425 DX News #656
29 November 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)
5H - The Russian Robinson Club has announced a mountain DXpedition in
Tanzania to the top of Kilimanjaro (5985 metres a.s.l.). Team
members include RW3GW, RW3GU, RZ3EM, Gennadiy Khryukin (mountain
climber) and Boris Mamlin (video operator and journalist). The
DXpedition will take place between December 3rd and 16th. Special
QSL cards will be sent out via the bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
5T - Look for 5T5AFF (QSL via JA1AFF), 5T5CPS (QSL via JA1CPS), 5T5GDR
(QSL via JR1GDR), 5T5HC (QSL via JA1HC), 5T5RQ (QSL via JA6RQ) and
5T5TY (QSL via JA1TY) to be active in their spare time from
Mauritania on 4-17 December. [TNX The Daily DX]
8P - Steve, K2WE will operate (on 80-6 metres CW and SSB) as 8P9AP from
Barbados (NA-021) on 2-8 December. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily
DX]
A6 - UN World Food Programme workers currently stationed in Dubai, UAE
include SM7PKK, S53R, S57CQ, PA5M and ON5NT. They will be joined by
N2AA and participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest from A61AJ. QSL via
K2UO (for North, Central, South America, Caribbean, US territories
in the Pacific) and DJ2MX (rest of the world). Owing to the current
workload, the IOTA operations from AS-021 and AS-124 [425DXN 641]
are postponed until February-March 2004. [TNX ON5NT]
FR/E - The TO4E team became active from Europa Island around 16 UTC on 24
November (17 and then 20 metres CW). Antenna setup was expected to
be completed by 28 November. Except for the CQ WW DX CW Contest, the
operators cannot work 24 hours a day owing to "restriction with the
generator, probably due to a lack of gas" (F5CWU). QRV times (UTC)
are 04.00-07.30, 10.00-10.30, 13.00-13.30 and 15.15-19.45 or 20.00.
During the weekend look for TO4WW to participate in the CQ WW DX CW
Contest, while TO4E will concentrate on the WARC bands. The web site
for the operation is at http://europa2003.free.fr/, but since they
do not have Internet capabilities from the island, the logs will be
posted when the operators return to France. QSL via F5OGL.
G - Andre, GM3VLB will operate as GM3VLB/P or /M from Holy (Lindisfarne)
Island (EU-120) on 29 and 30 November. QSL via home call. [TNX
GM3VLB]
HS - Mirek, VK6DXI is travelling to Thailand again. He will be at Pattaya
on business from 3 to 23 December at least and will operate in his
spare time as HS0/VK3DXI on 80-10 metres. QSL via DL4DBR. [TNX
VK6DXI]
I - Alberto, IT9MRM (http://www.qsl.net/it9mrm/index.html) expects to
operate on 20 and 15 metres SSB as IF9/IT9MRM from the lighthouse at
Punta Sottile (WAIL SI-024, ARLHS ITA-145) on Favignana Island (EU-
054, IIA TP-001) on 2 December, between 9 and 15 UTC. QSL via home
call. [TNX IT9MRM]
J8 - Wayne, K8LEE and Pete, N0FW will be active from St. Vincent on 3-16
December. Look for J8DX on 160-6 metres, including entries in the
ARRL 160 CW the ARRL 10 Meter contests. QSL via W8QID. [TNX The
Daily DX]
KP2 - Curt, W3HQ (fclambert@infonale.com) will operate as W3HQ/KP2 from
the US Virgin Islands on 3-11 December. He will be active on 160,
80, 40, 30, 20 and 15 metres CW QRP and will welcome skeds with DX
stations, especially from Asia and Oceania. QSL via home call
through the W3 bureau. [TNX W3HQ]
PY0_spp- Joca, PS7JN will be active again as ZW0S from St. Peter & St. Paul
Rocks (SA-014) on 1-15 December. He will operate in his spare time
and will work SSB and RTTY on HF plus 6 metres. QSL via PS7JN.
Please note that after receipt of the necessary documentation a few
days ago, Joca's past operations as ZW0S (April 2001, February 2002,
April and September 2003), as well as his forthcoming activity, are
approved for DXCC credit. [TNX The Daily DX]
V4 - Larry, KJ4UY will operate as V47UY from Nevis (NA-104) on 3-16
December, including activity during the ARRL 160 Meter and 10 Meter
contests. QSL via home call (US stations direct only, others either
direct or via the bureau). [TNX KJ4UY]
VK - VK2DMM, the Murwillumbah Museum amateur radio station, will be
active from 1 December on +/- 7085, 14185 and 21205 kHz SSB. The
Murwillumbah Museum has one of the last regional repositories of
early transmission and reception equipment in Australia. Further
information at http://tweedhistory.org.au/murwillumbah/radioroom.htm
[TNX VK2DFC]
VU - An operation by VU2NXM from Janjira Island is expected to start
during the weekend. Activity is likely to be for several days with
multiple operators; island chasers please note that it will not
count for IOTA as this island does not meet IOTA qualification
criteria and should not be confused with the qualifying Janjira
listed in the IOTA Directory.
ZA - Project Goodwill Albania 2003, the IARU Region 1 supported five-week
course under the sponsorship of the Minister of Telecommunications
and in cooperation with the Polytechnic University of Tirana, has
entered its third week. The Albanian authorities have released the
callsign ZA1UT (University of Tirana) symbolizing this program and
the Albanian Amateur Radio Association (AARA) will launch a
multi-multi effort by ZA1A for the CQ WW DX CW Contest. A special
event QSL card can be obtained for all callsigns active during this
program from Project Goodwill Albania 2003, P.O. Box 73, 02380
Espoo, Finland or via OH2BH. The progress of the entire project can
be followed on the Internet at http://www.za1a.com [TNX OH2BN]
ZL - Jonathan, W1CU will operate as ZL/W1CU from Waiheke Island (OC-201)
from 30 November through 2 December. Activity will be on all bands
CW and SSB, but Jonathan's operating time will be limited. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
CQ WW DX CW CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (29-30 November):
ZONE CALL CATEGORY DXCC QSL VIA
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02 VE2IM Canada VE3DZ
05 4U1UN United Nations HQ qrz.com
05 NP3D USA W3HNK
05 VP9I SOAB LP Bermuda KQ1F
05 VP9/K9CC SOSB 20m Bermuda K9CC
07 TG0AA M/S Guatemala TG9AXF
07 TI5N M/2 Costa Rica W3HNK
08 6Y0A SOSB QRP or LP Jamaica WA4WTG
08 6Y4A SOSB QRP or LP Jamaica WA4WTG
08 6Y6X M/2 Jamaica KN5H
08 6Y8A SOSB 80m LP Jamaica WA4WTG
08 6Y9A SOSB 15m LP Jamaica WA4WTG
08 8P5A SOAB LP Barbados NN1N
08 CO8LY SOAB LP Cuba EA7ADH
08 CO8TW SOSB 160m LP Cuba IZ8CCW
08 FM/T93Y SOAB LP Martinique T93Y
08 FS/K3LP M/S St. Martin K5KV
08 J37KF Grenada J37KF
08 J38AA SOAB Grenada WA1S
08 KP2/N4EXA SOSB 15m LP US Virgin Islands DJ2MX
08 KP2/OK1TN US Virgin Islands OK1TN
08 NP4Z SO QRP Puerto Rico WC4E
08 PJ5NA SOAB St. Eustatius K1NA
08 V26DX M/S Antigua & Barbuda KU9C
08 V26K Antigua & Barbuda AA3B
08 VP5X M/S Turks & Caicos
08 WP2Z M/2 US Virgin Islands KU9C
08 WP4F SOSB 40m Puerto Rico WP4F
08 ZF1A M/S Cayman Islands W5ASP
09 4M5X SOSB 20m Venezuela W4SO
09 9Y4ZC M/2 Trinidad & Tobago DL1HCM
09 P40E SOAB Aruba W3HNK
09 P40R SOSB 20m Aruba NK4U
09 P40TA SOAB HP Aruba WM6A
09 PJ2T M/2 Netherlands Antilles N9AG
10 HC8N M/M Galapagos Islands W5UE
11 PT5A M/M Brazil
13 CW4A SOSB 15m LP Uruguay EA5KB
13 CX1JJ SOAB LP Uruguay EA5KB
13 CX5BW SOSB 10m HP Uruguay
13 CX7BY SOSB 20m HP Uruguay direct
13 CX9AU SOSB 40m LP Uruguay KA5TUF
13 LU5FF SOSB 10m LP Argentina EA7JX
14 CQ0T Portugal CT1ILT
14 CT8T SOAB HP Portugal bureau
14 CU2F SOSB 20m LP Azores SM4DHF
14 EA6IB M/S Balearic Islands
14 GJ2A SOAB HP Jersey GJ3DVC
14 GZ7V SOAB (Shetlands) Scotland
14 LX7I M/S Luxembourg LX2AJ
14 LX/G3VQO SOAB LP Luxembourg G3VQO
14 TM5CW France F5SJB
14 TM6X SOAB France F5VHY
14 TM7W France F8BBL
15 9A1A M/M Croatia 9A1A
15 9H3WW M/2 Malta DJ5CL
15 OH0Z M/M Aland Islands OH5DX
15 OH5Z M/S Finland bureau
15 TK9A SOAB Corsica
15 YT9X SOSB 20m Serbia & Montenegro YU1ZZ
15 ZA1A M/M Albania OH2BH
16 UV7M Ukraine US5MTJ
17 EX9A SOAB HP Kyrgyzstan bureau
17 EY8MM SOSB 80m Tajikistan
19 RS0F SOAB HP Asiatic Russia W3HNK
20 J43J SOSB 20m Greece DJ5JH
20 JY8B M/S Jordan DL5MBY
20 SV5RDS SOSB 40m HP Dodecanese bureau
20 TA2IJ Turkey
20 TA3/DK3KD Turkey DL5JQ
20 ZC4T SOSB 160m UK SBA on Cyprus G3AB
21 A61AJ M/? U.A.E.
21 AP2ARS SOAB LP Pakistan JA1PBV
21 AP2AUM Pakistan 9A4NA
21 HZ1AB SOSB 15m Saudi Arabia K8PYD
23 JT1AS SOSB 10m Mongolia
23 JT1BE SOSB 10m Mongolia
23 JT1BJ SOSB 20m Mongolia
23 JT1BV SOAB HP Mongolia
23 JT1CD SOSB 40m Mongolia
23 JT1CO SOSB 80m Mongolia
23 JT1CS SOSB 15m HP Mongolia
23 JT1DA SOSB 15m LP Mongolia
23 JT1JA SOSB 160m Mongolia
23 JT1KAA SOAB Mongolia
24 B4RF SOSB 40m HP China
24 BW3/JD1BKQ SOAB LP Taiwan JR3PZW
24 BW4/UA3VCS SOSB 15m LP Taiwan UA3VCS
25 D88DX Korea DS3FGV
25 DS0DX M/S Korea HL1XP
26 E20HHK SOAB LP Thailand E21EIC
26 HS0ZDY SOSB 15m Thailand
26 HS4BPQ/9 SOSB 20m LP Thailand E21EIC
26 XU7ACZ M/? Cambodia OM3TZZ
26 XV2NA SOAB HP Vietnam JE7IDA
26 XV2PO Vietnam N5PO
27 4D71/N0NM Philippines W4DR
27 AH2R M/S Guam JH7QXJ
27 V63PF Micronesia W5PF
27 V63WC Micronesia WF5W
28 4W3CW SO LP Timor Leste
28 9M4JB M/? West Malaysia E21EIC
28 YB0ECT SOAB LP Indonesia K5ZE
29 VK6AA Australia DL8YR
29 VK9CJ Cocos/Keeling Isls JA1KJW
31 KH6/KE0UI SOAB LP Hawaii KE0UI
31 T32WW M/2 East Kiribati N0KV
33 7X2ARA SOAB LP Algeria DF4SA
33 CN2R SOAB HP (?) Morocco W7EJ
33 CT9L M/2 Madeira DJ6QT
33 EA8AX M/? Canary Islands Bureau
33 EA8ZS SOAB HP Canary Islands EA5FV
33 IG9A (African) Italy
33 TS7N M/2 Tunisia DL9USA
34 SU9NC SOAB LP Egypt OM2SA
35 5U5Z M/M Niger G3SXW
35 D4B SOAB HP Cape Verde K1BV
35 D44TD SOSB 20m Cape Verde
36 ZD8Z SOAB Ascension Island VE3HO
37 5X1X SOAB LP Uganda K3JT
38 ZS2DL South Africa direct
39 TO4WW Juan de Nova & Europa F5OGL
40 JW5E M/? Svalbard LA5NM
Do not forget to give a look to the list of announced operations maintained
by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqc2003.html
A collection of QSL routes will be published on http://www.contesting.info on
4 December thanks to Zik, 4N1DX (DL/VE3ZIK).
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DXCC NEWS ---> Contacts made with E4/G3WQU through the end of 1999 are now
accepted for DXCC credit.
QSL 5H3RK ---> Ralph, VK4VB (5H3RK) will be working in the US for the next
2-3 years. His current address is Ralph Karhammar, 1306 34th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20007-2801, USA. [TNX K1XN and The Golist]
QSL MD0BXX ---> Dave reports he has moved to Cyprus; if anyone still needs a
card for MD0BXX, his new permanent address is: David Walton, Kissonerga Sea
View C003, No3, Yianni, Irodotou Street, 8574 Kissonerga, Cyprus.
QSL YI/ON5NT ---> Ghis will be back home on 20 December and the QSL cards
should be ready by that time. He expects to process and mail them out
immediately. QSL to Ghis Penny, P.O. Box 93, BE-9700 Oudenaarde, Belgium.
[TNX ON5NT]
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Danny, LZ2UU is not and has never been the QSL manager
for ZA1MM. According to Wally, LZ2CJ the "unknown operator using the callsign
ZA1MM" is a pirate.
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Artur, SQ5TA reports he is still receiving cards for
R1ANF, but he is not the QSL manager for this station. He can only confirm
contacts made with R1ANF/HF0POL (2002).
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Alvaro, PY3CQ reports that PY3UEB (Radio Club Baependi)
is receiving "countless cards" for 5X1DC. Please note that the correct route
for the February 2003 5X1DC operation is via DL7AFS.
+ SILENT KEY + Bill "Pick" Pickard, WA5PAE became a Silent Key on 23 November
at 68 years of age. Pick had a distinguished military career in the US Air
Force and was an avid DXer throughout his life. He operated from Germany as
DL4IZ and for the past three years he made three DXpeditions to Guantanamo
Bay where he operated as KG4IZ. In 2002, Pick was elected vice president of
INDEXA and continued in that capacity until his death. [TNX AA7UC]
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AUCTION: Maurizio, IZ1CRR/I1-21171 has put up 37 different QSL cards for
YASME expeditions for auction on Ebay
(http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2205633809&ssPa
geName=ADM E:B:LC:US:1). The proceeds will be donated to the
February 2004 DXpedition to Tokelau [425DXN 653].
BQ9P: The Pratas 2003 web site now includes the DXpedition story
(http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~iota/newpage64.htm). [TNX JI6KVR]
LOGS: Logs for the recent activity from Soan Island (AS-085) [425DXN 651]
are now available at http://ds2goo.karl.or.kr/log.htm [TNX DS2GOO]
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3A50ARM bureau IQ3AZ/P IV3WMI TY4JM ON4JM
3G2D CA2WUI J38AA WA1S TZ6JA JA3EMU
4J6ZZ UT3UY J59OFM IZ3BIY UE9XXX RV9XX
4N25K YU1SB J88DR G3TBK UN5A DL8KAC
5B4/RA3AMG RA3AMG JY8YB DL5MBY UN7MO EA7FTR
5B4/RA3CQ RA3AMG JY9NX JM1CAX UN7TX RW6HS
5B4/RN3QO RN3QO KH0/JR1GSE JR1GSE V26K AA3B
5B4AHB LA8LA KH6/KE0UI KE0UI V31JP KA9WON
5H6BA/P DL4MMT KH7U/KH5 KH7U V63PF W5PF
5H6IZ/P DL4MMT KK2H/KH2 JL1UXH V63WC W5PF
5N0HVC OK1DXE KL7USI KL7JR V8AQZ IZ8CCW
5N6NDP/9 IK5JAN KP2/AB2E AB2E VC3AT VE3AT
5U7LF KY7M KP2/K2ZZ W1QJ VK7TS/P VK7TS
5U7MF KC7V KP2/K3TEJ K3TEJ VK9CJ JA1KJW
5U7WP G4BWP KP2/OK1TN OK1TN VK9CV JA1KJW
5X1X K3JT LU1ECZ EA5KB VP5/KY1V OH3RB
6K0HG DS2CYO MJ0AWR K2WR VP8/LZ2UU LZ2UU
7Q7RS IW9BBX N1VF/KH2 JL3SIK VP8DGA G0WJN
8P6SH KU9C OM9AMI SP8MI VP9BO W4ZGR
8Q7JE JA1KAW P40E W3HNK VQ9JC WB9IHH
8Q7KO HB9KOF P40K WM6A WA6O/6Y5 WA4WTG
9A4PN N4PN P40NJ K2TB WP2Z KU9C
9A5PC NF4A P40TA WM6A XU7ACG 7N4QHA
9G5ZZ DL1CW P40X W0YK XU7ACZ OM3TZZ
9H3GP HK3SGP P49MR VE3MR XU7ADA OM3TA
9J2GS PA3CPI PJ2/NH7C KQ3F XU7ADB OM1ATT
9J2KC JL1NKC PJ2P KQ3F XU7ADC OM1KW
9M0SEA E21EIC PJ4/PA3CNX PA3CNX XV2PO N5PO
9N7AU JA2AAU PJ7/N7DD W7RJ YA1BV/P JA1PBV
9N7LN JA2ALN PJ7/W3ARS N3TOG YA1D JG1OWV
9N7SZ JA9LSZ R1ANB RU1ZC YA1RS ZL1RS
9N7WE SP9FIH RZ3BY/0 UA3DX YA4F G4KUX
9Y4/DJ7ZG DL7AFS S9SS N4JR YB1HDF EA5KB
9Y4/DL7AFS DL7AFS SU9BN EA7FTR YC0IEM/7 IZ8CCW
A22BP 7M1WBP SV5/SM8C SM0CMH YC8RRK YB9DU
A71EM LZ1YE SX8E SV1EQU YI/N3YPI N3YPI
AA1NY/KH2 JA4CZM T32KV N0KV YI1DZ WA4JTK
C31VQ EA2NA T32MP N0KV YI9DAZ M3SDE
CN8MC DL4ZBC T32N KE4RHU YI9X OM3JW
CO2CI WD4OIN T32TF KT0F YL85GQT YL2GQT
CU3DJ K3PD T32WW N0KV YL85TW YL2TW
D2PFN KK5DO T32YL N0WBV YL85XN YL1XN
D44TT K1BV T32ZA W0ZA Z22JE K3PD
EV60OG EW8ZZ T32ZM N0ZM ZA/K7ZV OH2BH
EX7ML DL4YFF T8HRC JA1OZK ZA/NA7DB OH2BH
FS/K3LP K5KV TA2ZF UT2UB ZA/WA6CDR OH2BH
FS/N7DD W7RJ TM5CW F5SJB ZA/WF5T OH2BH
FS/W3ARS N3TOG TM7W F8BBL ZA1A OH2BH
FS5UQ W7RJ TO4E F5OGL ZA1UT OH2BH
HC8N W5UE TO6M F6AUS ZD8Z VE3HO
HE2GR HB9DOT TP6CE F5LGF ZF2AH W6VNR
HI3TEJ ON4IQ TS7N DL9USA ZF2AM K6AM
HJ0KPG EA5KB TU0PAX TU2CI ZK1/AC4LN UA4WHX
II1D IZ1CCE TU2OJ F5IPW ZK1USN K6USN
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CA2WUI P.O. Box 1037, La Serena, Chile
CU9AC Joao Medeiros da Camara, Estrada para o Caldeirao, 9980-028 Corvo,
Azores, Portugal
DF4SA Cornelius Paul, Adelberger Weg 3, D-73104 Breech, Germany
DL7AFS Baerbel Linge, Eichwaldstrasse 86, D-34123 Kassel, Germany
F5OGL Didier Senmartin, P.O. Box 7, 53320 Loiron, France
HK3SGP Francisco Hennessey, Jet Box 9779, P.O. Box 02-5242, Miami, Florida
33102-5242, USA
JA1KJW Nakayama Hisashi, 1-17-8 Shibuya, Yamato, 242-0023 Japan
JA2AAU Kanno Noboru, 1785-61 Shikata, Shikatsu, 481-0004 Japan
JA2ALN Takashi Yamada 1-90 Nishishiga, Kita-ku, Nagoya, 462-0058 Japan
JA9LSZ Yasuhiro Yahara, P.O. Box 111, Fukui, 910-8691 Japan
JG1OWV Masahiro Wada, 391-C-1204, Shibacho, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0012,
Japan
JL3SIK Yoshiro Nishimura M.D., 2-6 Takemidai 4-Chome, Suita City, Osaka
565-0863, Japan
JM1CAX Koji Tahara, 4-2-3 Sagamiono, Sagamihara 228-0803, Japan
SP8MI Wojtek W. Gello, P.O. Box 27, PL 38-700 Ustrzyki Dolne, Poland
SP9FIH Janusz Wegrzyn, P.O. Box 480, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
ZS1SALT P.O. Box 273, Strand 7140, South Africa
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