10 July 1999
No 427
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
CX - Operators from Radio Club Oriental of
Uruguay will be active (on 80, 40, 20, 10 and 2 metres) as CX4CA
from Timoteo Dominguez Island (SA-057) on 17-18 July. [TNX
CX1ABD]
DL - Peter, DL4FCH will be active (mostly on
CW on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres) as DL4FCH/p from Pellworm
Island (EU-042) between 17 July and 6 August, IOTA Contest
included. QSL via home call either direct (Peter Niksch,
Saalburgstr.4, 60385 Frankfurt, Germany) or through the bureau.
[TNX DL4FCH]
EA8 - Josep, EA3BT and Nuria, EA3WL will be
active as EA8/home calls from two lighthouses on Fuerteventura,
Canary Islands (AF-004), namely De Morro Jable (D-2797, from 13
UTC) on 10 July and De Punta Jandia (D-2790, from 7.30 UTC) on
the 11th. [TNX EA5OL]
G - On 14 July 1899 Guglielmo Marconi, while
on board the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Juno, reported he was picking
up the first signals ever received by a naval ship sent from the
Needles Wireles Telegraphy Station at Alum Bay some 87 miles
away. West Wight Radio Society will operate special event station
GB100RN (Royal Navy) on 10 and 11 July from Alum Bay, Isle of
Wight (EU-120) to commemorate the occasion. [TNX Chiltern DX Club
Digest]
HH - Bill, W4WX will be active (on 10-20
metres, mostly on RTTY) as HH2/W4WX from Haiti (NA-096) between
13 and 19 July. QSL via W4WX. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
HL - Lee, HL1IWD and YL operator Yumi, HL1MJV
will be active (on 20 metres only with 100 watts and a dipole,
mainly on CW) as 6M0HZ/2 from Tokchock Island (AS-90) between 18
and 20 July. QSL via HL1IWD (all of the contacts will be
confirmed automatically through the bureau). [TNX HL1IWD]
I - Max, IZ5BTC will be active as
IA5/IZ5BTC/p from Elba Island (EU-028, IIA LI-001) between 10 and
30 July. [TNX IZ5BTC]
I - Alberto, IK0CNA plans to be active on
either 11, 18 or 25 July from Scoglio del Pirgo (IIA RM-001, not
IOTA) and Scoglio dei Saraceni (IIA RM-002, not IOTA). QSL via
home call. [TNX IK0CNA]
I - Look for Carlo/IK6CAC, Stefano/IK6TOR,
Lino/IZ0CCB, Alessio/IZ0CKJ, Simon/IZ7ATN, Diego/IW0FTB and
Paolo/IW0FT to be active on 2-40 metres (SSB and CW) as IL7/home
call from the Tremiti Islands (EU-050) between 16 and 18 July.
They will try to operate from all of the eight IIA islands in
this group (Pianosa, IIA FG-004 on 17 July). QSL via home call or
via IK6CAC. [TNX IK6CAC]
I - Claudio, I1SNW will be active as
ID9/I1SNW from Vulcano (EU-017) between 21 August and 4
September. He will also operate from other IIA islands in the
Eolie group. QSL via home call. [TNX I1SNW]
I - Riccardo, IK0YUJ will be active (CW and
SSB on HF and 6 metres) as IA5/IK0YUJ from Giglio Island (EU-028,
IIA GR-002) between 29 August and 9 September. QSL via IK0YUJ
either direct (Riccardo Bruzzichini, P. O. Box 59, 06012 Citta'
di Castello - PG, Italy) or through the bureau. [TNX IK0YUJ].
IS0 - Riccardo, IK2OCP will be active as
IS0/IK2OCP from Orosei, Sardinia (EU-024) between 2 and 27
August. QSL via home call. [TNX IK2OCP]
PY0_spp - A new DXpedition to St. Peter and
St. Paul Archipelago (SA-014) is being planned by Natal DX Group.
Karl Leite, PS7KM and Pergentino Andrade, PT7AA will join the
Brazilian Navy crew on their next voyage to the islands, which is
scheduled to take place on late September/early October. Plans
are to operate as ZX0SK on SSB (QSL via PS7KM) and ZW0SP on CW
(QSL via PT7AA) for 10 days on 6, 12, 15, 17, 20, 40 and 80
metres, with an emphasis on the low bands. Further information
will follow in due course. [TNX PS7KM]
SV - Laci, HA0HW will be active as
SV8/HA0HW/p from Kerkira (Corfu) Island (EU-052) between 19 July
and 2 August. Look for him on all bands, WARC included, on CW,
SSB and RTTY. He also plans to participate in the IOTA Contest.
QSL via home call. [TNX HA0HW]
SV9 - Michele, IK3ZQZ will be active as
SV9/IK3ZQZ from Kissamos Island, Crete (EU-015) between 12 and 22
July. QSL via home call either direct (Mike Sfakianakis, Via
Campagnolo 25, 35042 Este - PD, Italy) or through the bureau.
[TNX IK3JLS]
T9 - Andrea, IW2LLA will be active (on 2 and
possibly 6 metres) as either T9/IW2LLA or with a T9 call from
Lukavica (JN93ET) between 7 and 17 August. QSL via home call.
[TNX IW2LLA, http://www.geocities.com/area51/crater/7321].
UA - Alex, UA0FCD, who was /p from Iturup
Island (AS-025, RRC RR-15-04, Log Search at http://www.qsl.net/ra0ff/)
is back on Sakhalin (AS-018). His equipment has been given to
Vlad, UA0FAA, who expects to be active for two weeks from
Kunashir Island (AS-025, RRC RR-15-05). [TNX RA0FF]
UA - Alex Goldenberg, UA0ZY reports he had
many problems in organizing the IOTA trip to Kambalny (Toporkov)
Island (AS-???), which was scheduled to take place on 3-6 July
[425DXN 424]. According to his latest release, the second
operator (UA0ZAZ) has dropped of the expedition and now Alex
plans to be active (20 metres) as UA0ZY/p on 14-15 July. QSL via
4Z5AV (Michael Krimer, P.O. Box 2288, 88122 Eilat, Israel). Alex
also reports he operated for some 8 hours on 28-29 June from
Krasheninnikova Island (AS-095) - cards for this operation should
be sent to either 4Z5AV or RW3GW (amateurs from CIS only). [TNX
UA0ZY]
UA - UE6AAF will be active from from the
lighthouse (WLH 1236) located on Utrish Island in the Black Sea
(RR 24 01, it does not count for IOTA) between 14 and 20 July.
QSL via UA6AF (Victor Kravchenko, P.O. Box 33, Novorossiysk-22
353922, Russia). [TNX UA6AF]
UA - Look for RK3AWK/1, RU3BH/1 and RW3AMB/1
(the latter on 160 metres only) to be active from Konevetc Island
(RRC-19-01, it does not count for IOTA) between 22 and 30 July.
[TNX RW3AMB]
VE - Further reports from Didier, F5NZO
indicate that he and Eric, F5SSM [425DXN 425] also plan to be
active for a few hours from NA-068 on eiter 14 or 15 August. The
operation from NA-038 is confirmed to take place on 11-13 August.
QSL via home calls. The Web page for this trip is at http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Station/9368/.
VK - Derek, F5VCR and Mal, VK6LC will be
active as VK6ISL from Rottnest Island (OC-164) between 17 and 19
July. QSL via VK6LC. [TNX F5VCR and Islands On The Web]
W - Eddy, VE3CUI is active as VE3XZ/W4 from
Ocracoke Island (NA-067) until 11 July. QSL via the bureau to
VE3CUI. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
W - Dave, KE8M will be active as KE8M/4 from
Key West (NA-062) between 20 and 30 July. He will participate in
the IOTA Contest on 10-40 metres CW. QSL via home call through
the bureau. [TNX KE8M]
W - Jon, WB8YJF will be active (on 40-10
metres CW, RTTY and SSB) from Ocracoke Island (NA-067, USI
NC-001S) between 24 and 31 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via
home call (Jon Severt, 5586 Babbitt Rd., New Albany, OH 43054,
USA). [TNX WB8YJF]
ZK1_sc - Yoshi, JJ8DEN will be active (on
10-80 metres, WARC bands included, CW and RTTY) from Mangaia
Island (OC-159) between 30 July and 6 August. Due to power supply
limitations on the island, he will only operate between 5 and 24
local time. QSL via JJ8DEN. [TNX JA9IFF]
RSGB IOTA CONTEST (24-25 JULY) - The
following stations are expected to participate in this year's
event [see also 425DXN 405, 409, 411, 419, 421, 423, 424, 425,
426 - a summary list will be published on Thursday, July 22nd]:
AS-080 - DS1BHE, DS1CJE, DS1CNO, DS1EON,
HL1OJQ, HL1OYF, HL1TXQ and HL3ENE as home call/3 from
Anmyeon Island (DS1BHE/3 and HL1TXQ/3 will operate CW,
the others SSB only). Look for them to be active on 23-25
July (40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB and CW) with three
rigs, two amplifiers and three beams. QSL via HL1OYF
(Duk-Nam Kim, P.O. Box 54, Dong-Jack, Seoul 156-600,
Korea). [TNX DS1BHE]
AS-105 - Lee/HL1IWD, Simon/HL2RU and
Bae/HL2LBM as 6K0IS/2 from Songmo Island. They will use a
3-element tribander and 100 watts on 10, 15 and 20
metres. QSL via HL1IWD (all of the contacts will be
confirmed automatically through the bureau). [TNX HL1IWD]
AS-107 - A group of operators from
Thailand and Japan as HS2AC from Si Chang Island. Look
for them to be active until 28 July. [TNX The Daily DX]
EU-052 - Kiki, SV1BRL as SV1BRL/SV8 from
Kefallinia (from where she will be active through
August). QSL via home call either direct or through the
French *** REF Bureau 33 *** (Kiki reports she is not a
member of RAAG any longer). [TNX SV1BRL]
EU-064 - F6FHO, F6OYU, F8CIO and others
as TM5J from Noirmoutier Island. Look for them between
22/23 and 25 July. QSL via F8CIO. [TNX F6AJA]
EU-071 - TF7GX (operated by Ulli, TF8GX
and others [425DXN 401]) from the Westman Islands. [TNX
The Daily DX]
EU-081 - A group of French operators
from Radio Club F6KFV (F1DPP, F1ORL, F1UVN, F5JSK, F5LJA,
F5OGG, F5TBA, F6DQM) as TM2F from a lighthouse (WLH 0060)
on Saint Marcouf Islands. QSL via F5LJA. [TNX F1UVN]
EU-098 - Manfred, DJ7RJ as DJ7RJ/p. QSL
via home call. [TNX DX News Sheet]
EU-116 - Club station GD6IA from the
Isle of Man. QSL to P.O. Box 1, Peel, Isle of Man,
British Isles. [TNX GD3UMW]
EU-132 - SP6AZT, SP6CZ, SP6ECA, SP6TPM
and DJ0IF/SP8RX as SN6F/1 from Wolin Island (EU-132). QSL
via SP6ECA. [TNX SP6ECA and SP6TPM]
EU-136 - OL5T Contest Team (OK1MD,
OK1TC, OK1DJG, OK1FLM, OK1HSK, OK1ILP) and 9A3EO as 9A0A
from Kornat Island. QSL via OK1FLM. [TNX OK1FLM]
NA-065 - Fred, N6FD from Fidalgo Island.
QSL direct to Fred Deeg, P.O. Box 1694, Anacortes, WA
98221, USA. [TNX N6FD]
NA-067 - Special event station N4H from
Hatteras Island to commemorate the moving of the
lighthouse. Operations will take place between 23 and 25
July (CW during the contest, SSB before and after the
event). QSL via KO4PY. [TNX The Daily DX]
OC-164 - John, VK6NU as VK6NU/p from
Rottnest Island. He plans to be active between 21 and 27
July. QSL via home call either direct or through the
bureau [TNX VK6NU and Islands On The Web]
SA 008 - LU8XW (Radio Club Ushuaia) from
Tierra del Fuego. QSL to P.O. Box 58, 9410 Ushuaia,
Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. [TNX LU6XTA]
SA-081 - Gerard, HK3JBR (F2JD) and
Pedro, HK3JJH as 5K8T from El Morro. Operations are due
to start on 23 July. QSL via F6AJA. [TNX F6AJA]
IARU HF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ---> The
following stations are expected to participate in this year's
event (10-11 July, see also 425DXN 426):
Jun, JH4RHF from 4U1VIC at the Vienna
International Centre. QSL via the OE bureau. [TNX JH4RHF]
Victor, 9V1BH and James, 9V1YC as 9V9HQ
(SARTS HQ station). QSL via AA5BT. [TNX 9V1YC]
The Philippine Amateur Radio Association
HQ station DX1HQ hosted by the Philippine DX Foundation.
QSL via PDXF, P.O. Box 2000 QCCPO, 1160 Quezon City,
Metro Manila, Philippines. [DU1SAN]
Igor, UR5LCV as EM5HQ (UARL HQ station).
QSL via UR5LCV.
Operators from Nicosia Contest Group as
H2Q (CARS-Cyprus Amateur Radio Society HQ). QSL cards
will be sent automatically thorugh the bureau. [TNX
5B4MF]
Gianfranco, IK0ZME as IR0F. QSL via
IK0ZME either direct (Gianfranco Fabroni, P.O. Box 22,
03036 Isola del Liri - FR, Italy) or through the bureau.
[TNX IK0ZME]
Mauro, IV3HAX as IQ3X. QSL via bureau to
either IQ3X or IV3SKB, direct to IV3HAX (Mauro Lizzi,
P.O.Box 1, 33034 Fagagna - UD, Italy).
Alfredo, IK7JWX as IQ7J (single operator
SSB). QSL via home call. [TNX IK7JWX]
Enzo, I7PXV as IU7X (single operator
CW). QSL via home call. [TNX IK7JWX]
Berghem Contest Club (I2CZQ, I2IFT,
I2MQP, IK2ANI, IK2CIO, IK2GSN, IK2GZU, IK2HKT, IK2PFL,
IK2RZP, IK2SAU, IK2WZV, IK2XRW, IK2XSL, IK2YYS) as IY2ARI
(Multi-Multi, ARI HQ station). QSL via bureau. [TNX
I2IFT]
Gilles, F6IRA and others as TM0HQ
(Multi-Multi, REF HQ station). QSL via F6KNB (please note
that all of the contacts will be confirmed automatically
through the bureau). [TNX F6IRA]
Edwin, ZS5BBO as ZS5T. QSL direct only
to ZS5BBO (P.O. Box 211032, Bluff 4036, South Africa).
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
1999 MUSEUM SHIP SPECIAL EVENT --->
Sponsored by the USS Salem Radio Club (K1USN, QSL via
W1QWT), it will take place between 13.30 UTC on 17 July
and 19.00 UTC on the 18th. As of 27 June 39 museum ships
from US, Great Britain, Germany, Australia, Canada,
Denmark and Russia were expected to be activated. A
certificate will be issued to anyone who contacts at
least five of the participating ships. Full information
is available at www.ziplink.net/~rcal/salem/ops.html.
CLIPPERTON DX CLUB ---> This year the
Clipperton DX Club's Convention will be held on 18-19
September at Mulhouse Sausheim. For further information
visit http://www.multimania.com/cdxc/.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO --->
Patrick, F6BLQ reports the e-mail address for the newly
established amateur radio national society of the
Democratic Republic of Congo (ARAC) [425DXN 425] is aracongo@altavista.net
(the correct fax number is 00 1530 660 6733). The first
general meeting of ARAC took place on 3 July and officers
were elected.
IOTA CONTEST 1999 ---> Paul, EI5DI
has produced the new version (9.38) of Super Duper IOTA
for the IOTA Contest. It will be available, by Monday 12
July, as freeware from http://www.ei5di.com and will require
a 486 or better. [TNX EI5DI]
QSL D44BS ---> Samuel Pimenta, CT1EEN
is *not* and has never been the QSL manager for Angelo,
D44BS. Sam operated from D44BS between 1 and 8 August
1995, and has the logs for this operation only. [TNX
CT1EEN]
QSL IY4FGM ---> QSL manager IK4QJH
reports he has run out of cards, please be patient until
the new cards are printed. Please note that contacts made
between 25 January and 31 December 1999 will be confirmed
with special QSL cards which will be printed next year -
do not send duplicates.
SSTV ACTIVITY CONTEST ---> The 22th
SSTV activity contest will take place between 1 and 31
August. Further information is available from Danny Van
Tricht, ON4VT either by e-mail (ON4VT@ping.be) or on his
Web site at http://www.ping.be/on4vt/. [TNX
ON4VT]
SUMMER CAPITAL AWARD ---> The Parnu
County Amateur Radio Club of ERAU sponsors the Summer
Capital Award for contacts made with ES8 stations between
22 June and 23 August. Full information is available from
the Award Manager ES8ABX (es8abx@ph.ee;
P.O.Box 95, Parnu 80002, Estonia) and at http://www.ppnet.ee/sc_award.htm.
[TNX ES8ABX]
YASME AWARD MANAGER ---> Contrary to
what reported by IK1GPG in last week's bulletin, Randy
Wright, W6CUA is *NOT the QSL Manager* for the YASME
QSLs, which still go the Yasme Foundation, P.O. Box 2025,
Castro Valley, CA 94546, USA. The correct information
[425DXN 424] is that Randy, after the passing of the late
W0MLY, is the new Yasme Award Manager. IK1GPG apologizes
for any inconvenience his misunderstanding may have
caused our readers.
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
DCE: Full information on the Diploma
Castillos de Espana (Castles of Spain Award) is available
at http://www.arrakis.es/~solfa.
[TNX EA7GYJ]
HL0ZX/4: Logs for the recent operation
from Pigum Island (AS-060) are available at http://hl0zx.inha.ac.kr.
QSL to HL0ZX, Inha University A.R.C., Yonghyun-dong,
Nam-ku, Inchon, Korea [TNX HL1TMU]
IIA: Marco, IK0QOB has prepared the new
realease (2.4) of the software for the Italian Island
Award. It is available at http://www.grisnet.it/crazy
(where you can also find the software for ILIA, the
Italian Lake Islands Award). For those who do not have
access to the Web, both the programmes are available free
of charge from Crazy Dx Group, P.O. Box 11, 04011 Aprilia
- LT, Italy (please send one or two formatted disks +
postage in a self addressed padded envelope). [TNX Crazy
DX Group, crazy@grisnet.it]
INORC: The Web site for Italian Naval
Old Rhythmers Club is at http://www.qsl.net/inorc.
[TNX IZ0AEX]
IREF: The Web page for the Island Radio
Expedition Foundation, Inc. is at http://www.sat.net/~iref/.
LOGS: Doug, N6RT reports the following
new/updated logs are now available at http://dx.qsl.net/logs.
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