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3 May 2008 A.R.I. DX
Bulletin
No 887
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3D2 - Eddie DeYoung, VK4AN and his 13-year-old son Rajiv, VK4FRAJ
will
be active as 3D2A from Malolo Lailai (OC-121), Fiji
Islands on
17-31 May, CQ WW WPX CW Contest included. They plan to
operate CW,
SSB, RTTY and PSK31 on 160-6 metres, with two transceivers
with
amplifiers for the HF bands, plus one radio for 6 metres.
Planned
operating frequencies and further information can be
found at
www.qrz.com under 3D2A. QSL via VK4AN, direct or bureau.
Logs will
be uploaded daily to http://hosenose.com/logic/logcheck/
4O - Joska, HA9RT will be active as 4O/HA9RT from Budva,
Montenegro
from 30 May to 6 June. He plans to operate mainly CW on
the HF
bands. QSL via home call. [TNX HA9RT]
4W - The Spanish "RadioSolidaridad" project for Timor Leste
[425DXN
881] has received the callsign 4W6R. The team will be active
from
Dili for two weeks in June. QSL via EA4URE. The website
for the
expedition is at http://www.ure.es/hf/eadx/expediciones/4w2008/
5Z - Look for 5Z4DX to be active from Kenya between 14 May and 11
June,
including a side trip to Wasini Island (AF-067) on 25-26
May. QSL
direct to Frank Steffen Gast, Eskifirdi, 735 Eskifjoedur,
Iceland.
[TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
9A - Kiko/9A4KW, Felix/9A5BS and Zak/9A5ZP will be active as
homecall/p
the Plitvice Lakes National Park, Licko-Senjska county on 10
May.
They plan to operate SSB and PSK on 40, 30 and 20 metres.
[TNX
9A4KW]
9A - Frans, ON6KN will be active holiday style as 9A/OO6N from
Losinj
Island (EU-136) on 12-24 May. QSL via ON6KN, direct or
bureau.
[TNX ON6KN]
9A - Alessandro, IK4ALM and Sergio, IZ4BBF will be active
as
9A/homecall from the island of Sveti Nikola (EU-110) on
15-19 May.
[TNX IZ4BBF]
9M6_spr - John, 9M6XRO and Steve, 9M6DXX, will lead a team of six
operators
to Pulau Layang Layang, Spratly Islands (AS-051) between 1
and 14
March 2009. Activity will be on 10-80 metres CW, SSB and
RTTY
using three stations, two with full legal limit linear
amplifiers.
Callsign to be confirmed and QSL information via M3SDE
(direct or
bureau). [TNX 9M6DXX]
DL & OZ - Heinz, DL4AO will be active as DL4AO/p from Ruegen Island
(EU-057)
and as OZ/DL4AO from Bornholm Island (EU-030) between 10
and 26
June. He will operate in his early morning and late
afternoon
hours, mostly on 20 metres. While on Bornoholm he will
operate
also on 6 metres CW and SSB. All of the QSOs will be
confirmed
automatically via the bureau. [TNX DL4AO]
EA - The Demon DXers Team (www.demondsdxers.es) will be active as
EE1TR
from Tazones lighthouse at Villaviciosa on 2-4 May. They
plan to
operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 80-6 metres. QSL via EA1YG,
direct or
bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
F - Francois, F5JNE will be active as F5JNE/p from Belle Ile en
Mer
(EU-048) on 8-21 May. He plans to operate mainly CW
during his
evenings. QSL via home call, bureau preferred. [TNX F5NQL]
F - Dieter (DK5PZ), Volker (DL1WH), Peter (DL2RPS) and Rene
(DL7WR)
will operate from the Council of Europe Radio Club
(TP2CE) on
16-18 May. They will concentrate on the low bands CW,
SSB and
digital modes. QSL via F5LGF. [TNX DL1WH]
F - Didier, F4ELJ will be active as F4ELJ/p from Groix Island
(EU-048)
on 19-26 July. QSL via home call. [TNX F4ELJ]
G - The CQ CQ Portable Group will be active on the HF bands plus
2m,
6m and 70cm as GB0PIA from Piel Island (EU-005) on 24-25
May. QSL
via 2E0OYG. Further information can be found
at
http://www.hamuniverse.com/pielislanddxpedition.html [TNX M0JFE]
GJ - Charles, M0OXO and Nigel, M0NJW will be active as GB8LMI from
Les
Minquiers Islands (EU-099) on 23-29 July, including an
entry in
the IOTA Contest as MJ0X. QSL via M3ZYZ. Updates will be
available
at http://www.gb8lmi.co.uk/ [TNX NG3K]
GM - MM0DFV, GM0WRR, MM0GDL and hopefully GM4TOQ will be
active as
MS0EPC (for PSK) and MS0DGR (for other modes) from a few
EU-123
islands in the Firth of Clyde on 3-4 May. They plan to
operate for
about 2-3 hours from each island. Depending on the
weather
condition and other circumstances, the islands will be
Horse,
Lady, Ailsa Craig, Pladda, Inchmarnock and Little Cumbrae
Island.
QSL via MM0DFV, direct or bureau. [TNX MM0DFV]
HC - Al, HC2SL will be QRV on 160 metres (1830 khz listening 10
kHz up)
on 3 May, from 00.00 UTC to 10 UTC. QSL via EA5KB. [TNX HC2SA]
I - Alfio, IT9EJW and Giovanni, IT9GAC will be active as
homecall/p
from Faraglioni dei Ciclopi (EU-025, IIA CT-003) on 11
May. QSL
via home calls, direct or bureau. A web page can be
found at
http://www.mdxc.org/ciclopi [TNX IT9EJW]
I - Alex, IK8YFU and Giovanna, IZ8FEV will be active as
either
IG9/homecall and IG9/IQ8PP from Lampedusa Island
(AF-018, IIA
AG-001) from 27 July to 2 August. [TNX IK8YFU]
JA - Look for JA1UNS/1, JI1PLF/1, 7N1GMK/1, 7L4PVR/1 and 7N4VPS/1
to be
active from Hachijo Island (AS-043) on 16-19 May. They
plan to
operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-10 metres and 6m. QSL via
home
calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
KH2 - Lee, HL1IWD (as KH2/K1IWD) and and Harry, WX8C (as KH2/WX8C)
will
be operating from Guam (OC-026) on 23-26 May,
including a
multi-single entry in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest as
KH2/WX8C. QSL
via home calls. [TNX WX8C]
LZ - Special station LZ08KM will be active on 1-31 May to
celebrate St.
Kiril and Methodius' Day. QSL via LZ1PJ, direct or bureau
(e-mail
requests for bureau cards can be sent to lz1pj@qsl.net).
Logs will
be uploaded to LoTW. Further information
at
http://www.qrz.com/callsign/lz08km [TNX LZ1PJ]
OA - Daniel/DL5YWM, Rene/DL2JRM, Jens/DL3ALF and Jorge/OA4BHY
will be
active from Isla Blanca (SA-074) on 3-5 May. They plan to
operate
CW and SSB using two stations. [TNX DL5YWM]
OK - Special event station OL1908D will be active through 31 May
from
the Czech Republic to celebrate the 100th anniversary
of the
railway of Dobruska. QSL via OK1KT, direct or bureau. [TNX
OK1KT]
PA - Bill, ON5JE and Luk, ON4BB will be active from Schouwen
Duiveland
(EU-146) on 9-12 May. QSL via home calls. [TNX ON4BB]
SM - Jan, PA0IJM will be QRV from SI9AM (King Chulalongkorn
Memorial
Amateur Radio Society) in Utanede on 5-15 May. QSL via
SM3CVM,
direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be
sent to
info@si9am.se). Further information can be found
at
http://www.si9am.se/ [TNX SM3CVM]
SV - Kostas/SV2CWV, Diana/SV2HRV, Archelaos/SV2KBB and
Kostas/SV2LBB
will be active as SX2MT from the Royal Tombs Museum at
Vergina,
the capital of the ancient Makedonian kingdom, on
14-15
and 21-22 June for the International Museums
Weekend
(http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk/imw/). QSL direct only to
SV2KBB.
[TNX SV2KBB]
UR - The Ukrainian Amateur Radio League (UARL) will be
represented by
EM5HQ in the IARU HF World Championship (12-13 July).
QSL via
UR5EAW (all of the contacts will be confirmed
automatically via
the bureau). A special certificate will be sent to stations
making
four QSOs. [TNX UR5EAW]
V6 - Shoji, JA7HMZ will be active again as V63DX from Pohnpei
(OC-010),
Micronesia on 19-24 May. He plans to operate on bands (6
metres
included) and modes. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
VE - Juergen, DL7RV will be active as VO2/NF6J from Battle
Island
(NA-044) on 25-30 June. QSL via DL7RV. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
VE - Chris, GM0TQJ will be active as VO2/GM0TQJ from Labrador
during
the period 23 September-2 October. He will be QRV on 80-10
metres
RTTY, PSK31/63 and SSB. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
[TNX
GM0TQJ]
VR - Celebrating the Games of the XXIX Olympiad to be held in
Beijing,
the Hong Kong Amateur Radio DX Association has been
granted
permission to operate special event station VR2008O from 15
July
to 31 August. Expect activity on 40-6 metres, mainly SSB,
RTTY and
PSK31. QSL direct only to VR2XMT. [TNX F5NQL]
ZS8 - Petrus, ZS6GCM has been on Marion Island for one month
[425DXN
883] and the staff takeover period is now completed. The
latest
information bulletin, dated 28 April (http://zs8t.net/),
stated
that Petrus was "planning on starting construction of the
antennas
this week and will be QRV as ZS8T by 9 May". [TNX ZS6DXB]
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
8R1WD ---> "Following on from my recent e-mail informing of the
passing of
Peter, 8R1J", says Phil Whitchurch (G3SWH), "some helpful soul has
taken it
upon himself to amend the entry on QRZ.com to show that Peter, 8R1WD
had
become a 'silent key'. To quote Mark Twain, reports of Peter's death are
very
much exaggerated and neither was he too pleased to learn of his
passing!"
Phil has managed to get the entry on QRZ.com corrected.
ADXO ENHANCEMENT ---> Bill, NG3K (Bill@ng3k.com) recently made a
functional
improvement to his ADXO (Announced DX Operations)
listing
(http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxo.html). Active DX operations now include a
link
to the DX Watch spot database. The link is located beneath the call
sign in
the Call field for most active DX operations listed in ADXO. A user
clicking
on [spots] will view a real-time list of recent DX Cluster spots for the
call
in question. DX Watch (www.dxwatch.com) is an innovative second
generation DX
spotting application that integrates data from packet cluster, qrz.com,
and
425 DX News.
ARI INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST ---> The Associazione Radioamatori
Italiani
(ARI) invites amateur radio operators and SWLs all over the
world to
participate in the 2008 A.R.I. International DX Contest, which will
take
place on 3-4 May (from 20 UTC on Saturday thorugh 19.59 UTC on Sunday).
Full
information, free software included, can be found at
www.qsl.net/contest_ari
[TNX IT9BLB]
DXCC NEWS ---> YA/LY1Y (operations in 2006 and 2007) has been approved
for
DXCC credit. If you had cards rejected for this operation, send an
e-mail to
dxcc@arrl.org to be placed on the list for an update. [TNX NC1L]
JAPAN: NEW BAND PRIVILEGES ---> Effective 28 April, amateur radio
operators
from Japan have gained more privileges on the 80/75 metres band and are
now
allowed to operate on the following frequencies: 3500-3575 kHz,
3599-3612 kHz
(new), 3680-3687 kHz (new), 3702-3716 kHz (new), 3745-3770 kHz
(3745-3747 kHz
and 3754-3770 kHz new) and 3791-3805 kHz. [TNX JARL]
QSL VIA 5B4AHO ---> Due to his impending return to the UK, George,
5B4AGC is
no longer QSL manager for Pafos Radio Club. The new QSL manager for
5B4PRC,
C4EU and C4EURO is 5B4AHO (Barry Carter, P.O. Box 79, Pegeia, 8560
Paphos,
Cyprus). Cards that have already been sent via the bureau to 5B4AGC
will be
automatically forwarded to 5B4AHO. All direct requests for these calls
have
been responded to. [TNX 5B4AHJ]
QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards (more than 5400) on
Les
Nouvelles DX's web site has been updated. Twelve different galleries
include
cards for the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (220+ QSLs), the 58 deleted
DXCC
entities (850+ QSLs), obsolete prefixes (2140+ QSLs), stations from
Magrebh
from 1947 to 1962 (240+ QSLs), Antarctic bases (670 QSLs) & TAAF
(Terres
Australes and Antarctiques Francaises, 230+ QSLs), the various French
DXCC
island Entities in the Pacific Ocean (180+ QSLs) & the Indian Ocean
(90+
QSLs), pre-1945 countries (410+ QSLs), French Departments (430 QSLs) and
USA
(40+ QSLs) plus a gallery for cards not accepted by DXCC (80+ QSLs).
Several
cards are still needed and your participation is encouraged - please
visit
http://LesNouvellesdx.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
note
that QSOs confirmed through LoTW or included in on-line logs are now
eligible
for listing. Send send your scores, as well as any request for
further
information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@ari.it)
VK1AA/2 (OC-223) ---> Nick, VK1AA logged 1,716 QSOs, mainly on 40
and 30
metres running 75 watts into home made vertical, during his 17-20
April
activity from Montague Island (OC-223). A few pictures and the video
can be
found at www.vk1aa.com [TNX VK1AA]
+ SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include Iwan Thomas
Halasz
(PY2AH), Robert J. Thibert (W9ARV) and Ivan M. Lesiv, JW0HS
(UX1MS, ex
UR5MVM), who lost his life on 17 April after a fire broke out 450
metres
below ground in a coal mine at Barentsburg, Svalbard. The fire caused
the
death of another worker, while twenty-nine miners were safely evacuated.
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A4A, 3B7C, 3B8CF, 3B8GL,
3C0CW,
3Y0C, 4J9NM, 4O3B, 4O60BH, 4U1UN, 5J0E, 5T5DC, 5X1NH, 6Y9S, 7Q7VB,
8P1A,
8R1K, 9J2BO, 9K2MU, 9L1BTB, 9M2/JH3GCN, 9X0X, 9Y4D, A35MT, A35RK,
A45XR,
A71AN, A92HB, AA8LL/4 (NA-076), AY0DX, C31LM, C37URA, C4N, C50C, C52C,
C6AKQ,
C91VB, CO2OT, CQ95F, CT/DL5DSM/p (EU-145), CT1FJK, CW2C, D2NX, DR1A,
DU9RG,
E4/OM2DX, E51JA, E51QMA, E51TUG, EP2AC, FG/F5CWU, FG5FR, FH1LE,
FJ/G3TXF,
FJ/OH2AM, FJ/SP6IXF, FJ5KH, FM5AA, FO/JA8BMK, FO/OH1RX, FW0MO,
H40MY,
HH2FYD/6 (NA-149), HH4/K4QD, HK3TU, HL0LPM/2 (AS-090), HL2FDW, J20VB,
J28JA,
J37T, J5C (AF-020), JD1BLY, JD1BMM, JT1CO, KH8/K3UY, KP2M, KP4ED,
LN8W,
LZ128LO, MJ/F5CWU, MJ/K8PT, N1LI (NA-137), OF8X, OH0B, OH0R, OJ0B,
OJ1ABOA,
OX/NA1SA, OX3XR, P29XF, P40CW, P40LE, P49V, PJ2MI, PJ2T, PJ4/K8GG,
PJ4O,
PT1A, PW0T, PW2M (SA-071), PZ5RA, PZ5WW, PZ5X, R1AND, R1FJM, R7C/TF,
RK3DZJ/1
(EU-147), RW0CWA, S21ZDX, ST2A, T32J, T32OU, T32YA, T77C, T77NM, T92J,
TK5IH,
TL8CK, TM7Z, TN6X, TO5FJ, TY0CDX, TY22DX, UN2L, V31MR, V63JY, V63OC,
V73NS,
V73QB, V85SS, V8FWU, VE1AI/W4 (NA-085), VK6DXI, VP2EDL, VP5/W5CW,
VP6TD,
VP9/W6PH, VQ5XF, VQ9LA, VR2ZQZ, VU2NKS, VY0/JA1DOT, WH2D, WP3R, XE1V,
XU7ACY,
XU7TZG, XW1B, YI1OM, YI9KT, YK9G, YK9SV (AS-186), YO22NATO, YO9HP,
YU8/HB4FG,
YV5YMA, Z2/UA4WHX, ZB3B, ZD7BG, ZD7X, ZP0R, ZX5J.
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