24 April 2004 No 677 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
@ & CW ---> Effective 3 May, an A and C run together (.__._.) will become the official Morse character for the @ symbol (the so-called "commat", a shortened version of "commercial at").
425DXN - PORTUGUESE VERSION ---> Welcome back to Paulo Pinto, CT1ETE who, after a long hiatus due to his business commitments, has resumed his contribution to 425 DX News as translator into Portuguese language.
AMATEUR RADIO ON TELETEXT ---> The new page number for the DX and Contest information featured by RTV Slovenija [425DXN 671] is 726. RTV Slovenija can be found on Eutelsat Hot Bird (12.303 GHz, Pol. V, SR 2750, FEC 3/4).
BARTG AWARDS ---> With immediate effect, Phil Cooper (GU0SUP) is the new Awards Manager for the British Amateur Radio Teledata Group (BARTG). Further details on the BARTG awards, which include the well-known QCA (Quarter Century Award) plus the various Continental awards, can be found at www.bartg.demon.co.uk [TNX GU0SUP]
DX CLUSTER WEB INTERFACE ---> The DX cluster of the Araucaria DX Group can be reached at http://www.baependi.com.br/dxcluster [TNX PY3NZ]
EI5DI CONTEST LOGGERS ---> Paul, EI5DI advises that all his contest loggers are now freeware and can be downloaded at www.ei5di.com (please sign-up to the SD-User mailing list to receive setup information for upcoming contests, and to give Paul feedback and suggestions). They are SD and SDV (many HF and VHF contests respectively), SDI (IOTA Contest), SDX (DXpeditions & Special Events), SDC (Commonwealth Contest) and SDU (UBA Contest). The Windows programs run in text-mode, on any PC and all versions of Windows; Paul is replacing the remaining DOS programs with Windows text-mode versions.
EP3PTT ---> The Daily DX reports that Lada, OK1LO was able to guest operate from the club station EP3PTT on 21 April. He was active on 15 metres CW from 9.30 to 16.30 UTC. QSL for this operation via OK1LO.
EURADIO ---> The European Union Radio Amateur Celebration is an event sponsored by the Irish Radio Transmitters Society (IRTS) on 1 and 2 May to celebrate the accession of ten new states to the European Union [425DXN 671]. Details of the award available for working the special event stations (EI25CY, EI25ES, EI25HA, EI25LY, EI25ML, EI25OK, EI25OM, EI25SL, EI25SP, EI25YL plus the IRTS HQ station EI25EU) are available on the IRTS website (www.irts.ie) or from Paul EI2CA ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). [TNX EI4GK]
EUROPE DAY 2004 AWARD ---> Sponsored by the Polish MK QTC Magazine and PZK Zwiazek Krotkofalowcow, this award is available to either licenced amateurs and SWLs for contacts made with stations located in the European Union member states between 00.00 and 23.59 UTC on 9 May 2004. For further information please e-mail Sylwester Jarkiewicz, SP2FAP ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [TNX SP2FAP]
QRS WEEK PARTY ---> To encourage newcomers to Morse code operating, under the sponsoring of the EUCW Society, the FISTS invites all licenced amateurs to participate in the annual QRS Week Party, which will take place from 25 April to 1 May. The complete rules are available at http://www.asel.demon.co.uk/fists-hq/keynote/kn.pdf [TNX F5NQL]
QSL FJ5IF ---> F5TJP is still awaiting the cards for FJ5IF to arrive from the printers. Please be patient and refrain from sending second requests. [TNX DK7LX]
QSL IQ9MY ---> This club call was used on 21-23 April from the lighthouse at Capo Milazzo (WAIL SI-033). QSL via IT9FCC. [TNX IT9FCC]
QSL T33C ---> The team arrived safely back on Tarawa on 17 April after a successful eleven day operation (75,000 QSOs) from Banaba Island. Direct QSL requests should go to F5CWU. As for bureau cards, the team encourages such requests to be submitted by the O(nline) Q(sl) R (equest) system. OQRS information is available on the expedition web site (www.dx-pedition.de/banaba2004).
QSL T49C ---> Please note that Al Bailey, K8SIX is the QSL manager for T49C only for contacts made in 2004. Cards for QSOs made in 1997 should go to SM5KCO. [TNX K8SIX]
QSL VIA PA0RRS ---> Richard, PA0RRS says he expects to receive the cards for his recent 9M6 and 9M2 operations around mid May.
WAIL ---> For information on the Worked All Italian Lighthouses Award please visit http://www.425dxn.org/awards/wail/ or http://www.ari.it/wail.html, or contact the Award Manager Paolo Garavaglia, IK1NLZ. _____________________________________________________________________________
=========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** NEWS FROM THE WEB *** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
LOGS: On-line log for JY9QJ has been updated including QSOs up to 17 April
2004 at 09.27 UTC. You can check on the status of your QSOs with
JY8YB, JY9QJ and JY8B at http://www.qsl.net/dl5mby [TNX DL5MBY]
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8CF, 3D2AD, 4J9NM, 4U1UN, 4V200YH, 5N43DP, 5VZBB, 5W0MW, 5W1SA, 7Q7RS, 8P5A, 8R1RPN, 9M2/GM4YXI (AS-073), 9M6NA, 9U5M, AP2ARS, AP2IA, CO8LY, CX7BY, D4B, D88S, DL3TD, DS0DX/2 (AS-168), EM1U, ER1RR, EY2ARP, EY8MM, FO5RH, HH6/DL7CM, IC8M (EU-031; IIA SA-001), IG9L (AF-019), IR8C, J75PA, J75ZH, J88DR, JD1YBJ, JT1CO, JY8B, KP2L, LY5A, LZ9W, OH0R, OX/SM0LQB, OX3DB, OY7QA, OY7TW, P40Y, P49MR, PJ2T, PJ5NA, PJ7/AH8DX, PZ5RA, R1ANB, RW2F, S9SS, SU9NC, SV0XAI/9, T20MW, T31MY, T70A, TJ3G, TO4E, TO4WW, TO7T, TR8CA, TU2CI, V25DX, V26EW, V26G, V31DJ, V47KP, V5/JD1BLK, V73MJ, V73NS, VP2E, VP2MCV, VP2V/N3ME, VP5C, VP5K, VP5NN, VP5V, VP8LP, VP9/G3TXF, VQ9LA, W0JLC/4 (NA-062), XQ1ZW, XT2OP, YA1D, YB0DPO, YJ0AMY, Z24S, ZA/G3LQP, ZA/Z35M, ZA1UT, ZB2/G3SQX, ZB2CI, ZB2FK, ZB2IH, ZD8Z, ZK3MW, ZM8CW, ZP1C. *****************************************************************************
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