425 DX News issue #615
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425 DX News #615
15 February 2003
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:
Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: DX information
(e-mail i1jqj@425dxn.org - BBS I1JQJ@I1YLM.IPIE.ITA.EU)
Maurizio Bertolino, I1-21171: 425 DX News Web Pages
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3D2 - Tad, JF6OJX will be active as 3D2JX from Mana Island (OC-121), Fiji
on 19-24 April. He will concentrate on 80-30 metres for Europe, but
will also operate on 6-20 metres (160 metres if possible). QSL via
JN1HOW. Logs will be available at http://www.NDXA.jp/pedi/3d2-2003/
after the end of the operation. Hisa, 7K1WLE (WLE@DXing.org) and
Ted, JJ1LIB (ted@DXing.org) will be in contact with him on an almost
daily basis. [TNX JJ1LIB]
5B - G3SJJ, G3SVL, G3UEG will participate in the CQ 160 Meter SSB Contest
as P3F from Cyprus. QSL via 5B4AGN. [TNX NG3K]
6Y - WN9O and WO9Z will be active as 6Y5/homecall from Jamaica (NA-097)
from 22 February to 9 March. They will participate in the ARRL DX
SSB Contest as 6Y8Z (QSL via WO9Z). [TNX The Daily DX]
9H - Gaby, OE8YDQ and Chris, OE8CIQ will be active as 9H/homecall from
Malta on 20-27 April. Theirs will be a holiday style operation on
10-80 metres SSB and CW. QSL via home calls either direct or through
the bureau. More information at http://www.oe8ydq.com
9Q - Flo, F5CWU will be guest operating from 9S1X, Democratic Republic of
Congo, from 24 February to 10 March, including entries in the Coupe
du REF (SSB) and the ARRL International DX Contest (SSB). QSL via
F2YT. [TNX 9Q1A]
CE - A group of operators from the Southern Cross DX Group has been
granted permission to operate from Quiriquina Island (SA-070) on
22-23 February. They will be active as 3G5Q on all bands SSB, CW and
FM QSL via XQ5SM (P.O. Box 2841, Concepcion, Chile). The web page
for the expedition is at http://www.qsl.net/3g5q [TNX CE4USW]
CN - Look for W7EJ to participate in the CQ 160 Meter SSB Contest as CN2R
from Morocco. He plans to be on or around 1836 kHz. QSL via W7EJ.
[TNX NG3K]
CO - Juan, CO8TW will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest on 160 metres
(1820-1840 kHz) low power. QSL via IZ8CCW. Logs will be available at
http://www.qsl.net/co8tw/ [TNX CO8TW]
CT3 - Look for Rosel, CT3/DL3KWR and Hardy, CT3/DL3KWF to be active from
Madeira (AF-014) on 6-20 March. They plan to concentrate on the WARC
bands CW. QSL via home calls; bureau card requests are welcome at
dl3kwr@darc.de [TNX DL3KWF]
D4 - Gabriele, IK4UPB will be active (on 10-160 metres SSB and CW) as
D44TD from 25 February to 3 March, including a SOSB entry in the
ARRL DX SSB Contest. QSL via CT1EKF. [TNX IK4UPB]
DL - Look for DL4OK/p to be active from Poel Island (EU-098, O-002 for
the German Islands Award) on 14-18 February. From time to time he
will also operate from Gollwitz Lighthouse (ARLHS FED-092). QSL via
bureau. [TNX DL2VFR]
EA8 - Wayne, N7NG reports he will activate the Gran Canaria superstation
EA8BH for the upcoming ARRL DX CW Contest. "Although it's been
several years since I have operated SOAB", he says, "I hope to be up
to the challenge". QSL via OH2BH.
F - Jean-Marc, F5SGI will be active on 10-80 metres CW as TM6ILE from
Groix Island (EU-048, DIFM AT-012) on 7-12 April. QSL via home call
either direct or through the bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
FG - Wayne, W9AE, will be active as FG/W9AE on the AO40 satellite from
Guadeloupe (grid FK96) on 21-26 February. The operating window to
Europe will be 1500-2000 UTC on 23 February. QSL via home call
(Wayne Estes, 18673 W. Meadow Lane, Mundelein, IL 60060, USA). [TNX
W9AE]
FM - Stefano, IK2QEI will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest (1-2
March) as TO1A (SOAB) from FM5BH's shack on Martinique (NA-107). QSL
via IK2QEI. [TNX NG3K]
FY - Oliver, F5MZN will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as FY5KE
(SOAB) from French Guyana. QSL via bureau. [TNX NG3K]
GJ - Mat, F5SHQ will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as MJ0ASP
(SOSB 20 metres) from Jersey. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
HR - Tom, W0GLG will be in Puerta Limpera, Honduras from 14 February
until 5 March and will try to check into the 247 net or hang out
around 14195 kHz when he has the chance. From around 2 to 4 March he
will be active (on 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB) from Cayos Cochinos
(NA-160). QSL via W0GLG. [TNX KD0JL]
HR - Ray, WQ7R will operate (SSB and CW, as well as RTTY and PSK) as
WQ7R/HR9 from Roatan Island (NA-057) from 27 March through 4 April,
including an entry in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest as HQ9R (SOAB LP).
QSLs via N6FF. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
IS0 - Freddy, IZ1EPM reports he will be active from Santa Teresa di
Gallura, Sardinia (EU-024) from 19 April to 2 May. He plans to
operate on 10-40m and to concentrate on 30 metres. QSl via home
call, direct or bureau.
JA - Toshi, JM1PXG and others will be active from the Daito Islands
(AS-047) on 25-28 July. They will participate in the IOTA Contest as
JM1PXG/6. QSL via home calls either direct or through the bureau.
[TNX JI6KVR]
KH4 - Bill, KH4/NH6D expects to be active from Midway Island until 21-22
February. QSL via N6FF. [TNX The Daily DX]
LU - Javi, LU5FF reports he will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as
SOAB LP. QSL via EA7JX.
LX - LX1KQ, LX1UN and LX2AJ will participate in the CQ 160 Meter SSB
Contest as LX9UN. QSL via LX1NJ, [TNX NG3K]
LZ - Special event call LZ125O will be aired on all bands CW, SSB and
RTTY by Balkan Contest Club (LZ1KZA/LZ5A) on 1-31 March. QSL via
LZ1KZA (P.O. Box 36, 4300 Karlovo, Bulgaria). [TNX LZ1ZF]
P2 - A few days ago Bernhard, DL2GAC/P29VMS had announced through Jim
Smith, VK9NS he would be active from the Tauu (aka Mortlock) Islands
(OC-???) starting around 13 February. There should have been a
change in the boat's schedule, as on 11 February Bernhard was in
Rabaul (New Britain, OC-008) after operating from OC-256, OC-257 and
OC-231 (a total of around 2200 QSOs). His plans were to travel by
plane on the 13th and reach the town of Wewak (OC-034). He will then
go and operate for 3-5 days from one of the nearby islands, like
Kairiru or Muschu, that count for the Papua New Guinea's Coastal
Islands North group (OC-???). Around 20-25 February he will go back
to the Solomon Islands (H4). Bernhard reminds island chasers that,
since he operates with a 70AH car battery recharged by solar panel,
he is "not fond at all of multiple QSO attempts". QSL via DL2GAC.
[TNX P29VMS]
PJ7 - Look for PJ7/W8EB to be active (on 160-10 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and
PSK-31) from Sint Maarten (NA-105) from 23 February through 23
March. He will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as PJ7B
(SOAB). QSLs via home call. [TNX NG3K]
PY0_spp- Joca, PS7JN is planning to return to St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks
(SA-014) in the first half of April. He expects to operate on 40,
20, 15 and 10 metres SSB and RTTY; other modes and bands will depend
on the equipment he will be able to have. Further details are
expected in due course; his web site is at http://www.qsl.net/ps7jn
[TNX PS7JN]
PY0_tr - Linneu, PY1ON will be active (on +/- 7050, 14200, 21300 and 28490
kHz) as ZY0T from Trindade (SA-010) on 17-19 February. QSL via
PY1YB. [TNX CT1END and PS7AB]
SM - SM0GNS, SM0HPL, SM0IHR, SM0MXO, SM0OGQ, SM5AJV, SM5DJZ and SM5HJZ
will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as 8S5X (M/M). QSL via
SM5HJZ. [TNX NG3K]
SP - George, SP2PI will operate as HF2VL from 25 February to 31 March to
celebrate his 45th anniversary of activity on the amateur radio
bands. QSL via home call (Jerzy H. Wojniusz, Matejki 56/39, 87-100
Torun, Poland). [TNX SP2PI]
SV - Spiros, SV8CS will participate in the CQ WW 160 Meter SSB Contest as
SY8A from his QTH on Zakynthos (EU-052). [TNX NG3K]
TG - Dennis Motschenbacher, K7BV will participate in the ARRL DX CW
Contest as TG0AA (SOAB) thanks to the generosity of Club de
Radioaficionados de Guatemala and the communication assistance of
Juan, TG9AJR. QSL routing information via club for all contacts will
be released after arrival in-country. [TNX N4GN]
TR - Christian (TT8DX) is active as TR8SA from Gabon until 8 March. [TNX
La Gazette du DX]
V3 - Charlotte, KQ1F (V31QQ) and Paul, K1XM (V31XM) will be active from
Turneffe Island (NA-123) from 26 February to 5 March. They will
participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as V31QQ. Operations before
26 February will be from mainland Belize. QSLs via KQ1F. [TNX KQ1F]
V6 - Bert/V73GOD (WH7USA) expects to be active as V63USA from Kosrae
Island (OC-059), Micronesia for one week starting on 15 February.
[TNX The Daily DX]
V7 - Jim Todd, KC7OKZ/V73KZ and his wife Carol, KC7TSX/V73SX [425DXN 579]
are now back on Majuro (OC-029), Marshall Islands, after spending
most of the last six months in the U.S. due to various family
problems. "Our IOTA adventures are back on the front burner", Jim
says, "Because the weather window will not be good for Taongi
(OC-???) until summer, we will visit Enewetak and Ujelang (OC-???)
first. We plan on sailing to Enewetak (OC-087) early in April". If
interested in joining Jim and Carol, please visit their web site at
http://www.qsl.net/kc7okz or e-mail wingsdx@usa.net [TNX G3ZAY]
VE - Neil, VE8CQ reports that at least five operators from the Western
Arctic Amateur Radio Association will participate in the IOTA
Contest as VE8NET from Sachs Harbour, Banks Island (NA-129). QSL via
VE8CQ.
VK - VK3ZZ, VK3FT, VK3WWW and VK3QI will be active from Waldegrave Island
in the South Australia State West Centre Group (OC-???) on 16-21
April. They will operate SSB and CW on all HF bands except 160
metres with a special call to be announced in due course. [TNX
VK3ZZ]
VP5 - Rodger, GM3JOB and Willie, GM4ZNC will be active again as
VP5/homecalls from North Caicos (NA-002) on 5-19 April. They plan to
be QRV on most bands SSB and CW. QSL via home calls, either direct
or through the bureau. [TNX GM4ZNC]
XE - XE1VIC, XE1ME, XE1JG, XE1YJY and XE1KK will participate in the CQ
160 Meter SSB Contest (21-23 February) as XE1RCS. [TNX NG3K]
ZF - Yuri, VE3DZ is active as ZF1DZ from Little Cayman Island (NA-016)
until 17 February. QSL via home call.
ZK1 - Nik, HB9EAA will be active mainly on CW from the Cook Islands in
March. He will first go and operate from Penrhyn Atoll (OC-082),
North Cooks on 8-15 March; then he will move to Aitutaki (OC-083),
South Cooks and be active on until 22 March. Requested call is
ZK1EAA, which he hopes will be confirmed when he collects his
licence upon arrival. QSL via HB9EAA either direct (Niklaus Oser,
Pfarrgasse 10, CH-4114 Hofstetten, Switzerland) or through the
bureau. The web page for the operation is at
http://www.qsl.net/hb9eaa/dxped03/ [TNX HB9EAA]
SOUTH SHETLANDS (AN-010) ---> Due to logistic reasons Oleg, UA1PBA has
postponed until March his planned DP1ANF activity [425DXN 611] from the
Eduard Dallmann Laboratory (WABA DL-NEW) on King George Island. Oleg and Alex
are now active as R1ANF/A for at least one more week from the Teniente Ballve
Refuge of Argentina (WABA LU-22) on Ardely Island. QSL via RK1PWA. [TNX
DL5EBE]
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AH3D ---> Bernie, W3UR provides a few more details about the recent AH3D
operation from Johnston Island. The band by band break down is:
Band SSB CW RTTY Total
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160 23 718 0 741
80 1312 1629 0 2941
40 1107 1879 0 2986
30 0 2242 0 2242
20 4897 1402 43 6342
17 606 1962 0 2568
15 3569 401 726 4696
12 1877 62 0 1939
10 4349 0 0 4349
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Total 17740 10295 769 28804
"One of our main goals was to give as many people a new one, especially in
Europe", Bernie says. "In Europe we worked 1459 on CW, 3209 on SSB and 39 on
RTTY for a total of 3,237 QSOs or about 11.2 % of the total QSOs". The group
is now working on getting the logs ready for on line search.
IOCA CHECKPOINTS ---> IOCA Manager Emir, 9A6AA (http://www.inet.hr/9a6aa)
repots that two local checkpoints have been appointed to deal with IOCA
(Islands Of Croatia Award) applications from their own country. They are
Antonio, IZ8CCW for Italy (iz8ccw@mdxc.org) and Fredy, DE0MST for Germany
(fresti@t-online.de).
IR4A ---> IQ (India Quebec) is currently being issued as ordinary prefix for
club stations in Italy, and since it is no longer a special prefix, those who
held an IQ contest callsign shall change it. The Monte Capra Contest Team
(formerly IQ4A, three times CQWW M/S World Champion in the past 14 years and
current holder of the European CQWW M/S all time record) will now be using
IR4A. QSL via IK4QJH. [TNX I4VEQ]
JOHNSTON ISLAND ---> KJ6BZ is the club call used by Bob/V73HT and Bert/V73GOD
(WH7USA) in the past few days while dismantling the club station on the
island. QSL for this operation should go to LTC Bert Godlewski, P.O. Box
1480, APO AP 96555, USA. [TNX The Daily DX]
OX3FV ---> Joergen, OZ8AE reports that Kim Andersen, OX3FV is now QRT from
Groennedal, Greenland and his new call is OZ5FV. QSL OX3FV via OZ5FV.
QSL CE6M ---> The QSL cards for the recent CE6M operation
(http://www.qsl.net/ce6ne/CE6M.htm) from Mocha Island (SA-061) have been
received from the printer and direct requests are being processed right now.
[TNX CE6TBN]
QSL DU1/SQ9BOP ---> Andy, SP6GVU reports he still has logs and cards for
Jacek's activity from the Philippines (September 2001 - April 2002). QSL
direct to Andrzej Kaleta, P.O. Box 498, Wroclaw 2, Poland or through the
bureau.
QSL FO5RH ---> La Gazette du DX reports that F6CTL is no longer the QSL
manager for Alain. QSL cards for FO5RH, as well as for FG/F2HE, FS/F2HE,
FO0CLA and TX5BTY, should be sent direct to Alain Claverie, P.O. Box 51690,
98716 Pirae, Tahiti.
QSL HK5MQZ ---> Jairo Vargas, HK5MQZ, an active DXers who operated from
Malpelo back in 2001, reports that air mail has increased 100% in Colombia
this year. He suggests to use registered mail, if possible, and to enclose
"two greenstamps or two IRCs" when sending for cards.
QSL T77CD ---> Giovanni, T77CD was active during the CQ/RJ WW WPX RTTY
Contest last weekend (1590 QSOs). Cards should be sent direct only to I0MWI
(Stefano Cipriani, Via Taranto 60, 00055 Ladispoli - RM, Italy). [TNX I0MWI]
QSL ZL7C ---> The blank QSL cards for the ZL7C DXpedition to the Chatham
Islands (October 2002) arrived in New Zealand on 27 January. Some 5,000
direct requests have been received so far: "we have begun processing these
cards", Ken Holdom, ZL4HU reported on 9 February, "and we expect this process
to continue for approximately another 2-3 weeks. We will be doing a bulk mail
out by economy post on 1 March 2003. If by the end of April you do not have
your cards, then may we suggest that this is an appropriate time to consider
whether to send a 2nd request. Direct requests that do not contain SAE or
return postage will be sent via the bureau. Incoming bureau cards will be
processed when time permits".
QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Antonello Passarella, IK2DUW is willing to act as a
QSL manager for one or more stations. He can be contacted at ik2duw@qsl.net
QSL VIA BA4DW ---> David, BA4DW is receiving cards for FR5/BA4DW, which was
pirated on 5 December 2002. Do not waste your time and money on this one.
David can confirm contacts made with BA4DW/2 (AS-158), BA4DW/2 (AS-151),
BA4DW/4 (AS-150), BA4DW/5 (AS-137), BD4DW, BG4DW, BX2/BA4DW (Taiwan, AS-020)
and BZ4DJW. His address is: David Y. J. Zhou, P.O. Box 040-088, Shanghai,
200040, China. [TNX BA4DW]
QSL VIA VE3LYC ---> Cezar, VE3LYC has received W2NTJ's log for his operations
of 2002. Jack operated as VE2/W2NTJ (11 July-22 October and again 21
November-6 December) from near Namaska, Quebec, and as VY0/W2NTJ (23
October-20 November and again 7-28 December) from North Twin Island (NA-173,
CISA NT-008), Nunavut. QSL direct to VE3LYC. Direct requests already received
were sent out early this week. [TNX VE3LYC]
SFDXA ---> The newly elected officers of the South Florida DX Association for
the year 2003 are: William Marx/W2CQ (President), Esteban Romagni/W4DTA
(Vice-President), Richard Gillingham/W1RG (Secretary), John Bohnovic/K4WJ
(Treasurer), Michael Raskin/W4UM, Donald Search/W3AZD, Bruce Phegley/W4OV and
Peter Rimmel/ N8PR (Directors at Large).
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ARRL DX CW: A list of stations that have announced their participation in
this year's event is maintained by Bill, NG3K at
http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxc2003.html
JW: The web site for the 24 February-1 March activity by JW/SM0BSO,
JW/SM0LQB and JW/SM1TDE [425DXN 611] has been updated with
information about operations on satellites, digital modes and 6
metres. Check http://w1.865.telia.com/~u86523219/JW03.htm [TNX
SM1TDE]
KH6GMP/KH3: A slide show of the January 2002 KH6GMP/KH3 operation from
Johnston Island is at http://home.hawaii.rr.com/kh6gmp [TNX
YO3/DL4AAZ]
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QSLs received direct: 3A2MD, 3B8IK, 3C5XA, 3D2RW, 3V8BB, 4L1BR, 4L1FX, 4L6AM,
4W6MM, 5H3RK, 5Z4DZ,5Z4DZ, 7P8ZZ, 8N1OGA, 9G1UW,9K2HN, 9K2MU, 9K9O, 9M2AX,
9M8YY, 9U0X, 9U5A, A92ZE, AH0AG, BI5H (AS-137), BQ9P, C6ARB, C98RF, CE8/F6BFH
(SA-050), CE9/R1ANF (WABA CE-10), CE9R (WABA CE-11), CN2R, CX4CR, D2BB,
D44TD, D44TT, E20KIR, E31AA, EA4DX/HK0, EY8MM, EZ8AQ, FK8VHT, FM5BH,
FO/JI1WTF, FO0PT, FO5RK, FR5GS, FS/N3OC, FY5FY, FY5YE, HC8A, HC8N, HK3/G0SHN,
HK3JBR, HK5MQZ, HP1XVH, HR1RMJ, HV4NAC, J28EW, J38X, J75KG, JT1CO, K1B, K5MI
(NA-052), K7AR/C6A, K8LIZ/C6A (NA-113), KA1I/NH2, KB2FB/DU7 (OC-129), KC4AAC
(AN-012), KG4DX, KG4IZ, KG4MO, KH0/JA1UII, KH0A, KH3/KH6GMP, KP2N, L65W
(SA-065), LU/F6BFH (SA-049), LU1ZA, LU6EF, LU8MFF, N4BQW/KH9, OD5/OK1MU,
P4/AK4XX, PJ2/K9BG, PJ2T, R1ANF (WABA BY-01), R1ANF/P (WABA PY-03), R1FL,
RI0B (AS-156), RI0CA, RU0B (AS-057), RZ1OWA, S07L,S07U, S21YY, S9MX, T88SP
(OC-009), TF4RX (EU-168), TK4Z, TT8ZZ, TU0PAX, TY4DX, TY9F, V21CW, V47NS,
V51AS,V63RE, VI3JPI (OC-251), VK0MQI, VK4WWI (OC-255 & OC-187), VK6BM
(OC-234), VK8AN/6 (OC-154), VP2EY, VP5NN, VP5T, VP8ROT, VP8SDX, W4D (NA-213),
W5UE/C6A, WP2Z, XU7ACB, XU7AUR, XV3TAA, XV9DT, XW1LLR, YA5T, YC9WZJ/7
(OC-252), YJ0AHK (OC-035), YL0A, YL2MD, YP1W, YW1T, Z22JE, Z24S, Z31GX,
ZD7DP, ZD8KW, ZD9IR, ZF2AH, ZF2DS, ZM8CW, ZP6CW, ZS03CWC, ZS7/ZS4AGA (WABA
ZS-03).
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