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17 February 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 824
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
BS7 - The operators for the late April BS7H DXpedition to Scarborough Reef
[425DXN 823] are:
Chen Peng, BA1HAM Paul Pescitelli, K4UJ
Fan Bin, BA1RB Trey Garlough, N5KO
David Chen, BA4RF San Hutson, K5YY
Chen Fang, BA4RC Mike Mraz, N6MZ
Terry Liang, BA7NQ Wayne Mills, N7NG
Ko Chih-Ta, BV6HJ James Brooks, 9V1YC
Bob Vallio, W6RGG Massimo Mucci, I8NHJ
Tom Berson, ND2T Christian Entsfellner, DL3MBG
Joe Blackwell, AA4NN Eddie Valdez, DU1EV
The group is seeking financial contributions to help defray the very
significant of this DXpedition. Full details on how contribute can
be found on the expedition web site (http://www.bs7h.com). QSL via
KU9C.
BY - Look for BD1DRJ/7, BA4ALC/7 and BD7KLO/7 to be active on the HF
bands SSB and CW from Weizhou Island (AS-139) on 20-24 February. QSL
via home calls. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
C6 - Look for Peter, W2IRT/C6A and Tom, N2YTF/C6A to be active from
Nassau (NA-001) from 24 February to 2 March. They will operate
holiday style SSB, CW and RTTY, mostly on 17, 20 and 40 metres. Tom
may be doing some satellite and HF-QRP work as well. QSL via W2IRT.
Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
FG - Look for F6GWV and F6HMQ to be once again active from Guadeloupe
(NA-102) from 22 February to 6 March. They will be signing TO6T. QSL
via F6HMQ. [TNX F6HMQ]
FT - Gildas, TU5KG (FT5XQ and FT5WM) was expected to be in the Kerguelen
and Crozet areas until around mid-March [425DXN 822], but plans have
changed. He is on his way back to Reunion Island, where he expects
to arrive on 20 February; on the 26th he will be in France for ten
days. [TNX VA3RJ]
HC - Rick, NE8Z reports he will be active again as HC1MD from Tumbaco,
Ecuador between 24 February and 14 March. He plans to operate CW and
SSB on 80-10 metres with 500 watts and a Carolina Windom. QSL via
K8LJG.
I - Special station II1MNA (Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide,
http://www.mna.it) will be active for the 4th Antarctic Activity
Week (19-25 February, see below) from the Antarctica National Museum
in Genova. QSL via IZ1GJK. Further information can be found at at
http://www.qrz.com/callsign/II1MNA [TNX IZ1GJK]
UA - Alexey/RA1QY, Andy/RN1CW, Serge/UA1AIR and Vlad/UA1CIO will be
active as homecall/1 from Verperluda Island (EU-133, RR-01-11) on
17-18 February. QSL via bureau or direct. [TNX RN1CW]
VP2M - Phil, G3SWH has received the hard copy of the licence for the 21-28
February activity from Montserrat [425DXN 823], and the call issued
is VP2MWH (not VP2MPW as previously advised). This callsign has been
re-issued from 2006, which could cause confusion with the QSLing
process. Consequently, Phil and Jim, G3RTE will operate as VP2MTE.
Look for them on 160-10 metres CW, with some RTTY and PSK31. QSL via
G3SWH, direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be
sent to phil@g3swh.demon.co.uk). [TNX G3SWH]
ZB - David, EB7AEY will once again be active as ZB2/4O3AL from Gibraltar
on 23-25 February. He plans to operate SS and RTTY on 80-10 metres.
QSL via EB7AEY. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
ANTARCTIC ACTIVITY WEEK ---> The Worldwide Antarctic Program has announced
that the fourth Antarctic Activity Week will be held from 19 to 25
February. The aim of this annual event is to promote worlwide interest in the
Antarctic continent. Several special event callsigns from around the world
are expected to take part in this year's AAW. Participating stations (QSL via
operator's instructions) are announced from the following countries:
Austria OE3AIS/ANT, OE3KKA/ANT, OE3KTA/ANT, OE3RPB/ANT, OE3SGA/ANT,
OE3WWB/ANT, OE4VIE/ANT
Bulgaria LZ04ANT
Canada VA3ANTA, VA7ANTA
England GB0ANT
France TM0ANT, TM0TAF, TM1ANT, TM2ANT, TM3ANT, TM4ANT, TM5ANT, TM5TAF,
TM8ANT, TM8WAP
Germany DR2007ANT
Italy II0ANT, II1ANT, II1MNA, II2ANT, II4ANT, II5ANT, II8ANT, IO0ANT,
IO2ANT, IO8IAA, IR0ANT, IR1ANT, IR2ANT, IR4ICE, IR7ANT, IU0ANT,
IU2ANT, IU7ANT, IU8ANT
Romania YQ2ANT
Russia UE6ANT
Switzerland HB9ICE
USA K4A, K4Z/ANT, K9A, N5T/ANT
Full information on the AAW is available at http://www.ddxc.net/wap
ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST (CW) ---> Object of the contest is for W/VE
amateurs to work as many stations in as many DXCC countries as possible on
160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 metre bands, while foreign amateurs (also
including KH6, KL7, CY9 and CY0) work as many W/VE stations in as many of the
48 contiguous states and provinces as possible (full rules can be found at
http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2007/intldx.html) The following stations
have announced their partecipation in this year's event (from 00.00 UTC on 17
February through 24.00 UTC on the 18th):
Call Category DXCC QSL
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4L0N SOAB HP Georgia MM3AWD
4U1UN M/S United Nations HQ HB9BOU
A35RK SOSB 80 or 15m Tonga W7TSQ
C6AKQ SOSB 40m Bahamas N4BP
C6AHR SOSB 160m Bahamas N8PR
C6APG SOSB 80m Bahamas K4PG
CN2WW M/S Morocco EA7FTR
CN3A SOAB Morocco I2WIJ
CT9L M/? Madeira DJ6QT
CW7T SOSB 15m Uruguay K5WW
EA8/OH4NL SOSB 20m Canary Isls OH2BYS
EA8EW M/2 Canary Isls RX3DU
FM5BH SOSB 80m Martinique W3HNK
FS5KA M/? Saint Martin W3HNK
HR2DMR SOAB LP Honduras HR2DMR
IS0/K7QB SOSB 160m Sardinia AA4NN
J7OJ Dominica KU9C
KP2/K3MD Virgin Isls K3MD
LR2F M/S Argentina LU2FA
LX7I M/S Luxembourg LX2A
OH0R SO Aland Isls OH2PM
OM7M M/2 Slovakia OM3PA
P40W SOAB HP Aruba N2MM
P49Y SOAB Aruba AE6Y
PJ2T M/2 Neth. N9AG
PJ4A SOAB HP Neth. Antilles K4BAI
PJ4/KU8E SOSB 160m Neth. Antilles K4BAI
RK2FWA M/M Kaliningrad DK4VW
TI5N Costa Rica W3HNK
V26G Antigua N2ED
V31TP Belize WC0W
V49A Nevis V44NK
V73ZZ Marshall Isls K7ZZ
VP9/W6PH Bermuda W6PH
WP2Z M/2 Virgin Isls KU9C
WP3C SOAB LP Puerto Rico W3HNK
Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operation listing maintained by
Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxc2007.html
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
ANTARCTICA AWARD ---> The Award Manager (Gianni Marruccella, IZ8CGS) reports
that all of the certificate requests received as of 31 December 2006 have
been processed and mailed along with the complimentary map of Antarctica
published by the Australian Antarctic Division [425DXN 700].Up-to-date score
tables are available at www.mdxc.org/antarctica/award.asp.
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Victor Diniz, CT1AUO (contact him at ct1auo@netcabo.pt,
if you need a QSL manager) is receiving (and returning to sender) many bureau
cards for CS5A he cannot reply to. Please note that he can confirm contacts
made with CS5A between 2001 and June 2004 only.
QSL V51AS ---> The new QSL route [425DXN 823] should be all right effective
10 March. Send your cards to Frank Steinhauser, Schlossstr. 68A, 82140
Olching, Germany and be prepared to wait a bit: this is not a QSL manager, so
it may be up to four months before you will hear back from Frank, but it is a
reliable route. [TNX WE7K]
QSL VIA I2WIJ ---> Roberto, I2WIJ reports that "due to unpredictable delays
in QSL card printing", he is currently unable to confirm contacts made with
CN3A and 5D5A. Hopefully the QSL cards will be available before then end of
March. Please be patient.
QSL VIA IV3SKB ---> Cards for contacts made with IU3A operated by IV3HAX
between 2001 and 2005 should be sent direct to IV3SKB. Do not send any bureau
or direct card to Mauro, IV3HAX, because he cannot receive them. [TNX IV3HAX]
QSL VIA IZ8CLM ---> Sal, IZ8CLM reports that all of the contacts made with
S79RS (May-June 2006) and CE70RG (July 2006) have been confirmed
automatically via the bureau. Sal also has the complete logbooks for Samir,
OD5SK from 1983 to date.
+ SILENT KEY + Gianni Rizzi, I7RIZ (ex I8RIZ) passed away on 13 February. A
personal friend of your trulies for several years, he was a serious DXer with
337/351 (current/deleted) credited DXCC Entities, as well as a keen IOTA
enthusiast. We will miss his presence on the pile-ups and at the various HF
meetings and conventions he and his wife Marisa used to attend on a regular
basis.
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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
LOGS: On-line logs for DX0JP (Spratly Islands) can be found at
http://www.dxcom.jp/dx0jp/
LOGS: The on-line log search for VU7MY (Minicoy Island, Lakshadweeps) is
now up and running at www.vu7.in (moreover, 800 QSOs from a paper
log have been added to the VU7RG data base). [TNX DL4KQ]
ON6TT: Peter Casier, ON6TT is writing a number of short stories about his
travels. Many of them are in the background of his DXpeditions and
DX activities in the past years (FO0CI, AH1A, VK0IR, 3Y0PI, D3T,
9Q5TT, YA5T, 5X1T, AP2ARS, etc). The short stories can be found in
blog-format at http://theroadtothehorizon.blogspot.com/
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3B9/G3TXF G3TXF DX0JP JA1HGY PX8I PV8IG
3D2TE WB6JZY DX0JP JA1RJU (a) R0UPOL F8DVD
3W2TXR JA2TXR ED6GRM EA6SB R1AND RU1ZC
3W9JR OK1JN EF8A EA8AUW RA9LI/9 UA9LP
4K5D K2PF EK6TA DJ0MCZ RK3AWL W3HNK
4K9W DL6KVA EL/DL8USA pirate ST2BF W3HNK
4L8A DJ1CW EX8AB RX3RC ST2R S57DX
4N160SRS YU1SRS FM5CD F5VU SU0ARA DL1BDF
5C5W EA5XX FT5XQ/MM F4EFI SV5/SM8C SM0CMH
5N2/SQ8JCA SQ8JCA GB0ANT M3ZYZ T20HC DL9HCU
5N6EAM IK2IQD HH2FJM F5RPB T80W JM1LJS
5T5DY F8PDR HH7/N3BNA KA2AEV T88XX JA6ENF
5T5SN IZ1BZV HI3TEJ ON4IQ TC5C W4JS
5W0IM YU1KX HJ4OBA EA5KB TM0TAF F4TTR
5W0KD Z32AU HK1X EA7FTR TM4ANT F6BFH
5W5AA YT1AD HS0ZGG SM3CVM TM5TAF F6AXX
5Z4/9A3A 9A2AA HV0A IK0FVC TM8ANT F8DVD
5Z4DZ PA1AW HZ1EX SM0BYD TM8WAP F5XL
6H1YYD EA5KB HZ1NH EA7FTR TR8CA F6CBC
6V7E RW3TN IO2ANT I8YGZ TT8FC EA4AHK
6W/DK8YY DH7WW IR7ANT IZ7AUH TU5JD IK2IQD
6W/F6HMJ F6HMJ IR8ANT I8ACB UE3DRS RZ3FR
6W/RW3TN RW3TN J20MM I2YSB V26G N2ED
6W1SA F4BIT J20RR I2YSB V31AT K5PI
7X/DB1JAW DB1JAW J37LR VE3EBN V31DG DL2SWW
7X/DK5MH DB1JAW J37T VE3EBN V31FG DL2SWW
9G1YK PA3ERA J43BSF SV1CIB V31GW DK9GG
9K2YM/P EA5KB J46J SV1BJW V31KO K4NO
9Q1D SM5BFJ J75KG KU9C V31TG AB5K
9Q1EK SM5DQC J79DX VA3YDX V31TP WC0W
9Q1TB SM5DQC J79IU W9IU V31YN DJ4KW
A35DR JA2BDR J79RV KK9K V31ZL W5ZL
A35JN JA2EWE J79WI WI9WI V44KJ WB2TSL
A35LS JA1CJA J79XBI SM0FWW V73ZZ K7ZZ
A61NT ON5NT J79XX K1XX VK9DNX DJ2MX
A61TX W4JS JW5NM LA5NM VP2V/DL2AU DL2AU
A71EM EA7FTR JW5QFA LA1MFA VQ5FOC W9VNE
C56YK ON7YK JW9DL LA9DL W4MOT/4 W4MOT
C6AHR N8PR KH7X K2PF XU7TZG ON7PP
C6AKQ N4BP LT0H EA7FTR XW1A E21EIC
CE2P EA5KB LU1FAM AC7DX XW1LLR E21EIC
CN8IG EA7FTR LU1QS IK2QPR YI9GT SP3GTS
CN8SG EA7FTR LU5FF EA7JX YI9SV N4JR
CO8LY EA7ADH LZ170VL LZ1KZA YN4SU TI4SU
CT3AS DJ8FW NP4A W3HNK YT60W YU7BCD
CT9M CT3EE OH0PM OH2PM YW0DX IT9DAA
CU1CB EA5KB OY3QN OZ1ACB YW0DX YV5TX (b)
D2DX OH2BAD P29ZAD N5FTR YY4DCA YV4AJ
D60VB UA4WHX P40LE K2LE Z24S W3HNK
D90HE/2 DS2GOO P49V AI6V ZK3RE HA8IB
DT0HF HL2FDW P49X W0YK ZL6FF ZL2TX
DU9/N0NM W4DR PJ4/KU8E K4BAI ZW150BP PU1KGG
(a) EME QSOs only (b) YV stations (direct)
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******* ADDRESSES *******
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
DB1JAW Mike Weiler, Stormstrasse 126, D-47445 Moers, Germany
DH7WW Ulrich Moeckel, Muldenstr. 1, 08304 Schoenheide, Germany
DJ2MX Mario Lovric, Kampenwandstrasse 13, 81671 Muenchen, Germany
F8PDR Benoit Lebourgeois, Route de Chevry, F-50420 Tessy sur Vire, France
G3TXF Nigel Cawthorne, Falcons, St George's Avenue, Weybridge, Surrey KT13
0BS, England
HA8IB Szabo Karoly, Aradi u. 42, H-5525 Fuzesgyarmat, Hungary
I2YSB Silvano Borsa, Viale Capettini 1, 27036 Mortara - PV, Italy
IT9DAA Corrado Ruscica, P.O. Box 1, 96018 Pachino (Succ. 1) - SR, Italy
JA1HGY Nao Mashita, 8-2-4-2A Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo 107-0052, Japan
ON7YK Andre Bourdon, Schotenhofdreef 18, B-2900 Schoten, AN, Belgium
S57DX Slavko Celarc, Ob Igriscu 8, 1360 Vrhnika, Slovenia
TZ6JA Mac Obara, P.O. Box 59, Tama, Tokyo, 206-8691 Japan
RX3RC Roman A. Novikov, P.O. Box 21, 392000 Tambov, Russia
YV5TX Jose Manuel Robaina, Apartado Postal 65603, 1066-A, Caracas, Edo.
Miranda, Venezuela
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