[KCDXC] Fw: DXNL 1278 (January 24, 2002)

Chuck Kraly [email protected]
Wed, 23 Jan 2002 19:32:59 -0600


----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Busch - DL7VOA" <[email protected]>
To: "DXNL Mailing List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 2:05 PM
Subject: DXNL 1278 (January 24, 2002)


>
>                  DXNL 1278 - January 24, 2002
>                       DX Newsletter
>
>                 a free weekly service of
>           DARC Committee "DX and HF Contesting"
>                 (http://www.darcdxhf.de)
>
>             Editor: Karlfried Henrichs, DL1EK
>                 (PR: [email protected])
>                  (e-mail: [email protected])
>
>               translation by: Bob, DL7VOA
>                 (e-mail: [email protected])
>
>
>
> AFGHANISTAN, YA
>       Nick,G4KUX, is momentarily hitting the airwaves as YA/G4KUX. Nobody
>       knows whether he has a valid licence.
>          ---
>       Peter,ON6TT, is on his way to Afghanistan and is expected there
around
>       Jan 23. His stay will last for about two months with a few breaks in
>       between.
>
> AUTRALIA, VK
>       January 26th is the Australia Day and Australian radio amateurs may
>       use the prefix AX instead of VK.
>
> CAMBODIA, XU
>       Jaak,ES1FB (ex ES1AKM), is expected to hit the airwaves as XU7ACE on
>       Jan 27. The length of his stay is not known but he will also try to
>       work from Laos. QSL via ES1FB.
>
> CHILE, CE
>       The Southern Cross DX Group plans an activity from Riesco Island for
>       February. This island has no IOTA reference number assigned yet.
More
>       information will be available later on http://www.qsl.net/ce9c.
>
> DOMINICA, J7
>       Lars,SM0CCM will be active as J73CCM between Feb 2 and Mar 4. He
will
>       work mainly in CW (some PSK31) with 100w and vertical. QSL via
SM0CCM.
>
> EAST MALAYSIA, 9M2
>       9M2/7M2VPR is on the air on 6-160m from Jan 24-27. QSL via 7M2VPR.
>
> ECUADOR, HC
>       Rick,NE8Z plans to work from several places in CW/SSB on 80-10m from
>       Feb 1-16. He intends to operate from Tumbaco where his callsign will
>       be HC1MD, from Pichincha Volcano signing HC1MD/HC1, Loja: HC1MD/HC3,
>       Sua: HC1MD/HC4, from an island in the Esmeraldas Province (SA-056)
>       where he will sign HC1MD/HC4/p and from Cuenca as HC1MD/HC5.
>       QSL via K8LJG.
>
> FRANCES ISLAND, PY, SA-067
>       PU1NEZ/PP1, PY1NEW/PP1 and PY1NEZ/PP1 will be on the air in CW
(50110,
>       28040, 24920, 21040, 18098, 14040, 7030 kHz) and in SSB (50110,
28460,
>       28370, 24950, 21260, 18132, 14260, 7055 kHz) from Jan 24-27.
>       QSL via bureau.
>
> IRAN, EP
>       Stig,LA7JO, is working for the United Nations in Iran for two or
three
>       more months. He is the first foreigner who could obtain an official
>       operating licence since 1979. He is now allowed to operate from the
>       clubstation of the PTT using the callsign EP3PTT. QSL via LA7JO.
>       While he is down there you can send the QSLs to him directly
STRICTLY
>       AVOIDING to write ANY callsign onto the envelope. IRCs will not be
>       accepted in Iran. His address is: UNICEF Iran, Stig Lindblom,
>       No. 30 East Farzan St., Naji St., Dastgerdi Ave., Tehran 19187,
>       Islamic Republic of Iran.
>
> LAOS, XW
>       Hiroo,JA2EZD obtained a licence with the callsign XW0X which is
valid
>       until March 9th. At the moment he has only anetnnas for 80m and 40m.
>       QSL via XW2A. DO NOT enclose any dollar bills!
>
> NIGER, 5U
>       The tickets for the trip from Feb 3-18 were bought and any requests
>       for special modes and bands can be posted to their internet site
>       http://www.qsl.net/niger-2002. Seven operators will operate with
three
>       stations simulateously in SSB/CW/RTTY and PSK31 on 6-160m.
>
> NORTH CAICOS, VP5, NA-002
>       Glen,NF7T and Rick,K9KK are QRV in SSB/CW on 160-10m from Feb 2-9.
>       QSL via homecalls.
>
> SAO TOME, S9
>       Henryk,SM0JHF is on the air as S92JHF working on all bands until the
>       end of February. QSL via SM0JHF.
>
> SOUTH SANDWICH ISLAND, VP8/ss, AN-009
>       The team around Trey,N5KO, and James,9V1YC, should have arrived on
the
>       South Sandwich Islands this week. The length of their stay is
planned
>       for about four days. The callsigns and QSL route will not announced
>       before they started their activity.
>
> VIETNAM, 3W
>       Sam,JA1EUI is visiting XV3AA from Jan 24-31. Operating as 3W3ZZ he
>       will be QRV in SSB on 80-6m. QSL via JA1EUI.
> ----------
>
> SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
>
> Sao Tome is situated at 1 deg 0'North and 7 deg 0'East in the Gulf of
Guinea
> in the Atlantic Ocean. It covers a land area of about 1000 sqkm. It is
> accompanied by the smaller islands Ilheu das Cabras and Ilheu das Rolas. A
> little to the North there is the island group Ilha do Principe with Ilheu
> Bombom, Ilheu Caroco, Tinhosa Pequena and Tinhosa Grande. The climate is
> tropical warm and wet and the raining period lasts from October till May.
> Most of the island is covered by rain forests. The highest elevation is
the
> Pico de Sao Tome with 2024m a.s.l.
>
> The islands were discovered by portuguese sailors in 1471. Plantations
were
> founded and the slaves were kidnapped from the near African mainland. The
> Republica Democratica de Sao Tome e Principe became independent on July
12,
> 1975. The Portuguese plantation owners left the island and the economy was
> nationalized. Until 1989 they exported almost all of their cocoa
production
> to East Germany.The first free and independent elections took place in
1991.
>
> Nowadays there are about 165.000 people living on Sao Tome most of them
> descendants from the slaves in Angola. The national language is Portuguese
> and they have six radio and two TV programs on the island. They export
> bananas, coffee, cocoa, copra, palm oil and fish.
>
> Amateur radio: prefix S9, not listed in the actual ARRL's MOST WANTED's
List
> IOTA: Sao Tome: AF-023, Principe: AF-044, Time difference: UTC +/- 0
hours.
> ----------
>
> QSL direct: 3D2TN, 5W0GD, 5W0MO, 5Z4RL, 6Y5/N6XG, 7Q7LA, 8P6EX, 9J0S,
9N7ZK,
>             A35LU, A35ZL, AL7R, BA4DX, C6A/K4HGX, C6ASM, CT3/DL7VFR,
D44TC,
>             DU9/N0NM, EI6S, FG/N4CD, FK5DX, FO/HG9B/P, H40DX (OC-100
EA4DX),
>             HI3K (AD4Z), JW0PK, KH2/K4SXT, KH7R, LX9EG, MU/ON4AUF,
ON5UR/mm,
>             OX/DK6XR,SV8/N2DH (EU-174),TA0/IZ0CKJ/p (AS-115),TF4RX
(EU-168),
>             TA0/IZ7ATN/p (AS-115, AS-123, AS-154, AS-159), V8YYY,
VK6GIO/5,
>             VK9LO, VP8CGM, WA4RX/CY9, XU7ACB, YV4A, ZC4VG, ZD8R, ZK1AXU
>
> QSL bureau: 3V8CB (DL1BDF), 4L1DA, 8J2SKI/0, BA0AA, CN2DX (HB9HLM), CX4SS,
>             DU1/DK3GI, EA9/DJ7ZG, EA9/DL7AFS (DL7AFS),ED9DDC,EU200A
(EU4AA),
>             EV200M (EW4EW),FO0POM (OC027, SP9FIH),FR/TK5PB,G0WKW/p
(EU-120),
>             FT5ZJ, GI4WSB/p (EU-122), GM0HLV/p (EU-092), HL1DH, HL2FDW,
>             HS0/OK1CW, IH9/KR7X, IH9P,JW/OK1FZM (EU-026),JW7M (EU-026
LA7M),
>             JW0HP, JW9DFA, K2OLG (NA-142), KH2/JA4DND, KL5E, OD5/OK1MU,
>             OH0YLS, OX/DK6XR, OX/N6ZZ, PS0S (PY2SP), S513A, S5A, SO0DIG,
>             SP8NCF/1, SV2CEI/8, SV5CJN, T7/IK7UJS/p, T88DX, T88WX
(OC-009),
>             TF3A, UA1AOQ (EU-133)
>
>
> QSL INFO
> --------
> 9A/N0MX    via   DJ2MX
> 9A/OK1FUA  via   OK1MG
> 9G1KU      via   K4JDJ  *
> 9G1YK      via   PA3ERA
> 9G5AN      via   W7XU
> 9G5KW      via   W7XU
> 9G5MF      via   KC7V
> 9G5XU      via   W7XU
> 9G5ZM      via   G3ZEM
> 9G5ZW      via   OM3LZ  (B)
> 9H0WW      via   G0BQV
> 9H1EL      via   LA2TO
> 9H3AAG     via   PA3BLS
> 9H3CQ      via   DJ6OI
> 9H3DLH     via   DL4FP  (B)
> 9H3Q       via   PA0RDY
> 9H3WD      via   OK1AD
> 9H3YM      via   PE1OFJ
> 9H3YT      via   PA3GUU
> 9J0S       via   G3TEV
> 9J2BO      via   G3TEV   *
> 9J2RA      via   K6SLO
> 9K2CA      via   ON4LG
> 9J2BO      via   W6ORD
> 9K2HN      via   9K2HN  (B)
> 9K2JH      via   KE4JG
> 9K2USA     via   9K2RA
> 9K9X       via   9K2HN  (B)
> 9L1BTB     via   SP7BTB  *
> 9L1GQ      via   K4MQG
> 9L2SL      via   K4MQG
> 9M0S       via   K4JDJ   *
> 9M2/JI1ETU via   JI1ETU
> 9M2DX/2    via   9V1XE  (B)
> 9M6/JA8GQZ via   JA8GQZ
> 9M6/JI3DLI via   JI3DLI
> 9M6/JN3JBC via   JN3JBC
> 9M6AAC     via   N2OO    *
> 9M6APT     via   SP9PRO
> 9M6CA      via   N2OO
> 9M6EVT     via   SP9BRP
> 9M6JQT     via   JA1JQY
> 9M6LSC     via   JA2ADH
> 9M6SEA     via   N2OO
> 9M6VET     via   JA1JQY
> 9M8ART     via   JA3ART
> 9M8JAA     via   JA3AA
> 9M8JUB     via   JA3UB
> 9M8R       via   W7EJ
> 9M8TG      via   JH3GAH
> 9N1AC      via   N3ME
> 9N1HP            PIRATE
> 9N7BY      via   JH0HDL
> 9N7DK      via   OE4MDA
> 9N7DL      via   JH0HDL
> 9N7IG      via   JA3IG
> 9N7MH      via   DL7VMH
> 9N7QJ      via   JI0LQJ
> 9N7QK      via   DL7UFP
> 9N7SC      via   JA0SC
> 9N7YT      via   JJ2NYT
> 9U5JB      via   ON5NT
> 9X5AA      via   K4JDJ(88/89)
> A25/DK5KK  via   DK5KK
> A25/DL2NUD via   DL2NUD
> A25/JA1ELY via   JA1ELY
>
>
> (d) = direct only
> (B) = bureau ok
> *   = new manager
>
>
>                 Preview
>                 -------
> DATE            CALL          DXNL
>
> Jan 18-Jan 26   3D2/VK2IR     1275
> NOW   -Apr 9    3W2XK         1273
> Feb 3 -Feb 18   5U            1278 *
> Jan 26-???      7X/SP5IXI     1276
> Jan 23-Feb 7    8Q/F6HWU      1277
> NOW   -Sep/2002 9L1BTB        1268
> Jan 24-Jan 27   9M2/7M2VPR    1278 *
> Nov 15-Mar/2002 9U5D          1268
>
> Jan 26          AX..          1278 *
> NOW             CE9/R1ANF     1277
> NOW             CE9/R3RRC     1277
> Jan 22-Feb 14   CT3FN         1275
> May 31-Jun 30   DT0FWC..      1275
> January 2002    EA5KB/p       1275
> NOW   -Mar/2002 EP3PTT        1278 *
> Jan 16-Feb 7    FG/F6FXS      1275
> Feb 1 -Feb 16   HC1MD         1278 *
> NOW   -2002     HF0POL        1271
> NOW   -Feb 28   HG80ST        1277
> Jan 1 -May 30   HL17FWC       1275
>
> Feb 2 -Mar 4    J73CCM        1278 *
> NOW   -Apr/2002 JX7DFA        1266
> NOW   -Mar/2002 KC4/N3SIG     1267
> Jan 25-Jan 28   KH0WW         1277
> NOW             KH2K/AH0      1276, 1277
> NOW   -Apr/2002 P43MR         1274
> NOW   -2002     P5/4L4FN      1270, 1271
> Mar 5 -???      P5/YT1AD ..   1276
> Jan 23-Jan 29   PY0/W5SJ      1277
> Jan 24-Jan 27   PP1/PY1NEZ..  1278 *
> Feb 4 -Feb 16   TI9M          1272
>
> Jan 5 -Feb 5    V31YN         1275
> Jan 16-Feb 6    V5/DJ4SO      1276
> Nov 8 -Mar/2002 VK3FEI/p      1267
> NOW   -Jan 26   VK3TZ         1275
> Jan 20-Feb 2    VP5/G4RCG     1276
> Feb 2 -Feb 9    VP5/NF7T..    1278 *
> NOW ?           VP8..         1278 *
> Jan 27-???      XU7ACE        1278 *
> NOW   -Mar 9    XW0X          1278 *
> NOW             YA/G4KUX      1278 *
> NOW   -Mar/2002 YA/ON4TT      1278 *
> NOW   -Sep/2002 ZC4BS         1260
> Jan 14-Jan 30   ZF2LM         1276
> Jan 12-Feb 12   ZX2F          1277
>
>  * = new
> .. = and other calls
>
>
> David,4L1DA, writes the the QSLs for 4L0G and 4L1DA are handled by the QSL
> manager DL7BO himself.
>
> The operators of HF0POL usually have different QSL managers. To find the
> correct QSL route for your QSO check:
http://www.qsl.net/hf0pol/before.html.
>
> German post offices already issued some new IRCs. The old green ones are
> still accepted for a little while.
>
>
> TNX: DF3EC, DJ5AV, DL1SBF, DL2BQV, DL2BWM, DL2HX, DL2VFR, DL3BQA, DL5EBE,
> F5NQL, ND5S, PA3GIO, PA9JJ, VE3EXY, 425 DX News, ARRL DX Bulletin,
> Crazy DX Group, F6AJA (Les Nouvelles DX), KB8NW (OPDX Bulletin),
> N4AA (QRZ DX), W3UR (Daily DX), Islands On The Web.
>
>