425 DX News #749
09 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
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The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3A - Slavek, SP2JMB plans to operate SSB and CW on the HF bands as
3A/SP2JMB from Monaco on 15-30 September. QSL via SP2PI. [TNX
SP2PI]
7P - Jun, JH4RHF/OE1ZKC will operate (on 160-10 metres SSB, CW and RTTY,
plus SSTV on request) from Lesotho from 24 September to 2 October.
Requested call is 7P8RH. QSL via OE1ZKC. [TNX JH4RHF and The Daily
DX]
9M6 - Steve Telenius-Lowe, G4JVG, is now living in Sabah, East Malaysia
(OC-088), and has received a five-year licence with the callsign
9M6DXX. Steve is not very active yet as he is staying in a rented
apartment while having a house built. However, he may occasionally
get on the air from club stations as 9M6DXX or on IOTA
mini-DXpeditions from Sabah's Coastal Islands group (OC-133) as
9M6DXX/p. QSL to Steve Telenius-Lowe, WDT 527, 88905 Kota Kinabalu,
Sabah, Malaysia (there is no active QSL bureau in East Malaysia so
direct QSLing is necessary). [TNX 9M6DXX]
C2 - Roger, G3SXW and Nigel, G3TXF plan to operate (CW only) as C21SX
and C21XF from Nauru (OC-031) from about 8 UTC on 20 September to
about 19 UTC on the 25th. Look for C21SX on the traditional HF
bands (3503, 7003, 14023, 21023 and 28023 kHz), while C21XF will be
on the WARC bands (10103, 10113, 10123, 18073, 18083, 24893 and
24903 kHz). QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. Further
information, including propagation forecasts and e-mail addresses
for bureau card requests, can be found at
http://www.g3txf.com/dxtrip/C21-Nauru/C21.html
DL - Special station DQ44FK will be active for the 44th congress of the
Federation Internationale des Radioamateurs Cheminots
(International Association of Railway Radio Amateurs,
http://www.firac.de) to be held on 15-19 September at Rantum (Sylt
Island, EU-042). [TNX F8REF]
EA6 - Juan, EA6SB will operate on 160-10 metres SSB, SSTV and PBSK31 as
ED6IHP from Isla del Rey o del Hospital (EU-004) on 17-18
September. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ]
F - Special station TM5MEM will be aired on 12-26 September for the
European Heritage Days (the annual celebration of the architectural
and cultural wealth of over forty European nations, promoted and
co-ordinated by the Council of Europe). On 17 and 18 September the
station will be active (CW only) from the Edmond Michelet Museum at
Brive la Gaillarde. QSL via F6KLO, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
F - The Radio club F6KAT will operate as TM5OBA from 26 November to 10
December to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the French Air Force
Base 128 at Metz-Frescaty. They will run two stations on the HF
bands (one for SSB and CW and one for the digital modes) and one
VHF station. QSL via F6KAT, direct or bureau. [TNX F6AJA]
FP - AC8W, K8AQM, K8DD, K8GL, K8MM and W8IQ will operate as FP/homecall
from St Pierre & Miquelon (NA-032) on 22-28 November. They will
participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as FP/K8DD (M/M or M/2,
depending on conditions and antennas). They plan to operate PSK-31,
RTTY and on the WARC bands outside the contest. QSL FP/AC8W,
FP/K8DD and FP/K8GL via K8NA (direct); QSL FP/K8MM via K8MM
(direct); QSL FP/K8AQM and FP/W8IQ via home calls (direct or
bureau). There is a possibility of adding one or two more
operators; please contact K8DD (k8dd@k8dd.com) or K8GL
(Greg.Surma@wnem.com) for details. [TNX K8DD]
FR & FH - Serge, F6AML will be on Reunion Island (AF-016, DIFO FR-001)
between 27 September and 23 October. On 10-14 October he will make
a side trip to Mayotte (AF-027, DIFO FH-001). He plans to operate
as FR/homecall and FH/homecall on 40-10 metres CW and SSB. QSL via
home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL and F6AJA & Les Nouvelles
DX]
GM - Steve/G0MTD, Malcolm/2E0MAX, Brian/G0OMB, Norman/M0CRM, Joe/M0DHV
and Malcolm/M0XAT will operate (on 80-10 metres mainly SSB) as
MS0WRC/p from the Isle of Mull (EU-008) on 11-17 September. QSL via
G0MTD. [TNX VA3RJ]
GU - Dave/G1OCN, Russell/G5XW, Tim/M3SDE and Ant/MW0JZE will be active
as GU1OCN, GU5XW, MU3SDE and MU0JZE from the island of Alderney
(EU-114), the most northerly island of the Channel Islands group,
on 12-19 October. They plan to operate on all HF bands, 6 metres,
VHF APRS, VHF/UHF SSB, hopefully with some satellite activity as
well. QSL MU3SDE via M3SDE, others via G5XW. [TNX G1OCN]
HB0 - Marcel, ON6UQ reports he will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and SSTV on all
HF bands as HB0/ON6UQ from Liechtenstein on 17-24 September. QSL
via home call. [TNX ON6UQ]
HB9 - Special call HB80IARU will be aired on 11-18 September for the IARU
Region 1 General Conference, which will take place in Davos,
Switzerland. [TNX HB9GR]
I - Andrea, IZ0EHO reports he will operate on the HF bands and 6 metres
SSB and digital modes as ID9/IZ0EHO from Lipari (EU-017, IIA
ME-001) until 18 September. QSL via home call.
I - Weather permitting, Nicola, IZ3EBA will be active on 20 and 40
metres as IZ3EBA/p from Mazzorbo Island (EU-131, IIA VE-009) on 10
September. QSL via bureau. [TNX IZ3EBA]
I - ARI Saronno will operate SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK as II2R on 18-25
September to commemorate the Blessed Luigi Maria Monti (1825-1900),
a consecrated layman who dedicated himself to the care of the sick
and orphaned children, for whom he opened a home in Saronno. QSL
via bureau to I2RFJ. [TNX I2RFJ]
J3 - Wojciech, SP9PT and Marek, SP9BQJ will be active from Grenada
(NA-024) from 26 October to 8 November. They are likely to be
signing J3/SP9PT and J3/SP9BQJ (licences to be collected upon
arrival). Activity will be on 40-6 metres (also 80 and 160 metres
depending on local conditions) CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via
home calls. [TNX SP5EWY]
KH7K - The K7C team of operators includes Robert Schmieder/KK6EK, Garry
Shapiro/NI6T, Alan Maenchen/AD6E, Alan Eshleman/K6SRZ, Franz
Langer/DJ9ZB, John Kennon/N7CQQ, Gerd Richter/DJ5IW, Arnie
Shatz/N6HC, Ward Silver/N0AX, Ann Santos/WA1S, Charlie
Spetenagel/W6KK and Steve Wright/VE7CT. They will leave by boat on
15 September for an estimated 9-day voyage to Kure Atoll (OC-020).
Activity from Kure is expected to be from 24 September to 6
October. Plans are to have four complete radio stations active on
160-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY; the antennas will be mostly
verticals or vertical arrays. Look for K7C on the following
suggested frequencies:
CW SSB RTTY
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160m 1.8265 -- --
80m 3.522 3.795 --
40m 7.022 7.095 7.035
30m 10.106 -- 10.135
20m 14.022 14.195 14.085
17m 18.072 18.145 18.105
15m 21.022 21.295 21.085
12m 24.892 24.945 --
10m 28.022 28.475 28.085
6m 50.106 50.106 --
The QSL manager for the Kexpedition is Tom, N4XP. However, cards
should be sent to K7C Kure DXpedition 2005, c/o K4TSJ, P.O. Box 1,
Watkinsville, GA 30677, USA. The web site for the DXpedition is at
http://www.cordell.org/htdocs/KURE/index.html.
KH9 - Dan, W0CN will operate as KH9/W0CN from Wake Island (OC-053) on
18-30 September to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of
World War II. He will be active on 10-160 metres SSB and CW. Some
equipment has already been shipped and has arrived on Wake. Updates
will will posted to www.qrz.com/w0cn. QSL via K9JS (Jonathan L.
Schulz, 813 West Washington, Harvard, IL 60033, USA). [TNX W0CN]
OH0 - Hadi, DJ2PJ will be active as OH0JWH from Eckero, Aland Islands
(EU-002) from 25 September to 7 October. He plans to operate on all
bands (6 metres excluded) CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK, MFSK, SSTV and Hell,
and to focus on 160-30 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau
(e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to oh0jwh@dj2pj.de).
Hadi's web site is at www.dj2pj.de [TNX DJ2PJ]
PY - R. Lima, PY1NEZ will operate (on 40, 20, 15, and 10 metres SSB) as
PY1NEZ/6 from Corumbau Lighthouse (ARLHS BRA-130) between 20 and 30
September. He also plans to operate from other lighthouses
(BRA-003, BRA-012, BRA-084, BRA-088 and BRA-119) during that time
frame. QSL via PY1NEZ, direct or bureau. [TNX PY1NEZ]
PY0_spp - Joca, PS7JN is once more active from St. Peter & St. Paul Rocks
(SA-014) and will operate as PY0S/PS7JN until 22 September. He will
concentrate on digital modes for the first part of the operation,
later he will work SSB and CW. QSL via home call. [TNX PS7JN]
S9 - Charles, S9SS reports he has obtained conditional written
permission to operate in the 7.1 to 7.2 MHz range, which means he
will be more active working North America on 40 metres SSB than in
the past. [TNX NJ1Q]
SM - The Amateur Radio Club of Royal Institute of Technology in
Stockholm celebrates their 50th anniversary this year. They will
participate in the Scandinavian Activity Contest (SSB) on 24-25
September using the callsign SA50L. QSL via SK0BU. [TNX SK0BU]
ST - Dane, S57CQ has returned to Sudan since 5 September for another
year, and will operate again as ST2T (about 14,000 QSOs so far).
QSL via S57DX. [TNX S57DX]
SU - Ezzat/SU1ER (President of the Egypt Amateur Radio Assembly),
Mohammed/SU1KM (EARA Vice-President), Karim/SU1KA, Carlo/IK6CAC,
Antonio/IZ8CCW, Leopoldo/I8LWL and Tony/IK8VRH are the operators
for the SU8GFT IOTA expedition to Giftun Island (AF-NEW) that is
scheduled to take place during the last week of September [425DXN
746]. The pilot station will be Corrado, IT9DAA (it9daa@mdxc.org).
QSL via IZ8CCW. This operation is funded mainly by the MDXC,
further contributions will be gratefully accepted through the QSL
manager. The web site for the operation is at
http://www.mdxc.org/su8gft/ [TNX IZ8CCW]
SV - Laci, HA0HW will be active as J48HW and SV8/HA0HW/p from Thassos
Island (EU-174) on 11-18 September. He will use monoband dipoles
and ground planes and will operate on 80-10 metres CW, SSB, BPSK31
and RTTY. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX HA0HW]
SV - Geza, HA4XG will be active as J43XG from Rio, near Patras on 1-15
October. He will operate mainly CW, with some SSB and FSK441, on
40-10 metres with ground planes and dipoles, and on 2 metres with a
8-element yagi. Expect activity during his evening and early
morning hours. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNA HA0HW]
T8 - Tony, KQ2I will be operating CW only in his spare time as T88AT
from Palau until 12 September. He is active on 15-80 metres, with
an emphasis on 30 metres and the low bands. QSL via home call. [TNX
The Daily DX]
TF - Rich, N0HJZ will be active as TF/N0HJZ from Iceland on 26-30
October, including a SOAB High Power entry in the CQ WW DX SSB
Contest. He will have large rhombic antennas (one pointed to
Europe, one pointed to the US and one pointed to Japan) and full
power. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX N0HJZ]
V5 - Klaus, DJ4SO will operate as V51/DJ4SO from Namibia between 18
September and 12 October. He plans to be active 6 metres. [TNX The
Daily DX]
VE - Look for Tom, W4YOK/VY2 to operate on 40-6 metres CW from Prince
Edward Island (NA-029) on 15-21 September. QSL via W4YOK. [TNX QRZ
DX]
VE - Bob, VA3QV and Martin, VA3SIE will operate QRP SSB and CW from
Maple Island (not IOTA), Ottawa on 25 September. Details on the
opeation can be found at http://www.sunim.plus.com/maple/index.html
[TNX VA3SIE]
VK - Dirk, PA9KW (VK5AUQ) will be in Australia from 16 October to 14
November. On 28-30 October Dirk and Ben, VK5ZMM will operate from
Kangaroo Island (OC-139), including activity during the CQ WW DX
SSB Contest. QSLs direct to PA9KW. His web site is at
http://www.pa9kw.tk [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
W - Bodo, DL3OCH will operate CW only as W4/DL3OCH from Key West
(NA-062) between 30 September and 4 November. He might be active
from other IOTAs as well. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ]
YB - Kardi, YB1TC reports that the YE7P IOTA DXpedition to Karimata
Island (OC-NEW) [425DXN 747] will take place on 16-20 September.
The operators (YB5QZ, YB0DPO, YB0ECT, YB0KLI, YB0JS, YB0MCR,
YD0LLY, YB1TX, YC1XDS and YB2MTA) expect to be active 24 hours a
day mainly on 15-40 metres with two or three stations on the air at
the same time (see the web site below for announced frequencies and
operating modes). On-line logs will be available at
http://dxpedition.orari.web.id/karimata/ during the operation. QSL
via YB1TC or K8SIX (North America), JN6RZM (Japan), IZ8CCW
(Europe). Those who need a QSL in time for the IOTA Annual Listing
deadline are invited to send their request to YB1TC (Soekardi, P.O.
Box 151 BSD, Serpong 15330, Indonesia) and to send an e-email to
yb1tc@msn.com.
ZB2 - The United Radio DX team (Thierry/ON5MRT, Max/ON5UR and Wim/ON6NP)
will operate SSB and digital modes as ZB2/ON5UR, ZB2/ON5MRT and
ZB2/ON6NP from Gibraltar from 27 October to 3 November, including
activity during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via ON5UR, direct or
bureau. Further information can be found at
http://www.on5ur.be/UR.htm [TNX ON5UR]
ZD8 - Mike, G4LTI reports that Ian's (ZD8I) stay on Ascension Island has
been extended until June 2008. QSL via G4LTI, direct or bureau.
Ian's website is at http://www.zd8i.net
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3Y0X ---> The 2006 Peter I DXpedition has been awarded a major sponsorship
grant by the Northern California DX Foundation, Inc. (NCDXF). It exceeds
their contribution for last year's postponed effort and makes NCDXF the
DXpedition's largest financial contributor. DXpedition is funded principally
by its members, but 30% of the total cost must come from the DX community and
additional assistance is still being sought For further information on the
DXpedition, and how to contribute to its success, please visit
www.peterone.com
425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (August 2005) is now available in
.pdf format at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/. Articles and pictures should
be sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@libero.it).
DX MAGAZINE MOST WANTED SURVEY ---> The DX Magazine's annual Most Wanted
Survey is being conducted now through 15 October. The survey form is
available at http://www.dxpub.com/dx_survey2005.html; the complete results
will be published in the Jan/Feb 2006 issue of The DX Magazine, with a
breakdown by mode in the Mar/Apr 2006 issue. The Top 100 will be posted to
the web site in mid-January 2006. [TNX N4AA]
DXCC NEWS ---> The ARRL DXCC Desk has approved the following operations for
DXCC credit: KH9/AH8H (Wake Island), for operations in 2003 and 2004; TT8BZ
(Chad), 31 March - 23 August 2005; 5X1B (Uganda), 3-12 August, 2005.
KURE ATOLL ---> While waiting to work K7C, read about and give a look to the
QSL cards of the various previous operations from Kure. They can be found on
http://www.cordell.org/htdocs/KURE/KURE_pages/KURE_Prev_DXped.html and and
http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr (follow the "Galerie de QSL" and "Les dix
contrees DXCC les plus recherchees" links).
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), JA1QXY
(Japan) and HA1AG (Europe). [TNX RZ3EC]
QSL V55O/P ---> Oreste, IZ8EDJ reports that there has been some confusion
about the correct QSL route for V55O/p (IARU Region 1 Field Day, 3-4
September), which is neither via DJ7SX (as reported by IZ8EDJ himself) nor
via the Namibian Amateur Radio League. Jack Anderson (V51KC, one of the
operators) states that "it was decided by all of us that the QSL's will all
go to IZ8EDJ and nobody else". Oreste says that the cards can be sent to him
direct or via the bureau.
QSL VK6DHI ---> Alan, VK4AAR reports that all valid requests for VK6DHI
(OC-206) cards received so far will be cleared and in the mail between 9 and
11 September.
QSL VIA DL5ME ---> Mario is back from his trip to Hasslo Island (EU-138) and
says that direct cards should be sent to his new address: P.O.Box 35 11 27,
39034 Magdeburg, Germany.
QSL VIA W5UE ---> As a result of Hurricane Katrina, Randy's (W5UE) was
flooded with 4 feet of water. Most of the blank QSLs for the stations he
manages (HC8N, HC8L, PZ5A, K5R, W4D and 6G1KK) have been ruined. Randy plans
to continue as manager for these stations: "I will appreciage your patience
in the coming months", he says, "as new cards will need to be ordered and I
will be establishing a new QTH". Please check
www.datasync.com/~w5ue/qsl-w5ue.html to get his latest status. [TNX K1XN &
The Golist]
+ SILENT KEY + Angelo, I2ACC reporta that Agostino Favarelli, Tino, I2ZZZ
passed away on 29 August. Tino was a long time DXer, a keen CW enthusiast and
DXCC Honor Roll #1.
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
DX SPOTS: Rod Elliott, VE3UW has collected the DX spots from the OH2AQ
Web Cluster since January 1997. The collection - from January
1997 up to August 2005 - is available at
http://www.425dxn.org/dxspots/, as well the software (DXINFO
v2.0) which will enable you to handle the files (instructions
at the URL above).
LOGS: On-line logs for 4X0AI (AS-100, 27-28 August) can be found at
http://www.mdxc.org/logsearch1.asp
http://www.qsl.net/va3rj/frame_logs.html
MIA: The latest update of the MIA (Mediterranean Islands Award)
Directory can be found at
http://www.mdxc.org/mia/miadownload.htm [TNX IT9DAA]
QSL DB: Boye Christensen, OZ7C has updated his QSL DBase (which now
contains 375,491 unique records) for Packet Cluster. The
package can be downloaded at http://www.ddxg.dk/oz7c A web
based search machine can be found at www.ddxg.dk/oz7c [TNX
OZ7C, oz7c@qsl.net]
SWL ON THE WEB: The Mediterraneo DX Club has been supporting IOTA since 1997.
The IOTA Programme was established back in 1964 by the late
Geoff Watts, BRS-3129, the only SWL ever inducted in the CQ
DX Hall of Fame. For this reason, the MDXC is now glad to
open a web site (www.mdxc.org/swl) and a mailing list
(mdxcswl-subscribe@mdxc.org) for SWLs around the world. [TNX
IZ8CCW]
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3D2RR, 3G0YM, 3G0YP, 4L6VV, 4S7AB,
5H9KR, 5T0CW, 5V7BR, 7V2SI (AF-097), 8Q7BR, 8Q7QQ, 9G5ZS, 9J2CA, 9L1MS,
9V0A (AN-016, AA MN-01), 9Y4DLH, A35YL, A45WD, A45XR, A92GR, FG/F5MNW,
FK/IK6CAC, FM5DN, FP/N6RA, FT5XO (AF-048), FW5ZL, HF0POL (AN-010, AA SP-01),
HP1AC, J3/HB9CGA, J79PAK, KA0GGI/m (NA-034), KH8SI, MD4K, MS0IRC/p (EU-189),
MU0FAL, N1JN (NA-217), OC3I (SA-074), OC4P (SA-052), OY1CT, OY9JD, OY9R,
PZ5RA, R1FJL, SV2ASP/A, T77EB, TK/IK5PWQ, TO7C (SA-020), TS3A, TT8AMO, TT8M,
TU2OJ, UK/JI2MED, UK8OAR, V44KJ, V5/SP7VC, V73GE, V73UX, VK0DX (AN-016, AA
VK-03), VP2E, VP5/K7LAY, VP5/K7LAZ, VQ9GB, VQ9QM, VR2BG, VU4NRO, VU4RBI,
W0GLG/HR3 (NA-160), W8MV/KH4, WB9CIF/J6 (NA-108), XF1K (NA-164 & NA-165),
XF2ZEX (NA-224), XF4IH, YB7M (OC-268), YE3K (OC-217), YJ0YL, YN4SU, YV4DYJ,
YV5EED, ZB2FK, ZB300FK, ZD8I.
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