29 April 2000
No 469
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
DL1SCQ, SILENT KEY - It is most unusual to
open the bulletin with a SK, but your Editors simply felt they
had to express their deep sorrow on the untimely death of a dear
friend, Anne Dattenberg, DL1SCQ and their warmest sympathy to her
surviving husband, Wolfgang, DL2SCQ. A keen island chaser
herself, Anne formed with Wolf an extraordinary couple of
activators who gave so many people the pleasure of working plenty
of IOTA groups in Europe, Oceania and the Caribbean. Anne was
only 47 and passed away on 22 April. She will be dearly missed by
the IOTA community all over the world.
BHUTAN (1) - You are already aware that A52JS
is not a pirate, but the genuine Jim Smith, VK9NS, who is
currently operating from Bhutan using his brand new callsign. He
started on 27 April at 12.16 UTC on 20 metres CW with RW0JR and
later at 12.52 UTC on 20 metres SSB with VU2DVP. The second happy
news is that Yonten, A51TY has been back on the air since 27
April at 12.01 UTC. He made his first CW (with RW0JR) and SSB
(with VK9NL) QSOs on 20 metres. "It will now take me a full
day to get properly organised", Jim says, "but should
be up and running at my new location ready for the weekend".
QSL A52JS direct to VK9NS (P.O. Box 90, Norfolk Island, NI 2899,
Australia); arrangements for the handling of bureau cards in the
UK will be announced later. [TNX A52JS]
BHUTAN (2) - The multi-national DXpedition to
Bhutan [425DXN 468] is expected to start operations on 3 May
until the 12th. Seven stations will be operational on CW (1826.5,
3501, 7004, 10104 (& 10125), 14024, 18074, 21024, 24894 and
28024 kHz), SSB (3795, 7057, 14195, 18145, 21295, 24945 and 28475
kHz) and RTTY (14080, 21080 and 28080 kHz). The pilots will be
Doug Caron, N1IUN (n1iun@aol.com,
for East Coast North America and South America), Garry
Shapiro, NI6T (ni6t@intuitive.com,
for Central/West Coast North America), Klaus Wagner, DL1XX (dl1xx@gmx.de, for Europe, Africa
and Middle East), Toshi Kusano, JA1ELY (ja1ely@bb.mbn.or.jp, for
Japan, Asia, Australia and New Zealand). It is worth paying
regular visits to the DXpedition's web site (http://www.qsl.net/bhutan2000)
as you will be able to find the latest operating news from the
team, online logs updated on a daily basis and much more,
including the A5 Forum where to voice your opinions about the
operation (the team will be monitoring this forum from Bhutan to
gain feedback into how they are doing). QSL via W0GJ (Glenn
Johnson, 14164 Irvine Ave NW, Bemidji, MN 56601, USA).
3B6 - Preparations for the 3B6RF all-band
all-mode DXpedition to Agalega (AF-001) [425DXN 459] continue.
The licence and the required landing permission have been
confirmed by the relevant authorities in Mauritius. The team will
not fly to Agalega as originally planned due to the limited
loading capacity of the aircraft. The voyage from Mauritius to
Agalega will take two days and therefore the operation is now
expected to start on 8 October for 16 days. The team will leave
the island on 25 or 26 October. Sponsors and donors can contact
Joe Meier, HB9AJW (100450.540@compuserve.com).
QSL cards will be available either direct and through the bureau.
For full information on the DXpedition please visit http://www.agalega2000.ch.
[TNX HB9FMU, phil.loretz@bluewin.ch]
3DA - Andre, ZS6WPX will operate (160-10
metres) as 3DA0WPX from Swaziland between 28 April and 2 May. QSL
direct only via ZS6WPX (P.O. Box 2845, Middelburg 1050, South
Africa). [TNX ZS6WPX]
4W - Pero, 9A4SP has been active as 4W6SP
from East Timor since 21 April (the first contacts was with
JI3QAD at 06.20 UTC on 15 metres SSB). QSL via 9A2AA (Tomislav
Dugec, P.O.Box 255, 21000 Split, Croatia). The first logs have
already arrived and cards will be printed very soon. Pero has
also been issued the call YB9ASP to be used from West Timor (QSL
via 9A2AA). [TNX 9A2TW]
5H - Nasser Al Rawahi, A41KG reports the
planned IOTA activity from the Tanga Region Group (AF-???)
[425DXN 463] will now take place between 1 and 10 July from the
island of Yambe. Twelve operators from the Royal Omani Amateur
Radio Society will be active as 5I3A and 5I3B on all bands SSB,
CW and digital modes. QSL via A47RS (P.O. Box 981, Muscat 113,
Sultanate of Oman).
6Y - Curt, KE3C will be active (on 10-80
metres CW) as KE3C/6Y5 from Jamaica (NA-097) between 8 and 13
May. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
7O - The 7O1YGF crew was expected to leave
Yemen on 1 May [425DXN 467], however the operation had to close
down earlier than planned and the four operators returned home on
27 April. In a press release they state that "after 10 days
of activity we have been kindly asked by the authorities to
terminate our radio transmission. The reason for that is that
until now no agreement on the final status of this unique special
activity could be reached". It appears there were some
misunderstandings, however "the activity 7O1YGF is for the
time being still in the process of approval" and a
"written confirmation" is expected "in due
time". The operation logged some 35000 QSOs on 6-40 metres
CW, SSB and RTTY.
9A - Kresimir, 9A7K and some other 5-7
operators from Croatia IOTA Hunters Group and ARC Koprivnica will
operate from Palagruza Island (EU-090, CI-084, WLH-057) between 7
and 14 June. Look for 9A10C (Nine Alpha Ten Charlie) and 9A7K/p
to be active on all HF bands plus 2 and 6 metres. QSL via 9A7K
(Kresimir Juratovic, P.O. Box 88, HR-48000 Koprivnica, Croatia).
[TNX 9A7K]
BY - Ken/BA1AJ, Alan/BA1DU, Guo/BA1GYS, Chen
BA1HAM, Ban/BA1MK, Chen/BA1MT, Wu/BG1CE and other operators from
The Beijing DX Club will be active as BI3H from Shijiutuo Island
(AS-134) between 1 and 4 May. They plan to operate CW and SSB on
the ususal IOTA frequencies from 40 to 10 metres with two
stations, one beam and one linear amplifier. They will
concentrate on North America between 23-2 UTC and 11-14 UTC. QSL
via W3HC. Comments should be sent to ba1du@arrl.net. [TNX BA1DU]
BY - The BI4L IOTA operation from Changdao,
Miaodao Archipelago (AS-???) [425DXN 468] is now scheduled to
take place between 1 and 5 May. The operators will be Jin/BA4TA,
Dragon/BA4RX, Deal/BA4TB, Yee/BA4RE, Wang/BA4RD, Win/BD4RS and
Michael/BD5RV. The web page for the operation is at http://www.7388.org/,
where you can inform the team about your needed modes/bands. The
logs will be available during the operation. QSL via BY4RSA
(P.O.Box 538, Nanjing, China). [TNX BD5RV]
CT - Marq/CT1BWW, Mario/DJ0MW and Yuki/JA9QX
will operate as CT6C from Alcoutim Castle (1 May), as CS5M from
Castro Marim Castle (3-4 May) and as CQ7Q from the lighthouse at
Vila Real S. Antonio (5-6 May). QSL for all of the operations via
bureau. [TNX mmarques@fduarte.pt]
EA8 - Look for ED8GCF to be active (on SSB as
well as CW and RTTY) from the lighthouse at Punta Melenara
(D-2807.5) between 7 and 17 UTC on 30 April. QSL via EA8AKN or
through the bureau. [TNX EA8AKN]
EO - The following special event stations
celebrating the end of WWII will be active from Ukraine on 5-14
May: EO55NWW (mostly on 80, 40 and 20 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and
PSK) with QSL direct P.O. Box 8100, Vinnitsa, 21050 Ukraine or
via the bureau to UR4NWW; EO55ZN with QSL via UY0ZG (Nick
Gubenko, P.O. Box 309, Nikolaev-34, 54034 Ukraine). [TNX UR5NX
and UY2ZZ]
F - Look for F1UHM, F4AJQ, F4BUX, F4TTR,
F5FG, F5RPQ, F8ATS, F8BGV and F9IE to be signing F6KOP/p from
Brehat Island (EU-074) between 5 and 10 May. They will operate on
160-6 metres CW and SSB. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]]
F - The Belgian operators who will be active
from Sein Island (EU-068) in July [425DXN 465] have applied for
the calls TM4CK and TM4ON (the latter to be used during the IOTA
Contest). They now plan to start operations on 27-28 July and to
leave the island on 1 August. Further information is expected in
due course. Sponsors can contact Bill Abrahams, ON9CGB (bill.abrahams@worldonline.be).
The expedition site is at http://www.qsl.net/on6ck. [TNX ON9CGB]
FO0 - Alain, F2HE/FO0CLA is active from
Tatakoto (OC-066, DIFO OC-086), French Polynesia until around
mid-May [425DXN 468]. QSL via F6CTL. [TNX F6AJA]
FR/T - The Lyon DX Gang all-band all-mode
DXpedition to Tromelin (AF-031) [425DXN 458] is now scheduled to
take place between 1 and 16 August (the first station might be
active on 31 July in the evening). The operators will be F5PXT,
F5PYI, F6JJX and F5NOD. Further information is expected in due
course. The web site at is http://perso.easynet.fr/~f6jjx/.
[TNX F5NOD]
FW - Nigel, G3TXF and Roger, G3SXW will be
active as FW/G3TXF and FW/G3SXW from Wallis Island (OC-054)
between 11 and 23 May. Operation will be CW only, from 80 to 10
metres, transmitting on frequencies ending in '3' and listening
1-3 KHz up. QSL via home calls either direct or through the RSGB
bureau. The addresses are: Nigel Cawthorne, Falcons, St. George's
Avenue, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 0BS, England, UK (G3TXF) and
Roger Western, 7 Field Close, Chessington,Surrey, KT9 2QD,
England, UK (G3SXW). E-mail requests for bureau reply are welcome
at g3txf@compuserve.com
or g3sxw@compuserve.com
respectively. [TNX G3SXW]
GJ - Ronan, F5TJP will be active (on 10-80
metres, WARC bands included) as MJ/F5TJP/p from Ile Maitresse,
Les Minquiers Plateau (EU-099) on 9-11 June. The QSL route will
be announced by the operator. [TNX F5TJP].
GM - Jim, MM0BQI will be active (on 10-80
metres, WARC excluded, mostly SSB with some CW) as MM0BQI/p from
the Summer Isles (EU-092, IOSA SC-10) between 12 UTC on 16 June
and 16 UTC on the 18th. QSL via MM0BQI either direct (Jim Martin,
3 Lismore Avenue, Edinburgh, EH8 7DW Scotland) or through the
bureau. [TNX MM0BQI]
GW - Steve/G4JVG, Paul/G0WAT and Andrew/G0HSD
will be active as MC0CDX from St Tudwal's Islands (IOTA EU-106)
from mid-morning UTC on 27 May until mid-evening UTC on the 28th.
They will operate two stations, including one high-power and with
a beam antenna, on 80-10 metres, mainly SSB with some CW,
especially on the WARC bands. QSL via G4JVG either direct (Steve
Telenius-Lowe, 27 Hertford Road, Stevenage, Herts SG2 8RZ,
England) or through the bureau.
HB0 - Look for DF5UL, DL1GGT, DL1SAN, DL2MEH,
DL5EBT and DL6SAQ to be signing HB0/home call from Liechtenstein
between 28 April and 1 May. They will operate on all HF bands (CW
and SSB) with two stations, while other two stations will be on 6
metres and 10 GHz. QSL via home calls. [TNX DL1GGT]
I - IK2DUV and others plan to operate from
San Giulio Island (ILIA PIE-001, not IOTA) on 29 April. [TNX
IK2DUV]
I - IV3HAX and IV3SKB have cancelled their
29-30 April operation from the island of Martignano [425DXN 462].
The logs for their recent activity are available at http://www.qsl.net/iv3hax
and http://www.qsl.net/iv3skb.
[TNX IV3HAX]
I - ARI Pisa members will operate (on all
modes and bands) special station IY5PIS from Coltano during the
International Marconi Day. QSL via IK5QPZ. [TNX IK5ZTT]
I - Special station II1AIR is currently
active from Sanremo during the meeting of AIR (Associazione
Italiana Radioascolto). QSL via bureau.
I - Marco, IV3KTY lives on the island of
Grado (EU-130, IIA GO-001) and starting from 30 April he will
operate (SSB and CW) as IV3KTY/p from several other islands, such
as La Schiusa (EU-130, GO-002), Santa Maria di Barbana (EU-130,
GO-013), Volpera (not IOTA, GO-014) and Panera (not IOTA,
GO-017). QSL via bureau. [TNX IV3KTY]
I - Operators from ARI Barletta will be
active as I7JRP/7 from the local lighthouse (WAIL PU-011) on 13
and 14 May. QSL via I7JRP either direct or through the bureau.
[TNX IK7WUJ]
I - ARI Carpi members IK4GLV (Franco), IK4THF
(Glauco),IK4JPR (Sergio) and IK4RUX (Vanni) will be active (SSB
and CW) as IL7/home call from San Domino Island (EU-050, IIA
FG-001) between 1 and 5 June. They also plan to operate from a
couple of other IIA islands in the same IOTA group. QSL via home
calls. [TNX IK4RUX]
JW - Leif, LA2PA and Oystein, LA7QI will be
active as JW2PA and JW7QI respectively from Svalbard between 1
and 8 May. Propagation permitting, they will concentrate on 10
and 12 meters SSB and CW. QSL via home calls either direct or
through the bureau. [TNX LA2PA]
JW - Another activity from Svalbard (EU-026)
will take place between 19 and 25 May. The operators will be
JW5LJA (QSL via LA5LJA), JW7FJA (QSL via LA7FJA) and JW8LGA (QSL
via LA8LGA) and they plan to operate CW and SSB on the HF bands
plus 6 metres. [TNX LA7FJA]
KH0 - Hiro, JK1FNN and YL operator Mie,
7L1MKM will be active (on 40-15 metres) as KH0/JK1FNN and
KH0/7L1MKM from Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (OC-086) on 3-5
May. They will participate in the "Children Day"
Contest organized by Japan UNICEF Amateur Radio Club (http://www.juhc.org/en/).
QSLs via JK1FNN. [TNX JK1FNN]
KH0 - Haru Uchida, JA1XGI will be active as
KH0/JA1XGI from Saipan, Northern Marianas (OC-086) between 31 May
and 4 June. He will pay special attention to Europe on 6 metres.
QSL via home call (Haru Uchida, 2-30-11, Shintomi, Kawagoe,
Saitama 350-0043, Japan). [TNX JA1XGI]
OY - Frank/DL2SWW, Ric/DL2VFR and YL operator
Gabi/DG2TM will be active as OY/home call from the Faeroe Islands
(EU-018) between 29 May and 8 June. They plan to operate on 160-2
metres (WARC bands and 6 metres included) mostly on CW with some
SSB and RTTY. Skeds may be arranged before 26 May by e-mail (dl2vfr@online.de). QSL via
home calls either direct or through the bureau. Logs will be
available at http://www.qsl.net/dl2vfr
after the operation. [TNX DL2VFR]
PY - The Associacao Brasileira de Radio
expedicionarios and the Gremio de Radioamadores da Escola Naval
will operate SSB and CW (on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres) from the
island of Villegaignon (DIB 29, not IOTA) on 5-7 May. The call
has not been given, but the QSL manager will be PT2HF. [TNX
PT2HF]
SM - Ben, OZ5AAH will operate as 8S7IPA from
Markaryd, Sweden on 5-8 May. He will participate in the US-police
(http://www.iparc.com)
contest. QSL direct only via OZ5AAH (Preben Jakobsen, 9
Knoldager, 2670 Greve, Denmark). [TNX OZ5AAH]
SP - Zbig, SP6CZ and Andy, SP6ECA will be
active as SP6CZ/1 and SP6ECA/1 from Wolin Island (EU-132) from
the late afternoon on 29 April until 3 May. They will try to
operate from the lighthouse "Kikut" located on the
island. [TNX SP6ECA]
SP - Special event station 3Z0MM will be
active from 1 May and 31 July 2000. QSL via SP3KFH (direct) or
SP3BGL (bureau). [TNX SP3GTS]
SV - Look for special event station J430 to
be active (on 10-160 metres SSB) between 5 and 30 May to
celebrate the lighting of the Olympic flame in ancient Olympia,
Greece. QSL via SV3AQR. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
SV5 - Ermanno, IK2WZD will be active (on SSB,
RTTY and HELL) from the islands of Lipsi, Agathonissi, Arki,
Marati, Leros and Patmos in the Dodecanese (EU-001) from May to
October. [TNX IK2WZD]
T8 - T88YT is the call issued to the fourth
operator of the 28 April-3 May activity form Palau [425DXN 468].
QSL via JI1PLF. [TNX JM1LJS]
TI - Hannes, DL3NM reports he will be signing
(CW and RTTY only) TI/DL3NM between 30 April and 17 May.
UA - Special calls RP3RST, RP3RTG, RP3RTK and
RP3RZK will be aired by Michurinsk Contest Group on 5-9 and 13-14
May to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the end of WWII. Direct
QSLs to RN3RQ (Jack Yatskiv, P.O.Box 30, Michurinsk 393740,
Russia); e-mail requests for bureau cards are welcome at mcg@pub.tmb.ru. A free of charge
award is available for making 10 (Europe) or 5 (DX) QSOs with
these stations. For further details e-mail RN3RQ. [TNX RN3RQ]
UA - The OPDX Bulletin reports that Roman,
RV3MA will be active from Ushakova Island (AS-???) starting
"around 7 May". He will use the call RV3MA/0 "or
possibly another" and will operate CW and SSB on the usual
IOTA frequencies. QSL via RV3ACA (Elen V. Boychenko, P.O. Box 13,
127521 Moscow, Russia).
UA - Operators from the Vladivostok Amateur
Radio Club (varc@irex.vl.ru)
plan to be active as RK0LWW from the Submarine Memorial Museum
"C-56" on 8-10 May. Look for them on CW (14018, 21018,
28018 kHz) and SSB (14180, 21280, 28580 kHz). QSL via UA0LMO
(Yuri Pechenko, P.O. Box 23, Vladivostok, 690041 Russia). [TNX
UA0LMO]
UA - Valery, RA4FKC (fkc@sura.ru) reports the latest
news on the planned IOTA activity from Begichev (AS-???) and
Petra (AS-063) islands [425DXN 459]. The operators (RV3MA, RW3RN,
RW4CMU, RZ6LY, UA4FRV and UA4FUG) expect to be active (on 160-10
metres CW, SSB and RTTY) as UA4FWD/0 from Begichev between 9 and
17 July and from Petra between 20 and 26 July. QSL via UA4FRV.
V3 - Baldur, DJ6SI is active as V31OM. QSL
via DJ6SI.
VE - The North Shore Amateur Radio Club of
Oshawa, Ontario will be operating special event station VC3CX
from Camp X, Intrepid Park in Whitby on 6-8 May in celebration of
the 55th anniversary of the end of WWII. QSL via VE3TIG (Fred
Bengel, 679 Aruba Crescent, Oshawa, Ontario L1J 6B7, Canada). For
further information please visit http://www.geocities.com/campx_radio.
[TNX VE3LKS]
VK - Peter, VK8PW will be operating again (on
10-20 metres SSB) as VK8PW/8 from Myra Camp in Arnhem Land, a
special Trust Territory in VK8 land, starting around 16 May to
early September. Time and transportation permitting, there might
also be some activity from South Goulburn Island (OC-229) using
the same call sign. The stay on the island will however be less
than 24 hours at a time and on a very short notice. QSL via VK8PW
either direct (Peter Wollenberg, P.O. Box 2142, Darwin, NT 0801,
Australia) or through the bureau. [TNX VK8PW]
VK0_mac - As 425DXN is distributed also on
the PacketCluster network for those who have no access to the
Internet, here is Alan's (VK0MM) operating schedule for the next
days:
30/04
Europe
14003 kHz +5/10kHz
03.30 UTC - 05.30 UTC
01/05
Europe
14003 kHz +5/10kHz
06.00 UTC - late
02/05
JA/Asia
14003 kHz +5/10kHz
09.30 UTC - 11.30 UTC
04/05
JA/Asia
10103 kHz +5/10kHz
09.30 UTC - 11.30 UTC
05/05
USA/VE
10103 kHz +5/10kHz
09.30 UTC - 11.30 UTC
The QSL route will be announced when Alan returns to
Australia at the end of the year.
XX9 - Ed Sawyer, K8EP will be active (on
10-40 metres CW and SSB) as XX9TEP from Macau on 4-8 May. QSL via
home call. [TNX K8EP]
ZC4 - Colin, GM0RLZ will be signing
GM0RLZ/ZC4 for the next 3-4 weeks. He is working as a
radiographer and will be on air most days after 12 UTC, mostly on
SSB with some slow CW on 10-80 metres as well as 6 metres. QSL
via home call. [TNX MM0BSM]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
ARI INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST ---> The
following stations have announced they will participate
in this year's event (see below for additional
information):
3V8BB operated by Giovanni,
I5JHW.
8S7IPA operated by Ben, OZ5AAH.
QSL direct only to OZ5AAH (see SM above).
CV7V (operated by CX4ACQ, CX4ACR
and CX8CT) on 10-80 metres CW and SSB. QSL via
CX4ACR (bureau only). [TNX CX4ACR]
II1H operated by Alfeo, I1HJT.
QSL via home call.
ARI INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST --->
Open to either licenced amateurs and SWLs, this year it
will be held between 20 UTC on 6 May and 20 UTC on the
7th. For further information please contact the Contest
Manager (Paolo Cortese, I2UIY) at i2uiy@contesting.com
or visit http://www.kkn.net/~i2uiy/.
IOTA ACTIVITY MONTH (MAY) --->
Contacts made with the following IOTA island groups in
May will score three points towards the RSGB IOTA
Millennium Programme (IOTA 2000). An asterisk (*) marks
regularly activated groups:
CHESTERFIELD ---> During the recent
International DX Convention in Visalia Eric, FK8GM
reported to The Daily DX Editor (Bernie, W3UR) that
"FK8VHY/p was indeed active from Loop Island
(OC-176) in the Chesterfield Islands for about 12 hours
on April 6, 2000. This operation should count for the
newest DXCC Entity".
EU-094 ---> The 22-24 April F6KOH/p
operation from Fort Cigogne (EU-094) [425DXN 467] was
cancelled due to the bad weather. No mention has been
made of any reschedule. [TNX F5JPG]
ITALIAN ISLANDS TROPHY ---> Sponsored
by the Crazy DX Group and open to both licenced amateurs
and SWLs, it is for working/activating IIA IIA (Italian
Islands Award) and ILIA (Italian Lake Islands Award)
islands between 1 June and 30 September 2000. For further
information e-mail crazydxgroup@libero.it
or crazy@grisnet.it.
The web site for the Crazy DX Group is at http://www.grisnet.it/crazy.
NOT THE QSL MANAGER ---> Please note
that Steve, G4JVG is NOT the QSL manager for the
following stations:
P29DX - the call has been
reissued [425DXN 455]; Steve held it several
years ago and can confirm QSOs made with P29DX as
well as P20A between 1991 and 1994 only. Cards
for the new P29DX should be sent to the operator
(Elmer R. Ribeyro, Sopas Adventist Hospital, P.O.
Box 112, Wabag, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea)
or to his QSL manager, EA4CEN.
P20X - Steve was one of the
operators of P20X in the multi-single section of
the 1993 CQ WPX Contest (the QSL Manager then was
Kyle Harris, P29KH, but Steve does not know who
the QSL Manager for later operations is).
VP2E - Steve operated as
VP2E/G4JVG in 1990 and can still confirm QSOs
made with that callsign, but he never operated as
G4JVG.
QSL 4Z3M ---> All contacts with 4Z3M
in the Holyland Contest 2000 (15-16 April) will be
confirmed automatically through the bureau. [TNX
NH7T/DF2CK]
QSL DU1ODX ---> Ed, DU1ODX reports
that effective April 2000 NH0E is no longer his QSL
manager. Cards should be sent either direct (Ed Salcedo,
P.O. Box SM 284, Manila 1016, Philippines) or through the
bureau.
QSL UA0FCD/p ---> Eugene, RA0FF
reports that SP7LZD is no longer the QSL manager for the
26-30 July 1999 operation by UA0FCD/p from Iturup Island
(AS-025, log search at http://www.qsl.net/ra0ff/).
Alex will confirm all of the QSOs through the bureau. He
is expected to operate from Shikotan Island (AS-062) in
June-July, further information (including the QSL route)
is expected in due course.
QSL YB0DPO ---> Dudy is again active
on all bands, WARC included, after being QRT since 1989.
He reports his new address is: Dudy Wijaya, Jalan Seni
Budaya 4/31 RT 008/05, Jakarta 11460 Indonesia (do not
use POB 4485 any longer!).
QSL ZL8RI & ZL9CI ---> As from 25
April 2000 all direct QSL cards for both ZL8RI and ZL9CI
should be addressed to Ken Holdom, Kermadec DX
Association, P.O. Box 7, Clyde, Central Otago, New
Zealand. Due to the New Zealand Postal system rules, any
reply to cards sent to any previous address cannot be
guaranteed. [TNX ZL4HU/ZL2HU)]
QSL VIA IZ8CCW ---> Antonio reports
that effective 25 April 2000 he is the QSL manager for
UN8GF and UN8GU. QSL to P.O. Box 360, 87100 Cosenza - CS,
Italy.
QSL VIA ON6DP ---> Paul reports he is
the QSL manager (direct only as neither call is served by
the bureau) for ON5DXL and OT0X. QSL to Paul Delmelle,
Grand Route 58, B-4122 Neupre, Belgium. Paul also reports
he will close the logs for OQ50USA on 31 December 2000.
Paul's new QSLMGR Database with 54450 QSL routes is at http://www.qsl.net/on6dp
or http://www.dd3kf.de.
QSL VIA ON7SS ---> The QSL manager
for the following stations is ON7SS (not ON7ZM): OT4H,
OT5H, OT6H, OT7H, OT8H, OT9H, OT0H.
QSL VIA RN3RQ ---> Jack reports he
has logs and cards for the following stations: R3R
(1990-91), RN3R (1995-98), RR3R (1992-93), RU3R (1994),
RX3ARM (1991-92), UE3RCG, UE3RID, UE3ROM, RA3RGD, RK3RWR,
RV3RV, RW3RQ, UA3RJ, UA3RV, UK1PGO (Franz Josef Land
1981-84, logs to be closed in November 2000), UZ3RV
(before 1994). QSL to Jack Yatskiv, P.O. Box 30,
Michurinsk 393740, Russia.
LOGS (4W): The logs for Jose, 4W6EB are
now available at http://www.qsl.net/4w6eb. Several
cards have been received for contacts made on 40 metres
CW, but Jose never operated CW on that band. [TNX CT1YRV]
LOGS (CE0): The logs for the
February-March operation by Vlad, G0KBO and Victor, UA6AF
from Easter Island are available at http://rrc.sc.ru/ce0y.htm.
QSL ROUTES: A list of QSL routes for
stations active during the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest is
available at http://www.arrakis.es/~ea5eyj/. [TNX
EA5RYJ]
CALENDAR - Edited by I1JQJ
PERIOD CALL REF
===========================================================================
01/01-31/12 IOTA 2000 (http://www.cdxc.org.uk) ***
till 01/05 3A/SP3FYM and 3A/SP9PT: Monaco 468
till 02/05 3DA0WPX: Swaziland * by ZS6WPX 469
till 31/12 3Z: special prefix (Poland) 454
till May 4S7BRG: Sri Lanka (AS-003) * by HB9BRM 460
till ?? 4W6SP: East Timor * by 9A4SP 469
till 07/05 6K2000WFK: special event station (Korea) 459
till 31/12 9AY2K: special Millennium station 451
till 09/05 9N7WU and 9N7EK: Nepal * by JAs 468
till July A45ZN: Oman 467
till ?? A52JS: Bhutan * by VK9NS 469
till 30/04 EMORSE: special event call 468
till 30/04 EM10UCC: special event station (Ukraine) 466
till August FH/TU5AX: Mayotte (AF-027) * by 6W1QV 458
till 04/05 FM/F6BUM: Martinique (NA-107) 468
till 15/05 FO0CLA: Tatakoto (OC-066), French Polynesia 469
till 01/05 HB0/DF5UL, DL1GGT, DL1SAN, DL2MEH, DL5EBT and DL6SAQ 469
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 01/05 IA5/IK8IOP: Giglio Island (EU-028) 467
till 30/04 IC8/IN3XUG: Ischia (EU-031) 467
till 31/12 II0CV: special call 451
till 24/12 II0: special jubilee prefix 452
till 30/04 IR0MA: special station 463
till 31/12 IU0PAW: Jubilee Year special station 468
till 10/05 JA6GXK: Danjo Archipelago (AS-056) 465
till 07/05 JH1HUK/6: Kita-Daito-Jima (AS-047) 467
till 02/05 JI3DST/6: Kami Koshiki Shima (AS-037) 467
till ?? JX7DFA: Jan Mayen (EU-022) * by LA7DFA 465
till 01/05 PA6TXL: Texel Island (EU-038) * by ONs 461
till 30/04 PP500A: special call * by PY2KQ 466
till 30/04 PS500BR: special call * by PS7AB 465
till 30/04 PV500A: special call * by PT2TF 466
till 30/04 PW500A: special call * by PT2BW 465
till 30/04 PY500A: special call * by PT2ADM 466
till 30/04 PY500B: special call * by PP1CZ 466
till May RA0LOM/p: Shikotan (AS-062) 468
till 14/05 RH1A,RH1B,RH1C,RH1F,RH1H,RH1J: special event stations 468
till 05/05 RZ1OA/A and UA1OLM/A: Solovetskiye Islands (EU-066) 468
till 31/12 SI75A & SIxSSA: SSA 75th anniversary stations (Sweden) 445
till 04/05 SV5/G3CWI: Rhodes (EU-001) 467
till 30/04 SV5/SM0DJZ: Dodecanese (EU-001) 467
till 03/05 T88MT, T88YH, T88LJ, T88YT: Palau (OC-009) * by JAs 469
till July TT8JLB: Chad * by F5BAR 467
till 30/04 UA1PAC/p and UA1PAO/p: Vaygach Island (EU-086) 468
till ?? V31OM: Belize * by DJ6SI 469
till Dec VK0MM: Macquarie Island 469
till 01/05 VK9LEH: Lord Howe Island (OC-004) * by VK2INI/AA4EH 466
till 30/04 WF1N and W1DIG: Pot Island (NA-136) 467
till 05/05 XW2A: Laos * by JA2EZD 459
till 03/05 ZD8Z: Ascension Island (AF-003) 468
till May ZF2NT: Little Cayman (NA-016) * by N6NT 443
till 30/04 ZV4D: special event call * by PY4AUN 454
22/04-04/05 3B8/SP6TPM: Mauritius Island (AF-049) 468
24/04-16/05 W2SF: Florida Keys (NA-062) 467
from 25/04 UA0KCI: Ayon Island (AS-038) 468
28/04-06/05 IC8/DL2VFR: Ischia Island (EU-031) 467
29/04-01/05 FK8VHY/p: Tiga Island (OC-033) 468
29/04 I: S.Giulio Isl. (ILIA PIE-001) * by IK2DUV and others 469
29/04 IY4IMD (International Marconi Day) 468
29/04 IY5PIS (International Marconi Day) 469
29/04 LT5H: Argentina 468
29/04 OE1M/2000 and OE1M (International Marconi Day) 468
29/04-03/05 SP6CZ/1 and SP6ECA/1: Wolin Island (EU-132) 469
29/04 W1AA/IMD (International Marconi Day) 468
29/04-30-04 Helvetia Contest ***
29/04 International Marconi Day 468
30/04 ED8GCF: Punta Melenara (lighthouse) 469
from 30/04 IV3KTY/p: several EU-130 islands 469
30/04 IK7VJX,IZ7CFF,IK7XIV,IK7YUA: Lighthouse (WAIL PU-005) 468
30/04-17/05 TI/DL3NM: Costa Rica 469
30/04-03/05 V63BJ and V63BD: Yap (OC-012) * by JAs 468
01/05-31/07 3Z0MM: special event station (Poland) 469
01/05 CT6C: Alcoutim Castle * by CT1BWW, DJ0MW, JA9QX 469
01/05-04/05 BI3H: Shijiutuo Island (AS-134) * by BYs 469
01/05-05/05 BI4L: Miaodao Archipelago (AS-???) * by BYs 469
01/05-08/05 JW2PA and JW7QI: Svalbard * by LA2PA and LA7QI 469
01/05-31/07 VR2K: special Millennium call (Hong Kong) 449
01/05-05/05 XV5JY, XV5TK, XV5VE: Cat Ba (AS-132) * by JAs 468
02/05-09/05 9N7SZ, 9N7VJ, 9N7IP, 9N7YT: Nepal * by JAs 468
02/05-03/05 JA4PXE/JA6 and JI3DST/JA6: Uji Shima (AS-067) 467
03/05-12/05 A5: Bhutan 469
03/05-04/05 CS5M: Castro Marim Castle * by CT1BWW, DJ0MW, JA9QX 469
03/05-05/05 KH0/JK1FNN and KH0/7L1MKM: Saipan (OC-086) 469
04/05 JA4PXE/JA6 and JI3DST/JA6: Naga Shima (AS-012) 467
04/05-08/05 XX9TEP: Macau * by K8EP 469
05/05-06/05 CQ7Q: Vila Real S. Antonio (lighthouse) 469
05/05-07/05 PY: Villegaignon Island (DIB 29) 469
05/05-08/05 8S7IPA: Sweden * by OZ5AAH 469
05/05-10/05 F6KOP/p: Brehat Island (EU-074) * by Fs 469
05/05-14/05 EO55NWW: special event station (Ukraine) 469
05/05-14/05 EO55ZN: special event station (Ukraine) 469
05/05-14/05 RP3RST, RP3RTG, RP3RTK, RP3RZK: special calls 469
05/05-30/05 J430: special event station (Greece) 469
05/05-06/05 JA4PXE/JA6: Ojima (AS-056) 467
06/05-07/05 3V8BB (ARI Contest) 469
06/05-07/05 CV7V (ARI Contest) 469
06/05-13/05 F6HMQ/p and F5BLN/p: Oleron island (EU-032) 465
06/05-07/05 II1H (ARI Contest) 469
06/05-08/05 VC3CX: special event station (Ontario) 469
06/05-07-05 ARI International DX Contest 2000 469
06/05-07/05 Danish DX Group: DX Meeting 467
from 07/05 (?) RV3MA/0: Ushakova Island (AS-???) 469
07/05-15/05 Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) * by PY2ZDX 467
08/05-13/05 KE3C/6Y5: Jamaica (NA-097) 469
08/05-20/05 KH6/OE1AZS: Hawaii (OC-019) 465
10/05-31/05 SV8/DL6UCW: EU-072 467
11/05-23/05 FW/G3TXF and FW/G3SXW: Wallis Island (OC-054) 469
13/05-14/05 I7JRP/7: Barletta (lighthouse, WAIL PU-011) 469
13/05-14/05 IV3VBM/IV3: Sant'Andrea Island (EU-130) 467
13/05-14-05 Volta RTTY DX Contest ***
16/05-Sep VK8PW/8: Arnhem Land (plus OC-229) 469
19/05-25/05 JW5LJA, JW7FJA, JW8LGA: SValbard * by LAs 469
20/05-21/05 Baltic Contest ***
20/05 European Sprint Spring CW Contest ***
22/05-27/05 SU9DX or 6V0TA: Giftun Island (AF-???) * by Is 463
23/05-06/06 JT1Y & JU1Y: Momgolia * by I0SNY and others 465
25/05-29/05 F5XX/p: Fort Brescou (EU-148) * by Fs 467
26/05-29/05 G0WRE/p, G0VBD/p, G0VAX/p: Hilbre Island (EU-120) 459
27/05-28/05 MC0CDX: St Tudwal's Islands (EU-106) * by Gs 469
27/05-28/05 CQ WW WPX Contest (CW) ***
29/05-08/06 OY/DL2SWW, DL2VFR, DG2TM: Faeroe Islands (EU-018) 469
30/05-06/06 JA6GXK: Danjo Archipelago (AS-056) 465
31/05-04/06 KH0/JA1XGI: Saipan, Northern Marianas (OC-086) 469
May-Oct SV5: Dodecanese (EU-001) * by IK2WZD 469
May UA: Ushakova (AS-???) and Uedineniya (AS-057) islands 450
May VK9WI: Willis Island (OC-007) * VK4s 465
May GM0RLZ/ZC4 469
01/06-30/06 SWL Multi-Mode Contest 460
01/06-05/06 IL7/IK4GLV, IK4THF, IK4JPR, IK4RUX: Tremiti (EU-050) 469
07/06-14/06 9A10C and 9A7K/p: Palagruza Island (EU-090) * by 9As 469
09/06-11/06 MJ/F5TJP/p: Les Minquiers Plateau (EU-099) 469
16/06-18/06 MM0BQI/p: Summer Isles (EU-092) 469
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
30/06-11/07 JA6GXK: Danjo Archipelago (AS-056) 465
01/07-10/07 5I3A and 5I3B: Yambe Island (AF-???) * by A4s 469
03/07-11/07 KL: St. Lawrence Island (NA-040) * by DL1YMK 459
03/07-07/07 ZK1AXU: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Is * by PA3AXU 465
06/07-10/07 CY9: St. Paul Island (NA-094) * by WV2B, AI5P, KE1AC 461
08/07-15/07 ZK1AXU: Penrhyn (OC-082), North Cook Is * by PA3AXU 465
09/07-17/07 UA4FWD/0: Begichev Island (AS-???) 469
15/07-20/07 ZK1AXU: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Is * by PA3AXU 465
20/07-26/07 UA4FWD/0: Petra Island (AS-063) 469
21/07-31/07 UF1P (EU-086), RF1P (EU-102), UA1QV/1 (EU-085) 459
27/07-01/08 TM4CK and TM4ON: Sein Island (EU-068) * by ONs 469
28/07-30/07 Pacific Northwest DX Convention (DX2000), Vancouver 450
29/07-30/07 RSGB-IOTA Contest ***
01/08-16/08 FR/T: Tromelin Island (AF-031) * by Lyon DX Gang 469
11/08-23/08 V26WP, V26EA, V26ET, V26FM: Antigua (NA-100) * by PAs 465
16/08-01/09 VK9CQ: Cocos/Keeling (OC-003) * by PA3GIO 465
19/08-20/08 International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend 455
23/08-04/09 8P: Barbados (NA-021) * by PA3EWP, PA4EA, PA5ET, PA7FM 465
02/09-13/09 VK9XV: Christmas Island (OC-002) * by PA3GIO 465
30/09-01/10 Clipperton DX Club Convention 461
30/09-01/10 XVI Italian HF-DX Convention (Bologna) 466
01/10-31/12 SY2A: Mount Athos * by SV2ASP/A 459
03/10/05/10 KI6T/p: Catalina Island (NA-066) 463
08/10-24/10 3B6RF: Agalega (AF-001) 469
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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