425 DX News #774
04 March 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
3D2_rot - Bob, W7YAQ (3D2NB) and Bill, N7OU (3D2OU) were expected to operate
as 3D2RX and 3D3RO from Rotuma starting on 1 March [425DXN 769].
However, their flight has been cancelled and they are currently
stuck at Nadi (Fiji Islands). They have been told the next flight
to Rotuma is due to leave on 6 March. [TNX The Daily DX]
DU - A group of operators from the Philippines and Japan will be active
as DZ1JP on 10-12 March to celebrate the Philippine-Japan
Friendship Year, commemorating 50 years of diplomatic relations
between the two countries. This operation will concentrate on 160
metres and EME (on 6 and 2 metres). QSL via JA1HGY. [TNX DU1EV]
FR/G - In February 2005, an outbreak of chikungunya (a form of viral fever
spread by mosquitoes) was recorded on Reunion and around the 20% of
the residents have been hit by the virus, and with 77 deaths have
been associated to chikungunya. A conditional clearance to organize
the DXpedition to Glorioso (http://glorieuses2005.free.fr/) has
been given by the military HQ on Reunion. However, the current
health situation in the area (neither specific treatment nor
vaccine are currently available for chikungunya) advises the
organizers not to make the trip now, but to put off it until
October or November. [TNX F5CQ]
JA - Look for Takeshi, JI3DST to operate as JI3DST/JS6 from Miyako
Island (AS-079) until around 7 UTC on 6 March. QSL via home call,
preferably through the JARL bureau.
[TNX JI3DST]
OH - Martti Laine, OH2BH will celebrate his 60th birthday later this
year, and the Finnish Telecom Authority has released OH60BH to be
used from March. Several interesting activities are planned for
this Jubilee year, including one more rare DX counter that will
hopefully serve as the actual venue for the party (ten years ago it
was the Republic of Nauru, C21BH) For the time being, look for
Martti to operate as V31BH from Belize, ARRL SSB Contest included.
QSL via OH2BN. [TNX OH2BN]
P4 - Look for P40D (requested call) to be aired on all bands CW, SSB and
digital modes from Aruba (SA-036) on 6-16 March. QSL via WD9DZV.
[TNX NG3K]
P4 - Tom, W7YW will be operating as P40TW from Aruba (SA-036) on 7-24
March. Tom will be accompanied by his wife Bonnie, W7BWW and he
plans to be active on all bands SSB, RTTY and CW from the P40L
contest station. QSL direct to home call. [TNX W7YW]
TY - TY4TW, TY5LEO, TY5MR and TY5WP are the callsigns issued to GM4FDM,
K2LEO, IK1PMR and PA3EWP for their 15-30 March activity from Benin
[425DXN 769]. Teir equipment now includes two amplifiers and a
Spiderbeam for 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres, in addition to
monobanders for 160, 80, 40 and 30 metres. Propagation predictions
and other information can be found at
www.ik1pmr.com/dx-peditions/ty/ [TNX IK1PMR]
UR_ant - Dmitry, UR8UC will operate CW, SSB and digital modes as either
EM1UC and EM1U from Akademik Vernadsky Station (UR-01 for the
Antarctica Award) on Galindez Island (AN-006), Antarctica until
February 2007. [TNX UT7UA]
VK9_ni - The Oceania Amateur Radio DX Group Inc (http://odxg.org/) are
planning to operate on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY as VI9NI from
Norfolk Island (OC-005) from 25 May until 20 June as part of the
commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the landing of the HMS
Bounty mutineers. It is possible to accommodate extra operators for
various times during this month long operation, thos who are
interested in participating in this activity are invited to contact
vi9ni@westnet.com.au; donations to help offset the cost of
freighting all the equipment are also being sought. [TNX VK4FW]
W - Look for Wade, AA8LL/4 and Liz, K8LIZ/4 to operate holiday style
(on 10-40 metres SSB and possibly CW and RTTY) from Cedar Key
(NA-076) from around 21 UTC on 3-5 March. QSL via home calls,
direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
XE - XE7T is the special callsign that has been issued for the ARRL DX
SSB Contest to the Hermosillo Contest Group, a group of amateurs
from Hermosillo, Mexico who will have their first experience at a
major contest. Special effort will be made on top band. QSL via
N7BXX. [TNX N7DD]
PACIFIC TRIP ---> Bernhard, DL2GAC is once again going to the Pacific. He
will operate as H44MS from the Solomon Islands on 4-12 March and then as
P29VMS from Papua New Guinea until late March or early April. He plans to be
active from a few IOTA groups while in PNG, including Bougainville Island
(OC-135), the Shortland Islands (OC-162) and possibly others. QSL via DL2GAC.
[TNX The Daily DX]
ARRL DX SSB CONTEST ---> Do not forget to give a look to the Announced
Operations for this year's event (4-5 March) maintained by Bill, NG3K at
http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxs2006.html
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3A: CHANGES TO FREQUENCY ALLOCATIONS ---> Claude Passet, 3A2LF (Association
des Radioamateurs de Monaco, Secretary) reports that the following changes to
the spectrum available to radio amateurs in the Principality of Monaco have
been announced, effective 26 January 2006:
160 metres: 1.850-2.000 MHz
1.810-1.850 MHz (primary, exclusive)
1.850-2.000 MHz (secondary, shared)
6 metres: 50.000-52.000 Mhz
50.000-51.200 Mhz
51.200-52.000 Mhz (secondary, shared)
4 metres 70.000-70.500 Mhz (secondary, shared)
The 135.7-137.8 KHz segment was allocated to the Amateur Radio Service
several years ago as a secondary shared band.
3Y0X ---> The final helicopter load from the island was completed at 18.59
UTC on 24 February. On the 28th the DAP Mares stopped for a few hours at
Deception Island and then resumed the voyage to King George Island. Bad
weather conditions are preventing the team from catching their flight back to
Punta Arenas, and as of 3 March they were still on KGI. Meanwhile a few team
members operated as CE9/homecall from Bellingshausen station.
DXCC NEWS ---> The following operations have been approved for DXCC credit:
T6X Afghanistan Current operation effective 8 March 2005
D2DX Angola Current operation effective 15 December 2004
TS3A Tunisia 24-28 March 2005
TT8PK Chad 27 December 2005 - 11 February 2006
XW1A Laos Current operation effective 29 October 2005
XW1LLR Laos Current operation effective 29 October 2005
XW1X Laos Current operation effective 29 October 2005
XW1M Laos Current operation effective 29 October 2005
QSL VIA IK2QPR ---> Paolo provides the up-to-date list of the stations for
which he is the current QSL manager (direct and bureau):
4L0DX EX8MF UC2WO UL7OB
5B4/UN2O EX8MLE (d) UF6FFL UL7PJQ
8Q7PR EX8NK UI8IZ UM8DX
EK1700GM (a) EX8NP UI8NH UM8MFO
EK3GM (b) EX8QB UI8OAA UM8OM
EK8WB (c) EX8QF UK7PBH UM8QB
EO2CWO EZ/UN2O UK8GH UN0F
EU6MM FO/IK2QPR UK8ICO UN0N (f)
EW6BN/P II2R (e) UK8IZ, UN2O
EW6CM/P LU1QS UK8OAH UN7FW
EW6GB RC4/UC1WWO UK8OB UN7JX
EW6WW RF6FU UK8OM UN7PJQ
EX2FU RI1OA UK8OWA UN8FE
EX2U RL2O UL0OB UN9PQ
EX5T UA0LEO UL7FCW UO100OIL
EX7MA UA0YAY UL7JGJ UP50O
EX7MK UA3UW UL7NAN V25PR
EX8DX UC1WWO UL7OAO VP5/IK2QPR
(a) until 20 May 2002 (d) until 1 April 2002
(b) until 20 May 2002 (e) until 1995
(c) until 1 May 1999 (f) until 2 February 2001
QSL VIA PA7FM ---> The backlog for direct QSL requests for PZ5PA, PZ5WP, PZ5C
and PZ5C/P (SA-092) (November-December 2005) has been cleared. New requests
are being processed and mailed in a few days' time. Please note that 1 USD no
longer covers postage for extra-European destinations; direct cards without
enough return postage will be sent through the bureau. The final logs for
these activities can be found at http://www.pa7fm.nl/pz2005/ [TNX PA7FM]
QSL VIA W3HNK ---> Effective 1 March, the new address for Joe, W3HNK is:
Joseph Arcure Jr, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352, USA. [TNX
K1XN and The Golist]
+ SILENT KEY + Tim Chen, BV2A, founder of the Chinese Taipei Amateur Radio
League (CTARL) and first amateur radio operator from Taiwan, passed away on
22 February, at 92 years of age. Condolences can be sent to
bv2a@ctarl.org.tw, and CTARL HQ will forward them to Tim's family. [TNX
BV5AF]
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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 Februar 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).
IOTA CONTEST: The final results for last year's event, as well as a
161-image photo gallery, are available at
http://iotacontest.com/2005/iotaScores.php
LOGS: The following logs are now available on-line:
HB0/T9xxx http://www.t93y.com/hb0
HG1S http://w3.enternet.hu/mttosz/ANGOL/HG1S.htm
HQ9F http://personal.inet.fi/private/oh3jr/hond.html
YJ0ADX http://www.df3cb.com/yj0adx/news.php
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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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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1Z9J WA6TYJ HC1HC NE8Z TJP7PG IK2IQD
3B8/F6EPY F6EPY HQ9F OH3MKH TM0ANT F6KDF
3B8/IW1GIO IW1GIO HZ1IK DK7YY TM0C F6KOP
3D2NB W7YAQ II0ANT I0NZK TM0TAF F4TTR
3D2OU N7OU II1ANT IZ1GJK TM1ANT F5SIH
3W9HRN DL1HRN II1OWG bureau TM2ANT F4DNW
4N1856T YU1BM II1TPG IZ1CCE TM3ANT F5PFP
4O3ANT YZ1SG II2ANT I2JJR TM4ANT F6BFH
4O4T YU4DPR II2V IK2LNJ TM5ANT F5NOD
4O6TESLA YU6GAA II4ANT IK4QIB TM6ANT F6ELE
4U1WB KK4HD II5ANT IZ5BTC TM7ANT F6CKH
4Z5J W0MM II7ANT IZ7AUH TM8ANT F8DVD
5R8SB PA0SSB II8ANT IZ8GGF TM8TAF F8BBL
5Z4/OM2DX OM3JW IO0ANT I0YKN TM90BV F5LPY
5Z4/OM2NW OM2NW IO2MET IK2IWU TM9ANT F5PAC
6V6U K3IPK IO8ANT IK8WEJ TO1T F6HMQ
6W7FZ DK6ZZ IR0ANT IZ0EGC TO2ANT F6HMJ
7P8/IZ7ATN IZ0CKJ IR1ANT I1HYW TO5A F5VHJ
7S3F SM3AF IR8ANT I8ACB TO7IR IZ8CCW
8Q7SH DJ2BC IU0ANT IZ0BTV TU5JD IK2IQD
8R1EA AH8DX IU8ANT I8QJU UE0SZI UA0SR
8R1ZUM K7ZUM J37K AC8G UE1OPI UA1OJL
9A15DX 9A1A J5UAP HA3AUI UE1OTA RZ1OA
9H3RY W5PF JD1BLX JI5USJ UE3YAR/P RV3YR
9H3V W5PF JD1BLY JI5RPT UE6ANT UA6HPR
9H3W W5PF JW4GHA LA4GHA V31BH OH2BN
9K45NLD 9K2RR JW5E LA5NM V31JP KA9WON
9V1CW PA0KHS JW6Q LA9VDA V31PP OH2PM
A41KJ N5FTR JW8AJA LA9VDA V44KJ WB2TSL
A6/OD5TX W4JS JW9DFA LA9DFA V7/K7ZZ K7ZZ
A61C W4JS JW9VDA LA9VDA V73WQ JL1WQO
AT3ANT VU2UR KG4RN W9RN VE2CRAQ VE2CQ
AX3MCG VK3WI KH2VL/KH0 JM1LJS VK0JLX VK2JLX
AX8NSB VK6NE KH6BB K1ER VP2V/G6AY G3SWH
C6ALC K2KJI KH6YY K2PF VP8DIZ G7KMZ
C6ANM WA2IYO KP3/N2BA WA3RHW VP8DJB F5PFP
C6ASB AK0M LU8XW WD9EWK VP8DJO G0JLX
CE9/F2JD F6AJA LZ128LO LZ1KZA VU2PEP KF9TC
CE9/HB9BXE HB9BXE LZ13ARDF LZ1KZA WP3C W3HNK
CE9/N2WB N2OO LZ9C LZ1PM XE1UN N1NK
CM6CAC EA5KB OH0E OH2MM XQ6ET W8UVZ
CP4BT EA5KB ON100BOIC ON4CRD XR9A/MM N2OO
D2DX OH2BAD ON4DAMIAN ON4CP (b) XU7TZG ON4AJV
D2U EA7JX ON4DAMIAN ON4LN (c) XV9TH SK7AX
DA0FIFA DL9ZEA P40A WD9DZV YB8SI YB9BU
DR50BUND DL1WH P40CW F5CWU YJ0ADX DL9NDS
DT8A HL2FDW P49MR VE3MR YK3R pirate
DU7/DF5WA DF5WA PJ2T N9AG YQ9W YO9WF
DU9/N0NM W4DR PJ5NA K1NA YS1ECB EA7BO
EA8AH OH1RY PZ5CY IZ8CCW YT150YT YT7YT
EM10HO UX2HO PZ5ZZ IZ8CCW YU80F YU1EFG
EM10KGG UR5KGG RA1QQ/1 RA1QQ ZD8QD K4QD
EM10KY IK1QFM RA1QY/1 RA1QQ ZD8WX W4WX
EM10LV UR8LV RK3SWA/P UA3SDY ZF2AH W6VNR
EM10UA UT7UA S9SS N4JR ZF2NE W5ASP
EP3PTT OK1LO (a) ST0RM T93Y ZF2NT G3SWH
EY8MM K1BV SU9GD DJ2AVB ZF2UL K3UL
FK8AH W3HNK SV0XAO DJ5JH ZK1NOU N7OU
FO/HA9RE HA8IB SY9A SV9COL ZK1WWA AD7AF
FS/DL7DF DL7DF T40C N1KI ZK1YAQ W7YAQ
FS5AK W1SJ T68G LA4YW ZL4IR W8WC
FS5UQ W3HNK T80X DJ2EH ZL4WW W6YJG
FT5XP F4EFI TI4CF W3HNK ZP6/N3BNA KA2AEV
HB0/DL2SBY DL2SBY TI8M TI2KAC ZP9/N3BNA KA2AEV
(a) 23-26 February 2006
(b) bureau
(c) direct
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
9K2RR Faisal al-Ajmi, P. O. Box 1124, 80000 al-Farwania, Kuwait
AP2IA Ijaz Akram, 5 Haroon Road, Saroba Gardens, 17 Km Ferozepur Rd.,
Lahore 54760, Pakistan
DL7DF Sigi Presch, Wilhelmsmuehlenweg 123, D-12621 Berlin, Germany
HA8IB Szabo Karoly, Aradi u. 42, H-5525 Fuzesgyarmat, Hungary
JI5RPT Makoto Koyanagi, 5-42-203, Kadan, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-0815
Japan
JI5USJ Toru Koyanagi, 400-6-1119 Nagasoneminami, Hikone Shiga, 522-0052
Japan
LA9DFA Morten Kvenmoen, Brodbol, N-2224 Austmarka, Norway
LA9VDA Trond Johannessen, Helgedalen 13, N-1528 Moss, Norway
OH3MKH Seppo Sunikka, Raitasenpolku 6, 11100 Riihimaki, Finland
RA1QQ Nick A.Smerdov, P.O. Box 24, Cherepovets 162611, Russia
RZ1OA Vlad Sadakov, P.O. Box 48, Arkhangelsk, 163040, Russia
TI2KAC Carlos Alfaro, P.O. Box 633-1007, Centro Colon, San Jose, Costa Rica
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