3 January 2004
No 661
4 2 5 D X N E W S DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE, INDEX & MOST WANTED SURVEY
- The 425 DX News monthly edition (December issue) and the 425 DX
News Index for 2003, both edited by Maurizio Bertolino
(I1-21171/IZ1CRR), are now available at http://www.425dxn.org/,
as well as the results of the 2004 Most Wanted EU Survey (1001
voters).
1A0 - Francesco/IK0FVC along with I0JBL,
IK0FTA and IK0PRG have been active as 1A0KM from the Sovereign
Military Order of Malta (SMOM) since 2 January. Operations will
continue until 5 January. They have set up two stations, one will
concentrate on 15 and 20 metres while the other should be active
on the other bands (with an empahisis on the low and WARC bands).
Logs are expected to be available at http://www.sixitalia.org/1a0km/1a0km2004.htm
after the end of the activity. QSL via IK0FTA. I (Mauro, I1JQJ)
am neither a pilot station nor a team member, so please avoid
inundating me with inquiries about operating schedules, etc. A
special e-mail address (1a0km@sixitalia.org)
has been activated: write your call sign in the subject line, use
ASCII format only, do not send attachments of any sort, refrain
from sending any particular band/mode activity requests and
refrain from asking "am I in log?" until after on line
logs are published.
3B9 - Robert/F5VHN and Eric/K3NA have joined
the Five Star DXers Association's "Project Star Reach",
the large-scale DXpedition to Rodrigues Island (AF-017) [425DXN
653]. A multinational team of 29 operators will be active on all
bands and modes with up to fifteen high-power HF stations. Look
for 3B9C to be QRV by 20 March; a gradual breakdown will start on
12 April, with the team due to leave the island on the 14th.
Project Star Reach is seeking contributions from sponsors to help
defray the costs of this DXpedition. For further information
please visit http://www.fsdxa.com/3b9c.
5V - Dany/F5CW, Franck/F4AJQ, Pascal/F5TVG,
Pascal/F5JSD, Romain/F8BUI and Guenther/F5VHQ (OE5TGL) will be
active as 5V7C from Lome, Togo on 6-12 March. They will operate
on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via F5TVG (Franck
Savoldi, P.O. Box 92, 94223 Charenton Cedex, France). For further
information please visit http://5v7c.free.fr/les_newsleng.htm
or e-mail 5v7c@free.fr. [TNX
F5NQL]
9A - Milan, 9A4KF plans to operate from
different locations in the Pakleni Islands (EU-016) during the
weekends in January. Further information is available at http://www.inet.hr/9a6aa.
[TNX 9A6AA]
BY - Harri, OH6YF is in Beijing (BY1) until
12 January and plans to be active on the amateur radio bands. He
says he will post more information on his web site (http://www.oh6yf.com).
C6 - Brian, ND3F will be active (on 10-80
metres CW, RTTY and SSB) as C6A/N3IQ from Abaco Island (NA-080),
Bahamas on 2-10 January. QSL via ND3F. [TNX The Daily DX]
FG - Pierre, F6FXS will be active once again
as FG/F6FXS from Guadeloupe (NA-102, DIFO FG-001) between 14
January and 13 February. He will operate on 40, 30 20, 15 and 10
metres CW only with 30 watts into a long wire antenna. Look for
him every day from 13 to 14 UTC and again from 22 to 24 UTC. QSL
via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
FO_aus - OH3JR, OH1AWW, OH6KN, OH9MDV, OH1RX
and OH1RX [425DXN 660] will be active from Tubuai (OC-152),
Austral Islands on 6-18 January. They will operate CW (1822,
3503, 7008, 10108, 14008, 18068, 21008, 24898, 28008 kHz), SSB
(1845, 3790, 7050, 14195, 18145, 21295, 24945, 28495 kHz) and
some RTTY, with an emphasis on the low bands and QSOs with Europe
and US East Coast. Their equipment will include 1/2 element
verticals for the low bands and yagis for the higher bands; plans
are to have 2-3 stations active. QSL via OH9MDV, either direct
(Kimmo Rautio, Sieppotie 10 as 1B, 90650 Oulu, Finland) or
through the bureau. The web site for the operation is at http://personal.inet.fi/private/pcf2004/.
(on line logs will be available). [TNX OH6KN]
I - Alfredo, IK7JWX reports he will be
signing IR7LH from various lighthouses during next weekend (3-4
January): Brindisi Lighthouse (WAIL PU-008, ARLHS ITA-107), Punta
Torre Canne (WAIL PU-009, ARLHS ITA-150) and Brindisi/Casale
(WAIL PU-015, ARLHS ITA-069). QSL via IK7JWX, bureau or direct.
[TNX IK7JWX]
OX - Frank, DL2SWW and Ric, DL2VFR will be
active as OX/homecalls from Maniitsoq (Sukkertoppen) Island
(NA-220) from around 18 UTC on 23 April to around 18 UTC on 5
May. They will operate CW and SSB on as many bands as possible
depending on propagation (no 6m activity is planned). QSL via
home calls, bureau or direct. Further information is available at
http://www.iota-expedition.com,
where on line logs will be posted after the expedition. [TNX
DL2VFR]
PA - ON6UM, ON4LO, ON4LN and ON4BAG will be
active (SSB and digital modes) again from Schouwen Duiveland
(EU-146) on 19 January. [TNX ON6UM]
V3 - Gerd/DJ4KW and Gisela/DK9GG will be
active on 10-160 metres as V31YN (CW) and V31GW (RTTY) from
Belize from 10 January through the end of February. On 2-6
February they will operate as V31YN/P (10-40 metres CW only) from
Lighthouse Reef (NA-123). QSL via home calls, direct or bureau.
Logs will be available at http://www.qsl.net/dj4kw and http://www.qsl.net/dk9gg.
[TNX The Daily DX]
XU - Hiroo, XW2A will be active as XU7AAA
from Cambodia on 2-7 January. QSL direct to P.O. Box 10003,
Vientiane, Laos. [TNX JI6KVR]
XU - Peter, NO2R will be active as XU7ACY
from Sihanoukville, Cambodia on 5-12 January. He will operate on
160, 80 and 40 metres exclusively. QSL via K2NJ. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
6M BEACON ---> Danny Ponce, WP4F
reports that WP4F/B is active around the clock on 50091
kHz with 5 watts and a 5/8 vertical antenna. Danny is the
Sysop of "El Faro DX Cluster" in San Juan,
Puerto Rico (telnet wp4f.dns2go.com port 23), as well as
the QSL manager for WP4DX (ARRL 10 Meter Contest).
DXCC NEWS ---> DXCC Manager Bill
Moore, NC1L reports that BQ9P (Pratas Island, 9-16
September 2003) has been approved for DXCC credit.
GERMAN POSTAL RATES ---> Rolf, DL6ZFG
reports that effective 1 January the postage for a
regular letter from Germany to extra-European countries
is EUR 1.55 (it used to be 1.50), which is not loger
covered by 1 US$.
QSL MANAGER SURVEY ---> This is a
nomination process by DXers of the Top 5 QSL Managers
with whom they have had dealing with in 2003. "The
purpose of this voting is to give at least a small 'thank
you' to the work performed by QSL managers around the
world", John, K1XN says. "They do not receive
enough praise for the work they perform, nor are they
respected enough by the DXers who benefit from their
work". Please send the call signs of the 5 Best QSL
Managers (in your opinion) for 2003 to golist@golist.net;
the results of this survey will be given to N4AA for
inclusion in the QRZ-DX bulletin. The deadline for voting
is 1 February. [TNX K1XN and The Golist]
QSL 1A0KM ---> The new QSL manager is
IK0FTA (Sergio Roca, P.O. Box 7132, 00162 Roma Nomentano
- RM, Italy). Requests without return postage, as well as
those without a self-addressed envelope, will be
processed, but cards will be sent via the bureau. Please
refrain from sending QSLs for QSOs made in different
years in the same envelope. QSL requests via e-mail will
be ignored.
QSL 9H1PF & P29KPH ---> Bill,
K5YG is no longer the QSL manager for 9H1PF and P29KPH.
Cards for 9H1PF should be sent direct, for P29KPH QSL per
operator instructions. Bill has a few cards left for
those QSLing direct with return postage or a green stamp.
[TNX N5FG]
QSL 9K2MU ---> Alan, WA4JTK would
like to remind everyone that 9K2MU does not have any
cards. QSLs are to be sent direct only to WA4JTK, who
processes the requests as soon as logs are recieved from
Kuwait. All cards are up to date as of 12 November 2003.
QSL 9K9A ---> There was some
confusion before, but it has been sorted out and,
effective immediately, Tim/N9NU will be handling QSL
duties for 9K9A (contest call for 9K2AI). Cards can be
sent either direct (Tim Dickerson, 900 Vincent Drive,
Sandwich, IL 60548, USA) or via the bureau. Tim is the
QSL manager also for KH6XT, 9K2AI, A92GE and YB0GJS (on
line logs at http://www.n9nu.net/logsearch/logsearch.php);
he has two additional slots open if anyone needs a
manger. [TNX N9NU]
QSL 9V0A & VP8PJ ---> Alan,
VK4AAR is receiving e-mails and cards for 9V0A and VP8PJ
simply because he is the manager for 9V1DX (the same
operator in each case). Please note that the QSL routes
for these operations have not been announced yet. "I
will hold any cards that come to me for either of these
Antarctic operations", Alan says, "and will
honour them if I get the job". 9V1DX is expected to
post the QSL information on his web page (http://www.geocities.com/vk0ld/1.html)
when he returns to Singapore in a couple of weeks. [TNX
VK4AAR]
QSL EU-166 ---> Alfio, IT9EJW reports
that all of the direct requests received so far for
IT9EJW/P, IT9HLN/9 and IK8PGM/9 from Pietra di Patti (IIA
ME-030, August 2003) have been processed and mailed.
QSL FO/IT9YRE ---> Nando, IT9YRE
reports that the direct cards for Maria Island (OC-264)
will be mailed starting on 3 January, to let island
chasers receive them before the IOTA annual update
deadline.
QSL TO4E & TO4WW ---> It will
take a while before the cards are printed, so please be
patient. Didier, F5OGL (the QSL manager for either TO4E
and TO4WW) is receiving countless e-mails concerning
errors in the on-line logs. Didier would like to assure
the DX community worldwide that each QSL request will be
scrutinized carefully and if gross logging mistakes are
detected, they will be corrected. [TNX La Gazette du DX]
QSL VK4WWI/P ---> Johan, PA3EXX
reports that the QSL cards for his recent operation from
Cato Reef (OC-265) are likely to be available in
February. A few pictures and on-line logs are available
at http://home.tiscali.nl/~su042021/.
QSL VIA LY2MM ---> Al, LY2MM reports
that effective immediately he will no longer be able to
receive any 4L1AE, 4L1W and 4L5T bureau cards, as the
Lithuanian ARS now makes a charge for QSL management.
"Direct QSLs are and will be processed
promptly", he says, "but please, do not send
any card through the Lithuanian QSL bureau".
SOUTH SHETLANDS ---> Dominik, DL5EBE
reports that Oleg, UA1PBA from Bellingshausen Station
(R1ANF) has got verbal permission to operate again from
the German Dallmann Laboratory on King George Island.
Hopefully the call sign he used in 2003 (DP1ANF) will be
issued again for an activity to take place in
February-March. There are also plans to operate from the
Chilean Ardley Refuge (Ardley Island), which, according
to Dominik, "in some listings appears as 'German
Penguin Laboratory'". Actually this Antarctic refuge
(originally established by the former German Democratic
Republic and taken over by the Alfred Wegener Institute
for Polar and Marine Research) was activated only once by
DL7VTS as DP1KGI (January-February 1995) under the
unofficial and fictitious name of "German Penguin
Laboratory", before being transferred to the Chilean
Antarctic Institute in February 1997 (see WABA Directory
2003 at http://www.ddxc.net). Further information on both
the operations is expected in due course.
SURVEY ---> Jose, CT1EEB is carrying
out an informal survey on the current band needs (160-6
metres) for Timor Leste (4W), Angola (D2), Sao Tome (S9),
Mozambique (C9), India (VU). Let Jose know by e-mail (zemurtosa@mail.telepac.pt)
what bands you still need for these DXCC Entities.
DX SPOTS: Rod Elliott, VE3IRF has
collected the DX spots from the OH2AQ Web Cluster since
January 1997. The collection - from January 1997 up to
Novembrer 2003 - is available at http://www.425dxn.org/dxspots/.
UARL: UARL Secretary Vladimir I.
Vakatov, UT1WA reports that http://www.uarl.com.ua
is no longer the URL for the Ukrainian Amateur Radio
League web site.
PERIOD CALL REF
===========================================================================
till 05/01 1A0KM: S.M.O.M. * by IK0FVC, I0JBL, IK0FTA, IK0PRG 661
till Jan 8J1RF: Dome Fuji Base (AN-016) (WABA JA-04) 622
till 14/01 A52CQ: Bhutan * by S57CQ 660
till 31/01 DP1POL: Neumayer Station (Antarctica) * by DL5XL 659
till 11/01 G4IUF/HC8: Galapagos Islands (SA-004) 649
till 12/01 HG04HNY: special call * by HG4I 658
till 28/02 IA0PS: "Baia Terra Nova" Antarctic Station 658
till April IR7LH: Italian lighthouses * by IK7JWX 651
till March JR1EEU: Aoga Shima (AS-043) 657
till 25/01 KC4/WA1O: Antarctica 655
till 05/01 N4Z: US Virgin Islands * by K4MCE and N4KZ 655
till 2004 R1ANZ: "Mirny" Base (WABA UA-07) 608
till 18/01 T20RE: Tuvalu (OC-015) * by HA9SD and HA9RE 658
till Dec VK0DX: Davis Station (Antarctica) * by VK4LL 659
till 10/01 VP8PJ and 9V0A: Antarctica * by 9V1DX 658
till 07/01 XU7AAA: Cambodia * by XW2A 661
till May YA8G: Afghanistan * by LA5IIA 659
till 15/01 ZW5SF: Sao Francisco do Sul (SA-027) 657
20/12-04/01 ARLHS Lighthouse Christmas Lights 659
01/01-31/12 IOTA 2004 652
02/01-10/01 C6A/N3IQ: Abaco Island (NA-080) * by ND3F 661
02/01-06/01 Z38M, Z3/IZ8CCW, Z3/IZ8FWN: Macedonia 659
02/01-04/01 ZS1BLO: special event station 660
03/01-17/01 VE4/K9MU (grid EO16) and VE4/KG0VL (grid EO26) 659
03/01-04/01 II9RAI: special event station 660
03/01-04/01 EUCW 160 Metres Contest 654
04/01-15/01 LS4M: 6th Andes Crossing 659
05/01-12/01 XU7ACY: Cambodia * by NO2R 661
06/01-18/01 FO/A: Tubuai (OC-152), Austral Islands * by OHs 661
10/01-29/02 V31YN and V31GW: Belize * by DJ4KW and DK9GG 661
11/01-15/01 ZL1CT/4: Stewart Island (OC-203) * by GM3WOJ 651
12/01-15/01 CE6TBN/8: Riesco Island (SA-091) 658
13/01-19/01 KG4DX: Guantanamo * by W4WX 660
14/01-13/02 FG/F6FXS: Guadeloupe (NA-102) 661
15/01-15/04 OA7/PA3GFE: Peru 659
15/01-17/01 PY5/PU5HAS: Mel Island (SA-047) 660
19/01 PA: EU-146 * by ON6UM, ON4LO, ON4LN, ON4BAG 661
17/01-20/01 CE6TBN/8: Wellington Island (SA-032) 658
20/01-04/02 A35RE: Tonga (OC-049) * by HA9SD and HA9RE 658
from 20/01 VP8CMH/MM, South Georgia, South Orkneys * by GM0HCQ 658
24/01-18/02 PJ6/PA0VDV: Saba (NA-145) 660
28/01-15/02 4V200YH: Haiti (NA-096) * by DLs 651
January 9A4KF: Pakleni Islands (EU-016) 661
January II0RAI/#: special event stations 660
January South Orkneys (AN-008) * by LU4DXU 659
02/02-06/02 V31YN/P: Lighthouse Reef (NA-123) * by DJ4KW and DK9GG 661
from 03/03 XF4IH: Socorro (NA-030), Revillagigedo 660
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
01/03-08/03 T32I and T32BI: East Kiribati * by KH6GMP and KH6DFW 657
01/03-12/03 XU7AJV & XU7TZG: Koh Poah (AS-133) * ON4AJT & ON6TZG 657
06/03-12/03 5V7C: Togo * by F5CW,F4AJQ,F5TVG,F5JSD,F8BUI,F5VHQ 661
15/03-19/03 VK4FRI: Fraser Island (OC-142) 647
20/03-12/04 3B9C: Rodrigues Island (AF-017) 661
March-April 9M8: Pulau Satang Besar (OC-165) * by 9M2/G3TMA et al. 657
March-April V8: Pulau Muara Besar (OC-184) * by 9M2/G3TMA et al. 657
17/04-18/04 GX4NOK/P: Inner Farne Island (EU-109) 657
23/04-05/05 OX/DL2SWW and OX/DL2VFR: Maniitsoq Island (NA-220) 661
April T33C: Banaba (OC-018) 651
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