20 April 2002
No 572
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
3D2 - Brian, N6IZ plans to be active
(hopefully as 3D2IZ) from Namotu (OC-121), Fiji Islands on 19-26
April. He will operate on 10, 15, 20 and 40 metres with 100 watta
and a vertical antenna. [TNX The Daily DX]
DU - Yannick, F6FYD and Gerard, F2JD/G0SHN
plan to be active as DU1/G0SHN from an island in the Calamian
group (OC-090) on 26-29 April. They will operate SSB and CW with
100 watts and a dipole. QSL via F6AJA. [TNX F6AJA]
F - Look for F9IE to be active (on 80-20
metres) from Noirmoutier Island (EU-064) on 19-22 April. [TNX La
Gazette du DX]
I - Bad weather conditions have caused the
IU9ACI operation from Lachea Island (EU-166) [425DXN 569] to be
postponed to 19-21 April. [TNX IT9EJW]
I - Gio, IK2AIT reports he will operate (on
20 metres mainly CW) as IF9/IK2AIT from Marettimo Island (EU-054,
IIA TP-010) on 20-25 April.
I - Operators from ARI Pisa will be active
(SSB and CW) as IY5PIS from the Marconian site at Coltano during
the International Marconi Day (27 April). QSL via IZ5MDC either
direct or through the bureau. [TNX IK5ZTT]
I - Marconian station IY0TC will be active
during the International Marconi Day from Scoglio del Pirgo (not
IOTA. IIA RM-001) starting around 13 UTC. QSL via I0KHP. [TNX
IK0CNA and I0KHP]
JA - Look for Shigeru, JI3CEY/6 to be active
(on 40, 20, 17, 12, 10 and 6 metres SSB and CW) from Okinawa
(AS-017) from around 9 UTC on 27 April and 00.00 UTC on the 30th.
QSL via the JARL bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
JD1_oga - Look for JA1HEF/JD1, JA1KJW/JD1 and
JE1XXG/JD1 to be active (on 160-6 metres CW and SSB) from
Ogasawara on 21-28 April. QSL via home calls. [TNX JA1ELY]
KH1 - The final list of operators for the
upcoming DXpedition to Baker Island include YT1AD, YU1AU, YU1DX,
Z32ZM, ZS6MG/Z31FU, KW4DA, N6TQS, RZ3AA, RA3AUU, 9X0A/RW3AH, S56A
and LY3NUM. Estimated QRV time is from 4 UTC on 29 April through
2 UTC on 9 May. QSL via RZ3AA (SSB only: Roman Thomas, P.O. Box
2059, Moscow, 101000, Russia) and YT1AD (other modes: Dr. Hrane
Milosevic, 36206 Vitanovac, Yugoslavia). The web site for the
DXpedition is at http://www.kragujevac.co.yu/kh1.
KH9 - Terry, K7ASU will operate as K7ASU/KH9
from Wake Island (OC-053) starting around 27 April for
approximately 4 weeks. He will be QRV in his spare time, most
likely between 7 and 9 UTC. QSL via K7ASU. [TNX The Daily DX]
LU - Benjamin Ricciardo, LU1EBS is a
13-year-old amateur radio operator who lives on Martin Garcia
Island (SA-055) with his parents and eight brothers. He is a
novice class operator and for the time being is active almost
daily around 23 UTC on 80 metres (3595.5, 3610 and 3689 kHz). QSL
direct only via LU2CRM (Carlos Martinez, P.O. Box 6, 1420 Buenos
Aires, Argentina). [TNX LU2CRM]
LU - Argentine amateurs are allowed to
replace their current LU, LW and AZ prefixes with AY, L5 and L6
respectively from 12 UTC on 20 April through through 14 UTC on 29
December. This is to celebrate the 25th anniversary of GACW
(Grupo Argentino de CW) and support the programme "Amateur
Radio, Amateur, a safe way for our children" sponsored by
GACW. [TNX LW2DX]
LU - L50W is the special call used by the
Trelew Radio Club (LU1WP) to celebrate their 50th anniversary.
Activity will start on 22 April on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres.
QSL via LU4WGE (Jorge Omar Gallego, P.O. Box 7, Trelew, 9100
Chubut, Argentina). Logs will be available at http://www.qsl.net/lu1wp.
[TNX LU4WGE]
OZ - Look for Jakob, OZ7AEI/P to be active
from Egholm Island (EU-171, DIA NJ-004) on 24 April starting
around 13 UTC on 20 metres and later on 40 and 15 metres. QSL via
home call. [TNX OZ7AEI]
T2 - Dave Anderson, KW4DA is part of the
Baker Island DXpedition team. Prior to and following the activity
from Baker he will operate from Tuvalu (OC-015) on CW, RTTY, PSK,
SSB and SSTV. Look for T2DA on 22-25 April and again on 11-16
May. QSL via KW4DA (Dave Anderson, 712 Baneberry Court,
Asheville, NC 28803, USA). [TNX KW4DA]
VK9_mr - Rough seas and strong winds delayed
the voyage, and the VK9ML team reached Mellish Reef on 14 April
around 12.30 UTC. Five stations came on the air at 10.00 UTC on
15 April after a day of hectic setup. The original QRT date of 22
April might be extended. QSL via VK4APG. Visit http://www.qsl.net/vk9ml/2002/
for up-to-date informatiom and log search. [TNX N1DG]
VP9 - Tom, W9AEB reports he will be active
(on 10-20 metres SSB and CW) as VP9/W9AEB from Bermuda (NA-005)
until 28 April. QSL via WF9V.
W - Pieter, KG4NXP and Svetly, W4/LZ3SM will
operate on CW, SSB and PSK31 from Tangier Island (NA-083, USI
VA-001S) on 26-27 April. [TNX W4/LZ3SM]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
RLHA ---> The Russian Lighthouse
Award (RLHA) is a newly born award sponsored by the
Russian Robinson Club. Rules, lighthouse list and further
information can be found at http://www.hamradio.ru/rrc/rlha/.
[TNX VA3RJ]
QSL EK5ZI & 4K5ZI ---> Nikolay,
UX0FF still has logs and cards for these operations from
Zmeiniy (Snake) Island (EU-182) back in 1990-1992. Cards
should be sent to Nikolay Lavreka, P.O. Box 3, Izmail,
68600, Ukraine. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
QSL HH2PK ---> Steve Larson, N3SL,
reports that his daughter Kim (who has handled cards for
AH1A, 3B6RF, GM4YXI, GM3WOJ, and GS2MP) has been chosen
by Pat, HH2PK, to take care of his QSLs. Pat has not been
active since January 1998 and has moved from Haiti to
Canada. Kim has Pat's logs from April 1989 to 29 Nov 1997
(the December 1997 and January 1998 logs were corrupted
and cannot be recovered). Please visit http://www.qsl.net/n3sl/manager.htm
for an on-line log search and specific instructions on
QSL requests. Cards will not be received from the printer
until mid-June, at the earliest. Any donations to help
with expenses will be appreciated.
QSL KH6XT ---> N9NU (Tim S.
Dickerson, 900 Vincent Dr, Sandwich, IL 60548, USA)
reports he is the new QSL manager for Dennis, KH6XT.
QSL T93M ---> Boris, T93Y reports
that direct QSLs for FG/T93M and T93M/HI9 sent to T93Y's
address in Sarajevo are forwarded to the QSL manager
(DJ2MX) once a month. For a quicker response, please send
your requests direct to DJ2MX: Mario Lovric, Am Oelberg
11, D-61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany).
QSL TM5C ---> Lee, F5NLY reports he
now has the TM5C logs starting from 2001 CQWW contests,
but he is still waiting for the cards. QSL preferably via
the bureau.
QSL UA0QFC/A ---> Alex, UR3HC
(ex-UA0QFC) operated from Dunay Island (AS-082) back in
1992, 1993 and 1994. He still has logs and cards for
those activities; QSLs should be sent to Alex Nakonechij
P.O.Box 84 Kremenchug 39631, Ukraine.
QSL V44NK ---> Please note that
Larry, KJ4UY (V47UY) is not the QSL manager for Karl
Sage, V44NK. Cards for V44NK should be sent direct only,
as they have no bureau in St.Kitts/Nevis. Larry, KJ4UY
can confirm QSOs made with V47UY only.
QSL VIA RU3FS ---> RU3FS reports he
is the QSL manager for RI1CGO (IOTA Contest 2000), RP3DDF
(December 2001), UE3FWM (22-24 February 2002), UE3ASK (12
August 2001). Cards can be sent via the bureau or direct
to A. Kostikov, P.O. Box 55, Moscow, 115522, Russia. [TNX
UA3DX]
US POSTAL RATES INCREASE ---> The
United States Postal Service has announced that new
postal rates will go into effect on 30 June. Details can
be found at http://www.usps.gov/ratecase/.
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
DIE: The latest list DIE and DIEI
islands, as well as the rules for these awards, are
available on http://www.425dxn/org (.pdf files).
DX SPOTS: DXINFO v1.9 is the new release
of the software for handling the files of the collection
of DX spots from the OH2AQ Web Cluster put together by
Rod Elliott, VE3IRF. It can be found at http://www.425dxn.org/dxspots/.
XR0X: The San Felix team made 68,910
QSOs (38125 SSB, 27506 CW, 3053 RTTY, 226 PSK). A
7-minute audio clip (12 metres CW on 23 March) can be
found on http://www.425dxn.org/,
thanks to team member Massimo Mucci, I8NHJ.
YUDX: The YU DX Contest will take place
from 12 UTC on 20 April to 12 UTC on the 21st. Full
information can be found at http://www.yudx.net. [TNX 4N1DX/VE3]
W2FB - Steve Busono, 3102 Commons Drive,
East Brunswick, NJ 08816, USA
W5SJ - Bill Priakos, 6408 Risinghill Dr,
Dallas, TX 75248, USA
W5UE - Randy Becnel, P.O. Box 170, Kiln,
MS 39556-0170, USA
ZS6EZ - Chris R. Burger, P.O. Box 4485,
0001 Pretoria, South Africa
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