1 December 2001
No 552
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
6Y - Tommy, VK2IR has cancelled his trip to
Tonga (A3) and Niue (ZK2) [425DXN 548] and was active as J6/VK2IR
from St. Lucia. His next stop will be on Jamaica between 30
November and 3 December. [TNX The Daily DX]
E3 - Paolo, IW0FT will be active as E30OA
from Asmara, Eritrea between 29 November and 7 December. QSL via
IZ0CKJ either direct or through the bureau. [TNX IZ0CKJ]
FO - Marcel, FO0DEH was recently heard saying
that he would remain on Pukapuka (OC-062) until 29 November. His
next stop will be at Takapoto Island (OC-131), French Polynesia.
[TNX WC6DX and Islands On The Web].
I - Look for IR7GM/P to be active from the
lighthouse at Punta San Cataldo (WAIL PU-007, ARLHS ITA-142) on 2
December. QSL via IK7JWX either direct or through the bureau.
[TNX IK7JWX]
I - Special station IU9MM will be active on
15, 20 and 40 metres SSB during the Italian Navy Day between 7
and 19 UTC on 4 December. [TNX IT9MRM]
S7 - Juergen, DL8LE will be active (on 10-40
metres PSK31, RTTY and AMTOR/PACTOR) as S79LE from the Seychelles
between 30 November and 13 December. [TNX The Daily DX]
T30 & V7 - Steve, 3D2SJ is currently
active as T30ED from Tarawa, West Kiribati (OC-017). On 6
December he will move to the Marshall Islands and be active as
V73ED until the 13th. QSLs via 3D2SJ (Fr. Steve Dives MSC, P.O.
Box 1354, Suva, Fiji Islands). [TNX QRZ-DX]
VP8 - A multi-national team of twelve
experienced operators will be active from South Georgia (AN-007)
and the South Sandwich Islands (AN-009) in the second half of
January and early February. Information currently available
indicates that the group will operate from the old Husvik whaling
station on the central north coast of South Georgia for about a
week commencing 18 January. They expect to leave Husvik on 25
January and be active from the island of Southern Thule (near the
southern end of the South Sandwiches chain) between 28 January
and 3 February. Thanks to Bob Oldfield, VK3UY for forwarding the
information.
VU - Horey, VU2HFR reports that another
activity from Sagar Island (AS-153) is scheduled to take place on
10-16 January 2002. [TNX I1HYW]
W - Look for Ed/KD6OBB and Carlin/AB6WQ to
operate (on 10-40 metres SSB) from Catalina Island (NA-066)
between 30 November and 2 December. [TNX The Daily DX]
YA - The Daily DX reports that Marcel, F6EKD
has been given oral permission to operate as YA/F6EKD from
Afghanistan and hopes to get a written licence to operate with a
proper YA call. As for YA5T [425DXN 551], on 26 November Wayne
Mills, N7NG/1 (ARRL Membership Services Manager) reported that
"the DXCC Desk has received acceptable documentation for
YA5T operated by ON6TT, S53R, SM7PKK or ON4WW. The documentation
is for QSOs made November 20, 2001 and after. No other callsigns
or operations have been approved as of this date" (that
means that YA/ON6TT/M is not valid for DXCC purposes). QSL YA5T
via KU9C. The Northern California DX Association is providing
financial assistance involving QSL expense and perhaps some
additional help as conditions warrant. Bruce, WD4NGB has set up a
web page page (more will follow) at http://www.qsl.net/ya5t/;
see also YA5T in "Good To Know" below.
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ---> Plans for the
"Lighthouse Christmas Lights 2001" have been
announced by the Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society
(ARLHS). It will take place from 1 UTC on 22 December
through 23.59 UTC on 2 January. Information about the
event is available at http://www.arlhs.com.
DXCC NEWS ---> The ARRL DXCC Desk
reports that the 1999 XU7AAR operation from Cambodia has
been approved for DXCC credit. Those who have submitted
the QSL and had it rejected, can contact DXCC (dxcc@arrl.org) to have
their record updated without having to re-submit the
card). Otherwise, it can be included with the next
submission.
LS2D ---> Mariano, LU4EJ reports that
the 23-25 November LS2D operation from Isla Verde [425DXN
545] was cancelled due to bad weather conditions.
MARCONI EVENT ---> The National
Weather Service of Germany transmits a special broadcast
to celebrate Guglielmo Marconi's first reception of radio
signals across the North Atlantic. Listen to the
multilingual telegraph broadcast in Morse Code over DDH47
located at Pinneberg on 147,3 kHz, 12 December 2001 at
22.30 UTC (http://www.dwd.de/services/gfsf/sf100y.html).
The activity is run by amateur radio club DL0SWA. [TNX
G4TMV]
QSL AS-120 ---> Antonio, IZ8CCW
reports that all of the direct cards for 5B/IZ8CCW and
5B/IT9SSI (AS-004 and AS-120) were mailed on 28 November.
The first batch of bureau cards will be sent in December.
QSL 9L1BTB ---> Janusz, SP7CDG
reports he is no longer the QSL manager for 9L1BTB; now
cards should be sent to SP7BTB.
QSL ET3VSC ---> Irv McWherter, K3IRV
reports he has all the logs for Claudio, ET3VSC, who has
now has left Ethiopia. Cards can be sent either direct or
through the bureau.
QSL TA0/I3BQC ---> Vito, I3BQC
reports that all of the direct cards for his
August-September activities from Turkey have now been
mailed. Vito was active from Sedir (AS-098) on 22 August,
from Kekova (AS-115) on 25 August and from Karaada
(AS-098) on 2 September. Remaining QSOs (as well as those
with I3BQC/p operating from EU-131) will be confirmed via
the bureau.
QSL ZY5A ---> Pedro, PP5SZ is not the
QSL manager for ZY5A, who was active in the CQ WW DX CW
Contest on 24-25 November. Cards should be sent via
PY1KN.
YA5T ---> Thanks to Carl Smith, N4AA
and QRZ-DX for provifing the following message from
Peter, ON6TT: "I am the only one in Afghanistan at
the moment, though the other team members (S53R, SM7PKK
and ON4WW) will come in and out of Afghanistan as per
requirements by their organization. For the next few
weeks, or months, the operators will operate after their
normal work duties, in small scale ham operations. Their
work demands are very heavy and the living and working
conditions are not always favorable. I may be on the air
(local evening time) as of November 28, from Kabul. I'll
be flying out of Kabul by the end of the week, but expect
to be back a week later. Due to cargo restrictions on the
humanitarian flights, equipment will only be low power,
with limited antennas, restricting operation to the
mainstream bands. Once the working conditions and
security allow, the team will mount a much larger scale
operation. The YA5T license has no time limit and allows
the team to operate from anywhere in the country, all
bands from 160 through SHF, with up to 500 watts".
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
LOGS: The log search for T2T and T2SIX
is now available at http://www.big.or.jp/~ham/T2T/.
(SSB and CW QSOs only, digital modes will be added soon).
[TNX JF6OJX]
QSL ROUTES: A collection of QSL routes
for stations active during the CQ WW DX CW Contest is
available at http://www.arrakis.es/~ea5eyj/cqcw01.htm.
[TNX EA5EYJ]
WA4WTG - Robert Kaplan, 718 SE 3rd Lane,
Dania, FL 33004, USA
YN4SU - Bengt Hallden, P.O. Box 9 4437,
Pital de San Carlos, Costa Rica
YU1ZZ - Milan Milovanovic, P.O. Box 35,
31000 Uzice, Yugoslavia
YV5JBI - Juan M. Hernandez, Apartado
20306, 1020 Caracas, Venezuela
ZS4A - Rickus de Lange, 23 Kedron St.,
Bethlehem, South Africa
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