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The latest issue (September 2006) is now available at www.425dxn.org/monthly/ _____________________________________________________________________________ 14 October 2006 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 806 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3B7 - The Five Star DXers Association (FSDXA, of 9M0C, D68C and 3B9C fame) has announced its next DXpedition, to St. Brandon (requested call 3B7C) to take place in September 2007. This will be a major effort, with a target of more than 100,000 QSOs. There will be up to twelve stations on the air, many using amplifiers and monoband beams, 24 hours a day, for almost three weeks. A multinational team is close to being complete, and 18 operators (9M6DXX, DK7YY, DL7AKC, EI5DI, G0OPB, G3BJ, G3IZD, G3NHL, G3NUG, G3SVL, G3XTT, G4KIU, G4TSH, K3NA, N6HC, SM5AQD, W3WL and WF5T) have already signed up to take part. FSDXA is seeking contributions from sponsors to help defray the very significant logistics costs of this DXpedition. Read the full announcement with the datils on haw contribute at http://www.3b7c.com/index.html (website under construction). [TNX G3XTT] 7Q - Harry, 7Q7HB is back in Malawi for a period of not less than 3 months. He will try to work low bands if he can get the antenna to work. QSL via G0IAS (direct only). [TNX G0IAS] EA6 - DK2ZF and DK4VW will operate as EA6/homecall from Mallorca, Balearic Islands (EU-004) on 14-26 October. Their main objective is testing 144 MHz EME from JT65b, but they also plan to operate CW on 40 and 30 metres in their early morning hours (3-5 UTC). QSL via bureau. [TNX DK2ZF] EA8 - Andy, DL8LAS reports he will be active as EA8/DL8LAS from Lanzarote, Canary islands (AF-004) on 14-27 October. He will operate on 10-80 metres mostly CW. QSL via home call. FT5X - Gildas, FT5XP (TU5KG) [425DXN 800] operated from Port aux Francais, Kerguelen on 9 October. According to Gil, F5NOD he expects to return there around 25-26 November. QSL via F4EFI. HI - Antonio, IW2OAZ [425DXN 803] reports that he expects to operate as HI2/IW2OAZ from Catalina Island (NA-122) on 26 and 27 October, for about 8 hours starting around 13 UTC. Look for him signing HI2/IW2OAZ mainly on 20 and 17 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW] HR - Andrei/NP3D (EW1AR), Boris/N3SY (UU5SY), Alex/K2PAL (ex UB5XAZ) and Joe/KB2PDW will be active from Honduras between 22 and 30 October. On 22-25 October they will operate - along with HR2J and others - from Tigre Island (NA-060) with a special HQ4 callsign (QSL via W3HNK). Expect activity on 6-80 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. Then they will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as SOSB entries (callsigns TBA). [TNX K1XN] I - Weather and sea conditions permitting, IK8UHA, IK8VRH and IW8BVN will be active as IR8DX from Santo Ianni (EU-144, IIA PZ-001) on 14-15 October. They plan to operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 20, 17 and 15 metres. QSL via IK8VRH. [TNX IK8VRH] I - Special calls ED8SRT (QSL via IZ8EDJ), EF8SRT (QSL via IZ8EDJ), L30BST (QSL via IZ8EDJ), V55SRT (QSL via IZ8EDJ), YI0SRT (QSL via IZ8EDJ), II0SRT (QSL via I0YKN), IO0SRT (QSL via IZ0BTV), IR0SRT (QSL via IS0LFZ), IO1SRT (QSL via IZ1GJK), IO2SRT (QSL via I2JJR), IO3SRT (QSL via IV3ZXQ), IR3SRT (QSL via IN3JJI), IO5SRT (QSL via IZ5BTC), IO6SRT (QSL via IZ6FZS), IO7SRT (QSL via IZ7FLT), IO8SRT (QSL via IK8WEJ), IU8SRT (QSL via IZ8GGF) plus IQ0OS (ARI Ostia) will be aired on 20-22 October for the 3rd Strange Radio Team special event. Proceeds beyond out-of-pocket expenses will be donated to charity. Information is available at http://www.strangeradioteam.com/ or from the Event Manager Marco De Carlo, IZ7DOK ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [TNX IZ8EDJ] J3 - Bill, VE3EBN will operate SSB, CW and PSK31 as J37LR and J37T from Grenada from 19 October to 26 November. QSL direct to home call. [TNX NG3K] PJ4 - Andy, W9NJY will be active as PJ4/W9NJY from Bonaire (SA-006) on 20-31 October. He will operate mostly CW on 40-10 metres, with some SSB and digital. QSL via WD9DZV. [TNX The Daily DX] SM - Anders/SM3XGV, Jorgen/SM3CXS, Staffan/SM3JGG and Sten/SM3NXS will be working on Grimskar Island (EU-176) on 20-22 October and will operate as SD3N and SG3U on 80-15 metres CW and SSB. QSL via SD3N via SM3NXS, QSL SG3U via SM3CXS (both preferably through the bureau). [TNX SM3CXS] SP - Special event station SN0JP will be active on 15-17 October to commemorate the 28th anniversary of the election of the late pope John Paul II. QSL via SP9PKZ (bureau) or direct. [TNX SP9GKM] SV - Special event station SX1VAR will be activated from Greece during the JOTA (Jamboree On The Air) on 21-22 October. QSL via SV1VS. [TNX SV1VS] UR - Special event station EM750W is active through 31 October to celebrate the 750th anniversary of the city of Lviv, Ukraine. For information on the relevant award, issued by the Lviv Shortwave Club (LKK), please contact George Chlijanc, UY5XE ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). [TNX UY5XE] UR - Special stations EM10E (QSL via UR5EDX), EM10I (QSL via UT5IM), EM10J (QSL via UU7JM), EM10K (QSL via US7KA), EM10L (QSL via UR5LO), EM10M (QSL via UR3MP), EM10T (QSL via UR7TO), EM10U (QSL via UT3UZ) and EM10V (QSL via UR5VDA) will be active on 14-17 October to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Ukrainian State Centre of Radio Frequencies. [TNX UT3UZ] V3 - Hart, DL7BC will operate as V31HK from Belize from 16 October through the end of the month. He will participate in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest. QSL via DL7BC, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K] V6 - The new dates for the operations from Micronesia by V63JQ (QSL via JA1KJW), V63JY (QSL via JA1JQY), V63VE (QSL via JA8VE) and V63FP (QSL via JI1FPO) [425DXN 805] are as follows: 1-7 November Kosrae OC-059 7-9 November Pohnpei OC-010 9-14 November Chuuk OC-011 On 14-15 November they will operate as KH2/AK0J (QSL via JA1KJW) from Guam (OC-026). [TNX JI6KVR] W - Dennis, WA2USA will operate on 80-10 metres SSB and CW as WA2USA/5 from Grand Isle (NA-168) on 19-30 October, including activity during the CQ WW SSB DX Contest. He plans to concentrate on 20 metres during the day and on 40/80 metres un the evenings. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] XT - The Provins ARS (F6KOP) has announced plans for a DXpedition to take place from Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso on 6-20 January 2007 (callsign TBA). The operators will be F2JD, F2VX, F4AJQ, F5LMJ, F5TVG, F8BJI, F9IE, N2WB, N6OX and OE8KDK. They will be active on 160-6 metres CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK 31 & 63 and SSTV (plus possibly WSJT on 6 metres) with six transceivers, two amplifiers and a wide range of antennas. QSL via F9IE, direct or bureau. A web site is under construction, more details to follow. [TNX F5NQL] ZL8 - The Microlite Penguins DXpedition team (EI6FR, HB9ASZ, K9ZO, N6MZ, N0TT, VK6DXI, W7EW and 9V1YC) became active as ZL8R from Raoul Island in the Kermadec group (OC-039) on 10 October. Plans are for a 8 or 9-day activity on as many bands and modes as possible. QSL via VE3XN. [TNX K5TR] ZS - Special event station ZS90DW will be active through the end of the year to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Delville Wood during WWI. QSL via ZS4SM. [TNX The Daily DX] EUROPEAN TOUR ---> Rick, NE8Z reports he will be touring Europe between 19 October and 5 November. He plans to operate QRP from EA, G, HB9, I, SV1, TA4, 3A, CT1 and as 9H3EE. QSL via NE8Z. =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW D20VB ---> According to first hand information collected by Cezar (VE3LYC), Vlad (UA4WHX) "was never on AF-108 and whoever spotted him like that made a rather bad joke". Vlad added that "he has no plans at this time to activate any of the D2 IOTAs", because travelling throught the country is extremely difficult, the islands are much less safer than the mainland and the terrain is very rough. [TNX www.islandchaser.com] DXCC NEWS ---> The following operations have been approved for DXCC credit: 9Q1D, 9Q1TB and 9Q1EK (Democratic Republic of the Congo), current operation beginning 22 September 2006. [TNX NC1L] QSL 9N1AA ---> Satish is back on the air after being inactive for the past three years or so. His QSL manager (Carl Smith, N4AA) says that apparently Satish now has access to his old logs (previously reported as lost), even though he cannot provide a copy of them. Carl will be sending him a list of the "several hundred unanswered requests on hand at N4AA", and hopefully he will be able to confirm those old contacts. "I will answer these cards as soon as possible and to the best of my ability", Carl says. [TNX QRZ-DX] QSL VK0JLX ---> Paul, VK2JLX/VK0JLX says he has decided not to select a QSL manger, he himself will reply to the many QSL cards that await his for his return to Australia around mid 2007. He is still working at Davis Station, Antarctica and his current operating times on the amateur radio bands are 6-7 UTC and 10-16 UTC (weekdays) and 5 UTC onwards (weekends). QSL YU6AO ---> The following was published on the DXCC Dialog Weblog (http://www.arrl.org/blog/DXCC%20Dialog) on 11 October: "Reference our recent comments about YU6AO credits [425DXN 805, ed.], we have decided to continue crediting any YU6AO QSOs made on or after July 4, 2006. While we are still concerned that for some reason there are apparent date errors on certain YU6AO QSL cards, we will continue to count these credits pending further investigation. If you have received a YU6AO QSL card showing a date of July 4 or later which actually represents a QSO made prior to July 4, 2006, please let us know in an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]". [Bill Moore, NC1L] =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL INFO ******** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3W2TXR JA2TXR HA500NAR HA0NAR PA25FMF PI4FRG 4L0ABC K3PD HA501AD HA1AD R1ANC RU1ZC 4S7VK DJ9ZB HA501CW HA1CW R1ANF RK1PWA 4X70R 4Z4TL HA501DAE HA1DAE R73SRR UA3DX 4Z70R 4Z4TL HA501TNX HA1TNX SJ9WL LA4EKA 4Z8DT OK1DT HA503DMF HA3DMF ST2A T93Y 5H3EE DL4SM HA503HO HA3HO ST2BF W3HNK 5N46EAM IK2IQD HA503HP HA3HP ST2NH EA7FTR 5R8GZ G3SWH HA503NU HA3NU T32GW WB6NOA 5R8RJ DJ7RJ HA503OD HA3OD T32Z K3PD 5X1GS WB2YQH HA505GY HA5GY T6EE KE6GFF 5Z4ES K3PD HA506KNX HA6KNX T80B WB6Z 6Y5AF W2WC HA506NF HA6NF T80W JM1LJS 7S2AT SK2AT HA506OA HA6OA T88JW JH3JWW 7Z1UG DG1XG HA507MW HA7MW T88ST JR3STX 8Q7AK G7COD HA507PL HA7PL T96Q T93Y 9A/T94DX DJ2MX HA507SQ HA7SQ TF3ZA KT6YL 9A650C 9A7K HA508IB HA8IB TM1GPK F4ERQ 9G5ZS ZS6EGB HA508VK HA8VK TP20CE F5LGF 9H9JR DJ0QJ HA508ZO HA8ZO TU2/F5LDY F1CGN 9J2BO G3TEV HC1HC NE8Z TX6A F6AML 9J2SZ SP8DIP HG1956R HA3HK TY5ZR IK2IQD 9M2IDJ JA6IDJ HZ1PS IZ8CLM UE3LWP RA3LBA 9M2TO JA0DMV IA5/IK5BCM IK5CBE UE6YYH/6 UA6YH 9M6XRO M5AAV IA5/IK5BQW IK5CBE UE6YYW UA6YW 9N1AA N4AA IA5/IK5CBE IK5CBE UR7ITU UY9IF A71EM EA7FTR IA5/IK5CRH IK5CBE V31LL WO0Z AH2J JR1VAY IG9/IT9RKR IW9HLM V5/DJ8VC DJ8VC BD1DRJ/2 BD1DRJ IG9/IW9GUR IW9HLM V5/DL8JS DL8JS BG2QMP/2 BD1DRJ IG9/IW9HLM IW9HLM VE1OTA/P VE1VOX BI4F BA4XA II1ARD IS0SDX VK0JLX VK2JLX BY1TX/2 EA7FTR II1ARU IS0PGF VK3FY/9 VK3FY C91BWW CT1BWW IY1TTM IW1RIK VP8DIZ G7KMZ C98BWW CT1BWW IY4FGM IK4UPU VP8SGK GM0HCQ CN8NK EA5XX JT1FCY I1QOD VQ9JC ND9M CO8ZZ DK1WI JW2PA LA2PA VU3RYO DL2JRM D20VB UA4WHX LA6FJA KM3X (a) VU3SID DL7AFS D44TD CT1EKF LA6FJA WY4N (b) VU3SIG DL7AFS DQ35AGCW DL1AH LG5LG LA4EKA XV3AA JA6UHG DR1A DL6FBL LN7AZ WY4N YB0A W3HNK DU3NXE W3HNK LU1ZV LU4DXU YC3BDJ IZ8CCW DU9/N0NM W4DR LX/PA6Z PA1K YE1AA ON4RU ED5RGC EA5HT LX5B LX1MAX YR100YRS YO3HKW ED7VRS EA7ANC LZ26ZA LZ1KZA YT150YT YT7YT ED8BTM EA8BTM MB2HFC G4BWP YU3AD YT1AD EK6LP IK2DUW MS0WRC G0MTD YZ150Z YU1ACR EM750W UT7WZ ON100BOIC ON4CRD YZ5C YU5CB ER570C ER1DA ON60AF ON6KN Z32A YT1AD EW6GF DL8KAC OP0P ON6DP ZK2PX AI5P EY8DQ DJ1MM OY3QN OZ1ACB ZL40AGY ZL2AGY FT5XP F4EFI P29NI G3KHZ ZL8R VE3XN GB6OCV G4DFI P29VCX SM6CVX ZS90DW ZS4SM HA500LG HA0LG P40LL WO0Z ZV100SD PS7AHR (a) North America (b) Others =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* ADDRESSES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 9Q1EK Georges Schleger, United Nations - MONUC - Radio Okapi, Kinshasa 12 Av. des Ateurs B.P. 8811, Democratic Republic of Congo BA4XA Kevin Yang, P.O. Box 59, Lian Yun Gang, JS 222002, China BD1DRJ He Lei, Rm 1705, Tower B, No. 36 Beisanhuan East Road, Dongcheng Dist., Beijing 100013, China CT1BWW Manuel Alberto C. Marques, P.O. Box 41, 2780-901 Oeiras, Portugal CT1EKF Antonio Jose Xara da Costa, Rua do Centro Vidreiro 917, Bustelo, 3720-626 Oliveira de Azemeis, Portugal ER1DA Valeri Metaxa, P.O. Box 3000, Chisinau, MD-2071, Moldova G3KHZ Derek Cox, 18 Station Road, Castle Bytham, Grantham, Lincs NG33 4SB, United Kingdom GM0HCQ Mike Gloistein, 27 Stormont Way, Scone, Perthshire PH2 6SP, Scotland, UK IW9HLM Angelo Mai, Via Carlo Pisacane 18/a, 95030 Mascalucia - CT, Italy LU8XP Cosme Alfonso Averna, 17 de Mayo 515, 9410 Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina PA1K Bert van Holst, Ien Dalessingel 357, 7207 LJ Zutphen, The Netherlands PZ5RA Ramon Kaersenhout, P.O. Box 4048, Paramaribo, Suriname SM6CVX Hans Olof Hjelmstrom, Kalltorpsv. 2, 543 35 Tibro, Sweden UA4WHX Vladimir M. Bykov, P.O. Box 2040, 426000 Izhevsk, Russia VE1VOX Dana Rushton, P.O. Box 1862, Truro, NS B2N 6C7, Canada VE3XN Garry V. Hammond, 5 McLaren Avenue, Listowel, ON N4W 3K1, Canada W3HNK Joseph Arcure Jr, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352, USA WB6Z John Furuya, P.O. Box 747, Mercer Island, WA 98040, USA XU7ADX Hiroo Yonezuka, Aiyara Apartment, 260 Rama 9 Rd. Soi 17, Japanese School, Latphaow, Bangkok 10320, Thailand ZC4VJ Andy Chadwick, P.O. 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