425 DX News #780
15 April 2006
A.R.I. Dx BulletinEdited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
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The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
6W & J5 - Peter, HA3AUI has prolonged his stay in Africa and will be active
as either 6W/HA3AUI from Senegal and J5UAP from and Guinea-Bissau
until 10 June. QSL direct to home call. [TNX NG3K]
8Q - Francis, F6DPD will be active as 8Q7FB from Kuramathi, Maldives
(AS-013) on 18-24 April. He will operate mainly on 40, 20 and 17
metres SSB and PSK with 1000 watts and a vertical antenna. QSL via
bureau to home call. [TNX F5NQL]
DL - DJ9MD, DK8MIL, DK7JAN, DK9BTX and DO9BS will operate on all bands,
160 and 2 metres included, as DF0TM from Neuwerk Island (EU-127) on
21-24 April. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
EI - Look for EI60LRC to be aired on 10-80 metres until the end of the
year to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Limerick Radio Club.
QSL via EI8EM. [TNX EI8EM]
F - Antoine, F5RAB will be active from Ouessant Island (EU-065) on
22-25 April and from Brehat Island (EU-074) on 26-28 April. He will
operate CW and SSB on the HF bands with 100 watts and wire
antennas. QSL via bureau. [TNX F5RAB]
GM - Four operators from the Scottish-Russian ARS (namely MM0DFV,
GM0WRR, GM4TOQ and MM0GDL) will operate as MS0DGR from Holy Island
(EU-123) on 18-20 April. QSL to SRARS, P.O. Box 7469, Glasgow, G42
0YD, Scotland, UK [TNX MM0DFV]
H4 - Bernhard, DL2GAC is currently active as H44MS from Honiara,
Guadalcanal (OC-047) in the Solomon Islands until 27 April. He
operates on 10-80 metres SSB barefoot, as his amplifier died a few
days ago. QSL via DL2GAC, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K]
HB0 - Gerry, IZ1DSH and Giovanni, IK1WEG will be active as HB0/homecall
from Liechtenstein on 22-25 April. They will operate CW, SSB and
RTTY on 80, 40, 20, 17 and 15 metres. QSL via home calls, direct or
bureau. [TNX NG3K]
I - Simone, IK5RUN plans to operate from several Italian islands during
the forthcoming weekends. Expect activity as IA5/IK5RUN/P on 40 and
possibily on 20 and 80 metres from Isola del Giglio (EU-028, IIA
GR-002), Isola di Giannutri (EU-028, IIA GR-001), Isola Argentarola
(not IOTA, IIA GR-003), Formica Grande (EU-028, IIA GR-005), Isola
Rossa (not IOTA, IIA GR-015) and Formica Piccola (EU-028, IIA
GR-014). QSL via home call. [TNX IK5RUN]
JA - Look for JN1VXT/1 to operate (on 40-10 metres CW, plus 6 and 2
metres SSB and CW) from Kozu Island (AS-008, JIIA AS-008-004) on
15-16 April. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
JA - Look for JN4MBO/5 and JA5BEX/5 to operate from Toyo Island (AS-076,
JIIA AS-076-New) from 16 April. QSL via home calls, direct or
bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
LX - Theo/PA1TO, Paul/PA2CW, Martin/PA2W and Con/PE1OOM will operate as
LX/homecall from Wiltz, Luxembourg on 23-29 April. They plan to be
active on all the HF bands with special attention to 160m and the
WARC bands. QSL via home calls. [TNX PA1TO]
OZ - Look for Ela, OZ/DL1TM and Tor, OZ/DJ4MG to operate on 160, 80, 40,
20, 15 and 2 metres SSB (and PSK31 on 20m) from Vendsyssel-Thy
(EU-171) from 16 April until 4 May. QSL via home calls. [TNX
www.rsgbiota.org]
PA - Martin, VE3MR will operate again as PA9MR from Schouwen Duiveland
(EU-146) from 15 April to 5 May. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily
DX]
TA - Karl, WA2KBZ plans to operate as TA0/WA2KBZ from Buyukada (not
IOTA) in the Sea of Marmara from 20 April to 1 May. Expect activity
on 20, 40 and 80 metres mostly CW. QSL via home call. [TNX ARRL DX
Bulletin]
UR - Slava/US7IGF, Roman/UR7IJQ, Alexandr/UR7IKV and Roman/UY7IQ will
operate (on 40-17 metres SSB and CW) from Slovy'ans'kyi Island
(SD-09 for for the Ukrainian Islands Award) on 22 April. QSL via
home calls. [TNX US7IGF]
W - The Low Country Contest Club will be active as NU4SC from Folly
Island (NA-110) on 22-23 April. QSL via K3IXD, direct bureau. [TNX
OPDX Bulletin]
YB - YE6N is the special call issued for the 20-27 April operation from
Nias Island (OC-161) [425DXN 769]. Please note a couple of changes:
the web site has been updated and moved to
http://www.toba-dx-group.net/nias/; the new QSL route is via YB9BU
(Kadek Kariana SP, P.O. Box 106, Singaraja 81100, Bali, Indonesia:
do not send green stamps, he says, but new IRCs preferably issued
in the country the envelope comes from). [TNX YB1BOD/6]
YK - Saad, N5FF will be active as YK1BA from Damascus, Syria from 17
April trough 5 May. He plans to operate at least 3-4 hours a day
(between 01-04 UTC, 19-22 UTC and possibly 11-14 UTC) on 10-80
metres CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via N5FF. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
ANDAMAN ISLANDS 2006 ---> This is the latest list of callsigns that have been
issued to foreign amateurs for use during the Hamfest at Port Blair, Andaman
Islands:
VU3CHE (K4VUD/HS0ZCW) VU3RYE (DL9GFB)
VU3FRK (DL4KQ) VU3RYF (DL9MS)
VU3GMM (XU7ACC) VU3RYG (SP3CYY)
VU3JLW (AA4NN) VU3RYH (WA6UVF)
VU3KIE (OH2KI) VU3RYI (JR3MVF)
VU3NZB (DJ8NK) VU3RYJ (W0GJ)
VU3NZC (SP3DOI) VU3RYM (DL5OAB)
VU3OHA (W3UR) VU3RYN (N6TQS)
VU3OHB (OH2BH) VU3RYP (VK8FR)
VU3PLM (IZ1GLO/K2LEO) VU3SIB (F4EGD)
VU3RIC (DJ5IW) VU3SIC (F5CWU)
VU3RVC (DK5WL) VU3SID (DJ7ZG)
VU3RWN (SP3GEM) VU3SIE (DK1BT)
VU3RWO (K3LP) VU3SIF (DL3GA)
VU3RWP (JH4RHF/OE1ZKC) VU3SIG (DL7AFS)
VU3RYB (DL7DF) VU3TLY (IK1PMR)
The following Indian operators have been granted permission to operate:
VU2BL VU2GHX VU2MTS VU2VPR
VU2BMB VU2GL VU2MY VU2WDP
VU2BVB VU2GRM VU2MYH VU3DHD
VU2CKD VU2JJS VU2MYL VU3HDP
VU2CMK VU2JMA VU2MYN VU3LGX
VU2DBP VU2JOS VU2MYV VU3LMS
VU2DH VU2JVA VU2NNA VU3MUV
VU2DSV VU2LFA VU2PKV VU3NOJ
VU2FI VU2LIC VU2RBI VU3RNU
VU2FSX VU2LU VU2UWZ VU3RSB
All of the callsigns above will have to be prefixed with VU4AN/ (e.g.
VU4AN/VU3TLY). According to the information posted by Jose Jacob, VU2JOS on
http://www.qrz.com/vu4an, operations will run from 18.30 UTC on 17 April to
18.30 UTC on the 25th.
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
DXCC NEWS ---> Further supporting documentation has been received for TT8PK
(Chad). Operations are accredited for DXCC for the periods from 15 March to
27 May 2004 and from 27 December 2005 to 3 October 2006.
INTERNATIONAL MARCONI DAY ---> Organized by the Cornish Radio Amateur Club,
G4CRC/GB4IMD (http://www.cornishradioamateurclub.org.uk), the International
Marconi Day (IMD) is a 24-hour amateur radio event held annually to celebrate
the birth of Guglielmo Marconi (25 April 1874). It is not a contest, but an
opportunity for amateurs around the world to make contacts with historic
Marconi sites using HF communications techniques. Details, including
information on the relevant Award Certificates and the listing of
participating station in this year's event (to be held on 22 April), can be
found at http://www.gb4imd.org.uk/
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Rob Snieder, PA2R (ex PA5ET/PA3ERC) is not the QSL
manager for VP2E, 8Q7WP (2004) and J79WP (2006). The QSL route for all VP2E
contacts dated 1 January 1998 to the present is via N5AU (direct). Cards for
contacts made with 8Q7WP in 2004 should be routed via JA1WPX; the QSL manager
for the recent J79WP activity is DL5JMN.
OPERATING PRACTICE ---> Mark Demeuleneere, ON4WW is the author of "Operating
Practice", an informative and useful article that makes suitable and fruitful
reading for novices and old timers alike. It can be found at
http://www.on4ww.be/op.html.
QSL LIECHTENSTEIN 2006 ---> The QSL cards for the January 2006 DXpedition to
Liechtenstein (http://www.t93y.com/hb0) have been received from the printer
and all direct QSL requests for HB0/T93M, HB0/T93Y, HB0/T94DX, HB0/T94JJ and
HB0/T96Q have been processed and mailed by DJ2MX and T93Y. [TNX T93Y.]
QSL UE1RDA ---> Yuri, UA1RJ reports that hes has been replaced by Sergey,
RW1QN as QSL manager for UE1RDA.
QSL VIA HS0ZCW ---> Charles Harpole, K4VUD/HS0ZCW is going to attend the Ham
Fest at Port Blair and operate as VU4AN/VU3CHE. Effective immediately, all
QSLs for the following calls: 9N1UD, 9N7UD, A52UD, AC4TT, HS0ZCW, K4VUD,
V26V, VU3CHE, VU4AN/VU3CHE and XW1UD should go to this new permanent address:
Charles Harpole (Phosit), 95/1 Moo 1, Thambon, Ban Kok, Amper Meung, Samut
Sakhon 74000, Thailand.No stamps of any kind nor IRCs should be sent, US
currency is all right. [TNX K4VUD/HS0ZCW]
QSL VIA RW1AI ---> Mikhail, RW1AI reports his new address is as follows:
Mikhail N. Fokin, P.O. Box 13, St. Petersburg 193312, Russia. He has logs and
QSL cards for R1AND (1999), R1ANP (2000), R1ANT (2005), R1ANJ (2006), as well
as ZS1/RW1AI, ZL3/RW1AI, KC4/RW1AI and RW1AI/ant. All logs for 4K1, 4K4 and
4K0 operations before 1991 ae closed. QSL for KC4/N2TA go direct only via
qrz.com.
QSL VIA UA1PAC---> Alan, UA1PAC returned from the Antarctic expedition on 11
February and in the near future he will continue processing direct and bureau
request for the April-May 2000 and April 2001 UA1PAC/p and UA1PAO/p operation
from Vaygach Island (EU-086) and RK1PWA/p operation from Storozhevoy Island
(EU-086). The cards for ZS1/UA1PAC and UA1PAC/mm are being printed. UA1PAC's
new address is: Aleksej V. Kuz'menko, P.O.Box 599, Arkhangelsk, 163000
Russia, but there's no need to send duplicates. [TNX UA1PAC]
XR4PI ---> Bad weather, strong winds and rough seas caused Zoli/HA1AG and
Marco/CE6TBN to cancel their 8-9 April XR4PI operation from Pupuya Island
(SA-NEW) [425DXN 779].
+ SILENT KEY + B. Dambii, JT1AG has passed away at 85 years of age. Licenced
in February 1960, he was the first individually licenced amateur radio
station in Mongolia. [TNX JT1CD]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
LOGS: On line logs for all of Radio Club Vologda's operations -
including R1PQ (EU-035), RF1P (EU-102), RI1POD (EU-102), RI1POM
(EU-086), UE1QAA/1 (EU-102), UE1RCV/1 (EU-188), etc - can be
found at http://www.rcv.ru/?i=logs [TNX UA1QV]
VU4AN/: Andrea, IK1PMR (VU4AN/VU3TLY) has prepared a propagation
prediction table for the Andaman Islands; it can be found at
http://www.ik1pmr.com/dx-peditions/vu4/wincap/
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3B8/IW1GIO IW1GIO EY8DQ DJ1MM R45CG RK4CYW
3DA0VB UA4WHX FM5WD W3HNK R45G RK3DZB
3W2TXR JA2TXR FO5RH F2HE R4G RZ4CWW
3Z10ZHL SP6ZDA FR/TU5KG F4EFI RI1NU RN1NU
4K9W DL6KVA FS/K9EL K9EL RK1G RZ3LC
4L1FP LZ1OT GB0MPA GW0ANA RK1NWU/P RN1NU
4L1GMC LZ1OT GB2WFS G4DQF S01R EA5RM
4L1MA ON4RU GX2UG/m G0PFH SA2006EM SM6YOU
4L1UN RW6HS H44MS DL2GAC SF0L SM0LQB
4S7VK DJ9ZB HA50MHZ HA5X SI0E SM0EPO
5H3EE DL4SM HG2006S HA1CW SP0TPAX SP7DQR
5N6EAM IK2IQD HK3JCL DK8LRF SX7ML SV7CUD
5N8NDP IK5JAN HP1DCP EA5KB SY05AIA SV2FWV
5R8GZ G3SWH HR9/EA1APV EA1APV T30CXX W0CXX
5X1GS WB2YQH HS0ZFS LZ1KQ T88AP WB6OJB
5Z4DZ PA1AW HZ1MD PA2V TA3J/0 TA3YJ
5Z4KI YO9AFH HZ1NH EA7FTR TF3ZA KT6YL
6O0M PA7FM IQ8SO IZ8GNH TF8GX KT6YL
7Z1SJ EA7FTR J5UAF IV3DHD TM4BFL F4DCG
8N6HIGO JG6TXW J5UAP HA3AUI TR8CA F6CBC
8P2K KU9C J5UCW IK2ILH TT8LN F5TLN
8Q7BO M0BOX J5UDX IK2ILH U4MIR RN3DK
8S4S SM6YOU J70SWD SM0CCM UA1ONY RZ3EC
9A650C 9A7K J73CCM SM0CCM UA1PBN/1 RK1PWA
9G1YK PA3ERA J79XBI SM7XBI UE3QRP/3 UA3LMR
9G5OO DL4WK JD1BMB DJ0FX UE3YAR/P RV3YR
9H3UV G3MXZ JD1BMC DL2DX UE4HDA RW4HB
9J2SZ SP8DIP JV800BV JT1BV UN5J W3HNK
9K2MU WA4JTK JW0HZ SQ5TA UN7AB DL8KAC
A6/OD5TX W4JS LZ13ARDF LZ1KZA UN7QX W7BO
AT0AI VU2SWS LZ80R LZ1BJ UN8GF IZ8CCW
BV50CRA BV2KI MM0MWW GM0IFM UO45YG RX3RC
C56JHF SM0JHF MW0UTD/P M0UTD UP2006YG UN7BF
C6ARA/MM N1RA OA4/DL5YWM DL5YWM UQ45YG UN7BF
CN2BC DL7BC OO5S ON5SY V31JP KA9WON
CN8YZ EA7FTR OP5T ON5UM V44KAI K2SB
CP6XE IK6SNR OQ5M ON5ZO VK0AG VK3BER
D2DX OH2BAD OQ7M ON7EM VP8CMH/MM GM0HCQ
DA0DSC DK1RF OR0B ON6AK VP8DJB F5PFP
DA0FIFA DL9ZEA OR2M ON4IA VP8SGK GM0HCQ
DL2JRM/BY8SK DL2JRM OR4B ON5JV W0NB/BY1PK W0NB
DP4K DK3DM OR7A ON7CK XU7TZG ON4AJV
DR100NAU DL1RG OT4A ON4AEK YB0ECT K3AIR
DU1/KI4KJP WY4N OY4TN ON5UR YB0IR W4JS
DW9HGF EA7FTR P29BW N5FTR YB1GJS N5FTR
DZ50HBC DU1HBC P29SS N5FTR YB9YKI YB9BU
EG7MSS EA7URM P29VR W7LFA YI9RTG WH7USA
EI90GPO EI8JR PA/ON4OSA ON4AWT YS1ECB EA7BO
EK6LP IK2DUW PJ4/W9NJY WD9DZV YZ6150AMD YZ6AMD
EK6TA DJ0MCZ PZ5DK PA0DKA ZK1HCU DL9HCU
EL2PM EI5IF R3K RN3DK ZP8AE EA7FTR
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
4S7AB Kamal Edirisinghe, Walaliyadda, Ellakkala 11116, Sri Lanka
EA1APV Marcos Suarez, Capitan Almeida 25 4 B, 33009 Oviedo, Spain
EA5RM Antonio Gonzalez, P.O. Box 930, 03200 Elche, Spain
EP3AG Ali Ghanbari, P.O.Box 564, 16765 Tehran, Iran
EP4SP Shahryar Pasyar, P.O. Box 71365/1664, Shiraz, Iran
F5PFP Mehdi Escoffier, 23 rue du Colombier, F-38540 Heyrieux, France
FG5FR C. Frantz Selbonne, Villa Le Ferrick Rocade de Paul, 97129 Lamentin,
Guadeloupe - France
GM0HCQ Mike Gloistein, 27 Stormont Way, Scone, Perthshire PH2 6SP, Scotland,
UK
GM0IFM Colin Blunn, Tiree, Rendall, Orkney, KW17 2PB, United Kingdom
RW1QN Sergey A. Popov, P.O. Box 14, 162606, Cherepovets, Russia
SV2FWV Takis Perrotis, 3 Metamorfoseos Str., 15234 Halandri, Greece
TA3YJ Nilay Mine Aydogmus, P.O. Box 876, 35214 Izmir, Turkey
VU2SWS Sarla Narayana Sharma, 7 Gaurav Apts Behind Ashok, Nagar Nahur Mulund
(W), Bombay 400080, India
W3HNK Joseph Arcure Jr, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352,
USA
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