425 DX News issue #712
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425 DX News #712
25 December 2004
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
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3D2 - Jim, K6JAT and Lilah, KE6EHD will operate as 3D2TJ and 3D2EG from
Matagi (OC-016), Fiji Islands on 1-7 January. QSL via home calls.
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
3Y0_p1 - The 3Y0X team members [425DXN 696] are scheduled to depart Punta
Arenas on 14 January. The activity from Peter I Island is expected
to take place between 21 January and 4 February, depending on
weather. Nine stations will be active on the following suggested
frequencies:
1822.5 3523 7023 10103 14023 18073 21023 24893 28023 CW
1842.5 3750 7073 14190 18165 21295 24987 28475 SSB
10148 14088 18105 21100 24949 28092 Digital
These frequencies have been chosen to allow the team to occasionally
activate as many as three stations on one band at the same time, in
order to take full advantage of openings. There will be four pilot
stations, namely Don Greenbaum/N1DG (don@goldtel.net, for North &
South America), Klaus Wagner/DL1XX (dl1xx@gmx.net, for Europe,
Africa & Middle East), Toshi Kusano/JA1ELY (ja1ely@bb.mbn.or.jp, for
the Pacific Rim & Asia), Lee Jennings/ZL2AL (leejen@paradise.net.nz,
for Australia & New Zealand). QSL via K4YL (Mike Grose, P.O. Box
183, Flat Rock, NC 28731-0183, USA).
For further information on the DXpedition, and how to contribute to
its success, please visit www.peterone.com (where on line logs,
daily updates and pictures from the team on the island will be
available in due course).
CU - Ulf, DL5AXX will be active from Faial Island (CU7, EU-175), Azores
from 27 December to 3 January. It will be a family vacation and Ulf
plans to operate CW running 100 watts into a vertical antenna. [TNX
DL5AXX]
DL - Tom, DL1DVE will be active on or around 7065, 14265 and 21265 kHz
from various lighthouses around Kiel and on Fehmarn Island (EU-128)
between 27 and 30 December. QSL via bureau or direct. Daily updates
will be posted at http://dl1dve.dk0kc.de [TNX DF2CK]
F - Special event station TM7VM will be active until 30 December to
celebrate the opening of the Millau Viaduct
(http://www.viaducdemillaueiffage.com/), the highest one in the
world. QSL via F5UJZ. [TNX F5NQL]
FT5W - Nicolas, F4EGX and Jean-Paul, F5BU (FT5WG) [425DXN 701] now expect
to arrive on Possession Island (DIFO FT-009), Crozet Islands
(AF-008) around 5 February. They plan to be active in their spare
time starting around 12 February until the end of March. Nicolas
(http://F4EGX.free.fr) will operate on 6m, 2m and 70cm FM QRP (QSL
via F6APU), while Jean-Paul will operate SSB, mainly on +/- 14278
kHz (QSL via F5BU). [TNX F5NQL]
I - IT9SSI, IZ8CCW, IZ8CGS and IZ8FWN will operate as IO9TA from Isola
Lunga (EU-166, IIA TP-021, MIA MI-055) on 7-9 January. They plan to
have two stations and to operate on all bands SSB and CW. QSL via
IT9SSI, direct (P.O. Box 27, 98071 Capo d'Orlando - ME, Italy) or
bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW]
J2 - Yves, F5PRU is active as J20FH (Juliet Twenty Fox Hotel) from
Djibouti for the next four months. He operates in his spare time on
10-80 metres CW, SSB and maybe digital modes. QSL via F5PRU,
preferably through the bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
JA - Look for Take, JI3DST to be active as JI3DST/JS6 from Miyako Island
(AS-079) from 29 December to 5 January. QSL via home call. [TNX
VA3RJ]
JA - Yoshiro Nishimura, JA1AMP will be active as JA1AMP/6 from Irabu
Island (Miyako Islands, AS-079) on 8-10 January. He will operate
mainly CW with some SSB and RTTY on 40-6 metres. QSL via JA1AMP
(bureau) or JL3SIK (direct). [TNX JA1AMP]
LZ_ssh - Jordan "Danny" Yankov, LZ2UU (VP8/LZ2UU) is once again stationed at
the Bulgarian base St. Kliment Ohridski (LZ-02 for the Antarctica
Award) on Livingston Island, South Shetlands (AN-010). Danny has
served as radio engineer for the past eleven Antarctic seasons, and
this year he is also the base commander. QSL via home call (Jordan
Radkov Yankov, P.O. Box 196, 7200 Razgrad, Bulgaria). [TNX IZ8CCW]
ON - Belgian amateur radio operators are allowed to use the OO (Oscar
Oscar) special prefix from 1 January through 31 December 2005 to
celebrate the 175th anniversary of the indipendence of Belgium. A
commemorative award, available to either licenced amateurs and SWLs,
will be issued by UBA (http://www.uba.be/) for contacts made with OO
stations. For further information please contact Egbert Hertsen,
ON4CAS (UBA Award Manager, egbert.hertsen@pandora.be).
[TNX ON4CAS]
PJ4 - Rick, NE8Z will operate as PJ4/NE8Z from Bonaire (SA-006),
Netherlands Antilles on 4-13 February. He will operate CW and SSB
mostly on the WARC bands and 6 metres. QSL via home call (Rick
Dorsch, P.O. Box 616, Hamburg, MI 48139, USA). [TNX NE8Z]
SM - John, SM7CRW/8S7A will operate as SF50A from 1 January through 31
December 2005 to celebrate his 50th year as an amateur radio
operator. QSL via W3HNK. [TNX W3HNK]
SP - Robert, SQ9FMU will operate as SQ75FMU on 1-20 January and again
from 15 February to 15 March to celebrate the 75th anniversary of
the Polish Amateur Radio Union (PZK). QSL via SQ9FMU, direct (Robert
Prorok, P.O. Box 113, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland) or bureau. [TNX SQ9FMU]
SP - George, SP2PI (http://republika.pl/sp2pi/spqsl.htm) will operate on
10-80 metres CW and SSB as HF2IARU from 25 January to 6 March. Look
also for activity as HF70PRT (celebrating the 70th anniversary of
Torun Broadcasting Station) and HF2PZK (celebrating the 75th
anniversary of PZK). QSL for all via SP2PI (Jerzy H. Wojniusz,
Matejki 56/39, 87-100 Torun, Poland). [TNX SP2PI]
SP_ssh - Voytek, SP5QF, who was active as HF0QF (QSL via SP7IWA), is now back
at home. The new operator at the Polish Antarctic base Henryk
Arctowski (SP-01 for the Antarctica Award) on King George Island,
South Shetlands (AN-010) is Marek, SP3GVX, who is expected to
operate as HF0POL through November 2005. QSL via SP3WVL (Tomasz
Lipinski, skr. poczt. 78, 69-100 Slubice, Poland). [TNX IZ8CCW]
VU4 - The team at Port Blair, Andaman Island has now passed the 30,000 QSO
mark, and has been active on SSB, CW, SSTV, RTTY, and PSK on all
bands from 160 through 6 metres. VU4RBI is the call used by Bharathi
(VU2RBI), while the other team members are jointly using VU4NRO.
Three stations are active from three different locations (the hotel,
a local college and the Port Blair Science Center, where the public
can watch the amateur radio action). They have a 7-element tribander
at 60 ft above the hotel roof, inverted Vees everywhere, 80m dipole,
SteppIR at 15 feet above the Science Center roof and a WARC
Cushcraft yagi installed at the college. The first and main goal is
to give "that first new one" to as many operators as possible,
however 40 and 80 metres are now getting more attention. The
operation is due to finish on 31 December.
Charles Harpole, K4VUD/VU3CHE, who is visiting the operators in Port
Blair, says that he will explain LoTW to the team. At the moment the
logs are being handwritten on paper, then a SWL volunteer types them
into a computer (but the paper logs will be kept to solve any
questions that may come up as QSL requests come in).
As for QSLling, Mr. S. Suri, VU2MY (the Chairman and Director of
NIAR, who is also visiting the DXpedition team) confirms that the
NIAR (http://www.niar.org) address (National Institute of Amateur
Radio, Rajbhavan Road, Hyderabad-500 082, Andhra Pradesh, India) is
all right, but it is advisable not to include cash. According to
K4VUD, plans are still in the making to have also alternative
routes, but there's nothing definite at this time.
Donations are still possible through the NIAR or K4VUD himeself
(Charles Harpole, 3100 N. Hwy. 426, Geneva, FL 32732, USA). [TNX
K4VUD]
W - Look for W5TLH to be active on 20 and 40 metres SSB from several
lighthouses on three IOTA NA-092 islands (namely San Jose, Matagorda
and Mustang) between 27 December and 2 January. QSL via W5LTH
(qrz.com). [TNX VA3RJ]
W - K6KPH will be on the air (3545, 7050, 14050 and 21050 kHz) for the
Straight Key Night (www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2005/skn.html) this
New Year's Eve. K6KPH uses the original transmitters, receivers and
antennas of famous ex-RCA coast station KPH. QSLs and reception
reports should be sent to Ms. Denice .A. Stoops, P.O. Box 381,
Bolinas CA 94924-0381, USA. Further information on K6KPH can be
found at http://www.radiomarine.org [TNX DL8AAM and W6AWO]
ZB - DL4WK, DL7UFR and DL7VEE will operate on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and
RTTY as ZB2/homecall from Gibraltar from 29 December until 4 January
in the morning. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily
DX]
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AA SOFTWARE ---> Gabriele Antonelli (I5-1990) is the author of the Antarctica
Award software, which is downloadable for free from
http://www.mdxc.org/antarctica/download.asp. The professionally made AA
software is a log program for contacts made with Antarctic stations: it
interacts with the AA Directory (it gives also the DXCC Entiry and the IOTA
Reference Number for each base) and makes the participation in the Antarctica
Award easier. [TNX I5-1990]
GERMAN ISLANDS AND LIGHTHOUSES ---> The third German Island and Lighthouse
Trophy will start on 1 January 2005. Further information at either
www.iota-post.com and www.lighthouse-award.de [TNX DL2VFR]
LIGHTHOUSES ---> The World Lighthouse Program (WLH) has changed its name to
World Lighthouse On The Air (WLOTA) and the entire list of lighthouses is
being reviewed and corrected. More details and the rules will be available on
their new web site at http://www.wlota.com . [TNX DL2VFR]
LOTW ---> Rob, PA2R has uploaded all the following logs to Logbook of the
World (over 350,000 QSOs): 3D2PA (2004), 6Y5/PA3ERC, 6Y5/PA3EWP, 8P9JR,
8P9JS, 8P9JT , 8P9JU, 8Q9RC, 8Q9WP, 9Y4/PA3BBP, 9Y4/PA3ERC, 9Y4/PA3EWP,
FG/PA3BBP, FG/PA3ERC, FG/PA3EWP, FG/PA3FQA, FM/PA3BBP, FM/PA3ERC, FM/PA3EWP,
FM/PA3FQA, FS/PA3EWP, FS/PA3GCV, FS/PA4EA, FS/PA4WM, FS/PA4WM, FS/PA5ET,
HB0/PA3ERC, J3/PA3EWP, J3/PA5ET, J3/PA7FM , J38PA (2001), J6/PA3BBP,
J6/PA3ERC, J6/PA3EWP, J75EA, J75ET, J75PA (2002), J75WP, J75ZH, J77C (1996),
J79BP, J79QA, J79RC, J79WP, J8/PA3EWP, J8/PA5ET, J8/PA7FM, J8PA (2001),
OY7ET, OY7QA, OY7TW, OY7WB, OY7WP, OY8PA (2003), PA2R, PA3ERC, PA5ET,
PA63ERC, PJ7/PA3EWP, PJ7/PA3GCV, PJ7/PA4EA, PJ7/PA4WM, PJ7/PA4WM, PJ7/PA5ET,
T30PA (2004), T33PA (2004), TO5C (1996), V26EA, V26ET, V26FM, V26WP, V47CV,
V47EA, V47ET, V47WM, V47WM, V47WP, VP2ECV, VP2EEA, VP2EET, VP2EWM, VP2EWM,
VP2EWP, VP2MCV, VP2MEA, VP2MET, VP2MPA, VP2MPA, VP2MWM (2002), VP2MWP,
VP45/PA3EWP, VP5/PA3BBP, VP5/PA3ERC, VP5/PA3EWP, VP5C (1995), ZF9/ZF2RC and
ZF9/ZF2WP. The logs are still open for paper QSL requests. [TNX PA2R]
OL0ANT ---> Jarda, OK1FOW reports that his activity from Eco Base (AA OK-01)
on Nelson Island [425DXN 711] finished earlier than planned. He was expected
to remain in Antarctica until 10 January. Pictures are available at
www.mdxc.org/antarctica/ol0ant.htm [TNX IZ8CGS]
PIRATE ---> A92Q has been repeatedly pirated on 30 metres, a band which is
not authorized in Bahrain. [TNX The Daily DX]
QSL 9N7CQ ---> Bureau cards for 9N7CQ can be requested online at
http://www.df3cb.com/9n7bcc/oqrs/ o by e-mail from the QSL manager, IK2ILH
(ik2ilh@libero.it) . Please do not send bureau cards if you request a them
online or by e-mail. QSLs have been ordered and should be ready in a few
weeks. [TNX IV3IYH/9N7CQ]
QSL CW5R ---> The QSL manager for the 5-11 January operation from Lobos
Island (SA-039) [425DXN 710] will be CX2ABC. Latest news will be published at
www.dx-men.com [TNX EA5RM]
QSL OC-052 ---> Direct cards for IT9YRE, I1SNW and IT9EJW's operation from
Hereheretue Atoll (OC-052) will be mailed starting on 27 December, to let
island chasers receive them before the IOTA annual update deadline. The
listings of QSL cards received can be found at
http://www.printed.it/oc052.html. [TNX IT9YRE]
QSL VK4FRI ---> The Lockyer Valley Radio & Electronics Club are pleased to
announce that QSL cards for the IOTA operation from Fraser Island (OC-142)
have at long last been sent out. If you are curious as to whether your card
was received and answered, please visit the club web site at
http://www.lvrclub.org and follow the link. QSL direct only to P.O. Box 101,
Laidley, QLD 4341, Australia. [TNX VK4CEJ]
QSL VK9LA & VK9LW ---> Bill, VK4FW, reports that he is half way through
answering cards received. All cards are being done on a "as received by date"
basis. Statistics on the operation are available at http://www.odxg.org.
QSL VQ9M ---> The logbook for operations in 2002 has been uploaded to LOTW.
Direct requests (no IRCs please) may still be mailed to WB7OJV. [TNX WB7OJV]
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6 METRES: Matt, OZ6OM collects information on 6m operations and makes it
available at http://www.qsl.net/oz6om/dxnews.html
AA SCORES: The Antarctica Award Score tables are now available at
www.mdxc.org/antarctica/award.asp. They include the first 2
Certificates of Excellence, 7 Honour Rolls, 31 Basic Awards and 3
Operator Certificates issued so far. [TNX IZ8CGS]
CONTEST: An excellent source of information is the Contest Service by Jan
Eric Rehn, SM3CER (http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/)
LOGS: On-line logs and pictures of A52CDX (October-November 2004) are
available at http://www.tuduri.net/f5lmj/Bhoutan2004/a52cdx-en.htm
[TNX F5LMJ]
LOGS: A collection of log searches for Antarctic stations can be found
at http://www.mdxc.org/antarctica/log.htm [TNX IZ8CGS]
QSL DB: Boye Christensen, OZ7C has updated his QSL DBase (which now
contains 359,106 unique records) for Packet Cluster. The package
can be downloaded at http://www.qsl.net/oz7c/qsl. A web based
search machine can be found at www.qsl.dk/oz7c [TNX OZ7C,
oz7c@qsl.net]
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3Z60LOK SP5KCR I0QHN/KC4 IK8OZZ SU9BN EA7FTR
4S7VK DJ9ZB IY4W I4LEC SU9FL WD9DZV
4X0MS 4Z4BS K6B KM6HB T42D K8SIX
5B/KI0BP UA6MF KD4VMM/KC4 KD4VMM T49C K8SIX
5R8FL G3SWH KH0PR JJ8DEN TA2ZF UT2UB
5R8GZ G3SWH L25FF EA7JX TG9NX N4FKZ
8J1RL bureau L45FF EA7JX TI4CF W3HNK
9G5ZS ZS6EGB L59EOC EA7JX TR8CA F6CBC
9J2BO G3TEV L73F EA7JX TR8FC F8BUZ
9M2TO JA0DMV LP0H EA7FTR TT8SK F6CIS
9V1YC N5ID LQ0F EA7JX UN8GF IZ8CCW
A61Q/p ON5NT LR2F LU2FA V31LZ LZ3RZ
AY5FF EA7JX LU5FF EA7JX V51KC IZ8EDJ
CL9C K8SIX LW9EOC EA7JX V51WM DJ7KP
CO2OJ K8SIX M0SDX UT2UB VK2IAY/4 G0IUH
CO3JO EA7JX OH9SCL OH9UV VK3FY EA7JX
CO8LY EA7ADH OL0ANT OK1FOW VK3FY/DU8 EA7JX
CT3AS DJ8FW ON60M ON4AYL XF3CC XF3RCC
CV5D CX2ABC OY3QN OZ1ACB XF3T XE1KK
CX2AQ EA5KB P4/K9UK WF9V YA/EA4FAS EA4FAS
D2U EA7JX P4/WG9J WF9V YA5Y DL5SE
ED1NDC EA1FFE P40K WM6A YA7X DL1JJI
ED1PFA EA1URG P40TA WM6A YB1HDF EA5KB
EF8TDX EC8AUA P40TP WF9V YN9HAU EA7JX
EM1HO I2PJA P40WW WF9V YV1DIG EA7JX
EM5U UT2UB P40ZZ WF9V YW1D EA7JX
EY8CQ DJ1MM PC100H PA1HR YW6P EA7JX
FO/F6COW F6COW PJ2T N9AG YX1DIG EA7JX
FO/F6EPY F6EPY PJ4Z K4BAI ZC4LI G0LII
FO/F6GNZ F6GNZ PT2ZAW OK1FWQ ZD7ZA G3ZAY
G1W UT2UB PY0FT JA1ELY ZD8ZA G3ZAY
HF100PG SP2PZH R1ANN RZ3DJ ZF2AH W6VNR
HG05HNY HG4I ST2YJ LA4YW ZK1GND VK2GND
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DL5SE Daniel Schirmer, Mittelweg 3, D-09573 Erdmannsdorf, Germany
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, F77550, Moissy Cramayel, France
KD4VMM Brent A. Evers, 5211 Al Jones Drive, Shady Side, MD 20764, USA
LU4FPZ Sebastian Pablo Rubio, 1 de Mayo 2128, Rosario SF 2000, Argentina
OK1FOW Jaroslav Jirus, Angolska 609, CZ - 160 00 Praha 6, Czech Republic
ON5NT Ghis Penny, P.O. Box 93, BE-9700 Oudenaarde, Belgium
TO7DSR Radio Club A.C.R.A Guadeloupe, BP 126 Messagerie Pointe-A-Pitre
Cedex, 97110 Guadeloupe
TZ6JA Makoto Obara, P.O. Box 59, Tama, Tokyo 206-8691, Japan
UT2UB Andrej Lyakin, P.O. Box 99, Kyiv-10, 01010 Ukraine
WD9DZV Timothy M. Garrity, 5407 W. Rosedale Ave., Chicago, IL 60646-6525,
USA
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