425 DX News #751
24 September 2005 Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
4X - Dov, 4Z4DX plans to return to Akhziv Island (AS-100) for 36 hours
between 21 and 24 October. This time he will operate as 4Z4DX/P on
SSB (14260 kHz), CW (14040, 10105, 7005 and 18070 kHz) and RTTY
(14080 kHz). QSL via home call. Dov also reports that all the
direct requests received so far for the recent 4X0AI operation have
been processed and mailed.
5H - Javi, EA5KM and Toni, EA5RM will be working for a project of
Radioaficionados Sin Fronteras (Radioamateurs Without Frontiers,
http://www.rsf-rwf.org) in Tanzania on 22-31 October. They will be
active in their spare time as 5H2AG (do not expect much activity
during the first days) on 10-40 metres SSB, CW and digital modes
plus 80m CW. They plan to be active during the CQ WW SSB DX
Contest. QSL via EA5RM. Logs will be available on www.rsf-rwf.org;
contributions received with the QSL cards will be donated to RWF.
[TNX EA5RM]
9M2 - Enno, 9V1CW (PF5X) will be active as 9M2/PF5X from Sibu Island
(AS-046) on 8-10 October and from Langkawi Island (AS-058) from 29
October to 5 November. He will operate holiday style, mainly during
his local evening hours. QSL via PA0KHS.
A5 - The same Clipperton DX Club team (F2VX, F9DK, G0LMX and F5LMJ) that
operated as A52FH in 2000 and A52CDX in 2004 will return to Bhutan
from 18 November to 3 December 2005. They will be at the Ham centre
in Thimphu on 18-29 November, and will also try to be active from
Bumtang and the valley of Paro. It will not be a DXpedition but a
project to promote the growth of amateur radio in Bhutan, and one
or two radio equipments will be donated in order to help establish
of new club stations in the eastern part of the country. QSL via
F9DK, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
C2 - Nigel, C21XF (G3TXF) and Roger, C21SX (G3SXW) [425DXN 749] will be
active from Nauru for an additional three days, until 19 UTC on 28
September. They "have been operating for the past few days with
barefoot rigs and homebrew antennas, as their amplifiers and
antennas went missing in transit", The Daily DX reports. QSL via
home calls.
CE - The 3G1M operation from Santa Maria Island (SA-069) is confirmed to
take place on 8-10 October [425DXN 744]. A team of operators from
the Atacama Desert DX Group will be active on 10-40 metres plus 6
metres SSB, CW, RTTY and BPSK31. QSL via XQ1IDM, direct or bureau.
The web pages for the operation are at www.mdxc.org/3g1m [TNX
XQ1IDM]
EA - Several special calls - namely ED5MDT, ED5PSG, ED5PSM, ED5PSR,
ED5PYP, ED5TCG, ED5TIF, ED5TII and ED5TSJ - will be aired from a
number of monuments on Tabarca Island (EU-093, DIE E-006) on 1-2
October. ED5TII (the island main station) ED5TIF (at the
lighthouse, ARLHS SPA-136, WLOTA LH-1779) will be active on several
bands, while the other stations will be on 40 and 80 metres. QSL to
EA5FHK, via bureau or direct to P.O. Box 2117, 03080 Alicante,
Spain. [TNX EA4AAA and EA5FHK]
FR & FH - TO5R and TX5M are the calls issued to Serge, F6AML [425DXN 749] for
his activities from Reunion Island (27 September-23 October) and
Mayotte (10-14 October). QSL via F6AML, direct or bureau. [TNX
F5NQL]
G - Members of Cray Valley Radio Society will be active as GB200T from
the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich on 17-24 October to
celebrate the bi-centenary of the Battle of Trafalgar (21 October
1805). Activity will be from 7 UTC to 21 UTC daily, mainly SSB and
CW on 80-6 metres. QSL via G4DFI, direct or bureau. An award
programme for working GB200T and other special "Trafalgar" stations
is available, please visit www.gb200t.com for full information.
[TNX M3RCV]
GW - Special callsign GB5SIP, commemorating the 100 year centenary
celebrations of Cardiff City, will be aired from Flatholm Island
(EU-124) from 30 September to 2 October. QSL via GW0ANA, direct or
bureau. [TNX GW0ANA]
HS - Mich, LX1KQ will operate as HS0ZFS and HS0ZFS/8 from Thailand until
4 October. On 25 September he will marry Khun Lin, E22PN and the
two will spend their honeymoon on Samui Island (AS-101). QSL via
home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
I - Look for IP1/IK4JPR, IP1/IK4RUX and IP1/IK4GLV to operate from
Tinetto Island (EU-083, IIA SP-003) between 7 and 15 UTC on 23
September. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX IK4JPR]
J3 - AC8G, N0VD, N0KE and W8QZA plan to operate from Grenada from 26
October to 1 November. In the CQ WW DX SSB Contest the will use J3A
(QSL via WA1S). Outside the contest they will be active on most
bands 160-6 metres in various modes; AC8G will use J37K and the
others J3/home call or other calls as might be assigned. QSL via
home calls or as announced. [TNX AC8G]
JA - 7L3ATQ/1 will be active from Shikine Island (AS-008, JIIA
AS-008-011) on 23-24 September. QSl via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
JA - Look for Yu, JR4QUV/4 to operate from Ominase Island, Yamaguchi
Prefecture on 24-25 September. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
[TNX JI6KVR]
JA - Look for JN4MBO/4, JR4HHX/4 and JA5BEX/4 to be active from Toyo
Island (AS-117, JIIA AS-117-034), Hiroshima Prefecture on 9-10
October. They plan to operate on 80, 40, 30 and 20 metres CW and
SSB. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
KH6 - Wayne, K9YNF will be active as K9YNF/KH6 from Kauai Island, Hawaii
(OC-019) from 25 September through 1 October. He will operate SSB
only on +/- 14260, 18128, 24950, 28460 and 28560 kHz. Kauai Island
is much sought-after as HI-003S for U.S. Islands and Kauai County
for USA-CA programmes. QSL direct to home call. [TNX K9YNF]
P2 - Derek, G3KHZ and his wife Joyce will be spending a couple of weeks
on the D'Entrecasteaux Islands (OC-116), Papua New Guinea
commencing the weekend of 22-23 October. Derek will operate CW only
on 10-40 metres, with 100 watts, a locally hired generator and a
multi-band vertical kindly donated by Maury, IZ1CRR. QSL direct via
G3KHZ. [TNX IZ1CRR]
SM - Look for SF50A to be aired from Oland Island (EU-037) during the
Scandinavian Activity SSB Contest this weekend. QSL via W3HNK. [TNX
SM6DER]
ST - Ado, W4ADO will work for two years for Medecins Sans Frontieres in
Sudan. He will arrive on 26 September and will try to get an
amateur radio licence. If he suceeds, he will operate SSB and CW
from time to time. The QSL manager will be 9A6AA. [TNX F5NQL]
SV - SV1GE, SV1RP, SV1AAU, SV2DGH, SV2FWV and SV2HNC will operate (on
160-6 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31) as SY8S from Skyros Island
(EU-060) until 27 September. QSL via SV2DGH (Christos Sfyris, P.O.
Box 4200, 57019 Perea, Thessaloniki, Greece). Further information
and QSLling policy at http://www.qsl.net/sv2dgh/sy8s [TNX SV2DGH]
SV9 - Ron, WB2GAI will be operating on 10-80 metres CW from Crete from 26
September to 10 November. QSL via bureau. [TNX WB2GAI]
SV9 - Stephan, DK3TNA will operate on 80-10 metres SSB as SV9/DK3TNA from
Crete (EU-015) from 30 September to 12 October. QSL via home call,
preferably through the bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
T8 - John, WB6Z (T88US) and some Japanese operators will be active from
Palau between 13 UTC on 28 September and 13 UTC on 2 October. They
are now applying for T80Z or another special callsign. Expect
activity on 80-6 metres mainly SSB. QSL direct to WB6Z (P.O. Box
746, Mercer Island, WA 98040, USA). [TNX JF1OCQ]
V2 - Bud, AA3B will operate CW only as V26K from Antigua (NA-100) on
23-28 November, including a SOAB Low Power entry in the CQ WW DX CW
Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX AA3B]
W - Look for W6A to be active (on 14025-14040, 14225-14240, 7025-7040,
7225-7240, 3530 and 3855 kHz) from several rare counties of
California from 25 September through 9 October. Special attention
will be paid to DX stations. The QTHs will be at county borders
where three counties join: Del Norte, Siskiyou & Humboldt (25-26
September); Shasta, Trinity & Siskiyou (27-28 September); Modoc,
Shasta, Lassen (29-30 September); Sierra, Lassen, Plumas (1-2
October); counties for 3-9 October to be decided. QSL via K6HFA.
[TNX K6HFA]
W - The Tennessee Valley DX Association (http://tvdxa.com) will be
active as W4I from St. George Island (NA-085) on 2-9 October.
Twelve operators will be active 40-6 metres CW and SSB. QSL via
WA4AA, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.com]
CQ/RJ DX RTTY CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (24-25 September):
ZONE CALL CATEGORY DXCC QSL
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05 VP9/K7AR M/2 Bermuda
08 8P2K SOAB Barbados KU9C
08 KG4OX SOAB Guantanamo Bay W4OX
08 PJ7/K7ZUM SOAB Sint Maarten K7ZUM
08 VP5RED Turks & Caicos K2RED
09 PJ2B M/M Netherlands Antilles
14 HB0/DL1FX Liechtenstein
14 PI4COM M/2 The Netherlands PA3CAL
15 TK/F5CWU Corsica
17 EY8MM SO Tajikistan K1BV
20 J49XB Crete DJ9XB
20 OD5NJ Lebanon EA5BYP or I1HJT
21 A61AJ M/M UAE
26 E21YDP M/2 Thailand E21YDP
35 D44TD SOSB 20m HP Cape Verde
Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqr2005.html - good contest to you
all!
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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DLE ---> Paco, EA5OL announces the creation of a new award (Diploma Lagos de
Espana) for contacts made/heard with amateur radio stations operating from
the various lakes in Spain. The certificate is free of charge and will be
sent by e-mail. Further information can be found at www.ea5ol.net or from
dle@ea5ol.net
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
LOGS: On-line logs for this year's ILLW activities by IU1L (La Lanterna,
ARLHS ITA-177, WAIL LI-005) and IQ6SB/LGH (San Benedetto del Tronto
Lighthouse, WAIL MA-001, ARLHS ITA-154) cab be found at
www.arigenova.it and http://digilander.libero.it/arisbt respectively.
[TNX IZ1BZS and I6HWD]
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3DA0WPX, 4S7EA, 4U1UN, 4U1WB, 4X0AI
(AS-100), 5B/KI0BP, 5D6MC, 5R8GT (AF-090), 5X1W, 6O0CW, 6Y5WJ, 7Q7PF, 7V2SI
(AF-097), 8Q7EX, 9U6PM, 9V1CW, A35YL, A71BX, BT4ARDF, C91NM, CO2CL, CO8LY,
CU5AOA, CY0AA, EJ9HQ, ER7HQ, ET3TK, EW3EW, EX7X, EY8MM, FO/N6JA, FW5ZL,
GM3VLB/P (EU-010), GN0ADX (EU-122), HC2FG, HL0C/5 (AS-181), I5/I1BUP (IIA
LI-030),I5/IK1JJB (IIA LI-004), IM0/IZ0EJQ (EU-165), J48KW (EU-052), J69EN,
J75RZ, JA6LCJ (AS-012), KG4OV, KH2X, KH8SI, KP2BH, LZ35ZF, MS0IRC/p (EU-189),
N1DX (NA-055), N4PN (NA-085), OD5WPX, OH0Z, P29ZAD (OC-099), RG9A, S79JAG,
S9SS, SM7BHM/P (EU-037), SV1EQU/8 (EU-075), SV2ASP/A, TA3BN/0, TA4/YZ1SG,
TI3TLS, TO7C, TT8AMO, TT8M, UA6MF/6, UE6WTI/P, V73UX, V85SS, VK0DX, VK6DHI
(OC-206), VP2E, VP6DIA, VP8WWW, VP9/W6PH, VR2MY, XX8BB, XX9C, YB7M, YI9LZ,
ZA/DL2RMC, ZD7J, ZF2TJ, ZK1APX, ZK1JD, ZK2QQ, ZL1V, ZL7/AI5P (OC-038).
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