425 DX News #672
20 March 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)
3D2 - Brian, 3D2IZ will operate (on 80, 40, 30, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB
and CW) from Namotu Island (OC-121), Fiji from 28 March to 3 April.
More information will be published on
http://www.brianboschma.com/3d2iz.html [TNX NG3K]
3X - Sebastien, F8DQZ will operate as 3XDQZ (yes, Three X-Ray Delta
Quebec Zulu) from Guinea between 18 April and 2 May. The main
objective of his trip is to operate from the Tristao Islands in the
unnumbered Guinee-Maritime Province North group (AF-???). QSL via
F8DQZ. His web page is at http://f8dqz.chez.tiscali.fr/ [TNX La
Gazette du DX]
5T - At least five members of the European Community ARC will operate as
5T0EU from Mauritania between 25 March and 3 April. Plans are to
operate on 10-160 metres SSB and CW, possibly with some activity on
6 metres and PSK31 as well. QSL via OR5EU. [TNX The Daily DX]
8Q - Pierre, HB9QQ will be active gain as 8Q7QQ from Velighoo, Maldives
on 13-27 April. He will operate on 30, 17 and 12 metres using full
size loops. QSL via home call. [TNX HB9PL]
9A - Special event stations 9A80ADE (QSL via 9A3KR), 9A80Z (QSL via
9A3KR) and 9A80ABD (QSL via 9A4A) will be active until 31 December
to celebrate the 80th anniversary of radio club "Zagreb". [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
9M2 - Keith, 9M2/GM4YXI [425DXN 670] was active from AS-072 last weekend.
He expected to travel to Pulau Perhentian Besar (AS-073) on 18 March
and to operate on both the 19th and the 20th. QSL to Kim Larson, 22
N Hidden Acres Dr, Sioux City, IA 51108, USA. [TNX N3SL]
DL - Volker, DL9HO and Wolf, DK1IP will be active from Hallig Groede (N21
for the German Islands Award) from 26 March to 1 April. They will
operate on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres SSB and will participate in
the CQ WPX SSB Contest "with a rare German prefix". QSL via home
calls, either direct or through the DARC bureau. Logs will be
available at http://www.dl9ho.de [TNX DL9HO]
EA8 - Herbert, DK2BR will be active (on 10-40 metres SSB, possibly with
some BPSK) as EA8/DK2BR from El Hierro (DIE S-015), Canary Islands
(AF-004) from 30 March to 15 April. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX DK2BR]
FG - Look for FG/F6GWV and FG/F6HMQ to be active from Guadeloupe from 25
March and 2 April. They will participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest
as TO7T. QSL via F6HMQ. [TNX F6HMQ]
FO0_cl - The DXpedition to Clipperton Island [425DXN 669] has been postponed
until 2005. This delay will give the organizers time to gather more
operators for the trip. If you would like to join the team going to
Clipperton in 2005, please contact Dave, K4SV (K4SV2@Charter.net)
for future information. [TNX K4SV]
GJ - Hans/ON4ASG, Wil/ON4AVA, Dan/ON4ON, Harvey/ON5SY, Dries/ON6CX,
Pat/ON7PQ and Jean-Marie/ON7XT will operate as MJ/homecall/p and
MJ0DLQ/p from Les Minquiers Islands (EU-099) on 22-25 July. They
will participate in the IOTA Contest (24-25 July) as MJ0DLQ/p. Bill,
ON9CGB might travel with the team as far as Jersey (EU-013) and
operate from there as GJ0MEU/p. All QSLs via ON4ON, direct (Danny
Commeyne, Rozenlaan 38, B-8890 Dadizele, Belgium) or through the
bureau. The "Minkieboys" web site is at
http://users.skynet.be/minkies/ [TNX ON9CGB]
GM - Jurij/MMODFV and John/GMOWRR plan to operate as MSODGR/p from four
EU-123 islands (namely Fidra, Lamb, Craigleith and Bass Rock) on
20-23 March. They will have two transceivers and a number of
portable antennas, and will operate on all HF bands CW, SSB and
digital modes. QSL via bureau or direct to MMODFV (Jurij Phunkner,
P.O. Box 7469, Glasgow, G42 OYD, Scotland, UK). Pictures and
information on the activity will be posted on http://www.scotham.net
[TNX MM0DFV]
GW - The Wrexham and District Amateur Radio Society will operate special
event station GB2WFS on 27 March, during this year's "Scientriffic"
Festival (www.wrexhamsf.com), as part of National Science week. For
further information and pictures of the previous two years' events,
please visit www.qsl.net/gb2wsf [TNX M1LCR]
HR - Gerard, F2JD is again active as HR5/F2JD from Honduras until 14 May.
He will operate on all bands SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via F6AJA. Logs
will be available at http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr [TNX F6AJA]
IS0 - After their activity from San Marino [425DXN 667] William/N2WB and
Bill/W4WX will operate as IS0/N2WB (QSL via N2OO) and IS0/W4WX (QSL
via home call) from Sardinia on 22-27 March. Look for them on the HF
bands on CW, SSB and RTTY. [TNX W4WX]
P4 - Andy, AE6Y will be active as P40Y from Aruba on 24-30 March, CQ WPX
SSB Contest included. QSL via home call. [TNX AE6Y]
TJ - Roger, G3SXW and Nigel, G3TXF will be active (on 10-80 metres CW
only) as TJ3G from Cameroon between 23 March and 1 April. QSL via
G3TXF. [TNX The Daily DX]
TJ - Jack, F6BUM has been issued the call TJ3MC fro his April activity
from Cameroon [425DXN 668]. He will be leaving France on 2 April and
he plans to operate from Mondoleh Island (AF-???) on the 10th and
the 11th, between 7 UTC and 16 UTC only, because he will not be able
to stay overnight on the island. In order to maximise the number of
IOTA chasers logged he will operate CW the first day and SSB the
second day, on the usual IOTA frequencies. [TNX F6BUM]
VK - VK6EWI is the callsign to be used during the 21-27 March operation
from Woody Island (OC-170) [425DXN 670]. Richard, VK6TT has joined
the original team of six operators. Look for them on or near the
standard IOTA frequencies on 40-10 metres. QSL via VK6NE. [TNX
VK6APK]
VP5 - K5CM, N5KW and W5AO will be active as VP5/homecalls from North
Caicos (NA-002) from 23 March to 7 April. They will participate in
the CQ WPX SSB Contest (27-28 March) as VP51V (yes, VP Five One V)
in the Multi-Single category. QSL VP51V to P.O. Box 88, Morris, OK
74445-0088, USA; others direct to home calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
VU - Basappa/VU2NXM and Arasu/VU2UR plan to operate, possibly with a
special call, from Elephanta Island in the unnumbered Maharashtra
State group (AS-???) on 25-31 March. They hope to receive the final
authorization in the next few days. [TNX VU2UR and VU2NXM]
XX9 - Yul/VR2MY (XX9TMY) and Wong/VR2KW (XX9TVR) will be active (on 160-10
metres, with an emphasis on the low bands) from Macao from 10 UTC on
25 March until 1 UTC on the 27th. QSLs via VR2KW (direct only). [TNX
the Daily DX]
YB - Adhi, YC3MM will operate (on 15 metres only, mainly SSB) as YC3MM/5
from Batam Island (OC-075) on 20-21 March. QSL via IZ8CCW. [TNX
IZ8CCW]
ZS8 - Ludwig Combrinck (ZS6WLC) and Pieter Stronkhorst (ZR6PSR), two staff
members of the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory Space
Geodesy Programme, will conduct a scientific expedition to from
Marion Island (AF-021) in April. They will depart on 1 April and,
depending on offloading of equipment and other work load, amateur
radio operations as ZS8MI will commence on the 7th until around the
30th. Plans are to operate SSB (3750, 7080, 14195, 21295 and 28495
kHz) and 15 wpm CW (3750, 7080, 14195, 21295 and 28495 kHz). They
expect to leave the island on 2 May. QSL via ZS6M (Bernardus Roode,
P.O. Box 158, Kempton Park 1620, South Africa). Further information
(including on-line logs and direct QSLling policy) can be found at
http://www.hartrao.ac.za/geodesy/marionweb/main.html [TNX ZS6WLC]
HIMALAYAN TRIP ---> Jim, W4PRO will be active as A52PRO from Bhutan between
23 March and 3 April, and as 9N7PRO (requested call) from Nepal between 10
and 13 April. He plans to operate mainly CW on all bands from Bhutan and on
10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres from Nepal. Updates will be posted on
http://www.w4pro.net/ [TNX N8CH and The Daily DX]
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5V7C ---> The 5V7C team from Togo went QRT around 13.30 UTC on 13 March,
after about 17,500 QSOs. A full report on the expedition will be published at
www.5v7c.free.fr in due course. [TNX F5NQL]
9U5M ---> Michael, PA5M went QRT from Burundi on 16 March. Complete logs for
9U5M and YI/PA5M are on line at http://www.pa7fm.nl; QSL via PA7FM (Dennis
Robbemond, Loggerhof 11, 3181 NS Rozenburg, The Netherlands). Please note
that 1 USD does not cover postage for outside Europe; direct cards without
sufficient return postage will be replied to via the bureau. [TNX PA7FM]
BANABA AWARD ---> The Banaba Award is meant to encourage stations worldwide
to make as many contacts as possible with the T33C expedition between 4 and
16 April. The Banaba Trophy will be awarded to the station who makes the
highest number of band-mode contacts (there are 27 possible band-modes that
count toward the Trophy), while certificates of merit will be available for
working T33C on 5, 10 or 15 band slots. Please visit
http://www.dx-pedition.de/banaba2004/ for full information. [TNX K6SRZ]
DXCC NEWS ---> DXCC Manager Bill Moore NC1L reports that the following
operations from Iraq have been approved for DXCC credit: YI/NG5L (10 April -
9 June 2003), YI9L (formerly YI/NG5L, 10 June 2003 - 27 February 2004),
YI9LEK (from 25 January 2004), YI/PA5M (from 14 August 2003).
QSL 4U1UN ---> Mohamed, KA2TRD confirms that HB9BOU is the QSL manager for
contacts made with 4U1UN on or after 12 March 2004. Cards for past operations
should be sent to the www.qrz.com address for 4U1UN.
QSL AY1ZA ---> Henry, LU4DXU reports he is receiving many direct cards for
his activity from the South Orkneys without sufficient return postage. Please
note that owing to the high postal rates in Argentina, 1 USD does not cover
return mail to overseas. [TNX DL5EBE]
QSL HC8L ---> Randy, W5UE is the new QSL manager (direct and bureau) for all
past and future HC8L activities. QSL status for this and other stations Randy
manages can be found at http://www.datasync.com/~w5ue/qsl-w5ue.html [TNX
W5UE]
QSL VIA DL7AFS ---> Please note that the correct address for DL7AFS (QSL
route for the recent VK9LB and VK9NB operations) is Baerbel Linge,
Eichwaldstrasse 86, D-34123 Kassel, Germany (the address at qrz.com is no
longer valid). Cards can be sent either direct or through the DARC bureau; if
QSLling direct, do not forget that 1 USD does not cover return postage for
outside Europe. [TNX DL2FAG]
THE DAILY DX ---> Congratulations to Bernie McClenny, W3UR who celebrated the
seventh anniversary of his "The Daily DX" on 17 March. For further
information on this first rate DX bulletin please check out its homepage at
http://www.dailydx.com/
+ SILENT KEY + Dragan, Z32XX reports the untimely death of Vane, Z31RC, who
passed away on 16 March at 48 years of age. An active DXers and contestman,
he was one of the founders of Z30M (Z37M).
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LOGS: On-line logs for either ZK3SB and 5W0SB are available at
http://www.qsl.net/i2ysb [TNX I2YSB]
LOGS: On-line log for YI9ZF at http://www.qsl.net. has been updated and now
includes contacts made through 14 March (20269 QSOs since 15 January).
QSL via SM1TDE.
R1FJ: On-line logs and updates on the current operation from Franz Josef
Land can be found at http://www.dl6zfg.de/exp.htm [TNX DL6ZFG]
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3B8MM DL6UAA HK0GU/1 DL7VOG TZ6BOE LA7OF
3B9C FSDXA (a) HK5QGX JA0MGR UE4NNJ RW4NJ
3B9C RSGB (b) HR5/OH3JF OH3OJ UN50BF UN7BF
3B9MM DL6UAA HS0ZDJ W2YR UN50E UN2E
3DA0AX N0AH HZ1AB K8PYD UN8CK RW6HS
3DA0CF K5LBU HZ1MD PA2V UN8PO UN5PR
3DA0CG W4GMY J37K AC8G V26CW KM9M
3DA0DM W0DM J88DR G3TBK V26DX KU9C
3DA0WPX ZS6WPX JT1CS JA0CGJ V31AD N5DD
3Z8Z SP8AJC JW0HZ SQ5TA V47KP K2SB
4K9W DL6KVA KP2A W3HNK V73MJ JF1NZW
5R8GZ G3SWH L24FF EA7JX V8JIM G3SWH
5V7C F5TVG L45FF EA7JX V8NOM GM4FDM
5X1CW F6GQK L59EOC EA7JX VB5C VA5DX
5Z4DZ PC1A (c) L73F EA7JX VI3GP VK3ER
6Y8Z W9IU LQ0F EA7JX VK3FY EA7JX
8P1A NN1N LU1ECZ EA5KB VK3FY/DU8 EA7JX
8Q7BC OE1HBC LU1FAM AC7DX VK4FRI VK4FJ
9A80ABD 9A4A LU5FF EA7JX VP5B N2AU
9A80ADE 9A3KR LW9EOC EA7JX VP5VAC WA4JTK
9A80Z 9A3KR LX7I LX2AJ VQ5A KQ3V
9G1AA PA3ERA MM0LEO W3LEO VQ9GB K7GB
9Q0AR SM5BFJ OD5QB YO3FRI WP3R W3HNK
9Q1KS F2YT OD5UR LZ1YE XF4IH XE1IH
A35DA DL5DAN OH0I OH3BHL XU7AJV ON4AJV
A35DH DH3WO OH0R OH2PM XU7POS ON4AJV
A35DJ DJ2HD OL7X OK1XC XU7TZG ON6TZG
AY5FF EA7JX P40A WD9DZV XW1A E21EIC
BV9O BV8BC P40L W6LD YA7X DL1JJI
C91EP SM0EPU P40RH W6FRH YA8G LA4YW
CN2R W7EJ PA3GIO/HI9 PA3GIO YB0DPO K5ZE
CO3JO EA7JX PJ2T N9AG YC3BDJ IZ8CCW
D2DB EA7JX PS2T W3HC YI3Q W3HNK
D2PFN KK5DO R1/UY0YU US5WEP YI9MD W6OAT
D2U EA7JX R1FJ DL6ZFG (d) YI9RVT KE4RVT
DP1ANF RK1PWA R1FJ UA3AKO (e) YN9HAU EA7JX
EK60SB RW6HS RA6AX W3HNK YU0HST YU1AST
EK6DZ RW6HS RW2F DK4VW YV1/K3UOC W1AF
EK6LX RW6HS S07V DK2WV YV1DIG EA7JX
EM1HO I2PJA SC1AG SM6CTQ YW1D EA7JX
ER10ARM ER1DA SC3AG SM6CTQ YW6P EA7JX
ET3TK OK1CU SC4AG SM6CTQ YX1DIG EA7JX
EX2M W3HNK SC5AG SM6CTQ ZB2FX G3RFX
EX8MLE IK2QPR SU1CS 9K2CS ZC4CW G3AB
EY8MM K1BV SU9BN EA7FTR ZD8I G4LTI
FK8GX W3HNK T30ZF DK2ZF ZF2AH W6VNR
FM5FJ KU9C T48RAC VE3ESE ZF2JC NC8V
GB4SPD GI0VLE T94OM K2PF ZF2ZL W8ERI
GB750CC GW0ANA TI8M TI2KAC ZK1SHJ K6SHJ
GH0STH G4DIY TM7Z F5CWU ZK3HC DL9HCU
HG2004HUN HA1CW TO5A F5VHJ ZP6Y W3HNK
HI3TEJ ON4IQ TR8CA F6CBC ZS10RSA KK3S
(a) direct
(b) bureau
(c) ex PA1AW
(d) all others
(e) Russia and CIS countries
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BV8BC Bill-Chen, P.O. Box 222, Taitung 950, Taiwan
CT1GFK Antonio J. R. Guerreiro, Apartado 1111 - Zona Industrial, 8700-240
Olhao, Portugal
DF8AN Michael Noertemann, Neustadt 18, D-37154 Northeim, Germany
DL6ZFG Rolf Rahne, P.O. Box 15, 39241 Gommern, Germany
EA7ADH Francisco de la Serna Martinez, calle Cristobal Colon, 28A, 41710
Utrera - Sevilla, Spain
F5TVG Franck Savoldi, P.O. Box 92, 94223 Charenton Cedex, France
IK8PGM Roberto Duca, Viale Europa 184, 80053 Castellammare di Stabia - NA,
Italy
SM6CTQ Kjell Nerlich, Parkvagen 9, SE-546 33 Karlsborg, Sweden
UA3AKO Victor Slabodchikov, P.O Box 867, Moscow, 119334, Russia
VA5DX Doug Renwick, P.O. Box 50, Clavet, Saskatchewan S0K 0Y0, Canada
VE3ESE Don Fisher, 48 Lucerne Dr., Kitchener, Ontario N2E 1B3, Canada
VK3ER Eastern Mountain District Radio Club, P.O. Box 87, Mitcham 3132,
Victoria, Australia
VK4FRI P.O. Box 101, Laidley, QLD 4341, Australia
W6OAT Rusty Epps, 651 Handley Trail, Redwood City, CA 94062, USA
XE1IH Enrique Garcia Munive, P.O. Box 118-481, 07051 Mexico - D.F., Mexico
YU1AST P.O. Box 76, 18106, Nis, Serbia and Montenegro
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