11 January 2003
No 610
4 2 5 D X N E W S DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
7Q - Allan, G0IAS reports that Harry, 7Q7HB
will be active from Malawi for some other eight weeks, while Les,
7Q7LA will be active from 14 January for about three months
(looking this time to give people the chance of QSOs on 30
metres). QSL for both stations via G0IAS direct only).
A4 - Marco, IV3NCC is active as A4/IV3NCC
from Oman for a couple of months. He hopes to operate soon on the
low bands. QSL via home call.
CE - Fernando, XQ5SM says he will not be part
of the CE6M team that is going to Mocha Island (SA-061) [425DXN
607]. The operation is now scheduled to take place on 15-20
January. The operators will work SSB (on +/- 28510, 24950, 21250,
18145, 14275, 7085, 7150, 3690 KHz) during the first four days
and will concentrate on CW on the 19-20th. Latest information
will be published at http://www.geocities.com/ce6ne/Mocha_Island.
QSL to P.O. Box 591, Temuco, Chile. [TNX CE6NE]
CX - The CV1F activity from San Gabriel
Island (SA-057) [425DXN 607] is now scheduled to take place on
10-15 January. The operators will be CX1CV, CX1ABC, CX1SI, CX2FR,
CX2AM, CX3CE, CX3AN, CX4CR, CX4AAE, CX4AAJ, CX8FB and LU2NI. They
will be active on 160-2 metres SSB, CW, PSK31 and RTTY if
possible. QSL via EA5KB. [TNX CX2AM]
FG - Jack, F6HMJ/TO2FG [425DXN 603] will be
active (on 20 metres SSB and CW) as TO2FG/p from Marie Galante
(NA-102, DIFO FG-008) for a few hours on 11 January, starting
around 13 UTC. QSL via home call. The DIFO web page is at http://www.qsl.net/f5nod/difo.html.
[TNX F5NQL]
I - Special call II1D will be aired by Carlo,
IZ1CCE and others during 2003 to celebrate the European Year of
the Disabled. QSL via IZ1CCE either direct (Carlo Sobrito, Via I
Maggio 9, 10051 Avigliana - TO, Italy) or through the bureau.
[TNX IZ1CCE]
KH9 - Chuck Brady, N4BQW is expected to
operate as N4BQW/KH9 from Wake Island (OC-053) on 15-25 January.
QSL direct to KB6NAN. [TNX The Daily DX]
LU - Look for Robert, 3A2MY to be signing
LU/3A2MY on 16-23 January from Aconcagua, the highest peak (6959
metres asl) in the Andes. Robert will use a home made QRP
transceiver (5 watts) supplied by solar cells, and will operate
between 14280 and 14290 kHz. Special QSL via home call. [TNX
F5NQL]
LU_ant - Dominik, DL5EBE reports that LU1ZG
from "General Belgrano II" base (WABA LU-08, IOTA
AN-016), LU1ZD from "San Martin" base (LU-11, AN-016)
and LU1ZV from "Esperanza" base (LU-06, AN-016) are
expected to be on 21365 kHz at 22 UTC as follows:
LU1ZG 15 January and 14 February
LU1ZD 24 January and 28 February
LU1ZV 28 January and 18 February
In the meanwhile, operator Jose is active as LU1ZA from
"Orcadas del Sur" base (WABA LU-14) on Laurie Island,
South Orkneys (AN-008); he is QRV almost daily between 22 and 23
UTC on 15 and 20 metres.
P2 - Bernhard, DL2GAC/P29VMS is currently
active as H44MS from Honiara (OC-047), Solomon Islands and on 13
January he will go to Papua New Guinea. On 18 January he will
leave Kavieng (New Ireland Province) on board of a fishing vessel
that is due to call at Nissan Island (OC-231), the Talun Islands
(OC-???), the Nuguria Islands (OC-???) and to return to Kavieng
at the end of January. Bernhard does not know how long the ship
will stop at each island, but he hopes to be able to operate for
1-2 days from some of these islands. These will be battery
powered and solar recharged operations, and IOTA chasers are
invited to work him only once per island. QSL via DL2GAC. [TNX
DL2GAC]
PJ - Lee Reisenweber, VP2VE will be active as
PJ5/K3RGD on all bands from St. Eustatius (NA-145) from 10
January to 10 February. QSL via WA2NHA. Skeds may be arranged
using VP2VE@AMSAT.ORG with a
very short message (1 line - 75 characters). [TNX VP2VE]
ST - Gerben, PA5NT will be active as ST2X
from Khartoum, Sudan on 20-28 January. He will operate on 40-10
metres mainly CW with some SSB, activity on 80 and 6 metres will
depending on local conditions. QSL via PA5NT (Gerben A. Menting,
Waezenburglaan 104, 9351 HG Leek, The Netherlands). More
information at http://dx.to/
(log search will be available during the operation). [TNX PA5NT]
VK - Look for VK7KHZ/P to be active (on 10,
12, 15, 17 and 20 metres) from Bruny Island (OC-233) on 19-22
January. QSL via EA7FTR (Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias 23,
21110 Aljaraque, Huelva, Spain). [TNX EA7FTR]
VP8_ant - Micky is currently QRV from VP8ROT,
"Rothera" base (WABA G-07) on Adelaide Island (AN-001),
Antarctica. He has been active on 20 metres between 2 and 5 UTC.
QSL via GM0HCQ.
XY - Hiroo, JA2EZD (XW2A) will be active as
XY1M from Myanmar on 14-29 January. He plans to concentrate on 6
metres and the low bands. QSL via XW2A (Hiroo Yonezuka, P.O.Box
2659, Vientiane, Laos). [TNX The Daily DX]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
CAROLINA DX ASSOCIATION ---> At its
annual meeting in December 2002, the Carolina DX
Association (http://www.cdxa.org/) elected the
following new officers for 2003: Ted Goldthorpe, W4VHF
(President); Bob Burton, N4PQX (Vice-President); Jim
Miller, K4SQR (Secretary-Treasurer); Joe Simpkins, K4MD
(Cluster Manager); John Scott, K8YC (Newsletter Editor).
[TNX K8YC]
DARC 10M CONTEST ---> The DARC HF
Contest Committee invites you to participate in the DARC
10M Contest (CW and SSB) to be held on 12 January from 9
UTC through 10.59 UTC (two hours only). Rules can be
found at http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/fedcz.htm.
[TNX DL8WAA]
DUCIE ISLAND ---> In early March the
operators for the second Ducie operation will leave the
Gambier Islands (French Polynesia) via boat for Pitcairn
and then Ducie. Several more operators will be welcome,
particularly one who is CW competent. Some SSB and RTTY
experience will be helpful. Interested and experienced
operators can contact Stu, WA2MOE (wa2moe@firstinter.net)
with a brief outline of experience.
HR5/F2JD ---> Gerard, HR5/F2JD has
logged 5200+ QSO so far (he will be in Honduras until
early March) and hopes to put up an antenna for 160
metres. Jean-Michel, F6AJA has received the first batch
of logs. If you want to check your QSO, send an e-mail to
log.f6kpo@eudil.fr
(put your callsign in the subject line). [TNX F6AJA]
K1BV DX AWARDS DIRECTORY ---> The
2003 Edition features hundreds of changes, especially
from the European countries that adopted the Euro as a
common currency last year, as well as over 150 new
awards. Ted has prepared a special page on his website
which gives a better description of the changes: http://www.dxawards.com/2003edition.htm.
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Please note that
DJ7DZ is not the QSL manager for Yuri, UA9SP. [TNX UA6JD]
QSL HK3CW ---> Mike, W2GR reports he
is now handling *direct* cards only for Rob, HK3CW. QSL
to Mike Benjamin, 1064 99th Street, Niagara Falls, NY
14304, USA. Bureau cards should go to HK3CW.
QSL 9U5D & 9Q0AR ---> Leif,
SM5BFJ reports that "the Swedish Post Office has
raised the postage to a level that 1$ is not enough to
cover my return postage". If you still need a QSL
card, "please 2$ or 1 IRC".
QSL LX/PA6Z ---> Bert, PA1KW reports
that the QSL cards for the September 2002 operation from
Luxembourg are going to be sent out in the next coming
weeks.
QSL R1ANC ---> Please note that cards
for R1ANC from Vostok base are via DL5EBE, while cards
for Alan's (UA1PAC) portable operations should be sent to
Alan V. Kuz'menko, P.O. Box 88, Amderma, 166744, Russia.
Alan is currently active as R1ANC/p from Lake Vostok
until 15 January; he also plans to be active as
KC4/UA1PAC from McMurdo base and as ZL3/UA1PAC from
Christchurch, New Zealand for a few days in late January.
[TNX UA1AKE]
QSL RU0SYL ---> Nadia, RU0SYL
operates on 10, 15 and 20 metres from near the city of
Bratsk, Zone 18. Her QSL manager is UA0SE (Serge Karpov,
P.O.Box 5247, Angarsk 665819, Russia). [TNX UA0SE]
QSL V63RE & V63WN ---> Bewteen
Christmas and the New Year Nando, IT9YRE was hospitalized
and had to undergo two operations. Nando is slowly
recovering and expects to leave the hospital very soon,
but he is still extremely weak. Gaetano, IT9GAI is
helping him with the QSL cards, and the two are doing
their best to send out the cards so that they reach their
destination in time for the IOTA Honour Roll annual
update.
QSL VIA N9NU ---> Tim is the QSL
manager for KH6XT (not KH6X as reported in 425DXN 610).
He apologizes for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Online logs are available at http://www.n9nu.net/logsearch/logsearch.html.
QSL VIA UA4WHX ---> Vladimir,
UA4WHX/AC4LN apologizes for the delay in answering the
QSL requests for his summer operations (V31BV, TG4/AC4LN,
TG4/UA4WHX, YS1/AC4LN, AC4LN/HR2, AC4LN/HR1, H7/AC4LN,
AC4LN/TI2, HP8/AC4LN, HP1/AC4LN, AC4LN/6Y5, HI8/AC4LN,
AC4LN/HH2, 9Y4/AC4LN, 8R1/AC4LN, 8P9/AC4LN, 8P9BV,
J6/AC4LN, J73/AC4LN, J8/AC4LN, AC4LN/J3). The QSLs have
been printed but their quality was so low that the whole
order had to be placed again, and this might take an
extra while. If you are interested in knowing if your
QSL(s) has/have been received, please drop Vladimir (ua4whx@vem.udm.ru
or ua4whx@mail.ru) a
note with the call and the date/time of the QSO(s). QSL
to Vladimir M. Bykov, P.O. Box 2040, Izhevsk 426000,
Russia. [TNX UA4WHX]
WORLD LIGHTHOUSE AWARD ---> Developed
by F5OGG, F5SKJ, F6DGT, F-17511 and W9DC, the World
Lighthouse Award (WLH) is available to either licenced
amateurs and SWLs for confirmed contacts made with valid
WLH lighthouse expeditions since 1 July 1997. Further
information, including the WLH list of valid lighthouses,
is available at http://wlh.online.fr. [TNX F5OGG]
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
CQ CALLBOOK: Oleg N. Silkin, RA3DCT is
the author of a shareware logging software ("CQ
Log") and a new programme called "CQ
Callbook" - please visit http://www.cqlog.com/cqcallbk/cqcallbk.html
for further information.
CT1EEB: Pictures and short stories from
Jose's, CT1EEB (aka 4W6EB and VK8CS) operations are
available at http://www.qsl.net/ct1eeb.
I QRP CLUB: The new web site for the
I(taly) QRP Club is up and running at http://www.arimontebelluna.it.
[TNX I3FFE]
LICENCES: The worldwide licensing
information pages by Veikko "Veke" Komppa,
OH2MCN (http://www.qsl.net/oh2mcn/license.htm)
contain detailed and up to date information on how to get
a radio amateur license in 250+ countries. Latest changes
regard C5, 5Z4, 9V1, V85, 9M and VK.
LOGS: The C53M & C56R logs are now
available at http://dx.qsl.net.
[TNX OH9MM]
LU8VCC - Alejandro Rocca, Calle 217 Bis
1128, 8332 General Roca, Rio Negro, Argentina
PA3GIO-- Bert vd Berg, Parklaan 38,
NL-3931 KK Woudenberg, The Netherlands
SM5DJZ - Jan Hallenberg, Vassunda
Andersberg, SE-741 91 Knivsta, Sweden
UA3CS - Serge A. Ivanov, Ul. Vokzalnaya
D.11 Kv.25, Zavety Il'icha, 141254, Pushkino, Moskovskaya
Obl., Russia
UA4HUR - Eugene Vihanov, P.O. Box 1228,
Togliatti, 445032, Russia
VA7DZ - Eric Manning, 2909 Phyllis
Street, Victoria, BC V8N 1Y8, Canada
YO9HP - Alex Panoiu, Pleasa, Prahova
RO-2038, Romania
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