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)
3A - Look for Patrice, 3A/F5RBB to be active (on 40, 20, 15, 10 and 6
metres SSB) from Monaco between 25 August and 3 September. QSL via
home call either direct or through the bureau. [TNX F5RBB]
3V - Antonio, IK8VRH reports that "for reasons beyond his control" he
will not operate from 3V8SQ [425DXN 535], but from 3V8CB at Borg
Cedria during his vacations in Tunisia.
5R - Phil, G3SWH will be active (CW only on all bands 40 through 10
metres) as 5R8HA from Ile Sainte Marie (AF-090) on 14-20 September.
QSL via G3SWH either direct (Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove,
Congresbury, Bristol, BS19 5HQ, England) or through the RSGB bureau.
[TNX G3SWH]
5W - Atsu, JI3WLT/5W1SA will be back to Apia, Samoa Islands (OC-097)
starting on 22 August for two years. QSL via JH7OHF. [TNX The Daily
DX]
9A - Borut, S57GM will be active (mainly on 40, 20 and 15 metres CW
between 19 and 23 UTC) as 9A/S57GM/p from Losinj Island (EU-136,
IOCA CI-058) between 22 August and 1 September. QSL via home call.
[TNX S57GM]
A2 - Harry Edwards, W6DXO reports he will be active as A25/KG6GPA from
two safari camps in Botswana from 19 September through the 28th.
Very primitive operating conditions mandate QRP operations with
battery power and a dipole for 20 metres. He will concentrate on SSB
and operate as much as propagation and camp schedules allow. QSL
direct only via W6DXO.
A5 - Tony, IK7WUL (A52UL) plans to operate also on 6 metres when in
Bhutan [425DXN 533]. He will be QRV for Europe between 8 and 10 UTC
around 50.110 MHz and his grid is NL47. QSL via I7JFQ. [TNX IK1EGC]
CT3 - A group of operators from A.R.R.M. (Associacao de Radioamadores da
Regiao da Madeira) plans to operate as CT9F from Ilheu das Cenouras
(AF-014, DIP MA-009), Iheu de Fora (AF-014, DIP MA-011) and Ilheu da
Fonte da Areia (AF-014, DIP MA-013) during the forthcoming weekends.
QSL via the CT3 bureau or direct to A.R.R.M., P.O. Box 4694, 9001
Funchal, Portugal. [TNX CT3BD]
DL - Katrin (DL1AXL), Dominik (DL5EBE), Frank (DL7UFP), Torsten (DL7UTM),
Fritz (DL7VRO) and Gerda (DL7VYL) will be active as DA0BHV on 17-19
August for the INternational Lighthouse & Ligthship Weekend. The
will operate from the old lightship "Elbe 3" (DA0BHV/LS) and from
the "Bremerhaven Upper Light" (DA0BHV/LGT). QSL via DL5EBE. [TNX
DL5EBE]
E4 - Local conditions permitting, Gunter (DH2GZ/4Z8GZ) plans to active
(on 10-20 metres SSB) as E4/OE1GZA from Ram Allah, Palestine on 24
August. QSL to Gunter Zwickl, C/O SICT, P.O. Box 1133, Ram Allah,
Palestine. [TNX The Daily DX]
EA6 - Christian, DL6KAC will be active (on 40-10 metres, possibly 80
metres as well, mainly SSB) from Mallorca (EU-004, DIE E-021) on
5-27 September. QSL via home call either direct or through the DARC
bureau. [TNX DL6KAC]
EA8 - The Gran Canaria DX Group will participate in the International
Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend as ED8MCC from the Maspalomas
Lighthouse (FEA D-2814). QSL via EA8AKN or through the bureau. [TNX
EA8AKN]
EO - The following special event stations will be active on 20-28 August
to celebrate the 10th anniversary of indipendence for Ukraine: EO10J
(QSL via KG6AR), EO10G (QSL via UR7GG: Victor Tkachenko, P.O. Box
73, Kherson, 73000 Ukraine), EO10M (QSL via UX7MA: P.O. Box 22,
Stakhanov, 94000, Ukraine), EO10V (QSL via UR7VA: P.O. Box 23,
Kirovograd-9, 25009, Ukraine). [TNX KG6AR, UR7GG, UX2VZ, UX7MA]
ER - Special event station ER10MD will be active on 25-31 August to
celebrate the 10th anniversary of indipendence for Moldova. QSL via
ER1BF. For additional information please visit
http://www.arm.moldtelecom.md/index.htm [TNX ER1BF]
F - Patrice, F5RBB reports he will operate from a few DIFM islands on 23
and 24 August.
F - Jean-Yves/F5LHW, Pascal/F5RZJ, Herve/F8BFB and Eric/F0DI will be
active (on 80-10 metres SSB and CW, plus 6m, 2m, 70cm and ATV 438.5
MHz) from the Chausey Islands (EU-039) on 10-14 September. [TNX
F5NZO]
FR/T - Jack, FR5ZU will be back to Tromelin Island (AF-031) from 6
September until 5 October and plans to be active on all bands SSB
with 100 watts and a vertical. QSL direct or via his current QSL
manager, JA8FCG. [TNX The Daily DX]
GW - Members of the Barry Amateur Radio Society will be operating (on all
bands CW, SSB, PSK31, RTTY and SSTV) as GB5FI from Flatholm Island
(EU-124) on 24-29 August. QSL via GW0ANA. [TNX The Daily DX]
H40 - Roberto, EA4DX is currently active as H44RD from Honiara (OC-047),
Solomon Islands. He will be moving to Lata (OC-100), Temotu Province
on 19 August and remain there for one week. QSL direct only via
EA4DX (Roberto Diaz, Doce de Octubre 4, 28009 Madrid, Spain). [TNX
H44RD]
HS - Look for RAST HS station HS0AC to participate in the SEANET Contest
(see "Good To Know" below) on all bands SSB and CW. Activity on 80
metres (3524 kHz) and 160 metres (1834 kHz) will be around
19.30-22.30 UTC. QSL via HS0/G3NOM (Ray Gerrard, P.O. Box 1300, Nana
Post Office, Bangkok 10112, Thailand). [TNX E21EIC]
I - Look for IK7JWX/P to operate from Santa Maria di Leuca Lighthouse
(ITA-039, WAIL PU-004) on 18-19 August. [TNX IK7JWX]
I - Look for IV3KTY and IV3NCC to be active from Orbi (EU-130, IIA
GO-007) or San Pietro d'Orio (EU-130, IIA GO-009) or Banco d'Orio
(EU-130, IIA GO-030) during the weekend. [TNX IV3KTY]
I - Special event station IO6ARI will be activated by ARI Senigallia on
10-80 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31 on 5-15 September. [TNX IK6ZDE]
I - Special event station I150B (India One Fifty Bravo) will be
activated on 15-16 September to celebrate the 50th anniversary of
ARI Biella. [TNX I1TBE]
JA - Look for JH6RTO/2 to be active from Hatsushima (AS-117) on 24-27
August. QSL via home call. [TNX JH6RTO]
JA - Look for JA6VZB/6 to be active from the Danjo Islands (AS-056)
between 25 August and 15 September. He will be cruising in that area
and will operate one night per each landing. QSL via home call. [TNX
JH6RTO]
OA - After being granted permission by the Peruvian Navy, the IOTA
operation from San Lorenzo Island (SA-052) [425DXN 530] has been
rescheduled to take place on 14-16 September. Activity is planned on
10-80 metres SSB and CW, with some RTTY and PSK31 on 15 and 20
metres. The team has applied for the special call 4T0I. QSL via
OA4DJW. The web site for the operation is at http://www.qsl.net/4t0i
[TNX OA4AHW]
OH - Five operators from the Finnish Air Force Radio Club OI6AY will
activate (on 80, 20, 15, 10 and 6 metres mainly CW and SSB) Russaroe
Island (EU-097, KO19ls) and the local lighthouse (FIN-050) on 18-19
August. QSL via the OH bureau. The web page for OI6AY is at
http://kotisivu.mtv3.fi/oma/oi6ay/ [TNX OH2BF and Islands On The
Web]
OX - Special call XP1AB was used for the last time in the Sixties and
will be aired again during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest (27-28 October)
from Sondrestrom, Greenland. QSL direct only via OZ1ACB. Further
information on the operation is at http://www.qsl.net/xp1ab [TNX
OZ1JSH]
SV - Look for IZ7ATN, IZ0CKJ, IZ0EGB, IW0FT and IW0FTB to operate from
Samos Island (EU-049) on 24 August. QSLs via IZ0CKJ. [TNX IZ7ATN]
TA - Simon, IZ7ATN gives the dates for the forthcoming IOTA operations
from Turkey [425DXN 536]:
Bogsak Island AS-123 18-20 August
Uc Island AS-115 21 August
Sedir Island AS-098 22 August
The operators will be Alessio/IZ0CKJ, Massimo/IZ0EGB, Paolo/IW0FT,
Diego/IW0FTB and Simon/IZ7ATN himself and they will be signing
TA0/homecall. Special attention will be paid to North American
island chasers. QSLs for all via IZ0CKJ (Alessio Roma, Via Sterparo
43, 03023 Ceccano - FR, Italy).
T2 - Hiro, JA0SC will be active (SSTV on 21343 or 28685 kHz and RTTY on
21080 or 28080 kHz) as T22SC from Funafuti, Tuvalu (OC-015) on 22-29
August. QSL via JA0SC either direct (Hirotada Yoshiike, 722-1 Shiba,
Matsushiro-cyo, Nagano-city, 381-1214 Japan) or through the JARL
bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
UA - Dennis, RZ1AK/p and Vlad, UA1CIO/p will be active from Shepelevsky
Lighthouse (ERU 007) on 18-19 August. QSL via home calls. [TNX
RZ1AK]
UK - Special event station UM9AA will active on all bands between 27
August and 5 September to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the
indipendence for Uzbekistan. QSL via UK9AA (P.O. Box 58, Tashkent
700000, Uzbekistan).
V6 - Look for Katsu/JH8BKL (V63KA), Michiko/JF8IYR (V63MC) and
Susumu/JH8MYB (V63YB) to be active (on 80-6 metres SSB, CW and FM on
10 metres) from Pohnpei (OC-010), Micronesia between 31 August and 6
September. QSL V63KA and V63MC via JH8BKL (Katsuhide Kawase, 284-30
Kawaguchikisen, Teshio, 098-3312 Japan). QSL V63YB via JH8MYB
(Susumu Harada, 3-8 Taga, Mikasa, 068-2152 Japan). [TNX JA1ELY]
V7 - The OPDX Bulletin reports that "very soon" Jeff, KA1GJ will be
active as V73GJ from the Marshall Islands during his three-year
assignment on Kwajalein (OC-028). QSL direct to P.O. Box 1050, APO
AP 96555, USA.
V8 - Jani, YB0US will be operating as V8AAP from Brunei on 17-20 August,
SEANET Contest included. QSL via N2OO. [TNX N2OO]
VK - Paul/VK3DK, Tex/VK1TX, Keith/VK3FT, Gwen/VK3DYL and Randel/VK3RM
will operate (on 10 through 80 metres SSB), mainly as VK3DK/p, from
Gabo Island (OC-196) on 26-30 September. They will also activate the
lighthouse on the island (ARLHS AUS-078). QSL VK3DK/p via VK3DYL
(bureau) or direct to P.O. Box 1068, Croydon, 3136, Victoria,
Australia. The web page for the operation is at
http://vk2ce.com/vk3dk [TNX VK2CE]
VP8 - Mike, GM0HCQ, who operated as VP8SGK from South Georgia (AN-007) in
late March-early April, will be going back to the South Atlantic
later this year. His itinerary will include South Georgia again and
Signy Island in the South Orkneys (AN-008) and operations are
expected as follows:
17-22 Nov 2001 VP8SIG (So. Orkneys)
24-30 Nov 2001 VP8SGK (So. Georgia)
05-08 Jan 2002 VP8SIG (So. Orkneys)
10-11 Jan 2002 VP8SGK (So. Georgia)
28-30 Jan 2002 VP8SIG (So. Orkneys)
27 Feb - 02 Mar 2002 VP8SIG (So. Orkneys)
04-06 Mar 2002 VP8SGK (So. Georgia)
Updates will be posted on http://www.qsl.net/gm0hcq [TNX The Daily
DX]
W - The Magnolia DX Association will be active as W5B from the Biloxi
Lighthouse during the International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend.
QSL via W5OXA. For further details please visit http://www.mdxa.org
[TNX The Daily DX]
W - Operators from the Englewood Amateur Radio Society will be active as
K8ONV from the Boca Grande lighthouse during the International
Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend. QSL via E.A.R.S., P.O. Box 572,
Englewood, FL 34295-0572, USA. [TNX The Daily DX]
W - The Hiawatha Amateur Radio Association will operate (on all bands
SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31) as W8L from the Marquette Harbor
Lighthouse/Coast Guard Station on Lake Superior during the
International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend. QSL direct via K8PT
(B. Peter Treml, 725 W. Magnetic St., Marquette, Michigan
49855-2730, USA). [TNX K8PT]
W - Skip Maze (N1IBM), Bob Schenck (N2OO) and Beth Schenck (KF2BQ) will
operate (on +/- 7165, 14265, 21265 kHz SSB and 7030, 14030, 21030
kHz CW) as N1IBM/p from Sheffield Island (NA-136, USI CT-008S, ARLHS
USA-753) on 25-26 August from 15 to 21 UTC each day (later if able).
QSL via N1IBM either direct (Skip Maze, 847 Dolan Street, Lanoka
Harbor, NJ 08734, USA) or through the bureau. [TNX N2OO]
XE - Michael, DL1YMK has got the license to operate from Magdalena Island
(NA-078). Look for XF1/DL1YMK to be active (on 10-80 metres, WARC
bands included, mainly SSB) from this most wanted IOTA group on 7-13
October. QSL via home call. [TNX DL1YMK]
ZK1_sc - Gunter, DL2AWG will be active as ZK1AWG from Raratonga (OC-013),
South Cook Islands on 21-29 August. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZS - ZS1DUP, ZS1UOK, ZS1HZ and ZR1DDK will participate in the
International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend as ZS1ESC from Robben
Island (AF-064). Look for them on 14185-14190, 21200-21250 and
28450-28500 kHz. [TNX The Daily DX]
ILLW ---> The International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend will take place on
18-19 August. A full list of participating stations, including callsigns, QTH
and QSL routes, can be found at http://www.vk2ce.com/ILLW/2001.htm
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AS-131 ---> It has been confirmed that Dong-Ao Island, which is currently
being activated by the BI7D team until 19 August [425DXN 536], does qualify
for AS-131. QSL via QSL via BD7NI (P.O.Box 306, Guangzhou, 510030, China).
D68C TROPHIES: A complete listing of the winners of the Nevada Comoros
Trophies [425DXN 506] and the other stations participating in the event (254
amateurs either as individuals or as club members) can be found at the D68C
website (http://www.dxbands.com/comoros) The maximum achievable score was in
fact 26 band-slots (CW 10, SSB 9, PSK 3, RTTY 3, FM 1). [TNX G3XTT]
NEW CONTEST ---> The Grupo Argentino de CW organizes the first edition of the
GACW CW DX Contest, which will take place on 20-21 April 2002 to celebrate
the 25th anniversary of the Group. Rules are available at
htto://www.geocities.com/gacwar [TNX LU6EF]
QSL 5A24PA ---> Alex, PA1AW reports that all of the direct QSL cards were
mailed on 13 August. The 5A24PA logs are available at
http://www.qsl.net/pa1aw (QSL section).
QSL 5B4AGX ---> Mike, 5B4AGX reports that his old UK address for G4PFF is no
longer valid, and cards for 5B4AGX should no longer be sent via G4PFF. Cards
should be sent either to the 5B4 bureau or direct to 5B4AGX (Mike Potter,
Kamares Club Plot 466 (Box 171), C/O Vesta Holidays Ltd, P.O. Box 60195,
Paphos 8128, Cyprus). [TNX G3PMR]
QSL CE9/R1ANF ---> Dominik, DL5EBE reports that the CE9/R1ANF cards for last
year's operation from Ripamonti Base (2000) will be printed after Oleg's
(UA1PBA) next visit to Bellingshausen Base. He will go there again in
November for the 2001/02 wintering season. The QSL manager is RK1PWA.
QSL D68C ---> Phil, G3SWH reports that the D68C cards "are being processed in
the order in which they are received. Direct requests are being dealt with
first; after that bureau and e-mail requests will be answered. So far I have
confirmed 10,000 QSOs. We are making good process but please do remember that
the D68C team made 168,000 QSOs with over 45,000 unique calls. Please do not
send duplicate requests or e-mail chasers to G3SWH. This just slows down the
whole process. You can check if your contacts are in the log by accessing the
D68C log server at www.dxbands.com/comoros" [TNX G3XTT]
QSL EU-185 ---> Cards for Pavel's 26-27 July activity as RA3AUM/6 from
Dzendzik Island (EU-185, RR-2404) can be sent to RA3AUM either direct (Pavel
Buyko, P.O.Box 90, Moscow, 103062, Russia) or through the bureau. [TNX
RA3AUM]
QSL OC-247 ---> Gennaro, I8YRK reporst that the QSL cards for YB8HZ/P's
mid-June activity are now at the printers thanks to the Diamond DX Club. They
are expected to be mailed out during the first half of September.
QSL S21B ---> As of 13 August QSL cards should be sent to John Core, KX7YT
rather than the old manager (K4FRU). [TNX KX7YT]
QSL VK0KMT ---> Mark, VK4KMT reports his current address is the following:
Mark Tell, 44 Corowa St, Wavell Heights, Queensland, Australia 4012. He will
be active from Antarctic Base "Davis" (IOTA AN-016, WABA VK-03) until January
2002, on most weekends between 10 and 30 metres.
QSL VIA DL5EBE ---> Dominik reports he has received the R1AND/A and R1AND
handwritten logs and plans to print separate QSLs for the operations from
Maitri and Novolazarevskaya bases. Vic, R1AND made some 35,000 QSOs and
Dominik will have to enter them all in his PC before being able to start
QSLling. Please be patient.
SEANET CONTEST ---> It will take place from 12 UTC on 18 August to 12 UTC on
the 19th. This is now a single 24 hour multi-mode contest and rules can be
found at http://www.QSL.net/RAST or http://www.qsl.net/seanet2001 [TNX
HS0/G3NOM]
TRINDADE ---> The ship arrived to the island on schedule (around 19 UTC on 7
August), but strong winds and heavy rain prevented Ricardo, PY1VOY and Jose,
PY1LVF (as well as the military crew) from disembarking. They were able to
reach the island around 10 UTC on 8 August and to start operating as soon as
possible. The two special calls, PT0T and ZX0Z, were authorized by ANATEL
when Ricardo and Jose had already started being active as homecall/PY0T.
Operations had to close down five hours before departure. Some 4000 QSOs were
made on 40-10 metres (but not on 12 metres, as the antenna tuner did not work
on that band) between 14.01 UTC on 8 August and 11.30 UTC on the 10th. QSL
cards are expected to be printed by mid-September. QSL via PY1LVF either
direct (Jose Luiz Vieira Fernandes, P.O. Box 18009, 20722-970 Rio de Janeiro
- RJ, Brazil) or through the PY1 bureau. [TNX PY1LVF]
WRTC2002 ---> The WRTC2002 organization has announced that the two
co-chairmen of the judging committee will be Mr. Pekka Lansman (Finland) and
Mr. David Sumner (USA). Mr. Lansman is Chairman of the CEPT Project Team that
is responsible for preparing European Common Proposals on key agenda items
for the 2003 World Radiocommunication Conference. Mr. Sumner is the Chief
Executive Officer of the American Radio Relay League and Secretary of the
International Amateur Radio Union.
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CONTEST CALENDAR: Mike, VK4DX reports he has redesigned and updated his site
at http://www.vk4dx.net, which includes an international HF
Contest calendar with contest rules.
PSK31 DX NOTES: Dima, UT5RP (ut5rp@radio.tenet.odessa.ua) reports they are
available at http://www.krs.poltava.ua/psk31dx.htm,
http://www.qsl.net/xe1m/ut5rpdx.htm and http://radio.cn.ua.
There is also an Ukrainian PSK31 DX Reflector (to subscribe
send an e-mail to majordomo@krs.poltava.ua, Subject:
(Blank) , Message Body: subscribe psk31).
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QSLs received direct: 3B6RF (AF-001), 3D2CI, 3G0Y, 3R1Z, 3V8BB, 3W2LWS, 4H2B
(OC-093), 4I1P (OC-126 and OC-244), 4W6GH, 4W6MM, 5A1A, 5H3RK, 5T5U, 5U3T,
5Z4FM, 6Y5WJ, 8Q7KK, 9E1C, 9M0M, 9M2/JA4DPL, 9Y4/DL2RVS, A35NB, A71MA, AA4XR,
AI5P/M (NA-055), AP2JZB, BA1DU, BQ9P, BV7ID, C56/DL7CM, CW6V, D68C, ES1AKM/8,
ET3VSC, EZ3A, EZ8CW/3, FH5CB, FK8GJ, FO0BOG, FO0CLA (OC-152), FO0WEG,
FP/W8MV, FR/F6KDF/T, FR5FD, FS/W2JJ, FS5/W3HNK, GS3EEO/P (EU-010),
HB0/IK2WAN, HK3JJH/HK0, J3/W1MD, J38A, J5X, J73HPL, J79CGA, J79WW, K5K,
N6IC/P (NA-066), P41E, P43E, PJ7B, S21YT, S92TX, SM5/G0GRC (EU-177), T32RD,
T5W, T5X, T77C, TA0/IT9YRE/P (AS-159), TX0C, V25WX, V31DI, V31VZ, V73E
(OC-087), VK9ML, VK9XY, VP2MHX, VP5GA, VP5L, VP8SDX, VP9/AI5P, VU2ELJ, WF1N
(NA-148), XW0X, YB6LYS/P (OC-245), YC6LAY/P (OC-245), YM0KI (AS-159), YN6HM,
ZC4BS, ZD8Z, ZK1AND, ZL7IR, ZW5B, ZX0F.
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