425 DX News issue #696
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425 DX News #696
4 September 2004
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:
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3DA - John, G4IRN has cancelled his 3-12 September operation from Lesotho
[425DXN 695]. He will go and operate mainly CW as 3DA0RN from
Swaziland over the same dates. QSL via home call, direct or bureau
(e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to
g4irn@ntlworld.com). Please visit http://www.qsl.net/g4irn for
further information and on-line logs. [TNX G4IRN]
3Y0_pi - 3Y0X, the third ever DXpedition to Peter I Island, will be brought
on the air by a multi.national team of 21 operators (namely F2JD,
HB9AHL, HB9BHW, K0IR, K4UEE, K3NA, K4SV, K5AB, K9SG, LA6VM, N2WB,
N4GRN, N6OX, NK7C, NP4IW, OH2BH, OH2PM, PA5M, UA3AB, VK4GL and
W0RUN). They plan to operate for two full weeks with nine stations
24 hours a day. The voyage to Peter I will start from Punta Arenas
on 14 January and will take 6-7 days. The exact landing date will
depend on weather. Contributions can be sent to K4UEE, F2JD, JA1ELY
and ZL2AL (details on http://www.peterone.com), but another way to
help out is to purchase a souvenir of the DXpedition at the Peter I
Store (www.cafepress.com/peter1store).
9A - 9A/OE1CIQ, 9A/OE8YDQ and 9A/OE6CAG will be active from Krk Island
(EU-136, CI-046, MC-185) on 7-11 September. They might also go and
operate from Plavnik Mali (EU-136, CI-225, MC-225), Kormati (EU-136,
CI-178, MC-165) and Cres (EU-136, CI-012, MC-056). [TNX IT9DAA & MIA
Bulletin]
9K - A group of operators from the Kuwait Amateur Radio Society plans to
operate as 9K2F from Failaka Island (AS-118) for 3-4 days at the end
of the month. [TNX W3UR]
BY - BA1RB will operate on 10-20 metres (WARC bands included, possibly
with some 160 and 80m as well as PSK31 and RTTY) as BA1RB/3 from the
Hebei/Tianjin Province Group (AS-134) on 18-20 September. QSL Via
EA7FTR. [TNX EA7FTR]
CE - Mario/CE6NE, Marco/CE6TBN, Mike/K9AJ and Lucas/LU1FAM plan to
operate from the Rennell Islands (Ultima Esperanza Province South
Group, SA-???) on 14-17 February 2005. Further information is
expected in due course. [TNX CE6NE]
DL - Helmut, DL7VOX will operate mainly CW as DL7VOX/P from Usedom Island
(EU-129) on 4-18 September. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
[TNX DL7VOX]
EA6 - Christian, DL6KAC reports he will be active again as EA6/DL6KAC from
Mallorca (DIE E-021), Balearic Islands (EU-004) on 6-28 September.
QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
F - F0DIA, F5RRS, F5SDT, F8NZQ, F5TIL and F4BAH will be again active as
TM8MB from Aiguille du Midi (3842m a.s.l., Mont Blanc) during the
European IARU VHF Contest on 4-5 September. QSL via F0DIA. [TNX
F5RRS]
FK - Mike, KM9D and Jan, KF4TUG have left Noumea (OC-032) and expect to
be active soon from the rare D'Entrecasteaux Reefs (OC-058), New
Caledonia. QSL FK/KM9D and FK/KF4TUG via OM2SA. [TNX The Daily DX]
FO - The operation from Hereheretue (OC-058) is confirmed to take place
on 18-20 September [425DXN 692]. The operators (Nando/IT9YRE,
Claudio/I1SNW and Alfio/IT9EJW) will concentrate on working Europe
between 6.30 and 12.30 UTC on 20 metres. QSL direct via home calls.
[TNX I1SNW]
GM - The Orkney Wireless Museum will be on the air as GB2OWM during the
Orkney Science Festival (http://www.osf.org.uk) until 11 September.
Probable operating times will be weekdays and Sundays between 14.30
and 16.30 and on Saturdays from 10 to 12.30. [TNX MM0DFV]
GM - Andre, GM3VLB plans to operate from Skye (EU-008) and several other
islands in the Inner Hebrides - namely S. Rona, Scalpay, Longay,
Staffin, Flodigarry, Wiay, Soay and Crowlin - for up to two weeks
starting on 4 September. All the operations are weather dependent.
QSL direct only via home call. [TNX GM3VLB]
GM - Marian/GM0OYU, Stuart/GM4WMM and Derek/GM0EEY will operate as
GB150NRL will be active from the lighthouse (ARLHS SCO-155) on North
Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands (EU-009) on 4-5 September. This special
event station is to celebrate 150 years since the first lighting of
the lighthouse on 1 September 1854. [TNX MM0DFV]
I - ARI Imperia members Giuseppe, I1WXY and Gabriele, IK1NEG will be
active (mainly on 40 and 20 metres) as IQ1IM/P from Porto Maurizio
Lighthouse (WAIL LI-002, ARLHS ITA-118) on 4 September, starting
around 6 UTC. All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the
bureau, direct cards should be sent to I1ASU. [TNX IK1AWV]
I - Stefano, IK5PWQ will operate (on 40, 30 and 20 metres CW and SSB) as
IP1/IK5PWQ from Palmaria Island (not IOTA, IIA SP-001) on 6-12
September. He will also try to operate (on 20 metres only, CW and
SSB) from Tinetto Island (EU-083, SP-003) for one or two days. QSL
via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IK5PWQ]
I - Look for Alberto, IT9MRM to be active (on 40, 20 and 15 metres SSB)
as follows:
* on 7 September (8-17 UTC) as IF9/IT9MRM from Punta Sottile
Lighthouse (WAIL SI-024, ARLHS ITA-145) on Favignana Island (EU-054,
IIA TP-011, MIA MI-025);
* from 14 UTC on 14 September until 12 UTC on the 15th as I8/IT9MRM
from Capo Spartivento Lighthouse (WAIL CL-009, ARLHS ITA-043);
* from 12 UTC on 27 September until 20 UTC on the 28th as IH9/IT9MRM
from Pantelleria Island (AF-018, IIA TP-001, MIA MI-124).
QSL via home call, direct (Alberto Mattei, Via E. Millo 20, 96011
Augusta - SR, Italy) or bureau. Logs will be available at
http://www.mondoradiomania.tk [TNX IT9MRM]
JA - JO1DPQ will operate from Miyake Island (AS-008) on 11-15 September.
QSL via home call. [TNX JI6KVR]
JT - JT100M is the callsign being used until 13 September during the
Mongolian leg of the Altay-Himalaya Transasian off-road expedition
[425DXN 694]. QSL via UA9OBA. [TNX RA0BA]
KH7K - The DXpedition to Kure Atoll [425DXN 691], originally planned for
mid to late October, has been postponed. The Pacific DX Group will
continue to work towards going at the next possible window of
opportunity. This could be as soon as late winter or early spring
2005. They ask that all groups or people who have contributed
towards this trip or are thinking of contributing, to please
continue to support them as they work to raise the necessary
funding. Regional fundraisers can be contacted at
funds-na-sa-kure@inix.com (North & South America),
funds-eu-kure@inix.com (Europe), funds-ja-kure@inix.com (Japan),
funds-kure@inix.com (all other areas). General inquiries should be
sent to pdxg-kure@inix.com [TNX KH7U]
LA - Look for LA3SRK/P to be activated from Hitra Island (EU-036) between
13 UTC on 4 September and 13 UTC on the 5th during the Region 1
Field Day. Five stations will operate CW (1830, 3530, 7030, 14030,
21030, 28030 kHz), SSB (1850, 3750, 7050, 14250, 21250, 28450 kHz),
PSK (3580, 7040, 14070, 21070, 28120 kHz) and RTTY (3585, 7035,
14080, 21080, 28080 kHz). QSL via SM5SIC. [TNX SM5SIC]
OH0 - Look for Oleg, OH0/ES1RA/P and Jaak, OH0/ES1FB/P to be active from
the Aland Islands (EU-002) on 7-10 September. QSl via home calls.
[TNX ES1RA]
OJ0 - The World Wide Young Contesters' 23-26 September OJ0YC operation
from Market Reef [425DXN 685] has been postponed until the IOTA
Contest 2005. [TNX OH6GDX]
PA - Look for Rolf, PA/DH8KV to be active from Texel Island (EU-038)
until 24 September. [TNX DXNL]
PA - Kees, PA3EEQ and Age, PA0XAW will be active (on 40, 20 and maybe 80
metres CW and SSB) from the lighthouse (ARLHS NET-021) on
Schiermonnikoog Island (EU-038) on 11 September. QSL to home calls,
direct or bureau. Information on the Dutch Lighthouse Award can be
found at http://www.qsl.net/PI4ALK. [TNX PA0XAW]
R1_mv - The R1MVI operation from Malyj Vysotsky (EU-117) [425DXN 695] has
been rescheduled to take place on 10-12 September. QSL via RA3AMG,
who recommends to use his Latvian address (Denis Skobelkin, A.k.
698, LV-1010 Riga, Latvia). [TNX The Daily DX]
SV9 - Phil, G4OBK will operate as J42004Q from Akrotiri, Crete (EU-015) on
8-15 September, then he will revert to SV9/G4OBK. He expects to be
active on RTTY and CW, and maybe a little PSK31 and SSB as well, on
10-30 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau [TNX G4OBK]
TK - Christophe, F4DZY will be active as TK/F4DZY from Corsica (EU-014)
on 8-22 September. He will operate mainly SSB during his spare time.
QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
TT - Francois, F6GYV is now active in his spare time (mainly during the
local evening hours and on Sundays) from Chad as TT8FT. QSL via
F6GYV (bureau) or direct to TT8FT (Francois Theveneau, Celtel Tchad,
BP 5665, Ndjamena, Chad). [TNX F5NQL]
TT - Robert, S53R left for Chad on 2 September. He will remain there for
about ten days and he plans to operate as either TT8RK or TT8KR in
his limited spare time. QSL via K2PF. [TNX ON5NT]
TX0 - The operators for the DXpedition to the Chesterfiled Islands [425DXN
688] will be Jan/DJ8NK, Dieter/DJ9ON, Heye/DJ9RR, Hawa/DK9KX,
Dieter/DL3KDV, Chris/DL5NAM, and Hans/ DL6JGN. They will leave
Germany on 8 October and expect to be QRV (on 160-6 metres CW, SSB
and RTTY) on the 15th or the 16th for eight days. The callsign will
not be made public before the operation starts. QSL via DL5NAM (for
SSB and RTTY) or DL4XS (for CW and 6 metres), direct or bureau.
Details on their QSLling policy can be found at
http://www.df3cb.com/chesterfield/; contributions are welcome
(please contact Chris, DL5NAM at dl5nam@arrl.net).
TZ - Michael, PA5M went QRT from Niger (5U7DX) and is now active in his
spare time as TZ6M from Mali until 16 September at least. QSL via
PA7FM. On-line logs can be found as usual on http://www.pa7fm.nl.
[TNX PA7FM and ON5NT]
UA - RA1QQ, RA1QY, RA1QCZ and RA1QGO plan to operate as UE1RRC/P from an
island (new one for the RRC programme) located in the Rybisnskoe
basin on 3-6 September. QSL via RA1QQ. [TNX RA1QHJ]
UA - Special station UE0LPR will be activated on 3-23 September for the
"Pak Rim Challenger 2004" sailing regatta. QSL via UA0LQJ. [TNX
UA0LQJ]
UA - SRR (Soyuz Radiolyubitelej Rossii) is celebrating the 10th
anniversary of IARU membership. Thanks to the effort of UA0ANW,
UA9AM, UA9PC, RN6BY, RU6AX, RW3QC, UA4CC, RX3RZ, RZ3TX and RW1AC,
ten club stations will operate under special callsigns on 4-13
September: R1SRR (by RU1A), R2SRR (by RZ3TXB), R3SRR (by RK3RWA),
R4SRR (by RK4CWA), R5SRR (by RK3QWA), R6SRR (by RZ6AZZ), R7SRR (by
RK6AWJ), R8SRR (by RZ9OZO), R9SRR (by RZ9AWO) and R0SRR (by RK0AXX).
Some of them will take part in the AA SSB and WAE SSB contests. The
QSL route for all stations is via the SRR bureau (P.O. Box 88,
Moscow, 119311, Russia). [TNX RZ3AA]
V6 - Kazuhide Maruyama, JA0VSH and his wife Miyuki, JG0PBJ will operate
as V63KZ and V63MP from Micronesia on 17-26 September. They plan to
be active on 160-10 metres SSB and CW. QSL via home calls, direct or
bureau. Please note that their new address is: 1-25-49, Irima-cho,
Chofu, Tokyo 182-0004, Japan. [TNX JA0VSH]
VP8_sg - One of the staff at the British Antarctic Survey Base of Bird Island
(South Georgia, AN-007) is active as VP8SGB. He generally operates
(SSB only, usually on 20 metres) for about an hour, most days
sometime between 17.30 and 20.00, and for about an hour on Sunday
mornings between 10.00 and 12.00. QSL via GM0HCQ. Further
information will be posted at http://www.gm0hcq.com [TNX GM0HCQ]
W - The ARRL is celebrating the 135th birthday anniversary of the
League's co-founder and first president Hiram Percy Maxim, W1AW.
ARRL Life members, elected and appointed volunteers and officials
can append /135 to their callsigns during the event, which started
at 00.00 UTC on 2 September and will end at 24 UTC on the 12th. [TNX
OPDX Bulletin]
SOUTH AMERICA TRIP ---> Francisco, EA7FTR reports that Antonio, EA9CP will be
touring South America in September-October as follows (QSLs via EA7FTR):
9-15 Sep OA4/EA9CP Punta Hermosa, Peru
17-21 Sep HC4CB and HC4/EA9CP Isla Cojimies (SA-056), Ecuador
22 Sep - 2 Oct HC8/EA9CP or HC8CB Isla San Cristobal, Galapagos (SA-004)
3 Oct HC1/EA9CP or HC1CB Quito, Ecuador
4-11 Oct TI2/EA9CP San Jose, Costa Rica
11-13 Oct HK0/EA9CP Isla San Andres (NA-033)
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
>>> DXCC - THE DEATH OF THE ANNUAL LIST DEADLINE <<<
The ARRL DX Century Club Program (DXCC) has announced that, effective
immediately, there no longer will be a submission deadline for the DXCC
Annual List. 30 September used to be the traditional cutoff date to compile
entity totals for the DXCC Annual List. Under the deadline-free system,
complete lists on the ARRL Web site will replace the lists of DXCC standings
that customarily have appeared in the DXCC Yearbook. The new Web-based lists
should be on-line early in the first quarter of 2005. After an initial
posting, DXCC will regularly update the Web lists. These listings also will
include the standings of all DXCC members, not just those who made a
submission in the previous year, as had been the practice. ARRL will publish
a scaled-down version of the DXCC Yearbook that will contain highlights of
the standings, along with other features.
BARTG ---> BARTG (the British Amateur Radio Teledata Group) announces the
Oceania award, the last in its series of continental awards. It is available
in three classes (for 10, 25 and 45 countries), the claim can be endorsed as
"All RTTY" or "All PSK", or can be mixed digital modes, and it also possible
to claim single band or mixed bands. Please visit the awards pages on
www.bartg.demon.co.uk for the full rules. [TNX GU0SUP, pcooper@guernsey.net]
CIS DX RTTY CONTEST ---> The Scottish-Russian ARS (srars@srars.org) sponsors
the CIS DX RTTY Contest, which will be held from 12 UTC on 11 September to 12
UTC on the 12th. The objective of the contest is to establish as many RTTY
contacts as possible between radio amateurs around the world and radio
amateurs in the Commonwealth of Independent States (Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan. Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan). Full information can be found at
http://www.srars.org/cisdxc.htm [TNX MM0DFV]
RDA ---> The Russian Districs Award (RDA), sponsored by the Tambov Award
Group, is available to either licenced amateurs and SWLs for confirmed
contacts made with the various districts of the Russian Federation after 12
June 1991. Full information can be found at http://rdaward.org/rda_eng.htm
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
AS-108: Story and pictures of the recent OD5RMK operation from Ramkin
Island can be found at http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~iota/newpage85.htm.
[TNX JI6KVR]
WIN-TEST: Olivier, F5MZN and Laurent, F6FVY report that the English version
of Win-Test (a shareware logging software that supports all the
major events and several other contests) is now downloadable at
www.win-test.com [TNX F6FVY]
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3D2HB KM6HB ES1924M ES1QD SV0LR HB9LDR
3W9HRN DL1HRN FK8GM WB2RAJ SV5/SM8C SM0CMH
3Z0AIR SP7L FR1AN N5FTR SY2004CJU SV3CJU
5B4ABP OE2GEN GB4IOM M1LCR SY2004GWY SV2GWY
5N6EAM/7 IK2IQD GB5FI GW0ANA SY2004MNL SV1BUU
5N9NDP IK5JAN GB6LOP G0SWY T45LH CO2FRC
5R8FU SM5DJZ HF0QF SP7IWA T94OM K2PF
5R8GZ G3SWH HF1PW SP1PBW T98LBC DL7AFS
5U7B I2YSB HF20IL SP8AJC TI2VW EA7FTR
5U7DX PA7FM HF60MPW SP5FKW TM1ALF F8BMN
5U7JB ON5NT HF60PW SP5KCR TM4V F5LHP
5V7BR F5RUQ HH4/K4QD K4QD TM5BDM F5ASD
5X1GS WB2YQH HK1XX EA7FTR TM5JIM F6DJB
5Z4DZ PC1A HS0ZFA DJ4ER TM5LAF F6KQJ
7Q7HB G0IAS HS72B E20NTS TM5PSM F8DNX
7S6LH SK6QW IO3IIM IV3IIM TM6OD F5IDB
8P6ET KU9C JT1FDB DL2ECW TM6OR F5KAR
8Q7GA DL3GA JW5E LA5NM TT8FC EA4AHK
8Q7JF DL7JAN JY9QJ DL5MBY UE3RII UA3RA
9A5LO/P OK1LO K3GV/VY2 K3GV UE9OWM/9 UA9OBA
9J2BO G3TEV KG4JC ND9M UN100KTZ UN7BN
9U6PM HB9DTM KL7AA AC7DX UU8AA G3SWH
9V1GO OK1DOT LU4ZS LU4DXU V31LZ LZ3RZ
9V1YC N5ID MM0MWW/P MM0EAX V47UY KJ4UY
9Y4SF WA4JTK OD5/9K2MU WA4JTK VK7AED/5 K8LIZ
9Z4FT PY4FZ OD5QT YO3FRI VK7LL/5 AA8LL
A61Q EA7FTR OD5UH EA7FTR VP8LGT VP8ON
A71EM EA7FTR OH0JWL DL5FF VQ9WM WB4NCW
BV9A BV4YB OM10PGF OM6TC VY0CQ VE3ZCO
CS0RCL CT1GFK ON430MD ON5UY VY2ZM K1ZM
ED1SDC EA1AUM ON430MD ON5UY XQ3BRN IZ6BRN
ED3RTA EA3RCY ON60P ON4RSX XQ4ZW CE1VLY
ED7UU EA7GV ON60P ON4RSX XV2LC VK6LC
ED8FLH EA8AKN ON60Z ON7ZT YA0Y DL5SE
ED8LGP EA8RCP OY/DL1RTL DL1RTL YB7N WB7B
ED8VBV EA8LE OY/DL2RMC DL2RMC YI9GT SP3GTS
EI4TLH EI8EM PI4VPO PA2CNR YI9JJC N5JJC
EM1HO I2PJA PJ2MI W2CQ YJ0AHZ VK6HZ
EO13FA UT2FA R1ANF RK1PWA YJ0XX W6YOO
EO13FY UX0FY R400T RW9IM Z38Z DL7AFS
EO13ID US7IGF R850D RA3DKE ZB300D ZB3D
EO13W UT7WZ RI0BDI RA3XR ZB300FK ZB2FK
ER60EM ER1DA RI1CGT RN1AW ZB300FX G3RFX
ES1924B ES4BG RK6YYA/6 RV6YZ ZK3SA JH7OHF
ES1924I ES4RD SU9BN EA7FTR ZV7AA PS7CE
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
5B4AHJ Alan Jubb, P.O. Box 61430, 8134 Kato Pafos, Cyprus
AT0RI P.O. Box 6073, Bangalore 560060, India
CT1GFK Antonio J. R. Guerreiro, Apartado 1111 - Zona Industrial, 8700-240
Olhao, Portugal
DL2RMC Thomas Hitzner, Anton-Moosmueller-Str. 1, 84571 Reischach, Germany
ER1DA Valery Metaxa, P.O. Box 3000, Chisinau, MD 2071 Moldova
F5LHP Michel Derudder, 47 rue de Dunkerque, 59143 Watt, France
F6KQJ Radio Club du Velay, P.O. Box 41, 43700 Brives-Charensac, France
G4IRN John Warburton, 31 Greenwood Road, Thames Ditton KT7 0DU, England, UK
GM0HCQ Mike Gloistein, 27 Stormont Way, Scone, Perthshire PH2 6SP, Scotland,
UK
HB9DTM Pierre-Marie Calvet, Rue de Vermont 22, CH-1202 Geneve, Switzerland
I1UWF Gianni Tosello, Strada alla Colla 14, 18038 Sanremo - IM, Italy
I2PJA Antonio Petroncari, Via Enzo Togni 87, 27043 Broni - PV, Italy
II3T ARI Trieste, P.O. Box 29, 34100 Trieste - TS, Italy
LU2DT P.O. Box 664, 7600 Mar del Plata, Argentina
PS7CE P.O. Box 251 ZC, 59010-970 Natal - RN, Brazil
SM5SIC Goran Ingemar Backman, Uttervagen 6, 644 36 Torshalla, Sweden
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