425 DX News issue #771
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425 DX News #771
11 February 2006
A.R.I. Dx Bulletin
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:
Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: DX information
(e-mail i1jqj@425dxn.org )
Contributors are invited to send their DX information to
Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ (i1jqj@425dxn.org)
The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
The 3Y0X team arrived at Peter I on 5 February at 21.35 local time (01.35 UTC
of the 6th). It was foggy and windy, and they had to wait for the weather to
clear. The first helicopter load landed on the island at 18.30 UTC on 7
February; most of the team and 80% of the gear were flown ashore and 3Y0X
became active in the early UTC morning of 8 February. The rest of the gear
and the remaining three team members (NP4IW, K3VN and N4GRN) had to be
transferred onto the island a few hours later, but the weather deteriorated
and at 23.30 UTC of 9 February they were still on the ship.
The suggested operating frequencies are:
BAND SSB CW Digital
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10 28475 28023 28092 (listening up)
12 24987 24893 24928 (listening down)
15 21295 21023 21102 (listening down)
17 18145 18073 18108 (listening down)
20 14190 14023 14084 (listening up)
30 - 10103 10135 (listening up)
40 7093 7023 -
80 3750 3523 -
160 1842.5 1822.5 -
The latest information from the team, released at 18.30 UTC of 10 February,
is that they now have four stations QRV around the clock, while weather and
visibility conditions are still the same. The first logs (13,067 QSOs QSOs
through 10 February at 16 UTC) are now available at http://www.peterone.com/.
QSL via N2OO.
3B8 - Jose, ON4LAC will operate (on 10-80 metres SSB, RTTY and PSK31) as
3B8/ON4LAC from Mauritius Island (AF 049) from 17 March to 13 May.
He hopes to get the authorization to operate as 3B9/ON4LAC from
Rodrigues from 25 April through the end of his stay. QSL via home
call. [TNX ON4LAC]
3W - Stan, OK1JR expects to be in Hanoi, Vietnam for a couple of years.
He is licenced as 3W9JR and is allowed to operate on 20, 17, 15
and 12 metres CW and SSB. Stan hopes to get permission to operate
on the low bands, 6 metres and digital modes. QSL via OK1JN. [TNX
The Daily DX]
7Q - Harry, 7Q7HB is once again in Malawi for a period of not less than
three months. He has taken with him some software, so now should
be able to put other modes on again from there. QSL direct only
via G0IAS (Allan Hickman, The Conifers, High Street, Elkesley,
Retford, Nottingham DN22 8AJ, UK). [TNX G0IAS]
C6 - Steve, AK0M will be active as C6ASB from Abaco Island (NA-080) on
15-22 February, ARRL DX CW Contest included. QSL via AK0M. [TNX
VA3RJ]
FM - K3TEJ and K3CT will operate CW and some RTTY as FM/K3TEJ and
FM/K3CT from Martinique (NA-107) on 12-20 February. QSL via home
calls. They will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as TO9A
(QSL via K3TEJ). [TNX NG3K]
FS & PJ7 - David, K3LP and Clint, W3ARS will operate as FS/K3LP and FS/W3ARS
from St. Martin and as PJ7/K3LP and PJ7/W3ARS from St. Maarten on
15-22 February. Look for FS/K3LP to participate in the ARRL DX CW
Contest (SOAB Low Power), while Clint will focus on 6 metres and
satellite. QSL via home calls. [TNX NG3K]
GJ - Pete, K8PT and Craig, K3PLV will be taking what has become their
annual DXpedition to the Channel Islands and will be operating
from the Island of Jersey (EU-013) on 8-15 March. This year Tom,
W8JWN and Jim, N1NK will accompany them, allowing for two stations
to operate 24 hours per day with a third station as needed.
Operations will cover 6-160 metres (SSB, CW, RTTY & PSK) with an
emphasis on the low bands. QSL via home calls. Further information
can be found at http://users.adelphia.net/~crahill/ [TNX K8PT]
HR - Eugene/K0IEX, Vladimir/N0STL and Ron/N0AT will participate in the
ARRL DX CW Contest (18-19 February) as HQ9H (Multi-Single) from
Utila Island (NA-057). QSL via W0JAR. Outside the contest they
will be active as HR9/K0IEX, HR9/N0STL and HR9/N0AT. [TNX NG3K]
HR - Heikki, OH3JF and Henri, OH3JR will be active as HQ9F from
Honduras from 23 February to 17 March. They will have two stations
equipped with amplifiers and antennas for 160-10 metres, and will
operate CW, SSB and RTTY targeting Europe and Japan on the low
bands. Look for them on 1827, 3507, 7007, 10107, 14007, 18077,
21007, 24897 and 28007 kHz (CW); 1840, 3795, 7045, 14195, 18145,
21295 and 28495 kHz (SSB); 14077, 18097 and 21077 kHz (RTTY). QSL
via OH3MKH. [TNX OH3JR]
HR - Manuel (CT1BWW), Javier (HR2J), Lane (KC4CD/HR2), Antonio
(HR2AHC), Daniel (HR2DMR) and Pedro (HR2PAC) will operate on all
bands as HR4T and HQ4T from Isla del Tigre (NA-060) on 21-25
April. QSL direct to HR2J (Javier Pinel, P.O. Box 2754, San Pedro
Sula, Honduras). [TNX CT1BWW]
I - Look for ARI Torino members to operate as IO1ARI on 10-26 February
during the Olympic Winter Games. QSL via bureau.
I - ARI Cantu' members plus HB9OAE will operate as IQ2TU/2 from
Campione d'Italia (an Italian enclave in Swiss territory) on 19
February, from 8 to around 11.30 UTC. [TNX IK2LOL]
I - IZ1GCZ, IW1FSQ, IK1DYS and IZ1BVO now expect to operate as IX1CNR
[425DXN 769] on 3-5 March. QSL via IZ1GCZ. [TNX IW1FGZ]
JA - Look for JN4MBO/5 to operate from Yuge Is (AS-076, JIIA
AS-076-New), Ehime Prefecture on 16 February. QSL va home call,
direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
JA - Look for JA5BEX/5 to operate from Debajima (AS-076,JIIA
AS-076-New), Tokushima Prefecture on 25 February. QSL via home
call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
JT - Nicola (I0SNY), Ernesto (I2FUG), Oscar (IK2AQZ) and Giovanni
(IK2JYT) will operate from Mongolia from 19 April to 8 May. They
will be active as JT1Y from Ulanbaatar and as JT0Y from Oigij, and
will be QRV on CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK on the HF bands (with an
emphasis on 12 and 17 metres) and 6 metres. QSLs via I0SNY. [TNX
I0SNY]
JW - Look for JW8AJA, JW9DFA and JW9VDA to operate on all bands CW, SSB
and RTTY from Spitsbergen Island (EU-026), Svalbard from 23
February to 1 March. QSL JW8AJA and JW9VDA via LA9VDA; QSL JW9DFA
via LA9DFA. Bureau card requests for JW9VDA can be sent to
la9vda2003@yahoo.no; please note that 1 USD does not cover return
postage, while 1 IRC does. [TNX LA9VDA]
P4 - John, W2GD will operate as P40W from Aruba between 16 February and
8 March, ARRL DX CW (18-19 February), CQ 160 Meter SSB (25-26
February) and ARRL DX SSB (4-5 March) contests included. QSL via
N2MM. [TNX NG3K]
PJ7 - Ron, PJ7/ND5S and Sue, PJ7/KF5LG will be active on 160-10 metres
CW, RTTY and SSB from St. Maarten (NA-105) on 14-25 February. Ron
will participate in the ARRL CW DX Contest as single operator all
band. QSL via ND5S, direct or bureau. More details can be found at
http://www.qsl.net/nd5s/nd5s8.html [TNX NG3K]
PY0_ti - Otto, PY1OTO expects to operate mainly CW as PY1OTO/PY0T from
Trindade Island (SA-010) for three days around mid-February
(indicatively on 17-19th). QSL via the bureau or direct. [TNX The
Daily DX]
SM - Stan, SM7WT reports he will be active as SF7WT starting on 15
February to celebrate his golden jubilee with amateur radio. QSL
via home call.
TI - W9RE, N5OT, NT6X and N4GG will be active from Costa Rica on 14-25
February. They will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as TI5N
(QSL via W3HNK). Outside the contest look for them using
TI5/homecall on all bands (QSL via home calls). [TNX NG3K]
TR - Salvatore, IZ8CLM is active as TR0A from the AGRA Radio Club until
11 February. For this activity only QSL via IZ8CLM, direct or
bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW]
TT - Sylvain, F5TLN reports he will be active as TT8LN from Chad until
June. QSL via home call, direct (preferably) or bureau. He can be
contacted at f5tln@free.fr for skeds. QSL via home call.
V3 - Alan, NS0B and John, WC0W will be operating the ARRL DX CW Contest
(18-19 February) from Belize, using either V31TP or V31EV. They
will be there probably from 15 through 20 February, and outside
the contest they will operate on 10-160 metres (WARC bands
excluded). [TNX K1XN and The Golist]
V7 - Tom, K7ZZ will participate in the ARRL CW DX Contest as V7/K7ZZ
from Kwajalein (OC-028), Marshall Islands. Before the contest he
will emphasize Europe on the WARC bands. QSL direct via home call.
[TNX The Daily DX]
VE - VE2CRAQ will be aired on 18-26 March to commemorate the 80th
anniversary of the Club Radio Amateur de Quebec (VE2CQ), founded
by Alex Lariviere, VE2AB in March 1926. The club invites all radio
amateurs to participate in the QSO Party on the air; details can
be found at http://www.craq.qc.ca [TNX VA2RC]
VK_ant - Paul, VK0JLX [425DXN 758] and Greg, VK0SEE (QSL via VK4SEE) are
active from Davis Station, Antarctica (VK-043 for Antarctica
Award). Greg will remain there until early March, while Paul will
be wintering at Davis.
VP2M - VP2MVX, VP2MWH, VP2MFC, VP2MLB and VP2MUK are the callsigns to be
used from Montserrat on 14-22 February [425DXN 761]. The group
will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as VP2MVX. QSL for all
via N3ZNI. [TNX The Daily DX]
VP5 - Saul, WA1UKN is active on 20, 17, 15 and 10 metres as WA1UKN/VP5
from Grand Turk Island (NA-003) until 3 March. [TNX ARRL DX
Bulletin]
VP9 - Kurt, W6PH will participate in the either the ARRL DX CW (18-19
February) and the ARRL DX SSB (4-5 March) Contests as VP9/W6PH
from Bermuda (NA-005). QSL direct only to W6PH. [TNX NG3K]
VU - Sarla/VU2SWS (YL operator), Basappa/VU2NXM and Mickey/VU2IZO will
operate as AT0EI from Elephanta Island (AS-169) on 10-14 February.
QSL via VU2SWS (Sarla Sharma, 7 Gaurav Apartments, Behind Ashok
Nagar, Nahur, Mulund West, Mumbai 400080, India). [TNX VU2SWS and
www.islandchaser.com]
VU4 - David, K3LP (www.k3lp.com) reports he be active (on 10-160 metres,
either as VU4/K3LP or with another callsign to be issued prior to
arrival) from the Andaman Islands on 18-20 April. QSL via W3ADC.
He plans to arrive on 14-15 April and to depart on 3 May. If the
operational time is extended beyond 20 April, look for him on the
air until his departure date. [TNX NG3K]
W - Dennis, WA2USA will operate as WA2USA/4 from Bogue Banks, Emerald
Isle (NA-112) on 12-19 February, including an entry in the ARRL DX
CW Contest. Before and after the contest he will be active on 30
and 17 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
W - Jeff, VA3QSL will be active on 10-20 metres SSB as VA3QSL/W4 from
Key West (NA-062) on 13-16 February. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
YJ - DJ7EO, DL3DXX, DL5LYM and DL9NDS will operate from Port Vila
(OC-035), Vanuatu from 24 February to 11 March. Licences and
relevant callsigns will be collected upon arrival. They will have
two complete stations and plans are to concentrate on 160, 80 and
40 metres CW (plus RTTY, WARC and some SSB). They have a web page
at http://www.df3cb.com/yj/, where on-line logs will be available
if they have Internet access at the hotel. [TNX DL3DXX]
ZD8 - Bill, W4WX (ZD8WX) and Jan, K4QD (ZD8QD) will operate CW, PSK-31,
RTTY and SSB on 10-160 metres from Ascension Island (AF-003) from
20 February to 2 March. QSL ZD8WX via W4WX (direct), QSL ZD8QD via
K4QD (direct or bureau). [TNX W4WX]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3Y0X FORUM ---> Robert Chudek, K0RC, has established an open forum
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/3y0x) for the exchange of information about
the DXpedition to Peter I. It is inteded as a tool for worldwide amateur
radio operators to communicate and exchange information as a community during
the expedition, while the primary source of up-to-the minute information from
3Y0X is http://www.peterone.com [TNX K0RC]
DESOTO CUP WINNERS ---> DXCC has announced the winners of the 2005 DeSoto Cup
competition. Top honours go to Bob Eshleman, W4DR who for 6th straight year
has won the DeSoto Cup Gold Medal. In second and third place, winning the
Silver and Bronze Medals are Ken Bolin, W1NG and Fausto Minardi, I4EAT. The
remainder of the Top Ten competitors is listed below. Congratulations to all!
1. W4DR Bob Eshleman 3095
2. W1NG Kenneth Bolin 3082
3. I4EAT Fausto Minardi 3077
4. SP5EWY RyszardTymkiewicz 3072
5. OZ1LO Leif Ottosen 3070
6. K5UR Rick Roderick 3066
7. W9ZR Randy Schaaf 3053
8. DJ6RX Klaus Heintzenberg 3042
9. K8MFO Donald Karvonen 3041
W1JR Joseph Reisert Jr. 3041
This list details the Challenge Top Ten as of 30 September 2005. The current
DXCC Challenge standings can be found at www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc . Beginning
in 2006 the DeSoto Cup winners will be based on the Challenge standings at
the end of the calendar year. [TNX NC1L]
DXCC HONOR ROLL ---> The deadline to be shown in the next DXCC Honor Roll
list is 31 March 2006. Submissions must be postmarked 31 March 2006 for your
submission to count for this listing. The DXCC Honor Roll list will appear in
August 2006 QST. There are 335 entities on the DXCC list and you must be
within the numerical top 10 DXCC entities to qualify. The current minimum
requirement for Honor Roll is 326 current entities (deleted entities do not
count towards this level). [TNX NC1L]
DXCC NEWS: K7C from Kure Atoll (25 September - 6 October 2005) has been
approved for DXCC credit.
DXCC RULE CHANGES? ---> The ARRL Programs and Services Committee (PSC) has
asked the DX Advisory Committee (DXAC) to study the impact of amending the
DXCC "political entities" rule. The change under consideration would revise
Section II, "DXCC List Criteria," under "1. Political Entities," to add a
Paragraph c) reading, "The Entity contains a permanent population, is
administered by a local government and is located at least 800 km from its
parent." The PSC has asked the DXAC to report back by 15 March. [TNX N7NG]
T99D ---> This is the new callsign issued to Dalibor, T94DO. The QSL route
has not changed and it is via DJ2MX. [TNX T99D]
QSL MANAGER SURVEY ---> Conducted by the "Golist, QSL Manager List", the "Top
5 QSL Managers" survey for 2005 closed on 30 January and resulted in 68
different mangers being nominated. From this list of 68, the following Top 5
(listed in alphabetical order) were selected based upon the greatest number
of nominations received: Phil Whitechurch (G3SWH), Roger Western (G3SXW),
Nigel Cawthorne (G3TXF), Antonio Cannataro (IZ8CCW), Joe Arcure (W3HNK). [TNX
K1XN]
QSL VIA G0IAS ---> Allan, G0IAS has all of the late Ron Macfarlane's
logbooks. These date back to 1947, and cover all of the QSOs made by Ron as
GM3EAK, ZD6RM (when Malawi was called Nyasaland) and 7Q7RM. "I intend to
close the logs on the anniversary of Ron's death in September", Allan says.
QSL direct only.
QSL VIA N2OO ---> Cards for XR9A/8, XR9A/MM and XR9A can be sent in the same
envelope. Bob asks that cards for CE0Z via N2OO and 3Y0X be sent in separate
envelopes, as sending cards for multiple calls in one envelope will seriously
delay your QSL. [TNX N2OO]
QSL VIA SM5DQC ---> SM5DQC (Osten B. Magnusson, Nyckelvagen 4, SE-59931
Odeshog, Sweden) is the new QSL manager for ZK1EQL (2002 and 2005) and ZF2QL.
Those who have already sent their cards to SM7EQL, should not resubmit. One
USD does not cover postae from Sweden, but 1 IRC does. Bureau cards will be
replied to some time in the future.
YL WRTC 2006 TEAM ---> Our Community has a great desire to enlarge the
participation of Ham Ladies in international contest activity. The WRTC2006
Steering Committee is totally in line with this important objective.
Discussing this matter with Alexander Teimurazov (4L5A), member of our WRTC
2006 Honorary Board Committee, we came up with an action to really have a
good use of the WRTC 2006 to comply with this objective.
Has been decided by WRTC 2006 Steering Committee to accept Al's generous
offer to specifically sponsor a Team representing the Ham contesting ladies
of our hobby in WRTC 2006. 4L5A Al, is donating to WRTC 2006 USD 10,000 to
have a new slot for YL TEAM in addition to the other ones already in place.
Accordingly with our main philosophy of recognition of actual score as the
instrument to choose the competitors, we invited Emily Thiel (P43E), the
highest level points among all women applications, to be the YL Team-Leader.
Also accordingly our general practices we gave Emily the free option to
nominate her Team-Mate. She decided to invite Ann M. Santos (WA1S)) as
Team-Mate, coincidentally the third YL highest score. [TNX PY5EG and 4L5A,
Press Release 036/06]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
QSL GALLERY: An Antarctic Gallery feauturing 1500+ images (including nearly
800 QSL cards) in 58 albums is available on the WAP website
at http://www.ddxc.net/modules.php?name=coppermine [TNX I1HYW]
YE6P: The website for the 12-16 April activity from Simeulue Island
(OC-NEW) [425DXN 770] is now up and running at
http://dxpedition.orari.web.id/simeulue [TNX YB1TC]
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 4L1DA, 4N7ZZ, 4U60UN, 5U7JB, 5W0VF,
5X1RI, 5Z4DZ, 5Z4LS, 6Y2Z, 6Y3R, 6Y5/4S7RO, 7P8/JH4RHF, 7Q7MT, 7X0RY, 8P6RC,
8P9R, 9G5GJ, 9G5OO, 9L1DX, 9M2AX, 9N7JO, 9R2DX (AF-100), A22/JA4ATV, A35RK,
A45WD, A6/ON5NT, AH2R, AL1G, C21XF, C31MO, C6AGN, C91CG, CP4BT, CY9SS, D2BB,
D44AC, DU1ZV, DU3NXE, DX0TIC (OC-207), ES1QD, ET3TK, EY8MM, FM5JC, FO/N6JA,
FS/N8II, FW5ZL, HC1HC, HK1RRL, HU1M, HZ1IK, J3/SP9BQJ, J41V, J6/K9MDO,
JR6TYH/JD1, JW0HS, JW9VDA, K6AM/6Y5, K7C, KH0/JM1YGG, KH6ND/KH5, KH7U/KH5,
KH8/AH7C, KP2/K3CT, LT1F, NC2N/V44, NP3CW, OH0RJ, OX/DL7WB, OY1CT, P29KM,
P29NI (OC-116), P40X, R0K (AS-174), R0K/p (AS-038), R1ANF (AN-01; AA UA-04),
S79EC/F, S79EX/F, S79NAN, S79RRC/A (AF-025), S79RRC/C (AF-026), S79RRC/F
(AF-035), SU9NC, SV8/I3FDZ/P, SV9/IK8UND, SV9CVY, SY8S (EU-060), T77C, TF3CW,
TI5AA, TL8CG, TL8DV, TZ6MF, V25WX, V26B, V31JP, V31TM, V44/EW1AR, V51AS,
V63JQ, V73RY, VD2X, VK8PY/6 (OC-183), VK9CG, VK9NS, VP2EWX, VP5/AA2WN,
VP5/N0VD, VP5W, VP9/K9JY, VU2PHD, XQ6ET, XU7ACY, YI9KT, YL2LW, YL7A, YN1BB,
YS1ECB, YZ1AA, YZ200A, ZC4LI, ZD7VC, ZK2QQ, ZY7C.
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