17 November 2001
No 550
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
DUCIE ISLAND, THE 335TH DXCC ENTITY - The
International Amateur Radio Union (http://www.iaru.org) has announced that The
Pitcairn Island Amateur Radio Association (PIARA, see "Good
To Know" below) has been admitted as an IARU member
effective 16 November 2001. This makes the Pitcairn Islands
(namely Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno) to be considered a
DXCC "Political Entity"; consequently Ducie Island,
which is separated from its "Parent" (Pitcairn itself)
by 350+ kilometres has become a DXCC "Geographic Separation
Entity". The ARRL (http://www.arrl.org) has in its turn
announced that starting at 00.00 UTC on 16 November 2001, Ducie
Island (IOTA OC-182, CQ zone 32, ITU zone 63) will be eligible
for DXCC credit; only contacts dated 16 November 2001 and later
will count for DXCC.
As for the DXpedition to the newest "new one", the
team's departure from Mangareva (French Polynesia), originally
scheduled to take place on 14 November [425DXN 549], has been
delayed due to concerns about a nearby weather front. They
expected to leave from Mangareva at sunrise (14 UTC) on 15
November, to stop for a couple of hours at Pitcairn and to reach
Ducie around local dawn on Saturday 17 November. [TNX K6GNX]
NORTH KOREA - Ed, 4L4FN works for the UN
World Food Program in North Korea and has been finally able to
get a verbal permission to operate amateur radio from the #1 Most
Wanted DXCC Entity. 200+ stations have been able to work 4L4FN/P5
on 20 and/or 10 metres so far (logs at http://www.amsatnet.com/p5log.html).
Ed is now awaiting a written permission, which hopefully should
arrive around Christmas. This is not a DXpedition, but Ed will
try to operate as much as possible. For the time being he has SSB
only, and prefers +/- 14205 and +/- 28575 kHz (split up 5-15
kHz), typically between 14 and 15 UTC and again between 22 and 23
UTC during the week, while during weekends more operating time is
available to him. Ed is currently using a dipole, but he plans to
build a small beam for 10 and 20 metres. He will be back home for
Christmas and will return to North Korea with his keyer and some
equipment for digital modes. Ed expects to be in North Korea
until June or July 2002. QSL via KK5DO (Bruce Paige, P.O. Box
310, Alief, TX 77411, USA), who will wait for the final written
licence before printing the cards. Updates on Ed's activities
will be posted by KK5DO at http://www.amsatnet.com/p5.html.
[TNX KK5DO and The Daily DX]
3D2_rot - Tony, 3D2AG is expected to be
active from Rotuma Island (OC-060) from now until around 10
January. [TNX The Daily DX]
5A - The Daily DX reports that Abubaker
Alzway, 5A1A will be soon leaving Libya; he will go and study in
Germany. In the meanwhile a few new amateur radio licences have
been issued to the Assaker Club station (5A1ASC, QSL via DK4HB),
Tark Abu Kris (5A1TA, QSL via EA3GIP) and Haytm Hashim (5A1HA,
QSL via DJ9ZB).
8P - John, K4BAI will be active as 8P9HT from
Barbados (NA-021) on 20-27 November. He hopes to use the 8P9Z
callsign during the CQ WW DX CW Contest (SOAB high power).
Outside the contest he will concentrate on 160 metres and the
WARC bands CW (SSB on request), plus 6 metres CW and SSB when the
band is open. QSLs via K4BAI. [TNX The Daily DX]
9U - Gus, SM5DIC will be back to Burundi on
17 November for around three months. He expects his licence will
be renewed and most likely he will operate again as 9U5D. He
plans to be active on HF bands (all modes with 100 watts and a
loop antenna), on 6 metres (with a 3-element beam) and 2 metres
(with a 17-element beam and 400 watts for EME). QSL direct only
via SM5BFJ (Leif Hammarstrom, Lerklockan 4, SE-73091,
Riddarhyttan, Sweden). [TNX SM5DIC]
CN - Jacques, F6BEE will be active as CN2JS
from Morocco on 21-27 November. He will participate in the CQ WW
CW Contest (SOAB); if he can bring a suitable antenna with him,
before the contest he will operate on the WARC bands. QSL via
F6BEE. [TNX F5NQL]
CT3 - Frank, DL2CC will be active as
CT3/DL2CC from Madeira (AF-014) on 20-26 November. He will
participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as CT9M. QSL via DL1SBF.
[TNX DX News Letter]
CU - Gabriel, CU3AN is regularly active
around 19 UTC on HF bands, 6 metres (50.110 MHz) and satellite.
QSL direct only to Gabriel Alves, P.O. Box 157, 9701-902 Angra
Codex, Portugal. [TNX CU3AN]
D2 - Vitor, CT1FSC will be in Angola from 21
November through 14 December and will try to operate as D2/CT1FSC
from Luanda. QSl via home call. [TNX CT1FSC]
FO - Marcel, FO0DEH expects to be leaving
OC-062 for Papeete on 20 December. QSL via ON4QM. [TNX JE1DXC and
Islands On The Web]
HC8 - Jon, N0JK and others will be back to
the HC8N station on San Cristobal Island, Galapagos (SA-004) on
20-26 November. They will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest;
outside the contest they will be active on HF, 6 and 2 meters as
well as the satellites. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
I - Look for the Marconi memorial station
IY4FGM to be activated on HF bands CW and SSB (details available
from iy4fgm@amsat.org) and,
exceptionally, for IY4FGM/4 on 23cm EME (details available from
I4BER, tomassetti@ira.bo.cnr.it)
on 12 December to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first
transatlantic radio transmission by Guglielmo Marconi. [TNX
IK4UPU]
JT - Ken, K4ZW (JT1/K4ZW) is making his final
preparations for a lowband operation from Mongolia along with
JT1CO. They expect to be active on 80 and 160 metres early in the
week of 19 November. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
KH0 - JF2SKV (NH0S), JG3VEI (NH0V), JQ1UKK
(KH0/AD6VH) JE6MYI (KH0/JE6MYI) and JK2VOC (KH0/JK2VOC) will be
active (on 160-6 metres CW, SSB, FM, RTTY, PSK31) from Saipan,
Northern Marianas (OC-086) on 22-27 November. They will
participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as NH0S (Multi-Single High
Power). QSLs via home calls. Questions should be sent to Maz,
JF2SKV (jf2skv@jarl.com).
Their web site is at http://homepage2.nifty.com/jg3vei/. [TNX
JF2SKV]
KH2 - Guam Contest Club members JI3ERV/NH2C,
JR7OMD/WI3O, JK3GAD/AL7NC, JR8VSE/NH2N and JP1JFG/N2IU will
participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as AH2R (Multi-Single)
from Guam Island (OC-026). QSL via JH7QXJ either direct or
through the JARL bureau. [TNX JI3ERV]
KL - John, KL7JR will be active from Kaktovik
on Barter Island (NA-050, USI AK-044S) on 13-18 December. He will
operate exclusively on 10 metres (+/- 28495 kHz) and will
participate in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest. The main purpose of
this operation is amateur radio demonstration at school. QSL via
CBA (qrz.com). [TNX KL7JR]
PJ4 - Look for Jeff, W8RXR to operate (on 10,
15 and 20 metres CW with some SSB) as PJ4/W8RXR from Bonaire
(SA-006) on 18-27 November. [TNX The Daily DX]
UN - Valery, UN9PQ is now active on RTTY and
can be found almost daily on 18107 kHz between 10 and 15 UTC. QSL
via IK2QPR (Paolo Fava, Via Bertani 8, 46100 Mantova - MN,
Italy). [TNX IK2QPR]
V4 - Larry, KJ4UY will be operating (SSB,
RTTY, PSK-31 with some CW) on all bands as V47UY from Karl's
(V44NK) QTH on Nevis Island (NA-104) from 22 November through 4
December. He will try to operate during the CQ WW DX CW Contest
to give the multiplier (but please QRS and be patient with him,
as he says his CW is rusty). QSL via KJ4UY. [TNX KJ4UY]
VE - Len, VE9MY and Linda, VE9GLF will try to
operate from Purdy Island (CISA NS-028) and possibly Emerys
Island (CISA NS-029) on 17 November starting around 14 UTC. QSL
via home calls either direct or through the bureau. [TNX VE9MY
and Islands On The Web]
VP5 - John, K3TEJ will be active (on 10-160
metres) as VP5/K3TEJ from the Turks and Caicos Islands on 20-27
November, including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as VP5G
(SOAB). [TNX The Daily DX]
VP5 - Ed, WA3WSJ will be active as VP5ED from
the Turks and Caicos Islands on 20-27 November, including a QRP
entry in the CQ WW CW DX Contest. [TNX QRZ-DX]
XU - Andy, G4ZVJ will be in Cambodia on 21-27
November and hopes to be active (CW only) as XU7AAV, including an
entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via G4ZVJ (Andy Chadwick, 5
Thorpe Chase, Ripon, HG4 1UA North Yorkshire, UK). [TNX G4ZVJ]
YB - Adi, YC3MM (http://www.mdxc.org/yc3mm)
will operate as YC3MM/p from Madura Island (OC-237) on 24-26
November. QSL via IZ8CCW. [TNX IZ8CCW]
ZF - Joe/W5ASP, John/K6AM and Carl/K9LA are
planning single band efforts for the CQ WW DX CW Contest from the
Cayman Islands (NA-016). Look for ZF2AM (QSL via K6AM) on 10
metres, ZF1A (QSL via W5ASP) on either 15 or 20 metres and ZF2LA
(QSL via K9LA) on 80 metres. Additionally, Vicky AE9YL/ZF2YL will
be on SSB before, during, and after the contest. QSL via home
call. [TNX K9LA]
ZL - A group of operators from the NZART
branch 33 are planning to be active, possibly as ZL6WI, from
Whale Island (OC-201) on 23-26 November. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZS_ant - Anton, ZS4AGA is currently operating
as ZS7/ZS4AGA from the SANAE Antarctic Base (WABA ZS-01) [425DXN
549]. QSL via ZS4A (Rickus de Lange, 23 Kedron St., Bethlehem,
South Africa). [TNX DL5EBE]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
DXCC NEWS ---> The ARRL DXCC Desk
reports that ZK1NJC (North Cook Islands) and T5X
(Somalia) have been approved for DXCC credit. The
documentation has been reviewed and it is OK. Those who
have submitted them and had them rejected, can contact
DXCC (dxcc@arrl.org)
to have their record updated without having to re-submit
the card(s). Otherwise, they can be included with the
next submission.
OQ AWARD ---> The Belgian IARU
society (UBA) sponsors "The OQ Award" (http://qsl.net/on4cas/oq.htm)
to honour the birth of Princess Elisabeth (25 October
2001). The award is available to either licenced amateurs
and SWLs for working Belgian stations using the special
OQ prefix [425DXN 548] between 26 October and 31
December. For further information please contact the UBA
Award Manager, Egbert Hertsen, ON4CAS.
PIARA ---> The Pitcairn Island
Amateur Radio Association has 10 members, representing
the entire population of resident amateur operators.
Moreover there are 23 amateurs licensed to operate
including several temporary residents and visitors, plus
one club station. The official address of PIARA is P.O.
Box 88, Adamstown, Pitcairn Island, South Pacific Ocean
via New Zealand. Tom Christian, VP6TC is the PIARA
president and head of the Ducie DXpedition team.
PIRATE ---> Marc, ON6AA reports his
call is regularly pirated by someone signing F/ON6AA on
CW and RTTY from southern France. [TNX F5NQL]
QSL C91JM ---> Bob, W7MAE still has
logs for John, C91JM (August 1997 - June 1998). The TL8JM
logs were never recovered. [TNX The Daily DX]
QSL TR0A ---> Miro, OM3LZ was active
as TR0A from Gabon during a business trip between 27
October and 4 November. He logged more than 3000 QSOs on
20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres SSB and CW. QSL direct only
to OM3LZ (CBA). [TNX OM3LZ]
QSL VIA UT3UY ---> Toly, UT3UY is the
new QSL manager for Serge, 4K5CW and club station 4J6ZZ.
Cards should be sent direct only to Anatoly Kirilenko,
P.O. Box 439/3, Kiev - 151, 03151 Ukraine. [TNX UT3UY]
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
SP-M@ILS: Sylwester, SP2FAP (editor and
publisher "QTC - The Polish Radio Amateur's Journal)
reports that e-mail addresses for Polish amateurs can be
found at http://qtc.radio.org.pl.
[a] 8-11 November 2001 only
[b] 26-29 October 2001 only
[c] 19-21 October 2001 (EU-182)
[d] 13 August-15 October 2001 only
[e] North and South America
[f] others
[g] XE stations
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ADDRESSES - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
AC7DX - Ron G. Lago, P.O. Box 25426,
Eugene, OR 97402, USA
CT1EEB - Jose Emanuel Ribeiro de Sa,
P.O. Box 79, 3860 Estarreja, Portugal
DF8AN - Michael Noertemann, Neustadt 18,
D-37154 Northeim, Germany
DS2AXU - Sang Yong Yun, P.O.Box 80,
Pyong Taek, 450-600, South Korea
EA4RCU - Seccion Local URE Madrid, Avda.
Monte Igueldo 102 - 2a Planta, 28053 Madrid, Spain
F6FNU - Antoine Baldeck, P.O. Box 14,
91291 Arpajon Cedex, France
GJ3DVC - Jersey Amateur Radio Society,
P.O. Box 338, Jersey JE4 9YG, United Kingdom
I2RFJ - Ivano Rigoli, Via Spluga 3,
21050 Gorla Maggiore - VA, Italy
IK3OYY - Fabrizio Bottaro, Via A.
Manzoni 4, 35041 Battaglia Terme - PD, Italy
IZ8CCW - P.O. Box 360, 87100 Cosenza -
CS, Italy
JA5XAE - Hirokazu Yano, 1-3-7
Minami-machi, Matsuyama City, Ehime 790-0856, Japan
JA6GXK - Masafumi Ishihara, 493-4
Koba-cho, Fukue, 853-0033, Japan
JN1HOW - Toshihiko Niwa, 1081-8 Sakae,
Kitakawabe, 349-1213 Japan
KA9WON - Lonnie Miller, 12618 Thistle
Ridge Close, Roscoe, IL 61073, USA
KC6AWX - Robert T. Devine, 407 Alameda
Del Prado, Novato, CA 94949-6302, USA
N4CD - Robert A. Voss, 3133 Charring
Cross, Plano, TX 75025, USA
OM2SA - Juraj Sipos, 93013 Trhova
Hradska 550, Republic of Slovakia
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