[KCDXC] Fwd: 425 DX News #619

Mike ZooLoo [email protected]
Mon, 17 Mar 2003 20:50:46 -0800 (PST)


   15 March 2003                                      
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3A     - Max, IK2YSE reports the will be active (on
10-40 metres CW 
with some
          PSK31) as 3A/IK2YSE from Monaco on 28-31
March. All of the 
QSOs will
          be confirmed automatically via the bureau.
6W     - John, F5VHQ will be active  (on 40-10 meters 
SSB) as 6W/F5VHQ  
from
          Saint Louis, Senegal from 19 April to 1 May.
QSL via home 
call. [TNX
          F5NQL]
9M2    - Keith Kerr, GM4YXI  is going again  to
Malaysia and,  as 
always,  he
          will try to activate  various islands. Firm 
plans thus far  
include
          Pulau Tioman  (AS-046) with  Rich, G4ZFE  on
22-23  March. 
Look  for
          9M2/GM4YXI (SSB) and 9M2/G4ZFE (CW) on 20,
17, 15, 12 and 10 
metres.
          QSL 9M2/GM4YXI via  N3SL, QSL 9M2/G4ZFE  via
home  call 
(bureau)  or
          direct to Richard Everitt, #2601, PNB Darby
Park Jalan 
Binjai, Kuala
          Lumpur 50450, Malaysia. [TNX GM3WOJ and
N3SL]
A3     - Six German operators  (namely DL3OI, DL4WG, 
DL5LYM, DL8DYL,  
DL8YRM
          and DL9DRA) will be active as  A35XM from
Tonga from  19 
March to  4
          April. Further  information at 
http://www.df3cb.com/a35xm; 
QSL  via
          DL8YRM  (e-mail   requests  for   bureau  
cards  are   
welcome   at
          [email protected]). [TNX NG3K]
A3     - Janusz, SP9FIH reports he will be active (on
10-80 metres SSB)  
from
          Tonga from 19 March to 14  April. He will 
collect his 
licence  upon
          arrival. QSL  via  SP9FIH (Janusz  Wegrzyn, 
P.O.  Box  480,  
44-100
          Gliwice, Poland).
CO     - The CL9 prefix will be aired  for the first
time during  the  
CQ  WW
          WPX SSB Contest, when a  group of operators 
from the 
Federacion  de
          Radioaficionados de  Cuba 
(http://frc.co.cu) will  be  using  
CL9C
          (Multi-Multi). [TNX CO2OJ]
F      - The Radio Club  of the Council  of Europe 
will be  active as  
TP6CE
          during the BARTG Spring RTTY Contest  (15-16
March). QSL via  
F5LGF.
          [TNX F6FQK]
FM     - Bernard, F5LBG will be active as  FM/F5LBG
from Martinique  
(NA-107,
          DIFO MN-001) from  13 March to  12 April. 
He will  operate 
on  6-80
          metres CW. QSL via home  call either direct 
or through the  
bureau.
          [TNX F5NQL]
FO_mar - I2MOV, I2YSB,  IK1AOD, IK1PMR,  IK2DIA,
IK2GNW  and IK2WXV  
will  be
          active from the Marquesas Islands (OC-027) 
from 25 April 
through  9
          May. They  plan to  have three  stations on 
all HF  bands 
plus  one
          station for 6 metres (a beacon  will be
active every hour and  
every
          half hour for 5 minutes on  50105). The call
 is still 
unknown.  QSL
          via I2YSB. Further information at 
http://digilander.libero.it/i2ysb/
          [TNX I2YSB]
HH     - Al/K3VN has had to drop from the Team Haiti
[425DXN 611] due 
to work
          commitments, but  has been  replaced by 
another Florida  
DXPedition
          Group member, Bob/K9MDO. Look for  HH4/K4QD,
HH4/W4WX, 
HH4/N2WB  and
          HH4/K9MDO to be  active from the  Northwest
Haiti Christian  
Mission
          until 21  March. Look  for them  to
participate  in the  
BARTG  RTTY
          Contest as a Multi-Single  entry using 
HH4/K4QD.  The  Team 
Haiti's
          web site is at
http://www.geocities.com/n2wb2003/ [TNX K4QD]
HL     - A group of operators from the  Korea AnSung
DX  Club will be  
active
          (on 80-10 metres  CW, SSB  and RTTY)  as
D70HL/2  from Chebu  
Island
          (AS-105) on 4-6 April. QSL via bureau. [TNX
JI6KVR]
I      - Andrea, IK7YTT  reports  he will  operate 
from San  Domino  
in  the
          Tremiti Islands (IL7,  EU-050) from  28
March  to 1  April. 
He  will
          participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest,
possibly as IL7T 
(SOSB  20
          metres Low Power).
I      - A group of  operator from  "Radio Group 
Etna" will  be active  
from
          Filicudi Island (EU-017,  IIA ME-003) on 
24-27 April.  The 
plan  to
          operate on HF /SSB and CW),  6 and 2 metres.
 QSL via IT9EJW  
either
          direct (Alfio Bonanno, P.O. Box 18,  95028
Valverde - CT, 
Italy)  or
          through the  bureau.  Further information 
at  
http://www.rgetna.org
          [TNX IT9EJW]
J5     - Simone, IV3NVN/J5UDX  became  active as 
J5UCX  from  Pecixe  
Island
          (AF-093) on 12 March. He expects to be there
until around 17  
March,
          then he will  return to the  mainland and be
 active again as  
J5UDX
          until early April [425DXN 618].
JA     - Look for Take, JI3DST/6 to be  active (on 40,
17, 15,  12, 10 
and  6
          metres SSB)  from Miyako  Island (AS-079) 
on 20-23  March. 
QSL  via
          bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
JA     - A group  of operators  from Kitagawa  ARC
will  be active  (on  
80-6
          metres SSB  and CW)  as  JH1ZHU/1 (but  they
 might also  use  
their
          individual calls/1) from  the North  Izu
Islands  (AS-008) on  
21-23
          March. QSL via JH1ZHU/1 via JH1ZHU, others
via their 
respective home
          call, either direct or through the JARL
bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
JA     - Taka, JR3TVH/6  will be  again active  from
Miyako  Island  
(AS-079)
          starting around 9 UTC on 1 May until around
10 UTC on the 
5th.  Look
          for activity on 6, 10, 12, 17 and 20 metres
SSB and CW. QSL 
via home
          call either direct or through the bureau.
[TNX JI6KVR]
JA     - Look for  Toshi, JM1PXG/6  to be  active from
 Tokara  
Kuchino-shima
          (AS-049) starting around 1 UTC on  3 May
until around  2 UTC 
on  the
          4th. He plans  to operate on  40, 20, 17, 
15, 12 and  10 
metres  CW
          only. QSL via home call  either direct or 
through the JARL  
bureau.
          [TNX JI6KVR]
JA_ant - Obi, JA0WJN is  currently active as  8J1RF
from  Dome  Fuji  
Station
          (WABA JA-04), Antarctica (AN-016). [TNX
JA0WJN]
JW     - Francois, F8DVD will  be active (on  10-80
metres  SSB) as  
JW/F8DVD
          from Svalbard on  20-24 April. He  will
operate from  the 
JW5E  club
          station in  Longyearbyen, Spitzbergen 
(EU-026). QSL  via 
home  call
          either direct or through the bureau. [TNX
F5NQL and F6DWX]
KH3    - Bert, V73GOD/WH7USA will return to Johnston
on 18-20 March. He 
plans
          to operate as either KJ6BZ or KH3/WH7USA
during his spare 
time. [TNX
          The Daily DX]
OH     - Special event station OH3T will be  active
(on at  least on 
80,  40,
          20, 15 and 10 metres SSB, possibly also CW)
on 22 March to 
celebrate
          the European Year for the Disabeld. QSL via
bureau. [TNX 
OH2HSJ]
OZ     - Look for Ela, OZ/DL3YMK and Torsten, 
OZ/DH3YMG to be active 
on  40,
          20 and 15 metres  from Vendsyssel-Thy
(EU-171)  on 5-17 
April.  [TNX
          www.rsgbiota.org]
P4     - Andy, AE6Y  will be  active as  P40Y from 
Aruba (SA-036)  on  
22-30
          March, CQ WW WPX SSB Contest included. QSL
via home call. 
[TNX AE6Y]
PY0_spp- Joca, PS7JN [425DXN 615] confirms he  will be
active from St.  
Peter
          and St. Paul Rocks (SA-014) during the first
two weeks of 
April.  He
          will operate as ZW0S mainly on 20,  15 and
10 metres SSB, 
with  some
          activity on 40 metres and the WARC bands. He
currently has  
computer
          problems, and he is unlikely to  be able to
operate RTTY. 
Joca  will
          be working on the island, and he plans to be
QRV after 19 UTC  
until
          3   UTC.   QSL    via   PS7JN.   Updates   
will   be   
posted    at
          http://www.qsl.net/ps7jn
R1F    - Valery/RD3AF, Valery/RX3DU  and Victor/UA3AKO
 were expected  
to  be
          active (on 160-10 metres CW, SSB and RTTY)
as R1FJ (QSL via  
DL6ZFG)
          from Franz Josef Land (EU-019) until 19
March. However, 
latest  news
          from Boris, RU3AX is that all flights in the
region are 
grounded due
          to bad weather; if there is  not any
imrpvement in the near  
future,
          the operation will be cancelled.
ST     - The ST0RY group of operators [425DXN 608]
will arrive in 
Khartoum on
          the 17 March and will be there until 2
April. They will  
concentrate
          on the  low bands,  WARC, RTTY  and 6 
metres with  three  
stations.
          Further   information,   including   
pilots,   is   
available    at
          http://www.qsl.net/st0ry.
SV5    - Goran, SM0CMH will be active (on  10-80
metres CW) as SV5/SM8C  
from
          Kalymnos (EU-001) from 24 March to 4 April.
QSL via home call 
either
          direct or through the bureau. [TNX SM0CMH]
T8     - Tosy, JA6VZB  will be  active (on  160 metres
 only) as  T88JA  
from
          Peleliu Island, Palau (OC-009)  on 19-22
March.  QSL via home  
call.
          [TNX The Daily DX]
TF     - TF3W is the new contest call for the IRA
(Icelandic Radio  
Amateurs)
          radio club. They are currently moving  to a
new club house 
and  most
          of the antennas are down, but they will try
to participate in 
the CQ
          WW WPX SSB Contest using a vertical. [TNX
TF3AO]
TU     - David, F5THR will be active as  TU5CD from
the  Ivory Coast 
from  23
          March to 1 July. QSL via F8BON either direct
or through the  
bureau.
          [TNX La Gazette du DX]
UA     - RZ0OH, UA0OO, UA0OZ and RZ0OA plan to
operate, possibly as 
RZ0OWI/p,
          from the Lake  Baikal's Chivyrkujsky Bay 
South (RR-2108, not  
IOTA)
          and North Islands (RR-2107, not IOTA)  on
13-17 March. [TNX  
WRC/RRA
          Bulletin]
VK     - Steve, G0UIH reports he will be active again
as VK2IAY/4 
between  21
          November and 21 December. Exact itinery is
yet to be 
finalised,  but
          the following activations  are in  the
initial  stages of  
planning:
          Hook Island  (OC-160) around  1 December 
for  7 days,  Dunk  
Island
          (OC-171) around 9 December  for 5 days  and
Moreton Island  
(OC-137)
          around 15 December for 4/5 days. Further
information is 
expected  in
          due course.  QSL via  G0UIH either  direct 
or through  the  
bureau.
          Pictures and  information on  Steves'
activations  is 2002  
(OC-142,
          OC-137 and OC-172) are available at 
www.rsgbiota.org/vk2iay.htm
W      - The Fall River ARC will operate on all bands
as W1ACT from  
Martha's
          Vineyard (NA-046) on 2-4  May. QSL via 
N1JOY (Roland 
Daignault,  19
          Davis Road, Westport, MA 02790, USA), [TNX
www.rsgbiota.org]
XE     - Next month  a group  of operators  from Radio
 Club Cancun  
will  be
          active (on  10-160 metres  CW,  SSB and 
RTTY)  as XF3RCC  
from  the
          following islands: Cozumel (NA-090) on 3-6
April, Holbox 
(NA-045) on
          6-8 April, Mujeres  (NA-045) on 8-11  April
and  Contoy 
(NA-045)  on
          11-13 April. The operation will celebrate 
the first 
anniversary  of
          RCC. QSL  via  XE3RCC (P.O.Box  1883, 
Cancun, Quintana  Roo  
77500,
          Mexico). [TNX XE2NN]
XZ     - Frank,  DL4KQ  (XY4KQ)  is  planning  an 
IOTA  operation  
from  the
          Yangon/Irrawaddy/Pegu Region group 
(AS-???), Myanmar  for 
3-4  days
          between 6 and 12 April. Actual  dates depend
on local 
situation  and
          are stiil to be decided, as well as the call
to be used. 
Frank,  who
          might be joined  by another operator,  plans
to be  active on  
10-80
          metres CW and SSB. QSL via DL4KQ. Further
information will 
available
          at http://www.dx-pedition.de [TNX DL4KQ]
YB     - Ten operators from Indonesia (namely YB0AI,
YB0DPO, YB0ECT,  
YB0KLI,
          YB0LBK, YB8BHV, YB8CR, YB8HGM, YB8HZ and 
YC8CPV) will be 
active  as
          YE8A from Takabonerate (OC-242) on 26-31
March. They plan to 
operate
          on 10-80 metres SSB, CW, SSTV, RTTY, PSK31
and Satellite 
(AO-40) and
          to participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest.
QSL via YB8BRI. 
The web
          site for the operation  is at 
http://takabonerate.aerocity.net [TNX
          YB0ECT]
YB     - Look for Rivai, YB2MTA/p and Pri, YC2CJQ/p to
be active from 
Panjang
          Island (OC-237) on  28-30 March.  On Friday 
they will  try 
to  work
          PSK31 and  CW, then  they will  participate
in  the  CQ WW  
WPX  SSB
          Contest. QSL  for  both via  via  EA7FTR 
(Francisco  Lianez  
Suero,
          Asturias 23, 21110 Aljaraque, Huelva,
Spain). [TNX EA7FTR]
YK     - Saad, N5FF plans to operate again from Syria
next month. His 
current
          and tentative plan is to be active as YK1BA
from 15 until 27  
April,
          give or take a day or two, and possibly
extend his stay for 
few more
          days up to one week. The purpose  of the
trip is not amateur  
radio,
          so Saad's operating will be very spotty and
not extensive at 
all. He
          hopes to be able to operate at least  3-4
hours a day, mainly 
on  20
          metres (+/- 14195 kHz SSB and  14045 kHz CW)
unless the  
propagation
          is better on  other bands  (10-40 metres) at
the  time. He 
plans  to
          work the Americas  and Pacific between  1-4
UTC,  Europe and  
Africa
          between 19-22 UTC and possibly   some local
afternoons (11-14  
UTC).
          QSL via N5FF, either direct or through the
bureau. [TNX The 
Golist]
YS     - Holger (DL7IO, 
http://www.dl7io.de/news.html), Birgit  
(DL7IQ)  and
          Cisco (YS1CF) will be active  (on 10-80
metres  SSB, SSTV, 
RTTY  and
          CW) from various sites in El Salvador
between 24 March and 11 
April.
          They will be using YS1/homecall from the San
Salvador area 
and  HU1M
          (Multi-Single) during the CQ WW WPX  SSB
Contest. They also 
plan  to
          operate from Meanguera Island (NA-190) as
YS3/homecall and to 
take a
          side trip to Honduras and  be active as 
HR4/homecall from El  
Tigre
          (NA-060). QSLs for all via DK7AO. [TNX
VE3LYC]
ZL     - Steve, G4EDG  will  be  active  as  ZL1/G4EDG
 from  Waiheke  
Island
          (OC-201) from about 14 March for 4-5 days.
This will be a 20m 
QRP CW
          only operation, best time for Europe  is
around 6 UTC. QSL 
via  home
          call. [TNX G4EDG]
ZP     - Tom/ZP5AZL and Jorge/CX6VM  will participate
in  the CQ  WW 
WPX  SSB
          Contest as  ZP40Z (Multi-Single)  from
Asuncion,  Paraguay. 
QSL  via
          W3HNK. [TNX CX6VM]

PACIFIC TOUR ---> Jeffrey, KI0RO reports  he will be
active (on 10-40  
metres
CW and SSB) from the Marshall Islands and Micronesia
as follows:
23-28 March       V73/KI0RO   Roi-Namur, Kwajalein
(OC-028)
30 March-2 April  V63JE       Kosrae (OC-059)
4-7 April         V63JE       Pohnpei (OC-010)
This is not a DXpedition and  Jeffrey will be QRV as 
time permits. All  
QSLs
via KI0RO.

MDXC ---> Antonio, IZ8CCW reports that several members
of the 
Mediterraneo DX
Club (http://www.mdxc.org) will be using special calls
between 1 and 6  
April
to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Club. Look for
IB0MDC (from 
Ventotene
Island, EU-045), IR1MDC, IR2MDC, IR6MDC, IR8MDC,
IU8MDC, IR8M (from the  
MDXC
HQ), IO8MDC (from Dino Island, EU-144), II8MDC and
IR9MDC from Italy, 
as well
as for YC3MDC  from OC-021 and  EA8MDC from  the
Canary  Islands 
(AF-004).  A
special QSL will be available from  the MDXC (P.O. Box
 245, 87100 
Cosenza  -
CS, Italy); bureau cards should be routed via IZ8BGY.
The operators  
involved
in the celebration are EA8AKN, I8JOQ, IK1NLZ, IK2TDM,
IK2THN, IK2UVR, 
IK2VUC,
IK2WZQ, IK2ZJN,  IK6QGD,  IK6TUP, IK8TPB,  IK8UHA, 
IK8VRH,  IK8VRN,  
IK8YVG,
IT9DAA, IT9EJW,  IT9SSI,  IW8AXU, IW8ERC,  IW8EUE, 
IW8RMN,  IZ1BZV,  
IZ1DUI,
IZ2ABN, IZ2ACG,  IZ2EIH,  IZ6AWB, IZ6EGW,  IZ8AZZ, 
IZ8BGY,  IZ8CCW,  
IZ8DDG,
IZ8DPL, IZ8DPO,  IZ8DWJ,  IZ8DWL, IZ8EPX,  IZ8EQB, 
IZ8FAV,  IZ8FBZ,  
YC3BDJ,
YC3DIK, YC3IZK and YC3TT.
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                           Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH

5B4AHJ ---> This is the permanent 5B call received by
Alan, G3PMR on 7 
March.
Alan reports he used it during the RSGB Commonwealth
Contest at the  
weekend,
and will use it again for all future operations from
Cyprus. QSL via 
G3PMR.

A35KB ---> Father Kevin Burke, A35KB is now QRT.
"Kevin is very busy 
with his
duties as  parish priest  on the  island of  Eua, and 
is no  longer 
able  to
operate on the radio. He has  allowed his license to 
expire, his 
station  is
dismantled and he has no intention of getting back on
the air any time  
soon.
Kevin can no longer respond to QSL requests". The
information came from  
Paul
Kidd, A35RK, who talked to Father Kevin on the phone.
[TNX The Daily 
DX]

DX1ABC ---> The Philippine Amateur Radio  Association
reports that the  
"same
person using  DU1ABC now  using DX1ABC  is an  illegal
 operator as  
per  the
records of our National Telecommunications
Commission." [TNX The Daily 
DX]

LF IN  POLAND  ---> Sylwester  Jarkiewicz,  SP2FAB
reports  that  the  
Polish
telecommunications authority  has approved  the use 
of 135.7-137.8  
kHz  for
amateur radio on a secondary basis with 1W e.i.r.p. on
CW.

NOT THE  MANAGER --->  IK4JPR, IK4RUX  and IZ4CCO 
operated from  San  
Marino
(T70A) and  Vatican  (HV5PUL)  on  29-30  September 
2001  and  16  May  
2002
respectively. They are receiving QSL  cards, but they 
cannot confirm 
any  of
those QSOs. Please  note that cards  for T70A should 
be sent  via 
bureau  or
direct to A.R.R.S.M.,  P.O. Box 77,  San Marino A1, 
47031 Repubblica 
di  San
Marino. Cards for HV5PUL should be sent direct only to
Pontificia 
Universita'
Lateranense, Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano 4, 00120
Citta' del 
Vaticano.

PIRATE ---> "I am sorry to report that Albert, 5R8GZ
call is being 
pirated on
80 and 160 metres", Phil Whitchurch, G3SWH says.
"Albert does not 
operate  on
these bands at all as he has no suitable antennas".

QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> William  Brooks, KV4DT is 
willing to 
volunteer  his
services as a QSL manager.  Please contact him  at
either 
[email protected]  or
P.O. Box 309, Drummonds, TN 38023, USA.

QSL ES85x  --->  Oleg, ES1RA  reports  that the 
correct  QSL routes  
are  as
follows: ES85M (CW) via ES1RA, ES85M (SSB) via ES1QD,
ES85J (CW) via 
ES1RA.

QSL HK3AXY --->  W2GR (Mike  Benjamin, 1064  99th
Street,  Niagara 
Falls,  NY
14304, USA)  is the  new QSL  manager for  Daniel,
HK3AXY.  Mike will  
accept
direct cards only, while bureau cards should be sent
to HK3AXY.

QSL TR8XX ---> The Daily DX reports that Didier, F5OGL
"received a 
phone call
from  TR8SA,  Christian  saying  he  visited  the  QTH
 of  the  late  
TR8XX,
Jean-Claude, in Libreville, Gabon. Christian was 
unable to locate any  
logs.
Christian had also checked the  home of Jean-Claude 
in France earlier,  
also
with no luck". Didier is therefore  unable to confirm 
past QSOs with  
TR8XX,
all requests will be returned to sender. Please note
that F5OGL does 
have the
logs for the 3C2JJ operation (AF-082, May 1999) and
another one from 
Corsica.

QSL VIA DJ2MX ---> Mario, DJ2MX  reports he has 
finally received the  
3D2IR,
5W0IR, 6Y5/VK2IR, J6/VK2IR and KH8/VK2IR cards that
had been mailed 
direct to
VK2IR. Mario will not be able to reply to these cards
before April, as 
he  is
currently moving to Munich and QSL management has to
be put on hold for 
a few
weeks. Mario will announce his new address as  soon as
he settles in 
his  new
home; at all events, all  the mail sent  to his Bad 
Nauheim address 
will  be
forwarded until April 2004.

QSL VIA WD9EWK ---> Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK is the
new QSL manager for 
LU6XQ
and LU3XQ. Cards can be sent either direct or through
the W9 QSL 
bureau. [TNX
LU6XQ]

VP6DIA ---> The second Ducie Island operation  went
QRT on 13 March in  
their
local morning.  QSL  via  JR2KDN  (Yuichi  Yoshida, 
4F  Kato  
Building,  529
Rokugaike, Kita-Ku, Nagoya 462-0002, Japan).

WORLD ROBINSON CUP 2003 --->  The Russian Robinson 
Club sponsors the  
"World
Robinson  Cup"  ([email protected])  for  contacting 
stations  operating  
from
islands between 1 April and 30 September 2003. The
national island 
programmes
considered by  WRC  are CIsA  (Canada),  DIA
(Denmark),  DIB  (Brazil),  
DICE
(Chile), DIE and DIEI (Spain),  DIFM and DIFO 
(France), DIP 
(Portugal),  GIA
(Germany), IIA  and  ILIA  (Italy),  IOCA  (Croatia), 
IOSA  
(Scotland),  RRA
(Russia), SPIA  (Poland),  UIA  (Ukraine),  USIA 
(United  States)  and  
IWDR
(Islands of West Dvina River). Full  information is
available on the  
Russian
Robinson Club's web site (http://www.hamradio.ru/rrc)

XE1IH ---> Please  note that the  *new* address for 
XE1IH is Enrique  
Garcia
Munive, P.O. Box  118-481, 07051 Mexico  - D.F.,
Mexico.  Enrique is 
the  QSL
manager for  the 20-27  March XF2IH  operation from 
Enmedio Island  
(NA-???)
[425DXN 611]. [TNX XE1IH]

ZL1AMO AIR AMBULANCE FUND ---> The  International DX
Association has  
reached
its goal of collecting 20,000 USD  for the ZL1AMO Air
Ambulance Fund  
[425DXN
603]. INDEXA absorbed all administrative costs so that
100% of each  
donation
went directly to the Fund.
"On behalf of  INDEXA, ZL1AMO,  and the  Wright
family",  Judy Rousch,  
AA7UC
says, "please express our gratitude to  your
subscribers. In a time of  
great
need, they and many others in the DX/amateur radio
community came 
together to
provide assistance to a colleague. Working together as
a team, we 
provided  a
humanitarian service that none of us could have
accomplished alone".
_____________________________________________________________________________

                          ===========================
                          *** 4 2 5  D X  N E W S ***
                          ***  NEWS FROM THE WEB  ***
                          ===========================
                           Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH

LOGS:              The  logs  for  the  recent 
JW/SM0BSO,  JW/SM0LQB  
and
                    JW/SM1TDE operation from
Longyearbyen, Svalbard 
(3319 QSOs
                    in 5 days)  are now available  at 
http://www.qsl.net [TNX
                    SM1TDE]
RUSSIAN DISTRICTS: The Russian Districs Award web site
 
(http://rdaward.org/)
                    is  under   reconstruction   and 
information   has   
been
                    transferred to
http://www.dxsoft.com/~rdaward [TNX 
UA9ORQ]
QSL DB:            Boye Christensen, OZ7C  has updated
his  QSL DBase  
(which
                    now contains 337,256 unique 
records) for Packet  
Cluster.
                    The      package      can      be 
    downloaded       
at
                    http://www.qsl.net/oz7c/qsl [TNX
OZ7C, 
[email protected]]
_____________________________________________________________________________
QSLs received direct: 3A2MD, 3C5XA, 3D2RW, 3V8BB,
4W6GH, 5K0Z, 5R8FL, 
5T5PBV,
5U7JB, 6W/F6HLC, 6Y0T, 6Y5/K3TEJ, 7Q7CE, 7Q7LA, 
8N1OGA, 8P8P, 8P9NX,  
9H3JR,
9J2BO, 9L1AB, 9M6/OK2PBM, A45WD, A61AJ, A92ZE, BI5D
(AS-141), BI7W  
(AS-139),
BI7Y (AS-143), BQ9P, C53CW, C56JHF, C6ALK, CE0ZIS,
CE6M (SA-061), CV1F, 
CV5D,
D2GG,  D44TD,  EP6KI (AS-166),  FO0PT, FS/KM3T, 
FW8FP,  H2G,  HC8A, 
IT9MRM/9
(WAIL SI-02), J3A,  J75PL, JT1BG, JT1CO, K1B (SSB),
KG4IZ,  KG4MO,  
KP4/NE8Z,
KP4JRS, L65W (SA-065), LU1ZA, LW4DRV/P (SA-022),
LX0LT, MU/DL2MDZ, 
MU/DL3OCH,
N8Z,  NH6D/KH4,  NH7Y,  P40TA, PJ2/WC4E,  PJ7/KM3T,
PJ7/ND5S,  PZ1DG,  
R1ANC,
R1AND/A (WABA VU-02), R1ANF, RI0CA (AS-044), RI0CB
(AS-114), SV2ASP/A, 
TT8ZZ,
TY0T, TY2SF,  V25WX, V26EW, V26G, V31YN,  V47KP,
V51AS, V51GB,  V63RE, 
V63WN,
VI3JPI (OC-OC-251), VK4WWI (OC-187 and OC-255), 
VP5/AJ6V,  VP8CGM, 
VP9/W6PH,
W5AA/TI8, WP3R,  YA1BV, YA5T, YB9AY/7 (OC-252), 
YI1BGD,  Z24S,  ZA1E, 
ZC4DW,
ZK1CG, ZK1USA, ZK3SA, ZL7C.
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