425 DX News issue #666
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425 DX News #666
7 February 2004
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:
Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: DX information
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>>> 425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE <<<
The 425 DX News monthly edition (January issue), edited by Maurizio Bertolino
(I1-21171/IZ1CRR), is now available for free downloading in either.pdf or
doc formats at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/. In this issue you can find a
report with pictures on Johan Willemsen's (PA3EXX/VK4WWI) operation from Cato
Reef (OC-265) as well as the usual features and more besides.
5Z - Sigi, DL3DF will be vacationing in Kenya from 16 February to 1 March
and will operate as 5Z4HW on all bands (except 160, 30 and 6 metres)
and modes. He will be running 100 watts into a ground plane or wire
antennas. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
8P - Peter, W0SA will be active as 8P9NX from Barbados (NA-021) from 11
February to 11 March. QSL direct to home call. [TNX K1XN and The
Golist]
9M2 - Mirek, VK6DXI reports he will be on a business trip to West Malaysia
on 8-14 February and plans to operate (mostly on 20 metres CW) as
9M8DX/2 from Kuala Lumpur. QSL via VK6DXI.
9M2 - Ian, 9M2/G3TMA will be active from Pulau Ketam (AS-074) on 6-7 and
13-14 March. Operation will be mostly on CW. QSL to Ian Buffham,
Bekay Court, Lorong Enau, 55000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [TNX
9M2/G3TMA]
C6 - Ivars, KC4PX will be active (on 40, 20, 17, 15 and 6 metres) as
C6APX from the Bahamas on 7-13 February. QSL via home call. [TNX
OPDX Bulletin]
CO - Nicola, I0SNY reports he will be active from Caibarien, Cuba on 9-27
March. He plans to concentrate on 17, 12 and 6 metres. QSL via home
call.
CT - Owing to bad weather, the operation from Ilha de Cabanas (not IOTA,
DIP AL-07) [425DXN 665] has been rescheduled to take place on 8
February. Look for CT1GFK/p, CT1GPQ/p and CT2IUA/p to be active on
40, 20, 17 and 15 metres SSB and CW between 7 and 12 UTC. QSL via
home calls. [TNX CT1END]
CU - Nigel, G3TXF will operate (CW only) as CU4/G3TXF from Graciosa
Island (EU-175), Azores on 6-10 February. QSL via home call. [TNX
The Daily DX]
CX - A group of operators from Uruguay will operate 160-6 metres from San
Gabriel Island (SA-057) on 15-18 February. The callsign has not been
given, but the QSL route will be via EA5KB. [TNX CX8FB]
D4 - Simon, IZ7ATN will operate as D44/IZ7ATN from the following
lighthouses between 7 and 13 February: Ponta do Lobo (ARLHS CAP-006)
on Sao Tiago Island (AF-005), Ponta do Sino (ARLHS CAP-007) on Sal
Island (AF-086) and Ponta Temerosa (ARLHS CAP-003) on Sao Tiago
Island (AF-005). Look for activity on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 and 40
metres SSB during local daylight hours. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX IZ7ATN]
FG - Henri, F5DBC will be active from Marie Galante (DIFO FG-008),
Guadeloupe (NA-102) on 6-18 February. Plans are to operate daily on
+/- 10104, 14025, 14135 and 18075 kHz at least between 22 and 24
UTC. [TNX F5NQL]
FG - Patrick, F6IRF will operate on CW and RTTY as FG/F6IRF from
Guadeloupe on 14-29 February. This will be a casual activity with
low power and wire antennas. QSL via home call. Patrick will
participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as FG5BG (category to be
decided on the spot). [TNX NG3K]
I - Club station IQ5RR will be operated by Franco, I5DOF on 8, 15 and 22
February. Look for activity on 40 metres between 8 and 14 UTC. A
special "QSL Certificate" will be available direct only via I5DOF
(Franco Donati, Via A. Fratti 205, 55049 Viareggio - LU, Italy: he
asks to include 5 Euros, as proceeds beyond return postage will be
donated to charity). [TNX I5LGN]
J6 - Jack, K9JE will be in St. Lucia with the J6DX group for the ARRL DX
CW Contest. Look for him to be active on all bands with his own call
(J68AR, QSL via K9JE) before and after the contest, from 11 to 25
February. Also Gary, KI6T will be with the J6DX group; outside the
contest he will be active as J68GS (QSL via KI6T), especially on the
WARC bands. [TNX K9JE and KI6T]
J6 - Dale, G3VMK will be active (CW only on the higher bands) from St.
Lucia during his family holiday on 14-27 February. [TNX QRZ-DX]
JW - Rag, LA5HE will be active again as JW5HE from Svalbard on 12-18
February. He plans to concentrate on the low bands and CW. QSL via
home call. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
KH6 - Witek, SP9MRO reports he will operate on all bands (except 30
metres) as KH6/SP9MRO from Hawaii on 8-17 February. QSL via home
call. The QSL cards for his January activities as YN1/SP9MRO and
TI2/SP9MRO will be processed and mailed not earlier than March.
KP2 - John/W8LBY and Norm/K8NI are active as KP2/homecalls from St. Croix,
US Virgin Islands (NA-106).
OA - OA4BHY, OA4DJW, OA4SJ, OA4DM, OA4BHN and OA4AHW will be active as
OC3I from Los Chimus Island (SA-074) on 11-16 February. They plan to
operate on 10-80 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via OA4DJW,
direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
PA - Bert, PA1K and other eight Dutch and German operators will
participate in the PACC Contest in early February as PA6Z. QSL via
PA1K. [TNX PA1K]
SM - SM4XIH, SM4RGD and possibly others will participate in the CQ/RJ WW
RTTY WPX Contest (14-15 February) as SJ9WL (Multi-Single) from the
Morokulien station on the border between Sweden and Norway. QSL via
SM5DJZ. [TNX NG3K]
SV - SV1QN, SV1AIN, SV1GYG, SV1EQU and SW1GYN will be active as SX8K from
Kythira Island (EU-113) and Lighthouse on 20-28 March. QSL via SV1QN
(all QSOs will be confirmed automatically via bureau). [TNX SV1QN]
UA - Yuri, UA1ONY plans to visit and operate from a few Novaya Zemlya's
coastal islands (EU-035). His expedition started on 3 February. QSL
via RZ3EC (Eugene Shelkanovtcev, P.O. Box 70, Orel 302028, Russia).
[TNX RZ3EC]
VP2V - Look for Tony, N3ME to operate on 10-20 metres SSB as VP2V/N3ME from
the British Virgin Islands (NA-023) until 12 February. QSL via home
call. [TNX The Daily DX]
SOUTHEASTERN ASIA ---> Hiroo Yonezuka, JA2EZD/XW2A will be travelling to
Vietnam and Cambodia from 10 February through the end of the month. He plans
to operate as 3W2B and XU7AAA. QSL direct to P.O. Box 10003, Vientiane, Laos.
[TNX The Daily DX]
>>> ANTARCTIC OPERATIONS (*) <<<
ANTARCTICA - Keii/JA6KTY and Sanae/JF6PMO have been active as EM1U from
the club station at the Ukrainian "Akademik Vernadsky"
base on Galindez Island (AN-006).
Information and pictures of this Antarctic station are
available at http://www.qsl.net/em1u/
http://www.antarctida.kiev.ua/english/
http://home.t-online.de/home/Purtz-Guestrow/stationen3a.html
SOUTH ORKNEYS - Henry, LU4DXU is now active as AY1ZA from the "Orcadas"
base on Laurie Island. His radio is interfering with the
commercial HF station and when both are on the air Henry
has to turn the amplifier off and run 10-15 watts only.
QSL via LU4DXU. [TNX DL5EBE]
SOUTH SHETLANDS - Ricardo, CE9R will be at the Chilean Antarctic base
"Escudero" on King George Island until 23 February. Those
who still need a QSO with him can contact Dominik, DL5EBE
at DWeiel@t-online.de [TNX DL5EBE]
(*) As far as base names, locations and accessory information are concerned,
the reference source is the WABA Directory 2003 (which is also an
acknowledged reference source for the RSGB IOTA Programme). The WABA
Directory is downloadable at http://www.425dxn.org, but please note that 425
DX News is not and has never been involved in WABA management, so please
refrain from contacting us on WABA matters.
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4U1UN ---> W3UR/Bernie, Christa/KB3JIU and Steve/KU9C made a total of 1062
QSOs during their one-day operation from the United Nations Headquarters in
New York City. Activity started at 14.30 UTC on 0 January and went until 2
UTC on the 31st. Pirate operations were reported on 31 January (between 06-07
UTC on 30m and 80m, and again at 20 UTC on 20m) and 1 February(at 11 UTC on
40m). [TNX The Daily DX]
DXCC NEWS ---> Bill Moore, NC1L reports that the following operations by
UA4WHX/AC4LN (2002 and 2003) are approved for DXCC credit:
3D2VB Fiji November 6-7, 2003
3D2VB Fiji October 16-20, 2003
3D2VB Fiji October 4-6, 2003
3D2VB/R Rotuma October 8-14, 2003
5W0VB Samoa June 26-30, 2003
8R1/AC4LN Guyana August 9-14, 2002
9Y4/AC4LN Trinidad & Tobago August 2-7, 2002
A35VB Tonga July 10-18, 2003
FK/AC4LN New Caledonia September 21-October 3, 2003
FO/AC4LN Austral Islands December 11-13, 2003
FO/AC4LN French Polynesia December 16-25, 2003
FO/AC4LN Marquesas Islands December 2-7, 2003
FW/AC4LN Wallis & Futuna September 27-October 3, 2002
H40VB Temotu Province August 24-30, 2003
H44VV Solomon Islands August 18-23, 2003
HH2/AC4LN Haiti July 23-27, 2002
HP8/AC4LN Panama June 26-July 1, 2002
J3/AC4LN Grenada August 27-30, 2002
J6/AC4LN St Lucia July 17-20, 2002
J73/AC4LN Dominica August 20-23, 2002
KH0/AC4LN Mariana Islands May 27-31, 2003
P29VVB Papua New Guinea August 4-17, 2003
T20VB Tuvalu October 29-November 5, 2003
T30VB Western Kiribati October 21-28, 2003
T88VV Palau May 21-26, 2003
V31VB Belize May 25-30, 2002
V63MB Micronesia June 2-10, 2003
V63MB Micronesia May 13-20, 2003
V73VV Marshall Islands June 12-20, 2003
YJ0VB Vanuatu September 5-18, 2003
YS1/AC4LN Belize June 5-9, 2002
ZK1/AC4LN North Cook Islands November 9-15, 2003
ZK1/AC4LN South Cook Islands November 18-26, 2003
ZK2VB Niue July 1-4, 2003
ZL/UA4WHX New Zealand July 19-31, 2003
DX SPOTS ---> Rod Elliott, VE3IRF has collected the DX spots from the OH2AQ
Web Cluster since January 1997. The collection - from January 1997 up to
Juanuary 2004 - is available at http://www.425dxn.org/dxspots/.
QSL 4L1DA ---> David, 4L1DA (http://www.qsl.net/4l1da/) reports that is new
QSL manager is W7LPF: Joseph Lutz, 5421 RTE 711, New Florence, PA 15944, USA.
QSL KL7DX ---> Ron Lago, AC7DX will be the QSL manager for KL7DX, which has
been re-issued to the Alaska DX Club in memory of Robert L. Rapuzzi, former
holder of the call. [TNX AC7DX]
QSL VIA PY1NEZ ---> Pete, PY1NEW became a Silent Key on 15 December 2003 and
his QSLs are now handled by Lima, PY1NEZ (direct or bureau). Pete's
operations under other calls include PR1W, PR500W, PT0Z, ZW0W, ZW1NEW, ZY2C
and ZZ1Z (CW QSOs), as well as PY1NEW/2 and PY1NEW/PP1. [TNX K1XN and The
Golist]
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F6BUM: Pictures and information on Jack's recent vist to Peru can be
found at http://www.f6bum.fr.st
IIA SURVEY: The Mediterraneo DX Club, with the support of 425 DX News, has
launched a survey concerning the Italian Islands Award (IIA).
Details can be found at www.mdxc.org/iiasurvey.asp [TNX IZ8CCW]
LOGS: On-line logs for CE6TBN/8 (SA-032 and SA-091) are now available
at http://www.mdxc.org/logsearch.asp
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3DA0DX ZS5WI H44XX VE3EXY T94OM K2PF
3Z2EFU SP2EFU HC1AJQ EA7FTR T98DXA YU1FW
4L1BR DL2RMG HR1FJC EA7FTR T98GTH IV3GTH
4S7CWG DK7PE HS0ZDZ GM4FDM TA2ZF UT2UB
4V200YH DL7CM IK7JGQ/mm IK8OZZ UE9SDG RZ9SWP
5R8FU SM5DJZ J28XX DL2JRM V25VY G4BVY
5VZBB W2FUI J43BSF SV1CIB V26OY KF8OY
9G5XA G3XAQ J73CCM SM0CCM V31YN/P DJ4KW
9V0A VK4AAR K9Y N9TN VK1AA/2 VE3EXY
9Y4/DF6QP DF6QP KC4/IK7JGQ IK8OZZ VK1AA/4 VE3EXY
9Y4/DJ8OT DJ8OT KG4AS N4SIA VK9LX VE3EXY
9Y4/DJ8VC DJ8VC KH0A JF1MIA VK9LX/9 VE3EXY
9Y4/DL8JS DL8JS KH0U JA1QNV VP5/HA5JI HA8FW
AY1ZA LU4DXU KP2CW K6VVA VP5/VE3NE HA8FW
BW3/JD1BKQ JR3PZW LU1DZ/L EA3RE VP5/VE3NZ HA8FW
C31LJ VE3GEJ LX5A LX1RQ VP5JI HA8FW
C56/G0VUH G0VUH LX7I LX2AJ VU3VLH OK1TN
C6AGN W1DIG M0SDX UT2UB VY2ZM K1ZM
C6AMM K1CN MD4K G3NKC W2GD W2CG (f)
C6AWW K1CN OH0CO SM6CCO W2NDP/4 W2NDP
CM8WAL EA5KB OH0I OH3BHL XF1K N6AWD
CN8KD EA5XX P29KPH N5FTR XQ6ET W8UVZ
CN8NK EA5XX PJ2S G0CKP XU7ACY K2NJ
CT3AS DJ8FW PR0F W5SJ XV2J JR1TAG
DU9/N0NM W4DR PS8NF/PR8 PS8NF YA1BV JA1PBV
EA8BH OH2BH RT0Q UA3DX YI3Q W3HNK
EM0U UT3UZ (a) SN0PCK SP1EG YI9LEK KC0LEK
EM0U UT7UW b) SO1VAF DL7VAF YI9YMA K7YMA
EM5U UT2UB ST2NH EA7FTR YI9ZF SM1TDE
EO12ID US7IGF ST2YL EA7FTR YM2ZF UT2UB
EO58IS US7IGF SX1A SV1DPI YS1EJ W4GJ
EY7AF RW6HS T88AQ JH6WDG YU0HST YU1AST
FK8GX W3HNK T9/9A3GZ T98U (c) YV5ANF EA7FTR
H40XX VE3EXY T9/KG6KZK T98U (d) Z33F IZ8FWN
H44MS DL2GAC T9/YT3AA T98T (e) Z36A DJ0LZ
(a) SSB and CW
(b) RTTY and PSK
(c) 22-23 November 2003, 06-07 December 2003, 20-21 December 2003
(d) 25-26 October 2003
(e) 21-22 June 2003
(f) CQ 160M CW 2004
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4U1UN Grand Central Station, P.O. Box 3873, New York, NY 10163, USA
9L1MS P.O. Box 15312, 00143 Roma - RM, Italy
BD1ES Hsinyu Mu, 10#19D Dist. 4 Yuanda Garden Century Town, Beijing 100089,
China
EA3RE Antonio Herrera, Travesera de Montigala 48, Apt. A, Piso 4to, 08917
Badalana - Barcelona, Spain
EA7FTR Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias 23, 21110 Aljaraque, Huelva, Spain
G0CKP Steve Knell, P.O. Box 7373, Tonbridge, TN10 4UT, UK
IK8OZZ Luigi Cervasio, Via Martiri d'Africa 32, 80059 Torre del Greco - NA,
Italy
K1IED Larry F.Skilton, 72 Brook Street, South Windsor, CT-06074, USA
LU4DXU Horacio Enrique Ledo, P.O. Box 22, 1640 Martinez - Buenos Aires,
Argentina
LU6UO Hector Ombroni, Calle 18 n. 275, 6360 General Pico - La Pampa,
Argentina
LW2DX Fernando Fernandez, Granville 685, 1846 Jose Marmol - Buenos Aires,
Argentina
N6AWD Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr., Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA
N9TN Bill Borgstrom, 1330 W Columbia Ave, Chicago, IL 60626, USA
OX2KAN P.O. Box 551, 3955 Kangaatsiaq, Greenland
PA0RRS Richard Smeets, Schoorveken 100, 5121 NM Rijen, The Netherlands
PA0VDV Joeke van der Velde, Delleburen 1, 8421 RP Oldeberkoop, The
Netherlands
SM1TDE Eric Wennstrom, P.O. Box 94, SE-62016 Ljugarn, Sweden
SM5DJZ Jan Hallenberg, Vassunda Andersberg, SE-741 91 Knivsta, Sweden
SV1DPI Kostas Stamatis, P.O. Box 66, 30100 Agrinio, Greece
T98T Zeljko Repic, N. Pivasevica 26, 78430 Prnjavor, Bosna i Hercegovina
T98U Robert Babec, Plitvicka 7, 78000 Banja Luka, Bosna i Hercegovina
US7IGF Slava Shevchenko, P.O. Box 591, Slavyansk-12, Donetsk reg. 84112
Ukraine
UT2UB Andrej Lyakin, P.O. Box 99, Kyiv-10, 01010 Ukraine
UT3UZ Alex I. Arbuzov, P.O. Box 240, Kiev-232, 02232 Ukraine
UT7UW Yuri Zaskaleta, P.O. Box B-32, Kiev-1, 01001 Ukraine
UY5XE George A. Chlijanc, P.O. Box 19, Lviv 79000 Ukraine
VE3EXY Nenad Stevanovic, P.O. Box 65046, Nepean, Ontario K2G 5Y3, Canada
VK4AAR Alan Roocroft, P.O. Box 421, Gatton 4343, Australia
YF1AR Budi Santoso, P.O. Box 3, BNKA-TNG 15821, Indonesia
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