20 March 2004
No 672
4 2 5 D X N E W S DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
3D2 - Brian, 3D2IZ will operate (on 80, 40,
30, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB and CW) from Namotu Island (OC-121),
Fiji from 28 March to 3 April. More information will be published
on http://www.brianboschma.com/3d2iz.html. [TNX
NG3K]
3X - Sebastien, F8DQZ will operate as 3XDQZ
(yes, Three X-Ray Delta Quebec Zulu) from Guinea between 18 April
and 2 May. The main objective of his trip is to operate from the
Tristao Islands in the unnumbered Guinee-Maritime Province North
group (AF-???). QSL via F8DQZ. His web page is at http://f8dqz.chez.tiscali.fr/
[TNX La Gazette du DX]
5T - At least five members of the European
Community ARC will operate as 5T0EU from Mauritania between 25
March and 3 April. Plans are to operate on 10-160 metres SSB and
CW, possibly with some activity on 6 metres and PSK31 as well.
QSL via OR5EU. [TNX The Daily DX]
8Q - Pierre, HB9QQ will be active gain as
8Q7QQ from Velighoo, Maldives on 13-27 April. He will operate on
30, 17 and 12 metres using full size loops. QSL via home call.
[TNX HB9PL]
9A - Special event stations 9A80ADE (QSL via
9A3KR), 9A80Z (QSL via 9A3KR) and 9A80ABD (QSL via 9A4A) will be
active until 31 December to celebrate the 80th anniversary of
radio club "Zagreb". [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
9M2 - Keith, 9M2/GM4YXI [425DXN 670] was
active from AS-072 last weekend. He expected to travel to Pulau
Perhentian Besar (AS-073) on 18 March and to operate on both the
19th and the 20th. QSL to Kim Larson, 22 N Hidden Acres Dr, Sioux
City, IA 51108, USA. [TNX N3SL]
DL - Volker, DL9HO and Wolf, DK1IP will be
active from Hallig Groede (N21 for the German Islands Award) from
26 March to 1 April. They will operate on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80
metres SSB and will participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest
"with a rare German prefix". QSL via home calls, either
direct or through the DARC bureau. Logs will be available at http://www.dl9ho.de.
[TNX DL9HO]
EA8 - Herbert, DK2BR will be active (on 10-40
metres SSB, possibly with some BPSK) as EA8/DK2BR from El Hierro
(DIE S-015), Canary Islands (AF-004) from 30 March to 15 April.
QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DK2BR]
FG - Look for FG/F6GWV and FG/F6HMQ to be
active from Guadeloupe from 25 March and 2 April. They will
participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as TO7T. QSL via F6HMQ.
[TNX F6HMQ]
FO0_cl - The DXpedition to Clipperton Island
[425DXN 669] has been postponed until 2005. This delay will give
the organizers time to gather more operators for the trip. If you
would like to join the team going to Clipperton in 2005, please
contact Dave, K4SV (K4SV2@Charter.net)
for future information. [TNX K4SV]
GJ - Hans/ON4ASG, Wil/ON4AVA, Dan/ON4ON,
Harvey/ON5SY, Dries/ON6CX, Pat/ON7PQ and Jean-Marie/ON7XT will
operate as MJ/homecall/p and MJ0DLQ/p from Les Minquiers Islands
(EU-099) on 22-25 July. They will participate in the IOTA Contest
(24-25 July) as MJ0DLQ/p. Bill, ON9CGB might travel with the team
as far as Jersey (EU-013) and operate from there as GJ0MEU/p. All
QSLs via ON4ON, direct (Danny Commeyne, Rozenlaan 38, B-8890
Dadizele, Belgium) or through the bureau. The
"Minkieboys" web site is at http://users.skynet.be/minkies/.
[TNX ON9CGB]
GM - Jurij/MMODFV and John/GMOWRR plan to
operate as MSODGR/p from four EU-123 islands (namely Fidra, Lamb,
Craigleith and Bass Rock) on 20-23 March. They will have two
transceivers and a number of portable antennas, and will operate
on all HF bands CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via bureau or
direct to MMODFV (Jurij Phunkner, P.O. Box 7469, Glasgow, G42
OYD, Scotland, UK). Pictures and information on the activity will
be posted on http://www.scotham.net.
[TNX MM0DFV]
GW - The Wrexham and District Amateur Radio
Society will operate special event station GB2WFS on 27 March,
during this year's "Scientriffic" Festival (www.wrexhamsf.com),
as part of National Science week. For further information and
pictures of the previous two years' events, please visit www.qsl.net/gb2wsf.
[TNX M1LCR]
HR - Gerard, F2JD is again active as HR5/F2JD
from Honduras until 14 May. He will operate on all bands SSB, CW
and RTTY. QSL via F6AJA. Logs will be available at http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr.
[TNX F6AJA]
IS0 - After their activity from San Marino
[425DXN 667] William/N2WB and Bill/W4WX will operate as IS0/N2WB
(QSL via N2OO) and IS0/W4WX (QSL via home call) from Sardinia on
22-27 March. Look for them on the HF bands on CW, SSB and RTTY.
[TNX W4WX]
P4 - Andy, AE6Y will be active as P40Y from
Aruba on 24-30 March, CQ WPX SSB Contest included. QSL via home
call. [TNX AE6Y]
TJ - Roger, G3SXW and Nigel, G3TXF will be
active (on 10-80 metres CW only) as TJ3G from Cameroon between 23
March and 1 April. QSL via G3TXF. [TNX The Daily DX]
TJ - Jack, F6BUM has been issued the call
TJ3MC fro his April activity from Cameroon [425DXN 668]. He will
be leaving France on 2 April and he plans to operate from
Mondoleh Island (AF-???) on the 10th and the 11th, between 7 UTC
and 16 UTC only, because he will not be able to stay overnight on
the island. In order to maximise the number of IOTA chasers
logged he will operate CW the first day and SSB the second day,
on the usual IOTA frequencies. [TNX F6BUM]
VK - VK6EWI is the callsign to be used during
the 21-27 March operation from Woody Island (OC-170) [425DXN
670]. Richard, VK6TT has joined the original team of six
operators. Look for them on or near the standard IOTA frequencies
on 40-10 metres. QSL via VK6NE. [TNX VK6APK]
VP5 - K5CM, N5KW and W5AO will be active as
VP5/homecalls from North Caicos (NA-002) from 23 March to 7
April. They will participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest (27-28
March) as VP51V (yes, VP Five One V) in the Multi-Single
category. QSL VP51V to P.O. Box 88, Morris, OK 74445-0088, USA;
others direct to home calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
VU - Basappa/VU2NXM and Arasu/VU2UR plan to
operate, possibly with a special call, from Elephanta Island in
the unnumbered Maharashtra State group (AS-???) on 25-31 March.
They hope to receive the final authorization in the next few
days. [TNX VU2UR and VU2NXM]
XX9 - Yul/VR2MY (XX9TMY) and Wong/VR2KW
(XX9TVR) will be active (on 160-10 metres, with an emphasis on
the low bands) from Macao from 10 UTC on 25 March until 1 UTC on
the 27th. QSLs via VR2KW (direct only). [TNX the Daily DX]
YB - Adhi, YC3MM will operate (on 15 metres
only, mainly SSB) as YC3MM/5 from Batam Island (OC-075) on 20-21
March. QSL via IZ8CCW. [TNX IZ8CCW]
ZS8 - Ludwig Combrinck (ZS6WLC) and Pieter
Stronkhorst (ZR6PSR), two staff members of the Hartebeesthoek
Radio Astronomy Observatory Space Geodesy Programme, will conduct
a scientific expedition to from Marion Island (AF-021) in April.
They will depart on 1 April and, depending on offloading of
equipment and other work load, amateur radio operations as ZS8MI
will commence on the 7th until around the 30th. Plans are to
operate SSB (3750, 7080, 14195, 21295 and 28495 kHz) and 15 wpm
CW (3750, 7080, 14195, 21295 and 28495 kHz). They expect to leave
the island on 2 May. QSL via ZS6M (Bernardus Roode, P.O. Box 158,
Kempton Park 1620, South Africa). Further information (including
on-line logs and direct QSLling policy) can be found at http://www.hartrao.ac.za/geodesy/marionweb/main.html.
[TNX ZS6WLC]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
5V7C ---> The 5V7C team from Togo
went QRT around 13.30 UTC on 13 March, after about 17,500
QSOs. A full report on the expedition will be published
at www.5v7c.free.fr
in due course. [TNX F5NQL]
9U5M ---> Michael, PA5M went QRT from
Burundi on 16 March. Complete logs for 9U5M and YI/PA5M
are on line at http://www.pa7fm.nl; QSL via PA7FM
(Dennis Robbemond, Loggerhof 11, 3181 NS Rozenburg, The
Netherlands). Please note that 1 USD does not cover
postage for outside Europe; direct cards without
sufficient return postage will be replied to via the
bureau. [TNX PA7FM]
BANABA AWARD ---> The Banaba Award is
meant to encourage stations worldwide to make as many
contacts as possible with the T33C expedition between 4
and 16 April. The Banaba Trophy will be awarded to the
station who makes the highest number of band-mode
contacts (there are 27 possible band-modes that count
toward the Trophy), while certificates of merit will be
available for working T33C on 5, 10 or 15 band slots.
Please visit http://www.dx-pedition.de/banaba2004/
for full information. [TNX K6SRZ]
DXCC NEWS ---> DXCC Manager Bill
Moore NC1L reports that the following operations from
Iraq have been approved for DXCC credit: YI/NG5L (10
April - 9 June 2003), YI9L (formerly YI/NG5L, 10 June
2003 - 27 February 2004), YI9LEK (from 25 January 2004),
YI/PA5M (from 14 August 2003).
HIMALAYAN TRIP ---> Jim, W4PRO will
be active as A52PRO from Bhutan between 23 March and 3
April, and as 9N7PRO (requested call) from Nepal between
10 and 13 April. He plans to operate mainly CW on all
bands from Bhutan and on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres
from Nepal. Updates will be posted on http://www.w4pro.net/.
[TNX N8CH and The Daily DX]
QSL 4U1UN ---> Mohamed, KA2TRD
confirms that HB9BOU is the QSL manager for contacts made
with 4U1UN on or after 12 March 2004. Cards for past
operations should be sent to the www.qrz.com
address for 4U1UN.
QSL AY1ZA ---> Henry, LU4DXU reports
he is receiving many direct cards for his activity from
the South Orkneys without sufficient return postage.
Please note that owing to the high postal rates in
Argentina, 1 USD does not cover return mail to overseas.
[TNX DL5EBE]
QSL HC8L ---> Randy, W5UE is the new
QSL manager (direct and bureau) for all past and future
HC8L activities. QSL status for this and other stations
Randy manages can be found at http://www.datasync.com/~w5ue/qsl-w5ue.html.
[TNX W5UE]
QSL VIA DL7AFS ---> Please note that
the correct address for DL7AFS (QSL route for the recent
VK9LB and VK9NB operations) is Baerbel Linge,
Eichwaldstrasse 86, D-34123 Kassel, Germany (the address
at qrz.com is no longer valid). Cards can be sent either
direct or through the DARC bureau; if QSLling direct, do
not forget that 1 USD does not cover return postage for
outside Europe. [TNX DL2FAG]
THE DAILY DX ---> Congratulations to
Bernie McClenny, W3UR who celebrated the seventh
anniversary of his "The Daily DX" on 17 March.
For further information on this first rate DX bulletin
please check out its homepage at http://www.dailydx.com/.
SILENT KEY - Dragan, Z32XX reports the
untimely death of Vane, Z31RC, who passed away on 16
March at 48 years of age. An active DXers and contestman,
he was one of the founders of Z30M (Z37M).
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
LOGS: On-line logs for either ZK3SB and
5W0SB are available at http://www.qsl.net/i2ysb. [TNX I2YSB]
LOGS: On-line log for YI9ZF at http://www.qsl.net.
has been updated and now includes contacts made through
14 March (20269 QSOs since 15 January). QSL via SM1TDE.
R1FJ: On-line logs and updates on the
current operation from Franz Josef Land can be found at http://www.dl6zfg.de/exp.htm.
[TNX DL6ZFG]
YU1AST - P.O. Box 76, 18106, Nis, Serbia
and Montenegro
CALENDAR - Edited by I1JQJ & IZ7AUH
PERIOD CALL REF
===========================================================================
01/01-31/12 IOTA 2004 652
till 20/03 8Q7BA: Maldives (AS-013) * by DL5SBA 669
till 20/03 9M2/GM4YXI: Pulau Perhentian Besar (AS-073) 672
till 20/03 V31AD: Belize * by N5DD, KC5DJI, AG5TX, KD5YCG 667
till 20/03 XF4IH: Socorro (NA-030), Revillagigedo 669
till 21/03 C6A/W6SJ & C6AWS: Bahamas Islands * by W6SJ 665
till 21/03 JO1ZZZ/3: Awaji Island (AS-117) * by JA Team 671
till 21/03 PJ7/W8EB: St. Maarten (NA-105) * by W8EB & W8DVC 665
till 21/03 YC3MM/5: Batam Island (OC-075) * by YC3MM 672
till 21/03 ZB/G0SGB/p: Europa Point Lighthouse 671
till 22/03 3DA0CF, 3DA0CG, 3DA0DM, 3DA0AX, 3DAWPX: Swaziland 670
till 22/03 M0CNP/VP9: Bermuda (NA-005) * by M0CNP 669
till 22/03 T70A: San Marino * by N2WB and W4WX 667
till 25/03 DL4OK/p: Fehmarn Island (EU-128) 671
till 25/03 R1FJ: Franz Josef Land (EU-019) * by RA & UA Team 669
till 27/03 CM6XX/I0SNY: Cuba * by I0SNY 666
till 29/03 A35DA, A35DH, A35DJ: Fafa Isl. (OC-049) * by DL team 671
till 30/03 9M2/GM4YXI: W.Malaysia (AS-073; AS-046; AS-097) 670
till 30/03 P40A: Aruba (SA-036) * by KK9A 667
till 30/03 T30ZF: Western Kiribati * by DK2ZF 670
till 30/03 VB5C: 75th anniversary of the Canadian Curling Brier 670
till 31/03 CN: Marocco * by W7EJ 668
till 31/03 MM0XAU: Shetland Islands (EU-012) * by DJ6AU 664
till March JR1EEU: Aoga Shima (AS-043) 657
till end March KH6/I0TWA & KH6ZM: Hawaii (OC-019) 671
till 05/04 HK0GU: Providencia (NA-049) * by DL7VOG 670
till 12/04 3B9C: Rodrigues Island (AF-017) 671
till 15/04 OA7/PA3GFE: Peru 659
till 15/04 YI9YMA: Iraq * by K7YMA 665
till mid April V51/homecalls: Namibia * by DL5XL & DH3FBS 669
till April IR7LH: Italian lighthouses * by IK7JWX 651
till 14/05 HR5/F2JD: Honduras 672
till mid May YU8/IN3IZT: Kosovo * by IN3IZT 669
till mid May ZS10RSA: Special event station * by ZS6Y 668
till May 7Q7HB: Malawi * by G0JMU 665
till May YA8G: Afghanistan * by LA5IIA 659
till 01/06 K2ZR/4: Key West (NA-062) 671
till 15/06 SV8/KE2SP: Hydra Isl. (EU-075) * by KE2SP 671
till July YI9GS: Iraq * by YN1GSR 669
till 31/12 HA2004EU: Special event call 663
till 31/12 HB75A: Switzerland (USKA 75th Anniversary) 671
till 31/12 NL7AU: Upper Matecombe Key (NA-062) 671
till December 9A80ADE & 9A80ABD: 80th Ann. of radio club "Zagreb" 672
till December HF0QF and HF0POL: "Arctowski" Base (So. Shetlands) 662
till December OX2KAN: Special event station 665
till December VK0DX: Davis Station (Antarctica) * by VK4LL 659
till December WL7CPA: Unalaska Island (NA-059) 671
till ?? 9G1AA: Ghana * by PA3DEW, PA3FQX 671
till ?? YI9ZF: Iraq * by YL1ZF 663
till ?? VP8CMH/MM: South Georgia, South Orkneys * by GM0HCQ 658
20/03-22/03 HR2RCH/3: Cayos Cochinos (NA-160) 671
20/03-23/03 MSODGR/p: Fidra, Lamb, Craigleith, Bass Rock (EU-123) 672
20/03 PA3EEQ & PA0XAW: Den Helder Lighthouse 671
20/03-28/03 SX8K: Kythira Isl. (EU-113) * by SV Team 666
20/03-21/03 Russian DX Contest - CW/SSB ***
21/03-27/03 VK6EWI: Woody Isl. (OC-170) * by VK6 DX CCT 672
22/03-27/03 IS0/N2WB & IS0/W4WX: Sardinia (EU-024) 672
23/03-03/04 A52PRO: Bhutan * by W4PRO 672
23/03-01/04 TJ3G: Cameroon * by G3SXW & G3TXF 672
23/03-07/04 VP5/hc: North Caicos (NA-002) * by K5CM, N5KW, W5AO 672
24/03-30/03 P40Y: Aruba (SA-036) * by AE6Y 672
24/03-30/03 W2RZS/6Y5 & 6Y2RZ: Jamaica (NA-097) * by Ws 667
25/03-03/04 5T0EU: Mauritania * by European Community ARC Members 672
25/03-10/04 5W0SS & 5W0KE: Samoa * by DL1VKE and DF2SS 667
25/03-29/03 C6DX: Double Headed Shot Cay (NA-219) * by Ws 671
25/03-02/04 FG/F6GWV & FG/F6HMQ: Guadeloupe (NA-102) 672
25/03-10/04 KH8/homecall: American Samoa * by DL1VKE and DF2SS 667
25/03-29/03 MU5RIC/P: Guernsey (EU-114) * by M5RIC 667
25/03-31/03 VU: Elephanta Island (AS-???) * by VU2NXM & VU2UR 672
25/03-27/03 XX9TMY & XX9TVR: Macao * by VR2MY & VR2KW 672
26/03-01/04 DL9HO & DK1IP: Hallig Groede Isl. 672
27/03 GB2WFS: Special Event Station from Wales 672
27/03-28/03 YA0J: Afghanistan 671
27/03-28/03 CQ WW WPX Contest - SSB ***
28/03-03/04 3D2IZ: Namotu Island (OC-121) 672
28/03-02/04 LU2XX: Tierra del Fuego (SA-008) 671
29/03-05/04 C56JJ: The Gambia * by PA9JJ 663
30/03-15/04 EA8/DK2BR: Canary Isl. (AF-004) * by DK2BR 672
31/03-08/04 V7: Majuro, Marshall Isl. (OC-029) * by DK2ZF 670
01/04-08/04 HB0/homecall/P: Liechtenstein * by HA Team 671
03/04-18/04 TO7HAM: Martinique (Caribbean Hamboree) 667
03/04-04/04 EA WW RTTY Contest - RTTY ***
03/04-04/04 IYLRC Elettra Marconi Contest - CW/SSB/RTTY ***
03/04-04/04 SP DX Contest - CW/SSB ***
04/04-18/04 5H3/SM1TDE: Tanzania * by SM1TDE 671
04/04-10/04 JW/F8DVD: Longyearbyen (EU-026) * by F8DVD 667
04/04-16/04 T33C: Banaba (OC-018) 671
07/04-24/04 V31RG: Belize * by K4VU & K0LAA 669
07/04-30/04 ZS8MI: Marion Island (AF-021) * by ZS6WLC & ZR6PSR 672
09/04-11/04 JA1AMP/6: Tarama Island (AS-079) * by JA1AMP 671
09/04-11/04 TJ: Mondoleh Isl. (AF-???) * by F6BUM 668
09/04-17/04 V63ZF: Pohnpei Isl. (OC-010) * by DK2ZF 670
10/04-13/04 9N7PRO: Nepal * by W4PRO 672
10/04-11/04 TJ: Mondoleh Island (AF-???) * by F6BUM 672
10/04 EU Sprint Spring - SSB ***
11/04-18/04 TM6ILE: Groix Island (EU-048) * by F5SGI 663
11/04 UBA Spring Contest - SSB ***
13/04-27/04 8Q7QQ: Maldives * by HB9QQ 672
15/04-18/04 II6CC: Special Event Station 671
17/04-18/04 GX4NOK/P: Inner Farne Island (EU-109) 657
17/04 ES Open HF Championship - CW/SSB ***
17/04 EU Sprint Spring - CW ***
17/04-18/04 GACW CW DX Contest - CW ***
17/04-18/04 YU DX Contest - CW/SSB ***
18/04-02/05 3X: Guinea * by F8DQZ 672
18/04-01/05 7Q: Malawi * by G4AXX, GU4CHY, G4JVG, M5RIC 663
18/04-21/04 KH2/DK2ZF: Guam Island (OC-026) * by DK2ZF 670
22/04-02/05 VK6: OC-??? * by VK6YS 669
23/04-05/05 OX/DL2SWW and OX/DL2VFR: Maniitsoq Island (NA-220) 661
24/04-25/04 Helvetia Contest - CW/SSB ***
30/04-03/05 MM0BQI/P: Treshnish Isl. (EU-108) * by MM0BQI 670
30/04-02/05 WA6LUT & K0NW: St. Georges Reef (NA-184) 671
end April 3X: Tristao Islands (AF-???) * by F8DQZ 672
end April 9M: Pulau Satang (OC-165)* by G3KHZ, G3TMA & IZ1CRR 670
end April V8: Pulau Muara (OC-184) * by G3KHZ, G3TMA & IZ1CRR 670
April ZA/IK0OKY: Albania 670
April ZL/DH3WO, ZL/DL5DAN and ZL/DJ2HD: New Zealand (OC-036) 671
01/05-21/05 3B8/DL3LBP: Mauritius (AF-049) * by DL3LBP 669
01/05-02/05 EI25: Special Event Station from Ireland 671
07/05-25/08 HS0ZCW: Thailand * by K4VUD 671
08/05-15/05 9A/HC & 9A0CI: Plocica Is. (EU-016) 665
20/06 DIE Contest 671
22/07-25/07 MJ/hc & MJ0DLQ/p: Les Minquiers Isl. (EU-099) * by ONs 672
24/05-25/07 RSGB-IOTA Contest ***
25/06-29/06 GH8KGC: Les Minquiers Islands (EU-099) * by G Team 669
22/11-09/12 VK9XG: Christmas Isl. (OC-002) * by W0YG 669
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