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23 April 2005 No 729
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
8Q - Carlos/EA1DGZ, Oscar/EC1KW, Roberto/EA1DBC,
Joaquin/EA1AAW and
Fernando/EA1CNF will operate from the Maldives (AS-013)
for
the CQ WW DX SSB Contest in late October. QSL via EC1KW,
direct or bureau. Further details are expected in due
course. [TNX EA1CNF]
BY - Fan, BA1RB will be active as BA1RB/2 from Ju Hua Island
(AS-151) on
1-4 May. QSL via EA7FTR. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
DL - Volker, DL1WH and others will operate special station
DL0NBR from
the Nuerburgring circuit on 7-8 May for the 24 Hours race
and again on 27-29 May for the Formula 1 Grand Prix of
Europe. QSL via bureau or direct to DL1WH. [TNX DL1WH]
EZ - EZ7V from Turkmenabat, Turkmenistan will be active as EZ60V
until 15
May to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of World
War II. QSL via RW6HS or to the EZ7 QSL Bureau
(IKAR, P.O.Box 49, Turkmenabat-22, 746100 Turkmenistan).
[TNX EZ7V]
F - TM380 (Tango Mike Three Eight Zero, no suffix) is the
special call
to be aired soon on all bands to celebrate the maiden
flight
of the Airbus A380, "the largest, most advanced and
efficient commercial airliner ever conceived". QSL via
bureau or direct to F5GNY (Michel Valette, 1 rue des
Mimosas, F- 31850 Beaupuy, France). [TNX F5QNL]
F - Jean-Paul, F5BZK will operate as TM6IO from Oleron Island
(EU-032,
DIFM AT-025) from 25 April to 8 May. QSL via home call.
[TNX
VA3RJ]
F - Laurent/F5MNK, Eric/F5LOW, Fabrice/F5NBQ,
Jacky/F5OIU,
Bertrand/F6HKA, Jean-Philippe/F4EEK and Christian/F1SDQ
will be active (on 160-2 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31)
as
TM0L from Levant Island (EU-070, DIFM ME-012) on 21-28
May. QSL via F5OIU. [TNX F8DQZ]
F - A multi-national team from France and Belgium will
participate in
the IOTA Contest (30-31 July) as TM4Z from Ouessant Island
(EU-065). [TNX F5VCR]
G - In September 1939 the radio receivers of all radio
amateurs were
ordered to be confiscated, but many amateurs volunteered
to
became Voluntary Interceptors in their own homes. These
V.I intercepted encrypted Enigma messages transmitted in
Morse code which were passed to the code breakers at
Bletchley Park, thus providing a most valuable service to
the Allies. As a tribute to the work of the V.I.'s
sixty
years ago the Scarborough Special Events Group will
operate SSB, PSK and CW as GB2HQ from GCHQ Scarborough on
7-8 May. QSL via G0OOO. A working Enigma machine has been
provided for use by the SSEG and an enciphered Enigma
message will be sent in Morse code on the amateur radio
bands, for this event only. Further information,
including details on the relevant certificate,
certificate, can be found at www.sseg.co.uk. [TNX F5NQL]
G - Wilf, G0WLF (9H1WS) and members of Cray Valley Radio
Society
will be
operating as GB8OSJ on behalf of the Knights
Hospitallers
of the Sovereign Order of St John
of Jerusalem (www.knightshospitallers.org) on 18-19
June. QSL via G4DFI. Any licensed member of the Order of
St John is invited to contact Wilf
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
with a view to arranging skeds with GB8OSJ and discussing
the organisation of an annual amateur radio OSJ event from
2006. [TNX M3RCV]
GM - Members of the Scottish-Russian ARS and West of Scotland
ARS
will be
active as GB6WW on 1-28 May to commemorate the 60th
anniversary of the end of Worl War II. QSL via bureau or
direct to MM0DFV (P.O. Box 7469, Glasgow, G42 0YD,
Scotland,
UK). Further information will be available on
http://www.scotham.net [TNX MM0DFV]
HC - Rick NE8Z/HC1MD will operate CW and SSB on 80-10
metres from
Tumbaco, Ecuador from 25 April to 11 May. He plans to pay
special attention to the WARC bands on this trip, and to
be
active also on 6m CW and SSB. Rick will also be
operating
from various portable QTHs: as HC1MD/HC1 from Mt.
Pichincha, as HC1MD/HC6 from Banos or Mt. Cotopaxi and
as
HC1MD/HC7 from Sierrazul near Baeza (Amazon jungle).
QSL
via K8LJG (John Kroll, 3528 Craig Drive, Flint, MI
48506, USA). Please view the HC-DX
Awards at http://www.octavia.com/qsl/awards.htm [TNX
NE8Z]
HL - Pyongtaek DX Club (D90HE) members Han/DS2GOO,
Lee/6K2CEW,
Chae/DS5BSX and Young/6K2ABX will be active on 80-10 metres
SSB and RTTY as either D90HE/2 and homecall/p from Kukhwa
Island (AS-105) on 20-22 May. QSL D90HE/2 via DS2GOO,
others sia home call (direct or bureau). The web
page for the operation is at
http:myhome.naver.com/dxer2han/as105 [TNX DS2GOO]
HR - W7AV, K6JEN, and KB7TX will be active from Utila Island
(NA-057),
Honduras on 18-30 June. They will operate SSB, CW and PSK
on 40-15 metres, and will concentrate on 6 metres when
and
if they have an opening. They will have a breakable CW
beacon (HR9/W7AV) directed towards the US on 50110 kHz.
QSL
via home calls. [TNX OZ6OM]
HV - Francesco, IK0FVC has been active since 20 April as HV0A
from the
Vatican City to celebrate the election of the new Pope
Benedict XVI. QSL via IK0FVC.
I - Giovanni/IK2JYT, Ernesto/I2FUG e Oscar/IK2AQZ plan to
operate casual
style from EU-155 on 23-24 April. [TNX IK2JYT]
I - Laura, IZ1DFL reports that IU1PV will be the call to be
used
during
the 11-12 June activity from the lighthouse at Punta Vagno
[425DXN 727].
I - ARI Taranto will operate special station IU7SCT from
23 April
through the end of the year to celebrate the 80th
anniversary of the Scout movement in Taranto. QSL via
IK7BPV, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ7AUH]
KH2 - Aki, JR1VAY will operate as AH2J from Guam on 22-25
April, SP DX
RTTY Contest (23-24 April) included. QSL via bureau to
home call. [TNX JR1VAY]
LU_ant - Henry, LU4DXU reports that the following stations are
QRT,
as the
relevant Bases closed down in March: LU1ZAB (Teniente
Matienzo Base), LU1ZC (Decepcion Detachment), LU1ZS (Juan
Camara Deatchment). Still active stations include LU1ZD
(General San Martin, AA LU-11) LU1ZG (General Manuel
Belgrano II, AA LU-08), LU1ZV (Esperanza, AA LU-06) and
LU4ZS (Vicecomodoro Gustavo A. Marambio, AA LU-03, IOTA
AN-013) from Antarctica; LU1ZA (Orcadas del Sur, AA
LU-14, IOTA AN-008) from the South Orkneys; LU1ZI
(Teniente Jubany, AA LU-15, IOTA AN-010) from the South
Shetlands. Further information will be avalaible at
http://www.mdxc.org/antarctica/activity/2005.htm [TNX
LU4DXU & IZ8CGS]
OZ - Siggi/DL1AZZ, Peter/DL4AMK, Lutz/DL3ARK, Stefan/DL3ASK,
Dieter/DK1AW
and Heiko/DG0OGM will be active as (on 160-6 metres, plus
2m on 3 May) OZ/homecall from Mandoe Island (EU-125, DIA
NS-003) from 30 April to 7 May. QSL via bureau to home
calls. [TNX DL2VFR and DL3ARK]
S7 - Frederic, HB9CQK will be active as S79QK [425DXN 728]
from Denis
Island (AF-024) from 27 April to 2 May and from
Alphonse
Island (AF-033) on 3-8 May. QSL via home call, direct
or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
SV - Tomas, LY1DF will operate as SV8/LY1DF from the Cyclades
Islands
(EU-067) on 27 April and as SV5/LY1DF from the Dodecanese
(EU-001) from 28 April to 4 May. QSL via home call,
direct
or bureau. [TNX NG3K]
T32 - Nando, IT9YRE reports that he has been issued the call T32S
for the
September-October IOTA DXpedition to East Kiribati [425DXN
728].
TK - Laci, HA0HW and Tomi, HA4DX will be active as TK/HA0HW and
TK/HA4DX
from Corsica (EU-014) on 22-29 May. They plan to operate
on
all HF bands CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31; a side trip to one
of
the other IOTA groups (EU-100, EU-104 and EU-164) is being
taken into consideration and will depend on local
conditions. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX
HA0HW]
TT - Pierre, TT8AMO (HB9AMO) and Mike, TT8M (PA5M) will remain
in Chad
until sometime in August. So far they have made about 9000
QSOs on all bands, including 228 on 160 and 1171 on 80
metres. Operations on 160m and 80m are over, but there
will be an emphasis on 6 metres starting around mid June.
Mike will also try to get a licence that enables him to
operate digital modes. QSL for both TT8M and TT8AMO via
PA7FM; the cards will be printed as soon as possible.
[TNX PA7FM]
UA - Victor, RV3YR and other operators from the "Fifth
Ocean"
International Flight ARC (http://www.qsl.net/5ocean) will
operate (on 10-160 metres SSB, CW and digital modes)
special call RP3YGA/p from the Russian Pilots memorial in
Brjansk region on 5-12 May, CQ-M International DX Contest
included. QSL direct to RV3YR (Victor Borodin, P.O. Box
1, Bryansk, 241027 Russia). [TNX RV3YR]
UN - Expect a number of UP60 prefixes to be aired on all bands
and modes
from on 5-15 May from Kazakhstan to commemorate the 60th
anniversary of the end of World War II. Vladimir, UN7EX
will
operate as UP60EX; QSL via RX3RC, direct (Roman A.
Novikov,
P.O. Box 21, 392000 Tambov, Russia) or bureau. Other
calls
mentioned include UP60CI, UP60CN, UP60CD, UP60CC, UP60CH,
UP60CJ, UP60CS and UP60CA. [TNX RX3RC and UN8CC]
VE - Guy, VE2QRA, will be active from Anticosti Island
(NA-077, CISA
QC-001) at the lighthouse of Pointe-Carleton (CAN 395) from
31 July to 5 August. It will be a holiday style
operation on 80-6 metres mostly SSB, with 100 watts and
wire antennas. QSL direct to VE2QRA (Guy Bouchard, 1108
rue
Dollard, Val-Belair, Quebec G3K 1W6, Canada) [TNX VE2QRA]
W - The Marconi Radio Club (W1AA/MSC) will be active
during the
International Marconi Day to represent Marconi 1901
Nantucket ship-to-shore station MSC
(http://www.gb4imd.co.uk/nantucket.htm). This will be a CW
only operation, as CW was the only mode used at the
Marconi Station MSC on the Island of Nantucket. QSL via
W1AA, bureau or (for US stations) direct. [TNX K1VV]
YB - Special station YE50AA will be active on 22-24 April
for the
Asian-African Summit and Commemoration of the Golden
Jubilee
of the Bandung Conference of 1955 which is currently
taking place in Bandung, Indonesia. Information on the
relevant award, issued by the Organisasi Amatir Radio
Indonesia (ORARI), can be found at
http://www.oraripusat.net/ [TNX YB1TC and YB0ECT]
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
5T ---> Jean, 5T0JL (ON8RA) and Nicolas, 5T5SN report that 5T5AFF,
5T5HC, 5T5BAB, 5T5HHN and 5T5LCW were not properly licenced, "as
verified and confirmed by Mauritanian licencing authority". They say
that the same applies to "previous operations conducted by the above
cited". [TNX G3SWH]
ANTARCTICA BASES MOST WANTED ---> Having reached and gone beyond
the 100th certificate issued, the Mediterraneo DX Club is now able
to work on a few statistics. The "most wanted" Antarctica
Award bases are listed at
http://www.mdxc.org/antarctica/mostwanted.asp [TNX IZ8CCW]
COLOMBIA DX CONTEST ---> The Colombia International DX Contest (CW
and SSB) will take place from 00.00 UTC on 23 April to 23.59 on the
24th. Rules can be found at http://www.dxcolombia.com/contest.htm.
[TNX HK1XX]
CQ DX MARATHON ---> At the International DX Convention in Visalia,
California CQ magazine announced the revival of the long-dormant CQ
DX Marathon, last run in 1948. The new CQ DX Marathon will
essentially be a year-long DX contest, with stations competing
to
contact as many different countries ("entities") and CQ Zones of
the world as possible over a full-year period, then starting again
at zero at the beginning of the next year. The first running of
the event will be in 2006. Complete details and rules for the new CQ
DX Marathon will be published in the May issue of CQ magazine and
will
be posted on www.cq-amateur-radio.com
KP1-5 PROJECT ---> On 8 April the KP1-5 Project [425DXN 720]
representatives made a comprehensive presentation on the issues and
facts to Congressional staff and other interested parties. This
must be a 'grass-roots' effort: every U.S. ham is a potential
supporter of H.R. 1183, and the more support given to the bill by
state-side operators, the more likely the bill will be approved by
the Congress. For full information on the project and details on
what
to do, please visit www.kp1-5.com or contact the KP1-5 Project
Director, Mike Thomas, NA5U ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
RD1AL/0 ---> Victor Karassev, RD1AL was active for a few days as
RD1AL/0 from the North Pole 33 (NP-33) drifting station. QSL via home
call, direct (Victor Karassev, P.O. Box 73, St. Petersburg, 191126
Russia) or bureau. [TNX DL5EBE]
QSL EZ8CQ ---> Cards should be sent direct to Alex. S. Levshin, P.O.
Box 76, Ashgabat-1, 744001, Turkmenistan. "Alex does not work CW and
DJ1MM never was his QSL manager", Vasilij, RW6HS says.
QSL V73CS ---> As of 19 April, Kim Larson, daughter of N3SL, is the
manager for Stephen Clark, V73CS. Cards already are on hand, and
logs are in route and will be posted on
www.qsl.net/n3sl/manager.htm. The address for direct cards is: Kim
Larson, 22 N Hidden Acres Dr, Sioux City, IA 51108, USA. [TNX N3SL]
QSL VIA ON5NT ---> Ghis, ON5NT has been active as A6/ON5NT from the
UAE since late March and will remain there through June, with a
two-week holiday period in the second half od May. Cards will be
ready in August. QSL via home call (Ghis Penny, P.O. Box 93, BE-9700
Oudenaarde, Belgium). Incoming direct cards for 5U7JB, A61AV/p
(AS-124) and A61Q/p (AS-021) are being answered during his absence.
Former call signs Ghis manages will be taken care of when he is on
leave at home. [TNX ON5NT]
ST2BF ---> Fernando, ST2BF (EA4BB) [425DXN 723] is currently active
on
10, 15 and 20 metres only. "I have been told by some amateurs that
they worked ST2BF on 40m CW", he says. "That is certainly someone
just having fun with my callsign, but not me". The QSL manager
for
contacts made with the genuine ST2BF is Joe, W3HNK.
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
C56M: Gerben, PG5M is back home after his operation from
The Gambia
(2729 CW QSOs). The full story can be
found at http://www.dx.to/. Cards have been
ordered and are expected from the printer within a
few weeks. [TNX PG5M]
JIIA: The web page for the Japanese IOTA Islands
Award
is at
http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~iota/newpage61.htm; scores
can be found at
http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~iota/newpage75.htm (latest
update 15 April 2005). [TNX JI6KVR]
YB7M: Pictures of the March operation from Moresses Island
(OC-268)
can be found at www.mdxc.org/yb7m [TNX IZ8CCW]
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8CF, 3D2FI (OC-156),
3D2VB, 4U1UN, 5U7JB, 5W0VB, 5Z4DZ, 6F1IHF (NA-183), 6O0CW, 6W/F6HLC,
8P6GU, 8P9NX, 8R1RPN, 9Y4W, A35VB, A61Q, AH3D, BD7OH, C6AMM,
C6ANM, CE6/HA1AG (SA-061), CN29V,CN2R,CV5D, CW5R (SA-039),
CX1SI, EA9IE, EL2PM, FG5FR, FP/VE7SV,FS/AH8DX,H40VB,
HE3RSI,HK0/W6NV, IH9P,J88DR, JD1/JR6TYH, KG6DX, LR4D (SA-055),
OC4WW,OJ0J, OJ0SM, OM0M, P40MH, P49Y,PJ5NA, S21BI (AS-140), S9A,
S9BB, SN3A, ST2CF, T48K, T88CW, T96Q,TA2ZF, TE2M, TI8M, TJ3FR, TJ3G,
TJ3SP, TM0HQ, TM1X (EU-032), TR8DF, TX9,V26G, V31YN, VK0MT, VK9NS,
VP8RAF, VR2BG, VU4NRO, VU4RBI, W4D (NA-213), WH8/F6EXV, XF1K
(NA-164 and NA-165), XF3T (NA-200), XQ3AQI, XW0X, YI9VCQ, YJ0VB,
Z33Z, ZA1B, ZD7BG, ZD7MY, ZD8Z, ZK3DX, ZL1AA, ZS8MI.
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