[KCDXC] Fw: [425ENG] 425 DX News #561
Chuck Kraly
[email protected]
Sun, 3 Feb 2002 05:28:45 -0600
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> 02 February 2002 No 561
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> 3C - Mirek, SP1NY was active as 3C5/SP1NY (QSL via home call) from
Bioco
> Island (AF-010), Equatorial Guinea, on 26-27 January. He
reports
> that due to "some misunderstanding with local authorities"
that
> activity might not be valid for DXCC. He will be back to
Malabo
> around 5 February for 3-5 more days and "will try to clarify
all
> official matters concerning with my licence". [TNX SP1NY]
> 5T & S0 - Six members of the International Amateur Radio Volunteeers
(IARV)
> will visit Mauritania and Western Sahara on 11-17 February.
They
> expect to be permitted to operate amateur radio with individual
5T5
> callsigns (QSL via home calls) as well as S07CRS and S07U (QSLs
via
> JA1UT). They will work mainly CW and RTTY. [TNX JA1UT and Japan
DX
> News]
> 9A - Ivan, ZS6IL (formerly ZS6ILU) reports he will be active from
the
> islands of Brac (EU-016, IOCA-010) and Hvar (EU-016,
IOCA-028)
> between around 10 February through early March. He will operate
SSB
> and possibly RTTY and PSK31 as well.
> 9Q - The Daily DX reports that 9Q1MM (Jean-Philippe), 9Q1KS
(Cyprien),
> 9Q1A (Patrick) and 9Q1YL (Nicole) have been granted permission
to
> operate through 24 February as 9Q0AR/6 from Goma
(Nyiragongo
> volcano), Democratic Republic of Congo.
> C6 - Bill, K1CN will be active (on 10-40 metres CW and SSB) as
C6AWW
> from Harbour Island (NA-001), Bahamas between 15 February
and 1
> March. He will participate in the ARRL CW DX Contest
(16-17
> February). QSL via K1CN. [TNX The Daily DX]
> CE - Marco, CE6TBN reports he will be active (on 10-40 metres SSB)
as
> CE6TBN/2 from Damas Island (SA-086) on 8-10 March. QSL via
N1IBM
> (Morris E. Maze III, 847 Dolan St., Lanoka Harbor, NJ 08734,
USA).
> CO - Josy/CO8JY, Doug/CO8DM, Geo/CO2JZ and Raul/CO8ZZ will
participate
> in the ARRL DX CW Contest (16-17 February) as T48K (Multi
Single).
> QSL via DK1WI. [TNX CO8ZZ]
> FG - Girts, YL2KL reports he will be active (on 10-160 metres mostly
CW
> with some SSB and RTTY) as FG/YL2KL from Guadeloupe on
13-20
> February. He will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as
either
> FG5BG or FG/YL8M (SOAB HP). QSL via YL2KL.
> FS - Look for W4LW and K4FMD to operate (on 10, 15, 20 and possibly
80
> metres SSB, mainly during their evenings and early mornings)
as
> FS/K4UP from St. Martin (NA-105) on 2-8 February. QSL via
K4UP.
> [TNX WA4TLI]
> H4 - Look for Babs, DL7AFS and Lot, DJ7ZG to be active (on 6-80
metres
> SSB, RTTY and PSK) as H44LB and H44ZG from the Solomon
Islands
> starting on 2 February. Later (actual date will depend on
local
> conditions) they will operate as H40YL and H40ZG from Temotu.
QSLs
> via DL7AFS. Up-to-date information will be available
at
> http://www.qsl.net/dl7afs [TNX DL2FAG]
> J3 - Bill, K4LTA (J37BO) and his wife Ruby, K4UPS (J37RO) will
operate
> from Grenada between 31 January and 25 February. Bill will
be
> active as J38A during the FOC Marathon (1-3 February), the
NA
> Sprint (9 February) and the ARRL DX CW Contest (16-17
February).
> Look for J37BO on the WARC bands & 80/160 metres CW and for
J37RO
> on 10, 15 and 20 metres SSB. A breakable CW beacon will
be
> activated on 50103 kHz, typically from 12-17 UTC and from
23-01
> UTC. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
> KH0 - Look for Yuji, KH0/JA5ROH and Take, KH0/JA5AUC to be active
(on
> 6-160 metres CW and SSB) from Rota Island (OC-086),
Northern
> Marianas on 9-11 February. QSL via home calls either direct
or
> through the JARL bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
> KH0 - Look for Nob, KH0/JM1LRQ to be active (on 6-160 metres CW and
SSB)
> from Saipan (OC-086) on 14-18 February. He will participate in
the
> ARRL DX CW Contest (SOAB) and will concentrate on SSB and
WARC
> bands operation outside the contest. QSL via JM1LRQ either
direct
> (Nobuyuki Arai, 5-6-1-1002 Kitayamata, Tsuzuki, Yokohama,
224-0021
> Japan) or through the JARL bureau. [TNX JM1LRQ]
> KH2 - Hide, JH8KYU/K8YU reports he will be active as K8YU/KH2 from
Guam
> (OC-026) on 8-11 February. He will participate in the CQ/RJ
WPX
> RTTY Contest (SOAB) with some CW and SSB while not contesting.
QSL
> via JH8KYU either direct or through the JARL bureau.
> KH4 - David Robbins, K1TTT reports that "the Midway Phoenix Company
that
> has been running the island's infrastructure is leaving
effective 1
> March. This essentially closes down the island except for the
Fish
> and Wildlife service. All planes have been canceled, stores
and
> accommodations are closed, and all the company people are
packing
> to leave". As a first consequence, and to their
deep
> disappointment, Phil/G3SWH and Jim/G3RTE have been forced
to
> cancel their 30 March-6 April W4M operation [425DXN 559]. [TNX
AD1C
> and G3SWH]
> PJ2 - Larry, K6RO and Ron, W6UL will be active (mainly on the WARC
bands
> and 160 metres SSB and CW) from Curacao (SA-006) between
27
> February and 5 March. Larry will participate in the ARRL DX
SSB
> Contest (2-3 March) as PJ2K (SOAB HP) while Ron will be
signing
> PJ2/W6UL before and after the contest. QSL via KU9C. [TNX K6RO]
> PJ7 - Bil, W8EB and his wife, Dorothy, W8DVC will be active from
St.
> Maarten between 24 February and 17 March. Bob, K8RLM and his
wife,
> Lori, W9MSU will join them the first week of March. Bob and
Bil
> will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest (2-3 March) as
PJ7B
> (QSL via W8EB), while the rest of the time they will operate
as
> PJ7/homecalls on all bands (6 metres included) CW, SSB and
RTTY.
> [TNX W8EB]
> PY - PT2GTI, PT2HF and PP2RON will be active (on 10-80 metres CW
and
> SSB) as PY0AI from Abrolhos Archipelago (SA-019, DIB 12, DFB
BA-14)
> on 16-22 February. QSL via PT2GTI (Roberto F. Stuckert, Shin QI
07,
> Conj. 12, Casa 14, 71515-120, Brasilia DF, Brazil). [TNX PS7AB]
> PY - Tom, PY1XP says he will operate (on 40-10 metres) from Rio
de
> Janeiro and Itacuruca Island (SA-029) from now on "for a
long
> period of time".
> PY0_spp - Joaquim, PS7JN reports he is due to leave Natal on 20 February
to
> carry out a research programme in geology at St. Peter and St.
Paul
> Archipelago (SA-014). He will be there from 23/25 February
through
> 10/12 March and he plans to be active again as ZY0SAT in his
spare
> time (typically during his nights) with 10-50 watts and a
multiband
> dipole on +/- 7060, 14250, 21350 and 28600 kHz. QSL via
PS7JN
> (Joaquim das Virgens Neto, Rua Carlos Serrano 1969, 59076-740
Natal
> RN, Brazil). A web page is under construction
at
> http://www.geocities.com/dasvirgens/aspsp/dxspsp.html (the
English
> version will be available soon).
> PY0_ti - The team for the 18 February-2 March PW0T DXpedition to
Trindade
> [425DXN 559] has been finalized and now includes Andre/PY0FF,
Rolf/
> PY1RO, Peter/PY5CC, Herminio/PY5HSD, Eliso/PT7BZ,
Jim/PY7XC,
> Ciro/PY7ZY, Fred/PY7ZZ, Dick/N6FF and Bill/W9VA. While
major
> sponsors have begun stepping forward providing vital support
for
> the DXpedition, financial contributions are still sought for
and
> can be sent to K7BV (Dennis Motschenbacher, 4357 Appollonio
Way,
> Carson City, NV 89704, USA). The web site for the
operation
> (http://www.Trindade2002.com) is updated with daily
fresh
> information. [TNX K7BV]
> S9 - The S9LA DXpedition to Sao Tome (AF-023) [425DXN 554] is
confirmed
> to take place on 4-11 February. LA5UF, LA5QKA, LA6EIA,
LA6FJA,
> LA7THA, LA7WCA, LC3EAT, SM5COP and SM5IMO will be active 24
hours a
> day with two stations on 160-6 metres CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31
and
> possibily on SSTV as well. The pilot stations are Trond,
LA9VDA
> (North and South America & Low Bands: [email protected]),
Tor,
> LA3WAA (Europe and Africa & 6 metres: [email protected]) and
Teru,
> JM2HBO (Japan, Asia and Oceania: [email protected]). QSL via
LA2N
> either direct or through the bureau. Logs will be available
at
> http://www.qsl.net/s9la [TNX LA6FJA]
> T32 - VK3DK plans to be active as T32IR from Christmas/Kiritimati
Island
> (OC-024), East Kiribati on 3-17 February. QSL via VK3DK (P.O.
Box
> 1068, Croydon 3136, Australia). [TNX La Gazette du DX]
> T8 - Derek/G3KHZ, Maurizio/IZ1CRR and Nando/IT9YRE [425DXN 555]
expect
> to arrive to Koror on 6 February and, sea conditions
permitting, to
> start operating from Sonsorol (South Palau Group, OC-???)
around 5
> UTC on the 8th. They plan to operate as T88SI until around 18
UTC
> on the 10th, with three stations, verticals and dipoles. Look
for
> them on +/- 7055, 14260, 18128, 21260, 24950 and 28460 kHz
SSB;
> 7025, 10115, 14040, 18098, 21040, 24920 and 28040 kHz CW.
Dereck
> will then be active as T88DC from Koror (OC-009) until 20
February.
> QSL T88SI via IT9YRE (Ferdinando Rubino, P.O. Box 30, 96012
Avola -
> SR, Italy); QSL T88DC via G3KHZ. Silvano, KB5GL and Salvo,
IT9HLR
> will be the pilots for NA/SA/OC and EU/AS/AF respectively. The
web
> page is at http://www.425dxn.org/dxped/t88si
> TI - The 4-11 February TI2 operation by Bob, AA1M and Mike,
W1USN
> [425DXN 557] has been cancelled. Their host in Costa Rica
is
> leaving and his place will no longer be available. [TNX AA1M]
> V3 - Andy, VE7AHA will be active as V31HA from Belize on 2-16
February.
> QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
> V7 - Jim, W7UG will be active as V73UG from Kwajalein (OC-028),
Marshall
> Islands for the CQ/RJ WW RTTY Contest and the Asia-Pacific
CW
> Sprint (9-10 February) and the ARRL DX CW Contest (16-17
February).
> On 11-15 February he will concentrate on the WARC bands. QSL
via
> home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
> VP8_sg - The multi-national team became active as VP8GEO from South
Georgia
> (AN-007) around 00 UTC on 28 January. They should be QRV
until
> around 5 February. QSL via VE3GCO (The Maple Leaf Radio
Society, 5
> McLaren Avenue, Listowel, Ontario N4W 3K1, Canada).
> W - Dave, KW1DX might operate from Long Island (NA-137) on 2 and
3
> February. Main activity should take place on 15 and 20 metres
SSB,
> with some possible operation on 10, 40 and 80 metres (WARC and
CW
> if requested). [TNX KW1DX and Islands On The Web]
> W - The Metro Amateur Radio Club of Chicago
(http://www.qsl.net/mac)
> will activate Chicago Harbor Lighthouse (ARLS USA 171) on
9-10
> February. The call to be used is K9Y. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
> XE - Enrique/XE1LWY, Javier/XE1KOF, Jose Luis/XE1YJL, Alfonso/XE1UZ
and
> Martin/XE1ML will be active (on all HF bands and 6 metres SSB,
CW
> and RTTY) as XF4IH from Cacaluta Island (NA-188) on 26-31
March.
> QSL via XE1LWY (Enrique Garcia, Apartado Postal 75 - 481,
07300
> Mexico D. F., Mexico [TNX XE1YJS]
> YA - While Peter, ON6TT is on his way to the US, Robert, S53R is
in
> Kabul and has been operating as YA5T on CW for a couple of
days. On
> 2 February he will be joined by Mark, ON4WW, so expect more
CW
> activity. QSL via KU9C. [TNX ON5NT]
> ZL_ant - Chris, N3SIG and Mike, KE6ZYK will be operating portable (on 20,
17
> and 15 metres, possibly on 40 and 80 metres as well) as ZL5CG
from
> the Ross Ice Shelf in front of Scott Base
(http://www.scott.aq).
> They plan to start on 14243 kHz around 5 UTC on 2 February. QSL
via
> AI3D. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
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> ===========================
> *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
> **** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
> ===========================
> Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
>
> A50B ---> This is the call issued to the new club station for the
Technical
> College, Polythechnic and University of Puentsholling, Bhutan. The
station
> has been set up by Ray, G3NOM/A52OM. QSL to P.O. Box 88, Thimpu, Bhutan.
[TNX
> The Daily DX]
>
> JA6GXK/6 ---> Masa, JA6GXK/6 went QRT on 30 January from Danjo
Island
> (AS-056), after some 5500 QSOs made in three years during his various
working
> shifts at the lighthouse. QSL via JA6GXK (Masafumi Ishihara, 493-4
Koba-cho,
> Fukue, 853-0033 Japan). [TNX JI6KVR]
>
> LIGHTHOUSES ---> The ARLHS 2002 Spring Lites QSO Party will take place
from 1
> UTC on 29 March through 23.59 UTC on 7 April. The rules are available
at
> http://www.lighthouse-award.com/spring-2002.txt [TNX DL2VFR]
>
> NOT THE MANAGER ---> Anatoly, US7IID reports he is not the QSL manager
for
> UP9L.
>
> PIRATES ---> The following pirate activities have been reported recently:
> - 4K5CW on digital modes. Sergej Gorobec, the genuine 4K5CW, says once
again
> that he currently does not operate RTTY or other digital modes. [TNX
4K5CW]
> - CO6XN on 21020 kHz around 17.30 UTC on 16 January. [TNX HK6DOS]
> - UA0SC on 6 metres. [TNX UA0SJ]
>
> QSL EZxxx ---> QSL requests for EZ10A, EZ21A, EZ3A, EZ56V, EZ75R, EZ8CW
and
> EZ9A should be sent to RU4SS: Konstantin Vakhonin, P.O. Box 57,
Yoshkar-Ola,
> 424000, Russia. The mail drop for North America is KJ6OW: Terry Morton,
66190
> 3rd St., Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240, USA (please enclose a SASE and
$2).
>
> QSL PJ2T ---> Scott, N9AG is the new QSL manager for PJ2T (the
Caribbean
> Contesting Consortium club station) as of 29 January 2002. All
outstanding
> QSL requests sent to the former QSL manager, KN7Y, will be serviced in
the
> next couple of months. Please be patient as the transfer is completed.
[TNX
> NW0L & K8GT]
>
> QSL PZ5RA ---> Antonello, IZ7DOO reports that cards should not be sent
to
> Suriname any longer, but to Ramon Kaersenhout, c/o Marga Klompelaan 56,
1067
> TZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
>
> QSL RK3DZJ ---> Eugene, RZ3EC reports that the QSL cards for
RK3DZJ's
> activities in 2001 should be printed "within the next few days". Last
year's
> operations included the following islands: Bol'shoy Zhuzhmuy
(EU-147,
> RR-02-02, WLH-2713), Tiunets (EU-147, RR-02-24), Salmaludy
(EU-147,
> RR-02-25), Malyj (EU-162, RR-02-07, WLH-0768), Chayachy (not IOTA,
RR-22-10).
>
> QSL VY0/W2NTJ ---> Cezar, VE3LYC has now received the year 2000 logs
for
> Jack's operations from Long Island (NA-173), Sleeper Islands (NA-159)
and
> Kugong in the Belcher Islands (NA-196). Cezar can also confirm contacts
made
> with Jack between 13 August and 23 December 2001 (some 3,500 QSOs - 90%
from
> NA-173 and the rest from Namaska, Quebec). QSL direct only to Cezar
Trifu,
> 410 College St., Kingston, Ontario K7L 4M7, Canada. Please note that
neither
> Cezar nor Jack are able to confirm any contact made in previous years
(1999,
> 1997, 1995, 1994 and even earlier), as those logs "have been lost
forever".
> [TNX VE3LYC and Islands On The Web]
>
> QSL Z38B ---> Simonetta, IV3FSG is currently stationed in Macedonia and
is
> active as Z38B. QSL via IK3GES. [TNX IV3FSG]
>
> QSL VIA EA4DX ---> Roberto reports that all of the direct requests for
H44RD
> and H40DX received up to 15 January have been processed. The logs for
his
> previous operations - 3D2DX (Rotuma 1998), 3D2DX/p (Fiji 1998), 3D2DX
(Fiji
> 1999), T24DX (1999) and 8Q7XX (1998 and 2000) - are still open and QSL
cards
> should be sent direct only to Roberto Diaz, Doce de Octubre 4, 28009
Madrid,
> Spain.
>
> QSL VIA RA1QQ ---> Nick ([email protected]) reports that all of the QSLs
the
> operations from IOTA EU-160, EU-161, EU-147 and EU-082, as well as those
for
> the RRC islands activities, have been sent. [TNX RA1QHJ]
>
> YA0USA ----> Karl, K4YT has obtained a club license (YA0USA) which can
be
> used by US government officials operating from the American Embassy in
Kabul.
> Karl himself operated with this call earlier this week before leaving
Kabul
> (QSL via K4YT). [TNX The Daily DX]
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
> ===========================
> *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
> *** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***
> ===========================
> Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
>
> LOGS: On-line logs for the recent IOTA operation from Sagar
Island
> (AS-153) are now available at http://www.mdxc.org
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
> QSLs received direct: 4K5CW, 4L0G, 4U1ITU, 4W/CU3FT, 5A1A, 5H1X
(AF-063),
> 5H1X/2, 5R8DL, 5R8GY (AF-090), 5W0DA (OC-097), 8P5A, 9A99P (EU-090),
9L1BTB,
> 9M2/JI1ETU (AS-015), 9M6TPR (AS-051), 9Q0AR, 9U5D, 9V1YC, AH2K/KH0,
AP2ARS,
> AP2JZB, BI4F (AS-160), BI4FAS, BY4BSN, C6A/W9AU, C98DC (AF-066),
CE0/IK5SQX
> (SA-001), CE7AOY/8 (SA-091), CO8ZZ, CT3/DK1BT, CU2AA, D68C (AF-007),
E29AL
> (AS-101), EP3SHM,ER6A, ES8X (EU-178), EY8MM, FG/K6LA, FO0AND (OC-046),
FO0DEH
> (OC-062), FO0DEH (OC-094), FO0DEH (OC-131), FP5AC, FR5FD, FY5FY,
H44MX
> (OC-047),HB0/HA4DX/P, HB0/HB9AON, HC8N, HI3K, HP1/DL7CM, HS1OVH,
HZ1AB,
> IR7GM, J28VS, J39A, J3A, J69AZ, J75J, J88DR, JT1BV, JT1DA, KG4DX,
KH6/KF6GYM,
> KL5E, KL7JR (NA-050), KL7Y, LX1DA, LZ/IZ0CKJ (EU-181), LZ1JY,
OA4SS,
> OD5/OK1MU, OD5YJ, P29IO, P29NB (OC-034), PS8HF/p (SA-025), PZ5RA,
RZ0SR,
> RZ1OA/a, S79LE, SV2FPU/8 (EU-060), SV3/IZ0CKJ/p (EU-158), T32Z
(OC-024),
> T77C, TA0/IZ0CKJ/P (AS-115), TA0/IZ0CKJ/P (AS-123), TA0/IZ0EGB/p
(AS-123),
> TA0/IZ7ATN/p (AS-154), TE8AA, TF4RX (EU-168), TG/DL3GA, TG0R, TM2E,
TU2DP,
> TY0CDX, TY22DX, TY68F, UA9CBO, UK8LA, UU2JZ, V63HO (OC-010), V73OD,
V73UX,
> V8JA (OC-088), VE1/HB9BCK (NA-010), VE1/HB9BCK (NA-068), VK9CQ,
VK9KND,
> VK9LO, VK9XV, VP2EMH, VP5/N5KW, VP5DX, VQ9RW, VU2ELJ, VU2PAI
(AS-096),
> VY2/HB9BCK (NA-029), WP4F, XT2DX, XV9SW, XW0X, XW2A, XX9SC, YA5T,
YB0ECT,
> YB1A, YB8HZ/p (OC-247), YJ0PD (OC-035), YN1EYE, YN4SU, ZA/IZ7DOO, ZA1A,
ZD7K,
> ZD7VC (AF-022), ZD8K, ZK1AWG, ZK1CG, ZK1EPY (OC-013), ZK1FGV
(OC-013),
> ZK1KDN, ZK1NCP, ZK1NDK (OC-082), ZK1TUG, ZS6EZ, ZV0SB (SA-014),
ZY0SAT
> (SA-014).
>
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