425 DX News #726
2 April 2005 Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:
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Contributors are invited to send their DX information to
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(i1jqj@425dxn.org)
The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
A5 - Stig, LA7JO (9N7JO) will be active as A52JO from Bhutan on 4-12
April. He will operate SSB and CW in his limited spare time. QSL to
Stig Lindblom, Jum Changphimai 147/1 - Moo 3, Tambon Boot, Ban Ta
Bong, Phimai, TH-30110 Nakhon Ratchashima, Thailand [TNX
9N7JO/LA7JO]
4U1UN - On their way to Dayton, Mustapha/DL1BDF, Karl-Heinz/DL1BAH,
Manfred/DK1BT and Stefan/DG2BDB will stop in New York City. They
plan to operate from the 4U1UN ARC at the United Nations sometime
between 12 to 15 May. QSL via HB9BOU, as usual (not via DL1BDF).
[TNX F5NQL]
EX - Jaak, ES1FB and Oleg, ES1RA will be travelling to Kyrghyzstan on 19
April; they plan to operate as EX/ES1FB and EX/ES1RA until 28 April
and 16 May respectively. Oleg might operate also as UK/ES1RA from
Uzbekistan during that time frame. QSL via home calls.
F - Look for F/LX9EG/P to operate CW from the islands and lighthouses of
Groix (EU-048, DIFM AT-012, WLOTA L-0050) on 2 April and Belle-Ile
(EU-048, DIFM AT-015, WLOTA L-0872) on 3 April. [TNX LX1NO]
F - Christian, F6FTB will be active from Belle-Ile (EU-048) on 10-14
April. [TNX La Gazette du DX]
FM - Berthold, DF5WA and Gunter, DF7GB will be active from Martinique
(NA-107) starting on 8 April. They plan to operate on all bands
(160m if the location is suitable) CW with some SSB, RTTY and PSK31;
QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX GM3VLB]
HR - Rene, HR1RMG is active as HR6/homecall from Roatan Island (NA-057)
for a few days. QSL via home call. [TNX HR1RMG]
PJ4 - Look for Andy, PJ4/W9NJY to operate (on 10-40 metres CW, with some
SSB) from Bonaire (SA-006) on 2-12 April. QSL via WD9DZV. [TNX tha
Daily DX]
SP - Andy, SP5XSD will be active on 10-40 metres as SP5XSD/1 from
Karsibor Island (EU-132, SZ-003 for the Polish Islands Award) on 2-3
April. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
SV - Ben, OZ5AAH will operate CW and SSB as SV/OZ5IPA from Greece on 5-13
April. QSL direct only to Preben Jakobsen, Gjethusparken 25, 3300
Frederiksvaerk, Denmark. [TNX OZ5AAH]
YU - Massimo, IZ0BGS reports he will be working in Pristina (Kossovo)
through the end of July. He plans to operate on 10, 15, 20, 40 and
80 metres SSB as YU8/IZ0BGS in his spare time using 10 watts. QSL
via bureau to IZ0BGS.
ZK1_sc - Rick, AI5P will be active as ZK1APX from the South Cook Islands on
4-12 April. He plans to operate on 40-10 metres mainly CW. [TNX
VA3RJ]
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
60 METRES ---> Club stations in Norway are allowed to operate on 60 metres
from 31 March at 22 UTC (1 April at 00.00 local time) until 31 December 2007.
ARI DX CONTEST ---> The A.R.I. International DX Contest, sponsored by the
Italian amateur radio IARU Society, is open to either licenced amateurs and
SWLs. This year's event will take place from 20 UTC on 7 May to 19.59 UTC on
the 8th. Full rules and information, including a brand new software
downloadable for free, are available at http://www.qsl.net/contest_ari/
BEACON ---> A new 6m beacon has been on the air since January. The callsign
is IT9X (WWL JM78SG) and transmits 24 hours a day on 50,057 kHz CW with 10
watts. Further information can be found at http://www.iw9cer.com/it9x ;
reports should be sent to it9x@iw9cer.com [TNX IW9CER]
COOK ISLANDS ---> Many thanks to The Daily DX for providing the following
excerpt from the ITU Operational Bulletin No. 818: "Following a request from
New Zealand, the International Call Sign Series E5A-E5Z, in accordance with
the provisions of No. 19.33 of the Radio Regulations, has been provisionally
allocated to New Zealand for exclusive use by the Cook Islands (formerly
ZK1). That provisional allocation is subject to confirmation by the next
radiocommunication conference".
DXCC NEWS ---> The following operations are approved for DXCC credit:
6O0X (Somalia) 18-26 November 2004
TT8AMO (Chad) current operation effective 9 March 2005
TT8M (Chad) current operation effective 9 March 2005
EU SPRINT CONTESTS ---> The two Spring events will be held on 20, 40 and 80
metres only from 15.00 UTC until 18.59 UTC on 9 April (Spring SSB, managed
by G4BUO) and 16 April (Spring CW, managed by 9A6XX). Full details (free
software included) can be found at http://www.eusprint.com/
FT5XO ---> The Microlite Penguins DXpedition to Kerguelen closed down around
2 UTC on 31 March.
PIRATE ---> Laurent, F8BBL reports that his callsign has been repeatedly
pirated on the PacketCluster (typically for FT5XO spots) and on the air (CW,
SSB, RTTY and SSTV) for intentional QRM on DX stations.
QSL 6O0CW ---> More than 1200 direct cards have been processed and mailed,
and Silvano, I2YSB has run out of blank cards. Please be patient while a new
batch is being printed, and note that I2YSB handles direct requests only
(bureau cards should be sent to M5AAV). Silvano also reports the sad news of
the untimely passing of Adam Nuur Maxamed Islam, 6O0N. Adam was the director
of Daljir Radio, from whose premises 6O0CW operated, and he was instrumental
in the success of the DXpedition. The home page for the 3-17 February
operation from Somalia is at http://i2ysb.com/6o/index.htm
QSL VIA IK7JTF ---> Rino, IK7JTF reports he still has cards and logs (up to
2002) for the following stations: 4L0CR, 4L1UN, 5N9RGP, 9K2AI, A61AP,
A71/9K2AI, AP2KSD, AP2MAM, CN8SN, CN8VK, OD5PI, TT8AM. He has run out of
cards for 5N9EAM and BV5BG. QSL to P.O. Box 20, 70010 Cellamare - BA, Italy.
WORLD ROBINSON CUP 2005 ---> The Russian Robinson Club sponsors the "World
Robinson Cup" (wrc_rrc@mail.ru) for contacting stations operating from
islands between 1 April and 30 September 2005. The national island programmes
considered by WRC are BIA (Belarus), CIsA (Canada), DIA (Denmark), DIB
(Brazil), DICE (Chile), DIE and DIEI (Spain), DIFM, DIFI and DIFO (France),
DIP (Portugal), GIA (Germany), IIA and ILIA (Italy), IOCA (Croatia), IOSA and
SCOTIA (Scotland), JIIA (Japan), RRA (Russia), SPIA (Poland), UIA (Ukraine),
USIA (United States). Full information is available on the Russian Robinson
Club's web site (http://www.hamradio.ru/rrc/wrc_e.htm). [TNX RZ3EM]
WRTC 2006 ---> The rules for the next World Radiosport Team Championship
(Florianopolis, 7-10 July 2006) are now downloadable from
http://www.wrtc2006.com ; Referees Selection Criteria and Team Selection
Criteria will follow in 30-60 days. [TNX PY5EG]
YU DX CONTEST ---> The Amateur Radio Union of Serbia and Montenegro invites
amateur radio operators all over the world to participate in the YU DX
Contest, which will take place on 16-17 April (from 21 UTC on Saturday till 5
UTC on Sunday, and on 9-17 UTC on Sunday). The contest will be held on 160-10
metres CW only (WARC bands excluded). The new rules, as well as free
software, results and other information can be found at http://yudx.net [TNX
YT1NT]
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
QSL GALLERIES: The large collection of QSL cards (2200+) on Les Nouvelle DX's
web site has been updated. Six different galleries include
cards for each of the 58 deleted DXCC entities (400+ QSLs),
obsolete prefixes (850+ QSLs), Antarctic bases (400+ QSLs) &
TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises, 190+
QSLs), pre-1945 countries (200+ QSLs) and French Departments.
Several cards are still needed and your participation is
welcome - please visit http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr and send
send your comments to LesNouvellesDX@free.fr [TNX F6AJA]
TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now
available at http://www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html.
Please send your scores, as well as any request for further
information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@fastwebnet.it)
YE3K: Pictures of the recent operations from Kangean (OC-217) can be
found at http://www.mdxc.org/ye3k/photo.htm [TNX IZ8CCW]
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
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3D2IZ N6IZ ED7CK EA7HBC S09A EA1BT
3W2TXR JA2TXR EM1HO I2PJA SA60A SK3BG
3Z1IARU SP3MGM EP4HR I2MQP SF50A W3HNK
3Z75GFI SP9GFI ES70B ES4OJ SN75JMR SP2JMR
4F3CV/1 HB9CXZ ES70I ES4RD SO9HA HA5X
4L1MA ON4RU ES70J ES1WN SO9PT HA5PT
4L4CH LZ1OT ES70M ES1QD SO9XC HA5X
4L8A OZ1HPS ES70Q ES5RY SQ6Z SP6RZ
4N2Z YU7KW EW6AC DL8KAC ST2NH EA7FTR
5B/AJ2O RA3AUU EY0R UA4CC SU9BN EA7FTR
5B4AHS RA3AUU EY8MM K1BV SU9HP SM0CFO
5H9KR KF9TC FO0/F8UFT F5NQL SV0XAO DJ5JH
5R8GT/P DK8ZD FT5XO VE3XN SZ5Z SV5FRD
5R8GZ G3SWH G6PZ M5AAV SZ6P SV1BJW
5U7B I2YSB GI1W GI0NWG T49C K8SIX
5U7JB ON5NT GM7V M0CMK T68G LA4YW
5V7BB W2FUI HF70PRT SP2PI TM1MIL F5TPA
5Z4DZ PA1AW HF75PZK SP3IQ TM1PHG F5RPB
6Y6Y WA4PGM HI3CCP ON4IQ TM2PHG F5RPB
8J1ODA JA1BAB HK1XX EA7FTR TM6OVN F6KPM
8P9AM VE3DZ HR1AAB EA7FTR TM8D F8ADY
8Q7DV UA9CLB HZ1EX SM0BYD TO1T F6HMQ
8R1K EA4BQ IB0CW IK8RRY TR8FC F8BUZ
8R1RPN EA4BQ IG9R IK8HCG TS3A YT1AD
9H3LEO IK1PMR J20FH F5PRU TT8KLJ ON6NL
9H3MR IK1PMR J48A SV8CYR TU2OJ F5IPW
9H9JR DJ0QJ J62HB 8R1WD UA0AZ W3HNK
9J2BO G3TEV J75RZ W2RZS UA0AZA RX3RC
9J2SZ SP8DIP J79DL N1DL UA0FZ W3HNK
9Q6MGK ZR5MGK J79XBI SM0XBI UN7JX IK2QPR
A6/ON5NT ON5NT JU1DX JT1BV UP5G LZ1YE
A61Q EA7FTR JW5NM LA5NM V25DL N1DL
A71AW W3HNK JW9TKA LA9TKA V25O LY2CY
AN9IE EA9IE KC4USV K1IED V25OP W9OP
AP2NK W3HNK KG4WW KX4WW V73HE JA1HEE
B3C BA3CE KH7X K2PF V73JY JA1JQY
BP0A BV2KI KP4SQ W3HNK V73KJ JA1KJW
BV50CRA BV2KI KP4WW W3HNK VC3A VE3AT
BX3AC G3SWH LA5M LA1YKA VE2/VE3EXY VE3EXY
C37URA C31LM LG5LG SM5DJZ VK0MT JE1LET
C38JM C31JM LT0H EA7FTR VO2ZT VE2TKH
C39DR C33DR LU1ZB LU4DXU VP8DIN KC6AWX
C39JS C31JS LU8XW WD9EWK VP8DIO KC6AWX
C39LJ VE3GEJ LX6T LX1KC VP9BO W4ZGR
CE1HBI EA5KB LX7I LX2AJ VP9I N1HRA
CE1YI EA5KB LZ2TU WB2RAJ VQ9OW KA9JOW
CE2GLR EA5KB MJ0RHF OE1ZKC VU3BPZ/A VU3MKE
CE2LZR EA5KB MM0LEO W3LEO XF2ZEX IT9EJW
CE6TBN/7 CE6TBN MU2Z M5AAV XX9TST VR2ZST
CE9/R1ANF RK1PWA MU5RIC/P M5AAV YB0AZ W7TSQ
CN2BC DL7BC N2G JH0MGJ YI1EM EA7FTR
CN2R W7EJ NQ4I K4PK YI9QWO K5QWO
CN2US NJ2D OD5WPX I1HJT YI9VCQ N3ST
CN8NK EA5XX OE4A OE1EMS YI9XJ LY2XJ
CO2CI WD4OIN OH0I OH3BHL YL380FW YL3FW
CO5FR EA5KB OH0Z OH5DX YU9YM OK1YM
CO8LY EA7ADH OM7M OM3PA YW4M W4SO
CQ6STR CT1BXT OO175B ON4UN Z22JE K3PD
CT7B CT1ILT OX3RZ OH4MDY Z24S W3HNK
CX9AU KA5TUF OZ5HCA OZ3FYN Z35X DJ0LZ
D4B K1BV P40A WD9DZV ZB2/GM4FDM GM4FDM
D70YT/5 HL5BDD P49MR VE3MR ZB2/PA3EWP PA3EWP
DX0K 4F2KWT PJ2T N9AG ZC4LI G0LII
DX1PHG DU1BP PJ4Y OM1KW ZD8I G4LTI
EA6WX N7RO PJ5NA K1NA ZD8Z VE3HO
ED1VIG EA1RKV PZ5DK PA0DKA ZF1A W6VNR
ED2LCC EA2AWA R1ANC DL5EBE ZF2SC KA9P
ED4URH EA4ECY R1ANF RK1PWA ZF2UJ K4UJ
ED5TEF EA5ELT R1ANN RZ3DJ ZL1V N3SL
ED6EDC EA6ZX R1ANT RW1AI ZP0R W3HNK
ED6IDP EA6AEI RU3HD/ANT RZ3DJ ZS75PTA ZS6KR
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
4F2KWT Gilbert Lappay, P.O. Box 89, 2500 San Fernando City, La Union,
Philippines
DJ0LZ Ace Jevremov, P.O. Box 14, D-82378 Peissenberg, Germany
DL5EBE Dominik Weiel, Johannes-Meyer-Str.13, D-49808 Lingen, Germany
EA4BQ Olli Rissanen, Calle Ciguela 331, 28729 Venturada, Madrid, Spain
F5TGR Nicolas Quennet, 8 bis rue de la Marne, 95220 Herblay, France
G4LTI Mike Coverdale, 1a Halton Chase, Westhead, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L40
6JR, UK
GI0NWG Andrew Williamson, 23 23 Iskeymeadow Road, Roughan, Armagh, BT60
3JS, Northern Ireland, UK
HR1RMG Rene Mendoza Garay, P.O.Box 1000, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
IK8RRY Luciano Luongo Via Degli Innamorati 143, 80014 Giugliano - NA, Italy
IT9EJW Alfio Bonanno, P.O. Box 18, 95028 Valverde - CT, Italy
IZ8CCW Antonio Cannataro, P.O. Box 360, 87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy
LU4DXU Horacio E. Ledo, P.O. Box 22, 1640 Martinez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
PA1AW Alex van Hengel, Bovenkruier 18, NL-2995CA Heerjansdam, The
Netherlands
TZ9A Christian Saint-Arroman, BPE 1490, Bamako, Mali
Christian Saint-Arroman, Chemin de Mousteguy, F-64990 Urcuit, France
VE3AT Ron Vander Kraats, 9 Jopling Avenue South, Islington, ON M9B 3P4,
Canada
VU3MKE Manoj Kumar Dhaka, Trupati Valley No 7, D-Lane, Kewal Vihar,
Dehradun, Uttaranchal 24001, India
WB2RAJ Kash Kashdin, 4591 West Overlook Drive, Williamsville, NY 14221, USA
YL3FW Sergei V.Gorchinsky, P.O. Box 120, Liepaja LV-3405, Latvia
YU7KW Zoran Pekmezovic, P.O. Box 36, 26101 Pancevo, Serbia and Montenegro
ZS6KR Hans Kappetijn, 1250 Barret St., Queenswood, Pretoria 0186, South
Africa
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