Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: DX information (e-mail i1jqj@425dxn.org - BBS I1JQJ@I1YLM.IPIE.ITA.EU) Massimo Balsamo, IK1GPG: QSL Managers/QSL Routes (e-mail ik1gpg@425dxn.org - BBS IK1GPG@IW1BIM.IPIE.ITA.EU) Maurizio Bertolino, I1-21171: 425 DX News Web Pages (e-mail i121171@425dxn.org)
CX - Operators from Radio Club Oriental of Uruguay will be active (on 80,
40, 20, 10 and 2 metres) as CX4CA from Timoteo Dominguez Island
(SA-057) on 17-18 July. [TNX CX1ABD]
DL - Peter, DL4FCH will be active (mostly on CW on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80
metres) as DL4FCH/p from Pellworm Island (EU-042) between 17 July
and 6 August, IOTA Contest included. QSL via home call either direct
(Peter Niksch, Saalburgstr.4, 60385 Frankfurt, Germany) or through
the bureau. [TNX DL4FCH]
EA8 - Josep, EA3BT and Nuria, EA3WL will be active as EA8/home calls from
two lighthouses on Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (AF-004), namely De
Morro Jable (D-2797, from 13 UTC) on 10 July and De Punta Jandia
(D-2790, from 7.30 UTC) on the 11th. [TNX EA5OL]
G - On 14 July 1899 Guglielmo Marconi, while on board the Royal Navy
cruiser HMS Juno, reported he was picking up the first signals ever
received by a naval ship sent from the Needles Wireles Telegraphy
Station at Alum Bay some 87 miles away. West Wight Radio Society
will operate special event station GB100RN (Royal Navy) on 10 and 11
July from Alum Bay, Isle of Wight (EU-120) to commemorate the
occasion. [TNX Chiltern DX Club Digest]
HH - Bill, W4WX will be active (on 10-20 metres, mostly on RTTY) as
HH2/W4WX from Haiti (NA-096) between 13 and 19 July. QSL via W4WX.
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
HL - Lee, HL1IWD and YL operator Yumi, HL1MJV will be active (on 20
metres only with 100 watts and a dipole, mainly on CW) as 6M0HZ/2
from Tokchock Island (AS-90) between 18 and 20 July. QSL via HL1IWD
(all of the contacts will be confirmed automatically through the
bureau). [TNX HL1IWD]
I - Max, IZ5BTC will be active as IA5/IZ5BTC/p from Elba Island (EU-028,
IIA LI-001) between 10 and 30 July. [TNX IZ5BTC]
I - Alberto, IK0CNA plans to be active on either 11, 18 or 25 July from
Scoglio del Pirgo (IIA RM-001, not IOTA) and Scoglio dei Saraceni
(IIA RM-002, not IOTA). QSL via home call. [TNX IK0CNA]
I - Look for Carlo/IK6CAC, Stefano/IK6TOR, Lino/IZ0CCB, Alessio/IZ0CKJ,
Simon/IZ7ATN, Diego/IW0FTB and Paolo/IW0FT to be active on 2-40
metres (SSB and CW) as IL7/home call from the Tremiti Islands
(EU-050) between 16 and 18 July. They will try to operate from all
of the eight IIA islands in this group (Pianosa, IIA FG-004 on 17
July). QSL via home call or via IK6CAC. [TNX IK6CAC]
I - Claudio, I1SNW will be active as ID9/I1SNW from Vulcano (EU-017)
between 21 August and 4 September. He will also operate from other
IIA islands in the Eolie group. QSL via home call. [TNX I1SNW]
I - Riccardo, IK0YUJ will be active (CW and SSB on HF and 6 metres) as
IA5/IK0YUJ from Giglio Island (EU-028, IIA GR-002) between 29 August
and 9 September. QSL via IK0YUJ either direct (Riccardo Bruzzichini,
P. O. Box 59, 06012 Citta' di Castello - PG, Italy) or through the
bureau. [TNX IK0YUJ].
IS0 - Riccardo, IK2OCP will be active as IS0/IK2OCP from Orosei, Sardinia
(EU-024) between 2 and 27 August. QSL via home call. [TNX IK2OCP]
PY0_spp- A new DXpedition to St. Peter and St. Paul Archipelago (SA-014) is
being planned by Natal DX Group. Karl Leite, PS7KM and Pergentino
Andrade, PT7AA will join the Brazilian Navy crew on their next
voyage to the islands, which is scheduled to take place on late
September/early October. Plans are to operate as ZX0SK on SSB (QSL
via PS7KM) and ZW0SP on CW (QSL via PT7AA) for 10 days on 6, 12, 15,
17, 20, 40 and 80 metres, with an emphasis on the low bands. Further
information will follow in due course. [TNX PS7KM]
SV - Laci, HA0HW will be active as SV8/HA0HW/p from Kerkira (Corfu)
Island (EU-052) between 19 July and 2 August. Look for him on all
bands, WARC included, on CW, SSB and RTTY. He also plans to
participate in the IOTA Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX HA0HW]
SV9 - Michele, IK3ZQZ will be active as SV9/IK3ZQZ from Kissamos Island,
Crete (EU-015) between 12 and 22 July. QSL via home call either
direct (Mike Sfakianakis, Via Campagnolo 25, 35042 Este - PD, Italy)
or through the bureau. [TNX IK3JLS]
T9 - Andrea, IW2LLA will be active (on 2 and possibly 6 metres) as either
T9/IW2LLA or with a T9 call from Lukavica (JN93ET) between 7 and 17
August. QSL via home call. [TNX IW2LLA,
http://www.geocities.com/area51/crater/7321]
UA - Alex, UA0FCD, who was /p from Iturup Island (AS-025, RRC RR-15-04,
Log Search at http://www.qsl.net/ra0ff/) is back on Sakhalin
(AS-018). His equipment has been given to Vlad, UA0FAA, who expects
to be active for two weeks from Kunashir Island (AS-025, RRC
RR-15-05). [TNX RA0FF]
UA - Alex Goldenberg, UA0ZY reports he had many problems in organizing
the IOTA trip to Kambalny (Toporkov) Island (AS-???), which was
scheduled to take place on 3-6 July [425DXN 424]. According to his
latest release, the second operator (UA0ZAZ) has dropped of the
expedition and now Alex plans to be active (20 metres) as UA0ZY/p on
14-15 July. QSL via 4Z5AV (Michael Krimer, P.O. Box 2288, 88122
Eilat, Israel). Alex also reports he operated for some 8 hours on
28-29 June from Krasheninnikova Island (AS-095) - cards for this
operation should be sent to either 4Z5AV or RW3GW (amateurs from CIS
only). [TNX UA0ZY]
UA - UE6AAF will be active from from the lighthouse (WLH 1236) located on
Utrish Island in the Black Sea (RR 24 01, it does not count for
IOTA) between 14 and 20 July. QSL via UA6AF (Victor Kravchenko, P.O.
Box 33, Novorossiysk-22 353922, Russia). [TNX UA6AF]
UA - Look for RK3AWK/1, RU3BH/1 and RW3AMB/1 (the latter on 160 metres
only) to be active from Konevetc Island (RRC-19-01, it does not
count for IOTA) between 22 and 30 July. [TNX RW3AMB]
VE - Further reports from Didier, F5NZO indicate that he and Eric, F5SSM
[425DXN 425] also plan to be active for a few hours from NA-068 on
eiter 14 or 15 August. The operation from NA-038 is confirmed to
take place on 11-13 August. QSL via home calls. The Web page for
this trip is at http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Station/9368/
VK - Derek, F5VCR and Mal, VK6LC will be active as VK6ISL from Rottnest
Island (OC-164) between 17 and 19 July. QSL via VK6LC. [TNX F5VCR
and Islands On The Web]
W - Eddy, VE3CUI is active as VE3XZ/W4 from Ocracoke Island (NA-067)
until 11 July. QSL via the bureau to VE3CUI. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
W - Dave, KE8M will be active as KE8M/4 from Key West (NA-062) between
20 and 30 July. He will participate in the IOTA Contest on 10-40
metres CW. QSL via home call through the bureau. [TNX KE8M]
W - Jon, WB8YJF will be active (on 40-10 metres CW, RTTY and SSB) from
Ocracoke Island (NA-067, USI NC-001S) between 24 and 31 July, IOTA
Contest included. QSL via home call (Jon Severt, 5586 Babbitt Rd.,
New Albany, OH 43054, USA). [TNX WB8YJF]
ZK1_sc - Yoshi, JJ8DEN will be active (on 10-80 metres, WARC bands included,
CW and RTTY) from Mangaia Island (OC-159) between 30 July and 6
August. Due to power supply limitations on the island, he will only
operate between 5 and 24 local time. QSL via JJ8DEN. [TNX JA9IFF]
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<<< RSGB IOTA CONTEST (24-25 JULY) >>>
The following stations are expected to participate in this year's event [see
also 425DXN 405, 409, 411, 419, 421, 423, 424, 425, 426 - a summary list will
be published on Thursday, July 22nd]:
AS-080 - DS1BHE, DS1CJE, DS1CNO, DS1EON, HL1OJQ, HL1OYF, HL1TXQ and HL3ENE as
home call/3 from Anmyeon Island (DS1BHE/3 and HL1TXQ/3 will operate
CW, the others SSB only). Look for them to be active on 23-25 July
(40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB and CW) with three rigs, two
amplifiers and three beams. QSL via HL1OYF (Duk-Nam Kim, P.O. Box
54, Dong-Jack, Seoul 156-600, Korea). [TNX DS1BHE]
AS-105 - Lee/HL1IWD, Simon/HL2RU and Bae/HL2LBM as 6K0IS/2 from Songmo
Island. They will use a 3-element tribander and 100 watts on 10, 15
and 20 metres. QSL via HL1IWD (all of the contacts will be confirmed
automatically through the bureau). [TNX HL1IWD]
AS-107 - A group of operators from Thailand and Japan as HS2AC from Si Chang
Island. Look for them to be active until 28 July. [TNX The Daily DX]
EU-052 - Kiki, SV1BRL as SV1BRL/SV8 from Kefallinia (from where she will be
active through August). QSL via home call either direct or through
the French *** REF Bureau 33 *** (Kiki reports she is not a member
of RAAG any longer). [TNX SV1BRL]
EU-064 - F6FHO, F6OYU, F8CIO and others as TM5J from Noirmoutier Island. Look
for them between 22/23 and 25 July. QSL via F8CIO. [TNX F6AJA]
EU-071 - TF7GX (operated by Ulli, TF8GX and others [425DXN 401]) from the
Westman Islands. [TNX The Daily DX]
EU-081 - A group of French operators from Radio Club F6KFV (F1DPP, F1ORL,
F1UVN, F5JSK, F5LJA, F5OGG, F5TBA, F6DQM) as TM2F from a lighthouse
(WLH 0060) on Saint Marcouf Islands. QSL via F5LJA. [TNX F1UVN]
EU-098 - Manfred, DJ7RJ as DJ7RJ/p. QSL via home call. [TNX DX News Sheet]
EU-116 - Club station GD6IA from the Isle of Man. QSL to P.O. Box 1, Peel,
Isle of Man, British Isles. [TNX GD3UMW]
EU-132 - SP6AZT, SP6CZ, SP6ECA, SP6TPM and DJ0IF/SP8RX as SN6F/1 from Wolin
Island (EU-132). QSL via SP6ECA. [TNX SP6ECA and SP6TPM]
EU-136 - OL5T Contest Team (OK1MD, OK1TC, OK1DJG, OK1FLM, OK1HSK, OK1ILP) and
9A3EO as 9A0A from Kornat Island. QSL via OK1FLM. [TNX OK1FLM]
NA-065 - Fred, N6FD from Fidalgo Island. QSL direct to Fred Deeg, P.O. Box
1694, Anacortes, WA 98221, USA. [TNX N6FD]
NA-067 - Special event station N4H from Hatteras Island to commemorate the
moving of the lighthouse. Operations will take place between 23 and
25 July (CW during the contest, SSB before and after the event). QSL
via KO4PY. [TNX The Daily DX]
OC-164 - John, VK6NU as VK6NU/p from Rottnest Island. He plans to be active
between 21 and 27 July. QSL via home call either direct or through
the bureau [TNX VK6NU and Islands On The Web]
SA 008 - LU8XW (Radio Club Ushuaia) from Tierra del Fuego. QSL to P.O. Box
58, 9410 Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. [TNX LU6XTA]
SA-081 - Gerard, HK3JBR (F2JD) and Pedro, HK3JJH as 5K8T from El Morro.
Operations are due to start on 23 July. QSL via F6AJA. [TNX F6AJA]
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IARU HF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ---> The following stations are expected to
participate in this year's event (10-11 July, see also 425DXN 426):
- Jun, JH4RHF from 4U1VIC at the Vienna International Centre. QSL via the OE
bureau. [TNX JH4RHF]
- Victor, 9V1BH and James, 9V1YC as 9V9HQ (SARTS HQ station). QSL via AA5BT.
[TNX 9V1YC]
- The Philippine Amateur Radio Association HQ station DX1HQ hosted by the
Philippine DX Foundation. QSL via PDXF, P.O. Box 2000 QCCPO, 1160 Quezon
City, Metro Manila, Philippines. [DU1SAN]
- Igor, UR5LCV as EM5HQ (UARL HQ station). QSL via UR5LCV.
- Operators from Nicosia Contest Group as H2Q (CARS-Cyprus Amateur Radio
Society HQ). QSL cards will be sent automatically thorugh the bureau. [TNX
5B4MF]
- Gianfranco, IK0ZME as IR0F. QSL via IK0ZME either direct (Gianfranco
Fabroni, P.O. Box 22, 03036 Isola del Liri - FR, Italy) or through the
bureau. [TNX IK0ZME]
- Mauro, IV3HAX as IQ3X. QSL via bureau to either IQ3X or IV3SKB, direct to
IV3HAX (Mauro Lizzi, P.O.Box 1, 33034 Fagagna - UD, Italy).
- Alfredo, IK7JWX as IQ7J (single operator SSB). QSL via home call. [TNX
IK7JWX]
- Enzo, I7PXV as IU7X (single operator CW). QSL via home call. [TNX IK7JWX]
- Berghem Contest Club (I2CZQ, I2IFT, I2MQP, IK2ANI, IK2CIO, IK2GSN, IK2GZU,
IK2HKT, IK2PFL, IK2RZP, IK2SAU, IK2WZV, IK2XRW, IK2XSL, IK2YYS) as IY2ARI
(Multi-Multi, ARI HQ station). QSL via bureau. [TNX I2IFT]
- Gilles, F6IRA and others as TM0HQ (Multi-Multi, REF HQ station). QSL via
F6KNB (please note that all of the contacts will be confirmed automatically
through the bureau). [TNX F6IRA]
- Edwin, ZS5BBO as ZS5T. QSL direct only to ZS5BBO (P.O. Box 211032, Bluff
4036, South Africa). [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
1999 MUSEUM SHIP SPECIAL EVENT ---> Sponsored by the USS Salem Radio Club
(K1USN, QSL via W1QWT), it will take place between 13.30 UTC on 17 July and
19.00 UTC on the 18th. As of 27 June 39 museum ships from US, Great Britain,
Germany, Australia, Canada, Denmark and Russia were expected to be activated.
A certificate will be issued to anyone who contacts at least five of the
participating ships. Full information is available at
www.ziplink.net/~rcal/salem/ops.html
CLIPPERTON DX CLUB ---> This year the Clipperton DX Club's Convention will be
held on 18-19 September at Mulhouse Sausheim. For further information visit
http://www.multimania.com/cdxc/
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO ---> Patrick, F6BLQ reports the e-mail address
for the newly established amateur radio national society of the Democratic
Republic of Congo (ARAC) [425DXN 425] is aracongo@altavista.net (the correct
fax number is 00 1530 660 6733). The first general meeting of ARAC took place
on 3 July and officers were elected.
IOTA CONTEST 1999 ---> Paul, EI5DI has produced the new version (9.38) of
Super Duper IOTA for the IOTA Contest. It will be available, by Monday 12
July, as freeware from http://www.ei5di.com and will require a 486 or better.
[TNX EI5DI]
QSL D44BS ---> Samuel Pimenta, CT1EEN is *not* and has never been the QSL
manager for Angelo, D44BS. Sam operated from D44BS between 1 and 8 August
1995, and has the logs for this operation only. [TNX CT1EEN]
QSL IY4FGM ---> QSL manager IK4QJH reports he has run out of cards, please be
patient until the new cards are printed. Please note that contacts made
between 25 January and 31 December 1999 will be confirmed with special QSL
cards which will be printed next year - do not send duplicates.
SSTV ACTIVITY CONTEST ---> The 22th SSTV activity contest will take place
between 1 and 31 August. Further information is available from Danny Van
Tricht, ON4VT either by e-mail (ON4VT@ping.be) or on his Web site at
http://www.ping.be/on4vt/ [TNX ON4VT]
SUMMER CAPITAL AWARD ---> The Parnu County Amateur Radio Club of ERAU
sponsors the Summer Capital Award for contacts made with ES8 stations between
22 June and 23 August. Full information is available from the Award Manager
ES8ABX (es8abx@ph.ee; P.O.Box 95, Parnu 80002, Estonia) and at
http://www.ppnet.ee/sc_award.htm [TNX ES8ABX]
YASME AWARD MANAGER ---> Contrary to what reported by IK1GPG in last week's
bulletin, Randy Wright, W6CUA is *NOT the QSL Manager* for the YASME QSLs,
which still go the Yasme Foundation, P.O. Box 2025, Castro Valley, CA 94546,
USA. The correct information [425DXN 424] is that Randy, after the passing of
the late W0MLY, is the new Yasme Award Manager. IK1GPG apologizes for any
inconvenience his misunderstanding may have caused our readers.
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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
DCE: Full information on the Diploma Castillos de Espana (Castles of
Spain Award) is available at http://www.arrakis.es/~solfa [TNX
EA7GYJ]
HL0ZX/4: Logs for the recent operation from Pigum Island (AS-060) are
available at http://hl0zx.inha.ac.kr QSL to HL0ZX, Inha
University A.R.C., Yonghyun-dong, Nam-ku, Inchon, Korea [TNX
HL1TMU]
IIA: Marco, IK0QOB has prepared the new realease (2.4) of the
software for the Italian Island Award. It is available at
http://www.grisnet.it/crazy (where you can also find the
software for ILIA, the Italian Lake Islands Award). For those
who do not have access to the Web, both the programmes are
available free of charge from Crazy Dx Group, P.O. Box 11,
04011 Aprilia - LT, Italy (please send one or two formatted
disks + postage in a self addressed padded envelope). [TNX
Crazy DX Group, crazy@grisnet.it]
INORC: The Web site for Italian Naval Old Rhythmers Club is at
http://www.qsl.net/inorc [TNX IZ0AEX]
IREF: The Web page for the Island Radio Expedition Foundation, Inc.
is at http://www.sat.net/~iref/
LOGS: Doug, N6RT reports the following new/updated logs are now
available at http://dx.qsl.net/logs
3A2LZ (December 1990 through May 1996)
4K9W (through 23 June)
C56A (October 1998)
C56T (1998 CQWW SSB Contest)
CQ2S (April 1999)
DS5DNO (through 29 June)
DU1ODX (through 29 June)
F/G0GRC (IOTA EU-107, June 1999)
JW9PJA (through 1 March)
VQ9CV (through 3 July)
VQ9GB (through 29 June)
XE1JEO (through 4 July)
YC0LOW (through 3 July)
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QSL received via direct: 3A92GE, 3DA5A, 3V8BB, 3W6KA, 3W6LI, 3Z9JPG
(SP9KAG), 4L4MM (ON4CFI), 4Z1GY, 5N0/OK1AUT, 5T5U, 9A1CZZ/P (EU-110), 9J2PI,
9K2GS, 9M2ZA, 9N7UD, A35RK (W7TSQ), AP2JZB, AP2NK, BA1CO (W3HC), BV4QW, BV9A
(AS-103), BY1DX, C31SD, CM6YI, K9AW/DU6 (OC-129), E41/OK1DTP, E44DX (OH2BN),
E44/HA1AG, EA1HP/p (DIE N-165), EP2MKO, ER1DA, ET3VSC, F6ELE/P (EU-156),
FG5FR (F6FNU), FK8HC, FO5QG (XE1L), FO0MAC (K8OU), FO0PAP (K8OU), FR5HR,
FR5ZQ/G, FR5ZU/T, FT5ZH, H40OO, H44OO, HK3JJH/0M, HK3JJH/4, HS0/IK4MRH,
JT1DA, JT1Y (I0SNY), JX7DFA (LA7DFA), JY5HX, AA1NY/KH0, KP2D (KP2N),
KP2/VE5RA, LU1ZC, MD/DL7URH, NH0E, OD5SE (RW6HS), P3A (W3HNK), PY0FF (W9VA),
S07UN, S79AG, T22KJ, T22TK, T22VE, T32RT (W6UC), T95A, TF3AO, TR0A/p
(AF-043),UA0BY/a (RW6HS), V85QQ/p (OC-184), VK4CAY (OC-138) (G3ZAY), VK4CAY
(OC-172) (G3ZAY), VK4CAY (OC-227) (G3ZAY), VK4CAY/5 (OC-228) (G3ZAY), VK4YN/p
(OC-142) (VK4FW), VK6ISL (OC-183), VP2VF, VR6BG, XU2ZP (LA2ZP), XX9TRR,
YB0DX, YC5YAS (OC-075), Z2/VK3DXI, ZF2DR, ZK2GEO, ZL9CI, ZS6IR, ZY0SW.
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