425 DX News #630
31 May 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)
7X - In spite of the recent earthquake in (we have been informed that
7X2DW and 7X2DS's daughter lost their lives) Algeria the 7W4HI
operation from the Habbibas Islands (AF-???) [425DXN 629] is still
on, even though it is now scheduled to start on 2 June, hopefully
around 14 UTC. Ivan/OM3CGN, Afif/7X2RO and three other 7X operators
plan to be active at least until around 6 UTC on 6 June for a
minimum of 12 hours a day, depending on local power. Steve, OM3JW
(om3jw@konektel.sk) will be the pilot for the operation. [TNX OM3JW
and VK6DXI]
CT - Special station CQ5AA will be active on 31 May to celebrate the 15th
anniversary of ARVM (Association of Radioamadores da Vila de
Moscavide). QSL via CT1RVM. [TNX A.R.V.M.]
DL - Look for Erding Radio Club to be active as DA0ED/p during the
European Field Day Contest on 7-8 June. QSOs will be confirmed
automatically via bureau. This year the city of Erding celebrates
its 775th anniversary and there is an award for working DA0ED on
different bands. Details can be found at http://www.ov-erding.de
[TNX DL7MAE]
EA8 - Tony, EA8AKN reports that the call for the 31 May operation from Los
Dos Roques [425DXN 629] will be EA8OK/p (not EA8AOK/p as previsously
announced).
F - Eight operators from Evreux Radio Club, F8KOM (namely F0CXZ, F5IL,
F5JOT, F6GNG, F8ACL, F8CUR, F8CUY and F8DSL) will be active from
Brehat Island (EU-074, DIFM MA-012) on 6-9 June. QSL via bureau or
direct to F5IL. [TNX La Gazette du DX]
GD - Adrian, M3LCR is active as MD3LCR/P from the Isle of Man (EU-116).
He concentrates on RTTY (3595, 7035, 14086, 21086 kHz), with some
SSB. QSL via bureau to M3LCR. [TNX M3LCR]
I - Special call IC8C is being aired from Capri (EU-031, IIA NA-006) for
the Capri Island Award (www.qsl.net./ii8a). [TNX IC8JAH]
I - ARI Versilia (www.ariversilia.it) will activate special station
II5BEM on 31 May-1 June to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the
invention of the piston engine by Eugenio Barsanti and Felice
Matteucci. [TNX I5WEA]
I - Look for Petr, OK1CZ to be active (on HF and 6 metres mainly CW) as
ID9/OK1CZ/p from Vulcano Island (EU-017, IIA ME-018) from 31 May to
7 June. QSL via OK1CZ. [TNX The Daily DX]
I - Paolo/IV3DSH, Stefano/IV3LZQ, Giovanni/IV3ODE, Paolo/IV3PUT,
Pietro/IV3RUA and Maria Pia/IV3ZLT expect to be active as homecall/p
from Anfora Island (EU-130, IIA GO-026) on 7-8 June. They will
operate on 160-6 metres all modes and will be active during the IARU
Region 1 and ARI Field Day contests. QSL via home calls, direct or
bureau. [TNX IV3LZQ]
LU - Operators from Radio Club Salta (LU4OC, http://www.qsl.net/lu4oc)
will be active as L28OO from Iruya on 2-9 June. Iruya (2800m a.s.l.)
is a little town in northern Argentina, close to the Bolivian
border. QSL via LU4OC. [TNX LU4OO]
OZ - Look for Finn, OZ4EL to be active (especially on 20 and 80 metres)
from Sletterhage Lighthouse (DEN-043) from 31 May to 13 June. QSL
via OZ4EL either direct or through the bureau. [TNX OZ4EL]
OZ - Look for Jakob, OZ7AEI/P to be active from Lodbjerg Lighthouse
(DEN-022, DLS-009) on Nordjylland Island (EU-171 and NJ-001 for the
Danish Islands Award) on 1 June. QSL via home call, either direct or
through the bureau. [TNX OZ7AEI]
UA - Nick, RA1QQ and Andy, RA3NN will be active (on all bands SSB and CW
with two stations) as UE1RRC/1 from EU-119 on 5-10 June. On their
way back they might stop for one day on Sosnovets Island (EU-161)
and operate as RA1QQ/1 and RA3NN/1. Donations will be gratefully
accepted along with QSL cards. QSL via RA1QQ; amateurs from Sweden
can QSL via SM7TE (Kjell Ekholm, P.O. Box 30010, 20061 Limhamn,
Sweden). [TNX SM7TE]
UA - Oleg, UA6LP will be active as UA6LP/6 from Ullu-Tau (2500m a.s.l.),
Caucasus on 5-13 June, including an entry as UA6LP/6/P in the IARU
Region 1 Field Day. QSL via home call. [TNX UA6LP]
UA - Alex/RW6CW, Andy/RK6ABM, Slava/RZ6AER, Alex/RA6AFB, Vit/RK6ALP and
Serge/RK6ADS will be active as RW6AWW/p from Sazalniksky Lighthouse
(ARLHS ERU-174 and RLE-026 for the Russian Lighthouses Award) on 6-7
June. QSL via RW6CW. [TNX RW6CW]
UR - UY0UY, UX7UN, UX1UF, UT5UKY and UT5UUQ will be active as UT4UZA/P
from Karel Fehtel Island (not IOTA, DN-?? for the Ukrainian Islands
Award) on 31 May and from another UIA island on 1 June. QSL via
UX7UN. [TNX UT5UKY]
VE - Special event call VC3RCS will be aired between 1 and 30 June to
celebrate the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Royal
Canadian Signals Corps. QSL via operator's instructions. [TNX VA3RJ]
XW - Champ, E21EIC will be active again as XW1IC from Laos between around
3 and 23 June. He plans to operate on 160-10 metres CW, SSB and
RTTY, and will participate in the All Asian DX Contest (SOAB LP).
QSL via E21EIC. [TNX NG3K]
YN - H74C is the callsign Michael/AB5EB, Mike/AD5A and Jake/KB5SKN will
be using during their 31 May-2 June operation [425DXN 625] from
Little Corn Island (NA-013). They plan to operate on 80-6 metres
with two stations on the HF bands and one station that will be
listening on 50.110 MHz during the whole trip. They will have
amplifiers for the HF bands, a vertical antenna, a dipole and a beam
for 6m. QSL via N6AWD. [TNX AD5A]
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9A AWARD ---> Amateur Radio Club "Koprivnica" sponsors a special award to
celebrate the third visit of pope John Paul II to Croatia. Rules are
available at http://www.qsl.net/9a7k or from the Award Manager, Kresimir
Juratovic, 9A7K (9a7k@qsl.net).
9Q1A & 9Q1YL ---> Pat and Nicole report they will go permanently QRT from the
Democratic Republic of Congo around 31 May, after twenty years in Africa and
some 35,000 QSOs made from Kinshasa and Matadi. They expect to return to
their home QTH in southern Brittany (France) around 15 June.
ANTARCTICA NET ---> There is a new Antarctica Net every Saturday on 14300 kHz
at 19 UTC. Net control is Henry, LU4DXU who is in touch with LU1ZV (Esperanza
Base, WABA LU-06), LU1ZG (General Belgrano II, WABA LU-08) and LU1ZD (General
San Martin, WABA LU-011). [TNX F5NOD]
ARBE ---> The IQ2MI/p "Amateur Radio Balloning Experiment", previously
scheduled to take place on 17 May [425DXN 627], has been postponed to 1 June
(starting around 9.30-10 UTC) due to bad weather. See 425 DX News #626 for
the details; for further information please email Tibor, IK2SAI
(ik2sai@amsat.org)
MAIL DROP ---> Terry Morton, KJ6OW has been doing a mail drop service for
Vit, EZ8CW for a good while now; he informs *** U.S. hams only *** that as of
15 June he will be adding Alex, EZ8CQ to the service (please enclose a SASE
and $2).
QSL 5H3RK ---> The Daily DX reports that Ralph's work assignment in Tanzania
is coming to an end. QSL cards can be sen to his current address (Ralph
Karhammar, P.O. Box 9274, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) until early July, after
that they should now be sent (direct only, as he is not a member of WIA) to
VK4VB (Ralph Karhammar, 6 Sevenoaks Street, Maroochydore, QLD 4068,
Australia).
QSL C56TA ---> Andy, LY2TA has received the first batch of cards from the
printer and will start processing direct requests (700+ received so far) in a
few days. Bureau cards will be sent at the end of the year. [TNX LY2TA]
QSL FR/F6KDF/T ---> Gil, F5NOD reports that all FR/F6KDF/T (August 2000
operation from tromelin) direct requests received so far have been processed.
The last batch of cards will be mailed within a couple of weeks. Those who
still need a card can send their request to F6KDF or direct to F5NOD.
QSL PR0F ---> This callsign (previously used by W5SJ in January/February
2003), was reissued to YU1RL for the recent CQ WW WPX Contest. QSL requests
for the operation should be sent to YU1RL, not to W5SJ. [TNX QRZ-DX]
QSL UA1ONY (EU-035) ---> Eugene, RZ3EC reports he has received UA1ONY and
UA1ONY/p's logs up to 3 May 2003. Direct cards received so far have been
answered. Inquiries should be sent to rz3ec@rekom.ru
QSL UK8OB ---> Paolo, IK2QPR reports he is the new QSL manager for UK8OB. QSL
to Palo Fava, Via Bertani 8, 46100 Mantova - MN, Italy.
QSL ZS1RBN ---> Phil, G3SWH reports that all direct QSL requests for the
recent ZS1RBN operation from Robben Island (AF-064) received to date have
been mailed.
QSL VIA ES1RA ---> Oleg, ES1RA reports he still has logs and blank cards for
all of his past callsigns and operations:
UM8BA Kirghiz (obl. 034) 1967
UR2RCU Estonia (Tallinn) 1972-1989
RU2RCU Estonia (Tallinn) 01 Jan-03 Aug 1980
UR3RA Estonia (Tallinn) 26 May-31 Dec 1989
ES1RA Estonia (Tallinn) after 01 Jan 1989
ES1RA/UM1M Kirghiz (obl.036) 04-07 Feb 1990; 23-27 Jan 1991;
09-14 Jul 1991; 21 Nov 1992
ES1RA/UM2Q Kirghiz (obl. 033) 07-08 Feb 1990; 28-29 Jan 1991
ES1RA/UM3N Kirghiz (obl. 034) 22-29 Jan 1990; 15-17 Jan 1991
ES1RA/UI4O Uzbek (obl. 050) 01 Feb 1990
ES1RA/UI5F Uzbek (obl. 047) 30-31 Jan; 15-17 Jan 1991
ES1RA/UM6A Kirghiz (obl. 032) 25 Jun-03 Jul 1991; 30 Nov-15 Dec 1992
ES1RA/UM7P Kirghiz (obl. 177) 05-07 Jul 1991
ES1RA/UI8I Uzbek (obl. 051) 17-19 Jul 1991; 23 Dec 1992
ES1RA/1 Aegna Isl. (EU-149) 09-18 Aug 1991; 28 May-03 Jun 1992;
15-21 Aug 1996; 16-28 Jul 1997;
26-31 Jul 2001
ES1RA/2 Aegna Isl. (EU-149) 13-17 Jul 1995
ES1RA/2 Mohni Isl. (EU-149) 11-12 Aug 2000
ES1RA/8 Kihnu Isl. (EU-178) 09-13 May 2001; 25-27 May 2001;
29 Jun-02 Jul 2001; 08-11 Jun 2002
ES1RA/0 Muhu Isl. (EU-034) 08-10 Jun 1995; 22 Nov 1996;
23-26 Jan 1997; 22-26 May 1997;
09-12 Apr 1999
ES1RA/0 Kassar Isl (EU-034) 11-12 Jun 2002
EX/ES1RA Kirghiz 01-11 Oct 1998
UK/ES1RA Uzbek 06-07 Oct 1998
OH0/ES1RA/P Aland Isls. (EU-002) 22-28 Sep 2001
OH8/ES1RA/P Hailuoto Isl. (EU-184) 12-17 Apr 2002
Direct cards should be sent to
Oleg M. Mir, P.O. Box 806, 11702 Tallinn, Estonia.
Oleg can also confirm contacts made with ES85M (Muhu Island, EU-034) in
February 2003.
SSA ACTIVITY AWARD ---> The SSA Activity Award is for promoting activity on
the amateur radio bands and it is available to either licensed amateurs and
SWL for working 365 QSOs from 1 January through 31 December each year. For
further information please contact the Award Manager, Bengt Hogkvist, SM6DEC
(bengt.hogkvist@swipnet.se).
+ SILENT KEY + We are sad to report the sudden passing of Doug Sim, VK4BP
(ZK1SIM), who was killed in a motorcycle accident while on Rarotonga,
Southern Cooks. We are close in thoughts and prayers to June, VK4SJ (ZK1AYL),
Doug's surviving wife.
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LOGS: The YE5A (Pisang Island, OC-262) logs are now available at
www.mdxc.org/logsearch.asp [TNX IZ8CCW]
POSTAGE: Updated information on IRCs/US$s needed for returning cards to
the US is maintained by Bill, W9OL at
http://www.qsl.net/w9ol/ircchart.txt
QSL ROUTES: A collection of QSL routes for stations active during the recent
CQ WW WPX CW Contest is now available at
http://www.arrakis.es/~ea5eyj/wpxcw03.htm [TNX EA5EYJ]
WEB PAGES: Are you going on a DXpedition? Do you want to publicize your
operation on the Internet but do not know where to start from?
The Mediterraneo DX Club offers its services (free of charge) for
customized web pages, including pictures, logs, etc. For further
information please contact mdxc@mdxc.rog [TNX IZ8CCW]
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3D2LB GM3VLB EA8OK/p EA8AKN SD5DS SM5BDY
3D2NC AC6DD EN40QPG UY5YY SI9AM SM3CVM
4G6A VE7DP EO58IS US7IGF SU9US K4DX
4H1LC VE7DP ER0ITU ER1DA SV5/SM8C SM0CMH
4K7Z/F8LPX F8LPX EX10R EX2M SX1R SV1XV
4L1MA ON4RU GB300WES M0RHI SX2B SV2BFL
4L1W LY2MM GS2MP N3SL T88VV UA4WHX
4L8A OZ1HPS HC#/NP3D W3HNK TA2ZF UT2UB
4W1BK WA2MOE HC1OT NE8Z TI5N W3HNK
4W2DN JR2KDN HF8IL SP8PJG TK/S52A S59AA
4W3CW qrz.com HG50MT HA3HK TL8CK F6EWM
4W3DX TF3MM HL1EJT/4 HL1OYF TM0AR F5TJC
4W3JEG JR3HPS HP3XBH W4WX TM0Y F6ANA
5B4AHJ G3PMR HS0ZCW K4VUD TM5B F5XX
5R8FL G3SWH HS4BPQ/9 E21EIC TM5CW F5SJB
5T5SN IZ1BZV HZ1MD PA2VST TM5SC F5ASD
5W0GW DL2AWG IC8C IC8SDL TM7A F8BBL
5W1SA JH7OHF IG9/ON4DST ON4AMM (d) TM9R F6IRA
7S6N SM6CNN IG9/ON4DST ON4DST (b) TO5AA RW3RN
8P1A NT1N II1D IZ1CCE TU2XZ W3HC
8P9AM UT2UB IR3IDO IK3OYY UE3RFF RK3RB
8S0ITU SK0CC IU3X IV3SKB UE4YRW RK4YYY
8S5A SM5AJV J45KLN SM0CMH UE9MDA RA9MX
9H3UT DL9GDB J75A KU9C UT0U UT2UB
9J2KC JL1NKC J75KG KU9C UT5UDX UT2UB
9K9X 9K2HN J7A KU9C V63MB UA4WHX
9Y4/DL4MEH DL4MDO J88JA JA1WSX VC1R VE1JF
A35WG DL2AWG J88KS JA1FUI VC6A VA7RR
A61AJ N4QB JW7VK LA7VK VC6X VE6BF
AL1G AC7DX KH0/AC4LN UA4WHX VE1OTA/VY2 VE1VOX
AL5A/NH0 JH0MGJ LU1ZV LU4DXU WL7AP UA3DX
AX2ITU VK2PS LU5FF EA7JX YA/N4SIX N4SIX
AX3ITU VK3ER MM0BNN/P M0BNN YI/EK6DO K6EID
BA7NQ W2AY N6XIV/KH9 K2FF YI/S53R K2PF
C6AKU K9VV OC4WW OH0XX YM2ZF UT2UB
C8A ZS6MG OH0/SK3SN SM3KIF YN2OM TI2OHL
C91MG ZS6MG OH0B OH2BH Z24S W3HNK
CO3VK IZ8EBI P40L W6LD Z38Z DL7AFS
CO8LY EA7ADH P41P I2MQP ZF1A W5ASP
CO8ZZ DK1WI PJ2WI WI9WI ZF2DX N7CW
CS7AL CT1BXE PR2F PY2NDX ZF2ES AA7A
CT9A OH6RX PT2ZAW OK1FWQ ZF2LF KY7M
D4B K1BV PT7ZXU CT1AHU ZK1SQA ZL2SQ
DL100JFT DK6MF PV2AA PY2AA ZL6QH ZL2AOH
DS0PF/4 HL1OYF PW2F PY2NA ZM1A ZL1AMO
DS4NYE/4 HL1OYF PX2W PY2YU ZP6CW ZP6CU
DX4CN VE7DP R300SP RU1AE ZS23I ZS1FJ
E21CJN W3PP RD9M UA9NN ZW1AA PY1AA
EA8BH OH2BH RZ3BY/0 UA3DX ZW8M CS1GDX
(d) direct
(b) bureau
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CS1GDX Grupo Portugues de DX, Apartado 1156, 2736-996 Agualva, Portugal
DH8BQA Olli Droese, Auguststrasse 12, D-16303 Schwedt, Germany
DL7VOX Helmut Radach, Riesaer Str. 93, D-12627 Berlin, Germany
E21EIC Champ C. Muangamphun, P.O. Box 1090, Kasetsart University, Bangkok
10903, Thailand
ER1DA Valery Metaxa, P.O. Box 3000, Chisinau, MD-2071, Moldova
ES1RA Oleg M. Mir, P.O. Box 806, 11702 Tallinn, Estonia
F5ASD Jerome Aoutin, 14 rue Neuve, 77410 Villeroy, France
F5TJC Jean-Louis Briere-Lecomte, 18 Le Petit St Louis, route de Theligny,
72400 Cormes, France
IK3OYY Fabrizio Bottaro, Via A. Manzoni 4, 35041 Battaglia Terme - PD, Italy
IZ1BZV Giorgio Tabilio, P.O. Box 95, 19100 La Spezia - SP, Italy
IZ1CCE Carlo Sobrito Via I Maggio 9, 10051 Avigliana - TO
LU4DXU Horacio Ledo, P.O. Box 22, 1640 Martinez - BA, Argentina
M0RHI Royce Hunt, 24 Athelstane Crescent, Edenthorpe, Doncaster DN3 2NG,
South Yorkshire, UK
NE8Z Rick Dorsch, P.O. Box 616, Hamburg, MI 48139, USA
OH0XX Olli Rissanen, #599, 1313 So. Military Trail, Deerfield Bech, FL
33442, USA
ON4AMM Mary Lou Moons, Oudestraat 9, B-3560 Lummen, Belgium
PY2AA P.O. Box 22, 01059-970 Sao Paulo - SP, Brazil
PY2YU Hamilton Oliveira Martins, Rua Rui Coelho de Oliveira Filho 131, Jd.
Panorama, 18030-020 Sorocaba - SP, Brazil
SM0CMH Goran Lundell, Algovagen 11, SE-133 36 Saltsjobaden, Sweden
SM6CNN Anders Larsson, Nabbagatan 40, S-50494 Boras, Sweden
SM6DEC Bengt Hogkvist, Ostbygatan 24 C, SE-53137 Lidkoping, Sweden
SV1XV Costas Krallis, P.O.Box 3066, GR-10210 Athens, Greece
UA3DX Nick Averyanov, P.O. Box 39, Odintsovo-10, 143010, Russia
UA4WHX Vladimir M. Bykov, P.O. Box 2040, Izhevsk 426000, Russia
UR3UN Sergei Petlevanny, P.O. Box 3, Fastov-5, 08505 Ukraine
UR5UO George Muzyka, Kozhanka, Kiev - Fastov, 08550 Ukraine
US5UL Yaroslav Gricenko, Kamp 4 str. Borowaya, Kiev - Fastov, 08520 Ukraine
US7IGF Slava Shevchenko, P.O. Box 591, Slavyansk-12, Donetsk obl., 84112
Ukraine
UT2UB Andrej Lyakin, P.O. Box 99, Kyiv-10, 01010 Ukraine
UY5YY Pavlo P. Guzenko, Moskovskaja str., 42, Melitopol, Zaporizkaja obl.,
72004, Ukraine
VE7DP Frank Toplak, General Delivery, Winfield, BC V4V 1M6, Canada
VK4SJ June Sim, P.O. Box 406, Caloundra 4551, Queensland, Australia
VQ9LA Larry Arneson, PSC 466 Box 24 (DG-21 Annex 30), FPO AP 96595-0024,
USA
W3HNK Joseph L. Arcure Jr., P.O. Box 73, Edgemont, PA 19028, USA
ZS6MG Vladimir Karamitrov, P.O. Box 1788, Bramley 2018, South Africa
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