06 April 2002
No 570
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
3X - Francois, VE2XO will be active again as
3XY8A on 15-19 April. He will operate from Kassa Island (AF-051),
mainly on 15 and 20 metres SSB and PSK31 (possibly on RTTY and 17
and 12 metres SSB as well). QSL direct to VE2XO (Francois
Normant, 3054 avenue Lacombe, Montreal QC H3T 1L4, Canada). [TNX
VE2XO]
7Q - Chris, EC3ADC will operate (on 10, 12,
15, 20, 40 and 80 metres) as 7Q7DX from Lilongwe, Malawi on 7-17
April. QSL via EA5IQ (Jose Maria Vives, C Moncada 62 6A, 46025
Valencia, Spain). [TNX I5/4063]
A4 - Operators from the Royal Omani Amateur
Radio Society will be active (on all bands CW and SSB) as A43GI
from Al Ghanam Island (AS-119) on 12-15 April. QSL via A47RS
(P.O. Box 981, Muscat 113, Sultanate of Oman). [TNX The Daily DX]
C6 - Bill, KM1E will be active as C6AGN from
the Bahamas between 10 April and 29 May . QSL via W1DIG (for
either past and future operations). [TNX The Daily DX]
F - Jean-Louis, F5TJC will be active from Re
Island (EU-032) on 7-14 April [TNX La Gazette du DX]
F - Didier, F5BJW will operate as TM2A from
Noirmoutier Island (EU-064, DIFM AT-020) on 13-20 April. QSL via
home call. [TNX La Gazette du DX]
G - GB90MGY, the Titanic Wireless
Commemorative Group special event station (13-15 April) [425DXN
567], will make a special effort to work /MM contacts and will
break the run of QSOs every hour, on the hour, to listen for
Maritime Mobile stations. QSLs will be sent automatically via the
bureau, but direct cards can be sent to G3XHK (Alex Wickham, 1
The Laurels, 29 Sidney Road, Walton-on-Thames, KT12 2NA,
England). More information at http://www.gdrs.net/titanic.
[TNX G0EFO]
HV - Look for Vatican City station HV5PUL (http://www.pul.it/hv5pul.htm)
to be activated on HF bands and 6 metres on 20 April and again on
16 May. [TNX IW0DJB]
JA - JJ2GAZ cancelled his 30-31 March
JJ2GAZ/1 operation from Mikura Island (AS-008) [425DXN 568] due
to bad weather. The activity has been rescheduled to take place
on 13-14 April and he will be joined by JQ1QFO/1 and JO1LVZ/1.
QSL via home calls. [TNX JI6KVR]
OZ - Knud, OZ2ZB (http://www.qsl.net/oz2zb)
plans to go and operate from three Danish islands on 11 April as
follows:
UTC
Island
IOTA
DIA
--------------
--------------
--------------
--------------
10.00
Tagholme
NO
NJ-015
11.00
Roenholme
NO
NJ-014
12.00
Livoe
EU-171
NJ-007
OZ - Look for Jacob, OZ7AEI/P to be active
from Jegindo Island (EU-171, DIA NJ-006) on 13 April starting for
only one hour starting around 14 UTC on +/- 14260 kHz. QSL via
home call. [TNX OZ7AEI]
P5 - Just in case you have missed the
announcement made on 2 April: the ARRL will accept SSB contacts
with Ed Giorgadze, P5/4L4FN in North Korea for DXCC credit. Ed
has been active from Pyongyang since early November 2001 and
valid SSB contacts from the onset of the P5/4L4FN operation may
be submitted for DXCC credit, effective immediately. Ed has
received confirmation that he will remain in North Korean until
June-July 2003. QSL via KK5DO (Bruce Paige, P.O. Box 310, Alief,
TX 77411, USA). Additional news and information (logs included)
about P5/4L4FN's operation is available at http://www.amsatnet.com.
PY - Look for PT1G to be active from Grande
Island (SA-029) until 8 April. The operators are PU1NEZ (Carl),
PY1LVF (Vieira), PY1NEW (Pete), PY1NEZ (Lima) and PY1VOY (Rick).
QSL via PY1LVF (Jose Luiz Vieira Fernandes, P.O. Box 18009,
20722-970 Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil). [TNX PY1NEZ]
W - Hal, W5GZI will be vacationing on Mustang
Island (NA-092) between 8 and 20 April. He plans to operate /m on
the IOTA frequencies, particularly on 28460 and 28560 kHz. [TNX
The Daily DX]
XW - The HSDXA/RAST DXpedition to Laos
[425DXN 567] is now finalised. The team (including HS0GBI,
HS0/EA4BKA, HS0/G3NOM, HS0/KA3TDZ, HS0/SM3DYU, HS1CKC, HS1DN,
HS9EQY, HS2JFW, HS1KFV, HS1LCC, E20HHK, E20NTS, E20RRW and
E21EIC) will operate on all bands and modes as XW1HS from 10 to
20 April. The main operating frequencies will be:
Satellite operation should start on 11 April and continue
until the 20th; HS2JFW has prepared equipment for operation on
AO-10, AO-40, FO-20, FO-29, RS12/13, RS15, AO-27 and UO-14. QSL
via E21EIC (P.O. Box 1090, Kasetsart, Bangkok 10903, Thailand).
QSL for contacts made with individual callsigns via home call as
follows: XW1CW via E20HHK, XW1IC via E21EIC, XW1OM via HS0/G3NOM,
XW1CKC via HS1CKC, XW1EQY via HS9EQY, XW1GBI via HS0GBI. Further
details are available at www.rast.or.th/xw1hs. [TNX HS0/G3NOM]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
DXCC NEWS ---> Documentation for
3V8DJ and 3V8SZ (Tunisia, March 2001) and EP3UN has been
received and approved; QSLs are now being accepted for
DXCC credit.
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Christian,
DL6KAC is receiving cards for stations from Eastern
Europe (EK, EW, 4J etc) whose correct QSL manager is DL 8
KAC. The only activities managed by Christian are his own
operations and the WAG 2001 Contest QSOs for DN2EI.
OLD IRCS ---> According to a recent
message from Akhilesh Mathur, Mail Programme Manager,
International Bureau of the UPU, "old" IRCs
have no expiration date. "All countries are bound to
exchange old and new IRC's", Mathur states.
"The old ones are valid for exchange indefinitely.
If any country is not exchanging the old coupons it is in
error. We are now considering sending a bulletin to all
countries on the subject". Many thanks to Antonio
Vernucci, I0JX for provinding the information.
PIRATE ---> 4K5CW was pirated again
on 21 metres RTTY in the past few days. Sergej Gorobec,
the genuine 4K5CW, does not operate RTTY or other digital
modes. Do not waste your time and money on QSLling. [TNX
4K5CW]
QSL 9M6AAC ---> Bob Schenck, N2OO is
sorry to report that most logs from the July 2001
operation at 9M6AAC were lost. Bob has the log for some
200 QSOs made from 08.22 UTC on 27 July through 05.21 UTC
on the 28th, but it is advisable to contact Bob (n2oo@arrl.net) before you
submit your request. Please note that ALL other 9M6AAC
and 9M6A logs (including the July 2001 IOTA Contest 9M6A
operation) are all right. The web site for 9M6AAC is at http://www.qsl.net/9m6aac,
Bob's QSL manager's page is at http://www.qsl.net/n2oo/history/qsl-n2oo.htm.
QSL VIA DJ2MX ---> Mario, DJ2MX
(Mario Lovric, Am Oelberg 11, D-61231 Bad Nauheim,
Germany) is the QSL manager for VK2IR's operations from
Western Samoa as 5W0IR [425DXN 569] as well as for
KH8/VK2IR, 6Y/VK2IR, J6/VK2IR, 3D2IR, K4/VK2IR and
N4/VK2IR. If you have already sent your cards direct to
VK2IR, there is no need to resubmit. [TNX DJ2MX]
QSL VIA KJ4UY ---> Larry, KJ4UY/V47UY
reports that his new temporary address (for the next
couple of months) is Lawrence W. Wolf, 4330 Mahogany Run
S.E., Winter Haven, Florida 33884-2945, USA. "All
QSLs have been answered to date", he says, "so
if you have not received a return QSL, please resubmit it
to this address".
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
DX SPOTS: Rod Elliott, VE3IRF has
collected the DX spots from the OH2AQ Web Cluster since
January 1997. The collection (from January 1997 up to
March 2002) is available at http://www.425dxn.org/dxspots/,
as well the software (DXINFO v 1.7) which will enable you
to handle the files (instructions at the URL above). For
further information, please e-mail Maurizio Bertolino,
I1-21171/IZ1CRR (i121171@425dxn.org).
KH1: The web page for the upcoming
DXpedition to Baker Island is now available at www.kragujevac.co.yu/kh1.
[TNX VE3EXY]
LOGS: Pictures, logs and audio files for
F4TVY's recent activities from J3, J7 and J6 are
available at http://www.mdxc.org/f4tvy. [TNX
IZ8CCW]
LOGS: As of 5 April (01,30 UTC) the
on-line log for VP6DI (http://www.big.or.jp/~ham/VP6DI/)
contains 43,250 QSOs (out of some 52,000 claimed
contacts).
LOGS: The full XR0X logs, as well as
pictures from San Felix, are now available at http://cordell.vwh.net/SFX/.
QSL via N7CQQ (donations will be very much appreciated to
help cover the cost of the helicopter, returning the
container, and returning the equipment loaned)
[a] CQ WPX SSB Contest 2002 [f] 11/89
[b] 02/90-12/90 [g] 03/89-02/90
[c] 25-26/11/95 [h] 28-29/11/92
[d] 23-24/11/91 [i] 04/90
[e] for Russia and CIS only [j] JA Only
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ADDRESSES - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
4K8M - Michael P. Syrov, P.O. Box 1952,
Volgograd 400087, Russia
5A1A - Abubaker Alzway, c/o A. Assid,
Max Strasse 58, Bonn 53111, Germany
9A6AA - Emir Mahmutovic, Slovenska 15,
HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
BV2KI - Bruce Yih, P.O. Box 84-609,
Taipei, Taiwan
CB4A - P.O. Box 128, Talca, Chile
DJ2MX - Mario Lovric, Am Oelberg 11,
D-61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany
ZS6EZ - Chris R. Burger, P.O. Box 4485,
0001 Pretoria, South Africa
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