425 DX News issue #812
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425 DX News #812
25 November 2006
A.R.I. Dx Bulletin
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:
Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: DX information
(e-mail i1jqj@425dxn.org )
Contributors are invited to send their DX information to
Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ (i1jqj@425dxn.org)
The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
9M2 - Gerben, PG5M will be active (on 40-10 metres CW only) as 9M2/PG5M
from Pulau Ketam (AS-074) on 24-26 November, CQ WW DX CW Contest
included. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
CE - Oscar, LU1XS will be active as CE8/LU1XS from Navarino Island
(SA-050) on 8-10 December. He plans to operate CW only on 40, 20, 15
and 10 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX LU1XS]
DL_ant - Mirko, DG9BHQ will be the new operator at Neumayer Base (DP0GVN,
DL-03 for the Antarctica Award), Antarctica (AN-016). He will be
there from December 2006 through February 2008. QSL via DL5EBE. [TNX
DL5EBE]
E5 - After two weeks and almost 15,000 QSOs on Penrhyn (North Cooks),
Bob, W7YAQ (E51PDX) and Bill, N7OU (E51PEN) are now active as E51YAQ
and E51NOU from Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands. They should
remain there until 28 November. QSL via home calls. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
F - Special event station TM5AIR will be active on 2-16 December to
celebrate the 70th anniversry of the first air base at
Varennes-sur-Allier. QSL via F5KEK. [TNX F8REF]
F - A few special stations will be activated for the 20th annual
Telethon, the fund-raising event organized by the French Muscular
Dystrophy Association that will take place on 8-9 December. Expect
activity from TM8T (27 November - 10 December) and TM2TLT (8-9
December) among the others. [TNX F8REF]
F - Special call TP20CE will be aired on 8-10 December to celebrate the
20th anniversary of the creation of the Council of Europe Amateur
Radio Club. QSL via F5LGF. The rules for the relevant "20th
Anniversary CUP" can be found at http://ewwa.free.fr/ [TNX F6FQK]
HI - Serge, ON4AA will be active as HI8/ON4AA from the Dominican Republic
(NA-096) from 2 December to 14 January. He plans to focus on 40 and
20 metres SSB, RTTY and PSK31, and to particpate in a number of
contests. QSL via home call. An attempt will be made to operate as
HI2/ON4AA from Isla Catalina (NA-122) during local day-time hours on
a Wednesday or a Saturday (not coinciding with a major SBB or RTTY
contest). [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
HS - Champ/E21EIC, Dej/E21YDP, Bruce/AA4XR (HS0ZCY) and Alex/UT5UY will
operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 10-160 metres from Lipe Island
(AS-126) on 5-12 December. They will be active mainly as E21EIC/P,
but they might also use their personal Thai calls. QSL via home
calls. [TNX UT5UY]
JA - Look for JR2RKK/6 to operate SSB on the HF bands from Aguni Island
(AS-017, JIIA AS-017-002), Okinawa Prefecture on 1-4 December. QSL
to via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
J7 - John, K3TEJ will operate as J79Z from Dominica (NA-101) until 29
November. Activity will be on 10-160 metres, including an entry in
the CQ WW DX CW contest. QSL via home call. [TNX K3TEJ]
KH8 - Pete/N0FW, Jay/K4ZLE, Charlie/W6KK and Mike/N9NS will be active as
KH8Q from American Samoa on 1-14 December. They will operate CW and
SSB on 160-10 metres, including efforts in the ARRL 160 Meter (1-3
December) and 10 Meter (9-10 December) contests. QSL via W8QID. [TNX
K4ZLE]
LZ_ssh - Mitko, LZ1UQ will be active as LZ0A from the Bulgarian base St.
Kliment Ohridski (LZ-02) on Livingston Island, South Shetland
Islands (AN-010) from 1 December to 1 March 2007. Mitko also plans
to operate as VP8/LZ1UQ during a few HF contests. [TNX I1HYW]
P4 - Ken, K6TA and Kay, K6KO will operate SSB, CW and RTTY as P40TA and
P40K respectively from Aruba (SA-036) on 1-21 December. QSL both
callsigns via WM6A, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
TN - Baldur, DJ6SI (CW) and Franz, DJ9ZB (SSB and RTTY) expect to be
active from Congo in late November-early December. They plan to
operate as TN6X and TN0Z respectively, on 10-160 metres CW, SSB and
digital modes with two stations. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily
DX]
VE - Dave, VA3RJ reports that to celebrate the 100th anniversary of
Reginald Fessenden's first AM voice broadcast (24 December 1906),
from 1 December through 31 January all Canadian amateur radio
operators may replace their ordinary prefix with a special one as
follows:
CF1 = VA1 CG1 = VE1 CG8 = VE8
CF2 = VA2 CG2 = VE2 CG9 = VE9
CF3 = VA3 CG3 = VE3 CH1 = VO1
CF4 = VA4 CG4 = VE4 CH2 = VO2
CF5 = VA5 CG5 = VE5 CI1 = VY1
CF6 = VA6 CG6 = VE6 CI2 = VY2
CF7 = VA7 CG7 = VE7 CI0 = VY0
VP5 - Kelly, N0VD will be active as VP5/N0VD from the Caicos Islands
(NA-002) on 2-12 December, including an entry in the ARRL 10 Meter
Contest as VP5D. QSL for both via home call. [TNX N0VD]
VU7 - The ARSI team of operators for the 1-30 December VU7LD activity from
Kavaratti Island in the Lakshadweeps includes 23 people from all
over India (see the roaster and individual operating mode skills on
the expedition web site). They will operate in batches: the first
group will arrive on 30 November, followed by the second and the
third ones around 12 and 22 December respectively. Please pay
frequent visits to http://arsi.info/vu7/ for further information and
updates.
YI - Mitch, K7TUT plans to operate as YI9TU from Iraq till 12 December,
and then again in January and February. Look for him on 10, 17, 20
and 40 metres SSB, CW and PSK3 between 15 and 18 UTC, and on Sundays
between 4 and 6 UTC. QSL via N2OO. [TNX The Daily DX]
DX TRIP ---> Karl, N1DL will visit and operate holiday style from several
countries between 27 November and 19 December as follows:
27-28 Nov VP2V/N1DL Virgin Gorda, BVI (NA-023)
29 Nov FJ/N1DL St. Barthelemy (NA-146)
30 Nov-1 Dec 9Y4/N1DL Tobago (SA-009)
5-6 Dec PY8/N1DL Boca da Valeria
11-12 Dec FY/N1DL Devil's (Diable) Island (SA-020)
14 Dec 8P6/N1DL Barbados (NA-021)
15 Dec J7R and J79DL Dominica (NA-101)
16 Dec V25DL Antigua (NA-100)
17 Dec VP2V/N1DL Tortola, BVI (NA-023)
18-19 Dec N1DL/HI9 Samana, Dominican Republic (NA-096)
He says he will favour RTTY, PSK and CW, with some SSB. QSL via home call.
Karl adds that all of the QSL cards for the recent J7R operation have been
sent either direct or via bureau.
CQ WW DX CW CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their
participation in this year's event (25-26 November):
ZONE CALL CATEGORY DXCC QSL VIA
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02 VE2WDX M/S Canada VE3TA
05 4U1UN United Nations HQ HB9BOU
05 VP9I SOAB Bermuda N1HRA
07 TI5N M/2 Costa Rica W3HNK
07 V31XX SOAB HP Belize EA4BQ
08 6Y1V SOSB 40m Jamaica OH3RB
08 6Y3R SOSB 80m Jamaica OH3RB
08 8P5A SOAB HP Barbados NN1N
08 8P9XA SO Barbados G3SWH
08 C6AKX SOSB 20m Bahamas WA4WTG
08 C6AQQ SOAB LP Bahamas ND3F
08 C6ARR SOSB 160m Bahamas WA4WTG
08 C6ART SOAB Bahamas KN5H
08 C6ATA SOSB 40m Bahamas WA4WTG
08 FS/AH8DX SO St. Martin AH8DX
08 HI3A SOAB Dominican Republic ON4IQ
08 J79CO Dominica F6COW
08 J79EP Dominica F6EPY
08 J79Z SOAB Dominica K3TEJ
08 KP3Z M/S Puerto Rico WC4E
08 KP4US M/S Puerto Rico
08 T40C M/S Cuba N1KI
08 TO5X SOAB Martinique K5UN
08 V26K SOAB LP Antigua AA3B
08 V47NT St. Kitts & Nevis N2NT
08 VP2MDG SOAB HP Montserrat K2DM
08 VP2VVV M/S British Virgin Isls K9VV
08 VP5W M/2 Turks & Caicos W7TSQ
08 ZF1A M/2 Cayman Islands W5ASP
09 9Y4AA M/? Trinidad & Tobago VE3HO
09 FY5FY SOAB QRP French Guiana FY5FY
09 P40A SOAB Aruba WD9DZV
09 P40T Aruba N6AA
09 P40W SOAB Aruba N2MM
09 P49Y Aruba AE6Y
09 PJ2T M/S Netherlands Antilles N9AG
09 PJ4A M/S HP Netherlands Antilles K4BAI
09 PZ5ZY SOAB Suriname N6ZZ
09 YW4D SOAB Venezuela EA7JX
10 HC8N M/M Galapagos Is W5UE
11 ZP0R SOAB HP Paraguay W3HNK
11 ZY7C M/S Brazil PT7WA
12 3G1X SOAB HP Chile XQ1IDM
13 CX7BY M/S Uruguay CX5BW
13 LR2F M/S Argentina LU2FA
14 CS2R SOSB 80m Portugal CS1GDX
14 CS7A SOSB 20 or 15m Portugal CS1GDX
14 CU2A SOAB HP Azores OH2BH
14 EI/SP4Z SOAB LP Ireland
14 G5W M/S England G3BJ
14 G6M M/2 England
14 GD6IA SOAB HP Isle of Man GD6IA
14 GD8T SOSB 40m Isle of Man G4MJS
14 GJ2A SOAB HP Jersey K2WR
14 LX7I M/2 or M/S Luxembourg LX2A
14 MD4K SOSB 80m Isle of Man G3NKC
14 MD6V SOSB 160m Isle of Man G3NKC
14 MJ0ASP SOSB 20m Jersey F5SHQ
14 MZ5A SOAB Shetland (Scotland) G3TXF
14 TM4Q M/S France F6FYA
14 TM8W SOAB LP France F5TER
15 4O3B SOSB 80m Montenegro OH2BH
15 4O3M SOSB 160m Montenegro OH2PM
15 IR9K Italy IW9HLM
15 IS0N SOSB 40m Sardinia OK1MG
15 YT6A SOSB 20m Montenegro YU1FW
15 Z38N M/M Macedonia HA6KNB
16 R7C M/2 European Russia RW3GW
16 RD3A SOAB European Russia RD3AF
16 RL3A M/S European Russia W3HNK
16 RU1A M/2 European Russia RU1AE
17 UA9AYA SOSB 40m Asiatic Russia UA9AB
20 4X0G M/S Israel W3GG
20 J41A SOSB 160m Greece LY1DF
20 LZ9A SOSB Bulgaria LZ2HM
20 P3F M/2 Cyprus 5B4AGN
20 SV9COL SOSB HP Crete
20 YM2W SOSB Turkey OK1TN
20 YR2V SOSB 40m Romania YO2LDC
21 4L2M SOSB 40m Georgia K3PD
21 4L8A SOSB 20m Georgia DJ1CW
21 A45WD SOSB 15m Oman YO9HP
22 8Q7DV M/2 Maldives UA9CLB
22 VU3JRA SOSB 80m India DJ3KR
24 B1Z M/S China EA7FTR
24 B3C M/S China BA4EG
24 VR2/AA1ON SO LP Hong Kong AA1ON
26 HS0ZDJ SOAB Thailand W2YR
26 HS0ZGH SO Thailand G4UZN
26 XU7ADE SO Cambodia E21EIC
26 XU7ADF SOSB Cambodia AA4XR
26 XU7ADK SOSB 40m Cambodia E21YDP
26 XU7ADL SOSB LP Cambodia E20PFE
26 XU7MWA SOAB Cambodia
27 AH2R M/S Guam JH7QXJ
27 T88MR SOAB Palau K9NW
28 9M2/PG5M SO West Malaysia PG5M
28 9M2CNC SOAB HP West Malaysia G4ZFE
28 9M6NA SOSB 20m East Malaysia JE1JKL
28 YB0ECT SOSB 20m LP Indonesia K3AIR
29 VK8NSB SOAB Australia VK6NE
29 VK9AA SOAB Cocos (Keeling) DL8YR
31 KH6/W6PH SOAB LP Hawaii W6PH
32 E51YAQ South Cook Isls W7YAQ
33 CN2R SOSB 40m Morocco W7EJ
33 CN2WW SOSB 20m Morocco EA7FTR
33 CT3NT SOAB Madeira
33 CT9L M/2 Madeira DJ6QT
33 EA8/OH4NL SOSB 80m or 160m Canary Islands OH2BYS
33 EA8EW M/2 Canary Islands YL2KL
33 IH9P M/M (African) Italy KR7X
34 5A7A M/M Libya DL9USA
34 ST2A M/S Sudan T93Y
35 6V7D SOAB LP Senegal KQ1F
35 6W1RW SOAB HP Senegal F6BEE
35 D44AC SOSB Cape Verde
35 TZ5A M/M Mali G3SXW
37 5Z1A SOSB 20m Kenya PA1AW
37 5Z4LS Kenya G3RWF
38 V5/DJ4SO SOSB 20m LP Namibia DJ4SO
38 ZS3NN SOAB South Africa AA4NN
38 ZT2V South Africa ZS2DL
39 3B8/OM0C M/S Mauritius OM2FY
40 JW5E M/? Svalbard
Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqc2006.html - good contest to you
all!
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
ARRL 160 METER CONTEST ---> Object of the contest is for amateurs worldwide
to work W/VE amateurs on 160 metres CW only (full rules can be found at
http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2006/160-Meters.html). This year's event
will run from 22.00 UTC on 1 December through 16.00 UTC on the 3rd. Do not
forget to give a look to the Announced Operation listing maintained by Bill,
NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/arrl160_2006.html
QSL CO#OTA ---> Pepe, EA5KB reports he is now able to confirm contacts made
back in 2000 with the various CO#OTA stations: CO0OTA (NA-015), CO1OTA
(NA-093), CO4OTA (NA-056), CO6OTA (NA-204), CO7OTA (NA-086), CO8OTA (NA-218),
CO9OTA (NA-201). Before sending your cards, please contact Pepe
(EA5KB@telefonica.net).
S9SS ---> Charles Lewis, KY4P (S9SS, aka S92SS as well as A25/KY4P, A22AA,
SV0LM and SV5/SV0LM) will retire in February 2007 and finish his work as IBB
VOA station manager on the island of Sao Tome. He and Lesley, N3TIA (S9YL,
S92YL and SV0LN) will live in North Carolina. His S9SS log has been uploaded
to LoTW and paper QSLs can be confirmed by his QSL manager N4JR. Log search
is available at http://s50u.s50e.si, and by the end of February more than
80.000 QSOs will be sent to http://logsearch.de/. All of his logs for
callsigns prior to S9SS exist only on paper (about 100,000 QSOs), but he
plans to create files of at least some of them for submission to the LoTW
over the next few years. He will do the A25/KY4P log first. [TNX S50U]
+ SILENT KEY + The Association des Radioamateurs de Monaco (ARM) reports the
passing of Aldo Comisso, 3A2GL, on 23 July. He used to be mainly active on
the low bands CW. [TNX 3A2LF]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
LOGS: On-line logsearch for 4O60BH (OH2BH's on-the-air 60th birthday
party) can be found at http://www.skycc.info/4o60bh/search.html.
The Lucky Draw winners are listed at
http://www.kolumbus.fi/oh2bn/tuesdayrelease.htm
LOGS: On-line logsearch for 5A7A can be found at
http://www.df3cb.com/logsearch/5a7a/. These logs cover the period
from 14.05 UTC on 16 November through 08.02 UTC on the 24th, but a
few thousand QSOs are known to be missing (do not panic!).
LOGS: On-line logsearch for 9G5UR can be found at http://logsearch.de/.
Vladimir, UY5ZZ operated as 9G5UR on 4-14 July, and as 9G5A/P
(AF-084) on 12 July 2006. QSL to Vladimir F. Latyshenko, P.O. Box
4850, Zaporozhye, 69118, Ukraine.
XT2C: The web site for the 6-20 January expedition to Burkina Faso is up
and running at http://xt2c.free.fr/
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3B8/OM0C OM2FY E51NOU N7OU PZ5ZY N6ZZ
4A7L WA3HUP E51PDX W7YAQ R1ANC UA1PAC
4L1FP LZ1OT E51PEN N7OU S9SS N4JR
4L3Y DK6CW E51TLA OZ6TL SK60CG SM6JSM
4O2NT YZ1AA E51YAQ W7YAQ ST2A T93Y
4O3B OH2BH EH7FCI EB7AEY SX8F SV1HER
4O3M OH2PM EK6LP IK2DUW T88MR K9NW
4O60BH OH2BN EK6TA DJ0MCZ TC4ITU TA4KA
4U1UN HB9BOU EX2M W3HNK TC4PP TA4KA
5A7A DL9USA EY8CQ DJ1MM TM5DIA F5LRL
5H3AA K6EID EY8DQ DJ1MM TM8KP F6GOX
5N6EAM IK2IQD HA501TJ HA1TJ TO5X K5NU
5N9GKA N0OY HA502EOA HA2EOA TT8FC EA4AHK
5V7SE IK3GES HA503NU HA3NU TU0PAX TU2CI
5W0OJ DL4RDJ HA505BA HA5BA TU2/F5LDY F1CGN
5Z4LS G3RWF HA505OV HA5OV TZ5A G3SXW
6V7D KQ1F HA507PL HA7PL TZ6LF KY7M
6W1RW F6BEE HC2SL EA5KB TZ6MF KC7V
6Y3R OH3RB HC8N W5UE TZ6NS AA7A
7X5JF DJ8QP HF16CD SP3PML TZ6RF GM3YTS
7Z1HL DJ9ZB HK0GU DL7VOG TZ6RN G4IRN
7Z1UG DG1XG HS0ZCY AA4XR TZ6VT K5VT
8P9JG NN1N HZ1MD PA2V TZ6WP G4BWP
8Q7GL IK0XIH J28JA F5JFU U4MIR RN3DK
9G1YK PA3ERA J59OFM I3LDP UN7MMM EA7FTR
9G5OO DL4WK J79CO F6COW V26K AA3B
9J2VB UA4WHX J79EP F6EPY V63DX JH7HMZ
9K2YM EA5KB J79Z K3TEJ V6T1 JA7AO
9M2CNC G4ZFE JV800DA JT1DA VP5/K7LAZ K7LAZ
9Q1D SM5BFJ KC4/K2ARB K2ARB VP5/W7VV W7VV
9Q1TB F5LTB KC4AAA K1IED VQ9JK G4FJK
9Y4AA VE3HO KH0/K3UY UA3DX VQ9NL W4NML
A61C W4JS KH2/AK0J JA1KJW VU3RYO DL2JRM
C6AKX WA4WTG KP4SQ W3HNK WP2AIU JH3AIU
C6ATA WA4WTG LX8DL LX1DA WP3R W3HNK
CN2WW EA7FTR NL7G OK1DOT XU7ADE E21EIC
CN8IG EA7FTR ON4PTC ON7YB XU7ADF AA4XR
CN8KD EA5XX ON69MIA ON5VL XU7MWA KM0O
CO3JN IZ8EBI OT4A ON4AEK YI9SM W5CSM
CO3VK IZ8EBI PJ2DX N9AG YT150T YU1FJK
DK2006TZ DL1SBF PJ4/K1TO K4BAI ZF2DO N5DO
DT8A HL2FDW PJ4/N4TO K4BAI ZS3NN AA4NN
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
DL7VOG Gerd Uhlig, P.O. Box 700 332, D-10323 Berlin, Germany
DL9USA Andreas Glaeser, PF 100 246, D-03122 Spremberg, Germany
IT9DAA Corrado Ruscica, P.O. Box 1, 96018 Pachino (Succ. 1) - SR, Italy
JA7AO Tokro Matsumoto, 3-62 Okachimachi, Yuzawa 012-0856, Japan
OH2BN Jarmo J. Jaakola, Kiilletie 5 C 30, Helsinki 00710, Finland
ST2M Magdi Osman Ahmed Abdelrahim, P.O. Box 2, Khartoum Airport 11112,
Sudan
SV1HER Sotirios Vanikiotis, Korai 31, GR-12137 Peristeri (Athens), Greece
UA1PAC Alan Kuz'menko, P.O.Box 599, Arkhangelsk, 163000, Russia
UT8IM Valery P. Sossko, P.O. Box 25, Mariupol, 87514, Ukraine
XU7ABN Claude Laget, P.O. Box 1373 GPO, 99999 Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
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