23 October 1999
No 442
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
3B8 - Bruce, KD6WW is active as S79BL from
the Seychelles until 25 October. He will the move to Mauritius
Island, where he will be signing 3B8/KD6WW until 31 October, CQ
WW SSB DX Contest included. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
3X - Denis, VE2DPS is active as 3XY2D from
Guinea until 22 December. QSL via VE2DPS. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
9G - 9G1OO is active again from Ghana and is
used to being on at 16 UTC on 14.140 or 21.160 MHz on Sundays
with PA3DEW, PA3FQX etc. From time to time he is joined by 9G1AA.
QSL for both stations via PA3ERA either direct or through the
bureau. [TNX PA3AWW]
9U - The Daily DX reports Gus, 9U5D plans
"to be on 160 metres this coming Saturday night. Look for
him starting around 18:00 UTC at least 15 minutes every hour on
the hour until 04:00 UTC. Two weeks ago he was using 1831".
QSL via SM0BFJ.
E4 - The Daily DX reports that Pekka, OH1RY
(one of the operators at E44DX earlier this year) will be active
as either E44DX or E44/OH1RY from Gaza, Palestine between 27
October and 1 November. He will participate in the CQ WW SSB DX
Contest and his goal will be to break the Asian record on 80
metres. QSL via OH1RY.
ER - Gene, UT7ND will participate in both the
CQ WW SSB and CW DX ER0N from Moldova. QSL via UT7ND either
direct (Gene Chumakov, P.O. Box 5235, Vinnitsa, 21018 Ukraine) or
through the bureau. [TNX UT7ND].
ET - Claudio, 9E1C operates from Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia and will participate in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest on 20
metres. QSL via IV3OWC.
HS - Look for Thai stations HS0AC (RAST club
station, QSL via G3NOM) and HS72A (special call to celebrate the
King's, HS1A, 72th birthday; QSL via HS1CKC) to be active during
the CQ WW SSB DX Contest. [TNX E21EI]
I - Club Pax members I0BUC, I0ISI, I0YO,
IK0SHF and IK0VSW will operate from time to time through 1
January 2000 as IU0PAW on 10-160 metres (SSB and CW). The
activity is for celebrating the jubilee year and the new
millennium. QSL via IK0SHF. An award for contacting IU0PAW on
different bands/modes is available, for details e-mail Angelo,
IK0SHF at ik0shf@libero.it.
[TNX IK0SHF]
J6 - W4WX/J68WX (Bill), W9AAZ/J68ZZ
(Clarance), W5OXA/J68XA (Ernie) and N2WB/J68WB (William) will be
active (CW, SSB, RTTY) from St. Lucia (NA-108) between 26 October
and 2 November. They will participate in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest
as J68J (QSL via N5VL). [TNX The Daily DX]
J7 - Conny, DL1DA will be active (10-160
metres CW with some PSK31 and SSB) as J79KS from Dominica
(NA-101) on 24-31 October. QSL via DL1DA. [TNX The Daily DX]
PJ2 - The Caribbean Contesting Consortium
(namely W0CG, K8RF, N6HR, W8KKF, WA8LOW, W9EFL, N7WDX and N4OKX)
will be QRV from Curacao (SA-006), Netherlands Antilles during
the CQ WW SSB DX Contest as PJ2C (Multi-Single, QSL via W8KKF).
Outside the contest look for the various operator to be active
(with a special emphasis on 160, 80 and 6 metres CW and SSB) as
PJ2/homecall between 27 October and 1 November. The PJ2C web site
at http://asgard.kent.edu/ccc/pj2c.
[TNX N4OKX]
PY0_fer - The Araucaria DX Group in Brazil
has organized a multinational Multi-Multi CQ WW SSB DX Contest
operation from Fernando de Noronha (SA-003). Team members are
PY5EG, PY5CC, PP5JR, PY5GU, PY0FF, PY5ZBU, K1CC, K1LZ, K1ZM,
K2DM, N5FA, LZ1JK and LZ1JY; they will operate at the ZX0F
contest station. Operations are scheduled to begin on 25 October.
Special awards will be mailed to entrants who work ZX0F on all
six bands during the contest. For further information please
visit http://www.inepar.com.br/araucaria. [TNX
K1CC]
R1M - A large multi-national team of
operators from Russia, Finland and the United States will be
active as R1MVZ from Malyj Vysotskij Island (EU-117) on 26-31
October. The operation is for the CQ WW SSB DX Contest
(Multi-Multi), however before the event they will concentrate on
40, 80 and 160 metres mainly CW (no activity on the WARC bands),
while YL operator Tatyana, RA1ALY will be active on SSB. QSL via
K6VNX. [TNX QRZ-DX]
T8 - JA1WSX (T88WX), JH4OWG (T88xx) and
JA7AYE (T88xx) will be active from Belau between 28 October and 2
November. They will participate in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest as
T88WX (Multi-Single). QSL T88WX via JA1WSX, others via home call.
[TNX JA1ELY]
TI - JM6EBU (TI5EBU), JA6WFM (TI5/home call)
and JM6UAA (TI5/home call) will be active from Costa Rica between
29 October and 2 November. They will be joined by TI5KD for the
CQ WW SSB DX Contest, in which they will participate as TI5EBU
(Multi-Single). QSL TI5EBU via JM6EBU, others via home call. [TNX
JA1ELY]
V4 - Doc, W9NY will be active (10-80 metres)
as V47NS from Nevis Island (NA-104) between 28 October and 2
November. He will participate in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest (single
operator single band, 10 or 15 metres). QSL via W9NY. [TNX The
Daily DX]
VE - Gus/VO1MP, Dan/VO1MX and Chris/VE3FU are
planning to be in Labrador (Zone 2) for the CQ WW SSB DX Contest.
They will be operating as VO2CQ (QSL via VE3FU), VO2AC (QSL via
VE3FU) and VO2ZZ (QSL via VO1HE) until the contest and as VO2CQ
during the event. The activity will take place from the Point
Amour lighthouse, the tallest lighthouse in Atlantic Canada on
the southern shore of Labrador. [TNX VO1HE]
VK9_lh - Nick, VK2ICV will be active again as
VK9LX from Lord Howe (OC-004) between 24 October and 2 November.
He will participate in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest. QSL to P.O. Box
730, Parramatta 2124, New South Wales, Australia. His web page is
at http://www.qsl.net/vk9lx/.
[TNX VK2ICV]
VK9_lh - Dee, W1HEO plans to be active as
VK9LM from Dick's (VK9LH) QTH on Lord Howe Island (OC-004)
between 25 and 30 October. Look for him on 14030, 14185, 21030
and 21230 kHz. QSL via W1HEO. [TNX The Daily DX]
VK0_mac - Alan, VK0LD is presently on
contract with the Australian Antarctic Division as a member of
the year 2000 Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition
and will be active from Macquarie Island (AN-005) and possibly
other Australian Antarctic Territory locations from now until
January 2001. There is a possibility of a special callsign
(VM0xx) to mark the new millenium at Macquarie Island during
December 1999 and January 2000. This is NOT a DXpedition,
operation will be primarily recreational, however the operator
has many years experience operating from various DX locations and
is used to working pile-ups. There is no QSL manager at present.
A web site is under construction at http://www.geocities.com/vk0ld/.
[TNX VK0LD]
VP5 - N0AT, N0KK, N5QQ and W5WW will be
active from North Caicos (NA-002) between 24 October and 2
November. They will participate in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest as
VP5R (Multi-Single). QSL VP5R via N0KK or N0AT. [TNX The Daily
DX]
YN - Ed/W5GCX and Frosty/K5LBU will operate
from Granada, Nicaragua as either YN2EJG or with a contest call
(such as HT2, H7xxx or H6xxx) during the CQ WW SSB DX Contest.
[TNX W5GCX]
ZB2/EA9 - Rick, NE8Z reports he will be
active on CW and SSB as ZB2/NE8Z from Gibraltar on 26-27 October
and as EA9/NE8Z from Ceuta on 27-29 October. He will also operate
as EA/NE8Z/m from Spain on 23-26 and 29-30 October. QSL via NE8Z.
ZL_ant - Geoff, ZL3PX is active as ZL5PX from
New Zealand Antarctic base Scott located on Ross Island (AN-011),
Antarctica. QSL via ZL3PX.
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
BRAZIL DX NET ---> Pedro, PP5SZ
reports the Brazilian DX Net will be held again on 28430
kHz at 12-14 UTC starting the first weekend of November.
CALLBOOKS ---> The following list
(see also 425DXN 441) of individual country callbooks
available on line has been compiled by Bernie McClenny,
W3UR, editor of The Daily DX (http://www.dailydx.com):
JA POSTAGE ---> Masayoshi Mihara,
JE1DXC reports that now 1 US$ is not enough to cover air
mail postage from Japan to EU/AF/NA/OC/SA/Middle
East/Russia/CIS. "I recommend you to use an IRC for
return postage" he says [see 425DXN 435].
LOGS CLOSED ---> John Imhof, N2VW in
the past has been QSL manager (and licensee) for VP5O
(1992), VP5N (1993), VP5R (1994) and P40T (1995). He has
now announced that he no longer acts as QSL manager for
ANY of these calls. Those particular logs are closed and
these contest calls have been re-issued by the respective
licensing authorities in recent years. [TNX N2VW]
MARCONI SPECIAL EVENT ---> The
Marconi Radio Club was scheduled to operate special event
station W1AA/CC on 22 October to celebrate the 125th
anniversary of Guglielmo Marconi's birth. The activity
took place from the location of the former 1903 Marconi
Transatlantic station at Cape Cod National Seashore on
Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Marconi's original transatlantic
transmission call sign in 1903 was "CC". [TNX
K1VV]
NCDXF ---> At its Board of Directors
meeting on 17 October the Northern California DX
Foundation re-elected the following officers and
directors: Len Geraldi/K6ANP (President); Al
Burnham/K6RIM (Vice President); Tom McShane/NW6P
(Secretary); Bruce Butler/W6OSP (Treasurer); Lou
Beaudet/K6TMB, Rusty Epps/W6OAT, Bob Fabry/N6EK, Chuck
Ternes/N6OJ, Steve Thomas/N6ST and Glenn Vinson/W6OTC
(Directors). Dave Pugatch/KI6WF was newly elected as a
Director. The web site for the NCDXF is at http://www.ncdxf.org/.
[TNX K6RIM]
QSL 9N1AA ---> "I have not
received logs from Satish for almost a year", N4AA
reports. "Numerous attemps to contact him have
failed up to now. While I still hope of obtaining logs
from October 1998 to the present, it will obviously be
some time before I can do so". [TNX QRZ-DX]
QSL BV4FH ---> Cards for Paul Pai,
BV4FH are now handled by the K1WY DX Association. Look
below ("QSL INFO" and "ADDRESSES")
for the other stations managed by K1WY and the addresses
for the Association. The K1WY DX Association web site is
at http://pws.prserv.net/k1wydxa. [TNX
K1WY]
QSL KH8/KK6HC ---> Lech, LA7MFA (one
of the Double Trouble DXpedition to T31 and ZK3) operated
for 24 hours from Tutuila (OC-045), American Samoa last
weekend. QSL via LA7MFA either direct (Lech Slawomir
Tomczak, Froeyas vei 61, 3472 Boedalen, Norway) or
through the bureau. Logs will be available at http://www.qsl.net/la7mfa.
[TNX LA7MFA]
QSL UA0ZY/P ---> Alex, UA0ZY/4Z5KJ
reports the cards for his operation from Kambalny Island
(AS-142, July 1999) are ready and requests will be
processed within the end of the year. QSLs for UA0ZY/p's
IOTA activities from AS-095 and AS-142 should be sent to
4Z5AV (Michael Krimer, P.O. Box 2288, 88122 Eilat,
Israel.
V26B ---> Team Antigua will once
again participate (Multi-Multi) in the CQ WW SSB Contest
(30-31 October) as V26B [425DXN 433]. The Special
Collectors Addition (Worked 5 Band & 6 Band)
Certificate Program from V26B is continuing this year. If
you work V26B on 5 or 6 bands and would like a
certificate, please send a SASE (Business Size) along
with $1 or IRC equivalent (for printing costs) with your
Log Information to W2UDT for processing. A special Top
Gun Plaque will be awarded to the FIRST operator to work
V26B on all 6 Bands during the Contest. The web page for
V26B is at http://www.frc-contest.org. [TNX
KA2AEV, ka2aev@aol.com]
VK6NU - John Coleman, 17 Abdale St,
Gwelup, WA 6018, Australia
VP6BX - Brian Young, P. O. Box 10,
Adamstown, Pitcairn Island via New Zealand
VP6PAC - Pitcairn A.R. Club, P. O. Box
73, Pitcairn Island via New Zealand
VP8CMT - Kieth, P.O. Box 544, Port
Stanley, Falkland Islands
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