425 DX News #787
03 June 2006
A.R.I. Dx BulletinEdited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:
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Contributors are invited to send their DX information to
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
7Q - Bill, KC4D will operate as 7Q7WW from Malawi starting around 5 June
until the 23rd. He plans to concentrate on the low bands and to
operate mostly CW during his evening and morning hours. QSL via
KC4D. [TNX The Daily DX]
8Q - Vangelis, SV2BFN will operate holiday style as 8Q7/SV2BFN from the
Maldives (AS-013) from 21 June to 4 July. He plans to be QRV with a
vertical antenna on 10-40 metres RTTY and SSB, with some CW. QSl via
home call. [TNX SV1CER]
9A - Chris, HA5X plans to operate as 9A8XA from Croatia on 7-20 June. His
main QTH will be Mlini, near Dubrovnik, but some occasional
IOTA/IOCA activity might also take place depending on local
conditions. QSL via HA5X. [TNX HA5X]
9N - Toshi, JA8BMK had to cancel his late April trip to Nepal because of
the political situation in that country. Toshi has now decided to
try again, and will be staying in Katmandu on holiday from 11 to 18
June. He hopes to operate as 9N7WW on 10-40 metres SSB. QSL via home
call, direct (Toshihiko Fukuta, 2115-3 Nobori, Yoichi, 046-0002
Japan) or bureau. [TNX JA1ELY]
CT - Jose/CT1EHX, Toze/CT1GFK, Goncalo/CT1GPQ, Miguel/CT1IUA, Rui/CT2IHP
and Antonio/CT2IOU will operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 80-6 metres as
CS25M on 17-23 July for the 25th International Motorcycle Rally in
Faro. QSL via CT1EHX, direct or bureau. [TNX CT1END]
CU - A multi-national team of 11 operators (namely CT1AGF, CT1EPV,
CT1GFK, CT3FN, CU2HJA, DF6QV, DJ2VO, DL3MK, F6HMJ, G3KHZ, HB9FMU and
VA2AM) will be active on 160-6 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31 from
Flores Island (EU-089, DIP AZ-008), Azores from 29 July to 8 August.
They will operate as CU8F from Albarnaz Lighthouse (ARLHS AZO-016,
WLOTA LH-0947, DFP FAZ 02), while the call to be used during the
IOTA Contest (29-30 July) will be as CU8T. QSL for both calls via
CT1GFK, direct or bureau. The web pages for the operation can be
found at http://www.to-mk.com/azores/ [TNX CT1END]
F - Gilles, F5RPL and Daniel, F1IWH will operate as TM7OCR on 7-21 June
to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the French Air Force Base 106
"Capitaine Croci" at Bordeaux-Merignac. QSL via F1IWH. [TNX F8REF]
F - Special call TP20CE will be aired on 16-18 June to celebrate the
20th anniversary of the creation of the Council of Europe Amateur
Radio Club. QSL via F5LGF. The rules for the relevant "20th
Anniversary Challenge" can be found at
http://ewwa.free.fr/council_of_europe_radio_club_20t.htm [TNX F6FQK]
FM - Tom KC0W will be active as TO0O from Martinique (NA-107) on 6-24
June. He plans to operate CW and SSB on all the HF bands. QSL direct
via KC0W. [TNX NG3K]
FO - Yves, F6CTL gives a few details about his fourth trip to the Pacific
[425DXN 779]. He and his wife will be leaving France on 18 June and
will be visiting the following islands:
20-24 June Hiva Oa (OC-027) Marquesas
25-30 June Rurutu (OC-050) Australes
01-06 July Tahiti & Moorea (OC-046) French Polynesia
07-11 July Magareva (OC-063) French Polynesia
12-14 July Fakarava (OC-066) French Polynesia
14-16 July Huahine (OC-067) French Polynesia
On 17 July they will depart Tahiti on their trip back to France.
Yves will operate SSB and some CW as FO/F6CTL/M, FO/F6CTL/A and
FO/F6CTL as appropriate, with a ground plane for 10-40 metres, plus
doublets and long wires depending on local conditions. Expect Yves
to be QRV in his early mornings and late afternoons-evenings.
GM - Gordon, G3USR will be visiting the Island of Hirta, St. Kilda
(EU-059) as part of a National Trust for Scotland working party from
24 June to 6 July. He plans to operate SSB (mainly on 20 and 40
metres) as GM3USR/P in his spare time, which will be "limited and
unpredictable". On 21-22 June and again on 8 July he might operate
from the islands of Skye (EU-008) and Harris (EU-010), while on 9
July he might be active from Great Cumbrae (EU-123). QSL via G3USR.
[TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
I - Operators from ARMI (http://www.assoradiomarinai.tk) and ARI Formia
will be active as IQ0FM/p from Terracina on 11 June during a special
field day operation for the Italian Navy Day. [TNX IT9MRM]
I - Expect IJ7/IZ7AUH, IJ7/IZ7EDQ and IJ7/IZ7FLP to operate SSB on the
HF bands and 6 metres from San Paolo Island (IIA TA-001), Cheradi
Islands (EU-073) until 3 June. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau.
[TNX IZ7AUH]
I - ARI Versilia will activate special event station II5MD on 11-13 June
for the "Meucci Day". Antonio Meucci was recognized as the first
inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress, in its
resolution 269 dated 11 June 2002. QSL via IK5DND. [TNX I5WEA]
JA - Special event station 8N4OKI will be active from the Oki Islands
(AS-041) between now and 31 July to celebrate the opening of the new
Oki Airport. QSL via the JARL bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
JA - Look for JJ8NNR/8 and others to operate from Rishiri Island (AS-147,
JIIA AS-147-007) on 15-16 July. QSL via home calls, direct or
bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
KH0 - Nao (JK1FNL), Jim (7K4QOK) and Takky (JE1KUC) will be active from
Saipan, Nothern Mariana Islands (OC-086) on 7-10 July. They will
operate on 80-6 metres as NA8O/KH0 (JK1FNL), KG8RP/KH0 (7K4QOK) and
N1KU/KH0 (JE1KUC), and will participate in the IARU HF World
Championship. QSL via their JA home calls. [TNX JK1FNL]
OZ - Jef/ON4ACA, Francis/ON6LY and Marcel/ON6UQ will be active from Romo
Island (EU-125) from 29 July to 4 August. They will participate in
the IOTA Contest as OZ0ACA; then look for OZ/OP4A, OZ/OP1A and
OZ0ACA to be active on 80-2 metres on all modes. QSL OZ0ACA via
ON4ACA (direct or bureau), QSL OZ/OP1A via ON6UQ (direct or bureau),
QSL OZ/OP4A via ON6LY (direct or bureau). [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
SM - Amateur radio operators from Sweden are allowed to replace their
ordinary prefixes on 6 June (Sweden National Day) as follows: SM0 =
SE0, SA0 = SF0, SM = SE, SA = SF. This applies only to personal
callsigns, not club callsigns. Do not confuse these callsigns with
the Swedish vanity calls, which are also in the SE and SF prefix
series, but with one or two letter suffixes. [TNX SM5LWC]
SU - Said, SU1SK will be active again as SU8IOTA from White Rock (Norus
Island) in the Matruh Region group (AS-099) between 20 June and 1
July. He plans to operate on 20, 15 and 17 metres SSB, possibly with
some CW. He will not be able to camp on the island, and operations
will have to stop before sunset. QSL direct only to SU1SK (Said
Kamel, P.O. Box 190, New Ramsis Center, Cairo 11794, Egypt). Updates
will be posted at http://www.qrz.com/su8iota; information and
pictures of last year's operation can be found at
www.qsl.net/su1sk/page2.htm [TNX SU1SK]
SV9 - Theodoros, SV1EJD will be active as SV9/SV1EJD from Crete (EU-015)
on 7-20 July. He plans to operate SSB and possibly RTTY on 10-80
metres. Further informtion will be posted on
http://www.sv1ejd.gr/crete.htm [TNX SV1EJD]
TA - Bekir, TA2RX reports he will operate as TC150HP between 30 May and
30 June to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Turkish railways and
the 100th anniversary of Haydar Pasha railway station. Main activity
is expected on 20 and 40 metres, typically after 14 UTC. QSL via
TA2RX.
TK - Gerry, IZ1DSH will operate as TK/IZ1DSH from Porto Vecchio, Corsica
(EU-014) on 3-15 August. Main activity will be on 40 and 20 metres
SSB. QSL via bureau to home call. [TNX IW1FGZ]
TZ - Chris, TZ9A reports he will be leaving Mali in late August. Chris
has been active from there since late March 2005, and he has made
some 45,000 QSOs on 80-6 metres. QSL via qrz.com. Starting in
September he will be travelling to several countries, and he has
already the licences for a couple of them (TU5AX for Ivory Coast and
TR8SA for Gabon).
VE - Canadian amateur radio operators will have special prefixes
available for use from 10 June to 9 July to celebrate the 100th
anniversary of Canadian born Reginald Fessenden's voice transmission
by radio. The regular/special prefixes for this event are: VE = VX,
VA = VG, VY = XK, VO = XJ. [TNX VA3RJ]
W - Terry/W6WTG, Larry/KF6JOQ and Mark/KG6ZBL will be active as W6C from
Santa Cruz Island (NA-144) on 9-11 June. They plan to operate on 20,
2 and 6 metres SSB. QSL via N2OWL, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
XU - After visiting Nepal (see 9N above), Toshi, JA8BMK will go and
operate as XU7BMK from Cambodia on 20-21 June. QSL for this activity
via JA8UWT (Kimiko Saitoh, 4-16-2-22 Kamui, Asahikawa, 070-8014
Japan). [TNX JA1ELY]
YO - Xavier, ON4XA reports he will operate as YO2/ON4XA from Romania
(Arad and Timis districts) on 5-15 July. From 29 July to 12 August
he and his fiancee Bea, YO2MBO/ON4BEA will operate as F/ON4XA,
F/YO2MBO and F/ON4BEA from France (Department 34).
ZK1 - Jim, ZK1JD and Victor, ZK1CG had hoped to be QRV with their new E5
callsigns on 1 June. However, according to first hand information
collected by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, editor of The Daily DX, it seems
that "the new calls may not actually be officially issued until July
1st".
Hector, EA3EKS reports he will be active as ZK1EKS from the Cook
Islands (not mentioned if from the South or North Cooks) on 8-13
June. He plans to be active on 10, 15 and 20 metres (28275, 21275
and 14275 kHz). QSL via EA3EKS.
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
4W6AAB ---> Michael, PA5M (4W6AAB) went QRT from Timor Leste earlier than
expected. On 27 May he and the rest of the UN WFP (World Food Program)
personnel were evacuated from the country because of security concerns.
4W6AAB made 456 QSOs and his log is available at http://www.4w.pa7fm.nl/. QSL
via PA7FM.
IOTA HONOUR ROLL ---> The IOTA Annual Listings as at February 2006 are now
available on the IOTA Manager's web site (http://www.g3kma.dsl.pipex.com/).
The performance tables include the Honour Roll and the Annual Listing, as
well as the VHF/UHF, Club and SWL listings. Listing in the 2006 tables was
restricted to those members who had updated their scores since February 2001.
IRC ---> The new design (http://www.dailydx.com/2007irc.jpg) for the
International Reply Coupon (IRC) has been selected by the Universal Postal
Union. The new IRC is expected to be available on 1 July 2006 and it will be
good through 31 December 2009. The current IRC
(http://www.upu.int/irc/en/2002_version.html) is good through 31 December
2006. [TNX The Daily DX]
NOT THE MANAGER ---> The W1 QSL Bureau has been receiving many QSLs for
K1HP/KH2 and K1HP/KH0. The correct route for these operations (and also for
K1HP) is via JE2EHP. The W1 Bureau forwards these cards via the JA Bureau.
[TNX K1HT]
NOT THE MANAGER ---> The W1 QSL Bureau continues to receive QSLs for CU2AA
and CU3AA, but KA1HFL is not the manager for these stations. The W1 Bureau's
current information is that neither CU2AA nor CU3AA has a QSL manager at
present. [TNX K1HT]
VI9NL & VI9NS ---> Kirsti, VK9NL and Jim, VK9NS both applied and were issued
two licences for the callsigns VI9NL and VI9NS to be used for the current
celebrations on Norfolk Island [425DXN 783]. However they were notified by
the National Licensing and Allocations Branch that "the ACMA does not usually
allow more than one Special Event Licence to one organisation [the Heard
Island DX Association in this case, ed.] for the same event." Kirsti and Jim
have relinquished the use of VI9NL basically as Kirsti will not be here for
the complete month. HIDXA retains the use of VI9NS for the month of June
2006. [TNX VK9NS]
YV5EU ---> This is the new callsign for Ray, DL2GG/YV5. QSL via DL3AMA,
direct or bureau. Give a look to the expedition stories and nice pictures on
Ray's website at http://www.hfdx.org/
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
LOGS: On-line logs for the recent YE6P operation from Simeulue Island
(OC-270) are now available at
http://dxpedition.orari.web.id/simeulue/
QSL GALLERY: The large collection of QSL cards (3500+) on Les Nouvelle DX's
web site has been updated. Eight different galleries include
cards for each of the 58 deleted DXCC entities (650+ QSLs), the
ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (120+ QSLs), obsolete prefixes
(1300+ QSLs), Antarctic bases (500+ QSLs) & TAAF (Terres
Australes and Antarctiques Francaises, 200+ QSLs), pre-1945
countries (200+ QSLs) and French Departments, USA before 1945.
Several cards are still needed and your participation is
encouraged - please visit http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr and send
send your comments to LesNouvellesDX@free.fr [TNX F6AJA]
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8/OM3PC, 3B9FR, 3C5DX, 3D2AG,
3D2OU, 3DA0NW, 3G1M, 3Y0X (AN-004; AA MN-08)), 4J5A, 4KR60RS, 4L2M, 4S7BRG,
4T4V, 4X4PP, 5T5AFF, 5T5HC, 5X1RI, 5X1T, 5Z4DZ, 5Z4JW, 6O0N, 9G5LF, 9H1ZA,
9M0F, 9M2CNC, 9M6/G3OOK,9V1VV, 9Y4/KE9I, A45XR, A61AS, A71AW, BA1RB, BV4FH,
BX2AK, C21SX, C31BO, C6AKU, CU6NS, DS5USH, EA9IB, EK6TA, ER4/UX2HO,
FG/F5CVI, FM5FJ, FO/DL5XU (OC-027), FO/DL9AWI (OC-114), FO0ARE, FS/DL7DF,
FS/K9EL, FW5ZL, GW3KHZ/P, H40HL, H44HL, H44MS, HH4/K4QD, HH4/W4WX, HP1/OA4WW,
IU3G, J5DOT, J5TRJ, J5UCW, J68AS, J68RI, J79AG, JD1BMB, JT1CO, JV800BV,
JW0HZ, K6VVA/6 (NA-178), K7C, KG4RN, KH0/JK2VOC, LR5U, MJ/N1NK, OA4/DJ3KR,
OH0Z, OM3EY, OX3DB, OY/DL5LYM, P29SX, P29YDX (OC-102 and OC-101), PI4TUE,
PJ7/DL7DF, PJ7/ND5S, PZ5XX, R1ANF (AN-10; AA UA-04), R1MVC, R1MVW, S9SS,
SE5DEC, ST0RM, SU1SK, SU9HP, SV3RF, SV5/DJ7RJ, T30R, T68G, T6X, T94KC,
TA1ED/0, TA3DD, TF3GC, TG9ANF, TK/DL7UCX, TL5A, TR8CA, TY5MR, TY5WP, TZ9A,
UK8AJ, UN7QX, V26AS, VK0MT (AN-005), VK0SEE (AN-016; AA VK-03), VK9LA,
VP2V/G6AY, VP5/WA2VYA, VP8CMH/MM, VP8CRB, VP8DJB (AN 001; AA G-07), VQ9JC,
VQ9OW, WP3C, XF3/AB5EB, XV1X, YA5Y, YI1BGD, YI9X, YK1BA, YL3DQ, YL3GFT, YN2N,
YO9HP, YU150AU, ZB2/DJ7KJ, ZD8QD, ZD9BV, ZX0F.
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