4 October 2003
No 648
4 2 5 D X N E W S
DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE - The 425 DX News monthly edition (September issue), edited by Maurizio Bertolino (I1-21171/IZ1CRR) is now available for free downloading in either.pdf or .doc formats at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/. In this issue you can find a detailed report with pictures on the XF1K operation from the Todos Santos Islands (NA-162), as well as the usual features (the September weekly bulletins, QSL routes and addresses, calendar and news from the web).

4U_UN - Bob, N4CD reports that Pedro, HK3JJH will be operating from the United Nations HQ (4U1UN) "for two days sometime between 8 and 16 October".

BQ9 - The BQ9P operators expect to arrive on Pratas Island [425DXN 647] around noon (local time) on 7 October. They plan to set up the low band antenna and one yagi for 10, 15 and metres before sunset. QSL via KU9C. [TNX JI6KVR]

F - Franck/F5JOT, Daniel/F5LGQ, Claude/F6CKH and Jean-Paul/F6GNG will operate SSB and CW as homecall/p from Cezembre Island (EU-157, DIFM MA-008) on 3-5 October. QSL via home calls. [TNX F5JOT]

FK - Yoshi, JA7AQR will be active as FK/JA7AQR from Mare Island (OC-033, DIFO FK-013), New Caledonia until 6 October. Look for him on 40-10 metre SSB and RTTY. QSL via home call, direct (Yoshihiro Tanaka, 1-10-6 Minamihara, Yamagata, 990-2413 Japan) or bureau. [TNX JA1ELY]

I - Special event station II8PAX will be activated by ARI Pompei on 7 October to celebrate the visit of Pope John Paul II. QSL via IZ8CLM, direct or bureau. [TNX IW8EOB]

KH0 - Look for KH0/JA1DM (QSL via home call), KH0T (QSL via JA1SGU), KH0V (QSL via JJ1KZI) and NH0B (QSL via JI1JMK) to be active on 40-6 metres SSB, CW and RTTY from Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (OC-086) on 10-13 October. [TNX JA1SGU]

KH2 - Aki Fujimoto, JR1VAY reports he will be active as AH2J from Guam on 3-6 October. QSL via home call through the JARL bureau.

LU - GACW (http://gacw.no-ip.org) members Alberto/LU1DZ, Hector/LU6UO and Fernando/LW2DX will be active (on 160-6 metres CW with some SSB) as homecall/P from the rare San Juan Province of Argentina until 6 October. QSL via operator's instructions. [TNX LU6EF]

PA - Martin, VE3MR will be active again as PA9MR from IOTA EU-146 on 7-25 October. QSL via VE3MR. [TNX The Daily DX]

SP - Other two special event stations will be active from Poland until 31 October to celebrate Pope John Paul II's Silver Jubilee. They are SO25JP (QSL via SP9W) and HF25JP (QSL via SP9PKZ). [TNX SP9W and SP9GKM]

T2 - After Samoa (5W0MW) and Tokelau (ZK3MW) Willi, DJ7RJ was expected to operate from Vanuatu [425DXN 644]. However, he is now reported to be on his way to Tuvalu, where he hopes to arrive around 10 October and stay until the 24th. QSL via home call. [TNX AA1M]

XU - Shirow, JF6DEA will be active as XU7ACD from Cambodia on 3-6 October. Look for him on 6 metres as well as on 40-10 metres. QSL direct to JH6QIL (Shin-Ichi Kusumoto, 1777-289 Nishi-Mochida, Aira-cho, Kagoshima, 899-5431 Japan). Further information at http://www.ham-net.net/vu-dx/. [TNX JF6DEA]

YJ - Mike, KM9D (YJ0AMY) and Jan, KF4TUG (YJ0ATU) expect to be active on 10-160 metres CW and SSB from Tegua Island (OC-110) [425DXN 647], Vanuatu until around 12 October. QSL via OM2SA. [TNX The Daily DX]

ZK1_sc - Henrik, OZ6TL will be active as ZK1TLA from Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands between 11 October and 6 November. He plans to operate CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31 in his spare time. [TNX The Daily DX]

ZL - Chas, ZL3CED will be active as ZL6FF between 20 UTC on 10 October and 8 UTC on the 11th, During the Oceania DX Contest he will use his home call. He will operate CW only on 10, 15, 20, 30 and 40 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX ZL3CED]

ZL8 - Jacky, ZL3CW (F2CW) will be active again as ZM8CW from Raoul Island in the Kermadecs (OC-039) on 10-18 October. This is not a DXpedition and Jacky will operate in his spare time. QSL via ZL1AMO. [TNX ZL1AMO]

GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• CDXC ---> The new officers and directors of the Clipperton DX Club (http://cdxc.free.fr/) are Yannick/F6FYD (President), Joel/F5IPW (Vice-President), Jean-Louis/F9DK (Vice-President), Gerard/F2JD (Treasurer), Mauricette/F8BPN (Secretary). Other Board members, charged with various repsonsabilities, include F2VX, F4AJQ, F5CQ, F5CWU, F5IL, F5LMJ, F5OGL, F5XL, F6ANA, F6BFH, F6JOB, F8CIQ and G0LMX. [TNX F8BPN]
• INDEXA ---> The International DX Association (INDEXA) has announced its directors and officers for the 2003-2004 term: Judy Roush, AA7UC (President); Bill "Pick" Pickard, WA5PAE (Vice-President); Bill Jennings, W4UNP (Secretary-Treasurer); Franz Langner, DJ9ZB (Director); Ron Wright, ZL1AMO (Director); Richard Grant, W9RG (Director); Nellie Saltiel de Lazard, XE1CI (Director). INDEXA is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to supporting rare and semi-rare DX while promoting goodwill among amateur radio operators of the world. For more information, please visit http://www.indexa.org or contact Bill Jennings, W4UNP (P.O. Box 607, Rock Hill, SC 29731, USA). [TNX AA7UC]
• OCEANIA DX CONTEST ---> The Phone Contest will take place from 8 UTC on 4 October through 8 UTC on the 5th; the CW Contest will be held on 11-12 October. The aim of the contest is to promote HF contacts with stations in the Oceania region (VK, ZL, Pacific Islands and other locations within the IARU "Worked All Continents" Oceania boundary). Full details are available at http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/.
• PACIFIC TOUR ---> Anci, JA2ZL (http://www4.ocn.ne.jp/~ja2zl) will be active as ZK2ZY from Niue (OC-040) on 18-24 October and as 5W0ZY from Samoa (OC-097) on 25-28 October, probably including an entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. He will operate on 12-80 metres (SSB, CW and RTTY from ZK2, SSB only from 5W), using 100 watts, dipoles and beams. QSL via JA2ZL either direct (Anci Yamada, 17-8-2 Takirocho, Tajima, 507-0813 Japan) or through the JARL bureau (until July 2004). [TNX JA1ELY]
• PIRATE ---> Scott, K7ZO is the QSL manager for Joe, NK7U and has received around 40 cards for QSOs made with TA0/NK7U on 9 August 2002. "This operation was a pirate/slim", he says. There are also a few cards for TA9/NN7E via NK7U on 22 November 2002: "this operation may or may not be a pirate, but NK7U is not the QSL manager if it is a good one".
• QSL 7Q7RS ---> The QSL manager for Sigfrido, 7Q7RS is IW9BBX. Cards can be sent either direct (Antonello Scauso, P.O. Box 34, 98057 Milazzo - ME, Italy) or through the bureau. [TNX IK8PGM]
• QSL PJ2P ---> The proper QSL route for the PJ2P (http://www.pj2t.org) operation from Curacao in the CQ/RJ WW RTTY Contest this past weekend is KQ3F. They operated in the M/S Low Power category. [TNX K8ND]
• QSL TX4PG (MARQUESAS 2003) ---> Please note that the new QSL manager for bureau cards only is IK2DIA. Direct requests should still be sent to I2YSB.
• QSL YI1BGD/5 ---> "There has been a lot of confusion regarding Hasan, YI1BGD/5 and his operation out of Basrah since before 2002/2003", Cliff Underhill, G0MMI says. He has been unable to reply to any direct card received so far [425DXN 637], but on 30 September it was confirmed via Diya, YI1DZ that Hasan would like Cliff to be his QSL manager. Logs are expected to arrive "in the near future" and cards have still to be printed, so please be patient. Also please note that Cliff can accept direct cards only, at least "for the foreseeable future", as he has pulled out of the RSGB QSL Bureau.
• QSL ZW8M ---> Moreira, CT1AHU reports that the first batch of direct cards for the May 2003 ZW8M operation from Mexiana Island (SA-042) was mailed on 30 September. [TNX CT1END]
• QSL VIA I2YSB ---> Silvano is the QSL manager for 5U7B, 5U7DW, 5U7JK, 5U7JW and 5U7RW. QSL direct only to Silvano Borsa, P.O. Box 45, 27036 Mortara - PV, Italy. On-line logs for 5U7B, 5U7DW, 5U7JW and 5U7RW are available at http://digilander.libero.it/i2ysb. [TNX I2YSB]
• QSL VIA S57DX ---> Dane, S57CQ has left Iraq, where he operated as YI/S57CQ (some 3100 QSOs) and YI9T (some 1500 QSOs); both calls are acceptable for DXCC credit. Dane is now in Guinea-Bissau (J5) until mid October. All QSL requests for his previous operations (YI9T, YI/S57CQ, 5B4/S57CQ, T9/S57CQ, 9A/S57CQ) go to S57DX (Slavko Celarc, Ob Igriscu 8, 1360 Vrhnika, Slovenia). [TNX S57DX]
• VK9 TOUR ---> Some confusion seems to exist about the dates of the YLs' forthcoming DXpeditions [425DXN 631]. They will be on Christmas Island (OC-002) as VK9XYL on 13-27 October and on Cocos Keeling Islands (OC-003) as VK9CYL on 27 October-10 November. QSL to VK3DYL. (Gwen Tilson, 3 Gould Court, Mt. Waverley, Victoria 3149, Australia) Direct cards enclosing old style IRCs, insufficient postage or no SAE will be returned via the bureau. E-QSLs will not be accepted. [TNX VK3DYL, http://www.qsl.net/vk3dyl]
• VK9XAB ---> Andy, G3AB made 10,800 QSOs as VK9XAB during his recent 7-day stay on Christmas Island. Direct QSLs are being mailed now. Two weeks were spent in Indonesia prior to the VK9 activity where Andy was pleased to meet up with many well-known YB DXers in Jakarta. Some photos will be appearing soon on http://www.g3ab.net. [TNX G3AB]
• W/VE ISLANDS QSO PARTY ---> This year event it will be held on 18-19 October. Full details can be found at http://www.eng.mu.edu/usislands/usvetest.html. [TNX VA3RJ]

NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• 4M9YY: The web page for the 7-12 October 4M9YY operation [425DXN 643] is at http://www.4m9yy.com.ve. [TNX YY5JMM]
• IOCA TOUR: Full information (including pictures, QSL routes, etc) about the Croatian islands tour of 9A/RZ3EC, 9A/UA3NAN and 9A6AA is now available at http://www.qsl.net/rz3ec/9a. QSL cards have been printed and are being sent out. [TNX RZ3EM]
• LOGS: The QSOs from the 20-27 September GB0SM (EU-011) activity have been added to the main log, which is available at http://www.qsl.net/gb0sm. [TNX G0PSE]
• LOGS: On-line logs for AL5A/NH0 (Saipan) [425DXN 645] are available at http://www6.plala.or.jp/jh0mgj/logs/index.html. [TNX JH0MGJ]
• QSL GALLERIES: A collection of 1700+ QSL cards is available on Les Nouvelle DX's web site. Six different galleries include cards for each of the 58 deleted DXCC entities, obsolete prefixes, Antarctic bases & TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises), pre-1945 countries and French Departments. Several cards are still needed and your participation is welcome - please visit http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr and send send your comments to LesNouvellesDX@free.fr. [TNX F6AJA]
• QSL ROUTES: QSL routes for stations active during the latest CQ/RJ WW RTTY Contest are listed at http://www.contesting.info. [TNX DL/VE3ZIK]
• TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings (October update) are now available at http://www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist.html - please send your scores, as well as any request for further information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@fastwebnet.it)
• XZ7A: The web page for the current operation from Myanmar is at http://www.qsl.net/dl7df/xz7a.

QSL INFO - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3C0V        DJ9ZB       ED3TCT      EA3EVR      P3A         W3HNK
3D2LL       JA2LLK      ED6MAT      EA6ACF      PJ2MI       W2CQ
4D71HBC     DU1HBC      ED7SAC      EA7DA       PS7/ZY2A    PT2AA
4L1MA       ON4RU       EM225G      UR3GM       PY9BT       PP2BT
4O8AA       UA3DX       EM5U        UT2UB       R10RRC      RV3ACA
4S7PBG      JH3PBL      EO6F        UX0FF       RK0LXD/p    UA0LQJ
4V200H      HH2JR       EW6AC       DL8KAC      S9SS        N4JR
4Z8EE       OK1EE       EX2M        W3HNK       SN25JP      SP4GFG
5B4AHJ      G3PMR       FK/AC4LN    UA4WHX      SO1VAF      DL7VAF
5N0NHD      JH8BKL      FM5BH       W3HNK       SR25JP      SP6KFA
5R8FU       SM5DJZ      FO/DF6IC    DF6IC       SU9NC       OM2SA
5R8HA       G3SWH       FO/DL1IAN   DL1IAN      SV0JD/SV8   DL6NBA
5X2PV       PA3CBH      FO/DL3GA    DL3GA       SX8X        SV8ENI
7Q7HB       G0IAS       FW/AC4LN    UA4WHX      T88BA       G4OHX
8P9AM       UT2UB       GB0SAM      M0RAW       T88UG       K7ZZ
8P9SH       KU9C        GB75BF      G4DFI       T88ZX       K7ZZ
8S5A        SM5AJV      HC8N        W5UE        T99RM       DL2JRM
8S5X        SM5HJZ      HE2GR       HB9DOT      TA0KA       DJ6QT
8S6UEA      DL1CC       HF25JP      SP9PKZ      TA2ZF       UT2UB
8S7A        W3HNK       HF8JP       SP8QED      TA4ZT       DK1AR
9G1OO       PA3ERA      HF8KAF      SP8KAF      TG9NX       N4FKZ
9H3GQT      YL2GQT      HJ3ISB      EA5KB       TM9NL       F5AXP
9H3KKL      YL2KL       HS0ZEA      OE2REL      TR8CA       F6CBC
9H3M        YL2KL       II1D        IZ1CCE      UE3SFF/P    RU3SD
9H3MMD      YL2MD       IO1DCI      IK1GPG      UE3YGA/P    RV3YR
9H3YM       PE1OFJ      J42A        SV2AEL      UE6FBR      RN6FJ
9H3ZR       PB9ZR       J45XB       DJ9XB       UT0U        UT2UB
9J2BO       G3TEV       JW5X        LA5X        UT4UZA/P    UX7UN
9J2KC       JL1NKC      JW6VM       LA6VM       UT5UDX      UT2UB
9L1DX       EA4CEN      JW7XK       LA7XK       V31LZ       LZ3RZ
9N7DZ       UA4AX       JW9DL       LA9DL       V31XW       G7UXW
9Y4ZC       DL4MDO      JY4NE       K3IRV       V51KC       WD4AWD
A41KJ       N5FTR       JY9QJ       DL5MBY      V63SC       JM1LBO
A52SM       SM7EHU      K2K         K2KGB       V73MJ       JF1NZW
A61AR       UA6MF       K4R         KG4KWW      V85RH       JH7FQK
AL5A/NH0    JH0MGJ      K7WD/KH6    JH7IMX      V8A         JH7FQK
CL6BIA      N3ZOM       KH0AC       K7ZA        VK4SRW      PA0RRS
CN2R        W7EJ        KH6ZM       I0MWI       VP5/AH6HY   AH6HY
CN8KD       EA5XX       KL7FAA      AC7DX       VP8DGA      G0WJN
CO3CJ       IZ8EBI      KP2D        KU9C        XZ7A        DL7DF
CO6TB       N3ZOM       KP4SQ       KD8IW       YA3R        K3KN
CO6XN       N3ZOM       LN1B        LA1B        YC0KTS      LZ1YE
CO8CY       EA5KB       LN2T        LA2T        YI1UNH      WA3HUP
CP8XA       DL3NAZ      LZ100JVA    LZ1PJ       YI9X        OM3JW
CU3DJ/P     KZ5RO       M0SDX       UT2UB       YM2ZF       UT2UB
D4B         K1BV        N1VK/VE2    JL3SIK      Z28JL       G3UUV
DL2GG/YV5   DL3AMA      OH0B        OH2BH       ZA1E        I2MQP
DS0DX/2     HL1XP       OH0PM       OH2PM       ZL/9V1SM/P  W3HNK
DU3NXE      W3HNK       OH0V        OH6LI       ZV5OKT      PP5ZP
DU9/N0NM    W4DR        OH0WK       OH3WK       ZY2A        PT2AA
ED2LUZ      EA2CV       OH0XY       OH6XY       ZY5BI       PP5ZP
ED3TCA      EA3DQU      OK8BWW      CT1BWW      ZY5JP       PY5ZHP
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ADDRESSES - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• 4U1UN - P.O. Box 3873, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163, USA
• 4W3CW - Peter McKay, UNMISET, P.O. Box 2436, Darwin, NT 0801, Australia
• AC7DX - Ron Lago, P.O. Box 25426, Eugene, OR 97402, USA
• DJ9ZB - Franz Langner, Benfelder Str. 4, D-77955 Ettenheim, Germany
• DL3NAZ - Peter Kapraun, Ebenung 5, D-63762 Grossostheim, Germany
• EA2CV - Jose Antonio Box Ubeda, C/Jose Miguel Barandiaran 4-B, 20700 Zumarraga - Guipuzcoa, Spain
• EA3DQU - Francisco R. Bedos Balletbo, C/Caracas 6-1, 08380 Malgrat de Mar - Barcelona, Spain
• EA3EVR - Jorge Barcelo Serret, P.O. Box 51, 43540 Sant Carles de la Rapita - Tarragona, Spain
• EA7DA - Julio Gonzalez Gonzalez, P.O. Box 202, 41927 Mairena del Aljarafe - Sevilla, Spain
• IT9MRM - Alberto Mattei, Via Enrico Millo 20, 96011 Augusta - SR, Italy
• IU1L - P.O. Box 1117, 16121 Genova GE, Italy
• JE4WKR - Akira Yasumoto, 1-56 Asahihonmachi, Okayama, 700-0865, Japan
• K2KGB - Larry R. Cohen, 15 Canterbury Drive, Coram, NY 11727-2307, USA
• KG4KWW - Greg Curti Sr., 8307 Patrick Henry Blvd., Mechanicsville, VA 23116, USA
• LZ1PJ - Ivan Ivanov, P.O.Box 15, BG 1324 Sofia, Bulgaria
• SP4GFG - Tadeusz Bres, P.O. Box 147, 15-959 Bialystok 2, Poland
• UN8CC - Alexander W.Goncharow, Magistralnaya str, Chistopolye, G.Musrepow reg, SKO, 476340 Kazakhstan
• UR3GM - Igor Pulin, P.O. Box 23, Kherson 73022, Ukraine
• UT2UB - Andrej Lyakin, P.O. Box 99, Kyiv-10, 01010 Ukraine

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