425 DX News #719 12 February 2005 Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to: Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: DX information (e-mail i1jqj@425dxn.org ) Contributors are invited to send their DX information to Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ (i1jqj@425dxn.org) The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA 3Y0X * UPDATE Three operators have dropped out of the expedition, and the current roster includes F2JD, HB9BXE, K0IR, K3NA, K4SV, K4UEE, K9SG, LA6VM, N2WB, N4GRN, N6OX, NP4IW, OH2BH, OH2PM, PA5M, UA3AB, VK4GL and W0RUN. They expected to be underway from Ushuaia, Argentina on 11 February. Another vessel (the "Cavendish Sea"), another helicopter and a very experienced pilot have been contracted, and the team should be able to hold to the most recently announced schedule. Depending on weather and sea conditions they expect to be off Peter I about 17-18 February and to operate until 3 March. Bookmark www.peterone.com for updates. 3Y_ant - Vidar, LA2SNA reports he will be active as 3Y2SNA from the Norwegian Antartic station "Troll" (new one for the Antarctica Award) on 11-15 February. This scientific station is located at 72.00S-02.32E on Jutulsessen ("The Giant's Seat") in the Gjelsvik Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica (AN-016). Vidar will operate (SSB only) in his spare time with 100 watts into a dipole and/or a vertical for 17 and 20 metres. He says he is not a very experienced operator, so please be patient with him. QSL via LA2SNA. Further information will be avalaible at http://www.mdxc.org/antarctica/activity/2005.htm [TNX IZ8CGS] 8P - Tom, W2SC will be active (CW only) as 8P9JG from Barbados (NA-021) on 15-21 February. He will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest (19-20 February) as 8P5A. QSL via NN1N. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] 9Y - 9Y4DLH is the callsign to be used during the Lufthansa ARC's operation from Tobago (SA-009) from 23 February to 2 March [425DXN 718]. QSL via DJ3FK. [TNX DJ3FK] 9Y - 9Y4W is the contest call that Juris/YL2GM and Girts/YL2KL [425DXN 718] will use from Tobago during the CQ WW RTTY WPX and ARRL DX CW events. [TNX YL2KL] C6 - Steve, AK0M will be active as C6ASB from Eleuthera (NA-001), Bahamas on 13-22 February. He will operate holiday-style on 160-6 metres, preferred mode being CW with some SSB or digital modes possible, and will include a casual entry in the ARRL CW DX Contest. Steve's wife, Sandy (KC0RD) may also be on SSB or digital as C6ASC. QSL via AK0M. Trip details will be available at http://pages.cfu.net/~sjs/c6asb.htm [TNX AK0M] CE - The CE8A team set sail for the Rennell Islands (SA-???) at 02.30 UTC on 11 February. They expected to reach their destination in approximately 11 hours with landing and station setup to follow. Plans are to have three stations on the air on different bands and modes. QSL via CE6NE. After the CE8A expedition, Zoli, HA1AG will operate as CE8/HA1AG from Riesco Island (SA-091) and as CE6/HA1AG from Mocha Island (SA-061). [TNX K9PPY and RZ3EC] CE_ssh - Yuri, CA8WCI/9 reports he is currently active from the Chilean Antarctic Base "Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva" (CE-03 for the Antarctica Award) on King George Island, South Shetlands (AN-010). He operates when weather conditions and spare time permit. CA licensees have limited privileges and can operate only on 80, 40 e 10 metres. QSL via CA8WCI (Yuri De La Barra Echeverria, c/o Radio Club Punta Arenas, P.O. Box 2000, Punta Arenas, Chile). Further information will be avalaible at http://www.mdxc.org/antarctica/activity/2005.htm [TNX IZ8CGS] CT3 - Rosel, DL3KWR and Hardy, DL3KWF will be active again as CT3/DL3KWR and CT3/DL3KWF from Madeira (AF-014) on 10-24 March. They plan to operate mostly on the WARC bands, 80 metres and CW in their evenings. QSL via home calls. E-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to dl3kwr@darc.de or dl3kwf@darc.de respectively. [TNX DL3KWF] D2 - Bjorn, LA9IAA (D2AA) expected to be QRV from Angola in early February, but his activity has been delayed owing to local problems. He does not expect to be active until around three months from now. [TNX NG3K] F - Special event station TM7VM [425DXN 712] will be active again on 13-27 February. QSL via F5UJZ. [TNX Bulletin F8REF] F - A couple of special calls will be aired from France on 14-27 February for the Antarctic Activity Week: Francois, F8DVD will operate on 10-80 metres SSB as TM8ANT (QSL via home call, direct or bureau), while the F6KDF team will be active as TM0ANT. [TNX F8DVD and F5NOD] FM - Nicolas, F5TGR will be active from Martinique (NA-107) from 19 March to 1 April. He will operate on 10-40 metres SSB and CW with 100 watts and dipoles. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F5TGR] FS - John, K9EL plans to operate on 10-40 metres (80m if possible, 160m very unlikely) as FS/K9EL from St. Martin (NA-105) on 16-26 February. He will be active during the ARRL DX CW Contest to hand out multipliers. QSL via home call. [TNX K9EL] GJ - Pete, K8PT and Craig, K3PLV will operate as MJ/K8PT and MJ/K3PLV from Jersey (EU-013) on 9-16 March. They will be active on 160-6 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and some PSK-31. This year they will accept skeds: to set one up on CW or RTTY e-mail K8PT@chartermi.net, for SSB or PSK-31 e-mail crahill@adelphia.net QSL via home calls. [TNX K8PT] GM - Leo, W3LEO will once again be active as MM0LEO from Portpatrick in southwest Scotland from about 20 February to 29 March. During the ARRL DX SSB Contest (5-6 March) he will use GM3W, the Wigtownshire ARC contest call. He will also participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest (26-27 March) as MM0LEO. QSL both calls via W3LEO, direct or bureau. [TNX W3LEO] GM - Jim, MM0BQI will operate (on 80-6 metres SSB, CW and RTTY, with verticals and dipoles) as MM0BQI/P from Lunga Island in the uninhabited Treshnish Islands (EU-108) on 2-5 June. QSL via MM0BQI, direct (Jim Martin, 3 Lismore Avenue, Edinburgh, EH8 7DW, Scotland, UK) or bureau. All surplus money from direct QSLs will be donated to the Hebridean Trust, who own and work to preserve the islands and whose permission to land and operate is gratefully acknowledged. [TNX MM0BQI] HA - HA200CVM will be aired on all bands and modes through 31 December to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the death of Csokonai Vitez Mihaly, one of the greatest Hungarian poets. QSL via HA0NAR (Radocz Laszlo, 130 Rozsavolgy Str., Debrecen, H-4225, Hungary). [TNX HA0NAR] HH - Look for Jan/K4QD and Koh/JA7KAC to be active (on 10-160 metres SSB, CW and RTTY) as HH4/K4QD (QSL via home call) and HH4/K2AC (QSL via JA7AGO) from Haiti (NA-096) from 21 February to 4 March. They will be operating from the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission in St Louis du Nord. [TNX K4QD] I - IK7AFM, IK7BPV, IZ7AUH, IZ7BFR, IZ7CRW, IZ7DOK, IZ7EDQ, IZ7FLP and IZ7FMQ will operate as II7ANT on 21-27 February for the Antarctic Activity Week. QSL via IZ7AUH, bureau or direct. Logs will be available at www.iz7auh.com/ii7ant [TNX IZ7AUH] I - II8ANT and IO8ANT will be the callsigns used by several members of the Strange Radio Team on 21-27 February for the Antarctic Activity Week. [TNX IZ8EDJ] I - Special station II2AMI will be active from Varese, Italy on 21-27 February for the Antarctic Activity Week. The special call stands for Aeronautica Militare Italiana and it is for celebrating the role played by the Italian Air Force in the frozen continent. QSL via IK2IWU. [TNX IK2IWU] J6 - Dave, K3LP will operate as J6/K3LP from St. Lucia (NA-108) on 15-22 February. He will participate in the ARRL CW DX Contest as J6R. [TNX The Daily DX] J7 - Lars, SM0CCM will operate again as J73CCM from Dominica (NA-101) from 16 February to 14 March. He will be active on all bands CW and RTTY, with some PSK and SSB. He also expects to operate for a few days as J70SWD from the Carib Indian Territory. QSLs via SM0CCM. [TNX NG3K] J8 - Dave, G3TBK is active as J88DR from the island of St. Vincent (NA-109) until 14 March. Activity will be on 160-10 metres, mainly CW and RTTY with some SSB. He will participate in the ARRL CW and SSB DX Contests and also in the RSGB Commonwealth Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ] LX - ON4BAG, ON4LO, ON6QX and ON6UM will be active as LX/homecall from Luxembourg on 22-25 April. They plan to operate on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 30, 40, 80 and 160 metres SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX ON6UM] LZ - The Balkan Contest Club, LZ1KZA (LZ5A) will operate special event call LZ127LO on 1-31 March. Activity will take place on 160-10 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. QSl via the bureau or direct to LZ1KZA (P.O. Box 36, 4300 Karlovo, Bulgaria). [TNX LZ1ZF] OX & TF - Hector, EA3EKS will operate as OX/EA3EKS from Greenland on 2-5 August and as TF/EA3EKS from Iceland on 6-13 August. QSL direct to home call (Hector Guasch, P.O. Box 729, 43080 Tarragona, Spain). [TNX EA3EKS] P4 - Andy, AE6Y will be active as P49Y from Aruba (SA-036) on 16-22 February, ARRL DX CW Contest included. QSL via home call. [TNX AE6Y] PJ - Bil, W8EB and his wife Dorothy, W8DVC will operate (on 160-10 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31) from St. Maarten (NA-105) from 14 February through 20 March. Bil will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as either PJ7B or PJ7/W8EB along with guest operator John Scott, VE1JS. QSLs via W8EB. [TNX NG3K] PJ - KU8E, W9RE, N4GG and N5OT will operate as PJ4/homecall from Bonaire (SA-006) on 15-22 February. They will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest (19-20 February) as PJ4R (QSL via N4GG). [TNX NG3K] PJ - Joeke, PA0VDV will operate as PJ6/PA0VDV from Saba (NA-146) on 17-23 February and as PJ2/PA0VDV from Curacao (SA-006) from 26 February to 23 March. [TNX The Daily DX] PY0_fdn - Bill, W9VA will be active (mainly on the WARC bands and 6 metres) as PY0ZFO from Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) on 16-22 February. He will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest (19-20 February) as PY0FF. QSL all via W9VA. [TNX NG3K] R1A_ant - Mike, RW1AI will be stationed at the Russian base Mirny (UA-07 for the Antarctica Award, IOTA AN-016), Antarctica until March 2006. He plans to operate as R1ANT starting around late March. [TNX F8DVD and F5NQL] TT - Luc, ON4IA expects to operate as TT8KLJ from Chad until around 20 March. QSL via ON6NL. [TNX The Daily DX] V5 - Janusz, SP6IXF and Przemek, SP7VC have received their licences and will operate as V5/SP6IXF and V5/SP7VC during their forthcoming operation from Namibia [425DXN 717]. QSL via home calls. The web page for their activity is at http://www.sp5zcc.waw.pl/dxpeditions/v5/ [TNX SP5UAF] VP5 - Dave/W2YC and Harry/AA2WN will operate SSB and CW as VP5/homecall from North Caicos (NA-002) on 15-22 February. They will participate in the ARRL CW DX Contest as VP5Y. [TNX The Daily DX] W - Dennis, WA2USA plans to be active as WA2USA/4 from Emerald Isle (NA-112) from 20 February to 5 March. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] XT - Jan, SM5DJZ will be in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso from 26 February until 11 March. Thanks to Hugo/XT2HB, he hopes to be able to operate as XT2JZ mainly CW on 40-10 metres (possibly on 80 metres as well). He hopes to be active during the ARRL SSB Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX SM5DJZ] YB - The Kangean Islands (OC-217) were activated for the first and so far only time by YB3SPS/p back in 1996. A new operation is being planned to take place in late March, CQ WW WPX SSB Contest included.Plans are to operate as YE3K (requested call) for 4-5 days with two stations at least; the main mode will be SSB, but some CW, RTTY and PSK activity might take place before and after the contest. Team members include YB3HBK, YB9BU, YC0IEM, YC3BDJ, YC3BX, YC3CC, YC3DE, YC3DIK, YC3IZK, YC3MM, YC9WZJ, YD3OZ and IV3NCC. QSL via IZ8CCW (Antonio Cannataro, P.O.Box 360, 87100 Cosenza -CS, Italy). The web page for the expedition is at http://www.mdxc.org/ye3k/ [TNX IZ8CCW] ZA - A group of operators from The Mediterraneo DX Clubd and the Salento DX Team will be active on all bands and modes from Albania with prefix ZA2 on 3-10 May. They plan to participate in the ARI International Contest and, if they get the authorization, to operate also from Sazan Island (EU-169). [TNX IZ8CCW] ZF - Jim, N6TJ will be active as ZF2TJ from the Cayman Islands (NA-016) during the ARRL DX CW Contest (19-20 February). QSL via VE3HO. [TNX NG3K] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- IPHG ---> Several special calls are expected to be activated in March celebrating the 3rd anniversary of the International Pharmacists Ham Group (http://www.malpensa.it/iphg/ ): 3G4PHG by CE4ETZ 1-31 March 3Z8PHG by SP8QED 1-31 March II0PHG by IK0AZG 17-27 March II1PHG by IZ1ASN 17-27 March II2PHG by IK2UVR 17-27 March II4PHG by I4TDK 17-27 March II5PHG by IK5ZTT 17-27 March II7PHG by IZ7ECB 17-27 March TM1PHG by F5BKU & F5RPB 14-28 March TM2PHG by F5SGI 14-28 March TM3PHG by F5MXV 14-28 March ZV2PHG by PY2LEC 1-30 March ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CQ/RJ WW WPX RTTY CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their participation in this year's event (12-13 February): 9Y - Juris/YL2GM as 9Y4W from Tobago. HI - JA6WFM/HI8 from the Dominican Republic, possibly on 15 and 20 or 40 metres. QSL direct to JA6VU. I - ARI Taranto operators as IQ7TA. QSL via bureau or direct to IK7AFM. LX - LX1ER, DF4OR, DF7ZS, DL1ZBO and LX1RQ as LX8M (multi-two) from Luxembourg. QSL via the LX QSL bureau or direct to LX1ER. OH0 - A multi-national team of operators will as OH0I (Multi-Multi) from the Aland Islands. QSL via OH3BHL. [TNX NG3K] OH0 - OH3BHL, OH6GAZ, OH6HZH, OH6JHU and OH9MM as OH0Z from the Aland Islands. QSL via OH5DX. PJ7 - Ron, ND5S as PJ7/ND5S from St. Maarten. QSL via home call. SV - SV1CIB, SV3FUO and SV3BSF as J43BSF (Multi-Single). QSL via SV1CIB. [TNX The Daily DX] XE - Trey/N5KO, Glenn/W6OTC, Alberto/XE1NK and Ramon/XE1KK as 6G1KK (Multi-Single) from Mexico. QSL via W5UE. ZK1_sc - ZK1WET from Aitutaki (OC-083), South Cook Islands. QSL via M3SDE. Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqrjwpx2005.html. _____________________________________________________________________________ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA 425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (January 2005) is now available in either .pdf and .doc formats at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/. Articles and pictures should be sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@libero.it). AA SOFTWARE ---> Gabriele Antonelli (I5-1990) is the author of the Antarctica Award software, which is downloadable for free from http://www.mdxc.org/antarctica/download.asp. The professionally made AA software is a log program for contacts made with Antarctic stations: it interacts with the AA Directory (it gives also the DXCC Entiry and the IOTA Reference Number for each base) and makes the participation in the Antarctica Award easier. [TNX I5-1990] BEACON (VK6) ---> The VK6RWA 28 MHz beacon on 28264 kHz has been upgraded and it is now running 5 Watts output. Antenna is 5/8 wave vertical. The beacon is currently running at the Perth QTH of VK6APK, until the new premises of VK6ANC are completed. Any reception reports are welcome and should be sent to VK6ANC. [TNX VK6APK] BEACON (LU) ---> The LU4XS beacon on 28190 kHz has been upgraded. Signal reports can be sent to moatbeacon@yahoo.com.ar [TNX LU7AWY] DXCC NEWS ---> The TX9 operation from the Chesterfield Islands (October 2004) has been approved for DXCC credit. EUROPEAN CASTLES DAY ---> The third edition of the European Castles Day will take place on 16 May between 6 and 16 UTC. Several stations are expected to operate from fortresses and castles in France, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Portugal. Information about castles awards programmes can be found on Jean-Pierre's (F6FNA) web site at http://perso.club-internet.fr/f6fna/ NOT THE MANAGER ---> Please note that Arne, LA8LA (5B4AHB) is is not and has never been the QSL manager for 5B4AHA. Cards should be sent direct only to Steve Hodgson, 4 Nikolaou Michael Street, 5523 Dasaki Achna, Cyprus. [TNX LA8LA] ROCKALL ISLAND --->Is there any brave operator who wants to activate Rockall, the only still unnumbered IOTA group in Europe? Give a look to http://www.therockalltimes.co.uk/rockall-ho/assault-plan.html QSL MANAGER SURVEY ---> Conducted by the "Golist, QSL Manager List", the "Top 5 QSL Managers" survey for 2004 closed for nominations on 1 February. Over 2100 DXers from around the world sent in nominations for their Top 5 managers, resulting in 100 different mangers being nominated (see http://golist.net/ for the full list of nominees). From this list of 100, the following Top 5 (listed in alphabetical order) were selected based upon the greatest number of nominations received: Phil Whitechurch (G3SWH), Roger Western (G3SXW), Nigel Cawthorne (G3TXF), Antonio Cannataro (IZ8CCW), Joe Arcure (W3HNK). This year, the Top 5 QSL Managers will receive an engraved plaque acknowledging this accomplishment: "these plaques have been donated to the Top 5 project by a Golist subscriber who believes that this award is also needed to help show the gratitude to those people who give so much time and effort to make our dreams of awards come true", John, K1XN says. QSL 9N7JO ---> Stig, LA7JO is currently active as 9N7JO from Nepal; he says that QSL cards should be sent direct to the following address: Stig Lindblom, Jum Changphimai, 147/1 Moo 3, Tambon Boot, Ban Ta Bong, Phimai, TH-30110 Nakhon Ratchashima, Thailand QSL OC-267 ---> Johan, PA3EXX has had full colour cards for VK4WWI/p (Marion Reef, OC-267) printed. Those who have already received the plain "ordinary" card can e-mail their mail address to Johan (willemsen@multiweb.nl) and he "will make sure they receive the QSL". [TNX PA3EXX] QSL V51HH ---> The QSL manager is DL6TTB, but cards can be sent also direct to V51HH (Holger Roemershaeuser, P.O. Box 231, 9000 Windhoek, Namibia) or via the NARL QSL Bureau (P.O. Box 1100, 9000 Windhoek, Namibia). [TNX SP5XSD] QSL YB/IV3NCC ---> Marco, IV3NCC is currently guest operating from Indonesia. Cards for these activities should be sent direct to Marco Tuniz, Via Savoia 18, 34079 Staranzano, Italy. QSL VIA N9NU ---> Tim Dickerson, N9NU (http://www.n9nu.net) is the QSL manager for KH6XT, 9K2AI, 9K9A, UA9CKN, YB0GJS and A92GQ. "I have not been able to contact any of these stations in the past 3 months to obtain logs", he says, "The few e-mail addresses I have are no longer valid and I have cards stacked up here awaiting to be sent out". If anyone has any valid e-mail addresses or knows anything about the status of these operators, please contact Tim (n9nu@n9nu.net). SHORTWAVE DX HANDBOOK ---> The highly successful "Kurzwellen DX-Handbuch" by Enrico Stumpf-Siering, DL2VFR, originally published in German in June 2003, is now available in English (translation by Martyn Phillips, G3RFX, 418 pages, ISBN 3-88692-045-3). Many new photographs and illustrations have been specially included in this English language edition. The book is published by DARC-Verlag. [TNX DL2VFR] VU4NRO & VU4RBI REPORT ---> An interesting report, written by VU2MYH, on the December 2004 DXpedition/relief efforts in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands can be downloaded at The Daily DX's web site (http://www.dailydx.com/VU4.htm) . [TNX W3UR] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** NEWS FROM THE WEB *** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA 6 METRES SURVEY: Gruppo Sixitalia has conducted a Most Wanted survey for 6 metres; it that can be found at http://www.sixitalia.org/polls/start.htm [TNX IZ5EKV] DX SPOTS: Rod Elliott, VE3UW (ex VE3IRF) has collected the DX spots from the OH2AQ Web Cluster since January 1997.The collection - from January 1997 up to January 2005 - is available at www.425dxn.org/dxspots/ as well the software (DXINFO v2.0) which will enable you to handle the files (instructions at the URL above). GLORIOSO 2005: The web site for the 15-20 May DXpedition to the Glorioso Islands is at http://glorieuses2005.free.fr/index_frame.html (some pages are still under construction). [TNX F5CW] JIIA: The up-to-date scores for the JIIA - Japanese IOTA Islands Award can be found at http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~iota/newpage75.htm [TNX JI6KVR] LOGS: On-line logs for Tibi's recent activity as 3B8/HA7TM can be found at http://ha7tm.uw.hu/7tmlog/searc.html [TNX HA0HW] LOGS: On-line logs for the current 6O0CW operation from Somalia can be found at http://www.i2ysb.com/6o/ LOGS: On-line logs for Max, KH6ZM can be found at www.qsl.net/i0mwi (a list of direct cards received and waiting to be processed is also available). [TNX I0MWI] OL0ANT: Jorda Jirus, OK1FOW has sent an updated report on his OL0ANT operation from Eco Base (OK-01 for the Antarctica Award) on Nelson Island. It can be found in the "News" area on www.mdxc.org/antarctica/news.asp. Other information on his activity can be found at www.mdxc.org/antarctica/activity/2005.htm and on the Eco Base at www.antarctica.cz [TNX IZ8CGS] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSLs received direct or through managers:3B8MM, 3D2VB/R, 3D2XA, 3DA0TM, 4U1UN, 4X4WN, 5R8FU, 5T5SN, 5U5Z, 6O0X, 6Y5/KN5G, 7W0AD, 8Q7DV, 9G5DX, 9J2KC, 9L1MS/P (AF-037), 9N1FP, A52CDX, AY1ZA, BI4Q (AS-135),C21DL, EJ6JK (EU-007), EL2PM, FO/N6JA, HC8N, HF0POL, HI8RV, HR1RMG, HS0/IK4MRH, IM0A (EU-165), K5R (NA-082), KD6WW/VY0 (NA-130 and NA-196), LA5SJA (EU-141), LY3UM, PJ2/W9VA, RW9JT/9 (AS-109), S79SO, S9SS, SK0HS/5 (EU-084), SK6M (EU-043), T30T, TJ3FR, TK4Z, TN6X, TR8CA, TX9, TY5M, TZ6JA, TZ6RD, V31JP, V51AS, V73GE, VE2IM, VP8DID, VP8LP, VQ9GB, XF4IH, XQ6EET, XV1X, YB0AJR/9, YC4VD (OC-143), YE1P, YK1AO, YS3/I2JIN, YV0D (NA-020), Z37M, ZD7F, ZD7MY, ZS8MI, ZX8M (SA-045), ZY0K. ***************************************************************************** 425 DX NEWS HOME PAGE: http://www.425dxn.org 425 DX NEWS ARCHIVES: http://list.425dxn.org 425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE: http://www.425dxn.org/monthly ***************************************************************************** 425 DX News is a free of charge weekly bulletin edited by Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ and Valeria Pregliasco, IK1ADH Its contents may be used, reproduced and distributed in part or full provided that "425 DX News" or "425DXN" receive proper credit Contributors are invited to send their DX information to Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ (i1jqj@425dxn.org) The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays ***************************************************************************** MAILING LIST Please visit the "Mailing List" page at http://www.425dxn.org and follow the step by step subscribe/unsubscribe instructions or contact the Mailing List Administrator Stefano Turci, IK4WMH (ik4wmh@425dxn.org) ***************************************************************************** Direttore Responsabile Giovanni Leone, IK8MRA Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 060028 Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti Roma, Italia *****************************************************************************