425 DX News #767
14 January 2006
A.R.I. Dx BulletinEdited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3Y0 - The DXpedition to Peter I (3Y0X) has been given a substantial grant
by the ARRL/Colvin Award, which is is important to their overall
DXpedition financing. The team has been assigned the special Chilean
Antarctic call sign of XR9A for use to/from Peter I. They hope to be
QRV from Punta Arenas for a few days and then maritime mobile to and
from the island. There is a possibility that the team will also be
QRV from the South Shetlands for a few days after the DXpedition is
complete. The latest first hand news and updates on 3Y0X, as well as
information on how to contribute to the DXpedition, can be found at
www.peterone.com
6O - The 6O0N team of operators [425DXN 759] now includes I1HJT, I2YSB,
IK1AOD, IK1HJS, IK2DIA, IK2CIO and IK2CKR. They expect to arrive at
Galkayo around noon on 19 January and to be QRV with the first of
their three stations in the late afternoon. Plans are to be active
until 1 February, as their flight back is scheduled to leave on the
2nd. Look for 6O0N to participate in the CQ WW 160M CW Contest on
28-29 January. QSL via I2YSB, direct or bureau. Further information
and updates can be found at http://www.i2ysb.com/6o0n/
C6 - Bob/N4BP (C6AKQ), Kevin/K4PG (C6APG), Bruce/W4OV (C6AOV) and
Pete/N8PR (C6AHR) will be active from the Bahamas between 13 and 20
February. They will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as single
band entries on 160, 80, 40 and 15 metres. Before the contest they
will try to operate extensively on the WARC bands. QSL via home
calls. [TNX N8PR]
CE - Salvatore, IZ8CLM will operate in his spare time on the HF bands as
CE3/IZ8CLM from Chile until 18 January. [TNX IZ8CCW]
CE0_jf - Suggested frequencies for the 20-28 January CE0Z DXpedition to
Robinson Crusoe Island (Juan Fernandez) [425DXN 762] are 50110,
28040, 24890, 21040, 18080, 14040, 10010, 7020, 3540 and 1820 kHz
(CW); 50110, 28495, 24945, 21295, 18145, 14195, 7060, 3795 and 1840
kHz (SSB). The web site for the expedition is at
http://www.ce3bsq.cl/ce0z/
CT3 - Herm, HB9CRV and Rudi, HB9CQL will operate as CT3FN and CT3/HB9CQL
from Madeira Island (AF-014) from 20 January to 1 February. On 21-22
January Herm will operate as CT3FN/p from the Sao Jorge/Rosais
lighthouse (ARLHS MAD-008). QSL via home calls, direct or bureau.
[TNX VA3RJ]
EA8 - Members of the Canary Islands DX Society will be active (on 10-80
metres SSB with some RTTY and PSK 31) as ED8CSF from San Francisco
Castle in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on 22 January. Further
information can be found at http://www.qrz.com/ed8csf. QSL via
EC8AUA (all QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau).
[TNX EC8AUA]
FT - Gildas, TU5KG is back to the Southern Indian Ocean on a fishing
boat. Between 15 January and 3 February he will be sailing in the
Kerguelen area, then he will be in the Crozet area until early March
and back to Kerguelen until the end of March. When on land he
expects to operate as FT5XP from Kerguelen and as (probably) FT5WK
from Crozet. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
G - The call sign GB1CPB will be active through 11 January 2007 on
various bands and modes to celebrate the 100 years of operation for
the Portland Bill lighthouse (ARLHS ENG-273). QSL via bureau or
direct to G5XW. [TNX VA3RJ]
GU - Paul, F6EXV and Jan, DJ8NK will be active as MU0EXV and GU0VNK
respectively from Guernsey (EU-114) on 20-30 January. The will
operate SSB, CW and digital modes on 160-10 metres. QSL via home
calls. [TNX NG3K]
HB0 - Look for HB0/T93M (N4EXA), HB0/T93Y, HB0/T94DX (DJ2MX), HB0/T94JJ
(OE1EMS) and HB0/T96Q to operate from Liechtenstein between 25
January and 2 February. They will participate in the CQ WW 160 Meter
CW Contest as HB0/T94DX. Before and after contest they will operate
with three stations on all bands with an emphasis on 80 and 160
metres. [TNX The Daily DX]
HC - Luis, EA7OC will be active (probably as HC2/EA7OC) from Ecuador on
10-27 February. His main QTH will be Guayaquil, but he may also
operate from other locations in the Guayas province. QSL via EA7OC,
direct or bureau. [TNX EA5KY]
HI - Tibor, HA7TM will operate as HA7TM/HI9 from the QTH of HI9CF in Las
Terrenas, Samana, Dominican Republic between 18 January and 2
February. He may put up a 160 metre dipole, depending on location
conditions. [TNX HA0HW]
HK - Girts, YL2KL reports he will operate as HK1/YL2KL from HK1AR's QTH
on 10-20 February, including two SOAB HP entries in the CQ WW WPX
RTTY and ARRL DX CW Contests. He plans to emphasize on 40, 80 and
160 metres. QSL via YL2KL.
JA - Special event station 8J8NST will be active between 16 January and 1
February to celebrate the 61st Winter National Sports Festival in
Tomakomai. QSL via the JARL bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
KG4 - Jose, N4BAA (KG4SB) and Bill, W4WV (KG4WV) will operate on 160-6
metres all modes from Guantanamo Bay on 21-31 January. Look for
KG4SB to participate in the CQ 160 Meter Contest. QSL via home
calls. [TNX K1XN and The Golist]
ON - Special call ON40DST will be used until 31 December to celebrate the
40th anniversary of UBA Diest section. Expect activity during "all
sorts of contests", ON8JP says. QSL via ON4AMM, direct or bureau.
[TNX ON8JP]
PJ2 - Joe/W9JUV and Bill/W9VA will operate from the Signal Point Station
(http://www.pj2t.org) on Curacao (SA-006) on 19-27 January. QSL via
home calls. Jeff/K8ND will also be operating from the Signal Point
Station on 23-31 January, including a single-operator entry in the
CQ WW 160 Meter CW Contest. Before and after the contest he will
focus on 40 and 80 metres and wil test receiving antennas on 160m.
QSL PJ2/K8ND via home call (or LOTW), QSL PJ2T via N9AG (or LOTW).
[TNX K8ND]
SM - Special event call 8S30JC will be aired throughout 2006 to celebrate
the 30th anniversary of the Western Blekinge County Radio Amateurs
(SK7JC). QSL via bureau or direct to Vaestra Blekinge
Saendareamatoerer, Aadalsvaegen 28, SE-375 33 Moerrum, Sweden. [TNX
SM5LWC]
V7 - Kunio, V73VE will operate (on 40, 20, 17 and 15 metres SSB and RTTY)
as V73VE/p from Jaluit Atoll (OC-028), Marshall Islands on 13-17
January. QSL via JF1OCQ. [TNX JF1OCQ]
VP2V - Jim, G3RTE and Phil, G3SWH will be active as VP2V/G6AY from Anegada
Island in the British Virgin Islands (NA-023) between 23 February
and 1 March. Operation will be primarily CW on 80-10 metres, with
some SSB and the possibility of some CW operation on 160m. They will
have two 100 watt stations and they hope to be on the air as much as
possible, propagation permitting. QSL via G3SWH, direct or bureau.
[TNX G3SWH]
VP8 - Expect activity on 40 to 10 meters from the Falkland Islands
(SA-002) during the weekend, as Bob, VP8LP has got together a group
of ten operators, who are going to operate a station on 13-15
January. They will be using their own callsigns. [TNX VP8ON]
VP8 - Mike, GM0HCQ reports he has rejoined the Royal Research Ship "James
Clark Ross" on 11 January. She expects to leave the Falkland Islands
on the 13th, and once back at sea Mike will be QRV again as
VP8CMH/MM from the Antarctic waters. Check www.gm0hcq.com for
regualr updates and daily pictures. QSL via GM0HCQ, direct or
bureau.
W - Rick, K6VVA and Mike, K9AJ are proceeding ahead with a QRV dates of
14-16 February from South East Farallon Island (NA-178) [425DXN
765]. They have new sponsors on board, with some great prizes
donated for the fundraising raffle programme which will be unveiled
soon. They have obtained approval to operate two stations during the
daytime hours. Rick and Mike have decided to use only one callsign
(K6VVA/6) during the operation. QSL via N6AWD. Bookmark
http://www.k6vva.com/iota/na178 for updates. [TNX K6VVA]
ZK1_sc - Olav, LA9VFA will operate SSB and digital modes as ZK1VFA from
Raratonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands on 19-28 January. QSL via
home call. [TNX QRZ-DX]
PACIFIC TRIP ---> Wulf/DL1AWI, Mat/DL5XU and Erik/DL9AWI will operate from
the Marquesas, the Austral Islands and New Zealand as follows:
15-28 January Ua Pou, Marquesas (OC-027)
1-14 February Raivavae (OC-114), Austral Islands
17 February-2 March North Island (OC-036)
They will have three transceivers, two linear amplifiers, vertical antennas
and Beverages. The three plan to operate SSB and CW on 160-10 metres, and to
focus on the lower bands, especially 160m. All QSLs go via DL3APO, either
direct (Peter Kohde, Adolph-Menzel-Str. 2, 04157 Leipzig, Germany) or via the
DARC bureau. Further information, updates and on-line logs can be found at
http://www.radioklub.de/cgcg/ [TNX DL3APO]
PACIFIC TRIP ---> Three YL operators (namely Nobuko/JR6XIX, Chizue/JA1EYL and
Noriko/7K3EOP) plus Yoshiki/JR6XIW will be active as KH2/homecall from Guam
(OC-026) on 17-18 January. Then they will operate from Palau (OC-009) as
T88AO, T88CY, T88OP and T88AI respectively on 19-22 January. [TNX VK3DYL]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
DAYTON HAMVENTION AWARDS ---> The Dayton Hamvention is accepting nominations
for its Amateur of the Year, Special Achievement, and Technical Excellence
Awards. The deadline for nominations is 20 February. Further information and
nomination forms are available at http://www.hamvention.org/nominate.htm
DXCC NEWS ---> D2DX from Angola (current operation as of 15 December 2004)
and KH9/W0CN from Wake Island (17-28 September 2005) have been approved for
DXCC credit. [TNX NC1L]
GERMANY POSTAL RATES INCREASE ---> Axel, DL6KVA reports that effective 1
January 2006, the new postal rates from Germany to other European countries
is EUR 0,70, while from Germany to destinations outside Europe is EUR 1,70.
He adds that with the current exchange rate, 2 USD (= EUR 1,65) do not cover
postage for outside Europe, while one IRC does.
QSL 3Y9YBA ---> Trond, LA9VDA is the new QSL manager for contacts made by
Aage, 3Y9YBA (LA9YBA) from Antarctica back in 1993-94. [TNX The Daily DX]
QSL 5B4AHJ ---> Alan, 5B4AHJ (P3J) has recently moved QTH and has a new
address for direct QSLs: Alan Jubb, Psathi Village, 8749 Pafos, Cyprus. He
also QSLs via the bureau and LOTW.
+ SILENT KEY + Long time DXer and RTTY enthusiast Jules Freundlich, W2JGR
passed away on 9 January at 88 years of age. First licenced in 1935, he was
hit by the RTTY bug in the early Eighties. Jules was one of the VK2SG RTTY DX
Notes editors (1992-2003) and he was instrumental in persuading the ARRL to
establish the RTTY Honor Roll.
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
LOGS: On-line logs, pictures and information on the recent A52CDX
operations from Bhutan can be found at
http://www.f5lmj.net/Bhoutan2005/a5-05en.htm
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3A/N0FW, 3A/N9NS, 3B8CF, 3V5A,
4K4K, 4S7AB, 4U1UN, 4X/W8HC, 4X17B, 5B/DJ7ZG, 5H9PD, 5U7JB, 5Z4DZ, 6O0CW,
6Y5/K1YCM, 8P7A, 8R1W, 9G5TF, A35YL, A6/ON5NY, A71EM, BA1RB/3, C37JPE, C6ASM
(NA-080), CN2MP, CW5T, CX6VM, CY0AA, CY0MM, DX0ST (OC-175), DX0TIC (OC-207),
EA9GW, EK6TA, EM1HO, ES1QD, EX2M, F5LPY/TU8, FG/K9NW, FG5FR, FK8KAB/P, FM5BH,
FR1AN, FS/K9EL, H79W/YN4 (NA-228), HC1AJQ, HC1HC, HP1/WN6K, KH5/DL6FK,
KH6ND/KH5, KH6ZM, KH7U/KH5, KH9/W0CN, LA6Q (EU-062), LZ9W, P29NI (OC-116),
P40TA, P43JB, PJ2/WB9Z, PJ5NA, PJ7/K7ZUM, PZ5RA, SU9BN, T77C, TA1ED, TA3D,
TI0SP, TI8CBT, TR8CA, TX0P, TX5M, TZ5A, TZ6CW, TZ6LF, TZ6MF, TZ6NS, TZ6RN,
TZ9A, V31TG, V63JY, V6A, VK9AA, VK9CG, VK9XG, VP8DIZ, VQ9LA, VR2BG, W2W,
XQ6ET, XU7AYY, XW0X, XW3DT, YI9LZ, YS1RR, YV5LIX, Z22JE, ZB2X, ZF1A, ZS1EL.
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