22 March 2003
No 620
4 2 5 D X N E W S
DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

3X - Leo, UT1WL is currently working in Conakry (Guinea) and has recently received the licence to operate as 3XY1L during 2003. This is not a DXpedition and Leo will be active (with a battery powered rig mostly on 20 and 15 metres, but later on he will try to be QRV on 40 metres as well) as time permits, typically after 18 UTC and during the weekends. He also plan to operate from both the IOTA groups allocated to Guinea, i.e the Loos Islands (AF-051) and the unnumbered Tristao Islands. Details are expected in due course. QSL via UY5XE either direct (George Chlijanc, P.O. Box 19, 79000 Lviv, Ukraine) or through the bureau. [TNX UR5WCW]

9G - Derek, F5VCR reports he will be active again as 9G5MD from Ghana between 23 March and 4 April, including a SOAB LP entry in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL via home call.

9Y - Sigi, DL7DF will be active as 9Y4/DL7DF from 23 March to 10 April. He plans to operate on all bands CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK-31 and SSTV. [TNX NG3K]

C5 - Six operators from Latvia, Lithuania and Russia will operate from The Gambia between 25 March and 7 April. Look for C53CW (YL3CW), C53KL (YL2KL), C53ZF (YL1ZF), C56HF (RZ4HF), C56HTX (RZ4HTX) and C56TA (LY2TA) to be active on all HF bands CW, SSB and RTTY. During the CQ WW WPX SSB and EA RTTY contests they will use C5P (QSL via YL2KL). [TNX YL2KL]

CT - CS5M is the special callsign to be used on 23 March (9-18 UTC) by AARVM's (Associacao de Radioamadores da Vila de Moscavide) members to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the town of Moscavide. [TNX A.A.R.V.M., http://www.qsl.net/arvm/].

EW - EW5HST is the special call to be used during the 5th High Speed Telegraphy World Championship (http://hst2003.osto.by/) which is to take place in Minsk, Belarus, on 4-8 May. The call is currently used by the organizers, typically on 14.030 kHz around 18 UTC. QSL via EU1SA. [TNX EU1SA]

FG - F6HQM, F6GWV and F6ASS will be active as TO4T from Guedeloupe between 25 March and 4 April, CQ WW WPX SSB Contest included. QSL via F6HMQ. [TNX La Gazette du DX]

FM - Danny, T93M will be active as FM/T93M from the QTH of Laurent, FM5BH on Martinique (NA-107) on 25-31 March. He will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as TO3M; outside the contest he will concentrate on the WARC and low bands. QSL for both calls via DJ2MX, whose new address is: Mario Lovric, Kampenwandstrasse 13, D-81671 Muenchen, Germany. [TNX T93Y]

HC8 - Diego, LU8ADX will be active (on SSB and possibly RTTY) as HC8/LU8ADX from the Galapagos Islands (SA-004) on 24-31 March. He will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as HC8N (Multi-Multi) with N5KO, OH0XX, K5KA, XE1KK, KI7WX and NM5M. QSL HC8N via W5UE. [TNX The Golist]

HS - E20HHK, E20NTS, E20RRW, E21LSE, HS0GBI, HS0NNU, HS1CKC, HS6MYW, HS6TIM and HS9IFG will be active as HS0GBI/P (on 80 and 40 metres CW, QSL via home call), HS1CKC/P (SSB, QSL via home call) and E20HHK/P (CW, QSL via E21EIC) from Chang Island (AS-125) on 5-7 April. Questions should be sent to Winit, HS1CKC (hs1ckc@rast.or.th). This IOTA group was activated only twice, by HS50A, back in December 1996 and May 1997. [TNX E21EIC]

I - Andrea/IK2XDE, Giovanni/IK2JYT, Antonio/IK2ZJR, Dario/IK4MED and Angelo/I2ADN will be active as IE9/homecall from Ustica Island (EU-051, IIA PA-001, WWL JM68OR) from 26 March to 1 April, CQ WW WPX SSB Contest included. They plan to operate on 10-80 metres SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 and some SSTV, plus 6 metres and Satellite. QSL via burea to home calls. [TNX IK2XDE]

J3 - Harry, AC8G will be active from Grenada (NA-024) on 28-31 March, including an entry in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest possibly as J37K or with a J3** call. QSL via AC8G. [TNX VA3RJ]

JW - Bjorn/LA9IY, Morten/LA9GY and Martin/LA3JJA will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as JW8G from Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen (EU-026). Outside the contest they will operate on CW and other modes as JW9IY and JW9GY and JW3JJA, respectively. QSL JW8G via LA9GY (Morten Antonsen, Hallsetreina 6, N-7027 Trondheim, Norway), others via home calls. Please note that 1 USD does not cover the postage fee from Norwayt to extra-European countries. Further information will be available at http://www.qsl.net/la8g and http://home.online.no/~antonsen. [TNX LA9GY]

OY - Due to a strike by Smyril Line (the ferry line between Denmark-Shetland Islands-Faroe Islands) the LLDXT team has had postopone their activity [425DXN 618] to 31 March-10 April. The callsigns to be used are still OY7ET, OY7QA, OY7TW, OY7WB and OY7WP, plus OY8PA for 160 metres and probably digital modes (on 80 metres they will use their individual calls). QSL for all via PA5ET. If the strike continues, the group will operate from the Isle of Man. Latest information can be found at http://www.qsl.net/lldxt. [TNX PA5ET]

P2 - Dan, JA1PBV, who is active as H44V from the Solomon islands until 24 March, will then move to Papua New Guinea and operate as P29SI until 29 March. QSLs for both calls via JA1PBV. [TNX The Daily DX]

PY - Club station PY3ARD has been granted permission to operate as ZW90S in 2003 to celebrate the the 90th anniversary of the Gerge Black Scout Group, the oldest Scout Group in Brazil. The special callsign will be aired for the first time during the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL via PY3ARD either direct (Associacao dos Radioamadores da SOGIPA, Rua Barao do Cotegipe 400, 90540-020 Porto Alegre - RS, Brazil) or through the bureau. [TNX PY3DX]

ST - The German team has been active as ST0RY since late Thursday (20 March) and will leave Sudan on 2 April. The pilots are N5FG (floydgee@datasync.com), K6GNX (bavery@telemetry.com), DF3CB (Bernd.Koch@aggresso.de) and JA3AAW (ja3aaw@sannet.ne.jp). QSL via DL5NAM. The web site for the operation is at http://www.df3cb.com/st0ry/.

V6 - Joe, I2YDX and Robert, IK2WXZ will be active as V63DT and V63ZR respectively from Micronesia from 28 March until 6 April. They will try to activate some rare/new IOTA groups in the area. Look for them on the usual IOTA CW and SSB frequencies. QSL via home calls.

V7 - Neil, WD8CRT is active as WD8CRT/V73 (but he has applied for V73NS) from Kwajalein (OC-028), Marshall Islands "until an unknown date". Look for him after 12 UTC and between 00.00-03.00 UTC, around 14029, 10116, 21004 and 28021 kHz. QSl route on www.qrz.com. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]

VE - Dana, VE1VOX plans to operate as VE1VOX/p on 21-23 March from the following C.I.S.A (not IOTA) islands and lighthouses: Sherose Island (NS-023), Cape Sable Island (NS-006) and possibly Lighthouse (CAN-106), Cape Forchu Island (CISA new) and Lighthouse (CAN-097). QSL via home call. [TNX VE1VOX]

VP5 - Mike/WA2VQW and Rob/WB2NVR will be active on 160-10 metres as VP5/homecalls from Providenciales (NA-002) from 27 March to 1 April, including an entry as VP5RZS in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]

GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• NOT THE MANAGER ---> Rod Huckabay, KA5EJX is not and has never been the QSL manager for KH3AF. As for SV0HW/SV9 (operated in 1990-91), he used to be his manager, but cards now go direct to Frank, WA1ECA. [TNX KA5EJX]
• PACIFIC TOUR ---> Jeffrey, KI0RO reports that due to bad weather, his departure has been delayed. The new dates for his trip to the Marshall Islands and Micronesia [425DXN 619] are as follows:

26-31 March: V73/KI0RO - Roi-Namur, Kwajalein (OC-028)
2-7 April: V63JE - Kosrae (OC-059)
9-14 April: V63JE - Pohnpei (OC-010)

• PT2FM ---> After being active as PU2DXS (2001-02) and PT2PS (2002-03), Philippe Schmitt is now PT2FM. The interesting news is that he is 14 years old, and has been licensed since he was 11. Phil has now full licence privileges.
• PS7AHR ---> This is the official station of "The Brazilian Amateur Radio Historical Archive", the only organization in Brazil that is devoted to documenting and preserving the history of amateur radio in that country. QSL via bureau or direct to P.O. Box 2021, 59094-970 Natal - RN, Brazil. [TNX PS7AB]
• QSL C53M & C56R ---> The last batch of direct cards left Finland on 17 March. Juha, OH9MM has replaced OH3RM as QSL manager, but there is no need to resubmit. Should you have problems with the QSLs, please contact Juha at oh9mm@sral.fi. [TNX OH9MM]
• QSL EP6KI ---> On 15 March Phil, G4WFZ received two boxes of blank QSL cards from Ukraine and has started processing the many requests received so far. "It might take some time to send all the cards out", he says, "because I have to check the hard copy log for the QSOs". Please be patient and do not sent second cards.
• QSL K1B ---> Stephen, K4YL (K4YL@highstream.com) has now answered about 2,000 QSL requests and is still receiving an average of 25 a day from all over the world. Please remember Stephen only handles direct requests, which should be sent to Stephen Grose, P.O. Box 183, Flat Rock, NC 28731-0183, USA. [TNX K4SV]
• QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Petr, OK1DOT (http://www.qrz.com/ok1dot) offers his services as QSL manager to stations in need. He can be contacted at gustab.petr@azd.cz.
• QSL VK4DX ---> The new QSL route for Mike Sivcevic, VK4DX is direct only (1 IRC or 1 Euro, other currencies are not accepted) to P.O Box 4485, Eight Mile Plains, QLD 4113, Australia. Mike maintains and International Contest Calendar at http://www.vk4dx.net. [TNX VK4DX]
• SP DX CONTEST ---> PZK - Polski Zwiazek Krotkofalowcow (Polish Amateur Radio Union) and the SP DX Club invite amateur radio operators and SWLs to participate in the SP DX Contest. This year the event (SSB and CW) will take place from 15 UTC on 5 April through 15 UTC on the 6th. Detailed information can be found at either http://www.sp5pbe.waw.pl/SPDXC/ and http://www.sp5zcc.waw.pl/spdxc/en/index.php. [TNX SP7IWA]
• ST2X ---> Gerben, PA5NT reports he has changed his plans [425DXN 616] and will not operate again as ST2X from Sudan. He expects the QSL cards for his January activity to arrive from the printer soon.
• XQ3/IZ6BRN ---> Sergio, IZ6BRN (ex AP2WAP, VU3CUR, 9N7RN and CE3/IZ6BRN) is active mainly on 12 and 17 metres. QSL to IZ6BRN via the ARI bureau or direct to Sergio Curina, Calle Juan Bautista Pastene 3101, Vitacura - Santiago, Chile.

NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• HIDXA: The Heard Island DX Association's web site is up and running at http://www.hidxa.com.
• LOGS: Yuki, JI6KVR reporst taht on-line logs for JS6QVP and JS6QVQ's recent operation from AS-047 are available at http://www.aa.alpha-net.ne.jp/ji5rpt/as-047/search-j.html.
• LOGS: A log search for the recent XF1K (NA-167) operation is now available at http://www.425dxn.org/dxped/xf1k/. [TNX IZ1CRR]
• LOGS: On-line logs for VP6DIA will be ready some time after 22 March, when QSL manager Yuichi Yoshida, JR2KDN has returned to Japan from Ducie. [TNX WA2MOE]

QSL INFO - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3D2MN       DF8AN       GB4SPD      GI0VLE      TK5KT       F6FNU
3G1P        XQ1IDM      H44H        P29KM       TM9OO       F5BKC
4D2B        G3OCA       HG15PS      HA8RD       TP6CE       F5LGF
5B4AHJ      G3PMR       HH4/K4QD    K4QD        TR8CA       F6CBC
5R8FL       G3SWH       HH4/K9MDO   K9MDO       TR8SA       F5OGL
5U7JK       I2YSB       HH4/N2WB    N2OO        TR8VP       F6FNU
6K2CLF/4    6K2CLF      HH4/W4WX    W4WX        TT8JE       F6FNU
7Q7HB       G0IAS       HJ3ISB      EA5KB       UE3RDA      RW3RN
7Q7LA       G0IAS       HK3AXY      W2GR        UE3RKK      RU3RN
7Q7RM       G0IAS       HK6DOS      EA5KB       UK8GDW      RW6HS
8P9BX       VE3WFS      HK6ISX      EA5KB       UK8OAU      RW6HS
8Q7VR       UR9IDX      HK6KKK      EA5KB       UK8OM       IK2QPR
9H9SWT      9H1MRL      HK6PSG      EA5OL       UK8OWW      UK8OM
9K2MU       WA4JTK      HP#/F5PAC   F5PAC       UN1F        DF6PB
9K2USA      9K2HN       HP1RIP      EA7FTR      UN2E        DF6PB
9N7YJ       LA5YJ       HQ8V        HR2CPS      UN6T        DF6PB
A35WE       SP9FIH      HR1RQF      EA7FTR      UN8LA       RW6HS
A35XM       DL8YRM      HS0/OZ1HET  OZ1ACB      UN8LWZ      RW6HS
A92ZE       K4SXT       J20LA       DL2LAH      UN9FD       DF6PB
BD5RT       F6FNU       J5UCW       IV3NVN      UP9L        RW6HS
BD5RV       F6FNU       J5UDX       IV3NVN      V51/DL2SL   DL2SL
CO0O        CO2FRC      J75RN       W1USN       V51KC       WD4AWO
CO2OR       F6FNU       JW5RIA      LA5RIA      V51XG/P     DL8AL
CO2PH       F6FNU       KH2T        JL1EAN      V73RX       N6RX
CO2TK       F6FNU       KH6/DH7KU   DK0UN       V8AJV       PA1JAV
CO2WL       EA3ELM      LU4EJ/D     LU4EJ       VP2E        N5AU
CV5Y        EA5KB       LU6DAT      EA5KB       VP2EN       G3TXF
D90HE/4     DS2GOO      LZ1JY       W0FS        VP6DIA      JR2KDN
DP1POL      DL1ZBO      NP4A        W3HNK       VP6DN       JR2KDN
DS2GOO/4    DS2GOO      OD5NJ       EA5BYP      VP8/LU1BR   pirate
DS3HWS/4    DS3HWS      OH3T        bureau      VP9LR       K1EFI
DS5BSX/4    DS5BSX      P29KH       WD9DZV      WA6WPG/P    WA6WPG
DU1JXP/P    DU1JXP      PJ2MI       W2CQ        XE2P        F6FNU
DX0C        G3OCA       RK9UN       W3HNK       XF2IH       XE1IH
ED5TEF      EA5ELT      RU9G        RW3TN       XT2AW       DF2WO
ED7SCT      EA7UU       RZ3BY/0     UA3DX       XV3QAQ      JE5QAQ
EN1U        UX1UA       SJ5AA       SK5AA       XW1DA       DL1DA
ES85J (CW)  ES1RA       SJ9WL       SM5DJZ      XW1N        HS6NDK
ES85M (CW)  ES1RA       SQ3A        SP3BLP      YN4MG       WK6O
ES85M (SSB) ES1QD       ST2CF       IV3OWC      YO2BEH      F6FNU
EZ8YL       DJ1MM       T88FS       JH6RTO      YV5AAX      EA7FTR
FR5FA       F6FNU       T88JA       JA6VZB      YV6AZC      EA5KB
FS/G3TXF/p  G3TXF       TI2LAK/HP   F6FNU       ZA1E        I2MQP
FY5GS       F6FNU       TI5/AI5P    AI5P        ZK1EAA      HB9EAA
GB0CCE      GW0ANA      TK5EL       F6FNU       ZL1/G4EDG   G4EDG
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ADDRESSES - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• 9M2/JI1ETU - Masaru Funakubo, 1B-15-01, Sunnyville Condo, Jalan Batu Uban, Gelugor, Penang 11700, Malaysia
• A92GE - David Smith, P.O.Box 1976, Manama, Bahrain
• DF6PB - Alexander Schwindt, Josef-Kunz Str.3, 76726 Germersheim, Germany
• DF8AN - Michael Noertemann, Neustadt 18, D-37154 Northeim, Germany
• DL1ZBO - Rainer Hilgardt, Hans-Sachs-Weg 38, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
• DL2GAC - Bernhard Stefan, Moeggenweiler Str. 18, 88677 Markdorf, Germany
• DU9/G4UNL - Roy Charlesworth, P.O. Box 841, 9506 Koronadal City, South Cotabato, Philippines
• EA5KB - Jose F. Ardid Arlandis, P.O.Box 5013, 46080 Valencia, Spain
• EA7FTR - Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias 23, 21110 Aljaraque, Huelva, Spain
• EA7UU - Jesus Ortiz Fernandez, P.O. Box 3221, 18080 Granada, Spain
• ES1QD - Vello Priimann, P.O.Box 3739, Tallinn 10508, Estonia
• F2YT - Paul Herbet, 9 Rue de l'Alouette, 62690 Estree-Cauchy, France
• F5LBG - Bernard Dauvier, 20 chemin des Mottes, F-26760 Beaumont les Valence, France
• F5PAC - Joel Sutterlin, 1 rue du Rossberg, 68310 Wittelsheim, France
• F5RUQ - Thierry Lesnier, 31 rue des Bleuets, 22190 Plerin, France
• F5RZJ - Pascal Sotty, Grand Champ, F-71130 Chassy, France
• F6FNU - P.O. Box 14, 91291 Arpajon Cedex, France
• G3OCA - Ken Frankcom, 1 Chesterton Road, Spondon, Derby DE21 7EN, England
• HB9EAA - Niklaus Oser, Pfarrgasse 10, CH-4114 Hofstetten, Switzerland
• HR2CPS - Cesar Pio Santos Andino, P.O. Box 747, 21105 San Pedro Sula, Cortes, Honduras
• I2MQP - Mario Ambrosi, Via delle Querce 41, 20090 Rodano Millepini - MI, Italy
• IV3NVN - Simone Candotto, P.O.Box 4, 33050 Castions di Strada - UD, Italy
• JA6VZB - Toshiyuki Moriyama, 10-101 Karaku-en, 5-53-62 Hanazono, Kumamoto-city 860-0072, Japan
• JH6RTO - Seiji Fukushima, 1182-2506 Hase, Atsugi-city 243-0036, Japan
• JR2KDN - Yuichi Yoshida, 4F Kato Building, 529 Rokugaike, Kita-Ku, Nagoya 462-0002, Japan
• K8PT - B. Peter Treml, 725 W. Magnetic St., Marquette, MI 49855, USA
• LA5YJ - Bjorn Hugo Ark, Rute 504 - Paulsrud, NO-2840 Reinsvoll, Norway
• LU4EJ - Mariano Viva, Independencia 1193, Mar del Plata 7600, Argentina
• MU2A - Stephen Lawrence, 34 Stanley Drive, Humberstone, Leicestershire, LE5 1EA, UK
• OZ1ACB - Allis Andersen, Kagsaavej 34, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark
• P29KM - Kazuo Miyamura, P.O. Box 321, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
• RW3RN - Alex Kuznetsov, P.O. Box 57, Tambov-23, 392023 Russia
• SP9FIH - Janusz Wegrzyn, P.O. Box 480, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
• TG0AA - Club de Radioaficionados de Guatemala (CRAG), P.O. Box 115, Correo Central, Guatemala City 01011, Guatemala
• UK8OM - Mikhail Mejlumov, Kholkhanova 2, Namangan, 716033, Uzbekistan
• W2GR - Mike Benjamin, 1064 99th Street, Niagara Falls, NY 14304, USA
• WB2RAJ - Dick Kashdin, 4591 West Overlook Drive, Williamsville, NY 14221, USA
• XE1IH - Enrique Garcia Munive, P.O. Box 118-481, 07051 Mexico - D.F., Mexico
• XQ1IDM - Nicolas Herrera G., P.O. Box 345, Antofagasta, Chile

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