9 October 1999
No 440
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
425 DX NEWS ANNIVERSARY CD-ROM - The first
copies were distributed at the end of September during the HF-DX
Meeting in Bologna. Paolo, IK1NLZ and Maurizio, IZ1CRR are now
mailing the remaining CDs.
9A - Frane/9A5V, Matko/9A3VM and Fredi/9A5KV
will be active from the island of Lokrum (EU-016, CI-056) on 9-10
October. They are also planning to operate from Mrkan (EU-016,
CI-072) on 16 or 17 October. QSL via home calls. For further
information on IOCA (Islands Of Croatia Award), please visit http://www.qsl.net/9a6aa.
[TNX 9A3ZG]
9L - Jacky's (F2CW) assignment in Sierra
Leone [425DXN 429] will be ending sometime this month: "He
has signatures from everybody for a license except for one person
in the Army there that is holding it all up", Doug, N6RT
reports. "I last talked to him about 2 or 3 weeks ago, and
he still hasn't been on the air, so it doesn't look good".
EM_ant - EM1KGG is currently active from
Vernadsky Antarctic base on Galindez Island (AN-006), Antarctica.
QSL via UT7UA.
FO_aus - Marcel ON4QM/FO0DEH is still active
from Raivavae (OC-114), Austral Islands until 18 or 19 October.
He will then move to Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia. [TNX
F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
FO_aus - JK1TKE will be active (on HF and 6
metres) from Tubuai (OC-152), Austral Islands between 14 and 24
October. [TNX The Daily DX]
FY - Baldur, DJ6SI will be active as FY/DJ6SI
from French Guiana until 15 October. Look for him on or around
1828, 3508, 7002, 10102, 14025, 18085, 21025, 24902 and 28025
kHz. QSL via DJ6SI. [TNX The Daily DX]
GJ - Chris, G0WFH will be active (10-160
metres QRP SSB) as GJ0WFH from Jersey (EU-013) on 10-17 October.
Look for him on 1845 kHz during the night of the 14th. QSL via
G0WFH. [TNX The Daily DX]
JA - The IOTA operation from Uji Archipelago
(AS-067) [425DXN 435] has been delayed due to rough seas. Look
for JI3DST/6, JA4PXE/6 and JF6WTY/6 to start being active from 21
UTC on 9 September until 23 UTC on the 10th. QSL via home calls.
[TNX JI6KVR]
KH0 - Northern Kyushu DX Club members JA6AGA
(KH0/AF4IN) and JA6CNL (KH0N) will be active (on all bands,
mostly CW) from the Northern Marianas (OC-086) starting on 15
October. QSL via home calls or via the Northern Kyushu DX Club
QSL Bureau (P.O. Box 11, Yawata, 805-8691 Japan). [TNX The Daily
DX]
OD - Genevieve, F5SQM is now active (mostly
on CW) as OD/F5SQM. She plans to participate in major contests.
QSL via F6FYA. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
PY0spp - Karl, PS7KM has been informed by the
Brazilian Navy that the new date for departure for St. Peter and
St. Paul Archipelago [425DXN 439] is 3 November. Operations are
expected to start three days later. ZX0SK (QSL via PS7KM) will be
active on SSB, RTTY and SSB, while ZW0SP (QSL via PT7AA) will
operate CW. They will be on the air 24 hours a day, from 6 to 80
metres, possibly on 160 metres as well. [TNX PS7KM]
S2 - JA1UT, JA1AFF and JS1QHO will visit
Bangladesh and plan to operate (mainly on WARC bands CW, 29 MHz
FM and 6 metres) as S21ZE (re-issued from 1994) between 14 and 18
October. They will be assisted by Rashid, S21AR. QSL via JA1UT.
[TNX G3NOM]
SM - Fred/SM7DAY, Jan/SM7DDR and Jan/SM7NGH
will be active (SSB and CW) from Ven Island (EU-137) between 8
and 10 October. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
V3 - Hugh, K0GHK and Roger, WA0ETE will be
active as V31HK from Ambergris Cay (NA-073), Belize between 10
and 16 October. Operations will probably be in their mornings and
evenings. Look for them on both SSB and CW, especially 10 and 15
metres. QSL via WA0ETE. [TNX K9RZ]
VK0_ant - Bob, K4MZU reports that Tom, VK0TS
is still active from Antarctic base Davis (AN-016) with just 20
watts and a vertical. He can be found around 14245 kHz between 10
and 12 UTC. QSL via VK1DX.
ZL - Amateurs from Otago Branch of New
Zealand Association of Transmitters will operate special event
callsign ZM75AA through 31 October to celebrate the 75th
anniversary of the first trans-world 2-way radio contact, which
took place on 18 October 1924 between Frank Bell, Z4AA of Shag
Valley Station at Waihemo, near Dunedin, and Cecil Goyder, G2SZ
at the Mill Hill School in London. QSL via the bureau or direct
to P.O. Box 5485, Dunedin, New Zealand. [TNX ZL4OI and ON4VT]
ZL7 - Ed, K8VIR/ZL4IR has been active as
ZL4IR/7 from Chatham Island (OC-038) since 5 October. He is
expected to be there until mid-October. QSL via W8WC. [TNX The
Daily DX]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
ISLANDS (OZ) ----> Jens, OZ5MJ
reports the QSL card for OZ3FYN/L (operation from
Keldsnor Lighthouse on Langeland, EU-029) has a wrong DIA
(Danish Islands Award) number: it is not FY001 but FY019.
ISLANDS (VK) ---> The VK9RS team on
Imperieuse Reef, Rowley Shoals (OC-230) went QRT at 17.41
UTC on 25 September after some 10,800 QSOs. After that
Mal (VK6LC/VK6ISL), Sam (CT1EEN/VK6EEN) and Jim
(K9PPY/VK8PY) operated as scheduled from Malus Island
(OC-199, 2,000 QSOs) and Green Island (OC-183, 2,000
QSOs). [TNX CT1EEB]
PS2V ---> A special award (price 3
IRCs) will be issued to those SWLs who can copy this
station on at least three different bands. PS2V is
scheduled to be active from Vitoria Island (SA-028) on
8-12 October [425DXN 439]. Send your request to PY2AA.
[TNX PY2ZX]
QSL 9NxUD ---> K4VUD has now replied
to all the direct QSL requests that arrived for both
9N1UD and 9N7UD. If you do not receive your card by 1
November, please send another request to Charles Harpole,
3100 N. Hwy. 426, Geneva, FL 32732, USA. Please note that
he all of the remaining contacts will be confirmed
automatically through the bureau on 15 November. [TNX
K4VUD]
QSL CX3AL ---> Leo Correa, CX3AL
reports that "the mailing cost of one letter from
Uruguay is around U$S 1.50. A lot of stations are sending
SASE to me with only U$S 1.00. During the last two years
I have been sending all these request direct and the
difference went out of my pocket. By time being, as I am
receiving many cards, mainly from my activity in the WARC
bands, I can not support it any more. In the future
direct requests that not cover full postage charges will
be answered through the buro".
QSL R1AND ---> Ed Kritsky, NT2X is
NOT the QSL manager for RW1AI (operating at R1AND) but
has offered to collect QSLs for Mike and forward them to
him sometime before May 2000, when he returns home from
Antarctica. No cards will be issued prior to his return.
Send your cards (direct only) to Mike Fokin, R1AND, c/o
Edward Kritsky, P.O. Box 715, Brooklyn, NY 11230, USA.
[TNX K1XN @ The Golist]
QSL T33VU ---> QSL manager DL2MDZ has
not had much time to process requests in the past few
months due to family problems. However the main
difficulties are two: the T33VU logs (some 14,000 QSOs)
are handwritten and the cards for Karl's (DL1VU) other T3
activities have not been received from the printer so
far. Please be patient, above all if you have sent cards
for several calls in the same envelope. If you want to
get in touch with Rainer, DL2MDZ, his e-mail address is DL2MDZ@t-online.de.
[TNX DF6EX]
QSL YC5XIP ---> Fulvio, I1WFF reports
he has not heard from Syafry, YC5XIP for a long time and
is still waiting for the new logs. He has processed all
the requests received so far for the contacts he can
confirm - if you worked YC5XIP on one of the days
detailed below, you can send your card to Fulvio Marin,
P. O. Box 88, 13900 Biella - BI, Italy. I1WFF has the
logs for 2, 3, 5, 11, 12, 23 October 1997; 6, 9, 14, 15,
16, 17, 19 September 1998; 23, 24, 25, 27, 30 October
1998; 1, 2, 28, 30 November 1998; 5, 18 December 1998.
QSL VIA PY7MEU ---> Pedro, PP5SZ
reports that the new QSL route for ZY7G and ZW7G [425DXN
437], as well as for ZX7G [425DXN 439], is via PY7MEU
(Eglaube Rocha, Caixa Postal 322, 50001-970 Recife - PE,
Brazil) or through the bureau.
QSL VIA UA3AGS ---> Sergei, UA3AGS is
the QSL manager for EX8W and for Franz Josef Land
stations R1FJL, R1FJV and R1FJO. Amateurs in CIS
countries should send their requests to P.O. Box 1,
Moscow 109387, Russia, while all others should use P.O.
Box 196, Pepperell, MA 01463-0196, USA [TNX The Daily DX]
SILENT KEYS - Bob Schenck, N2OO reports
that Charlie "Jack" Jackson, SV0AA became a
silent key in late June at the age of 87. First licenced
in 1931, he was a Life Member of the ARRL, held 5BDXCC,
A-1 Op, FOC, QCWA & OOTC. We have also been informed
that Michele Cicerchia, IK6MQP passed away in late
September - we'll miss him on the pile-ups.
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
MARCONI MEMORIAL CONTEST HF: IK6PTJ
reports that the results, as well as the rules for next
edition, are now available at www.qsl.net/ik6ptj/marconi.htm.
VR2UZ - K. C. Li, House D, Greenland
Villas, 12 Ma Yeung Path, Kau To Shan, Shatin, N. T.,
Hong Kong, China
VU3PRA - V. Vijaya Pradeep, Chaythram
(Govt. Homoeo Dispensory Building), Kalayapuram P. O.,
Kottarakkara (Via), Kollam 691 560, India
W6/G0AZT - Eddie Schneider, Box 5194,
Richmond, CA 94805, USA
WB1HOF - Hampden County Radio
Association, P.O. Box 705, Agawam, MA 01001, USA
YB1BUL - Mula Warman W., Jln. Golf Barat
F3/16, Arcamanik, Bandung 40293, Indonesia
YB8BRI - Dr. Ir. Hm. Ramli Rahim,
Komplek Unhas Tamalanrea K/7, Makassar 90245, Indonesia
YB8NA - Syam M. Akil, P. O. Box 89, Palu
94001, Indonesia
YC1CEO - Suhandi Brata W., P. O. Box
1042, Bandung 40010, Indonesia
YC4HF - Karel Lagaunne, Jl. Veteran No.
7090/55, Palembang 30126, Indonesia
YC5SKR - Sukirman, P. O. Box 5,
Ujungbatu 28454, Indonesia
YF7PT - R. Soesanto Eko Wardojo, P. O.
Box 25, Banjarmasin 70001, Indonesia
YI99BIF - Box 55072, Baghdad, Iraq
ZA1BE - Petrit Mecani, P. O. Box 7464,
Tirana, Albania
ZA1KP - Radio Club Partizani, P. O. Box
7464, Tirana, Albania
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