24 April 1999
No 416
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
This issue was prepared well in advance as your editors left
on Wednesday morning for the IOTA Convention in Alicante (Spain).
NORTH KOREA - Martti Laine, OH2BH started
being active as P51BH from North Korea around 6 UTC on 21 April
(first on CW later on SSB). The short operation ended just before
8 UTC and Martti expected to leave North Korea on Thursday
morning (22 April). His aim was to show the amateur radio
equipment and concept to the P5 authorities - it was not a
DXpedition, but hopefully this may lead to one.
6W - 6W1PZ, 6W1EX, 6W1RD and 6W1QP will be
active as 6V1A from Goree Island (AF-045) between 00.00Z on 1 May
and 17.00 UTC on the 2nd.QSL via ARAS, P.O. Box 971, Dakar,
Senegal. [TNX The Daily DX]
9K - Members of the Kuwait Amateur Radio
Society will be active as 9K2F from Faylaka Island (AS-118)
between 22 and 30 April. QSL via 9K2RA (Kuwait Amateur Radio
Society, P.O. Box 5240, 13053 Safat, Kuwait). [TNX 9K2DR]
F - Jean-Marc, F5SGI will be /P from Brehat
Island (EU-074) between 25 and 1 May. He will operate mostly on
CW with some SSB on 14260 kHz. [TNX F5SGI]
F - ON6DP and ON7RN will operate from TP50CE
(the special event station celebrating the fifty anniversary of
the Council of Europe) between 30 April and 2 May. QSL via F6FQK.
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
H40 - JK7TKE, who was active last week as
H4400 from the Solomon Islands, is now active as H40OO from
Temotu. The Daily DX reports "he is only able to get on the
air during his evenings as there is no AC until then". QSL
via JK7TKE.
I - Amateurs from ARI Casalecchio di Reno
will operate as IZ4CUK from Junior High School "Guglielmo
Marconi" on 24-26 April. During the International Marconi
Day they will also be active as IY4IMD as usual. [TNX IK4NYY]
JA - Joe, JA4PXE plans to be active (on 10-40
metres SSB) as JA4PXE/6 from Kusagaki Island (AS-067) between 19
UTC on 29 April and 23 UTC on the 30th. QSL via JA4PXE (Syouji
Kuwahara, 1-75 Midori-ku, Tokuyama, 745-0075 Japan). [TNX JI6KVR
and JA9IFF/1]
W - Bob, W2SF will be active (on all bands
WARC included, CW, SSB and RTTY) from Lower Matecumbe Key in the
Florida Keys (NA-062) between 23 April and 7 May. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
XU - Jani, YB0US will be active (on 6-80
metres) as XUAAP (no number) from Cambodia between 22 and 26
April. QSL via N2OO (Bob Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ
08087, USA). [TNX N2OO]
YB - After a couple months of inactivity,
Ovy, YC8VIP, is back on the air as YC8VIP/7. He does not operate
from Ambon any longer, as he now resides in Banjarmasin,
Kalimatan (OC-088). QSL via W6MD either direct or through the
bureau (bureau cards are answered once a year): all direct cards
for contacts until December 1998 have been answered, W6MD is
waiting for the January logs. [TNX W6MD]
YB - Joni, YC9WZJ is active from Sorong,
Irian Jaya (OC-034). QSL via W6MD, either direct or through the
bureau. [TNX W6MD]
ZL - Ed, K8VIR/ZL4IR will be active from
Stewart Island (OC-203) between 24 April and 1 May. QSL via W8WC.
[TNX The Daily DX]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
INTERNATIONAL MARCONI DAY ---> The
event is sponsored by the Cornish Radio Amateur Club and
it will take place between 00.00 UTC and 23.59 UTC on 24
April. Please visit http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~straff/
for the list of Marconian stations which are expected to
participate in the event.
QSL MANAGER NEEDED? ---> If you need
a QSL manager, Mirko, I3MKH offers his services (direct
and through the bureau) - please contact him via CBA or
at i3mkh@pj2pz.ampr.org.
QSL 5R8FU ---> QSL manager John,
SM0DJZ reports that Aka, 5R8FU is used to snail-mailing
his logs every second month. John received the latest
batch on 16 April and he expected to reply to direct
requestes during last week. Aka has now made 7000 QSOs on
all bands (10-160 metres) CW, SSB and RTTY. Logs are
available at http://www.dx.qsl.net/logs.
QSL VK9XX & VK9YY ---> Charlie,
W0YG asks not to use the ARRL Bureau system - if you want
a bureau card, he says, "please use the WF5E QSL
Service which is much easier on us for QSLing". Logs
are available at http://www.dx.qsl.net/logs.
QSL NOT VIA W6MD ---> Stephan Busono,
W6MD reports he is receiving cards for YB2UU and YB2PBX,
but he is not the QSL manager for these stations.
QSL VIA I4UFH ---> Fabio, I4UFH
reports he has no direct/bureau backlog for his
operations as 5H1FS (1997) and SV9/I4UFH (1998).
QSL VIA K4MZU ---> Bob, K4MZU reports
he is the QSL manager for the following Antarctic
stations: KC4AAB, KC4AAC (from 1995), KC4AAD (from 1997),
KC4AAF (from 1995), KC4AAG, KC4USB (from 1996), KC4USL/am
(from 1996), KC4USV (op. Greg only), KC4USX (op. Henry
only), KC4/KC7GJJ, KC4/KH6JNF, KC4/KJ3Z, KC4/KL7RL,
KC4/VE7MKZ, KC4/VE0HSS, LU1ZC (1974-75), R1ANW (op. Henry
only), VE0HSS/am, VP8CRE, VP8MS, VP8MX.
QSL VIA KB5IPQ ---> Floyd, N5FG
(Manager of the W5 QSL Bureau) reports that bureau cards
will be returned to sender as KB5IPQ accepts direct cards
only. He is the manager for CU3AV, J37LK, HL9JF,
HH2/KB0QNS, N3SIY/HH2, HR2A, HR2KOS, HR2RDJ, N4GFO/KH2,
KL7IYD, VY1JA, XE2UVB, YN4ZUJ, YN4/WK6O, YO2CDE (before
1999 only), YS1ZV. QSLs should be sent to William P.
Vaughn, 374 Paul Rd, Boyce, LA 71409, USA.
QSL VIA N6FF ---> Dick, N6FF
(ex-KL7H) reports he has the cards and all of the logs
for EX0V, NH6D/KH4, NH6D/KH2, LY4AA and RA0FF.
QSL VIA PP1CZ ---> Leo is the QSL
manager for PP4P, PP0F, PP0MAG, PR100CZ, PR100/PP1CZ,
PU0F, PW1Z, PY0B, PY0MAG, PY0F/PP1CZ, ZQICZ, ZW1CZ,
ZZ1AA, ZZ1CZ, ZZ0TA. Due to some problems at the PP1
Outgoing Bureau, he has been used to sending bureau cards
*at his own expenses* since early 1997. While waiting for
the problems to be sorted out, he will send direct to the
various bureaux all around the world the 5000+ old cards
he has found recently being kept at the PP1 Bureau. [TNX
PP1CZ]
MOST NEEDED DXCC ENTITIES - PART 2/2. The
following survey is taken from the newly published ARRL DXCC
Yearbook 1998 and includes the other 50 of the top 100 entities
needed by DXers who participate in the DXCC programme. Part 1/2
(positions from 1 to 50) was published in 425 DX News #414. [TNX
The Daily DX]
Rank Prefix Country Rank Prefix Country
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51 9U Burundi 76 CE0Z Juan Fernandez
52 3V Tunisia 77 TY Benin
53 KH5 Palmyra & Jarvis 78 KH4 Midway
54 VK9/X Christmas 79 YI Iraq
55 VK9/Y Cocos-Keeling 80 KH9 Wake
56 OM Slovak Republic 81 ST Sudan
57 FO/C Clipperton 82 JD1 Minami Torishima
58 ZD9 Tristan Da Cunha & Gough 83 CY0 Sable Island
59 5R8 Madagascar 84 A6 United Arab Emirates
60 TT8 Chad 85 D6 Comoros
61 3B9 Rodriguez 86 KH7K Kure
62 TI9 Cocos 87 5X Uganda
63 ZK3 Tokelau 88 8Q Maldive
64 S0 Western Sahara 89 T2 Tuvalu
65 VP8 South Orkneys 90 T8 Palau
66 XU Cambodia 91 JX Jan Mayen
67 3C Equatorial Guinea 92 VP8 South Shetlands
68 R1M Malyj-Vysotskij 93 CY9 St Paul Island
69 3D2R Rotuma 94 9N Nepal
70 T5 Somalia 95 ZC4 UK Bases on Cyprus
71 ZK1 North Cook 96 KP5 Desecheo Island
71 ET Ethiopia 97 FW Wallis & Futuna
73 YK Syria 98 3X Guinea
74 3W Vietnam 99 VK9L Lord Howe Island
75 KP1 Navassa 100 JD1 Ogasawara
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LIGHTHOUSES: Jim Weidner, K2JXW reports
a new Ham Radio Lighthouse Page can be found at http://www.waterw.com/~weidner/ld.htm
(it is where to find information about the lighthouse
events on 7-8 and 21-22 August).
LOGS: Logs for Tony, IK1QBT's activities
are now available at http://www.freeweb.org/freeweb/ik1qbt
- they include 3A/IK1QBT (1993, 1996, 1997, 1998), 4U0ITU
(13-14 and 20-21 May 1995, CW only), ID9/IK1QBT from IOTA
EU-017 (1997), IP1/IK1QBT and IA1/IK1QBT from IOTA EU-083
(1996, 1997, 1998), TK/IK1QBT (1994).
ZL9CI: The web site has been updated and
there is also a link with information on the movie to be
released at Dayton - visit http://www.qsl.net/zl9ci/video.html.
[TNX N1DG]
YS1RR - Raymundo Rodriguez Diaz,
P.O. Box 32, San Salvador, El Salvador
ZA5AM - Box 1701, Tirana, Albania
ZS6EZ - Chris R. Burger, Box 4485,
Pretoria, 0001 South Africa
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