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                           Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH

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The 425 DX News monthly edition (February issue) can
be downloaded in  
either
pdf or .doc formats at http://www.425dxn.org. This
month we feature 
articles
and photos from XF1K, FO5RK, HC4/NP3D and Sazan
Island. [TNX 
I1-21171/IZ1CRR]

3D2    - Brian, N6IZ will  be active as  3D2IZ from 
Namotu Island  
(OC-121),
          Fiji from 27 March to 6  April. He will
operate  on 10-80 
metres  CW
          and SSB. Check
http://www.tdl.com/~brianb/3d2iz.html for a  
schedule
          of operation. [TNX N6IZ]
9N     - Dov, 4Z4DX will be active (on 160-6 metres CW
and digital 
modes)  as
          9N7DX from Nepal from 21 April  to 15 May.
QSL  via home 
call.  [TNX
          4Z4DX]
BV     - As of 24 February Art, UA3VCS  will be
signing BW4/UA3VCS  
(previous
          call BW3/UA3VCS). He will participate  in
either the  CQ WW 
WPX  SSB
          (SOSB 10 metres Low Power)  and CW (SOAB 
Low Power) 
Contests.  [TNX
          NG3K]
BY     - By special arrangement with the government of
the People's  
Republic
          of China and the Chinese Radio Sports
Association, Rick/AE3C 
and his
          10-year old daughter Barbara (KB3HAS) will
be operating (SSB 
and CW)
          at various locations in Beijing and northern
mainland China 
until 11
          March. QSL via home calls. [TNX K2FRD]
CE     - Juan, CA7ARU  and  others plan  to  be active
 from  Melinka  
Island
          (Guaitecas Islands, SA-043)  between 28
February  and 2 
March.  [TNX
          G3KMA]
CE     - The following Chilean stations will be active
during the ARRL 
DX SSB
          Contest this weekend:  CE4Y (by CE4FXY,  10m
High  Power), 
3G5A  (by
          XQ5SM,  All  Band   Low  Power),   CE3NR 
(by   CE3NR  and   
CE4PBB,
          Multi-Single). QSL routes at qrz.com. [TNX
XQ5SM]
CX     - A group of operator from Uruguay (namely
CX1SI, CX1UI, CX1UN, 
CX2UH,
          CX3SN, CX3UG, CX3UH,  CX3UO, CX4SS and 
CX7OV) will operate  
special
          event station CW1OO on 8-10 March to
celebrate the 150th 
anniversary
          of the town of Vergara. QSL via EA5KB. [TNX
EA5KB]
EI     - Declan, EI9HQ plans to be active  (on 20
metres  SSB) as EJ9HQ  
from
          Inishmor Island (EU-006) and Dun Oghil
Lighthouse (IRE-087) 
from  28
          February until 1 March. QSL via WA7OBH. [TNX
VA3RJ]
FY     - F1HAR, F5HRY, F5MZN, F6FVY and FY5FY will
participate in the 
ARRL DX
          SSB Contest as FY5KE (M-S) from  French
Guiana. QSL to FY5KE  
either
          direct or through the bureau. [TNX F6FVY]
G      - Marc, ON5FP and Jose, ON4CJK will 
participate in the IOTA  
Contesst
          from Lundy Island (EU-120). Further
information  is expected 
in  due
          course. [TNX ON5FP]
GJ     - Pete/K8PT and Craig/K3PLV  will be  active as
 MJ/K8PT and  
MJ/K3PLV
          from Jersey (EU-013) on 19-24 March. They
will be operating 
SSB,  CW
          and RTTY on all bands with concentration on
the low bands  
including
          160 metres. QSL via home calls either direct
or through the  
bureau.
          [TNX K8PT]
GU     - 5B4WN (aka G0WWW)  and 5B4AFM (aka  M0BBB)
will  participate 
in  the
          ARRL DX SSB Contest as  MU2A (M-S) from 
Guernsey (EU-114). 
QSL  via
          G4EOF. [TNX NG3K]
HL     - Kim, DS4BHW will be stationed on  Cho Island
(AS-060) for two  
years
          starting in late March and plans  to be
active  on 80-6 
metres.  QSL
          via DS4BHW either durect (Kim, P.O. Box 27,
Sunchon, 540-600,  
South
          Korea) or through the bureau. [TNX DS4BHW]
HL     - Pyoungteak DX Club's members Han/DS2GOO,
Son/DS3HWS, 
Chae/DS5BSX and
          Choi/6K2CLF will be active (on 10-80 metres
SSB and RTTY) as  
either
          homecall/4 and  D90HE/4 from  the Chuja 
Islands (AS-084)  on  
18-24
          March. QSL D90HE/4 via DS2GOO,  others via
home  call. The 
web  page
          for the operation is at 
http://myhome.naver.com/dxer2han/as084/ [TNX
          HL1VAU]
I      - Alessandro, IK4ALM will participate in this
year's  major SSB 
and CW
          contests as IR4R. QSL via home calla. [TNX
IK4ALM]
I      - IR4Z is the new contest call for Giancarlo,
IK4QJH (formerly  
IQ4B).
          E-mail requests  for bureau  cards for 
either  IR4Z and  the  
other
          stations     managed     by     Giancarlo   
 are     welcome     
at
          http://www.qsl.net/ik4qjh; direct cards
should be sent to  
Giancarlo
          Gnudi, Via Valgattara 35, 40063 Monghidoro -
BO, Italy. [TNX 
IK4QJH]
JA     - Look for JQ1SUO/1, JF1CCH/1 and JA2HMD/1 to
be active (on 10, 
15, 30
          and 40 metres CW and SSB) from Hachijo
Island (AS-043) on 8-9 
March.
          QSL via home  calls either direct  or
through the  bureau. 
[TNX  The
          Daily DX]
OY     - Ronald/PA3EWP, Dick/PA3FQA  and Rob/PA5ET 
will be  active 
from  the
          Faroe Islands (EU-018) from 24 March to 3
April. They will 
have  two
          stations with amplifiers and will operate on
10-160 metres 
CW,  SSB,
          RTTY and PSK31 with  some SSTV. The 
callsigns will be  
OY/homecall,
          but they have also applied for a local
callsign to be used on 
80/160
          metres and  during the  CQ  WPX SSB 
Contest.  QSLs via  
PA5ET  (Rob
          Snieder, Van Leeuwenstraat 137, 2273 VS
Voorburg, The  
Netherlands).
          More information can be foun on the Low Land
DX-pedition 
Team's  web
          site (http://www.qsl.net/lldxt). [TNX PA5ET]
PY     - Luc/PY8AZT,  Carl/PY8MD,  Phil/PT8PS  and 
Adonay/PT8DX,  from   
the
          Uirapuru DX Club (http://www.uirapuru.org)
will be active on 
SSB and
          CW as ZY8C from Caviana Island  (SA-042) on
1-8 March. They 
plan  to
          have three stations with amplifiers,  beams,
verticals and  
dipoles.
          [TNX http://www.islandradio.org/]
SV5    - Steve,  G0SGB  will  be  active  as 
SV5/G0SGB/p  from  Kos  
Island,
          Dodecanese (EU-001)  on 8-22  March.
Operation  will be  on a  
daily
          morning basis (8-11 UTC) mainly on  18154,
14264 and 21264 
kHz.  QSL
          via home call. [TNX VA3RJ]
XT     - Dani, XT2ATI (EA4ATI) reports he will
participate in the ARRL 
DX SSB
          Contest on 20 metres (low power). QSL via
EA4YK.
VP6_duc- The pilots for the forthcoming operation 
from Ducie Island 
will  be
          JE2EHP([email protected]), DJ8NK
([email protected]) and 
WA2MOE
          ([email protected]). QSL  via  JR2KDN. 
The  web  sites  
are  at
          www.qsl.net/wd4ngb/ducie.htm and 
www.qsl.net/aa0mz/ducie2.htm.

SOUTH SHETLANDS  (AN-010) --->  Oleg (UA1PBA)  and 
Alex (UA1PAW)  are  
still
active as R1ANF/p from the Teniente  Ballve refuge of
Argentina (WABA  
LU-22)
until 5  March. Then  they will  go and  operate as 
DP1ANF from  the  
German
Dallmann Laboratory  (WABA DL-NEW)  adjacent to 
Jubany Base.  QSL for  
these
activies via RK1PWA. [TNX DL5EBE]
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                          ****  GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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                           Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH

CN2PM & S07PM ---> Peter McKay, G3WQU is now QRT as
CN2PM and S07PM. He  
will
be moving to  East Timor (4W)  at the end  of March.
Peter  will put 
the  new
address for QSLs to his previous calls in qrz.com [TNX
G3WQU]

DXCC NEWS ---> The following operations have recently
been approved for  
DXCC
credit: VK0MQI, Macquairie Island (1 January 2002 - 15
March 2003) and 
3C2MV,
Equatorial Guinea (11 November -  12 December 2002). 
[TNX Bill Moore,  
NC1L,
DXCC Branch Manager]

GMDX CONVENTION ---> The GM DX  Group's 6th annual 
Convention & Dinner  
will
take place on 26 April at the  King Robert Hotel,
Whins of Milton,  
Stirling,
Scotland. More details can be found at
http://www.gmdx.org.uk [TNX 
GM3YTS]

LCRA TO BE DISSOLVED  ---> "My old  friend HK3DDD has 
just informed me  
that
postal rates in Colombia were doubled as of January 1,
2003 and it now  
costs
the equivalent of US$2.00 to send a  letter from
Colombia to the USA",  
Fred,
K3ZO reports. "It now costs HJ/HK hams the equivalent
of 13 cents per 
QSL  to
send outgoing  cards through  the  bureau, but  anyway
 the bureau  
won't  be
available any  longer  because the  Colombian 
IARU-member  society  
LCRA  is
meeting this Saturday to dissolve itself, since with
only 200 paid-up 
members
and US$8000 of debt it  feels it can  no longer stay 
in business. Beto  
says
Colombian hams  have stopped  calling CQ  and running 
stations because  
they
can't afford to  handle the  consequences
economically.  Colombian 
DXers  are
simply searching  and pouncing  these days,  looking 
for new  
countries  for
themselves".

NOT THE MANAGER ---> Yves, F6CYV says he is not the
QSL manager for 
XE1FT.

PSK ON 160 ---> "Probably the first PSK QSO on 160
metres between 
Europe  and
Oceania was made between VK6HD (transmitting on 1810)
and DL8LE 
(transmitting
on 1838.7)  on  27 February  at  21.40 UTC.  Both 
signals were  copied  
with
excellent R5 on both ends. The  following attempt in 
RTTY was 
successful  as
well, but gave R3 and R4 only". [TNX DL8LE]

QSL 3C2MV  ---> Vitaly,  VE6JO reports  that the  QSL 
cards for  his  
recent
activity from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea  are
expected from the  
printer
around mid March. He will proceed  with mailing as
soon as  he gets 
them,  as
from late March until early May he will not be at
home.

QSL FK8KAB ---> Please  note that Robert,  FK8AH is
not  the QSL 
manager  for
FK8KAB. Direct  cards should  be sent  to Association 
des 
Radio-Amateurs  de
Nouvelle Caledonie, P.O. Box 3956, F-98846 Noumea.
[TNX DJ5AV]

QSL FW8FP  ---> Cards  have arrived  from the  printer
and  Bill, VK4FW  
will
process and  post cards  daily until  finished.
"Direct  cards sent  
with  no
return or insufficent postage will not  be answered",
Bill says, "as I  
don't
have any access to the buro system".  QSL direct
direct only to Bill  
Horner,
P.O. Box 1343, Maroochydore, 4558, Australia.

QSL TA4/DL2OBO ---> Tom, DL2OBO reports that the QSL
cards should be 
ready in
a couple of weeks' time. Between 26 January and 2
February he made some  
1000
CW QSOs and enjoyed "really big pileups". 

QSL TX0DX --->  Alessio, IZ0CKJ reports  that the QSL 
cards for the  
October
2002 operation from the Chesterfields are not ready.
Please be patient 
and do
not send second requests.

QSL ZL7C ---> All QSL requests for  the October 2002
ZL7C operation 
from  the
Chatham Islands which were received  as of 26 
February (some 5100  
envelopes
for 19,200 QSOs) were mailed on  28 February taking
advantage of New  
Zealand
Post's International Economy rate (allow 3-5  weeks
for delivery and  
refrain
from sending second requests until after  1 May).
Please note that this  
does
not include  cards received  via QSL  Services and 
the like  (these 
will  be
mailed out at a  later date when  time permits) or 
ZL7C requests sent  
along
with cards for other DXpeditions. Direct cards without
sufficient 
postage  or
SAE will be answered via the bureau. [TNX ZL4HU]

QSL MANAGER  OFFERED --->  Guy Spriet,  ON4LCT is 
willing to  act as  
a  QSL
Manager for one or more stations. You can contact him
at 
[email protected]

QSL VIA VE3DZ ---> Yuri Onipko,  VE3DZ (QSL manager 
for 8P4A, 8P9AL,  
8P9AM,
VE2IM, ZF1DZ,  6W1/N2WCQ  and others)  reports  that
his  local  post  
office
"refuses to cover old IRCs (older than  2000) at
existing air mail 
price.  So
effective immediately all cards accompanied with only
one old style IRC 
dated
1999 and earlier (or improperly stamped) will be
answered via the 
bureau".

SEANET CONTEST ---> This year the SEANET 2003 Contest
will take place 
from 12
UTC on 16 August through 12 UTC on  the 17th. The
contest is associated  
with
the 31st Annual  SEANET Convention to  be held in 
Johor Bahru, 
Malaysia,  on
27-30     November.     For     further    
information     please      
visit
http://www.seanet2003.com or  e-mail Ray  Gerrard,
HS0ZDZ  
([email protected])
[TNX HS0ZDZ/G3NOM]
_____________________________________________________________________________

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                          ***  NEWS FROM THE WEB  ***
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                           Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH

ARRL DX SSB: A list of  stations that have  announced
their 
participation  in
              this year's event is maintained by Bill,
NG3K at
              http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxs2003.html
LOGS:        The logs for the most recent 3G5Q
operation from SA-070 
are  now
              available at http://www.qsl.net/3g5q
[TNX CE4USW]
LOGS:        The complete log  for Mike's (OM2DX) 
activities from 
YI1BGD  (1
              January   -   13   February   2003)   
has   been   
posted    on
              http://www.qsl.net/om2dx [TNX OM3JW]
XF1K:        Pictures taken by Ray,  N6VR of the 
recent XF1K operation  
from
              NA-167   are   now   available   on  
the   IREF   
website    at
              http://www.islandradio.org [TNX AD5A]
_____________________________________________________________________________

QSLs received direct: 3A2MD, 3B9FR, 3C5XA,  3D2RW,
3XY7C, 4L8A, 4M1X,  
4S7NE,
5B4AGC, 5R8FU, 5R8FY, 5T5PBV, 5V7FA, 6W6/K3IPK,  6Y2A,
7Q7LA, 8N1OGA,  
9G1XA,
9K2GS, 9L1AB, 9L1BTB,  9N7YJ, 9U0X,  9V1ZB, 9Z4DI, 
A22HH, A25/V51AS,  
A35RK,
A45WD, A61AJ, BD5RT,  C6AKQ, C98RF, CE6M  (SA-061),
CE8/F5JY (SA-050),  
CN2R,
CN8YR, CO2CI, CO8LY, CV1F, CW4A, CX2AQ,  CX4DX, D44TT,
D90HC, E30HA,  
EP3SMH,
ER1DA, ER1QQ,  ER60SB,  EY8CQ, EY8TM,  EZ8AQ,  FG5FR, 
FG5FR,  FG5FZ,  
FR5FD,
FR5ZU/T,  FS/W5GJ,  FY5GS,  HL5FUA  (AS-045), 
HP100RCP,  IJ7/IZ8DBJ 
(EU-073;
IIA TA-02), HP3XUG, J28FD,  J28FO, J28NU, J45PC,
J75PL,  J8/AC4LN, 
JW0HU, K1B
(via K4YL,  see 425DXN 614),  K5C (NA-082),  K9V,  
KF1V/KH2,  KG4IZ,  
KG4MO, 
KH2/KF2XN,   KH6GMP/KH3,   LU4ETN/D  (SA-022), 
LU7DSY/D (SA-021),  
LU8DWR/D,
LU9ESD/D  (SA-022),  LW4DRH/D  (SA-022),  LY3MR,  
LY3UM,  LZ5SZ/1  
(EU-181),
NZ7Q/KH4,  PJ2/N1UR,  PT0F,  PW0S, PW0T, PZ5PI 
(SA-092), PZ5RA,  T2T, 
T32NCC
(OC-084), T77BL, T77M, T88CM, T88SM, TG4/W0IZ, 
TI5/N5KO, TI5N, TM1BI, 
TO8MZ,
TR8CA, TR8VP, TT8JE, TU2CI, UA0BA, UA0JQ, UK9AA,
V51AS, V63RE (OC-254), 
VC2C,
VI3JPI (OC-251),  VK4LV (OC-137),  VK4WWI (OC-187 and
OC-255), VK9NL,  
VO2WL,
VP2VE,  VP5/K5CM, VP5/WA2VYA,  VP6DI, VR2PX,  VU2WAP,
W8MV/KH4, XE2AC, 
XE2NJ,
XE2P, XQ6ET,  XT2DX,  XU7ACJ,XU7ACN,  XV9DT,  YA5T,
YB9AY/7 (OC-252), 
YC9BU/7
(OC-252), YI1BGD, YK1AO,  YW1T, YW5LF,  Z22JE,  Z24S,
ZA/Z35M, ZB2FK,  
ZB2JO, 
ZD7JC, ZD9BV, ZK1ASQ, ZK1CG, ZK1MA,  ZK1XYL,  ZS6UT,
ZW5B.
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