425 DX News #785
20 May 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
4W - Michael, PA5M is currently in Timor Leste and awaiting the final
approval of his licence. The callsign is unknown yet, but will most
likely be known on 22 May. His QSL manager (PA7FM) reports that
Michael will be there "only for a few weeks". Updates and further
details will be posted at http://www.4w.pa7fm [TNX PA7FM]
5B - Look for Harvey, ON5SY and Danny, ON4ON to operate holiday style on
40-10 metres SSB and CW as 5B/OO5S and 5B/OQ1C from Cyprus on 22-30
May. QSL via ON4ON, direct or bureau. [TNX ON4ON]
9M6 - The Borneo Amateur Radio Club (9M6BRC) will operate on 40, 20, 15,
10 and 6 metres SSB as 9M4SAB starting on 21 May to celebrate and
promote Pesta Kaamatan, the Harvest Festival that is celebrated
every year throughout the State of Sabah. Expect around the clock
activity on 29-31 May. QSL via 9M6BRC.
C6 - Duncan, EA5ON reports he will be active again from Freeport, Grand
Bahama (NA-080) on 25-29 May. QSL via EA7JX.
C6 - Eric, K9GY will operate as C6AYM from Nassau (NA-001), Bahamas on
25-29 May, CQ WW WPX CW Contest included. QSL via K9GY, direct or
bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
CU - Marq/CT1BWW, Juan Carlos/EA2RC and John/EA3GHZ will be active from
the Azores in July. They will operate as CU7X from Faial Island
(EU-175) on 10-16 July, CU6X from Pico Island (EU-175) on 17-21 July
and CU5X from S. Jorge Island (EU-175) on 21-25 July. They will have
two stations active on 160-6 metres SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL
via EA3GHZ, direct or bureau. Detailed information can be found at
http://www.geocities.com/carlesrapita [TNX CT1BWW]
F - A group of operators from F5KDK (Radio Club EME Phoceen) will
operate SSB and CW as TM7NM from Noirmoutier Island (EU-064) on
25-28 May. They plan to have three stations for the HF bands and one
station for VHF. QSL via F1IKA. [TNX F8REF]
F - Bernard, F5XX and others plan to operate from Fort Brescou (EU-148)
on 25-29 May. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
F - The Radio Club de Sarlat (F5KEM) will use special event call TM3JB
from 29 May to 5 June for the 100th anniversary of the birth of
Josephine Baker (http://www.cmgworldwide.com/stars/baker/home.html).
QSL via F5MMF. [TNX F8REF]
GM - Jim, MM0BQI will be active as MM0BQI/P from Tanera Mor in the Summer
Isles (EU-092) on 20-29 May. He plans to operate SSB, CW and RTTY on
80-10 metres. Time permitting there will also be an entry in the CQ
WW WPX CW Contest using the Summer Isles Radio Club contest call,
MM0Q. QSL via MM0BQI, direct or bureau. [TNX MM0BQI]
I - A twinning on the air between two commemorative stations, IY4FGM
(for Guglielmo Marconi) and II2V (for Alessandro Volta, the inventor
of the voltaic pile, a forerunner of the electric battery) is
scheduled to take place on 20 and 21 May. QSL II2V via IK2LNJ
(bureau or direct), QSL IY4FGM via IK4UPU (bureau or direct);
special QSL card for contacting the two stations via IK2AQZ (bureau
or direct). [TNX IK2AQZ]
I - Domenico/IW9GTD, Tore/IW9FRA, Girolamo/IT9GNG, Rino/IT9FXY,
Enzo/IT9ECQ and Michele/IT9LCG will operate as IF9FI from Favignana
Island (EU-054, IIA TP-011) on 25-28 May. Sea conditions permitting,
they will also operate from Preveto (EU-054, IIA TP-007). QSL via
IT9FXY, direct or bureau. [TNX IT9FXY]
I - Alessandro, IW7EGK and Giovanni, IW7DOL will be active on 40 and 20
metres SSB from Torre Sant'Andrea lighthouse (WAIL PU-06, ARLHS
ITA-170) lighthouse on 29 May. [TNX IW7EGK]
JA - Look for JM1VQJ/1, JO1IRO/1 and JF1IZM/1 to be active from To Island
(AS-008, JIIA AS-008-013) on 2-5 June. QSL via home calls, direct or
bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
J5 - Tibi, HA7TM has been active as J5UTM from Guinea-Bissau since 15 May
and will remain there at least until the 25th. QSL via home call.
[TNX HA0HW]
PJ4 - Glen, K0JGH will be on Bonaire (SA-006) from 31 May to 8 June with
his wife Pam, N0ICF. He will operate SSB, CW and RTTY on a casual
schedule. QSL via home call. [TNX K0JGH]
S7 - Sal, IZ8CLM will be active as S79RS from Mahe (AF-024), Seychelles
from 23 May to 5 June. He plans to operate SSB and RTTY in his spare
time, after 14 UTC. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX
IZ8CLM]
SM - Bernd, DL8AAV will operate as SD1B from Gotland Island (EU-020) from
24 May to 5 June. QSL via DL8AAV. [TNX The Daily DX]
SP - Special event station HF1BXVI will be aired by Scout Club "Zorza"
until 1 June to celebrate the first visit of Pope Benedict XVI to
Poland. QSL via SP6ZPZ. [TNX SQ6IU]
SV - Laci/HA0HW (J48HW and SV8/HA0HW), Tomi/HA4DX (J48DX and SV8/HA4DX)
and Ivan/LZ1PJ (J48PJ and SV8/LZ1PJ) will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and
PSK31 from Thassos Island (EU-174) from 27 May to 5 June. QSL via
home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX HA0HW]
SV - SV1HER, SV1GRM, SW1GZL will operate as SY8V from Kythira Island
(EU-113) and Moudari/Spathi Lighthouse (WLOTA L-1703, ARLHS GRE-120,
WLH SV-084) on 26-28 May and from Antikythira Island (EU-113) and
Apolytares Lighthouse (WLOTA L-0298, ARLHS GRE-040, WLH SV-011) on
2-3 June. QSL for both the operations via SV1HER. [TNX SV1HER]
SV - A group of eight (namely SV2BRT, SV2CLL, SV2EWS, SV2FPU, SV2GNQ,
SV2HNZ, SV2HPP and SV2HPY) will be active as J48WT from Samothraki
Island (EU-174) on 22-27 June. QSL via SV2HPP, direct or bureau.
[TNX SV2FPU]
UA - UA1CIO, RN1CW, RN1CX, UA1CBW and UA1CCL will operate as homecall/p
on all bands CW and SSB from Polosari Island (not IOTA, RR-01-13) on
2-4 June. QSL via home calls (bureau). [TNX RN1CW]
V2 - Nobby, G0VJG reports he will be active as V25V from the V26B contest
station on Antigua (NA-100) from 23 June to 8 July. He plans to
operate SSB, digital modes and some CW on the HF bands and possibly
on 6 metres. QSL via G4DFI. [TNX I0YQV]
W - Giovanni, IZ2DPX reports he will be touring the US West Coast
between 27 May and 8 June and will operate from California, Arizona
and Utah.
YB - The YE6P operation from Simeulue Island (OC-270) [425DXN 781] is
confirmed to take place from 24 to 29 May. Expect activity to start
around or even before 12 UTC on the 24th. The web site for the
operation is at http://www.orari.web.id [TNX YB1TC]
YO - Jean-Michel, F6AJA, Editor of Les Nouvelles DX, reports he will be
once again active in his spare time as YO/F6AJA from the QTH of
YO8FZ in Suceava, Romania on 22-28 May. QSL via F6AJA.
YO - Laurent, F4DZG will operate SSB on 20 metres as YO/F4DZG from
Brasov, Romania between 26 May and 12 June. At the end of his family
visit he will leave the equipment at David's, YO6FNF. QSL via F4DZG,
direct or bureau. [TNX F5UJK]
ZC4 - Griff, G0OAB plans to operate as ZC4DG from one of the UK Sovereign
Bases on Cyprus from 27 to 31 May. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily
DX]
ZF - Jim, W4JO (ZF2JO) and his 13-year-old son Mike, K4MBO (ZF2MO) will
operate from the Cayman Islands (NA-016) from 26 May to 2 June. QSL
ZF2MO via K4MBO, QSL ZF2JO via W4YCH. [TNX The Daily DX]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
9L1MS ---> Massimo, IZ0EGB/IW0FQZ (9L1MS) went QRT from Sierra Leone in April
and is moving to England. For any matter regarding QSLling, please contact
Alessandro, IZ0EGA (IZ0EGA@libero.it).
ANTARCTICA AWARD ---> The latest edition of the Antarctica Award Directory,
including the new reference number issued to 3Y0X (MN-08), is available for
download at www.mdxc.org/antarctica/download.asp [YNX IZ8CGS]
DX MEETING ---> The third International DX Meeting organized by the west
Ligurian ARI Radio Clubs, will take place in Imperia (north west Italy) on 1
July. Further information at http://www.arimperia.net [TNX IK1QBT]
DXCC NEWS ---> YI9LZ (current operation from Iraq, effective 8 May 2005) has
been approved for DXCC credit.
NOT THE MANAGER ---> VK3BER says he is not the QSL manager for Graham, VK0AG
(Davis Base, Antarctica), who is reported not to have established any QSL
route so far. [TNX The Daily DX]
PB6REM ---> PB6REM will be active on 24 May (or on the 30th, if weather
conditions are bad) from the North Sea platform Noordwijk (former REM
platform, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REM_island), which is going to be
dismantled. QSL via PA7DA. [TNX K1XN & The Golist]
QSL R1MVW & R1MVC ---> Ulrich, DK4VW has received some 2000 envelopes for the
November 2005 operation from Malyj Vysotskij. The letters are sent via
private channels to Kaliningrad, and the QSL cards are mailed from UA2. The
blank cards arrived from the printer in mid-March and it takes about three
weeks for a letter to be delivered: so, Ulrich says, QRX a while and do not
send duplicates. "If you get nothing by mid-June, e-mail me and a second
letter will be sent to you". [TNX I8SAT]
QSL VIA DL3APO ---> Peter, DL3APO has received the QSL cards for FO/DL5XU
(OC-027, Marquesas), FO/DL1AWI (OC-114, Australes) and FO/DL9AWI (OC-114,
Australes) and has started processing the direct requests received so far.
On-line logs and QSL status can be found at
http://www.df3cb.com/logsearch/cgcg/logsearch.php [TNX DL3APO]
WRTC 2006 ---> The WRTC2006 Steering Committee reports that the Telecom
National Governmental Authority has approved the allocation of special call
signs to be used by the teams during the WRTC 2006 in July. The calls
approved are from PW5A to PW5Z and from PT5A to PT5Z. The process to assign
the stations will be a lottery on the Friday prior the contest, while the
calls will be given to the teams at the station before the contest. [TNX
PY5EG]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
LOGS: On-line logs for 3W3M (2002, QSL via F6BUM), TJ3MC/P (2004, QSL via
F6BUM) and TZ3M (2006, QSL via F6CXJ) are available at
http://www.f6bum.net [TNX F6BUM]
LOGS: On-line logs for the recent LU1DMG operation from Martin Garcia
(SA-055) are available at http://www.qsl.net/f5nod/sa055/index.html
[TNX F5NOD]
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3A0CE, 3B8/OM2TW, 3B9FR, 3Y0X
(AN-004; AA MN-08), 4L2M, 4L8A, 4S7AB, 4X1FQ, 5B4AHL, 5H1C (AF-032), 5J1W,
5R8GZ, 5U7JB, 5X1RI, 5Z1A, 5Z4DZ, 6W6JX, 8P5A, 8Q7DV, 8R1EA, 8R1ZUM, 9H3MR,
9H3V, 9J2BO, 9M6/G3OOK, 9Y4/KE9I, A61Q, A92ZE, AP2IA, AT0AI (AS-169), C33DR,
CM6RCR, CO2WL/1 (NA-093), CP4BT, CP8XA, CT8T, CU2A, CX1SI, CX5AO, DS5USH,
EG8FAS, ER3ZW, ES7FQ, ET3TK, FM5BH, FM5GU, FO/DL1AWI, FO/DL9AWI, FO/HA9G,
FY/F5IRO, GU3UOQ, HB0/DL2OBO, HB0/IK1WEG, HI9/K8WK, HK4QHD, HP1DCP, HQ9H,
HR2/F2JD, HR2/LU1DY, II0AMZS, II1OWG, J68AS, J79AG, J79CW, JM7OLW, JT1CO,
JV800BV, JW9VDA, JY4NE, K6VVA/6 (NA-178), K7C (OC-020), KG4SB, LY1CM, LY2KN,
MJ/W8JWN, MJ/W8WJN, OX3DB, OX3XR, P29ZAD, P43JB, PY0S/PS7JN, PZ5RA, R1ANF/P
(AN-010; AA LU-22), R1ANN (AN-016; AA UA-08), R1MVW, RI0L, S79GRE, SU9HP,
SU9NC, SV2ASP/A, T68G, T6X, T97M, TK/OM5RW/P, TR8CA, TY5LEO, TY5MR, TY5WP,
TZ9A, UA9FAR, UA9OS, V31BH, V31JP, V51AS, V73RY, VP2MWM, VP2MWP, VQ9JC,
VQ9LA, VU3BPZ (AN-016; AA VU-02), WP2Z, XU7ABN, YA0Y, YB8TAF (OC-146), YK1BA,
YN4SU/9, ZB2FK, ZD8WX.
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