29 December 2001
No 556
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
TO ALL OUR READERS - Warmest thoughts and
best wishes for a wonderful holiday and a Very Happy New Year.
7X - Please note that the correct URL for the
web page on Mirek's (SP5IXI/9V1XE) activity from Algeria [425DXN
555] is http://www.7x0.sp5zcc.waw.pl.
[TNX SP5UAF]
8Q - Ian, G3TMA will be active (mainly on CW)
as 8Q7IJ from the Maldives (AS-013) from 31 December through 7
January. QSL via home call. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
8Q - Giovanni, I5JHW will be active as 8Q7CG
from the Maldives starting on 6 January for one week. QSL via
home call. [TNX I5JHW]
HL - Special event station D902WSF (Delta
Nine Zero Two WSF) will be activated (on 80, 40, 15 and 10 metres
CW and SSB) by the KARL Branch in Pohang, South Korea between 31
December and 4 January to celebrate the World Cup Sun Rising
Festival. QSL via DS5UCP either direct or through the bureau.
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
HL - Celebrating the 17th FIFA World Football
(soccer) Cup, the Korean Amateur Radio League (KARL) will operate
special event call HL17FWC from 1 January through 30 May. During
the championship, from 31 May through 30 June, ten special DT#FWC
(DT0, DT1 etc through DT9) calls will be aired to hnour the ten
host cities in Korea. QSL via HL0HQ (Korean Amateur Radio League,
C.P.O. Box 162, Seoul, Korea). [TNX DS1BHE]
KH2 - Testu, JF2UED and Mack, JJ2QXI will be
active from Guam (OC-026) on 3-5 January. They plan to operate on
160-6 metres SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via home calls. [TNX JJ2QXI]
P5 - Toma, YU1AB reports that Hrane/YT1AD and
Voja/YU7AV returned from North Korea on 26 December with "a
written permission" whose "call sign is known".
Hrane, Voja and two others are expected to conduct a DXpedition
starting on 5 March 2002. According to Toma, the activity will
include the training of twenty local amateur radio operators.
Further information is expected in due course.
S7 - Luca, I5IHE will be active (mainly on
SSB and RTTY, with some CW and SSTV) as S79LC from Praslin Island
(AF-024), Seychelles between 31 December and 11 January QSL via
I5JZP. [TNX VK2SG RTTY DX Notes]
TI9 - According to the information posted on
the new web site (http://www.qsl.net/ti9m/), the TI9M
DXpedition team to Cocos Island [425DXN 555] includes TI2HMG,
AD6E, AK0A, F5CWU, KA0KKO, KI7WO, N4CD, N6KT, N7DF, PA3EWP,
PA5ET, RA9CO, RN3BZ, WS4Y and IZ7ATN, and the QSL manager will be
AK0A (Bill Boeckenhaupt, 8904 Westbrooke Dr, Overland Park, KS
66212, USA).
VK - Steve, VK6VZ will participate in the
Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge (29-30 December) from
Australia's first lighthouse at Cape Leeuwin. Look for VK6VZ/6
around 1810-1815 kHz. Special QSL via VK6VZ. [TNX The Daily DX]
VK - Tony, VK3TZ reports he will be active
(on the usual 10, 15 and 20 metres IOTA fequencies) sporadically
from Phillip Island (OC-136) between 29 December and 26 January.
QSL via CBA.
VU - Deepak/VU2DPM, Sked/VU2SKD,
Kitchu/VU2KFR, Horey/VU2HFR and Joy/VU2JSH will be the Calcutta
VHF Amateur Radio Society's members who willoperate on HF bands
from Sagar Island (AS-153) on 10-16 January [425DXN 555].They
will be using their personal callsigns as no special call has
beenassigned for this operation. Look for them between 1-3.30 UTC
and 12-19 UTCon SSB (+/- 14260, 21260 and 28460 MHz), CW (14040,
21040 and 28040 MHz) andpossibly on PSK31 (14.070 MHz), with an
emphasis on 20m SSB and CW. Pleaseremember thatthe CVARS operates
upon request from the districtadministration to assist them in
maintaining an emergency communicationnetwork and handling
missing persons traffic during the Ganga Sagar Melaannual
festival. This means that the HF schedule might change,
particularlyon 13 and 14 January, when the crowd on the island
peaks toaround half amillion. The Mediterraneo DX Club will
sponsor the QSLcards; the QSL manager for all of the five
operators will be IZ8CCW (Antonio Cannataro,P.O. Box 360, 87100
Cosenza - CS, Italy). Any money surplus topostage costs received
with incoming QSLs will be given to CVARS, whose resources are
extremely limited. A web site is under construction at http://www.mdxc.org/as-153.
W - Look for Howie, K1VSJ to operate from
Martha's Vineyard (NA-046) from 29 December until 1 January. [TNX
The Daily DX]
XE - Ken, G3OCA provides official information
on the March 2002 operation from a few rare IOTA Mexican groups
[425DXN 555]. Ken and Les, G4CWD will be leaving the UK on 2
March, destination the QTH of XE2MX where they will establish
their expedition HQ. Depending on local conditions, they intend
to activate four out of the five following IOTA groups: NA-162,
NA-163, NA-164, NA-165 and NA-167 (no dates for each island are
currently available). The same call (hopefully a special call,
which is being requested) will be used from all of the islands.
Ken and Les will leave Mexico on 24 March. QSL via G3OCA either
direct or through the RSGB bureau. Any queries regarding the
operation should be sent to ken@g3oca.fsnet.co.uk.
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
EU SPRINT ---> Rules, full results,
past scores and all time records for the European Sprint
contests are available at http://loja.kkn.net/~i2uiy/
(the free EU Sprint software can be downloaded at this
same address). In 2002 the EU Sprint contests (two in
spring and two in autumn) will take place on 13 April and
5 October (SSB) and on 20 April and 12 October (CW). The
Contest runs from 15 UTC through 18.59 UTC on 20, 40 and
80 metres.
RRC ---> Rolf Rahne, DL6ZFG reports
he will be no longer Checkpoint and Coordinator for the
Russian Robinson Club (http://rrc.sc.ru).
QSL 3B9FR ---> Robert, 3B9RF reports
that several direct cards got lost in the mail,
apparently due to incomplete address. QSLs should be sent
direct only to Robert Felicite, P.O. Box 31, Rodriguez
Island, via Mauritius Island, Indian Ocean. [TNX ON4LAC]
QSL 5R8O ---> Phil Whitchurch, G3SWH
reports he has now received the logs from Albert, 5R8O
for his activities between May 2000 and May 2001.
QSL LU5DX ---> Ron, AC7DX reports he
is now the new QSL manager for LU5DX starting December
2001.
QSL LX9SW ---> QSL manager Bert van
Holst, PA1KW reports that he expects to send the QSLs for
the 15-22 September LX9SW operation in late January.
QSL TG9AJR ---> Cards can be sent
either to Juan Carlos Munoz, P.O. Box 61 Periferico,
Guatemala 01011, Guatenala or to his QSL manager
(WA1ECA). [TNX TG9AJR]
QSL VC7GM ---> Nenad, VE3EXY (RAC QSL
Bureau Manager) says he is not the QSL manager for this
Marconi special event station. Direct cards already
received by Nenad will be sent directly to the Maple
Ridge ARC (VA7CMR, P.O. Box 292, Maple Ridge, B.C. V2X
7G2, Canada) who will process them. Further direct cards
Nenad will receive in the future will be forwarded to the
VE7 QSL bureau.
QSL XV3FT ---> Mac, W3HC (w3hcw@suscom.net) has
been receiving a lot of requests for cards for XV3FT. He
does not know who this guy is, but Mac does handle cards
for EU3FT. His name is Henry and XV3FT is using that
name. If anybody knows of this operation, please let Mac
know and he will have new cards printed up. "I sent
mail to Henry", Mac says, "but it will take a
few months to get an answer if he is at home".
QSL VIA VK2GJH ---> QRZ-DX reports
that Jack, VK2GJH is retiring from amateur radio for the
time being due to work and family committments. In March
2002 the following logs will be closed: 3D2JH (1997),
T33JH (1997), C21JH (1998-2000) and T30JH (1997-2000).
QSL direct only.
UK LICENCES ---> The
Radiocommunications Agency announced in September 2001 a
series of changes to the radio amateur licensing regime,
designed to make it more attractive as a technical hobby.
The changes include lowering the Morse Code speed
requirement from 12 to 5 wpm for full licensees,
amalgamating some licence categories, allowing trainees
to operate while supervised before passing an examination
and the introduction of a new Foundation Class licence
which will come into effect on 1 January 2002. Holders
will be issued M3 (MM3 for Scotland, MW3 for Wales etc)
callsigns and will be allowed to operate with 10 watts on
most of the amateur bands. Detailed information is
available at http://www.rsgb.org/licensing/newlicencestructure.htm.
YB2ERL - Bambang Suryo Widodo, Jl.
Permata Hijau E 84A, Semarang 50176, Indonesia
YJ8BC - Ben Carlson, P. O. Box 174, Port
Vila, Vanuatu
YJ8GC - Greg Carlson, P. O. Box 174,
Port Vila, Vanuatu
ZL6JAM - P.O. Box 606, Hamilton, New
Zealand
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