8 November 2003
No 653
4 2 5 D X N E W S DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
RODRIGUES 2004 - The Five Star DXers
Association, of 9M0C (February 1998) and D68C (February 2001)
fame, has announced "Project Star Reach", a large-scale
DXpedition to Rodrigues Island (AF-017). A multinational team (so
far including DL7AKC, EI5DI, G0MRF, G0OPB, G3NUG, G3BJ, G3IZD,
G3NHL, G3RAU, G3SED, G3WGV, G3WKL, G3XTT, G4FRE/WW2R, G4JKS,
G4KIU, G4TSH, G4VXE, GU4YOX, JA1RJU, JH4RHF, KF7E, M0DXR, M0GMT,
N7CQQ, NK7C and W3EF) will operate as 3B9C for over three weeks,
including four weekends. The first members of the team will
arrive on 15 March, and expect to spend the first two to three
days installing antennas and equipment. Station breakdown will
start on 12 April, though operations may continue for a further
day or two after that. 3B9C will have up to fifteen high-power HF
stations active simultaneously when band conditions allow.
Activities will encompass SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 and, as
appropriate, FM. There will also be satellite activity and
possible EME. Large monoband antennas will be used on all bands,
as the the two main objectives are to provide the possibility for
every amateur radio station in the world - even those running QRP
or a very simple antenna - to make at least one contact with
3B9C; and to enable top DXers to put 3B9C in their log on as many
bands and modes as possible. Project Star Reach is seeking
contributions from sponsors to help defray the very significant
logistics costs of this DXpedition. For further information
please visit http://www.fsdxa.com/3b9c.
[TNX G3XTT, g3xtt@lineone.net]
3Y_p1 - The January 2004 DXpedition to Peter
I [425DXN 645] has been postponed until January 2005. "A
last minute glitch developed in the transportation plan",
Bob, K4UEE and Ralph, K0IR report. "Weather windows
precluded a rescheduling for 2004", but "the 2005
expedition will be bigger and better!".
4U_un - Ray, W2RE and Frank, W2IX will be
active from the United Nations HQ station (4U1UN) on 9 November.
They plan to operate SSB and CW on all HF bands. [TNX W2RE]
5U - The VooDoo Contest Group will
participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as 5U5Z (Multi-Multi) from
Niamey, Niger. QSL via G3SXW. This will be a field-day style
operation, with seven 1KW stations and many antennas, covering
160-10 metres. The operators will be G0MTN, G3XTT, G4BWP (5U7WP),
G4PIQ, K5VT (5U7VT), KC7V (5U7MF) and KY7M (5U7LF), and there
will be some activity before the contest with personal calls
while testing antennas and hopefully on the WARC bands if time
permits. There will also be short operations from Burkina Faso
(XT2) while in transit. QSLs for all contacts other than 5U5Z
should be sent via home call. [TNX G3SXW]
9M6 - Bob, N2OO will continue to be active as
9M6OO from the Hillview Gardens ARC station
(http://www.qsl.net/9m6aac) through 13 November. He has been
joined by Peter/G4MJS and Jani/YB0US, who will be 9M6AAC and
9M6US respectively also through 13 November. The three of them
will operate in the JA DX SSB Contest as 9M6A. QSL all calls via
N2OO. [TNX N2OO]
9N - Janusz, SP9FIH will be in Nepal from 13
November to 6 December and hopes to get a licence for 40, 20, 17
and 15 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX SP9FIH]
9N - Look for Noboru/JA2AAU (9N7AU),
Takashi/JA2ALN (9N7LN) and Yasu/JA9LSZ (9N7SZ) to be active from
Katmandu, Nepal on 16-22 November. They will operate on 40-6
metres (beacon on 50.100 MHz), with three rigs (one for 6m),
dipoles for 40 and 30m and two 5-element beams, one for 20-20m
and the other for 6m. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX
JA1ELY]
9Y - Mike, DL1HCM and Heye, DJ9RR will
participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as 9Y4ZC (Multi-Two) from
the QTH of Andy (DL4MEH) on Tobago (SA-009). Outside the contest
they will concentrate on the low and WARC bands CW, with some
RTTY and PSK. QSL for this operation via bureau to DL1HCM (please
refrain from sending direct cards, all of the QSOs will be
confirmed automatically through the bureau). [TNX DL1HCM]
F - The Council of Europe Amateur Radio Club
will be activated with the call TP6CE on 14-16 November. Look for
activity on all the HF bands SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK. For further
information please visit http://www.ewwa.net or http://www.coe.int/T/E/Tp2ce/.
[TNX F6FQK]
F - Francois, F5JNE will be active from Belle
Ile en Mer (EU-048, DIFM AT-015) on 17-24 November. He plans to
operate on 20 and 40 metres mainly CW, starting around 13 UTC.
QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
F - Dom, F5SJB will operate again as TM5CW
from 24 November through 8 December, including an entry in the CQ
WW DX CW Contest. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX
F5SJB]
FS - Ann/W2AZK and Brian/KF2HC will return to
St Martin (NA-105) with Gene/K2KJI, Mary Ann/K2RVH, Bob/W5GJ and
Mike/WA2VUN on 3-10 December. The group plans to have 2 stations
on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and PSK31. W5GJ and KF2HC will
participate in the ARRL 160 Meter Contest using the call FS/W2JJ,
while all other times operators will sign FS/homecall. QSL via
home call, direct or via the bureau. QSOs with Ann and Brian are
good towards the North Jersey DX Association's NJDXA Award (see http://www.njdxa.org
for details). [TNX KF2HC]
GJ - Rich, K2WR will participate in the CQ WW
DX CW Contest as GJ2A (SOAB High Power) from Jersey. QSL via
GJ3DVC, direct or bureau. Look for some activity as MJ0AWR (QSL
via K2WR, direct or bureau) before and after the contest. [TNX
NG3K]
HI - John, G4RCG and Bruce, KI7VR will
operate on 160-10 metres as G4RCG/HI9 and KI7VR/HI9 from the
Dominican Republic on 17-31 January. Look for G4RCG/HI9 to take
part in the CQ WW 160 Meter CW Contest. QSL via home calls,
direct or bureau. [TNX G4RCG]
HV - Look for HV5PUL to be activated from the
Pontificia Universita' Lateranense, Vatican City between 10 and
14 November to celebrate the opening of the 2002-03 academic
year, and again on 22 November. [TNX IW0DJB]
KH2 - Setsu, JL1UXH (KK2H) and his wife Maki,
7L4FSR will be active (on all HF bands CW and SSB) as KK2H/KH2
from Guam (OC-026) on 12-16 November. On-line log will be
available at http://kk2h.4th.jp;
QSL via JL1UXH either direct (Setsu Yoshimura, 6-13-14
Minami-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-Ku, Tokyo 140-0004, Japan) or through
the JARL bureau. [TNX JL1UXH]
KH2 - Look for Yoshiro, JL3SIK to be active
as N1VF/KH2 to be active from Guam on 21-24 November. He plans to
operate on 40-6 metres CW and SSB. QSL via home call (Yoshiro
Nishimura M.D., 2-6 Takemidai 4-Chome, Suita City, Osaka
565-0863, Japan). [TNX JI6KVR and JL3SIK]
LU - Special call LU3CU will be aired on 8
November (from 21 to 23 UTC on 40 and 80 metres) from the Museum
Ship "Corbeta ARA Uruguay" to celebrate the 100th
anniversary of the rescue by that Argentine corvette of the
ship-wrecked Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto
Nordenskjold. QSL via LU4AA. [TNX LU7ADC]
PJ2 - K4BAI, N8BJQ, K8MFO, K8ND, W8WTS, PJ2DX
and S50R will be at the Caribbean Contesting Consortium's PJ2T
site on Curacao from 17 to 30 November, including a Multi-Two
entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest.
SV - SV1EQU, SV1FJP, SV1GYG, SV1AIN and
SV1HAO will be active as SX8E from the island of Aegina (EU-075)
on 28-30 November. QSL via SV1EQU. [TNX SV9AHZ]
T32 - Larry/N2WW (T32WW, QSL via N0KV),
Bill/K0MP (T32MP, QSL via N0KV), Barry/N0KV (T32KV, QSL via home
call), Greg/W0ZA (T32ZA, QSL via home call), Tim/N0ZM (T32ZM, QSL
via home call), Paul/NO0T (T32N, QSL via home call), Cheryl/N0WBV
(T32YL, QSL via KT0F) and John/KT0F (T32TF, QSL via home call)
will be active on all bands from Christmas Island, East Kiribati
(OC-024) from 24 November through 8 December, including a
Multi-Two entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as T32WW. [TNX The
Daily DX]
UA - Valery/UA3AOK, Aleksey/RA3AKF,
Alex/RV3DPM, Vadim/RX3AKL and Vadim/RX3AKQ will operate (on
160-10 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK) as RK3DZJ/3 and R3ARS/3 from
the Russian National Park "Smolenskoe Poozer'e"
(RRF-142) on 14-17 November. QSL RK3DZJ/3 via RA3DEJ, QSL R3ARS/3
via RA3AKF. For information on the RFF Award, please visit http://www.hamradio.ru/rrc/.
[TNX RA3AKF]
VK9_ck - Sasi, JA1KJW and Kuni, JA8VE will be
active (on 160-10 metres CW, SSB and RTTY) as VK9CJ and VK9CV
from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (OC-003) from 27 November to 7
December. Look for VK9CJ to participate in the CQ WW DX CW
Contest. QSL via JA1KJW, direct or bureau. [TNX JA1ELY]
XU - Jack, XU7AJV and Wim, XU7TZG were
finally expected to leave for Koh Poah (AS-133) [425DXN 652] on 5
November. The length of their stay is not known. QSL for both via
ON4AJV. [TNX ON5KL]
XU - OM3TZZ (ex SU9ZZ), OM1KW, OM3TA and
OM1ATT will be active as XU7ACZ, XU7ADC, XU7ADA and XU7ADB from
Cambodia from 26 November to 3 December. They will operate on
160-10 metres CW, SSB and RTTY, and will particpate in the CQ WW
DX CW Contest as XU7ACZ. QSL via home calls. [TNX OM3JW]
YL - More than 20 Latvian stations will be
using special prefix YL85 until the end of November to celebrate
the 85th anniversary of the Republic of Latvia. [TNX YL3AD]
ZK3 - Silvano/I2YSB, Flaviano/I2MOV,
Carlo/IK1AOD and Marcello/IK2DIA will be active with two stations
from Nukunonu, Tokelau Islands (OC-048) on 13-25 February. QSL
via I2YSB (direct) or IK2DIA (bureau). Further information will
be available at http://www.qsl.net/i2ysb. [TNX I2YSB]
ZS - A group of amateurs from the Boland
Amateur Radio Club (http://www.qsl.net/zs1bak) will operate a
special event station from the Sutherland Observatory, which
hosts the largest telescope in the southern hemisphere. Look for
ZS1SALT (South African Large Telescope) on all HF frequencies
SSB, CW and digital modes from around 11 UTC on 21 November until
10 UTC on the 23rd. QSL direct only to P.O. Box 273, Strand 7140,
South Africa. For additional information on the project, please
visit the website http://www.salt.ac.za.
[TNX ZS4BS]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
CONTEST/DX MEETING ---> The 9th
annual International Contest/DX Meeting organized by
Contest Club Finland (CCF) will be held on 16-18 January
2004. For further information please visit http://www.qsl.net/ccf
or e-mail OH2IW (oh2iw@oh2u.com).
[TNX The Daily DX]
JT QSL BUREAU ---> The new address
for the Mongolian Radio Sport Federation (MRSF) is P.O.
Box 830, Ulaanbaatar-24, Mongolia.
URE CONVENTION ---> The annual URE
Convention will be held in Badajoz, close to the border
between Spain and Portugal, on 5-8 December. Some of the
presentations include S05X (Western Sahara), TZ6RD
(Mali), EG9IC (Chafarinas Islands) and Martti Laine,
OH2BH on the Albania 2003 Project. Full information on
this event can be found at http://www.ure.es/badajoz/badajoz.htm.
[TNX EA5RM]
PERIOD CALL REF
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till 23/11 3B8/ON4LAC: Mauritius (AF-049) 649
till 15/11 3B8/ON5AX: Mauritius (AF-049) 641
till 09/11 3B8/PA0VHA and 3B8/PA3BAG: Mauritius Island (AF-049) 649
till 31/12 3W22S: Vietnam * by XV9DT 651
till 13/12 5B4AHJ: Cyprus (AS-004) * by G3PMR 646
till Jan 2004 8J1RF: Dome Fuji Base (AN-016) (WABA JA-04) 622
till 18/11 9G5JH: Ghana * by PA0CJH 649
till 13/11 9M6AAC: East Malaysia (OC-088) * by G4MJS 653
till 13/11 9M6OO: East Malaysia (OC-088) * by N2OO 653
till 13/11 9M6US: East Malaysia (OC-088) * by YB0US 653
till 09/11 EA6/HA5RT, HA6NL, HA6PS, HA6ZV, HA7JJS/p: Balearic Is. 651
till 10/11 HB0/HA0HW, HA4DX, HA4XG/p: Liechtenstein 651
till 30/12 HE2GR: special event call (Switzerland) 646
till 31/12 HE2MM: special call (Switzerland) 622
till 31/12 HF650O: special event station (Poland) 647
till 31/12 HF8KAF: special event station (Poland) 650
till 30/11 HL0KSJ & D88S: "King Sejong" (WABA HL-01) * by DS4CNB 603
till 31/12 II1D: special call 610
till 31/12 JM6DZB/JD1: Iwo Jima (AS-030), Ogasawara 609
till 05/12 OA4-7/F6BUM: Peru 651
till 15/11 PJ2/PG5M: Curacao (SA-006) 652
till 2004 R1ANZ: "Mirny" Base (WABA UA-07) 608
till 31/12 UE0JWA: special station (Zone 19) 637
till 31/12 VI8NT: special event station 634
till 10/11 VK9CYL: Cocos Keeling (OC-003) * YL operators 648
till 09/11 VK9XG: Christmas Island (OC-002) * by W0YG 649
till ?? XU7AJV and XU7TZG: Koh Poah (AS-133) 653
till 30/11 YL85: special prefix (Latvia) 653
02/11-23/12 TY4JM: Benin * by ON4JM 652
07/11-18/11 6W/ON5TN: Senegal 652
08/11 LU3CU: special event call 653
08/11-15/11 PJ7/VA3RA/m, FS/VA3RA/m, PJ6/VA3RA/m: NA-105 & NA-145 652
08/11-18/11 PA3GIO/VP9: Bermuda (NA-005) 646
08/11-09/11 Japan Int. DX Contest, Phone ***
08/11-09/11 OK/OM DX Contest, CW ***
08/11-09/11 WAE DX Contest, RTTY ***
09/11 4U1UN: United Nations HQ * by W2RE and W2IX 653
09/11-23/11 CU2/DH5ST/p: Sao Miguel (EU-003), Azores 649
10/11-14/11 3B9/PA0VHA and 3B9/PA3BAG: Rodrigues Island (AF-017) 649
10/11-14/11 HV5PUL: Vatican City 653
12/11-16/11 KK2H/KH2: Guam (OC-026) * by JL1UXH and 7L4FSR 653
13/11-06/12 9N: Nepal * by SP9FIH 653
14/11-17/11 RK3DZJ/3 and R3ARS/3: Smolenskoe Poozer'e Park 653
14/11-16/11 TP6CE: Council of Europe ARC (France) 653
15/11-24/11 3B8/PA0VHA and 3B8/PA3BAG: Mauritius Island (AF-049) 649
15/11-16/11 LZ DX Contest (CW & SSB) ***
15/11-16/11 RSGB 1.8 MHz Contest, CW ***
16/11-22/11 9N7AU, 9N7LN, 9N7SZ: Nepal * by JAs 653
16/11-30/11 TM7W: special caal (France) * by F8BBL 651
17/11-24/11 F5JNE: Belle Ile en Mer (EU-048) 653
17/11-30/11 PJ2T: Curacao (SA-006) 653
19/11-01/12 TS7N: Kerkennah Islands (AF-073) 641
21/11-24/11 N1VF/KH2: Guam (OC-026) * by JL3SIK 653
21/11-21/12 VK2IAY/4 (OC-160, OC-171, OC-137) * by G0UIH 619
21/11-23/11 ZS1SALT: special event station 653
22/11 HV5PUL: Vatican City 653
22/11-29/11 V63WC and V63PF: Yap (OC-012) * by WF5W and W5PF 651
24/11-08/12 T32: Christmas Island, East Kiribati * by Ws 653
24/11-08/12 TM5CW: France * by F5SJB 653
24/11-15/12 TO4E and TO4WW: Europa Island (AF-009) 651
25/11-28/11 3G2D: Damas Island (SA-086) * by CEs 649
26/11-15/12 FR5/ON4LAC: Reunion (AF-016) 649
26/11-30/11 V26K: Antigua & Barbuda (NA-100) * by AA3B 643
26/11-03/12 XU7ACZ, XU7ADC, XU7ADA, XU7ADB: Cambodia * by OMs 653
27/11-07/12 VK9CJ and VK9CV: Cocos/Keeling * by JA1KJW and JA8VE 653
28/11-30/11 SX8E: Aegina (EU-075) * by SV1s 653
29/11-30/11 5U5Z: Niger (CQ WW CW) 653
29/11-30/11 9Y4ZC: Tobago (CQ WW CW) * by DL1HCM and DJ9RR 653
29/11-30/11 GJ2A: Jersey (CQ WW CW) * by K2WR 653
29/11-30/11 CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW ***
November EA8BVY: Canary Islands * by I5WEA 652
November-April IR7LH: Italian lighthouses * by IK7JWX 651
Nov-February LZ0A: South Shetlands (AN-010) 652
02/12-06/12 VK4WWI/9: Cato Reef (OC-???) * by PA3EXX 652
03/12-10/12 FS/W2AZK,KF2HC,K2KJI,K2RVH,W5GJ,WA2VUN: St Martin 653
05/12-07/12 ARRL 160 Meter Contest ***
06/12-07/12 TARA RTTY Sprint ***
13/12-14/12 ARRL 10 Meter Contest ***
13/12-14/12 Italian Contest (40 & 80 Meter) ***
15/12-11/01 G4IUF/HC8: Galapagos Islands (SA-004) 649
17/12-27/12 3B8/ON4LAC: Mauritius (AF-049) 649
19/12 Russian 160 Meter Contest ***
20/12 OK DX RTTY Contest ***
20/12-21/12 Croatian CW Contest ***
26/12 DARC Christmas Contest ***
27/12 RAC Winter Contest ***
01/01-31/12/04 IOTA 2004 652
11/01-15/01 ZL1CT/4: Stewart Island (OC-203) * by GM3WOJ 651
28/01-15/02 4V200YH: Haiti (NA-096) * by DLs 651
06/02-09/02 9M2/PA0RRS: Malaysia 647
09/02-20/02 9M6/PA0RRS: East Malaysia (OC-088) 647
13/02-25/02 ZK3: Tokelau * by I2YSB, I2MOV, IK1AOD, IK2DIA 653
20/02-02/03 9M2/PA0RRS: Penang Island (AS-015) 647
15/03-12/04 3B9C: Rodrigues Island (AF-017) 653
15/03-19/03 VK4FRI: Fraser Island (OC-142) 647
April T33C: Banaba (OC-018) 651
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