425 DX News issue #641
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425 DX News #641
16 August 2003
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:
Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: DX information
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3V - Some 20 operators will be active as TS7N from the Kerkennah Islands
(AF-073) between 19 November and 1 December. They will run five
stations on all bands and modes and will participate in the CQ WW DX
CW Contest as a Multi-Two entry. QSL via DL9USA. [TNX DJ7IK]
7Q - Allan, G0IAS reports that Harry, 7Q7HB (G0JMU) is back to Malawi for
at least a couple of months. QSL direct only to G0IAS.
7Q - Ely, IN3VZE will be active once more as 7Q7CE from Malawi on 4-21
September. QSL direct only via home call (Ely Camin, Corso 3
Novembre 136/2, 38100 Trento - TN, Italy). [TNX IN3VZE]
9G - Once again Henk, PA3AWW will be working at Dormaa Hospital in Ghana.
Look for him to be active as 9G1AA in his free time from 30 August
to 12 September. QSL via home call. [TNX PA3AWW]
9V - S61FD is the special call to be aired from St. John's Island
(AS-019, WWL OJ11wf), Singapore on 5-8 September during a field day
operation organized by SARTS, the IARU member Society in Singapore.
Look for CW, SSB and PSK31 activity on 160-10 metres, with special
emphasis on 80 and 160m at local sunset (11.15 UTC) and sunrise
(23.05 UTC). QSL direct (SARTS, Robinson Road, P.O. Box 2728,
Singapore 904728, Singapore) or via the bureau. [TNX 9V1RH]
9Y - Chris, DL1MGB will be active as either 9Y4/DL1MGB (especially on
RTTY and the WARC bands) and 9Y4TBG in contest (during the IARU
Region 1 Field Day - SSB and the WAEDC SSB) from Tobago (SA-009) on
4-18 September. QSL 9Y4TBG via DL4MDO, QSL 9Y4/DL1MGB via home call.
[TNX DL1MGB]
C3 - Twelve operators from Andorra and Spain will participate in the IARU
Region 1 Field Day (6-7 September) from Pic Maia (2614m ASL,
JN02UN), Andorra. They will operate as C37URA on 2 metres (144.345
MHz), on 1.2 GHz as C31PM and via satellite as C31US. E-mail
Enrique, EA1RX (ea1rx-@terra.es) for skeds. [TNX EA1RX]
CE - Atacama Desert DX Group members CE1FLS, CE1RQB, CE1URH, CE1VBH,
CE6TBN, XQ1IDM, XQ4ZW, CA2WUI and CD0906 will operate as 3G2D from
Damas Island (SA-086, DICE ICE-201) on 17-19 October. They plan to
run three stations 24 hours a day on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and
RTTY/PSK. QSL via XQ1IDM. [TNX CE6TBN]
CE0_ei - Look for CE0Y/SP9PT and CE0Y/SP9EVP to operate from Easter Island
(SA-001) from 17 October to 1 November. They will be active on 80-6
metres CW, maybe with some PSK, RTTY and SSTV. On 1-8 November they
expect to sign CE3/SP9PT/m and CE3/SP9EVP/m while visiting the
Atacama Desert. QSL via home calls. [TNX SP9EVP]
CT - Special station CQ0RLH will be activated on 17 August from Roca
Ligthouse (ARLHS POR-007, DFP FES-001). Look for activity on 40, 20,
17, 15 and 10 metres SSB. QSL via CT2GZB. [TNX CT2GZB]
EA6 - Andy, DL8LAS reports he will be active as EA6/DL8LAS (on 10-80
metres mostly CW, RTTY and PSK) from Mallorca (EU-004) on 8-20
September.
EA8 - EH8ACW/p is the call to be used on 6 metres by the Gran Canaria DX
Group during their 16-17 August activity from the lighthouse at
Punta de La Aldea [425DXN 639]. On HF they will be signing ED8LPA.
QSL via bureau or to EA8AKN. [TNX EA8AKN]
ER - Special station ER27A will be active on 20-27 August to celebrate
the Independence Day of Moldova. QSL via ER1DA either direct or
through the bureau. [TNX ER1DA]
FS - Gregg, W6IZT reports he will operate SSB and CW as FS/W6IZT from on
St. Martin (NA-105) from 23 August to 1 September. QSL via home
call.
G - Look for GB2BML to be aired (on 160-10m plus 2 metres, SSB, CW and
SSTV) from Blakeney Mariners Light (ENG 292) on 16-17 August. QSL
direct via M0CNP or G0GFQ, or via bureau. The web site for the
operation is at http://gb2bml.mysite.freeserve.com [TNX M0CNP]
GM - Peter, MM5PSL, Hans, DJ6AU (MM0XAU) and Paul/GM4ENK will operate as
GB2ELH on HF and 6 metres from Eshaness Lighthouse (SCO-075),
Shetland Islands (EU-012) on 16-17 August. QSL via WA7OBH or bureau.
[TNX MM5PSL]
GW - Flatholm Island (EU-124) was used by Marconi when he demonstrated to
the British Post Office his theory that radio waves would travel
across water. He made the link via radio from Lavernock Point in
south Wales to the island on 13 May 1897. To pay homage to Marconi
the Barry Amateur Radio Society (South Wales) erected a monument on
the island and each year make an annual visit to operate a special
event station using the callsign GB5FI. This year's visit will take
place on 22-27 August. Look for activity on 80-10 metres SSB, RTTY,
PSK and SSTV, plus - for the first time - AO-40 and also Oscar 14
(subject to access in the short pass time). QSL via GW0ANA direct or
bureau. [TNX GW0ANA]
HL - Kim/HL1OYF, Kwon/HL1SRJ and Ryu/DS4NYE will be active on 10-40
metres CW and SSB from Soan Island (AS-085) until 17 August. QSL via
HL1OYF. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
I - Look for Roberto, ID9/IK8PGM and Antonello, ID9/IW9BBX to be active
on 40, 20, 15, 10 and an emphasis on 6 metres) from Strombolicchio
Island (EU-017, IIA ME-017) and lighthouse (ARLHS ITA-163, WLH
LH-1320) between 7 UTC and 13,30 UTC on 16 August. QSLs via IK8PGM,
either direct (Roberto Duca, Viale Europa 184, 80053 Castellammare
di Stabia - NA, Italy) or through the bureau. [TNX IK8PGM]
I - Lan, I6KYL e Gianfranco, I6GFX will participate in the International
Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend as IQ6AN from Monte Cappuccini
Lighthouse (WAIL MA-003, ARLHS ITA 104). QSL via I6KYL, bureau or
direct. [TNX IK1NLZ]
I - A group of operators from the Salento DX Team (namely IK7JWX, I7PXV,
IK7JWY, IK6CAC and IK7JPJ) will be active (SSB and CW) on 16-17
August from Torre San Giovanni Lighthouse (WAIL PU-003, ARLHS
ITA-171). QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX IK7JWX]
I - I0NNZ, IZ0EAC and I0EUQ will be active as IA5/IQ0VT from Pianosa
Island (EU-028, IIA LI-016) on 20-24 August. [TNX IZ0HDB]
KG4 - Cory, N1WON/KG4CM and David, WA4ET/KG4DP [425DXN 640] will be active
as KG4LH from Windward Lighthouse (GTM-01), Guantanamo Bay for the
International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend. Activity will be 80-6
metres SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL KG4LH via N1WON or WA4ET.
LU - Luis/LU1DMA, Ariel/LU5EIA, Gerardo/LU7EGY, Jorge/LU8EOA,
Marcelo/LW2DQZ, Alejandro/LW3EA and Gaston/LW5EOL will be active (on
all bands CW and SSB) from the lighthouse at Punta Medanos on 16-17
August. QSL per operator's instructions. [TNX LU1DMA]
OJ0 - The QLF DX Team (LA5UKA, LA6MP, LA8AJA, LA8SDA and LA9VDA) will
operate as OJ0LA from Market Reef (EU-053, ARLHS MAR-001, WLH 0542)
on 19-26 September. They will be joined by OH0RJ (OJ0RJ). Look for
activity on all bands CW, SSB and RTTY. The group will pay special
attention to North America and Japan and will participate in the SAC
CW with one station. QSL OJ0LA via LA9VDA, QSL OJ0RJ direct only to
OH0RJ. The web page for the operation is at
http://www.qsl.net/la8aja/oj0la/ [TNX LA9VDA]
OZ - Simone/DJ2KS, Michael/DJ5KP and Christian/DL6KAC will be signing
OZ0AIS/mm while cruising in the Baltic Sea until 22 August (APRS
position report at http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/winlink.cgi?oz0ais).
They will participate in the International Lighthouse/Lightship
Weekend from an island in the EU-172 IOTA group (their final
destination will depend on weather conditions). QSL via DL6KAC
either direct or through the DARC bureau. [TNX DL6KAC]
OZ - Look for Jakob, OZ7AEI/P to operate on 20 and 40 metres from the
following islands (all count for EU-029) and lighthouses on 22-24
August: Eno (DIA SJ-028), Ore (ARLHS DEN-122) on Sjaelland (SJ-001),
Masnedo (SJ-023), Orehoved (DEN-135) on Falster (SJ-016), Lolland
(SJ-015), Bogo (DEN-138 and SJ-023), Mon (DEN-025 and SJ-017), Nyord
(SJ-026), Gavno (SJ-027) and Glaeno (SJ-013). QSL via home call,
direct or bureau. [TNX OZ7AEI]
SM - Three of operators (namely Erik/SM0AGD, Leif/SM0AJU and John/SM5DJZ)
from the Scandinavian Airlines Radioclub (SK5SAS) will be active on
all bands CW and SSB as SK5LGT from Orskar Lighthouse (SWE-052) on
Orskar Island (EU-084) on 15-16 August. QSL via SM5DJZ. [TNX SM5DJZ]
SV5 - Hubert, DK9NCX will be active as SV5/DK9NCX from the Dodecanese from
20 August to 3 September. He will operate SSB and CW QRP. QSL via
the DARC bureau. [TNX DL2VFR]
T8 - Haruki, JH9URT will operate (on HF and 6 metres) as T88HO from Palau
(OC-009) on 22-26 August. QSL via home call either direct (Haruki
Ohtsubo, 1377-1 Futatsuka, Takaoka, 933-0816 Japan) or through the
JARL bureau. [TNX JA1ELY]
TA - Berkin, TA3J will be signing TA3J/4 from Antalya Bababurnu
Lighthouse (TUR-???) on 16-17 August. Look for activity on 40, 20,
15 and 10 metres SSB. QSL via home call, direct (no green stamps
please) or bureau. Further information at http://www.qsl.net/ta3j
[TNX TA3YJ]
UA - The Brjanskij Radio Club plans to be active on 10-160 metres SSB, CW
and digital modes as UE3YGA and UE3YGA/p between 15 August and 25
September from various areas around Bryansk. QSL via RV3YR (Victor
Borodin, P.O. Box 1, Bryansk-27, 241027 Russia). [TNX RV3YR]
UA - Look for RK0LWW/p to operate (CW and SSB) from Lavrova Island
Lighthouse (ARLHS ASR-093) on 15-18 August. QSL via bureau. [TNX
RW0MM]
UA - Dennis/RZ1AK and Vlad/UA1CIO will participate in the International
Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend from Krasnaya Gorka Lighthouse (ARLHS
ERU-141, RLHA RLE-016). QSL via RZ1AK. [TNX RZ3EM]
UA - RA3NN and UA1OEJ expect to be active from Sosnovets Island (EU-161)
for about five days starting on 18 or 19 August. Afterwards they
should go and operate from three EU-153 islands. [TNX The Daily DX]
UA - Weather permitting, RM1P will be aired from Mestnyy Island (RR-0629)
starting on 20 August. [TNX RZ3EM]
UA - Gen/RU3BY (ex UA6LGW), Toly/UA6NY, Max/UA6LGR and Ivan/UA6MF will be
active on 22-28 August from the Caspian Sea. They plan to operate
from Chechen' Island (not IOTA, RRA RR-1807) and lighthouse and
possibly also from Tyuleniy Island (not IOTA, RR-1801) and
lighthouse. Look for RI6WCI, UE6WTI and R3RRC/6, as well as
homecall/6, to be aired on 40-10 metres CW and SSB. [TNX RZ3EM]
UT - Look for Max, UT2FA/p to be active from Tendra Island (not IOTA, UIA
BS-17) and Tendrovskiy lighthouse (WLH LH-0277, ARLHS UKR-032) until
17 August. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
V7 - V73T and V73B are the calls issued to John, W5RQ and Buzz, N5UR for
their operation from the Marshall islands [425DXN 436]. Look for
V73T to be aired from Taongi Atoll (OC-???) starting on Monday. In
their latest report from Kwajalein John and Buzz said they are
"unsure what time on 18th we will be on", as the voyage to Taongi
takes 36+ hours. QSL via N6AWD. [TNX W5BOS]
VK9_xms- Andy Chadwick, G3AB will be working mainly CW as VK9XAB from
Christmas Island (OC-002) from 30 August to 6 September. This is a
low key DXpedition with 100w and wire antennas. QSL via home call.
[TNX G3AB]
VP5 - Dennis, K7BV will be operating as VP5/K7BV from the Turks & Caicos
on 9-16 September. Six metres will be his primary focus (including
meteor scatter) with active participation in the ARRL VHF Contest
(13-14 September). HF operating when the 6 meter band is closed will
be primarily on RTTY and CW. QSL via KU9C. The web page for the
operation is at http://www.qth.com/k7bv/TURKS [TNX N4GN]
W - A group of operators from Eastern Massachusetts, working in
cooperation with the US Coast Guard (USCG) and National Park Service
(NPS), will be active as N1L from Boston Light (USA 073) on Little
Brewster Island (MA-035S) during the International
Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend. This will be the first ever amateur
radio operation from from Boston Light
(http://www.lighthouse.cc/boston/index.html), the first lighthouse
in America and currently the only lighthouse still manned by the
USCG. QSL via KB1HJO, direct or bureau. [TNX K1RV]
W - Eagle Harbor Lighthouse (USA-253) will be active (on HF and VHF,
CW/SSB, plus FM satellite and possiblye HF digital) in the
International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend using the special call
K8E. QSL via bureau or direct to N8MR. The web page for the
operation is at http://www.kc8nah.com/Interests/illw03.htm [TNX
N8MR]
W - Weather permitting, Terry/W8JE, Karolina/KD5SDQ and Chris/KB5TBB
will be active (on 40-6 metres SSB) from Ship Island (NA-082, USI
MS-005S) from around 15.30 UTC through around 21 UTC on 16 August.
QSL via W8JE or the operator's home call. [TNX VA3RJ]
XE - Ray/N6VR, Jim/N6KZ, David/XE1NTT (N6AN), Roman/XE2ED, Hector/XE2K
and Emigdio/XE2ZY will be active as XF1K from the Todos Santos
Islands (NA-162) on 4-7 September. They will have three stations on
10-80 metres SSB and CW (plus a fourth station for 6 metres and
satellite), with beams, verticals, dipoles and maybe an amplifier.
Plans are to be QRV for at least 18 hours a day. QSL via N6AWD (Fred
K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr., Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA). [TNX
XE2K]
YI - Ghis, ON5NT has been in Baghdad, Iraq since 13 August and plans to
operate (also on 6 metresa) as YI/ON5NT (already approved for DXCC
credit) for about three weeks. QSL via home call (Ghis Penny, P.O.
Box 93, BE-9700 Oudenaarde, Belgium). Afterwards Ghis will be back
to A6 until 10 December, and will try to operate from IOTA groups
AS-021 and AS-124. [TNX ON5NT]
ZC4 - Geoff, ZC4CW will be active from the UK Eastern Sovereign Base on
Cyprus for the next few years. QSL via G3AB. [TNX G3AB]
INDIAN OCEAN TOUR ---> Willy Dellaert, ON5AX reports he will be active (SSB
and CW) as FR/ON5AX from La Reunion (AF-016) on 20-23 October, as S79AX from
Mahe, Praslin and La Digue (AF-024), Seychelles from 24 October to 4 November
(CQ WW SSB DX Contest included) and as 3B8/ON5AX from Mauritius (AF-049) on
6-15 November. QSLs via ON5AX.
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BEACON ---> VE1/W1BKR/B (http://www.henryisland.com) is back on the air. It
is battery/solar panel powered and it is intended to run continuosly through
the year. Signal reports are most welcome. [TNX AA1XV]
DXCC ANNUAL LIST ---> The deadline to submit applications for the 2003 DXCC
Annual List is 30 September. For more information, contact DXCC Manager Bill
Moore, NC1L (dxcc@arrl.org).
ILLW ---> A full list of stations participating in this year's International
Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend can be found at:
http://lighthouses.net.au/illw/2003_list.htm
NEW PREFIXES (PA) ---> As of 4 August the Dutch authority has expanded the
possibilities for the callsign assignment to amateur radio operators in The
Netherlands. For class A (CEPT class I) licensees the follwing prefix blocks
are available: PA, PB, PC, PF and PG, followed by a number in the range 0-5
or 7-9 (6 remains reserved for special event stations in all prefix blocks,
PA0 only available to former PA0 callsign holders) + a 1-3 letter suffix.
Class C (CEPT class II) licensees may use PE and PH, Class D (Novice) may use
PD. An overview, including allocations for PI prefixes and a listing of
new/former calls, can be found at http://www.pg7v.net/english/ [TNX
PG7V/PA3CWL and PF5X/PA5EA]
QSL 3G1P ---> Nick, XQ1IDM reports that the first batch of direct cards for
3G1P (SA-085, March 2003) was mailed on 8 August. Some 900 direct requests
have been received so far and they will be processed according to the date of
arrival to the QSL manager.
QSL 5B4AGM ---> RW3RN reports that he is the QSL route for contacts made
during the 2003 EU HF Championship (not the IOTA Contest, as he said last
week). His address is Alex Kuznetsov, P.O. Box 57, Tambov-23, 392023 Russia.
QSL EK6DZ ---> Rod, EA7JX (ea7jx@qslcard.org) reports that regrettably, for
reasons beyond his control, he cannot be the QSL manager for Serge, EK6DZ any
longer.
QSL VIA IV3HAX ---> Cards for IU3A and IV3HAX, including his operations from
the islands of Martignano (IIA UD-005) and Conchiglie (IIA UD-007), should be
requested direct only to Mauro Lizzi, P.O. Box 1, 33034 Fagagna - UD, Italy.
[TNX IV3HAX]
SRM 2003 ---> The Scottish-Russian ARS sponsors the Scottish-Russian Marathon
as well as several SRM awards to encourage activity by all radio amateurs
worldwide to contact areas of Scotland and Russia. The event is to be held on
the full second week in August each year. This year the Marathon started at
00:00 UTC on 11 August 2003 and will last until 24 UTC on the 17th. All
information can be found at http://www.qsl.net/mm0dfv/srm2003.htm [TNX
MM0DGR]
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ANNOBON: The web pages for the forthcoming DXpedition to Annobon [425DXN 637]
can be found at http://www.tabarca.es.mn [TNX EA5BYP]
LOGS: On line logs and pictures of CS5C (Culatra Island, EU-145) and CS4B
(Bugio Island, EU-040) are available at
http://ct1end.netpower.pt/eu145_culatra_2003/ and
http://ct1end.netpower.pt/cs4b [TNX CT1END]
TZ6RD: The first logs for the current DXpedition to Mali are now on-line at
http://www.pagus.it/tz6rd. Updates are expected to follow on a daily
basis. TZ6RD has four stations running around the clock (160m
activity will not be possible); the operators are experiencing
electric power problems that prevent them from using the amplifiers,
as well as occasional blackouts and high QRM/QRN caused by daily
thunderstorms. [TNX I8NHJ, i8nhj@pagus.it]
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QSLs received direct: 3B9FR, 3C2MV (AF-010), 3D2RK, 3V8SQ, 4K4W, 4U1ITU,
4W1BK (OC-148), 4W2DN, 5H3RK, 5K0Z, 5T6M, 5W0MO, 6W/DK8YY, 6Y5/DL7VOG, 6Y5IC,
7P8Z, 7X2LS, 7X2RO, 9L1BTB, 9M2/G4ZFE/p (AS-046), 9M6CT, 9Y4/DL6RAI, 9Z4BM,
A35WE, A61AJ, AI5P/P (NA-046), C31LJ, CN8UN, CP6XE, CY0MM, ED1ONS (EU-080),
EX8MLE, FP/K9OT, GD0TEP, H44MS, HK3JJH/2, HQ8V (NA-223), J5UCW (AF-093),
J5UDX, JD1YBJ, N4BQW/KH9, N6XIV/KH9, P29KM, P29VMS (OC-231, OC-256, OC-257,
OC-258), P3A, PY0F/PY2XB, RS0F, S05X, S07V, S92UN, ST0RY, ST2CF, ST2X, T31MY,
T32Z, V25WX, V44/AK7G, V73GE, VC7K (NA-181), VR2FD, VR2MY, XF2IH (NA-224),
XT2ATI, XY4KQ (AS-167), YE5A (OC-262), Z33A, ZA1E, ZD7BG, ZW0S.
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