[KCDXC] Fwd: 425 DX News #613

Mike ZooLoo [email protected]
Fri, 31 Jan 2003 15:06:10 -0800 (PST)


   1 February 2003                                    
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3B8    - Katrin, DL1AXL has been  forced to cancel 
her participation 
in  the
          9-15  February  3B8/DK7AO  operation 
[425DXN  611]  from  
Mauritius
          (AF-049). The team now  include Achim,
DL1XD.  QSL via 
DL3APO.  Logs
          will be available at
http://www.radioklub.de/3b8 [TNX DL3APO]
5B     - Look for Alan, 5B/G3PMR to be active from
Cyprus from 4 
February  to
          10 March. QSL  via G3PMR either  direct or
through  the RSGB  
bureau
          (e-mail   requests    for    bureau    cards
   are    
welcome    at
          [email protected]).
9Q     - La Gazette du DX reports  that Pat and 
Nicole's licences have  
been
          renewed through July. They are going  to
resume their amateur  
radio
          activities as 9Q1A/2 and 9Q1YL/2 from their
new QTH at 
Matadi.
A5     - Glenn Johnson, W0GJ will operate again as
A51B from Bhutan 
between 3
          and 26 February. He plans to concentrate on
80 metres CW 
during his
          mornings and evenings and to be active
during the CQ/RJ WW 
RTTY (8-9
          February) and the ARRL DX CW  (15-16
February) contests. QSL  
direct
          to W0GJ. [TNX The Daily DX]
BY     - Nicola, I0SNY and Gianni, I8KGZ plan to will
be active from 
China on
          6-29 May. Further details to follow. [TNX
I0SNY]
C6     - Ivars, KC4PX  will  be active  on  6 metres 
as  C6APX  from  
Nassau
          (NA-001) on 8-15 February. QSL via KC4PX.
[TNX The Daily DX]
DL     - A group of German operators (including DH1LA,
DH2AX, DH7NO,  
DL2RTK,
          DL2SWW, DL2VFR,  DL6ATM and  others) will 
participate in  
the  IOTA
          Contest (26-27  July)  as DL0KWH  from 
Peenemuende,  Usedom  
Island
          (EU-129). Before the  contest they will 
operate for  2-3 
days  with
          individual callsigns on CW, SSB, RTTY and
PSK. QSL via 
bureau.  [TNX
          DL2VFR]
DU     - G3OCA, 4F2KWT and  other DU operators  will
be active  as DX0C  
from
          OC-120 on 14-17 March and as  4D0B from
OC-092 on 20-26 
March.  They
          plan to have two  stations on 40,  20,15 and
10  metres SSB 
and  CW,
          maybe with some  WARC activity as  well. QSL
via  G3OCA 
(except  for
          Russian stations, whose cards will be
handled by UA4SKW). All 
direct
          cards received for the 2002 expedition were
mailed by the  
beginning
          of December 2002, cards received recently
are normally sent 
out next
          day. [TNX G3OCA]
EA9    - EA9CE, the  Ceuta  branch of  URE  
(http://www.gratisweb.com/ea9ce),
          will participate in  the CQ WW  WPX RTTY
Contest  as AM9CE. 
QSL  via
          bureau to EA9CE. [TNX EA9CD]
F      - The Belgian team of the  "Minkieboys" will be
 going for the  
fourth
          year to Sein Island (EU-068, DIFM AT-007) to
participate in 
the IOTA
          Contest. ON4ASG,  ON4AVA,  ON4ON, ON5SY, 
ON6CX,  ON7PQ,  
ON7XT  and
          ON9CGB plan to be on the island from  24 to
29 July, and to  
operate
          as TM3ON before, during and after the
contest. QSL via ON4ON  
either
          direct (Danny Commeyne, Rozenlaan 38, 
B-8890 Dadizele, 
Belgium)  or
          through  the   bureau.   The  web   site  
for  the   team   
is   at
          http://users.skynet.be/minkies/ [TNX ON9CGB]
FG     - Pierre, F6FXS will be active as  FG/F6FXS
from Guadeloupe   
(NA-102,
          DIFO FG-001) from 12 February to 12 March.
He will operate on  
10-40
          metres CW only, mainly during his  morning
and evening  
hours,  with
          some 30 watts and  a wire antenna. QSL  via
homecall  either  
direct
          or through  the bureau.  [TNX F5NQL]
FO_mar - I2MOV, I2YSB,  IK1AOD, IK1PMR,  IK2DIA,
IK2GNW  and IK2WXV  
will  be
          active on CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK from the
Marquesas Islands  
(OC-027)
          for two  weeks starting  in  late April. 
They  plan to  have  
three
          stations on  all bands,  6 metres  included,
with  beams and  
linear
          amplifiers. Further information is expected 
in due course;  
on-line
          logs will  be  available at  
http://digilander.libero.it/i2ysb  [TNX
          I2YSB]
HP     - Wil, DJ7AA will be active (callsign not
known) from Contadora 
Island
          (NA-072) on 4-19 February. He  will
participate in  the CQ 
WPX  RTTY
          and ARRL DX CW contests. Outside the
contests he will 
concentrate on
          160 and 80  metres CW (look  for him on  or
around  1826.5 
and  3560
          kHz), with some  SSB and WARC  band
activity. QSL  via 
DL6MYL.  [TNX
          NG3K]
JA     - Look for Hiro,  JO1EPY/6 to  be active  (on
40,  17, 15,  12 
and  10
          metres SSB and CW) from Nakano-shima in the
Tokara Islands  
(AS-049)
          on 1-3  March. QSL  via home  call  either
direct  (Hiroshi  
Kotoku,
          3-4-19 Kishimachi, Kawagoe City, Saitama
350-1131, Japan) or 
through
          the bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
JA     - Mat, JS6PXB will  be active (on  40 and 20 
metres SSB) as  
JS6PXB/6
          from Zamami Island (AS-017), from 6 UTC on 5
February through  
00.00
          UTC on  the 6th.  QSL via  home call  either
direct  or 
through  the
          bureau.
KH3    - Martti/OH2BH, Pertti/OH2PM and Bernie/W3UR
have been active as  
AH3D
          from Johnston Atoll  since early this  week.
They  operate 
from  the
          local Club  station (KJ6BZ),  which will  be
dismantled  a 
few  days
          after the end  of this  expedition. The 
last operation  will 
be  on
          Monday night  (Johnston  local  time) on  20
 and  10  metres  
(last
          antennas to come down).  There have been 
problems with 
e-mail  from
          Johnston, so on-line logs  are not
available.  The pilot 
station  is
          Bill  Avery,  K6GNX  ([email protected]).
 QSL  via  OH2BH  
(2003
          Johnston Atoll DXpedition, P.O. Box 73,
02380 Espoo, 
Finland).  [TNX
          K6GNX]
PJ     - Tom/AE9B, Marty/NW0L and Jerry/WB9Z will be 
active (on SSB, 
CW  and
          RTTY with an emphasis on the  WARC bands) as
PJ2/homecall 
from  from
          Curacao (SA-006)  from 26  February through 
4 March.  QSL 
via  home
          calls. They will participate in the ARRL DX
SSB Contest as 
PJ2T (QSL
          via N9AG). [TNX NW0L]
PY     - CT1AHU, PY8EA, PT7BI,  PT2GTI, PT2HF will  be
active (call  
unknown)
          from Mexiana Island (SA-042,  the most "most
 wanted" IOTA 
group  in
          South America) on 21-25 May. They plan to
operate on 40, 20, 
15  and
          10 metres SSB. Further information is 
expected in due 
course.  [TNX
          CT1END and CT1AHU]
PY0_fdn- Bill, W9VA will be active as PY0ZFO (QSL via
W9VA) from 
Fernando  de
          Noronha on 12-18  February, including and 
entry in the  ARRL 
CW  DX
          Contest (contest category and callsign TBA).
[TNX NG3K]
T8     - JA5AUC (T88TM), JA5ROH  (T88RH), JA5MY
(T88FB),  JA5SUD 
(T88DY)  and
          JA5EIY (T88EI) will be active on 160-6
metres from Palau 
(OC-009) on
          7-12 February. QSL via home calls. [TNX NG3K
and La Gazette 
du DX]
V2     - Bill, W4WX (V25WX) and Larry, W1LR (V2/W1LR,
but he has 
applied  for
          V26LR) will be active from Antigua (NA-100)
on 17-25 
February.  They
          will have a small beam for  10, 15 & 20
metres,  a vertical 
for  10,
          12, 15, 17, & 20  metres and dipole  for 6
metres.  They will 
be  on
          SSB, MMTTY and  PSK-31. The pilot  station
will  be Clarence,  
W9AAZ
          ([email protected]). QSL via home calls.
[TNX W4WX]
VK9_lh - Barry, VK2BJ will be active as VK2LBJ from
Lord Howe Island 
(OC-004)
          for one week starting on 8 February. [TNX
The Daily DX]
VK9_xms- Steve, VK3OT/VK3SIX will  be active as  VK9XI
from Christmas  
Island
          (OC-002) on 7-21 April. He will concentrate
on 6 metres 
(50115  kHz)
          between 10 and 15 UTC, with  low band
operation at 23 UTC  
(sunrise)
          and 8 UTC (sunset). QSL  direct to VK3OT 
(Steven Gregory, 
P.O.  Box
          622,   Hamilton,   Victoria   3300,  
Australia).   Web   
page    at
         
http://members.datafast.net.au/electronics/vk9x.htm
[TNX 
VK3OT]
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DAYTON DX  DINNER  ---> The  Southwest  Ohio DX 
Association  is  
pleased  to
announce the 18th Annual DX Dinner to be held  on 16
May at the Crowne  
Plaza
Hotel, Dayton.  Tickets  must be  purchased  in
advance  and  seats  
will  be
assigned on 16  March in the  order that requests  are
received. For  
further
information please visit http://my.erinet.com/~n8bjq/
or contact Steve 
Bolia,
N8BJQ at [email protected] [TNX N8BJQ]

OLD WOMAN ISLAND ---> The VK4FW/P  cards for Bill's
operation from Old  
Woman
Island have a  wrong IOTA reference  number on them 
(OC-142). The 
island  is
just a  few minutes  outside the  OC-142 grid,  and 
the IOTA  
Committee  has
confirmed that they will accept these  cards for
OC-137. Bill 
apologizes  for
the unintentional mistake.

QSL 3B9FR ---> Robert, 3B9FR says that F6FNU has not
been his QSL 
manager for
more than four  years now. QSL  cards should be  sent
direct  only to  
Robert
Felicite, P.O. Box 31, Rodriguez Island, via Mauritius
Island, Indian  
Ocean.
[TNX IK2IQD]

QSL CO6XN --->  Due to the  current unstable mail 
situation and 
increase  in
cost of the  bureau service in  Colombia, Oscar/HK6DOS
will  cease to  
handle
CO6XN's bureau cards effective 1 June 2003.  The last
date to accept 
via  the
bureau will be 31 January 2003. Frank,  N3ZOM will
continue to handle 
all  of
Abel's direct cards. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]

QSL EP6KI ---> Following the tragic death of Victor
Rusinov, UT8LL, in 
an air
crash just before Christmas the Ukrainian Amateur
Radio League (UARL) 
and the
IOTA Committee have  been working together  to see
that  the QSLing of  
EP6KI
contacts is carried through in accordance with his
wishes. UARL has 
taken  on
the design of a  special memorial card  and this
should  be printed 
over  the
next few weeks. Phil Marsh, G4WFZ has received a large
number of direct 
cards
and will  reply to  all of  these when  the EP6KI 
cards are  
available.  The
decision has been taken to QSL all contacts in  the
log and, to help 
Phil  in
this, Igor  Zeldin, UR5LCV  has agreed  to act  as QSL
 manager for  
the  CIS
countries. There is no need to send further bureau
cards or duplicate  
direct
cards either to the Ukraine or to the UK. [TNX G3KMA]

QSL HK6DOS --->  "Due to the  cost of the  mail in
Colombia",  all QSL  
cards
(direct and bureau)  for Oscar, HK6DOS  should be 
sent to  his QSL  
manager,
EA5KB. [TNX HK6DOS]

QSL XE2AC ---> Luis, XE2AC (6J2AC) reports that his
new QSL manager is  
Paco,
EA5OL.

QSL YB0GJS --->  Effective 1 February  2003, the  new
QSL  manager for  
Lani,
YB0GJS will be N9NU (Tim S.  Dickerson, 900 Vincent 
Dr, Sandwich, IL  
60548,
USA). [TNX YB0ECT]

QSL MANAGER  OFFERED --->  Veteran QSL  Manager Bob 
Nadolny, WB2YQH  
(5X1GS,
5Z4GS, K2L, VP9MN etc) is looking to take on another
station for QSL  
chores.
A semi-rare  and active  station or  small  DXpedition
is  welcome.  
Computer
logging is a  must and e-mail  of logs monthly  to
keep  the Deserving  
happy
would be helpful. Please contact Bob  at
[email protected] to 
discuss  the
details. [TNX WB2YQH]

QSL VIA HB9BGN --->  Albert, HB9BGN acts  as a
maildrop  for the ZA  
stations
(mainly ZA1Z) whose QSL route is "via HB9BGN". He says
that "mail  
forwarding
to Tirana is done 2-3 times  per year by trustworthy 
persons  
travelling  to
Tirana". One USD is sufficient, please do not send
SASEs with Swiss 
stamps as
QSLs  are  mailed  from  Albania.  Further  
information  can  be  
found   at
http://mypage.bluewin.ch/HB9BGN [TNX The Golist,
http://golist.net/]

V31KQ ---> Roger, WA0ETE, QSL manager  for V31KQ,
informs me that the  
recent
operations on 15m  CW are the  work of  a pirate.  The
only  valid 
dates  for
operation from V31KQ in 2002 were from 24  April to 2
May. At present,  
there
are no firm plans to return to Belize in 2003. [TNX
K9RZ]
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QSLs received direct: 3A2MD, 3DA0TM, 3XY7C, 4S7NE,
4U1ET, 4U1ITU, 5A1A, 
5A32,
5K0Z, 5T5JC (1993 QSO),6Y5WJ, 7P8ZZ, 8N1OGA,8P9HT,
9H0A, 9H1ZA,9H4CM,  
9J2BO,
9M6LSC, 9S1X, A22MN (1994 QSO)A25/V51AS, A35TL, A41KJ,
A71MA, BA4DW,  
BA4DW/2
(AS-151),  BA4DW/4  (AS-150),  BA4EG,  BA4RF,  BQ9P, 
C21AT,  C6ARB,   
C98DC,
CE0Y/7K1WLE, CO2CI, CY0/N1NK, D2/SU2HM,  D2CR,
EA4DX/HK0,EG9IA, EX2T,  
EY8MM,
FG/JR3IXB, FH/DL5CF, FK/F5NHJ, FK8VHY, FM5BH,  FO5RK
(OC-051), FP5BU,  
FP5BZ,
FP5KE, FS/N3OC, FS/W6IZT, FY5FY, GB50, GJ2A, HC8N,
HF70A, HI9/DL7AFS,  
HL0C/2
(AS-090),  HR1AAB  (1998   QSO),  HR5/F2JD,  HV5PUL,  
J38X,  J75PL,   
J79RJ,
JQ1SYQ/JD1, JT1CO, JX7DFA,  JY9NX, JY9QJ, K2G,  K7A,
KL7A,  KL7J, KP2D,  
L65W
(SA-065), LQ7D, NP2B, OD5/OK1MU, OY3QN, OY6FRA, PJ4V,
PJ5/K3RGD, PW0T, 
PY0FT,
PY5M, PZ5RA, R1ANF, RI0CA (AS-044), RI0CB (AS-114),
RW2F, S07U, S21YY, 
S79MX,
S9MX (AF-023 and AF-044),  S9SS, ST0F, SV9ANH,  SZ8LH
(EU-049), T77C,  
T88HA,
TI5/KI7VR, TI9M, TR8CA, TT8ZZ, TY4DX, TY7Z,  TY9F,
TZ6JA, UE1RCV/1  
(EU-188),
UK8BQ, UK8GK, UY2VM, V26S,  V31DJ, V31JP, V47NS, 
V63RE (OC-253 and  
OC-254),
V63WN (OC-254), VE8AE/VY0 (NA-130), VK4YI (OC-137),
VK9YL, VP2V/N6WKS, 
VP6DI,
VP8SDX, VQ9DT, W2SF/4 (NA-062), W5AA/TI8, XE2/WD9EWK,
XU7AAN, XV3TAA, 
XW1LLR,
YA5T, YC9BU/7  (OC-252),  YC9WZJ/7  (OC-252),  YI9OM, 
YV5OHW,  YV5OHW,  
YW1T
(SA-066),Z22JE, Z24S, ZA/Z35M, ZA1Z, ZB2JO, ZC4DW,
ZD7DP,ZD8Z,  
ZF2AH,ZK1USA,
ZK1VVV, ZK2CW, ZM8CW, ZS1EL, ZS6QU, ZX5J.
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Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ/KB2TJM
425 DX News Editor
E-mail: [email protected]
http://www.425dxn.org



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