8 December 2001
No 553
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
3W - Karl, W9XK will be active (mostly on
14260-14270, 21370-21400 and 28500 kHz) as 3W2XK from near
Saigon, Vietnam until 9 April. QSL via W9XK. [TNX Daily DX]
3X - Francois, VE2XO will go back to Guinea
in late December-early January. He will operate as 3XY6A from
Conakry and he also plans to be active with a special callsign
from Rooma Island (AF-051). [TNX The Daily DX]
9L - Zbig, 9L1BTB will be back home in Poland
on 7 December and will return to Sierra Leone on 7 January. [TNX
The Daily DX]
9U - Piero, IK2BHX (aka K2BHX and HB9DSU) has
been in Burundi since 4 December on mission for the United
Nations. He will be there until 4 January and expects to operate
as 9U5X concentrating on 30 metres and WARC bands. QSL via IK2ILH
(preferably through the ARI bureau). [TNX IK2BHX]
C6 - John, WZ8D will be active as C6AIE from
Abaco (FL16ip), Bahamas on 1-10 January. The main focus of this
trip will be to work as many F2 contacts possible on 6 metres
during day time, and he will also put a lot of effort in making
WSJT contacts on 2 metres (144.140 MHz) in the evenings. If 6m is
not open, he will spend some time on 10-40 metres CW with some
SSB. [TNX WZ8D]
C6 - Look for Wade, AA8LL/C6A and Liz,
K8LIZ/C6A to be active (on 10-40 metres SSB) from Crooked Island
(NA-113), Bahamas on 12-14 January. Their activity will count for
ARLHS BAH-005 (Bird Rock Lighthouse). QSL via home calls either
direct or through the bureau. [TNX AA8LL]
CE - Look for Ismael, CE7AOY/8 to be active
from Riesco Island (SA-???) between around 22 UTC on 17 December
and 15 UTC on the 20th. Marcos, CE7HJO expected to make the trip
with Ismael, but has been forced to give up due to family
reasons. QSL direct only via CE7ZK. [TNX CE7ZK]
E4 - Gunter, E4/OE1GZA was active from
Ramallah, Palestine on 23-24 November (1027 SSB QSOs). His next
activity was scheduled to take place on either 14-15 or 21-22
December, but the current local situation is likely to prevent
him from entering the West Bank. Updates on Gunter's operations
can be found on his new home page at http://www.geocities.com/dh2gz/arse4.html.
[TNX E4/OE1GZA]
EA - Gerard, EA4ST and Ignacio, EA4AHD will
participate in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest as EA4TEN (M/S Mixed
HP). QSL via EA4AHD. [TNX EA4AHD]
EA6 - Christian, DL6KAC will be again active
(mainly on 40-10 metres SSB) from Mallorca (EU-004, DIE E-021)
between 21 December and 6 January. QSL via home call. [TNX
DL6KAC]
FY - Operators from Radio Club FY5KE plan to
be active (on HF, 6 metres and AO-40 satellite) from the Salut
Islands (SA-020), French Guiana starting around 16 UTC on 12
January for 24 hours. QSL via CBA. [TNX VA3RJ]
HS - The E29AL operation from Tarutao Island
(AS-126) [425DXN 545] is confirmed to take place on 8-15
December. The first wave of operators will be E21EIC, HS0GBI,
E20HHK, E20RRW, G3NOM, HB9DKZ and HS4BPQ; they will be joined on
12 December by HS1CKC, HS0ZCW/K4VUD and HS0/SM3DYU. Monoband
yagis will be used for the HF bands, and dipoles/inverted Ls for
the LF bands. Look for E29AL on 1.824 MHz and 3.524 MHz at
1100-1300 UTC and 1800-2330 UTC. Maximum power will be 100 watts.
QSL via HS0GBI (Cherdchai Yiwlek, P.O. Box 1090 Kasetsart,
Bangkok 10903, Thailand). [TNX HS0/G3NOM]
JA - Yuki, JI6KVR will be active as JI6KVR/6
from the Amakusa Islands (AS-012) on 8-9 December. This operation
is in preparation for the 17-22 April DXpedition to Cham Island
(AS-???) [425DXN 547]. QSL via EA5KB. [TNX JI6KVR]
KH5 - Mike, KH6ND and Kimo, KH7U will be on
Palmyra Island this weekend. The main purpose of their trip is to
perform maintenance on some equipment on the island, however they
plan to to participate for approximately the last 12 hours of the
ARRL 160 Meter Contest. They expect to be on the air by around
05.00Z on Sunday; the callsign will be KH7U/5 (QSL via KH7U).
[TNX N4AA and QRZ-DX]
PJ2 - Marty, NW0L will be operating from
Curacao (SA-006) on 2-8 January. He will be signing PJ2/NW0L
primarily on RTTY and SSB, on 80 through 10 metres. He will
participate in the ARRL RTTY Roundup (5-6 January) as PJ2T. QSL
PJ2/NW0L via home call; QSL PJ2T via KN7Y. [TNX NW0L]
S9 - A group of experienced operators from
Norway and Sweden (namely LA6FJA, LA7THA, LA5QKA, LA5UF, LA6EIA,
LA7WCA, LC3EAT, LC6ZBT, SM5COP and SM5IMO) will be active from
Sao Tome (AF-023) on 4-10 February. They have been given oral
permission and hope S79LA will be issued to them. They expect to
have at least two stations on the air 24 hours a day and plan to
operate on 160-6 metres CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and may be SSTV,
with amplifiers, a wide range of antennas and an emphasis on the
low and WARC bands, digital modes and 6 metres. The Pilots will
be Trond/LA9VDA (North & South America and low bands; e-mail la9vda@online.no), Tor/LA3WAA
(Europe, Africa and 6 metres; e-mail torpet@online.no) and
Teru/JM2HBO (Japan, Asia and Oceania; e-mail teru@k-net.or.jp). QSL via
LA2N (Sore Sunnmore Gruppa av NRRL v/ Otto Norhagen, NO-6143
Fiskaabygd, Norway). A web site is under construction at http://www.qsl.net/s92la/.
[TNX LA6FJA]
SV - Ilias, SV2BOH and Tassos, SV2BFL will be
signing SW2B (CW) during the ARRL 10 Meter Contest. QSL via
bureau. [TNX SV2BFL]
V5 - DL2SL and SP6IXF will be active (on
160-6 metres) as V51/SP6IXF and V51/DL2SL from Namibia between 15
February and 8 March. [TNX SP5EWY]
VE - Amateur radio operators from Canada are
allowed to replace their ordinary prefix with a special event
prefix to the celebrate the 100th anniversary of Marconi's first
transatlantic transmission. Look for VX (for VE), VG (for VA), XJ
(for VO) and XK (for VY) to be used between 12 December and 12
February. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
VK - After an unsuccessful activity from
Phillip Island (OC-136), Nico, VK3FEI/PA0MIR is now touring
Australia. He might operate from French Island (OC-136) sometime
in February. [TNX PA0MIR]
VP5 - John/G4RCG (mainly CW), Ray/VK4BRC (SSB
only) and Bruce/KI7VR (mainly CW) will be active as VP5/homecall
from North Caisos Island (NA-002) between 20 January and 2
February. They will operate on 160-10 metres and will take part
in the CQ WW 160 Meter CW Contest (25-27 January). QSLs via home
calls. [TNX G4RCG]
VP8 - The operators who will be active from
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in January-February
are EI6FR, EI5IQ, HB9ASZ, PA3FQA, K0IR, W3WL, K4UEE, VE3EJ, N5KO,
K5TR, W7EW and 9V1YC. Please note that the dates given in 425DXN
552 were taken from the ANAN News 59/01 by Marty Betts (forwarded
by Bob Oldfield, VK3UY), but are not the correct ones. Exact
dates, as well as callsigns and QSL managers, will not be made
public until the operation starts. There will be no websites, no
online-logs, no pilots and no promises of any bands or modes;
this DXpedition is not about QSO totals, and, due to heavy
environmental and safety restrictions on the team's permit, the
operators will have ultra-light generators, simple antennas and
low power. "This time we are presenting the DX community
with much more of a challenge", James Brooks, 9V1YC says.
"We feel that DXers need to get back to basics and work
harder, so this time the burden of working the DXpedition is
being shifted back home".
W - Look for Wade, AA8LL/4 and Liz, K8LIZ/4
to be active (on 10-40 metres SSB) from Dauphin Island (NA-213,
USI AL-002S) on 5-7 January. QSL via home calls either direct or
through the bureau. [TNX AA8LL]
XU - Dick, N6FF is now active (with an
emphasis on 160 metres) as XU7ACB from Sihanoukville, Cambodia
until 17 December. QSL via N6FF. Rod, WC7N is the pilot station
for this activity and can be contacted at wc7n@gb.wave.net. [TNX The
Daily DX]
ZL_ant - Chris, KC4/N3SIG might operate as
ZL5CP from near New Zealand Antarctic "Scott" Base on
Ross Island (AN-011), Antarctica. Look for him on 14.243 MHz. QSL
via AI3D. [TNX N3SIG]
ZS_ant - Anton, ZS7/ZS4AGA expects to be QRV
(with 100 watts and a dipole around 17.00 UTC on either 21275 kHz
or 14146 kHz) on 10 December from the so called "E
Base" (Emergency Base, WABA ZS-04). It is located about 160
km north of the SANAE IV ("Vesleskarvet") Base (WABA
ZS-03), which is Anton's current QTH. Dominik, DL5EBE suggests to
give a look to http://www.geocities.com/sanaeiv/ to learn
more about the existing Antarctic stations of South Africa.
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
DXCC NEWS (T5) ---> The 1993 (20
April-22 May) T5/DL8YR operation from Somalia has been
approved for DXCC credit. "We do not have records of
rejections made prior to 1 March 1998", Bill Moore,
NC1L (DXCC Manager) reports. "If your card was part
of a submission dated 1 March 1998 or before, the card
must be sent along with your next application for
approval".
DXCC NEWS (ZK1) ---> The
January-February 2000 ZK1NCI operation from the North
Cook Islands has been approved for DXCC credit. Those who
had this rejected during a past submission can contact
DXCC at dxcc@arrl.org
for an update to their records. Or it can be sent with
the next submission for credit.
ER3BAH ---> Due to an unfortunate
misunderstanding, it was reported in early November that
ER3BAH is a pirate [425DXN 548]. This is not the case, as
Vasil, ER3BAH himself reports. We apologize for any
inconvenience this may have caused Vasil and our readers.
HC8N ---> HC8N was activated during
the week of CQWW CW by N0JK, N4GN, N6TV, N5KO, K1KI,
N0AX, K6AW, KM3T, K1TO and K9NW, completing 40411 QSOs on
160 through 6 metres before, during and after the
contest. The 50 MHz operation included 3011 QSOs in 11
days (51 DXCC entities, including 270 contacts with
Europe and 969 contacts with Japan). QSL via AA5BT. Logs
for HC8N are now available at http://www.kkn.net/~hc8n/log_search.html.
[TNX N5KO]
INTERNATIONAL DX CONVENTION ---> The
53rd International DX Convention will be held in Visalia,
California on 26-28 April 2002. The web site for the
event is at http://www.qsl.net/visalia2002. [TNX
N6DHZ]
PIRATE (S21YJ) ---> Stig, S21YJ
(SM5VZS) has been QRT from Bangladesh since 1 March 2001.
Someone pirated his call on 4 December (40 metres). [TNX
The Daily DX]
PIRATE (YA5T) ---> Someone is
pirating YA5T. Peter, ON6TT left Kabul on 4 December and
should be back early in the coming week.
"Mats/SM7PKK, Robert/S53R and Mark/ON4WW cannot come
into Afghanistan, due to other work obligations and the
security restrictions", The Daily DX reports, and
the situation is not expected to change until early 2002.
"Peter will continue to fly in and out of
Afghanistan until the end of this month".
QSL BUREAU ---> Effective 1 December
the ARRL Sixth District QSL Bureau (http://www.kqlz.com/qslbureau6.html)
is managed by Arlette and Chuck Marshall (KO6IS and
KD6WP). The new mailing address is ARRL Sixth District
QSL Bureau, P.O. Box 530, Weed, CA 96094-0530, USA. [TNX
The Daily DX]
QSL 5R8FU ---> Please note that cards
should be sent to SM5DJZ (not SM0DJZ: Jan has been SM5
for some twelve months now!). His current address is Jan
Hallenberg, Vassunda Andersberg, SE-741 91 Knivsta,
Sweden.
QSL TG9NX ---> Frank, TG9NX asks
European stations who worked him on 6 metres (200+) to
QSL direct only to his callbook address in Guatemala
(Francisco Capuano, 16 Ave 17-20, Zona 10, Ciudad
Guatemala, Guatemala), not to N4FK.
QSL UA9MQR/1 ---> Dmitriy, UA9MQR
reports that direct cards were mailed on 30 November.
This operation took place on 2-9 October from Vysotskij
Island (RR-01-14). QSL to Dmitriy P. Mikhal'chenko,
P.O.Box 512, Omsk-21, 644021, Russia.
QSL VIA CT1ETE ---> Paulo is the QSL
manager for CQ1CV only. He is receiving cards for 5V7A,
but he is not and has never been the QSL manager for this
station.
QSL VIA K4JDJ ---> The Daily DX
provides the list of the stations prevously managed by
the late John Parrot, W4FRU and now handled by K4JDJ (Bob
Young, 556 Babbtown Road, Suffolk, VA 23434, USA):
QSL VIA N6CW ---> Terry, N6CW accepts
e-mail requests for bureau cards for any of the stations
he handles. This include ZD8A and recent activities as
VP2ECW, VP2VCW, VP2V/N6CW and TI4/N6CW. Send your QSO
information to QSLviaN6CW@aol.com [TNX N6CW]
QSL VIA W6DXO ---> Harry Edwards,
W6DXO reports that QSL cards for his A25/KG6GPA and
Z2/W6DXO operations (September-October 2001) are going
out now. Harry's "vanity call" (W6DXO) arrived
after he had already been granted his Botswanan license,
issued to KG6GPA. W6DXO was the call used by the
Zimbabwean authorities when they issued him his license.
Both the operations have been approved for DXCC credit.
QSL direct only.
SILENT KEY ---> The international DX
community mourns the death of veteran DXer and well-known
QSL manager John Parrott, W4FRU, who passed away on 28
November at 79 years of age.
T88SI ---> Well known island
activator Silvano Amenta, KB5GL has joined the T88SI
group of operators (including Nando/IT9YRE,
Erminio/IZ8AJQ and 425DXN web master Maurizio/IZ1CRR) who
will operate from Sonsorol Island (South Palau group, NEW
ONE for IOTA) on 9-10 February [425DXN 549]. Due to the
high costs of the expedition, sponsors are more than
welcome. Please visit http://www.425dxn.org/dxped/t88si
for further information on the operation and send your
contribution to the Diamond DX Club (http://www.ddxc.org)
c/o I8YRK (Gennaro Casaburi, v. 31 maggio 11, 80027
Frattamaggiore - NA, Italy).
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
LOGS: The YA5T logs are now on line at http://www.ve9dx.com/logs.html.
As of 6 December Peter had worked some 2200 stations all
SSB. [TNX VE9DX]
QSL ROUTES: F6KPO's search engine contains
64,000+ entries. To enter the system send an e-mail to qsl.f6kpo@eudil.fr and leave
blank either the subject line and the body of the message. You
will receive an automatic reply with the instructions. Mistakes,
additions etc should be reported to Yves, F6CYV (f6cyv@dx-qsl.com). [TNX La
Gazette du DX, http://cdxc.free/]
PERIOD CALL REF
===========================================================================
till 10/01 3D2AG: Rotuma Island (OC-060) 550
till 09/04 3W2XK: Vietnam * by W9XK 553
till 10/12 5W0VF: Samoa (OC-097) * by W7TVF 547
till Feb 9U5D: Burundi * by SM5DIC 550
till 14/12 D2/CT1FSC: Angola 550
till 2002 EM1HO: Galindez Island (AN-006) 513
till ?? FO0DEH: Takapoto Island (OC-131), French Polynesia 552
till 14/12 FO0SEV & FO0FRY: Austral Islands * by WB8YJF & K8PYD 549
till 09/12 HI3K: Dominican Republic * by AD4Z 547
till 31/12 IR7GM: special Marconi station 551
till 31/12 IU0M: special Marconi station 551
till Dec IY1SP: special Marconi station 547
till Mar KC4/N3SIG: McMurdo Station, Ross Island (AN-011) 547
till 31/12 OE75: special prefix (Austria) 504
till 31/12 OQ: special prefix (Belgium) 548
till 22/12 P5/4L4FN: North Korea 551
till 13/12 S79LE: Seychelles * by DL8LE 552
till 2003 T30ES: Butaritari (OC-017), W. Kiribati * by N1JSY 543
till 31/12 VI30RC: special station (Australia) 535
till Jan VK0KMT: Davis Base (VK-03), Antarctica * by VK4KMT 537
till Mar VK3FEI/#: Australia & islands * by PA0MIR 553
till 31/12 VO1S: special Marconi station 551
till 17/12 XU7ACB: Cambodia * by N6FF 553
till 28/12 XV9SW: Vietnam * by SM5MX 551
till ?? YA5T: Afghanistan 552
till Oct 2002 ZD9IR: Gough Island (IOTA AF-030) * by ZS6RI 544
till Feb ZS7: SANAE Antarctic Base * by ZS4AGA 550
06/12-13/12 V73ED: Marshall Islands * by 3D2SJ 552
08/12-15/12 E29AL: Tarutao Island (AS-126) 553
08/12-09/12 JI6KVR/6: Amakusa Islands (AS-012) 553
09/12 KH7U/5: Palmyra Island (ARRL 160 Meter Contest) 553
10/12 ZS7/ZS4AGA: "E Base" (WABA ZS-04), Antarctica 553
11/12-16/12 W1AA/CC: special Marconi station 551
12/12 IY4FGM: Marconi memorial station 550
12/12-18/12 PY0FT: Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) * by PY8IT 551
12/12-12/02 VX, VG, XJ, XK: special prefixes (Canada) 553
13/12-18/12 KL7JR: Barter Island (NA-050) 550
14/12-16/12 TP5CE: Council of Europe ARC 551
17/12-20/12 CE7AOY/8: Riesco Island (SA-???) 553
21/12-06/12 EA6: Mallorca (EU-004) * by DL6KAC 553
22/12-02/01 Lighthouse Christmas Lights 2001 552
26/12-13/01 TM4AMD: special event station (France) 551
27/12-07/01 JA6GXK: Danjo Islands (AS-056) 547
29/12-05/06 JI3DST/6: Miyako Island (AS-079) 547
30/12-03/01 T88HA & T88MY: Palau (OC-009) * by JK1FNN and 7L1MKM 549
Dec -04/01 9U: Burundi * by IK2BHX 553
Dec-Jan CE9C: Hornos Island (SA-031) 529
December II3GM: special Marconi station 551
Dec-Jan 2003 R1ANC: Antarctic Base "Vostok" * by RA1PC & UA1PAC 548
from December R1ANF: Antarctic Base "Bellingshausen" * by UA1PBA 549
December YC3MM: Siberut Island (OC-215) 541
01/01-10/01 C6AIE: Abaco (NA-080), Bahamas * by WZ8D 553
01/01-31/12 HF0POL: WABA SP-01, South Shetlands (AN-010) 551
02/01-08/01 PJ2/NW0L: Curacao (SA-006) 553
03/01-13/01 4T4I & 4T4X: S. Lorenzo I.(SA-052) * by DL2JRM & DL5SE 549
05/01-07/01 AA8LL/4 and K8LIZ/4: Dauphin Island (NA-213) 553
05/01-08/01 VP8SIG: South Orkneys (AN-008) * by GM0HCQ 537
from 07/01 9L1BTB: Sierra Leone * by SP7BTB 553
10/01-11/01 VP8SGK: South Georgia (AN-007) * by GM0HCQ 537
10/01-16/01 VU: Sagar Island (AS-153) 552
12/01-13/01 FY5KE: Salut Islands (SA-020), French Guiana 553
12/01-14/01 AA8LL/C6A and K8LIZ/C6A: Crooked Island (NA-113) 553
19/01-June P5/4L4FN: North Korea 551
19/01-01/02 TM0A: special call (France) * by F6OIE 549
20/01-02/02 VP5/G4RCG, VP5/VK4BRC, VP5/KI7VR: No. Caicos (NA-002) 553
28/01-30/01 VP8SIG: South Orkneys (AN-008) * by GM0HCQ 537
from January 3XY6A: Guinea * by VE2XO 553
Jan-Feb 5U: Niger * by I2UIY and others 547
January CE9L, CE9N, CE9P: SA-050 529
Jan-Feb VP8: South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands 553
04/02-10/02 S79LA (?): Sao Tome (AF-023) * by LAs and SMs 553
04/02-19/02 TI9M: Cocos Island (NA-012) 542
09/02-10/02 T88SI: Sonsorol Isl (OC-???) 553
15/02-08/03 V51/SP6IXF and V51/DL2SL: Namibia 553
27/02-02/03 VP8SIG: South Orkneys (AN-008) * by GM0HCQ 537
February CE8R: Riesco Island (SA-???) 529
04/03-06/03 VP8SGK: South Georgia (AN-007) * by GM0HCQ 537
17/04-22/04 3W: Cham Island (AS-???) * by JI6KVR and others 547
02/05-11/05 KH1: Baker & Howland (OC-089) * by YT1AD and others 538
09/07-16/07 WRTC 2002 (http://www.wrtc2002.org) 520
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