425 DX News #764
24 December 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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(i1jqj@425dxn.org)
The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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* TO ALL OUR READERS *
* WARMEST THOUGHTS AND BEST WISHES *
* FOR A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY *
* AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR *
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5H - Preparations continue for the 5H1C operation (24 January- 2
February) from Zanzibar Island (AF-032) [425DXN 761]. It is now
possible to arrange skeds, but for 160 and 80 metres only. Send your
requests (one request per band) to Serge, F6AML not later than 20
January: e-mail F6AML@aol.com and put "Sked 5H1C" in the subject
line. A propagation forecast (thanks to VE3NEA) will be available at
http://5h1c.free.fr/trafic_uk.html. 5H1C will participate in the CQ
WW 160M CW Contest. [TNX F5NQL]
6W - Motoko, JA1EVA and Satoru, JM3XAV will be active from Le Calao
(http://www.le-calao.com/), Senegal on 23-25 December. QSL via
JM3XAV, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
FR - Jean-Marie, F8CHM will operate as FR5EZ from Reunion Island (AF-016)
from 30 December to 3 January and again on 11-17 January. On 3-11
January he will be active (mostly on 30 and 17 metres) from
Rodrigues (AF-017). QSL via F8CHM. [TNX The Daily DX]
HS - Special event station E25AJ will be active from 24 December through
3 January from Hat Yao, Thailand for the 25th Asia-Pacific Scout
Jamboree (www.aprjam25.org). They expect to operate CW, SSB, RTTY,
PSK, SSTV and Satellite on all bands (no WARC). QSL via E21EIC and
JR5XPG (for Japan only). [TNX E21EIC]
JA - Take, JI3DST will operate 160, 80, 40, 17, 15, 12, 10 , 6 metres
SSB/SSTV/RTTY/CW as JI3DST/JS6 from several islands in the AS-079
group between 28 December and 8 January. His main QTH will be on
Miyako-jima (JIIA AS-079-005), but he also plans to visit and
operate from Ikema (AS-079-001), Kurima (AS-079-003), Irabu
(AS-079-002), Shimoji (AS-079-007) and Ogami (AS-079-006). QSL via
bureau. [TNX JI3DST]
JD1_mt - Operator Masa (and not Tak, JA1DDH, as reported in 425DXN 763] will
operate in his spare time from JD1YBJ on Minami Torishima (OC-073)
from 20 December through mid-January. He plans to place an emphasis
on 160 metres. [TNX JH2RMU]
LU - LR3DX is the special call celebrating the 100th anniversary of
Recalada Lighthouse at Bahia Blanca (the tallest lighthouse in South
America and one of the tallest in the world) until 6 January. [TNX
LU9ESD]
OH0 - Vincenzo, IZ0FKE will be active as OH0/IZ0FKE from the Aland Islands
(EU-002) from 31 December to 4 January. He will be guest operating
from the Alandia Contest Team's station. QSL via IZ0FMA. [TNX
IZ8EDJ]
T30 - The T30DX team members [425DXN 760] are "literally stranded".
Kiribati relies entirely on Air Nauru for international services,
but it seems that the airline has gone bankrupt and its only
aircraft has been repossessed owing to default in paying. The T30DX
group expected to leave Finland on 31 December and to arrive at
Tarawa on 3 January. According to their web site, more information -
and hopefully new travel arrangements - will be available on
http://www.ohpacificdx.com after 29 December.
UA - Gaston Bertels, ON4WF (ARISS-Europe chairman) reports that on 25-26
December ARISS Russia and the Russian Space Agency
Roscosmos/Energia, set up a special event called Space Patrol.
Several cosmonauts will operate amateur radio from Korolev Rocket
and Space Corporation Energia as well as from GCTC, the Yuri Gagarin
Russian Cosmonaut Training Centre. On 25 December Korolev club
station R3K will be operational on HF at 12 UTC, frequencies will
probably be 7080, 14180 and 21280 kHz. On the 26th, GCTC club
station RK3DZB will possibly be operational same time, same
frequencies. Moreover, on 25 and 16 December, during the evening
passes over Europe and Russia, RS0ISS will be operating phone on
145.990 MHz simplex.
V5 - Frank, AH0W reports that there will not be a Hollams Bird Island
IOTA operation the last ten days of March [425DXN 763]. However
various operators and foundations, including the Midway-Kure DX
Foundation, are working to make this difficult location a reality
for IOTA chasers in the future.
V7 - Kaoru, JA3MCA will operate (on 80-10 metres SSB and CW) as V73Z from
Majuro (OC-029), Marshall Islands from 29 December to 2 January. QSL
via home call. [TNX JA3MCA]
CARIBBEAN TRIP ---> Kan, AB2RF will operate as ZF2CJ from the Cayman Islands
(NA-016) from 28 December to 1 January and as 6Y5/AB2RF from Jamaica (NA-097)
on 2-4 January. He plans to concentrate on RTTY/PSK and CW and on the low
bands. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K]
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DESECHEO ---> Kam, N3KS/KP5 and Dave, K3LP/KP5 [425DXN 763] became active
from Desecheo around 04.30 UTC on 16 December. According to first hand
information collected by The Daily DX, this was a working trip and the two
had received "formal permission to activate FCC approved radio communications
on a 'time permitting' basis" and "official landing permission from the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service". Although Kam and Dave expected to
stay on the island for a minimum of 48 hours, they went QRT at 17.30 UTC on
17 December. The reasons that brought them to a halt are unclear. The Daily
DX reports that "the Police served the KP5 team some kind of official
documentation" that supposedly "came from Washington DC demanding the KP5
team leave the island immediately". Kam and Dave made about 7,300 QSOs in
about 44 hours (total QRV time between the two operators). QSL to W3ADC. Read
the various updates issued by The Daily DX on http://www.dailydx.com/kp5.htm
GERMANY POSTAL RATES INCREASE ---> Effective 1 January 2006, the postage for
a standard letter (20 grams) from Germany to other European countries will be
70 eurocents, and 1.70 EUR (barely covered by 2 USD) to the rest of the
world.
QSL 3B9FR ---> Robert, 3B9FR continues to enjoy working DXers from around the
world from his hilltop QTH in Citronelle, Rodrigues Island. He reports that
that the postal authorities in Mauritius will no longer accept IRCs and that
1 USD is no longer sufficient to cover postage costs for return QSLs. He
regrets having to ask DXers to cover the minimal postage costs but with no
more than 2 USD. Robert and Frank AH0W/3B9R (who also resides in Mauritius)
are working together to establish two permanent radio stations on one of the
outer islands of Mauritius as part of a larger humanitarian initiative.
Further information is expected in due course. [TNX AH0W]
QSL 3C2MV ---> Gerry, VE6LB has received the late VE6JO's 3C2MV logs from his
widow. These have been uploaded to LoTW for those who need an immediate
confirmation. Vitality's VE6JO logs will be obtained in the new year. Direct
and bureau cards for 3C2MV and VE6JO (and special prefixes) will be processed
and sent out early next year. [TNX VE6LB]
QSL 4L2M ---> Serge, UA9LP is the QSL manager for 4L2M as far as Russian
amateurs are concerned. He reports that 4L2M's logs are going to be uploaded
to LOTW (in February-March 2006).
QSL VIA RW6HS ---> Vasilij, RW6HS reports he will be the QSL manager for
UP1SAT and UP2SAT [425DXN 763], as well as for the other UP#SAT special event
stations that will be active from Kazakhstan from 26 December until 15
January: UP3SAT (operated by UN7BF), UP4SAT (operated by UN7BD), UP5SAT
(operated by UN7BM) and UP0SAT (operated by UN0B). QSL direct only to Vasilij
M. Kasyanenko, P.O. Box 0, 357300, Novopavlovsk, Stavropolskiy kr., Russia.
TL8DPA ---> Claudio, IV3OWC made about 2000 QSOs during his 20-27 November
activity from a mission at Bangui, Central Africa. He reports that all of the
equipment he had shipped before his departure "disappeared". Claudio hopes to
be able to operate again next year. Six photo galleries are available at
http://www.irae2.com/TL8DPA/TL8DPA.htm
US POSTAL RATES INCREASE ---> The new rates will be effective on 8 January
2006. First Class mail in the US will be 39 cents, one ounce letter mail to
Canada and Mexico will be 63 cents; one ounce letter mail to all other
countries will go from the current 80 cents to 84 cents. [TNX QRZ-DX]
WRTC 2006 ---> The deadline for applications to participate in the World
Radiosport Team Championship 2006 (http://www.wrtc2006.com/) has been
extended to 20 January. [TNX PY5EG]
+ SILENT KEY + Mike Dalrymple, GM4SUC passed away on 21 December. He was the
founder and organizer of the popular International Lighthouse & Lighthsip
Weekend (http://illw.net), which is held annually on the third full weekend
in August. The ILLW will continue in his memory. [TNX OZ4EL]
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3B8/F8DHM F8DHM HA200CVM HA0NAR R1ANF RK1PWA
3Z8IARU SP8AQA HF8IARU SP8MI R1ANN RZ3DJ
4KR60S 4J5A HS0T HS6NDK R1ANT RW1AI
4L0ABC K3PD HZ1IK DK7YY S9SS N4JR
4U60UN HB9BOU IO1NOR bureau SA80IARU SM1TDE
4X1FQ AA4V IO1NOR I1JQJ (a) SI9AM SM3CVM
4X411A 4Z4BS IO1SHO bureau SP15BSP SP6YFU
5N8NDP IK5JAN IO1SHO I1JQJ (a) T88AH JA3IFT
5R8GZ G3SWH IO1SKE bureau TF3ZA KT6YL
5X1GS WB2YQH IO1SKE I1JQJ (a) TJ3SL F5PSA
5Z1A PA1AW IO1SNO bureau TM1JV F4CEI
6W/HA7TM HA7TM IO1SNO I1JQJ (a) TO7R F5KIN
6W1SA F4BIT IO1SPE bureau UE3DDX RZ3FR
7Q7VB UA4WHX IO1SPE I1JQJ (a) UE3GMF/P RA3GJ
7Z1UG DO1HEN IR0CRI IZ0EHL UN9M RW6HS
9J2BO G3TEV JW4GHA LA4GHA V31JP KA9WON
A43XA A47RS JX7D LA7VFA VP8PJ DL5EBE
A92BND A92GR K3LP/KP5 W3ADC VP9/AA1AC AA1AC
C6AYM K9GY KH2VL/KH0 JM1LJS VQ9DY KE9VB
CN8IG EA7FTR LR3DX LU7DSY VQ9JC ND9M
CN8PA EA7FTR LU1ZD LU4DXU VQ9ZX WJ7S
CO6LPB EA7FTR LU1ZR LU4DXU XF3NN N6AWD
CP6XE IK6SNR LU1ZS LU4DXU XU7TAS ON4AJV
DR3RADIO DL2KXA LX5A LX1RQ YB8ZC YB8HZ
DR50BUND DL1WH N3KS/KP5 W3ADC YI1OM IK2DUW
EK3GM DK6CW OH0PM OH2PM YI3SRA IZ8EDJ
EK6YL SP9ERV OH9SCL OH9UV YS3/I2JIN I2JIN
EL2PM EI5IF OK4RQ OK1DRQ Z2/UA4WHX UA4WHX
EW6GF DL8KAC OY3QN OZ1ACB ZF2SC KA9P
EY8CQ DJ1MM P41CW OH1VR ZS6CCY OK1DOT
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
A25LR Rene, Private Bag Br.17, Gaberone, Botswana
DL5EBE Dominik Weiel, Johannes-Meyer-Str.13, D-49808 Lingen, Germany
EA7FTR Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias 23, Aljaraque, Huelva 21110, Spain
I2JIN Roberto Torri, Via I Maggio 40, 22038 Tavernerio - CO, Italy
JA4GXS Kenji Sasaki, 2-15 Ishikannon-cyo, Yamaguchi-City, 753-0038 Japan
ON4AJV Jack Vandenabeele, P.O. Box 1, 8400 Oostende 2, Belgium
UA9LP Serge Abyshev, P.O. Box 698, Tyumen, 625000 Russia
W3ADC John F. King, P.O. Box 64, Hampstead, MD 21074, USA
YI1IRQ P.O. Box 55072, Baghdad-12001, Iraq
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