425 DX News #664
24 January 2004
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
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>>> 425 DX NEWS TROPHY <<<
The 425DXN survey for the best DXpedition in 2003 is up and running at
http://www.425dxn.org/trophy_2003/. Fourteen DXpeditions have been selected
(3C0V, AH3D, BQ9P, CY9A, S05X, ST0RY, T31MY, TO4E, TS7N, TX4PG, TZ6RD, VK9CD,
VP6DIA and XZ7A) and the Trophy will be presented to the winner during a DX
Convention (to be defined). Donations EXCLUSIVELY for the Trophy are welcome
and gratefully accepted, the calls and names of the donors will be engraved
on the trophy and listed on the website.
3DA0 - ZS5WC, ZS6RAD, ZS5ABD and ZS5WI are active on all bands as 3DA0DX
from Swaziland until 28 January. QSL via ZS5WI. [TNX The Daily DX]
4S - A group of the LARC (Lufthansa Amateur Radio Club) will be in Sri
Lanka from March 3rd to 8th. They will be operating all bands in SSB
and CW. If possible, Rudi DK7PE will try some 160m, depending on the
antennas possible. Operators will be Frank (DJ3FK), Bernd (DK7TF),
Karl (DL4FP) and (Rudi) DK7PE. [TNX DK7PE]
8R - Olli, EA4BQ/OH0XX will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest (21-22
February) as 8R1K from Guyana. Before and after the contest he will
operate CW as 8R1RPN mainly on 80 & 160 metres and on the WARC
bands. QSL to Olli Rissanen, Calle Ciguela, 331, 28729 Venturada,
Madrid, Spain. [TNX EA4BQ/OH0XX]
9L - Massimo, 9L1MS reports that he now plans to operate from Banana
Island (AF-037) on 25 January.
9Y - Walter/DL8JS, Ulla/DF6QP, Alfons/DJ8VC, Eberhard/DJ8OT and
Hannelore/DH5JR will be active as 9Y4/homecall from Tobgo (SA-009)
from 26 January to 14 February. They expect to operate on 14277,
21377 and 28377 kHz between 9 and 18 local time. QSL via home calls
through the DARC bureau. [TNX DX News Letter]
DL - Gerhard, DL3NBL will be active as TA/DL3NBL/P from Ucadalar Island
(AS-099) on 7-14 March. He plans to operate on all bands mainly SSB.
QSL via home call. [TNX DL3NBL]
FH - Maurice, FH/F6AIG is currently active from Petite Terre, Mayotte
(AF-027) and can be found around 17 UTC on +/- 14130 kHz.
FM - Fabrice, F5FUA will be active as FM/F5FUA/p from Sainte Marie,
Martinique (NA-107, DIFO FM-001) on 3-24 February. Look for him on
80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres (modes not provided) at 11-13 UTC and
again at 22-24 UTC daily. QSL via home call through the REF bureau.
[TNX F5NQL]
GM - Hans, DJ6AU is active as MM0XAU from the Shetland Islands (EU-012)
until the end of March. His preferred frequencies are 18130 and
14270 kHz. [TNX DX News Letter]
H4 - Bernard, DL2GAC is again active as H44MS from the Solomon Islands.
He reports he does dot plan to leave his current QTH (Honiara on
Guadalcanal Island, OC-047) "in the near future". He currently
operates barefoot on 10-80 metres SSB with a windom antenna. QSL via
home call. [TNX DL2GAC]
J2 - Rene, DL2JRM will be active as J20RM from Djibouti on 22-30 January
(maybe one week longer), CQ 160 Meter Contest included. He hopes to
be able to go and operate from Moucha Island (AF-053) during his
stay. QSL via DL2JRM. Further information at
http://www.qsl.net/dl2jrm [TNX DL2JRM]
J7 - Lars, SM0CCM will be active again as J73CCM from Dominica (NA-102)
between 5 February and 4 March. He will operate on 160-6 metres
mostly CW, with some RTTY and PSK. QSL via home call, preferably
through he bureau. Direct cards should include 2 USD or 1 IRC. [TNX
SM0CCM]
JA - Look for JA6PSE (on SSB and RTTY, operator JI5USJ) and JA6PSI (CW
only, operator JI5RPT) to be aired on 160-10 metres from Takara
Shima (JIIA AS-049-012, WLH-0884), Tokara Islands (AS-049) from 24
February to 2 March. QSL JA6PSE via JI5USJ (bureau or direct), QSL
JA6PSI via JI5RPT (bureau or direct). The web site for the operation
is at http://www.aa.alpha-net.ne.jp/ji5rpt/as-049/ [TNX JI6KVR]
PJ2 - Look for Steve, G0CKP to be active on all bands, mostly CW as
PJ2/G0CKP from Curacao (SA-006) on 23-31 January, including an entry
as PJ2S during the CQ WW 160 Meter Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX
G0CKP]
SV - Kostas, SV1DPI will participate in the BARTG RTTY Contest (24-25
January) as SX1A. QSL via SV1DPI: Kostas Stamatis, Electrical
Engineer, P.O.Box 66, 30100 Agrinio, Greece. [TNX SV1DPI]
V8 - Jim/G3RTE, Phil/G3SWH and Ray/HS0ZDZ (G3NOM), in association with
Greg/V85GD, will be mounting a DXpedition to Negara Brunei
Darussalam (Brunei, OC-088) between 8 and 15 March. The main
operation will take place from the QTH of Greg, V85GD under the
special callsign of V8JIM. A single operator entry will also be made
in the RSGB's Commonwealth Contest using the special callsign of
V8NOM. Activity is planned for all bands from 160 to 10 metres and
will include CW, SSB and digital modes. Propagation permitting,
plans are to have three stations on the air for as many hours every
day as is possible. QSL V8JIM via G3SWH, QSL V8NOM via GM4FDM.
Sponsorship and donations will be gratefully accepted. [TNX G3SWH]
VP5 - Look for VP5/HA5JI, VP5/VE3NZ and VP5/VE3NE to be active from the
Turks & Caicos Islands until 29 January. They will participate in
the CQ WW 160 Meter CW Contest as VP5JI. All QSLs via HA8FW, direct
or bureau. [TNX HA0HW]
W - From 7 to 19 local time on 1 February the Nacogdoches Amateur Radio
Club (W5NAC) will run two special event stations to honour the crew
of the Space Shuttle Columbia as well as the numerous volunteers
(more than 350 volunteer amateur radio operators) and agencies
involved in the recovery effort. Further information at
http://www.andersoft.com/narc
XE - After three unsuccessful attempts due to rough seas, Yves/F5TYY,
Andre/F6AOI, Bernard/F9IE and Alain/F6BFH were finally able to land
and log around 1300 QSOs as XF1/homecalls from Las Tres Marietas
(NA-189). On 23 January they went and operate from Pena Blanca in
the Colima/Michoacan State group. From both these locations they
used car batteries during their daylight hours only, as neither
generators nor overnight stays are permitted on these bird
sanctuaries. The group will be back to Mexico City on 24 January; on
the 26th they expect to leave for the XE3 call area and their first
stop should be Ciudad del Carmen on Carmen Island (NA-135). QSL via
home calls. [TNX XE1L and La Gazette du DX]
ZC4 - The CQ WW 160 Meter Contest ZC4A operation [425DXN 663] has been
cancelled owing to "unforeseen difficulties". It is possible that
ZC4CW may be active. [TNX 5B4AGC]
CQ 160-Meter CW Contest (24-24 January) ---> The following stations have
announced their participation in this year's event:
* BW3/JD1BKQ as Single Operator, Low Power from Taiwan. QSL via JR3PZW.
* DL6FBL and DL8WPX as DL6FBL (Multi-Single). This will be a Winter Field Day
on an airfield; further information at http://www.dl6fbl.de/dl6fbl/cq160
* Nodir, EY8MM (http://www.qsl.net/ey8mm) as a Single Operator entry. QSL via
K1BV.
* Rick, K6VVA as KP2CW from the U.S. Virgin Islands. QSL via home call.
* DK2OY and DK6WL as LX5A (Multi-Single) from Luxembourg. QSL via LX1RQ.
* DL4SDW, DL8SCG and LX2AJ as LX7I (M/S) from Luxembourg. QSL via LX2AJ.
* G4XUM, G0HSS and M0BEW as MD4K from the Isle of Man. QSL via G3NKC.
* K1ZM, WW2Y, K2WI and VK6VZ as VY2ZM from Prince Edward Island, Canada. QSL
via K1ZM.
* Stan, OK1JR (YB0AJR) as YE0X from Jawa, Indonesia. QSL via the YB bureau.
* Kas, YI9ZF (YL1ZF) from Iraq. QSL via SM1TDE. The on-line log at
www.qsl.net has been updated with the first 4000 QSOs.
Give a look to the Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, NG3K at
http://www.ng3k.com.
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>>> DXCC RULE CHANGE <<<
At its January meeting, the ARRL Board of Directors removed paragraph 1.c)
("The entity has a separate IARU member-society") from the DXCC Rules
criteria for determining a DXCC entity. This provision, implemented in 1998
as part of the DXCC 2000 Program, had provided that "An entity will be added
to the DXCC List as a political entity if it [...] has a separate IARU
member-society." Since then, the rule has allowed for the addition of four
new DXCC entities and the retention of one existing entity. Unfortunately,
the provision also had the unintended consequence of stimulating applications
for IARU membership that do not further the objectives of the IARU, creating
an unfortunate and unnecessary administrative burden. The rule change will
have no effect on entities created by or as the result of the rule. According
to DXCC Rule II, 5. C), "A change in the DXCC criteria shall not affect the
status of any entity on the DXCC List at the time of the change." The other
two criteria for the determination of a political entity for DXCC continue in
effect: 1.a) "The entity is a UN member-state." and 1.b) "The entity (except
international organizations) has been assigned a call sign prefix block by
the ITU." The Board resolved to amend the DXCC rules by deleting IARU
membership as a basis for determining a "political entity."
ANTARCTICA ACTIVITY WEEK ---> The Worldwide Antarctic Program has announced
that the first Antarctica Activity Week will be held from 22 through 28
February. The aim of this annual event is to promote worlwide interest in the
Antarctic continent; stations operating from the various Antarctic bases, as
well as special event stations from the rest of the world, are expected to
take part in the AAW. An award will be issued for contacts made during the
activity week. Further information will be available at
http://www.ddxc.net/wap
IOTA ANNUAL UPDATE ---> IOTA enthusiasts are reminded that the last date for
mailing applications or updates to checkpoints for inclusion in the 2004
Honour Roll and other performance tables is 1 February 2004. If postmarked
after that date, they will be processed in the normal way but the scores will
be held over to the following year's listing. Listing in the 2004 tables will
be restricted to those members who have updated their scores since February
1999.
OPERATORS NEEDED ---> Charles "Frosty" Frost, K5LBU is looking for at least
four more operators (one for SSB and three for CW) to join a team heading to
Swaziland for a 10-day DXpedition in mid-March. If interested please contact
Frosty (frosty1@pdq.net) as soon as possible. [TNX K5LBU]
QSL 5N0W ---> Vaclav Voldrich, OK1DXE reports that his work assignment at the
Czech Embassy in Nigeria ended at the end of 2003. He operated as 5N0W and
5N0HVC [425DXN 623] and he expects to send the first QSL cards in a few days'
time. In the past 5N0W was also used by David, OK1RK, and many sources still
give him as QSL route. Please note that cards for contacts made with 5N0W
from 1 July 2000 should go to OK1DXE, direct or bureau. [TNX OK1DXE]
QSL 9V0A ---> Alan, VK4AAR reports he has been asked to manage the QSL cards
for Alan's (9V1DX) recent activity as 9V0A from Patriot Hills. "Cards will
not be ready for a little while", VK4AAR says, "as the operator is now headed
to Africa on work for a couple of weeks and still has to get his log ready
for me on his return". QSL direct only to Alan Roocroft, P.O. Box 421, Gatton
4343, Australia. As for return postage, Alan says that although "our Aussie
dollar is still getting stronger against the US dollar", greenstamps are
"still the preferred way, as IRCs can be a problem".
QSL FM/T93Y ---> Boris, T93Y reports that all direct, bureau and E-mail
requests have been processed. More information about this contest DXpedition,
including detailed information how to QSL to Bosnia Herzegovina, is available
at http://www.t93y.com/fm2003 Bureau cards requests are welcome at
fm2003@t93y.com
QSL UA0ZAL/p ---> A few days ago George, UY5XE received from UA0ZC the logs
for UA0ZAL/p (AS-039, October 2001). George expects to have cards printed by
mid-February. His address is George A. Chlijanc, P.O. Box 19, Lviv 79000
Ukraine. [TNX UY5XE]
QSL VQ9JC ---> Jim, WB9IHH is in the Merchant Marine and currently on a ship
at McMurdo Base, Antarctica. He has been on the ship since March 2003, which
covers five operations as VQ9JC (April, June, July, August/September and
November 2003), and Jim will not be home until April at the earliest and
possibly May. Jim is aware that "a huge box full of QSLs" is waiting for him,
but it take him a bit of time once he gets home to get through the logs and
QSLs. [TNX W7IAN]
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EUROPA: Jean-Michel Duthilleul, F6AJA, Editor of "Les Nouvelles
DX", has written an article on Europa Island which features
a complete set of 18 QSL cards used for past operations
from this DXCC Entity. Go to "published articles" at
http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr [TNX F6AJA]
LOGvrr: The new version of LOGvrr 2.6 by Roberto Vendrame, IN3VRR
(in3vrr@despammed.com) is downloadable for free at
http://www.qsl.net/in3vrr
YO DX HF CONTEST: The results of the 2003 event are now available at
http://www.hamradio.ro/contests/yodxhf2003/ [TNX N2YO]
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3Z0CWZ SP9PTG ED7IZ EA7HBC RK9QWZ RW9QA
4J1S UA3FDX ET3TK OK1CU SU9AM W3BH
4K1V UA3FDX EW6GF DL8KAC SU9HP SM0CFO
4K50V UA3FDX FM5WE K3PD (a) T20RE HA8IB
4K51V UA3FDX FO/OH6KN OH9MDV T32Z K3PD (a)
4K52V UA3FDX FS/W3ARS N3TOG T88RZ K3PD (a)
4K53V UA3FDX H44MS DL2GAC TA3DD K3PD
4K60AA UA3FDX HA2004EU HA5XXA TJ1GA IK2AQZ
4K7DWZ UA3FDX HA2004UNI HA6QT TYA11 W9OL (g)
4K7Z UA3FDX HC1HC NE8Z UA9C/UA9QDK RW9QA
4L1UN RW6HS HC1MD K8LJG UA9CKN N9NU
4U1WB KK4HD HF0QF SP7IWA UA9QDK RW9QA
4X6HP EA7FTR HH2SJR K3PD UA9QFF RW9QA
5B/G3PMR 5B4AHJ HR1LW JA1LW UK8GK RW6HS
5H3HWB DL7UKT HZ1AB K8PYD V25A W9NJB
5Z4HT DJ1MS II0RAI/# IK0ZRR V25CH W2CH
6W1RD EA7FTR IR7LH IK7JWX V25VY G4BVY
6W7FZ DK6ZZ J48TTT SV8CYR V26OY KF8OY
8P6SH KU9C JW0HZ SQ5TA V31GW DK9GG
9G5BF OE6LAG K1M K3PD (b) V31YN DJ4KW
9J2BO G3TEV K1O K3PD (c) VK3FPF/4 OE3MZC
9N7YJ LA5YJ K3Y K3PD VP5FEB K3PD
9Q0AR SM5BFJ KB4ATV/4S7 W9OL (d) VP8KF G3VPW
9V0A VK4AAR KC3TL K3PD XQ6ET W8UVZ
9V1YC N5ID KG4AS N4SIA XT2OP VE4JOP
9Y4SF WA4JTK KY3ORK K3PD XU7ACW LA5YJ
A35RE HA8IB LU1DZ/L EA3RE XV2M SP5JTF
A71MA K3PD LZ35ZF LZ1ZF YA1BV JA1PBV
A92GQ N9NU MI0YJR LA5YJ YA1CQ JA1CQT
AM4NET EA4URE N0R K3PD (e) YA8G LA4YW
C21HC DL9HCU OH0B OH2BH YB0ECT K5ZE
CE6TBN/8 N1IBM OH0R OH2PM YI9DAZ M1DAZ
CE9R CE3HDI OX3SA K3PD (f) YO2LEA K3PD
CU3DJ K3PD OY3QN OZ1ACB YS1MAE W3HNK
CX7CO SM5KCO PJ2MI W2CQ YU9VK HA0HW
D2BB W3HNK PR0F W5SJ Z22JE K3PD
EA0JC EA4URE R3ARS/3 RA3AKF ZL1CT/4 N3SL
ED5VDG EA5XQ RK3DZJ/3 RA3DEJ ZS6Y KK3S
(a) 2000 and after (e) December 2003
(b) December 2001 (f) 1998 and after
(c) December 1999 (g) 19-21 June 1981
(d) 4-8 April 1984
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5B4AHJ Alan Jubb, P.O. Box 61430, 8134 Kato Pafos, Cyprus
DK6ZZ Guenther Augustin, Schneckenhofstr. 17, D-60596 Frankfurt, Germany
EA5XQ Juan Antonio Bertolin Olmos, Avda. San Pedro 139-4-H, 12550 Almazora
- Castellon, Spain
EA7HBC Juan Carlos Calvo Torres, P.O. Box 154, 11540 Sanlucar de Barrameda -
Cadiz, Spain
K3PD Pietro deVolpi, 408 Hillside Ave., New Cumberland, PA 17070-3036, USA
K8LJG John Kroll, 3528 Craig Drive, Flint, MI 48506, USA
KH7R Ken Hoppe, P.O. Box 95521, Las Vegas, NV 89193-5521, USA
LA5YJ Hugo Ark, Rute 504, N-2840 Reinsvoll, Norway
N1IBM Morris E. Maze III, 847 Dolan St., Lanoka Harbor, NJ 08734, USA
OH9MDV Kimmo Rautio, Sieppotie 10 as 1B, 90650 Oulu, Finland
RW9QA Vlad Kondratenko P.O.Box 1, Kurgan - 38, 640038, Russia
SM1TDE Eric Wennstrom, P.O. Box 94, SE-62016 Ljugarn, Sweden
SM5BFJ Leif Hammarstrom, Lerklockan 4, SE-73091 Riddarhyttan, Sweden
UA3FDX Vladimir Ulyanov, P.O. Box 10, Moscow 121615, Russia
UR3UN Sergei Petlevanny, P.O. Box 3, Fastov-5, 08505 Ukraine
UR5UO George Muzyka, Kozhanka, Kiev - Fastov, 08550 Ukraine
US5UL Yaroslav Gricenko, Kamp 4 str. Borowaya, Kiev - Fastov, 08520 Ukraine
VE3IX Brian Wayne Martin, 122 Margaret Anne Drive, Carp, Ontario K0A 1L0,
Canada
YB8NA Syam M. Akil, P.O. Box 1089, Palu 94001, Indonesia
YK1BB Ghaith Shabsigh, P.O. Box 245, Damascus, Syria
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