13 July 2002
No 584
4 2 5 D X N E W S DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
9A - Martin, DL1ZU will be active (on 10-40
metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK 31) as 9A/DL1ZU from Brac Island
(EU-016) on 13-27 July. [TNX DL1ZU]
9A - Zsolt, HA6PS and Laci, HA6NL will
operate as 9A/homecall on all the HF bands from Pasman Island
(EU-170, IOCA CI-085) on 23-30 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL
via home calls either direct or through the bureau. [TNX HA6NL]
9H - Jack, RW3QC and Igor, RN3OA will be
active (on 80-10 metres) as 9H3QC and 9H3OA respectively from
Malta (EU-023) on 18-31 July. Look for 9H3QC to participate in
the IOTA Contest. QSL via home calls. [TNX RN3OA]
9Q - Democratic Republic of Congo's national
society (ARAC) will enter the IARU HF World Championship as 9Q0AR
(operator Pat, 9Q1A). QSL via F2YT. Look for activity from
Nicole, 9Q1YL and Pat, 9Q1A before and after the contest. Up to
date information on amateur radio in DRC can be found at http://www.qsl.net/f6blq/9q%20news.htm.
[TNX F6BLQ/9Q1A]
BV - Taka, JR7TEQ plans to be active as BV9K
from Kueishan Island (AS-155) on 26-29 July. He will participate
in the IOTA Contest. QSL via JR7TEQ. [TNX JI6KVR]
CE - Southern Cross DX Group members
Nick/XQ1IDM, JP/CE4USW and Dan/XQ1ZW will be active as 3G1A from
Santa Maria Island (SA-069) on 17-19 July. They plan to operate
on all HF bands (including 30 metres, for which a special licence
has been granted) CW, SSB, RTTY and FM with three stations. Logs
will be available at http://www.qsl.net/3g1a. after the operation.
QSL via CE4USW either direct (Juan Pablo Mardones, P.O. Box 128,
Talca, Chile) or through the bureau. [TNX CE4USW]
CU - Derek, G3KHZ is joining the Corvo Island
(EU-089) group of operators [425DXN 579]. Look for CU9/G3KHZ/p to
be active from 16 July to 1 August. QSL via home call. [TNX
CT1END]
CU - GPDX (Portuguese DX Group) members
CT1AHU, CT1AVC, CT1EFL and CT1EGW will be active with the
following callsigns during their 20-30 July activity [425DXN 579]
from the Azores:
CT1AHU: CU2H, CU3H, CU7H (QSL via home call)
CT1EGW: CU2W, CU3W, CU7W (QSL via home call)
CT1EFL: CU2F, CU3F, CU7F (QSL via home call)
CT1AVC: CU2V, CU3V, CU7V (QSL via home call)
They plan to operate on all bands SSB, CW and RTTY. They will
participate in the IOTA Contest as CU3I (QSL via CS1GDX) from the
QTH of CU3AD and CU3EJ on EU-175. [TNX CT1END]
G - Steve, G0CKP will participate in the IOTA
Contest from St Mary's, Isles of Scilly (EU-011). He will be
signing M0C (the Chiltern DX Club's contest callsign) on CW. QSL
via G3NUG. [TNX G0CKP]
GM - Guy, F5BLC will be active from the
Orkney Islands (EU-009) on 16-28 July. He will try to be active
daily before 9 UTC and around 18 UTC and he also hopes to be QRV
during the IOTA Contest. [TNX GM3VLB]
HK0_sa - 5K0Z is the special call issued for
the 16-29 July expedition to San Andres Island (NA-033) [425DXN
575]. QSL via DH7WW.
HL - HL1EJT, HL1OYF, HL1TXQ, HL1VAU, DS1CJE,
DS1KOQ and DS3BGI will operate on SSB and CW as homecall/3 from
two sites on Anmyon Island (AS-080) on 26-28 July, including
activity during the IOTA Contest. QSL via HL1OYF (Duk-Nam Kim,
P.O. Box 54, Dong-Jack Seoul 156-600, Korea) or via the bureau.
[TNX HL1TXQ]
I - Franco, IK4PLW plans to operate (on 40
and 20 metres SSB and CW) from the lighthouse at porto Garibaldi
(WAIL ER-005) for a few hours on Saturday (13 July) morning. QSL
via IK4PLW either direct or through the bureau. [TNX IK4PLW]
I - Look for Walter, IV3/IN3XUG to be active
from Grado (EU-131, IIA GO-001) until 20 July. He might also
operate from other IIA islands in that area. QSL via home call
either direct or through the bureau. [TNX IN3XUG]
I - Mario, IK6GPZ reports he will be active
during the IRAU HF World Championship as IO6T. QSL via home call.
I - Mario, IZ8DBJ will operate (SSB and CW)
as IT9/IZ8DBJ from the lighthouse at San Vito lo Capo (WAIL
SI-026, IOTA EU-025) between 14 and 21 July. QSL via home call
either direct or through the bureau. [TNX IZ8AJQ]
I - Francesco, I5RFD plans to operate from
Licosa Island (EU-031, IIA SA-001) between 16 and 30 July (actual
date will depend on local conditions). [TNX I5RFD]
JD1_mt - JH1EFP will be working on Minami
Torishima (OC-073) from 16 July to 6 August and plans to operate
from the JD1YBJ club station. Look for him on 17 metres CW and
SSB at 9-11 UTC and 20-22 UTC. TNX The Daily DX]
KH2 - Guam Contest Club operators
(JI3ERV/NH2C, JR7OMD/WI3O and JE8KKX/AH2K) will participate in
the IARU HF World Championship as AH2R from Guam Island (OC-026).
QSL via JH7QXJ either direct or through the JARL bureau. [TNX
NG3K]
KL - Dave, WL7DB is reported to be planning
an operation as either WL7DB or WL7O from the Kenai-Cook Inlet
group (NA-158) for the IOTA Contest. He expects to be active on
15, 20 and 40 metres SSB and CW. [TNX UT7WZ]
P4 - Jacob Oduber, P43P will be active on all
bands SSB as P40B during the IARU HF World Championship. QSl via
I2MQP. [TNX NG3K]
PY - Jim, PY7XC plans to be active as ZX7XX
from Itamaraca Island (SA-046) on 20-28 July, IOTA Contest
included. QSL direct to PY7XC (Jemesson Faria, Rua Dhalia 228
AP401, Boa Viagem, Recife - PE, 51020-290, Brazil). [TNX PY7XC]
SM - Eric, SM1TDE will be active (mainly CW
with some RTTY and occational SSB, on all bands 160-2m) from
Gotland Island (EU-020) throughout July until mid-August. He will
participate in the IOTA Contest as SM1T. QSL via SM1TDE
preferably through the bureau. [TNX SM1TDE]
SM - Kjell, SM4DDS will participate in the
IOTA Contest as 8S4C/5 from Orskar Island (EU-084) lighthouse
(ARLHS SWE-052, WLH LH-0809). QSL via home call, either direct
(both the addresses - Thailand and Sweden - all right) or through
the bureau. [TNX SM4DDS]
SM - Martin, SM0DTK will be active from
Gotland Island (EU-020) from 12 July to 4 August. He plans to
operate on the HF bands mainly between 4 UTC and 6 UTC. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
SV5 - Miro, OM5RW and Rudi, OM3PC will be
active as J45RW (during the IOTA Contest) and J45PC (outside the
contest) from Rhodes (EU-001) on 22-28 July. QSL J45RW via OM5RW,
QSL J45PC via OM3PC. [TNX OM3JW]
TK - Claude, F5MCC will be signing TK/F5MCC
from Corsica (EU-014) from 20 July through 7 August. Claude and
Tony, TK5XN also plan to operate from Lavezzi (EU-164) and a few
lighthouses during that time frame. QSL TK/F5MCC via F3GJ, QSL
TK5XN via F2YT. [TNX F5NQL]
UA - Oleg/RA0LSO, Vitaly/RU0LAX, John/RW0MM
and Meela/UA0LHT will be active on all HF bands as RK0LWW from
Russkij Island (AS-066, RR-16-02) on 12-15 July. They will
participate in the IARU HF World Championship. QSL via UA3DX
either direct or though the bureau. [TNX RW0MM]
UA - Dmitry, RW1ZZ plans to be active from
Bol'soj and Malij Gryaznye (RR-03-18) on 13 July. On his way back
home he will try to visit and operate from Kildin Island (EU-082,
RR-03-03) and Toros Island (RR-03-16). Dmitry expects to be
active during the IOTA Contest from Kildin. [TNX WRC/RRA
Bulletin]
UA - The RI0L team [425DXN 583] will
participate in the IOTA Contest from Rikorda (AS-066, RR-16-02).
They also plan to operate as RI0L/p from Stenina Island
(RR-16-04) in the Rimskogo-Korsakova group (AS-066) between 23
and 25 July (date depends on weather). QSL via IK2DUW or, for
Russian stations, RU0LL. [TNX WRC/RRA Bulletin]
UA - A group of operators expects to be
active as R17PQ from Novaya Zemlya (EU-035, RR-04-01) until 31
July. If they cannot operate from EU-035, the activity will take
place from Morozov Island (RR-06-01, claimed for EU-086). QSL via
UA1RJ. [TNX WRC/RRA Bulletin]
UT - UT1PO, UT1PF, UT4PZ, UT5PW will be
active as EO9P from Bilyj Island (new one for the Ukrainian
Islands Award) between 15 and 22 July. QSL via UT5PW (P.O. Box 6,
Novovolynsk-5, 45405, Ukraine). Logs will be available at http://www.qsl.net/us1pm.
[TNX US1PM]
VK - The Daily DX reports that plans are
being made for a six-operator IOTA activity from Diamond Islets
in the Coral Sea Islands Territory North group (OC-???)
"early next month". The callsign issued is VK9WDI (it
counts as Australia for DXCC).
VQ - Jesse Falquez, AB5RY is operating on all
bands as VQ9J [425DXN 569] from Chagos until August at least. QSL
direct only via K5QM. [TNX K5QM]
W - N4PN, KB4ET, N4OX and NF4A will be
signing W4G from St. George Island (NA-085) during the IARU HF
World Championship. QSL via N4OX. [TNX The Daily DX]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
10 YEARS OF 9A ---> 2002 marks the
10th anniversary of allocation of the 9A prefix to
Croatia and the Croatian Amateur Radio Association (http://www.hamradio.hr)
sponsors a special award for contacts made on HF, VHF and
6 metres with 9A stations between 5 July and 31 December.
The award is also available to SWLs. For further
information please e-mail Denis Vincek, 9A3Z at 9a3z@hamradio.hr.
9A8RR ---> Steve, OM3JW reports that
"special prizes" will be awarded to the three
operators in Europe and the rest of the world who will
work 9A8RR (Korcula Island, EU-016) on as many
bands/modes as possible during the IOTA Contest. These
prizes will be sent automatically a few days after the
contest.
DXCC ---> Trond, LA9VDA reports that
the August 2001 operations from Market Reef (OJ0/LA3IKA,
OJ0/LA5UKA, OJ0/LA6YEA and OJ0/LA9VDA) have been approved
for DXCC credit. Those who had their cards rejected can
resubmit them for credit.
HS3RK ---> Hans D. Hollstein,
HS0/KA3TDZ (Radio Amateur Society of Thailand QSL
Manager) reports that RAST is receiving quite a number of
QSL cards for HS3RK, a call that has not been issued in
Thailand. Some of the cards mention the name
"Ralph", no doubt these QSLs are for 5H3RK.
IARU HF CHAMPIONSHIP ---> Further
IARU societies HQ stations [425DXN 583] expected to take
part in this year's event include:
4X4ARC Israel ER7HQ Moldova
5N0ARN Nigeria ES9A Estonia
8N#JHQ Japan OA4O Peru
9Q0AR D.R. of Congo OZ7EDR Denmark
BV0IARU Taiwan P40HQ Aruba
CT1REP Portugal S50HQ Slovenia
CX1AA Uruguay SK2HQ Sweden
DA0HQ Germany V51NAM Namibia
DX1HQ Philippines VK3WI Australia
EA4URE Spain YL4HQ Latvia
EI0HQ Ireland ZW3HQ Brazil
ISLANDS & LIGHTHOUSES --->
Kresimir, 9A7K plans to be active from Vis Island
(EU-016, IOCA CI-142) from 20 July to 5 August, IOTA
Contest included. He also plans to operate from a couple
of lighthouses on Vis (namely CLH-133/ARLH-146 and
CLH-137/ARLH-150) and from other Croatian islands and
lighthouses during that time frame:
Island IOTA CI Lighthouse CLH WLH ARLH
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Barjak Mali Barjak Mali 008 028
Bisevo EU-016 007 Kobila 050 901 CRO-067
Host EU-016 174 Host 039 938 CRO-056
Jabuka EU-016 032
Krava 055 072
Parzan EU-016 199
Ravnik EU-016 207
S Greben 172
Svetac EU-016 120
Volici Volici 187 192
Further information on the activity, as well as on the
Croatian Lighthouses Award, can be found at http://www.qsl.net/9a7k.
QSL to 9A7K (Kresimir Juratovic P.O. Box 88, HR-48001
Koprivnica, Croatia). [TNX 9A7K]
NA-121 ---> Lanny, W5BOS managed to
make two QSOs from Walrus Island before his receiver died
on Monday (8 July) night. He hoped to figure out the
problem on Tuesday morning, but "black poured out of
the radio" when he turned it on. Lanny spent 36
hours touring the island with a crew from The National
Geographic Society and was expected to be back home early
on 12 July. [TNX K5JP and G3KMA]
PACIFIC TOUR --- Rolf, DK2ZF, who has
been already active as T88ZF from Palau (OC-009), is now
active as V63ZF from Yap Island (OC-012), Micronesia
until 17 July. Then he will operate as KH2/DK2ZF from
Guam (OC-026) on 18 July and again as V63ZF from Pohnpei
(OC-010), Micronesia on 19-29 July. QSLs via DK2ZF. [TNX
The Daily DX]
PIRATE ---> Tom Wood, N4CID is
receiving cards for CW contacts made with ZD7CW in
November 2001. This was a pirate as the genuine Julian,
ZD7CW is no longer active and has been inactive for
several years. [TNX N4CID]
QSL 9A0R ---> Please note that Mario,
DJ2MX will not be the QSL manager for the 9A0R IOTA
Contest operation from Krk Island, EU-136 [425DXN 582].
Cards should be routed via 9A9R. [TNX DJ2MX]
QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> AA2LF is
willing to act as a QSL manager for as many as five DX
stations. He can offer full logging capabilities, 24/24
Internet/Telnetaccess, reliable mail address and QSL
cards printing facilities. He can be contacted at aa2lf@arrl.com.
QSL UE3ISL ---> UE3ISL has been
active since 1 June and will continue operations until 1
August. Please note that RK3IWU is not the QSL manager
for all of the activities; the QSL route is via the
operator's home call or via the bureau to UE3ISL. [TNX
RK3IWU]
WRTC2002 ---> Final reminder: the
WRTC2002 organizing committee would like as many
participants as possible to e-mail their contest logs to logs@wrtc2002.org by
1800 UTC on July 14. These "early bird" logs
will be used only for log checking purposes related to
the WRTC2002 teams. There are incentives for doing this,
please visit www.wrtc2002.org/rules_all.htm for
the details.
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
FP: Paul, K9OT and Peg, KB9LIE have
updated the web page for their 11-19 August trip [425DXN
581] to Miquelon (NA-032). The URL is http://www.mhtc.net/~k9ot.
[TNX K9OT]
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