08 May 2004 No 679
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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 IK8MRACT3 - 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/HB9EBV and
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 Bar (Montenegro). A
QSL-certificate will be issued upon request (details at
http://utenti.lycos.it/aribari/). [TNX IK7XNF]
I - ARI Versilia will activate special event station II5MD on 11-13
June for the "Meucci Day", celebrating telephone pioneer Antonio
Meucci. [TNX IK5ZPZ]
JA - Aru/JA0KNM, Jun/JJ1EQW and Kai/JE3NJZ will be active as
homecall/JR6 from Yonaguni (AS-024, the westernmost Japanese
island) on 4-7 June. They plan to operate on 40-2 metres CW, SSB,
AM (6m), and RTTY. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX
JE3NJZ]
JW - Look for JW5LJA (LA5LJA) and JW7FJA (LA7FJA) to be active from
Spitsbergen (EU-026) from 28 May to 1 June. During the CQ WPX CW
Contest they will sign JW3R. QSL via LA5LJA, LA7FJA and LA3R
respectively, bureau or direct (see www.qrz.com). [TNX LA7FJA]
KH2 - Haru, JA1XGI will be active (on 40, 30, 20, 15 and 10 metres, also
on digital modes) as W8XGI/KH2 from Guam (OC-026) on 27-31 May. QSL
via home call. [TNX JA1XGI]
LA & SM- Rosel, DL3KWR and Hardy, DL3KWF will operate mostly CW on all bands
as SJ9WL and LG5LG from the Morokulien station on the border
between Sweden and Norway from 24 May to 2 June, CQ WPX CW Contest
included. QSL for both calls via SM5DJZ. [TNX DL3KWF]
LU - Alberto/LU1DZ, Hector/LU6UO and Fernando/LW2DX will operate
mostly CW as homecall/Q from Fortin El Patria, in the San Luis
Province of Argentina, on 20-24 May. The operation is sponsored by
the Grupo Argentino de CW (GACW). QSL LU1DZ/Q via EA3RE, others via
home calls. [TNX LW2DX]
LY - Vilmantas, LY3BY reports that the following special event stations
will be active in May to celebrate the accession of Lithuania to
the European Union:
LY2004E QSL via LY3BY (direct or bureau)
LY2004U QSL via LY1FW (direct or bureau)
LY2004R QSL via LY2ZZ (direct or bureau)
LY2004O QSL via LY2UF (direct or bureau)
LY2004P QSL via LY1XA (direct or bureau)
LY2004A QSL via LY1CM (direct or bureau)
OE - Special event station OE80XRW will be activated on all bands and
modes from 1 June to 31 December to commemorate the 80th
anniversary of the broadcasting service from Austria, started by
RAVAG on 25 October 1924. The web page for the operation is at
http://www.qsl.at/oe80/ [TNX OE1WHC]
OJ0 - SM5AJV, SM0GNS, SM5HJZ and SM0HPL will participate in the CQ WW WPX
CW Contest (29-30 May) as OJ0SM (Multi-Single) from Market Reef
(EU-053). QSL via SM5HJZ. [TNX NG3K]
OX - Amateur radio stations from Greenland can use the the special
prefix OX25 followed by their own suffix from 1 to 30 June to
celebrate the 25th anniversary of home rule/goverment in Greenland.
[TNX OZ8ABE]
OZ - DF2EA, DH8BQA, DL1EJA, DL2BZE, DL3BQA and DL5YYM will operate as
OZ0MS from Bornholm Island (EU-030) on 10-22 June. They will be
active on 10-80 metres CW and SSB, as well as on VHF (6/2m) and
UHF/SHF (70/23cm). The group will also operate as OZ/homecall from
a few lighthouses on the island. All QSLs via DH8BQA. The web page
for the operation is at http://www.necg.de/bornholm [TNX DH8BQA]
PY - Special event station ZW1I will be active until 31 May to celebrate
the 437th anniversary of the town of Itaborai. QSL via PY1AMF,
bureau or direct. [TNX PY1NEZ]
SM - Martin, SM0DTK will operate as SM0DTK/1 from Gotland Island
(EU-020) on 14-23 May. Skeds are accepted at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[TNX SM0DTK]
SV - Nine multi-operator special event stations - namely SX9A, SX8A,
SX7A, SX6A, SX5A, SX4A, SX3A, SX2A and SX1A - will be activated
from Greece from 6 May to 13 August for the "2004 Olympic Games
Countdown On The Air" programme, sponsored by the Northern Greece
Contest Team. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically
through the bureau. The full Countdown calendar and other
information can be found at http://www.qsl.net/sv2ngct/sx.htm [TNX
SV2AEL]
SV - Tomi/HA4DX, Laci/HA0HW and Geza/HA4XG have been issued the
following calls to be used during a number of operations from
Greece:
J45DX, J45HW and J45XG (Dodecanese),
J47DX, J47HW and J47XG (Thraki),
J49DX, J49HW and J49XG (Crete),
J48DX, J48HW and J48XG (other islands).
Their first activities will take place from Thassos (EU-174) on
21-27 May and from Thraki on 28-31 May, CQ WPX CW Contest included.
They plan to have three stations and to operate on all bands CW and
SSB, with some RTTY and PSK31. QSL via home calls, bureau or
direct. [TNX HA0HW]
SV - Greek amateur radio operators can use special prefixes SX2004 or
SY2004 from 1 June to 15 November to celebrate the Olympic Games
that will take place in Athens (http://www.athens2004.com). Foreign
amateur radio operators visiting Greece from 1 August to 15
November are allowed to use special prefix J42004. Operators from
Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Switzerland, USA or CEPT countries need
not to submit any papers for a licence. Others must submit an
application to the Greek Ministry of Telecommunications. [TNX
SV2AEL]
UR - Special calls EO59JS, EO59JM and EO59G will be aired from Ukraine
until 9 May to celebrate the 59th anniversary of the end of World
War II. QSL EO59JS direct to KD5RBU (e-mail requests for bureau
cards are welcome at [EMAIL PROTECTED]); QSL EO59JM via K2PF; QSL EO59G
via UR5GAR, direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards are
welcome at [EMAIL PROTECTED]). [TNX UT5JDS, K2PF and UR3GM]
UR - Special call EO60FO will be aired from the Odessa region of Ukraine
from 8 May to 27 August to celebrate the end of Wordl War II. QSL
via bureau. [TNX UT5RP]
V6 - Sho, JA7HMZ will be active (on 40-10 metres CW and SSB) as V63DX
from Pohnpei (OC-010), Micronesia on 24-27 May. QSL via home call.
[TNX NG3K]
VE - Look for Christian, KH6/F5IDM to be active on 15 and 20 metres as
VE7/F5IDM from Quadra Island (NA-091, CIsA BC-006) and Cape Mudge
Lighthouse (ARLHS CAN-100) on 11-12 May. QSL via KH6/F5IDM (see
www.qrz.com). [TN VA3RJ]
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