12 February 2000
No 458
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
8P - Richard, G3RWL will be active as 8P6DR
from Barbados (NA-021) between 14 and 28 February. Look for him
on 10-20 metres mostly during his mornings and evenings. QSL via
G3RWL. [TNX The Daily DX]
8P - Will, AA4NC/8P9JB and Jim, K4MA/8P9JA
will be active on all bands from Barbados (NA-021) on 15-22
February. Look for 8P9JA to participate in the ARRL International
DX Contest (CW) and for 8P9JB to operate RTTY. [TNX AA4NC]
A2 - Last week's 425DXN was put together in a
great hurry due to overwhelming business priorities - and Murphy
took immediate advantage: A22EW is active until 25 February from
Botswana (obvioulsly), not from Bahrain (!). Many thanks to
Kevin, VE3SYB for detecting the blunder and humble apologies to
our readers.
C6 - Look for AC8W/C6A and K8DD/C6A to be
active from Treasure Cay, Abaco Island (NA-080), Bahamas on 15-25
February, including a multi-operator entry in the ARRL
International DX Contest (CW). QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily
DX]
CT3 - Look for Ricardo, CT3KN to participate
in the ARRL International DX Contests (CW, 19-20 February and
SSB, 4-5 March) from Madeira (AF-014). QSL direct to CS3MAD or
through the bureau. [TNX CT3KN]
FH - Christian, 6W1QV [425DXN 452] is now
expected to leave France on 18 February and to be active as
FH/TU5DX from Mayotte (AF-027) on 20 February for six months. QSL
via F5OGL (Didier Senmartin, DASC, BP 19, 35998 Rennes Armees,
France). [TNX The Daily DX]
FO0_cl - The Clipperton 2000 team now
includes HB9AHL, JK7TKE, K4UEE, N7CQQ (team leader), N9NS, N9TK,
ON4WW, VE5RA, 9V1YC and three additional members: Charlie/N0TT,
Doug/N6TQS and Eddie/EA3NY. Operations are expected to start on 1
March and shut down on the 8th. QSL via N7CQQ either direct (John
Kennon, P.O. Box 31553, Laughlin, Nevada 89028, USA) or through
the bureau.The web page for the DXpedition is at http://www.qsl.net/clipperton2000.
HC8 - Dave, W6NL will participate in the ARRL
International DX Contest (CW) on 19-20 February as HC8L (SOAB)
from Isla San Cristobal, Galapagos (SA-004). QSL via N2AU. [TNX
W6NL]
HP - Don/W4OC and Ken/N4UK will be active
(10-160 metres) as 3E1AA from Contadora Island (NA-072) between
16 and 22 February. The will participate in the ARRL CW DX
Contest (Multi-Single). QSL route TBA. [TNX The Daily DX]
JT - Nicola/I0SNY (nicola.sanna@tin.it),
Antonio/I1ZB, Alberto/I1QOD, Riccardo/IK0AZQ and possibly others
will be active again as JT1Y from Mongolia for a couple of weeks
starting on or around 22 May. They will participate in the CQ WW
WPX Contest (CW) on 27-28 May as JU1Y. [TNX I0SNY]
PJ8 - Ron/ND5S, Sue/KF5LG. Bill/W8EB and
Dorothy/W8DVC will be signing PJ8/home call from Sint Maarten
(NA-105) between 19 February and 12 March. Look for them on CW,
SSB and RTTY. QSL via home calls. They will participate in the
ARRL International DX (SSB) as PJ8A (QSL via W9NIP). [TNX The
Daily DX]
R1A_ant - Paul, UT1KY is going to be active
possibly as EM1KY from Akademik Vernadsky Base on Galindez Island
(AN-006). QSL via UT7UA. [TNX UR5LCV]
S2 - Andy, G4ZVJ reports he will be in Dhaka,
Bangladesh between 12 and 21 February and plans to be QRV on CW
(callsign TBA). QSL via G4ZVJ.
V4 - Joe/VE3BW (V47CA), Julio/WD4JR,
Bruce/W4OV and possibly one or two more operators will be active
(on all bands CW and SSB) from St. Kitts (NA-104) on 14-24
February. They will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest (Multi
Single). [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
W - Special Event station K4L will be active
between 13 and 21 UTC on 12 February to commemorate the
anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. The operation will
be conducted from the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National
Historic Site, Hodgenville, KY. [TNX N4HT]
ZL - Bob, W7TSQ will be travelling to New
Zealand on 16 February. He plans to operate as either ZL/W7TSQ or
with a ZL callsign to be assigned upon arrival (possibly ZL2SQ)
until 1 March. He will participate in the ARRL International DX
Contest (CW) on 19-20 February. QSL via W7TSQ. [TNX A35RK]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
DDF 2000 ---> The French Departments
Award 2000 celebrates the year 2000 and the 75th
anniversary of the French amateurs' national society
(REF). It is available to licenced amateurs (and SWLs)
for working the various French Departments between 1
January and 31 December 2000. For full information please
contact the award manager F6AXP (Max Pomel, P.O. Box 73,
F-63370 Lempdes, France) at m.pomel@wanadoo.fr.
JARL BUREAU ---> As of 1 February the
new address for the JARL QSL Bureau is: JARL QSL Bureau,
Shobara Post Office, Shimane 699-0588, Japan. Questions
may be e-mailed to intl@jarl.or.jp.
[TNX G3PMR]
NEW DXCC CARD CHECKING PROGRAM --->
The current DXCC Field Checking program will end on March
31, 2000, with the new program beginning on April 1,
2000. Under the new program, DXCC Card Checkers will be
able to check all awards except 160 meter DXCC, and all
QSLs from any current DXCC Entity. This will apply to
both new awards and endorsements. QSOs made up to ten
years prior to the current year will be eligible for
checking in the field, while older cards and Deleted
Entities may still be sent to ARRL HQ. For further
information contact Bill Moore, NC1L at dxcc@arrl.org.
QSL 4K1A ---> The QSL manager is W3HC
but only for contacts made between November 1982 and
April 1984 and only for countries outside Russia. [TNX
W3HC]
QSL 9G5ZW ---> QSL Manager Miro,
OM3LZ reports Zdeno, 9G5ZW has logged some 22,000 QSOs on
all bands so far. Direct QSLling started on 10 January,
the first bureau requests will be answered in March.
QSL FH & S79 ---> Roger, G3SXW
and Nigel, G3TXF made a total of 26,200 CW QSOs during
their recent visit to Mayotte (21,740 QSOs) and the
Seychelles (4,460 QSOs). QSL FH/G3TXF and S79TXF via
G3TXF, QSL FH/G3SXW and S79SXW via G3SXW either direct
(see addresses below) or through the RSGB bureau.
Requests (including your call-sign and QSO details) for
bureau reply may be sent by e-mail to g3txf@compuserve.com
and g3sxw@compuserve.com.
[TNX G3SXW]
QSL YJ8AA ---> Former QSL manager
Alan Roocroft, VK4AAR reports that Frank, YJ8AA has moved
to Australia for medical reasons; he is now an Australian
citizen but retains his YJ8AA call. Frank has QSL cards
and logs from 1996 (possibly older) and will be able to
take care of some old QSL requests himself. QSL direct
only to Frank Palmer, 78 Corser Street, Point Vernon,
4655, Australia.
TROMELIN 2000 ---> Gil, F5NOD (f5nod@easynet.fr)
confirms the Lyon DX Gang will activate Tromelin Island
(AF-031) this summer [425DXN 453] - exact dates not known
for the time being, but it should be during August. It is
planned to be a 2-week all-band all-mode activity, with
four operators and three stations. "The DXpedition
is very expensive", Gil says, "and it will take
place if we can gather enough money". Donations can
be made to CIC Lyonnaise de Banque (France), Account
Number 022 9 62086 L or through the treasurer (F5PXT:
Eric Blanchard, 2 Rue Bichat, Allee 32, 69002 Lyon,
France). The web site is http://perso.easynet.fr/~f5nod/.
6 METRES ---> The Italian Six Metre
Activity Contest will be held from 18 UTC to 22 UTC on
the 4th Tuesday of February, March, April and May. Full
information is available at http://web.tiscalinet.it/iwobet.
[TNX IW0BET]
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
CALLBOOK: Boris, T93Y reports the T9
Callbook (updated 31 January 2000) is available at http://www.qsl.net/t93y.
TI5KD - Carlos W. Diez, P.O. Box 195,
Belen 4005 Heredia, Costa Rica
TK5CH - Roland J. Colin, Rocca Poletra,
F-20137 Porto Vecchio, France
UA4WAE - P.O. Box 1626, Izhevsk 426075,
Russia
UR5NX - Ken Khokhlov, P.O. Box 8100,
21050 Vinnitsa, Ukraine
UX0FF - Nikolay Lavreka, P.O. Box 3,
Izmail 68600, Ukraine
V44KAA - Winston Hanley, P.O. Box 743,
Basseterre, St. Kitts, West Indies
V73JK - James Ray Knighton, P. O. Box
1186, APO AP 96555, USA
VK2FUN - H.W. Cowled, 13 Kevin Street,
Mannering Park, NSW 2259, Australia
VP6PAC - Pitcairn Island Amateur Radio
Club, P. O. Box 73, Pitcairn Island
VP9/KE0UI - Bob North, 3205 Cavell Lane,
St. Louis Park, MN 55426, USA
W1XT - Bob Myers, 37875 N. 10th St.,
Phoenix, AZ 85086, USA
W2FXA/VP9 - Gene Nadolny, 21 Hidden
Valley Dr., Elma, NY 14059, USA
W3HC - Carl F. Mcdaniel, 2116 Reed
Street, Williamsport, PA 17701-3904, USA
YB0AI - Taufan Prioutomo, P.O. Box 8000,
Jakarta 11000, Indonesia
YC2OBL - Fx. Sutaryono, P. O. Box 11,
Gringsing, Batang 51281, Indonesia
YC9YKI - Bachrun Betta, P.O. Box 37,
Serui 98211, Indonesia
ZS5BBO - Edwin Musto, P.O. Box 211032,
Bluff, 4036, South Africa
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