425 DX News #770
04 February 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
3Y_p1 - The 3X0Y team departed Punta Arenas on 1 February. They stopped on
King George Island (South Shetlands), boarded the "DAP Mares" and
set sail at 1 UTC on 2 February. The voyage to Peter I should take
three days and a half; it is possible they arrive around midday
(UTC) on 5 February and get on the air on the 7th. The team is
signing XR9A/mm during their voyage. QSL via N2OO. Bookmark
www.peterone.com for updates, on-line logs, pictures, etc.
9A - The Croatian DX Club (9A1A) is celebrating its 15th anniversary and
will be active as 9A15DX now through 31 December. [TNX 9A9A]
C6 - Ivars, KC4PX will participate in the CQ WW WPX RTTY Contest (11-12
February) as C6APX from Nassau (NA-001), Bahamas. Expect him to
operate on 15, 20 and 40 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
F - Special callsigns TM0TAF (QSL via F4TTR) and TM8TAF (QSL via F8BBL)
will be aired on 11-25 and 13-23 February respectively for the
Antarctic Activity Week [425DXN 769]. The suffix TAF stands for
Terres Australes Francaises (French Austral Territories), but these
calls will be used from France. [TNX F5NQL]
FT*W - FT5WL is the callsign issued to Gildas, TU5KG (FT5XP) for his
activity from Crozet [425DXN 767]. Gildas is on a fishing boat and
expects to be sailing in the Crozet area until early March. [TNX
F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
I - ARI Torino members will operate as II1OWG from 10 through 26
February during the XX Olympic Winter Games. 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
I_ant - Carlo, IK5DHM (II0AMZS and IK5DHM/ANT) will leave Mario Zucchelli
Station, Antarctica in late February [425DXN 757]. He plans to
operate as IK5DHM/MM from the M/V "Italica" on his way back to New
Zealand. QSL via IK5VLO, direct or bureau. Pictures can be found at
http://www.arimpt.org/ [TNX I1HYW]
J7 - Look for K5KG (J75KG), KK9K (J79RV), WI9WI (J79WI), W4IX (J79XX)
and K1XX (J79IX) to be active from Dominica on 11-21 February,
including an entry as J7OJ in the ARRL DX CW Contest. QSL J75KG,
J7OJ and J79IX via KU9C; others via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
JT - Naran, JT1BV/JV800BV reports that amateur radio operators from
Mongolia have been authorized to replace their prefix with JV800
for the rest of the year to commemorate the 800th anniversary of
Mongolian statehood initiated by Chinggis Khan in 1206. [TNX NG3K]
OH0 - Nine operators from Finland (namely OH2NAK, OH3BHL, OH6GAZ, OH6HJE,
OH6HZH, OH6KTS, OH6OKSA, OH9MDV and OH9MM) will participate in the
CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest (11-12 February) as OH0Z from the Aland
Islands (EU-002). Theirs will be either a Multi-2 or a Multi-Multi
entry. QSL via W0MM. [TNX NG3K]
P2 - Jerry Walker (P29ZAD), Norm Beasley (P29NB), Tommy Logan (P29TL)
and Peter Holliday (P29KPH) will be active on 80-6 metres as P29K
from Kranket Island (OC-258) on 17-20 March. QSL via LZ1JZ. Further
information can be found at http://P29K.blogspot.com [TNX P29ZAD]
TZ - Jack, F6BUM (http://www.f6bum.net) will operate CW and SSB as TZ3M
from Mali on 10-27 February. QSL via F6CXJ. Jack reports that
Chris, TZ9A will remain in the country for another three months.
UA_ant - Vlady, R1ANN (RU3HD/ANT) will be leaving Novolazarevskaya Base,
Antarctica [425DXN 762] on 15 February and board the M/V "Akademik
Fedorov". During the voyage to Cape Town, South Africa he might
operate as R1ANN/MM and RU3HD/MM. QSL via RZ3DJ. [TNX I1HYW]
UN - Franco, IZ2HAN will operate from the KPO International Club Station
UN7MWU at Aksai, Kazakhstan on 5 February. Look for him around
14200 kHz between 13 and 14 UTC. [TNX IK2SGV]
UR - Four other special calls will be aired from Ukraine on 3-12
February to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Akademik Vernadsky
Station [425DXN 769]: EM10UA (QSL via UT7UA), EM10LV (QSL via
UR8LV), EM10HO (QSL via UX2HO) and EM10KGG (QSL via UR5KGG). [TNX
I1HYW]
VP8_ant - Mike, VP8DJB was supposed to leave Rothera Station [425DXN 758] on
31 January for a one week stay at Station KG - Fossil Bluff (G-19
for the Antarctica Award) on Alexander Island (AN-018), Antarctica.
Mike hopes to be able to operate on the amateur radio bands in his
limited spare time; he says he will try and join the DX Nets on
14290/7093 if he is there during the weekend. QSL via F5PFP. Mike's
Antarctic blog can be found at
http://www.randominformation.co.uk/writings/index.php
VU_ant - Bhagwati, VU3BPZ will be leaving Maitri Base, Antarctica in a few
days' time. Expect him to be signing VU3BPZ/MM from the M/V
"Paardeberg" on his way back home via South Africa. QSL via VU3MKE.
[TNX I1HYW]
YB - Kardi, YB1TC and his team of YE7P fame are planning to operate as
YE6P from Simeulue Island (OC-NEW) on 12-16 April. Further
information is expected in due course. Those who are willing to
contribute towards the costs of this operation are encouraged to
contact Kardi (simelue@dxpedition.com) for details. [TNX YB1TC]
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (January 2006) 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).
DXCC NEWS ---> The following operation has been approved for DXCC credit:
YI9VCQ (Iraq), from 30 November 2004 through 5 November 2005. [TNX NC1L]
MOST WANTED SURVEY ---> The DX Magazine's (http://www.dxpub.com) annual Most
Wanted Survey was conducted in September-October 2005 [425DXN 749]. The top
20 Most Wanted DXCC Entities are Scarborough Reef, Lakshadweep Islands, North
Korea, Peter I Island, Yemen, Navassa Island, Desecheo Island, Bouvet Island,
Glorioso Islands, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Kure Island, Prince Edward &
Marion Islands, Heard Island, Crozet Islands, St. Paul & Amsterdam Islands,
Mount Athos, South Orkney Islands, Kermadec Islands, Willis Island, South
Sandwich Islands.
QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Corrado Ruscica, IT9DAA is willing to offer his
services to stations in need. He can be contacted at it9daa@libero.it
WRTC ---> In order to honour the organizing committees of all WRTC events,
the WRTC-2006 Selection Criteria calls for five team leaders to be selected
by the organizing committees of the five WRTC events. The criteria specify
that the teams will be selected by the National Societies in the host
countries. Since two WRTC events have been held in the United States, the
ARRL was asked to select two teams. To maximize the honour, the two groups
that organized the first and second WRTC events were asked by the ARRL to
choose team captains and teammates.
From the organization involved in the first-ever WRTC, Seattle in 1990,
Western Washington DX Club President Denny Bowman, W7SNH has announced the
selection of Ward Silver, N0AX as their Team Captain. Ward has in turn
selected Chris Hurlbut, KL9A as his teammate. From the organization that
hosted the second WRTC in the Bay Area in 1996, The Northern California
Contest Club has selected Dean Straw, N6BV as Team Captain. Dean's selection
for teammate is Mark Obermann, AG9A. [Released by Dave Sumner, K1ZZ, ARRL
Chief Executive Officer]
+ SILENT KEY + Russ, VE6VK reports that Bill Spars, WA9FXH passed away on 11
January at 88 years of age. He was a very keen DXer and active in the US and
Canadian Islands programmes, as well as IOTA.
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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
DX CALENDAR: An interactive DX Calendar based on "425 DX News" is
available at http://www.dxwatch.com/ (a webcluster with an
extensive range of filters plus a customized dxcluster
spot delivering service).
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 January 2006 - 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).
HOLYLAND CONTEST: The Holyland DX Contest 2005 results can be found on the
IARC web site at http://www.iarc.org. This years' event
will be held on 15 April (00.00-23.59 UTC). [TNX 4Z4KX]
LOGS: On-line logs for 9A150NT are available at
http://www.hamradio.hr/9a150nt; information on this special
event station can be found at
http://www.inet.hr/9a6aa/9a150nt.htm [TNX 9A6AA]
LOGS: On-line logs for TU5KG's last activity from Gabon as TR8CR
are now available at http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr [TNX
F6AJA]
QSL GALLERY: The large collection of QSL cards (3100+) on Les Nouvelle
DX's web site has been updated. Eight different galleries
include cards for each of the 58 deleted DXCC entities
(600+ QSLs), the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (100+ QSLs),
obsolete prefixes (1200+ QSLs), Antarctic bases (500+ 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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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3V8DLH DJ3FK ED8CSF EC8AUA LW2DFH EA5KB
3V8MDC IT9DAA ED8MDC IT9DAA LZ13ARDF LZ1ZF
3W2TXR JA2TXR EK3SA DJ1CW MD4K G3NKC
4A7L WA3HUP EM10HO UX2HO MU0EXV F6EXV
4K0VB UA4WHX EM10KGG UR5KGG OH0L OH2BYS
4L0B UA4WHX EM10KY IK1QFM OZ0MF/LH DH1LAO
4L6VV UA6EZ EM10LV UR8LV P40LE K2LE
4L8A DJ1CW EM10UA UT7UA PJ2T N9AG
4M5DX IT9DAA EW6GF DL8KAC PJ5NA K1NA
4S7AVG JA3AVO FH/G3TXF G3TXF PY0S/PS7JN PS7JN
4S7GGG JA3ART FK8GJ F6CXJ S79GRE DL9GRE
4S7LSG JH3LSS FO/DL5XU DL3APO S79HP DL2NUD
4S7QHG JR3QHQ FO/DL9AWI DL3APO S92RI CT1APE
4S7RO/6Y5 DJ9ZB FO/HG9G HA8IB S9SS N4JR
4S7TAG JA3TJA FR1AN N5FTR SN2B SP2PI
4S7UJG JA3UJR GB0SUB G0VIX ST0RM T93Y
4X0MDC IT9DAA GJ2A GJ3DVC (a) SU8MDC IT9DAA
4Z5J W0MM GJ2A K2WR (b) SX8BBC SV8CYR
5B4AIA UA6MF GU0VNK DJ8NK T41JM IZ8EBI
5H1C F5TVG HB0/T93M DJ2MX T70COTA IZ8DDG
5T0JL ON8RA HB0/T93Y T93Y TM0C F6KOP
5W1VE DL9HCU HB0/T94DX DJ2MX TO2FG F6HMJ
5X1RI WD4ELG HB0/T94JJ DJ2MX TR8CA F6CBC
6O0N I2YSB HB0/T96Q T93Y TT8PK F4EGS
7Q7VB UA4WHX HC1HC NE8Z TU5JD IK2IQD
7X0RY OK1DYW HC2SL EA5KB TZ6PVI ON4LN (c)
8P9NX W0SA HG06MDC IT9DAA TZ6PVI ON7ASL (d)
8Q7IS JA3JTA HK6PSG EA5OL UE15UWC RW0UM
8Q7KE JA3ART HP1BYS EA5KB UE3RAA RK3RWA
8Q7NM JA3AVO HR2/KC4CD N4AA UK8OAH IK2QPR
8Q7SK JA3ATJ HS0ZDJ W2YR UN5A DL8KAC
8Q7TT JR3QHQ IF9MDC IT9DAA UN8GF IZ8CCW
9A0MDC IT9DAA II0MDC IT9DAA UN9LFF LZ1YE
9G5XA G3SWH II1TPG IZ1CCE UP0AFG DL8KAC
9M2MRS PA0RRS II7MDC IT9DAA V25AKG AK7G
9M2TO JA0DMV II8MDC IT9DAA V25CSV N4CSV
A41KJ N5FTR IO0MDC IT9DAA V25G G4OOC
A71CT EA7FTR IO1MDC IT9DAA V26VR G4OOC
AT6MM VU2JHM IO6MDC IT9DAA V31GW DJ4KW
BU2/JJ1TBB JL1ANP IO8MDC IT9DAA V31JP KA9WON
C6AGN W1DIG IR0MDC IT9DAA V31YN DJ4KW
CE6M CE6AMN IR2MDC IT9DAA V8FMP NZ7X
CN2US NJ2D IR3MDC IT9DAA VO2AC VE3FU
CN8IG EA7FTR IR5MDC IT9DAA VP5NA N5OT
CN8KA EA7FTR IR6MDC IT9DAA VP8CMH/MM GM0HCQ
CN8SG EA7FTR IR7MDC IT9DAA WP3C W3HNK
CN8YZ EA7FTR IR8M IT9DAA XF1K N6AWD
CO2WL/1 IZ8EBI IR8MDC IT9DAA XR9A/MM N2OO
CO3JN/1 IZ8EBI IR9MDC IT9DAA XU7ADI SM5GMZ
CO3LF/1 IZ8EBI IU9MDC IT9DAA YB3ZMD IT9DAA
CO3VK/1 IZ8EBI IX1MDC IT9DAA YE0MDC IT9DAA
CT3FN HB9CRV J49W LY1DF YE3ZMD IT9DAA
CT9F CS3MAD JW0IC RV1CC YI1OM IK2DUW
CU1AAD EA5KB JW4GHA LA4GHS YT150YT YT7YT
CU2A OH2BH JW9DL LA9DL Z32ID DJ0LZ
CU2DX CU2AA KG4SB EA7JX ZB2FX G3RFX
DP5Z DL6GV KG4WV W4WV ZL6QH ZL2AOH
DR06SOCCER DH2ES LU/K4SV K4YL ZS2BS DJ5MS
ED3MDC IT9DAA LU8XW WD9EWK ZS5A1GP ZS5NK
(a) others (b) USA
(c) direct (d) bureau
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******* ADDRESSES *******
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
CE6AMN Carlos Montesinos Rozas, P.O. Box 591, Temuco, Chile
DJ1CW Dmitri Poliakov, P.O. Box 3441, 49024 Osnabrueck, Germany
DJ2MX Mario Lovric, Kampenwandstrasse 13, D-81671 Munich, Germany
DJ3FK Frank Kosidowski, Ina-Seidel-Str. 115, D-40885 Ratingen, Germany
DJ5HD Jurgen Dittmer, Egestorfer Landstr 16, 21376 Garlstorf, Germany
DL3APO Peter Kohde, Adolph-Menzel-Str. 2, 04157 Leipzig, Germany
F5TVG Franck Savoldi, P.O. Box 92, 94223 Charenton Cedex, France
G3TXF Nigel Cawthorne, Falcons, St George's Avenue, Weybridge, Surrey KT13
0BS, England
GB60SWL Alan Loveridge, 29 Courtiers Drive, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, Glos.
GL52 8NU, England, UK
GB6SWL Alan Loveridge, 29 Courtiers Drive, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, Glos.
GL52 8NU, England, UK
GM0HCQ Mike Gloistein, 27 Stormont Way, Scone, Perthshire PH2 6SP, Scotland,
UK
HA8IB Szabo Karoly, Aradi u. 42, H-5525 Fuzesgyarmat, Hungary
HS0ZGL Ian Buffham, 62/70 Soi Sukhumvit 13, Sukhumvit Road, Klangtoey Nua,
Bangkok 10110, Thailand
IK5VLO Paolo Ceccarelli, Via del Piano, 3, 51020 Piano degli Ontani - PT,
Italy
IT9DAA Corrado Ruscica, Via Cap. Salemi 41, 96019 Rosolini - SR, Italy
IZ8DDG Orlando Balisciano, Via Villa Bisignano V Traversa Nr. 21, 80147
Napoli- NA, Italy
IZ8EBI Giuseppe Gerace, P.O. Box 364, 87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy
JT1CS Bat-Erdene Zevgee, P.O. Box 125, Ulaanbaatar-37, Mongolia
N6AWD Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr, Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA
ON4LN Eric Lauwers, Benedictijnenlaan 25, 3010 Kessel-Lo, Belgium
T93Y Boris Knezovic, P.O. Box 59, BA-71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and
Herzegovina
UR3UN Sergei Petlevanny Slabinuka str.35, 08505, Fastov-5, Ukraine
VU3MKE Manoj Kumar Dhaka, Trupati Valley No 7, D-Lane, Kewal Vihar,
Dehradun, Uttaranchal 248001, India
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