425 DX News issue #1008
click here to see the list of archived 425 DX News bulletins28 August 2010 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1008
===========================
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** DX INFORMATION ****
===========================
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
9M6 - Yoshi, JK2VOC will be active as 9M6/JK2VOC from East Malaysia on
2-6 September, including an entry in the All Asian DX Phone
Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
9M6 - Following their operation from Sebatik Island (OC-295) from 24 to
27 September [425DXN 1004], John 9M6XRO, Steve 9M6DXX and Gordon
G3USR will operate as 9M6XRO/p, 9M6DXX/p and 9M6/G3USR
respectively from Labuan Island (OC-133) on 5-8 October (and
possibly until around 00-02 UTC on the 9th). Activity will be on
160-10 metres SSB, CW and RTTY with two stations using amplifiers
to a Hexbeam, verticals and a 160m inverted-L very close to the
ocean. QSL 9M6XRO/p and 9M6DXX/p via M0URX, QSL 9M6/G3USR via home
call. [TNX 9M6DXX]
9X - Tom, DL2RUM has extended his stay in Rwanda [425DXN 1002] and will
remain there through September. The final operating dates for
9X0TL are 29 August-9 September and 19-28 September. QSL via home
call. [TNX NG3K]
CE - Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the beginning of the War of
Indipendence (18 September 1810), all Chilean amateur radio
operators are allowed to replace their current prefix with 3G on
1-30 September. [TNX The Daily DX]
CY0 - Murray, WA4DAN has had to withdraw from the DXpedition to Sable
Island [425DXN 1005], due to business conflicts. The operation
dates have been modified slightly due to logistics matters: 21-29
October. The preferred QSL route is via the Online QSL Request
Service available at www.cy0dxpedition.com. Traditional direct
requests for all callsigns (CY0/AA4VK, CY0/AI5P, CY0/N0TG and
CY0/VE1RGB) should be sent to N0TG: Randy Rowe, 3017 Coventry
Lane, Waxahachie TX 75165, USA. Traditional bureau cards will be
via each operator's home call.
EA - EA3AGB, EA3AKA, EA3EGB, EA3ESZ, EA3GHZ, EA5EOR, EA5KA, EA5RU and
EA5WP will operate SSB, CW and RTTY as EG3LH
(http://eg3lh.blogspot.com/)from "El Galacho", the lighthouse at
Punta Corbellera in the Ebro Delta Nature Reserve on 4-5
September. QSL via EA3GHZ, direct or bureau. [TNX EA3GHZ]
RI1F - Evgenij, UA4RX (ex-R1FJT) is back to Franz Josef Land (EU-019) for
another year long assignment at the weather station on Kheysa
(Heiss) Island. His new callsign is RI1FJ. QSL via UA2FM, who can
also confirm contacts made with R1FJT between in 2006-2008 (the
former QSL manager, UA4RC, passed away last year). [TNX ON5NT]
GM - Alex, GM0DHZ and Andre, GM3VLB will go and operate as GM0DHZ/p and
GM3VLB/p from a large number of SCOTIA (SCOTtish Island Award)
islands in the Orkney (EU-009) and Shetland (EU-012) IOTA groups
between 31 August and 20 September. Activity will depend on
weather conditions. Complete information on the SCOTIA programme
can be found at www.gm3vlb.com/scotia/scotia_index.htm [TNX DX
World]
I - Look for Raul, IC8ATA to be active as IE9/IC8ATA from Ustica
Island (EU-051, IIA PA-001) from 28 August to 4 September. QSL via
home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IK7JWX]
LX - Theo PA1TK, Kees PA5WT, Frans PC5T, Gerard PE1BBI and Rob PE1ITR
will be active LX/homecall from Luxembourg (JN39AX)on 2-5
September. Their main focus will be on the IARU Region 1 VHF
Contest on 4-5 September, but before the contest they will operate
on 80-10 metres CW and SSB. QSL via home calls. [TNX NG3K]
ON - The Radio Club de Binche will operate special event station ON4WAR
on 4 September (11-18 UTC) and 5 September (10-16 UTC) to
commemorate the Belgian resistance during World War II. QSL via
ON7RY, direct or bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
OZ - Tom, DL4VM will be active as OZ/DL4VM from Vendsyssel-Thy (EU-171)
on 4-18 September. He will operate CW and PSK31 on 40, 30 and 15
metres, and will also be active on 6 metres. QSL via home call,
direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
OZ - Ulli, DD2ML and Martina, DD7MR will be active as 5P5L from Lolland
Island (EU-029) on 4-18 September. They plan to operate CW, SSB
and RTTY on 80-2 metres. QSL via DD2ML, direct or bureau. [TNX
rsgbiota.org]
PJ2 - Curacao should be one of the new DXCC entities resulting from the
dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles that will take place on 10
October 2010. "We expect all operations to be accepted as of
10/10/10", John, K6AM says. "While ARRL approval is not 100%
guaranteed, and may not be officially announced until all DXCC
requirements are documented, plans are in place to mount several
operations from the Signal Point super-station, PJ2T on Curacao
beginning on day one". The first operation will be run on 10-18
October by a group led by K8ND. They will be followed closely by a
team of nine operators from the U.S. and Germany who will be there
through 2 November, including a M/M entry in the CQWW SSB Contest.
Both PJ2/homecall and PJ2T will be in use during the 3-week run.
Expect activity on all bands and modes. The station will be opened
also to amateurs participating in the GAREC conference (11-12
October), as well as to any local Curacao amateurs who wish to
operate from Signal Point during the post 10-10-10 week. [TNX K6AM]
PJ6 - The Saba 2010 team has completed all preparations for the
activation of Saba in October [425DXN 984]. Two teams, comprised
mostly of members of the Southeastern DX Club (SEDXC), will
operate over a two-week period (10-23 October) from two different
locations on the island. Saba & Sint Eustatius should be one the
new DXCC Entities resulting from the dissolution of the
Netherlands Antilles: "this is not a 100% certainty", K4UEE says,
but "it is likely enough to plan an operation". Bookmark
www.saba2010.com for further information, updates, log search and
QSLling instructions.
PY - PY2JY, PY6AWU, PY6HD, PY6KY, PY6RT and PY7GK will be active as
ZY6Z from Morro de Sao Paulo on Tinhare Island (SA-080) on 3-7
September. They will operate SSB and CW on 80-10 metres. QSL via
PY6HD. Further information at qrz.com under ZY6Z.
SM - Fred, SM7DAY and Jan, SM7NGH will be active from Oland Island
(EU-037) on 5-11 September. They will operate on all bands CW and
SSB. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX SM7DAY]
SU - Gab, SU/HA3JB will be active from Egypt in September-November
2010. He plans to operate CW, RTTY (CQ WW DX RTTY Contest
included), PSK31 and some SSB. QSL via home call (direct only).
Gab's website is at www.ha3jb.com [TNX HA3JB]
TA - The TC Special Wireless Activity Team will be active as TC2010WBC
from 28 August to 5 September for the FIBA (International
Basketball Federation) World Championship to be hosted by Turkey.
All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau in
late December. [TNX TA1HZ]
TA - TA2RX, TA7EB, TA7BC and others will be active as TC9KLH from Rize
Kizkalesi Lighthouse on 28-30 August. They will operate on the HF
bands SSB. [TNX TA1HZ]
YJ - Chris, VK3QB reports that the current YJ0VK DXpedition to Vanuatu
[425DXN 1004] will be QRV on or around the following frequencies:
1820, 3511, 7011, 10107, 14011, 18077, 21011, 24897 and 28011 kHz
(CW); 1860, 3670, 7170, 14170, 18118, 21270, 24935 and 28470 kHz
(SSB). The team will place a special focus on 30, 17 and 12 metres;
they have "a limited station for 160m, but we'll certainly have it
operational each day at our sunrise and sunset". RTTY/PSK31 will
be "on traditional frequencies". QSL via VK2CA, direct or bureau,
and LoTW.
===========================
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
===========================
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3B9/IZ4AKS ---> The website for IZ4AKS' activity from Rodrigues Island
[425DXN 1005] can be found at www.iz4aks.com/3b8-3b9. QSL direct only to
IZ4AKS (Giorgio Minguzzi, Via Savio 2, 48012 Bagnacavallo - RA, Italy). "I
will probably upload the log on LoTW", he says, "but not immediately".
DXCC NEWS ---> Bill Moore, NC1L reports that 9X0TL (Rwanda, 2010 operation)
has ben approved for DXCC credit.
INDEPENDENCIA DE VENEZUELA CONTEST 2010 ---> The log submission deadline
for the Venezuelan Independence Contest (3-4 July) is 31 August. "Some logs
by an unknow reason didn't make into the email inbox of one of our
accounts, an senders didn't got a reject", the Contest Committee says. So
if you submitted your log, but did not receive the confirmation e-mail and
cannot find your call listed at www.radioclubvenezolano.org/concurso.htm,
please send your log again to contestyv[@]gmail.com. [TNX YV5AJ]
QSL VIA W2OX ---> "Alex, W2OX has all the old cards for V47KP, V48M, V47K
that were sent to K2SB, which were unanswered by him as of August 18,
2010", The Daily DX reports. "Alex has all logs from 1989 to March of
2010", and he is in the process of sending out direct cards "as fast as he
can". Bureau cards will follow. Direct requests should be sent to A.
Aimette, P.O. Box 64436, Souderton PA 18964, USA.
SCC RTTY CHAMPIONSHIP ---> Organized by the Slovenia Contest Club, it will
be held on 28-29 August (from 12 UTC to 11.59 UTC). Rules and results can
be found at http://lea.hamradio.si/~scc/rtty/rtty.htm [TNX S50XX]
TL0A ---> Christian, TL0A is currently vacationing in France. He will be
back to Bangui, Central African Republic on 8 September, and expects to
remain there until late 2010-early 2011. [TNX ON5NT]
+ SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include Peter Hale (G4OAD),
Ladislav "Laco" Satmary (OM8AM) and Harold R. "Bob" Hall (W8QHG).
===========================
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
******* QSL ROUTES *******
===========================
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
===================================================================
CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
===================================================================
3D2II DK1II EX2X EA5KB OZ0FR/P DL2VFR
3V8SS IZ8CCW FH8ND F1OKV OZ50RN DH1LAO
3Z100ZHP SP9ZBC FK8GX W3HNK OZ5AQC JA5AQC
4K5D K2PF FM5CD F5VU PA100SCOUT PC2S
5B/OM2AQ OM3XX FS/W6IZT N7XG PA100SRS PD9RAY
5K1R EA5KB GB0BHL G0TQT PD10SAIL PD1RP
5N50K LZ1CL GB0L M0DOL R1ANP RW1AI
5N7M OM3CGN GB1OL MM5DWW RC9O UA9PC
5R8KH KA2VUY GB2BML M6KAH RM5D RN3DK
5W1SA JH7OHF GB2LBN GM4UYZ RT3T UA3TT
6W7RV F8CMT GB2LS MM1BHO RT5Z UA3ZK
7S5A SM4DDS GB2LT GM7OKX SF6LGT SK6NL
7S5LH SM5RN GB2SL G3AMW SF7YT SM6DQO
9A5LO/p OK1LO GB2SLH M5YLO SI0TA/2 DL5ME
9H3VW M0VWK GB2WHL M0OXO SK7L SK7CA
9J2KK JK1NSR GB4BPL G6HOU SN0AKK SP7PKI
9J2MG VK3BDL GB4NPL MW0TTR SN0WFF SP5X
9L1BTB SP7BTB GC4BRS GW0ANA SN1LH SP1EG
9M4CPD 9W2PD GC4KPT M0DOL SN2LH SP2KDS
A41OO NI5DX GH4LAB/p G4IAR SN30S SP3PSM
A61AS YO3FRI GX4HRC G3SVK SO1CC DL1CC
A61TT IZ8CLM H81L HP1RCP SO1RE DK8RE
AM7VCE EA7URS HA0BTV/p IZ0BTV SO200FCM SP5PB
AO1LWF EA1HNP HF100HP SP1ZCV SO8SM DF3SM
AO8GLH EA8AKN HF100ZHP SP6ZDA SP0CFF SP2FAP
AT10BP I1HYW HF20MSM SP9PRM SP9YFF/p SQ9IDG
C31CT EA3QS HF30ICP SP4ICP SQ2010FC SQ5WAA
C91UA ZS5UA HG150ITALY IZ0BTV ST2AR S53R
CE1Z CE1WNR HG3IPA HA3JB TC150SLH TA1HZ
CM2IR EB7DX HG8SDS HA8PH TC3LHW TA1HZ
CN2EL/m F4ENJ HG8WFF HA8MT TL8PB LA0HF
CQ7GIL CS1AAM HH2/PY3SB PY2WC TM0LHG PA0HEL
CR6FNA CT1MH HI8E NK4L TM400H F6KDU
CR6LH CT1GZB II1IALV IK8XVA TM4PT F4DTO
CS2010M CT1DSV IQ0FM/p IZ0GZW TR8CA F6CBC
CS2HNI CT1RVM IR1SMG IZ1GJK UA0YAY IK2QPR
CU3HQ EA3GHZ JW7XM LA7XM UE0RFF/0 RN0QQ
CW0T EA5KB L99F LU5FB V85RY EA7FTR
D2EB IZ3ETU LM2010TSR LA9K V85TX W3HNK
DA2010LH DH3WO LR5D LU4AA VP8DMH G0VGS
DF0MF DL1WH LZ02WFF LZ1BJ XR1A XQ1IDM
DU1/F2JD F6AJA LZ160AK LZ2VP XR2A CE3BBC
E77XZ DK6XZ MJ0CTR M0CTR XU7TZG ON7PP
EA8/EI6DX/p RX3RC MU0MCV M0MCV XX9TKV F4BKV
EG1SAU EA1HNP NL8F K8NA YI1RZ IK2DUW
EG3WFF EA3EGB OH0BP OH2BP YI9GYS KG4GYS
EG7MAJ EA7IKM OH1AV/2 OH1BOI YI9RLB KB2RLB
EM300M UR4MZM OH9AA/p DL5ME YJ0VK VK2CA
EM44U/p UT7UT OK8FK/p DK7FK Z22JE K3IRV
EM75LWY UR4LWY ON27IOF ON4AMM ZA1E I2MQP
EM7WFF UT1KY ON4OSLN ON4CJK ZA1Z HB9BGN
EN1IFF UR3IBV OO2O ON4LDI ZB2TY M0TNY
EP3MJ IK2DUW OR3A ON6CC ZL30MDG ZL3RG
ER65V ER1DA OX1JA JA5AQC ZL6LH ZL1VK
ES9EFF ES4RX OX3LX OZ1PIF ZP8VAO K2DER
CW1A Radio Club Uruguayo, P.O. Box 37, 11000 Montevideo, Uruguay
DL5ME Mario Borstel, Zur Tonkuhle 57, 39130 Magdeburg, Germany
F4BKV Vincent Colombo, 32 rue de Gibrand, 17350 Port-d'Envaux, France
IU1L Sezione ARI di Genova, Ufficio Genova Centro, Casella Postale
1117, 16121 Genova GE, Italy
JA5AQC Masaru Hanazaki, 2-8-16 Kinuyama, Matsuyama-shi, Ehime, 791-8025,
Japan
K8NA Theodore Pauck Jr, 2820 Lenox Drive, Troy MI 48098, USA
K9YNF Wayne C Long, 636 Cardinal Court, Cascade WI 53011, USA
MM5DWW David Wishart, Curcum, Swannay by Evie, Orkney, KW17 2NS, United
Kingdom
OX3QM Fred R. Anderson, PSC 1501 Box 1347, APO, AE 09704, USA
UA0FUA Sergei I. Schekhlov, ul. Sportivnaya d.11 kv.2, Kurilsk,
Sakhalinskaya obl., 694530, Russia
VE7DP Franc Toplak, P.O. Box 209 STN CEDAR, Cedar BC V9X 1W1, Canada
VE7KDU Klaus Urbantke, P.O. Box 751 STN MAIN, Terrace BC V8G 4R1, Canada
VK2CA Allan Meredith, P.O. Box 890, Mudgee NSW 2850, Australia
VK3ATX Trevor Close, P.O. Box 8309 Northland Centre, Preston VIC 3072,
Australia
VK3DWH Dan Haslett, 19 Greenway Dr, Mill Park VIC 3082, Australia
****************************************************************************
425 DX NEWS HOME PAGE: http://www.425dxn.org
425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE: http://www.425dxn.org/monthly
****************************************************************************
425 DX News is a free of charge weekly bulletin
edited by Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ and Valeria Pregliasco, IK1ADH
Its contents may be used, reproduced and distributed
in part or full provided that
"425 DX News" or "425DXN" receive proper credit
Contributors are invited to send their DX information to
Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ (425dxn@alice.it)
The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays
****************************************************************************
Direttore Responsabile
Gabriele Villa, I2VGW
Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 071675
Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti
Roma, Italia
****************************************************************************
click here to see the list of archived 425 DX News bulletinsgo back