425 DX News issue #631
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425 DX News #631
7 June 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
(e-mail i121171@425dxn.org)
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The 425 DX News monthly edition (May issue), edited by Maurizio Bertolino
(I1-21171/IZ1CRR) is now available for free downloading in either.pdf or .doc
formats at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/ In this iusse you can find several
pics (S05X, 9N7DX, D88S, KB5GL), the complete IOTA Annual Listing 2003 as
well as the usual features (the May weekly bulletins, QSL info and addresses,
calendar and news from the web).
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Maurizio Bertolino, I1-21171/IZ1CRR (www.425dxn.org web master) has launched
an experiment that could be useful and funny for DXpeditioners: if you have a
camphone (a cellular phone able to take and send images), you can post your
images istantly on the 425moblog site from any country and any provider. Send
your JPEGs to 425.dxn@tamw.com (do not forget to add your callsign and a
caption in the body of the message) and your real-time images will be posted
on http://425.textamerica.com Pictures of shacks, antennas, hamfests, contest
activities, meetings, etc are welcome!
4U_un - Fritz, DL4TT/N6UK will be in New York City on 10 June and plans to
operate from the UN club station. This will be a CW only activity;
the band choice will depend on propagation and available antennas.
QSL to P.O. Box 3873, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163,
USA. [TNX The Daily DX]
9A - Special event calls 9A0PAX (4-30 June) and 9A100IP (5-9 June) will
be aired to celebrate the 100th pastoral visit (the third one to
Croatia) of Pope John Paul II. QSL 9A0PAX via 9A7K, QSL 9A100IP via
9A1RKA. [TNX 9A6AA and VA3RJ]
9A - Tibor, HA3HP plans to operate as 9A/HA3HP from the Croatian islands
of Ugljan (EU-170, IOCA CI-134) on 7-11 June, Pasman (EU-170,
CI-085) on 12 June, Murter (not IOTA, CI-074) on 13 June. His plans
also include Gubavci (CI-487), Maslinjak (CI-256), Prisnjak
(CI-374), Prisnjak Mali (CI-488), Skoljic (CI-404), Tegina (CI-413),
Vinik (CI-375) and Visovac (CI-486) on 14-15 June. QSL via home
call. [TNX VA3RJ]
9H - Andrea, IK1PMR plans to be active as 9H3?? from Gozo Island (EU-023)
on 12-19 June. He will operate on 80-10 metres mainly CW, with some
SSB and RTTY/PSK. [TNX IK1PMR]
9M2 - Tex, 9M2TO will be active on 10-80 metres CW from Perhentian Island
(AS-073) on 7-8 June. QSL via JA0DMV (all QSL cards will be sent
automatically via bureau). [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
CT - Look for CT1GFK/P, CT1GPQ/P and CT2IHP/P to operate from Armona
Island (not IOTA, AL-04 for the Portuguese Islands Award) on 7-8
June. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX CT1END]
DL - Volker, DL1WH reports he will be active as DF0MF from the Lightship
"Amrumbank" (ARLHS FED-012) in Emden on 10-17 June. QSL via DL1BIZ.
F - Jacques, F6HMJ and Andre, F6AOI will be active as TM3OR from Ile
d'Or (EU-070) on 13-15 June. QSL via F6HMJ. [TNX F6AJA]
FO - Barry, ZS1FJ (G4MFW, ZL1MFW) and Phil, G3SWH will be active from
Mangareva Island (OC-063), French Polynesia and from Rurutu Island
(OC-050), Austral Islands between 10 and 22 July. The actual dates
of each operation are to be decided, but they hope to be on each
island for at least five days. Propagation permitting, they will
operate on 40-10 metres SSB and CW. Special callsigns have been
applied for and will be announced as soon as they are known. The QSL
route(s) will also be announced later. Donations towards the high
cost of this expedition are invited and may be sent to G3SWH. [TNX
G3SWH]
G - Marc, ON5FP and Jose, ON4CJK will be active as G0RLU and M/ON4CJK
from Lundy Island (EU-120) [425DXN 617] on 23-29 July. They will
activate three lighthouses (ARLHS ENG 073, 074 and 075) and Jose
will participate in the IOTA Contest as single operator. QSL for
both calls via ON4ADN, either direct or through the bureau. [TNX
ON5FP]
GJ - Ekki/DF4OR, Peter/DL1FX, Tilo/DJ5BX and Rainer/DL1ZBO have cancelled
their 3-9 June operation [425DXN 629] from Jersey.
HB0 - A group of operators from the Pannon DX Club
(http://www.pannondxc.hu/) and P.V.R. Klub Puspokladany
(http://www.c3.hu/~ha0khw/) will operate from Liechtenstein on 22-27
June. They will have three stations and will be active on 40-10
metres CW, SSB and RTTY. The callsigns will be HB0/HA0HW/p,
HB0/HA0KHW/p (operated by HG0ETA), HB0/HA4DX/p, HB0/HA4XG/p,
HB0/HG4LGN/p, HB0/HA5BWW/p and HB0/HA7VK/p. QSL HB0/HA0KHW/p via
HA0HW, others via home calls (direct or bureau). [TNX HA0HW]
I - I5TWK, IK8BIZ, IZ8CLM, IZ8DQL, IZ8DPN, IZ8EFK, IK8SCU, IK8PGM,
IC8FAX and IZ8AZB will be active on all bands and modes as IB0/IQ8BI
from Ponza Island (EU-045, IIA LT-001) on 6-8 June. [TNX IW8EOB]
JA - Look for JJ8DEN/6 to be active (on CW and RTTY) from Amami Island
(AS-023) on 21-23 June. QSL via JJ8DEN either direct (Yoshitake
Izumi, Minami-24-7, Nishi-1, Obihiro-City, Hokkaido, 080-0011 Japan)
or through the bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
JA - JARL will participate in the IARU HF World Championship (12-13 July)
with two special stations, 8N2JHQ and 8N3JHQ. Please do not send any
QSL card, as all QSOs will be confirmed automatically via bureau.
[TNX JA1KSO]
JA - Look for Taka, JR3TVH/8 and Natsue, JJ3NAW/8 to be active from Rebun
and Rishiri Islands (AS-147) on 25-30 July. They will operate on 40,
20, 27, 15, 20 and 6 metres SSB and CW. QSL via JR3TVH either direct
or via the bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
JD1_mt - JR8XXQ/JD1 is currently active from Minami Torishima (OC-073),
mainly on CW.
KH9 - Chuck Brady, N4BQW left Honolulu on 30 May for a 6-week stay on Wake
Island. He operates on HF and 6 metres in his spare time; his
favourite mode is SSB, but he can work some CW on his SSB frequency
when asked and the pileups are not too bad. Depending on demand and
on the antenna situation, he may QSY to the CW portions of the
bands. Kimo Chun, KH7U welcomes "constructive comments or reports on
reception" (kh7u@arrl.net), but he is neither acting as a pilot
station nor offering to schedule QSOs for Chuck. There will be no
web page nor posted logs for this operation. QSL KH9/N4BQW via
KB6NAN. [TNX N4AA]
LA - Look for Ulla, LA/DF6QP and Walter, LA/DL8JS to be active from the
Lofoten (EU-076) and Vesteralen Islands (EU-033) until 20 June. They
can be found on 14260-14277 kHz during their evening hours. QSLs via
bureau. [TNX DX Newsletter]
LU - Look for LU5DIT/D, LW5EE/D, LU6DBL/D, LU8EXJ/D, LU8ERH/D and LU3DR/D
from Radio Club Tandil (LU2EE, www.qsl.net/lu2ee) to be active from
Secunda Barranca Lighthouse (ARG-067) on 13-16 June. QSL direct to
LU2EE or via bureau to home calls. [TNX LU3DR]
OZ - Look for Palle, OZ5MJ/P and Jakob, OZ7AEI/P to be active from Hjarno
Island (EU-172, JY-007 for the Danish Islands Award) on 7 June. They
also plan to operate from Alro (not IOTA, JY-010). QSL via home
calls, either direct or through the bureau. [TNX OZ7AEI]
OZ - OZ1HQ will be the Danish IARU Society's HQ station during the IARU
HF World Championship on 12-13 July. QSL via OZ1ACB. Details and log
search at http://www.oz0j.dk/oz1hq [TNX OZ0J]
OZ - On 12 June Bjarne, OZ0BB and Jakob, OZ7AEI will be active as
homecall/1 from the following islands (EU-171) and lihhthouses: Fur
(DIA NJ-003; ARLHS / DLS DEN-073 / 143), Mors (DIA NJ-002; ARLHS /
DLS DEN-066 / 012) and Agero (DIA NJ-018). They plan to start around
8 UTC and to operate on 40 and 20 metres. [TNX OZ7AEI]
PA - Martin VE3MR will be active again as PA9MR from EU-146 on 12-30
June. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
SM - Eric, SM1TDE will be active from Gotland Island (EU-020) between 30
June and 15 August. He will operate on 160-2 metres mainly CW, and
will participate in the IOTA Contest as SM1T. QSL to SM1TDE
(preferably via bureau). [TNX SM1TDE]
SV - Look for SV8/DJ4PI/p to be active from Thassos Island (EU-174) until
18 June. QSL via home call either direct or through the bureau. [TNX
OPDX Bulletin]
T2 - George, OM2SA reports that Mike/KM9D and Janet/KF4TUG expect to
start being active (on all bands CW and SSB) as T21MY and T2YL from
Tuvalu (OC-015) next week. QSLs via OM2SA.
UA - Operators from Vladivostok Radio Club will be active as RK0LWW/p and
UA0LMO/p from Lavrova Island (claimed as qualifying for AS-066) and
Lighthouse (ARLHS ASR-093, RLA-014 for the Russian Lighthouses
Award) on 7-9 June. QSLs via UA0LMO via direct (Yuri Pechenko, P.O.
Box 23, Vladivostok, 690041, Russia) or through the bureau. [TNX
UA0LMO]
UA - RV3GW, RA3GD, RW3GU and others plan to visit and operate (on 20 and
40 metres CW and SSB) as homecall/1 from a few islands (3 new RRA)
and lighthouses (LH 0530 - Vasilisin, LH 0441 - Sosnovo Shal'skiy,
LH 0407 - Mihaylovets) in Lake Onega on 12-15 June. The one day/
one island activity will be limited (about 5 hours a day). [TNX
RW3GU]
VE - Nenad, VE3EXY will be active as CK2/VE3EXY/P from Orleans Island
(NA-128, Zone 4) from around 22 UTC on 13 June until around 20 UTC
on the 15th. He will operate CW, SSB and mostly RTTY on 20, 15 and
10 metres during the ANARTS contest. QSL via home call. [TNX VE3EXY]
VK - Eight operators from The VK6 DX Chasers Club will be active as VI6TI
from Thevenard Island (OC-140) for one week starting around 7-8 UTC
on 15 June. Activity will be on or near the usual IOTA HF
frequencies and there will also be activity on 6 metres (they will
monitor 50.110 Mhz) and via satellite (AO-40). QSL via VK6NE either
direct (Neil Penfold, 2 Moss Ct, Kingsley, WA 6026, Australia) or
through the bureau. Further information is available at
http://www.qrz.com/callsign/vi6ti [TNX VK6NU]
VP5 - Paolo, IK2QPR reports will be active as IK2QPR/VP5 from VP5VAC's QTH
on Providenciales (NA-002) on 16-23 August. He will operate SSB and
CW with an emphasis on the WARC bands. QSL via home call.
W - Randy, KD8JN will be active on all bands (primarily SSB) as KD8JN/4
during his holidays from Hatteras Island (NA-067, USI NC-005S) on
19-26 July. QSL to KD8JN either direct (Randall Phelps, 1226
Delverne Ave SW, Canton, Ohio 44710-1306, USA) or through the
bureau. [TNX KD8JN]
XU - Danny, M0GMT and Oliver, DJ9AO - both members of the World Wide
Young Contesters Club (http://www.wwyc.net) - will operate (on 160-6
metres CW and SSB) from Cambodia on 4-18 August. Callsign to be
confirmed. QSL via G3SWH, either direct or through the bureau. For
further information and updates please visit
http://www.geocities.com/dxpedition2003 [TNX G3SWH]
YA - Masa, JG1OWV is helping a Japanese amateur radio operator named Sada
to get back on the air after twenty years. Sada will be staying in
Kabul, Afghanistan for one year and is currently waiting for either
his licence to be issued and JG1OWV to send him the equipment
(including low bands). Further information is expected in due
course. [TNX JG1OWV]
YB - Special station YB35AR will be active on all bands and modes from
Jakarta on 6-13 July to celebrate the 35th anniversary of ORARI, the
IARU national society of Indonesia. QSL to P.O. Box 8000, Jakarta
11000, Indonesia or via the YB bureau. [TNX YB0DPO]
CROATIAN ISLANDS TOUR ---> Kresimir/9A7K, Phil/F5OGG and Branko/9A6BND expect
to be active (also as 9A0LH) from the following Croatian islands and
lighthouses on 21-30 June (have also a look to http://www.qsl.net/9a7k):
Babac EU-170 CI-005 Murter CI-074
Barjak Mali CI-399 Murvica CI-457
Bisevo EU-016 CI-007 Palagruza EU-090 CI-084
Blitvenica CI-156 Pasman EU-170 CI-085
Cres EU-136 CI-012 Prisnjak CI-374
Daksa EU-016 CI-165 Susac EU-016 CI-109
Grebeni EU-016 CI-174 Susak EU-136 CI-108
Host EU-016 CI-174 Sv. Andrija EU-016 CI-216
Losinj EU-136 CI-058 Ugljan EU-170 CI-134
Mulo CI-458 Vis Island EU-016 CI-142
QSL 9A7K and 9A6BND via homecalls; QSL 9A/F5OGG/p via LX1NO; QSL 9A0LH via
9A7K. [TNX F5NQL]
SAMOA TOUR ---> Ulli, DL2AH will be active (on 10-40 metres SSB) as 5WOAH
from Samoa (OC-097) on 3-15 and 25-29 July (IOTA Contest included) and from
Ofu Island (OC-077), American Samoa (KH8) on 17-23 July. [TNX NG3K]
THE AFRICAN DOUBLE JUMP ---> Fabrizio/IN3ZNR, Aldo/IK2ANI and Joe/AA4NN will
be active as A25FV (IN3ZNR),A25NI (IK2ANI) and A25NN (AA4NN) from Botswana on
2-6 July and as 7P8NR (IN3ZNR), 7P8NI (IK2ANI) and 7P8NN (AA4NN) from Lesotho
on 7-11 July. They plan to operate CW and SSB with two stations on HF (with
an emphasis on 80 and 160 metres CW) and 6 metres (50.110 MHz). QSLs via home
calls. Further information is available at http://www.africanjump.org/ [TNX
IN3ZNR]
VK9 TOUR ---> Gwen, VK3DYL and other YL operators will be active as VK9XYL
from Christmas Island on 13-27 October and as VK9CYL Cocos Keeling from 27
October to 10 November. More details will follow in due course. QSL via
VK3DYL.
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
6 METRES ---> Matt, OZ6OM has been the editor of the OZ50MHz DX Bulletin
since 1989 and has maintained a DX News page on his web site for the last few
months. He has now decided it is "time for a break" and recommends the
following sites for 6m enthusiasts: http://www.algonet.se/~sm7aed/info.htm,
http://www.uksmg.org/index.html and http://www.smirk.org/. Many thanks to
Matt for providing useful information for such a long time.
ARI CONTESTS ---> The ARI Field Day and the ARI Branches Contest will be held
on 7-8 June and 14-15 June respectively.
IN MEMORY OF VK4BP ---> Chris Wright, VK2UW (vk2uw@iprimus.com.au) is putting
together a CD for June, VK4SJ/ZK1AYL in memory of her husband Doug/VK4BP, who
lost his life while on the DXpediton to the Cook Isands [425DXN 630]. Chris
needs a recording done in MP-3 format of name, callsign and message (no
longer than one minute in length).
POSTAGE RATES (FRANCE) ---> Gil, F5NOD reports that effective 1 June 2003 the
new postage rates from France to abroad are as follows:
to DL,OE,ON,OZ,EA,OH,G,SV,EI,TF,I,HB0,LX,LA,PA,CT,HV,SM,HB9 = 0,80 Euros
to the rest of Europe and Africa = 0,75 Euros
to the rest of the world = 0,90 Euros
QSL 3G1P ---> Nick, XQ1IDM (QSL manager for the March 2003 3G1P IOTA
operation from SA-085) reports that the cards are at the printer's. Some 600
direct cards have been received so far; please be patient and do not
resubmit.
QSL T32Z ---> Effective 5 June 2003 the new QSL manager for T32Z is K3PD.
Previous requests sent to Janice, N7YL (now inactive) are believed to be
lost, so please resubmit to K3PD - but do not send any request for QSOs made
before 2002, as no older logs exist. [TNX K3PD]
QSL VIA CT1BWW ---> Manuel, CT1BWW reports he still has logs and cards for
the following operations: CQ1BWW, CQ2BWW, CQ4BWW, CQ5BWW, CQ5H, CQ5L, CQ6BWW,
CQ6C, CQ6CRA, CQ7BWW, CQ7Q, CQ8BWW, CQ8I, CQ0BWW, CR0BWW, CR1BWW, CR4BWW,
CR5BWW, CR6BWW, CR7BWW, CR8BWW, CS1CRA, CS2ETG, CS2V, CS4BWW, CS4EEP, CS5BWW,
CS5C, CS5CRA, CS6BWW, CS7BWW, CS8BWW, CT0B, CT0BWW, CT1BWW/P, CT6BWW, CT6C,
CT7B, CT7BWW, CT7JUN, CT8BWW, CT8FCI and CT98BWW. Cards are available either
direct (Manuel A. C. Marques, P.O. Box 41, 2780-901 Oeiras, Portugal) or
through the bureau.
QSL VIA IK2QPR ---> Paolo, IK2QPR is the new QSL manager for Rasul, UK8OB and
club station UK8OWA. Other stations from Uzbekistan he manages include UK8OM,
UM8OM, RI1OA, UI8IZ, UI8OAA, UK8GH, UK8ICO, UK8IZ. QSL to Paolo Fava, Via
Bertani 8, 46100 Mantova - MN, Italy. [TNX IK2QPR]
ZW8M ---> 9000+ QSO were made during the recent ZW8M operation from Mexiana
Island (SA-042). Logs will be NOT available on line; inquiries can be sent to
Samuel, CT1EEN (ct1een@mail.telepac.pt).
+ SILENT KEY + Junji Saito, JA7SSB reports that Hal Ohkouchi, JP1BJR
(ex-J2JJ) died on 1 June in Tokyo at 87 years of age. A pioneer of amateur
radio in Japan, professor Ohkouchi was a past president of JARL and a FOC
member until a few years ago.
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MCC: The new web site of the Marconi Contest Club is up and running
at http://www.mcc.is.it [TNX I4JMY]
QSL ROUTES: Paolo, IK3QAR maintains and updates on a daily basis a QSL
information DBase on his web site at
http://www.ik3qar.it/manager/
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QSLs received direct: 3B8MM, 3C2MV, 3D2AG/p (OC-060), 3XY1L, 3XY7C, 5I3A
(AF-087), 5N99MSV, 5T5HC, 5U7JK, 5X1CW, 5Z4BK, 8P6DR, 8Q7ZZ, 8R1AK, 9G5KW,
9H1ZA, 9K2MU, 9N7YJ, 9Y4/IV3IYH (SA-009), 9Y4AT, 9Y4SF, A35XX, A41MA/P
(AS-014), A45WD, A71AW, A71EM, A71EZ, AH3D, AI5P/M (NA-046), AL1G, BI5H,
C31LJ, CE9/R3CA, CN2MP, CN2R, CP4BT, CV5Y, CX7BF, CY9DH, D2CR, D44TT,
DS3HWS/4 (AS-084), E44/HA1AG, EA9HA, ES5TV, F/HB9BMY/P (EU-105), FY5FY,
GD4EIP, HC4/NP3D, HQ8V (NA-223), HV5PUL, IF9/I5RFD/P (EU-054, IIA TP-010),
II7GR (EU-091), IK7JWX/P (EU-091, IIA LE-001), IK7JWX/P (IIA LE-005),
IK7JWX/P (WAIL PU-004), IR7GM, J73K, JD1YBJ, JT1BH, JT1CO, JT1CS, JY9QJ,
K9YNF/HR9, KG6MO, KL7/KG4NBL, KP2/AB2E, N6NO/VP9, N6XIV/KH9, OH0B, OH0M,
OH0R, OJ0SM, OY7ET, P49MR, PZ5CM, PZ5RA, RK6CZ/P(RR-24-03), RV6ASX/P
(EU-185), S58T, S9SS, SV9/OH1VR/P, T70A, T77C, T7IARU, TJ2RSF, TR8SA, UE0SAA,
UO0L, UP0L, UP4L, V31MX, VE2IM, VI5WCP (OC-201), VI5WCP (OC-261), VP5LP,
VQ9LA, XT2ATI, XV3AA, XW1IC, ZA/Z35M, ZA0IS (EU-169), ZA1B, ZA1E, ZB2FK,
ZD8R, ZD9IR, ZL7C, ZP40Z, ZP6CW, ZS1RBN (AF-064).
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