29 July 2000
No 482
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
8Q - Sergio, I5NSR will be active (on 40-10
metres SSB and CW, with special attention for 30, 17 and 12
metres CW) from Villivaru Atoll, Maldives (AS-013) between 13 and
23 August. He has applied for the call 8Q7NSR. QSL via home call.
[TNX I5NSR]
9A - Look for 9A0DX to be active from Plocica
Island (EU-016, IOCA CI-089) on 1-4 August. [TNX 9A6AA]
CT - A group of operators from Associacao de
Radioamadores da Vila de Moscavide will be active as CT1RVM/p
from Mouchao de Alhandra (RI-005 for the Portuguese Islands
Award) on 30 July. This island does not count for IOTA. QSL via
CT1RVM
EA - Jorge, EC1BXI will be working on Monte
Agudo Island (EU-080) in August. He plans to operate in his spare
time as either ED1OTA and EF1OTA. His licence authorizes him to
be active on the following frequencies: 28900-29100, 21150-21200
and 3600-3700 kHz SSB/CW; 28100-28150, 21100-21150, 7020-7030 and
3550-3600 kHz CW only. QSL direct only to EC1BXI (Jorge Fernandez
Devesa, Apartado 54, 36980 O Grove, Pontevedra, Spain). [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
EI - Gene, NR0NR will be active as EI/NR0NR/p
from Ringarogy Island (EU-115) between 4 and 13 August. QSL via
home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
ES - Several Estonian amateurs are currently
active as ES8X from Kihnu Island (EU-178, WWL KO18XC). Their main
focus is the upcoming Estonian VHF/UHF/SHF field day (http://www.erau.ee/eng/fdrul.html)
this weekend, but before and after the contest they will operate
on 6 and 20 metres until 1 August. QSL via ES2WX. [TNX ES2RR]
FR/T - The Lyon DX Group DXpedition to
Tromelin [425DXN 479] is expected to start operations on late 31
July or, more likely, on 1 August. Look for the four operators
(namely Gil/F5NOD, Eric/F5PXT, Larry/F5PYI and Erwann/F6JJX) to
be active (on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY) with three stations
as FR/F6KDF/T until 16 August. Between 1 and 6 August they will
concentrate on 6, 10, 15, 20, 40, 80 and 160 metres; on 7-15
August they will concentrate on 6, 12, 17, 30, 40, 80 and 160
metres. Suggested frequencies are 1823.5, 3504, 7004, 10104,
14020, 18074, 21020, 24894, 28020 kHz CW; 3790, 7065, 14195,
18145, 21295, 24945, 28495, 50110 kHz SSB; 14080, 21080, 28080
kHz RTTY. On-line logs will NOT be available during the
operation. QSL via F6KDF (Radio Club de la Gendarmerie, 292 route
de Genas, 69677 Bron Cedex, France). The web site is at http://perso.easynet.fr/~f6jjx/menu.htm.
GM - Look for Peter, GM3OFT/p to be active
from Horse Island (EU-123, IOSA CL-012) until 17 UTC on 29 July.
[TNX VE7IU and Islands On The Web]
HL - Jang, DS5WKW will be active from Ullung
Island (AS-045) until 1 August. He will NOT participate in the
IOTA Contest. He expects to operate on or around 14.040 and
21.040 Mhz between 11 and 14 UTC. QSL via IK2DUW. [TNX IK2DUW]
HL - Operators from HL0C (Hanyang University
Wave Research Club) will be active (on 15, 20 and 40 metres SSB
and CW) as HL0C/4 from Soan Island (AS-085) between 3 and 9
August. Direct cards should be sent to C.P.O. 4397, 100-643,
Seoul, Korea. The home page for the DXpedition is at http://hl0c.hihome.com.
[TNX HL0C]
HS - Look for DS5FNE/4 to be active (on 15
and 20 metres SSB) from Huksan Island (AS-093) until 30 July. QSL
via HL1IWD. [TNX HL1IWD]
I - Silvestro, IK7BRX and Simon, IZ7ATN will
be active from the lighthouse (WAIL PU-014) on Santa Eufemia
Island (IIa FG-012, not IOTA) on 5-6 August.
IS0 - IK4HPU will be active as IS0/IK4HPU
from Sardegna (EU-024) between 5 and 20 August. He also plans to
operate from Tavolara (EU-165, IIA SS-068), Molara (EU-165, IIA
SS-073) and possibly from other islets in that area. QSL via
bureau to IK4HPU. [TNX IK4HPU]
LZ - Special event station LZ8NFF will be
active through August during the 8th National Folklor Festival at
Koprivshtitza, Bulgaria. QSL to LZ1OF through the bureau. [TNX
LZ1BJ]
OE - Nicola, IK3JLS plans to operate (mainly
on 40-10 metres, WARC included, CW/QRP) as OE/IK3JLS from Velden,
Austria between 1 and 15 August. QSL via bureau. [TNX IK3JLS]
SM - Kent, SM0ELV will operate (on 10-80
metres SSB and CW) as SM0ELV/5 from Missjo Island (EU-177) during
the weekend. QSL via home call. [TNX SM0ELV]
SV - Gaetano, IT9GAI and Nando, IT9YRE will
be active from Thasos Island in the newly created
Makedonia/Thraki Region group (EU-174) between 3 and 6 August.
QSL via home calls, either direct or through the bureau. [TNX
IT9YRE]
SV - Giovanni, I5JHW will be active as either
J48HW or SV/I5JHW from Limnos Island (EU-049) between 9 and 23
August. QSL via home call. [TNX I5JHW]
SV9 - Look for SV9/SV1CID/p and SV9/SV1DPL/p
(YL operator) to be active (with 20 watts and dipoles) from
Gadvos Island (EU-187) on 29-30 July. QSL via SV1CID. [TNX
SV1CID]
UA - Vlad/RZ1OA and Dima/UA1OLM are be active
as RZ1OA/A and UA1OLM/A from Lyasomin Island (EU-153) until 1
August. QSL via RZ1OA (Vlad Sadakov, P.O. Box 48, Arkhangelsk,
163040, Russia). [TNX RZ1OA]
UR - Oleg, UR3GA lives on Orlov Island
(EU-179, UIA BS-13) and is active on all bands CW and SSB. He
expcts to operate during the IOTA Contest. QSL via UR7GG (Victor
Tkachenko, P.O. Box 73, Kherson, 73000, Ukraine). [TNX UR7GG]
VE - VE7KW/7 is currently active from Hornby
Island, which is not NA-091, as mentioned on the air, but NA-036.
VK - Special event station AX3OLY has been
allocated to WIA Victoria by the Australian Communications
Authority to commemorate the Olympic Games being held in Sydney.
WIA Victoria members will be sporadically operating the station
on DX bands over the next two weeks. The special event station
will later highlight the holding of Olympic soccer games in the
VK3 capital city of Melbourne. QSL via VK3WI either direct or
through the bureau. [TNX VK3EW]
VP2V - Gil, IZ1DLV will be active (on 10, 15
and 20 metres SSB) from Virgin Gorda and Tortola in the British
Virgin Islands (NA-023) respectively on 5-11 and 12-20 August.
QSL direct to P.O. Box 7039, 16148 Genova GE, Italy or through
the bureau. [TNX IZ1DLV and Islands On The Web]
VQ9 - Dale, W4QM expects to be active (CW
only on all bands) as VQ9QM from Chagos for 4-5 months starting
around 30 July. QSL via W4QM. [TNX The Daily DX]
W - Rick, KV4DJ will be vacationing on
Hatteras Island (NA-067) between 5 and 12 August and plans to
operate on 20 metres QRP, probably between 22.00 and 02.00 UTC.
QSL via KV4DJ or through the bureau. [TNX KV4DJ and Islands On
The Web]
YB - John, YB5NOF/p is expected to operate
(SSB only) from Lingga Island (OC-107) until 2 August, IOTA
Contest included. He runs 100 watts into a ground plane. If he
can find a boat he might continue his trip and operate from Midai
Island (OC-109) as well. QSL via home call (John E. Daluas, P.O.
Box 194/CPA, Ciputat 15401, Indonesia). [TNX YB5QZ]
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, 481]:
AF-004: Tony, EA8AKN and others
as ED8OTA. QSL via EA8AKN. [TNX EA8AKN]
AS-024: 7K4KHE/6 from Ishigaki
Island. QSL via home call (Masanari Iwata, 3-2-21
Naka-Kunitachi, Tokyo, 186-0004, Japan). [TNX
JI6KVR]
AS-085: The Soan Island
operation [425DXN 481] has been cancelled. [TNX
HL1TXQ]
AS-108: Norby, LX1NO reports the
following operators might be active from Ramkin
Island (see addresses below): OD5IU/p (QSL via
LX1NO), OD5PN/p (QSL via LX1NO), OD5LN/p,
OD5OT/p, OD5PS/p, OD5SB/p, OD5SX/p, OD5TE/p.
EU-009: GM4SID/p from Orkney on
CW. [TNX NG3K]
EU-015: Thomas, OZ1AA as J49AA
from Crete. QSL via LX1NO. [TNX LX1NO]
EU-016: 9A5V/p from Kolocep
Island. [TNX 9A6AA]
EU-024: Roberto, IS0JMA and
other operators from ARI Olbia as IS0JMA from
Sardegna. QSL via home call. [TNX IS0JMA]
EU-037: SM7CRW and SM6DER as
8S7A. QSL via W3HNK. [TNX SM6DER] EU-047: Carsten, DL1EFD as
DL1EFD/p on all bands CW from Langeoog Island.
QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
EU-050: IK2XYG and IK2JUB as
IL7/home calls from San Nicola Island on 10-80
metres CW and SSB. [TNX IK2XYG]
EU-059: GM3VLB, GM0DHZ and
MM0BCR as GM5K from St. Kilda. [TNX N6VR, G0WAX
and Islands On The Web]
EU-061: Kamal, 4S7AB as LA/4S7AB
from Hvaler Island. [TNX 4S7AB]
EU-073: ARI Taranto members as
IJ7/I7IJU from San Pietro Island, Cheradi [425DXN
474]. QSL via IK7AFM either direct or through the
bureau (bureau cards can be requested at roccoafm@libero.it).
[TNX IK7AFM]
EU-091: Salento DX Team
operators as IK7JWX/p (SSB and CW) from Isola
Grande. QSL via IK7JWX either direct or through
the bureau. Outside the contest they will operate
on 2, 6, 12 and 18 metres. [TNX IK7JWX]
EU-091: Salento DX Team
operators as IK7LMX/p (SSB) from Pedagna Grande.
QSL via IK7JWX either direct or through the
bureau. Outside the contest they will operate on
2, 6, 12 and 18 metres. [TNX IK7JWX]
EU-115: Members of the Dalkey
Island Contest Group (EI2CA, EI4FBB, EI5DI,
EI5HD, EI6EW, EI7CC, EI7CD, EI8CE) as EI1DD from
Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow. QSL via the EI Bureau.
[TNX EI7CC]
EU-120: Ken, G0ORH and another
operator as G3N from the Isle of Wight. QSL via
G3WOI. [TNX The Daily DX]
EU-121: East Cork Group as EJ7M
from Bere Island. QSL via EI6HB. [TNX NG3K]
EU-124: GW4VEQ, GW0GEI and
GM3WOJ as GW6J (SSB and CW) from Anglesey (old
and new QSOs with this island are valid until 1
February 2005). QSL via GW4VEQ. [TNX NG3K]
EU-128: DF8QJ and DL6YFB as
DL6YFB/p from Fehmarn Island. QSL via DL6YFB
(bureau cards can be requested at rlehmann@Cityweb.de).
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
EU-129: Matthias, DL3KUD as
DL3KUD/p from Usedom Island. QSL via home call.
[TNX NG3K]
EU-131: Vito, I3BQC and possibly
others as I3BQC/p from a qualifying island in
Venice Lagoon. QSL via home call. [TNX I3BQC]
EU-132: Adam/DJ0IF, Zbig/SP6AZT,
Big/SP6CZ and Andy/SP6ECA as SN6F/1 from Wolin
Island. QSL via SP6ECA. Before and after the
contest look for SP6CZ/1 on RTTY and SP6ECA/1 on
SSB (QSL via home calls). [TNX SP6ECA]
EU-132: Wojtek, SP8NCF and
Jakub, SQ8BGJ as SN8V/1 (QSL via SQ8BGJ) from
Wolin Island. Before and after the contest they
will be signing SP8NCF/1 and SQ8BGJ/1 (QSL via
home calls) until 31 July. [TNX SQ8BGJ]
EU-173: OH1NOA, OH1MDR and OH1MM
as OH9A from Sandstrom Reef (previously EU-096,
425DXN 474). QSL via OH1NOA either direct or
through the bureau. The web page for this
operation is at http://www.saunalahti.fi/oh1mdr/iota.html.
[TNX OH1NOA]
EU-183: Pit, YO3JW reports the
YP1W operation from Sacalinu Mare [425DXN 481]
has been cancelled for reasons beyond his
control.
NA-027: VO1HE and other
operators as VO1SDX from Newfoundland. QSL via
VO1HE either direct or through the bureau. [TNX
NG3K]
NA-065: Caleb, AD7U as N7U from
Whidbey Island as Single Operator, 24-hour, IOTA
Island Permanent station. QSL via AD7U either
direct (Caleb Skurdal, 1015 N Custer St, Oak
Harbor, WA 98277-8201, USA) or through the
bureau. [TNX AD7U]
NA-137: KW1DX from Long Island
(Maine) on SSB. QSL via KW1DX. [TNX NG3K]
NA-148: A group from the
Framingham Amateur Radio Association as AA1IZ
from George's Island. QSL via AA1IZ. [TNX K1HT]
OC-229: Reportedly Peter, VK8PW
might participate in the IOTA Contest as VK8PW/8
from South Goulburn Island (OC-229). QSL via
VK8PW either direct (Peter Wollenberg, P.O. Box
2142, Darwin, NT 0801, Australia) or through the
bureau.
OC-233: Trevor, VK7TS as VK7TS/p
from Bruny Island. Trevor was active and made the
required number of QSOs from the newly created
Tasmania's Coastal Islands group on 23 July. QSL
via home call, either direct or through the
bureau. [TNX VK7TS]
SA-006: Ernest, ON4CFD as PJ2I
on SSB. QSL via ON4CFD either direct (Ernest
Lichtert, Wolvenstraat 101, 1070 Bruxelles,
Belgium) or through the bureau. [TNX ON4CFD]
SA-036: P43E from Aruba. QSL via
P43E either direct (P.O. Box 614, Aruba) or
through the bureau. [TNX NG3K]
SA-046: Jim, PY7XC as ZX7XX from
Itamaraca Island. QSL via home call (Jemesson
Faria, Rua Dhalia 228 AP401, Boa Viagem, Recife -
PE, 51020-290 Brazil). [TNX PY7XC]
IOTA ACTIVITY MONTH (AUGUST) --->
Contacts made with the following IOTA island groups in
July will score three points towards the RSGB IOTA
Millennium Programme (IOTA 2000):
The CDXC web pages (http://www.cdxc.org.uk) contain the
full IOTA 2000 rules, island listings, the SM6DEC record
system and an FAQ page which is updated regularly. These
web pages also contain conversion tables between the new
IOTAs arising as a result of the publication of the IOTA
Directory 2000 and the old IOTAs that qualify for the
IOTA 2000 Programme.
BHUTAN ---> The following comes from
Charles Harpole, K4VUD: "This is a call to all radio
amateurs, from any country, who may wish to join me in an
effort to activate A5 Bhutan the first week in December,
2000. I can arrange your air travel from your home or
from Kathmandu, or you can arrange your own travel. I
expect to arrive A5 about December 1. I have a Bhutan
contact person to arrange passage of rigs, licenses, and
hotel rooms. No word yet on available antennas
in-country, but you must bring own rig and other gear.
This is not a cheap trip. The license alone may cost
$300/USD each!." You can contact Charles at k4vud@hotmail.com.
HFC 2000 ---> The RSGB International
HF & IOTA Convention will be held at the Beaumont
Conference Centre, Old Windsor on 13-15 October 2000. For
further information contact the RSGB Commercial
Department on telephone +44-1707-659015, fax
+44-1707-645105 or email sales@rsgb.org.uk.
For the latest information check the Web at http://www.rsgb.org.
This year's event is organized by Colin J. Thomas, G3PSM,
RSGB HF Manager and Chairman of the RSGB HF Committee.
NOT IOTA! ---> Antonello, IK0GDG/6
was active from Scoglio Trave (IIA AN-003) on 27 July.
Please note that neither this nor any other Italian
island located in call area 6 qualify for IOTA.
QSL 3V8BT ---> Giovanni, I5JHW
reports he has started processing the 5,000 direct
requests for the IOTA operation from the Kerkenah Islands
(AF-073).
QSL OD5RAL (AS-108) ---> Jamil
Sayegh, OD5PN reports the following: "The OK DX
Foundation co-sponsored the OD5RAL DXpedition to Ramkin
Island (AS-108) which took place on 24-26 September 1999.
OK1TN, the president of OKDX Foundation, has sent all the
QSL cards to those who sent their QSL cards to OD5RI
(P.O. Box 22, Baabdat, Lebanon). The delay in sending the
cards was beyond our control, but the important is that
they are all sent out now".
QSL EW5HQ ---> Vladimir V. Sidorov,
EU1SA (President of the Belarussian Federation of
Radioamateurs and Radiosportsmen) reports that cards for
EW5HQ should be sent to P.O. Box 469, Minsk 220050,
Belarus. This is the address for the Belarussian QSL
Bureau (do not send cards to the official address of
BFRR, as "the actual location of the HQ has nothing
to do with its QSL address").
QSL TA3J ---> Berkin, TA3J reports
that between 26 and 28 July he sent his cards to the QSL
bureaux of Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Croatia,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany Greece, Hungary,
Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Switzerland, The Netherlands, United Kingdom,
USA.
WRTC 2000 ---> The following are the
Final Official Results of WRTC 2000 after the review and
corrections made by the referees' team. The order of the
top finishers is not affected, but there are a few
changes in the order of finish farther down the list (see
425DXN 480). The score of S511E is based on submission of
truncated log, missing approximately one hour of
operation.
WRTC 2000 (STAMPS) ---> Stamp
collectors may be interested in two special occasion
envelopes with WRTC 2000 stamps. They can be ordered
(US$5.00) from S50E Radio Club (Radio Club Cerkno, P.O.
Box 16, 5282 Cerkno, Slovenia). Give a look to http://lea.hamradio.si/~s50e/eng/photos.htm.
[TNX S50U]
YODX CONTEST ---> The YODX HF Contest
2000 will take place between 00.00 and 20.00 UTC on 6
August on 80-10 metres CW and SSB. Full rules are
available at http://www.qsl.net/yo3kaa. [TNX
YO3FWC]
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
CT1ETE: Paulo invites radio amateurs
world wide to visit his web site (http://www.qsl.net/ct1ete).
He wants to make QSL photo album as well as a Database
with QSL photo and asks for hams worldwide to send him a
JPEG file (abt 360x250; 24/16 million colors; size
between 20k and 35k).
BI4S: The home page for the current BI4S
operation from Lingshan Island (AS-150) is now at http://www.7388.org.
[TNX BD5RV and Islands On The Web]
IOTW: The Islands on the Web website (http://www.islandchaser.com)
has opened a new web discussion forum specifically for
the RSGB IOTA contest. This forum will be used to make
announcements regarding islands that will be active
during the contest. Additionally, the forum will give the
IOTA community a place to post claimed scores for all to
see following contest. [TNX NK1K]
LOG: The N6JV/p log from NA-187 (April
2000) is now available in the Logs Online section of the
Island On The Web site [TNX NK1K]
LOG: Doug, N6RT reports the log of EP2AC
through 7 July 2000 and the final log of 7P8AA are now
online at http://dx.qsl.net/logs.
M0BNN - Bill Newman, 18 Reeds Ave East,
Moreton, Wirral, CH46 1RQ, England
N2OO - P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ
08087, USA
OD5LN/p - N. Ziadeh, Box 55670, Jdaidet
Ghazir, Lebabon
OD5OT/p - H. Chahine, 2049 3005 Beirut,
Lebanon
OD5PS/p - A. Rafei, Box 1062, Tripoli,
Lebanon
OD5SB/p - R. Finge, Box 22-604, Tripoli,
Lebanon
OD5SX/p - N. Khayat, Box 180, Tripoli,
Lebanon
OD5TE/p - H. Raad, Box 14-6115, Beirut,
Lebanon
OH2BH - Martti Laine, P.O.box 73, 02380
Espoo, Finland
OH3AC - P.O. Box 74, 15141 Lahti,
Finland
ON4ON - Danny Commeyne, Rozenlaan 38,
8890 Dadizele, Belgium
PS8DX - Raimundo Jose Junior, Rua
Cinegrafista Marques 1145, Ininga, 64049-510 Teresina-PI,
Brazil
PY2ZY - P.O. Box 45436, Sao Paulo-SP,
00479-970, Brazil
RN1AW - P.O. Box 114, Pushkin-8, 189620,
Russia
T98R - Igor Madic, Antuna Hangija 9,
71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
T99A - Mehmed Cosovic, Osma Ulica 6,
71300 Visoko, Bosnia-Herzegovina
T99W - Emil Tafro, Trg Heroja 3, 71000
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
T99Z - Zaim Zuga, Mire Sekarica 15,
73000 Gorazde, Bosnia-Herzegovina
UA0SJ - Yuri A. Maltsev, P.O. Box 2304,
Bratsk-city, 665700, Russia
UA1ANA - Sergey Permut, P.O. Box 415,
St. Petersburg, 190000, Russia
UA9YAB - Alex Vedernikov, P.O. Box 120,
Biysk Altajskij kraj, 659300 Russia
UR4EN - Nick Golub, P.O. Box 48,
Ordzhonikidze, 53300, Ukraine
US5QNA - Dmitry Davidenko, ul. Lenina
7-5, Dneprorudny 71630, Ukraine
VK8AM - Steve Salvia, 1 Elliott Point,
Larrakeyah, NT 0820, Australia
YS1AF - Andy Goens, P.O. Box 3061, San
Salvador, El Salvador
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