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<< CHESTERFIELD ISLANDS >>>
The amateur radio society of New Caledonia (Association des Radio Amateurs de
Nouvelle Caledonie, ARANC) is organizing a DXpedition to the Chesterfield
Islands (OC-176). Activity will start on 15 March and, pending action on
ARANC's application to the IARU for membership, the second phase of the
operation may turn out to be the initial operation from a new DXCC entity,
starting on 23 March. The radio operating team consists of FK8GM, FK8HC,
JA1BK, N4GN, N7NG, OH1RY, OH2BC, OH2BH, OH2RF and another ARANC
representative who will be named later. The Chesterfield DXpedition web site
will be launched on 1 January 2000 [TNX N4GN]
5H - Chris, ZS5IR is active as 5H9IR from Geita, Tanzania, a small town
about 80 kilometres west of Mwanza on the southern shores of lake
Victoria. He will try to operate on most bands (3.5 MHz and above)
on SSB and CW. The 5H4IR call was issued to him by mistake:
however, the QSOs he has made with this call (some 200 contacts
made before 10 UTC on 24 December) will be valid. QSL via ZS6EZ.
[TNX 5H9IR]
5R - Michel, F5LET has now moved to Madagascar (AF-013) and is active as
5R8GL. He currently operates (mostly CW, SSB on request) on 10, 15
and 20 metres with a beam, hopefully antennas for WARC and low
bands will follow. QSL direct only to Michel Bon, BP 342, 201
Antsiranana, Madagascar (do not use his old address in France!).
[TNX F6IRA]
9A - Look for special Millennium station 9AY2K to be active between 1
January and 31 December 2000. QSL via 9A1A (P. O. Box 108, HR-10001
Zagreb, Croatia). [TNX 9A9A]
C5 - Peter, G4MCK will be signing C56/G4MCK from The Gambia starting on
24 December for twelve days. He plans to be active on 80-10 metres
SSB only (160 and 6 metres operaions depend on the antenna). QSL
via G4MCK either direct or through the bureau. [TNX G0SAH]
CE0_ei - Willy, ON5AX will be active as as CE0Y/ON5AX from Easter Island
(SA-001) between 19 and 25 February. Look for him on 14.020 and
14.120 MHz during his evening hours (other HF bands might be
possible on request). QSL via ON5AX (Willy Dellaert, Leemstraat 95,
B 2910 Essen, Belgium). [TNX ON5AX]
ER - Victor, ER1CW reports the following special Millennium calls are
being aired from Moldova until 20 January:
ER2000A (QSL via ER1DA: P.O. Box 3000, MD-2071 Chisinau, Moldova)
ER2000B (QSL via ER1BF: P.O. Box 3250, MD-2044 Chisinau, Moldova)
ER2000C (QSL via ER5AA: P.O. Box 10, MD-3903 Cahul-3, Moldova)
ER2000D (QSL via ER4DX: P.O. Box 3351 MD2044, Chisinau, Moldova
ER2000F (QSL via ER1FF: P.O. Box 270, MD-2043 Chisinau, Moldova)
ER2000L (QSL via ER1LW: P.O. Box 112, MD-2012 Chisinau, Moldova)
ER2000O (QSL via ER1OO: P.O. Box 328, MD-2002 Chisinau, Moldova)
ER2000U (QSL via ER1AU: P.O. Box 270, MD-2043 Chisinau, Moldova)
F - Herve, F5RMY and others will be active as TM5CRO from Porquerolles
Island (EU-070) between 29 January and 5 February. Plans are to
operate on 10-160 metres, plus 2 metres and 70 centimetres from
rare JN32 (for skeds on the latter bands please e-mail
clarenne@club-internet.fr or f1mbm@wanadoo.fr). QSL via F5RMY. [TNX
F5RMY]
FT5Y_ant- Philippe, FT5YG will going QRT in January, but will be replaced by
FT5YH at Dumont D'Urville (Les Petrels, AN-017). [TNX DL5EBE]
HL - Look for operators from HL0C (http://www.qsl.net/hl0c) to be active
(on 80, 40, 20 and 15 metres CW, SSB and RTTY) from the Soan
Islands (AS-085) between 31 December and 5 January. QSL via HL0C
(Hanyang University Wave Research Club, CPO Box 4397, 100-643
Seoul, Korea). [TNX HL0C]
HR - Gerard, F2JD/HK3JBR is currently active as HR5/F2JD from Honduras
[425DXN 449] until 4 January. On 5 January he will leave for Sao
Paulo (Brazil), where he expects to remain for four months at
least. [TNX F6AJA]
I - Special Millennium and Jubilee Year station IU0PAW [425DXN 442]
will now be active through 31 March and possibly until the end of
2000. They will try to be active on 31 December on 40 metres SSB.
QSL via IK0SHF. A web site is under construction at at
http://www.qsl.net/iu0paw [TNX IK0SHF]
I - Special event station IR0MFP ("Millennium For Peace") will be
active between 30 December and 2 January. QSL via IK0AZG either
direct (Gian Federico Madruzza, P.O. Box 197, 06126 Perugia - PG,
Italy) or through the bureau.
I - Special call II0CV will be aired on January-December 2000 to
celebrate the 2000th anniversary of the town of Civitavecchia. QSL
via IK0CNA. A certificate will be available, for further
information please contact Alberto, IK0CNA at
Alberto_Carli@port-of-rome.org [TNX IK0CNA]
JA - Takeshi, JI3DST/7N3UXO plans to operate as JI3DST/6 and 7N3UXO/6
from Tokara Archipelago (AS-049) between 29 December and 9 January.
QSL via JI3DST either direct (Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-Cho
Abeno-Ku, Osaka-City Osaka 545-0021, Japan) or through the bureau.
[TNX JI3DST]
KP2 - Toshi, JA8RUZ will be active (on CW and SSB moslty on WARC and 10
metres) as KH2Y/KP2 from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (NA-106) on 2-7
January. QSL via JA8RUZ (Toshi Kawanishi, C.P.O. Box 166,
Asahikawa, 070-8691 Japan). [TNX JA8RUZ]
R1A_ant - According to Anna, US4LCW, Evgenij (currently R1ANB/A) is expected
to start operating as R1ANC from Vostok base [425DXN 447] around 31
December. [TNX DL5EBE]
T8 & V6 - Hide, JM1LJS has had to change his plans [425DXN 447] and will now
be active as V63LJ from Ponape (OC-010), Micronesia for a few hours
only on 31 December, before his licence expires. If he has it
renewed he will operate until 4 January. He will then move to Palau
(OC-009) and operate as T88LJ for some 24 hours on 4-5 January
(however will be on the island until 10 January). QSL via JH8DEH
(Akira Miyata, 4-28-5, Minami Nishi 23 Jyou, Obihiro 080-2473,
Japan). [TNX JM1LJS]
T9 - Bob, G4YRZ will be active as T9/G4YRZ from Bosnia between 26
December and 4 January. QSL via G4YRZ. [TNX The Daily DX]
TZ - The Daily DX reports that Larry, TZ6VV and Trish, TZ6YL will be
going QRT from Mali around 1 April 2000 after serving as
missionaries for over ten years. QSL until 1 March 2000 to Larry
and Trish Erwin, BP 395, Segou, Mali; after that date send the
cards to KB0VV (Larry Erwin, 3850 Willomet Ave., Fort Worth, TX
76133, USA).
UA - Igor, RW4HT will be active as UE4HNY (CW) and UE4HNT (SSB and CW)
between 25 December and 14 January to celebrate the New Year. QSL
via RW4HT (Igor A. Likhobabin, P.O. Box 1220, Togliatti, 445032,
Russia).
VE - Terry, VE2PJ he will be active as VC2K from 31 December through 31
January. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
VK - The New South Wales Division of the Wireless Institute of Australia
will be running the special event station VK2OOO between 1 January
and 31 December to celebrate the Olympic Games being held in
Sydney. [TNX The Daily DX]
VK0_mac - Alan, VK0LD has announced that "For various reasons, VK0LD will be
permanently QRT from Macquarie Island as of 1200z 31st December
1999". His operating schedule for this coming week is as follows
(see http://www.geocities.com/vk0ld/3.html):
27 Dec: 9-11 UTC tx 14003-rx 14008 kHz JA/HL/UA0/UA9 only
28 Dec: 9-11 UTC tx 14026-rx 14031 kHz USA/VE only
29 Dec: 9-11 UTC tx 14003-rx 14008 kHz EUROPE only
30 Dec: 5-7 UTC tx 14155-rx 14147 kHz EUROPE only
30 Dec: 9-11 UTC tx 14155-rx 14165 kHz VK/ZL/P2/H4/FK/YJ etc. only
After suggestions from some EU stations, Alan will work Europe (on
both CW and SSB) by prefix number. "I will close down if on-air
protocol is not observed", Alan states. "I can deal with unruly
pile ups if necessary, I just don't see why I should. Don't call me
if I am not listening for your area/country; you are wasting both
my time & your own". VK0LD's logs will NOT be available on line.
QSL route to be announced (Alan neither has nor needs a QSL manager
and "QSL cards are very unlikely to be issued before December
2000"). For further information, please refer to the URL above.
XU - Mauro, IN3QBR and Fabrizio, IN3ZNR [425DXN 449] report from Phnom
Phen they have been granted permission to operate on all bands (160
metres excluded) CW, SSB and RTTY. Look for them to be active as
XU7AAZ and XU7AAY until 3 January. QSL via IN3ZNR (Fabrizio
Vedovelli, Via Gramsci 27, 38100 Trento - TN, Italy).
W - Dick, K2ZR plans to be active from Key West (NA-062) between 25
December and 15 April. [TNX The Daily DX]
YO - Romanian Amateur Radio Federation (FRR) will activate special
Millennium station YR2OOO (Yankee Radio Two Oscar Oscar Oscar)
between 27 December and 2 January. QSL via bureau. [TNX YO3APJ]
ZA - Stan, OK1JR will be working in Albania for a few years and has just
received his amateur radio licence. He plans to operate on 2-160
metres. QSL direct to OK1JR (Stan Matejicek, Moskevska 1464, CZ
10100 Praha 10, Czech Republic). [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
ZL - QRZ-DX reports that Ed, K8VIR will be active as ZM4IR from a
mountain top location on 1 January to celebrate the New Year.
Special card via W8WC. Contacts made in January with stations from
New Zealand will score three points towards IOTA 2000.
PACIFIC TRIP ---> Adriano, IK2GNW will start his Pacific Tour [425DXN 449]
earlier than expected. Look for him signing ZK1GNW from the North Cook
Islands for one week starting on 13 January. One-week operations will then
took place from French Polynesia (FO0PRE, to be confirmed), Austral Islands
(ditto), Tonga (A35NW), Wallis & Futuna (FW/IK2GNW) and Hawaii (KH6/IK2GNW).
Actual dates depend on local flights. Operating fequencies (CW, SSB and RTTY)
are available at http://digilander.iol.it/i2ysb. QSL via I2YSB either direct
(Silvano Borsa, Viale Capettini 1, 27036 Mortara - PV, Italy) or through the
bureau. [TNX I2YSB]
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IOTA 2000: RULE CHANGE ---> Neville Cheadle, G3NUG reports that "following
requests from the IOTA community new IOTAs activated in both 1999 and 2000
will count for IOTA 2000 awards. The listing of islands on the CDXC web site
will be updated as new IOTAs are activated". If you have downloaded the list
available at http://www.425dxn.org/iota/iota2000, please add the following:
AF-080 E3 RED SEA COAST NORTH MAY
AF-081 E3 RED SEA COAST SOUTH MAY
AF-082 3C RIO MUNI PROVINCE JUN
AF-083 3V MED. COAST SOUTH JUN
AS-141 BY5 ZHEJIANG PROVINCE FEB
AS-142 UA0 SEA OF OKHOTSK COAST JAN
AS-143 BY7 XISHA ARCHIPELAGO MAR
OC-227 VK4 QLD. STATE (CARP. GULF) SOUTH FEB
OC-228 VK5 SA STATE EAST FEB
OC-229 VK8 NT (ARAFURA SEA COAST) CENTRE FEB
OC-230 VK9 WA OUTLIERS-ROWLEY SHOALS MAR
There will be two awards for individuals or teams activating IOTA groups in
2000 - please refer to http://www.cdxc.org.uk for detailed information. The
full list of IOTA groups falling into January activity month will be
published in 425 DX News #452.
M2000A ---> This special call will be aired between 31 December 1999 and 29
February 2000 to celebrate the Millennium from the Greenwich Meridian [425DXN
439]. QSL via G4DFI (SWLs via BRS-32525). Special colour certificates will be
available for working M2000A on 5 or more bands and for working/hearing
M2000A during the first 24 hours of operation. For further information please
contact Clare, RS102891 at brs32525@compuserve.com The web site is at
www.qsl.net/m2000a [TNX BRS-32525]
PIRATE ---> Amin, 9M2AA reports someone has pirated his calls signing
9M2A/1S, 9M2AA/1S, 9M2A/MM and 9M2AA/MM on CW. "I never operated from Spratly
Islands (Layang-Layang) or maritime mobile as claimed", Amin states.
Malaysian stations do not use /1S from Spratly.
PS8HF/p ---> He was active for 24 hours this past weekend from Pedra do Sal
Lighthouse (DFB PI-03) on Grande de Santa Isabel (SA-025, DIB 19). QSL via
home call. [TNX PP5SZ]
QSL 5B4/UT7QF ---> Cards are via UA9AB or direct to UT7QF (Igor Serikov, P.O.
Box 4597, Zaporozhye 69006, Ukraine) [TNX UT7QF]
QSL FM5GU ---> Dennis, FM5GU (http://www.qsl.net/fm5gu) reports his cards are
now handled by KU9C (Steven M. Wheatley, P.O. Box 5953, Parsippany, NJ 07054,
USA). Dennis' station in Martinique is still down, but he plans to restore
the antennas in time for the WPX Phone. He is also active as FM5GU/I when
working in Italy.
QSL LA8G & TY8G ---> The new address for Radioamatorklubben P35 (LA8G and
TY8G) is Postboks 941, Sentrum, N-7409 Trondheim, Norway. [TNX LA9GY]
QSL T32PO ---> Sean, AH6KG (ex-NH6PO) used the call T32PO while on Christmas
Island back in 1989 and some DX sources still list NH6PO as QSL manager for
T32PO. Please note that the correct route for contacts made with T32PO in
November 1999 is via N5PO (Lee Ward, 203 Meandering Way, Weatherford, Texas
76086-2731, USA).
QSL TM5G ---> The QSL manager for this IOTA operation (Glenan Islands, 1999
IOTA Contest) is *not* F5LJA, but F5LMJ (Alain Tuduri, 25 rue de Jussieu,
44300 Nantes, France). [TNX F5LMJ]
QSL ZF2AR ---> The QSL manager for QSOs before 11 December 1998 is W4KA. For
contacts made from 11 December 1998 cards should be sen to N6KI (Dennis
Vernacchia, 8993 Covina St, San Diego, CA 92126, USA). [TNX N6KI and The
GoList]
QSL ZS6AOO ---> Jose Almeida, ex-ZS6AOO is definitively back home in
Portugal. Although he still does not have a CT call, he will handle the cards
for the calls he used when in South Africa, namely ZS6AOO,ZS66AOO, ZS88AOO,
ZS500A, ZSM6A and ZSM9A. Cards should not be sent to WA3HUP any longer.
Please send your requests (direct only) to Jose Manuel Almeida, Azinhaga da
Cidade, Lote A1 - 6 C, 1750 Lisboa, Portugal. [TNX CT4NH]
WLH ---> Phil, F5OGG reports the latest additions to the list of valid
operations include TX8LH (Amedee Lighthouse, LH 0147, 22-23 August 1999, QSL
via VK4FW) CT1BWW/p and CT1XI/p (Bugio Lighthouse, LH 0647, 22 August 1999,
QSL via CT1BWW). For information on the World Lighthouse Award (WLH) please
visit http://www.infini.fr/~tquere. The updated list of lighthouses is
expected by the end of January.
+ SILENT KEY + We are sad to report the news of the sudden passing of Geppino
Mauro, IB0JN (aka I8JN, J28AZ, 9J2ML, FL0JN/P) on 21 December. He was the
only resident amateur on Ventotene Island and old timer IOTA enthusiasts
still remember his operation from AF-053 back in the Seventies. [TNX I8LEL]
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LOGS: Logs for the 24-30 November T32PO operation (CQWW CW Contest
included) can be found at http://www.dx-central.com [TNX
KE9KD]
LOGS: Doug, N6RT reports the following new/updated logs are now
available at http://dx.qsl.net/logs:
9H0VRZ (through 10 October), A61AJ (through 7 December), CO2WF
(1999 ARRL 10m Contest), JY4NE (through 21 December), KL7AC
(through 20 December), LX2AJ (through 19 December 19), NH0E
(through 21 December).
THE DAILY DX: The Daily DX Web pages have been updated. Back issues from 17
March 1997 through 30 October 1999 can be viewed at
http://www.dailydx.com/1997/
http://www.dailydx.com/1998/
http://www.dailydx.com/1999/
The QSL manager listing has also been updated and can be found
at http://www.dailydx.com/qslmanager.txt [TNX W3UR]
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QSL received via direct: 3A/IK1YLL, 3C1GS, 3C2JJ (AF-082), 3D2DK, 3D2RR,
3D2RW, 3D2SJ, 3W5FM, 3V8BB, 3V8DJ (AF-083), 3W6AR, 3W6DK, 3XY1BO, 4J4K,
4J9RI, 4M7A, 4S7DA, 4S7OF, 5A1A, 5A30, 5H3US, 5N0ZKD, 5R8FU, 5W1CW, 5X1Z,
5Z4IC, 5Z4RT, 6V6U, 7A0K (OC-177), 9A2000B (EU-110), 9G1MR, 9G5MF, 9H1ZA,
9J2BO, 9K2QQ, 9M2/GM4YXI (AS-097), 9M6NA (OC-133), 9N7RN, 9U5D, 9V1BG, 9V1WW,
9X0A, 9Y4/PA3EWP, A35SO (OC-049), A45XJ, A45XR, A61AO, A61AP, BA7IA/7, BV2RS,
BV4QW, BV5GQ, BY4CYL, CE0AA, CE0ZIS, CE3F, CP6/LU9AY, CP6XE, CU3DJ, CY9CWI,
CY9RF, CY9SS, DX1E, E4/JA8RUZ, E41/OK1DTP, E41/OK1FHI, E44/JA8RUZ, EJ7NET,
EM1LV/p, EP2MKO, ER8C, ES1TM, ET3VSC, EU1TT, EY8MM, EZ8AQ, F5SNY/P (EU-074,
EU-105), F5SNY/P (EU-157), FG5EY, FG/G3TXF, FK8GM, FK/F6BUM (OC-032, OC-033),
FO0SUC (OC-066), FR5FD, FS/N3OC, FT5YG (AN-017), FT5ZH, FT5ZJ, FY5GS, GD3AHV,
GJ3YHU, H76C, HB0/DL2HYH, HC8N, HK136P, HK3JBR, HL0IHQ/2 (AS-122), HL2WA,
HS9AL (AS-126), HU4U, IK7VJX/7 (IIA LE-037), IL7/IK7VJX (EU-050), IS0LYN/IM0
(EU-024; IIA NU-006), IS0LYN/IM0 (EU-165), IQ7T, IT9/I1SNW (EU-017; IIA
ME-010, ME-028, ME-035), IZ7CFF/7 (IIA LE-004, 017, 025, 041, 031), J28NH,
JA6LCJ/6 (AS-037), JA8BGR, JF6WTY/6 (AS-067), JH6TYD/6 (AS-040), JI3DST/3
(AS-117), JL1KFR/JD1, JL6UBM/6 (AS-032), JT1CO, JT1DA, JW4CJA (EU-027),
JW/DL3NRV, JY9NX, KC4AAC, K7IL/KH0, KH0T, KH2PC, KH2/N2NL, KL7/DL1YMK
(NA-028), LA/SM3TLG (EU-056; EU-079), LU1ZC, LX2DX, LX2PA, LY7A, N6IC
(NA-066), OD5NJ, OD5SB, OH0R, OJ0/K7BV, OX3LG, P29BI (OC-135), P29CC, P29VHX
(OC-008, OC-034, OC-153), P3A, P40HQ, PJ7/PA3EWP, PJ7/PA4EA, PJ7/PA5ET,
PR59B, PS2S, PZ5CM, PZ5JR, R1MVA, RF1P (EU-102), RM6A, RZ1OA/A (EU-153),
S57J, S79GI (AF-033), S79ZG, S92YN, SP6CZ/1, SV1CEI, SV2ASP/A, SV9ANH, T24DX,
T30R, T33RD, T33VU, T88II, T88WX, T95A, TA3DD, TG9IGI, TG9NX, TI1C, TI2CBJ,
TI5EBU, TJ1GD, TM2F (EU-081), TN7OT, TR8CA, TR8XX, TY1RY, TY8A, TZ6YV,
UA0FCD/p (AS-025), UA0KCL/0 (AS-038), UA0ZY/p (AS-142), UK8OM, V26B, V26OC,
V31GI (NA-180), V31JZ, V47WP, V63EC (OC-010), VE2GSO, VK2NP (OC-212), VK9LX,
VO1XC, VO2WL, VP2ECV, VP2EEA, VP2EFM, VP2MHJ, VP2V/G3TXF, VP5/WB8VTK
(NA-003), VP6PAC, VP9/N0ED, VU2PAI, VE8YEV/VY1 (NA-193), W5DX/p (NA-169),
WL7EM (NA-019), XE3VD, XF4MX, XQ0YAF, XU1A, XX9TRR, XX9TUP, YK1AO, YI1HK,
YM7PA, YW7C, Z2/VK3DXI, Z2/W0YG, ZA0IS, ZB2FK, ZC4RAF, ZD8A, ZD88A, ZF2CU,
ZK1SCQ (OC-083, OC-159), ZL4IR/7, ZM5PX (AN-011), ZP5KO, ZS5NK, ZS6AVP, ZS8D,
ZV0SB, ZV0SW, ZV8A (SA-016).
QSL received via WF5E QSL Service: 3C5DX, 3D2DK, 3W7TK, 4L8A, 5T5U, 6K97EAG,
AH8LG, BA4TB, BD7NQ, BT2HC, DU6/K9AW, E21CJN, FO0AWI, FO0XUU, FR5ZQ/T,
FT5ZG, HS98AG, JX7DFA, NO7F/KL7 (NA-059), K8VHN/p, LO0D, N2OO (NA-111), NL7Z,
S92YN, S92YV, T20FW, T95A, TE5T, TJ1PD, UE0LEZ, N4XP/V7, VP5GN, VP8CKN,
VR2MM, XU2A, XZ1N, ZK3RW, ZX0Z (SA-067; DIB 068), ZY8R (SA-070; DIB 025).
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