25 January 2003
No 612
4 2 5 D X N E W S DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
425 DX NEWS MOST WANTED SURVEY - The results
are now available at http://www.425dxn.org/surv2003/ - many thanks
to the 2663 participants in the survey (last year they were
1985). Give also a look to the results of The DX Magazine's Most
Wanted Survey at http://www.dxpub.com/dx_news.html. Bernie
McClenny, W3UR, Editor of The Daily DX, has combined the results
of the two surveys and has come to the conclusion that the top 10
positions are being held by Andaman (VU4), Scarborough (BS7),
Lakshadweep (VU7), Juan de Nova & Europa (FR/J) and Peter I
(3Y), Desecheo (KP5) and Yemen (7O), Navassa (KP1) and North
Korea (P5), Aves (YV0).
5X - Bob, WB2YQH reports that Graham, 5X1GS
has been semi-active this month due to work related travel away
from Kampala. He is now travelling to Kenya (no operation) and
back to Uganda for a day before departing for the UK on 30
January. He will return to Uganda on 15 February, hopefully with
a WARC beam for a better signal. QSL via WB2YQH.
6W - Norbert, F6AXX will be active as
6W7/F6AXX from Saly, Senegal from 25 January to 7 February. His
favourite mode is CW and he plans to operate mainly during his
morning and night hours on or around 14035, 18090, 21035, 24105
and 28035 kHz. QSL via F6AXX either direct or through the bureau.
[TNX NG3K]
9Y - Look for Moni, 9Y/DL1SEN and Mike,
9Y/DL2SEK to be active on SSB and digital modes from Tobago
(SA-009) until 6 February. QSL via home calls. [TNX DX
Newsletter]
HH - Hans/DL7CM and Sid/DM2AYO will be active
as HH6/DL7CM and HH6/DM2AYO from Ile a Vache (NA-149), Haiti from
30 January to 15 February. They plan to operate on 160-6 metres
CW, SSB and RTTY, with a beam and a GP for the low bands. QSL via
home calls. Logs will be available at http://www.qsl.net/dl7cm/haiti.htm.
[TNX DL7CM]
I - Vincenzo, IT9NVA plans to be active from
Cozzo Spadaro lighthouse (WAIL SI-012, IOTA EU-025) on 25
January. He also says that is correct new address is P.O. Box
216, 96100 Siracusa - SR, Italy (Box 164, reported in 425DXN
#611, was a mistake and Vincenzo apologizes for any inconvenience
this may have caused).
OD - Pavel, OD5/OK1MU will participate in the
CQ WW 160 Meter CW Contest as Single Operator HP (he has about
400W but only a 35m half slooper). QSL via OKDX Foundation or
OK1TN. His web page is at http://www.qsl.net/ok1mu. [TNX NG3K]
PY - Scout Association Baependi, PY3UEB will
operate as ZX3S until 19 February to celebrate the World Social
Forum taking place in Porto Alegre. QSL via PY3CQ. [TNX PY3CQ]
T31 - Mike, KM9D is currently active as T31MY
from Canton Island (OC-043), Central Kiribati. QSL via OM2SA. The
Daily DX reports that Mike expects to remain there for the next
three to four weeks.
VK0_mi - The Daily DX reports that Peter,
VK0MQI will be leaving Macquarie Island the last week of March:
"he plans his last activity this Sunday (GMT) at 0000Z. Keep
an ear on 21365, 24940 and 28630".
VP5 - Chrissy, KB9VAL and her father Gary,
K9SG will be active as VP5/KB9VAL and VP5/K9SG from
Providenciales (NA-002) from 31 January through 3 February. QSL
via K9SG. [TNX The Daily DX]
XE - Hector/XE2K, Pablo/XE2CHE,
Rogelio/XE2FCR, Emidgio/XE2ZY, Hector/XE2CK and Ray/N6VR (CW
operator) will be active as XF1K from Isla Pelicano (NA-167)
between 6 and 9 February. This rare IOTA group (Sonora State
North) is needed by the 97.40% of the current IOTA members. The
operation will last three days. The team hopes to start operating
at 3 UTC on 6 February and expects to leave the island on either
the evening of 8 Feburary or the morning of the 9th (the decision
will depend on tides). SSB and CW operations are expected to take
place on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres, for 12-18 hours a day. QSL
via N6AWD either direct (Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr,
Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA) or through the bureau. The operations
is sponsored by the Island Radio Expedition Foundation (IREF) - http://www.islandradio.org.
[TNX AB5EB]
XY - Kai, JH6VZS and Shirow, JF6DEA are going
to join Hiroo, XY2A, who has been already active from Myanmar for
a few days. Kai and Shirow plan to be active, hopefully as XY5D
and XY6J, on 25-27 January and to concentrate on the low bands
and 6 metres. There is further infomation on Shirow's web site (http://www.ham-net.net/vu-dx/).
QSLs for XY5D and XY6J should be sent direct to JH6QIL (Shin-Ichi
Kusumoto, 1777-289, Nishi-Mochida, Aira-cho, Aira-Gun, Kagoshima,
899-5431 Japan). [TNX JF6DEA]
YB - Stan, OK1JR/YB0AJR reports he will be
active during the CQ WW 160 Meter CW Contest as YE0X from Jawa,
Indonesia. He will be looking for Europeans around 1855 kHz.
Special QSL via the YB bureau.
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
CDXC AWARD ---> Robert Felicite,
3B9FR is the first winner of the Chiltern DX Club's
"Local Heroes" Award. Club members voted for
Robert as an outstanding operator who, resident in a rare
DX location, has for many years tirelessly provided QSO's
and QSL's for thousands of amateurs worldwide, all
without major sponsorship. Nominations are now requested
for the 2003 award which will be decided in June this
year. Votes can be e-mailed to chairman@cdxc.org.uk.
[TNX G3LAS]
EWWA ---> The new Country List for
the European World Wide Award can be found at http://www.ewwa.net
or can be requested by sending an e-mail to radioamateur.tp2ce@coe.int.
[TNX F6FQK]
GREEK PREFIXES ---> Costas, SV1XV
reports the Greek amateur radio prefix system has changed
recently to support the introduction of the new VHF-only,
no-CW licence:
SV1-SV9 = full HF privileges
SW1-SW9 = 144 MHz and higher, no HF or 50 MHz
SZ1-SZ9 = club stations
J41-J49 = special event stations
SY1-SY9 = special event stations
SX1-SX9 = special event stations
SV1x-SV9x = voice repeaters and beacons
J41xxx-J49xxx = digital repeaters
SV0XAA-SV0XZZ = foreign amateurs with semi-permanent
licence (HF)
SW0AAA-SW0ZZZ = foreign amateurs with semi-permanent
licence (VHF only).
Temporary operations by foreign amateurs shall use the SV
or SW prefixes, as appropriate, followed by the original
callsigns and the appropriate identifier /P, /M, /MM,
/AM. The following identifiers shall be used for
portables etc:
/P portable
/M land mobile, mounted on a vehicle
/A alternative licensed location
/MM maritime mobile
/AM aeronautical mobile
There is no provision for call area identifier, if
operating outside main station call area; SV1AAA portable
in SV5 will be SV1AAA/P. There is no prefix reserved for
Mount Athos. SY callsigns and /A identifiers do not imply
a Mount Athos operation.
QRP MARATHON ---> The I-QRP Club
organizes the 4th HF Marathon to encourage QRP activity.
Open to licenced amateurs and SWLs, it will take place
from 00.00 UTC on 1 April through 24.00 UTC on 31 August.
For further details please contact Giovanni Zangara,
IW0BET at iw0bet@amsat.org.
QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Alan
Roocroft, VK4AAR says that now he has more time to manage
the QSLs of additional DX or IOTA activities. If any of
our readers need his services, please contact Alan for
the details at either almee@dodo.com.au
or almee@countyhunter.com.
Alan currently handles cards for the following stations
(some now QRT): C21RH, KH2VM, P29RH, V63PD, VI0ANARE,
VK0MM, VK6BM (OC-234), VK6BSI (OC-243), VK8AN, VK8AN/6
(OC-154), VK8AN/8 (OC-229), VK8AV/3 (OC-136), VK8DP,
VK8MI (OC-173), VK8RH, VK8XC, VU3RSB, ZK2JJ, ZK2PJ.
Please note that logs for YJ8AA are no longer available
to Alan.
QSL 9V1DJ ---> QSL cards can be sent
via the SARTS (Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting
Society) bureau. Those who want to QSL direct, please
note that Taka, 9V1DJ/JA3KAB will be going back to Japan
an the end of February. He advises that after 15 February
direct cards should be sent to Taka K. Shimazu, 10-36
Kizuri 3-chome Higashiosaka, Osaka 577-0827, Japan. [TNX
K1XN]
QSL CO6XN ---> Effective immediately,
Frank Dalonzo, N3ZOM, will be handling all of CO6XN's
direct cards. Bureau cards will continue to be handled by
Oscar Gaviria, HK6DOS. [TNX HK6DOS]
QSL CV1F ---> The correct QSL route
is via EA5KB (not EA5JB): Jose F. Ardid Arlandis, P.O.Box
5013, 46080 Valencia, Spain. Many thanks to Paulo, PY2PAI
for detecting the typo in 425DXN 610.
QSL KC4/N2TA ---> Mike Fokin (RW1AI)
went QRT from "East Camp" (WABA K-12, AN-016)
on 22 January, after some 5000 QSOs made as KC4/N2TA. QSL
direct only to P.O. Box 392, Brooklyn, NY 11230, USA
(mail drop). Mike and Alex, UA1PAC were expected to stop
for a couple of days at McMurdo Base (WABA K-09, AN-011)
on their way to Christchurch, New Zealand. [TNX UA1AKE]
QSL YI1BGD ---> Contradictory
information is being circulated about the correct QSL
route for the current activity of YI1BGD. Diya, YI1DZ,
confirms that he is the QSL manager and QSL cards should
be sent direct only to P.O. Box 7361, Baghdad 12216,
Iraq. However Steve, OM3JW, states that the current
operator at YI1BGD is his son Mike, OM2DX [425DXN 605],
who, while waiting for his personal call to be issued, is
active from the club station. The QSL route for this
operation is via OM3JW (logs are at http://www.qsl.net/om2dx).
At the same time Cliff, G0MMI, reports that "due to
the confusion regarding the latest operation at YI1BGD, I
am no longer Rodger's manager. All QSL cards go to
YI1DZ" (Cliff used to be the QSL manager only for
contacts made with YI1BGD operated by G0TLC). At the end
of the day, as John, K1XN from the Golist wisely says,
"guess this one should be: QSL via operators
instructions".
QSL VIA KU9C ---> "As of January
31", Steve says, "I will be current with all
direct QSL received for PW0T and YA5T as of January 6,
2003. Please note that this means that if you sent a QSL
to me for *only* PW0T or YA5T (i.e., without another card
for a station I manage), it will have been processed and
mailed to you. If you do not have your card within a
reasonable mailing time from NJ at that time, I'd suggest
you resubmit. The 2002 BQ9P operation will be my next
focus, and I expect to have that done in February. Other
calls I manage have been on the back burner a bit,
although I'm mailing them out as I can get to them. If
you sent me *individual* SASEs for these stations, I
expect to have them out in the next month or so as well.
Many QSLs will be delayed beyond the above schedule
because more than one call have been included in the
SASE. Statistics: just under 50,000 PW0T QSOs and 20,000
YA5T QSOs have been issued. When I take these with the
other calls I manage, including bureau mailings,
approximately 100,000 QSOs have been issued by me since
January 1, 2002".
SWL CONTEST ---> The SLP Contest for
SWLs will take place in eight sessions through the year.
The first session is on 25-26 January. Visit http://www.veron.nl/cie/nl/swlcontest.htm
for the rules, or e-mail Ruud Ivens, NL-290, the new
VERON SWL Manager, at NL290@amsat.org.
[TNX I1-21171/IZ1CRR]
WRTC 2002 VIDEO ---> The official
video of the Amateur Radio Olympics (WRTC 2002) is now
available on DVD and VHS. Unlike previous ham radio
videos, this one is produced from a 100%
"pro-sports" perspective. In order to capture
as much of the action as possible, three different camera
crews were sent out to film as many teams and events as
they could during the actual 24 hour competition. And
supporting all this great footage are high-end 3D
graphics, intra-competition scoreboards, top-ten boxes,
team profiles, and lots of other things that you might
expect when watching a professional sports event on
television. The entire production is even narrated by one
of ESPN's top announcers. Total running time is 60
minutes. The DVD version also contains lots of extra
features like full score breakdowns for each team,
continental line-ups, competitor rulebook, and even all
the past WRTC scores dating back to 1990. All information
on how to obtain your copy can be found at http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~jamesb/.
[TNX OH5DX]
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
CONTEST CALENDAR: The 12-Month Contest
Calendar, compiled by Bruce Horn, WA7BNM and updated as
new contest information is received, is available at http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/.
The e-mail version can be requested by sending an e-mail
to calendar@hornucopia.com.
QSL ROUTES: Boye, OZ7C reports that his
QSL manager web page is back up and running at http://www.qsl.dk/oz7c/
(the QSL and Manager databases contain 336,368 and 17,570
records respectively). Weekly updates will be posted
usually on Mondays.
YO9HP - Alex Panoiu, Pleasa, Prahova,
RO-2038, Romania
ZS6ZYM - Jan Swanepoel, P.O. Box 14393,
Zuurfontein 1912, South Africa
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