425 DX News #748 03 September 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 9H - A large group of Dutch amateurs will be going to Qawra, Malta (EU-023) for their 18th holiday/DXpedition. They will operate on 80-6 metres (possibily also on 160m) CW, SSB and digital modes as 9H0VRZ between 10 September and 2 October. QSL via PB9ZR (Ruben v.d. Zwet, Barentszstraat 1, 2161 TJ Lisse, The Netherlands). The operators will be PA0BEA (9H3IE), PA0CKV (9H3XQ), PA0MIR (9H3MIR), PA0XYL (9H3XYL), PA1XA (9H3AAG), PA3GUU (9H3YT), PB9ZR (9H3ZR), PE1NGF (9H3X), PE1OFJ (9H3YM), PE2HSB (9H3HS) and PG9W (9H3ON). QSL for the individual 9H3s via home calls. BY - David, BA4DW reports he will operate as BA4DW/7 from Nan'ao Island (AS-129) on 8-13 September. QSL direct via home call (David Y. J. Zhou, P.O. Box 040-088, Shanghai, 200040, China). F - Special event call TM8CDX will be aired until 10 September for the 27th Convention of the Clipperton DX Club, which will be held on 10-11 September at Provins (http://cdxc.convention.free.fr/). QSL via F5CQ, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL] F - Special call TM0JPL (Jumelage Pompignac Lerin) will be aired on 3-4 September to celebrate the twinning of the towns of Pompignac (France) and Lerin (Spain). The web site for the event is at http://lerin.pompignac.monweb.net/jumelageLERIN.htm QSL via F5TBX, direct or bureau. [TNX F6ABN and F8BBL] GM - Andre, GM3VLB reports that, weather permitting, he will try to operate from three Scottish islands - namely Inchkenneth (EU-008), Eorsa (EU-008) and Shona (EU-005) - between now and 10 September. Andre's web site is at http://www.gm3vlb.com/ I - Alessio, IZ0CKJ and Simon, IZ7ATN will operate on 15, 20 and 40 metres SSB as IB0/IZ0CKJ and IB0/IZ7ATN from a few islands in the Ponziano Archipelago (EU-045) on 2-4 September: Palmarola (IIA LT-008), I Piatti (IIA LT-009),Scoglio Forcina (IIA LT-022), Scoglio Fucile (IIA LT-023), Scoglio Pallante (IIA LT-025), Scoglio San Silverio (IIA LT-026). QSLs via IZ0CKJ. [TNX IZ0CKJ] JA - Look for JA5BEX/5 and JN4MBO/5 to operate from Kikasa Island (JIIA-076-NEW), Kagawa Prefecture on 3-4 September. QSl via home calls. [TNX JI6KVR] KL - Bill, K4XS will be active in his spare time as AL0/K4XS from Saint Paul Island (NA-028) on 7-15 September. He plans to operate on 20 and 40 metres mainly CW from around 00.00 UTC thourgh 07.00 UTC (additional operating time is possible during the weekend of 10-11 September). Bill will be QRV for Europe on their sunrise. QSL direct to K4XS. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] LA - Trond, LA9VDA reports that the 15-18 September LA6Q operation from Svenner Island (EU-061) [425DXN 747] has been cancelled owing to a number of problems. However LA5UF, LA6YEA, LA8AJA and LA9VDA himself will operate (on 17-80 metres CW, SSB and some RTTY) from Helligvaer Island (EU-062) on 19-26 October. QSL via LA9VDA, direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to la9vda2003@yahoo.no). The webpage for the operation can be found at http://home.online.no/~andreask/expeditions/eu62/index.html and it will will be updated with log search, photos etc. OZ - Klaus, DJ4JI will operate on 80, 40 and 20 metres SSB as OZ/DJ4JI from Bornholm Island (EU-030, DIA BO-001) on 5-10 September. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ] TA - Charlie, GI4FUE reports will operate as TA4/GI4FUE from Marmaris, Turkey until 13 September. Charlie hopes to be QRV on 20 metres from 8 UTC to 13 UTC most days, 17m and 15m are a possibility. He also plans to be active during the All Asia DX SSB, IARU Region 1 and WAE DX contests. Operation will be mostly CW with some RTTY and SSB for the contests. UA_ant - Alexey "Alan" Kuz'menko, UA1PAC (R1ANC) reports he will be leaving Vostok station (UA-10 for the Antarctica Award) in the second half of December. This is Alan's second mission to Vostok; three years ago he participated in the 47th RAE (Russian Antarctic Expedition) and logged about 17,400 QSOs as either R1ANC (QSL via DL5EBE) and R1ANC/p (QSL via UA1PAC). This year conditions are very bad and he has made only 1011 QSOs so far, on 40-15 metres mainly CW. He operates with 100 watts into a home-made multi-bander vertical antenna. Between late December and early January Alan plans to operate as R1ANP from Progress Station (AA UA-03); he will also try to be active from nearby stations Zhongshan of China (AA BY-NEW) and Low of Australia (AA VK-NEW). [TNX R1ANC & IZ8CGS] V5 - V51KC and V51MW will operate as V55O on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres during the IARU Region 1 Field Day on 3-4 September. QSL via DJ7SX. [TNX IZ8EDJ] VE - Bruce, KD6WW and Mike, K9AJ [425DXN 747] operated from Blaze Island (NA-175) on 1 September, and have been active from Chantry Island (NA-NEW) since the 2nd. Reports indicate that they should remain there for the weekend, and stop again on NA-175 for a couple of days on their way back. They cannot be more specific, as their activities depends on weather and local conditions. At all events, they will leave the area on 7 September. QSL via home calls. VE - Len, VE9MY and Linda, VE9GLF will be on Prince Edward Island (NA-029) on 1-3 September and they expect to activate several new Canadian Islands as well as some lighthouses. Operating times will probably be after 18 UTC on or around the IOTA frequencies. They will be portable with 100 watts and a vertical 15-20 metres. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX VE9MY] VE - Industry Canada has authorized the use of special call sign prefixes to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope across Canada (http://www.terryfoxrun.org/). The prefixes are as follows and will be in effect from 1 through 30 September: VE = XM, VA = XL, VO = XN and VY = XO. [TNX VA3RJ] VK0_ant - Finn, VK4LL (aka OZ2QK) reports that that there will be two amateur radio operators at Davis Station (VK-03 for the Antarctica Award), located on Ingrid Christensen Coast, Antarctica (AN-016) between November 2005 and February 2006, and one operator until the end of next year. Further information will be avalaible at http://www.mdxc.org/antarctica/activity/2005.htm [TNX VK4LL& IZ8CGS] W - The Pearl River DX Association will operate SSB only as W2WTC through September to commemorate the fourth anniverary of 9/11. QSL via K2HJB. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] W - The Metropolitan 222 Amateur Radio Society (K2MET) will sponsor a September 11th memorial station on Governors Island (NA-026) on 10 September. Operations will take place between 15-20 UTC on +/- 21340, 14250 and 7250 kHz. QSL via W2SN. [TNX NA2M] W - The Citrus Belt ARC presents the 6th annual Route 66 On The Air special event, celebrating the 79th anniversary of US Highway 66 (the "Mother Road"). Amateur radio clubs using 1x1 callsigns (from W6A through W6Q) will operate from 15 cities along the highway on 10-18 September. Full information is available on http://www.qsl.net/w6jbt/ YU - Special call signs YU15ARDF and 4N15ARDF will be used during the 15th IARU Region 1 ARDF Championship (and, after that, until 31 December) that will take place at Tara-Zlatibor, Serbia & Montenegro on 3-8 September. QSL both calls via YU1SRS. The web site for the event is at http://www.2005ardf.org/index.php _____________________________________________________________________________ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW CIS DX CONTEST ---> The Scottish-Russian ARS (srars@srars.org) sponsors the CIS DX Contest, which will be held on 40 and 20 metres SSB, CW and RTTY from 10 UTC to 22 UTC on 22 October. The objective of the contest is to establish as many contacts as possible between radio amateurs around the world and radio amateurs in the Commonwealth of Independent States (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan. Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan). Full information can be found at http://www.srars.org/cisdxc.htm [TNX MM0DFV] DXTELNET ---> DXTelnet users please note that the new e-mail address for Fabrizio, IK4VYX is dxtelnet@gmail.com. DX Telnet is a software package that performs multiple connections to Internet/RF DX clusters and automatic refresh on OH22AQ's DXSUMMIT web page, with powerful DX-spot filters, alerts, spot voice spell, external log link capability, online search features and much more. EU SPRINT CONTESTS ---> The two Autumn events will be held on 20, 40 and 80 metres only from 15.00 UTC until 18.59 UTC on 1 October (Autumn SSB, managed by I2UIY) and 8 October (Autumn CW, managed by OK2FD). Full details (free software included) can be found at http://www.eusprint.com/ IR7LH/P ---> Alfredo, IK7JWX sends a resume of his activities as either IK7JWX/p and IR7LH/p from Italian lighthouses: 16-17 April PU-024 (ITA 270) 23-25 April PU-025 (ITA 271) 20 and 22 May PU-026 (ITA 264) 28 May PU-021 (ITA 237) 2-5 June PU-030 (ITA 188), PU-021 (ITA 237), PU-022 (ITA 238) 24-26 June PU-022 (ITA 238), PU-041 (ITA 266), PU-029 (ITA 187) 20-21 August PU-024 (ITA 270), PU-025 (ITA 271), PU-021 (ITA 237) The operators were IK7JWX (SSB, RTTY and PSK31) and I7PXV (CW). QSL via IK7JWX. KB5GL & KATRINA ---> He is just one of the many thousands people who have been struck by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. However, since he is a good friend of your Editors', let us share with you the deep sorrow and anguish we felt when Cezar, VE3LYC gave us first hand information about Silvano Amenta, KB5GL. He is safe and sound in Texas, and his family members are all OK. However, he only managed to save a few personal belongings, as they had to flee the rapid advancing hurricane. Silvano estimates that 90-95% of everything that they had (house, furniture, many old family things dear to them, radio equipment) is lost. His house in Metairie is now virtually entirely under water. He took the portable TS-570 with him, but in the haste he forgot the vertical, so he is unable to go on the air. According to Cezar, Silvano is understandbly in great distress: "He tries to pick up the pieces, but has little to hang on to. It is now that he needs his friends' moral support more than anything else". If anybody wants to speak with Silvano directly, his phone number at the hotel is +1-713-960-8100 (room 2031). Otherwise, they can e-mail Cezar (ve3lyc@hotmail.com). QSL R0K ---> Alternative QSL routes for R0K (AS-174) and R0K/p (AS-038), as well as for RZ3EC/0 and RV3MA/0, are via K8SIX (USA), VE6VK (Canada) and HA1AG (Europe). Feel free to send a small donation to either K8SIX or VE6VK with your SASE. This will be transferred to Eugene, RZ3EC via a safe method. QSL TT8BZ ---> Gabriele, IK3GES is the new QSL manager for Dino, TT8BZ and the qrz.com address is no longer valid. Dino operates in his spare time and is now equipped for digital mode activity. QSL via IK3GES direct or bureau. [TNX IK3GES] QSL TT8M & TT8AMO ---> Dennis, PA7FM reports that there several people were denied credit for DXCC, as there was an 'out of date' problem with the TT8M and TT8AMO cards. However, everything has been sorted out and the final operational dates for TT8M and TT8AMO are the 31 July and 19 June respectively. Those who got these cards rejected for DXCC should contact the DXCC Desk (dxcc@arrl.org). QSL requests for both stations are still being processed as sson as possible; direct cards with insufficient return postage or without SAE will be sent via the bureau. QSL VC3L ---> As repeatedly reported in the past [425DXN 703, 706 and 710], the QSL route for VC3L's operations between late October and late November 2004 is via VE3AT. Gary Westhouse, VE3NIT says that the VE3 QSL Bureau is receiving cards addressed "via VE3FXX" for QSOs made last year. Please note that VE3FXX was the QSL manager for contacts made with VC3L back in 2002 [425DXN 596]. QSL VK0DX ---> Finn, VK4LL reports that as of 30 August, all direct cards received so far for his VK0DX activity from Davis Station (VK-03 for the Antarctica Award) have been sent out. If you do not receive your card by October, please e-mail Finn (vk0dx@hotmail.com). Also please note that the P.O. Box used for VK0DX is going to be closed and that Finn is unable to use the QSL bureau. [TNX VK4LL & IZ8CGS] STATION FOR RENT ---> Would you like to go and operate from Suriname? Ramon Kaersenhout, PZ5RA reports he is offering his station for rent. Details on equipment, antennas, etc can be found at http://www.dxholiday.com/sa/pz.htm SV/IK8VRH ---> Tony, IK8VRH reports he made around 2200 QSOs (60% RTTY, 40% SSB) during his recent trip to Greece. He operated from the islands of Skiza (EU-158), Kythira (EU-113), Dokos (EU-075) and Styra (EU-060). QSL via home call. E-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to ik8vrh@virgilio.it _____________________________________________________________________________ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** NEWS FROM THE WEB *** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW LOGS: Logs and pictures of the 3-12 August 5X1B and 5X1W operation can be found at http://www.NDXA.jp/pedi/5x1w-2005/ LOGS: On-line logs and QSL pictures of the 3-13 August activities by Stefano, TK/IK5PWQ from Corsica (EU-014) and Lavezzi (EU-164) are now available at www.qsl.net/ik5pwq/logs/logs.html [TNX IK5PWQ] LOGS: On-line logs for R0K (Shalaurova Island, AS-174, 9860 QSOs) and R0K/p (Bolshoy Routan Island, AS-038, 6560 QSOs) ar now available at www.r0k.ru 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) _____________________________________________________________________________ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL INFO ******** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3W9HRN DL1HRN EN60FA UT2FA R270A UA9TO 3Z85BW SP5PPK EO60G UR3GM R270E RA9SC 4L/UA1AMM UA1FA EO60I UR6IM RK0LXD/p IK2DUW (a) 4O3ZZ K1ZZ EO60IS US7IGF RK0LXD/P UA0LQJ (b) 4O6ZD KA1ZD EO60MF UR0MM RK3DZJ/1 RA3DEJ 4X0AI 4Z4DX EO60QWW UY5ZZ RU3HD/ANT RZ3DJ 4X4BL WA2KNC ER5GB W3HNK RW3XX/P RW3XZ 5H9KR KF9TC ER5WU W3HNK S61FD PA0KHS 5R8GT/P DK8ZD ER60V ER1DA SN25SOL SP2AYC 5R8HS IZ4AKV ET3TK OK1CU SN6RRZ SP6CZ 6L0NJ/4 HL4XM EX2X EA5KB SO1ZT DK7ZT 7Q7CE IN3VZE FG/JJ2RCJ AB2RF SP0DIG SP5CJQ 7S6LH SK6QW FK/JA2BDR JA2BDR SP25S SP9KRT 9A10KC 9A7K FK/JA2EWE JA2EWE ST0RM T93Y 9A1V/P 9A4RV FK/JA2KRE JA2KRE SY9DPI SV1DPI 9N7JO LA7JO FM/JJ2RCJ AB2RF T80A OH2BN 9R2CV I2YDX GB2LBN GM4UYZ T88BH OH2BN 9R2DX I2YDX GB5FI GW0ANA T88CL JA8CCL 9V1BH UA0AGI GD0EMG/P M0BEW T88GG OH2BN 9V40DE 9V1DE GT4IOM GD4WBY T98GHA LA4GHA 9V40UV 9V1UV HC1AJQ EA7FTR TA0/IZ0CKJ/P IZ0CKJ A41KJ N5FTR HF21KST SP2ESH TA0/IZ7ATN/P IZ0CKJ A43JS A47RS HF61PW SP5KCR TC0SV TA2DS A61C W4JS HK1BYM EA5KB TF1IRA TF3GB A61Q EA7FTR HK1JKL EA5KB TF3XEN KT6YL A71BX EA7FTR HK3AXY W2GR TI0SP EA7FTR BV4FH BV4YB HP2GLT HP1IBF TI4CF W3HNK CN8SG EA7FTR HQ1OC EA7FTR TM7VM F5UJZ CO2IZ EA1EAU HS0/OZ1HET OZ1ACB TM8CDX F5CQ CO2WL EA3ESZ HS0ZCW K4VUD UA0HA RX3RC CO6DW EA5KB HS8KAY E21EIC UA0HAL RX3RC CO6WD W0SA HZ1EX SM0BYD UE0AWZ RZ0AM CP4BT EA5KB II0SRD IQ0VT UE1NLO RN1NA CP6XE IK6SNR IR1DCI IK1QFM UE3DGQ RK3DYB (c) CU1AAD EA5KB IY6GM IZ6CRK UE3DGQ RV3DUT (d) CU2A OH2BH J20VB UA4WHX UE3YGA/P RV3YR CU6NS EA5KB J45R DK9NCX UE6UCI UA6LP CX6VM W3HNK K4C KP4DL UM8AR UK8AR DQ50IPA DK5JA K8E N8MR UP60A DL8KAC DR30RADIO DH8BM K9AJ/VY0 K9AJ US4IXQ WB7QXU DR50BUND DL1WH KD6WW/VY0 KD6WW V25QD K4QD DU9/N0NM W4DR KG4OV W4OV V31WN N7DF EA2BXV/HI7 EA2RY KL7J N3SL V63NB JA1JCF EA2RC/EA1 EA7HBC LU8XW WD9EWK VE1WOW/P K1WO EA2RY/HI7 EA2RY MD4K G3NKC VK2IA DL8YR EA8AK W3HNK MS0UKC/P M0DXR VK6DHI VK4AAR ED1JRA EA1AUM OH0/IZ0FKE IZ0FMA VP8DIZ G7KMZ ED1SMP EA2BT OH0/SM0IHR SM0IHR VP8LGT VP8ON ED2LVA EC2AHS OH0/SM0NJO SM0NJO VQ9JF KB5NJF ED5URE EA5ADM OH0/SM5AJV SM5AJV VY2ZM K1ZM ED6MDB EA6ZX OH0/SM5DJZ SM5DJZ W2T N2OO ED6TDP EA6SB OH0JWL DL5FF XQ3/IQ6CC IZ8DDG ED8LGP EA8RCP OL0BA OK2BVG YB1BAD ON4RU ED8LHT EA8AKN ON100EBL ON7RK YB1HDF EA5KB EF7ABV EC7ABV ON4OSLN ON4OS YC8TAF EA5KB EF8NAL EC8AUA OO5TRUDO ON4TRC YI1HXH IK2IQD EF8OAL EC8AUA OR0OST ON6HC YI9IZE KF4IZE EI4TLH EI8EM OZ0MF/LH DH1LAO YI9LZ LZ1ZF EK6TA DJ0MCZ P29VR W7LFA YV5SSB EA5KB EK6YL SP9ERV P40C AJ9C YV5TX EA5KB EM350AB UY5AB P40GY K9GY Z22JE K3PD EM350AK US0AK P40QX KE9I ZA1E I2MQP EM350AR UY5AR PA/IZ0FKE IZ0FMA ZB2FX G3RFX EM60GX UT7GX PA6URK PA3GNE ZL5KX ZL4KX EM60IG UR7IA PH6SAIL PA4T ZS1RBI ZS1DUP EN60EKR UT4EK R1000K RA4PO ZW7LH PS7AA (a) others (c) bureau (b) Russia (d) direct _____________________________________________________________________________ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* ADDRESSES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 6K2CEW Lee Ho Myong, P.O. Box 39, PyongTaek 450-600, Korea AB2RF Kan Yokota, 11 Hyatt Ave, Harrison, NY 10528, USA CX1TA P.O. Box 29, 27000 Rocha, Uruguay DH8BM Michael Burgmaier, Heudorfer Str. 9, 88521 Ertingen, Germany DL2AZ Gerhard Frock, Falkenhainer Weg 5A, 34626 Neukirchen, Germany DS2GOO Sang-Kwen Han, P.O. Box 39, PyongTaek 450-600, Korea ET3AA P.O. Box 60258, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [opdx] IN3VZE Ely Camin, Corso 3 novembre 136/2, 38100 Trento - TN, Italy IZ4AKV Dino Ragazzini, Via Portomaggiore 12, 44020 San Vito - FE, Italy IZ8DDG Orlando Balisciano, Villa Bisignano, 5 Traversa 21, 80147 Napoli - NA, Italy JA2BDR Kazuo Yoshikawa, 4249-4 Shimoebi, Yokkaich, 510-1203 Japan JA2EWE Junich Matsunaga, 9 Shinmachi, Niiya, Jimokuji, 490-1105 Japan JA2KRE Kenji Ito, 1457 Yui, Tado, 511-0101 Japan OH2BN Jarmo Jaakola, Kiiletie 5 C 30, Helsinki FIN-00710, Finland PA0KHS Henk van Hensbergen, Smaragdstraat 53, 6534WN Nijmegen, The Netherlands RX3RC Roman A. Novikov, P.O. Box 21, 392000 Tambov, Russia UR0MM Serge Nesterov, Parkhomenko 77-17, Krasny Luch, 94503 Ukraine UR7IA Leonid V. Aniskin, P.O.Box 1901 Gorlovka-46, Donetsk reg. 84646, Ukraine US1MM Vlad Kryzhanovsky, P.O.Box 18, Lisichansk-20, 93120 Ukraine UY5ZZ Vladimir Latyshenko, P.O. Box 4850, Zaporozhye, 69118, Ukraine UY5ZZ Vladimir Latyshenko, P.O. Box 4850, Zaporozhye, 69118, Ukraine VK4YN Oceania Amateur Radio DX Group Inc., P.O. Box 612, Childers, QLD 4660, Australia VP8ON Donald Betts, P.O. Box 809, Stanley, Falkland Islands, FIQQ-1ZZ, South Atlantic ZL2HE Arthur.E. Law, P.O. 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