425 DX News #682
29 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)
CT - A multi-national team (CT1APE, CT1CJJ, CT1EEB, CT1ILT, CT2GLO,
EA1CA, EA1DKV, EA4ABE, EA4ST, plus possibly ON5NT and others) will
participate in the IOTA Contest as CS7T from Ilha da Berlenga
(EU-040). On-line logs and further information will be available at
http://www.qsl.net/cs7t (currently under construction). [TNX CT1EEB]
DL - Look for DG1RUG/p, DL2SWW/p and DL2VFR/p to operate CW and SSB from
Usedom Island (EU-129, O-013 for the German Islands Award) on 29-31
May. Weather permitting, they plan to go and operate also from one
of the three lighthouses near Peenemuende/Usedom that count for the
WLH Award. QSL via bureau. [TNX DL2VFR]
EA - Special stations EG1FAS, EG2FAS, EG3FAS, EG4FAS, EG5FAS, EG6FAS,
EG7FAS, EG8FAS and EG9FAS will be active on 30 May for the Armed
Forces Day. QSL via EA4FAS. [TNX EA7HBC]
EI - The WestNet DX Group will be active (on the HF bands and 6 metres)
as EJ7NET from Inis Mor in the Aran Islands (EU-006) on 18-22 June.
QSL via EI6FR. [TNX EI6FR]
EI - The East Cork Radio Group (EI7M) will join forces with the Bristol
Contest Group and participate in the IOTA contest as EJ2MT from the
Martello Tower on Bere Island (EU-121). QSL via bureau or direct to
EI6HB. [TNX EI7M]
EL - Pat, EI5IF reports he plans to operate as EL/EI5IF from Monrovia,
Liberia from June until November or December. He will try to be
active as much as he can during his spare time.
F - La Gazette du DX reports that, commemorating the war events of 60
years ago, the following special stations will be activated from
France:
TM6JUN 31 May-13 June Utah Beach Museum QSL via F5RJM
TM6OGM 3-7 June Sarthe QSL via F5NLX
TM6BMC 5-6 June Mont Canisy
TM6OVS 6 June Vassieu en Vercors QSL via F5RPB
TM6SME 6-20 June Sainte Mere Eglise QSL via F6IPS
TM6OCH 19 June - 2 July QSL via F6KFW
G - The Royal Signals Amateur Radio Society's web site
(http://www.rsars.org.uk/specevts.htm) reports the following special
stations to be activated in the next weeks to commemorate the war
events of 60 years ago:
GB6DD (D-Day) 1-28 June
GB60OL (Operation Overlord) 1-7 June
GB4OL (Operation Overlord) 3-7 June
GB6OL (Operation Overlord) from 6 June for four weeks
GB4OL (Operation Overlord) 1-28 July
GB6LOG (Liberation of Guam) from 21 July for four weeks
GB6LOP (Liberation of Paris) from 25 August for four weeks
HL - Han/DS2GOO, Son/DS3HWS, Chae/DS5BSX, Choi/6K2CLF and others will be
active from Kadok Island (AS-081) on 18-20 June. They will operate
as homecall/5 (QSL via home call) or D90HE/5 (QSL via DS2GOO) with
100w transceivers, a vertical and various wire antennas. [TNX
DS2GOO]
I - Alfio, IT9EJW reports that the IF9RGE operation from Favignana
[425DXN 680], originally scheduled to take place from 29 May to 2
June, has been postponed to a later date.
I - Simone, IV3NVN is currently active as IG9/IV3NVN from Lampedusa
(AF-019, IIA AG-001) and will participate in the CQ WPX CW Contest
as IG9B. QSL for both calls via N1IBM, direct or bureau. [TNX
IV3NVN]
I - Special station II5LDV will be activated (on all bands, 6 metres
included, SSB and CW) on 29-30 May from Leonardo da Vinci's
birthplace. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via
bureau. [TNX IK5AFJ]
I - Special event station IO1PDT will be activated (by I1HYW, I1RB,
I1YRL, IK1JNP, IK1MJG, IK1QLD, IK1ZNN, IW1FYN, IZ1CCE, IZ1CQY and
IZ1ESH) from Torino on 2 June for the Paralympic Day
(http://www./paralympicday.it). Operations are expected to start
around 7 UTC. QSL direct to IZ1CCE. [TNX IZ1CCE]
I - The IR1PL operation from Portofino Lighthouse [425DXN 681] is now
scheduled to take place on 19 and 20 June. QSL via IW1RHG, direct or
bureau. [TNX IW1RHG]
I - Vanni, IK4RUX reports he will operate (HF bands SSB) as IF9/IK4RUX
from Favignana (EU-054, IIA TP-011) on 19-26 June. Side trips to
other islands in the Egadis as well as lighthouse operations are
also possible. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
I - Giovanni/IK8MRA, Enzo/IK8YTG, Oreste/IZ8EDJ and Luigi/IW8EQS will
participate in the IOTA Contest as IC8M from Licosa Island (EU-031,
IIA SA-001, ARLHS ITA-89). QSL via IZ8EDJ, direct or bureau. [TNX
IZ8EDJ]
OZ - Herb, OZ7SM will be active from Bornholm Island (EU-030) on 1-18
June. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
PY - Jim, PY7XC will be active on SSB, CW and digital modes as PY7XC/p
from Itamaraca Island (SA-046, DIB-18) for the month of June. QSL
via home call. [TNX VA3RJ]
ST - Michael, PA5M is now in Sudan and will be active in his spare time
as ST2DX for about one month. He will use 100 watts into his
vertical from the hotel or a 10-element log periodic from his work
QTH. QSL via PA7FM. Further information, on-line logs included, at
http://www.pa7fm.nl/ [TNX PA7FM]
VK - Bill, VK4FW has had to postpone his announced VK4FW/p activity
[425DXN 677] from Cumberland Island (OC-160). The operation has been
rescheduled to take place on 5-6 June. QSL direct only via home call
(Bill Horner, P.O. Box 513, Nambour, 4560, Australia). [TNX VK4FW]
VK9L - The Oceania Amateur Radio DX Group (http://www.odxg.org/) is
organizing a DXpedition to Lord Howe (OC-004) to take place for two
weeks between 25 September and 16 October (dates to be finalized
soon). Seven operators will be QRV on SSB, CW and RTTY on all HF
bands and 6 metres from "a very good operating site with a large
open paddock available to erect antennae". Plans are to have four
stations on air (two around the clock and two as often as possible).
Two operators (one CW operator and one YL operator) are still
needed; if interested in joining the team, please contact Bill
Horner, VK4FW (vk4fw@westnet.com.au) for further details. [TNX
VK4FW]
W - W9IMS, the official Amateur Radio Club of the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway, is conducting a special event operation on various
frequencies and modes through 30 May. They will also operate special
event stations for the other two races that complete the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway's Triple Crown, namely the United States
Grand Prix (Formula One) on 20 June and the Brickyard 400 (NASCAR)
on 8 August. Operations will start about three weeks before each
race and end the respective Race Days. QSL direct to Indianapolis
Motor Speedway ARC, P.O. Box 18495, Indianapolis, IN 46218-0495, USA
(stations outside the US may QSL via the bureau).
W - Peter, W1DAD and Jeanne, K1MOM will operate as K1D between 5 and 20
June celebrate Kid's Day (4 January) and Amateur Radio Awareness.
Look for them on 28370, 21370, 14270, and 7230 kHz. QSL via W1DAD,
direct (Peter Schipelliti, 7 Dearborn Ridge Rd, Atkinson, NH 03811,
USA) or bureau. [TNX W1DAD]
CQ WPX CW CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (29-30 May):
6Y - Felipe, NP4Z as 6Y4OJ (Single operator QRP) from Jamaica. QSL via WC4E.
9H - Con, DF4SA as 9H3MM (on 10-40 metres low power) from Gozo Island,
Malta. QSL via DF4SA (cards will be sent automatically via the bureau
after the contest).
9M6 - Toivo, ES2RR as 9M6A (SOAB) from East Malaysia. QSL via N2OO.
9M8 - Mirek, VK6DXI as 9M8DX (probably SOSB Low Power) from Kuching, East
Malaysia. QSL via DL4DBR.
A4 - Alex, YO9HP as A45WD (SOSB 20m) from Oman. QSL via YO9HP.
A6 - G3SXW, K1ZZ, K3EST, PY5EG, S50A, S53R, SM0CXU, W6OAT, W6OSP and
possibly others as A61AJ (Multi-Multi) from the United Arab Emirates.
QSL via K2UO (Americas) or DJ2MX (others).
CE - Carlos, NP4IW/6 and Bob, K4UEE as XR0F from Chile.
CO - Juan Carlos, CO8TW as SOSB (20 metres) Low Power from Cuba. QSL via
IZ8CCW; logs will be available at http://www.qsl.net/co8tw/
D4 - Al, 4L5A as D4B (SOAB High Power) from Cape Verde. QSL via K1BV.
EA6 - Announced operations from the Balearic Islands include:
* Julio/EA3AIR, Wolf/OE2VEL and Juan/EA5BM as ED6IB (or AM6IB or AN6IB)
in the Multi-Single category. QSL via EA6IB.
* Jukka, OH2BR as EA6/OH2BR/P (SOAB Low Power). QSL via home call.
ET - Michal, OK1HWB as ET3TK (SOSB 40 m) from Ethiopia. QSL via OK1CU.
HL - HL2UOK, DS3DGA and DS5EVU/3 as D80HQ/3 from South Korea. QSL via
DS1KVP.
IS0 - Franc, S59AA as IS0/S52A (SOAB) from Sardinia. QSL via home call.
JW - LA5LJA as JW3R from Svalbard. QSL via LA3R, direct or bureau.
KP2 - N4ES and N4ESS as WP2Z from the Virgin Islands. QSL via KU9C.
LA - Rosel, DL3KWR as SJ9WL from the Morokulien station on the border
between Sweden and Norway. QSL via SM5DJZ.
OH0 - Announced operations from the Aland Islands include:
* OH5DX as OH0Z, probably as a SOSB entry on either 20 or 40 metres.
QSL via OH5DX.
* Toni, OH2UA as OH0B (SOAB High Power). QSL via OH2BH.
OJ0 - SM5AJV, SM0GNS, SM5HJZ and SM0HPL as OJ0SM from Market Reef. QSL via
SM5HJZ.
P4 - LY2CY and LY2TA as P40X from Aruba. QSL via LY2TA.
PJ4 - YL2KL, YL3CW, YL2GM, YL2GQT, YL2VW and K7GEX as PJ4U (Multi-Two) from
Bonaire. QSL via YL2KL.
SM - Hardy, DL3KWF as LG5LG from the Morokulien station on the border
between Sweden and Norway. QSL via SM5DJZ.
SV - Announced operations from Greece include:
* Tomi/HA4DX, Laci/HA0HW and Geza/HA4XG as J47DX, J47HW and J47XG. QSL
via home calls, bureau or direct.
* The Northern Greece Contest Team (http://www.qsl.net/sv2ngct) as
J42T. QSL via SV2BFN.
SV9 - HB9IQB as J49PM (SOSB 15m Low Power) from Crete. QSL via home call.
T9 - T93M, T93Y, T94DX (DJ2MX), T97M and possibly others as T93M
(Multi-Single) from Bosnia. QSL via DJ2MX.
UR - Nikolay, UX0FF as EN35F from Ukraine. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau.
VP5 - W5AO and K4RO as VQ5V (Multi-Single) from the Turks & Caicos Islands.
QSL to P.O. Box 88, Morris, OK 74445-0088, USA.
VP9 - Lou, K1YR as VP9/K1YR (SOAB Low Power) from Bermuda. QSL via home call.
YI - Kaspars, YI9ZF (YL1ZF) as HN0Z (SOAB Low Power) from Iraq. QSL via
SM1TDE.
YU - Rodja, YZ1AA as YZ200A (the special callsign he will be using through
the end of the year). QSL via home call, direct
(Rodoljub Rankovic, P.O. Box 17, 11550 Lazarevac, Serbia and
Montemegro) or bureau.
Z3 - Venci, Z32AF as SOSB from Macedonia. QSL via N8RKA.
ZC4 - Andy, G3AB as ZC4/G3AB from the Eastern Sovereign Base Area of Cyprus.
QSL via home call.
Give a look to the Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, NG3K at
http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxc2004.html
and visit http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com for the rules.
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
NOT THE MANAGER ---> DL5NAM is not the QSL manager for ST2BSS, cards are
being returned to the sender. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
QSL 3D2CC ---> Fred, 3D2CC is no longer QRV from OC-121, but Russ, VE6VK
still has a few of his old cards. QSL direct only (with 1 USD for North
American stations, 2 USD or 1 new IRC for overseas) to Russ. A. Wilson, 1235
Richland Road N.E., Calgary, AB T2E 5M5, Canada. [TNX VE6VK]
QSL AH8A ---> Ron, AC7DX reports that cannot confirm QSOs made after 24
October 2002 because he has been unable to secure AH8A's logs for 19 months
now.
QSL VIA N1DG ---> Don Greenbaum, N1DG will no longer reply to bureau requests
for the following stations: A61X, A61AO, A61AQ and A61AD. "Since 1989 I have
answered over 55,000 bureau cards for these stations at a personal cost
exceeding $2,000.00", he says. "The advent of LOTW now makes this an
unnecessary expense". If a paper QSL is still required, send your request
direct with SAE and return postage.
QSL VIA VK4AAR ---> Alan, VK4AAR reports that the QSL cards for the recent
IOTA operations from Viney (VK6AN, OC-0266) and Pasco (VK6LI, OC-071) islands
have been printed. Requests received so far are being processed and will all
be in the mail very shortly. QSL direct only to Alan Roocroft, P.O. Box 421,
Gatton, 4343, Australia. [TNX VK4AAR]
+ SILENT KEY + The Portuguese amateur radio community mourns the loss of Raul
Costa, CT1BBR, who has passed away at 83 years of age. A keen CW operator,
"he was a mentor for many of us", Manuel Marques, CT1BWW says.
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AS-067: A photo gallery for the recent operation from Uji Island (AS-067) can
be found at http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~iota/newpage067uji.htm [TNX
JI6KVR]
F6BUM: The Cameroon page on Jack's web site (http://www.f6bum.fr.st) is now
available in either French and English language. Cards for his recent
TJ3MC are expected to arrive soon from the printer. [TNX F6BUM]
LOGS: Juan, EA9IE celebrates this year his Silver Jubilee on the amateur
radio bands and has made all of his 212,576 QSOs available at
http://dx.qsl.net/logs/index.html. QSL direct or bureau: if QSLling
direct, you can send cards for either CN2MP and EA9AM (his wife's two
callsigns) in the same envelope. [TNX EA9IE]
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3D2XX W6YOO HS72B E20NTS SY8DX SV2DGH
4K6OF UA3FDX IR8DX/p IK8VRH TA1ED/0 TA1ED
4S7DRG DK9DR IY4FGM IK4UPU TA3BN/0 TA3BN
4U1UN HB9BOU J47DX HA4DX TA3FB/0 TA3FB
5H3EE DL4SM J47HW HA0HW TL8ALD W1DV
6W4RK F5NPS J47XG HA4XG TL8DV W1DV
6W8CK DH7WW J48DX HA4DX TM1X F4EEK
8P6GY KU9C J48HW HA0HW TM4P F6CXJ
8Q7AV DK6AV J48XG HA4XG TM5B F5XX
8S0ITU SK0CC J79FWW SM0FWW TM5CC F6KKH
9M2TK JA7IV J79XBI SM0XBI TM9GS F8KKV
9M6AAC N2OO JW1CCA LA1CCA TU2OJ F5IPW
A61AS YO3FRI JW5LJA LA5LJA TU2WL IN3ASW
AO0FL EA4RCU JW7FJA LA7FJA UE6MAS UA6MC
AP2NK W3HNK JY8MZ S51GL UN9PW UN5PR
AX3ITU VK3ER KH0Y/TG9 JA1WSX V63DX JA7HMZ
C30CAN DF6EJ KH0Y/YS JA1WSX VC6X VE6BF
CN2OA F3OA LU1DZ/Q EA3RE VE7KVL VA7DP
CO6FU EA5KB LZ2TU WB2RAJ W2H W2HC
CP4BT EA5KB LZ35ZF LZ1ZF W8XGI/KH2 JA1XGI
D44TT K1BV MM0BNN/P M0BNN XQ6ET W8UVZ
D77A DS3EXX OD5/I1HJT I1HJT XX9TST VR2ZST
D90HS DS2LGK OH0EC DL1EKC YA1AB pirate
DU3NXE W3HNK OH0I/OJ0 OH3BHL YA1D JG1OWV
ED1LYF EA1AUM OH0PM OH2PM YI9MC N2OO
ED1SPR EA1URV OJ0VR OH1VR YI9RVT KE4RVT
ED5AEF EA5FHK ON8CE ON7VZ YI9WRV N4ZNH
ED7IPE EA7GOG P40KI N2KI YI9ZF SM1TDE
ED8GCR EA8AKN RP1ZM RZ1ZZZ YN4SU TI4SU
EG1PAL EA1EUR RP9XPS RV9XJ YS1EJ W4GJ
EJ4GK/p EI4GK S79DF IV3TDM Z21FO K3PD
EM1HO I2PJA SN3KR SP3VT Z21HL G8VHB
ET3TK OK1CU SNOLED SP3OL (a) Z22JD K3PD
EV60OB EW1ABA SNOLED SP3POH (b) Z22JE K3PD
FO/F6CTL F6CTL SV5/SM8C SM0CMH ZC4DG G0OAB
FO/ON4AXU ON4AXU SV9/OZ5IPA OZ5AAH ZD8I G4LTI
GM3YOG/P G3YOG SX7A bureau ZF2AM K6AM
GM6TW/P G0UZP SX8A bureau ZV10AS PY2DBU
HC1AJQ EA7FTR SX9A bureau ZW10AS PT2ADM
(a) direct (b) bureau
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
DF4SA Cornelius Paul, Adelberger Weg 3, D-73104 Breech, Germany
F4EEK Jean-Philippe Herbouille, 12 rue Francois Mauriac, 16100 Cognac,
France
IN3ASW Gianni Fattore, Via del Sera' 4, 38051 Borgo Valsugana- TN, Italy
JA4GXS Kenji Sasaki, 2-15 Ishikannon-cho, Yamaguchi 753-0038, Japan
OH1VR Seppo Sisatto, Ojakatu 3 A 18, 33100 Tampere, Finland
ON4AXU Gerard Dijkers, Hobosstraat 28, 3900 Overpelt, Belgium
OZ5AAH Preben Jakobsen, Gjethusparken 25, DK-3300 Frederiksvaerk, Denmark
PT2ADM Gustavo de Faria Franco, Sqs 210 Bl "E" Apt 501, Brasilia 70273-050 -
DF, Brazil
SM0FWW Leif Lindgren, Brantingsgatan 54/21, SE-11535 Stockholm, Sweden
SM0XBI Seth Sjoestroem, Asavaegen 10, SE-13244 Saltsjo-Boo, Sweden
VE6BF Bill Metcalfe, 5704 48 Avenue, Beaumont, AB T4X 1C3, Canada
W1DV David A. Vittum, 5 Resthaven Drive, Phelps, NY 14532, USA
XQ3BRN Sergio Curina, Juan Bautista Pastene 3101, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
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