8 March 2003
No 618
4 2 5 D X N E W S
DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

3D2 - Mike, DF8AN hopes to have his old 3D2MN call renewed for his 12-27 March stay in Nadi, Fiji Islands. He plans to operate mostly CW on all bands, 6 metres included. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] 9N - After a couple of weeks spent at home Hugo, LA5YJ/9N7YJ is back to Kathmandu, Nepal for a longer stay on an U.N. assignment. He now has a better transceiver and trapped dipoles for 160, 80, 40, 30, 17 and 12 metres, and will try to get a linear amplifier. Please note that he does not work on RTTY or PSK31. Updates will be published at http://www.qsl.net/la6fja/9n7yj.html. QSL direct only to Bjorn Hugo Ark, Rute 504 - Paulsrud, NO-2840 Reinsvoll, Norway. [TNX LA6FJA]

A4 - Look for Younis, A41MA/p to be active from Suwadi Island (AS-112) through 8 March. The web page for the operation is at http://www.geocities.com/suwadi_island. [TNX A41MA]

EA6 - Christian, DL6KAC will be active again (manily SSB with some RTTY and/or PSK31) as EA6/DL6KAC from Mallorca (DIE E-021), Balearic Islands (EU-004) from 11 March to 10 April. QSL via home call either direct or through the DARC bureau. [TNX DL6KAC]

HB0 - Pascal, F5RZJ will be active on SSB and CW as HB0/F5RZJ/P from Liechtenstein on 15-16 March. QSL via home call. [TNX F5NZO]

J5 - Simone, IV3NVN will leave Europe for Guinea-Bissau on 8 March. His first stop will be in the capital city of Bissau, where he will collect his licence and will be QRV for some five days. Then he will go and operate from Pecixe Island in the Guinea-Bissau Coastal Region group (AF-???). He plans to be there for about one week and to be active mostly on 15 and 6 metres (beacon on 50.096 MHz) SSB and CW (possibly on 12, 17, 20, 30 e 40 metres as well). Around 20 or 21 March he will travel to Caboxanque in the southern part of the country, where he will try to operate also on 80 and 160 metres CW and on digital modes. He will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as SOSB on 10 metres. On 3 April he will be back to Bissau for another couple of days before returning home. QSL direct to IV3NVN (Simone Candotto, P.O. Box 4, 33050 Castions di Strada - UD, Italy). Please do not include old style IRCs and note that Simone anticipates he will not be able to start QSLling before August. [TNX IV3NVN]

JA - Look for Taka, JR3TVH/6 and his wife Nuts, JJ3NAW/6 to be active from Miyako Island (AS-079) on 8-10 March. They plan to operate on 15, 10, 20, 17 and 12 metres SSB and CW and to pay special attention to 6 metres (they will have a beacon on 50138 kHz). QSLs via bureau. [TNX JR3TVH]

OY - Tom/GM4FDM and Bill/AK0A have joined the team of Dutch operators (namely PA3EWP, PA3FQA and PA5ET) who will be active on all bands and modes from the Faroer Islands from 24 March and 3 April [425DXN 617]. They will have three stations (one for digital modes) with amplifiers and plans are to concentrate on 80 & 160 metres and the WARC bands. The callsigns to be used are OY7ET (operator PA5ET), OY7QA (operator PA3FQA), OY7TW (operator GM4FDM), OY7WB (operator AK0A) and OY7WP (operator PA3EWP), plus OY8PA for 80/160 metres, digital modes and the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL for all via PA5ET. Latest information can be found at http://www.qsl.net/lldxt. [TNX PA5ET]

PY - The ZY8C operation from Caviana Island (SA-042) [425DXN 617] has been postponed and it now scheduled to take place from 27 March through 3 April, including a M/S effort during the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. [TNX PY8AZT

ST - Claudio, IV3OWC has received his licence and now he will operate as ST2CF (not ST1C as previously announced). He will be in Sudan on 16-31 March, including an entry in the CQ WPX SSB Contest. QSL direct only via home call. [TNX IV3OWC]

SV9 - Dick, G3URA reports he will be on 20 metres only from his house on Crete as SV9/G3URA during the BARTG RTTY Spring Contest (15-16 March). QSL via home call.

T8 - Seiji, JH6RTO will be active (on 80-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY) as T88FS from Palau on 13-17 March. QSL via home call (Seiji Fukushima, 1182-2506 Hase, Atsugi-city 243-0036 Japan). [TNX OPDX Bulletin]

UA - Special station UE3RDA will be active on 8-15 March from rare districts for the Russian District Award (http://rdaward.org). QSL via RW3RN (Alex Kuznetsov, P.O. Box 57, Tambov-23, 392023 Russia). [TNX RW3RN]

VK - Bill, VK4FW reports he will be on Fraser Island (OC-142) from 8 March for about four days. "I will be extremely busy", he says, "however I hope to get a little time for the radio". He will operate mainly CW in his late afternoon and some night. QSL direct only to Bill Horner, P.O. Box 1343, Maroochydore 4558, Australia.

VK - VI5WCP is the special call to be used from Waldegrave Island in the South Australia State West Centre Group (OC-???) [425DXN 615]. Tom/VK3ZZ, Peter/VK3QI, Keith/VK3FT and Jack/VK3WWW will now be active (on all bands except 160 metres, SSB and CW) on 17-22 April. The operation will celebrate the historical naming of the island by Matthew Flinders during his coastal exploration of 1802/03. QSL via VK3ZZ either direct (Thomas Marlowe, P.O. Box 368, Leongatha, Victoria 3953, Australia) or through the bureau. [TNX VK3ZZ]

VP5 - Look for David, VP5/KY1V (www.ky1v.com) to be active from Whitby, North Caicos Island (NA-002) on 11-18 March. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]

VP6_di - Stu Greene, WA2MOE reports that the Ducie Island team expects to arrive on 8 March in their morning (Ducie time is UTC -8). To avoid pirates, the call sign will not be released until the operation has begun. Suggested frequencies are the following:

"Please don't ask about 40, 80 or 160, because I do not know at this time", WA2MOE says. The pilots for the operation are JE2EHP(je2ehp@jarl.com), DJ8NK (C_Harders@compuserve.com) and WA2MOE (wa2moe@firstinter.net). QSL via JR2KDN Yuichi Yoshida, 4F Kato Building, 529 Rokugaike, Kita-Ku, Nagoya 462-0002, Japan). The web sites are at www.qsl.net/wd4ngb/ducie.htm and www.qsl.net/aa0mz/ducie2.htm..

GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• CARIBBEAN TOUR ---> Nigel, G3TXF will be active as VP2EN from Anguilla (NA-022) through 12 March. He hopes to be QRV during the RSGB's Commonwealth Contest (8-9 March). On 13-18 March Nigel plans to operate as FS/G3TXF/p from Tintamarre Island (NA-199), St. Martin. These are likely to be daytime only operations from about 14 UTC to 22 UTC. Both operations will be CW only and Nigel will try to "stick to the zeroes" (i.e 14030 or 14040, 18080 or 18090, 21030 or 21040, 24900 or 24910, 28030 or 28040). QSL via G3TXF. Further details on http://www.G3TXF.com. [TNX NG3K]
• DXCC NEWS ---> TT8ZZ (24 September to 8 November 2002) has been approved for DXCC credit. [TNX NC1L, DXCC Manager]
• IOTA CONTEST ---> The results for the IOTA Contest 2002 are now available at http://www.blacksheep.org/hfcc/results/IOTA-2002/IOTA%20Contest%202002.htm.
• LCRA ---> Good news from Beto, HK3DDD, who reports that the Liga Colombiana de Radioaficionados is still alive. During the meeting held on 1 March [425DXN 517] they agreed not to dissolve the society, "so the bureau service is active 100%". [TNX VE3EXY]
• NIGER ---> Peter, VY0PW (ex VK8PW and VE8PW) has been trying for many months to get a licence for his QTH in eastern Niger where he has been working since early 2002. He has now received the official news that a licence for this part of the country cannot be issued. This is due to serious concerns by the government relating to the internal security in various parts of Niger. A HF radio in private hands is considered too much of a risk. The present licencing policy seems to restrict the issuing of new licences to the capital Niamey or the immediate surroundings. [TNX DK8MZ]
• OPERATIONS ABORTED ---> The 3B8/DK7AO operators, who were supposed to be active from Mauritius on 9-15 February, were unable to get their licence ("we are very frustrated and disappointed", Peter, DL3APO says). Maurice, F5NQL reports that Pierre, FG/F6FXS, who was supposed to operate from Guadeloupe until 12 March, had to go QRT on 28 February due to the death of his mother.
• PIRATE ---> Claudio, IV3OWC reports that Marco Nobili, ST1MN currently has not time for amateur radio and above all he does not operate CW.
• PIRATE ---> Raul, LU6EF reports he is not the QSL manager for ZR2A, which is believed to be a slim.
• QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Noel Schechtman, PT2ND is a member of The QSL Manager's Society (http://www.qsl.net/qslmanagers) and offers his services to stations in need. He can be contacted at pt2nd@ig.com.br.
• QSL FW8FP ---> All QSL cards received as at 28 February have been processed and mailed. QSL direct only via VK4FW. [TNX VK4FW]
• QSL KC4AAC ---> Larry, K1IED has finally received the log for KC4AAC (AN-012) and the QSL cards have been printed. He plans to mail most if not all of the direct QSL requests over the next 2-3 weeks. [TNX VE3LYC]
• QSL MQ0CBM ---> Rod, M0CBM reports that two packets of QSL cards for MQ0CBM were lost in the post. Anyone needing a QSL from 13.30 on 27 June 2002 through 23.00 on the 30th please contact Rod at rod.newman@btinternet.com. [TNX M0CBM]
• QSL OX2K ---> Allis, OZ1ACB reports she has run out of cards. Please be patient while a new batch of QSLs is being printed.
• QSL ZC4DW ---> The new address for Dez, G0DEZ (ZC4DW, ZD8DEZ, 5B4AGW) is Dez Watson, 7 Darwin Close, Lichfield, Staffordshire WS13 7ET, England. [TNX The Golist]
• QSL ZY7USA ---> Ciro, PY7ZY reports that all the direct cards (http://www.qsl.net/py7zy/zy7usa.htm) for the ZY7USA operation have been answered. If you do not receive your QSL within 10 days, please contact Ciro at py7zy@ig.com.br.
• QSL VIA DF6PB ---> Alexander, DF6PB is the QSL manager for UN1F, UN2E, UN6T and UN9FD. His new address is Alexander Schwindt, Josef-Kunz Str.3, 76726 Germersheim, Germany. [TNX DF6PB]
• QSL VIA G0IAS ---> Allan, G0IAS reports that too many direct requests for 7Q7RM, 7Q7HB and 7Q7LA still do not include return postage. Please note that these cards will never get a reply, as Allan has no access to the bureau.
• QSL VIA WB2RAJ ---> Long time QSL Manager, WB2RAJ, has a new QTH and a new mailing address. Send all QSL requests to Dick Kashdin, 4591 West Overlook Drive, Williamsville, NY 14221, USA. WB2RAJ is QSL Manager for EM3W, FK5DX, FK8GM, J39BW, LZ2TU (1992 only), ST2/G4OJW, ST2AA (up to 25 February 1995), ST0K, UZ3AYR and WB2RAJ/VP9. [TNX WB2RAJ]
• SOUTH AMERICA TOUR ---> From 14 to 30 March Rick, NE8Z will be operating from Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil as LU/NE8Z (various locations), CX/NE8Z (Colonia) and PY5/NE8Z (Iguazu Falls). He plans to operate on 40-10 metres CW (most activity on WARC bands). QSL via NE8Z (Rick Dorsch, P.O. Box 616, Hamburg, MI 48139, USA). [TNX NE8Z]
• SOUTH SHETLANDS (AN-010) ---> Oleg (UA1PBA) is currently active as DP1ANF from the Eduard Dallmann Laboratory (WABA DL-07) on King George Island, but will have to QRT on 8 March (actual time will depends on the weather which is very poor at the moment). QSL via RK1PWA. Due to poor propagation, Oleg and Alex (UA1PAW) logged some 1400 QSOs only during their recent R1ANF/p operation from the Teniente Ballve refuge of Argentina (WABA LU-22). [TNX DL5EBE]
• SILENT KEY - The Russian Robinson Club reports the death of Vladimir Lukjanchuk, RX3DQU, who was killed in a plane crash on 1 March. Vladimir was one of the RK3DZJ island team in 2000 and 2001. [TNX WRC/RRA Bulletin and MDXC]

NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• LOGS: The 9K2USA logs are now available on line at http://dx.qsl.net/cgi-bin/logform.cgi?9k2usa. Hamad, 9K2HN reports he has "just taken over this QSLling job from the previous QSL manager"; if you have any QSL problem, please let him know at dxer@qualitynet.net.
• RRA: The new updated Island List for the Russian Robinson Award is now available at http://www.hamradio.ru/rrc/AWARDS/RRA/rra_new.asp (if you need your own e-copy, please contact Eugene, RZ3EC at rz3ec@rekom.ru). [TNX WRC/RRA Bulletin and MDXC]
• QSL GALLERIES: A collection of 1000+ QSL cards is available on Les Nouvelle DX's web site at http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr - five different galleries include cards for each of the 58 deleted DXCC entities, obsolete prefixes, Antarctic bases & TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises) and pre-1945 countries. [TNX F6AJA]
• QSL MANAGERS: The latest update of ON6DP's QSL Manager Database (some 63,000 QSL routes) is now available at http://www.on6dp.be.tf. [TNX ON6DP]

QSL INFO - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3G5Q        XQ5SM       EI9HQ       WA7OBH      OH0Z        OH5DX
3V8SF       DL1BDF      EJ4GK/P     EI4GK       PJ2/W0CG    N9AG
4H1C        4F1FZ       EJ9HQ       WA7OBH      PJ2T        N9AG
4J6ZZ       UT3UY       EK3SA       DK6CW       PJ5NA       K1NA
4L1FX       DJ1CW       EO410CYD    UT4CE       PJ7B        W8EB
4L1W        LY2MM       ES7NY/0     ES7NY       R3ARES      R3AR
4S7KJG      JA1KJK      ES85I       ES4RD       RW2F        DK4VW
5R8GT       DK8ZD       ES85J       ES1RA       RW6HS       EX2F
5T5SN       F5RUQ       ES85L       ES6PZ       RZ3BY/0     UA3DX
5U7JB       ON5NT       ES85M       ES1QD       S21YY       JM1HXU
5V7BR       F5RUQ       ES85Z       ES0NW       SN70M       SP5ZCC
5W1VE       DL9HCU      ET3BN       DL1JRC      SU9BN       EA7FTR
5X1CW       F6GQK       FG5FC       F6DZU       SU9LL       EA7CHR
6W1RD       KZ5RO       FM5FJ       KU9C        SU9NC       OM2SA
6Y8Z        WO9Z        FY5GS       F6FNU       SY8A        SV8CS
7X0AD       EA4URE      GB0CCE      GW0ANA      T88CQ       JA0DCQ
7X3WDK      EA5KB       GB2ELH      WA7OBH      TA1ZK/0     HB9DUR
8P5A        NT1N        H44MS       DL2GAC      TJ1AG       F5RUQ
8P9NX       W0SA        HC1CB       EA7FTR      TM5A        F5VHJ
8Q7VR       UR9IDX      HC1HC       NE8Z        TM7Z        F5CWU
9G1UW       DL8UP       HE2CC       HB9BCK      TO1A        IK2QEI
9H3AS       DL5SDK      HF2VL       SP2PI       TU5JD       IK2IQD
9J2BO       G3TEV       HK6PSG      EA5OL       UE3MFU      RK3MWI
9K2ZZ       W8CNL       HK8RQS      EA5KB       UN7EG       DL8KAC
9Q1A/2      F2YT        HR3/N7DF    N7DF        UU0JM       W1TE
9S1X        F2YT        HS0ZEA      OE2REL      UU7J        W1TE
A45WD       YO9HP       HU1A        YT1AD       V25LR       W1LR
A51B        W0GJ        HZ1AB       K8PYD       V25WX       W4WX
A71MA       KZ5RO       II1D        IZ1CCE      V26DX       KU9C
BU2/JJ1TBB  JL1ANP      II4G        IZ4DJZ      V26P        WJ5DX
C31LJ       VE3GEJ      IR4X        IK4QJH      V26TB       KD3TB
C6ALK       K7RE        IR4Z        IK4QJH      V31LU       W2LU
C98RF       DL6DQW      J28UN       F8UNF       V31ME       N3ME
CE4Y        CE4FXY      J37LR       VE3EBN      V31QQ       KQ1F
CN2R        W7EJ        J88DR       G3TBK       V31XM       KQ1F
CN8YR       K4KU        JS6QVP      JI5USJ      V44KAI      K2SB
CO0O        bureau      JS6QVQ      JI5RPT      V44KJ       WB2TSL
CO3CJ       IZ8EBI      JT1FDK      UA0ACG      V47DD       K8DD
CO8EJ       EA5KB       JW5HE       LA5HE       V47MX       KA8AMX
CO8OY       AD4C        JY8WW       ON4WW       V47NS       W9NY
CO8TW       IZ8CCW      LR1F        LU5FD       V47WW       AC8W
CP6XE       IK6SNR      LT1F        AC7DX       VI3GP       VK3ER
CW1OO       EA5KB       LU1FF       EA7FTR      VK8DP       VK4AAR
CX3HF       EA5XX       LU1FKR      AC7DX       VP8ROT      GM0HCQ
D2BB        W3HNK       LU1ZA       LU2CN       VQ9CJ       VQ9X
D2U         CT1BFL      LX5A        LX1RQ       WP2Z        KU9C
D44TD       CT1EKF      LX7I        LX2AJ       YA1CQ       JA1CQT
D88S        DS4CNB      LZ125O      LZ1KZA      YA4F        G4KUX
DP1ANF      RK1PWA      MM0LEO      W3LEO       YS3/YN4SU   TI4SU
DP1POL      DL1ZBO      MM0XAU      DJ6AU       Z24S        W3HNK
EA6UN       EC6TK       MM5PSL      WA7OBH      ZA/Z35M     Z35M
EA8BH       OH2BH       MU2A        G4EOF       ZF2AH       W6VNR
EA8OK/p     EA8AKN      OD5/OK1MU   OK1TN       ZF2DQ       K0DQ
ED1PEC      EA1AUM      OD5UT       K3IRV       ZF2HW       N3GXF
ED6TCC      EA6ZX       OH0B        OH2BH       ZF2PX       K5PX
ED9DIM      EA9CE       OH0PM       OH2PM       ZS03CWC     ZS1AU
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ADDRESSES - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• A41MA - Younis Albuloushi, PO.Box 1470, CPO, 111 Oman
• DL2GAC - Bernhard Stefan, Moeggenweiler Str. 18, 88677 Markdorf, Germany
• DL6DQW - Reinhard Fendler, Waldteichstrasse 34, D-01468 Moritzburg/OT Boxdorf, Germany
• EA1AUM - Juan Carlos Rodriguez, P.O. Box 598, 33400 Aviles, Asturias, Spain
• EA5KB - Jose F. Ardid Arlandis, P.O.Box 5013, 46080 Valencia, Spain
• EA5ND - Joaquin Garcia Rico, P.O. Box 344, 03600 Elda, Alicante, Spain
• EA6ZX - Pau Balaguer, P.O. Box 240, 07080 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
• EA9AO - Salvador Bernal Gordillo, P.O. Box 2032, 51001 Ceuta, Spain
• EA9CE - Union de Radioaficionados de Ceuta, P.O. Box 103, 51080 Ceuta, Spain
• EP3SMH - Sayyed Mohsen Hosseini, P.O. Box 441, 34815 Takestan, Iran
• ES1QD - Vello Priimann, P.O.Box 3739, Tallinn 10508, Estonia
• F2YT - Paul Herbet, 9 Rue de l'Alouette, 62690 Estree-Cauchy, France
• F5PAC - Joel Sutterlin, 1 rue du Rossberg, 68310 Wittelsheim, France
• F5RUQ - Thierry Lesnier, 31 rue des Bleuets, 22190 Plerin, France
• FK8KAB - Association des Radio-Amateurs de Nouvelle Caledonie, P.O. Box 3956, F-98846 Noumea
• HB9DUR - Andrea Bianchi, Via Ghiringhelli 49, 6500 Bellinzona - TI, Switzerland
• IK4QJH - Giancarlo Gnudi, Via Valgattara 35, 40063 Monghidoro - BO, Italy
• IZ1CCE - Carlo Sobrito, Via I Maggio 9, 10051 Avigliana - TO, Italy
• JI5RPT - Makoto Koyanagi, 5-42-203 Kadan Aoba Sendai, Miyagi 980-0815, Japan
• JI5USJ - Toru Koyangi, 400-6-1119 Nagasoneminami Hikone, Shiga 522-0052, Japan
• JO1EPY - Hiroshi Kotoku, 3-4-19 Kishimachi, Kawagoe City, Saitama 350-1131, Japan
• LU5FD - Daniel R. Amadori, Santa Fe 812, S2139BGR Chanar Ladeado - SF, Argentina
• LZ1KZA - P.O. Box 36, 4300 Karlovo, Bulgaria
• NE8Z - Rick Dorsch, P.O. Box 616, Hamburg, MI 48139, USA
• OH5DX - Ari Korhonen, Kreetalank. 9A1, FIN 29200 Harjavalta, Finland
• OM2SA - George Sipos, 93013 Trhova Hradska 550, Slovakia
• ON5NT - Ghis Penny, P.O. Box 93, BE-9700 Oudenaarde, Belgium
• RW9QA - Vlad Kondratenko, P.O.Box 1, Kurgan-38, 640038, Russia
• SP2PI - Jerzy H. Wojniusz, Matejki 56/39, 87-100 Torun, Poland
• UA0ACG - Vlad Kravchenko, P.O.Box 375, Zelenogorsk, Krasnoyarskiy kray, 663690, Russia
• US7IGF - Slava Shevchenko, P.O. Box 591, Slavyansk-12, Donetsk obl. 84112, Ukraine
• VK3ER - P.O. Box 87, Mitcham, Victoria 3132, Australia
• VO1MZL - Admiralty House Museum, 3 Centennial St., Mount Pearl, NL A1N 1G4, Canada
• YO9HP - Alex Panoiu, Pleasa, Prahova, RO-2038, Romania

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