30 January 1999
No 404
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
8P - Glenn, VA3DX will be active as 8P9DX
from Barbados (NA-021) until 6 February. He will participate in
the CQ WW 160 Meter CW DX Contest. QSL via VE3ICR. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
9G - Hardy, DL1IAL will be active as
9G5HKfrom Ghana beginning in February for three months. QSL via
DL1IAL. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin]
BY - The Chinese Radio Sports Association
(CRSA) will air a special event experimental station for 48 hours
to participate in the CQ WW 160 Meter CW DX Contest from Beijing.
Look for BT1WW (operated by BA1AB, BA1OK, OH2BH and others). The
antenna is some 300 feet above the ground, but the location is
rather noisy. [TNX N4GN]
CO - Juan Carlos, CO8TW will participate in
the CQ WW 160 Meter CW DX Contest. Logs available at http://db-sales.com/nfdxa/logs/logs.html.
QSL via W3HNK. [TNX CO8TW]
E3 - Joe, I2YDX and Bob, IK2WXZ are now
active respectively as E30LA and E30MA from Eritrea [425DXN 403].
Their operations from E3 islands are planned as follows: Dahlak
Archipelago (AF-038) on 30 January-1 February; Sheikh Said Island
(Read Sea Coast North group, AF-???) on 2-4 February; an island
in the Read Sea Coast South group (AF-???) on 6-8 February. QSL
via home calls. [TNX I2YDX]
FO_aus - Mat, FO0XUU and Wulf, FO0AWI expect
to go QRT from Marquesas [425DXN 403] on 29 January. Plans are to
start operations from Austral Islands on 31 January. QSL via
DL5AWI. [TNX The Daily DX]
FO - Helmut, DJ4VW will be active (mainly on
20 metres SSB) as FO/DJ4VW from Raiatea (OC-067), French
Polynesia between 1 and 20 February. QSL via DJ4VW either direct
or through the bureau. [TNX DF6PW]
H40 - Sigi, DK9FN and Bernhard, DL2GAC are
now active respectively as H40FN (QSL via HA8FW: Mihaly Bela
Szeged, Csongradi sgt. 122/A. 4/9. H-6724 Hungary) and H40MS (QSL
via DL2GAC) from Temotu [425DXN 401].
HC - A group of operators from Ecuador will
be active (on 40, 20, 17, 15 and 10 metres) as HD1DX between 15
UTC on 30 January and 15 UTC on the 31st. They will be operating
from a volcanic lagoon called Mojanda Grande at 3800 metres above
sea level. QSL via HC6DC. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
HC8 - Paul, DL6FBK has been in Ecuador since
18 January and plans to operate as HC8/DL6FBK/p from HC8KU's
shack on the Galapagos (SA-004) between 4 and 9 February. He
expects to be active on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres CW and SSB. [TNX
DJ5AV and DX News Letter]
JD_min - Ryo, JL1KFR will be /JD1 from Minami
Trishima (OC-073) between 28 January and 15 February. He plans to
concentrate on Europe and North America on RTTY and CW. [TNX
JA7DHJ/1]
KH0 - Kazu, JA1RJU will be active as KH2K/AH0
from Saipan (OC-086) between 5 and 8 February. QSL via JA1RJU.
[TNX The Daily DX]
LU - LU1FAM, LU3FP and LU4FPZ will
participate in the CQ WW 160 Meter CW DX Contest as LU4FM. [TNX
LU1FAM]
S7 - Kurt, HB9MX will be active again as
S79MX from Mahe (AF-024), Seychelles between 1 and 27 February.
He will operate on all bands except 80 metres. QSL via HB9MX
(Kurt Bindschedler, Strahleggweg 28, 8400 Winterthur,
Switzerland). [TNX HB9MX]
SV5 - The Radio Club of Rhodes (EU-001) will
participate in the CQ WW 160 Meter CW DX Contest as J45T. QSL via
SV5TH. [TNX DX News Sheet]
W - John, AE5B will be active from NA-092 on
29-31 January. Look for him on 14.260/21.260 MHz. [TNX AE5B and
Islands On The Web]
Z2 - Mirek, VK3DXI will be active as
Z2/VK3DXI in his spare time from Zimbabwe between 28 January and
14 February. QSL via 9V1XE (Mirek Rozbicki, 7 Seletar Terrace,
Singapore 806908, Republic of Singapore). [TNX VK3DXI]
ZD8 - Jim, N6TJ and Glenn, K6NA plan to be
active as ZD8Z (QSL via VE3HO) and ZD8A (QSL via K6NA) from
Ascension Island (AF-003) between 2 and 10 February. [TNX The
Daily DX]
ZL9 - The ZL9CI DXpedition to Campbell Island
went QRT at 22.12 UTC on January 24 after breaking the record
80,673 QSOs set by the VK0IR Heard Island expedition in 1997. The
logs containing 96,004 QSOs have been uploaded to the log server
and are now complete.
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
IOTA CONVENTION 1999 - This year's event
is organized by URE (Union Radioaficionados Espanoles),
URA (Union Radioaficionados Alicante) and Tabarca DX
Club. It will take place in Alicante on 23-25 April and
will include the activation of Tabarca Island (EU-093)
with the call EG5URA. For full information please visit http://www.ure.es/iota99/
or contact either URE (ure@ure.es)
or URA ( ea5ura@jet.es
) [TNX EA5OL]
AWARD ---> SV2AEL (Savas Pavlidis,
P.O. Box 22013, Thessaloniki 55310, Greece) is the
manager for the Alexander the Great Award ( http://www.qsl.net/sv2ael
). [TNX SV2AEL]
PALESTINE ---> The International
Telecommunications Union (ITU) has recently reserved an
International Dialing code to Palestine. In October 1998
ITU voted to give Palestine a block of call signs as
well, but it appears that the office that assigns the
telephone codes is different from the one that does Radio
call block assignments. "Once there is an official
ITU press release and the assignment is known", John
Kanode, N4MM (ARRL DXCC Liaison) says, "Palestine
can then be added the ARRL DXCC List". Look for the
latest ITU allocations at http://www.itu.int/radioclub/rr/aps42.htm.
[TNX The Daily DX]
PIRATE! ---> The station signing
3C1GS on 23 January around 23 UTC on 40 metres CW was a
pirate, as the genuine Ramon, 3C1GS works SSB only. [TNX
EA5BYP]
THE END OF AN ERA ---> With the full
implementation of the Global Maritime Distress Safety
System (GMDSS) on 1 February, the international listening
watch on 500 kHz will be ended. To celebrate the end of
an era operators from Qaqortoq Radio (OX3OXF), Nuuk Radio
(OX3OXI), Aasiaat Radio (OX3OYR), Reykjavik Radio
(TF3TFA), Torshavn Radio (OY3OXJ), Lyngby Radio (OZ1OXZ,
operated by OZ8AE; OZ5OXZ, operated by OZ5D; OZ1OXB,
operated by OZ6TL) will be QRV between 1 and 28 February
and again during the speciel event weekend on 10-11 April
on 1830, 3535, 7025, 10125, 14035, 18075, 21035, 24905
and 28035 Khz. QSL via bureau. [TNX OZ6TL]
QSL S21YD ---> This was Carl, SM6CPY
who operated between 31 December 1998 and 5 January 1999.
QSL via SM6CPY (Carl Jonsson, Bottnatorpet, Alboga, S-524
96 Ljung, Sweden). [TNX SM6CPY]
QSL VIA I2JSB ---> Giorgio, I2JSB is
still waiting for the logs from Alex, EZ8CQ - please be
patient and do not send duplicates. Please note that
Giorgio will close the following logs at the end of the
year: 5H3CR, T50DX, T51SB, T53DR, T53RC, T53SG. QSL to
Giorgio, P.O. Box 55, 20089 Rozzano - MI, Italy. [TNX
I2JSB]
XQ0Y ---> This station has been
active giving Juan Fernandez as QTH and "LU1DFB,
Angel Simonetti, 555 Simon Bolivar, 1888 - Fcio. Varela,
BS AS, Argentina" as QSL manager. Ricardo, LU4FDV
contacted the LU licencing authority and was informed
there is no LU1DFB, while XQ3IDY, operating the Radio
Club of Chile station CE3AA, said he did not know
anything about XQ0Y. [TNX W9SZ, The Daily DX and DX News
Sheet]
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
DXCC: - The DXCC web site is at http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/
(includes all the current rules, fees, current and
deleted entities list, prefix information, Incoming and
Outgoing QSL bureau information, list of DXAC
Representatives, the list of DXCC field representatives
and the most current DXCC application form). [TNX NC1L]
LOGS: - The very first log from FT5WH
(3-17 January) is now available at http://perso.easynet.fr/~f5nod/ft5whlog.html.
QSL via F6KDF (Radio club de la Gendarmerie, 292 route de
Genas, 69677 Bron Cedex, France). [TNX F5NOD]
LOGS: - Logs of R1ANF and LU/UX1KA, as
well as full information on the WAE Award, are available
at http://www.qsl.net/dl5mx.
[TNX DL5MX]
DL3NEO Hannes Schmidt, Komotauer Str.28
B, D-91207, Lauf, Germany
DS0EZ Sarang Nanugi Net, P.O.Box 54,
Dongjak, Seoul 156-600, South Korea
DS1BHE Seong-Joo Lee, P.O.Box 12,
Tobong, Seoul 132-023, South Korea
DS1DAL Sae Hwa Bang, 26/6, Shinsai-dong
266-31, Eunpyung-gu, Seoul 122-081, South Korea
DS1DVJ Ok Kyung Kim, 26/6, Shinsai-dong
266-31, Eunpyung-gu, Seoul 122-081, South Korea
DS1DVK Jin Ah Bang, 26/6, Shinsai-dong
266-31, Eunpyung-gu, Seoul 122-081, South Korea
DS1DVL Myung Ah Bang, 26/6, Shinsai-dong
266-31, Eunpyung-gu, Seoul 122-081, South Korea
DS1DHP Seung Kuk Lee, P.O.Box 12,
Sihung, Kyunggi-Do 429-010, South Korea
DS1FNQ Kim Eun Soo, Department of
Metallurgy and Materials Science, Room K420, Hong-Ik
University, 72-1, Dangsu-dong, Mapo-ku, Seoul 121-791,
South Korea
DS2HIQ Kwak Namsoon, P.O.Box 66,
Dong-Suwon 442-600, South Korea
DS3EXX Tae-Soo Song, P.O.Box 114, Cheong
Ju, 360-600, South Korea
DS3FGN Yeong-Ja Lee, P.O.Box 114, Cheong
Ju, 360-600, South Korea
DS5ALT Kim Mansoo, 1135, Gaya-Ri,
Gaya-Eup, Haman-Kun, Kyungnam 637-800, South Korea
DS5FWC Oh Chang-Hun, Hyundai Tower 1409,
285 Banku 1-Dong, Jung-Ku, Ulsan 681-261, South Korea
DS5JCJ Park Myung-Ok, Hyundai Tower
1409, 285 Banku 1-Dong, Jung-Ku, Ulsan 681-261,South
Korea
DS5JCK Oh Hyun-Soo, Hyundai Tower 1409,
285 Banku 1-Dong, Jung-Ku, Ulsan 681-261, South Korea
DS5RDA Sang Un Lee, P.O.Box 23, Taegu
700-600, South Korea
DS5SME Shin Sang-Jae, P.O.Box 21,
Dalseogu 704-600, South Korea
DU1/K7DTS John Gibson, Barrio Salong,
Calaca, Batangas, Philippines or c/o Doris Wimer, 4295
Palm Avenue #11, La Mesa, CA-91941, U.S.A.
DU1LKY Joselito C. Fernandez, Coloong 1,
Valenzuela, MM 1445, Philippines
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