Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: DX information (e-mail i1jqj@425dxn.org - BBS I1JQJ@I1YLM.IPIE.ITA.EU) Maurizio Bertolino, I1-21171: 425 DX News Web Pages (e-mail i121171@425dxn.org)
3Y - Chuck, 3Y0C reports he will be leaving Bouvet on 4 March. He expects
to arrive to Cape Town around the 10th.
5W - Dominique, F6EPY has changed his plans and will now be active as
5W0DA from Samoa (OC-097) instead of French Polynesia [425DXN 512].
He will be there through 6 March and will then operate from
Rarotonga in the South Cooks (ZK1EPY) on 7-17 March. QSL via F6EPY.
[TNX The Daily DX]
9M6 - Andy, G4ZVJ plans to operate CW only from 9M6AAC, East Malaysia, on
8-12 March, including activity in the RSGB Commonwealth Contest
(BERU). [TNX G4ZVJ]
BV - Look for BV9O to be active from the Lang-Tao Elementary School on
Lan Yu (Orchid Island, AS-155) between 15 and 19 March. QSL via
BV8BC (Bill Chen, P.O. Box 222, Taitung-city 950, Taiwan). [TNX
BV8BC]
CX - A group of CX operators will be active on all bands and modes (RTTY
and PSK included) as CW0Z, from Flores Island (SA-030, LH-0528) on
2-9 March. QSL via EA5KB. [TNX CX2AM]
EA8 - Martti, OH2BH will be airing EA8BH on all six bands from his Canary
Islands QTH this coming weekend during the ARRL DX SSB Contest. [TNX
N4GN]
EM_ant - Paul, EM1HO (home call UX2HO) has been on Argentine Island (AN-006),
Antarctica for a couple of weeks [425DXN 508] and will be there for
one year. He is active on HF using 200w to a vertical and on six
metres with 100w and (for the time being) a simple dipole. Paul is
active on SSB, CW, and will also be on the digital modes, including
RTTY and PSK 31. QSL via I2PJA. [TNX K0YR]
F - Jean-Marc, F5SGI reports he will operate (on all HF bands mostly CW)
as F5SGI/p from Yeu Island (EU-064, DIFM AT-021) on 14-26 April. QSL
to F5SGI either direct or through the bureau. [TNX F5SGI]
GM - Jim, MM0BQI (http://www.qsl.net/mm0bqi) will operate as MM0BQI/p
from the Tanera Mor (SC10) in the Summer Isles (EU-092) during the
Scottish Activity Weekend (21-23 April). He plans to be active 80-10
metres all modes including RTTY and PSK31. The Activity weekend is
sponsored by the GMDX Group. Jim will be back to EU-092 between 27
July and 3 August - he will participate in the IOTA Contest and try
to activate some other islands nearby. QSL via MM0BQI either direct
(Jim Martin, 3 Lismore Avenue, Edinburgh, EH8 7DW, Scotland) or
through the RSGB bureau. [TNX MM0BQI]
GW - Ten operators from the North Wales Radio Rally Club
(http://www.nwrrcw.org.uk) will be active (on all bands 160-6
metres) as GW0NWR/P from Bardsey Island (EU-124) on 5-10 August.
They will be operating from Bardsey Lighthouse for the first three
days, then will move to Plas Bach, a farm house on the middle of the
island, for the remaining time. QSL via GW0NWR (bureau) or direct to
GW0DSJ (Edward Shipton, 34 Argoed, Kinmal Bay, Rhyl. Conwy LL18 5LN,
Wales. [TNX GW0DSJ]
H44 - Bernard, H44MS/DL2GAC eventually arrived to the Shortland Islands
(OC1-62) on 27 February. "There are generators around", he says,
"but gasoline is in short supply,if available 1 liter is 2 US$". He
reports he will try "to organise a solar panel locally", but for the
time being he is using a battery and asks island chasers to refrain
calling him if they already have this IOTA group. He will stay there
until 15 or 16 March. QSL via DL2GAC.
HC8 - Pedro, HC1OT is active as HC8Z from San Cristobal Island, Galapagos
(SA-004) until 8 March. QSL via NE8Z (Rick Dorsch, P.O. Box 616,
Hamburg, MI 48139, USA). [TNX NE8Z]
HI - Look for Babs, DL7AFS/HI9 and Lot, DJ7ZG/HI9 to operate from the
Dominican Republic (NA-096) on 4-23 March. They will be active on
80-6 metres SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL via DL7AFS. [TNX DJ7ZG]
HZ - Joe Musachia, W5FJG (ex KA5ZMK, aka EL2JM in 1987-89 and JY9ZK in
1991-93) works for the US State Department and is currently assigned
to the American Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for the next two
years. Recently he received permission from the Saudi Government to
operate from the Consulate using the call 7Z1AC. Joe plans to be on
the air starting sometime in mid April. For now QSL via WA4JTK.
Joe's web page (http://sites.netscape.net/joeyjeep99usa/homepage)
will provide logs and operating updates. [TNX W5FJG/7Z1AC]
I - Alfredo, IK7JWX reports that besides IQ7J [425DXN 512] other
operators will be signing home call/7 from the Pedagne Islands
(EU-091) on 3-4 March outside the ARRL DX SSB Contest. They will be
active on SSB and RTTY.
I - Mario, IZ8DBJ will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as IQ8S
(SOSB 10 metres). QSL via home call either direct (Mario Pesce, P.O.
Box 15, 80070 Bacoli - NA, Italy) or through the bureau. This call
will be aired again by "Campania Contest Team" (IZ8AJQ, IZ8DBJ
IZ8CEV, I8TLI, IZ8CSD and IK8YBE) during this yrear's major
contests. [TNX IZ8AJQ]
I - Look for scout station II1TQ to be activated (on 2-80 metres SSB,
CW, RTTY, PSK31 and Hell) on 24-25 March by ARI Moncalieri,
Radioscout AGESCI Piemonte and AGESCI Torino 40. QSL via IZ3CYN.
[TNX IZ3CYN]
I - Special station IR0MA will be activated throughout April to
celebrate the 2754th anniversary of the foundation of Rome. QSL
direct only to I0MWI (Stefano Cipriani, Via Taranto 60, 00055
Ladispoli - RM, Italy). [TNX I0MWI]
I - Jean-Pierre, ON4BBA and other seven operators from UBA-DST Amateur
Radio Club (hhpt://www.on4dst.be) will be active (mostly on SSB with
some CW, RTTY and PSK) as IA5/home call from Elba Island (EU-028) on
12-19 May. They will also try to operate on VHF (skeds are welcome
at on4bba@village.uunet.be). QSL either direct to ON4AMM or through
the bureau via ON4DST. [TNX ON4BBA]
JA - Look for Masa, JA6GXK to be active from Meshima (Danjo Islands,
AS-056) [425DXN 511] during his spare time as follows:
3 March 03.30-07.00 UTC & 10.00-15.00 UTC
4 March 00.30-02.30 UTC
5 March 10.00-11.00 UTC
6 March 10.00-15.00 UTC
8 March 10.00-11.00 UTC
He plans to operate mainly SSB on 20 (14260 +/- 10kHz), 15 (21260
+/- 10 kHz) and 40 metres. QSL via the JARL bureau. [TNX JA3MZB]
JA - Look for Joe, JA4PXE/6 to be active (on 40, 20, 15, 28 and 6 metres)
from Mejima (Danjo Islands, AS-056) on 3-6 May. QSL via JA4PXE (Joe
S. Kuwahara, 1-75 Midori, Tokuyama 745-0075, Japan). [TNX JI6KVR]
JA - Look for Yuki, JI6KVR/6 and Shu,JA6IEF/6 to be active from Uji-jima
(AS-067) on 4-6 May. QSL via EA5KB. [TNX JI6KVR]
J2 - J28EX (F5THR) and J28NH (F5NHJ) hope to be active as J28CDX from
Sept Freres (AF-059) at the end of March. [TNX F6AJA and Les
Nouvelles DX]
JW - Look for Bjorn/LA9IY (JW9IY) and Morten/LA9GY (JW9GY) to participate
in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest (24-25 March) as JW8G. They will be
active before and after the contest. Further information at
http://www.qsl.net/la8g. QSL via LA8G (Radioamatorklubben P35, P.O.
Box 941, Sentrum, N-7409 Trondheim, Norway).
[TNX LA9GY]
KG4 - Jay/K4ZLE and Pick/WA5PAE will be active as KG4MO (QSL via K4ZLE)
and KG4IZ (QSL via WA5PAE) from Guantanamo Bay on 16-25 March. They
plan to operate on 160-6 metres, WARC bands included, mainly on CW
with some SSB and possibly PSK-31. [TNX The Daily DX]
KH0 - Nob, JM1LRQ will be active (on 6-160 metres CW and SSB) as
KH0/JM1LRQ from Saipan (OC-086) on 22-26 March. He plans to
participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest and will therefore concentrate
on CW outside the contest. QSL via JM1LRQ either direct (Nobuyuki
Arai, 5-6-1-1002 Kitayamata, Tsuzuki, Yokohama, 224-0021, Japan) or
through the JARl bureau. [TNX JM1LRQ]
OH0 - Frank/DL2SWW and Ric/DL2VFR will operate as OH0/home calls from the
Aland Islands (EU-002) on 14-20 April. They plan to be active on
6-160 metres mostly CW with some SSB and RTTY. QSL via home calls.
For further information please visit http://www.iota-expedition.com
[TNX DL2VFR]
PJ/FS - Joe, W3HNK will be active as PJ7/W3HNK and FS/W3HNK from either Sint
Maarten and St. Martin until 15 March, including some operation
during the ARRL SSB Contest. QSLs for this operation go to KU9C.
PY - Look for PU1NEZ/2 (Carlos), PY1LVF/2 (Zeca), PY1NEW/2 (Pete) and
PY1NEZ/2 (Lima) to be active on 10-80 metres CW and SSB from Sao
Sebastiao Island (SA-028) on 15-19 March. They plan to operate on or
around 3755, 7055, 14260, 18128, 21260, 24950, 28460 kHz SSB and
3539, 7030, 10115, 14040, 18098, 21040, 24920 and 28040 kHz CW. QSL
via home calls either direct or through the bureau. [TNX PY1NEZ]
PY0_tri- PU2RYW (Fran), PY2NW (Claudio) and PY2QI (Erwin) will operate as
ZW0TB (SSB) and ZW0TW (CW) from Trindade (SA-010) for two or three
days in October. QSL via PY2KQ. A web site is under construction at
http://www.radiohaus.com.br/trindade.htm [TNX PY2QI]
SM - Frank/DL2SWW and Ric/DL2VFR will operate as SM7/home calls from
Oland Island (EU-037) on 21-28 April. QSL via home calls. [TNX
DL2VFR]
SM - A group of operators from the Grantham Amateur Radio Club will be
active as SM5/G0GRC/P from Lammskar Island (EU-177) on 22-25 July.
QSL via G0RCI either direct (Alan Gibson, 1 Oakleigh Rd., Grantham.
Lincs. NG31 7NN, England). [TNX G0RCI]
TA - Operators from club station TA2KI are planning to be active from
Kefken Island (AS-???) the first week of June. [TNX G0APV]
TX_che - Jacky Calvo, F2CW is currently signing TX5CW from New Caledonia. The
Daily DX reports that he, Dany/F5CW and a couple of other operators
will be active from the Chesterfield Islands (OC-176) between 24
April and 8 May. Further information is expected in due course.
UA - Dennis/RZ1AK and Vlad/UA1CIO will be active as home calls /p from
Verperluda Island (EU-133, RR-01-11) on 7-10 March. QSL via RZ1AK
either direct or through the bureau. [TNX RZ1AK]
UA - Serge, RA0JJ (Zone 19) plans to operate during the Russian DX
Contest (17-18 March) on 80 metres CW. Look for him between 3503 and
3512 kHz. QSL to Serge Smirnoff, P.O.Box 1, Blagoveschensk, 675000,
Russia. [TNX RA0JJ]
V2 - Chuck, N2CY has been forced to cancell his planned V26CY operation
from Antigua [425DXN 512] due to unexpected business commitments.
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
V7 - Tom, K7ZZ confirms the V73E operation from Enewetak Atoll (OC-087),
Marshall Islands is scheduled to take place on 19-26 April [425DXN
511]. Team members are Dave (V73UX/WW2AVG), George (V73GT/AH8H), Tom
(V73ZZ/K7ZZ) and Jim (W7UG). They plan to operate on SSB, CW and
RTTY on 80-6 metres with two complete stations with amplifiers, a
tribander, a multi-band vertical plus wire. QSL to WF5T either
direct or via the bureau.
VK9_lh - The Daily DX reporta that Ed, K8VIR (ZL4IR) plans to operate as
VK9EHH from Lord Howe Island (OC-004) starting on 5 March. QSL via
W8WC.
VP8_fal- GMDX group members Rob/GM3YTS, Jack/GM4COX, Tom/GM4FDM and
Gavin/GM0GAV will be active as VP8SDX from the Falklands (SA-002)
between 23 April and 8 May. They plan to have two stations; the main
focus will be on CW, LF and WARC bands. QSL via GM4FDM. Further
information can be found at http://www.hfdx.co.uk/vp8sdx [TNX
GM0GAV]
YB - Irfan, YC4FIJ is a resident on Belitung Island (OC-144) and can be
found on 21260 kHz around 12 UTC till 16 UTC with YC9BU, YC8TXW,
etc. QSL via YC9BU (Kadek Kariana Sp., P.O. Box 106, Singaraja
81100, Bali, Indonesia). [TNX YB5QZ]
ZK1 - Bavarian Contest Club (BCC) members Uwe/DL9NDS (ZK1NDS) and
Klaus/DL7NFK (ZK1NFK) will operate from the Cook Islands between 29
April and 18 May. They will be active from Rarotonga (OC-013, South
Cooks) from 29 April to 4 May and again on 12-18 May. Between 5 and
11 May they plan to operate from either Manihiki (OC-014, North
Cooks) or Mangaia (OC-159, South Cooks), possibly with a stop at
Aitutaki (OC-083, South Cooks). "A lot of activity" is expected on
RTTY, PSK31 and MFSK16. QSL ZK1NDS via DL9NDS (Uwe Scherf, Itzgrund
15, 95512 Neudrossenfeld, Germany); QSL ZK1NFK via DL7NFK (Klaus
Mohr, Am Anger 12, 95488 Eckersdorf, Germany). Up-to-date
information and online logs can be found at
http://www.dl9nds.de/Cook/cook.html [TNX DL7NFK]
PACIFIC TRIP ---> Hirotada, JA0SC will be leaving Japan on 8 March to operate
as A35SC from Tonga (10-15 March), as 5W1xx from Samoa (15-19 March, call to
be issued upon arrival) and as 3D2HY from Fiji (20-21 March). SSTV and RTTY
enthusiasts should be looking for him on 14.233, 21.343, 28.683 MHz and
14.080, 21.080, 28.080 MHz respectively. QSL via JA0SC either direct
(Hirotada Yoshiike, 722-1 Shiba matsushiro-cyo, Nagano-city, 381-1214, Japan)
or through the JARL bureau. [TNX Japan DX News]
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3D2CI ---> The team on Conway Reef had various problems. The WX continued to
deteriorate on Sunday, with rough sea, strong wind and heavy rain. The
generator was damaged and it took almost 20 hours to resume the operation
with a second generator. They were expected to operate until around 6 UTC on
1 March, but had to go QRT earlier than planned due to tropical cyclone Paula
approaching Conway. The logs will be available at
http://www.kragujevac.co.yu/3d2/ after 9 March. [TNX VE3EXY]
NEW U.S. ISLANDS AWARD ---> Michael Crownover, AB5EB has announced the
creation of the "Stars and Stripes Island Award" (SSIA), which is different
from the "United States Island Award" (USIA). The SSIA has finite number of
groups (673 groups from all 50 states and the District of Columbia). Further
information is available at http://www.qsl.net/ab5eb/ssia
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Mario, IV3VBM is not the QSL manager for HC1BKP and
Karl, DL2FAG is not the QSL manager for Z21AV. The DX Newsletter reports that
DJ3QX is no longer the QSL manager for TZ1GH; all direct QSLs are returned to
sender.
POSTAGE FROM FK ---> Didier, FK8VHN reports that while 1 US$ (= 125 XPF) is
not enough for postage to NA, SA and AS (135 XPF) or EU (155 XPF), 1 IRC is
all right for all continents. [TNX SP7ICE]
QSL CY9 & FP ---> Henry, KT1J reports that QSL cards have finally arrived
from the printers for the July 2000 operations of FP/KT1J, FP/N1JEZ and
KT1J/CY9 (all via K1WY), and WV2B/CY9 and WA4RX/CY9 (both via N2AU). Direct
and bureau cards will be mailed very shortly.
QSL FR/F6KDF/T ---> More than 3,000 QSL were mailed during this past weekend.
Requests received in January and February will be processed in March. Also
please note that "we confirm only QSO(s) requested on your QSL. We receive
many QSLs with 'one' QSO and when we check the log we find many more QSOs.
Only 'one' QSO requested is confirmed!".
QSL SA-030 ---> Pepe, EA5KB reports he now has the logs for CV0Z (1996) and
CV1Z (2000). QSL direct to EA5KB (Jose F. Ardid Arlandis, Apartado 5013,
46080 Valencia, Spain).
QSL UA0FZ ---> The QSL manager (USA excluded) for Vlad, UA0FZ is IK2DUW:
Antonello Passerella, P.O. Box 13448, 20051 Limbiate - MI, Italy. [TNX
IK2DUW]
QSL VK0MM ---> Alan, VK4AAR reports that QSLing is now well underway; those
who mailed in their cards immediately after the QSL address announcement at
the end of January should be receiving their VK0MM QSL very shortly. An
initial donation of approximately six thousand US$ has already been made to
the childrens cancer charity "Camp Quality" in Australia. There will be more
donations to Camp Quality as the QSL process continues.
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IOTA CONTEST: The results of the RSGB IOTA Contest 2000 are now available at
http://www.ei5di.com/iota200r.html.
LOGS: The latest logs for XX9TDX and VQ9GB are now available at at
http://dx.qsl.net/logs [TNX N6RT]
WRC 2001: The Russian Robinson Club (http://rrc.sc.ru) has announced the
results of World Robinson Cup 2000 and the new rules for this
year's marathon (1 April-30 September). Questions can be sent
to wrc_rrc@mail.ru [TNX RZ3EC]
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QSL received direct: 3W3SK, 3W7CW, 3W7TK, 4K54CW, 4W6MM, 5R8GC, 5R8O, 5U7X,
5V7VJ, 7P8AA, 9G5AA, 9Y4SRR, A35AD, A35AU, A45XM, A52DX, A52GJ, AP2NK,
AX2000, AX2GAMES, BA4DW, BO2YA (AS-102), BV7FF, CE0/JA3IG, CE8/KD6WW
(SA-050), CU6/DJ6SI, E30TA, EM5UIA, EP2MKO, EX2T, EY2A, EY8/W6XD, EZ8BO,
FK8HZ, FO0DEH (OC-057, OC-067, OC-238), FO0PT, FR/F6KDF/T, FT5XN, FY/DJ6SI,
HC8A, II7LE, IK7JWX/7 (WAIL PU-007), IU0FM, J3A, J5X, J5Z, JT1DA, JY4NE,
KH6ND/KH5, N2OO/P (NA-111), OD5/JY4NE, OX3UB (NA-134), P29VPY, PJ5CM, PV5IOTA
(SA-088), RK0FWL/P (AS-149), RV2FW, SV3/IZ7ATN/P (EU-158), SV9/IW0FQZ/P
(EU-187), SV9/IZ0CKJ/P (EU-187), T32R, T77C, TA0/IZ7ATN/p (AS-099),
TA0/IZ7ATN/P (EU-186), TE6U (NA-155), TF8GX, TG0AA, TS7N, V47KP, V73UX,
V73XP, VK6BM (OC-234), VK6BSI (OC-243), VK8AN/6 (OC-154), VP8DBQ, W2RA/VY0
(NA-047), XQ0Y, XT2OW, XV9TH, XW1UD, XX9TDX, YC9MKF/P (OC-241), YC9WZJ/P
(OC-239), YC9WZJ/P (OC-241), YJ0PD (OC-035), YJ0V, ZA1B, ZB2X, ZC4GL, ZK1NDK,
ZK1NJC, ZL3CW, ZM1A, ZM8CW, ZS6AVP.
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