425 DX News #754 15 October 2005 A.R.I. Dx BulletinEdited 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 9A - Chris/DL9CHR, Georg/DL1GEO, Heli/DH1ABC, Wolfgang/DJ3MWB and Emir/9A6AA will operate (on 20 and 40 metres SSB, CW and RTTY) from various Croatian islands in the EU-170 IOTA group between 17 and 24 October. Further information can be found at http://www.inet.hr/9a6aa/iocaplan.htm [TNX CT1END] CT - Scout Group Vale de Milhacos will participate in the 48th Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) on 15-16 October as CT7AVM. A list of participating Portuguese stations can be found at http://www.cne-escutismo.pt/radioescutismo/inscritos.htm DL - Wolfgang, DK7UY will be active as DK7UY/P from Ruegen Island (EU-057) from 22 October to 4 November. He will operate mainly CW and digital modes on 10-80 metres (maybe 160 metres as well), with some SSB during the CQ WW DX Contest. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX DK7UY] F - Francois, F5JNE and Claude, F5MCC will operate on 40 metres SSB and CW as F5JNE/p from Ile du Petit Moulin de la Scierie (DIFI 89042R) and Ile au Cornu (DIFI 89043R) on 15 October. Both these inland islands do not count for IOTA. QSL via bureau. [TNX F5NQL] G - The Bittern DX Group (http://www.bittern-dxers.org.uk/) will operate special event station GB2NNC (Norfolk Nelson's County) on 21-23 October to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the death of Horatio Nelson at Trafalgar. They will be transmitting from North Walsham, where both Horatio and his brother went to school. QSL via M0CNP. [TNX G0GFQ] GM - Leo, W3LEO will once again be active as MM0LEO from Portpatrick in southwest Scotland from about 17 October to 21 November, CQ WW DX SSB Contest included. QSL via home call. GW - Special event call GB200HNT will aired from the HMS Cambria, docked in Sully, South Wales on 21-23 October. This operation by the Barry ARS will mark the 200 year anniversary of Horatio Nelson's naval victory at Trafalgar. QSL via GW0ANA, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX] HI - Bob, W9XY and Steve, K9WD will operate as homecall/HI7 from the Dominican Republic (NA-096) on 16-22 October. They will have two separate stations, and activity will be on 40-10 metres CW and SSB, with a possibility of some 6m as well, mainly during their evenings. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX W9XY] HR - Ray, WQ7R will be active as HR9/WQ7R from Roatan Island (NA-057) from 22 October to 4 November. He will operate in his spare time on the HF bands RTTY, PSK and CW, plus CW and SSB on 6 metres. He will also participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as HQ9R. QSLs via N6FF. [TNX OPDX Bulletin and] HS - The Siam DX Group has been issued the contest callsign HS0AR to be used until 31 December from the QTH of E21YDP. They will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as a Multi-Two entry. QSL via E21YDP. [TNX E21EIC] I - Pino/IZ8BGY, Antonio/IZ8CCW and Davide/IZ8ESX will operate from Scogli Coreca (not IOTA, IIA CS-004) on 15 October. I - Special calls II0SRT (QSL via IZ0BTV), II1SRT (QSL via IZ1GJK), II2SRT (QSL via I2JJR), II3SRT (QSL via I3BQC), II5SRT (QSL via IZ5BTC), II6SRT (QSL via IZ6FZS), II7SRT (QSL via IZ7FLT), II8SRT (QSL via IZ8EDJ), IO8SRT (QSL via IK8WEJ) and II9SRT (QSL via IT9MUF) will be aired on 21-23 October for the Strange Radio Team special event. Proceeds beyond out-of-pocket expenses will be donated to charity. Information is available at http://www.strangeradioteam.com/sr_event.asp or from the Event Manager Marco De Carlo, IZ7DOK (iz7dok@libero.it). I - Stefano, IW2NNZ will operate SSB and CW from Scanno di Piallazza (EU-155, IIA FE-001) during the weekend. LU - The L95WI operation from Isla La Escondida (SA-NEW) [425DXN 743] has been cancelled for the time being because a written official permission has not been received so far. However, there are still hopes for the operation to take place in the future. PA - Special call PI25SRS/J will be aired during the Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) on 15-16 October to the celebrate the JOTA Silver Jubilee in Spijkenisse, The Netherlands. [TNX PD0RSF] S2 - Special station S21SHQ will be aired during the Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) on 15-16 October from the Chandranath Hills (800 metres a.s.l.) in Chittagong district of Bagladesh. Look for them on +/- 7090, 14290, 18140, 21360 and 28390 kHz. QSL via S21D (Aminul Kawser Khan, Deputy National Commissioner, Bangladesh Scouts, P.O. Box 5130, 1205 Dhaka, Bangladesh). [TNX The Daily DX] SM - Fred, SM7DAY and Jan, SM7NGH will operate CW and SSB from Ven Island (EU-137) and Hakens Lighthouse (WLH 0780, ARLHS SWE-168) on 19-21 October. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX SM7NGH] SU - Harve, F5RMY will operate as SU/F5RMY from Egypt on 22-29 October, including some activity in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] SV - Hellmuth, DF7XE will be active as SV8/DF7XE/P from Thassos Island (EU-174) on 14-23 October. He plans to operate on 80-10 metres SSB, CW, PSK31 and RTTY. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] UN - Special station UO15I will be aired on 22-25 October to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Republic of Kazakhstan. A certificate will be available to either licenced amateurs and SWLs for contacts made with Kazakhstan stations during that time frame; please contact Sergey N. Borissov, UN1II (un1ii@qrz.ru) for further information. [TNX CT1END] VK9 - David, VK2CZ (VK9XD, QSL via VK6NE) and Charlie, W0YG (VK9XG, QSL direct to home call) will be active from Christmas Island from 23 October to 6 November (including an entry as VK9XD during the CQ WW SSB Contest). After that, Charlie will go and operate as VK9CG (QSL direct to home call) from Cocos-Keeling on 8-21 November. [TNX The Daily DX and OPDX Bulletin] XU - Rich/DK8YY (XU7AYY), Ingolf/DL4JS (XU7AJS), Detlef/DL3ALI (XU7ALI) and Kuni/DL3JVN (XU7AVN) will operate SSB, CW and digital modes from Cambodia on 16-28 October. QSL for all via DH7WW, direct (Ulrich Moeckel, Muldenstr. 1, 08304 Schoenheide, Germany) or bureau. [TNX DH7WW] WORLD TOUR ---> Seppo, OH1VR and Juhani, OH3SR will be travelling and operating around the world between 24 October and 13 December. Their World Tour schedule is as follows: 24-31 Oct Azores CU2/OH1VR (CQ WW SSB 15m LP) CU2/OH3SR (RTTY and SSB) 03-08 Nov South ZS/OH1VR and ZS/OH3SR 09-10 Nov Singapore QRV from 9V1PC for a few hours 10-13 Nov Thailand HS0AC/OH1VR and /OH3SR 13-15 Nov Japan JA????/OH1VR and /OH3SR 15-19 Nov Hawaii KH6/AE6PP and KH6/OH3SR 19-25 Nov USA (San Francisco) AE6PP and W6/OH3SR 26-28 Nov USA (NYC) Possibly 4U1UN in CQ WW CW for a few hours 28 Nov-13 Dec - Aruba P4/OH1VR - Curacao PJ2/OH1VR and PJ2/OH3SR - Bonaire PJ4/OH1VR and PJ4/OH3SR Online logs will be available at http://www.oh1vr.net/index.html [TNX NG3K] _____________________________________________________________________________ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW AA SCORES ---> The new Antarctica Award score tables are now available at http://www.mdxc.org/antarctica/award.asp They include the Certificates of Excellence, Honour Rolls, Basic Awards and Operator Certificates issued through 12 October 2005. [TNX IZ8CGS] NOT THE MANAGER ---> Branko, 9A7YY reports that DL5DAN is listed as his QSL manager in a few online resources. However Branko has never had any QSL manager, cards should be sent to his home call direct or via the bureau. QSL ER4DX ---> Gene, UT7ND reports he no longer the QSL manager for Willy, ER4DX. Cards should be sent direct to Vasily Romanyuk, P.O. Box 1662, MD 2044 Chishinau, Moldova. RTTY SURVEY ---> The results of the 2005 RTTY Most Needed DXCC Entities Survey [425DXN 746] are now available on Don, AA5AU's web site (http://www.aa5au.com/rttysurvey2005.html). You will find a complete listing of the top 240 entities and their final ranking, as well as the top 50 entities most needed in Asia, Europe and North America. The top 10 most wanted entities worldwide are: 1. BS7 Scarborough Reef 100.0% 6. FT5W Crozet 78.3% 2. VU Lakshadweep 88.9% 7. HK0 Malpelo 76.8% 3. 7O Yemen 87.6% 8. KP5 Desecheo 75.2% 4. 3Y Bouvet 79.3% 9. VK0 Macquarie 74.9% 5. VU Andaman & Nicobar 78.9% 10. 3Y Peter I 73.7% _____________________________________________________________________________ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL INFO ******** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 2U1DQZ/P G5XW ED9RGC EA9PY PI60NYM PA0KHS 3G1M XQ1IDM EI05CCC EI5CRC PJ4/W9NJY WD9DZV 4K9W DL6KVA EY8MM K1BV R73SRR UA3DX 4KR60S 4J5A FK8GJ F6CXJ S01MZ EA1BT 4L1MA ON4RU FM5BH W3HNK S79EC RZ3EC 4L6VV UA6EZ FM5DN KU9C S79NAN RA3NAN 4X1FQ AA4V G6PZ M5AAV S79RRC RZ3EC 4X7AZ 4Z5LA GB0LTM G4LAD SN0ZX SQ9FMU 5H1GHW DL6JGN GB200RN G0VIX SN60ZSE SP3ZHC 5H1JCH DJ8NK GB90STD G3STD SP0DXC SP6CZ 5H3EE DL4SM GT0STH G4DIY ST0RM T93Y 5N45NDP IK5JAN GU1OCN/P G5XW ST2NH EA7FTR 5R8FL G3SWH GU5XW/P G5XW ST2T S57DX 5R8HH I5JHW HG3IPA HA3JB T32S IT9YRE 5U7B I2YSB HI3TEJ ON4IQ T32SNW I1SNW 5U7JB ON5NT HS0ZFS LX1KQ T80B WB6Z 5Z4/UA4WHX/A UA4WHX II9AC IT9ECQ T88CQ JA0DCQ 6W1SA F4BIT IO1ALP bureau TA4ZT DK1AR 6W7/F8PDR F8PDR IO1ALP I1JQJ (a) TF3XEN KT6YL 7Z1SJ EA7FTR IO1ARI bureau TM0GPK F4ERQ 7Z1UG DO1HEN IO1ARI I1JQJ (a) TM1AMP F5KEU 8N1C50A bureau IO1BIA bureau TM1NOR F8LDX 8N380N bureau IO1BIA I1JQJ (a) TM3DR F2WS 9G5ZS ZS6EGB IO1BOB bureau TM6MXP F5KFL 9J2BO G3TEV IO1BOB I1JQJ (a) TM6SEF F4CMC 9K2MU WA4JTK IO1CRO bureau TO5R F6AML 9M2/PF5X PA0KHS IO1CRO I1JQJ (a) TX5M F6AML 9M2CNC G4ZFE IO1CUR bureau UE3NRI/P RA3NN 9M2TO JA0DMV IO1CUR I1JQJ (a) UK4YT K4YT 9M6/G3OOK M5AAV IT9AC IT9JLG UN7AB DL8KAC A52SY ON4ON IU7SCT IK7BPV UN8LF UN7LZ A6/OD5TX W4JS J43XG HA4XG VP8DIA GM3EIY A61AS YO3FRI JW0HZ SQ5TA VQ9DY KE9VB AM0SCI EA1EAU JW1CCA LA1CCA VU3DXY KX7YT AO7URE EA7URE JW3TR LA3TR W0W KG0DX BU2/JJ1TBB JL1ANP JW5YJ LA5YJ W4I WA4AA CN2DX EA7FTR JW7WCA LA7WCA W5C NA5Q CN8KD EA5XX JW9LMA LA9LMA WH2V JF2VFN CO3VK IZ8EBI K7C K4TSJ XM7IG VE7IG CO8LY EA7AH KH0/JM1YGG JM1YGG XQ3/IQ6CC IZ8DDG CS5BWW CT1BWW KH0AC K7ZA YB0AZ W7TSQ CU1CB EA5KB LZ0BETA LZ2LE YB1BAD ON4RU DL2GG/YV5 DL3AMA LZ26ZA LZ1KZA YC8TAF EA5KB DQ3M DK3DM MB2HFC G4BWP YC9MKF YB9BU DR50BUND DL1WH MU/VE3RKK XE1KK YI9LZ LZ1ZF DS50IC DS0IC MU0JZE/P G5XW YU5W YU1QW ED1SJC EA1RCO MU3SDE/P M3SDE ZA1E I2MQP ED1XXV EA9CP NP4A W3HNK ZK1CQA SM1CQA ED4URH EA4ECY OD5UR LZ1YE ZK1EQL SM7EQL ED5TIF EA5FHK OE50PWW OE4PWW ZK1EQL SM7EQL ED5TII EA5FHK OH0JFP SM0JHF ZK1ETW SM7ETW ED7CK EA7HBC OO4ZD ON4ZD ZM1A ZL1AMO ED8FPH EA8URV PI60ETL PI4ETL ZS6CCY OK1DOT (a) direct _____________________________________________________________________________ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* ADDRESSES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 4L8A Vakhtang Mumladze, P.O. 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