425 DX News #649
11 October 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)
3B - Hans/PA0VHA (RTTY) and Jack/PA3BAG (SSB) will be active as
3B8/homecall from Mauritius Island (AF-049) on 3-9 and 15-24
November. From 10 to 14 November they will operate as 3B9/homecall
from Rodrigues (AF-017). QSL via PA0VHA. See also
http://www.pi4cc.nl [TNX PA0VHA]
4U_UN - The Daily DX reports that Pedro, HK3JJH hopes to be able to operate
from 4U1UN [425DXN 648] on 11 and 12 October.
4X - Look for Dov, 4Z4DX/m and Alex, 4Z5KJ/m to operate on 14265, 21265
and 7065 kHz from a few Holyland Award squares in the desert on
17-18 October. [TNX 4Z4DX]
9G - Kees Heuvelman, PA0CJH will be active (on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10
metres mainly SSB) as 9G5JH from Accra, Ghana on 4-18 November. QSL
via home call. [TNX PA0CJH]
9H - DL5XAT and DL5OB will be active as 9H3SB and 9H3UD from Malta on
20-30 October, including a Multi-Two entry in the CQ WW DX SSB
Contest. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K]
9Y4 - Bernd, DL6FBL will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as 9Y4ZC
(SOAB HP) from Tobago (SA-009). QSL via DL6FBL (for this contest
only). 9Y4ZC is the newly issued callsign for Andy (ex 9Y4/DL4MEH),
who will no longer use 9Y4TBG. Bernd will be at Andy's QTH from 22
October through 2 November. [TNX NG3K]
BQ9_p - A typhoon approaching the island caused the flight from Taiwan to
Pratas to be first postponed for 24 hours and then cancelled. The
team had to take a commercial flight and the BQ9P DXpedition, which
was expected to start on 7 October, became QRV on 9 October after
13 UTC. QSL via KU9C. [TNX The Daily DX]
C5 - Mark, ON4WW is active (on all HF bands CW and SSB) as C5WW from The
Gambia until 17 October. QSL via ON4WW (please note that cards will
be sent via the bureau in November; direct cards will be handled,
but are not encouraged). [TNX ON4WW]
CE - Marco, CE6TBN reports that the 3G2D operation from Damas Island
(SA-086)[425DXN 641], originally scheduled to take place on 17-19
October, has been postponed to 25-28 November.
CE0_ei - Jacek, SQ9BOP will operate SSB, RTTY and FSK as CE0Y/SQ9BOP from
Easter Island (SA-001) on 19-27 October. QSL via SP6GVU (Andrzej
Kaleta, P.O. Box 498, Wroclaw 2, Poland). [TNX SP6GVU]
CT - Look for CT1GFK/P, CT1GPQ/P and CT2IHP/P to be active on 40, 20 and
17 metres SSB and CW from Tavira Island (not IOTA, DIP AL-02) from
5 until 11 UTC on 12 October. QSL via home calls. [TNX CT1END]
CT3 - Ben, OZ5AAH/OZ5IPA will be active (CW and SSB) as CT3/OZ5IPA from
Madeira (AF-014) from 21 October until 2 November, including an
entry in the International Police Association Contest (1-2
November). QSL direct only to Preben Jakobsen, Gjethusparken 25,
DK-3300 Frederiksvaerk, Denmark. [TNX OZ5AAH]
CU - Ingo, DH5ST will be active as CU2/DH5ST/p from Sao Miguel Island
(EU-003), Azores on 9-23 November. He will operate on 10-80 metres
CW and SSB. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DH5ST]
DL - Look for Detlev, DL1RTW/p to be active (on 20, 30 and 40 metres
"holiday style") from Ruegen Island (EU-057) on 11-16 October. QSL
via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DL2VFR]
ER - Special station ER8C will be active until 14 October to celebrate
the City Day of Chisinau, capital of Moldova. QSL via ER1DA either
direct (Valery Metaxa, P.O. Box 3000, Chisinau, MD - 2071, Moldova)
or through the bureau. [TNX ER1DA]
F - Six operators from the radio club of Nancy (F6KIM) will be active
on all bands (except 50 and 432 MHz) as TM5CRO from Porquerolles
Island (EU-070, DIFM ME-010) on 22-27 October. V/SHF skeds are
welcome (f6kim@free.fr). QSL via F5RMY. Further information will be
posted at http://f6kim.free.fr/ [TNX F5RMY]
G - Special event station GB2LSM will be active on 19 October from the
Long Shop Museum in Leiston, England. QSL via bureau. [TNX M3FEH]
G - MB2HFC will be the call sign for the RSGB HF and IOTA Convention to
be held in Manchester from 31 October to 2 November. The station
will be operational on 80-10 metres. QSL via G4BWP. All visitors
are welcome and full details can be found on www.rsgb.org.uk/hfc/
[TNX G3LAS]
GM - Andre, GM3VLB plans to operate CW and SSB as GM3VLB/p from
Inchmarnock (EU-123) on 10-13 October. [TNX GM3VLB]
GM - Leo, W3LEO reports he will once again be active as MM0LEO from
Portpatrick in southwest Scotland from 13 October to 15 November.
He plans to participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via W3LEO.
GU - Ron, G4DIY and Lee, G0DBE will be active 40-10 metres CW and SSB as
GP0STH from Guernsey (EU-114) until 13 October. All of the contacts
will be confirmed automatically via the bureau; direct cards go to
G4DIY. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
HC - Andy, NP3D reports he will be active as HC4/NP3D (QSL via W3HNK)
and HC4/NP3D/p (QTH to be announced, QSL via NP3D) from Ecuador on
19-28 October, CQ WW DX SSB Contest included. He will operate RTTY,
CW and SSB on all HF bands, with an emphasis on RTTY and the WARC
bands.
HC8 - Mike, G4IUF will be back to the Galapagos Islands (SA-004) from 15
December until 11 January. He will operate as G4IUF/HC8 on 10-160
metres SSB and CW, with a better LF antenna if he can get the
traps. [TNX G4IUF]
HK0_sa - The Florida DXPedition Group's team for the 20-28 October activity
from San Andres Island (NA-033) [425DXN 623] includes K4QD, KR4DA,
N1WON, N2WB, W1LR, W4WX and W9AAZ. They will operate as
HK0/homecall (QSL HK0/N2WB via N2OO, others via home calls) on
160-6 metres CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and Hellschriber. Look for 5J0X
(QSL via N1WON, direct or bureau) during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest
as a Multi-Two entry. Logs will be available on LoTW. The web pages
for the operation are at http://www.geocities.com/hk02003/ and
http://www.geocities.com/w4wx1/upcoming [TNX W4WX]
HR - Joe, VE3BW will be active as VE3BW/HR6 from Roatan Island (NA-057),
Honduras from 19 October to 2 November, including an entry in the
CQ WW DX SSB Contest. Before the contest he will concentrate on
160-6 metres CW. QSL via home call. On 21 October he will be joined
by Peter, VA3WET, who will operate as VA3WET/HR6. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin and The Daily DX]
I - Alfredo, IK7JWX will operate from Molfetta Lighthouse (WAIL PU-016,
ARLHS ITA-224) on 12 October. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
[TNX IK7JWX]
KH0 - JE1JKL, JF1SQC, JH1EAQ, JP1NWZ and JA5OVU will be active as KH0AA
from Saipan, Mariana Islands (OC-086) on 23-27 October, including a
Multi-Two entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via JA5DQH, direct
(Akito Nagi, P.O. Box 88, Tokushima, 770-8691 Japan) or bureau.
[TNX JP1NWZ]
KL - Look for Keith, KL7KG/p to be active on 20 metres SSB from Mitkof
Island (NA-041) on 18-19 October. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
LA - Rich, N0HJZ will be active from Norway before, during and after the
CQ WW DX SSB Contest (25-26 October). The callsign will be LA/N0HJZ
and it will be a SOAB Low Power entry. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX N0HJZ]
LU - Look for LU7EGY/D, LW5EOL/D and LU1DMA/E to operate from Mar
Chiquita Lighthouse (ARLHS ARG-044) on 26-27 October. QSL direct to
LU1DMA (Luis Fernandez, O. V. Andrade 1638, 1718 S.A. de Padua -
Buenos Aires, Argentina). [TNX LU1DMA]
LZ - Christo, LZ3FN will be active as LZ3FN/p from several lighthouses
in Burgas region (southern Bulgaria) on 10-12 October. Look for him
on +/- 14252 SSB and +/- 14018 CW. [TNX LZ3SM]
OX - Look for OX3UB to participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest from
Prins Christian Island (NA-151). QSL direct to OZ1GER. [TNX NG3K]
P2 - Andy, NU5O will be active as P29AM from Papua New Guinea on 17-27
October, CQ WW DX SSB Contest included. Outside the contest he
plans to operate mostly CW between 9 and 14 UTC on +/- 14022,
10107, 7022 and 3522 kHz. [TNX The Daily DX]
T2 - Willi, DJ7RJ will be active as T20MW from Tuvalu (OC-015) [425DXN
648] until 15 October. On 20-28 October he will operate as
KH8/DJ7RJ from American Samoa, then he will return home. QSL via
DJ7RJ. [TNX The Daily DX]
TA - Berkin, TA3J is active (on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB) as
TA3J/4 from Antalya Bababurnu Lighthouse (ARLHS TUR-065). QSL via
home call, direct (SASE + 1 new IRC, please no greenstamps) or
bureau. Logs are available at
http://dx.qsl.net/cgi-bin/logform.cgi?ta3j-4-lh [TNX TA3J]
UR - Club station UT7WZA will operate special event call EN750WKD from
23 October to 3 November to celebrate the 750th anniversary of
prince Danylo Halytskyi's (the founder of the city of Lviv)
coronation. QSL via UT7WZ either direct (Miroslav Lupiy, P.O.Box
94, Lviv 79000,
Ukraine) or through the bureau. [TNX UR5WCW]
VK9_xms - Charlie, W0YG will be active as VK9XG from Christmas Island
(OC-002) from 26 October to 9 November. He plans to concentrate on
RTTY, 160 and 80 metres. QSL direct only to W0YG. [TNX The Daily
DX]
W - Mark, KG8DP and the Rusty Zipper HF and DX Contest Club will
operate as NA8KD from Grassy Key (NA-062) on 14-19 October. QSL
direct only via KG8DP. [TNX The Daily DX]
W - Look for Tom, WA6WPG/p to be active (on 15 and 20 metres with 50
watts and battery/solar panel) from San Miguel Island (NA-144) on
18-19 October. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
XE - Rick, NE8Z will be active as XE2/NE8Z from Cabo San Lucas (not
IOTA) on 21-27 October. He plans to concentrate on the WARC bands
CW. QSL via home call (Rick Dorsch, P.O. Box 616, Hamburg, MI
48139, USA). [TNX NE8Z]
XU & XW - Jaak, ES1FB plans to be active as XU7ACE from Shianoukville,
Cambodia on 19-28 October, including an entry in the CQ WW DX SSB
Contest. Jaak also plans to go and operate as XU7ACV from Koh Poah
(AS-133) on 21-23 October, while between 30 October and 4 November
he will be active (requested call XW1FB) from Vientiane, Laos. QSLs
via ES1FB. Logs will be posted at http://www.hot.ee/xu7ace [TNX
NG3K]
ZL - Roy, W6UKX reports he will be QRV as ZL/W6UKX from 16 October to 6
November. He will operate 20 and 17m SSB and CW, and other bands as
conditions permit. QSL via home call.
AFRICA TOUR ---> Jose, ON4LAC will be active as 3B8/ON4LAC from Mauritius
(AF-049) from 28 October through 23 November and again on 17-27 December.
Between 26 November and 15 December he will operate as FR5/ON4LAC from
Reunion (AF-016). He plans to be QRV on SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via home
call. [TNX ON4LAC]
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3C0V ---> The 3C0V operation from Annobon went abruptly QRT around 10 local
time on 4 October. According to Gaby, OD5NJ local authorities ordered the
operators to stop transmissions and leave the island within 24 hours. On 6
October another report from Gaby indicated that DJ9ZB, EA5FO and EA5YN were
allowed to leave Annobon, while Elmo/EA5BYP apparently was still detained on
the island. [TNX OD5NJ and The Daily DX]
DXCC NEWS ---> Bill Moore, NC1L reports that the following operations are
approved for DXCC credit:
Chesterfield Island TX0AT (October 2002)
Timor Leste 4W2DN
Afghanistan YA1D, YA0J, YA1RS
Iraq YI/KV4EB
QSL A61AJ ---> N4QB is no longer the QSL manager for Ali, A61AJ. The new QSL
managers are K2UO (George R. Oliva Jr, 5 Windsor Drive, Eatontown, NJ 07724,
USA) for North, Central, South America and the Caribbean and DJ2MX (Mario
Lovric, Kampenwandstrasse 13, D-81671 Munich, Germany) for the rest of the
world. [TNX K1XN and The Golist]
QSL 8Q7HX ---> Uwe, DJ9HX reports that direct cards for his August operation
from the Maldives have been processed. Bureau cards can be requested by
e-mail at dj9hx@darc.de
QSL YC9MT ---> Antonio, IZ8CCW reports this is the new call for Sam, YC9MB,
the only amateur radio operator living on Sumba Island (OC-151). QSL via
IZ8CCW.
QSL YI9X ---> Steve, OM3JW expects to receive the first "simple" cards from
the printer around the end of the month. Photo QSLs will be ready no sooner
than late December. Please be patient and do not send duplicates.
QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Peppe Gerace, IZ8EBI (current QSL manager for CO3VK,
CO3CJ, CO3LF and CO3JN) is willing to offer his services to other stations.
His web sites are at http://www.qsl.net/iz8ebi and
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/iz8ebi/; he can be contacted at iz8ebi@email.it
QSL VIA RA1QQ ---> Albert, RA1QHJ reports that the QSL cards for UE1RRC/1 and
RA1QQ/1 (June 2003 IOTA operations) are being processed and mailed out by
RA1QQ (Nick A. Smerdov, P.O. Box 24, Cherepovets 162611, Russia). Please
refrain from sending second requests.
QSL VIA VE3TPZ ---> James Davidson, VE3TPZ is the QSL manager for VC2C
(Canadian & International) and has taken on the additional duties for VB2R
(2000) and VB2V (2001). He has started working on clearing out the backlog
bureau cards that he has recently received. Those who are awaiting a QSL card
you may e-mail James at ve3tpz@sympatico.ca and he will check the logbook and
see if their request is in the current batch of cards. [TNX VE3TPZ]
VP5X ---> Fourteen-year-old Daniel Bradke, W2AU is the winner of the
competition sponsored by the VP5X Contest Group [425DXN 640]. Daniel will
receive an all expense paid trip (one full week) to join the VP5X team
(http://www.vp5x.com/) for the CQ WW CW Contest.
+ SILENT KEY + YASME pioneer Danny Weil (VP2VB) died on 3 October in San
Antonio (Texas) at 85 years of age. Born in England, Danny left his homeland
in 1954 in a boat he made by himself in order to travel the world alone. "In
1963, after 9 years, 3 boats and travels to the Atlantic, the Carribean and
the Pacific Islands, Danny completed his around the world voyage. Needing a
means of communication, he taught himself Morse Code, radio theory and
obtained a British Amateur radio license. Sailing single handedly around the
world was a trip he volunteered to undertake on behalf of radio 'hams'. His
voyage was integral in setting up ham radio stations on remote islands and
the expedition was monitored by over 100,000 amateur radio enthusiasts around
the world. He is remembered by most 'hams' as 'the first DXpeditioner'". [TNX
K0HB/KG6AQI]
+ SILENT KEY + Jack, VK2GJH reports the passing of Ian Anderson, T20AA on 3
October, of a heart attack. Ian was very active on HF and 6 metres, mostly
CW. [TNX N4AA]
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DIE: Full information on the Spanish Islands Award (DIE), including rules,
island listings and results of the 2003 DIE Contest, can be found at
http://www.ea5ol.net/die/ [TNX EA5OL]
LOGS: On line logs, as well as pictures and other information, for the 2-5
October DS0DX/2 operation from Cho Island (AS-168) [425DXN 645] are
now available at http://www.kdxc.net/2003_cho.html. QSL via HL1XP.
[TNX HL1IWD]
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QSLs received direct: 3A2MD, 3B8CF, 3G1P (SA-085), 4U1UN, 5R8GT, 5X2A,
6Y6/K0COP, 7P8DA, 7P8IZ, 7P8MJ, 7Q7LA, 9K2MU, A61R, AP5HQ, BV5GQ, CN8YR,
CO8JY, CT1AHU/P (EU-040), E4/DF3EC, ES1AJ, FM5WD, FP/K8DD, H40V, HI8ROX,
HP3XUG, JR8XXQ/JD1, JT1FDI, KD6WW/VY0, KH2/G3SXW, L65W (SA-065), NP3A, OA4WW,
OJ0LA, P29KM, P3A, PJ2/WI9WI, PJ2MI, PJ7/K7ZUM, PW6AI (SA-019), PY0FF, RW2F,
SU9NC, T31MY, TG9NX, TU2XZ, TX0AT, TY5ZR, TZ6L, V21CW, V25XX, V26B, V26XX,
V44KCB, V47DD, V47WW, V63SXW, V63TXF, V73GE, VE2/M0BLF/P, VP2MPA, VP5/K5GM,
VP6MW, VQ9LA, VR2BG, W1/M0BLF/P (NA-217), W6BK/KL7 (NA-039), XT2ATI, YB8NA/P
(OC-213), YE8A, ZD7BG, ZW0S, ZW8M (SA-042).
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