24 February 2001
No 512
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
3D2_cr - The following licences have been
issued to the Conway Reef team members for use during their stay
in Fiji: 3D2AV (YU7AV), 3D2TT (YU1DX), 3D2NR (YU1NR), 3D2AB
(YZ7AA), 3D2ZM (Z32ZM), 3D2RR (YS1RR). [TNX VE3EXY]
3Y - Deon, ZR1DQ reports that the ship that
will take Chuck, 3Y0C back to Cape Town is being delayed by pack
ice and the date of departure from Bouvet seems to be later than
2 March. His operating schedule is as follows: 03.00-05.30 UTC
3.772 MHz and looking on 1.837 Mhz, 05.30-06.00 UTC 14.195 MHz to
Russia and Europe via long path, 06.00-11.00 UTC 14.336 MHz to
JA, VK and ZL. [TNX N4AA]
9A - Ewald, 9A5ID will be active from Sv.
Marko Island (EU-136, IOCA CI-117) for a few hours on 24
February. He will operate on 40 metres SSB only (+/- 7070 KHz).
[TNX 9A6AA]
BV - BV9L is expected to start operating from
Liuchiu Yu (AS-???) [425DXN 511] around 6 UTC on 2 March. The
team will have three stations with two 2-element yagis (10, 15
and 20 metres) and one 7-element yagi for 10, 15, 20 and 40
metres. They might also have an amplifier. QSL via BV4YB. [TNX
JI6KVR]
CE0_ei - Team members for the 4-19 March 3G0Y
DXpedition to Easter Island (SA-001) [425DXN 509] include XQ3ZW
(Danilo), CE3WDD (Alfredo), CE3WDH (Sergio), DK1BT (Fred), DK7YY
(Falk), DL2OAP (Tom), DL3DXX (Mar), DL7UFN (Jan) and DL9NEI
(Norbert). They operate on all HF bands, mainly CW and RTTY, with
an emphasis on the low and WARC bands. QSL via DK7YY either
direct DK7YY (Falk D. Weinhold, P.O. Box 700 343, 10323 Berlin,
Germany) or through the DARC bureau. Logs will be available at http://www.qsl.net/3g0y.
EA - Look for Pepe, EA5KB to operate from
Peneta del Moro (EU-151) on 24-25 February. He will be active on
17 and 12 metres only (+/-18132 and 24942 kHz), plus 10 metres
(+/- 28460 kHz) for Japan between 8 and 11 UTC. QSL via home
call. [TNX EA5KB]
H44 - The Daily DX reports that Bernard,
DL2GAC/H44MS is currently stuck on Gizo (OC-149). The ship he was
on developed a leak on the way and his voyage to the Shortland
Islands (OC-162) [425DXN 511] has been interrupted. "At the
moment Bernard doesn't know when he can proceed, may even have to
abandon the trip".
HP - Special prefix 3E500 (Three Echo Five
Hundred) will be used by amateur radio operators from Panama
celebrating the 500th anniversary of the discovery of the isthmus
from 1 to 31 March. QSL cards for this event will be handled by
HP1RCP (Radio Club de Panama, P.O. Box 10745, Panama 4, Republic
of Panama). For further information please contact hp1rcp@qsl.net.
HS - This coming weekend the RAST/Thailand DX
Group will conduct a survey of Koh Tarutao (AS-126) for a full
DXpedition to take place in early April 2001. The special
callsign E29AL and permission have already been issued by the
authorities. The survey will be led Cy HS0GBI, assisted by
E20NTS, E20RRW, HS4BPQ and HS6NDK. Whilst on the Island they may
get chance to do some test operating between approximately 14.30
UTC on 24 February to 3 UTC on the 25th. This will be mainly on
+/- 14024 kHz using 5 watts QRP. The QSL arrangements have not
been finalised yet, but will be announced later. The costs for
the DX Pedition are too high for the group of young DXers to bear
completely themselves, and they would be most appreciative of
suggestions or offers of help in this respect. The first time
operation from AS-126 by HS9AL (Franco, I4LCK) suffered from poor
propagation conditions; it is proposed to set a a target of
20,000 QSOs for the forthcoming E29AL operation. [TNX HS0/G3NOM]
I - Alfredo, IK7JWX and other operators from
the Salento DX Team will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest
(3-4 March) as IQ7J from the Pedagne Islands (EU-091). QSL via
IK7JWX either direct (Alfredo De Nisi, P.O. Box 218, 73100 Lecce-
LE, Italy) or through the ARI bureau. [TNX IK7JWX]
PJ7 - After operating as FS/ND5S from St.
Martin on 15-18 February, Ron/ND5S has moved to the Dutch side of
the island. Look for him to be active as PJ7/ND5S from St.
Maarten until 3 March. On 26 February he will be joined by
Bill/W8EB, who will operate as PJ7WB and participate in the ARRL
DX Phone Contest as PJ7B (SO low power). Look for them on all
bands, 160-10 metres, CW, SSB and RTTY. All QSLs via respective
home callsign. Check out their web site at http://www.qsl.net/pj8a.
[TNX W8EB]
S2 & TA - At the very last minute
Alessio/IZ0CKJ and Simon/IZ7ATN have been forced to cancel their
trip to St. Martin's Island (AS-127) [425DXN 509], Bangladesh due
to local circumstances beyond their control. They plan to try
again later this year. They are currently in Turkey and hope to
operate as TA0/IZ7ATN from Giresun (AS-???) island during the
weekend. [TNX IZ0CKJ]
V2 - Chuck, N2CY will be active (on all bands
CW and SSB) as V26CY from Antigua (NA-100) on 27 February-4
March, including an entry in the ARRL SSB DX Contest (SOAB). QSL
via N2CY. [TNX The Daily DX]
VK9_mr - The VK9WI (May 2000) team will
operate as VK9ML from Mellish Reef (OC-072) on 21-24 April. Team
members David/VK4ZEK, Alan/VK4BKM, Peter/VK4APG and Harris/VK4CWT
will have two stations, one for HF and one for 6 metres.
Suggested frequencies are 3504, 7025, 14025, 21025, 28025, 50105
kHz CW and 3799, 7085, 14195, 21295, 28480, 50145 kHz SSB. This
will be primarily a survey trip to help facilitate the planning
of a larger "full-on" DXpedition in either late 2001 or
early 2002. The pilots will be Bill, G0VDE (BillRothwell@radioham.screaming.net)
for Europe and Adam, VK4CP (vk4cp@one.net.au)
for the rest of the world. QSL via VK4APG. The web site for the
operation is at http://www.qsl.net/vk9ml. [TNX VK4CP]
VP2E - W8ILC, N6JRL, AC8G, WD8MQJ and N8JE
will operate from Anguilla (NA-022) between 28 February and 7
March. They will participate in the ARRL International DX Contest
(SSB) as VP2EK (QSL via W8ILC). [TNX The Daily DX]
VU - Jose Jacob, VU2JOS reports that
permission to use the following frequencies by VU amateur radio
operators has been extended up to 18.30 UTC of 31 July: 3790-3800
Khz, 10100-10150 kHz and 50.35 & 50.55 MHz.
XE - XE1RCS will be active once more in the
CQ WW 160 Meter SSB Contest this coming weekend. They will be
especially looking for Europe, Asia and Africa with improved
antennas. QSL via XE1KK. [TNX XE1KK]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
PACIFIC TRIP (1) ---> Angelo, I6BQI
confirms that his Pacific trip [425DXN 509] will include
operations from Tonga as A35BQ (26-27 February and 15-16
March), Niue as ZK2BQI (28 February-13 March) and Vanuatu
possibly as YJ0BQI (18 March-6 April). Look for him on or
around 1825, 3515, 7015, 10115, 14015, 18075, 21015,
24905, 28015 and 50115 kHz (SSB QSOs on request). QSL
direct to I6BQI (Angelo Brandolini, Contrada Colle di
Giogo 36/A, 65010 Moscufo - PE, Italy).
PACIFIC TRIP (2) ---> Dominique,
F6EPY will operate as FO/F6EPY from Moorea (OC-046) on
3-7 March and as as ZK1EPY from Rarotonga (OC-013), South
Cook Islands on 8-16 March Look for him on or around
3.518, 7.018, 10.118, 14.018, 18.118, 21.018, 24.918 and
28.018 MHz CW, possibly with some PSK31 and RTTY (SSB
QSOs on request). Activity on 6 metres will depend on
propagation. His web page is at http://perso.wanadoo.fr/dominique.auprince/SP_DXPED.htm.
QSL direct to F6EPY (Dominique Auprince, 4 Allee de la
Genestriere, 91600 Savigny-sur-Orge, France). [TNX F6EPY]
II9R ---> Salvo, IT9HLR will use this
special call during the following contest: ARRL DX SSB,
CQ WPX SSB, ARI, IARU, WAE DX SSB, CQ WW SSB. QSL direct
only to IT9HLR (Salvatore Costantino, P.O. Box 11,96100
SIracusa - SR, Italy).
IR2G ---> Operators from ARI
Gallarate will use this special call during the following
contests: ARRL DX CW and SSB, CQ WPX SSB and CW, ARI,
IARU, WAE DX CW and SSB, CQ WW DX SSB and CW. QSL via
IZ2BHQ. [TNX IK2RXX]
R73A ----> This special call has been
issued for the year 2001 to Roman, RZ3AA to celebrate his
25th anniversary as a radio amateur. QSL to RZ3AA (Roman
Thomas, P.O. Box 38, Moscow, 129642, Russia). [TNX RZ3AA]
QSL 3D2CI ---> The Conway Reef team
has been signing 3D2CI since around 23 UTC on 21
February. Bulletins are regularly posted on http://www.magma.ca/~ve3exy
(with link to other sites). Please note that there will
be two QSL managers: YT1AD (Hrane Milosevic, 36206
Vitanovac, Yugoslavia) for SSB and CW contacts on 1.8-30
MHz and Z32AU (Dragan Kosteski, P.O. Box 35, 6000 Ohrid,
Macedonia) for RTTY, PSK31, SSTV, FM, Satellite and
contacts made above 30MHz. [TNX VE3EXY]
QSL OA4DKC ---> Laurent, KM5M reports
he his the new QSL manager for OA4DKC for US stations
only.
QSL UA1PAC/p & UA1PAO/p --->
Cards were received from the printer in late December,
when Alan, UA1PAC was at the university in St.
Petersburg. He is expected to start processing the
requests as soon as he comes back home. [TNX UA1PAC and
RA9XF]
QSL VIA KB6NAN ---> Please note that
effective 1 June 2001 Dianna, KB6NAN will NO LONGER be
the QSL for E44A, JY4NE, OD5/JY4NE, V31MD and YC0KTQ.
[TNX QRZ-DX]
QSL VIA RK1PWA ---> Cards for R1ANF,
CE9/R1ANF, HF0/R1ANF, BY/R1ANF, R1ANF/a, UA1PBP/9 have
been received from the printer and Nick is expected to
start processing the requests very soon. [TNX UA1PAC and
RA9XF]
VK4AAR - Alan Roocroft, P.O. Box 421,
Gatton, QLD 4343, Australia
VK4FW - Bill Horner, P.O. Box 929,
Gympie, 4570, Australia
VR2BG - Brett Graham, P.O. Box 12727,
Hong Kong
W5UE - Randy Becnel, P.O. Box 170, Kiln,
MS 39556-0170, USA
W8CNL - Raymond H. McClure, 5 McKenzie
Circle, North Augusta, SC 29841-4319, USA
WA4FFW - Mark McIntyre, 2903 Maple Ave.,
Burlington, NC 27215, USA
YU1ASB - P.O. Box 86, 18230 Sokobanja,
Yugoslavia
ZP5PAH - Patrick Swanston D., P.O. Box
24010, Lambare 2029, Paraguay
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