27 February 1999
No 408
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
3V8 - Vlad, UA2FF and others will participate
in the CQ WW 160 Meter SSB Contest (27-28 February) from the
3V8BB club station station. [TNX K0HA]
5A - Starting on 1 March 5A1A will be active
as 5A22PA. QSL via IK3ZAW either direct (Veronica Della Dora,
Piazza Fiume 14, 30126 Lido di Venezia - VE, Italy) or through
the bureau. [TNX IK3ZAW]
C5 - Steve, G3VMW has been issued with the
callsign C56SW for his forthcoming trip to The Gambia [425DXN
405]. He will be active (mainly on CW) on all bands 160-10 metres
between 4 and 18 March. QSL via G3VMW. [TNX G3VMW]
E4 - The IARV (International Amateur Radio
Volunteers) team in Gaza [425DXN 407] was active as JA1UT/E4
until Yoshi, JA1UT left Palestine on 24 February. QSL via JA1UT
(Yoshio Hayashi, 4-20-2-401 Nishigotanda, Shinagawa, Tokyo
141-0031, Japan). Toshi, JA8RUZ, and Hiro, JP1TRJ will continue
to operate as E44/JA8RUZ until 28 February. QSL via JA8RUZ.
E4 - HA1AG (Zoli), HA1TJ (Gyula), HA3OV
(Anti) and HA3NU (Laci) have been active as E44/HA1AG since 23
February from Gaza, Palestine. The operation will last until
around 13 UTC on 3 March. Two stations are active simultaneously
24 hours a day on CW, SSB and RTTY and logs will be available on
line http://www.okdxc.cz/e44.
QSL via HA1AG (Zoli Pitman, Somogyi Bela ut 18, Gyor H-9024,
Hungary). [TNX PA1AW]
EA - EA4ENK/P will be active from Turunuelo
Island (DIEI BA-047) on 28 February. [TNX IK1GPG]
EL - Mark, ON4WW/EL2WW plans to be QRV on 160
metres (1827.5 kHz, QSX up 1 to 2) every day at 6.30 UTC and
22.30 UTC (for the U.S.) and at 21 UTC for Japan and Europe. Look
for him on 80 metres (around 3503-3513 kHz) before 6.30 UTC and
in the evenings and on RTTY (14089 kHz) in the night after he
goes QRT on 160 metres and in the mornings between 07.15 and
07.45 UTC. QSL via ON5NT. [TNX EL2WW and JA3AAW]
FS - Transport and weather permitting, Bert,
PA3GIO will be active (with 100 Watts and dipoles, SSB only) as
FS/PA3GIO/p from Tintamarre Island (NA-199) between 6 and 11
March. On 6-7 March he will operate on WARC bands only (look for
him on 18128 kHz between 15.30 UTC and 20.30 UTC). If on St.
Martin (NA-105) he will be signing FS/PA3GIO/m. QSL via PA3GIO,
preferably through the bureau. His web site is at http://www.xs4all.nl/~pa3gio/ca/.
[TNX PA3GIO]
FW - Cedric, FW5FN has been active from
Wallis Island (OC-054) [425DXN 401] for a few days, but he lost
the amplifier after 300 QSOs. He will not be active on 160 metres
(no amplifier and no trees around the hotel), but will pay more
attention to 80 metres. FW5FN is active until 8 March. QSL via
HB9HFN (Cedric Baechler, Mettetlet 26, CH-1763 Granges-Paccot,
Switzerland) or through the bureau. The first logs are available
on line (at http://www.qsl.net/hb9hfn/log/ where a bureau
card form is also available). [TNX FW5FN]
GJ - G3SVL, G3SJJ, G3UEG, G7TAJ, GJ4CBQ and
GJ0NYG, who will participate in the CQ WW 160 Meter SSB Contest
from Jersey (EU-013) [425DXN 407], have been issued the call
GJ2D. QSL via G3LZQ. Their web site is at http://listen.to/gj2d.
[TNX DX News Sheet]
HK - Pedro, HK3JJH plans to operate from
Cacagual Island (SA-084) for a couple of days starting on 2
March. QSL direct to HK3JJH (Pedro Allina, P.O. Box 81119,
Bogota, Colombia). [TNX HK3JJH]
HK0_mal- Pedro, HK3JJH plans to operate as
HK3JJH/0M from Malpelo (SA-007) for a few days starting on 6
March. Look for him on 10, 15 and 20 metres SSB. QSL direct to
HK3JJH (Pedro Allina, P.O. Box 81119, Bogota, Colombia). [TNX
HK3JJH]
I - Monferrato Contest Team members Paolo,
IK1NLZ and Livio, IK1RLI will participate in the ARRL DX SSB and
other major contests s IQ1Z. QSL via IK1NLZ either direct or
through the bureau. [TNX IK1NLZ]
JT - Gaetano, IT9GAI will join Nicola, I0SNY
in the JT1Y operation on 6-21 April [425DXN 406]. CW operaators
are needed, if interested please contact I0SNY at
00390-75-5288539 (from 19 UTC). [TNX I0SNY]
S7 - Erik, SM0AGD and Thor, LA7XB will be
active as S79AG and S79XB from Seychelles between 1 and 14 March.
QSL via home calls. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
TL - Alex, TL5A (TL0R) will be leaving the
Central African Republic in the next weeks. The antennas for 6-40
metres will be taken down on 27 February, while operations on 80
and 160 metres may continue for a few more days. He reports he
will be QRT "sometime next week" after 75,000+ QSOs.
QSL via PA1AW. [TNX PA1AW]
V3 - Bert, PA3GIO will be active (with 100
Watts and dipoles, SSB only) as V31GI from Belize as follows: on
14-19 March from Southwest Caye (NA-180), on 21-26 March from
Turneffe Islands (NA-123), on 28 March-3 April from Little Water
Caye (NA-180). Look for him on 10-20 metres, WARC bands included,
and possibly on 40 metres. QSL via PA3GIO, preferably through the
bureau. His web site is at http://www.xs4all.nl/~pa3gio/ca/
[TNX PA3GIO]
VK - Alan, VK8AV will be active (mainly on
CW, SSB on request) as VK8AV/3 from Phillip Island (OC-136)
between 1 and 15 March. QSL via home call (Alan Viegas, P. O. Box
3718, Alice Springs, NT 0871, Australia). [TNX DX News Sheet]
VK - Several Eastern and Mountain District
Radio Club members will be active (on 10-160 metres, SSB and CW)
as VI3GP between 00.00 UTC on 4 March and 23.59 UTC on the 7th to
celebrate the 1999 Australian Formula One Grand Prix. QSL via
VK3ER either direct (P.O. Box 87, Mitcham, Victoria 3132,
Australia) or through the bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
VP2V - W4NF (Jack), W4RM (Bill), W4CE (Cliff)
and W4DAV (Dave) will be active from the British Virgin Islands
(NA-023) between 2 and 8 March. They will participate in the ARRL
DX SSB Contest (6-7 March) as VP2V/W4RM (certificates will be
awarded to all who work them on all 6 bands during the contest).
Look for them to be active on CW and SSB on all bands, WARC
included, before and after the contest. QSLs via W4RM.
VP2V - John, K3MD, and his son Mike, N3PUR
will be active as VP2V/K3MD from the British Virgin Islands
(NA-023) between 3 and 9 March. They will participate in the ARRL
DX SSB Contest. QSL via K3MD (all QSOs will be confirmed
automatically through the bureau). [TNX DX News Sheet]
VP5 - John, KK9A will participate in the ARRL
DX SSB Contest as VP5J. Look for VP5/KK9A before the contest. QSL
via KK9A. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
W - Chris, W5CTV will be active from Grand
Isle (NA-168) on 6-7 March, possibly on the evening of the 5th.
Look for him on 10 metres only (on or around 28460 kHz). QSL via
W5CTV either direct (Chris Vincent, 2620 Long Branch Dr.,
Marrero, LA, 70072, USA) or through the bureau. [TNX W5CTV]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
BURUNDI ---> According to Bill Moore,
NC1L bmoore@arrl.org,
the list of the 9U calls that will be affected by the
purging process from the DXCC database [425DXN 407]
"includes the callsigns listed below and may or may
not be limited to these: 9U/F5FHI, 9U/EA1FH, 9U5W, 9U5DX,
9U5T, 9U5CW, 9U5DX. Remember, only the contacts dated
January 1, 1994 or after do not count. Some have credits
before this and these would be OK. 4U9U is OK."
E44DX ---> The E44DX team (OH1RY,
OH2BH, OH2TA and W3UR) reached the 30,000 QSOs mark
around 16 UTC on 21 February. They went QRT around 5 UTC
on the 23rd, after one last push on 40 metres during the
E4 night between Monday and Tuesday. QSL via OH2BN. [TNX
N4GN]
QSL CE0AA ---> The QSL manager for
the 27 February-20 March operation from Easter Island
[425DXN 407] is CE3WDH either direct (Sergio Del Gaudio,
P.O.Box 240-3, Santiago, Chile) or through the bureau.
[TNX CE3CDV and K7BV]
QSL VIA N4XY ---> Ed Tanton, N4XY
says: "Bill, WA4VDE recently died. I have assumed
duties for all of his old QSL manager jobs. I will know
exactly who it is when I have sorted everything out.
There should be 15 or more stations. I have all of his
old logs. Most of these are very old (70's and 80's) and
probably none for the 1990's. I will continue to QSL all
the DXpeditions, etc. The logs will be kept
indefinitely." [TNX QRZ-DX]
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
K1WY-DXA: The K1WY DX Association has
moved its web site to a new server. The new URL is http://pws.prserv.net/k1wydxa
[TNX K1WY]
YC2LRM - Bima Sekti, Jl.Kaliwiru V/5,
Semarang 50235, Indonesia
YC6HDF - Wellem A.Kroma, Box 25,
Pangkalan Brandan 20857, Indonesia
YO2LDE - Daniel M.Vuescu, Zadei F3-1-7,
RO-1700 Resita, Romania
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