425 DX News #699
25 September 2004
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:
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(e-mail i1jqj@425dxn.org - BBS I1JQJ@I1YLM.IPIE.ITA.EU)
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9G - Kees, PA0CJH will be active (on 80, 40, 20, 17 and 15 metres SSB, CW
and PSK31) as 9G5JH from Accra, Ghana from 29 September to 13
November. QSL via home call. [TNX PA0CJH]
9M - Rich, PA0RRS will operate again from Malaysia in February and March
as follows:
3-13 Feb 9M6/PA0RRS East Malaysia
13-26 Feb 9M6/PA0RRS/8 Sarawak (OC-088), East Malaysia
27 Feb-19 Mar 9M6/PA0RRS/2 Penang Island (AS-015), West Malaysia
QSL via home call, direct (Richard Smeets, Schoorveken 100, 5121NM
Rijen, The Netherlands) or bureau. All of the direct and bureau QSL
cards for his previous 9M6/PA0RRS activity have been processed and
sent out. [TNX PA0RRS]
EA8 - Herman, ON4QX will operate as EA8/ON4QX from Gran Canaria (AF-004)
on 9-24 October. [TNX ON4QX]
FH - Andre, ZS6WPX will operate as FH/ZS6WPX from Mayotte (AF-027) on
1-13 October. QSL direct only via home call. [TNX NG3K]
FT*X - The Microlite Penguins DXpedition Team of VP8GEO (South Georgia) &
VP8THU (South Sandwich Islands) fame will activate the Kerguelen
Islands next year. A multinational team of twelve highly experienced
operators from France, Ireland, Switzerland, Canada, Australia,
Singapore, South Africa and the United States will operate on the HF
bands between 15 March and 2 April 2005. "This DXpedition is funded
entirely by the twelve team members and a generous and exclusive
grant by the Northern California DX Foundation," said James Brooks,
9V1YC, DXpedition Team Leader. "There are no other club, foundation,
individual, manufacturer or QSL sponsors." Additional details will
be released in the coming weeks. [TNX N4GN]
G - The Cray Valley Radio Society will be active on 25-26 September
using the special callsign GB2BF as part of "Transmission 2004" to
raise money for the British Wireless for the Blind. They will be
running two stations, and the more contacts they made, they more
money they raise for the fund. Special QSL via G4DFI, direct or
bureau. [TNX M3RCV]
G - Bill/G3WNI, Tom/G0PSE and Dave/M0AOD will operate (on 160-10 metres
CW and SSB, possibly on 6 metres as well) as GB0SM from St. Mary's
Island (EU-011) on 2-9 October. QSL via G0PSE, direct or bureau.
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
GM - Workington & District ARC members Steve/G0MTD, Joe/M0DHV,
Malcolm/M0XAT and Mark/2E0MAX will operate on 80-10 metres SSB, plus
VHF/UHF FM as MS0WRC from the Isle of Arran (EU-123) until 26
September. QSL via the bureau or direct to G0MTD (Stephen Topping, 7
Beckstone Close, Harrington, Workington, Cumbria CA14 5QR, England,
UK). [TNX MM0DFV]
HL - Special event station DT04YL will be aired on 6-16 October for the
YL Meeting 2004 to be held in Seoul. 170 people from 20 countries
are expected to attend the event, which is organized by the the
Korea Ladies Amateur Radio Club
(http://www.ylnet.org/html/english-main.html). QSL via HL1OYF or
HL1SFX. [TNX DL3KWF]
I - The new dates for IG9/IZ8CGS (http://www.mdxc.org/ig9_iz8cgs) from
Lampedusa (AF-019) [425DXN 698] are 24-27 September. QSL via IK8VRN.
[TNX IZ8CGS]
I - Look for Michele, IF9ZWA to operate (mainly on 20 and 40 metres SSB)
as IF9ZWA/p from Punta Libeccio Lighthouse (ARLHS ITA-133, WAIL
SI-025) on Marettimo (EU-054, IIA TP-010, MIA MI-056) on 25-26
September. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ7ATN]
I - II1TPG (www.ii1tpg.it) will be the official amateur radio station
for the IX Paralympic Winter Games, which will be hosted in Torino
in 2006. The station will be aired for the first time from 28
September to 3 October to open the count down towards the olympic
event, and again on 3-5 December. QSL via IZ1CCE, direct or bureau.
A web site is under construction at www.ii1tpg.it [TNX IZ1CCE]
KH9 - The Daily DX reports that Terry, K7ASU/KH9 and George, KH9/AH8H
(V73GT) are working on Wake Island (OC-053) and will be QRV in their
spare time for another four weeks. Terry plans to concentrate on
Europe between 7 and 9.30 UTC on on 20 metres CW. QSL KH9/AH8H to
George Talbot, P.O. Box 45, APO AP 96555-0045, USA; QSL K7ASU/KH9
via K7ASU.
LX - Six Dutch operators will be active on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and PSK31
as LX/PA6Z from Luxembourg on 2-8 October. QSL via PA1K, direct or
bureau. [TNX PA5R]
OA - Eric, SM1TDE will be active (on 80-10 metres CW with some RTTY and
SSB) as SM1TDE/OA4 from Lima, Peru between 22 February and 5 March.
QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX SM1TDE]
OZ - Look for Palle, OZ5MJ/p and Jakob, OZ7AEI/p to operate on 20 and 40
metres from several EU-172 islands and lighthouses on 27 September.
Islands mentioned are Thuroe (DIA FY-016, ARLHS DEN-220 and
DEN-221), Taasinge (FY-015, DEN-161 and DEN-162), Sioe (FY-021,
DEN-218) and Langeland (FY-019, DEN-163), and they might also
operate from a couple of DIA new ones. Information on OZ7AEI's
activations can be found at http://oz7aei.qrz.dk [TNX OZ7AEI]
S9 - Marq, CT1BWW will operate on all bands and modes as S92BWW from
Rolas Island (AF-023) on 1-15 October. QSL via CT1BWW, direct
(Manuel A. C. Marques, P.O. Box 41, 2780-901 Oeiras, Portugal) or
bureau. Further information at http://www.geocities.com/ct1bww [TNX
CT1BWW]
SM - Hakan, SM5AQD is celebrating his 30 years of amateur radio and will
operate as SF30A until 31 December. QSL via home call. [TNX SM5AQD]
SM - Fred, SM7DAY and Jan, SM7NGH will operate on most bands CW and SSB
from Ven Island (EU-137) on 27-29 September. QSl via home calls,
direct or bureau. [TNX SM7NGH]
SV - Look for SV8/DF7XE to be active (on 10-80 metres CW, SSB, PSK31 and
RTTY) from Thassos Island (EU-174) on 1-13 October. QSL via home
call. [TNX The Daily DX]
T30 - Tom, K7ZZ will operate as T30T from Tarawa (OC-017), West Kiribati
from 25 October through 9 November, CQ WW DX SSB Contest included.
Outside the contest he will concentrate on the WARC bands and CW. It
will be a low power operation, but Tom will have two element
vertical arrays on 40-10 metres, a single vertical on 80m and wire
on 160m. QSL via K7ZZ (direct only); the logs will be placed on
Logbook of the World. [TNX K7ZZ]
TY - Michael, PA5M went QRT from Mali (TZ5M) on 20 September. After a few
days in Ghana (no operation planned), he will go to Benin and be
active in his spare time as TY5M from 30 September to 21 October.
QSL via PA7FM and on-line logs at http://www.pa7fm.nl [TNX PA7FM]
V2 - Team Antigua will once again activate V26B
(http://n3oc.dyndns.org/v26b/) during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as a
Multi-Two entry. QSL via KA2AEV (direct only, as they "cannot
guarantee a timely response for QSLs received via the bureau
route"). Before and after the contest (from about 26 October until
about 3 November) the operators will be active with their individual
calls; they will make special attempts to be active on RTTY, PSK31,
160 metres and the WARC bands. There is also a possibility of some
satellite operations on AO-7 and AO-51. Look for V26A (QSL via
WB3DNA), V26B (QSL via KA2AEV), V26EM (QSL via W2SN), V26G (QSL via
N2ED), V26KEN (QSL via N2KEN), V26OC (QSL via N3OC), V26OX (QSL via
K3OX) and V26R (QSL via KA2AEV), plus a few new members who will
announce their QSL routes when their Antiguan callsigns become
finalized. [TNX KA2AEV]
V6 - Neil, V73NS (WD8CRT) will operate as V63NS from Pohnpei (OC-010) on
7-10 October. QSL via V73NS (qrz.com). [TNX VA3RJ]
VE - Nenad, VE3EXY will operate as VE3EXY/2 from Zone 2 from about 23 UTC
on 23 September until about 13 UTC on the 28th, CQ/RJ DX RTTY
Contest included. Look for him on 3510, 7010, 10107, 14025, 18077,
21025, 24897 and 28025 CW; 14090, 21090 and 28090 RTTY. [TNX VE3EXY]
VK - Gary, VK4PY will be active (SSB only) in his spare time from
Melville Island (OC-173) for the next few weeks. QSL direct to VK4FW
(Bill Horner, P.O. Box 513, Nambour, 4560, Australia). [TNX VK4FW]
VK - The state of Western Australia is celebrating its 175th anniversary
of existence this year. As part of the celebrations, the Northern
Corridor Radio Group Inc (VK6ANC, http://www.ncrg.org.au) will
operate as VI6175WA during October, starting with the Oceania DX SSB
Contest. After that it will be used on the HF bands by individual
members of the club. QSL via VK6NE, direct or bureau. [TNX VK6APK]
VK - During his 3-4 November visit to Sweers Island (OC-227), Johan,
PA3EXX (VK4WWI) will be active with resident YL operator Lyn, VK4SWE
(www.sweers.com.au). QSL VK4SWE via home call, direct (Lyn Battle,
Sweers Island, PMB 1 Karumba, Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD 4891,
Australia) or bureau. [TNX PA3EXX]
VK9_lh - After weeks of preparation, all the equipment for the Oceania DX
Group's (www.odxg.org) operation from Lord Howe [425DXN 688] has
been delivered to the boat. It will be stored on the island awaiting
the team to arrive on 9 October in the late local afternoon. G3UML,
IK6CAC, IV3FSG, VK2IVK, VK3SU, VK4FW and VK4NEF plan to operate on
the following frequencies: 1812, 3512, 7012, 10107, 14012, 18072,
21012, 24912 and 28012 kHz (CW); 3785, 7045, 14260, 18140, 21260,
24950 and 28495 kHz (SSB); 7080, 10120, 14090, 18100 and 21090 kHz
(RTTY). A Yaesu FT 857 with beacon will cycle on 50.100 MHz giving
everyone a chance to call. One more operator would be welcome;
enquiries should be sent to vk4fw@westnet.com.au [TNX VK4FW]
W - Magnolia DX Association members K2FF, W5UE, W8JE and KK5EW will
operate as K5R from Round Island (NA-082, USI MS-001, ARLHS USA-711)
on 1-3 October. Expect activity on 10-80 metres (plus 160m if
possible) CW and SSB, with three stations. QSL via W5UE. Updates,
pictures and on-line logs will be posted on
http://www.mdxa.org/k5r_2004.html [TNX W5UE]
YB - Hotang, YC0IEM is currently in Kupang on Timor Island (OC-148) for
two weeks. He operates as YC0IEM/9 on 15 and 10 metres from the QTH
of YC9MKF. QSL via IZ8CCW, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW]
AFRICA TRIP ---> Joe, AA4NN and Chuck, W4GMY will operate as 3DA0NN and
3DA0CG from Swaziland on 18-22 November. Then they will move to Mozambique
and be active as C91NN and C91CG on 24-26 November. They will participate in
the CQ WW DX CW Contest as C91F (Multi-Single). [TNX AA4NN]
ANTARCTIC OPERATIONS ---> Antarctica Award manager Gianni Marruccella, IZ8CGS
reports that, while the austral summer season is approaching, the following
bases continue being active on the amateur radio bands:
* 8J1RL from Syowa Station (JA-02) on East Ongul Island (AN-015), QSL via the
JARL bureau;
* EM1HO from Akademik Vernadsky Station (UR-01) on Galindez Island (AN-006),
QSL via I2PJA;
* HF0QF from Henryk Arctowski Station (SP-01) on King George Island, South
Shetlands (AN-010), QSL via SP7IWA;
* R1ANB from Mirny (UA-07) on Queen Mary Coast (AN-016), QSL via RU1ZC;
* R1ANF from Bellingshausen (UA-04) on King George Island, South Shetlands
(AN-010), QSL via RK1PWA;
Please use the Antarctica Award reference number (e.g. JA-02) when spotting
these and other Antarctic stations, in order to make reasearches easier
through the cluster commands and in the cluster spot archives. Full
information on the reference numbers can be found in the Antarctica Award
Directory, which is downloadable at www.mdxc.org/antarctica [TNX IZ8CGS]
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CQ/RJ DX RTTY CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced
their participation in this year's event (25-26 September):
ZONE CALL CATEGORY DXCC QSL VIA
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02 VE3EXY/2 SO Canada VE3EXY
09 PJ4/W9ILY Bonaire W9ILY
10 HC8N M/2 Galapagos Islands
14 LX5A SOSB 20m Luxembourg LX1RQ
14 LX8M SOSB 80m Luxembourg
15 OH0I M/2 Aland Islands OH3BHL
17 EY8MM SOSB 20m Tajikistan K1BV
20 J49XB Crete DJ9XB
20 P3B Cyprus RA3AMG
20 SY9Y SOAB LP Crete SV9FBM
21 9K2YM SOSB 20m Kuwait direct
26 E21EIC SOAB or SOSB 15m Thailand E21EIC
26 HS0EHF SOSB 20m Thailand HS0EHF
26 HS72B M/2 Thailand E20NTS
33 CT9R Madeira EA2RY
33 CT9L Madeira DJ6QT
34 SU8BHI Egypt HA3JB
Give a look to the Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, NG3K
at http://www.ng3k.com.
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
3Y0X ---> The 2005 Peter I DXpedition [425DXN 696] has been awarded a major
sponsorship grant by the Northern California DX Foundation, Inc. (NCDXF). The
DXpedition is funded principally by the contributions of its twenty-one
members plus this very generous grant; however, because of the extraordinary
cost of chartering the vessel and its helicopter to travel safely to and from
this remote location, additional assistance is still being sought from the
world-wide DX community. For further information on the DXpedition, and how
to contribute to its success, please visit www.peterone.com [TNX N4GN]
NCDXF ---> The Northern California DX Foundation, Inc. (www.ncdxf.org)
announced on 18 September at the W9DXCC DX Convention that it has awarded
major sponsorship grants, for the 2005 Kerguelen Islands (FT/X) and Peter I
(3Y0X) DXpeditions. Together, these grants exceed $100,000, and represent the
largest grants made in the history of the NCDXF. "These exceptional grants
were awarded in light of the rarity of operations from these locations, the
significant individual contributions being made by the participants
themselves, as well as the very high cost of mounting DXpeditions to such
remote locations," said NCDXF President Len Geraldi, K6ANP. [TNX N4GN]
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Fred, DL1DBF is receiving 3V8 cards for which the
correct QSL route is via Mustapha, DL1BDF. [TNX DJ2YA]
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Marco, IV3NCC says he is receiving cards for Omani
stations (A47RS included) for which he is not and has never been the QSL
manager. He can confirm only contacts made during his own A4/IV3NCC and
A4/IV3NCC/p (Suwadi Island, AS-112) operations.
QSL LU1ZA ---> The new address for LU2CN is: SARA - Servicio Auxiliar de
Radioperadores de la Armada, Avda Comodoro Py 2055, Piso 12, Oficina 42, 1105
Buenos Aires, Argentina. LU2CN is the QSL route for LU1ZA, the Orcadas del
Sur Navy Detachment (LU-14) on Laurie Island, South Orkneys (AN-008). [TNX
LU1BW]
QSL ST2T ---> Dane, ST2T (S57CQ) will remain in Sudan for the next two
months, and QSL cards will not be printed before the end of his activity. His
QSL manager (S57DX) also reports that many are sending useless old style IRCs
to cover return postage expenses. So please be patient, do not send second
cards and above all do use new style coupons. [TNX S57DX]
QSL TR8CX ---> Please note that the new address for Xavier, F5PBQ/TR8CX is:
Xavier Cholat, Les Thermes, Domaine Saint-Jean, 73230 Saint-Jean d'Arvey,
France. [TNX F5PBQ]
QSL VK8AN ---> The list of stations managed by VK4AAR [425DXN 698] was taken
from Alan's automatic signature, which included VK8AN by error. Please note
that Dan manages his own QSLs for operations from his home, while VK4AAR
looks after the DXpeditions to islands (VK6AN, VK8AN/6 and VK8AN/8). VK4AAR
has neither logs nor cards for VK8AN. [TNX VK4AAR]
QSL VK9CJ ---> Uwe, DJ9HX reports he is receiving lots of cards for the
November/December 2003 VK9CJ operation. Please note that Uwe can confirm
contacts made during his own operation (July/August 1995), while the QSL
route for last year's activity is via JA1KJW.
QSL ZK3DX ---> Erik, SM0AGD can confirm only contacts made with ZK3DX (and
ZK3CW) in October 1999. The callsign has been reissued and the QSL route for
the current ZK3DX is via EB2AYV.
UKRAINIAN DX CONTEST ---> Sponsored by the Ukrainian Contest Club (UCC) and
the Ukrainian Amateur Radio League (UARL), it will take place on 160-10
metres (WARC bands excluded) CW, SSB and RTTY, from 12 UTC on 6 November
through 12 UTC on the 7th. Full rules and results are available at
http://urcc.com.ua/ or http://www.qsl.net/ut1ia/ [TNX UY5ZZ]
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
TWLHD: The World Light House Diplom software, written by Jean-Pierre
Lehembre/F6FNA, can be downloaded from the World Light House
Foundation's web site at http://www.twlhf.com [TNX 9A7K]
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A0KM, 3B9C, 3D2TN, 3DA0FR, 3G1P
(SA-085), 3G2D (SA-086), 3W50K (AS-132), 3XDQZ/p (AF-096), 4J3M, 4K9W, 4L1MA,
4L8A, 4U1ITU, 4W//OK1FIA/P, 4W3CW, 5H3EE, 5V7C, 5W0SS, 5X1GS, 6Y8Z, 7P8DA,
7P8NK, 7Q7MM, 7X0AD, 8Q7WP, 9A6NL (EU-170), 9M8PSB (OC-165), A22BP,
A4/IV3NCC/p (AS-112), AB5EB/P (NA-137), AC4LN/6Y5, AL1G, AP2JZB, AT0BI
(AS-169), AY1ZA (LU-14), BV2B/9, BV9AAC, BY1DX, C21AT, C50I (AF-060), C6AIE,
CE0Z, CT9M/p (AF-046), DU9RG, EG9IC (AF-036), EJ2MT (EU-121), EO150JPO,
ES1AJ, ET3TK, EZ0/UT3UV, EZ4XX, FH/DL5CF, FK8GJ, FK8GX, FO/F6CTL, FO5RH
(OC-066), FS/KM3T, GB5FI (EU-124), GM4RQI/p (EU-059), GM7V, GZ7V (EU-012),
HK0GU, HO1A, HS72B (AS-125), I7RIZ/IL7 (EU-050), IF9/IQ8BI (EU-054),
IM0/IZ5FKK (EU-041), J28XX, J87AB, JU45D, JW1CCA, JW5E, JW5NM, JY9NX,
KD6WW/VY0 (NA-130), KH2T, KH8/DF2SS, KH8/DL1VKE, KL7J, MJ0DLQ/p (EU-099),
N1DX (NA-137), NC2N (NA-111), OD5IU, OD5NH, OD5RMK (AS-108), P29KM, PJ7M,
PJ8/KG8XV, PY0FF, R1FJ, RI0CM (AS-172), RI0IMA (AS-170), RK2FWA, S07L,
SV8/OK1FCJ/p (EU-067), T32LN, T33C, TA1ED/0 (AS-098),TJ3G, TL8DV, TN3S, TN3W,
TN4NW, TR8CA, TU2MA, UA0FAI, V47KP, V60A (OC-259), V63DT (OC-226), V8PMB
(OC-184), VA3RMF/W1 (NA-055), VI5WCP (OC-261), VK6LI (OC-071), VK9XK,
VO2/AB5EB (NA-044), VP5/IK2QPR (NA-002), VP8LGT, VQ9LA, WJ7H (NA-065), XF4IH,
XU7ACN, XV1X, YB0ECT, YB2DGR, YC9LG (OC-151), ZA/PE1LWT, ZL4/G4EDG (OC-201),
ZP6CW, ZS8MI, ZT6T, ZY6GK (SA-023).
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