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The 425 DX News monthly edition (November issue), edited by
Maurizio Bertolino (I1-21171/IZ1CRR) is now available for
either reading and downloading at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/
4W - Michal, OM2AQ will be active as 4W2AQ from Timor Leste
until 18
December. Look for him around 9 UTC on 28480 kHz and bear
in mind that he has no experience with DX operating. [TNX
OM3JW]
9L - Massimo, 9L1MS reports that, weather and local
conditions
permitting, he will operate from Banana Island (AF-037)
on 13-14 December. He will use 100 watts, a battery and a
windom antenna.
A5 - Dane, S57CQ (former YI/S57CQ and YI9T) expects to go on a
3-week
mission to Bhutan between 18 and 22 December. He plans to
spend as much of his spare time as possible on the
amateur radio bands as A52CQ. QSL via S57DX (Slavko
Celarc, Ob Igriscu 8, 1360 Vrhnika, Slovenia). [TNX
S57DX]
CE - Marco, CE6TBN (http://www.mdxc.org/ce6tbn/tour2004/)
expects
to be
active (on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 and 40 metres SSB) as
CE6TBN/8 from Riesco Island (SA-091, DICE ICE-804) on
12-15 January and from Wellington Island (SA-032, DICE
ICE-802) on 17-20 January. QSL via N1IBM.
DL - Look for Jo, DL1AB/p to be active (on 40 and 80 metres
SSB) from
Baltrum Island (EU-047, N-06 for the German Islands Award)
from 25 December to 2 January. QSL via home call, direct
or bureau. [TNX DL2VFR]
FR/E - The station signing TO4E on 40 metres CW from 21.15 UTC to
23.53 UTC
on 28 November was a pirate. Through 10 December TO4E
had
logged 21851 QSOs (3264/10m, 2239/12m, 6584/15m,
3203/17m, 2847/20m, 1825/30m, 1412/40m, 351/80m and
126/160m; 50% CW, 39% SSB, 11% RTTY), plus 4108 QSOs
made by TO4WW during the CQ WW DX CW Contest. The
operators
will continue to pay special attention to the low
bands
(especially to 160m with a dedicated station) SSB and CW
and will try to keep at least one station up and running
until the end of the operation. Latest information
will be available at http://europa2003.free.fr/ [TNX
La
Gazette du DX]
HA - Tibor, HG4I will be using special "Happy New Year 2004"
callsign
HG04HNY until 12 January. Activity will be on all bands
and
modes, and he will try to take part in various HF
contests as well. Contacts will count as a separate
multiplier for the HA-HNY Activity Contest (rules at
http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/). QSL direct only to HG4I
(Tibor Szabo, Budai u. 6., H-2465 Rackeresztur, Hungary).
HI - Hiro, JA6WFM will be working in the Dominican Republic for
the next
year and has been authorized to operate as JA6WFM/HI8.
QSL route TBA. [TNX JI6KVR]
I - Starting on 15 December IZ8CCW, IZ8EPX, IZ8ESZ, IZ8FWN and
possibly
others will be active from a few Calabria region islands.
Further information will be available at
http://www.mdxc.org
[TNX IZ8CCW]
PA - A group of operators from the Belgian Radio Club Leuven
will be
regularly active from Bruinisse on Schouwen Duiveland
(EU-146) until 29 November 2004. Look for PA/ON6UM,
PA/ON4LO, PA/ON4LN, PA/ON4BAG on SSB, with some CW and
digital modes as well. QSL via home calls, direct or
bureau. [TNX ON6UM]
TA - Martin, PA4WM (http://www.qsl.net/pa4wm) will be in Turkey
for six
months, on a four week rotation schedule. He operates
SSB,
CW and RTTY as TA1/PA4WM with 100 watts into a g5rv.
Despite the high level of QRM from a nearby industrial
plant
on the low bands, he plans to to upgrade his antennas
with
a vertical and receiving antenna for 160 and 80 soon. QSL
via home call. [TNX PA4WM]
VK - David/VK4GL and Peter/VK4APG might operate as VK4GL/P from
Cato Reef
(OC-265, activated a few days ago by VK4WWI/P) on 14-17
December. Theirs will be a low profile operation on 20
metres SSB, and fishing may take precedence. QSL via
VK4APG.
[TNX VK4APG]
ANTARCTIC OPERATIONS:
* Filippo, IK0AIH is currently active as IA0PS from the Italian
Antarctic
Station "Baia Terra Nova" at Terra Nova Bay, Victoria Land. He
will be there until 28 February 2004 and usually can be found
on
14185 kHz. On 2 January he will take a side trip to Concordia
Station at Dome C (East Antarctic Plateau), but for the time
being he does not expect to have any amateur radio equipment
with
him. [TNX IK0AIH]
* VK0DX is currently active from the Australian Station "Davis"
(Ingrid
Christensen Coast, Antarctica).
* Alan, 9V1DX (of VK0LD/VK0MM Macquarie Island 1999/2000 fame)
will be
active from a temporary base camp in the Ellsworth
Mountains, while supporting a team of scientists and
mountainteers climbing Mount Vinson (5140 metres a.s.l., the
highest elevation in Antarctica). He will be from around 15
December to around 10 January. He will use VP8PJ (his old
callsign) exclusively on PSK-31 and 9V0A (special call) on CW and
SSB. QSL route TBA. For more details, please visit
http://www.sarts.org.sg and
http://www.geocities.com/vk0ld/2003.html [TNX 9V1DX]
* Mike, GM0HCQ will be operating again as VP8CMH/MM from onboard the
British
Antarctic Survey ship "RRS James Clark Ross" and, all being
well, from South Georgia (VP8SGK) and possibly from Signy
Island
(South Orkneys) as well. Full information will be available at
http://www.gm0hcq.com before he departs on 20 January 2004 and
a regular update should be available whilst he is away. [TNX
GM0HCQ]
PACIFIC TOUR ---> Hrane, YT1AD (3D2AD) and Boban, YZ1AU (3D2YU) were
active from the Fiji Islands for a few days before going and
operate as T30M and T30Z from West Kiribati. Reportedly, they
expect
to be back to 3D2 for the ARRL 10 Meter Contest this weekend.
Neither RTTY nor 160 metres will be used during this trip. QSL via
home calls. [TNX VE3EXY]
PACIFIC TOUR ---> Sara, HA9SD and Eli, HA9RE will be active from
Tuvalu (OC-015) on 1-18 January (callsign TBA) and from Tonga (OC-
049)
as A35RE from 20 January to 4 February. They plan to operate CW and
SSB on 80, 40, 30, 20, 15 and 10 metres with two stations. QSL
direct
only via HA8IB ("against 2 new IRCs or 2 US$"). [TNX HA8IB]
ARRL 10-Meter Contest (13-14 December) ---> The following
stations have announced their participation in this year's event: *
Shota, 4L6AM as Single Operator SSB. QSL via www.qrz.com * Siso,
HK3SGP (9H3GP) and other five operators from Malta as 9H9H. * FY5FY
as
FY5KE (Single Operator SSB HP). * Alan, VK8AV as VI8NT (CW only). QSL
via VK6NE. * K6LA as VY2TT (Single Operator HP Mixed) from Prince
Edward Island. QSL via
K6LA.
* WP4DX, NP4CQ, KP4SQ, NP4BV and others as WP4DX (M/S) from Puerto
Rico. QSL
via WP4F.
* Geoff, ZC4CW as ZC4T (Single Operator High Power, Mixed Mode) from
the UK
SBA on Cyprus. QSL via G3AB.
* Brazilian Scout Association Baependi (PY3UEB) as ZX3S. QSL via
qrz.com
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CAROLINA DX ASSOCIATION ---> At its Annual Meeting/Christmas
Party
on 6 December, the Carolina DX Association
(http://www.cdxa.org/)
elected the following officers for 2004: Ted
Goldthorpe/W4VHF
(President), Tom Wright/N4HN (Vice President), Jim Miller/K4SQR
(Secretary/Treasurer), John Scott/K8YC (Editor), Joe Simpkins/K4MD
(Cluster Manager), Paul Sturpe/W3GQ (Associate Cluster Manager),
Wayne Setzer/WB4BXW (Webmaster). [TNX K8YC]
IR7LH ---> The latest activities were from the lighthouses at
Punta San Cataldo (WAIL PU-007, ARLHS ITA-142) on 1, 15 & 21
November, and at Torre Sant'Andrea (WAIL PU-006 and ARLHS ITA-170)
on
6 December. QSL via IK7JWX.
PIRATE ---> Alex Skouridin, RW3AZ reports that he has been
pirated
on 15 metres. He is currently active on VHF/UHF only. A listing of
pirate stations is maintained by Alberto, IT9MRM at
http://www.mondoradiomania.tk
QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Anatoly Kopa, US7IID is willing to
offer his services as a QSL Manager for someone in need.
Please
contact him at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or P.O.Box 14, Kramatorsk, 84322,
Ukraine.
QSL ZC4CW ---> Please note that this callsign has been reissued
recently [425DXN 641] and the QSL route is via G3AB. Its former
holder (G4JFI) is receiving direct cards for recent QSOs; he
operated in the 1980s from Dhekelia and can only answer cards for
that time.
QSL VIA RW3RN ---> Alex, RW3RN
(http://www.tmb.ru/~i011f/service.html)
is the new QSL manager for the July 2000 R3ARC/1 and R1NWS
operations
from EU-147. He has already received logs and QSL cards (direct
and bureau) from the former QSL manager (UA3BZ).
QSL VIA SP6GVU ---> Andy, SP6GVU is the QSL manager for
DU1/SQ9BOP and CE0Y/SQ9BOP (not for CE0Y/SP9EVP and CE0Y/SP9PT!).
Cards can be sent either direct (Andrzej Kaleta, P.O. Box 498,
50-950 Wroclaw 2, Poland) or through the bureau. [TNX SP6GVU]
QSL VIA VA7DX ---> Neil VA7DX reports that the direct cards received
for his 7P8NK and 3DA0WC operations are all up to date and have
been
sent by return mail. All remaining cards will be sent out via the
bureau in January.
QSL VIA VK9NS ---> Jim, VK9NS reports that some 70% of his incoming
QSL mail has insufficient postage for the rest of the world outside
Asia and Oceania. Whereas one valid IRC will still cover air mail
postage, one US dollar has been no longer enough for return postage
for most of this year. Jim has tried to keep mail moving by either
paying the extra out of his own pocket and clearing many cards by
bulk mailing to Larry, AH8LG. However, this "catch-22 situation has
to stop". In future Jim "will clear all cards with insufficient
postage, no SAE and so on via the bureau system. For example my
son
Bruce will be here in February and I will clear everything 'on
hand' to the RSGB Outgoing QSL bureau, he will take them back to the
UK. Similarly I will hand carry any further cards to the RSGB system
when I return on vacation to the UK later in the year. That will
take
care of things for the next six months". As for the endless multi
Band/Mode and Multi log QSL routines, Jim is not suggesting that
he
needs a separate card for each QSO, but "there has to be just a
moment of thought and consideration".
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CQ LOG: Oleg N. Silkin, RA3DCT has just released the new version
of his
shareware logging software, "CQ Log". He is also the
author
of "CQ Callbook". For further information please visit
http://www.cqlog.com/ or e-mail Oleg at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
LOGS: Online logs for 3G2D (SA-086) are now
available at
http://www.mdxc.org/logsearch1.asp [TNX CE6TBN]
LOGS: Online logs for JY8YB, JY9QJ and JY8B are
available at
http://www.qsl.net/dl5mby
V8AQZ: The web page for Flo, V8AQZ is at
http://www.mdxc.org/v8aqz/ [TNX
IZ8CGS]
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3D2AD YT1AD CW4A EA5KB PJ5NA K1NA
3D2ME
7N1RTO CX1JJ EA5KB PJ7/N7DD W7RJ 3D2YU
YZ1AU CX9AU KA5TUF PJ7D W7RJ 4A1AC
XE1BEF D2PFN KK5DO PT2ZAW OK1FWQ 4D71/N0NM
W4DR D44TD CT1EKF PT5A VE3HO 4J4K
4K9C
D4B K1BV RS0F W3HNK 4L1UN TA9I
D88DX DS3FGV S9SS N4JR 4L8A OZ1HPS
DA0BCC DJ9MH SU9BN EA7FTR 4S7RO/6Y5 G0IAS
DL0OV DJ2VO SU9NC OM2SA 4W2AQ OM2AQ
DS0DX HL1XP SX8E SV1EQU 4X6FR 4X6OM
E20HHK E21EIC T30M YT1AD 5R8GT DK8ZD
EA8/OH4NL OH2BYS T30Z YZ1AU 5T5AFF JA1AFF
ED3JSN EA3GFP T32WW N0KV 5T5CPS JA1CPS
ED4EA
EA4FAS TA3/DK3KD DL5JQ 5T5GDR JR1GDR ED8LGP
EA8RCP TG0AA TG9AXF 5T5RQ JA6RQ EM0U
UT3UZ TI5/OK1DTP OK1TD 5T5TY JA1TY EN1U
UX1UA TI5N W3HNK 5U5Z G3SXW EY8MM
K1BV
TI7/N1KO W1ZS 5U7B I2YSB FO/AC4LN UA4WHX
TK9A S51TA 5U7LF KY7M FO/AC4LN/M UA4WHX
TM0TLT F6JOB 5U7MF KC7V FS/N7DD W7RJ
TM5CW F5SJB 5U7VT K5VT FS5UQ W7RJ (e)
TM6X
F5VHY 5U7WP G4BWP GJ2A GJ3DVC TM7W
F8BBL 5VZBB W2FUI GM5A GM0RLZ TM9TLT
F6KUC 5X1X K3JT GZ7V M0CMK TO4E
F5OGL 6K0HG DS2CYI HC8N W5UE TO4WW
F5OGL 6Y0A WA4WTG HF2MSM SP2PI TO6M
F6AUS 6Y6X KN5H HJ0KPG EA5KB TS7N
DL9USA 6Y8A WA4WTG HL0KSJ DS4CNB TT8FC
EA4AHK 6Y9A WA4WTG HP3XBH W4WX TT8XZ
N5XZ 7S2E SM2DMU HS0/VK3DXI DL4DBR TY4JM
ON4JM
7X2ARA DF4SA (a) HS4BPQ/9 E21EIC UU8AA G3SWH
8P5A
NN1N HV0A IK0FVC UV7M US5MTJ 8P9AP
K2WE HZ1AB K8PYD UY2VM DL6MHG 8Q7KO
HB9KOF II1H I1HJT V26DX KU9C 8R1P LA4P
IO4T IK4XCL V26K AA3B 9A5PC NF4A
IR4T IK4IEE V31LZ LZ3RZ 9A5PN N4PN
IR7LH IK7JWX V47KP K2SB 9G5ZZ DL1CW IR9T
IT9GSF V47UY KJ4UY 9H3CL DJ5CL IU1A
IK1SPR V73MJ JF1NZW 9H3RR DJ5CL J20DA
DJ6SI V8AQZ IZ8CCW 9H3VE DL2DVE J38AA
WA1S VK2IAY/4 G0UIH 9H3WW DJ5CL J41KID
SV1CEI VK4WWI/9 PA3EXX 9H3YA DJ5CL J43J
DJ5JH VK6AA DL8YR 9L1DX EA4CEN J88DR
G3TBK VK9CJ JA1KJW 9M0SEA E21EIC J8DX
W8QID VK9CV JA1KJW 9M4JB E21EIC JW2PC
LA2PC VP5X OH3RB 9N7WE SP9FIH JW7VK
LA7VK VP9I KQ1F 9Y4/DJ7ZG DL7AFS JY8B
DL5MBY WP2Z KU9C 9Y4/DL7AFS DL7AFS JY8YB
DL5MBY WP4DX WP4F 9Y4ZC DL1HCM (b) K9C
AB9DU
XT2MF KC7V A61AR UA6MF KP2/N4EXA DJ2MX
XT2VT K5VT AH2R JH7QXJ KP3Z WC4E
XU7ACB N2FF AM25CE EA7URM LN8W LA9VDA
XU7ACZ OM3TZZ AM4BA EA4URE LU2XX LU1XS
XU7ADA OM3DA AP2ARS JA1PBV (c) LU3DFJ EA5KB
XU7ADB OM3TA AP2AUM 9A4NA (d) LU5FF EA7JX
XV2NA JE7IDA AY8XW WD9EWK LU8XW WD9EWK
XV2PO N5PO B4RF BA4RF LX/G3VQO G3VQO YA0J
JG1OWV B4TB BA4TB LX7I LX2AJ YA1BV
JA1PBV BW3/JD1BKQ JR3PZW LY7A LY2ZO YB0ECT
K5ZE C4M RW3RN LY7Z LY2CY YI9XXX
W0XXX
CM8WAL EA5KB LY9Y LY2CY YT9X YU1ZZ
CN2R
W7EJ N2TA NP3D (f) Z31GX DJ0LZ CN8YZ
EA7FTR NP4Z WC4E ZA1UT OH2BH CO8LY
EA7ADH OH0Z OH5DX ZC4CW G3AB CO8TW
IZ8CCW P40E W3HNK ZC4T G3AB CO8ZZ
DK1WI
P40R NK4U ZD8Z VE3HO CQ0T CT1ILT
P40TA WM6A ZF1A W5ASP CT3/OL8R OK1FCJ
PJ2/W9AEB WF9V ZF2AH W6VNR CT9L DJ6QT
PJ2/WG9J WF9V ZF2TM N3ME CU2F SM4DHF
PJ2/WW9WW WF9V ZS6FJM CT1ABE CV0OEA EA5KB
PJ2T N9AG ZW0S PS7JN
(a) 24-30 november 2003 (d) CQ WW DX CW 2003
(b) CQ WW DX CW 2003 (e) CQ WW DX CW 2003
(c) CQ WW DX CW 2003 (f) CQ WW DX CW 2003
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
3B9FR Robert Felicite, P.O. Box 31, Citronelle, Rodriguez Island,
Republic
of Mauritius, Indian Ocean
4W3CW Peter McKay, UNMISET, P.O. Box 2436, Darwin, NT 0801,
Australia 9A1A Croatian DX Club, P.O. Box 108, Zagreb 10001,
Croatia 9J2KC Dr. Hisashi Hayashi, School of Built Environment,
Copperbelt
University, P.O. Box 21692, Kitwe, Zambia
BA4TB D.S. Yu, 40-501 Xicheng-sancun, Wuxi 214041, China
DF4SA Cornelius Paul, Adelberger Weg 3, D-73104 Breech, Germany
DS2CYI Kwon Dae-Geun, P.O. Box 67, Suwon, Gyeonggi 440-600, Korea
F5OGL Didier Senmartin, P.O. Box 7, 53320 Loiron, France IT9MRM
Alberto Mattei, Via Enrico Millo 20, 96011 Augusta - SR, Italy JI1ETU
Masaru Funakubo, 2-10-11 Tsujidou-Motomachi, Fujiwara, Kanagawa,
251-0043 Japan
MD0BXX David Walton, Kissonerga Sea View C003, No3, Yianni, Irodotou
Street,
8574 Kissonerga, Cyprus
PA3EXX Johan Willemsen, Belmolendijk 12, 1693 DJ Wervershoof, The
Netherlands
PS7JN Joaquim das Virgens Neto, Rua Carlos Serrano 1969, 59076-740
Natal
RN, Brazil
RW3RN Alex Kuznetsov, P.O. Box 57, Tambov-23, 392023 Russia
T93Y Boris Knezovic, P.O. Box 59, Sarajevo BA-71000, Bosnia and
Herzegovina
TA2IJ P.O. Box 82, Kiziltoprak 81031, Istanbul, Turkey
TG9AXF Edgar Morales, P.O. Box 57, Mixco 01957, Guatemala
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