1 June 2003
No 630
4 2 5 D X N E W S DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
7X - In spite of the recent earthquake in (we
have been informed that 7X2DW and 7X2DS's daughter lost their
lives) Algeria the 7W4HI operation from the Habbibas Islands
(AF-???) [425DXN 629] is still on, even though it is now
scheduled to start on 2 June, hopefully around 14 UTC.
Ivan/OM3CGN, Afif/7X2RO and three other 7X operators plan to be
active at least until around 6 UTC on 6 June for a minimum of 12
hours a day, depending on local power. Steve, OM3JW (om3jw@konektel.sk) will be
the pilot for the operation. [TNX OM3JW and VK6DXI]
CT - Special station CQ5AA will be active on
31 May to celebrate the 15th anniversary of ARVM (Association of
Radioamadores da Vila de Moscavide). QSL via CT1RVM. [TNX
A.R.V.M.]
DL - Look for Erding Radio Club to be active
as DA0ED/p during the European Field Day Contest on 7-8 June.
QSOs will be confirmed automatically via bureau. This year the
city of Erding celebrates its 775th anniversary and there is an
award for working DA0ED on different bands. Details can be found
at http://www.ov-erding.de.
[TNX DL7MAE]
EA8 - Tony, EA8AKN reports that the call for
the 31 May operation from Los Dos Roques [425DXN 629] will be
EA8OK/p (not EA8AOK/p as previsously announced).
F - Eight operators from Evreux Radio Club,
F8KOM (namely F0CXZ, F5IL, F5JOT, F6GNG, F8ACL, F8CUR, F8CUY and
F8DSL) will be active from Brehat Island (EU-074, DIFM MA-012) on
6-9 June. QSL via bureau or direct to F5IL. [TNX La Gazette du
DX]
GD - Adrian, M3LCR is active as MD3LCR/P from
the Isle of Man (EU-116). He concentrates on RTTY (3595, 7035,
14086, 21086 kHz), with some SSB. QSL via bureau to M3LCR. [TNX
M3LCR]
I - Special call IC8C is being aired from
Capri (EU-031, IIA NA-006) for the Capri Island Award (www.qsl.net./ii8a).
[TNX IC8JAH]
I - ARI Versilia (www.ariversilia.it)
will activate special station II5BEM on 31 May-1 June to
celebrate the 150th anniversary of the invention of the piston
engine by Eugenio Barsanti and Felice Matteucci. [TNX I5WEA]
I - Look for Petr, OK1CZ to be active (on HF
and 6 metres mainly CW) as ID9/OK1CZ/p from Vulcano Island
(EU-017, IIA ME-018) from 31 May to 7 June. QSL via OK1CZ. [TNX
The Daily DX]
I - Paolo/IV3DSH, Stefano/IV3LZQ,
Giovanni/IV3ODE, Paolo/IV3PUT, Pietro/IV3RUA and Maria Pia/IV3ZLT
expect to be active as homecall/p from Anfora Island (EU-130, IIA
GO-026) on 7-8 June. They will operate on 160-6 metres all modes
and will be active during the IARU Region 1 and ARI Field Day
contests. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX IV3LZQ]
LU - Operators from Radio Club Salta (LU4OC, http://www.qsl.net/lu4oc)
will be active as L28OO from Iruya on 2-9 June. Iruya (2800m
a.s.l.) is a little town in northern Argentina, close to the
Bolivian border. QSL via LU4OC. [TNX LU4OO]
OZ - Look for Finn, OZ4EL to be active
(especially on 20 and 80 metres) from Sletterhage Lighthouse
(DEN-043) from 31 May to 13 June. QSL via OZ4EL either direct or
through the bureau. [TNX OZ4EL]
OZ - Look for Jakob, OZ7AEI/P to be active
from Lodbjerg Lighthouse (DEN-022, DLS-009) on Nordjylland Island
(EU-171 and NJ-001 for the Danish Islands Award) on 1 June. QSL
via home call, either direct or through the bureau. [TNX OZ7AEI]
UA - Nick, RA1QQ and Andy, RA3NN will be
active (on all bands SSB and CW with two stations) as UE1RRC/1
from EU-119 on 5-10 June. On their way back they might stop for
one day on Sosnovets Island (EU-161) and operate as RA1QQ/1 and
RA3NN/1. Donations will be gratefully accepted along with QSL
cards. QSL via RA1QQ; amateurs from Sweden can QSL via SM7TE
(Kjell Ekholm, P.O. Box 30010, 20061 Limhamn, Sweden). [TNX
SM7TE]
UA - Oleg, UA6LP will be active as UA6LP/6
from Ullu-Tau (2500m a.s.l.), Caucasus on 5-13 June, including an
entry as UA6LP/6/P in the IARU Region 1 Field Day. QSL via home
call. [TNX UA6LP]
UA - Alex/RW6CW, Andy/RK6ABM, Slava/RZ6AER,
Alex/RA6AFB, Vit/RK6ALP and Serge/RK6ADS will be active as
RW6AWW/p from Sazalniksky Lighthouse (ARLHS ERU-174 and RLE-026
for the Russian Lighthouses Award) on 6-7 June. QSL via RW6CW.
[TNX RW6CW]
UR - UY0UY, UX7UN, UX1UF, UT5UKY and UT5UUQ
will be active as UT4UZA/P from Karel Fehtel Island (not IOTA,
DN-?? for the Ukrainian Islands Award) on 31 May and from another
UIA island on 1 June. QSL via UX7UN. [TNX UT5UKY]
VE - Special event call VC3RCS will be aired
between 1 and 30 June to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the
formation of the Royal Canadian Signals Corps. QSL via operator's
instructions. [TNX VA3RJ]
XW - Champ, E21EIC will be active again as
XW1IC from Laos between around 3 and 23 June. He plans to operate
on 160-10 metres CW, SSB and RTTY, and will participate in the
All Asian DX Contest (SOAB LP). QSL via E21EIC. [TNX NG3K]
YN - H74C is the callsign Michael/AB5EB,
Mike/AD5A and Jake/KB5SKN will be using during their 31 May-2
June operation [425DXN 625] from Little Corn Island (NA-013).
They plan to operate on 80-6 metres with two stations on the HF
bands and one station that will be listening on 50.110 MHz during
the whole trip. They will have amplifiers for the HF bands, a
vertical antenna, a dipole and a beam for 6m. QSL via N6AWD. [TNX
AD5A]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
9A AWARD ---> Amateur Radio Club
"Koprivnica" sponsors a special award to
celebrate the third visit of pope John Paul II to
Croatia. Rules are available at http://www.qsl.net/9a7k
or from the Award Manager, Kresimir Juratovic, 9A7K (9a7k@qsl.net).
9Q1A & 9Q1YL ---> Pat and Nicole
report they will go permanently QRT from the Democratic
Republic of Congo around 31 May, after twenty years in
Africa and some 35,000 QSOs made from Kinshasa and
Matadi. They expect to return to their home QTH in
southern Brittany (France) around 15 June.
ANTARCTICA NET ---> There is a new
Antarctica Net every Saturday on 14300 kHz at 19 UTC. Net
control is Henry, LU4DXU who is in touch with LU1ZV
(Esperanza Base, WABA LU-06), LU1ZG (General Belgrano II,
WABA LU-08) and LU1ZD (General San Martin, WABA LU-011).
[TNX F5NOD]
ARBE ---> The IQ2MI/p "Amateur
Radio Balloning Experiment", previously scheduled to
take place on 17 May [425DXN 627], has been postponed to
1 June (starting around 9.30-10 UTC) due to bad weather.
See 425 DX News #626 for the details; for further
information please email Tibor, IK2SAI (ik2sai@amsat.org).
MAIL DROP ---> Terry Morton, KJ6OW
has been doing a mail drop service for Vit, EZ8CW for a
good while now; he informs *** U.S. hams only *** that as
of 15 June he will be adding Alex, EZ8CQ to the service
(please enclose a SASE and $2).
QSL 5H3RK ---> The Daily DX reports
that Ralph's work assignment in Tanzania is coming to an
end. QSL cards can be sen to his current address (Ralph
Karhammar, P.O. Box 9274, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) until
early July, after that they should now be sent (direct
only, as he is not a member of WIA) to VK4VB (Ralph
Karhammar, 6 Sevenoaks Street, Maroochydore, QLD 4068,
Australia).
QSL C56TA ---> Andy, LY2TA has
received the first batch of cards from the printer and
will start processing direct requests (700+ received so
far) in a few days. Bureau cards will be sent at the end
of the year. [TNX LY2TA]
QSL FR/F6KDF/T ---> Gil, F5NOD
reports that all FR/F6KDF/T (August 2000 operation from
tromelin) direct requests received so far have been
processed. The last batch of cards will be mailed within
a couple of weeks. Those who still need a card can send
their request to F6KDF or direct to F5NOD.
QSL PR0F ---> This callsign
(previously used by W5SJ in January/February 2003), was
reissued to YU1RL for the recent CQ WW WPX Contest. QSL
requests for the operation should be sent to YU1RL, not
to W5SJ. [TNX QRZ-DX]
QSL UA1ONY (EU-035) ---> Eugene,
RZ3EC reports he has received UA1ONY and UA1ONY/p's logs
up to 3 May 2003. Direct cards received so far have been
answered. Inquiries should be sent to rz3ec@rekom.ru.
QSL UK8OB ---> Paolo, IK2QPR reports
he is the new QSL manager for UK8OB. QSL to Palo Fava,
Via Bertani 8, 46100 Mantova - MN, Italy.
QSL ZS1RBN ---> Phil, G3SWH reports
that all direct QSL requests for the recent ZS1RBN
operation from Robben Island (AF-064) received to date
have been mailed.
QSL VIA ES1RA ---> Oleg, ES1RA
reports he still has logs and blank cards for all of his
past callsigns and operations:
UM8BA Kirghiz (obl. 034) 1967
UR2RCU Estonia (Tallinn) 1972-1989
RU2RCU Estonia (Tallinn) 01 Jan-03 Aug 1980
UR3RA Estonia (Tallinn) 26 May-31 Dec 1989
ES1RA Estonia (Tallinn) after 01 Jan 1989
ES1RA/UM1M Kirghiz (obl.036) 04-07 Feb 1990; 23-27 Jan 1991;
09-14 Jul 1991; 21 Nov 1992
ES1RA/UM2Q Kirghiz (obl. 033) 07-08 Feb 1990; 28-29 Jan 1991
ES1RA/UM3N Kirghiz (obl. 034) 22-29 Jan 1990; 15-17 Jan 1991
ES1RA/UI4O Uzbek (obl. 050) 01 Feb 1990
ES1RA/UI5F Uzbek (obl. 047) 30-31 Jan; 15-17 Jan 1991
ES1RA/UM6A Kirghiz (obl. 032) 25 Jun-03 Jul 1991; 30 Nov-15 Dec 1992
ES1RA/UM7P Kirghiz (obl. 177) 05-07 Jul 1991
ES1RA/UI8I Uzbek (obl. 051) 17-19 Jul 1991; 23 Dec 1992
ES1RA/1 Aegna Isl. (EU-149) 09-18 Aug 1991; 28 May-03 Jun 1992;
15-21 Aug 1996; 16-28 Jul 1997;
26-31 Jul 2001
ES1RA/2 Aegna Isl. (EU-149) 13-17 Jul 1995
ES1RA/2 Mohni Isl. (EU-149) 11-12 Aug 2000
ES1RA/8 Kihnu Isl. (EU-178) 09-13 May 2001; 25-27 May 2001;
29 Jun-02 Jul 2001; 08-11 Jun 2002
ES1RA/0 Muhu Isl. (EU-034) 08-10 Jun 1995; 22 Nov 1996;
23-26 Jan 1997; 22-26 May 1997;
09-12 Apr 1999
ES1RA/0 Kassar Isl (EU-034) 11-12 Jun 2002
EX/ES1RA Kirghiz 01-11 Oct 1998
UK/ES1RA Uzbek 06-07 Oct 1998
OH0/ES1RA/P Aland Isls. (EU-002) 22-28 Sep 2001
OH8/ES1RA/P Hailuoto Isl. (EU-184) 12-17 Apr 2002
Direct cards should be sent to Oleg M. Mir, P.O. Box 806,
11702 Tallinn, Estonia. Oleg can also confirm contacts
made with ES85M (Muhu Island, EU-034) in February 2003.
SSA ACTIVITY AWARD ---> The SSA
Activity Award is for promoting activity on the amateur
radio bands and it is available to either licensed
amateurs and SWL for working 365 QSOs from 1 January
through 31 December each year. For further information
please contact the Award Manager, Bengt Hogkvist, SM6DEC
(bengt.hogkvist@swipnet.se).
SILENT KEY - We are sad to report the
sudden passing of Doug Sim, VK4BP (ZK1SIM), who was
killed in a motorcycle accident while on Rarotonga,
Southern Cooks. We are close in thoughts and prayers to
June, VK4SJ (ZK1AYL), Doug's surviving wife.
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
LOGS: The YE5A (Pisang Island, OC-262)
logs are now available at www.mdxc.org/logsearch.asp.
[TNX IZ8CCW]
POSTAGE: Updated information on
IRCs/US$s needed for returning cards to the US is
maintained by Bill, W9OL at http://www.qsl.net/w9ol/ircchart.txt.
QSL ROUTES: A collection of QSL routes
for stations active during the recent CQ WW WPX CW
Contest is now available at http://www.arrakis.es/~ea5eyj/wpxcw03.htm.
[TNX EA5EYJ]
WEB PAGES: Are you going on a
DXpedition? Do you want to publicize your operation on
the Internet but do not know where to start from? The
Mediterraneo DX Club offers its services (free of charge)
for customized web pages, including pictures, logs, etc.
For further information please contact mdxc@mdxc.org. [TNX
IZ8CCW]
VE7DP - Frank Toplak, General Delivery,
Winfield, BC V4V 1M6, Canada
VK4SJ - June Sim, P.O. Box 406,
Caloundra 4551, Queensland, Australia
VQ9LA - Larry Arneson, PSC 466 Box 24
(DG-21 Annex 30), FPO AP 96595-0024, USA
W3HNK - Joseph L. Arcure Jr., P.O. Box
73, Edgemont, PA 19028, USA
ZS6MG - Vladimir Karamitrov, P.O. Box
1788, Bramley 2018, South Africa
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