27 December 2003
No 660
4 2 5 D X N E W S DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
TO ALL OUR READERS WARMEST THOUGHTS AND BEST WISHES FOR A
WONDERFUL HOLIDAY AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR.
A5 - Dane, S57CQ/A52CQ [425DXN 658] has been
in Bhutan since 25 December and will remain through 14 January.
He plans to be active as much as he can on all bands; there is
not any antenna for 160 metres, but he will try to use some
wires. QSL via S57DX. [TNX S57DX]
FO_aus - Veko/OH1AWW, Jouko/OH1RX,
Henri/OH3JR, Veijo/OH6KN and Kimmo/OH9MDV will be active from the
Austral Islands on 5-19 January. They plan to operate on all
bands CW, SSB and digital modes, with an emphasis on the low
bands. [TNX The Daily DX]
I - The Amateur Radio Group of RAI (the
Italian TV and Broadcasting Corporation) will operate (on 20, 40
and 160 metres) as II9RAI on 3-4 January to celebrate the 50th
anniversary of the first TV broadcasting. Special event stations
II0RAI/# will be also active through January from different call
areas. QSL via bureau to IK0ZRR.
KG4 - Bill, W4WX will operate (HF and 6
metres) as KG4DX from Guantanamo on 13-19 January. QSL direct to
home call, or via LoTW. [TNX W4WX]
LU - Look for LU1EDX/D and LU8DCH/D to be
active from Isla Martin Garcia (SA-055) on 27-28 December. They
plan to operate on 10, 20, 40, 80 and 160 metres SSB, CW and
digital modes. QSL direct or via bureau to LW2DVM. [TNX LU8DCH]
PJ6 - Joeke, PA0VDV will operate (only CW) as
PJ6/PA0VDV from Saba (NA-145) from 24 January to 18 February. QSL
via home call, direct (Joeke van der Velde, Delleburen 1, 8421 RP
Oldeberkoop, The Netherlands) or through the bureau. [TNX PA0VDV]
PY - Emilio, PU5HAS will be active (only on
10 and 80 metres SSB) as PY5/PU5HAS from Mel Island (SA-047) on
15-17 January. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX PT7WA]
TI - Bob, KE0UI will be active as TI5/KE0UI
from Costa Rica until 31 December. This is a low power operation
with modest antennas; CW on WARC bands is his be priority. QSL
via home call, bureau or direct. [TNX NG3K]
V5 - Hide, JM1LJS/JD1BLK will operate (on
40-10 metres SSB and CW) as V5/JD1BLK from Namibia from 29
December to 2 January. QSL via JM1LJS. Details can be found at http://radio-dream.com/v5/jd1blk/.
[TNX JM1LJS]
VK9_ck - Ken, JA1CMD (N4XJ) has had to cancel
his announced VK9CA operation from Cocos/Keeling [425DXN 657]
owing to transportation problems beyond his control. [TNX K4ST]
W - K6KPH will be on the air (3545, 7050 and
14050 kHz) once again for the Straight Key Night this New Year's
Eve. K6KPH uses the original transmitters, receivers and antennas
of famous ex-RCA coast station KPH. The transmitters are located
at the transmitting station founded by the American Marconi Co.
in 1913 at Bolinas, CA. The receivers and operators will be at
the KPH receiving station about 20 miles north at Pt. Reyes, CA.
QSLs and reception reports should be sent to Ms. D.A. Stoops,
P.O. Box 381, Bolinas CA 94924-0381, USA. [TNX DL8AAM and W6AWO]
XF4 - The FMRE (Federacion Mexicana de
Radioexperimentadores) bulletin has announced a DXpedition to
Socorro Island (NA-030), Revillagigedo to start on 3 March for
two weeks. The 95% of the paperwork is done and eight operators
(namely XE1IH, XE1J, XE1AVM, XE1GRR, XE1KOF, XE1XR, XE1GLL and
XE2ML) are expected to be active as XF4IH on all bands and modes.
QSL route TBA. [TNX XE1KK]
YV - Jose, YV6BTF reports he will operate as
YV6BTF/p from Chimana Grande (SA-090) during the weekend.
ZL - Jonathan, W1CU will operate again as
ZL/W1CU from Waiheke Island (OC-201) from approximately 3 UTC to
23 UTC on 27 December. QSL via home call. [TNX W4DKS]
ZS - Columbine Radio Club of the Western Cape
will commemorate the Battle of Blaauwberg (6 January 1806) by
operating a special event station in the Blaauwberg area of the
Cape Peninsula, Cape Town, South Africa. Look for ZS1BLO to be
active on +/- 1835, 7065, 14165, 21165 and 28465 kHz from 18 UTC
on 2 January to 12 UTC on the 4th. QSL to ZS1BLO, P.O. Box 180,
Milnerton 7435, South Africa. Further information is available on
the club website at http://www.qsl.net/zs1crc. [TNX ZS1LVH]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
DANISH POSTAL RATES ---> Allis,
OZ1ACB reports that as of 1 January 2004 the cost of a
letter from Denmark to Europe will be Dkr. 6.00 (which is
the current exchange rate for 1 USD), while from Denmark
to outside Europe it will be Dkr. 7.00.
FATHER MORAN MEMORIAL STATION --->
Back in April 1998 [425DXN 363] Satish Kharel (9N1AA) and
Charles H. Harpole (K4VUD/9N7UD) began to establish a
memorial club station in Father Moran's (9N1MM) memory
and for the furthering of amateur radio in Nepal. Now
Charles reports that their efforts are "on
indefinite hold due to disturbed social and political
conditions there. All radios and other gear and cash that
was donated some years ago have been distributed to the
existing licensed native 9N hams (cash used immediately
upon donation to purchase needed items like coax and
Morse keys, etc.). That gear will come back to a club
station someday".
IOTA 2004 ---> IOTA 2004, the IOTA
40th Anniversary Awards Programme, starts on 1 January
and will run through 31 December [425DXN 652]. A set of
files for downloading, as well as full rules and a list
of FAQ, are now available on the Chiltern DX Club Web
pages at http://www.cdxc.org.uk
(follow the IOTA 2004 links). Questions may also be sent
direct to Don Field, G3XTT (don@g3xtt.com).
NEW WAZ AWARDS MANAGER ---> Effective
1 January 2004 Floyd Gerald, N5FG will succeed Paul
Blumhardt, K5RT as CQ Worked All Zones (WAZ) Awards
Manager. WAZ applicants are requested to refrain from
sending applications to Floyd until 1 February, in order
to allow for an orderly transition and transfer of
records. After 1 February, WAZ applications and cards
should be sent to Floyd Gerald, 17 Green Hollow Rd.,
Wiggins, MS 39577-8318, USA.
PIRATE ---> Martin, OK1RR reports
that his callsign is often pirated as OK1RR/QRP on 40
metres CW by a pretty operator who gives "Jan"
as his name and "nr Usti" as QTH. The genuine
Martin Kradoska, OK1RR is from Prague, is a 30-50 wpm
operator and never uses QRP equipment/call. [TNX IT9MRM]
QSL REPLIES FROM NEW ZEALAND ---> Ken
Holdom, ZL4HU - the QSL manager for ZL8RI (May 1996),
ZL9CI (January 1999) and ZL7C (October 2002) - and the
Kermadec DX Association advise that whereas one IRC is
still sufficient to cover return mail costs, with the
very strong New Zealand Dollar the way it is at the
present, one green stamp no longer covers the cost of
Economy post replies to QSL cards. The Kermadec DX
Association will respond directly to all requests posted
to them before 1 January 2004 where there has been only
one green stamp included. All cards mailed to them on and
after 1 January 2004 which do not include sufficient for
Ecomomy Class return mail will be replied to via the
bureau. [TNX ZL4HU]
QSL TX4PG ---> Graham, M5AAV reports
he has now received the logs and cards for the TX4PG
(Marquesas) DXpedition and is in a position to handle
BUREAU REQUESTS ONLY [425DXN 659]
QSL VK9XG ---> W0XG is receiving a
lot of QSL cards (especially from Japan) for the recent
VK9XG operation. Please note that the correct QSL route
is via the operator himself, W0YG (direct only). [TNX
W0YG]
QSL VIA N4AA ---> Carl, N4AA says he
only has partial logs for 9N1AA. They are fairly complete
for 1998 and 1999, but other dates are not available. As
for HK3JJH, please note that N4AA is no longer handling
ANY cards for Pedro. Cards should be sent direct only to
Pedro J. Allina, P.O. Box 81119, Bogota, Colombia. [TNX
QRZ-DX]
UA2 QSL BUREAU ---> Victor Loginov,
UA2FM (ua2fm@gazinter.net)
reports that on 6 December, during the UA2 annual
meeting, Kalinigrad decided to start their own incoming
QSL bureau (which means that they will stop receiving
cards from the Moscow QSL bureau). The new address is:
UA2 QSL Bureau, ROSTO Technical School, ul. Ozyornaya 31,
Kaliningrad, 236029, Russia.
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
TO4E: The TO4E team went QRT on 20
December around 20 UTC and arrived to Saint Denis
(Reunion) in the late afternoon of the 21st. More than
34,000 QSO have been logged from Europa. On line logs for
either TO4E and TO4WW are now available at http://europa2003.free.fr/
(they were "temporarily suspended" as they
included a wild card call search feature which could
affect QSLing integrity).
EA7BQX Jose Martin Perez, C/Sirena,
15-2-F, 18015 Granada, Spain
HG4I Tibor Szabo, Budai u. 6., H-2465
Rackeresztur, Hungary
II0TH Telethon 2003, P.O.Box 4001, 00100
Roma - RM, Italy
JA1PBV Sadao Ito, 3-8-12 Baraki,
Ishioka-city, Ibaraki 315-0042, Japan
JL1UXH Setsu Yoshimura, 6-13-14
Minami-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-Ku, Tokyo 140-0004, Japan
S57DX Slavko Celarc, Ob Igriscu 8, 1360
Vrhnika, Slovenia
SP6GVU Andrzej Kaleta, P.O. Box 498,
50-950 Wroclaw 2, Poland
UA9XC Andrey Pervacov, P.O.Box 73,
Syktyvkar, 167023 Russia
UT2UB Andrej Lyakin, P.O. Box 99,
Kyiv-10, 01010 Ukraine
VK0DX Radio VK0DX, GPO Box 1544,
Brisbane 4001, Australia
W1DAD Peter Schipelliti, 7 Dearborn
Ridge Rd, Atkinson, NH 03811, USA
YU1SB Bozic Slavko, Jurija Gagarina
196/50, Novi Beograd, Serbia and Montenegro
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