425 DX News issue #644
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425 DX News #644
6 September 2003
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:
Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: DX information
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The 425 DX News monthly edition (August issue), edited by Maurizio Bertolino
(I1-21171/IZ1CRR) is now available for free downloading in either.pdf or
doc formats at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/ In this issue you can find
articles on CS5C (Culatra Island), IOTA activation experiences by DL2GAC and
S05X, as well as the usual features (the August weekly bulletins, QSL info
and addresses, calendar and news from the web).
4S - A large group of Japanese operators will be active (on 160-6 metres
SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV) from Sri Lanka on 13-18 September.
They plan to have five stations on the air and to concentrate on
North and South America. QSL each operator via his home call. [TNX
The Daily DX]
9G - Alan, G3XAQ will operating (CW only) as 9G5XA from Accra, Ghana on
13-21 September. This time he will be installing a WARC antenna at
the Technical College club station so listen for him primarily on
those bands. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX G3XAQ]
C9 - Andre, ZS6WPX reports he will be active as C91Z from Mozambique for
the next few months starting from 8 September. QSL direct via
ZS6WPX.
CT - CT1GFK/P, CT1GPQ/P and CT2IHP/P will operate (on 40, 20, 17 and 15
metres SSB, CW and possibly RTTY) from Ilha das Ratas (not IOTA,
DIP AL-13) between around 5 and 11 UTC on 7 September. Information
and on line logs at http://adxg.sytes.net; QSL via home calls,
direct or bureau. [TNX CT1END]
F - This year the Clipperton DX Club (http://cdxc.free.fr/) celebrates
its Silver Jubilee. Special call TM8CDX will be activated on all
bands and modes from 8 to 21 September for the club's annual
convention. QSL via F5CQ. [TNX La Gazette du DX]
G - Weather permitting, Glyn/GW0ANA will be active from Steep Holm
Island (EU-120) on 10 September, from 11 to 16 UTC. QSL via home
call. [TNX GW0ANA]
I - Dario, IK4MED will be active as IH9/IK4MED from Pantelleria
(AF-018, IIA TP-001) on 14-26 September. He will operate mainly CW
on 10-80 metres, plus SSB and CW via Oscar 40 (U/S mode). QSL via
home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IK4MED]
IS0 - Geza, HA4XG will be active as IS0/HA4XG/p from Sardinia (EU-024) on
13-27 September. He plans to operate mainly CW in his early morning
and late evening hours on 10-40 metres, with an emphasis on the
WARC bands. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX HA0HW]
JA - Yama, JJ1JGI will be active (on 15-40 metres CW and SSB) as
JJ1JGI/8 from Rishiri or Rebun Island (AS-147) on 7-10 September.
QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
JA - Look for JE7CWH/0 and JQ1SUO/0 to be active (on 40, 30, 20, 17, 15,
12 and 10 metres CW and SSB) from Awa-shima (AS-117) on 13-14
September. QSL via bureau. [TNX JQ1SUO]
JW - Jurgen, DJ3KR will be active (CW only, mainly on 12, 17 and 30
metres) as JW/DJ3KR from Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen (EU-026) on 8-15
September. [TNX The Daily DX]
LA - The Skandinavisk Radioklubb will take part in the IARU Region 1
Field Day (6-7 September) as LA3SRK/P from Stokkoya (EU-036). They
will have five stations on 160-10 metres SSB, CW, PSK and RTTY. QSL
via SM5SIC. [TNX SM5SIC]
LZ - Weather permitting, Hristo/LZ3FN and Todor/LZ2TEO will operate from
two lighthouses (namely Pomorie, ARLHS BUL-018 and Tzarevo,
BUL-031) on 6-7 September. QSL via operator's instuctions. [TNX
LZ3SM]
PJ2 - Geoff, W0CG will be active in his spare time as PJ2DX from Curacao
(SA-006) on 6-18 September. He plans to participate in the All
Asian DX SSB Contest (6-7 September) and the WAE DX SSB Contest
(13-14 September). QSL via N9AG. [TNX VA3RJ]
PY0_spp - Joca, PS7JN has been active again as ZW0S from St. Peter and St.
Paul Rocks (SA-014) for a few days. He expects to remain there
through 17 September and to operate RTTY, PSK31, SSB and SSTV
during his free time, typically between 17 and 2 UTC. His equipment
includes a vertical antenna for 10-40 metres and dipoles for the
WARC bands. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
SP - Peter, SP5PB will be active as SP5PB/4 from Wigry National Park, as
well as from a rare Polish district for the SPPA award, from 8
September until the end of the month. Details are available at
http://www.qsl.net/sp5pb [TNX SP5DDJ]
SV - Look for Michael, SV8/DF3IS to be active on 40-10 metres SSB and CW
from Thasos Island (EU-174) on 11-25 September. QSL via home call.
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
SV9 - A group of SV9s will be active as J49C from Skinakas Observatory in
central Crete (1750m a.s.l.) during the IARU Region 1 Field Day SSB
Contest (6-7 September). QSL via SV9ANK. [TNX SV9ANJ]
UA - Vas/RU3SD and Serge/RU3ST plan to operate as RU3SD/1 and RU3ST/1
from six islands in the IOTA White Sea Coast Group (EU-147) between
6 and 14 September. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. They
might also operate as UE3SFF/1 (QSL via RU3SD) from a natural
reserve. [TNX UA3FDX]
V7 - Bruce, AC4G will operate again as V73CW from Kwajalein (OC-028),
Marshall Islands on 8-13 September. QSL via home call. [TNX The
Daily DX]
VK - Trevor, VK7TS will operate as VK7TS/4 from Magnetic Island (OC-171)
on 6-10 September. Look for him on 10, 15 and 20 metres SSB. QSL
via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VK4CEJ]
VK - Peter/VK3QI, Keith/VK3FT, Paul/VK3AJJ and Paul/VK3KXG plan to
operate from the Baudin Rocks/Godfrey Islands (OC-228) on 25-29
September. Look for them on the usual IOTA frequencies SSB and CW,
with an emphasis on 30 & 40 metres CW and 20, 17 & 15 metres SSB.
Operating dates are much dependant on weather conditions, which can
be very unpredictable at this time of the year. This will be a
special event, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the death of
Captain Nicolas Baudin, the French explorer who died in September
1803 on the island of Mauritius during his return to Europe from
exploration of the Australian coastline. A special commemorative
callsign has been applied for and the operators are particularly
interested in having contacts with as many French stations as
possible. QSL via VK3QI direct or through the VK3 QSL bureau. [TNX
VK3QI]
W - Tony, WF1N and Lou, W1DIG will be active (on 0, 15, 20 and 40
metres SSB) from Appledore, Isles of Shoals (NA-217) starting
around 18 UTC on 5 September until about 12 UTC on the 8th. QSL via
home calls, direct or bureau. E-mail requests for bureau cards are
welcome at a.spino@snet.net (WF1N) and megawatt@snet.net (W1DIG).
[TNX WF1N]
W - The Long Island Amateur Radio Simplex club will operate (on 40 and
20 metres SSB) as W2LIS from the USS Intrepid air craft carrier in
New York Harbor on 6 September. [TNX W2RVL]
PACIFIC TRIP ---> Willi, DJ7RJ will continue being active as 5W0MW from Samoa
(OC-097) until 14 September. He will then go to Tokelau (ZK3) and be there
from around 17 September until the 28th. Willi will be back to Samoa until
about 9 October, when he will move to Vanuatu (YJ) from 10 to 19 October; his
last stops will be again at Samoa and then American Samoa. QSL via DJ7RJ.
[TNX The Daily DX]
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DXCC NEWS ---> The following stations from Bhutan have been approved for DXCC
credit: A51AA, A51KC, A51PK, A51UD, A51WD and A51YL.
QSL HV3SJ ---> All the logs for this call sign have been destroyed and any
reported operation using this call is a pirate. [TNX The Golist]
QSL KC4AAC (AN-012) ---> Larry, K1IED reports that all QSL cards for contacts
made between 4 August and 3 October 2002 have been sent out. For the time
being he has not any logs for QSOs prior or after those dates.
QSL P29KM ---> Kazuo Miyamura, P29KM (also H44H and H40H) reports he will be
leaving PNG in early October and his current address (P.O. Box 321, Port
Moresby, Papua New Guinea) will not be available any longer. Unless you are
100% sure that your direct QSLs can reach him no later than 30 September
2003, you should address them to Dr. Kazuo Miyamura, 1-50-12 Kaji, Hakodate
041-0852, Japan.
QSL VY0/W2NTJ ---> Cezar, VE3LYC reports he has received VY0/W2NTJ's log for
the period 7 July-24 August 2003. Jack logged 345 QSOs from Long Island
(NA-173), 119 QSOs from Kugong in the Belcher Islands (NA-196) and a handful
of contacts from near Nemaska, Quebec (VE2). Operations from NA-196 took
place on 6-8 August and again on 16-17 August. QSL direct to VE3LYC.
QSL VIA IK2DUW ---> Antonello reports he is now the QSL manager also for
Alex, RA0CL (ex UA0CJQ).
+ SILENT KEY + Xavier Paradell, EA3ALV reports the passing of Miquel
Pluvinet, EA3DUJ, Executive Director of CQ Radio Amateur (the Spanish version
of CQ Magazine) on 29 August.
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LABRE-RJ: The new web site for Rio de Janeiro State federation of LABRE (Liga
Brasileirade Radioamadores) is at http://www.labre-rj.org [TNX
PY1XP]
TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings (September
update) are now available at
http://www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist.html - please send your
scores, as well as any request for further information, to
Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@fastwebnet.it)
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3D2II ZL2III H44VV UA4WHX UE0UG RW0UM
3DA0MT NA5U HC1/N1KO W1ZS UE0UM RW0UM
3Z0PW SP5KEH HF19KST SP2PI UE0UT RW0UM
4D71X NZ7X HI3NR KB2MS UE0UU RW0UM
4K0GNY GM0GNY HP1AC EA5KB UE0UV RW0UM
4L8A OZ1HPS HP1RIP EA7FTR UE0UW RW0UM
4S7VK DJ9ZB HS0ZEV DF4PV UE0UWC RW0UM
5N0EVR LZ3XV J45KOS DK9NCX UE0UZ RW0UM
5N0HVC OK1DXE JD1YAB JA1MRM UE0UZW RW0UM
5R8GT DK8KD KH6ZM I0MWI UE0UZZ RW0UM
5X2A K4ZLE LT0H EA7FTR UE4HFF RU4HG
7Q7CE IN3VZE LU1ECZ EA5KB UE9GDA RA9FDR
9G1AA PA3AWW LU1NDC EA7FTR UN7QX W7BO
9K2GS W6YJ LU1ZV LU4DXU V31LZ LZ3RZ
9L1SS pirate LU4ZS LU4DXU V63SXW G3SXW
9Y4/DL1MGB DL1MGB LU5FII WD9EWK V63TXF G3TXF
9Y4TBG DL4MDO LW2DFH EA5KB V73MJ JF1NZW
A92ZE K4SXT LY500AF LY4AF VK1CW/4 JA6EGL
CQ3U CT1AHU LY500BH LY2BH VK9XAB G3AB
DS22UG HL0KHQ OA6CY EA5KB VP5VAC WA4JTK
E21CJN W3PP OD5UT K3IRV VQ9JC WB9IHH
EA2CND/P EA2BR OH0JWL DL5FF VU2UR SM3DBU
ED1NSN EA1CNF OH2IPA OH4MDY VU3DJQ EA7FTR
ED4MAD EA4RCU OH2V OH6YF XF1K N6AWD
ED6LGH EA6LP P29KPH K5YG XQ6ET W8UVZ
ED9PCC EA9BO RK8VWC RW0UM XW1A E21EIC
EK3GM DK6CW RX8V/P RW0UM YA0J JG1OWV
EM1UA JA2JPA S21B KX7YT YA1D JG1OWV
EN100WAY UT7WZ SP0ARDF SP2LQC YI/F5ORF KU9C
EO12CWW UT7CWW SU9BN EA7FTR YI/KV4EB K0JN
EO12ID US7IGF T88ME 7N1RTO YI/S57CQ S57DX
EO12IM UX8IXX T88RN JG1VGX YI9R K2PF
EO12J K2PF TM5GAP F5IQJ Z3100F Z33F
EW6YR DL8KAC TT8FC EA4AHK Z3100G Z33A
EW8AM DL8KAC TZ6L WA3HUP Z3100R Z33A
G3HTA/P G3RUV UA0AZ W3HNK ZB2FX G3RFX
GB0SKY MM0DFV UA0JQ IK2DUW ZK1USA ZK1CG
H40VB UA4WHX UE0LZZ/P UA0LD ZP6CW ZP6CU
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4S7NE Nelson Ranasinghe, No 18 Katana Housing Scheme, Demanhandiya 11270,
Sri Lanka
DJ9ZB Franz Langner, Benfelder Str. 4, D-77955 Ettenheim, Germany
EA1CNF Fernando Gavela Sainz, C/Los Estudiantes 20-4-Dcha, 39006 Santander,
Spain
EA2BR Emiliano Murciano Garcia, P.O. Box 109, 31500 Tudela - Navarra, Spain
EA5KB Jose F. Ardid Arlandis, P.O.Box 5013, 46080 Valencia, Spain
EA6LP Juan Maria Morey Estarellas, C/Font y Monteros 18-2-B, 07003 Palma de
Mallorca, Spain
EA7FTR Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias 23, 21110 Aljaraque, Huelva, Spain
EA9BO Antonio Garcia Barrones, C/Gonzalez de la Vega 8-2-C, 51001 Ceuta,
Spain
G3AB Andy Chadwick, 5 Thorpe Chase, Ripon, North Yorkshire HG4 1UA,
England, UK
G3RUV Adrian T. James, 37 Stratford Avenue, Whipton, Exeter EX4 8ES,
England, UK
G3SXW Roger Western, 7 Field Close, Chessington, Surrey KT9 2QD, England,
UK
G3TXF Nigel Cawthorne, Falcons, St. George's Avenue, Weybridge, Surrey KT13
0BS, England, UK
I0MWI Stefano Cipriani, Via Taranto 60, 00055 Ladispoli - RM, Italy
IN3VZE Ely Camin, Corso 3 Novembre 136/2, 38100 Trento - TN, Italy
LU4DXU Horacio Enrique Ledo, P.O. Box 22, 1640 Martinez - BA, Argentina
MM0DFV Jurij Phunkner, P.O. Box 7469, Glasgow, G42 0YD, Scotland, UK
N6AWD Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr., Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA
RW0UM Nick Polkovnikov, P.O. Box 144, Krasnokamensk, 674674, Russia
S57DX Slavko Celarc, Ob igriscu 8, 1360 Vrhnika, Slovenia
S61FD SARTS, Robinson Road, P.O. Box 2728, Singapore 904728, Singapore
SP2PI Jerzy H. Wojniusz, Matejki 56/39, 87-100 Torun, Poland
UT4XU Nick Parfenyuk, P.O. Box 39, Zhitomir, 10014, Ukraine
UT7WZ Miroslav Lupiy, P.O. Box 94, Lviv, 79000, Ukraine
Z36W Venco Stojcev, Ivo Lola Ribar 92, 2000 Stip, Macedonia
ZK1CG Victor Rivera, P.O. Box 618, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, via New Zealand
ZL2III P.O. Box 28110, Wellington, New Zealand
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