425 DX News #643
30 August 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)
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This issue of 425 DX News was edited by Maurizio Bertolino, I1-21171/IZ1CRR
owing to the untimely death of Mauro's, I1JQJ beloved mother. We are close in
thoughts and prayers to Mauro and his wife Valeria, IK1ADH and we are
confident that the readers of 425DXN will understand the hard time of grief
and distress our friends have been called to face.
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5R - Phil, G3SWH and his wife will be touring Madagascar (AF-013) between
13 and 22 September, when they we will fly to Ile Sainte Marie
(AF-090) and relax for a few days until the 27th. Phil hopes to
activate his 5R8HA call from the mainland whenever he can and to
operate as 5R8HA/P from AF-090, where he expects to be more active.
Look for him on 10-40 metres CW only. QSL via home call. [TNX G3SWH]
CT3 - Moreira, CT1AHU will operate as CQ3U from Porto Santo, Madeira
(AF-014, DIP MA-002) from 30 August to 9 September. QSL via CT1AHU.
The page for the operation is at http://ct1end.netpower.pt/cq3u [TNX
CT1END]
EA6 - Christian, DL6KAC will be active again (mainly SSB with some CW) as
EA6/DL6KAC from Mallorca (DIE E-021), Balearic Islands (EU-004) from
8 September to 7 October. QSL via home call either direct or through
the DARC bureau. [TNX DL6KAC]
F - A group of operators from Cenon Radio Club (F6KNL) will be active
from Madame Island (not IOTA, DIFM AT-024) on 29-30 August. They
will operate CW and SSB on 10-80 meres. QSL via F8BBL, bureau or
direct. [TNX F8BBL]
F - Special station TM5GAP will be active on 6-14 September during the
World Parachuting Championship at Gap-Tallard aerodrome. QSL via
F5IQJ. [TNX F0CRS]
HB0 - IZ2DPX and IW2NEF will be in Liechtenstein for the IARU VHF Region 1
Contest (6-7 September). Look for HB0/IZ2DPX/P from JN47TC and
HB0/IW2NEF/P from JN47SB. IZ2DPX will operate also on 10, 15, 20 and
40 metres. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ2DPX]
HB0 - Weather permitting, Pierre, HB9QQ will again be active as HB0/HB9QQ
from Liechtenstein from 12 October for a few days. His QTH will be
at 2200m a.s.l. and plans are to concentrate on 160 metres with a
dipole at a height of 23m and 500 watts. QSL via HB9QQ. [TNX F5NQL]
I - Vanni, IK4RUX and Giuseppe, IZ4CCO will be active from Bergeggi
Island (EU-083, IIA SV-002) on 6-7 September. QSL via home call,
direct or bureau. [TNX IZ6EGW]
I - Vesuvio DX Team member IZ8FDH will be active as IL7/IZ8FDH from San
Domino (EU-050, IIA FG-001) on 13-18 September. QSL via home call
either direct (Paolo Capobianco, Via Enrico Cocchia 26, 80124 Napoli
- NA, Italy) or through the bureau. [TNX IZ8DDG]
KH6 - Lee, KB1AIM/HL1IWD reports he will be visiting Honolulu, Hawaii on
7-12 September and will operate as KH6/KB1AIM on 20 metres mainly
CW. QSL via HL1IWD.
KH7K - The DXpedition to Kure Atoll [425DXN 640], originally planned to
take place in October, has been postponed "until sometime next
year". Owing to uncertainties related to transportation access to
Midway, the expedition's stepping stone to get to Kure, it has been
decided to wait until things are settled. [TNX KH7U]
KP2 - The Wireless Association of South Hills will be QRV from St. John,
US Virgin Islands (NA-106) on 4-12 October. The NP2SH team will
operate CW and SSB on 10-80 metres, and will participate in either
the California QSO Party (4-5 October) and the Pennsylvania QSO
Party (11-12 October). QSL direct to N3ZNI. [TNX W4ZE]
OZ - Ric, DL2VFR reports he will operate mostly CW as OZ/DL2VFR from
Langeland Island (EU-172) from 31 August to 6 September. QSL via
home call, bureau or direct.
S7 - Norbert, DL2RNS will operate mainly CW as S79NS from the Seychelles
on 4-17 October. QSL via home call, bureau or direct. [TNX DL2VFR]
SV - Nicolas, F5TGR will be active as SV8/F5TGR from the Cyclades
(EU-067) on 6-27 September. He will operate on 10-20 metres SSB and
CW from the islands of Paros (6-12 September), Santorini (13-19th)
and Naxos (20-27th). QSL via home call, wither direct (Nicolas
Quennet,8 bis Rue de la Marne, 95220 Herbaly, France) or throught
the bureau. [TNX F5TGR]
SV5 - Russell, G5XW reports he will be active (on 20 metres only) as
SV5/G5XW from the Dodecanese from 28 August to 4 September.
UA - UA0LD, RW0LE and RA0LIA will operate as UE0LZZ/P from the Natural
Reserve of Ussuriisky on 5-7 and again on 12-14 September. QSL via
UA0LD. [TNX RU3GN]
UT - Special event call EN100WAY (World Aviation Year) will be aired by
club station UR4WWE, located at the Lviv State Airport, on 1-30
September. QSL via UT7WZ either direct (Miroslav Lupiy, P.O.Box 94,
Lviv, 79000, Ukraine) or through the bureau. E-mail requests for
bureau cards will be welcome at ur4wwe@ut1wpr.ampr.org [TNX UR5WCW]
V2 - Bud, AA3B will be active as V26K from Antigua & Barbuda (NA-100) on
26-30 November. This will be a CW only, all band, low power
operation, including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via
home call. [TNX AA3B]
V6 - V63SXW (Roger, G3SXW) and V63TXF (Nigel, G3TXF) have changed their
plans regarding this weekend [425DXN 632]. Nigel will go to Falalop
(OC-078) alone and be active as V63TXF/P, while Roger will stay on
Yap (OC-012). QSL via home calls. [TNX G3ZAY]
VK - Bill, VK4FW is likely to be active (possibly for a couple of days
from each island) from OC-160, OC-171, OC-172 and OC-142 starting on
29 September. This will be a 95% CW operation. QSL direct only (with
2 USD or 2 IRC) via home call (Bill Horner, P.O. Box 1343,
Maroochydore, 4558, Australia). [TNX VK4FW]
VP9 - Bert, PA3GIO will be active as PA3GIO/VP9 from Bermuda (NA-005) on
18-28 September. He will operate from the QTH of Ed, VP9GE and will
be QRV on 80, 40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres SSB. QSL via PA3GIO,
preferably through the bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards will
be welcome at qsl@pa3gio.nl). The web page for the operation is at
http://www.pa3gio.nl/VP9 [TNX PA3GIO]
YA - Operator Sada in Kabul, Afghanistan [425DXN 631] has received his
own licence and is now active as YA1D. He has also got club call
YA0J for visiting operators. Sada is QRV almost daily after 12.30
UTC on 80-10 metres mainly SSB with some slow CW. QSL YA1D and YA0J
via JG1OWV. [TNX JG1OWV]
YI - Dane, S57CQ is expected to be back to Iraq until mid-October. QSL
YI/S57CQ (already approved for DXCC credit) via S57DX (Slavko
Celarc, Ob igriscu 8, 1360 Vrhnika, Slovenia), [TNX S57DX]
YV - A group of operators will be active on all bands and modes as 4M9YY
from San Fernando de Apure, in the rare call area 9 of Venezuela, on
7-12 October. QSL direct (maildrop) to 4M9YY, Pakmail 10012, P.O.
Box 025304, Miami, FL 33102-5304, USA (YV stations only can request
their cards via bureau). [TNX YY5JMM]
PACIFIC TRIP ---> Jim, W7UG and Tom, K7ZZ will operate as T88ZX from Palau
(OC-009) starting around 1 October for one week. Then they will move to Yap
(OC-012), Micronesia and be active as V63ZT for another week. Look for them
on 10-80 metres (with an emphasis on the WARC bands) SSB and CW, with some
RTTY if there is enough interest in that mode. QSLs direct to K7ZZ. [TNX
K7ZZ]
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NCDXF ----> At its Board of Directors meeting on 26 August the Northern
California DX Foundation re-elected the following officers and directors:
President Len Geraldi, K6ANP
Vice President Al Burnham, K6RIM
Secretary Tom McShane, NW6P
Treasurer Bruce Butler, W6OSP
Director Rusty Epps, W6OAT
Director Dave Pugatch, KI6WF
Director Chuck Ternes, N6OJ
Director Glenn Vinson, W6OTC
Director Steve Merchant, K6AW
Director Ken Anderson, K6TA
Director Tim Totten, N4GN
Information pertaining to the Northern California DX Foundation is available
at http://www.ncdxf.org/ [TNX K6RIM]
QSL KH6ZM ---> Effective 1 September 2003, I0MWI is the new QSL manager for
Max, KH6ZM. QSL direct only to Stefano Cipriani, Via Taranto 60, 00055
Ladispoli - RM, Italy. [TNX I0MWI]
SAN MARINO (VHF) ---> Nazzareno, T72NC expects to participate in the
forthcoming IARU VHF Region 1 Contest (6-7 September). QSL via bureau. [TNX
IW3RUA]
YO DX HF CONTEST ---> It will take place from 12 UTC on 30 August through 12
UTC on the 31st. The rules are available on the Romanian Amateur Radio
Federation's web site at http://www.hamradio.ro [TNX N2YO]
+ SILENT KEY + La Gazette du DX reports the passing of Lucien Aubry, F8TM,
the doyen of the French radioamateurs, on 17 August. First licenced in 1926,
Lucien was 97 years old.
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JA HAM FAIR: Pictures of the Japan DX Meeting, held during the recent Tokyo
Ham Fair (23-24 August), can be found at
http://www.ndxa.jp/activity/2003hamfair/ [TNX JA1DOT]
LOGS: On-line logs for CT1GFK/p, CT1GPQ/p and CT2IHP/P (EU-145, June
2003) are available at http://adxg.sytes.net [TNX CT1GFK]
LOGS: On-line logs for CT6B and CT1EGW/p (EU-040) are now available at
http://ct1end.netpower.pt/ct6b or http://www.portal-dx.web.pt
[TNX CT1END]
LT7W: Information and pictures of this recent lighthouse activity can
be found at http://www.LT7W.tk [TNX LU4WG]
NA-225: Information and pictures of K9AJ/VY0 and K9PPY/VY0's recent
operation from Somerset Island are available on the IREF's web
site at http://www.islandradio.org [TNX AB5EB]
OZ0AIS: Pictures and on-line log for this recent operation [425DXN 641]
can be found at http://www.aatis.de [TNX DL6KAC]
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QSLs received direct: 3B8CF, 3W7TK, 4W2DN, 5T6M, 5V7VJ, 5Z4BK, 5Z4BL, 6Y8Z,
7P8IZ, 7X0AD, 8P1A, 9L1AB, 9N7DX, 9Y4/DL4MEH, A35WE, A61AJ, AH2R, AP2JZB,
C6ALK, C6AMK, CP6EB, CP6XE, CQ0BWW, CS6V, D44T, DU3/G4ZVJ, DU8/VK3FY, EP3PTT,
ES1WW, ET3AA, EZ8AQ, EZ8YL, FP/K9OT, HC4M, HL1EJT/2 (AS-168), HL9DX/2
(AS-168), HR1LW, J5UCW (AF-093), J5UDX, JT1FDI, K1B, KH2T, KH3/KT6E, KL7KG
(NA-041), KP4WS, LX7I, N4BQW/KH9, N6XIV/KH9, NH2PW, OA4WW, P29VMS (OC-099,
103, 256, 257, 258), PJ2/WB9Z, PW0T, PZ1AP, R1100PS, RU1A, S05X, S21VJ,
ST0RY, T31MY, T32CY, T5X, T99C, TG4/W0IZ, TT8DF, TU2CI, TU2XZ, UA9DT, UE6AAA
(EU-185), UU7J, V73MJ, VB2V, VE1/K1WO (NA-126), VK9XE, VP2EN, VP2MHX, VP2MWB,
VP6DIA, VQ9PO, VR2MY, VU2WAP, XF21H (NA-224), XU7AAV, XV9DT, XW1HS, XW1IC,
XW2A, YB0ECT, YE5A (OC-262), YI/KV4EB, YL2GP, YS1/AC4LN, YW8D (SA-063),
Z32AF, ZK2CW, ZK3SA, ZW0S, ZY0T.
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