11 August 2001
No 536
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
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8R - Look for Esmond, 8R1AK to be active
during the International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend from
Georgetown Lighthouse in Guyana (to be assigned GUY-001). QSL via
CBA. [TNX VA3RJ]
9A - 9A5V, 9A3VM and 9A5KV plan to operate
from Ruda Island (EU-016, IOCA CI-208) on 12 August starting
around 7 UTC on 40 metres and on 20 metres after 8 UTC. [TNX
9A6AA]
9A - Look for Frano (9A5V/p), Matko
(9A3VM/p), Fredi (9A5KV/p) and Zoran (9A4NC/p) to operate from
Grebeni Island (EU-016, IOCA CI-173, WLH-0483) on 18 August and
from Daksa Island (EU-016, IOCA CI-165, WLH-0111) on the 19th.
[TNX 9A6AA]
A5 - Robert, S53R reports he will be going
back to Pakistan on 16 August and after a few days he will move
to Bhutan, where he plans to be active (mostly on CW) in his free
time as either A52RK or A52KR. This should happen just after 20
August for about 7 days, when he will return to AP. QSL via S53R.
BY - The 10-13 August BI4F DXpedition to
Furong Island (AS-???) [425DXN 535] has been postponed until
early September. The exact date will be announced later. [TNX
BA1DU]
BY - Terry, BD7NQ and other operators from
the Chinese province of Guangdong will operate as BI7D from Do-Ao
Island (NO-REF, claimed for AS-131) between 7 UTC on 17 August
and 2 UTC on the 19th. They will operate (CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31,
Satellite) on 80m-70cm with three HF stations and one VHF/UHF
station. QSL via BD7NI (P.O.Box 306, Guangzhou, 510030, China).
[TNX BD7NQ]
C6 - Al, K3TKJ plans to operate (requested
call C6TKJ) from Andros Island (NA-001), Bahamas between 13
August and 27 September. [TNX The Daily DX]
C9 - Reinhard, DL6DQW (C91RF) will be active
(SSB and CW) from Quirimba Island (AF-061), Mozambique on 19-23
September. QSL via home call (Reinhard Fendler, Waldteichstrasse
34, 01468 Boxdorf, Germany). [TNX DE0MST]
DL - Ali, DF2BC reports he will be QRV on
136,5 kHz CW during the Lighthouse Weekend. He will start on 17
August through the 19th, mainly between his early morning hours
and noon. Listenings reports and comments on this LF activity are
welcome at df2bc@darc-i06.de.
EI - A group of operators from the Wicklow
Wireless Society will activate the Lighthouse at the Old Head of
Kinsale (IRE-055) during the International Lighthouse &
Lightship Weekend. QSL via EI9HQ. [TNX EI9HQ]
EO - The Crimea Contest Club will have a
Special Event Station with the call EO10J to celebrate 10 years
of independence. QSL via KG6AR either direct or through the
bureau. [TNX KG6AR]
F - Francis, F6HKS and Jean-Claude, F6HDH
will participate in the International Lighthouse & Lightship
Weekend (18-19 August) from the lighthouse (WLH 0271, ARLHS
FRA-007) on Cordouan Island (EU-159, DIFM AT-032). They will be
active as homecall/p on 20-40 metres SSB and CW. QSl via home
calls. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
GM - Look for GM0HBF, GM0OMC and MM0BGQ to be
active (on 80, 40 and 20 metres SSB) from Trodday Island (EU-008)
on 13-14 August. [TNX The Daily DX]
HS - RAST HQ station HS0AC will activated on
all bands by Champ, E21EIC during the WAE DX Contest (CW). Look
for him on 3524-3526 kHz between 19.30 and 23.30 UTC. QSL via
G3NOM (Ray Gerrard, P.O. Box 1300, Nana, Bangkok 10112,
Thailand). [TNX E21EIC]
I - Simon, IZ7ATN and Silvestro, IK7BRX will
operate from the islands of La Chianca (not IOTA, IIA FG-011) and
Sant'Eufemia (not IOTA, IIA FG-012) on 12 August. [TNX IZ7ATN]
I - Giuseppe/IK8WCQ reports he will be
joining Antonio/IK8SUT and Maurizio/IK8YTN on Ustica Island
(EU-051, IIA PA-001) from 8 to 15 September [425DXN 535]. They
will be signing IE9/homecall on HF and 6 metres.
JA - Look for JR8KJR/8 to be active from
Teuri Island (AS-147) on 14-18 August. QSL via home call. [TNX
JI6KVR]
KH3 - Dan, KH6UW will lead a group of four
operators including Mike/AL7KC, Bob/W7TSQ and Tom/K7ZZ to
Johnston Atoll (OC-023) on 11-18 September. The group will be
using K3J on 10-160 metres, WARC bands included, SSB and CW. Two
and possibly three stations will be used and European contacts
will be emphasized when band openings permit. QSL via AH6HN. [TNX
KH6UW and K7ZZ]
KL - Bruce, KD6WW confirms his activity from
the Shumagin Islands (NA-087) [425DXN 517]. Look for him to
operate as KL6/KD6WW from Popof Island on 18-20 August. QSL to
KD6WW either direct or through the bureau (bureau card requests
welcome at kd6ww@inreach.com).
LU - Look for L80AA/D to be active (SSB and
CW on HF and VHF) from Martin Garcia Lighthouse (ARG-045) on
Martin Garcia Island (SA-055) on 11-12 August. QSL via LU4AA.
[TNX LU4BR]
LZ - Look for Boyan (LZ1BJ/1), Simon
(LZ/IZ7ATN), Alessio (LZ/IZ0CKJ), Paolo (LZ/IW0FT) and Diego
(LZ/IW0FTB) to operate (on 6-80 metres SSB and CW, WARC bands
included) from Sveta Anastasya Island (EU-181) on 15-16 August.
QSL via IZ0CKJ (SSB) and LZ1BJ (CW). [TNX IZ7ATN]
ON - ON4ADN, ON4CJK, ON5FP, ON6HH, ON1DPX and
others will operate as OS4LHN from the Nieuwpoort Lighthouse
during the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (18-19
August). QSL via ON4ADN. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
OZ - Look for Kurt/ON4CJV, Eddy/ON4AFU,
Steven/ON4CLC and Yves/ON1DHJ to be active (on all HF bands, plus
6 metres, CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31) as OZ/OR0MO from Romo Island
(EU-125) on 11-18 August. QSL via ON4AFU (bureau) or direct to
ON4AFU (P.O. Box 41, 9400 Ninove, Belgium). [TNX VA3RJ]
OZ - Knud, OZ2ZB reports he will operate from
the following islands (NJ-xxx is the reference number for the
Danish Islands Award) between 13 and 24 August:
Knud also plans to be active from a couple of lighthouses
(namely Loegstor FF, DEN-079 and Loegstoer BF, DEN-080) on 18-19
August.
PY - ZX3B is a special call sign which will
be aired on all HF bands SSB and CW by amateur radio operators in
the Brazilian Army (PY3YY, PY3KK, PY3FOX, PY3KN, PY3BM, PY3CTA
and PY3DX) between 9 August and 9 September to celebrate the
anniversary of the Brazilian indipendence. For further
information please visit http://www.qsl.net/zx3b. [TNX PY3DX]
SM - Look for SK0QO to be active from
Soderarm Lighthouse (LH 0175 for the WLH Award) between 18 and 20
August. QSL via SK0QO. [TNX VA3RJ]
SV - Akis/SV7CLI, Vagelis/SV7AIF and
Sakis/SV7AMJ will participate in the International Lighthouse
& Lightship Weekend from Alexandroupolis Lighthouse
(GRE-005). They will be signing SY7LH on all bands SSB. QSL via
SV7CLI (Akis Kaltsaras, I. Kaviri 93, 68100 Alexandroupolis,
Greece). [TNX SV7CLI]
SV - Look for Simon (SV8/IZ7ATN), Alessio
(SV8/IZ0CKJ), Massimo (SV8/IZ0EGB), Paolo (SV8/IW0FT) and Diego
(SV8/IW0FTB) to operate from Samos Island (EU-049) on 25-26
August. QSLs via IZ0CKJ. [TNX IZ7ATN]
T30 - Eric Griffin, N1JSY will be spending
some 18 months with the Peace Corps on Butaritari Island
(OC-017), Western Kiribati starting the third week in August. He
will be active as T30ES a few hours a day, due to either his work
on the island and his limited power resources (solar panels and a
car battery). Eric will be using two G5RV antennas, positioned
separately, on 10-80 metres, with a maximum of 100 watts. The
Candlewood Amateur Radio Association (CARA) provides amateur
radio support for this operation, in the form of equipment, net
control assistance (in the beginning, as Eric is new to HF and
DXing) and QSL management. QSL via W1QI (C.A.R.A., P.O. Box 3441,
Danbury, CT 06813, USA). Updates will be posted on http://people.mags.net/boem/kiribati1.htm.
[TNX KZ1Z]
TA - Look for Simon (TA0/IZ7ATN), Alessio
(TA0/IZ0CKJ), Massimo (TA0/IZ0EGB), Paolo (TA0/IW0FT) and Diego
(TA0/IW0FTB) to operate from the islands of Bogsak (AS-123), Uc
(AS-115) and Sedir (AS-098) between 18 and 24 August. They plan
to operate on 80-6 metres (WARC bands included) SSB. QSLs via
IZ0CKJ. [TNX IZ7ATN]
TK - Paul, F2YT will operate from Corsica
(EU-014) and the Sanguinaire Islands (EU-104) between 18 August
and 2 September. He expects to use the special call TK8T on 20
and 40 metres SSB and CW. QSL via F2YT either direct or through
the REF bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
UA - Alan, UA9ZZ reports he will operate (on
10, 15, 17 and 20 metres CW and SSB) as UA9ZZ/p from a 8200 ft
high peak in the Altai Nountains (87.28E-49.15N) between 10 and
17 August. QSL direct only to UA9ZZ.
UA - Lex/RU0LM, Oleg/RW0LL and Mike/UA0MF
will be active as UE0LLH from the lighthouse (LH-1309) on
Skryplyov Island (AS-066) starting on 17 August for three days.
QSL direct to UA0MF (Mike Filippov, P.O. Box 20, Vladivostok,
690021, Russia). [TNX UA0MF]
V6 - Hide, JM1LJS reports he will be active
as V63LJ from Yap (OC-012), Micronesia on 9-15 August. He will
operate on HF (30, 17 and 12 metres only), 6 and 2 metres. He
might also operate as KH2VL from Guam (OC-026) on 15-16 August.
QSL V63LJ via JH8DEH, QSL KH2VL via JM1LJS.
VE - Thomas, DH8IAT will be active from Cape
Breton Island (NA-010) on 18-24 August, from Long Island (NA-127)
on 25-30 August and from Tancook Island (NA-081) on 5-7
September. QSL via DH8IAT. [TNX The Daily DX]
VK - Trevor, VK7TS will be operating (on 10,
15 and 20 metres) as VK7TS/4 from Fitzroy Island (OC-172) on
22-24 August and from Magnetic Island (OC-171) on 3-7 September.
QSL via VK7TS either direct (Trevor Spargo, 1 Roebourne Rd,
Otago, Tasmania, Australia 7017) or through the bureau. [TNX
VK7TS]
W - The Western New York DX Association will
once again be active from the Buffalo, New York harbor Lighthouse
during the International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend. Look
for K2L to be aired on 80-10 metres CW and SSB with two stations.
QSL direct via WB2YQH, Bob Nadolny, P.O. Box 73, Spring Brook, NY
14140, USA). [TNX WB2YQH]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
CANADIAN PREFIXES ---> The following
special prefixes are being used by Canadian amateurs
until 15 August to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the
Olympic Games held in Montreal back in 1976:
"XM" for VE callsigns, "XL" for VAs,
"XN" for VOs, "XO" for VYs.
ILLW ---> The International
Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend will take place on 18-19
August. A full list of participating stations, including
callsigns, QTH and QSL routes, can be found at http://www.vk2ce.com/ILLW/2001.htm.
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Erwann, F6JJX
often receives QSL requests for Z22JE, but he is not and
has never been his QSL manager.
QSL EU-185 ---> Leonid, UA6CW reports
that cards for all of the contacts with UE6AAD (September
2001) not confirmed direct were sent to the bureau in
early May. Bureau cards for the recent RI6AAA operation
will be sent automatically in January or February 2001.
The address for those who need a direct card is Leonid S.
Kashigin, P.O. Box 1, Krasnodar, 350000 Russia.
QSL 6D2X ---> Ken, K5TSQ used to be
the QSL manager for 6D2X before the call was reissued.
The new QSL manager is Ron, AC7DX who, with Ken's
agreement and in order to avoid any confusion, will be
able to confirm all of the past and future QSOs with 6D2X
(and with XE2XA and XE0DX as well).
QSL 9A9R/P ---> Cards for contacts
made with 9A9R/p operating from Krk Island (EU-136)
during the IOTA Contest 2001 should be sent to DJ2MX.
There is no need to resubmit direct cards already sent to
Vlatko, 9A9R. [TNX 9A9R]
QSL F/IK1TTD ---> Cards for Gianpi's
recent activity from Ile du Levant (EU-070, DIFM ME-12)
should be sent direct to IK1TTD (Gianpi, P.O. Box 32,
18011 Arma di Taggia - IM, Italy). Logs are available at
http://www.qsl.net/ik1ttd [TNX IK1TTD]
QSL TI9CF ---> Anyone needing a QSL
from TI9CF (Cocos Island) for the 1994 and 1997
activities can send the request to Joe, W3HNK. [TNX
W3HNK]
QSL VIA DL6UAA ---> The DX News
Letter reports that Mart, DL6UAA will close his logs for
OH0/DL6UAA, 3B8/DL6UAA and S79UAA on 31 December 2001.
QSL VIA S53R ---> Robert reports that
all direct requests for his operations as AP2ARS,
EY8/S53R (February/March 2000) and UK8AXA (March 2000)
have been answered.
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
ARLHS: The web site for the Amateur
Radio Lighthouse Society is at http://arlhs.com.
JW0PK: The JW0PK (EU-063) story is now
available at http://dx.to
(go to DXpeditions, Prins Karls Forland). [TNX PA5NT]
LOGS: Pictures and soon logs as well
from the recent IOTA Contest operation from Isola Grande
(EU-091) are available at http://www.iz7auh.com. [TNX IZ7AUH]
LOGS: Dave, VA3RJ reports that on-line
logs for CF3RJ, VA3RJ, VE3JDR, VX3RJ, XL3RJ, and XM3JDR
are now available at http://www.qsl.net/va3rj/search.html.
There is also an e-mail bureau QSL request link on the
same page, for those who wish one of his cards via the
bureau.
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