18 March 2000
No 463
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
EAST TIMOR - NEW DXCC ENTITY - The
International Telecommunications Union has communicated to the
United Nations the assignment of the prefix block 4WA-4WZ for use
by radio stations within the areas administered by UNTAET (United
Nations Temporary Administration of East Timor). This prefix
assignment is for the use of UNTAET as long as it exists, and
will be released to the ITU at the end of its existence. UN
stations within East Timor may be assigned 4U prefixes for
official use, while UN Amateur stations may use the prefix 4U1
(his includes the UN Amateur Radio Club station, 4U1ET). All
other private and Amateur Radio stations in East Timor will use
the prefix 4W6. Individuals who expect to be there less than one
year would use 4W6/ home call, while those who will be there in
excess of one year may obtain 4W6 callsigns. Permanent residents
of East Timor who were previously licensed may also obtain
permanent callsigns. For DXCC purposes, UN Temporary
Administration of East Timor will be added to the DXCC List with
the effective date of March 1, 2000. QSL cards for QSOs made
after that date will be accepted on and after October 1, 2000.
For further information please contact Bill Moore, NC1L at bmoore@arrl.org.
TX0DX - CHESTERFIELD ISLANDS - 23 March - 1
April. The Chesterfield Islands (OC-176) DXpedition team now
consists of FK8GM, FK8HC, JA1BK, N5KO, N7NG, OH1RY, OH2BC, OH2BH
and OH2RF. They are expected to depart for the Chesterfields
early Sunday morning (FK time). While the call TX8CI will be used
during the early phase of the operation, the TX0DX call sign is
expected to be activated at 00.00 UTC on 23 March, once it has
been determined that the IARU vote has confirmed ARANC
(Association des Radio Amateurs de Nouvelle Caledonie, the
amateur radio society of New Caledonia) as an official IARU
member society. This would be the "Event Date" for the
proposed new DXCC entity. DXCC status for the Chesterfields will
still require an affirmative vote by the DXAC ragarding Section
II criteria.
The following transmit frequencies will be used by TX0DX:
CW: 1834.5, 3504, 7004, 10104, 14024, 21024, 24894, 28024 and
50115 kHz
SSB: - 3790, 7085, 14195, 18145, 21295, 28945, 28480 and 50115
kHz
During the WPX SSB Contest (0000 UTC 25 March through 2359 UTC
26 March), the transmit frequency 21445 kHz will be used. Four HF
stations and a dedicated 6-metre station will be used. Two
stations (one on 15 metres SSB and one on 15 metres CW) will be
activated on a nearly continuous basis to provide everyone a
reasonable access to their first QSO. Other bands will be
activated to capture complimentary openings to various parts of
the world. Since TX0DX is potentially a new DXCC entity, the goal
of maximizing the number of individual DXers logged will guide
the operating strategy. This DXpedition is highly dependent on
the weather situation since it is taking place during the typhoon
season. There may be variations in the operating dates to dodge
any major storms. The team has promised that if there is a
weather-related delay they will stay longer to give as many as
possible the new country. The chief pilot will be Bill Avery,
K6GNX (k6gnx@telemetry.com)
and the most important feedback will be your e-mails giving the
opening, peak, and closing times of band openings to your area.
Regional pilots F6AJA, FK8CR, JH1KRC, OH2BN, N4GN and VK3EW will
assess the pileups in their respective areas and inform K6GNX by
e-mail of any issues. The DX community may also follow the
DXpedition's progress through the TX0DX web site (http://www.n4gn.com/tx0dx/),
which will be updated regularly as the operation proceeds. QSL
TX0DX for HF QSOs only via OH2BN either direct (Jarmo J. Jaakola,
Kiilletie 5C30, Helsinki 00710, Finland) or through the bureau.
QSL TX0DX for 50 MHz QSOs only via JA1BK either direct (Kan
Mizoguchi, 5-3 Sakuragaoka 4 Chome, Tama-City, Tokyo 206-0013,
Japan) or through the bureau. [TNX N4GN]
3A - Look for 3A/W8MV and 3A/WZ8A to be
active on 10-80 metres CW on 20-25 March. QSL via home calls.
[TNX ARRL DX Bulletin]
3V - Giovanni, I5JHW and seven other
operators from Italy (namely Sergio/I5NSR, Danio/I5OYY,
Sauro/IK5EKB, Roberto/IK5FTQ, Marcello/IK5JAN, Marco/IK5SQX and
Gabriele/IK5ZTW) will be active (possibly as 3V8T) from Touzer,
Tunisia on 19-21 March. Then they will move to the Kerkennah
Islands (AF-073), where they will operate (possibly as 3V8K) with
two or three stations (on CW, SSB and RTTY) between 24 and 26
March. The Italians will team up with a few local operators,
namely Marowan, Karim, Faouzi and Amor at Touzer and Lotfi, Ramzi
and YL operators Nadia, Mei, Zaida and Thouraya from the
Kerkennahs. [TNX I5JHW]
3V - Another operation from the Kerkennahs
(AF-073) is being organized by a group of German operators. The
DXpedition is scheduled to take place on 15-30 November (CQ WW DX
CW Contest included) with the call TS7N on all bands and modes.
Further details will be published in due course. [TNX DJ7IK]
4W - Both Ross, VK8UN and Thor, TF1MM are now
active with their brand new Timor East calls, respectively 4W6UN
(QSL via VK3OT: Steve R. Gregory, P.O. Box 622, Hamilton,
Victoria, 3300 Australia) and 4W6MM (QSL route to be announced).
Nev, VK2QF is planning to operate (on +/- 7010, 14010, 21010,
28010 kHz CW and 7095, 14195, 21295, 28495 kHz SSB) as 4W6/VK2QF
sometime approximately between 29 March and 5 April. He will be
active on 6 metres as well (50090 CW and 50135 SSB). QSL direct
only to VK2QF (Nev Mattick, Hargraves, N.S.W. 2850, Australia).
5H - A group of operators from the Royal
Omani Amateur Radio Society will be active as 5I3A and 5I3B from
one of the qualifying islands in the Tanga Region Group (AF-???)
in the first half of July. Plans are to operate with three
stations on all bands SSB, CW and digital modes. Further details
will be published in due course. The DXpedition is organized by
Nasser, A41KG and Salim, A41JV. [TNX A41KG]
8Q - Peter, HA2SX is active as 8Q7KK from the
Maldives (AS-013) until 25 March. Look for him on 10-80 metres
CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK-31, HELL, MT63 and SSTV. QSL via HA2SZ either
direct or through the bureau. [TNX HA0HW]
9G - Derek/F5VCR, Roger/G3SXW, Ken/G3OCA,
Les/G4CWD and Fred/G4BWP will be active from Abokwa Island
(AF-???), Ghana between 1 and 6 April. They will operate on 10-40
metres SSB and CW, callsign TBA. [TNX The Daily DX]
BV9 - The Chinese Taipei Amateur Radio League
(CTARL) is pleased to announce that a large multi-national team
of experienced DXers will be active as BQ9P from Tung-Sha Dao
(Pratas Island, AS-110) between approximately 5 UTC on 5 April
and 21 UTC on the 12th. The operators will be Dr. Bolin Lin,
BV5AF (President of CTARL), Kenny/BV2EW (Vice President of
CTARL), Johnson/BV4DP (Vice Secretary of CTARL), Bruce/BV2KI,
William/BV2VA, Jimmy/BV4AS, Paul/BV4FH, Chung/BV4ME, Wang/BV5CR,
Sky/BV8BC, Teruji/JA1JKG, Leo/K8PYD and Paul/WT8S. Six or seven
stations are planned to be operative from two locations on the
island. Planned operating frequencies are: 1826.5, 3504, 7004,
10104, 14024, 18074, 21024, 24894 and 28024 KHz (CW); 3790, 7085,
14195, 18145, 21295, 24945 and 28480 KHz (SSB); 14083, 21083,
28083 KHz (RTTY); 14230 KHz (SSTV). QSL via KU9C (Steve Wheatley,
P.O. Box 5953, Parsippany, NJ 07054-6953, USA). Donations in
advance or with your QSL request will be graciously accepted and
appreciated. These can be sent to the DXpedition via KU9C at the
above address. On-line logs will be available after the
operation. [TNX BV4AS]
DU - Dave, VE3LDT reports Roland, DU1KGJ/DU4
is planning an operation from Calagua Islands (OC-202) in the
first week of April. This group was activated for the first and
so far only time by I2YDX/DU4 in November 1994.
EA - EA2AAE and others will participate in
the CQ WPX SSB Contest as AM2AAE. QSL via EA2AAE either direct
(P.O. Box 121, Vitoria 01080, Spain) or through the bureau. [TNX
EA2AAE]
EA6 - Look for EA6AEQ to participate in the
CQ WPX SSB Contest as AN6AEQ (SOAB). QSL via EA6AEQ either direct
(P.O. Box 10180, Palma de Mallorca 07080, Spain) or through the
bureau. [TNX EA6AEQ]
ER - Slawa, ER1LW will participate in the CQ
WPX SSB Contest as ER6A. QSL via ER1LW (P.O.Box 112, Chisinau,
MD-2012, Moldova). [TNX ER1LW]
HC8 - Pedro, HC1OT will be active as HD8Z
(QSL via NE8Z) from San Cristobal, Galapagos (SA-004) during the
CQ WPX SSB Contest. Before and after the contest he will be
active as HC1OT/HC8 (QSL via NE8Z). [TNX NE8Z]
HI - Sigi, DL7DF is active (on CW, SSB and
RTTY) as HI9/DL7DF from the Dominican Republic (NA-096) until 23
March. QSL via DL7DF.
HL - Look for DS4CNB, DS5KMY, 6K5RRC and an
operator from HL0Z to be active as DS4CNB/5 and HL0Z/5 from
Hansan Island (AS-081) between 15 and 17 April. They will operate
on 6-160 metres CW and SSB. QSL to P.O Box 30, Tongyung 650-660,
Korea. Logs will be available at http://ds4cnb.qsl.co.kr.
[TNX DS4CNB]
I - Alfredo, IK7JWX and other operators from
Salento DX Team/ARI Lecce will be active (SSB and CW on 10, 15,
20, 40, 6 and 2 metres) from the following islands in the Pedagne
Archipelago (EU-091, WWL JN80XP): La Chiesa (IIA BR-008) on 18-19
March, Traversa (BR-009) on 25-26 March, Giorgio Treviso (BR-006)
on 1-2 April, Monacello (BR-007) on 8-9 April, Pedagna Grande
(BR-001) on 15-16 April. QSL via IK7JWX (Alfredo De Nisi, P.O.
Box 218, 73100 Lecce - LE). [TNX IK7JWX]
I - Look for IR2ANT will be active from
"Ernesto Cairoli" Highschool in Varese, Italy on 20-26
March. QSL via IK2IWU (Carlo Raso, P.O. Box 1, 21100 Varese 2 -
VA, Italy). [TNX IK2IWU]
I - Special station IR0MM will be active on
17-19 March from the Abbey of Valvisciolo (Latina, Italy). QSL
via I0YKN (Nuccio Meoli, Via della Stazione snc, 04010 Cori -
LT). [TNX I0YKN]
I - Special station IR0MA will be ative on
all bands between 21 and 30 April to celebrate the 2753rd
anniversary of the foundation of Rome. QSL direct only via I0MWI
(Stefano Cipriani, Via Taranto 60, 00055 Ladispoli - RM, Italy).
For information on the "Natale di Roma" award please
contact I0MWI at i0mwi@qsl.net.
[TNX I0MWI]
J6 - Look for the following stations to
participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest on 25-26 March from St.
Lucia (NA-108): J68AS (QSL via N9AG), J68DD (QSL via N6JRL),
J68ID (QSL via W8QID), J6/KD4YHY (QSL via KD4YHY). [TNX The Daily
DX]
JA - Hiro, JK1FNN and YL operator Mie, 7L1MKM
will be active (on 10-20 metres SSB and CW) from Izu Archipelago
(AS-008) on 25-26 March. QSL via JK1FNN, preferably through the
bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
JT - Laurence "Flo" Howell, GM4DMA
is likely to be operational again from Central Mongolia as JT1FCR
on HF and especially 6 metres starting on 18 April for two weeks.
QSL via GM4DMA. [TNX GM4DMA]
KG4 - Vance N5VL will be active as KG4VL from
Guantanamo (NA-015) between 22 and 29 March, CQ WPX SSB Contest
included. QSL via N5VL. [TNX N5VL]
KH6 - Look for Al, NH7A to participate in the
CQ WPX SSB Contest from the island of Maui. QSL via W6QK (please
note that cards sent to the old manager, N2AU, are neither
answered nor forwarded). [TNX NH7A]
KP2 - N6DE, W7MH, and W6XK will participate
in the CQ WPX SSB contest (Multi-Single) as WP2Z (QSL via KU9C)
from St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (NA-106). Before and after
the contest they will operate as N6DE/KP2, W7MH/KP2 and W6XK/KP2
(QSL via home calls). [TNX The Daily DX]
KP4 - Carlos, WP4U will be active from Mona
Island (NA-099) between 25 and 31 March. QSL via WP4U. [TNX The
Daily DX]
LU - Operators from Radio Club Casilda will
be active on 16-19 March as LU0F from Expo Chacra 2000 at Uranga
in Santa Fe province. QSL via LU1FFF either direct (Radio Club
Casilda, P.O. Box 167, 2170 Casilda, SF, Argentina) or through
the bureau. [TNX LU5FC]
LU - Between 00.00 UTC on 15 April and 24.00
UTC on the 23rd amateur radio operators from Argentina will be
using special prefixes as follows to celebrate IARU's 75th
anniversary: LU stations will use L4 (eg LU7EE = L47EE), LW
stations will use L5 (eg LW3EFD = L53EFD), AZ stations will use
L6 (eg AZ4AV = L66AV). The Radio Club Argentino will use AY1ARU.
QSL AY1ARU via LU4AA either direct (P.O. Box 97, 1000 Buenos
Aires, Argentina) or through the bureau. A programme os special
awards is sponsored by the Radio Club Argentino to mark the
event. For further information please visit http://www.lu4aa.org.
[TNX LU7DS and LU7EE]
P2 - 17 March was announced to be Bernhard's
(P29VMS) last day from Lihir (OC-069). He is expected to stop
again on OC-008 and then to be active from OC-101 (and maybe
OC-102 or another group as well). Bernhard operates "free
style" but can also be found on the VK-ZL net (starts at 5
UTC) on 14183 kHz. QSL via DL2GAC.
PJ - Albert, HB9BCK will be active as
PJ4/HB9BCK from Bonaire (SA-006), Netherlands Antilles between 9
and 22 April. He will operate on 3505, 7005, 10105, 14005, 18073,
21005, 24895, 28005, 50110 kHz CW; 3775, 7075, 14275, 18145,
21275, 24975, 28475, 50125 kHz SSB; 14085, 21085, 28085 kHz RTTY.
QSL via home call. [TNX HB9BCK]
PY - Mario, PP5MQ will participate in the CQ
WPX SSB Contest as PV5M (10 metres). QSL via PP5MQ (Mario
Marquardt, P.O. Box 212, 89201-972 Joinville - SC, Brazil). [TNX
PP5MQ]
PY - PY1KS, PY1TIA, PY1SL and PY1NX will be
active as ZV1IR (SSB) and ZW1MB (CW) with two stations from Rasa
Island (SA-079, DIB-054), DFB-RJ-10) between 21 UTC on 14 April
and 18 UTC on the 16th. Suggested frequencies are 50115, 28460,
24960, 21260, 18160, 14260, 7060, 3790 kHz SSB and 50115, 28025,
24895, 21025, 18075, 14025, 10110, 7007, 3505 kHz CW. QSL via
PY1AA either direct (LABRE-RJ, P.O. Box 58, Rio de Janeiro - RJ,
20001-970, Brazil) or through the bureau. [TNX PY1KS and PS7AB]
PY - Look for PS8DX, PS8ET, PS8HF, PS8PY,
PS8NF, PU8PYK & PT7AA ZW8CI to be active (on 6-80 metres CW
and SSB) as ZW8CI from Ilha das Canarias, Caju Archipelago
(SA-072, DIB 72, PI-01 for the Brazilian Lighthouses Award)
between 20 and 23 April. QSL via PS8DX (P.O. Box 96, Teresina, PI
64001-970, Brazil). [TNX PS7AB]
S0 - Naama/S01A, Mehdi/S0RASD and
Arseli/EA2JG will be active as S05R (a new prefix) from Western
Sahara on 17-23 April. [TNX EA2JG]
SM - John, SM0DJZ plans to operate as SJ9WL
from Morokulien during the CQ WPX SSB Contest. He will be there
on 24-27 March; before and after the contest he will use LG5LG on
RTTY and WARC bands. QSL for both via SM0DJZ (Jan Hallenberg,
Siriusgatan 106, SE-195 55 Mersta, Sweden). [TNX SM0DJZ]
SU - Giftun Island (AF-???) [425DXN 447]
Update. Two calls (SU9DX and 6V0TA) have been requested for the
DXpedition, which is now planned to take place between 22 and 27
May. The team includes I8IYW (team leader), IK6CAC, IK7XIV,
IK8UHA, IK8VRH, IK8YTF, IS0JMA and T77WI. They plan to operate
two stations on SSB, one on CW and one on RTTY. The QSL manager
will be IK8UHA (Tony Barbato, P.O. Box 5039, 80144 Napoli - NA,
Italy; su9dx@qsl.net).
Contributions can be sent to I8IYW (Pino Iannuzzi, P.O. Box 5039
, 80144 Napoli - NA, Italy). The web site for the operation is at
www.qsl.net/su9dx.
SV - Dimitris, SV1CIB and others will
participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as SZ3PTR (Multi-Single).
QSL via SV3BSF. [TNX SV1CIB]
V3 - Reminder [425DXN 449]: look for Bert,
PA3GIO to be active (80-10 metres SSB) as V31GI from Southwest
Caye, Glover's Reef (NA-180) on 19-24 March and from Little Water
Caye (NA-180) on 26-29 March. QSL via PA3GIO preferably through
the bureau. Give a look to his web site at http://www.qsl.net/pa3gio/.
V3 - Art, NN7A confirms he will operate as
V31JZ from the Turneffe Islands (NA-123) on 26-31 March [425DXN
449]. Look for him mostly on CW (10-160 metres), with some SSB on
14260 and 21260 khZ around 14-17 UTC. QSL via NN7A either direct
(Arthur M. Phillips, P.O. Box 201, Flagstaff, AZ 86002, USA) or
through the bureau. His web site is at http://www.qsl.net/nadxa/v31jz.
[TNX NN7A]
VK - The New South Wales Division of the
Wireless Institute of Australia (http://www.wia.org.au/vk2) has
authorised a number of NSW Amateur Radio clubs to use the Sydney
Olympics special event callsign AX2000 (A-X-2-thousand) during
2000. The Manly-Warringah Radio Society will activate the call in
the CQ WPX SSB Contest and will continue to use it through the
end of March. The Wahroonga Amateur Historical Radio Association
will be active as AX2000/IMD on 29 April (the International
Marconi Day). Other New South Wales radio clubs will activate the
call at various times throughout the year, and AX2000 will be
running from the WIA (VK2) Divisional headquarters during the
Olympic and Paralympic Games. Visitors may apply to operate the
station by contacting the VK2 Divisional office (vk2@wia.org.au). [TNX VK2SKY]
VK0_mac - Due to recent interference to the
ionosonde / riometer receivers and other sensitive Upper
Atmospheric Physics equipment at the research station, the Senior
Communications Engineer on the island has directed that VK0MM
operations shall be limited to a window of frequencies between 10
& 15 Megahertz until further notice. "No Europe scheds
until April", Alan, VK0MM announced [425DXN 455]. In fact
Europeans amateurs will have to wait until 1 April - and it will
not be an April's Fool. His operating scheduled will be as
follows: 1000-1100Z LA/JW/JX/TF/OZ/OX/OY/OH/SM *ONLY* SSB 14150
kHz QSX 160 1100-1200Z REST OF EUROPE SSB 14150 kHz QSX 160 He
wants you to "send your last two & then full call on
contact. Stations persistently calling out of turn will not be
responded to & will have their callsigns flagged with QRU by
the logging software". Alan also states that "the limit
is TWO different band/mode QSOs per station (eg: one on 40m CW
and one on 15m SSB, or one 80m SSB & one 20m SSB etc.).
Stations attempting more contacts will be completely removed from
the log, no exceptions". QSL route TBA. Latest information
on Alan's operating schedules and practices is at http://geocities.com/vk0ld/1.html.
VP2V - Bill, AA7X will be active (on 10-40
metres CW and SSB) as VP2V/AA7X from the British Virgin Islands
(NA-023) between 25 March and 1 April. QSL via AA7X. [TNX ARRL DX
Bulletin]
VP5 - Look for Dave/W5AO and Jim/K5TT to be
active (on 6-160 metres SSB and CW) as VP5/W5AO and VP5/K5TT from
North Caicos Island (NA-002) between 20 and 29 March. They will
participate in the WPX SSB Contest as VP5V. QSL VP5/W5AO and VP5V
to P.O. Box 88, Morris, OK 74455-0088, USA; QSL VP5/K5TT via
K5TT. [TNX The Daily DX]
W - Gary, KI6T will be active (10-20 metres
SSB and CW) as KI6T/p from Catalina Island (NA-066) between 29
March and 11 April and again on 3-5 October. QSL via KI6T. [TNX
KI6T]
XT - Robert, F5JRY will be in Burkina Faso
from 27 March to 11 April and hopes to be active on SSB with some
CW on higher bands. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
XU - Kim, JA6HJP and Aki, JA6VQA will be
active (on 10-80 metres, WARC bands included, SSB and CW) from
Cambodia between 24 and 27 March. They will participate in the CQ
WPX SSB Contest. Callsigns not mentioned, but QSL via home calls.
[TNX JA6VQA]
YB - Efendi, YC8XNE and his wife Fat, YC8XWJ
are residents on Sula Island (OC-076). They are still new to
pile-ups and are often helped by net controllers. Look for them
on or around 21260 kHz in the UTC afternoons. QSL via YC8TXW
(Ronny Monoarfa, P.O. Box 166, Tahuna, Sangihe Island, 95800
Indonesia). [TNX 9V1RH and Islands On The Web]
Z3 - Mike, NN6C will be guest operating as
Z38/NN6C until 4 April. He will be active on all bands CW, SSB
and RTTY. He and a large group of Z3 operators will participate
in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as Z30M (Multi-Multi). QSL via NN6C
(Mike Jakiela, P.O. Box 286, Poway, CA 92074, USA). Mike is the
QSL manager also for Z37GBC, Z31GB, Z31JA, Z32XA and Z32XX. [TNX
Z31JA and Z37GBC]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
CALLBOOK ---> Fred, DF6EX has been
the editor of the QSL MANAGER listing included in the
Flying Horse Callbook CD since 1996. The deadline for the
summer 2000 edition is near at hand and if you have any
corrections, additions or call changes, e-mail Fred as
soon as possible (DF6EX@winqsl.de).
If you want to see your current record, e-mail info@winqsl.de and write
list <call> in the body of the message. Please note
that ADDRESSES corrections should NOT be sent to Fred,
but to 103424.2142@compuserve.com.
[TNX DF6EX]
EAST TIMOR (LICENCES) ---> CEPT
licenses are accepted, with the provision that all users
of such licenses must give prior notification to the UN
Telecommunications Offices, and wait for approval by the
UN prior to operating. Notification must include a copy
of the operator's license, and a mailing address. Those
who might want to operate from East Timor should have all
entry clearances in hand before applying for operating
permission, including notifying the UN of intention to
use a CEPT license, and receiving the approval of the UN
before commencing operations. Notifications or
applications should go to: Mr. Alain C. Moerenhout,
Telecommunications Service, 405 East 42nd Street, Room
S-1931B, New York, NY 10017, USA (fax (212)-963-3669).
[TNX NC1L]
FRENCH POLYNESIA ---> Mat, ON5KL is
planning to operate from French Polynesia later this year
and would like to receive some inputs from the IOTA
community. Please let him know which IOTA groups you
still need before the end of March. His e-mail address is
on5kl@planetinternet.be.
[TNX ON5KL]
LY10 AWARD ---> Amateurs from
Lithuania will be using LY10 prefixes to celebrate the
10th anniversary of restoration of independence in their
country until 31 March. An award is available for
contacting three LY10s; for further information please
contact the Award Manager Giedrius Bartaska, LY1FW at ly1fw@takas.lt.
MACEDONIA ---> Venco Stojcev, Z31JA (z31ja@mt.net.mk)
reports that Z3 first class licencees can change their
calls and use Z31-Z37 + one-letter suffixes. New calls
issued so far include Z31A (ex-Z31AA), Z33Z (ex-Z31RB),
Z34A (ex-Z31ET), Z35A (ex-Z31RU), Z35M (ex-Z32KV) and
Z36A (ex-Z31VP). Vladimir, ZS6MG/Z31FU reports that Mike,
Z31FK will be receiving his new call (Z34M) in a few
months (please note that Z31FK has no QSL manager: cards
should be sent either direct or through the bureau).
MOLDOVA (QSL BUREAU) ---> Valery
Metaxa, ER1DA reports the new address for the ARM QSL
Bureau: ARM QSL Service Bureau, P.O. Box 2942, Kishinev,
MD-2071 Moldova.
QSL 9M8DX/2 ---> Cards for
Mirek/9V1XE's recent operation from Langkawi Island
(AS-058, 13-16 March) should be sent to 9V1XE either
direct (Mirek Rozbicki, 7 Seletar Terrace, Singapore
806908) or through the 9V bureau.
QSL FO0AAA ---> The address for
N7CQQ, as taken from the the DXpedition's web site (http://www.qsl.net/clipperton2000/)
is: John Kennon, P.O. Box 31553, Laughlin, Nevada 89029,
USA.
QSL RA3DEJ/1 ---> Dima, RA3DEJ
reports he has started sending out the RK3DZJ/1 (EU-147
and EU-066) QSL cards for the August 1999 operation. [TNX
RA3AUU]
QSL UZ8RR ---> The QSL manager (for
NA, SA and DX stations only) is W3HC (Carl F. McDaniel,
2116 Reed Street, Williamsport, PA 17701-3904, USA).
European stations should write direct to UZ8RR (Vladimir
Antonovich, P.O. Box 28, Chernigov-Postamt, 14000
Ukraine). Vlad is active on all bands 10-160 metres CW
only. [TNX morse@ok.net.ua]
QSL YC5XIP ---> QSL manager I1WFF
(Fulvio Marin, P.O. Box 88, 13900 Biella - BI, Italy)
reports he has finally received the logs for 1999 and has
started processing the requests.
QSL YC8SHQ/P ---> Those who have not
received their cards for YC8SHQ/p (OC-224, September
1997) may want to try through YC9BU, who has the logs.
The address is Kadek Kariana, P.O. Box 106, Singaraja
Bali 80100, Indonesia. Please note that Kadek suggests
not to send US$, IRCS are all right. [TNX I8XTX and
IK8PGC]
THE DAILY DX ---> Congratulations to
Bernie McClenny, W3UR who celebrated the third
anniversary of his "The Daily DX" on 17 March.
For further information on this first rate DX bulletin
please check out its homepage (http://www.wdn.com/thedailydx)
or e-mail Bernie at bernie@dailydx.com.
TROMELIN 2000 ---> "On wich
bands/modes do you need FR/Tromelin?" Let the
DXpeditioners [425DXN 458] know your desiderata at http://perso.easynet.fr/~f6jjx/menu.htm.
[TNX F5NOD]
SILENT KEYS - Hans-Georg Goebel, DK1RV
reports the sad news of the passing of Guenther, DF4DI
(aka ZK1DI, F00DI, P29VDI etc) on 15 March. Guenther had
been ill for 13 years, but this did not prevent him from
operating from rare spots (between 1995 and 1999 he was
active thrice from Rarotonga and logged more than 40,000
QSOs with just 100 watts and wire antennas). From
November 1999 to early March 2000 he was in 3B9, but was
unable to get a licence. We were also informed by Nuccio,
I0YKN of the death of Mimmo, IK8TWP, who operated from
several Italian Islands Award programme locations.
LOGS: The logs for Franck's FK8HC/p
operation from N'Die Island (DIFO FK-079) on 10 March are
now available at http://perso.easynet.fr/~f5nod/fk8hc.html.
[TNX F5NOD]
PERIOD CALL REF
===========================================================================
01/01-31/12 IOTA 2000 (http://www.cdxc.org.uk) ***
till 20/03 3W2GAX/p: Phu Quoc (AS-128) * by JA7GAX 461
till 19/03 3W50K: Cat Ba Island (AS-132) * by OKs 461
till 31/12 3Z: special prefix (Poland) 454
till May 4S7BRG: Sri Lanka (AS-003) * by HB9BRM 460
till 07/05 6K2000WFK: special event station (Korea) 459
till 25/03 8Q7KK: Maldives (AS-013) * by HA2SZ 463
till 31/12 9AY2K: special Millennium station 451
till 20/03 9G5VJ: Ghana * by G4ZVJ 462
till 27/03 9M6BAA & 9M6AAC: East Malaysia (OC-088) * by Gs 461
till 10/04 9U5D: Burundi * by SM5DIC 450
till 31/03 C34, C35, C36, C37URA and C37RC: Andorra 461
till 08/04 CE0: Juan Fernandez (SA-005) * by OH2MXS,OH2NSM,OH3JF 462
till August FH/TU5AX: Mayotte (AF-027) * by 6W1QV 458
till 20/03 FO0CLA: Marquesas (OC-027) * by F2HE 460
till 31/12 HB2: special Y2K prefix (Switzerland) 453
till ?? HF0POL: South Shetlands (AN-010) * by SP3GVX 441
till 31/12 HF70PZK: special event station (Poland) 453
till 23/03 HI9/DL7DF: Dominican Republic (NA-096) 463
till 31/12 II0CV: special call 451
till 24/12 II0: special jubilee prefix 452
till 19/03 IR0MM: special station 463
till 31/03 IU0PAW: special event station 451
till 20/03 JI3DST/6: Koshiki Islands (AS-037) 455
till 20/03 JW5QFA: Svalbard * by LA5QFA 462
till 19/03 LU0F: special event station 463
till 31/03 LY10: special prefix (Lithuania) 463
till April JD1BKR: Iwo-Jima (AS-030), Ogasawara 441
till 14/04 M/VU2UKR: England 460
till 29/03 P29VMS: Papua New Guinea * by DL2GAC 463
till 31/03 R1ANP: Progress base, Antarctica 453
till 01/04 S79MX * by HB9MX 459
till 31/12 SI75A & SIxSSA: SSA 75th anniversary stations (Sweden) 445
till 01/04 TZ6VV and TZ6YL: Mali 451
till 01/04 V31JP: Belize * by K8JP 443
till Dec VK0MM: Macquarie Island 463
till May VP6BR: Pitcairn (OC-044) * by OH2BR 455
till 05/05 XW2A: Laos * by JA2EZD 459
till 26/03 YB3ASQ/9: Indonesia * by W7TSQ 460
till 04/04 Z38/NN6C: Macedonia 463
till May ZF2NT: Little Cayman (NA-016) * by N6NT 443
till 30/04 ZV4D: special event call * by PY4AUN 454
from 15/03 CE0: Easter Island (SA-001) * by CE3SAD 462
16/03-21/03 JF1CZQ/JR6, JF1IRW/JR6, JN1JFC/JR6, JQ1DPP/JR6: AS-024 459
17/03-28/03 JA6GXK: Danjo Archipelago (AS-056) 461
17/03-20/03 JN1HOW/JD1: Ogasawara (AS-031) 461
17/03-19/03 T88GM, T88HG, T88RK: Koror (OC-009) * by JAs 461
18/03-01/04 FM/F5LGQ & FM/F5JOT: Martinique (NA-107) 462
18/03-19/03 I: La Chiesa Isl (EU-091) * by IK7JWX and others 463
18/03-20/03 JA6LCJ/6: Tsushima (AS-036) 461
18/03-28/03 TI2/DL8UD: Costa Rica 461
18/03-19/03 BARTG Spring RTTY Contest ***
18/03-19/03 Russian DX Contest ***
19/03-21/03 3V8T (?): Touser, Tunisia * by I5JHW and others 463
19/03-22/03 TX8CI: Chesterfield Is (OC-176), New Caledonia 463
19/03-29/03 V31GI: NA-180 (Belize) * by PA3GIO 463
19/03-21/03 ZK1: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook * by WA6O 462
20/03-25/03 3A/W8MV and 3A/WZ8A: Monaco 463
20/03-30/03 9E1S and 9E1C: Ethiopia * by IV3TRK and IV3OWC 461
20/03-26/03 IR2ANT: special station (ITALY) 463
20/03-29/03 VP5/W5AO, VP5/K5TT, VP5V: North Caicos Isl (NA-002) 463
21/03-27/03 JW2RY, JW9IY, JW9GY: Svalbard * by LA2RY, LA9IY, LA9GY 462
22/03-29/03 KG4VL: Guantanamo (NA-015) * by N5VL 463
22/03-28/03 MJ/K3PLV and MJ/K8PT: Jersey (EU-013) 461
22/03-29/03 YM3LZ: Turkey * by TAs and LZs 459
23/03-25/03 J7: Dominica (NA-101) * by F5LGQ & F5JOT 462
23/03/01/04 TX0DX: Chesterfield Is (OC-176) - DXCC NEW 463
24/03-26/03 3V8K (?): Kerkennah Is (AF-073) * by I5JHW and others 463
24/03-26/03 J7: Dominica (NA-101) * by F5JOT and F5LGQ 459
24/03-27/03 LG5LG and SJ9WL * by SM0DJZ 463
24/03-27/03 XU: Cambodia * by JA6HJP and JA6VQA 463
25/03-3003 3W2GAX: Hon Tam (NO-REF) * by JA7GAX 461
25/03 4U1UN: UN HQ (NYC) * by PA1KW 462
25/03-26/03 7A0A: Indonesia (OC-021) (CQ WPX SSB) 462
25/03-31/03 AX2000: Sydney Olympics special event callsign 463
25/03-26/03 CL0C: Cuba (CQ WPX SSB) 462
25/03-26/03 AM2AAE: Spain (CQ WPX SSB) 463
25/03-26/03 AN6AEQ: Balearic Is, EU-004 (CQ WPX SSB) 463
25/03-26/03 ER6A: Moldova (CQ WPX SSB) 463
25/03-26/03 HD8Z: Galapagos, SA-004 (CQ WPX SSB) 463
25/03-26/03 I: Traversa Isl (EU-091) * by IK7JWX and others 463
25/03-26/03 J68AS, J68DD, J68ID, J6/KD4YHY: St. Lucia (NA-108) 463
25/03-26/03 JK1FNN and 7L1MKM: Izu Archipelago (AS-008) 463
25/03-26/03 LP7H: Argentina (CQ WPX SSB) 462
25/03-26/03 LX7I: Luxembourg (CQ WPX SSB) 462
25/03-26/03 PV5M: Brazil (CQ WPX SSB) 463
25/03-26/03 SY1D: Greece (CQ WPX SSB) 462
25/03-26/03 SZ3PTR: Greece (CQ WPX SSB) 463
25/03-01/04 VP2V/AA7X: British Virgin Islands (NA-023) 463
25/03-31/03 WP4U: Mona Island, Puerto Rico (NA-099) 463
25/03-01/04 ZS31ER: Elephant Rock (AF-???) 462
25/03-26/03 CQ WW WPX Contest (SSB) ***
26/03-31/03 V31JZ: Turneffe Is (NA-123), Belize * by NN7A 463
27/03-11/04 XT: Burkina Faso * by F5JRY 463
29/03-05/04 4W6/VK2QF: East Timor 463
29/03-11/04 KI6T/p: Catalina Island (NA-066) 463
Mar-Apr C21JH and C21/VK2QF: Nauru (OC-031) 461
01/04-06/04 9G: Abokwa Island (AF-???) * by F5VCR and others 463
01/04-08/04 F5SGI: Brehat Island (EU-074) 461
01/04-12/04 PA3GIO/HC8: Galapagos Islands (SA-004) 461
01/04-02/04 I: Giorgio Treviso Isl (EU-091) * by IK7JWX and others 463
01/04-02-04 EA RTTY Contest ***
01/04-02-04 SP DX Contest ***
01/04-02-04 YLRC Contest ***
05/04-12/04 BQ9P: Pratas Island (AS-110) 463
05/04-03/05 VO1BAR/p: Puffin Island 461
07/04-15/04 HS: Malay Peninsula South East IOTA group (AS-???) 461
07/04-09-04 JA DX CW High Bands Contest ***
08/04-09/04 I: Monacello Isl (EU-091) * by IK7JWX and others 463
09/04-22/04 PJ4/HB9BCK: Bonaire (SA-006) 463
14/04-16/04 IV3HAX/3 and IV3SKB/3: Martignano (EU-130) 462
14/04-16/04 ZV1IR and ZW1MB: Rasa Island (SA-079) * by PYs 463
14/04-16/04 International DX Convention (Visalia) 460
15/04-17/04 DS4CNB/5 and HL0Z/5: Hansan Island (AS-081) 463
15/04-16/04 I: Pedagna Grande Isl (EU-091) * by IK7JWX and others 463
15/04-23/04 L4, L5, L6, AY1ARU: special prefixes & station (LU) 463
15/04-16/04 500 Years After Contest 460
15/04 European Sprint Spring SSB Contest ***
15/04-16-04 YU DX Contest ***
17/04-23/04 S05R: Western Sahara * by S01A, S0RASD, EA2JG 463
from 18/04 JT1FCR: Mongolia * by GM4DMA 463
20/04-23/04 ZW8CI: Canarias Isl (SA-072) 463
21/04-30/04 IR0MA: special station 463
22/04-23-04 SP DX RTTY Contest ***
27/04-03/05 T88FW: South Palau group (OC-???) 461
27/04-02-04 Morse CW Contest ***
28/04-01/05 PA: Texel Island (EU-038) * by ONs 461
29/04-30/04 IV3HAX/3 and IV3SKB/3: Martignano (EU-130) 462
29/04-30-04 Helvetia Contest ***
April DU1KGJ/DU4: Calagua Islands (OC-202) 463
01/05-31/07 VR2K: special Millennium call (Hong Kong) 449
06/05-07-05 ARI International DX Contest 2000 ***
13/05-14-05 Volta RTTY DX Contest ***
20/05-221/05 Baltic Contest ***
20/05 European Sprint Spring CW Contest ***
from 22/05 JT1Y & JU1Y: Momgolia * by I0SNY and others 458
22/05-27/05 SU9DX or 6V0TA: Giftun Island (AF-???) * by Is 463
26/05-29/05 G0WRE/p, G0VBD/p, G0VAX/p: Hilbre Island (EU-120) 459
27/05-28/05 CQ WW WPX Contest (CW) ***
May UA: Ushakova (AS-???) and Uedineniya (AS-057) islands 450
May VK9WI: Willis Island (OC-007) * VK4s 460
01/06-30/06 SWL Multi-Mode Contest 460
18/06-24/06 5H3/PA3GIO: Mafia Island (AF-054) 461
22/06-24/06 HAMFEST (Friedrichshafen, Germany) ***
25/06-01/07 5H1/PA3GIO: Pemba Island (AF-063) 461
June-July UA: Petra (AS-063) and Begichev (AS-???) islands 459
02/07-12/07 5I3A and 5I3B: Toten Island (AF-???) * by A4s 463
03/07-11/07 KL: St. Lawrence Island (NA-040) * by DL1YMK 459
06/07-10/07 CY9: St. Paul Island (NA-094) * by WV2B, AI5P, KE1AC 461
21/07-31/07 UF1P (EU-086), RF1P (EU-102), UA1QV/1 (EU-085) 459
28/07-30/07 Pacific Northwest DX Convention (DX2000), Vancouver 450
29707-30/07 RSGB-IOTA Contest ***
July ZK2GD: Niue (OC-040) * by PA3AXU 453
19/08-20/08 International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend 455
August FR/T: Tromelin Island (AF-031) * by Lyon DX Gang 458
30/09-01/10 Clipperton DX Club Convention 461
30/09-01/10 Bologna: XVI Italian HF-DX Convention 461
01/10-31/12 SY2A: Mount Athos * by SV2ASP/A 459
03/10/05/10 KI6T/p: Catalina Island (NA-066) 463
07/10-23/10 3B6: Agalega (AF-001) * by HB9BXE and others 459
13/10-15/10 >>> Windsor: RSGB IOTA CONVENTION 2000 <<< ***
13/10-18/10 10th ARDF World Championships 461
15/11-30/11 TS7N: Kerkennah Is (AF-073) * by DLs 463
17/11-19/11 SEANET Convention Pattaya, Thailand ***
01/12-03/12 ARRL 160 Meter Contest ***
09/12-10/12 ARRL 10 Meter Contest ***
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