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[DX-NEWS] 425 DX NEWS
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23 April 2005No 729
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
DX INFORMATION
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Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
8Q - Carlos/EA1DGZ, Oscar/EC1KW, Roberto/EA1DBC,
Joaquin/EA1AAW and
Fernando/EA1CNF will operate from the Maldives (AS-013)
for
the CQ WW DX SSB Contest in late October. QSL via EC1KW,
direct or bureau. Further details are expected in due
course. [TNX EA1CNF]
BY - Fan, BA1RB will be active as BA1RB/2 from Ju Hua Island
(AS-151) on
1-4 May. QSL via EA7FTR. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
DL - Volker, DL1WH and others will operate special station
DL0NBR from
the Nuerburgring circuit on 7-8 May for the 24 Hours race
and again on 27-29 May for the Formula 1 Grand Prix of
Europe. QSL via bureau or direct to DL1WH. [TNX DL1WH]
EZ - EZ7V from Turkmenabat, Turkmenistan will be active as EZ60V
until 15
May to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of World
War II. QSL via RW6HS or to the EZ7 QSL Bureau
(IKAR, P.O.Box 49, Turkmenabat-22, 746100 Turkmenistan).
[TNX EZ7V]
F - TM380 (Tango Mike Three Eight Zero, no suffix) is the
special call
to be aired soon on all bands to celebrate the maiden
flight
of the Airbus A380, the largest, most advanced and
efficient commercial airliner ever conceived. QSL via
bureau or direct to F5GNY (Michel Valette, 1 rue des
Mimosas, F- 31850 Beaupuy, France). [TNX F5QNL]
F - Jean-Paul, F5BZK will operate as TM6IO from Oleron Island
(EU-032,
DIFM AT-025) from 25 April to 8 May. QSL via home call.
[TNX
VA3RJ]
F - Laurent/F5MNK, Eric/F5LOW, Fabrice/F5NBQ,
Jacky/F5OIU,
Bertrand/F6HKA, Jean-Philippe/F4EEK and Christian/F1SDQ
will be active (on 160-2 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31)
as
TM0L from Levant Island (EU-070, DIFM ME-012) on 21-28
May. QSL via F5OIU. [TNX F8DQZ]
F - A multi-national team from France and Belgium will
participate in
the IOTA Contest (30-31 July) as TM4Z from Ouessant Island
(EU-065). [TNX F5VCR]
G - In September 1939 the radio receivers of all radio
amateurs were
ordered to be confiscated, but many amateurs volunteered
to
became Voluntary Interceptors in their own homes. These
V.I intercepted encrypted Enigma messages transmitted in
Morse code which were passed to the code breakers at
Bletchley Park, thus providing a most valuable service to
the Allies. As a tribute to the work of the V.I.'s
sixty
years ago the Scarborough Special Events Group will
operate SSB, PSK and CW as GB2HQ from GCHQ Scarborough on
7-8 May. QSL via G0OOO. A working Enigma machine has been
provided for use by the SSEG and an enciphered Enigma
message will be sent in Morse code on the amateur radio
bands, for this event only. Further information,
including details on the relevant certificate,
certificate, can be found at www.sseg.co.uk. [TNX F5NQL]
G - Wilf, G0WLF (9H1WS) and members of Cray Valley Radio
Society
will be
operating as GB8OSJ on behalf of the Knights
Hospitallers
of the Sovereign Order of St John
of Jerusalem (www.knightshospitallers.org) on 18-19
June. QSL via G4DFI. Any licensed member of the Order of
St John is invited to contact Wilf
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
with a view to arranging skeds with GB8OSJ and discussing
the organisation of an annual amateur radio OSJ event from
2006. [TNX M3RCV]
GM - Members of the Scottish-Russian ARS and West of Scotland
ARS
will be
active as GB6WW on 1-28 May to commemorate the 60th
anniversary of the end of Worl War II. QSL via bureau or
direct to MM0DFV (P.O. Box 7469, Glasgow, G42 0YD,
Scotland,
UK). Further information will be available on
http://www.scotham.net [TNX MM0DFV]
HC - Rick NE8Z/HC1MD will operate CW and SSB on 80-10
metres from
Tumbaco, Ecuador from 25 April to 11 May. He plans to pay
special attention to the WARC bands on this trip, and to
be
active also on 6m CW and SSB. Rick will also be
operating
from various portable QTHs: as HC1MD/HC1 from Mt.
Pichincha, as HC1MD/HC6 from Banos or Mt. Cotopaxi and
as
HC1MD/HC7 from
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*** 425DXNews - www.425dxn.org *** 23 April 2005 No 729 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA PERIOD CALL REF till 25/04 9G5SP: Ghana * by DL7DF 728 till 26/04 KP2/K3CT and KP2/N3DVF: Virgin Islands (NA-106) 728 till 26/04 ZL7/AI5P: Chatham Islands (OC-038) 728 till 28/04 EX/ES1FB: Kyrghyzstan 726 till 29/04 C6AWF: Abaco (NA-080) * by G4WFQ 725 till 29/04 SV9/DL3KWR and SV9/DL3KWF: Crete (EU-015) 727 till 30/04 KP2/KL7JR: US Virgin Islands (NA-106) 709 till 30/04 LZ800AB: special event station 721 till 30/04 OZ200HCA: special station (EU-172) 727 till 30/04 VE7JZ: Kaien Island (NA-061) 717 till 05/05 UU4JO/P: Ilinskij Lighthouse 725 till 08/05 JT1Y and JT2Y: Mongolia * by I0SNY 721 till 10/05 3B8MM: Mauritius (AF-049) * by DL6UAA 727 till 15/05 EZ60V: special event station 729 till 15/05 II0ESA. special station 724 till 16/05 EX/ES1RA: Kyrghyzstan 726 till 28/06 YL740C, YL740M, YL740T: special calls (Latvia) 727 till 30/06 II7JP: special call 727 till June ST2T: Sudan * by S57CQ 727 till July YU8/IZ0BGS 726 till August TT8M and TT8AMO: Chad * by PA5M and HB9AMO 729 till November HF0POL: Henryk Arctowski Base (SP-01; AN-010) 712 till 31/12 4N35CW: special event station 713 till 31/12 EI05CCC: special event call720 till 31/12 HA200CVM: special ecent call 719 till 31/12 HA80IARU: special event station 720 till 31/12 LZ8IARU. special event station 728 till 31/12 OE50: special event prefix (Austria) 717 till 31/12 OO: special prefix (Belgium) 712 till 31/12 ZS75PTA: special call 715 till February ZS100RI: special station 722 till March R1ANT: Mirny base (UA-07), Antarctica * by RW1AI 719 till ?? FM: Martinique (NA-107) * by DF5WA and DF7GB 726 till ?? LU1ZA: Orcadas del Sur (LU-14; AN-008) 729 till ?? LU1ZD: General San Martin (LU-11; AN-016)729 till ?? LU1ZG: General Manuel Belgrano II (LU-08; AN-016) 729 till ?? LU1ZI: Teniente Jubany (LU-15; AN-010) 729 till ?? LU1ZV: Esperanza (LU-06, AN-016) 729 till ?? LU4ZS: Vicecomodoro Marambio (LU- 03; AN-013) 729 22/04-25/04 AH2J: Guam (OC-026) * by JR1VAY 729 22/04-26/04 DF0TM: Usedom Island (EU-129) * by DLs 728 22/04-25/04 HB0/IZ1DSH, HB0/IK1WEG, HB0/IZ1GDB: Liechtenstein 725 22/04-25/04 LX/ON4BAG, LX/ON4LO, LX/ON6QX, LX/ON6UM: Luxembourg719 22/04- 24/04 YE50AA: special event station 729 23/04-25/04 IA5/IQ5KG/P: Elba Island (EU-028) 727 23/04-24/04 II0SRM, II1SRM, II7SRM, II8SRM, IO8SRM: special calls 724 23/04-31/12 IU7SCT: special station 729 23/04-24/04 IK2JYT, I2FUG, IK2AQZ: EU-155 729 23/04-25/04 L73E: special call (Argentina) * by LU7EE 725 23/04-01/05 SU8IOTA: Disuqi/Nelson Island (AF-NEW) * by SUs721 23/04VK2IMD (International Marconi Day) 728 23/04 W1AA/MSC: Nantucket Island (IMD) 729 23/04- 08/05 ZK2: Niue (OC-040) * by JA1KAJ 727 23/04-24/04 Colombia DX Contest 729 23/04International Marconi Day 728 23/04-24/04 Strange Radio Team Meeting 716 24/04-28/04 3D2NA: Mana Island (OC-121) * by JK1FNL 728 25/04-11/05 HC1MD: Ecuador * by NE8Z 729 25/04-08/05 TM6IO: Oleron Island (EU- 032) * by F5BZK 729 27/04-02/05
[DX-NEWS] 425 DX News #707
20 November 2004 No 707 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA 425 DX NEWS * MAILING LIST PROBLEMS The 425 DX News new team of volunteers is working on fixing the mailing list problems and updating the web site, but the period of transition is not over. Thanks to the help provided by the Mediterraneo DX Club, the more recent issuesof425DXN(from#700onwards)areavailableat http://www.mdxc.org/425dxn.asp. Those who are interested in receiving the bulletin by e-mail can subscribe to the MDXC Mailing List (subscriptions can be made on-line at the URL above). Many thanks for your patience and continuing support! VU4NRO AND VU4RBI * ANDAMAN NICOBAR ISLANDS Bharathi Prasad, VU2RBI [425DXN 702] reports that on 19 November a special permission was granted for a legal amateur radio operation to take place from the Andaman Nicobar Islands under the callsigns VU4NRO and VU4RBI. The permit covers the period 3-31 December 2004 and the authorization is for Bharathi (team leader) and other four operators - namely D. N. Prasad/VU2DBP, D. S. Varun Sastry/VU3DVS, S. Ram Mohan/VU2MYH and R. Sarath Babu/VU3RSB. There are no firm answers yet as to what bands/modes nor what rigs/antennas. At all events, this effort will not be a mass arrival of crack operators with tons of gear, Charles Harpole (K4VUD/VU3CHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED]) says. This is a pilot project and in a year, if we all behave and have patience, Andaman could be much more open to ham radio visits or an on-going presence. Bharathi is working on this project with the NIAR (www.niar.org), and donations can be directed to the National Institute of Amateur Radio (e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for the details). Donations can also be sent to Charles Harpole, K4VUD/VU3CHE (3100 N. Hwy. 426, Geneva, FL 32732, USA), who undertakes to use any and all of them to assist this DXpedition via the NIAR. 3V - Andreas, DJ7IK reports he will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as 3V8SF/p on 20 metres. He says it will be a small activity during my vacation on Kerkennah Islands (AF-073). QSL via operator's instructions. [TNX NG3K] 9N - Michael, PA5M is now in Nepal for three weeks, and is applying for a licence that allows him to operate on 30, 20, 17 and 6 metres. He will run 100 watts into a long wire for HF, while on 6 metres he will have a dipole. This time he will also try some digital modes (RTTY, PSK31 or JT6M). Online logs and pictures will be available on http://www.pa7fm.nl; QSL via PA7FM. [TNX PA7FM] C6 - Look for OK1DTP/C6A to operate from Grand Bahama (NA-080) on 23-30 November. He will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as C6ATP on 80 metres. QSL via OK1TD. [TNX NG3K] C6 - Robert, N4BP will operate as C6AKQ from Grand Bahama (NA-080) on 23-30 November, including a SOSB (40m) LP entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSl via home call. [TNX NG3K] C6 - Brian, ND3F will operate (on 10-80 metres, possibly on 160m as well) from New Providence (NA-001), Bahamas from 23 November until 1 December. He will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as C6AQQ. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] CE - Mario/CE6NE, Marco/CE6TBN, Zoli/HA1AG, Mike/K9AJ and Bruce/KD6WW are the operators for the DXpedition to the Rennel Islands (SA-???) [425DXN 696], which is now expected to take place on 11-15 February. They will be active as CE8A with two stations on 10-80 metres SSB and CW. The pilots will be Cezar/VE3LYC (EU and NA) and Gou/JA1QXY (AS and OC). QSL via CE6NE, direct (P.O.Box 866, Temuco, Chile) or bureau. Thewebpagefortheexpeditionisat http://www.ce6ne.cl/rennell.htm [TNX CE6TBN] CT3- Ken, W8LU will be travelling to Madeira Island (AF-014) for the CQ WW DX CW Contest. He will be active as CT3/W8LU starting on 22 November. QSL via home call. During the contest he will operate as team member of CT9L. [TNX W8LU] 5U - The VooDoo Contest Group will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as 5U5Z (Multi-Multi) from Niger. QSL via G3SXW (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]). The operators (G0MTN, G3PJT, G3SXW, G4BWP, G4PIQ, K5VT, KC7V and N7NG) may be active with personal calls immediately before the contest. [TNX The
[DX-NEWS] 425 DX News #679 [DX Info]
08 May 2004No 679 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA CT3 - Antonio/CT1EPV, Luis/CT1AGF, Hermann/CT3FN (HB9CRV), Jose/CT3MD, Toni/HB9EBV and maybe Juergen/DJ2VO will be active as CT9P from the lighthouse (LH 0830, FMA01) on Ilheu de Cima (AF-014) on 16-19 July. They will operate on 10-40 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31 with two stations. QSL to Kim Larson via N3SL. [TNX CT1END] CT3 - Luis/CT1AGF, Antonio/CT1EPV, Luis/CT3EE, Hermann/CT3FN (HB9CRV), Jose/CT3MD,Juergen/DJ2VO,Derek/G3KHZ,Toni/HB9EBVand Rejean/VA2AM will participate in the IOTA Contest (24-25 July) as CT9X from Porto Santo (AF-014). QSL to Kim Larson via N3SL. [TNX CT1END] DL- Only one out of the five announced operations from German islands [425DXN 677] will take place actually. Look for Norby, DL/LX9EG/p to operate from Neuwerk Island (EU-127) and lighthouse on 20-23 May. Norby says there will be an emphasis on working stations from outside Europe; during local night hours operations will be on CW only. EA6 - Peter, DL8YR will be active on all bands CW, SSB and maybe RTTY as EA6/DL8YR/p from Mallorca, Balearic Islands (EU-004) on 12-26 May. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DL8YR] EA8 - Look for Steve, EA8/G0SGB/p to be active from various lighthouses on Lanzarote Island (DIE S-007), Canary Islands (AF-004) starting on 10 May for two weeks. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ] ER- Special event station ER9V will be active until 9 May from Moldova to celebrate the 59th anniversary of the end of World War II. Look also for ER0ITU to be aired on 13-17 May to celebrate the World Telecommunications Day. QSLs via ER1DA, direct (Valery Metaxa, P.O. Box 3000, Chisinau, MD 2071, Moldova) or through the bureau. [TNX ER1DA] F - Special event station TM8MAI will be active on 8-9 May (from the Maginot Line) and again on the 16th (from Mai Lorrain d'Ugny) to celebrate the end of Wordl War II. QSL via F6KWP. [TNX La Gazette du DX] F - Leon, ON4ZD will be active as F/ON4ZD/p from Fort Boyard (EU-032, DIFM AT-026) from around 10 UTC on 14 May to around 13 UTC on the 15th. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX ON4ZD] F - Francois, F5JNE will be active on 20 and 40 metres SSB as F5JNE/p from Belle Ile en Mer (EU-048, DIFM AT-015) on 15-25 May. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ] F - The South Flanders DX Activity Group will operate as F/ON6JUN/P (http://www.qsl.net/on6jun) on 4-7 June to commemorate the 60th anniversary of D-Day. QSL via ON5SD. [TNX ON4LBV] F - Bordeaux DX Group members F2VX, F5OZF, F5RXL, F5SSG, F6EXV and F8BBL will operate (on 40-10 metres CW and SSB) as TM7BDX from the lighthouse (WLH 271) on Cordouan Island (EU-159) for about 8 hours on 12 June. QSL via F8BBL, bureau or direct. [TNX F8BBL] G - A group of CVRS (Cray Valley Radio Society, http://www.cvrs.org) members (namely G0VJG, M3CVN, G4BUO, G0FDZ, 2E0ATY and G7GLW) will operate on all bands SSB and CW as either G3RCV/p or homecalls/p from St Mary's, Isles of Scilly (EU-011) on 21-25 July, including an entry in the IOTA Contest as M8C. QSL via G4DFI, bureau or direct. [TNX G0VJG] GM- Look for Jeff, G3LWM to operate as GM0PNS from Pabay (EU-008) on 9-14 May. He will be QRV mainly on 20 and 40 metres during his limited spare time. [TNX GM3VLB] GM- Andre, GM3VLB and Alex, GM0DHZ will operate from three islands in Inner Hebrides (EU-008) as follows: 17-19 May from Coll, 19-21 May from Tiree, 21-23 May from Gunna, 23-24 May agains from Tiree. Full details on the islands and the Scottish Islands Award (SCOTIA) programme are available at http://www.gm3vlb.com. QSL via home calls. [TNX GM3VLB] HI - Dave, G4WFQ will be active (on 80-10 metres CW, with some RTTY and SSB) as G4WFQ/HI9 from the Dominican Republic (NA-096) on 12-24 June. QSL via G3SWH. [TNX G4WFQ] HK - Pablo, HK8RQS has been active as HK8RQS/p from Morro Island (SA-081), length of stay unknown. QSL via EA5KB. I - Special event station IR7MD will be activated by ARI Bari on 30 May to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Guglielmo Marconi's first contact between Bari (Italy) and
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24 April 2004No 677 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH /---\ ! Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to: ! ! ! ! Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: DX information ! ! (e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] - BBS [EMAIL PROTECTED])! ! Maurizio Bertolino, I1-21171: 425 DX News WWW Pages ! ! (e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ! \---/ 8Q - Tadao, JA1WPX will be active as 8Q7WP from the Maldives (AS-013) on 4-9 May. He plans to operate on 10-40 metres SSB, CW and RTTY (if possible also on 80m and PSK31). QSL via home call, either direct (with 1 new IRC or 2 USD) or through the bureau (provided that he gets them in time, as he says that his last batch of cards will be sent to the JARL outgoing bureau in December 2005). [TNX JA1WPX] BV - Paul, BV4FH reports that BX2AE, BV2OO and BV2QB will operate as BO0D from Dong Yin Island (AS-113) on 8-14 May. QSL via bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] DL - DL1APR, DL1APW, DL1NUF, DL5AOJ, DL6AMA, DL9NDS and DM3BJ will operate on all bands CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31 from Ummanz Island (EU-057, O-06 for the German Islands Award) on 17-23 May. QSL via home calls. [TNX DL8AAM] DL - Look for Fred, DL8DXL/p to be active from the following islands and lighthouses in May: DATEISLAND IOTA GIA GLHA WLH ARLHS - 16-19 May Baltrum EU-047 N-06- -- 20-23 May Neuwerk EU-127 N-12 038 2311 FED-165 22 May Scharhoern EU-127 N-11- -- 24-27 May OlandEU-042 N-20 new 0712 FED-174 27-29 May LangenessEU-042 N-19- -- 29 May LangenessEU-042 N-19 new 1245 FED-134 Fred will be joined by DL/LX9EG/p while on Neuwerk Island. [TNX DL8DXL] EA - Marc, ON5FP and Jose, ON4CJK [425DXN 675] will operate as EA1/ON5FP/P and EA1/ON4CJK/P duirng their 23-25 July activity from Mouro Island (EU-142), including at least one entry in the IOTA Contest. On 27-29 July they will be active from Gibraltar (ZB2) and from 30 July to 1 August from Ceuta Melilla (EA9). QSL for all activities via ON4ADN either direct (Geert Decru, St. Laurentiusstraat 18, 8710 Wielsbeke, Belgium) or through the UBA bureau. [TNX ON5FP] F - The last valid operations for the Council of Europe Radio Club Challenge will take place on 5 May (RTTY) and 7-9 May (RTTY, SSB and CW) with the call TP7CE. Rules are available at http://ewwa.free.fr [TNX F6FQK] FP - Look for Paul, FP/K9OT and Peg, FP/KB9LIE to be active from Miquelon (NA-032) from the evening of 2 July until noon (local time) on the 11th. They will operate on 160-6 metres (breakable beacon on 50120 kHz) with 100 watts, with an emphasis on 6, 12 and 17m SSB for Peg and 30-160m CW for Paul. They expect to participate in the IARU HF Championship as two separate entries (CW and SSB). QSL via K9OT, direct or bureau. Their web page is at http://www.mhtc.net/~k9ot [TNX K9OT] G - Members of the North Wakefield Radio Club (http://www.g4nok.org) plan to operate again as GX4NOK/P from the island of Inner Farne (EU-109) over the weekend of 24-25 April. The team activated the island on 17 April, but bad weather conditions prevented them from operating also on the 18th as previously announced. [TNX 2E0NJW] GJ - Johannes, DF5AU will operate (on 160-10 metres CW and SSB, WARC bands excluded) as either MJ/DF5AU (QSL via home call) and GJ3DVC during the CQ-MIR-DX-Contest (QSL via bureau or direct) from Jersey (EU-013) on 8-9 May. [TNX DF5AU] I - Luigi, IV3KAS will participate in the ARI International DX Contest (1-2 May) as II3L (SO SSB). QSl via home call. [TNX IV3KAS] I - Marco, IZ6ASI and Stefano, IK6VGO will be active from the lighthouse at
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24 April 2004No 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 informationis available onthe 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 ***
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17 April 2004 No 676 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** GOOD TO KNOW ... === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH ANTARCTIC BASES --- WABA Directory 2003 is the official source of information for the IOTA Programme on Antarctic Base stations. It acts as an extension of the IOTA Directory, providing the IOTA reference number as well as a wealth of detailed historical information on each base. The Directory is downloadable from the 425 DX News website at http://www.425dxn.org [TNX G3KMA] ARI DX CONTEST --- The A.R.I. International DX Contest, sponsored by the Italian amateur radio IARU Society, is open to either licenced amateurs and SWLs. This year's event will take place from 20 UTC on 1 May to 19.59 UTC on the 2nd. Full rules and information, including a brand new software downloadable for free, are available at http://www.qsl.net/contest_ari DXCC NEWS --- The recent C56JJ operation by Jan, PA4JJ (formerly known as PA9JJ) has been approved for DXCC credit. INTERNATIONAL MARCONI DAY --- Organised by the Cornish Radio Amateur Club, G4CRC/GB4IMD (http://www.cornishradioamateurclub.org.uk) the International Marconi Day (IMD) is a 24-hour amateur radio event held annually to celebrate the birth of Guglielmo Marconi (25 April 1874). It is not a contest, but an opportunity for amateurs around the world to make contacts with historic Marconi sites using HF communications techniques. Details, including information on the relevant Award Certificates and the listing of participating station in this year's event (to be held on 24 April), can be found at http://www.gb4imd.co.uk/index.htm IOTA DIRECTORY --- The 40th Anniversary Edition of the IOTA Directory will be published around 19 April and will be available from RSGB HQ shortly afterwards (see www.rsgb.org/shop/ or telephone Sales at +44 (0)1707 659015). Larger than ever with 136 pages, this anniversary edition features an historical review, much of which has never previously been published as well as Geoff Watts' original IOTA list of 1964, fascinating for what it includes as wellas for what it omits. It includes all you have come to expect of the Directory - the latest IOTA island listings, DXpedition stories, the Most Wanted List, and articles on how to get started in IOTA. Readers, who have been active on the bands for several years and want help in identifying operations that count, will find the listing of operations accepted for credit quite invaluable. This list was first introduced in the 2002 Directory and is now updated and expanded to cover the 650 rarest IOTA groups. Using it could save you hours in preparing your application. And for the first time the Directory includes the current year's Honour Roll and other performance listings. [TNX G3KMA] NEW BOOK --- Ward Silver, N0AX is the author of Ham Radio for Dummies (ISDN 0-7645-5987-7), written for new licencees who have the What do I do now? feeling after passing the exam and for prospective hams to understand what amateur radio has to offer and how to participate. Ward's goal in writing this 384-page book packed with explanations, tables, graphics, photos and links to on-line resources was to produce the book I wish I'd had when I was just starting out - a Desktop Elmer, so to speak. If you're interested, just enter the title into a Web search engine and find your favorite bookseller. NEW IOTA CERTIFICATES --- The new Directory announces the addition of three new certificates to the programme's current range, for contacting 800, 900 and 1000 IOTA groups. These will be of the same design as other certificates in the 100 series. The 1000 Islands certificate will be sent free of charge to each member reaching that level whether or not the 1000 Islands Trophy is requested. The 800 and 900 Islands certificates will be charged for on the same basis as other certificates. To ensure fairness of treatment in the issue of low number 800 and 900 Islands certificates, a period of several weeks will be allowed for members to apply through their checkpoints. At the end of that period the certificates will be issued, numbered in the order of the applicant's score on the central IOTA database. So, if you qualify and are interested, please apply before 1 August 2004 via your checkpoint. Certificates will be despatched in September. [TNX G3KMA] QSL 9U5M --- Cards have arrived from the printer and Dennis, PA7FM is currently processing direct requests. Still quite some direct requests arrive with unsufficient return postage or even without SAE, Dennis reports. These will be replied to via the bureau. QSL FM/T93M ---
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10 April 2004 No 675 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** GOOD TO KNOW ... === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH ALBANIA DX CONVENTION --- Meet your ZA contact and help new ZA amateurs get operational. Share your views with them and enjoy amateur radio at its best. perate ZA and be part of a great fun weekend in this sunny Balkan country: the first Albania DX Convention will be held in Tirana on 19-20 June. Details will be available at www.za1a.com or from either Geni Mema, ZA1B (Albanian Amateur Radio Association's Foreign Liaison, [EMAIL PROTECTED]) and Martti Laine, OH2BH ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). CIA --- Kresimir Juratovic, 9A7K reports that the Croatian Islands Award is now available also to activators. For further information please visit http://www.qsl.net/9a7k CIS DX SSB CONTEST --- The Scottish-Russian ARS ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) sponsors the CIS DX SSB Contest, which will be held from 19 UTC on 10 April to 19 UTC on the 11th. The objective of the contest is to establish as many SSB contacts as possible between radio amateurs around the world and radio amateurs in the Commonwealth of Independent States. Rules can be downloaded at http://www.srars.org/cisdxc.doc DXCC NEWS --- YI9MD (operation effective 17 February 2004) has been approved for DXCC credit. HOLYLAND CONTEST --- This year's Holyland Contest will be held from 00.00 UTC through 23.59 UTC on 17 April. Further information can be found on the Israel Amateur Radio Club's website at http://www.iarc.org/ [TNX 4Z4KX] QSL AT0BI --- The QSL route for the recent IOTA operation from Elephanta Island (AS-169) is: P.O. Box 6073, Bangalore 560060, India. Arasu, VU2UR advises that all envelopes be sealed properly and sellotaped on the gummed joints to prevent tampering. [TNX VU2UR G3KMA] QSL F9IE --- Bernard, F9IE will be moving from Linas to Noirmoutier (EU-064) at the end of July. Direct QSL cards should be sent to: Bernard Chereau, B.P. 211, 85330 Noirmoutier en l'Ile, France. [TNX The Golist] QSL GX4NOK/P --- All of the QSOs made by the North Wakefield Radio Club on their 17-18 April GX4NOK/P operation from Inner Farne (EU-109) [425DXN 657] will be confirmed via the bureau within one month. Direct cards should be sent to 2E0NJW (Nigel Wears, 25 Topcliffe Mews, Morley, Leeds, LS27 8UL, England).The web page for the operation is at http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/g4nok/iota.htm QSL KH6/I0TWA --- Cards will be ready in 40 days at the earliest. Requests should be sent to I0MWI (direct or bureau). [TNX I0MWI] QSL VIA EA4BQ --- The QSL route for ED8EW (CQ WPX SSB), 8R1RPN amd 8R1K is vi EA4BQ (aka OH0XX), whose current address is: Olli Rissanen, Calle Ciguela 331, 28729 Venturada, Madrid, Spain. [TNX EA4BQ] QSL VIA K4BAI --- John, K4BAI has answered QSL cards for the late Bill Fisher, W4AN (KM9P and K4AAA) for years, and will continue doing so to the extent that he has the logs. Those who want one of Bill's cards are invited to contact John ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and check whether he con confim the QSO(s). [TNX The Daily DX] QSL VIA OH3RB --- Kari, OH3RB reports that the VP5X (CQ WW DX CW 2003), VP5/KY1V and VP5/OH3RB cards are ready and direct requests are being processed right now. Some delay might occur with VP5/KY1V cards as he has not received all logs yet. VISALIA 2004 --- The 2004 International DX Convention (23-25 April) programme schedule is now available at http://www.scdxc.org/visalia [TNX N6DHZ] Z2 QSL BUREAU --- The Daily DX reports that on 5 April the Zimbabwe Amateur Radio Society voted to close the local QSL Bureau. Outgoing Z2 cards that are presently on file in Zimbabwe will be returned to the local Z2 operators. + SILENT KEYS + The DX and Contest community mourns the loss of Janez Ivan Hren (S51ZY), George Graikos (SV1NA), Milton Uncle Milty Haines (W5QCB), Joseph Blahunka (W9RCJ), John Sklepkowyca (VE3IPR, the last editor of the Canadian DX newsletter Long Skip) and Bill Fisher, W4AN (unexpectedly passed away at only 42 years of age, Bill - aka KM9P and K4AAA - was well known in the Internet amateur radio circles as his server supports the contesting reflectors and other services). [TNX QRZ-DX, S51RU, The Daily DX and XE1L] _ QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8CF, 3C0V, 3G2D (SA-086), 3V8BB, 3W22S, 4U1UN, 4V200YH, 5H9PD, 5K0Z, 5N0HVC, 5N0W, 5T5U, 5U7JB, 6V6U, 6Y5WJ, 7X2ARA, 8P2K, 8P5A, 8P6SH, 8R1RPN, 9H1ZA, 9J2BO, 9M2/GM4YXI (AS-073), 9M2BZ, 9M2DW, 9N7WE, 9Q0AR, 9Y4/DL1HCM, 9Y4ZC, A35WE, BQ9P, C31LJ, CD1C, CE0Y/NH6YK, CM2IZ, CO8LY, CP1FF, CX1SI, D4B, DL4FCS, DS0DX/2
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03 April 2004 No674 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by I1JQJ IZ7AUH PERIOD CALL REF 01/01-31/12 IOTA 2004 652 till 03/04 5T0EU: Mauritania * by European Community ARC Members 672 till 03/04 A52PRO: Bhutan * by W4PRO 672 till 05/04 5B/UA6LCW 5B/RA6LUX: Cyprus (AS-004) * Mount Trodos 674 till 05/04 C56JJ: The Gambia * by PA9JJ 663 till 05/04 HK0GU: Providencia (NA-049) * by DL7VOG670 till 06/04 LX/hc: Luxembourg * by SPs Team673 till 07/04 VP5/hc: North Caicos (NA-002) * by K5CM, N5KW, W5AO672 till 08/04 HB0/homecall/P: Liechtenstein * by HA Team 671 till 08/04 V7: Majuro, Marshall Isl. (OC-029) * by DK2ZF 670 till 09/04 VK9LU: Lord Howe (OC-004) * by JE2HCJ 673 till 10/04 5W0SS 5W0KE: Samoa * by DL1VKE and DF2SS 667 till 10/04 KH8/homecall: American Samoa * by DL1VKE and DF2SS 667 till 12/04 3B9C: Rodrigues Island (AF-017)671 till 15/04 EA8/DK2BR: Canary Isl. (AF-004) * by DK2BR 672 till 15/04 OA7/PA3GFE: Peru 659 till 15/04 YI9YMA: Iraq * by K7YMA665 till mid April V51/homecalls: Namibia * by DL5XL DH3FBS 669 till April IR7LH: Italian lighthouses * by IK7JWX 651 till 14/05 HR5/F2JD: Honduras 672 till mid MayYU8/IN3IZT: Kosovo * by IN3IZT 669 till mid MayZS10RSA: Special event station * by ZS6Y 668 till May7Q7HB: Malawi * by G0JMU 665 till MayYA8G: Afghanistan * by LA5IIA 659 till 01/06 K2ZR/4: Key West (NA-062) 671 till 15/06 SV8/KE2SP: Hydra Isl. (EU-075) * by KE2SP 671 till July YI9GS: Iraq * by YN1GSR669 till 04/11 II3T: Special event call * by ARI Trieste 674 till 31/12 HA2004EU: Special event call 663 till 31/12 HB75A: Switzerland (USKA 75th Anniversary) 671 till 31/12 NL7AU: Upper Matecombe Key (NA-062)671 till 31/12 W1AW/90: 90th anniversary of the League's founding 674 till December 9A80ADE 9A80ABD: 80th Ann. of radio club Zagreb672 till December HF0QF and HF0POL: Arctowski Base (So. Shetlands) 662 till December OX2KAN: Special event station 665 till December VK0DX: Davis Station (Antarctica) * by VK4LL 659 till December WL7CPA: Unalaska Island (NA-059) 671 till March 2006 5H3HK: Tanzania * by JE3MAS674 till March 2006 ZD8I: Ascension Island * by G8WVW 673 till ?? YI3SRA: Afganistan 674 03/04-17/04 EN60: Ukraine * Special Event Stations 674 03/04IQ0FM/p: Monte Orlando Lighthouse * by ARI Formia 673 03/04IR7LH/p: Molo San Nicola Punta Crauli Lighthouse674 03/04-05/04 LU: Martin Garcia Is. (SA-055) * by LUs Team 674 03/04-18/04 TO7HAM: Martinique (Caribbean Hamboree)667 03/04-04/04 EA WW RTTY Contest - RTTY *** 03/04-04/04 IYLRC Elettra Marconi Contest - CW/SSB/RTTY673 03/04-04/04 SP DX Contest - CW/SSB 673 04/04-18/04 5H3/SM1TDE: Tanzania * by SM1TDE 673 04/04-10/04 JW/F8DVD: Longyearbyen (EU-026) * by F8DVD 667 04/04-16/04 T33C: Banaba (OC-018) 674 07/04-11/04 CU2/CT1EGW: Sao Miguel Island (EU-003) * by CT1EGW 673 07/04-24/04 V31RG: Belize * by K4VU K0LAA669 07/04-14/04 ZL2III: Chatham Isl. (OC-038) * DL5EBE ZL2III674 07/04-30/04 ZS8MI: Marion Island (AF-021) * by ZS6WLC ZR6PSR 672 08/04-20/04 FG/hc: Guadeloupe * by IK8SUT IK8YTN 674 08/04-12/04 VI5BR: Baudin Rocks/Godfrey Islands (OC-228) * by Vks 674 09/04-14/04 FM/homecall: Martinique * by JA1ADT, JA7AGO, JA7ZP 673 09/04-11/04 JA1AMP/6: Tarama Island (AS-079) * by JA1AMP 671 09/04-11/04 LU: Wood Island (SA-021) * by Bahia Blanca DX Group*** 09/04-11/04 TJ:
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3 April 2003 No 674 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH /---\ ! Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to: ! ! ! ! Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: DX information ! ! (e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] - BBS [EMAIL PROTECTED])! ! Maurizio Bertolino, IZ1CRR (I1-21171): 425 DX News WWW Pages ! ! (e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ! \---/ PROBLEMS AT 425DXN Owing to a change of software, both the 425 DX News mailing list and web site might have problems. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause our assiduous readers and subscribers. 5B - 5B/UA6LCW and 5B/RA6LUX will operate (on 10, 15, 20 and 40 metres CW and SSB) from Mount Trodos (nearly 2000m a.s.l.), Cyprus (AS-004) on 3-5 April. QSL direct (see www.qrz.com). 5H - JE3MAS (ex-5H1HK) is back to Tanzania for one year. He will operate as 5H3HK using 100 watts to a dipole and a vertical antenna. [TNX JA3FYC] FG - ARI Salerno members Antonio, IK8SUT and Maurizio, IK8YTN will be FG/ homecall from Guadeloupe on 8-20 April. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8EDJ] FO_mar - Hiro, JI1JKW and Ari, JI1WTF will operate as FO/JI1JKW and FO/JI1WTF from Hiva-oa (DIFO FO-021), Marquesas Islands (OC-027) from 28 April to 2 May. They plan to be active on 160-6 metres (beacon on 50110 kHz) SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JE1LFX] I - Special event call II3T will be aired - and a number of ARI Trieste (http://www.aritrieste.it/) members will replace their current IV3 prefix with IO3 (India Oscar Three) - from 1 April until 4 November to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the handover of Trieste to Italy. For information on the relevant Award, please contact Luigi Popovic, IV3KAS ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). [TNX IV3LNQ] I - IR7LH/p will be active from the lighthouse at Molo San Nicola (Otranto, ARLHS ITA-264, not WAIL) and/or Punta Crauli (Otranto, ARLHS ITA-265, not WAIL) on 3 April. This activity is also valid for the newly born I.T.A.-Italian Towns Award (http://www.aripompei.com) QSL via IK7JWX, bureau or direct. [TNX IK7JWX] IS0- Paul, DL6FBK, and Lui, DL6FBR will operate on 10-80 metres (and on 160m, if they can have a suitable antenna) as IS0/homecall from Sardinia on 21-29 April. QSLs via home calls, preferably through the DARC bureau. [TNX DL6FBR] JA - Look for JA1UNS/1, JI1PLF/1, 7N1GMK/1, 7L4PVR/1, 7N4VPS/1 to operate on 160-10 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31 from Hachijo Island (AS-043, JIIA-AS-043-003) on 23-26 April. QSL to their home calls direct or via the bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] LU - LU8ADX/D, LU8DCH, LW8EXF and LS7D (LU7DW) will operate from Martin Garcia Island (SA-055) on 3-5 April. They plan to be active on 160-6 metres SSB, CW, PSK31 and RTTY. QSL via home calls. [TNX LU7DW] PY0_spp- Joaquim, PS7JN (ZW0S) expects to return to St. Peter St. Paul Rocks sometime in early April. His web page isat http://www.geocities.com/ps7jn/ [TNX The Daily DX] T33- The Te Taobe is expected to leave Tarawa (T30) in the late local afternoon on 2 April and to arrive at Banaba around 6 a.m. local time on Sunday the 4th. Unloading and landing operations will take quite a while, but hopefully the first stations will be ready for T33C to hit the airwaves in the local evening hours. QSL via F5CWU (Flo Moudar, 25 Rue du Castel Salis, 37100 Tours, France). The web site for the operation is at http://www.dx-pedition.de/banaba2004/ [TNX La Gazette du DX] UR - UT9FJ, UT0FT, UR5FEL, UX5HY, UR5FEO, UT2FA and UX0FY from Odessa, Ukraine will replace their prefix with EN60 (Echo November Six Zero) from 3 to 17 April. QSL via home calls. [TNX UT9FJ] VE - Fred, K2FRD has announced that his second mini-DXpedition to Labrador (Zone 2) will run from 1 June through 7 September. He will be active again as VO2/K2FRD; further information can be found at http://homepage.mac.com/k2frd/Labrador2004.htm [TNX K2FRD]
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3 April 2003 No 674 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** GOOD TO KNOW ... === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH DLI --- The Italian Lakes Award (DLI - Diploma dei Laghi Italiani), sponsored by ARI Ivrea, is available to either licensed amateurs and SWLs. The certificate is free of charge and participation is managed exclusively on-line. For furtherinformation pleasevisit http://www.ari-ivrea.it/html/regol_en.htm or e-mail the Award Manager, Bruno Giacometti (I1ABT), at [EMAIL PROTECTED] DXCC NEWS --- The 23 February-10 March 2004 XZ1DA and XZ6ST operations from Myanmar have been approved for DXCC credit. NOT THE MANAGER --- Maurice, F5NQL is receiving QSL cards for the recent 5V7C operation from Togo. Please note that the correct QSL route is and has always been via F5TVG (Franck Savoldi, P.O. Box 92, 94223 Charenton Cedex, France). QSL DL CLUB STATIONS --- The DARC QSL Bureau does not forward any cards for German club station callsigns (DA0, DL0, DF0...). The QSLs are forwarded to the club station's responsible operator holding that club callsign. [TNX DL2VFR] QSL 3B9FR --- The DXCC Branch recently received a letter from Robert Felicite, 3B9FR indicating that he has not sent any logs to F6FNU since 1999. The DXCC Branch will no longer issue 3B9FR credit for F6FNU-confirmed contacts made after 1999. Requests for QSL cards for 3B9FR should be sent direct to: Robert Felicite, P.O. Box 31, Citronelle, Rodriguez Island, Republic of Mauritius, Indian Ocean. [TNX Bill Moore, NC1L] QSL IQ8PD --- Members of ARI Pomigliano d'Arco participated in the CQ WPX SSB Contest using their club callsign. QSL via bureau or direct to ARI - Sezione di Pomigliano D'Arco, Viale Impero 1, 80038 Pomigliano D'Arco - NA, Italy. [TNX IK8VRN] QSL Z21KF --- Graham, M5AAV (http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/m5aav/qsl.htm) reports he now handles all cards for Z21KF. No cards should be sent to Zimbabwe for Maurice due to postal problems. QSL VIA PA0RRS --- Richard reports that the QSL cards for his recent 9M6/PA0RRS and 9M2/PA0RRS activities are expected from the printer in a couple of weeks' time. TJ3MC --- Jack's (F6BUM) web site at http://www.f6bum.fr.st has been updated with the QRG information about his activity from Cameroon, which will include a two-day operation from an IOTA new one [425DXN 672]. Jack reports that QSL cards should be sent direct to him (see www.qrz.com) or to the URC (Union des Radio-Clubs) QSL bureau (P.O. Box 25, 32800 Eauze, France), as he is not a REF member. + SILENT KEY + IARUMS (http://iarums.com/) Region 1 and all its members mourn the loss of Ron Roden, G4GKO, who passed away on 28 March. Ron was the IARU Region 1 Monitoring System Coordinator for 12 years (1990-2002). _ === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** NEWS FROM THE WEB *** === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH LOGS: Logs for II0RAI/6 and 9A/I6GFX (Lastovo and Mrcara Islands, plus Struga Lighthouse) are available at http://www.gianfrancogervasi.it/search.html [TNX I6GFX] QSL GALLERIES: A collection of nearly 1900 QSL cards is available on Les Nouvelle DX's web site. Six different galleries include cards for each of the 58 deleted DXCC entities, obsolete prefixes, Antarctic basesTAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises), pre-1945 countries and French Departments. Several cards are still needed and your participation is welcome - please visit http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr and send send your comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] [TNX F6AJA] _ Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ/KB2TJM 425 DX News Editor E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.425dxn.org -- To post a message the subject must begin with [:dx-news:] (all lower case) and sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] --
[DX-News] 425 DX News #670 * Calendar
6 March 2004 No670 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by I1JQJ IZ7AUH PERIOD CALL REF 01/01-31/12 IOTA 2004 652 till 06/03 5H1BP: Zanzibar (AF-032) * by HB9BXE 668 till 06/03 EA6/DL6KAC: Balearic Islands (EU-004) * by DL6KAC 669 till 06/03 FM/F5MNW: Martinique (NA-107) 663 till 06/03 HR3/W0GLG: Cayos Cochinos (NA-160) * by W0GLG 667 till 06/03 RX3AJL/1: White Sea Is. (EU-147 EU-162) 668 till 07/03 8Q7YY: Maldives (AS-013) * by IV3YYK 667 till 07/03 9M2/G3TMA: Pulau Ketam (AS-074)666 till 07/03 F5OA/p F5UBH/p: Cap Levi lighthouse 670 till 08/03 5W: Samoa (OC-097) * by I2YSB, I2MOV, IK1AOD, IK2DIA 667 till 08/03 C6AWB C6ANM: Eleuthera New Providence (NA-001) 668 till 08/03 T32I and T32BI: East Kiribati * by KH6GMP and KH6DFW 657 till 09/03 3D2ZF: Fiji * by DK2ZF 670 till 09/03 K1NU/KH6: Hawaii * by K1NU 669 till 09/03 HD8A: Galapagos (SA-004) * by HC1HC669 till 09/03 HR9/N0HJZ: Roatan Island (NA-057) * by N0HJZ 667 till 09/03 V26CW: Antigua (NA-100) * by KM9M 670 till 10/03 9Y4/WE9V 9Y4ZC: Tobago Island (SA-009) 665 till 10/03 HR5/OH3JF: Honduras * by OH3JF 667 till 10/03 N2TK/NP2: Virgin Islands (NA-106) * by N2TK667 till 11/03 8P9NX: Barbados (NA-021) * by W0SA 666 till 13/03 5V7C: Togo * by F5CW,F4AJQ,F5TVG,F5JSD,F8BUI,F5VHQ 669 till 14/03 6Y5/homecall: Jamaica * by WN9O, WO9Z. W9IU668 till 15/03 V51/DJ4SO: Namibia * by DJ4SO 668 till 15/03 VK9NB: Norfolk Isl. (OC-005) * by DL7AFS DJ7ZG 665 till 17/03 9U5M: Burundi * by PA5M668 till 17/03 VP5/K4ISV and VP5/K4CN: North Caicos (NA-002) 667 till 18/03 CT3/homecall: Madeira (AF-014) * by DL3KWR DL3KWF669 till 20/03 8Q7BA: Maldives (AS-013) * by DL5SBA 669 till 20/03 XF4IH: Socorro (NA-030), Revillagigedo 669 till 21/03 C6A/W6SJ C6AWS: Bahamas Islands * by W6SJ665 till 21/03 PJ7/W8EB: St. Maarten (NA-105) * by W8EB W8DVC 665 till 30/03 P40A: Aruba (SA-036) * by KK9A 667 till 30/03 VB5C: 75th anniversary of the Canadian Curling Brier 670 till 31/03 CN: Marocco * by W7EJ 668 till 31/03 MM0XAU: Shetland Islands (EU-012) * by DJ6AU 664 till March JR1EEU: Aoga Shima (AS-043)657 till 15/04 OA7/PA3GFE: Peru 659 till 15/04 YI9YMA: Iraq * by K7YMA665 till April IR7LH: Italian lighthouses * by IK7JWX 651 till mid April V51/homecalls: Namibia * by DL5XL DH3FBS 669 till mid MayYU8/IN3IZT: Kosovo * by IN3IZT 669 till mid MayZS10RSA: Special event station * by ZS6Y 668 till May7Q7HB: Malawi * by G0JMU 665 till MayYA8G: Afghanistan * by LA5IIA 659 till July YI9GS: Iraq * by YN1GSR669 till 31/12 HA2004EU: Special event call 663 till December HF0QF and HF0POL: Arctowski base (So. Shetlands) 662 till December OX2KAN: Special event station 665 till December VK0DX: Davis Station (Antarctica) * by VK4LL 659 till ?? P40W: Aruba (SA-036) * by W2GD 667 till ?? PJ5NA: St. Eustatius (NA-145) * by K1NA667 till ?? YI9ZF: Iraq * by YL1ZF 663 till ?? YV1/K3UOC: Venezuela * by K3UOC670 till ?? VP8CMH/MM, South Georgia, South Orkneys * by GM0HCQ658 01/03-12/03 XU7AJV XU7TZG: Koh Poah (AS-133) * ON4AJT ON6TZG 657 06/03-14/03 XV3AZA XV3BV: Vietnam * by JP3AZA, JA9BV 670 07/03-14/03 TA/DL3NBL/P: Ucadalar Isl. (AS-115)668 07/03-30/03 9M2/GM4YXI: W.Malaysia (AS-073; AS-046; AS-097)670 07/03DARC 10 m Digital Contest Corona - DIGI *** 08/03-15/03
[DX-News] 425 DX News #670
6 March 2004No 670 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH /---\ ! Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to: ! ! ! ! Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: DX information ! ! (e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] - BBS [EMAIL PROTECTED])! ! Maurizio Bertolino, IZ1CRR (I1-21171): 425 DX News WWW Pages ! ! (e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ! \---/ 3DA - Charles/K5LBU (3DA0CF), Chuck/W4GMY (3DA0CG), Don/W0DM (3DA0DM), Paul/N0AH (3DA0AX) and Andre/ZS6WPX (3DAWPX) will be active from Swaziland on 12-22 March. They plan to have up to four stations up and running on most bands, with an emphasis on the low bands. On 17-19 March they will take a break for a photo safari in Kruger Park, where they might operate portable ZS6. QSl via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX] 5V - The pilot stations for the current 5V7C operation from Togo [425DXN 669] are: - Bruno/F5AGB (Europe and French speaking countries: [EMAIL PROTECTED]), - Floyd/N5FG (Americas: [EMAIL PROTECTED]), - Mike/UA0MF (Asia: [EMAIL PROTECTED]), - Toshi/JA1ELY (Japan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) and - Lee/ZL2AL (Oceania: [EMAIL PROTECTED]). The team's plan for working 160 and 80 metres is as follows: - 18.00-21.45 UTC Pacific and East Asia; - 21.45-23.00 UTC Central Asia + Africa /Indian Ocean; - 23.00-02.00 UTC Europe, West Asia + Africa; - 02.00-04.00 UTC South and North America; - 04.00-05.00 UTC North America (West Coast); - 05.00-06.00 UTC KL7 and Pacific. QSL via F5TVG (Franck Savoldi, P.O. Box 92, 94223 Charenton Cedex, France). [TNX QRZ-DX] 7Q - Steve, G4EDG has joined the existing team (G4AXX, GU4CHY, M5RIC and G4JVG) for the 18 April-1 May DXpedition to Malawi [425DXN 663]. Following numerous requests, they have decided to add 160 metres (CW only) to the bands on which they will operate. The 7Q licenses have been issued and are awaiting to be collected in Malawi. The callsign will be announced on the expedition web site (http://www.malawi.digital-crocus.com) shortly before the operation commences. Donations continue to be requested (please contact Steve, G4JVG at [EMAIL PROTECTED]), as those promised so far will cover about 50% of the cost of printing QSL cards only. 9M V8 - Derek/G3KHZ and Maury/IZ1CRR will be joining Ian, 9M2/G3TMA for the IOTA trip [425DXN 657] to Pulau Muara Besar, (OC-184, Brunei) and Pulau Satang Besar, (OC-165, East Malaysia). Operation from Muara Besar is expected to commence on 21 April with Satang Besar following a few days later. They plan to use two transceiver with beam, vertical and dipole for CW and SSB modes to satisfy as many IOTA chasers as possible. The callsigns will be announced later; QSL via G3KHZ, direct or bureau. Surveys of both islands have already been carried out. Muara Besar is uninhabited and they have identified a site with good takeoff to Europe, Japan and North America. Satang Besar has a resident population of two wardens whose job it is to protect the turtles. Unfortunately this island consists of a couple of hills which plunge steeply into the sea. One corner of the beach has a reasonable takeoff for Europe, but things are going to be tough for Japan and North America. The web site for the operations is at http://www.425dxn.org/dxped/borneo/ [TNX IZ1CRR] 9M2 - Keith, GM4YXI will be active again as 9M2/GM4YXI from Kuala Lumpur, West Malaysia on 7-30 March. He also plans one or two IOTA trips on 13-14 and 20-21 March: target destinations are AS-073, AS-046 and/or AS-097, but it will depend on finding accommodation. When in Kuala Lumpur he will operate mostly on 20 and 18 metres, when on the islands he will be QRV on 20-12 metres CW and SSB. QSL via N3SL. [TNX GM4YXI] CE - Fred/HB9AAQ, Gusti/HB9AZA and Andy/HB9JOE will be active as CE8/home call on
[DX-News] 425 DX News #669 * Calendar
28 February 2004 No669 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by I1JQJ IZ7AUH PERIOD CALL REF 01/01-31/12 IOTA 2004 652 till 29/02 9K43NLD: Special event station 668 till 29/02 AY1ZA: South Orkneys (Orcadas Base) * by LU4DXU665 till 29/02 FG/F6IRF: Guadeloupe (NA-102) 666 till 29/02 IQ5VR: 131st Carnival of Viareggio * by ARI Versilia 667 till 29/02 TG7/OH3JF: Guatemala * by OH3JF667 till 29/02 V31YN and V31GW: Belize * by DJ4KW and DK9GG 661 till 29/02 ZK3SB: Tokelau (OC-048) * by I2YSB,I2MOV,IK1AOD,IK2DIA 669 till 01/03 5Z4HW: Kenya * by DL3DF666 till 01/03 8Q7SG: Maldives (AS-013) * by I3SGR667 till 02/03 9M6NA: Labuan Island (OC-133) * by JE1JKL 665 till 02/03 JA6PSE JA6PSI: Tokara Islands (AS-049) 664 till 04/03 J73CCM: Dominica (NA-102) * by SM0CCM 664 till 05/03 FM/F5TRC: Martinique (NA-107) 665 till 06/03 EA6/DL6KAC: Balearic Islands (EU-004) * by DL6KAC 669 till 06/03 FM/F5MNW: Martinique (NA-107) 663 till 06/03 RX3AJL/1: White Sea Is. (EU-147 EU-162) 668 till 07/03 8Q7YY: Maldives (AS-013) * by IV3YYK 667 till 08/03 C6AWB C6ANM: Eleuthera New Providence (NA-001) 668 till 10/03 N2TK/NP2: Virgin Islands (NA-106) * by N2TK667 till 11/03 8P9NX: Barbados (NA-021) * by W0SA 666 till 15/03 V51/DJ4SO: Namibia * by DJ4SO 668 till 17/03 9U5M: Burundi * by PA5M668 till 17/03 VP5/K4ISV and VP5/K4CN: North Caicos (NA-002) 667 till 21/03 C6A/W6SJ C6AWS: Bahamas Islands * by W6SJ665 till 21/03 PJ7/W8EB: St. Maarten (NA-105) * by W8EB W8DVC 665 till 31/03 CN: Marocco * by W7EJ 668 till 31/03 MM0XAU: Shetland Islands (EU-012) * by DJ6AU 664 till March JR1EEU: Aoga Shima (AS-043)657 till 15/04 OA7/PA3GFE: Peru 659 till 15/04 YI9YMA: Iraq * by K7YMA665 till 21/04 3D2 - KH2 (Pacific tour) * by DK2ZF668 till April IR7LH: Italian lighthouses * by IK7JWX 651 till mid April V51/homecalls: Namibia * by DL5XL DH3FBS 669 till mid MayYU8/IN3IZT: Kosovo * by IN3IZT 669 till mid MayZS10RSA: Special event station * by ZS6Y 668 till May7Q7HB: Malawi * by G0JMU 665 till MayYA8G: Afghanistan * by LA5IIA 659 till July YI9GS: Iraq * by YN1GSR669 till 31/12 HA2004EU: Special event call 663 till December HF0QF and HF0POL: Arctowski base (So. Shetlands) 662 till December OX2KAN: Special event station 665 till December VK0DX: Davis Station (Antarctica) * by VK4LL 659 till ?? P40W: Aruba (SA-036) * by W2GD 667 till ?? PJ5NA: St. Eustatius (NA-145) * by K1NA667 till ?? YI9ZF: Iraq * by YL1ZF 663 till ?? VP8CMH/MM, South Georgia, South Orkneys * by GM0HCQ658 28/02-14/03 6Y5/homecall: Jamaica * by WN9O, WO9Z. W9IU668 28/02-29/02 K5MDX: George Greene (Mississippi QSO Party) 668 28/02-29/02 T77C * by IV3s 668 28/02-04/03 ZF2UL: Grand Cayman (NA-016) * by K3UL 668 28/02-29/02 GACW Key Day 662 28/02-29/02 IQ8BI/P: Italian Towns Award * by ARI Pompei 669 28/02-29/02 OE1W/IARU: IARU VH/UHF/MW Committee Meeting669 28/02-29/02 CQ 160 Meters Contest - SSB*** 28/02-29/02 REF Contest - SSB *** 28/02-29/02 UBA DX Contest - CW*** 29/02-08/03 5W: Samoa (OC-097) * by I2YSB, I2MOV, IK1AOD, IK2DIA 667 29/02-10/03 9Y4/WE9V 9Y4ZC: Tobago Island (SA-009) 665 29/02-03/04 MM0LEO: Scotland * by W3LEO668 01/03-06/03
[DX-News] 425 DX News #669
28 February 2004 No 669 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH /---\ ! Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to: ! ! ! ! Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: DX information ! ! (e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] - BBS [EMAIL PROTECTED])! ! Maurizio Bertolino, I1-21171: 425 DX News WWW Pages ! ! (e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ! \---/ 425 DX NEWS TROPHY The 425DXN survey for the best DXpedition in 2003 (to be chosen among 14 selected operations) will be closing down on 1 March. More than 1200 people have participated so far (http://www.425dxn.org/trophy_2003/Votes.htm) and you are still in time to cast your vote at http://www.425dxn.org/trophy_2003/ (no dupes, please!). 3B8- Walter, DL3LBP (http://www.dl3lbp.de) will operate as 3B8/DL3LBP from Mauritius (AF-049) on 1-21 May. Look for activity on 40-10 metres SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via homecall. [TNX DL3LBP] 5V - Franck/F5TVG and John/F5VHQ will arrive in Togo on 4 March to pick up the licence and start setting up the stations. 5V7C might hit the airwaves earlier than 6 March, when the rest of the team [425DXN 661] will join the first two operators for a 7-day all band all mode activity. QRT time is expected to be not earlier than 12 UTC on 13 March. The pilot stations will be Bruno/F5AGB (Europe and French speaking countries) and Floyd/N5FG (North America), plus other two pilots TBA from Australia and Japan. The web site for the operation is at http://5v7c.free.fr/le_togo.htm. QSL via F5TVG. [TNX F5NQL] 8Q - Hardy, DL5SBA will be active as 8Q7BA from Athuruga, Maldives (AS-013) on 4-20 March. He will operate RTTY and PSK only on 20 metres (possibly on 17 and 30 metres as well) with 50 watts. QSL via home call, preferably through the DARC bureau. [TNX DL5SBA] A6 - Robert, S53R will participate in this weekend's CQ 160-Meter SSB Contest as A61AJ from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. QSL via K2UO (Americas) and DJ2MX (rest of the world). [TNX NG3K] BV - BV8BC, BV8BM, BV8BQ, BV8CM, BX8AAA and BM8BTM will operate as BV9O from Orchid Island (AS-155) on 11-15 March. QSL direct to BV8BC (Bill-Chen, P.O. Box 222, Taitung 950, Taiwan). [TNX BV8BC] CO - Don, VE3ESE and members of the Santiago de Cuba University and City Club will operate as T48RAC from Santiago de Cuba during the ARRL DX SSB Contest (6-7 March). Look for activity on 40 and 20 metres. QSL direct to VE3ESE (Don Fisher, 48 Lucerne Dr., Kitchener, Ontario N2E 1B3, Canada). [TNX VE3RGG] CT3- Look for Rosel, CT3/DL3KWR and Hardy, CT3/DL3KWF to be active from Madeira (AF-014) on 4-18 March. They will operate CW mainly on the WARC bands, typically in their late afternoon and evening hours. QSL via home calls. E-mail requests for bureau cards will be welcome at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] [TNX DL3KWF] EA6- Christian, DL6KAC will be active again (on 10-40 metres mainly SSB with some digital mode) as EA6/DL6KAC from Mallorca (DIE E-021), Balearic Islands (EU-004) from 25 February to 26 March. QSL via home call either direct or through the DARC bureau. [TNX DL6KAC] EA8- Piero, W1NA (I8CZW) reports he will participate in this weekend's CQ 160-Meter SSB Contest as EA8AK from the Canary Islands. FO0_cl - The DXpedition to Clipperton Island [425DXN 667] has been rescheduled for April. Trasportation on another boat has been arranged, but 5-7 more operators are needed to join the original team to pay for the trip. The boat should be leaving on or about 10 April. The license and landing permission are in hand. There will be five full time stations and the team will place special emphasis on working Europe and the low bands. If you would like to join the team please contact Dave, K4SV ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) for more information. [TNX K4SV] GJ - Ken, G3OCA and Peter, G6KUI will operate as GH8KGC from Les Minquiers Islands (EU-099) on 25-29 June. QSL via G3OCA, direct or bureau. [TNX G3OCA] HC8
[DX-News] 425 DX News #668
21 February 2004 No 668 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH /---\ ! Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to: ! ! ! ! Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: DX information ! ! (e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] - BBS [EMAIL PROTECTED])! ! Maurizio Bertolino, IZ1CRR (I1-21171): 425 DX News WWW Pages ! ! (e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ! \---/ 5H - Hans-Peter, HB9BXE will be active as 5H1BP from Zanzibar (AF-032), Tanzania on 1-6 March. He plans to operate on 10-80 metres CW, SSB and PSK31. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K] 6Y - Look for WN9O, WO9Z and W9IU to operate as 6Y5/homecall from Jamaica from 28 February to 14 March. They will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as 6Y8Z (QSL via W9IU). [TNX The Daily DX] 9K - Special event call 9K43NLD will be aired on 25-29 February from Kuwait to celebrate the National Liberation Day. QSL via 9K2RR. [TNX 9K2HN] 9U - Michael, PA5M has been active as 9U5M since 17 February and will leave Bujumbura, Burundi on 17 March. He operates in his spare time (typically after 16 UTC) on 10-40 metres CW and SSB, with 100 watts into a vertical antenna. Logswill be availableat http://www.pa7fm.nl/ as soon as possible. QSL via PA7FM (Dennis Robbemond, Loggerhof 11, 3181NS Rozenburg, The Netherlands). [TNX PA7FM and ON5NT] C6 - Bill, NE1B (C6AWB) and Tom, C6ANM will be active from the islands of Eleuthera (NA-001) and New Providence (NA-001) between 24 February and 8 March, CQ WW 160 Meter SSB and ARRL DX SSB Contests included. On 2-4 March will make a side trip to the Berry Islands (NA-054). QSLs via WA2IYO. [TNX The Daily DX] CN - Jim, W7EJ will be in Morocco from 24 February until about the end of March. He plans to be active as CN2R in the CQ 160-Meter SSB (28-29 February), ARRL DX SSB (6-7 March) and CQ WPX SSB (27-28 March) contests. QSL via home call. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] DL - Gerhard, DL3NBL reports that his 7-14 March IOTA operation as TA/DL3NBL/P [425DXN 664] will take place from Ucadalar Island located in the Antalya Province group (AS-115), not from the Ucadalar which is part of AS-099. QSL via home call. GM - Leo, W3LEO reports he will once again be active as MM0LEO from Portpatrick in southwest Scotland from about 29 February to 3 April. He plans to participate in the ARRL DX SSB and CQ WPX SSB contests. QSL via W3LEO. JA - Takeshi, JI3DST plans to operate as JI3DST/3 from O-Shima (AS-117) from 2 to 7 UTC on 22 February. QSL via bureau. [TNX The Daily DX] T33- The all-band all-mode T33C DXpedition to Banaba [425DXN 663] remains on schedule for starting operations on 4 or 5 April and continuing for at least eleven days. The expeditioners extend their thanks to all the sponsors, organizations and individuals who have contributed to the expedition; however, as shipping costs have been very high, they still welcome any and all contributions. There is still room for another one or two operators to join the team, though arranging air transport to Tarawa at this late date may be difficult. Full details on the operation can be found at http://www.dx-pedition.de/banaba2004/ [TNX K6SRZ, [EMAIL PROTECTED] T7 - IV3JVJ, IV3TDM and IV3OWC will participate in next week's CQ 160-Meter SSB Contest as a multioperator entry from T77C. QSL to T77C. [TNX IV3OWC] TJ - Jack, F6BUM reports he has received permission to go and operate from the uninhabited island of Mondoleh (AF-???), Cameroon. He will be leaving France on 2 April, and plans are to be QRV from that IOTA new one on the 9-11th. Jack (http://www.f6bum.fr.st) is seeking contributions to help defray the costs of this operation (he will have to get a generator); he is also looking for someone who is willing to lend him an antenna, as his R7 has got tired. UA - Alex, RX3AJL plans to visit several White Sea islands for the Russian
[DX-News] 425 DX News #666 * Calendar
=== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by I1JQJ IZ7AUH PERIOD CALL REF 01/01-31/12 IOTA 2004 652 till 08/02 XU7ACY: Cambodia * by NO2R 662 till 08/02 TP7CE: Council of Europe Amateur Radio Club665 till 08/03 4S: Sri Lanka * by DJ3FK, DK7TF,DL4FP, DK7PE 665 till 09/02 XF1K: Sonora State South group (NA-166)663 till 10/02 CU4/G3TXF: Graciosa Island (EU-175)666 till 12/02 VP2V/N3ME: British Virgin Islands (NA-023) 666 till 13/02 FG/F6FXS: Guadeloupe (NA-102) 661 till 14/02 9Y4/homecall: Tobgo (SA-009) * by DL Team 664 till 15/02 4V200YH: Haiti (NA-096) * by DLs 651 till 18/02 PJ6/PA0VDV: Saba (NA-145) 660 till 20/02 C6AMM C6AWW: Harbour Island (NA-001) 665 till 23/02 CE9R: So.Shetlands - Escudero Base 666 till 26/02 IR0PS: Antarctica Baia Terra Nova665 till 29/02 AY1ZA: So.Orkneys - Orcadas Base * by LU4DXU 666 till 29/02 V31YN and V31GW: Belize * by DJ4KW and DK9GG 661 till March JR1EEU: Aoga Shima (AS-043)657 till 05/03 FM/F5TRC: Martinique (NA-107) 665 till 31/03 MM0XAU: Shetland Islands (EU-012) * by DJ6AU 664 till 15/04 YI9YMA: Iraq * by K7YMA665 till 15/04 OA7/PA3GFE: Peru 659 till April IR7LH: Italian lighthouses * by IK7JWX 651 till MayYA8G: Afghanistan * by LA5IIA 659 till December HF0QF and HF0POL: H. Arctowski base (So. Shetlands) 662 till December OX2KAN: Special event station 665 till December VK0DX: Davis Station (Antarctica) * by VK4LL 659 till 31/12 HA2004EU: Special event call 663 till ?? YI9ZF: Iraq * by YL1ZF 663 till ?? H44MS: Solomon Is. (OC-047) * by DL2GAC664 till ?? VP8CMH/MM, South Georgia, South Orkneys * by GM0HCQ658 till ?? KP2/homecalls: St. Croix US Virgin Islands (NA-106) 666 till ?? UA1ONY: Novaya Zemlya's coastal is. (EU-035) 666 20/01-20/03 9Q0AR: Democratic Republic of Congo * by SM5DIC663 03/02-24/02 FM/F5FUA/P: Sainte Marie, Martinique (NA-107) 664 05/02-04/03 J73CCM: Dominica (NA-102) * by SM0CCM 664 06/02-09/02 9M2/PA0RRS: Malaysia 647 06/02-18/02 FG/F5DBC: Marie Galante Is. (NA-102) 666 07/02-08/02 OH0I: Aland Islands * by OH3BHL, OH7WW and OH9MM 665 07/02-08/02 J43BSF: CQ/RJ WW WPX * by SV Team 665 07/02-13/02 C6APX: Bahamas * by KC4PX 666 07/02-13/02 D44/IZ7ATN: Cape Verde (AF-005 and AF-086) 666 08-15-22/02 IQ5RR: Club station * by I5DOF 666 08/02CT1GFK/p CT1GPQ/p CT2IUA/p: Ilha de Cabanas666 08/02-12/02 CE0: Easter Is. (SA-001) * by K0HML 665 08/02-14/02 9M8DX/2: Kuala Lumpur * by VK6DXI 666 08/02-17/02 KH6/SP9MRO: Hawaii * by SP9MRO 666 08/02-May7Q7HB: Malawi * by G0JMU 665 09/02-08/02 W2NDP/4: Honeymoon Isl. (NA-034) 665 09/02-20/02 9M6/PA0RRS: East Malaysia (OC-088) 647 11/02-11/03 8P9NX: Barbados (NA-021) * by W0SA 666 11/02-16/02 OC3I: Los Chimus Island (SA-074) * by OA4 Team 666 11/02-25/02 J68AR: St. Lucia * by K9JE 666 11/02-25/02 J68GS: St. Lucia * by KI6T 666 12/02-18/02 JW5HE: Svalbard * by LA5HE 666 13/02-17/02 ZD8A: Ascension Isl. (AF-003) * by K6NA 665 13/02-25/02 ZK3: Tokelau * by I2YSB, I2MOV, IK1AOD, IK2DIA 653 14/02-15/02 P40G: Aruba Isl. (SA-036) * by I2UIY and P43P 665 14/02-15/02 SJ9WL: CQ/RJ WW RTTY WPX Contest * by SM Team 666 14/02-15/02 CQ World-Wide RTTY WPX Contest - RTTY *** 14/02-27/02 J6/G3VMK: St. Lucia666 14/02-29/02 FG/F6IRF: Guadeloupe (NA-102) 666
[DX-News] 425 DX News #666
7 February 2004 No 666 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH /---\ ! Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to: ! ! ! ! Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: DX information ! ! (e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] - BBS [EMAIL PROTECTED])! ! Maurizio Bertolino, IZ1CRR (I1-21171): 425 DX News WWW Pages ! ! (e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ! \---/ 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
[DX-News] 425 DX News #663
17 January 2004 No 663 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH /---\ ! Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to: ! ! ! ! Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: DX information ! ! (e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] - BBS [EMAIL PROTECTED])! ! Maurizio Bertolino, I1-21171: 425 DX News WWW Pages ! ! (e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ! \---/ 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
[DX-News] 425 DX News #654
15 November 2003 No 654 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH /---\ ! Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to: ! ! ! ! Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: DX information ! ! (e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] - BBS [EMAIL PROTECTED])! ! Maurizio Bertolino, IZ1CRR (I1-21171): 425 DX News WWW Pages ! ! (e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ! \---/ OUR FRIENDS We at 425DXN should like to open a new page on the website featuring the QSL cards with the 425DXN logo printed on either the front or back side. If your QSL has the 425DXN logo on it, you are invited to send a scanned copy (preferably a .jpg file not larger than 300Kb) direct to our web master Maurizio Bertolino, I1-21171/IZ1CRR ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). The logo is downloadable at http://www.425dxn.org/425dxlog.zip 3A - Special event call 3A50ARM will be aired on all bands and modes from Monaco on 15-30 November to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Association des Radio amateurs de Monaco (ARM). QSL via bureau. [TNX 3A2LF] 5X - Terry, K3JT is active as 5X1X from Uganda. He will be there for about six weeks. QSL home call. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin] CE - The 3G2D operation from Damas Island (SA-086) [425DXN 649] is now confirmed to take place on 26-28 November. XQ1IDM, XQ4ZW, CE1URH,CA2WUI, CD0906 and CE6TBN plan to run three stations on 160-6 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via CA2WUI (P.O. Box 1037, La Serena, Chile). Further information at http://www.qsl.net/3g2d [TNX CE6TBN] FR/E - The DXpedition to Europa Island [425DXN 651] is still on a go. The team (F5CW, F5JKK, F5NHJ, F5IRO and F5PTM) will leave France on 15 November, arriving at Europa on the 24th. Activity is expected to start as TO4E (TO4WW will be used during the CQ WW DX CW Contest) on the 25th and continue until 15 December. Please note that, for reasons beyond their control, the operators might go QRT thrice a day (around 5, 10 and 16 UTC) for 30 minutes or more. QSL via F5OGL. The pilots for the operation are Rafik/F5CQ ([EMAIL PROTECTED], Europe), Frank/AH0W ([EMAIL PROTECTED], USAWest), Floyd/N5FG ([EMAIL PROTECTED],USA East),Toshi/JA1ELY ([EMAIL PROTECTED], Japan), Mike/UA0MF ([EMAIL PROTECTED], Asia) and Lee/ZL2AL ([EMAIL PROTECTED], Oceania). Further information at http://europa2003.free.fr/ I - Look for IQ3AZ/p to be aired from Pampagnola Island (EU-130, IIA GO-016) during the weekend. QSL via bureau or direct to IV3WMI. J3 - Ann, WA1S will be active (on 10-160 metres CW and SSB) as J38AA from Grenada between 22 November until 1 December, including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX WA1S] KP2- Slavek, OK1TN will operate as KP2/OK1TN from St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands from 15 November to 13 December, including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX OK1TN] R1_ssh - Oleg, UA1PBA is preparing for the upcoming Antarctic summer season as R1ANF. He expects to arrive to Bellingshausen Base (WABA UA-004) on King George Island, South Shetlands (AN-010) between 21 and 24 November. The R1ANF team this season will include also Slava/UA1PAI and Aleksei/UA1PAW. If work allows they will be active also from other locations. [TNX DL5EBE] VP2V - Maciek, WQ7X (ex SP8EST and SP5EST) will be active as VP2V/WQ7X from the British Virgin Islands (NA-023) until 24 November. QSL via home call. [TNX SP5UAF] YB - Look for YC0IEM/7 to operate from Borneo (OC-088) until 20 November. QSL via IZ8CCW. [TNX IZ8CCW] YI - Darran, M1DAZ is on active duty with the British Forces Broadcast Services in Iraq and has obtained official authority to operate with the callsign YI9DAZ. He should be there for another week or so. He prefers PSK31 not to disturb his room mate. QSL via M1DAZ. [TNX MW0USK/MW3USK] YU - 4N25K is the special callsign celebrating the 25th anniversary of the radio club Novi Beograd,
