22 May 1999
No 420
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
9H - Dieter, DL9GDB is active as 9H3UT from
Comino Island, Malta (EU-023) until 3 June. QSL via DL9GDB either
direct (Dieter Brachmann, Kolumbusring 56, 18106 Rostock,
Germany) or through the bureau (bureau cards can be requested at dl9gdb@t-online.de). [TNX
DL9GDB]
DL - Mirko, DL8ABO will be active as DL8ABO/m
from Fehmarn Island (EU-128) between 22 and 24 May. Look or him
on 10, 15, 80 and mainly 20 metres, around 14.260 MHz. QSL via
DL8ABO either direct (Mirko Holte, Holzmindener Str. 2, D-37547
Kreiensen, Germany) or through the bureau. [TNX DL8ABO]
DU - DX1S ("DX Is!") is a new
callsign of the Filipinas DX Society. The station will be
operated between 28 and 31 May on CW (7005, 14025, 21025, 28025
kHz) and SSB (14195, 21295, 28495 kHz) by DU9RG (Robin), JA1BK
(Kan) and OH2BH (Martti). QSL Manager for this special activity
is KU9C. [TNX The Daily DX]
EA - Special event station EG0FAS will be
activated by URE Cartagena on 27 May during the celebration of
the Armed Forces Day. QSL via bureau. [TNX EA5GMB]
EP - Look for Abdollah, EP2FM (Chairman of
the Radio Amateur Society of Iran) to be active on RTTY on
Fridays around 2 UTC on 14.085 MHz. He has been active on RTTY
for a while thanks to the help and suggestions given by Randy,
WX5L. "Abdollah's rig is an old Drake TR-3 that has been in
storage for 15 years", Randy reports. "The tubes are
weaken and the power supply has some problems. When Abdollah
transmits his transmit frequency shifts down 100-200 cycles
probably due to voltage sag. Some may think he's operating split
or with rit but that's not the case. His receive is usually
150-200 cycles above his transmit". QSL to Abdollah
Sadjadian, P.O. Box 16765-1187, Tehran, Iran (WX5L says that
"All the mail is opened and the postal employees reap the
benefits. Up until now Abdollah has sent cards first but has
asked if in the future he could send me a batch at a time and
forward them on to help with expenses which I will do. Abdollah
still would want to get your QSL"). [TNX WX5L]
ER - Special event station ER200P will be
active between 24 May and 6 June to celebrate the bicenteneray of
Alexandr S. Pushkin. QSL via ER1DA (Valery Metaxa, P.O. Box 9537,
Kishinev, MD-2071, Moldova). [TNX ER1CW]
F - F5PVF, F5TVG, F6JMT, F8ATS, F4AJQ, F4TTR
and F1UHM will be active (SSB, CW and SSTV on 80 metres-23
centimetres) as F6KOP/P from Sein Island (EU-068) between 22 and
27 May. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
F - F5JBR will be signing TM0AI between 23
May and 6 June, CQ WW WPX CW Contest included. [TNX F6AJA and Les
Nouvelles DX]
HC8 - N5KO, N0JK, K9ZO, K1EA, KM3T, K6AW and
N6TV will be active (on 10-160 metres) from San Cristobal,
Galapagos (SA-004) between 26 May and 2 June. They will
participate in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest (Multi-Multi) as HC8N.
Before and after the contest activity on 6 metres and RS-13,
FO-20, FO-27 and AO-10 satellites is also expected. [TNX N0JK and
TNX The Daily DX]
HL - Special event station D99XPO is active
until 23 May from the World Air Expo in Chongju. QSL via HL3AHQ
(P.O.Box 129, Chongju, 360-600, South Korea). [TNX HL3AHQ]
I - Weather permitting IK2DUW (Antonello),
IK2GPQ (Michele), IK8PGM (Roberto), IZ2BKW (Angelo) and IW2MVC
(Roberto) will be active (on SSB, CW and 6 metres) from Tino
Island (EU-083, IIA SP-002) on 23 May. [TNX IK2DUW]
OH0 - Dennis, K7BV will depart Market Reef
(see OJ0 below) for the Aland Islands (EU-002) [425DXN 409] on 28
May in the morning (OH1VR and/or OH1MM may stay behind to operate
in the WPX CW Contest). Dennis will operate (on all bands, WARC
included, mainly CW) as OH0/K7BV from the OH0Z super station
beginning the evening of 28 May until 4 June. He will participate
in the WPX CW Contest as OH0Z. George, K5KG (GeorgeK5KG@aol) will be the
Pilot Station. QSL OH0/K7BV via KU9C; QSL OH0Z via OH1EH (Ari
Korhonen, Kreetalank. 9 As 1, FIN-29200 Harjavalta, Finland). The
DXpedition web site is at http://www.qth.com/k7bv/. [TNX K7BV]
OJ0 - Plans are now firm for the Market Reef
(EU-053) activity by K7BV (Dennis), OH1VR (Seppo) and OH1MM
(Pasi) [425DXN 409]. They will be joined by Lars, OH0RJ and
operations are expected to start on 25 May (in their evening,
after the antenna work has been completed). Look for OJ0/K7BV
(QSL via KU9C), OJ0U (QSL via OH1VR) and/or OJ0/OH1VR (QSL via
OH1VR). [TNX K7BV]
SM - Special event station 7S5F is active
until 31 December to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Falu
Radioklubb. QSL via SK4AO. [TNX DX News Sheet]
SV - Jenci, HA5FA will be active as
SV8/HA5FA/P from Kerkira (Corfu) Island (EU-052) between 27 May
and 2 June. QSL via HA5FA through the bureau. [TNX HA5COK]
TK - OE3GEA (Gerhard), OE5MKM (Hubert),
OE5MRP (Roman) and OE5OHO (Oliver) will be active as TK/OE5XVL
from Corsica (EU-014) between 20 and 25 May. They will operate on
all bands, except 6 metres, mainly on CW with some SSB. They plan
to be active during the CQ WW WPX CW Contest as well. QSL via
bureau to OE5XVL or direct to OE5OHO. [TNX OE5OHO].
TN - Francois, TN2FB will be active until 24
May, but he plans to return to Congo later this year. QSL via
F3FB. [TNX The Daily DX]
V2 - Brian, N3OC/V26OC and Darrell, AB2E/V26E
will be active from Antigua (NA-100) between 26 and 31 May. They
will participate (Multi-Single) in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest
(29-30 May) as V26E from the V26B contest site. QSL V26OC via
N3OC, QSL V26E via AB2E. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
V5 - Pierre, HB9QQ will be active (CW and
SSB) as V5/HB9QQ between 28 May and 6 June. Look for him on or
around 14.010, 14.345, 18.080, 18.140, 24.910, 24.940, 28.010 and
28.420 MHz mainly in his morning and evening hours. QSL via
HB9QQ. [TNX HB9PL]
V6 - The DX News Sheet reports that Sam,
V63KU is expected to go QRT from Truk (OC-011), Micronesia by the
end of June. QSL to JA6NL via JARL bureau.
VE - Andy, VE9DX will be active as XJ9DX
starting at 00.00 UTC on 22 May for a period of two weeks. He
will participate in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest. Any amateur in
Saint John, New Brunswick will be able to use this prefix to
celebrate the 150th anniversary of the police force. [TNX VE9DX
and DX News Sheet]
VP5 - George, N2GA and Diane, K2DO will be
active as VP5/N2GA (QSL via N2GA) and VP5/K2DO (QSL via K2DO)
from Providenciales, Caicos (NA-002) between 24 May and 1 June.
They will participate in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest (29-30 May) as
VP5GA, Multi-Single (QSL via N2GA). [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
VQ9 - Ron, VQ9DX/AA5DX confirmed that he will
be going QRT from Chagos [425DXN 419] on 26 May. He will try to
be active as much as possible on CW, WARC bands and 160 metres
before he leaves. QSL via AA5DX. [TNX NE8Z]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
EP/RA6LGM ---> Latest reports from
Russia indicate that this station, who has been quite
active recently asking QSL via RV6LAH, is most likely to
be a pirate. It should also be noted that Abdollah, EP2FM
has been told by the Iranian licencing authorities that
"No station RA6 or any other foreign has been
licensed to operate from Iran". [TNX UA9AR and The
Daily DX]
GEORGIA ---> Omari, 4L5O reports that
there are two autonomous republics within Georgia:
Abkhazia (ex UF6V) with the prefix 4L1-4L0 followed by a
suffix beginning with the letter V, and Adjara (ex UF6Q)
with the prefix 4L1-4L0 followed by a prefix beginning
with the letter Q. For further information please contact
Omari at 4L5O@caucasus.net.
[TNX 4L5O]
IREF ---> Michael Crownover, AB5EB
has recently announced the establishment of the Island
Radio Expedition Foundation (IREF Inc.). This is the
first organization whose sole purpose is to raise funds
to help activate unnumbered and rare island groups
counting for the RSGB IOTA Award Programme. IREF will
have board members of IOTA enthusiasts from all over the
world. The four current officers - namely Buzz Jehle
(N5UR), Buzz Loeschman (N5FTR), Mike Crownover (AD5A) and
Michael Crownover (AB5EB) - will select seven directors.
Any questions or comments regarding IREF Inc. should be
directed to ad5a@sat.net.
[TNX AD5A and Islands On The Web]
QSL CQ2S ---> Vic, CT1AXS reports the
cards for the CQ2S operation (24-25 April) will be ready
at the end of May. QSL via CT1AXS (SSB) and CT1FMX (CW
and RTTY). Logs are available at http://www.qsl.net/c1taxs.
QSL EZ8CQ ---> Alex, EZ8CQ reports a
"big percentage" of envelopes with direct
requests get "lost" in the mail or arrive
"opened". He asks DXers not to use his P.O. Box
in Ashgabat, but to send their cards direct to W0FS (USA
and Japan only) or I2JSB (others). If you want to arrange
a sked with Alex, please contact him at ez8cq@qsl.net. [TNX
EZ8CQ]
QSL OD5NJ ---> Alfeo, I1HJT reports
that Gaby, OD5NJ has slowed down the processing of
direct/bureau QSLs for several months as he had almost
run out of cards. Recently Alfeo gave Gaby some 8,000 new
cards, which will enable him to start replying again.
Please note that Gaby says that postage from Lebanon is
more than 1.4 US$ and IRCs are not accepted by the Post
Office. In the next few weeks Alfeo will mail from Italy
some 100 envelopes with direct replies he took from Gaby.
QSL S21R ---> Larry, N4VA reports he
has the logs from 28 June 1996 until 9 October 1998. QSL
to Larry Vogt, P.O. Box 12, Springfield, VA 22150, USA.
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
QSL WL7KY ---> Now cards for Chris,
WL7KY should be sent via NU4N (David W. Tucker, 1500
Massac Church Rd, Paducah, KY 42001, USA). Please note
that WL7KY is still the QSL manager for KL1SLE.
QSL YS1/KE4LWT ---> If you work Jack
between now and 1 July, please send your card to Jack R.
Smith, Unit 3105, JTF New Hope, APO AA 34023, USA. After
1 July, send your card to home call either direct or
through the W4 bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
QSL Z21AD ---> LW4DX/LU3EEQ (Norberto
Barrabes, Gallo 889, Lomas de Zamora, 1832 Buenos Aires,
Argentina) has recovered the logs for contacs made by
this station between 27 January and 21 September 1982.
[TNX LW4DX]
SILENT KEYS - Claudio, ET3VSC reports
the sad news of the death of Rolf Svensson, ET3RS/SM7DOJ
in Addis Abeba on 8 May. QRZ-DX reports Donald L. Stoner,
W6TNS ("the idea man behind Project OSCAR in
1960") died on 4 May at the age of 67.
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
FO0 (LOGS): Logs for FO0AWI (Marquesas,
January 1999) and FO0AWI (Australs, February 1999) are
now online at http://dx.qsl.net/logs. [TNX N6RT]
IRC #CQDX: The new home page of the IRC
#CQDX Chat channel (with realtime spots from DX Summit)
is now http://dx.qsl.net/cqdx
(the new page includes a java based IRC applet which you
can try out if you have been curious about #CQDX, but did
not want to download and install any software). [TNX
N6RT]
LIGHTHOUSES: The web page for the
Lighthouse Special Events (National and International
Lighthouse/Lightship Weekends) has been updated with many
more participating lighthouse/ship locations from around
the world. The web site can be found at www.waterw.com/~weidner/ld.htm. [TNX
K2JXW]
WWSA: The WWSA CW Contest will take
place on the first weekend of June. The new rules can be
found at http://www.cwdf.com.br.
[TNX PT2NP]
YO3JW - Fenyo Stefan, P.O.Box 19-43,
RO-74400 Bucuresti, Romania
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