425 DX News #666 7 February 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 MAGAZINE <<< The 425 DX News monthly edition (January issue), edited by Maurizio Bertolino (I1-21171/IZ1CRR), is now available for free downloading in either.pdf or doc formats at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/. In this issue you can find a report with pictures on Johan Willemsen's (PA3EXX/VK4WWI) operation from Cato Reef (OC-265) as well as the usual features and more besides. 5Z - Sigi, DL3DF will be vacationing in Kenya from 16 February to 1 March and will operate as 5Z4HW on all bands (except 160, 30 and 6 metres) and modes. He will be running 100 watts into a ground plane or wire antennas. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K] 8P - Peter, W0SA will be active as 8P9NX from Barbados (NA-021) from 11 February to 11 March. QSL direct to home call. [TNX K1XN and The Golist] 9M2 - Mirek, VK6DXI reports he will be on a business trip to West Malaysia on 8-14 February and plans to operate (mostly on 20 metres CW) as 9M8DX/2 from Kuala Lumpur. QSL via VK6DXI. 9M2 - Ian, 9M2/G3TMA will be active from Pulau Ketam (AS-074) on 6-7 and 13-14 March. Operation will be mostly on CW. QSL to Ian Buffham, Bekay Court, Lorong Enau, 55000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [TNX 9M2/G3TMA] C6 - Ivars, KC4PX will be active (on 40, 20, 17, 15 and 6 metres) as C6APX from the Bahamas on 7-13 February. QSL via home call. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] CO - Nicola, I0SNY reports he will be active from Caibarien, Cuba on 9-27 March. He plans to concentrate on 17, 12 and 6 metres. QSL via home call. CT - Owing to bad weather, the operation from Ilha de Cabanas (not IOTA, DIP AL-07) [425DXN 665] has been rescheduled to take place on 8 February. Look for CT1GFK/p, CT1GPQ/p and CT2IUA/p to be active on 40, 20, 17 and 15 metres SSB and CW between 7 and 12 UTC. QSL via home calls. [TNX CT1END] CU - Nigel, G3TXF will operate (CW only) as CU4/G3TXF from Graciosa Island (EU-175), Azores on 6-10 February. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] CX - A group of operators from Uruguay will operate 160-6 metres from San Gabriel Island (SA-057) on 15-18 February. The callsign has not been given, but the QSL route will be via EA5KB. [TNX CX8FB] D4 - Simon, IZ7ATN will operate as D44/IZ7ATN from the following lighthouses between 7 and 13 February: Ponta do Lobo (ARLHS CAP-006) on Sao Tiago Island (AF-005), Ponta do Sino (ARLHS CAP-007) on Sal Island (AF-086) and Ponta Temerosa (ARLHS CAP-003) on Sao Tiago Island (AF-005). Look for activity on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 and 40 metres SSB during local daylight hours. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ7ATN] FG - Henri, F5DBC will be active from Marie Galante (DIFO FG-008), Guadeloupe (NA-102) on 6-18 February. Plans are to operate daily on +/- 10104, 14025, 14135 and 18075 kHz at least between 22 and 24 UTC. [TNX F5NQL] FG - Patrick, F6IRF will operate on CW and RTTY as FG/F6IRF from Guadeloupe on 14-29 February. This will be a casual activity with low power and wire antennas. QSL via home call. Patrick will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as FG5BG (category to be decided on the spot). [TNX NG3K] I - Club station IQ5RR will be operated by Franco, I5DOF on 8, 15 and 22 February. Look for activity on 40 metres between 8 and 14 UTC. A special "QSL Certificate" will be available direct only via I5DOF (Franco Donati, Via A. Fratti 205, 55049 Viareggio - LU, Italy: he asks to include 5 Euros, as proceeds beyond return postage will be donated to charity). [TNX I5LGN] J6 - Jack, K9JE will be in St. Lucia with the J6DX group for the ARRL DX CW Contest. Look for him to be active on all bands with his own call (J68AR, QSL via K9JE) before and after the contest, from 11 to 25 February. Also Gary, KI6T will be with the J6DX group; outside the contest he will be active as J68GS (QSL via KI6T), especially on the WARC bands. [TNX K9JE and KI6T] J6 - Dale, G3VMK will be active (CW only on the higher bands) from St. Lucia during his family holiday on 14-27 February. [TNX QRZ-DX] JW - Rag, LA5HE will be active again as JW5HE from Svalbard on 12-18 February. He plans to concentrate on the low bands and CW. QSL via home call. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] KH6 - Witek, SP9MRO reports he will operate on all bands (except 30 metres) as KH6/SP9MRO from Hawaii on 8-17 February. QSL via home call. The QSL cards for his January activities as YN1/SP9MRO and TI2/SP9MRO will be processed and mailed not earlier than March. KP2 - John/W8LBY and Norm/K8NI are active as KP2/homecalls from St. Croix, US Virgin Islands (NA-106). OA - OA4BHY, OA4DJW, OA4SJ, OA4DM, OA4BHN and OA4AHW will be active as OC3I from Los Chimus Island (SA-074) on 11-16 February. They plan to operate on 10-80 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via OA4DJW, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX] PA - Bert, PA1K and other eight Dutch and German operators will participate in the PACC Contest in early February as PA6Z. QSL via PA1K. [TNX PA1K] SM - SM4XIH, SM4RGD and possibly others will participate in the CQ/RJ WW RTTY WPX Contest (14-15 February) as SJ9WL (Multi-Single) from the Morokulien station on the border between Sweden and Norway. QSL via SM5DJZ. [TNX NG3K] SV - SV1QN, SV1AIN, SV1GYG, SV1EQU and SW1GYN will be active as SX8K from Kythira Island (EU-113) and Lighthouse on 20-28 March. QSL via SV1QN (all QSOs will be confirmed automatically via bureau). [TNX SV1QN] UA - Yuri, UA1ONY plans to visit and operate from a few Novaya Zemlya's coastal islands (EU-035). His expedition started on 3 February. QSL via RZ3EC (Eugene Shelkanovtcev, P.O. Box 70, Orel 302028, Russia). [TNX RZ3EC] VP2V - Look for Tony, N3ME to operate on 10-20 metres SSB as VP2V/N3ME from the British Virgin Islands (NA-023) until 12 February. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] SOUTHEASTERN ASIA ---> Hiroo Yonezuka, JA2EZD/XW2A will be travelling to Vietnam and Cambodia from 10 February through the end of the month. He plans to operate as 3W2B and XU7AAA. QSL direct to P.O. Box 10003, Vientiane, Laos. [TNX The Daily DX] >>> ANTARCTIC OPERATIONS (*) <<< ANTARCTICA - Keii/JA6KTY and Sanae/JF6PMO have been active as EM1U from the club station at the Ukrainian "Akademik Vernadsky" base on Galindez Island (AN-006). Information and pictures of this Antarctic station are available at http://www.qsl.net/em1u/ http://www.antarctida.kiev.ua/english/ http://home.t-online.de/home/Purtz-Guestrow/stationen3a.html SOUTH ORKNEYS - Henry, LU4DXU is now active as AY1ZA from the "Orcadas" base on Laurie Island. His radio is interfering with the commercial HF station and when both are on the air Henry has to turn the amplifier off and run 10-15 watts only. QSL via LU4DXU. [TNX DL5EBE] SOUTH SHETLANDS - Ricardo, CE9R will be at the Chilean Antarctic base "Escudero" on King George Island until 23 February. Those who still need a QSO with him can contact Dominik, DL5EBE at DWeiel@t-online.de [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. _____________________________________________________________________________ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH 4U1UN ---> W3UR/Bernie, Christa/KB3JIU and Steve/KU9C made a total of 1062 QSOs during their one-day operation from the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. Activity started at 14.30 UTC on 0 January and went until 2 UTC on the 31st. Pirate operations were reported on 31 January (between 06-07 UTC on 30m and 80m, and again at 20 UTC on 20m) and 1 February(at 11 UTC on 40m). [TNX The Daily DX] DXCC NEWS ---> Bill Moore, NC1L reports that the following operations by UA4WHX/AC4LN (2002 and 2003) are approved for DXCC credit: 3D2VB Fiji November 6-7, 2003 3D2VB Fiji October 16-20, 2003 3D2VB Fiji October 4-6, 2003 3D2VB/R Rotuma October 8-14, 2003 5W0VB Samoa June 26-30, 2003 8R1/AC4LN Guyana August 9-14, 2002 9Y4/AC4LN Trinidad & Tobago August 2-7, 2002 A35VB Tonga July 10-18, 2003 FK/AC4LN New Caledonia September 21-October 3, 2003 FO/AC4LN Austral Islands December 11-13, 2003 FO/AC4LN French Polynesia December 16-25, 2003 FO/AC4LN Marquesas Islands December 2-7, 2003 FW/AC4LN Wallis & Futuna September 27-October 3, 2002 H40VB Temotu Province August 24-30, 2003 H44VV Solomon Islands August 18-23, 2003 HH2/AC4LN Haiti July 23-27, 2002 HP8/AC4LN Panama June 26-July 1, 2002 J3/AC4LN Grenada August 27-30, 2002 J6/AC4LN St Lucia July 17-20, 2002 J73/AC4LN Dominica August 20-23, 2002 KH0/AC4LN Mariana Islands May 27-31, 2003 P29VVB Papua New Guinea August 4-17, 2003 T20VB Tuvalu October 29-November 5, 2003 T30VB Western Kiribati October 21-28, 2003 T88VV Palau May 21-26, 2003 V31VB Belize May 25-30, 2002 V63MB Micronesia June 2-10, 2003 V63MB Micronesia May 13-20, 2003 V73VV Marshall Islands June 12-20, 2003 YJ0VB Vanuatu September 5-18, 2003 YS1/AC4LN Belize June 5-9, 2002 ZK1/AC4LN North Cook Islands November 9-15, 2003 ZK1/AC4LN South Cook Islands November 18-26, 2003 ZK2VB Niue July 1-4, 2003 ZL/UA4WHX New Zealand July 19-31, 2003 DX SPOTS ---> Rod Elliott, VE3IRF has collected the DX spots from the OH2AQ Web Cluster since January 1997. The collection - from January 1997 up to Juanuary 2004 - is available at http://www.425dxn.org/dxspots/. QSL 4L1DA ---> David, 4L1DA (http://www.qsl.net/4l1da/) reports that is new QSL manager is W7LPF: Joseph Lutz, 5421 RTE 711, New Florence, PA 15944, USA. QSL KL7DX ---> Ron Lago, AC7DX will be the QSL manager for KL7DX, which has been re-issued to the Alaska DX Club in memory of Robert L. Rapuzzi, former holder of the call. [TNX AC7DX] QSL VIA PY1NEZ ---> Pete, PY1NEW became a Silent Key on 15 December 2003 and his QSLs are now handled by Lima, PY1NEZ (direct or bureau). Pete's operations under other calls include PR1W, PR500W, PT0Z, ZW0W, ZW1NEW, ZY2C and ZZ1Z (CW QSOs), as well as PY1NEW/2 and PY1NEW/PP1. [TNX K1XN and The Golist] _____________________________________________________________________________ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** NEWS FROM THE WEB *** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH F6BUM: Pictures and information on Jack's recent vist to Peru can be found at http://www.f6bum.fr.st IIA SURVEY: The Mediterraneo DX Club, with the support of 425 DX News, has launched a survey concerning the Italian Islands Award (IIA). Details can be found at www.mdxc.org/iiasurvey.asp [TNX IZ8CCW] LOGS: On-line logs for CE6TBN/8 (SA-032 and SA-091) are now available at http://www.mdxc.org/logsearch.asp _____________________________________________________________________________ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL INFO ******** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3DA0DX ZS5WI H44XX VE3EXY T94OM K2PF 3Z2EFU SP2EFU HC1AJQ EA7FTR T98DXA YU1FW 4L1BR DL2RMG HR1FJC EA7FTR T98GTH IV3GTH 4S7CWG DK7PE HS0ZDZ GM4FDM TA2ZF UT2UB 4V200YH DL7CM IK7JGQ/mm IK8OZZ UE9SDG RZ9SWP 5R8FU SM5DJZ J28XX DL2JRM V25VY G4BVY 5VZBB W2FUI J43BSF SV1CIB V26OY KF8OY 9G5XA G3XAQ J73CCM SM0CCM V31YN/P DJ4KW 9V0A VK4AAR K9Y N9TN VK1AA/2 VE3EXY 9Y4/DF6QP DF6QP KC4/IK7JGQ IK8OZZ VK1AA/4 VE3EXY 9Y4/DJ8OT DJ8OT KG4AS N4SIA VK9LX VE3EXY 9Y4/DJ8VC DJ8VC KH0A JF1MIA VK9LX/9 VE3EXY 9Y4/DL8JS DL8JS KH0U JA1QNV VP5/HA5JI HA8FW AY1ZA LU4DXU KP2CW K6VVA VP5/VE3NE HA8FW BW3/JD1BKQ JR3PZW LU1DZ/L EA3RE VP5/VE3NZ HA8FW C31LJ VE3GEJ LX5A LX1RQ VP5JI HA8FW C56/G0VUH G0VUH LX7I LX2AJ VU3VLH OK1TN C6AGN W1DIG M0SDX UT2UB VY2ZM K1ZM C6AMM K1CN MD4K G3NKC W2GD W2CG (f) C6AWW K1CN OH0CO SM6CCO W2NDP/4 W2NDP CM8WAL EA5KB OH0I OH3BHL XF1K N6AWD CN8KD EA5XX P29KPH N5FTR XQ6ET W8UVZ CN8NK EA5XX PJ2S G0CKP XU7ACY K2NJ CT3AS DJ8FW PR0F W5SJ XV2J JR1TAG DU9/N0NM W4DR PS8NF/PR8 PS8NF YA1BV JA1PBV EA8BH OH2BH RT0Q UA3DX YI3Q W3HNK EM0U UT3UZ (a) SN0PCK SP1EG YI9LEK KC0LEK EM0U UT7UW b) SO1VAF DL7VAF YI9YMA K7YMA EM5U UT2UB ST2NH EA7FTR YI9ZF SM1TDE EO12ID US7IGF ST2YL EA7FTR YM2ZF UT2UB EO58IS US7IGF SX1A SV1DPI YS1EJ W4GJ EY7AF RW6HS T88AQ JH6WDG YU0HST YU1AST FK8GX W3HNK T9/9A3GZ T98U (c) YV5ANF EA7FTR H40XX VE3EXY T9/KG6KZK T98U (d) Z33F IZ8FWN H44MS DL2GAC T9/YT3AA T98T (e) Z36A DJ0LZ (a) SSB and CW (b) RTTY and PSK (c) 22-23 November 2003, 06-07 December 2003, 20-21 December 2003 (d) 25-26 October 2003 (e) 21-22 June 2003 (f) CQ 160M CW 2004 _____________________________________________________________________________ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* ADDRESSES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH 4U1UN Grand Central Station, P.O. Box 3873, New York, NY 10163, USA 9L1MS P.O. Box 15312, 00143 Roma - RM, Italy BD1ES Hsinyu Mu, 10#19D Dist. 4 Yuanda Garden Century Town, Beijing 100089, China EA3RE Antonio Herrera, Travesera de Montigala 48, Apt. A, Piso 4to, 08917 Badalana - Barcelona, Spain EA7FTR Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias 23, 21110 Aljaraque, Huelva, Spain G0CKP Steve Knell, P.O. Box 7373, Tonbridge, TN10 4UT, UK IK8OZZ Luigi Cervasio, Via Martiri d'Africa 32, 80059 Torre del Greco - NA, Italy K1IED Larry F.Skilton, 72 Brook Street, South Windsor, CT-06074, USA LU4DXU Horacio Enrique Ledo, P.O. Box 22, 1640 Martinez - Buenos Aires, Argentina LU6UO Hector Ombroni, Calle 18 n. 275, 6360 General Pico - La Pampa, Argentina LW2DX Fernando Fernandez, Granville 685, 1846 Jose Marmol - Buenos Aires, Argentina N6AWD Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr., Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA N9TN Bill Borgstrom, 1330 W Columbia Ave, Chicago, IL 60626, USA OX2KAN P.O. Box 551, 3955 Kangaatsiaq, Greenland PA0RRS Richard Smeets, Schoorveken 100, 5121 NM Rijen, The Netherlands PA0VDV Joeke van der Velde, Delleburen 1, 8421 RP Oldeberkoop, The Netherlands SM1TDE Eric Wennstrom, P.O. Box 94, SE-62016 Ljugarn, Sweden SM5DJZ Jan Hallenberg, Vassunda Andersberg, SE-741 91 Knivsta, Sweden SV1DPI Kostas Stamatis, P.O. Box 66, 30100 Agrinio, Greece T98T Zeljko Repic, N. Pivasevica 26, 78430 Prnjavor, Bosna i Hercegovina T98U Robert Babec, Plitvicka 7, 78000 Banja Luka, Bosna i Hercegovina US7IGF Slava Shevchenko, P.O. Box 591, Slavyansk-12, Donetsk reg. 84112 Ukraine UT2UB Andrej Lyakin, P.O. Box 99, Kyiv-10, 01010 Ukraine UT3UZ Alex I. Arbuzov, P.O. Box 240, Kiev-232, 02232 Ukraine UT7UW Yuri Zaskaleta, P.O. Box B-32, Kiev-1, 01001 Ukraine UY5XE George A. Chlijanc, P.O. Box 19, Lviv 79000 Ukraine VE3EXY Nenad Stevanovic, P.O. Box 65046, Nepean, Ontario K2G 5Y3, Canada VK4AAR Alan Roocroft, P.O. Box 421, Gatton 4343, Australia YF1AR Budi Santoso, P.O. 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