425 DX News #755
22 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
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
4J - Rashad/4J9RI, Aleksandr/4J7WMF, Sergey/4J5A, Andrey/4K6DI, Igor/4K5D
and possibly others will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as
4K7Z (Multi-Single) from Baku, Azerbaijan. QSL via UA3FDX, direct or
bureau. [TNX UA3FDX]
5B - Babs, DL7AFS and Lot, DJ7ZG will operate as 5B/DL7AFS and 5B/DJ7ZG
from Cyprus (AS-004) from 28 October to 16 November. Activity will
be on 160-6 metres mainly SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL via DL7AFS, direct
or bureau. Further information will be available at
www.qsl.net/dl7afs [TNX VA3RJ]
9M2 - Rich, PA0RRS will be active from Penang Island (AS-015) from 28
December to 8 March 2006. He will operate as 9M2/PA0RRS, but
hopefully he will get an official 9M2 callsign. A trip to Langkawi
Island (AS-058) may be possible. QSL via home call, direct (Richard
Smeets, Schoorveken 100, 5121 NM Rijen, The Netherlands) or bureau.
[TNX PA0RRS]
C6 - Ron, WJ7R and Mark, N7MQ will operate as C6A/homecall from Treasure
Cay (NA-080), Bahamas from 24 October to 1 November. They will
participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as C6ALH (15 metres) and
C6ALJ (80 metres) respectively. Outside the contest theu will
concentrate on the WARC bands, CW and RTTY. QSL via home calls
direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
C6 - Pete, W2GJ and Steve, AA4V [425DXN 735] will operate as C6APR (QSL
via W2GJ) and C6ARV (QSL via AA4V) from Crooked Island (NA-113),
Bahamas from 26 October to 1 November, CQ WW SSB DX Contest
included. Before and after the contest they will concentrate on CW
and the WARC bands. [TNX The Daily DX]
CU - Several Contest Club Finland (CCF) members will team up with locals
for a serious single-band effort as CU2A in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest
from San Miguel Island (EU-003), Azores. Adding to Jose/CU2CE on
160m, Martti/OH2BH will be on 80m, Pertti/OH2PM on 40m and
Toni/OH2UA on 20m. They will continue preparing the site for next
month's CQ WW CW all-band operation, and their tentative CQ WW SSB
band selection depends on the weather for getting various tasks
completed successfully. [TNX OH2BH]
DU - Roberto, IV3IYH will be in the Philippines from 27 October to 24
November and will try to operate as DU#/IV3IYH from a few IOTA
groups. He expects to be active mostly on the high bands (WARC
included) CW, with some SSB and possibly RTTY. QSL via IK2ILH. [TNX
IV3IYH]
EX - Jaak, ES1FB and Oleg, ES1RA will operate as EX/ES1FB and EX/ES1RA
from Bishkek and Maili Suu, Kirgiztan for two weeks starting on 1
November. QSL via hme calls. [TNX NG3K]
F - Special event station TM4ORA will be active until 20 November to
celebrate the 40th anniversary of the French Blind Radioamateurs
National Union (Union Nationale des Aveugles Radioamateurs de
France). QSL via the bureau or direct to Guy Couteau, 96 Rue du 19
Mars 1962, F- 93220 Gagny, France. [TNX F8REF]
F - The next activity from the radio club at the Council of Europe
(http://www.coe.int/t/e/tp2ce) will take place on 18-20 November.
Expect operations on SSB, CW, RTTY and Echolink with the call TP1CE.
QSL via F5LGF. [TNX F6FQK]
HC - Tono, EA9CP will operate as HC4/EA9CP from seven lighthouses (in
chronological order ECU-037, ECU-026, ECU-012, ECU-030, ECU-028,
ECU-016 and ECU-027) in Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador mainland on
9-15 November. During the same time frame, Fernando, EA1BT will
operate as HC4/EA1BT from Cojimies Islands (SA-056). [TNX EA5KY and
OPDX Bulletin]
HC8 - Tono, EA9CP will operate as HC8/EA9CP from a couple of lighthouses
(GAL-006 and GAL-007) on San Cristobal, Galapagos (SA-004) from 26
October to 8 November. He will be joined by Fernando, EA1BT, who
will operate as HC8/EA1BT. [TNX EA5KY and OPDX Bulletin]
HS0 - Special callsign HS0T [425DXN 752] will be aired from Ko Lanta Yai
(AS-053) on 24-28 November. Team members will be E20HHK, E20NTS,
HS0GBI, HS1CKC, HS4BPQ, HS6NDK and HS9IFG, and they will operate on
10-160 metres CW, SSB, RTTY, SSTV and PSK31. QSL via HS6NDK. [TNX
F5NQL]
I - Mauro, IK3SCB and Roberto, IK3TCH will participate in the CQ WW DX
SSB Contest as IR3J (Multi-Single). QSL via IK3TCH, direct or
bureau. [TNX IK3SCB]
JA - Look for JN7VUJ/7 to be active from O-shima (AS-117, JIIA
AS-117-058), Miyagi Prefecture on 22-23 October. QSL via home call,
direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
JA - Look for 7L3ATQ/1 and others to operate from Miyake Island (AS-008,
JIIA AS-008-006) on 3-5 November. QSL via home calls, direct or
bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
KH2 - The Guam Contest Club will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest
as AH2R (Multi-Single). The operators will be Aki/JI3ERV (NH2C),
Kou/JH7QXJ, Masaki/JO1DFG (KH2XC) and Nozomu/JE8KKX (AH2K). QSL via
JH7QXJ, direct or bureau. [TNX JE8KKX]
KH5 - Kimo Chun, KH7U, and another radio amateur (to be determined), are
to go to Palmyra on 5 November for two weeks. They will be
conducting the annual maintenance and repairs to the island
electronics for The Nature Conservancy. They are also going to
install two BiggIR verticals, kindly sponsored by the NCDXF and
SteppIR, and another tower. This is another phase in constructing
two amateur HF stations on the island. Though access to these
stations may be very limited, it is hoped that it will lead to more
and regular operations from this rare DX entity. In their spare time
they will try to operate one or two stations on SSB, CW and RTTY (it
is not known if operations on 80/160m will be possible). QSL
KH7U/KH5 via AH6NF. [TNX KH7U]
PJ4 - DK1MM, OE2VEL, OE2GEN and OE9MON will operate as PJ4/homecall from
25 October to 1 November. QSL via home call. They will participate
in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as PJ4W in the Multi-Single category
(QSL via DK1MM). [TNX DK1MM]
S7 - Denise, F6HWU will operate mostly CW as S79WU from Praslin island
(AF-024), Seychelles from 11 November to 2 December. [TNX F6AJA and
Les Nouvelles DX]
SV - Laci, HA0HW reports that a group of Hungarian amateurs will be
active either as SV8/homecall (QSL via home call, direct or bureau)
and with J48 calls from Thassos Island (EU-174) from 28 October to 8
November. They will operate on 80-10 metres CW, SSB, BPSK31 and
RTTY. The J48 calls will be used as follows:
J48RT on 80m CW, HA-QRP Contest (1-7 November) QSL via HA6KNX
J48NL CQ WW DX SSB Contest (29-30 October) QSL via HA6NL
J48PL CQ WW DX SSB Contest (29-30 October) QSL via HA7PL
J48JJ Ukrainian DX Contest (5-6 November) QSL via HA7JJS
J48PS Ukrainian DX Contest (5-6 November) QSL via HA6PS
V3 - Jerald, K0BCN (V31MX) and Mike, WQ5C (V31MQ) will be active (on 20,
17, 15, 12 and 10 metres CW, SSB and PSK) from Caye Caulker
(NA-073), Belize between 26 October and 1 November. Look for V31MQ
to participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest (SOSB Low Power on 15 or
20 metres). QSL via home calls. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
V4 - Andrei, EW1AR (NC2N) and Boris, UU5SY (KC2FVN) will operate from
Nevis (NA-104) on 23-31 October. Andrei will be active (mostly on
RTTY) as either V44/EW1AR and V44/NC2N, while Boris will be signing
V44/KC2FVN. They will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as
V49A (QSL via W3HNJ) on 80 metres and V44/KC2FVN (QSL via KC2FVN) on
10 metres respectively. [TNX EW1AR and NG3K]
V5 - Marco, IK1RAE will operate as V5/IK1RAE from Namibia on 11-22
December. He plans to be active mostly during his evenings on +/-
14270, 18160, 21270, 7070, 28470, and 24970 will 100 watts and wire
antennas. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
V6 - Nao, JK1FNL will operate as V63O from Pohnpei (OC-010), Micronesia
on 28-31 December. Activity will be on 80 to 6 metres using CW, SSB
and RTTY. QSL via JK1FNL, direct or bureau. [TNX JK1FNL]
VE - The Marconi Radio Club of Newfoundland station VO1MRC will be
conducting an experiment on 60 metres on 22-23 October. A CW beacon
will be in operation on 5269.5 kHz to determine the diurnal
variations in propagation. Signal reports from local and distant
stations will be gratefully received. VO1MRC will be open briefly
for 2 way contacts with stations authorized to transmit on 60 meters
starting 00.00 UTC each of these days and will operate simplex on
5260.5 kHz CW and receive also on 5346.5 USB. For further
information, please visit http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~jcraig/5megex.html
[TNX VA3RJ]
VE - Heinz/VA7AQ, Fred/VE7IO, John/VE7JBB and Bob/VE7FWZ will participate
in the W/VE Islands QSO Party (22-23 October) from Deas Island
(BC-045) using the Surrey Amateur Club's call (VE7SAR). [TNX VA7AQ]
VE - Ron, VE3AT will operate as VC3O between 28 October and 28 November
to commemorate the 150th anniversary of beginning of oil wells in
Canada, as included in the Ministry of Heritage's list of
significant Canadian Anniversaries. QSL via VE3AT. [TNX VA3RJ]
VP2M - Rick, G3VZT will be on Montserrat (NA-103) from 26 October to 4
November and will be active as VP2MRJ along with his wife Lynda,
G0VDR (VP2MLJ) and his daughter Catherine, M3VZT (VP2MCJ). They plan
to participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest, hopefully as VP2M (which
is now the call of the Montserrat Radio Society: if they cannot use
VP2M, they will be signing VP2MRJ). QSL via G4WTD. [TNX NG3K]
VP5 - Jack, N2VW and Frank, WA2VYA will operate as VP5/homecalls from
Providenciales (NA-002), Turks & Caicos Islands from 25 October to 1
November, including an entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as VP5T.
Outside the contest they will concentrate on CW and the WARC bands.
QSL VP5/N2VW and VP5/WA2VYA via home calls, QSL VP5T via N2VW. [TNX
The Daily DX]
XU - Jacques/ON4AJV and Willem/ON6TZ will operate CW and SSB on all HF
bands as XU7TAS from Koh Tas (AS-133) between 30 October and 10
November. QSL via ON4AJV. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
YL - Ben, OZ5AAH plans to operate CW and SSB as YL/OZ5IPA from Latvia
during the IPARC Contest on 5-6 November. QSL direct to home call.
[TNX OZ5AAH]
YO - Jean-Michel, F6AJA, Editor of Les Nouvelles DX, reports he will be
once again active in his spare time as YO/F6AJA from club station
YO3KPA on 2-8 November. QSL via home call.
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
INDEXA ---> The International DX Association, INDEXA (www.indexa.org) is
pleased to announce the results of its 2005-06 election:
President Judy Roush, AA7UC
Vice President Ron Wright, ZL1AMO
Secretary-Treasurer Bill Jennings, W4UNP
Directors: Bob Allphin, K4UEE (Chairman); Richard Grant, W9RG; Ron Wright,
ZL1AMO; Franz Langner, DJ9ZB; Nellie Saltiel de Lazard, XE1CI
Executive Committee: Judy Roush, AA7UC; Bill Jennings, W4UNP; Ron Wright,
ZL1AMO.
KP1-5 PROJECT ---> On 19 October the House Committee on Resources approved
H.R. 1183, the bill that, if passed into law, would reopen Navassa (KP1,
NA-098) and Desecheo Island (KP5, NA-095) islands to limited public access,
and potentially renewed Amateur Radio operations from those islands. KP1-5
Project Director Mike Thomas, NA5U said H.R. 1183 was approved because scores
of Amateur Radio operators wrote and called their Congressmen. However, the
hard work begins now and Thomas said Congress must hear from hams again: "If
we don't send a new message to Congress to move the bill to the House floor,
the Fish and Wildlife Service will keep Desecheo and Navassa closed for many
years to come". For further information please contact Mike Thomas, NA5U
(na5u@kp1-5.com) or visit http://www.kp1-5.com/.
PIRATE ---> Maurice, F5NQL reports that VP8MM, supposedly operating from the
South Orkney Islands, is a pirate. Save your time and money and do not QSL,
as his announced QSL manager (Jean-Marc, F8IXZ) knows nothing about this
activity.
QSL 3C2MV ---> Vitaly, VE6JO, has asked me Gerry, VE6LB to take over as QSL
manager for his 3C2MV operation. Most direct cards are up to date, but no
bureau cards have yet been processed. The plan is to keep all direct cards
current and print a new run of QSLs for the bureau cards in the coming
months. [TNX VE6LB]
QSL S79RRC ---> Four maildrops for the S79RRC/A, S79RRC/C and S79RRC/F
operations have been established as follows:
K8SIX North America, South America
VE6VK North America
HA1AG Europe
IZ8CCW Italy & Mediterraneo DX Club's members
Any donations will be forwarded to Eugene, RZ3EC. [TNX K8SIX and IZ8CCW]
QSL VIA M5AAV ---> Graham, M5AAV (www.users.zetnet.co.uk/m5aav/index.htm)
reports that with immediate effect he is the QSL manager for OK8XB and M5BXB
(both calls direct preferred, but bureau cards will be honoured).
QSL VIA PS7JN ---> Joca, PS7JN reports that a few direct requests for his
operations from St. Peter & St. Paul's Rocks got "lost" in the mail. He
suggests to use IRCs instead of dollars. Those who want to add a donation to
return postage are invited to read Joca's istructions on www.qrz.com/ps7jn
TOP 5 QSL MANAGER SURVEY ---> The Golist (http://golist.net/) sponsors this
performance survey each year to bring recognition to those QSL Managers who
gave outstanding service to the DX community in responding to QSL requests.
This year's survey will run from 1 November 2005 through 30 January 2006.
DXers are encouraged to send a list of up to 5 QSL Managers who gave
outstanding response to their QSL requests during 2005. The winners will be
awarded a wall plaque or a new plate for their existing plaque. Please send
your list to golist@golist.net and place "Top 5 Managers" in the subject
line. [TNX K1XN]
WRTC 2006 REFEREES ---> The WRTC 2006 organizers would like to have the
referee team completed before the end of the year. Each of the 45 competing
teams will have a full-time Referee to monitor implementation of the rules.
Referees need to be fully conversant with all the rules and need to stay
awake for 24 hours to monitor their team. They also need to have wide
contesting-experience on both modes and to be on-site in time for the
briefing meetings before the contest. Many applications for this position
have already been received, but more would be welcomed, so that the most
experienced can be selected for the job. Please send your brief contesting
curriculum vitae to these three addresses: py5eg@inepar.com.br,
k1zz@arrl.org, g3sxw@compuserve.com [TNX PY5EG]
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3DA0NN, 3V8SM (AF-083), 4K9W,
4S7EA, 5H3HK, 5R8GZ, 5T0CW, 5Z4WI, 7W0AD, 7X0RY, 8Q7NB, 9H1ZA, 9K2GS, 9M2AX,
9N7JO, 9U5D, 9Y4/DL8DYL, 9Y4/OM3TZZ, A35DJ, A52JO, C91CW, C93DY (AF-098),
CS5A, CY0AA, D70LW/2 (AS-105), DX0K, ET3TK, FG/DK1MM, FM/JJ2RCJ, FR1HZ,
HL0O/5, HS0ZDZ, J3/HB9CGA, J3/K5AND, JD1YBJ, KG2DA/KH0, KG6DX, KH0/JA1KAJ,
KH2/KK2H, KP4SQ, N2OO/KH9, N6MZ/KH9, NP2I, OC4WW, OH0B, OH0JFP, OJ0J,
PY0F/CT1BWW, R1ANF (AN-010; AA UA-04), R400T, S01MZ, T20DX, T88AT, TF4M ,
TM0EME (EU-074), V31RM, V73NS, V8JIM, VK9XD, VP2E, VR6BX, VU2PHD, VU4NRO,
VU4RBI, XE1IDJ, XU7TZG, YE0X, ZB2FK, ZM8CW.
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