12 July 2003
No 636
4 2 5 D X N E W S DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
9A - Look for Roger, 9A/ON4TX to be active
from Prezba Island (EU-016) on 13-27 July. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
DL - Thomas, DJ5DT will participate in the
IOTA Contest as DJ5DT/p (12 hours CW) from Sylt Island (EU-042).
QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
F - A group of operators from the Radio Club
of Cenon (F6KNL) will be active from Bouchaux-Nouvelle Island
(DIFM AT-103) on 12 July and from Margaux Island (AT-102) on 26
July. Look for activity on 40-10 metres (plus 2 metres) CW, SSB
and RTTY. QSL via F8BBL. [TNX F8BBL]
GW - Glyn, GW0ANA and other members of the
Barry Amateur Radio Society will be active as GB5FI from Flat
Holm Island (EU-124) on 24-28 July. They will participate in the
IOTA Contest as GW8K. Both QSLs via GW0ANA. [TNX GW0ANA]
I - Walter, IN3XUG is active as IV3/IN3XUG
from Grado Island (EU-130, IIA GO-001) unitl 14 July. QSL via
bureau or direct. [TNX IN3XUG]
JY - JY6ZZ will be the RJARS HQ Station
during the IARU HF World Championship. The operators for the
first ever HQ entry from Jordan will be JY4NE, JY9QJ and JY9NX.
All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via bureau. [TNX NG3K]
LU - A group of operators from Uruguay and
Argentina will participate in the IARU HF World Championship as
LV0N (Multi Single) from Santiago del Estero, Argentina. QSL via
LU2NI. [TNX LU1NDC]
PJ2 - For the IARU HF World Championship,
operators from the Caribbean Contesting Consortium and the
Vereniging voor Experimenteel Radio Onderzoek in de Nederlandse
Antillen (VERONA) will combine forces as PJ2HQ, operating as the
Netherlands Antilles IARU HQ station at Coral Cliff, Curacao.
[TNX NG3K]
PY - Special event station ZW7S will be
active (on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB and CW) during the II
Brazilian National Scout Jamboree on 12-19 July. Further
information is available at http://www.radioescotismo.com.br/zw7s.htm;
QSL via bureau or direct to PY2RAR (Ronan A. Reginatto, Avenida
1, 2091 Rio Claro, SP 13503-250, Brazil). [TNX PY5DZ]
S5 - Special event call S50KBS will be aired
in July and August from Slovenia for the "Koupafest".
QSL via S57L, direct or bureau. [TNX S57L]
TZ - Javi/EA5KM, Paco/EA5RD, Julio/EA5XX,
Max/I8NHJ, Doug/N6TQS, Luis/XE1L and possibly others will be
active as TZ6RD from Bamako, Mali on 12-23 August. They plan to
operate on all bands, 6 metres included, and modes (CW, SSB,
RTTY, PSK, SSTV and Sat AO-40) with three stations around the
clock. QSL via EA4URE. Further information is expected in due
course. [TNX EA5XX]
UA - RN1AW, RX1AW, RA1ANP, UA1ANE and RW6HJV
will be active as RI1CGR from Rodsher Island (EU-133, RRA 01-05,
WLH 0330) starting on 16 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via
RN1AW either direct (Victor Tsarevsky, P.O.Box 114, Pushkin-8,
196608 Russia) or through the bureau. [TNX RN1AW and RZ3EM]
UA - Michael/RL3AA, Leo/RN3AZ, Nick/UA3DX and
Pavel/RA3AUM will operate (on 10-80 metres CW and SSB) as
homecall/1 from Rodsher (EU-133), Virginy (EU-133), Malyj Tyuters
(EU-133) and Bolshoj Tyuters (EU-133) islands on 19-27 July. QSL
via home calls, bureau or direct. They will participate in the
IOTA Contest as RI1CA (QSL via UA3DX) from Bolshoj Tyuters. [TNX
RA3AUM]
VE - Art, W3KHZ will operate (on 20-6 metres
CW and SSB) as VY2MM from Prince Edward Island (NA-029) during
the summer. QSL diret to W3KHZ or through the W3 or VE9/VY2
bureaux. [TNX The Daily DX]
VE - The Fredericton Amateur Radio Club will
participate in the IOTA Contest as VE9ND from Miscou Island
(NA-068). The operators will be Dave/VE9AV, George/VE1ACU,
Brent/VE1JH and Tim/VE9XA; aside from the contest, they will
operate also on 6 metres (FN78). QSL via VE9XA either direct or
through the bureau. [TNX VE9XA]
V7 - Buzz, N5UR and John, W5RQ will activate
Taongi Atoll (OC-???), Marshall Islands starting on 18 August for
four days. The callsign will be announced at the start of the
operation, which will take place on 40-10 metres CW and SSB, with
an emphasis on 17, 20 and 30 metres. QSL via N6AWD. [TNX W5RQ]
W - Andy, NP3D and Sergio, W2WB will be
active during the IOTA Contest from Long Beach Island (NA-111).
QSL direct to home calls. [TNX NP3D]
YV - The Caracas DX Group and the Association
of Radioamateurs of Venezuela are expected to be active as YW5M
from Los Monjes Archipelago (SA-015) until 14 July. QSL via W4SO
(maildrop). [TNX The Daily DX]
CROATIAN ISLANDS & LIGHTHOUSES --->
Kresimir/9A7K and Franjo/9A2MF will be active from the following
Croatian islands and lighthouses on 12-20 July:
IOTA WLH CIA CLH ARLH IOCA
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Sveti Ivan na Pucini EU-110 LH-036 49 145 CRO-017 CI-113
Porer EU-110 LH-240 35 111 CRO-014 CI-090
Altijez LH-278 001 CRO-021 CI-445
Plicina Paklena LH-708
Barbaran LH-1018 CRO-207
Veli Brijun (Pinida) EU-110 LH-1651 05 101 CRO-010 CI-139
Albanez LH-2612 CRO-208
Krasnica EU-110 CI-045
They will be using their home calls as well as 9A0LH (QSL via
9A7K). Information on the Croatian Islands Award (CIA) can be
found at http://www.qsl.net/9a7k/cia_award.htm. [TNX
9A7K]
IARU HF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ---> The
following IARU Society HQ stations are expected to participate in
this year's event (12-13 July):
4L0NARG Georgia JY6ZZ Jordan SN0HQ Poland
8N2JHQ Japan LY0HQ Lithuania TG0AA Guatemala
8N3JHQ Japan LZ0HQ Bulgaria TM0HQ France
9A0HQ Croatia OA4O Peru VA3RAC Canada
AT0HQ India OE#XHQ Austria VK3WI Australia
B4HQ China OH2HQ Finland VR2HK Hong Kong
DA0HQ Germany OL3HQ Czech Rep. W1AW/3 USA
EI0HQ Ireland OT3HQ Belgium YE0HQ Indonesia
ES9A Estonia OZ1HQ Denmark YL4HQ Latvia
GB5HQ UK PA6HQ The Netherlands YR0HW Romania
HG0HQ Hungary PJ2HQ Neth. Antilles YT0HQ Serbia & Mont.
HR2RCH Honduras R7HQ Russia ZA1A Albania
IU#HQ Italy SK9HQ Sweden ZS6SRL South Africa
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GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
6O0A ---> The Daily DX reports that
Sam Voron, VK2BVS is now working at Radio Galkayo in
North East Somalia. "6O0A (Six Oscar Zero Alpha)
from the Amateur Radio training school of Somalia [is]
using the Radio Galkayo facility 7 days from 0300-0430Z
between 14200-14285 and 28490. No QSLs as this is a QSO
only station for the Somali students who need 10 contacts
as part of their ham radio training".
DXCC NEWS ---> The following
operations from Timor Leste (East Timor) have been
approved for DXCC credit: 4W1BK (effective 22 May 2003),
4W3AN (effective 19 May 2003), 4W3CW (effective 16 May
2003), 4W3DX (effective 22 May 2003), 4W6MM (effective 22
May 2003).
VK4SJ ---> The following has been
received from June Sim, VK4SJ (ZK1AYL): "I wish to
sincerely thank all who sent e-mails, cards and messages
of sympathy after the tragic accident on Rarotonga, Cook
Islands on the 23rd of May that took the life of my
husband Doug, VK4BP (ZK1SIM). These tributes and cards
were of a great comfort to our two sons and myself and
helped to ease the pain of our loss. The QSL cards for
our DXpedition on Aitutaki (OC-083) and Rarotonga
(OC-013) that I have received to date have been processed
and posted back. All cards that have been received direct
without return postage will be returned via the
bureau".
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
CHUK ISLAND: Detailed information on the
18-20 July operation from Chuk Island (AS-???) [425DXN
635] can be found at http://hl1txq.karl.or.kr/chuk/.
QSL for all the operators (HL1EJT/2, HL1OYF/2, HL1VAU/2,
HL3QP/2, HL9DX/2, DS1EVQ/2, DS1KOQ/2, DS3BGI/2 and
DS4NYE/2) direct to HL1OYF (Kim Duck-nam, P.O.Box 54,
Dong-jack 156-600, Seoul, South Korea). [TNX HL1TXQ]
IZ8FDH - Paolo Capobianco, Via Enrico
Cocchia 26, 80124 Napoli - NA, Italy
JJ8DEN - Yoshitake Izumi, Minami-24-7,
Nishi-1, Obihiro-City, Hokkaido, 080-0011 Japan
LZ2KV - Miroslav Mirchev, P.O. Box. 164,
7700 Targovishte, Bulgaria
NE8Z - Rick Dorsch, P.O. Box 616,
Hamburg, MI 48139, USA
SQ4NR - Grzegorz Gawel ul. Herdera
16/14, 10-691 Olsztyn, Poland
UK8FR - Madjit Kadyrov, P. O. Box 3,
Andizhan 710000, Uzbekistan
VK4VB - Ralph Karhammar, 6 Seven Oaks
St., Taringa, QLD 4068, Australia
YB35AR - P.O. Box 8000, Jakarta 11000,
Indonesia
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