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03 March 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 826
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3D2_rot - Tony, 3D2AG (aka FO5RK) is currently active (mostly on 40 and 20
metres CW) as FK/FO5RK from Noumea, New Caledonia until the end of
April. In May/June he plans to go to Rotuma and operate as 3D2AG/p.
He says there is shortage of fuel on the island and the solar
panels he used in the past do not work any longer. Tony is looking
for someone (individual amateur or DX club) who can help him obtain
a few solar panels (12V) to charge his battery and a small beam
antenna. If you can help him, please contact Tony at
FO5RK@hotmail.com
7X - Yves, F5MSR is again active as 7X0MT from Algeria. He operates QRP
with a long wire, and prefers CW and digital modes. QSL via home
call, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
F - The Radio Club Nord Cotentin (F6KFW) will operate special event
station TM4ORE from Cherbourg on 5-11 March, for the 40th
anniversary of SSBN "Le Redoutable". Launched in 1967 and
decommissioned in 1991, the first French ballistic missile
submarine is now used as a museum ship. [TNX F8REF]
F - Three YL operators will be active on SSB, CW and RTTY from the
Council of Europe Radio Club (TP2CE) on 9-11 March, to celebrate
the International Women's Day. QSL via F5LGF. [TNX F6FQK]
F - TM5P will be the callsign for the 10-11 March activity from
Pontusval Lighthouse [425DXN 825]. The previously announced
callsign, TM4P, was used during the latest CQ WPX RTTY Contest by
radio club F6IPA. In order to avoid confusion in QSLling, the
lighthouse operators have applied for a new callsign. QSL TM5P via
F4ELJ. [TNX F4ELJ]
JA - Look for JA6QDU/6 to operate CW and SSB on the HF bands from Aino
Island (AS-012, JIIA AS-012-002) on 4 March. QSL via home call,
direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
J8 - Gary, W0AW will operate as J8/W0AW from Bequia Island (NA-025) on
10-16 March. Activity will be on CW, RTTY and some SSB on 10-80
metres, plus 160m if antenna space is available. QSL via home call,
direct or bureau. [TNX N0ODK]
SP - Special callsign HF40PAZ will be aired from 1 March to 30 April,
and again on 1-30 September, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of
club station SP6PAZ. QSL via SP6DVP, direct or bureau. [TNX SP6DVP]
TA - Pavel/OK1MU, Slavek/OK1TN, Standa/OK1AU, Zdenek/OK1FIA,
David/OK1RK, Karel/OK1DG and Vlada/OK1CW will be active from two
IOTA island groups in Turkey as follows:
4-6 March YM0DX Bozcaada EU-099
7-11 March TC0DX Gokceada EU-186
They will operate CW and SSB on 40-10 metres. QSL for both calls
via OK2GZ, direct or (preferably) through the bureau (e-mail
requests for bureau cards cand be sent to ok2gz@quick.cz). Further
information and on-line logs can be found at
http://www.okdxf.eu/ankety/tc0dx/en/tc0dx.php
V8 - Kanzi, JA4ENL will once again operate as V85NL from Brunei on 8-12
March. Activity will be mainly CW on all bands (160 metres
included). QSL direct to home call. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
VK - 2-9 March are the new dates for John's (VK6HZ) activity from
Rottnest Island (OC-164) [425DXN 525]. He will operate holiday
style as VK6ARI. QSL via VK6NE. Logs will be available after 12
March at http://home.exetel.com.au/vk6hz [TNX VK6HZ]
W - University of Mississippi ARC (W5UMS) members W5BJC, W5JMO, WB5HSX
and W5MPC will be active as K5I from Horn Island (NA-082 on 10-11
March. They expect to be on the island from around noon Saturday
through noon Sunday, and to operate SSB, CW and digital modes on
20, 40 and 80 metres. QSL via W5MPC. [TNX W5MPC]
IPY ---> A number of special callsigns are expected to be aired starting on 1
March to celebrate the 4th International Polar Year. For instance, expect
Francois/F8DVD to operate as TM4IPY (QSL via home call), Charles/M0OXO to
operate as GB4IPY (QSL via M3ZYZ), Svetly/LZ3SM to operate as LZ07IPY (QSL
via home call), Adriano/I3XMQ to operate as IA3IPY (QSL via home call) and
Francesco/IZ7AUH to operate as IP7IPY (QSL via home call).
ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST (SSB) ---> Object of the contest is for W/VE
amateurs to work as many stations in as many DXCC countries as possible on
160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 metre bands, while foreign amateurs (also
including KH6, KL7, CY9 and CY0) work as many W/VE stations in as many of the
48 contiguous states and provinces as possible (full rules can be found at
http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2007/intldx.html). The following stations
have announced their partecipation in this year's event (from 00.00 UTC on 3
March through 24.00 UTC on the 4th):
Call Category DXCC QSL
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8P1A SOAB HP Barbados NN1N
8P2K SOSB 20m Barbados KU9C
AH7ZA SOAB QRP Hawaii W8QZA
BD3APX SO LP P.R. China BD3APX
C6AWB Bahamas WA2IYO
C6ANM Bahamas WA2IYO
CE4CT M/S Chile EA5KB
CN3A SOAB Morocco I2WIJ
CS7A M/? Portugal CS1GDX
CU2A M/S Azores OH2BH
CU2CR SO HP Azores CU2CR
D70LW/4 SOSB 20m (?) South Korea DS4NYE
FY5KE SOAB French Guiana FY5KE
HD2A Ecuador EA5KB
HK3JJH SOAB LP Colombia HK3JJH
HR2DMR SOAB Honduras HR2DMR
OE4A M/2 Austria OE1EMS
OZ/DK0G 160 and 80m Denmark DK0G
P40A SOAB Aruba WD9DZV
PJ2T M/2 Neth. Antilles N9AG
PJ7B St. Maarten W8EB
RK2FWA M/M Kaliningrad DK4VW
SM0W SOSB 80m Sweden SM0W
TO5A SOAB HP Martinique F5VHJ
V26H Antigua KU4BP
VP5H M/S Turks & Caicos WOGJ
VP9/W6PH Bermuda W6PH
WP3C SOSB 15m LP Puerto Rico W3HNK
ZP0R SO Paraguay W3HNK
Z35T SOSB Macedonia Z35T
Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operation listing maintained by
Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxs2007.html
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
GERMAN LIGHTHOUSES ---> Detlev Hoepner, DL1RTW is the new Award Manager for
the German Lighthouses Award. Detais can be found at www.lighthouse-award.de
or www.mydarc.de/dl0kwh [TNX DL2VFR]
QSL 8Q7GL ---> Gianluca, IK0XIH reports that the QSL cards will not be ready
before late March at the earliest.
QSL VIA IK3GES ---> Gabriele reports that all of the direct requests for
5V7SE have been processed and mailed (requests without return postage or with
expired IRCs have been sent via the bureau). Elvira, IV3FSG (5V7SE) will be
back to Togo on 5 March; then she will go to Burkina Faso (requested call
XT2SE). QSL via IK3GES, direct (with SAE and sufficient postage) or bureau.
QSL VIA LZ1AF --- Dim, LZ1AF reports pilferage of currency directed to his
P.O. Box in Sofia. If QSLling direct, please avoid sending USD, but use 1 new
IRC instead. Dim also QSLs 100% via the bureau. [TNX K5XK]
QSL VIA RN3RQ ---> Please note that the current QSL manager for RP3RST,
RX3RXX and UA3RAR is RN3RQ (Alex, RW3RN can confirm contacts made through 31
December 2002 only). [TNX RW3RN]
W-LKK-M ---> George Chlijanc, UY5XE reports that the Lviv Shortwave Club
(LKK) issues a certificate, available to either licenced amateurs and SWLs,
for contacts made with at least 10 club members (further details available
from uy5xe@rambler.ru).
+ SILENT KEY + Phil Goetz, N6ZZ passed away unexpectedly on 27 February at 64
years of age, after suffering from a brain hemorrhage. A CQ WW Contest
Committee member, he was only one of two radio amateurs to operate the CQ
World Wide DX Contest from all of the 40 CQ Zones. In his CQ WW 46-year-old
career he operated as follows (data provided by I2UIY):
Zone Year Mode Call Zone Year Mode Call
1 1988 Ph KL7Y 10 1987 Ph HC8DX
2 1998 CW VE2/N6ZZ 1990 CW HC5Z
3 1965 CW W6RW 2004 Ph HC8L
1966 CW W6RW 11 1989 Ph ZW5B
1967 CW W6RW 12 1992 Ph CE0Y
1968 CW W6GP 13 1991 Ph LU4FM
1969 Ph W6UUI 14 1988 CW CT2NH
1969 CW W6DQX/6 15 2002 Ph TK4Z
1970 CW W6DQX 16 1999 Ph R1MVZ
1971 CW W6DQX 17 2000 Ph EY2A
1972 Ph W6DQX 18 2002 CW RW9OWD
1972 CW W6DQX 19 2001 CW RI0F
1973 CW W6ANN 20 1986 Ph JY7Z
1974 CW W6DQX 1987 CW 5B4TI
1975 CW W6ANN 21 1999 CW A61AJ
1981 CW N6ZZ 22 1993 CW 4S7/N6ZZ
1985 CW N6ZZ 23 1995 Ph JT1Z
1986 CW W6MKB 24 1998 Ph XX9X
4 1960 Ph W9YT 25 2003 CW JA1ELY
1961 CW W9YT 26 1996 Ph HS1AZ
1963 CW W9EWC 27 2001 Ph T88CC
5 2004 CW K1ZZ 28 1997 Ph P29AS
6 1975 Ph 6D2MX 29 1997 CW VK6BAT
1977 Ph XE2MX 30 1993 Ph VK9LI
1980 CW XE2MX 31 1973 Ph KH6RS
1983 Ph XE2SI 1974 Ph KH6RS
1983 CW XE2SI 32 1990 Ph 5W1JJ
1984 CW XE2MX 33 1992 CW EA9LZ
7 1984 Ph TI1C 34 1989 CW SU1RR
8 1970 Ph HH9DL 35 2003 Ph C5Z
1976 Ph 6Y5BF 2005 CW 9G5GJ
1978 Ph VP2VER 36 1996 CW 3C5A
1979 CW VP2VEQ 37 1991 CW 7Q7TT
1980 Ph KP2A 38 1994 Ph 3DA0Z
1985 Ph VP2VCW 39 1995 CW 3B8/N6ZZ
8 2005 Ph 6Y2Z 40 2000 CW OX/N6ZZ
9 1994 CW PZ5JR
2006 Ph PJ2T
2006 CW PZ5ZY
+ SILENT KEY + Ezzat Sayed Ramadan, SU1ER passed away a few days ago. He was
the President of the Egypt Amateurs Radio Assembly (EARA, Egypt's IARU
national society).
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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
QSL GALLERY: The large collection of QSL cards (4200+) on Les Nouvelle DX's
web site has been updated. Nine different galleries include
cards for the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (150+ QSLs), each of
the 58 deleted DXCC entities (700+ QSLs), obsolete prefixes
(1800+ QSLs), Antarctic bases (600+ QSLs) & TAAF (Terres
Australes and Antarctiques Francaises, 230 QSLs), the various
rare French DXCC island Entities (100+ QSLs), pre-1945 countries
(200+ QSLs), French Departments and USA. Several cards are still
needed and your participation is encouraged - please visit
http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr and send send your comments to
LesNouvellesDX@free.fr [TNX F6AJA]
TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now
available at http://www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html.
Please send your scores, as well as any request for further
information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@ari.it)
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******* QSL INFO ********
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3B8/RX3DD RX3DD FS5KA W3HNK R80PK UA3PM
3W9R OK1JN GB0ANT M3ZYZ RA1QY/1 RA1QY
4J15TX 4J4K GB4IPY M3ZYZ RD1AC RA1ARI
4L1DA W7LPF GB6OTR G3LHJ RK2FWA DK4VW
4L1MA ON4RU HB9ICE HB9BHY RN1CW/1 RN1CW
4O1A YU1EXY HC1MD K8LJG S92FM CT1HHP
4S7PAG F5PAC HC2SL EA5KB SB300L SM7CRW
4U1UN HB9BOU HG6PUSKAS HA6ZQ SC5L SM5XSH
5R8GZ G3SWH HI3/IK4QJF IK4QJF SN150BP SP6ZDA
5R8VB UA4WHX HI3C ON4IQ ST2A T93Y
5W0RE HA8IB HI3HN OE7NHT SV0XAO DJ5JH
6H1L WA3HUP HK1/AC8W AC8W SV5/DJ7RJ DJ7RJ
6H1XR XE1XR HK1/K8DD K8DD T88CA 7N4GHH
6I2EX XE2EX HK1FGI EA5KB T88RA JH1RMH
6I2MVS XE2MVS HL1VAU/4 HL1VAU TI4CF W3HNK
6I2MX K6VNX HQ2R EA4URE TM0ANT F6KDF
6M22 DS2TXG IA0IPY I0YKN TM0TAF F4TTR
6Y0B W2GB IA2IPY I2MQP TM1ANT F5SIH
6Y1V OH3RB IA3IPY I3XMQ TM2ANT F4DNW
7X5ST 7X2LS IA6IPY IZ6GSQ TM3ANT F5PFP
8J8WSC JE8KQR IA8IPY IK8WEJ TM4ANT F6BFH
9A60K 9A7K II0ANT I0NZK TM5ANT F5NOD
9A950JB 9A3JB II1ANT IZ1GJK TM5TAF F6AXX
9G1AA PA3ERA II1MNA IZ1GJK TM5Z F5RMY
9J2BO G3TEV II2ANT I2JJR TM6X F5VHY
9J2CA G3SWH II4ANT IK4QIB TM8ANT F8DVD
9U0X DJ6SI II5ANT IZ5BTC TM8WAP F5XL
9U9Z DJ9ZB II8ANT IZ8GGF TO6T F6HMQ
A61AB IZ8CLM IO0ANT I0YKN TU2/F5LDY F1CGN
A61AS YO3FRI IO2ANT I8YGZ U4MIR RN3DK
AP2NK W3HNK IO8IAA IK8WEJ UA1CIO/1 UA1CIO
BP100S BX4AN IP7IPY IZ7AUH UA1ONY RZ3EC
C31CT EA3QS IR0ANT I0YKN UE1RDO UA1RJ
C56YK ON7YK IR1ANT I1HYW UE3YAR RV3YR
C6ANM WA2IYO IR2ANT IK2DUW UE6ANT UA6HPR
C98APE CT1APE IR4ICE IZ4DPV UK8FF W3HNK
C98GLO CT2GLO IR7ANT IZ7AUH UN7MMM EA7FTR
CN2WW EA7FTR IR8ANT I8ACB V26H KU4BP
CN3A I2WIJ IU0ANT IZ0BTV V49A V44NK
CN8PA EA7FTR IU2ANT IK2QPR VA3ANTA VE3XN
CO6WD W0SA IU7ANT IK7JWY VA7ANTA VE7IG
CT8CNE CT1DJE IU8ANT I8QJU VK1AA/2 VK1AA
CT8CNE CT1DJE J7OJ KU9C VK9DNX DJ2MX
CT9L DJ6QT J88DR G3TBK VP2E N5AU
CX2AQ EA5KB JW1MFA LA1MFA VP2EST KT8Y
D60VB UA4WHX K4A K6EID VP2MTE G3SWH
DB150HZ DL7UGO K4Z/ANT W4DKS VP8DJU K9PET
DH150HZ DL5KUA K9A/ANT K9PPY VP8DJV W3ASA
DK150HZ DH2ES KL2R N1TX VP8DKG W3WKP
DQ50SAAR DO7VLR LR2F LU2FA VY0ICE/VE2 VE2TKH
DR150HZ DL3PS LX2007D LX1KC WP2Z KU9C
DR2007ANT DH8BM LX2007G LX1KC XF2K N6AWD
DS2GOO/4 DS2GOO LX2007L LX1KC XV9SW SM5MX
DS4NYE/4 DS4NYE LX7I LX2A YI9CC/5 OK1DOT
DU3NXE W3HNK LZ04ANT LZ3SM YI9TU N2OO
EA8/OH4NL OH2BYS N5T/ANT W5BOS YQ2ANT YO2BP
EA8OM DJ1OJ OM7M OM3PA Z36A DJ0LZ
EE5E EA5RS P40A WD9DZV ZA/Z35M Z35M
EE7CAV EC7DND P40W N2MM ZB2/4O3AL EB7AEY
EF8M RX3DU P49Y AE6Y ZD8QD K4QD
EK8WA SP9ERV PJ2/N8LGP W8TTS ZD8WX W4WX
EN20EXD US4EXD PJ2T N9AG ZF2AH W6VNR
FK8AH W3HNK PJ4/K2NG WA2NHA ZF2LC W2SM
FM1II K3PD PJ4A K4BAI ZF2UL K3UL
FM5BH W3HNK PJ7/PY1WAS PY2AA ZK2PR JJ8DEN
FM5JC F5CWU PJ7TM K2GSJ ZK3RE HA8IB
FR/TU5KG F4EFI R1FJT UA4RC ZL4IR W8WC
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******* ADDRESSES *******
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
DJ2MX Mario Lovric, Kampenwandstrasse 13, 81671 Muenchen, Germany
G3LHJ Derrick Webber, 43 Lime Tree Walk, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 4LF,
England, UK
HA8IB Szabo Karoly, Aradi u. 42, H-5525 Fuzesgyarmat, Hungary
K8LJG John C. Kroll, 3528 Craig Drive, Flint, MI 48506, USA
K9PPY James Model, 749 Willow St., Itasca, Illinois 60143, USA
N6AWD Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr, Bakersfield CA 93309, USA
ON7YK Andre Bourdon, Schotenhofdreef 18, B-2900 Schoten, AN, Belgium
RW3RN Alex Kuznetsov, P.O. Box 80, Tambov, 392000, Russia
SM5XSH Martin Bjorkman, Hogasvagen 209, 741 41 Knivsta, Sweden
V51AS Frank Steinhauser, Schlossstr. 68A, 82140 Olching, Germany
VK1AA Nick Hacko, P.O. Box 900, Spit Junction 2088, NSW, Australia
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