12 April 2003
No 623
4 2 5 D X N E W S DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
4S - Ivan, ex-8Q7VR [425DXN 616] is now
active as 4S7DXG from Sri Lanka until 1 May. QSL via UR9IDX (P.O.
Box 85, Mariupol 87531, Ukraine). [TNX UA3FDX]
5N - Vaclav Voldrich, OK1DXE has been
sporadically active as 5N0W from the Czech Embassy in Nigeria
since 1 July 2000. He now hopes to be able to spend more time on
the air as either 5N0W (club station call) and 5N0HVC (his
personal call). QSL via OK1DXE direct or via bureau. [TNX OK1DXE]
5Z - Don Gardner, KC7JDC (ex 7Q7DC) has now
moved to live in Nairobi and has been allocated the call 5Z4DE.
He is the first US citizen in 12 years to obtain a 5Z licence and
will be active as soon as he puts up his mast and beams. QSL
direct only to G0IAS. [TNX G0IAS]
6W - A groups of operators from the ARAS
(Association des Radioamateurs Senegalais, http://www.radio6w.org/)
Radio Club will be active (on SSB and CW) as 6V1A from Goree
Island (AF-045) on 7-9 June. QSL via bureau to 6W6JX. [TNX F5NQL]
7P - Look for 7P8CF (K5LBU), 7P8TA (WW5L),
7P8MJ (W5MJ) and 7P8NK (VA7DX) to be active (on SSB, CW, PSK31,
RTTY) from Lesotho on 18-25 July. They will probably have at
least one station on 24 hours a day. QSL via home calls. [TNX
NG3K]
9N - Dov, 4Z4DX (http://www.qrz.co.il/4z4dx)
will be active (on 160-6 metres CW and digital modes) as 9N7DX
from Nepal from 22 April to 12 May. QSL via home call (Dov
Gavish, 27 Hamitnahalim St., Ramat Hasharon 47203, Israel). [TNX
4Z4DX]
BY - Nicola, I0SNY and Gianni, I8KGZ have
cancelled their 6-29 May trip to China [425DXN 613]. They will go
to Mongolia instead and be active as JT1Y and JT7Y with the help
of Khosbayar, JT1CD. [TNX I0SNY]
CX - The CV1T activity from Cabo Polonio
Lighthouse (URU-005) [425DXN 621] will take place on 26-27 April.
Look for operations on 160, 80, 40 and 10 metres CW and SSB. QSL
via EA5KB. [TNX CX2TG and EA5KB]
CY9 - N5VL, N0RN, KO4RR, W4WY and possibily
others will be active (on 2-160 metres CW, SSB and RTTY) from St.
Paul Island (NA-094) from 24 July to 2 August, including and
entry in the IOTA Contest. Further information is expected in due
course. [TNX The Daily DX]
F - Special event station TM6ACO will be
activated on 7-15 June to celebrate the 71th edition of the 24
Hours of Le Mans. QSL via F6KFI either direct (P.O. Box 22088,
72002 Le Mans Cedex 1, France) or through the bureau. Further
information at http://asso.proxiland.fr/aras72/. [TNX F5TJC]
F - Jean-Marc, F8IXZ reports he will be
active as TM0GAY from 20 June to 4 July for the Gay Pride parades
in France. QSL via home call.
FO - Look for Fabien, FO/F8CFU to be active
from the Tuamotu Archipelago (OC-066), French Polynesia and
Tubuai Island (OC-152), Austral Islands from 20 April to 16 May.
QSL via home call. [TNX F0CRS]
HK0_sa - Eight members of the Florida
DXPedition Group will be operating with 4-5 stations from San
Andres Island (NA-033) on 20-28 October, CQ WW DX SSB Contest
included (requested contest call is 5J0X). The Florida DXPedition
Group has entered the CQWW SSB Contest from a DX location since
1996 and in the past they have never asked for any assistance,
but this year they are asking for donations to help offset the
cost. Donations should be sent to Bill Gallier, FDXPG, 2694 North
Camel Ave., Middleburg, FL 32068. The web pages for the
operations are at www.geocities.com/hk02003 and www.geocities.com/w4wx1/upcoming.
[TNX W4WX]
HR - Look for HQ9W to be aired on 40, 20 and
15 metres from Water Cay (NA-057) on 12-14 April. QSL via HR2HCH.
[TNX HR2JRP]
I - Sergio, IK4JPR will guest operate (SSB
and CW) from the Guglielmo Marconi Foundation, IY4FGM on 12 April
in the local morning. QSL via IK4UPU.
I - Angelo, I2ADN will be active as IE9/I2ADN
from Ustica (EU-051, IIA PA-001, WWL JM68OR) during the Contest
Lazio 50Mhz on 12 April. [TNX IK2XDE]
I - Walter, IN3XUG will be active as
IC8/IN3XUG from Ischia (EU-031, IIA NA-001) on 16-27 April. He
plans to operate on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres SSB and RTTY.
QSL via home call either direct or (preferably) thorugh the
bureau. [TNX IN3XUG]
I - The newly issued IQ2VA call will be aired
for the first time on 27 April. This club call belongs to Busto
Arsizio ARI Branch; QSL via bureau or direct to Sezione ARI, P.O.
Box 125, 21052 Busto Arsizio - VA, Italy. [TNX IK2UVR]
I - Ruggero, IK2PZC reports he will be active
(on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB) as IG9/IK2PZC from Lampedusa
(AF-019, IIA AG-001) on 3-10 May. During the ARI International DX
Contest (3-4 May) he will operate also RTTY.
JA - Look for JI1PLF/1, JA1UNS/1, 7N1GMK/1
and 7L4PVR/1 to be active (on 10-80 metres SSB, CW and PSK31)
from Hachijo Island (AS-043) on 6-9 June. QSL direct to home
calls or via the JARL bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
OH - In ancient times witches were believed
to fly around Finland on Easter eve. Nowadays amateur radio
"witches" Jatta/OH2IO, Anne/OH2MXS and Annika/OH2HSJ
will "fly around" Finland with their pilot Lasse,
OH1LQP on 18-20 April. They plan to operate as OH2YLS(/#) on 80,
40, 20, 10 and 2 metres (possibly also 15m) SSB with some CW. QSL
via bureau. They also expect to be active as OH1LAG (QSL via
OH2IO), OH6MXS (QSL via OH2MXS) and OH4CNX (QSL via OH2HSJ). This
will be a good chance to collect points for the OH YL and the OH
County Awards (rules at http://www.sral.fi/award_eng.html).
[TNX OH2HSJ]
OH0 - Look for OH0/DF8QJ, OH0/DL2VB,
OH0/DK6QW, OH0/DG1YTF and OH0/DL6YFB to be active (on 80-2 metres
CW, SSB and RTTY) from the Aland Islands (EU-002) on 19-25 April.
QSL via home calls. [TNX DL2VFR]
OZ - Look for Peter, OZ/DL4AMK to be active
on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 and 40 metres SSB from Aro Island (EU-172,
JY-003 for the Danish Islands Award) on 16-21 April. QSL via home
call either direct or through the DARC bureau. [TNX DL4AMK]
OZ - Ben, OZ6B will be active from Bornholm
Island (EU-030, BO-001 for the Danish Islands Award) on 19-26
June. Look for him on +/- 14265 kHz. QSL via bureau or direct.
[TNX OZ6B]
OZ - Jurgen, OZ0J will be active (SSB and CW)
as OZ0J/p from Laesoe Island (EU-088, DIA NK-003) on 26-28 July.
The main objective of this trip is the participation in the IOTA
Contest. Those who want to arrange a sked before/after the IOTA
event, can e-mail oz0j@roemming.dk
not later than 20 July. QSL via home call, either direct or
through the bureau. Log serach will be available at http://www.oz0j.dk/.
[TNX OZ0J]
PY - LABRE-RJ club station PY1AA will be
active as ZW1AA to celebrate the Brazilian Communications Day on
3-4 May. [TNX PY1XP]
S0 - Joe, KO4RR has joined the S05X
multi-national team scheduled to begin all-band all-mode
operations on 15 April. The group now includes YT1AD, YU1AU,
I8NHJ, CT1BWW, N6TQS, KO4RR, EA1BT, EA2RC, EA5RM, EA5XX and
S01MZ. Donations to help offset the trip will be gratefully
accepted and can be sent via the QSL manager, EA4URE (URE - Union
de Radioaficionados Espanoles, Avda. Monte Igueldo 102, Madrid
28053, Spain; e-mail ure@ure.es).
Full details on the DXpedition are available at http://www.pagus.it/s05x/.
The pilots are Mauro, I1JQJ (i1jqj@425dxn.org)
and Maurizio I1-21171/IZ1CRR (i121171@425dxn.org);
please send your messages to the BOTH OF THEM and put
"S05X" in the subject line.
SM - Eric, SM1TDE will be active from Gotland
Island (EU-020) on 12-18 April. He plans to focus on CW and the
WARC bands, with some RTTY and SSB. QSL via bureau. [TNX SM1TDE]
SV5 - Ermanno, IK2WZD reports he will be
active on digital modes as SV5/IK2WZD from Lipsi Island,
Dodecanese (EU-001) from 24 April through the summer. QSL via
home call either direct or through the bureau.
UN - Vlad, UN7EX will be active as UQ1EDX
from Kokchetav, Kazakhstan on 19-20 April. QSL via RW6HS or
direct to home call. [TNX UN8CC]
VE - VE3UUH and VE3GID will operate as VB3MCC
(further information www.storm.ca/~scalver) from 27 June to 4
July to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Military
Communications in Canada. Note that Industry Canada has
authorized the use of the following special prefixes for this
anniversary between 1 July and 31 August: XM for all VE, XL for
all VA, XN for all VO and XO for all VY. [TNX VA3RJ and VE3UUH]
W - Rick, AI5P reports he hopes to be active
from the islands of Martha's Vineyard on 15-18 April and
Nantucket on 21-25 April. Both of them counts for NA-046. QSL via
AI5P.
W - The Maritime Radio Historical Society (http://www.radiomarine.org)
is pleased to announce that K6KPH will be on the air on 26 April
(starting at 17 UTC) to participate in the annual International
Marconi Day. K6KPH uses the original transmitters, receivers and
antennas of famous ex-RCA coast station KPH. The transmitters are
located at the transmitting station founded by the American
Marconi Co. in 1913 at Bolinas, CA. The receivers and operators
will be at the KPH receiving station about 20 miles north at Pt.
Reyes, CA. K6KPH transmitting frequencies will be 7050, 14050 and
21050 kHz (3545 may also be activated if conditions warrant).
QSLs and reception reports should be sent to Ms. D.A. Stoops,
P.O. Box 381, Bolinas CA 94924-0381, USA. [TNX F5NQL and W6AWO]
W - W1T will be a special event station
operated by WA2VUY and K2MVW on all bands from 5 July through the
27th to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tour de France.
QSL via WA2VUY (the card will have a photograph of 21 of the 22
living Tour champions taken on 24 October 2002 in Paris). [TNX
WA2VUY]
V2 - A group of operators from the recently
formed Antigua & Barbuda Radio Club (V21ARC) will be having a
DXpedition on the sister island of Barbuda on 18-21 April. They
plan to operate as V21BBQ on 160-10 metres with three HF
stations. QSL to Antigua & Barbuda Radio Club, P.O. Box 965,
St.John's, Antigua, West Indies. [TNX NG3K]
VP2V - Bob, N6RFM will be active as
VP2V/N6RFM from the British Virgin Islands on 22-25 April. This
will be a vacation and casual DXpedition as time permits.
Operation will be PSK31 QRP on 20 metres only. QSL via home call.
[TNX N6RFM]
ZC4 - Bill, G4EHT will be visiting his son
Dez, ZC4DW between 14 and 28 April. This will be a family holiday
but Bill hopes to spend some on HF CW. He will operate from the
Eastern Sovereign Base club using their callsign, ZC4ESB. Please
be patient with Bill as he has not worked pile-ups for many
years. QSL via G4EHT (Bill Watson, 7 Darwin Close, Lichfield,
Staffordshire, WS13 7ET, England). [TNX ZC4DW]
ZD8 - Jim, N6TJ will activate his ZD8Z
station on Ascension Island on 16-26 April. He will operate on
all bands, SSB and CW. Jim will make an effort on 160 metres,
especially on the 18, 19 and 20th. QSL direct only via VE3HO.
[TNX The Daily DX]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
CELTIC CONNECTIONS ---> The GMDX
Group introduces "Celtic Connections" to
encourage activity by all radio amateurs worldwide to
contact areas with Celtic origins: Tras-os-Montes
(Portugal), Galicia and Asturias (Spain), Ireland,
Brittany (French Departments 22, 29, 35, 56 and 44),
Cornwall (England), Isle of Man, Northern Ireland,
Scotland, Wales and Nova Scotia (Canada). This
"activity weekend" is to be held on the third
weekend in April each year (in 2003 it will start at
00:00 UTC on 19 April and last until 24.00 UTC on the
20th). Further details from the GMDX Group web site (http://www.gmdx.org.uk).
[TNX GM3YTS]
ES OPEN HF CHAMPIONSHIP ---> It will
take place on 40 and 80 metres SSB and CW from 05.00
through 08.59 UTC on 19 April. Results of past editions
and rules are available at http://www.erau.ee. [TNX ES5TV]
EU SPRINT 2003 ---> The four 2003
European Sprint Contests will be held on 20, 40 and 80
metres only from 15.00 UTC until 18.59 UTC on the
following dates: 12 April (Spring SSB, managed by G4BUO),
19 April (Spring CW, managed by I2UIY), 4 October (Autumn
SSB, managed by I2UIY), 11 October (Autumn CW, managed by
OK2FD). Full details can be found at http://www.qsl.net/eusprint.
GACW WW DX CONTEST ---> It will be
held on 19-20 April, detailed information is available at
http://gacw.no-ip.org.
[TNX LU6EF]
IARU NEWS ---> Three new members have
been admitted to the International Amateur Radio Union
effective 4 April 2003, They are the National Association
Radioamateurs of Georgia (NARG) the Federation of
Radiosport of the Republic of Armenia (FRRA) and the
Vietnam Amateur Radio Club (VARC).
INTERNATIONAL MARCONI DAY ---> This
year the IMD will run from 00.00 UTC to 23.59 UTC on 26
April. The event is organized by the Cornish Amateur
Radio Club which offers awards to stations in various
classes. Please visit http://www.gb4imd.co.uk/ for details.
IQ2GM ---> This club call has been
assigned to the Gallarate ARI Branch and was aired for
the first time on 11 April. QSL via bureau. [TNX IK2UIZ]
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Norbert, DL9NEI
is not the QSL manager for LX5A. Cards should be routed
via LX1RQ or bureau.
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Henryk, SQ1GYH
is till receiving cards for T99C, but he is not the QSL
manager for this station.
OH0CO ---> The 10-16 April operation
from the Aland Islands by Ben, SM6CCO [425DXN 622] has
been cancelled. [TNX NG3K]
PIRATE ---> Before you begin
wondering if I1JQJ (a) has become unable to use his
second VFO, (b) has become deaf or (c) has become crazy,
be advised that yesterday, 11 April, someone pirated your
Editor's call over and over again on XY4KQ's transmitting
frequency, on both 15 and 20 metres CW. I apologize on
behalf of the perpetrator and I am grateful to those who
have expressed their sympathy on the PacketCluster and by
e-mail.
PIRATE ---> Luis, LU1BR reports
someone pirated his call as VP8/LU1BR on 13 March
(21.40-22.40 UTC on 28006 and 24896 kHz). Apparently this
pirate is also used to calling as "LU1BR" on DX
stations transmitting QRG during split frequency
operations.
PORTUGAL DAY ---> Sponsored by REP
(Rede dos Emissores Portugueses), the Portugal Day DX
Contest (SSB only) will be held on 14 June (00.00-24.00
UTC). For full information (soon available also in
English) please visit http://www.rep.pt/dia_de_portugal.htm.
[TNX CT1END]
PORTUGUESE NAVY CONTEST ---> It will
be held on 17-18 May. Details are available at http://www.marinha.pt.
[TNX CT1CZT]
QSL 5R8FU ---> All direct cards have
been sent out as of 11 April. John, SM5DJZ anticipates he
will not be able to answer future QSLs until early August
because of his work commitments.
QSL 5T5SN ---> Nicolas Sinieokoff,
5T5SN (www.qsl.net/5t5sn)
reports that his QSL manager is IZ1BZV (not F5RUQ, as
reported in 425DXN #618). Cards should be sent to Giorgio
Tabilio, P.O. Box 95, 19100 La Spezia - SP, Italy.
QSL CL9C ---> Al Bailey, K8SIX is the
QSL manager for CL9C. The artwork has not been received
yet, please be patient as it will take some time to print
the cards. Al is also the QSL manager for CO2OJ.
QSL PX5E ---> The QSL route is direct
only via VE3HO. The recent PX5E operator was PP5JR
[425DXN 622] from ZX5J contest location.
QSL ST2X ---> Gerben, PA5NT, reports
that all direct cards for ST2X have been answered. Those
who worked him on all the 7 bands that were activated
will receive a special award.
QSL JY8WW ---> Mark Demeuleneere,
ON4WW operated as JY8WW in March 2003. Direct cards were
expected to be mailed this week, other contacts have been
confirmed automatically via bureau.
QSL VIA UA9OBA ---> Yuri Zaruba,
UA9OBA reports that all of the direct QSLs for the 16
April-2 May 2001 DXpedition to "The Lost
Islands" - namely RI0B (AS-156), RU0B (AS-057), RS0B
(AS-042), RU0B/p (AS-050), RS0B/p (AS-068) and R3CA/0
(AS-005) - were answered by RW3GW and UA9OBA himself in
2002. Remaining QSOs were confirmed automatically via
bureau. Those who still need a direct card, should send
their request to UA9OBA (Yuri V. Zaruba, P.Box 1,
Novosibirsk-92, 630092, Russia). Do not enclose USD or
EUR, use IRCs instead and note that 1 IRC covers air mail
postage up to 20 grams.
ST2CF ---> Claudio, IV3OWC logged
some 30,000 QSOs during his recent activity from Sudan.
Logs are expected to be available soon at http://www.irae2.com.
[TNX IV3OWC]
THE LOST ISLANDS VIDEO ---> The
professionally produced "Lost Islands" video
was presented for the first time at the RSGB
International HF & IOTA Convention back in October
2002. Copies are now available in either PAL and NTSC
versions and can be ordered at www.nsiradio.com.
The expedition to Ushakova and Uyedineniya (RI0B and
RU0B) was awarded the IOTA Trophy for the Most Courageous
IOTA DXpedition in 2001.
WARD AWARD ---> The WARD (World
Amateur Radio Day) Award commemorates the World Amateur
Radio Day celebrated by IARU on 18 April each year. The
award is sponsored by MK QTC (the Polish Amateur Radio
Journal) with the Polish Amateur Radio Union's support,
and it is issued to licenced amateurs and SWLs for
contacts made/heard between 00.00 and 24 UTC on 18 April.
For further information please e-mail Sylwester
Jarkiewicz, SP2FAP at qtc@post.pl.
SILENT KEY - Claus Stehlik, OE6CLD
reports the sad new of the passing of Selim, OE6EEG on 30
March after a long illness. Selim, who also held a
Sudanese callsign, was known for his DXpeditions (for
instance to Abu-Ail in 1979) as well as for his activity
on the European DX Net.
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
CT BY K1EA: Ken Wolff, K1EA has
announced that his popular contest logging software (CT)
is now freeware. The web site where to download the
programme is at http://www.k1ea.com.
PERIOD CALL REF
===========================================================================
till ?? 3XY1L: Guinea * by UT1WL 620
till 01/05 4S7DXG: Sri Lanka 623
till 12/04 DL2RUM/5Z4BL and DJ8NK/5Z4BK: Kenya 621
till Jan 2004 8J1RF: Dome Fuji Basa (AN-016) (WABA JA-04) 622
till 20/04 8P6DR: Barbados (NA-021) * by G3RWL 621
till ?? 9N7YJ: Nepal * by LA5YJ 618
till 14/04 A35WE: Tonga * by SP9FIH 619
till 13/04 CO0S: special event station 614
till 21/04 CT3AS: Madeira * by DJ8FW 621
till November DP1POL: "Neumayer" Base (WABA DL-03) * by DL5XL 604
till 18/04 DU: OC-126, OC-202 (OC-207?) * by VE7DP and DUs 621
till 31/12 HE2MM: special call (Switzerland) 622
till 30/11 HL0KSJ & D88S: "King Sejong" (WABA HL-01) * by DS4CNB 603
till 15/05 HL5/VK2DXI: Korea 611
till 31/12 II1D: special call 610
till 10/05 IU5ONU: special event station 605
till 01/06 J28UN: Djibouti * by F8UNF 596
till 12/04 J79K and J79P: Dominica (NA-101) * by AA1K and AB1P 622
till 13/04 JA1KJW/0,JJ1JGI/0,JK1EBA/0,JN1IKT/0: Sado I. (AS-117) 622
till 31/12 JM6DZB/JD1: Iwo Jima (AS-030), Ogasawara 609
till 13/04 JR3TVH/6: Miyako Island (AS-079) 622
till June JW0HU: Spitsbergen (EU-026) * by SP3GVX 582
till 14/04 K1HP/KH2: Guam (OC-026) * by JE2EHP 621
till ?? KH3/KT6E: Johnston Island (OC-023) 621
till 17/04 OZ/DL3YMK and OZ/DH3YMG: Vendsyssel-Thy (EU-171) 619
till 2004 R1ANZ: "Mirny" Base (WABA UA-07) 608
till 30/06 ST1MN: Sudan 603
till 12/04 TM6ILE: Groix Island (EU-048) * by F5SGI 615
till 14/04 V63JE: Pohnpei (OC-010)* by KI0RO 620
till 21/04 VK9XI: Christmas Island (OC-002) * by VK3OT/VK3SIX 621
till 19/04 VP5/GM3JOB & VP5/GM4ZNC: North Caicos (NA-002) 615
till June W2SF: Lower Matecumbe Key (NA-062) 609
till 12/04 XY4KQ: AS-167, Myanmar * by DL4KQ 621
till 31/12 ZS90SAP: special event station 609
till 15/04 ZW0S: St. Peter & St. Paul Rocks (SA-014) * by PS7JN 619
11/04-17/04 PA/DL4FCH: Texel Island (EU-038) 622
11/04-13/04 XF3RCC: Contoy Island (NA-045) 619
12/04-14/04 HQ9W: Water Cay (NA-057) 623
12/04 IE9/I2ADN: Ustica (EU-051) 623
12/04 IY4FGM: Guglielmo Marconi Foundation 623
12/04-23/04 J3/HB9CGA: Grenada (NA-024) * by HB9AFH & HB9CGA 621
12/04-15/04 J5: Guinea Bissau * by EA5IK 622
12/04-18/04 SM1TDE: Gotland Island (EU-020) 623
12/04-14/04 XY4KQ: Chaungtha, Myanmar * by DL4KQ 621
12/04-13/04 Japan International DX CW Contest 608
12/04 EU Spring Sprint, SSB ***
12/04-13/04 JIDX CW Contest ***
13/04-21/04 8Q7RL & 8Q7RC: Maldives (AS-013) * by IZ5EBL & IZ5BRO 621
13/04 UBA Spring Contest, SSB ***
15/04-18/04 AI5P: Martha's Vineyard (NA-046) 623
15/04-21/04 S05X: Western Sahara 623
15/04-27/04 YK1BA: Syria * by N5FF 619
16/04-27/04 IC8/IN3XUG: Ischia (EU-031) 623
16/04-21/04 OZ/DL4AMK: Aro Island (EU-172) 623
16/04-21/04 VK: Waldegrave Island (OC-???) * by VKs 615
16/04-26/04 ZD8Z: Ascension Island * by N6TJ 623
17/04-22/04 VI5WCP: Waldegrave Island (OC-???) * by VKs 618
18/04-20/04 OH2YLS: "The Witch Rally" 623
18/04-21/04 V21BBQ: Barbuda Island 623
19/04-24/04 3D2JX: Mana Island (OC-121), Fiji * by JF6OJX 615
19/04-01/05 6W/F5VHQ: Senegal 619
19/04-26/04 F5JOT, F5LGQ, F6CKH: Chausey Islands (EU-039) 611
19/04-02/05 IS0/IZ1EPM: Sardinia (EU-024) 615
19/04-25/05 OH0/DF8QJ, DL2VB, DK6QW, DG1YTF, DL6YFB: Aland Isls. 623
19/04-20/04 UQ1EDX: Kazakhstan * by UN7EX 623
19/04-20/04 "Celtic Connections" activity weekend 623
19/04 ES Open HF Championship ***
19/04 EU Spring Sprint, CW ***
19/04 Holyland DX Contest 616
19/04-20/04 GACW WW DX Contest ***
19/04-20/04 YU DX Contest ***
20/04-27/04 9H/OE8YDQ and 9H/OE8CIQ: Malta (EU-023) 615
20/04-04/05 C93CM & C93FF: Mozambique * by IZ4DPV & IK4ZHH 621
20/04-16/05 FO/F8CFU: French Polynesia and Austral Islands 623
20/04-24/04 JW/F8DVD: Spitzbergen (EU-026) 619
21/04-25/04 AI5P: Nantucket Island (NA-046) 623
22/04-12/05 9N7DX: Nepal * by 4Z4DX 623
22/04-25/04 VP2V/N6RFM: British Virgin Islands 623
24/04-27/04 ID9RGE: Filicudi Island (EU-017) * by IT9s 622
from 24/04 SV5/IK2WZD: Lipsi Island, Dodecanese 623
24/04-30/04 T88BA: South Palau (OC-248) 621
25/04-27/04 IB0DX: Ventotene (EU-045) * by MDXC 622
25/04-09/05 TX4PG: Marquesas (OC-027) * by I2YSB and others 622
26/04-27/04 CV1T: Cabo Polonio Lighthouse 623
26/04 K6KPH (International Marconi Day) 623
26/04-02/05 VK9XC,VK9XE,VK9XK,VK9XY: Christmas (OC-002) * by JAs 621
26/04-27/04 Helvetia Contest ***
26/04 International Marconi Day 623
26/04-27/04 SP DX RTTY Contest ***
27/04 IQ2VA 623
27/04-28/04 JQ1EYN/6: Okinawa Islands (AS-017) 621
27/04-14/05 ZK1AYL & ZK1SIM: Aitutaki, So. Cooks*by VK4SJ & VK4BP 611
April HQ4M, HR4/DL7IO, HR4/DL7IQ: NA-060 621
April V73KZ & V73SX: Enewetak (OC-087) * by KC7OKZ & KC7TSX 615
01/05-05/05 JR3TVH/6: Miyako Island (AS-079) 619
02/05-10/05 9A0CI: Palagruza Island (EU-090) * by 9As and DLs 611
02/05-04/05 W1ACT: Martha's Vineyard (NA-046) 619
02/05-04/05 International DX Convention, Visalia 621
03/05-25/05 FO/F8DQL: Tahiti (OC-046), French Polynesia 621
03/05-10/05 IG9/IK2PZC: Lampedusa (AF-019) 623
03/05-05/05 JM1PXG/6: Tokara Kuchino-shima (AS-049) 621
03/05-04/05 ZW1AA: Brazilian Communications Day 623
03/05 IPA Contest, CW ***
03/05-04/05 10-10 Int. Spring Contest, CW ***
03/05-04/05 ARI International DX Contest ***
04/05-08/05 EW5HST: special event call (Belarus) 620
04/05 IPA Contest, SSB ***
05/05-12/05 RP3YGA: special station 621
06/05-29/05 JT1Y and JT7Y: Mongolia * by I0SNY and I8KGZ 623
11/05-18/05 IU7FM: special event call 622
11/05-12/05 VOLTA WW RTTY Contest ***
10/05-11/05 CO0E: special event station 614
10/05-11/05 CQ-M International DX Contest ***
15/05-26/05 ZK1AYL & ZK1SIM: Rarotonga, So. Cooks*by VK4SJ & VK4BP 611
16/05-17/05 Anatolian RTTY WW Contest ***
17/05-18/05 Baltic Contest ***
17/05-18/05 His Maj. King of Spain Contest, CW ***
17/05-18/05 Portuguese Navy Contest 623
21/05-25/05 PY: Mexiana Island (SA-042) * by CT1AHU and PYs 621
24/05-15/06 IR3IDO: special event station 621
24/05-25/05 CQ WW WPX Contest, CW ***
26/05-30/05 3D2LB: Beachcomber Island (OC-121) * by GM3VLB 621
02/06-06/06 OZ/G0GRC: EU-171 611
04/06-05/06 VE7/GM3VLB,VE7/G0DHZ,VE7/VP8NJS: Denman Isl. (NA-036) 621
05/06-07/06 VE7/GM3VLB,VE7/G0DHZ,VE7/VP8NJS: Malcolm Isl. (NA-091) 621
06/06-09/06 JI1PLF/1, JA1UNS/1, 7N1GMK/1, 7L4PVR/1: AS-043 623
07/06-09/06 6V1A: Goree Island (AF-045) 623
07/06-15/06 TM6ACO: special event station (France) 623
07/06-08/06 Catania: II International HF DX & Contest Convention ***
07/06-08/06 IARU Region 1 Field Day, CW ***
08/06-09/06 VE7/GM3VLB,VE7/G0DHZ,VE7/VP8NJS: Campbell I. (NA-061) 621
09/06-11/06 VE7/GM3VLB,VE7/G0DHZ,VE7/VP8NJS: Denny Isl. (NA-061) 621
12/06-14/06 VE7/GM3VLB,VE7/G0DHZ,VE7/VP8NJS: Thetis Isl. (NA-075) 621
14/06-15/06 CO0M: special event station 614
14/06/15/06 ANARTS WW RTTY Contest ***
14/06 Asia-Pacific Sprint, SSB ***
14/06 Portugal Day DX Contest 623
14/06-15/06 WW South America CW Contest ***
19/06-26/06 OZ6B: Bornholm Island (EU-030) 623
20/06-23/06 VO1MRC on 60 metres 603
21/06-22/06 All Asian DX Contest, CW ***
27/06-04/07 VB3MCC: special event station * by VE3UUH and VE3GID 623
28/06-29/06 ARRL Field Day ***
28/06-29/06 His Maj. King of Spain Contest, SSB ***
28/06-29/06 Marconi Memorial HF Contest ***
01/07-31/08 XM, XL, XN, XO: special prefixes (Canada) 623
05/07-27/07 W1T: special event station * by WA2VUY and K2MVW 623
05/07-06/07 Venezuelan Indipendence Day Contest (SSB & CW) ***
06/07 DARC 10 Meter Digital Contest ***
12/07-13/07 CO0A: special event station 614
12/07-13/07 IARU HF World Championship ***
18/07-25/07 7P8CF, 7P8TA, 7P8MJ, 7P8NK: Lesotho 623
19/07 Colombian Ind. Day Contest ***
19/07 Pacific 160m Contest ***
20/07-04/07 TM0GAY: special event station (France) 623
24/07-02/08 CY9: St. Paul Island (NA-094) * by Ws 623
24/07-29/07 TM3ON: Sein Island (EU-068) * by ONs 613
25/07-28/07 JM1PXG/6: Daito Islands (AS-047) 615
26/07-27/07 DL0KWH: Usedom Island (EU-129) * by DLs 613
26/07-27/07 G: Lundy Island (EU-120) * by ON5FP and ON4CJK 617
26/07-28/07 OZ0J/p: Laesoe Island (EU-088) 623
26/07-27/07 VE2/VE9MY/p: La Madeleine (NA-038) * by VE9GLF & VE9MY 611
26/07-27/07 VE8NET: Banks Island (NA-129) 615
26/07-27/07 RSGB-IOTA Contest ***
26/07-27/07 Russian RTTY WW Contest ***
July-August R1PQ: Novaya Zemlya (EU-035) 621
July VY0: Somerset (NA-???), Southampton (NA-007) * by K9AJ 621
02/08-03/08 10-10 Int. Summer Contest, SSB ***
02/08 European HF Championship ***
03/08 SARL HF SSB Contest ***
09/08-10/08 CO0R: special event station 614
09/08-10/08 WAE DX Contest, CW ***
16/08-17/08 SARTG WW RTTY Contest ***
16/08-17/08 SEANET Contest, CW/SSB/Digital 617
23/08-24/08 SCC RTTY Championship ***
24/08 SARL HF CW Contest ***
30/08-31/08 YO DX HF Contest ***
06/09-07/09 All Asian DX Contest, SSB ***
06/09-07/09 IARU Region 1 Field Day, SSB ***
07/09 DARC 10 Meter Digital Contest ***
07/09 North American Sprint, CW ***
13/09-14/09 CO0T: special event station 614
13/09-14/09 WAE DX Contest, SSB ***
14/09 North American Sprint, SSB ***
21/09 Panama Anniversary Contest ***
20/09-21/09 Scandinavian Activity Contest, CW ***
27/09-28/09 CQ/RJ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY ***
27/09-28/09 Scandinavian Activity Contest, SSB ***
04/10 EU Autumn Sprint, SSB ***
04/10-05/10 Oceania DX Contest, Phone ***
05/10 RSGB 21/28 MHz Contest, SSB ***
11/10-12/10 CO0I: special event station 614
11/10 EU Autumn Sprint, CW ***
11/10-12/10 Iberoamericano Contest ***
11/10-12/10 Oceania DX Contest, CW ***
12/10 North American Sprint, RTTY ***
18/10-19/10 JARTS WW RTTY Contest ***
18/10-19/10 Worked All Germany Contest ***
19/10 Asia-Pacific Sprint, CW ***
19/10 RSGB 21/28 MHz Contest, CW ***
20/10-28/10 HK0: San Andres Island * by Florida DXPedition Group 623
25/10-26/10 CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB ***
01/11 IPA Contest, CW ***
01/11-02/11 Ukrainian DX Contest ***
02/11 DARC 10-Meter Digital Contest ***
02/11 High Speed Club CW Contest ***
02/11 IPA Contest, SSB ***
08/11-09/11 Japan Int. DX Contest, Phone ***
08/11-09/11 OK/OM DX Contest, CW ***
08/11-09/11 WAE DX Contest, RTTY ***
15/11-16/11 LZ DX Contest (CW & SSB) ***
15/11-16/11 RSGB 1.8 MHz Contest, CW ***
21/11-21/12 VK2IAY/4 (OC-160, OC-171, OC-137) * by G0UIH 619
29/11-30/11 CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW ***
05/12-07/12 ARRL 160 Meter Contest ***
06/12-07/12 TARA RTTY Sprint ***
13/12-14/12 ARRL 10 Meter Contest ***
13/12-14/12 Italian Contest (40 & 80 Meter) ***
19/12 Russian 160 Meter Contest ***
20/12 OK DX RTTY Contest ***
20/12-21/12 Croatian CW Contest ***
26/12 DARC Christmas Contest ***
27/12 RAC Winter Contest ***
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