12 August 2000
No 484
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
D2 - Hossam, SU1HM is now active as SU1HM/D2
from Luanda, Angola. Look for him on +/- 14160 khz starting
around 23.00 UTC. QSL direct to SU1HM (Hossam El Shenawy, 16 El
Daher Square, Cairo 11271, Egypt). [TNX SU1HM]
E3 - Tom, W7LN is currently working in
Asmara, Eritrea and is expected to leave early this coming week.
After being active as E30LA, he is currently signing E30MA. QSL
via W7LN (please note that these two calls were issued for the
first time to I2YDX and IK2WXZ respectively, who used them for
their IOTA operations from three Eritrean island groups in 1999).
EA - Operators from the Union de
Radioaficionados de Vigo-Val Minor will be active as ED1VIG from
Castro (PO-004) and San Sebastian (PO-013) castles on 12-13 and
19-20 August respectively. QSL via bureau. [TNX EB1GRJ]
EA8 - Look for ED8ILO to be aired from Lobos
Island (AF-004) on 17-28 August. QSL via EA8FT. [TNX EA8FT]
FK - Look for TX8LH to participate in the
International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (19-20 August) from
the lighthouse on Amedee Island (LH 0147, OC-033), New Caledonia.
QSL via VK4FW. [TNX F5OGG]
FR/T - The operators on Tromelin have logged
some 38,000 QSOs, but they are experiencing very bad weather
conditions. It caused the loss of two power supplies and one
amplifier, which means no more RTTY activity. They are currently
working with batteries and an old generator - KYFC as if it dies
the DXpedition will go QRT sooner than planned.
HA - Special event station HG8SDS will be
active (on 10-80 metres CW and SSB) on 15-20 August from
Veszti-Magor during the "Sarret Days". QSL via HA8PH.
[TNX HA8IC]
HL - Look for HL0K/2 to be active from Ullung
Island (AS-045) on 15-19 August using CW and SSB on 40, 20 and 15
metres. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin]
HR - Look for Joe, W8GEX to be active on 40-6
(50.125 MHz) metres SSB as HR6/W6GEX from Roatan Island (NA-057)
on 13-18 August. QSL via W8GEX. [TNX The Daily DX]
I - Northern Italy DX Team members Andy,
IK4VET and Robi, IK4XCL will be active (on 10, 15, 20 and 40
metres CW and SSB) as home call/3 from Scanno di Boa (IIA RO-009,
not IOTA) on 12 August. QSL via home calls. [TNX IK4RQJ]
I - Special event station IQ3V will be aired
on all bands on 12 August during the Air Show in Trieste. The
same call will be used on 19-20 August from Faro della Vittoria
(WAIL FV-001) during the International Lighthouse/Lightship
Weekend. QSL via bureau or to IV3LNQ. [TNX IV3QBL]
I - IZ8BGY, IZ8CCW, IZ5BSB plan to operate
from Le Castella (IIA KR-001, not IOTA) on 12 August.
I - Bruno, IK2PZG reports he plans to operate
from Ischia (NA-031) and a few satellite islands between 13 and
21 August.
IS0 - IS0JMA, IS0SEB, IS0BTH, IS0JLJ and
others will operate as IS0/IS0JMA from the lighthouse at Capo
Ferro (WAIL SA-002, IOTA EU-024) on 12 August. QSL via IS0JMA
either direct (Roberto Alaimo, P.O. Box 41, 07026 Olbia - SS,
Italy) or through the bureau. [TNX IS0JMA]
JA - Look for JF6WTY/6 to operate from AS-023
as follows; 12-14 August from Tokunoshima, 15-16 August from
Okino-Erabu, 23-26 August from Amami and Kakeroma. QSL via
JF6WTY.[TNX JI6KVR]
JT - Vladimir, UA4WHX will be active as
JT1FDC (JT1DFC/4, JT1FDC/6, JT1FDC/7) from Mongolia until 24
August. QSL via UA4WHX (Vladimir Bykov, P.O.Box 2040, Izhevsk,
426000, Russia). [TNX JT1CD]
KH5 - While the Kingman Reef DXpedition is
still on track for October, Mike, KH6ND/KH5 has been increasingly
QRV from Palmyra. He is to leave the atoll on 17 August -
however, QRZ-DX reports, "we do not know how firm that date
is. The previous date given was September 11". Mike is
having problems on 160 metres and, while working on the antenna,
he was bitten by a brown scorpion. QSL via K4TSJ. [TNX N4AA]
KP4 - Look for KP4ES to operate from Caja de
Muertos (NA-099) during the International Lighthouse and
Lightship Weekend (19-20 August). This island counts towards the
WPRI Award. [TNX The Daily DX]
LZ - Nick, LZ1NG reports he will be
"very close" to Sveti Anastasiya (EU-181) between 10
and 20 August and might operate (10-80 metres CW and SSB) from
the island during his spare time.
OH - Look for OH8T to participate in the
International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend from the lighthouse at
Marjaniemi on Hailuoto Island (EU-184). Plans are to be active on
160, 80, 40, 20 and 15 metres. [TNX OH8HTS]
PY0F - Look for Rick, PY1VOY/PY0F and Zeca,
PY1LVF/PY0F to be active from Fernando de Noronha (SA-003)
through 15 August. QSL both via PY1LVF. [TNX The Daily DX]
SM - Eric, SM1TDE will be active as 8S9LH (on
HF and 2 metres) and as SM1TDE (on 6 metres) from Gotska Sandoen
(EU-020) between 18 and 20 August. He will operate from Fyrudden
Lighthouse (LH-0401, locator JO98OJ) and will participate in the
International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend. QSL via SM1TDE.
SP - Special event station HF6WR will be
active until 6 November to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of
the city of Wroclaw in Poland. QSL via SP6ZDA either direct
(Scouts Radio Club SP6ZDA, P.O. Box 41, 51-673 Wroclaw 9, Poland)
or through the bureau. Further information is avalable at http://www.wroclaw.tpsa.pl/user/sp6pwr.
[TNX SQ6ELF]
SV - Look for John, SV1TN and Manos, SV1IW to
operate (SSB and CW on all bands, WARC included) as SV1IW/8 and
SV1TN/8 from Samothraki Island (EU-174) between 11 and 18 August.
QSL via home calls, either direct (see addresses below) or
through the bureau. [TNX SV1IW]
SV - Look for SV1ENG and SV1EFP to operate as
SW8LH (CW only, mainly above 30 metres) from Akrotiri Lighthouse
on Santorini Island (EU-067) during the International
Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend. Between 17 and 22 August, outside
the lighthouse event, they will operate as SV1ENG/p and SV1EFP/p.
QSL via SV1ENG. [TNX SV1ENG]
UA - Dima/RW0LIS, Vlad/UA0ACG, Slava/UA0AOZ
and Mike/UA0MF will be active (on 10-40 metres CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK
and SSTV) as RM0M from Popova Island (AS-066, RR-16-02) between
13 and 16 August. QSL via UA0MF (Mike Filippov, P.O. Box 20,
Vladivostok, 690021, Russia). If they operate as home call/A or
/0, QSL via operator instruction. [TNX UA0MF]
UA - Dima/RW0LIS, Mike/UA0MF and Art/UA0NL
will operate (on 10-20 metres CW and SSB) as UE0LLH from three
lighthouses (namely Basargin, Shkot and Tokarevskiy) in the port
of Vladivostok during the Internation Lighthouse/Lightship
Weekend on 19-20 August. QSL via UA0MF (Mike Filippov, P.O. Box
20, Vladivostok, 690021, Russia). [TNX UA0MF]
VK9 - Please note that the starting date for
VK9CQ's operation from Cocos/Keeling (OC-003) is 26 August (not
16 as mistyped in 425DXN 465). It is confirmed he will then move
to Christmas Island (OC-002) and be active as VK9XV between 2 and
13 September. QSL via PA3GIO. We apologize for any inconvenience
this may have caused Bert, PA3GIO and our readers.
W - Look for N5VL to be active (10-160
metres) from Cumberland Island (NA-058) between 12 and 24 UTC on
12 August. [TNX N5VL]
W - The Old Barney ARC will be operating W2T
during the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend. Operations
will take place from the "Tucker's Island Lighthouse"
in Tuckerton, NJ. This is a full scale replica of the Tucker's
Island lighthouse which succumbed to the Atlantic back in 1927.
Look for W2T from 13 UTC on 19 August to 3 UTC on the 20th and
again from 13 UTC to 20 UTC on 20 August. QSL via N2OO (Bob
Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087, USA). [TNX N2OO]
YJ - Masayoshi, JE1DXC will operate from the
Shepherd Islands (OC-111), Vanuatu on 14-20 August. He will
collect his licence upon arrival (in the past he operated as
YJ0AXC from either OC-035 and OC-104). Plans are to be active on
20, 17, 15 and 12 metres SSB and CW with 100 watts, dipoles and a
generator. QSL direct only with one IRC to JE1DXC (for further
information on Masa's QSlling practices please visit http://members.tripod.co.jp/mihara/oc-111.html).
[TNX JE1DXC]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
DIE CONTEST ---> A reminder from
Pepe, EA5KB: entries for the DIE Contest 2000 should be
sent to URE Cullera, P.O. Box 75, 46400 Cullera
(Valencia), Spain (do not forget to include a photograph
of the operator to be printed on the certificates for
participating in this year's event). [TNX IK1GPG]
INTERNATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE/LIGHTSHIP WEEKEND
---> The list of participants (so far some 240 in 43
countries) this year's event (from 00.01 UTC on 19 August
until 23.59 UTC on the 20th) is continually updated at www.waterw.com/~weidner/LH-day-table.htm.
[TNX GM4SUC, gm4suc@compuserve.com]
NOT EU-162! ---> Albert, RA1QHJ
reports that, after checking with IOTA HQ, they realized
that the 26-20 July operation by RA1QQ/1, RA1QY/1 and
UE1RRC/1 did not take place from EU-162, but from EU-147.
QSL 3C0R ---> Vic, EA5YN and Elmo,
EA5BYP report that as there are problems in
receiving/sending out bureau cards for the September 1999
3C0R DXpedition to Annobon, cards for contacts not
confirmed direct will be sent automatically through the
REF bureau by F2VX.
QSL GB0HI ---> QSL manager Paul
Scarratt, G0WRE reports he has now answered all the
direct QSL requests for GB0HI (Hilbre Island, EU-120)
received to date. "If you sent a direct card but
enclosed anything other than $1 US or a valid IRC, then
your reply will have been sent via the RSGB Bureau."
QSL T31T/K & ZK3DX/CW --->
QSLling started the very same day Nils received the cards
from the printer, i.e. on 16 March. "Today (10
August) all direct requests for QSLs are in the mail
except those which I have to check a second time because
of various reasons", Nils, SM6CAS reports. Some 150
requests that were sent along with cards for other
operations managed by Nils are being processed right now.
Then it will be the turn of bureau cards.
QSL VIA AC7DX ---> Ron, AC7DX reports
he will close the logs for the following stations on 1
October 2000:
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.
[TNX W9VA, w9va@aol.com]
SILENT KEY + Alfredo Luciano, LU6DJX
recently became a silent key. Don Alfredo was one of the
leading DXers in the world. Angelo, IK2HTW reports the
untimely passing of Sergio, IK2TCZ.
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
CARIBBEAN TOUR: A comprehensive web-site
for the Antigua & Barbados tour by Ronald/PA3EWP,
Peter/PA4EA, Rob/PA5ET and Dennis/PA7FM [425DXN 481] has
been set up at http://www.qsl.net/lldxt/v2_8p_2000/index.html
- it will have on-line logs, tour diary, digital pictures
and real audio files of pile-ups and other relevant
information related to this tour. [TNX PA5ET]
ZL4HU - Ken Holdom, P.O. Box 7, Clyde,
Central Otago, New Zealand
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