5 October 2002
No 596
4 2 5 D X N E W S
DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE - The 425 DX News monthly edition (September issue) is now available at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/ and can be downloaded in either .pdf or .doc formats. Articles and pictures to be published in the next issue should be sent to Maurizio Bertolino, IZ1CRR (please contact him at i121171@425dxn.org for the details).

4X - Look for Ros, 4Z5LA/p (QSL via home call) and Yuli, 4X6HP/p (QSL via EA7FTR) to be active from Akhziv Island (AS-100) on 6 October starting around 3.30 UTC until 14.30 UTC. [TNX 4X6HP]

9M6 - Mack, JJ2QXI will operate (on 160-6 metres CW, RTTY and SSB) from 9M6AAC on 13-15 October. He will use 9M6A during the Oceania DX Contest (CW). Should you need 9M6 on a particular band or mode, plese visit http://jj2qxi.tripod.com/ for skeds. QSLs via N2OO. [TNX JJ2QXI]

A3 - Clark, N5XX is currently active as A35XX from Vava'u (OC-064), Tonga until late October. During the voyage to New Zealand, indicatively between 25 October and 1 November, he will stop and operate as A35XX/P for one or two days from Minerva Reef (IOTA enthusiasts please note that contacts with Clark from the reef will *not* be creditable for IOTA OC-061). [TNX The Daily DX]

CX - Special event station CW60F will be active through 20 October, JOTA included, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Scout Group "Jose Gervacio Artigas". QSL direct only to CX3FH. [TNX CX8FB]

DU - The Daily DX gives calls and QTHs of the upcoming IOTA activities by G3OCA, DU1MS and other local operators [425DXN 594] are the following:

   06-10 October: 4D0MS Talikud Island OC-235
   11-16 October: DZ1MS Cuyo Island OC-120
   17-20 October: DX0L Lubang Island OC-126

EA8 - Cesare, I5WEA reports he will be active (on 30, 21, 14 and 12 metres) as EA8/I5WEA from Tenerife, Canary Islands until 20 November. QSL via I5WEA.

FO - Kenji, JA4GXS plans to operate as FO/JA4GXS on 160-6 metres SSB and CW from Rangiroa (OC-066), French Polynesia on 10-13 October. QSL via home call (Kenji Sasaki, 2-15 Ishikannon-cho, Yamaguchi-city, 753-0038 Japan). [TNX JI6KVR]

FO_mar - JI1JKW and JI1WTF will be active (on HF and 6 metres) as FO0SAI from the Marquesas Islands (OC-027) on 8-11 October. [TNX OZ6OM]

GU - Bill, G4YWY reports he will be active as GU4YWY/m from Guernsey (EU-114) between 6 and 14 October. He will operate on 20-10 metres, with an emphasis on 17m. QSL via G4YWY either direct or through the bureau.

GU - Rainer, DL2MDZ and Gerhard, DL3NBL will be active from Guernsey (EU-114) on 11-27 October. They will operate on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via home calls. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]

HK - Pedro, HK3JJH plans to operate as HK3JJH/4 from either Napu or the Titumate Islands in the Choco Division North/Antioquia Division group (SA-???) on 14-15 October. QSL direct only to Pedro J. Allina, P.O. Box 81119, Bogota, Colombia. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]

HR - Hiro, JA6WFM/HR3 plans to operate from Cayo Cochinos (NA-160) before going QRT from Honduras on 12 December. QSL via JA6VU. [TNX JI6KVR]

J2 - Vincent, F8UNF will be active as J28UN from Djibouti until 1 June 2003. He operates on 10-160 metres CW and SSB, but his favourite band/mode is 10 metres SSB. QSL direct to F8UNF (Vincent Charles, P.O. Box 12, 54760 Leyr, France). [TNX F5NQL]

KL - Randy, AL7PJ will be active from St. Lawrence Island (NA-040) on 14-18 October (weather permitting). He will be using the Alaska Island Runners Club's callsign KL1SLE during his free time and will operate on +/- 14260, 21360 and 28460 kHz. QSL via AC7DX. [TNX KL7FH]

OA - Martijn, PA3GFE will be spending nearly six months in Peru and Ecuador between 8 October and 31 March. He will operate (on 10-40 metres CW and SSB plus 6 metres) in his free time as OA/PA3GFE until around 1 January. QSL via home call (cards will be printed when he is back home). [TNX PA3GFE]

OX - Per, OZ1EQC plans to be active (mostly on 40 and 80 metres CW) as OX/OZ1EQC from Greenland on 8-18 October. [TNX The Daily DX]

SM - SM7NGH, SM7DAY and others will be active (on 10-80 metres with dipoles and verticals) from Ven Island (EU-137) on 7-11 October. QSL via home calls either direct or through the bureau. [TNX SM7NGH]

XE - 6F1LM, the official station of the Federacion Mexicana de Radio Experimentadores, will operate on digital modes (RTTY, PSK31, MFSK, SSTV and Hell) during the weekends through the end of the year. 6F1LM is the special call for the 70th anniversary of FMRE (http://www.fmre.org.mx). [TNX FMRE]

ZB2 - Look for ZB2/DH3ZK to be active (on SSB, PSK31 and RTTY) from Gibraltar on 7-21 October. [The Daily DX]

ZS - On 2 October Barry, ZS1FJ reported a storm was brewing, with heay rain and winds of 60 mph forecast for Thursday, when the ZS23I team was due to head for Seal Island (AF-077). If they can not make it now, the operation will be postponed around 15 October onwards. Seal Island was activated for the first and only time in October 1996, when Barry and his party were able to make only 1500 QSOs in four days due to severe storms that damaged their equipment.

GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• CARIBBEAN TOUR ---> This year the Low-Land DXpedition Team (http://www.qsl.net/lldxt/) will operate from Dominica (NA-101) and Montserrat (NA-103) between 14 October and 1 November. Bouke/PA0ZH, Ronald/PA3EWP, Enno/PA5EA and Rob/PA5ET will start their activity from Dominica (J7) on 14 October and will move to Montserrat (VP2M) on the 21st. Henk/PA3GCV and Martin/PA4WM will join the team on 23 October. The Montserrat activity will end on 1 November and will include a serious M/S entry in the CQ WW SSB Contest. Calls to be known upon arrival. QSLs via PA5ET. [TNX PA5EA]
• CDXC ---> At the recent 2002 AGM of CDXC (Chiltern DX Club), The UK DX Foundation, the following were elected to the 2002/2003 Committee: Neville Cheadle, G3NUG (President), John Butcher, G3LAS (Chairman), Shaun Jarvis, M0BJL (Secretary), Nigel Peacock, G4KIU (Treasurer), Don Field, G3XTT (Digest Editor); Jim Kellaway/G3RTE, Mike Devereux/G3SED, Paul Brice-Stevens/G0WAT, Mark Haynes/M0DXR (Committee Members). Although targeted primarily at HF operators in the UK with an interest in competitive amateur radio (DXing and contesting), CDXC has a worldwide membership, and is a significant contributor to major DXpeditions. Further details from the Secretary, M0BJL (secretary@cdxc.org.uk) or at http://www.cdxc.org.uk. [TNX G3XTT]
• DXCC NEWS ---> Bill Moore, NC1L (DXCC Manager) reports that the following operations are approved for DXCC credit: K1B: Baker & Howland Island from 20 April to 21 May 2002; ST0F: Sudan from 19 February to 31 December 2002
• NCDXF ---> At its Board of Directors meeting on 22 September the Northern California DX Foundation re-elected the following officers and directors: Len Geraldi, K6ANP (President), Al Burnham, K6RIM (Vice President), Tom McShane, NW6P (Secretary), Bruce Butler, W6OSP (Treasurer); Rusty Epps/W6OAT, Dave Pugatch/KI6WF, Chuck Ternes/N6OJ, Glenn Vinson/W6OTC, Steve Merchant/K6AW and Ken Anderson/K6TA (Directors). Newly elected as a director was Tim Totten, N4GN. October 2002 marks the 30th anniversary since the founding of NCDXF. During this period, it is estimated that the NCDXF has granted over $1.5 million dollars in support of DX-related activities. The Northern California DX Foundation's web site is at http://www.ncdxf.org/. [TNX K6RIM]
• QSL GM3VLB ---> Andre, GM3VLB reminds island chasers that the only way he or Alex, G(M)0DHZ "can cope, is to QSL direct only and this does NOT mean that a direct request without return postage will be acknowledged". Andre has received 11 QSL requests in the last week with no return postage and these cards will not be replied to.
• QSL HC8N ---> Please note that the new QSL route for HC8N has been via W5UE for a few months now. He maintains a web page for DXers to check the status of their QSL request at http://www.datasync.com/~w5ue/qsl-w5ue.html. [TNX W5UE]
• QSL KH7X ---> Effective immediately Ralph, K2PF will be the QSL manager for KH7X, the call of the Pacific Contest Club located in Hawaii. [TNX K2PF]
• QSL UA9FDX ---> Paco, EA5OL reports he has the logs for UA9FDX (Sakhalin Island, AS-018) from 1995 to date.
• QSL YA/G0TQJ ---> The QSL cards are back from the printers and are being sent out fast. All cards recived direct are being sent out now, cards for SSB & RTTY to North America, South America, Africa, Middle East and a big majority of Europe were posted on 27 September. This operation has been approved for DXCC credit. [TNX G0TQJ]
• QSL VIA OM2SA: George is the QSL manager for the following operations: 3A/N9NC, 3A/W0YR, 5W0MO, A35MO, A35TO, AP2MY (CQWW CW 1995 only), CE0Z/KM9D, FO0MOT, HA/N9NC, KM9D/C6A, N9NC, VP5/KM9D, XR0ZY, ZF2MO, ZK1QMA, ZK1TUG, ZK2MO, ZK2TO. QSL to George Sipos, 93013 Trhova Hradska 550, Slovakia. [TNX OM2SA]
• QSL VIA VE3LYC ---> Cezar, VE3LYC confirms he is the QSL manager (direct only) for all the IOTA and Lighthouse activations carried out by Dennis, RZ1AK and his team. Bureau cards should be sent to RZ1AK.
• QSL FROM MONGOLIA ---> During his recent staying in Mongolia, Ken Claerbout, K4ZW took the opportunity to speak with several of the local operators concerning problems people are having with QSL cards from Mongolia. They tossed around a few ideas for improving the situation and decided to give the following a try. For those who are interested, K4ZW will act as a collection point for cards:

1. Cards must include an SAE and greenstamp (US dollar) or NEW style IRC per callsign (the old style IRCs are no longer good in Mongolia);
2. Do not include multiple callsigns in a single envelope and do not put US postage on the return envelope as the replies will be mailed from Mongolia;
3. At the appropriate time, Ken will box up the cards up and ship them, probably to JT1BG for distribution, via registered mail or DHL.

This will ensure that your cards get in country. From there it is up to the guys to distribute the cards and answer them. What Ken is asking in return, is a small donation to help defray the cost of shipping. He will probably ship the cards every couple of months depending on the volume received and of course once he has enough to cover shipping expenses. "Obviously I cannot guarantee you will receive a card", Ken says. "Consider this an experiment. If it works and there is sufficient interest, we'll keep it going. If not, then at least we gave it a try".

• VI3JPI ---> The VI3JPI activity from Lady Julia Percy island (OC-251) logged 2883 QSOs in the seven continents (AF 7, AN 2, AS 716, EU 1281, NA 661, OC 195, SA 21) during 52 hours of actual operating. They had to reach the island by helicopter (four trips) because the sea was too high. The weather was very wet and windy the first two days, making operations quite difficult. They were able to return by boat, but only after much hard work moving the equipment down the 30m cliff face. The four team members (namely Paul/VK3KXG, Peter/VK3QI, Jack/VK3WWW and Tom/VK3ZZ) were active on 10m (158 SSB, 113 CW), 15m (173/31), 17m (88/171), 20m (1492/302), 30m (33/220), 40m (2/87) and 80m (12 SSB), plus one QSO on 2 metres. [TNX VK3QI]
• VP8GEO VIDEO ---> The VP8GEO South Georgia 2002 video is now ready, completing "part 2" of this year's South Atlantic "Micro-Lite" DXpedition video series. Both Part 1 (VP8THU) and Part 2 (VP8GEO) of this video are available on DVD discs in addition to the standard VHS video cassettes. For more information please visit http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~jamesb. [TNX 9V1YC]

NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• 9H3KW: Logs and pictures of EA5KW's recent activity from Gozo are at http://www.qsl.net/ea5kw.
• 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 September 2002 - is available at http://www.425dxn.org/dxspots/, as well the software (DXINFO v1.7) which will enable you to handle the files (instructions at the URL above).
• EW900B: The QSL status for this station (active from 1 May through 1 August 2002) can be checked at http://www.qsl.net/ew2ww. [TNX EW2EO]
• K5C: Logs and photos of the recent K5C operation from Cat Island (NA-082) are available at http://mdxa.org/k5c_02.html. [TNX W5UE]
• MINKIE BOYS: The web site for the "Minkie Boys", the Belgian IOTA DXpedition group, is now at http://users.skynet.be/minkies. [TNX ON5SY]
• PS7AB: The web pages of Rony, PS7AB contain valuable information abaout amateur radio activities in Brazil (QSL routes, DXpeditions, islands, special calls, awards...) and can be found at http://www.ps7ab.com.br. [TNX PS7AB]
• S9SS: Dan, S50U reports he has just completed a log search for Charles, S9SS with QSL information for his previous A22AA, S92SS, SV0LM and A25/KY4P operations as well. The log, S9SS photos and station information can be found at http://lea.hamradio.si/~s50u.
• TOP DXPEDITION: Gil, F5NOD reports that the "Top DX Expedition" web page has been updated at http://www.qsl.net/f5nod/topdxexpe.html.

QSL INFO - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3V8ST       DL1BDF      ED6JN       EA6JN       P5/4L4FN    KK5DO
3W9HRN      DL1HRN      EJ4GK/P     EI4GK       PJ2EL       ON4CFD
3XY6A       VE2XO       EP4HR       I2MQP       PT2/KC2BAA  OK1FWQ
3Z7TTY      SP5ZCC      ER1CW       ER1CW (a)   R1ANF       RK1PWA
4A1AC       XE1BEF      ER1CW       W4FOA (b)   RA0FF       N6FF
4J6ZZ       UT3UY       EX8QB       IK2QPR      RK0LXD/p    UA0LQJ
4J7WMF      TA2ZV       EY8/F5CW    F8CMT       RO4M        RN4LP
4L1MA       ON4RU       EY8AW       DJ1MM       RW2F        DK4VW
4L4L        TA9I        EZ8AQ       UA3TT       RW4LYL/P    RN4LP
5H1HS       DL7VSN      EZ8YL       DJ1MM       SJ9WL       SM5DJZ
5R8FT       G3SWH       FR/F6BLK    F6BLK       ST0F        ZS4TX
5R8GZ       G3SWH       GB0KJW      G0OWE       SV5/G4OBK   G4OBK
5U7JK       I2YSB       GB2IOM      G0PSE       SW2A        SV2AEL
5X4L        WA0MJA      GJ0WFH/p    G0DBX       TJ1CR       F6AXD
5Z4DZ       PA1AW       HC8N        W5UE        TL8DV       W3MC
6J1UN       N1NK        HG10MV      HA3HK       TM4ENN      F6BZH
6W1RT       VE2XO       HL14AG      HL0BHQ      TM8CDX      F5CQ
7Q7CE       IN3VZE      HR1RQF      EA7FTR      TO8MZ       F6BLK
8N1OGA      JA1MRM      HV0A        IK0FVC      TR8CA       F6CBC
8P9Z        K4BAI       IS0/IZ2DPX  IK2DUW      TT8JLB      F5BAR
8Q7AM       EA5MB       IU1DCI      IK1QFM      TT8ZZ       F5PTM
9A7T        9A2EU       J43DIG      DJ8OT       UA1PBP/9    RK1PWA
9H3AP       DL1CW       JW5X        LA5X        UN0N        IK2QPR
9H3SG       DJ4KW       JW7XK       LA7XK       VC3L        VE3FXX
9L1BTB      SP7BTB      JW9DL       LA9DL       VE3EXY/2    VE3EXY
9M6LSC      JH7IMX      JX7DFA      LA7DFA      VI3JPI      VK3KXG
9V1SM       W3HNK       K5C         K2FF        VO1SO       VE6RC
A35XX       N5XX        K5P         KW5DX       VQ9SS       N6SS
A61AJ       N4QB        KG4AU       W4WX        XU7ACJ      ON6NP
A61X        N1DG        KG4CQ       W4WX        XU7ACN      ON5UR
AH0B        JA2VUP      KG4DX       W4WX        XU7AUR      ON5UR
AY1DZ       EA3RS       KG4FD       W4WX        XW1LLR      E21EIC
AY4EJ/D     LU4EJ       KG4GC       W4WX        YA4F        G4KUX
AY7HF       EA7FTR      KG4JY       W4WX        YA5T        KU9C
BI7DX       BA1DU       KG4KD       W4WX        YB1HDF      EA5KB
C56RF       G3NKO       KG4PK       W4WX        YC0EEX      WB4HAM
C91W        N1FHJ       KG4WD       W4WX        YD2USR      YB2UJY
C98DC       DL7AFS      KH0/KF2XN   W2GR        YE7V        YC7WZ
C98RF       DL6DQW      KH7X        K2PF        YM3CC       LX1CC
CE9R        CE3HDI      KP2D        KU9C        YN4SU       TI4SU
CN2MP       EA9AM       KP4SQ       KD8IW       YS1EJ       W4GJ
CO8EJ       EA5KB       LG5LG       SM5DJZ      ZC4ATC      5B4YX
CQ0BWW      CT1BWW      LN1HQ       LA6FJA (c)  ZC4DW       G0DEZ
CT3AS       DJ8FW       LN8W        LA8W        ZK1XYL      VK3DYL
CX7CO       SM5KCO      LR0N        LU2NI       ZK2MO       OM2SA
DU9/N0NM    W4DR        LU1DZ       EA3RS       ZK2TO       OM2SA
ED1SGE      EA1AAA      LX/PA6Z     PA1KW       ZL5CP       AI3D
ED2LUZ      EA2CV       N6XIV/KH9   K2FF        ZS02AM      ZS6DX
ED5TIC      EA5FHK      OH0B        OH2BH       ZS7/ZS4AGA  ZS4A
ED5TII      EA5FHK      OY2H        I2MQP       ZV5OKT      PP5BLU
ED5TIM      EA5FHK      OY3QN       OZ1ACB      ZW100J      PT2AA
ED6EDB      EA6SB       P43P        I2MQP       ZW5B        W3HC

(a) bureau
(b) direct
(c) SAC CW 2002 & CQ/RJ WW RTTY 2002 only
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ADDRESSES - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• BA1DU - P.O.Box 8091, Beijing 100088, China
• DJ4KW - Gerd R. Sapper, Gumbinner Str. 5a, D-21337 Lueneburg, Germany
• DL6DQW - Reinhard Fendler, Waldteichstr. 34/ 21-15, D-01468 Boxdorf, Germany
• E21EIC - Champ C. Muangamphun, P.O. Box 1090, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10903, Thailand
• EA3RS - Toni Herrera Caro, P.O. Box 555, E-08914 Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
• EA7FTR - Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias 23, 21110 Aljaraque, Huelva, Spain
• F5BAR - Jean-Luc Bouchet, Chemin de l'Artaude, 14 Verger Beauvoir, 83220 Le Pradet, France
• G4OBK - Phil Catterall, Wayside, Lendales Lane, Pickering, YO18 8EE, England, UK
• IK2DUW - Antonello Passarella, Via M. Gioia 6, 20051 Limbiate - MI, Italy
• IK2QPR - Paolo Fava, Via Bertani 8, 46100 Mantova - MN, Italy
• IN3VZE - Ely Camin, Corso 3 Novembre 136/2, 38100 Trento - TN, Italy
• JA1HGY - Nao Mashita, 8-2-4 Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo 107-0052, Japan
• JA1MRM - Saburo Asano, 3-26-8 Toyotamakita, Nerima, Tokyo, 176-0012 Japan
• JA5XAE - Hirokazu Yano, 1-3-7 Minami-machi, Matsuyama City, Ehime 790-0856, Japan
• JD1BJP - Shigeki Ohno, 5-26-11 Kanai, Machida, 195-0072 Japan
• K4BAI - John Laney, P.O. Box 421, Columbus, GA 31902-0421, USA
• LU4EJ - Mariano Viva, Independencia 1193, Mar del Plata 7600, Argentina
• N1NK - Jim Spears, 494 West Demello Drive, Tiverton, RI 02878-2771, USA
• OM2SA - George Sipos, 93013 Trhova Hradska 550, Slovakia
• OZ1ACB - Allis Andersen, Kagsaavej 34, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark
• PA1AW - Alex van Hengel, De Manning 15, 2995AE Heerjansdam, The Netherlands
• RN4LP - Vladislav Lakeev, P.O. Box 208, Dimitrovgrad, 433512, Russia
• SM5DJZ - Jan Hallenberg, Vassunda Andersberg, SE-741 91 Knivsta, Sweden
• SM5KCO - Carlos Rodriguez, Gaskullstigen 2 B, 644 36 Torshalla, Sweden
• UT7UJ - Dmitry Davidenko, P.O. Box 109, Kiev-209, 04209, Ukraine
• VE2XO - Francois Normant, 3054 avenue Lacombe, Montreal QC H3T 1L4, Canada
• VK3DYL - Gwen Tilson, 3 Gould Court, Mt. Waverley, Victoria 3149, Australia
• VK3KXG - Paul Stampton, 69-71 Brown Street, Leongatha, Victoria 3953, Australia
• W2GR - Mike Benjamin, 1064 99th Street, Niagara Falls, NY 14304, USA
• W3HNK - Joseph Arcure, P.O. Box 73, Edgemont, PA 190278, USA
• W4FOA - Tony Martin, 1801 Grand Center Road, Chickamauga, GA 30707-1878, USA
• W5UE - Randy Becnel, P.O. Box 170, Kiln, MS 39556-0170, USA
• W5UE - Randy Becnel, PO BOX 170, Kiln, MS 39556-0170, USA
• YC7WZ - Sy. Bandi Irwan R., P.O. Box 1419, Samarinda, Kaltim 75100, Indonesia
• ZS4A - Stefanus F. de Lange, Posbus 1542, Bethlehem 9700, South Africa

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