425 DX News #722
05 March 2005 Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:
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The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
4U1UN - Seppo, OH1VR and John, W2ID were active unexpectedly from the UN
Headquarters for about 90 minutes in the UTC night between 1 and 2
March. They expect to be active again on 7 or 8 March starting
around 15-16 UTC. QSL via HB9BOU. [TNX The Daily DX]
CE_ssh - Oleg/UA1PBA and Alex/UA1PAW will be active as CE9/R1ANF from the
Chilean "Ardley Refuge" (CE-12 for the Antarctica Award) on Ardley
Island, South Shetlands (AN-010) from 7 to 20 March. QSL via RK1PWA.
Originally established by the former German Democratic Republic,
this small Antarctic station was first taken over by the Alfred
Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Reasearch, and then
transferred to Chile in February 1997. According to Dominik, DL5EBE
[425DXN 684], the first activity under the Chilean administration
took place on 15 May 2004 (CE9/R1ANF operated by UA1PBA).
DU_spr - Gil, 4F2KWT has returned to the Philippine mainland. DX0K activities
from Pag-Asa in the Philippine Spratly Islands [425DXN 717] will
resume around 15 March. The operators will be Eddie/DU1EV, Ed/4F1OZ
and again Gil. The web page for the operation is at
http://www.geocities.com/4f2kwt [TNX DU1EV]
FR/G - Dany, F5CW reports that the expedition to the Glorioso Islands
[425DXN 720] is confirmed, but the Navy ship that the team expected
to use is not available any more. They will have to use a private
ship for the entire journey and they are looking for support to help
with the unexpected expenses. Please contact Didier Senmartin, F5OGL
(P.O. Box 7, F-53320 Loiron, France; f5ogl@club-internet.fr).
Donations from North America will be handled by Floyd, N5FG, who
will also be the North American pilot station. The web site for the
DXpedition is at http://glorieuses2005.free.fr/index-fr.htm
FT*W - Jean-Paul, FT5WJ (F5BU) is on 14278 kHz every day from 16.15 to
18.30 UTC (and sometimes also from 14 to 15.15 UTC). He can hear
many stations calling him, most of them with good signals, but they
cannot copy him. He asks that only those who can hear him enough for
a QSO to be completed call him. Jean-Paul says he cannot spend ten
minutes for a QSO! [TNX F5NQL]
GM - Four members of the Vital Sparks Group (MM0VSG) will be active as
MM0VSG/p on all bands and modes from the Island of Arran (EU-123) on
10-13 March. QSL via bureau to MM0VSG or direct to GM7WED (Ross
Feilen, 131 Croftend Avenue, Glasgow, Scotland). [TNX MM0DFV]
I - The Torino Paralympic Radio Sport Team will operate special station
II1TPG (www.ii1tpg.it) on 9-19 March. On the 9th the official
amateur radio station for the IX Paralympic Winter Games
(http://www.paralympicgames.torino2006.org) will be operated in the
presence of Phil Craven, President of the International Paralympic
Committee. The Paralympic event will be held on 10-19 March 2006.
QSL via IZ1CCE, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ1CCE]
KH7 - Bob/KK6EK, Garry/NI6T, Alan/AD6E, Mike/N6MZ, Ward/N0AX, John/N7CQQ,
Charlie/W6KK, Franz/DJ9ZB, Max/I8NHJ, Alan/K6SRZ, Kathryn/K6DZL and
two more operators to be selected will be active as K7C from Kure
Atoll (OC-020) from 24 September to 8 October. They will be QRV with
four stations on all bands and modes. The QSL manager will be Tom
Harrell, N4XP; cards will have to be sent to K4TSJ (club call), P.O.
Box 1, Watkinsville, GA 30677, USA.
In addition to the radio operations, the group is developing an
innovative real-time interactive web-satellite-based system called
"DXA." This system will enable DXers to see and interact with
activities of the operation as they happen, using any web browser.
The team welcomes comments and suggestions, pilots, programmers, and
contributions. For more information, please e-mail info@cordell.org
(use "Kure7Cordell" in the Subject line) and visit
http://www.cordell.org/htdocs/KURE/index.htm [TNX KK6EK]
KH8 - Cyclone Percy hit Swains Island and the KH8SI team has had to wait
for the seas to calm down. They left Pago Pago around 23 UTC on 3
March; the new dates for the operation are 4-8 March. Keep an eye on
www.swains-island.org
KH8 - On his way back from Swains Island (KH8SI) Paul, F6EXV will stop for
a few days at Larry's (AH8LG) QTH on Tutuila (OC-045) and will
operate as WH8/F6EXV until 19 March. QSL via home call, direct (Paul
Granger, 51 Rue Marcel Sembat, 33130 Begles, France) or bureau.
On-line logs at http://www.f5kbw.org/pagesperso/f6exv [TNX F6EXV]
OZ - Michael, DK5NA will be active as OZ/DK5NA from Romo Island (EU-125,
DIA NS-001) on 11-18 March. QSL via DK5NA, direct or bureau. [TNX
VA4RJ]
S0 - Tono, EA9CP and Fernando, EA1BT will operate in their spare time as
S09A from Western Sahara on 19-26 March. QSL via EA1BT. [TNX EA5KY]
SP - Wolf, DL1JGO will be active as SO1WQ from Wolin Island (EU-132) on
6-20 March. He plans to be active from the lighthouse Swinoujscie
(Swinemuende) (ARLHS POL-015) on 11-13 March. QSL via home call.
[TNX VA3RJ]
SV - Spiros, SV1DPP will operate as J41PHG on 15-31 March for the 3rd
anniversary of the International Pharmacists Ham Group [425DXN 719].
[TNX IK2UVR]
TL - Claudio, IV3OWC says he has had to cancel his trip to Central Africa
[425DXN 720] owing to family reasons.
TT - Michael, PA5M has been in Chad since 1 March and will remain there
for a couple of months. He plans to operate (callsign TBA) on all
modes (RTTY and PSK included) in his spare time. QSL via PA7FM,
direct or bureau. As usual, logs will be available on his QSL
manager's web site (http://www.pa7fm.nl). [TNX PA7FM]
VE - Andrew VE8AE is active as VE8AE/VY0 from the Belcher Islands
(NA-196) until 12 March. Activity will be mostly on 20 metres, with
100 watts to a dipole antenna. QSl via home call. [TNX VA3RJ]
VK - Bill, VK4FW has rescheduled his VK4FW/P operation from Little
Solitary Island (OC-194) to take place on 16-21 March. He plans to
spend a fair amount of time on CW, as usual. QSL direct only via
VK4FW (Bill Horner, P.O. Box 612, Childers, 4660 Australia). [TNX
VA3RJ]
VK - VI5PN is the special call to be used during the 7-12 April operation
from St Peter Island, Nuyts Archipelego (OC-220) [425DXN 720]. QSL
via VK3QI. [TNX VK3QI]
W - Bill, K9RR will operate as K9RR/4 from St. Simons Island (NA-058) on
9-27 March. He will have antennas for 15, 17 and 20 metres and will
be looking for Japanese stations around 22 to 23 UTC. [TNX
www.islandchaser.com]
W - In conjunction with the KP1-5 Project, W5NWR/T will operate from the
Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge located in Johnston County,
Oklahoma on 12-13 March. This operation is the first for the
W5-National Wildlife Refuge ARC. Others will follow and are intended
to raise awareness of the benefits of national wildlife refuges and
the KP1-5 Project (www.kp1-5.com). This operation will coincide with
the Oklahoma QSO Party. W5NWR/T will not be in the contest but will
be glad to provide Johnston County for those who are. QSL via NA5U.
[TNX NA5U]
XW - Eugene, RU3DX is expected to operate as XW8KPL/RU3DX from Vientiane,
Laos until 8 March. QSL via home call (Eugene Pletnyov, P. O. Box
33, 109240 Moscow, Russia). [TNX XW3DT]
ARRL DX SSB CONTEST ---> It will take place this weekend. Do not forget to
give a look to the Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, NG3K at
http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxs2005.html
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
3Y2SNA ---> QRZ-DX reports that Vidar, LA2SNA was QRV twice as 3Y2SNA from
the Norwegian "Troll" Base in Queen Maud's Land [425DXN 719]. "On his first
attempt he reported nothing heard at all on the 20 and 17 m bands (using
pre-made dipole antennas), ascribing this to southern lights and polar cap
absorption. His second attempt was Sunday 20 February. Now he used a long
wire antenna with an antenna tuner, but got unfortunately no match to his 100
W transmitter, and therefore got no QSOs". Vidar hopes to be back to the base
again in a year, and to be able to bring better equipment.
ANTARCTICA AWARD ---> The Award Manager (Gianni Marruccella, IZ8CGS) reports
that all of the certificate requests received as of 28 February 2005 have
been processed and mailed along with the complimentary map of Antarctica
published by the Australian Antarctic Division [425DXN 700]. Up-to-date score
tables are available at www.mdxc.org/antarctica/award.asp.
DX CONVENTION ---> The 56th Annual International DX Convention will be held
on 15-17 April at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center in Visalia,
California. Complete details, including a registration form, are available at
http://www.ncdxc.org/Ncdxc/Convention
QSL 9Q0AR ---> The QSL route "via SM5BFJ" [425DXN 720] is for contacts made
with Gus, SM5DIC. He 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).
QSL 9Y4W ---> Please note that Carol, N2MM is not the QSL manager for the
recent 9Y4W operation. The correct QSL routes are via YL2GM (for contacts
made during the 2005 CQ/RJ WW WPX RTTY Contest) or via YL2KL (for contacts
made during the 2005 ARRL DX CW Contest). Log search is available at
http://www.lral.lv/9y4w
QSL A25/G3HCT ---> Cards should be sent to VK4OQ (ex G3HCT), either direct
(John Bazley, P. O. Box 7665, Toowoomba M.C., Queensland 4352, Australia) or
through the bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
QSL FP/VE7SV ---> Paul, VE7AVV reports that their QSL card processing is back
on track and cards are being mailed right now.
QSL II2R ---> Please note that Paolo, IK2QPR can confirm contacts made with
II2R during contests in 1994-1997 (the operator was Paolo himself). This call
now belongs to ARI Saronno, and the current QSL route is via I2RFJ (Ivano
Rigoli, Via Spluga 3, 21050 Gorla Maggiore - VA, Italy).
QSL II4ANT ---> The QSL manager for this call, aired from Italy during the
Antarctic Activity Week, is IK4QIB (direct or bureau). He says it will take
some time before the cards are printed.
QSL IU1MDC ---> Cards should not be sent to IK1NLZ. The correct route for
IU1MDC - as well as for the other stations that participated in the MDXC
Members Trophy (4-6 February) - is via IT9DAA. IU1MDC cards already sent to
IK1NLZ will be forwarded to IT9DAA; there is no need to resubmit.
QSL ST2YJ ---> Hugo, LA5YJ is back in Norway, after logging about 4900 QSOs
as ST2YJ. The QSL manager for this operation only is LA4YW. Cards for XU7ACW,
9N7YJ and MI0YJR should go to Hugo himself. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
QSL V85SS ---> There is not any QSL manager any longer. Cards should be sent
direct to Lt Col (Ret.) Ambran H. M. Noor Aston, SMB, psc, P.O. Box 138, MPC,
Bandar Seri Begawan, BB3577, Brunei [TNX K1XN and The Golist]
QSL VU4NRO & VU4RBI ---> The cards were to be released in New Delhi on 3
March, during a cerimony attended by Dayanidhi Maran, VU2DMK, Minister of
Communication & IT. Direct requests will be mailed before 8 March from
Hyderabad, and should reach their destinations in 10-15 days. A list of QSL
cards received will be published on the NIAR's web site
(http://www.niar.org). Queries should be sent to niarvu4@gmail.com; the
address for QSL cards is National Institute of Amateur Radio, Rajbhavan Road,
Somajiguda, Hyderabad 500082, India.
QSL VIA ZS6WPX ---> Andre has a new address in the US. Cards for 3DA0WPX,
5H9AW, 7P8ZZ, C91Z, SU/ZS6WPX and ZS6WPX should be sent direct to Andre van
Wyk, 2 Trident Dr, Arden, NC 28704, USA. [TNX K1XN and The Golist]
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
LOGS: On-line logs for SU8BHI are available on HA3JB's web page at
http://www.qsl.net/ha3jb;the QSL cards can be seen at www.qrz.com.
QSL direct only to HA3JB (Gab says that 1 USD does not cover airmail
postage any longer).
NA-093: The QSL card for the January 2005 operation from Cayo Jutia can be
seen at http://www.mdxc.org/qsl5.asp [TNX IZ8EBI]
YB7M: The web page for the 9-14 March YB7M operation from Marabatua Island
(OC-???) [425DXN 718] is at http://www.mdxc.org/yb7m/
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
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3W9HRN DL1HRN HF2PZK SP2PI SV0XAO DJ5JH
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4N0W YU7WW HS0ZEA OE2REL TM8ANT F8DVD
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7S4VL SK4KO IQ6CC IZ8DDG UO2M EA7FTR
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9A0MDC IT9DAA IR2MDC IT9DAA V25WX W4WX
9G1AA PA3ERA IR4M IK4WMH V26G N2ED
9G5OO DL4WK IR4X IK4QJH V31BC NU0Q
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9K44NLD 9K2RR IR8M IT9DAA V31DK K0ZV
9V1CW PA0KHS IR9MDC IT9DAA V31EV NS0B
9Y4DLH DJ3FK IU0ANT IZ0BTV V31GR W9MDP
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C21DL DJ2EH IU7ANT I7YKN V31NZ NZ9Z
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C6ANM WA2IYO K6I KM6HB V5/SP7VC SP7VC
C6ASB AK0M KH6BB K1ER V51LK DJ4LK
C6AWB WA2IYO KH6YY K2PF V51XG DL8AL
CE6/HA1AG HA1AG KH8SI VE3HO VI3GP VK3ER
CE6TBN/P CE6TBN LR2F LU2FA VK0MT JE1LET
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CN2R W7EJ LY4A LY2FY VP2MHS W1LR
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CN8YZ EA7FTR LZ800AB LZ1PJ VP2V/DL7DF DL7DF
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CO3VK IZ8EBI OE7XBH/WM05 OE7SPI VP8DIN KC6AWX
CO6LPB EA7FTR OH0/OZ3GF pirate VP8DIO KC6AWX
CO6XN N3ZOM OH0EA OH2KMG VQ9OW KA9JOW
CO7EH AD4C OR5N ON7YX XE1L WA3HUP
CO8EJ EA5KB P40A WD9DZV XE1NTT/2 N6AN
CP4BT EA5KB P40W N2MM XT2JZ SM5DJZ
CT9L DJ6QT P49MR VE3MR XU7ADI SM5GMZ
CU1CB EA5KB P5UN pirate YI1EM EA7FTR
CU2M DL5AXX PI4ZI PA1TX YI9VCQ N3ST
D4B K1BV PJ2MI W2CQ YT2M YT1AT
DT0HF/2 HL2FDW PJ2T N9AG YT635A YT6A
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ED3MDC IT9DAA PS2T PY2OMS ZD8AD G0JLX
ED3TCT EA3DUF R1ANC DL5EBE ZF2AH W6VNR
ED4MDC IT9DAA R1ANF RK1PWA ZF2TJ VE3HO
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ED7CK EA7HBC RK1NWU/P RN1NU ZK1SDZ M3SDE
ED8MDC IT9DAA RK3UWK/p UA3UME ZK1WET M3SDE
EM1HO I2PJA S92RI CT1APE ZK1XMY M3SDE
ES70Q ES5RY S9SS N4JR ZK2HA VE7HA
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FT1WK F6APU SN0TOR SP2PTU ZL1V N3SL
FT5WJ F5BU SN1IARU SP3NEN ZL2JKY G3JKY
GI1W GI0NWG SU9BN EA7FTR ZV2PHG PY2LEC
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
9K2RR Faisal Al-Ajmi, P.O. Box 1124, 80000 Al-Farwania, Kuwait
DJ2EH Dieter Hornburger, Grabengasse 7, Schoenbrunn D-96185, Germany
DJ3FK Frank Kosidowski, Ina-Seidel-Str. 115, D-40885 Ratingen, Germany
HA80IARU MTTOSZ Gyor Varosi Radioklub, P.O. Box 79, H-9002 Gyor, Hungary
KM6HB Mark McMullin, P.O. Box 27271, Santa Ana, CA 92799, USA
M3SDE Tim Beaumont, P.O. Box 17, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 1SF,
England
PY2LEC Luiz Eduardo Cardoso, P.O. Box 2030, 12243-970 Sao Jose dos Campos
- SP, Brazil
SM5DJZ Jan Hallenberg, Vassunda Andersberg, SE-741 91 Knivsta, Sweden
SP6IXF Janusz Szymanski, P.O. Box 1808, 50-385 Wroclaw 46, Poland
SP7VC Przemyslaw Golembowski, P.O. Box 2221, 90-959, Lodz-2, Poland
SQ6FHP Zb. Jurek Kopacz, ul.Zamkowa 26, 57-220 Ziebice, Poland
V51HH Holger Roemershaeuser, P.O. Box 231, NA-9000 Windhoek, Namibia
VE3HO Garth Hamilton, P.O. Box 1156, Fonthill, ON L0S 1E0, Canada
VK3ER P.O. Box 87, Mitcham, Vic. 3132, Australia
W9DXA c/o NEWDXA, 2113 W. Twin Willows Drive, Appleton, WI 54914-6864,
USA
YL2GM Juris Petersons, Pedeles 8, Valka LV-4701, Latvia
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