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10 July 2004 No 688
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
CN - Andre, HB9HLM will be active again as CN2DX from Morocco between
from 12 July to 8 August. He will operate on 6 and 2 metres from
either IM63 and other grid locators. QSL via home call. [TNX F5NQL]
DL - Peter, DH9YPA expects to be active from Neuwerk Island (EU-127)
until 12 July. He operates SSB on 40-15 metres. QSL via bureau. [TNX
DL2VFR]
DL - Look for DL0HGW/p to be active for the first time ever from Vilm
Island (EU-057, GIA O-08) on 23-26 July, IOTA Contest included. [TNX
DL2VFR]
DL - Jo, DL5AUA will participate in the IOTA Contest as DL5AUA/p from the
lighthouse (ARLHS FED-165, GLHA 38, WLH 2311) on the island of
Neuwerk (EU-127, GIA N-12). Look for him on 10-80 metres CW and SSB.
[TNX DL5AUA]
F - A group of operators from Radio Club F6KMF will be operating a
portable station from the archeological site of Bibracte on Mount
Beuvray on 12-18 July. They will use a special call on HF and VHF
(144.220 MHz). QSL via F6KMF. [TNX F5EFV]
FP - Peter, NN9K will operate as FP/NN9K from Miquelon Island (NA-032) on
10-18 September. Peter's operating goal is to make FP as available
as possible on 30 metres, especially for Asia and the Pacific Rim
amateurs. This will be a CW only expedition and although the plan is
to spend as much time as possible on 30m, Peter will be QRV on other
bands as well. QSL via home call, direct (Peter E. Beedlow, 741
Greenway Ave, Colona, IL 61241-9337, USA) or bureau. More
information can be found at http://nn9k.home.mchsi.com/ [TNX NN9K]
GW - The Barry Amateur Radio Society will participate in the IOTA Contest
as GW8K from Flatholm Island (EU-124). They will be on the island
from 22 July to the 26th inclusive; outside the contest expect
activity as GB5FI also on PSK31 and SSTV. QSL via GW0ANA, direct or
bureau. [TNX GW0ANA]
HA - Special station HA200CVM is active until January 2005 from Debrecen
to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the death of the great
Hungarian poet Csokonai Vitez Mihaly. QSL via HA0NAR, direct (Laszlo
Radocz, Rozsavolgy str. 130., Debrecen-Jozsa, H-4225, Hungary) or
bureau. [TNX HA0NAR]
HS - Karl, K4YT will participate in the IARU Contest as HS0ZDG on 10-80
metres CW and SSB. "The Thai 80m freqs are very low in the band", he
says, "and I will listen up". QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
Karl is also a member of the RAST QSL Bureau, but he gets back to
Thailand only 2-3 times a year. [TNX K4YT]
I - IK2JUB, IZ2ABI, IZ2ABZ, IW2HAJ and IH9GPI will participate in the
IOTA Contest as IH9/IQ2CJ from Pantelleria (AF-018). QSL to IQ2CJ
via bureau. [TNX IK2JUB]
I - Ezo, I8INW reports he will operate as ID8/I8INW from Dino Island
(EU-144, IIA CS-002) on 10-18 July.
I - Franco, IK4DCS and Sandro, IK4RVG will operate (SSB and CW, with 100
watts, vertical and dipole) from Scanno di Piallazza (EU-155) on 25
July, from around 5.30 UTC to 14 UTC. They will use IK4DCS/4 during
the IOTA Contest and IK4RVG/4 outside the contest. QSL via home
calls (IK4DCS welcomes bureau cards requests at ik4dcs at libero.it).
[TNX IK4DCS]
IS0 - Gianpaolo, IK1TTD will be active from Sardinia (EU-024) on 16-31
July, including an entry in the IOTA Contest. He plans to operate
also from Tavolara (EU-165, IIA SS-068) and Molara (EU-165, IIA
SS-073) during that time frame. QSL via home call, direct (P.O. Box
32, 18018 Arma di Taggia - IM, Italy) or bureau. [TNX IK1TTD]
JA - The following HQ stations, located in five different Prefectures on
Honshu Island (AS-007), will represent JARL in the IARU Contest:
8N1HQ (20m SSB and 15m CW from Chiba), 8N1HQ (160m CW, 80m SSB and
20m CW from Yamanashi), 8N3HQ (40m CW and 15m SSB from Nara), 8N4HQ
(80m CW, 40m SSB and 10m CW from Okayama), 8N0HQ (10m SSB from
Niigata). All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau.
[TNX JA1BPA]
JA - Yuki, JI6KVR reports the following IOTA activities are expected to
take place between on 10 and 12 July (QSL via home calls, direct or
bureau):
* JA5BEX/5 and JA5BQX/5 from Ibuki Island (AS-076), Kagawa
prefecture, on 10-11 July;
* JE4TST/4, JE4WIP/4 and JE4QIG/4 from Mutsure Island (AS-117),
Yamaguchi prefecture, on 10-11 July;
* JA4BBP/4 and JA4TI/4 from Mu Island (AS-117, Okayama prefecture),
on 11 July and from Manabe Island (ditto), on the 12th.
JA - Takeshi, JI3DST reports he will operate as JI3DST/8 from Okushiri
Island (AS-147) from about 7 UTC on 24 July through about 00.00 on
the 27th. He will be QRV during the IOTA Contest. QSL to JI3DST via
the bureau.
LZ - Club station LZ1KSL will be active (on 80-10 metres CW and SSB) from
the island of Sveta Anastasiya (EU-181) on 23-25 July, IOTA Contest
included. QSL via LZ4BU, direct or bureu. On-line logs will be
available at http://www.qsl.net/lz4bu [TNX LZ4BU]
OE - Several OE1XHQ to OE9XHQ stations will hand out the OVSV multiplier
during the IARU Contest. All QSLs via the Austrian bureau. Details
on the certificate available for working these HQ stations can be
found at http://www.oevsv.at/oev/oev_dip/oev_dip.shtml [TNX OE5OHO]
OY - Carsten, OY1CT will represent the Foroyskir Radioamatorar (FRA) in
the IARU Contest. Look for him on all bands only CW. QSL direct to
Carsten Thomsen, P.O. Box 25, FR-340 Kvivik, Faroe Islands. [TNX
OY1CT]
PA - Teun, PA5TT reports he will participate in the IOTA Contest as PI4HQ
(CW only) from his home QTH on Schouwen Duiveland (EU-146).
PY - PQ8KGB, PQ8VA and PT7BI will be active as ZX8M from Maraca Island
(SA-045, DIB 39) on 21-25 July. They plan to operate on all bands
SSB, CW and possibly RTTY. QSL via PT7BI. The web site for the
operation is at http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/ilhademarac [TNX
PS7AB]
SV - Dov, 4Z4DX will be active as SV8/M0DOV from Zankynthos (EU-052) on
24-28 July. He will participate in the IOTA Contest as SZ8DX. QSLs
via 4Z4DX. [TNX VA3RJ]
TX0 - Chris/DL5NAM, Jan/DJ8NK, Hawa/DK9KX, Dieter/DJ9ON, Dieter/DL3KDV and
Heye/DJ9RR will operate on all bands and modes from the Chesterfield
Islands (OC-176) in October. Flight tickets and vessel are booked
and the licence is in hand (the callsign will not be made public
before the operation starts); they are still looking for one more
operator to share costs and above all for funds, as the estimated
budget for the DXpedition is 45,000-50,000 USD. Please contact
Chris, DL5NAM (dl5nam at arrl.net) for further information; the web
site for the expedition is curretly under construction. [TNX DL5NAM]
UA - Igor, RA3QSY and Alex, RW3QDE will be active as UE3OFF from the
Natural Reserve of Khopersky (RFF-94 ) on 15-18 July. QSL via RA3QSY
either direct (Igor Makeev, P.O.Box 2, Voronezh, 394010, Russia) or
through the bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards are welcome at
ra3qsy at mail.ru). [TNX RA3QSY]
UA - UA9JRN, UA9JPB, RW9JT and RX3BP will be active as homecall/9 from
one or more islands in the Obskaya Gulf group (AS-109) for 3-4 days
starting on 16 July. [TNX RX3BP]
UA - RN1AW, RX1AW, RA1ANP, RA1AV, RW6HJV and UA1ANE will be active as
RI1CGG from Gogland Island (EU-133, RRA 01-04) and lighthouse (WLH
0737) on 20-26 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via RN1AW, direct
(Victor Tsarevsky, P.O. Box 114, Pushkin-8, 196608, Russia) or
bureau. [TNX RN1AW]
VK9_lh - The team of operators for the Oceania Amateur Radio DX Group's
DXpedition to Lord Howe [425DXN 682] currently includes Vicki/VK2IVK
(SSB), Elvira/IV3FSG (SSB and RTTY), Eric/VK4NEF (SSB), Mike/VK3SU
(SSB), Carlo/IK6CAC (SSB, CW and RTTY) and Bill/VK4FW (SSB and CW);
there are still two vacancies (one more YL operator and one OM),
please contact Bill Horner (vk4fw at westnet.com.au) if interested.
They will operate on all HF bands and 6 metres from 9 to 23 October.
Because of severe weight restrictions they will have to boat freight
most of the equipment over next month. Donations to help offset this
cost would gladly be appreciated and can be sent direct to Oceania
Amateur Radio DX Group Inc, P.O. Box 513, Nambour, 4560, Australia.
[TNX VK4FW]
VU - VU2PAI reports he will participate in the IARU Contest as AT4HQC.
Expect activity on either SSB and CW.
W - Chuck, ND7K plans to operate on 20 metres CW and SSB from Bailey
Island (NA-137) from about 18 UTC on 11 July until 15 UTC on the
12th. QSL to P.O. Box 347, East Boothbay, ME 04544, USA. [TNX The
Daily DX]
EUROPEAN TOUR ---> Berkin, TA3J and Nilay, TA3YJ will operate from different
locations around Hungary (18-21 July), Austria (21-23 July) and the Czech
Republic (23-25 July). Look for HA#/TA3J & HA#/TA3YJ, OE#/TA3J & OE#/TA3YJ,
OK#/TA3J & OK#/TA3YJ on 160-2 metres SSB and FM. QSL via home calls, direct
(only SASE and 1 IRC, no green stamps please) or bureau. [TNX TA3J and TA3YJ]
IARU HF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ---> The following IARU Society HQ stations are
expected to participate in this year's event (10-11 July):
4L0G (NARG) LX0HQ (RL) PJ2HQ (VERONA)
8N#HQ (JARL) LY0HQ (LRMD) R7HQ (SRR)
9A0HQ (HRS) NU1AW (IARU) SK9HQ (SSA)
B4HQ (CRSA) OE#XHQ (OVSV) SZ1SV (RAAG)
CX1AA (RCU) OH2HQ (SRAL) TM0HQ (REF)
EI0HQ (IRTS) OL4HQ (CRC) VE7RAC (RAC)
GB5HQ (RSGB) OY1CT (FRA) VR2HK (HARTS)
HG0HQ (MRASZ) OZ1HQ (EDR) W1AW/0 (ARRL)
HS0AC (RAST) P40HQ (AARC) YT80HQ (SRSCG)
LN2HQ (NRRL) PA6HQ (VERON) ZF1A (CARS)
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
9K2ZZ LOGS ---> Raymond, W8CNL reports he is in the process of uploading all
of the 9K2ZZ logs (about 253,600 QSOs) to LoTW. He will then load 9K9Z
(14,000 QSOs) 9K2ZZ/NLD (8,300 QSOs) and, if Bob agrees, 9K2USA (7,700 QSOs).
Raymond will still handle paper cards (direct only) for these calls.
HAM RADIO 2004 ---> A photo gallery of this year's edition of Ham Radio
(Friedrichshafen, 25-27 June) is avilable on the Bavarian Contest Club's web
site (http://www.bavarian-contest-club.de/). During the BCC Buffet on the
26th, the ST0RY team was presented the 425 DX News Trophy for the "DXpedition
of the Year", as well as individual plaques for each operator (Falk/DK7YY,
Dietmar/DL3DXX, Uwe/DL9NDS, Felix/DL7FER and Chris/DL5NAM): pictures at
http://www.bavarian-contest-club.de/galleries/bilder/cme143,0.html?PG=2
OJ0J ---> The party departed Market Reef on 5 July in the morning. Total time
on the reef was 84 hours, and 12,414 QSOs were made on 30, 40, 20 and 17
metres with two radios. [TNX OH2BN]
RSGB HFC 2004 ---> The International HF & IOTA Convention, including the IOTA
40th Anniversary celebrations, will take place at the Europa Hotel, Gatwick
on 22-24 October. Details and booking forms are available on the RSGB's web
site (www.rsgb.org); please contact John Gould, G3WKL (hfc at rsgb.org.uk) for
enquiries (except bookings).
ST2DX ---> Michael, PA5M went QRT as ST2DX on 9 July. Online logs, audio
files and a few pictures can be found at http://www.pa7fm.nl. QSL via PA7FM.
[TNX PA7FM]
WHQS ---> The Worked HQ Stations Award, sposored by MK QTC (the Polish
Amateur Radio Journal), is issued to licenced amateurs and SWLs for contacts
made/heard during the IARU HF Championship with IARU member society HQ
stations, the IARU International Secretariat club station (NU1AW), members of
the IARU Administrative Council and the three IARU regional Executive
committees. For further information please e-mail Sylwester Jarkiewicz,
SP2FAP at qtc at post.pl or visit http://qtc.radio.org.pl/ [TNX SP2FAP]
+ SILENT KEY + The Daily DX reports the sad news of the recent passing of
Humberto Perez Bonilla, TI2HP. The first DXer to work 100 countries on SSB,
he was part of the HK0AI DXpedition to San Andres (1957) as well as of the
first ever TI9 DXpeditions to operate on SSB (1959).
+ SILENT KEY + Martin Brandeaux, KE6PZH/FO5GJ died in Los Angeles on 1 July
at 80 years of age. He was better known as Academy Award winner (twice) and
nominee (for six other times) Marlon Brando, the unforgettable actor of many
memorable motion pictures that have made the history of cinema.
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
LOGS: Logs for CQ14ELP, as well as for CT1ELP, CT98ELP and CQ7ELP, can be
found at http://mega.ist.utl.pt/~paspe/logsearch.html [TNX CT1ELP]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3D2BY W1BYH EV60SL EW2ZC RI9KM UA4RC
3D2EA EB2AYV FM5WD W3HNK RL3AA/0 UA3DX
3Z0FO SP6RGQ FO5RJ F8IJV RW1ZZ/P RA1QQ
3Z20MRP SP9MRP FP/K9OT K9OT S5041U S51U
4L0G 4L2M FP/KB9LIE KB9LIE SN0EEM SP3KHJ
4U1UN HB9BOU GB5HQ G3TXF SN0RZ SP8AJK
4X1FQ AA4V GH8KGC/P G3OCA SO1CE DL5CE
5H4CM IV3RTL HG3UHU HA3MQ SO1VAF DL7VAF
6W1RW F6BEE HK3JJH/0A HK3JJH SQ5BB/1 SP5XSD
7X0AD EA4URE HK3JJH/0B HK3JJH SX2004D SV1DPI
8N#HQ bureau HZ1AN DJ9ZB SY2004CJU SV3CJU
9A80A 9A1A II0P IZ1EPM SY2004KF SV1BJW
9M2IDJ JA6IDJ IQ8LR IZ8GBH TK/IN3ATM IN3ATM
9M6A N2OO IU3AC IK3GES TM0GP F5KCH
9M6AAC N2OO IU7I/P IK7JWX TM0HQ F8CRH
9Y4/AJ9C AJ9C J79DM KD5YDN TM4FAF F6BZH
9Y4/KE9I KE9I J79KV W6JKV TM5TDF F8KGN
9Y4/N9LAH N9LAH JA1BK/TF VE3HO TM9ES F5GTW
9Y4ZC AJ9C (a) JW8OKA LA8OKA UA3DX/0 UA3DX
AN2VCL EA2CV K4T KC4PX UE0LLH UA0MF
B4HQ BA4RD KG8RP/KH0 7K4QOK UE3XXX RA3XA
C6AGN W1DIG KH0/JM1MAC JM1MAC UE6FZZ RW6FZ
CN8KD EA5XX KH0/JQ2GYU JQ2GYU UE9FDA/9 RV9FQ
CN8YZ EA7FTR KH0D JF1OCQ UE9XRD UA9XC
CO2CI WD4OIN KH0WW JP1IOF V31KG KG9N
CO8EJ EA5KB LN2HQ bureau V44KJ WB2TSL
CO8LY EA7ADH LX8M LX1ER V51KC WD4AWO
CP6XE IK6SNR LY0HQ bureau VP2E N5AU
CQ14ELP CT1ELP LZ120AK LZ2VP VP2EST KT8Y
CQ7M CT1EHX MM0AFJ/P M0AFJ VP2MDD M0AEP
CS94KN CT3KN NA8O/KH0 JK1FNL VY2ZM K1ZM
CU34AAV CU3AAV NC2N/V44 W3HNK WH6CZC/KH0 JF1UMK
CU34DI CU3DI OE#XHQ bureau WK3D/AH0 JF2MBF
D2PFN KK5DO OH0TA OH2TA YI9MC N2OO
EA0JC EA4URE OJ0J OH0RJ YT6100A YT6A
ED1DAT EA1URV OJ0U OH1VR YZ80A YZ1AA
ED1YSA EA1FE OJ0VR OH1VR Z22JE K3PD
ED5JVS EA5URM OL4HQ OK1FLM ZA/IK0OKY IW0BET
ED8ERC EA8ZS OZ1HQ OZ1ACB ZA1E I2MQP
EG7RTC EA7URF P40HQ I2MQP ZF1A W6VNR (a)
EI0HQ EI4BZ P49V AI6V ZF2AH W6VNR
ER500S ER1DA PA6HQ PA3CAL ZK1USA ZK1CG
ES0Q ES4RY PJ7M K2ZD ZL1V N3SL
EV5V DL8KAC R7HQ bureau ZP77CE ZP1LL
EV60GR RV3AR RI0IMA UA3DX ZX7XX PY7XC
(a) IARU HF Championship 2004
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
AA4V Stephen S. Reichlyn, 14 Seahorse Ct, Isle of Palms, SC 29451, USA
BA4RD Ken Wang, P.O. Box 538, Nanjing 210005, China
CT1ELP Pedro Pedroso, P.O.Box 116, 2801-902 Almada, Portugal
DH7MW Manfred Koehl, Wittenberger Str. 15A, Dommitzsch, Germany
EB2AYV P.O. Box 6208, 48012 Bilbao, Spain
ER1DA Valery Metaxa, P.O. Box 3000, Chisinau , MD 2071,Moldova
HL0O Kyungpook National University Amateur Radio Club, Dong-Daegu P.O. Box
56, Daegu-City 701-600, Korea
KC4PX Ivars Lauzums, 5150 Del Sol Drive, Merritt Island, FL 32952, USA
OH0RJ Lars Nikko, Matrosgatan 5L, 22100 Mariehamn, Aland Islands, Finland
RA1QQ Nick A. Smerdov, P.O. Box 24, Cherepovets 162611, Russia
SP5XSD Andrzej Niedzwiedzki, P.O. Box 22, 07-400 Ostroleka, Poland
VY0CQ Carl Ozyer, 1086 Dalhousie Drive, London, ON N6K 1M7, Canada
WA4PGM Kyle P. Chavis, P.O. Box 127, Farmville, VA 23901, USA
YT80HQ P.O. Box 48, 11000 Beograd, Serbia and Montenegro
ZK1CG Victor Rivera, P.O. Box 618, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Via New Zealand
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