[South Florida DX Association] 425 DX News #661
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> 3 January 2004 No 661
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> *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
> **** DX INFORMATION ****
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> Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
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> The 425 DX News monthly edition (December issue) and the 425 DX News
> Index
> for 2003, both edited by Maurizio Bertolino (I1-21171/IZ1CRR), are
> now
> available at http://www.425dxn.org/, as well as the results of the 2004
> Most
> Wanted EU Survey (1001 voters).
>
> 1A0 - Francesco/IK0FVC along with I0JBL, IK0FTA and IK0PRG have
> been
> active as 1A0KM from the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
> (SMOM)
> since 2 January. Operations will continue until 5 January. They
> have
> set up two stations, one will concentrate on 15 and 20 metres
> while
> the other should be active on the other bands (with an empahisis
> on
> the low and WARC bands). Logs are expected to be available
> at
> http://www.sixitalia.org/1a0km/1a0km2004.htm after the end of
> the
> activity. QSL via IK0FTA.
> I (Mauro, I1JQJ) am neither a pilot station nor a team member,
> so
> please avoid inundating me with inquiries about operating
> schedules,
> etc. A special e-mail address ([email protected]) has
> been
> activated: write your call sign in the subject line, use
> ASCII
> format only, do not send attachments of any sort, refrain
> from
> sending any particular band/mode activity requests and refrain
> from
> asking "am I in log?" until after on line logs are published.
> 3B9 - Robert/F5VHN and Eric/K3NA have joined the Five Star
> DXers
> Association's "Project Star Reach", the large-scale DXpedition
> to
> Rodrigues Island (AF-017) [425DXN 653]. A multinational team of
> 29
> operators will be active on all bands and modes with up to
> fifteen
> high-power HF stations. Look for 3B9C to be QRV by 20 March;
> a
> gradual breakdown will start on 12 April, with the team due to
> leave
> the island on the 14th. Project Star Reach is seeking
> contributions
> from sponsors to help defray the costs of this DXpedition.
> For
> further information please visit http://www.fsdxa.com/3b9c
> 5V - Dany/F5CW, Franck/F4AJQ, Pascal/F5TVG, Pascal/F5JSD,
> Romain/F8BUI
> and Guenther/F5VHQ (OE5TGL) will be active as 5V7C from Lome,
> Togo
> on 6-12 March. They will operate on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and
> digital
> modes. QSL via F5TVG (Franck Savoldi, P.O. Box 92, 94223
> Charenton
> Cedex, France). For further information please
> visit
> http://5v7c.free.fr/les_newsleng.htm or e-mail [email protected]
> [TNX
> F5NQL]
> 9A - Milan, 9A4KF plans to operate from different locations in
> the
> Pakleni Islands (EU-016) during the weekends in January.
> Further
> information is available at http://www.inet.hr/9a6aa
> [TNX 9A6AA]
> BY - Harri, OH6YF is in Beijing (BY1) until 12 January and plans to
> be
> active on the amateur radio bands. He says he will post
> more
> information on his web site (http://www.oh6yf.com).
> C6 - Brian, ND3F will be active (on 10-80 metres CW, RTTY and SSB)
> as
> C6A/N3IQ from Abaco Island (NA-080), Bahamas on 2-10 January.
> QSL
> via ND3F. [TNX The Daily DX]
> FG - Pierre, F6FXS will be active once again as FG/F6FXS from
> Guadeloupe
> (NA-102, DIFO FG-001) between 14 January and 13 February. He
> will
> operate on 40, 30 20, 15 and 10 metres CW only with 30 watts into
> a
> long wire antenna. Look for him every day from 13 to 14 UTC
> and
> again from 22 to 24 UTC. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
> [TNX
> F5NQL]
> FO_aus - OH3JR, OH1AWW, OH6KN, OH9MDV, OH1RX and OH1RX [425DXN 660] will
> be
> active from Tubuai (OC-152), Austral Islands on 6-18 January.
> They
> will operate CW (1822, 3503, 7008, 10108, 14008, 18068,
> 21008,
> 24898, 28008 kHz), SSB (1845, 3790, 7050, 14195, 18145,
> 21295,
> 24945, 28495 kHz) and some RTTY, with an emphasis on the low
> bands
> and QSOs with Europe and US East Coast. Their equipment will
> include
> 1/2 element verticals for the low bands and yagis for the
> higher
> bands; plans are to have 2-3 stations active. QSL via OH9MDV,
> either
> direct (Kimmo Rautio, Sieppotie 10 as 1B, 90650 Oulu, Finland)
> or
> through the bureau. The web site for the operation is
> at
> http://personal.inet.fi/private/pcf2004/ (on line logs will
> be
> available). [TNX OH6KN]
> I - Alfredo, IK7JWX reports he will be signing IR7LH from
> various
> lighthouses during next weekend (3-4 January): Brindisi
> Lighthouse
> (WAIL PU-008, ARLHS ITA-107), Punta Torre Canne (WAIL PU-009,
> ARLHS
> ITA-150) and Brindisi/Casale (WAIL PU-015, ARLHS ITA-069). QSL
> via
> IK7JWX, bureau or direct. [TNX IK7JWX]
> OX - Frank, DL2SWW and Ric, DL2VFR will be active as OX/homecalls
> from
> Maniitsoq (Sukkertoppen) Island (NA-220) from around 18 UTC on
> 23
> April to around 18 UTC on 5 May. They will operate CW and SSB on
> as
> many bands as possible depending on propagation (no 6m activity
> is
> planned). QSL via home calls, bureau or direct. Further
> information
> is available at http://www.iota-expedition.com, where on line
> logs
> will be posted after the expedition. [TNX DL2VFR]
> PA - ON6UM, ON4LO, ON4LN and ON4BAG will be active (SSB and
> digital
> modes) again from Schouwen Duiveland (EU-146) on 19 January.
> [TNX
> ON6UM]
> V3 - Gerd/DJ4KW and Gisela/DK9GG will be active on 10-160 metres as
> V31YN
> (CW) and V31GW (RTTY) from Belize from 10 January through the end
> of
> February. On 2-6 February they will operate as V31YN/P (10-40
> metres
> CW only) from Lighthouse Reef (NA-123). QSL via home calls,
> direct
> or bureau. Logs will be available at http://www.qsl.net/dj4kw
> and
> http://www.qsl.net/dk9gg [TNX The Daily DX]
> XU - Hiroo, XW2A will be active as XU7AAA from Cambodia on 2-7
> January.
> QSL direct to P.O. Box 10003, Vientiane, Laos. [TNX JI6KVR]
> XU - Peter, NO2R will be active as XU7ACY from Sihanoukville, Cambodia
> on
> 5-12 January. He will operate on 160, 80 and 40 metres
> exclusively.
> QSL via K2NJ. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
>
> SOUTH SHETLANDS ---> Dominik, DL5EBE reports that Oleg, UA1PBA
> from
> Bellingshausen Station (R1ANF) has got verbal permission to operate
> again
> from the German Dallmann Laboratory on King George Island. Hopefully the
> call
> sign he used in 2003 (DP1ANF) will be issued again for an activity to
> take
> place in February-March.
> There are also plans to operate from the Chilean Ardley Refuge
> (Ardley
> Island), which, according to Dominik, "in some listings appears as
> 'German
> Penguin Laboratory'". Actually this Antarctic refuge (originally
> established
> by the former German Democratic Republic and taken over by the Alfred
> Wegener
> Institute for Polar and Marine Research) was activated only once by DL7VTS
> as
> DP1KGI (January-February 1995) under the unofficial and fictitious name
> of
> "German Penguin Laboratory", before being transferred to the
> Chilean
> Antarctic Institute in February 1997 (see WABA Directory 2003
> at
> http://www.ddxc.net). Further information on both the operations is
> expected
> in due course.
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> *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
> **** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
> ===========================
> Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
>
> 6M BEACON ---> Danny Ponce, WP4F reports that WP4F/B is active around
> the
> clock on 50091 kHz with 5 watts and a 5/8 vertical antenna. Danny is
> the
> Sysop of "El Faro DX Cluster" in San Juan, Puerto Rico
> (telnet
> wp4f.dns2go.com port 23), as well as the QSL manager for WP4DX (ARRL 10
> Meter
> Contest).
>
> DXCC NEWS ---> DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L reports that BQ9P
> (Pratas
> Island, 9-16 September 2003) has been approved for DXCC credit.
>
> GERMAN POSTAL RATES ---> Rolf, DL6ZFG reports that effective 1 January
> the
> postage for a regular letter from Germany to extra-European countries is
> EUR
> 1.55 (it used to be 1.50), which is not loger covered by 1 US$.
>
> QSL MANAGER SURVEY ---> This is a nomination process by DXers of the Top
> 5
> QSL Managers with whom they have had dealing with in 2003. "The purpose
> of
> this voting is to give at least a small 'thank you' to the work performed
> by
> QSL managers around the world", John, K1XN says. "They do not receive
> enough
> praise for the work they perform, nor are they respected enough by the
> DXers
> who benefit from their work". Please send the call signs of the 5 Best
> QSL
> Managers (in your opinion) for 2003 to [email protected]; the results of
> this
> survey will be given to N4AA for inclusion in the QRZ-DX bulletin.
> The
> deadline for voting is 1 February. [TNX K1XN and The Golist]
>
> QSL 1A0KM ---> The new QSL manager is IK0FTA (Sergio Roca, P.O. Box
> 7132,
> 00162 Roma Nomentano - RM, Italy). Requests without return postage, as
> well
> as those without a self-addressed envelope, will be processed, but cards
> will
> be sent via the bureau. Please refrain from sending QSLs for QSOs made
> in
> different years in the same envelope. QSL requests via e-mail will
> be
> ignored.
>
> QSL 9H1PF & P29KPH ---> Bill, K5YG is no longer the QSL manager for 9H1PF
> and
> P29KPH. Cards for 9H1PF should be sent direct, for P29KPH QSL per
> operator
> instructions. Bill has a few cards left for those QSLing direct with
> return
> postage or a green stamp. [TNX N5FG]
>
> QSL 9K2MU ---> Alan, WA4JTK would like to remind everyone that 9K2MU does
> not
> have any cards. QSLs are to be sent direct only to WA4JTK, who processes
> the
> requests as soon as logs are recieved from Kuwait. All cards are up to
> date
> as of 12 November 2003.
>
> QSL 9K9A ---> There was some confusion before, but it has been sorted
> out
> and, effective immediately, Tim/N9NU will be handling QSL duties for
> 9K9A
> (contest call for 9K2AI). Cards can be sent either direct (Tim Dickerson,
> 900
> Vincent Drive, Sandwich, IL 60548, USA) or via the bureau. Tim is the
> QSL
> manager also for KH6XT, 9K2AI, A92GE and YB0GJS (on line logs
> at
> http://www.n9nu.net/logsearch/logsearch.php); he has two additional
> slots
> open if anyone needs a manger. [TNX N9NU]
>
> QSL 9V0A & VP8PJ ---> Alan, VK4AAR is receiving e-mails and cards for
> 9V0A
> and VP8PJ simply because he is the manager for 9V1DX (the same operator
> in
> each case). Please note that the QSL routes for these operations have
> not
> been announced yet. "I will hold any cards that come to me for either
> of
> these Antarctic operations", Alan says, "and will honour them if I get
> the
> job". 9V1DX is expected to post the QSL information on his web
> page
> (http://www.geocities.com/vk0ld/1.html) when he returns to Singapore in
> a
> couple of weeks. [TNX VK4AAR]
>
> QSL EU-166 ---> Alfio, IT9EJW reports that all of the direct
> requests
> received so far for IT9EJW/P, IT9HLN/9 and IK8PGM/9 from Pietra di Patti
> (IIA
> ME-030, August 2003) have been processed and mailed.
>
> QSL FO/IT9YRE ---> Nando, IT9YRE reports that the direct cards for
> Maria
> Island (OC-264) will be mailed starting on 3 January, to let island
> chasers
> receive them before the IOTA annual update deadline.
>
> QSL TO4E & TO4WW ---> It will take a while before the cards are printed,
> so
> please be patient. Didier, F5OGL (the QSL manager for either TO4E and
> TO4WW)
> is receiving countless e-mails concerning errors in the on-line logs.
> Didier
> would like to assure the DX community worldwide that each QSL request will
> be
> scrutinized carefully and if gross logging mistakes are detected, they
> will
> be corrected. [TNX La Gazette du DX]
>
> QSL VK4WWI/P ---> Johan, PA3EXX reports that the QSL cards for his
> recent
> operation from Cato Reef (OC-265) are likely to be available in February.
> A
> few pictures and on-line logs are available
> at
> http://home.tiscali.nl/~su042021/
>
> QSL VIA LY2MM ---> Al, LY2MM reports that effective immediately he will
> no
> longer be able to receive any 4L1AE, 4L1W and 4L5T bureau cards, as
> the
> Lithuanian ARS now makes a charge for QSL management. "Direct QSLs are
> and
> will be processed promptly", he says, "but please, do not send any
> card
> through the Lithuanian QSL bureau".
>
> SURVEY ---> Jose, CT1EEB is carrying out an informal survey on the
> current
> band needs (160-6 metres) for Timor Leste (4W), Angola (D2), Sao Tome
> (S9),
> Mozambique (C9), India (VU). Let Jose know by
> e-mail
> ([email protected]) what bands you still need for these
> DXCC
> Entities.
> __
> ___________________________________________________________________________
>
>
> ===========================
> *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
> *** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***
> ===========================
> Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
>
> 1A0KM: On line logs for QSOs made with 1A0KM between 1994 and 1998
> are
> available at http://www.qsl.net/ik0hbn/log.htm; for QSOs made
> in
> the year 2000 please visit
> http://www.sixitalia.org/1a0km/1a0km.htm
> DX SPOTS: Rod Elliott, VE3IRF has collected the DX spots from the OH2AQ
> Web
> Cluster since January 1997. The collection - from January 1997
> up
> to Novembrer 2003 - is available at
> http://www.425dxn.org/dxspots/.
> UARL: UARL Secretary Vladimir I. Vakatov, UT1WA reports
> that
> http://www.uarl.com.ua is no longer the URL for the
> Ukrainian
> Amateur Radio League web site.
> _____________________________________________________________________________
>
>
> QSLs received direct or through managers: 3C0V, 3DA0TM, 3G1P
> (SA-085),
> 3XD02/P (AF-051), 4W2A, 4W2DN, 4W3DX, 5R8HA/P, 5W0UU, 5Z4BK, 7Q7CE,
> 7W4HI
> (AF-094), 7Z1SJ, 9K2MU, 9Y4/DL1MGB, A25AN, A35WG, A41MA/P (AS-112),
> A43GI
> (AS-119), A45WD, A52SM, A61AJ, BQ9P, C56TA, CY9A, D44TT, D4B, ET3PMW,
> EY8MM,
> FG/EA2RY, FO/DF6IC, FO/DL3GA, FO/G35WH/P, FO5QB (OC-046), FY5KE,
> HU1M/3
> (NA-190), J5UAT/P (AF-020), J8DX, JD1YAB, KH8/N5OLS, KM9D/KH8 (OC-200),
> MD4K,
> OA4BR, P29KM, P29KM/P, PT0F, PY0FF, RA6AU, RI1CGR (EU-133), RW6AWT,
> S9SS,
> SU9BN, SX9G (EU-187), T21MY, T32Z, T88ZX, UE1RRC/1 (EU-119), V63SXW,
> V63ZT,
> VK9CD, VK9XW, VP9/IK2RZP, VQ9LA, VU2RCR, WH2A, YA1BV, YJ0ONM, Z22JE.
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