23 August 2003
No 642
4 2 5 D X N E W S
DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

3D2 - Franz Nieberding, ZL2III/DK1II will be active as 3D2II from Lautoka, Viti Levu (OC 016), Fiji Islands between 24 August and 2 September. He will operate in his spare time, in the local morning and evening hours, om 10-40 metres mainly CW. QSL via ZL2III (P.O. Box 28110, Wellington, New Zealand). [TNX ZL2III/DK1II]

9A - Neno/9A7N, Luka/9A7Z and two operators from Radio Club Korcula (9A1CLM) plan to be active on 20 and 40 metres from the following Croatian islands on 29-30 August: Pod Mrearu (IOCA CI-454, WLH-2545), Kopite (CI-040), Pod Kopite (CI-453), Mreara (CI-071), Crnac (CI-501), Maslovnjak Veli (CI-502), Vlanik (CI-226), Bratin (EU-016, CI-158), Prezba (EU-016, CI-092), Lastovo (EU-016, CI-051). QSL via home calls. [TNX 9A7N]

BV9_pr - The planned operation from Pratas Island [425DXN 640] is scheduled to take place on 9-16 October. If interested in participating in this all-band CW, SSB and RTTY activity, please contact Paul Pai, BV4FH (bv4fh@ms2.hinet.net). The web page has been updated at http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~iota/newpage64.htm. [TNX JI6KVR]

EI - John, EI4GK plans to activate Great Blasket Island (EU-007) on 26-29 August. Activity will be on 10-80 metres SSB. QSL to EI4GK direct or bureau. This operation is heavily dependent on suitable weather conditions. [TNX EI4GK]

GM - Jurij/MM0DFV, John/GM0WRR, Ernie/GM0EZP and Ross/MM0WED will operate (on 160-10 metres CW and SSB, possibly on digital modes as well) as GB0SKY from the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides (EU-008) on 24-25 August. On 24 August look for MM0DFV/p to be active (QRP on 20 metres CW) from one of the island summits (Sgurr na Coinnich), while on the 25th MM0DFV/p and GM0WRR/p will work from Kylerhea Minor Light (ARLHS SCO-116). QSL GB0SKY via bureau or direct to MM0DFV (Jurij Phunkner, P.O. Box 7469, Glasgow, G42 0YD, Scotland, UK). [TNX MM0DFV]

TA - Thierry, F5SNY and Christian, F8BOD will be in Turkey from 25 August to 8 September. They hope to operate from AS-098 on 29-31 August and from Kekova Island (AS-115) on 5-6 September. [TNX F6AJA]

V6 - Roger, G3SXW and Nigel, G3TXF plan to operate as V63SXW and V63TXF respectively from Yap (OC-012) on 27-28 August and again on 1-3 September. Between 29 and 31 August they will be signing V63SXW/p and V63TXF/p from Falalop Island, Ulithi Atoll (OC-078). They will operate CW only with 100 watts and verticals on +/- 3503, 7003, 10103 or 10123, 14023, 18073 or 18083, 21023, 24893 or 24903 and 28023 kHz. Expected approximate operating times are as follows:

   OC-012 - from 10 UTC on 27 August through to 20 UTC on the 28th
   OC-078 - from 08 UTC on 29 August through to 22 UTC on the 31st
   OC-012 - from 10 UTC on 1 September through to 08 UTC on the 3rd

QSL via home calls. [TNX NG3K]

GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• 80 METRES (VK) ---> Following a proposal put to the Australian Communications Authority by the WIA several years ago, the Australian Amateur Service is to be allocated the band 3776-3800 kHz on 1 January 2004. [TNX VK3EW]
• CDXC AWARD ---> The Chiltern DX Club (The UK DX Foundation) has awarded its prestigious "Local Heroes Award" for 2003 to Tex Izumo, 9M2TO. This annual award goes to an operator resident in a DX country who has provided excellent service to the DX community and who maintains a high standard of operating without the benefit of major sponsorship. The CDXC Committee recognises the commitment Tex has shown in providing very many contacts and confirmations with amateurs world wide on all bands from 160m to 6m over a period of many years. The award carries a prize of œ200 and a year's honorary membership of CDXC. [TNX G3LAS]
• DXCC NEWS ---> E4/DF3EC (7-10 August 2003) has been approved for DXCC credit.
• QSL LU5FII ---> Patrick, WD9EWK reports he is the new QSL manager (either direct or bureau) for Claudio Pons Estel, LU5FII. More information on this and the others stations whose QSLing Patrick takes care of can be found at http://www.qsl.net/wd9ewk/qsl-mgr.html.
• QSL PT5T ---> QSL cards for the PT5T operation conducted by CT1BOH are now available from Mac, W3HC. [TNX W3HC]
• QSL UA0JQ ---> Antonello, IK2DUW is the QSL manager for Yuri and can confirm QSOs made from 2002 onwards. [TNX IK2DUW]
• TIMOR LESTE ---> The ARRL Awards Committee has announced it will continue to consider East Timor and Timor-Leste as a single entity for DXCC credit. This means all amateur contacts with East Timor since March 2000 will remain valid for DXCC. The official announcement was released on 18 August and can be seen at http://www.arrl.org/.
• YI/ON5NT ---> Jean-Michel, F6AJA reports that Ghis Penny, ON5NT was at the UN HQ in Baghdad when the Canal Hotel was attacked on 19 August. He was injured and, even though he is not in danger of losing his life, on the 22nd he was evacuated to Amman.

NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• IQ6AN: Logs and pictures of the recent lighthouse operation from WAIL-003 [425DXN 641] are now available at http://antares.fastnet.it/enti/ari-an/lighthouse.htm. [TNX I6GFX]
• LOGS: On-line logs for Antarctic bases LU1ZG (Belgrano II), LU1ZV (Esperanza), LU1ZD (San Martin) and LU1ZD (Primavera) are available at http://www.qsl.net/lu8adx/antartida/antartida.htm.

QSL INFO - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3A/F8ASY    3A2MD       GB5FI       GW0ANA      SN2NP       SP2BIK
3D2JC       JK2DDW      GB5PW       G0CAM       ST2BSS      DL5NAM
3DA0LJ      JM1LJS      GB5RO       MM5DWW      SV5/SM8C    SM0CMH
3Z0MFF      SP9PTG      GN4GTY/P    GI4GTY      T88HO       JH9URT
3Z0PW       SP5KEH      GS2MP/P     N3SL        TM0LH       F5HPY
4D71DJ      DU8DJ       H2G         5B4AGC      TM3QK       F5UJK
4U1WB       KK4HD       H40H        P29KM       TM3XX       F6DBA
7Q7HB       G0IAS       H40V        JA1PBV      TM5VIN      F9KH
7Q7NT       G4FAL       H44VV       UA4WHX      TZ6RD       EA4URE
7S6LGT      SK6NL       HD4DX       HC2GT       UE3ASK      RU3FS
8P6FH       WB2KSK      HF8IL       SP8PJG      UE3YGA      RV3YR
8Q7HX       DJ9HX       HG8SDS      HA8PH       UE4HFF      RU4HG
8S6BAS      SK6DW (a)   HI3NR       KB2MS       UE9XZS      UA9XW
8S6BAS      SM6BZE (b)  HK70AXY     HK3AXY      UT7M        UR5MID (c)
9A9Z/P      9A1ADE      HK70RQS     EA5KB       V63RR       K7JA
9N7AS       JH3PAS      HP0L        HP1IBF      V73T        N6AWD
A71EM       LZ1YE       ID9/IK8PGM  IK8PGM      VI8NT       VK6NE
BX8AA       BV8BC       ID9/IW9BBX  IK8PGM      VP8LGT      VP8ON
CO3JO       EA7JX       II0P        IZ1EPM      VY1JA       N3SL
CO6XN       N3ZOM       IQ3TS       IV3LNQ      W2T         N2OO
CQ0RLH      CT2GZB      IU3A        IV3HAX      W4L         W4DFU
CS5E        CT1CSY      JY9QJ       DL5MBY      XU7ACT      G3SWH
CT0BGC      CT1ARN      K8E         N8MR        XU7ACU      G3SWH
CX1TCR      CX2TL       K9Y         N9NT        YI/NG5L     K1QS
D44TD       CT1EKF      KG4CM       N5FTR       YI/PA5M     PA7FM
D90HC       DS2BGV      KG4DP       WA4ET       YI/S53R     K2PF
DF0DA       DL1WH       KG4LH   N1WON or WA4ET  YJ8UY       7K4JUY
DL0FFF      DL2RPS      LT0H        EA7FTR      YN9HAU      EA7JX
DS22UH      HL0KHQ      MM0XAU      DJ6AU       YV1DIG      EA7JX
DX1F        JA1HGY      N1L         KB1HJO      YW6P        EA7JX
E20HHK/P    E21EIC      N1P         K1VV        Z22JE       KZ5RO
E4/DF3EC    DF3EC       N7L         K7VV        Z3100K      DJ0LZ
ED2FPA      EA2RCA      OH0/IZ0FKE  IZ0FMA      Z3100O      DJ0LZ
ED4MVC      EA4HV       OH2IPA      OH4MDY      Z3100S      I2JSB
ED6LGH      EA6LP       OK8AR       DL3ARM      Z3100S      RA3AUM (d)
ED7MAV      EA7URU      OR0OST      ON6HC       Z3100Z      DJ0LZ
ED7VKL      EA7URP      OZ0AIS      DL6KAC      Z38AV       YU7AV
ED8LPA      EA8AKN      PJ6/I4ALU   I4ALU       ZC4CW       G3AB
EG6CEN      EA6NY       R3RRC/6     UA6MF       ZK1CGR      VK2CR
EI4TLH      EI8EM       R3RRC/9     UA3SGV      ZK1KAT      WA4WTG
ER27A       ER1DA       RA6AX       W3HNK       ZK1TOO      WA4WTG
FM/IV3JVJ   IV3TDM      RK0LXD/p    UA0LQJ      ZK1TTT      WA4WTG
GB2BML  M0CNP or G0GFQ  RZ3DZS/0    MM0DFV      ZK1ZOO      WA4WTG
GB2ELH      WA7OBH      SK5LGT      SM5DJZ      ZV7AA       PY7AA

(a) bureau
(b) direct
(c) for 2003
(d) for Russia & ex USSR countries
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ADDRESSES - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• CX2TL - P.O. Box 29, 27000 Rocha, Uruguay
• E21EIC - Champ C. Muangamphun, P.O. Box 1090, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10903, Thailand
• EA4URE - Union de Radioaficionados Espanoles, P.O. Box 220, 28080 Madrid, Spain
• EA7JX - Rodrigo Herrera, P.O. Box 47, 41310 Brenes, Sevilla, Spain
• G0IAS - Allan Hickman, The Conifers, High Street, Elkesley, Retford, DN22 8AJ Notts, UK
• G3SWH - Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol BS49 5HQ, England, UK
• GW0ANA - Glyn Jones, Nirvana, Caste Precinct, Llandough, Cowbridge, CF7 7LX, Wales, UK
• GW0DSJ - E. Shipton, 34 Argoed, Kinmel Bay, Rhyl, Conwy, LL18 5LN, Wales, UK
• IK8PGM - Roberto Duca, Viale Europa 184, 80053 Castellammare di Stabia - NA, Italy
• IV3HAX - Mauro Lizzi, P.O. Box 1, 33034 Fagagna - UD, Italy
• IV3LNQ - Luigi Lenardon, P.O. Box 3959, 34148 Trieste - TS, Italy
• IZ8DBJ - Mario Pesce, P.O. Box 15, 80070 Bacoli - NA, Italy
• JH3PAS - Kiyotaka Ichikawa, IssikiI-Nishi 1-74-3, Hiraoka, Kakogawa, 675-0117 Japan
• JH9URT - Haruki Ohtsubo, 1377-1 Futatsuka, Takaoka, 933-0816 Japan
• K9PPY - James S. Model, 749 Willow St., Itasca, Illinois 60143, USA
• LU1DMA - Luis Fernandez, O.V. Andrade 1638, 1718 S.A de Padua, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• LU4DXU - Horacio Enrique Ledo, P.O. Box 22, 1640 Martinez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• N2OO - Bob Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087, USA
• N6AWD - Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr., Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA
• ON5NT - Ghis Penny, P.O.Box 93, BE-9700 Oudenaarde, Belgium
• PY7AA - P.O. Box 1043, 51001-970 Recife - PE, Brazil
• RV3YR - Victor Borodin, P.O. Box 1, Bryansk-27, 241027 Russia
• RW3RN - Alex Kuznetsov, P.O. Box 57, Tambov-23, 392023 Russia
• SM0CMH - Goran Lundell, Algovagen 11, SE-133 36 Saltsjobadne, Sweden
• SM5DJZ - John Hallenberg, Vassunda Andersberg, SE-741 91 Knivsta, Sweden
• UA0LQJ - Dmitry Lakhtionov, P.O. Box 119, Nakhodka-6, 692906 Russia
• UA3SGV - Andy Blinushov, P.O. Box 180, Ryazan-35, 390035 Russia
• UR5MID - Serge A. Redkin, str.Fadeeva 46, Lugansk 91006, Ukraine
• W4DFU - University of Florida, Box J-12 JHMHC, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
• WD9EWK - Patrick Stoddard, 6938 W. Palo Verde Drive, Glendale, AZ 85303-4405, USA

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