425 DX News #734
28 May 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
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The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
9M8 - The 3-5 June DXpedition to Jagoi Gunung, a Dayak village in Sarawak
(9M8) [425DXN 731], has been postponed until 31 August. Operators
are still being sought to join the team, interested parties should
contact Sengchai Chan, 9M8SC (chansc44@yahoo.com). [TNX VK4AAR]
F - The Castres DX Gang will operate CW (F5SIE and F5XX), SSB (F5BLP and
F5RVI), RTTY and PSK (F5AUB and F4CLO) on 160-10 metres from the
island of Fort Brescou (EU-148) on 26-30 May. QSL via F5XX. [TNX La
Gazette du DX]
F - Gianpaolo, IK1TTD will operate on the HF bands SSB as F/IK1TTD/P
from Porquerolles Island (EU-070) on 28-30 May. QSL via home call.
[TNX IK1QBT]
F - Special station TM6JUN will be active on 2-8 June from Utah Beach,
Normany to commemorate the 61st anniversary of D-Day. QSL via
operators' instructions. [TNX F6AHZ and F8REF]]
F - Special event station TM6ACO will be activated on all bands SSB and
CW on 5-19 June for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. QSL via bureau to
F6KFI. Further information at http://asso.proxiland.fr/aras72/ [TNX
F5TJC]
F - Special event call TM7HAM will be aired on 5-20 June for the Hameuro
Meeting, to be held at Longlaville on 12 June. Special calls LX7HAM
and ON6HAM will be aired from Luxembourg and Belgiun during the same
period. QSL for all via F6KWP, direct or bureau
(http://f6kwp.free.fr). [TNX F6AHZ and F8REF]
F - A group of perators from the Provins ARC will participate in the
IOTA Contest from Bernard's (F9IE) QTH on Noirmoutier Island
(EU-064). They will use a special TM0xx callsign TBA. QSL via F4AJQ,
direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
G - Chris, G1VDP reports he will operate from Trevose Head Lighthouse
(ENG-157) on 31 May. Look for him on +/- 7070 and 14265 kHz. A
special QSL will be sent for all contacts.
GM - MM0DFV, GM0WRR, MM3IEB, GM4TOQ and GM0EZP will operate as MS0DGR
from Eilean Buidhe n the Burnt Islands (EU-005) on 28-30 May. They
will have two stations active on CW, SSB and digital modes. Pictures
and further information will be posted on the Scottish HAM Portal
(http://www.scotham.net/). QSL via the RSGB bureau or direct to
MM0DFV. [TNX MM0DFV]
HL - Look for HL1OYF/4, HL1SRJ/4, HL1IUV/4, HL2EJT/4, HL1VAU/4, DS1KOQ/4,
DS1NMA/4, DS3MLG/4, DS4NMJ and DS4NYE to operate from the Ch'uja
Islands (AS-084) starting around 4 UTC on 3 June through 4 UTC on
the 5th. QSL via HL1OYF (Kim Dug-nam, P.O. Box 54, Dong-jak, Seoul,
156-600, Korea). [TNX The Daily DX]
I - Look for IQ7FG/IL7 to be active San Nicola Island (IIA FG-002, MIA
MI-091) in the Tremiti group (EU-050) on 6 metres during the Gargano
50Mhz Contest on 29 May. Expect activity on the HF bands outside the
contest QSL via IQ7FG. [TNX Info Radio by I1SCL]
I - Nino/IT9FCC and Maurizio/IT9HLN will operate on 20 and 40 metres
from the lighthouses at Capo Faro (WAIL SI-035, ARLHS ITA-020) and
Punta Lingua (WAIL SI-040, ARLHS ITA-250), both located on Salina
Island (EU-017), from 29 May to 4 June. [TNX IT9YSW]
I - Special station II1TPG (the official amateur radio station for the
IX Paralympic Winter Games) will be activated again on 2 June for
the Paralympic Day 2005 (http://www.paralympicday.it/gb_home.html)
and on 3-5 June. QSL via IZ1CCE, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ1CCE]
IS0 - Vittorio/IK4CIE, Lorenzo/IK4XQM and Mirco/IZ4GJJ will be active as
IS0/homecall from Sardinia (EU-024) on 2-7 June. Weather permitting,
they might go and operate as IM0/homecall from Tavolara Island
(EU-165, IIA SS-068) during their stay. [TNX IK4CIE]
LX - A group of operators from PI9SRS (Scouting Radio Spijkenisse) will
operate from Wiltz, Luxemburg on 4-5 June. They will be signing
LX/PI9SRS on SSB (3775, 7085, 14250, 18140, 21250, 24940, 28300 and
144300 kHz) and CW (1815, 3540, 7020, 10120, 14020, 18070, 21040,
24900, 28040 and 144050 kHz). Also APRS on 144.800 MHz will be
activated. [TNX PD0LDC]
OH - The Oulu University Radio Club will participate in the IARU Region 1
Field Day (CW) on 4-5 June as OH8T/P from Hailuoto Island (EU-184).
QSL via bureau. [TNX OH8MXL]
PY - ZW8A and ZW8DX are the calls to be used during the 26-29 May
operation from Canarias Island (SA-072) [425DXN 733]. Expect
activity on 10-80 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL ZW8A direct only to
PS8HF, QSL ZW8DX direct only to PS8DX. [TNX PT7WA]
SP - Special event station SNOLED will be active on all bands CW, SSB and
FM on 2-5 June for the IX Youth Meeting at Lednica. QSL via SP3POH
(bureau) or SP3OL (direct). [TNX SP3OL]
SV - Mike/SV1RK, Stavros/SV3CJU and Kostas/SV1AER will be active as J48SI
from Sapientza Island (EU-158) and lighthouse (GRE-116) on 3-5 June.
They plan to concentrate on 40, 20, 17 and 15 metres. [TNX SV1RK]
SV9 - ON4AUB, ON4AAC and ON6HE will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on the HF
bands from Crete Island (EU-015) on 3-10 June. [TNX ON6HE]
T8 - Yasu, JA6BJV and Toshio, JA3IFT will be active from Palau (OC-009)
on 3-6 June. They will operate on all bands as T88AG (CW) and T88AH
(SSB) respectively. QSL T88AH via JA3IFT, (direct Toshio Nishina,
224-1, Jyuri, Ritto, Shiga 520-3039, Japan) or bureau; QSL T88AG via
JA6BJV, direct (Noriyasu Noguchi, 3-7-4 Midorigaoka, Arao, Kumamoto
864-0033, Japan) or bureau (logs will be uploaded to LOTW). [TNX
JA1ELY]
TI - Tono, EA9CP/1 will be active (on 10, 15 and 20 metres SSB) from
Costa Rica from 29 May to 5 June. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX EA5KY]
UA - UA0BA, RU0BB, UA0BFN, UA0BIV, UA0BJB, RW0BG and UA0BHC will operate
from Mount Medvezh'ya on 3-5 June. Look for them to be active on
10-40 metres as homecall/p before the IARU Region 1 Field Day in
which they will participate as RK0BWW/p (QSL via RW0BG). [TNX RW0BG]
V2 - LY2CY and LY2TA will operate as LY2CY/V25 and V25TA (QSL via home
calls) from the V26B QTH on Antigua until 31 May. They will
participate in the CQ WPX CW Contest as V25O (QSL via LY2TA). [TNX
LY2TA]
XT - John, SM5DJZ will be active again as XT2JZ Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
from 28 May until 4 June, including some activity during the CQ WPX
CW Contest. This time there might be some RTTY as well as 80m, in
addition to the ordinary CW operation on 40-10 metres. QSL via home
call, direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent
to sm5djz@ssa.se). [TNX SM5DJZ]
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CQ WW WPX CW CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (28-29 May):
7Q - Bill, KC4D as 7Q7WW from Malawi. QSL via home call.
8P - Tom, W2SC as 8P7A (SOAB) from Barbados. QSL via NN1N.
9G - Don, G3XTT as 9G5FD from Ghana. QSL via home call.
C6 - K6CT, K9VV and C6RUM as C6AKU (Multi-2) from Bahamas. QSL via K9VV.
CO - Juan Carlos, CO8TW as SOSB (20m) Low Power. QSL via IZ8CCW. Logs
will be available at http://www.qsl.net/co8tw/
CT - Con, DF4SA as CS5A (SOAB High Power) from Portugal. QSL via CS1GDX
(Grupo Portugues DX, P.O. Box 1156, 2736-996 Agualva, Portugal).
All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau.
CT - Filipe, CT1ILT as CT7B. QSL direct to home call.
D4 - Al,4L5A as D4B (SOAB, QSL via K1BV) and Val, RD3AF as D44AC (SOSB
20m, QSL to Carlos Pulu, P.O. Box 398, Mindelo, Cape Verde).
EA8 - YL2KL, YL1ZF, YL2LY and ES1AJ as EA8AH (Multi-2). QSL via YL2KL.
EX - RV3BA as EX9A (SOAB) from Kyrgyzstan. QSL via DF8WS.
F - Jean-Paul/F6FYA, Flo/F5CWU, Terry/F5MOO, Marc/F6EMT and Rafik/F5CQ
as TM4Q from Berthenay (department 37). QSL via F6FYA.
HB0 - DJ2YE and DK3KD as HB0/HB9AON (Multi-2) from Liechtenstein.
I - Andrea, IK1PMR as IU1R. QSL via home call.
LA & SM - Rosel, DL3KWR and Hardy, DL3KWF as LG5LG and SJ9WL respectively
from the Morokulien station on the border between Norway and
Sweden. QSLs via SM5DJZ.
LX - DL4SDW as LX7I (SOAB) from Luxembourg. QSL via LX2AJ.
P4 - John, W2GD as P40W (SOAB) from Aruba. QSL via N2MM.
P4 - John, KK9A as P40A (SOSB 20 metres) from Aruba. QSL via WD9DZV.
SM - SM0WKA, SM5KCO, DF6JC, SM0DRD and SM3JLA as SJ0X (Multi-Single)
from Sweden. QSL via SM6JSM.
V2 - LY2CY and LY2TA as V25O from Antigua. QSL via LY2TA.
V3 - Ralph, K9ZO as V31RA from Belize. QSL via home call.
VP5 - Rick, N5VI as VQ5EA from the Turks and Caicos Islands. QSL via
N5VI.
W - Dave, N2NL as NK4AA from Key West. QSL via home call.
YI - Korey, YI9VCQ as a SOAB LP entry from Iraq. QSL via N3ST.
ZL - ZL1AZE, ZL2AGY, ZL2BSJ and ZL1CT as ZL6QH (Multi-Multi) from New
Zealand. QSL via ZL2AOH.
ZL - Chris, ZL1CT as ZL1V (SOAB HP) from new Zealand. QSL via N3SL.
ZL - ZL3CW, ZL1GO, ZL1AIH and ZL1AMO as ZM1A (Multi-Single). QSL via
ZL1AMO.
Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxc2005.html - good contest to you
all!
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
ANTARCTICA AWARD AT FRIEDRICHSHAFEN ---> After Visalia 2005, the Antarctica
Award will be at Ham Radio 2005 [425DXN 732], the most important meeting for
amateur radio enthusiasts in Europe. Ric, DL2VFR & Emir, 9A6AA have organized
an Antarctica Award Field Check on Saturday, 25 June, starting at 15 local
time at the 9A Radio Club - HRS (Croatian Amateur Radio Association) booth.
More information can be found at http://www.mdxc.org/antarctica/ [TNX IZ8CGS]
AS-066 ---> Please note that Petrova Island does not qualify for IOTA, while
Bel'tsov Island will count OK. These islands will be activated [425DXN 733]
by UE0LPI and UE0LBI respectively between 17 and 21 June. [TNX K3KMA]
AWARDS DISCONTINUED ---> BFRA Award Manager Ivo Tanev, LZ4BU reports that the
Bulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs has decided to discontinue the
"W-100-LZ" and "5 Band LZ" awards. The rules for the other four awards
sponsored by BFRA ("W-28-Z", "Black Sea", "Republic of Bulgaria" and "Sofia")
can be found at http://www.qsl.net/lz4bu/
CQ IDX AWARD ---> After the CQ DX Field Award [425DXN 724] and the new CQ DX
Marathon [425DXN 729], CQ Amateur Radio has announced the introduction of the
"iDX Award," the third and final piece of its three-part "Waking Up DXing"
program designed to encourage more DXing activity among ham radio operators.
The CQ iDX Award recognizes confirmed contacts with 25 to 100 different
countries ("entities") made using remote bases or repeaters linked with Voice
over Internet Protocol (VoIP) networks, such as IRLP or Echolink, and is
aimed at developing a DXing "mindset" among newer hams. Contacts for the new
award may be made beginning January 1, 2006. More information can be found at
http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/awards.html
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Bill, W9OL is receiving bureau cards for ZA/Z35M, a
station for which he is not the QSL manager. Please note that cards should be
sent to Z35M (Vladimir Kovaceski, P.O. Box 10, 6330 Struga, Macedonia).
QSL 9J2CA ---> With immediate effect Phil Whitchurch, G3SWH has been
appointed the QSL manager for James, 9J2CA. Requests can be sent direct (US
dollars are preferred to IRCs, mint stamps and other currencies are not
welcome) or via the RSGB bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent
to phil@g3swh.demon.co.uk). [TNX G3SWH]
QSL VIA IT9GSF ---> Cards for all of Fabio's activities from 1981 to date -
including IG9A, IG9GSF, IG9/IT9GSF, IO9GSF, IR9T (CQ WW and CQ WPX contets),
IT9A and IU9A - can be sent direct to IT9GSF (Fabio Grisafi, Via Ferrari Orsi
85, 90123 Palermo - PA, Italy) or via the bureau to KB1LNF. [TNX IT9GSF]
+ SILENT KEY + Bill, VK4FW has been informed that Norman Jockane, C21NJ
became a Silent Key last year.
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
LOGS: Online logs for J45MR, J45LEO (RTTY in Volta Contest), SV5/IK1PMR and
SV5/K2LEO are available at www.ik1pmr.com/logs/. Please note that
Claudia's callsign is K2LEO (not India Kilo 2LEO). [TNX IK1PMR]
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3D2LB GM3VLB ED6CSC EA6ZX RW0BB/9 UA4RC
3W2TXR JA2TXR ED7CK EA7HBC S01MZ EA1BT
3W9HRN DL1HRN ED7FPR EA7BNL S21SHQ S21AM
3Z0EE SP1EG ED8MPJ EA8BYG S9SS N4JR
3Z8VD SP8MI EF8CID EC8AUA SG3ZZR SM3CXS
4J60K 4K4K EM50UKY UT5UKY SJ5SAS SM5DJZ
4J60WMF 4J7WMF EM60FT UT0FT SJ9WL SM5DJZ
4K5D K2PF EM60IG UR7IA SM5/F8UFT/P F6ICG
4KP7Z UA3FDX EM60II UT2II SN9KZ SP9PLK
4L1MA ON4RU EN50KIEV UT4UZA SP25ZJA SP3ZJA
4L4KK RN4ACI EN50UN UX7UN ST2BF W3HNK
4L6VV UA6EZ EO50KIEV UT4UWC SU9BN EA7FTR
4L8A OZ1HPS EO50UA UY2UA SV0XAN/5 IK2WZD
4N35GM 4N1GM EO60CC UT7CWW SV0XAO DJ5JH
4U1UN HB9BOU EO60LC UT2LY T94B DL5MHB
5B/KI0BP UA6MF EO60UWC UT4UWC T94OM K2PF
5N6EAM IK2IQD EO60Z UT4ZG TA3DD K3PD
5R8FU SM5DJZ EY60V DJ1MM TM0L F5OIU
5X1RI RX3RC EY8AW DJ1MM TM380 F5GNY
5Z4DZ PA1AW EY8BW DJ1MM TM3A F6KKH
6G1KK W5UE EY8MM K1BV TM5B F5XX
6W8CK DH7WW GI1W UT5SI TM5KD F5KKD
7Q7RS IW9BBX GM7CXM/C6A EA5ON TM5MVM F6KGI
7Q7WW KC4D HB0/HB9AON DJ2YE TT8AMO PA7FM
7X5JF DJ8QP HP3XBH W4WX TT8M PA7FM
7Z1SJ EA7FTR HS0ZEA OE2REL TT8PK F4EGS
8S0ITU SK0CC HV0A IK0FVC TU2OJ F5IPW
8S6KOS SM6YOU II7PAX IQ7MU UA0AZ W3HNK
9A0CI DE0MST IQ0MA I0NZK UE4HDA RW4HB
9G5FD G3XTT IR0IDP IS0UWX UE6LLL RK6MP
9G5OO DL4WK IU7SCT IK7BPV UM9M UK8AR
9G5ZS ZS6EGB J39AH WA4WTG UN7QX W7BO
9H3BC DF6MS KH0/KH2K JA1RJU UP60EW UN6URO
A35YL VK3DYL LA/SA4V SM4IED V25TA LY2TA
AP2RQ AP5HQ LG5LG SM5DJZ V31JP KA9WON
AT0D EA7FTR LI6Q LA9VDA V31RA K9ZO
AX3ITU VK3WI NK4AA N2NL V31ZR K4ZGB
C37JPE C37URA OD5UE IZ8CCW V44KJ WB2TSL
C6AWF G3SWH OD5UT K3IRV V8NOW SP9FUU
C91EP SM0EPU OE50XRC OE3EPW VC6X VE6BF
CF6XDX VE6LB OL1OOS OK1MIQ VE7KVL VA7DP
CN2MI F6EMI OZ1RDP DL9BCP VQ5L LA9HW
CN8IG EA7FTR P29KPH N5FTR VU3RIC DJ5IW
CN8NK EA5XX P40W N2MM XR80IARU CE3AA
CN8SG EA7FTR PB6F PE5DX XU7ABQ DK6ST
CO8LY EA7ADH PT7ZXU CT1AHU XU7ACE ES1FB
CQ0GDX CS1GDX PY2XB/PY0F PY2XB XU7AIJ DK8ZD
CQ1M CT1ITZ PZ5XX EA4BQ XU7TZG ON4AJV
CQ4GDX CS1GDX RI1CIS RZ1AW YI1HXH IK2IQD
CS2CSR CT1BXT RK6YYA RX3RC YI1OM IK2DUW
CS4GDX CS1GDX RP1ADB RZ1AXL YI9HU K3ASK
CT3AS DJ8FW RP3AAN RA3AN YI9MM KC4XX
CU1A CU3URA RP3ABB RA3BB YJ0YL VK3DYL
CX2AQ EA5KB RP3AIW RZ3AXG YL740T YL2GQT
CX6AAZ EA5RD RP3EKH UA3EDQ YN4SU TI4SU
DK0ALC DL2UH RP3ERP RK3EWB YT635A YT6A
DL0NBR DL1WH RP3FFM RU3FM YZ35CW YZ1EW
DS2GOO/P DS2GOO RP3MGB RK3MWI Z34M DJ0LZ
DS5BSX/P DS5BSX RP3QUR UA3QG ZA1E I2MQP
EA9JS/EA7 EA7DA RP3YGA RV3YR ZD8A N6CW
ED2LSM EA2CIQ RP3ZAA RN3ZZ ZF2AM K6AM
ED3CDC EA3EJK RP4HRS RW4HB ZF2BI K4BI
ED4MAD/EA1 EA4RCU RP4NKF RW4NW ZF2NE W5ASP
ED5RCV EA5ADD RP4P RA4PO ZP6VLA EA5KB
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
CS1GDX P.O.Box 1156, 2736-996 Agualva, Portugal
CT1BXT Fernando R.S. Ferreira, R. 25 de Abril - Fontainhas, 2005-297
Santarem, Portugal
DL7VOX Helmut Radach, Riesaer Str. 93, D-12627 Berlin, Germany
F5JNE Francois Robert, 4 rue d'Orbandelle, F-89000 Auxerre, France
GM3VLB Andre Saunders, 6 Douglas Crescent, Kelso, Roxburghshire TD5 8BB,
Scotland, UK
I0NZK Umberto Picano, Via Montello 22, 03043 Cassino - FR, Italy
JA4GXS Kenji Sasaki, 2-15 Ishikannon-cyo, Yamaguchi-city, 753-0038, Japan
PZ5RA Ramon Kaersenhout, P.O. Box 4048, Paramaribo, Suriname
RW6HS Vasilij M. Kasyanenko, Stavropolskiy kr., 357300, g. Novopavlovsk,
P.O. Box 0, Russia
RX3RC Roman A. Novikov, P.O. Box 21, 392000 Tambov, Russia
SM4IED Mats Erik Sundin, Lade 806, S-792 94 Mora, Sweden
UA3OE Evgenij L. Morozov, 394086, g. Voronezh, Ul. Yu-Moravskaya D. 66 KV.
19, Russia
UN2O Leo V.Velikanov, P.O. Box 1, Atyrau 060002, Kazakhstan
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