6 May 2000
No 470
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
KINGMAN AND PALMYRA 2000 - Tom Harrell, N4XP
and Garry Shapiro, NI6T report The Kingman-Palmyra DX Group will
activate Kingman Reef (KH5K) and Palmyra Atoll (KH5) this year.
Due to a special situation, their activation will occur in
several phases over the summer and fall. Several moderate-scale
operations will take place on a flexible schedule from Palmyra
over the next months. A full-scale, 10-band activation of Kingman
Reef is scheduled to take place in October.
DL - On 15 May 1900 the German PTT opened the
first radio service and "KBM" was the first call used
by the station on Borkum Island (EU-047). Special call DQ0KBM
will be aired on all bands on modes from Borkum on 13-15 May to
celebrate the anniversary. [TNX DL1BBR]
EO - The following special event stations
will be active on all bands and modes from Ukraine between 5 and
14 May to celebrate the end of WWII: EO55HK with QSL via UT1HT
(George Ignatov, P.O. Box 87, Kremenchug-21, 39621 Ukraine);
EO55IX with QSL via UR6IM either direct (P.O. Box 91,
Konstantinovka-14, 85114, Donetskaya obl, Ukraine) or through the
bureau. [TNX UR7IRL and UT1HT]
GM - Les, G4CWD will be active (on 10-80
metres, WARC included) as GS3EEO/P from Ailsa Craig island (IOTA
EU-123 and IOSA CL-05) from approximately 14.00 UTC on 7 May till
12.00 UTC on the 9th. QSL via G3OCA either direct or through the
bureau. [TNX G4CWD]
GU - Noby, G0VJG will be active as GU0VJG
from Sark Island (EU-114) between 12 and 19 May. QSL via G0VJG.
[TNX The Daily DX]
I - Piero/IK7VJX and Daniele/IZ7CFF should be
active as homecall/p from the lighthouse at Santa Maria di Leuca
(WAIL PU-004) on 14 May. QSL via homecall. [TNX IK7VJX]
JT - Special event station JU1O will be
active on 12-14 May from Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of
Mongolia. QSL via HA0HW either direct (Laszlo Szabo, P.O. Box 24,
Puspokladany, H-4151 Hungary) or through the bureau. [TNX HA0HW]
SV - Special event station SW1OF will be
activated on 5-30 May to celebrate the lighting of the Olympic
flame in Olympia. QSL via SV1DKL. [TNX SV1DKL]
TI - The TI-IOTA Group will operate as TE6U
from Uvita Island (NA-155) between 17 and 21 May. Three stations
(one for CW, one for SSB and one for 6 metres) will operate on
all bands (80-6 metres). RTTY activity is planned on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday. QSL via TI5KD. [TNX TI5KD]
UA - Special event station RP3DVS will be
active on 5-9 and 13-14 May to celebrate the 55th anniversary of
the end of WWII. QSL for CW contacts via RW3DY (Nickolaj L.
Evgraphov, 9-j Gvardejskoy Divizii str. 42-25, Istra 143500,
Russia); QSL for SSB contacts via RW3DU (Andrew V. Berlynsky, 9-j
Gvardejskoy Divizii str. 57-29, Istra 143500, Russia). [TNX
RW3DY]
UA - Operators from RZ1AWO are active as R1AP
from Gogland Island (EU-133, RR-0104) until 10 May. QSL via
UA1CKC (P.O. Box 70, Kingisepp 188450, Russia). [TNX RA3SL]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
ARI INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST ---> The
following stations have announced they will participate
in this year's event (http://www.kkn.net/~i2uiy/):
Odoardo/I0TIC, Francesco/IK0XBX
and others as IO0A. QSL via bureau.
Mario, IK6GPZ as IO6T. QSL via
IK6GPZ.
Jesus, LU5FC as LP1F. QSL via
home call.
LU7DW and LW9EUJ as L99D (SSB
and CW). QSL via LU7DW.
UN8GU and UN8GF on all bands
SSB. QSL via IZ8CCW.
VK2BNG on CW only. QSL via
IZ8CCW.
YC3IZK on 10, 15 and 40 metres
SSB and CW. QSL via IZ8CCW.
BI4L ---> The operation from Changdao
in the Shandong Province North East group (AS-146) logged
6,000+ QSOs on SSB, CW and PSK31 (98 QSOs) between 06.30
UTC on 1 May and 20 UTC on the 4th. QSL via BY4RSA. [TNX
BA4TB]
QSL C91DC ---> The Daily DX reports
the following two addresses should be used: Brian Carney,
DOS/PC - Maputo, 2201 C St., Washington DC 20521-2330,
USA (from USA) and Brian Carney, c/o US Embassy, P.O. Box
783, Maputo, Mozambique (from outside USA).
QSL CT9KN ----> Ricardo, CT3KN (ct3kn@hotmail.com)
reports that cards for CT9KN (used in the CQWW WPX SSB
2000) can be sent either direct or via bureau to CT3KN.
Cards for CT3KN can be sent either direct to CS3MAD or
via bureau.
QSL ET3DP ---> Different addresses
also for this station: Dennis Panther, Dept. of State,
2030 Addis Ababa PL, Washington, DC 20521 (from USA);
Dennis Panther (AID), P.O. Box 1014, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia (from outside USA). [TNX The Daily DX]
QSL SI1SSA ---> Eric, SM1TDE reports
all of the QSOs made with SI1SSA (EU-020) through 15
April (some 5200 contacts) have been confirmed thorugh
the bureau. This call will be aired until the end of the
year to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Swedish
radioamateur federation (see http://www.svessa.se)
QSL VIA G4EDG ---> Steve Taylor,
G4EDG reports that cards for 5W0ST, KH8/G4EDG and
ZL/G4EDG (September 1999-January 2000) have been received
from the printer and all direct requests have been dealt
with in the past few days.
QSL VIA IK2PZG ---> Bruno reports
some 17,000 cards have been sent through the bureau and
there is no backlog, except for his latest operations
this year.
SILENT KEY - Gilles, F6IRA reports that
Michel, 5R8GL (ex-F5LET) passed away on 5 February.
Michel had moved to Madagascar [425DXN 451] after
retiring.
(1) CW activity on 1-7 March 2000 only
(2) CW activity on 23-28 February 2000 only
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YB0CBI - Ferry Soedjana, P.O.Box 8075,
Jakarta 12080, Indonesia
YB0DPO - Dudy Wijaya, Jalan Seni Budaya
4/31 RT 008/05, Jakarta 11460 Indonesia
ZL8RI - c/o Ken Holdom, Kermadec DX
Association, P.O. Box 7, Clyde, Central Otago, New
Zealand
ZL9CI - c/o Ken Holdom, Kermadec DX
Association, P.O. Box 7, Clyde, Central Otago, New
Zealand
ZS6WPX - P.O. Box 2845, Middelburg 1050,
South Africa
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