26 January 2002
No 560
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
425DXN MOST WANTED SURVEY - The results of
the 425 DX News DXCC Most Wanted Survey (1985 participants) are
now available at http://www.425dxn.org.
CE - A group of operators from the Southern
Cross DX Group will be active (CW and SSB) as XR5SM from Santa
Maria Island (SA-070, a group activated only once by XR5IQ back
in June 1994) on 26-28 January. QSL via XQ5SM either direct or
through the bureau. The web page for the operation is at http://www.qsl.net/xr5sm.
[TNX XQ5SM]
J3 - Bill, VE3EBN will be active (on 10-40
metres CW and SSB) as J37LR from Grenada (NA-024) during February
and March. QSL via VE3EBN either direct or through the bureau.
[TNX The Daily DX]
KP2 - John/W8LBY and Norm/K8NI will be active
as KP2/homecalls from St. Croix, US Virgin Islands (NA-106) on
1-13 February. They plan to concentrate on PSK and the WARC
bands. [TNX The Daily DX]
LU_ssh - Depending on weather conditions,
Oleg, R1ANF/p is expected to operate from Argentine station
"Ballve" (WABA LU-022, South Shetland Islands) on 28
January. QSL via RK1PWA. [TNX DL5EBE]
PJ2 - Tony, N7BG will be active as PJ2/N7BG
(QSL via N7BG) from Curacao (SA-006) between 29 January and 4
February. He will participate in the FOC Marathon as PJ2T (QSL
via KN7Y). [TNX The Daily DX]
PY - Special event station ZY3WSF will be
active (on 10-80 metres CW and SSB) from Porto Alegre between 31
January and 5 February during the 2nd World Social Forum
(http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br). QSL via PY3FBI either
direct (Gilberto Silva Pacheco Filho, Rua Fabio A. Santos 1245,
ap 310 Bloco 2, Bairro Nonoai, Porto Alegre, RS 91720-390,
Brazil) or through the bureau. [TNX PY3FBI]
S7 - Karesz, HA8EU will be active (on 40-10
metres CW with some SSB) as S79EU from Mahe Island (AF-024),
Seychelles between 28 January and 18 February. QSL via HA2NM.
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
VK - Australian amateurs will be using
special "AX" prefix celebrating Australia Day on 26
January starting at 00.00 and ending 24.00 (Australian local
time). QSL via their VK-callsigns. [TNX VK4DX]
VP8 - The VP8THU team went QRT from Southern
Thule (South Sandwich Islands) in the UTC early morning of 22
January. They expected to be QRV from South Georgia by the
25-26th, however it is rumoured that a bad storm is delaying
their landing. The call and QSL route will be announced when the
operation starts.
XU - Jaak, ES1FB reports he will be active as
XU7ACE from Cambodia for two weeks starting on 27 January. QSL
via ES1FB.
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
DIAMOND NEWS ---> Edited by Egidio
Settimio, IZ8BRI, this bulletin includes information
about amateur radio operation from Antarctica as well as
about the WABA & WASA award programmes and the
Diamond DX Club's activities. The bulletin is available
on the club's web site (http://www.ddxc.org/); those
interested in receiving it by e-mail can subscribe at diamond_dx_club-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
(English version) or diamond_dx_club_italia-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
(Italian version). [TNX DDXC]
HAMAWARDS.COM ---> http://www.hamawards.com/
is new website, currently under development, which should
be launched around 3 February by A.J. Farmer, KB3HGY. The
idea is to create a centralized index of awards available
to amateur radio operators. [TNX HA5CQ]
HOLYLAND CONTEST ---> This year the
Holyland Contest will take place on 20 April, from 00.00
UTC through 23.59 UTC. Information is available at http://www.iarc.org/contest.
[TNX 4Z4KX]
QSL VIA MICHEL HAMONIAUX ---> The
Daily DX reports that with immediate effect "the
ARRL DXCC Desk will no longer accept unauthorized QSL
cards from DX stations being managed by Michel Hamoniaux,
PY3ZM/F (ex HH2HM, OK8ZM). In order for any Hamoniaux QSL
cards to be accepted by the ARRL he must first have the
DX station send an authorization letter to the DXCC
Desk."
QSL VIA WA8JOC ---> Ken, WA8JOC
reports he his the QSL manager for the following stations
only: K8MN/OH2 (1985-87), K8MN/OH0 (1986-87), J52US
(1988-89), 9L1US (1990-91), 9L9DXG (1990-91), A22MN
(1992-95), OH2/K8MN (1995-98), OH0/K8MN (1995-98), 5H3US
(1998-2000). Logs are still open.
QSL W2A & W2AA ---> Bill, W2AY
reports that "the QSL manager for W2A & W2AA has
informed the W2 incoming QSL bureau that he is too busy
nor has any interest in replying to the many QSL cards
awaiting him at the bureau".
QSL YK1AO ---> Omar, YK1AO has been
told that some source mentions PY3ZM as being his QSL
manager. "I have never given anybody this job",
Omar says, "not even PY3ZM".
QSL ZC4VG ---> Peter, G4UVX is
receiving cards for ZC4VG. Please note that the correct
QSL route is via G0UVX.
QSL VIA K1WY ---> Bill, K1WY/ON9CAT
provides an updated list of all the stations managed by
the K1WY DX Association (http://www.k1wydxa.org):
QSL card requests can be sent to either P.O. Box 2644,
Hartford, CT 06146-2644, USA or P.O. Box 90, Eeklo 9900,
Belgium. The K1WY DX Association saves stamps from mailed
in envelopes for the US Veterans Hospitals.
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
JW4X: Logs for JW4X (273 6m QSOs with 18
DXCC entities), as well as information, pics etc. of
JW8AJA and JW5QFA's recent activity from Svalbard, are
now available at http://www.qsl.net/la8aja. [TNX
LA8AJA]
ZS4A - Rickus de Lange, 23 Kedron St.,
Bethlehem, South Africa
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