27 March 1999
No 412
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
5B4 - F5SQM will be active as 5B4/F5SQM from
Cyprus (AS-004) between 1 and 6 April. [[TNX F6AJA and Les
Nouvelles DX]
7Q - 7Q7RM (Ron) is again in Malawi and he
will be joined soon by 7Q7JL (John), 7Q7LA (Les) and 7Q7HB
(Harry). The latter will stay in Malawi for at least two months.
QSL all direct only to G0AIS. [TNX G0AIS]
9M6 - Don, W4HQF plans to be active (on SSB)
from Sabah, East Malaysia (no call given) between 2 and 9 April.
QSL via W4HQF. [TNX The Daily DX]
9M8 - Weather and tidal conditions
permitting, Hans, DF5UG is going to be active (on 20, 15 and 10
metres SSB) as 9M8QQ from Pulau Satang (OC-165). He has received
permission from the National Museum of Sarawak for a two night
stay on the island, and the use of a generator, which was not
previously allowed. He plans to leave for the island at 06.30 UTC
on 27 March and to depart after 04.00 UTC the 29th. QSL via
DF5UG. [TNX HS0/G3NOM]
BY - The Beijing-Chaoyang-Nokia Amateur Radio
station, BY1DX, is the first ever foreign corporate sponsored
amateur radio club in China and it commenced its activities this
past week. It is located at the Beijing business district in a
high building overseeing the city. and it will be operated
regularly by the foreign DX types as well as by the Chinese
youth. The station master is Chen Jia Zhuang, BG1CJZ and the QSL
manager is Martti J. Laine, OH2BH (Nuottaniementie 3D20, 02230
Espoo, Finland). [TNX N4GN]
CE_ssh - Ricardo, CE3HDI will be active as
CE9R from King George Island in the South Shetlands (AN-010)
between 24 March and 23 April. He expects to operate on all bands
CW, SSB, RTTY and SSTV from Teniente Rodolfo Marsh and possibly
President Frei Montalva Chilean Antarctic bases. [TNX CE6NES]
CX - If you are looking for a QSO with a YL
station from Uruguay, you should try to work Mariana, CX1JJ. She
is regularly on 10 and 15 metres CW only, and will be
particularly active between 27 March and 4 April. QSL via CX1JJ
either direct (P.O. Box 164, 50000 Salto, Uruguay) or through the
bureau. [TNX CX1JJ]
DU - Gus, SM3SGP is active as 4F7/SM3SGP from
Cebu Island (OC-129) until 6 May. He plans to participate in the
CQ WW WPX SSB Contest (10 metres). QSL via SM3EVR (Tord E
Julander, Box 547, S-860 20 Njurunda, Sweden). [TNX The Daily DX]
E4 - Peter, G3WQU has been operated as
4X/G3WQU from Bethlehem since 1975. He has now been issued a
licence by the Deputy Minister of Posts and Telecommunications in
Gaza, Palestine, with callsign E4/G3WQU. He is active (especially
during the weekends) on CW only on all bands (80-10 metres, 160
metres not available). Peter expects to be in Bethlehem at least
two years. QSL via G3WQU either direct (Peter McKay, UNIFIL, P.O.
Box 75, Nahariyya 22100, Israel) or through the RSGB bureau. [TNX
E4/G3WQU]
F - Special station TM2LYC will be active
until 4 April from Bethune. QSL via F5MWZ. [TNX F1PSH]
FT_ant - Philippe, FT5YG [425DXN 399] is now
active from Les Petrels (AN-017). He was working Europe in the
morning (around 8 UTC) on 20 metres (+/- 14125 kHz) and his
signal was coming from the north. QSL via F5LBL (Gerard Karpe,
629 route de Montpellier, 30800 Saint Gilles, France).
G - Glyn, GW0ANA confirms special event call
GB100SFL has been granted to the Barry ARS and Dover Radio Club
for the 26-28 March activity from South Foreland Lighthouse,
Dover [425DXN 411]. QSL via GW0ANA.
GM - Look for Jim, GM4CHX to be active from
the Orkneys (EU-009) on 30 March (Burray, IOSA OR-14), 31 March
(Rousay, OR-9), 1 April (Wyre, OR-22) and 2 April (Graemsay,
OR-21). The IOSA (Islands Of Scotland Award) List is available
from Les, GM3ITN (CBA). [TNX DL8AAM and GM0ALS]
JX - JX7DFA has been active for ten years
(and Annar, LA2KD has all of his logs) from Jan Mayen. He will be
going QRT on 16 April, but before leaving the island he will
operate as JX0LMJ on 10-11 April (QSL via LA7DFA). [TNX LA2KD]
KL7 - KL1SLE will be active from St. Lawrence
Island (NA-040) on 5 or 6 April. For further information please
visit http://www.customcpu.com/personal/kl7fh [TNX WL7KY]
LU - LU1XQG, LU1XSI, LU3XQ, LU6XQI, LU6XTA,
LU9XPF and LU9XPV will be active on all bands from Los Alamos,
Tierra del Fuego (SA-008) on 26-28 March. [TNX LU1DZ and SM7AED]
PA - PI9ESA (the club station operating from
the European Space Agency) is active again, for the time being on
40 and 80 metres only. QSL via bureau. For further information
please e-mail PI9ESA@amsat.org.
[TNX PA3FWP/I0WTD]
PA - Luc, ON4BB and Bill, ON5JE will be
active (on 10-40 metres) as PA/ON5JE from Schouwen-Duiveland
(EU-146) between 3 and 6 April. QSL via ON5JE. [TNX ON5JE]
S0 - Ross, CN2UN is now active from Western
Sahara with his new call sign S07UN. QSL via ZP6CU. [TNX The
Daily DX]
S0 - Arseli, EA2JG plans to be active on all
bands as S09A from Western Sahara for two weeks starting on 31
March. QSL via EA2JG (Arseli Etxeguren, Barrena 6, 01480 Luyando
Alava, Spain). [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
S2 - Reza, S21K plans to be active from
Kutubdia Island (AS-127) between 28 and 30 March. Look for him
around 01.30 UTC on 7060 kHz, 13.00 UTC on 21230 kHz and 15.00
UTC on 14220 kHz. QSL direct to Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, Executive
Director COAST, Charfassion, Bhola 8340, Bangladesh. [TNX DX News
Sheet]
T33 - OK1RD, OK1RI and OK1TN were eventually
able to go and operate from Banaba as T33RD. They started on 22
March and are expected to be on the island until 1 April. They
plan to participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest with one
station, while the second one will be working CW moslty on WARC
bands. QSL via OK1RD. [TNX OK1ADM and OM3JW]
T77 - While the main T77V station will
partecipate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest [425DXN 411], look for
the second station to operate on WARC bands (SSB and CW) and 6
metres. Please note that following arrangements with Joe, QSL for
*all of the activities* are now via W3HNK.
TL8 - Gianni, IZ1CQD will be active (on 10,
15, 20 and 40 metres SSB with 100 watts, dipoles and solar panel
power supply) as TL8CG from Markounda, Central Africa between 1
and 20 April. Hi will operate during his free time. QSL via
IZ1CQD either direct (Gianni Caretto, via Angioira 42, 10070
Coassolo - TO, Italy) or through the bureau. [TNX IZ1CQD]
XF4 - The 17 March-2 April DXpedition to
Revilla Gigedo by XF4BEF [425DXN 410] has been cancelled and no
reason was given. [TNX The Daily DX]
XT - Michel, F5RLE will be active as XT2DM
from Burkina Faso between 1 and 11 April. QSL via F5RLE. On 9-11
April he will operate as XT2CI. His home page is at http://perso.wanadoo.fr/f5rle
(includes logs on line for his 1995, 1996, 1998 and 1999
operations). [TNX F5RLE]
YB - Wisnu, YB0AZS reports the 8A0J WPX SSB
operation [425DXN 411] has been cancelled. He and other operators
from ORARI Lokal Kramatjati Club Station will now participate in
the Contest as YB0ZCE (Multi-Single). QSL to ORARI Lokal
Kramatjati, P.O. Box 6193, Jath Jakarta 13061, Indonesia).
ZC4 - George, 5B4AGC was not able to operate
from ZC4 on 26 March [425DXN 411] as he had to return to the UK
due to the death of his mother. [TNX W3JJ]
ZD8 - Glenn, K6NA and Jim, N6TJ are active
from Ascension Island (AF-003) as ZD8A and ZD8Z until the end of
March. They are likely to participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB
Contest (single band on 10 and 15 metres). [TNX The Daily DX]
ZF - Bill, K5YG is active as ZF2YG from the
Cayman Islands (NA-016) through 5 April. QSL via K5YG. [TNX K2FF]
ZS - Barry, ZS1FJ was unexpectedly active as
ZS23I from Seal Island (AF-077) for a few hours on 25 March. This
island was activated by Barry for the first time in October 1996.
QSL via ZS1FJ (Barry P. Fletcher, 18 Valley Road, Kenilworth,
7700 Cape Town, South Africa.
ZS - Rudi, ZS6VER will be leaving South
Africa in early April for a long voyage during which he plans to
activate several IOTA groups. He will be starting in Durban and
from there he will sail up the coast, heading towards
Madagascar/Comores/Maldives. Rudi says that "it looks like
the AF-077 group would fit right in with our plans for the
initial shakedown trip to sort the yacht and our equipment
out". Updates are expected in due time. [TNX G0UIH and
Islands On The Web]
ZS8 - Deryck Yelverton, ZS6DE is a member of
the 56th weather and biological research crew on Marion Island
(AF-021). He will be leaving on 1 April and is not expected to be
active before mid-April at the earliest, as the base handover
will occupy his full attention. However, once he has all the
hardware ready, he expects to be on regularly and to make lots of
contacts on SSB, CW and RTTY. Deryck has been issued the call
ZS8D. QSL via QSL to ZS6EZ either direct (Chris R. Burger, Box
4485, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa) or through the bureau. [TNX
ZS6EZ and The Daily DX]
CQ WW WPX SSB ---> The following are
expected to participate in the Contest:
- Bavarian Contest Club as CN8WW. They will be active
until 3 April. QSL via DL6FBL. [TNX The Daily DX]
- Antonio, CT1ERK as CQ7ERK (10 metres). QSL via home
call. [TNX CT1ERK]
- CT3BD, CT3CD, CT3DL, CT3HF, CT3HK, CT3IA and CT3KN as
CQ9K (Multi-Single).QSL via CS3MAD either direct (P.O.Box
4694, P-9058 Funchal, Madeira, Portugal) or through the
bureau. [TNX CT3HF]
- Antonio, EA8AKN and others as ED8GCC (Multi-Single)
from Canary Islands (AF-004). QSL via bureau to EA8AKN.
[TNX EA8AKN]
- George, 5B4AGC as H2G from Cyprus (AS-004). QSL via
home call. [TNX DX News Sheet]
- Rich, N6KT as HC8A from the Galapagos (SA-004). [TNX
The Daily DX]
- IT9HLR as II9R. QSL direct only to home call. [TNX
IT9HLR]
- A group of operators from ARI Consenza as IU8W
(Multi-Multi). QSL via IZ8CCW either direct (P.O. Box
360, 87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy) or through the bureau.
[TNX IZ8CCW]
- The NP3X team (Multi-Multi) from the KP3P contest
station on Puerto Rico (NA-099). [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
- F5AMH as TM7T. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
- TX8DX (Multi-Multi) from New Caledonia. QSL via VK4FW.
[TNX FK8GM]
- Ken, K6HNZ as VP5E. QSL via home call. [TNX DX News
Sheet]
- Tom, ZP5AZL as ZP40Z on all bands. QSL via W3HNK. [TNX
OPDX Bulletin]
- N5FA, PY5CC, PY5EG and PY0FF as ZX0F (Multi-Single)
from Fernando de Noronha (SA-003). [TNX The Daily DX]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
BARL ---> The annual general meeting
of BARL (the Bangladesh Amateur Radio League) was held on
21 March and the following committee members were elected
for the years 1999-2000: Iqbal, S21C (President); Rana,
S21R (Secretary); Samudra, S21X (Treasurer). [TNX S21A]
CDI 99 ---> The Challenge Des Iles 99
is the French Islands Contest, which will take place
between 1 June and 30 September. It is sponsored by AFRAH
(the French Association for Handicapped Radio Amateurs)
and CDXC (Clipperton DX Club) and is for
contacting/listening/activating the largest number of
different French islands. For further information please
visit http://www.micronet.fr/~smorice/cdi99p.htm
or e-mail Stephane Morice, F-10255 at smorice@micronet.fr.
[TNX F-10255]
C56SW ---> Steve, G3VMW logged 12,285
QSOs (after taking out the dupes) during his C56SW
operation between 5 and 18 March from Kololi, near
Banjul. He operated on (band/QSOs) 160/4, 80/158,
40/1095, 30/1135, 20/2258, 17/1235, 15/1636, 12/2203 and
10/2559. Cards have been ordered and while waiting for
them to be printed you can give a look to the logs at http://www.bramham.demon.co.uk.
QSL via G3VMW. [TNX G3VMW]
ERU ---> The general meeting of the
Estonian Radioamateurs Union was held on 13 March and the
following Borad of Directors members were electedto serve
for the next three years: Tiit Praks, ES7RE (President),
Tiit Ling, ES1MW (Vice-President), Juhan Poldvere, ES5QX
(Member), Ako Pohako, ES8AY (Member), Andrus Lilllevars,
ES2NA (Member). [TNX ES2NA]
LOG SEARCH ENGINE ---> Doug Brandon,
N6RT (dab@home.com)
announces a new powerful log search engine at http://dx.qsl.net/logs
- "Setting up a log search is now easy! Simply send
in your log and we will do the rest! In addition to
providing a fast search engine, the search results page
displays log statistics and can also display QSL
information, an email address, a web page address, and a
picture of the QSL card". Please visit www.qsl.net
for details. [TNX N6RT]
LOGGING PROGRAMME (FREE) ---> Bob
Furzer, K4CY/9K2ZZ has written and is now distributing
his Windows 95/98 logging software. Bob's program
("Logger") is available by e-mail request from
Bob at n6bfm@avana.net
or The Golist at golist@usa.net.
[TNX K1XN]
NOT AN ISLAND! ---> Island chasers
please note that PU2XRP operates from Ilha Solteira,
which is not an island but a town on the mainland, in Sao
Paulo State, near the border with Paraguay. [TNX PP5SZ]
OOOPS! ---> The first batch of 1500
cards received from the printer [425DXN 411] are *not*
for FT5WH, but for the FT5ZH DXpedition to Amsterdam
Island. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have
caused Gil, F5NOD and our readers.
SCOTTISH ACTIVITY WEEKEND ---> The
GMDX Group introduces the GM Activity Weekend to be held
from midnight to midnight on 17-18 April. Activity is
encouraged and to be expected from Scottish Stations
using prefixes like GM, GS (Club Call), MM, MS (Club
Call) 2M1 (VHF Novice) 2M0 (restricted HF Novice), GB
(special event station, but ensure they are located in
Scotland). Further information (rules, prizes, etc) are
available from Tom Wylie, GM4FDM at gm4fdm@scotsboy.sol.co.uk.
QSL 3D2DI ---> VE6TK is *not* the QSL
manager for Bill, 3D2DI. The call has been re-allocated
and the current owner of the call has been receiving
cards meant for Bill. The correct QSL route for 3D2DI is:
W.J. Smith, P.O. Box 184, Suva, Fiji. [TNX VK5FV]
QSL VK9XX & VK9YY ---> QSL
manager Charlie Summers, W0YG reports that all QSL cards
for both operations have been answered EXCEPT for those
who either did not send any return postage or for those
who did not send a return envelope (SAE). These cards
will be answered through the bureau. Also please note
that Charlie asks not to include VK9YY and VK9XX cards in
the same envelope. All bureau cards will be answered in a
year or two with a generic bureau card. [TNX W0YG]
QSL NOT VIA CT1EEB ---> Jose, CT1EEB
reports he is receiving bureau cards for YT1BB, but he is
*not* and has never been the QSL manager for this
station.
QSL NOT VIA K9PG ---> Paul, K9PG is
*not* the QSL manager for KH7R, even though he operated
from there many times.
QSL VIA AD4Z ---> The up-to-date list
of stations managed by Julio Enriquez, AD4Z include
CL8UB, CL8VP, CM2CK (SK), CM2VK, CM8UB, CM8VP, CM8ZZ,
CO2HR, CO2JD, CO2MA, CO2VG, CO8AR, CO8NA, CO8ZZ, HI3LFE,
HI4M, HI8LUZ. Please note that Julio is not the QSL
manager for CO8DM and CM8DM any longer, and is not and
has never been the manager for CM2KC. [TNX AD4Z]
QSL VIA PY1LVF ---> Jose, PY1LVF (and
not PY1NEZ) is the QSL manager for ZX0Z (Frances Island,
7-11 February 1997), ZX1Z (Frances Island, 21-24 February
1998), PY1LVF/p (Grande Island, 24-25 July 1998). His
address is Jose Luiz Vieira Fernandes, P.O.Box 18009, Rio
de Janeiro - RJ, 20722-970 Brazil. [TNX PY1LVF]
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