19 April 2003
No 624
4 2 5 D X N E W S DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
3X - Sebastien, F8DQZ is active as 3XD02/P
from Kassa Island (AF-051) until 19-20 April. He will then move
to Guinea Bissau and operate until 4 May. QSL via home call. [TNX
La Gazette du DX]
4X - Special station 4X55I, commemorating the
55th anniversary of Israeli indipendence, will be active until 10
May, including an entry in this week's Holyland Contest. QSL via
4Z4SZ. [TNX 4Z4KX]
9A - Claudio, IN3DEI will be active as
9A/IN3DEI from Pulari Island (EU-110) on 18-27 April. QSL via
home call (Claudio Daddario, P.O.Box 1, Succ. P.T. n. 10, 39100
Bolzano BZ, Italy)
9A - Look for 9A/IK0GDG/P to be active from
Palagruza Island (EU-090) on 20-21 April. QSL via home call. [TNX
I0OWO]
CT - Special call CS5E will be aired on 10,
15 and 20 metres SSB from the lighthouse at Cabo Raso (ARLHS
POR-011, FES-04 for the Portugese Lighthouses Award) on 25 April.
[TNX CT1END]
DL - DF3UFW, DL2DRO, DL2DSL, DL8WQQ, DL2LCE,
DK5NOA and DL8DZL will be active from Usedom Island (EU-129,
O-013 for the German Islands Award) from 25 April to 3 May. On 1
May they might go on a side trip to Ruden Island (O-011). QSL via
bureau. [TNX DL2VFR]
F - The operation by F5JOT, F5LGQ and F6CKH
from the Chausey Islands (EU-039) [425DXN 611] has been postponed
and will take place from 26 April to 2 May. [TNX F6AJA]
FO - Look for Fabien, FO/F8CFU [425DXN 623]
to be active from Hao Atoll (OC-066), French Polynesia from 20
April to 5 May and from Tubuai Island (OC-152), Austral Islands
on 6-16 May. He will operate on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 and 30 metres
with a 2-element and dipoles. [TNX La Gazette du DX]
G - Lightship "Planet" (www.barlightvessel.org.uk)
callsign GB2LBL will be on the air on 18-21 April from 0900-1600
UTC on all bands CW and SSB. QSL via M0CMW. [TNX M0CMW]
GD - Phil, G4OBK will operate as GD4OBK/P
from near Andreas (WAB square NX40) in the north part of the Isle
of Man from 27 April to 2 May. He expects to be QRV for an hour
or two every day on 40-10 metres CW and RTTY. QSL via home call.
Logs will be available at http://www.qsl.net/g4obk/. [TNX G4OBK]
GM - Calderdale Raynet Group members
Alan/G4MUR, Colin/G8EXN and Alan/G3TAY will be active as MM0CRG
from the island of Colonsay (EU-008) from 26 April to 1 May. All
stations worked will be sent a QSL card via the RSGB bureau;
direct cards should be routed via G3TAY. [TNX VA3RJ]
JA - Takeshi, JI3DST will be active as
JI3DST/6 from Miyako Island (AS-079) from 26 April to 5 May. He
will operate on 17, 15, 12, 10, 6 and 2 metres SSB. QSL via home
call, preferably through the bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
KH9 - Jake, N6XIV will once again operate
from Wake Island (OC-053) starting on or about 19 April. At this
point he expects to stay for at least 30 days, with the
possibility of up to 60 days. His operating time(s) will be
limited due to his work requirements. However, Jake will try to
operate on multiple bands. Glenn, K2FF and Bob, W6FRH will help
with piloting duties. QSL via K2FF direct or via the bureau. [TNX
K2FF]
OZ - Jakob, OZ7AEI/p will operate from
Jegindo Island (EU-171, NJ-006 for the Danish Islands Award) on
19 April starting around 11 UTC. QSL via bureau. [TNX OZ7AEI]
S9 - Look for Duarte, CT1CPP to be active as
S92UN from Sao Tome & Principe for the next three months.
Suggested frequencies are 14270, 21270 and 28470 kHz SSB. QSL via
home call. [TNX CT1END]
SM - Leif, SM0FWW reports he will be active
from Kloeveroen (EU-043) on 18-20 April. QSL via bureau or direct
to Leif B. Lindgren, Brantingsgatan 54, Stockholm SE-11535,
Sweden.
UA - The RZ6AZZ team (namely UA6AMB, RU6AX,
RX6AH, RW6CT, RA6AX, UA6MF and RA6AU) will be active on 10-40
metres CW and SSB from two islands located in the Caspian Sea on
23-28 April. Look for UE6IKI to be aired from Morskoy Ivan Karaul
(not IOTA, RRA-new, RDA KM-05) and for UE6IAA to be used from
Morskaya Chapura (not IOTA, RRA-new, RDA KM-05). Team members may
also be active with their individual calls. QSL UE6IKI and UE6IAA
via RA6AU. [TNX RZ3EC]
UR - Special event station EM13UCC will be
active on 16-29 April to celebrate the 13th anniversary of the
Ukrainian Contest Club. QSL via UY5ZZ (Vladimir F. Latyshenko,
P.O. Box 4850, Zaporozhye, 69118, Ukraine). [TNX UY5ZZ]
VE - The Ontario QSO Party takes place on
19-20 April (18 UTC on Saturday to 18 UTC on Sunday) and amongst
the activities there is a contest operation from Manitoulin
Island (CISA ON-001) by the Mississauga Amateur Radio Club
station VE3MIS. Complete details at http://www.odxa.on.ca/oqphome.html.
[TNX VE3SRE]
W - Jay, AE4MK will be vacationing on Estero
Island (NA-069, USI FL-035S) from 20 to 24 April. Depending on
weather and bands conditions, he may also go and operate from a
few nearby islands such as Black, Long Key, Big & Little
Hickory and Lovers Key. [TNX VA3RJ]
W - Lee, W4ALZ will be active (on 20, 15 and
10 metres) from Hatteras Island (NA-067, USI NC-005S) on 21-24
April. QSL to Lee Zehmer, 2321 Mill House Lane, Matthews, NC
28104, USA. [TNX VA3RJ]
YB - Irfan, YC4FIJ will be active as YC4FIJ/P
from Utan Island on 18-20 April. He will operate on 15 metres SSB
only. Utan is located near Belitung Island and counts for OC-144.
QSL direct to YC9BU (please do not send green stamps, use IRCs
instead) [TNX YC9BU and G3KMA]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
DIE CONTEST ---> The 9th edition of
the DIE Contest for working stations located on Spanish
islands will be held from 6 to 12 UTC on 22 June. The DIE
Contest software is available from Paco, EA5OL (http://www.ea5ol.net).
[TNX EA5KB]
IRAQ ---> Reports on US Military
personnel operating as YI/home call from Iraq include Jim
Dunkerton, YI/KT4CK and Mark Smith, YI/NG5L. Wayne Mills,
N7NG (ARRL Membership Services Manager) says that
"the League will accept for DXCC credit YI/
operations from Iraq by US or British military personnel
provided the operator has written permission from his/her
commanding officer, until an interim Iraqi government is
in place". After that point, operators would need
documented permission from Iraqi authorities. [TNX The
ARRL Letter]
PIRATE ---> Joe, W3HNK has been
receiving cards for QSO with 9V1SM on 12m CW. Please note
that Sasi, 9V1SM operates only on PSK31 and SSB. If you
did happen to have a QSO on this mode, please drop Sasi a
note at tmssn@nus.edu.sg.
[TNX 9V1SM]
QSL 5W1RA ---> Please note that Tom,
N6RA used this call back in November 1990 and has nothing
to share with the current 5W1RA. The call has been
reissued to Rich, KB7KET who has been on a missionary
assignment in Samoa for the last three months. The QSL
route for the current 5W1RA is being arranged. [TNX The
Daily DX]
QSL EP6KI ---> Phil, G4WFZ reports he
has now finished processing all of the direct QSL
requests for EP6KI (AS-166) received so far. He will make
a start on the bureau cards as soon as he has the time.
QSL EU-169 ---> Alfredo, IK7JWX
reports that he expects to mail the QSL cards for ZA0IS
and ZA0/IK7JWX (Sazan Island, December 2002) this coming
week.
QSL ZA/LY2MM ---> All direct
requestst will be processed within the end of April.
Bureau cards will have to wait until summer due to Al's,
LY2MM, business commitments. [TNX LY2MM]
QSL VIA F5OGL ---> The Daily DX
reports that Didier has received several logs for the
late Jean-Claude, F2XX (TR8XX and TR8JJC) and is now able
to confirm the following QSOs:
F2XX:
15 Jul 1980 - 10 Jul 1983
25 Aug 1984 - 12 Jun 1986
1 Aug 1988 - 26 Sep 1988
TR8JJC:
2 Sep 1986 - 10 Jul 1988
TR8XX:
7 Oct 1989 - 1 Dec 1991
YK1BA ---> Saad, N5FF has postponed
his planned operation from Syria [425DXN 619] due to the
current overall situation in the Middle East. "No
firm date has been set for my trip yet, but it's possible
to take place in couple of weeks or so, and it may even
be postponed till later on in the year". [TNX The
Golist]
SILENT KEY - Victor Rivera, ZK1CG
reports the sad news of the passing of Tuatai Tupou,
ZK1MA (from Rarotonga)/ZK1CY (from Manihiki), who became
a SK in Australia on 12 April.
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
LOGS: The LLDXT DXpedition to the Faroe
Islands "had lots of fights with the propagation and
the high winds" and managed to log 26964 QSOs (14041
CW, 11054 SSB, 1532 RTTY, 300 PSK and 37 SSTV) in 10
days. Statistics, final logs, pictures, real-audio files
etc. can be found at http://www.qsl.net/lldxt/oy_2003/.
UA3DX - Nick Averyanov, P.O. Box 39,
Odintsovo-10, 143010, Russia
UR9IDX - P.O. Box 85, Mariupol 87531,
Ukraine
UT2UB - Andrej Lyakin, P.O. Box 99,
Kyiv-10, 01010 Ukraine
V21ARC - Antigua & Barbuda Radio
Club, P.O. Box 965, St.John's, Antigua, West Indies
VK3OT - Steven Gregory, P.O. Box 622,
Hamilton, Victoria 3300, Australia
VK3ZZ - Thomas Marlowe, P.O. Box 368,
Leongatha, Victoria 3953, Australia
WD9DZV - Timothy M. Garrity, 5407 W
Rosedale Ave, Chicago, IL 60646, USA
Z35M - Vladimir Kovaceski, P.O. Box 10,
Struga 6330, Macedonia
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