23 June 2001
No 529
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
DUCIE ISLAND - Kan Mizoguchi, JA1BK/VP6BK (http://www.iijnet.or.jp/JA1BK/index2.html)
has announced that the Pitcairn Island Amateur Radio Association
(PIARA) is organizing a DXpedition to Ducie Island (OC-182)
[425DXN 515]. Operations are expected to start at 00.00 UTC on 16
November and there will be three stations operating 24h a day.
The team will include Tom Christian, VP6TC (team leader and
President of PIARA), VP6DB, JA1BK/VP6BK, JA1SLS/VP6BB, JF1IST and
three other operators. QSL via VE3HO. Further information is
expected in due course. The Pitcairn Island Amateur Radio
Association has applied for membership into the International
Amateur Radio Union. The application has been approved by Region
III and it has been forwarded to the full membership of the IARU
for final approval.
3A - Look for Gerry, 3A/IZ1DSH to be active
(on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB) from Monaco on 4-10 August. QSL
via home call either direct or through the bureau. [TNX IZ1DSH]
9A - Neno, 9A2FL and Luka, 9A7Z will be
operate from Glavat Island (CI-144, LH-0170, CLHA-035) in the
Vrhovnjaci Islands (EU-016) on 22-23 June. QSL via home calls.
[TNX 9A2FL]
9A - Look for Kresimir, 9A7K/p to be active
from Pag Island (EU-170, CI-82 for the Croatian Islands Award)
between 1 and 10 July. He will also be active from two
lighthouses on the island, namely Stara Novalja (CLH-135 for the
Croatian Lighthouses Award, http://www.qsl.net/9a7k) and Zaglav
(CLH-195). QSL is via 9A7K either direct or through the bureau.
[TNX 9A7K]
BV - Look for BV9A/JH3JWW (Doji) and
BV9A/JI3DST (Take) to be active (on 40, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10, 6 and
2 metres SSB) from P'enghu Island (AS-103) between 9 UTC on 20
July and 2 UTC on the 22nd. QSL via home calls. [TNX JI3DST]
C6 - John, WZ8D will be active as C6AIE from
Abaco (NA-080, WWL FL16IQ), Bahamas between 21 June and 2 July.
He will concentrate on 6 and 2 metres, with some activity on
10-40 metres. QSL direct only to WZ8D (John Walker, 1930 Meredith
Dr., Loveland, OH 45140-7216 USA). [TNX OZ6OM]
CE - The Southern Cross DX Group has
announced plans for DXpeditions to the following Chilean islands:
Hornos (CE9C, SA-031) in December-January,
Lennox (CE9L, SA-050) in January,
Nueva (CE9N, SA-050) in January,
Picton (CE9P, SA-050) in January,
Riesco (CE8R, SA-???) in February.
QSL via CE4EBJ. Firmer dates will be announced in the future;
for further information check http://www.qsl.net/ce9c. [TNX WC6DX]
CX - Those who need Uruguay on 80 and 160
metres should look for Geo, CX1SI and Al, CX4SS between
00.00-02.00 UTC (80m) and 02-00-03.30 UTC (160m). [TNX CX1SI]
DL - DH1LA, DH7NO, DL2RTK, DL2SWW and DL2VFR
will operate from Hiddensee Island (EU-057, O-05 for the German
Islands Award) on 27-29 July. They will participate in the IOTA
Contest as DL0KWH. [TNX DL2VFR]
EX - John Janssen (aka KZ5RQ, WA4WKY, C9RJJ,
C91J and KH2/K4ANA) is now living and working in Kyrgyzstan. He
has been on the air signing EX/K4ANA. Bureau cards should go to
either K4ANA or W2PS, while direct requests should be sent to
W2PS (Ben Bond, 55 Eberle Road, Latham, NY 12110, USA). [TNX
W2PS]
F - Look for F6ELE and F6HKA to be active
from Les Sept Iles (EU-107) on 23-24 June. [TNX F6ELE]
FG - Jon, N0JK will be active from Guadeloupe
between 30 June and 2 July. He will operate on 6 metres only, CW
and SSB. [TNX OZ6OM]
FO - Marcel, ON4QM/FO0DEH [425DXN 519]
recently confirmed that he hopes to visit Pukapuka (OC-062),
Napuka (OC-094) and Hereheretue (OC-052) between mid September
and early December. The details are still being finalised, but he
is definitely not going to Rapa (OC-051). [TNX G3ZAY]
FP - Pete/NN9K, Peg/KB9LIE and Paul/K9OT will
be active (on 80-10 metres SSB and CW with a possibility of 6
metres) as FP/home calls from Miquelon (NA-032) starting 26 July
until 1 UTC on 1 August. They will participate in the IOTA
Contest as FP/K9WM; before and after the contest they will
concentrate on the WARC bands and PSK31. QSL via home calls, QSL
FP/K9WM via NN9K.
GM - Derek, GM0EEY and Jim, MM0BJG plan to
operate as MS0IRC from Kirkibost Island (OH29) in the Outer
Hebrides (EU-010) from about 19 UTC on 22 June for around 24
hours. QSL via GM0EEY. [TNX GM3VLB]
GM - Cambell/MM0DXC, John/GM7OLQ,
John/MM0CCC, Colin/GM0CLN, Bob/GM4UYZ, Ron/GM0NTL,
Landles/GM4XZZ, Tony/GM3PGY Iain/MM1CPP, Robert/MM0ANT,
Brian/M5BAP, Ron/GM4IKU and Bob/GM0BWU from Cockenzie & Port
Seton Amateur Radio Club (http://www.cpsarc.com/) will participate in
the IOTA Contest as GM2T from the Isle of Tiree (EU-008, IOSA
NH-04). QSL via GM4UYZ. [TNX GM0CLN and Islands On The Web]
GM - Pete (MM5PSL), Cedric (GM4GPP) and John
(W5ZE) will operate (on most HF bands SSB) special event station
GB2ELH from within the buildings of Eshaness Lighthouse (Shetland
Islands, EU-012) during the International Lighthouse Weekend on
18-19 August. QSL via MM5PSL either direct or through the bureau.
[TNX MM5PSL]
I - Simone, IK5RUN plans to operate from
Formiche di Grosseto (EU-028, IIA GR-005) on 40 and 2 metres SSB
on 24 June. [TNX IK5RUN]
IS0 - Andrea, IK4VET is active as IS0/IK4VET
from Sardinia (EU-024) until 23 June. He operated as IM0/IK4VET
from Marinella (EU-024, IIA SS-105) on 20 June and plans to be
QRV from a few EU-041 islands (namely Maddalena/SS-001,
Caprera/SS-005, Giardinelli/SS-027 and Chiesa/SS-016) on the 22nd
and the 23rd. QSL via home call. [TNX IK4RQJ]
IS0 - IS0AGY, IS0BMU, IS0CAK, IS0CPU, IS0GQX,
IS0JOO and IW0USV plan to operate (requested call IM0R) on HF
bands, 6 and 2 metres from Isola dei Ratti (EU-165, IIA CA-010)
on 3-5 August. QSL via IS0AGY. [TNX IS0AGY]
JA - Look for 7N1GMK/6 and JA6FRS to operate
(on 6, 15 and 17 metres SSB and CW) from Yoron Island (AS-023) on
1-8 July. QSL via home call. [TNX JI1PLF and JI6KVR]
JA - Look for Take, JI3DST to be active (on
40-6 metres SSB) as JI3DST/6 from Kuchino Island (AS-049) between
8 UTC on 28 July and 1 UTC on 5 August, including an entry in the
IOTA Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX JI3DST]
JA - Seiji, JQ1SUO will be active (on 10-40
metres SSB and CW) as JQ1SUO/4 from Oki Island (AS-041) between
11 and 14 August. QSL via home call. [TNX JI6KVR]
JT - Laurence, G4DMA expects to operate (also
on 6 metres) as JT1FCR from Mongolia between 24 June and 15 July.
[TNX OZ6OM]
KG4 - Look for KG4AS to be active from
Guantanamo between 3 and 10 July. QSL via N4SIA.
KH0 - Look for KH0/JA1TCF and operators from
the Chichibu DX Club to be active on HF and 6 metres from Saipan
(OC-086) between 29 June and 2 July. QSL via home calls. [TNX
OZ6OM]
OY & TF - Fabian, DJ1YFK will be active
as OY/DJ1YFK/p from the Faroe Islands (EU-018) on 9-11 July and
as TF/DJ1YFK/p from Iceland on 12-19 July. He will operate CW
only on as many bands as possible. Skeds are welcome at dj1yfk@darc.de. [TNX The Daily
DX]
S2 - John, KX7YT reports he will be operating
as S21YV from Dhaka, Bangladesh between 15 July and 5 August.
Look for him on 15 and 20 metres around 14-18 UTC daily. QSL via
KX7YT.
SV - Nikos, SV1CEI will operate from Tinos
Island (EU-067) for ten days starting on 25 June. Look for him
14.260 and 14.020 MHz between 0300-0600 and 2000-2200 UTC. QSL
via the bureau. [TNX DX News Letter]
SV - Panos, SV8DTL and his wife Evi, SV8DTZ
will participate in the IOTA Contest as SW8T from Thassos Island
(EU-174). QSL via SV8DTL. [TNX SV8DTL]
SV9 - Laurent, F8BBL will be active as
SV9/F8BBL (on 160-6 metres CW and SSB plus FM on 29533 kHz) from
Crete (EU-015) between 25 June and 2 July. QSL via home call.
[TNX F8BBL]
SV9 - Ron, WB2GAI will be active (on 10-160
metres CW only) as SV9/WB2GAI/P from Crete (EU-015) between 29
June and 12 August. QSL via home call. [TNX WB2GAI]
SV & TA - Gabriele, IK3GES is leaving for
his summer holidays in Turkey and Greece. Depending on local
conditions he plans to operate from Giresun and/or Kefken islands
as well as from AS-123, AS-115, AS-098, AS-099, EU-174 (Amoliani)
and EU-075 (Salamina).
TA - After operating from Giresun Island
(AS-154) Nando/IT9YRE will be back to Turkey and be active, with
Simone/IZ7ATN, from Kefken Island (AS-159) between 2 and 5 July.
Look for TA0/IT9YRE/p and TA0/IZ7ATN/p on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 and
40 metres SSB and possibly CW. QSL via home call. The operation
is sponsored by the Diamond DX Club and the pilots will be
Silvano, KB5GL (kb5gl@aol.com)
for North America and Oceania and Gennaro, I8YRK (casaburi1@tin.it) for the rest
of the world. [TNX IT9YRE and I8YRK]
TX - The Oceania DX Group's DXpedition to the
Chesterfield Islands, originally planned to take place between 1
and 19 September [425DXN 527], has been cancelled due to the lack
of a suitable number of operators.
TY - Flo, F5CWU reports that the operation
from Benin [425DXN 507] is now scheduled to take place on 11-29
August.
UA - Nick, RA1QQ and Alex, RA1QY plan to be
active as RA1QQ/1 and RA1QY/1 from a few islands in "western
part of the Barents Sea" in late June-early July . QSLs via
RA1QQ (Nick A. Smerdov, P.O.Box 24, Cherepovets, 162627, Russia).
[TNX RA1QQ]
V4 - Lawrence, KJ4UY will be operating (on
6-160 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and maybe PSK, with 10-20 metres as
primary bands) as V47UY from V44NK's on Nevis Island (NA-104)
from 20 July through the 31st, IOTA Contest included. He should
be joined the second week by RB, WB4FNH (proposed call V47FNH).
QSLs direct via home calls.
V7 - Bruce, AC4G will be active as V73CW from
Kwajalein (OC-028), Marshall Islands on 26-30 June. He plans to
concentrate on 6 metres, AO-10 satellite and 40 metres SSB (other
HF bands as time permits). QSL via AC4G. [TNX The Daily DX]
W - Look for Nat, WZ3AR/4 to be QRV from
Chincoteague Island (NA-083, USI VA-002S) on 25-30 June. This
operation also counts for the relatively rare Accomack County, VA
as well as ARLHS USA-021. He plans to operate almost exclusively
on the IOTA SSB frequencies of 28460, 24950, 21260, 18128, and
14260 kHz +/- QRM with some minor trips to the ARLHS and County
Hunter frequencies. QSL via WZ3AR either direct or through the
bureau. [TNX WZ3AR]
W - Paul, AA3DD, will be active (on 40, 20,
15 and 10 metres CW) from Chincoteague Island (NA-083) during the
IOTA Contest, He will be "warming up" from 00.00 UTC to
03.00 UTC on 40, 30 and 20 metres CW on 28 July. QSL via home
call. [TNX AA3DD and Islands On The Web]
W - The ARRL Headquarters station call sign
W1AW will be activated from California as W1AW/6 for the duration
of the IARU HF World Championship (14-15 July). A certificate
will be available for working W1AW/6 on different bands/modes,
for further information please visit http://www.nccc.cc/.
QSL via ARRL. [TNX N6RO]
YI - Rodger, G0TLC will be in Iraq on 28 June
for at least three weeks and will be at the YI1BGD club station
once again. QSLs for contacts made with YI1BGD operated by G0TLC
*only* should go via G0MMI either direct or through the RSGB
bureau. Otherwise the address for YI1BGD is P.O. Box 7361,
Baghdad 12216, Iraq. This address should be used for Hasan,
YI1BGD/5 as well. [TNX G0MMI]
ZK1 - The operation from Manihiki (OC-014),
North Cooks [425DXN 523] is confirmed to take place between 18
October and 1 November. The operators will be Ralph,
VE7XF/ZK1AKX; John, AA7PM/ZK1APM; Bob, W7TSQ/ZK1ASQ; Roger,
W7VV/ZK1VVV; Victor, ZK1CG and Tuatai, ZK1MA/ZK1CY; they will
participate in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest as ZK1CG. Then they will
go to Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cooks and be active between 1 and
13 November. Activity from both places is expected on 2-160
metres (30 metres excluded) CW and SSB. Donations can be sent to
W7VV (Roger Huntley, 13710 235th Street, Snohomish, WA 98296,
USA). [TNX The Daily DX]
DIB ---> Pedro, PP5SZ reports that
contacts with PSA088 from Tacami Island (SA-088) [425DXN
528] count as DIB 78 towards the Brazilian Islands Award.
QSL via PP5LL (Jay Lira, P.O. Box 8, 88010-970
Florianopolis - SC, Brazil).
JW0PK ---> Andrea, IK2XDE reports
that 12732 QSOs were made during the 1-8 June JW0PK
operation (by DL5NAM, F5PBL, I2ADN, IK2XDE, IK2XDF,
IK4MED, LA3OHA, ON4AMX, PA5NT, SP5DRH and SP5LCC) from
Prins Karls Forland (EU-063):
Most of the contacts (9216) were with Europe, followed by
North America (1691) and Asia (1665). Logs (except for
some 500 QSOs recorded on paper) are available at http://www.dxpedition.org.
QSL 3W2KF ---> Claude, F5PBL
apologizes for the delay, due to his participation in the
JW0PK DXpedition, and reports he expects to have all of
the direct requests answered within the end of the month.
The correct address for direct QSLs is Claude Terrier, 18
allee du Mail, F-92360 Meudon-la-Foret, France.
QSL CO2OJ ---> Oscar, CO2OJ reports
that Al Bailey, K8SIX is now his QSL manager and can
confirm any contact from 1 January 2001 onwards.
QSL EU-028 ---> Cards for IK5AMB,
IK5ORQ, IK5PWH, IK5PWS, IK5VLS, IK5WWB, IW5CFN, IW5EDT,
IZ5AXB and IZ5DKO (last week's operation from Gorgona
Island, IIA LI-014, WWL JN43WK) go via home call direct,
through the bureau or to P.O. Box 303, 55100 Lucca - LU,
Italy. [TNX IK5AMB]
QSL EU-052 ---> Cards for
SV8/IK0REH/p from Zakynthos can be sent to IK0REH via the
bureau. Those who need a direct card should use Daniele's
new address: Daniele Casini, P.O. Box 31, 06010 Citerna -
PG, Italy. Logs will be available at http://digilander.iol.it/ik0reh.
QSL FR/F6KDF/T ---> Gil, F5NOD
reports that another batch of 1500 cards was mailed on 14
June. All of the direct requests received before April
have now been processed. Logs are availbale at http://www.qsl.net/f5nod/frt_log.html.
QSL HK3JJH/HK0 ---> Carl, N4AA
reports that QSL cards are being processed with batches
of cards going out every day. He expects to have all of
the direct requests answered by the end of July at the
latest.
QSL VIA G3UOF ---> Direct cards for
Mike's most recent operation (EA6/G3UOF) or for his ZD8M
operation in 1993-94 should be sent to his new address:
M.R. Wadsworth, 67 Station Road, Bardney, Lincol LN3 5UD,
England. [TNX K8PT]
QSL VIA K9PPY ---> Jim reports he has
just received the QSL cards for his operations from the
islands of Santa Rosa (NA-142) and St. George (NA-085).
He hopes to have all direct cards in the mail by the end
of June, while bureau cards will be answered as they are
received.
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