425 DX News issue #660
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425 DX News #660
27 December 2003
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:
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A5 - Dane, S57CQ/A52CQ [425DXN 658] has been in Bhutan since 25 December
and will remain through 14 January. He plans to be active as much as
he can on all bands; there is not any antenna for 160 metres, but he
will try to use some wires. QSL via S57DX. [TNX S57DX]
FO_aus - Veko/OH1AWW, Jouko/OH1RX, Henri/OH3JR, Veijo/OH6KN and Kimmo/OH9MDV
will be active from the Austral Islands on 5-19 January. They plan
to operate on all bands CW, SSB and digital modes, with an emphasis
on the low bands. [TNX The Daily DX]
I - The Amateur Radio Group of RAI (the Italian TV and Broadcasting
Corporation) will operate (on 20, 40 and 160 metres) as II9RAI on
3-4 January to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first TV
broadcasting. Special event stations II0RAI/# will be also active
through January from different call areas. QSL via bureau to IK0ZRR.
KG4 - Bill, W4WX will operate (HF and 6 metres) as KG4DX from Guantanamo
on 13-19 January. QSL direct to home call, or via LoTW. [TNX W4WX]
LU - Look for LU1EDX/D and LU8DCH/D to be active from Isla Martin Garcia
(SA-055) on 27-28 December. They plan to operate on 10, 20, 40, 80
and 160 metres SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL direct or via bureau
to LW2DVM. [TNX LU8DCH]
PJ6 - Joeke, PA0VDV will operate (only CW) as PJ6/PA0VDV from Saba
(NA-145) from 24 January to 18 February. QSL via home call, direct
(Joeke van der Velde, Delleburen 1, 8421 RP Oldeberkoop, The
Netherlands) or through the bureau. [TNX PA0VDV]
PY - Emilio, PU5HAS will be active (only on 10 and 80 metres SSB) as
PY5/PU5HAS from Mel Island (SA-047) on 15-17 January. QSL via home
call, direct or bureau. [TNX PT7WA]
TI - Bob, KE0UI will be active as TI5/KE0UI from Costa Rica until 31
December. This is a low power operation with modest antennas; CW on
WARC bands is his be priority. QSL via home call, bureau or direct.
[TNX NG3K]
V5 - Hide, JM1LJS/JD1BLK will operate (on 40-10 metres SSB and CW) as
V5/JD1BLK from Namibia from 29 December to 2 January. QSL via
JM1LJS. Details can be found at http://radio-dream.com/v5/jd1blk/
[TNX JM1LJS]
VK9_ck - Ken, JA1CMD (N4XJ) has had to cancel his announced VK9CA operation
from Cocos/Keeling [425DXN 657] owing to transportation problems
beyond his control. [TNX K4ST]
W - K6KPH will be on the air (3545, 7050 and 14050 kHz) once again for
the Straight Key Night this New Year's Eve. K6KPH uses the original
transmitters, receivers and antennas of famous ex-RCA coast station
KPH. The transmitters are located at the transmitting station
founded by the American Marconi Co. in 1913 at Bolinas, CA. The
receivers and operators will be at the KPH receiving station about
20 miles north at Pt. Reyes, CA. QSLs and reception reports should
be sent to Ms. D.A. Stoops, P.O. Box 381, Bolinas CA 94924-0381,
USA. [TNX DL8AAM and W6AWO]
XF4 - The FMRE (Federacion Mexicana de Radioexperimentadores) bulletin has
announced a DXpedition to Socorro Island (NA-030), Revillagigedo to
start on 3 March for two weeks. The 95% of the paperwork is done and
eight operators (namely XE1IH, XE1J, XE1AVM, XE1GRR, XE1KOF, XE1XR,
XE1GLL and XE2ML) are expected to be active as XF4IH on all bands
and modes. QSL route TBA. [TNX XE1KK]
YV - Jose, YV6BTF reports he will operate as YV6BTF/p from Chimana Grande
(SA-090) during the weekend.
ZL - Jonathan, W1CU will operate again as ZL/W1CU from Waiheke Island
(OC-201) from approximately 3 UTC to 23 UTC on 27 December. QSL via
home call. [TNX W4DKS]
ZS - Columbine Radio Club of the Western Cape will commemorate the Battle
of Blaauwberg (6 January 1806) by operating a special event station
in the Blaauwberg area of the Cape Peninsula, Cape Town, South
Africa. Look for ZS1BLO to be active on +/- 1835, 7065, 14165, 21165
and 28465 kHz from 18 UTC on 2 January to 12 UTC on the 4th. QSL to
ZS1BLO, P.O. Box 180, Milnerton 7435, South Africa. Further
information is available on the club website at
http://www.qsl.net/zs1crc [TNX ZS1LVH]
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DANISH POSTAL RATES ---> Allis, OZ1ACB reports that as of 1 January 2004 the
cost of a letter from Denmark to Europe will be Dkr. 6.00 (which is the
current exchange rate for 1 USD), while from Denmark to outside Europe it
will be Dkr. 7.00.
FATHER MORAN MEMORIAL STATION ---> Back in April 1998 [425DXN 363] Satish
Kharel (9N1AA) and Charles H. Harpole (K4VUD/9N7UD) began to establish a
memorial club station in Father Moran's (9N1MM) memory and for the furthering
of amateur radio in Nepal. Now Charles reports that their efforts are "on
indefinite hold due to disturbed social and political conditions there. All
radios and other gear and cash that was donated some years ago have been
distributed to the existing licensed native 9N hams (cash used immediately
upon donation to purchase needed items like coax and Morse keys, etc.). That
gear will come back to a club station someday".
IOTA 2004 ---> IOTA 2004, the IOTA 40th Anniversary Awards Programme, starts
on 1 January and will run through 31 December [425DXN 652]. A set of files
for downloading, as well as full rules and a list of FAQ, are now available
on the Chiltern DX Club Web pages at http://www.cdxc.org.uk (follow the IOTA
2004 links). Questions may also be sent direct to Don Field, G3XTT
(don@g3xtt.com).
NEW WAZ AWARDS MANAGER ---> Effective 1 January 2004 Floyd Gerald, N5FG will
succeed Paul Blumhardt, K5RT as CQ Worked All Zones (WAZ) Awards Manager. WAZ
applicants are requested to refrain from sending applications to Floyd until
1 February, in order to allow for an orderly transition and transfer of
records. After 1 February, WAZ applications and cards should be sent to Floyd
Gerald, 17 Green Hollow Rd., Wiggins, MS 39577-8318, USA.
PIRATE ---> Martin, OK1RR reports that his callsign is often pirated as
OK1RR/QRP on 40 metres CW by a pretty operator who gives "Jan" as his name
and "nr Usti" as QTH. The genuine Martin Kradoska, OK1RR is from Prague, is a
30-50 wpm operator and never uses QRP equipment/call. [TNX IT9MRM]
QSL REPLIES FROM NEW ZEALAND ---> Ken Holdom, ZL4HU - the QSL manager for
ZL8RI (May 1996), ZL9CI (January 1999) and ZL7C (October 2002) - and the
Kermadec DX Association advise that whereas one IRC is still sufficient to
cover return mail costs, with the very strong New Zealand Dollar the way it
is at the present, one green stamp no longer covers the cost of Economy post
replies to QSL cards. The Kermadec DX Association will respond directly to
all requests posted to them before 1 January 2004 where there has been only
one green stamp included. All cards mailed to them on and after 1 January
2004 which do not include sufficient for Ecomomy Class return mail will be
replied to via the bureau. [TNX ZL4HU]
QSL TX4PG ---> Graham, M5AAV reports he has now received the logs and cards
for the TX4PG (Marquesas) DXpedition and is in a position to handle BUREAU
REQUESTS ONLY [425DXN 659]
QSL VK9XG ---> W0XG is receiving a lot of QSL cards (especially from Japan)
for the recent VK9XG operation. Please note that the correct QSL route is via
the operator himself, W0YG (direct only). [TNX W0YG]
QSL VIA N4AA ---> Carl, N4AA says he only has partial logs for 9N1AA. They
are fairly complete for 1998 and 1999, but other dates are not available. As
for HK3JJH, please note that N4AA is no longer handling ANY cards for Pedro.
Cards should be sent direct only to Pedro J. Allina, P.O. Box 81119, Bogota,
Colombia. [TNX QRZ-DX]
UA2 QSL BUREAU ---> Victor Loginov, UA2FM (ua2fm@gazinter.net) reports that
on 6 December, during the UA2 annual meeting, Kalinigrad decided to start
their own incoming QSL bureau (which means that they will stop receiving
cards from the Moscow QSL bureau). The new address is: UA2 QSL Bureau, ROSTO
Technical School, ul. Ozyornaya 31, Kaliningrad, 236029, Russia.
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TO4E: The TO4E team went QRT on 20 December around 20 UTC and arrived to
Saint Denis (Reunion) in the late afternoon of the 21st. More than
34,000 QSO have been logged from Europa. On line logs for either TO4E
and TO4WW are now available at http://europa2003.free.fr/ (they were
"temporarily suspended" as they included a wild card call search
feature which could affect QSLing integrity).
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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4D71HBC DU1HBC FM5WD W3HNK RL3A W3HNK
4M4C YV4GLD H7A TI4SU RM6A W3HNK
4N25K YU1SB HG04HNY HG4I S21YY JM1HXU
4V200H HH2JR HK3JCL DK8LRF T9/9A3GZ 9A3GZ (a)
4W2AQ OM2AQ IA0PS IK0AIH T9/9A3GZ T98U (b)
5H9PD W8FV IR8DX IK8VRH TA2ZF UT2UB
5T5HC JA0HC J41KID SV1CEI TT8XZ N5XZ
5U7JB ON5NT JA6WFM/HI8 JA6VU TU2CH F6GWD
6Y5/4S7RO G0IAS K1D W1DAD TX4PG I2YSB (a)
9J2HK JP1RZS KK2H/KH2 JL1UXH TX4PG M5AAV (b)
9L1BTB SP7BTB L20H EA7FTR TY4JM ON4JM
9Q1MC ON5SE LT1F AC7DX UE3EDA RZ3EC
A52CQ S57DX M0SDX UT2UB VK9LD VK2GND
A7/G0MKT NM7H NP4A W3HNK VP8DBR G0SWC
CE0Y/SQ9BOP SP6GVU OH9SCL OH9UV VU3VLH OK1TN
CE3WTR W3HC OK8XB M5BXB VY2TT K6LA
CN2MP EA9AM P40K WM6A WL7M WD0M
CN8KD EA5XX PJ2T N9AG XQ3WTR W3HC
CO8DM KU9C PX0F PY5XX YA1BV JA1PBV
CO8HF W0DM PY0FT JA1ELY YA8G LA4YW
CT3BX HB9CRV R0AEM UA9XC YI/PA5M PA7FM
D2PFN KK5DO R0PA DL5EBE YM2ZF UT2UB
DP1POL DL1ZBO R1AEM UA9XC YO3APJ W9OL
DU1/SQ9BOP SP6GVU R1ANB RU1ZC ZK2SA JH7OHF
ES5MC W3HNK R1FJL UA3AGS ZW0S PS7JN
FJ5IF F5TJP RAEM RV1AQ ZW5SF PP5CIT
(a) direct (b) bureau
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5H9KR Ramesh Krishnan, P. O. Box 2086, Mwanza, Tanzania
ET3ME Martin Essex, P. O. Box 25531, Addis Ababa 1000, Ethiopia
DL1ZBO Rainer Hilgardt, Hans-Sachs-Weg.38, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
E20NTS Supote Saripan, 19/65 Moo 5, Soi Thensoun, Klong Thanon, Saimai,
Bangkok, 10220 Thailand
EA7BQX Jose Martin Perez, C/Sirena, 15-2-F, 18015 Granada, Spain
HG4I Tibor Szabo, Budai u. 6., H-2465 Rackeresztur, Hungary
II0TH Telethon 2003, P.O.Box 4001, 00100 Roma - RM, Italy
JA1PBV Sadao Ito, 3-8-12 Baraki, Ishioka-city, Ibaraki 315-0042, Japan
JL1UXH Setsu Yoshimura, 6-13-14 Minami-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-Ku, Tokyo
140-0004, Japan
S57DX Slavko Celarc, Ob Igriscu 8, 1360 Vrhnika, Slovenia
SP6GVU Andrzej Kaleta, P.O. Box 498, 50-950 Wroclaw 2, Poland
UA9XC Andrey Pervacov, P.O.Box 73, Syktyvkar, 167023 Russia
UT2UB Andrej Lyakin, P.O. Box 99, Kyiv-10, 01010 Ukraine
VK0DX Radio VK0DX, GPO Box 1544, Brisbane 4001, Australia
W1DAD Peter Schipelliti, 7 Dearborn Ridge Rd, Atkinson, NH 03811, USA
YU1SB Bozic Slavko, Jurija Gagarina 196/50, Novi Beograd, Serbia and
Montenegro
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