425 DX News #653
8 November 2003
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
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>>> RODRIGUES 2004 <<<
The Five Star DXers Association, of 9M0C (February 1998) and D68C (February
2001) fame, has announced "Project Star Reach", a large-scale DXpedition to
Rodrigues Island (AF-017).
A multinational team (so far including DL7AKC, EI5DI, G0MRF, G0OPB, G3NUG,
G3BJ, G3IZD, G3NHL, G3RAU, G3SED, G3WGV, G3WKL, G3XTT, G4FRE/WW2R, G4JKS,
G4KIU, G4TSH, G4VXE, GU4YOX, JA1RJU, JH4RHF, KF7E, M0DXR, M0GMT, N7CQQ, NK7C
and W3EF) will operate as 3B9C for over three weeks, including four weekends.
The first members of the team will arrive on 15 March, and expect to spend
the first two to three days installing antennas and equipment. Station
breakdown will start on 12 April, though operations may continue for a
further day or two after that.
3B9C will have up to fifteen high-power HF stations active simultaneously
when band conditions allow. Activities will encompass SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31
and, as appropriate, FM. There will also be satellite activity and possible
EME. Large monoband antennas will be used on all bands, as the the two main
objectives are to provide the possibility for every amateur radio station in
the world - even those running QRP or a very simple antenna - to make at
least one contact with 3B9C; and to enable top DXers to put 3B9C in their log
on as many bands and modes as possible.
Project Star Reach is seeking contributions from sponsors to help defray the
very significant logistics costs of this DXpedition. For further information
please visit http://www.fsdxa.com/3b9c [TNX G3XTT, g3xtt@lineone.net]
3Y_p1 - The January 2004 DXpedition to Peter I [425DXN 645] has been
postponed until January 2005. "A last minute glitch developed in
the transportation plan", Bob, K4UEE and Ralph, K0IR report.
"Weather windows precluded a rescheduling for 2004", but "the 2005
expedition will be bigger and better!".
4U_un - Ray, W2RE and Frank, W2IX will be active from the United Nations HQ
station (4U1UN) on 9 November. They plan to operate SSB and CW on
all HF bands. [TNX W2RE]
5U - The VooDoo Contest Group will participate in the CQ WW DX CW
Contest as 5U5Z (Multi-Multi) from Niamey, Niger. QSL via G3SXW.
This will be a field-day style operation, with seven 1KW stations
and many antennas, covering 160-10 metres. The operators will be
G0MTN, G3XTT, G4BWP (5U7WP), G4PIQ, K5VT (5U7VT), KC7V (5U7MF) and
KY7M (5U7LF), and there will be some activity before the contest
with personal calls while testing antennas and hopefully on the
WARC bands if time permits. There will also be short operations
from Burkina Faso (XT2) while in transit. QSLs for all contacts
other than 5U5Z should be sent via home call. [TNX G3SXW]
9M6 - Bob, N2OO will continue to be active as 9M6OO from the Hillview
Gardens ARC station (http://www.qsl.net/9m6aac) through 13
November. He has been joined by Peter/G4MJS and Jani/YB0US, who
will be 9M6AAC and 9M6US respectively also through 13 November. The
three of them will operate in the JA DX SSB Contest as 9M6A. QSL
all calls via N2OO. [TNX N2OO]
9N - Janusz, SP9FIH will be in Nepal from 13 November to 6 December and
hopes to get a licence for 40, 20, 17 and 15 metres. QSL via home
call. [TNX SP9FIH]
9N - Look for Noboru/JA2AAU (9N7AU), Takashi/JA2ALN (9N7LN) and
Yasu/JA9LSZ (9N7SZ) to be active from Katmandu, Nepal on 16-22
November. They will operate on 40-6 metres (beacon on 50.100 MHz),
with three rigs (one for 6m), dipoles for 40 and 30m and two
5-element beams, one for 20-20m and the other for 6m. QSL via home
calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JA1ELY]
9Y - Mike, DL1HCM and Heye, DJ9RR will participate in the CQ WW DX CW
Contest as 9Y4ZC (Multi-Two) from the QTH of Andy (DL4MEH) on
Tobago (SA-009). Outside the contest they will concentrate on the
low and WARC bands CW, with some RTTY and PSK. QSL for this
operation via bureau to DL1HCM (please refrain from sending direct
cards, all of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically through the
bureau). [TNX DL1HCM]
F - The Council of Europe Amateur Radio Club will be activated with the
call TP6CE on 14-16 November. Look for activity on all the HF bands
SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK. For further information please visit
http://www.ewwa.net or http://www.coe.int/T/E/Tp2ce/ [TNX F6FQK]
F - Francois, F5JNE will be active from Belle Ile en Mer (EU-048, DIFM
AT-015) on 17-24 November. He plans to operate on 20 and 40 metres
mainly CW, starting around 13 UTC. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
F - Dom, F5SJB will operate again as TM5CW from 24 November through 8
December, including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via
home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F5SJB]
FS - Ann/W2AZK and Brian/KF2HC will return to St Martin (NA-105) with
Gene/K2KJI, Mary Ann/K2RVH, Bob/W5GJ and Mike/WA2VUN on 3-10
December. The group plans to have 2 stations on 160-6 metres CW,
SSB and PSK31. W5GJ and KF2HC will participate in the ARRL 160
Meter Contest using the call FS/W2JJ, while all other times
operators will sign FS/homecall. QSL via home call, direct or via
the bureau. QSOs with Ann and Brian are good towards the North
Jersey DX Association's NJDXA Award (see http://www.njdxa.org for
details). [TNX KF2HC]
GJ - Rich, K2WR will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as GJ2A
(SOAB High Power) from Jersey. QSL via GJ3DVC, direct or bureau.
Look for some activity as MJ0AWR (QSL via K2WR, direct or bureau)
before and after the contest. [TNX NG3K]
HI - John, G4RCG and Bruce, KI7VR will operate on 160-10 metres as
G4RCG/HI9 and KI7VR/HI9 from the Dominican Republic on 17-31
January. Look for G4RCG/HI9 to take part in the CQ WW 160 Meter CW
Contest. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX G4RCG]
HV - Look for HV5PUL to be activated from the Pontificia Universita'
Lateranense, Vatican City between 10 and 14 November to celebrate
the opening of the 2002-03 academic year, and again on 22 November.
[TNX IW0DJB]
KH2 - Setsu, JL1UXH (KK2H) and his wife Maki, 7L4FSR will be active (on
all HF bands CW and SSB) as KK2H/KH2 from Guam (OC-026) on 12-16
November. On-line log will be available at http://kk2h.4th.jp; QSL
via JL1UXH either direct (Setsu Yoshimura, 6-13-14 Minami-Shinagawa,
Shinagawa-Ku, Tokyo 140-0004, Japan) or through the JARL bureau.
[TNX JL1UXH]
KH2 - Look for Yoshiro, JL3SIK to be active as N1VF/KH2 to be active from
Guam on 21-24 November. He plans to operate on 40-6 metres CW and
SSB. QSL via home call (Yoshiro Nishimura M.D., 2-6 Takemidai
4-Chome, Suita City, Osaka 565-0863, Japan). [TNX JI6KVR and JL3SIK]
LU - Special call LU3CU will be aired on 8 November (from 21 to 23 UTC on
40 and 80 metres) from the Museum Ship "Corbeta ARA Uruguay" to
celebrate the 100th anniversary of the rescue by that Argentine
corvette of the ship-wrecked Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto
Nordenskjold. QSL via LU4AA. [TNX LU7ADC]
PJ2 - K4BAI, N8BJQ, K8MFO, K8ND, W8WTS, PJ2DX and S50R will be at the
Caribbean Contesting Consortium's PJ2T site on Curacao from 17 to 30
November, including a Multi-Two entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest.
SV - SV1EQU, SV1FJP, SV1GYG, SV1AIN and SV1HAO will be active as SX8E
from the island of Aegina (EU-075) on 28-30 November. QSL via
SV1EQU. [TNX SV9AHZ]
T32 - Larry/N2WW (T32WW, QSL via N0KV), Bill/K0MP (T32MP, QSL via N0KV),
Barry/N0KV (T32KV, QSL via home call), Greg/W0ZA (T32ZA, QSL via
home call), Tim/N0ZM (T32ZM, QSL via home call), Paul/NO0T (T32N,
QSL via home call), Cheryl/N0WBV (T32YL, QSL via KT0F) and John/KT0F
(T32TF, QSL via home call) will be active on all bands from
Christmas Island, East Kiribati (OC-024) from 24 November through 8
December, including a Multi-Two entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as
T32WW. [TNX The Daily DX]
UA - Valery/UA3AOK, Aleksey/RA3AKF, Alex/RV3DPM, Vadim/RX3AKL and
Vadim/RX3AKQ will operate (on 160-10 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK)
as RK3DZJ/3 and R3ARS/3 from the Russian National Park "Smolenskoe
Poozer'e" (RRF-142) on 14-17 November. QSL RK3DZJ/3 via RA3DEJ, QSL
R3ARS/3 via RA3AKF. For information on the RFF Award, please visit
http://www.hamradio.ru/rrc/ [TNX RA3AKF]
VK9_ck - Sasi, JA1KJW and Kuni, JA8VE will be active (on 160-10 metres CW,
SSB and RTTY) as VK9CJ and VK9CV from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
(OC-003) from 27 November to 7 December. Look for VK9CJ to
participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via JA1KJW, direct or
bureau. [TNX JA1ELY]
XU - Jack, XU7AJV and Wim, XU7TZG were finally expected to leave for Koh
Poah (AS-133) [425DXN 652] on 5 November. The length of their stay
is not known. QSL for both via ON4AJV. [TNX ON5KL]
XU - OM3TZZ (ex SU9ZZ), OM1KW, OM3TA and OM1ATT will be active as XU7ACZ,
XU7ADC, XU7ADA and XU7ADB from Cambodia from 26 November to 3
December. They will operate on 160-10 metres CW, SSB and RTTY, and
will particpate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as XU7ACZ. QSL via home
calls. [TNX OM3JW]
YL - More than 20 Latvian stations will be using special prefix YL85
until the end of November to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the
Republic of Latvia. [TNX YL3AD]
ZK3 - Silvano/I2YSB, Flaviano/I2MOV, Carlo/IK1AOD and Marcello/IK2DIA will
be active with two stations from Nukunonu, Tokelau Islands (OC-048)
on 13-25 February. QSL via I2YSB (direct) or IK2DIA (bureau).
Further information will be available at http://www.qsl.net/i2ysb
[TNX I2YSB]
ZS - A group of amateurs from the Boland Amateur Radio Club
(http://www.qsl.net/zs1bak) will operate a special event station
from the Sutherland Observatory, which hosts the largest telescope
in the southern hemisphere. Look for ZS1SALT (South African Large
Telescope) on all HF frequencies SSB, CW and digital modes from
around 11 UTC on 21 November until 10 UTC on the 23rd. QSL direct
only to P.O. Box 273, Strand 7140, South Africa. For additional
information on the project, please visit the website
http://www.salt.ac.za [TNX ZS4BS]
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CONTEST/DX MEETING ---> The 9th annual International Contest/DX Meeting
organized by Contest Club Finland (CCF) will be held on 16-18 January 2004.
For further information please visit http://www.qsl.net/ccf or e-mail OH2IW
(oh2iw@oh2u.com). [TNX The Daily DX]
JT QSL BUREAU ---> The new address for the Mongolian Radio Sport Federation
(MRSF) is P.O. Box 830, Ulaanbaatar-24, Mongolia.
URE CONVENTION ---> The annual URE Convention will be held in Badajoz, close
to the border between Spain and Portugal, on 5-8 December. Some of the
presentations include S05X (Western Sahara), TZ6RD (Mali), EG9IC (Chafarinas
Islands) and Martti Laine, OH2BH on the Albania 2003 Project. Full
information on this event can be found at
http://www.ure.es/badajoz/badajoz.htm [TNX EA5RM]
QSLs received direct: 3B9ZL, 3G5Q, 4W3DX, 5V7BR, 7P8NK, 7P8ZZ, 8Q7LC, 9G5VJ,
9L1JT, 9M2/G4ZFE, A45WD, CT3BX, EG9IC (AF-036), EP3CQ, FH/G4IRN, HK0/W9AAZ,
IM0/IK5PWQ, J5UCW (AF-093), J5UDX, JW8D, K9AJ/VY0 (NA-007), K9PPY/VY0
(NA-225), KD6WW/VY0 (NA-131), KH2/G3TXF, KH8/DL2AH, LU6Z, LY10ZZ, LY2ZZ,
LY5A, P29TL, R1ANC, S79IRN, S79MX, S9SS, TI2VW, TR0A, TX0AT, TZ6RD, UA0ACG,
UA1ADQ/0 (AS-042), UE1RRC/1 (EU-119), V63TXF (OC-012), V63TXF/p (OC-078),
V73GE, VK9XAB, VP2MLE, VP2MPF, VQ9LA, W5BOS/AL5 (NA-121), XF2IH (NA-224),
XW2A, YI/KV4EB, YM0KA, YO2LEA, ZD7VC, ZK1CG, ZS1RBN, ZW8M (SA-042).
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