425 DX News #743 30 July 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 Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ (i1jqj@425dxn.org) The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW >>> P5/KA2HTV * NORTH KOREA Doug, VA7DP reports that effective immediately, HF operation on the bands below 30 MHz has been authorized by Industry Canada for: a) amateurs who were certified with only the Basic Qualification prior to 2 April 2002; b) amateurs who have been certified with both Basic and Advanced Qualifications; c) amateurs with only the Basic Qualification who were certified after 1 April 2002, and who achieved a pass mark of 80% or greater. Those amateurs with only the Basic Qualification who were certified after 1 April 2002, but who achieved less than an 80% pass mark, will either have to qualify in Morse, write the Advanced or re-write the Basic examination to obtain HF privileges. This latter requirement is related to a decision to increase the Basic examination pass mark to ensure that candidates have been tested in all areas of the syllabus. Also effective immediately, the pass mark for the Basic Qualification has been raised from 60% to 70%. QSL 9K2GS ---> W6YJ is no longer the QSL manager for Abdallah, 9K2GS. The new QSL route for either 9K2GS and 9K2K is via EA5KB. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] QSL FW5ZL ---> Cards should be sent to FR5ZL: Guy Petit de la Rhodiere, 33 Chemin Lambert, Casabois, 97433 Salazie (La Reunion), France. QSL S92RI ---> All of the direct requests received so far for the February 2005 S92RI operation from Rolas Island (AF-023) have been processed and mailed. The team is now working on the bureau cards. QSL via CT1APE. [TNX CT1AXS] QSL VIA CT3KN ---> Ricardo is the QSL manager (direct and bureau) for CQ3A, CQ3T, CQ9T, CT9KN, CS94KN, PP6ZKN, CT3KN/CT1, CT/CT3KN/P. For direct cards, please note his new address: Ricardo Martins, Rua Levada dos Barreiros 10 4 X, 9000-161 Funchal, Portugal. [TNX CT3KN] YEMEN UPDATE ---> The following was received from Vladimir Bykov, UA4WHX on 26 July: Hello everybody again! RE: Yemen Telecom Their last current problem is they need to pass a legislation abd they do not know who and how may compose a draft of it (at the Ministry - no knowledge, no time). Otherwise: two months and they are ready to give permits.. Can we find samples of legislation related to amateur radio, best from Arabic speaking countries? Or just from as many as it is possible. Amything goes. 73, VB UA4WHX Jeddah, Saudi Arabia + SILENT KEY + The team on Culatra Island (EU-145) [425DXN 735] started pre-contest activity on 28 July. They planned to participate in the IOTA Contest as CT6C; however, in the UTC morning of 29 July the operation was cancelled owing to the sudden and untimely death of Sam Pimenta, CT1EEN, who was expected to be part of the team. Sam was very well known in the IOTA circle; he operated from various Portuguese IOTA groups under his callsign and as IOTA Contest team member (CQ2P in 1998 and CT6B in 2003), in 1999 he participated in the VK9RS operation (OC-230) and also operated as VK6EEN/P (OC-199 and OC-183), in 2003 he was one of the ZW8M (SA-042) team members. We will miss his unmistakable voice in the pile-ups. _____________________________________________________________________________ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** NEWS FROM THE WEB *** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW AWARDS HUNTER: This new piece of software, created by Andrew/UA3AA and his team, is for amateur radio operators who enjoy collecting awards as part of their hobby. The programme generates award applications automatically, with almost no manual work required. Details can be found at http://www.awardshunter.com EU-130: Pictures of the recent operation from Anfora Island by Stefano, IV3LZQ and Paolo, IV3PUT can be found at http://www.qsl.net/iv3lzq ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSLs received direct or through managers: 3A2MD, 3G0YP, 3S2MD, 4K5D, 4L1MA, 4T75O, 4U1ITU, 4U1UN, 5H3HK, 5H3RK, 5R8FU, 5R8GZ, 5T5SN, 5Z4DZ, 9G5OO, 9G5SP, 9H1ZA, 9J2CA, 9K2MU, 9M2AX, 9M2CNC, 9M6/G3OOK, 9V1YC, A71BX, A92GR, BV4CT, CE8A (SA-094)CO8LY, CP6XE, CU7/G3TXF, CW5R (SA-039), ET3TK, EY7AF, FJ/N1DL, FM5JC, FO/F6COW, FR5ZL, HK3AK, HS0ZEE, IC8SDL, IM0/I1ASU/P (EU-041), J20FH, JT1Y, KH7X, KH8/N9TK, KH9/AH8H, KI7VR/HI9, OC4P (SA-052), OY3QN, PZ5RA, SU1SK, SV5/DJ7RJ, SV5/DL3DRN, T94B, TA3DD, TI8CBT, TN3B, TO7C, TT8AMO, TT8M, TU2OJ, TY5ZR, UK8BQ, UN6LN, UN8LA, V25DL, V73JY, V73RX, VU3SPQ, W3GRX/C6A, W6/MOBLF/P (NA-066),WH8/F6EXV, XE3ARV, XF4IH, XQ6ET, YB4IR (OC-143), YE1P (OC-237), YK1BB, YK9A, YV4DYJ, ZC4LI, ZD7F, ZK1APX, ZK1EPY, ZK2QQ. ***************************************************************************** 425 DX NEWS HOME PAGE: http://www.425dxn.org 425 DX NEWS ARCHIVES: http://list.425dxn.org 425 DX NEWS DX CLUSTER: telnet://dx.ik1znw.org:8000 ***************************************************************************** 425 DX News is a free of charge weekly bulletin edited by Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ and Valeria Pregliasco, IK1ADH Its contents may be used, reproduced and distributed in part or full provided that "425 DX News" or "425DXN" receive proper credit Contributors are invited to send their DX information to Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ (i1jqj@425dxn.org) The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays ***************************************************************************** MAILING LIST Please visit the "Mailing List" page at http://www.425dxn.org and follow the step by step subscribe/unsubscribe instructions or contact the Mailing List Administrator Stefano Turci, IK4WMH (ik4wmh@425dxn.org) ***************************************************************************** Direttore Responsabile Gabriele Villa, I2VGW Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 057216 Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti Roma, Italia *****************************************************************************