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15 December 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 867 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 5B - On 1 January 2008 the official currency of the Republic of Cyprus will change from the Cyprus Pound to the Euro. To celebrate this historic event, members of the Pafos District of the Cyprus Amateur Radio Society will use the call C4EURO throughout 2008. Expect activity on the HF and VHF bands, SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL via 5B4AGC. [TNX 5B4AHJ] CT3 - Luis, CT3EE will be active again, mainly on 20 and 40 metres, as CT9EPC on 22-28 December. This is a special callsign for the EPC (European PSK Club, http://eu.srars.org/) members on Madeira Island. QSL direct to CT3EE. [TNX MM0DFV] FO_mar - Jouko/OH1RX, Pertti/OH2PM, Veijo/OH6KN and Juha/OH8NC will be active from Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands (OC-027) on 9-22 January. They plan to have up to three stations running and to concentrate on 160-30 metres. Suggested frequencies are: 1822, 3502, 3523, 7008, 7023, 10108, 14008, 14023, 18068, 21008, 21023, 24898 and 28008 kHz (CW); 1845, 3790, 7050, 19195, 18145, 21295, 24945 and 28495 kHz (SSB); 14080, 21080 and 28070 kHz (RTTY). QSL via OH2PM, direct or bureau. [TNX OH2PM] HI - Simone, IZ5JNQ reports he will be active from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on 8-26 January. He plans to operate SSB and digital modes on 10, 15 and 20 metres. QSL via home call. I - Special callsign II4TRI will be aired on all bands and modes from Reggio Emilia on 5-20 January, to celebrate the 211th anniversary of the first Italian tricolour flag. QSL via IK4SWX, direct or bureau. [TNX IK4MSV] LU_so - LU1ZA (operator Raul) is active from the Argentine base Orcadas on Laurie Island, South Orkneys (AN-008). He can be found on the Antarctic DX Net between 23 and 2 UTC on +/- 7093 kHz. QSL via LU4DXU. [TNX F5PFP] LZ - The Balkan Contest Club will operate as LZ130LO from 1 January through 31 March to commemorate the 130th anniversary of the end of the Russo-Turkish War, which established Bulgaria as an autonomous principality. QSL via LZ1KZA. Information on the relevant award can be found at qrz.com under LZ130LO. [TNX LZ1ZF] OZ - OZ7AEI, OZ5FM and naybe others will be active from the four lighthouses as Aggertange on Vendsyssel/Thy (EU-171) on 15 December. They plan to operate on 20 and 40 metres (schedule information at http://oz7aei.qrz.dk/). QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX OZ7AEI] P4 - Marty, W2CG will be active as P40CG from Aruba (SA-036) on 17-31 December. He plans to operate during his evenings (00-05 UTC) on 10-80 metres CW, SSB and maybe some RTTY. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. [TNX W2CG] PZ - The PZ5YV expedition to Paramaribo, Suriname, organized by the 4M5DX Group [425DXN 857], is planned to take place on 5-11 January. A multi-national team of operators hosted by Ramon/PZ5RA (Olli/OH0XX, Spiros/SV8CS, Alex/YV5SSB, Jose/YV5TX, Juan/EA8CAC, Ramon/XE1KK, Diego/LU8ADX) is expected to have three stations active on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via IT9DAA, direct or bureau. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. Complete information, including suggested frequencies and on-line logs, can be found at http://www.pz5yv.4m5dx.info/ T8 - Kazu, JA0VSH and his wife Miyuki, JG0PBJ will be active from Pohnpei, Micronesia (OC-010) from 28 December to 3 January. They will operate V63KZ (Kazu), V63MP (Miyuki) and V63BBQ (club call) on 160-10 metres CW and SSB. All QSLs direct to JA0VSH (Kazuhide Maruyama, 1-25-49 Iruma, Chofu, Tokyo 182-0004, Japan). [TNX JA1ELY] V4 - Mike/W1USN, Bob/AA1M and Scott/W1SSR will be active from St. Kitts (NA-104) from 28 February to 7 March. They plan to operate CW, SSB and PSK on 160-10 metres . QSL via home calls. [TNX AA1M] VE - Hisato, JA1DOT (ex-7K1WLE) will be active as VY0/JA1DOT from Resolute Bay, Cornwallis Island (NA-009) on 18-27 December. He plans to operate CW, SSB and RTTY with 500 watts and a vertical antenna, and to concentrate on the low bands. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] VE - Igor, VE3ZF will be active as VE2IDX from Orleans Island (NA-128, CISA QC-007) on 28-29 December during the RAC Canada Winter Contest. Before and after contest he will be signing VE3ZF/2. His main frequencies will be 14260 kHz (daytime) and 3795/7260 kHz (during the night). QSL via home call. [TNX VE3ZF] YV - The Grupo DX Caracas organizes an operation from Mount Roraima to take place in the second half od December. Mount Roraima (2810 metres a.s.l.) marks the border between Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana. Special station YW6R will be active for a few days on HF and VHF from the triple border point on the summit. QSL via operator's instructions. [TNX YV5EED] =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (November 2007) is now available at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/index.html. Articles and pictures should be sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). BS7H & ZL8R ---> The BS7H (Scarborough Reef 2007, 58 minutes) and ZL8R (Kermadec Islands 2006, 46 minutes) videos, produced by James Brooks, 9V1YC are finished; purchase information can be found at http://www.dxvideos.com/ CQ DX MARATHON ---> The CQ DX Marathon is a year-long DX hunt, with participants competing to see who can work the greatest number of countries ("entities") and CQ zones over the course of a full year, then starting again at zero at the beginning of the next year. This year's Marathon began at 00.00 UTC on 1 January and will end at 23.59 UTC on 31 December. It is now time to start gathering your country and zone contacts made in 2007, and enter them onto the official DX Marathon score sheet available at http://www.dxmarathon.com. All logs must be submitted no later than 31 January 2008. The 2008 Marathon will start at 00.00 UTC on 1 January. [TNX K9EL] CROATIAN CW CONTEST ---> Hrvatski Radioamaterski Savez, the Croatian Amateur Radio Association, invites radioamateurs all over the world to participate in 12th Croatian CW Contest on 15-16 December (from 14 UTC to 14 UTC). Complete details can be found at http://www.9acw.org [TNX 9A6XX] LOGS ---> On-line logs and pictures of Yannick, HH2FYD (F6FYD) can be found on the Clipperton DX Club's web site at http://www.cdxc.org/dxp/2007-HH2FYD/hh2fyd-fr.htm [TNX F5NQL] LOGS: On-line logs for CW2C (WAE RTTY + ARRL 10m), IK1PMR/CX, K2LEO/CX, LU/IK1PMR, ZP0R (CQWW CW + TARA Melee), ZP6/IK1PMR and ZP6/IZ1GLO are now available at http://www.ik1pmr.com/logs/. The QSL cards will be printed in January. [TNX IK1PMR] NEW AWARD ---> The "World Lakes Award" will soon be available from Paco Gil, EA5OL. Information can be found at http://worldlakes.info [TNX EA5OL] QSL VIA W3HNK ---> Effective immediately, Joe Arcure, W3HNK is the new QSL manager for the following calls: J3/N0VD, KE9KD, N0VD, PJ2/N0VD, PJ4/N0VD, VP5/N0VD and VP5D. Kelly, N0VD still has a handful of direct QSLs that he will be replying to shortly. If you have sent a bureau card for any of the above calls, it will be forwarded to Joe and you should have a reply back to your bureau soon. [TNX N0VD] + SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include: Franklin J. Phillips, AB5J William D. Snyder, W0LHS Derek Wintle, GU4GG William A. Kuning, W3BY John M. Fisher, K2JF Diehl Martin, W4TI Roger Bowe, LX1BI Chuck Bailey, W7YU Antoni Czech, SP9ERV Dan Umberger, Sr., W8ZCQ Wolf Baron, TI2BY T.K.S. Sidey, ZL4AZ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B7C, 3B8CF, 3D2WW, 3DA0VB, 3DA0VM, 4L0B, 4O3A, 4S7HIG, 5H1BC (AF-032), 5H3VMB, 5H3VMB/3 (AF-075), 5H3VMB/5 (AF-074), 5N8NDP, 5R8RJ, 5X1NH, 5X1VB, 5Z4/UA4WHX (AF-040), 5Z4/UA4WHX (AF-067), 7P8JF, 7Q7CE, 7Q7VB, 8J0N, 9G5AC, 9G5ZS, 9J2BO, 9J2VB, 9K2HN, 9L1JT, 9U0A, 9X0VB, A22/JA2ATV, A41MX, AH0BT, AO9IB, BD7KLO/7, C6AQO (NA-113), C91KDJ, C91VB, C98BWW, CN2R, CN8KD, CV5D, CX3AN, D20VB, D88S, DS5USH, DU8DJ, E51NOU, EA9EU, EK3GM, EK8SK, EL2DX, EY8MM, F5KAQ/p (EU-156), FG5GP, FO/AC4LN, FO/N6JA, FP/K9MDO, FP/W9ILY, FS/CT1BWW, FS/K1XM, FS5KA, FW0MO (OC-054), GH6UW (EU-099), H40MY, HC2SL, HC8N, HL0LPM/3 (AS-080), HQ9R (NA-057), HR9/KJ4XP, HV0A, J20VB, J39BS, JW/G3SXW, JW/G3TXF, K1B, KD3CQ/p, KH7XS, KL7HBK, KP2/K3TEJ, KP2/W2UDT, LX7I, N8S, OA6/IZ7ATN/p (SA-098), OH8L, OJ0B, OX3XR, OY3QN, P29NI (OC-283), P29VCX (OC-284), P29VLR (OC-256), PJ7/K1XM, PZ5XX, R1AND, RA0ALM, RA0AZ, RK1B/p (EU-133), RU6DX/p, RV9FQ, S79SG, SK6M/p (EU-043), T77C, T88DJ, T93J, TA4HZ, TC0DX, TI/DL2AWG, TI4CF, TI7/DL2AWG, TK1CX, UK8OM, UT7QF, V26JN, V47NT, V51VV, V73NS, V85SS, VK1ANU/5 (OC-139), VK6CHI (OC-193), VK6YS/p (OC-164), VO1J, VP2MRT, VP5/W5SJ, VP8/LZ1UQ, VQ9LA, VY0/KH0PR (NA-047), VY0ICE/VE2, W4USI, W4ZYT/VP9, WP3C, XU7MDY, XW1A, XX9TJS, YK1BA, YN2N, YW5AS, Z2/UA4WHX, ZB2X, ZD7X, ZD8RH/p, ZD9ATN, ZL7/SP5EAQ, ZL7/SP9BQJ, ZL7/SP9PT, ZS3/G3LZQ. ***************************************************************************** 425 DX NEWS HOME PAGE: http://www.425dxn.org 425 DX NEWS ARCHIVES: http://list.425dxn.org 425 DX NEWS DX CLUSTER: telnet://dx.ik1znw.org:8000 ***************************************************************************** 425 DX News is a free of charge weekly bulletin edited by Valeria Pregliasco, IK1ADH and Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ 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 ***************************************************************************** MAILING LIST Please visit the "Mailing List" page at http://www.425dxn.org and follow the step by step subscribe/unsubscribe instructions or contact the Mailing List Administrator Stefano Turci, IK4WMH ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ***************************************************************************** Direttore Responsabile Gabriele Villa, I2VGW Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 057216 Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti Roma, Italia ***************************************************************************** <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> *** The PacketCluster network 425 DX News search tool commands *** SH/425 CAL shows the 425DXN Calendar "current" activities; SH/425 BULL [num] where [num] is the bulletin issue number; SH/425 [text] where [text] should be replaced with a callsign, an IOTA reference number, an island name, an Antarctic base, a lighthouse, etc. ---------------------------------------------------------- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. 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