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The latest issue (August 2006) is now available at www.425dxn.org/monthly/ _____________________________________________________________________________ 30 September 2006 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 804 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 5B - Sigi, DL7DF will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and SSTV holiday style as 5B4/DL7DF from Cyprus (AS-004) on 5-12 October. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K] 5R - Willi, DJ7RJ will operate CW and SSB on 160-10 metres from Madagascar on 1-27 October. Reportedly he will be on IOTA AF-057. No callsign has been assigned yet. QSL via home call. [TNX AA1M] 8Q - Andrew, G7COD will be active as 8Q7AK from Embudu Island, Maldives (AS-013) on 3-15 October. He plans to operate on 10-80 metres SSB with some CW. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX K1XN] 9A - Chris (9A/DL9CHR), Georg (9A/DL1GEO), Heli (9A/DH1ABC), Wolfgang (9A/DJ3MWB), Wolf (9A/DG0DE) and Emir (9A6AA/p) will be active from a few Croatian islands in the EU-170 IOTA group on 7-14 October. They plan to operate on 20 and 40 metres SSB. Further information will be available at http://www.inet.hr/9a6aa/iocaplan.htm [TNX VA3RJ] BY - Look for BD1DRJ/2, BG2QMP/2 and BD2RI/2 to be active on 40, 20 and 15 metres SSB and CW from Changxing Islan (AS-151) on 1-6 October. QSL via BD1DRJ (He Lei, Rm 1705,Tower B, No.36 Beisanhuan East Road, Dongcheng Dist., Beijing 100013, China). [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] DL - Thomas, DH5MM and Mario, DL5ME will operate on 40, 20 and 17 metres from Fehmarn Island (EU-128) on 6-9 October. QSL via home calls. [TNX DL5ME] EA8 - Stephan, DK3TNA will be active as EA8/DK3TNA from Tenerife, Canary islands (AF-004) on 7-12 October. He plans to operate SSB on 15-80 metres during his evening hours. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] ER - Special event station ER570C will be active on 1-15 October to celebrate the 570th anniversary of Chisinau, the capital city of Moldova. QSL via ER1DA, direct or bureau. [TNX ER1DA] G - GB6OCV, G3RCV, G1RCV and member stations will be active during October as part of Cray Valley Radio Society's 60th anniversary celebrations. The Cray Valley Diamond Award is available for working club and member stations in October. Full details are at http://www.cvrs.org [TNX M3RCV] GD - Four members of QRP-Amateur Radio Club International (http://www.qrparci.org/) will be active from the Isle of Man (EU-116) from 28 September until 4 October. Look for Dick G0BPS (GD0BPS), Ken MD/W4DU, Hank MD/K8DD and Stan MD/AC8W to operate CW, SSB and PSK31 on all the usual frequencies. [TNX VA3RJ] GM - Michael, GM0PHW will operate as homecall/p from Inchcolm Island (EU-123) on 7-8 October. Activity will be on 40-10 metres SSB only. QSL direct to GM0PHW (Michael Whitehead, 185 Allanton Road, Allanton Shotts ML7 5AX, Scotland, UK). [TNX VA3RJ] I - Valeriano/IK5ABG, Giovanni/IK5BCM, Oliviero/IK5BQW, Beppe/IK5CBE and Giovanni/IK5CRH will operate as IA5/homecall from Montecristo Island (EU-028, IIA LI-015) on 1-5 October. QSL for all via IK5CBE. [TNX IK5CBE] I - Marconi memorial stations IY1TTM and IY4FGM will be active on 3-29 October to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the microwave experiments carried out by Marconi in October 1931 from Sestri Levante. QSL IY1TTM via IW1RIK (direct or bureau), QSL IY4FGM via IK4UPU (direct or bureau); special QSL card for contacting the two stations via IK1YKT (direct or bureau). [TNX IW1RIK] J - Look for JJ4UEL/4 to be active from Nino Island (AS-117, JIIA AS-117-023), Hiroshima Prefecture on 30 September. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] P2 - P29NI and P29CVX are the callsigns to be used by Derek/G3KHZ, Vincent/G0LMX and Hans/SM6CVX for their forthcoming IOTA operations from Papua New Guinea [425DXN 789]. They will sign P29NI (QSL via G3KHZ) from the Trobriand Islands (OC-115) on 2-10 October and P29CVX (QSL via SM6CVX) from Daru Island (OC-153) on 11-14 October. They plan to operate CW and SSB with 100 watts and verticals. [TNX SM6CVX] PY - Special event station ZV100SD will be active on all bands during October to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the historic flight of Brazilian Alberto Santos-Dumont. QSL via PS7AHR, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX] ST - ST2A is the new callsign for Jovica, T98A, formerly known as ST0RM. Jovica is still active from Sudan and operates mostly CW (with some SSB, RTTY and PSK31) on various bands. He will do his best to be active on 160 metres during the coming winter season. QSL via T93Y (Boris Knezovic, P.O. Box 59, BA-71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina). [TNX T93Y] T8 - John, WB6Z will operate CW, SSB and FM as T80B from Koror (OC-009), Palau from 29 September through 3 October. He plans to concentrate on 80 and 6 metres, and on 10m FM. QSL to John Furuya, P.O. Box 747, Mercer Island, WA 98040, USA. [TNX JF1OCQ] T8 - Hide, JM1LJS will be active as T80W from Koror (OC-009), Palau on 6-10 October, while Nob/JR3STX (T88ST) and Doji/JH3JWW (T88JW) will remain one day longer (until the 11th). They will operate holiday style on 40-6 metres plus 145/435 MHz satellite from the IMPAC Palau Rental Shack. QSL T88ST via JR3STX (bureau or direct), QSL T88JW via JH3JWW (bureau only), QSL T80W via JM1LJS (bureau or direct). More information at http://radio-dream.com/t80w/ UR - Roman/UR7IJQ, Alexandr/UR7IKV and Roman/UY7IQ will operate on 40-17 metres SSB and CW from Slov'yans'kyi Island (SD-09 for the Ukrainian Islands Award) on 1 October. QSL via home calls. [TNX UY7IQ] VE - Steve, VE2TKH/VY0ICE was expected to remain on Baffin Island until June 2007 [425DXN 802]. However, according to the latest information posted at qrz.com, "for many personal reasons" he will now QRT on 11 October and go back home. QSL via VE2AWR, who now accepts also bureau cards. VU7 - On 27 September, in a message posted on the Amateur Radio Society of India's newsgroup (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ARSI/), ARSI President Gopal Madhavan, VU2GMN announced that "formal WPC permission has been received by ARSI with the call sign VU7LD". WPC, the Wireless Planning & Coordination Wing of the Ministry of Communications, is the national radio regulatory authority, and the permission is for a period of one month, from 1 to 31 December 2006. This is the second announced operation from the Lakshadweeps; the first one is being organized by the National Institute of Amateur Radio (NIARS) and is expected to take place between 15 and 25 January 2007 [425DXN 801]. _____________________________________________________________________________ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW QSL 4W1BK ---> Stu, WA2MOE was the QSL manager for the 4W1BK operation in May 2003 until he died early last year. Garth, VE3HO has recently obtained a copy of the logs and can confirm contacts for those still needing a card. QSL IY6GM ---> All of the contacts made with this Marconi memorial station between 5 and 20 August 2006 have been confirmed automatically via the bureau. Logs and pictures can be found at http://www.ariancona.it/iy6gm_2006.htm [TNX I6GFX] QSL OC-270 ---> Donny, YB6LD (ex-YB1BOD) reports that the QSL cards for the March 2006 operation from Simeulue Island (YC6LAY/p, YB6LYS/p, YC6JKV/p, YB6PLG/p and YB1BOD/6) have arrived form the printer. He expects to process and mail direct requests in early October. Cards without sufficient or proper return postage (i.e. unredeemable IRCs) will be sent thorugh the bureau. QSL VIA AI4U ---> Jeffrey, AI4U is the new QSL manager (direct only) for PX5E, PT5A and ZX5J. Cards already mailed to VE3HO do not need to be sent again. Jeffrey is the QSL manager also for KP3V, KP4QY, KP4RV, PP5JR, PP5TO, PP5TO/p, PP5TO/PY1, ZV5R (CQ WW DX SSB 2001 and CQ WW RTTY 2005) and ZY1A. QSL VIA WC5N ---> Barry Blanton, WC5N has received the LoTW certificates for his VK9WB (Cocos-Keeling, 1990) and V63BW (1992) operations. "I'll be glad to check the log and confirm through LoTW for anyone that may still desire a confirmation from those operations", he says. Send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] requesting LoTW confirmation (the same address can be used for bureau card requests as well). W/VE ISLANDS QSO PARTY ---> The W/VE Islands QSO Party, sponsored by the US Islands Awards Program (USI), will take place from 16 UTC on 21 October through 23.59 UTC on the 22nd. The object is to work as many American and Canadian islands on 160-6 metres as possible. Amateurs worldwide are welcome to participate. Full information can be found on the new USI website at http://www.usislands.org _____________________________________________________________________________ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** NEWS FROM THE WEB *** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW LX/PA6Z: The web site (including daily updated on-line logs) for the 30 September-7 October operation from Luxembourg [425DXN 789] is at http://www.pa6z.nl/lx_2006/index _____________________________________________________________________________ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL INFO ******** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3A2CWG 3A2LF FP/G3TXF G3TXF R40VAZ RX4HJ 3W9JR OK1JN GB0RAF G0DBX R60FW UA2DC 3XD2Z UA6JR GB2BF G4DFI RK2FWA DK4VW 3XM6JR UA6JR GB2LI G0GRI RW0AJ W3HNK 4K9W DL6KVA GB6SWL G6XOU RZ6AWP/6 RV6AB 4L0F 2M0UUA HC2SL EA5KB S79SG IZ0CKJ 4L1DA W7LPF HC8N W5UE SG3U SM3CXS 4N150JA 4N1JA HK8RQS EA5KB SN700DR SP3PFY 4N1856T YU1BM HP3XBH W4WX SU0ARA HA3JB 4O3B OH2BH HS0ZGQ DL1MJF SV0XAO DJ5JH 4U1UN HB9BOU II7CC IZ8DDG SX1CS SV1DBY 4X1FQ AA4V IQ1RY IK1HXN SY8GE SV2DGH 4X4BL WA2KNC IQ3UD IV3DSH T88AS JP1IOF 5F3COM SV8CS IQ6CC IZ8DDG T88YN JE1SYN 5N8NDP IK5JAN IU1DCI IK1QFM TA2/SP5IXI VK6DXI 6W1SE JR2KDN IU1WFC IZ1GCZ TA4CW F8CVR 7Q7CE IN3VZE J28JA F5JFU TC125ATA TA1CM 7Z1SJ EA7FTR J79MD N1DL TJ3SL F5PSA 8P2K KU9C J7R N1DL TK9Z EA4BT 9A/VE3ZIK DL3PS JW5X LA5X TM3NV F2WS 9G5OO DL4WK JW7XK LA7XK TM8ANG F6KQK 9Q1D SM5BFJ JW8DW LA8DW TT8FC EA4AHK 9Q1NT ON5NT JW8XU LA8XU TT8PK F4EGS A25/DF3GY DF3GY JW9DL LA9DL UA0YAY IK2QPR A25/DJ4LK DJ4LK KG4DX W4WX UE1RLH/6 RA1QY A71BX EA7FTR KH2/N1YN JA1AQV UE3FAP RA3ARS AT7LEO VU2LCI LN3Z LA9VDA UE3LRG RV3LZ B1Z EA7FTR LU/R1ANF RK1PWA UE3NFF RA3NN BD1WC EA7FTR LZ1900K LZ1BJ UE3RGR/P RA3RBL C56X DL9USA LZ5HST LZ1PJ UK7F W3HNK CN2BC DJ2BC MS0SCG/p M0SCG UN7MMM EA7FTR CO2NB EA5KB OH0B OH2BH V31DU K9DUR CT1JGA DL3MCO OH0E OH2MM V31OR K9DUR CX0TTY CX5BW OH0I OH3BHL V31PW K9DUR DT8A HL2FDW OH0JWH DJ2PJ V31TN K9DUR E51APX AI5P OH0KAG OH1KAG V51LK DJ4LK EA1/OZ5IPA OZ5AAH OH0M OH1MM VP8DJB F5PFP EA8AH RD3A OH0MM OH2MM W4PL/4 K4KWK ED6TPI EA6ZX OH0Z W0MM WP3C W3HNK ED6TSM EA6SB ON62POL ON4NOK XU7TZG ON7PP EF8A EA8AUW OP1W ON6CW XW8KPL/RU3DX RU3DX EX2M W3HNK OQ1C ON4ON YB0IR W4JS EX8QB IK2QPR OS0S ON4ZD YT3B UA3AB EY8MM K1BV OX3XR OZ3PZ YV1FM IT9DAA FM5DN KU9C P40KM W4GKM YX5IOTA IT9DAA FO/KM9D OM2SA PC6NHW PA3CNX ZL4IR W8WC FP/G3SXW G3SXW R1FJT UA4RC ZS2BS DJ5MS _____________________________________________________________________________ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* ADDRESSES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 9V1FJ Barry Fletcher, 54 Coronation Road West # 03-04, 269266 Singapore AI4U Jeffrey R. Folk, 233 North St, Lewisville, NC 27023, USA EA4BT Apartado Postal 1315, 28800 Alcala de Henares (Madrid), Spain EX8AB Narynbek Djunushev, P.O. Box 2677, 13802 Tallinn, Estonia F1CGN Fabrice Plet, 58 Avenue Rene Lebail, 91210 Draveil, France HS0ZBS Kurt Brauer, P.O. Box 75, Phanom Sarakham-Chachoengsao 24120, Thailand IN3VZE Ely Camin, Corso 3 Novembre 136/2, 38100 Trento - TN, Italy IT9DAA Corrado Ruscica, Via Capitano Salemi 41, 96019 Rosolini - SR, Italy IZ8DDG Orlando Balisciano, Villa Bisignano 5, Traversa 21, I-80147 Napoli, Italy K4KWK Tommie Wright, 2344 Violette Drive, Soddy Daisy, TN 37379, USA RX3RC Roman A. Novikov, P.O. Box 21, 392000 Tambov, Russia SM3CXS Jorgen Svensson, Berghemsvagen 11, SE-86336 Sundsbruk, Sweden SM5BFJ Leif Hammarstrom, Lerklockan 4, SE-73091 Riddarhyttan, Sweden SV2DGH Christos Sfyris, P.O. Box 4200, 57019 Perea, Thessaloniki, Greece TF4M Thorvaldur Stefansson, P.O. Box 2, IS-465 Bildudalur, Iceland TI8II Carlos S. Bedoya, P.O. Box 119, Puntarenas 5400, Costa Rica VE2AWR Serge Langlois, 1291 Du Comte, Charlesbourg, QC G2L 1B8, Canada ZC4LI Steve Hodgson, 4 Nikolau Michael Street, 5523 Dasaki Achnas, Cyprus ZD7VC Bruce R. Salt, P.O. 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