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)
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http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/ Articles and pictures from rare DXCC Entities
and IOTA groups are welcome, but before sending them please contact Maurizio,
I1-21171/IZ1CRR (i121171@425dxn.org)
3DA - DL4WK, DL7DF, DL7KL and DL7UFR will operate as 3DA0DF and 3DA0FR
from Swaziland between 30 September and 13 October. They will be
active on all HF bands (plus 6 metres) and modes (CW, SSB, RTTY and
PSK31) with three transceivers, two linear amplifiers and a variety
of antennas. QSL via DL7DF. Online logs and DXpedition news will be
available at http://www.qsl.net/dl7df [TNX DF3CB]
8Q - Pierre, HB9QQ will be active as 8Q7QQ from Gan Island (MI69nh),
Maldives (AS-013) between 31 October and 12 November. He will
concentrate on 6 metres (beacon at 50.098 MHz) but he will operate
on HF as well. QSL via HB9QQ either direct or through the bureau.
[TNX OZ6OM]
9A - Peter, 9A/DL4AMK will be from Losinj Island (EU-136, CI-058)
between 1 and 14 September. [TNX 9A6AA]
9A - Mario, DJ2MX will be active (on 10-80 metres CW and SSB) as 9A/N0MX
from Brac Island (EU-016, CI-010) on 2-15 September. He also plans
to operate for a few hours from the islands of Hvar (EU-016,
CI-028), Vis (EU-016, CI-142), Solta (EU-016, CI-126) and Ciovo
(not IOTA, CI-013). QSL via DJ2MX either direct (Mario Lovric, Am
Oelberg 11, D-61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany) or through the DARC
bureau. E-mail requests for bureau cards are welcome at
http://www.dj2mx.com [TNX DJ2MX]
9N - Yuu, JA3IG will operate (on 20 and 15 metres SSB and CW, hopefully
as 9N7IG) from Nepal on 7-9 September. QSL via homecall. [TNX
JA1ELY]
CN - Didier, F6ELE and Bertrand, F6HKA hope to be able to operate (on
10, 15, 20 and 40 metres) as CN2LE and CN2KA respectively from
Mogador Island (AF-065) on 15-16 September. [TNX F6ELE]
E4 - Local conditions permitting, Gunter, E4/OE1GZA will be again active
from Ramallah, Palestine during the WAE SSB (8-9 September) and CQ
WW SSB (27-28 October) contests. Further information at
http://sites.netscape.net/vr2gz/amateurradioe4 [TNX E4/OE1GZA]
F - Look for Alain, F5HPY/p to operate on 20 and 40 metres SSB from
Potence Lighthouse in Les Sables d'Olonnes on 2 September from
approximately 7 UTC to 11 UTC. [TNX K5JIM]
I - 425DXN staff member and WAIL (Worked All Italian Lighthouses) Award
Manager Paolo Garavaglia, IK1NLZ will operate as IK1NLZ/p from the
lighthouses at Capo di Vado (WAIL LI-004) on 1 September and at
Capo dell'Armi (WAIL LI-001) on the 2nd. QSL via home call either
direct or through the bureau. Full information about WAIL is at
http://www.425dxn.org or http://www.ari.it
I - Dario, IT9SSI will be active from the Eolie Islands (ID9, EU-017)
on 7-9 September (Filicudi, IIA ME-003 and possibly La Canna, IIA
ME-004) and on 15-16 September (Panarea, IIA ME-006). QSL via
IZ8CCW. [TNX IZ8BRI]
JA - Look for Nob, JH1AEF/4 to be active on 10-20 metres CW from the Oki
Islands (AS-041) on 3-5 September. QSL via home call either direct
or through the bureau. [TNX JH1AEF]
KG4 - Bill, W4WX (ex KG4GC) will be operating as KG4DX from Guantanamo
Bay on 7-14 September. He plans to be active on RTTY and some SSB
to include the WARC bands and 6 metres. QSL via home call either
direct or through the bureau. [TNX W4WX]
KH0 - JQ1UKK, JF2SKV, JK2VOC, JG3VEI and JE6MYI will participate in the
CQ WW DX CW Contest as NH0S (Multi-Single High Power) from Saipan,
Northern Marianas (OC-086). QSL via JF2SKV either direct (Hisashi
Matsushita, 14-1 Ugasemae Iwakura, Toyota, 444-2225 Japan) or
through the JARL bureau. Before and after the contest, between 22
and 27 November, they will operate on all bands (160-6 metres) and
modes (SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 and FM) as NH0S (QSL via JF2SKV), NH0V
(QSL via JG3VEI), KH0/JE6MYI (QSL via JE6MYI), KH0/AD6VH (QSL via
JQ1UKK) and KH0/JK2VOC (QSL via JK2VOC). Questions should be sent
to Maz, JF2SKV (8877@hm.aitai.ne.jp). The web pages for the
operation are at http://homepage2.nifty.com/jg3vei/ [TNX JF2SKV]
KH4 - Nao (JE7RJZ/WH2M) and Koln (JP1JFG/N2IU) will be active as WH2M/WH4
and N2IU/KH4 from Midway Island (OC-030) on 23-29 September. They
plan to operate on 80-6 metres, possibly on 160 metres as well,
with a beacon on 50.125 MHz. QSL via JA1EOD (Akira Iizuka, P.O. Box
8, Okegawa, Saitama 363-8691, Japan). [TNX JA1EOD]
LU - Mario, LU3XX reports he will be active (with 150 watts and a
dipole) on 160 metres from Tierra del Fuego (SA-008) on 1-7
September. Look for on or around 1832 kHz between 9 and 11 UTC.
LX - Club station LX0RL will be activated on all bands and modes on 8-15
September during the LX/DL Ham Meeting in Eisenborn, Luxembourg
(see News/Events at http://www.rlx.lu). QSL via bureau to LX1KQ.
[TNX LX1KQ]
OZ - Look for Frank, OZ/DL2SWW to be active from Laeso Island (EU-088,
NK-003 for the Danish Islands Award) until 7 September. QSL via
home call. [TNX DL2VFR]
OZ - Axel, DL1EBR reports he will be active from Samso Island (EU-172,
JY-008 for the Danish Islands Award) starting on 8 September for
three weeks.
P2 - Andy, P29AM (QSL via NU5O) and Wayne, P29WS (QSL via W4HUT) will be
active (mainly on 1827.5, 3520, 3780, 7023, 14023, 14200 and
14226.5 kHz) from Lae, Papua New Guinea (OC-034) on 7-16 September.
[TNX The Daily DX]
PJ2 - Marty/NW0L, Tom/AE9B and Geoff/W0CG will be operating as PJ2T (QSL
via KN7Y) from the Caribbean Contesting Consortium's station
(http://asgard.kent.edu.ccc) during the Worked All Europe SSB
Contest (8-9 September). Look for PJ2/NW0L, PJ2/AE9B and PJ2/W0CG
the week before the contest on 10-160 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and
possibly PSK-31 and MFSK-16. QSL via home calls.
SV9 - Aldo, IK2ANI will be active (on all bands SSB and CW) as either
SV9/IK2ANI/P or J49AN from Crete (EU-015) between 2 and 9
September, including an entry in the WAE SSB Contest. QSL via
IK2ANI either direct or through the bureau. [TNX IK2ANI]
TA - Mill, LX1CC will be active as YM3CC from Turkey between 16
September and 6 October. He will be operating on all bands,
including WARC, mainly SSB. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ]
TG - Ramon, XE1KK will be active as TG/XE1KK from Guatemala City (grid
locator EK35) on 6-9 September. Look for him mainly on satellite
UO-14 and AO-27, but he will also try to be active on HF and 6
metres as his schedule permits. [TNX VA3RJ]
TI - Hide JH8KYU/K8YU reports he will be active from TI5KD's shack in
Costa Rica from 29 September through 2 October. He will operate as
TI5/JH8KYU on SSB and CW, but the main purpose of his trip is to
participate in the CQ/RJ RTTY Contest as TI5U (SOAB). QSL for
either TI5U and TI5/JH8KYU via JH8KYU.
TR - Igor Chernikov, UA3DJY reports he will operate as TR0A during his
business trip to Libreville, Gabon until 21 September. QSL via
UA3DJY. A web site is at http://f6bcl.free.fr
UA - Look for Dennis, RZ1AK/p to be active from Reymosar Island (EU-133,
RRA new one) during the IARU Region 1 Fielday (1-2 September).
Vlad, UA1CIO/p will be operating from the same island CW only
ouside the contest. QSL via RZ1AK either direct (Dennis Eremin,
P.O. Box 202, St.Petersburg 196070, Russia) or through the bureau.
[TNX RZ1AK]
UA - A group of operators from the Nadym DX Club (namely Nikolai/UA9KM,
Serge/UA9KL, Mike/UA9KO, Valery/UA9KJ, Andy/RA9KM, Mike/UA9KGH and
Boris/UA9LAC) will be active as RI9K from Narechi Island (AS-109,
RR-06-24) on 5-12 September. They will operate on 80-10 meters
(WARC bands included) CW and SSB and will have three stations, two
beam antennas, one linear amplifier and dipoles. QSL via UA4RC
(P.O. Box 252, Almetyevsk, Tatarstan Republic, 423452, Russia).
[TNX UA9KM]
UA - The RI0F DXpedition to Moneron Island (AS-149) [425DXN 535] did not
take place due to bad weather conditions and has been cancelled.
Although still planned for mid-September, the activity from
Shikotan (AS-062) is likely to be cancelled as well. [TNX RA0FF]
UM - Special event station UM8LA will active on all bands between 27
August and 5 September to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the
indipendence for Uzbekistan. QSL via RW3RN (Alex Kuznetsov, P.O.
Box 57, Tambov-23, 392023 Russia). [TNX RW3RN]
V6 - Sho, JA7HMZ and Hisa, 7L4IOU will be active (on RTTY, SSTV and
PSK31) as V63DX and V63XC from Pohnpei (OC-010), Micronesia between
28 September and 4 October, including and entry in the CQ/RJ WW
RTTY Contest as V63A. QSL V63DX via JA7HMZ (Shoji Igawa, 17
Shirogane, Yokobori, Ogachi, 019-0204 Japan). QSL V63XC via 7L4IOU
(Hisami Dejima, 2-11-13 Minamikoiwa, Tokyo, 133-0056 Japan). QSL
V63A via JA7AO (Tokuro Matsumoto, 3-62 Okachimachi, Yuzawa,
012-0856 Japan; bureau card requests welcome at ja7ao@jarl.com).
[TNX JA1ELY]
VE - Len, VE9MY and Linda, VE9GLF will be on Prince Edward Island
(NA_029) on 1-2 September and hope to go to Lennox Island (CISA
PE-004) on Saturday or Sunday. [TNX VE9MY and Islands On The Web]
VE - F5TBA reports he will be active (on 20, 15 and 10 metres PSK31,
RTTY and SSTV) as VE2/F5TBA/p between 2 and 26 September. He might
operate for three days from Zone 2 during that time frame. QSL via
F5TBA.
VK - Bert, PA3GIO reports that his activity as VK6GIO/5 from Kangaroo
Island (OC-139) [425DXN 525] will take place from 30 September
until 3 October. He will operate on 80, 40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10
metres SSB. QSL via PA3GIO preferably through the bureau.
VK9_nor - Wojtek, SP9PT and Jerzy, SP9EVP will be active on all bands CW, SSB
and RTTY as VK9KNE and VK9KND from Norfolk Island (OC-005) between
20 October and 4 November. On 16-20 October they will operate from
Sydney as VK2JBR and VK2JBQ, while on their way back to Europe
(7-11 November) they will be active from Borneo (9M6, callsigns
currently not known). [TNX SP9EVP]
W - Jess, N4HPL plans to be active (on 10, 15 and 20 metres SSB) from
Dauphin Island (NA-213) during the weekend. [TNX The Daily DX]
W - Ted Sarah, W8TTS has announced plans for a lighthouse expedition to
the Lake Erie Islands (not IOTA) on 10-12 September. The schedule
includes Marblehead (USA-472), S. Bass Island (USA-769), Green
Island (USA-353), Sandusky Harbor (USA-739) and Vermilion
(USA-868). [TNX K5JIM]
XV - Sam, JA1EUI plans to be active (on 6-80 metres mainly SSB) as
either XV3Z or XV3ZZ from Danan, Vietnam between 21 and 28
September. He will have a regular daily schedule on 21.230 MHz at
21.30 UTC with JA1TAA or JA1BQ. QSL via JA1EUI (Satoru Matushima,
2469-5 Toda, Atugi, 243-0023 Japan). [TNX JA1ELY]
YB - Rivai, YC2MTA will be active from Panjang Island (OC-237) on 7-8
September. Look for him on 15 metres SSB between 11 and 17 UTC. QSL
direct to Jl. Sudirman 135, Cilacap, Indonesia 53213. [TNX YC2MTA]
YI - Cliff, G0MMI reports that Rodger, G0TLC plans to be back in Iraq
near the end of September. He will be active again from the YI1BGD
club station in Baghdad around 14 UTC on most bands including WARC
(and possibly 6 metres as well). QSL (for contacts made with YI1BGD
operated by G0TLC *only*) via G0MMI either direct or through the
RSGB bureau.
YJ - Masa, JE1DXC (YJ0AXC) is going to be active from Loh (Linau) Island
(OC-110), Vanuatu. He should be there around 8 or 9 September
(actual dates are subject to change due to local transportation).
Further information, including Masa's QSLling policy, is available
at http://members.tripod.co.jp/mihara/ [TNX JE1DXC]
Z2 - After his safari camp activity from Botswana [425DXN 537] Harry,
W6DXO will be active as Z2/W6DXO from Zimbabwe between 27 September
and 5 October. QSL direct only to W6DXO. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZL7 - Nigel, G3TXF and Roger, G3SXW will be active CW only with two
stations with amplifiers and vertical antennas as ZL7/G3TXF and
ZL7/G3SXW from the Chatham Islands (OC-038) on 13-23 September.
Suggested frequencies are 3503, 7003, 10103, 14023, 18073, 21023,
24893 and 28023 kHz (listening up 1-3 KHz). QSL via home calls
either direct (G3SXW: Roger Western, 7 Field Close, Chessington,
Surrey KT9 2QD, England, UK; G3TXF: Nigel Cawthorne, Falcons, St.
George's Avenue, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0BS, England, UK) or
through the RSGB bureau. E-mail requests for bureau cards are
welcome at G3SXW@compuserve.com and G3TXF@compuserve.com; further
details and propagation predictions may be found at http://
www.G3TXF.com/dxtrip/ZL7_G3TXF/ZL7.htm [TNX G3SXW]
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ARLHS CONVENTION ---> Members of the Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (ARLHS)
will gather in Georgia this November for their first-ever convention. The
event is set for 9 and 10 November at the Holiday Inn-I95 in Brunswick. For
further information please contact Jim Buffington, K5JIM at
jim@jimbuffington.com [TNX K5JIM]
CARIBBEAN TOUR 2001 ---> The Low Land DXpedition Team logged 25,825 QSOs from
Carriacou (J3) and 24,323 QSOs from Bequia (J8) on 10-160 metres CW, SSB,
RTTY and PSK31. The web site for the Tour is at http://www.qsl.net/lldxt and
contains pictures, real audio files, statistics, on-line logs etc. Rob, PA5ET
reports that since the Dutch postal rates have increased as of 1 July, $2 are
required to cover the postage for multiple QSLs.
PIRATE ---> The station who has once again appeared as 3A0FC saying he is
Mike, G4IUF and giving Mike's callsign for QSL info is a pirate. "I have
never been to 3A", Mike reports, "and this guy has been giving me grief for
years".
QSL 9M2JI ---> Mac, 9M2JI/JK1AJX reports that cards should be sent neither to
the 9M2 QSL bureau nor to his Malaysian address. If you need a direct QSL,
please use the following address: Mac Kumakura, 10-18 Kawagishi 4 chome,
Kitakami, Iwate 024-0032, Japan.
QSL K5K ---> The Kingman Reef Palmyra DX Association announces that all QSLs
received direct with SASE for K5K (as well as for KH6ND/KH5 and T32R) have
been answered. All QSLs now being received are answered the same day. If you
have a QSL problem with any of the above, please e-mail N4XP@juno.com before
sending a second request. Bureau QSLs will be answered in the near future but
QSOs already marked as receiving a QSL will not be confirmed again through
the bureau. [TNX NI6T]
QSL UA1PAC/p & UA1PAO/p ---> Alan, UA1PAC has received from the printer the
new cards for the April 2001 operation from Vaygach Island (EU-086) and has
started processing the direct requests. He also continues to process direct
and bureau requests for the April-May 2002 operation. Direct crads should be
sent to Alan V. Kuz'menko, P.O. Box 88, Amderma, Nenets oblast, 166744
Russia. [TNX RA9XF]
QSL VY0/W2NTJ ---> Cezar, VE3LYC reports the current situation of the QSL
cards for various IOTA operations carried out by Jack, W2NTJ. "I had offered
my services to Jack, providing that he sends me his log books", Cezar says.
"Jack was apparently very receptive to this offer, but I have to see these
logs here before I can do any QSLing for him. As such, please restrain
yourself from sending me such QSL requests for now. If I receive his logs, I
will have to print the cards and have them approved by him, after which I
will inform the DX bulletins of the move."
QSL VIA PA3GIO ---> Bert reports that as of 29 August all of the cards for
his operations as 5R8GY, FH/PA3GIO/p & /m and FR/PA3GIO/m have been sent
either direct or through the bureau system.
QSL VIA RA1QQ ---> Nick (RA1QQ) and Vlad (RA1QCZ) were active on 17-19 August
from Hvoshovik Island (RR-22-11). QSLs via RA1QQ. Nick can also help with the
cards for RW1ZZ/P (EU-161). [TNX RA1QHJ]
QSL VIA RX3MM ---> RX3MM, RV3MF, UA3MJA were active on 16-19 August from
Babinsky Island (RR-22-13). QSLs via RX3MM. [TNX RA1QHJ]
QSL VIA WF1N ---> Tony, WF1N reports that e-mail requests for bureau cards
for any of his IOTA operations should now be sent to his new e-mail address
(a.spino@snet.net).
+ SILENT KEY + Phil Wilder, T32O, the only resident amateur on Christmas
Island, passed away on 22 August. "He was very friendly and supportive to our
Kingman Reef, K5K, group", Kimo Chun, KH7U recalls. "During our unexpected
stay on Christmas Island while waiting for our boat he constructed a dipole
for us to use which allowed us to get on the air as T32R". [TNX I8NHJ]
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LOGS: The logs for both HK5MQZ/0M (SSB) and HK5QGX/0M (CW) are now
available at http://www.big.or.jp/~ham/HK0M/ [TNX JA3AAW]
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QSLs received direct: 1A0KM, 3B6RF (AF-001), 3D2AG/P, 3D2CI, 3D2IO/R
(OC-060), 3D2RW (OC-095), 3DA0NL, 3G0Y, 3V8CB, 3V8GI (AF-091), 3V8SF, 3V8SM,
3W2LC, 3XY6A, 3Y0C, 4J3M, 4S7NB, 4W6MM, 5R8GY (AF-090), 5V7TD, 9M6BAA, 9M6CT,
9Y4SF, A22DX, A35TO, A41KJ, A52W, A71MA, BD4XYL, BD7NQ, BQ9P, C6A/N2VV,
CE0ZIS, CO6TM, CO8OTA (NA-218), CT3AS, CU2/G3OOK, D68C, DS2LGK/P (AS-122),
EP3SMH, ER1LW, EZ8CW, FO/DL1AWI, FO0CLA, FO0POM, FO0WEG (OC-152), FP/W8MV,
FR5FD (AF-016), FS/W2JJ, HK3AXY, HL5FEE, HZ1HZ, IM0/KD4NKW (EU-041), J75KG,
J79CGA, JT1CO, JY9NX, K5K, KG4IZ, KH6ND/KH5, KH9/AC4G, LR0N, OD5NH, OY4TN,
PJ4B (SA-006), PJ7/K7ZUM, PY0FF, S92SV, SM3LF (EU-087)SV3/IZ0CKJ/P (EU-158),
SV9CVY, T30ED, T5W, TI4G, UA2FZ, UK8LA, UK9AA, V26B, V47UY, V85QQ, VE2A,
VK0MM, VP5L, VP8SDX, VU2WAP, XA5T, XF3/AB5EB (NA-045), XV9TH, XX9AU, YL2SM,
YL4HQ, ZA1E, ZC4DW, ZD7K, ZD8K, ZK3CW, ZV1IR (SA-079),ZW1MB (SA-079).
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