425 DX News issue #642
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425 DX News #642
23 August 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 - Franz Nieberding, ZL2III/DK1II will be active as 3D2II from Lautoka,
Viti Levu (OC 016), Fiji Islands between 24 August and 2 September.
He will operate in his spare time, in the local morning and evening
hours, om 10-40 metres mainly CW. QSL via ZL2III (P.O. Box 28110,
Wellington, New Zealand). [TNX ZL2III/DK1II]
9A - Neno/9A7N, Luka/9A7Z and two operators from Radio Club Korcula
(9A1CLM) plan to be active on 20 and 40 metres from the following
Croatian islands on 29-30 August: Pod Mrearu (IOCA CI-454,
WLH-2545), Kopite (CI-040), Pod Kopite (CI-453), Mreara (CI-071),
Crnac (CI-501), Maslovnjak Veli (CI-502), Vlanik (CI-226), Bratin
(EU-016, CI-158), Prezba (EU-016, CI-092), Lastovo (EU-016, CI-051).
QSL via home calls. [TNX 9A7N]
BV9_pr - The planned operation from Pratas Island [425DXN 640] is scheduled
to take place on 9-16 October. If interested in participating in
this all-band CW, SSB and RTTY activity, please contact Paul Pai,
BV4FH (bv4fh@ms2.hinet.net). The web page has been updated at
http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~iota/newpage64.htm [TNX JI6KVR]
EI - John, EI4GK plans to activate Great Blasket Island (EU-007) on 26-29
August. Activity will be on 10-80 metres SSB. QSL to EI4GK direct or
bureau. This operation is heavily dependent on suitable weather
conditions. [TNX EI4GK]
GM - Jurij/MM0DFV, John/GM0WRR, Ernie/GM0EZP and Ross/MM0WED will operate
(on 160-10 metres CW and SSB, possibly on digital modes as well) as
GB0SKY from the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides (EU-008) on 24-25
August. On 24 August look for MM0DFV/p to be active (QRP on 20
metres CW) from one of the island summits (Sgurr na Coinnich), while
on the 25th MM0DFV/p and GM0WRR/p will work from Kylerhea Minor
Light (ARLHS SCO-116). QSL GB0SKY via bureau or direct to MM0DFV
(Jurij Phunkner, P.O. Box 7469, Glasgow, G42 0YD, Scotland, UK).
[TNX MM0DFV]
TA - Thierry, F5SNY and Christian, F8BOD will be in Turkey from 25 August
to 8 September. They hope to operate from AS-098 on 29-31 August and
from Kekova Island (AS-115) on 5-6 September. [TNX F6AJA]
V6 - Roger, G3SXW and Nigel, G3TXF plan to operate as V63SXW and V63TXF
respectively from Yap (OC-012) on 27-28 August and again on 1-3
September. Between 29 and 31 August they will be signing V63SXW/p
and V63TXF/p from Falalop Island, Ulithi Atoll (OC-078). They will
operate CW only with 100 watts and verticals on +/- 3503, 7003,
10103 or 10123, 14023, 18073 or 18083, 21023, 24893 or 24903 and
28023 kHz. Expected approximate operating times are as follows:
OC-012 - from 10 UTC on 27 August through to 20 UTC on the 28th
OC-078 - from 08 UTC on 29 August through to 22 UTC on the 31st
OC-012 - from 10 UTC on 1 September through to 08 UTC on the 3rd
QSL via home calls. [TNX NG3K]
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80 METRES (VK) ---> Following a proposal put to the Australian Communications
Authority by the WIA several years ago, the Australian Amateur Service is to
be allocated the band 3776-3800 kHz on 1 January 2004. [TNX VK3EW]
CDXC AWARD ---> The Chiltern DX Club (The UK DX Foundation) has awarded its
prestigious "Local Heroes Award" for 2003 to Tex Izumo, 9M2TO. This annual
award goes to an operator resident in a DX country who has provided excellent
service to the DX community and who maintains a high standard of operating
without the benefit of major sponsorship. The CDXC Committee recognises the
commitment Tex has shown in providing very many contacts and confirmations
with amateurs world wide on all bands from 160m to 6m over a period of many
years. The award carries a prize of 200 and a year's honorary membership of
CDXC. [TNX G3LAS]
DXCC NEWS ---> E4/DF3EC (7-10 August 2003) has been approved for DXCC credit.
QSL LU5FII ---> Patrick, WD9EWK reports he is the new QSL manager (either
direct or bureau) for Claudio Pons Estel, LU5FII. More information on this
and the others stations whose QSLing Patrick takes care of can be found at
http://www.qsl.net/wd9ewk/qsl-mgr.html
QSL PT5T ---> QSL cards for the PT5T operation conducted by CT1BOH are now
available from Mac, W3HC. [TNX W3HC]
QSL UA0JQ ---> Antonello, IK2DUW is the QSL manager for Yuri and can confirm
QSOs made from 2002 onwards. [TNX IK2DUW]
TIMOR LESTE ---> The ARRL Awards Committee has announced it will continue to
consider East Timor and Timor-Leste as a single entity for DXCC credit. This
means all amateur contacts with East Timor since March 2000 will remain valid
for DXCC. The official announcement was released on 18 August and can be seen
at http://www.arrl.org/
YI/ON5NT ---> Jean-Michel, F6AJA reports that Ghis Penny, ON5NT was at the UN
HQ in Baghdad when the Canal Hotel was attacked on 19 August. He was injured
and, even though he is not in danger of losing his life, on the 22nd he was
evacuated to Amman.
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IQ6AN: Logs and pictures of the recent lighthouse operation from WAIL-003
[425DXN 641] are now available at
http://antares.fastnet.it/enti/ari-an/lighthouse.htm [TNX I6GFX]
LOGS: On-line logs for Antarctic bases LU1ZG (Belgrano II), LU1ZV
(Esperanza), LU1ZD (San Martin) and LU1ZD (Primavera) are available
at http://www.qsl.net/lu8adx/antartida/antartida.htm
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3A/F8ASY 3A2MD GB5FI GW0ANA SN2NP SP2BIK
3D2JC JK2DDW GB5PW G0CAM ST2BSS DL5NAM
3DA0LJ JM1LJS GB5RO MM5DWW SV5/SM8C SM0CMH
3Z0MFF SP9PTG GN4GTY/P GI4GTY T88HO JH9URT
3Z0PW SP5KEH GS2MP/P N3SL TM0LH F5HPY
4D71DJ DU8DJ H2G 5B4AGC TM3QK F5UJK
4U1WB KK4HD H40H P29KM TM3XX F6DBA
7Q7HB G0IAS H40V JA1PBV TM5VIN F9KH
7Q7NT G4FAL H44VV UA4WHX TZ6RD EA4URE
7S6LGT SK6NL HD4DX HC2GT UE3ASK RU3FS
8P6FH WB2KSK HF8IL SP8PJG UE3YGA RV3YR
8Q7HX DJ9HX HG8SDS HA8PH UE4HFF RU4HG
8S6BAS SK6DW (a) HI3NR KB2MS UE9XZS UA9XW
8S6BAS SM6BZE (b) HK70AXY HK3AXY UT7M UR5MID (c)
9A9Z/P 9A1ADE HK70RQS EA5KB V63RR K7JA
9N7AS JH3PAS HP0L HP1IBF V73T N6AWD
A71EM LZ1YE ID9/IK8PGM IK8PGM VI8NT VK6NE
BX8AA BV8BC ID9/IW9BBX IK8PGM VP8LGT VP8ON
CO3JO EA7JX II0P IZ1EPM VY1JA N3SL
CO6XN N3ZOM IQ3TS IV3LNQ W2T N2OO
CQ0RLH CT2GZB IU3A IV3HAX W4L W4DFU
CS5E CT1CSY JY9QJ DL5MBY XU7ACT G3SWH
CT0BGC CT1ARN K8E N8MR XU7ACU G3SWH
CX1TCR CX2TL K9Y N9NT YI/NG5L K1QS
D44TD CT1EKF KG4CM N5FTR YI/PA5M PA7FM
D90HC DS2BGV KG4DP WA4ET YI/S53R K2PF
DF0DA DL1WH KG4LH N1WON or WA4ET YJ8UY 7K4JUY
DL0FFF DL2RPS LT0H EA7FTR YN9HAU EA7JX
DS22UH HL0KHQ MM0XAU DJ6AU YV1DIG EA7JX
DX1F JA1HGY N1L KB1HJO YW6P EA7JX
E20HHK/P E21EIC N1P K1VV Z22JE KZ5RO
E4/DF3EC DF3EC N7L K7VV Z3100K DJ0LZ
ED2FPA EA2RCA OH0/IZ0FKE IZ0FMA Z3100O DJ0LZ
ED4MVC EA4HV OH2IPA OH4MDY Z3100S I2JSB
ED6LGH EA6LP OK8AR DL3ARM Z3100S RA3AUM (d)
ED7MAV EA7URU OR0OST ON6HC Z3100Z DJ0LZ
ED7VKL EA7URP OZ0AIS DL6KAC Z38AV YU7AV
ED8LPA EA8AKN PJ6/I4ALU I4ALU ZC4CW G3AB
EG6CEN EA6NY R3RRC/6 UA6MF ZK1CGR VK2CR
EI4TLH EI8EM R3RRC/9 UA3SGV ZK1KAT WA4WTG
ER27A ER1DA RA6AX W3HNK ZK1TOO WA4WTG
FM/IV3JVJ IV3TDM RK0LXD/p UA0LQJ ZK1TTT WA4WTG
GB2BML M0CNP or G0GFQ RZ3DZS/0 MM0DFV ZK1ZOO WA4WTG
GB2ELH WA7OBH SK5LGT SM5DJZ ZV7AA PY7AA
(a) bureau
(b) direct
(c) for 2003
(d) for Russia & ex USSR countries
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CX2TL P.O. Box 29, 27000 Rocha, Uruguay
E21EIC Champ C. Muangamphun, P.O. Box 1090, Kasetsart University, Bangkok
10903, Thailand
EA4URE Union de Radioaficionados Espanoles, P.O. Box 220, 28080 Madrid,
Spain
EA7JX Rodrigo Herrera, P.O. Box 47, 41310 Brenes, Sevilla, Spain
G0IAS Allan Hickman, The Conifers, High Street, Elkesley, Retford, DN22
8AJ Notts, UK
G3SWH Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol BS49 5HQ,
England, UK
GW0ANA Glyn Jones, Nirvana, Caste Precinct, Llandough, Cowbridge, CF7 7LX,
Wales, UK
GW0DSJ E. Shipton, 34 Argoed, Kinmel Bay, Rhyl, Conwy, LL18 5LN, Wales, UK
IK8PGM Roberto Duca, Viale Europa 184, 80053 Castellammare di Stabia - NA,
Italy
IV3HAX Mauro Lizzi, P.O. Box 1, 33034 Fagagna - UD, Italy
IV3LNQ Luigi Lenardon, P.O. Box 3959, 34148 Trieste - TS, Italy
IZ8DBJ Mario Pesce, P.O. Box 15, 80070 Bacoli - NA, Italy
JH3PAS Kiyotaka Ichikawa, IssikiI-Nishi 1-74-3, Hiraoka, Kakogawa, 675-0117
Japan
JH9URT Haruki Ohtsubo, 1377-1 Futatsuka, Takaoka, 933-0816 Japan
K9PPY James S. Model, 749 Willow St., Itasca, Illinois 60143, USA
LU1DMA Luis Fernandez, O.V. Andrade 1638, 1718 S.A de Padua, Buenos Aires,
Argentina
LU4DXU Horacio Enrique Ledo, P.O. Box 22, 1640 Martinez, Buenos Aires,
Argentina
N2OO Bob Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087, USA
N6AWD Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr., Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA
ON5NT Ghis Penny, P.O.Box 93, BE-9700 Oudenaarde, Belgium
PY7AA P.O. Box 1043, 51001-970 Recife - PE, Brazil
RV3YR Victor Borodin, P.O. Box 1, Bryansk-27, 241027 Russia
RW3RN Alex Kuznetsov, P.O. Box 57, Tambov-23, 392023 Russia
SM0CMH Goran Lundell, Algovagen 11, SE-133 36 Saltsjobadne, Sweden
SM5DJZ John Hallenberg, Vassunda Andersberg, SE-741 91 Knivsta, Sweden
UA0LQJ Dmitry Lakhtionov, P.O. Box 119, Nakhodka-6, 692906 Russia
UA3SGV Andy Blinushov, P.O. Box 180, Ryazan-35, 390035 Russia
UR5MID Serge A. Redkin, str.Fadeeva 46, Lugansk 91006, Ukraine
W4DFU University of Florida, Box J-12 JHMHC, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
WD9EWK Patrick Stoddard, 6938 W. Palo Verde Drive, Glendale, AZ 85303-4405,
USA
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