7 February 2004
No 666
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 (January issue), edited by Maurizio Bertolino
(I1-21171/IZ1CRR), is now available for free downloading in
either.pdf or doc formats at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/.
In this issue you can find a report with pictures on Johan
Willemsen's (PA3EXX/VK4WWI) operation from Cato Reef (OC-265) as
well as the usual features and more besides.
5Z - Sigi, DL3DF will be vacationing in Kenya
from 16 February to 1 March and will operate as 5Z4HW on all
bands (except 160, 30 and 6 metres) and modes. He will be running
100 watts into a ground plane or wire antennas. QSL via home
call. [TNX NG3K]
8P - Peter, W0SA will be active as 8P9NX from
Barbados (NA-021) from 11 February to 11 March. QSL direct to
home call. [TNX K1XN and The Golist]
9M2 - Mirek, VK6DXI reports he will be on a
business trip to West Malaysia on 8-14 February and plans to
operate (mostly on 20 metres CW) as 9M8DX/2 from Kuala Lumpur.
QSL via VK6DXI.
9M2 - Ian, 9M2/G3TMA will be active from
Pulau Ketam (AS-074) on 6-7 and 13-14 March. Operation will be
mostly on CW. QSL to Ian Buffham, Bekay Court, Lorong Enau, 55000
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [TNX 9M2/G3TMA]
C6 - Ivars, KC4PX will be active (on 40, 20,
17, 15 and 6 metres) as C6APX from the Bahamas on 7-13 February.
QSL via home call. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
CO - Nicola, I0SNY reports he will be active
from Caibarien, Cuba on 9-27 March. He plans to concentrate on
17, 12 and 6 metres. QSL via home call.
CT - Owing to bad weather, the operation from
Ilha de Cabanas (not IOTA, DIP AL-07) [425DXN 665] has been
rescheduled to take place on 8 February. Look for CT1GFK/p,
CT1GPQ/p and CT2IUA/p to be active on 40, 20, 17 and 15 metres
SSB and CW between 7 and 12 UTC. QSL via home calls. [TNX CT1END]
CU - Nigel, G3TXF will operate (CW only) as
CU4/G3TXF from Graciosa Island (EU-175), Azores on 6-10 February.
QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
CX - A group of operators from Uruguay will
operate 160-6 metres from San Gabriel Island (SA-057) on 15-18
February. The callsign has not been given, but the QSL route will
be via EA5KB. [TNX CX8FB]
D4 - Simon, IZ7ATN will operate as D44/IZ7ATN
from the following lighthouses between 7 and 13 February: Ponta
do Lobo (ARLHS CAP-006) on Sao Tiago Island (AF-005), Ponta do
Sino (ARLHS CAP-007) on Sal Island (AF-086) and Ponta Temerosa
(ARLHS CAP-003) on Sao Tiago Island (AF-005). Look for activity
on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 and 40 metres SSB during local daylight
hours. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ7ATN]
FG - Henri, F5DBC will be active from Marie
Galante (DIFO FG-008), Guadeloupe (NA-102) on 6-18 February.
Plans are to operate daily on +/- 10104, 14025, 14135 and 18075
kHz at least between 22 and 24 UTC. [TNX F5NQL]
FG - Patrick, F6IRF will operate on CW and
RTTY as FG/F6IRF from Guadeloupe on 14-29 February. This will be
a casual activity with low power and wire antennas. QSL via home
call. Patrick will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as FG5BG
(category to be decided on the spot). [TNX NG3K]
I - Club station IQ5RR will be operated by
Franco, I5DOF on 8, 15 and 22 February. Look for activity on 40
metres between 8 and 14 UTC. A special "QSL
Certificate" will be available direct only via I5DOF (Franco
Donati, Via A. Fratti 205, 55049 Viareggio - LU, Italy: he asks
to include 5 Euros, as proceeds beyond return postage will be
donated to charity). [TNX I5LGN]
J6 - Jack, K9JE will be in St. Lucia with the
J6DX group for the ARRL DX CW Contest. Look for him to be active
on all bands with his own call (J68AR, QSL via K9JE) before and
after the contest, from 11 to 25 February. Also Gary, KI6T will
be with the J6DX group; outside the contest he will be active as
J68GS (QSL via KI6T), especially on the WARC bands. [TNX K9JE and
KI6T]
J6 - Dale, G3VMK will be active (CW only on
the higher bands) from St. Lucia during his family holiday on
14-27 February. [TNX QRZ-DX]
JW - Rag, LA5HE will be active again as JW5HE
from Svalbard on 12-18 February. He plans to concentrate on the
low bands and CW. QSL via home call. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
KH6 - Witek, SP9MRO reports he will operate
on all bands (except 30 metres) as KH6/SP9MRO from Hawaii on 8-17
February. QSL via home call. The QSL cards for his January
activities as YN1/SP9MRO and TI2/SP9MRO will be processed and
mailed not earlier than March.
KP2 - John/W8LBY and Norm/K8NI are active as
KP2/homecalls from St. Croix, US Virgin Islands (NA-106).
OA - OA4BHY, OA4DJW, OA4SJ, OA4DM, OA4BHN and
OA4AHW will be active as OC3I from Los Chimus Island (SA-074) on
11-16 February. They plan to operate on 10-80 metres SSB, CW,
RTTY and PSK31. QSL via OA4DJW, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily
DX]
PA - Bert, PA1K and other eight Dutch and
German operators will participate in the PACC Contest in early
February as PA6Z. QSL via PA1K. [TNX PA1K]
SM - SM4XIH, SM4RGD and possibly others will
participate in the CQ/RJ WW RTTY WPX Contest (14-15 February) as
SJ9WL (Multi-Single) from the Morokulien station on the border
between Sweden and Norway. QSL via SM5DJZ. [TNX NG3K]
SV - SV1QN, SV1AIN, SV1GYG, SV1EQU and SW1GYN
will be active as SX8K from Kythira Island (EU-113) and
Lighthouse on 20-28 March. QSL via SV1QN (all QSOs will be
confirmed automatically via bureau). [TNX SV1QN]
UA - Yuri, UA1ONY plans to visit and operate
from a few Novaya Zemlya's coastal islands (EU-035). His
expedition started on 3 February. QSL via RZ3EC (Eugene
Shelkanovtcev, P.O. Box 70, Orel 302028, Russia). [TNX RZ3EC]
VP2V - Look for Tony, N3ME to operate on
10-20 metres SSB as VP2V/N3ME from the British Virgin Islands
(NA-023) until 12 February. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
SOUTH ORKNEYS - Henry, LU4DXU is now
active as AY1ZA from the "Orcadas" base on
Laurie Island. His radio is interfering with the
commercial HF station and when both are on the air Henry
has to turn the amplifier off and run 10-15 watts only.
QSL via LU4DXU. [TNX DL5EBE]
SOUTH SHETLANDS - Ricardo, CE9R will be
at the Chilean Antarctic base "Escudero" on
King George Island until 23 February. Those who still
need a QSO with him can contact Dominik, DL5EBE at DWeiel@t-online.de.
[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). The WABA Directory is
downloadable at http://www.425dxn.org, but please note
that 425 DX News is not and has never been involved in WABA
management, so please refrain from contacting us on WABA
matters.
DXCC NEWS - Bill Moore, NC1L reports that the
following operations by UA4WHX/AC4LN (2002 and 2003) are approved
for DXCC credit:
3D2VB Fiji November 6-7, 2003
3D2VB Fiji October 16-20, 2003
3D2VB Fiji October 4-6, 2003
3D2VB/R Rotuma October 8-14, 2003
5W0VB Samoa June 26-30, 2003
8R1/AC4LN Guyana August 9-14, 2002
9Y4/AC4LN Trinidad & Tobago August 2-7, 2002
A35VB Tonga July 10-18, 2003
FK/AC4LN New Caledonia September 21-October 3, 2003
FO/AC4LN Austral Islands December 11-13, 2003
FO/AC4LN French Polynesia December 16-25, 2003
FO/AC4LN Marquesas Islands December 2-7, 2003
FW/AC4LN Wallis & Futuna September 27-October 3, 2002
H40VB Temotu Province August 24-30, 2003
H44VV Solomon Islands August 18-23, 2003
HH2/AC4LN Haiti July 23-27, 2002
HP8/AC4LN Panama June 26-July 1, 2002
J3/AC4LN Grenada August 27-30, 2002
J6/AC4LN St Lucia July 17-20, 2002
J73/AC4LN Dominica August 20-23, 2002
KH0/AC4LN Mariana Islands May 27-31, 2003
P29VVB Papua New Guinea August 4-17, 2003
T20VB Tuvalu October 29-November 5, 2003
T30VB Western Kiribati October 21-28, 2003
T88VV Palau May 21-26, 2003
V31VB Belize May 25-30, 2002
V63MB Micronesia June 2-10, 2003
V63MB Micronesia May 13-20, 2003
V73VV Marshall Islands June 12-20, 2003
YJ0VB Vanuatu September 5-18, 2003
YS1/AC4LN Belize June 5-9, 2002
ZK1/AC4LN North Cook Islands November 9-15, 2003
ZK1/AC4LN South Cook Islands November 18-26, 2003
ZK2VB Niue July 1-4, 2003
ZL/UA4WHX New Zealand July 19-31, 2003
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
4U1UN ---> W3UR/Bernie,
Christa/KB3JIU and Steve/KU9C made a total of 1062 QSOs
during their one-day operation from the United Nations
Headquarters in New York City. Activity started at 14.30
UTC on 0 January and went until 2 UTC on the 31st. Pirate
operations were reported on 31 January (between 06-07 UTC
on 30m and 80m, and again at 20 UTC on 20m) and 1
February(at 11 UTC on 40m). [TNX The Daily DX]
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
Juanuary 2004 - is available at http://www.425dxn.org/dxspots/.
QSL 4L1DA ---> David, 4L1DA (http://www.qsl.net/4l1da/)
reports that is new QSL manager is W7LPF: Joseph Lutz,
5421 RTE 711, New Florence, PA 15944, USA.
QSL KL7DX ---> Ron Lago, AC7DX will
be the QSL manager for KL7DX, which has been re-issued to
the Alaska DX Club in memory of Robert L. Rapuzzi, former
holder of the call. [TNX AC7DX]
QSL VIA PY1NEZ ---> Pete, PY1NEW
became a Silent Key on 15 December 2003 and his QSLs are
now handled by Lima, PY1NEZ (direct or bureau). Pete's
operations under other calls include PR1W, PR500W, PT0Z,
ZW0W, ZW1NEW, ZY2C and ZZ1Z (CW QSOs), as well as
PY1NEW/2 and PY1NEW/PP1. [TNX K1XN and The Golist]
SOUTHEASTERN ASIA ---> Hiroo
Yonezuka, JA2EZD/XW2A will be travelling to Vietnam and
Cambodia from 10 February through the end of the month.
He plans to operate as 3W2B and XU7AAA. QSL direct to
P.O. Box 10003, Vientiane, Laos. [TNX The Daily DX]
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
F6BUM: Pictures and information on
Jack's recent vist to Peru can be found at http://www.f6bum.fr.st.
IIA SURVEY: The Mediterraneo DX Club,
with the support of 425 DX News, has launched a survey
concerning the Italian Islands Award (IIA). Details can
be found at www.mdxc.org/iiasurvey.asp. [TNX
IZ8CCW]
(a) SSB and CW
(b) RTTY and PSK
(c) 22-23 November 2003, 06-07 December 2003, 20-21 December 2003
(d) 25-26 October 2003
(e) 21-22 June 2003
(f) CQ 160M CW 2004
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3873, New York, NY 10163, USA
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Italy
BD1ES - Hsinyu Mu, 10#19D Dist. 4 Yuanda
Garden Century Town, Beijing 100089, China
EA3RE - Antonio Herrera, Travesera de
Montigala 48, Apt. A, Piso 4to, 08917 Badalana -
Barcelona, Spain
VK4AAR - Alan Roocroft, P.O. Box 421,
Gatton 4343, Australia
YF1AR - Budi Santoso, P.O. Box 3,
BNKA-TNG 15821, Indonesia
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