8 January 2000
No 453
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
3B6 - Hans-Peter, HB9BXE will lead a
multi-national team of 18 operators to Agalega (AF-001) between 1
and 26 October. According to Bernie McClenny, Editor of The Daily
DX, "under the current DXCC rules it could not qualify as a
separate DXCC Entity" as the distance between St. Brandon
and Agalega is "approximately 746 kilometers" instead
of the required 800. Further information is expected in due
course.
3DA - Andre, ZS6WPX will be active (10, 15,
20 and 40 metres SSB) as 3DA0WPX from Swaziland on 11-15 January.
QSL direct only via ZS6WPX. [TNX The Daily DX]
8Q - Vadim, UA9CLB is active (CW, SSB, RTTY
and PSK31) as 8Q7DV from Meeru, Maldives (AS-013) until 14
January. QSL via UA9CI. [TNX UA9CDV]
9Q - Pat, F6BLQ reports that "the
Secretariat General of PTT Kinshasa just informed the Society
that 9Q new licences are expected to be issued before end
January".
CE - Dave, VE3LDT reports that a 24-hour
activity from SA-050 is expected on 20 January from Valery
(currently operating as CE9/R3CA from Patriot Hills, Antarctica)
and another operator. [TNX Islands On The Web]
CE0_jf - The current CE0Z operation (by
CE6TBN, CE6JOE, CE6SAX, XQ3SAI and JA7AYE) from Juan Fernandez
(SA-005) is confirmed to be on until 16 January [425DXN 441].
Suggested frequencies are 3.795, 7.045, 14.190, 18.150, 21.290,
24.950 and 28.520 kHz SSB; 3.510, 7.015, 14.020, 18.075, 21.025,
24.900 and 28.025 kHz CW; 7.030, 14.105, 18.055, 21.085, 24.920
and 28.045 kHz RTTY. QSL via CE6TBN either direct (Marco A.
Quijada, P.O. Box 1234, Temuco, Chile) or through the bureau. The
web site for the operation is at http://www.qsl.net/ce6tbn/ce0z.htm.
8Q - Ronald, PA3EWP and Rob, PA5ET will be
active as 8Q7WP and 8Q7ET from Kuramanthi Island in the Maldives
(AS-013) between 12 and 18 January. They will operate with two
stations on 80-10 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via PA5ET (Rob
Snieder, Van Leeuwenstraat 137, 2273 VS Voorburg, The
Netherlands). The web site for the operation is at http://www.muurkrant.com/pi4com/Maldives/8q-2000.html.
[TNX PA5ET]
FR/T - Four operators from the Lyon DX Gang
(namely F5PXT, F5PYI, F6JJX and F5NOD) are planning a expedition
to Tromelin Island (AF-031) which should take place in July or
August. They will be active with three stations on 160-6 metres
SSB, CW and RTTY for around two weeks. The DXpeditioners are
looking for sponsors; for further information please contact
Erwann, F6JJX (f6jjx@easynet.fr)
or Gil, F5NOD (f5nod@easynet.fr).
The web page for this operation is under construction at http://perso.easynet.fr/~f5nod/.
[TNX F5NOD]
HB9 - Amateurs from Switzerland can replace
the HB9 prefix with the special HB2 prefix through 31 December.
[TNX HB9FBP and HB9FBG]
HL - A group of operators from YARRA (the
Yonsei Amateur Radio Research Association of the Yonsei
University in Seoul) will be signing (on CW and SSB) HL0Y/2 from
Kanghwa Island (AS-105) between 13 and 18 January. They will have
dipoles fro 40 and 80, one beam for 20, 15 and 10 metres, one
amplifer and three transceivers. QSL via HL0Y either direct
(YARRA, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchon-dong Seodaemun-gu, Seoul
120-749, Korea) or through the bureau. [TNX hoyohoyo@dreamx.net]
JA - JA6GXK will be active from Me-jima,
Danjo Archipelago (AS-056) on 7-18 January and again between 28
January and 7 February. Look for him on 15 metres SSB. [TNX
JA9IFF/1]
K_ant - The ARRL DX Bulletin reports that YL
operator Sarah (YL) will be active as KC4AAD from Siple Dome
Station, Antarctica for the next several weeks. QSL via K4MZU.
ON - ON4ANT, ON4CBA, ON4GG, ON4AME and ON4AOI
will participate in the ARRL RTTY Round-Up as OT0E.
R1A_ant - Evgenij, R1ANB is currently active
as R1ANC from Russian Antarctic base "Vostok" [425DXN
447] until 20 January, when he will fly back to Russia. QSL
direct to RU1ZC (ex-UW1ZC). Another operator (Alexander) is
expected to work from Komsomolskaya, Vostok-1 and Pionerskaya
bases during the expedition's trip back to Mirny base, which is
due to start between 10 and 16 January. [TNX DL5EBE]
R1A_ant - Mike, RW1AI has left Russian
Antartic base "Novolazarevskaya" (R1AND, currently
operated by Victor Karassev) and is now active as R1ANP from
"Progress" base until the end of March. QSL direct only
to NT2X (maildrop): Edward Kritsky, P.O. Box 715, Brooklyn, NY
11230, USA. [TNX DL5EBE]
SP - HF70PZK is the special event station
which is active to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Polish
IARU society (PZK). QSL via bureau or to SP3CW (Artur Topczewski,
Kolbego 48, 64-115 Swieciechowa, Poland). [TNX SP3CW and N6RT]
SP - Special station 3Z8IMA is active on
10-160 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and AMTOR from Lublin, Poland until
31 January. QSL via SP8YCB either direct (Club Station, P.O. Box
403, 20950 Lublin, Poland) or through the bureau. [TNX SP8QED]
T32 - Dick, W4ZYV will be active as T32DA
from East Kiribati between 11 and 25 January. [The Daily DX]
T9 - Edin, T97M will be active as T92OOO
until 1 February. QSL via T93Y either direct (P.O. Box 59,
Sarajevo BA-71000, Bosnia-Herzegovina) or through the bureau.
[TNX The Daily DX]
TI - Carlos, TI5KD and several other
operators plan to be active (on 80-6 metres SSB and CW) as TE8CH
from Chira Island (NA-116) between 19 and 23 January. [TNX TI5KD
and G3KMA]
VE - The OPDX Bulletin reports amateurs from
Canada are allowed to replace their current prefix with the
following until 16 February:
VK0_mac - Alan, VK0MM (QSL route TBA) will be
active any time of the day (intermittent operation) until 9
January inclusive (tx 14155 kHz, Rx 14147kHz, USA 14.58 kHz): if
you can hear him, give a call. His next operating schedule is as
follows:
10 January 0200-0300 UTC CW 21003/008 kHz JAPAN/HL/UA0/UA9
10 January 0900-1100 UTC CW 14025/028 kHz USA/VE/XE etc.
11 January 0900-1100 UTC CW 14003/008 kHz Europe
12 January 0900-1100 UTC CW 14003/008 kHz JAPAN/HL/UAO/UA9
W - Members of the Carolina DX Association
will operate as WY2OOO on all modes and all bands throughout
January. QSL via K4MQG. [TNX AA4NN]
XT - XT2DR is active from Burkina Faso
through 24 January. QSL via F6BZH. [TNX The Daily DX]
XU - ES1AKM and ES1AX [425DXN 443] are now
expected to be in Cambodia for a couple of weeks starting on 6-7
January. Look for them to be active as XU7AKM on all bands and
modes. QSL via ES1AKM. [TNX The Daily DX]
XZ - The first group of XZ0A [425DXN 447]
operators will reach Thahtay Kyun Island (Mergui Archipelago,
AS-???) by the afternoon of 12 January and hope to be QRV by the
afternoon of the 14th at the latest. The DXpedition will run
continuously through 6 February. The list of operators includes
AF7O, EA5XX, G3VMW, G3NOM, JA1UPA, JA1UT, JR0CGJ, K6RKE, K7TR,
K7VS, K7WX, K7ZV, KD6XH, KM5EP, N5IA, N7XYR, NA7DB, V73GT, W8AEF,
WA6CDR, WF5T, WY7K, XE1L and YB0ARA. There will be a total of
eight stations with amplifiers and full size antennas on all
bands. Although the great majority of contacts will be made on
80-10 metres, there will also be dedicated stations, with
specialized operators, for Top Band, RTTY and 6 metres. The pilot
stations will be Dick Wolf, N6FF (n6ff@tco.net)
and Richard Briggs, WA7MTF (wa7mtf@intrepid.net).
QSL via W1XT (w1xt@superphoenix.com)
either direct (Bob Myers, 37875 North 10th Street, Phoenix, AZ
85086, USA) or through the bureau. More complete details,
including zone-by-zone propagation information, planned operating
frequencies and last minute updates, can be found at http://getnet.com/~k7wx/myanmar.htm.
[TNX K7WX]
ZK2 - Gerard, PA3AXU (aka 3D2XU, A35XU and
5W0GD) reports he will be active as ZK2GD (call to be confirmed)
from Niue (OC-040) in July. Further details will be published in
due course on http://www.qsl.net/pa3axu.
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
DXCC 2000 MILLENNIUM AWARD - The DXCC
2000 Millennium Award certificate is for working 100 or
more of the entities on the ARRL DXCC List. Contacts must
be made between 00.00 UTC on 1 January 2000 and 23.59 UTC
on 31 December 2000 and may consist of any combination of
bands or modes (no endorsements of any kind are
available). QSL cards are not required. The official
Application Form and Record Sheets are available for
downloading at http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc; mail
requests for applications may be sent to DXCC 2000
Millennium Applications, American Radio Relay League, 225
Main Street, Newington, CT 06111, USA (please include an
SASE, or an SAE with 1 IRC for Amateurs outside the US).
Send completed application within 31 December 2001 to
ARRL HQ along with US$10 to cover costs of printing,
postage, and handling. For further information on the
DXCC 2000 Millennium Award (as well as on the new 20
Meter DXCC and the exciting DXCC Challenge), please refer
to the URL above.
CARDS BEING SENT ---> The cards for
the following operations are being sent right now or are
going to be sent very soon: 3C0R, F/IK1TTD (EU-070),
T31YL (T31T & T31K are being printed), TE8CI
(NA-117), VP2MBT, VP2MGL, ZK3YL (ZK3CW & ZK3CW are
being printed).
HELP NEEDED ---> Zik, 4N1DX reports
the equipment of Radio Club Zemun PPS Ugrinovci (YU1AVA)
was stolen in late October 1999. "Now, several
callsigns including YU1AVA and 4N1DX are QRT. Maybe you
can help us if you have some older TX and you do not need
it. Any way of help will be greatful. Please e-mail us at
4n1dx@qsl.net"
IOTA 2000 ---> A system for recording
contacts for the IOTA 2000 Programme has been developed
by Bengt, SM6DEC. It can be downloaded from the Chiltern
DX Club web site at http://www.cdxc.org.uk. [TNX G3NUG]
PIRATES ---> The following have been
reported as pirates - do not waste your time and money on
them: AP2/WA2WYR, E41/OK1FEI, Y2K, YI2CL.
QSL 5R8ET ---> Ben Witvliet, PA5BW
reports he unintentionally gave a wrong QSL information
concerning Solofo, 5R8ET [425DXN 452]. Cards for 5R8ET
are via K1WY and must not be sent to Madagascar.
QSL EU1EU ---> As of 1 January 2000
Valdas, LY1BA is no longer the QSL manager for Igor,
EU1EU (aka EV5M, EU930EU, UC2ABO, LY/UC2ABO). Please send
your cards to EU1EU either direct (Igor Getmann, P.O. Box
143, Minsk-5, 220005, Belarus) or through the bureau.
Igor (getigor@belhard.com)
also reports that the new manager for the AGB (Activity
Group of Belarus, http://www.qsl.net/eu1eu) Awards and
Trophies for stations outside CIS is Remigijus, LY2MW
(P.O. Box 1029, Vilnius 2001, Lithuania). [TNX EU1EU]
QSL LU9AY ---> Dave, NU4N reports he
is no longer the QSL manager for LU9AY, L29AY and
CP6/LU9AY. He will honour cards sent direct and via the
bureau until 31 January 2000.
QSL VIA 9A2DM ---> Vladimir, 9A2DM
reports he has closed the logs for 9A1CZZ/p, 9A2DM/p and
9A3LM/p (1999 IOTA operations) and for special calls
9A25Z and 9A99WCD. Outstanding QSOs have been confirmed
through the bureau.
QSL VIA UA3AGS ---> Cards for the
stations managed by UA3AGS (R1FJL, R1FJV, R1FJO,
R1FJ/UA3UPA, EX8W, EX8F, R0/US3IU etc) should be sent to
P.O. Box 1, Moscow 109387, Russia (CIS countries *only*)
or to P.O. Box 196, Pepperell, MA 01463-0196, USA
(maildrop). [TNX The Daily DX]
SILENT KEY - Ajoy, VU2JHM reports the
sad news of the death of G. V. Sulu, VU2GV/A22GV on 31
December in Bangalore, India. He was a founder of the
Bangalore Amateur Radio Club (VU2ARC) and the Botswana
Amateur Radio Society.
THAILAND: Fred HS0ZAR/K3ZO has provided
a comprehensive update and addendum of Thai Ham
Call-Signs to Tony HS0/G4UAV for the RAST web site (http://www.qsl.net/rast).
Tony will be responsible for future additions, amendments
and deletions. [TNX HS0/G3NOM]
PERIOD CALL REF
===========================================================================
01/01-31/12 IOTA 2000 (http://www.cdxc.org.uk) ***
till 14/01 3B8/I5JHW: Mauritius Island (AF-049) 449
till 31/01 3Z8IMA: special station (Poland) 453
till 15/01 5H3MG: Tanzania * by IN3GNV 449
till 14/01 8Q7DV: Maldives (AS-013) * by UA9CLB 453
till 31/12 9AY2K: special Millennium station 451
till 16/01 CE0Z: Juan Fernandez * by CE6TBN and others 453
till Jan CE8/ & CE9/R3CA: Antarctic base Patriot Hills 450
till 16/02 CF#, CG#, CH# CI#: special prefixes (Canada) 453
till 20/01 ER2000x: special Millennium stations (Moldova) 451
till 31/12 HB2: special Y2K prefix (Switzerland) 453
till ?? HF70PZK: special event station (Poland) 453
till 31/12 II0CV: special call 451
till 24/12 II0: special jubilee prefix 452
till 31/03 IU0PAW: special event station 451
till April JD1BKR: Iwo-Jima (AS-030), Ogasawara 441
till 09/01 JI3DST/6: Tokara Archipelago (AS-049) 451
till ?? KC4AAD: Siple Dome Station, Antarctica 453
till 10/01 KH4/W4ZYV: Midway (OC-030) 445
till 29/02 LZ0A: South Shetlands (AN-010) * by LZ2UU 447
till 29/02 M2000A: special call (England) * by Cray Valley RS 451
till 15/01 N5T * by N5VT 449
till 29/02 OG: specal prefix (Finland) 452
till January P2OOOK: New Britain (OC-008) * by P29PB 441
till January PZ5DX: Suriname * by K3BYV 433
till 20/01 R1ANC: Vostok base, Antarctica 453
till 31/03 R1ANP: Progress base, Antarctica 453
till 31/12 SI75A & SIxSSA: SSA 75th anniversary stations (Sweden) 445
till 01/02 T92OOO * by T97M 453
till 01/04 TZ6VV and TZ6YL: Mali 451
till ?? TZ6YV: Mali * by K7YV 446
till 14/01 UE4HNY and UE4HNT * by RW4HT 451
till 01/04 V31JP: Belize * by K8JP 443
till Dec VK0MM: Macquarie Island 453
till 31/01 VR2K: special Millennium call (Hong Kong) 449
till January VQ9DX: Diego Garcia (AF-006), Chagos * by AA5DX 439
till 31/01 WY2OOO * by Carolina DX Association 453
till 10/01 XE1/G0JHC and XE1/G0ULN: Mexico 449
till 24/01 XT2DR: Burkina Faso 453
till 21/01 YM21TA: special Millennium station * by TA3YJ & TA3J 450
till 12/01 YS: El Salvador * by HB9KNA 449
till May ZF2NT: Little Cayman (NA-016) * by N6NT 443
till March ZM: special Millennium prefix (New Zealand) 438
till 14/01 ZMY2K: special millennium station 452
till 31/01 ZW2V: special event station 452
05/01-31/05 FH/TU5AX: Mayotte (AF-027) * by 6W1QV 452
07/01-18/01 JA6GXK: Danjo Archipelago (AS-056) 453
08/01-15/01 VP9/KE0UI: Bermuda (NA-005) * by KE0UI 452
08/01-09/01 ARRL RTTY Round-Up ***
10/01-10/04 9U5D: Burundi * by SM5DIC 450
11/01-15/01 3DA0WPX: Swaziland * by ZS6WPX 453
11/01-25/01 T32DA: East Kiribati * by W4ZYV 453
12/01-18/01 8Q7WP & 8Q7ET: Maldives (AS-013) * by PA3EWP & PA5ET 453
13/01-18/01 HL0Y/2: Kanghwa Island (AS-105) 453
13/01-06/02 XZ0A: Mergui Archipelago (AS-???) * by CADXA 453
13/01-Feb ZK1GNW, FO0PRE, A35NW, FW/IK2GNW, KH6/IK2GNW 451
15/01-16/01 Hunting Lions in the Air Contest 452
19/01-23/01 TE8CH: Chira Island (NA-116) * by TI5KD 453
20/01 CE: SA-050 453
21/01-22/01 6th International Contest/DX Meeting (Helsinki) 445
28/01-07/02 JA6GXK: Danjo Archipelago (AS-056) 453
28/01-30/01 CQ WW 160 Meter DX Contest (CW) ***
29/01-05/02 TM5CRO: Porquerolles (EU-070) * by F5RMY and others 451
31/01-03/03 ZM7ZB: Chatham Islands (OC-038) * by DJ4ZB 447
Jan-May VP6BR: Pitcairn (OC-044) * by OH2BR 449
January XU7AKM: Cambodia * by ES1AKM and ES1AX 453
January /2K: Millennium suffix (British stations) 449
10/02-14/02 LU: Pinguino Island (SA-???) 429
12/02-13/02 CQ/RJ WW RTTY WPX Contest ***
14/02-06/03 V6: Truk (OC-011) * by G0VJK and G4VGO 429
19/02-25/02 CE0Y/ON5AX: Easter Island (SA-001) 451
19/02-20/02 ARRL International DX Contest (CW) ***
25/02-27/02 CQ WW 160 Meter DX Contest (SSB) ***
26/02-15/03 Clipperton Island 433
01-03/31-03 VR2K: special Millennium call (Hong Kong) 449
04/03-05/03 ARRL International DX Contest (SSB) ***
from 15/03 FK: Chesterfield Islands (OC-176) - DXCC NEW? 451
19/03-29/03 V31GI: NA-180 (Belize) * by PA3GIO 449
26/03-31/03 V31JZ: Turneffe Is (NA-123), Belize * by NN7A 449
March HS: Malay Peninsula South East IOTA group (AS-???) 441
March VU7: Laccadives 433
14/04-16/04 International DX Convention (Visalia) 447
April 9G: Abokwa Island (NO-REF) * by F5VCR and others 449
01/05-31/07 VR2K: special Millennium call (Hong Kong) 449
May-Jun SU9DX: Giftun Island (AF-???) * by Is 447
May UA: Ushakova (AS-???) and Uedineniya (AS-057) islands 450
22/06-24/06 HAMFEST (Friedrichshafen, Germany) ***
28/07-30/07 Pacific Northwest DX Convention (DX2000), Vancouver 450
July-August FR/T: Tromelin Island (AF-031) * by Lyon DX Gang 453
July ZK2GD: Niue (OC-040) * by PA3AXU 453
01/10-26/10 3B6: Agalega (AF-001) * by HB9BXE and others 453
17/11-19/11 SEANET Convention Pattaya, Thailand ***
01/12-03/12 ARRL 160 Meter Contest ***
09/12-10/12 ARRL 10 Meter Contest ***
2000 HF0POL: South Shetlands (AN-010) * by SP3GVX 441
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