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The latest issue (October 2006) is now available at www.425dxn.org/monthly/ _____________________________________________________________________________ 25 November 2006 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 812 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 9M2 - Gerben, PG5M will be active (on 40-10 metres CW only) as 9M2/PG5M from Pulau Ketam (AS-074) on 24-26 November, CQ WW DX CW Contest included. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] CE - Oscar, LU1XS will be active as CE8/LU1XS from Navarino Island (SA-050) on 8-10 December. He plans to operate CW only on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX LU1XS] DL_ant - Mirko, DG9BHQ will be the new operator at Neumayer Base (DP0GVN, DL-03 for the Antarctica Award), Antarctica (AN-016). He will be there from December 2006 through February 2008. QSL via DL5EBE. [TNX DL5EBE] E5 - After two weeks and almost 15,000 QSOs on Penrhyn (North Cooks), Bob, W7YAQ (E51PDX) and Bill, N7OU (E51PEN) are now active as E51YAQ and E51NOU from Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands. They should remain there until 28 November. QSL via home calls. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] F - Special event station TM5AIR will be active on 2-16 December to celebrate the 70th anniversry of the first air base at Varennes-sur-Allier. QSL via F5KEK. [TNX F8REF] F - A few special stations will be activated for the 20th annual Telethon, the fund-raising event organized by the French Muscular Dystrophy Association that will take place on 8-9 December. Expect activity from TM8T (27 November - 10 December) and TM2TLT (8-9 December) among the others. [TNX F8REF] F - Special call TP20CE will be aired on 8-10 December to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the creation of the Council of Europe Amateur Radio Club. QSL via F5LGF. The rules for the relevant "20th Anniversary CUP" can be found at http://ewwa.free.fr/ [TNX F6FQK] HI - Serge, ON4AA will be active as HI8/ON4AA from the Dominican Republic (NA-096) from 2 December to 14 January. He plans to focus on 40 and 20 metres SSB, RTTY and PSK31, and to particpate in a number of contests. QSL via home call. An attempt will be made to operate as HI2/ON4AA from Isla Catalina (NA-122) during local day-time hours on a Wednesday or a Saturday (not coinciding with a major SBB or RTTY contest). [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] HS - Champ/E21EIC, Dej/E21YDP, Bruce/AA4XR (HS0ZCY) and Alex/UT5UY will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 10-160 metres from Lipe Island (AS-126) on 5-12 December. They will be active mainly as E21EIC/P, but they might also use their personal Thai calls. QSL via home calls. [TNX UT5UY] JA - Look for JR2RKK/6 to operate SSB on the HF bands from Aguni Island (AS-017, JIIA AS-017-002), Okinawa Prefecture on 1-4 December. QSL to via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] J7 - John, K3TEJ will operate as J79Z from Dominica (NA-101) until 29 November. Activity will be on 10-160 metres, including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW contest. QSL via home call. [TNX K3TEJ] KH8 - Pete/N0FW, Jay/K4ZLE, Charlie/W6KK and Mike/N9NS will be active as KH8Q from American Samoa on 1-14 December. They will operate CW and SSB on 160-10 metres, including efforts in the ARRL 160 Meter (1-3 December) and 10 Meter (9-10 December) contests. QSL via W8QID. [TNX K4ZLE] LZ_ssh - Mitko, LZ1UQ will be active as LZ0A from the Bulgarian base St. Kliment Ohridski (LZ-02) on Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands (AN-010) from 1 December to 1 March 2007. Mitko also plans to operate as VP8/LZ1UQ during a few HF contests. [TNX I1HYW] P4 - Ken, K6TA and Kay, K6KO will operate SSB, CW and RTTY as P40TA and P40K respectively from Aruba (SA-036) on 1-21 December. QSL both callsigns via WM6A, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX] TN - Baldur, DJ6SI (CW) and Franz, DJ9ZB (SSB and RTTY) expect to be active from Congo in late November-early December. They plan to operate as TN6X and TN0Z respectively, on 10-160 metres CW, SSB and digital modes with two stations. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX] VE - Dave, VA3RJ reports that to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Reginald Fessenden's first AM voice broadcast (24 December 1906), from 1 December through 31 January all Canadian amateur radio operators may replace their ordinary prefix with a special one as follows: CF1 = VA1 CG1 = VE1 CG8 = VE8 CF2 = VA2 CG2 = VE2 CG9 = VE9 CF3 = VA3 CG3 = VE3 CH1 = VO1 CF4 = VA4 CG4 = VE4 CH2 = VO2 CF5 = VA5 CG5 = VE5 CI1 = VY1 CF6 = VA6 CG6 = VE6 CI2 = VY2 CF7 = VA7 CG7 = VE7 CI0 = VY0 VP5 - Kelly, N0VD will be active as VP5/N0VD from the Caicos Islands (NA-002) on 2-12 December, including an entry in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest as VP5D. QSL for both via home call. [TNX N0VD] VU7 - The ARSI team of operators for the 1-30 December VU7LD activity from Kavaratti Island in the Lakshadweeps includes 23 people from all over India (see the roaster and individual operating mode skills on the expedition web site). They will operate in batches: the first group will arrive on 30 November, followed by the second and the third ones around 12 and 22 December respectively. Please pay frequent visits to http://arsi.info/vu7/ for further information and updates. YI - Mitch, K7TUT plans to operate as YI9TU from Iraq till 12 December, and then again in January and February. Look for him on 10, 17, 20 and 40 metres SSB, CW and PSK3 between 15 and 18 UTC, and on Sundays between 4 and 6 UTC. QSL via N2OO. [TNX The Daily DX] DX TRIP ---> Karl, N1DL will visit and operate holiday style from several countries between 27 November and 19 December as follows: 27-28 Nov VP2V/N1DL Virgin Gorda, BVI (NA-023) 29 Nov FJ/N1DL St. Barthelemy (NA-146) 30 Nov-1 Dec 9Y4/N1DL Tobago (SA-009) 5-6 Dec PY8/N1DL Boca da Valeria 11-12 Dec FY/N1DL Devil's (Diable) Island (SA-020) 14 Dec 8P6/N1DL Barbados (NA-021) 15 Dec J7R and J79DL Dominica (NA-101) 16 Dec V25DL Antigua (NA-100) 17 Dec VP2V/N1DL Tortola, BVI (NA-023) 18-19 Dec N1DL/HI9 Samana, Dominican Republic (NA-096) He says he will favour RTTY, PSK and CW, with some SSB. QSL via home call. Karl adds that all of the QSL cards for the recent J7R operation have been sent either direct or via bureau. CQ WW DX CW CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their participation in this year's event (25-26 November): ZONE CALL CATEGORY DXCC QSL VIA ------------------------------------------------------------ 02 VE2WDX M/S Canada VE3TA 05 4U1UN United Nations HQ HB9BOU 05 VP9I SOAB Bermuda N1HRA 07 TI5N M/2 Costa Rica W3HNK 07 V31XX SOAB HP Belize EA4BQ 08 6Y1V SOSB 40m Jamaica OH3RB 08 6Y3R SOSB 80m Jamaica OH3RB 08 8P5A SOAB HP Barbados NN1N 08 8P9XA SO Barbados G3SWH 08 C6AKX SOSB 20m Bahamas WA4WTG 08 C6AQQ SOAB LP Bahamas ND3F 08 C6ARR SOSB 160m Bahamas WA4WTG 08 C6ART SOAB Bahamas KN5H 08 C6ATA SOSB 40m Bahamas WA4WTG 08 FS/AH8DX SO St. Martin AH8DX 08 HI3A SOAB Dominican Republic ON4IQ 08 J79CO Dominica F6COW 08 J79EP Dominica F6EPY 08 J79Z SOAB Dominica K3TEJ 08 KP3Z M/S Puerto Rico WC4E 08 KP4US M/S Puerto Rico 08 T40C M/S Cuba N1KI 08 TO5X SOAB Martinique K5UN 08 V26K SOAB LP Antigua AA3B 08 V47NT St. Kitts & Nevis N2NT 08 VP2MDG SOAB HP Montserrat K2DM 08 VP2VVV M/S British Virgin Isls K9VV 08 VP5W M/2 Turks & Caicos W7TSQ 08 ZF1A M/2 Cayman Islands W5ASP 09 9Y4AA M/? Trinidad & Tobago VE3HO 09 FY5FY SOAB QRP French Guiana FY5FY 09 P40A SOAB Aruba WD9DZV 09 P40T Aruba N6AA 09 P40W SOAB Aruba N2MM 09 P49Y Aruba AE6Y 09 PJ2T M/S Netherlands Antilles N9AG 09 PJ4A M/S HP Netherlands Antilles K4BAI 09 PZ5ZY SOAB Suriname N6ZZ 09 YW4D SOAB Venezuela EA7JX 10 HC8N M/M Galapagos Is W5UE 11 ZP0R SOAB HP Paraguay W3HNK 11 ZY7C M/S Brazil PT7WA 12 3G1X SOAB HP Chile XQ1IDM 13 CX7BY M/S Uruguay CX5BW 13 LR2F M/S Argentina LU2FA 14 CS2R SOSB 80m Portugal CS1GDX 14 CS7A SOSB 20 or 15m Portugal CS1GDX 14 CU2A SOAB HP Azores OH2BH 14 EI/SP4Z SOAB LP Ireland 14 G5W M/S England G3BJ 14 G6M M/2 England 14 GD6IA SOAB HP Isle of Man GD6IA 14 GD8T SOSB 40m Isle of Man G4MJS 14 GJ2A SOAB HP Jersey K2WR 14 LX7I M/2 or M/S Luxembourg LX2A 14 MD4K SOSB 80m Isle of Man G3NKC 14 MD6V SOSB 160m Isle of Man G3NKC 14 MJ0ASP SOSB 20m Jersey F5SHQ 14 MZ5A SOAB Shetland (Scotland) G3TXF 14 TM4Q M/S France F6FYA 14 TM8W SOAB LP France F5TER 15 4O3B SOSB 80m Montenegro OH2BH 15 4O3M SOSB 160m Montenegro OH2PM 15 IR9K Italy IW9HLM 15 IS0N SOSB 40m Sardinia OK1MG 15 YT6A SOSB 20m Montenegro YU1FW 15 Z38N M/M Macedonia HA6KNB 16 R7C M/2 European Russia RW3GW 16 RD3A SOAB European Russia RD3AF 16 RL3A M/S European Russia W3HNK 16 RU1A M/2 European Russia RU1AE 17 UA9AYA SOSB 40m Asiatic Russia UA9AB 20 4X0G M/S Israel W3GG 20 J41A SOSB 160m Greece LY1DF 20 LZ9A SOSB Bulgaria LZ2HM 20 P3F M/2 Cyprus 5B4AGN 20 SV9COL SOSB HP Crete 20 YM2W SOSB Turkey OK1TN 20 YR2V SOSB 40m Romania YO2LDC 21 4L2M SOSB 40m Georgia K3PD 21 4L8A SOSB 20m Georgia DJ1CW 21 A45WD SOSB 15m Oman YO9HP 22 8Q7DV M/2 Maldives UA9CLB 22 VU3JRA SOSB 80m India DJ3KR 24 B1Z M/S China EA7FTR 24 B3C M/S China BA4EG 24 VR2/AA1ON SO LP Hong Kong AA1ON 26 HS0ZDJ SOAB Thailand W2YR 26 HS0ZGH SO Thailand G4UZN 26 XU7ADE SO Cambodia E21EIC 26 XU7ADF SOSB Cambodia AA4XR 26 XU7ADK SOSB 40m Cambodia E21YDP 26 XU7ADL SOSB LP Cambodia E20PFE 26 XU7MWA SOAB Cambodia 27 AH2R M/S Guam JH7QXJ 27 T88MR SOAB Palau K9NW 28 9M2/PG5M SO West Malaysia PG5M 28 9M2CNC SOAB HP West Malaysia G4ZFE 28 9M6NA SOSB 20m East Malaysia JE1JKL 28 YB0ECT SOSB 20m LP Indonesia K3AIR 29 VK8NSB SOAB Australia VK6NE 29 VK9AA SOAB Cocos (Keeling) DL8YR 31 KH6/W6PH SOAB LP Hawaii W6PH 32 E51YAQ South Cook Isls W7YAQ 33 CN2R SOSB 40m Morocco W7EJ 33 CN2WW SOSB 20m Morocco EA7FTR 33 CT3NT SOAB Madeira 33 CT9L M/2 Madeira DJ6QT 33 EA8/OH4NL SOSB 80m or 160m Canary Islands OH2BYS 33 EA8EW M/2 Canary Islands YL2KL 33 IH9P M/M (African) Italy KR7X 34 5A7A M/M Libya DL9USA 34 ST2A M/S Sudan T93Y 35 6V7D SOAB LP Senegal KQ1F 35 6W1RW SOAB HP Senegal F6BEE 35 D44AC SOSB Cape Verde 35 TZ5A M/M Mali G3SXW 37 5Z1A SOSB 20m Kenya PA1AW 37 5Z4LS Kenya G3RWF 38 V5/DJ4SO SOSB 20m LP Namibia DJ4SO 38 ZS3NN SOAB South Africa AA4NN 38 ZT2V South Africa ZS2DL 39 3B8/OM0C M/S Mauritius OM2FY 40 JW5E M/? Svalbard Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqc2006.html - good contest to you all! =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW ARRL 160 METER CONTEST ---> Object of the contest is for amateurs worldwide to work W/VE amateurs on 160 metres CW only (full rules can be found at http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2006/160-Meters.html). This year's event will run from 22.00 UTC on 1 December through 16.00 UTC on the 3rd. Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operation listing maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/arrl160_2006.html QSL CO#OTA ---> Pepe, EA5KB reports he is now able to confirm contacts made back in 2000 with the various CO#OTA stations: CO0OTA (NA-015), CO1OTA (NA-093), CO4OTA (NA-056), CO6OTA (NA-204), CO7OTA (NA-086), CO8OTA (NA-218), CO9OTA (NA-201). Before sending your cards, please contact Pepe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). S9SS ---> Charles Lewis, KY4P (S9SS, aka S92SS as well as A25/KY4P, A22AA, SV0LM and SV5/SV0LM) will retire in February 2007 and finish his work as IBB VOA station manager on the island of Sao Tome. He and Lesley, N3TIA (S9YL, S92YL and SV0LN) will live in North Carolina. His S9SS log has been uploaded to LoTW and paper QSLs can be confirmed by his QSL manager N4JR. Log search is available at http://s50u.s50e.si, and by the end of February more than 80.000 QSOs will be sent to http://logsearch.de/. All of his logs for callsigns prior to S9SS exist only on paper (about 100,000 QSOs), but he plans to create files of at least some of them for submission to the LoTW over the next few years. He will do the A25/KY4P log first. [TNX S50U] + SILENT KEY + The Association des Radioamateurs de Monaco (ARM) reports the passing of Aldo Comisso, 3A2GL, on 23 July. He used to be mainly active on the low bands CW. [TNX 3A2LF] =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** NEWS FROM THE WEB *** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW LOGS: On-line logsearch for 4O60BH (OH2BH's on-the-air 60th birthday party) can be found at http://www.skycc.info/4o60bh/search.html. The Lucky Draw winners are listed at http://www.kolumbus.fi/oh2bn/tuesdayrelease.htm LOGS: On-line logsearch for 5A7A can be found at http://www.df3cb.com/logsearch/5a7a/. These logs cover the period from 14.05 UTC on 16 November through 08.02 UTC on the 24th, but a few thousand QSOs are known to be missing (do not panic!). LOGS: On-line logsearch for 9G5UR can be found at http://logsearch.de/. Vladimir, UY5ZZ operated as 9G5UR on 4-14 July, and as 9G5A/P (AF-084) on 12 July 2006. QSL to Vladimir F. Latyshenko, P.O. Box 4850, Zaporozhye, 69118, Ukraine. XT2C: The web site for the 6-20 January expedition to Burkina Faso is up and running at http://xt2c.free.fr/ =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL INFO ******** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3B8/OM0C OM2FY E51NOU N7OU PZ5ZY N6ZZ 4A7L WA3HUP E51PDX W7YAQ R1ANC UA1PAC 4L1FP LZ1OT E51PEN N7OU S9SS N4JR 4L3Y DK6CW E51TLA OZ6TL SK60CG SM6JSM 4O2NT YZ1AA E51YAQ W7YAQ ST2A T93Y 4O3B OH2BH EH7FCI EB7AEY SX8F SV1HER 4O3M OH2PM EK6LP IK2DUW T88MR K9NW 4O60BH OH2BN EK6TA DJ0MCZ TC4ITU TA4KA 4U1UN HB9BOU EX2M W3HNK TC4PP TA4KA 5A7A DL9USA EY8CQ DJ1MM TM5DIA F5LRL 5H3AA K6EID EY8DQ DJ1MM TM8KP F6GOX 5N6EAM IK2IQD HA501TJ HA1TJ TO5X K5NU 5N9GKA N0OY HA502EOA HA2EOA TT8FC EA4AHK 5V7SE IK3GES HA503NU HA3NU TU0PAX TU2CI 5W0OJ DL4RDJ HA505BA HA5BA TU2/F5LDY F1CGN 5Z4LS G3RWF HA505OV HA5OV TZ5A G3SXW 6V7D KQ1F HA507PL HA7PL TZ6LF KY7M 6W1RW F6BEE HC2SL EA5KB TZ6MF KC7V 6Y3R OH3RB HC8N W5UE TZ6NS AA7A 7X5JF DJ8QP HF16CD SP3PML TZ6RF GM3YTS 7Z1HL DJ9ZB HK0GU DL7VOG TZ6RN G4IRN 7Z1UG DG1XG HS0ZCY AA4XR TZ6VT K5VT 8P9JG NN1N HZ1MD PA2V TZ6WP G4BWP 8Q7GL IK0XIH J28JA F5JFU U4MIR RN3DK 9G1YK PA3ERA J59OFM I3LDP UN7MMM EA7FTR 9G5OO DL4WK J79CO F6COW V26K AA3B 9J2VB UA4WHX J79EP F6EPY V63DX JH7HMZ 9K2YM EA5KB J79Z K3TEJ V6T1 JA7AO 9M2CNC G4ZFE JV800DA JT1DA VP5/K7LAZ K7LAZ 9Q1D SM5BFJ KC4/K2ARB K2ARB VP5/W7VV W7VV 9Q1TB F5LTB KC4AAA K1IED VQ9JK G4FJK 9Y4AA VE3HO KH0/K3UY UA3DX VQ9NL W4NML A61C W4JS KH2/AK0J JA1KJW VU3RYO DL2JRM C6AKX WA4WTG KP4SQ W3HNK WP2AIU JH3AIU C6ATA WA4WTG LX8DL LX1DA WP3R W3HNK CN2WW EA7FTR NL7G OK1DOT XU7ADE E21EIC CN8IG EA7FTR ON4PTC ON7YB XU7ADF AA4XR CN8KD EA5XX ON69MIA ON5VL XU7MWA KM0O CO3JN IZ8EBI OT4A ON4AEK YI9SM W5CSM CO3VK IZ8EBI PJ2DX N9AG YT150T YU1FJK DK2006TZ DL1SBF PJ4/K1TO K4BAI ZF2DO N5DO DT8A HL2FDW PJ4/N4TO K4BAI ZS3NN AA4NN =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* ADDRESSES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW DL7VOG Gerd Uhlig, P.O. Box 700 332, D-10323 Berlin, Germany DL9USA Andreas Glaeser, PF 100 246, D-03122 Spremberg, Germany IT9DAA Corrado Ruscica, P.O. Box 1, 96018 Pachino (Succ. 1) - SR, Italy JA7AO Tokro Matsumoto, 3-62 Okachimachi, Yuzawa 012-0856, Japan OH2BN Jarmo J. Jaakola, Kiilletie 5 C 30, Helsinki 00710, Finland ST2M Magdi Osman Ahmed Abdelrahim, P.O. Box 2, Khartoum Airport 11112, Sudan SV1HER Sotirios Vanikiotis, Korai 31, GR-12137 Peristeri (Athens), Greece UA1PAC Alan Kuz'menko, P.O.Box 599, Arkhangelsk, 163000, Russia UT8IM Valery P. Sossko, P.O. Box 25, Mariupol, 87514, Ukraine XU7ABN Claude Laget, P.O. 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