5 June 1999
No 422
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
9A - Special event station 9A770N is active
on SSB until 31 December to celebrate the 770th anniversary of
Croatian city of Nasice. QSL via 9A1DAB. Between 13 and 29 May
Koki, 9A2TN made 2505 QSOs on CW as a guest operator; cards for
these contacts only may be sent to 9A2TN. [9A2TN]
9V - Selva, 9V1UV (9v1uv@sarts.org.sg) has been
granted permission to operate on 6 metres between 18 UTC on 12
June and 3 UTC on the 14th. He will be active on 50.115 MHz SSB
with 10 watts and a 4 element beam. [TNX 9V1UV]
CT - Mor, CT1AHU and David, CT1DRB will be /p
on SSB and CW from the castle Terena-Alandroal (DCFP C-002) on 10
June. QSL via home calls. [TNX CT1END]
CX - At the very last moment some
transportation problems have caused the 4-7 June CV5A operation
to Flores Island (SA-030) [425DXN 421, Supplement] to be
postponed. The new dates are 18-21 June. QSL to Box 950, 11000
Montevideo, Uruguay. [TNX CX5BW]
CY9 - The CY9SS operation from St. Paul
Island (NA-094) [425DXN 419] is expected to start on 6 June.
VY2SS, VY2CD, VE1PZ, K2NJ, VE9MY and VE9JW plan to get to the
island by 13 UTC and be active later in the day. They will
operate on all bands (160-6 metres) on SSB, CW, RTTY, Satellite
and possibly EME. QSL via VY2SS (Robby Robertson, RR#2,
Bloomfield Stn., Prince Edward Island, C0B 1E0 Canada). [TNX The
Daily DX]
E4 - Look for Radek, OK1FHI to be active as
E41/OK1FHI from the West Bank, Palestine between 11 and 23 June.
He plans to participate in the All Asian Contest. QSL via home
call. [TNX The Daily DX]
EA - EA3URE/p will be active from Castell
d'Umella (E-249) on 6 June. QSL via bureau. [TNX EA-DX]
EA8 - EA8AYM and EA8ALD will be active as
EA8ALD/p from the lighthouse at Punta Orchilla (D-2836) on Hierro
Island until 5 June. QSL via the bureau to EA8ALD. [TNX EA8ALD]
EL - Eric, EA5GIY is expected to be active as
EL2VO in June or July while working in Liberia. QSL via home
call. [TNX DX News Sheet]
ER - Vic, ER5DX and Mike, ER5OK will be
active on 6 metres from KN46KA on 5 and 6 June. QSL to P.O. Box
7, Ceadir-Lunga 6103, Moldova. [TNX ER5OK]
F - Special event station F/ON6JUN/p will be
activated by ON4AAA, ON6BV and ON1DLM from Normandie on 5-6 June
to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the landing in Ranville
during WW II. Special QSL automatically through the bureau. [TNX
ON1DLM]
GM - DL4BQE (Wolf), DL5BUT (Helmut), DM4VDE
(Thomas) and DL1CW (Arno) will be active as MM/home call/p
(MM/DL4BQE/p etc) from Muckle Roe, Shetland Islands (EU-012)
between 11 and 16 June. They will operate on all bands 10-160
metres with two stations (one on CW, the other on either SSB or
CW, possibly RTTY). QSL via the DARC bureau or direct to DL4BQE.
Further information at http://privat.schlund.de/y/y36/shetl.htm.
[TNX DL4BQE]
I - I1WNB, IK1RAR, IK1TTD and IK1YEK will be
active (on 20-40 and 2 metres) from I Pagliai (IIA SV-003, it
does not count for IOTA) on 5 June (or on the 6th, if weather and
sea do not co-operate on Saturday). [TNX IK1YEK]
I - Aretusa DX Team members IT9YRE, IT9AXZ,
IT9HLR, IT9WDY will now be active from Isola dei Porri (EU-166)
[425DXN 421] between 10 and 13 June. IT9YRE will concentrate on
working (with a beam and an amplifier) North America and Japan,
where this IOTA group is still much in demand. QSL via home
calls. [TNX IT9YRE]
JA - 7M1ONW he will be active as 7M1NOW/1
from Toshima, Izu Archipelago (AS-008) on 5 and 6 June. Look for
him on 40 and 15 metres SSB. QSL via home call. [TNX JI6KVR]
KH0 - The ARRL DX Bulletin reports that
AA1NY/KH0, KH0/JA4RED and KH0/JH4RLY will be active from Northern
Marianas (OC-086) until 6 June. QSL all calls via AA1NY.
KL - Richard, KL7AK has confirmed the Nunivak
Island (NA-074) operation [425DXN 405] will take place between 4
and 7 June. They will get to the island at 18.00 UTC on 4 June
and expect to be on the air by 21.00 or 22.00 UTC. They hope to
operate until about 21.00-22.00 UTC on 7 June, as they will be
leaving Nunivak at 00.00 UTC on 8 June. [TNX G0APV and KL7AK]
OH0 - Dennis, K7BV and the Finnish crew
finished their OJ0 operation on 20 March with a total of 6000
QSOs for 0J0/K7BV (QSL via KU9C) and 2000 QSOs for OJ0VR (QSL via
OH1VR). Dennis operated as OH0Z (QSL via OH1EH) from Aland during
the WPX CW (2988 QSOs) and he will be active as OH0/K7BV (QSL via
KU9C) until 5 June in the morning. [TNX K5KG]
TI - Kees, PA5CW will be active as PA5CW/TI8
from Costa Rica between 6 and 22 June. He will operate CW on 10,
15, 20 and 40 metres, possibly on other bands as well. QSL via
PA5CW (Kees Wiegers, De Schans 96, 9351 AZ Leek, The
Netherlands). [TNX PA5CW]
V7 - Bruce, AC4G (ex-N4GAK) will be active
(hopefully as V73G on all bands CW and SSB) from Kwajalein Island
(OC-028) for at least two years starting in mid June. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
VK - Bill, VK4FW will be active as VK4YN from
Fraser Island (OC-142) between 11 and 14 June. As he will only
have a vertical antenna, he will spend most of the time on CW.
QSL direct to VK4FW (Bill Horner, P.O. Box 929, Gympie 4570,
Australia). [TNX VK4FW]
W - Special event station N4B (Nebraska For
Baseball) will be active (on all HF bands SSB, CW, and RTTY) from
Omaha between 9 and 20 June to celebrate the 50th anniversary of
the College World Series held in Omaha each June. QSL via KK0DX
(Todd LeMense, 3603 South 89th Street, Omaha, Nebraska
68124-3931, USA). Updated information can be found at
http://www.qsl.net/kk0dx/N4B.html [TNX KK0DX]
XW - 7L1MFS, JA2MNB and JR2KDN will be active
(on 6-80 metres CW, SSB and RTTY) as XW8KPL/CSN from Laos between
11 and 14 June. QSL via JR2KDN. [TNX The Daily DX]
YB - Akhmad, YB4JIM reports that
"because of election event in Indonesia, all of YB's will be
signing off frequencies (radio silence) from 1 to 11 June".
YS - Jack, KE4LWT has been informed by the
local licensing authorities that he should operate as YS9/KE4LWT
and not YS1/ as previously reported [425DXN 418]. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
CY9RF ---> Original plans were for a
major operation, with a team including W6RGG, W6BSY,
K4LT, AC8W, K8DD and K8RF who were to participate in the
WPX CW as a Multi-Multi entry [425DXN 419]. Some
transportation problems in getting the original complete
six-station setup to the operating location caused four
team members to give up, and Dan, K8RF and Doug, K4LT
ended up going by themselves. They made 1500-2000 QSOs
before and after the contest, in which they participated
as a Multi-Single (4840 QSOs). A constant S9+20DB noise
from the generator prevented Dan from operating on his
favourite band (160 metres). QSL via K8RF (Dan Flaig,
2101 Ronaldson Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45230-1510, USA).
[TNX K8RF]
QSL 2S0PNS ---> Please note that
cards should be sent to Jeff, G3LWM (not LWN as reported
in 425DXN 421).
QSL JT1Y ---> Nicola Sanna, I0SNY
reports he has started replying to requests received for
the April 1999 JT1Y operation (24320 QSOs).
QSL OD5SB ---> PA3FWP reports he is
returning to Italy. Therefore all QSL traffic for OD5SB
must be routed from now on via his Italian callsign,
I0WTD. QSL sent via bureau shall be received anyhow, but
direct cards may have problems if sent after June 1999.
[TNX I0WTD/PA3FWP]
QSL V63KU ---> As Sam, V63KU will go
QRT from Truk at the end of June, his P. O. Box in V63
will be closed. Please ask for your QSL via JA6NL through
the Japanese bureau. [TNX IZ0AEH]
QSL VIA NU4N ---> Dave, NU4N is the
new QSL manager for Chris, WL7KY and Mats, LU9AY. He
reports all cards for WL7KY have been sent out; he is
still waiting for the LU9AY, CP6/LU9AY and L29AY cards
from the printer, but they are expected to arrive within
1-2 weeks. QSL to David W. Tucker, 1500 Massac Church
Road, Paducah, Kentucky 42001, USA. [TNX NU4N]
QSL VIA VE1AL ---> Alan Leith, VE1AL
says that "For many reasons, I have decided to no
longer use the QSL Bureau system to receive and
distribute QSLs for either my own VE1AL contacts or those
of stations for which I am the QSL Manager. I will be
pleased to respond to ANY QSL request sent to me
directly, with proper return postage". Alan is the
QSL manager for CF1AL, CG1AL, CG1B, CJ1AL, CK1AL, CY9DXX
(1988), CY0DXX (1989), FP/VE1DXX, FW0DD (1979), VA1S,
VE1AL, VE3AII/SU (1974), VE3FRA (1978-1988), VE3VX,
VE6CBJ/SU (1974-75), VF1L, VX1AL, ZK2DD (1979), ZK2DJ
(1979) and ZK2YL (1979).
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
LOGS: Chung, HL2KAT reports he has just
added the recent HL0IHQ/2 (AS-122) logs to his web pages
at http://www.qsl.net/hl2kat.
LOGS: The logs for D99ARDF (South Korean
special event station, through 2 June), PW1S (1999 WPX CW
Contest, by PY1KS) and DU1ODX (through 27 May) are now
available at http://dx.qsl.net/logs. [TNX N6RT]
MARKET REEF: Pictures and information on
Market Reef are available at http://dx.to thanks to Gerben, PA5NT
(PA0GAM), who operated from OJ0 in the early Eighties.
[TNX PA5NT]
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