17 January 2004
No 663
4 2 5 D X N E W S DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
7Q - Mark/G4AXX, Dick/GU4CHY, Steve/G4JVG and
Rich/M5RIC will operate from Malawi between 18 April and 1 May.
The callsign will be announced shortly before the start of the
operation. Activity will be on 10-80 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and
PSK, using three stations with amplifiers and beam antennas. QSL
via G3LQP direct (Roger Brown, 262 Fir Tree Road, Epsom KT17 3NL,
England) or via the bureau. A website at http://www.malawi.digital-crocus.com
has been set up and will include a log-search facility updated
regularly. Each of the team members will be making a personal
donation to a Malawian aid charity (details to appear on the
website) and donations from DX clubs and individuals for the
DXpedition or the charity would be welcome. They may be sent to
G4JVG (Steve Telenius-Lowe, 27 Hertford Road, Stevenage SG2 8RZ,
England). [TNX G4JVG]
9Q - Gus, SM5DIC will be going back to the
Democratic Republic of Congo on 20 January for two months and
will operate (also on 6 metres and digital modes) the club call
9Q0AR in his spare time. QSL direct only via SM5BFJ (Leif
Hammarstrom, Lerklockan 4, SE-73091 Riddarhyttan, Sweden). [TNX
The Daily DX]
C5 - Jan, PA9JJ will be active again as C56JJ
from Kololi, The Gambia from 29 March to 5 April. This year he
will operate also RTTY and/or PSK31 and will try to work on 160
metres. If the low bands are not good, he will concentrate on the
WARC bands. No activity on 6 metres is planned. QSL information
at www.qrz.com/c56jj.
[TNX PA9JJ]
C6 - Wade, AA8LL and Liz, K8LIZ have
cancelled their 16-19 January activity from Crooked Island
(NA-113) [425DXN 662]. The trip may be rescheduled in February or
March. [TNX AA8LL]
C6 - Steve, AK0M will be active (on 10-80
metres mainly CW) as C6ASB from Treasure Cay (NA-080), Bahamas on
21-28 February, including some casual all-band operation in the
ARRL DX CW Contest. Steve's wife Sandy, KC0RD may also be active
as C6ASC. QSL via AK0M. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
CE - CA5UBP reports he plans to operate (on
80, 40 and 10 metres, from 2 to 11 UTC) from the Bio-Bio Region
group (SA-070, Santa Maria and Quiriquina Islands) on 20-25
January. QSL direct only to CA5UBP (www.qrz.com).
CT - Weather permitting, CT1GFK/p, CT1GPQ/p,
CT2IHP/p, CT2IUA/p and CT1EHX/p will operate from Ilha do Barro
(not IOTA, DIP AL-21) on 18 January. Look for them on 40, 20, 17,
and 15 metres SSB and CW between 7 and 12 UTC. QSL via home
calls. [TNX CT1END]
F - Jean-Marc, F5SGI will be active,
hopefully as TM6ILE, from Groix Island (EU-048, DIFM AT-012) on
11-18 April. This will be a 10-80 metres CW only operation. QSL
via home call (but contacts will be confirmed automatically via
the bureau). [TNX F5SGI]
FM - Guy, F5MNW will be active as FM/F5MNW
from Martinique (NA-107, DIFO FM-001) from 21 February to 6
March. He will operate on the HF bands only CW during his spare
time. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
FS - David/K3LP, Larry/N7DD, Steve/N3SB,
Tyler/K3MM, Jeff/N8II, Clint/W3ARS and Kam/N3KS will be active as
FS/homecall from St. Martin (NA-105) on 18-24 February. They will
participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest (21-22 February) as FS5UQ
(Multi-Multi). All QSLs are via www.qrz.com. [TNX NG3K]
HA - On 1 May Hungary will become a full
member of the of the European Union and, to celebrate the event,
special callsign HA2004EU will be used by members of MOM
Radioclub through the end of the year. Further information is
available at http://ha2004eu.hu/.
[TNX HA5X]
HC - Rick, NE8Z will be operating as HC1MD
from Tumbaco, Ecuador on 22-28 January. Look for activity on
80-10 metres CW and SSB, with an emphasis on the WARC bands. On
26 January Rick will have access to 6 metres (100w + 5 element
yagi) and will be be monitoring 50110 kHz all day. QSL via www.qrz.com or
K8LJG (John Kroll, 3528 Craig Drive, Flint, MI 48506, USA). Do
not forget to give a look to the HC-DX Awards at http://www.octavia.com/qsl/awards.htm.
[TNX NE8Z]
J3 - Bob, AA1M and Mike, W1USN will be active
as J3/homecall from Grenada from 29 January through 6 February.
They will operate CW, SSB and some PSK on the HF bands. QSL via
jome calls, direct or bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
KG4 - Tip, N4SIA will operate on all bands as
KG4AS from Guantanamo Bay starting on 20 January for eight days.
QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
LU - Henry, LU4DXU is currently active as
LU4DXU/X from Ushuaia (Tierra del Fuego, SA-008) until 22
January. Look for him around 14290 kHz. Depending on
transportation opportunities, Henry might operate also from other
nearby IOTA islands. QSL via home call. See Antarctic Operations
below for the latest information on Henry's activity from the
South Orkneys. [TNX DL5EBE]
LU - Alberto/LU1DZ, Hector/LU6UO and
Fernando/LW2DX will operate as homecall/L from Esquina, in the
rare Corrientes province of Argentina, on 22-27 January. The
operation is sponsored by the Grupo Argentino de CW (GACW) and
they will operate CW on all the HF bands. QSL LU1DZ/L via EA3RE,
others via home calls. [TNX LW2DX]
PA - ON6UM, ON4LO, ON4LN and ON4BAG will be
active (SSB and digital modes) again from Schouwen Duiveland
(EU-146) on 24 January. [TNX ON6UM]
PY0_fni - Bill, W5SJ will operate as PR0F
from the PY0FF station on Fernando de Noronha on 21-27 January.
He plans to be on CW most evenings on 160, 80 and 40 metres; on
24-25 January he will be on 10109, 14225, 18127, 21225, 24935 and
28450 kHz from around 15 to 18 UTC. The CQ WW 160 CW Contest is
the main purpose for this trip. [TNX QRZ-DX]
T33 - The equipment for the T33C DXpedition
to Banaba [425DXN 651] has been shipped. The team will arrive on
Tarawa (T30) late in March and T33C should be on the air by 4
April. The 2-week expedition will be a major effort, featuring 24
hour a day operations on all bands and modes with seven separate
stations. The expedition still needs contributions to cover
costs. Contributions may be sent to F5CWU (Flo Moudar, 25 Rue du
Castel Salis, 37100 Tours, France) or by PayPal to pa2r@muurkrant.com or pa5et@muurkrant.com; for
further information, please visit http://www.dx-pedition.de/banaba2004.
[TNX K6SRZ, doctore@well.com]
T8 - Kazu, JH6WDG will operate (on 80-10
metres SSB and CW) as T88AQ from Palau (OC-009) from 27 January
to 2 February. QSL via home call, bureau or direct. [TNX JH6WDG]
TJ - Oscar/IK2AQZ, Giuliano/IK2OPW and
Mario/IW2HUZ will be active as TJ1GA from Cameroon on 16-30
January. They will operate SSB and PSK31 on 80-6 metres. QSL via
IK2AQZ, direct or bureau. [TNX I2FUG]
UA - Alex/RV3DPM, Vadim/RX3AKL, Vadim/RX3AKQ,
Serge/UA3DNR and possibly Dmitry/RA3DEJ will operate (on 80-10
metres CW and SSB) as RK3DZJ/3 (QSL via RA3DEJ) and R3ARS/3 (QSL
via RA3AKF) from the Russian National Park
"Kerzhenskiy" (RRF-46, RDA NN-26) on 16-18 January. For
full information on the RFF Award, please visit
http://www.hamradio.ru/rrc/ [TNX UA3DNR]
XE - Hector, XE2K and others will be active
as XF1K from an island in the Sonora State South group (NA-166,
the most "most wanted" IOTA group in North America) on
5-9 February. Plans are to operate on 10-80 metres (maybe on 160m
as well) SSB and CW, with three 100 watt stations powered by
battery and generator for 18-24 hours on the air. They will have
two triband yagis, two verticals for 10-40m and 10-80m (maybe a
third one for 10-160m) and one dipole for 80-40-30m. QSL via
N6AWD (Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr., Bakersfield, CA 93309,
USA). Further details will be provided in due course. [TNX XE2K]
XT - Orlando, VE4JOP is currently active as
XT2OP from Burkina Faso until 26 January. He plans to operate
daily on 14195 kHz between 12 and 14 UTC. QSL via home call. [TNX
The Daily DX]
YI - Kaspars, YL1ZF is active as YI9ZF from
Baghdad for the coming 6-8 months. Kaspars prefers CW, but he has
also equipment for RTTY. QSL via SM1TDE, either direct (Eric
Wennstrom, P.O. Box 94, SE-62016 Ljugarn, Sweden) or through the
SM bureau. Direct cards without sufficient return postage will be
replied to via bureau. [TNX SM1TDE]
ZC4 - "After some extensive
negotiations", George, 5B4AGC says, "we are pleased to
announce that ZC4A will be QRV during the upcoming CQ WW 160m CW
Contest. This will be a combined operation from members of the
various Sovereign base areas and we have been given permission to
use a redundant 200 ft tower which we will be shunt
feeding". The operators will be 5B4AGC, 5B4AGN, 5B4FL and
ZC4CW. QSL via 5B4AGC.
ANTARCTIC OPERATIONS (*)
ANTARCTICA - Obi, JA0WJN/8J1RF will be
going QRT from Dome Fuji Station (AN-016) on 20 January
[425DXN 622 & 42DXN 626]. The research station will
be closed on the 23rd and it will take a couple of weeks
to reach Syowa station on East Ongul Island (AN-015) by
snowmobile. For further information, please visit http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/4_Library/A-4-7_8j1rl/2002/frame.htm.
[TNX F5NOD]
ANTARCTICA - Nikolai Makarov,
UA3YH/AB0KG (R1ANM) is active as KC4AAA from the
Amundsen-Scott Base (South Pole, AN-016). QSL via K1IED.
Give a look to the beautiful pictures on web site at http://mitglied.lycos.de/mapu2001/nsf.html.
[TNX F5NOD]
ANTARCTICA - Michele, IK7JGQ is active
as KC4/IK7JGQ from "Baia Terra Nova" station
until 31 January. He can be found on 14185 kHz, with
Luigi (IK8OZZ), between 17.30 and 18.15 UTC. For further
information, please visit http://www.italiantartide.it/default.asp.
Give a look to the beautiful pictures on web site at http://www.gdargaud.net/Antarctica/TerraNova.html.
SOUTH ORKNEYS - On 23 January Henry,
LU4DXU will board the supply ship "Almirante
Irizar"; he expects to arrive to Laurie Island,
South Orkneys (AN-008) on the 26th and to operate as
AY1ZA from the "Orcadas del Sur" base until 29
February. He plans to operate SSB (28390, 24930, 21190,
18130, 14290, 7090, 3785 kHz), CW (28035, 24905, 21035,
18090, 14035, 10120, 7025, 3515, 1835 kHz), RTTY (28120,
21090, 14090 kHz) and PSK31 (21070, 14070 kHz) with a
linear amplifier, a 4-element yagi, a rhombic antenna and
some wire antennas. QSL via LU4DXU (Horacio Enrique Ledo,
P.O. Box 22, 1640 Martinez - Buenos Aires, Argentina).
[TNX DL5EBE]
(*) As far as base names, locations and accessory
information are concerned, the reference source is the WABA
Directory 2003 (which is also an acknowledged reference
source for the RSGB IOTA Programme).
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
1A0KM ---> Contrary to previous
announcements, on-line logs for the most recent 1A0KM
operation will not be available - not for the time being,
at least. According to their web page, 1A0KM was pirated
on the following days/times: 2 January 23-24 UTC (40
metres CW), 3 January 08-09 UTC (20 metres CW), 4 January
01-06 UTC (40 metres CW) and 20-21 UTC (40 metres CW).
[TNX http://www.sixitalia.org/1a0km/1a0km2004.htm]
3XY1L ---> Leo, UT1WL/3XY1L logged
about 15,000 SSB QSOs during his stay in Guinea, between
16 March and 9 December 2003. His QSL manager (UY5XE) has
sent out some 8,000 cards so far (around 900 direct, the
rest via the bureau). [TNX UY5XE]
DELTA DX ASSOCIATION ---> The
officers of the Delta DX Association (Metairie, LA) for
2004 are Chip Tilton/K5RSG (President), Don Boudreau/W5FK
(Vice-President), John Uhl/W5ZE (Secretary) and Walt
Cockerham/N5VN (Treasurer). [TNX W5ZE]
DXCC NEWS ---> The following
operations are approved for DXCC credit: 5X2F (29 July
2003 - 1 July 2004), YA4F (September 2003 - April 2004)
and YA8G (14 December 2003 - 31 January 31 2004). [TNX
NC1L]
IPHG AWARD ---> The International
Pharmacists Ham Group issues the I.P.H.G. Award for
contacts made (or, for SWLs, heard) with IPHG members
(details are available at http://www.malpensa.it/iphg/index.htm).
Currently there are 170+ members representing 42
countries all around the world and many of them will be
on the air on 18 January for the IPHG Sked. Look for them
around 3618, 7098, 14318, 21318 and 28318 kHz. [TNX
IK2UVR]
POSTAGE ---> Owing to the increasing
strength of some local currencies against the US dollar
and/or new and more expensive postal rates, 1 USD no
longer covers return postage from several countries to
destinations outside their own continents. Reports
received so far include Australia (VK4AAR), Canada
(VE3LYC), Denmark (OZ1ACB), France (F5MNW), Germany
(DL6ZFG), New Zealand (ZL4HU), The Netherlands (PA3GIO),
Sweden (SM7AED, who adds that 1 USD is not sufficient
also from Sweden to other European countries). As for
Italy, 1 USD is no longer sufficient for Priority Mail
letters sent to destinations outside Europe. The current
postage for a standard letter up to 20 grams is EUR 0.62
(Europe), EUR 0.80 (Africa, Asia, Americas), EUR 1,00
(Oceania) by Priority Mail (more reliable) and EUR 0.45
(Europe), EUR 0.65 (Africa, Asia, Americas), EUR 0.70
(Oceania) by Ordinary Mail.
QSL A52CQ ---> Dane, A52CQ (S57CQ)
left Bhutan on 15 January. He logged 1880 QSOs, many of
them on the low bands. According to Slavko, S57DX (QSL
manager), cards will be printed in the next 2 or 3 weeks.
If you use IRCs, please make sure that the coupon is
properly stamped in the left corner. [TNX S57DX]
QSL KH7R ---> Please note that Ken,
W8LU is not the the QSL manager for KH7R (Hawaii). The
correct QSL route is direct to Ken Hoppe, P.O. Box 95521,
Las Vegas, NV 89193-5521, USA. [TNX K1XN and The Golist]
QSL PZ5A ---> QSLs for PZ5A (CQ WW DX
SSB 2003) and for pre/post contest operation by PZ5UE,
PZ5FF and PZ5CQ have been received from the printer and
it is hoped to have all direct requests received so far
answered within two weeks. Refer to the web page for
additional information (http://www.mdxa.org/pz_2003.html).
[TNX W5UE]
QSL VIA N9NU ---> Tim, N9NU says
there was a typo in his qrz.com information page and
e-mail signature, as he is the QSL manager for A92GQ (and
not A92GE, as reported in 425DXN 662). Tim says he will
be handling QSL services for Serge, UA9CKN as well. Log
searches are available at http://www.n9nu.net/logsearch/logsearch.php.
QSL VIA UA3FDX ---> Vladimir, UA3FDX
(not UA3DFX as reported by UA3SAQ in 425DXN 662) is the
new QSL manager for 4J1S, 4K1V, 4K60AA, 4K7DWZ and 4K7Z.
He has logs and cards also for 4K50V, 4K51V, 4K52V and
4K53V. The address is Vladimir Ulyanov, P.O. Box 10,
Moscow 121615, Russia. [TNX UA3FDX]
SILENT KEY - Ace Jevremov, DJ0LZ (Z32FD)
reports that Petar "Pepi" Krajcev, Z31PK passed
away on 13 January at 64 years of age. "I was his
QSL manager", Ace says. "Pepi was one of the
best teachers for all of us in Macedonia". [TNX K1XN
and The Golist]
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
CONTEST: An excellent source of
information is the Contest Service by Jan Eric Rehn,
SM3CER (http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/)
LOGS: On-line logs of the recent Z38M
operation can be found at http://www.mdxc.org/. [TNX IZ8CCW]
PERIOD CALL REF
===========================================================================
01/01-31/12 IOTA 2004 652
till 20/01 8J1RF: Dome Fuji Base (AN-016) 663
till 24/02 CE9R: "Frei Montalva" base (South Shetlands) 662
till 31/01 DP1POL: Neumayer Station (Antarctica) * by DL5XL 659
till 18/01 FO/A: Tubuai (OC-152), Austral Islands * by OHs 661
till 31/12 HA2004EU: special event call 663
till December HF0QF and HF0POL: "H. Arctowski" base (So. Shetlands) 662
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 ?? KC4AAA: Amundsen-Scott Base (South Pole) 663
till 31/01 KC4/IK7JGQ: Baia Terra Nova Base 663
till 25/01 KC4/WA1O: Antarctica 655
till 22/01 LU4DXU/X: Tierra del Fuego (SA-008) 663
till 2004 R1ANZ: "Mirny" Base (WABA UA-07) 608
till 18/01 T20RE: Tuvalu (OC-015) * by HA9SD and HA9RE 658
till 29/02 V31YN and V31GW: Belize * by DJ4KW and DK9GG 661
till Dec VK0DX: Davis Station (Antarctica) * by VK4LL 659
till 26/01 XT2OP: Burkina Faso * by VE4JOP 663
till May YA8G: Afghanistan * by LA5IIA 659
till ?? YI9ZF: Iraq * by YL1ZF 663
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
16/01-30/01 C56/G0VUH: The Gambia 662
16/01-30/01 TJ1GA: Cameroon * by IK2AQZ, IK2OPW, IW2HUZ 663
16/01-18/01 RK3DZJ/3 and R3ARS/3: "Kerzhenskiy" National Park 663
17/01-20/01 CE6TBN/8: Wellington Island (SA-032) 662
17/01-31/01 G4RCG/HI9 and KI7VR/HI9: Dominican Republic 662
17/01-18/01 Hungarian DX Contest (CW/SSB) ***
17/01 LZ Open Contest (CW) ***
18/01 CT1GFK, CT1GPQ, CT2IHP, CT2IUA, CT1EHX: Ilha do Barro 663
19/01 PA: EU-146 * by ON6UM, ON4LO, ON4LN, ON4BAG 661
20/01-20/03 9Q0AR: Democratic Republic of Congo * by SM5DIC 663
20/01-04/02 A35RE: Tonga (OC-049) * by HA9SD and HA9RE 658
20/01-25/01 CA5UBP: Bio-Bio Region group (SA-070) 663
20/01-28/01 KG4AS: Guantanamo Bay * by N4SIA 663
from 20/01 VP8CMH/MM, South Georgia, South Orkneys * by GM0HCQ 658
21/01-27/01 PR0F: Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) * by W5SJ 663
22/01-28/01 HC1MD: Ecuador * by NE8Z 663
22/01-27/01 LU1DZ/L, LU6UO/L, LW2DX/L: Corrientes province 663
24/01 PA: Schouwen Duiveland (EU-146) * by ONs 663
24/01-18/02 PJ6/PA0VDV: Saba (NA-145) 660
24/01-25/01 ZC4A: UK Sovereign Base Areas 663
24/01-25/01 BARTG RTTY Sprint Contest (RTTY) ***
24/01-25/01 CQ 160-Meter Contest (CW) ***
24/01-25/01 REF Contest (CW) ***
26/01-29/02 AY1ZA: South Orkneys (AN-008) * by LU4DXU 659
27/01-02/02 T88AQ: Palau (OC-009) * by JH6WDG 663
28/01-15/02 4V200YH: Haiti (NA-096) * by DLs 651
29/01-06/02 J3/AA1M and J3/W1USN: Grenada 663
31/01 UBA DX Contest (SSB) ***
January 9A4KF: Pakleni Islands (EU-016) 661
January II0RAI/#: special event stations 660
01/02 North American Sprint Contest (CW) ***
02/02-06/02 V31YN/P: Lighthouse Reef (NA-123) * by DJ4KW and DK9GG 661
02/02-08/02 XU7ACY: Cambodia * by NO2R 662
from 03/03 XF4IH: Socorro (NA-030), Revillagigedo 660
05/02-09/02 XF1K: Sonora State South group (NA-166) 663
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
18/02-24/02 FS/hc and FS5UQ: St. Martin (NA-105) * by Ws 663
20/02-02/03 9M2/PA0RRS: Penang Island (AS-015) 647
21/02-28/02 C6ASB: Treasure Cay (NA-080), Bahamas * by AK0M 663
21/02-06/03 FM/F5MNW: Martinique (NA-107) 663
21/02-22/02 ARRL International DX Contest (CW) ***
28/02-29/02 GACW Key Day 662
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
29/03-05/04 C56JJ: The Gambia * by PA9JJ 663
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
from 04/04 T33C: Banaba (OC-018) 663
11/04-18/04 TM6ILE: Groix Island (EU-048 * by F5SGI 663
17/04-18/04 GX4NOK/P: Inner Farne Island (EU-109) 657
18/04-01/05 7Q7: Malawi * by G4AXX, GU4CHY, G4JVG, M5RIC 663
23/04-05/05 OX/DL2SWW and OX/DL2VFR: Maniitsoq Island (NA-220) 661
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