10 April 1999
No 414
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
FAREWELL TO A FRIEND - The RSGB DX News
Sheet, one of the many creatures of the late Geoff Watts, has
been a most valuable source of DX information since 1962. The
RSGB has now decided that with effect from 30 June 1999, the
Society will no longer be producing the DX News Sheet due to a
diminishing number of subscribers. At the same time Chris Page,
G4BUE, current Editor of the DXNS, says he is not in a position
to be able to take the DXNS on completely. We are sad to see the
ending of this prestigious bulletin, with which we have had the
pleasure to co-operate for years, on the basis of a most fruitful
mutual exchange of information - THANK YOU, CHRIS from the very
bottom of our hearts.
3B9 - The 3B9R team on Rodriguez (AF-017)
have been active since 22.00 UTC on 31 March and fully
operational since 4 April. Tropical cyclone Frederick appeared to
be heading towards the islands but it did not hit hard. So far
around 35,000 QSOs have been made (1,000 on RTTY) and it is hoped
to end up with 40,000 in the log. The operation will close down
at 22 UTC on 10 April. QSL via N7LVD.
3D2 - Craig, 3D2TC is now QRV on 6 metres
with 100 watts and a dipole. He checks 28.885 and monitors
50.110; with an opening, look for him on SSB at 50.115. Craig is
usually on after 05.30 UTC weekdays and when available on
weekends. QSL direct to Craig Thompson, 50 Beach Road, Suva
Point, Suva, Fiji Islands. [TNX W7TSQ]
4U1ITU - Paul, K9NU plans to be active (on
10-80 metres SSB and RTTY) from 4U1ITU at the International
Telecommunications Union in Geneva between 10 and 12 April. QSL
via the bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
4U1ITU - Eric, W3DQ will be in Geneva between
16 and 25 April and plans to operate from 4U1ITU in his free time
after 19 UTC. He hopes to be active on RTTY and 12, 17 and 30
metres. QSL via the bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
5N - 5N99 is the special prefix used in April
by mateurs in Nigeria to celebrate the Under 21 Football (soccer)
World Championship. 5N9CEN is therefore active as 5N99CEN (QSL
via IV3VBM), while Stan, 5N0/OK1JR is now active as 5N99MSV
(afterwrds he will operate as 5N0MSV, QSL via OK1JR). [TNX IV3VBM
and The Daily DX]
9N - K4VUD's Nepal call [425DXN 413] has been
changed. As foreign visitors are now designated with a 7,
Charlie's call is 9N7UD (not 9N1UD any longer). [TNX N4GI]
9V - SARTS in conjunction with the Singapore
Armed Forces will operate special event station 9V1GYL at the
Singapore site of the original British Royal Navy station GYL
(this was the call used in the Commonwealth Area Scheme which has
now been closed). Operations will take place on 10 and 11 April;
plans are to concentrate on CW (14050 and 21050 kHz +/- 10 kHz),
but SSB will also be used as conditions permit. Special QSL via
the bureau. [TNX 9V1RH]
A3 - Paul, A35RK is now QRV on 6 metres with
100 watts and a beam. He checks 28.885 and monitors 50.110; with
an opening, look for him on CW at 50.120. Paul is on whenever he
is available weekdays and weekends. QSL via W7TSQ. [TNX W7TSQ]
BY - BA1AA, BA1AB, BA1DU, BA1OK, BA1RB and
others will participate in the Japan International DX CW Contest
this weekend from BY1PK, the official station of Chinese Radio
Sports Association. QSL via P.O.Box 6106, Beijing 100061, China.
[TNX BA1DU]
DU - Bernhard Stefan, DL2GAC is now in the
Philippines and plans to operate as DU2/DL2GAC from Batan Island
(OC-093). Nothing is certain yet and his success will depend on
getting the licence, suitable transportation from and to Manila,
power supply situation on the island, etc. However his target is
to arrive between 12 and 15 April and operate for about 7 days.
QSL via DL2GAC preferably through the bureau. [TNX 9V1RH]
EA - The Union de Radioaficionados Espanoles
(URE) is celebrating its 50th anniversary and sponsors an award
for contacts made between 1 April and 1 May with the following
special EG stations operating from the various provinces in
Spain: EG1AV, EG1BU, EG1C, EG1LE, EG1LO, EG1LU, EG1O, EG1OR,
EG1P, EG1PO, EG1S, EG1SA, EG1SG, EG1SO, EG1VA, EG1ZA, EG2BI,
EG2HU, EG2NA, EG2SS, EG2TE, EG2VI, EG2Z, EG3B, EG3GI, EG3L, EG3T,
EG4BA, EG4CC, EG4CR, EG4CU, EG4GU, EG4M, EG4TO, EG5A, EG5AB,
EG5CS, EG5MU, EG5V, EG6IB, EG7AL, EG7CA, EG7CO, EG7GR, EG7H,
EG7J, EG7MA, EG7SE, EG8GC, EG8TF, EG9CE, EG9ML + the official
station EG50URE. A plain .txt file with the rules is available on
request from URE Award Manager Francisco Campos, EA4BT (ea4bt@arrakis.es). [TNX EA4BT]
G - As part of the coming weekend activity to
mark the decline of Maritime Coast Radio Stations, GB0GLD will
operate from the site of LandsEnd Radio at St.Just, Cornwall.
Activity will be predominately on LF using 1841, a long-time
working frequency at GLD, for both CW and SSB and usual DX
frequencies for SSB and CW on 80 metres. Operators will be G3XRJ,
G3RID, G4ALY and G4AMT. All QSOs will be confirmed via the
bureau. [TNX G4AMT]
HI - Andy, G4ZVJ will be active on CW as
HI/G4ZVJ until 20 April from Dominican Republic (NA-096). QSL via
G4ZVJ. [TNX DX News Sheet]
HS - E20EHQ/p will be active on 12-18 April
during Scout For The King, the 5th Senior Scount Jamboree
Sataheeb, Thailand. [TNX E20EHQ]
I - Amateurs from ARI Civitavecchia will
activate Marconian station IY0TC on 10-11 April (during the YL
Radio Club "Elettra Marconi" International Contest), on
24 April (International Marconi Day) and on 26-27 June (during
the Marconi Memorial HF CW Contest). QSL via I0KHP. [TNX I0KHP]
JA - Yuki, JA6LCJ and Shige, JA6JPS will be
active (CW and SSB) as JA6LCJ/6 and JA6JPS/6 from Koshiki Islands
(AS-037) on 9 and 11 April. QSL via home calls. Logsearch will be
available at http://www.nttl-net.ne.jp/ja6lcj/. [TNX
JA6LCJ]
KH0 - Yoichi, JP1NWZ plans to be active (on
all bands CW with some SSB) as KH0XX from Saipan (OC-086) between
15 and 19 April. QSL via JP1NWZ. [TNX The Daily DX]
OZ - Knud, OZ2ZB will be active from Egholm
Island (not IOTA, NJ-004 for the Danish Islands Award) between 11
and 15 UTC on 13 April. Look for him first around 7.075 and then
around 14.265 MHz. Knud lives on Northjutland (not IOTA, NJ-001).
[TNX OZ2ZB]
PJ - N6ZW and K6IPA plan to be active as
PJ8/N6ZW and PJ8/K6IPA from St. Maarten (NA-105) between 10 and
24 April. Activity on the novice CW bands and school nets is
expected. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin]
SV/A - Monk Apollo, SV2ASP/A is expected to
be active from Mount Athos on 10 April between 14 and 16 UTC on
or around 28475 kHz (if conditions are not good he will move to
18140). He will be looking for US stations. Monk Apollo is
expected to be active for the next week or two on SSB and
possibly on RTTY and Pactor. QSL to Monk Apollo, Monastery
Dochiariou, GR-63087 Mt. Athos, Greece. [TNX The Daily DX]
T7 - Look for T70A to be active from San
Marino between 6 and 16 UTC on 10 and 11 April. Seven operators
(I0QI, IK0VYB, IK0WDG, IZ0BTV, IW0BNI, IW0EJP and IW0GLC) plan to
operate on all bands from 2 to 160 metres. [TNX Crazy DX Group]
UA - Mike, UA3SDK is now expected to be
active as UA3SDK/0 [425DXN 407] from Sredniy Island (AS-042)
until the end of April. QSL via RU3SD (P.O. Box 1, Ryazan 390000,
Russia). [TNX The Daily DX]
V4 - Jim, G0IXC will be active (on 10, 15, 20
and 40 metres SSB) as V47XC from Nevis Island (NA-104) between 10
and 30 April. QSL via G0IXC. [TNX DX News Sheet]
VE - VE7QCR and VE7TLL plan to be active as
VE7ISL from Maude Island (NA-051, CISA BC-???) on 10 April. They
hope to be QRV for approximately six hours starting at 17.00 UTC.
This will be a one day operation only and could be cancelled if
the weather turns bad. [TNX VE7TLL]
W - Mal, VK6LC reports that Martin,
G3ZAY/NU2L plans to be active from Catalina Island (NA-066)
possibly after the Convention at Fresno. [TNX VK6LC and Islands
On The Web]
XE - Ron, NP2AQ is active as XE1/NP2AQ from
Mexico City until September 2000. He reports his P.O. Box address
in Florida is no longer valid and cards should be sent his QSL
manager (W3HNK) or direct to him: Ron Maples, US Embassy Mexico
City, Box 3087, Laredo, TX 78044, USA. [TNX NP2AQ]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
BY1DX [425DXN 412] ---> The following
is an abstract of a message received from Ban ZhiGang,
BA1MK (Chairman, Beijing DX Club): "BY1DX is
licensed to 'Beijing Chaoyang Youngsters' Center of
Science and Technology'. It is located in the 7 story
building of the Center at the East edge of Beijing city.
As identical the same as other existing 80 club stations
of Youngsters' centers, schools and universities in
China, the main goal of BY1DX is to promote the young
students' interests in radio technique, and also may
accept foreign operators for guest operation, whenever
arrangement is practical, and if the visitor hold
operating certificate from CRSA. We do appreciated the
kind sponsorship from Nokia (China) for our friends and
kids here. However, it would be not true if we say 'it is
first-ever foreign corporate sponsored amateur radio club
in China', because since 1981 several dozens amateur
radio club stations in China have been established under
the kind sponsorship from foreign amateur radio
organizations, clubs, companies, publishers, and
individuals in the same way."
K1WY DX ASSOCIATION ---> QSL cards or
requests for information may be sent to the nearest
office: P.O. Box 2644, Hartford, CT 06146-2644, USA
(Operations Manager K1WY/ON9CAT, k1wydxa@ibm.net) or
P.O. Box 90, Eeklo 9900, Belgium. (Operations Manager
ON4CAT/KW1WY, on4cat@ibm.net).
The new web site is at http://pws.prserv.net/k1wydxa.
Current stations managed by the K1WY DX Association
include 5A21PA, 5R8ET, AX1TX, ET3BT, GD3LSF, GI3MUS,
GI6YM, GI0PCU, HB0CZS, K1WY, KW1JY, KW1WY, ON4CAT,
ON9CAT, P29CC, S21J, TF7GX, TF8GX, UA0ACG, UA0AOZ, UA0DC,
UA0ZBK, VK1TX, ZD7VC and ZL3KIM. [TNX K1WY]
QSL CE3/NE4Z AND XR3Z ---> Steve,
NE4Z reports that the *new* QSL manager for his
operations as either XR3Z and CE3/NE4Z is AJ4Y (Paul
Womble, P.O. Box 1207, Highland City, FL 33846-1207,
USA). The old route to CE3SMN is no longer good. Steve
will be in Chile for about another month. [TNX The
Golist]
QSL EK ---> Amateurs from Armenia
(EK4JJ, EK7DX, EK8ZZ) report that as there is no QSL
bureau in their country, cards should be sent direct
only. [TNX IK3GES and W3JJ]
QSL LT1H ---> This will be the
contest call of Daniel, LU1HLH for the next four years.
QSL via LU1HLH (Daniel Lucca, Avenida San Martin 4753,
5111 Rio Ceballos, Cordoba, Argentina). [TNX LU1HLH]
QSL VK4CAY ---> Laurie Pritchard
VK4BLE (WIAQ QSL Bureau Manager, wiaqqsl@powerup.com.au)
reports that Martin's (G3ZAY) callsign has been noted in
their incoming database, so that any cards sent to the
VK4 QSL BUREAU will be redirected to the RSGB QSL BUREAU
for this operation. For a faster reply, G3ZAY's address
is Martin Atherton, 41 Enniskillen Road, Cambridge CB4
1SQ, England, UK.
QSL NOT VIA G3XTT ---> Don, G3XTT
will no longer be the QSL manager for contest stations
M6T, M7T, and M8T. The new manager is G4PIQ (Andy Cook,
Fishers Farm, Colchester Road, Tendring, Essex, CO16 9AA
England). [TNX The Daily DX]
SPECIAL EVENT ---> The OPDX Bulletin
reports that on 10-11 April the Radio Officers' Amateur
Radio Society will commemorate the end of maritime CW
operations with a tribute to maritime coastal stations.
Over 90 special event amateur stations are expected to
participate. Further information is available at http://homepages.enterprise.net/dbarlow/.
T99KK ---> Alex, PA3DZN left
Bosnia/Herzegovina [425DXN 413] after ten days and 1072
QSOs as T99KK. He expects to be active from his new
assignment in a couple of weeks. QSL via PA1AW (ex
PA3DMH). A new logsearch for all of his activities
(T99KK, TL5A, TL0R, D25L, 9Q2L, 9R1A, 9X5EE, ZS6/PA3DZN)
is now available at http://www.okdxc.cz/pa1aw. [TNX
PA1AW]
SILENT KEY - We have been informed by
Rob, HJ3PXA that well known DXer William Elasmar, HK3RQ
passed away recently. A former President of the Liga
Colombiana de Radioaficionados, Bill was active on SSB
and CW and provided many old timers with their first
contact with a station from Colombia.
MOST NEEDED DXCC ENTITIES - The following
survey is taken from the newly published ARRL DXCC Yearbook 1998
and includes the top 50 entities needed by DXers who participate
in the DXCC programme. It reflects the positions as they were
prior to the addition of three new entities - namely H40
(Temotu), FO (Austral Islands) and FO (Marquesas Islands) - to
the DXCC List. Part 2/2 (positions from 51 to 100) will be
published in 425 DX News # 416. Last year's survey can be found
in 425DXN 362 and 364. [TNX The Daily DX]
Rank Prefix Entity Rank Prefix Entity
---------------------------------------------------------------------
1 P5 North Korea 26 3Y Peter I
2 BS7H Scarborough Reef 27 FT5Z Amsterdam & St Paul
3 BV9P Pratas 28 ZS8 Prince Edward & Marion
4 A5 Bhutan 29 PY0S St Peter And Paul Rocks
5 VU4 Andaman & Nicobar 30 YA Afghanistan
6 E3 Eritrea 31 FT5W Crozet
7 7O Yemen 32 Z3 Macedonia
8 FR/T Tromelin 33 3D2C Conway Reef
9 FR/G Glorioso 34 T33 Banaba
10 3Y Bouvet 35 TN Congo
11 ZL9 Auckland & Campbell 36 T9 Bosnia-Herzegovina
12 VK0/M Macquarie 37 CE0X San Felix
13 VU7 Lakshadweep 38 XW Laos
14 VP8/S South Sandwich 39 1S Spratly
15 XZ Myanmar 40 VK9M Mellish Reef
16 3B7 Agalega & St Brandon 41 T31 Central Kiribati
17 SV/A Mount Athos 42 VK9/W Willis
18 VK0/H Heard 43 PY0T Trindade & Martin Vaz
19 HK0/M Malpelo 44 YV0 Aves
20 3C0 Annobon 45 FT5X Kerguelen
21 KH5K Kingman Reef 46 EP Iran
22 FR/J Juan De Nova & Europa 47 OK Czech Republic
23 5A Libya 48 1A0 SMOM
24 VP8/G South Georgia 49 S2 Bangladesh
25 ZL8 Kermadec 50 KH1 Baker & Howland
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
GMDXG:http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/KenDons
is the URL for the web site of the GM DX Group. It
contains information on the GM Activity Weekend [425DXN
412] and the Islands of Scotland Award (ISA). [TNX DX
News Sheet]
IL3/IK3QAR: The new URL is http://il3.camelotweb.net
(bureau cards for IIA activities can now be requested on
this site - click on Logs on Line) [TNX IK3QAR]
VK6COM - Peel Amateur Radio Group, P.O.Box
1010, Mandurah, WA, 6210, Australia
YU7AL - Aleksandar Hajosevic,
S.Radosavljevica 27, YU-25000 Sombor,Yugoslavia
ZS1FJ - Barry P.M.Fletcher, 18 Valley
Road, Kenilworth 7700, Cape Town, South Africa
ZS6EZ - Chris R.Burger, P.O.Box 4485,
Pretoria 0001, South Africa
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