[OKDXA] DX
Dave
[email protected]
Sun, 16 Mar 2003 08:25:57 -0600
>From DX News 15 March, 2003
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commitments, but has been replaced by another Florida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
osenza -
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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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".
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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]]
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