[SFDXA] DX News Envoi
Bill Marx
Bill Marx" <[email protected]
Wed, 5 Mar 2003 06:29:35 -0500
This Sent to me from Jossy - PJ2MI
-Bill W2CQ
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Message : 1
Date : Tue, 4 Mar 2003 08:09:11 EST
De : [email protected]
Objet : DX infos
01/03/2003: Felix, DL5XL, will be active during the upcoming wintering
season 2003 (March through November 30th). He works as a radio operator and
electronics engineer at the German research base "Neumayer" in Antarctica.
When his job duties permit, he will try to be active on the amateur radio
bands - mainly CW, but also SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and HELL. He will be using the
call DP1POL. Neumayer Station is located on the Ekstroem Shelf Ice, Atka
Bay, Northeast Weddell Sea, Antarctica (70 39S-08 15W, IOTA AN-016, WABA
DL-03, CQ Zone 38, ITU Zone 67). QSL cards (including SWL reports, which
are
always very welcome) will be handled by Ray, DL1ZBO. Bureau cards are fine.
If you prefer a direct reply, please enclose an SAE and sufficient return
postage: 1 IRC or 1 US Dollar will cover postage to Europe, all others need
1 IRC or 2 US Dollars for air mail. The QSL address is: Rainer Hilgardt
DL1ZBO, Hans-Sachs-Weg 38, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany. [Tnx DL5XL]
01/03/2003: Antoine, FO5RK, reports that he is planning to be active
between March 1st and 20th from Rapa Island (OC-051), Austral Islands,
during his holidays (which means more time to spend on the radio). [Tnx
425DXN]
01/03/2003: Luc (PY8AZT), Carl (PY8MD), Phil (PT8PS) and Adonay (PT8DX),
from the Uirapuru DX Club will be active on SSB and CW as ZY8C from Caviana
Island (SA-042) between March 1st and 8th. They plan to have three stations
with amplifiers, beams, verticals and dipoles. [Tnx 425DXN]
02/03/2003: Younis, A41MA/p, will be QRV from Suwadi Island (AS-112)
between March 2nd and 9th. Operation will be as follows: March 2-5 digital
modes only; March 5-9 all bands / modes. QSL via home call direct (Box
1470,
CPO, 111 Oman) or bureau. [Tnx DE0MST]
03/03/2003: Alex, DL5SDK, plans to be QRV as 9H3AS from Gozo Island
(EU-023) between March 3rd and 10th. Look for activity on 20, 15 and 10
meters. QSL to home call. [Tnx ARRL DX News]
03/03/2003: Joel, F5PAC, is returning to Panama and he will operate from a
few IOTA groups as follows: NA-202 March 03-05, NA-088 March 08-09,
Paridita
Island and lighthouse (NA-071, WLHA LH-0427) March 11-12, Iguana Island and
lighthouse (NA-203, WLHA LH-0323) March 15-16 and Toboguilla Island and
lighthouse (NA-072, WLHA LH-0296) March 19-20. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [Tnx 425DXN and DE0MST]
04/03/2003: Look for Jean Pierre, F6FNA/p, to be active March 4th, between
09:00 and 15:00 UTC, from the Mill Lacam (DMF reference 15.001, for the
French Mills Award). Operation will be mainly on 40 meters from Department
du Cantal (DDFM reference 15). QSL via home call. [Tnx F5NQL]
04/03/2003: JS6QVP (op: Toru, JI5USJ), JS6QVQ (op: Makoto, JI5RPT) and
JI5RPT/6 (RTTY and PSK only) will be active from Minami Daito Island, Daito
Islands (AS-047, Loc: PL55, JCG: 47002) between March 4th and 11th.
Operation will be on 160 through 6 meter CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and FM. QSL
via home calls, direct or via JARL bureau. All QSL cards for JS6QVP will go
to "JI5USJ" via the bureau or direct (Toru Koyanagi, 400-6-1119
Nagasoneminami, Hikone Shiga 522-0052, Japan). All QSL cards for JS6QVQ
will
go to "JI5RPT" via the bureau or direct (Makoto Koyanagi, 5-42-203 Kadan
Aoba Sendai, Miyagi 980-0815, Japan). [Tnx JI6KVR]
04/03/2003: Leo, W3LEO, will once again be active from Portpatrick in
southwest Scotland (EU-005) from about March 4th to April 3rd. His callsign
will be MM0LEO, and he plans to be in the CQWPX SSB Contest. Leo will use
an
Icom 706 (100 watts), an R-5 vertical [10, 12, 15, 17, 20 meters], and a
40-meter dipole in a delta configuration. Leo provided us with the
following
reference numbers: CQ Zone 14, ITU Zone 27, Grid Square IO-74ku, IOTA
EU-005
[Great Britain] and Worked All Britain [WAB] Square NW-95. QSL via W3LEO.
[Tnx OPDX]
04/03/2003: Timo, UA1NDX/p, plans to be active March 4th from the
Volkhovsky Area (RDA reference LO-22, for the Russian Districts Award) and
from Storozhno lighthouse (RLHA reference RLE-028, for the Russian
Lighthouse Award; ERU-175). Operation will be mainly on 20 meters, but 40
meters is possible. There is also the possibility that Timo may activate
Lodejnoe Pole (RDA reference LO-10). QSL via home call, CBA. [Tnx UA1NDX]
05/03/2003: Oleg (UA1PBA) and Alex (UA1PAW) will depart for the German
Dallmann Laboratory, near Jubany, on King George Island (AN-010) after
Marth
5th. Oleg has received the official call DP1ANF from the German
telecommunication authorities. Oleg is the first foreigner holding a DP1
guest licence. Activity is planned for about 5 to 7 days. Contacts with
DP1ANF will count for WABA as DL-07 (new one). QSL as usual via RK1PWA.
Oleg
and Alex will finish their wintering on Bellingshausen Base (King George
Island) around the 21 - 23 of March. They will then return onboard of the
vessel "Multanovsky" to Europe.[Tnx DL5EBE]
06/03/2003: Look for Rosel CT3/DL3KWR and Hardy CT3/DL3KWF to be active
from Madeira (AF-014, DIP MA-001) between March 6th and 20th. They plan to
concentrate on the WARC bands CW. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau.
Bureau QSL requests are welcome at ([email protected]). [TNX 425DXN]
08/03/2003: Look for JQ1SUO/1, JF1CCH/1 and JA2HMD/1 to be active from
Hachijo Island (AS-043) between March 8th and 9th. Operation will be on 40,
30, 20, 15 and 10 meter CW and SSB. QSL via operator's instructions. [Tnx
425DXN]
08/03/2003: Taka, JR3TVH/6, will be active from Miyako Island (AS-079)
starting around 09:00 UTC on March 8th until around 10:00 UTC on March
10th.
Look for activity on 6, 10, 12, 17, 20 meters SSB and CW. QSL via home call
or JARL QSL bureau. [Tnx JI6KVR]
08/03/2003: Look for UE3RDA to be active from rare Russian districts
between March 8th and 15th, for the Russian Districts Award
(http://rdaward.org). QSL via RW3RN - Alex Kuznetsov, Box 57, Tambov-23,
392023 Russia (E-mail: [email protected]). [Tnx RW3RN]
08/03/2003: The second DXpedition to Ducie Island (OC-182) will be QRV on
March 8th or 9th, 2003, depending upon seas and weather. The station call
will be announced shortly before the operation begins. The operators will
use SSB, CW and RTTY on all HF bands and six meters and AO-40 will be
employed. The organizer is Kan, JA1BK. The operators will be: DJ9ON,
Dieter;
DK9KX, Hans; FO3BM, Philippe; JA1SLS, Hiro; JR2KDN, Yuichi; N6TQS Doug;
VP6DB, Dave; VP6AZ, Mike; and VP6MW, Meralda. The QSL manager will be
JR2KDN. Pilot stations will be JE2EHP, DJ8NK and WA2MOE. [Tnx WA2MOE]
08/03/2003: Tom, WA6WPG, reports he will be active March 8th and 9th as
WA6WPG/p from Anacapa Island (NA-144, USI CA-002S, Ventura County,
California). He expects to be on the air on 10-40 meters for about 26 hours
starting at 20:00 UTC. QSL via home call.
08/03/2003: Nik, HB9EAA, reports that he will be active from Penrhyn, N.
Cooks (OC-082) betwen March 8th and 15th and Aitutaki, S. Cooks (OC-083)
between March 15th and 22nd. He hopes to go on the air with the callsign
ZK1EAA, mainly on the CW mode. The license with the definitive callsign
will
be known after his arrival on Rarotonga. Activity will be mainly on CW on
the following suggested frequencies: 14040, 21040 and 28040 kHz (+/- QRM).
QSL via HB9EAA direct or via the bureau is OK. [Tnx OPDX]
09/03/2003: Look for 3B8/ON4AME to be active March 9th to 22nd from
Mauritius Island (AF-049). Operation will be on all bands SSB, CW and
digital modes. QSL via operator's instructions. [Tnx 425DXN]
09/03/2003: Csaba Gal, DH7KU (HA7XQ), will be active from Hawaii (OC-019)
as KH6/DH7KU during his spare time between March 9th and 15th. His main
purpose for being here is to install different types of equipment at
Caltech
Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) at Manua Kea, but he hopes to be active in
the evenings enough to make a few contacts. He will be using a Kenwood
TS-50
into a multiband dipole or a 3 band GP. QSL via home call. [Tnx OPDX]
10/03/2003: Members of the Florida DXpedition Group (FDXPG) will be part
of
a thirty member humanitarian mission team traveling to Haiti (NA-096). They
will operate from the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission (NWHCM) March 10th
to 21st. Team members are Jan-HH4/K4QD, William-HH4/N2WB, Bill-HH4/W4WX and
Al-HH4/K3VN. The team will have three stations and when not working on
mission projects they will operate on all bands 160m through 6m and all
modes including PSK-31. QSL HH4/K4QD, HH4/W4WX and HH4/K3VN via CBA. QSL
HH4/N2WB via N2OO. [Tnx K4QD]
10/03/2003: Bill, VK4FW, reports that he will be on Fraser Island (OC-142)
to fix a communications link, around March 10th. He plans to be there for a
few days and nights. He will be busy, but if time permits Bill will be QRV
on CW. QSL direct only with greenstamp/irc to Bill Horner VK4FW, PO Box
1343, Maroochydore, 4558, Australia. [Tnx VK4FW]
11/03/2003: Look for Christian, DL6KAC, to be active as EA6/DL6KAC from
Mallorca Island (EU-004, DIE E-021) starting March 11th until April 10th.
Activity will be on 40 through 10 meters (maybe 80m). Mainly SSB, some RTTY
and/or PSK31. Antennas: Dipoles, maybe Inverted L for 80m. Power: 350 W.
Please note that this will be a holiday style operation. QSL via DARC
bureau
or direct (qrz.com). [Tnx DL6KAC]
11/03/2003: JR1KGF will be active as KH0/JR1KGF from Saipan (OC-086)
between March 11th and 13th. His activity will be on HF and 6 meters. QSL
via his home callsign. [Tnx OPDX]
11/03/2003: David, KY1V, will be active as VP5/KY1V from North Caicos
Island (NA-002) between March 11th and 18th. He states, "For the hams whom
would like more than just a signal report, I will be actively pursuing
short, meaningful QSOs from Whitby, North Caicos Island." QSL via KY1V.
[Tnx OPDX]
13/03/2003: Seiji, JH6RTO, will be active as T88FS from Palau (OC-009)
between March 13th and 17th. Operation will be 80 through 6 meter CW, SSB
and RTTY. He points out that there is wrong QSL information on the Web
clusters for both his 2001 and 2002 activities. The correct QSL route is
via
JH6RTO. His address can be found on the QRZ.com Web site or use: Seiji
Fukushima, 1182-2506 Hase, Atsugi-city 243-0036 Japan. [Tnx OPDX]
14/03/2003: G3OCA, 4F2KWT and other DU operators will be active March 14th
to 17th as 4D2C from the Cuyo Islands (OC-120). They plan to have two
stations on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB and CW, maybe with some WARC
activity as well. QSL via G3OCA (except for Russian stations, whose cards
will be handled by UA4SKW). All direct cards received for the 2002
expedition were mailed by the beginning of December 2002, cards received
recently are normally sent out next day. [Tnx 425DXN]
14/03/2003: Look for CA2WUI, XQ1ZW, XQ1IDM, CE1URH, CE1VLY, CE1RQB and
CE1FLS to be active as 3G1P from Pan de Azucar (SA-085, DICE ICE-102)
between March 14 and 17, 2003. They will operate 160 through 6 meters on
SSB, CW, PSK31, RTTY and maybe SSTV. QSL via XQ1IDM (Nicolas Herrera G.,
P.O. Box 345, Antofagasta, Chile). [Tnx 425DXN]
15/03/2003: Pascal, F5RZJ will sign HB0/F5RZJ/p between March 15th and
16th
from Liechstenstein. Look for him both CW and SSB from 80 to 10 meters.
Pascal will run 100 watts into a HF6V antenna. QSL via home call, direct
(Pascal Sotty, F5RZJ, Grand Champ, F-71130 Chassy, France) or bureau. [Tnx
F5NQL]
15/03/2003: Nik, HB9EAA, reports that he will be active from Aitutaki, S.
Cooks (OC-083) between March 15th and 22nd. He hopes to go on the air with
the callsign ZK1EAA, mainly on the CW mode. The license with the definitive
callsign will be known after his arrival on Rarotonga. Activity will be
mainly on CW on the following suggested frequencies: 14040, 21040 and 28040
kHz (+/- QRM). QSL via HB9EAA direct or via the bureau is OK. [Tnx OPDX]
17/03/2003: Five German operators, Irina (DL8DYL), Reinhard (DL8YRM),
Thomas (DL5LYM), Wolfgang (DL4WG) and Ralf (DL9DRA) will be active from
Tonga (OC-049) between March 17th and April 5th. Their callsigns and
bands/modes of activity were not provided. QSL Manager is DL8YRM. QSL via
the bureau or direct. [Tnx OPDX]
18/03/2003: Pyoungteak DX Club's members Han (DS2GOO), Son (DS3HWS), Chae
(DS5BSX) and Choi (6K2CLF) will be active as either homecall/4 and D90HE/4
from the Chuja Islands (AS-084) between March 18th and 24th. Operation will
be on 80 through 10 meter SSB and RTTY. QSL D90HE/4 via DS2GOO, others via
home call. [Tnx 425DXN]
19/03/2003: Pete (K8PT) and Craig (K3PLV) will be active as MJ/K8PT and
MJ/K3PLV, from Jersey (EU-013), between March 19th and 24th. They will be
operating SSB, CW and RTTY on all bands with concentration on the low
bands,
including 160 metres. QSL via home calls either direct or through the
bureau. [Tnx 425DXN]
20/03/2003: G3OCA, 4F2KWT and other DU operators will be active March 20th
to 26th as 4D2B from the Babuyan Islands (OC-092). They plan to have two
stations on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB and CW, maybe with some WARC
activity as well. QSL via G3OCA (except for Russian stations, whose cards
will be handled by UA4SKW). All direct cards received for the 2002
expedition were mailed by the beginning of December 2002, cards received
recently are normally sent out next day. [Tnx 425DXN]
20/03/2003: Take, JI3DST, will be active as JI3DST/6 from Miyako Island
(AS-079, Miyako-jima Hirara-City Okinawa-ken), between March 20th (07:00
UTC) and March 23rd (00:00 UTC). Activity will be on 40, 17, 15, 12, 10 and
6 meters, SSB. Take states he will be looking for Africa and South America
stations and DX stations on 6 meters. QSL ONLY via the bureau. [Tnx OPDX]
20/03/2003: Mariano, LU4EJ, will be active March 20th to 22nd as LU4EJ/D
from Martin Garcia Island (SA-055). Look for him around 3680, 7090, 14200,
21300, 28460 and 50110 kHz. QSL via LU4EJ, direct (Mariano Viva,
Independencia 1193, Mar del Plata 7600, Argentina) or via bureau. [Tnx
425DXN]
20/03/2003: Enrique, XE1IH (ex XE1LWY), Javier, XE1KOF, Jose, XE1ZJV, Jose
Luis, XE1YJL, and Juan Jose, XE1XNH, plan to be active as XF2IH from
Enmedio
Island in the Veracruz State South group (NA-???) and lighthouse (MEX-032)
between March 20th and 27th. Grid Loc: EK2bc, CQ zone 06, ITU zone 10. They
expect to operate CW (1825, 3530, 7030, 10115, 14040, 18098, 21040, 24910,
28040 and 50102 kHz) and SSB (1845, 3755, 7055, 14260, 18128, 21260, 24950,
28460, 28560 and 50145 kHz), with some PSK31. QSL via XE1IH (Enrique Garcia
Munive, P.O. Box 75-481, 07050 Mexico D.F., Mexico). [Tnx 425DXN]
21/03/2003: Henry (HR2HM), Eduardo (HR2EMC), Cesar (HR2CPS), Carlos
(HR2CSB), Byron (HR5LBR), Rene (HR5RJC) and Manuel (HR5MJC) will be active
as HQ8V from Cayos Vivorillos (Gracias a Dios Department group, NA-???)
from
around 22:00 UTC March 21st through around 12:00 UTC March 24th. They will
operate mainly on 40, 20, and 15 metres SSB. QSL via HR2CPS (Cesar Pio
Santos Andino, P.O. Box 747, 21105 San Pedro Sula, Cortes, Honduras). [Tnx
425DXN]
23/03/2003: Sigi, DL7DF, will be on holiday from Trinidad & Tobago as
9Y4/DL7DF between March 23rd and April 10th. Activity will be on all bands
CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV using a transceiver with a linear. [Tnx OPDX]
24/03/2003: Ronald PA3EWP, Dick PA3FQA and Rob PA5ET, all members of the
Low Land DX-pedition Team, will activate the Faroe Islands (EU-018) on all
HF bands 10-160 meter CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and some SSTV. They will have 2x
FT1000Mp's around the clock with 2 Alpha Amplifiers and will use 2 quads
for
10 through 30 meters, a vertical for 40 meters and the Titanex V80e and
V160e for 80 and 160 meter. The callsigns will be OY/homecall but we also
requested a local callsign for 80/160 meter and for the WPX SSB Contest
last
weekend in March in which we will participate. All QSL's will be handled by
the LLDXT QSL Manager PA5ET: Rob Snieder, Van Leeuwenstraat 137, 2273 VS
Voorburg, The Netherlands. The activity will take place between 24 March
and
3 April 2003. It is not likely they will have on-line logs unless it is
easy
to get an Internet account. [Tnx PA5ET]
26/03/2003: Brian, N6IZ, will be active as 3D2IZ from the Island of Namotu
(IOTA OC-121), Fiji, between March 26th and April 6th. Activity will be
80-10 meters, primarily on CW. QSL to home callsign. [Tnx OPDX]
27/03/2003: Ray, WQ7R, reports that he will be active as HQ9R from Roatan
Island (NA-057) during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 29-30) as a
Single-Op/All Band/Low Power entry. He expects to be on the air March 27th,
probably on SSB testing the antennas and rig. Again on the 28th, he will be
on SSB and CW, and on the 29th and 30th, he will be devoted to the contest.
After the contest, Ray will be on and very active until April 4th. As
mentioned, his contest callsign will be HQ9R, however before and after the
contest, he will sign WQ7R/HR9. All QSLs should go to his good friend Dick
Wolf, N6FF. [Tnx OPDX]
28/03/2003: Look for Harry, AC8G, to be active in the CQWW WPX-SSB Contest
(March 29-30) as a Single-Op entry from Grenada (NA-024). He has applied
for
a special callsign, possibly J37K or J3**. Activity outside of the contest
will be between March 28th and 31st, 15:00-23:00 UTC, on 20/15/10 meters
SSB. He will consider requests for 12/17 meters. QSL via AC8G. [Tnx OPDX]
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BITS & PIECES -
* FG/F6FXS, Pierre, had to QRT his Guadeloupe operation prematurely
(February 28th) due to the death of his mother. [Tnx F5NQL]
* Frangois, F8DVD is coming once more to Spitzbergen. He will stay from
April 20th to 24th in Longyearbyen, the main city of Spitzbergen. This
location is 780 North - IOTA EU-026, WAZ 40, Grid JQ78TF. Look for him as
JW/F8DVD from 80 to 10 meters SSB. QSL via home call either bureau or
direct
(SASE+postage). [Tnx F5NQL]
* John, F5VHQ * (ex OE5TGL) will be QRV from Senegal as 6W/F5VHQ between
April 19th and May 1st. Look for him on 40 to 10 meters SSB. QSL via F5VHQ.
[Tnx F5NQL]
* Kim, DS4BHW will be stationed on Cho Island (AS-060) for two years
starting in late March and plans to be active on 80-6 metres. QSL via
DS4BHW
either durect (Kim, P.O. Box 27, Sunchon, 540-600, South Korea) or through
the bureau. [Tnx 425DXN]
* Pascal, F5RZJ, will sign HB0/F5RZJ/p on March 15th and 16th from
Liechstenstein. Look for him both CW and SSB from 80 to 10 meters. Pascal
will run 100 watts in a HF6V antenna. QSL via home Call. If direct QSLing :
Pascal Sotty, F5RZJ, Grand Champ, F-71130 Chassy, FRANCE. Don't forget SASE
and postage. [Tnx F5NQL]
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* New Updated Islands List for Russian Robinson Award is available now at:
http://www.hamradio.ru/rrc/AWARDS/RRA/rra_new.asp . If you need your own
e-copy, send your request to Eugene, RZ3EC ([email protected]).
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* QSL Manager Ron, AC7DX, reports that he is now the new manager for both
LU1FKR and LT1F (an Argentine Contest station). [Tnx 425DXN]
* The QSL Manager for the VC2A cards (for the period June 15th to July
15th,
2001) should go to Jacques, VE2QK, (also the VE2 incoming QSL Bureau
Manager). He also responds to bureau cards. Send QSLs to: J. Dube VE2QK,
875 St. Severe St., Trois-Rivieres, PQ G9A 4G4 Canada. [Tnx 425DXN]
* Vasilij, RW6HS, reports that he is now the QSL Manager for EX2F
(ex-UM8FJ,
UM8MF and UN7GZ). [Tnx 425DXN]
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+ RX3DQU - SK +
RRC with the profound sadness inform you about the sudden passing of
Vladimir Lukjanchuk RX3DQU - RRC#629, who died in the plane crash on 01-st
of March. As a "Robinson", Vladimir was in the air mostly under Well-Known
RK3DZJ/1 Islands Team Callsign (2000-2001 years), and was managed to visit
8
Islands (4 RRA New Ones!!!). Mostly, because of his promotion, the team was
able to activate the Salmaludy Isls. RR-0225. Lets the Heaven will keep
him!
[Tnx WRC / RRA]
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73 and Good Hunting!