425 DX News #635
5 July 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)
3C0 - Franz/DJ9ZB, Elmo/EA5BYP, Victor/EA5FO and Vicente/EA5YN will be
active from Annobon Island (AF-039) in October. Full details are
expected in due course. QSL via DJ9ZB. [TNX EA5YN]
7P - Two other operators have joined the 18-25 July DXpedition to Lesotho
[425DXN 627]. The team now consists of K5LBU/7P8CF, W0IZ/7P8IZ,
K4SV/7P8DA, W5MJ/7P8MJ, VA7DX/7P8NK, WW5L/7P8TA, Larry Alkoff, N2LA
(requested call 7P8LA) and his wife Karen, K2DXV (requested call
7P8KA). QSL via home calls. This all mode & all band activity has
added amateur satellite mode to its planned operations. The
operation will be on the AO-40 satellite (uplink on 435.550-435.800
MHz CW/LSB and downlink on 2401.225-2401.475 MHz CW/USB). On line
web page and logs will be at http://www.amsatnet.com/7p8.html once
the DXpedition is underway. [TNX WW5L]
9A - 9A0HQ will be the HQ station for Croatia in the IARU HF World
Championship. QSL via 9A1A (all QSOs will be confirmed automatically
via bureau). [TNX NG3K]
9A - Zsolt/HA6PS, Tibor/HA6ZV and Laci/HA6NL will be active as
9A/homecall from Pasman Island (EU-170) on 20-30 July, IOTA Contest
included. QSL via home calls either direct or through the bureau.
[TNX HA6NL]
9A - Zlatko, 9A2EU will be active as 9A7T/p from Trstenik Island (EU-136,
IOCA CI-132, WLH 0659, CLH 173, ARLHS CRO-019) on 24-29 July, IOTA
Contest included. QSL via home call. [TNX 9A2EU]
9H - Thomas, DL1ASA (http://www.dl1asa.de.vu) reports he will be active
as 9H3TM from Gozo Island, Malta (EU-023) on 1-15 August. He plans
to operate on all HF bands CW, SSB and RTTY and to participate in
the WAE DX CW Contest (9-10 August). QSL via bureau to DL1ASA.
9M2 - Ian, G3TMA will participate in the IOTA Contest as 9M2/G3TMA from
Pulau Ketam (AS-074). QSL to Ian Buffham, Bekay Court, Lorong Enau,
(off Jalan Ampang), 55000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [TNX The Daily DX]
CT - Jose, CT1EHX (http://www.qsl.net/ct1ehx) reports he will be active
as CT8EHX on 11-13 July for the 22nd International Motorcycle
Meeting at Faro. QSL via home call.
CT - CT1AGF, CT1EPV and CT3FN (HB9CRV) will operate as CS5F from the
lighthouse at Cabo de Santa Maria (LH 0144, POR 013) on Culatra
island (EU-145) on 19-20 July. QSL via HB9CRV (Hermann Stein,
Brueelmatten 13, CH 4410 Liestal, Switzerland). The web page for the
operaton is at http://ct1end.netpower.pt/eu145_culatra_2003 [TNX
CT1END]
CT - CT3BD, CT3DL, CT3EE, CT3IA, CT3EN, CT3IQ, CT3KY, CT3KU and DF4SA
will be active (on 6, 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 40 and 80 metres) as CT9D
(SSB and CW) and CT9M (RTTY) from the Desertas Islands (AF-046) on
23-27 July, IOTA Contest included. They will use car batteries and
solar panels. QSL via CS3MAD (Associacao de Radioamadores da Regiao
da Madeira, P.O. Box 4694, 9000 Funchal, Madeira, Portugal). [TNX
CT1END]
CT - CT1AGF, CT1HGS, CT3FN, F6HMJ, G3KHZ, VA2AM and possibly others will
participate in the IOTA Contest (26-27 July) as CS5C from Culatra
Island (EU-145). QSL route TBA. The web page for the operation is at
http://ct1end.netpower.pt/eu145_culatra_2003 [TNX CT1END]
CT3 - Francisco, CT1EAT (www.qsl.net/ct1eat) will be active as CT3/CT1EAT
from Porto Santo, Madeira (AF-014) on 24-30 July. He will operate
mainly on AO-40 satellite, with some activity on 10-20 metres SSB
and RTTY, including an entry in the IOTA Contest as CT9T. QSL via
home call either direct or through the bureau. [TNX CT1EAT]
DL - Klaus/DF3GL, Gregor/DL1BFE and Uwe/DL3BJ will be active on all HF
bands, SSB and CW, as DA0LRS from Roter Sand lighthouse (WLHA
LH-0396, ARLHS FED-019, GLA 44) on 10-14 July. [TNX VA3RJ]
DL - Look for DL4OK/p to be active on SSB and CW from Pellworm Island
(EU-042, N-023 for the German Islands Award) on 15-29 July, IOTA
Contest included. QSL via home call, either direct or through
the bureau. [TNX DL2VFR]
DL - Look for DF3UFW/p to be active from Ummanz Island (EU-057, O-006 for
the German Islands Award) from 26 July to 9 August, IOTA Contest
included. QSL via bureau. [TNX DL2VFR]
ES - Aarne/ES2QH, Andy/ES2NA, Tom/ES1DW, Tom/ES2RJ, Jerry/ES2EZ,
Harry/ES2TGO will be active either as ES8X and with their personal
calls from Kihnu Island (EU-178) from 25 July to 4 August. They will
concentrate on 6 metres, as well as on 144, 432 and 1296 MHz, and
will participate in the Estonian Open Field Day (rules at
http://www.erau.ee) and in the IOTA Contest. The contact points for
skeds are es2rj@erau.ee (before 18 July) and es2na@erau.ee (after 18
July). QSL via ES2RJ either direct (Toomas Kull, P.O. Box 4, Viimsi,
74001, Estonia) or through the bureau. [TNX ES2RJ]
F - TM0HQ will be the REF HQ station during the IARU HF World
Championship on 12-13 July. Look for activity on 160-10 metres CW
and SSB. QSL via bureau. [TNX F5NLY]
G - The RSGB Headquarters station GB5HQ in this year's IARU HF World
Championship will be a multi-operator station, and there will be an
award for working it on 3, 6, 9 or all 12 band/mode slots. Full
details can be found at http://www.gb5hq.com. QSL via G3TXF. [TNX
G4BUO]
GM - Look for GM3PPG/P to be active (on 160-10 metres SSB) from South
Uist (EU-010) from 13 July to 8 August, IOTA Contest included. QSL
via GM3PPG. [TNX VA3RJ]
HL - DS2GOO, 6K2CLF, 6K2CEO and 6K2CEW will be active as either D90HE/3
and/or homecall/3 from Anmyon Island (AS-080) on 4-6 July. QSL via
DS2GOO. Logs will be available at
http://myhome.naver.com/~dxer2han/2003/ [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
HL - Phil, HL1TXQ and other nine operators (namely HL1EJT, HL1OYF,
HL1VAU, HL3QP, HL9DX, DS1EVQ, DS1KOQ, DS3BGI and DS4NYE) will be
active as homecall/2 from Chuk Island in the Kangwon-Do Province
group (AS-???, the last unnumbered IOTA group in South Korea) on
17-20 July. They will operate from two sites on 40-10 metres SSB and
CW, but their operating time will be limited to daylight hours (5-19
local time, 20-10 UTC) as the island is located in a military
operation zone. The SSB station is expected to start operating
around 20.30 UTC on 17 July, followed one hour later by the CW
station. QRT time will be around 6 UTC on 20 July, as the operators
will have to leave the island at 9 UTC. QSL direct to HL1OYF. [TNX
HL1TXQ]
IS0 - Stefano, IK5XCT will be active as IS0/IK5XCT (QRP) from Sardinia
(EU-024) between 24 July and 7 August. Look for him on +/- 14060 kHz
around 13 UTC and 21 UTC. QSL via home call either direct (Stefano
Macerini Papini, Via Sarzanese Valdera 64/M, 56032 Cascine di Buti -
PI, Italy) or through the bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards
will be welcome at ik5xct@amsat.org). Logs will be available at
http://www.qsl.net/ik5xct [TNX IK5XCT]
IS0 - Giovanni, IZ2DPX will be active (mainly on 2 and 6 metres) as
IS0/IZ2DPX/P from Stintino (EU-024, IIA SD-001) on 13-17 and 24-27
September. Between 17 and 24 September he will operate on HF as
IM0/IZ2DPX/P from Maddalena Island (EU-041, IIA SS-001). QSL via
home call. [TNX IZ2DPX]
JA - Look for Takeshi, JA3GJE/6 and Hajime, JP3TKP/6 to be active (on 40,
17, 12 and 10 metres SSB) from Iki Island (AS-036) until 00.00 UTC
on 7 July. QSL via bureau to home calls. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
LU - LU1FAM, LU1FGE, LU1FKR and LW9EOC will participate in the IARU HF
World Championship as LT1F (Multi-Single). QSL via AC7DX. [TNX
LU1FAM]
LZ - The "Bulgarian Island Radio-club" team will be active as LZ1KSL from
Sveta Anastasiya (EU-181) on 25-27 July, IOTA Contest included. The
operation will be on 80-10 metres, CW, SSB and possibly digital
modes. QSL via bureau to LZ4BU. [TNX LZ4BU]
OH - Hans, OH6MY has been QRT for several years, but now intends to be
active sporadically from Anterskar/Lapporarna (EU-101) during his
summer vacations between 7 July and 3 August. [TNX Islands On The
Web]
OJ0 - Seppo/OH1VR, Lasse/OH0RJ and others will be active on 160-6 metres
as OJ0VR and OJ0RJ from Market Reef (EU-053) on 10-14 July,
including an entry as OJ0U in the IARU HF World Championship. QSL
direct only to OH1VR (Seppo Sisatto, Ojakatu 3 A 18, 33100 Tampere,
Finland). [TNX The Daily DX]
OZ - Klaus, DL7UXG will be active as OZ/DL7UXG/p from Langeland Island
(EU-172, FY-018 for the Danish Islands Award) from 26 July to 8
August. Further information at http://www.qsl.net/dl7uxg [TNX
DL7UXG]
OZ - Ric, DL2VFR will be active as OZ/DL2VFR from Bornholm Island
(EU-030, BO-001 for the Danish Islands Award) on 3-15 August. He
will operate mainly CW on the HF bands, with some SSB and 6 metres.
QSL via home call either direct or through the bureau. [TNX DL2VFR]
PY - Pete/PY1NEW, Lima/PY1NEZ and Rick/PY1VOY will be active (on 40-6
metres CW and SSB) as PT2C and PQ2C from Comprida Island (SA-024)
from 25 July to 3 August, IOTA Contest included. QSL PT2C via
PY1NEZ, QSL PQ2C via PY1NEW. [TNX PY1NEZ]
SM - Kent, SM0ELV will be active as SM0ELV/3 from Balson Island (EU-176)
during the weekend, starting around 10 UTC on 5 July until around 12
UTC on the 6th. QSL via home call either direct or through the
bureau. [TNX SM0ELV]
SV5 - Look for Jun, OE1ZKC (JH4RHF) to be active as SV5/OE1ZKC from Kos
Island, Dodecanese (EU-001) on 16-23 July 2003. QSL via OE1ZKC.
SV9 - SV9ANJ, SV9ANK, SV9BGE, SV9BKZ, SV9BMC, SV9BMJ, SV9COL, SV9DJR,
SV9FBG, SV9FBM and SV9GPM will participate in the IOTA Contest as
J49DIA from Dia Island (EU-187). The will operate both SSB and CW.
QSL via SV9ANK. [TNX SV9ANJ]
T32 - Hiro, JA0SC reports he will be active as T32SC from Christmas Island
(OC-024), East Kiribati in early August. He will arrive on the 3rd
at 10.15 local time and depart on the 11th at 10.40 local time. Hiro
plans to operate on 20-10 metres mainly on RTTY and SSTV, and will
participate in the 26th JASTA SSTV Activity Contest
(http://village.infoweb.ne.jp/%7Ejasta/english/index.html). QSL
direct to JA0SC.
UA - Vlad Pal'touzov, UA1RG and others will be active (with two stations
24 fours a day) as R1PQ from Novaya Zemlya (EU-035) between 15 and
25 July. Look for activity on on CW (7010, 14020, 21020 and 28040
kHz) and SSB (7070, 14260, 21260 and 28300 kHz), with some PSK and
RTTY as well. The operation is to commemorate all those who
participated (British, Russian and American) in the Polar Convoys
1941-1944. Any inquiries as to the expedition progress should be
directed to Ed, NC5K (dredp@ipa.net) or Yuri, UA1RJ (ua1rj@visp.ru).
QSL via UA1RJ (Yuri Sinitso, P.O. Box 10, Vologda 160000, Russia).
[TNX NC5K]
VE - Jean, VE2GHI reports he will be active as VE2GHI/2 from the small
town of Chibougameau (Zone 2) on 7-12 July. The operation will be
mainly on 14030 (CW QRP). QSL via home call either direct or through
the bureau.
VE - Jacques, VE2AZX and Rosaire, VE2GHZ will be active from Sept-Iles,
Havre Saint-Pierre and Natashquan (Zone 2) on 8-15 July. They plan
to operate as VE2GHZ/2 mainly between 23 and 2 UTC on 40, 20 and 15
metres SSB. QSL via home call either direct or through the bureau.
[TNX VE2GHZ]
XU - XU7ACT and XU7ACU are the callsigns issued to Danny/M0GMT and
Oliver/DJ9AO for their 3-18 August operation from Sihanoukville,
Cambodia [425DXN 631]. They will operate on 160-6 metres CW and SSB
and will participate in the WAE CW Contest. On-line logs and further
information at http://www.geocities.com/dxpedition2003 [TNX DJ9AO]
YO - The Romanian Amateur Radio Federation will participate in the IARU
HF World Championship with 50 operators at the HQ station, YR0HW.
The HW will be used in memory of YO4HW, their team leader for many
years, who died in 2002. All QSOs will be confirmed automatically
via bureau. [TNX YO3APJ]
ZA - DL6LAU, DL8OBQ, OH2BH, OH2NB and OH3BHL are in Albania and making
preparatory steps for setting up a training program to enhance
amateur radio further as well as operating on several new band
modes, such as 6 and 2 metres. They will join Geni, ZA1B and operate
this callsign until 13 July with two stations. QSL cards will be
handled together with the April/May ZA1B operation by OH2BH. At the
end of the week they will team up with the Albanian resident
operators for the IARU Radiosport and activate the AARA (Albanian
Amateur Radio Association) HQ station. ZA1A may be re-activated for
the period of the IARU Contest and the upcoming training program.
QSL ZA1A also via OH2BH. [TNX N4GN]
CARIBBEAN TOUR ---> Jeff, WB9CEJ will be active as VP2V/WB9CEJ from Tortola,
British Virgin Islands (NA-023) on 7-13 July. Then he will operate as
KP2/WB9CEJ from St. John and St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (NA-106) on 14-19
July. Activity will be mainly on 20, 17 and 15 metres SSB and CW. QSL via
home call. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin]
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4L0G ---> NARG's (National Association Radioamateurs of Georgia) club station
4L0G, operated by Shota Nadiradze, is now active on 144 and 430 MHz from
LN21CA. QSLs can be sent to either P.O. Box 601511, 22215 Hamburg, Germany or
to the 4l QSL Bureau (P.O. Box 123, Tbilisi 380004, Georgia). Comments can be
sent to 4l2m@rambler.ru [TNX 4L2M]
9H1EL QRT ---> Jeff Morris, 9H1EL (9H0A) reports he has finally gone QRT
after living in Malta for 28 years. Originally licenced as G3YDR back in
1969, Jeff moved to Malta in February 1975. Having spent more time in the
Philippines rather than at home for the last two years, Jeff has decided to
finally move there permanently. He will leave Malta for good on 21 July. All
antennas and towers have been dismantled and donated to local radio amateurs
(9H1BT and 9H1PA) who have been inspirational and helpful to him over the
years. If and when he becomes licenced in the Philippines, it will probably
have to be with a temporary callsign (DU3/G3YDR).
ARM QSL BUREAU ---> Valery Metaxa, ER1DA (er1da@mail.ru) reports that QSL
parcels mailed to the ARM (Asociatia Radioamatorilor din R. Moldova) QSL
Bureau are subject to import duty and ARM cannot afford such expense. Tax on
imports does not apply to natural persons, so when mailing QSL parcels to the
ARM Bureau please use the following address: Valery Metaxa, c/o ER-QSL
Bureau, P.O. Box 2942, Chisinau, MD-2071, Moldova.
BEACON ---> A project group from Porto Alegre is testing a new beacon,
PY3UEB, that runs 1 watt into a vertical on 28230 kHz. Reports can be sent to
py3ueb@baependi.com.br or py3mhz@cteparobe.com.br [TNX PY3CQ]
DX CONVENTION ---> The XIX Italian HF-DX Convention will take place in
Bologna and Pontecchio Marconi on 27-28 September. For further information
please visit http://www.ari-bo.it or contact Onda, IK4SDY (ik4sdy@amsat.org)
or Anton, IK4UPU (ik4upu@amsat.org).
DXCC HR ---> The 2003 DXCC Honor Roll listing is available at
http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/listings/hr0303.pdf
IQ6VP ---> This is the new club call assigned to L'Aquila ARI Branch. The
suffix is in memory of Valentina, the 10-year daughter of club member Nillo
Pasqualon, IK6RFO.
K5DX ---> This station operated US Field Day from rare grid EL28 on Follets
Island (USI TX-019S), Brazoria County. QSL route at www.qrz.com [TNX N5UR]
PIRATE ---> Dmitri Botcharoff, RU3GF reports that 3W3/UA3GIB (QSL via UA3GIB)
is a pirate station. "Somebody operated from Lipetsk with this call", he
says, "but it was not UA3GIB".
PIRATE ---> Gilbert Vanderhaegen, ON7ZZ says someone is pirating his call on
all bands CW (the genuine Gilbert does not operate CW).
QSL 6W/F5VHQ ---> John reports he made some 3000 QSOs during his 6W/F5VHQ
holiday operation from Saint Louis de Senegal (April 2003). Direct reuqests
have been processed; bureau cards will follow in July.
QSL VQ9DX ---> Rick, NE8Z (Rick Dorsch, P.O. Box 616, Hamburg, MI 48139, USA)
is the new QSL manager for his cousin Ron, VQ9DX (AA5DX) going back to 1996.
QSL cards are being printed and all old/new logs will be at Rick's QTH
within 2-3 weeks. Ron is presently active again from Diego Garcia until the
end of July.
QSL VIA IS0AGY ---> Please note that effective 1 July the new address for
IS0AGY is: Ampelio Melini, P.O. Box 66/c, 09045 Quartu Sant'Elena - CA,
Italy. IS0AGY is the QSL manager for IM0BMU (IOTA EU-165, August 2000) and
IM0R (EU-165, August 2001). [TNX IS0AGY]
SV2ASP/A ---> According to first hand information collected by Kostas
Stamatis (SV1DPI), Monk Apollo has been off the air for a couple of months as
his old HF transceiver is dead and attempts at fixing it have been
unsuccessful.
WRC-03 ---> The final IARU report from WRC-03 is available at
http://www.iaru.org/rel030703.html
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QSL GALLERIES: A collection of 1500+ QSL cards is available on Les Nouvelle
DX's web site. Five different galleries include cards for each
of the 58 deleted DXCC entities, obsolete prefixes, Antarctic
bases & TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises)
and pre-1945 countries. A few cards are still needed and your
participation is welcome - please visit
http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr and send send your comments to
LesNouvellesDX@free.fr [TNX F6AJA]
QSLs received direct: 3DA0TM, 3XY1L, 4U1UN, 5N3CPR, 5R8FU, 5W0DA (OC-097),
5Z4BK, 8P6DR, 9G5ZZ, 9K2HN, 9K2USA, 9L1AB, 9L1JT, 9M6/JQ1NGT, 9M6AAC, 9V1YC,
A41MA/p (AS-014), AH3D, BW3/UA3VCS, ER0ITU, ES1AJ, ES8J (EU-178), EY8/F5CW,
EZ8AQ, FK8GJ, FK8VHY, FO5RK (OC-051), HC4M, HC8A, HK6KKK, HP2/F5PAC (NA-170),
HP2/F5PAC (NA-202), HP3/F5PAC (NA-071), HP4/F5PAC (NA-088), HP9/F5PAC
(NA-203), J68AS, J75KG, J7A, J88DR, JD1YBJ, JY9NX, K2GSJ/PJ7, KB5GL/5
(NA-089), KH2/JJ2QXI, KP2D, KP4/K3TEJ, L52DX, N6XIV/KH9, OJ0/SM0NJO, OJ0VR,
P29VMS (OC-256 and OC-257), PJ2/PA0VDV, PT5A, RK2FWA/P (RR-01-20), RW0LZ/P,
S05X, S21YY, S9SS, ST2CF, SV2ASP/A, T31MY, T88AY, T97M, TI9JJP, TO4T, TX4PG,
TZ6JA, UA2FCB, V26DX, V31SN, V51AS, V60A (OC-259), V60A/P (OC-260), V63DT
(OC-226), VK9XC, VQ9LA, W4D, WP2Z, XU7ABF, XW0X, YA5T, YI/EK6DO, Z32AF,
ZB2FK, ZD8A, ZD8Z, ZF2AH, ZF2QS, ZK1AYL (OC-083), ZS23I (AF-077).
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