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From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:27:37 +0100 Subject: [425ENG] 425 DX News #1037 19 March 2011 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1037 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 4W - David, VK2CZ plans to be active on 80-15 metres as 4W3A from Timor Leste for some 40 hours during the CQ WPX SSB Contest (26-27 March). QSL via M0OXO (QSLling instructions at www.m0oxo.com). [TNX NG3K] 8P - Cal WF5W (8P9CW), Bill K5WAF (8P9WF), Bob WB5IUU (8P9UU) and Paul W5PF (8P9PF) will be active from Barbados (NA-021) from 24 March to 3 April. They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY, including activity during the CQ WW WPX SSB contest. QSL for all callsigns via W5PF. [TNX The Daily DX] BY - BJ8TA is the callsign to be used by AMSAT-China during an EME and satellites expedition on 20-23 March and 28 March-1 April. Activity will take place from Shangri-La County (NL97ut), Yunnan Province and from the Yunnan Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Chengjiang County (OL14kq). QSL via Alan Kung, BA1DU (P.O.Box 8091, Beijing 100088, China). [TNX BA1DU] DL - Special event callsign DL0YLWM will be activated from 1 June until 31 July for the FIFA Women's World Cup - the women's football (soccer) world championship - to be held in Germany between 26 June and 17 July. Information on the relevant short term award can be found at qrz.com under DL0YLWM. QSL via the bureau (automatically) or direct to DL4CR. [TNX DF1DV] DU - In remembrance of the 69th anniversary of the Bataan Death March during World War II, special event station 4D69DM will be active from Mount Samat, Bataan (Luzon Island) on 9 April. The operators will be DU1IVT, DU1RP, DU1UGZ, DU3BS and DU3LCA. [TNX DU1UGZ] F - Celebrating the 300th anniversary of the discovery of the Ile de la Passion (3 April 1711), later known as Clipperton, the Clipperton DX Club will be active as TM300CDXC from 28 March to 11 April. QSL via F5IL. [TNX Les Nouvelles DX] FG - Gildas, F6HMQ will be active as TO11A from Guadeloupe (NA-102) from 20 March to 1 April, CQ WPX SSB Contest included. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K] FH - Jose PT9ZE, Ric PY2PT, Anderson PY2TNT, Alex PY2WAS and Fernando PY4BZ will be active as TO2FH from Mayotte (AF-027) on 18-25 April. They plan to operate CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK on 160-10 metres with three stations. QSLling instructions can be found at qrz.com under TO2FH. GJ - Pete, K8PT and Craig, K3PLV will be active as MJ/K8PT and MJ/K3PLV from Jersey (EU-013) on 22-30 March. They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on all open bands. QSL via home calls. [TNX K8PT] I - IT9ATF, IT9NPR, IT9PPG and IT9WDC will be active from Favignana Island (EU-054) on 24-27 March, including a Multi Single entry in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as IF9A (QSL via IT9ATF). [TNX NG3K] OZ - Stefan, DL7AOS will be active as 5P5K from Romo Island (EU-025) from 20 March to 1 April. He will be QRV on 80-6 metres, and will take part in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL via DL7AOS, direct or bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] PJ2 - A team of six YL operators will be active as PJ2/NA6YL from the PJ2T station on Curacao (SA-099) on 18-21 March. According to their website (http://yldxpeditions.com/), they will be using PJ2W for the Russian DX Contest. QSL via NA6YL, plus LoTW and eQSL. PJ2 - Members of the Caribbean Contesting Consortium (CCC) will activate Signal Point Station on Curacao between 22 March and 6 April. Operators mentioned are W0CG (PJ2DX), N4RV, K2PLF and possibly others. They will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest (26-27 March) as PJ2T (QSL via N9AG and LoTW), while outside the contest they will use PJ2/homecall or their personal PJ2 calls (QSL via home calls). [TNX OPDX Bulletin] PJ2 - Look for Jan-Willem, PA7JWC and Monique, PD7DB to be active as PJ2/homecalls from Curacao on 15-22 April. They will operate SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK on 80-10 metres. QSL via home calls (plus LoTW for PJ2/PA7JWC). [TNX NG3K] S2 - S21YZ is the callsign the FGC DX Group is using from Bangladesh [425DXN 1036]. A multi-national team will be active with four stations on 160-10 metres SSB, CW and RTTY until 30 March. QSL via JH1AJT. Further information, including logsearch and details on how contribute to this expensive project, can be found at www.s21yx.com SV5 - Martin ON4PO will be operate mostly SSB with some PSK as J45PO from Rhodes (EU-001) from 23 March until 2 April. QSL via home call. He will take part in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest with the SX5P contest team. [TNX NG3K] V3 - Jim WB2REM (V31MM), Glenn KD2JA (V31GB) and Paul W4PGM (V31PM) will be active from Placentia, Belize on 23-30 March, including an entry in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as V31MM. They will operate SSB and CW on 160-6 metres, with a focus on 30, 17, 12 and 6m. QSL direct to home calls. [TNX The Daily DX] VE - Noel, VE2BR and Gregg, VE3ZZ will participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as VC2B from Mercier, Quebec (Zone 5). QSL via VE2BR. [TNX VE3ZZ] VK - John, VK6HZ will be active holiday style from Rottnest Island (OC-164) on 20-27 March. He plans to be QRV on 40-10 metres with a focus on 17-10 meters CW and RTTY. QSL via VK6IR. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] VK - Craig, VK4LDX (VK8PDX) will be active as homecall/p from Magnetic Island (OC-171) on 17-20 April. He will operate SSB, PSK31 and RTTY "on whatever bands are open". QSL via VK8PDX. Further information at http://vk4ldxoc171.blogspot.com/ VK9L - A group of operators from the Hellenic Amateur Radio of Association of Australia (HARAOA) will be active as VK9HR from Lord Howe Island (OC-004) on 8-17 July. They plan to operate "on multiple bands simultaneously". Details will be available at www.vk9hr.com by late April. [TNX VK3YP] VP5 - Dave, W5CW will be active as VP5/W5CW from 23 March to 20 April. He will operate CW and SSB on 160-6 metres, and will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB, SP DX (2-3 April), JIDX CW (9-10 April) and YU DX (16-17 April) contests as VQ51V. QSL direct to W5CW. [TNX NG3K] W - Another Bataan Death March special event station will be activated by the Mesilla Valley Radio Club of Las Cruces, New Mexico on 27 March, in conjunction with the 22nd annual Memorial March. Look for K5B to be QRV on +/- 3893, 7225, 14330 and 21337 kHz SSB and 14070 kHz PSK. QSLling information can be found at www.n5bl.org/bataan [TNX WB4AEJ] W - Rick, K6VVA plans to be active as K6VVA/6 from St. George Reef (NA-184) on 8-9 April. He will operate CW and some SSB on 40-15 metres. QSL via N6AWD. The operation is weather dependent, because of the helicopter transportation involved. In case of bad weather, he says, "only one more attempt can be made before the end of April (after the Visalia Convention) due to Government restrictions. Should that happen, the NA-184 activation trip will be rescheduled for November, when flights can resume". Check www.k6vva.com/iota/na184 for updates. [TNX K6VVA] XE - The DXXE Group (www.dxxe.org) will be active as 4A0IARU on 18-24 April. The special callsign celebrates World Amateur Radio Day (18 April) and the 86th anniversary of the founding of the International Amateur Radio Union. QSL via N7RO. ZF - Adrian, AA5UK will be active from the Cayman Islands (NA-016) between 23 March and 5 April. Current plans are to operate holiday style on the FM/SSB satellites from Grand Cayman as ZF2AE, and primarily on the HF bands (40-10 metres SSB, RTTY and PSK31) from Little Cayman as ZF2AE/ZF8, including an entry in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL via AA5UK (direct or bureau), LOTW and eQSL. =========================== *** 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 (February 2011) is now available for download at www.425dxn.org/monthly/index.html. [TNX IZ3EBA] JAPAN EMERGENCY TRAFFIC ---> Due to the Japanese earthquake and tsunami disaster, it is recommended/suggested to please stay clear of the following emergency frequencies: 3520-3530, 7025-7035, 14090-14110, 21190- 21210, 28190-28210, 50100 and 51000 kHz, as well as 144.100, 145.000, 145.500, 430.100, 433.000 and 433.500 MHz. It is also suggested to stay away from the IARU Region 3 Emergency Centre of Activity frequencies (3600, 7110, 14300, 18160 and 21360 kHz). MONK APOLLO PROJECT ---> Rick, NE8Z has been issued a "pilgrim visa" to enter Mt. Athos and will be visiting Monk Apollo (SV2ASP/A) on 9-16 April. "I will be taking him radio equipment accessories to compliment his present ham radio station", Rick says, "Monk Apollo has shown the desire to operate from portable locations in Mt. Athos so that he can work Asia which is partially blocked by a mountain behind his Monastery". The Southeast Michigan DX Association has adopted the project of helping Monk Apollo to improve his permanent and portable stations. Details on the project and a PayPal link for donations can be found at http://live.semdxa.org/ (click the "Monk Apollo Project" button). [TNX NE8Z] PIRATE ---> Do not waste your time on working HS0ZDZ. "The last entry in his log that I have is 31 July 2004", his QSL manager (GM4FDM) says. Three months later the genuine Ray Gerrard, HS0ZDZ (G3NOM) suffered a serious stroke and is no longer active. GM4FDM is "slowly putting Ray's logs onto LoTW. HS0ZDZ and HS0/G3NOM are already there". QSL 8P6QL ---> The Yasme Foundation is not the QSL manager for any current or recent 8P6QL operation. The Colvins (Lloyd, W6KG and Iris, W6QL) used the callsign back in October 1981. Yasme can handle QSLs for the 1981 operation, but nothing since. [TNX N7NG] QSL VK4LDX/P ---> Please note that the cards for VK4LDX/p's recent activity from Horn Island (OC-138) should be sent to VP8PDX (Craig Edwards, P.O.Box 285, Alice Springs NT 0870, Australia). + SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include Thomas Klaus (DL2RTK), Reg Moores (G3GZT), Don T. Hayter (G3JHM), Mike Wheaton (G4ZPE), Charles Kenneth Rollins (K8LGT), Jose Daniel Bernardini (LU8EDR) and Vladimir I. Prihod'ko (UA4HAU). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8/EA3BT, 3B8/SP2FUD, 3DA0HC, 3G3FZ, 3W6C, 4L/UU0JM, 4L5O, 4O3A, 4O50A, 4U1UN, 5J0BV, 5N4EAM, 5X0CW, 6Y1LZ, 7Z1HL, 8P9AG, 8P9ME, 8P9UR, 9J2BO, 9M6/KM0O, 9M6YBG, 9Q50ON, A25BI, A25DF, A35AY, A35KL (OC-169), BT4EXPO, C21TI, C31LJ, C4SV, C5YK, CE3/VE7SV, CM3RPN, CN8IG, CP4BT, CS7/PD0HNL, DP1POL, DT8A, DU1/JJ5GMJ, DU1IST, E51PJT, E51SC, EG1OTA (EU-142), EK7DX, EP2MKO, ER240C, ET3JA, FG5GP, FJ/VE3EY, FK8GX, FM/AI5P, FM/F5LGE, FO/N6JA, FP5KE, FS/F6AUS, H74LEON, HC1MD, HD2M, HZ1DG/p (AS-193), J38XX, J6/K8EAB, J6/W3FF, J68UN, JT5DX, JW5E, JW7XM, JW8AJA, JY4NE, KH2/N2NL, KH7Y, KL7RRC/p (NA-235), OH1K (EU-173), OJ0B, OX2A, OX3DB, PJ2/N1ZZ, PJ2/N2MF, PJ2/OH1VR, PJ2/W0NB, PJ2/W8AV, PJ2A, PJ2MI, PJ2T, PJ4/PG4M, PJ4D, PJ4I, PJ4N, PJ4R, PJ5/AA4NC, PJ5/AH6HY, PJ5/K1XM, PJ5/SP6IXF, PJ6A, PJ7E, R1FJM, S21YX, S50O, S79SAL, ST2AR, SY8AN, T30OU, T70A, T88CW, T94MZ, TG9NX, TO2HI, UK8UC, V31YN, V31YY, V48M, V51AS, V73NS, V73RRC, VE1AWW/CY0, VK0KEV, VP2MSC, VP5/G0UNU (NA-003), XE2WWW, XF1RCS (NA-171), YI9PSE, YN2DD, YS4/N0AT, Z23MS, Z24EA, ZD9AH, ZD9T, ZK3YA, ZL8X, ZS3D. **************************************************************************** 425 DX NEWS HOME PAGE: http://www.425dxn.org 425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE: http://www.425dxn.org/monthly **************************************************************************** 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 **************************************************************************** Direttore Responsabile Gabriele Villa, I2VGW Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 071675 Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti Roma, Italia **************************************************************************** # # # # # # # # # # NEW ARTICLE # # # # # # # # # # From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:28:35 +0100 Subject: [425ENG] 425 DX News #1037 [Calendar] 19 March 2011 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1037 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* CALENDAR ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW PERIOD CALL REF till 19/03 PJ7/W8EB and PJ7B: Sint Maarten (NA-105) 1033 till 20/03 7P8CF and 7P8KDJ: Lesotho 1035 till 20/03 9G1AA: Ghana 1034 till 20/03 II0ICH: La Maddalena (EU-041) 1031 till 20/03 II0IDP: Sardinia (EU-024) 1031 till 21/03 CN2MR: Morocco 1036 till 21/03 FP/W6HGF: Miquelon (NA-032) 1036 till 21/03 K4J: Puerto Rico 1036 till 21/03 MJ0CFW: Jersey (EU-013) 1035 till 21/03 PJ2/NA6YL and PJ2W: Curacao (SA-099) 1037 till 23/03 7P8PB: Lesotho 1035 till 28/03 6W/RZ0SR, 6W/UA0SC, 6W/UA0SE, 6W/UA0SW, 6V7D: Senegal 1036 till 28/03 J73CCM: Dominica (NA-101) 1033 till 28/03 J79M: Dominica (NA-101) 1033 till 30/03 PJ2/DO7DP: Curacao (SA-099) 1036 till 30/03 S21YZ: Bangladesh 1037 till 30/03 TJ3FC: special callsign (Cameroon) 1036 till 30/03 V47JA: St. Kitts (NA-104) 1032 till 31/03 6W2SC: Senegal 1029 till 31/03 CE2/CX1EK: Chile 1020 till 31/03 FG/F6ITD: Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe (NA-102) 1035 till 31/03 IO7DAI: special callsign 1025 till 31/03 J5UAP: Guinea-Bissau 1029 till 31/03 LM11SKI: special callsign 1030 till 31/03 VU4PB: Andaman Islands (AS-001) 1034 till 31/03 VY0JA: Ellesmere Island (NA-008) 1033 till 31/03 ZL50VK: special event callsign 1026 till March D2SG: Angola 1009 till 06/04 CT9/DL3KWR and CT9/DL3KWF: Madeira (AF-014) 1034 till 08/04 9N7AN: Nepal 1036 till 12/04 H44MS: Guadalcanal (OC-047), Solomon Islands 1027 till 16/04 5X1NH: Uganda 1033 till 22/04 D2QR: Angola 993 till 30/04 4X20HC and 4Z20HC: special callsigns 1030 till April 9M2MRS: Penang Island (AS-015) 1014 till 01/05 CN2PV: Morocco 1031 till 05/05 ZS8M: Marion Island (AF-021) 1029 till 15/05 HR5/F2JD: Honduras 1035 till 30/06 HG2011: special event stations 1030 till May D2AK: Angola 993 till August RI1FJ: Franz Josef Land (EU-019) 1008 till 30/09 IO4UI: special callsign 1034 till September P29CW: Papua New Guinea (OC-034) 1030 till September ZD9GI: Gough Island (AF-030) 1011 till 25/10 5B50J: special callsign (Cyprus) 1001 till November 9Q6CC: Democratic Republic of the Congo 1017 till 31/12 BP100: special callsign 1001 till 31/12 BV100: special callsign 1001 till 31/12 CW5RV: special callsign 1028 till 31/12 GB65ISWL: special callsign 1026 till 31/12 HB60LU: special event callsign (Switzerland) 1029 till 31/12 HG200LST: special event callsign 1025 till 31/12 IA7MM: special event station 1025 till 31/12 II1ITA, II5ITA, II0ITA: special callsigns 1022 till 31/12 II1TO: special callsign 1030 till 31/12 PI30ETL: special event callsign 1025 till 31/12 RI1ANC: Vostok Station, Antarctica 1019 19/03-21/03 V521NAM: special callsign (Namibia) 1036 19/03-29/03 VK9CF: Cocos (Keeling) Island (OC-003) 1036 20/03-01/04 5P5K: Romo Island (EU-025) 1037 20/03-23/03 BJ8TA: EME and satellites expedition 1037 20/03-01/04 TO11A: Guadeloupe (NA-102) 1037 20/03-27/03 VK6HZ: Rottnest Island (OC-164) 1037 20/03-26/03 Z22CW: Zimbabwe 1036 21/03-26/03 2E0WMG andd G0DVJ: Lundy Island (EU-120) 1035 22/03-30/03 MJ/K8PT and MJ/K3PLV: Jersey (EU-013) 1037 22/03-06/04 PJ2DX, PJ2/ N4RV, PJ2/K2PLF, PJ2T: Curacao (SA-099) 1037 22/03-26/03 VK7DI: Deal Island (OC-195) 1035 23/03-02/04 J45PO: Rhodes (EU-001) 1037 23/03-30/03 V31MM, V31GB, V31PM: Belize 1037 23/03-20/04 VP5/W5CW and VQ51V: Caicos Islands (NA-002) 1037 23/03-05/04 ZF2AE and ZF2AE/ZF8: Cayman Islands (NA-016) 1037 24/03-03/04 8P9CW, 8P9WF, 8P9UU, 8P9PF: Barbados (NA-021) 1037 24/03-27/03 IF9A: Favignana Island (EU-054) 1037 26/03-27/03 4W3A: Timor Leste 1037 26/03-27/03 BV100: Liuchiu Island (AS-155) 1035 27/03 K5B: special event station 1037 28/03-18/04 9L5MS: Sierra Leone 1035 28/03-01/04 BJ8TA: EME and satellites expedition 1037 28/03-11/04 TM300CDXC: special event callsign (France) 1037 31/03-13/04 EL: Liberia * by I2YSB and others 1034 March 7Q7HB: Malawi 1034 March FT5YK/p, VP8DLM, CE9XX: Antarctic cruise 1032 02/04-07/04 P29VCX: Feni Islands (OC-101) 1027 03/04-16/04 P4/W1HEO: Aruba (SA-036) 1029 07/04-10/04 EG5CI: Columbretes Islands (EU-069) 1033 08/04-09/04 K6VVA/6: St. George Reef (NA-184) 1037 08/04-14/04 P29NI: Nuguria Islands (OC-257) 1027 09/04 4D69DM: special event station 1037 15/04-18/04 P29VLR: Green Islands (OC-231) 1027 15/04-22/04 PJ2/PA7JWC and PJ2/PD7DB: Curacao (SA-099) 1037 17/04-20/04 VK4LDX/p: Magnetic Island (OC-171) 1037 18/04-24/04 4A0IARU: special callsign 1037 18/04-28/04 T31A: Central Kiribati (OC-043) 1028 18/04-25/04 TO2FH: Mayotte (AF-027) 1037 22/04-25/04 P29VCX: Misima Island (OC-117) 1027 25/04-27/04 P29VCX: Loloata Island (OC-240) 1027 29/04-01/05 XF2P: Isla de Lobos (NA-221) 1035 April 7Q7HB: Malawi 1034 April XK1T: Tent Island (NA-193) 1031 May T6PSE: Afghanistan 1017 01/06-31/07 DL0YLWM: special event callsign 1037 14/06-28/06 V25DD, V25DR, V25TP: Antigua (NA-100) 1031 15/06-22/06 MS0INT: EU-010, EU-059, EU-111 1021 22/06-06/07 PJ6: Saba (NA-145) * by K5AND, W5OZI, K5TR 1019 06/07-16/07 JX7VPA: Jan Mayen (EU-022) 1029 08/07-17/07 VK9HR: Lord Howe Island (OC-004) 1037 21/07-27/07 KL: NA-242 * by K6VVA and K9AJ 1011 27/07-31/07 W4T: Tangier Island (NA-083) 1029 30/07-31/07 YB9WZJ/p: Doom Island (OC-239) 1033 16/09-26/09 4W: Atauro Island (OC-232) 1032 28/09-26/10 T32C: Kiritimati (OC-024), Eastern Kiribati 1031 01/10-11/10 Conway Reef * by YT1AD, K3LP and others 1007 26/10-09/11 PJ7X, PJ7NK, PJ7J: Sint Maarten (NA-105) 1033 November KH5: Jarvis Island (OC-081) 1009 *************************************************************************** 425 DX NEWS HOME PAGE: http://www.425dxn.org 425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE: http://www.425dxn.org/monthly *************************************************************************** Direttore Responsabile Gabriele Villa, I2VGW Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 071675 Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti Roma, Italia *************************************************************************** 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