1 December 2000
No 500
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
A5 - Charly, K4VUD and Jani, YB0US plan to
run two stations during their activity from Bhutan [425DXN 498].
Charly will operate from 1 to 12 December signing A52UD on SSB/CW
with an emphasis on the low bands. Jani will use A52AP from 1 to
7 December concentrating on SSB and RTTY on higher bands. QSL for
A52UD via K4VUD, QSL for A52AP via N2OO. [TNX N2OO]
BY - David, BA4DW will be active (with 100
watts and dipoles) as BA4DW/4 from Tianheng Island (AS-150) on
7-12 December. QSL via BA4DW (David Y.J. Zhou, P.O. Box 040-088,
Shanghai, 200040, China). [TNX BA4DW]
D4 - Jean-Marc, F8IXZ will be going to Sao
Vicente (AF-086), Cabo Verde on 4-12 December and hopes to
operate on 10, 15 and 20 metres CW. He has applied for D44X or
D44SAO. QSL via F8IXZ. [TNX F8IXZ]
EA - Pepe, EA5KB will operate from Isla El
Palmar (DIEI V-009, not IOTA) on 6 December. [TNX EA5KB]
KH0 - Look for W1VX/KH0 (QSL via JF1OCQ),
KZ5C/KH0 (QSL via JA0QBY) and KH0/JR1IBD (QSL via JR1IBD) to
operate from Saipan (OC-086) on 8-11 December. They will be
active on 10-40 metres CW and SSB and possibly on 6 metres as
well. [TNX JF1OCQ]
KP2 - Dave, AG8L will operate from St. Croix,
US Virgin Islands (NA-106) from 6 to 13 December. He will sign
WP2Z (QSL via KU9C) during the ARRL 10 Meter Contest, while the
call KP2/AG8L (QSL via NN6C) will be used outside of the contest.
No 6 metre activity is possible, but there may be some PSK-31
activity after the contest. [TNX AG8L]
PA - Look for PA5RA/P to operate (on 10-80
metres SSB) from Schouwen Duiveland (EU-146) on 1-3 December. QSL
via home call through th bureau. [TNX PA3HEP]
P4 - Martin, VE3MR will be active as P40MR
from Aruba (SA-036) from 2 December through April 2001. QSL via
VE3MR. [TNX The Daily DX]
PY - Mario, PP5MQ reports he will participate
in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest (9-10 December) as PS5S (Single
Operator Low Power). QSL via home call (Mario Marquardt, P.O. Box
212, 89201-972 Joinville - SC, Brazil).
PY0_fdn - Bill, W9VA will be active (on 6-160
metres) as PY0ZFO from Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) from 6 to 13
December, including an entry in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest. QSL
via home call. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin]
W - Jan, K4QD and John, AF4WM plan to be
active from Dry Tortugas (NA-079) for few days starting on or
about 10 December. Exact dates will depend upon weather since the
team is sailing from North Florida and operating portable at Ft
Jefferson on Garden Key. QSL via homecalls. [TNX K4QD and Islands
On The Web]
XU - Jani, YB0US (see A5 above) will operate
as XU7AAP from Cambodia on 8-12 December, including participation
in the ARRL 10m Contest. QSL via N2OO. [TNX N2OO]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
BY/R1ANF ---> This stations has been
reported to operate from Chinese Antarctic Base
"Great Wall" (South Shetlands). "According
to current radio regulation of China", Alan Kung,
BA1DU states, "it is impossible to issue such a BY/
callsign. The authorities never permit foreigners to
operate amateur radio stations independently in China,
and all holders of Chinese guest amateur radio operating
license can only operate under a BY club callsign/guest's
home call sign. Although there are no national boundaries
in Antarctica, Chinese authorities never permit that call
sign operation".
CLOSING LOGS ---> Mal, VK6LC [TNX
VE6VK] reports that the logs for all of his past IOTA
DXpeditions (some 51,000 QSOs made between 1989 and 1999)
will be closed from June 2001. Present QSL managers are
Gianni/I1HYW and VK6LC himself, but I1HYW will retire as
QSL manager for Mal as from 1 January 2001. The
operations concerned are the following:
VK6LC/p Thevenard Isl OC-140 07 Jan 89 - 13 May 89 QSL via VK6LC
VK6LC/p Penguin Isl OC-164 02 May 92 - 03 May 92 QSL via VK6LC
VK6LC/p Woody Isl OC-170 09 Oct 92 - 12 Oct 92 QSL via VK6LC
VK6CHI Cheyne Isl OC-193 16 Mar 93 - 23 Mar 93 QSL via I1HYW
VK8TI East Bremmer Isl OC-185 19 May 93 - 23 May 93 QSL via VK8CR/VK6LC
VK6LC/p Rottnest Isl OC-164 24 Jul 93 - 25 Jul 93 QSL via VK6LC
VK8ISL North Isl OC-198 17 Aug 94 - 21 Aug 94 QSL via I1HYW
VK6ISL Malus Isl OC-199 26 Aug 94 - 30 Aug 94 QSL via I1HYW
VK6ISL Faure Isl OC-206 12 May 95 - 15 May 95 QSL via I1HYW/K1IYD
VK6ISL Finucane Isl OC-199 21 Jan 96 - 21 Jan 96 QSL via VK6LC
VK6ISL Lacepede Isls OC-214 16 May 96 - 22 May 96 QSL via I1HYW
VK6ISL Sholl Isl OC-140 22 Jun 96 - 09 Jul 96 QSL via I1HYW
VK5ISL St.Peter Isl OC-220 26 Mar 97 - 30 Mar 97 QSL via I1HYW
VK6ISL Rottnest Isl OC-164 05 Sep 97 - 11 Sep 97 QSL via VK6LC
VK6ISL Malus Isl OC-199 20 Feb 99 - 20 Feb 99 QSL via VK6LC
VK6ISL Green Isl OC-183 06 Jun 99 - 06 Jun 99 QSL via VK6LC
VK9RS Imperieuse Reef OC-230 21 Sep 99 - 25 Sep 99 QSL via I1HYW/VK6LC
HOLYLAND DX CONTEST ---> The Israel
Amateur Radio Club (http://www.iarc.org/) invites radio
amateurs and SWLs worldwide to participate in the 10th
edition of the Holyland DX Contest, which will take place
on 21-22 April 2001. Rules have been changed a bit for
the 10th anniversary eventand can be obtained from Joseph
Obstfeld, 4X6KJ (IARC Contest Manager) at 4x6kj@iarc.org.
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Gianni, I2ZGC
has been receiving cards for DS5RNM for the last two
years. Please note that he is not and has never been the
QSL manager for this station.
NOT THE QSL MANGER ---> Please note
that IK4QIB is not the QSL manager for any station. He is
receiving bureau cards for nonexistent T7 (San Marino)
stations operating CW.
RTTY CONTEST ---> The 9th annual Tara
RTTY Sprint Contest will take place from 18 UTC on 2
December until 2 UTC on the 3rd. Complete rules at http://www.n2ty.org/rtty.html.
QSL 5R8FU ---> Cards should be sent
to SM5DJZ (ex SM0DJZ) whose *new* addrees is: Jan
Hallenberg, Vassunda Andersberg, SE-741 91 Knivsta,
Sweden. Logs are available at http://dx.qsl.net/logs/index.html
. (some 2000 QSOs up to 11 November). [TNX SM5DJZ]
QSL 7Q7CE ---> Ely plans to start
processing direct requests for his October activity from
Malawi in early December. QSL to IN3VZE either direct
(Ely Camin, Corso 3 Novembre 136/2, 38100 Trento - TN,
Italy) or through the bureau.
QSL 9G ---> The QSL routes for the
6-24 November activity from Ghana by Bart, PA3GGM and
others are as follows: 9G1AA via PA3ERA, 9G5EE via
PE1LUC, 9G5GM via PA3GGM, 9G5PW via PE1PFN.
QSL 9G5AA ---> The QSL manager (Tom
Wylie, GM4FDM) welcomes e-mail requests for bureau to be
sent to twylie@net.ntl.com.
QSL 9G5AP ---> Cards have been
printed, the operation has been approved by the ARRL DXCC
Desk and direct requests will be processed by the end of
the week. Bureau cards can be requested at 9g5ap@usa.net; direct
cards should be sent to Sergei Kulyov, P.O. Box 2,
Moscow, 125422, Russia. [TNX UA3AP]
QSL IQ4A ---> The QSL manager for
contacts made on SSB and RTTY is IK4QJH (Giancarlo Gnudi,
Via Valgattara 35, 40063 Monghidoro - BO, Italy); cards
for CW contacts should be sent to I4LCK (Franco Armenghi,
Via Jussi 9, 40068 San Lazzaro - BO). Both the QSL
managers welcome bureau cards.
QSL NA-214 & NA-215 ---> Fred,
N6AWD reports that the QSLs for KL7/W6IXP (NA-214) and
KL7/K6ST (NA-215) should be ready in a couple of weeks.
Direct requests will be processed in one week's time
after Fred gets the cards from the printers. QSL via
N6AWD (Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr., Bakersfield, CA
93309-1429, USA).
QSL ZK1AGL ---> Silvano, KB5GL
expects to start mailing out the cards for his recent
operation from Mangaia Island OC 159), around Christmas
time. Direct card should be sent to: Silvano Amenta, 5028
Hearst St, Metairie, LA 70001, USA. Contributions are
welcome, and to be used for future IOTA DXpeditions.
QSL VIA AD5W ---> Russ, AD5W is
receiving cards for Omar, YK1AO who has a direct address.
Russ is the QSL manager for YI1AK *only*.
QSL VIA OZ5AAH ---> Ben, OZ5AAH is
the QSL manager for OH0/OZ5IPA, EA7/OZ5IPA, OY5IPA,
OE/OZ5IPA, OX3IPA, TF/OZ5IPA, LA/OZ5IPA, HS0/OZ5IPA,
8S7IPA and R2/OZ5IPA. QSL direct to Preben Jakobsen, 9
Knoldager, DK 2670 Greve, Denmark.
QSL VIA SM0JHF ---> Henryk, SM0JHF
reports he still has a number of blank QSL cards for his
January C56JHF operation from The Gambia and wants to
close this log by the end of January 2001. Requests for
cards for D44CF (November 2000) are welcome as soon as
possible, as Henryk might not be able to answer requests
later due to travels. Direct requests to SM0JHF or bureau
requests via e-mail (sm0jhf@qsl.net).
QSL VIA W6MD ---> Steve is the QSL
manager for 5B4/T93Y, T93Y, YB1XUR, YB2BRW, YB2UU, YC8VIP
(Ambon Island, OC-070), YC8VIP/7 (Borneo, OC-088) and
YC9WZJ. The last batch of direct QSLs was mailed on 28
November; if you do not receive your card by the end of
December, you may resend. Steve accepts bureau cards for
the YB stations he manages, but will start answering only
direct requests for Boris (T93Y and 5B4/T93Y). Bureau
cards should be sent to the T9 bureau. Please note that
Steve is NOT the manager for either T92000 (QSL to P.O.
Box 59, Sarajevo BA-71000, Bosnia & Herzegovina or
via the T9 bureau) and YC9WZJ/P (OC-239, QSL via YC9BU).
SILENT KEY - Steve Affens, K3SA
(ex-K3ZAW) died of a heart attack on 28 November at 52
years of age. Steve and his wife, Pattie, N3HOT were
celebrating their 30th anniversary in the Cayman Islands,
from where he had operated as ZF2SA during the CQ WW CW
DX Contest. [TNX The Daily DX]
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
D68: "In order to give this country
in the bands and modes more needed", Josep, EA3BT
says, "we would like to know your needs, which would
be of great help" - leave your comments at http://www.qsl.net/ea3bt.
Josep and Nuria, EA3WL will operate as D68BT and D68WL on
13-28 January [425DXN 499]
LOGS: Logsearch and QSL request page for
OL6R (CQ WW SSB and CW contests) are available at http://hello.to/ok2kli.
(click on OK7DX). [TNX OK2ZO]
ZS6ANL - P.O. Box 6282, Homestead, 1412
South Africa
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