425 DX News issue #708
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425 DX News #708
27 November 2004
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
8R - Olli, EA4BQ/OH0XX is active as 8R1RPN from Guyana until 30 November.
He will participate in the CQ WW DX Contest as 8R1K. QSL to Olli
Rissanen, Calle Ciguela 331, 28729 Venturada, Madrid, Spain. [TNX
EA4BQ]
BV - Hack/JL1EEE, Iku/JL1WQO, Tad/JL1ANP and Ayumi/JH7BZR will operate as
BW2/homecall from Taiwan on 2-6 December. They plan to operate on
160-10 metres CW, SSB and RTTY and to be active during the ARRL 160
Meter Contest. "We are not serious DXers or Top Band specialists",
Ayumi, JH7BZR says, "but we would like to work as many stations as
possible on 160m. Please be patient with us". QSL via home calls,
direct or bureau. [TNX JH7BZR]
F - A couple of special stations will be activated for the French
Telethon for research against genetic diseases. Look for TM8TLN on
3-4 December and TM6TLT on 1-8 December. QSL via operators'
instructions. [TNX F5NQL]
HI - Mike, GW3UOF plans to operate as HI8/GW3UOF from the Dominican
Republic between 28 November and 12 December. [TNX The Daily DX]
I_ant - Mario, I0QHM became active as I0QHM/IA0PS from Antarctica on 19
November and as I0QHM/KC4 on the 21st. This is the first activity
for the 2004/05 season from the Italian "Mario Zucchelli" station
(formerly known as Baia Terra Nova, I-01 for the Antarctica Award)
at Terra Nova Bay, Victoria Land. Mario is expected to remain in
Antarctica until around mid-February. He can be found around 18.30 -
19.15 UTC on 14180 kHz. The holder of IA0PS is Antarctic veteran
Filippo Corbelli, IK0AIH, who does not participate in the current
expedition. More info about the Italian Expedition at
http://www.italiantartide.it/spedizioni/xx/ [TNX IZ8CGS]
OE - Jun, JH4RHF and his friends from Germany will participate in the CQ
WW DX CW Contest as 4U1VIC (Multi-Single). 4U1VIC is a separate
multiplier for the contest, but it is not a separate DXCC Entity.
QSL via 4U1VIC, direct or through the OE bureau. [TNX JH4RHF]
P4 - K6KO and K6TA will operate as P40K and P40TA from Aruba (SA-036)
from 30 November to 21 December. They will participate in the ARRL
10 Meter (as P40K) and 160 Meter (as P40TA) Contests. QSL both via
WM6A. [TNX NG3K]
PY0_spp- Joca, PS7JN reports he will operate again from St. Peter & St. Paul
Rocks (SA-014) from 25 November until 10 December. He plans to
operate on all bands and modes during his spare time as PY0S/PS7JN,
ZW0S or PY0SA.
PY - ZY7LH will be aired from Gameleira Lighthouse (DFB RN-05, ARLHS
BRA-133) on 3-5 December. QSL via PS7AA. [TNX PS7AB]
S9 - The Finnish team on Sao Tome [425DXN 707] will be active as S9BB
until 3 December. During the CQ WW DX CW Contest they will operate
as S9A, and they are grateful to the licensing authority for
releasing this first 1x1 callsign. The group has decided to put only
one station into the contest for all bands, while the other station
will be active on 30 and 17 metres during the contest period. QSLs
via OH2TA. [TNX OH2BN]
ST - Hugo, LA5YJ is now in Khartoum, Sudan and is going to apply for a
licence (requested call will be ST7YJ). QSL via LA4YW (please note
that Hugo still handles 9N7YJ, XU7ACW, MI0YJR and his home call).
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
TN - Baldur, DJ6SI will be active as TN6X from Congo on 4-12 December. He
plans to operate on 10-160 metres CW only. QSL via home call. [TNX
The Daily DX]
VE - Wade, VE9WGS will operate as VC9COAL between 1 and 31 December to
commemorate the 100th anniversary of the naming of Minto, New
Brunswick for the arrival of the railroad in 1904. QSL via VE9WGS
(Wade Gordon Smith, 96 Immigrant Rd, NB E4A 1B7, Canada). [TNX
VA3RJ]
VK9_nor- Mike, K9NW is active as VK9NW from Norfolk Island (OC-005) until 30
November, CQ WW DX CW Contest included. QSL via home call. [TNX
K9NW]
VP2M - Mike/N9NS (VP2MNS), Pete/N0FW (VP2MW), Charlie/W6KK (VP2MKK) and
John/N7CQQ (requested call VP2MQQ) will be active on all bands from
Montserrat (NA-103) on 2-13 December. They will participate in the
ARRL 160 Meter CW Contest (3-5 December) and in the ARRL 10 Meter
Contest (11-12 December) Contest as VP2MW. Information and on-line
logs will be available at http://www.wb8xx.com/vp2m. QSL for all via
W8QID. [TNX The Daily DX]
VP8_fal- Juergen, DJ2VO will operate (on 10-80 metres CW only, callsign to be
issued upon arrival) from the Falkland Islands (SA-002) from 30
November until 10 December. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
VR - Yoshi, VR2JN reports he will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest
as VR2JN/P from Hong Kong Island (AS-006). QSL via JN4ASA.
VU_ant - Arasu, VU2UR reports that VU3BPZ is leaving on 2 December and
expects to arrive at Maitri Base (VU-02 for the Antarctica Award),
Antarctica (AN-016) on the 22nd. This will be the 24th Indian
Scientific Expediton to Antarctica (http://www.ncaor.org/). [TNX
IZ8CGS]
VU4 - Charles Harpole, K4VUD provides some additional information on the
3-31 December VU4RBI and VU4NRO DXpedition to the Andamans [425DXN
707]. The QTH will be Port Blair, South Andaman Island (AS-001), and
plans are to have two stations active; so far, no linears are
available. Band and modes will be decided on-site based on the usual
limits (antennas, hotel permits, electricity, propagation, other
gear, etc.). There will be no foreign pilot station for this
operation; the only possibility is VU2MY at the National Institute
of Amateur Radio (niarvu4@gmail.com). Last but not least, remember
that donations can be mailed to either the NIAR or K4VUD (Charles
Harpole, 3100 N. Hwy. 426, Geneva, FL 32732, USA), who will bundle
them and wire the total to the NIAR.
YB - Stan, YB0AJR (OK1JR) reports he will participate in the CQ WW DX CW
Contest as YE0X on 80 metres from Java (OC-021). QSL via OK1JN.
CQ WW DX CW CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (27-28 November):
ZONE CALL CATEGORY DXCC QSL VIA
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02 VO2AAA M/S or M/2 Canada K8DD/VE3RDD
05 VP9I M/2 Bermuda KQ1F
07 V31RM M/2 Belize KN5H
08 8P5A SOAB HP Barbados NN1N
08 C6AKQ SOSB 40m LP Bahamas N4BP
08 C6AQQ Bahamas ND3F
08 C6ATP SOSB 80m Bahamas OK1TD
08 C6AWS SOAB LP Bahamas W6SJ
08 CO8LY SOSB 15m LP Cuba EA7ADH
08 CO8TW SOSB 20m LP Cuba IZ8CCW
08 J7OJ Dominica KU9C
08 J79A SO?/LP Dominica K7GK
08 TO4A SOAB Martinique VE3HO
08 V26K SOAB LP Antigua & Barbuda AA3B
08 VP2MLA Montserrat LA9VDA
08 VP2MZM Montserrat K2DM
08 VP5W M/2 Turks and Caicos W7TSQ
08 WP2Z M/? US Virgin Islands KU9C
08 WP3F SOAB Puerto Rico DK8ZB
09 8R1K Guyana EA4BQ
09 9Y4ZC SOAB HP Trinidad & Tobago DL6FBL
09 P40L M/S Aruba K5WW
09 P40W Aruba N2MM
10 CP6CW M/S Bolivia W0ZR
10 HC8N M/2 Galapagos Is W5UE
12 XQ4ZW SOAB LP Chile
13 CW2A SOSB 10 or 15m Uruguay SM4DHF
13 VP8WWW Falkland Islands W5PF
14 CT7B SOAB Portugal CT1ILT
14 EI/SP4Z SOAB LP Ireland SP4Z
14 GJ2A M/S Jersey K2WR
14 LX/G3VQO SOAB LP Luxembourg G3VQO
14 LX7I M/S Luxembourg LX2AJ
14 MJ0ASP SOSB 15m Jersey F5SHQ
14 TM6X France
15 4U1VIC M/S Austria 4U1VIC
15 OH0B SOSB 40m Aland Islands OH2BH
15 OH0I SOAB HP Aland Islands OH3BHL
15 OH0Z SOAB HP Aland Islands OH5DX
17 EY8MM SOSB 20m or SOAB Tajikistan K1BV
20 P3J SOAB Cyprus 5B4AHJ
21 4K7Z M/S Azerbaijan UA3FDX
21 9K2HN SOSB 40m Kuwait 9K2HN
22 8Q7DV M/S Maldives UA9CLB
22 9N7BCC M/? Nepal DK7YY
22 AT0B SO LP India VK2BNG
24 BV0J M/2 Taiwan BW0IR
24 VR2JN/P Hong Kong JN4ASA
26 HS72B M/M Thailand E20NTS
26 XU7ADE SOSB LP Cambodia E21EIC
26 XU7ADF SOSB Cambodia AA4XR
26 XU7ADI SO LP Cambodia SM5GMZ
27 AH2R M/S Guam JH7QXJ
27 WH2A SOSB 15m Guam KG6DX
28 9M6NA SOAB HP East Malaysia JE1JKL
28 YE0X SOSB 80m HP Indonesia OK1JN
29 VK9AA SOAB Cocos/Keeling DL8YR
29 VK9XG Christmas W0YG
32 3D2XA M/M Fiji WA4WTG
32 VK9NW SOAB LP Norfolk Island K9NW
32 ZK1DRA SOAB LP South Cook Islands W7DRA
32 ZL6QH M/M New Zealand ZL2AOH
32 ZM1A M/M New Zealand ZL1AMO
33 3V8SF/p SOSB 20m Tunisia
33 EA8/LY1DF SOAB or SOSB Canary Islands LY1DF
33 EA8AH SOSB 80m Canary Islands
33 EA8EA SOSB 20m Canary Islands OH2MM
33 EA8EW SOSB 15m Canary Islands OH1MA
33 EA8ZS SOAB HP Canary Islands EA8ZS
33 IG9A SOSB 160m (African) Italy IT9GSF
33 IH9P SOSB 15M (African) Italy OK1MG
33 CN2R SOSB 80m Morocco W7EJ
33 CN2KM SOSB 20m Morocco SM2EKM
33 CT9L Madeira DJ6QT
34 SU8BHI Egypt HA3JB
34 SU9NC SOAB LP Egypt OM2SA
35 5U5Z M/M Niger G3SXW
35 6W1RW SOAB HP Senegal F6BEE
35 6W7RV SO LP Senegal F8CMT
35 9G5ZS SOAB LP Ghana ZS6EGB
35 D4B SOAB HP Cape Verde K1BV
36 S9A Sao Tome & Principe OH2TA
37 C91F M/S Mozambique AA4NN
38 7P8ZZ SO Lesotho ZS6WPX
38 V51/DL5XL SOAB HP Namibia DL5XL
38 ZS4TX SOAB HP South Africa ZS4TX
40 JW5E M/S Svalbard JW5NM
40 TF3CW SOAB HP Iceland LX1NO
Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqc2004.html - good contest to you
all!
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
AA PY-05 ---> Antarctica Award Manager Gianni Marruccella, IZ8CGS reports
that a new reference number (PY-05) has been issued to the Brazilian refuge
"Emilio Goeldi" on Elephant Island, South Shetlands following the recent
brief activity by Lunkes, PT2HF (Antarctica Award Checkpoint for Brazil)
and Stuckert, PT2GTI. They stopped about half a day only on Elephant Island
(AN-010) during the voyage to King George Island [425DXN 702], where the
main Brazilian scientific station ("Comandante Ferraz", AA PY-01;
http://www.secirm.mar.mil.br/ferraz/iferraz2.htm) is located. Bad weather
conditions affected the operations from Ferraz base, where the antennas
suffered from strong winds. PT2GTI says that a new activity from Antarctica
might take place in February.
C.A.O.S.A. ---> The Scottish-Russian ARS sponsors the Council Areas of
Scotland Award (CAOSA) for working amateur radio stations in the 32 council
areas of Scotland. Enquiries should be sent to the Award Manager by e-mail
(srars@srars.org) or at the address: Scottish-Russian ARS, P.O. Box 7469,
Glasgow, G42 0YD, Scotland, UK. The rules are downloadable at
http://www.srars.org/webdocs/caosa.pdf [TNX MM0DFV]
CE0ZIS ---> The new address for Eliazar is P.O. Box 157, Los Andes, Chile. He
now lives on mainland Chile [425DXN 700], but, according to CE6TBN, he should
be back to Juan Fernandez next week for about ten days. [TNX CE6TBN]
MDXC MEMBERS TROPHY ---> The Mediterraneo DX Club's worldwide membership is
growing. To celebrate the 200th member mark the club organizes the first MDXC
Members Trophy, which will take place on 4-6 February 2005. Information on
the event can be found at www.mdxc.org/trohpy2005.asp [TNX IZ8CCW]
QSL MANAGER SURVEY ---> The "Golist, QSL Manager List" (http://golist.net/)
conducts an annual survey (over 2500 participants last year) to determine the
Top 5 QSL Managers for the year, based upon nominations from DXers world
wide. DXers around the world are asked to submit the call signs of their Top
5 QSL managers for 2004, based solely upon their opinion of how the QSL
manager responded to their QSL requests. Please send the list of your
nominees to golist@golist.net (nominations are accepted from 1 December 2004
through 1 February 2005). [TNX K1XN and The Golist]
QSL SV2DGH ---> Chris reports that the address given in 425DXN #632 is no
longer valid. His current address is: Christos Sfyris, P.O. Box 4200, Smyrnis
5, 57019 Ano Perea, Thessaloniki, Greece.
QSL TO5M ---> Please note that the QSL route for either FR/F6BUM and TO5M
(Reunion Island) is via F6CXJ. Do not send your requests to Jack, F6BUM.
QSL VK9LA & VK9LW ---> Bill Horner, VK4FW reports that the QSL cards for the
recent activity from Lord Howe are at the printers and should be ready in a
week or so. QSLling will begin immediately and cards will be mailed daily
until all requests are out. Please do not affix VK stamps on your return
envelope, Bill says, "as most times the amounts are incorrect".
+ SILENT KEY + Luis, CT4NH reports that old timer and well known Portuguese
DXer Francisco Felizardo, CT1ALF passed away on 25 November.
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
IOTA CONTEST: The results of this year's event can be found at
http://www.contesting.co.uk/hfcc/results/2004/iota2004a.shtml
VK4WWI: Johan, PA3EXX/VK4WWI reports that pictures and on-line logs for
his recent IOTA operations are available at
http://home.quicknet.nl/mw/prive/willemsen/ or
http://home.tiscali.nl/~su042021/ .
Poor propagation conditions affected his activity and he logged
a total of about 3300 QSOs. Direct QSL requests will be
processed during the coming weeks, in time for the IOTA Honour
Roll annaul update deadline.
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3D2EE WA4WTG FH/F6AIG F6AIG TM6OLM F6KFO
3D2KW WA4WTG FK8GJ F6CXJ TM6OSA F6GXL
3D2NA JK1FNL HI3/JA6WFM JA6VU TM6OST F5PWH
3D2OK WA4WTG HI9CF DL4NCF TR8FC F8BUZ
3D2SS WA4WTG HI9NY DL4NYL TU5KC F5TLN
3D2TS WA4WTG HR1FJC EA7FTR UE3QRP/3 RV3GM
3D2XA WA4WTG HS72B E20NTS V5/G3RWF G3RWF
3DA0CG W4GMY J75KG KU9C V63ME 7N1RTO
3DA0NN AA4NN J79RV WA9IRV V73B JH3QFL
3E1A DL6MYL J79VV VE4VV V73EY JA1ELY
5H9KR KF9TC J79WI WI9WI V73IF JA6WIF
5R8DF JK1PLZ JI1NJC/TF JI1NJC V73WJ JA6WJL
5U7MF KC7V JR2KDN/TF JR2KDN VI3BML VK3BML
5U7WP G4BWP KD6WW/VY0 KD6WW VK3APX AI5P
6O0W DL1QW KH0AC K7ZA VK9AA DL8YR
6O0X DJ6SI KH0R JE6DND VK9XG W0YG
6W7RV F8CMT KH2WX JH2ABL VP2ENK DJ8NK
7Q7MT NU5O KK6WW/KH0 JA6EGL VP2ETL DL2RUM
7X5JF DJ8QP LU7AEA LU7ADC VP2MLA LA9VDA
8J1AGE JA bureau N1VF/KH0 JL3SIK VP2VVV K9VV
9A30Z 9A2DM N3FW/KH2 JA2VFW VP8DXL W5PF
9J2SZ SP8DIP NH7IG/KH0 JA6KYU VP8WFW W5PF
9L1DX EA4CEN NP3U WP4U VP8WMJ W5PF
9N1HA N5VL OD5/DJ5IW DJ5IW VP8WPF W5PF
9N7BCC DK7YY OD5/DL2VDE DL2VDE VP8WWW W5PF
9N7CQ IK2ILH OD5/DL4RDJ DJ5CL VP9/K1XM KQ1F
9Y4/DL2CC DL1SBF P40J WX4G VP9/KQ1F KQ1F
A61AD N1DG P40Q K0DQ VP9/W9AEB WF9V
A71EM EA7FTR P40W N2MM VP9/WA1S WA1S
BX3AC G3SWH PT7ZXU CT1AHU VQ9OG W9ROG
C6AQQ ND3F R3ARS/p RA3AKF XR3APEC CE3AA
C91CG W4GMY RK3DZJ/p RV3DPM XT2MF KC7V
C91NN AA4NN RK3ZZB/p RA3ZOM XU7ADE E21EIC
CN2R W7EJ S9BB OH2TA XU7ADF AA4XR
CQ8HGL CT2HGL S9SS N4JR XU7ADI SM5GMZ
EA2BRW/P EA3DUF SF30A SM5AQD YA/EA4FAS EA4FAS
EA3DQU/P EA3DUF ST2PN PA7FM YA4Y DL4VCR
ED3TCT EA3EVR SU8BHI HA3JB YI9MC N2OO
ED4MAD EA4RCU SU9BN EA7FTR YW1F W4SO
ED5MSV EA5URR SU9FL WD9DZV ZK1COW F6COW
ED6FLM EA6AEI SU9GD DJ2AVB ZK1EPY F6EPY
EM80Q US4QWX SU9NC OM2SA ZK1GNZ F6GNZ
EN80WRA UT7WZ SX8P/2500 SV bureau ZX0GTI PT2GTI
ET3TK OK1CU T98DST DL4ST ZX7A PS7TKS
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
AA4XR Bruce E. Ault, 36421 SR 54 W, Zephyrhills, FL 33541, USA
CE3AA Radio Club de Chile, P.O. Box 13630, Santiago, Chile
DL4VCR Ruben Becker, Glockenstr 41a, 66787 Wadgassen, Germany
EU2MM Vladimir N. Kovalev, Ul.Studenaya 9, 222620 Nesvizh, Belarus
F6COW Michel Perrin, 28 blvd de Mesnildot, F-44560, Paimboeuf, France
F6EPY Dominique Auprince, 4 allee de la Genestriere, F-91600 Savigny sur
Orge, France
F6GNZ Kar Radivoj, 50 rue de Jatteau, F-77550, Moissy Cramayel, France
JA1ELY Toshikazu Kusano, P.O. Box 8, Kamata, Tokyo, 144-8691 Japan
JA6WIF Nobutaka Nagaishi, P.O. Box 9, Omura, Nagasaki, 856-8691 Japan
JA6WJL Yasumasa Maeda, P.O. Box 9, Omura, Nagasaki, 856-8691 Japan
JH3QFL Takio Hata, 921-25 Rokujyo, Yasu, Shiga, 520-2412 Japan
LA9VDA Trond Johannessen, Helgedalen 13, N-1528 Moss, Norway
LU7ADC Oscar E. Perez, P.O. Box 97, C100WAA Ciudad de Buenos Aires,
Argentina
PA7FM Dennis Robbemond, Loggerhof 11, 3181NS Rozenburg, The Netherlands
V51LR Hendrik P.J. Le Roux, P.O. Box 86427, Windhoek, Namibia
WD9DZV Timothy M. Garrity, 5407 W. Rosedale Avenue, Chicago, IL 60646-6525,
USA
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