425 DX News #665
31 January 2004
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)
>>> 425 DX NEWS TROPHY <<<
The 425DXN survey for the best DXpedition in 2003 (to be chosen among 14
selected operations) has now reached the 1000th vote mark and will be up and
running at http://www.425dxn.org/trophy_2003/ for a few more weeks.
4S - Four members of the Lufthansa Amateur Radio Club (DL0DLH) - namely
Frank/DJ3FK, Bernd/DK7TF, Karl/DL4FP and Rudi/DK7PE - will be active
on all bands (160m will depend on local situation) CW and SSB from
Sri Lanka on 3-8 February. [TNX NG3K]
7Q - Harry, G0JMU will be active again as 7Q7HB from Malawi from 8
February for at least a couple of months. QSL direct only via G0IAS.
[TNX G0IAS]
9A - Look for 9A/DF9MV (Sven), 9A/DJ1MHS (Markus), 9A/DL5MFL (Mathias),
9A/DL9CHR (Chris), 9A2V/p (Vlado), 9A2WJ/p (Daki), 9A3KB/p (Boro),
9A5JR/p (aka OE3REB, Ron) and 9A6AA/p (Emir) to operate CW and SSB
from Plocica Island (EU-016) and Lighthouse (WLA LH-0097, ARLHS
CRO-013) on 8 and 15 May. They may also use 9A0CI during the
operation. More details will be available at
http://www.inet.hr/9a6aa [TNX 9A6AA]
9M6 - Saty, JE1JKL will be active again as 9M6NA
(http://jsfc.org/je1jkl/9m6na.html) from Labuan Island (OC-133),
East Malaysia from 17 February to 2 March. He will concentrate on 80
and 160 metres and will take part in the ARRL DX CW Contest as SOSB
(80 metres). QSL via home call. E-mail requests for bureau cards are
welcome at 9m6na@jsfc.org [TNX NG3K]
9Y - Chad, WE9V reports will be active as 9Y4/WE9V (QSL via home call)
from Tobago Island (SA-009) from 29 February to 10 March. Plans are
to operate on all HF bands on CW, SSB and RTTY, and to participate
in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as 9Y4ZC (SOAB HP). QSL 9Y4ZC (for this
operation only) via WE9V.
C6 - Bill, K1CN (C6AMM) and his wife Laurel, N1EBL (C6AWW) will be active
again from Harbour Island (NA-001), Bahamas on 6-20 February. Look
for activity on 40, 20, 15, 17, 12 and 10 metres SSB (CW if needed).
QSL via K1CN, direct or bureau. [TNX K1CN]
C6 - Randy, W6SJ will be active (primarily on CW with an emphasis on the
WARC bands) as C6A/W6SJ from the Bahamas Islands on 17-21 February.
He will then participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest (21-22 February)
as C6AWS (SOAB Low Power). QSL via home call. [TNX W6SJ]
CE0_ei - Ralph, K0HML expects to be active in his free time (around 14 UTC
and from 22 to 3 UTC) from Easter Island on 8-12 February. [TNX
QRZ-DX]
CT - Weather permitting, CT1GFK/p and CT1GPQ/p will operate from Ilha de
Cabanas (not IOTA, DIP AL-07) on 1 February. Look for activity on
40, 20, 17 and 15 metres SSB and CW between 7 and 12 UTC. QSL via
home calls. [TNX CT1END]
F - The Council of Europe Amateur Radio Club will be activated with the
call TP7CE on on 6-8 February. For further information please visit
http://ewwa.free.fr [TNX F6FQK]
FM - Jacques, F5TRC is active on 10.40 metres CW as FM/F5TRC from
Martinique (NA-107, DIFO FM-001) until 5 March. QSL via home call,
direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
FO0 - A multi-national team of experienced operators led by Dave Anderson,
K4SV will be active from Clipperton Island (NA-011) for 8-10 days
starting on or around 8 March. The callsign and the web site will be
announced just prior to leaving for the island. Activity will be on
10-160 metres on CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK and also AO-40 (CW and SSB)
using five stations with amplifiers and beam/vertical antennas. QSL
via K4YL. Donations to help cover costs will be gratefully received;
for more information please contact Dave, K4SV (K4SV2@Charter.net).
[TNX K4SV]
I - ARI Aosta (IX1) club station IQ1VD will be active on 30-31 January
during the 1004th (!) annual Fair of Sant'Orso. Look for activity
from 8 to 18 UTC on 20, 40 and 80 metres SSB, CW and PSK 31. [TNX
IX1OEN and IX1ESM]
OH0 - Look for OH3BHL, OH7WW and OH9MM to participate in the CQ/RJ WW RTTY
WPX Contest (7-8 February) as OH0I (Multi-Single) from the Aland
Islands. QSL via OH3BHL. [TNX NG3K]
OX - Allan, OX3KV (OZ8A) will be active (on all HF bands mainly CW) as
OX2KAN for the rest of the year to celebrate the 175th anniversary
of Kangaatsiaq. There are are also plans to operate from NA-134. QSL
via bureau or direct to P.O. Box 551, 3955 Kangaatsiaq, Greenland.
[TNX OZ8ABE]
P4 - Paolo, I2UIY and Jacobo, P43P will participate in the CQ/RJ WW RTTY
WPX Contest (14-15 February) as P40G from Aruba. Look for P40G
(single-operated by I2UIY) during the ARRL DX CW as well. QSL via
I2EOW, bureau or direct.
P4 - Andy, AE6Y will be operating as P40Y from Aruba (SA-036) on 15-22
February, including an entry in the ARRL DX CW Contest. QSL via home
call. [TNX AE6Y]
PJ7 - Bill, W8EB and his wife Dorothy, W8DVC will be on the island of St.
Maarten (NA-105) from 15 February to 21 March. They will operate as
PJ7/W8EB on 160-10 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31; look for Bill to
participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest (21-22 February) as PJ7/W8EB
(SOAB), and for K8RLM and W8EB to multi-operate in the ARRL DX Phone
Contest (6-7 March) as PJ7B. QSLs via W8EB. [TNX NG3K]
PY - Look for Nelson/PS8NF, Dalton/PS8DCA and Glauber/PS8DEL to be active
(on 10-80 metres SSB) as PS8NF/PR8 from Aracagi Lighthouse (DFB 007)
on Sao Luis Island (SA-016, DIB-007) until 1 February. QSL via home
call. [TNX PY8AZT and PT7WA]
SV - SV1CIB, SV3FUO and SV3BSF will participate in the CQ/RJ WW WPX RTTY
Contest (7-8 February) as J43BSF (Multi-Single). QSL via SV1CIB.
[TNX SV1DPI]
SV - Kostas, SV1DPI reports he will be signing SX1A in contest until
June. He plans to participate in the CQ/RJ WW WPX RTTY, ARRL DX CW
and ARRL DX SSB events as SOAB LP. QSL via SV1DPI (Kostas Stamatis,
P.O. Box 66, 30100 Agrinio, Greece).
VK9 - Babs, DL7AFS and Lot, DJ7ZG will be active as VK9LB from Lord Howe
Island (OC-004) on 16-27 February and as VK9NB from Norfolk Island
(OC-005) starting on 1 March for two weeks. Look for activity on
80-6 metres SSB, RTTY and PSK. All QSLs via DL7AFS, either direct
(Baerbel Linge, Eichwaldstrasse 86, D-34123 Kassel, Germany) or
through the DARC bureau. Their web site is at
http://www.qsl.net/dl7afs [TNX DL7AFS]
VP5 - Dennis, K7BV will be active (with an emphasis on the WARC and 6/2
metre bands) as VP5/K7BV from the Turks & Caicos Islands on 19-26
February. He expects to participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest using
VP5M (approval pending). Updates will be posted on
http://www.qth.com/k7bv/Turks; QSL via KU9C. [TNX K7BV]
W - Look for a group of operators from the Hillsborough County (FL)
Sheriff's Tactical Amateur Radio Club, the Long Island DX
Association (NY) and The Brandon Amateur Radio Society (FL) to be
active as W2NDP/4 from Honeymoon Island (NA-034) on 7-8 February.
They plan to run two stations during local daylight hours on 10, 15
or 20 metres and one station on 40 meters during local evening
hours. QSL direct to W2NDP. [TNX W2NDP]
XF4 - The web pages for the XF4IH DXpedition to Socorro Island (NA-030),
Revillagigedo [425DXN 660] are under construction at
http://xf4ih.xedx.net/. The all-band all-mode operation is confirmed
to start on 3 March. QSL via XE1IH (Enrique Garcia Munive, P.O. Box
118-481, 07051 Mexico - D.F., Mexico). [TNX XE1IH]
YI - George, K7YMA has been active as YI9YMA from Iraq since 29 January
and will remain there through 15 April. He will operate on 10, 15
and 20 metres SSB only as duties permit. QSL via K7YMA, direct or
bureau. George will submit his log to LOTW upon return to his home
QTH. [TNX K7YMA]
YV0 - The Daily DX reports that the DXpedition to Aves Island [425DXN 655]
is now delayed until late February or (more likely) March.
ZD8 - Glenn, K6NA will be active again as ZD8A from Ascension Island
(AF-003) on 13-17 February and again from 28 February to 2 March. He
will operate on on all HF bands, mostly CW. QSL via N6CW. [TNX The
Daily DX]
>>> ANTARCTIC OPERATIONS (*) <<<
ANTARCTICA - The three operators (namely Filippo/IK0AIH, Fabrizio/I0HJC
and Michele/IK7JGQ) at the Italian Antarctic station "Baia
Terra Nova" are now active as IR0PS (new call). They can be
found around 17.30-18.15 UTC on 14185 kHz, where they plan
to be QRV also between 7.30 and 8.30 UTC (long path).
Michele, IK7JGQ reports he expects to board and operate /mm
from the polar ship "Italica" starting around 30 January.
[TNX IK7JCQ]
SOUTH ORKNEYS - Henry (Horacio), LU4DXU eventually left Ushuaia for the
South Orkneys in the late UTC hours on 26 January. He
expected to be QRV as AY1ZA [425DXN 663] from Laurie Island
(AN-008) around 31 January. Look for him on 14250 kHz at
01.30 UTC. Henry plans to operate SSB (28390, 24930, 21190,
18130, 14290, 7090, 3785 kHz), CW (28035, 24905, 21035,
18090, 14035, 10120, 7025, 3515, 1835 kHz), RTTY (28120,
21090, 14090 kHz) and PSK31 (21070, 14070 kHz) with a
linear amplifier, a 4-element yagi, a rhombic antenna and
some wire antennas. QSL via LU4DXU: Horacio Enrique Ledo,
P.O. Box 22, 1640 Martinez - Buenos Aires, Argentina). For
further information, please visit www.ay1za.dxers.com.ar/
SOUTH SHETLANDS - Oleg/UA1PBA, Alex/UA1PAW and Slava/UA1PAI will be
overwintering at Bellingshausen station (R1ANF) on King
George Island (AN-010). They should be able to spend more
time on the amateur radio bands starting in late February;
operations from the German Dallmann Laboratory (King George
Island) and the Argentine Ballve Refuge (Ardley Island) are
also being planned. [TNX DL5EBE]
(*) As far as base names, locations and accessory information are concerned,
the reference source is the WABA Directory 2003 (which is also an
acknowledged reference source for the RSGB IOTA Programme). The WABA
Directory is downloadable at http://www.425dxn.org, but please note that 425
DX News is not and has never been involved in WABA management, so please
refrain from contacting us on WABA matters.
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CCIA ---> The Five Argentine Islands Award (Certificado Cinco Islas
Argentinas) is issued by the Grupo Argentino de Radiotelegrafia for five
contacts made on CW with as many stations located on LU islands. See
http://gacw.no-ip.org/islas.html for further details. [TNX GACW]
CHILEAN ISLANDS ---> Marco, CE6TBN his planning his future IOTA operations
and would like to know which Chilean groups (SA-001, SA-005, SA-008, SA-013,
SA-018, SA-031, SA-032, SA-043, SA-050, SA-053, SA-061, SA-064, SA-069,
SA-070, SA-083, SA-085, SA-086 and SA-091) are most needed by island chasers.
Check your logs and send your list to iota@surnet.cl [TNX CE6TBN]
DXCC HONOR ROLL DEADLINE ---> The deadline to be shown in the next DXCC Honor
Roll list is 31 March 2004. There are 335 entities on the DXCC list and the
current minimum requirement for Honor Roll is 326 current entities. The DXCC
Honor Roll list will appear in August 2004 QST.
DXCC NEWS ---> Bill Moore, NC1L reports that the following operations are
approved for DXCC credit: TO4E and TO4WW (25 November-21 December 2003) from
Europa Island; YI/N2OBM (starting January 2004), YI9ABL (starting December
2003), YI3Q (starting January 2004), YI9YMA (starting January 2004), and
YI9ZF (starting January 2004) from Iraq.
NOT XF4 ---> Jean-Michel, F6AJA reports that Alain, F6BFH and the other three
French operators who are currently in Mexico (Yves/F5TYY, Andre/F6AOI and
Bernard/F9IE) were never active from Revillagigedo. Apparently the XF4/hc
spotted on the cluster were either pirates or "wishful thoughts".
PORTUGUESE NAVY HF CONTEST ---> It will be held from 8 UTC on 15 May through
23 UTC on the 16th. Details are available at http://www.qsl.net/cq5mgp. [TNX
CT1END]
QSL T94OM ---> Ralph Fariello, K2PF reports that effective immediately, he is
the QSL manager for Ado, T94OM.
QSL Z33F ---> Pietro, IZ8FWN reports he is the new QSL manager for Zoki,
Z33F. He confirm QSOs made from 1 January 2001 onwards.
QSL VIA VE3EXY ---> Effective immediately, Nenad takes over all QSL chores
from Nick, VK1AA (ex VK2ICV). This includes the following callsigns: H40XX,
H44XX, VK1AA/2, VK1AA/4, VK9LX, VK9LX/9. Cards can be sent either direct
(Nenad Stevanovic, P.O. Box 65046, Nepean, Otario K2G 5Y3, Canada) or through
the Canadian bureau. At the moment Nenad has VK9LX, H44XX, and H40XX blank
QSL cards, while VK9LX/9, VK1AA/2 and VK1AA/4 are still in process of being
printed. Multiple requests are OK, but keep in mind that Canada Post accepts
only 30 gr letters for basic international rate (please note that 1 USD is no
longer sufficient for an international overseas letter from Canada). The list
of Nenad's QSL clients is at http://www.magma.ca/~ve3exy/clients.html [TNX
VE3EXY]
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A0KM, 3B8/PA0VHA, 3B9FR, 3B9ZL,
3C0V, 3D2BT, 3D2MO, 3V8BB, 3XD02/P (AF-051), 4H1LC (OC-244), 4K2BY, 4S7AB,
4W1SW, 5T5HC, 5W0UU, 6W/ON5TN, 7W4HI (AF-094), 7X4AN, 9J2BO, 9M6NA (OC-133),
9M6OO, 9N7YJ, A61AJ, BQ9P, CE8/R3CA (SA-091), CN2R, CY9A, D4B, D88S, DP1POL,
EL2AR, ER0/DL6MHG, ES1QD, FK8HN, FM/T93Y, FM5BH, FO/DL1IAN (OC-152),
FO/IT9YRE (OC-264), FR5FD, FR5ZL, FW5ZL, HC8GR, HC8N, J20DA, J20RM, J37VG,
J5UAT/P (AF-020), J88DR, J8DX, JY9QJ, KG4OX, KP2/OK1TN, LX/G3VQO, MD4K, OA4O,
OA4WW, OX3NUK, OX3SA, P29VXX, PJ2/WB9Z, PT0F, PY0FT, PZ5A, PZ5CQ, PZ5FF,
PZ5UE, S79NS, S9SS, T21MY, T5X, T88VC, T94JJ, TA0/F5SNY (AS-098), TA2DA,
TA2IJ, TG0AA, TX0AT, V31DJ, V31FG, V73GE, V73NS, VK4GL/p (OC-265), VK9CD,
VK9CJ, VS6WO, XQ6ET, XZ7A, YA1BV, YI/N3YPI, YN4SU, YV5JBI/P (SA-090), YW5M,
Z22JE, ZA1B, ZD7CY, ZD8Z, ZP6CW, ZW0S.
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