17 April 1999
No 415
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
3B9 - Thanks to the help provided by the 3B9R
Rodrigues Island DXpedition, Robert Felicite, 3B9FR is back on
the air. He has been off the air for over five years for a number
of serious reasons, including the loss of nearly everything he
owned due to a cyclone. [TNX AH0W/OH2LVG]
3D2 - Yamato ARC members JA1JQY, JA1KJW,
JA3MCA/1 and JA8VE/1 will be active respectively as 3D2SH, 3D2HI,
3D2TK and 3D2KZ from Fiji between 30 April and 1 May. Look for
them on CW (CW 1827, 3507, 7007, 1007, 14007, 18077, 21007,
24897, 28007, 50107 kHz) and SSB (3798, 7080, 14197, 21270,
24937, 28470, 50107 kHz). QSL via home calls. [TNX JA1ELY]
3W - Steve, K2WE will be active from Saigon,
Vietnam between 23 and 27 April. He plans to operate as XV300S
(he may also use his personal call, 3W6WE). QSL via K2WE. [TNX
The Daily DX]
4S - Sigi, DJ4IJ is active again as 4S7IJG
from Sri Lanka (AS-003) for two weeks. QSL via bureau to DK8ZD.
[TNX DX News Letter]
9A - 9A2DM, 9A3LM, 9A3QE, 9A5SM and 9A6JNP
will be active as 9A1CZZ/P from Brioni Islands (EU-110) between
15 and 18 April. QSL via 9A2DM. [TNX DX News Sheet]
9N - Kazu, JA8MWU (ex 9N1WU) will be active
as 9N7WU from nepal between 3 and 12 May. Look for him on 14180,
21280 and 28480 kHz +/-QRM. QSL via home call. [TNX JA1ELY]
A2 - John, G3HCT will be active on CW as
A25/G3HCT from Botswana between 1 and 10 May. QSL via G3HCT. [TNX
DX News Sheet]
A9 - Ed, WH6CXQ will be active as A92GJ from
Bahrain (AS-002) for the next couple of years. QSL to Ed
Tenhulzen, Admin. Support Unit, PSC-451, Box 215, FPO AE
09834-2800 [TNX The Daily DX]
BY - Look for BY1DX to be active on the
ususal DX frequencies (RTTY is promised) with two stations during
the weekend to celebrate the official opening of the Radio Club
at the Beijing Chayong Activity Center [425DXN 412]. QSL via
OH2BH (Martti J. Laine, Nuottaniementie 3D20, 02230 Espoo,
Finland). [TNX The Daily DX]
DU - Bernhard, DL2GAC was active as
DU1/DL2GAC from the Calamian Group (OC-090) as his first attempts
to get to Batan Island (OC-093) [425DXN 414] were unsuccessful.
His plans were to remain at Calamian until 14 April, but earlier
this week he did not know his movements after that, except that
he must be back in Singapore by 21 April to catch his flight back
to Germany. If he operates from Batan it will be as DU2/DL2GAC.
[TNX 9V1RH]
EA9 - Yuki, JI6KVR will be active as
EA9/JI6KVR from Ceuta between 17 and 22 April. QSL via EA5KB (JA
stations via JJ6LXX). [TNX JI6KVR]
FG - Tada, JA1WPX will be active (on 10-40
metres, SSB and CW) as FG/JA1WPX/P from Guadeloupe (NA-102)
between 25 April and 2 May. QSL via home call. [TNX JA1ELY]
FR/T - Jacques, FR5ZU will be active (on
10-40 metres, SSB only) as FR5ZU/T in his spare time from
Tromelin Island (AF-031) between 16 April and 4 May. North
America stations are suggested to look for him around 2 UTC on
14.256 MHz with Zareh, VE2NW. QSL via VE2NW (except JAs). [TNX
VE2NW]
GM - GM5VG/P will be active from Islay
(EU-008) during the Scottish Activity Weekend [425DXN 412] on
17-18 April. [TNX DL8AAM and GM0ALS]
GM - With the coming of the New Scottish
Parliament, amateurs from Scotland will be allowed to use special
prefixes between 6 May and 31 July. GM prefixes will be replaced
by 2S, MM by 2A and 2M by 2T. [TNX GM4FDM]
GW - Welsh stations are allowed to replace
their current prefixes (GW, MW and 2W) with special prefixes
(respectively 2C, 2X and 2W) between 6 May and 31 July to
celebrate the opening of the new Welsh Parliament. [TNX DX News
Sheet]
HR - The Radio Club de Honduras will be
active as HQ6RCH on 17-18 April from Little Cay Island (NO-REF)
in the Islas de la Bahia Department - if the island meets the
qualification criteria, it is likely to qualify for NA-057. [TNX
DX News Sheet]
HR - Rene, HR1RMG is reported to be planning
an operation as HR1RMG/HR6 from Santanilla/Swan Islands (NA-035)
in June or July. [TNX G0APV and Islands On The Web]
I - Ugo, I0CUT and others will be active as
IU0AIR on 23-25 April on 7-10.30 UTC and 13-17 UTC. The special
call is to celebrate the XVII A.I.R. (Associazione Italiana
Radioascolto) DX Meeting at Monterotondo (Rome) and will be aired
with the co-operation of ARI Rome. QSL via I0CUT (Ugo Cartia,
Sezione ARI di Roma, P.O. Box 361, 00100 Roma Centro - RM, Italy)
[TNX IV3-15698].
I - ARI Carpi members I4IOR (Claudio), IK4GLV
(Franco), IK4JPR (Sergio), IK4RUX (Vanni), IK4THF (Glauco) and
IZ4CCO (Giuseppe) will be IA5/ from Capraia Island (EU-028, IIA
LI-020) between 19 and 23 May. Look for them on CW and SSB. They
also plan to operate from a couple of other IIA islands in the
same IOTA group. QSL via home calls. [TNX IK4RUX]
I - IQ3X is the contest call of Mauro, IV3HAX
(http://www.qsl.net/iq3x,
e-mail iq3x@qsl.net). He will
participate in this year's main CW and SSB events. QSL either via
bureau to IV3SKB or direct to IV3HAX (Mauro Lizzi, P.O.Box 1,
33034 Fagagna - UD, Italy). [TNX IV3HAX]
JA - Weather permitting, JH6QCQ, JM6NWR and
JL6UBM will be active (on 6-80 metres SSB and CW) from Tokara
Archipelago (AS-049) between 2 and 4 May. QSL via home calls.
[TNX JI6KVR]
JA - Eiji, JQ1SUO will be active (on 10-160
metres CW, with some SSB) as JQ1SUO/1 from Mikurajima (AS-008)
between 3 and 5 May. QSL via home call (Eiji Shinoda, 3-3-17
Tomisato, Kashiwa, 277-0081 Japan). [TNX JA1ELY]
LU - Fred, LU6KK (ex LU6KBX) is active again
on 160 metres, usually on or around 1832 kHz CW. QSL via LU6KK
(Fred Sehringer, Box 16, 4107 Yerba Buena, Tucuman, Argentina).
[TNX LU6KK]
PY - Rony, PS7AB reports that PR5B (SSB) and
PT5L (CW) will be active from Mel Island (SA-047, DIB 34) between
21 and 28 April. QSL via PP5LL. Fox, PY5BF also reports an
activity is being planned from this island by the 59 DX Group
(PY5ZT, PP5AVM, PP5AP, PY5BF, PP5LL, PY5HSD and PY5AG): the call
should be PR59B and the dates 21-25 April. QSL via PP5LL (Jayme
Lira, P.O. Box 08, 88010-970 Florianopolis - SC, Brazil). [TNX
PS7AB and PY5BF]
S7 - Gavin, GM0GAV will be active (on 20, 17,
15, 12 and 10 metres CW) as S79GT from the Seychelles (AF-024)
between 22 April and 5 May while on honeymoon. QSL via home call.
[TNX DX News Sheet]
T8 - JH3FJG and JI3DLI will be active (on
6-80 metres SSB, CW and FM) as T88JR and T88DX respectively from
Palau (OC-009), Belau between 20 and 25 July. QSL T8JRG via
JH3FJG (Hiroshi Hayakoshi, 118-4 Angoduka, Yawata-city, 6148057
Japan). QSL T88DX via JI3DLI (Kenji Fujihara, 17-2
Higashiichikawa, Arashiyama, Nishikyo, Kyoto-city, 6160002
Japan). [TNX JI3DLI]
T2 - Yamato ARC members JA1JQY, JA1KJW,
JA3MCA/1 and JA8VE/1 will be active respectively as T22JY, T22KJ,
T22TK and T22VE from Tuvalu (OC-015) between 2 and 9 May. Look
for them on CW (CW 1827, 3507, 7007, 1007, 14007, 18077, 21007,
24897, 28007, 50107 kHz) and SSB (3798, 7080, 14197, 21270,
24937, 28470, 50107 kHz). QSL via home calls. [TNX JA1ELY]
T30 - Eight German amateurs from the Berlin
DX Group - namely DJ6TF (Tom), DL2NWK (Wolf), DL2RUM (Tom), DL7BO
(Tom), DL7DF (Sigi), DL7UFR (Frank), DL7VFR (Rudi) and DD6UYL
(Marianne) - will be leaving Germany on 15 October for West
Kiribati, where they expect to arrive on the 19th (morning T30
time). The callsigns have not been issued so far, but they have
applied for a call to be used on SSB and another on CW and RTTY.
They will have four complete stations (with amplifers, beams,
etc.) and plans are to run three stations around the clock on all
bands until the T33 group leaves for Banaba (see below). The
group will depart Kiribati on 11 November. For further
information please visit http://www.qsl.net/DL2RUM. [TNX DL2RUM]
T33 - Four operators from the German team
(see T30 above) will go and be active from Banaba (OC-018)
between 28 October and 2 November with three stations. [TNX
DL2RUM]
UA - The International North Pole Expedition
(Moscow-Murmansk-Franz Joseph Land (EU-019)-Sredniy Island
(AS-42)-North Pole) started on 9 April and will end on the 25th.
Amateur radio activity takes place with two calls: RV3MA/0
(operator Roman) and the special Russian Robinson Club call
R3RRC/0 (operated by RV3MA). QSL RV3MA/0 via RV3ACA (Elen
Boychenko, P.O. Box 13 Moscow 127521 Russia). QSL R3RRC/0 via
RW3GW (Valery Sushkov, P.O.Box 3, Lipetsk 398000, Russia). The
web site of the Russian Robinson Club is at http://www.stinol.lipetsk.ru/~rrc.
[TNX RW3GW]
UA - Yuri, UA0KCL plans to be active as
UA0KCL/0 from Rautan Island (AS-038) for a couple of days
"after 15 April". QSL via RA3DEJ. [TNX F5NZO]
W - Joe, K2OLG expected to be active from
NA-138 on 15 April and NA-058 on 16 April. QSL via K2OLG either
direct or through the bureau. [TNX K2OLG and Islands On The Web]
W - The West Jackson County Amateur Radio
Club will be active as N5D between 22 UTC on 23 April and 22 UTC
on the 25th to celebrate the 300th anniversary of
"D'Ibervill's landing in Ocean Springs, MS". QSL to
West Jackson County ARC, P.O. Box 1822, Ocean Springs, MS 59564,
USA. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
XX9 - VR2SS is expected to be active as
XX9TSS from Taipa Island (AS-075), Macau until 9 May. Main
activity will be on 6 metres (50.090 CW, 50.140 and 50.100 Mhz
FM), but some activity on HF bands is planned as well. QSL to
Motoi Kawattsu, 205 Mezon 3-17-15, Nishisugamo, Toshima-ku,
170-0001 Japan. [TNX JI6KVR]
YI - Alex, PA3DZN [425DXN 414] is now in
Baghdad, Iraq and could not take any radio equipment with him: he
will contact the locals in order to obtain permission to operate,
but he anticipates it may take some time to get a licence. [TNX
The Daily DX]
ZB - Martyn, G3RFX will be active (on 10-80
metres CW and SSB) as ZB2FX from Gibraltar until 5 May. QSL via
G3RFX. [TNX DX News Sheet]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
MACAU ---> There is no QSL bureau for
Macau, however cards sent to the local Amateur Radio
Association (Associacao dos Radioamadores de Macau, P.O.
Box 6018, Macau) will be forwarded to the appropriate
person. [TNX The Daily DX]
QSL 8J3IKD ---> Please note that all
of the contacts made with this special station
celebrating the 60th anniversary of Ikeda City [425DXN
411] will be confirmed automatically through the JARL
bureau. 8J3IKD will be active until 30 April.
QSL ET3AA ---> Please note that the
*only* ET3AA log Steve, G3VMW has is for his CW operation
between 18 and 30 September 1998. He is NOT the QSL
manager for normal ET3AA QSOs, which are usually SSB. The
current QSL route is direct to E.A.R.S., P.O. Box 60258,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [TNX G3VMW]
QSL K4AU/WH1 ---> "I've been
advised by K4AU that all QSLs sent direct have been
answered. Bureau cards are going out in bundles... as
soon as he gets a certain amount he sends them out all at
once." [TNX KA4IST]
QSL YI9CW ---> Tom SP5AUC (ex YI9CW)
has left Poland for his new assignment in Vietnam. The
backlog of direct QSLs for his YI9CW operation is handled
by Mirek, SP5APT. Zygi, SP5ELA is a back-up manager and
has access to the YI9CW logs. If help is needed, please
send an e-mail to: zygi@sp5pbe.waw.pl.
[TNX SP5ELA]
QSL YS1JR & YS1RAY ---> Franz,
DJ9ZB is the new QSL manager for John, YS1JR (ex YS1JRG)
and Ray jr. (YS1RAY). He will have the logs for all
contacts made starting on 1 January 1999. These are the
sons of Raymundo, YS1RR, whose family also includes his
brother Salvador (YS1SRD), his sister Coralia (YS1CD) and
his wife Titi (YS1TT). YS1JR was the call of Raymundo's
father, Jose Rodriguez, who died in 1996 after being
active for more than fifty years. [TNX YS1RR]
QSL ZL9CI ---> QSL manager Ken
Holdom, ZL2HU (Box 56099, Tawa, New Zealand) reports the
cards were received from the printer on 10 April. A
six-member team has started replying to the requests
received through 31 March (9,200+ envelopes) and they
hope these cards will be processed and mailed within 30
June. QSL cards received after 31 March will be processed
immediately after the above 9,200 envelopes. QSL cards
received via the bureau (or those which do not include
the necessary postage, return envelopes etc) will be
processed when time permits. "If you have sent cards
both directly and thru the buro", Ken says, "I
would appreciate your brief NEW message to this effect
and I will endeavour to eliminate duplicate responses
when we process the BURO cards." Ken's e-mail
address is zl2hu@clear.net.nz.
[TNX ZL2HU]
QSL VIA G3VMW ---> Steve, G3VMW
reports he has despatched all direct QSLs received so far
for his recent C56SW operation from The Gambia. Cards
with no return postage have been sent via the RSGB bureau
together with all bureau and e-mail requests. Steve also
has the logs for his 1997 & 1998 operations as
5B4/G3VMW, 5V7SW and 9G5SW and would be happy to confirm
any outstanding QSOs.
QSL VIA IK7JTF ---> IK7JTF (Salvatore
Borace, III Trav. Corso Roma N.C., 70010 Cellamare - BA)
is the QSL manager for 4L1UN, 4L4AJ, 4L0CR, 5N9EAM,
5N9RGP, 5N99EAM, 5N99RGP, 9K2AI, A61AP, A71/9K2AI,
AP2KSD, AP2MAM, BV5BG, CN8SN, CN8VK, HZ1CCA, OD5PI and
TT8AM. [TNX IK7JTF]
SILENT KEY - George Sweigert, N9LC died
on 23 February at 79 years of age. First licensed as
W8ZIS and a World War II veteran, he was the inventor of
the cordless telephone back in 1969. [TNX W3HC]
LOGS (S79): Doug, N6RT reports the logs
of S79FAG, S79YL and S79ZG are updated daily at http://dx.qsl.net/logs.
(it is worth checking this site regularly as new logs are
added weekly - one of the latest is the S79AG log for
Erik, SM0AGD's March 1999 operation - in addition to a
list of links to other logs on the net)
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