425 DX News #681
22 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)
9L - The station spotted on 20 metres in the UTC afternoon of 16 May was
not the genuine Massimo, 9L1MS, as rough seas prevented him from
reaching Banana Island (AF-037). Weather permitting, his next
attempt will be on 23 May (Sunday), again indicatively between 11
and 17 UTC. [TNX 9L1MS]
CT - Amateur radio operators from Portugal, the Azores and Madeira may
use the following special prefixes from 12 June and 4 July during
the Football (soccer) European Championships (EURO 2004):
CT1 = CQ14 CU0 = CU04 CU5 = CU54
CT2 = CQ24 CU1 = CU14 CU6 = CU64
CT4 = CQ44 CU2 = CU24 CU7 = CU74
CT5 = CQ54 CU3 = CU34 CU8 = CU84
CT3 = CS94 CU4 = CU44 CU9 = CU94
The official REP (Rede dos Emissores Portugueses,
http://www.rep.pt/) station will be CS2004REP. Information on the
EURO 2004 award will be published in the next issue of the 425 DX
News Magazine. [TNX CT1END]
F - Members of the Castres DX Gang will be active as homecall/p from
Fort Brescou (EU-148) on 27-31 May, including an entry as TM5B in
the CQ WPX CW Contest. QSL via F5XX. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
FT - French previously VHF-only licensees (those with 1 or 4 in their
prefix: F1 & F4, TK1 & TK4, etc) have been granted HF bands
privileges and are allowed to operate on all modes except A1A, A2A,
F1A and F2A. Do not be surprised if Sebastien, FT1ZL on Amsterdam
Island (AF-002) becomes active on 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 metres SSB
in the near future. Suggested frequencies are 28485/28495,
24974/24954, 21271/21191, 18148/18138 and 14274/14195 kHz. Plase be
patient with Sebastien, as he has no experience at all of HF
pile-ups. [TNX The Daily DX]
G - The Chippenham & District Amateur Radio Club will be active as GB2LI
from Lundy Island (EU-120) on 21-28 September. They plan to operate
CW and SBB on all the HF bands, plus possibly 6 and 2 metres as
well. QSL via G3YBT. [TNX G3YBT]
I - Alex, IK4ALM and Robby, IK4XCL plan to operate SSB and CW from Isola
Canarin (not IOTA, IIA RO-018) on 22 May. [TNX IK4ALM]
I - IT9MRM/n will be active on 25-27 May (from 9 to 17 UTC on 10, 15, 20
and 40 metres mainly SSB) from the former Navy station Palombara
(IGJ), at the Italian Navy Telecommunication Centre in Augusta. [TNX
IT9MRM]
I - Alberto, IT9MRM plans to operate as IH9/IT9MRM from Pantelleria
(AF-018, IIA TP-001) during his spare time on 8-9 June. Expect
activity on 10 and 15 metres SSB. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. Logs will be available at
http://www.qsl.net/it9mrm/index.html [TNX IT9MRM]
I - Mauro, IW1RHG and several other operators will be active on all
bands and modes as IR1PL from Portofino Lighthouse on 18-19 June.
Further information will be available at http://home.tele2.it/iw1rhg
[TNX IW1RHG]
IS0 - IS0SDX/n and IS0IGV/n will be active on 24-27 May (from 7 to 18 UTC
on 10, 15, 20 and 40 metres CW) celebrating the 61st anniversary of
the Italian Navy Telecommunication Centre in Cagliari. All of the
QSOs will be confirmed automatically via bureau. [TNX I1ZB]
JA - Kenji, JA4GXS will operate as JA4GXS/4 from Saba Island (AS-117,
JIIA-AS-117-???) on 22 May. Expect activity on or around 7055,
10177, 14260 and 21260 kHz. QSL via home call, direct (Kenji Sasaki,
2-15 Ishikannon-cho, Yamaguchi 753-0038, Japan) or bureau. [TNX
JI6KVR]
OJ0 - Look for Seppo, OH1VR to operate on all bands CW and SSB as OJ0VR
from Market Reef (EU-053) on 24-27 May. QSL direct to OH1VR (Seppo
Sisatto, Ojakatu 3 A 18, 33100 Tampere, Finland). [TNX NG3K]
OH0 - Ari, OH5DX will operate on all bands CW and SSB as OH0Z from the
Aland Islands (EU-002) from 28 May to 4 June, including a single
band entry in the CQ WPX CW Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX The
Daily DX]
SV9 - Ben, OZ5AAH will be active as SV9/OZ5IPA from Rethymnon, Crete
(EU-015) from 26 May to 3 June. QSL direct to home call (Preben
Jakobsen, 25 Gjethusparken, DK-3300 Frederiksvaerk, Denmark). [TNX
OZ5AAH]
VE - Skip, KJ6Y will be active in spare time as VY2/KJ6Y from Prince
Edward Island (NA-029) on 24-30 May. QSL via home call. [TNX The
Daily DX]
VE - Mike/AD5A and Michael/AB5EB will operate as homecall/VO2 from Battle
Island (NA-044) on 19-21 June. They will have two stations with
amplifiers and verticals and will be active on 10-80 metres CW and
SSB. QSL via N6AWD. [TNX The Daily DX]
VE - Francois, VA2RC will operate (on 10, 15, 20, 40, 80 metres SSB and
RTTY) as VO2/VA2RC from Labrador City (Zone 2) on 31 July (12-6 UTC)
and 1 August (12-4 UTC). QSL via bureau to VA2RC. Further
information at http://www.qsl.net/va2rc [TNX VA2RC]
VP5 - David, W5AO and Kirk, K4RO will operate on 160-10 metres as VP5/W5AO
and VP5/K4RO (QSL via home calls) from 26 May to 1 June. They will
participate in the CQ WPX CW Contest as VQ5V (QSL to P.O. Box 88,
Morris, OK 74445-0088, USA) in the Multi/Single category. [TNX NG3K]
W - Look for Howie, K1VSJ to be active from Martha's Vineyard (NA-046)
from 28 May to 1 June. [TNX The Daily DX]
W - During the last week in May, the entire month of June and the first
week in July Tom Pendarvis (W0MTP) and Perry Ballinger (W8AU) will
operate as WW2LST/MM and W2T (when in the Boston harbour and in the
Washington, DC area) from the USS LST-325 (a landing ship for tanks
and troops that participated in the WW2 invasions of Sicily, Salerno
and Normandy) while cruising along the Eastern Seaboard from Mobile
to Boston and Gloucester, MA and Alexandria, VA. They plan to be QRV
daily at 15 UTC on 14310, 17 UTC on 14300, 2 UTC on 7210, 3 UTC on
3910 kHz +/- QRM. QSL direct to AF2HD (Bob Wilder, 6032 Idlemoore
Court, Theodore, AL 36582-4117, USA). [TNX DL8AAM]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
10M CONTEST ---> The second edition of the 10 Meter Italian Contest,
sponsored by the Mediterraneo DX Club (http://www.mdxc.org/), will be held on
22-23 May. Participation is limited to Italian amateurs only.
CQ HALL OF FAME ---> The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame was established in
January 2001 to recognize individuals - radio amateurs or not - who
significantly affected the course of Amateur Radio and radio amateurs who, in
the course of their professional lives, had a significant impact on their
professions or on world affairs. This year's inductees into the CQ Amateur
Radio Hall of Fame are:
Jack Burchfield, K4JU Atilano Oms, PY5EG
Ned Carman, W0ZSW (SK) Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF
John Clarricoats, G6CL (SK) Miguel Pluvinet Grau, EA3DUJ (SK)
Bob Heil, K9EID Ulrich Rohde, KA2WEU/DJ2LR
Tom Kneitel, K2AES Jerry Sevick, W2FMI
Hrane Milosevic, YT1AD Bob Shrader, W6BNB
David Nurse, W8GCD (SK) Oswald G. "Mike" Villard Jr, W6QYT (SK)
Sister Alverna O'Laughlin, WA0SGJ
The CQ Contest Hall of Fame was established in 1986 to recognize Amateur
Radio operators who have made major contributions to contesting. This year's
inductees into the CQ Contest Hall of Fame are Steve Bolia, N8BJQ and Robert
H. "Trey" Garlough, N5KO/HC8N. There were no nominations this year for the DX
Hall of Fame, established in 1967 to recognize major contributions by DXers.
ILLW ---> This year the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend, organised
and co-ordinated by Mike Dalrymple, GM4SUC, will take place from from 00.01
UTC on 21 August until 23.59 UTC on the 22nd. Full information on this
popular event can be found at http://illw.net/index.html. If you decide to
take part in this year's event, please register on-line at
http://illw.net/2004.htm. Announced operations are listed at
http://illw.net/2004_list.htm
NOT THE MANAGER ---> ON4ADN is no longer the QSL manager for LX/ON6CK,
LX/ON6CK/P, ON50KTK, ON6CK, OQ6CK, OR3R and OT2R. Cards should be routed
through ON6CK (UBA Kortrijk, Rijkswachtsstraat 1, B-8500 Kortrijk, Belgium).
[TNX ON6HH]
QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Alan Roocroft, VK4AAR has room for several more
stations on his list. Those interested in using his QSL Manager services can
contact him at almee2@dodo.com.au (correct e-mail address).
QSL VIA I2YSB ---> Silvano, I2YSB (i2ysb@libero.it) reports that all direct
requests received so far for ZK3SB and 5W0SB have been processed and mailed.
Both the operations have been approved for DXCC credit.
QSL VIA W6YOO ---> Harry, W6YOO is the new QSL manager for Clark, N5XX
(N5XX/MM, XE/N5XX, FO/N5XX, ZK1XXX, ZK2XX, A35XX and ZL/N5XX). [TNX The Daily
DX]
XQ3BRN ---> This is the new call issued to Sergio, IZ6BRN (XQ3/IZ6BRN, aka
VU3CUR, AP2WAP and 9N7RN). Soon he will add a 6-element monobander for 10
metres to his current antennas (a 2-element for 12 and 17 metres and a
dipole). QSL direct to Sergio Curina, Juan Bautista Pastene 3101, Vitacura,
Santiago, Chile; bureau cards should be sent to IZ6BRN. [TNX XQ3BRN]
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B9FR, 3D2NN, 3D2YU, 4J0R, 4L1BR,
4L3Y, 4L6AM, 4S7CWG, 4U1UN, 5R8GZ, 5U7JB, 5U7WP, 5W0SB, 6D2YFM, 6W/SM0JHF,
6Y0A, 6Y0T, 7X2RO, 8Q7QQ, 8R1K, 8R1RPN, 9M6/PA0RRS, 9U5M, 9V1YC, 9Y4/DL8JS
(SA-009), A61AJ, BA4EG,BD5WW, BQ9P, C31BO, C4M, C56JHF, C56R, C6AGN, C6ANM,
CE0/SP9EVP, CE0YEH, CO3VK/4 (NA-056), CP4BT, CP6XE, CS6V, CT0L, CY0MM, CY9A,
D2PFN, D44AC, D4B, EY8MM, EZ8AQ, FK8GJ, FO/OH6KN, FY5KE, H40H, H44H, H6C,
HR1RMG/HR4 (NA-060), IR0ANT, J28VS, J79BK, J8DX, JA6WFM/HI8, JT1CO, JY9NX,
JY9QJ, KP2/N4EXA, KP2/OK1TN, KP2D, KP3A, LA/DL8JS (EU-033), OD5/OK1MU, OX3DB,
P29VVB (OC-258), P3F, P40G, P43JB, PI50Z, PJ2MI, PJ4P, PJ4T, PW0T, PY0FF,
RW2F, SU9BN, SV2ASP/A, T20MW, T30NN, T30Z, T32KV, T32N, T32ZA, T33RD, T96Q,
TG9NX, TI2VW, TI5/W7YAQ, TJ3G, TO4E, TO4WW, TR0B,TY5ZR, UA0QJG/0 (AS-029,
1994 QSO), UY2UA, V31JP, V31MD, V47UY, V51AS, VP2E, VP2VE, VP55W, VP8LP,
VP9IB, VQ9LA, VR2MY, VY1/N7FL (NA-193), W8DLI/WH0, XF1/F6BFH (NA-226),
XF1/F6BFH/XF3 (NA-135), XQ6ET, YA5T, YA8G, YI9OM, YK1AO, YK1BA, YN4SU, YW1T
(SA-066), YW5M (SA-015), Z37FAD, ZA/IK0OKY, ZA1A, ZA1UT, ZB3C, ZC4CW, ZF1A,
ZF2NT, ZK1VRL, ZK1WAL, ZK3SB, ZM8CW.
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