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Chuck K0XM [email protected]
Fri, 7 Jun 2002 16:51:40 -0500


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>    8 June 2002                                                  No 579
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>                           *** 4 2 5  D X  N E W S ***
>                           ****  DX  INFORMATION  ****
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>                            Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
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> 3V       - Giovanni Bini, I5JHW reports that seven operators from Tunisia
and
>             seven from Italy (namely Roberto/I5HLK, Sergio/I5NSR,
Danio/I5OYY,
>             Paolo/I5UKS, Piero/IK5CK  and  Roberto/IK5FTQ  and
Giovanni/I5JHW
>             himself)  will  operate  as  3V8KO  from  Kuriat  Island  in
the
>             Sousse/Monastir/Mahdia Region group (AF-???)  on 14-16 June.
They
>             plan to run four stations with one amplifier, one beam antenna
and
>             three verticals. QSL via I5JHW either  direct (Giovanni Bini,
Via
>             Santini 30, 51031 Agliana - PT, Italy) or through the bureau.
> 5V       - Francois, VE2XO will be active as  5V7XO from Lome, Togo on
25-31
>             August. He will mainly operate on RTTY  and SSB on 10, 12, 15,
17
>             and 20 metres, with possible  activity on 6  metres. QSL via
home
>             call (Francois Normant, 3054 avenue Lacombe, Montreal QC H3T
1L4,
>             Canada). [TNX VE2XO]
> 9A       - Peter, DL4AMK plans to operate as 9A/DL4AMK from the lighthouse
on
>             the island of Sveti Ivan  na Pucini (EU-110)  on 13-20 July.
[TNX
>             DL4AMK]
> 9U       - Christian, 9U5A [425DXN 578] says that  he "will probably stay
in
>             between 30 and  10 meters. I  have a  Band W  antenna between
two
>             coconut trees. Rig is a TS-450S and that's all". QSLs go to
Emilie
>             Mouraux, 45 rue de la liberte, Ludelange, 57710 Tressange,
France;
>             logs at http://www.ocha.bi
> AP       - Willy, 9A4NA/T98N has been in Peshawar,  Pakistan since early
May
>             and will stay  there for at  least two more  months. From time
to
>             time he  will operate  (SSB only,  typically  after 12  UTC)
from
>             Asad's (AP2AUM) station. QSL via KK5DO. A log search for
contacts
>             made by Willy can be  found at http://www.t93y.com/logsearch
[TNX
>             T93Y]
> CU       - Luis/CT1AGF,   Antonio/CT1EPV,    Hermann    (HB9CRV/CT3FN)
and
>             Phil/HB9FMU will be active on all  bands (6 metres included)
SSB,
>             CW, RTTY and PSK31 from Corvo  Island (EU-089) from  16 July
to  1
>             August. They will participate in the IOTA Contest as CU9D (QSL
via
>             WA3HUP); outside  the contest  look for  CU9AB (QSL  via
WA3HUP),
>             CU9/CT1AGF/p (QSL via home call), CU9/CT3FN/p (QSL via HB9CRV)
and
>             CU9/HB9FMU/p (QSL via home call). [TNX CT1END]
> CU       - CT1AHU, CT1AVC, CT1EFL and CT1EGW will be visiting the Azores
from
>             20 to 30 July and plan to be active  on SSB, CW and RTTY from
the
>             CU2 (EU-003) and CU3, CU5, CU6 and CU7 (EU-175) call areas as
time
>             permits. They plan to participate in the IOTA Contest from the
QTH
>             of CU3AD and CU3EJ on EU-175. [TNX CT1EGW and CT1END]
> DU       - 4D70 (individual  callsisgns) and  DZ70 (club  callsigns) are
the
>             specil prefixes that  can be used  in the  Philippines through
31
>             December to  celebrate  the 70th  anniversary  of  the
Philippine
>             Amatuer Radio Association (PARA). [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
> FO       - Paolo, IK2QPR will be active as FO/IK2QPR from Bora Bora
(OC-067),
>             French Polynesia on 10-14 August. QSL via home call. [TNX
IK2QPR]
> FP       - Lefty, K1TOL and Tim,  N1RZ plan to  operate from Miquelon
Island
>             (NA-032, GN17)  on  14-24 June.  This  will be  a  6  metres
only
>             DXpedition.    Further     information     is     available
at
>             http://6m.dxers.info/dxpedition/fp/ [TNX OZ6OM]
> GM       - Jim, MM0BQI confirms he will  be active (on  80-6 metres SSB,
CW,
>             RTTY and  PSK)  as GB5SI  from  Tanera Mor  in  the  Summer
Isles
>             (EU-092) from 7 through 10 June [425DXN 577]. He will
participate
>             in the RSGB Jubilee Contest and  the ANARTS RTTY contest. QSL
via
>             MM0BQI either direct  (Jim Martin, 3  Lismore Ave, Edinburgh,
EH8
>             7DW, Scotland) or through the bureau.
> GM       - The Cambridge University Wireless Society will be active as
GM6UW
>             from various locations  in the Hebrides,  Scotland in July.
Plans
>             are still dependant on the finalisation of transport links and
the
>             trip will be weather-permitting, but operations should take
place
>             as follows:
>                11 July  Lewis Island      (EU-010)
>             12-15 July  Shiant Islands    (EU-112)
>             17-19 July  Treshnish Islands (EU-108)
>             Activity should be on all HF  bands and 6 metres with an
emphasis
>             likely to be on 20-10 metres.  Some CW operation is possible,
but
>             most activity will be SSB. QSL via M0BLF, either direct or via
the
>             bureau. A bureau QSL request  form and logs  will be available
at
>             http://www.cam.ac.uk/societies/cuws/dxped/2002/hebrides.htm
[TNX
>             M0BLF]
> GM       - A team  from  the GMDX  Group  (namely  Colin/GM0RLZ,
Stu/MM0BSM,
>             John/MM0CCC, Colin/GM0CLN, Chris/GM3WOJ,  Jim/GM0NAI and
possibly
>             Rob/GM3YTS) will  be  active from  Islay  in  the  Inner
Hebrides
>             (EU-008) on 25-29 July. They will participate in the IOTA
Contest
>             as  GM5A   (QSL   via  GM0RLZ).   Updates   will  be   posted
at
>             http://islay.0catch.com/ [TNX GM0CLN]
> GU       - Terry, W6/G3MHV and Mady, KP3YL/W6 will  be active (on 10, 15,
20
>             and 40  metres CW  and SSB)  as GU3MHV  and GU4WHV  from
Guernsey
>             (EU-114) on 17-25  June. QSL via  the bureau or  direct to
KP3YL.
>             [TNX W6/G3MHV]
> HB9 & S5 - Roy,  W6UKX  reports  he  will  be  active  on  most  bands
from
>             Switzerland on 12-22 June and from Slovenia between 24 June
and  3
>             July. QSL via home call.
> HL       - Look for DS4DRE/4 to be active  (on 40-10 metres CW and SSB)
from
>             Pogil Island (AS-085) on 23-25 June. QSL to DS4DRE preferably
via
>             the KARL bureau. [TNX DS4DRE]
> I        - Operators from ARI Tivoli,  ARI Frascati and  ARI Genzano will
be
>             active (on 80-2 metres) as IA5P  from Pianosa Island (EU-028,
IIA
>             LI-016) on 7-10 June. QSL via I0VWV. [TNX IW0EBR]
> I        - Special event  station  IQ9YL will  be  active on  18-26  June
in
>             connection with the International YL Meeting that will take
place
>             in Palermo (EU-025) on 21-23 June.
> IS0      - Freddy, IZ1EPM (ex IW1DIM)  reports he will  be active from
Santa
>             Teresa di Gallura  (JN41OF), Sardinia (EU-024)  on 15-23 June
and
>             again in August. He plans to operate on  10, 15, 18, 20, 24
and  6
>             metres during his early morning and evening hours.
> JA       - Look for 7N1JZT and JQ1SUO to  be active (on 10-40 metres SSB
and
>             CW) as 7N1JZT/1 and  JQ1SUO/1 from Niijima  (AS-008) on 8-9
June.
>             QSL via home calls. [TNX JQ1SUO]
> KH0      - Look for  KH0/JH4RLY  and KH0/JA4RED  to  be  active  from
Saipan
>             (OC-086), Northern Marianas  on 14-17 June.  They plan to
operate
>             above 40 metress on SSTV, PSK31, and RTTY. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
> LY       - Seven stations  from Klaipeda,  Lithuania  will operate  with
the
>             LY750 prefix  from 5  July  to 5  August  to celebrate  the
750th
>             anniversary of  that  town.  Look  for  LY750TG  (LY2TG),
LY750BE
>             (LY3BE),  LY750EC  (LY2EC),  LY750FE  (LY2FE),  LY750CT
(LY1CT),
>             LY750PDA (LY2PDA)  and LY750SV  (LY2SV). QSL  via P.O.  Box
1000,
>             Vilnius 2001, Lithuania or P.O. Box 70, Klaipeda 5800,
Lithuania.
>             There will  be  an  award for  working  the  LY750  stations;
for
>             information please  contact  Eugene, LY3BE  ([email protected]).
[TNX
>             LY3BE]
> OH       - Mario, DL5ME  reports he  will be  active as  OH1/DL5ME from
Nagu
>             Island (EU-096) on 13-16 June. He might also operate as
SM0/DL5ME
>             from EU-084 for 1-2 days starting on 18 June.
> OZ       - According to  the  latest Most  Wanted  IOTA Groups  listing,
the
>             Jylland East & Fyn group  (EU-172) has been  credited to only
the
>             22,5% of  the current  participants in  the RSGB  IOTA
Programme.
>             Jens, OZ5MJ lives  on Fyn Island  and says  he is  QRV "almost
24
>             hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year" 10-80 metres
SSB,
>             CW and RTTY. Skeds are welcome at [email protected] and QSL
is
>             sure via the bureau. Direct cards can be sent to Jens Palle
Moreau
>             Jorgensen, Jaegerbakken 13, DK 5260 Odense S, Denmark. [TNX
OZ5MJ]
> PY       - Simone, IV3NVN and other operators from Brazil plan to operate
as
>             ZW5T from  a few  IOTA islands  in the  Santa Caterina  State
and
>             Parana State groups between 6 June and 4 July. Main activity
will
>             take  place  from  Santa  Caterina  Island  (SA-026),  dates
and
>             destinations of side  trips will depend  on local conditions.
QSL
>             direct only to IV3NVN. [TNX IV3NVN]
> PZ       - Johan, PA3EXX was  expected to  operate as  PZ5PI from
Papegaaien
>             Eiland (SA-???) on 6-11  June [425DXN 575],  but apparently he
is
>             having some problem. The latest news is  that he will be QRV
on  8
>             June only (from 10 UTC through 20  UTC) and on 20 metres SSB
only
>             (TX 14260, RX 5-10 kHz  up). QSL via  PA3EXX either direct
(Johan
>             Willemsen, Belmolendijk 12, 1693 DJ Wervershoof, The
Netherlands)
>             or through the bureau. [TNX PA3BLS]
> SM       - Kjell, SM4DDS  will be  active (on  10-40 metres  CW and  SSB)
as
>             8S4C/5 from Stora Alo island (EU-177) from 29 June to 6 July.
QSL
>             via home call, either  direct (both the  addresses - Thailand
and
>             Sweden - all  right) or through  the bureau  (e-mail requests
for
>             bureau cards are welcome at [email protected]). [TNX SM4DDS]
> SV       - J48S is the special call issued to ON6HE, ON4AUB, ON5CT and
ON4AAC
>             for their 23-29 July activity from Samos Island (EU-049). QSL
via
>             ON4AAC. [TNX ON4AAC]
> UA       - Look for UA1TAN/6, UA1TBK/6 and RA1TC/6 to be active from
Eyskaya
>             Kosa Island (RR-1702,  not IOTA) in  Sea of Azov  on 9 June.
They
>             also plan to visit Zelenyi (RR-1705) and Dolgiye (RR-1701)
islands
>             in the following days. QSL via home calls. [TNX WRC/RRA
Bulletin]
> UA       - Igor, RK6CZ  and  Sergej, RV6ASX  pla  to operate  from
Krupinina
>             Island (EU-185) on 12-16 June. QSL via bureau. [TNX RK6CZ]
> R1A_ant - Wally, RU1ZC is active as R1ANZ  from Mirny Station (AN-016,
WABA
>             UA-07) and can be found at 15-15.30 UTC on 14160 kHz together
with
>             UA1BJ  and others. [TNX DL5EBE]
> V7       - Jim Todd, KC7OKZ/V73KZ  and his wife  Carol, KC7TSX/V73SX
[425DXN
>             577] plan to reach Taongi Atoll  (OC-???) in the Marshall
Islands
>             the last week of July and stay  there maybe as long as one
month.
>             "We may be able to take  a passenger or two",  Jim says, "but
you
>             must have a flexible schedule". If  interested in joining Jim
and
>             Carol, please  e-mail  at [email protected]  or
[email protected]
>             [TNX V73KZ and Islands On The Web]
> V8       - After their  trip  to  Indonesia  (see  YB  below),
Dario/IT9SSI,
>             Elvira/IV3FSG and  Antonio/IZ8CCW  will operate  from  Bandar
Sri
>             Begawan, Brunei (OC-088) on  5-11 August. They plan to be
active
>             on all bands SSB, CW,   RTTY, PSK31 and   maybe SSTV.   The
web
>             page  for  the  operation   is  at   http://www.mdxc.org/v8a
[TNX
>             IZ8CCW]
> VE       - Andrew, VE8AE plans  to be on  Resolution Island (NA-130)
between
>             around 28 July and 2 August and hopes to be active as VY0AE.
[TNX
>             VE8AE and Islands On The Web]
> VK       - Bill, VK4FW will be active during the IOTA Contest from
Cumberland
>             Island (OC-160). He will be working on the island but he
should be
>             able to spend "a fair amount of time on the radio", mainly on
CW.
>             QSL  direct  only   to  VK4FW:   Bill  Horner,   P.O.  Box
1343,
>             Maroochydore, 4558, Australia. [TNX VK4FW and Islands On The
Web]
> VP5      - Dave, KW4DA reports he will operate  (SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK and
some
>             SSTV) as VP5/KW4DA from Turks & Caicos on 7-17 June. There
will be
>             no set schedule, operation will be as time permits. QSL via
KW4DA
>             (Dave Anderson, 712 Baneberry Court, Asheville, NC 28803,
USA).
> VP8_fal  - Les Hamilton, GM3ITN has been invited (see
http://www.gm3itn.co.uk
>             if you want to know why) to visit the Falkland Islands
(SA-002) on
>             10-22 June.  He plans  to  operate as  VP8ITN  (SSB and  CW)
from
>             Saunders Island (West  Falklands) on 18-20  June, and  there
is  a
>             possibility of activity from Port Stanley  at any time between
12
>             and 17 June. QSL via home call. [TNX GM3ITN]
> XE       - Hector, XE2DN and other operators plan to be active as XF1DN
from
>             Angel de la Guarda Island (NA-163) at any time between now and
15
>             June. [TNX JI6KVR]
> XZ       - The XY3C/XY5T/XY7V team [425DXN 569]  has been granted
permission
>             to operate  for a  couple of  days from  an island  in the
Arakan
>             Region IOTA group (AS-???).  They had announced  they would be
in
>             Ngapal, on the Arakan coast, between 9 and 22 August. The web
site
>             for the  DXpedition is  at
http://www.dx-pedition.de/myanmar2000/
>             [TNX IN3ZNR]
> YB       - Adhi, YC3MM plans to be active (on 15 and 10 metres SSB and CW)
as
>             YC3MM/p from Bawean  Island (OC-197) for  2-4 days  starting
on  8
>             June. Logs will  be available  at http://www.mdxc.org/yc3mm
after
>             the operation. QSL  via IZ8CCW (Antonio  Cannataro, P.O. Box
360,
>             87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy). [TNX IZ8CCW]
> YB       - A group pf operators from Indonesia (namely YC3DIK, YC3IZK,
YC3MM
>             and YC3OX) and Italy (namely IT9SSI,  IV3FSG, IZ8CCW and
possibly
>             others from the  Mediterraneo DX Club)  plan to  operate from
the
>             Masalembu Islands (OC-???) from 29 July  to 4 August. They
should
>             be active with two or three  stations on SSB, CW  and RTTY
with  a
>             special callsign to be issued in late June. Contributions will
be
>             gratefully accepted. QSL via IZ8CCW. [TNX IZ8CCW]
> YV       - Steve, W4DTA will be going to  Venezuela a quick holiday on
19-23
>             June. He plans to operate as  YV5DTA from 40 through 6 metres
SSB
>             and CW during his spare time. QSL via W4DTA. [TNX W4DTA]
> ZA       - Vlado, Z35M has been active as ZA/Z35M from Tirana, Albania
since
>             1 June. He says he will remain there "for several years for
job".
>             QSL direct only to his address  in Macedonia: Vladimir
Kovaceski,
>             P.O.  Box  10,  Struga  6330,  Macedonia.  His  web  site  is
at
>             http://www.qsl.net/z35m [TNX IZ8CCW]
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
>                           ===========================
>                           *** 4 2 5  D X  N E W S ***
>                           ****  GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
>                           ===========================
>                            Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
>
> DXCC NEWS ---> The following operations  have been approved for DXCC
credit:
> 3W2DC, 5T5RUZ,  5T5CQT, 5T5GCW,  5T5PBV, 5T5UPA,  5T5U, 9Q0AR,  9Q1A,
9Q1YL,
> BQ9P, S07U, S07X, VK9LY, XZ1DB, XZ5DB and ZK1NCP.
>
> F5PBL AWARDS ---> The IARS/CHC  used to offer  an extensive award
programme;
> after a  period of  stand-by, these  awards are  again available  via
Claude
> Terrier, F5PBL, who is now issuing them on his own. All awards are
available
> to licensed  amateurs and  SWLs. For  full information  please e-mail
Claude
> ([email protected]) or visit http://www.qsl.net/f5pbl
>
> NEW AWARD ---> The new "Russian Flora-Fauna Award", sponsored by the
Russian
> Robinson Club,  is for  working stations  operating from  national parks
and
> natural reserves;  rules  are available  at  http://www.hamradio.ru/rrc
[TNX
> RU3GN]
>
> PACIFIC NORTHWEST DX CONVENTION  ---> It will  be held on  2-4 August at
the
> Monarch Hotel,  Clackamas,  Oregon. Further  information,  registration
form
> included, is available at http://www.wvdxc.org/convention.htm
>
> PORTUGAL DAY CONTEST ---> The annual  Portugal Day Contest, sponsored by
REP
> (Rede dos  Emissores Portugueses),  will take  place on  8 June
(00.00-24.00
> UTC). Rules are available at http://www.rep.pt/ [TNX CT1CJJ]
>
> QSL 9L1JT ---> "We had a successful 9L1JT mini-DXpedition in April with
over
> 5,400 CW QSOs",  Jerry, K4ZIN says.  He has discovered  that many people
are
> sending their cards to an old  address and the post  office will not
forward
> them to  him.  Please note  that  the correct  address  for  K4ZIN  is
Jerry
> Trousdale, 407 Bellwood  Drive, Murfreesboro, TN  37130, USA.  The first
QSL
> mailing will be the last week of June.
>
> QSL MANAGER  OFFERED --->  Hector Espinosa,  XE1BEF (ex  XF0C, XF4C,
XF4CIS,
> XF4CA) is willing to offer his services as a QSL Manager for someone in
need.
> Please contact him at [email protected]
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
>                           ===========================
>                           *** 4 2 5  D X  N E W S ***
>                           ***  NEWS FROM THE WEB  ***
>                           ===========================
>                            Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
>
> DX SPOTS: Rod Elliott, VE3IRF has  collected the DX spots from the  OH2AQ
Web
>            Cluster  since January  1997.  The  collection (from  January
1997
>            up to May 2002) is available at
http://www.425dxn.org/dxspots/, as
>            well the software (DXINFO v1.7) which will enable you to handle
the
>            files  (instructions  at the  URL above).  For further
information,
>            please e-mail to Maurizio, I1-21171/IZ1CRR
([email protected]).
> GACW:     The new URL  for the GACW's  (Grupo Argentino  de CW)  web site
is
>            http://gacw.no-ip.org
> LOGS:     The on-line log of GB0SM (EU-011) has been updated to include
this
>            year's   activity   (18-25   May)   and   can   be   accessed
at
>            http://www.qsl.net/gb0sm or http://www.qsl.net/g0pse [TNX
G0PSE]
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
> QSLs received direct:  3W2XK, 3W3M  (AS-162), 3W9HRN,  3XY8A (AF-051),
4J3M,
> 4T0I (SA-052),  4T4X, 4U1UN,  5U1A, 5U2K,  5U4R, 5U8B,  6Y5WJ, 8P6SH,
8Q7SL,
> 9Q1A, A71BY,  A71MA,  BA0AA, C31BO,  C56YT,  CE0Y/DM5TI,  CP6XE,  CU2A,
CV1F
> (SA-057), E21EJC, EA9AK, EK7PP, EL2AR, EP3PTT,  ET3KV, ET3PMW, EZ8AQ,
EZ8CQ,
> FO0SEV, FR5HA, FY5FU,  H40T, H44LB,  H7DX, HH2PK,  HK0GU (NA-049),
HP2/F5PAC
> (NA-170), HV5PUL,  J37ZA,  J79BK,  J88DR,  JH1EFP/JD1,  JW4X,  JW9DL,
K2ZR/4
> (NA-079), K3J,  KG4AS, KG4IZ,  OA/ON4CD, OA4O,  OY9JD, P3A,  P40P,
P5/4L4FN,
> PI4TUE, PJ2/DL7DF,  PJ2WI, PJ4M,  RF1P (EU-102),  RW3VA, S07X,  S21AR,
S55M,
> SU1GS, SV2ASP/A, T32CY, T95O, TA1DX, TF8GX,  TI5/N0KE, TI5N, TL8DV,
TU/F5IG,
> UK9AA, V31DJ, VE9MY/P  (NA-154), VP2MHS,  VP5U, VP6DI,  VP6PAC, VQ9M,
VQ9MR,
> VR2DS, XF1/DL1YMK (NA-078), XR0X, XR5SM (SA-070), XW0X, XW3ZNR, YA5T,
YJ0ABR
> (OC-035), Z32LM, ZC4BS,  ZD7BG, ZD7VC,  ZF2AH, ZK1HCC,  ZK1SBQ, ZK3HC,
ZL6A,
> ZP6EM.
>
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