17 April 2004 No 676 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
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A4 - A group of operators is currently active as A43HI from the Al
Halaniyat Islands (AS-010). On 15 April they reported they would be
there for "another three or four days". QSL via A47RS. [TNX A47RS]
5N - Vlado, ZS6MG will be on a business trip to Nigeria on 20-30 April
and will try to be active as 5N0DKV/6 on the HF bands and 6 metres.
Operations will depend on a day to day business activities and most
likely will be after 16 UTC. [TNX ZS6MG]
6Y - Look for Riccardo, 6Y5/IZ5EBL and Rossella, 6Y5/IZ5BRO to be active
from Jamaica (NA-097) until 19 April. They operate on 10-40 metres
SSB, CW and PSK31. QSL via home calls. [TNX IZ5EBL]
9L - Massimo, 9L1MS was unable to reach Sherbro Island (AF-056) on 10
April, but he will try again later in the year. He has also plans
to return to Banana (AF-037), but please note that owing to his
hectic working schedule, he canot give any advance information
until a few hours before he actually leaves.
CE - A group of operators from Radio Club Arica (namely CA1WJB, CE1BPY,
CE1LYF, CE1LXT, CE1POT, CE1RQB, CE1VLY, CE2WUI and XQ1IDM) will be
active (on 160-6 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and BPSK31) as 3G1E from the
lighthouse Peninsula del Alacran (CHI-061) on 5-6 June. QSL via
CE1FA. [TNX XQ1IDM]
CO - Jose, CO3VK will is active as CO3VK/4 from La Juventud (NA-056)
until 18 April. He is taking part in the "Festival de la Toronja"
and operates (on 20 metres SSB, low power with a wire antenna) in
his free time, typically on 20-24 UTC and and from 5 UTC until he
goes to sleep. QSL via IZ8EBI. [TNX IZ8EBI]
DL - Look for DL8RL, DL8DZL, DF3UFW and DL2DSL to be active from Usedom
Island (EU-129, O-13 for the German Islands Award) on 23-30 April.
They also plan to operate from Schlossinsel (O-31) and Grosser
Wotig (O-35). QSl via bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
DU - 4F1OZ, 4F1FZ, 4F1EAA, 4F2XX, 4F2KWT and DY1PDO plan to operate (on
10, 15, 20 and 40 metres CW and SSB) from Fuga Island (OC-092) on
24-26 April. [TNX The Daily DX]
EU - Andrei, NP3D will be visiting his parents and friends in Minsk,
Belarus on 17-27 April. He will operate as EW1AR on all modes and
bands and will participate in the SP DX RTTY Contest SOAB LP. QSL
via W3HNK. [TNX NP3D]
GM - Members of the West of Scotland ARS and Scottish HAM Portal team
will be active on all bands and modes as GB0SHP on 19-25 April to
present new Scottish Ham Portal (http://www.scotham.net) on the
air. QSL bureau or direct to P.O. Box 7469, Glasgow, G42 OYD,
Scotland, UK. [TNX MM0DFV]
HS - Arrangements are being made to use HS72B at the new HS0AC Club
Station which is scheduled to start operations on 1 May and by
HS0ZDZ for SEANET net control and 40m net control, in addition to
the SEANET Convention in November 2004. HS72B [425DXN 675], which
was already used from Koh Chang (AS-125) on 12-17 April, is a
special callsign issued to the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand to
celebrate Her Majesty the Queen's 72nd birthday. The HS72B licence
authorizes operations to take place also on the WARC bands. QSL for
all HS72B activities until 31 December 2004 via E20NTS. [TNX
HS0ZDZ/G3NOM]
I - Special station IY5PIS will be activated from Coltano (Pisa) from 8
to 18 UTC on 24 April during the International Marconi Day (see
"Good To Know"). QSL via IZ5DMC, direct or bureau. Information
including pictures on this Marconi site (from where, in 1910,
Marconi succeeded in sending the first radio message ever to reach
Africa from Europe) can be found at
http://www.gb4imd.co.uk/coltano,.htm [TNX IK5ZTT]
I - Vesuvio DX Team operators IZ8DDG, IZ8DQH, IZ8FAV, IZ8FDH, IW8DON
and IZ7ATL will operate (on HF, 6 and 2 metres SSB and CW) as
IC8/homecall from Procida Island (EU-031, IIA NA-002) on 24-25
April. QSL via home call. [TNX IZ8DDG]
I - Special call IR0HM will be aired on all bands and modes on 3-7 May
and during the Ham Meeting that will take place at Cassino on the
8-9th. QSL via I7YKN (Nuccio Meoli, P.O. Box 66, 73010 Porto
Cesareo - LE, Italy). [TNX I7YKN]
I - Andrea, IZ0EHO will operate on SSB and digital modes as IB0/IZ0EHO
from Ponza (EU-045, IIA LT-001) on 14-28 June. QSL via home call.
[TNX IZ0EHO]
JA - Look for JL2LRO/6 to operate (on 6-15 metres SSB) from Miyako
Island (AS-079, JIIA-079-005) on 17-19 April. QSL via home call.
[TNX JI6KVR]
JA - Joe, JA4PXE and Kou, JH4WXV expect to be active (on 160-6 metres CW
and SSB) as JA4PXE/6 and JH4WXV/6 from Uji Island (AS-067,
JIIA-067-009) from about 21 UTC on 28 April until about 15 UTC on 1
May. The operation will depend on weather conditions. QSL via home
calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JE2QYZ]
JT - Three special event calls - namely JU45D and JV45D (from
Ulaanbaatar) and JT45D (from Choibalsan, Eastern Mongolia) - will
be aired until 15 May to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Dornod
Radio Club (JT2KAA), the second amateur radio club in Mongolia. QSL
via JT2AN (P.O.Box 94, Dornod, Mongolia). [TNX JT1CD]
KL - Scott, K7ZO will be active as K7ZO/KL7 from Adak Island (NA-039) on
16-20 May. He expects to operate mostly on 20 metres SSB using 100W
into a vertical or dipole antennas. QSL via home call. [TNX K7ZO]
OX - Frank, DL2SWW and Ric, DL2VFR will be leaving Germany on 22 April,
with Maniitsoq Island (NA-220) as their final destination for a
12-day operation [425DXN 661]. They have added RTTY (expect
activity on 20 metres) to SSB and CW; as for 160 metres, they say
that "if there is a chance, we are prepared... But don't expect
it!". QSL OX/DL2SWW and OX/DL2VFR via home calls, direct or bureau.
The web page for the expedition is at
http://www.iota-expedition.com [TNX DL2VFR]
SM - SM7DAY, SM7NGH and others will operate on most bands CW and SSB
from Ven Island (EU-137) on 19-21 April. QSl via home calls, direct
or bureau. [TNX SM7NGH]
SP - Special event station SP0EURO will be active on all bands and modes
from 28 April to 3 May to celebrate the accession of Poland to the
European Union. QSL via SP9PKZ. [TNX SP9GKM]
SV5 - Ermanno, IK2WZD will be active on all bands and modes as SV0XAN/5
from Lipsi (Leipsoi), Dodecanese (EU-001) from 1 May until the end
of October. QSL via home call. [TNX IK2WZD]
T30 - Dave, K3LP (one of the T33C team members) expects to operate as
T30LP from Tarawa, Western Kiribati on 19-23 April [TNX The Daily
DX]
TK - Romek, SQ5RK reports he will participate in the SP DX RTTY Contest
on 24-25 April as TK/SQ5RK from Corsica. QSL via home call, bureau
or direct.
V4 - Larry, KJ4UY (V47UY) will operate (SSB with some RTTY, PSK and slow
CW) from Nevis on 23-30 April. Look for him on 10-20 metres in the
daytime and 160-40 metres at night. He will monitor 6 metres all
the time. QSL via home call (US stations direct only, others either
direct or through the bureau). [TNX The Daily DX]
V8 & 9M - The callsigns to be used by Ian (9M2/G3TMA), Derek (G3KHZ) and
Maury (IZ1CRR) during their forthcoming Borneo IOTA DXpedition
[425DXN 675] are V8PMB from Pulau Muara Besar (OC-184, 22-27 April)
and 9M8PSB from Pulau Satang Besar ((OC-165, 30 April - 4 May). QSL
via G3KHZ, direct or bureau.
VK - Wally/VK6YS, Dan/VK8AN, Bruce/KD6WW and Ron/VK8NRI are still on
track for Viney Island, Bonaparte Archipelago (OC-???) from 23/24
April for 4-5 days and also for Long Island (OC-071) from 27/28
April to 2 May [425DXN 670]. They will be signing VK6AN from Viney
and VK6LI from Long Island. Owing to the limited availability of
transport, they will have two transceivers and vertical antennas,
with the possibility of a tribander for 10, 15 and 20m. Plans are
to operate CW, SSB and PSK31 and to work "very hard at making as
many NA and EU operators as happy as we can". QSL for both
operations direct to VK4AAR (Alan Roocroft, P.O. Box 421, Gatton,
QLD 4343, Australia). [TNX VK6YS]
VP8_sg - Mike, GM0HCQ (VP8CMH/MM from the RRS "James Clark Ross") expects to
be be able to operate as VP8SGK from South Georgia "at some stage"
between 15 and 19 April. Operating times will most likely be from
20.00 UTC to 00.00 UTC, initially on 14018 kHz. If he can get
ashore earlier in the day then he may well try to work on 10 or 12
metres. On 19 April the ship will depart South Georgia for the
Falkland Islands, arriving on the 23rd. This will the final call
into the Falklands before the ship heads back to the UK. VP8CMH/MM
will then be QRT until the next Antarctic summer. QSL via GM0HCQ,
either direct (Mike Gloistein, 27 Stormont Way, Scone, Perthshire
PH2 6SP, Scotland) or through the RSGB bureau. [TNX
http://www.gm0hcq.com/]
W - Rob, N3RW will operate from Anacapa Island (NA-144) in July. He
will arrive on the island at about 16 UTC on 14 July and will leave
at about 23 UTC on the 16th. Main operations will be on 15 and 20
metres SSB; he will also use 17m and 30m as conditions allow. Rob
will be joined by Jack, KG6RWI for this activity. QSL via home
call.
ZL - The Wairarapa Branch (Branch 46) of NZART will be operating the
special callsign ZM6CL until the end of May to celebrate the 150th
anniversary of the main Wairarapa town of Masterton. Tony, ZL2AGY
and other club members will operate the call over the period from
their home stations. QSL via bureau. [TNX ZL2AGY]PACIFIC TRIP ---> Gerard, ON4AXU (ex PA3AXU) reports he will be active from French Polynesia, the Marquesas and the Austral Islands in May-June as follows: Dates Island IOTA DXCC Call ------------------------------------------------------------------- 15-16 May Tahiti OC-067 French Polynesia FO/ON4AXU 17-23 May Tubuai OC-152 Austral FO/ON4AXU/A 26-27 May Moorea OC-046 French Polynesia FO/ON4AXU 28-29 May Huahine OC-067 French Polynesia FO/ON4AXU 30-31 May Raiatea OC-067 French Polynesia FO/ON4AXU 3-13 June Hiva Oa OC-027 Marquesas FO/ON4AXU/M 14-15 June Tahiti OC-067 French Polynesia FO/ON4AXU QSL via home call (Gerard Dijkers, Hobosstraat 28, B-3900 Overpelt, Belgium). The web page for the trip is at http://www.qsl.net/on4axu/on4axu1/2004.htm _____________________________________________________________________________
Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ/KB2TJM
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