[KCDXC] Fwd: 425 DX News #616
Mike ZooLoo
[email protected]
Fri, 21 Feb 2003 16:21:16 -0800 (PST)
22 February 2003
No
616
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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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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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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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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL
MANAGER
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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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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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