11 March 2000
No 462
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
4U - Bert van Holst, PA1KW reports he will
operate from 4U1UN on 25 March. QSL to UN Amateur Radio Club,
P.O. Box 3873, New York, NY 10017, USA.
9G - Andy, G4ZVJ is now active as 9G5VJ from
Ghana until 20 March. Look for him on all bands CW only. QSL via
G4ZVJ (Andrew Chadwick, 5 Thorpe Chase, Ripon HG4 1UA, UK).
Andy's web site is at http://www.g4zvj.demon.co.uk.
CE0_eas - Mike, WA6O will operate (CW with
some SSB) as CE0Y/WA6O from Easter Island (SA-001) between 13 and
16 March. QSL via WA6O. Look also for Felipe, CE3SAD who will be
active (call not known for the time being) for a couple of weeks
starting around 15 March. [TNX The Daily DX]
CE0_jf - OH2MXS, OH2NSM and OH3JF will be
active as homecalls/CE0Z from Juan Fernandez (SA-005) between 17
March and 8 April. They will operate with three stations on all
bands with an emphasis on CW and RTTY and some SSB. [TNX The
Daily DX]
CO - The Federacion de Radioaficionados de
Cuba will participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest with the callsign
CL0C (a new prefix for WPX) on all bands. QSL via CO2FRC (P.O.
Box 1, Habana, Cuba). [TNX CO2OJ]
CT - The IOTA operation from Culatra (EU-145)
[425DXN 461] will run from 00 UTC on 11 March to 18 UTC on the
12th. Look for CT1AHU/p (or possibly CS7AHU/p), CT1EEN/p ,
CT1EGW/p, CT1END/p (or possibly CS5END) and CT4NH/p to be active
with two stations on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 40, 80 and 6 metres SSB
only. QSL via home calls. [TNX CT1END]
FM & J7 - Daniel, F5LGQ and Frank, F5JOT
will be active (10-80 metres, WARC included, SSB and CW) as
FM/F5LGQ and FM/F5JOT from Martinique (NA-107) between 18 March
and 1 April. They plan to operate from Dominica (J7, NA-101) on
23-25 March for the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. [TNX F6AJA]
FO - Mike, WA6O will operate (CW with some
SSB) as FO0SHA from Tahiti (OC-046), French Polynesia until 12
March and again between 16 and 18 March. QSL via WA6O. [TNX The
Daily DX]
G - The UK Radiocommunications Agency has
granted military radio stations specil permit to run amateur
radio contacts on 80 (3650 +/- 100 kHz), 40 (7080 +/- 20 kHz) and
20 (14200 +/- 100 kHz) metres to celebrate the millennium. The
Air Cadets, Sea Cadets and Army Cadets will be signing
M2000Y/their military call (e.g. M2000Y/MRO02). Further
information on the Project Millecom can be obtained from http://www.millecom.fsnet.co.uk.
[TNX DL8AAM]
GU - Ron, G4DIY, and John, G0NEB of the St.
Helens Radio Club are active (on 10-40 metres CW and SSB) as
GP0STH and GU4DIY/p from Guernsey (EU-114) until 13 March. QSLs
via G4DIY. [TNX DX News Letter]
I - Piero/IK7VJX, Roberto/IK7XIV and
Daniele/IZ7CFF will be active from the lighthouse located at
Punta San Cataldo (Lecce) on 12 March. The Reference Number for
WAIL (Worked All Italian Lighthouses) is Pu-007. For furether
information on this brand new award, please contact the Award
Manager Paolo Garavaglia, IK1NLZ at ik1nlz@425dxn.org. [TNX
IK7VJX]
I - Mauro/IV3HAX and Andrea/IV3SKB will be
active as IV3HAX/3 and IV3SKB/3 from the island of Martignano
(EU-130, IIA UD-005) on 14-16 April and possibly again on 29-30
April. QSL for both via IV3HAX. [TNX IV3HAX]
JA - Look for JA1CKE/1, JH1MKU/1 and JF1FWZ/1
to be active (on 40, 20, 17 and 15 metres SSB, CW and RTTY) from
Izu Archipelago (AS-008) on 11-12 March. QSL via bureau. [TNX
JI6KVR]
JA - Taka, JA6CM will be active (barefoot
with a dipole) from Amami Island (AS-023) on 11 and 12 March.
[TNX JA6CM]
JW - Jan, LA5QFA will be active (mainly on 80
and 160 metres SSB) as JW5QFA from Svalbard on 17-20 March. QSL
via LA5QFA. [TNX The Daily DX]
JW - LA2RY, LA9IY and LA9GY will be active as
JW2RY, JW9IY and JW9GY from Svalbard on 21-27 March. They will
participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as JW8G. Outsied the
contest they plan to operate on CW, PSK31, SSTV and HELL. [TNX
LA9GY]
JY - Pete, JY9NE will be active in the CQ WPX
SSB Contest on 25-26 March. During March, he is monitoring 6
metres Sunday through Thursday after 16.30 UTC for
trans-equatorial propagation contacts, generally in SSB. Pete
will be leaving Jordan in August to move back to the United
States. All contacts made during his stay in Jordan should be
QSLled via the bureau to N3FNE, his home call. [TNX JY9NE]
LU - LP7H is the new contest call of Javi,
LU9HS. He will using it during this year's major contest (SSB and
RTTY), starting from the CQ WPX SSB. QSL via LU9HS (Javier Omar
Santillan, P.O. Box 6, 5022 Cordoba, Argentina). [TNX LU9HS]
LX - Philippe, LX2AJ will participate in the
CQ WPX SSB Contest as LX7I on 40 metres. QSL via LX2AJ either
direct (Philippe Lutty , 6A Sentier de Bricherhof , L-1262
Luxembourg) or through the bureau. [TNX LX2AJ]
P2 - Bernhard, P29VMS [425DXN 460] is now
active from Nissan, Green Islands (OC-231). He has some health
problems and can use a generator for only 4 hours a day. QSL via
DL2GAC.
SV - The SY1D team [425DXN 460] will be
active again during the CQ WPX SSB Contest. Please note they will
be operating from Athens, Greece - not from Mount Athos. QSL
direct only via SV1DNW (Elias Bakopoulos , P.O. Box 31669,
Athens, GR-100 35, Greece). [TNX SV1DNW]
UA - RV3AM/1 has been active (SSB and CW)
from Morzhovets Island (EU-119) since 9 March. He might remain
there for 2-4 days. QSL via RV3ACA (Elen V. Boychenko, P.O. Box
13, Moscow, 127521 Russia). [TNX RV3ACA]
VP9 - Brian, ND3F is expected to be active as
VP9/ND3F from Bermuda (NA-005) until 14 March. QSL via ND3F. [TNX
The Daily DX]
YB - YB0AI, YB0AZ, YB0AVK, YB0DX, YB0ECT,
YC0LBK and YC0LCF will participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as
7A0A (Multi-Single) from near Jakarta (Java, OC-021). QSL direct
to YB0FMT (Yon Gunawan, P.O. Box 1234 JKB Jakarat 11012,
Indonesia or P.O. Box 8000, Jakarta 11000, Indonesia). [TNX
YB0ECT]
ZK1_sc - Mike, WA6O will be on Rarotonga
(OC-013), South Cook Islands between 19 and 21 March (licence to
be issued upon arrival). Look for him mainly on CW, with some
SSB. QSL via WA6O. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZS - Barry, ZS1FJ reports the 25 March-1
April ZS31ER IOTA operation from Elephant Rock (AF-???) [425DXN
461] might not take place due to "a senior official of the
department of conservation" who "has intervened to try
to stop us from landing on the island". Barry needs
"verbal support" from IOTA chasers around the world and
invites all amateurs interested to send an e-mail to him at bpmf@pixie.co.za: "The
e-mail should say why it is important and that hams around the
world visit sensitive islands WITH FULL APPROVAL and that they
are careful about wild life".
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
FO0AAA ---> The team on Clipperton
island went QRT at 18 UTC on 8 March and was expected to
leave the island by 00.30 on the 9th. As of 00.00 UTC on
8 March they had made 69,400 QSOs. The web site for the
operation is at http://www.qsl.net/clipperton2000.
PIRATE ---> Andy, YS1AG reports
someone is pirating the callsign of Roberto, YS1CO who
has been silent key since 13 February.
QSL 9N1AA ---> The following comes
from Carl, N4AA (QRZ-DX): "The backlog of direct
requests for contacts with Satish has been taken care of,
except for a handful that require further research. I am
requesting help from Satish on those cards and hopefully
they can be handled soon. I will begin working on the
bureau cards in the next few weeks".
QSL HR2/KC4CD ---> The following
comes from Carl, N4AA (QRZ-DX): "I have re-ordener
cards and expect to have more in a week or two. I am
still working through the backlog of cards for Lane; once
the backlog of direct requests have been worked I will
begin working on bureau requests".
QSL VIA K7BV ---> Dennis
Motschenbacher, K7BV reports that all QSL requests with
SASEs to K7BV have been answered for 8P9JJ, 8P0V, CY9AA,
KC6DM, KH6/AA7VB, KP3/K7BV, M/K7BV, OH3/K7BV, P40Z,
TI3/AA7VB, V40Z, V47W, VP2EV, VP2EWW. The ongoing job of
answering requests received from the Bureau continues. He
can confirm contacts made with KP3P on 7-8 March 1998
(ARRL DX SSB) only and with P40Z in 1996 and 1997 only.
K7BV is *NOT* the QSL manager for 8P9Z (QSL via K4BAI),
WP2Z (QSL via KU9C), OH0/K7BV (QSL via KU9C), OJ0/K7BV
(QSL via KU9C), NP2/K7BV (QSL via KU9C).
YB2LSR - Jap Tiek Sin, P. O. Box 388,
Solo 57131, Indonesia
YC9YAS - S. Madaruddin, JI. Riau No.04
Bengkong Pltd, Batam, 29432 Indonesia
Z2/PA3HHT - Maurice Goossens,
Isseltseveld 39D, NL-3812 LE Amersfoort, The Netherlands
ZC4AKR - Western Sovereign Base Area
Amateur Radio Club, c/o Air Training Corps, RAF Akrotiri,
BFPO 57, GPO, United Kingdom
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