425 DX News #654
15 November 2003
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
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(preferably a .jpg file not larger than 300Kb) direct to our web master
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3A - Special event call 3A50ARM will be aired on all bands and modes from
Monaco on 15-30 November to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the
Association des Radio amateurs de Monaco (ARM). QSL via bureau. [TNX
3A2LF]
5X - Terry, K3JT is active as 5X1X from Uganda. He will be there for
about six weeks. QSL home call. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin]
CE - The 3G2D operation from Damas Island (SA-086) [425DXN 649] is now
confirmed to take place on 26-28 November. XQ1IDM, XQ4ZW,
CE1URH,CA2WUI, CD0906 and CE6TBN plan to run three stations on 160-6
metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via CA2WUI (P.O. Box 1037, La
Serena, Chile). Further information at http://www.qsl.net/3g2d [TNX
CE6TBN]
FR/E - The DXpedition to Europa Island [425DXN 651] is still on a go. The
team (F5CW, F5JKK, F5NHJ, F5IRO and F5PTM) will leave France on 15
November, arriving at Europa on the 24th. Activity is expected to
start as TO4E (TO4WW will be used during the CQ WW DX CW Contest) on
the 25th and continue until 15 December. Please note that, for
reasons beyond their control, the operators might go QRT thrice a
day (around 5, 10 and 16 UTC) for 30 minutes or more. QSL via F5OGL.
The pilots for the operation are Rafik/F5CQ (europa2003@free.fr,
Europe), Frank/AH0W (franxmith@worldnet.att.net, USA West),
Floyd/N5FG (floydgee@datasync.com, USA East), Toshi/JA1ELY
(ja1ely@bb.mbn.or.jp, Japan), Mike/UA0MF (ua0mf@mail.ru, Asia) and
Lee/ZL2AL (leejen@paradise.net.nz, Oceania). Further information at
http://europa2003.free.fr/
I - Look for IQ3AZ/p to be aired from Pampagnola Island (EU-130, IIA
GO-016) during the weekend. QSL via bureau or direct to IV3WMI.
J3 - Ann, WA1S will be active (on 10-160 metres CW and SSB) as J38AA from
Grenada between 22 November until 1 December, including an entry in
the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX
WA1S]
KP2 - Slavek, OK1TN will operate as KP2/OK1TN from St. Thomas, US Virgin
Islands from 15 November to 13 December, including an entry in the
CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX OK1TN]
R1_ssh - Oleg, UA1PBA is preparing for the upcoming Antarctic summer season
as R1ANF. He expects to arrive to Bellingshausen Base (WABA UA-004)
on King George Island, South Shetlands (AN-010) between 21 and 24
November. The R1ANF team this season will include also Slava/UA1PAI
and Aleksei/UA1PAW. If work allows they will be active also from
other locations. [TNX DL5EBE]
VP2V - Maciek, WQ7X (ex SP8EST and SP5EST) will be active as VP2V/WQ7X from
the British Virgin Islands (NA-023) until 24 November. QSL via home
call. [TNX SP5UAF]
YB - Look for YC0IEM/7 to operate from Borneo (OC-088) until 20 November.
QSL via IZ8CCW. [TNX IZ8CCW]
YI - Darran, M1DAZ is on active duty with the British Forces Broadcast
Services in Iraq and has obtained official authority to operate with
the callsign YI9DAZ. He should be there for another week or so. He
prefers PSK31 not to disturb his room mate. QSL via M1DAZ. [TNX
MW0USK/MW3USK]
YU - 4N25K is the special callsign celebrating the 25th anniversary of
the radio club "Novi Beograd", Radio-section Kozara. QSL via YU1SB.
[TNX 4N1DX]
ZD8 - Jim, N6TJ will operate again as ZD8Z from Ascension Island from 21
November to 2 December, including a SOAB entry in the CQ WW DX CW
Contest. QSL via VE3HO. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZK1 - Vlad, UA4WHX/AC4LN was active from Penrhyn Atoll (OC-082), North
Cooks and is now expected to go to Mangaia (OC-159), South Cooks, on
17 November. [TNX The Daily DX]
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BQ9P VIDEO ---> A BQ9P video showing the "major challenges" the team went
through just to air this rare entity is now available (DVD or VHS). The video
also shows some of the beauty of the island as well as some historical
information. Please visit http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~iota/newpage64.htm for the
details. [TNX JI6KVR]
EUCW 160M CONTEST ---> The third edition of the EUCW 160 Metres Contest,
sponsored by the Union Francaise des Telegraphistes (http://www.uft.net),
will be held on the first weekend of January (from 20 to 23 UTC on 3 January
and from 4 to 7 UTC on the 4th). Complete rules are available at
http://perso.club-internet.fr/jacar/eucw_160m.html [TNX F5NQL]
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Brendan McCartney, G4DYO (a former editor of the DX News
Sheet) has been QRT for many years, yet he still receives QSL cards from
people who believe he is a QSL Manager. "Usually they are for D6 callsigns",
he says, "but today I received one for a D4 call. All of the stations must be
pirates because I have never heard of them and I am not a QSL Manager for any
station for many years".
OD5/I1HJT ---> Alfeo reports that his September 2003 operation from Lebanon
has been approved for DXCC credit.
QSL KL7Y ---> All known requests for QSO confirmations with KL7Y (SK) have
been mailed. This includes requests that were sent to KL7Y, direct or via
bureau, or to other QSL managers, including W8LU. "I believe I have all KL7Y
logs with the exception of his contest logs prior to 1994", Ken, W8LU says.
He will be happy to respond to any requests either direct or via the bureau.
[TNX W8LU]
QSL NA-225 ---> Jim, K9PPY and Mike, K9AJ are currently answering the direct
requests for their K9PPY/VY0 and K9AJ/VY0 operation. QSL requests via the
bureau will be answered as they arrive. Those who are interested in receiving
a confirmation for their 2004 IOTA Annual Update, should send their card
direct for a quick response. [TNX K9PPY]
QSL OJ0LA ---> Bureau cards for the September 2003 operation from Market Reef
can be requested by e-mail to la9vda2003@yahoo.no [TNX LA9VDA]
QSL YC7SKM ---> Antonio, IZ8CCW reports that effective immediately he is the
new QSL manager for YC7SKM (OC-088).
QSL YJ8MN ---> After working in Vanuatu for about three years, Masahiro Nada,
YJ8MN (JH3IIU) will leave that country and go back to Japan on 21 November.
Do not use his Port Vila address any longer, but send your cards to JH3IIU,
direct or through the JARL bureau. [TNX YJ8MN/JH3IIU]
QSL VIA N6AWD ---> Fred, N6AWD says that the QSL cards for XF1K (NA-162) and
V73T (OC-263) are presently at the printers and should be arriving by the end
of the month. Fred has over 1500 envelopes to process and he expects to have
them all out before the end of the year. Please be patient and do not send
second requests. [TNX Islands On The Web]
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MOST WANTED SURVEY: The 2004 edition of the 425DXN Survey will concentrate
on Europe. Go to http://www.425dxn.org/surv_eu and
select the European entities you have never worked
and/or confirmed from the list of the top most wanted
European DXCC Entities, as resulted from the 2003 global
survey.
DX SPOTS: Rod Elliott, VE3IRF has been collecting the DX spots
from the OH2AQ Web Cluster since January 1997. The
collection - up to October 2003 - is available at
http://www.425dxn.org/dxspots/, as well the software
that enables you to handle the files.
TS7N: The web page for the upcoming TS7N operation from the
Kerkennah Islands (AF-073) [425DXN 641] is at
http://ts7n.tk
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3B8/ON4LAC ON4LAC D90ID/2 HL2WP T88DR JF2SDR
3B8/ON5AX ON5AX EA6/HA5RT/p HA6NL TA3DD K3PD
3B8/PA0VHA PA0VHA EA8BVY I5WEA TA5FA TA1KA
3B8/PA3BAG PA0VHA EA8BYR WA1ECA TM1NDL F8CSD
3B9/PA0VHA PA0VHA ED1SML EA1CP TM2QM F6KBG
3B9/PA3BAG PA0VHA EI2VNO NN5O TO0O KC0W
3D2LL JA2LLK EN60UGL UX7UN TO6M F6AUS
3D2VB UA4WHX EN60ULP UT4UZA TP6CE F6FQK
3V8SM DL1BDF EN60UPS UT4UWC TR8CA F6CBC
3W9HRN DL1HRN EN60UWO UY2UA TU2OJ F5IPW
4D71HBC DU1HBC EN750WKD UT7WZ TY4JM ON4JM
4K9W DL6KVA ET3BN DL1JRC UE9XWN UA9XS
5H3AA K6EID EX8QB IK2QPR UN5A DL8KAC
5H6BA DL4MMT G6PZ M5AAV UN9LV RW6HS
5H6IZ DL4MMT HA645D HA6ZQ UU8AA G3SWH
5H9IR ZS6EZ HC8/N1KO W1ZS UY2VM DL6MHG
5U7B I2YSB HG3IPA HA3JB V26B WT3Q
5V7BR F5RUQ HP100RCP HP1RCP V26EM W2SN
5VZBB W2FUI HS0ZDZ GM4FDM V26G N2ED
5W1SA JH7OHF HZ1AB K8PYD V26KEN N2KEN
5X1X K3JT IR7LH IK7JWX V26OC N3OC
6W/ON5TN ON5TN JT1FDD RW6HS V26R KA2AEV
6Y5/4S7RO GOIAS KF0R/YU8 N2OW V26U W2UDT
8Q7JE JA1KAW KH6BK/AH8 VE3HO V31LZ LZ3RZ
9G5JH PA0CJH KK2H/KH2 JL1UXH VK9CYL VK3DYL
9K2MU WA4JTK LU3CU LU4AA VK9XG W0YG
9M6A N2OO LU3XQ WD9EWK VQ9CJ N5JED
9M6AAC N2OO LZ100JVA LZ1PJ VR2EH RW6HS
9M6OO N2OO MB2HFC G4BWP XQ6ET W8UVZ
9M6US N2OO MJ/PA3HHT PA3HHT XU7AJV ON4AJV
9Q1MC ON5SE MU/PA3HHT PA3HHT XU7TZG ON4AJV
9Y4/DL8DYL DL8DYL ON4PTC ON7YB YA1RS ZL1RS
9Y4/DL9DRA DL9DRA PA3GIO/VP9 PA3GIO YI9X OM3JW
AP2ARS JA1PBV PJ2/PG5M PG5M YL85GN YL2GN
CD1C CE1VLY PJ7/VA3RA/m VE3IKV YL85UZ YL2UZ
CO3JN IZ8EBI R1ANB RU1ZC YL85XN YL1XN
D2BB W3HNK R3ARS/3 RA3AKF YQ0IPA YO3AS
D2CR RK3BR RK3DZJ/3 RA3DEJ ZA1A OH2BH
D2PFN KK5DO S9SS N4JR ZK1/AC4LN UA4WHX
D2U CT1BFL T20VB UA4WHX ZV6AA PY6AA
(*) CQWW SSB 2003
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EA1CP P.O. Box 474, 33400 Aviles, Spain
HA3JB Gabor Kutasi, P.O.Box 243, H-8601 Siofok, Hungary
JA1KAW Katsuhisa Kurose, 1864-6 Yamamiya Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-0075 Japan
JL1UXH Setsu Yoshimura, 6-13-14 Minami-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-Ku, Tokyo
140-0004, Japan
LZ3RZ Vasco Gechev, P.O. Box 1, 1756 Sofia, Bulgaria
M5AAV Graham Ridgeway, 37 Highfield Gardens, Blackburn, Lancashire BB2 3SN,
England
NN5O James Carmody, 15910 Congo Lane, Jersey Village, TX 77040, USA
PA3GIO Bert vd Berg, Parklaan 38, NL-3931 KK Woudenberg, The Netherlands
PG5M Gerben A. Menting, Waezenburglaan 104, 9351 HG Leek, The Netherlands
RK3BR Vladimir Eremeev, P.O. Box 26, Moscow, Russia
SP9FIH Janusz Wegrzyn, P.O. Box 480, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
VK3DYL Gwen Tilson, 3 Gould Court, Mt. Waverley, Victoria, 3149 Australia
VK4FW Bill Horner, P.O. Box 513, Nambour 4560, Australia
W8LBZ Sandusky Radio Experimental League, 2909 West Perkins Ave., Sandusky,
Ohio 44870, USA
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