25 August 2001
No 538
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
3D2 - Gunter, DL2AWG will be active as 3D2AW
from Viti Levu (OC-016), Fiji Islands between 31 August and 8
September. [TNX The Daily DX]
3D2_cr - Hrane, YT1AD will be leading a
second DXpedition to Conway Reef (OC-112). The team (YT1AD,
YU7AV, YZ7AA, YU1AU, YU1DX, Z32ZM, RZ3AA, K1LZ and possibly YT6A)
is expected to arrive to Conway around 18 local time on 1 October
and to be active until the local afternoon of the 10th. Two
different calls (to be announced when operations start) will be
used for CW and SSB & RTTY from two operating sites on all
bands 160-10 metres plus 6 metres. QSL for CW QSOs will be YT1AD
(Dr. Hrane Milosevic, 36206 Vitanovac, Yugoslavia); QSL for SSB
and RTTY QSos via Z32AU (Dragan Kostevski, P.O. Box 35, 6000
Ohrid, Macedonia). The web site for the operation is at http://www.kragujevac.co.yu/3d2.
[TNX YS1RR]
4W - Carlos Poinho, CU3FT is a Telecom
Technician for the Portuguese Air Force and is currently working
for UNTAET in Dili, East Timor. He plans to be as much active as
possible with the callsign 4W/CU3FT, with special attention for
the WARC bands and 6 metres. Carlos is currently looking for
sponsorship for either a 6m beam and QSl cards, which will be
handled by CT1EEB (Jose Emanuel Ribeiro de Sa, P.O. Box 79,
P-3860 Estarreja, Portugal). [TNX CT1EEB, ct1eeb@mail.telepac.pt].
8P - Mario, K2ZD is active (on 40-6 metres
with wire antennas and 100 watts) as 8P9JM from Barbados until 9
September. Since this is a business trip he will be QRV in the
evenings when time permits. [TNX KF2TI]
CT - Toze, CT1GFK will be active (on 80, 40,
20 and 15 metres SSB and CW) as CT1GFK/P from Armona Island (not
IOTA, AL-004 for the Portuguese Islands Award) between 25 August
and 2 September. QSL via home call. [TNX CT1GFK]
EA8 - Frank, DH5JG reports he will be active
(mostly CW on 10-40 metres, with an emphasis on the WARC bands)
as EA8/DH5JG from Lanzarote, Canary Islands (AF-004) between 29
August and 10 September. He will participate in the WAE DX
Contest (SSB). QSL via home call.
ET - Silvio, IV3TRK will be active as 9E1S
from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia between 25 August and 4 September.
Plans are to operate on all bands (also 160 metres with a simple
T antenna as there is not enough space for a better one) mainly
CW. Skeds for low bands are welcome at et3vsc@telecom.net.et;
QSL via home call either direct or through the bureau. [TNX
IV3TAN]
EX - Special event station EX10A will be
active on all bands and modes from 20 August through 10 September
to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the indipendence for
Kyrgyzstan. QSL go to the EX Bureau at P.O. Box 745, Bishkek
720017, Kyrgyzstan. [TNX EX/K4ANA]
F - Didier, F6ELE and Bertrand, F6HKA have
confirmed their 25-26 August operation from Les Spet Iles
(EU-107) [425DXN 533]. Look for them to be active on 40-10 metres
SSB and CW. They will try to operate from Bono Island (EU-107,
DIFM MA-084) and Plate Island (EU-107, DIFM MA-083) on Sunday.
QSL via home calls. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
FW - Guy, FW5ZL reports he will be active
(with 100 watts and a dipole) from Futuna (OC-118) on 6-21
September. QSL via home call (Guy Petit de la Rhodiere, P.O. Box
2, Mata-Utu, 98600 Uvea, France).
HS - Champ, E21EIC reports the following
amateurs from Thailnad have announced their participation in the
1-2 September All Asian DX Contest (SSB): HS1CKC (SOSB 15m HP),
HS4BPQ (SOSB 15m LP), HS5AYO (SOSB 20m LP), HS0ZCY (SOSB LP),
E20HHK (SOSB LP), E21EIC (SOAB HP).
I - IK4ALM, IK4RQJ, IK4VET and IK4XCL expect
to operate (on 10-40 metres) from Isola Girotto (IIA RO-017, not
IOTA) and Isola del Basson (IIA RO-021, not IOTA) from 7.30 UTC
through 15 UTC on 26 August. QSL via home calls. [TNX IK4RQJ and
IK4VET]
I - Alfonso, IZ8DDP and Giovanni, IZ8EEI plan
to be /p from Santo Janni (EU-144, IIA PZ-001) during or
immediately after the weekend. Actual dates will depend on local
conditions. [TNX IZ8DDP]
I - Antonello, IZ7DOO and Giulio, IZ7CII plan
to be active from Traversa Island (EU-091, IIA BR-009) on 27
August. [TNX IZ7DOO]
KH1 - Hrane, YT1AD reports that the US Fish
and Wildlife Service has granted a provisional landing permission
on KH1 (Baker & Howland) for an amateur radio DXpedition (10
operators) to take place on 2-11 May 2002. If interested in
joining the team, please contact Hrane at yt1ad@EUnet.yu. [TNX YS1RR]
KH3 - The 11-18 September K3J operation from
Johnston Atoll (OC-023) [425DXN 536] will include a station for 6
metres. A web site, which will contain log checking, may be found
at http://www.qsl.net/k3j/.
QSL via AH6HN. [TNX K7ZZ]
S2 - Shin, 7M4PTE is active again as S21YH
from Bangladesh until 18 UTC on 21 August. QSL via 7M4PTE (Shin
Makoto, 2-3-18, Naritanishi, Suginami-Ku, Tokyo 166-0016, Japan).
[TNX N7DC and VA3RJ]
TA - Nando, IT9YRE and possibly Erminio,
IZ8AJQ (CW operator) will be active from AS-123 on 16-18
September. [TNX I8YRK]
T7 - Pietro, IW3RUA reports he will operate
on VHF as T7/IW3RUA/P from San Marino (JN63fw) between 31 August
and 2 September. QSL via home call (Pietro Florio, P.O. Box 0,
33028 Tolmezzo - UD, Italy).
UA - Look for RI6LAP as well as UA6LGR,
UA6LAM and UA6MF to be active from the Russian Robinson Award RR
17-04 island group in the Azov Sea (not IOTA) on 24-26 August.
QSL RI6LAP via UA6MF either direct (Ivan A Gudima, P.O. Box 47,
Rostov-on-Don 344007, Russia). [TNX UA6MF]
VK - Look for VK4HF to be active (on 80-10
metres SSB) from Fraser Island (OC-142) on 27-31 August. QSL via
home call. [TNX DL2VFR, http://www.iota-post.com]
ZB - Martyn, G3RFX reports he will be in
Gibraltar again between 2 and 10 September. He will be active as
ZG2FX on all bands 80 through to 10 metres, SSB, CW, PSK31 and
RTTY. The webpages for the operation are at http://www.btinternet.com/~g3rfx.
During this time also listen out for other ZB2 stations using the
special ZG2 prefix to celebrate Gibraltar National Day on the
10th.
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
QSL 3Y0C ---> Mac, WA4FFW reports
that 5000 cards were sent out on 17 August. This first
batch of direct QSLs does not include stateside cards,
which will be processed and mailed within the next two
weeks. The aim is to get the cards out in time to allow
everyone to receive them before the September deadline.
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
QSL VK0LD ---> These cards are
available at http://www.eQSL.cc/ only [425DXN
501], however electronic cards are not acceptable for
DXCC credit. Now Alan reports the following: "Anyone
who had a valid QSO with VK0LD and downloaded a VK0LD
eQSL card from the eQSL website who wishes to submit such
a card to DXCC can forward the eQSL card to me for
personal authentication. I will check the card against
the original log and sign the reverse of the card, stamp
it with a special VKØLD rubber stamp and return the card
to sender. I would then suggest that the card is
laminated by the sender. The ARRL has advised that this
will be sufficient to make the VK0LD eQSL card valid for
Macquarie Island according to the ARRL rules for DXCC
accreditation. This gesture is PRIMARILY for those
stations who ONLY worked VK0LD (Macquarie Island) and
need it for a new country or band/mode but DID NOT work
either VK0MM or AX0LD". Cards should be sent to the
following address (please write "PRIVATE &
CONFIDENTIAL" on the envelope): Alan Cheshire, c/o
Station Engineer, West Coast Radio, P.O. Box 688,
Mandurah, Western Australia 6210, Australia. Include a
Self Addressed Envelope and appropriate funds to cover
return postage ("one greenstamp is sufficient to
cover the A$1.50 for international mail from
Australia", Alan says; do NOT send IRCs and do NOT
send Australian stamps). Do not send Alan any card for
either VK0MM or AX0LD, which should be routed through
their respective QSL managers.
QSL VIA OZ1ACB ---> Allis is the QSL
manager for OZ7D, OY3QN, OX2K, OX3LG, HS0/OZ1HET,
E44/OZ6ACD, D2EYE as well as for the XP1AB operation
during the next CQ WW SSB Contest [425DXN 537]. Cards can
be sent either direct (Allis Andersen, Kagsaavej 34,
DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark) or through the OZ bureau. [TNX
OZ1ACB]
UE0LLH ---> Due to bad sea and
weather conditions the UE0LLH team (namely Dima/RA0LQ,
Lex/RU0LM and Mike/UA0MF) was unable to land on Skryplyov
Island [425DXN 536]. They operated from the lighthouse
(LH 0435) on Tokarevskiy Island (not IOTA) and made some
2000 QSOs on 18-20 August. [TNX UA0MF]
WRTC 2002 ---> Ari, OH1EH reports the
following contesters will represent the US and the UK in
the WRTC2002 in Finland:
Ralph Bowen, N5RZ / Rus Healy, K2UA
Doug Brandon, N6RT / Andy Blank, N2NT
Daniel Craig, N6MJ / David Mueller, N2NL
John Dorr, K1AR / Doug Grant, K1DG
Bill Fisher, W4AN / John Laney III, K4BAI
Trey Garlough, N5KO / James Brooks, N1YC
Steven London, N2IC / David Hachadorian, K6LL
Dave Patton, NT1N / Mark Oberman, AG9A
Robert Shohet, KQ2M / Daniel Handa, W7WA
Randy Thompson, K5ZD / Tom Frenaye, K1KI
Andy Cook, G4PIQ / Fred Handscombe, G4BWP
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