22 July 2000
No 481
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
3B6 - The all-band all-mode 3B6RF DXpedition
to Agalega [425DXN 473] will feature six 1kW shortwave stations,
one 6 m station and one station for satellite communication on
the air simultaneously. The camp will consist of no fewer than 28
tents, including four operating sites. Operations are scheduled
to start on 8 October, as soon as the first CW tent is erected,
and to close down on 24 October at sunset. The team now includes
a new member (Rafal, SP6TMP) but as Willy, HB9AHL had to draw
back for professional reasons, there is now one vacancy. So if
you are interested in joining the crew please contact team leader
Hans-Peter, HB9BXE (hb9bxe@pilatusnet.ch).
Full information on the DXpedition can be found at http://www.agalega2000.ch.
[TNX HB9FMU]
7Q - Harry, 7Q7HB will be active again for
the next five weeks from Malawi. He will be the first licenced
station ever to send SSTV from that country. QSL direct only via
G0IAS (Allan Hickman, The Conifers, Elkesley Retford, DN22 8AJ
Notts., UK). [TNX G0IAS]
8P - The Low Land DX-pedition Team (LLDXT)
activity from Barbados [425DXN 465] is now scheduled to take
place between 24 August and 4 September. The operators
(Ronald/PA3EWP, Peter/PA4EA, Rob/PA5ET and Dennis/PA7FM) will
collect their licences upon arrival. They will be active with two
HF stations (10-160 metres) on CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. Low
profile operations on 6 metres (from grid GK03) are also being
planned. QSL via PA5ET (ex PA3ERC) either direct (Rob Snieder,
Van Leeuwenstraat 137, 2273 VS, Voorburg, The Netherlands) or
through the bureau. The Caribbean Tour 2000 web site is at http://www.qsl.net/lldxt/v2_8p_2000/index.html.
[TNX PA5ET]
9A - Look for OK1DJG, OK1FLM, OK1FUA, OK1PAT,
OK1TC, OK1UCI, OK1VEY and 9A9AA to be active as 9A0A from Vir
Island (EU-170, IOCA CI-141) during the IOTA Contest. They will
operate as 9A/home call starting on 24 July. QSL 9A0A via OK1FLM
(Martin Korda, Simackova 17, 170 00 Praha 7, Czech Republic).
[TNX OK1FLM]
BY - Operators from the JiangSu DX Club will
be active as BI4S from Lingshan Island (Shandong Province South
group, AS-???) between 28 and 31 July, IOTA Contest included.
[TNX BA4TB, ba4tb@arrl.net]
EM - Special event station EM2000B will be
active on 20-23 July during a pilgrimage to the village of
Zarvanytsya near Ternopil. QSL via UARL (Ukrainian Amateur Radio
League) bureau or direct to UR5BCJ (P.O. Box 80, Ternopil, 46001,
Ukraine). [TNX UX0BB]
EM - Special event call EM500E will be aired
on all bands and modes between 1 and 31 August to celebrate the
500th anniversary of the "Cossack's glory" in Ukraine.
QSL via UR4EYN (Club station) or UR4EN (Nick Golub, P.O. Box 48,
Ordzhonikidze, 53300, Ukraine). [TNX UR4EYN]
EN - A large group of operators (including
UT4PZ, UT5PW, UR5PA, UR3PA, UR3PF, UR3PFX, UT1PF, UT1PO, US1PM,
UA0BB) will be active as EN0P or EN8PSL from Krymno Island
(KRL-01, new one for the Ukrainian Islands Award) beetwen 20 and
25 July. QSL via UT5PW (P.O. Box 6, Novovolynsk-5, 45405
Ukraine). [TNX US1PM]
ER - Special station ER230C will be active
between 17 and 23 July to commemorate the 130th anniversary of
the Battle of Cahul. QSL via ER5AA (Wasily Gawrilow, P.O. Box 73,
Cahul, 39000, Moldova). [TNX UX0FF]
F - Marc, F6HQP plans to be active from a few
DIFM (not IOTA) islands in the Gulf of Morbihan between 1 and 12
August. [TNX F6AJA]
FM - Gerard, F2JD will be active (CW and SSB)
as FM/F2JD from Martinique (NA-107) from early August for 4
months. Side trips to other Caribbean islands might take place.
[TNX F6AJA]
FY - Look for Laurent, F5AEG to be signing
FY/F5AEG on 10, 15 and metres SSB from French Guyana between 8
and 22 August. On 19 and 20 August he and FY5FU will operate from
the lighthouse on Ile Royale (SA-020). QSL via F5AEG. [TNX F6AJA
and The Daily DX]
HL - Duk-Nam/HL1OYF, Phil/HL1TXQ and
Park/DS1CJE will operate (10, 15, 20 and 40 metres SSB and CW
with two stations) as HL1OYF/4, HL1TXQ/4 and DS1CJE/4 from Soan
Island (AS-085) on 28-30 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via
home calls. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
I - ARI Trieste operators will participate in
the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (19-20 August) as
IQ3V from Faro della Vittoria (WAIL FV-001, http://www.qsl.net/ari_trieste/Lighthouse).
They will operate on all bands from 80 metres to 70 centimetres.
QSL via bureau or direct to ARI Trieste, P.O. Box 29, 34100
Trieste - TS, Italy. [TNX IV3QBL]
I - Antonio, I6KIU will operate from Pesaro
Lighthouse on Monte San Bartolo (WAIL MA-006) on 26 August. QSL
via home call. [TNX I6KIU]
IS0 - Gianni, IS0YUJ and other operators from
ARI Carbonia plan to operate from the lighthouse at Capo Sandalo
(WAIL SA-011) on San Pietro Island (EU-165, IIA CA-013) on 28-30
July. The WAIL pages can be found at http://www.ari.it/wail.html.
[TNX IK1NLZ]
J6 - Juha, OH1HX plans to operate (mainly 20,
15 and 10 metres SSB, possibly CW as well) as J6/OH1HX from St.
Lucia (NA-108) between 1 and 6 August. [TNX OH1HX]
JD1_oga - Look for JD1BKQ (on high bands,
WARC included, RTTY and SSB), JA1OZK/JD1 (on low bands CW and SSB
and 6 metres CW, SSB and SSTV), JA1XHE/JD1 (on high bands, WARC
included, CW) to be active from Ogasawara (AS-031) between 13 and
16 August. QSL via home calls (JD1BKQ = JR3PZW) either direct or
through the bureau. [TNX JR3PZW]
JW - YL operator Unni, LA6RHA will be active
(on 20 metres SSB during her mornings and late evenings) as
JW6RHA from Svalbard between 21 and 26 July. QSL via LA6RHA (Unni
Gran, Mellomaasvn.128, N-1414 Trollaasen, Norway). [TNX VK3DYL]
KH5 - Mike, KH6ND has returned to Palmyra and
is again operating as KH6ND/KH5. Length of stay and operating
schedule are not yet known as Mike is again assisting The Nature
Conservency in its operation on the atoll, however he plans to be
active everyday on several bands. QSL via K4TSJ. [TNX N4XP]
LA - Look for Trond, LA9VDA/P to operate on
10-40 metres from Rundoy in the Sorayane Islands (EU-079) on
20-21 August. Look also for LC3NAT to be QRV on 2 and 6 metres
from JP22 square. QSL via home calls. [TNX LA9VDA].
OZ - Look for Ben, OZ5AAH to operate SSB and
CW as OZ5IPA/p from EU-171 (Jylland North group) between 26 July
and 20 August. QSL via OZ5AAH. [TNX OZ5AAH]
SP - Special event call SN600UJ will be aired
on all bands SSB, CW and RTTY between 20 July and 20 October to
celebrate the 600th anniversary of the Jagiellonian University in
Cracow. QSL via SP9PKZ. [TNX SP9GKM]
SV - Gerard, F2VX will be active as SV8/F2VX
from Kefallonia (EU-052) between 29 July and 13 August. [TNX
F6AJA]
SV - Tony, IK8VRH will be active (on 10, 12,
15, 17 and 20 metres CW and SSB) as either SV/IK8VRH or J48RH
from the islands of Spetses (EU-075), Kythira (EU-113) and Proti
(EU-158) between 14 and 30 August. [TNX IK8VRH]
SV9 - IZ0CKJ, IZ7ATN, IW0FQZ and IW0FT will
operate from Gadvos Island, in the newly created Crete's Coastal
Islands group (EU-???), between 23 and 27 July. QSL via IZ0CKJ
(Alessio Roma, P.O. Box 22, 03023 Ceccano - FR, Italy). [TNX
IK0CKJ]
TK - Eddy, ON6ZV/ON4IPA will operate as
TK/ON6ZV and TK/ON4IPA (International Police Association) from
Corsica (EU-014) between 8 and 21 August. QSL via ON6ZV. [TNX
ON6ZV]
UA - Alexey/RA0ZD, Serge/UA0ZAZ and others
plan to operate possibly as RI0ZKR from Krasheninnikova Island
(AS-095) for one week starting on or around 25 July. QSL
information to be announced. [TNX RA0ZD]
UA - Look for Serge, UA0DC/0 and Igor,
UA0ZBK/0 to operate from Baidukov Island (AS-114) between 27 July
and 2 August. They will participate in the IOTA Contest as
RZ0CWA/p. The following address for QSLling has been given: 1405
Ave Z #183, Brooklyn, NY 11235, USA. [TNX UA0ZBK]
UA - Eugene, RA0FF reports that a group of
operators from Sakhalin will be active from Moneron Island
(AS-???) "at the end of July" (an entry in the IOTA
Contest might be possible). They will operate on 10, 15, 20
metres and WARC bands, propably as RK0FWL/p. QSL via RK0FWL (but
Eugene says that all of the contacts will be confirmed through
the bureau).
V2 - The Low Land DX-pedition Team (LLDXT)
activity from Antigua [425DXN 465] is now scheduled to take place
between 11 and 24 August. Look for Ronald/PA3EWP, Peter/PA4EA,
Rob/PA5ET and Dennis/PA7FM to operate respectively as V26WP,
V26EA, V26ET and V26FM with two HF stations (10-160 metres) on
CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. Low profile operations on 6 metres (from
grid FK97) are also being planned. QSL via PA5ET (ex PA3ERC)
either direct (Rob Snieder, Van Leeuwenstraat 137, 2273 VS,
Voorburg, The Netherlands) or through the bureau. The Caribbean
Tour 2000 web site is at http://www.qsl.net/lldxt/v2_8p_2000/index.html.
[TNX PA5ET]
VP5 - Bill, K5YG will be active (mainly on
RTTY, PSK31 and CW) as VP5/K5YG from Providenciales (NA-002),
Turks and Caicos Islands between 24 and 29 July. QSL via K5YG.
[TNX The Daily DX]
YO - Pit, YO3JW and others to return to
Sacalinu Mare Island (EU-183) and operate as YP1W on 28-30 July,
IOTA Contest included. Pit activated this group for the first
time on 8 July (1200 QSOs in 12 hours) - visit http://www.qsl.net/yo3kaa/news/eu183.htm
for further information and pictures. [TNX YO3JW]
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,
480]:
EU-024 Marco, IK0YVV as IS0/IK0YVV from
Sardinia as Single Operator CW. QSL via home call. [TNX
IK0YVV]
EU-064 F5TXM, F5TRO, F4BHZ, F4CIY and
FB1BON as either F5TXM or F5TRO from Noirmoutier Island.
QSL via FB1BON (Patrice Brechet, P.O. Box 281, 85305
Challans CX, France). [TNX FB1BON]
EU-066 Operators from
Koryazhma-DX-Company as RI1OSW from the Solovetskyie
Islands. Outside the contest they will sign RK1OWZ/A. QSL
for both calls via UA1OMS (Serg Z. Demidov, P.O. Box 116,
Koryazhma, 165650, Russia). [TNX UA1OMS]
EU-144 Please note a change in the QSL
route for the IQ8B operation from Dino Island [425DXN
480]. The new QSL manager is IK8WEJ. [TNX IK8VRH]
EU-158 IZ0CKJ, IZ7ATN, IW0FQZ and IW0FT
from Proti. QSL via IZ0CKJ. Please note that if your
credit for EU-158 is for a QSO with a station operating
from Sfaktiria, it will be deleted from your score on 1
February 2005.
EU-175 CU3AD, CU3AV, CU3BL, CU3BT,
CU3EJ, CU3FQ, CU3EE and CT1EEB as CU3DX (Azores DX Group)
from Monte Brasil on Terceira Island. QSL via CU3EJ
either direct (Leonel Gaspar Cardoso Avila, Canada das
Almas 49, S. Pedro, 9700 Angra do Heroismo, Portugal),
either direct or through the bureau. [TNX CU3BL]
EU-181 The LZ1KMS group from Sveti
Anastasya. QSL via LZ3GM (P.O.Box 597, Burgas 8001,
Bulgaria). [TNX LZ3GM]
NA-067 Brent, KO4PY from Hatteras
Island. QSL via home call, either direct or through the
bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
NA-082 Bayou Contest Clubmembers N5UK,
WM9M and K1DW as W5DDX (SSB and CW) from Cat Island. QSL
via W5DDX. [TNX AA5AT]
NA-112 K4EP and KF4NLM as W4LVS/p from
Bogue Banks. QSL via W4LVS either direct or through the
buro. [TNX K4EP]
NA-138 N5VL from Amelia Island. QSL via
home call. [TNX N5VL]
OC-033 Oceania Amateur Radio DX Group
members FK8GM, FK8HC and VK4FW as TX8ISL from Lifou
Island (SSB and CW). QSL via VK4FW (P.O. Box 929, Gympie,
4570, Australia). [TNX VK4FW]
SA-046 PR7SD, PR7SM, PR7FB and PR7AR as
ZV7I (CW and SSB) from Itamaraca Island. QSL via PR7SD
(Manoel, P.O. Box 008, Joao Pessoa-PB, 58001-970,
Brazil). [TNX PP5SZ] Look also the announced operation
lists maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/iota2000.html
and Ric, DL2VFR at http://www.iota-post.de.
CAST YOUR VOTE! ---> Do not forget to
vote for the "Most Courageous" and "Most
Outstanding" IOTA expeditions of 1999, before the
end of July. A link to the online voting forms is at http://www.rsgbiota.org.
KINGMAN REEF 2000 ---> The Kingman
Reef/Palmyra DX Group will operate from Kingman Reef in
early October [425DXN 475]. Kingman Reef is number 16
overall and number 2 in Europe on the most recent ARRL
DXCC Most Wanted list. Operation will run for
approximately 12 days and will include 2 full weekends. A
multi-national team of 16 highly experienced operators
will be active with 6 stations on all bands and modes.
Donations are being solicited to offset the high cost of
this type of operation. Cheques and money orders (made
out to "Kingman Reef/Palmyra DX Group") can be
mailed to Tom Harrell, 2011 New High Shoals Road,
Watkinsville, Georgia 30677. Questions can be forwarded
to Tom, N4XP (n4xp@juno.com)
or Garry, NI6T (ni6t@intuitive.com)
QSL BQ9P ---> Steve, KU9C has started
processing the direct cards for Pratas 2000. He expects
to have all direct requests that are received by end of
July in the mail by the first week of August. If you
included other cards with your BQ9P request, please be
patient, as Steve's main focus is getting the mail out of
his office for the BQ9P ONLY requests. If you don't see
your card within reasonable mailing time after the first
week of August, and you only requested BQ9P 2000 cards,
then, please contact Steve at ku9c@ku9c.com. [TNX KU9C]
QSL PT0F ---> Pete, W0RTT is not the
manager for this station with the exception of the
operations during the 1992 CQ WW CW Contest, for which he
still has the logs.
QSL XZ0A ---> Bob, W1XT says they are
processing "about 1000 cards a week. We've received
about 30000 envelopes, and they are still coming in at
the rate of several hundred a week. We are about half way
through the envelopes that we have received to date. We
plan to put on a major push in July and August and will
try to catch up completely by the end of August".
[TNX QRZ-DX]
VK4 QSL BUREAU ---> Steve Campbell,
VK4SRC is the new outwards QSL Manager for VK4. The new
address for the VK4 QSL Bureau is P.O. Box 199, Wavell
Heights, 4012, Queensland, Australia (all cards sent to
GPO Box 638, Brisbane, 4001 will be redirected to the new
address).
This issue has been edited while on holiday - no DX
Calendar this week!
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