20 September 2003
No 646
4 2 5 D X N E W S DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
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continuing support!
4W - After a break of two and a half months,
Peter/4W3CW (G3WQU) will be QRV again this week. He will be in
Timor Leste (formerly East Timor) for around another year. He
operates CW only on all HF bands, with 100 watts into a vertical.
QSL direct only to Peter McKay, UNMISET, P.O. Box 2436, Darwin,
NT 0801, Australia. All direct QSLs received so far have been
replied to. [TNX 4W3CW]
5B - Alan, G3PMR will be active again from
Cyprus as 5B4AHJ from 24 September until 13 December. QSL via
G3PMR, direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards are
welcome at g3pmr@shacklog.co.uk).
[TNX G3PMR]
9A - Ron, 9A5JR and Vlado, 9A2V expect to
operate from the island of Ilovik (EU-136, CI-029) on 19-20
September and from Grujica Island (EU-136, CI-026) and lighthouse
on 20-21 September. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
9H - Girts/YL2KL (9H3KKL), Karl/YL2MD
(9H3MMD) and Andy/YL2GQT (9H3GQT) will be active from Gozo Island
(EU-023), Malta on 24-30 September. They plan to operate on all
HF bands CW, SSB and RTTY, and to participate in the CQ/RJ WW DX
RTTY Contest as 9H3M. [TNX YL2KL]
CT - CT1GFK/P, CT1GPQ/P and CT2IHP/P will be
active from Magalha Island (not IOTA, DIP AL-16) from 5 to 11 UTC
on 21 September. QSL via home calls. [TNX CT1END]
DL - DL1POX and DL9GKJ plan to operate fron
the islands of Kastenwerder and Weidenschwanz (new ones for the
German Islands Award) on 21 September. [TNX DL8AAM]
G - The Cray Valley Radio Society will be
active as GB75BF from 11 UTC on 20 September to 11 UTC on the
21st to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the British Wireless
for the Blind Fund. Activity will be on 10-80 metres CW and SSB
(WARC bands excluded) as well as on 2 metres. QSL via G4DFI. [TNX
BRS-32525]
HB - HE2GR is the special event call for the
clubstation HB9GR, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Swiss
Cantons of St. Gallen and Graubuenden. The station will be active
on CW, SSB and digital modes until 30 December. QSL via HB9DOT.
[TNX HB9AAQ]
OZ - Look for Jakob, OZ7AEI/P to operate on
20 and 40 metres from the islands of Aro (EU-172, DIA JY-003,
ARLHS DEN-072), Barso (EU-172, JY-002) and Als (JY-001, ARLHS
DEN-019) on 25 September. [TNX OZ7AEI]
PJ - Velde, PA0VDV will be active as
PJ6/PA0VDV from Saba Island (NA-145) from 28 September and 3
October. [TNX The Daily DX]
SV5 - Look for Uli, DJ9XB to participate in
the CQ/RJ WW DX RTTY Contest (27-28 September) as J45XB (SOSB
15m) from the Dodecanese. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
UA - UA0LQJ, RA0LGG, UA0LEM, RA0LHI, RA0LHJ,
RA0LHK and RA0LFN will be active (on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres
SSB, CW and SSTV) as RK0LXD/p from Rotary Lighthouse (RLA-011) in
the Sea of Japan on 19-21 September. QSL via UA0LQJ. [TNX RA0LGG]
UR - Special event station EM225G will be
active on 19-30 September to celebrate the 225th anniversary of
the city of Kherson. QSL via UR3GM, bureau or direct (Igor Pulin,
P.O. Box 23, Kherson 73022, Ukraine). E-mail requests for bureau
cards are welcome at itel@ukrincom.net.
UR - Vlad/UY0UY, Valery/UT1UW and Vlad/UT5UKY
plan to operate as UT4UZA/P from a Dnieper island (not IOTA,
DN-?? for the Ukrainian Islands Award) on 20-21 September. QSL
via UX7UN. [TNX UT5UKY]
VK - From 28 September through 30 October
Rich, PA0RRS will be active as VK4SRW and VK4SRW/p while
travelling from Cairns, Queensland to Sydney, NSW. He also plans
to visit the following islands: Magnetic (OC-171) on 5-6 October,
Hamilton (OC-160) on 8 October, Fraser (OC-142) on 11-13 October,
Moreton (OC-137) on 15 or 16 October. QSL via home call, direct
or bureau. [TNX PA0RRS]
VP9 - Hurricane Fabian has forced Bert,
PA3GIO to postopone his 18-28 September trip to Bermuda [425DXN
643]. The new dates are 8-18 November. Look for PA3GIO/VP9 on 80,
40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres SSB. QSL via PA3GIO, preferably
through the bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards will be
welcome at qsl@pa3gio.nl). The
web page for the operation is at http://www.pa3gio.nl/VP9.
[TNX PA3GIO]
YB - Adhi, YC3MM plans to operate as YC3MM/5
from Nongsa Island and lighthouse from around 11 UTC on 20
September possibly until around 23 UTC on the 21st, depending on
local conditions. Also known as Putri, Pulau Nongsa is located
very close to Batam (OC-075). [TNX IZ8CCW]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
DX HANDBOOK ---> Our webmaster
Maurizio, IZ1CRR is looking for a copy of the DX Handbook
written by Don Miller and published by CQ back in 1968.
The book is not available from the publisher any longer;
if you have a copy to sell, please contact Maurizio at i121171@425dxn.org.
DXCC NEWS ---> YI1BGD has been
approved for DXCC credit (this operation was on hold from
18 March 2003 and after). Those who had this rejected
should contact DXCC at dxcc@arrl.org
to have their record updated.
IB0/IZ8FDH ---> Bad weather caused
Paolo, IZ8FDH to cancel his 13-18 September trip to the
Tremiti Islands [425DXN 643], but he managed to go and
operate from the island of Ponza (EU-045, IIA LT-001).
QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
LOTW ---> The long-anticipated
"Logbook of the World" - the QSL-cardless ARRL
awards and contact credit system - - is now up and
running and open to all. Details can be found at http://www.arrl.org/lotw/.
PIRATE ---> Tony, T77C reports that
T77GL is a pirate station. Current legitimate callsigns
from San Marino are listed at http://www.arrsm.org.
QSL IU1L ---> Please note that Paolo,
IK1NLZ is the QSL manager only for contacts made with
IU1L back in 1996. This call has been reissued and was
used by ARI Genova operators from La Lanterna (ARLHS
ITA-177, WAIL LI-005) during this year's International
Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend. QSL cards for 2003 go
to ARI Genova direct (P.O. Box 1117, 16121 Genova GE,
Italy) or via bureau (cards already sent to IK1NLZ will
be forwarded). [TNX IK1NLZ and IZ1BZS]
QSL TG0AA ---> Although ordered
months ago, the cards for Dennis Motschenbacher's (K7BV)
TG0AA operation in 2003 ARRL DX CW are still awaited from
the printer and the Club de Radioaficionados de Guatemala
is getting increasing numbers of inquiries for status of
QSL requests. The TG9 club is moving ahead with printing
the cards via another route so this matter can be cleared
up. [TNX K7BV]
QSL VIA AC7DX ---> Ron Lago, AC7DX
(P.O. Box 25426, Eugene, OR 97402, USA) reports he has
found the following old logs: 3D2WM, 4B9CQ, C21BD,
HL9KLT, HL9MM, JT1AN (1978-80), KC6HA, KC6VE (1995),
KP4AM (1979-81), T30AC, T30W (1994), V31UN, VK0HM (Heard
Island), VP8AWU (1994), VQ9CQ, VQ9SS, VR1AY (1979), VR1BD
(1979), VR1PK (1979), VU2ACD, XB9Z (1992), XH9Z (1993),
XW8FA and ZK2VE. These are all hand written logs, some of
them are barely readable, others are not complete and not
all blank cards have been found (but Ron will have the
QSLs reprinted).
QSL VIA PT7WA ---> Luke, PT7WA
reports that he has taken over QSL chores from Tino,
PT7AA. Luke is now able to confirm (direct or bureau)
QSOs with the following stations (including some of
Luke's own operations):
Call Year QTH IOTA
-------------------------------------------------------------
PT7AA/PR8 2000 Canarias Island SA-072
PT7FX/PY6 1999 Itaparica Island SA-023
PT7WA/PY0 2000 Fernando de Noronha SA-003
PT7WA/PY6 1999 Tinhare Island SA-080
PT7WA/PY7 1999 Itamaraca Island SA-046
PY0FK 1995 Fernando de Noronha SA-003
PY0SK 1991 St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks SA-014
PY0SR 1991 St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks SA-014
PY0TE 1984-85 Trindade (op. Antonio Luis) SA-010
ZV7G 1999 Santo Aleixo Island SA-046
ZW8AA 1992 Ilha Grande de Santa Isabel SA-025
ZX8CW 1990 Sao Joao Island SA-041
ZY0FA 1989 Fernando de Noronha SA-003
ZY0FCA 1987 Fernando de Noronha SA-003
ZY0FCM 1987 Fernando de Noronha SA-003
ZY0FKL 1987 Fernando de Noronha SA-003
ZY0FMC 1987 Fernando de Noronha SA-003
ZY0FRT 1987 Fernando de Noronha SA-003
ZY0RK 1991 Atol das Rocas SA-038
ZY0RW 1991-92 Atol das Rocas SA-038
ZY0SG 1997 St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks SA-014
ZY0SK 1994-97 St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks SA-014
ZY0SP 1994 St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks SA-014
ZY0SS 1989 St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks SA-014
ZY0SW 1989 St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks SA-014
ZY0SY 1989 St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks SA-014
ZY0TF 1988 Trindade SA-010
ZY0TK 1988-90 Trindade SA-010
ZY0TR 1988 Trindade SA-010
ZY0TW 1990 Trindade SA-010
Luke (pt7wa@matrix.com.br)
will take care of all cards received and not processed,
and will answer to any question as quick as possible
(most of the logs are on paper).
VISALIA 2004 ---> You could win a
free registration to the 2004 International DX
Convention. All you have to do is design the winning logo
for 2004. The logo contest is open to everyone, visit the
convention web site (http://www.scdxc.org/visalia)
for details. [TNX N6DHZ]
QSL DB: Boye Christensen, OZ7C has
updated his QSL DBase (which now contains 342,658 unique
records) for Packet Cluster. The package can be
downloaded at http://www.qsl.net/oz7c/qsl. [TNX
OZ7C]
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