425 DX News #624
19 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)
3X - Sebastien, F8DQZ is active as 3XD02/P from Kassa Island (AF-051)
until 19-20 April. He will then move to Guinea Bissau and operate
until 4 May. QSL via home call. [TNX La Gazette du DX]
4X - Special station 4X55I, commemorating the 55th anniversary of Israeli
indipendence, will be active until 10 May, including an entry in
this week's Holyland Contest. QSL via 4Z4SZ. [TNX 4Z4KX]
9A - Claudio, IN3DEI will be active as 9A/IN3DEI from Pulari Island
(EU-110) on 18-27 April. QSL via home call (Claudio Daddario,
P.O.Box 1, Succ. P.T. n. 10, 39100 Bolzano BZ, Italy)
9A - Look for 9A/IK0GDG/P to be active from Palagruza Island (EU-090) on
20-21 April. QSL via home call. [TNX I0OWO]
CT - Special call CS5E will be aired on 10, 15 and 20 metres SSB from the
lighthouse at Cabo Raso (ARLHS POR-011, FES-04 for the Portugese
Lighthouses Award) on 25 April. [TNX CT1END]
DL - DF3UFW, DL2DRO, DL2DSL, DL8WQQ, DL2LCE, DK5NOA and DL8DZL will be
active from Usedom Island (EU-129, O-013 for the German Islands
Award) from 25 April to 3 May. On 1 May they might go on a side trip
to Ruden Island (O-011). QSL via bureau. [TNX DL2VFR]
F - The operation by F5JOT, F5LGQ and F6CKH from the Chausey Islands
(EU-039) [425DXN 611] has been postponed and will take place from 26
April to 2 May. [TNX F6AJA]
FO - Look for Fabien, FO/F8CFU [425DXN 623] to be active from Hao Atoll
(OC-066), French Polynesia from 20 April to 5 May and from Tubuai
Island (OC-152), Austral Islands on 6-16 May. He will operate on 10,
12, 15, 17, 20 and 30 metres with a 2-element and dipoles. [TNX La
Gazette du DX]
G - Lightship "Planet" (www.barlightvessel.org.uk) callsign GB2LBL will
be on the air on 18-21 April from 0900-1600 UTC on all bands CW and
SSB. QSL via M0CMW. [TNX M0CMW]
GD - Phil, G4OBK will operate as GD4OBK/P from near Andreas (WAB square
NX40) in the north part of the Isle of Man from 27 April to 2 May.
He expects to be QRV for an hour or two every day on 40-10 metres CW
and RTTY. QSL via home call. Logs will be available at
http://www.qsl.net/g4obk/ [TNX G4OBK]
GM - Calderdale Raynet Group members Alan/G4MUR, Colin/G8EXN and
Alan/G3TAY will be active as MM0CRG from the island of Colonsay
(EU-008) from 26 April to 1 May. All stations worked will be sent a
QSL card via the RSGB bureau; direct cards should be routed via
G3TAY. [TNX VA3RJ]
JA - Takeshi, JI3DST will be active as JI3DST/6 from Miyako Island
(AS-079) from 26 April to 5 May. He will operate on 17, 15, 12, 10,
6 and 2 metres SSB. QSL via home call, preferably through the
bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
KH9 - Jake, N6XIV will once again operate from Wake Island (OC-053)
starting on or about 19 April. At this point he expects to stay for
at least 30 days, with the possibility of up to 60 days. His
operating time(s) will be limited due to his work requirements.
However, Jake will try to operate on multiple bands. Glenn, K2FF and
Bob, W6FRH will help with piloting duties. QSL via K2FF direct or
via the bureau. [TNX K2FF]
OZ - Jakob, OZ7AEI/p will operate from Jegindo Island (EU-171, NJ-006 for
the Danish Islands Award) on 19 April starting around 11 UTC. QSL
via bureau. [TNX OZ7AEI]
S9 - Look for Duarte, CT1CPP to be active as S92UN from Sao Tome &
Principe for the next three months. Suggested frequencies are 14270,
21270 and 28470 kHz SSB. QSL via home call. [TNX CT1END]
SM - Leif, SM0FWW reports he will be active from Kloeveroen (EU-043) on
18-20 April. QSL via bureau or direct to Leif B. Lindgren,
Brantingsgatan 54, Stockholm SE-11535, Sweden.
UA - The RZ6AZZ team (namely UA6AMB, RU6AX, RX6AH, RW6CT, RA6AX, UA6MF
and RA6AU) will be active on 10-40 metres CW and SSB from two
islands located in the Caspian Sea on 23-28 April. Look for UE6IKI
to be aired from Morskoy Ivan Karaul (not IOTA, RRA-new, RDA KM-05)
and for UE6IAA to be used from Morskaya Chapura (not IOTA, RRA-new,
RDA KM-05). Team members may also be active with their individual
calls. QSL UE6IKI and UE6IAA via RA6AU. [TNX RZ3EC]
UR - Special event station EM13UCC will be active on 16-29 April to
celebrate the 13th anniversary of the Ukrainian Contest Club. QSL
via UY5ZZ (Vladimir F. Latyshenko, P.O. Box 4850, Zaporozhye, 69118,
Ukraine). [TNX UY5ZZ]
VE - The Ontario QSO Party takes place on 19-20 April (18 UTC on Saturday
to 18 UTC on Sunday) and amongst the activities there is a contest
operation from Manitoulin Island (CISA ON-001) by the Mississauga
Amateur Radio Club station VE3MIS. Complete details at
http://www.odxa.on.ca/oqphome.html [TNX VE3SRE]
W - Jay, AE4MK will be vacationing on Estero Island (NA-069, USI
FL-035S) from 20 to 24 April. Depending on weather and bands
conditions, he may also go and operate from a few nearby islands
such as Black, Long Key, Big & Little Hickory and Lovers Key. [TNX
VA3RJ]
W - Lee, W4ALZ will be active (on 20, 15 and 10 metres) from Hatteras
Island (NA-067, USI NC-005S) on 21-24 April. QSL to Lee Zehmer, 2321
Mill House Lane, Matthews, NC 28104, USA. [TNX VA3RJ]
YB - Irfan, YC4FIJ will be active as YC4FIJ/P from Utan Island on 18-20
April. He will operate on 15 metres SSB only. Utan is located near
Belitung Island and counts for OC-144. QSL direct to YC9BU (please
do not send green stamps, use IRCs instead) [TNX YC9BU and G3KMA]
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DIE CONTEST ---> The 9th edition of the DIE Contest for working stations
located on Spanish islands will be held from 6 to 12 UTC on 22 June. The DIE
Contest software is available from Paco, EA5OL (http://www.ea5ol.net). [TNX
EA5KB]
IRAQ ---> Reports on US Military personnel operating as YI/home call from
Iraq include Jim Dunkerton, YI/KT4CK and Mark Smith, YI/NG5L. Wayne Mills,
N7NG (ARRL Membership Services Manager) says that "the League will accept for
DXCC credit YI/ operations from Iraq by US or British military personnel
provided the operator has written permission from his/her commanding officer,
until an interim Iraqi government is in place". After that point, operators
would need documented permission from Iraqi authorities. [TNX The ARRL
Letter]
PIRATE ---> Joe, W3HNK has been receiving cards for QSO with 9V1SM on 12m CW.
Please note that Sasi, 9V1SM operates only on PSK31 and SSB. If you did
happen to have a QSO on this mode, please drop Sasi a note at
tmssn@nus.edu.sg [TNX 9V1SM]
QSL 5W1RA ---> Please note that Tom, N6RA used this call back in November
1990 and has nothing to share with the current 5W1RA. The call has been
reissued to Rich, KB7KET who has been on a missionary assignment in Samoa for
the last three months. The QSL route for the current 5W1RA is being arranged.
[TNX The Daily DX]
QSL EP6KI ---> Phil, G4WFZ reports he has now finished processing all of the
direct QSL requests for EP6KI (AS-166) received so far. He will make a start
on the bureau cards as soon as he has the time.
QSL EU-169 ---> Alfredo, IK7JWX reports that he expects to mail the QSL cards
for ZA0IS and ZA0/IK7JWX (Sazan Island, December 2002) this coming week.
QSL ZA/LY2MM ---> All direct requestst will be processed within the end of
April. Bureau cards will have to wait until summer due to Al's, LY2MM,
business commitments. [TNX LY2MM]
QSL VIA F5OGL ---> The Daily DX reports that Didier has received several logs
for the late Jean-Claude, F2XX (TR8XX and TR8JJC) and is now able to confirm
the following QSOs:
F2XX: 15 Jul 1980 - 10 Jul 1983
25 Aug 1984 - 12 Jun 1986
1 Aug 1988 - 26 Sep 1988
TR8JJC: 22 Sep 1986 - 10 Jul 1988
TR8XX: 7 Oct 1989 - 1 Dec 1991
YK1BA ---> Saad, N5FF has postponed his planned operation from Syria [425DXN
619] due to the current overall situation in the Middle East. "No firm date
has been set for my trip yet, but it's possible to take place in couple of
weeks or so, and it may even be postponed till later on in the year". [TNX
The Golist]
+ SILENT KEY + Victor Rivera, ZK1CG reports the sad news of the passing of
Tuatai Tupou, ZK1MA (from Rarotonga)/ZK1CY (from Manihiki), who became a SK
in Australia on 12 April.
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LOGS:: The LLDXT DXpedition to the Faroe Islands "had lots of fights with
the propagation and the high winds" and managed to log 26964 QSOs
(14041 CW, 11054 SSB, 1532 RTTY, 300 PSK and 37 SSTV) in 10 days.
Statistics, final logs, pictures, real-audio files etc. can be found
at http://www.qsl.net/lldxt/oy_2003/
LOGS: Logs for HF0POL (South Shetlands) operated by Miro, SP7JKW in 2002 is
now available at http://republika.pl/sq5ta/logs/search.html [TNX
SQ5TA]
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3D2JX JN1HOW EZ8AQ UA3TT RZ0OWI/P RZ0OA
3W2XK W9XK FK8GJ F6CXJ S05X EA4URE
4G6A VE7DP FO/F5RQQ F8NAN ST0F ZS4TX
4J6ZZ UT3UY GB0HMT GW0ANA SU9BN EA7FTR
4L1FX DJ1CW HC4M EA7FTR SU9NC OM2SA
4L6AM K5ZE HE2MM HB9 bureau SX6A SV1CIB
4S7DXG UR9IDX HF6UE SP6ZDA TA2ZF UT2UB
4Z8GZ OE1GZA HK1AA EA5KB TM5OIS F5KRH
5B4/S53R K2PF HQ9W HR2HCH TM6ILE F5SGI
5N0HVC OK1DXE HU1M/3 DK7AO TO4T F6HMQ
5N6EAM IK2IQD IP1A IK5CBE TU2XZ W3HC
5R8ET K1WY IQ2GM bureau V51/ZS6Y KK3S
5T5SN IZ1BZV IQ8PC IZ8FAV V51KC WD4AWO
5Z4BK DJ8NK IY4FGM IK4UPU V63CP JH1BLP
5Z4BL DL2RUM J79K AA1K V63DT I2YDX
6W1RD KZ5RO J79P AB1P V63JE KI0RO
6W1RT VE2XO K1HP/KH2 JE2EHP V63ZR IK2WXZ
7P8Z ZS4TX K5C K2FF VI5WCP VK3ZZ
7X0AD EA4URE KG4JD KP3J VK9XI VK3OT
8P6DR G3RWL KH3/KT6E qrz.com VP2VE WA2NHA
9K2MU WA4JTK KL7Z W7IAN WH0EWX SP5EWX
9N7YJ LA5YJ LU9HS EA7FTR XE2AC EA5OL
A22BP 7M1WBP LZ1JY W0FS XF3RCC XE3RCC
A35WE SP9FIH M0SDX UT2UB XR6T CE6TBN
A61AJ N4QB MM0VSG/p GM0WRR XY4KQ DL4KQ
A71EM LZ1YE MU0ULC SP5ZCC YA1CQ JA1CQT
CN2OA F3OA OH0M OH3XR YB0ECT K5ZE
CO0S bureau OY7ET PA5ET YC0IEM IC8CCW
CO2CI WD4OIN OY7QA PA5ET YS1EJ W4GJ
CO2SX EA5KB OY7TW PA5ET YV5A YV5NWQ
CT3AS DJ8FW OY7WB PA5ET ZA1E I2MQP
D2CR RK3BR OY7WP PA5ET ZC4ESB G4EHT
E20HHK/P E21EIC OY8PA PA5ET ZD8Z VE3HO
EA6UN EC6TK PT2ZAW OK1FWQ ZF2JC NC8V
EM13UCC UY5ZZ R3K RV3DR ZP3CTW EA5KB
EW6YN DL8KAC RA9LI/9 DL6ZFG ZS1RBN G3SWH
EY7AF RW6HS RT0Q UA3DX ZW0S PS7JN
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4U1UN UN Amateur Radio Station, P.O. Box 3873, Grand Central Station, New
York, NY 10163, USA
CE6TBN Marco A. Quijada, P.O. Box 1234, Temuco, Chile
DS4BHW Kim, P.O. Box 27, Sunchon, 540-600, South Korea
EA4URE URE - Union de Radioaficionados Espanoles, Avda. Monte Igueldo 102,
Madrid 28053, Spain
F8DQZ Sebastien Lebrun, Rue des Ecoles, 49260 Antoigne, France
G4EHT Bill Watson, 7 Darwin Close, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 7ET,
England
HR2HCH Horacio, P.O. Box 273, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
IQ0AH Sezione ARI, P.O. Box 213, 07026 Olbia - SS, Italy
IQ4FE Sezione ARI, P.O. Box 66, 43036 Fidenza - PR, Italy
IZ1BZV Giorgio Tabilio, P.O. Box 95, 19100 La Spezia - SP, Italy
IZ8FAV Giorgio Napolitano, Via Moretti 9, 80055 Portici - NA, Italy
PA5ET Rob Snieder, Van Leeuwenstraat 137, 2273 VS Voorburg, The
Netherlands
PY3CNH P. O. Box 83, 93180-000 Porao - RS, Brazil
SU1SK Said Kamel, P.O. Box 190, New Ramsis Center, Cairo 11794, Egypt
SV1CIB Dimitris Lianos, P.O. Box 127, 30100 Agrinio, Greece
UA3DX Nick Averyanov, P.O. Box 39, Odintsovo-10, 143010, Russia
UR9IDX P.O. Box 85, Mariupol 87531, Ukraine
UT2UB Andrej Lyakin, P.O. Box 99, Kyiv-10, 01010 Ukraine
V21ARC Antigua & Barbuda Radio Club, P.O. Box 965, St.John's, Antigua, West
Indies
VK3OT Steven Gregory, P.O. Box 622, Hamilton, Victoria 3300, Australia
VK3ZZ Thomas Marlowe, P.O. Box 368, Leongatha, Victoria 3953, Australia
WD9DZV Timothy M. Garrity, 5407 W Rosedale Ave, Chicago, IL 60646, USA
Z35M Vladimir Kovaceski, P.O. Box 10, Struga 6330, Macedonia
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