29 August 1999
No 434
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
5B4 - Look for Steve, G3VMW and Bob, G3ZEM to
be active 5B4/G3VMW and 5B4/G3ZEM from Cyprus (AS-004) until 9
September. Plans are to concentrate on 12, 17 and 30 metres. QSL
via home calls either direct or through the bureau. [TNX The
Daily DX]
8Q - Steve, G3VMW will be active as 8Q7SW
from the Maldives (AS-013) in September/October. QSL via home
call. [TNX DX News Sheet]
C5 - Alex, G0SAH will be active (10-80 metres
SSB and CW) as C56/G0SAH from The Gambia between 28 August and 10
September. QSL via G0SAH. [TNX The Daily DX]
CO - The T46AA/T46CW operation from Key
Breton (NA-201) [425DXN 433], originally scheduled to start on 26
August, has been postponed on 1-6 December due to the hurricanes
in the area. [TNX HK6DOS]
CT - Armando, CT1GUV will be active from four
Portuguese castels (namely Chaves, DCFP C037; Monforte, C038;
Santo Estevao, C039 and Mau Vizinho/Mouro, C040) on 28 August.
[TNX CT1GUV]
EL - Mark, ON4WW will be active again (and
for the last time) as EL2WW from Liberia between 30 August and
early November. QSL via ON5NT. [TNX The Daily DX]
I - IT9ABY abd IT9OPS will be IE9/ from
Ustica (EU-051) on 27-29 August. QSL for both via IT9ABY. [TNX
IT9ABY]
JW - Juergen, DJ3KR will be active as
JW/DJ3KR from Svalbard between 28 August and 1 September. [TNX
The Daily DX]
KH2 - John, K4ANA is now active as KH2/K4ANA
from Guam (OC-026). He will be on the island for the next three
years on a work assignment. [TNX The Daily DX]
OX - Joergen, OZ8AE will be active (on all
bands CW) as OX/OZ8AE from Groennedal near Ivigtut in southern
Greenland (NA-018) between 4 September and 5 October. Joergen
will participate in the SAC CW Contest (18-19 September,
12.00-12.00 UTC) and he might be active during the SAC SSB as
well (25-26 September, 12.00-12.00 UTC). QSL via OZ8AE either
direct (Joergen Christensen, Soendervej 79, DK-2830 Virum,
Denmark) or through the bureau. [TNX OZ8AE]
P2 - Uwe, P29VHX/DJ9HX [425DXN 429] has been
in Goroka (OC-034) since 23 August. He plans to move to other
places within the main island of Papua New Guinea (OC-034) before
returning to Loloata Island (OC-153) on 30 and 31 August. He will
be leaving for home on 1 September. QSL via DJ9HX, preferably
through the bureau. [TNX 9V1RH]
PY - Special event station ZX4C will be
active during the hamvention to be held in Cambuquira, Mato
Grosso on 26-29 August. QSL via PY1ARS/4.
SP - Special event stations 3Z60O (QSL via
SP2HJN), 3Z60H (QSL via SP2FJN), 3Z60P (QSL via SP2AYC), 3Z60W
(QSL via SP2BNJ) and 3Z0MDL (QSL via SP2UUU) will be active from
Poland between 1 September and 2 October. [TNX SP2BIK]
T2 - Roberto, EA4DX is now active as T24DX
from Tuvalu (OC-015). He will be there until 11 September [425DXN
433]. QSL via EA4CP (Jose Diaz, Doce de Octubre #4, 28009 Madrid,
Spain).
VK - Dan, VK8AN and Peter, VK8PW [425DXN 431]
became active from South Goulburn Island (OC-229/p) around 6.30
UTC on 27 August. Plans are to leave the island on 29 August
around 03.00 UTC. QSL VK8PW/8 to Peter Wollenberg, Box 2142,
Darwin, NT, 0801, Australia (or via VE8RZ for bureau cards only).
QSL VK8AN/8 direct only to VK4AAR. [TNX VK8PW]
XX9 - Tomio, JM3DTY will be active on SSB,
CW, RTTY and PSK31 (on 20, 15, 10 and 6 metres on 50.130 MHz;
activity on the low bands will depend on the space available) as
XX9TUP from Macau between 3 and 13 September. He will participate
in the All Asian DX SSB Contest (4-5 September). QSL via JL3VUL
either direct (Hideki Noma, 15-15 Fujigadai, Himeji, 670-0066
Japan) or through the bureau. [JA1ELY]
ZB - Martyn, G3RFX/ZB2FX will be active (SSB
and CW on 10-80 metres) as ZG2FX from Gibraltar between 4 and 12
September. QSL via G3RFX (g3rfx@cs.com).
Martyn's home page is at http://ourworld.cs.com/g3rfx. Note that all
ZB2 stations (but not reciprocal licences) may use the special
ZG2 prefix between 4 - 12 September to celebrate Gibraltar
National Day on 10 September. [TNX G3RFX]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
AFRICA TOUR ---> Charlie, W0YG/ZS6YG
will be touring South Africa, Namibia (V5), Botswana (A2)
and Zimbabwe (Z2) starting on 1 September. He plans to be
active on CW mostly on 12, 17 and 30 metres. QSL direct
to W0YG (Charlie Summers, 6746 North Yucca Trail, Parker,
CO 80138-6110, USA) or via the WF5E QSL Service. [TNX The
Daily DX]
CARIBBEAN TOUR ---> The team of Dutch
operators went QRT around 06.00 UTC on 25 August. The
full logs for their activities from St. Martin, St.
Maarten, Nevis and Anguilla, as well as the diary of the
expedition, are available at http://www.muurkrant.com/pi4com/tour99/.
[TNX PA1AW]
HU4U ---> A total of 13,224 QSOs
(6317 SSB, 6553 CW, 354 RTTY) on 10-160 metres were
logged between 16 and 23 August by the joint team of YS
and EA operators [425DXN 429]. QSL via EA4URE. Log search
is available at http://www.ure.es. [TNX EA5XX]
QSL VIA I5JHW ---> Giovanni, I5JHW
(Giovanni Bini, Via Santini 30, 51031 Agliana - PT,
Italy) can confirm contacts made during his operations
from Tunisia as follows: 28 April-4 May 1997 (3V8BB and
TS8ZA, ARI Contest included), 25-30 March 1998 (3V8BB and
TS5I, WPX Contest included), 1-4 May 1998 (3V8BB, ARI
Contest included), 11-14 December 1998 (3V8BB, ARRL 10
Meters Contest included), 5-7 March 1999 (3V8BB, ARRL DX
Contest included), 30 April-2 May 1999 (3V8BB, ARI
Contest included), 19-21 June 1999 (3V8DJ, AF-083). [TNX
I5JHW]
QSL VIA IS0JMA ---> Roberto reports
direct requests for IM0/IS0JMA operations from Isola
Piana di Corcelli (EU-041, IIA SS-009), Isola Ruja di
Brandinchi (EU-165, IIA NU-005) and Barrettini (EU-041,
IIA SS-002) have been mailed. Bureau cards are being
processed.
QSL VIA KB6NAN --> Dianna is the new
QSL manager for JY4NE, JY4NE/OD5, E44A and ZC6A (operator
Ali Yashruti). QSL to Dianna R. Killeen, P.O. Box 911,
Pescadero, CA 94060-0911, USA. [TNX KB6NAN]
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