425 DX News issue #603
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425 DX News #603
23 November 2002
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
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3C - Vitaly, VE6JO [425DXN 602] will be active as 3C2MV (and/or 3C2A, if
he succeeds in getting the original call he has requested) from
Bioko Island (AF-010), Equatorial Guinea until 12 or 13 December.
QSL via VE6JO (direct only). [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
5T & S0 - A group of members of the International Amateur Radio Volunteers
(IARV) will operate in their spare time from Mauritania between 29
November and 7 December. Look for 5T5PBV (JA1PBV), 5T5RUZ (JA8RUZ),
5T5RQ (JA6RQ) and 5T5CPS (JA1CPS), QSL via home calls. A side trip
to Western Sahara will take place on 2-5 December; look for
activity from S07U (QSL via JA1UT). [TNX The Daily DX]
9A - Dusan, S52DG will operate (on 10-80 metres CW and SSB) from Hvar
Island (EU-016, CI-028) from 29 November to 2 December. QSL via
bureau or direct to Dusan Mohoric, Ojstri Vrh 12, 4228 Zelezniki,
Slovenia. [TNX S52DG]
9M2 - Look for Rich, 9M2/G4ZFE/p to participate in the CQ WW DX CW
Contest from Pulau Pangkor (AS-072). He will be operating as SOSB
(15 metres) Low Power. The direct QSL address for all his 9M2
operations has changed: (Richard Everitt, #2601 PNB Darby Park,
Jalan Binjai, Kuala Lumpur 50450, Malaysia). [TNX 9M2/G4ZFE]
9Q - Michel, F6COW will be guest operatin at 9S1X until 9 December,
including a SOAB entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via F2YT.
Patrick, 9Q1A (F6BLQ) will participate in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest
(14-15 December) as 9S1X (SSB only), then he and Nicole, 9Q1YL will
go QRT from Kinshasa. They will move to Matadi, where they plan to
resume their amateur radio activity in early January (with wire and
vertical antennas at first, beams to follow). [TNX 9Q1A]
C9 (?) - Frosty, K5LBU and Andre, ZS6WPX had planned to be active from
Mozambique on 24-27 November. However their plans might change, and
Frosty alone might operate (on 10-80 metres SSB) as either
7P8/K5LBU from Lesotho or 3DA0CF from Swaziland on 25-29 November.
[TNX K5LBU]
DL_ant - Dominik, DL5EBE reports that a German amateur radio operator will
join the team at the German "Neumayer" base (WABA DL-03) for the
upocoming austral summer season. Neymayer Station is an undersnow
research facility located on the Eckstrom Ice Shelf (AN-016),
Antarctica. Further details (including the callsign, which will not
be the traditional DP0GVN) are expected in due course.
DU - Look for Alan, K6ACZ/DU to be active from the Philippines during
the whole month of December, ARRL 10 Meter Contest included. QSL to
home call address. [TNX K6ACZ]
FG - Jack, F6HMJ will be active on all bands as TO2FG from Guadeloupe
(NA-102, DIFO FG-001) from 15 December through 15 January. QSL via
F6HMJ. [TNX F5NQL]
FH - Look for Dirk, FH/DL5CF to be active (on 160-10 metres mainly CW
with some SSB) from Mayotte (AF-027) through 30 November, including
and entry in the CQ WW CW Contest. QSL via the DARC bureau. [TNX DX
Newsletter]
GM - Members of the West of Scotland Amateur Radio Society will be
active (on 10-160 metres CW and SSB) as GS4AGG/p from Great Cumbrae
Island (EU-123) on 30 November. QSL via GM0WRR. [TNX GS4AGG and
GM4AGG]
HL_ssh - Lee, DS4CNB reports he is going to join the team at the Korean base
"King Sejong" (WABA HL-01) located on King George Island, South
Shetlands (AN-010). He will be working at the base from 1 December
through 30 November 2003 and will operate on all bands and modes as
either HL0KSJ and D88S. QSL via home call (Lee Dae Ryung, P.O Box
30, Tongyung 650-600, South Korea).
HR - Gerard, F2JD will be in Honduras from 10 December through 3 March
2003 and will operate as HR5/F2JD (on 160-6 metres SSB and CW). He
will be based at La Entrada de Copan, but he may also operate from
some IOTA islands. QSL via F6AJA either direct or through the
bureau. [TNX F2JD]
JT - JV5C [425DXN 602] is a special event station operating until 24
November from Bayanbuural (120 km north of Ulaanbaatar), Mongolia
to celebrate the 840th anniversary of Chinggis Khaan. Look for them
on CW (1840, 3520, 7020, 10105, 14020, 18078, 21020, 24900 and
28020 Hhz) and SSB (1860, 3795, 7060, 14220, 18140, 21220, 24920
and 28420 kHz). QSL via JT1KAA (P.O. Box 830, Ulaanbaatar-24,
Mongolia). [TNX JT1CD]
JT - Khos, JT1CD reports that RU3HD is active as JT1FHD from
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia until 29 November. QSL via home call.
KP2 - Look for John, KP2/K3TEJ and Darrell, KP2/AB2E to be active from
the US Virgin Islands (NA-106) until 28 November. QSL via home
calls. They will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as as WP2Z
(QSL via KU9C). [TNX The Daily DX]
LX - Special event station LX0LT will be active on all bands CW, SSB,
RTTY and PSK from 30 November through 8 December, 24 hours a day.
This will be a Marathon to help generate financial support for
scientific research against genetic illnesses and sponsors will
donate 4 cents for each QSO. The goal is 20,000 QSOs. The web page
is at http://www.qsl.net/lx0lt. QSL via the LX bureau or direct to
LX1RQ. [TNX NG3K]
ST - Look for Marco, ST1MN to be active on all bands from Sudan from 28
November through the end of June 2003. Please be patient with him,
as he is not accustomed to pile-ups. Claudio, IV3OWC (ex 9E1C) will
join him between around 15 March and 10 April, and will be active
as ST1C, including an entry in the CQ WPX SSB Contest. QSL for
either ST1MN and ST1C direct only to IV3OWC. [TNX IV3OWC]
TZ - Mac, TZ6JA is once again going to Bamako, Mali for business. He
will be there from 23 November through 10 December and plans are to
operate on 40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres SSB only. QSL direct to
Mac Obara, P.O.Box 59, Tama, 206-8691 Japan or via (direct only)
JA3EMU (Toshiyuki Tanaka, 11-22 Higashi-Kourishinamachi, Hirakata,
573-0077 Japan). [TNX JA1ELY]
UA - Eugene, RZ3EC reports that Yuri, UA1ONY is active from Yuzhnyj
Island (RR-0401), Novaya Zemlya (EU-035). QSL via RZ3EC.
UR_ant - Roman, UT7UA will join the Ukrainian Antarctica Expedition for the
upcoming season and will operate from "Akademik Vernadsky" base
(WABA UR-01) on Galindez Island (AN-006), Antarctica. Callsign and
further details will be announced in due course. [TNX DL5EBE]
W - Glen, NK1N will be active as W2L from Jeffrey's Hook lighthouse
(USA-408), New York County, New York from 17 to 21 UTC on 29
November. QSL via NK1N. [TNX VA3RJ]
XW - Champ, E21EIC is currently active as XW1IC from Laos until 28
November [425DXN 602]. He will pay special attention to 160 metres
(1825 kHz, 1834 for Thailand) and 80 metres (3506 kHx, 3524 for
Thailand) around 19.30-24.00 UTC (sunrise at 23.10 UTC) and at his
sunset (11.00 UTC). Those who want to arrange a sked for 160 metres
can e-mail at e21eic@arrl.net [TNX QRZ-DX]
YI - Mike/OM2DX, Jaro/OM3TZZ (ex SU9ZZ), Robo/OM1KW and Peter/OM6TX
(YI9OM) will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as YI0M. Peter
will be leaving the Slovak Embassy in Baghdad a few days after the
contest, but his presence on the amateur radio bands will be
replaced by Mike's (OM2DX), who is waiting for his call to be
issued (QSL via OM3JW). [TNX OM3JW]
ZA - In 1991 an International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) project group
entered Albania for training more than twenty locals, establishing
the Albanian Amateur Radio Association (AARA) and finally
activating ZA1A to remove ZA from all wanted lists. It is now time
for a belated celebration of the 10th anniversary of AARA and see a
gathering of the original instructors and their students. An
international delegation of OH2BH, OH2PM, OH5BM and OH8SR arrived
in Tirana on 17 November and set up two stations for a one-week
activation of ZA1B together with Geni Mema, ZA1B. This includes a
Multi-Two entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via OH2BH. [TNX
N4GN]
ZS_ant - Anton, ZS7/ZS4AGA will be leaving SANAE IV for "E-Base" (WABA
ZS-02) on the Fimbul Ice Shelf (AN-016) on 24 November. He will be
there for one week and expects to operate (with 100W and a dipole)
on the amateur radio bands not earlier than 27 November. Look for
him on the Antarctica Net run by Dominik, DL5EBE at 17 UTC on 21275
kHz. [TNX DL5EBE]
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ZL1AMO ---> Ron Wright, ZL1AMO/3D2RW was in Fiji when he was taken to Lautoka
Hospital due to a major health problem. A few days later an air ambulance was
dispatched from New Zealand and Ron was transported to the critical care unit
at Auckland Hospital. Latest reports indicate that Ron, after showing some
signs of improvement, has had a decline and remains on life support. The
family thanks the DX community for their prayers, love, and support. Ron's
daughter, Terri (t.j.wright@xtra.co.nz) prints all e-mails for her mother and
for Ron when he is able to read them.
Ron has no medical insurance and the cost of the emergency air ambulance is
$40,000 NZD or approximately $20,000 USD. A "ZL1AMO Air Ambulance Fund" has
been established by the International DX Association (INDEXA) to assist the
Wright family with expenses incurred during Ron's most recent DXpedition. If
you would like to contribute, please make checks out to INDEXA with a
notation "For ZL1AMO Air Ambulance Fund". Please mail your contributions to:
The ZL1AMO Air Ambulance Fund, c/o Bill Jennings (W4UNP), Secretary-Treasurer
INDEXA, P. O. Box 607, Rock Hill, SC 29731, USA. For more information please
contact Judy Roush, AA7UC, President, INDEXA (jroush@cybertrails.com). [TNX
AA7UC]
60 METRES (CANADA) ---> The Marconi Radio Club of Newfoundland has received
experimental authorisation to transmit CW (A1A) and USB SSB (J3E) on 5260,
5269, 5280 5290 5319, 5329, 5400 and 5400 KHz with the call sign VO1MRC. This
authorisation is valid for 22-25 November, 20-23 December 2002, and 20-23
June 2003. Essentially, the experiment will, if it works, look at differences
in ground/sky wave propagation on 3.5, 5.3 and 7 MHz. [TNX VO1NA and DL8AAM]
KH5 ---> Walt/AH6OZ, Jim/WH6GS and Pat/NH6UY were active from Palmyra (KH5)
on 18-20 November. They visited the atoll for a yearly preventive maintenance
job on all the electronics of the Nature Conservancy on Palmyra. QSL direct
only via home calls. [TNX QRZ-DX]
P5/4L4FN ---> Ed, P5/4L4FN made three CW QSOs on 12 and 17 metres on 15
November. He will be very busy at work for the next week, then he will be out
of the country for one week starting on 10 December. Up-to-date information
on Ed's activities can be found at http://www.amsatnet.com/p5.html
+ SILENT KEY + We are sad to report the news of the passing of old timer
Giampaolo Nucciotti, I8KDB (ex I1KDB), one of the most active DXers in Italy.
[TNX I8YRK]
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LOGS: The log for 5Z4DZ at http://www.qsl.net/5z4dz has been updated and now
contains 21,541 QSOs through 17 November at 23.06 UTC. Please note
that 5Z4DZ does not work on 30 metres (the band is not allowed in
Kenya) and RTTY (for the time being). QSL via PA1AW.
LOGS: On-line log for the current CY0MM DXpedition to Sable Island can be
found at http://dx.fireroute.com/cy0mm
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QSLs received direct: 3B8DB, 3B9FR, 3D2CY, 3V8KO, 4A3R (NA-045), 5C2MI
(AF-065), 5N4KST, 5R8FU, 5R8GZ, 5X2A, 5X4L, 6J1YJS, 6O0X, 7P8DX, 7Q7DX, 8A3M
(OC-250), 9G5MD, 9H3YM, 9L1BTB, 9U0X, A71MA, C56/DL2OE, CO0OTA (NA-201),
CO1OTA (NA-093), CO7OTA (NA-086), CO8OTA (NA-218), D2CR, EP2FM, ER1QQ,
F6CKH/P (EU-156), FG/IK2XDE (NA-114), FH/G3TXF, FM5WD, FO5PS, FP/DL1DA,
FP/K9OT, FP/W0SD, FR5FD, GB0KJW (EU-109), GM0LVI/p (EU-092), H40XX, H44AT
(OC-149), H7DX, HC8N, HH2/DK6ST, HI8RV, HI9X, HR8/YN4SU, J79MM, JN1HOW/JD1,
JT1CO, JX7DFA, K1B, KA1I/KH2, KH0/KF2XN, KH2/KF2XN, KL7AK/p (NA-222), KP3Z,
LT0H, LY2CY, OH0Z, P5/4L4FN, PJ4/W9NJY, PJ7/K7ZUM, PW0T, PW6A (SA-019),
R1ANZ, R3CA/0 (AS-163), RZ0SR, S79TXF, SJ9WL, T2T, T32NCC, T77C, T88JA, T97M,
T99W, TF8SM, TI7/N4MO, VK9CXF, VP2VE, VP5/WA2VYA, VP6DI, VR2BG, XF4IH
(NA-188), XU7AAY, XW1IC, XW3ZNR, XY0TA, XY5T, YA4F, YA5T, YE2R (OC-186),
YE8XM/P (OC-211 and OC-249), YN4SU, ZB2FK, ZK1KDN, ZK1SCQ (OC-124),
ZL7/G3TXF, ZS7/ZS4AGA (WABA ZS-03), ZW5B.
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