05 January 2002 No 557
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and to Alexander G. Venderovich, UA9MHN, who has been producing a Russian
version since February 2001. You can find them at
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form.
3W - "La Gazette du DX" reports that Jacques, F6BUM plans to be active
on CW and SSB from the islands of Tam (AS-157) on 14-16 March, Cham
(AS-???) on 21-23 March and Cat Ba (AS-132) on 3-5 April. QSL via
F6BUM.
BV - David, BA4DW reports he will be on business trip to Taiwan on 11-20
January and has been issued a licence which allows him to guest
operate and he plans to be QRV during his free time from some local
BV stations. QSL via home call (David Y. J. Zhou, P.O. Box 040-088,
Shanghai, 200040, China).
CE9_ssh - Oleg, UA1PBA [425DXN 549] was active as CE9/R1ANF from a Chilean
base on King George Island in the South Shetlands (AN-010). He is
expected to operate again from CE9 on 8 January. QSL via RK1PWA.
[TNX DL5EBE]
GJ - Martin Atherton, G3ZAY and Dominic Smith, M0BLF will operate as
GJ6UW from Jersey (EU-013) from the afternoon of 15 February to
the morning of the 17th. They will be active from a location in the
north of the island and hope to work on all bands from topband to
ten metres, SSB and CW. QSL via M0BLF either direct or through the
bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
KG4 - Florida DXPedition Group members Bill, W4WX (KG4DX) and Larry, W1LR
(KG4LR) will be active from Guantanamo Bay on 11-19 January. Look
for them on all bands, including 6 metres, on CW, SSB, RTTY and
PSK-31. QSL to home calls either direct or through the bureau. [TNX
W4WX]
KH0 - Toshi, JP1IOF and Yoshi, JE2EHP will operate as KH0WW and K1HP/KH0
respectively from Saipan (OC-086), Northern Marianas on 25-28
January. They plan to be active 160-6 metres SSB, CW, FM and RTTY.
QSl via home calls. [TNX JE2EHP]
KH0 - Oita DX Club members JA6BTO (KH0/JA6BTO), JA6HJP (KF4LX/AH0),
JA6LZN (KH0/JA6LZN), JA6PBO (KK7UB/KH0), JA6VQA (WH0B) and JH6ALF
(AB2GA/KH0) will be active from from Saipan, Northern Marianas
(OC-086) on 7-10 February. They plan to oprate CW, SSB, SSTV and
RTTY with an emphasis on the low and WARC bands and 6 metres. QSLs
via home calls either direct or through the JARL bureau. [TNX
JA6VQA]
KH1 - Hrane, YT1AD and others plan to be active from Baker Island
(OC-089) for ten days in early May. Further information is expected
in due course. [TNX The Daily DX]
OA - Rene, DL2JRM and Daniel, DL5SE [425DXN 549] are now active on
160-10 metres as 4T4X and 4T4V from the station at the Radio Club
Peruano (OA4O) until 13 January. It is not clear whether they will
be active also from San Lorenzo (SA-052) Island as previously
announced. QSL 4T4X via DL2JRM, QSL 4T4V via DL5SE. [TNX OA4AHW]
ON - UBA club section Gulden Spoor KTK (ON6CK and OT0R) will operate
through 31 December as OP0GS to celebrate the 700th anniversary of
the Battle of the Golden Spurs at Kortrijk. QSL via ON4ON. [TNX
ON9CGB]
OZ - Look for Sandro, OZ/DD3SP/p and Uwe, OZ/DL3BQA/p to be active (on
HF, 6 and 2 metres mainly SSB) from Laeso Island (EU-088) on 5-11
February. QSL via home calls. [TNX DL3BQA]
R1_ant - Alex, RA1PC is currently stationed at the Russian Antarctic Base
"Vostok" (IOTA AN-016, WABA UA-010) [425DXN 548] but his busy work
schedule has prevented him from being active so far. Alan, UA1PAC
will be leaving Russia on 6 January and will be joined by by Mike,
RW1AI. They will operate from Vostok Base as as R1ANC (QSL via
DL5EBE) and RW1AI/ANT (QSL via home call) respectively. [TNX
DL5EBE]
R1_ant - Nikolai Makarov, UA3YH/AB0KG will be active as R1ANM from the
"Amundsen-Scott" South Pole station (AN-016, WABA K-08) between 9
and 20 January. He plans to operate both CW and SSB mainly on 20
metres, with some sporadic activity on 15 and 10 metres. Look for
him on or around 14020/14160 kHz at 16-19 UTC (Europe) and
14020/14243 kHz at 0-2 UTC (North America, South America and Asia).
QSL via UA3YH through the bureau or direct to AB0KG (P.O.Box 18118,
Boulder, CO 80308-1118, USA). [TNX RW3XA]
T8 & V6 - Tony, K2NV will be on vacation in the Pacific on 12-22 January. He
will operate (mostly CW, with some SSB and RTTY) from T88ZZ on
Palau (OC-009) on 12-15 January and from V63RF on Pohnpei (OC-010)
on 18-22 January. QSL via K2NV. [TNX The Daily DX]
TI - Bob, AA1M (CW) and Mike, W1USN (SSB) will be operating from Costa
Rica (TI2) between 4 and 11 February. QSLs via home calls either
direct or through the bureau. [TNX AA1M]
V3 - Gerd, DJ4KW and Gisela, DK9GG will be active from Belize as V31YN
and V31GW respectively for four weeks starting on 5 January. They
plan to operate CW, RTTY and PSK-31. [TNX DX Newsletter]
VK9_mr - The team that operated from Willis Island (VK9WI) in 2000 and
Mellish Reef (VK9ML) last year will be going back to Mellish
between 12 and 22 April. They plan to be active again as VK9ML on
160-6 metres and to concentrate on CW and the WARC bands. Their web
site is at http://www.qsl.net/vk9ml/2002/ [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
VP8 - Mike, VP8CMH/mm reports that the attempt at getting to Halley Base
(75S-035W) has been cancelled due to the heavy pack that is
currently in the southern Weddell Sea. Mike is now heading for the
Falklands and "as yet I don't know if we are going to be calling in
at Signy [VP8SIG] and/or South Georgia [VP8SGK]" [425DXN 537], he
says. From the Falklands they will again head for Halley, hopefully
arriving towards the end of January. [TNX DL5EBE]
VP8 - The Daily DX reports that operational dates for the activities from
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands [425DXN 553] "are
entirely dependent on the weather, sea and ice conditions in the
South Atlantic. If the team can manage to operate from South
Sandwich it should be expected towards the 3rd week of January and
for only a few days (perhaps 3-4). The group hopes to be at South
Georgia for a longer period, perhaps 10 days, during the later part
of January to early February". Calls and QSL managers will not be
made public until the operations start.
XV_spr - Yuki, JI6KVR reports that VARC (Vietnam Amateur Radio Club) is
planning to be active as XV9TH from the Spratly Islands (AS-051) in
April. Further information is expected in due course.
YA - The Daily DX reports that there is no genuine YA5T operators
currently active from Afghanistan. Peter, ON6TT expects to go back
to Islamabad on 20 January and then to Kabul within the following
few days, while Mark, ON4WW will leave on 6 January and head to
Afghanistan via United Arab Emirates and Pakistan. Do not forget to
visit http://www.qsl.net/ya5t/ for updates.
ZF - Lou, KE1F will be active (on 10-160 metres CW, SSB and perhaps
RTTY) as ZF2LM from Grand Cayman Island (NA-016) on 14-30 January.
QSL via AF2C. [TNX KE1F]
ZS_ant - Now that the summer season has begun, Anton, ZS7/ZS4AGA [425DXN
553] is particularly busy. The commercial radio equipment at the
SANAE IV Antarctic base has to be used for flight controlling and
other summer tasks and Anton might be no longer able to operate on
the amateur radio bands before leaving Antarctica in February. [TNX
DL5EBE]
+ SILENT KEY + John Van Putten, WD8MGQ reports the very sad news of the
passing of Joe Gumino, K2OLG on 28 December. Joe operated from no less than a
dozen IOTA groups in the US and will be sorely missed by the IOTA community
worldwide. A short biography on Joe is available at http://www.qrz.com/k2olg
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GUANTANAMO ---> Please note that there is no QSL Bureau in Guantanamo (KG4).
All cards should be sent according to the operator's instructions and never
to a KG4 call through the bureau. Bill Gallier, W4WX/KG4DX is the QSL manager
for Clayton, KG4PK (president of the KG4AN radio club and currently the only
active KG4 living at Guantanamo). [TNX W4WX]
PIRATE ---> Serge Gorobec, 4K5CW says he does not operate RTTY or other
digital modes. The station recently and repeatedly spotted on RTTY was not
the genuine 4K5CW, do not waiste your time and money on QSLling.
QSL 3X1K ---> DF8AN is not the QSL manager for 3X1K. This station, appearing
sporadically and staying on the air for only a few contacts, is probably a
pirate. [TNX W4YO]
QSL AP2JZB ---> With immediate effect cards should be sent direct only to
AP2JZB. Leon, K2EWB will be able to confirm contacts made prior to 1 January
2002. [TNX The Daily DX]
QSL BY1PK ---> If you worked BY1PK on *24 September 2001*, then you should
send your cards to BA4DW (David Y. J. Zhou, P.O. Box 040-088, Shanghai,
200040, China). David operated that day from the CRSA (Chinese Radio Sports
Association) HQ station during his business trip to Beijing. QSLs for other
QSOs go to BY1PK (P.O. Box 6106, Beijing, China) or via the route given by
guest operators.
QSL CO2OJ ---> Al Bailey, K8SIX is the QSL manager for CO2OJ for all contacts
after 1 January 2001. He can also help with QSOs prior to that date, but
please e-mail him ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) before sending your card.
QSL JW0PK ---> Jacek, SP5DRH reports that the first 500 direct QSL cards for
JW0PK (Prins Karl Forland, EU-063) were mailed a few days before Christmas.
The rest will be sent out in batches of 250 cards per week, bureau cards will
follow.
QSL P29NB ---> "QRZ-DX" reports that Norm is handling his own QSLing now,
including P20X for 1993 and earlier. Requests should be sent to Norm Beasley,
SIL PO Box 437, Ukarumpa EHP 444, Papua New Guinea. He asks not to use IRCs,
as PNG does not recognize them. [TNX N4AA]
QSL UA2FX ---> Igor, UA2FX reports that is previous Kalinigrad address (POB
102) is not valid any longer. The new QSL route for direct QSLs *only* is via
DK4VW (Ulrich Mueller, Kreutzacker 13, D-35041 Marburg, Germany). Bureau
cards are still to be sent through the Russian bureau.
QSL V73UX ---> Paul Rubinfeld, WF5T is not the QSL manager for V73UX. Cards
should be sent direct to Dave Fortin, P.O. Box 66, APO AP 96555, USA. WF5T is
the QSL manager for George, V73GT and V73E (IOTA expedition to OC-087 in
April 2001).
QSL XT2DX ---> XT2DX logged nearly 16,000 QSOs in the CQ WW DX CW Contest in
November (see the details at http://www.voodudes.org). All requests for QSL
cards (over 2,000 QSOs) have now been answered. The QSL Manager is G3SXW
(Roger Western, 7 Field Close, Chessington, KT9 2QD, England); bureau cards
can be requested by e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (please include both
call-signs, date, time, band). [TNX G3SXW]
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LOGS: Dave, VA3RJ reports the logs for VG3RJ are now on-line at
http://www.qsl.net/va3rj/search_va3rj.html
QSL ROUTES: Helmut, DL7MAE reports that a list of QSL routes
(managerliste.pdf) for stations active during the CQ WW CW
Contest is available at http://www.vth.de (hit the "funk" button
and go to the download area)
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QSLs received direct: 3A2MG, 4L0G, 4M1X (SA-089), 5A1A, 9L1BTB, 9N7RB, 9Q0AR,
A61AJ, C31BO, EK6TA, EX/K4ANA, EY8XX,EZ21A, FH5CB, FR5FD,H44RD (OC-047),
JI6KVR/6 (AS-012), MD/N0KV, P29IO, P41E, PY1NEW/2 (SA-024), PY1NEZ/2
(SA-024), RA1QQ/1 (EU-082), SV2ASP, TA3DD, TG0R, TG9AJR, UK9AA, VE8AP, VP2E,
VY0/7K1WLE, ZB2JO, ZF2AM, ZK1ETW, ZM8CW.
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