425 DX News issue #1066
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No 1066
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
9H - DL8KX and DD8ZJ will be active as 9H3KX from Malta (EU-023) on
8-14 October. They will operate CW and SSB on the HF bands. QSL
via DL8KX.
9H - Eight German operators (namely DG0OHD, DK8YY, DL1AOB, DL1AWD,
DL4JS, DL5AOL, DL8ALU and DO5KO) will be active as 9H9OB from
Malta (EU-023) on 14-22 October, WAG Contest included. They will
operate SSB, CW and digital modes on the HF bands, plus SSB and CW
on 2m. QSL via DH7WW, direct or bureau. [TNX DH7WW]
9L - Jan DJ8NK, Heye DJ9RR, Karl-Heinz DK2WV, Andy DL5CW and Andreas
DL9USA will be active as 9L0W from Banana Island (AF-037), Sierra
Leone from 22 November to 4 December. They will operate CW,
RTTY/PSK and SSB on 160-10 metres with four stations, and will
take part in the CQ WW CW Contest. QSL via DK2WV. Further
information can be found at www.mdxc.org/9l0w/
A7 - Six operators from the Lufthansa Amateur Radio Club, in
cooperation with the Qatar Amateur Radio Society, will be active
again as A71DLH from Qatar on 22-29 October. Operations are
planned on all bands CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via DL0LH and
logsearch at www.dl0lh.de
D4 - Seven operators (namely I4UFH, IK1HJS, IK2NCJ, IT9SPB, IZ4DPV,
IZ4UEZ, IZ8FWN) will be active from the D4C contest station on Sao
Vicente Island (AF-086, www.d4c.cc) between 10 and 30 October,
including a multi-op entry in the CQ WW SSB Contest. QSL via
IZ4DPV (direct) or CT1ESV (bureau), plus LoTW and eQSL. [TNX NG3K]
D4 - Achim, DL1DAW will be active as D44TZN from Sal Island (AF-086) on
12-18 October. He plans to operate holiday style on 80-10 metres
SSB, CW and RTTY, and to take part in the WAG Contest (15-16
October). All of the QSOs wil be confirmed automatically via the
DARC bureau and LoTW. Direct cards via DL1DAW.
I - Scout station II5BP will be active during the 54th Jamboree On The
Air (15-16 October). QSL via IW5EGT (but all of the QSOs will be
confirmed automatically via the bureau). [TNX IW5EGT]
LA - Bjorn, LA5UKA and Trond, LA9VDA will be active as LA6Q from
Spjaeroy Island (EU-061) until 9 October. They will operate SSB,
CW and digital modes on 40-10 metres and 6m MS. QSL via LA9VDA,
direct or bureau (email requests for bureau cards can be sent to
la9vda[@]gmail.com). [TNX LA9VDA]
VK9_c - Lot, DJ7ZG and Babs, DL7AFS (www.qsl.net/dl7afs/) will be active as
VK9CX from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (OC-003) from 19 October to
9 November. They plan to operate RTTY, PSK and SSB on 80-6 metres.
QSL via DL7AFS.
W - Look for Jim, KA3UNQ/p to be active from Middle Hooper Island
(NA-140) on 8 October. He will operate SSB on 40 and 20 metres
starting around 13 UTC. QSL via home call. [TNX usislands.org]
W - Weather permitting, Dragan K0AP, Hector AD6D (XE2K) and Mike AB5EB
will be active from Grand Island (NA-089) on 14-16 October. They
plan to be QRV as K0AP/5, AD6D/5 and AB5EB/5 on 40-10 metres CW
and SSB with two stations. QSL via home calls. [TNX DX World]
XV - Mio, JR3MVF and Chae, HL1KDW will be active as XV2YL and XV2KDW
respectively from Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam until 12 October. Most of
their operation will be on 20 and 15 metres. [TNX QRZ-DX]
ZS_ant - Gerard, ZS7KX (home call ZS6KX) will be stationed at the SANAE IV
Base (Queen Maud Land, Antarctica) until mid-February 2012. "I am
operational on 20 meters, frequency 14.175 MHz at about 14 UTC,
weather permitting", he says.
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3D2R ---> It went QRT from Rotuma earlier than originally planned, at 11
UTC on 5 October. The team expected to depart the island at 12 UTC, and to
reach Suva (Fiji) on the 8th. The final log update will be uploaded upon
arrival in Suva. The 3D2R log search can be found at
www.qslnet.de/member/yt3w/yt1ad/logsearch.php.
CQ DX MARATHON ---> CQ Magazine has announced "a significant expansion in
the number of DX Marathon plaques to be awarded each year". Presently there
are only two plaques (for the top Unlimited Class and for the top Formula
Class scores); starting with the announcement of the 2011 Marathon results
(June 2012), additional plaques will be awarded for the top CW, top SSB,
top Single Band (10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 30, 40, 80) and top Continental
scores. An additional sponsor for top Digital Mode score is desired.
Please contact the DX Marathon Administrator, K9EL (k9el[@]dxmarathon.com)
if you wish to sponsor this plaque. Details on the new plaques and
qualifying scores can be found on DX Marathon website (www.dxmarathon.com).
MALPELO 2012 ---> The Malpelo 2012 DXpedition's team now consists of 18
operators representing eight countries. Two members of the team will travel
to Malpelo for a reconnaissance visit in late October. The purpose is to
check out possible operating sites and make final decisions on the type and
placement of antennas, as they want to try to have antennas oriented for
all parts of the DX world.
Every effort is being made to extend the length of time available for
operating. It appears that they can get to the island one day earlier and
may have the option of staying a few extra days.The current plan has the
team QRV on or about 23 January for 12-14 days. Operations are planned on
160 through 6 metres on CW, SSB and one digital mode. N2OO and the SJDXA
will handle QSL duties.
The Malpelo team is paying all their transportation expenses to/from
Colombia and putting up about one-half of all the DXpedition costs. To
cover the remainder of our expenses, contributions are being sought from DX
Foundations, DX Clubs and individual DXers. You may contribute directly to
DXARC (Colombia), K4UEE (North America), DJ9ZB (Europe) or JA1ELY
(Asia/JA). See www.hk0na.com for further information on how you can help.
[TNX K4UEE]
ROCKALL ---> Patrick, ON4HIL and Rudi, ON7YT were active on 40m as MM0RAI/p
from Rockall (EU-189) from 15.45 UTC on 1 October until 06.52 UTC on the
2nd. The logsearch is now up and running at www.rockall.be
SAC SSB ---> The Scandinavian Activity SSB Contest will be held on 8-9
October, from 12 to 12 UTC. Radio Arcala has set up a special DX Summit
sub-page (www.dxsummit.fi/sac) so you can follow the Nordic
country-to-country battle and also find exclusively individual Nordic
spots. [TNX OH2BN]
T32C ---> The DXpedition to Christmas Island has passed the 60,000 QSO
milestone (57% CW, 40% SSB and 3% RTTY, but the team is "making an effort
to increase the RTTY percentage").
This "has turned out to be something of an unplanned Field Day style
operation", G3XTT reported on 5 October, "and we now have no expectations
of our container of equipment arriving while we are here on Christmas
Island. Instead, the team hand carried just over one metric tonne of
equipment (poles, cables, radio gear, computers, etc) to the island".
Antenna-wise, they have "two-element vertical dipole arrays by the sea for
20 through 10, quarter-wave verticals with elevated radials for 30 and 40,
a quarter wave vertical with ground radials for 80 and a 15m high T antenna
with ground radials for 160. We also have two Beverage receive antennas for
160 and now have additional vertical dipoles for 10, 15 and 20 to allow us
to retask the low band stations as second stations on those bands when LF
is closed. We are continually refining our antenna systems within the
limits of the wire, poles and coax that we have here, though the second
tranche of operators who arrive in a week's time will bring more".
The current continental percentages are 54% NA, 24% AS, 17% EU, 5% others:
"we have pretty much been working all comers to clear the decks so that we
can begin to focus more on Europe where band openings are much more limited
than to the US and Japan". The latest press release, as well as the
logsearch and a feedback facility, can be found on the T32C website
(www.t32c.com).
TOP LISTS ---> The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now
available at www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. QSOs confirmed
through LoTW or included in on-line logs are eligible for listing. Send your
scores, as well as any request for further information, to Erminio Pandocchi
I2EOW (i2eow[@]fastwebnet.it).
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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4W6AAD VK3ZGW EY8MM K1BV SP0DXC SP7DQR
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5C2J IK7JWX FK8HW VK4FW SZ3I SV3BEF
5C2P IK2PZC FY8DK F5TJP T32C G3NUG
5C2S IZ7ATN GB11NH G4OSB T6BP 9A6AA
5C5W EA5XX GB40HMSB G0TOC T6RH NI5DX
5K3R HK3R GB650JP G0OOO T88KH JH3KEA
5N51EAM IK2IQD GM7R N3SL TC3IRESC TA0U
5N7Q DF8DX HA50HG HA0HG TI2CF W3HNK
5T0JL ON8RA HB9IRC HB9OCR TM38O F6ITD
5Z4/PA5M PA7FM HB9SFGB HB9EDG TM4P F6CXJ
6O0M PA7FM HB9SPACE HB9ACA TP50CE F5LGF
6Y6U W1UE HC2SL EA5KB TR8JH F6FWT
7X2VX F4EPP HF100MSC SP1NQF UA0YAY IK2QPR
9A12AO 9A2GA HF225DT SP9PTA UK8OM 4Z5OG
9G1YE PA3ERA HG15IPA HA3JB UN7MMM EA7FTR
9L1BTB SP7BTB HG7T HA7TM V44KAI W5TFW
9N1FE EA5ZD HK0/DL5YWM DL5YWM V63DX JA7HMZ
9Q6AL DF9TA HK1NA K6IPM V63T JA7GYP
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A65CF EA7FTR HP1/IZ6BRN IZ8CLM VK0TH JE1LET
AY8A LU8ADX IQ0HV/0 IK0ZRR VP9I N1HRA
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BV100 BV2KI J28UC F5RQQ XU7ACY W2EN
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C4Z G3SWH JW6VM LA6VM YB9WZJ/9 YB9WZJ
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CN8QY I8LWL JW8DW LA8DW YJ0AGK VK3GK
CO2NO HA3JB K4L N4NX YJ0ANR NQ7R
CP6LA HA3JB KB7OBU/KH2 JA3VXH YJ0VK VK2CA
CR3L DJ6QT LM9L4OY LA9L YS3CW I2JIN
CR5D CT1FJO LS1D LW9EOC YW4D EA7JX
CR6K CT1ILT LT0H EA7FTR YW5T YV5JBI
CV5K CX2ABC LU7YZ EA7FTR YY1MA EB7DX
CX2TG EA5KB LX7I LX2A ZL50GH ZL1ANH
CX2TQ IK2DUW LY775A LY5A ZM4T ZL2AL
CX5TR EA5KB MM0RAI/p ON4ATW ZS3Y SQ8X
CX7CO WB3CDX MS0WRC G0MTD ZS6CCY K3IRV
D2SG GM4FDM NH7O EA5GL ZS6TQ K3IRV
DQ1175E DL5DCL OG0I OH2TA ZV2K PY2SHF
E70YL E77E OK8FK DK7FK ZW1AS PY1NP
ED5CEF EA5CEE OM55TV OM3MB ZW8TS PS8NF
CX1EK Luis Matho, 2303 Nordok Place, Alexandria VA 22306, USA
DL5YWM Daniel Gerth, P.O. Box 1101, 04736 Waldheim, Germany
EA5GL Pedro Miguel Ronda Monsell, C/ Maximiliano Thous 16-24, 46009
Valencia, Spain
EA5XX Julio Volpe O'Neil, P.O. Box 4062, 03080 Alicante, Spain
G3NUG Neville Cheadle, Lower Withers Barns, Middleton on the Hill,
Leominster, HR6 0HY, United Kingdom
HS0ZEX Robert Gschwendtner, P.O. Box 348, Post Office Phuket, 83000
Phuket, Thailand
I8LWL Leopoldo D'Avino, Ufficio Castellammare di Stabia, Casella Postale
60, 80053 Castellammare di Stabia NA, Italy
IK2PZC Ruggero Ghisolfi, Via A. Costa 27, 20026 Novate Milanese MI, Italy
IK7JWX Alfredo De Nisi, Vico della Cavallerizza 4/D, 73100 Lecce LE, Italy
IS0AGY Ampelio Jose Melini, Ufficio Quartu Sant'Elena, Casella Postale
66, 09045 Quartu Sant'Elena CA, Italy
IZ7ATN Simon Gadaleta, Ufficio Molfetta, Casella Postale 8, 70056
Molfetta BA, Italy
JA1PBV Sadao Ito, 3-8-12 Baraki, Ishioka-shi, Ibaraki-ken, 315-0042, Japan
JA8CJY Susumu Sanada, 5-17 Shinei 5-Jo 4-Chome, Kiyota-ku, Sapporo-shi,
Hokkaido, 004-0835, Japan
JE1LET Masahiko Otokozawa, 985-7 Kuno, Odawara-shi, Kanagawa-ken,
250-0055, Japan
N4NX William T. Barr, 355 Westerhall Ct., Atlanta GA 30328, USA
ON4ATW Theo Vanderydt, Zandstraat 39, 3545 Halen, Belgium
PA7FM Dennis Robbemond, Loggerhof 11, 3181 NS Rozenburg, The Netherlands
VK2CA Allan Meredith, P.O. Box 890, Mudgee NSW 2850, Australia
XU7SSB Hiroo Yonezuka, Box DD 153, Huang Sathai, Vientiane, Laos
YB9WZJ Joni Salim, P.O. Box 127, Sorong 98401, Indonesia
YT1AD Hrane Milosevic, 36206 Vitanovac, Serbia
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