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3V - Francois, F8DVD plans to be active on SSB from Djerba Island
(AF-083) using the call sign of the Djerba Scouts Radio Club, 3V8SM
from 23 June to 4 July. QSL via F8DVD (by special permission of
Mustapha, DL1BDF) either direct (Francois Bergez, 6 rue Liberte,
71000 Macon, France) or via the REF bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
7P - Two other operators have joined the team of the 18-25 July
DXpedition to Lesotho [425DXN 623]. The group now includes: Charles
F. "Frosty" Frost (K5LBU/7P8CF, http://www.k5lbu.com), Madison Jones
(W5MJ/7P8MJ), Neil King (VA7DX/7P8NK), Tom Anderson (WW5L/7P8TA),
Dave Anderson (K4SV/7P8DA) and Igor Zdorov (W0IR/7P8IZ). This will
be an all mode, all band operation with beams, dipoles, a couple of
amplifiers and hopefully at least one station on the air 24 hours a
day. 7P8CF and 7P8TA will be the main phone operators, while 7P8MJ,
7P8NK, 7P8DA, and 7P8IZ will be mostly CW and digital modes. The
DXpedition is under the aegis of the Texas DX Society
(http://www.tdxs.net/) and the Lone Star DX Association
(http://www.dxer.org/lsdxa). QSL via each operator's home call. For
additional information please contact K5LBU ([email protected]) or
WW5L ([email protected]). A web page will be announced later. [TNX WW5L]
CT - A multi-national team (including CT1APE, CT1CJJ, CT1EEB, CT1ILT,
CT2GLO, EA1CA, EA1DKV, EA4ABE, EA4ST, EA5FX and N5KO with help of
EA1MC) will be active from Ons Island (EU-080) on 25-27 July and
will participate in the IOTA Contest as ED1ONS. One station will
also be active in 50, 144 and 432 Mhz "for the true-believers". A
web page is under construction at http://www.qsl.net/ed1ons (on line
logs will be available). QSL via ED4URJ either direct (Seccion
Comarcal URE Jarama, P.O. Box 123, 28700 San Sebastian de Los Reyes
(Madrid), Spain) or through the bureau. [TNX CT1EEB]
DL - H7AX, DH1LA and DL2VFR will be active (on 80-10 metres SSB and CW)
from Hiddensee Island (EU-057, O-005 for the German Islands Award)
from 29 May to 1 June. They will operate from the Dornbusch (ARLHS
FED-026, German Lighthouse nr. 17) and Gellen (ARLHS FED-088, GL 22)
lighthouses. QSL via home calls either direct or through the bureau.
The web site for the German Lighthouses Award is at
http://www.lighthouse-award.com [TNX DL2VFR]
EA6 - Peter, DL8YR reports he will be active as EA6/DL8YR/p from the
Balearic Islands (EU-004) on 14-28 May, CQ WW WPX CW Contest
included. QSL via home call.
ER - Special station ER0ITU will be active from Moldova on 12-17 May to
celebrate the World Telecommunications Day. QSL direct to ER1DA
(Valery Metaxa, P.O. Box 3000, Chisinau, MD-2071, Moldova) or via
the bureau. [TNX ER1DA]
GM - Look for the Vital Sparks Group (MM0VSG) to be active as MM0VSG/p,
MM0DFV/p and GM0EZP/p from Bute Island (EU-123) on 10 May. QSLs via
CBA (see http://www.qrz.com). [TNX MM0DFV]
GM - Bob/N5ET, Linda/KE5TF and Peter/GM3OFT expect to be QRV as MM/N5ET/P
on 15, 20, and 40 metres from Raasay Island (EU-008) from 9 UTC on
31 May for about 5 hours, and from Great Cumbrae Island (EU-123)
from 11.30 UTC on 4 June for about 6 hours. Direct QSLs via GM3OFT
(Europe only) and N5ET (others) or bureau. [TNX GM3OFT]
HC - Andy, NP3D is going to Ecuador and reports he plans to operate as
follows:
19-20 May: HC1/NP3D (along with Taka, HC1/JA2JPA) from near Quito
21-23 May: HC4/NP3D/p (along with Alex, HC1AJQ/4 and Taka,
HC4/JA2JPA/p) from La Plata Island (SA-033) on SSB
24-25 May: HC4/NP3D for the CQ WW WPX CW Contest from the mainland.
HK - Pedro, HK3JJH will be active from El Morro Grande SA-082 (HK2) on
3-8 June. He will operate mostly on 20 metres SSB. QSL direct only
to Pedro J. Allina, P.O. Box 81119, Bogota, Colombia. [TNX HK3JJH]
I - Vanni, IK4RUX will be active as IG9/IK4RUX from Lampedusa (AF-019,
IIA AG-001) on 17-23 May. He plans to operate also from the
lighthouse at Capo Grecale (WAIL SI-020). QSL via home call, either
direct or through the bureau.
IS0 - Marco, IK1YED reports he will be active (on HF and 6 metres SSB) as
IM0/IK1YED/p from Maddalena Island (EU-041, IIA SS-001) on 24-31
May. He also plans to operate from Caprera (EU-041, SS-005) during
that time frame.
JA - Kaoru/JA3MCA, Aru/JA0KNM, Jun/JJ1EQW and Kai/JE3NJZ will be active
as homecall/JR6 from Hateruma Island (AS-024) on 6-9 June. They will
operate on 40-2 metres SSB and CW. QSL via home calls either dsirect
or through the bureau. [TNX JA3MCA]
KP2 - Ann/W2AZK and Brian/KF2HC, from the North Jersey DX Association
(http://www.njdxa.org), will be active as homecall/KP2 from
St.Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands on 12-19 June. They plan to operate on
160-10 metres SSB and CW. QSL via home calls either direct or
through the bureau. [TNX KF2HC]
PY - LABRE/Sao Paulo members PU2OCZ, PY2HN and PY2ZX will be active (on
160-2 metres CW, SSB and FM) as PV2AA from Comprida Island (SA-024,
DIB 021) on 17-18 May. This is a joint project between LABRE/SP
(www.labre-sp.org) and the Sao Paolo City University. QSL via PY2AA
either direct (P.O. Box 22, 01059-970 Sao Paulo - SP, Brazil) or
through the bureau. [TNX PY2ZX]
PY - ZW8M is the callsign to be used on 21-25 May from Mexiana Island
(SA-042) [425DXN 613]. Team members include Roberto/PT2GTI,
Daniel/PT7BI, Marcelo/PY8BI, Rocha/PY8EA, Moreira/CT1AHU,
Samuel/CT1EEN and Helmut/LU1YU. QSL via CS1GDX. The web page for the
operation is at http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/mexianaisland [TNX
CT1EEN]
SV5 - Goran, SM0CMH will be active (on 10-160 metres CW) as SV5/SM8C from
Kalymnos Island, Dodecanese (EU-001) on 17-30 May. He will
participate in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest as J45KLN. QSLs via SM0CMH
either direct or through the bureau. [TNX SM0CMH]
SV9 - SV1GE, SV1RP, SV2DGH, SV2FPU and SV2GWB will be active as SX9G from
Gavdos Island (EU-187) on 4-15 June. QSL via SV2DGH. The web page
for the operation is at http://www.qsl.net/sx9g [TNX SV2DGH]
TA - Metin, TA1ED will be active (on 10-80 metres SSB) as TA1ED/0 from
Kekova Island (AS-115) on 15-18 May. QSL via home call. [TNX TA1ED]
V6 - Look for JA7ZP, JA7AGO and JA7HMA to be active (on 10-40 metres CW
and SSB) as V63ZP, V63GO and V63DX from Pohnpei (OC-010), Micronesia
on 12-15 May. QSL to home calls. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin]
VE - Bob, VE3UUH reports that he and VE3GID will operate as VC3MCC
(instead of the announced VB3MCC) from 27 June to 4 July to
celebrate the 100th anniversary of Military Communications in Canada
[425DXN 623]. The web site is at http://www.storm.ca/~scalver
VE - Len/VE9MY and Linda/VE9GLF will be on Newfoundland (NA-027) from 13
to 22 May. This is a working trip so their operations will be in
their evenings, but on 17-19 May they will try to operate from
nearby islands (NA-027 and NA-198). QSL via home calls either direct
or through the bureau. [TNX Islands On The Web]
VE - Linda (VE9GLF) and Len Morgan (VE9MY) plan to arrive on the
Madeleine Islands (NA-038) [425dxn 611] on 20 July and be
operational for eight days. They will have mobile and portable
capabilities with 100 watts, beam, vertical for 10, 15, 20 metres
and dipole for 40 metres. They are planning on doing two islands per
day depending on band conditions; during the IOTA Contest they will
operate with two stations. QSL via home calls either direct or
through the bureau (it is not necessary to send a QSL for each
contact- one QSL with a list is all right). [TNX VE9MY]
VP9 - Merv, N6NO will be active (on 10-80 metres, possibly on 160m as
well) as N6NO/VP9 from Bermuda on 14-21 May. He will focus on CW and
his operating times will favour the difficult Asia/Oceania path. QSL
via home call. [TNX NG3K]
W - Operators from the United Radio Amateur Club (http://www.k6aa.org)
will be active (on 10-80 metres CW and SSB) as K6AA/P from Santa
Catalina Island (NA-066) on 17-18 May. QSL via K6AA. [TNX The Daily
DX]
W - Look for WA6WPG/P to be active (on 10-40 metres SSB and CW) from San
Miguel Island (NA-144) on 25-27 July. He has made plans to increase
his available power and should be able to be on the air most of the
three days he will be on the island. [TNX Islands On The Web]
XU - Jaak, ES1FB will be active (on 40-6 metres, mostly SSB) again as
XU7ACE from Sihanoukville, Cambodia for ten days starting on 11 May.
Weather permitting, he will operate from AS-133 on 17-18 May. QSL
via ES1FB either direct or through the bureau. [TNX ES1FB]
YO - Jean-Michel Duthilleul, F6AJA, Editor of "Les Nouvelles DX"
(http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr), reports he will once again (for the
tenth year in a row) be active in his free time as YO/F6AJA from the
QTH of Silviu, YO8FZ in Suceava, Romania on 19-28 May. QSL via
F6AJA.
Z3 - Lothar, DJ7ZG and Babs, DL7AFS plan to be active as Z38Z from
Macedonia starting on 15 May for about ten days. They will operate
on 6-160 metres mainly RTTY, PSK and SSB and will concentrate on
North America and Japan. QSL via DL7AFS. Their homepage is at
http://www.qsl.net/dl7afs [TNX DJ7ZG]
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ARBE ---> The "Amateur Radio Balloning Experiment", previously scheduled to
take place on 10 May, has been postponed to 17 May due to bad weather. See
425 DX News #626 for the details; for further information please email Tibor,
IK2SAI ([email protected])
ARMED FORCES DAY ---> The US Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast
Guard are co-sponsoring the annual military/amateur radio communications
tests in celebration of the 53rd Anniversary of Armed Forces Day. Although
the actual AFD is celebrated on 17 May, the AFD Military/Amateur Crossband
Communications Test will be conducted on 10 May (local) so as not to conflict
with the Dayton Hamvention scheduled for the same weekend (May 17-19). The
annual celebration features traditional military to amateur crossband
communications test and the message receiving test. QSL cards will be
provided to those making contact with the military stations. Special
commemorative certificates will be awarded to anyone who receives copies of
the digital AFD message from the Secretary of Defense. Further details at
http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/af-day/armdfrcs-2003.html
DXCC NEWS ---> The following have been approved for DXCC credit: OJ0/OE1ZKC,
OJ0/JH1ARJ, OJ0/AH7X, OJ0/JR4PMX (Market Reef, 12-16 July 2001).
EAST TIMOR OFF THE AIR ---> The International Telecommunications Union had
assigned the prefix block 4WA-4WZ for use by radio stations within the areas
administered by UNTAET (United Nations Temporary Administration of East
Timor). This prefix assignment was for the use of UNTAET as long as it
existed, and was to be released to the ITU at the end of its existence.
"Since the UNTAET organization's charter in East Timor expired May 20th of
2002", The Daily DX reports, "all ham radio operating authority also expired
on that date. A successor organization called UNMISET does not have the same
telecommunications and other authority that UNTAET had; an emerging East
Timor government is expected to take over responsibility for administrative
things such as ham radio licensing", but for the time being it appears that
East Timor is off the air. For DXCC purposes, UN Temporary Administration of
East Timor was added to the DXCC List with the effective date of 1 March
2000.
NEW 10M CONTEST ---> The first edition of the 10 Meter Italian Contest,
sponsored by the Mediterraneo DX Club (http://www.mdxc.org/contestitalia),
will be held on 17-18 May. Participation is limited to Italian amateurs only.
NEW QSL ROUTES ---> The QSL Managers Society (http://www.qsl.net/qslmanagers)
was created to protect and preserve Amateur Radio DX and DXpedition logs and
to make QSL cards available for all such logs, no matter how old. In March
2003, the QSL Managers Society was approached by Bob Young, K4JDJ about
taking over the logs that he was handling (many of them were those from the
late John Parrot, W4FRU) and on 5 April, Bob Schenck/N2OO and Skip Maze/N1IBM
drove down to Virginia to pick up 60 logs and some 100,000 blank QSL cards.
Thirteen new QSL managers were solicited among the members of the QSL
Managers Society to take over these logs and on 23 April the logs and
appropriate blank cards were shipped to their new homes.
The new QSL routes for cards formerly handled by W4FRU and/or K4JDJ are the
following:
Station Via Period
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1S0XV N2OO Apr-May 90
1S1RR N2OO 11-12 May 90
3W0A K2PF Jan 89-Feb 89
3W100HCM K2PF May 90
3W7A K2PF Mar 90
3X1Z K2PF Aug 81-Nov 82
5N0DOG NZ9Z 11 May 79-17 Mar 81
5N0RMJ K2PF Jun 80-Mar 81
5N20DOG NZ9Z Oct 80
5N20RMJ K2PF Oct 81
5N4ROF K1BV 21 Sep 80-13 Apr 81
5T5ZZ K1BV Jun 81-Dec 81
5Z4BI NZ9Z 2 Sep 89-4 Jul 93
8R1ZG NZ9Z 12 Feb 96-21 Jun 97
9M0S N2OO 26 May-2 Jun 93
9X5AA W9OL 15 Nov 87-19 Dec 89
A4XYS W9OL Sep 83-Mar 84
BS7H KU9C 1995 and 1997
E30GA N2OO 4-17 Nov 98
ET3USE W2GR 8 Dec 73-3 Feb 75
FB8WJ N2OO
FM5WE WF1N Oct 85-Dec 2001
FR7BE N1IBM Jun 78-Mar 79
J28EM W1TE Jul 85-Jul 87
KB4ATV/4S7 W9OL Apr 84
KX6PO W9OL 10 Jun 83-14 Dec 83
S21A N2VW Jul 92-Oct 95
S21B K2PF Nov 92-Apr 2000
S21NQ W2GR 5 Jun 91- 30 Sep 91
S21ZG AA1M 7 Dec 92-27 Jul 94
TA1A N1IBM 1 Mar 88-2 Jan 89
TO0R N2OO 26 Dec 96-2 Jan 97
TO0R/mm N2OO Jan-Feb 97
TYA11 W9OL 19-21 Jun 81
V29A W9OL Nov 88-May 91
VK0IR N2OO 14-27 Jan 97
VK4NIC/3X W2GR 7 Nov 80-20 Apr 81
VP8CBC N2OO Dec 94
VP8CRB N2OO Dec 94
VP8CRC N2OO Dec 94
VP8SGP N2OO 6-15 Jan 95
W3IVP/5N1 K2PF Mar-Apr 81
WZ6C/MM/S21 W2GR
WZ6C/S21 W2GR 18 Jan 92-31 May 92
WZ6C/ST4 W2GR 29 Nov 89-22 Oct 90
XV0SU K2PF Apr 90
XV0SU/mm K2PF Apr 80
XV100HCM K2PF May 90
YB1AQC W9OL 16 Feb 88-11 Oct 88
ZD7BJ N1IBM Dec 86-Sep 96
ZD7HH N1IBM 14 Sep 79-4 Jan 81, 26 May 00-12 Oct 00
ZD7XY N1IBM 20 Oct 95-7 Jun 96
ZD8HH N1IBM 25 Mar 87-5 May 90
ZD8XX W9OL 5 Aug 89-24 Aug 89, 30 May 91-10 Jun 91
ZD9BV WB2YQH 1 Mar 81-17 Oct 2000
ZD9CK WF1N Mar 86-Oct 87
ZD9CN K1BV Jun 90-Jul 90
ZD9CO WF1N Aug 90-Dec 91, Jan 93-Nov 93
ZD9YL WF1N May 82-Sep 83
ZS1EDR K1BV May 90-Mar 92
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Mats, JH6VLF is not the QSL manager for DU1ZV. Cards
should be sent to either JA1BRK (bureau or direct) or via the Philippine
Amater Radio Assciation. Cards already received by JH6VLF have been sent to
JA1BRK. [TNX JH6VLF]
PIRATE ---> Ken Brown, N6KB ([email protected]) is the trustee of club
call NH7O, formerly KH7K. He reports that KH7K "was revoked by the FCC
shortly after our club used the call in the 2001 CQ 160 CW Contest", as "2X1
K suffix KH7 calls are reserved for Kure Island". Ken reports he receives
QSLs for KH7K almost weekly, but "these QSLs are all for QSOs that could have
never happened. Most are for bands that KH7K never operated on, and many are
for dates after FCC revoked the callsign". [TNX QRZ-DX]
QSL EM0U ---> Apparently there was confusing information about the QSL
manager for this station. Alex, UT3UZ states that the official QSL routes for
EM0U are: for SSB and CW contacts via UT3UZ, for RTTY and PSK contacts via
UT7UW.
QSL VIA I2VGW ---> Gabriele, I2VGW reports he is going to close the logs for
his operations as ID9/I2VGW, IH9/I2VGW, IG9/I2VGW (1996-1997), VK9NR and
VK5ASK (1998). Those who still need a card should sent their request as soon
as possible to Gabriele Villa, P.O. Box 966, 20101 Milano - MI.
VI5WCP ---> Peter, VK3QI reports that the recent VI5WCP operation from from
Waldegrave Island (OC-261) was on the air for 110 hours and logged 6698 QSOs
(4326 SSB and 2372 CW). Most of the contacts were made on 20m SSB (2709) and
30m CW (1165). The continent breakdowns are Europe/2727, Asia/2086, North
America/1431, Oceania/411, Africa/23 and South America/20.
WAICS ---> The Worked All Italian Club Stations award (WAICS), sponsored by
ARI Formia (IQ0FM), is available to either licenced amateurs and SWLs for
working club stations (the new IQ prefixes) from Italy. For further details
please visit http://web.tiscali.it/ariformia/WAICS.htm or e-mail
[email protected] (ARI Formia, P.O. Box 33, 04023 Formia - LT, Italy).
[TNX IZ0EGC]
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SA-028: Pictures for the recent PY2TEL/P operation from Anchieta Island
(SA-028) will be posted on http://www.py2tnt.com. The operators were
Anderson/PY2TNT, Adriano/PY2AXH and Andre/PU2TET. QSL via PY2TEL.
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QSLs received direct: 3B8CF, 3C2MV, 3D2IZ (OC-121), 3XA8DX, 3XY1L, 4D2B
(OC-092), 4L6AM, 4U1VIC, 5N0MVE, 5R8GZ, 5T5PBV, 5U7JK, 5X1CW, 5X1DC, 5Z4FM,
6D2X, 7X2DG, 8P9NX, 9E1S, 9J2BO, 9L1AB, 9M0M (AS-051), 9Q1A/2, 9U0X,
9Y4/DL6RAI, 9Y4TBG, A41KB, A71EM, A92ZE, AH2K/KH0, AH8A, BY1DX, C53CW, C98RF,
CE2LZR, CE9/R1ANF, CO8EJ, CO8ZZ, CY0MM, D44TD, D44TT, D4B, DP1POL, DU9/N0NM,
DX0C (OC-120), EW1WZ, EY7AF, FJ/AK7G, FM5GU, FO/N5XX, FS/AH8DX, FS/G3TXF/p
(NA-199), GB2PL, GJ2A, H44V, H6C, HH4/K4QD, HH6/DL7CM (NA-149), HK3CW, HQ8V
(NA-223), HR4/YN4SU, HS0ZBS, J75KG, J88DR, K8O, K9YNF/HR9, KL7J, KL9A,
KP4JRS, L65W (SA-065), LU1ZA, LW9DAH, OD5/OK1MU, OH0B, OH0RJ, P29SI, P29VMS,
P29VR, P3F, P40PW, PJ2/WI9WI, PJ2EL, PJ7/W3HNK, PJ9/ON4CFD, PP5XZ, PV8DX,
PW0T, R1ANM, RK0SWA/P (RR-21-01), RU9G, RW3TN/R9Z, RW9G, S21YY, T97M, TG9ASO,
TI5/N0ZA, UA0FDX, UA3YH/0, UK9AA, V31DJ, V31MD, V31QQ, V51AS, VK9LO, VP2EN,
VU2TRI, W2002WTC, WA6WPG/p, XF1/N5XX, XF1K (NA-167), XX9C, YA1BV, YA5T,
YI9OM, YN4SU, YW1T (SA-066), ZC4BS, ZD8Z, ZK1CG, ZK1TLA, ZK2GI, ZL1/PA3GIO/p
(OC-201).
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