425 DX News #761
03 December 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
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The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3A - Pete/N0FW, Jay/K4ZLE and Mike/N9NS will operate (with two stations
on 160-10 metres SSB and CW plus 6 metres) as 3A/homecall from
Monaco until 13 December. QSL for all via W8QID. Updates and on-line
logs will be posted on www.wb8xx.com/3a. [TNX The Daily DX]
4S - According to first hand information reported by Jean-Pierre, F5AHO,
the 2-4 December activity from Barberyn Island by 4S7PAG (F5PAC) and
4S7BRG [425DXN 759] has been cancelled. Joel is expected to remain
in Sri Lanka until 16 December and he will try to do his best in
order to operate from AS-171 on 10-11 December, but he cannot give
any assurance.
5H - A large group of operators from the Provins ARS (namely F4AJQ,
F6AML, F5JSD, F5VHQ, F9IE, F8BJI, F8BUI, F2VX and F8IXZ) will be
active as 5H1C from Zanzibar Island (AF-032) from 24 January to 2
February. They plan to operate on 10-160 metres CW, SSB and digital
modes (PSK, RTTY, SSTV). QSL via F5TVG, direct (Franck Savoldi, P.O.
Box 92, 94223 Charenton Cedex, France) or bureau. Full information
on the operation can be found at http://5h1c.free.fr/index.html [TNX
F8IXZ]
8Q - Roberto, IW1RIH reports he will operate as 8Q7IH from Rannalhi Isl.,
Maldives (AS 013) on 5-12 December. QSL via home call.
C6 - Ron, WJ7R and Lee, N7NU will operate mainly CW as WJ7R/C6A and
N7NU/C6A from Treasure Cay (NA-080), Bahamas on 4-11 December. [TNX
The Daily DX]
DL - Peri, DJ4PM (HB9IQB) will be active from Sylt Island (EU-042, N-16
for the German Islands Award) on 2-21 December. He plans to operate
on all HF bands, CW and BPSK31. QSL via HB9IQB. [TNX VA3RJ]
DL - Helmut, DL7VOX will be active as DL7VOX/p from Usedom Island
(EU-129, O-013 for the German Islands Award) from 23 December to 2
January. He will operate CW only on the HF bands. QSL via home call,
direct or bureau. [TNX DL7VOX]
FY - David/F0CRS and Freddy/F5IRO [425DXN 747] will operate SSB and CW as
TO7R from the Salut Islands (SA-020) on 13-15 December. QSL via
F5KIN. [TNX F0CRS]
HL_ssh - Sang Hoon Lee, DS4NMJ will be stationed at the Korean Antarctic base
"King Sejong" (HL-01 for the Antarctica Award) on King George
Island, South Shetlands (AN-010) from 1 January through 30 December
2006. He plans to operate as DT8A on 160-10 metres SSB, CW and RTTY.
[TNX DS4NMJ]
I - Alessandro, IW7EGK reports he plans to operate on 40 metres from the
lighthouse at Punta Craul (WAIL PU-026) on 3 December in the
afternoon.
I - Special event station IR0CRI will operate SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31 on
17-18 December from the Rome Province Committee of the Italian Red
Cross to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the IRC Volunteers. [TNX
IW0GLC]
KP4 - Alfredo, WP3C reports he will participate in the ARRL 160 Meters CW
Contest (2-4 December) as Single Operator High Power from NP4A's
station. QSL via W3HNK.
LU - The Radio Club Pampeano (LU1UG) of General Pico, Argentina will
operate as LR50U until the end of the year (particularly on 10-18
December) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first amateur
radio activity by LU3ZY from the refuge "Teniente Esquivel" on Thule
Island, South Sandwich Islands. [TNX LU6EF]
PY - A group of PY7 operators will be active as PQ7Q from Olinda
Lighthouse (ARLHS BRA-068, DFB PE-004) on 2-4 December, including a
M/S entry in the ARRL 160 Meter CW Contest. During the day they will
try to show up on 10, 15 and 20 metres, QSL via PY7VI. [TNX PY7RP]
PZ - The Low Land DXpedition Team in Suriname [425DXN 753] reports that
they have arranged transportation and permission to land on
Papegaaien Eiland (Parrot Island, SA-092). This will be the second
time that this rare IOTA group will be activated: look for Rob/PA2R,
Ronald/PA3EWP and Ramon/PZ5RA to operate SSB and CW as PZ5C/P from
10 to 20 UTC on 3 and 4 December. They will have two 100-watt
stations with monoband verticals for 15, 17 and 20 metres. QSL via
PA7FM, direct (Dennis Robbemond, Loggerhof 11, 3181 NS Rozenburg,
The Netherlands) or bureau. Logs will be published on
http://www.lldxt.nl [TNX PA1AW]
SV - Steve, G4EDG and Jeff, G4ELZ will be signing SV8/homecall from
Kithira Island (EU-113) on 4-11 December. They will operate CW only
with two stations running 100 watts into wire antennas. QSL via
G4ELZ [TNX G4EDG].
TT - Philippe, F4EGS will be back to Chad on a military assignment from
25 December until the end of February, and again on May-July 2006.
He will operate as TT8PK on 10-20 metres (10-40m if he can obtain
another antenna) on digital modes with some SSB. You can e-mail
Philippe (kochp@wanadoo.fr) and let him know which bands you need
Chad on. QSL via F4EGS. [TNX F5NQL]
V2 - John, G4RCG and Bruce, KI7VR will operate mainly CW as V25G and
V26VR respectively from Antigua (NA-100) from 18 January to 1
February. They will be active on all bands, with special emphasis on
160, 80, 40 and 30 metres. Look for V25G to participate in the CQ
160M CW Contest as a SO Low Power entry. QSLs for both via G4OOC.
[TNX G4RCG]
V3 - Art, NN7A will operate as V31JZ/p from South Water Caye (NA-180),
Belize on 11-15 January. This will be a one-person operation with
100 watts and vertical and wire antennas. Operation will be CW on
40-10 metres; some 80m and 160m, as well as some SSB on 20m and 15m,
is possible, conditions permitting. This will be Art's 6th operation
from South Water Caye, and his 12th trip to Belize since 1988. QSL
via NN7A, direct (Art Phillips, P.O. Box 201, Flagstaff, AZ 86002,
USA) or bureau.[TNX NN7A]
VP2M - K3VX, W3WH, K7NM, W9UK and K9CS will be avtive from Montserrat
(NA-103) on 14-22 February, ARRL DX CW Contest included. Callsigns
will be announced later. [TNX K9CS]
VP9 - Mark, AA1AC will operate as AA1AC/VP9 from Hamilton Parish, Bermuda
(NA-005) on 12-15 December. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
[TNX AA1AC]
XE - Radio Club Cancun wiil be active as XF3NN from Carmen Island
(NA-135) on 16-18 December. They plan to operate on 160-6 metres SSB
and RTTY, with some PSK31 and Satellite. QSL via N6AWD. [TNX XE2NN]
XU - John, KF0RQ will operate as XU7ACQ from Cambodia on 3-28 December.
Look for him on 14245 kHz between 14 and 17 UTC. QSL via home call.
[TNX NG3K]
SOUTHEAST ASIAN TRIP ---> Pete, SM5GMZ will be back to Thailand and Cambodia
between December and March. His work will come first, but he will operate CW,
SSB, PSK31 and RTTY as much as he can in his spare time. On 5-31 December he
expects to activate his Thai call HS0ZFI; starting on 6 January he will
operate on all bands, 6 metres included, as XU7ADI for at least two months.
[TNX NG3K]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (November 2005) is now available
in .pdf format at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/. Articles and pictures
should be sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).
A52CDX ---> The A52CDX team (F9DK, G0LMX , F5LMJ and F2VX) went QRT from
Timphu at the end of the CQ WW DX CW Contest (6929 QSOs, 1024 made during the
contest). They expected to leave for the Bhumtang Province around 6.30 a.m.
local time on 28 November, and to operate with solar panels from
Ugyen-Cholling on the 29th, from Trongsa on the 30th and from Paro on 1-2
December. QSL via F9DK. [TNX F5NQL]
DX0ST & DX0TIC ---> Gil, 4F2KWT and Jun, 4F3BA returned from their expedition
on 26 November. Shu, JN6RZM reports that the voyage back home was "a terrible
experience", as "the small boat they took met with very big waves and the
engine was damaged and they were adrift for 16 hours". Shu says that they had
to use their amateur radio equipment to launch the myday on 7045 kHz.
Pictures of the operations from OC-175 and OC-207 can be found at
http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~ja1qxy/sub15aa.html
JUST LEARN MORSE CODE ---> Sigurd Stenersen, LB3KB has decided "to make a
contribution to the continued use of Morse code" and has created Just Learn
Morse Code, a computer programme that makes it easy to learn CW and improve
the skills of those who already know the code. The latest version (1.13) was
released on 22 November and can be found at http://justlearnmorsecode.com
[TNX LB3KB]
OJ0B & OJ0J ---> The OJ0B and OJ0J operation terminated their radio
activities from Market Reef at 4 UTC on 29 November, after 12,166 QSOs (8,505
- nearly the 70% - on 160 and 80 metres). Boat transport back to the Aland
Islands was totally out of the question because of rough seas, and two
helicopter flights were needed to pick up the team and their equipment. This
has added to their overall transportation costs, beyond the original
estimate. Contributions to help offest the high cost of the operation will be
gratefully accepted. The diary (with several pictures) of this Arctic
undertaking is available at http://www.kolumbus.fi/oh2bn/pagemarket.htm [TNX
OH2BN]
OPERATORS NEEDED ---> Frosty, K5LBU and three others will be active from
Mozambique between 29 June and 13 July, IARU Contest included. They plan to
have two complete stations and to operate CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK and EME. Those
interested in joining the team are invited to contact Frosty
(frosty1@pdq.net). [TNX K5LBU]
QSL 7Q7RM ---> Allan, G0IAS is now in possession of the late Ron Macfarlane's
logbooks. These date back to 1947-54, when Ron was GM3EAK, and cover all of
the QSOs (HF and 6 metres) made as either ZD6RM (when Malawi was called
Nyasaland) and 7Q7RM until Ron's death. Allan says that these logs "will stay
open for one year, then they will be closed and destroyed". QSL direct only
to Allan Hickman, The Conifers, High Street, Elkesley, Retford, Nottingham
DN22 8AJ, UK. [TNX G0IAS]
QSL J3/SP9PT & J3/SP9BQJ ---> Wojciech and Marek made 12500+ QSOs during
their late October/early November operations from Grenada, and have processed
amd mailed all of the direct requests received so far. [TNX SP5EWY]
QSL P40L ---> Please note that Gert, K5WW can confirm QSOs made with P40L
between 22 May 2003 and 29 November 2005 at 03.30 UTC (on-line logs at
http://www.qsl.net/k5ww). Contacts made after that time were made by OH3SR,
who will handle his own QSL cards.
QSL VIA W0YG ---> Charlie, W0YG would like to remind DXers that he does not
use the bureau. Requests for VK9CG and VK9XG should be sent direct only, with
SAE and USD 1.00 or 1 new IRC.
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
CY9SS: Two photo galleries (by Dave, VA2DV and Steve, VE2TKH) of the
CY9SS DXpedition to St. Paul Island can be found at
http://cf.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ve2tkh/my_photos [TNX NJ1Q]
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 November 2005 - is available at www.425dxn.org/dxspots/,
as well the software (DXINFO v2.0) which will enable you to
handle the files (instructions at the URL above).
QSL GALLERY: The large collection of QSL cards (2900+) on Les Nouvelle DX's
web site has been updated. Eight different galleries include
cards for each of the 58 deleted DXCC entities (500+ QSLs), the
ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (83 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@ari.it)
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B9FR, 4J6ZZ, 4X0AI (AS-100),
4X7AZ, 5B4/G4ZVJ, 5R8GZ, 5V7VJ, 5W1VJ, 7Z1SJ, 8Q7VJ, 9G5VJ, 9H1AW, 9H3ZV,
9J2BO, 9L1AB, 9R2DX (AF-100), A35PX, A35VJ, A52JO, A71EM, AH8F, AP2IA, B1Z,
BA4DW/5 (AS-137), BY4BZB/DJ7BU, C21DL, C21SX, C21XF, CX5BW, CY9SS, D44TD,
DU3/G4ZVJ, ET3AA, FO/N6JA, FO0/F8UFT, FW5ZL, HH4/K4QD, HI9CF, HV5PUL, J49Z,
K0ARY/VP9, KH7U/KH5, KH9/W0CN, LA6Q (EU-062), LU1ZD (AN-016; AA LU-11),
LU1ZI (AN-010; AA LU-15), LY3UM, LZ0A (AN-010: AA LZ-02), OA4DKC, OH2DZ/P
(EU-140), PJ5NA, R1ANN, S21VJ, S9BB, SM7/DL5ME (EU-138), SU8IOTA (AF-099),
SV9/IK8UND, SV9CVY, TJ3FR, TJ3SP, TN6X, TR8DF, TT8PK, UN6G, V31MQ, V44/EW1AR,
V47VJ, VK9XAB, VP2V/DL4WK, VP2V/DL7DF, VQ9LA, WP3C, XE2TG, XF4IH, XU7AAV,
XU7ACE, XW2A, XZ7A, YB7NNN/3, YE7P (OC-269), YL2KO, ZC4CW, ZD7VJ, ZD8VJ,
ZD8Z, ZL7C, ZS6CCY, ZX0GTI.
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