[KCDXC] Fwd: 425 DX News #628
Mike ZooLoo
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Fri, 16 May 2003 14:27:23 -0700 (PDT)
17 May 2003
No 628
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3D2 - Andre, GM3VLB confirms he will be active as
3D2LB from
Beachcomber
Island (OC-121) [425DXN 621], Fiji on 26-29
May. QSL direct
only to
home call.
7X - A second attempt at operating from the
Habibas Islands
(AF-???) is
scheduled to take place on 1-5 June. Last
year the operation
aborted
at the very last minute [425DXN 576]. The
operators
(Ivan/OM3CGN,
Afif/7X2RO and maybe other locals) are
waiting for
the last
permission to be issued. [TNX OM3JW]
9A - Siggi/DL1AZZ, Lutz/DL3ARK, Mario/DL5ASE
and Heiko/DG0OGM
plan
operate from Dugi Otok (EU-170, IOCA CI-018)
and Veli Rat
lighthouse
(CRO-183) on 24-31 May. QSL via home calls,
direct or
bureau. [TNX
VA3RJ]
9M2 - Tex, 9M2TO will be active as 9M2TO/P from
Perhentian Island
(AS-073)
until 18 May. Contacts will be confirmed
automatically
through the
bureau via JA0DMV. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
C6 - Duncan, EA5ON will be active (on 160-10
metres SSB) as
EA5ON/C6A
from Freeport, Grand Bahama (NA-080) on
22-26 May. This
is a
business visit and operating time will be
restricted. QSL
via home
call. [TNX EA5ON]
C9 - Vlado, ZS6MG reports he will participate in
the CQ WPX CW
Contest as
C8A from Maputo, Mozambique. QSL via
ZS6MG (Vladimir
Karamitrov,
P.O. Box 1788, Bramley 2018, South Africa).
CT - Special event station CT1RVM/p will be active
(on 40, 20, 15
and 10
metres SSB) on 18 May from the Portuguese
Air Force Museum.
QSL via
CT1RVM, bureau or direct. [TNX CT1END]
G - Special station GB300WES, celebrating the
life of John Wesley,
born
in 1703, will be active on 18 May, 24-26 May
and various
dates until
September. QSL via M0RHI either direct
(Royce Hunt, 24
Athelstane
Crescent, Edenthorpe, Doncaster DN3 2NG,
South Yorkshire,
UK) or
through the RSGB bureau. [TNX M0RHI]
I - Gianni, IZ8CGS will be active (on 10-40
metres SSB) as
IG9/IZ8CGS
from Lampedusa (AF-019, IIA AG-001) on 22-25
May. QSL via
home call.
[TNX IZ8CCW]
J7 - George, K5KG will be active on CW and SSB as
J75KG from
Dominica on
20-29 May. He will participate in the CQ WW
WPX CW Contest as
J75A.
QSL via KU9C. [TNX The Daily DX]
JW - Terje, LA3OHA is organizing a second
expedition to Prins
Karls
Forland (EU-063) and is looking for
operators. The
operation is
scheduled to take place between 11 and
25 July; please
visit
http://www.dxpedition.org/dxjwpk for further
information.
OH - Finnish military amateur radio stations
will be active
with the
special prefix OI on 20 May. A complete
listing of stations
can be
found at http://www.kolumbus.fi/srela/oi/.
[TNX The Daily DX]
PJ2 - Look for Jim, WI9WI to be active as PJ2WI
from Curacao
(SA-006) on
21-27 May, including a single operator n
entry in the CQ WW
WPX CW
Contest. QSL via WI9WI, direct or bureau.
[TNX VA3RJ]
SM - Martin, SM0DTK will be active as SM0DTK/1
from Gotland
Island
(EU-020) on 24-31 May. Skeds can be arranged
via
[email protected]
[TNX SM0DTK]
SP - Special event station HF25KVW is QRV until 31
July to
celebrate the
25th anniversary of the SP5KVW Radio Club
of Ostroleka.
QSL via
SP5KVW. [TNX SP5XSD]
SP - Special memorial operations will be take
place from
Poland to
commemorate Polish scientist Ignacy
Lukasiewicz, whose
first-ever
kerosene lamp was used for the first time on
31 July 1853 in
Lviv:
through 30 June HF8IL (QSL via
SP8PJG)
1 July-15 August HF150IL (QSL via
SP8PJG)
25 July-4 August 3Z0IL (QSL via
SP8ZBX)
25 July-4 August SN0IL (QSL via
SP9PEE)
20 August-10 September HF8IL (QSL via
SP8PJG)
Another special event station, EN3WLL (QSL
via UR4WXQ),
will be
activated from Lviv, Ukraine between 25
July and 4
August. The
anniversary celebrations are supported by
the Podkarpacie
Branch of
PZK and Lviv Radio Amateur Club. For
further details please
visit
http://www.ot5.cq.pl/ [TNX SP5UAF and
SP9JPA]
VE - Dana, VE1VOX reports he plans to be active as
VE1OTA/VY2 from
Prince
Edward Island (EU-029) and other nearby
islands on 16-18 May.
VE - Look for VA2BY and K8DD/VE2 to be QRV from
Waskaganish,
James Bay
(Zone 2) on 20-23 May. Yhey will operate on
10-40 metres SSB
and CW.
QSL via K8DD. The web page for
Team Zone 2
is at
http://www.qsl.net/teamzone2/ [TNX NG3K]
VE - Andy, AE6Y will be active as VC1R from
VE1JF's QTH in Nova
Scotia on
21-26 May, CQ WW WPX CW Contest included.
QSL via VE1JF. [TNX
AE6Y]
VE - Industry Canada has authorized the use of
special event
prefixes to
celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the
National Library of
Canada
between 24 May and 27 July. The prefixes
will be CK for VE,
CY for
VO, CJ for VA and CZ for VY. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
VE - This is the latest information on the
June
operations by
Andre/GM3VLB, Alex/G0DHZ and Niall/VP8NJS
from a few
British
Columbia (VE7) islands [425DXN 621]: Denman
(NA-036) on 4-5
June,
Malcolm (NA-091) on 6-7 June, Campbell
(NA-061) on 8-9 June,
Denny
(NA-061) on 9-11 June, Gabriola (NA-075)
on 12-14 June.
Please
e-mail Andre ([email protected]) before
22 May for
possible skeds
or further information on possible QRV
times. [TNX GM3VLB]
W - Ken, W8KL will be operate mobile from the
North Carolina State
East
Group (NA-067) on 18-22 May. Look for him
on or around
14260 kHz
during his afternoons and evenings, while
during the
mornings he
will look for JA/VK stations. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
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DXCC NEWS ---> DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L
reports that the
following
operations from Iraq are approved for DXCC
credit: YI/EK6DO,
YI/EK6KB,
YI/F5ORF, YI/ON4WW, YI/ON5NT, YI/ON6TT, YI/S53R,
YI/S57CQ,
YI/SM7PKK and
YI/VK4KMT. Pictures and other information on the UN
World Food
Programme's
workers in Iraq can be found at http://www.wfpdx.org/
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN 2003 ---> Ham Radio (the biggest
amateur radio
event in
Europe) 2003 will take place at Friedrichshafen
on 27-29 June.
Further
information is available at
http://www.messe-friedrichshafen.de/fairs/ham_radio/index.php3
LOTW ---> The long-anticipated "Logbook of the World"
(LoTW) - ARRL's
secure
electronic contact-confirmation system - is being
opened for beta
testing.
While a formal unveiling is set for the Hamvention
DX Forum (17
May) in
Dayton's Hara Arena, LoTW now is available to all who
wish to
participate in
the beta testing program, expected to last 60 days.
Visit the ARRL
Logbook of
the World Web site (http://www.arrl.org/lotw/#top) to
learn more,
download
the necessary software and take part in the beta
testing effort.
NEW BOOKS ---> Idiom Press has announced publication
of "Up Two.
Adventures
of a DXpeditioner" by well known contester, DXer and
world traveler
Roger
Western, G3SXW (256 pages) and the third updated
edition of "The
Complete
DX'er" by Bob Locher, W9KNI (228 pages). Complete
details are
available at
http://www.idiompress.com
QSL 9Y4TBG & 9Y4/DL4MEH ---> Andy, DL4MEH reports
he is going to
move
permanently to Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies.
Effective
immediately, QSL
cards for the following operations should be routed
via Wolfgang Utz,
DL4MDO
(either direct or, preferably, through the bureau):
9Y4TBG CQWW CW 1999, CQWW SSB 2001 & 2002, ARRL
DX CW & SSB 2003
9Y4/DL4MEH: all operations from 1999 onwards.
Those who want to QSL direct to Andy ("please only
stamp collectors,
hi"),
should use the following address (not earlier than
August 2003):
Andreas
Kretzschmar, #5 Estate Ave., Cassleton Gardens,
Trincity, Trinidad
W.I.,
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
QSL AH3D ---> Vertex Standard (Yaesu) will host
the
distribution of
full-color AH3D folded-QSLs at their booth
(#535) during the
Dayton
Hamvention. Martti Laine/OH2BH, Toni Linden/OH2JTE
and Daily DX
editor,
Bernie McClenny/W3UR are prepared to serve you with a
smile. [TNX N4GN]
QSL K5C ---> The Magnolia DX Association reports that
the QSL cards for
their
4-6 April operation from Cat Island (NA-082) have
arrived from the
printer
(give a look to http://www.mdxa.org/k5c_03.html).
Glenn, K2FF is
processing
direct cards and expects to make a mass mailing on 17
May.
QSL VIA VE7DP ---> Frank, VE7DP provides an update
on the QSL
routes for
recent IOTA activations from the Philippines:
4G6A OC-125 via VE7DP
DX4CN OC-202 via VE7DP
4H1LC OC-244 via VE7DP or DX1CW
Frank has several listed addresses, but the preferred
one is: Frank
Toplak,
General Delivery, Winfield, BC V4V 1M6, Canada.
UFT ---> The newly elected officers of the Union
Francaise des
Telegraphistes
(the French National CW Society, http://www.uft.net)
for 2003/04 are:
Raymond
Talazac/F6BQV (President), Norbert Laurent/F6AXX
(Vice President),
Pierre
Gallo/F6FXS (Treasurer) and Jean Pierre
Auxentides/F5TFP
(Secretary).
Assistant Board members include Ghislain/F6CEL,
Alain/F6ENO,
Alain/F6EQV,
Gerard/F6ICG, Andre/F5AKL, Bernard/F5HEW,
Vincent/F5MJV,
Maurice/F5NQL and
Martial/F5SIE. Honorary Past President Jean-Claude
Perrotey, F9IQ has
been
appointed as the UFT's CW consultant for REF (the IARU
French Society).
[TNX
F5NQL]
VISALIA 2004 ---> The Southern California DX
Club
(www.scdxc.org) has
announced that the 55th Annual International DX
Convention will be
held at
The Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Center Visalia on
23-25 April 2004.
Online
reservation information can be found at
www.visaliaholidayinn.com [TNX
N6DHZ]
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LOGS: Complete logs for the recent TX4PG operation
(12607 CW, 8901
SSB and
1029 RTTY QSOs) from the Marquesas Islands
(OC-027) are now
available
at http://digilander.libero.it/i2ysb;
discrepancies in QSO data
should
be reported to Silvano, I2YSB
([email protected]).
YE5A: An audio file from the YE5A operation
(OC-262) is available
on the
Meditearraneo DX Club's web site at
http://www.mdxc.org [TNX
IZ8CCW]
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL
MANAGER
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3V8SF DL1BDF HF650O SQ4NR RP4NKF
RA4NAJ
3V8SQ DL1BDF HF6UE SP6ZDA RP9LTK
RU9LA
3XY1L UY5XE HG50MT HA3HK RP9W
RW9WA
4H1LC VE7DP HP1RIP EA7FTR RP9X
UA9XW
4K7Z/F8LPX F8LPX HS4BPQ/9 E21EIC S92UN
CT1CPP
5B4/S57CQ S57DX II3NAV IQ3VE SN0UNP
SP5PPK
5N6NDP/9 IK5JAN IO7J IK7JWX
TA1ED/0 TA1ED
5U7JB ON5NT IR0N IK0NFV TM5I
F5PTI
5U7JK I2YSB IU7FM I7YKN TM7R
F6KOP
5Z4PV PA3CBH JD1BLK JM1LJS TP6CE
F5LGF
7X0AD EA4URE K4C KP4ARN TT8FC
EA4AHK
8Q7AV DK6AV KH2/AC4LN UA4WHX TX4PG
I2YSB
9A0CI DE0MST KH6/AC4LN UA4WHX UA1ONY
RZ3EC
9H3CS YT1CS LU1ZG LU4DXU UE3QDG
RA3QSY
9N7DX 4Z4DX LZ03KM LZ1BFR UE3QSY
RA3QSY
9V1SM W3HNK N6XIV/KH9 K2FF UE3SFF
RU3SD
9V1YC N5ID OH0WK OH3WK UE9ORQ
UA9ORQ
A41KJ N5FTR OJ3JF OH3JF UE9OWQ
UA9ORQ
A41MA/P A41MA P29KH WD9DZV UN7QX
W7BO
A61AR UA6MF PQ2Q PY2WC US4IXQ
WB7QXU
AP2AUM 9A4NA PV2AA PY2AA UV7M
US5MTJ
BV9AAC BV2KI R0PA UA1ADQ V31ZB
W7ZB
C91AA WZ8P R300SP RU1AE V44KCB
NT5W
CO0E bureau RA9LI/9 DL6ZFG V63GO
JA7AGO
CU3DJ/P KZ5RO RL1A RA1AG V63MB
UA4WHX
CX7OV EA5KB RL1B RU1AB V63ZP
JA7ZP
DU1ZV JA1BRK RL1C RV1CC
VK6CN/4 AC6DD
E20HHK/8 E21EIC RL1D OH5ZZ VK9LS
VK7TS
EA6UN EC6TK RL1F RU1AS VQ9TP
N5TP
ED1EK EA1CCW RL1G RA1AR W2H
W2CE
EM0U UT3UZ (a) RL1J RZ1AWF XU7ACE
ES1FB
EM0U UT7UW (b) RL1K UA9KG/1 XV2M
SP5JTF
EM1U UT7UA RL1L RZ1AYA XV3AA
JA6UHG
EM4IZA UR7IA RL1M UA1ANA YA1CQ
JA1CQT
EM5U UT2UB RL1N RA1ABC YB2DX
YB2LAB
EO58E UR5EDX (c) RL1O RZ1AWO YB9AY
YC9BU
EO58E UR7EP (d) RL1P RZ1AP YC0EEX
WB4HAM
EO58G UR3GM RL1Q RV1AQ YC8RRK
YC9BU
EO58HK UT1HT RL1R RA1ALA YE5A
IZ8CCW
EO58I UR6IM RL1S UA1AES
YI/ON4WW KU9C
EO58IS US7IGF RL1T RX1CQ
YI/S53R K2PF
EO58JM KG6AR RL1U RA1AOL
YI/S57CQ KU9C
EO58JS KD5RBU RL1W RW1AI
YI/S57CQ S57DX
ER0ITU ER1DA RL1X RX1AX
YI/VK4KMT KU9C
ER9V ER1DA RP0Q RA0QC YV4DDK
EA5KB
EV5V DL8KAC RP1COP RN1CX Z32AF
N8RKA
EW5HST EU1SA RP1N RK1NWA Z38Z
DL7AFS
F6KNL/P F0DVX RP1NKF RZ1NWT ZD7DP
W1ZT
FG5FC F6DZU RP3AM RK3AWA ZD8C
EA1DGZ
FO/F5RQQ F8NAN RP3FIA RU3DG ZK1AYL
VK4SJ
FY/XT2DT F1NGP RP3PTP UA3PW ZK1SIM
VK4SJ
FY5GS F6FNU RP3XMV UA3XAC ZW1AA
PY1AA
GB100MAS MM0ERK RP3YGA RV3YR ZW7AA
PY7AA
(a) SSB and CW (b) RTTY and PSK (c) CW (d)
SSB
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4Z4DX Dov Gavish, 27 Hamitnahalim St, Ramat
Hasharon 47203, Israel
9M2/G3TMA Ian Buffham, Bekay Court, 7 Lorong Enau (off
Jalan Ampang),
55000
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
CT1CPP Antonio Duarte Prates Bebiano, Estrada dos 4
Marcos 17,
Sarilhos
Grandes, 2870 Montijo, Portugal
DE0MST Fredy Stippschild, P.O. Box 1406, D-83657
Lenggries, Germany
E21EIC Champ C. Muangamphun, P.O. Box 1090,
Kasetsart University,
Bangkok
10903, Thailand
EA1CCW Ramon Ruiz Ursuequia, Colonia El Impulsor
490 - 4 Izda, 39317
Sierrapando, Cantabria, Spain
EA6ZX Pau Balaguer, P.O. Box 240, 07080 Palma de
Mallorca, Spain
ER1DA Valery Metaxa, P.O. Box 3000, Chisinau,
MD-2071, Moldova
F8DQL Jean-Baptiste Jacquemard, 241 boulevard
Voltaire, F-75011
Paris,
France
G4OBK Phil Catterall, Wayside, Lendales Lane,
Pickering, YO18 8EE,
England
I2YSB Silvano Borsa, P.O. Box 45, 27036 Mortara -
PV, Italy
IQ3VE ARI Venezia, P.O. Box 227, 30100 Venezia -
VE, Italy
IZ8CCW Antonio Cannataro, P.O. Box 360, 87100
Cosenza - CS, Italy
JT1CH Sh. Chuluunbat, P.O. Box 421,
Ulaanbaatar-38, Mongolia
LU4DXU Horacio Ledo, P.O. Box 22, 1640 Martinez -
BA, Argentina
N5ID Joe Morris, 813 Highway 13, Wiggins, MS
39577, USA
N8RKA Arthur Barbetta, 2395 Liberty Rd, Stow OH
44224, USA
PY2AA P.O. Box 22, 01059-970 Sao Paulo - SP,
Brazil
RA1AG Konstantin A. Chudnovskiy, P.O. Box 651,
Saint Petersburg,
195269,
Russia
RA3AR Dmitry K. Darkov, ul. Borisovskie prudy
10-1-108, 115211,
Moscow,
Russia
S57DX Slavko Celarc, Ob Igriscu 8, 1360 Vrhnika,
Slovenia
SP5KVW Radioklub SP5KVW, P.O. Box 56, 07-410
Ostroleka, Poland
SP6ZDA Scouts Radio Club SP6ZDA, P.O. Box 41,
51-673 Wroclaw 9,
Poland
SQ4NR Grzegorz Gawel, ul. Herdera 16/14, 10-691
Olsztyn, Poland
UA9ORQ Vladimir Volosozhar, P.O. Box 868,
Novosibirsk, 630089,
Russia
UR3GM Igor Pulin, P.O. Box 23, Kherson, 73022
Ukraine
UR5EDX Sergej Grachev, P.O. Box 464,
Dnepropetrovsk, 49005 Ukraine
UR7EP Yuri Stetsenko, P.O. Box 6512,
Dnepropetrovsk, 49128 Ukraine
UR7IA Leonid Aniskin, P.O. Box 1901, Gorlovka-46,
84646 Ukraine
UT2UB Andrej Lyakin, P.O. Box 99, Kyiv-10, 01010
Ukraine
VK4SJ June Sim, P.O. Box 406, Caloundra 4551,
Queensland, Australia
YT1CS Stosic Miroljub-Miki, Jugoslovenska 70,
Surdulica 17350,
Serbia and
Montenegro
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