13 January 2001
No 506
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
3Y_bou - Chuck, 3Y0C is struggling against
storms blowing down his antennas. Due to an oil leak, the
generator can be operated only for 45 minutes a day and this
situation will not change for the next two months. Chuck is aware
of the need for Bouvet and is trying to work as many stations as
possible during the limited spare time he has - from time to time
he works just a handful of stations before going QRT due to his
other duties. QSL via WA4FFW (Mark McIntyre, 2903 Maple Ave.,
Burlington, NC 27215, USA), but note that logs will not be
available before Chuck returns home. Latest news from Bouvet can
be found at http://www.qsl.net/wd4ngb/3y0.htm.
C6 - Lee, N7NU will operate (mostly CW on
10-80 metres) as either N7NU/C6A and/or C6AJX from Abaco Island
(NA-080), Bahamas on 18-26 January. QSL via N7NU. [TNX The Daily
DX]
D6 - While waiting for D68C, do not forget to
work Josep, EA3BT/D68BT and Nuria, EA3WL/D68WL, who will be
active with two stations from the Comoros (AF-007) from 13 to 28
January [425DXN 499]. Look for Josep and Nuria on SSB (28495,
24945, 21295/21195, 18145, 14195, 7052, 3795 and 50110 kHz), CW
(14025 and 10103 kHz) and RTTY (21083 and 14083 kHz). The pilots
will be Pere Galimany, EA3AJI (pilot_d68@ea3aji.com, for
Europe and Central/South America); Bill Avery, K6GNX (k6gnx@telemetry.com, for
North America); Yuki Deguchi, JI6KVR (ji6kvr@orange.ocn.ne.jp,
for Japan, Asia and Oceania). Up-to-date information, pictures,
daily logs etc. will be available at http://www.qsl.net/ea3bt.
QSL for both via EA3BT either direct or through the bureau. [TNX
EA3BT]
FO - Kunio, JA8VE will be active (on 10-20
metres SSB) as FO0KUN from Bora Bora (OC-067), French Polynesia
on 16-18 January and from Tahiti (OC-046), French Polynesia on
19-21 January. QSL via JA8VE either direct (Kunio Saito,
2-26-5-554 Nishitsuruma, Yamato, 242-0005, Japan) or through the
JARL bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
PY - Simone/IV3NVN, Ana Claudia/PP5TO,
Barboza/PP5VB and PP5UU were expected to operate from Santana de
Fora (SA-088) but rough sea prevented them from landing. A new
attempt will take place as soon as the weather improves from
either Santana de Fora (as ZX5T) or Araras, one of the other
islands qualifying for SA-088. Plans are to be active for a
couple of days on 10, 15 and 20 metres SSB and CW. ZX5T has been
issued for Gipoia (SA-029) and Santana de Fora only, so if they
operate from Araras they will sign PP5TO. QSL ZX5T and PP5TO via
IV3NVN. [TNX IN3NVN]
PY - Look for ZV3F and ZW3F to operate (SSB
and CW) from Fort Dom Pedro II (DFH RS-03) on 20-21 January. QSL
via PY3UR. [TNX PP5SZ]
UU - Operators from club station UU4JXM will
be active from Kosa Tuzla Island (EU-180) in late January,
including en entry in the CQ WW 160 CW DX Contest (27-28 Janury)
as UU7J/P. Andy, UU6JM will arrive on 23 January and will operate
as UU4JXM/P on 20-160 metres CW and SSB mostly during his
evenings. On 26 January he will be joined by UU0JM, UU4JMG, UU8JK
and possibly maybe UU2JQ. QSL via UU8JK (Alex Kotovskij, P.O. Box
57, 98312 Kerch, Ukraine). [TNX UU6JM]
V3 - Klaus, DJ4SO will be active as V31SN
from Belize between 17 January and 12 February. He will operate
on all HF bands (with an emphasis on 6, 12, 17 and 30 metres) CW,
RTTY and PSK31 with some SSB. QSL via DJ4SO either direct or
through the bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
V7 - Jeff, KA1GJ will be active (mostly on
CW) during his spare time as V73GJ from the Marshall Islands on
16-26 January. QSL via KA1GJ. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
30 METRES ---> Jose Jacob, VU2JOS
reports that the special temporary authorization for VU
amateurs to operate on 30 metres expires at 18.30 UTC on
31 January 2001.
D68C ---> A series of 15 trophies
will be available to stations throughout the world, to UK
stations and to UK clubs for working the forthcoming D68C
DXpedition to the Comoros [425DXN 501]. For full details
please visit the DXpedition's most comprehensive web site
at http://www.dxbands.com/comoros. The
DXpedition is confirmed to take place from about 8 to 18
February.
OEVSV ---> Karl Bugner, OE1BKW (OeVSV
QSL Service Manager) reports that effective 1 January
2001 the Austrian Amateur Radio Society (OeVSV) moved to
the following new address: OeVSV - Dachverband,
Eisvogelgasse 4/1, A 1060 Wien, Austria.
QSL A61AJ ---> Bernie, W3UR reports
he is currently waiting for Ali, A61AJ to order new photo
QSL cards. All direct (3098) and bureau (13109) requests
have been entered into the computer logs and when Bernie
receive the cards from the printer they will be quickly
sent out. Please be patient and do not send second
requests.
QSL 4W/K7BV & 4W/N6FF ---> Steve,
KU9C reports that the QSL cards for this operation are
expected to be in his hands by 1 February and will begin
hitting the mail box immediately. He expects to have most
of them out within a few weeks, and all received by the
end of February should be in the mail by 1 March. If you
did not send enough return postage due to the recent US
postage rate change, do not worry, as Steve himself will
put the required stamps on the envelope.
QSL 5N6ZHM ---> Paul, W5TUD reports
he has received some 200 bureau cards for contacts made
in 1999, but he has not got any log from 5N6ZHM for years
and cannot get in touch with him.
QSL FO0WEG & FO0POM ---> The QSL
cards for the October/November 2000 FO0WEG (Australs) and
FO0POM (Marquesas) activities are being printed. The QSL
manager for both is SP9FIH (Janusz Wegrzyn, Box 480,
44-100 Gliwice, Poland).
QSL VP8CQR ---> Cards and logs for
the 1996-1998 VP8CQR operations are now available and
QSLs should be sent (direct only) to SP2JKC (Krzysztof
Maciejkiewicz, P.O. Box 30, 80-958 Gdansk 50, Poland).
[TNX The Daily DX]
QSL ZL2VS ---> The following comes
from Dusty, ZL2VS: "As from 1 January 2001 I am no
longer a member of NZART; I will still receive bureau
cards but outgoing will be quite slow as I will clear my
cards every 3-6 months depending on the volume. I will
answer direct cards as usual by return post, 1 IRC or 1
Green stamp is still sufficient for return postage from
here. I also still have logs/cards from my ZM7VS Chatham
Islands operation in January 1990 if anyone still needs
one."
VP8SSI ---> "I have held this
callsign since it was issued to The South Sandwich Island
DX Group in 1988", Tony, WA4JQS reports. This call
has been aired recently and Tony has already received
QSLs for this operation, which is most likely a pirate.
WF5E DX QSL SERVICE ---> "It has
been brought to my attention that 3B9R [see 425DXN 504]
has a new manager (K7ZD) and there is no problem with him
to use my service", Les, WF5E reports. For further
information on the WF5E DX QSL Service please visit http://www.qsl.net/wf5e/.
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
ADXO: Announced DX Operations (ADXO) is
a collection of tables containing up-to-date information
about special Amateur Radio DX and contest operations put
together by Bill Feidt, NG3K (Bill@ng3k.com) and
available at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxo.html
(an "About ADXO" page that explains some of its
features is at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/aboutadxo.html).
BX4AAB - Ivan Ho, 47-1, Ningshia Road,
Taichung 40711, Taiwan
BY4BPT - Amateur Radio Station of
Shanghai Putuo District Children and Youth Science and
Technology Guidance Station, P.O. Box 085-237, Shanghai
200085, China
C21TT - Tony Tsitsi, P.O. Box 372, Nauru
CQ9T - P.O. Box 4694, P-9058 Funchal,
Madeira, Portugal
CU3CRB - Tadeu G. Sarmento, Rua Cipriao
de Figueredo Nr. 9, P-9700-053 Angra do Heroismo,
Terceira, Acores, Portugal
YB1FIH - H. Ismar Lewan, P.O. Box 123,
Tasikmalaya 46101, Indonesia
YC1HLP - Halim Park, P.O. Box 1042,
Bandung 40010, Indonesia
YC4MF - Ir. Herawansyah, P.O. Box 1004,
Bengkulu 38000, Indonesia
YC8UFF - Miky Tuera, P.O. Box 1677,
Manado 95016, Indonesia
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