425 DX News #773
25 February 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
4J - Mir, UA3FDX and Pavel, RA3AUM will be active as 4J0DX and 4J0AUM
from Azerbaijan on 17-27 March. They will operate on 10-80 metres
(possibly on 160 metres as well) SSB and CW and will participate in
either the Russian DX and CQ WPX SSB contests as 4J0DX. QSL for both
stations via UA3FDX, direct or bureau.
5Z - Mike, OM2DX and Palo, OM2NW are active as 5Z4/OM2DX (QSL via OM3JW)
and 5Z4/OM2NW (QSL via home call) from Kenya until 6 March. [TNX
OM3JW]
J7 - Igor, VA3YDX reports he will be active from Dominica from 24
February until 14 March. He plans to participate in the ARRL DX SSB
Contest and the DIG QSO Party. QSL direct only via home call (Igor
Slakva, 105 La Rose Ave., #803, Etobicoke, ON M9P 1A9, Canada).
8R - Ken, K7ZUM and Craig, AH8DX will operate as 8R1ZUM and 8R1EA from
Guyana from 28 February to 7 March. Before the ARRL SSB DX Contest
expect activity mostly on RTTY and the WARC bands. QSL via home
calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
9H - Texas DX Society's members Cal/WF5W (9H3W), Steve/W9DX (9H3DX),
Madison/W5MJ (9H3V), Don/N5DD (9H3RY), Bill/K5WAF (9H3WF), Mike/K5UO
(9H3UO), Paul/W5PF (9H3PF) and Keith/NM5G (9H3KD) will operate on
10-80 metres and possibly on 160 metres from Malta (EU-023) on 1-8
March. They will participate in the ARRL International DX SSB
Contest (4-5 March); during non-contest periods primary activity
will be 9H3DX on SSB, 9H3V on CW, 9H3RY on RTTY and 9H3WF on PSK.
QSL for all via W5PF. Further details and on-line log searches at
www.tdxs.org [TNX K5DX]
9M2 - Aniko, HA5TAA plans to operate as 9M2/HA5TAA from Tioman Island
(AS-046) for a week between 3 and 11 March. Look for her on 20
metres SSB. [TNX F5NQL]
AP - Dane, ST2T is now in Pakistan until the end of March. He has no
chance to get an AP licence, but he will try to be active from Ijaz,
AP2IA's station (QSL via AP2IA). [TNX S57DX]
C6 - Peter, W2IRT will operate holiday style as C6/W2IRT from Nassau
(NA-001), Bahamas on 4-10 March. He plans to be on 17 and 20 metres
for the most part, using 100W and a dipole. QSL via home call
(direct, bureu and LoTW). [TNX NG3K]
EA8 - Mari, EA8GL and Dunia, EA8BHD will operate as ED8IWD on 5-8 March to
celebrate the International Women's Day
(http://www.internationalwomensday.com/events/). QSL via bureau to
EA8BHD. [TNX EA8BHD]
F - Special call TM5CMC (Catastrophe des Mines de Courrieres) will be
aired on 4-19 March to commemorate the Courrieres mining disaster of
10 March 1906, when 1,100 died in a coal dust explosion. QSL via
F8CSD. [TNX F8REF]
F - Three YL operators will be active as TP1CE from the radio club at
the Council of Europe on 11-12 March to celebrate the International
Women's Day. QSL via F5LGF. [TNX F6FQK]
FG - Gildas, FG/F6HMQ and Michel, FG/F6GWV will be active from Guadeloupe
(NA-102) from 25 February to 6 March. They will also operate as TO1T
(QSL via F6HMQ) and will participate in the REF SSB (25-26 February)
and ARRL DX SSB contests. [TNX The Daily DX]
FM - Roberto, IV3IYH (NQ5W) will be active from Martinique (NA-107) on
23-30 March. He will participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as TO3W
and will operate as FM/IV3IYH before and after the contest. QSL for
both callsigns via IK2ILH, direct or bureau. E-mail requests for
bureau cards can be sent to ik2ilh@libero.it [TNX IV3IYH]
HL_ssh - Sang Hoon Lee, DS4NMJ [425DXN 761] is now active as DT8A from the
Korean Antarctic base 'King Sejong' (HL-01 for the Antarctica Award)
on King George Isl., South Shetlands (AN-010). He will be stationed
there until 30 December. QSL via HL2FDW. [TNX DS4NMJ]
I - Look for Davide/IW9GUR, Angelo/IW9HLM, Riccardo/IT9CVO,
Andrea/IT9RKR and Andrea/IW9HQP to be signing IE9/homecall from
Ustica Island (EU-051, IIA PA-001) on 10-12 March. They plan to have
three stations active on all bands except 30 metres, plus 6 metres.
[TNX IW9GUR]
J3 - Harry, AC8G will be active as J37K from Grenada on 1-6 March,
including an entry in the ARRL DX SSB Contest. He will try to
maximize QSOs outside USA/Canada before and after the contest. QSL
via AC8G, direct or bureau. [TNX AC8G]
JA - Special event call 8N1MOMO will be aired on all bands and modes from
1 March to 5 April to celebrate the Koga-city "Momo" (or Peach)
Festival. QSL via the JARL bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
KG4 - Noll, W9RN expects to operate on 6-160 metres CW and SSB as KG4RN
from Guantanamo from 27 February to 6 March. He plans to participate
in the ARRL DX SSB Contest on 40 metres. [TNX The Daily DX]
LY - Special call LY15A will be aired on 1-31 March to celebrate the 15th
anniversary of the indipendence of the Republic of Lithuania. QSL
via LY2ZZ. [TNX LY8O]
LZ - The Balkan Contest Club (LZ1KZA) will operate as LZ128LO on 1-31
March to commemorate the 128th anniversary of the end of the
Russian-Turkish War of Liberation. QSL via LZ1KZA, direct (P.O. Box
36, 4300 Karlovo, Bulgaria) or bureau. [TNX LZ1ZF]
OZ - Jef, ON4ACA will be active as OZ/ON4ACA from Romo Island (EU-125) on
4-10 March. He will operate SSB and CW on 80, 40 and 20 metres. QSL
via home call. [TNX ON4ACA]
PZ - Steve, MW0ZZK and Florent, F4CYZ will operate on 80-6 metres as
PZ5ZZ and PZ5CY from Suriname between 28 February and 8 March. QSL
via IZ8CCW, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW]
SV - Look for SV5/SV1QN, SV5/SV1AIN, SV5/SV1GYG, SV5/SV1EQU and
SV5/SW1GYN to operate on 160-6 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31 from
Patmos Island (EU-001), Dodecanese from 28 March to 2 April. QSL via
home calls. [TNX SV1GYG]
SV5 - Willi, DJ7RJ will be active as SV5/DJ7RJ from Kos Island, Dodecanese
(EU-001) from 27 February to 17 March. He will operate on 160-10
metres CW and SSB and to concentrate on the low bands. QSL via home
call. [TNX DJ7RJ]
SV9 - Dimitris, SV9COL reports he will participate in either the CQ WW
160-Meter SSB and the CQ WPX SSB contests as SY9A.
UA - Vlad/RZ1OA, Pavel/RA1OZ and Dima/UA1OLM will operate as UE1OTA from
Kiy island (EU-153, RR-02-22) on 23-26 February. QSL via RZ1OA (Vlad
Sadakov, P.O. Box 48, Arkhangelsk, 163040, Russia). [TNX RZ1OA]
V3 - Carl, K3RV and Doug, W3NO will be active from Belize on 21-28 March.
They will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as V31RV, while
before and after the contest they will operate as V31NO on 160-10
metres CW and SSB. QSL both callsigns via W3NO. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
V4 - Bob, AA1M and Mike, W1USN will be signing V44/homecall from St.
Kitts (NA-104) on 2-10 March. They plan to operate SSB, PSK31 and CW
on 80-10 metres. QSL via home calls. [TNX NG3K]
VK - The XVIII Commonwealth Games, contested by 4,500 athletes from 70
countries, will be held in Melbourne on 15-26 March. Two special
event callsigns will be aired on 1-31 March to celebrate this event:
AX3MCG ("Melbourne Commonwealth Games", operated by VK3EW and VK3QI
aiming to achieve at least DXCC) and AX3GAMES (activated by a
multi-operator roster). QSL for both via the VK3 bureau. Australian
amateurs will be allowed to use the AX prefix during the games
period. [TNX VK3EW]
VU4 - Also Babs, DL7AFS and Lot, DJ7ZG have announced that they have plans
to go and operate from the Andaman Islands. Licences have been
requested, updates will be posted at http://www.qsl.net/dl7afs/
W - The 2006 Mississippi QSO Party will run from 15 UTC on 25 February
through 3 UTC on the 26th; and Read/W4HOZ, Becky/Kd5RHB and
Darryl/W5VK will activate stations in Greene, George and possibly
Perry Counties in southeastern Mississippi. Special Call K5G will be
used in addition to Magnolia DX Club's call K5MDX and W5VK. [TNX
W4HOZ]
YB - While waiting for YE6P (http://dxpedition.orari.web.id/simeulue/) in
April [425DXN 770], another group of operators is going to be active
from Simeulue Island (OC-NEW) on 8-15 March. Look for YC6LAY/P,
YB6LYS/P, YB6PLG/P, YC6JKV/P and YB1BOD/6 to operate mainly on 10,
15, 20, 40 and 80 metres SSB and CW. QSL via YB1BOD/6 (Donny Sirait,
P. O. Box 1206, Medan 20233, Indonesia). Further information can be
found at www.toba-dx-group.org/simeulue/index.html [TNX YB6PLG]
YV - Jose Manuel Robaina, YV5TX (4M5R) expects to visit San Fernando,
Apure State between 25 February and 1 March and plans to operate as
YV5TX/9 on 20 and 40 metres SSB with some PSK and RTTY. QSL via
EA5KB. [TNX YV5TX]
ZD8 - Jim, N6TJ will operate again as ZD8Z from Ascension Island
(AF-003) on 19-30 March, including an entry in the CQ WW WPX SSB
Contest. QSL via VE3HO. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZF - Bob, K3UL will operate as ZF2UL from Grand Cayman (NA-016) on 1-7
March. He plans to concentrate on the low bands, mainly CW. QSL via
home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZK1 - Jim, W1EMT will be working on Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands
on 4-24 March and plans to operate QRP on 40, 20, 17, 15 and 10
metres as ZK1EMT in his spare time and during the weekends. QSL
direct via homecall. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
CQ 160-METER SSB CONTEST ---> Do not forget to give a look to the Announced
Operations for this year's event (25-26 February) maintained by Bill, NG3K at
http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cq160s2006.html
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3Y0X ---> The 3Y0X DXpedition to Peter I went QRT on 19 February at 18.13 UTC
after 87,034 QSOs. The DAP Mares was scheduled to leave on 21 February and
tentative plans were to visit Deception Island on the way back to King George
Island and on to Punta Arenas (Chile). However, the weather worsened to the
point that the helicopter was not able to fly to pick up the remaining loads
of gear and supplies still on Peter I. At 23.30 UTC on 23 February the team
was still awaiting another break in the WX to retrieve their final loads, but
the weather forecast is not good for another few days.
DXCC NEWS: K3LP/KP5 and N3KS/KP5 from Desecheo Island (16-17 December 2005)
have been approved for DXCC credit.
IOTA STORIES ---> The XF1K (NA-124, February 2006) and C93DY (AF-098, July
2005) stories are now available at http://www.islandradio.org and
http://www.dxer.com.ua/c9/story_en.html respectively
QSL 6O0JT ---> Joe, VA6JWT operated from Somalia as 6O0JT and is being
overwhelmed by bureau cards. He asks that no more cards be sent to him via
the bureau, but that they be sent direct to Joe Talbot, P.O. Box 836, Bowden,
Alberta T0M 0K0, Canada. [TNX QRZ-DX]
QSL A61AX ---> Witek, SP9MRO operated as A61AX in November 2005 and says that
cards for those QSOs should be sent to his home address: Witek Onaczyszyn,
P.O. Box 79, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland. [TNX IZ3EBA]
QSL VK9CG ---> Charlie, W0YG reports that many VK9CG are being sent to either
JA3JA (who only used that callsign in 1993) or W0CG. Please QSL the 2005
VK9CG operation via W0YG (direct only). Charlie plans to return to
Cocos-Keeling in November, further information is expected in due course.
QSL WB1CBY/VE8 ---> Tom, W1TJL (ex-WB1CBY) still has cards and logs for his
past operations from various Canadian islands - Jenny Lind (NA-131), Bray
(NA-174), Baffin (NA-047), Resolution (NA-130), Big (NA-174) and Handy (CISA
NF021). He can be contacted at w1tjl@arrl.net [TNX www.islandchaser.com]
QSL VIA K4VUD ---> Effective 23 February, the new address for K4VUD is:
Charles Harpole, 5900 Baywater Dr., #506, Plano, TX 75093, USA. The change
will also affect the following callsigns: HS0ZCW, 9N7UD, 9N1UD, A52UD, XW1UD,
KG4FPK, AC4TT, VU3CHE, V26V. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
LOGS: On-line logs for K6VVA/6 (NA-178) are now available at
http://www.k6vva.com/iota/na178/logsearch/na178logsearch.php. Rick
and Mike, K9AJ made 2466 QSOs (1897 CW and 569 SSB, plus 110 dupes)
on 40, 30, 20 and 17 metres from South East Farallon Island.
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3C2MV, 3G1M (SA-069), 4J5A, 4L1QX,
4U1VIC, 4U60UN, 5H1HS (AF-032), 5H1HS/1 (AF-063), 5R8GZ, 5T0JL, 5Z4FM,
6W/HA7TM, 6Y2Z, 6Y7A, 7P8/JH4RHF, 7Q7MM, 7X0RY, 9G5FD, 9K9X, 9L1MS, 9V40UV,
A22/JA4ATV, A25/DJ6SI, C91CW, C91NN, C93DY, CE0/LA6IKA, CO8CY, CO8LY, CU2A,
CU2B, D44TD (AF-086), EK6TA, ES1GO, ES5Q, ES5RY, ET3TK, FG5FR, FG5GP,
FH/G3TXF, FO/JI1WTF, FO/N6JA, FO5RH, FR1HZ, H7A, HH4/K2AC, HI/AA2AP, J48ALO,
JY9QJ, K7C, KH9/W0CN, LU3XPL (SA-008), LW4DRV/D (SA-022), MD4K, OJ0B, PS5K,
PY7ZY/6 (SA-080), PZ5RA, R1ANN, R1MVW, RU3HD/ANT, RW2F, S61FD, S9SS,
SV2ASP/A, SX9A, SY8S, T5X, T80A, T88BH, TO5S (NA-114), TR8CA, TT8PK, TX0P,
V26B, V51AS, V51GB, VK9CG, VK9XG, VP5B, XW8KPL/RU3DX, YB0AR (OC-021), YB8NA
(OC-146), YC8RRK (OC-210), YE9R (OC-241), YK1AM, YN4SU, YZ150AA, ZB2FK,
ZD9IR, ZF2CJ, ZF2LC, ZK1JD.
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