425 DX News #721
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February 2005 Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
8R - Craig, AH8DX will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest (5-6 March)
as 8R1/AH8DX from Guyana. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
C5 - Noel, M0NBY will operate (on 20, 15 and possibily 40 metres SSB) as
as C56/M0NBY from The Gambia from 25 February to 3 March. QSL via
home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
CO - Jose Gamboa, CO3VK (http://www.qsl.net/iz8ebi/co3vkINFO.htm) will be
active as CO3VK/4 from La Juventud (NA-056) on 17-20 March. Jose
will be working with the "Charangas de Bejucal" show
(http://www.angerona.cult.cu/) team and plans to operate in his
spare time on 20 and 40 metres SSB. QSL via IZ8EBI. Jose might be
joined by other 2-3 operators, who will be signing homecall/4. [TNX
IZ8EBI]
CY0 - Joe/W8GEX, Wayne/K8LEE and Phil/W9IXX plan to be active from Sable
Island (NA-063) from 26 July to 1 August, IOTA Contest included.
They expect to operate on 6-160 metres CW, SSB, PSK and RTTY
(callsign not mentioned). QSL and donations to help offset the cost
will be handled by K8LEE. [TNX WZ8D]
DL - Look for DK7LX to be active (mainly CW on 30, 40 and 80 metres,
perhaps also on 20 metres) from Pellworm Island (EU-042) from 6
until 10 March at least. [TNX DK7LX].
F - Laurent, F5AEG and another operator will be active (on 10-80 metres
SSB, RTTY and PSK31) as TM3OBI from Brehat Island (EU-074) on 4-8
May. QSL via F5AEG. [TNX La Gazette du DX]
FG - Flo, F5CWU will operate (on 160-6 metres CW, SSB, RTTY/PSK) as
FG/F5CWU from Guadeloupe (NA-102) on 2-10 March, ARRL DX SSB Contest
included. [TNX La Gazette du DX]
FG - Look for Pierre, F6FXS to operate holiday style as FG/F6FXS from
Guadeloupe (NA-102, DIFO FG-001) on 4-22 March. This will be a CW
only activity on 40-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
[TNX F5NQL]
FS - Look for FS/KT8X to operate holiday style from St. Martin (NA-105)
on 4-11 March. He will put an emphasis on the WARC bands and will
participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest (5-6 March). Logs will be
uploaded to LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
FT*W - Jean-Paul, F5BU made his first QSO as FT5WJ on 20 February on 20
metres. He hopes to be able to spend at least one hour a day on the
bands, especially on 20 metres (+/- 14278 kHz). He is using a ground
plane with elements for 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. Do not ask for
skeds. QSL FT5WJ via F5BU. Jean-Paul and Nicolas, F4EGX (FT1WK) will
be on Possession Island, Crozet Islands until around 20 March. [TNX
F5NQL]
FY - The TO7C team on Salut Island (SA-020) [425DXN 702] will pay special
attention to 6 metres. There will be a beacon on 50096 kHz 24 hours
a day; when you hear it, try calling them on 50200 kHz, CW or SSB.
The expedition is scheduled to take place on 10-17 March. QSL via
F9IE, direct or bureau. The web site for the operation is at
http://to7c.free.fr/ [TNX F5NQL]
G - Russell, G5XW plans to operate (on the HF bands and if possible on 6
metres) from the Isle of Wight (EU-120) on 4-8 April. He hopes to
activate some of the lighthouses on the island (ENG-120, 143, 172,
180, 181, 293 and 295). [TNX G5XW]
I - Tony, IK8VRH plans to operate as IR8DX/p from Scoglio Villa Vazia
(not IOTA, IIA NA-029) on 26 February.
I - Achille/IZ8CKS, Salvatore/IK8NTN and Andrea/IK8GDA will be active on
6-40 metres SSB as IC8/homecall from the island of Vivara (EU-031,
IIA NA-005) on 12-13 March. QSl via home calls, direct or bureau.
[TNX IZ8GCH]
JT - Nicola, I0SNY reports he will be active as JT1Y [425DXN 718] from
Ulaanbaatar between 20 April and 8 May. On 25-26 April he will
operate as JT2Y from Choybalsan. Khosbayar, JT1CD and Nekiit, JT2AN
will assist him during the activity. QSL via I0SNY.
JW - Francois, F8DVD will return to Longyearbyen (EU-026), Svalbard for
the tenth time on 4-10 April, and will operate on all bands, mainly
SSB, as JW/F8DVD from the local club station. QSL via home call,
direct (Francois Bergez, 6 rue de la Liberte, F - 71000 Macon,
France) or through the bureau.
KH6 - Yoshi, JE2EHP will be active (on 80-6 metres SSB and CW) as K1HP/KH6
from Oahu (OC-019), Hawaii on 25-28 March. QSL via bureau to JE2EHP.
[TNX JE2EHP]
KH8 - The American Samoa Amateur Radio Association has announced that a
team of nine operators (namely JA1BK, K1ER/KH6, JH1JGX/AH7C, JR2KDN,
F6EXV, N9TK, W0MY, KB6NAN and W9IXX) will be active as KH8SI from
Swains Island (OC-200), American Samoa on 2-6 March. They plan to
operate on 160-10 metres CW, SSB and RTTY, with four complete HF
stations with amplifiers and yagis. At least one station will be
active during the ARRL DX SSB Contest. Planned frequencies are:
1822.5, 3505, 7005, 10107, 14025, 18073, 21025, 24895, 28025 and
50110 kHz (CW); 3795, 7080, 14195, 18140, 21295, 24930, 28495 and
50110 kHz (SSB); 14088 kHz (RTTY). The pilot stations will be AH8LG,
WA2MOE, JE2EHP and KH6BZF. QSL via VE3HO (Garth Allistair Hamilton,
P.O. Box 1156, Fonthill, ON L0S 1E0, Canada). [TNX K1HP]
LZ - Special event station LZ800AB (LZ Eight Zero Zero AB) will be active
on all bands and modes between 1 March and 30 April to commemorate
the 800th anniversary of the Battle of Adrianople. QSL via bureau to
LZ1PJ or direct to the Bulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs, P.O.
Box 830, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria. [TNX LZ1BJ]
OZ - Klaus, DJ4JI will be active (on 80, 40 and 20 metres SSB) as as
OZ/DJ4JI from Bornholm Island (EU-030) on 5-10 March. QSL via home
call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
P4 - KK9A will participate in the either the ARRL DX SSB (5-6 March) and
the CQ WW WPX SSB (26-27 March) contests as P40A from Aruba
(SA-036). QSL via WD9DZV. [TNX NG3K]
PJ4 - Peter, PA3CNX will operate on 80-6 metres SSB and CW as PJ4/PA3CNX
from Bonaire (SA-006), Netherlands Antilles until 14 March. QSL via
home call, direct or bureau. [TNX PA3CNX]
SP - The radio club of Ziebice (SP6KYU) will operate as SP140JL on 1-31
March to commemorate the 140th anniversary of the birth of Joseph
Langer (1865-1918). QSL via SP6KYU, direct to SQ6FHP (Zb. Jurek
Kopacz, ul.Zamkowa 26, 57-220 Ziebice, Poland). [TNX SQ6FHP]
SU - Hossam/SU1HM, Said/SU1SK, Tarek/SU2TA and Sayed/SU1SA plan to
operate as SU8IOTA from Jazirat Disuqi (aka Nelson Island) in the
Nile Delta and Sinai Region Group (AF-NEW) from 23 April until 1
May. This will be the first ever IOTA activity from Egypt. QSL
direct only via SU1SK (Said Kamel, P.O. Box 190, New Ramsis Center,
Cairo 11794, Egypt). QSLling policy at http://www.qrz.com/su8iota
[TNX SU1SK]
SV5 - Willi, DJ7RJ will be active from Kos Island, Dodecanese (EU-001)
from 27 February to 20 March. He plans to operate on the low bands,
160 metres included. QSL via home call. [TNX AA1M]
V3 - W9GMP, NZ9Z and W8JWN will be active (on all bands and modes with an
emphasis on PSK and RTTY) as V31GR, V31NZ and V31TR respectively
from Belize on 2-10 March. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau.
They will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as V31TR (QSL via
W9DXA). [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
W - Glenn/K2FF, Randy/W5UE and Bill/K5YG will operate CW and SSB as N2G
from the rare Greene County, Mississippi on 26-27 February
throughout the Mississippi QSO Party (it starts at 15 UTC on the
26th and ends at 3 UTC on the 27th). QSL via K2FF. [TNX K1XN and The
Golist]
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CQ WW 160M SSB CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (26-27 February):
C6 - Bill, NE1B (C6AWB) and Tom, C6ANM from the Bahamas. QSL for both via
WA2IYO.
CN - Jim, W7EJ as CN2R (SOHP) from Morocco. QSL via W7EJ.
D4 - 4L5A as D4B from Cabo Verde. QSL via K1BV.
GD - G4XUM as MD4K from the Isle of Man. QSL via G3NKC.
P4 - John, W2GD as P40W (SOHP) from Aruba. QSL via N2MM.
V5 - Janusz, V5/SP6IXF and Przemek, V5/SP7VC from Namibia. QSL via home
calls.
XE - XE2ED, XE2K and XE2CQ as 6I2CQ from the Rumorosa Mountains (Baja
California), Mexico. QSL via XE2CQ.
YI - Korey, KA5VCQ as YI9VCQ from Iraq. QSL via N3ST.
Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cq160s2005.html
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
DXCC NEWS ---> VU4RBI and VU4NRO (from 30 November through 31 December 2004)
have been approved for DXCC credit.
EUROPEAN CASTLES DAY ---> The fourth edition of the European Castles Day
[425DXN 720] will take place on 22 May between 6 and 16 UTC. Several stations
are expected to operate from fortresses and castles in France, Belgium,
Italy, Spain and Portugal. Information on castles award programmes can be
found on http://f6fna.club.fr/dfcfa2.html [TNX F6FNA]
IOTA BASH ---> On 11-12 March there will be a get together for IOTA
enthusiasts at Mike's (AD5A) QTH near Boerne, Texas. There will be
presentations from recent IOTA expeditions (NA-164, NA-165, OC-155, NA-044)
with talks on technical topics as well as a presentation on the current state
of the IOTA programmw and a look at future developments. Please contact Mike
(ad5a@arrl.net) for detailed information or visit www.islandradio.org
KH8SI ---> The web site for the 2-6 March expedition is at
http://www.swains-island.org/. The ARRL's position on the matter is explained
in details at http://www.arrl.org/announce/American-Samoa/
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Jeremy, F8DBN is receiving cards for FG5FR, but he is
not the QSL manager for this station. [TNX La Gazette du DX]
QSL 9Q0AR ---> The QSL route "via SM5BFJ" [425DXN 720] is for contacts made
with Gus, SM0BIC (and not with SM5BFJ: apologies for the misprint). Gus is in
the Democratic Republic of Congo until the end of the year and expects to be
licenced to operate as 9Q1D (QSL via SM5BFJ). [TNX The Daily DX]
QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Peppe Gerace, IZ8EBI is willing to offer his
services to other stations. Information can be found at www.qrz.com
QSL VIA IK2QPR ---> Paolo provides the up-to-date list of the stations for
which he is the current QSL manager:
4L0DX EX8NP UI8OAA UN0N (d)
EK1700GM EX8QB UK7PBH UN1O
EK3GM (a) EX8QF UK8GH UN2O
EK8WB (b) FO/IK2QPR UK8ICO UN7FW
EO2CWO II2R UK8IZ UN7JX
EU6MM LU1QS UK8OM UN7OD
EW6GB RC4/UC1WWO UL0OB UN7OP
EW6WW RF6FU UL7JGJ UN7PJQ
EX2FU RI1OA UL7NAN UN9PQ
EX2U RL2O UL7OAO UO100OIL
EX5T UA0YAY UL7OB UP50O
EX7MA UC1WWO UL7PJQ V25PR
EX7MK UC2WO UM8DX VP5/IK2QPR
EX8DX UF6FFL UM8MU
EX8MLE (c) UI8IZ UM8OM
EX8NK UI8NH UM8QB
(a) till 20 May 2002 (c) till 1 April 2002
(b) till 1 May 1999 (d) till 2 February 2001
QSL VIA IT9DAA ----> Corrado, IT9DAA is the QSL manager for the following
stations, which participated in the MDXC Members Trophy (4-6 February):
9A0MDC, ED3MDC, ED4MDC, ED8MDC, HG05MDC, II8MDC, II9MDC, IO8MDC, IR2MDC,
IR5MDC, IR8M, IR9MDC, IU1MDC, UE3MDC.
VU2RBI HONOURED ---> QRZ-DX reports that Bharathi, VU2RBI has been named
recipient of the 2nd Annual Lynch Memorial Award, given by the Tokyo
International Amateur Radio Association: "Bharathi Prasad, VU2RBI, recently
became famous in the ham world for her DXpedition to Andaman Island after 14
years of wrangling with Indian bureaucrats. Shortly after that, she became
widely known outside the amateur radio community in India and abroad for her
heroic work on-air in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean Tsunami."
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
EU-130: A video of the IOTA Contest 2004 IQ3GO/p operation from
Isola del Campo (EU-130, IIA GO-029) by the Eastern Contest
Team can be found at http://www.arigorizia.org/ (follow the
ECT link on the left). [TNX IV3IFN]
OL0ANT: A photo gallery for Jarda/OK1FOW's activity as as OL0ANT
from Eco Base (AA OK-01) can be found at
www.mdxc.org/antarctica/ol0ant [TNX IZ8CGS]
R1ANF: The club station at Bellingshausen (AA UA-04)on King George
Island, South Shetlands, now has a web page with a nice
photo gallery at http://www.alfaradio.ca/r1anf.php
[TNX DL5EBE]
YO DX HF CONTEST: The results of the 2004 event are now available on the
Romanian Amateur Radio Federation's web site at
http://www.hamradio.ro/contests/yodxhf2004/ [TNX N2YO]
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8CF, 3D2AG/P, 3D2DD, 3W22S,
4L1MA, 5T0EU, 5T5SN, 5Z4DZ, 6O0X, 7Q7MM, 8Q7DV, 9G5OO, 9K2RR, 9N1SXW, A61AJ,
A61AV/P (AS-124), A61Q/P (AS-021), C6ANI, C91CG, C91Z, D4B, DU9/N0NM, EL2PM,
FH/G3SXW, FM5GU, FW/AC4LN (OC-054), FW/G3SXW, GD0TEP, HC8L, HK1XX, HS72B,
IH9YMC, JT1CO, JW5E, KG4SB, KH0AA, LA5SJA (EU-141), LZ9W, P40A, P40HQ, R1FJL,
RD3A, RL3A, RZ9OO/0 (AS-005), S79RJ, S9SS, SV2ASP/A, T32CK, T88VV (OC-009),
TA3FB/P (AS-098), TO0O, TR8CR, TU2CI, TX9 (OC-176), TZ6JA, V47KP, V51XG,
V63WB (OC-012 & OC-059), VK9LA, VP2E, VP2ENK, VP8CWI (SA-002), VP9/W6PH,
VQ9LA, W4OV/VP9, WP4U, XE2/N7RK, XQ6ET, XT2DX, XV1X, XV9DT, YI9OM, YV0D,
YV5ANF/1 (SA-089), Z36W, ZC4LI, ZD7T, ZD7ZA, ZD8JA.
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