425 DX News issue #1134
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No 1134
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3D2 - Bob, W7YAQ and Bill, N7OU will be active as 3D2NB (W7YAQ) and
3D2OU (N7OU) from Nadi (OC-016), Fiji on 2-7 February, and as
3D2RX (W7YAQ) and 3D2RO (N7OU) from Rotuma (OC-060) on 8-21
February. They will operate mostly CW, with some RTTY and SSB, on
160-10 metres, using at both QTHs vertical antennas next to
saltwater on a north-facing shore. During the ARRL CW DX Contest
they will make a multi-single entry from Rotuma as 3D2RX. QSL via
home calls. They will upload their logs to LoTW as soon as they
get back to the USA. [TNX NG3K]
8P - The Buddies in the Caribbean DXpedition group, which specializes
in 100 watt or less low power radios and the Buddipole portable
antenna systems, will be active from Barbados (NA-021) from 29
January to 6 February. The eight operators will be 8P9FF (W3FF),
8P9HF (W6HFP), 8P9WZ (WZ1P), 8P9RT (WG0AT), 8P9VG (KC4VG), 8P9DG
(KB9AVO), 8P9EA (K8EAB) and 8P9UN (N7UN). There will be fixed
operations on 160-10m using CW, SSB, and RTTY or PSK from a villa,
and portable operations from various points on the island. QSL via
home calls and LoTW. [TNX N7UN]
9G - Marcel, AI6MS will be active as 9G5MS from Ghana until May.
"Anyone is welcome to make a contact", he says, "though priority
will be given to schools, universities, and prescheduled
contacts". Marcel is volunteering with 'Medicine on the Move', and
will use amateur radio with the students at the Aviation and
Technology Academy in Kpong. QSL via home call.
CT9 - Dirk, DO7DP will be active as CS9/DO7DP from Madeira (AF-014) from
26 January to 9 February. He will operate SSB and PSK31 on 80, 40,
20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via DO7DP, bureau preferred. [TNX DX
Newsletter]
FG - Jean-Pierre, F6ITD will be active again as FG/F6ITD from
Guadeloupe (NA-102) in February and March. He will operate from
Basse Terre on 1-8 February and from La Desirade on 9 February-25
March. QSL via home call and LoTW; logsearch on Club Log.
FK - Oku, JK1KSB will be active holiday style as FK/JK1KSB from New
Caledonia from 29 January to 3 February. He will operate CW, RTTY
and PSK31 on 80-10 metres. During the first days his operating
time will be limited to 13-18.30 UTC. QSL via home call. [TNX
JK1KSB]
G - Members of the UK HQ team (GR2HQ) will be active as G100C (or,
depending on the station location, GM100C, GW100C, GJ100C etc)
during the weekends throughout 2013. This callsign is partly to
provide essential pile-up training for the national team and
partly to celebrate the 100th anniversary of RSGB. All QSOs will
be uploaded to LoTW, e QSL and Clublog as quick as possible after
each weekend. Traditional QSL cards via M0OXO (please use his OQRS
at www.m0oxo.com). Further information will be available at
www.gr2hq.com/g_100c.htm
PA - Special callsign PH00ZWAT will be used on 25-27 January from the
former Radio Netherlands Worldwide's antenna park at Zeewolde
Operations will start around 8 UTC on Friday and end at 13 UTC on
Sunday. QSL bureau to PD2RKG.
PA - Fred, PA0FAW will be active as PF100ZOO on 1-28 February to
celebrate the 100th anniversary of Burgers' Zoo in Arnhem. He will
operate CW and SSB, with some digital modes. QSL via PA0FAW.
PY - Look for PY2CDR/m to operate SSB and digital modes on 40, 15 and
10 metres during the "first Brazilian Bicycle/Mobile DXpedition".
The 490km ride will start on 28 January from Bertioga and end on 3
February in Rio de Janeiro. All QSOs will be confirmed
automatically via the bureau. Further information at
http://grupocdr.com.br/dxp_en.htm [TNX PY2LCD]
VE - Rick, VE3ZUP will be active as VE3COLD during the Winter Field Day
organized by the Society for the Preservation of Amateur Radio
(www.spar-hams.org), from 17 UTC on 26 January through 17 UTC on
the 27th. QSL via VE3ZUP.
VP8_sg - The RRS "James Clark Ross" is expected to arrive at King Edward
Point, South Georgia on 26 January. "Due to the limited time that
we will be at KEP", Mike VP8CMH (GM0HCQ) says, "I don't think I
will be active as VP8SGK. Should that change I won't actually know
until I am ashore. If I can operate it will most likely be CW and
I will post some spots on the cluster". Bookmark www.gm0hcq.com.
YB - Look for Imam, YB4IR to be active as YB4IR/5 from Batam Island
(OC-075) starting around 8 UTC on 25 January until the UTC
midnight on the 28th. QSL via home call (OQRS on Clublog) and
LoTW. [TNX DX World]
YI - Razi, YI1RZ is currently active as YI1RZ/2 from Bacuba until 4
February. He is running 10 watts only. QSL via IK2DUW.
CQ WW 160-METER CONTEST (CW) ---> Objective of the contest is for amateurs
around the world to work as many US States, Canadian provinces and countries
as possible on 160 metres CW (http://cq160.com/rules.htm). The following
stations have announced their participation in this year's event (from 22.00
UTC on 25 January through 22.00 UTC on the 27th):
Call Country QSL via
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3V8BB Tunisia LX1NO
CR2W Azores HB9CRV
CS2F Portugal UA2F
E71A Bosnia & Herz. E71A
E7DX Bosnia & Herz. E77E
EY8MM Tajikistan K1BV
HK1R Colombia K6IPM
HK1X Colombia EA7FTR
LX7I Luxembourg LX2A
NH0Z Mariana Isls JJ2VLY
OH0Z Aland Isls W0MM
OH8X Finland OH2UA
OL7M Czech Republic LotW
OZ1IKY Denmark LotW
PI4W Netherlands PA8F
RA0FF Russia (AS) LotW
T6MO Afghanistan K9GY
UN/RT9T Kazakhstan RT9T
UU7J Ukraine LotW
UZ2M Ukraine US0LW
VK3EGN Australia VK3EGN
XE1RCS Mexico XE1RCS
Z6/S56A Kosovo S56A
Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cq160c2013.html
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
CQ MAGAZINE ---> Editor Rich Moseson (W2VU) announced on 22 January that CQ
DX Hall of Famer Wayne Mills (N7NG) has been named CQ magazine's DX Editor.
A renowned DXer, DXpeditioner and contester, he succeeds Carl Smith (N4AA),
who has stepped down after writing the magazine's DX column for 13 years.
Wayne will begin writing the CQ DX column as of the magazine's April 2013
issue.
DXCC NEWS ---> 5V7TH (Togo, 2012 operation), S07EA (Western Sahara,
2006-2007 operstion), XWPA (Laos, 2010-2011 operation) and XW4XR (Laos,
current operations) have been approved for DXCC credit.
QSL A92IO ---> Dave, A92IO is now preparing to leave Bahrain. Until 1 June,
direct cards can be sent to Dave Court, P.O. Box 31183, Budaiya, Bahrain.
After 1 June, direct cards must be sent to Dave Court, Connogue, River
Lane, Shankill, Co. Dublin, Ireland. All bureau cards must be sent via
EI3IO. "Do not expect a quick answer to QSLs in the period September to
December 2013", Dave says, as "I will be moving house in September". A92IO
uploads his logs to eQSL and LoTW.
QSL TF4M & TF4X ---> Phil, G3SWH has been appointed as QSL manager for
Thor, TF4M's operations from September 2004 to the present. Thor has
recently joined RSGB which means that cards for TF4M and TF4X can now be
sent and received via the RSGB bureau. Logsearch for both calls at
www.g3swh.org.uk [TNX G3SWH]
+ SILENT KEY + Silvano Fabbri, C91A (IK4GRJ) lost his life on 20 January in
a motocross accident near Maputo. He was 60 and for thirty years he had
lived in Mozambique, where he had founded a prominent telecommunication
company.
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3W3B E21EIC HC2SL HD2A OE2013V OE6WIG
3W7W W3HNK HF21WOSP SP9PDG OE2013W OE1W
3Z21WOSP SP5YOW HG2W HA2QW OE2013Y OE2IGP
4L1MA ON4RU HG7SNOW HA7PL OE2013Z EI7JZ
4L1UN EA7FTR HI8CSS EA5GL OG9W OH2BCI
4L6AM EA7FTR HK1MW K4AMW OH0TA OH2TA
5B4AJC UA3DX HK1R K6IPM OH0X OH2TA
5N4EAM IK2IQD HK1T EA5KB OJ1ABOA OH2FFP
5N7M OM3CGN HK1X EA7FTR P40YL AI6YL
5R8AL G3SWH HL0A 6K5YPD P49V AI6V
5R8UI IZ8CCW HP1/IZ6BRN IZ8CLM PH6SKCC PA3CLQ
5T0JL ON8RA HP1CQ EA7FTR PJ7TM K2GSJ
5Z4/EA4ATI EA4YK HP3AK W4JS PW7F PS7HD
6W2SC HA3AUI HR2/NP3J EA5GL R1943S RZ4AWB
7X5KBS EA7FTR HS0ZGQ DK8MZ RI1ANC RN1ON
7X5NZ EA7FTR HS0ZJS HB9PHJ RI1ANF RK1PWA
7X5QB EA7FTR HZ1SK IZ8CLM RI1ANP RN1ON
7Z1BL IZ8CLM HZ1TT IZ8CLM RV9DC EA6SK
7Z1HL DJ9ZB II3CV IK3HHX S21B KX7YT
7Z1TT NI5DX J76A N3ME SI9AM SM3CVM
9J2BO G3TEV J77A W3UR SN3WOSP SP3KET
9K2/SP4R SP7DQR JG8NQJ/JD1 JA8CJY SQ0WOSP SP7YLD
9M2TO JA0DMV JT5DX JT1CO T6LG LZ1ZF
9M6ZAE W3HNK JX9JKA LA9JKA T6MH W2GR
9V1DR JF3DVR JY4CI K2AX T6MO K9GY
9X0PY SM6CPY JY5MM IK2DUW T6T RW6HS
A61E IZ8CLM KH0K JE4SMQ T88HK JE6DND
A61K EA7FTR KH2L W3HNK TR8CA F6CBC
A61LL EA5ZD KH6/KH0WF JH1AJT TY2BP IK2IQD
A65BR UA9AB KH7Y EA5GL TZ6BB W3HNK
A65CB DU1AZ KL7J N3SL UA0YAY IK2QPR
A65CF EA7FTR KP4BD NP3O UA2FL RN3RQ
AE6XY/VK9L JA1CJA KP4MS W4DN UE70Q RM3Q
AH0J JA1NVF L22D LU7DSY UK8OM 4Z5OG
AL7DB NI5DX LU1FAM AC7DX UT2G UR7GW
C5YK ON6EG LU8EEM LU7DR V31AE EB7DX
C6AGH W4BUW N3A NW3DC V31RL AD7AF
C6AJR W8GEX N4D WP4CRG V31RR AI4U
C6ANM WA2IYO NH0J JJ2VLY V44KAI W5TFW
CM2AME RW6HS NH0Z JJ2VLY V73NS W3HNK
CN8KD EA5XX NH7O EA5GL VK6AA DK2BJ
CO8TW HB9SVT NL8F K8NA VU2RBQ DJ9RB
CP4BT EA5KB NP4A W3HNK W7AVO/VK9L JA3AVO
CT8/CT3FN HB9CRV OD5PY KU9C W7PBL/VK9L JH3PBL
CX2DK EA5GL OD5RW K8NA WA2O/KH0 JF7ELG
D2QR RW6HS OE2013A OE8SKQ XE1RK EA5ZD
D3AA UA1QV OE2013B OE2RWL XR3Y XQ7UP
DU1IST JA1HGY OE2013C OE4RGC XV1X RW6HS
E77DX OE1EMS OE2013D OE1ZKC XV4DDD JA2VWG
EI8BLB EI3JB OE2013E OE4VIE XV4LU JA7LU
EX7MW/7 UN8GC OE2013F OE7SPI XV4Y OK1DOT
FG4NN NI5DX OE2013G OE9SEI XV9NPS JA2NPS [b]
FK8CE LZ1JZ OE2013I OE7XCI XV9NPS JA2ODB [d]
FK8DD LZ1JZ OE2013J OE5DFL YB0AR YB9BU
FK8GX W3HNK OE2013K OE1DIA YB0ECT W2FB
GB2LBC MX0WRC OE2013L OE5FSL YP0WFF YO2KQT
GB2OL GM0WED OE2013N OE5NNN YS3CW I2JIN
GB4FE M0DOL [SSB] OE2013O OE3XOA YV1DIG EA7JX
GB4FE M1EDF [CW] OE2013P OE8SPW Z320B Z31WW
GB6WLB G6XOU OE2013R OE9HGV Z320K Z33A
HA110RAEM HA8MT OE2013S OE2GEN Z320X Z30A
HA30S HG1S OE2013T OE7XCI Z81D OM3JW
HB9HLM EA7FTR OE2013U OE3GCU ZF2PG K8PGJ
7P8RI Chris de Beer, P.O. Box 333, Bethlehem GA 30620, USA
8P6NW Glenroy D Corbin, Kings Village, Holders Hill, St James BB23002,
Barbados
A92HK Fabien Mineo, P.O. Box 82472, Budaiya, Bahrain
DU3/N0QM Larry Arneson, 705 Rhodes Ave, Grandview MO 64030, USA
FK8IK Michel Aussourd, P.O. Box 14639, 98803 Noumea, New Caledonia
FO8WBB Brad A. Fisher, B.P. 12570, 98712 Papara - Tahiti, French Polynesia
HA3AUI Brucker Peter, Zamardi, PF. 15, 8621, Hungary
HK3C John Bartlett #9129, PO Box 25242, Miami FL 33102, USA
J85K Kumar Persaud, P.O. Box 606, Villa VC0100, St Vincent and The
Grenadines
J88CG Ricky Persaud, 22 Temple Place, Irvington NJ 07111, USA
JA1CJA Kunio Miyagawa, 5-4-201 Kawa-nishi-cho, Nishinomiya-shi,
Hyogo-ken, 662-0951, Japan
JA2VWG Hiroo Kondo, 123-2 Sekishi-cho, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu-shi,
Shizuoka-ken, 431-3114, Japan
JA3AVO Masumi Nakade, 3-94 Koya, Itami-shi, Hyogo-ken, 664-0881, Japan
JA3HJI Shozo Nishimura, 11-13 Hoshinoso, Takarazuka-shi, Hyogo-ken,
665-0866, Japan
JA7LU Seihachi Suzuki, 2-5-9 Kaga, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba-ken, 277-0051,
Japan
JH3PBL Hiroko Nakade, 3-94 Koya, Itami-shi, Hyogo-ken, 664-0881, Japan
LU7DSY Carlos Alberto Almiron, P.O. Box 709, 8000 Bahia Blanca, Argentina
OK1DOT Petr Gustab, P.O. Box 52, 282 01 Cesky Brod, Czech Republic
PP1CZ Leo Ferreira, Caixa Postal 5099, AC Leitao da Silva, Vitoria - ES,
29045-970, Brazil
TC16BURSA TRAC Bursa Subesi, Gencosman PTT PK 76, 16105 Osmangazi/Bursa,
Turkey
VK3GK Lee Moyle, 284 Pound Road, Narre Warren South VIC 3805, Australia
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