425 DX News issue #610
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425 DX News #610
11 January 2003
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:
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
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7Q - Allan, G0IAS reports that Harry, 7Q7HB will be active from Malawi
for some other eight weeks, while Les, 7Q7LA will be active from 14
January for about three months (looking this time to give people
the chance of QSOs on 30 metres). QSL for both stations via G0IAS
(direct only).
A4 - Marco, IV3NCC is active as A4/IV3NCC from Oman for a couple of
months. He hopes to operate soon on the low bands. QSL via home
call.
CE - Fernando, XQ5SM says he will not be part of the CE6M team that is
going to Mocha Island (SA-061) [425DXN 607]. The operation is now
scheduled to take place on 15-20 January. The operators will work
SSB (on +/- 28510, 24950, 21250, 18145, 14275, 7085, 7150, 3690
KHz) during the first four days and will concentrate on CW on the
19-20th. Latest information will be published at
http://www.geocities.com/ce6ne/Mocha_Island. QSL to P.O. Box 591,
Temuco, Chile. [TNX CE6NE]
CX - The CV1F activity from San Gabriel Island (SA-057) [425DXN 607] is
now scheduled to take place on 10-15 January. The operators will be
CX1CV, CX1ABC, CX1SI, CX2FR, CX2AM, CX3CE, CX3AN, CX4CR, CX4AAE,
CX4AAJ, CX8FB and LU2NI. They will be active on 160-2 metres SSB,
CW, PSK31 and RTTY if possible. QSL via EA5KB. [TNX CX2AM]
FG - Jack, F6HMJ/TO2FG [425DXN 603] will be active (on 20 metres SSB and
CW) as TO2FG/p from Marie Galante (NA-102, DIFO FG-008) for a few
hours on 11 January, starting around 13 UTC. QSL via home call. The
DIFO web page is at http://www.qsl.net/f5nod/difo.html
[TNX F5NQL]
I - Special call II1D will be aired by Carlo, IZ1CCE and others during
2003 to celebrate the European Year of the Disabled. QSL via IZ1CCE
either direct (Carlo Sobrito, Via I Maggio 9, 10051 Avigliana - TO,
Italy) or through the bureau. [TNX IZ1CCE]
KH9 - Chuck Brady, N4BQW is expected to operate as N4BQW/KH9 from Wake
Island (OC-053) on 15-25 January. QSL direct to KB6NAN. [TNX The
Daily DX]
LU - Look for Robert, 3A2MY to be signing LU/3A2MY on 16-23 January from
Aconcagua, the highest peak (6959 metres asl) in the Andes. Robert
will use a home made QRP transceiver (5 watts) supplied by solar
cells, and will operate between 14280 and 14290 kHz. Special QSL
via home call. [TNX F5NQL]
LU_ant - Dominik, DL5EBE reports that LU1ZG from "General Belgrano II" base
(WABA LU-08, IOTA AN-016), LU1ZD from "San Martin" base (LU-11,
AN-016) and LU1ZV from "Esperanza" base (LU-06, AN-016) are
expected to be on 21365 kHz at 22 UTC as follows:
LU1ZG 15 January and 14 February
LU1ZD 24 January and 28 February
LU1ZV 28 January and 18 February
In the meanwhile, operator Jose is active as LU1ZA from "Orcadas
del Sur" base (WABA LU-14) on Laurie Island, South Orkneys
(AN-008); he is QRV almost daily between 22 and 23 UTC on 15 and 20
metres.
P2 - Bernhard, DL2GAC/P29VMS is currently active as H44MS from Honiara
(OC-047), Solomon Islands and on 13 January he will go to Papua New
Guinea. On 18 January he will leave Kavieng (New Ireland Province)
on board of a fishing vessel that is due to call at Nissan Island
(OC-231), the Talun Islands (OC-???), the Nuguria Islands (OC-???)
and to return to Kavieng at the end of January. Bernhard does not
know how long the ship will stop at each island, but he hopes to be
able to operate for 1-2 days from some of these islands. These will
be battery powered and solar recharged operations, and IOTA chasers
are invited to work him only once per island. QSL via DL2GAC. [TNX
DL2GAC]
PJ - Lee Reisenweber, VP2VE will be active as PJ5/K3RGD on all bands
from St. Eustatius (NA-145) from 10 January to 10 February. QSL via
WA2NHA. Skeds may be arranged using VP2VE@AMSAT.ORG with a very
short message (1 line - 75 characters). [TNX VP2VE]
ST - Gerben, PA5NT will be active as ST2X from Khartoum, Sudan on 20-28
January. He will operate on 40-10 metres mainly CW with some SSB,
activity on 80 and 6 metres will depending on local conditions. QSL
via PA5NT (Gerben A. Menting, Waezenburglaan 104, 9351 HG Leek, The
Netherlands). More information at http://dx.to/ (log search will be
available during the operation). [TNX PA5NT]
VK - Look for VK7KHZ/P to be active (on 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 metres)
from Bruny Island (OC-233) on 19-22 January. QSL via EA7FTR
(Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias 23, 21110 Aljaraque, Huelva,
Spain). [TNX EA7FTR]
VP8_ant - Micky is currently QRV from VP8ROT, "Rothera" base (WABA G-07) on
Adelaide Island (AN-001), Antarctica. He has been active on 20
metres between 2 and 5 UTC. QSL via GM0HCQ.
XY - Hiroo, JA2EZD (XW2A) will be active as XY1M from Myanmar on 14-29
January. He plans to concentrate on 6 metres and the low bands. QSL
via XW2A (Hiroo Yonezuka, P.O.Box 2659, Vientiane, Laos). [TNX The
Daily DX]
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CAROLINA DX ASSOCIATION ---> At its annual meeting in December 2002, the
Carolina DX Association (http://www.cdxa.org/) elected the following new
officers for 2003: Ted Goldthorpe, W4VHF (President); Bob Burton, N4PQX
(Vice-President); Jim Miller, K4SQR (Secretary-Treasurer); Joe Simpkins, K4MD
(Cluster Manager); John Scott, K8YC (Newsletter Editor). [TNX K8YC]
DARC 10M CONTEST ---> The DARC HF Contest Committee invites you to
participate in the DARC 10M Contest (CW and SSB) to be held on 12 January
from 9 UTC through 10.59 UTC (two hours only). Rules can be found at
http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/fedcz.htm [TNX DL8WAA]
DUCIE ISLAND ---> In early March the operators for the second Ducie operation
will leave the Gambier Islands (French Polynesia) via boat for Pitcairn and
then Ducie. Several more operators will be welcome, particularly one who is
CW competent. Some SSB and RTTY experience will be helpful. Interested and
experienced operators can contact Stu, WA2MOE (wa2moe@firstinter.net) with a
brief outline of experience.
HR5/F2JD ---> Gerard, HR5/F2JD has logged 5200+ QSO so far (he will be in
Honduras until early March) and hopes to put up an antenna for 160 metres.
Jean-Michel, F6AJA has received the first batch of logs. If you want to check
your QSO, send an e-mail to log.f6kpo@eudil.fr (put your callsign in the
subject line). [TNX F6AJA]
K1BV DX AWARDS DIRECTORY ---> The 2003 Edition features hundreds of changes,
especially from the European countries that adopted the Euro as a common
currency last year, as well as over 150 new awards. Ted has prepared a
special page on his website which gives a better description of the changes:
http://www.dxawards.com/2003edition.htm
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Please note that DJ7DZ is not the QSL manager for Yuri,
UA9SP. [TNX UA6JD]
QSL HK3CW ---> Mike, W2GR reports he is now handling *direct* cards only for
Rob, HK3CW. QSL to Mike Benjamin, 1064 99th Street, Niagara Falls, NY 14304,
USA. Bureau cards should go to HK3CW.
QSL 9U5D & 9Q0AR ---> Leif, SM5BFJ reports that "the Swedish Post Office has
raised the postage to a level that 1$ is not enough to cover my return
postage". If you still need a QSL card, "please 2$ or 1 IRC".
QSL LX/PA6Z ---> Bert, PA1KW reports that the QSL cards for the September
2002 operation from Luxembourg are going to be sent out in the next coming
weeks.
QSL R1ANC ---> Please note that cards for R1ANC from Vostok base are via
DL5EBE, while cards for Alan's (UA1PAC) portable operations should be sent to
Alan V. Kuz'menko, P.O. Box 88, Amderma, 166744, Russia. Alan is currently
active as R1ANC/p from Lake Vostok until 15 January; he also plans to be
active as KC4/UA1PAC from McMurdo base and as ZL3/UA1PAC from Christchurch,
New Zealand for a few days in late January. [TNX UA1AKE]
QSL RU0SYL ---> Nadia, RU0SYL operates on 10, 15 and 20 metres from near the
city of Bratsk, Zone 18. Her QSL manager is UA0SE (Serge Karpov, P.O.Box
5247, Angarsk 665819, Russia). [TNX UA0SE]
QSL V63RE & V63WN ---> Bewteen Christmas and the New Year Nando, IT9YRE was
hospitalized and had to undergo two operations. Nando is slowly recovering
and expects to leave the hospital very soon, but he is still extremely weak.
Gaetano, IT9GAI is helping him with the QSL cards, and the two are doing
their best to send out the cards so that they reach their destination in time
for the IOTA Honour Roll annual update.
QSL VIA N9NU ---> Tim is the QSL manager for KH6XT (not KH6X as reported in
425DXN 610). He apologizes for any inconvenience this may have caused. Online
logs are available at http://www.n9nu.net/logsearch/logsearch.html
QSL VIA UA4WHX ---> Vladimir, UA4WHX/AC4LN apologizes for the delay in
answering the QSL requests for his summer operations (V31BV, TG4/AC4LN,
TG4/UA4WHX, YS1/AC4LN, AC4LN/HR2, AC4LN/HR1, H7/AC4LN, AC4LN/TI2, HP8/AC4LN,
HP1/AC4LN, AC4LN/6Y5, HI8/AC4LN, AC4LN/HH2, 9Y4/AC4LN, 8R1/AC4LN, 8P9/AC4LN,
8P9BV, J6/AC4LN, J73/AC4LN, J8/AC4LN, AC4LN/J3). The QSLs have been printed
but their quality was so low that the whole order had to be placed again, and
this might take an extra while. If you are interested in knowing if your
QSL(s) has/have been received, please drop Vladimir (ua4whx@vem.udm.ru or
ua4whx@mail.ru) a note with the call and the date/time of the QSO(s). QSL to
Vladimir M. Bykov, P.O. Box 2040, Izhevsk 426000, Russia. [TNX UA4WHX]
WORLD LIGHTHOUSE AWARD ---> Developed by F5OGG, F5SKJ, F6DGT, F-17511 and
W9DC, the World Lighthouse Award (WLH) is available to either licenced
amateurs and SWLs for confirmed contacts made with valid WLH lighthouse
expeditions since 1 July 1997. Further information, including the WLH list of
valid lighthouses, is available at http://wlh.online.fr [TNX F5OGG]
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CQ CALLBOOK: Oleg N. Silkin, RA3DCT is the author of a shareware logging
software ("CQ Log") and a new programme called "CQ Callbook" -
please visit http://www.cqlog.com/cqcallbk/cqcallbk.html for
further information
CT1EEB: Pictures and short stories from Jose's, CT1EEB (aka 4W6EB and
VK8CS) operations are available at http://www.qsl.net/ct1eeb
I QRP CLUB: The new web site for the I(taly) QRP Club is up and running at
http://www.arimontebelluna.it [TNX I3FFE]
LICENCES: The worldwide licensing information pages by Veikko "Veke"
Komppa, OH2MCN (http://www.qsl.net/oh2mcn/license.htm) contain
detailed and up to date information on how to get a radio
amateur license in 250+ countries. Latest changes regard C5,
5Z4, 9V1, V85, 9M and VK.
LOGS: The C53M & C56R logs are now available at http://dx.qsl.net [TNX
OH9MM]
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3C5XA G3XAQ D88S DS4CNB PJ2/W0CG N9AG
3G5A XQ5SM E20AJ HB9AOF (a) PT2ZAW OK1FWQ
3W2XK W9XK E20AJ HS7AHV (b) R1ANB RU1ZC
4L1MA ON4RU ED6FAN EA6ZX S21YY JM1HXU
4L4L TA9I EM0U UT3UZ S9SS N4JR
4W6MM TF3MM EU6MM IK2QPR T88HA JK1FNN
5R8FU SM5DJZ EW8AF DL8KAC T97M K2PF
5R8GZ G3SWH EX0V N6FF TF3CW LX1NO
5U7JB ON5NT EY1HQ DJ1MM TL8CK F6EWM
5W1/VK2GND VK2GND FK8KAB/P FK8AH TO2FG F6HMJ
5W1SA JH7OHF FK8VHY F8CMT TP3CE F5LGF
6J3D XE3D FP5EJ K2RW UA0AZ W3HNK
7X5AB F6BFH GB2COS G7BQY UE4HNY UA4HUR
7Z1AB KN4F GN4SIW GI4FUM UK8FC RW6HS
7Z2AB K1SE H2G 5B4AGC UN7MO EA7FTR
7Z5OO W1AF H44MS DL2GAC UU9CW KD5RBU
9H1EL LA2TO HF55KAB SP5KAB V31JP KA9WON
9H3UW G3RJQ HG2HNY HA2NC V51HK DL6OBS
9J2BO G3TEV HS0ZCW K4VUD V73MJ JF1NZW
9K2ZZ W8CNL HZ1AB K8PYD VP2EY HB9SL
9N7AS JH3PAS HZ1HZ N7RO VP2VE WA2NHA
9N7WU JA8MWU IY4FGM IK4UPU VP5NN NN6NN
9N7YJ LA5YJ J79BEY G1SSL VQ9CJ VQ9X
A45WD YO9HP J79SSL G1SSL VQ9DT VQ9X
A71AW W3HNK JD1YBJ JH1EFP XT2HB F5RLE
AH2K/KH0 JE8KKX JT9BH JT1BH XV9NA JE1JKL
AT0NG VU2JOS JW0HU SP3WVL YA1BV JA1PBV
B7K W2AY JY9QJ DL5MBY YA1JA JA1CQT
BA7NQ W2AY KH0/KB9LQG SP5EWX YC4VD LZ1YE
BD7NQ W2AY LU1ZA LU4DXU YR500 YO9KPD
C21HC DL9HCU LX/PB5CW PA1TO YR9P YO9HP
C31LJ VE3GEJ N8Z WZ8D YS1/N4BP N4BP
CB4Y CE4FXY N9N KG9N YS2ZKK DK2KK
CE2LZR EA5KB NA7DB/HP4 NA7DB YS3VE N3TUK
CE2SQE EA5KB OH0B OH2BH Z22JE KZ5RO
CE3N CE3NR OH0R OH2PM Z33Z DJ0LZ
CN2MK DL3APO OP0GS ON5GK ZC4VG G0UVX
CO2CI WD4OIN OR3T ON4UN ZD7DP W1ZT
CO6XN HK6DOS OY4TN ON5UR ZL1/PA3GIO/p PA3GIO
CP4BT EA5KB P29KPH K5YG ZL5CP AI3P
CP6AA IK6SNR P3F 5B4AGN ZS7/ZS4AGA DL5EBE (c)
CP6XE IK6SNR P40AV K4AVQ ZS7/ZS4AGA ZS4A (d)
CV1F EA5JB P49MR VE3MR ZW1NE PY1NE
(a) direct only
(b) bureau
(c) E-Base (WABA ZS-04)
(d) SANAE IV (WABA ZS-03)
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AP2IA Ijaz Akram, 5 Haroon Road, Saroba Gardens, 17KM Ferozpur Road, Lahore
54760, Pakistan
DJ0LZ Ace Jevremov, P.O. Box 14, D-82378 Peissenberg, Germany
DL5EBE Dominik Weiel, Johannes-Meyer-Str. 13, D - 49808 Lingen, Germany
DS4CNB Lee Dae Ryung, P.O Box 30, Tongyung 650-600, South Korea
JA8MWU Kazunori Abe, 12-5-9, 7-Jyo, Kagura, Asahikawa, 070-8007 Japan
JE8KKX Nozomu Takahashi, 2-5 5-chome 18-jo Toko, Asahikawa, Hokkaido,
078-8358 Japan
LU8VCC Alejandro Rocca, Calle 217 Bis 1128, 8332 General Roca, Rio Negro,
Argentina
PA3GIO Bert vd Berg, Parklaan 38, NL-3931 KK Woudenberg, The Netherlands
SM5DJZ Jan Hallenberg, Vassunda Andersberg, SE-741 91 Knivsta, Sweden
UA3CS Serge A. Ivanov, Ul. Vokzalnaya D.11 Kv.25, Zavety Il'icha, 141254,
Pushkino, Moskovskaya Obl., Russia
UA4HUR Eugene Vihanov, P.O. Box 1228, Togliatti, 445032, Russia
VA7DZ Eric Manning, 2909 Phyllis Street, Victoria, BC V8N 1Y8, Canada
YO9HP Alex Panoiu, Pleasa, Prahova RO-2038, Romania
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