425 DX News #636 12 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) 9A - Look for Roger, 9A/ON4TX to be active from Prezba Island (EU-016) on 13-27 July. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] DL - Thomas, DJ5DT will participate in the IOTA Contest as DJ5DT/p (12 hours CW) from Sylt Island (EU-042). QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K] F - A group of operators from the Radio Club of Cenon (F6KNL) will be active from Bouchaux-Nouvelle Island (DIFM AT-103) on 12 July and from Margaux Island (AT-102) on 26 July. Look for activity on 40-10 metres (plus 2 metres) CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via F8BBL. [TNX F8BBL] GW - Glyn, GW0ANA and other members of the Barry Amateur Radio Society will be active as GB5FI from Flat Holm Island (EU-124) on 24-28 July. They will participate in the IOTA Contest as GW8K. Both QSLs via GW0ANA. [TNX GW0ANA] I - Walter, IN3XUG is active as IV3/IN3XUG from Grado Island (EU-130, IIA GO-001) unitl 14 July. QSL via bureau or direct. [TNX IN3XUG] JY - JY6ZZ will be the RJARS HQ Station during the IARU HF World Championship. The operators for the first ever HQ entry from Jordan will be JY4NE, JY9QJ and JY9NX. All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via bureau. [TNX NG3K] LU - A group of operators from Uruguay and Argentina will participate in the IARU HF World Championship as LV0N (Multi Single) from Santiago del Estero, Argentina. QSL via LU2NI. [TNX LU1NDC] PJ2 - For the IARU HF World Championship, operators from the Caribbean Contesting Consortium and the Vereniging voor Experimenteel Radio Onderzoek in de Nederlandse Antillen (VERONA) will combine forces as PJ2HQ, operating as the Netherlands Antilles IARU HQ station at Coral Cliff, Curacao. [TNX NG3K] PY - Special event station ZW7S will be active (on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB and CW) during the II Brazilian National Scout Jamboree on 12-19 July. Further information is available at http://www.radioescotismo.com.br/zw7s.htm; QSL via bureau or direct to PY2RAR (Ronan A. Reginatto, Avenida 1, 2091 Rio Claro, SP 13503-250, Brazil). [TNX PY5DZ] S5 - Special event call S50KBS will be aired in July and August from Slovenia for the "Koupafest". QSL via S57L, direct or bureau. [TNX S57L] TZ - Javi/EA5KM, Paco/EA5RD, Julio/EA5XX, Max/I8NHJ, Doug/N6TQS, Luis/XE1L and possibly others will be active as TZ6RD from Bamako, Mali on 12-23 August. They plan to operate on all bands, 6 metres included, and modes (CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK, SSTV and Sat AO-40) with three stations around the clock. QSL via EA4URE. Further information is expected in due course. [TNX EA5XX] UA - RN1AW, RX1AW, RA1ANP, UA1ANE and RW6HJV will be active as RI1CGR from Rodsher Island (EU-133, RRA 01-05, WLH 0330) starting on 16 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via RN1AW either direct (Victor Tsarevsky, P.O.Box 114, Pushkin-8, 196608 Russia) or through the bureau. [TNX RN1AW and RZ3EM] UA - Michael/RL3AA, Leo/RN3AZ, Nick/UA3DX and Pavel/RA3AUM will operate (on 10-80 metres CW and SSB) as homecall/1 from Rodsher (EU-133), Virginy (EU-133), Malyj Tyuters (EU-133) and Bolshoj Tyuters (EU-133) islands on 19-27 July. QSL via home calls, bureau or direct. They will participate in the IOTA Contest as RI1CA (QSL via UA3DX) from Bolshoj Tyuters. [TNX RA3AUM] VE - Art, W3KHZ will operate (on 20-6 metres CW and SSB) as VY2MM from Prince Edward Island (NA-029) during the summer. QSL diret to W3KHZ or through the W3 or VE9/VY2 bureaux. [TNX The Daily DX] VE - The Fredericton Amateur Radio Club will participate in the IOTA Contest as VE9ND from Miscou Island (NA-068). The operators will be Dave/VE9AV, George/VE1ACU, Brent/VE1JH and Tim/VE9XA; aside from the contest, they will operate also on 6 metres (FN78). QSL via VE9XA either direct or through the bureau. [TNX VE9XA] V7 - Buzz, N5UR and John, W5RQ will activate Taongi Atoll (OC-???), Marshall Islands starting on 18 August for four days. The callsign will be announced at the start of the operation, which will take place on 40-10 metres CW and SSB, with an emphasis on 17, 20 and 30 metres. QSL via N6AWD. [TNX W5RQ] W - Andy, NP3D and Sergio, W2WB will be active during the IOTA Contest from Long Beach Island (NA-111). QSL direct to home calls. [TNX NP3D] YV - The Caracas DX Group and the Association of Radioamateurs of Venezuela are expected to be active as YW5M from Los Monjes Archipelago (SA-015) until 14 July. QSL via W4SO (maildrop). [TNX The Daily DX] CROATIAN ISLANDS & LIGHTHOUSES ---> Kresimir/9A7K and Franjo/9A2MF will be active from the following Croatian islands and lighthouses on 12-20 July: IOTA WLH CIA CLH ARLH IOCA ___________________________________________________________________________ Sveti Ivan na Pucini EU-110 LH-036 49 145 CRO-017 CI-113 Porer EU-110 LH-240 35 111 CRO-014 CI-090 Altijez LH-278 001 CRO-021 CI-445 Plicina Paklena LH-708 Barbaran LH-1018 CRO-207 Veli Brijun (Pinida) EU-110 LH-1651 05 101 CRO-010 CI-139 Albanez LH-2612 CRO-208 Krasnica EU-110 CI-045 They will be using their home calls as well as 9A0LH (QSL via 9A7K). Information on the Croatian Islands Award (CIA) can be found at http://www.qsl.net/9a7k/cia_award.htm [TNX 9A7K] IARU HF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ---> The following IARU Society HQ stations are expected to participate in this year's event (12-13 July): 4L0NARG Georgia JY6ZZ Jordan SN0HQ Poland 8N2JHQ Japan LY0HQ Lithuania TG0AA Guatemala 8N3JHQ Japan LZ0HQ Bulgaria TM0HQ France 9A0HQ Croatia OA4O Peru VA3RAC Canada AT0HQ India OE#XHQ Austria VK3WI Australia B4HQ China OH2HQ Finland VR2HK Hong Kong DA0HQ Germany OL3HQ Czech Rep. W1AW/3 USA EI0HQ Ireland OT3HQ Belgium YE0HQ Indonesia ES9A Estonia OZ1HQ Denmark YL4HQ Latvia GB5HQ UK PA6HQ The Netherlands YR0HW Romania HG0HQ Hungary PJ2HQ Neth. Antilles YT0HQ Serbia & Montenegro HR2RCH Honduras R7HQ Russia ZA1A Albania IU#HQ Italy SK9HQ Sweden ZS6SRL South Africa _____________________________________________________________________________ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH 6O0A ---> The Daily DX reports that Sam Voron, VK2BVS is now working at Radio Galkayo in North East Somalia. "6O0A (Six Oscar Zero Alpha) from the Amateur Radio training school of Somalia [is] using the Radio Galkayo facility 7 days from 0300-0430Z between 14200-14285 and 28490. No QSLs as this is a QSO only station for the Somali students who need 10 contacts as part of their ham radio training". DXCC NEWS ---> The following operations from Timor Leste (East Timor) have been approved for DXCC credit: 4W1BK (effective 22 May 2003), 4W3AN (effective 19 May 2003), 4W3CW (effective 16 May 2003), 4W3DX (effective 22 May 2003), 4W6MM (effective 22 May 2003). VK4SJ ---> The following has been received from June Sim, VK4SJ (ZK1AYL): "I wish to sincerely thank all who sent e-mails, cards and messages of sympathy after the tragic accident on Rarotonga, Cook Islands on the 23rd of May that took the life of my husband Doug, VK4BP (ZK1SIM). These tributes and cards were of a great comfort to our two sons and myself and helped to ease the pain of our loss. The QSL cards for our DXpedition on Aitutaki (OC-083) and Rarotonga (OC-013) that I have received to date have been processed and posted back. All cards that have been received direct without return postage will be returned via the bureau". _____________________________________________________________________________ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** NEWS FROM THE WEB *** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH CHUK ISLAND: Detailed information on the 18-20 July operation from Chuk Island (AS-???) [425DXN 635] can be found at http://hl1txq.karl.or.kr/chuk/. QSL for all the operators (HL1EJT/2, HL1OYF/2, HL1VAU/2, HL3QP/2, HL9DX/2, DS1EVQ/2, DS1KOQ/2, DS3BGI/2 and DS4NYE/2) direct to HL1OYF (Kim Duck-nam, P.O.Box 54, Dong-jack 156-600, Seoul, South Korea). [TNX HL1TXQ] LOGS: The 4W3DX logs are now available at http://www.simnet.is/tf3mm/log4w3dx.html _____________________________________________________________________________ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL INFO ******** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3W3/UA3GIB pirate DA0HQ DL5AXX TF7X K1WY 4K9W DL6KVA ED2LUZ EA2CV TG0AA TG9AXF 4S7GVG JJ6GVX EI0HQ EI4BZ TI5N W3HNK 4S7JAG JA6EV EN1NOF UT4NW TM0GAY F8IXZ 4U1WRC 4U1ITU FP5BZ F5TJP TM0GP F5KCH 5A3A pirate GB5HQ G3TXF TM5A F5VHJ 5R8HG JA8WKE HF150IL SP8PJG TM5AR F6IUI 5W0AH DL2AH HF650O SQ4NR TM9ES F5GTW 5W0VB UA4WHX HG0HQ HA8FW UE3EDA RZ3EC 5W1SA JH7OHF IF9MI IT9FXY UE3QFF RN3QO 5X1CW F6GQK IR8DX IK8VRH UE3RFF RK3RB 7P8AD IK2ANI JD1YAB JA1MRM UE3SFF/P RU3SD 7P8NN AA4NN LT1F AC7DX UE9XSC RA9XF 7P8NR IN3ZNR LY0HQ LY2MW UK8ZO RW6HS 8S4C/5 SM4DDS MM0XAU DJ6AU UN3F EA5KB 9A/OE1EMS DJ2MX MW5EPA W2GR UT2FA/p UT2FA 9A0HQ 9A1A OA4O OA4DJW UW2N UT9NA 9J2BO G3TEV OH0MMM OH1VR UW6N UR5NX A25AN IK2ANI OH6AW/8 OH6AD VI8NT VK6NE A25FV IN3ZNR OZ0R OZ1ING VP5JM W3HNK A25NN AA4NN OZ1HQ OZ1ACB VP8CQG M0BCV A35VB UA4WHX PA6HQ PA3CAL VQ9DX NE8Z B4HQ BA4RD PJ2MI W2CQ VQ9JC WB9IHH BN0F JL1ANP R7HQ RW3RN W1T WA2VUY CJ1ZZZ WV2B RF3QFF RA3QSY XQ6ET W8UVZ CJ2DW VA2DW SK0HS/0 SM0MPV XU7ADX XW2A CN8KD EA5XX SN0HQ SP2PI YA1BV/P JA1PBV CN8UN LX2UN SN0KAL SP3PKL YA1JA JA1CQT CO0A bureau SO1CC DL1CC YE9R YC9BU CO0US K7JA SY8FUO SV3FUO ZA1A OH2BH CO8DM KU9C T32Z K3PD ZC4VG G0UVX CO8LY EA7ADH T42FD K7JA ZF2AH W6VNR D90HC DS2BGV T94DJ K2PF ZK2VB UA4WHX _____________________________________________________________________________ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* ADDRESSES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH 4L1AN Jony Keburia, P. O. Box 123, Tbilisi 380004, Georgia A51WD Wangpo Dorji, c/o BTA, P. O. Box 1072, Thimphu, Bhutan BA4RD Ken Wang, P.O. Box 538, Nanjing 210005, China CN8YZ Youssef Belchkar, P. O. Box 651, Settat 26000, Morocco DL2SWW Frank Dreyer, Gartenweg 9, D-19069 Alt-Meteln, Germany DS2GOO P.O.Box 39, Pyongtaek, Kyonggi-do, 450-600, South Korea EX2F Belek Ormuchev, P. O. Box 1, Tokmok 722201, Kyrgyzstan EX8O Alexander Chikaev, P. O. Box 1920, Bishkek 720000, Kyrgyzstan F5VHQ Guenther John Trummer, 12 rue Clairaut, F-75017 Paris, France IK5PWQ Stefano Ceccotti, Piazza Dante Alighieri 3/AL, 56030 Cascine di Buti - PI, Italy IS0AGY Ampelio Melini, P.O. Box 66/c, 09045 Quartu Sant'Elena - CA, Italy IZ8FDH Paolo Capobianco, Via Enrico Cocchia 26, 80124 Napoli - NA, Italy JJ8DEN Yoshitake Izumi, Minami-24-7, Nishi-1, Obihiro-City, Hokkaido, 080-0011 Japan LZ2KV Miroslav Mirchev, P.O. Box. 164, 7700 Targovishte, Bulgaria NE8Z Rick Dorsch, P.O. Box 616, Hamburg, MI 48139, USA SQ4NR Grzegorz Gawel ul. 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