08 May 2004 No 679
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRADXCC NEWS ---> DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L reports the following operations ahve been approved for DXCC credit: 9Q0AR 1 January - 31 March 2004 Democratic Republic of Congo 9Q1KS 1 January - 31 March 2004 Democratic Republic of Congo 9U5M 4 February - 17 March 2004 Burundi HH2SJR from 1 January 1998 Haiti TT8XZ 4-19 December 2003 Chad XF4IH 3-20 March 2004 Revillagigedo YI/N3YPI from 22 August 2003 Iraq YI/AB8DY from 2 July 2003 Iraq
EURA ---> The "European Union Regions Award", sponsored by ARI Busto Arsizio and available to either licensed amateurs and SWLs, has been updated with 48 new regions resulting from the accession of 10 new countries to the European Union. The EURA software is downloadable at http://www.ik6cac.com; information on the Award is available at http://www.aribusto.it or from the Award Manager (Pier Luigi Anzini, IK2UVR: e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]).
EUROPEAN CASTLES DAY ---> The third edition of the European Castles Day will take place on 16 May between 6 and 16 UTC. Several stations are expected to operate from fortresses and castles in France, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Portugal. Information about castles awards programmes can be found on Jean-Pierre's (F6FNA) web site at http://perso.club-internet.fr/f6fna/ [TNX F6FNA]
NEWS FROM ALBANIA ---> Many noticed ZA/OH2BH and ZA/OH2PM signals bouncing in from Albania last week (four pictures can be found at http://www.n4gn.com/za/). Indeed, some 6000 QSOs were made - not only to please the Deserving but also to remind us about our shared responsibility to help those in need. This time, five stations were fully equipped: ZA1BH, ZA1BS, ZA1DC, ZA1DJ and ZA1S. These callsigns were launched into the battle and these fine people made their first radio contact to the world. Radio equipment was donated by W3UR, K9MM, G3TXF, EA2NO and OH2PM, but many more recently licensed ZA hams are still in need of any gear to bring more ZA signals to the bands and make the Albanians welcome to this great passion of ours. You are welcome to join this undertaking by making your old gear active from Albania. Your contacts are K7JA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, N7NG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and K9LA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Or just meet personally ZA1B, OH2BH, OH2PM, G3LQP and the above U.S persons in Dayton to present your desire for support. [TNX N4GN]
QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Petr, OK1DOT (the current QSL manager for Bob, 9V1GO) is willing to offer his services to a station in need. Please contact Petr at [EMAIL PROTECTED]; his web page is at http://www.qrz.com/ok1dot [TNX OK1DOT]
QSL JA6GXK/6 ---> Masa, JA6GXK/6 went QRT from Danjo Island (AS-056) on 30 January 2002 and logs will be closed in March 2005. Those who still need a QSL card should send their request as soon as possible (see www.qrz.com for the address). [TNX JI6KVR]
QSL T33CF ---> Claudia, K2LEO initially joined the T33C team as an accompanying YL, then she obtained her T33CF callsign and, once on Banaba, she was invited to operate SSB for a few hours (on different dates) to satisfy the many requests for a YL operator QSO. Claudia holds a US General class license, but this was her very first pile-up experience (assisted by IK1PMR) and, to the best of the team's knowledge, hers was the first YL operation from Banaba. Claudia also operated as 3D2CF from Fiji. QSL via IK1PMR. Further information and pictures are available at http://www.ik1pmr.com/k2leo/ [TNX IK1PMR]
QSL V31RG ---> Robin/K4VU and Lori/K0LAA have returned stateside after getting married and making 4300 QSOs (mostly with Europe and Japan) as V31RG. QSL to K4VU. Cards are expected to go out in mid-May.
QSL VIA IK1PMR ---> Andrea, IK1PMR (one of the T33C team members) was active as 3D2MR from Fiji (before and after T33C), focusing on Europe with a low power CW setup, and as T30MR from Western Kiribati (before T33C). On 16 April he also operated CW briefly from Banaba with his personal callsign (T33MR). QSL 3D2MR, T30MR and T33MR via IK1PMR; logs and pictures are available at http://www.ik1pmr.com/ [TNX IK1PMR]
VIDEO ---> A 38-minute documentary film "Kilimanjaro. The first height" on the Russian Robinson Club's mountain DXpedition in December 2003 [425DXN 656] is now available (VHS or DVD). For further information please contact UA9OBA ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
WWYC ---> The "World Wide Young Contesters" will hold an open meeting in Croatia on 21-25 July. Details can be found at http://www.wwyc.net/meeting2004/ [TNX LA6FJA] _____________________________________________________________________________
QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A0KM, 3B8CF, 3D2CI, 3DA0SV, 4J6ZZ, 4M9YY, 4U1ITU, 4U1UN, 4W2KDN, 5B4AGC, 5H3RK, 5N6NDP, 5U7JB, 5V7BR, 5W0MW, 7P8DA, 8P2K, 8P6SH, 8Q7QQ, 8Q7VV, 8R1K, 8R1RPN, 9A6R, 9H4DX, 9M2TO, 9N7WE, 9Q0AR, 9U5M, 9V1YC, A35RE, A45WD, A52A, A52CQ, A71BX, AT0BI (AS-169), BQ9P, CP6XE, CS6T, CU4/G3TXF, D2PFN, D88S, EM1HO, ES5RW, ET3AA, EU6DX, FK8HN, FM5FJ, FM5GU, FM5WD, FO/SP9FIH, FO5PS, FY5FY, HC8A, HP100RCP, HV5PUL, IG9L (AF-019), IQ2VA, IQ7AF, IR7LH, IR8C, J37LR, J75KG, J7OJ, J88DR, JD1YBJ, K1B, KH0AC, KH2UZ, KH7X, KL7R, OM7M, PZ1AP, RD3A, RW2F, S79CQ, ST2NH, SU9ZZ, SV2ASP/A, T30M, T77C, TJ3G, TO4E, TO4WW, TO7T, UK/JI2MED, V26DX, V63ZT, V73T, VK7KPB (OC-195), VP51V, VP9/G3TXF, VQ9LA, VR2BG, VR2UW, XF1K, XQ6ET, XW1IC, YA8G, YB0ARA/9, YI1DZ, YI9ZF, ZD7CY, ZK3MW, ZW0S, ZX2B. *****************************************************************************
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