425 DX News issue #687
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425 DX News #687
03 July 2004
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
(e-mail i121171@425dxn.org)
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3D2 - Norm, W1BYH will operate (on 10-40 metres CW, SSB and RTTY) as 3D2BY
from Viti Levu (OC-016), Fiji Islands on 5-14 July. QSL via home call. [TNX
W1BYH] 3D2 - Christian, 3D2EA [425DXN 686] will be active as 3D2EA/p from
Vanua Balavu (OC-095) between 7 and 14 July (depending on boat schedule). He
plans to operate on 40, 20, 17, 12 and 10 metres. [TNX 3D2EA] 5W - Ted,
K8AQM and David, K8AA will operate (on 160-10 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK)
as 5W0TR and 5W0DL from Samoa (OC-097) on 7-21 July. They plan to
participate in the IARU HF Championship, hopefully with a special call
(maybe 5W0XX). QSLs via K8AA. [TNX NG3K] 9A - Franz, DL3PS and Zik,
DL/VE3ZIK (4N1DX) will be active (on 10-40 metres plus 6 metres) as
9A/VE3ZIK and 9A/DL3PS from Bilice (grid JN73) on 4-31 July. They also plans
to participate in the IOTA Contest (QTH to be decided) and to operate
(probably as YU6/DL3PS and 4N1DX/6) from YT6A during one weekend. QSL for
all activities via DL3PS, direct or bureau. [TNX DL/VE3ZIK] 9A - Gianfranco,
I6GFX will operate as 9A/I6GFX from Hvar Island (EU-016, IOCA CI-028) on
5-10 July. He will also be active for one day from the lighthouse (WLH-1056,
ARLHS CRO-135) on Scedro Island (EU-016, IOCA CI-127). QSL via home call,
direct or bureau. Logs will be available at
http://www.gianfrancogervasi.it/search.html [TNX I6GFX] 9A - Alessandro,
IK4ALM and Sergio, IZ4BBF plan to operate on SSB as 9A/homecall/p from the
Brijuni Islands (EU-110) between 6 and 9 July. QSL via home calls. [TNX
IK4ALM] 9Y - KE9I, AJ9C and N9LAH will operate (on 160-6 metres SSB, CW and
digital modes) as 9Y4/homecall from Tobago (SA-009) on 3-17 July. QSL via
home calls. They plan to particpate in the IARU Contest as 9Y4ZC (QSL for
this operation only via AJ9C). [TNX The Daily DX] CT - Jose, CT1EHX will be
active as CQ7M on 9-11 July for the 22rd International Motorcycle Meeting at
Faro. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX CT1END] EK - EK6GB and EK7DX
plan to operate on all bands and modes as EK0W from Spitak Pass (2300m
a.s.l.) on 3-4 July. [TNX EK7DX] F - Special station TM5RDL will be aired on
all bands and modes from Lons-le-Saunier, hometown of Rouget De Lisle
(author of "La Marseillaise", the French national anthem), on 14-25 July.
QSL via operator's instructions. [TNX F5SJB] GM - Ken/MM0KAL, Hans/MM0XAU
and Peter/MM5PSL will operate from the Shetland Islands (EU-012) as follows:
on 16-18 August from Bressay Lighthouse (ARLHS SCO-021) on Bressay Island,
on 21-22 August for the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend as GB2ELH
from Eshaness Lighthouse (ARLHS SCO-075) on Mainland Shetland, between 13
and 23 August from Sumburgh Head (ARLHS SCO-232) on Mainland Shetland and
hopefully from other lighthouses. QSL GB2ELH and MM5PSL via WA7OBH direct,
QSL MM0KAL via WA8REI, QSL MM0XAU via DJ6AU. [TNX MM5PSL] HK0_sa - Pedro,
HK3JJH expects to be active for a few hours from either NA-132 (Bajo Nuevo
and Serranilla Bank Cays) and NA-133 (Serrana Bank and Roncador Cays)
between 4 and 6 July. Look for HK3JJH/0A (from NA-132) and HK3JJH/0B (from
NA-133) on or around 14260 kHz. Pedro is being offered a lift by a Colombian
Navy ship that provides replacement for the military bases stationed on the
islands, and the length of his operations will depend entirely on what the
Navy guys decide to do. QSL direct only to HK3JJH. Please note that as far
as DXCC is concerned, these two island groups count as San Andres. [TNX
HK3JJH and W9DC] HR - Mark, W4CK will be back in Tegucigalpa, Honduras on
8-15 July. He plans to be QRV as HR1/W4CK (CW only) and to to make a push
for WARC bands if there is interest. [TNX NG3K] I - Marco, IZ6ASI and
Stefano,IK6VGO will be active from Fano Lighthouse (WAIL MA-005, ARLHS
ITA-065) on 17-18 July. [TNX IZ6ASI] LA & SM - DK8DY and DK8GH, as well as
PP5ASN, will operate as either LG5LG and SJ9WL from the Morokulien station
on the border between Norway and Sweden from 27 July and 9-10 August. QSL
for both calls via SM5DJZ. [TNX DK8DB and PS7AB] OA - Look for Bonnie,
OA9/KQ6XA to be active between 2 July and 25 August from the Andes mountains
in the Amazonas area of Peru. The amateur radio operation is in conjunction
with an international expedition of speleologists to survey and map the
deepest previously unexplored vertical caves in the southern hemisphere.
Bonnie will use a 20W transmitter and battery power charged by solar;
OA9/KQ6XA will not call CQ, but instead will listen for calls on the
following frequencies: 18157.5 kHz (16.30 UTC and 22.30 UTC), 18157.5 kHz
USB and 18158.2 kHz CW (00.30 UTC), 7087.5 kHz LSB and 7087.0 kHz CW (01.00
UTC). QSY frequency for CW will be 18095.0 kHz; 21437.5 kHz USB as needed;
10117.5 kHz CW as needed. QSL via KQ6XA. [TNX VA3RJ] OD - Alfeo/I1HJT,
Tony/IK1QBT and Claudio/I1NVU will be active as OD5/homecall/P starting on
24 July. They will be joined by Naim/OD5LN and will participate in the IOTA
Contest from Ramkin Island (AS-108). They will have two stations active on
all bands (160 metres excluded) SSB and CW, with at least one power
amplifier and verticals. Expect activity from the island until 26 July in
the local afternoon, then operations will continue from the mainland until
the 29th. QSL via I1HJT. [TNX I1HJT] OH - Teemu, SM0WKA will operate as
OH/SM0WKA from Bergrund Island (EU-101) on 10-27 July. He will participate
in the IOTA Contest as OH/SM0W. QSLs via SM0WKA. [TNX The Daily DX] OH0 -
Look for OH0/DC7VS, OH0/DC7ER and OH0/DL7NJ to operate "holiday style" on
SSB, CW, SSTV and PSK31 from the Aland Islands (EU-002) on 10-24 July. QSL
via home calls through the DARC bureau. [TNX NG3K] OJ0 - Thirty-five years
ago a party put OJ0DX on the air for a first major activity from Market
Reef. Lars, OH0RJ, one of the members of the original party, has now invited
the original team with their friends to share the spirit of the initial
discovery of Market Reef. The total party of thirty operators (including
OH0NA, OH1XX, OH0RJ, OH0XX, OH1MA, OH1NM, OH1NOR, OH1RX, OH1TV, OH1TX,
OH2BAA, OH2BAD, OH2BC, OH2BR, OH2KH, OH2MM, OH2PM, OH2QV, OH2TA, OH2WC,
OH3UU, OH4NS, OH5NE, OH5NQ, ES1AR and OH2BH & OH2KK, the initial discoverers
of Market Reef) will operate as OJ0J through the weekend. QSL OH0S and OJ0J
via OH0RJ (Lars Nikko, Matrosgatan 5L, 22100 Mariehamn, Aland Islands,
Finland). QSL mailing will be from Aland Islands using a new set of local
postage stamps in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the initial
release of distinctive OH0 stamps. [TNX OH2BN] SM - SM6CTQ, SM6BGA, SM6DYK,
SM6FKF, SM6LJU and SM6MCW will participate in the IOTA Contest as SC6AG from
Tjorn Island (EU-043). QSL via SM6CTQ. SP - Rolf, DL6ZFG will be active as
SP1/DL6ZFG/p from Wolin Island (EU-132, SZ-02 for the Polish Islands Award)
on 9-11 July. He might also operate briefly from Karsibor (EU-132, SPIA
SZ-03) during that time frame. [TNX DL6ZFG] UA - Yuri, UA0LMO will operate
CW, RTTY and PSK31 as UA0LMO/P from Bryusa Lighthouse (ARLHS ASR-018, RLHA
RLA-016) on 16-18 July. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX UA0LMO] VE
- Look for Art, W3KHZ to operate again as VY2MM from Prince Edward Island
(NA-029) for the summer starting around 10 July. QSL via W3KHZ. [TNX The
Daily DX] VE - Bruce, KD6WW reports he will operate (mostly CW with some
SSB) as VY0/KD6WW from NA-174 on 27-28 July and from NA-130 from 29 July to
2 August. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. W - N1DX, W0NO, K0BJ and
K1TWF will participate in the IOTA Contest as N1DX (QSL via home call,
direct or bureau) from Bailey Island (NA-137). W0NO should start SSB
activity on 18 July, while K0BJ should be active (mostly on CW) from the
21st. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX] W - The Old Barney Amateur
Radio Club (N2OB, http://www.obarc.org) will be operating from the Barnegat
Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-039, IOTA NA-111, USI NJ-001S) on 7 August (rain date
is 8 August). Operation will be primarily on 20 and 40 metres SSB from about
13 UTC to 22 UTC. QSL via N2OB. They will also be active as W2T from the
Tucker's Island Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-911) on 21-22 August. QSL via N2OO
(Bob Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087, USA). [TNX N2OO] YO -
Special event station YR500S will be activated in July to to commemorate the
500th anniversary of the death of Moldavian king Stefan the Great. QSL via
YO8KGA (http://www.qsl.net/yo8kga). [TNX N2YO] YV - The Association of
Radioamateurs of Venezuela and the Caracas DX Group are expected to operate
as YW6C from Chimana Island (SA-090) on 14-18 July. QSL via W4SO (maild
drop). [TNX The Daily DX] ZL - The new contest callsign ZL1V will be aired
for the first time during the IARU Contest (10-11 July), operating from the
ZL6QH contest station. Weather permitting, Chris, ZL1CT and Franz, ZL2III
will participate in the IOTA Contest as ZL1V/p from Mana Island (OC-201). On
40 metres SSB to Europe, they will transmit around 7190 kHz and listen below
7100 kHz. QSL via N3SL. [TNX ZL1CT]
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_ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW
... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore
Responsabile IK8MRA 4U1UN ---> Dmitri, N2OW/RA9USU operated from the United
Nations Headquarters station on 26 June. QSL via HB9BOU, direct or bureau.
II1D CERTIFICATE ---> It is available to either licensed amateurs and SWL
for at least three contacts made in 2003 with II1D (http://www.ii1d.it), the
special station celebrating the European Year of the Disabled. The
certificate is free of charge, but return postage is required. Please
contact Carlo Sobrito, IZ1CCE (iz1cce@tin.it) for further information. [TNX
IZ1CCE] LINGA ISLAND ---> IOSA Manager Charles Wilson, GM4UZY reports the
following: "During his tour of the Shetland Islands Peter, GM3OFT operated
from an island named Linga SH27 in the IOSA directory. By mistake Peter gave
out the number SH26 on the air for this island. This was just a numerical
error and the QSL cards that Peter will send out will have the correct
number on them. QSOs with GM3OFT from this island are valid for any IOSA
award". MUSEUM SHIPS WEEKEND EVENT ---> Sponsored by the USS Salem Radio
Club (K1USN), the 8th edition of this annual event will take place from
00.01 UTC on 17 July through 23.59 UTC on the 18th. The list of
participating ships, as well as information on the relevant award and
"Radioman" medals, can be found at http://www.qsl.net/k1usn/event.html NLLW
---> This year's National Lighthouse-Lightship Weekend, sponsored by the
Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (http://arlhs.com/), will be held from
00.01 UTC on 7 August through 23.59 UTC on the 8th. Full information is
available either at http://arlhs.com/NLLW-2004-guidelines.html or from Jim,
K2JXW (K2JXW@arrl.net). QSL VIA OH3OJ ---> Jukka, OH3OJ is currently
processing direct cards received for TG7/OH3JF and HR5/OH3JF
(February-March). All of the remaining QSOs will be confirmed automatically
via the bureau in August. Both operations are accepted for DXCC credit. [TNX
OH3OJ]
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_ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** NEWS FROM THE
WEB *** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore
Responsabile IK8MRA G4WFQ/HI9: Logs and pictures of Dave's 12-24 activity
from Las Terrenas (NA-096) are now on line at
http://www.g4wfq.btinternet.co.uk. QSL via G3SWH. [TNX G4WFQ] JW/CT1BWW:
Logs and pictures of Marq's recent JW/CT1BWW Svalbard operation are
available at http://www.qsl.net/ok8bww/new_page_6.htm and
http://www.geocities.com/OK8BWW/Photos.htm respectively. [TNX CT1BWW]
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- QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B9C, 3D2VB (OC-060), 3DA0AX,
4G2F (OC-092), 4U1UN, 5T0EU, 5V7C, 5Z4DZ, 7P8DA, 9G1UW, 9V1GO, 9V1JA, A45WD,
A51B, A52PRO, A61AJ, A71BX, AP2IA, BC1DCG, BV2A, C31BO, C56/G0VUH, CP4BT,
CX1SI, E31AA, EK3GM, EK3SA, ER1QQ, ER3ZZ, ET3TK, EZ8BO, FJ5DX, FK/AC4LN
(OC-079), FS5UQ, FW/AC4LN, G4VXE/C6A (NA-001), GM0DHZ (EU-008), H44VV,
HC1AJQ, HC8N, HI8RV, HK0GU/1 (SA-078), HP1IBF, J20DA, J6/WA1T, JY9QJ,
KE6TNN/YI0, KH2/JF1JPC, LU8XW/X (SA-049), OX/DL2SWW (NA-220), OX/DL2VFR
(NA-220), P29VVB (OC-034 and OC-258), PJ2/G0CKP, PJ7/W8EB, PY7XC/P, PZ5RA,
R1FJ, SM3CWE (EU-087), SU1SK, T32KV, T33C, T88JY, TJ1GA, TJ3MC/P, TO4E,
TO4WW, TU2WL, TZ/F5VHH, UA2FCC, UK8OAR, UU0JM, UU7J, V25J, V26ZP, V31FG/P
(NA-073), V44KP, V8JIM, VB5C, VK6AN (OC-266), VK6LI (OC-071), VE8AE/VY0,
VQ9JC, VQ9X, XE1UN, XF1/F5TYY/XF3 (NA-135), XF4IH, XU7ARA, XV1X, XV9DT,
XW1FAN, YI9ZF, YJ0VB, YL2KF, ZD8JA, ZK1/AC4LN.
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