30 June 2001
No 530
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
9A - The operators who last weekend were
active from EU-110 (LY1DS, LY2TA, 9A6XX and 9A5AEI) plan to
participate in the IOTA Contest as 9A1P from Sv. Nikola (EU-110,
IOCA CI-118). [TNX 9A6XX]
EU - Look for EU6DA/P, EW6CM/P, EW6GB/P,
EW6DM/P and EW6BN/P to be active from Holy Island (not IOTA, WD-3
for the West Dvina River Award) on 30 June-1 July. QSL via IK2QPR
(Paolo Fava, Via Bertani 8, 46100 Mantova - MN, Italy). [TNX
IK2QPR]
GW - The Dragon Amateur Radio Club (GW4TTA)
of Anglesey will celebrate the "Coast Wireless Stations
Centenary" operating (on +/- 3537, 3773, 7037 and 7073 kHz)
special station GB100HD on 30 June-1 July. QSL via bureau. [TNX
OPDX Bulletin]
I - Special station II1ARI is active until 28
October from Experimenta 2001 (http://www.experimenta.to.it)
in Torino. QSL via I1JQJ.
KL - Look for Byron, KF8UN/KL7 to be active
(time permitting) on 40 and 20 metres from Sitka (Baranof Island,
NA-041) between 7 and 10 July. QSL via KF8UN. [TNX VA3RJ]
OA - The planned 29 June-1 July operation
from San Lorenzo Island (SA-052) [425DXN 523] has been postponed
until late August-early September due to logistic and
bureaucratic problems. Further information is expected in due
course. [TNX OA4AHW]
OH0 - YL operators SM0HNV, SM0UQW and OH1MK
will be active (on 20, 15, 10, 40 and 80 metres SSB with some CW)
as OH0YLS from Brando, Aland Islands (EU-002) from 29 June
through 5 July. QSL via OH1MK (Marjatta Kaistila, Nahvontie 5B1,
FIN-25410 Suomusjarvi, Finland). All direct QSLs will be answered
from Aland Islands using attractive Aland postage stamps. [TNX
N4GN]
OH0 - Look for Bernie McClenny, W3UR, editor
of The Daily DX, to be active as W3UR/OH0 Brando Island (EU-002),
in the Aland Islands (http://www.aland.fi) from on 7-10 July. QSL
via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
OZ - A group of OK operators will be active
as OZ/OK5DX/P from Bornholm Island (EU-030, WWL JO75IC) from 5
(local late afternoon) through 9 July (local morning). They plan
to operate on 50, 144, 432, 1296MHz and 10Ghz with some activity
on HF as well. Their main aim is the participation in the 3rd
VHF/SHF/SHF IARU Contest. For further information please visit http://www.qsl.net/ok1cdj/oz/.
[TNX OK1CDJ]
PY - Look for Alencar/PY3CEJ and Michel/PY3ZM
to operate (on 10-160 metres CW and SSB) as ZV3B from Ilha Pedras
Brancas (not IOTA, DIB 33) between 1 and 31 July. QSL via PY3CEJ
(Alencar Fossa, P.O. Box 6022, Porto Alegre - RS, 91031-970,
Brazil). [TNX PP5SZ]
SV - Franco, HB9OAB reports he will operate
(on 2m and 70cm SSB and via AO10, FO20/29, UO14, RS 12/13 and
possibly AO40) as SV8/HB9OAB from Kefallonia (WWL KM08) and other
EU-052 islands (WWL JM99) from 1 through 30 July.
SV - Paul Louis, IZ5BRV will operate as
SV*/IZ5BRV/P from various locations in Greece between 4 and 21
July. QSL via home call. [TNX IK5PWQ]
UA - Al/RA1WZ, Igor/UA1WER and others will be
active as UE1WPI from Kolpina Island (RR-23-03) on 30 June-1
July. QSL via RA1WZ either direct or through the bureau. [TNX
RA1WZ]
UA - RA0FF, RA0FU and possibly RA0FW plan to
operate from Shikotan Island (AS-062), Moneron Island (AS-149)
and the Kuril Islands (AS-025) in July and August. They have
requested the callsign RI0F. [TNX The Daily DX]
YV - The Grupo DX Caracas and the Association
of Radioamateurs of Venezuela (ARV) are organizing an IOTA
DXpedition Cayo Sombrero in the Falcon State group (SA-???). Look
for YW1F to be active (SSB and CW) on HF and 6 metres between 20
and 24 July. Direct QSLs to W4SO (mail drop); bureau cards to the
ARV QSL Bureau (P.O. Box 3636, Caracas 1010-A, Venezuela). [TNX
YV5EED]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
425 DX NEWS & JAPAN ---> Thanks
to Junji Saito, JA7SSB 425 DX News has been available in
Japanese language for three years. Some 1500 regular
readers visit http://www.roy.hi-ho.ne.jp/hamradio/dxnews.htm
on a weekly basis.
12-METER DXCC ---> The DXCC has
announced the addition of the 12-Meter Single Band DXCC
award. Applications for this award will be accepted
beginning July 2, 2001. 12 Meter DXCC certificates will
be dated but not numbered. 12 meter credits will not
count toward the DeSoto Cup competition until October 1,
2001, but they will be included in the DXCC Challenge
totals. If you do not know what credits you have on 12
meters, you may contact DXCC for a copy of your record.
For further information, please e-mail dxcc@arrl.org.
CDXC CONVENTION ---> This year the
annual Clipperton DX Club Convention will be in Tours,
France on 22 September. For further information please
contact F9DK (Jean-Louis Dupoirier, 11 rue Henri
Barbusse, 78114 Magny Les Hameaux, France). [TNX The
Daily DX]
COLOMBIAN CONTEST ---> Rob, HK3CW
(Contest and Award Manager of the Liga Colombiana de
Radioaficionados) reports that this year the Colombian
Indipendence Day Contest will be held on 21 JULY (from
00.01 to 24.00 UTC), not on the 15th. Details (in
Spanish) are available at http://hk3cw.freehomepage.com.
ISLAND TOUR ---> Paolo, I2AE reports
he will be leaving on 2 July for a one-month trip in
Denmark, Sweden and Germany. He plans to operate (mainly
on 20 and 6 metres) as OZ/I2AE/p, SM7/I2AE/p and
DL/I2AE/p from the following islands: Romo (EU-125), Mors
(EU-171), Fur (EU-171), Fyn (EU-172), Sjaelland (EU-029),
Hasslo or Sturko (EU-138), Oland (EU-037), Mon (EU-029),
Falster (EU-029), Fehmarn (EU-128). QSL via I2AE.
REF AWARDS ---> Max, F6AXP reminds he
has not been the REF Award Manager since 18 March 2001.
Applications for the French awards issued by REF (DDFM,
5BDDFM, DPF, 5BDPF, DIFM, DTC, FCW, DEE, DTA, DDTOM,
DFCF, DMF, DDF2000) should be sent to REF-Union, P.O. Box
7429, 37074 Tours Cedex 2, France.
RSGB CONVENTION ---> The RSGB
International HF & IOTA Convention will be held at
the Beaumont Training & Conference Centre in Windsor,
Berkshire, England on 12-14 October. For further
information please visit http://www.rsgb.org/hfc2001/.
QSL 3V8BB ---> Cards for contacts
made between 13 and 16 June should be sent direct only to
IK7XGF: Alfredo Colapietra, P.O. Box 13, 71036 Lucera -
FG, Italy. [TNX IK7XGF]
QSL TE8AA ---> QSL manager TI5BX
reports it will take at least three months before he gets
the cards from the printer. Please be patient and do not
resubmit. [TNX F9GL]
VK9MO ---> Myron, W4UR reports that
on 27 June he worked on 30 metres a station signing
VK9MO. "This is a call assigned to Masa (JA1LET) for
use on Mellish Reef", Myron says. "I sent an
e-mail to Masa who confirmed he is in Tokyo and has not
been using the VK9MO call sign".
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
CALLBOOK: The callbook for Croatian
stations can be found on the Croatian Amateur Radio
Association web site at http://www.hamradio.hr. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
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logs are available on Dave's (VA3RJ) web site:
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