11 September 1999
No 436
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
3C0 - The 14-29 September 3C0R DXpedition to
Annobon Island (AF-039) [425DXN 428] is confirmed to be on
schedule. The team will be leaving Sao Tome on Monday (13
September) morning, after collecting the generators, fuel, food
and some hardware which have already arrived there. The team has
been provided with propagation charts for USA West-Mid-East
Coast, Caribbean, South America, Africa, West-Central-Eastern
Europe, Mid Asia, Japan, Alaska, Hawaii, South Pacific and
Australia. Look for 3C0R to be active with four stations on the
following suggested frequencies: 28395, 24945, 21295, 18135,
14195, 7065 and 3799 kHz SSB; 28025, 24895, 21025, 18075, 14025,
10105, 7005, 3505 and 1833 CW; 21085 and 14085 kHz RTTY. Six
metres activity will depend on propagation (suggested frequency
is 50110 kHz). The logs will be available on line after the
operation. QSL via EA5FVY either direct (Angel Garcia Mendoza,
P.O. Box 3045, 03080 Alicante, Spain) or through the bureau. The
web page for the DXpedition is at http://web.jet.es/lynx/annobon/annobon.htm.
[TNX EA5BY]
4U1ITU - Amadeo, EA5FFC will be active from
4U1ITU between 13 and 24 September. He plans to operate on all
beands, including WARC, on SSB and CW. QSL via 4U1ITU. [TNX
EA5BD]
9A - 9A5V, 9A3VM and 9A5KV will be active as
home call/p from Kolocep Island (EU-016, CI-038 for the Croatian
Islands Award) on 17-19 September and from Lopud Island (EU-016,
CI-057) on 24-26 September. [TNX 9A7Z]
9X - Operator Vladimir Legoshin will be
active as 9X/RE3A from Rwanda starting around 15 September while
on a humanitarian mission. Plans are to operate "for several
months" on 10, 15 and 20 metres. QSL via RW3AH (Andy
Fyodoroff, P.O. Box 899, Moscow 127018, Russia). [TNX The Daily
DX]
BY - Special event station BT0A is active
from the geographic centre of Asia starting around until around
08.00 UTC on 13 September. [TNX The Daily DX]
BY - The BI7Y DXpedition to Xisha Archipelago
(AS-???), previously planned on 8-13 September [425DXN 435], has
been postponed. On 10 September team member BA1AJ, currently
active as BA1AJ/7 from Hainan Island (AS-094), was heard saying
the operation will take place "next week".
E4 - Ayar, OZ6ACD is back in Hebron,
Palestine and plans to operate as E44/OZ6ACD after 17 September.
QSL via OZ1ACB. [TNX The Daily DX]
EY - The Tajik Amateur Radio League is using
special call EY11OO to celebrate 1100 years of the first Tajik
state founded by Ismoili Somoni. Activity is planned to take
place on all HF bands CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31, SSTV. QSL via DJ1SKO.
I - IK3RIY, IK3ZAW, I3BQC, IK3GHW, and IW3GH
will be active from EU-130 on 11 September. [TNX IK3RIY]
I - Mauro, IV3HAX reports he will participate
in the WAE SSB Contest (11-12 September) as IQ3X. QSL direct to
IV3HAX (Mauro Lizzi, P.O.Box 1, 33034 Fagagna-UD, Italy) or via
bureau to IV3SKB.
I - Weather permitting, I5OYY, I5UKA, IK5JAN
and IK5ONY will be active as I5OYY/IA5 from Pianosa Island
(EU-028, IIA LI-016) on 11-12 September. QSL via I5OYY. [TNX
IK5JAN]
I - IK4HPU, IK4ZGY and possibly IK4RSO and
IK4XCL will be active from Guardiola Island (IIA SP-???) on 12
September. If the weather is bad, the operation will be postponed
until 3 October. QSL via bureau to IK4HPU. [TNX IK4HPU]
JA - Look for 7K4FGQ/1 to be active (40 and
21 metres SSB) from Hachijo Island (AS-043) between 9 and 13
September. QSL via home call. [TNX JI6KVR]
OD - Ali, JY4NE will be active as OD/JY4NE
from Lebanon between 10 September and the end of the month. QSL
via KB6NAN. [TNX The Daily DX].
OH0 - Jukka, OH6LI reports that OH0V [425DXN
435] will now be participating in the SAC CW Contest (18-19
September, 12-12 UTC) as a Multi-Multi entry. Look for them
around 3507, 3527, 7007, 7027, 14027, 21027 and 28027 kHz.
Various OH0 calls will be available outside contest hours mainly
on WARC bands. QSL OH0V via OH4JLV either direct (Antti Tiittala,
Akselinkatu 14A, 57130 Savonlinna, Finland) or through the
bureau.
T8 - Jim, JA3AJ/N7EIU and Kazu, JA3ART/N3JJ
will be active (mainly on 10 and 6 metres) respectively as T88MM
and T88JJ from Palau (OC-009) between 15 and 19 September. QSL
via home calls either direct or through the bureau. [TNX JA3ART]
UN - Leo, UN2O is active (all bands CW and
SSB) as UO100OIL until 15 September. The special call is for the
100 years of Oil Industry in Kazakstan. QSL via P.O. Box 1,
Atyrau 465002, Kazakstan.
VK8 - Stuart, VK8NSB confirms the operation
from Melville (OC-173) and Crocker (OC-229) islands will take
place on 4-9 and 11-16 November [425DXN 432]. Team members are
Stuart/VK8NSB, Peter/VK8PDG, Allan/VK2NNN and Extra Class
operator Peter/ZL1HN. Plans are to to have four stations running
on 10-80 metres SSB, CW, RTTY. A fifth operator would be welcome:
if you want to join the team, please contact Stuart at vk8nsb@octa4.net as soon as
possible. QSL direct to VK9NS or through the VK8 bureau. The web
page for the operation is at http://www.rustman.com/IOTA.
VP5 - Chris, HB9CYV and Martin, HB9CYN will
be active (on 10-160 metres SSB and CW) as VP5/HB9CYV and
VP5/HB9CYN from North Caicos (NA-002) between 16 and 26
September. QSL via home calls, either direct (outside Europe 2$
or 2 IRCs) or through the bureau. The addresses are Chris Zeller,
Jaegerstr. 19, CH-8200 Schaffhausen, Switzerland (HB9CYV) and
Martin Ghermi, Wyden 5, CH-5242 Birr, Switzerland (HB9CYN). Logs
will be available at http://mypage.bluewin.ch/hb9cyn. [TNX HB9CYN]
W - Eight operators from the Michigan DX
Association will be active as KC8MHX from Beaver Island (USI
MI032L, it does not count for IOTA) on 10-17 September. QSL via
W8VOM at MDXA-BEAVER, O-947 Lake Michigan Dr, Grand Rapids, MI
49544, USA. The web site for the MDA is at http://members.tripod.com/~CYBERHAM/WMDXA.html.
[TNX W8VOM]
W - Tony, WF1N and Lou, W1DIG will be active
(10, 15 and 20 metres SSB) from Appledore Island, Isles of Shoals
(NA-148) between around 19 UTC on 17 September and around 12 UTC
on the 20th. QSL via home calls either direct or through the
bureau. [TNX WF1N]
XU - Andy, G4ZVJ will be in Cambodia from 15
September for approximately 10 days and has applied for an XU
licence (call unknown yet). Activity will be CW only. After XU,
Andy will operate as DU3/G4ZVJ and HS0/G4ZVJ up to 6 October. QSL
via G4ZVJ. [TNX G4ZVJ]
Z3 - YL operator IV3FSG is going to Skopje,
Macedonia on a humanitarian mission until around the end of the
month. She hopes to be active as Z38/IV3FSG on SSB and RTTY. QSL
via home call.
FAKES ---> Michael Bondarev, UA6LU
(President of Rostov-on-Don region radioclub) reports the
"official information" coming from the local
licencing authorities about RV6LAH, whose licence has not
been "released to anybody". RV6LAH has been
claimed as the QSL manager for EP3LAH, EP/RA6LGM and
EK1X: save your time and money!
MOST WANTED SURVEY ---> Carl Smith,
N4AA is conducting the 1999 DX Magazine Most Wanted
Survey. If you want to send Carl the ones you need,
please visit his web site at http://www.dxpub.com
and from the home page go directly to the survey. The
results will be published in the January/February 2000
issue of The DX Magazine. They will also be posted to the
web site around 1 February. [TNX N4AA]
QSL 1A0KM & HV4NAC ---> QSL
manager Francesco Valsecchi, IK0FVC reports he is
receiving several complaints, especially from the U.S.,
about his QSLling for these two stations. Francesco
(often helped out by Ugo, I0CUT) usually mails the cards
from the Vatican Post Office once every 30/45 days and if
you do not receive your card(s) within a reasonable time,
it is because he has not received your request. He is
aware some problems occurred with the Italian post
administration and last week he went personally to the
Post Office to complain. If you are still waiting for
your card(s), please send him another request - do not
enclose any green stamp or IRC, just a SAE. [TNX IK0FVC]
QSL 8Q7AM ---> Jose, EA5MB reports he
is the new QSL manager for 8Q7AM. He has the logs from
1994 (available at http://www.ctv.es/USERS/ea5mb).
QSL P29VHX ---> Uwe, DJ9HX made 8280
QSOs during his recent trip to four Papua New Guinea
groups: 2330 from OC-153, 2558 from OC-008, 906 from
OC-025, 2486 from OC-034. He expects to process direct
cards before Christmas. Bureau cards can be requested at uwe.jaeger@fh-heilbronn.de.
[TNX DJ9HX]
QSL YI1AK ---> Cards for contacts
made before 4 December 1996 should be sent direct to A.
Karim Hadi, P.O. Box 7476, Baghdad, Iraq as Russ, AD5W
does not have any logs before that date. [TNX The Daily
DX]
QSL VIA PA3GIO ---> Cards for S79GI
and all of Bert's operations should be sent to PA3GIO
either direct (Bert vd Berg, Parkln 38, Woudenberg 3931
KK, The Netherlands) or through the PA bureau. Do NOT use
his address in the U.S.!
T32DT ---> Helmut, DL9MFU reports he
is not the QSL manager for this station.
VE9MY - Len Morgan, 21 Susan Drive,
Saint John, NB, E2N 1P2, Canada
VK9NS - Jim Smith, P.O. Box 90, Norfolk
Island, NI 2899, Australia
VP2MHN - John Nistico, 29 Crown Street,
Deer Park, NY 11729, USA
VP5/K8JIF - Ed Matthews, 5030 Sharon
Hill Drive, Columbus, OH 43235, USA
VP8LP - Bob McLeod, PO Box 474, 75 Davis
Street, Stanley, Falkland Islands
VU2ABE - Abie Kenneth Alexander, Norabie
Cottage, G. P. O. Box 73, Shillong 793 001, India
VU2CVS - V. S. N. Chowdary, Sri
Annapurna Rice Mill, Edida Road, Mandapeta 533 308, India
VU2IIH - Indian Institute of Hams, P. O.
Box 1927, Bangalore 560 019, India
YC0GJS - Gjellani Joostman Sutama, P. O.
Box 6122 JKPMT, Jakarta 10310, Indonesia
YC4TUU - Helmi Machmud, P. O. Box 51/TK,
Lampung 35211-A, Indonesia
YC5YAS - S. Madaruddin, Jl. Riau No. 04
Bengkong PLTD, Batam 29432, Indonesia
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