425 DX News #695
28 August 2004
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
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3A - Patrice, F5RBB will operate as 3A/homecall from Monaco from 30
August to 6 September. Expect activity on 40, 20, 15, 10 and 6
metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F5RBB]
3D2 - Mark, KM6HB will operate as 3D2HB from Viti Levu (OC-016), Fiji from
30 August to 7 September. He plans to be QRV on 40-6 metres with 100
watts and a vertical, and to emphasize 30 metres RTTY. QSL via home
call, direct or bureau. [TNX KM6HB]
3D2 - Nob, JA7OV and Hiro, JA7AQR will be active as 3D2TY and 3D2YT from
Fiji for one or two days before and after their 9-15 October
operation from Wallis Island (see FW below). QSL via home calls,
direct or bureau.
7P - John, G4IRN will be active as 7P8RN from Lesotho on 3-12 September.
He will be QRV on 160-10 metres mainly CW. QSL via G4IRN, direct or
bureau. On-line logs will be available at http://www.qsl.net/g4irn
after the event. [TNX NG3K]
7Q - Harry, 7Q7HB (G0JMU) now plans to remain in Malawi [425DXN 693]
until towards the end of November. QSL direct only via G0IAS. [TNX
G0IAS]
9U - Pierre-Marie, HB9DTM (F6FNL) expects to be active as 9U6PM from
Burundi until February. He operates SSB only for the time being, but
he will try to get his keyer and an RTTY interface from home. QSL
via HB9DTM (Pierre-Marie Calvet, Rue de Vermont 22, CH-1202 Geneve,
Switzerland). [TNX The Daily DX]
F - Look for F5JOT/p and F5LGQ/p to operate SSB and CW on the HF bands
from the lighthouse (WLH 271) on Cordouan Island (EU-159) from 28
August in their afternoon to the local morning of the 29th. QSL via
home calls. [TNX F5JOT]
FR - Jack, F6BUM will operate from Reunion Island (AF-016) as TO5M on
23-31 October and as FR/F6BUM on 1-15 November. On 16-20 November he
will go and operate as 3B8/F6BUM from Mauritius (AF-049). QSL via
F6CXJ. [TNX F6BUM]
FW - Nob, JA7OV and Hiro, JA7AQR will operate as FW7OV and FW7AQR from
Wallis Island (OC-054) on 9-15 October. They plan to be QRV on 10-40
metres SSB and RTTY (no CW) running 100 watts into a a 2-element for
15 metres and multiband dipoles. QSL via home calls, direct (JA7OV:
Yoshinobu Takahashi, 4-9-36 Emata, Yamagata, 990-0861 Japan; JA7AQR:
Yoshihiro Tanaka, 1-10-6 Minamihara, Yamagata, 990-2413 Japan) or
bureau. [TNX JA1ELY]
FK - Eleven operators from the Mitsubishi Electric Tokyo ARC (JM1YGG)
will be active on 10-80 metres CW, SSB and FM as either FK/JM1YGG
and FK/homecall from New Caledonia on 16-19 September. The operators
will be JA1BAB, JA1IWP, JA1RNO, JA1RTG, JR1KHM, JI1EOP, JJ1EWN,
JK1EBA, JA3RAF, JR3OET and JF3IPR. QSL via JM1YGG direct (Mitsubishi
Electric Tokyo Amateur Radio Club, 2-1-1 Marunouchi, Tokyo, 100-8310
Japan) or bureau. [TNX JA1ELY]
GM - G3ZAY, M0BLF, M0TDG, M0NKI and M3OXY plan to be QRV from the Outer
Hebrides (EU-010) on 6-10 September. There will also be a number of
brief Summits on the Air (SOTA) activations in Harris and
North/South Uist. QSL via home calls. Weather permitting, they also
plan to operate, during daylight hours only, as GM6UW/P from the
Monach Islands (EU-111) on either the 6th or 7th. QSL GM6UW/P via
M0BLF (bureau cards can be requested by e-mail to
M0BLF@domsmith.co.uk or at http://www.domsmith.co.uk/hebrides04).
[TNX G3ZAY]
I - Look for Claudio, IK1XPK/6 to operate from Monte San Bartolo
Lighthouse (WAIL MAR-06, ARLHS ITA-106) on 28 August. [TNX IK1NLZ]
JA - Tet, JF0JYR informs that special event station 8N0SON (requested
call) will be aired from Nagano and other locations in that
Prefecture from 1 December to 5 March 2004, before and during the
Special Olympics World Winter Games. QSL via JF0JYR, direct or
bureau. Founded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver in 1968 with the support
of the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation, Special Olympics is an
international organization dedicated to empowering individuals with
intellectual disabilities to become physically fit, productive and
respected members of society through sports training and
competition. The first Special Olympics World Games were held in
Chicago in July 1968; next year the Special Olympics World Winter
Games will be held in Nagano, Japan from 26 February to 5 March.
Detailed information on Special Olympics and the Nagano event can be
found at http://www.2005sowwg.com/.
J7 - Lars, SM0CCM and Seth, SM0XBI will be active as J73CCM and J79XBI
from Dominica (NA-101) from 8 September to 1 October. They will
operate on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via home calls, either
direct (please note that 1 USD does not cover postage from Sweden to
any other country) or preferably through the bureau. [TNX SM0CCM]
KL - Special event station KL7AA will be activated from the Alaska State
Fair until 6 September. QSL direct only to AC7DX (please include a
business envelope for certificate). [TNX AC7DX]
LU_ant - LU1ZD from General San Martin base (LU-11 for the Antarctic Award),
located on Barry Island (AN-016) in Marguerite Bay and LU4ZS from
Vicecomodoro Gustavo A. Marambio (LU-03), located on Seymour Island
(AN-013), are used to showing up on the Antarctic Net controlled by
LU4DXU starting at 19 UTC on 14290 kHz during the weekends.
The might be joined by LU1ZI from Teniente Jubany Station (LU-15) on
King George Island, South Shetlands (AN-010). [TNX LU4DXU]
ON - Zelzate UBA-ZLZ members will be active as ON60Z from 1 September to
30 November to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of
that region during World War II. QSL via ON7ZT.
OY - Tom, DL2RMC and Heiko, DL1RTL will operate on 160-6 metres as
OY/homecalls from the Faroe Islands (EU-018) from 30 August to 9
September. QSL via home calls. Further information at
http://www.qsl.net/dl2rmc [TNX NG3K]
R1_mv - The R1MVI operation from Malyj Vysotsky [425DXN 694], originally
planned to take place on 27-29 August, has been postponed owing to
"technical reasons". The new dates will be announced in the future.
[TNX RA3AMG]
T8 - Aki, JA1KAJ will operate (on 80-6 metres SSB, CW and RTTY) as T88QQ
from Koror, Palau Islands (OC-009) from 29 October to 3 November,
including an entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via home call.
[TNX JA1KAJ]
TA - Thierry, F5SNY and Christian, F8BOD are in Turkey until 10 September
and will try to operate from a few IOTA island groups (AS-115,
AS-123 and AS-098). [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
TK - Terry, M0CLH will be active as TK/M0CLH/P from Corsica (EU-014) on
6-18 September. It will be a holiday-style operation using QRP and
dipoles for 20, 17, 15 and 12 metres. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX M0CLH]
TK - Vasek, DL4FF reports he will be active (on 160-10 metres CW and SSB)
as TK/DL4FF from Corsica (EU-014) from 6 September to 1 October.
UA - Victor/RN1AW and Alex/RX1AW plan operate from Tolbukhin Island
(RRA-01-06) and Lighthouse (WLH-0700) on 28-29 August. QSL via
RN1AW, direct or bureau. [TNX RN1AW]
UA_ant - Aleksej, UA1PAC will be wintering again at the Russian base Vostok
(UA-10 for the Antarctica Award), Antarctica as responsible for the
running of the ionospheric stations. He will operate once more on
the amateur radio bands as R1ANC. QSL via DL5EBE. [TNX DL5EBE]
UR - Victor, UR7GG operated as UR7GG/p on 20-22 August from Bolohrudyi
Island (DN-01 for the Ukrainian Islands Award). His next operations
will take place from Velykyi Potiomkin (DN-02) on 27-29 August, from
Malyi Potiomkin (DN-04) on 3-5 September and from Karantynnyi
(DN-03) on 10-12 September. QSL via home call, direct (Victor
Tkachenko, P.O. Box 73, Kherson 73000, Ukraine) or bureau. [TNX
UR7GG]
W - The Kings County Repeater Association (KC2RA) & the Metropolitan 222
ARS co-sponsor the September 11th Memorial Station on Governors
Island (NA-026), NY. Expect activity on 11 September on +/- 28340,
21340, 14250 and 7250 kHz from 15 to 20 UTC. [TNX W2SN]
W - Tom, WA6WPG will operate as WA6WPG/P from Santa Barbara Island
(NA-066, WLH-0258) on 25-26 September. Tom will use solar panels and
two large batteries and he expects to be able to run 100 watts both
days on 80-10 metres SSB and CW. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX WA6WPG]
XX9 - Hiro, JA0SC has been forced to cancel his 24-31 August operation
from Macau. [TNX The Daily DX]
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
RSGB HF & IOTA CONVENTION ---> Owing to several insoluble operational
problems at the Europa Hotel, there has been a change in the venue of the
RSGB HFC 2004 HF & IOTA 40th Anniversary Convention (22-24 October), which is
now to be held at the Gatwick Worth Hotel. The early booking discount (�10
per person) deadline is 31 August. The URL for the convention details is
http://www.rsgb-hfc.org.uk/
QSL FP/KT1J ---> Effective immediately, K1WY is no longer the QSL manager for
FP/KT1J. Cards should be sent to KT1J, direct or bureau. [TNX The Golist]
WRTC 2006 ---> The Organizing Committee of the fifth World Radiosport Team
Championship, to be held in Florianopolis in July 2006, includes PP5JR,
PP5WG, PP5UA, PT2ADM, PY0FF, PY1KN, PY2EMC, PY2YP, PY5CC, PY5KD and PY5EG.
Preliminary rules and selection criteria can be found at
http://www.wrtc2006.com (site under construction). [TNX PY5EG]
+ SILENT KEY + Denmark has lost one of its great DXers and contesters with
the passing of Morten Frederiksen, OZ3W/OZ1FTE, on 16 July. First licensed in
1979, Morten was only 46 years old. Morten will be remembered by DX and
contest operators around the world for his excellent operating skills in both
CW and SSB, his strong signals on all HF bands and for his regular
participation in major contests. [TNX OZ8ABE]
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LOGS: On-line logs for 7P8DA and 7P8NK are available at
http://www.k4sv.com/
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B9C, 3V8BB, 4U1UN, 5U7B, 5W0KE,
5W0SS, 5Z4DZ, 6W4RK, 7P8DA, 7Q7HB, 7Q7MM, 8J1RF (Dome Fuji Station, JA-04),
8R1AK/P (SA-068), 9M2/G4ZFE, 9M6AAC, 9M8PSB (OC-165), 9Y4/DL7DF, A61AJ,
A71EM, A92GR, AT0BI (AS-169), C4M, C93FF, CP4BT, CQ0T, CS6T, CS7T (EU-040),
CT9M (AS-046), D44BC, DL7DF/HI3, EL2WW, EM1HO (Vernadsky Station, UR-01),
ET3TK, F5LPY/TU8, FG/AI5P, FK/AC4LN (OC-079), FO/F6CTL, FO/ON4AXU, FO0PT
(OC-046), FO5RH, FP/KB9LIE, FS/N7DD, FS5UQ, H40VB (OC-065), H44VV (OC-158),
HP1/DJ7AA, HS72B, HV0A, IC8OZM (EU-031), J79FWW, J85M, JW/CT1BWW, K1VSJ/1
(NA-046), K4QCD/4 (NA-058), K4T, KH2WW, KH8/DF2SS, KH8/DL1VKE, KP3A, LZ0A
(St. Kliment Ohridski Station, LZ-02), N2GC (NA-026), NA1SS, ND7K/p (NA-137),
OC4WW, OD5/OK1MU, OH0I/OJ0, OX/DL2VFR, OX3HX, OZ/DL7UCX (EU-172), P29KM,
P40X, P43E, PZ5RA, R1FJ, S9SS, SM7CRW (EU-137), ST2DX, SU9NC, T31MY, T32ZA,
T33C, T77EB, TO4E, TO4WW, UA0AZ, UK8FF, UU7J/P (EU-180), V31AD, V31MX, V63MB
(OC-078), V73NS, V85SS, V8PMB (OC-184), VE1JS (NA-127), VE2/VE3EXP/P
(NA-077), VE2AWR/m (NA-128), VI5BR (OC-228), VP2MVU, VP5/K7BV, VP8/LZ2UU (St.
Kliment Ohridski Station, LZ-02), VP9/W6PH, W6T, XF4IH, XU7POS (AS-133),
YI/KC0LEK, YI9LEK, YI9ZF, YJ0VB, YS3/YN4SU, YS3SU, ZD9BV, ZL1V, ZL7II,
ZP5AZL, ZP5MAL, ZS8MI.
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