425 DX News #678
1 May 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)
3V - Giovanni, I5JHW reports he will participate in the ARI International
DX Contest (1-2 May) as either 3V8BB or TS0BB from Tunisia. QSL for
this operation via I5JHW.
BY - A group of operators from the Jiangsu DX Club will be active as BI4Q
from Cheniu Shan Island (AS-135) on 1-3 May. They will operate SSB
and CW on 10-40 metres with yagis and power amplifiers. QSL via
BG4RQP. [TNX BD5RV]
BY - Harry, OH6YF is in Beijing, China and says he will try to be back on
the air next week. Last weekend he operated from BY1PK.
CX - The Centro Radioaficionados de Rocha (Uruguay), CX1TA will operate
from the lighthouse at Cape Polonio (ARLHS URU-05) from 30 April to
2 May. QSL via CX1TA. [TNX CX2TG]
EI - Daniel, EJ9FHB will be active from Inishtrahull Island (EU-121)
starting on 2 May for one week. [TNX DL8AAM]
FO - Yves, F6CTL will be touring French Polynesia in May and plans to
operate (on 10-40 metres with a vertical and long wires) from a
number of atolls in three different island groups. [TNX La Gazette
du DX]
HL - DS4NYE and others will operate as D70LW from Soak Island (AS-060)
from 30 April to 2 May. QSL route TBA. [TNX JI6KVR]
I - IZ8CCW and others will participate in the ARI International DX
Contest as IQ8CS. QSL via bureau or direct to IZ8BGY. [TNX IZ8CCW]
JA - Takeshi, JI3DST will operate as JI3DST/6 from Miyako Island (AS-079)
[425DXN 677] until around 00 UTC on 9 May. Look for him on 17, 15,
12, 10 and 6 metres SSB, RTTY and SSTV, plus some CW (on request)
and FM on 10, 6 and 2 metres. QSL via home call, preferably through
the JARL bureau. [TNX JI3DST]
JA - Look for Taka, JR3TVH/6 and his wife Natsu, JJ3NAW/6 to operate from
Miyako Island (AS-079, JIIA-079-005) from around 7 UTC on 29 April
to around 00 UTC on 3 May. They plan to be active on 160-6 metres
(beacon on 50135 kHz) CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via home calls,
direct or bureau. [TNX JR3TVH]
KH2 - Nao, JK1FNL will be active as NA8O/KH2 from Guam (OC-026) on 5-9
May. QSL via JK1FNL. [TNX JJ1BDX]
OY - Kevin, ON5DRE and Erwin, ON4QJ will be active from the Faroe Islands
(EU-018) on 3-13 May. They plan to operate on 160-2 metres, with an
emphasis on 80, 40, 17 and 2m. [TNX ON5DRE]
SP - Special event station HF3UE will be active on 80-2 metres all modes
on 1-16 May to celebrate the accession of Poland to the European
Union. QSL via SP3RNZ (Greg Dobrychlop, P.O.Box 85, 62510 Konin,
Poland). [TNX SP3RNZ]
SV - Mike, GW3UOF plans to operate as SV8/GW3UOF from Corfu Island
(EU-052) on 3-17 May. [TNX The Daily DX]
SV - SV1JCZ, SV1GE, SV1RP, SV2BFN, SV2DGH, SV2DXA and SV2FWV will operate
as SY8DX from Amoliani Island (EU-174) on 19-26 May. QSL via SV2DGH.
Further information at http://www.qsl.net/sv2dgh/sy8dx [TNX SV2DGH]
TA - Look for TA1ED/0 and TA3FB/0 to operate from Karaada (AS-098) on
14-16 May. They plan to be active on 10-80 metres SSB. QSL via home
calls, direct or bureau. [TNX TA1ED]
UR - Special call EO59QWW wil be aired on all bands from Ukraie on 5-9
May to celebrate the 59th anniversary of the end of WWII. QSL via
UY5ZZ (Vladimir F. Latyshenko, P.O. Box 4850, Zaporozhye 69118,
Ukraine). [TNX UY5ZZ]
V3 - Beto/CX3AN, Mario/CX4CR and Carlos/LU2NI will be active from Belize
on 4-14 May. They plan to operate on 160-6 metres SSB, CW and
possibly digital modes. An effort will be made to operate from one
of the islands in the NA-180 IOTA group. Callsign(s) not announced,
but QSL via LU2NI. [TNX LU2NI]
VE - Len, VE9MY and Linda, VE9GLF plan to operate mobile from some of the
Quebec CISA islands in the Montreal area for for two weeks starting
on 2 May. QSL via home calls. direct or bureau [TNX
www.islandchaser.com]
VQ9 - Larry, VQ9LA will leave Diego Garcia (AF-006) in December. He will
go on vacation in June-July, but starting in August he "will really
try and make a lot of contacts on the lower bands for everyone to
put VQ9 in their logs". He plans to operate on 30-160 metres CW and
SSB. QSL route at www.qrz.com [TNX G4IUF]
W - Look for K6AA/P to be aired from Catalina Island (NA-066) from 3 UTC
on 8 May until 13 UTC on the 10th. Eight operators with three
stations will be active on 10-80 metres mostly SSB with some CW and
digital modes. QSL via K6AA's address given at www.qrz.com [TNX The
Daily DX]
XU - Jaak, ES1FB and Oleg, ES1RA will operate as XU7ACE (QSL via ES1FB)
and XU7ARA (QSL via ES1RA) from Cambodia on 7-19 May. They plan to
go on a two-day side trip to Koh Pos (AS-133) and be active as
XU7ACV (QSL via ES1FB). [TNX NG3K]
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EUROPEAN UNION SP AWARD ---> Sponsored by the Polski Zwiazek Krotkofalowcow
(PZK), this award is available to either licenced amateurs and SWLs for
confirmed QSOs made on or after 1 January 2004 with stations located in the
25 European Union member states. For further information please contact the
Awards Manager PZK, SP6BOW (sp6bow@poczta.onet.pl)
LIGHTHOUSES ---> Alfredo, IK7JWX provides the list of lighthouses he has
operated from so far in 2004 (QSL via home call, direct or bureau):
Day/Month Call Lighthouse WAIL ARLHS
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3/1 IR7LH/p Monumento al Marinaio d'Italia PU-008 ITA-107
3/1 IR7LH/p Brindisi/Casale PU-015 ITA-069
4/1 IR7LH/p Punta Torre Canne PU-009 ITA-150
17/1 IR7LH/p Capo Santa Maria di Leuca PU-004 ITA-039
14/2 IR7LH/p Capo San Vito PU-001 ITA-040
14/2 IR7LH/p Porto Industriale Interno PU-002 ITA-117
29/2 IR7LH/p Diga di Forte a Mare - ITA-187
20/3 IR7LH/p Porto Cesareo Rear - ITA-238
3/4 IR7LH/p La Punta Crauli (Otranto) - ITA-264
4/4 IR7LH/p Diga di Cista Morena - ITA-188
10/4 IR7LH/p Molo San Nicola (Otranto) - ITA-265
11/4 IQ7AF/p Punta San Cataldo di Lecce PU-007 ITA-142
24-25/4 IR7LH/p Torre San Giovanni (Ugento) PU-003 ITA-171
QSL 8J1RL ---> The cards for contacts made with Syowa Station on East Ongul
Island (AN-015) between February 2004 and January 2005 will be forwarded to
JARL Bureau in April 2005 after the operators return to Japan. Logs can be
found at http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/4_Library/A-4-7_8j1rl/frame.htm [TNX
8J1RL]
QSL 9M8PSB ---> Please note that there is change in the QSL route for the
current 9M8PSB operation from Satang Besar (OC-165) [425DXN 676]. The new QSL
manager will be IZ1CRR, either direct (Maurizio Bertolino, P.O. Box 2, 12022
Busca - CN, Italy) or through the bureau. [TNX IZ1CRR]
QSL VIA S57DX ---> Slavko reports that direct requests for YI/S57CQ, YI9T and
A52CQ are processed the same day he receives them. At all events, all QSOs
are being confirmed through the bureau.
QSL VIA SM1TDE ---> Cards for 5H3/SM1TDE and HN0Z are being printed and
incoming cards will be replied to as soon as possible. QSL requests for YI9ZF
are processed the same day Eric receives them. The first batch of bureau
cards were mailed a few days ago. [TNX SM1TDE]
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LOGS: On-line logs for 5H3/SM1TDE (4183 QSO), HN0Z (WPX SSB 2004, 1905 QSO)
and YI9ZF (30004 QSO from 15 January to 20 April) can be found at
www.qsl.net [TNX SM1TDE]
LOGS: On-line logs for II6CC's recent activity [425DXN 671] are now
available at http://web.tiscali.it/stefanocatena/ii6cc.htm [TNX
I6GFX]
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2E0NJW Nigel Wears, 25 Topcliffe Mews, Morley, Leeds, LS27 8UL, United
Kingdom
EP3SMH Sayyed Mohsen Hosseini, P.O. Box 441, 34815 Takestan, Iran
F8DQZ Sebastien Lebrun, Rue des Ecoles, 49260 Antoigne, France
G3KHZ Derek Cox, 18 Station Road, Castle Bytham, Grantham, Lincs NG33 4SB,
United Kingdom
G3LQP Roger Brown, 262 Fir Tree Road, Epsom KT17 3NL, England, UK
GB0SHP P.O. Box 7469, Glasgow, G42 OYD, Scotland, UK
GM0HCQ Mike Gloistein, 27 Stormont Way, Scone, Perthshire PH2 6SP, Scotland,
UK
JR3HPS Shigeru Kizaki, 130-91, Oneo, Hirono-Cho, Uji City, Kyoto, 611-0031,
Japan
JT2AN P.O. Box 94, Dornod, Mongolia
K4WW Shelby Summerville, 6506 Lantana Court, Louisville, KY 40229-1544,
USA
RA2FBC Alex Kravchenko, P.O.Box 443, Kaliningrad, 236040 Russia
SM5GMZ Pete Arninge, Publicera Publishing Inc, P.O. Box 6105, S-102 32
Stockholm, Sweden
SP6BOW Augustyn Wawrzynek, P.O. Box 54, 85-613 Bydgoszcz 13, Poland
UA1PAC Alan V. Kuz'menko, P.O. Box 88, Amderma, Nenets oblast, 166744 Russia
V73GJ Jeff Parker, P.O. Box 1050, APO AP 96555, USA
VK4AAR Alan Roocroft, P.O. Box 421, Gatton, QLD 4343, Australia
Z32XA Ozren Spaskov, Sremski Front 24/7, Stip 2000, Macedonia
Z32XX Dragan Davkovski, P.O. Box 2, Wetmore, KS 66550, USA
ZM6CL Wairarapa NZART, P.O. Box 860, Masterton, New Zealand
ZS1ACH Maurice Drinkwater, P.O. Box 4090, Old Oak, 7537, South Africa
ZS3BLUE P.O. Box 180, Milnerton 7435, South Africa
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