425 DX News #718
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February 2005 Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
9L - Massimo, 9L1MS reports he has had to postpone his operation from the
Turtle Islands (AF-056), originally scheduled to take place on 5-6
February.
9Y - Girts/YL2KL, Arvia/YL2LY and Juris/YL2GM will operate on all bands
CW, SSB and RTTY as 9Y4/homecall from Tobago (SA-009) on 10-24
February. Juris and Girts plan to participate in the CQ WW RTTY WPX
and ARRL DX CW contests respectively as either 9Y4/YL2GM and
9Y4/YL2KL or will a special callsign. Logs will be available at
http://www.lral.lv/9Y4 [TNX YL2KL]
9Y - Ten operators from the Lufthansa Amateur Radio Club (namely DD8ZX,
DG3FK, DH6ICE, DJ3FK, DJ9RB, DK7LX, DK7PE, DK7TF, DL1FDS and DL4FP)
will be active from Scarborough, Tobago (SA-009) from 23 February
to 2 March. They plan to have at least two stations active on
160-10 metres SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL via DJ3FK. Logs will
be available at www.dj3fk.com after the operation. [TNX DJ3FK]
DL - Matthias, DJ8OG (http://www.qslnet.de/dj8og) will operate on 10, 15,
20, 40 and 80 metres SSB as DJ8OG/p from Spiekeroog Island (EU-047,
GIA N-08) on 16-20 August and from Baltrum Island (EU-047, GIA N-06)
on 20-27 August. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DE0MST]
F - A team of YL operators (namely Erna/DL1PT, Anni/DL3DBY, Thea/DH4TS
and Anne Marie/DJ0FR) will be active as TP1CE from the Council of
Europe ARC on 4-6 March to celebrate the International Woman Day
(8 March). QSL via F5LGF. [TNX F6FQK]
FT*W - FT1WK and FT5WJ are the callsigns that Nicolas/F4EGX and
Jean-Paul/F5BU will use during their activity from the Crozet
Islands [425DXN 712]. They expected to start operations around 12
February and to remain there until the end of March, but apparently
they will have to leave the island much earlier than planned. [TNX
La Gazette du DX]
I - IQOVL will be aired between 1 and 31 March for the annual Camellia
Festival to be held in Velletri. The local ARI branch sponsors the
Camellia Award for contacts made with local amateur radio operators
during that time frame. Full rules can be found at
http://utenti.lycos.it/arivelletri/CAMELIE [TNX I0LTX]
I - Several COTA (Carabinieri On The Air, http://www.cota.cc) members
will operate special station II3CC for the XVI national meeting of
the Associazione Nazionale Carabinieri to be held in Trento on 15-17
April. QSL via bureau to IZ8DDG. Requests for direct cards with
special cancellation for philatelists should be sent to IV3HWY
(Giancarlo Bertoni, Via San Pelagio 24/2, 33010 Reana del Rojale -
UD, Italy) before 31 May. [TNX IZ6FUQ]
JA - Look for JG5GWL/5, JG5HFY/5, JG5XUU/5, JG5KKY/5, JI5CKF/5, JI5DIH/5,
JI5LNP/5, JI5JXW/5, JI5JXV/5 and JN3QZN/5 to operate from Iwagi
Island (AS-076), new one for JIIA) on 5-6 February. QSL via home
call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
JT - Nicola, I0SNY reports he will be active again as JT1Y from Mongolia
between 21 April and 10 May. He will also operate as JT1Y/4 from the
Gobi Desert. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX I0SNY]
KH5 - Bev, AH6NF has had to revise her schedule and will be leaving
Palmyra Atoll [425DXN 717] on 13 February, a few days earlier than
originally planned. [TNX The Daily DX]
LU_ssh - Henry, LU4DXU reports he will be with the operator at the "Juan
Camara" base of Argentina (LU-17 for the Antarctica Award) on
Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands (AN-010) on 5 February, at
21 UTC on on 14290 kHz. Further information will be avalaible at
http://www.mdxc.org/antarctica/activity/2005.htm [TNX LU4DXU & MDXC]
LZ_ssh - Danny, LZ2UU [425DXN 712] is currently active as LZ0A from the
Bulgarian base "St. Kliment Ohridski" (LZ-02 for the Antarctica
Award) on Livingston Island, South Shetlands (AN-010). He expects to
remain there through February. QSL via LZ1KDP (P.O.Box 812, 1000
Sofia, Bulgaria). [TNX MDXC]
OA - A group of operators from Peru and Germany will be active (on 80-6
metres SSB and CW) as OC4P from Pachacamac Island (SA-052) on 11-13
February. QSL via DL5WM. [TNX OA4DJW]
OZ - Jakob, OZ7AEI (http://oz7aei.qrz.dk) plans to operate on 40 and 20
metres from the four lighthouses of Skagen (DEN-040, DEN-041,
DEN-038 and DEN-039) between 7 and 11 February. Activities from the
lighthouses of Hirthhals (DEN-017) and Rudbjerg Knude (DEN-036) are
also possible. All of these lighthouses are located on Nordjylland
Island (EU-171, NJ-001 for the Danish Islands Award). [TNX OZ7AEI]
P4 - Miika, OH2BAD will operate CW and SSB as P40MH from Aruba (SA-036)
on 9-16 February. [TNX The Daily DX]
S2 - A few days ago Dave, EI3IO reported from Dhaka that, owing to
regulatory problems, the callsign for the IOTA operation from Bhola
Island (AS-140) is S21BI (not S3A as provisionally agreed, see
425DXN 716). Activity is expected to start on 4 February and to end
at 6 UTC on the 7th. There will be two stations with Manju, S21AM
operating SSB and Dave operating CW and SSB. QSL via EI3IO.
SV - Look for SV8/LY1DF (www.qsl.net/ly1df) to operate (CW only) from
Salamina Island (EU-075) on 5-6 February. He might also be active
from one or more lighthouses. QSL via LY1DF. [TNX LY1DF]
T7 - Look for T77CD to participate in the CQ/RJ WW WPX RTTY Contest next
weekend. QSL via I0MWI. Logs will available on www.qsl.net/i0mwi
[TNX I0MWI]
V3 - Bob, NF7E (V31WR) will be joining Art, NN7A (V31JZ) on his 10-14
February operation from South Water Caye (NA-180), Belize [425DXN
715]. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
V7 - JA1JQY (V73JY), JA1KJW (V73KJ), JA1HEE (V73HE) and JI1FPO (V73OP)
will operate from Majuro Atoll (OC- 029) on 18-28 March. They plan
to operate CW (1822, 3507, 7007, 10107, 14007, 18077, 21007, 24897
and 28007 kHz) and SSB (3798, 7080, 14170, 18130, 21270, 24940, and
28470 kHz), plus some RTTY if possible, and to concentrate on 160
and 80 metres, especially for Europe and the US East Coast. [TNX
JF1OCQ]
VK - QRZ-DX reports that Bill, VK4FW will operate as VK4FW/p from the
Solitary Islands (OC-194) on 16-22 February. QSL direct only to his
new address (Bill Horner, P.O. Box 612, Childers, 4660, Australia).
W - Mark, KM6HB, sponsored by the Anaheim Police ARC (W6APD), will
operate as K6I from 19 February through 5 March to commemorate the
60th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II.
Frequencies will be 28450, 24950, 21350, 18150, 14250 and 7250 kHz.
QSL via KM6HB (Mark McMullin, P.O. Box 27271, Santa Ana, CA 92799,
USA). Marks also reports that the QSL cards for his K6B operation
(December 2004) have been printed and requests are being handled.
[TNX KM6HB]
YB - YB9BU and other operators plan to be active as YB7M from
Marabatua (aka Moresses) Island, Laut Kecil Islands (OC-???) on 9
- 14 March. QSL via YB9BU [TNX YB9BU]
ZK2 - Murray, VE7HA will arrive in Niue (OC-040) on 7 February and will
remain there for a couple of months. Murray will operate as ZK2ML
and he hopes to be active to some degree in both the ARRL DX
Contests (CW and SSB) and also in the CQ WPX SSB Contest. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> Nicola, IZ3EBA has compiled the second missing
monthly edition (September 2004), which is now available in either .pdf
and/or.doc formats at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/
DXCC LISTINGS ---> The ARRL Web site now features up-to-date listings of DXCC
awards earned. The new system shows every issued DXCC award known to ARRL's
computerized DXCC system, with the exception of individual standings for
5BDXCC. The new system makes available a separate listing for each DXCC award
type (band or mode), and DXCC listings will be updated daily. Each listing by
band or mode is complete in a separate Adobe PDF file. Printing format
options include US letter-sized or ISO A4 paper. The DXCC listings can be
found at http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/#listings
MOST WANTED SURVEY ---> The DX Magazine's (http://www.dxpub.com) annual Most
Wanted Survey was conducted between mid-September and late October 2004
[425DXN 698], when the VU4RBI & VU4NRO DXpedition to the Andamans was still
to take place. The top 20 Most Wanted DXCC Entities are North Korea, Andaman
& Nicobar Is., Scarborough Reef, Lakshadweep Is., Yemen, Peter I Island,
Navassa I., Desecheo I., Bouvet I., Kure I., Crozet I., Kerguelen Is., Prince
Edward & Marion Is., Glorioso Is., Amsterdam & St. Paul Is., Heard I., Mount
Athos, Aves I., Palmyra & Jarvis Is., South Orkney Islands.
QSL 3V8SQ ---> Hein, DL2OBF can confirm QSOs made with 3V8SQ during CQ WW CW
2004 and on the two days before the contest. Cards can be sent direct or
through the bureau. [TNX I7OEB]
QSL VU4RBI & VU4NRO ---> VU3RSB reports that the QSL requests are arriving
regularly at the NIAR headquarters. To date, there is only one QSL address
for the VU4RBI & VU4NRO operations from the Andaman Islands: National
Institute of Amateur Radio, Rajbhavan Road, Somajiguda, Hyderabad 500 082,
India. [TNX K4VUD]
QSL VIA IK3GES (1) ---> Gabriele, IK3GES reports that all of the direct
requests for FK/IV3FSE (OC-032 and OC-079) and YJ0ASG received so far have
been processed and cards have been mailed. Logs and pictures can be found at
http://www.ik3ges.it/iv3fsg.htm. Gabriele also says that - for reasons beyond
his control and until further notice - the QSL bureau cannot be used for any
of the following calls: FK/IV3FSG, Z38A, Z38B, Z38/IV3FSG, ZA3/IV3FSG and
YJ0ASG. Cards should be sent direct only to IK3GES.
QSL VIA IK3GES (2) ---> Gabriele, IK3GES reports that all of the QSLs for his
past operations (from 1991 to 2004) have been sent out, direct or bureau.
Logs can be found at http://www.ik3ges.it
QSL VIA UA4WHX ---> Vladimir, UA4WHX reports on the current QSLling situation
of his activities.
a) EP4HR (12-14 January 2005): cards are available via either I2MQP (who will
receive the logs in a few weeks' time) or UA4WHX.
b) 4L/UA4WHX: cards should be printed soon.
c) Caribbean tour (2002): all direct and bureau requests received so far have
been processed and mailed.
d) Pacific tour (2003) - the current status is as follows:
Europe - all direct answered, all bureau pending;
Japan - 70% direct answered, the rest is being worked on now; bureau on
hold;
USA - 30% direct answered, the rest is being worked on now; bureau
(including WF5E) on hold;
Others - all direct answered, all bureau pending.
SOUTH JERSEY DX ASSOCIATION ---> The 2005 officers of the South Jersey DX
Association (http://www.qsl.net/n2oo/SJDXA.htm) are: Bob Schenck/N2OO
(President), Tony De Biasi/K2SG (Vice President), Steve Mc Garry/W2USF
(Secretary), Larry Eckenrode/K2GN (Treasurer). [TNX N2OO]
VP8CMH ---> Mike, GM0HCQ/VP8CMH expected to fly back home on 3 February, at
the end of his work period. He will be on leave until sometime in June. He
operated as GM0HCQ/MM (913 QSOs) and VP8CMH/MM (1382) from the RRS "James
Clark Ross", as well as VP8SIG (19 QSOs) from Signy Base (AA G-05) in the
South Orkneys (IOTA AN-008), VP8SGK (188 QSOs) from South Georgia (IOTA
AN-007) and VP8ROT (148 QSOs) from Rothera Base (AA G-07) on Adelaide Island
(IOTA AN-001), Antarctica. QSLs via home call.
+ SILENT KEY + Bill Gallier, W4WX reports that Vance LePierre, N5VL (formerly
known as WV2RHP and W5IJU) became a silent key on 25 January. Vance was very
active in the IOTA programme while a resident on NA-138, and operated under
several other callsigns: HL9UB, VP2EEU, VP2MBU, DL4BW, DL4IJ, DL4LV, E30FA,
W5IJU/KP1, W5IJU/6YT, W5IJU/CY9, CY9A and KG4VL. Operating from E30GA, he
made the only satellite contact ever made from Eritrea.
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
3D2RR: Pictures from the current 3D2RR operation from Rotuma can be found
on Martin's (SM0DTK) web site at http://hem.passagen.se/sm0dtk/
(click "Losgodis"). [TNX SM0DTK]
LOGS: Stan, YB0AJR (OK1JR) reports he made 200+ QSOs as YE0X during the CQ
WW 160 Meter CW Contest. His log can be found at www.ok1jr.com/cq160
XF1K: The story of XF1K's recent IOTA trip to the islands of Asuncion
(NA-164, 9-11 January) and Santa Ines (NA-165, 14-16 January) is
available on the IREF's web site at
http://www.islandradio.org/xf1kna164.htm. On-line logs for both the
operations can be found at http://www.425dxn.org. QSL via N6AWD
(Fred Stenger, 6000 Hesket Dr., Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA).
ZD8I: The web site for Ian, G8WVW/ZD8I is at http://www.zd8i.net/ . Ian
moved to Ascension Island at the end of March 2004 and will be there
until March 2006. QSL via G4LTI, either direct (Mike Coverdale, 1a
Halton Chase, Westhead, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L40 6JR, United
Kingdom) or bureau.
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3D2HC DL9HCU ED6SSC EA6ZX T6KBLRM DL2JRM
3D2RR HA8IB ED7CK EA7HBC TA3J/60 TA3YJ
3Z1IARU SP3MGM ED7CPR EA7ESH TI8CBT EA7FTR
3Z2IARU SP2B ED7MCM EA7CFU TM6OLS F5OCL
3Z8IARU SP8AQA ED7PBA EA7EMB TM6OLW F5TFI
3Z9IARU SP9PRO EG4CAZ EA4GU TM7VM F5UJZ
4L6VV UA6AZ EM1HO I2PJA TO0O KC0W
4N35GM 4N1GM EM60J UU5JYA TR8CR F8EN
5T5SN IZ1BZV EW6GF DL8KAC TR8FC F8BUZ
6O0CW I2YSB (a) EX8A W3HNK UE1QSK UA1RJ
6O0CW M5AAV (b) EY8MM K1BV UE3QKS RN3QO
6O0G IK2GNW (c) FR1AN N5FTR UN180E RX3RC
6O0G M5AAV (d) HF1IARU SP1DPA UN7EX RX3RC
9G5OO DL4WK HF2IARU SP2PI UO1E RX3RC
9H3RW G4IPE HF3IARU SP3SLD UO60SB RX3RC
9K2MU WA4WTG HF4IARU SP4GFG UP100RAEM RX3RC
9M2TO JA0DMV HF6IARU SP6BOW UP2003ZO RX3RC
9N7JO LA7JO HF7IARU SP7LFT UP57EX RX3RC
9Q1KS IZ7AUH HF8IARU SP8MI UP58EX RX3RC
9V1YC N5ID HK1AR K7ZD UP59EX RX3RC
A61AJ DJ2MX (e) HS0ZDJ W2YR UQ1EDX RX3RC
A61AJ K2UO (f) HS0ZFI SM5GMZ V25BO HB9FBO
A61AS YO3FRI HZ1EX SM0BYD V31YN/P DJ4KW
A71EM EA7FTR HZ1IK DK7YY V51KC IZ8EDJ
AX0MT JE1LET J20FH F5PRU VK0MT JE1LET
C56C G3SWH K6P WC6DX VK2IAW DJ7JC
CO2WL/1 EA3ESZ K7WD/KH0 JH7IMX VK3MO WA9BXB
CO3CJ/1 IZ8EBI KH0A JF1MIA VP2E N5AU
CO3JN/1 IZ8EBI KP2/G4RCG G4OOC VP2V/W3HQ VK4AAR
CO3LF/1 IZ8EBI KP2/KI7VR G4OOC VP8KF G3VPW
CO3VK/1 IZ8EBI KP4SQ KD8IW XT2DM OZ4LP
CO6WD W0SA MD4K G3NKC XU7TZG ON4AJV
CO8CY EA5KB MJ0AWR K2WR XV2G/C JA7GAX
CO8LY EA7ADH NP4A W3HNK XX9TMY VR2MY
CO8ZZ DK1WI OH0Z OH5DX XX9TVR VR2KW
CP4BT EA5KB P40LE K2LE YA5Y DL5SE
CQ3A OH2PM P49MR VE3MR YI9AQ OM3XX
CT9C OK5DX PJ4/NE8Z NE8Z YT35T YT6T
CT9M CT3EE R1ANC DL5EBE YU35BM YU1BM
CU1CB EA5KB R1ANF RK1PWA YU35ZZ YU1ZZ
D4B K1BV RU3HD/ANT RZ3DJ YZ35AA YZ1AA
DX0K 4F2KWT SF50A W3HNK Z21FO K3PD
EA8/AE6PP OH1VR SN1IARU SP3NEN Z24S W3HNK
ED2RKO EA2OK SN2IARU SP2Y ZB2FX G3RFX
ED3RNE EA3ALV SP2IARU SP2HYO ZF2LC W2SM
ED3TCT EA3EVR ST2PN PA7FM ZK1SDE M3SDE
ED3URT EA3TE ST2YJ LA4YW ZK1SDZ M3SDE
ED5MUC EA5URM SU9BN EA7FTR ZK1WET M3SDE
ED6IDP EA6AEI SU9NC OM2SA ZK1XMY M3SDE
(a) CW and RTTY direct
(b) CW and RTTY bureau
(c) SSB direct
(d) SSB bureau
(e) rest of the world
(f) North/Central/South America, Caribbean, U.S. possessions
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
9K2/DB1JAW Mike Weiler, Stormstr. 126, 47445 Moers, Germany
DL2JRM Rene Matthes, Wiesenstrasse 3, D-09328 Lunzenau, Germany
DL5EBE Dominik Weiel, Johannes-Meyer-Str.13, D-49808 Lingen, Germany
EI3IO Dave Court, 'Connogue', River Lane, Shankill, Co. Dublin, Ireland
F5TNI Didier Cortini, 168 Chemin de la Carraire, 83220 Le Pradet,
France
M0HCQ Mike Gloistein, 27 Stormont Way, Scone, Perthshire PH2 6SP,
Scotland, UK
I2YSB Silvano Borsa, P.O. Box 45, 27036 Mortara - PV, Italy
IK2GNW Adriano Premoselli, Via Rossini 2, 20080 Cisliano - MI, Italy
M3SDE Tim Beaumont, P.O. Box 17, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 1SF,
England, UK
NE8Z Rick Dorsch, P.O. Box 616, Hamburg, MI 48139, USA
RX3RC Roman A. Novikov, P.O.Box 21, 392000 Tambov, Russia
SP2PI Jerzy H. Wojniusz, Matejki 56/39, 87-100 Torun, Poland
SP2Y Marek Klonowski, ul. Staszica 58/20, 82-500 Kwidzyn, Poland
TA3YJ Nilay Mine Aydogmus, P.O. Box 876, 35214 Izmir, Turkey
UN2O Leo V.Velikanov, P.O.Box 1, Atyrau 060002, Kazakhstan
VK4AAR Alan Roocroft, P.O. Box 421, Gatton 4343, Australia
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