13 December 2003
No 658
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 (November issue), edited by Maurizio Bertolino
(I1-21171/IZ1CRR) is now available for either reading and
downloading at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/.
4W - Michal, OM2AQ will be active as 4W2AQ
from Timor Leste until 18 December. Look for him around 9 UTC on
28480 kHz and bear in mind that he has no experience with DX
operating. [TNX OM3JW]
9L - Massimo, 9L1MS reports that, weather and
local conditions permitting, he will operate from Banana Island
(AF-037) on 13-14 December. He will use 100 watts, a battery and
a windom antenna.
A5 - Dane, S57CQ (former YI/S57CQ and YI9T)
expects to go on a 3-week mission to Bhutan between 18 and 22
December. He plans to spend as much of his spare time as possible
on the amateur radio bands as A52CQ. QSL via S57DX (Slavko
Celarc, Ob Igriscu 8, 1360 Vrhnika, Slovenia). [TNX S57DX]
CE - Marco, CE6TBN (http://www.mdxc.org/ce6tbn/tour2004/)
expects to be active (on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 and 40 metres SSB) as
CE6TBN/8 from Riesco Island (SA-091, DICE ICE-804) on 12-15
January and from Wellington Island (SA-032, DICE ICE-802) on
17-20 January. QSL via N1IBM.
DL - Look for Jo, DL1AB/p to be active (on 40
and 80 metres SSB) from Baltrum Island (EU-047, N-06 for the
German Islands Award) from 25 December to 2 January. QSL via home
call, direct or bureau. [TNX DL2VFR]
FR/E - The station signing TO4E on 40 metres
CW from 21.15 UTC to 23.53 UTC on 28 November was a pirate.
Through 10 December TO4E had logged 21851 QSOs (3264/10m,
2239/12m, 6584/15m, 3203/17m, 2847/20m, 1825/30m, 1412/40m,
351/80m and 126/160m; 50% CW, 39% SSB, 11% RTTY), plus 4108 QSOs
made by TO4WW during the CQ WW DX CW Contest. The operators will
continue to pay special attention to the low bands (especially to
160m with a dedicated station) SSB and CW and will try to keep at
least one station up and running until the end of the operation.
Latest information will be available at http://europa2003.free.fr/.
[TNX La Gazette du DX]
HA - Tibor, HG4I will be using special
"Happy New Year 2004" callsign HG04HNY until 12
January. Activity will be on all bands and modes, and he will try
to take part in various HF contests as well. Contacts will count
as a separate multiplier for the HA-HNY Activity Contest (rules
at http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/).
QSL direct only to HG4I (Tibor Szabo, Budai u. 6., H-2465
Rackeresztur, Hungary).
HI - Hiro, JA6WFM will be working in the
Dominican Republic for the next year and has been authorized to
operate as JA6WFM/HI8. QSL route TBA. [TNX JI6KVR]
I - Starting on 15 December IZ8CCW, IZ8EPX,
IZ8ESZ, IZ8FWN and possibly others will be active from a few
Calabria region islands. Further information will be available at
http://www.mdxc.org.
[TNX IZ8CCW]
PA - A group of operators from the Belgian
Radio Club Leuven will be regularly active from Bruinisse on
Schouwen Duiveland (EU-146) until 29 November 2004. Look for
PA/ON6UM, PA/ON4LO, PA/ON4LN, PA/ON4BAG on SSB, with some CW and
digital modes as well. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX
ON6UM]
TA - Martin, PA4WM (http://www.qsl.net/pa4wm)
will be in Turkey for six months, on a four week rotation
schedule. He operates SSB, CW and RTTY as TA1/PA4WM with 100
watts into a g5rv. Despite the high level of QRM from a nearby
industrial plant on the low bands, he plans to to upgrade his
antennas with a vertical and receiving antenna for 160 and 80
soon. QSL via home call. [TNX PA4WM]
VK - David/VK4GL and Peter/VK4APG might
operate as VK4GL/P from Cato Reef (OC-265, activated a few days
ago by VK4WWI/P) on 14-17 December. Theirs will be a low profile
operation on 20 metres SSB, and fishing may take precedence. QSL
via VK4APG. [TNX VK4APG]
ANTARCTIC OPERATIONS:
Filippo, IK0AIH is currently active as IA0PS from the
Italian Antarctic Station "Baia Terra Nova" at
Terra Nova Bay, Victoria Land. He will be there until 28
February 2004 and usually can be found on 14185 kHz. On 2
January he will take a side trip to Concordia Station at
Dome C (East Antarctic Plateau), but for the time being
he does not expect to have any amateur radio equipment
with him. [TNX IK0AIH]
VK0DX is currently active from the Australian Station
"Davis" (Ingrid Christensen Coast, Antarctica).
Alan, 9V1DX (of VK0LD/VK0MM Macquarie Island 1999/2000
fame) will be active from a temporary base camp in the
Ellsworth Mountains, while supporting a team of
scientists and mountainteers climbing Mount Vinson (5140
metres a.s.l., the highest elevation in Antarctica). He
will be from around 15 December to around 10 January. He
will use VP8PJ (his old callsign) exclusively on PSK-31
and 9V0A (special call) on CW and SSB. QSL route TBA. For
more details, please visit http://www.sarts.org.sg
and http://www.geocities.com/vk0ld/2003.html.
[TNX 9V1DX]
Mike, GM0HCQ will be operating again as VP8CMH/MM from
onboard the British Antarctic Survey ship "RRS James
Clark Ross" and, all being well, from South Georgia
(VP8SGK) and possibly from Signy Island (South Orkneys)
as well. Full information will be available at http://www.gm0hcq.com
before he departs on 20 January 2004 and a regular update
should be available whilst he is away. [TNX GM0HCQ]
ARRL 10-Meter Contest (13-14 December): The
following stations have announced their participation in this
year's event:
Shota, 4L6AM as Single Operator SSB. QSL via www.qrz.com.
Siso, HK3SGP (9H3GP) and other five operators from Malta
as 9H9H.
FY5FY as FY5KE (Single Operator SSB HP).
Alan, VK8AV as VI8NT (CW only). QSL via VK6NE.
K6LA as VY2TT (Single Operator HP Mixed) from Prince
Edward Island. QSL via K6LA.
WP4DX, NP4CQ, KP4SQ, NP4BV and others as WP4DX (M/S) from
Puerto Rico. QSL via WP4F.
Geoff, ZC4CW as ZC4T (Single Operator High Power, Mixed
Mode) from the UK SBA on Cyprus. QSL via G3AB.
Brazilian Scout Association Baependi (PY3UEB) as ZX3S.
QSL via qrz.com
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
CAROLINA DX ASSOCIATION ---> At its
Annual Meeting/Christmas Party on 6 December, the
Carolina DX Association (http://www.cdxa.org/) elected the
following officers for 2004: Ted Goldthorpe/W4VHF
(President), Tom Wright/N4HN (Vice President), Jim
Miller/K4SQR (Secretary/Treasurer), John Scott/K8YC
(Editor), Joe Simpkins/K4MD (Cluster Manager), Paul
Sturpe/W3GQ (Associate Cluster Manager), Wayne
Setzer/WB4BXW (Webmaster). [TNX K8YC]
IR7LH ---> The latest activities were
from the lighthouses at Punta San Cataldo (WAIL PU-007,
ARLHS ITA-142) on 1, 15 & 21 November, and at Torre
Sant'Andrea (WAIL PU-006 and ARLHS ITA-170) on 6
December. QSL via IK7JWX.
PACIFIC TOUR ---> Hrane, YT1AD
(3D2AD) and Boban, YZ1AU (3D2YU) were active from the
Fiji Islands for a few days before going and operate as
T30M and T30Z from West Kiribati. Reportedly, they expect
to be back to 3D2 for the ARRL 10 Meter Contest this
weekend. Neither RTTY nor 160 metres will be used during
this trip. QSL via home calls. [TNX VE3EXY]
PACIFIC TOUR ---> Sara, HA9SD and
Eli, HA9RE will be active from Tuvalu (OC-015) on 1-18
January (callsign TBA) and from Tonga (OC-049) as A35RE
from 20 January to 4 February. They plan to operate CW
and SSB on 80, 40, 30, 20, 15 and 10 metres with two
stations. QSL direct only via HA8IB ("against 2 new
IRCs or 2 US$"). [TNX HA8IB]
PIRATE ---> Alex Skouridin, RW3AZ
reports that he has been pirated on 15 metres. He is
currently active on VHF/UHF only. A listing of pirate
stations is maintained by Alberto, IT9MRM at http://www.mondoradiomania.tk.
QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Anatoly
Kopa, US7IID is willing to offer his services as a QSL
Manager for someone in need. Please contact him at us7iid@mail.ru or
P.O.Box 14, Kramatorsk, 84322, Ukraine.
QSL ZC4CW ---> Please note that this
callsign has been reissued recently [425DXN 641] and the
QSL route is via G3AB. Its former holder (G4JFI) is
receiving direct cards for recent QSOs; he operated in
the 1980s from Dhekelia and can only answer cards for
that time.
QSL VIA RW3RN ---> Alex, RW3RN (http://www.tmb.ru/~i011f/service.html)
is the new QSL manager for the July 2000 R3ARC/1 and
R1NWS operations from EU-147. He has already received
logs and QSL cards (direct and bureau) from the former
QSL manager (UA3BZ).
QSL VIA SP6GVU ---> Andy, SP6GVU is
the QSL manager for DU1/SQ9BOP and CE0Y/SQ9BOP (not for
CE0Y/SP9EVP and CE0Y/SP9PT!). Cards can be sent either
direct (Andrzej Kaleta, P.O. Box 498, 50-950 Wroclaw 2,
Poland) or through the bureau. [TNX SP6GVU]
QSL VIA VA7DX ---> Neil VA7DX reports
that the direct cards received for his 7P8NK and 3DA0WC
operations are all up to date and have been sent by
return mail. All remaining cards will be sent out via the
bureau in January.
QSL VIA VK9NS ---> Jim, VK9NS reports
that some 70% of his incoming QSL mail has insufficient
postage for the rest of the world outside Asia and
Oceania. Whereas one valid IRC will still cover air mail
postage, one US dollar has been no longer enough for
return postage for most of this year. Jim has tried to
keep mail moving by either paying the extra out of his
own pocket and clearing many cards by bulk mailing to
Larry, AH8LG. However, this "catch-22 situation has
to stop". In future Jim "will clear all cards
with insufficient postage, no SAE and so on via the
bureau system. For example my son Bruce will be here in
February and I will clear everything 'on hand' to the
RSGB Outgoing QSL bureau, he will take them back to the
UK. Similarly I will hand carry any further cards to the
RSGB system when I return on vacation to the UK later in
the year. That will take care of things for the next six
months". As for the endless multi Band/Mode and
Multi log QSL routines, Jim is not suggesting that he
needs a separate card for each QSO, but "there has
to be just a moment of thought and consideration".
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
CQ LOG: Oleg N. Silkin, RA3DCT has just
released the new version of his shareware logging
software, "CQ Log". He is also the author of
"CQ Callbook". For further information please
visit http://www.cqlog.com/
or e-mail Oleg at ra3dct@cqlog.com.
TG9AXF - Edgar Morales, P.O. Box 57,
Mixco 01957, Guatemala
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