425 DX News #752
01 October 2005
A.R.I. Dx BulletinEdited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
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Contributors are invited to send their DX information to
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The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays
From 1st October 2005 The 425 Dx News has become the A.R.I. Dx bulletin
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
4X - Jan, 4X1VF reports that the 4X7AZ operation from Akhziv Island
(AS-100) [425DXN 750] has been rescheduled to take place on 14-15
October. 4Z4KX, 4Z5LA, 4X6HP, 4Z5FI, 4Z4BS and 4X1VF plan to run
three complete stations with one power amplifier on 40-10 metres CW
and SSB starting around 5 UTC on Friday through 14 UTC on Saturday.
QSL via 4Z5LA.
5R - Giovanni, I5JHW reports he will operate SSB and RTTY as 5R8HH from
Nosy Be (AF-057) on 5-19 October. QSL via home call.
5Z - Vladimir Bykov, 5Z4/UA4WHX is now from Nairobi and very active from
80 to 10 metres SSB and CW. Ted, 5Z4NU (ARSK Secretary) reports that
Vladimir's rig was badly damaged while in Ethiopia and although
Enrico, 5Z4ES was able to provide a spare from a cannibalised set it
is still not working correctly. He is using borrowed equipment for
the time being. If he can resolve his equipment problem in time he
intends to operate from Lamu Island (AF-040). After Kenya he is
planning to visit Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. [TNX G3SWH]
DL - Georg, DK7LX will be active mainly CW as DK7LX/p from Foehr Island
(EU-042, N-17 for the German Islands Award ) on 6-12 October. QSL
via home call. [TNX VA3RJ]
EA - URE Huelva (www.qsl.net/ea7ure/) will be active (on 80, 40, 20, 15
and 10 metres SSB) with the special call AO7URE from Donana National
Park on 2 October. starting around 7 UTC. This operation is part of
the "II Diploma Especies de Donana" in support of the Iberian Lynx,
a feline in danger of extinction. QSL via bureau or direct to URE
Huelva, P.O. Box 259, 21080 Huelva, Spain. [TNX EA7EUF]
F - TM3DR will be aired on 8-21 October for the 27th HamExpo in Auxerre,
Burgundy (http://www.ref-union.org/auxerre/index.php). On 22-23
October, during the actual event, look for F5REF to be aired from
the exibition venue. All of the QSOs made with either TM3DR and
F5REF will be confirmed automatically via the bureau; direct cards
should be sent to F2WS. [TNX F5NQL]
HS - The National Telecommunications Commission has authorised the use of
the WARC bands and low bands (80 and 160 metres) until 31 December
from the RAST club station at the Asian Institute of Technology
(HS0AC) using the special callsign HS0T to commemorate the birth of
a son to Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn and Princess Srirasmi on
29 April 2005. The King has named the baby prince Teepangkorn
Rasmichoti. QSL via HS6NDK. [TNX G4UZN]
I - IZ4GQA is the callsign of the first Italian Red Cross amateur radio
station, which will be activated for the first time in October.
Their web page is at http://radio.cribo.it
I - Special event station IT9AC will be active until 9 October from
Trapani (Sicily) for the Louis Vuitton Acts 8 & 9 of the 32nd
America's Cup. QSL via IT9JLG (P.O.Box 200, 91100 Trapani - TP,
Italy). [TNX IT9JLG]
JA - Look for Kenji, JA4GXS/4 to operate on 40-15 metres CW from Nishino
Island (AS-041, JIIA AS-041-010), Shimane Prefecture on 8 October.
QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
KH0 - Ten members of the Mitsubishi Electric Tokyo ARC (JM1YGG) will be
active as either KH0/JM1YGG and KH0/homecall from Rota, Mariana
Islands (OC-086) on 9-12 October. The operators will be JA1DFS,
JA1IWP, JA1RNO, JA1RTG, JI1EOP, JJ1EWN, JN2AMD, JA3RAF, JF3IPR and
JL3IJK, and they plan to operate on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and
hopefully digital modes. QSL via JM1YGG, direct or bureau. [TNX
JK1EBA]
S7 - The S79RRC team stopped and operated for a few ours on 20 metres
from Cosmoledo (AF-026) on 29 September. Operations from Aldabra
(AF-025) are expected to start on 30 September as previously
announced [425DXN 750]. QSL via RZ3EC.
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
2M BEACON ---> SV3AQR/B is a new beacon active on 144.488.0 MHz CW from near
Amalias (KM07QS), Greece. It runs 5 watts into a "big wheel" omnidirectional
antenna. Reports, remarks and suggestions should be sent to John
Theofilopoulos, SV3AQR. [TNX SV3AQR]
40M IN SINGAPORE ---> The Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society
(SARTS) is pleased to announce that as of 29 September 2005 the Infocomm
Development Authority of Singapore (iDA) approved the allocation of the 7.1-
7.2 MHz band for Singapore amateurs with immediate effect on a secondary use
basis. This supplements the existing allocation (7.0-7.1 MHz.). [TNX Peter
Cook, 9V1PC, SARTS President]
QSL EA9LZ ---> Jorge, EA9LZ reports that EA7JB is no longer his QSL manager.
Jorge has not access to the bureau, so cards should be sent direct only to
Jorge Taboada, P.O. Box 530, 51080 Ceuta, Spain. [TNX IK3QAR]
QSL FT8WA & FT0WA ---> Jean-Michel, F6GBQ still has the logs for his FT8WA
and FT0WA activities from Crozet in 1987, but has run out of cards. Les
Nouvelles DX has had a small batch of new cards printed, and Jean-Michel is
now able to confirm outstanding QSOs. His address is: Jean-Michel Gabouriaud,
138 Chemin des Courreges les Matelles, 34270 St Mathieu de Treviers, France.
[TNX F6AJA]
QSL VK8PW/8 ---> Peter, VY0PW (ex VK8PW) reports he will be closing the log
for his VK8PW/8 operation from South Goulburn Island (OC-229, August 1999) by
the end of this year. Peter's current address is: Peter Wollenberg, 76
Eldorado Lane, Saskatoon, SK S7T 1B6 Canada. [TNX www.islandchaser.com]
+ SILENT KEY + Allan, G0IAS reports that Ron Macfarlane, 7Q7RM passed away on
17 September. "Ron, also known as The Old Man of Malawi or Radio Malawi, had
lived in Nyasaland Malawi since 1954", Allan says. "Along with Les, 7Q7LA, he
was responsible for getting the re-issue of the 7Q licence in 1990, after it
was banned in 1974. Ron gave many stations their first 7Q on 50 MHz, and on
other bands".
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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
K7C: There have been difficulties with the ISP over the operation of
DXA, which has been slimmed down to focus only on the logging
functions. At all events, rest assured that if your contact was
confirmed by a K7C operator over the air, it is in the log even
though it does not show up on DXA. Please do not dupe your
contact. The first pictures from Kure can be viewed at
http://www.cordell.org/htdocs/KURE/KURE_pages/KURE_PICTURES.htm
LOGS: On-line logs for Max, KH6ZM have been updated to include his
first CQ/RJ WW RTTY DX Contest and can be found at
www.qsl.net/i0mwi/ [TNX I0MWI]
QSL GALLERY: The large collection of QSL cards (2600+) on Les Nouvelle DX's
web site has been updated. Seven different galleries include
cards for each of the 58 deleted DXCC entities (500+ QSLs),
obsolete prefixes (900 QSLs), Antarctic bases (400+ QSLs) &
TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises, 200 QSLs),
pre-1945 countries (200+ QSLs) and French Departments, US 48
States before 1945. Several cards are still needed and your
participation is welcome - please visit
http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr and send send your comments to
LesNouvellesDX@free.fr [TNX F6AJA]
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)
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3Z13HRG SP6YFU HF675TA/9 SP9PTA R1FJL RK1PWA
4G73DJ DU8DJ HK3JJH/2 HK3JJH S79RRC/A RZ3EC
4G73HBC DU1HBC HK6PSG EA5OL S79RRC/C RZ3EC
4K9W DL6KVA HR2JGG EA7FTR SA50L SK0BU
4N35CW YU1BM HS0ZCW K4VUD SF50A W3HNK
4O310SKY YT6A HS0ZFS LX1KQ SU8GFTN IZ8CCW
5N8NDP IK5JAN II2R I2RFJ SV0JD/8 DL6NBA
5T0JL ON8RA II9ETN IT9VCE SV0XAN/5 IZ2WZD
5V7BR F5RUQ IP1/IK4GLV IK4GLV SY8S SV2DGH
5Z4/UA4WHX UA4WHX IP1/IK4JPR IK4JPR T80B WB6Z
6Y1V OH3RB IP1/IK4RUX IK4RUX T88YK JN1WTK
7P8/JH4RHF OE1ZKC IY4FGM IK4UPU T98GHA LA4GHA
7Q7HB G0IAS J49XB DJ9XB TA2ZAF OK1TN
7Q7MT NU5O JD1BLQ JA2KCT TM2VCA F5KEE
9H3HD G3ZWH JD1BLU JG3DOR TT8FC EA4AHK
9H3X PE1NGF JW7QI LA7QI UE3FAP RA3AKF
9H3YM PE1OFJ JW8AW LA8AW UN5A DL8KAC
9H3YT PA3GUU K4P KF4OM UO80IT UN7IT
9H3ZR PB9ZR K7C K4TSJ UR0IQ/p UX2IQ
9J2CA G3SWH KG4OX W4OX UT3IB/P UX2IQ
A35RK W7TSQ KH9/W0CN K9JS V73VE JF1OCQ
A61Q EA7FTR KP4RV AI4U VA1ISAR VE1AI
BU2/JJ1TBB JL1ANP LW2DFH EA5KB VP5RED K2RED
C21SX G3SXW NP4A W3HNK VP6SL PE5YRA
C21XF G3TXF OH0AL OH2AL W6A K6HFA
CK6AO VE6AO OH0P DJ2PJ XL3NJ VA3NJ
CV5Y CX1UA OO5TRUDO ON4TRC XM7IG VE7IG
DL2GG/YV5 DL3AMA OO7MIC ON7MIC XO1JA N3SL
DP9Z DF9ZP OX3XR OZ3PZ YB0ECT K3AIR
DQ4Q DF9ZP PC6NHW PA3CNX YC9NBR EA5KB
DR5C DL7ZZ PI4COM PA3CAL YC9YKI YB9BU
DS50IC DS0IC PI60ETL PI4ETL YE7P IZ8CCW (a)
ET3TK OK1CU PI60HSG PA4PS YE7P JN6RZM (b)
EW6GF DL8KAC PI60ZI PI4ZI YE7P K8SIX (c)
EY8MM K1BV PJ2/K5ZM K9JS YE7P YB1TC (d)
F8UFT F6ICG PJ2/K9MUG K9JS YI1OM IK2DUW
GB0SM G0PSE PJ2/WW4LL K9JS YI9LZ LZ1ZF
GX4NOK G7VHS PJ2B K9JS YV5TX EA5KB
HB0/ON6UQ ON6UQ PJ2MI W2CQ YZ35EW YZ1EW
HC1MD K8LJG R1ANF RK1PWA Z22JE K3PD
HC8N W5UE R1ANN RZ3DJ Z33F IZ8FWN
HF0POL SP3WVL R1ANT RW1AI ZL4IR W8WC
(a) Europe (c) North America
(b) Japan (d) others
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******* ADDRESSES *******
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3B9FR Robert Felicite, P.O. Box 31, Citronelle, Rodriguez Island, Republic
of Mauritius
DJ6OI Thomas Steinmann, P.O. Box 1117 D-37162 Uslar, Germany
G0PSE Tom Taylor, 19 Derwent Grove, Taunton, Somerset TA1 2NJ, England
G3SXW Roger Western, 7 Field Close, Chessington, Surrey KT9 2QD, England
G3TXF Nigel Cawthorne, Falcons, St George's Avenue, Weybridge, Surrey KT13
0BS, England
HS6NDK Sonthaya Phanthanyakij, P.O. Box 20, Lumlukka, Pathum Thani, 12150,
Thailand
HV5PUL Luca Della Giovampaola, Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano 4, 00120
Citta' del Vaticano
IZ8CCW Antonio Cannataro, P.O.Box 360, 87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy
K7C Kure DXpedition 2005, c/o K4TSJ, P.O. Box 1, Watkinsville, GA 30677,
USA
K8LJG John Kroll, 3528 Craig Drive, Flint, MI 48506 USA
K9JS Jonathan L. Schulz, 813 West Washington, Harvard, IL 60033, USA
RZ3EC Eugene Shelkanovtcev, P.O. Box 70, Orel, 302028, Russia
SV2DGH Christos Sfyris, P.O. Box 4200, 57019 Perea, Thessaloniki, Greece
WB6Z P.O. Box 746, Mercer Island, WA 98040, USA
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