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03 July 2004 No 687
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
3D2 - Norm, W1BYH will operate (on 10-40 metres CW, SSB and RTTY) as
3D2BY from Viti Levu (OC-016), Fiji Islands on 5-14 July. QSL via
home call. [TNX W1BYH]
3D2 - Christian, 3D2EA [425DXN 686] will be active as 3D2EA/p from Vanua
Balavu (OC-095) between 7 and 14 July (depending on boat schedule).
He plans to operate on 40, 20, 17, 12 and 10 metres. [TNX 3D2EA]
5W - Ted, K8AQM and David, K8AA will operate (on 160-10 metres CW, SSB,
RTTY and PSK) as 5W0TR and 5W0DL from Samoa (OC-097) on 7-21 July.
They plan to participate in the IARU HF Championship, hopefully
with a special call (maybe 5W0XX). QSLs via K8AA. [TNX NG3K]
9A - Franz, DL3PS and Zik, DL/VE3ZIK (4N1DX) will be active (on 10-40
metres plus 6 metres) as 9A/VE3ZIK and 9A/DL3PS from Bilice (grid
JN73) on 4-31 July. They also plans to participate in the IOTA
Contest (QTH to be decided) and to operate (probably as YU6/DL3PS
and 4N1DX/6) from YT6A during one weekend. QSL for all activities
via DL3PS, direct or bureau. [TNX DL/VE3ZIK]
9A - Gianfranco, I6GFX will operate as 9A/I6GFX from Hvar Island
(EU-016, IOCA CI-028) on 5-10 July. He will also be active for one
day from the lighthouse (WLH-1056, ARLHS CRO-135) on Scedro Island
(EU-016, IOCA CI-127). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. Logs
will be available at http://www.gianfrancogervasi.it/search.html
[TNX I6GFX]
9A - Alessandro, IK4ALM and Sergio, IZ4BBF plan to operate on SSB as
9A/homecall/p from the Brijuni Islands (EU-110) between 6 and 9
July. QSL via home calls. [TNX IK4ALM]
9Y - KE9I, AJ9C and N9LAH will operate (on 160-6 metres SSB, CW and
digital modes) as 9Y4/homecall from Tobago (SA-009) on 3-17 July.
QSL via home calls. They plan to particpate in the IARU Contest as
9Y4ZC (QSL for this operation only via AJ9C). [TNX The Daily DX]
CT - Jose, CT1EHX will be active as CQ7M on 9-11 July for the 22rd
International Motorcycle Meeting at Faro. QSL via home call, direct
or bureau. [TNX CT1END]
EK - EK6GB and EK7DX plan to operate on all bands and modes as EK0W from
Spitak Pass (2300m a.s.l.) on 3-4 July. [TNX EK7DX]
F - Special station TM5RDL will be aired on all bands and modes from
Lons-le-Saunier, hometown of Rouget De Lisle (author of "La
Marseillaise", the French national anthem), on 14-25 July. QSL via
operator's instructions. [TNX F5SJB]
GM - Ken/MM0KAL, Hans/MM0XAU and Peter/MM5PSL will operate from the
Shetland Islands (EU-012) as follows: on 16-18 August from Bressay
Lighthouse (ARLHS SCO-021) on Bressay Island, on 21-22 August for
the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend as GB2ELH from
Eshaness Lighthouse (ARLHS SCO-075) on Mainland Shetland, between
13 and 23 August from Sumburgh Head (ARLHS SCO-232) on Mainland
Shetland and hopefully from other lighthouses. QSL GB2ELH and
MM5PSL via WA7OBH direct, QSL MM0KAL via WA8REI, QSL MM0XAU via
DJ6AU. [TNX MM5PSL]
HK0_sa - Pedro, HK3JJH expects to be active for a few hours from either
NA-132 (Bajo Nuevo and Serranilla Bank Cays) and NA-133 (Serrana
Bank and Roncador Cays) between 4 and 6 July. Look for HK3JJH/0A
(from NA-132) and HK3JJH/0B (from NA-133) on or around 14260 kHz.
Pedro is being offered a lift by a Colombian Navy ship that
provides replacement for the military bases stationed on the
islands, and the length of his operations will depend entirely on
what the Navy guys decide to do. QSL direct only to HK3JJH. Please
note that as far as DXCC is concerned, these two island groups
count as San Andres. [TNX HK3JJH and W9DC]
HR - Mark, W4CK will be back in Tegucigalpa, Honduras on 8-15 July. He
plans to be QRV as HR1/W4CK (CW only) and to to make a push for
WARC bands if there is interest. [TNX NG3K]
I - Marco, IZ6ASI and Stefano,IK6VGO will be active from Fano
Lighthouse (WAIL MA-005, ARLHS ITA-065) on 17-18 July. [TNX IZ6ASI]
LA & SM - DK8DY and DK8GH, as well as PP5ASN, will operate as either LG5LG
and SJ9WL from the Morokulien station on the border between Norway
and Sweden from 27 July and 9-10 August. QSL for both calls via
SM5DJZ. [TNX DK8DB and PS7AB]
OA - Look for Bonnie, OA9/KQ6XA to be active between 2 July and 25
August from the Andes mountains in the Amazonas area of Peru. The
amateur radio operation is in conjunction with an international
expedition of speleologists to survey and map the deepest
previously unexplored vertical caves in the southern hemisphere.
Bonnie will use a 20W transmitter and battery power charged by
solar; OA9/KQ6XA will not call CQ, but instead will listen for
calls on the following frequencies: 18157.5 kHz (16.30 UTC and
22.30 UTC), 18157.5 kHz USB and 18158.2 kHz CW (00.30 UTC), 7087.5
kHz LSB and 7087.0 kHz CW (01.00 UTC). QSY frequency for CW will be
18095.0 kHz; 21437.5 kHz USB as needed; 10117.5 kHz CW as needed.
QSL via KQ6XA. [TNX VA3RJ]
OD - Alfeo/I1HJT, Tony/IK1QBT and Claudio/I1NVU will be active as
OD5/homecall/P starting on 24 July. They will be joined by
Naim/OD5LN and will participate in the IOTA Contest from Ramkin
Island (AS-108). They will have two stations active on all bands
(160 metres excluded) SSB and CW, with at least one power amplifier
and verticals. Expect activity from the island until 26 July in the
local afternoon, then operations will continue from the mainland
until the 29th. QSL via I1HJT. [TNX I1HJT]
OH - Teemu, SM0WKA will operate as OH/SM0WKA from Bergrund Island
(EU-101) on 10-27 July. He will participate in the IOTA Contest as
OH/SM0W. QSLs via SM0WKA. [TNX The Daily DX]
OH0 - Look for OH0/DC7VS, OH0/DC7ER and OH0/DL7NJ to operate "holiday
style" on SSB, CW, SSTV and PSK31 from the Aland Islands (EU-002)
on 10-24 July. QSL via home calls through the DARC bureau. [TNX
NG3K]
OJ0 - Thirty-five years ago a party put OJ0DX on the air for a first
major activity from Market Reef. Lars, OH0RJ, one of the members of
the original party, has now invited the original team with their
friends to share the spirit of the initial discovery of Market
Reef. The total party of thirty operators (including OH0NA, OH1XX,
OH0RJ, OH0XX, OH1MA, OH1NM, OH1NOR, OH1RX, OH1TV, OH1TX, OH2BAA,
OH2BAD, OH2BC, OH2BR, OH2KH, OH2MM, OH2PM, OH2QV, OH2TA, OH2WC,
OH3UU, OH4NS, OH5NE, OH5NQ, ES1AR and OH2BH & OH2KK, the initial
discoverers of Market Reef) will operate as OJ0J through the
weekend. QSL OH0S and OJ0J via OH0RJ (Lars Nikko, Matrosgatan 5L,
22100 Mariehamn, Aland Islands, Finland). QSL mailing will be from
Aland Islands using a new set of local postage stamps in
commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the initial release of
distinctive OH0 stamps. [TNX OH2BN]
SM - SM6CTQ, SM6BGA, SM6DYK, SM6FKF, SM6LJU and SM6MCW will participate
in the IOTA Contest as SC6AG from Tjorn Island (EU-043). QSL via
SM6CTQ.
SP - Rolf, DL6ZFG will be active as SP1/DL6ZFG/p from Wolin Island
(EU-132, SZ-02 for the Polish Islands Award) on 9-11 July. He might
also operate briefly from Karsibor (EU-132, SPIA SZ-03) during that
time frame. [TNX DL6ZFG]
UA - Yuri, UA0LMO will operate CW, RTTY and PSK31 as UA0LMO/P from
Bryusa Lighthouse (ARLHS ASR-018, RLHA RLA-016) on 16-18 July. QSL
via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX UA0LMO]
VE - Look for Art, W3KHZ to operate again as VY2MM from Prince Edward
Island (NA-029) for the summer starting around 10 July. QSL via
W3KHZ. [TNX The Daily DX]
VE - Bruce, KD6WW reports he will operate (mostly CW with some SSB) as
VY0/KD6WW from NA-174 on 27-28 July and from NA-130 from 29 July to
2 August. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
W - N1DX, W0NO, K0BJ and K1TWF will participate in the IOTA Contest as
N1DX (QSL via home call, direct or bureau) from Bailey Island
(NA-137). W0NO should start SSB activity on 18 July, while K0BJ
should be active (mostly on CW) from the 21st. QSL via home calls.
[TNX The Daily DX]
W - The Old Barney Amateur Radio Club (N2OB, http://www.obarc.org) will
be operating from the Barnegat Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-039, IOTA
NA-111, USI NJ-001S) on 7 August (rain date is 8 August). Operation
will be primarily on 20 and 40 metres SSB from about 13 UTC to 22
UTC. QSL via N2OB.
They will also be active as W2T from the Tucker's Island Lighthouse
(ARLHS USA-911) on 21-22 August. QSL via N2OO (Bob Schenck, P.O.
Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087, USA). [TNX N2OO]
YO - Special event station YR500S will be activated in July to to
commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Moldavian king
Stefan the Great. QSL via YO8KGA (http://www.qsl.net/yo8kga). [TNX
N2YO]
YV - The Association of Radioamateurs of Venezuela and the Caracas DX
Group are expected to operate as YW6C from Chimana Island (SA-090)
on 14-18 July. QSL via W4SO (maild drop). [TNX The Daily DX]
ZL - The new contest callsign ZL1V will be aired for the first time
during the IARU Contest (10-11 July), operating from the ZL6QH
contest station. Weather permitting, Chris, ZL1CT and Franz, ZL2III
will participate in the IOTA Contest as ZL1V/p from Mana Island
(OC-201). On 40 metres SSB to Europe, they will transmit around
7190 kHz and listen below 7100 kHz. QSL via N3SL. [TNX ZL1CT]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
4U1UN ---> Dmitri, N2OW/RA9USU operated from the United Nations Headquarters
station on 26 June. QSL via HB9BOU, direct or bureau.
II1D CERTIFICATE ---> It is available to either licensed amateurs and SWL for
at least three contacts made in 2003 with II1D (http://www.ii1d.it), the
special station celebrating the European Year of the Disabled. The
certificate is free of charge, but return postage is required. Please contact
Carlo Sobrito, IZ1CCE (iz1cce at tin.it) for further information. [TNX IZ1CCE]
LINGA ISLAND ---> IOSA Manager Charles Wilson, GM4UZY reports the following:
"During his tour of the Shetland Islands Peter, GM3OFT operated from an
island named Linga SH27 in the IOSA directory. By mistake Peter gave out the
number SH26 on the air for this island. This was just a numerical error and
the QSL cards that Peter will send out will have the correct number on them.
QSOs with GM3OFT from this island are valid for any IOSA award".
MUSEUM SHIPS WEEKEND EVENT ---> Sponsored by the USS Salem Radio Club
(K1USN), the 8th edition of this annual event will take place from 00.01 UTC
on 17 July through 23.59 UTC on the 18th. The list of participating ships, as
well as information on the relevant award and "Radioman" medals, can be found
at http://www.qsl.net/k1usn/event.html
NLLW ---> This year's National Lighthouse-Lightship Weekend, sponsored by the
Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (http://arlhs.com/), will be held from 00.01
UTC on 7 August through 23.59 UTC on the 8th. Full information is available
either at http://arlhs.com/NLLW-2004-guidelines.html or from Jim, K2JXW
(K2JXW at arrl.net).
QSL VIA OH3OJ ---> Jukka, OH3OJ is currently processing direct cards received
for TG7/OH3JF and HR5/OH3JF (February-March). All of the remaining QSOs will
be confirmed automatically via the bureau in August. Both operations are
accepted for DXCC credit. [TNX OH3OJ]
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
G4WFQ/HI9: Logs and pictures of Dave's 12-24 activity from Las Terrenas
(NA-096) are now on line at http://www.g4wfq.btinternet.co.uk.
QSL via G3SWH. [TNX G4WFQ]
JW/CT1BWW: Logs and pictures of Marq's recent JW/CT1BWW Svalbard operation
are available at http://www.qsl.net/ok8bww/new_page_6.htm and
http://www.geocities.com/OK8BWW/Photos.htm respectively. [TNX
CT1BWW]
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B9C, 3D2VB (OC-060), 3DA0AX, 4G2F
(OC-092), 4U1UN, 5T0EU, 5V7C, 5Z4DZ, 7P8DA, 9G1UW, 9V1GO, 9V1JA, A45WD, A51B,
A52PRO, A61AJ, A71BX, AP2IA, BC1DCG, BV2A, C31BO, C56/G0VUH, CP4BT, CX1SI,
E31AA, EK3GM, EK3SA, ER1QQ, ER3ZZ, ET3TK, EZ8BO, FJ5DX, FK/AC4LN (OC-079),
FS5UQ, FW/AC4LN, G4VXE/C6A (NA-001), GM0DHZ (EU-008), H44VV, HC1AJQ, HC8N,
HI8RV, HK0GU/1 (SA-078), HP1IBF, J20DA, J6/WA1T, JY9QJ, KE6TNN/YI0,
KH2/JF1JPC, LU8XW/X (SA-049), OX/DL2SWW (NA-220), OX/DL2VFR (NA-220), P29VVB
(OC-034 and OC-258), PJ2/G0CKP, PJ7/W8EB, PY7XC/P, PZ5RA, R1FJ, SM3CWE
(EU-087), SU1SK, T32KV, T33C, T88JY, TJ1GA, TJ3MC/P, TO4E, TO4WW, TU2WL,
TZ/F5VHH, UA2FCC, UK8OAR, UU0JM, UU7J, V25J, V26ZP, V31FG/P (NA-073), V44KP,
V8JIM, VB5C, VK6AN (OC-266), VK6LI (OC-071), VE8AE/VY0, VQ9JC, VQ9X, XE1UN,
XF1/F5TYY/XF3 (NA-135), XF4IH, XU7ARA, XV1X, XV9DT, XW1FAN, YI9ZF, YJ0VB,
YL2KF, ZD8JA, ZK1/AC4LN.
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