6 March 1999
No 409
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
THE 425 DX NEWS 425th ANNIVERSAY CD-ROM - The
425th issue of 425 DX NEWS will be published on 26 June 1999 and
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3B8 - Bob, G3PJT will be active (on 10-80
metres CW with some SSB) as 3B8/G3PJT from 3B8CF's QTH on
Mauritius Island (AF-049) between 8 and 20 March. He will
participate in the RSGB Commonwealth Contest (13-14 March). QSL
via G3PJT. [TNX DX News Sheet]
3B8 - Mart, DL6UAA expects to be active as
3B8/DL6UUA from Mauritius Island (AF-049) between 8 March and 24
April. QSL via home call. For further information visit
http://www.qsl.net/dl6uaa/ [TNX DX News Sheet]
4U1ITU - K2KQ, K1TW and IK2BHX will
participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest from 4U1ITU (Geneva). [TNX
The Daily DX]
9M6 - Tony, G4UZN will be active (mainly CW)
as 9M6TUZ from the Hillview Gardens Resort, Sabah between 16 and
23 March. QSL via G4UZN. [TNX G4UZN]
A9 - Will, WC6DX is active on all bands as
A92GF from Bahrain until 16 March. He plans to participate in the
ARRL DX SSB Contest, possibly with a special callsign. QSL via
WC6DX (North America stations only) or EA7FR (others). [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
CO - VE3ESE and VE3SDN will be joining an
eleven-member Cuban team for the ARRL DX SSB Contest. They will
operate as T48RAC. QSL via VE3ESE (Don Fisher, 48 Lucerne Dr.,
Kitchener, Ontario N2E 1B3). [TNX CO2OM]
E4 - Ayar, OZ6ACD is active as E44/OZ6ACD
(but will be QRT between 17 and 26 March) from the headquarters
of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH), West
Bank. He operates with the equipment left by E44DX and JA1UT/E4,
which will remain in Palestine at the for the newly established
amateur radio station at the college of technology in Gaza.
E44/OZ6ACD will be QRV almost every day after 14.00 UTC and on
Sunday mornings until 08.00 UTC. Look for him on SSB (3794, 7044,
14244, 18144, 21244, 24944, 28444 kHz +/- QRM) and CW (3504,
7004, 10104, 14004, 18074, 21004, 24894, 28004 kHz +/ QRM). He
plans to be on 160 metres starting on 10 March. QSL via OZ1ACB
either direct (Allis Andersen, Kagsaavej 34, DK-2730 Herlev,
Denmark). Latest information and log search at http://www.tiph.org/e44/search.htm..
[TNX E44/OZ6ACD]
E4 - Ben, OZ5AAH/OZ5IPA will be active from
Ayar's (E44/OZ6ACD) QTH in Hebron (West Bank) 9 and 16 March. He
plans to concentrate on CW (WARC and low bands). QSL direct to
OZ5AAH. [TNX E44/OZ6ACD]
E4 - A station signing E41/OK1DTP has been
active on 80, 20 and 10 metres. The operator reports to be in
Jenin (West Bank) and to send QSLs to OK1TD, but the Deputy
Minister of the MPT in Gaza has no record of this station. [TNX
The Daily DX]
F - The group of Belgian operators (ON1ABW,
ON1AEO, ON4ARY, ON4BBA, ON4CAQ, ON6VP, ON7FH and ON7KS) will be
active as TM0Y from Yeu Island (EU-064) [425DXN 401] between 18
and 25 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL direct to ON4AMM
(Mary-Lou Moons, Oudestraat 9, B-3560 Lummen, Belgium) or via the
bureau to ON4DST. [TNX ON4BBA]
FO - Guy, FO5QA is a newly licensed amateur
living on Tikehau Atoll (OC-066) in the Tuamotu Archipelago,
French Polynesia. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
G - Glyn, GW0ANA will be active as G0ANA/p
from Tresco Island in the Isles of Scilly (EU-011) between 3 and
7 May. As this will be a backpackers trip only, he will operate
(on 10-80 metres) with just a vertical. QSL via GW0ANA. [TNX
GW0ANA]
I - Special station IR0MFP (Millennium For
Peace) will be active during the ARRL DX SSB Contest. QSL via
IK0AZG. [TNZ IK0AZG]
I - Gianfranco, IK0ZME will be active as IR0F
during the ARRL DX SSB and the other main contests in 1999. QSL
via IK0ZME either direct (P.O. Box 2, 03036 Isola del Liri - FR,
Italy) or through the bureau. [TNX IK0ZME]
I - On 7 March Salento DX Team members will
operate from a few coastal towers. Island chasers please note
that although the calls will sound familiar, these operations
will take place from the mainland. [TNX IK7JWX]
I - DJ1EH will be active from Polesine on 6-7
March. QSL via either DJ1EH or IW4DJZ. Please note that this
island, which has never counted for IOTA, is no longer valid for
IIA as well (its former Reference Number was RO-003). [TNX Crazy
DX Group]
J3 - Bill, K4LTA and his wife Ruby, K4UPS
will be active from Grenada (NA-024) between 10 March and 5
April. Look for J3/K4LTA (CW) and J3/K4UPS (SSB) especially at
14.00-16.00 UTC and 21.00-23.00 UTC. QSL via home calls. [TNX
W4VQ and DX News Sheet]
JT - Antonio, I1ZB and Andrea, IZ0CRN will be
joining Gaetano, IT9GAI and team leader Nicola, I0SNY during the
JT1Y operation on 6-15 April [425DXN 408]. They will operate SSB
(28485, 24985, 21285, 18145, 14185, 7045, 3780, 1840, 50110 kHz)
and CW (28015, 24895, 21015, 18075, 14015, 10105, 7005, 3505,
1825, 50110 kHz). QSL via I0SNY. If interested in participating
in this activity, please contact I0SNY at i0sny@stud.unipg.it. [TNX
I0SNY]
JW - Kjell, SM7NAS will be active as
JW/SM7NAS from Longyearbyen (EU-026), Svalbard between 2 and 8
April. He will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on all bands. QSL via
SM7NAS either direct (Kjell Adolfsson, Svensbackevagen 6D,
SE-59096 Overum, Sweden) or through the bureau. Logs will be
available at http://home.bip.net/kjell_adolfsson after the
operation. [TNX SM7NAS]
KG4 - N4TO and N4OO will be active as KG4TO
and KG4BV respectively from Guantanamo Bay (NA-015) between 11
and 22 March. They will operate primarily CW and will concentrate
on the LF and WARC bands. QSL via home calls. [TNX N4TO]
KG4 - Bill, W4WX (KG4GC) and William, N2WB
(KG4WB) will be active from Guantanamo Bay (NA-015) between 18
and 25 March. They will participate in the BARTG RTTY Contest
(20-21 March) as KG4WB. Before and after the contest they will
operate on all bands with attention to 6 metres and RTTY. QSL via
home calls. [TNX N2WB]
KL - John, AL7RB will be active from NA-064
between 25 and 30 March. He will be operating when his work
schedule permits. [TNX AL7RB and [Islands On The Web]
LU - Javier, LU9HS plans to participate in
the ARRL DX SSB and CQ WW WPX SSB Contests as LR0H (20 metres).
QSL via LU9HS (Javier Omar Santillan, P.O. Box 6, 5022 Cordoba,
Argentina). [TNX LU9HS]
OH0 - Dennis Motschenbacher, K7BV (Editor for
the National Contest Journal) will be going to Aland Islands
(EU-002) to operate the new OH0Z station in the CQ WW WPX CW
Contest. He will be active as OH0/K7BV before and after the
contest. Look for him mainly on CW on all HF bands (WARC
included), on RS12 and possibly on 6 metres, if he can borrow a
small trasceiver. His DXpedition will take place between 23 May
and 3 June, and he is also expected to operate from Market Reef
(see OJ0 below) during this period. George, K5KG (GeorgeK5KG@aol) will perform
Pilot Station duties and daily feed constructive input from the
DX community to K7BV via HF skeds. Cards for OH0/K7BV via KU9C,
for OH0Z via OH1EH (Ari Korhonen, Kreetalank. 9 As 1, FIN-29200
Harjavalta, Finland). [TNX K7BV]
OJ0 - Dennis, K7BV is most likely to operate
for three or four days as OJ0/K7BV from Market Reef (EU-053)
before his going to Aland (see OH0 above). QSL via KU9C. [TNA
K7BV]
PJ8 - George, W3EH (ex K2KTT) will be active
as PJ8/W3EH between 4 and 11 March on 10-80 metres CW and SSB. He
will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest (Single Operator 10
metres). [TNX The Daily DX]
PJ8 - Latest information from Bert, PA3GIO is
that he will *not* operate from either Tintamarre or St. Martin
[425DXN 408]. Between 6 and 11 March he will be active (SSB only)
as PJ8/PA3GIO/m from Sint Maarten (NA-105). QSL via PA3GIO,
preferably through the bureau. [TNX PA3GIO]
PY - PY7XC will be active (SSB and CW on 40,
20 and 15 metres) as ZY6XC from Tinhare Island (SA-080) between
12 and 15 March. QSL direct to PY7XC (Jemesson Faria, Rua Dhalia
228, Apt 401, 51020-290 Recife - PE, Brazil). [TNX IK8TPJ and
IT9DAA]
PY - PP8EB, PP8BV, PP8KWA, PP8DA, PP8JM,
PP8KB, PP8RL and PP8HDA will be active as ZY8A on 6-80 metres SSB
and CW between 1 and 4 April. The operation will take place from
the National Park of Anavilhanas Archipelago (DIB 74, not IOTA)
in the Amazon jungle. QSL via PP8KB (Luiz Ricardo, P.O.Box 691,
Manaus Am Brazil 69011-970, Brazil). [TNX PP5SZ and PP8EB]
PY0_spp- The forthcoming 15-22 March
DXpedition to St. Peter and St. Paul Archipelago (SA-014) [425DXN
405] will use the callsigns ZV0SB (SSB) and ZV0SW (CW). Look for
them on CW (1825, 3505, 7005, 10140, 14005, 18075, 21005, 24895
and 28005 kHz) and SSB (1835, 3785, 7055, 14195, 18145, 21295,
24935 and 28495 kHz). If they work RTTY (which is not sure) they
will sign ZV0SY on or around 14080 and 21080 kHz. QSL via PT2GTI.
The ABRA web site (in Portuguese) is at http://www.pt2dx.org.br.
[TNX PT2NP and IK2FIQ]
T3 - DL7DF (Sigi Presch, Wilhelmsmuhlenweg
123, 12621 Berlin, Germany; DL7DF@t-online.de)
and others are reported to be planning a three-week operation
from West Kiribati (T30) in October/November. Part of the group
will operate for a few days from Banaba (T33). Plans are to have
two stations from T30 and two stations from T33, which means four
stations up and running from T30 when the T33 operators return
from Banaba. Further information is expected in due time. [TNX
IZ1CRR and The Daily DX]
TG - Luca Aliprandi, IK2NCJ has been active
as TG9/IK2NCJ from Guatemala since 27 February and will go QRT on
14 March. He will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest. QSL via
I2MQP (on-line log at http://www.ari.it).
[TNX IK2NCJ]
UR - EN5J from Ukraine will participate in
the ARRL DX SSB and CQ WW WPX SSB Contests. QSL via KG6AR (Chris
Williams, 1117 S. Del Mar Ave., San Gabriel, CA 91776-3034, USA).
[TNX KG6AR]
V3 - KI6IM, KM6K, AB6WM and W2NA will
participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest (6-7 March) as V31DX from
Belize. [TNX DX News Sheet]
VE - Look for either VE2FCQ or VE2MA/p to be
active (14260, 21260, 7060 kHz) from four new C.IS.A. (Canadian
Islands Award) islands starting on 12.30 UTC on 10 March (in case
of bad weather the operators will try again on 29 March). The
islands are Moras, Lozeau, Bougainville and Fourche, all of them
are located in the Province of Quebec and they do not count for
IOTA. QSL direct to VE2ICM. [TNX VE2ICM]
VK - Twelve VK6 operators will be active from
Woody Island (OC-170) between 04.00 UTC on 14 March to 00.00 UTC
on the 21st. They have applied for the call VI6EWI, which is yet
to be confirmed, and will be working on all bands (SSB and CW)
with four HF stations. QSL via VK6NE either direct or through the
bureau. [TNX VK6APK].
VK - Martin, G3ZAY plans to be active from
the Wellesley Islands (Queensland State Carpentaria Gulf South
Group, OC-???) from approximately 07.00z on 30 March to 23.00 UTC
on the 31st. The VK4 callsign will be issued on arrival in
Australia. QSL via G3ZAY (Martin Atherton, 41 Enniskillen Road,
Cambridge CB4 1SQ, England, UK). [TNX G3ZAY]
VK - Martin, G3ZAY plans to be active from
Thursday Island (OC-138) from 07.00 UTC 2 April to 23.00 UTC on
the 3rd. The VK4 callsign will be issued on arrival in Australia.
QSL via G3ZAY. [TYNX G3ZAY]
VK - Stuart, VK8NSB will be active as
VK8NSB/P while on holiday from Groote Eylandt (OC-141) between 3
and 18 April. He plans to operate on 10, 15 and 80 metres (SSB
and CW) with special attention to Europe. QSL via VK9NS. [TNX
VK8NSB]
VK9_nor- Toshi, JM1KNQ and Masa, JQ3DUE will
be active respectively as VK9NQ and VK9NM from Norfolk Island
(OC-005) between 11 and 16 March. They plan to operate on 6-160
metres CW, SSB, RTTY and AM. QSL VK9NQ via JM1KNQ (H. Abe,
4-53-3-203, Taidera 4-chome, Akashi-city Hyogo, 673-0845 Japan).
QSL VK9NM via JQ3DUE (Masa Ikeda, 6-19-9 Tsukigaoka Nishi-ku,
Kobe-city Hyogo, 651-2217 Japan). [TNX The Daily DX]
VU - Ram, VU3DJO will be active in contests
as AT0DJQ until the end of April. He will be active on 20 metres
only. QSL via VU3DJQ. [TNX VU3DJQ]
XU - Song Hyung Sub, HL2AQN will be active as
XU7AAC from Cambodia between 11 and 15 March. Look for him on 40,
15 and 10 metres CW and SSB: QSL via HL2AQN (Song Hyung Sub,
Buwon Apt. 9-101, 340, Wonjeong-dong Bucheon, Kyunggi-do, 421-200
Korea). The web site is at http://www.qsl.net/hl2kat. [TNX HL2KAT]
YS - Hrane, YT1AD will participate in the
ARRL SSB DX Contest as HU4A from El Salvador. QSL via YT1AD. [TNX
The Daily DX]
ZP - Tom, ZP5AZL plans to participate in the
ARRL DX SSB Contest possibly as ZP40Z (QSL via W3HNK), while
Juan, ZP5MAL will be entering the contest (15 metres) as ZP6T
(QSL via ZP5MAL). [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
E44DX ---> The E44DX team (W3UR,
OH1RY, OH2TA and OH2BH) logged 33,775 QSOs with 14,640
individual DXers in seven days of operation from Gaza
City, Palestine. QSL E44DX via OH2BN. One of the Yaesu
FT-1000MP radios was donated o PAWS, the new Palestinian
Amateur Wireless Society, which now holds the E44DX call
sign. Another complete station was donated to PAWS, and
is currently being used by E4/OZ6ACD. [TNX N4NG]
IOTA CONTEST ---> The results of the
1998 IOTA Contest are available at http://www.iol.ie/~okanep/iota98.html
(the *free* SDI logging program for the 1999 Contest can
be downloaded from this site).
QSL 3V8BB ---> Cards for contats made
during the CQ 160 Meter SSB Contest (operators UA2FF,
UA2FB and UA2FZ) should be requested via DK4VW.
QSL 5H3/IK2GZU ---> Maurizio, IK2GZU
logged some 2500 QSOs during his recent staying in
Tanzania [425DXN 405]. Unfortunately it was not possible
to use other antennas but the tribander at the mission
where he was working. Cards have been ordered and can be
requested via IK2GZU either direct (Maurizio Buffoli, Via
degli Angeli 9, 25033 Cologne - BS, Italy) or through the
bureau. Requests for bureau cards can be sent to ik2gzu@spidernet.it).
[TNX IK2GZU]
QSL E44/JA8RUZ ---> Cards should be
sen to Toshi, JA8RUZ, preferably at the following
address: Toshikazu Kawanishi, C.P.O. Box 166, Asahikawa,
Hokkaido, 070-8571, Japan. His e-mail address is toshispk@hokkai.or.jp
[TNX JA8RUZ]
QSL JW0M ---> Tomek, SP5UAF has
received a few cards for JW0M, but he is not, and has
never been, the QSL manager for this station. Tomek will
forward the cards received to the address given by JW0M
(P.O. Box 35, Gdansk 37, Poland). [TNX SP5UAF]
QSL VK8AV/3 ---> Cards for Alan,
VK8AV/3 [425DXN 408] should be sent (direct only) to
VK4AAR (Alan Roocroft, P.O.Box 421, Gatton 4343,
Australia). VK8AAR is also able to confirm other QSOs
with VK8AV if needed. VK8AV/3 will be active from Phillip
Island (OC-136) until mid March. [TNX VK4AAR]
QSL VK9CA ---> JA1CMD, who operated
as VK9CA (Cocos Island, OC-003) in January [425DXN 402],
reports many stations sent their cards to his address in
Japan. Please note that his current address is Kazu
Miyamori, Apt 2, #52604, Hilton Residence, Jl Gatot
Subroto, P.O. Box 4083, KBY Jakarta 12040, Indonesia.
Bureau cards should be sent to JA1CMD via JARL.
QSL YC5XIP ---> QSL manager I1WFF
(Fulvio Marin, P.O. Box 88, 13900 Biella - BI, Italy)
reports that for the time being he can confirm contacts
made by Syafry from OC-109 (2-4 October 1997, 30-31
October 1998, 1-2 November 1998) and OC-106 (11, 12,
23,24,27 October 1997; 28 November 1997; 6 September
1998; 23- 25 October 1998). Fulvio says he has replied to
the direct cards received so far, a few "not in
logs" are being checked with YC5XIP but it takes
time (if Fulvio does not receive any information from
Syafry, he will return these cards & IRCs/green
stamps). Logs for OC-075 and OC-108 + OC-106 and OC-109
for QSOs made on other dates have been requested but not
received so far. Island chasers are invited to contact
Fulvio at i1wff@biella.alpcom.it
before sending their requests. Syafry's current address
is P.O. Box 01, Sedanau 29182, Indonesia. [TNX I1WFF]
QSL VIA K1WY ---> The K1WY DX
Association (k1wydxa@ibm.net)
is the QSL manager for 5R8ET, AX1TX, ET3BT, GI3MUS,
GI6YM, GI0PCU, HB0CZS, K1WY, KW1JY, KW1WY, ON4CAT,
ON9CAT, P29CC, S21J, TF7GX, TF8GX, UA0ACG, UA0AOZ, UA0DC,
UA0ZBK, VK1TX, ZD7VC and ZL3KIM. QSLs can be sent to The
K1WY DX Association at either P.O.Box 2644, Hartford, CT
06146-2644, USA or P.O.Box 90, Eeklo 9900, Belgium. [TNX
KW1WY]
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
C.Is.A.: - Full information on the
Canadian Islands Award is available at www.tir.com/~wd8mgq
DIE: - Paco, EA5OL reports that the new
web pages for the Spanish Islands Awards (DIE) ar at http://members.es.tripod.de/die.
E-MAILS: - Fernando, LU7AWY reports this
is an interesting site where to find e-mail addresses for
radio amateurs from all around the world: http://members.eunet.at/hagenbu/ftp.htm.
LOGS (E44): - An on-line log search for
E44DX is now available at http://www.n4gn.com/e44dx/.
The same log search database may now also be searched via
e-mail: send a message to e44dx-log@n4gn.com
with your call sign at the beginning of the SUBJECT line.
The BODY of the message is ignored. [TNX N4NG]
LOGS (E44): - The logs for E44/HA1AG are
now available at http://www.okdxc.cz/e44 (they cover
the contacts made up to 05.46 UTC on 2 March, the final
update is expected after the team is back home). Please
note that the band for many RTTY QSOs is wrong band (20
metres instead of 15), the correction will be made as
soon as possible. [TNX PA1AW]
LOGS (FT5W): - The updated logs for
FT5WH are now available at http://perso.easynet.fr/~f5nod/ft5whlog.html.
(Gil, F5NOD reports they include contacts made through
17.43 UTC on 20 February).
LOGS (TL): - Alex, PA3DZN is now QRT
from Central African Republic [425DXN 408], where he
operated as TL5A and TL0R. The final update of the TL5A
logs is now available at http://www.qsl.net/tl5a
and/or http://www.igr.nl/users/pa1aw/qsl.
[TNX PA1AW]
SP DX CONTEST: - It will take place (on
both CW and SSB) between 15 UTC on 3 April and 15 UTC on
the 4th. Full information is available at http://www.silesia.top.pl/~jancom/rules.html.
[TNX SP6OPC]
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