425 DX News issue #614
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425 DX News #614
8 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)
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6Y - John, K3TEJ will be active (on 10-160 metres CW) as 6Y5/K3TEJ from
Jamaica (NA-097) on 11-18 February. He will participate in the ARRL
DX CW Contest as 6Y0T. QSLs via K3TEJ. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
9V - John Davies, 9V1VV is quite active (CW only) from Singapore. He
prefers 80, 40 and 30 metres and his operating hours are 14 UTC to
about 22 UTC. John would welcome more QSOs with Europe. QSL
information is at qrz.com [TNX 9V1VV]
CE - Atacama Desert DX Group operators CA2WUI, XQ1ZW, XQ1IDM, CE1URH,
CE1VLY, CE1RQB and CE1FLS will be active as 3G1P from Pan de Azucar
(SA-085) on 14-17 March. They will operate on 6-160 metres SSB, CW,
PSK31, RTTY and maybe SSTV. QSL via XQ1IDM (Nicolas Herrera G., P.O.
Box 345, Antofagasta, Chile). A web page is under construction at
http://www.qsl.net/3g1p [TNX XQ1IDM]
CE0_eas- Ralph, K0HML will be active (mainly on 20 metres SSB, with some 17,
15 and 10 metres) as CE0Y/K0HML from Easter Island (SA-0019 on 11-14
February. QSL via home call. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin]
CO - The following nine special event stations will be activated on all
bands and modes by the Federacion de Radioaficionados de Cuba (FRC)
to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Cuban national
hero Jose Marti: CO0J (8-9 February), CO0O (8-9 March), CO0S (11-13
April), CO0E (10-11 May), CO0M (14-15 June), CO0A (12-13 July), CO0R
(9-10 August), CO0T (13-14 September), CO0I (11-12 October). All
QSOs will be confirmed automtically via bureau. A special award will
be issued to those who will work all of the nine stations. [TNX
CO2QQ]
D4 - UA3TT will participate in the CQ/RJ WW WPX RTTY Contest (8-9
February) as D44AC (SOSB - 10 metres, LP) from the D44TT/D4B contest
station. QSL via RW3TN. [TNX NG3K]
FG - Marco, IK1ACX reports he will be active (on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 and
40 metres) as FG/IK1ACX from Guadeloupe on 12-23 February.
FM - Ed, AJ6V will be active as FM5BH from Martinique (NA-107) on 11-18
February, includin a SOAB entry in the ARRL DX CW Contest. Before
and after the contest he will concentrate on SSB. QSL via W3HNK.
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
HP - Jean-Michel, F6AJA from "Les Nouvelles DX reports that Joel, F5PAC
is returning to Panama from 23 February until 24 March. He will
operate from a few IOTA groups as follows:
25-27 February NA-170 11-12 March NA-071
03-05 March NA-202 15-16 March NA-203
08-09 March NA-088 19-20 March NA-072
His web site is at http://www.qsl.net/f5pac
KG4 - Don W4ZYT/KG4ZK, Chuck N8CH/KG4NW, Gordon KU4EC/KG4EC, and Chet
N6ZO/KG4ZO will be active from Guantanamo on 11-19 February,
including an entry in the ARRL DX CW Contest as KG4DZ (QSL via
W4SD). [TNX QRZ-DX]
KH2 - Yuki/JH1NBN, Kaoru/JA3MCA and Kai/JE3NJZ will be active on 160-6
metres CW, SSB and digital modes from Guam (OC-026) on 13-17
February. The calls will be K3ZB/KH2 (QSL via JH1NBN), W3MCA/KH2
(QSL via JA3MCA) and N3JZ/KH2 (QSL via JE3NJZ). [TNX JA1ELY]
OZ - OZ0J, OZ2KL and OZ1ETA will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as
OZ0Q (Multi-Single HP). QSL via bureau or direct. Web page at
http://www.oz7ham.dk [TNX OZ0J]
PJ4 - K2NG, K2TW, NO2R will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest (15-16
February) as PJ4G (Multi-Single) from Bonaire (SA-006). QSL via
WA2NHA. They will be active on all bands also before and after the
contest. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
VP5 - Look for VP5/K3LP, VP5/WX3B, VP5/N3SB and VP5/N7DD to be active (on
160-10 metres CW, SSB and Satellite) from North Caicos (NA-002) on
12-19 February. They will participate in the ARRL CW DX Contest as
VP5LP. QSL direct only via N4ZH. [TNX The Daily DX]
XT - Fred, G4BWP is due to leave for Burkina Faso on 10 February to
operate with his XT2WP call during the ARRL DX CW Contest (SOSB 15
metres). Time permitting beforehand he will be QRV from 11 February
on 30, 17 and 12 metres CW, as well as on 6 metres. He expects to
QRT on 17 February. QSL via G4BWP. [TNX The Golist]
ZS - Phil/G3SWH, David/G3UNA, Vidi/ZS1EL, Kosie/ZS1SR, Malcolm/ZS1MC,
Andrew/ZS1AN and Hester/ZS1ESU will be active as ZS1RBN from
Robben Island (AF-064) on 4-7 April. They plan to have two
stations active 24 hours a day on 10-40 metres SSB and CW. QSL via
G3SWH, either direct (Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove,
Congresbury, Bristol BS49 5HQ, England) or through the RSGB bureau.
[TNX G3SWH]
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AH3D ---> The three operators were due to leave the island at 23 UTC on 4
February. Their schedule was to shut down around 19 UTC, but they went off
the air at about 12 UTC, packed up gear and antennas, and after six hours of
sleep got back on the air using the equipment at the local amateur radio
club. They were able to operate until almost 00 UTC, when they were told the
airplane was ready to board. AH3D made a total of 28,808 QSOs (17744 SSB,
10295 CW, 769 RTTY) in six days of operating. [TNX The Daily DX]
CELTIC CONNECTIONS ---> The GMDX Group introduces "Celtic Connections" to
encourage activity by all radio amateurs worldwide to contact areas with
Celtic origins: Galicia and Asturias (Spain), Ireland, Brittany (France),
Cornwall (England), Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Nova
Scotia (Canada). This "activity weekend" is to be held on the third weekend
in April each year (in 2003 it will start 00:00 UTC on 19 April and last
until 24.00 UTC on the 20th). Reports on activity are welcome and
certificates of participation will be awarded to anyone who submits a report.
Further details from GM3YOR (Drew Givens, 5 Langhouse Place, Inverkip, PA16
0EW, Scotland, UK) or from the GMDX Group web site (http://www.gmdx.org.uk).
[TNX GM3YOR]
DXCC HONOR ROLL ---> In order to appear in the next list, that will appear in
August 2003 QST, you must be current on the DXCC Honor Roll as of 31 March
2003. Applications must be received, or postmarked, 31 March. With the
addition of Ducie Island in 2002, the minimum number of entities required is
326, and these include only current entities. Deleted entities do not count
towards Honor Roll. For Number One Honor Roll, the total is 335 current
entities.
NEW AWARD ---> The GMDX Group announces the new "Celtic Knot Award" for
working stations in lands generally agreed to be those of the Celtic peoples,
namely Scotland (GM), Northern Ireland (GI), Ireland (EI), Isle of Man (GD),
Wales (GW), Cornwall (G), Brittany (F), Galicia and Asturias (EA1) and to
celebrate its Scottish heritage, Nova Scotia (VE1). The GMDX Group sponsors
also the "Worked All Scottish Prefix Award", which is available to licenced
amateurs and SWLs for confirmed/heard contacts with radio amateur stations
located in Scotland. Requirements and further information are available from
the GMDX Group web site (http://www.gmdx.org.uk). [TNX GM3YOR]
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Gary, NM7G has not been manager for James, Z21CA for a
decade. "I have received no logs since 1992", he says. "James is now 9J2CA
and has no manager to my knowledge".
PIRATE ---> OD5CM, who has been active for several months on 160 and 80
metres CW, appears to be a pirate. RAL President OD5CN states that this call
"belongs to John Turner, an American who left Lebanon 35 years ago". [TNX
OE-1002419]
QSL 6W#/F8IXZ ---> Jean-Marc, F8IXZ reports that all of the 6W1/F8IXZ and
6W4/F8IXZ direct cards were sent out between 31 January and 3 February. The
remaining QSOs have been confirmed automatically through the bureau.
Jean-Marc logged 1350 QSOs during his trip to Senegal in December 2003.
QSL FW8FP ---> The QSL cards are expected to arrive from the printer this
coming week and Bill, VK4FW will start processing the requests immediately.
All mail received has been put in date order and will be answered the same.
Please do not send second cards. [TNX VK4FW]
QSL HK6PSG ---> Due to the cost of the mail in Colombia, all QSL cards
(direct and bureau) for Luis, HK6PSG should be sent to his QSL manager,
EA5OL. [TNX HK6PSG]
QSL K1B (SSB) ---> "I completely understand the problems that many of you are
having getting the SSB K1B QSL cards", Roman Thomas, RZ3AA says.
"Unfortunately the mail situation in my country certainly has room for
improvement. In hindsight it was probably not a good choice to use a Russian
QSL address". Roman and Dave, K4SV (ex KW4DA, a K1B team member) have now
arranged for a QSL manager in North America to handle K1B SSB QSL cards. Send
your QSL card, plus SAE and return postage (SASE for US stations) (1 USD
preferred, 1 large IRC accepted) to K4YL (ex W4SMG): Stephen M. Grose, P.O.
Box 183, Flat Rock, North Carolina 28731-0183, USA (e-mail
K4YL@Highstream.net). All cards will be processed in the order they are
received and depending on the demand, some delay might result if additional
cards have to be printed. Please note that this QSL route is for DIRECT SSB
CARDS ONLY: bureau cards still go to RZ3AA, while CW and Digital requests are
still to be sent to YT1AD. [TNX K4SV]
QSL KL7J & VY1JA ---> As of 1 February 2003, Kim Larson, daughter of N3SL, is
the QSL manager for "J", VY1JA and Les, KL7J. She is handling all of the
VY1JA cards EXCEPT for Japan, which remain with Akio, JA3JM. QSL direct or
bureau. QSLs for KL7J are via direct ONLY. The address is Kim Larson, 22 N
Hidden Acres Dr, Sioux City, IA 51108, USA. The logs of both of these active
stations, al well as QSL instructions, can be found at
http://www.qsl.net/n3sl/manager.htm [TNX N3SL]
QSL ZL7C ---> "Please be patient regarding the issue of ZL7C QSL cards", Ken
Holdom, ZL4HU says. The cards have been received and Ken is working on them.
Do not send 2nd QSL requests, as they cause further delays in processing.
QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Peppe Gerace, IZ8EBI is willing to act as a QSL
manager for one or more stations. His web site is at
http://space.virgilio.it/iz8ebi@tin.it/ and he can be contacted at
iz8ebi@email.it
S.I.A. ---> The Sicilian Islands Award (SIA) is sponsored by ARI Siracusa
(http://siracusanet.it/arisiracusa) and is available to either licenced
amateurs and SWLs. Further information is available from the Award Manager
Salvo Costantino, IT9HLR (e-mail it9hlr@simail.it)
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XY2A: Pictures from XY2A are available at http://qth.com/dxshack [TNX
JI6KVR]
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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5R8FU SM5DJZ HH6/DL7CM DL7CM SX1R SV1XV
5T5HC JA0HC HH6/DM2AYO DM2AYO T31MY OM2SA
6J2AC EA5OL HK6DOS EA5KB T88RH JA5ROH
7Q7LA G0IAS HR5/F2JD F6AJA T88TM JA5AUC
7Q7QB G0IAS HS0/OZ1HET OZ1ACB TU5JD IK2IQD
9K2AI N9NU II1D IZ1CCE UE6YAA UA6YW
9N7YJ LA5YJ J3/DJ7RJ DJ7RJ UO60SB RW6HS
A41KJ N5FTR J37LR VE3EBN UP57EX RW6HS
A45WD YO9HP J75PL AA1M UP58EX RW6HS
A51B W0GJ J79RJ DJ7RJ UQ1EDX RW6HS
AH3D OH2BH JW0HU SP3WVL V2/K4UP K4UP
AM9CE EA9CE KG4IZ WA5PAE V31KQ pirate
C6AGN W1DIG KG4MO K4ZLE V31YN DJ4KW
C6APX KC4PX KH6XT N9NU V51XG DL8AL
CN8NK EA5XX MM0XAU DJ6AU VP6EM W2SN
CO2CI WD4OIN N4BQW/KH9 KB6NAN VP8CSA DL1SDN
CO8CY EA5KB OD5/OK1MU OK1TN XE2AC EA5OL
CO8EJ EA5KB OY3QN OZ1ACB XF1K N6AWD
CO8LY EA7ADH P40RH W6FRH XT2ATI EA4YK
CP6XE IK6SNR PJ5/K3RGD WA2NHA XY5D JH6QIL
CT3FN HB9CRV PR0F W5SJ XY6J JH6QIL
CU2AA KZ5RO RO4M RN4LP YA/F6EAY F6ITD
D88S DS4CBN RP4AMK UA4ACP YB0GJS N9NU
ER60SB ER1DA S21YV KX7YT YE0X YB0AJR
EY8MM K1BV SN8M SP8MI ZS03CWC ZS1AU
FM5GU KU9C ST2X PA5NT ZX3S PY3CQ
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4S7NE Nelson Ranasinghe, 18 Katana Housing Scheme, Demanhandiya 11270,
Sri Lanka
DL2GAC Bernhard Stefan, Moeggenweiler Str. 18, 88677 Markdorf, Germany
DS4CNB Lee Dae Ryung, P.O Box 30, Tongyung 650-600, South Korea
EA4YK Ricardo J. Hartasanchez, P.O.Box 41079, 28080 Madrid, Spain
ER1DA Valery Metaxa, P.O. Box 3000, Chisinau, MD-2071, Moldova
G0IAS Allan Hickman, The Conifers, High Street, Elkesley, Retford, DN22
8AJ Notts, UK
G3UOF M.R. Wadsworth, 67 Station Road, Bardney, Lincoln LN3 5UD, England
IT9NVA Vincenzo Altamura, P.O. Box 216, 96100 Siracusa - SR, Italy
IZ1CCE Carlo Sobrito, Via I Maggio 9, 10051 Avigliana - TO, Italy
JS6PXB Mat Hosokawa, 2-39-3-306 Aragusuku, Ginowan City, Okinawa 901-2201,
Japan
KB6NAN Dianna R. Killeen, P.O. Box 911, Pescadero, CA 94060-0911, USA
LA5YJ Hugo Bjorn Ark, Rute 504, Reinsvoll, N-2840 Norway
N6AWD Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr, Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA
N9NU Tim Dickerson, 900 Vincent Drive, Sandwich, IL 60548, USA
OM2SA George Sipos, 93013 Trhova Hradska 550, Slovakia
PA5NT Gerben A. Menting, Waezenburglaan 104, 9351 HG Leek, The
Netherlands
RN4LP Vladislav Lakeev, P.O. Box 208, Dimitrovgrad 433512, Russia
RU3SD Vasily Bardin, P.O. Box 1, Ryazan 390000, Russia
RZ3EC Eugene Shelkanovtcev, P.O. Box 70, Orel 302028, Russia
SM5DJZ Jan Hallenberg, Vassunda Andersberg, SE-741 91 Knivsta, Sweden
SP8MI Wojciech W. Gello, P.O. Box 27, PL 38-700 Ustrzyki Dolne, Poland
SV2ASP/A Monk Apollo, Docheiariou Monastery, 63087 Dafni, Mount Athos,
Greece
UR3UN Sergei Petlevanny, P.O. Box 3, Fastov-5, 08505, Ukraine
VK4FW Bill Horner, P.O. Box 1343, Maroochydore, 4558, Australia
W5SJ Bill Priakos, 424 Garrison, Fort Smith, Arkansas 72901, USA
YO9HP Alex Panoiu, Pleasa, Prahova, RO-2038, Romania
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