8 May 1999
No 418
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
9M2 - Johnny, G3LIV will not be active as
9M2/G3LIV from Pulau Penang (AS-015) as he has been unable to
obtain a licence. His operation was due to take place on 4-24 May
[425DXN 417]. [TNX DX News Sheet]
CT - CT1DTE, CT1EXK, CT1EFL, CT1EQL and
CT2GQI will be active as CQ4A from the Lighthouse of Aveiro on
8-9 May. [TNX CT1DTE]
EA - EA3URT/P will be active on 9 May from
Cal Claudio (DIEI L-012). QSL via URE. [TNX EADX].
F - Special event station TM0AR will be
active between 9 and 16 May during the International Festival of
Technology (ARTEC) from French Departement 72. QSL via F5TJC
either direct (Jean-Louis Briere-Lecomte, 18 Le Petit St Louis,
72400 Cormes, France) or through the bureau. [TNX F5TJC]
F - F5TYY, F6IUI, F6BFH, F9IE will be /P from
Sein Island (EU-068) between 13 and 15 May. [TNX F6AJA and Les
Nouvelles DX]
F - Special station TM0AC will be activated
between 15 and 19 May to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the
National School of Civil Aviation (ENAC). QSL via F6ITD through
the bureau. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
GM - G0TWI (Allan), G0SKC (Barbara) and G0UTH
(Tom) plan to be active as GB2FIO from the Fair Isle Bird
Observatory on Fair Island (IOSA SH-9), Shetland Islands (EU-012)
on 7-10 May. QSL via home calls (bureau) or direct to GM0AXY.
[TNX DX News Sheet]
GM - Look for Jim, GM4CHX to be active from
the Shetlands (EU-012) on 12-13 May (Papa Stour, IOSA SH-14) and
14 May (Mousa, SH-1). [TNX DL8AAM and GM0ALS]
JA - JA6GXK is reported to be working on a
lighthouse in Danjo Archipelago (AS-056) for the next couple of
weeks. Plans are to operate on 40 metres and other bands. QSL via
home call. [TNX JI6KVR]
JY - Ulli, DL5MBY is active from Jordan as
JY8YB for the next two or three months. He and George, JY9QJ are
likely to participate in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest (Multi-Single).
QSL via DL5MBY. [TNX The Daily DX]
KH0 - Haru, JA1XGI will be active as
KH0/JA1XGI from Northern Mariana (OC-086) between 9 and 12 May.
QSL via home call. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin]
SP - Edward, SP5CGN (sp5cgn@qsl.net) reports the
following special event stations are expected to be active from
Poland: SN0KAO (until 31 May), SP0LOK (until 30 June), SP0DIG (8
May, 2-3 June, 1-30 October), SP0ZKE (10-16 May), SP0ZS (15-18
May, 31 July, 1 August, 1 September, 1-15 October), SN0HAC (26-30
May), 3Z2JPB (1-20 June), SN0PR (1-30 June), SP0YEN (1 June-30
September), 3Z5JPS (4-17 June), 3Z5JPW (10-14 June), 3Z0JPG (11
June), 3Z0WVL (14-30 June).
SV9 - Drew, GM3YOR will be active (CW) as
SV9/GM3YOR from Crete (EU-015) while on holiday between 15 and 28
May. Plans are to concentrate on the WARC bands (160 and 80
metres if propagation allows). QSL via GM3YOR. [TNX DX News
Sheet]
UN - Special event station UP54P will be
active until 9 May to celebrate the end of WW II. QSL via UN5PR
(Romeo Y. Loparev, P.O.Box 73, Temirtau, 472300, Republic of
Kazakhstan). [TNX UN5PR]
UT - Special event station EN125H will be
active (on all bands CW, SSB and RTTY) from Ukraine between 6 and
9 May. QSL via UT1HT either direct (P.O. Box 87, Kremenchug-21,
Ukraine 315321) or through the bureau. [TNX UT1HT]
W - Henry, KE1AC will be active (SSB) from
Nantucket Island (NA-046, USI MA007S) on 12 and 13 May. QSL via
home call. [TNX LA9VDA and KE1AC]
W - Tony, WF1N and Lou, W1DIG (ex KA1DIG)
will be active (on or near the ususal IOTA SSB frequencies) from
Pot Island, The Thimbles (NA-136) from around 15 UTC on 21 May
until around 18 UTC on the 23rd. QSL via home calls, either
direct or through the bureau. [TNX WF1N]
YO - Special event station YO99JP is active
until 9 May to celebrate the first visit of pope John Paul II to
Romania. Plans are to operate mostly on all bands, WARC included,
and modes. QSL via the bureau to YO3KPA. Further information at http://www.qsl.net/yo3kaa.
[TNX YO3FWC]
YS - Jack, KE4LWT is active from El Salvador
as YS1/KE4LWT until 15 August. He expects to replace soon this
temporary call with a permanet one. QSL via home call. [TNX ARRL
DX Bulletin]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
1999 IOTA LISTINGS - Compiled by RSGB
IOTA Manager Roger Balister, G3KMA, they are now
available (by courtesy of RSGB RadCom) at http://www.425dxn.org
and include the Honour Roll, the Annual Listing, the SWL
Listing and the *new* Club Station Listing.
ITALIAN ISLANDS AWARD - The IIA List has
been updated and is now available at http://www.425dxn.org
- it includes the IIA islands listed by Reference Number
with, when applicable, their relevant IOTA group.
HAM RADIO 1999 ---> The biggest
amateur radio event in Europe (some 20,000 visitors) will
take place at Friedrichshafen, Germany between 24 and 26
June. For further information please visit http://www.uni-erlangen.de/~unrz45/BCC
(the web site of the Bavarian Contest Club) and http://www.messe-fn.de/ham,
while IOTA enthusiasts who plan to attend the IOTA
Meeting on 25 June are invited to contact Hans-Georg,
DK1RV (DK1RV@t-online.de).
[TNX DF4RD]
HR1RMG ---> In a recent e-mail
message Rene reported that, due to hurricane Mitch, a few
requests for his H76C operation from NA-212 may have been
lost. If you have not received your card, please send a
second request to Rene Mendoza Garay, Col. Las Colinas
BL. RR casa No. 2006, Boulevard Francia, Tegucigalpa,
Honduras. He also mentioned to be planning six IOTA
operations this year: from NA-057, NA-O60, NA-035 (the
Most Wanted Swan Islands), NA-160 and two unnumbered
groups, one in Honduras and one in Guatemala. Detailed
information is expected in due time.
IIA ---> Gerry, IZ8ANA and Virgilio,
IC8OZM were active as IC8/IZ8ANA and IC8/IC8OZM from
Vivara Island (EU-031, IIA NA-005) on 1 May. Gerry was
also active mostly on CW (in the evening and nights hours
on the 1st and in the morning hours on the 2nd) from
Procida (EU-031, IIA NA-002). QSL via IZ8ANA (Gerardo
Santucci, P.O. Box 71, 81054 San Prisco - CE, Italy) and
IC8OZM (Virgilio Sabetta, Via Cavour 47, 80079 Procida -
NA, Italy). [TNX IZ8ANA]
QSL EU-020 ---> Eric, SM1TDE reports
the cards for SK1BL (SAC SSB, September 1998, 1268 QSOs)
and 7S1BL (1 August-31 December 1997, 5180 QSOs)
operating from Gotland Island (EU-020) have all been sent
through the bureau.
QSL SM1TDE/4U ---> Eric, SM1TDE made
8017 QSOs on CW and 38 on SSB as SM1TDE/4U while
stationed in Lebanon in 1993-94. Over 3800 QSLs have been
sent either direct or via the bureau during the last five
years: now he has only 154 printed cards left and he will
close the log when he runs out of them. If you still need
his card, please send you request to Eric Wennstrom,
Vasagatan 9-324, SE-172 67 Sundbyberg, Sweden or ask for
a bureau card (e-mail requests are welcome at sm1tde@grk.se). [TNX
SM1TDE]
WHERE TO GO NEXT? ---> Ken Holdom,
ZL2HU (Group Organiser & Team Leader of the Kermadec
Dx Association) would like to give "all serious
DXers the opportunity of suggesting a 'next' country for
activating. Consideration is being given to the Pacific
and more to the point the following: T30, T31, T32, T33
or ZK3". Please e-mail your constructive suggestions
to zl2hu@clear.net.nz.
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
LOGS: The final S79FAG, S79YL, and S79ZG
logs are now online at http://dx.qsl.net/logs (several
hundred QSOs were missing from the logs before the final
update). [TNX N6RT]
LOGS: The logs for KL1SLE have been
updated and include NA-040; they are available at http://www.customcpu.com/personal/kl7fh.
[TNX WL7KY and Islands On The Web]
MOST WANTED: The list of the most wanted
DXCC Entities by DL amateurs is available at http://www.darc.de/referate/dx.
[TNX DL7VEE]
QSL ROUTES:http://www.ampr.spb.ru
is a place where to find not only logs, but also a new
interesting QSL information search engine (the route you
need is looked for using several different sources
simultaneously). [TNX RW1QM/1]
YB0ZCE - ORARI Lokal Kramatjati, P.O.Box
6193, Jath Jakarta 13061, Indonesia
VK5BIT- W.Klompenhouwer, P.O.Box 95,
Nairne, SA 5290, Australia
ZB2HW - Jimmy Risso, P.O.Box 29,
Gibraltar
ZD7BG - Gilbert Legg, P.O.Box 157,
St.Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean
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