[KCDXC] Fw: [425ENG] 425 DX News #565
Chuck Kraly
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Fri, 1 Mar 2002 18:46:29 -0600
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> 2 March 2002 No 565
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> *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
> **** DX INFORMATION ****
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> >>> DUCIE ISLAND <<<
>
> The Pitcairn Island Amateur Radio Association's second attempt to
activate
> Ducie Island (OC-182, WAZ 32, ITU 63) [425DXN 555] is confirmed to take
place
> within a few days. The operators will be VP6TC, VP6DB, VP6AZ,
VP6MW,
> VP6BK/JA1BK, JF1IST, K9AJ, K5VT and N9TK.
> The group will leave Mangareva (French Polynesia) on 12 March; they will
stop
> at Pitcairn and then go on to Ducie for a week's operation with a
VP6
> callsign to be announced at the beginning of the activity.
> Two stations will operate on 15 metres CW (21020 kHz) and SSB (21295 kHz)
24
> hours a day; two other stations will activate other bands, with 28495,
14195
> and 14020 kHz as other prime frequencies. An additional station will
be
> active on 6 metres. Low band and WARC operations are more likely to
take
> place in the last days of the operation, as the initial emphasis will be
to
> allow as many operators as possible to work this new DXCC Entity.
Some
> activity is expected on RTTY as well.
> WA2MOE and JE2EHP will be the pilot stations for the DXpedition. QSL
via
> VE3HO (HF QSOs: Garth Hamilton, P.O. Box 1156, Fonthill, Ontario L0S
1E0,
> Canada) and JA1BK (6m QSOs: Kan Mizoguchi, 5-3 Sakuragaoka 4
Chome,
> Tama-City, Tokyo 206-0013, Japan). Logs will be available
at
> http://www.qsl.net/wd4ngb/ducie.htm; donations can be sent to JA1BK.
>
> 9A - Fredy/DE0MST, Sven/DF9MV and Chris/DL9CHR will be active
as
> 9A/homecall/p from Kanula Lighthouse (CRO-064, LH-1430,
CLH-047,)
> on Susac Island (EU-016, IOCA CI-109) on 23-30 March. QSL
via
> DE0MST either direct (Manfred Stippschild, P.O.Box 1406,
D-83657
> Lenggries, Germany) or through the bureau. [TNX DE0MST]
> 9M9 - Look for 9M9/JA1OEM to operate on HF and 6 metres from
East
> Malaysia on 4-18 March. QSL via home call. [TNX OZ6OM]
> CE - Mark, CE6TBN (http://www.qsl.net/ce6tbn) will be active as
CE6TBN/7
> from Chiloe Island (SA-018, ICE-701) on 7-10 March and
from
> Ascension Island (SA-043, ICE-704) on 11-14 March. He plans
to
> operate on 20, 12, 15, 17 and 10 metres SSB. He might be
active
> also from CE7AOY's QTH on Las Huichas (SA-064). QSL via
N1IBM
> (Morris E. Maze III, 847 Dolan St., Lanoka Harbor, NJ 08734,
USA).
> [TNX CE6TBN]
> CT3 - Hardy, DL3KWF and his wife Rosel, DL3KWR will be active
as
> CT3/DL3KWF and CT3/DL3KWR from the Madeira Islands on 7-21
March.
> They will operate only CW mostly on the WARC bands. QSL via
home
> calls preferably through the DARC bureau (bureau cards can
be
> requested at [email protected] or [email protected]). [TNX DL3KWF]
> D4 - OE1VBL, OE3GEA, OE5MKM, OE5MRP and OE5RHO are active as D44TA
from
> Sao Tiago (AF-005), Cape Verde until 13 March. Further details
on
> the operation can be found at http://www.qsl.net/d44ta. QSL
via
> OE5XVL either direct (Radio Club Voest, Lunzerstr 42, A-4020
Linz,
> Austria) or through the bureau. [TNX OE5OHO]
> DL - The DL0FTL crew (namely DF3UFW, DL8DZL, DK5NOA, DL2DSL,
DL2DRO,
> DL2LCE, DM4WL and DL1DWR) will be active from Usedom
Island
> (EU-129, O-13 for the German Islands Award) on 12-20 April. On
14
> April part of the team (DF3UFW, DL8DZL and DK5NOA) will take a
side
> trip to Grosse Wotig (not IOTA, GIA O-35), while the
others
> (DL2DSL, DL2DRO, DL2LCE, DM4WL and DL1DWR) will operate
from
> Wolgaster Schlossinsel (not IOTA, GIA O-031). QSL via bureau.
[TNX
> DL2VFR]
> FG - La Gazette du DX reports that TO4T will be active from
Guadeloupe
> (NA-102) on 1-7 March. QSL via F6HMQ.
> FM - Pordenone Gangsters group members Luke/IV3JVJ,
Max/IV3FHH,
> Andy/IV3BTY and Claudio/IV3OWC will operate (CW, SSB and RTTY)
as
> FM/homecall from FM5GU's station on from Martinique (NA-107)
on
> 24-29 March. QSL via IV3TDM. The group will team up
with
> Dennis/FM5GU and Lucien/FM5WD and will participate in the CQ
WPX
> SSB Contest as FM5GU (Multi-Single). QSL FM5GU via KU9C.
Further
> details on the operation at http://www.qsl.net/fm5gu [TNX
FM5GU]
> FY - Look for FY5KE (operated by FY5FY, FY5FU, F1HAR, F5HRY, F5MZN
and
> F6FVY) to participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as
multi-single
> from French Guiana. [TNX F6FVY]
> G - The unique callsign GB50 (Golf Bravo Fifty) has been issued by
the
> UK Radiocommunications Agency for a special event station to
be
> established at Windsor Castle to celebrate the Queen's
Jubilee
> (50th Anniversary of her succession to the throne) from 29 May
to 9
> June. The station will be run by Cray Valley Radio Society
(CVRS),
> in association with Burnham Beeches Radio Society (BBRC), and
with
> the support of the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB).
The
> station will be operational from 0700-2200 UTC daily; Activity
will
> be on 80-6 metres CW, SSB, PSK31 and RTTY. A station will also
be
> active on 2 metres CW, SSB and FM. QSL via G4DFI either direct
Owen
> Cross, 28 Garden Avenue, Bexleyheath, Kent DA7 4LF, England,
UK) or
> through the RSGB bureau. The web site for this event is
at
> http://www.gb50.com [TNX G3XTT]
> GJ - Pete/K8PT and Craig/K3PLV will make their third annual trip to
the
> Channel Islands and activate Jersey (EU-013) on 13-19 March.
They
> will operate as MJ/K8PT and MJ/K3PLV with an emphasis on CW
and
> RTTY, however Craig will try RS-12/13 for evening (USA
time)
> passes. Concentration will be on WARC bands during daylight
and
> 30/40/80 meters during the evenings. QSL via home calls. [TNX
K8PT]
> HZ - Thomas, SM0CXU and Manfred, DF1IK will operate from HZ1AB on
7-8
> March and plan some 80 and 160m activity. Thomas will be QRV on
160
> metres at 02.40-03.00 UTC on 8 March, if the band is closed he
will
> be on 80m (as close to 3.500 kHz as QRM permits). During
daytime
> hours they will run two stations on the higher bands.
Thomas
> welcomes skeds at either [email protected]
or
> [email protected] (please note that sunset is at
14.44
> UTC and sunrise is at 02.57 UTC). QSL via K8PYD. [TNX K8PYD]
> I - Tony, IK8VRH reports he will be working on the islands of
Ventotene
> (EU-045, IIA LT-011) and Ponza (EU-045, IIA LT-001) on 4-21
March
> and 3-19 April respectively. He plans to operate as IB0/IK8VRH
in
> his free time. QSL via home call.
> I - Look for IZ7AUH and IK7MCJ to be active (on 40, 10, 15 and
10
> metres) from Isola Grande di Porto Cesareo (EU-091, IIA LE-002)
on
> 9-10 March. QSL via IZ7AUH either direct (Francesco Giacoia,
P.O.
> Box 2224/TA5, 74100 Taranto - TA, Italy) or through the bureau.
Web
> page at http://www.iz7auh.com [TNX IZ7AUH]
> JT - Nicola, I0SNY and Gianni, I8KGZ will be active as JT1Y
from
> Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia for a couple of weeks starting on 21 May.
QSL
> via I0SNY.
> KH1 - The KH1 (Baker & Howland) DXpedition [425DXN 558] team now
includes
> be YT1AD, KZ1LZ, K3NA, K6NDV, KW4DA, N6TQS, RA3AUU, RZ3AA,
YU1AU,
> YZ7AA, Z31FU, Z32AU, Z32ZM and an officer of the USFW service.
They
> will leave Los Angeles on 20 April and head for Nadi, Fiji
Islands;
> on 22 April 8 operators will embark for Tuvalu, while the other
six
> operators will fly to Funafuti and operate with a T2 call until
25
> April. The whole team will then depart from Funafuti and arrive
on
> Baker Island on the 29th. They expect to operate from the
island
> until 8 May, when they will head back to Fiji (a 6-day
voyage),
> then to Los Angeles and finally to the Dayton Hamvention
(17-18
> May). The team will have six stations with amplifiers and a
variety
> of beams, verticals and dipoles; plans are to operate on all
bands
> and all modes with a callsign to be announced when the
operation
> starts. Donations can be sent to Will,
K6NDV
> ([email protected]). [TNX YT1AD]
> P2 - Bernard, DL2GAC/P29VMS [425DXN 562] is currently in Kavieng,
New
> Ireland (OC-008) and plans to operate from Emirau Island
(OC-103)
> for about one week starting on 3 March. QSL via home call. [TNX
The
> Daily DX]
> PJ2 - Look for PJ2/DL7DF (CW), PJ2/DL7UFR (SSB), PJ2/DL7UFN (RTTY
&
> PSK31) and PJ2/DL4WK (6m) to be active from Curacao (SA-006)
on
> 15-30 March. They will have four transceivers, two amplifiers
and
> several antennas and plan to put an emphasis on the low and
WARC
> bands. QSL via DL7DF. The web page for the operation is
at
> http://www.qsl.net/dl7df [TNX DF3CB]
> T8 - Look for N6NBB to be active (CW and SSB) as T88RM from Belau
on
> 1-10 March. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
> T8 - Bill, T88BA provides a few details of his voyage to the South
Palau
> group (OC-248/Pr) [425DXN 564]:
> Depart From ETD Destination ETA
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
----
> Koror 0900 Mon 04/03 Sonsorol 0600 Tue
05/03
> Sonsorol 0001 Wed 06/03 Pulo Anna 0600 Wed
06/03
> Pulo Anna 1000 Wed 06/03 Merir 1300 Wed
06/03
> Merir 1800 Thu 07/03 Tobi 0600 Fri
08/03
> Tobi 1700 Fri 08/03 Merir 0600 Sat
09/03
> Merir 0800 Sat 09/03 Pulo Anna 1000 Sat
09/03
> Pulo Anna 1100 Sat 09/03 Sonsorol 1600 Sat
09/03
> Sonsorol 1800 Sat 09/03 Koror 1500 Sun
10/03
> All times are local, which is 9 hours ahead of UTC. "Time will
be
> tight", Bill says, "but I will see what can be fitted in as
best I
> can". He plans to operate barefoot with a dipole, CW only on
+/-
> 21045 kHz. QSL should go direct to his QSL manager, G4OHX.
> STOP PRESS - The latest information from Bill is that a typhoon
is
> forecast to hit his area on Monday 4 March and so his trip may
not
> happen on the scheduled date. A final decision will be taken
on
> March at 0700 hours. [TNX IZ1CRR]
> VK9_lh - Jack, VK6CTL will be active (mostly on SSB) as VK9LT from
Lord
> Howe Island (OC-004) on 11-22 April. QSL via HB9QR (Erwin
Fink,
> Toedistr. 7, CH-8572 Berg, Switzerland) or VK6CTL (VK-ZL
only).
> [TNX VK6CTL and VK3WAC]
> VP2V - W0AW and N9COQ will be active (SSB and CW) as VP2V/homecalls
from
> Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands (NA-023) on 9-15
March.
> Between 3 and 8 March they might operate also from
Tortola
> (NA-023), Jost Van Dyke (NA-023) and as KP2/homecalls from St.
John
> (US Virgin Islands, NA-106). QSLs via W0AW. [TNX The Daily DX]
> VP5 - Rodger, GM3JOB and Willie, GM4ZNC will be active from North
Caicos
> (NA-002) on 10-19 April. They will operate as VP5/GM3JOB
and
> VP5/GM4ZNC on 160-10 metres SSB and CW. QSL via home calls
either
> direct or through the RSGB bureau. [TNX GM4ZNC]
> W - Florida DXPedition Group member Jan Heise, K4QD will be will
be
> active from Garden Key, Dry Tortugas (NA-079, ARLHS USA 316)
for a
> few days starting about 2 March. Jan is sailing to the island
with
> John, AF4WM and Greg, N0LIR and start date and duration will
depend
> upon weather conditions. QSL via K4QD either direct or through
the
> bureau. [TNX K4QD]
> ZK2 - After being active for a few days as A35TL from Tonga, Tom,
DL2RUM
> will be going to Niue Island (OC-040) and operate (on 160-6
metres
> CW, SSB and RTTY with 100 watts) as ZK2CW for ten days starting
on
> 2 March. QSLs via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
> ===========================
> *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
> **** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
> ===========================
> Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
>
> DXCC NEWS ---> ZK1TUG (North Cook Islands in 2001) and ZK1ETW (North
and
> South Cook Islands in 2001) have been on hold awaiting
supporting
> documentation. This has been received and upon review it is now
being
> accepted for DXCC credit. Anyone who had these rejected during a
recent
> submission can contact DXCC at: [email protected] for an update to their
record.
> Or, they can be sent with the next submission for credit. [TNX Bill
Moore,
> NC1L, DXCC Manager]
>
> MACAU (IRC) ---> XX9AU reports that old style IRCs will not be accepted
in
> Macau after June 2002.
>
> NEW QSL ROUTES ---> Cards for OP0GS now go via ON5GK (formerly via
ON4ON):
> Roland Schoutteten, Goedendaglaan 168, B-8500 Kortrijk, Belgium. Cards
for
> LX/ON6CK, LX/ON6CK/P, ON50KTK and OQ6CK now go via ON4ADN (formerly
via
> ON4ON): Geert Decru, St. Laurentiusstraat 18, B-8710 Wielsbeke, Belgium.
[TNX
> ON6HH]
>
> PIRATE ---> Martin Westerhof, PA1MW reports that his callsign has
been
> pirated on the PacketCluster for a couple of months now. "I have not
been
> active with packet radio for years now and do not plan to return to it in
the
> very near future", the genuine PA1MW says.
>
> QSL GM4YXI ---> Steve, N3SL and his daughter Kimberly are the new
QSL
> managers for all of Keith's (GM4YXI) past and future operations. All HF
logs
> for GM4YXI and 9M2/GM4YXI - AS-097 (April 1998, May 1999, 9-10 June
2000),
> AS-072 (May 1998) and AS-074 (17-18 June 2000) - are on line
at
> http://qsl.net/n3sl. QSL to N3SL either direct (Steve Larson, 22 N.
Hidden
> Acres Drive, Sioux City, Iowa 51108, USA) or through the ARRL bureau.
[TNX
> OPDX Bulletin]
>
> QSL K2OLG ---> Those who still need a card for some of the late Joe
Gumino's
> IOTA operations can send a SASE to KA2SST (Mike Gumino, P.O. Box
742,
> Newtown, PA 18940, USA). [TNX WD8MGQ]
>
> QSL KG4DX ---> Please note that cards should be routed via Bill, W4WX
[425DXN
> 563], not via Dave, K0IEA (he actually was the QSL manager for KG4DX back
in
> 1993-94, but has nothing to share with the current KG4DX).
>
> QSL TR8CX ---> Xavier, TR8CX/F5PBQ has moved to France and his
current
> address is: Xavier Cholat, quartier Lasalle, BP 1143, 73011 Chambery,
France.
> [TNX F5PBQ]
>
> QSL VIA DF6PB ---> Alexander is the QSL manager for UN1F, UN2E, UN6T,
UN9FD.
> He also has the logs for UL7FEC (1984-93) and UN5F (1993-97). His address
is
> Alexander Schwindt, Theodor-Heuss Str. 54, 76726 Germersheim, Germany.
[TNX
> DF6PB]
>
> W.A.R.D. ---> The WARD Award is issued to either licensed amateurs and
SWLs
> by PZK (the Polish Amateur Radio Union) and the Editor of MK QTC for
contacts
> made between 00:00 and 24:00 UTC on 18 April (the annaul World Amateur
Radio
> Day). For further information please visit http://qtc.radio.org.pl or
e-mail
> Sylwester Jarkiewicz, SP2FAP ([email protected]).
>
> WESTERN SAHARA ---> Baldur, DJ6SI (CW) and Karl, DK2WV (SSB)
became
> unexpectedly active as S07X and S07V from Western Sahara earlier this
week.
> They were supposed to remain there until 1/2 March, but they went QRT in
the
> early morning of 27 February. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
> ===========================
> *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
> *** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***
> ===========================
> Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
>
> LOGS: The OT2H Contest Crew has a website at http://www.on7sa.be
with
> pictures of the operators and the club station (ON7SA) and a
log
> search function for all contests they entered. The page is
also
> valid for OT0H and OT1H. QSL OTxH (x = last digit of the year:
OT0H
> in 2000, OT1H in 2001, etc) via ON5YR through the bureau.
[TNX
> ON7SA]
> LOGS: The logs for AS-161 (Sacrifice Rock) are now available
at
> http://www.vuiota.com/. Cards are expected to arrive from
the
> printer within a few days. [TNX VU3DMP]
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
> QSLs received direct: 3D2AG/P, 3D2CI (10/01), 3D2CY, 3DA0DF, 3DA0FR,
3Z0PW,
> 4J3M, 4K4CW, 4K9W, 4L1DA, 4L1FX, 4L8A, 4LOG, 4S7DA, 4S7NE, 4T0I,
4W/CU3FT,
> 5R8GZ, 5R8HD, 5X1Z, 6Y6L, 7Q7LA, 7Z1AC, 8Q7IJ, 9E1S, 9N1AC, 9N7RB,
9Y4SF,
> 9Y4VU, AP2ZA, C31HK, C56RF, C6A/K7RE, CO7OTA (NA-086), CO8OTA
(NA-218),
> CO9OTA (NA-201), D68C, D902WSF, DS5UCP, DU1EIB, EP3PTT (operated by
LA7JO),
> EY8CQ, EZ8CQ, FK8GM, FO0DEH (OC-062 and OC-094), FR5FD, FY5FU, H44MA,
HC8N,
> HF0POL, HI3/OK2ZU, HI8RV, HK0VGJ, J3A, JD1/7L2ICS, JT1/K4ZW,
KC4/N3SIG,
> KG4DX, KH0JX, OX2K (NA-018), OX3LG (NA-134), OY3QN (EU-018), P3A,
PJ2Z,
> PJ5/K1NA, PJ7/ND5S, PZ5RA, SU1SK, SU9ZZ, SV1LK/8 (EU-075), SV5CJN,
T2T,
> T88ZZ, TA3DD, TE8AT (NA-116), TK1W, TK5MP, TL8DV, UA9MA, UA9YAB,
UN7CC,
> V26AK, V26G, V31JP, V44NK, V47KP, V63RF (OC-010), VK9EHH, VP2EUQ,
VP5GA,
> VP8SDX, VP8THU, XF2RCS (NA-221), XQ6ET, YA5T, YB0ECT, YN4SU, YO9XC,
Z32LM,
> ZB2AZ, ZW6C (SA-062).
>
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