425 DX News #766
07 January 2006
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
CE - Marco, CE6TBN reports he will operate as CE6TBN/7 from Las Huichas
(SA-064, DICE ICE-705) on 14-15 January. Expect activity on 40 and
20 metres CW and SSB. QSL via CE6TBN.
DL_ant - Thorsten, DD1TG/DP0GVN [425DXN 760] will be leaving Neumayer Station
on 7 January and there will be no amateur radio operator at the base
for the rest of the season. [TNX DL5EBE]
GJ - Look for Bert, PA3GIO to operate on 10-160 metres SSB as MJ/PA3GIO/p
from Jersey Island (EU-013) on 10-15 January. QSL via home call (for
bureau cards please use the easy QSL request form on his website at
http://www.pa3gio.nl/). [TNX NG3K]
I - All of the fifteen special IO1 calls (IO1ALP, BIA, BOB, CRO, CUR,
FRE, FSK, HOC, JUM, LUG, NOR, SHO, SKE, SNO and SPE) will be aired
between 10 January and 9 February. This will be the last leg of the
approach march to the XX Olympic Winter Games that will take place
in Torino on 10-26 February. All of the contacts will confirmed
automatically via the bureau, direct cards should be sent to I1JQJ.
Full information on the Torino 2006 Award can be found at
http://www.ari-r1.it/torino2006
JA - Look for Taka, JR3TVH/JS6 to operate from the Miyako Islands
(AS-079) starting around 8 UTC on 6 January through around 1 UTC on
the 11th. He expects to be active on 6-160 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and
AM. [TNX JN6RZM]
JW - Trond, LA9VDA will operate on all bands mostly CW and SSB as JW9VDA
from Spitsbergen Island (EU-026, WLOTA JW-0125), Svalbard on 9-16
January. QSL via home call, direct (Trond Johannessen, Helgedalen
13, N-1528 Moss, Norway) or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards
can be sent to la9vda2003@yahoo.no). Please note that 1 USD does not
cover return postage (European destinations inclueed), but 1 IRC
does. [TNX LA9VDA]
LU_ant - Henry, LU4DXU reports that new staff members at Melchior Base
(LU1ZB, LU-05 for the Antarctica Award) in the Melchior Islands
(AN-012), Antarctica and Deception Base (LU1ZC, LU-04 for the
Antarctica Award) on Deception Island, South Shetlands (AN-010) have
just arrived. Both these bases are expected to show up on 14290 KHz
shortly. QSLs via LU4DXU. [TNX DL5EBE]
LZ - Special call LZ50KSB will be aired on all bands and modes through
the end of the year to commemorate the 50th anniversary of radio
club LZ2KSB in Balchik, Bulgaria. QSL via LZ2SX direct or bureau.
[TNX LZ3FN]
SM - Special event call SA2006EM will be aired by SK6AG and SK6AW on 6
January, 6 February, 6 March, 6 April, 6 May and 6 June during the
countdown to the 19th European Athletics Championships
(www.goteborg2006.com) that will be held in Goteborg on 6-13 August.
From 1 July through 13 August they will operate as 7S6EM and 8S6EM.
QSL for all via SM6YOU, preferably via bureau. Further information,
including on-line logs and details on the relevant award, can be
found at http://sm6.se/em [TNX SM6YOU]
T30 - The T30DX operation [425DXN 765] has been cancelled, because the OH
Pacific DX Team (http://www.ohpacificdx.com) has not been successful
in securing flights for the coming weeks to and from Western
Kiribati. "However, the effort put in by the team and all of you
supporting us will not be wasted", they say. "We are already
preparing a fresh new start to get back to Pacific before Christmas
2006". Details will be announced in due course.
T7 - Giovanni, T77CD will participate in the ARRL RTTY Round-Up on 7-8
January. QSL direct to I0MWI (Stefano Cipriani, Via Taranto 60,
00055 Ladispoli- RM, Italy). [TNX I0MWI]
T8 - Mike/JA6EGL (T88SM), Kazu/JH6WDG (T88AQ) and Taka/JA6CM (T88CM) will
be active from Palau (OC-009) on 12-17 January. They plan to operate
CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-6 metres. QSL via home calls, direct or
bureau. [TNX JN6RZM]
V3 - Gerd, DJ4KW and Gisela, DK9GG will operate as V31YN (CW, mostly on
80 and 160 metres) and V31GW (RTTY) respectively from Belize from 12
January to 20 February. On 1-8 February they will be active on 40
metres and higher from Southwater Caye (NA-180). [TNX The Daily DX]
V8 - Vladislav/G0KBO (V8FBO), Victor/UA6AF (V8FVV) and Yuri/RN6BR (V8FBR)
will be active from Brunei on 8-16 January. QSL V8FBO via G0KBO
(direct or bureau). QSL V8FVV via G0KBO (direct) or UA6AF (bureau).
QSL V8FBR via G0KBO (direct) or RN6BR (bureau). [TNX The Daily DX]
W - Members of the Mid Florida DX Association will operate on 20, 15 and
maybe 17 metres as W4FDX from Honeymoon Island (NA-034) on 8
January. QSL via W2NDP. [TNX The Daily DX]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (December 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).
3Y0X PRESENTATION ---> Back in late November, while at the Asia-Pacific DX
Convention in Japan, Bob Allphin (K4UEE) gave a presentation on the planning
of the upcoming 3Y0X DXpedition to Peter I. This presentation can be viewed
on www.peterone.com via streaming video. A version on DVD, suitable for
amateur radio club meeting programmes, is now available from Bob Schenck,
N2OO. If there are any clubs interested in getting a copy of this DVD, please
drop Bob an e-mail (n2oo@arrl.net). [TNX N2OO]
CDXC CONVENTION ---> The 28th Clipperton DX Club DX Convention will be held
at Arcachon on 15-17 September. For full details please visit
http://www.cdxc.org/Conventions/2006-Arcachon/arcachon2006-e.htm or e-mail
convention@cdxc.org [TNX F8BBL]
CQ DX MARATHON ---> John Sweeney, K9EL has been appointed as Manager of the
new CQ DX Marathon programme [425DXN 729]. Last run in 1948, the new CQ DX
Marathon is a year-long DX hunt, with participants competing to see who can
work the greatest number of countries ("entities") and CQ zones over the
course of a full year, then starting again at zero at the beginning of the
next year. This year's Marathon began at 00.00 UTC on 1 January 1 and will
end at 23.59 UTC on 31 December. QSLs are not required and submissions must
be made electronically, using the downloadable entry matrix form to be made
available on the CQ website. The CQ DX Marathon rules can be found at
http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/awards.html
IREF ---> The Island Radio Expedition Foundation is the only organization
dedicated solely to the support of expeditions to rare and new IOTA
qualifying islands. In 2005 grants totalling $3,150 were made to XF1K (NA1-64
and NA-165), CE8A (SA-094), 7V2SI (AF-097), C93DY (AF-098), SY8M (EU-158),
CO3VK (NA-093), DX0TIC (OC-207), DX0ST (OC-175), VU2HFR (AS-153), YB7M
(OC-268) and YE7P (OC-269). IREF continues to provide critical support to
IOTA expeditioners who would otherwise have little or no access to funds to
help with the expenses of their expeditions. Details on how to contribute can
be found on the IREF's website at http://www.islandradio.org [TNX AD5A]
PIRATE ---> Do not waste time and money on 5T5T (repeatedly spotted on 20 and
40 metres CW as well as on 20m RTTY). Maurice, F5NQL reports that the QSL
manager's callsign (F5DIF) has not been issued to anyone, while Jean, 5T0JL
says that the only two other operators duly licenced are Feng Wang/5T0WF
(ON6WFO, who will be in Mauritania until 15 January) and Nicolas/5T5SN (plus
5T5BN, Bernard, still pending). A further licence is expected to be issued to
Fernando, EA1BT in the near future.
VISALIA 2006 ---> The Southern California DX Club (http://www.scdxc.org/)
sponsors the 57th annual International DX Convention, which will be held at
the Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Center, Visalia on 21-23 April.
Information will be posted at http://www.dxconvention.org/
WF5E DX QSL SERVICE ---> Les Bannon, WF5E is forced to raise his rates
because the US Postal Service is raising theirs on 8 January. The new rates
for his service are 3 QSLs for $1.00, or 15 QSLs for $5.00 or EUR 5,00. Full
information on the QSL Service provided by Les can be found at
www.qsl.net/wf5e/
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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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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4K9W DL6KVA GI0RTN/P G0RTN S79NC 9V1NC
4KR60S 4J5A HC2SL EA5KB ST/ZS5ADU ZS5ADU
4L4CH LZ1OT HF75PZK SP3IQ ST0RM T93Y
4N150AA YT1AA HK3ARR YV5ARR SU9FL WD9DZV
4N150NT YU1SRS HR1RQF EA7FTR SU9GD DJ2AVB
4U60UN HB9BOU HS0T HS6NDK SU9HP SM0CFO
5H9PD W8FV HS0ZFI SM5GMZ SY2EEC SV2KBB
5T0WF ON6WFO HZ1AN DJ9ZB T30HC DL9HCU
5T5SN IZ1BZV HZ1IK DK7YY TB9CHU TA4ED
5T5T pirate HZ1ZH EA7FTR TI8CBT EA7FTR
5U7JB ON5NT II0AMZS IK5VLO TL8QC F5NRY
5X1RI WD4ELG II0IP IQ0VT (a) TM5OVA F0DTB
6W8CK DH7WW II0IP IZ0EAC (d) TM7VM F5UJZ
7Q7BP G3MRC II1TPG IZ1CCE TR8CA F6CBC
7S2AT SK2AT II2F IW2MVS TR8CR F8EN
7Z1SJ EA7FTR IO1NOR bureau TR8FC F4BQO
8J1RL bureau IO1NOR I1JQJ (d) TT8PK F4EGS
8J3UKB bureau IO1SHO bureau TY5ZR IK2IQD
8J5MC bureau IO1SHO I1JQJ (d) UA8TWW UA0SE
9A650C 9A7K IO1SKE bureau UE1RDM UA1RJ
9J2BO G3TEV IO1SKE I1JQJ (d) UE3DDX RZ3FR
9J2CA G3SWH IO1SNO bureau UE9FPK RA9FDR
9M2CNC G4ZFE (a) IO1SNO I1JQJ (d) UK8OM IK2QPR
9M2MRS PA0RRS IO1SPE bureau UN5A DL8KAC
9N7JO HS0ZGD IO1SPE I1JQJ (d) UN5J W3HNK
9V1YC N5ID JT1FBX JG5PJJ UN8GF IZ8CCW
A35RK W7TSQ JW4GHA LA4GHA UN9L LZ1YE
A71BX EA7FTR JW5NM LA5NM UN9M DL8KAC
BU2/JJ1TBB JL1ANP K3N WX3B UO0AIK DL8KAC
BV50CRA BV2KI LR3DX LU7DSY V25OHX G4OHX
C6AGN W1DIG LU1ZD LU4DXU V26AAV AA4V
CN8NK EA5XX LU1ZR LU4DXU V44KJ WB2TSL
CN8YR K4KU LZ13ARDF LZ1KZA V63O JK1FNL
CO3JN IZ8EBI MM0XAU DJ6AU V73RY N5LE
CO3VK IZ8EBI NA8O/KH2 JK1FNL V73VE JF1OCQ
CO6WD W0SA NP4A W3HNK V73Z JA3MCA
CX1JJ EA5KB NU4SC K3IXD V8FRF EA7FTR
CX2AQ EA5KB OC4BQE EA4BQ VK3AAL/4 OE1DIA
D2DX OH2BAD OH0/IZ0FKE IZ0FMA VK8NSB VK6NE
D2EB IZ3ETU OX3XR OZ3PZ VP8DII ON5AX
DP4K DK3DM P29CQ W7VMI VP8PJ DL5EBE
DU1IST JF1IST P49X W0YK YN4MG WK6O
DU1ZV JA1BRK PJ2/WB9Z AF9H YT0TESLA YU1EXY
E25AJ JR5XPG (b) R1ANF RK1PWA YU150NT YU1SRS
E25AJ E21EIC (c) R1ANT RW1AI YV5SSB EA5KB
EA9EU EA9AZ R1RDM UA1RJ YZ150T YU1SB
FK8HW VK4FW R1SNG UA1RJ ZF2CJ AB2RF
FR1AN N5FTR R3K RN3DK ZL4WW W6YJG
GB1MGD G0FLP RU0SYL UA0SE ZP8VAO EA7JX
(a) bureau (c) others
(b) Japan only (d) direct
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
9A7K Kresimir Juratovic, P.O. Box 88, HR-48001 Koprivnica, Croatia
9M2CNC Richard Everitt, #2601 PNB Darby Park, Jalan Binjai, Kuala Lumpur
50450 Malaysia
A22/JA4ATV Take Maga, Private Bag 00369, Gaborone, Botswana
AB2RF Kan Yokota, 11 Hyatt Ave, Harrison, NY 10528, USA
DL5EBE Dominik Weiel, Johannes-Meyer-Str.13, D-49808 Lingen, Germany
EA7FTR Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias #23, Aljaraque, Huelva 21110,
Spain
F0DTB Gerard Brunet, 13 Rue de la Croix du Moulin, 08000 Warcq, France
F4BQO Franck Claude, 56 Rue de la Treille, 95490 Vaureal, France
F5NRY Christian Quintin, 89 Ave du General de Gaulle, Pornichet 44380,
France
HS0ZGD Stig Lindblom, Jum Changphimai, 147/1 - Moo 3, Tambon Boot, Ban
Ta Bong, Phimai, TH-30110 Nakhon Ratchashima, Thailand
IK5VLO Paolo Ceccarelli, Via del Piano 10A, I-51020 Piano Ontani - PT,
Italy
IZ1BZV Giorgio Tabilio, P.O. Box 95, 19100 La Spezia - SP, Italy
IZ3ETU Carlo Larosi, Via Catullo 25, 35036 Montegrotto Terme - PD, Italy
LA4GHA Roger Bjorgvik, Herman Wildenveysgt 12-B, 3022 Drammen, Norway
LU4DXU Horacio E. Ledo, P.O. Box 22, 1640 Martinez, Buenos Aires,
Argentina
N9GGO Jerry Breuss, 758 Laguna, Crystal Lake, IL 60014, USA
OH6DX Ari Hyvonen, Viklonkuja 4F18, FI-78880 Kuvansi, Finland
SM6YOU Rickard Dahlstedt, Ekebergsgatan 4D, 417 02 Gothenburg, Sweden
UA0SE Serge Karpov, P.O. Box 5247, Angarsk, 665819, Russia
WD4ELG Mark Lunday, 2309 Becketts Ridge Drive, Hillsborough, NC 27278,
USA
YV5ARR Anibal Dos Ramos, P.O. Box 20030, 1020 Caracas, Venezuela
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