3 June 2000
No 474
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
3D2 - The Daily DX reports that Ron, ZL1AMO
is leaving for Fiji on 3 June and expects to operate as 3D2RW
"for a few weeks". He hopes to be active "from a
few IOTA's while out and about" QSL via ZL1AMO.
9M8 - Hans, DF5UG is currently in S E Asia on
vacation and plans to operate (on or around 14260, 21260, 28460
kHz and maybe 7040 kHz conditions permitting) as 9M8QQ from Pulau
Setang (OC-165) until around 4 UTC on 5 June. QSL via home call.
[TNX 9V1RH]
CT3 - Madeira Team members CT3BD, CT3BM,
CT3DL, CT3IA and CT3HK, will be active as CQ9S from the Selgavens
Islands (AF-047) between 3 and 14 July. Check http://www.hammad-online.com/~cteam/index.html
for further information.[TNX CT3IA]
DL - Look for DL7VRO, DL7UTM, DL7UBA, DL7IQ,
DL7IO and others to operate as DF0RR/p or DF0RR/EU98 (CW) from
Poel Island (EU-098) until 5 June. QSL via bureau. They will also
be training students and using the call DN1JC. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
EA - Jorge, EC1BXI will be working on Ons
Island (EU-080) from 1 to 30 July and will operate on 10, 15, 40
and 80 metres SSB as EF1ONS (QRP) during his spare time,
hopefully during the IOTA Contest as well. Visiting amateurs will
be able to operate as ED1ONS (please contact Jorge at ec1bxi@olemail.com). QSL via
EC1BXI (Jorge Fernandez Devesa, P.O. Box 54, 36980 O Grove,
Pontevedra, Spain). [TNX EC1BXI]
F - The Council of Europe Radio Club (TP2CE)
will sign TP2000CE on SSB, CW and RTTY between 9 and 11 June. QSL
to F6FQK. [TNX F6FQK]
I - Alfredo, IK7JWX and other operators from
Salento DX Team will be active from Isola Grande (EU-091, IIA
LE-002) on 3-4 June. QSL via home calls.
I - Alberto, IK4HPU plans to operate from La
Guardiola Island (IIA SP-020, not IOTA) on the first or second
weekend of June. [TNX Crazy DX Group]
I - Special event station IR3BZ will be
active on all bands and modes from Bolzano between 9 and 12 June.
QSL via IN3DEI. [TNX IN3DEI]
I - Calabria DX Team members Alex/IK8YFU,
Max/IK8YVG and Domenico/IZ8BAD plan to operate from Scogli
Formuculi (IIA VV-007, not IOTA) on 11 June. QSL via bureau or
direct to IK8YFU (Alessandro Pochi', Via Cavour 8, 89024
Polistena - RC, Italy). [TNX IK8YFU]
I - Meditearraneo DX Team members IZ8CCW and
IZ8BGY will operate (on 40, 20 and 6 metres SSB and CW on
request) from Scogli Coreca (IIA CS-004, not IOTA) on 11 June.
For skeds on 6 metres please e-mail iz8ccw@tin.it. QSL via home
calls. [TNX IZ8CCW]
JA - Members from the Morioaka Club (JA7YCE)
will operate (on all bands SSB and CW) special event stations
8J7WGC and 8J7WGC/7 until 10 June during the World Geothermal
Congress 2000 - WGC 2000. QSL via the JARL Bureau. [TNX JG7LQU]
LZ - Berkin, TA3J and his wife Nilay Mine,
TA3YJ report they will operate as LZ/TA3J and LZ/TA3YJ from
Bulgaria on 6-13 June. QSL via home calls either direct or
through the bureau.
OH0 - Look for Kari (OH1HD/OH3RB), Juha
(OH1KAG/OH9MM) and Marko (OH1MYA) to be active as OH0RB from the
Aland Islands (EU-002) between 9 and 11 June. They will operate
CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-10 metres, with an emphasis on RTYY and
WARC bands. QSL via OH3RB. [TNX OH1KAG]
PA - Bill, ON5JE plans to be active as
PA/ON5JE from Schouwen-Duiveland (EU-146) until 4 June. [TNX
ON5JE]
PJ - Bill, K5YG will be active as PJ4/K5YG
from Bonaire (SA-006) between 4 and 9 June. Look or him mostly on
10 and 20 metres RTTY and PSK31. [TNX The Daily DX]
UA - Roma, RV3MA plans to operate as RV3MA/p
an island in Rybinsk Reservoir (not IOTA, new one for the Russian
Robinson Award) on 2-4 June. QSL via RV3ACA (Elen V. Boychenko,
P.O. Box 13, Moscow, Russia, 127521). [TNX RV3ACA]
V8 - Hans, DF5UG plans to operate (on or
around 14260, 21260, 28460 kHz and maybe 7040 kHz conditions
permitting) as V85QQ from Pulau Muara Besar (OC-184) between
around 5 UTC on 10 June and 4 UTC on the 12th. QSL via home call.
[TNX 9V1RH]
VE - Look for Terry, VE7TLL/p to operate from
Kaien Island (NA-061, CISA BC005) until 5 June. QSL via home
call. [TNX VE7TLL]
W - Ed, W4YO will be active (10, 15 and 20
metres) from Harbor Island (NA-110, USI SC009S) between 10 and 18
June. [TNX W4YO]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
RSGB IOTA CONTEST ---> The following
stations are expected to participate in this year's event
(29-30 July) [see also 425DXN 471]:
EU-001 Bob, I2WIJ (http://www.qsl.net/i2wij/)
as J45W from Kos Island (Single Operator 24H CW). He
will be there from 19 July to 2 August and outside
the contest he will concentrate on WARC bands and
SSB. QSL via home call. [TNX I2WIJ] EU-008 Nine GM operators as GM5V
from Gigha Island. Outside the contest they will
operate (SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31) as GM5VG/p. QSL for
both callisgns via GM3UTQ. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] EU-021 Ed, G3SQX (http://www.G3SQX.net)
as TF/G3SQX from Iceland. He will be active (CW only
on as many bands as possible) from 28 July and 6
August. QSL via home call. [TNX G3SQX] EU-038 Operators from club stations
ON4NOK and PI4KAR as PA6TEX from Texel Island. QSL
via ON4ALW either direct or through the bureau. [TNX
ON4ALW] EU-068 "Due to unforeseen
circumstances" the Belgian team from Sein Island
[425DXN 469] will now be using F/G0MEU/p during the
contest, while F/ON4ON/p (SSB) and F/ON7PQ/p (CW)
will be aired outside the contest. QSL for the three
calls are via ON4ON either direct or through the
bureau. The team will arrive to the island on 26 July
and leave on 1 August. The DXpedition site is at http://www.qsl.net/on6ck.
[TNX ON9CGB] EU-073 ARI Taranto members from San
Pietro Island in the Cheradis, possibly as IJ7ET. QSL
via IK7AFM. Further details are expected in due
course. [TNX I7XUW] EU-096 Timo/OH1MDR, Pasi/OH1MM and
Timo/OH1NOA as OH9A from Sandstrom Reef. The web
pages for the 1996-1999 operations from Sandstrom
Reef are at http://www.saunalahti.fi/~oh1mdr/iota.html.
QSL via OH1NOA either direct (Timo Klimoff, Yrjonkatu
4 a 15, 28100 Pori, Finland) or through the bureau.
[TNX OH1NOA] AS-041 Takeshi, JI3DST as JI3DST/4
from Oki Archipelago. He will be there from 8 UTC on
29 July until 2 UTC on the 31st. QSL via JI3DST
either direct or preferably through the bureau. [TNX
JI3DST] AS-066 Alex, RU0LL as R0L from
Putyatina Island. He is expected to be there between
24 July and 2 August. QSL direct to IK2DUW. [TNX
IK2DUW] NA-031 Mark, AA1AC as AA1AC/p from
Aquidneck Island. QSL via home call. [TNX AA1AC]
3W2GAX/P (AS-128) ---> Please note
that if 3W2GAX operated from Ho Chi Minh City (13 March
and 26-30 March 2000), 3W2GAX/p was active from either
the mainland and AS-128: contacts made on 17-20 March
2000 were from Nha Trang City, while the operation from
Phu Quoc (AS-128) took place on 21-24 March only. QSL via
JA7GAX. [TNX W4DKS and Islands On The Web, http://islandchaser.com/]
A52JS ---> Jim Smith, VK9NS has left
Bhutan after some 20,300 QSOs and is now visiting his son
in England. Jim says he can "personally assist"
and "guide to a successful conclusion" any DX
group interested in visiting Bhutan for amateur radio
purposes (while in England Jim can be contacted at
stuart@medina.demon.co.uk, head the e-mail "Jim,
Bhutan"). [TNX VK9NS]
HOLYLAND AWARD ---> Amir Bazak, 4X6TT
has been very active as 4X6TT/m while operating from rare
grid squares for the Holyland Award. For further
information please check Amir's web pages at http://www.qsl.net/4x6tt
or e-mail him (4x6tt@qsl.net).
IREF ---> Since its creation one year
ago the Island Radio Expedition Foundation, Inc. (IREF)
has sponsored 9 DXpeditions to new (eg. (BI7Y/AS-143,
BI4L/AS-146, 9G5MD/AF-084) or rare (eg. 5Z4WI/AF-067,
3V8BT/AF-073) IOTA groups. IREF is also the US
distributor of the book "DXpeditioning - Behind the
Scenes" [425DXN 472]. The Foundation relies on
contributions from members on at least an annual basis;
full information can be found at http://www.sat.net/~iref.
KOSOVO ---> Andy, RW3AH is in
Pristina (Kosovo) and has been active as 4O8/9X0A. He is
using a V-dipole for 20 metres and can be found ususally
on 3-5 UTC and 16-23 UTC on or around 14.195 KHz SSB and
14.007 CW. Andy is expected to be in Kossovo until next
year. Anyone wishing to donate "R7",
"R8" or "AV-640" antennas for
4O8/9X0A are invited to e-mail Andy, UA3AA (ua3aa@qsl.ru). Cards
should be sent to RW3AH (P.O. Box 899, Moscow 127018,
Russia) and will be verified by Toivo, RA3AR. [TNX UA3AA]
PROJECT MILLECOM ---> The UK
Radiocommunications Agency has granted military radio
stations special permit to run amateur radio contacts on
80 40 and 20 metres to celebrate the millennium. The Air
Cadets, Sea Cadets and Army Cadets will be signing
M2000Y/their military call (e.g. M2000Y/MRO02) until 31
December 2000. Further information on the Project
Millecom can be found at http://www.rsgb.org/millecom/index.htm
or http://www.millecom.fsnet.co.uk/.
[TNX DL8AAM]
QSL FT5XN & FY5HY ---> Peter,
F2NH reports that Helios, F6IHY is back home and cards
can be sent to Helios Nacenta, 7 place de Peyrepertuse,
31270 Frouzins, France. If you have problems in getting
your cards, Peter offers his help (please e-mail him at f2nh@wanadoo.fr)
QSL PY0FZ ---> Fred, PY7ZZ reports
"some problems" with his mail and has
established an "alternative route" for PY0FZ.
The new route is via CWJF (cwjf@mail.powerline.com.br,
http://www.powerline.com.br/cwjf):
P.O.Box 410, 36001-970 Juiz de Fora - MG, Brazil.
QSL CO2WL ---> Lluis Olive, EA3ELM
has some 100 requests waiting to be processed, but he has
not received any log from Lazaro, CO2WL for six months.
Please be patient.
QSL FO0HWU ---> Denise has started
processing the requests (some 1000 cards received so far)
for her operation as FO0HWU (OC-152). For any question
please contact, F6IRA (f6ira@enfrance.com),
who will QSP your messages to Denise. [TNX F6IRA]
QSL R1AND/R1ANP ---> Mike Fokin,
RW1AI (ex UA1AFM) has just returned to Russia from
Antarctica, where he logged some 31,000 QSOs operating as
R1AND from Novolazarevskaya base (3 May 1999 - 24
December 1999) and R1ANP from Progress base (3 January
2000 - 14 March 2000). Direct cards will be mailed first
and buro cards will be processed later. Logs are
available at http://www.qsl.net/ua1ake/logs/. [TNX
UA1AKE]
QSL VIA HA1KSA ---> Tibi, HA1DAE
reports that his Radio Club (HA1KSA, mttosz.vrk@mail.matav.hu)
is the QSL manager for HG1H (1996), HG1G (1996), HG1S,
HG1P (1996), HG100R (1995), HG73DX, HGM1H (IARU HF
Chanpionship 1996) and JT0TJ. Cards should be sent direct
only to MTTOSZ Gyor Varosi Radioklub, P.O. Box 79, H-9002
Gyor, Hungary ("bureu cards will be replied if we
find a sponsor - very sorry!").
YB0ZEE - P.O. Box 5275, JKTF 11052,
Jakarta, Indonesia
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