2 November 2002
No 600
4 2 5 D X N E W S DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
9A - Members from the Croatian IOCA Group
will be active as 9A6AA/p on 20, 15 and 40 metres SSB from a few
islands in Kvarner group (EU-136) area between 31 October and 4
November. Their main target is the island/lighthouse of Susak
(CI-108, LH-0444, CRO-011), which is likely to be activated on 2
November. [TNX 9A6AA]
D4 - Nicolas, F5TGR will operate (on 10-20
metres SSB and CW) as D44TR from Sal Island (AF-086), Cape Verde
on 1-12 November. QSL via F5TGR either direct (Nicolas Quennet, 8
bis Rue de la marne, 95220 Herblay, France) or through the
bureau. [TNX F5TGR]
EP - Victor/UT8LL, Massoud/EP2ES and other
Iranian operators are active as EP6KI from Qeys (Kish) Island
(AS-166) until 3 November. QSL via G4WFZ either direct or through
the RSGB bureau.
FM - Clemens, DL2GAN will operate (on 10, 15
and 20 metres CW and SSB) as FM/DL2GAN from Martinique (NA-107)
on 8-28 November. QSL via DL2GAN. [TNX The Daily DX]
FO - Bob, WA4OAB is going to be active as
FO/WA4OAB from Tahiti (OC-046, French Polynesia) on 9-10 November
and from Moorea (OC-046, French Polynesia) on 12-13 November. He
plans to operate on 10, 15 and 20 metres CW and SSB around 22 UTC
and possibly also on 20 metres at 9 UTC. QSL via home call. [TNX
OPDX Bulletin]
FY - A group of operators from Radio Club
Guyane will be active as FY5KAC from the western part on the
country on 8-11 November. They will have one station for HF, one
station for 6 metres and a third station for satellite operation.
QSL via bureau. [TNX La Gazette du DX]
HA - Special event station HG0WGC will be
active on 1-30 November to celebrate the World Gymnastic
Championship in Debrecen, Hungary. Special QSL via HA0NAR either
direct (Dr. Laszlo Radocz, 130/A. Rozsavolgy str., Debrecen,
H-4225, Hungary) or through the bureau. [TNX HA0NAR]
HL_ssh - Oleg, UA1PBA is currently active as
HL8KSJ from the club station at the Korean Antarctic base
"King Sejong" (WABA HL-01) on King George Island, South
Shetlands (AN-010). [TNX DL5EBE]
JA - Look for Taka, JR3TVH/6 to be active (on
40, 20, 17, 15, 10 and 6 metres SSB and CW) from Miyako Island
(AS-079) on 1-4 November. QSL via JR3TVH either direct or through
the bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
KH8 - Mike, KH8/KM9D (ZK2TO) is now at Pago
Pago, American Samoa and has received permission to visit and
operate from the rare Swains Island (OC-200). On 29 October he
reported the date for sailing had not been fixed, "but
probably we will leave the harbor at Pago Pago in the middle of
the week". The distance to Swains Island is approximately
200 nautical miles. QSL via OM2SA. [TNX OM3JW]
PY - PY1LVF (Vieira), PY1NEW (Pete), PY1NEZ
(Lima) and PY1VOY (Rick) will be active (on 6, 10, 12, 15, 17,
20, 30, 40 and 80 metres CW and SSB) as PR2C and/or homecall/2
from Comprida Island (SA-024) on 4-11 November. QSL according to
operators' instructions. [TNX PY1NEZ]
S2 - John, KX7YT will be active (on 10, 15
and 20 metres SSB and PSK31) as S21YV from Bangladesh between 8
November and 4 December. QSL via to home call. [TNX the Daily DX]
W - Look for Guy, AC9X/p to be active on 20
and 40 metres from Biddle Island (not IOTA, USI IN-001R) on 3
November, starting around 13 UTC. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ]
XY - Hiroo, JA2EZD (XW2A) was not able to go
and operate from Myanmar [425dxn 597] due to health reasons and
has postponed his trip to 30 October-12 November. He will operate
as XY1M on 160-6 metres CW and SSB. QSL via XW2A (Hiroo Yonezuka,
P.O. Box 2659, Vientiane, Laos). [TNX JI6KVR]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
IOTA TROPHIES --> At the RSGB HF
& IOTA Convention last month the 2001 Shell Trophies
were presented as follows:
Most Courageous: to the Russian
team on the "Lost Islands" expedition
to Ushakova and Uyedineniya (RI0B and RU0B) Most Outstanding in Africa, Asia, and
Europe: to the JW0PK team who operated
from Prins Karls Forland (EU-063) Most Outstanding in North and South
America and Oceania: to the team led by
VE7DP who operated from the Philippine IOTA
groups OC-091, OC-093, OC-126 and OC-244.
Merit Awards for consistent service to the IOTA
community were also presented to PA3GIO, ON4QM,
JI3DST, and F6BFH. [TNX G3ZAY]
QSL 3V8BB ---> Bernie McClenny, W3UR,
Editor of The Daily DX, maintains a list of QSL routes
for operations that have taken place from 3V8BB. Check http://www.dailydx.com/3v8bb.html.
QSL 5C2MI ---> Giorgio, I2JSB reports
that all of the QSLs for the July 2002 operation from
Mogador island (AF-065) received so far have been replied
to. QSL direct only to Giorgio Savini, P.O. Box 55, 20089
Rozzano - MI, Italy. On-line logs are available at http://www.arisettimo.it.
QSL RI0L ---> Antonello, IK2DUW
reports that he has no backlog for the July 2002
operation from AS-066 (Rikorda and Rimskogo-Korsakova
Islands). QSL to Antonello Passarella, Via M. Gioia 6,
20051 Limbiate - MI, Italy.
QSL T77CD ---> Please note that cards
for Giovanni, T77CD should be routed direct via his QSL
manager, I0MWI (Stefano Cipriani, Via Taranto 60, 00055
Ladispoli - RM, Italy). Do not send your QSLs direct to
T77CD as this does not speed up the process.
QSL TG9NX ---> Please note that KZ8Y
[425DXN 599] is not the QSL manager for Franco, TG9NX
(cards should be sent to the address on qrz.com). We
apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused
Franco and our readers.
QSL XF4IH ---> The first batch of 300
direct QSLs for the March 2002 operation from Cacaluta
Island (NA-188) was mailed on 28 October. Enrique, XE1IH
(ex XE1LWY) expects to finish by the end of November.
[TNX G3NUG]
ZL7C ---> The Kermadec DX Association
expedition completed operation with the final QSO being
at 10.15 UTC on 27 October. The provisional total number
of QSOs stands at 72,200, including some 5513 QSOs plus
88 dupes logged in the CQWW SSB Contest. The entry in the
CQWW Contest was on two radios only and included
operation on 10, 15, 20 and 40 metres. [TNX ZL2AL]
LOGS: Logs for the recent FO/I2YSB and
FO/IK2GNW operation from Rurutu (OC-050) in the Austral
Islands are now available at http://digilander.libero.it/i2ysb.
Z35M - Vladimir Kovaceski, P.O. Box 10,
Struga 6330, Macedonia
ZL4HU - Ken Holdom, P.O. Box 7, Clyde,
Central Otago, New Zealand
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