[KCDXC] Fwd: 425 DX News #616

Mike ZooLoo [email protected]
Fri, 21 Feb 2003 16:21:16 -0800 (PST)


   22 February 2003                                   
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616
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                           Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH

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8P      - Look for 8P9NX to be active  (mainly on RTTY
and CW) from  
Barbados
           (NA-021) between 21 February and 6 March.
QSL via W0SA. [TNX 
VA3RJ]
8P      - W2SC will participate  in the ARRL  DX SSB
Contest  (1-2 
March)  as
           8P5A (SOAB HP) from Barbados. QSL via NT1N.
[TNX NG3K]
8Q      - Ivan, 8Q7VR has  been active from  the
Maldives  (AS-013) 
since  16
           February and will be there until May. QSL
via UR9IDX. [TNX 
RL3AW]
9A      - Boro, 9A3KB and Emir, 9A6AA will be active
(on 40, 20 and 15 
metres
           SSB) from  the  lighthouse  of  Plicina 
Paklena  (LH-0708)  
on  22
           February and from the lighthouse of
Barbaran (LH-1018) on 
the 23rd.
           After that, they plan  to operate from  Sv.
Nikola Island  
(EU-110,
           IOCA CI-118). QSL via home calls. [TNX
VA3RJ]
C9      - Depending on local  situation, Reinhard,
DL6DQW  will be 
active  as
           C98RF from Mocambique  Island (AF-088) on 
21-24 February 
and  from
           Quirimba Island (AF-061) between 25
February and 3 March.. 
QSL  via
           DL6DQW. [TNX NG3K]
CE      - The 3G5Q operators  [425DXN 615]  have been 
granted 
permission  to
           start their activity from Quiriquina Island
(SA-070, ARLS  
CHI-025)
           a few hours earlier than  originally
planned and  now they 
hope  to
           become QRV around 21 UTC on  21 February.
They will try to  
operate
           also on RTTY or  PSK31 and to  install a
dipole  for 160 
metres  in
           order to be  active during the  CQ 160M SSB
 Contest. Logs 
will  be
           available at http://www.qsl.net/3g5q after 
the operation. 
QSL  via
           XQ5SM (P.O. Box 2841, Concepcion, Chile).
CE      - Ferdy, CE4FXY will participate in the  ARRL
DX SSB Contest as  
CE4Y
           on 10 metres HP. QSL via home call. [TNX
NG3K]
CN      - Look for W7EJ  to participate in  the ARRL
DX  SSB Contest as  
CN2R
           from Morocco (SOAB HP). QSL via W7EJ. [TNX
NG3K]
DU      - Ken, G3OCA  reports that  due to  some 
delays with  the  
licencing
           authority the callsigns  for the  March
operation  from 
OC-120  and
           OC-092 [425DXN 613] have changed. The  new
calls will be 
4D2C  from
           Cuyo Island  (OC-120, 14-17  March) and 
4D2B from  Babuyan  
Island
           (OC-092,  20-26  March).  Two  DU  pilot 
stations  will   
announce
           frequency/mode/times on cluster for the
duration of the 
operation -
           "this we  hope  will maximise  the 
openings to  Europe  and  
North
           America". QSL via G3OCA  either direct or 
through the RSGB  
bureau
           (cards for Russian stations will be handled
by UA4SKW).
EA8     - Operators fron the Gran Canaria DX Group
will be active on 
SSB  and
           CW as EA8OK/p from the lighthouse at Punta
Sardina (ARLHS  
CAI-055,
           FEA D-2816) on  23 February. QSL  via
bureau or  direct to  
EA8AKN.
           [TNX EA8AKN]
EA8     - Look for EA8/OH6XX (SOSB  15 metres) and
EA8/OH9MM (SOSB 20 
metres)
           to participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest
from the Canary  
Islands.
           QSL via home calls. [TNX NG3K]
F       - Marc, F6HQP  expects to  operate as  F6HQP/P
 from the  
islands  of
           Ratonneau (EU-095, DIFM ME-03) and/or
Pomegues (EU-095, DIFM 
ME-16)
           on 23-24 February. QSL via bureau. [TNX La
Gazette du DX]
FO_aus  - Antoine, FO5RK reports he is planning to be
active again from  
Rapa
           Island (OC-051), Austral Islands on 1-20
March during his  
holidays
           (which means more time to spend on the
radio).
H4      - Bernhard, DL2GAC/H44MS has been back in  the
Solomon Islands  
since
           21 February and expects to  remain there
for  the next two  
months.
           During the next week he will  reduce his
activity while  
recovering
           from malaria ("I do hope the worst is over,
but I still feel 
weak",
           he says). Our best wishes to him.
HR      - Henry/HR2HM,    Eduardo/HR2EMC,   
Cesar/HR2CPS,     
Carlos/HR2CSB,
           Byron/HR5LBR, Rene/HR5RJC and Manuel/HR5MJC
will be active 
as  HQ8V
           from Cayos  Vivorillos (Gracias  a Dios 
Department group,  
NA-???)
           from around 22 UTC on 21 March  through
around 12 UTC on the  
24th.
           They will operate  mainly on 40,  20, and 
15 metres  SSB. 
QSL  via
           HR2CPS (Cesar  Pio Santos  Andino, P.O. 
Box 747,  21105 San  
Pedro
           Sula, Cortes, Honduras). [TNX HR2CPS]
JA      - Look for JS6QVP (QSL via JI5USJ),  JS6QVQ
(QSL via JI5RPT) 
and  and
           JI5RPT/6 (QSL via home call) to be active
(on 160-6 metres 
CW, SSB,
           RTTY and PSK31)  from the Daito  Islands
(AS-047)  [425DXN 
611]  on
           4-11 March. Cards  can be sent  either
direct or  through 
the  JARL
           bureau. More information is available at
          
http://www.aa.alpha-net.ne.jp/ji5rpt/as-047/ [TNX
JI6KVR]
KP2     - Tony, N2TK will be operating at WP2Z  (QSL
via KU9C) for  the  
ARRL
           DX SSB Contest. Before and after  the
contest he will be 
active  as
           N2TK/NP2  (QSL via home call). [TNX N2TK]
LU      - Mariano, LU4EJ will be active as LU4EJ/D
from Martin Garcia  
Island
           (SA-055) on  20-22 March.  Suggested 
frequencies are  3680,  
7090,
           14200, 21300,  28460 and  50110 kHz.  QSL
via  LU4EJ either  
direct
           (Mariano Viva, Independencia 1193, Mar  del
Plata 7600,  
Argentina)
           or through the bureau. [TNX LU4EJ]
OZ      - Look for  Jakob,  OZ7AEI/P to  be  active
from  the  
lighthouse  of
           Griseta odde (DEN-075, DLS-030) on 22 
February starting 
around  15
           UTC on +/- 14270 kHz. QSL via bureau or
direct. [TNX OZ7AEI]
PJ      - K1NA plans  to be active  as PJ5/K1NA or 
PJ5NA from St.  
Eustatius
           (NA-145) during  the ARRL  DX SSB  Contest.
It  will be  a  
"casual
           effort" in  the SOAB category. QSL via home
call. [TNX NG3K]
V2      - Doug, W3CF (V26DX) and  a group of  Team
Antigua operators  
(namely
           Jay/WX0B, Jim/N2EA, Irwin/KD3TB  and
Sharon/N5CK)   will 
activate  
           V26DX as   a Multi Two  entry for 2003 
ARRL DX   SSB 
Contest  from
           Antigua. They plan  to be on the air by 26
February. QSL 
V26DX  via
           KU9C. [TNX NG3K]
W       - Several    members     of    the    
Magnolia    DX     
Association
           (http://www.mdxa.org) will  be  active  as 
K5C  from  Cat  
Island
           (NA-082, USI  MS002S) on  4-6 April.  They 
will operate  on  
10-80
           metres CW and SSB from multiple stations.
QSL via K2FF. The 
K5C QSL
           cards for  the  September 2002  operation 
[425DXN 592]  
have  been
           received from  the  printer  and  all 
direct  requests  
have  been
           answered and put into the mail on 13
February. Future 
requests will
           continue to  be answered  the same  way 
received. "Cards  
for  the
           upcoming trip will be ordered in  advance",
Randy, W5UE 
says,  "and
           we hope to be able to  answer direct
requests  within weeks 
of  the
           end of the expedition".
ZF      - John, K0DQ  will participate in  the ARRL DX
 SSB Contest as  
ZF2DQ
           (SOAB HP) from ZF2NT's QTH in the Cayman
Islands (NA-016). 
On 26-28
           February, while preparing for the contest, 
he plans to 
operate  on
           12 and 17 metres. QSL via K0DQ. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
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                           Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH

GACW KEY DAY  ---> The GACW  KD will take  place from
18  UTC on 22  
February
through 6  UTC  on the  23rd.  This  is  not a 
contest,  but  an  
event  for
encouraging amateur radio  operators to log  as many
QSOs  as possible  
using
their straight keys. More information at
http://gacw.no-ip.org

HOLYLAND CONTEST --->  The results of  the Holyland 
DX Contest  2002 
can  be
found   on    the    Israel   Amateur    Radio   
Club's    web    site    
at
http://www.iarc.org/contest. This  year the  Contest
will  take place  
on  19
April, from 00.00 UTC through 24 UTC. [TNX 4Z4KX]

IR4X ---> Due  to a bureaucratic  misunderstanding,
the  Monte Capra  
Contest
Team - formerly  IQ4A and IR4A  [425DXN 615] -  has
had to  change 
again  its
callsign. The new call is IR4X and it will be used
starting from the 
ARRL  DX
SSB Contest on 1-2 March. The QSL route for either
IR4A (for the 2003 
ARRL DX
CW Contest *only*) and IR4X is via IK4QJH. [TNX I4VEQ]

QSL CO3CJ ---> Peppe, IZ8EBI
(http://space.virgilio.it/[email protected]) 
is  the
new QSL manager for Juan Carlos,  CO3CJ. Cards can be 
sent either 
direct  or
through the bureau. [TNX IZ8EBI]

QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Being retired, Bob Smith,
W0VU has "lots of 
time  to
do cards" and is willing to  act as a QSL manager for 
one or more  
stations.
Bob can be contacted at [email protected]

QSL VIA I3BQC ---> Vittorino, I3BQC  reports that he 
has neither 
direct  nor
bureau backlog for any of his past operations.

QSL VIA W1TE ---> The following are  now being handled
by Charley, W1TE  
(QSL
either direct or through  the bureau): UU0JM  (all
operations), UU7J/P  
(IOTA
Contest 2002 from EU-180), UU7J (all operations
starting this year).  
On-line
logs are available at  http://www.w1te.com/search.html
(additional 
UU0JM  and
UU7J logs will be added as they are received). Charley
is not the 
manager for
V47NS (QSLs at this time continue  to go to W9NY), but
 he handles the  
cards
and post the logs. [TNX W1TE]

ST2X ---> There  is a possibility  that Gerben, 
PA5NT/ST2X will  go 
back  to
Sudan after  16 March.  Latest information  and  final
announcement  
will  be
available at  http://www.dx.to/ For  the time  being,
"The  ST2X Story"  
with
results of Gerben's recent  activity can be  found at
the  URL above 
(it  can
also be downloaded as .pdf file).

WARD AWARD --->  The WARD (World  Amateur Radio Day) 
Award 
commemorates  the
World Amateur Radio Day celebrated by IARU  on 18
April each year. The  
award
is sponsored by  MK QTC (the  Polish Amateur Radio 
Journal) with the  
Polish
Amateur Radio Union's support, and it is issued to
licenced amateurs 
and SWLs
for contacts made/heard  between 00.00 and  24 UTC on 
18 April. For  
further
information please e-mail Sylwester Jarkiewicz, SP2FAP
at [email protected]

YI1BGD ---> The  Slovak Embassy in  Baghdad has  been
closed  down and  
Mike,
OM2DX, who was active from YI1BGD,  has left Baghdad. 
Steve, OM3JW 
will  get
the log for Mike's  last days of  operation after his 
arrival at home.
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                          ***  NEWS FROM THE WEB  ***
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                           Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH

LOGS:      The AH3D  log search  is now  up and 
running: send  an 
e-mail  to
            [email protected] (type your call in the
subject line, the 
body of
            message should be blank) and you will
receive a response 
back,  in
            the form of an e-mail, stating your QSOs
that are in the 
AH3D log.
ROMANIA:   The Romanian  Amateur  Radio Federation 
has  a new  web  
site  at
            http://www.hamradio.ro - the  YO callbook
is  available 
there,  as
            well as the final results for  the the
International  
Championship
            of Romania 2002. [TNX N2YO/YO3FWC]
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                           Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH

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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL  
     MANAGER
===================================================================
3B8/DK7AO   DL3APO      EA8BH       OH2BH       SX1R  
     SV1XV
3V8SQ       DL1BDF      ED2TPA      EA5CVN      SY8A  
     SV8CS
3W3ZZ       JA1EUI      ED5MHE      EA5ZD       T31MY 
     OM2SA
4J9NM       K2PF        EK60SB      EA7JX       T77CD 
     I0MWI
4K9W        DL6KVA      EK6DZ       EA7JX       T88AQ 
     JH6WDG
4L1MA       ON4RU       EM0U        UT7UW       T88DY 
     JA5SUD
4L8A        OZ1HPS      ES85L       ES6PZ       T88EI 
     JA5EIY
5B4/RA6LUX  UA6LCW      ES85V       ES6DO       T88RH 
     JA5ROH
5B4/UA9MA   UA9MA       ES85X       ES7FU       T88TM 
     JA5AUC
5H9IR       ZS6EZ       EU5F        DL8KAC      TF8GX 
     K1WY
5N6EAM      IK2IQD      EY8MM       K1BV        TI9MOT
     TI6MOT
5T5CPS      JA1CPS      FM5BH       W3HNK       TM3QK 
     F5UJY
5T5HC       JA0HC       FY5GS       F6FNU       TR8CA 
     F6CBC
5T5KHT      JK1KHT      HF2VL       SP2PI       TR8SA 
     F5OGL
5T5PBV      JA1PBV      HK6PSG      EA5OL       TT8FC 
     EA4AHK
5T5RUZ      JA8RUZ      HP1/DJ7AA   DL6MYL      TZ8FT 
     F2YT
5T5U        JA1UT       HS0ZDZ      GM4FDM      UA0BD 
     RW6HS
5T5UPA      JA1UPA      IO4T        IK4XCL      UE6YYW
     UA6YW
5V7BR       F5RUQ       J42A        SV2AEL      UK8IZ 
     IK2QPR
5X1DC       DL7AFS      K3ZB/KH2    JH1NBN      UN7MO 
     EA7FTR
5X1GS       WB2YQH      KH4/NH6D    N6FF        V25LR 
     W1LR
6Y0T        K3TEJ       LT1F        LU1FKR      V25WX 
     W4WX
7Q7LA       G0IAS       LU1FAM      AC7DX       V26EW 
     N2ED
8Q7CR       DF5JR       LU1NDC      EA7FTR      V31DJ 
     W1LLU
8S5X        SM5HJZ      LU1ZA       LU2CN       V31DK 
     N0UGX
9G5GA       DL3GA       LU5FF       EA7JX       V31FG 
     DL2SWW
9G5ZZ       DL1CW       LX9UN       LX1NJ       V31JP 
     KA9WON
9L1BTB      SP7BTB      MJ0ASP      F5SHQ       V47DD 
     K8DD
9Q1A/2      F2YT        MM0XAU      DJ6AU       V47KP 
     K2SB
9Y4/DL6RAI  DL6RAI      N3JZ/KH2    JE3NJZ      V47WW 
     AC8W
9Y4/IV3IYH  IK2ILH      OH0R        OH2PM       V51KC 
     WD4AWO
9Y4TBG      DL4MEH      OH0Z        OH5DX      
VK3FY/DU8   EA7JX
A51B        W0GJ        OI3SVM      OH3JF       VK9LBJ
     VK2BJ
A71MA       KZ5RO       OX3FV       OZ5FV      
VP5/N3SB    N4ZH
C6AGN       W1DIG       OY3QN       OZ1ACB     
VP5/WX3B    N4ZH
C6AKQ       N4BP        P29VMS      DL2GAC      VP5LP 
     N4ZH
C6ALK       K7RE        P3F         5B4AGN      VP8DES
     VP8LP
C6AMM       K1CN        P40T        VE3HO      
W3MCA/KH2   JA3MCA
C6APX       KC4PX       P49MR       VE3MR       XF1K  
     N6AWD
C6AQX       WA8SQX      P49V        AI6V        XT2SX 
     G3SXW
CN2MP       EA9AM       PJ2/N8LGP   W8TTS       XT2WP 
     G4BWP
CN2R        W7EJ        PJ2T        N9AG        YA1CQ 
     JA1CQT
CO8EJ       EA5KB       PJ4/K2NG    WA2NHA      YB0IR 
     W4JS
CO8TW       IZ8CCW      PJ4/NO2R    WA2NHA      YC3BDJ
     IZ8CCW
CS6V        DL5AXX      PJ4G        WA2NHA      YN4SU 
     TI4SU
CX1JJ       EA5KB       PJ5/K3RGD   WA2NHA      YV5LIX
     EA7FTR
D2GG        CT1GG       PJ7/KF5LG   ND5S        YV5OHW
     EA7FTR
D2YY        CT1YWI      PY0ZFO      W9VA        Z24S  
     W3HNK
D44AC       RW3TN       R1ANF/P     RK1PWA      ZC4VG 
     G0UVX
D44TT       4L5A        RO4M        RN4LP       ZF1DZ 
     VE3DZ
D4B         4L5A        RO4M/6      RN4LP       ZK3HC 
     DL9HCU
DL2GG/YV5   DL3AMA      S07V        DK2WV      
ZS03CWC     ZS1AU
DP1POL      DL1ZBO      SU9BN       EA7FTR     
ZS90SAP     ZS6ZYM
E21CJN      W3PP        SU9NC       OM2SA       ZY0T  
     PY1YB
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                           Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH

5B4AGC     George Beasley, P.O. Box 61344, 8133
Paphos, Cyprus
9A9R       Vladimir Pavlica, P.O. Box 312, HR-51001
Rijeka, Croatia
BA4DW      David Y. J. Zhou, P.O. Box 040-088,
Shanghai, 200040, China
CP6EB      Luis R. Skultety, P.O. Box 291, Santa Cruz
de la Sierra, 
Bolivia
DL1ZBO     Rainer Hilgardt, Hans-Sachs-Weg 38, D-64291
Darmstadt, 
Germany
DL2GAC     Bernhard Stefan, Moeggenweiler Str. 18,
88677 Markdorf, 
Germany
DL2SWW     Frank Dreyer, Gartenweg 9, D-19069 Alt
Meteln, Germany
EA7FTR     Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias 23, 21110
Aljaraque, 
Huelva,
            Spain
EA7JX      Rodrigo Herrera, P.O. Box 47, 41310 Brenes,
Sevilla, Spain
F2YT       Paul Herbet, 9 Rue de l'Alouette, 62690
Estree-Cauchy, 
France
F5PAC      Joel Sutterlin, 1 rue du Rossberg, 68310
Wittelsheim, France
F5RUQ      Thierry Lesnier, 31 rue des Bleuets, 22190
Plerin, France
F6KHS      Radio Club Cyrano, 97 rue neuve d'Argenson,
24100 Bergerac, 
France
I0MWI      Stefano Cipriani, Via Taranto 60, 00055
Ladispoli - RM, 
Italy
JA3KAB     Taka K. Shimazu, 10-36 Kizuri 3-chome
Higashiosaka, Osaka
            577-0827, Japan
JH6QIL     Shin-Ichi Kusumoto, 1777-289,
Nishi-Mochida, Aira-cho, 
Aira-Gun,
            Kagoshima, 899-5431 Japan
K4YL       Stephen M. Grose, P.O. Box 183, Flat Rock,
North Carolina
            28731-0183, USA
KB2FB/DU7  David J. Collins, Pons Garcia Building, CPG
Ave, Tagbilaran 
6300
            Bohol, Philippines
KL7J       c/o Kim Larson, 22 N Hidden Acres Dr, Sioux
City, IA 51108, 
USA
N6AWD      Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr,
Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA
OH5DX      Ari Korhonen, Kreetalank. 9A1, FIN 29200
Harjavalta, Finland
OM2SA      George Sipos, 93013 Trhova Hradska 550,
Slovakia
OZ7AEI     Jakob Pedersen, Hvamvej 47, DK-7500
Holstebro, Denmark
RN4LP      Vladislav Lakeev, P.O.Box 208,
Dimitrovgrad, 433512, Russia
SV1XV      Costas Krallis, P.O.Box 3066, GR-10210
Athens, Greece
SV2AEL     Savas Pavlidis, P.O. Box 22013,
Thessaloniki 55310, Greece
TG0AA      C.R.A.G., P.O. Box 115, Correo Central,
Guatemala City 
01001,
            Guatemala
UA0BA      Andrej N. Moiseev, P.O. Box 645, Norilsk,
663317, Russia
UA1RJ      Yuri G. Sinitso, Box 10, 160000 Vologda,
Russia
UA6LCW     Serge Belikov, P.O.Box 504, Rostov-on-Don,
344002, Russia
UN2O       Leo. V. Welikanov, P.O. Box 1, Atyrau
465002, Kazakhstan
UT7UW      Yuri Zaskaleta, P.O. Box B-32, Kiev 01001,
Ukraine
VE3HO      Garth Hamilton, P.O. Box 1156, Fonthill,
Ontario L0S 1E0, 
Canada
VY1JA (*)  c/o Kim Larson, 22 N Hidden Acres Dr, Sioux
City, IA 51108, 
USA
W9AE       Wayne Estes, 18673 W. Meadow Lane,
Mundelein, IL 60060, USA
Z35M       Vladimir Kovaceski, P.O. Box 10, Struga
6330, Macedonia
ZS6ZYM     Jan Swanepoel, P.O. Box 14393, Zuurfontein
1912, South 
Africa

(*)  JAs via JA3JM
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