> > > 425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE < < <
The latest issue (September 2006) is now available at www.425dxn.org/monthly/ _____________________________________________________________________________ 7 October 2006 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 805 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3C0 - Elmo, EA5BYP will be active as 3C0M from Annobon (Pagalu) Island (AF-039) from 21 October to 3 November. He plans to operate on 10-80 metres SSB, 20-15 metres RTTY and 160 metres CW. Further information is expected soon. [TNX EA5YN] 3W - Shim, XV3AA/3W3A will be active from Vietnam for a couple of weeks starting on 11 October. Look for him between 23.30 and 00.30 UTC on 20 metres. QSL via JA6UHG. [TNX The Daily DX] 4X - The Holyland DX Group (4Z4BS, 4Z4KX, 4Z1UF, 4Z5LA, 4Z5FI , 4X6HP and 4X1VF) will be active as 4Z0J on 3-4 November from the site of the so-called "Jesus Boat (www.jesusboat.com/imgs/site/site/boat.html). They will operate CW and SSB on 10-80 metres from M05KT and mobile from other Holyland Award areas around the main location. QSL via 4Z4BS. [TNX 4X1VF] 9N - Tohru, JA0UMV will be active again as 9N7MV from Katmandu, Nepal on 26-30 October, CQ WW DX SSB Contest included. This time he will operate on 40, 30, 20, 17 and 15 metres SSB, CW and possibly RTTY. Suggested CW frequencies are 7017, 10117, 14027, 18077 and 21027 kHz. QSL via home call (Tohru Kataoka, 15-9 Sakae, Kamo, Niigata 959-1382, Japan). [TNX JA1ELY] BV - Special event station BV0RTI will be active (on 80, 40, 20 and 15 metres) from 10 UTC on 8 October until 4 UTC on the 9th to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Radio Taiwan International's German programme. [TNX BV2QB] EA6 - Helmut, DL5DSM will operate holiday style as EA6/DL5DSM from Mallorca (EU-004) on 16-24 October. Main activity is expected on 160 and 80 metres CW. QSL via home call. E-mail-requests for buro cards can be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] [TNX DL5DSM] FS - Yan, FS5HL will be operating from NA-199 (St. Martin's coastal islands) on 6-8 October. [TNX The Daily DX] HL - Han/DS2GOO, Son/DS3HWS, Lee/6K2CEW and maybe a few others will be active from Hong Island (AS-093) on 13-15 October. They will operate as either homecall/4 and D90HE/4 on 80-10 metres SSB with some digital mode activity. QSL D90HE/4 via DS2GOO, others via home call. Log will be available at http://myhome.naver.com/dxer2han/as_093/ [TNX HL1VAU] KH8_si - Hrane, YT1AD is organizing a DXpedition to Swains Island tentatively scheduled to take place between 12 September and 3 October 2007. A multi-national team of operators (K1LZ, K3LP, N6TQS, RA3AUU, RZ3AA, UA3AB, RK3AD, YZ7AA, YU1EA and KD7RCD, plus "potential members" YU7NU, YZ1BX, YU1DX and YZ1EW) will stay on the island for ten days and will operate with six stations. Further information is expected in due course. [TNX YZ1EW] LU - A team of eight operators will be active on the HF bands SSB and CW as LU4AAO/D from Claromeco Lighthouse (ARG-014) on 14-15 October. QSL via LU4AAO. [TNX LU1AEE] PA - Holger, DH1AD will be active as PA/DH1AD from Texel Island (EU-038) on 9-19 October. It will be a holiday-style operation, with 100 watts and wire antennas. QSL via home call, bureau preferred. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] PZ - Bob, N3CXM plans to operate during his spare time as PZ5JR from Suriname while on a business trip until 19 October. QSL via K3BYV. [TNX The Daily DX] S2 - Josep/EA3BT and his wife Nuria/EA3WL, along with Tony/EA2PA, Fer/EA5FX and Juan/EA8CAC will be active as S21EA from Bangladesh on 10-16 January. The plan to operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 160-6 metres with three stations. QSL via EA3BT, direct orf bureau. Further information will be available at http://www.ea3bt.com/s21ea.html (under construction). [TNX EA3BT] T32 - Look for T32Z to be active from Christmas Island (OC-024) on 10-20 October. He plans to operate CW and SSB with an emphasis on 12, 17 and 30 metres. QSL via K3PD. [TNX The Daily DX] T6 - John, KE6GFF will be active as T6EE from Afghanistan until 30 October. Look for him on 14200 kHz. QSL via home call (bureau preferred). [TNX QRZ-DX] TK - Kazik/DL2SBY, Tomi/HA4DX and Laci/HA0HW will be active as TK/homecall from Sisco, Corsica (EU-014) on 2-11 November. They will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on all HF bands, with an emphasis on the low bands. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX HA0HW] V2 - Team Antigua (V26B, QSL via KA2AEV) will once again participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. Most of the operators will arrive the week before and be active using their own calls until a few days after the contest. Expect activity by V26BZR (QSL via W2BZR), V26G (QSL via N2ED), V26MH (QSL via HB9OCR), V26OC (QSL via N3OC) and V26R (QSL via KA2AEV). WX3B will be active as well, but his V2 callsign is unknown at this time. [TNX NG3K] V6 - Sasi/JA1KJW (V63JQ), Mat/JA1JQY (V63JY), Hiro/JI1FOP (V63OP) and Kuni/JA8VE (V63VE) will be active from Micronesia on 1-13 November. They will operate from three different islands: Kosrae (OC-059, 1-6 November), Pohnpei (OC-010, 7-8 November) and Chuuk (OC-011, 9-13 November). Plans are to have two stations up and running on 160-10 metres SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL V63JQ via JA1KJW, QSL V63JY via JA1JQY, QSL V63OP via JI1FOP, QSL V63VE via JF1OCQ. [TNX JA1ELY] VP2M - Bill, W4WX (VP2MHX) and Jan, K4QD (VP2MQD) will be active from Montserrat (NA-103) on 23-31 October. They will operate on 10-80 metres CW, PSK31, RTTY and SSB, and will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as single band entries. QSL VP2MHX via W4WX (direct), QSL VP2MQD via K4QD (direct or bureau). [TNX W4WX] VP2M - Art, WA7NB will be active as VP2MDY from Montserrat (NA-103) on 25-31 October. He will operate on 6-160 metres CW, SSB and PSK31, and will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX WA7NB] VU7 - The NIAR DXpedition to the Lakshadweep Islands (VU7RG), originally planned to take place in January [425DXN 801], has been rescheduled. The new dates are 1-10 December 2006. Bookmark http://www.vu7.in/ for further information and updates. XU - A group of operators from Finland will be active as XU7MDY and XU7JGE from Cambodia from 20 October to 5 November. Apparently they will concentrate on CW (suggested frequencies are 1825, 3507, 7003, 10104, 14007, 21007, 24897 and 28020 kHz) and the low bands; however, XU7MDY will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as a single band entry. QSLs via OH4MDY (direct only). [TNX OH4MDY] YU6 - Hrane, YT1AD will be active as YU3AD from Montenegro in October. QSL this operation via YT1AD. [TNX YZ1EW] PACIFIC TRIP ---> Larry, N0UU (www.tri.net/n0uu) will be touring the South Pacific with Lindblad Expeditions between 14 and 27 October. Although amateur radio is not the primary reason for these cruises, he plans to operate SSB on 15, 20 and maybe 17 metres as FO/N0UU (from French Polynesia) and VP6UU, as well as with a CE0 callsign if he gets the licence. QSL via home call (bureau). His itinerary is as follows: 14 Oct Bora Bora No operation 21 Oct At sea 15 Oct Makatea OC-066 22 Oct Pitcairn No operation 16 Oct Fakarava OC-066 23 Oct Henderson OC-056 17 Oct Raroia OC-066 24 Oct Ducie OC-182 18 Oct At sea 25 Oct At sea 19 Oct Pukarua OC-238 26 Oct At sea 20 Oct Mangareva OC-063 27 Oct Easter Isl SA-001 Daily ship reports will be posted at http://www.expeditions.com/ [TNX The Daily DX] PACIFIC TRIP ---> Willy, ON5AX and his wife Magda, ON3AX will be active from the Pacific between 17 October and 14 December. They plan to operate on 20, 30 and 40 metres CW, SSB and PSK from Samoa (5W0AX, 17-22 October), American Samoa (KH8/ON5AX, 24-29 October, CQ WW DX SSB Contest included), Tonga (A35AX, 2-14 November) and New Zealand (ZL/ON5AX, from 16 November to 14 December). [TNX ON5AX] _____________________________________________________________________________ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (September 2006) is now available at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/index.html. Articles and pictures should be sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). ANTARCTICA AWARD ---> The Award Manager (Gianni Marruccella, IZ8CGS) reports that all of the certificate requests received as of 15 September 2006 h ave been processed and mailed along with the complimentary map of Antarctica published by the Australian Antarctic Division [425DXN 700].Up-to-date score tables are available at www.mdxc.org/antarctica/award.asp. ANTARCTICA CHALLENGE ---> The French Polar Team has announced a new programme called "The Antarctica Challenge", with the goal of promoting amateur radio contacts with and raising funds for Antarctic ham stations. Full details are available at http://f6kdf.ath.cx/f5nod/ [TNX F5NOD] DXCC NEWS ---> The following operation has been approved for DXCC credit: TT8LN (Chad), operation from 12 February through 5 June 2006. DX SPOTS ---> Rod Elliott, VE3UW has collected the DX spots from the OH2AQ Web Cluster since January 1997. The collection - from January 1997 up to September 2006 - is available at www.425dxn.org/dxspots/, as well the software (DXINFO v2.0) which will enable you to handle the files (instructions at the URL above). INDEXA ---> The International DX Association, INDEXA (www.indexa.org) has announced the results of its 2006-07 election: President Ron Wright, ZL1AMO Vice President Gary Dixon, K4MQG Secretary-Treasurer Bill Jennings, W4UNP Directors: Bob Allphin, K4UEE; Richard Grant, W9RG; Franz Langner, DJ9ZB; Nellie Saltiel de Lazard, XE1CI. Newsletter Editor: John Scott, K8YC. [TNX K4MQG] NEW WAB AWARD ---> A new WAB (Worked All Britain) award is being introduced from 1 Janury 2007. It will be available to licenced amateurs and SWLs for working the many special event stations (GB callsigns) from the United Kingdom each year. Full information is available on http://www.worked-all-britain.co.uk/ [TNX G1VDP] QSL HK3JJH ---> Pedro reports that his new mailing address is: Pedro J. Allina, Cod 9906, P.O. Box 02-5242, Miami, FL 33102-5242, USA. WACI ---> The Worked All Canary Islands award, sponsored by the Gran Canaria DX Group, is available to either licenced amateurs and SWLs for working stations located on the various EA8 islands. Full information is available at http://www.grupodxgc.com [TNX EA8CAC] WRTC 2010 ---> The World Radiosport Team Championship Sanctioning Committee (WRTC-SC) has announced that in 2010 WRTC will be held in Russia for the first time. The Union of Radio Amateurs of Russia (Soyuz Radiolyubitelei Rossii, SRR) is the primary sponsoring organization, and SRR President Roman Thomas, RZ3AA, is the host committee chairman. The event will be held near Moscow in conjunction with the IARU HF World Championship in July. The committee plans to publish qualification rules and procedures and to establish a web site as soon as possible. [TNX ARRL Contester's Rate Sheet] YU6AO ---> The YU6AO operation from Montenegro conducted by Hrane, YT1AD and a multi-national team of 35 operators made some 75,000 QSOs (on-line logs and pictures can be found at http://www.yu6ao.info). So far 8,000 envelopes have been received and 25,000+ QSOs have been confirmed, YZ1EW reports. However, according to a note posted on the DXCC Dialog Weblog on 4 October (http://www.arrl.org/blog/DXCC%20Dialog), DXCC credit is currently not allowed "because of possible irregularities in the QSLing process". Once this matter is cleared, credits already submitted can be claimed with a note to the DXCC Branch Manager, Bill Moore at [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________________________________________ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** NEWS FROM THE WEB *** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW LOGS: On-line logs for HA506NF and HA501DAE can be found at http://users.atw.hu/ha1dae/ha506nf/search.html and http://users.atw.hu/ha1dae/ha501dae/search.html [TNX HA1DAE] LOGS: On-line logs for this year's ILLW activity by IU1L (La Lanterna, ARLHS ITA-177, WAIL LI-005) can be found at http://www.arigenova.it/CercaLogIU1L.asp [TNX IZ1BZS] LOGS: The YX5IOTA expedition to Cayo Herradura (La Tortuga, SA-044) logged 10883 QSOs from 20.04 UTC on 26 September through 03.34 UTC on 1 October. On line logs, pictures and statistics are available at http://yx5iota.4m5dx.org MIQUELON: A brief photo-report on the recent FP/G3SXW and FP/G3TXF operation from Miquelon Island can be found at http://www.g3txf.com/dxtrip/FP_G3TXF/FP.html Roger and Nigel made 7,841 CW QSOs in four days. QSL via home calls. TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now available at http://www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. Please send your scores, as well as any request for further information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSLs received direct or through managers: 3D2WW, 3Y0X, 4J6ZZ, 4L1DA, 4L6AM, 4O2NT, 4O3ES, 4O6DX, 4X4BL, 5W0KI, 6W1EA, 9G5UR, 9K2CQ, 9K2HN, 9M4SEB (OC-295), 9M6ACC, AX3MCG, BG7MSN, BV6GU, BY4XSL/4 (AS-135), C31BO, C56W, C6AYM (NA-001), C91HQ, CP6XE, CX5BW, D44BS, DU1EIB, DU6BG, E20WXA, E51JD, EA6SX, EA6UN, EK3GM, EO61JM, ER/RW3AH, ES5Q, ES9C, FK8GX, FK8HN, FS5KA, FW8AA, GC0GRC/p, J28UN, KH6/KF7E, KH8SI, LA/IK3GES/P (EU-044), LA/IK3GES/P (EU-076), LU7YS, LZ0A, NY3A/p (NA-140), OA4/DL5SE, OA4/DL5YWM, OD5NJ, OH8/IK3GES/P (EU-084), OH8/IK3GES/P (EU-184), OJ0LA, OL4HQ, OO5P, OY/PA2A, OZ/IK3GES/P (EU-125), PA/IK3GES/P (EU-146), PZ5RA, R1MVW, S01R, S9SS, SM2/IK3GES/P (EU-139), SM6/IK3GES/P (EU-043), SU9NC, SV5/SV1LK, T88PL, TA2ZF, TG9ADM, TK/IK5PWQ, TM5F (EU-095), TR8CA, UA0AOZ/0 (AS-114), UN5J, UN7DA, UQ1D, V25V, V47KV, V85GD, VI9NI, VP2EBR, VP2VQ, VP8DJB, VP9BO, VU4AN/VU2JMA, VU4AN/VU2JOS, VU4AN/VU2UWZ, VU4AN/VU3JLW, VU4AN/VU3NZC, VU4AN/VU3RWN, VU4AN/VU3RYB, VU4AN/VU3RYG, VU4AN/VU3SIE, XE2K/XF2, XF4IH, XW1A, YB1AQB, YI9QWO, YJ0ADX (OC-035), YJ0IR, YP1W, YU6AO, YU6DZ, YY5YMA, ZA/OK1JR, ZF2JO, ZM8CW, ZV0F. ***************************************************************************** 425 DX NEWS HOME PAGE: http://www.425dxn.org 425 DX NEWS ARCHIVES: http://list.425dxn.org 425 DX NEWS DX CLUSTER: telnet://dx.ik1znw.org:8000 ***************************************************************************** 425 DX News is a free of charge weekly bulletin edited by Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ and Valeria Pregliasco, IK1ADH Its contents may be used, reproduced and distributed in part or full provided that "425 DX News" or "425DXN" receive proper credit Contributors are invited to send their DX information to Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays ***************************************************************************** MAILING LIST Please visit the "Mailing List" page at http://www.425dxn.org and follow the step by step subscribe/unsubscribe instructions or contact the Mailing List Administrator Stefano Turci, IK4WMH ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ***************************************************************************** Direttore Responsabile Gabriele Villa, I2VGW Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 057216 Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti Roma, Italia ***************************************************************************** Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ A.R.I. HF & Award Manager E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ari.it <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> >>> 425 DX NEWS - NEW SEARCH TOOL <<< Leonardo Lastrucci, IZ5FSA has developed a software which allows to query the 425 DX News Archive maintained on www.ariscandicci.it from the PacketCluster. The command is SH/425 [text], where [text] should be replaced with a callsign, a IOTA Reference number, Island name, Antarctica Base, Lighthouse, etc. ---------------------------------------------------------- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options ----------------------------------------------------------