9 June 2001 No 527
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3V - Hrane, YT1AD reports he is planning an operation from Galite Island
(AF-???) to take place, possibly as 3V2GI or 3V8GI, between 5 and 12
July.
5R - Jack, F6BUM reports he will operate from Madagascar (AF-013) between
2 and 27 September. He will be active form either AF-090 (3-7
September) and AF-057 (23-26 September). He prefers CW.
9A - Look for Bill, 9A/ON5JE to be active from EU-170 between 30 June and
19 July. QSL via home call. [TNX ON4BB]
9A - IN3YGW, IN3TJV and IN3DEI will be signing 9A/home call from Rab
Island (EU-136) for three weeks starting on 30 June. They plan to
operate on all bands and modes. QSL for all via IN3YGW. [TNX IN3DEI]
C6 - University of Tennessee Amateur Radio Club members Mike (KJ4Z), Dan
(K2VOL) and Bret (K4TKE) will be active (on 80-10 meteres SSB, CW
and RTTY) as C6/home call from Eleuthera (NA-001), Bahamas on 13-22
July. QSLs for all operators should go to KJ4Z (Mike Coffey, P.O.
Box 7033, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-3333, USA). Logs and photos will be
available during the expedition on the group's website at
http://www.utarc.org/bahamas/ [TNX KJ4Z]
C6 - Joe/W8GEX, Kirk/W8QID, Ron/W8ILC, Byron/WA8NJR, Mike/N9NS and
Jim/K8FL will be active (on 40-6 metres CW, SSB and PSK-31) from
Eleuthera Island (NA-001, WWL FL15), Bahamas between 25 July and 1
August. They will participate in the IOTA Contest as C6DX (QSL via
N8QET). Outside the contest look for C6AJR (QSL via W8GEX) or home
calls/C6A. [TNX W8GEX]
C9 - Look for C93AN, C93DU (JR6XIW), C93EN (JJ6VOV) and C93ET (JG6BKB) to
be active on HF and 6 metres from Mozambique between 30 June and 9
July. [TNX JI6KVR]
EI - The Cambridge University Wireless Society will be active as
EI/G6UW/P from the West Coast of Ireland on 19-23 June. Islands to
be visited will depend on local sea conditions, but the group hope
to visit at least two of the following: The Aran Islands (EU-006),
Great Blasket Island (EU-007) and Inishboffin (EU-121). QSL via
M0BLF or (preferably) via the form available at
http://www.cam.ac.uk/societies/cuws/dxped/ [TNX M0BLF]
EM - Alex, UR5EAW reports that the Ukranian Amateur Radio League (UARL)
will be active in the IARU HF World Championship (14-15 July) from
the UARL Headquarters in Lisichansk using the special callsign
EM0HQ. A certificate is available free of charge for contacting
EM0HQ during the HF World Championship, for further information
please e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] [TNX UR5EAW]
ES - Special call ES8SC will be aired through 31 August for the "Summer
Capital Award" (http://www.ppnet.ee/sc_award.htm). [TNX ES8AS]
EY - Nodir/EY8MM, Vladimir/EY8HB and Faruh/EY8AV plan to climb a nameless
peak (5800-5900 metres asl) in central Pamir and name it "Radio
Amateur's Peak". The group has applied for special call EY1ARP to be
used while operating (on 20 and 40 metres) from the peak. They will
be leaving Dushanbe on 3 July and expect to start the climbing
around the 7th. The web page for the operation is at
http://www.qsl.net/ey8mm/ey1arp.html [TNX DL8AAM and The Daily DX]
F - Look for Eric, F5SSM/P and Valery, F5IDJ/P to operate from Berclau
Island (not IOTA, DIFI 59-001R and 62-001R) on 9 June. QSL via home
calls through the REF bureau. [TNX F5IDJ]
FO - Yves, F6CTL expects to be active as FO/F6FTL from Rangiroa (OC-066),
French Polynesia between mid June and mid July. [TNX The Daily DX]
FR - Carlo, I4ALU will be active (on HF bands CW only) as FR/I4ALU/p from
Reunion Island (AF-016) on 15-28 August. QSL via I4ALU (Carlo
Amorati, Via Battistelli 10, 40122 Bologna - BO, Italy), [TNX I4ALU]
GD - Wade, AA8LL and Liz, K8LIZ will operate (on 10-40 metres SSB) as
MD/AA8LL and MD/K8LIZ from the Isle of Man (EU-116) on 15-17 June.
QSL via home calls. [TNX AA8LL]
HL - Kim/HL1OYF, Phil/HL1TXQ, Han/HL1VAU, Jeon/DS3BGI and Jeon/DS1EVQ
will be active (on 40-10 metres, WARC bands excluded, CW and SSB) as
home call/2 from Tokchok Island (AS-090) on 27-29 July. They will
have two stations with a beam, dipoles and a 500W amplifier and will
participate in the IOTA Contest (Han, HL1VAU/2 will be competing in
the SO 12H category). QSL for all via HL1OYF either direct (P.O.Box
54, Dong-Jak, Seoul 156-600, South Korea) or through the bureau.
Further information and logs will be available at
http://www.qsl.net/hl1vau/iota2001/ (under construction). [TNX
HL1VAU]
HR - Ray, WA9YYY will be operating as HR6/WA9YYY from Roatan Island
(NA-057), Honduras on 16-23 June. Primary bands will be 20 and 12
meters, mostly CW. QSL via WA9YYY either direct or through the
bureau. [TNX WA9YYY]
HS - Champ, E21EIC reports the following operators are expected to
participate in the All Asian DX Contest (CW) on 16-17 June:
Yong, HS4BPQ as SOSB 15m, low power (QSL via E21EIC);
Choon, E20HHK as SOSB 10m, low power (QSL via E21EIC);
Son, HS6NDK as SOSB 20m, low power (QSL via HS1CKC);
Nut, E20RRW as SOSB 40m, low power (QSL via E21EIC);
Champ, E21EIC as SOAB, low power (look for him on 3.524 MHz between
19.30 UTC and 22.30 UTC).
I - Augusto/IK4RQJ, Alessandro/IK4ALM and Giuseppe/IK4HLQ will operate
(on 10-40 metres SSB) as home call/4 from Scanno di Piallazza
(EU-155, IIA FE-001) between 7 and 10 June. QSL via home calls
either direct or through the bureau. [TNX IK4RQJ]
I - Luigi, IC8GVV plans to operate (on 40-6 metres) from the Lighthouse
at Punta Carena (WAIL CA-008) on Capri Island (EU-031, IIA NA-006)
on 17 June. He might be joined by Giovanni, IC8CDU and Pasquale,
IC8CQF. QSL via IC8GVV either direct (Luigi Esposito, Via Tamborio
5, 80073 Capri - NA, Italy) or through the bureau.
I - Operators from ARI Trieste will be active as IQ3V from Vittoria
Lighthouse (WAIL FV-01) on 18-19 August. QSL via IV3LNQ either
direct (Luigi Lenardon, P.O. Box 3959, 34148 Trieste - TS, Italy) or
through the bureau. [TNX IV3LNQ]
I - Claudio, I1SNW reports he will be signing ID9/I1SNW from the Eolie
Islands (EU-017) on 13-27 August. QSL via home call either direct
(Claudio Scaglia, P.O. Box 161, 14100 Astri - AT, Italy) or through
the bureau.
JW - Tom, LA4LN will be operating as JW4LN from Spitsbergen (EU-026) and
Bear Island (EU-027) on 6-23 July. He will be active during his
spare time, mainly in his evenings and when time permits. Look for
him on 40, 30 and 20 metres CW, and on 50110 kHz +/- 10 as well.
Some activity on RTYY and PSK-31 is also possible. QSL direct to
LA4LN (Tom V. Segalstad, P.O. Box 15 Kjelsas, N-0411 Oslo, Norway).
Tom reports that postal rates will suffer a 25% increase effective 1
July and from that date one green stamp will not cover the postage
for one QSL card from Norway any loger. [TNX LA4LN]
KG4 - Pat, W5OZI and Dale, AA5XE will operate as KG4ZI and KG4XE
respectively from Guantanamo Bay (NA-015, WWL FK29) between 29 June
and 5 July. Operation will be primarily on 6 metres with possible
activity on HF. Proposed frequencies will be 50.102 MHz for CW/SSB,
QSX 50.115 or per operators instructions if pileups are large. There
will be a breakable beacon on 50.102 MHz and the operators will man
the station to the maximum extent possible. QSL direct to home
calls. Questions can be submitted to W5OZI ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or AA5XE
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [TNX AA5XE]
KH0 - The Northern Kyushu DX Club will be active as KH0N and WH0C from the
Mariana Islands (OC-086) on 15-19 June, All Asia DX Contest
included. Outside the contest they will operate also on 6 metres and
the WARC bands. [TNX The Daily DX]
OH - Look for OH6HJE, OH6NJ, OH6UV and OH6MTG to be active (on HF, 6m, 2m
and 70cm) as OH6AW/8 from Hailuoto Island (EU-184) between 29 June
and 5 July. [TNX OH6NJ]
OZ - Klaus, DL7UXG will be active (on 10-80 metres CW and SSB) as
OZ/DL7UXG/p from Bornholm Island (EU-030) on 5-18 August. QSL via
DL7UXG. [TNX DL7UXG]
PY - PS7ZZ, PS7HF, PS7KC and others will be active (on all bands SSB. CW,
RTTY and PSK-31) as PQ7ZZ from the Lighthouse at Cabo Sao Roque (DFB
RN-06, new one for the WLH Award) on 13-17 June. QSL via PS7ZZ
(Francisco Edvaldo P de Freitas, Av. Sao Miguel dos Caribes 31 -
Conj Jiqui, 59086-500 Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil). [TNX
PS7ZZ]
PY - Look for PU1NEZ/p (Carlos), PY1AMF/p (Martins), PY1LVF/p (Zeca),
PY1NEW/p (Pete) and PY1NEZ/p (Lima) to be active (on 80-6 metres CW
and SSB) from Frances Island (SA-077, WWL GG97) on 5-8 July. QSL
PY1AMF/p via PY1NEZ, others via home call either dircet or through
the bureau. [TNX PY1NEZ]
SP - Special station 3Z0GI will be activated (on HF & UHF bands CW and
SSB) between 10 June and 30 July to celebrate the 666 anniversary of
the town of Gorowo Ilaweckie. QSL via SP4CUF. [TNX SP4CUF]
SP - Look for 3Z0WI to operate CW and SSB from Wolin Island (EU-132) on
14-17 June. QSL via SP4KIE. [TNX SP6TPM]
SP - Marek, SP2OVN reports that SP2LLW, SP2CYK and propably SP2QCW will
be signing home call/1 from Wolin Island (EU-132) on 14-17 June. QSL
via home calls.
SV - Special event station SW1SPA will be operated by Kostas/SV1ENI,
Manos/SV1DZB, John/SV1DKR, Stathis/SV1DKL and Antonis/SV1ENG on
15-25 June from Euboea to celebrate the Cultural Festival of
Aedipsos. IOTA chasers please note that contacts with Euboea will
count for EU-060 until 1 February 2005. QSL via SV1ENI. [TNX SV1DKL]
SV5 - Look for Carl, GW0VSW to be active as SV5/GW0VSW from Rhodes
(EU-001) on 16-30 June. He plans to operate mainly CW on all bands
40-10 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
TA - Rafal, SP6TPM reports he will be joining the TA2KI team for the
operation from Kefken Island (AS-???) [425DXN 513]. The activity is
expected to take place on 23-25 June, subject to receiving a special
permission from the local authorities as the island is under
military control. [TNX SP6TPM]
TA - Look for Rafal, TA0/SP6TPM/m to operate from Gokceada (EU-186) on
26-27 June and from Bozcaada (AS-099) on 28-29 June. QSL via home
call. [TNX SP6TPM]
UA - Look for UA1TAN, UA1TBK and RA1TC to operate SSB and CW from Eyskay
Kosa (not IOTA, RR-17-02) and Dolgiye (not IOTA, RR-17-01) islands
in Azov Sea between 8 and 15 June. QSL via home calls. [TNX UA1TAN]
UA - RW4LAL, UA4LU and UA4LDP will be active as UE4LKI from Krasnoyarski
Island (RR-26-new one) on 10-12 June. QSL via UA4LDP either direct
or through the bureau. [TNX DL8AAM]
UR - Andy/UX2RY, Alex/UY2RO, George/UY2RA, Irina/UY2RY, Witaly/UX2RV,
Yuri/UT0RW, George/UY5XE, Eugen/US5UM, Vlad/U5UG, Vlad/UR4UKV and
others will operate as UR4RZA/p from Pravednyi Island (not IOTA, UIA
DN 051) on 14-17 June. Activity is expected to take place on 10-80 m
CW/SSB and via satellite. QSL via UX2RY either direct (Andy
Asriyanz, P.O.Box 14, Slavutich-3, Kiev obl., 07100, Ukraine) or
through the bureau.
UR - Serge/UA6MC, Alex/RV6LSS, Oleg/UA6LP, Alex/RK4HM, Vit/UX7IM and
Oleg/UR3IFD plan to be active from Djulka Island (not IOTA,
RR-17-04) on 10-13 June and from Zeleniy Island (not IOTA, RR-17-
new) on 14-17 June. They will also try to visit and operate from
Peschanie Island (not IOTA, RR-17-03). [TNX UR3IFD]
V3 - Rick, W7AV reports he will operate (callsign to be issued upon
arrival) from Ambergris Caye (NA-073), Belize on 22-29 June. He
plans to be active on 80-10 meters SSB and CW, possibly PSK31 as
well. QSL direct to W7AV.
VE - James, W2RA reports he will be back in Iqaluit on Baffin Island
(NA-047, Zone 2) on 11-17 June and plans to operate as W2RA/VY0 as
his work schedule permits. Activity will be mainly on 20 and 17
metres CW, possibly on 30 and 15 metres CW as well depending on
propagation. QSL via W2RA.
VE - Canadian amateurs with VA2 and VE2 prefixes have been authorized to
use CF2 and CG2 from 15 June to 15 July to celebrate the 50th
anniversary of the founding of the "Radioamateurs du Quebec, Inc."
(RAQI). RAQI has also obtained a special callsign (VC2A) which can
be used by individuals or groups. For more details pleae visit
http://www.marc.qc.ca/raqi0105.html [TNX VE2MBS]
VE - Gilles, VE2MAM will be operating from Grande Basque Island (NA-125)
on 16-21 June. (on 20, 17 and 15 metres, but he will try 10, 12 and
40 metres as well). [TNX VE2MAM]
VK - Peter, VK8PW will be operating (SSB only on 10-20 metres) again as
VK8PW/8 from the Trust Territory of Arnhem Land in Northern
Australia from 22 June through the end of August. There is a
possibility to operate for a few days from OC-229 as well. QSL via
home call either direct or through the VK8 bureau. [TNX VK8PW]
VP9 - Adrian, G0KOM will be active as G0KOM/VP9 from the Bermuda Islands
(NA-005) on 14-22 July. He will have a vertical for HF bands and a
5-element for 6 metres. [TNX OZ6OM]
W - Henry, KC6VNA will be active (on +/- 14.260 MHZ low power) from
Santa Rosa Island (NA-144) on 17-19 June. QSL via K6FQ. [TNX DL2VFR]
W - Gary, N4DL plans to be active from Treasure Island (NA-034) on 12
June from 13 UTC to 17 UTC. Look for him at +/- 14055 kHz QRP. QSL
via N4DL either direct (Gary Powell, 1108 Devonshire Lane, Lakeland,
FL 33813, USA) or through the bureau. [TNX N4DL]
XE - Seven operators from Quintana Roo will be active as XF3CI from
Contoy Island (NA-045) on 21-22 June. They will operate on 10-80
metres SSB, CW and RTTY. It will be a first time operation from this
national park island. QSL via XE3OYJ either direct (P.O. Box 1883,
Cancun, Quintana Roo 77501, Mexico) or through the bureau. [TNX
XE1KK]
YB - The boat carrying Hajar/YB8HZ, Eddy/YC8HU, Murad/YD8EAQ and
Abdullah/YD8GKZ to Sabalana Island (OC-???) [425DXN 526] had to turn
about due to engine problems. The team was expected to start
operating on 8 or 9 June for ten days; now they hope the engine can
be fixed over the weekend and depart on 11 June. [TNX G3ZAY and
Islands On The Web]
ZK1_sc - Mark, KM6HB reports will be active as ZK1AHB from the South Cook
Islands as follows:
7-8 August from Rarotonga (OC-013),
9-11 August from Mangaia (OC-159),
11-16 August from Aitutaki (OC-083),
13-17 August from Rarotonga (OC-013).
He plans to operate on all modes including RTTY and PSK-31. QSL via
KM6HB either direct or through the bureau.
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CHESTERFIELD ---> Bill, VK4FW is looking for operators for the planned
DXpedition to the Chesterfields. The trip is scheduled to take place between
1 and 19 September. If interested please e-mail Bill at
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
QSL AS-154 ---> Cards have arrived from the printer and Nando, IT9YRE has
started processing the 1000+ direct requests received so far for the recent
operation from Giresun Island (TA0/IT9YRE, TA0/IT9WDY, YM0KG). QSL can be
sent to IT9YRE either direct (Ferdinando Rubino, P.O. Box 30, 96012 Avola -
SR, Italy) or through the bureau. [TNX IT9YRE]
QSL 9G1MR ---> Dima, UA3AGW operated from 9G1MR during the CQ WW WPX CW
Contest and cards can be sent to either UA3AGW or Mario, IK3HHX. Also please
note that IK3HHX is *not* the QSL manager for 9G0ARS (QSL via UA3AGW).
QSL G3HTA/p ---> John, G3HTA reports he now has a QSL manager who will handle
all his home and portable IOTA operations. Cards for John's 10-22 June
operation [425DXN 523] from the Scilly Isles (EU-011) should therefore be
sent to G3RUV: A.T.James, 37 Stratford Avenue, Whipton, Exeter, Devon EX4
8ES, UK
QSL PJ5/UA1ACX ---> Cards can be sent (either direct or through the bureau)
to Dima's QSL manager, RV1CC (Vladimir Sidorov, P.O.Box 7, St.Petersburg,
191011 Russia). Direct cards can also be sent to Dima himself: Dmitri
Tonkopi, University of Sint Eustatius School of Medicine, Golden Rock, P. O.
Box 73, St. Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles. Vladimir
(http://www.qsl.net/rv1cc) reports that cards should arrive from the printer
in mid June.
QSL YI1BGD/5 ---> Cards should be sent to Diya, YI1DZ and not to Cliff, G0MMI
(he can confirm only contacts made with YI1BGD operated by Rodger, G0TLC).
QSL VIA I6BQI ---> Angelo reports several cards for his February-March
activity as A35BQ, YJ0ABQ and ZK2BQI still arrive to his old address. Please
note that the correct address is - and has been for the last three years -
Angelo Brandolini, Contrada Colle di Giogo 36/A, 65010 Moscufo - PE, Italy.
He has already replied to some 3,000 QSLs and expects to process outstanding
requests within May. Logs are available at http://www.qsl.net/i6bqi
WRTC 2002 ---> Ari, OH1EH reports that some of the WRTC 2002 representatives
will be attending a number of events in the near future:
- HamCom 2001 (Arlington, TX) on 8-10 June - meet Martti, OH2BH and Dennis,
K7BV
- Ham Radio Fair 2001 (Friedrichshafen, Germany) on 29 June-1 July - meet
Ari/OH1EH, Timo/OH1NOA and Jari/OH2BU
- Hietahami 2001 (Oulu, Finland) on 5-8 July - meet several representatives
at the biggest annual amateur radio event in Finland
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LOGS: The logs for 5A24PA are now available at http://dx.qsl.net and cards
are currently being printed. QSL via PA1AW.
LOGS: Logs for J28BS (January 1993, October-November 1994 and April 1999)
are available at http://www.ve9dx.com/f5phw/j28bs.html [TNX F5PHW]
LOGS: Logs for 6W1/F5PHW (April-June 1994 and May 1997) are available at
http://www.ve9dx.com/f5phw/6w1-f5phw.html [TNX F5PHW]
PV0F: Dennis, K7BV departed Fernando de Noronha after 6800+ QSOs (1/6m,
991/10m, 426/12m, 1671/15m, 703/17m, 997/20m, 574/30m, 1145/40m,
257/80m, 38/160m). He operated from Andre's (PY0FF) resort on the
island (http://www.noronha.com.br/). The final logs are avalable at
http://www.qth.com/k7bv/py0f; QSL via KU9C. [TNX WC7N]
QSL DB: Boye Christensen, OZ7C has updated his QSL DBase (which now contains
283,612 unique records) for Packet Cluster. You can download
oz7c0106.exe at:
http://www.muurkrant.com/pi4com/QSLDatabase/index.html
A search engine is available at http://www.hammall.com [TNX OZ7C,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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QSL received direct: 3D2AG/P, 3D2CI, 3G0Y, 3G0Z, 3Z1DXC, 5A1A, 5N9EAM, 5T5U,
5U2K, 5U3T, 5U5A, 5X1GS, 7Z1AC, BY6RC, CN8LI, D2BB, D4A, DS0NO, EK0I (AS-059,
09/91)EP3SMH, EW4MM, EZ0/UT3UV, FO0BOG (OC-067),FO0DER, FO0POM, FO0WEG,
FS/AH8DX, FY5KE, H44MS, HC8N, HL0O, J6/OH1HX, JI3DST/6 (AS-012), JI3DST/6
(AS-032), JI3DST/1 (AS-043), JI3DST/6 (AS-067), JI3DST/6 (AS-079), JI3DST/8
(AS-147), JI3DST/JA6 (AS-049), JX7DFA, K5K, KG4VL, KH0A, KH8/N5OLS, KP2/K9TM,
LY5W, MJ/K3PLV, PJ7/G2GSJ, R200AP, R3RRC/6, RA1QQ/1 (EU-147), RF1P (EU-102),
RI1OSW (EU-066), S07U, S79WB, SV1IW/8 (EU-174), T32RD, TF8GX, TG9/IK2NCJ,
TG9IGI, TX8G, UK9AA, V47UY, V51AS, V63YT, V73AX, V73CW, VK9CXF, VK9CXJ,
VK9CXW, VK9XT, VP2EK, VP5VAC/P (NA-003), VP9/DL3OCH, VU2PAI (AS-096), VY0RR,
YJ0ABQ (OC-035), ZB2FK, ZF8/ZF2JC.
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