25 September 1999
No 438
4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

3C0 - In a press release dated 21 September Tony, EA5BY reported some bad news from the 3C0R team on Annobon: "No operation on 6 meters and RTTY as the equipment got damaged during the trip to Annobon and they couldn't repair untill now". The good news is that they have "obtained from the authorities the approval for future operations from Annobon. Therefore, they will leave all the generators and gear at the Base".

5X - Graham, G0VNW/5Z5GS will be moving to Uganda in October for a two-year work assignment. He will operate as 5X1GS (QSL via WB2YQH). [TNX The Daily DX]

9N - Sergio, IZ6BRN/AP2WAP has been in Nepal since 20 September for five days. Look for 9N7RN on all bands, as he has been allowed to operate also on 80 and 160 metres. QSL via IK4ZGY. [TNX IZ6BRN/AP2WAP]

A3 - Klaus, DJ4SO and Manfred, DJ7RJ will be active as A35SO and A35ZL from Fafa Island (OC-049), Tonga between 27 September and 27 October. Plans are to operate on CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31 on all HF bands and 6 metres. QSL via home calls. [TNX DX News Letter]

CT - CR8A (QSL via CT1EEB), CR8ABE (QSL via CT1ABE), CR8END (QSL via CT1END), CR8ERK (QSL via CT1ERK) and CR8FMX (QSL via CT1FMX) are active from Portugal with the former prefix for Portuguese Timor. All direct QSLs requests will be paid out of the operators' own pockets, while IRCs and green stamps will be converted in funds to help the Timorese in this very difficult times. [TNX CT1EEB]

EI - Pam/ON4QP, Mat/ON5KL and Frank/ON4ACC plan to be active from either Clare Island (EU-121) or the Aran Islands (EU-006) on 1-3 October. They will also operate from Ireland (EU-115), particularly from the lighthouses on the west coast, for about ten days. [TNX ON5KL]

ER - Special event station ER8C will be active on 1-10 October to celebrate the 564th anniversary of Kishinev. QSL via ER1DA (Valery Metaxa, P.O. Box 9537, Kishinev, MD-2071, Moldova). [TNX ER1CW]

GW - Glyn, GW0ANA confirms the GB5FI operation from Flatholm Island (EU-124, WLH 0007) [425DXN 433] has been rescheduled to 29 September-3 October. Plans are to be active from all bands (160 metres-70 centimetres) and modes (CW, SSB, FM, RTTY, AMTOR, PACKTOR, SSTV). QSL via GW0ANA. The web site is at www.demon.co.uk/bars.

I - Alberto, IK4HPU reports that the IIA activity from La Guardiola (IIA SP-???) [425DXN 437] is now scheduled to take place on 3 October.

JA - Takeshi, JI3DST reports the 23-25 September activity from Oki Archipelago (AS-041) [425DXN 435] has been cancelled as the area is expected to be hit by a typhoon.

OD - Jean-Claude, 6W1QP plans to be active as OD5/3A2MT from Lebanon between 27 September and 27 October. Direct QSLs to 3A2MT or 6W1QP; bureau cards via the 3A bureau. [TNX 6W1QO]

OH0 - Martti, OH2BH has returned to Finland after almost six years in Asia. He will participate in the SAC SSB Contest (25-26 September) as OH0B from his re-built site on the Aland Islands. QSL via OH2BH (Martti J. Laine, Nuottaniementie 3D20, 02230 Espoo, Finland). [TNX N4NG]

OH0 - Look for OH0LQK (QSL via OH3LQK), OH0MFP (QSL via OH3MFP), OH0KCB (QSL via OH3RM) and OH0/OH6LGM (QSL via OH6LGM) to be active (on 6-40 metres CW, SSB and RTTY) from the Aland Islands (EU-002) between 25 September and 2 October. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]

TT - Max, I8NHJ and other three amateurs from Italy (namely Luciano/IK8HBA, Giovanni/IK8TOA and YL operator Elvira/IV3FSG) will be active as TT8xx (the call has been requested) from Chad for two weeks in late November-early December. The first week they will concentrate on the low bands SSB, RTTY and 6 metres, while CW activity will start with Max entering the CQ WW CW DX Contest (SOAB low power). They will have a quad for 10, 15 and 20 metres, some verticals for 40-80 and WARC bands, a dipole for 160 metres and a 5-element beam for 6 metres. QSL via I8NHJ. The team will be based at the catholic mission at Gore (where they will fix the station of TT8MS) and will be touring other seven missions in order to set up radio stations for local communications. If you can offer any help, both equipment and funds, please contact Max at i8nhj@pagus.it. [TNX I8NHJ]

XW - Hiroo, JA2EZD is active as XW2A from Laos until the end of the year. He also plans to operate from some IOTA islands in both Laos and Cambodia. QSL to Hiroo Yonezuka, P.O. Box 2659, Vientiane, Laos (do not send green stamps and do not use registered mail). [TNX The Daily DX]

ZL - Amateurs from New Zealand can use special prefix ZM to celebrate the millennium from October 1999 through March 2000. [TNX The Daily DX]

GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• CQ WW RTTY DX CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their participation in this year's event (25-26 September):

N5KO, W6OTC, K6AW, WF1B, N4GN, W5AP and HC1OT as HC8N (multi-multi) from the Galapagos (SA-004). QSL via AA5BT. [TNX The Daily DX]

A large group of operators from Radio Club Rosario as LU4FM (Multi-Multi). QSL to P.O. Box 263, 2000 Rosario, Argentina. [TNX LU3FP]

Alex, PY1KS (on all bands, particularly 10 metres, low power). [TNX PY1KS]

Bob, W1VXV on 10-80 metres from club station VE2CSI in Sept-Iles, Quebec (Zone 2). [TNX The Daily DX]

Joe, WB8YTZ from the VO2WL station. He will be active between 21 and 27 September; before and after the contest he will be signing VO2/WB8YTZ. [TNX The Daily DX]

• PIRATE ---> Pietro, IT9ZGY reports someone is pirating his call on CW, mostly on the 3C0R pile-ups.
• QSL OX3LG ---> Allis, OZ1ACB is the new QSL manager for all of OX3LG's operations. He reports there is no need to send second requests "as I will answer all cards within the next month". QSL to Allis Andersen, Kagsaavej 34, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark.
• QSL VK9RS ---> Direct cards for VK9RS (Rowley Shoals, OC-230) should be sent to I1HYW (Gianni Varetto, P.O. Box 1, 10060 Pancalieri - TO, Italy). Bureau cards can be requested from I1JQJ, who will handle them in due course.
• QSL Z32ZM ---> I2JSB (Giorgio Savini, P. O. Box 55, 20089 Rozzano - MI, Italy) has been the new QSL manager for Mome, Z32ZM since 1 January 1999, but he can confirm also contacts made prior to that date. [TNX Z32ZM]

NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• BORNEO: The web page for the upcoming Borneo DXpedition [425DXN 435] is at http://www.qsl.net/n2oo/borneo. [TNX N2OO]
• LOGS: The logs for T24DX and 3D2DX are now available at http://www.qsl.net/ea4dx/Tuvalulog1.htm. [TNX EA4DX]
• RRC: The Russian Robinson Club web page at http://rrc.sc.ru features a most complete database of operations from Russian islands for the last 25 years. [TNX RA6AR and Islands On The Web]
• BRAZIL: Daniel, PT7BI reports the web page for the Brazil DX Net is at http://www.fortalnet.with.br/brasildxnet.

QSL INFO - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER 
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3C0R        EA5FVY      DU67SAN     DU1SAN      OJ0RJ       OH0RJ
3D2DX       EA4CP       DU8ARK      I2YDX       OJ0VR       OH1VR
3D2RW       ZL1AMO      E20HHK/2    E21EIC      OX/OZ8AE    OZ8AE
3Z0CLL      SO8HW       E20REX      E21EIC      OY/OZ1IIL   OZ1IIL
3Z0RPW      SP4GFG      E21EJC      HS1GOS      OY4TN       OY6FRA
4L1UN       IK7JTF      E41/OK1DTP  OK1TD       P29BI       VK4EJ
4S7EVG      DL3KBQ      E44/OZ6ACD  OZ1ACB      P29VHX      DJ9HX
4U1WB       KK4HD       EA2BUF/3    EA2BUF      PZ5DX       K3BYV
4X3DIG      4Z5AX       ED1SDC      EA1AUM      R1AND       RW1AI
5B25MF      5B4MF       ED1TCB      EA1FE       R9/UT2LA    UA3ZK
5W1CW       ZL1AMO      ED2PFA      EA2CBY      RA3OU       W3HC
5X1D        SM0BFJ      ED4FVG      EA4ELD      RF9C        RK9CWW
5Z4IC       MW0AIE      ED4TDM      EA4ATI      RK1B/1      RV1AC
5Z4RL       G0IAS       ED5JNM      EA45VM      RK3BY/0     RK3BY
7Q7CE       IN3VZE      ED5SAX      EA5FKT      S79GI       PA3GIO
8P6SH       KU9C        ED6CDV      EA6ZX       SO2WDX      US5WDX
8Q7AM       EA5MB       ED7PDC      EA7IA       SV0LR       HB9LDR
8Q7SW       G3VMW       ED9CCL      EA9CE       SV7/UY0MF   UY0MF
9A770N      9A2TN       EK0W        EK6GB       SV9/ON4BB   ON4BB
9H0VRZ      PA0JR       EK6LV       IK2DUW      SW2A        SV2AEL
9H3R        PA3CBU      EK6TA       DJ0MCZ      SW5AI       SV8CRI
9H3TD       PA0TPM      EK7DX       F5LGQ       T24DX       EA4CP
9H3V        PE1CAJ      EL2AB       IK0PHY      T31K        SM6CAS
9H3ZP       PA3GRI      EL2RF       K1SE        T31T        SM6CAS
9H8GRS      9H4M        EO6F        UX0FF       T31YL       SM6WYN
9J2A        JA0JHA      ER0F        UX0FF       T46AA       CO2FRC
9J2BO       W6ORD       ET3VSC      IV3VSC      T46CW       CO2FRC
9K2/KK5OQ   KK5OQ       EW6GB       IK2QPR      T88JJ       JA3ART
9K2/SQ5DAK  SP5KQS      EY11OO      DJ1SKO      T88MM       JA3AJ
9K2GS       W6YJ        EY6TM       F6FNU       T95A        K2PF
9M2TO       JA0DMV      EY8XX       GW3CDP      TK/DJ5MX    DJ5MX
9M6BG       VR2BG       FG5FR       F6FNU       TM5O        F6KHM
9M8DX/2     9V1XE       FK/F6BUM    F2VX        TP50CE      F6FQK
9N1HA       N5VL        FK8FU       NA5U        TT8FC       EA4AHK
9Q5TE       SM0BFJ      FK8GJ       F6CXJ       TU2/F4ATM   F4ATM
9V1XE       DL4DBR      FK8HC       VK4FW       TU2XZ       W3HC
9X/RE3A     RW3AH       FO0DEH      ON4QM       TU5FL       ON5FL
9X/SM5DIC   SM0BFJ      FO0SAL      EA5XX       TY1RY       W6/G0AZT
A35MU       N1ZNX       FT5WH       F6KDF       UA0QBA      EV6A
A41KJ       N5FTR       FT5YG       F5LBL       UA2FM/mm    DK4VW
A61AJ       W3UR        FY5FJ       IK2HTW      UE3IKW/p    UA3MBJ
AP2JZB      K2EWB       FY5HY       F6IHY       UN4P        DL8KAC
AT0VLH      OK1MM       H22H        5B4MF       UP0L        UN9LW
BD4ED/4     BY4BHP      H25MF       5B4MF       V5/ZS6YG    W0YG
BD7NQ/7     W2AY        H44MY       JA0IXW      V51GP       W8RXR
BI7Y        BA7JA       HC8N        AA5BT       VK6EEN      CT1EEN
BT0A        BY0AA       HH2SJR      EA5DLC      VK8AN/6     VK4AAR
BV4FH       KA6SPQ      HV4NAC      IK0FVC      VK8PY/6     K9PPY
BY1DX       OH2BH       II6FII      IK6LLE      VP5/HB9CYN  HB9CYN
C31LJ       VE3GEJ      II7LE       IK7DXP      VP5/HB9CYV  HB9CYV
C40A        5B4MF       IO6ARI      IK6PTH      VP5/WB8VTK  WB8VTK
C4A         9A2AJ       IQ3X        IV3SKB      VU3MCV      ON7LX
C91RF       DL6DQW      IR0MFP      IK0AZG      VU3VLH      OK1MM
C91RF/p     DL6DQW      J37K        W8KKF       VX2DX       VE2STN
CE0ZAM      CE3ESS      J42FD       SV2DCD      WP4M        KP3BG
CM6YI       W3HNK       JL1KFR/JD1  JL1KFR      XT2PT       N5DRV
CM8XI       F6FNU       JT1FBB      W9JOE       XU7AAV      G4ZVJ
CN8NK       EA5XX       JW6RHA      LA6RHA      YB0AVK      HA0HW
CN8WW       DL6FBL      K9AW/DU6    WF5T        YB0ECT      K5ZE
CO6TB       F6FNU       KH0/JA1NVF  JA1NVF      YC4TRY      W4JS
CP4BT       DL9OT       KH0AC       K7ZA        YC4TUU      W4JS
CQ5G        CT1ED       KH8/KK6HC   LA7MFA      YJ0AIR      W8WC
CR8ABE      CT1ABE      LO7H        LU7HN       Z32XX       NN6C
CU2/DL3OCH  DL3OCH      OH0/K7BV    KU9C        ZA/IK0EIM   IK0EIM
CU3T        CU3URA      OH0V        OH4JLV      ZD7VC       K1WY
DL1GKG/HI3  DK2GP       OH0XY       OH6XY       ZD9BV       W4FRU
DU1KGJ/4    DU1KGJ      OH0Z        OH1EH       ZD9HGW      GM6HGW
DU67HBC     JA1NAQ      OJ0/K7BV    KU9C        ZG2FK       ZB2FK
DU67RG      DU9RG       OJ0J        OH0RJ       ZK1AXA      ON5AX
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ADDRESSES - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• 4S7TZ - Trevor V. P. Abeyesundere, 38/15 Gower Street, Colombo 5, Sri Lanka
• 5B4MF - Spyros Stavrinides, P.O.Box 29129, 1621 Nicosia, Cyprus
• 9V1XE - Mirek Rozbicki, 7 Seletar Terrace, Singapore 806908
• AB5EB - Michael Crownover Jr., 3617 O 1/2, Galveston, Texas 77550, USA
• AL7RB - John Pendrey, 927B Aviation Hill Loop Road, Kodiak, AK 99615, USA
• BA7JA - P.O. Box 1713, Guangzhou 510600, People's Republic of China
• BG7LV - Huang Zai Wei, P.O.Box 652, Guangzhou 510220, China
• CT1EEB - Jose de Sa, P.O.Box 79, 3860 Estarreja, Portugal
• CT1END - Carlos Nora, Urb. Massama Norte, Lt.72 2 Dto, Massama, 2745 Queluz, Portugal
• EA2BUF - P.O.Box 105, 20280 Hondarribia, Spain
• EA4CP - Jose Diaz, Doce de Octubre # 4, 28009 Madrid, Spain *OR* P.O. Box 50546, 28080 Madrid, Spain
• EA5FVY - Angel Garcia Mendoza, P.O. Box 3045, 03080 Alicante, Spain
• EA5XX - Julio Volpe O'Neil, P.O. Box 4062, Alicante 03080, Spain
• EX8W - Vlad Y. Sudakov, P.O. Box 2, Kara - Balta-5, Kyrgyzstan 722030
• F5LBL - Gerard Korpe, 629 Rue de Montpellier, F-30800 Saint Gilles, France
• FR5FD - Pat, 40 Rue Louis des Jardins, Bois de Nefle, F-97411 St. Paul, Reunion Island via France
• GM6HGW - C. H. Topping, 32 Maryknowe, Gauldry, Newport on Tay, Fife DD6 8SL, Scotland, UK
• HB9CYN - Martin Ghermi, Wyden 5, CH-5242 Birr, Switzerland
• HB9CYV - Chris Zeller, Jaegerstr. 19, CH-8200 Schaffhausen, Switzerland
• I1BUP - Vittorio Buzio, via Antica Certosa 23, I-14100 Asti - AT, Italy
• I2IAU - Nino Iacono, Viale Bacchiglione 21, I-20139 Milano - MI, Italy
• IK7VJX - Piero Zanella, Via Carlo Goldoni 9, I-73100 Lecce - LE, Italy
• IK8PGM - Roberto Duca, Casella Postale 26, I-80053 Castellammare di Stabia - NA, Italy
• IK8TWX - Vincenzo Sabatino, via G. Cesare 6, I-81030 Frignano - CE, Italy
• IK8YFU - Alessandro Pochi', Via Cavour 8, 89024 Polistena - RC, Italy
• IN3VZE - Ely Camin, Corso 3 Novembre 136/2, 38100 Trento - TN, Italy
• IR5SI - P. O. Box 78, 53100 Siena - SI, Italy
• IS0LYN - Mario Lumbau, Via San Nicola 23, I-07036 Sennori-SS, Italy
• IV3HAX - Mauro Lizzi, P.O.Box 1, 33034 Fagagna - UD, Italy
• IZ0CBB - Lino Lombardi, Via La Libera 80, 03037 Pontecorvo - FR, Italy
• IZ0CKJ - Alessio Roma, P.O. Box 22, 03023 Ceccano - FR, Italy
• IZ0IIA - Fabrizio Filosi, P.O. Box 93, 00042 Anzio - RM, Italy
• KB6NAN - Dianna R. Killeen, P.O.Box 911, Pescadero, CA 94060-0911, USA
• OH1EH - Ari Korhonen, Kreetalank. 9, FIN-29200 Harjavalta, Finland
• OH4JLV - Antti Tiittala, Akselinkatu 14A, 57130 Savonlinna, Finland
• OH6XY - Carl Ikaheimo, Lansiranta 29, FIN-02880 Veikkola, Finland
• ON4QM - Marcel Dehonin, Eversestraat 130, B-1932 Saint-Stevens-Woluwe, Belgium
• PA0JR - Andre van den Bos, Olof Palmelaan 5, NL-9649 BH Muntendam, The Netherlands
• PA3GIO - Bert vd Berg, Parkln 38, Woudenberg 3931 KK, The Netherlands
• PY1KS - P.O. Box 18123, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, 20722-970 Brazil
• RA0CG - Oleg W. Saniykov, P.O. Box 1, P/O Galkino, 682312 Khabarovsk, Russia
• RV1AC - Alexander V. Pashenko, P.O. Box 104, St. Petersburg, 192241 Russia
• RW3AH - Andy Fyodoroff, P.O. Box 899, Moscow 127018, Russia
• SM0BFJ - Leif Hammarstrom, Birger Jarlsgatan 38, SE-114 29 Stockholm, Sweden
• SM6CAS - Nils-Goran Persson, Box 2050, 436 02 Hovas, Sweden
• SM6FJY - Yarl Landstrom, P.O. Box 423, SE-401 26 Goteborg, Sweden
• SM6WYN - Ulrika Persson, Jarnmyntsgatan 7, 4 tr, 414 79 Goteborg, Sweden
• SV1DU - George Stamou, Skiathou Str. 60, Athens, Greece
• SV2DCD - Leo Fiskas, Argyriou Gouzgou 1, 52200 Argos Orestiko, Greece
• TR8XX - Jean-Claude Jupin, P.O. Box 4069, Libreville, Gabon
• TU2KC - 43eme BIMA, BP 54, Port Bouet, Abdijan 12, Ivory Coast
• UA3AGS - P.O. Box 1, Moscow 109387, Russia
• UO100OIL - P.O. Box 1, Atyrau 465002, Kazakstan
• UR7IRL - P.O. Box 41. Konstantinovka-10, Donetsk reg. 85110 Ukraine
• UX0FF - Nikolay Lavreka, P.O. Box 3, Izmail 68600, Ukraine
• VE2STN - Richard G. Desaulniers, 461 Romeo, Ste-Dorothee Laval, Quebec H7X 1R2, Canada
• VE3ZZ - Gregg A. Calkin, P.O. Box 1345, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5R4, Canada
• VK4EJ - Bernie McIvor, 30 Brennan Parade, Strathpine, Queensland 4500, Australia
• VQ9JC - Jim Clary, P.O. Box 18095, Panama City Beach, FL 32417, USA
• W6/G0AZT - Eddie Schneider, Box 5194, Richmond, CA 94805, USA
• ZD7BG - P.O. Box 157, Jamestown, St. Helena Island
• ZS150LL - P.O. Box 273, Strand 7140, South Africa
• ZS1OAR - P.O. Box 637, Gansbaai 7220, South Africa

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