425 DX News #737
18 June 2005 Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
EA - Look for EA5FL, EA5/DJ7BU and EA5DFV to operate as EA5FL/p from
Portitxol Island (EU-093, DIE E-011) on 17-19 June. QSL via EA5FL.
[TNX VA3RJ]
EA - Steve, G0SGB will be active as EA5/G0SGB from either Tabarca Island
(EU-093, DIE E-006) and/or Benidorm Island (EU-093, DIE E-007) on
20-30 June. He plans to operate mainly on 20 metres SSB. QSL via
home call. [TNX VA3RJ]
ES - Andres/ES1AN, Arvo/ES1QV, Harald/ES1LS, Eimar/ES1LSR, Toivo/ES2DJ
and Juri/ES2EZ will operate on 80-10 meter CW and SSB as ES2U from
Rammu Island (EU-149) on 27-31 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via
ES1QV (Arvo Saluri, Mustjoe 26, 10617 Tallinn, Estonia). [TNX VA3RJ]
F - Laurent, F8BBL (CW) and Jean-Marc, F4ECL (SSB) will operate QRP as
TM7CI on 10-80 metres from Cordouan Island (EU-159, DIFM AT-032) and
lighthouse (LH 271, ARLHS FRA-007, PB 018) on 22-23 July. They are
also planning a similar activity from Banc d'Arguin (EU-159, DIFM
AT-033) in August. QSL via F8BBL, direct or bureau. [TNX F8BBL]
GM - MM0DFV/p and GM0WRR/p will operate on 10-80 metres CW and SSB from
the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse (ARLHS SCO-144) on 17-18 June. QSL
via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX MM0DFV]
GM - The Orkney Amateur Radio Club (www.eu009.com) will operate on 10-80
metres SSB and CW with two full power stations as MM0MWW/P from the
Isle of Egilsay (EU-009) on 8-10 July. QSL via GM0IFM, direct or
bureau.
GM - Iain, MM0TFU will be active on 80-10 metres SSB as MM0TFU/p from the
Isle of Arran (EU-123) from 29 July to 5 August, IOTA Contest
included. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
GW - Anthony/MW0JZE, Rob/MW0RLJ, Russell/G5XW, Richard/MW3WSD,
Oliver/MW3SDO and Tim/M3SDE will operate as GB0SH from Strumble Head
Lighthouse for the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend on
20-21 August. Logs will be posted on
http://www.mw0jze.inkinkink.net/. QSL via MW0JZE. [TNX M3SDE]
HB0 - Valya/LZ5AV (YL operator), Johny/LZ1PJ, Laci/HA0HW, Tomi/HA4DX and
Geza/HA4XG will operate as HB0/homecall from Malbun, Liechtenstein
on 19-26 June. They plan to have two stations active on all the HF
bands (CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31) and one station for 6 metres. QSl
via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX HA0HW]
HI - Franco, HB9OAB will operate on 10-40 metres as HI7/HB9OAB from the
Dominican Republic (NA-096) from 25 June to 15 July. QSL via home
call. [TNX HB9OAB]
I - Special station IO8JR is active until 30 July to celebrate the
election of pope Benedict XVI. QSL via IZ8AJQ, direct (Erminio
Cioffi Squitieri, P.O. Box 11, 84036 Sala Consilina - SA, Italy) or
bureau. [TNX IZ8AJQ]
I - Look for Marco, IZ6ASI/p and Antonio, IK6XOU/p to operate SSB from
San Bartolo Lighthouse (WAIL MA-006, ARLHS ITA-106) on 16-18 June.
[TNX IZ6ASI]
I - ARI Vinci will activate special station II5LDV on all bands SSB and
CW on 17-19 June from Leonardo da Vinci's birthplace. All of the
QSOs will be confirmed automatically via bureau. [TNX IK5AFJ]
JA - 7L3ATQ/8 will operate from Teuri Island (AS-147, JIIA AS-117-008) on
18-21 June. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
JA - JM4MDV/4 plans to be active from Uma Island (AS-117, JIIA
AS-117-???), Yamaguchi prefecture on 19 June. QSL home call, direct
or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
JA - Look for JA0HNA/0, JE0OMG/0, JH0OLD/0 to operate from Awa Island
(AS-117, JIIA AS-117-062), Niigata prefecture on 8-11 July. QSL via
home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
JA - Look for JA1KJW/8, JJ1JGI/8, JK1EBA/8 and 7N4AGB/8 to operate from
Rebun Island (AS-147, JIIA AS-147-006) on 15-18 July and from
Rishiri Island (AS-147, JIIA AS-147-007) on 18-21 July. QSL via home
calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
KH0 - Nao (JK1FNL/NA8O), Jim (7K4QOK/KG8RP) and Takky (JE1KUC/N1KU) will
operate from Saipan, Nothern Mariana Islands (OC-086) on 8-11 July.
Activity will be on 40-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via their JA
home calls, direct or through the JARL bureau. [TNX JK1FNL]
KL - Hillar, N6HR and others will participate in the IOTA Contest as
KL7/N7YX from St. Paul, Pribilof Islands (NA-028). [TNX The Daily
DX]
KP2 - Bob, W9UI and his wife Traudel, WD6CTL will be at Windwood on the
island of St Croix, Virgin Islands (NA-106) from 23 June until 8
July. They will be on the lookout for 6m sporadic E contacts; other
times, they will be on HF (when not diving). QSL both operations via
W9UI, bureau or direct. [TNX W9UI]
LA - Giovanni, IZ2DPX reports he plans to operate as LA/IZ2DPX/P from
Norway on 11-17 July. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
OE - The Austrian Amateur Radio Society (OVSV) will take part in the IARU
HF World Championship (9-10 July) as OE50A. QSL via bureau or direct
to OVSV-HQ, Eisvogelgasse 4/1, 1050 Wien, Austria. OVSV sponsors the
W-OE-XHQ Award for working OE1XHQ-OE9XHQ or OE50A on 6 different
Bands/Modes, as well as the OE50-Award for working Austrian amateur
radio stations with the special OE50 prefix in 2005. Full
information (in German language) can be found at
http://www.oevsv.at/oev/oev_dip/oev_dip.shtml [TNX OE8KDK]
OZ - Mark/DL1XAQ, Andy/DG3XA, Olaf/DL4HG, Andy/DL7AT, Thorsten/DG7TG and
Ralph/DL3LED will operate on 10-80 metres SSB and CW as OZ/DF0TX
from Romo Island (EU-125) on 29-31 July, IOTA Contest included. [TNX
www.rsgbiota.org]
PA - Special callsign PA2000N (PA "two thousand" N) will be aired on 8-23
July (including a M/M entry in the IARU Contest) to commemorate the
2000th anniversary of the city of Nijmegen. QSL via the Dutch QSL
Bureau or direct to PA0KHS (Henk van Hensbergen, Smaragdstraat 53,
NL-6534 WN, Nijmegen, The Netherlands). [TNX PA0KHS]
SU - Gab, HA3JB will be active again as SU8BHI from Egypt from 1 July
through 31 December. He plans to operate on all bands CW, RTTY,
SSTV, PSK and some SSB, and during many of the major contests. QSL
direct only to HA3JB (Kutasi Gabor, P.O. Box 243, H-8601 Siofok,
Hungary). Logs will be available at http://www.qsl.net/ha3jb [TNX
HA3JB]
SV - Antonio, IK8VRH plans to visit and operate (on 14, 17 and 15 metres
SSB, CW and RTTY) from a number of Greek islands and lighthouses as
follows:
12-14 August J48RH/P Spetses EU-075 GRE-063
16-18 August J48RH/P Dokos EU-075 GRE-058
20-22 August J48RH/P Kythira EU-113 GRE-120 or
Elafonisos EU-113 -------
24-26 August J43RH/P Sapientza EU-158 GRE-116 or
Schiza EU-158 -------
QSL via home call. [TNX IK8VRH]
SV - Theodoros/SV1GRM, Sotirios/SV1HER, Cliff/SV1JG and Markos/SV1MF will
operate as SX8L from Apolytares Lighthouse (ARLHS GRE-040) on the
island of Antikythira (EU-113) on 20-22 August. All QSOs will be
confirmed automatically via the bureau; direct cards should be sent
to SV1HER (Sotirios Vanikiotis, Korai 31, GR-12137 Peristeri
(Athens), Greece). [TNX SV1HER]
TA - Goran, YZ1SG will be active in his spare time with 100 watts and
verticals as TA4/YZ1SG from Bodrum on 19-29 June. He also plans to
operate as TA0/YZ1SG from Karaada (AS-098) during that time frame.
QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX YZ1SG]
TA - Look for Metin, TA1ED/0 and Nuri, TA3BN/0 to operate SSB and CW on
the HF bands and 2 metres from Giresun Island (AS-154) on 1-4 July.
QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX TA1ED]
TF - G6UW/TF will be the callsign used by the Cambridge University
Wireless Society team for the IOTA Contest operation from Heimaey
(EU-071) [425DXN 728]. QSL via M0BLF. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
TI - A large froup of operators from Costa Rica and the US will
participate in the IARU HF World Championship (9-10 July) as TI0HQ
with 3-4 stations on air on 10-160m SSB and CW. QSL via TI0RC. [TNX
NG3K]
UA - Andre (RA0CS/P), Slava (UA0AOZ/0) and Vlad (UA0ACG/0) will operate
CW, SSB and BPSK31 from Toki Island (RRA-14-05) on 24-26 June. QSL
via home calls. [TNX UA0AOZ]
UA2 - Amateur radio operators from Kalinigrad are allowed to use a special
prefix (R750) from 20 June to 20 July to celebrate the 750th
anniversary of Kaliningrad-Konigsberg. The UA2 Contest Club station,
RK2FWA (aka RW2F), will sign R750KG. QSL via operators'
instructions. Bureau cards should be sent to the UA2 QSL Bureau,
ROSTO Technical School, ul. Ozernaya 31, Kaliningrad, 236029 Russia.
The rules for either the "Kaliningrad - Koenigsberg 750" and the
"Kaliningrad Districts" awards can be found at
http://www.qrz.ru/awards/detail/948.html and
http://www.qrz.ru/awards/detail/37.html respectively (English
version included). [TNX UA2FM]
UR - Slava/US7IGF, Roman/UR7IJQ, Alexandr/UR7IKV and Roman/UY7IQ will
operate on 40-15 metres SSB and CW from Squrovs'kyi Island (SD-10
for Ukrainian Islands Award) on 25-26 June. QSL via home calls. [TNX
US7IGF]
VE - Igor, VA3YDX has been authorized to use special call VB3M to
commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Great Lakes Commission. The
authority is valid from 1 July through the 31st. QSL via VA3YDX,
direct or bureau. [TNX VA3YDX]
VE - Linda, VE9GLF and Len, VE9MY plan to operate as time permits from
several "new" Canadian islands next month:
1-2 July one island in Nova Scotia (NS)
6-9 July several islands in Newfoundland (NF), with IOTA being
NA-027 as far as they know now
22 July 1-2 islands in NS (maybe IOTA NA-081)
23 July one island in NS (IOTA NA-081)
They will operate mobile or portable with 100 watts. QSL to home
calls, direct or bureau. [TNX VE9MY]
W - Ed, WA3WSJ will operate QRP from the Outer Banks of North Carolina
during a family vacation from 26 June to 2 July. He plans to be
active from Hatteras Island (NA-067, USI NC-005S), Ocracoke Island
(NA-067, USI NC-001S) and a few lighthouses in that area. QSL via
home call. [TNX VA3RJ]
W - Tad, WF4W will be active as WF4W/4 from Jekyll Island (NA-058) from
28 October through 2 November, including a Single Operator entry in
the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. Outside the contest he will operate mostly
CW on 80-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX WF4W]
YA - Johnny Johansen, LA5IIA is currently active from Afghanistan as
T68G. He will be working there as a telecom officer for UNICEF until
March 2007 and he is able to operate on the amateur radio bands in
between a tight working and traveling schedule emphasizing CW, the
WARC and low bands (he plans to do special efforts towards North,
Central and South America on 160-30m during the winter season) and
some digimodes. "Be aware that power cut offs, unstable voltage,
heavy thunderstorms and incredible man made noise makes it difficult
to keep up a regular and steady activity", he says. "As
circumstances out of my reach allow, I will do my best to stay QRV".
QSL via LA4YW. The web page for this activity is at
http://home.broadpark.no/~johnnyj/YA8G/
YV - ARV Caracas and Grupo DX Caracas will operate as YW4C from an island
in the SA-058 group on 7-10 July, to celebrate the Venezuelan Navy
Day. They plan to operate on the HF bands (SSB, CW and digital
modes) as well as on 6 metres and the VHF bands. QSL via W4SO
(maildrop). [TNX YV5EED]
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
QSL VIA CT1ERK ---> Antonio is the QSL manager for CQ7ERK, CQ7P (CQ WPX
1994), CR8ERK, CS6S (CQ WW 1997) and CT7O (CQ WPX 1998). His new address is:
Antonio Rocha Graca, R. Prof. Vitorino Nemesio 42, 4410-399 Arcozelo VNG,
Portugal. [TNX CT1ERK]
QSL VIA LA8WF ---> Jon Dahl, LA8WF - who operated as JW8WF from Svalbard on
6-8 June - would like to remind DXers that 1 USD no longer covers postage
from Norway to either Europe or the rest of the world. Direct card without
sufficient return postage will be replied to via the bureau.
QSL YE3K ---> Antonio, IZ8CCW reports that all of the direct requests
received so far (see http://www.mdxc.org/iz8ccw/ye3k.htm) have been processed
and mailed. Remaining QSOs have been confirmed automatically via the bureau.
Kadek, YB9UB (who manages the requests for Asian stations) expects to receive
the cards from the printer in a few days' time. [TNX IZ8CCW]
THE IONOSFERA PROJECT ---> "Ionosfera" is a project for DXers developed by
AMSAT-Italia within the European Space Agency's (ESA) activities on Space
Weather, a study of the various interactions between the sun (mainly) and the
terrestrial environment influencing space-borne and ground-based
technological systems and/or activities.
In particular, "Ionosfera" aims at supporting DX by correlating DX activity
with Space Weather indexes, providing current propagation conditions for the
various HF bands, providing and converting localisation data (locator,
lat/long, etc), calculating Great Circle paths, predicting MUF/FOT.
The website for the project can be found at
http://esa-spaceweather.net/sda/ionosfera/index2.htm: please review it, send
any comment/suggestion to the AMSAT-Italia project team and participate
actively in the project by sending your log files of HF DX QSOs covering the
period 1 September 2003 - 30 April 2005. Should you need further information,
please contact Florio, IW2NMB (iw2nmb@amsat.org).
UAE ---> Ghis, A6/ON5NT (9000 QSOs so far) reports that about ten new
A61-one-letter-suffix callsigns/licenses have been issued recently to local
operators. Ghis will be QRV from Dubai until the end of June, and then again
during August and September. The QSL cards will be ready on his return home
in July, and all the requests received so far will be processed during his
holidays.
VU2RBI AT FRIEDRICHSHAFEN ---> The German DX Foundation will honour Bharathi
Prasad, VU2RBI and the NIAR VU4 DXpedition team with an "Award of
Appreciation" at Hamradio Friedrichshafen. The ceremony will take place on 25
June at 4 p.m. (Hall A2, Room 2) and will be attended by representatives of
the Indian Embassy and the Indian Ministry of Communication & IT. After that,
Bharathi will give a lecture about the DXpedition. Bharathi and other
radioamateurs from India, who operated from the Andaman and the Nicobar
Islands during the tsunami disaster, will be at the NIAR/GDXF booth during
Hamradio 2005. A special VU4 QSL Service will be available on 24 June (3-4
p.m.) and on the 25th (1-3 p.m.).
The GDXF Hamradio programme will also include presentations by Bob Schmieder,
KK6EK (the planned K7C DXpedition to Kure) and Andrea Panati, IK1PMR (6O0CW
DXpedition to Somalia). [TNX DL4KQ]
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
PHOTO GALLERY: A 2005 Dayton Hamvention Photo Gallery is now up with 157
photos at http://hamgallery.com/dayton2005/ [TNX K8CX]
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A0KM, 3B9FR, 3D2VB, 3G0YP, 4K8F,
4M5F, 5R8FU, 5W0VB, 5Z4DZ, 6O0X, 8P2K, 8Q7QQ, 9J2HK, 9K2HN, 9L1AB, 9N7DX,
9Y4SF, A22/JA4ATV, A25/DM2AYO, A35VB, AH3D, CE8A (SA-094), CO3VK/4 (NA-056),
CW5R (SA-039), CX6VM, CX7OV, D88S (AN-010; AA HL-01), DX0K, EA9IE, EP2FM,
EP4HR, EY8/UA4LU, FK/AC4LN, FM5DN, FM5JC, FO/AC4LN, FT5WJ (AF-008), FT5XO
(AF-048), FW/AC4LN, H40VB, HK0/W4WX, HZ1EX, JT1CO, JT1Y, KC4/KD4VMM (AN-012;
AA K-10), KG4WW, KH7X, KH8SI (OC-200), LX/PA6Z, MJ/K8PT, NP3CW, OH0B,
OJ0J, OX3RZ, P29KPH, P29VVB, PZ5XX, R1ANF (AN-010; AA UA-04), S9BB, ST2BF,
SV5/DJ7RJ, T20VB, T30VB, T6KBLRM, T88VV, T9/9A3GZ, TA3J/4, TT8M, TX9, TZ9A,
UA0ZC, UP0L, US0ZZ, V31JP, V31TR, V63MB, V73VE, VK9AA, VQ9LA, VU4NRO, VU4RBI,
WP2Z, XU7ADI, XW1IC, YE3K (OC-217), YJ0AKA, YJ0VB, Z21GC, ZA/K9YL, ZA1A,
ZA1DX, ZA1UT, ZB2FK, ZF2BI, ZK1/AC4LN, ZK1COW, ZK1EPY, ZK3DX, ZP0R, ZS8MI.
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