425 DX News #633
21 June 2003
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:
Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: DX information
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5T - Frank, DL8YHR (http://www.dl8yhr.de) will be active as 5T5M from
Mauritania from 29 June to 7 July. He plans to concentrate on 6
metres (50130 kHz). [TNX La Gazette du DX]
9A - Eugene 9A/RZ3EC, Sergey 9A/UA3NAN and Emir 9A6AA (9A0CI) plan to
operate from Karantunic (IOCA CI-421), Kosara (EU-170, CI-043),
Babac (EU-170, CI-005), Mrtovnjak (EU-170, CI-195), Ravan (CI-422),
Blitvenica (CI-156) and possibly other Croatian islands and
lighthouses on 12-19 July. Further details are available at
http://www.inet.hr/9a6aa [TNX 9A6AA]
CT - Look for CT1GFK/P, CT1GPQ/P and CT2IHP/P to be active (on 80, 40,
20, 15 metres SSB, CW and RTTY, with some 30, 17, 12 and 10m
operation) from Culatra Island (EU-145, DIP AL-01) on 20-22 June.
QSL via home calls. direct or bureau. [TNX CT1END]
CU - Lars, SM3CVM plans to be active as CU2/SM3CVM/P from Sao Miguel
(EU-003), Azores from 24 June to 6 July. He will operate on 80-10
metres CW mostly in his late evening hours. QSL via home call,
either direct or through the bureau. [TNX SM3CVM]
F - Look for Sebastien, F8DQZ/p to be active on 40, 20, 17, 15 and 12
metres from Ouessant Island (EU-065, DIFM AT-001) ob 28-29 June.
[TNX La Gazette du DX]
F - Bill, ON9CGB reports he will single operate in the IOTA Contest as
F/G0MEU/p from Sein Island (EU-068), while the rest of the team
[425DXN 613] will use TM3ON. QSL for both via ON4ON.
FH - Martial, F5SIE will be active as FH/F5SIE from Mayotte (AF-027, DIFO
FH-001) on 1-15 July. He will operate on 40, 17 and 15 metres CW
only with 50 watts into dipoles. QSL bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
FH - John, G4IRN will be active as FH/G4IRN from Mayotte on 16-23
September. He will operate mainly CW on 10-40 metres and will run
100 watts into a vertical antenna. QSL via home call. [TNX G4IRN]
G - Amateur radio operators at the National Space Centre
(http://www.g3stg.btinternet.co.uk/) in Leicester will activate the
GB2NSC station on the HF bands for the first time on 22 June
(between 10 and 17 local time). While normally GB2NSC is used to
demonstrate Amateur Satellite communications to visitors, this
special activation will mark an important space exploration
anniversary: forty years ago Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova,
travelling in Vostok 6, became the first woman to orbit earth. QSL
via G8ATE. [TNX F5NQL]
G - Look for GB2BLE to be aired from Lundy Island (EU-120) from 28 June
through 5 July. Further information is available at
http://www.draxium.com/gb2ble [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
GM - The Cockenzie and Port Seton ARC will participate in the IOTA
Contest as GM2T from the Isle of Tiree (EU-008). The operators will
be MM0DXC, GM4UYZ, MM0JXI, M0RNR, GM4XZZ, GM4IKU, GM4VJV, MM3SRU,
MM3ISA and MM1CPP/MM3IDM. Look for activity as MM0CPS/P during the
week before the contest from around 21 July. QSL for both call signs
via GM4UYZ. Further details are available at http://www.cpsarc.com
[TNX M0RNR]
GM - Forth Valley Contest Group members John/MM0CCC, Robert/MM0ANT,
Colin/GM0CLN, Ian/GM4ZRR and Keith/GM0FZM will be active from
Benbecula (EU-010) on 24-28 July, including an entry in the IOTA
Contest as GM4V (QSL via MM0ANT). Updates will be posted on
http://www.gm4v.co.uk/ [TNX GM0CLN]
GM - Ed, G3SQX will participate in the IOTA Contest as GM7X from the Isle
of Arran (EU-123). The entry will be in the CW section, either
12-hour or 24-hour. QSL via G3SQX (requests for bureau cards are
welcome at ed@g3sqx.net). [TNX G3SQX]
HL - Maeng, 6K2BYF will be active (on 10-10 metres SSB and CW) as
6K2BYF/3 from Anmyon Island (AS-080) on 20-23 June, All Asian DX
Contest included. QSL via home call, either direct (Maeng Seong
Youl, P.O. Box 12, Pocheon 487-600, South Korea) or through the
bureau. [TNX DS4NMJ]
HL - DS5AAQ, DS5ACV, DS5ARL, DS5DNO, DS5DYM, DS5KJR and DS5MNO will be
active during the IOTA Contest as homecall/p from Ch'angson Island
(AS-081). QSL via bureau to their respective home calls. [TNX NG3K]
I - Look for IZ7AUH/p and IZ7FLT/p to be active (on 40, 20, 15 and 6
metres) from Chianca d'Abramo (EU-091, IIA LE-017) on 25 June. QSL
via home calls, bureau or direct. [TNX IZ7AUH]
I - Special event station IR8P will be activated by operators from ARI -
Pomigliano d'Arco on 26 June. [TNX I8JOQ]
I - Look for Vesuvio DX Team member IZ8FDH to be active as IF9/IZ8FDH on
all bands, 6 metres included, from Favignana (AF-019, IIA TP-011)
from 29 June to 6 July. QSL via home call, either direct (Paolo
Capobianco, Via Enrico Cocchia 26, 80124 Napoli - NA, Italy) or
through the bureau. [TNX IZ8DDG]
I - IZ8CGS, IK8VRH, IZ8CCW and CW operator IK0ESW will participate in
the IOTA Contest as either IL7M or IL7/IZ8CGS from the island of San
Domino (EU-050, IIA FG-001). QSL via IZ8CGS either direct (Gianni
Marruccella, P.O. Box 5, 80029 S. Antimo - NA, Italy) or through the
bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW]
I - Giovanni/IK8LIU, Enzo/IK8YTG, Fabio/IZ1EGT, Marco/IZ7DOK,
Oreste/IZ8EDJ and Francesco/IZ8EQF will operate (as either IC8M or
IC8/IK8LIU on HF and 6 metres, SSB and CW) from Licosa Island
(EU-031, IIA SA-001) on 2-3 August. QSL via IZ8EDJ. The web page is
at http://www.mdxc.org/ic8m [TNX IZ8EDJ]
I - IO1DCI will be the call of the special station to be activated
during the 2nd DCI (Italian Castles Award, http://www.dcia.it)
Meeting organized by ARI Mondovi' on 20-21 September.
IS0 - Stefano, IK5PWQ will be active as IM0/IK5PWQ from San Pietro Island
(EU-165, IIA CA-013) on 1-14 July. Look for him especially on 20m
SSB and 30 & 40m CW between 20 and 22 UTC. Logs will be available at
http://www.qsl.net/ik5pwq. QSL via home call either direct (Stefano
Ceccotti, Piazza Dante Alighieri 3/AL, 56030 Cascine di Buti - PI,
Italy) or through the bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards will
be welcome at ik5pwq@amsat.org). [TNX IK5PWQ]
JA - Look for JJ8DEN/6 to be active (CW and RTTY)from Yakushima (AS-032)
on 12-14 July. QSL via JJ8DEN either direct (Yoshitake Izumi,
Minami-24-7, Nishi-1, Obihiro-City, Hokkaido, 080-0011 Japan) or
through the bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
JA - Kenji, JA4GXS will participate in the IOTA Contest as JA4GXS/4 from
Yashiro Island (AS-117). He will operate both CW and SSB and will
remain on the island until 23 UTC on 27 July. QSL via home call,
either direct or through the bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
OH - OH6HJE, OH6NJ, OH6UV and OH6XX will be active (on HF, 6 and 2
metres) as OH6AW/8 from Marjaniemi Lighthouse on Hailuoto Island
(EU-184) from 27 June to 1 July. QSL via OH6AD. [TNX OH6NJ]
S7 - John, G4IRN will be active as S79IRN from the Seychelles (AF-024) on
13-16 and 23-27 September, before and after his activity from
Mayotte (see FH above). He will operate mainly CW on 10-40 metres
and will run 100 watts into a vertical antenna. QSL via home call.
[TNX G4IRN]
TA - TA1E, HB9DUR, IK2AQZ, IW2HUZ and SM0JHF will be active (on HF SSB, 6
and 2 metres) as YM0KA from Bozcaada (AS-099) on 20-25 June. [TNX
IK2AQZ]
T32 - La Mar, T32Z is returning to Kiritimati (Christmas) Island (OC-024).
He expects to arrive on 30 June and operate (on 6 metres and HF
bands, SSB, CW and some digital modes) as time permits for several
weeks. QSL via K3PD (please direct any questions about the operation
or QSLs to k3pd@arrl.net). [TNX K3PD]
T5 - Baldur/DJ6SI is currently active, mainly on CW, as T5X from Somali.
QSL via home call.
TG - Mario/TG9ADQ, Francisco/TG9ANF, Edgar/TG9AXF and Sergio/TG9SM will
operate (on 40, 20, 17 and 15 metres SSB, RTTY, PSK and SSTV) as
TG0AA on 29-30 June (from 18 UTC to 18 UTC). The activity will take
place from Pacaya, an active volcano located some 17 miles away from
Guatemala City. A special QSL will be issued via TG9AXF (P.O. Box
57, Mixco 01957, Guatemala). [TNX TG9ANF]
UA - RA6EAG, RA6ED, RN6FJ, RV6HJD, RW6HKF, RZ6HGG, UA6ECU, UA6EDQ,
UA6EDU, UA6EM and UA6EZ will operate (on 80-15 metres SSB and CW) as
homecall/p from Gidam-Bashi, a mountain (2410m a.s.l.) in the Main
Caucasus Range on 25-29 June. QSLs via bureau or direct to home
calls. [TNX RW6HKF]
UA - Igor, RA3QSY and Alex, RW3QDE will be active as RF3QFF from the
Natural Reserve of Voronezhsky on 27-30 June. QSL via RA3QSY either
direct (Igor Makeev, P.O.Box 2, Voronezh, 394010, Russia) or through
the bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards are welcome at
ra3qsy@mail.ru). [TNX RA3QSY]
V3 - Jay, K0BCN (V31MX) and Cal, V31MF will be active (on 10-80 metres
SSB with some CW) from Caye Caulker (NA-073) on 23-29 July,
including an entry in the IOTA Contest by Cal. QSL both calls via
K0BCN, direct or bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
VE - Mike/K9AJ [425DXN 621], Jim/K9PPY and maybe Susan/K9XYL will be
active (CW and SSB hopefully with two stations) as homecall/VY0 from
Somerset Island (NA-???) on 13-20 July. Mike will be in the Nunavut
region from 11 to 26 July and he plans to operate also from
Cornwallis Island (NA-009) and/or Baffin Island (NA-047), as well as
from Southampton Island (NA-007) on 22-24 July. QSL via home calls.
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
XU - Hiroo, XW2A will be active as XU7ADX from Cambodia the last week of
June. QSL via XW2A. Please note that his address has changed: send
your cards plus return postage (IRCs only, not dollars) to P.O. Box
10003, Vientiane, Laos. [TNX The Daily DX]
YA - Dan, JA1PBV (YA1BV) has been in Kabul since early this week and will
be moving soon to Kandahar, where he will operate as YA1BV/P,
especially on the digital modes. After his South Pacific tour in
August (see below), on 1 September Dan will be back to Afghanistan
and remain there until March 2004. [TNX JA1PBV]
YI - Dane, YI/S57CQ, one of the UN World Food Programme workers, will
stay in Northern Iraq for the next few months. He is active mostly
during the weekends, with 100 watts into a multiband dipole. QSL via
S57DX (Slavko Celarc, Ob Igriscu 8, 1360 Vrhnika, Slovenia). [TNX
S57DX]
YB - YE9R is the call issued for the operation from Rote Island (OC-241)
that was previously announced to take place as 8A9R [425DXN 625].
Kadek, YC9BU and others will be there for another couple of weeks.
QSL direct only to YC9BU (Kadek Kariana SP, P.O. Box 106, Singaraja
81100, Bali, Indonesia). [TNX YC9BU]
YU - This year the Serbia & Montenegro team (33 operators) will compete
as YT0HQ in the IARU HF World Championship on 12-13 July. All of the
QSOs will be confirmed automatically via bureau. [TNX YU1ZZ]
YV - The Grupo DX Caracas and the Asociacion de Radioaficionados de
Venezuela will operate (on 160-6 metres SSB and CW) as YW8D from
either La Cotorra or Remediadora (both the islands count for SA-063)
on 20-24 June. QSL via W4SO (maildrop). [TNX YY5JMM]
SOUTH PACIFIC TOUR ---> Dan, JA1PBV reports he will operate as H44V from
Guadalcanal (OC-047), Solomon Islands on 5-9 August and (along with Kazuo,
P29KM) as H40V from the Santa Cruz Islands (Temotu) on 11-16 August. He will
also sign P29SI from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea before going back to
Japan around 20 August.
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4L QSL BUREAU ---> NARG (National Association Radioamateurs of Georgia) has
been ammitted to IARU membership effective 4 April 2003. NARG President
Mamuka Kordzakhia, 4L2M reports that the address for their incoming QSL
bureau is P.O. Box 123, Tbilisi, 380004, Republic of Georgia.
7Q7/10JUNE ---> The various Portuguese communities around the world are used
to celebrating Portugal Day (10 June) and this year Vasco, 7Q7CT, was granted
permission by the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authorithy to operate as
7Q7/10JUNE from 7 to 15 June 2003. "Those who worked Vasco with the call sign
7Q7/10JUNE made a legitimate contact", Leo/CT1CSN says, "and can ask for the
confirmation through his QSL Manager ZS6AMX".
QSL 5H3RK ---> The correct address for Ralph 5H3RK/VK4VB is: Ralph Karhammar,
6 Seven Oaks St., Taringa, QLD 4068, Australia. Ralph will be leaving
Tanzania soon, but will arrange subsequent collections of cards from the
Embassy as he expects they will keep dropping in for at least another year.
[TNX KI4RU]
QSL 9K2ZZ ---> Bob, 9K2ZZ will be QRT from Kuwait this weekend and his QSL
manager (W8CNL) would like to wrap up the QSLing by the end of the year. "I
have about 3000 cards left", he says, "and quite sure no more will ever be
ordered". Requests should be sent direct only to Raymond H. McClure, 5
McKenzie Circle, North Augusta, SC 29841-4319, USA. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
QSL HC4/NP3D/P ---> Andy, NP3D has ordered special cards for the contacts
made from La Isla (SA-056) in May and is waiting for them to arrive from the
printer. He made 76 QSOs on 20m SSB (between 22.32 UTC on 22 May and 16.47
UTC on the 23rd) and 307 QSOs on 15m CW (between 18.30 UTC on 24 May and
16.16 UTC on the 25th). Cards for these contacts may be obtained directly
from Andy rather than through Joe, W3HNK. [TNX KD6WWW]
QSL OZ/G0GRC ---> Alan, G0RCI reports that all cards for the Grantham ARC's
operation from Vendsyssel-Thy, Fur and Mors (EU-171) have been delivered to
the RSGB bureu. All direct cards have been answered as well.
QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Gert E. Janssens, K5WW (http://www.qsl.net/k5ww)
offers his services as QSL manager to the DX community. A member of The QSL
Managers' Society, Gert has several years of experience handling the incoming
and outgoing QSL for the members of two large clubs and their contest
stations. Gert accepts paper and/or electronic logs and since he now lives in
a "no antennas welcome" neighborhood, he has plenty of time to help other
DXers with their QSL. All requests are welcome at k5ww@arrl.net
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EU SPRINT: Results and logs of the European Sprint Contest/Spring CW (held on
19 April) are now available at http://www.qsl.net/eusprint [TNX
I2UIY]
QSL DB: Boye Christensen, OZ7C has updated his QSL DBase (which now
contains 340,087 unique records) for Packet Cluster. The package
can be downloaded at http://www.qsl.net/oz7c/qsl [TNX OZ7C]
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QSLs received direct: 3D2AG/R, 3G0Y, 3G1A, 3V8BB, 3V8KO, 3XY7C, 3XY8A, 4L3Y,
5N1BHF, 5R8FU, 5T5HC, 5T5PBV, 5V7BR, 5V7XO, 5W0DL, 5W0TR, 5X1DC, 7Q7HB,
7Q7LA, 7X0DX, 8A3M (OC-250), 8N1OGA, 9G5ZZ, 9M6/JA1HGY, 9N7YJ, 9Y4TBG, A22BP,
A25/DL1YFF, A52DA, A71AW, AH3D, AP2ARS, AX0LD, BO0M, C31LJ, C56/DL7CM, C91CO,
CO2TI, CP4BT, CP6XE, CY0MM, CY9DH, D2CR, D44AC, D44TD, DU6/DK6PD, EA9IE,
EK3SA, EL2RF, EY8CQ, FG/T93M, FO0FR, FO0FRY, FO0PT, FP5KE, FR/F6KDF/T, FR5ZL,
FW0DX, FW5ZL, FW8FP, H40T, H44H, H44V, H7DX, HC1OT, HH6/DM2AYO, HI3LFE,
HK0GU, HK3AXY, HP1/F5PAC (NA-072), HP2/F5PAC (NA-202), HP3/F5PAC (NA-071),
HP4/F5PAC (NA-088), HP9/F5PAC (NA-203), HQ8V, J37K, J75KG, JD1YBJ, JT1BE,
JT1BH, JT1CO, K8T, K9YNF/HR9, KB5GL/5 (NA-089), KB7OBU/KH2, KH2/JA1HGY,
KH2/JJ2QXI, KH2TX, KL7AC, N6XIV/KH9, NH2PW, OD5/OK1MU, OH0B, OJ0SM, OY7ET,
OY7QA, OY7TW, P29SI, PJ2/WI9WI, PJ5/K3RGD, PR0F, PV8DX, R0POL, RA9LI/9
(AS-083), RI6AAA, RK6CZ/P (EU-185), S05X, S21YY, SU9BN, SV5/SM8C,
SV9/DL7VOG/P, SV9CVY, T2DA, T94MZ, TF8GX, TI1C, TI2/AK0A, TK5T, TR8CA, TU2XZ,
TY5ZR, UA1ONY/P (EU-035), UA6CW/P (EU-185), V60A (OC-259), V60A/P (OC-260),
VK9LS, VK9XC, VK9XE, VP2MDY, VP2V/AH7G, VP8LGT, VP9ID, XE1UN, XQ6ET, XT2DX,
XU7ACG, XV3TAA, XX9C (AS-075), YI/S57CQ, YI9OM, YL1XX, YN4SU, Z32M, Z32ZM,
ZA1B, ZF2FK, ZK1AGG, ZK1AKX, ZL7C, ZS1RBN (AF-064), ZS23I (AF-077).
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