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06 January 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 818
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3Y_ant - Dag, LA9SDA is currently stationed at the the Norwegian base Troll
(LA-10 for the Antarctica Award), Antarctica (AN-016), until 5
February. He operates PSK and SSB on 20 and 40 metres as 3Y9SDA
with 100 watt into a dipole and a ground plane. Look for him
around 07.30 UTC and after 19 UTC. [TNX DL5EBE]
9G - Franco, IK2BTI reports he will be leaving for Ghana on 10 January.
He has applied for a licence and plans to operate SSB and CW for
several months.
9M - 9M4SIX has been issued to the Malaysian Amateur Radio Transmitter
Society, for 6m operation. The 9M4SIX beacon, supported by MARTS,
JA1OCZ and JI1ETU, is up and running on 50005 kHz from the QTH of
Tex, 9M2TO. [TNX 9M2TO]
9M2 - Gerben, PG5M will be active as 9M2/PG5M from Pulau Pangkor (AS-072)
on 5-7 January. He will operate holiday style on 40-10 metres CW
only. QSL via PG5M, direct or bureau. [TNX PG5M]
GM - Ken, G0ORH plans to operate as GM0ORH from Arran Island (EU-123) on
6-13 January. [TNX The Daily DX]
HL - Kang, DS4DRE [425DXN 794] says he will remain on Hong Island
(AS-093) through 30 June. He is active as DS4DRE/4 on 10-80 metres
SSB and CW. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
I - The Torino Paralympic Radio Sport Team will issue a special QSL card
(available through the bureau or direct from IZ1CCE) for contacts
made with Carlo/IZ1CCE, Cataldo/IZ1DNR, Gianni/I1HYW, Gianni/IK1JNP,
Luciano/IK1SOZ and Piero/IK1ZNN between 17 January and 1 March. They
will promote the XXIII Winter Universiade (the World University
Games organized by the International University Sports Federation)
to be held in Torino on 17-27 January
(http://www.universiadetorino2007.org/ENG/home.aspx). [TNX IZ1CCE]
JA - Special event station 8J49JARL will be aired between 7 January and
20 May for the 49th JARL Annual General Meeting to be held in
Okayama. QSL via bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
LZ - Radio Bulgaria's DX Editor Dimiter Petrov, LZ1AF will operate mostly
CW as LZ50DX through the end of the year to celebrate the 50th
anniversary of Radio Bulgaria's DX Programme (17 November 1957).
Special QSL via the bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
OA - After the C6ARI operation from Elbow Cay (NA-219), Daniel, DL5YWM
will travel to Peru. He plans to operate CW and SSB on 10-160 metres
as OA4/DL5YWM in his spare time, from 12 to 31 January. Activities
from Peruvian IOTA islands are also possibile. QSL via home call.
[TNX DL5YWM]
S2 - The S21XA team [425DXN 815] will depart on 7 January and expects to
start operations with three stations around 18 UTC on the 9th (local
midnight of the 10th). Updates will be posted at
www.ea3bt.com/s21xa.htm; QSL via EA3BT.
UA - A group of operators from radio club RK1OZM will be active as
RK1OZM/P from Russian District Mirny (RDA AR-10) on 11-15 January.
They plan to operate on 80-20 meters CW, SSB and some digital modes
with two stations. QSL via RK1OZM, direct or bureau. [TNX UA1PAC/1]
VU7 - The VU7RG team has been granted permission to operate from Minicoy
Island (AS-106, the rarest IOTA group in Asia), which will be the
fourth VU7RG Operation Site with its own bandslots. IOTA chasers can
expect 2-3 full equipped stations to be active on 10-40 metres (SSB
and CW) as VU7RG/VU#xxx starting on 16 January. The other three
operating sites - Agatti, Bangaram and Kadmat (all of them count for
AS-011) - will use VU7RG. The operating frequencies for Minicoy are
as follows:
40m 7030-7040 CW 7060-7070 SSB
30m 10110-10120 CW -
20m 14045-14060 CW 14265-14295 SSB
17m 18089-18108 CW 18138-18148 SSB
15m 21045-21060 CW 21260-21290 SSB
12m 24920-24930 CW 24952-24964 SSB
10m 28030-28045 CW 28550-28575 SSB
This means that the frequency plan for the other three locations has
been slightly changed: please find the up-to-date table at
http://www.vu7.in/ ("Operations" section). [TNX DL4KQ]
W - A group of operators from the Coastal Amateur Radio Association
(http://www.whitehallrepeater.com) will be active on 15, 17, 20 and
40 metres SSB as W4BWZ from Pine Island (not IOTA), South Carolina
on 11-14 January. QSL via KG4WNL.
XT - John, F5VHQ (XT2HQ) will join the XT2C team [425DXN 809] in
Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso for the last days (15-20 January). The
other ten operators expect to leave Paris at 15 UTC on 6 January and
to be QRV the following morning. Their announced frequencies are as
follows:
Band CW SSB RTTY PSK
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6m 50096 - - -
10m 28014 28444 28082 28122
12m 24892 24966 24920 24920
15m 21014 21266 21082 21072
17m 18071 18140 18100 18100
20m 14014 14266 14082 14072
30m 10115 - 10140 10140
40m 7014 7057 - -
80m 3514 3785 - -
160m (*) - - -
(*) AS/OC: TX 1830 RX 1820-1825
EU: TX 1832 RX 1835-1840
NA/SA: TX 1832 RX 1833-1835
QSL XT2C via F9IE. The website for the expedition is at
http://xt2c.free.fr/ [TNX F5NQL]
YO - Special event station YR0UE will be active until 10 January to
celebrate the accession of Romania to the European Union. QSL via
YO3KAA (bureau preferred). [TNX YO3JW]
YU - YU60BCD and YT60W will be aired throughout 2007 by Radio Club
"Mihajlo Pupin" (YU7BCD) to celebrate their 60th anniversary. QSL
via YU7BCD, direct or bureau. [TNX YU7AU]
ANTARCTICA ---> The "R7C Foundation" is conducting an expedition to
Antarctica, which should finish on 15 January. The amateur radio operator
(Igor, UA6DX) is expected to be active 30, 20 and 15 metres as CE8/R7C from
Punta Arenas (Chile), CE9/R7C from Patriot Hills (Antarctica) and KC4/R7C
from the South Pole. QSL to P.O. Box 2007, Moscow, 101000, Russia. [TNX
DL5EBE]
PACIFIC TRIP ---> Hrane, YT1AD is going to the Pacific for the final
arrangements for the April N8S expedition to Swains Island
(http://www.yt1ad.info/n8s). He will operate as 3D2AD from Fiji on 25-26
January, as KH8/YT1AD from American Samoa between 27 January and 1 February,
as with a 5W1 callsign TBA from Samoa on 1-5 February. [TNX YZ5W]
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
425DXN: NEW SEARCH TOOL ---> Leonardo Lastrucci, IZ5FSA (iz5fsa.leo@tele2.it)
reports he has developed a piece of software which allows to query the 425
DX News Archive now maintained on www.ari.it from the PacketCluster. The
commands are:
SH/425 CAL shows the 425DXN Calendar "current" activities;
SH/425 BULL [num] where [num] is the bulletin issue number;
SH/425 [text] where [text] should be replaced with a callsign, an IOTA
reference number, an island name, an Antarctic base, a
lighthouse, etc.
425DXN: THE SPANISH EDITION ---> The website of the Union de Radioaficionados
de Gijon (EA1URG, http://www.ea1urg.com/) now hosts the Spanish language
version of 425 DX News. Many thanks to Fabian, EA1/LW6DX (web editing) and
Miguel, EA1KI (translation).
ARRL NEWS ---> On 30 December Wayne Mills, N7NG announced that, effective 16
January, he resigns his position as ARRL Membership Services Manager. "Such
an early departure had not been my plan", he says, "but had become
necessary". Wayne had succeeded Bill Kennamer, K5NX on 2 May 2000, after
serving as chairman of the ARRL DX Advisory Committee for three years. First
licensed in 1953 at age of 10, he is best known for his operating on
DXpeditions over the past 20 years - XZ1A (1995), BV9P (1995), BS7H (1997),
H40AA (1998), TX0DX (2000) just to name a few. Wayne will be returning to
Jackson Hole (WY): "I hope to regenerate an active interest in Ham Radio back
in Wyoming", he says, "Maybe there'll be another DXpedition or two as well,
and look for N7NG to be an active Wyoming contributor to LoTW as long as it's
in business".
EUCW 160M CONTEST ---> The Union Francaise des Telegraphistes (UFT, the
French EUCW society) sponsors the annual European CW 160 Meter Contest, which
will be held on 6 January (20.00-23.00 UTC) and on 7 January (04.00-07.00
UTC). Rules can be found at http://www.uft.net, where it also possible to
download the software written by Alain, F6ENO. [TNX F5NQL]
MARS ---> N. Khosbayar, JT1CD reports that a new organization, the Mongolian
Amateur Radio Society (MARS), was established on 18 November 2006. "Once all
licensed amateur radio operators of Mongolia have switched their membership
from MRSF [the Mongolian Radio Sport Federation, ed] to MARS, we hope that we
can change the name and keep IARU membership", he says. "MARS will continue
to pay its due to IARU and the QSL bureau will be working permanently in the
future". JT1CD is the Secretary General of the newly born organization, and
held the same position at MRSF.
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Dieter, DK3SF says he has been receiving QSL cards for
contacts made with C31GN since April 2006. Dieter operated as C31GN in July
1973 and July 1975, but has nothing to share with the 2006 station (a
pirate).
NOT VIA K1WY ---> Paul Marshall, K1WO is one of the sorters for the first
call area QSL Bureau in the US. "We continue to receive hundreds of QSLs from
Europe and Asia" for a number of stations that K1WY no longer manages. Please
refer to the usual sources of QSL information (www.qrz.com, etc) for the
following stations, and refrain from sending them via the bureau to K1WY:
4L0DXP, 4L4KW, 4L5O, 5A3O, 5N0AIP, 5N0NAS, 5R8ET, AX1TX, BV4FH, GI0PCV,
OD5NJ, OX3SA, P29CC, RU0AK, S21J, TF0GX, TF4FT, TF4RX, TF7RX, TF7X, TF8GX,
TF8RX, TO0DX, UA0ACG, UA0AOZ, UA0DC, UA0ZBK, VK1TX and ZD7VC.
OPERATORS NEEDED ---> Frosty, K5LBU is organizing his annual trip to Africa,
possibly Botswana (A22) or Lesotho (7P8). Plans are to arrive on 9 July and
depart on the 23rd, which means two weekends on the air (IARU Contest
included). Please contact Frosty (frosty1@pdq.net) if interested in joining
him.
+SILENT KEY + Dewald Voigt, ZS1FRD, a 25-year-old antenna engineer and
scientist, was killed in a transport accident shortly after arriving at
SANAE, the South African Antarctic station. [TNX www.qrz.com]
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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
HAMATLAS: Dariusz "Darek" Milka, SP6NVK is the author of the "Internet Ham
Atlas", containing complete information on all 337 DXCC
Entities, over 3000 pictures and 1100 maps. Give a look to
http://www.hamatlas.eu/ [TNX NG3K]
QSL GALLERY: The large collection of QSL cards (4100+) on Les Nouvelle DX's
web site has been updated. Nine different galleries include
cards for the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (140+ QSLs), each of
the 58 deleted DXCC entities (700+ QSLs), obsolete prefixes
(1700+ QSLs), Antarctic bases (600+ QSLs) & TAAF (Terres
Australes and Antarctiques Francaises, 220+ QSLs), the various
rare French DXCC island Entities (100+ QSLs), pre-1945 countries
(200+ QSLs), French Departments and USA. Several cards are still
needed and your participation is encouraged - please visit
http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr and send send your comments to
LesNouvellesDX@free.fr [TNX F6AJA]
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)
VIDEOS: A couple of nice videos of VK3QI and his team mates' IOTA
operations from Australian island groups (OC-220 and OC-228) are
now available at http://www.youtube.com/: search for VI5PN and
VI5BR, and enjoy the show (VI5WCP and VI3JPI are expected to be
added soon). The video of the recent ZY6T operation from SA-023
is also available.
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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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1A4A IZ4DPV DT8A HL2FDW OY3QN OZ1ACB
3W2TXR JA2TXR DU1/CT1EAT CT1EAT P40W N2MM
3Y9SDA LA9SDA DZ50HBC DU1HBC P49X W0YK
3Z2JMB SP2PI EA9/EA7RU EA7RU PJ2/WB9Z AF9H
4K6OF UA3FDX ED1NVA EA1URV R1ANF/P RK1PWA
4L1UN RW6HS EI100S EI3IP R1FJT UA4RC
4N1856T YU1BM EK3GM IK2QPR RW9FWR/4/m RA9FDR
4N500ZZ 4N7ZZ EK6TA DJ0MCZ S07EA EA1BT
4S7UCG DL7UCX ES1WN ES1AX SC0XMAS SM0OGQ
4X4DK VE3MR EY8MM K1BV SC300VL SK6HD
5H3VMB/5 UA4WHX FO/NA8O JK1FNL SD40JZ SM5DJZ
5R8FU SM5DJZ FS/KN5G KN5G SN55ATR SP2CA
5R8GZ G3SWH G6PZ M5AAV ST2R S57DX
6F75A EA5KB GB1FVT GM3TNT ST2T S57DX
6H1AY XE1AY GC8LED/P G8LED T30XX JA8UWT
6H1CL XE1CL GI0RTN G0RTN TI4CF W3HNK
6H1J XE1J HA501DAE HA1DAE TM0ZK F5OZK
6I2EX XE2EX HA503FIN HA3FIN TM3WRC F4ELU
6I2HUM XE2HUM HA508VK HA8VK UA0KBA/3 RL3DZ
6I2IA XE2IA HA509PN HA9PN UE3DDX/3/P RZ3FR
6W1SE JR2KDN HF740KO SP1NQF UE3GMF RA3GJ
6W7RV F8CMT HG1956R HA3HK UN7MMM EA7FTR
7Q7BP G3RMC HK1XX EA7FTR V31JP KA9WON
7S5CF SK5AA HL0GHQ/2 DS2GOO VE2IDX VA3YDX
7Z1UG DG1XG HL22 DS5SWL VI3JAM bureau
8J3YAGI JA3YKC HS0AC HS0ZFZ VK1AA/4 VE3EXY
8S30JC SK7JC HS0ZDY SM3CVM VP8/LZ1UQ LZ1UQ
9A35Y 9A5CY HS0ZFI SM5GMZ VP8CMH/MM GM0HCQ
9G5SW DC8XL HZ1IK DK7YY VP8DIZ G7KMZ
9J2BO G3TEV HZ1SK IZ8CLM VP9BO W4ZGR
9J2CA G3SWH IY4FGM IK4UPU VP9F N1HRA
9K2GS EA5KB J28JA F5JFU VQ9JK G4FJK
9K2YM EA5KB K0B KI0HV VQ9NL W4NML
9M2MRS PA0RRS K1Y K4VD W5TLH W5AZN
9M6NA JE1JKL K3N N3VOP YB0AR YB9BU
9M6XRO M5AAV KE0A/KP2 KE0A YI1DZ OM3JW
9V1YC N5ID KV2AA W3HNK YI9KT SP8HKT
A35GN VK2GND LU1ZV LU4DXU YN2N TI2OHL
A35TN JA7GAX LX2007L LX1DA YN4SU/9 TI4SU
A52K JA1CG LY7M LY2BW YR0UE YO3KAA
A61AB IZ8CLM LZ0A LZ1KDP YR1A YO3JR
A71EM EA7FTR LZ2007EU LZ1BJ YT150AT YT1AT
C6ARI DL3OCH N0FW/KP2 W8QID YT150YT YT7YT
CE0Y/JK1FNL JK1FNL ON4DAMIAN ON4CP (a) YT60W YU7BCD
CN2DX EA7FTR ON4DAMIAN ON4LN (b) YU60BPQ YU7BPQ
CO2JD AD4Z OQ5M ON5ZO YV1RDX IT9DAA
CQ0ODX CT2GZE OR1Z ON6IX ZF2SC KA9P
D2NX JH7FQK OT4A ON4AEK ZS5IE ZR6OTB
DK2006TZ DL1SBF OX3PG WA0SMQ ZS90DW ZS4SM
DR06XVI DM6HK OX3XR OZ3PZ ZY6T PY7GK
(a) bureau (b) direct
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3DA0TM Andy Cory, P.O. Box 1033, Mbabane, Swaziland
8P9NX Peter Cross, 90 Greenpoint, St. Philip, Barbados
9H1SP Paul Spiteri, 'Wideacre' Depiro Gourgion Street, Lija. BZN10, Malta
9N7JO Stig Lindblom, Jum Changphimai, 147/1 Moo 3, Tambon Boot, Ban Ta
Bong, Phimai, TH-30110 Nakhon Ratchashima, Thailand
CT1EAT Francisco Costa, Apartado 172, 7801-902 Beja, Portugal
DL3OCH Bodo Fritsche, Erlenweg 2, 75175 Pforzheim, Germany
HK3W Siso Hennessey, P.O. Box 02-5242, Miami, FL 33102, USA
HS0ZCW Charles Harpole, P.O. Box 1, Nakhon Chaisi, Nakhon Pathom 73120,
Thailand
IZ4DPV Massimo Cortesi, P.O. Box 24, 47100 Forli' Centro - FC, Italy
LZ1UQ Dimitar Rusev Raitchev, P.O. Box 334, 1618 Sofia, Bulgaria
PG5M Gerben A.Menting, Brandparken 2, 9351 XM Leek, The Netherlands
PY7GK Cristovao H. C. Freire, R. Teles Junior 475-1502, 52050-040 Recife
(PE), Brazil
SV2ASP Monk Apollo, Docheiariou Monastery, 63087 Mount Athos, Greece
TI8II Carlos S. Bedoya, P.O. Box 119, Puntarenas 5400, Costa Rica
VA3YDX Igor Slakva, 105 La Rose Avenue #803, Etobicoke, Ontario M9P 1A9,
Canada
W1F P.O. Box 121, Plainview, NY 11803, USA
YU7BCD Radio Club "Mihajlo Pupin", P.O. Box 17, 26001 Pancevo, Serbia
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