[KCDXC] Fw: [425ENG] 425 DX News #579
Chuck K0XM
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Fri, 7 Jun 2002 16:51:40 -0500
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> 8 June 2002 No 579
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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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