[KCDXC] Fw: [425ENG] 425 DX News #563
Chuck Kraly
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Fri, 15 Feb 2002 17:28:05 -0600
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> 16 February 2002 No 563
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> *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
> **** DX INFORMATION ****
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> 3X - Francois, VE2XO will be again active from Guinea between 18 and
27
> February. He will operate (SSB and RTTY - it will be his first
RTTY
> activity, so be patient with him) as 3XY6A from the mainland on
18,
> 25, 26 and 27 February. On 23-24 February he will operate
(SSB
> only) a 3XY8A from the Los Islands (AF-051) - activity will
depend
> on power availability; Francois will not have a generator with
him
> and he has been informed that he should get power from 17 UTC
until
> 9 UTC. [TNX WX5L]
> 5R - Bruno, F5DKO will be active (on 20 and 15 metres) from
Madagascar
> on 4-17 March (licence to be collected upon arrival). He
will
> operate from Nosy Be (AF-057) on 4-10 March and from Sainte
Marie
> Island (AF-090) on 11-17 March. QSL via IZ8CCW (Antonio
Cannataro,
> P.O. Box 360, 87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy). [TNX IZ8CCW]
> 5W - Look for VK2IR and VK2KLM to be active (on 6-40 metres) as
5W0IR
> from Samoa (OC-097) between 28 March and 3 April. QSL via
VK2IR.
> [TNX VK2IR]
> 7Q - Harry, G0JMU will again be active as 7Q7HB from Malawi after
17
> February. It might take a few days before he is able to be QRV
as
> Harry and Les, 7Q7LA will have to take down the old antenna
and
> replace it with a new fibre glass 2 element quad. QSL direct
only
> via G0IAS (Allan Hickman, The Conifers, High Street,
Elkesley,
> Retford, DN22 8AJ Notts, UK). [TNX G0IAS]
> 8P - Steve, K2WE will be active (on 6-80 metres CW and SSB) as
8P9AP
> from Barbados (NA-021) from 21 February through the 28th. QSL
via
> home call. [TNX K2WE]
> 9Q - Pat, 9Q1A [425DXN 562] reports that workload permitting, he will
be
> QRV for VK-ZL daily on +/- 14280 kHz between 17.30 UTC and 18
UTC.
> BY - BA5RX, BD5RI, BD5RT, BD5RV, BD5RL, BD5QX, BD5RJQ and some
others
> will be active (on 10-80 metres SSB, CW and PSK) as either BI5P
or
> homecall/5 from Pingtan Island (AS-138) on 16-18 February. QSL
via
> BD5RI. The web site for the operation is at
http://as138.126.com
> [TNX BD5RV]
> CE - The second XR5SM operation from Santa Maria Island (SA-070)
[425DXN
> 562] is expected to start around 20.30 UTC on 16 February.
The
> group will be active (CW and SSB) until 18 February. QSL via
XQ5SM,
> either direct or through the bureau. The web page for the
XR5SM
> activities is at http://www.qsl.net/xr5sm [TNX CE4USW]
> CE0_ei - Hartmut, DM5TI plans to be active (on RTTY, SSTV, PSK31 and
Pactor,
> with some CW and SSB) as CE0Y/DM5TI from Easter Island
(SA-001)
> between 23 February and 2 March. QSL via DM5TI either
direct
> (Hartmut Stahr, Berliner Str. 15, 84478 Waldkaiburg, Germany)
or
> thorugh the bureau. The web page for the operation is
at
> http://www.qsl.net/dm5ti/ce0y/ [TNX DM5TI]
> D2 - Joao, CT1BFL will be stationed in Angola for the next two years.
He
> plans operate as D2U on 10-160 metres CW and SSB. QSL via
CT1BFL.
> [TNX The Daily DX]
> EA6 - Christian, DL6KAC reports he will be active on 10-80 metres
from
> the island of Mallorca (EU-004, DIE E-021) from 8/9 March until
the
> 24th. QSL via home call.
> EP - Stig, LA7JO, who was recently active from EP3PTT, has received
his
> own callsign, EP3UN. Stig was expected to leave the country
earlier
> this week; he should be back in Teheran by the end of March
and
> will remain for another 3 months. QSL EP3UN via LA7JO, [TNX
ON5NT]
> F - Alain, F5HPY will be active (on 40 and 20 metres SSB) from
the
> following lighthouses on 16 February: Tour Saint Nicolas
(DPLF
> PB-234, ARLHS FRA-497) & Le Mole d'Escale (DPLF PB-252) in
the
> morning starting around 7 UTC and La Pallice (DPLF PB-238) in
the
> afternoon. QSL via home call. For information on the DPLF
Award
> please visit http://wlh.free.fr [TNX F5NQL]
> F - The Council of Europe ARC will participate in the REF Contest
SSB
> on 24-25 February as TP3CE/99. QSL via F6FQK. [TNX F6FQK]
> GM - Leo, W3LEO reports he will once again be active as MM0LEO
from
> Portpatrick in southwest Scotland between 25 February and 28
March,
> including an entry in the ARRL DX SSB Contest. QSL via W3LEO.
> HC - Rick, NE8Z/HC1MD was ill and had to cancel his operation
from
> SA-056 [425DXN 555], which was expected take place on 13
February.
> He only planned for one afternoon on the island, and there is
no
> room in his schedule to get there during this trip. [TNX VE3LYC
and
> Islands On The Web]
> HR - Bob/KB0CY, Denny/KB9DPF and Lor/W3QA will be active as
HR3/homecall
> from Honduras when time allows while participating in a
medical
> mission between 16 February and 3 March. Operations will
include
> CW, PSK31 and SSB on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSLs via home
calls.
> [TNX KB0CY]
> I - Special station IR0MA will be activated on 1-30 April to
celebrate
> the 2755th anniversary of the foundation of Rome. QSL direct
only
> to I0MWI (Stefano Cipriani, Via Taranto 60, 00055 Ladispoli -
RM,
> Italy). [TNX I0MWI]
> JA - Look for JO1EPY/6 to be active (on 10-40 metres CW and SSB)
from
> the Tokara Islands (AS-049) on 9-11 March. QSl via home call
either
> direct (Hiroshi Kotoku, 3-4-19 Kishimachi, Kawagoe-City,
Saitama
> 350-1131, Japan) or through the bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
> J3 - Willi, DJ7RJ reports he will be active (on 160-6 metres CW and
SSB)
> as J3/DJ7RJ from Grenada (NA-024) between 23 February and 14
March.
> QSL via DJ7RJ.
> KG4 - Bill, W4WX reports he will be active as KG4DX from Guantanamo
Bay
> on 22-27 February. This trip is dedicated to 6 metres and
PSK-31.
> QSL via W4WX.
> LU_so - Dominik, DL5EBE reports that Claudio, the current operator at
LU1ZA
> (Base "Orcadas", WABA LU-014 on Laurie Island, South
Orkneys,
> AN-008) [425DXN 562] will go QRT on 11 March. The new
operator
> (Jose-Luis) is expected to arrive after 3-4 days and he
might
> operate again as LU1ZA. QSL LU1ZA operated by Claudio via
LU4DXU.
> LZ_ssh - Danny, LZ0A will be leaving St. Kliment Ohridski (WABA LZ-002)
on
> Livingston Island, South Shetlands (AN-010) in around ten days.
He
> will try to be QRV daily on +/- 3793 starting at 00.00 UTC. QSL
via
> LZ1KDP. [TNX DL5EBE]
> PJ7 - Brian, KD2DL will be active as PJ7/KD2DL from St. Maarten
(NA-105)
> on 2-9 March. This operation will be centered on 17 metres CW
QRP.
> Look for him around 18.080 kHz. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K
and
> VA3RJ]
> PY - Look for PY3CQ/P, PY3MHZ/P and PY3NZ/P to be active from
Solidao
> Lighthouse (DFB RS-06, ARLHS BRA-100) on 16-17 February and
from
> Mostardas Lighthouse (DFB RS-08, ARLHS BRA-065) on 18-19
February.
> QSL via the bureau or direct to P.O. Box 5546, 90410-007
Porto
> Alegre - RS, Brazil. [TNX PY3CQ]
> PY0_ti - The departure date from mainland Brazil for the 18 February-2
March
> PW0T DXpedition to Trindade [425DXN 561] is confirmed to be
15
> February at noon. The web site for the
operation
> (http://www.Trindade2002.com) is updated with daily
fresh
> information. QSL via KU9C. [TNX WC7N]
> PY - PW6AI is the new call issued for the 16-22 February operation
from
> Abrolhos Archipelago (SA-019) [425DXN 561]. Look for PT2GTI,
PT2HF
> and PP2RON to be active on +/- 50130, 28460, 21260, 14260,
7055 &
> 3755 kHz SSB and 50130, 28015, 21040, 14040, 7025 & 3530 kHz
CW.
> QSL via PT2GTI (Roberto F. Stuckert, QI 07, Conj. 12, Casa
14,
> 71515-120 Brasilia - DF, Brazil). [TNX PP2BT]
> R1_ant - Alan, UA1PAC is now active as R1ANC from Vostok Base. He has
a
> 3-element monoband yagi for 20 metres, but his amplifier does
not
> work. He plans to be QRV daily on 14025 kHz at 17 UTC and on
the
> Antarctica Net on Mondays on 21275 kHz at 17 UTC. QSL via
DL5EBE.
> [TNX DL5EBE]
> TA - TA2RC, TA2MW, TA2LE and possibly other operators from TA2KI will
be
> active (on 10-160 metres SSB and RTTY) as homecall/TA0 from
Kefken
> Island (AS-159, WLH 0691, ARLHS TUR-058) between May and
August,
> generally during the weekends (including the IOTA Contest
weekend
> on 27-28 July). QSl via home calls either direct or through
the
> bureau. [TNX TA2RC]
> TF - Eric, SM1TDE will be signing TF8/SM1TDE/P from Iceland
(EU-021)
> between 23 February and 2 March. He will operate on 10-80
metres
> mostly CW from Gulli's (TF8GX) station in Keflavik. QSL via
SM1TDE
> either direct or through the bureau (bureau cards can be
requested
> at [email protected]). [TNX SM1TDE]
> TI - Bob, KE0UI will be active from TI5KD's
QTH
> (http://www.qsl.net/ti5kd) in Heredia, Costa Rica on
18-27
> February. He will operate on all HF bands and 6 metres with
an
> emphasis on WARC bands CW. Bob will participate as TI5N in the
UBA
> CW Contest (23 February). [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
> TI9 - While the Radio Club of Costa Rica (http://www.ti0rc.org)
had
> opposed the forthcoming DXpedition to Cocos Island "due to
the
> irregular proceedings under which the callsigns for the
operation
> were obtained", the operators (namely AD6E, AK0A, F5CWU,
IK3RIY,
> IZ7ATN, KA0KKO, KI7WO, N4CD, N6KT, N7DF, PA3EWP, PA5ET, RK3AD,
WS4Y
> and TI2HMG, the DXpedition founder and leader) were gathering
in
> Costa Rica. Earlier this week Robert Voss, N4CD stated that
"the
> official radio licenses for all 15 participants, as well as
the
> landing and park permits, have been issued by the Costa
Rican
> authorities", however the latest good news is that the Costa
Rican
> licencing authorithy has revised the TI9M licence, which now
will
> be used by all the operators. They hope to depart Puntarenas on
17
> February, with arrival at the operating location approximately
48
> hours later. The team anticipates 24-hour operations with four
HF
> transmitters on all bands from 160m through 6 metres. The final
day
> of operations will be 2 March. The web site for the DXpedition
is
> at http://www.qsl.net/ti9m and will be updated as often as
often as
> communication links allow.
> V3 - Doug, W0AH will operate as V31AH (QRP) during the ARRL DX
CW
> Contest 2002. QSL via W2GR either direct or through the
bureau.
> [TNX W2GR]
> VK9_mr - The 12-22 April VK9ML DXpedition to Mellish Reef [425DXN 557]
will
> have five stations operating on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and some
RTTY.
> The team includes G4EDG, JH7OHF, JJ1LIB, JP1TRJ, K3NA,
VK4DH,
> VK4GL, VK4WR, VK4APG and ZL4PO. The web site for the operation
is
> at http://www.qsl.net/vk9ml/2002/ [TNX VK4CP]
> VP8_fal - Les, GM3ITN will be visiting the Falkland Islands (SA-002) on
10-24
> June and plans to operate as VP8ITN from Saunders Island for 4
or 5
> days towards the end of his visit. QSL via home call. [TNX
GM3ITN]
> VQ9 - George, K7GB will be active (on all bands CW and SSB) as as
VQ9GB
> from Diego Garcia (AF-006), Chagos Archipelago from about 8
March
> to mid May. QSL to home call. [TNX K7GB]
> W - Several members of the Magnolia DX Association will be active
as
> W4D from Dauphin Island (NA-213, USI AL-002S) from around 22
UTC on
> 8 March until the 11th. They will operate around the clock on
all
> bands and modes, with a special emphasis on RTTY and the
WARC
> bands. QSL via W5UE either direct or through the bureau. For
more
> details, please visit the MDXA website at http://mdxa.org
[TNX
> W5UE]
> YN - Hans/DL7CM, Mike/DL2OE and Dietmar/DL3DXX will be active
(possibly
> as YN/homecall) from Nicaragua between 18 February and 8
March.
> They plan to operate on 6-160 metres CW, SSB and RTTY, with
an
> emphasis on the low bands and RTTY. QSL via home calls. Their
web
> page is at http://www.qsl.net/dl7cm [TNX The Daily DX]
>
> CARIBBEAN TOUR ---> Bert, PA3GIO reports he will be active (SSB only)
from
> the Caribbean in March as follows:
> * 05-06 St. Martin (NA-105) FS/PA3GIO/m
20,17,15,12,10m
> * 05-06 St. Maarten (NA-105) PJ7/PA3GIO/m
20,17,15,12,10m
> * 07-14 Saba (NA-145) PJ6/PA3GIO/m or /p
40,20,17,15,12,10m
> * 15-21 Dominican Republic (NA-096) PA3GIO/HI9
80,40,20,17,15,12,10m
> * 22-28 St Barthelemy (NA-146) FJ/PA3GIO/m or /p
80,40,20,17,15,12,10m
> QSLs via PA3GIO either direct or (preferably) through the bureau.
> The web pages for the operation are at
> http://www.pa3gio.nl/FSPJ7/ http://www.pa3gio.nl/PJ6
> http://www.pa3gio.nl/HI9/ http://www.pa3gio.nl/FJ/
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
> **** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
> ===========================
> Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
>
> 10M BEACON ---> The antenna of the Moat Beacon (LU4XS, visit for
further
> information http://www.geocities.com/gacwar/4xseng.html) transmitting
on
> 28.190 MHz was improved a weeks ago and the Grupo Argentino de CW (GACW)
is
> very interested in new reception reports. Callsign, coordinates and
Grid
> Locator are sent every 2 minutes. Reports can be sent
to
> [email protected] [TNX LU7AWY]
>
> CLUB OFFICERS ---> The Order of Boiled Owls of New
York
> (http://www.reallybig.com/obo/), a DX/Contesting club in the New York
City
> metropolitan area, announced the following club officers for 2002:
President
> - Tony Japha, N2UN; Vice President - Les Kalmus, W2LK; Secretary -
Dennis
> McAlpine, K2SX; Treasurer - Andy Bodony, K2LE; Activities Manager -
Larry
> Amodeo, W2AX. [TNX K2SX]
>
> FRANKFORD RADIO CLUB ---> 2002 marks the 75th annivserary of the
Frankford
> Radio Club. To commemorate the occasion, the FRC is making available an
award
> to anyone who contacts 75 or more FRC members in contests during 2002.
The
> award is also available to SWLs. QSLs are not required; the award is free
to
> DX stations and an SASE for domestic stations. For more information
please
> check the FRC web site at http://www.frc-contest.org/anniva.htm [TNX
KA2AEV]
>
> GACW DX CONTEST ---> The first edition of the GACW (Grupo Argentino de CW)
DX
> Contest will take place from 12 UTC on 20 April through 12 UTC on the
21st.
> Please visit http://www.geocities.com/gacwar for the rules [TNX LU6EF]
>
> PIRATES ---> The following pirate operations were reported recently:
> - Abubaker, 5A1A has moved to Germany [425DXN 550] and has not been
active
> since 18 December 2001. Do not waste your time on working those who
from
> time to time sign "5A1A" (typically on CW). [TNX DJ7IK]
> - Dennis, ZS4BS says that no licenses were ever issued for 7Q8/ZS6GH
and
> C9/ZS6GH. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
>
> QSL CT3EE ---> CT3EE was operated by DK1BT and DL3DXX during the ARRL
10m
> Contest (December 2001). QSL for this event go to DL3DXX either direct
or
> through the DARC bureau. [TNX DL3DXX]
>
> QSL KL7Y ---> Bill, W2AY reports that the QSL manager for KL7Y has
changed
> from N2AU to W8LU.
>
> QSL VK9KND & VK9KNE ---> Wojciech, SP9PT/VK9KNE and Jerzy,
SP9EVP/VK9KND
> have processed all the direct and bureau cards for their operation
from
> Norfolk Island (20 October-3 November 2001). Requests for 9M6APT and
9M6EVT
> are being processed right now. Details on their operation can be found
at
> http://www.vk9n.sp5zcc.waw.pl [TNX SP9PT].
>
> WRTC 2002 ---> The WRTC2002 Organizing Committee has endorsed the full
list
> of WRTC2002 on-site Referees, as proposed by Roger Western, G3SXW and
Olli
> Rissanen, OH0XX/OA4DMR. The following contesters have been selected
as
> official Referees for WRTC2002:
> 4Z4KX K6AW N4GN OH5BM RZ3AA
> AH3C K6KR N7BG OH5NQ S50R
> DL6LAU K7BV N7NG OH6DO SM3CER
> F6BEE K8NZ OH1EB OH6LNI SM3DMP
> G0MTN K9JF OH1JD OH6RX SM3EVR
> G4BUO K9ZO OH1MA OH6OS T97M
> HA6ND KC1F OH2BR OH7BX TG9AJR
> I4UFH KM3T OH2JA OH7JR W6OAT
> K1VR KT3Y OH3BU OH7MA W6UM
> K3NA N2AA OH4XX PY5EG WX0B
> The web site for the event is at http://www.wrtc2002.org
>
> + SILENT KEY + La Gazette du DX reports that Jean-Claude Jupin,
TR8XX/F2XX
> died in France on 11 February. A keen and skilful CW operator, he was
active
> from other African countries as well and back in May 1999 gave
IOTA
> enthusiasts a "new one" operating as 3C2JJ from Corisco Island (AF-082).
>
> QSLs received direct: 3A2MD, 3A2MW, 3B8/DL7DF, 3D2AG/P, 3D2RW, 3D2VA,
3DA0DF,
> 3DA0FR, 3X0HNU, 4K6DI, 4L4CR, 5A1A, 5A32, 5H/ZS6GH, 5N99MSV, 5R8GW
(AF-013),
> 6W6JX, 6Y1A, 6Y2A, 6Y4A, 6Y8A, 7Q7LA, 9A7C, 9G5KW, 9G5XU, 9Q0AR, 9U5D,
A52DA,
> A52DU, A52UL, A61AJ, A92ZE, AH0K, AP2JZB, BI4F (AS-160), BI4Q
(AS-135),
> C98DC, CE7AOY (SA-064), CE7AOY/8 (SA-091), CE9R (01/2001), CN2JS,
CN8YR,
> CO2TK, CO8TW, D2BB, D68C, D902WSF, DU1KGJ/p, E4/OK2BZM, EK6TA, EK8WA,
EM1HO,
> EP3HR, ES1WW, ET3BN, EW3LB, EX2M, EY8MM, EZ8AQ, F6AUS/HI9, FG/N4CD,
FM5BH,
> FO0DEH (OC-131), FY5FY, FY5KE/p (SA-020), FY5YE, H6C, HC2DX, HC8N,
HG80ST,
> HL9DX/2 (AS-090), HR3J, J3/PA3EWP (NA-147), J3/PA7FM (NA-147),
J38PA
> (NA-147), J8/PA0ZH (NA-025), J8/PA7FM (NA-025), JA6WFM/HR3, JD1BCK,
JT1/K4ZW,
> JT1CO, JT1DA, JY9NX, KC4/N3SIG (AN-011), KH0AC, KL7AK/P (NA-053), KP2A,
NP4A,
> OY1CT, PJ2/G0HFX, PJ7/PA3GCV (NA-105), PJ7/PA7FM (NA-105), PZ5RA,
R1ANM,
> RW2F, T77C, TF7RX (EU-071), TG9AAK, TG9ADV, TG9AJR, TG9AKC, TI3TLS,
TT8JE,
> TY22DX, UK8FF, UK9AA, V26WP, V29K, V31JP, VK9CQ, VK9KND, VK9KNE,
VK9LO,
> VK9LX, VO2WL, VP2MEG, VP2VE, VP5JM, VP9AD, VP9DX, VU2JSH (AS-153),
VU2WAP,
> VY1JA, WH2DX, XF2RCS (NA-221), XQ6ET, XT2DX, XU7ABW (AS-133), XW0X,
YJ0AXC
> (OC-110), YN4SU, YS1/K9ULW, YS1RR, ZA1Z, ZC4BS, ZC4DW, ZF2AH, ZF2LM,
ZK1JD,
> ZK1QMA, ZP0R, ZW6C (SA-062, 01/96).
>
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