15 May 1999
No 419
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
OPERATION DOUBLE TROUBLE - It is being
organized by Mats, 5X1Z/SM7PKK in order "to give the
deserving around the world a chance to work two rare
locations": Central Kiribati (T31, OC-043, between 23
September and 3 October) and Tokelau (ZK3, OC-048, between 7 and
12 October). Six operators will be active with three 1KW stations
(one for SSB, one for CW, one for WARC/Lowband/RTTY), beams for
the higher bands (WARC included) and verticals for the low bands.
The vessel transporting the team has already been secured; the
rough budget for this DXpedition is around US$ 30,000 (donations
from Clubs and Foundations are welcome). [TNX 5X1Z/SM7PKK] - See
OPERATORS NEEDED below
3A - Special event station 3A50R is active
until 16 May to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Prince Rainer III
of Monaco. QSL via bureau only. [TNX The Daily DX]
4U1UN - Mats, SM7PKK/5X1Z and Peter,
ON6TT/5X1T will be active from 4U1UN on 16-18 May, right after
Dayton. [TNX ON6TT/5X1T]
5B4 - The P3A team I2VXJ, RA9JX, RU3DX,
RW3QC, RZ3TX, RX4HW, UA3AB, UA3DPX, UA9CDV, UA9MA, UN7FZ, UT7QF)
will participate in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest (Multi-Multi) from
Cyprus (AS-004). QSL via W3HNK (QSL for contacts made with
5B4/home call before and after the contest are via home call).
[TNX UN7FZ]
8Q - DH5HV plans to be active from the
Maldives (AS-013) during his honeymoon between 17 and 31 May.
[TNX The Daily DX]
CY9 - K8RF (Dan), K4LT (Doug), W6RGG (Bob),
W6BSY (Mac), K8DD (Hank) and AC8W (Stan) will be active as CY9RF
from St. Paul Island (NA-094) between 23 and 31 May. They will
participate in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest (Multi-Multi) with four
main stations running 24 hours a day + two part time stations
running peak times (11.00 to 12.00 UTC and 21.00 to 02.00 UTC).
Before the Contest they will run two or three stations,
concentrating mostly on the WARC bands and on difficult areas of
the world such as Asia, VK, ZL etc. All SSB operation will be
before the Contest period. This will be a "YASME"
DXpedition and CY9RF will count for credit for the awards
available for working enough YASME operations
(http://www.cestro.com/myweb/yasme.html). QSL via K8RF (Dan
Flaig, 2101 Ronaldson Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45230-1510, USA)
[TNX K8RF]
CY9 - Seven or eight operators from Canada
and the US will be active as CY9SS from St. Paul Island (NA-094)
indicatively between 5 and 14 June (start-up time will depend on
wx). They will operate on all bands (160m-70cm) on SSB, CW, RTTY,
Satellite and possibly EME. QSL via VY2SS. Any comments or
questions can be addressed to VE9MY (lmorgan@nbnet.nb.ca). [TNX
VE9MY]
DL - Mario, DJ2MX will be active as DJ2MX/P
from Fehmarn Island (EU-128) between 15 and 19 May. He promised
to pay special attention to VK/ZL and Pacific area. QSL via
bureau. [TNX VK4NM]
EA8 - Fernando, EA3KU will participate in the
CQ WW WPX CW Contest as ED8PP from Tenerife, Canary Islands
(AF-004). Bedore and after the contest he will be active as
EA8/EA3KU. QSL via EA3KU (Fernando Martinez Lizama, P. O. Box 69,
L'Ametlla de Mar 43860, Tarragona, Spain). [TNX EA3KU]
ER - Special event station ER0ITU will be
active on 14-16 May to celebrate the World Telecommunications
Day. QSL via ER1DA (Valery Metaxa, P.O. Box 9537, Kishinev,
MD-2071, Moldova). [TNX ER1CW]
F - F5RRW, F5NBQ, F5LOW, F2EJ and F1SDQ will
be active as TM0H from Houat Island (EU-048) from 12.00 UTC on 13
May until 10.00 UTC on the 17th. QSL via F2EJ either direct or
through the bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
F - Club station F5KAC will be active /p from
Stagadon Island (EU-105, DIFM MA-094) on 22-24 May. QSLs will be
sent automatically through the bureau, the address for direct
cards is F5KAC/Stagadon Isl, P.O. Box 5, 45270 Ladon, France.
[TNX F-11556]
FO - Alain, F2HE [425DXN 417] will now be
touring Polynesia between 19 May and 13 August. Now he expects to
operate as FO/F2HE from FO5QG's QTH on Nuku Hiva, Marquesas
Islands (OC-027) between 27 May and 27 June. He also plans to be
active (with 100 watts and a vertical, mostly on CW) from Tahiti
(OC-046), King George Islands (OC-131), Raiatea (OC-067) and
possibly from the Austral Islands during this tour. QSL via F6LQJ
(Bruno Descat, 106 la Prairie, 33230 Saint-Medard-de-Guizieres,
France). Alain's web site is at http://f2he.ifrance.com. [TNX F6LQJ]
FR/G - Henri, FR5ZQ arrived to Glorioso
(AF-011) on 8 May. Plans are to be active in his spare time as
FR5ZQ/G on 10-80 metres for four weeks. Look for him on or around
28480, 21230, 14180, 7050 and 3770 kHz, SSB; 28023, 21023, 14023
and 7003 kHz CW (he will operate on WARC as well, although no
frequency was given), QSL direct to FR5ZQ. [TNX IK2IQD]
FS - Hiroo, JA1WSX will be active as FS/KH0Y
from St. Martin (NA-105) between 16 and 19 May. QL via JA1WSX.
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
GD - Doug, N6TQS he will be operating RTTY
from the Isle of Man (EU-116) as MD0BPI between 20 and 26 May.
QSL via N6TQS/M0BPI. [TNX AA5AU and The VK2SG RTTY DX Notes]
GM - Look for Jim, GM4CHX to be active from
the Shetlands (EU-012) [425DXN 418] on 14 May (Papa Stour, IOSA
SH14), 15 May (Vaila, SH12) and 16 or 17 May (Hascosay, SH15).
His activity was expected to start yesterday (13 May) from Mousa
(SH10). The correct information came from Charlie Wilson, GM4UZY
(IOSA Directory and Awards Manager, cwm.wilson@zetnet.co.uk).
GM - GM0DEQ, GM0SEI and GM3WIL now plan to be
active (on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres SSB/CW) as GB5TI from
Lunga Island (IOSA NH-17), Treshnish Islands (EU-108) [425DXN
417] between 28 and 30 May. Last year's visit was cut short due
to one operator suffering a heart attack. QSL via GM0KVI. [TNX
GM0DEQ]
GM - Don, W9DC (MM/W9DC) plans to operate
with GM3VLB from Fidra Island (EU-123, IOSA FF-04, World
Lighthouse Award LH-0313) on 31 May. Look for them on 40, 20, and
15 metres (IOTA frequencies, SSB with possible CW). Between 5 and
7 June Don plans to be active as MM/W9DC/m from several other
Scottish islands, namely Mull (EU-008, IOSA NH-15), Seil (IOSA
FL-03), Luing (FL-04), Kerrara (FL-02), Davaar (CL-09, World
Lighthouse Award LH-0724, not IOTA). Most activity will be on or
near 14260 kHz with special attention to stations outside Europe.
Since access to islands depends on weather conditions, alternate
Scottish island operations may be chosen at the last moment.
Information on the World Lighthouse Award (WLH) [425DXN 411] is
available at http://www.infini.fr/~tquere. [TNX W9DC]
GM - A team from Cockenzie & Port Seton
ARC (including F5VBU, GM7OLQ, GM0CLN GM0HLK, GM0NTL, MM1AVA,
MM1CPP, MM0CCC and possibly one or two others) will participate
in the IOTA Contest as 2A0CCC/P (or MM0CCC/P if permission is not
given to use 2A prefix) from the Isle of Tiree (EU-008, IOSA
NH4), the most westerly of the Inner Hebrides. They will operate
on 3.5, 7, 14, 21 and 28 MHz, SSB and CW. Some activity might
take place using the operators' own calls /P prior to the contest
(from 23 July in their afternoon). QSL via GM0ALS. Updates will
be available at http://www.btinternet.com/~john.innes/Tiree.html.
[TNX GM0CLN]
HL - Look for HL0IHQ/2 to be active from
Paengnyong Island (AS-122) between 21 and 25 May. PLans are to
operate on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres with a dipole, two beams
and an amplifier. QSL via HL0IHQ (P.O. Box 375, Naminchon,
405-600 Korea). [TNX HL2KAT]
JA - Toshi, JM1PXG will be active (on 10-40
metres CW with some SSB) as JM1PXG/6 from Daito Islands (AS-047)
between 23 and 26 July. He will participate in the IOTA Contest.
QSL via JM1PXG either direct (Toshiyuki Saito, 3-10-3-204, Yoga,
Setagaya, Tokyo 1580097, Japan) or through the bureau. [TNX
JM1PXG]
JW - YL operator Marit, JW4CJA is active from
Bear Island (EU-027), Swalbard until the end of May. QSL via
LA4CJA. [TNX W1DIG and Islands On The Web]
KH2 - Dave, KH2/N2NL will participate in the
CQ WW WPX CW Contest (SOAB) as WH2/N2NL from Guam (OC-026). QSL
via W2YC either direct or through the bureau (please note that
cards sent directly to his Guam address will be answered, but the
turn around will be much longer than via his manager). [TNX
KH2/N2NL]
KP2 - Jeffrey, N5TJ will be active as
N5TJ/KP2 from St. Croix, Virgin Islands (NA-106) between 25 and
31 May. QSL via home call. He will participate in the CQ WW WPX
CW Contest as WP2Z (QSL via KU9C). [TNX N5TJ]
LU - Between 16 and 23 May amateurs from
Argentina will be allowed to replace the two letters of their
current prefixes as follows: LU with L2 (for instance LU2CRM =
L22CRM, LU7EC = L27EC), LW with L3 (eg LW8EZU = L38EZU) and AZ
with L4. This will be to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the CW
QSO (21 May 1924) between Carlos Braggio, r-CB8 from Buenos Aires
and Ivan O'Meara, z-2AC from Gisborne, New Zealand (a world
record in 1924!). The Radio Club Argentino (LU4AA) will celebrate
the anniversary with a commemorative station, L75CB (QSL via
LU4AA either direct to P.O. Box 97, 1000 Buenos Aires, Argentina
or through the bureau). For further information, includingthe
award programme sponsored by Radio Club Argentino, please visit http://www.lu4aa.org.
[TNX LU4AA and LW8EZU].
OX - Michael, OX3LG is active from Asiaat
Island (NA-134) until 20 May. Plans are to operate on 6, 10, 15
and 20 metres in his spare time. QSL via OZ1PIF (Peter Frenning,
Ternevej 23, DK-4130 Viby Sj., Denmark). [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
OZ - DL2RVL and DL2VFR (http://www.qsl.net/dl2vfr)
will be active as OZ/DL2RVL and OZ/DL2VFR from Laeso Island
(EU-088, NK-003 for the Danish Islands Award) between 15 and 22
May. QSL via home calls. [TNX DL2VFR]
PY - Santos Dumont Air Scouts Group will be
active (CW and SSB) as ZW5AC on 22-23 May from the National Scout
Communitary Action Moot. QSL via PY5DZ or direct to P.O.Box 6025,
80011-970 Curitiba, Parana, Brazil. [TNX PY5DZ]
SV9 - Juha, OH1KAG/OH9MM and Pertti,
OH3LQK/OH7WW will be SV9/homecall/p (CW, SSB and RTTY) from Crete
(EU-015) between 24 and 30 May. They plan to participate in the
CQ WW WPX CW Contest. QSL for both calls to OH3LQK via the
bureau. [TNX OH1KAG/OH9MM]
UA - Special event station R3EXPO is active
until 15 May from "Expocomm-99" in Moscow. QSL via
UA3AA. [TNX RX3AEX]
UA - Nick, RA1QQ and others plan to be active
as UE1QFF on 20-23 May from "45th" Island (new one for
the RRC Award). QSL via RA1QQ (P.O.Box 24, Cherepovets, 162627
Russia). Further information at http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/bunker/4755.
[TNX RA1QHJ]
V4 - Hiroo, JA1WSX plans to be active from
St. Kitts (NA-104) between 19 and 21 May. His call will be issued
upon arrival, QSL via JA1WSX. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
V7 - Tom, K7ZZ will be active (on all bands
except 160 metres) as V73ZZ from Kwajalein (OC-028) between 23
May and 2 June. He will participate in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest,
but will operate SSB before and after the contest. [TNX The Daily
DX]
VE - Look for VE7TLL/p, VE7QCR/p, VE7EDZ/p,
VE7KDU/p and VE7GKH/p to be active from Dundas Island (NA-118)
between 22 and 26 July (QSL via home calls). They will also
operate as VE7ISL/p (QSL via VE7TLL) and will participate in the
IOTA Contest as VD7D (it is a special call to celebrate the 225th
anniversary of the first European contact with Queen Charlotte
Islands by Juan Perez and his ship the Santiago in 1774). There
is the possibility of activating a couple of the smaller islands
near Dundas Island for the C.Is.A. programme, but it will be
depending on the weather and availability of transportation. QSL
VD7D via VE7TLL (Terry Mitchell, P.O. Box 9, Tlell, BC V0T 1Y0,
Canada). [TNX VE7TLL]
VK - Dan Holloway, VK8AN has just returned
from Troughton Island (OC-154), from where he was able to log
over 700 QSOs in is spare time. He will return to Troughton on 2
June for another two weeks and will most likely be repeating that
2 week on/2 week off cycle for the rest of the year. When he
returns to the island, he will take his regular base rig and his
3 element triband beam in order to work many more European
stations. He also hope to be active in the IOTA Contest from
OC-154. QSL via VK4AAR (Alan Roocroft, P.O.Box 421, Gatton 4343,
Australia). [TNX VK8AN]
VQ9 - Ron, VQ9DX/AA5DX will possibly be
leaving the Chagos Islands on 22 May if his replacement arrives
on time. He will continue to try to make as many contacts as
possible on 160 metres before he leaves. He arrives to the club
station at 4.15 am (22.15 UTC) and calls CQ on 1.828 until 7.30
am (01.30 UTC) which is 30 minutes past his sunrise. QSL via
AA5DX. [TNX NE8Z]
W - The ARRL celebrates its 85th anniversary
on 18 May and to mark the event, Maxim Memorial Station W1AW will
operate as special event station W1AW/85 on all bands and modes
during the week of 17-23 May. A special QSL will be available.
[TNX ARRL]
W - Joe, K2OLG plans to be active from Cedar
Keys (NA-076) on 17 May, St. George Island (NA-085) on 18 May and
Santa Rosa Island (NA-142) on 19 May. Look for him on 14.260 MHz
between 11 and 14 UTC ("random QRGs" will be used at
other times). QSL via home call. [TNX DX News Sheet]
W - Ivan, G3IZD will be active (on 10-40
metres CW) as AE4WK from Captiva Island (NA-069) on 21-24 May.
QSL via G3IZD. [TNX DX News Sheet]
YO - Jean-Michel, F6AJA, editor of Les
Nouvelles DX, will be signing YO/F6AJA during his spare time from
the QTH of YO8FZ between 17 and 22 May. [TNX F6AJA]
W - Harry, AA2WN will be operating as AA2WN/3
from time to time this summer from Kent Island (NA-140, USI
MD-004S). He will be mobile, running 100 watts to a vertical. QSL
via AA2WN either direct or through the bureau. [TNX AA2WN]
SOMALILAND ---> Baldur, DJ6SI and Franz,
DJ9ZB have been active respectively as 6O0X (Six Oscar Zero
X-Ray) on CW and 6O1Z on SSB from Hargeisa, Somaliland since 10
May. They will be operating (no RTTY) until 17 May. QSL SO0X via
DJ6SI and 6O1Z via DJ9ZB. Buck, DL5KAT reports that
"Somaliland declared its independence from Somalia on May
18, 1991, and has an own parliament, government, and, important
for us, an own radio licensing authority. More information about
Somaliland can be found on the WWW under http://www.anaserve.com/~mbali/home.htm."
However it should be noted that, in order to added to the DXCC
List as a Political Entity, any candidate must be a UN Member
State, or have been assigned a callsign prefix bloc by the ITU,
or have a separate IARU Member Society. Bill Kennamer, K5FUV also
says that "Should Somaliland qualify under one of the three,
the start date would be the date that 1, 2 or 3 occurs". In
order to count for Somalia, he adds, "the licenses would
need to be issued from the Somali authorities." [TNX DL5KAT
and The Daily DX]
RSGB IOTA CONTEST (24-25 JULY) - The
following stations are expected to participate in this year's
event [see also 425DXN 401, 405, 409, 411, 413, 417]:
IOTA INFO
AS-117 - Takeshi, JI3DST as JI3DST/3
from Awajishima. He plans to be active between 6 UTC on
24 July and 6 UTC on the 26th. QSL via JI3DST (Takeshi
Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-Cho Abeno-Ku, Osaka-City, Osaka,
545-0021 Japan). [TNX JI3DST]
EU-038 - Club station ON4NOK as PA6TEX
[425DXN 405] from Texel Island on CW and SSB. QSL via
ON4ALW. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
EU-066 - Radio Club Vologda operators
led by Mike, UA1QV from Solovetskie Islands, possibly as
RF1O. QSL via Radio Club Vologda, P.O. Box 23, Vologda,
160035 Russia. [TNX UA1RJ]
EU-123 - Otley Amateur Radio Club
members G3UNA, G0SNV, G0NIG, G0WNT, M0AMA, G8HDN and
G7RDJ as MM8Y from Bute Island. QSL via M0ARK. [TNX DX
News Sheet]
EU-101 - OH6RX from Raippaluoto. [TNX
Islands On The Web]
NA-066 - Gary, KI6T and Glenn, WR6O from
Santa Catalina. They plan to be active between 22 and 26
July. [TNX The Daily DX]
NA-148 - A team from the Framingham
Amateur Radio Association led by Steve, AA1IZ George's
Island. QSL via AA1IZ. [TNX KC1YR]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
BI5D ---> The BI5D (AS-141/p) IOTA
DXpedition went QRT at 23.48 on 2 May. They were not able
to for 96 hours as expected, due to electricity and
transportation problems. However 16,178 QSOs (8121 on
SSB, 7927 on CW and 130 on RTTY) were logged in 80 hours
on 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 6 metres. The team used
six transceivers, three amplifiers, three yagi and three
vertical antennas from three different QTHs. QSL via P.O.
Box 1713, Guangzhou city 510600, People's Republic of
China. The BI5D log is now online at http://dx.qsl.net/logs
and the BI5D web page is at http://www.qsl.net/bi5.d
[TNX BA1DU and N6RT]
FELD-HELL ---> Another AFSK digital
mode is growing popular among radio amateurs world wide.
The mode Hellschreiber was first patented in 1929 by the
German inventor Rudolph Hell. A version known as
Feld-Hell is being used today. IZ8BLY has developed
software for Windows 95 and a sound card to operate
Feld-Hell. You can find the program and more information
on IZ8BLY's site at http://www.freeweb.org/varie/ninopo/.
[TNX VK2SG RTTY DX Notes]
OPERATORS NEEDED ---> Mats,
SM7PKK/5X1Z is looking for three skilful operators for
"Operation Double Trouble" to Central Kiribati
and Tokelau. They should be available for about 6 weeks
in September-October 1999. Suitable candidates must be
able to handle SSB and CW (RTTY a plus) pile-ups and
prepared to work hard and operate following the
instructions regardless of personal preferences.
Practical technical abilities are a big plus.
Participants fee is around $1500 (all tickets,
accommodation and other related costs before and after
the DXpedition have to be dealt with out of your own
pocket). If you are seriously interested in joining the
team, please send detailed list of your qualifications
and information about your personality to Home.Mats.Persson@wfp.or.ug
BEFORE 19 MAY.
RUSSIA (NEW QRGs) ---> The Daily DX
reports that amateurs in both European and Asiatic Russia
(no CIS countries) are now allowed to operate on
24890-25140, 18068-18318 and 1810-2000 kHz.
QSL 5B4AGC ---> N2WK is *not* the QSL
manager for 5B4AGC. Cards should be sent direct to George
Beasley, P.O. Box 1344, Paphos, CY 8133, Cyprus.
QSL A92GJ ---> Ed Tenhulzen, A92GJ
now has a QSL manager and cards should be sent to N1SHM
either direct (Larry L. Laflamme, 474 Second Avenue,
Berlin, NH 03570, USA) or through the bureau. [TNX N1SHM]
QSL DU1EIB ---> Warren reports the
new QSL information for DU1EIB is Warren S. Uy, P.O. Box
3987, Manila, 1099 Philippines.
QSL E44/HA1AG ---> Zoli, HA1AG
reports the 2500 direct QSLs have been mailed. The other
7100 were due to follow early this week. QSL to Zoli
Pitman, Somogyi Bela ut 18, Gyor H-9024, Hungary.
QSL HK0 (SAN ANDRES, MARCH 99) ---->
QSL Manager W4DC reports that "most of the direct
HK0F, HK0/AA3KX, HK0/W4DC, HK0/K5OF and HK0/WN4VNU QSL
requests were mailed this past week. Will be working on
HK0/WB4ZNH and remaining cards this week".
QSL IA5/IK0YUJ ---> Rik, IK0YUJ
reports that for reasons beyond his control the cards for
his 1998 activity from Isola del Giglio (EU-028, IIA
GR-002) have been printed only recently. He will confirm
all the QSOs as soon as possible.
QSL TI5/K3LU ---> The QSL route given
by several sources was W3CU [425DXN 418]. However Russ,
N3GT (Trustee for W3CU) says that "W3CU is the club
station call for the Maryland Mobileers Amateur Radio
Club. We are *not* QSL managers for anyone. It is
possible that the previous call owner was". [TNX
K1XN and The Golist]
QSL VK6EWI ---> The cards for the
March 1999 DXpedition to Woody Island (OC-170) are being
mailed right now by VK6NE (N.R. Penfold, 2 Moss Crt.,
Kingsley, WA 6026, Australia). "If requesting cards
direct", he reports, "please send an
appropriate sized return envelope. Many of the envelopes
being received are simply to small to fit a normal card
into". [TNX VK6APK]
QSL VIA EA4AHK ---> The latest update
from Francisco is that he is the QSL manager for 5H3FH,
EA4RSF, S01RSF, TJ1GS, TJ2RSF, TT8FC, TZ6ASN. QSL via
EA4AHK: P.O.Box 10, 28400 Villalba, Madrid, Spain. [TNX
EA4AHK].
QSL VIA PA1AW ---> Alex, PA1AW
reports that all direct and bureau requests for TL5A and
TL0R received until 1 May have been answered. Direct
cards for T99KK will be mailed next week, other QSOs will
be confirmed via bureau in early June.
QSL VIA UA9AB ---> The latest update
from Gene is that he is the QSL manager for 4K6DFT,
4K6FT, 4K8F, EN6Q, EY4AA, RK9AWT, RK9AYY, RP9ATZ, RW9USA,
RW9UZZ, RZ9A, RZ9AZA, UA7A, UA0UBG/UA8V, UA9AJ, UA9BA,
UA9BA/50, UA9UST, UE9AWA, UE9AZA, UD6DFF, UD6DFT, UD8F,
UG/UV3ZZ, UA9AN/UI, UJ8RA, UJ9A, UK7R, UK8AX, UK9AAN,
UK9ADT, UL7VV, UN2L, UN4L, UN7LT, UN7VV, UP50V, UT7QF,
UW8V/UA0UBG, UW9AR, UZ9AXB, UZ9AYA. He also has the old
logs for EA8BYR, K0DEQ, KP4DQ, RH8AD, RH8AY, SV9ANH,
UH9HWB, UI8DAF, UI8DAM, UI8DAT, UI8DT, UI8GM, ZL1HS. QSL
via UA9AB either direct (Gene Shcumat, P.O.Box 17,
Troitsk, Chelyabinskaya obl., 457100 Russia) or through
the bureau. [TNX RA3SL and The Daily DX]
VISALIA 2000 ---> Next year's
International DX Convention will be held at the Holiday
Inn, Visalia on 14-16 April. Make your reservations at
209-651-5000 (they have about 250 rooms and some 100 have
been taken). [TNX W3UR]
W3HC ---> Mac, W3HC reports the
following: "TA4A cards go direct to W3HC (not direct
to Turkey); ZC4AA cards do *not* go to W3HC (I have
received about 30 in last week, I believe this guy is a
pirate); 9G1NS cards do *not* go to W3HC (never been his
manager); CO2OM cards do *not* go to W3HC (was manager
until 1990)".
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
WRTC: Full information about the World
Radiosport Team Championship 2000 can is available at http://wrtc2000.bit.si/.
[TNX The Daily DX]
till 31/07 2C, 2X and 2W: special prefixes from Wales 415
till 31/07 2S, 2A and 2T: special prefixes from Scotland 415
till 16/05 3A50R: special event station (Monaco) 419
till Jun 3DA0CA: Swaziland 411
till 17/05 6O0X & 6O1Z: Somaliland * by DJ6SI & DJ9ZB 419
till May 9G5HK: Ghana * by DL1IAL 404
till 17/05 9N7UD: Nepal * by K4VUD 413
till 2001 A92GJ: Bahrain (AS-002) * by WH6CXQ 415
till 16/05 ER0ITU: special event station 419
till 16/05 F5JOT/p, F5TBF/p, F5LGQ/p: Brehat island (EU-074) 417
till 17/05 F5KEQ: special event activity 417
till 15/05 F5TYY/p, F6IUI/p, F6BFH/p, F9IE/p: Sein Isl. (EU-068) 418
till August FK8VHU: New Caledonia 401
till early Jun FR5ZQ/G: Glorioso (AF-011) 419
till December FT5WH: Crozet (AF-008) * by F5AGL 401
till December FT5ZJ: Amsterdam Island 399
till 17/05 GM4CHX: Shetland Islands (EU-012) 419
till 31/05 JW4CJA: Bear Island (EU-027) * by LA4CJA 419
till 20/05 OX3LG: Asiaat Island (NA-134) 419
till 15/05 PA/ON4BAM: Ameland Island (EU-038) 411
till 15/05 R3EXPO: special event station 419
till 31/07 SN0APT: special event station (Poland) 417
till 16/05 TM0AR: special event station (France) 418
till 17/05 TM0H: Houat Island (EU-048) * by Fs 419
till 22/05 VQ9DX: Diego Garcia (AF-006) * by AA5DX 419
till Sep 2000 XE1/NP2AQ: Mexico 414
till 27/11 XJ1: special prefix (Nova Scotia, Canada) 401
till 15/08 YS1/KE4LWT: El Salvador 418
15/05-19/05 DJ2MX/p: Fehmarn Island (EU-128) 419
15/05-19/05 TM0AC: special event station (France) 418
15/05-22/05 OZ/DL2RVL and OZ/DL2VFR: Laeso Island (EU-088) 419
15/05-28/05 SV9/GM3YOR: Crete (EU-015) 418
15/05-late Oct VK8PW/p: Arnhem Land 417
15/05 EU Sprint Spring CW Contest ***
16/05-18/05 4U1UN * by SM7PKK/5X1Z and ON6TT/5X1T 419
16/05-19/05 FS/KH0Y: St. Martin (NA-105) * by JA1WSX 419
16/05-23/05 L2, L3, L4: special prefixes (Argentina) 419
16/05-23/05 L75CB: commemorative station * by LU4AA 419
17/05-31/05 8Q: Maldives (AS-013) * by DH5HV 419
17/05 AX3ITU: World Telecommunications Day 417
17/05-19/05 K2OLG: NA-076, NA-085, NA-142 419
17/05-23/05 W1AW/85: special event station 419
17/05-22/05 YO/F6AJA: Romania 419
18/05-02/06 HS0ZCW: Thailand * by K4VUD 410
19/05-13/08 FO/F2HE: Polynesia, Marquesas, Australs 419
19/05-23/05 IA5/I4IOR,IK4GLV,IK4JPR,IK4RUX,IK4THF,IZ4CCO: EU-028 415
19/05-21/05 V4: St. Kitts (NA-014) * by JA1WSX 419
20/05-23/05 UE1QFF: "45th" Isl (RRC Award) * by RA1QQ and others 419
20/05-26/05 MD0BPI: Isle of Man (EU-116) * by N6TQS 419
21/05-24/05 AE4WK: Captiva Island (NA-069) * by G3IZD 419
21/05-25/05 HL0IHQ/2: Paengnyong Island (AS-122) * by HLs 419
21/05-23/05 WF1N and W1DIG: Pot Island, The Thimbles (NA-136) 418
22/05-30/05 3C8XX: Corisco Isl (AF-???) * by TR8XX, TR8CA, TR8SA 417
22/05-24/05 F5KAC/p: Stagadon Island (EU-105) 419
22/05-23/05 WC6DX: Anacapa Island (NA-144) 417
22/05-23/05 ZW5AC: Scout station (Brazil) 419
22/05-23/05 Baltic Contest ***
22/05-23/05 ITU Contest ***
23/05-31/05 CY9RF: St. Paul Island (NA-094) * by Ws 419
23/05-02/06 V73ZZ: Kwajalein (OC-028) * by K7ZZ 419
23/05-03/06 OJ0/K7BV, OH0/K7BV & OH0Z: Market Reef and Aland Is 409
24/05-30/05 SV9: Crete (EU-015) * by OH1KAG/OH9MM & OH3LQK/OH7WW 419
25/05-31/05 N5TJ/KP2 & WP2Z: Virgin Islands (NA-106) 419
28/05-30/05 GB5TI: Treshnish Is (EU-108) * by GM0DEQ,GM0SEI,GM3WIL 419
29/05-30/05 ED8PP: Canary Islands (WPX CW) * by EA3KU 419
29/05-30/05 P3A: Cyprus (WPX CW) 419
29/05-30/05 WH2/N2NL: Guam (OC-026) (WPX CW) 419
29/05-30/05 CQ WPX CW Contest ***
31/05-07/06 MM/W9DC: EU-123, EU-008, IOSA islands 419
May 3D2RK: Fiji (OC-016) * by A35RK 417
May JA6GXK: Danjo Archipelago (AS-056) 418
May-July JY8YB: Jordan * by DL5MBY 418
May ZS8D: Marion Island (AF-021) * by ZS6DE 412
Summer AA2WN/3: Kent Island (NA-140) 419
02/06-16/06 VK8AN/6: Troughton Island (OC-154) 419
04/06-07/06 KL7AK: Nunivak Island (NA-074) 405
05/06-14/06 CY9SS: St. Paul Island (NA-094) * by Ws and VEs 419
05/06-06/06 Fielday IARU Region 1 CW ***
12/06-13/06 II2V * special A. Volta station 407
12/06-13/06 ANARTS RTTY Contest ***
12/06 Portugal Day SSB ***
12/06-13/06 WW South America CW Contest ***
13/06 V DIE Contest ***
19/06-20/06 All Asian CW Contest ***
19/06-20/06 RSGB 1.8 MHz CW Contest ***
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