3 January 2003
No 609
4 2 5 D X N E W S DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
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3C - Alan, G3XAQ reports he will be visiting
Malabo, Bioco Island (AF-010), Equatorial Guinea on 9-21 January
and expects to operate on 160-10 metres, with an emphasis on the
low bands CW. Callsign 3C5XA has been requested. QSL direct to
G3XAQ.
9G - Arno, DL1CW and Andy, DL3GA plan to be
active from Ghana on 5-18 February. Requested calls are 9G5AP
(DL1CW) and 9G5GA (DL3GA); they will operate on 10-80 metres
(hopefully on 6 metres as well) CW, RTTY and some SSB.
Participation in the WPX RTTY and ARRL DX CW Contests is also
being planned. [TNX DL3GA]
C6 - Bill, KM1E (C6AGN) will be active on
160-6 metres from the Bahamas from 4 January to 4 March. QSL via
W1DIG. [TNX The Daily DX]
D4 - Al, 4L5A will participate in the
following contests as D4B from Cape Verde:
CQ 160 Meter CW: 24-26 January, single operator
ARRL International DX CW: 15-16 February, SOAB HP or single band
CQ 160 Meter SSB: 21-23 February, single operator
ARRL International DX SSB: 1-2 March, SOAB HP or single band
DU - Chris, VK3FY/DU8 has been on Mindanao
(OC-130) since 26 December and planned to be active on and off
from an island in OC-235 as of 1 January for some ten days. Day
operations will be from 8 to 18 local time, but there is a
possibility of an overnight stay. Due to a sensitive local
situation, this operation could be terminated without notice. QSL
via EA7JX. The Contact Point for further information is Stuie,
VK8NSB (vk8nsb@octa4.net.au).
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
F - Fabrice/F5NBQ, Bertrand/F6HKA and
Jean-Louis/F5UJK will be active as F5NBQ/P from Oleron Island
(EU-032) on 25-27 January, including an entry in the CQ WW 160
Meter CW DX Contest. [TNX The Daily DX]
HC - Andy Stchislenok, NP3D will be active
(on all HF bands plus 6 metres SSB and CW) as HC1/NP3D from
Ecuador on 22-27 January, including an entry in the CQ 160 Meter
CW Contest. QSL via W3HNK. [TNX NG3K]
HI - John, F5VHQ (ex OE5TGL) will operate (on
40-10 metres SSB) as F5VHQ/HI9 from the Dominican Republic
(NA-096) on 16-24 January. QSL via home call either direct or
through the bureau. [TNX F5VHQ]
HR - Wayne, K9YNF reports he will be active
as K9YNF/HR9 from Roatan Island (NA-057) on 11-18 January. He
will operate SSB only on 14260, 18128, 24950, 28460 and 28560 +/-
QRM. QSL via home call either direct or through the bureau.
JD1_og - Fukushige, JM6DZB will be working on
Iwo Jima (AS-030), Ogasawara Islands until the end of 2003. He
plans to operate as JM6DZB/JD1 on 80, 40 and 15 metres SSB during
his free time. QSL via home call, preferably through the bureau.
[TNX JI3DST]
UA - Eugene, UA4HUR will be celebrating the
new year as UE4HNY until 15 January. QSL via home call (Eugene
Vihanov, P.O. Box 1228, Togliatti, 445032, Russia). [TNX RU4HP]
UT - Special event station EM60USB will be
active from 23 January through 2 February to commemorate the 60th
anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad. QSL via UT5UKY either
direct (Vladimir Prikhodko, P.O. Box 54, Kiev 04213, Ukraine) or
through the bureau. [TNX UT5UKY]
V3 - Art Phillips, NN7A, will operate as
V31JZ/p from South Water Caye (NA-180), Belize on 17-20 January.
NA-180 was activated for the first time by Art himself and Mike
Sharp, NG7S/V31RL back in February, 1993. This will be a
part-time one-person operation with 100 watts, vertical and wire
antennas. Art will operate mostly CW on 40-10 metres, WARC bands
included, with some 80m and 160m. Some SSB on 20 and 15 metres is
possible, conditions permitting. QSL via NN7A either direct (Art
Phillips, P.O. Box 201, Flagstaff, AZ 86002, USA) or through the
bureau. [TNX NN7A]
V3 - Gisela, DK9GG and Gerd, DJ4KW will be
active (CW and SSB) as V31GW and V31YN from Belize from 9 January
until 25 February. On 8 February thry will be joined by Frank,
DL2SWW and Gabi, DG2TM (V3 calls not known) and the four plan to
operate from NA-073 on 21-23 February. QSL via home calls. [TNX
DL2VFR]
VE - Gerald/VE2ACP, Gervais/VE2UE and
Steve/VE2TKH will be active from Zone 2 on 14-17 January. Gerald
and Gervais plan to operate as VO2UE, while Steve expects to use
either VE2TKH/VO2 or, if he gets it in time, VO2ZT. This will be
a generator and battery operation, with a G5RV and vertical
antennas on most HF bands, mostly SSB with some CW. QSL VO2UE via
VE2ACP, QSL VE2TKH/VO2 (or VO2ZT) via VE2TKH. Further information
will be available at http://www.qsl.net/ve2tkh. [TNX NG3K]
VP6 - Ed, W2SN reports he will operate as
VP6EM from Pitcairn Island (OC-044) on 4 February, between 17.00
and 23.59 UTC, on 10, 15 and/or 20 metres SSB, depending on
propagation. QSL via home call.
VP6_duc - JR2KDN, FO3BM, VP6AZ, VP6DB, VP6MW
and other operators from Japan expect to be active (on 10-160
metres CW, SSB and RTTY) from Ducie Island (OC-182) for one week
starting around 8 March. [TNX The Daily DX]
VR2 - Terry, VE7TLL plans to operate as
VR2/VE7TLL from Lantau Island (AS-006), Hong Kong between 30
January and 10 February. This is not a DXpedition, but he will
try to be as active as possible on the usual IOTA frequencies.
[TNX VE7TLL]
W - The Marconi Radio Club (W1AA) and the
Marconi Cape Cod Memorial Radio Club (KM1CC) will operate a
special event station on 11-19 January to celebrate the 100th
anniversary of Guglielmo Marconi's first wireless transmission
between the United States and Europe. Operations will take place
from the former Coast Guard station at Coast Guard Beach in
Eastham, Massachusetts, from near the site of the original
Marconi 1903 station. For details see http://personal.tmlp.com/k1vv/w1aa.
[TNX K1VV]
W - Look for Bob, W2SF/p to be active (on
SSB, CW and RTTY) from Lower Matecumbe Key (USI FL-062S) in the
Florida Keys (NA-062) until June. QSL via home call, either
direct or through the bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
ZK2 - Bert, PA3GIO will be active as ZK2GI
from Niue Island (OC-040) on approximately 18-26 January. He will
operate SSB only with 100 watts and a Doublet antenna. QSL via
PA3GIO, preferably through the bureau (e-mail requests for bureau
cards are welcome at qsl@pa3gio.nl,
no attachments and no eQSLs please). Direct QSLs to Bert vd Berg,
Parklaan 38, NL-3931 KK Woudenberg, The Netherlands. The web
pages for the operation are at http://www.pa3gio.nl/ZK2GI/
and http://www.qsl.net/pa3gio/ZK2GI/.
[TNX PA3GIO]
ZL - Bert, PA3GIO will be active as
ZL1/PA3GIO/p from Waiheke Island (OC-201) on 10 January only. QSL
via PA3GIO, preferably through the bureau (e-mail requests for
bureau cards are welcome at qsl@pa3gio.nl,
no attachments and no eQSLs please). The web pages for the
operation are at http://www.pa3gio.nl/ZL/ and http://www.qsl.net/pa3gio/ZL/.
[TNX PA3GIO]
ZS - Members of the Vaal Triangle ARC will
operate as ZS90SAP on 80, 40, 20, 10 and 6 metres through 31
December to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the South African
Police Service. QSL via bureau or direct to ZS6ZYM (Jan
Swanepoel, P.O. Box 14393, Zuurfontein 1912, South Africa). [TNX
OPDX Bulletin]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Please note that
K4SXT is not the QSL manager for A92GE.
PIRATE ---> W2FB is not the QSL
manager for EL2FB: "This is what the operator was
signing", The Daily DX reports, "so the
November operations of EL2FB must have been that of a
pirate".
QSL ARRL 10M CONTEST ---> Ferdi,
XQ5SM reports that the following special calls were used
during the latest ARRL 10 Meter Contest (14-15 December):
CE3N (ops. CE3NR and CE4PBB), QSL via CE3NR
CB4Y (ops. CE4FXY and CE4USW), QSL via CE4FXY
3G5A (op. XQ5SM), QSL via XQ5SM.
QSL HZ1HZ ---> Due to a regrettable
oversight, Leo Fry, K8PYD has been listed as the QSL
manager for HZ1HZ (425DXN #608). Please note that the
correct QSL route is (and has been since 1984) via Dick
Moen, N7RO (while Leo still manages HZ1AB only). We
apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our
readers.
QSL UK8FC ---> Vasil, RW6HS report
that DK6CW "is not and has never been" the QSL
manager for Gena, UK8FC. QSL cards are still to sent to
RW6HS himself.
QSL VE2/ & VY0/W2NTJ ---> In 2002
Jack, W2NTJ only operated as VE2/ from his cabin a few
miles north of Chibougamau, and as VY0/ from North Twin
Island in Hudson Bay. All DX cluster spots indicating
NA-159 were wrong. Jack is expected to mail his logs to
VE3LYC over the next few days. [TNX VE3LYC]
QSL VIA N9NU ---> Tim is the QSL
manager for KH6X, 9K2AI and, effective 1 February 2003,
YB0GJS. Online logs are available at http://www.n9nu.net/logsearch/logsearch.html.
QSL either direct (Tim Dickerson, 900 Vincent Drive,
Sandwich, IL 60548, USA) or through the bureau. [TNX
N9NU]
WABA DIRECTORY ---> The Diamond DX
Club reports that the new WABA (Worked Antarctic Bases
Award) Directory 2003 is now available for free
downloading as .pdf document [425DXN 598] on the club's
web site (http://www.ddxc.net).
The WABA Directory 2003 includes a 12-page revised
Antarctic bases listing (with corrections, integrations
and a new column for IOTA reference numbers) as well as a
new section (6 pages) for historical notes. [TNX Diamond
DX Club]
ZK3 ---> Someone recently circulated
the information that Mario, IZ8DBJ would operate as ZK3DJ
from a Tokelau new IOTA on 1-8 February. This is not true
and Mario cannot explain where the news originated from.
He and other Italian operators are actually planning an
activity from an IOTA new one, which obviously cannot be
Tokelau (OC-048); further information will be given only
if and when their plans are firm. [TNX IZ8DBJ]
PERIOD CALL REF
===========================================================================
till 05/01 7S7SAN: Sandhammaren lighthouse 608
till Jan 8N1OGA: Ogasawara 608
till 06/01 9N7WU: Nepal * by JA8MWU 608
till 2004 CN2PM: Morocco * by G3WQU 571
till 07/01 E20AJ: special event station (Thailand) 608
till 09/01 EA6/DL6KAC: Mallorca Island (EU-004) 608
till 15/03 HF70x and SN70x: special stations (Poland) 606
till 12/01 HG03HNY: special call * by HG4I 605
till 30/11 HL0KSJ & D88S: "King Sejong" (WABA HL-01) * by DS4CNB 603
till 03/03 HR5/F2JD: Honduras 603
till 10/05 IU5ONU: special event station 605
till 01/06 J28UN: Djibouti * by F8UNF 596
till 31/12 JM6DZB/JD1: Iwo Jima (AS-030), Ogasawara 609
till 05/01 JI3DST/6: Miyako Island (AS-079) 607
till June JW0HU: Spitsbergen (EU-026) * by SP3GVX 582
till Jan KC4/N2TA: "East Camp" (WABA K-12) * by RW1AI 591
till Jan KC4/NK3T: "McMurdo" Base (AN-011, WABA K-09) 602
till 24/12 KL7JR: Shemya Island (NA-037) 604
till ?? LU1ZD: "San Martin" Base (WABA LU-11) 604
till ?? LU1ZG: "Belgrano II" Base (WABA LU-08) 604
till ?? LU1ZV: "Esperanza" Base (WABA LU-06) 604
till 08/01 N8Z: Virgin Islands (NA-106) * by W8GEX and WZ8D 607
till 2004 R1ANZ: "Mirny" Base (WABA UA-07) 608
till 2003 RW1AI/ANT & R1ANC: Vostok Base 564
till 07/01 S21/VA7DZ: Bangladesh 608
till 30/06 ST1MN: Sudan 603
till 2003 T30ES: Butaritari (OC-017), W. Kiribati * by N1JSY 543
till 15/01 TO2FG: Guadeloupe (NA-102) * by F6HMJ 603
till 15/01 UE4HNY: special call * by UA4HUR 609
till April V31JP: Belize * by K8JP 601
till 07/01 VP5/W6XK, VP5/N6EE, VP5NN: North Caicos (NA-002) 608
till June W2SF: Lower Matecumbe Key (NA-062) 609
till April XT2ATI: Burkina Faso * by EA4ATI 601
till February ZL5CP: "Scott" Base (WABA ZL-02, AN-011) 593
till 30/01 ZS7/ZS4AGA: "SANAE IV" Base (WABA ZS-03) 608
till 31/12 ZS90SAP: special event station 609
02/01-18/01 PJ4/DL5NAM: Bonaire (SA-006) 608
03/01-04/01 S21/VA7DZ: St. Martin's Island (AS-127) 608
04/01-04/03 C6AGN: Bahamas * by KM1E 609
04/01-05/01 GB2COS: special event stations (England) 607
04/01-05/01 I8/IZ8CCW: IIA CS-004 and CS-003 608
04/01-18/01 P40AV: Aruba (SA-036) * by K4AVQ 608
04/01-05/01 ARRL RTTY Roundup ***
09/01-21/01 3C5XA: Bioco Island (AF-010) * by G3XAQ 609
09/01-25/02 V31GW and V31YN: Belize * by DK9GG and DJ4KW 609
10/01-13/01 CV1F: San Gabriel Island (SA-057) 607
10/01 ZL1/PA3GIO/p: Waiheke Island (OC-201) 609
11/01-18/01 K9YNF/HR9: Roatan Island (NA-057) 609
11/01-19/01 Special event station * by W1AA and KM1CC 609
11/01-12/01 East Asia 160/80m DX Contest 608
14/01-17/01 VO2UE & VE2TKH/VO2 (VO2ZT): Zone 2 609
15/01-18/01 CE6M: Mocha Island (SA-061) * by CEs 607
16/01-24/01 F5VHQ/HI9: Dominican Republic (NA-096) 609
17/01-20/01 V31JZ/p: South Water Caye (NA-180) * by NN7A 609
17/01-21/01 ZL4/G4EDG: Stewart Island (OC-203) 607
17/01-19/01 Contest Club of Finland Contest/DX Meeting 606
18/01-20/01 AA8LL/C6A, K8LIZ/C6A & C6ALB: NA-113 (Bahamas) 605
18/01-26/01 ZK2GI: Niue Island (OC-040) * by PA3GIO 609
19/01 Hungarian DX Contest ***
22/01-27/01 HC1/NP3D: Ecuador 609
23/01-02/02 EM60USB: special event station (Ukraine) 609
23/01-02/02 ER60SB: special event station (Moldova) 602
24/01-26/01 CQ 160 Meters CW Contest ***
25/01-27/01 F5NBQ/P: Oleron Isl. (EU-032) * by F5NBQ,F6HKA,F5UJK 609
30/01-10/02 VR2/VE7TLL: Lantau Island (AS-006), Hong Kong 609
January VK3FY/DU8: OC-235 609
04/02 VP6EM: Pitcairn Island (OC-044) * by W2SN 609
05/02-18/02 9G5AP and 9G5GA: Ghana * by DL1CW and DL3GA 609
21/02-23/02 V31GW and V31YN: NA-073 * by DK9GG and DJ4KW 609
23/02-24/02 GACW Key Day 608
15/03-10/04 ST1C: Sudan * by IV3OWC 603
March-November DP1POL: "Neumayer" Base (WABA DL-03) * by DL5XL 604
March ST0RY: Sudan * by DLs 608
March VP6: Ducie Island (OC-182) 609
12/04-13/04 Japan International DX CW Contest 608
20/06-23/06 VO1MRC on 60 metres 603
26/07-27/07 RSGB-IOTA Contest ***
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