[Kcdxc] Fw: [425ENG] 425 DX News #557
Chuck Kraly
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Fri, 4 Jan 2002 17:39:07 -0600
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> 05 January 2002 No 557
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> *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
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who
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Russian
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> 3W - "La Gazette du DX" reports that Jacques, F6BUM plans to be
active
> on CW and SSB from the islands of Tam (AS-157) on 14-16 March,
Cham
> (AS-???) on 21-23 March and Cat Ba (AS-132) on 3-5 April. QSL
via
> F6BUM.
> BV - David, BA4DW reports he will be on business trip to Taiwan on
11-20
> January and has been issued a licence which allows him to
guest
> operate and he plans to be QRV during his free time from some
local
> BV stations. QSL via home call (David Y. J. Zhou, P.O. Box
040-088,
> Shanghai, 200040, China).
> CE9_ssh - Oleg, UA1PBA [425DXN 549] was active as CE9/R1ANF from a
Chilean
> base on King George Island in the South Shetlands (AN-010). He
is
> expected to operate again from CE9 on 8 January. QSL via
RK1PWA.
> [TNX DL5EBE]
> GJ - Martin Atherton, G3ZAY and Dominic Smith, M0BLF will operate
as
> GJ6UW from Jersey (EU-013) from the afternoon of 15 February
to
> the morning of the 17th. They will be active from a location in
the
> north of the island and hope to work on all bands from topband
to
> ten metres, SSB and CW. QSL via M0BLF either direct or through
the
> bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
> KG4 - Florida DXPedition Group members Bill, W4WX (KG4DX) and Larry,
W1LR
> (KG4LR) will be active from Guantanamo Bay on 11-19 January.
Look
> for them on all bands, including 6 metres, on CW, SSB, RTTY
and
> PSK-31. QSL to home calls either direct or through the bureau.
[TNX
> W4WX]
> KH0 - Toshi, JP1IOF and Yoshi, JE2EHP will operate as KH0WW and
K1HP/KH0
> respectively from Saipan (OC-086), Northern Marianas on
25-28
> January. They plan to be active 160-6 metres SSB, CW, FM and
RTTY.
> QSl via home calls. [TNX JE2EHP]
> KH0 - Oita DX Club members JA6BTO (KH0/JA6BTO), JA6HJP
(KF4LX/AH0),
> JA6LZN (KH0/JA6LZN), JA6PBO (KK7UB/KH0), JA6VQA (WH0B) and
JH6ALF
> (AB2GA/KH0) will be active from from Saipan, Northern
Marianas
> (OC-086) on 7-10 February. They plan to oprate CW, SSB, SSTV
and
> RTTY with an emphasis on the low and WARC bands and 6 metres.
QSLs
> via home calls either direct or through the JARL bureau.
[TNX
> JA6VQA]
> KH1 - Hrane, YT1AD and others plan to be active from Baker
Island
> (OC-089) for ten days in early May. Further information is
expected
> in due course. [TNX The Daily DX]
> OA - Rene, DL2JRM and Daniel, DL5SE [425DXN 549] are now active
on
> 160-10 metres as 4T4X and 4T4V from the station at the Radio
Club
> Peruano (OA4O) until 13 January. It is not clear whether they
will
> be active also from San Lorenzo (SA-052) Island as
previously
> announced. QSL 4T4X via DL2JRM, QSL 4T4V via DL5SE. [TNX
OA4AHW]
> ON - UBA club section Gulden Spoor KTK (ON6CK and OT0R) will
operate
> through 31 December as OP0GS to celebrate the 700th anniversary
of
> the Battle of the Golden Spurs at Kortrijk. QSL via ON4ON.
[TNX
> ON9CGB]
> OZ - Look for Sandro, OZ/DD3SP/p and Uwe, OZ/DL3BQA/p to be active
(on
> HF, 6 and 2 metres mainly SSB) from Laeso Island (EU-088) on
5-11
> February. QSL via home calls. [TNX DL3BQA]
> R1_ant - Alex, RA1PC is currently stationed at the Russian Antarctic
Base
> "Vostok" (IOTA AN-016, WABA UA-010) [425DXN 548] but his busy
work
> schedule has prevented him from being active so far. Alan,
UA1PAC
> will be leaving Russia on 6 January and will be joined by by
Mike,
> RW1AI. They will operate from Vostok Base as as R1ANC (QSL
via
> DL5EBE) and RW1AI/ANT (QSL via home call) respectively.
[TNX
> DL5EBE]
> R1_ant - Nikolai Makarov, UA3YH/AB0KG will be active as R1ANM from
the
> "Amundsen-Scott" South Pole station (AN-016, WABA K-08)
between 9
> and 20 January. He plans to operate both CW and SSB mainly on
20
> metres, with some sporadic activity on 15 and 10 metres. Look
for
> him on or around 14020/14160 kHz at 16-19 UTC (Europe)
and
> 14020/14243 kHz at 0-2 UTC (North America, South America and
Asia).
> QSL via UA3YH through the bureau or direct to AB0KG (P.O.Box
18118,
> Boulder, CO 80308-1118, USA). [TNX RW3XA]
> T8 & V6 - Tony, K2NV will be on vacation in the Pacific on 12-22 January.
He
> will operate (mostly CW, with some SSB and RTTY) from T88ZZ
on
> Palau (OC-009) on 12-15 January and from V63RF on Pohnpei
(OC-010)
> on 18-22 January. QSL via K2NV. [TNX The Daily DX]
> TI - Bob, AA1M (CW) and Mike, W1USN (SSB) will be operating from
Costa
> Rica (TI2) between 4 and 11 February. QSLs via home calls
either
> direct or through the bureau. [TNX AA1M]
> V3 - Gerd, DJ4KW and Gisela, DK9GG will be active from Belize as
V31YN
> and V31GW respectively for four weeks starting on 5 January.
They
> plan to operate CW, RTTY and PSK-31. [TNX DX Newsletter]
> VK9_mr - The team that operated from Willis Island (VK9WI) in 2000
and
> Mellish Reef (VK9ML) last year will be going back to
Mellish
> between 12 and 22 April. They plan to be active again as VK9ML
on
> 160-6 metres and to concentrate on CW and the WARC bands. Their
web
> site is at http://www.qsl.net/vk9ml/2002/ [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
> VP8 - Mike, VP8CMH/mm reports that the attempt at getting to Halley
Base
> (75S-035W) has been cancelled due to the heavy pack that
is
> currently in the southern Weddell Sea. Mike is now heading for
the
> Falklands and "as yet I don't know if we are going to be
calling in
> at Signy [VP8SIG] and/or South Georgia [VP8SGK]" [425DXN 537],
he
> says. From the Falklands they will again head for Halley,
hopefully
> arriving towards the end of January. [TNX DL5EBE]
> VP8 - The Daily DX reports that operational dates for the activities
from
> South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands [425DXN 553]
"are
> entirely dependent on the weather, sea and ice conditions in
the
> South Atlantic. If the team can manage to operate from
South
> Sandwich it should be expected towards the 3rd week of January
and
> for only a few days (perhaps 3-4). The group hopes to be at
South
> Georgia for a longer period, perhaps 10 days, during the later
part
> of January to early February". Calls and QSL managers will not
be
> made public until the operations start.
> XV_spr - Yuki, JI6KVR reports that VARC (Vietnam Amateur Radio Club)
is
> planning to be active as XV9TH from the Spratly Islands
(AS-051) in
> April. Further information is expected in due course.
> YA - The Daily DX reports that there is no genuine YA5T
operators
> currently active from Afghanistan. Peter, ON6TT expects to go
back
> to Islamabad on 20 January and then to Kabul within the
following
> few days, while Mark, ON4WW will leave on 6 January and head
to
> Afghanistan via United Arab Emirates and Pakistan. Do not
forget to
> visit http://www.qsl.net/ya5t/ for updates.
> ZF - Lou, KE1F will be active (on 10-160 metres CW, SSB and
perhaps
> RTTY) as ZF2LM from Grand Cayman Island (NA-016) on 14-30
January.
> QSL via AF2C. [TNX KE1F]
> ZS_ant - Now that the summer season has begun, Anton, ZS7/ZS4AGA
[425DXN
> 553] is particularly busy. The commercial radio equipment at
the
> SANAE IV Antarctic base has to be used for flight controlling
and
> other summer tasks and Anton might be no longer able to operate
on
> the amateur radio bands before leaving Antarctica in February.
[TNX
> DL5EBE]
>
> + SILENT KEY + John Van Putten, WD8MGQ reports the very sad news of
the
> passing of Joe Gumino, K2OLG on 28 December. Joe operated from no less
than a
> dozen IOTA groups in the US and will be sorely missed by the IOTA
community
> worldwide. A short biography on Joe is available at
http://www.qrz.com/k2olg
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> *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
> **** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
> ===========================
> Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
>
> GUANTANAMO ---> Please note that there is no QSL Bureau in Guantanamo
(KG4).
> All cards should be sent according to the operator's instructions and
never
> to a KG4 call through the bureau. Bill Gallier, W4WX/KG4DX is the QSL
manager
> for Clayton, KG4PK (president of the KG4AN radio club and currently the
only
> active KG4 living at Guantanamo). [TNX W4WX]
>
> PIRATE ---> Serge Gorobec, 4K5CW says he does not operate RTTY or
other
> digital modes. The station recently and repeatedly spotted on RTTY was
not
> the genuine 4K5CW, do not waiste your time and money on QSLling.
>
> QSL 3X1K ---> DF8AN is not the QSL manager for 3X1K. This station,
appearing
> sporadically and staying on the air for only a few contacts, is probably
a
> pirate. [TNX W4YO]
>
> QSL AP2JZB ---> With immediate effect cards should be sent direct only
to
> AP2JZB. Leon, K2EWB will be able to confirm contacts made prior to 1
January
> 2002. [TNX The Daily DX]
>
> QSL BY1PK ---> If you worked BY1PK on *24 September 2001*, then you
should
> send your cards to BA4DW (David Y. J. Zhou, P.O. Box 040-088,
Shanghai,
> 200040, China). David operated that day from the CRSA (Chinese Radio
Sports
> Association) HQ station during his business trip to Beijing. QSLs for
other
> QSOs go to BY1PK (P.O. Box 6106, Beijing, China) or via the route given
by
> guest operators.
>
> QSL CO2OJ ---> Al Bailey, K8SIX is the QSL manager for CO2OJ for all
contacts
> after 1 January 2001. He can also help with QSOs prior to that date,
but
> please e-mail him ([email protected]) before sending your card.
>
> QSL JW0PK ---> Jacek, SP5DRH reports that the first 500 direct QSL cards
for
> JW0PK (Prins Karl Forland, EU-063) were mailed a few days before
Christmas.
> The rest will be sent out in batches of 250 cards per week, bureau cards
will
> follow.
>
> QSL P29NB ---> "QRZ-DX" reports that Norm is handling his own QSLing
now,
> including P20X for 1993 and earlier. Requests should be sent to Norm
Beasley,
> SIL PO Box 437, Ukarumpa EHP 444, Papua New Guinea. He asks not to use
IRCs,
> as PNG does not recognize them. [TNX N4AA]
>
> QSL UA2FX ---> Igor, UA2FX reports that is previous Kalinigrad address
(POB
> 102) is not valid any longer. The new QSL route for direct QSLs *only* is
via
> DK4VW (Ulrich Mueller, Kreutzacker 13, D-35041 Marburg, Germany).
Bureau
> cards are still to be sent through the Russian bureau.
>
> QSL V73UX ---> Paul Rubinfeld, WF5T is not the QSL manager for V73UX.
Cards
> should be sent direct to Dave Fortin, P.O. Box 66, APO AP 96555, USA. WF5T
is
> the QSL manager for George, V73GT and V73E (IOTA expedition to OC-087
in
> April 2001).
>
> QSL XT2DX ---> XT2DX logged nearly 16,000 QSOs in the CQ WW DX CW Contest
in
> November (see the details at http://www.voodudes.org). All requests for
QSL
> cards (over 2,000 QSOs) have now been answered. The QSL Manager is
G3SXW
> (Roger Western, 7 Field Close, Chessington, KT9 2QD, England); bureau
cards
> can be requested by e-mail to [email protected] (please include
both
> call-signs, date, time, band). [TNX G3SXW]
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> *** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***
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> Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
>
> LOGS: Dave, VA3RJ reports the logs for VG3RJ are now on-line
at
> http://www.qsl.net/va3rj/search_va3rj.html
>
> QSL ROUTES: Helmut, DL7MAE reports that a list of QSL
routes
> (managerliste.pdf) for stations active during the CQ WW
CW
> Contest is available at http://www.vth.de (hit the "funk"
button
> and go to the download area)
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> QSLs received direct: 3A2MG, 4L0G, 4M1X (SA-089), 5A1A, 9L1BTB, 9N7RB,
9Q0AR,
> A61AJ, C31BO, EK6TA, EX/K4ANA, EY8XX,EZ21A, FH5CB, FR5FD,H44RD
(OC-047),
> JI6KVR/6 (AS-012), MD/N0KV, P29IO, P41E, PY1NEW/2 (SA-024),
PY1NEZ/2
> (SA-024), RA1QQ/1 (EU-082), SV2ASP, TA3DD, TG0R, TG9AJR, UK9AA, VE8AP,
VP2E,
> VY0/7K1WLE, ZB2JO, ZF2AM, ZK1ETW, ZM8CW.
>
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