24 April 2004 No 677
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
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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:
DATE ISLAND IOTA GIA GLHA WLH ARLHS
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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 Oland EU-042 N-20 new 0712 FED-174
27-29 May Langeness EU-042 N-19 - - -
29 May Langeness EU-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 Senigallia (WAIL MA-004) on 15-16 May. [TNX IZ6ASI]
JA - Look for Takeshi, JI3DST/6 to be active from Miyako Island (AS-079)
from 29 April to 9 May. [TNX The Daily DX]
JA - Hiroaki, JK1FNN and his wife Mie, 7L1MKM will operate (on 10-40
metres CW, SSB and RTTY) from Ishigaki Island (AS-024) on 2-4 May.
QSL via JK1FNN. [TNX The Daily DX]
JD1_oga - Look for Taka, JO2JDJ/JD1 and Hide, JM1LJS/JD1 (JD1BLK) to be
active from Ogasawara (AS-031) on 2-5 May. They plan to operate on
40-10 metres SSB and CW. QSL JO2JDJ/JD1 and JM1LJS/JD1 via home
calls, QSL JD1BLK via JM1LJS. [TNX JM1LJS,
http://radio-dream.com/jd1blk/e/]
JW - Marq, CT1BWW (one of the operators of S05X) plans to operate as
JW/CT1BWW from Svalbard on 7-14 June. He may be joined by other
operators, and in that case they will have up to three stations
active on 160-6 metres CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV. QSL via
CT1BWW. His web pages are at http://www.ct1bww.4t.com and
http://www.geocities.com/ok8bww [TNX CT1BWW]
KP2 - Look for Ann, W2AZK/KP2 and Brian, KF2HC/KP2 to operate on 160-6
metres SSB and CW from St Croix, Virgin Islands (NA-106) on 5-12
June. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. Confirmed QSOs with Ann
and Brian are good towards the North Jersey DX Association's "NJDXA
Award" (see www.njdxa.org for details). [TNX KF2HC]
LX - ON4LO, ON6QX and ON6UM will operate as LX/homecall from Luxembourg
on 15-17 May. They plan to be active on 160-6 metres SSB, CW, RTTY
and FM. QSL via home calls, bureau or direct. [TNX ON6UM]
LZ - Special event station LZ04KM will be active on all bands and modes
on 1-31 May to celebrate St. Cyril and Methodius' Day. QSL via
bureau or direct to LZ1BFR (P.O. Box 830, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria).
[TNX LZ1BJ]
OE - The annual Austrian Emergency Communications Training test will be
run during the All Austrian Contest on 1 May between 5-8 UTC and
14-17 UTC on 80 and 30 metres SSB and CW. State Department (prefix
OEC), Red Cross (OEH), Customs (OEN), Police (OEP) and Military
(OEY) operators are are licenced to work OE radioamateurs in order
to get trained for possible interaction QSOs in case of an
emergency/disaster. They are not allowed to contact stations
outside Austria, but SWL reports can be sent via the OE QSL bureau.
[TNX DL8AAM]
OM - Zsolt, HA6PS and Laci, HA6NL will operate as OM/homecall/p (QSL via
home calls) from Ruzsina, Slovakia from 30 April to 3 May. They
will participate in the AGCW QRP Contest as OM/HA5RT/P (QSL via
HA6NL) and in the ARI International DX Contest (OM/HA6PS/P on
digital modes, OM/HA6NL/P as SOAB CW). [TNX HA6NL]
PJ - Carlo, I4ALU reports he will be active on 10-40 metres CW from
Bonaire (SA-006) on 11-24 August. QSL via home call, either direct
(Carlo Amorati, Via Battistelli 10, 40122 Bologna - BO, Italy) or
through the bureau.
SV - Mike, GW3UOF will operate as SV8/GW3UOF/P from Kavos, Corfu
(EU-052) on 3-17 May. Expect activity on CW, SSB and digital modes.
QSL via home call. [TNX GW3UOF]
TA - TC89GP is the call expected to be used during a special event
operation organized on 23-25 April by the Turkish Radio Amateurs
Club (TRAC) and the Turkish Federation of Scouts to commemorate the
89th anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli. Look for activity on
10-80 metres all modes. QSL via bureau. [TNX TA1DX]
UA - Alan, UA1PAC and Serge, UA1PAO plan to be active (on 30-10 metres
CW and SSB) as RK1PWA/P from Storozhevoy Island (RRA RR-06-30) on
28-30 April. QSL via UA1PAC (Alan V. Kuz'menko, P.O. Box 88,
Amderma, Nenets oblast, 166744 Russia). [TNX UA1PAC]
UA - Victor, RV3YR and other operators from the Fifth Ocean Flight
Amateur Radio Club (http://www.qsl.net/5ocean) will operate (on
10-160 metres SSB, CW and digital modes) special station RP3YGA
from Brjansk region on 5-12 May, CQ-M International DX Contest
included. QSL direct only to RV3YR (Victor Borodin, P.O. Box 1,
Bryansk-27, 241027 Russia). [TNX RV3YR]
VK - Bill, VK4FW expects to operate as VK4FW/P from Cumberland Island
(OC-160) for three days starting around 4 May. [TNX K4WLS]
ZS - The Adventure Radio Club of Cape Town, South Africa
(http://www.qsl.net/zs1arc) will operate special event station
ZS3BLUE on 23-27 April from Verneukpan, the land speed record
attempt site of Sir Malcolm Campbell, 75 years ago. They expect to
be active on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB and on 20 metres
SSTV (RTTY on request). Look for them on 1840 kHz at 17.30 UTC on
24 April and at 3.00 UTC on the 25th. QSL to P.O. Box 180,
Milnerton 7435, South Africa. [TNX ZS1ZL]
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