1 January 2000
No 452
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
TO ALL OUR READERS - WARMEST THOUGHTS AND
BEST WISHES FOR A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR
9A - Special event station 9A10CRO will be
active during 2000 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the
Democratic State of Croatia. QSL via 9A7K. [TNX The Daily DX]
CT - Look for CS2MIL to be active (10 and 20
metres) on 31 December and 1 January to celebrate the Millennium.
QSL via CT1END. [TNX CT1END]
FH - Christian, 6W1QV (ex-TR8SA) will be
active (on 40-6 metres) as FH/TU5AX from Mayotte (AF-027) for
five months starting on 5 January. QSL via F5OGL (Didier
Senmartin, DASC, BP 19, 35998 Rennes Armees, France). [TNX F6AJA
and Les Nouvelles DX]
HB9 - 4U0G is located at the Headquarters of
the United Nations in Geneva (UNOG), Switzerland. The call has
been issued to mark the emergency preparedness measures set up at
HQ by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
for the Y2K rollover period. QSL via IK2BHX (bureau only). [TNX
The Daily DX]
HL - The KARL Branch Office of Pohang
(HL0FDU) has been issued the special call D90TKY (T=Two, K=Kilo,
Y=Year) to celebrate the Millennium. It will be aired on 31
December-1 January. QSL direct to DS5UCP or via HL0FDU (bureau).
HS - The Minister of the Interior has asked
the Post Telegraph Department (PTD) to set up a Y2K support
network using the services of amateur radio operators and other
volunteers in Thailand. This is an emergency back-up measure in
the event of telecommunications or other failures. The special
call sign HS2000 (QSL via HS1CKC) has been assigned to HS0AC RAST
Club Station for international working regarding the Y2K
exercise, while HS2000/1 (QSL via HS1CKC) has been assigned to
the special control station installed at the Telephone
Organisation of Thailand's "Y2K Centre". The
frequencies to be used for both stations will be 28.450, 21.289,
14.189, 7.060/65 MHz, 145.800 MHz. Look for the two stations to
be active until 4 January. [TNX HS0/G3NOM aand E21EIC]
I - Amateurs living in Rome have been granted
permission to replace their prefix (I0, IK0, IZ0, IW0) with the
special II0 prefix to celebrate the jubilee year between 24
December 1999 and 24 December 2000. [TNX IW0BET]
OH - Members of the OH3AB club station will
operate special event station OH2OOO in 2000 to celebrate the
Millennium. [TNX The Daily DX]
OH - Amateurs from Finland have been allowed
to use the prefix OG between 1 January and 29 February to
celebrate the Millennium. [TNX OH2HSJ]
PY - Ari, PT2BW will be active as ZW2OOO
until 3 January to celebrate the Millennium. Look for him on
PSK31, Feld-Hell, MT63, SSTV, RTTY, CW and SSB. QSL via PT2BW
either direct (Ariosto Rodrigues de Souza, P.O. Box 03821,
70084-970 Brasilia - DF, Brazil) or through the bureau. [TNX
PT2BW]
PY - Special event station ZW2V is active
until 31 January from Valinhos, Brazil. QSL via PY2AE either
direct (Marcelo Pera, Rua Ver. Fernando Spadaccia 366, 13273-062
Valinhos-SP, Brazil) or through the bureau. [TNX PY2AE]
VK0_mac - It is confirmed that VK0LD will be
permanently QRT from Macquarie as of 12 UTC on 31 December
[425DXN 451]. In fact, Alan will be active as VK0MM
(Y2K/Millennium suffix) over the year 2000. VK0MM will initially
concentrate on 20 metres CW (30 wpm QSK) to give the maximum
number of stations a new country. However he will be active on
all HF bands CW/SSB over the year 2000 and will attempt to work
all major amateur population areas as fairly as possible. VK0MM's
operating schedule will be available on his web site (http://www.geocities.com/vk0ld/1.html).
E-mail requests for confirmation that a station is "in the
log" will result in the station being removed from the log.
Duplicate QSOs on the same band/mode will result in all QSOs
being automatically removed from the log by the logging software.
QSL information will be announced in due course. For further
information please refer to the URL above.
VP9 - Bob, KE0UI will be active (on 10-80
metres CW and SSB) as VP9/KE0UI from rare Hamilton Parish,
Bermuda (NA-005) between 8 and 15 January. QSL via home call.
[TNX KE0UI]
ZL - ZMY2K Hastings Branch Station will be
operating all bands with different operators until 14 January.
QSL via bureau. [TNX ZL2AAA]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
IOTA ACTIVITY MONTH (JANUARY) --->
The following IOTA island groups fall into the current
activity month and contacts made with them score three
points towards the RSGB IOTA Millennium Programme (IOTA
2000):
2YK JUBILEE AWARD ---> The Holy Year
2000 Award, sponsored by A.R.I. Rome, is available to
licenced amateurs (and SWLs) for contacts made with ARI
Rome members between 24 December 1999 and 24 December
2000. For full information please visit http://web.tiscalinet.it/ariroma
or e-mail Giovanni, IW0BET at iw0bet@amsat.org. [TNX
IW0BET]
QSL 3DA0WPX ---> The QSL manager is
ZS 6 WPX (not ZS5WPX). Full details at http://www.infozone.co.za/hradio1
(click the "Latest DX Pedition news"). [TNX
N2JTX]
QSL 3W7CW & XU7AAS ---> Tom,
SP5AUC (ex-YI9CW) is currently active as 3W7CW from
Vietnam and XU7AAS from Cambodia. He will be going to
Poland on 9 January and will be back to Vietnam in
February. Cards are expected from the printer soon, but
Tom will start processing the requests during his longer
summer holidays. [TNX SP5EWY]
QSL 9H1PF ---> The QSL manager has
been K5YG since February 1997. Cards for contacts prior
to 19 February 1997 should be sent direct to 9H1PF (Peter
Ferrando, Leando, Triq L-Ghansar, Birzebbuga BBG 05,
Malta). [TNX QRZ-DX]
QSL 9Y4VU ---> "I am no loger
the QSL manager for 9Y4VU", W3EVW states, as
"he has not sent me logs for over two years".
[TNX KB2NMV]
QSL FO5BI ---> The Daily DX reports
that starting 1 January 2000 F6HSI will not be the QSL
manager for Bob any longer and FO5BI will handle his own
QSL chores.
QSL UA0QBA ---> Nikolay, EU6TV
reports the new address for UA0QBA is Aleksandr Sinyakov,
Box 51, Vitebsk 210001, Belarus (QSL direct only).
QSL V26 ---> Several Team Antigua
members were active with V26 calls in October and
November. Please note the following QSL managers, as
according to KA2AEV "several of the QSL directories
have messed up our QSL routings":
V26A via WB3DNA V26DX via KU9C V26R via KA2AEV
V26AK via N2TK V26J via WX0B V26SW via K3SW
V26AU via DL6LAU V26OC via N3OC V26SZ via KM5SZ
V26B via WT3Q V26OX via K3OX V26U via W2UDT
V26YR via W2YR
QSL VK9RS ---> QSL manager I1HYW
reports he has received the cards (three different
designs: four-side, two-side and plain bureau cards) for
OC-230 from the printer. He is still waiting for the last
logs to arrive, but he will start processing the requests
he can confirm during these days. QSL to Gianni Varetto,
P. O. Box 1, 10060 Pancalieri - TO, Italy.
TAIWAN ---> The Daily DX gives
information about the new callsign structure in Taiwan:
BX#?? = all bands, max 800 watts; BV#?? and BM#?? = all
bands, max 600 watts; BX#??? = 15 and 10 metres only;
BM#??? and BV#??? = VHF/UHF only.
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
HUNTING LIONS: The 29th annual Huntting
Lions in the Air Contest will take place on 15-16
January. The contest is to commemorate the birthday of
Melvin Jonesa, the founder of Lionism, born on 13 January
1879. The rules can be downloaded from http://www.sarl.org.za/contests/lionita.htm.
[TNX VU2JHM]
ZS6EZ - Chris R. Burger, Box 4485,
Pretoria 0001, South Africa
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