU1M DK7AO SO6A SP6IHE
6W1RT VE2XO II8A IC8JAH ST0RY DL5NAM
8P2K KU9C IO3T IZ3ESV ST2CF IV3OWC
8P6DR G3RWL IO4T IK4VET SV5/SM8C SM0CMH
8Q7RC IZ5BRO IO7J IK7JWX SX1R SV1XV
8Q7RL IZ5EBL IQ4AX IZ4EFN SZ3PTR SV3AQN
8Q7VR UR9IDX IR1MDC IZ8CCW T30ONM W4WET
9G5MD F5VCR IR2G IZ2BHQ T88JB JA1CJB
9K2AI N9NU IR2MDC IZ8CCW T88RE JA4RF
9K2GS W6YJ IR5MDC IZ8CCW TM9OO F5BKC
9K2MU WA4JTK IR6MDC IZ8CCW TO3M DJ2MX
9K2ZZ W8CNL IR8M IZ8CCW TO4T F6HMQ
9L1BTB SP7BTB IR8MDC IZ8CCW TU5CD F8BON
9M2/G4ZFE G4ZFE IU9S IT9BLB UK8CAD RW6HS
9M2/GM4YXI N3SL J37K AC8G UK8CWA RW6HS
9N7YJ LA5YJ J5UDX IV3NVN UN7MM RW6HS
9V1YC AA5BT JU1DX JT1BV UO1E RW6HS
9Y4/DL7DF DL7DF JW8G LA9GY UP9L RW6HS
A35WE SP9FIH K5C K2FF UU0JM W1TE
A35XM DL8YRM L71F AC7DX UW6N UR5NX
A61AJ N4QB LU1ECZ EA5KB V31MX K0BCN
A61AS YO3FRI LU1NDC EA7FTR V51/ZS4NS ZS4NS
A71AW W3HNK LU3XQ WD9EWK V60A I2YDX
A71EM LZ1YE LU6XQ WD9EWK V60Z IK2WXZ
A92GQ N9NU LX4B LX1TI V63JE KI0RO
A92ZE K4SXT M8C G4DFI VK8AA VK2CZ
AN8OK EA8AKN MD/NC7M W0RDS VP2E N5AU
AY9H LU9HO MD4K G3NKC VP55W KX4WW
C53CW YL3CW MU/SP5LCC SP5ZCC XF2IH XE1IH
C53KL YL2KL MU/SP5MBQ SP5ZCC XT2TI EA4YK
C53ZF YL1ZF MU/SP5UAF SP5ZCC XU7ACO G4GUA
C56TA LY2TA MU0ULC SP5ZCC XX9TRR OH2PM
C5P YL2KL OH0B OH2BH XY4KQ DL4KQ
C91W N1FHJ OR3R ON4ADN YB0AJR OK1JN
CB4Y CE4FXY OY7ET PA5ET YB2MTA/p EA7FTR
CB5A XQ5SM OY7QA PA5ET YC2CJQ/p EA7FTR
CL9C K8SIX OY7TW PA5ET YC4FIJ YC9BU
CN2R W7EJ OY7WB PA5ET YE3M IZ8CCW
CO2OJ K8SIX OY7WP PA5ET YE8A YB8BRI
CQ9K CT3EE OY8PA PA5ET Z24S W3HNK
CS6RPA CT1EAT P29SI JA1PBV ZK1BWG DL2BWG
CV1T EA5KB P3A W3HNK ZK1HCU DL9HCU
D44TT K1BV P40A WD9DZV ZK1VRL DL7VRL
D4B K1BV P40Y AE6Y ZL4IR W8WC
D88S DS4CNB P41P I2MQP ZP40Z W3HNK
DX1F JA1HGY PA6HQ PA3CAL ZS0M ZS6MG
EA9URM DL1CC PA6WPX PA3CAL ZS1RBN G3SWH
EW5HST EU1SA PI4COM PA3CAL ZW2TV PY2TV
EX0V N6FF PI4HQ PA3CAL ZW90S PY3ARD
EX2M W3HNK PJ2C N9AG ZY2Z PT2FM
FM/T93M DJ2MX PJ2T N9AG ZY7C PT7WA
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9A4NA Zeljko Curkovic, Vukovarska 125, HR-21000 Split, Croatia
A92ZE Gus Gostel, PSC 451, Box 1198, FP0 AE 09834, USA
DL5NAM Chris Sauvageot, Guttenburg 19, D-91322 Graefenberg, Germany
EA5KB Jose F. Ardid Arlandis, P.O.Box 5013, 46080 Valencia, Spain
G3SWH Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol BS49
5HQ, England
G4ZFE Richard Everitt, #2601 PNB Darby Park Jalan Binjai, Kuala Lumpur
50450, Malaysia
I2MQP Mario Ambrosi, Via delle Querce 41, 20090 Rodano Millepini - MI,
Italy
IV3NVN Simone Candotto, P.O.Box 4, 33050 Castions di Strada - UD, Italy
JA1HGY Nao Mashita, 8-2-4 Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo 107-0052, Japan
K4SXT J. Gostel, PSC 451, B 1198, FPO AE 09834, USA
LA5YJ Bjorn Hugo Ark, Rute 504 - Paulsrud, 2840 Reinsvoll, Norway
LA9GY Morten Antonsen, Hallsetreina 6, N-7027 Trondheim, Norway
LU4DXU Horacio "Henry" Ledo, P.O. Box 22, Martinez 1640, Buenos Aires,
Argentina
LY2TA Andrius Ignotas, P.O. Box 15, Kursenai, LT-5420 Lithuania
ON4ADN G. Decru, Sint Laurentiusstr 18, B-8710 Wielsbeke, Belgium
P29KM Kazuo Miyamura, P.O. Box 321, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
PA5ET Rob Snieder, Van Leeuwenstraat 137, 2273 VS Voorburg, The
Netherlands
PP5MQ Mario Marquardt, P.O. Box 212, 89201-972 Joinville - SC, Brazil
PS7AHR P.O. Box 2021, 59094-970 Natal - RN, Brazil
PY2YU Hamilton Oliveira Martins, Rua Rui Coelho de Oliveira Filho 131,
Jd. Panorama, 18030-020 Sorocaba - SP, Brazil
PY3ARD Associacao dos Radioamadores da SOGIPA, Rua Barao do Cotegipe 400,
90540-020 Porto Alegre - RS, Brazil
SP9FIH Janusz Wegrzyn, P.O. Box 480, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
SV1XV Costas Krallis, P.O.Box 3066, GR-10210 Athens, Greece
UR5NX Konstantin Khokhlov, P.O. Box 8100, 21050 Vinnitsa, Ukraine
UY5XE George Chlijanc, P.O. Box 19, 79000 Lviv, Ukraine
VK4DX Mike Sivcevic, P.O Box 4485, Eight Mile Plains, QLD 4113,
Australia
W3HNK Joseph L. Arcure Jr., P.O. Box 73, Edgemont, PA 19028, USA
XE1IH Enrique Garcia Munive, P.O. Box 118-481, 07051 Mexico D.F., Mexico
XE3RCC P.O.Box 1883, Cancun, Quintana Roo 77500, Mexico
YB8BRI Prof. Dr. Ir. H. M. Ramli Rahim, M. Eng, P,O. Box 88 TB, Makassar,
South Sulawesi 90233, Indonesia
Z37M R.C "Nikola Tesla", P.O. Box 71, 2000 Stip, Macedonia
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