425 DX News #781 22 April 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 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW >>> YX0A & YX0LIX This year's event will take place on 29-30 July, from 12 UTC on the Saturady until 12 UTC on the Sunday. It is a combined SSB/CW contest, and includes the bands 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m. Every year expeditioners activate many island groups, and it is easily possible to qualify for the basic IOTA-CC-100 Award during the contest weekend. During the 2005 contest, for example, at least 162 island groups were active, and over 1500 entrants submitted logs. For full rules please visit http://www.contesting.co.uk/hfcc/iota.shtml or contact the Contest Manager, Don Field, G3XTT (iotacontest@rsgbhfcc.org). A free logging program (SDI, SD for IOTA) designed especially for the contest is available at http://www.ei5di.com/ IOTA SWL CONTEST ---> Discontinued in 2005, it has been picked up by the Mediterraneo DX Club (SWL Section), in cooperation with the RSGB HF Contests Committee, and it will be held in parallel with the IOTA Contest (29-30 July). The "Geoff Watts Plaque", as well as a number of certificates, will be presented by the MDXC. Please visit http://www.mdxc.org/swl for full information (software included), or e-mail the Contest Manager Dan Rolla, I1-12387 (iw1qla@tin.it). LKK-80 AWARD ---> The Lviv Shortwave Club (Ukraine) and MK QTC Magazine (Poland) sponsor the LKK-80 Award to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the club. The award is for working a number of special stations in either Ukraine and Poland, as well as current and honorary LKK members, from 1 to 31 May. Full information is available at http://lkk-80.prv.pl/ [TNX UY5XE] PIRATE ---> Hani, OD5TE reports that OD5RT was reported as being active on 30 metres (11 March) and 40 metres CW (9 and 20 February). Please note that this was not the genuine Riad Tabbara, OD5RT (whose QSL route is not via OD5LN). QSL VIA RU3SD ---> Vasily, RU3SD reports he still has logs and cards for UA3SDK/0's activities in 1999 (Severnaya Zemlya, AS-042 and North Pole). He is also the QSL manager for RU3SD/1, UE3SFF/ and UE3SDA. Direct requests should be sent to Vasily Bardin, P.O. Box 1, Ryazan' 390000, Russia. _____________________________________________________________________________ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** NEWS FROM THE WEB *** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW DT8A: On-line logs and a nice photo gallery of DT8A (DS4NMJ), currently stationed at King Sejong Station (HL-01 for the Antarctica Award) on King George (South Shetlands), are available at http://www.dt8a.com/main.html S01R: The latest expedition to Western Sahara (11-16 April) logged 28,742 QSOs on CW, SSB, PSK31 and RTTY. Logs, pictures and statistics are available on http://www.s01r.com/ [TNX EA5RM] VP6DI & KH8SI: John, K1ER reports that "multiple virus attacks destroyed all the old files" and the web pages for VP6DI (Ducie Island) and KH8SI (Swains Island) have had to be reconstructed. They are now available at http://www.iijnet.or.jp/JA1BK/ (two videos included). VU4AN/VU3xxx: On-line logs for Sigi, DL7DF and his team mates are now available at http://www.dl7df.com/vu4/log.php: VU4AN/VU3NZC (SP3DOI), VU4AN/VU3RWN (SP3GEM), VU4AN/VU3RYB (DL7DF), VU4AN/VU3RYG (SP3CYY) and VU4AN/VU3SIE (DK1BT). QSL all five calls via DL7DF. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8/OM5RW, 4K9W, 4X411A, 5B4AGC, 6W/G4WFQ, 7X0RY, 8Q7DV, 8R1EA, 9K2HN, 9L1JT, 9M2CNC, 9N7JO, 9V1YC, BA4DW/2, C6AKQ, CP4BT, CX1SI, EW3EW, EX8W, EY7AF, FM/K3CT, FO/HA9G/P, FO/N6JA, HH4/W4WX, HI3/K7BV, J88DR, KG4SB, KH2K/AH0, LU1ZB (AN-012; AA LU-05), MU0EXV, N3KS/KP5, R1MVC, RK2FWA, SV5/SM8C, SV9CVY, TA3D, TE2M, TG9NX, TI8M, TO4E, TO9A, TT8PK, TT8ZZ, TU2CI, TU2OJ, UR0MC, V25G (NA-100), V31TP, V44/EW1AR, V73CW, V73VE, V8ASV, VP8PJ, VQ9LA, WP3R, XF1K (NA-124), XF3NN (NA-135), XQ4ZW, XU7ADI, XU7AFB, XU7AYY, ZA/DM5TI, ZC4LI, ZD8QD, ZD8R, ZD8WX, ZK1ASQ, ZK1EQL, ZP0R. ***************************************************************************** 425 DX NEWS HOME PAGE: http://www.425dxn.org 425 DX NEWS ARCHIVES: http://list.425dxn.org 425 DX NEWS DX CLUSTER: telnet://dx.ik1znw.org:8000 ***************************************************************************** 425 DX News is a free of charge weekly bulletin edited by Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ and Valeria Pregliasco, IK1ADH Its contents may be used, reproduced and distributed in part or full provided that "425 DX News" or "425DXN" receive proper credit Contributors are invited to send their DX information to Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ (i1jqj@425dxn.org) The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays ***************************************************************************** MAILING LIST Please visit the "Mailing List" page at http://www.425dxn.org and follow the step by step subscribe/unsubscribe instructions or contact the Mailing List Administrator Stefano Turci, IK4WMH (ik4wmh@425dxn.org) ***************************************************************************** Direttore Responsabile Gabriele Villa, I2VGW Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 057216 Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti Roma, Italia *****************************************************************************