[KCDXC] Fwd: 425 DX News #620
Mike ZooLoo
[email protected]
Fri, 21 Mar 2003 16:22:28 -0800 (PST)
22 March 2003
No 620
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3X - Leo, UT1WL is currently working in Conakry
(Guinea) and has
recently
received the licence to operate as 3XY1L
during 2003. This is
not a
DXpedition and Leo will be active (with a
battery powered rig
mostly
on 20 and 15 metres, but later on he will
try to be QRV on 40
metres
as well) as time permits, typically after
18 UTC and
during the
weekends. He also plan to operate from
both the IOTA
groups
allocated to Guinea, i.e the Loos
Islands (AF-051)
and the
unnumbered Tristao Islands. Details are
expected in due
course. QSL
via UY5XE either direct (George Chlijanc,
P.O. Box 19, 79000
Lviv,
Ukraine) or through the bureau. [TNX UR5WCW]
9G - Derek, F5VCR reports he will be active
again as 9G5MD from
Ghana
between 23 March and 4 April, including a
SOAB LP entry in
the CQ WW
WPX SSB Contest. QSL via home call.
9Y - Sigi, DL7DF will be active as 9Y4/DL7DF from
23 March to 10
April.
He plans to operate on all bands CW, SSB,
RTTY, PSK-31 and
SSTV.
[TNX NG3K]
C5 - Six operators from Latvia, Lithuania and
Russia will operate
from
The Gambia between 25 March and 7 April.
Look for C53CW
(YL3CW),
C53KL (YL2KL), C53ZF (YL1ZF), C56HF
(RZ4HF), C56HTX
(RZ4HTX) and
C56TA (LY2TA) to be active on all HF bands
CW, SSB and RTTY.
During
the CQ WW WPX SSB and EA RTTY contests they
will use C5P
(QSL via
YL2KL). [TNX YL2KL]
CT - CS5M is the special callsign to be used on
23 March (9-18
UTC) by
AARVM's (Associacao de Radioamadores da
Vila de Moscavide)
members
to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the
town of
Moscavide. [TNX
A.A.R.V.M., http://www.qsl.net/arvm/]
EW - EW5HST is the special call to be used
during the 5th High
Speed
Telegraphy World Championship
(http://hst2003.osto.by/) which
is to
take place in Minsk, Belarus, on 4-8 May.
The call is
currently used
by the organizers, typically on 14.030 kHz
around 18 UTC.
QSL via
EU1SA. [TNX EU1SA]
FG - F6HQM, F6GWV and F6ASS will be active as
TO4T from
Guedeloupe
between 25 March and 4 April, CQ WW WPX
SSB Contest
included. QSL
via F6HMQ. [TNX La Gazette du DX]
FM - Danny, T93M will be active as FM/T93M from
the QTH of Laurent,
FM5BH
on Martinique (NA-107) on 25-31 March. He
will participate in
the CQ
WW WPX SSB Contest as TO3M; outside the
contest he will
concentrate
on the WARC and low bands. QSL for both
calls via DJ2MX,
whose new
address is: Mario Lovric, Kampenwandstrasse
13, D-81671
Muenchen,
Germany. [TNX T93Y]
HC8 - Diego, LU8ADX will be active (on SSB
and possibly
RTTY) as
HC8/LU8ADX from the Galapagos Islands
(SA-004) on 24-31
March. He
will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB
Contest as HC8N
(Multi-Multi)
with N5KO, OH0XX, K5KA, XE1KK, KI7WX and
NM5M. QSL HC8N via
W5UE.
[TNX The Golist]
HS - E20HHK, E20NTS, E20RRW, E21LSE, HS0GBI,
HS0NNU, HS1CKC,
HS6MYW,
HS6TIM and HS9IFG will be active as
HS0GBI/P (on 80 and 40
metres
CW, QSL via home call), HS1CKC/P (SSB,
QSL via home
call) and
E20HHK/P (CW, QSL via E21EIC) from Chang
Island (AS-125)
on 5-7
April. Questions should be sent
to Winit,
HS1CKC
([email protected]). This IOTA group was
activated only
twice, by
HS50A, back in December 1996 and May 1997.
[TNX E21EIC]
I - Andrea/IK2XDE, Giovanni/IK2JYT,
Antonio/IK2ZJR,
Dario/IK4MED and
Angelo/I2ADN will be active as
IE9/homecall from Ustica
Island
(EU-051, IIA PA-001, WWL JM68OR) from 26
March to 1 April, CQ
WW WPX
SSB Contest included. They plan to operate
on 10-80 metres
SSB, CW,
RTTY, PSK31 and some SSTV, plus 6 metres
and Satellite.
QSL via
burea to home calls. [TNX IK2XDE]
J3 - Harry, AC8G will be active from Grenada
(NA-024) on 28-31
March,
including an entry in the CQ WW WPX SSB
Contest possibly as
J37K or
with a J3** call. QSL via AC8G. [TNX VA3RJ]
JW - Bjorn/LA9IY, Morten/LA9GY and Martin/LA3JJA
will participate
in the
CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as JW8G from
Longyearbyen,
Spitsbergen
(EU-026). Outside the contest they will
operate on CW and
other
modes as JW9IY and JW9GY and JW3JJA,
respectively. QSL
JW8G via
LA9GY (Morten Antonsen, Hallsetreina 6,
N-7027 Trondheim,
Norway),
others via home calls. Please note that 1
USD does not
cover the
postage fee from Norwayt to
extra-European countries.
Further
information will be available at
http://www.qsl.net/la8g and
http://home.online.no/~antonsen [TNX LA9GY]
OY - Due to a strike by Smyril Line (the
ferry line
between
Denmark-Shetland Islands-Faroe Islands)
the LLDXT team
has had
postopone their activity [425DXN 618] to
31 March-10
April. The
callsigns to be used are still OY7ET, OY7QA,
OY7TW, OY7WB and
OY7WP,
plus OY8PA for 160 metres and probably
digital modes (on 80
metres
they will use their individual calls). QSL
for all via PA5ET.
If the
strike continues, the group will operate
from the Isle
of Man.
Latest information can be found at
http://www.qsl.net/lldxt [TNX
PA5ET]
P2 - Dan, JA1PBV, who is active as H44V from the
Solomon islands
until 24
March, will then move to Papua New Guinea
and operate as
P29SI until
29 March. QSLs for both calls via JA1PBV.
[TNX The Daily DX]
PY - Club station PY3ARD has been granted
permission to operate as
ZW90S
in 2003 to celebrate the the 90th
anniversary of the Gerge
Black
Scout Group, the oldest Scout Group in
Brazil. The special
callsign
will be aired for the first time during the
CQ WW WPX SSB
Contest.
QSL via PY3ARD either direct (Associacao
dos
Radioamadores da
SOGIPA, Rua Barao do Cotegipe 400,
90540-020 Porto Alegre
- RS,
Brazil) or through the bureau. [TNX PY3DX]
ST - The German team has been active as ST0RY
since late
Thursday (20
March) and will leave Sudan on 2 April.
The pilots
are N5FG
([email protected]), K6GNX
([email protected]),
DF3CB
([email protected]) and JA3AAW
([email protected]).
QSL via
DL5NAM. The web site for the
operation
is at
http://www.df3cb.com/st0ry/
V6 - Joe, I2YDX and Robert, IK2WXZ will be
active as V63DT and
V63ZR
respectively from Micronesia from 28 March
until 6 April.
They will
try to activate some rare/new IOTA groups in
the area. Look
for them
on the usual IOTA CW and SSB frequencies.
QSL via home calls.
V7 - Neil, WD8CRT is active as WD8CRT/V73 (but he
has applied for
V73NS)
from Kwajalein (OC-028), Marshall Islands
"until an unknown
date".
Look for him after 12 UTC and between
00.00-03.00 UTC, around
14029,
10116, 21004 and 28021 kHz. QSl route on
www.qrz.com [TNX
OPDX
Bulletin]
VE - Dana, VE1VOX plans to operate as VE1VOX/p on
21-23 March
from the
following C.I.S.A (not IOTA) islands and
lighthouses: Sherose
Island
(NS-023), Cape Sable Island (NS-006)
and possibly
Lighthouse
(CAN-106), Cape Forchu Island (CISA new)
and Lighthouse
(CAN-097).
QSL via home call. [TNX VE1VOX]
VP5 - Mike/WA2VQW and Rob/WB2NVR will be active
on 160-10
metres as
VP5/homecalls from Providenciales (NA-002)
from 27 March to 1
April,
including an entry as VP5RZS in the CQ WW
WPX SSB Contest.
[TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
PACIFIC TOUR ---> Jeffrey, KI0RO reports that due
to bad
weather, his
departure has been delayed. The new dates for his
trip to the
Marshall
Islands and Micronesia [425DXN 619] are as follows:
26-31 March V73/KI0RO Roi-Namur, Kwajalein
(OC-028)
2-7 April V63JE Kosrae (OC-059)
9-14 April V63JE Pohnpei (OC-010)
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NOT THE MANAGER ---> Rod Huckabay, KA5EJX is not and
has never been
the QSL
manager for KH3AF. As for SV0HW/SV9 (operated in
1990-91), he used to
be his
manager, but cards now go direct to Frank, WA1ECA.
[TNX KA5EJX]
PT2FM ---> After being active as PU2DXS (2001-02)
and PT2PS
(2002-03),
Philippe Schmitt is now PT2FM. The interesting news
is that he is 14
years
old, and has been licensed since he was 11. Phil
has now full
licence
privileges.
PS7AHR ---> This is the official station of "The
Brazilian Amateur
Radio
Historical Archive", the only organization in
Brazil that is
devoted to
documenting and preserving the history of amateur
radio in that
country. QSL
via bureau or direct to P.O. Box 2021, 59094-970
Natal - RN, Brazil.
[TNX
PS7AB]
QSL C53M & C56R ---> The last batch of direct cards
left Finland on 17
March.
Juha, OH9MM has replaced OH3RM as QSL manager, but
there is no
need to
resubmit. Should you have problems with the QSLs,
please contact
Juha at
[email protected] [TNX OH9MM]
QSL EP6KI ---> On 15 March Phil, G4WFZ received two
boxes of blank QSL
cards
from Ukraine and has started processing the many
requests received so
far.
"It might take some time to send all the cards out",
he says, "because
I have
to check the hard copy log for the QSOs". Please be
patient and do not
sent
second cards.
QSL K1B ---> Stephen, K4YL ([email protected]) has
now answered about
2,000
QSL requests and is still receiving an average of 25 a
day from all
over the
world. Please remember Stephen only handles direct
requests, which
should be
sent to Stephen Grose, P.O. Box 183, Flat Rock, NC
28731-0183, USA.
[TNX
K4SV]
QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Petr, OK1DOT
(http://www.qrz.com/ok1dot)
offers his
services as QSL manager to stations in need. He
can be
contacted at
[email protected]
QSL VK4DX ---> The new QSL route for Mike Sivcevic,
VK4DX is direct
only (1
IRC or 1 Euro, other currencies are not accepted) to
P.O Box 4485,
Eight Mile
Plains, QLD 4113, Australia. Mike maintains and
International
Contest
Calendar at http://www.vk4dx.net [TNX VK4DX]
SP DX CONTEST ---> PZK - Polski Zwiazek Krotkofalowcow
(Polish Amateur
Radio
Union) and the SP DX Club invite amateur radio
operators and
SWLs to
participate in the SP DX Contest. This year the event
(SSB and CW) will
take
place from 15 UTC on 5 April through 15 UTC on the
6th. Detailed
information
can be found at either
http://www.sp5pbe.waw.pl/SPDXC/
and
http://www.sp5zcc.waw.pl/spdxc/en/index.php [TNX
SP7IWA]
ST2X ---> Gerben, PA5NT reports he has changed his
plans [425DXN
616] and
will not operate again as ST2X from Sudan. He expects
the QSL cards
for his
January activity to arrive from the printer soon.
XQ3/IZ6BRN ---> Sergio, IZ6BRN (ex AP2WAP, VU3CUR,
9N7RN and
CE3/IZ6BRN) is
active mainly on 12 and 17 metres. QSL to IZ6BRN via
the ARI bureau or
direct
to Sergio Curina, Calle Juan Bautista Pastene 3101,
Vitacura -
Santiago,
Chile.
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HIDXA: The Heard Island DX Association's web site
is up and
running at
http://www.hidxa.com
LOGS: Yuki, JI6KVR reporst taht on-line logs for
JS6QVP and JS6QVQ's
recent
operation from AS-047 are available at
http://www.aa.alpha-net.ne.jp/ji5rpt/as-047/search-j.html
LOGS: A log search for the recent XF1K (NA-167)
operation is now
available
at http://www.425dxn.org/dxped/xf1k/ [TNX
IZ1CRR]
LOGS: On-line logs for VP6DIA will be ready some
time after 22 March,
when
QSL manager Yuichi Yoshida, JR2KDN has
returned to Japan from
Ducie.
[TNX WA2MOE]
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL
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3D2MN DF8AN GB4SPD GI0VLE TK5KT
F6FNU
3G1P XQ1IDM H44H P29KM TM9OO
F5BKC
4D2B G3OCA HG15PS HA8RD TP6CE
F5LGF
5B4AHJ G3PMR HH4/K4QD K4QD TR8CA
F6CBC
5R8FL G3SWH HH4/K9MDO K9MDO TR8SA
F5OGL
5U7JK I2YSB HH4/N2WB N2OO TR8VP
F6FNU
6K2CLF/4 6K2CLF HH4/W4WX W4WX TT8JE
F6FNU
7Q7HB G0IAS HJ3ISB EA5KB UE3RDA
RW3RN
7Q7LA G0IAS HK3AXY W2GR UE3RKK
RU3RN
7Q7RM G0IAS HK6DOS EA5KB UK8GDW
RW6HS
8P9BX VE3WFS HK6ISX EA5KB UK8OAU
RW6HS
8Q7VR UR9IDX HK6KKK EA5KB UK8OM
IK2QPR
9H9SWT 9H1MRL HK6PSG EA5OL UK8OWW
UK8OM
9K2MU WA4JTK HP#/F5PAC F5PAC UN1F
DF6PB
9K2USA 9K2HN HP1RIP EA7FTR UN2E
DF6PB
9N7YJ LA5YJ HQ8V HR2CPS UN6T
DF6PB
A35WE SP9FIH HR1RQF EA7FTR UN8LA
RW6HS
A35XM DL8YRM HS0/OZ1HET OZ1ACB UN8LWZ
RW6HS
A92ZE K4SXT J20LA DL2LAH UN9FD
DF6PB
BD5RT F6FNU J5UCW IV3NVN UP9L
RW6HS
BD5RV F6FNU J5UDX IV3NVN
V51/DL2SL DL2SL
CO0O CO2FRC J75RN W1USN V51KC
WD4AWO
CO2OR F6FNU JW5RIA LA5RIA
V51XG/P DL8AL
CO2PH F6FNU KH2T JL1EAN V73RX
N6RX
CO2TK F6FNU KH6/DH7KU DK0UN V8AJV
PA1JAV
CO2WL EA3ELM LU4EJ/D LU4EJ VP2E
N5AU
CV5Y EA5KB LU6DAT EA5KB VP2EN
G3TXF
D90HE/4 DS2GOO LZ1JY W0FS VP6DIA
JR2KDN
DP1POL DL1ZBO NP4A W3HNK VP6DN
JR2KDN
DS2GOO/4 DS2GOO OD5NJ EA5BYP
VP8/LU1BR pirate
DS3HWS/4 DS3HWS OH3T bureau VP9LR
K1EFI
DS5BSX/4 DS5BSX P29KH WD9DZV
WA6WPG/P WA6WPG
DU1JXP/P DU1JXP PJ2MI W2CQ XE2P
F6FNU
DX0C G3OCA RK9UN W3HNK XF2IH
XE1IH
ED5TEF EA5ELT RU9G RW3TN XT2AW
DF2WO
ED7SCT EA7UU RZ3BY/0 UA3DX XV3QAQ
JE5QAQ
EN1U UX1UA SJ5AA SK5AA XW1DA
DL1DA
ES85J (CW) ES1RA SJ9WL SM5DJZ XW1N
HS6NDK
ES85M (CW) ES1RA SQ3A SP3BLP YN4MG
WK6O
ES85M (SSB) ES1QD ST2CF IV3OWC YO2BEH
F6FNU
EZ8YL DJ1MM T88FS JH6RTO YV5AAX
EA7FTR
FR5FA F6FNU T88JA JA6VZB YV6AZC
EA5KB
FS/G3TXF/p G3TXF TI2LAK/HP F6FNU ZA1E
I2MQP
FY5GS F6FNU TI5/AI5P AI5P ZK1EAA
HB9EAA
GB0CCE GW0ANA TK5EL F6FNU
ZL1/G4EDG G4EDG
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9M2/JI1ETU Masaru Funakubo, 1B-15-01, Sunnyville
Condo, Jalan Batu
Uban,
Gelugor, Penang 11700, Malaysia
A92GE David Smith, P.O.Box 1976, Manama, Bahrain
DF6PB Alexander Schwindt, Josef-Kunz Str.3, 76726
Germersheim,
Germany
DF8AN Michael Noertemann, Neustadt 18, D-37154
Northeim, Germany
DL1ZBO Rainer Hilgardt, Hans-Sachs-Weg 38, D-64291
Darmstadt,
Germany
DL2GAC Bernhard Stefan, Moeggenweiler Str. 18,
88677 Markdorf,
Germany
DU9/G4UNL Roy Charlesworth, P.O. Box 841, 9506
Koronadal City, South
Cotabato, Philippines
EA5KB Jose F. Ardid Arlandis, P.O.Box 5013, 46080
Valencia, Spain
EA7FTR Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias 23, 21110
Aljaraque,
Huelva,
Spain
EA7UU Jesus Ortiz Fernandez, P.O. Box 3221, 18080
Granada, Spain
ES1QD Vello Priimann, P.O.Box 3739, Tallinn
10508, Estonia
F2YT Paul Herbet, 9 Rue de l'Alouette, 62690
Estree-Cauchy,
France
F5LBG Bernard Dauvier, 20 chemin des Mottes,
F-26760 Beaumont les
Valence, France
F5PAC Joel Sutterlin, 1 rue du Rossberg, 68310
Wittelsheim, France
F5RUQ Thierry Lesnier, 31 rue des Bleuets, 22190
Plerin, France
F5RZJ Pascal Sotty, Grand Champ, F-71130 Chassy,
France
F6FNU P.O. Box 14, 91291 Arpajon Cedex, France
G3OCA Ken Frankcom, 1 Chesterton Road, Spondon,
Derby DE21 7EN,
England
HB9EAA Niklaus Oser, Pfarrgasse 10, CH-4114
Hofstetten, Switzerland
HR2CPS Cesar Pio Santos Andino, P.O. Box 747,
21105 San Pedro Sula,
Cortes, Honduras
I2MQP Mario Ambrosi, Via delle Querce 41, 20090
Rodano Millepini -
MI,
Italy
IV3NVN Simone Candotto, P.O.Box 4, 33050 Castions
di Strada - UD,
Italy
JA6VZB Toshiyuki Moriyama, 10-101 Karaku-en,
5-53-62 Hanazono,
Kumamoto-city 860-0072, Japan
JH6RTO Seiji Fukushima, 1182-2506 Hase,
Atsugi-city 243-0036, Japan
JR2KDN Yuichi Yoshida, 4F Kato Building, 529
Rokugaike, Kita-Ku,
Nagoya
462-0002, Japan
K8PT B. Peter Treml, 725 W. Magnetic St.,
Marquette, MI 49855,
USA
LA5YJ Bjorn Hugo Ark, Rute 504 - Paulsrud,
NO-2840 Reinsvoll,
Norway
LU4EJ Mariano Viva, Independencia 1193, Mar del
Plata 7600,
Argentina
MU2A Stephen Lawrence, 34 Stanley Drive,
Humberstone,
Leicestershire,
LE5 1EA, UK
OZ1ACB Allis Andersen, Kagsaavej 34, DK-2730
Herlev, Denmark
P29KM Kazuo Miyamura, P.O. Box 321, Port Moresby,
Papua New Guinea
RW3RN Alex Kuznetsov, P.O. Box 57, Tambov-23,
392023 Russia
SP9FIH Janusz Wegrzyn, P.O. Box 480, 44-100
Gliwice, Poland
TG0AA Club de Radioaficionados de Guatemala
(CRAG), P.O. Box 115,
Correo
Central, Guatemala City 01011, Guatemala
UK8OM Mikhail Mejlumov, Kholkhanova 2, Namangan,
716033,
Uzbekistan
W2GR Mike Benjamin, 1064 99th Street, Niagara
Falls, NY 14304,
USA
WB2RAJ Dick Kashdin, 4591 West Overlook Drive,
Williamsville, NY
14221,
USA
XE1IH Enrique Garcia Munive, P.O. Box 118-481,
07051 Mexico -
D.F.,
Mexico
XQ1IDM Nicolas Herrera G., P.O. Box 345,
Antofagasta, Chile
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