3 April 2003 No 674 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
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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 is at
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]
VK - The VI5BR operation from the Baudin Rocks/Godfrey Islands (OC-228),
originally scheduled for September 2003 [425DXN 644], is now
expected to take place on 8-12 April (weather permitting) The
operators will be Peter/VK3QI, Keith/VK3FT, Jack/VK3WWW and
Tony/VK3TZ. They plan to be QRV on the usual IOTA frequencies (SSB
and CW) and to emphasize 30 and 40 metres (CW), 20, 17 and 15 metres
(SSB) and long path openings for Europe around 5-8 UTC. This IOTA
group was activated for the first and so far only time by VK4CAY/5
(G3ZAY) back in April 1999. QSL via VK3QI either direct (Peter
Forbes, 53 Summerhill Rd, Glen Iris, Victoria 3146, Australia) or
through the VK3 QSL bureau. [TNX VK3QI]
VP8 - The Daily DX reports that Mike, GM0HCQ (currently active as
VP8CMH/MM from the "James Clark Ross") might operate as VP8SIG from
Signy Base, South Orkenys between 10 and 12 April and as VP8SGK from
Bird Island station (South Georgia) between 14 and 19 April.
W - W1AW (the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial station at ARRL Headquarters)
will be signing W1AW/90 from 3 April through 31 December to reflect
the 90th anniversary of the League's founding. Guest operators will
be encouraged to use as many modes as possible. Special QSLs will be
available direct; all contacts with W1AW/90 will also be uploaded to
Logbook of The World.
YI - Laith Adhary, YI3SRA is currently active on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80
metres (plus 2 and 6 metres) SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via IZ8EDJ
(Oreste D'Anzilio, P.O. Box 49, 84091, Battipaglia - SA, Italy).
[TNX IZ8EDJ]
ZL7 - ZL7II is the callsign issued to Franz, ZL2III and Dom, DL5EBE for
their 7-14 April activity from Chatham Island [425DXN 673]. QSL via
DL5EBE. [TNX ZL2III]
_____________________________________________________________________________Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ/KB2TJM
425 DX News Editor
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