15 July 2000
No 480
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
3W - Hiroo, JA2EZD/3W2B expected to be back
in Laos on 14 July. It seems the IOTA operation from Hon Tam
Island (AS-???) [425DXN 479] has been postponed, as The Daily DX
reports that " Hiroo, Mr. Kuroda (3W3SK) and members of the
Vietnam ARC plan to visit a new IOTA in the coming months".
3W - 3W2LWS is the call Hans, WA1LWS will be
using from Vietnam until 30 July. He has been granted permission
to operate on 10, 15 and 20 metres and Hans plans to work mainly
CW. [TNX The Daily DX]
CT3 - Ben, DJ8FW will be active, possibly as
CT3/DJ8FW, from Madeira (AF-014) between 20 July and 20 August.
[TNX The Daily DX]
EA - Ramon, EA3EJI and others will operate
(with two stations on SSB and CW) as ED3IM from Meda Grande
(EU-078) on 22-23 July. QSL via EA3CCN. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
E4 - Arie, 4X6UO reports that Gunter, OE1GZA
will be active as E4/OE1GZA from Ramallah on an almost regular
basis. QSL to Gunter Zwickle, c/o SICT, P.O. Box 1133, Ramallah,
Palestine.
ES - Jaak, ES1AKM will be active as ES2J and
ES1AKM/2 from Mohni Island (EU-149) between 13 and 20 July. QSL
via ES1AKM either direct or through the bureau. [TNX ES1AKM]
F - The Council of Europe Radio Club will be
active (CW, SSB and RTTY on the first day) as TP2000CE on 21-23
July. QSL via F6FQK. [TNX F6FQK]
FO - Walter, DJ0FX is active as FO0PT from
Moorea (OC-046), French Polynesia until 19 August. He might go on
a side trip to Rangiroa (OC-066) for one week. QSL via DJ0FX
either direct (Walter Brenner, P.O. Box 1105, D-83402 Ainring,
Germany) or preferably through the bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
FO - Phil, KH7FQ is active as FO0MCC from
Huahine (OC-067), French Polynesia until September. QSL via
KH7FQ. [TNX The Daily DX]
GI - Look for Ernie, GI0GDF/p and Jim,
GI0PGC/p to be active from Rathlin Island (EU-122) between 16 and
19 July. QSL via home calls. [TNX GI0TJJ]
GM - GM0CLN and GM0BWU have planned a holiday
to some Scottish islands in July. They will *possibly* activate
(as GM0CLN/P on CW and SSB, QSL via bureau) the following
islands: Skye (EU-008, IOSA NH7) on 22 July; N.Uist (EU-010,
OH2), S.Uist (EU-010, OH3), Benbecula (EU-010, OH4), Berneray
(EU-010, OH5), Baleshare (EU-010, OH26) and Grimsay (EU-010,
OH27) between 23 and 25 July; Harris (EU-010, OH1), Lewis
(EU-010, OH1), Great Bernera (EU-010, OH12), Scalpay (EU-010,
OH25) between 25 and 27 July. Then they will join the GM2T team
on Tiree (EU-008, NH4) for the IOTA Contest. [TNX GM0CLN]
HA - Memorial radio station HG100BAY (after
dr. Zoltan Bay, who conducted successful moon echo experiemnts in
1946) will operate on 144, 432 and 1296 MHz between 22 and 30
July. For further information please visit http://www.puskas.hu/hg100bay.
[TNX HA0HW]
I - Tony/IK1QBT, Nino/IK1ZOZ, Vincenzo/IK1YEK
and Gianni/IZ1DFI will be signing home call/p from Bergeggi
Island (EU-083, IIA SV-002) on 30 July, IOTA Contest included.
They have been granted permission to operate from this private
island from dawn to sunset only. They will have two stations on
HF (SSB and CW), activity on 6 metres (CW and SSB) is also being
planned. QSL via home calls either direct (see "QSL
Routes" below) or through the bureau. [TNX IK1QBT]
I - Look for IZ0BNR/0 to be active on 16 July
from I Porcini (ILIA LAZ-03, not IOTA) on 40, 20, 15, 10, 6 and 2
metres. [TNX Crazy DX Group]
I - Blue Team & Diamond Dx Club operators
I8IYW, IK8OZZ, IK8UHA, IK8VRH, IK8YTF, IK8WEJ, IZ8CWW,IW8EAA and
IW8BVN will participate in the IOTA Contest as IQ8B from Dino
Island (EU-144). Before the contest look for them on WARC bands.
QSL via IK8UHA either direct or through the bureau. [TNX I8IYW]
I - Mario, IZ8DBJ will operate as IZ8DBJ/8
from the lighthouse at Capo Miseno (WAIL CA-004) on 16 July.
Special QSL via IZ8DBJ either direct (Mario Pesce, Via Privata
Falci 2, 80070 Bacoli - NA) or through the bureau. [TNX IK1NLZ]
I - Daniele, IK3VII will operate (20, 40 and
80 metres) as IA5/IK3VII from Giglio Island (EU-028, IIA GR-002)
between 18 and 26 July. QSL via home call. [TNX IK3VII]
I - Bruno, I8SUD and other operators from ARI
Reggio Calabria plan to operate from the lighthouse at Punta
Pezzo (WAIL CL-007) on 23 July. The WAIL pages can be found at http://www.ari.it/wail.html.
[TNX I8SUD]
IS0 - Simone, IV3NVN reports he will operate
(on 6-160 metres, mostly CW) as IM0/IV3NVN from Maddalena Island
(EU-041) between 21 and 31
I - Blue Team & Diamond Dx Club operators
I8IYW, IK8OZZ, IK8UHA, IK8VRH, IK8YTF, IK8WEJ, IZ8CWW,IW8EAA and
IW8BVN will participate in the IOTA Contest as IQ8B from Dino
Island (EU-144). Before the contest look for them on WARC bands.
QSL via IK8UHA either direct or through the bureau. [TNX I8IYW]
July, IOTA Contest (moxed mode) included. QSL via IV3NVN.
IS0 - The 15-16 July IM0/IS0IGV operation
from Isola Rossa di Teulada (EU-165, IIA CA-011) [425DXN 479] has
been postponed to 29-30 July in order to take part in the IOTA
Contest. [TNX IS0JMA]
JA - Rough seas and strong winds prevented
Tosy, JA6VZB from going to AS-056 last week [425DXN 479]. He will
try again this weekend and plans are to operate (with 50 watts or
less, mainly SSB to save the battery) between 3 UTC and 21 UTC on
15 July. QSL via JA6VZB through the bureau only.
JA - Look for JA1MXY/1, JA1SGU/1, and
JI1SQK/1 to be active (on 10-40 metres SSB and CW) from Hachijo
Island (South Izu Islands, AS-043) between 29 and 31 July, IOTA
Contest included. QSL via home calls. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
LA/SM - Gianni, IK1SPE is touring Sweden and
Norway and plans to operate from Alnon Island (EU-087) and
Mageroya (EU-044, including an entry in the IOTA Contest). He
might also operate from EU-046, EU-033 and EU-076. QSL via IK1SPE
either direct (Gianni Settimo, Via Valleggia Superiore 3/1, 17047
Valleggia - SV, Italy) or through the bureau. [TNX IK1SPE]
PY - A Scout team of operators from Brazil
will be active as ZV2S and PW2S from Comprida Island (SA-024, DIB
21) between 25 and 30 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via PY2ZY
either direct (Paulo Moraes, P.O. Box 45436, Sao Paulo - SP,
00479-970 Brazil) or through the bureau. [TNX PP5SZ]
PY - The team operating from the newly
created Santa Catarina State South group (SA-???) in August
[425DXN 477] will include PP5AP, PP5AVM, PP5CN, PP5IZ, PP5LL,
PP5TE, PP5UU, PP5YZ, PU5CMA, PY2HN, PY5AG, PY5BF, PY5HSD and
PY5ZT. They have been issued the call PV5IOTA (PV5L might be used
on CW). Operations are scheduled to take place between 2 August
(after 18 UTC) and 12 UTC on the 7th. QSL via PP5LL either direct
or through the bureau. [TNX PP5LL]
SM - Special station SI9AM (http://www.qsl.net/si9am)
will be active from Utanede, Sweden between 19 and 23 July. QSL
via SM3CVM either direct or through the bureau. [TNX SM3CVM]
SP - Special event stations SN0EMK (for the
European Cities of Culture) and SN0CEV (for the European
Conference) will be active from Krakow, Poland until 30 July and
13 July respectively. QSL for both direct only via SP9PLR. [TNX
SP9WUM]
SV - Salento DX Team member Gilberto, IK7LMX
will be active (on all bands SSB) from Corfu (EU-052) between 20
and 26 July. QSL via home call. [TNX IK7LMX]
UA - The Daily DX reports that the IOTA
operation from Begichev Island (AS-???) [425DXN 469] has been
postponed.
UA - Al, RA1WZ and Igor, UA1WER plan to
operate as UE1WPI from Tolabsk Island (not IOTA, RR-23-02) in
Pskov Lake on 15-16 July. QSL via RA1WZ. [TNX RA1WZ]
UA - The IOTA activities by Radio Club
Vologda [425DXN 459] will now take place from 15/16 to 18 July
from EU-102 as RI1POD and from 19/20 to 30 July from EU-086 as
RI1POM (IOTA Contest included). A team of five operators will be
active with two stations on CW, SSB and RTTY from both the
islands. QSL via UA1RJ (Yuri G. Sinitso, P.O. Box 10, Vologda
160035, Russia). [TNX UA1RJ]
UA - A group of UA6 operators will be active
as UE6AAA from Sudzhuk Island in the newly created Krasnodarskiy
Kray - Black Sea Coast group (EU-???) on 22-23 July. QSL via
UA6AF either direct (Victor Kravchenko, P.O. Box 33,
Novorossiysk-22, 353922 Russia) or through the bureau. Do not
send green stamps - "IRC is enough for direct reply",
Victor says. [TNX UA6AF]
UA - Yuri/UA3BZ, Dmitry/RX3DCX and Alex/RW3DP
will be active (CW, SSB, PSK-31 and SSTV) as R1NWS and R3ARC/1
from Kondostrov Island (EU-147) between 25 July and 2 August,
IOTA Contest included. They will also try to activate some new
islands (RR-02-**) for the Russian Robinson Club award. QSL via
UA3BZ (P.O. Box 1, Moscow, 127254, Russia). [TNX UA3BZ]
VR - Fernando, 4S7OF reports he will be
active as VR2OS from Hong Kong from mid-July onward.
YV - The Daily DX reports that the 12-16 July
YW5LF operation from Los Frailes (SA-059) [425DXN 479] has been
postponed possibly to August "due to logistic reasons by the
Venezuelan Navy".
ZK1_sc - Andy, ZK1AND is active from
Raratonga (OC-013) for one month. QSL via AB7FS. [TNX The Daily
DX]
ZS & 3DA - Maurice, ON4BAM will be active
as ZS/ON4BAM while touring South Africa between 21 July and 13
August. On 26-27 July he will operate as 3DA0MA (call to be
confirmed) from Swaziland. Look for him on 15, 12, 17, 10 and 20
metres. QSL via ON4BAM. [TNX ON4BAM]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
RSGB IOTA CONTEST ---> The following
stations are expected to participate in this year's event
(29-30 July) [see also 425DXN 471, 474, 475, 477, 479]:
EU-064: Yves, F5TYY as F5TYY/p from
Noirmoutier Island. QSL via bureau. [TNX F5TYY] EU-077: Dani, EA4ATI as EA4ATI/1 from
Sisarga Islands (single operator SSB, 12 hours). QSL via
home call either direct or through the bureau. [TNX
EA4ATI] EU-127: Felix, DL5XL (ex-DL8OBC) as
DL5XL/p from Helgoland in the Single Operator 24 hour CW
category. The station will run 750 Watts into a three
element tribander and dipoles for the lower bands. Some
SSB and CW operation may take place before or after the
contest. QSL cards will be sent automatically through the
bureau; direct cards to DL5XL (Felix J. Riess, P.O. Box
1253, D-30984 Gehrden, Germany). [TNX DL5XL] EU-181: Wally, LZ2CJ and his team, after
some 4700 QSOs, have decided not to participate in the
Contest from Sveti Anastasya [425DXN 479]. The island
will be reactivated by operators from LZ1KSM radio club.
[TNX LZ2CJ] AS-105: Korea DX Club members plus
Harry, WX8C and Howard, K2LAW as DS0DX/2 from Sokmo
Island. They will set up two stations for 20 and 15
metres. QSL via HL1XP (all of the contacts will be
confirmed automatically through the bureau). [TNX HL1IWD]
NA-062: Jon, WB8YJF and Jim, NM8O (two
stations and two operators) from Conch Key. They will be
on the island from 28 to 31 July and will operate RTTY
before and after the Contest. QSL via home calls. [TNX
WB8YJF] NA-075: Elsie, N7WDX and Hillar, N6HR as
VE7DX/7 from Galiano Island. They hope to start
operations a couple of days before the Contest. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
WRTC 2000 - These are the results of the
3rd World Radio Team Championship that took place in Bled
(Slovenia) on 8-9 July (fur full information please visit
http://wrtc2000.bit.si/):
QSL cards for the above WRTC stations will be sent
automatically through the bureau.
CARDS SENT ---> Cards for YZ75AVA
(YU1AVA) have all been sent out through the bureau, as
well as cards for Zik, 4N1DX (QSLs for 4N1DX/4 will be
printed as soon as possible). [TNX 4N1DX]
CDXC ---> At the 1 July Annual
General Meeting of Chiltern DX Club - The UK DX
Foundation the following were elected to serve until 30
June 2001: Bob Whelan/G3PJT (President), Neville
Cheadle/G3NUG (Chairman), Mike Devereux/G3SED (Vice
Chairman), Don Field/G3XTT (Digest Editor), Shaun Jarvis
M0BJL (Secretary), Barry Cooper/G4RKO (Treasurer), John
Butcher/G3LAS and Ian Capon/G0KRL (Members). [TNX G3NUG]
CROATIA ISLANDS ---> Emir, 9A6AA
(Award Manager for IOCA, Islands Of Croatia Award, (http://www.qsl.net/9a6aa)
reports several stations are/will be active as follows:
DIFO ---> Gil, F5NOD reports the DIFO
(French Overseas Islands Award) challenge results are
available at http://f5nod.waika9.com/.
EM5UIA ---> Just in case you are
confused about the IOTA groups activated by the EM5UIA
team of operators, the following information comes from
George, UY5XE:
EU-180 (Lebyazh'i Isl) from 11.28 on 2 July to 04.59 on
the 4th
EU-179 (Kalanchakskiye Isls) from 11.43 on 5 July to
03.52 on the 6th
EU-182 (Poludennyi Isl) from 08.33 on 7 July to 08.25 on
the 8th
EU-063 ---> Giovanni, IK2JYT reports
that the side trip to Prins Karls Forland (EU-063) was
cancelled due to unpredictable last minute transportation
problems.
MACAU ---> Cheang Vai Ip, XX9AU
reports that "P.O. Box 8005, Macau" can be used
also for sending cards to other XX9 stations. He is the
"POB Manager" and will forward cards to the
appropriate individual.
QSL 5A1A ---> Les Bannon, WF5E
reminds DXers that if you receive a 5A1A card through his
QSL Service, it does *not* mean that Les is the QSL
manager for Abubaker. Cards are still to be sent (airmail
registered) to Abubaker Alzway, P.O. Box 74421, Tripoli,
Lybia.
QSL A52JS ---> Jim Smith, VK9NS
confirms that arrangements have been made to handle
bureau QSL cards for his recent A52JS operation. Bureau
cards should be sent to A52JS via M0BJI at the RSGB QSL
Bureau. QSLing these bureau QSL cards will take some time
and is not an immediate priority. Jim hopes to be able to
QSL all direct cards by mid August. [TNX VK9NS]
QSL DIRECT ONLY ---> Les Bannon, WF5E
reports the following stations requests direct cards
only, i.e. not through a QSL service: 5H3RK, V51AS,
VK9NS.
QSL EU-181 ---> Wally, LZ2CJ reports
the following QSL routes should be used for the recent
activity from Sveti Anstasiya Island: LZ1UQ/1, LZ2FV/1
and LZ2FI/1 via LZ2FV (Tzvetalin Tzvetkov, P.O.Box 249,
5800 Pleven, Bulgaria); LZ2CJ/1 and LZ2JE/1 via LZ2CJ
(Valeri Stefanov, 87 Rousse Blvd. entr. A ap.3, 5800
Pleven, Bulgaria).
QSL NA-213 ---> Piero, IT9ZGY reports
the first batch of direct cards for KB5GL/4 (Dauphin
Island, NA-213) has been mailed.
VQ9TW ---> N8OW is not the QSL
manager for VQ9TW ("which appears to be a pirate
operation as no information can be found on the callsign
through various sources"). The period of operation
seems to be 1992 through 1994 mostly on 15 metres SSB
with some CW. [TNX NR8U]
W9DXCC CONVENTION ---> The 48th
Annual W9DXCC Convention will be held on 15-16 September
at the Holiday Inn in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Details
and on-line registration at http://www.qth.com/w9dxcc
(or e-mail Bill, W9VA at w9va@aol.com).
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
CALLBOOK: Phil Cooper, GU0SUP reports
there is a good on-line callbook for all GU/MU/2U
callsigns. It is at www.gars.org.gg/calls.html
(the web site of the Guernsey Amateur Radio Society).
ZS5BBO - Edwin Musto, P.O. Box 211032,
Bluff, 4036, South Africa
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