[SFDXA] DXNL 1291 (May 2, 2002)
Bill Marx
Bill Marx" <[email protected]
Wed, 8 May 2002 21:17:17 -0400
DXNL 1291 - May 2, 2002
> DX Newsletter
>
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> Editor: Karlfried Henrichs, DL1EK
> (PR: [email protected])
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> translation by: Bob, DL7VOA
> (e-mail: [email protected])
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>
> CAYMAN ISLANDS, NA-016, ZF
> Tim,G4VXE, is running his QRP station as ZF1VX until May 13.
>
> FRANCE, F
> To celebrate the "International Festival of Arts and Technologies" the
> special event station TM0AR is QRV from vom May 1-13. QSL via F5TJC.
>
> GOTLAND ISLAND, SM1, EU-020
> Martin,SM0DTK/1, will be QRV mostly from 0300-0600 UTC on May 4-12.
>
> JAPAN, JA6
> The Japanese Amateur Radio League (JARL) will activate ten special
> event stations during the upcoming Soccer World Championships.
> 8J2C will be open to all visiting radio amateurs. More details are
> available via e-mail from Nob,JA1KSO: [email protected].
>
> KWAJALEIN ISLAND, V7
> Mark,W4CK, intends to activate his old callsign V73BL from May 14-24.
>
> MACQUARIE ISLAND, VK0/m, AN-005
> Peter,VK0MQI, will stay on Macquarie for eleven more months. Usually
> he is showing up with a weak signal on 21210, 21295 and 28630 kHz
> between 0430 and 0600 UTC.
>
> MALDIVE ISLANDS, 8Q7, AS-013
> A group of Japanese HAMs will be active in CW/SSB/RTTY/PSK31/SSTV on
> 6-80m from May 10-15. QSL routes: 8Q7NK via JA2AAU, 8Q7FO via JR2FOR,
> 8Q7HS via JA2AZX, 8Q7IC via JA2AIC, 8Q7JA via JA2ALN, 8Q7MI via JJ2KYT
> and 8Q7TE via JA2ATE.
>
> MARKET REEF, OJ0, EU-053
> Seppo,OH1VR, will visit this Baltic Sea reef on May 8/9. He will be on
> the air as OJ0VR operating in CW and SSB on 6-80m for 12 hours.
> QSLs via OH1VR, unfortunately ONLY direct.
>
> SOUTH AFRICA, ZS
> To remember the "Anglo Boer War" (1899-1902) the special event station
> ZS100ABW is on the air from May 3-5.
> ZS100ABW is QRV from Lancaster Hill, Vryheid in Kwa Zulu Natal.
>
> ST LUCIA, J6, NA-108
> Alan,J6/G3XAQ, will be active during the first week of May. He is also
> planning an one-day-trip to St. Vincent (J8/NA-109).
>
> SYRIA, YK
> Saad,N5FF, is momentarily staying in Damascus and hopes to hit the
> airwaves as YK1BA from May 5-11.
>
> TUVALU, T2, OC-015
> After activating Baker Island Dave,KW4DA, will be in Tuvalu from
> May 11-16. Most likely his call will be T2DA again.
>
> UKRAINE, UR
> EM11E is the call of a DXpedition to several islands in the river
> Dnjepr and the Black Sea from May 1-31. The exact schedule is unknown.
> QSLs via UR5EAW.
>
> WAKE ISLAND, KH9, OC-053
> Terry,K7ASU/KH9, plans to come on the air in his spare time during the
> four weeks of his stay on Wake in May. QSLs via K7ASU.
> --------
>
> TUVALU
>
> The island group Tuvalu is situated at 8 deg 30'South and 179 deg 12'East in
> the South Pacific. It consists of nine coral reefs and 129 more tiny islands
> with a land area of 25 sqkm: Nanumea, Nanumanga, Niutao, Nui, Vaitupu,
> Nukufetau, Nukulaelae, Funafuti with the capital Fongafale (population 2900)
> and Niulakita. Altogether there are about 10.000 inhabitants living on the
> island. The climate is typically tropical with constant temperatures all
> over the year. The raining period is from October till March.
>
> The legend says that an eel and a flatfish were pulling a large rock to
> their home. After having a dispute the eel killed the flatfish and broke the
> rock into eight parts. Then he disappeared in the ocean. This is the origin
> of the name Tuvalu which means "group of eight" (the locals don't count the
> smallest atoll Niulakita).
>
> The first settlers on Tuvalu were Polynesians from Samoa and Micronesians
> from Kiribati in the beginning of our calendar. In the 16th century the
> Spanish Mendana sighted a few islands but missed to land on them. The first
> Europeans set foot on the islands in 1820. In 1861 the shipwrecked Elekana
> was washed ashore from the Cook Islands and brought Christianity to Tuvalu.
> Some inhabitants became slaves and were kidnapped to the Peruvian guano
> islands in 1863. The Englishmen named the islands Ellice Islands in 1877
> which became part of the 'Protectorate of the Gilbert (today: Kiribati) and
> Ellice Islands' in 1892 and finally formed a British colony in 1915. During
> WW2 the US deployed B24 bombers on the islands. On Oct 1, 1978 Tuvalu became
> an independent monarchy (with Queen Elizabeth II being the head of state)
> and the 38th member of the Commonwealth.
>
> The atolls are approximately 3-4 meters high, covered with coconut trees,
> bananas and papayas. Since there are no rivers or other streams the locals
> collect the rainfalls in cisterns and water tanks. There are only a few
> tourists, life on the islands is almost unaffected by western influences.
> The gross national product is the smallest of all independent countries.
>
> Amateur radio: own DXCC entity, prefix: T2, CQ zone 31, ITU zone 65,
> IOTA reference: OC-015, Time difference: UTC+12h.
> --------
>
> QSL direct: 6K5RPZ, 7Q7TB (G0IAS), 8P5A, 8P9JA, C31ILJ (VE3GEJ), CN8NK,
> CO8DM, CT7B, CT9M, EL7X (PA0WWW), GB90MGY, GD0TEP, GJ4JVP,J37LR,
> J68GS, JW1I (EU-027), OH0R, S21AR, T30AN (OC-017), T48RAC,TK5GT,
> VK9AA/9 (DL8YR), VP2EJ, VU2OXX, XE1VIC, XX9TEP (K8EP), XX9TFI,
> YB1HDF, ZD7MY
>
> QSL bureau: 4I1P, 4Z4DX, 6K5REK, 7P8HH, 8P9JR, 9E1S (IV3TRK), A35MQ, AH6HY,
> AM6JMU (EU-004), C21AN,CM6QN,CN8YR,CT1EGW/p (EU-145),EA6/DL9GFB,
> EA5KB (EU-151), EC8AUZ (AF-004), ED6EIG (EU-004),EJ2HY (EU-007),
> EX8QB (IK2QPR), EY8JJ (LA5JX), F6KOP/p (EU-074), FG/F6HMJ,
> FG5FC (F6DZU), FW/G3SXW, HL3ERJ, HP2/F5PAC (NA-170), HS1GUW,
> IF9/IT9FXY (EU-054), J38PA (PA5ET), J3/PA3EWP (PA5ET), PB6X,
> J3/PA5ET (PA5ET), J3/PA7FM (PA5ET), K9AW/DU6 (WF5T), S50O,
> MM0BQI/p (EU-092), MU/ON4AUF, S79WB (DL4HBB), SU/DJ7ZX,TG/DB2TR,
> TM5B (EU-148), TT8JA (F5RWE), TX0DX (OH2EX), V47GS (VE3VFR),
> V47SS, V5/NU7J, VX9DXR, YJ0AJG, ZK1NNP (OC-013),ZL2CAT,ZL7/G3TXF
>
>
> QSL INFO
> --------
> UN7FW via IK2QPR
> UN7GM via PA4PA
> UN7JJ via EA5KB
> UN7MO via EA7FTR
> UN9LM via LZ1YE
> UN9PQ via IK2QPR
> UQ10AB via DL8KAC
> US0Q via UY5ZZ
> UV5I via UR6IM
> UW7W via UT7WZA
> UY2VM via DL6MHG
> UY4I via US3IZ
> UZ8RR via W3HC
> V2/W1LR via W1LR
> V21AK via WA4WTG (d)
> V21ZC via K4JDJ *
> V21ZZ via K4JDJ *
> V25WX via W4WX
> V26DX via KU9C
> V26TB via KD3TB
> V29A via K4JDJ *
> V31AH via W2GR
> V31BD via N6FF
> V31DJ via W1LLU
> V31HA via VE7AHA
> V31JP via KA9WON
> V31JR via W1LLU
> V31KQ via WA0ETE
> V31VR via VE7VR
> V47FNH via WB4FNH
> V47ZM via K3ZM
> V51/DJ4SO via DJ4SO
> V51/DL2SL via DL2SL
> V51/SP6IXF via SP6IXF
> V51/ZS4NS via N7RO
> V51KV via ZS6DX
> V51LK via DJ4LK
> V63KP via KG8CO
> V63KR via K8AQM
> VG3NJ via VA3NJ
> V63RF via K2NV
> V63X via K8AA
> V73RX via W6WRX
> V73UG via W7UG
> V73Y via WA4WTG (d)
> V85NL via JA4ENL
> V85RH via JH7FQK
> V8A via JH7FQK
> VE1SIX via VE1MR
> VE2A via VE2QK
> VG3DX via VA3DX
> VG3JS via VA3JS
> VG3RJ via VA3RJ
> VG3TEE via VA3TEE
> VG7DP via VA7DP
> VI8ABC via VK8DA
> VK0IR via K4JDJ *
> VK1TX via K1WY (d)
> VK3FEI/5 via PA0MIR
> VK4NIC/3X via K4JDJ *
> VK6LB via DL7AFS
> VK6RQ via WA4WTG (d)
>
> (d) = direct only
> (B) = bureau ok
> * = new manager
>
>
> Again and again many QSLs are sent to the wrong QSL managers. This is a list
> of the most common wrong QSL routes published during the past weeks:
> 3B9R NOT via 3B9FR (3B9R [99] via K7ZD, 6m via AA7A [DXNL 1256, GOList])
> 3D2IJ NOT via JM1LJS (1998)
> 4L4KW NOT via KE1HZ (4L4KW via K1WY [DXNL 1206])
> EA5XX NOT via EA9PY
> EA9KB NOT via N0JT
> EP2AA NOT via W3HNK (EP2AA -> PIRATE [425DXNews 548])
> ER3BAH NOT via W3HNK
> EX2A NOT via DF8OL
> FS9X NOT via N0JT
> J68DX NOT via N9AG
> KH0OEP NOT via N0JT
> XU7ABN NOT via F5JRY
> ZA1M NOT via IK2HTW (ZA1M via IK2HTW -> PIRATE)
>
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> DATE CALL DXNL
>
> NOW -Apr/2002 7Z1AC 1283
> NOW -Jun/2002 8J2C 1291 *
> May 10-May 15 8Q7JA .. 1291 *
> NOW -Sep/2002 9L1BTB 1268
> Apr 28-May 3 9M6/JA1WPX 1290
> Apr 29-May 3 9N7WU 1290
>
> NOW A35RK 1289
> NOW -2004 D2U 1282
> May 31-Jun 30 DT0FWC .. 1275
> NOW -Jun/2002 ET3PMW 1290
> Apr 17-May 16 FG/F6FXS 1288
> NOW -2002 HF0POL 1271
> Jan 1 -May 30 HL17FWC 1275
> May 4 -May 5 IA5G 1290
> NOW J6/G3XAQ 1291 *
> Apr 28-Apr 5 JD1/ .. 1290
>
> NOW -May/2002 K7ASU/KH9 1289, 1291 *
> Apr 29-May 10 KH1/YT1AD 1289
> NOW -Jun/2002 OD5/IW0GXY 1287
> May 8 -May 9 OJ0VR 1291 *
> Apr 23-May 8 OX/OZ1EQZ 1289
> NOW -Jul/2002 S21/OK1FWC 1287
> May 4 -May 12 SM0DTK/1 1291 *
> May 11-May 16 T2DA 1291 *
> NOW -May/2002 T9/F5LPY 1287
> May 1 -May 13 TM0AR 1291 *
> NOW -Dec/2002 TT8DX 1283
>
> May 14-May 24 V73BL 1291 *
> NOW -Dec/2002 VK0MQI 1287, 1291 *
> NOW -Jul 31 XW3QBR 1286
> Apr 24-May 4 XW3ZNR 1289
> NOW YA/VK4KMT 1290
> May 5 -May 11 YK1BA 1291 *
> NOW -Sep/2002 ZC4BS 1260
> NOW -May 13 ZF1VX 1291 *
> May 3 -May 5 ZS100ABW 1291 *
>
> * = new
> .. = and other calls
>
>
>
> TNX: DF5AU, DJ2UB, DJ5AV, DL1ECG, DL1SBF, DL2VFR, DL7VOA, IK1XDE, LU8XW,
> OH1VR, WF1N, 425 DX News, ARRL DX Bulletin, Crazy DX Group, N4AA (QRZ DX),
> F6AJA (Les Nouvelles DX), KB8NW (OPDX Bulletin), W3UR (Daily DX),
> Islands On The Web.
>
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