8 April 2000
No 466
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
4X - Tom, DL1DVE and Rico, NH7T/DF2CK will be
in Israel between 10-18 April. Before and after the Holyland
Contest (15-16 April) they will activate many squares for the
"Holyland Award" and some major historical sites for
the new "4X2K 2000 years of Holyland" award. Look for
them to be signing 4X/homecall around 14.265, 21.265 and 28.465
MHz. QSL cards preferably via the bureau (e-mail requests for
bureau cards to df2ck@qsl.net).
[TNX NH7T/DF2CK]
DU - First-hand information on Bernhard's
(DL2GAC) near future activities from the Philippines comes from
David, 9V1RH, who met Bernhard on 4 April. Bernhard left for
Manila on the 5th and he is aiming to operate from both Batan
Island OC-093 (DU2/DL2GAC) and Cuyo OC-120 (DU1/DL2GAC)
commencing this weekend. He was not sure in which order he could
do these trips as he is most dependant on local transportation
arrangements. He hopes to activate Batan Island first in which
case he hopes to be operational by Sunday (9 April), maybe one
day earlier. Because of severe weight restrictions on the flights
he will be using simple wire antennas. He will therefore focus
his attention on 14,260 +/- QRM, but will try 18.1, 21 and 24.9
MHz from time-to-time as well. Bernhard will leave the
Philippines around 24/25 April to return to Germany via
Singapore. QSL via DL2GAC.
EA6 - EA5KW, EA5AKM, EA5FKT, EA5SS, EA5GOR,
EB5BQC and EA5GMA will be active on all modes as EA6/homecall
from Ibiza (EU-004) between 14 and 17 April. QSL via EA5KW either
direct (Jose Maria Martinez Juan, Poeta Zorrilla 52-1-IZQ, 03600
Elda, Spain) or preferably through the bureau. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
EM - Special event call EM10UCC will be aired
on all bands between 15 and 30 April to celebrate the tenth
anniversary of the Ukrainan Contest Club. QSL via UY5ZZ (Vladimir
Latyshenko, P.O. Box 4850, Zaporozhye 69118, Ukraine). The
"UCC Jubilee Conference" will take place in Zaporozhye
on 21-23 April. For further information available from Vladimir,
UY5ZZ (uy5zz@salus.zp.ua).
[TNX UY5ZZ]
F - Look for F5IL/p to be active from MA-116
and other islands counting for the DIFM Award during the weekend.
[TNX F5IL]
FK - The 4-5 April [425DXN 465] FK8KAB/p
operation from D'Entrecasteaux Reefs (OC-058) was cancelled due
to an engine failure three hours after the operators' leaving
from Noumea. The trip has been rescheduled to start on 5 April
and FK8VHY and FK8HA are now expected to start operating from Ile
de la Surprise between 0 and 4 UTC on 8 April for 24 hours. QSL
via FK8KAB (A.R.A.N.C., P.O. Box 3956, 98846 Noumea Cedex,
Nouvelle Caledonie). [TNX F6AJA]
I - Tony/IK2SNG, Gus/IK4RQJ, Andy/IK4VET and
Robi/IK4XCL will be /4 from Scanno di Piallazza (EU-155, IIA
FE-001) and Mezzanino (IIA FE-004, not IOTA) from on 7-9 April.
They will operate on 10, 15, 20 and 40 metres CW and SSB. QSL via
home calls either direct or through the bureau. [TNX IK4RQJ]
I - Look for IK8UHA and IK8VRH to be active
(SSB and CW) from Dino Island (EU-144, IIA CS-002) during the
weekend. QSL via IK8UHA. [TNX IK8VRH]
J8 - Mike Wise, J87AB is a missionary pastor
from England, located on Canouan Island in The Grenadines
(NA-025). He should be on the island through the end of this year
before returning to England. [TNX N6JM]
KH0 - Look for Toshi, KH0/JE1SYN (QSL via
JE1SYN), Hasi, KH0/JL1WPQ (QSL via JL1WPQ), Hiko, AH6PW/KH0 (QSL
via JN1HOW) and Toshi, WH7P/KH0 (QSL via JP1IOF) to be active (on
160-6 metres SSB, CW, RTTY, FM) from Saipan (OC-086) between 20
and 23 April. [TNX JE1SYN]
PY - Other special calls currently aired by
PY amateurs to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the discovery
of Brazil include PP500 (QSL via PY2KQ), PY500A (QSL via PT2ADM),
PV500A (QSL via PT2TF) and PY500B (QSL via PP1CZ). See addresses
below.
T8 - Hide, JM1LJS is sorry to report the 27
April-3 May IOTA DXpedition to Helen Reef, South Palau Group
(OC-???) [425DXN 461] has been cancelled due to the lack of
operators (at least eight people were needed to share the costs,
only four have been found). UA - Operators from Primorye Radio
Club will be active as RM0M from Popova Island, Russkiy Is
(AS-066) on 14-17 April. Look for them on CW (28060, 24896, 21060
kHz) and SSB (28460, 24960, 21260 kHz). They will be using 100
watts and a triband GP. QSL direct only via UA0MF (Mike Filippov,
P.O.Box 20, Vladivostok, 690021, Russia). [TNX UA0MF]
VK9_lh - Ed, VK2INI/AA4EH will be active as
VK9LEH from Lord Howe Island (OC-004) between 25 April and 1 May.
Look for him on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres CW, with some SSB if
signals are strong enough. He will run 100 watts to inverted vee
and random wire. QSL via either VK2INI (Ed Hula, Editor Around
the Rings, 1/98 Cremorne Road, Cremorne, NSW 2090, Australia) or
AA4EH (Ed Hula, 1776 Peachtree Street, Suite 410-N, Atlanta,
Georgia 30309, USA). [TNX VK2INI/AA4EH]
W - Joe, K2OLG has now decided [425DXN 464]
to operate from NA-142 on 9 (21.00-23.00 UTC) and 10 April
(10.00-13.00 UTC) and from NA-085 on 10 (20.00-23.00 UTC) and 11
April (10.00-13.00 UTC). [TNX ON4BB]
W - The IOTA operation from NA-187 [425DXN
465] is now scheduled to take place, weather permitting, from
White Rock during daylight hours (16.00-02.00 UTC) on 12-13
April. There may also be some activity on Friday morning (local
time) before the group departs for the Visalia DX Convention.
Transport will be by zodiacs and space on the rock (and in the
zodiacs) will probably only permit one station to be set up. The
operators will be N6JV, N6VR, and NU2L (G3ZAY) and they will look
specially for JA and EU stations. QSL routes TBA. [TNX G3ZAY]
ZS - The ZS31ER IOTA expedition to Elephant
Island (AF-085) started later than expected [425DXN 465] due to
very rough seas which prevented the operators from landing on 31
March and 1 April. The logs will be available on http://www.qsl.net/zr1dq/zs31er.htm
upon conclusion of the DXpedition. QSL via ZS1FJ either direct
(Barry Fletcher, P.O. Box 53319, Kenilworth 7745, South Africa)
or through the bureau.
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
DX SPOTS - Rod Elliott, VE3IRF has
collected the DX spots from the OH2AQ Web Cluster since
January 1997. The collection (from January 1997 up to
March 2000) is available at http://www.425dxn.org/dxspots/,
as well the software (DXINFO v 1.7) which will enable you
to handle the files (instructions at the URL above). For
further information, please e-mail Maurizio Bertolino,
I1-21171 (i121171@425dxn.org).
4W/W3UR ---> "The operation in
East Timor was a success (9200 QSOs) despite many
problems and challenges", Bernie McClenny, W3UR
reports. The original plan was for Bernie and Jose
(4W6EB) to operate from Dili, but Thor, 4W6MM and Bernie
with him were transferred to Baucau, about 3 hours east
of the capital, where they had no phones, no Internet
access and no electricity but from 6 to 11 PM (hence the
need to get 10 litres of diesel fuel every day).
ARI CONTEST ---> The latest release
of the software for managing contacts made during the ARI
International DX Contest is available at http://www.kkn.net/~i2uiy/free_sw.html.
DX CONVENTION ---> The XVI Italian
HF-DX Convention will take place at Sasso Marconi and
Pontecchio Marconi (Bologna) on 30 September-1 October.
For further information please contact Onda, IK4SDY (ik4sdy@amsat.org) or
Anton, IK4UPU (ik4upu@amsat.org).
PATHFINDER ---> A JavaScript
implementation of Pathfinder (the Pathfinder Web Client)
is now available at http://www.qsl.net/pathfinder/WebClient/.
Pathfinder is a free program that makes it easy to find
QSL information from web-accessible sources. See http://www.qsl.net/pathfinder/
for additional information. [TNX AA6YQ]
RADIO-PORTAL ---> http://www.radio-portal.org
is a portal site with a search engine specifically
designed for amateur radio, DXing etc. topics. It is
maintained by Willi Passmann, DJ6JZ (dx@passmann.e.ruhr.de)
QSL 3B8CF ---> Jack, F6HMJ is not the
QSL manager for Jacky, 3B8CF. Cards should be sent direct
to Jacky Mandary, 6 Shastri Road, Candos, Quatre Bornes,
Mauritius Island.
QSL 4W6MM ---> Thor, 4W6MM (home call
TF1MM) will open a P.O. Box for direct cards in Darwin,
but it will take a couple of weeks before he can go there
- please stand by. Thor visits Iceland every 2-4 years
and cards for 4W6MM can be sent through the TF Bureau,
but do not use his old TF address (Box 90, Hveragerdi) as
the post office does not forward mail to him. [TNX K0CA]
QSL USIPARC ---> QRZ-DX and F5HWB
provide the list of callsigns/QSL routes used by members
from USIPARC (U.S. International Police Association Radio
Club):
QSL VIA OM2SA ---> Juraj is the QSL
manager for the following stations: 3A/N9NC, 3A/W0YR,
AP2MY (only 1995 CQWW/CW), CE0Z/KM9D, HA/N9NC, KM9D/C6A,
N9NC, VP5/KM9D, ZF2MO (operations by N9NC and KM9D from
1995). QSL either thorugh the bureau or direct to Juraj
Sipos, 93013 Trhova-Hradska 550, Slovakia. [TNX OM2SA]
QSL VIA RW6HS ---> Vasil, RW6HS (rw6hs@aport.ru) reports
he is the QSL manager for the following stations:
(*) ex UD6KBL, UD6KW, RG6GW, EK3GW QSL direct only ($1 or
2 IRC + SAE) to Vasil M. Kasyanenko, P.O. Box 0,
Novopavlovsk, 357300 Stavropolskij kr, Russia.
SCOTTISH ACTIVITY WEEKEND ---> This
year the Scottish Activity Weekend will take place from
00.01 UTC on 15 April until 24.00 UTC on the 16th.
Activity is encouraged on all amatuer bands by individual
licencees, Novices and Club Stations using their GM, GS,
MM, MS, or 2M callsigns as appropriate. A certificate
(the Scottish Activity Century Award) is available to
stations/SWL for contacts made/logged during the event.
Full details available from GM3YOR (Drew.Givens@tesco.net).
TX0DX ---> "The operation went
QRT on 29 March shortly after 00.00 UTC. In six days of
operating, they completed 72,654 QSOs. The majority of
QSOs were on 21 MHz SSB and CW, as per the original
strategy to provide the maximum number of DXers their
first-ever Chesterfield contact. However, other
complimentary bands and modes were activated
sporadically, including 50 MHz with more than 2500 QSOs
and RTTY with some 800 stations in the log. On the way to
the Chesterfields, the TX0DX group made a slight detour
to the area where intervening reefs are indicated on some
older maps. The team was able to confirm the French
Navy's documentation that the claimed islands simply do
not exist. Thus, the 350-kilometer open water separation
between New Caledonia and the Chesterfields is assured,
and the concerns expressed by some in the DX community
can be put to rest". [TNX N4GN]
WIAQ QSL BUREAU ---> After six years,
Laurie Pritchard, VK4BLE has retired as the WIAQ QSL
Bureau Manager. Cards are to be sent directly to WIAQ QSL
Bureau, G.P.O. Box 638, Brisbane 4001, Australia.
WLH ---> Phil, F5OGG reports the
operations by VO1BAR/p from Cabot Island Lighthouse (LH
0117) in June-December 1999 are now acceptable for WLH
(World Lighthouses Award) credit. The web site for WHL is
at http://www.perso.worldonline.fr/wlh.dplf.
UR4EN - Nick I. Golub, P.O. Box 48,
Ordzhonikidze 53300 Ukraine
UR5EAW - Alexander Shevchenko, Pelina
str. 29, Dnepropetrovsk, 49107 Ukraine
UT7UA - Roman Bratchyk, P.O.Box 88, Kiev
03191 Ukraine
UX2MM - Vladimir Grushewskiy, P.O.Box
59, Lisichansk, 93100 Ukraine
UY5ZZ - Vladimir Latyshenko, P.O. Box
4850, Zaporozhye 69118 Ukraine
VK2FUN - H.W.Cowled, 13 Kevin Street,
Mannering Park, NSW 2259, Australia
VK2QF - Nev Mattick, Hargraves, N.S.W.
2850, Australia
VK3OT - Steve R. Gregory, P.O. Box 622,
Hamilton, Victoria, 3300 Australia
WC6DX - Will Costello, P.O. Box 1332,
Monterey, CA 93942-1332, USA
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