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03 February 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 822
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3B9 - Nigel, G3TXF will operate as 3B9/G3TXF from Rodrigues Island
(AF-017) on 7-13 February. Look for activity (CW only) on 80-10
metres. QSL via G3TXF, direct or bureau (Nigel welcomes e-mail
requests for bureau cards, see "QSLling Tips" on his web site at
http://www.g3txf.com/).
6W - Ingolf, DL4JS and Rich, DK8YY will be active as 6W/homecall from
Senegal on 3-9 February. They plan to operate SSB, CW and digital
modes. QSL for both calls via DH7WW, direct or bureau. [TNX DH7WW]
C5 - Andre , ON7YK will be active again from The Gambia from 9 February
until 1 March. He will collect his licence upon arrival and will
operate as time permits on 80 40, 20, 17 and 10 metres SSB with 100
watts and dipoles. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
F - Look for Christophe, F5UBH/p and Juan, F5IRC/p to operate CW and SSB
on the HF bands from Batz Island (EU-105) on 9-11 February. QSL via
home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
FT - Gildas, TU5KG has left on a new fishing campaign in the Southern
Indian Ocean. He will be sailing in the Kerguelen and Crozet areas
until around mid-March. When on land he will use his new callsigns,
FT5XQ (Kerguelen) and FT5WM (Crozet), otherwise he will be signing
/MM. In April he will be QRV as FR/TU5KG from Reunion Island until
he returns to France. QSL via F4EFI, direct or bureau. [TNX F4EFI]
J2 - I2YSB and his group became active from Moucha Island (AF-053),
Djibouti on 1 February as expected [425DXN 821]. The announced
callsigns (J20M and J20R) have changed, and they will be using J20RR
for CW/RTTY and J20MM for SSB. QSL via I2YSB, direct or bureau.
J7 - George/K5KG (J75KG, QSL via KU9C), Ron/KK9K (J79RV, QSL via home
call), Jim/WI9WI (J79WI, QSL via home call), Charlie/K1XX (J79XX,
QSL via home call) and Don/W9IU (J79IU, QSL via home call) will be
active from Dominica (NA-101) on 10-20 February. They will operate
CW and SSB on all HF bands, with an emphasis on 160 and 80 metres.
They will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as J7OJ (QSL via
KU9C). [TNX The Daily DX]
OZ - Jakob, OZ7AEI plans to operate on 20 and 40 metres SSB as OZ7AEI/p
from a few lighthouses in the Djursland area between 5 and 9
February. QSL via bureau. [TNX OZ7AEI]
V2 - Ed, N2ED will be active as V26G on 10-21 February, ARRL DX CW
Contest included. Look for him to be QRV on all HF bands, including
12, 17 and 30 metres before and after the contest.QSL via home call.
[TNX KA2AEV]
V3 - Frank/DL2SWW (V31FG), Gerd/DJ4KW (V31YN), Gisela/DK9GG (V31GW) and
Gabi/DF9TM (V31DG) will be active from the Turneffe Islands
(NA-123), Belize on 8-13 February. QSL via operator's instructions.
[TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
VP5 - Jim, W9VNE will operate CW as VQ5FOC from the Caicos Islands
(NA-002) from 21 UTC on 2 February through 21 UTC on the 4th. His
main focus is to participate in the FOC Marathon, but he will be
pleased to give a report to prefix hunters as well. QSL via W9VNE.
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
YV0 - Corrado, IT9DAA reports that the Venezuelan Navy has modified the
transport plans for the DXpedition to Aves Island [425DXN 821]. The
YW0DX team now expects to be QRV around 16 UTC on 9 February and to
leave the island on the 14th or the 15th.
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3B7C ---> Two members of the Five Star DXers Association (FSDXA) recently
visited Mauritius to set up logistics for the 7-24 September operation from
St. Brandon [425DXN 814]. All the necessary permits and licences are in hand,
and a suitable ship has been located to take the team members and something
like 6 tonnes of equipment to the island. The full press release no. 3,
issued by Don Field (G3XTT) on 30 January, will be published in the latest
425 Magazine (http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/index.html).
ARRL NEWS ---> "Membership and Volunteer Programs Department" (MVP) is the
official name for the ARRL newly born department that combines most functions
of the former Membership Services Department and Field and Educational
Services [425DXN 821]. The MVP manager is Dave Patton, NN1N.
DXCC NEWS ---> The VU7LD operation from the Lakshadweep Islands (1-30
December 2006) has been approved for DXCC credit. [TNX NC1L]
LAKSHADWEEPS 2007 ---> VU7RG went QRT at 18.30 UTC on 24 January, after 9
days and 92,134 QSOs (65.1% CW, 29.1 SSB, 5.1 RTTY) made from the islands of
Agatti, Bangaram and Kadmat (all of them are AS-011 for IOTA). The VU7RG logs
can be found at http://www.dx-pedition.de/lakshadweep2007/logs/logsearch.php
(logs are in the process of being checked). The band and continent breakdowns
are as follows (full statistics for VU7RG are now available at
http://www.dx-pedition.de/lakshadweep2007/operations/statistics.html):
Band QSOs Continent QSOs
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10m 1727 AF 228
12m 4145 AN 0
15m 14186 AS 17041
17m 14050 EU 64286
20m 16035 NA 9377
30m 10915 OC 505
40m 19532 SA 677
80m 9300
160m 2241
VU7MY remained active from Minicoy (AS-106) until around 15.30 UTC on 30
January, with a total of about 17,000 QSOs. The QSL routes for VU7MY are the
same as for VU7RG; according to the expedition website (www.vu7.in) on-line
logs will be published sometime in February.
LX6 ---> Effective 1 January 2007, this is the prefix for the new "Novice"
licence class in Luxembourg. LX6 licencees are allowed to operate on 160, 80,
15 and 10 metres with 100 watts. The first licence has been issued to
operator Lin, LX6K. Full information on the LX prefixes can be found at
http://www.rlx.lu/lx_prefix_assignment.htm [TNX LX1KQ]
QSL 4O3T ---> The last problem QSLs were sorted out this past week and should
reach their destinations by 15 February at the latest. It was also noted that
an unknown volume of direct requests were lost in the postal system somewhere
along the way. Over the next ten months the direct QSLing phase will continue
through sub-QSL managers: John, N7CQQ (USA & Canada); Martti, OH2BH (Japan
and Asia); Hans, PB2T (Europe and the rest of the world). By the end of 2007
the rest will be released for distribution via the worldwide bureau network.
QSL YT6A via YU1FW. [TNX OH2BH]
QSL J79XBI ---> Please note that the QSL route for contacts made between 16
January 2007 and 16 April 2007 is via Leif, SM0FWW, direct or bureau
(SM0XBI/SM7XBI is the QSL manager for past operations).
QSL TG9AKH ---> Petr, OK1DOT reports he is now the QSL manager for Mario,
TG9AKH. QSL direct only to Petr Gustab, P.O. Box 52, Cesky Brod 282 01, Czech
Republic. Other stations served by Petr include 3W3W, 9V1GO, HK1AR , NH6P,
NL7G, WP3F, XV1X, YB5AQB, YI9CC and ZS6CCY.
QSL YX0A/YX0LIX ---> Steve, KU9C says that about 70% of the direct cards have
been mailed. There is stills a large pile of cards that include QSOs that are
not in log (it seems there were at least two major "slim" runs, one on 15
metres and one on 80 metres), requests for /mm cards, requests for YX0A
and/or YX0LIX and other cards that he manages. Steve has not started bureau
cards yet, and won't for some time. "I apologize for the slow delivery of
these cards", he says, "My hope was to be able to mail these a long time ago,
when I had some slack time in my schedule, but the process 'came together'
just as some hectic work and personal commitments came into my schedule".
+ SILENT KEYS + Peter McKay, G3WQU passed away in Lebanon on 28 January.
While working for the United Nations, he operated as E4/G3WQU, CN2PM, S07PM
and 4W3CW.
Patrick de Verteuil, HH7PV died of a heart attack on 13 January. He lived in
Haiti for 34 years and gave many DXers their first QSO with that Country.. He
was also very active on 6 metres.
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3W3W: Information and a photo gallery for last weekend's 3W3W
operation by Eddy, XV1X and Stan, 3W9JR can be found at
http://3w3w.ok1jr.com/. There is also a link to the on-line
logs. [TNX XV1X]
LOGS: On-line logs for EO15PWC are now available at
http://www.eo15pwc.borisinfo.net. QSL via bureau to UR4PWC. [TNX
US1PM]
TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now
available at http://www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html.
Please send your scores, as well as any request for further
information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@ari.it)
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3D2HC DL9HCU CN2FB DK4VW PJ5NA K1NA
3D2RN WB6JZY CN2FF DK4VW R1FJM RX3MM
3W3W OK1DOT CN2FW DK4VW R1FJT UA4RC
3Y9SDA LA9SDA CO3LF IZ8EBI RK80X RA9XX
4K6OF UA3FDX CO3VK IZ8EBI SC5L SM5XSH
4L6AM 4Z5CU CQ0ODX CT2GZE SU9HP SC6A
4O1A YU1EXY CU2A OH2BH T30HC DL9HCU
4O3M OH2PM CX1JJ EA5KB T32MO OM2SA
5B/K3UY RA3AUU EI75IRTS EI6HB T80J JR6XIX
5B4AGM W3HNK EK3GM IK2QPR T88ME 7N1RTO
5R8FL G3SWH EK6LP IK2DUW T88YK JN1WTK
5R8GZ G3SWH EK6YL SP9ERV T93J OE1EMS
5R8HG DK2WV ER0FEO UU0JM TC5C W4JS
5X1GS WB2YQH ES5Q ES5RY TM7Z F5CWU
5Z4KI YO9AFH EX2M W3HNK UN3M EA7FTR
6H1AY XE1AY EY8/UN7FZ UN7FZ V31JP KA9WON
6H1BY XE1BY EY8MM K1BV V73NS WD8CRT
6H1CT XE1CT FK8AH W3HNK VE0CWL VE1NB
6H1GZU XE1GZU FM1HN K3PD VP2MFF NE1RD
6H1J XE1J GD3NKC G3NKC VP2MHF NE1RD
6H1L WA3HUP GJ2A K2WR (a) VP2MRD NE1RD
6H1SDK XE1SDK GJ2A GJ3DVC (b) VP2MTC NE1RD
6H1TD XE1TD HZ1AN DJ9ZB VP2MVG NE1RD
6H1XR XE1XR HZ1GW GW0RHC VP2MVO NE1RD
6H1ZVO EA5KB II0BH IK0IZW VP8/LZ1UQ LZ1UQ
6I2EX XE2EX J20MM I2YSB VP9I N1HRA
6Y1V OH3RB J20RR I2YSB WH2D K3UOC
7Q7MT NU5O J28JA F5JFU XR7C CE6AMN
7Z1HL DJ9ZB KH8/N9YU YT1AD XT2CG HB9ADJ
7Z1UG DG1XG KP2ZZ G4OOC XU7ADI SM5GMZ
8P2K KU9C LQ0D LU7DSY XU7DXX M5AAV
8Q7AK G7COD LZ2007EU LZ1BJ XU7XRO M5AAV
8Q7NC F6BGC MD4K G3NKC XV2LC VK6LC
9A60K 9A7K MJ0ASP F5SHQ YB0ECT K3AIR
9G5SW DC8XL MJ0AWR K2WR (a) YI9CC/5 OK1DOT
9J2SZ SP8DIP MJ0AWR GJ3DVC (b) YI9SM K5CW
9M2MRS PA0RRS OH0Z W0MM YT3B UA3AB
9V1YC N5ID OM7M OM3PA Z22JE K3PD
A45WD YO9HP OM8A OM2VL ZD8RH G4DBW
C4M W3HNK ON60EKO ON4EKO ZF2BJ K0BJ
C56NN M3UNN OP5T ON5UM ZL6QH ZL2AOH
C6AWS W6SJ P33W RA3AUU ZP6/N3BNA KA2AEV
CN2A DK4VW PJ2T N9AG ZY5100SCOUT PY5CA
(a) US (b) others
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******* ADDRESSES *******
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
9A7K Kresimir Juratovic, P.O. Box 88, HR-48001 Koprivnica, Croatia
CE6AMN Carlos Montesinos, P.O. Box 591, Temuco, Chile
DK4VW Ulrich Mueller, Kreutzacker 13, D-35041 Marburg, Germany
DL9HCU Udo Moeller, Wennerstorfer Strasse 1, D-21629 Neu-Wulmstrof, Germany
G7COD Andrew Kitchen, Cottage 4, Newton Hall Farm, Bank Newton, Skipton,
North Yorkshire, BD23 3NT, England, UK
I2YSB Silvano Borsa, Viale Capettini 1, 27036 Mortara - PV, Italy
LU7DSY Carlos Almiron, P.O. Box 709, 8000 Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires,
Argentina
M5AAV Graham Ridgeway, 6 Pilgrim Street, Nelson, Lancs, BB9 0JQ, England
NE1RD B. Scott Andersen, 614 Old Stone Brook, Acton, MA 01718, USA
OK1DOT Petr Gustab, P.O Box 52, Cesky Brod 282 01, Czech Republic
OM2SA Juraj Sipos, 93013 Trhova Hradska 550, Slovakia
SM5XSH Martin Bjorkman, Hogasvagen 209, 741 41 Knivsta, Sweden
WD8CRT Neil Schwanitz, Box 8341, APO, AP 96557, USA
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