425 DX News #647
27 September 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 - 3C0V is the callsign that DJ9ZB, EA5FO, EA5BYP and EA5YN will be
using during their operation from Annobon Island [425DXN 637]. Look
for them to be active on all bands and modes until 10 October. QSL
via DJ9ZB.
9A - Dusan, S52DG will be active as 9A/S52DG/P from Krk Island (EU-136,
CI-046) on 2-5 October. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX
S52DG]
9M - In February-March 2004 Rich, PA0RRS will operate as 9M#/homecall
from Malaysia as follows: on 6-9 February from Kuala Lumpur (9M2),
on 9-20 February from Keningau (OC-088) East Malaysia (9M6), from 20
February to 2 March from Penang Island (9M2, AS-015). QSL via
PA0RRS, direct or bureau. [TNX PA0RRS]
9M6 - Bob Schenck, N2OO reports he will be operating as 9M6OO from the
Hillview Gardens Resort station (http://www.qsl.net/9m6aac) from 19
October to 13 November. QSL via N2OO.
BQ9_p - The DXpedition to Pratas Island [425DXN 645] is on schedule and the
operators (namely BV3BW, BV3FG, BV4FH, DL3DXX, DK7YY, JI6KVR, N2OO,
OE1WHC and ZL4PO) expect to start activity around 10 UTC on 7
October and close down around 1 UTC on the 16th. They will have five
stations active on all bands and modes. QSL via KU9C. Lee/ZL2AL and
Floyd/N5FG will be the pilot stations respectively for ZL/VK and the
Eastern US. More pilot stations are needed (please contact Yuki,
JI6KVR at ji6kvr@orange.ocn.ne.jp). The web page for the operation
is at http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~iota/newpage64.htm [TNX JI6KVR]
DL - Martin, DL1ZU reports he will operate as DL1ZU/p from Fehmarn Island
(EU-128) on 18-26 October. He plans to be QRV on 10-80 metres CW,
RTTY and PSK.
F - Created back in 1978 by Pierre Michel (F9AF, silent key since 1985)
and his daughter Christiane (F5SM), Ham-Expo has been a REF event
(http://www.ref-union.org) since 1995. This year's edition will be
held on 18-19 October in Auxerre, and to celebrate the 25th
anniversary, as well as in memory of Pierre Michel, some 20
operators will air the special call TM9AF on all bands and modes
from 12 through 26 October, CQ WW DX SSB Contest included. QSL via
F5SM, either direct (Christiane Michel, 1 rue de l'Ocrerie, Les
Pilles, F-89240 Parly, France) or through the bureu. [TNX F5NQL]
FR/E - Eight operators are expected to be active from Europa Island
(AF-009) tentatively between 22 November and 4 December. They plan
to have three stations on the air on all bands and modes and to
participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. However, dates are subject
to change owing to the international situation, as all the operators
are military personnel. QSL via F5OGL. Further information is
expected in due course. [TNX LA Gazette du DX]
I - Look for IA5/IK2YSE (Max), IA5/IZ2ABP (Ezio) and IA5/IK2UKW
(Claudio) to be active on 10-40 metres SSB abd CW from Capraia
Island (EU-028, IIA LI-020) on 26-28 September. All of the QSOs will
be confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX IK2YSE]
I - Nuccio/I7YKN, Christine/I7OCD, Marco/IZ7CDE, Massimo/IK0RNR,
Marisa/IK0ZSL and Gianfranco/IZ0BFK will be active as IG9L from the
Pelagie Islands (AF-019) on 5-11 October. They plan to operate (on
40, 20, 15, 10 and 6 metres SSB and CW) from the islands of
Lampedusa (IIA AG-001), Lampione (AG-002) and Conigli (AG-004), as
well as from the lighthouse at Capo Grecale (WAIL SI-020, ARLHS
ITA-025) on Lampedusa. QSL via IZ7CDE (Marco Fiore, Via Bach 16,
73010 Porto Cesareo - LE, Italy). [TNX I7YKN]
IS0 - IS0MYN and others will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as
IS0A (Multi-Multi) from Sardinia. Further information at
http://www.cqis0.it/is0a [TNX IS0MYN]
KL - Richard, AD5OZ will be active as KL7FBI from Shemya Island (NA-037)
on 8-14 October. He plans to operate mostly CW on 20-80 metres. QSL
via home call. �TNX The Daily DX]
OH0 - Hadi, DJ2PJ will be active again as OH0JWH from his QTH on Eckeroe,
Aland Islands (EU-002) on 5-13 October. This year he plans to
concentrate on PSK31, RTTY and SSTV. CW and SSB are intended to play
a secondary role, but Hadi will check 160, 80, and 40 metres
regularly around and after local sunset. QSL via DJ2PJ, bureau or
direct. E-mail requests for bureau cards are welcome at
dj2pj@darc.de [TNX DJ2PJ]
OH0 - Marko, OH4JFN reports he will be active as OH0Z
(http://www.qsl.net/oh0z) from the Aland Islands on 25-28 October,
including a SOAB entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via OH5DX.
P2 - The Daily DX reports that Kazuo, P29KM expects to be active (on 15,
30 and 40 metres with 100 watts a dipoles) from Kavieng, New Ireland
(OC-008) on 26-29 September. QSL to Dr. Kazuo Miyamura, 1-50-12
Kaji, Hakodate 041-0852, Japan.
PA - Madeleine, PA3CUZ will be active from Texel Island (EU-038) on 2-9
October. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ]
PJ4 - PJ4T (QSL via DL9NDS) is the call DL5NAM, DL9NDS and DL7NFK [425DXN
645] will be using during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. Look for them to
operate from Bonaire as PJ4/homecall on 16-26 October. QSL PJ4T and
all PJ4/homecalls via DL9NDS. [TNX DL9NDS]
PY - Julio, PP2BT will be active (on 10-80 metres CW and SSB) as PY9BT
from Chapada dos Guimaraes, Mato Grosso on 1-8 October. QSL direct
to P.O. Box 105, 75500-970 Itumbiara - GO, Brazil or through the PY2
bureau. [TNX PP2BT]
SP - Three special event stations will be active from Poland on 1-31
October to celebrate Pope John Paul II's Silver Jubilee: HF8JP (QSL
via SP8QED, direct or bureau), SN25JP (QSL via SP4GFG, direct or
bureau) and SR25JP (QSL via bureu to SP6KFA or direct via qrz.com).
[TNX SP8QED, SP4GFG and SP6M]
SP - Special station HF650O (www.hf650o.prv.pl) will be operated again
from 1 October through 31 December to celebrate the 650th
anniversary of the Polish city of Olsztyn. QSL via SQ4NR, bureau or
direct (Grzegorz Gawel, ul. Herdera 16/14, 10-691 Olsztyn, Poland).
[TNX SQ4NR]
TI - Harry/AC8G, Ron/WA8LOW, W8ILC/Ron, Brian/KA7KUZ, Kecko/TI5KD,
Tony/VE3RZ, Jorge/CX6VM, Ed/K1EP, Tom/ZP5AZL, Juan/ZP5MAL,
Dale/N3BNA and Dave/WT8R, will be manning the TI5N contest station
as a multi-multi entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest (25-26 October).
QSL via W3HNK.
For a day or two before and after the contest, the individual
operators will be signing TI5/homecall as time permits. Expect a
higher level of CW and other non SSB modes outside the contest.
Attention will also be directed to 6 metres and the WARC bands using
various modes. QSLs for the individual QSOs should go to the
callbook address unless advised otherwise. Please do not mix the
contest QSLs with ones for the individual contacts. [TNX WT8R]
UA - RA6AU, RA6AX and UA6AGE will be active as UE6WAT and homecalls/6
from Tyuleniy Island (not IOTA, RRA RR18-01, RDA DA-30) until 27
September. [TNX UA6MF]
V2 - Once again Team Antigua will activate V26B (visit
http://www.frc-contest.org for a complete station description) in
the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as a Multi-Two entry. The operators will be
Sam, WT3Q/V26B (QSL via home call), Ed, N2ED/V26EW (QSL via home
call), Brian, N3OC/V26OC (QSL via home call), Mike, KA2AEV/V26R (QSL
via home call), Bill, W2UDT/V26U (QSL via home call) and a few
others who will announce their QSL routes when their V2 calls become
finalized. They will make special attempts to be active on RTTY,
PSK31, 160 metres, the WARC bands and 6 metres a few days before and
after the contest, most likely starting on or about 22 October until
about 2 November. [TNX KA2AEV]
V5 - Vlado/ZS6MG and Emil/ZS6EGB will be active (on most of the HF bands
CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK) as V5/ZS6MG and V5/ZS6EGB (QSL via home
calls) from Namibia on 23-27 October. They will operate from the QTH
of Kosie, V51E and will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest
using his call (QSL via ZS6MG). [TNX ZS6MG]
VE - Wayne, K9YNF will be active as K9YNF/VE9 from Deer Island (NA-014)
from 29 September through 3 October. Look for him on +/- 14260,
18128, 24950, 28460 and 28560 kHz. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX K9YNF]
VK - The 25-29 September VI5BR operation from Baudin Rocks (OC-228)
[425DXN 645] has been postponed for the time being. Two of the
operators were unable to go and the weather has been very bad for
the last week, making landing and exiting the rocks difficult.
Peter, VK3QI says they hope to put the operation on later in the
next 6 months, when the weather is much better and operators are
better placed to be available.
VK - Mirek, VK6DXI (aka 7X0DX, 9V1XE and 9M8DX) reports he is currently
active as VK6DXI/4 from a remote area in central Queensland until 27
October. He operates from grid locator QG48ih in his spare time,
usually after 10 UTC, on HF and AO40. QSL via bureau to VK6DXI.
VK - The Lockyer Valley Radio Club (http://www.lvrclub.org) will be
operating as VK4FRI from Fraser Island (OC-142) on 15-19 March 2004.
They will be active on all HF bands using SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK and
SSTV. QSL direct only to P.O. Box 101, Laidley, QLD 4341, Australia.
[TNX VK4CEJ]
VP5 - WA2VYA, K2WB and N2VW will be active as VP5/homecall (QSL via home
call) from Providenciales (NA-002), Turks & Caicos on 21-28 October,
including a Muli-Multi entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as VP5T
(QSL via N2VW). Before and after the contest they will concentrate
on CW and the WARC bands. [TNX NG3K]
VP9 - Sasi, 9V1SM (VU3SNM) will be active as VU3SNM/VP9 from Bermuda
(NA-005) on 18-27 October. This will be a business trip and most of
the operations (on 20-6 metres PSK31 and SSB) will be confined to a
few hours in his evening hours. QSL via W3HNK. [TNX 9V1SM]
YI - Mike, YI/OM2DX will be using his new YI9X callsign during the CQ/RJ
WW RTTY Contest. QSL via OM3JW. [TNX OM3JW]
YJ - Mike, KM9D (YJ0AMY) and Jan, KF4TUG have arrived to Tegua Island
(OC-110), Vanuatu. Apparently they are also considering a trip to
Vanikoro (OC-163), Temotu Province (H40), which lies only about
100km north of their current position. [TNX WB6RSE]
ZL - Sasi, 9V1SM (VU3SNM) reports he will also operate (on 20-6 metres
PSK31 and SSB) as ZL/9V1SM/P from Christchurch (OC-134) and Auckland
(OC-036), New Zealand between 27 September and 4 October. QSL via
W3HNK.
PACIFIC TRIP ---> T88ZX (SSB and CW) & T88UG (RTTY and PSK31) and V63ZT (SSB
and CW) & V63UG (RTTY and PSK31) from Yap, Micronesia are the callsigns Jim,
W7UG and Tom, K7ZZ will be using during their trip to Palau (OC-009) and Yap
(OC-012), Micronesia [425DXN 643]. QSLs direct to K7ZZ. Logs will be placed
on Logbook Of the World (http://www.arrl.org/lotw/). [TNX The Daily DX]
CQ/RJ WW DX RTTY Contest ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (27-28 September):
ZONE 15 - Ben, OH3TY as OH0HEY (10 metres) and Carl, OH6XY as OH0XY (20
metres) from the Aland Islands. QSL via home calls.
ZONE 28 - Hajime Kato, JO1RUR as V8A from Brunei. QSL via JH7FQK.
ZONE 28 - Stan, OK1JR/YB0AJR as YB0ZZ (SOAB) from Jakarta, Indonesia.
ZONE 31 - JH7IMX as K7WD/KH6 from Honolulu, Hawaii. QSL via home call.
ZONE 35 - Al, 4L5A and Nodir, EY8MM as D4B from Cape Verde. QSL via K1BV.
Do not forget to give a look to the list of announced operations maintained
by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqr2003.html
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ANTARCTICA NET ---> The LU4DXU Antarctica Net, which is held every Saturday
at 19 UTC, has moved from 14300 kHz to 14290 kHz not to interfere with the US
Emergency Net. [TNX DL5EBE]
EU SPRINT CONTESTS ---> The two Autumn events will be held on 20, 40 and 80
metres only from 15.00 UTC until 18.59 UTC on 4 October (Autumn SSB, managed
by I2UIY) and 11 October (Autumn CW, managed by OK2FD). Full details can be
found at http://www.qsl.net/eusprint
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Wil, KB5IPQ is no longer a QSL manager for any station.
He has neither logs nor cards for any of his former clients, which included
CU3AV, J37LK, HL9JF, HH2/KB0QNS, N3SIY/HH2, HR2A, HR2KOS, HR2RDJ, N4GFO/KH2,
KL7IYD, VY1JA, XE2UVB, YN4ZUJ, YN4/WK6O, YO2CDE (before 1999 only), YS1ZV.
[TNX K1XN and The Golist]
PIRATES ---> Oleg, RA4NAJ reports that several cards for RZ4N (worked during
the Russian DX Contest 2003) are arriving to the QSL Bureau, but apparently
this was a pirate station.
Jack, F6BUM reports that his call has been repeatedly pirated on 40 metres.
QSL AS-149 ---> Yuri, RA0FU and Vlad, UA0FZ visited Moneron Island (AS-149)
on 20 August and operated on 20 and 40 metres. QSL direct to Yuri M. Burykh,
P.O. Box 12, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 693023 Russia and Vladimir Kovalev, P.O.Box
43, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 693020 Russia [TNX UA0FZ].
WAU ---> The Worked All Ukraine Award is sponsored by "RadioAmator" magazine
and is availabe to both licenced amateurs and SWLs. For further information
please contact the Award Manager, UT4UM (Anatoly Perevertaylo, P.O. Box 7,
Kiev 91, 02091 Ukarine) at ut4um@hotmail.com or visit
http://www.qsl.net/ut4um/index.htm
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QSLS RECEIVED DIRECT: 3D2DI, 3D2NC, 3D2RW, 3DA0SV, 3DA0TM, 3G1P, 3XD02/P,
4G6A (OC-125), 4S7NE, 4U1ITU, 4U1UN, 5H9IR, 5T5PBV, 5W0AH, 5W0VK, 5Z4BK,
6W1RT, 7P8IZ, 7P8MJ, 7P8TA, 8Q7WW, 9A0CI (EU-090), 9K2MU, 9M2TO, 9N7DX,
9Y4JW, A43GI (AS-119), A45WG, A61AJ, A61R, AH3D, AP2ARS, C53M, CY0MM, DP1POL,
EL2AV, EL2T, EP3UN, EW1KP, H40V, H74C (NA-013), HC1CB, HV0A, J5UCW (AF-093),
J5UDX, J79K, JT1FDI, JY9NX, KC4USV (AN-011), KG4CM, KG4LH, KH0P, KH8/DL2AH
(OC-077), N4BQW/KH9, N6XIV/KH9, OA4WW, S21DM, ST0RY, SU9BN, T5X, TM5B
(EU-148), TR8BAR, TU2XZ, TY5ZR, TZ6L, UA1ADQ/0,V2ADX, V31MD, V44KJ, V73GE,
V73NS, VE2/G3ZAY/P (NA-077 and NA-176), VI3JPI (OC-251), VK7KHZ/P (OC-233),
VK9XAB, VP2EN, VP2MDO, VP2MHX, VP6PAC, VP8LGT, VP9BO, VQ9LA, VR2UW, YE5A
(OC-262), YE8A (OC-242), YI/OM2DX, YL5M, Z22JE, ZB2EO, ZC4VG, ZD7MY, ZK1KAT,
ZK1TOO, ZK1TTT, ZK1ZOO, ZS7/ZS4AGA (WABA ZS-04), ZW0S.
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