1 July 2000
No 478
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
3DA - Look for Frosty, K5LBU and his daughter
Elizabeth, KA2UCA to be active on all bands as 3DA0CF and 3DA0EW
from Piggs Peak, Swaziland on 5-7 July. Suggested frequencies are
1840-1850,3850-3875, 7050-7075 (listening above 7225), 14195 (up
5-10) and 14225-14260 +/- QRM, 18115 (up 5-10), 21295 (up 5-10)
or 21350-21400 +/- QRM, 24935 (up 5-10), 28490 (up 5-10),
50110-50125 kHz. QSL via K5LBU (Charles F. Frost, 3311 Hilton
Head Ct., Missouri City, Texas 77459, USA). [TNX KL5BU]
4W - Antonio, 4W6GH (CT1EGH) plans to operate
(pending approval from the UN) possibly as 4W0AI from Atauro
Island (OC-???), East Timor between 7 and 10 July. [TNX CT1END]
5B - Spyros Stavrinides, 5B4MF (Secretary of
CARS) reports that amateur radio operators from Cyprus have been
granted permission to use the special prefix 5B40 (Five Bravo
Four Zero) between 1 July and 30 November to celebrate the 40th
anniversary of the Republic of Cyprus. [TNX G4UZN]
8P - Mario, K2ZD (8P9JM) and Jim, K4BI will
operate from Bardados from 1 through 9 July. It will be a 50 Mhz
operation with two radios from the northern part of the island
favouring the Europe, Africa and the USA. Operation on other
bands will depend on 50 Mhz openings. A breakable beacon will be
operating on 50090 kHz. [TNX K2ZD]
A5 - Look for Sam, JA6NL (V63KU) to be
signing A52NL on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB from Paro, Bhutan
until 5 July. QSL direct to JA6NL (Sam Beppu, Nisshin-Cho
2-5-710, Kawasaki-City, 210-0024, Japan). [TNX QRZ-DX]
C2 & T30 - The Daily DX reports that
Jack, VK2GJH has cancelled his July trip to Tarawa and Nauru
[425DXN 477]. Jack is now planning a two-week operation on 6
metres as C21JH in late December.
CT - Look for CQ1CA to be active on 1-2 July
from Almourol Castle reference (C-135 for DCFP). The rules for
the DCFP are at http://www.qsl.net/gpdx.
[TNX CT1END]
CY9 - Duane, WV2B reports that the land use
license for the 6-10 July DXpedition to St. Paul Island (NA-094)
[425DXN 477] has been received and the trip will proceed as
scheduled unless weather is a problem. One of the operators
(Henry, KE1AC) has a new call and will be signing KT1J/CY9 on
SSB.
FH - Christian, FH/TU5AX will go QRT on HF
bands from Mayotte on 6 July. He will be active again between 16
and 28 August on 6 metres only. He expects to participate in the
Clipperton DX Club's activity from Bhutan in early September
[425DXN 471] and then a new assignment should take him to a
central Africa country for 18 months. QSL via F5OGL. [TNX F5OGL]
FO - Mike, KM9D (XR0ZY) is now active as
FO0MOT from the Gambier Islands (OC-063), French Polynesia. QSL
via OM2SA. [TNX The Daily DX]
FP - Look for TO0DX to be activated on
satellite and 6-40 metres CW, SSB and SSTV between 14 and 19 July
from Ile aux Marins, Saint Pierre et Miquelon (NA-032). QSL via
the K1WY DX Association (P.O. Box 2644, Hartford, CT 06146-2644,
USA or P.O. Box 90, Eeklo 9900, Belgium). [TNX KT1J]
GM - Rafal, SP6TPM will be active as
MM/SP6TPM/m from EU-009 (Orkney), EU-010 (Outer Hebrides) and
EU-008 (Inner Hebrides) between 3 and 10 July. [TNX SP6TPM]
HL - Korea DX Club members HL1IWD, HL3ENE,
DS2AGH and DS1BHE will be active (SSB and CW) as DS0DX/4 from Wi
Island (AS-???) between 7 and 9 July. The island counts for the
newly created Cholla-Bukto Province group, which has been split
from AS-060. QSL via HL1XP either direct or through the bureau.
[TNX HL1IWD]
I - Pino, I2MWZ will be active from Padre
Vecchio Rock (IIA SP-017).
IS0 - Tony, IN3YGW will be active (on 80-6
metres from WWL JN41QF) as IM0/IN3YGW from Maddalena Island
(EU-141, IIA SS-001) between 29 June and 21 July. QSL via IN3DEI
(Claudio Daddario, P.O. Box 55, 39100 Bolzano - BZ, Italy) or via
home call. [TNX IN3DEI]
IS0 - IM0AUC, IMOGBA, IMOJZJ, IMOMBP, IS0BRQ,
IS0EWZ, IS0IEK, IS0VDG, IS0YUJ, IWOUFJ and IWOUMS will operate
from Ponte Romano Lighthouse (WAIL SA-010) on the island of
Sant'Antioco (EU-024, IIA CA-014) between 30 June and 2 July.
[TNX IS0YUJ]
J7 - George, K5KG will be active (on 10-80
metres CW and SSB) as J75KG from Dominica (NA-101) between 1/2
and 11 July, IARU HF World Championship included. Skeds may be
arranged through Art, N2AU (n2au@lightlink.com).
QSL via N2AU.
JA - Taka, JJ8XNA operates from Okushiri
Island in the newly created Hokkaido's Coastal Islands IOTA group
(AS-147) that has been split from AS-078. QSL to Takaaki Oguro,
Okushiri, Okushiri gun, Hokkaido 043-1401, Japan. [TNX JI6KVR]
JA - Operators from Marico Radio Club
(JI2ZJS) and Shizuoka DX Radio Association will be active as
8J2OOO from Shizuoka between 3 and 9 July, IARU HF World
Championship included. QSL via JARL bureau. [TNX JE2HCJ]
JW - The JW7M operation from Svalbard [425DXN
471] is confirmed to take place between 6 and 13 July. The
operators (namely LA7IL, LA3OHA, IK2XDE, IK2JYT, KF6XA, KG0VL,
OE3GEA, S57FYL, S57AC, SM3EQY, SM3JGG and SP5DRH) might also sign
home call/JW and will be active on all bands SSB (1850, 3750,
7050, 14250, 18150, 21250, 24950, 28450, 50150 kHz), CW (1825,
3525, 7025, 10125, 14025, 18075, 21025, 24925, 28025, 50100 kHz)
and RTTY. Look for JW7M to participate in the IARU HF World
Championship. A side trip to Kong Karls Land (EU-063) is
possible. QSL JW7M via LA7M either direct (LA7M, Modum Group of
NRRL, P.O. Box 48, 3341 Aamot, Norway) or through the bureau. The
web page for the DXpedition is at http://www.dxpedition.org.
[TNX IK2XDE]
JY - Peter, JY9NE will be moving back to the
United States in August. His radio equipment will be packed on 23
July for shipping, and he intends to be QRV on 20 or 17 meters
SSB every day from 02.30 UTC to 03.30 UTC until then. Peter plans
to participate in the IARU contest on 8 and 9 July. QSL cards
should continue to be sent via the ARRL bureau to his home call
(N3FNE). [TNX JY9NE]
KL - Tom, W6IXP and Barry, K6ST will operate
from two new ones for IOTA in early July. They will use KL7/W6IXP
from Stuart Island (Nome County South group) between
approximately 17 hours (local) on 6 July through 11 hours (local)
on the 8th, while KL7/K6ST will be aired from Chamisso Island
(Northwest Arctic County group) between 15 hours (local) on 10
July and 18 hours local on the 11th. Primary frequency will be
14.260, with some activity on 21.260, 28.460, or 50.110 as
schedules allow. QSL via N6AWD for both. John, WD8MGQ (wd8mgq@tir.com) will be the
pilot station: "if anyone feels that their part of the world
only has a narrow opening on either 15 or 20", he says,
"please advise me via email now, so i can let Tom and Barry
know ahead of time". [TNX W6IXP and WD8MGQ]
ON - Koen, ON4CCP reports special station
OS2VCM will be activated on all bands and modes on 3-9 July to
celebrate the "international friendship between a Belgian
and a French radio-club". QSL via ON4CCP.
S5 - The 53 teams competing in the 3rd World
Radio Team Championship (WRTC2000, see "News from the
Web" below for the coverage of the event), which will take
place in Bled (Slovenia) during the IARU HF World Championship
(8-9 July), will use the following special calls:
Several certificates and other prizes are available for
contacting these stations. For further information on the
WRTC2000 please visit http://wrtc2000.bit.si/. [TNX S56A]
SM - Joerg, DF6JC will be on Gotland Island
(EU-020) between 8 and 22 July. He plans to operate on 10-40
metres as SI1SSA (QSL via the SM bureau). A "detour" on
his way to/from Gotland to the newly created
Ostergotland/Sodermanland Group (EU-177) is currently under
consideration. [TNX DF6JC]
SV - Antonis, SV1ENG will operate (CW only on
30 metres and above) as SV1ENG/1 from his QTH at Kalamos (some 40
kilometres north of Athens) during the summer. He also plans to
spend a couple of weekends on Evvoia/Euboea Island (not IOTA,
according to the newly published Directory 2000). [TNX SV1ENG]
TA - Rafal, SP6TPM will be active as
TA1/SP6TPM/p from Saros Islands (EU-???) between 24 and 26 July.
[TNX SP6TPM]
UA - Vladivostok Amateur Radio Club (varc@irex.vl.ru) operators
RU0LAX, RW0LEC, RW0LBK, UA0LCZ and UA0LMO will be signing home
call/p from Furugel'ma Island (AS-066) between 25 and 31 July.
Look for them on 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 and 2 metres CW and SSB. They
will participate in the IOTA Contest as RK0LWW/p. QSL via UA0LMO
either direct (Yuri Pechenko, P.O. Box 23, Vladivostok, 690041,
Russia) or through the bureau. [TNX UA0LMO]
V2 & VP2M - Dave, G3TBK has been licensed
as V29TBK since 6 June and will be working in the Caribbean until
early October. He is based on Antigua (NA-100), but he will be
spending some time operating as VP2MDC from Montserrat (NA-103)
over the next four or five weeks. Once Dave's work is complete on
Antigua and Montserrat his work schedule requires him to relocate
to other islands. [TNX G0GDU]
W - The WC6DX expedition to San Miguel Island
(NA-144) [425DXN 475] has been rescheduled for 21-24 July. The
new dates eliminate the problem with US Field Day and also allows
Will 24 hours extra on the island. [TNX WC6D]
YB - Special event station 7A32AR will be
activated on all bands between 7 and 9 July during the Amateur
Radio Festival in Jakarta, Indonesia. Contacts will be confirmed
automatically through the bureau, the QSL manager for direct
cards is YB0FMT. [TNX HA7VK/YB0AVK]
YB - Members from club station YB3ZES (yb3zes@orari.org in Surabaya
will be active as 8A3B from Bawean Island (OC-197) between 21 and
23 July. Look for them on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres SSB, CW
and RTTY. They will also try PSK31 and SSTV. QSL direct to P.O.
Box 4025, Surabaya 60401, Indonesia. [TNX YB3MIG]
YO - Rafal, SP6TPM will be active as
YO/SP6TPM/p from Sacalinu Mare Island (EU-???) between 20 and 22
July. [TNX SP6TPM]
MOST NEEDED DXCC ENTITIES - PART 2/2: The
following survey is taken from the newly published ARRL DXCC
Yearbook 1998 and includes the other 50 of the top 100 entities
needed by DXers who participate in the DXCC programme. Part 1/2
(positions from 1 to 50) was published in 425 DX News #476. [TNX
The Daily DX]
Rank Prefix Entity Rank Prefix Entity
------------------ ------------------
51 FO/C Clipperton I. 76 ST Sudan
52 KH5 Palmyra, Jarvis Is. 77 YI Iraq
53 ZD9 Tristan Da Cunha 78 KH4 Midway I.
54 VK9/X Christmas I. 79 TY Benin
55 TI9 Cocos I. 80 JD1/M Minami Torishima
56 3V Tunisia 81 3W Vietnam
57 VK9/C Cocos-Keeling I. 82 KH9 Wake I.
58 OK Czech Republic 83 D6 Comoros
59 VP8/O South Orkney Is. 84 CY0 Sable I.
60 3B9 Rodriguez I. 85 KH7K Kure I.
61 5R8 Madagascar 86 KP5 Desecheo Island
62 ZK3 Tokelau Is. 87 T2 Tuvalu
63 TT Chad 88 T8 Palau
64 T5 Somalia 89 JX Jan Mayen
65 S0 Western Sahara 90 A6 United Arab Emirates
66 R1M M-V I. 91 ZC4 U K Bases on Cyprus
67 XU Cambodia 92 5X Uganda
68 3C Equatorial Guinea 93 VP8 South Shetlands
69 OM Slovak Republic 94 9N Nepal
70 KP1 Navassa 95 8Q Maldive Is.
71 3D2R Rotuma 96 CY9 St. Paul Island
72 ET Ethiopia 97 FW Wallis & Futuna Islands
73 CE0Z Juan Fernandez I. 98 3X Guinea
74 YK Syria 99 XF4 Revilla Gigedo
75 ZK1/N North Cook Is. 100 JD1/O Ogasawara
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GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
IOTA ACTIVITY MONTH (JULY) --->
Contacts made with the following IOTA island groups in
July will score three points towards the RSGB IOTA
Millennium Programme (IOTA 2000):
The CDXC web pages (http://www.cdxc.org.uk) contain the
full IOTA 2000 rules, island listings, the SM6DEC record
system and an FAQ page which is updated regularly. These
web pages also contain conversion tables between the new
IOTAs arising as a result of the publication of the IOTA
Directory 2000 and the old IOTAs that qualify for the
IOTA 2000 Programme.
M2000A ---> Bob, BRS-32525 reports he
did not give the full address for N6MQQ [425DXN 477]. The
correct address is Debra Taylor, 801 Via Manzanas, San
Lorenzo, CA 94580, USA. Debra is the distributor of the
NTSC version of the M2000A video.
QSL SM4DDS/5 ---> Kjell, SM4DDS/5
operated from Aspoja Island in the newly created
Sodermanland/Ostergotland County group (EU-177/prov),
which has been split from EU-084. Kjell lives in Thailand
and direct cards should be sent to Kjell Bonerfalt,
P.O.Box 140, Chiang Mai 50 000, Thailand, while bureau
cards are OK via the Swedish bureau. [TNX RA6AR and
Islands On The Web]
QSL VIA CT1GFK ---> Toze, CT1GFK
reports he is the QSL manager for CQ1A (CQWW SSB 1996,
May 1997, CQWPX CW 1999), CQ1C (IOTA Contest 1996, 1997,
1998, 1999) and CT1A (ARRL 10 Meters Contest 1999). He is
* not * the QSL manager for CT1A (June 2000) and CS0RCL.
QSL VIA DJ0FX: Logs for past operations
(since 1959) by Walter are still open: 5W1DE, A35XX,
CR9AC, DJ0FX/CT3, DJ0FX/CU2, FG0VG/FS7, FH0VG, FM0VG,
FP0VG, FY0VG, JS6QFP, KC6KK, OE6BVG/KG6, OE6BVG/KH0,
OE6BVG/KH6, OE6BVG/KS6, OE6BVG/V2A, OE6BVG/W6, T2BRW,
ZK1BR, ZK2XX, ZK2WB. Note that two years ago A35XX and
ZK2XX were re-issued to another operator.QSL to DJ0FX
(Walter Brenner, P.O. Box 1105, D-83402 Ainring,
Germany). [TNX QRZ-DX]
RI1P ---> "The station signing
RI1P at various times earlier this month and claiming to
be on EU-102 was unlicensed. The Russian licensing
authority states that it has not issued that call for use
this year and Nick, UA9KM, the team leader of the 1999
operation, knows nothing about it". [TNX G3KMA]
SEANET 2000 ---> If you plan to
attend the SEANET 2000 Convention, to be held at the
Montien Hotel, Pattaya, Thailand on 17-19 November, you
should send the Registration and Reservation Form as soon
as possible. An e-mail version of the form is available
from Ray Gerrard, HS0/G3NOM (g3nom@ibm.net). General
information about the SEANET Convention can be found at www.seanet2000.com,
where up-dates will be posted. [TNX HS0/G3NOM]
WRTC 2000: The National Contest Journal
will provide extensive coverage of the World Radiosport
Team Championship 2000. Starting 3 July, visit http://www.ncjweb.com
for daily reports, entertaining and informative stories,
digital photographs etc. [TNX K7BV]
YC0SHD - Suhendra, P. O. Box 2226,
Jakarta 10022, Indonesia
ZS6MG - Vladimir Karamitrov, P.O. Box
1788, Bramley 2018, South Africa
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