16 September 2000
No 489
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Carlos Luis Caceres, KD4SYB, SK - Gregorio
Caceres (KA4UXJ) reports his 33-year old son Carlos Luis, KD4SYB
(as well as Pero Simundza, 9A4SP, see 425DXN 488) was one of the
three UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) staff
members who were murdered in Atambua, West Timor during a militia
assault on 6 September. In his last dramatic e-mail (TNX ON6TT)
Carlos wrote: "The militias are on the way, and I am sure
they will do their best to demolish this office. [...] We are
waiting for this enemy, we sit here like bait, unarmed, waiting
for wave to hit. I am glad to be leaving this island for three
weeks. I just hope I will be able to leave tomorrow." Please
visit and sign the Memorial Guestbook for Carlos at http://www.qsl.net/kd4syb.
3B6 - The preparations for the 3B6RF
DXpedition to Agalega [425DXN 481] are in their final stages.
HB9JAX and HB9FMU have been forced to cancel the trip, but four
other operators (namely 9A4DU, CT1AGF, G4EDG and DL6UAA) have
joined the team. The aim of the expedition is not to make as many
QSOs, but to work as many different calls as possible.
"Since Europe and Japan are simple to work", HB9FMU
reports, "we will give priority to North and South America
during the openings to these parts of the world. In addition to
that we would also like to focus on the West Coast". This
will be an all-band all-mode (CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK 31, 6 metres,
Satellite) operation: for further details on operating plans,
propagation charts, announced frequencies etc please visit www.agalega2000.ch
(where on-line logs will be available as well). The pilots will
be HB9HFN, Cedric (cedric@baechler.cx)
for Europe, NF6S, Larry (larry@home.com)
for USA, JA3LDH, Yasu (ja3ldh@tcct.zaq.ne.jp)
for Japan and PT7BI, Daniel (mdmassun@fortalnet.com.br)
for Brazil, while Kurt, HB9MX will be the pilot coordinator. QSL
via HB9AGH either direct (Ambrosi Fluetsch, Lerchenweg 29, CH
8046 Zurich, Switzerland) or through the bureau. Please note that
the minimum requirement for airmail (up to 20 grams, i.e. 2 QSL
cards) is 2 IRC or 2 US$. Last but not least, just to avoid
misunderstanings and disappointments: 3B6 will NOT count as a new
DXCC Entity! [TNX HB9FMU]
7Q - Ely, IN3VZE will again be active as
7Q7CE from Malawi on 8-24 October. QSL via IN3VZE either direct
(Ely Camin, Corso 3 Novembre 136/2, 38100 Trento - TN, Italy) or
through the bureau. [TNX IN3VZE]
8Q - Adam, W7MP will be active (on 10-80
metres including WARC) as 8Q7AB from Bandos Island, Maldives
(AS-013) between 30 September and 9 October. QSL via W7MP either
direct (Adam Boettiger, 420 SE Kathy Street, Sherwood, OR 97140,
USA) or through the bureau. An online form to request cards via
the bureau, as well as further information on the operation, are
available at http://www.dxpedition.com/.
[TNX W7MP]
E3 - Chris, DL5NAM (aka C56T and VP2MCS) and
others will be active (on 160-6 metres) from Amara, Eritrea
between 17 October and 1 November. Plans are to work CW, SSB,
RTTY and PSK31; possibly RS12/13 and an entry in the CQ WW DX SSB
Contest as well. Callsigns to be issued (at US$500 each) upon
arrival. Contributions are more than welcome, please contact
Chris (dl5nam@web.de) for
further information. [TNX DL5NAM]
E4 - Ten Japanese operators (namely JA1AFF,
JA1PBV, JA1UPA, JA1UT, JH1UBU, JL1TRH, JR1GDR, JS1QHO, 7K1REG and
7M4CHT) will visit Palestine from 21 to 24 September. They expect
to operate as E44/home call, mainly RTTY, 30 metres and 6 metres
(50.115 MHz beacon). QSL via home call. [TNX G3NOM and JA7SSB]
EA6 - Look for Laci, EA6/HA6NL/p to operate
on all HF bands mainly CW from Mallorca (EU-004) between 28
September and 5 October. [TNX HA0HW]
FG - Florida DXPedition Group (FDXPG) members
Bob/KR4DA, William/N2WB, Bill/W4WX and Clarence/W9AAZ will
operate (CW, RTTY and SSB) as FG/home call from Guadeloupe
(NA-102) on 24-31 October. They will be a multi-single entry in
the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as FG5BG (QSL via KR4DA). QSL FG/N2WB
viao N2OO and others via home call. For further information visit
http://www.geocities.com/n2wb23/
and http://members.xoom.com/FDXPG/.
[TNX W4WX]
FO - Marcel, ON4QM left Belgium on 13
September for a 2-month-and-a-half staying in French Polynesia.
He will first visit FO5QS and FO5NL for a few days, then he will
move to Hereheretue (OC-052). He hopes to be QRV around 25
September, but the actual date will depend on the schedule of the
supply ship he will take. He will operate as FO0DEH (mostly SSB
on the higher bands), probably using a battery as there is no
electricity on the island. Marcel will be on Hereheretue for
around one month, then he will go back to Tahiti and possibly
(but it will depend again on the ship's schedule) to Maupihaa
(OC-057). His trip will end on 25 November. QSL via ON4QM (Marcel
Dehonin, Eversestraat 130, B-1932 Saint-Stevens-Woluwe, Belgium).
[TNX ON5KL]
I - Mario, IZ8DBJ will be active as IZ8DBJ/p
from the lighthouse at Capo Miseno (WAIL CA-004) on 24 September.
QSL via IZ8DBJ either direct (Mario Pesce, P.O. Box 15, 80070
Bacoli - NA, Italy) or through the bureau. [TNX IZ8DBJ]
I - Erminio/IZ8AJQ, Maurizio/IZ8CEV and
Giuseppe/IZ8CSD will operate (SSB and CW) from Scario Lighthouse
(WAIL CA-011) on 1 October. QSL via home calls. [TNX IZ8AJQ]
JA - Look for Ota, JG1SZE/8 to be active from
Rebun To (AS-147) and Rishiri To (AS-147) on 16 and 17 September.
QSL via JG1SZE. [TNX JI6KVR]
KH0 - Hidetoshi, JH8KYU will be active as
KH0/JH8KYU from Saipan (OC-086) on 23-24 September. He will
participate in the CQ/RJ WW RTTY Contest (SOAB low power). [TNX
OPDX Bulletin]
KH4 - Ted, NH6YK (NH4/NH6YK) will be on
Midway Island from 17 to 21 September. "Although I have some
work to do on the island", he says, "it looks like I'll
have some spare time to operate from the station there. Due to
the quickness/shortness of the trip, it will be phone operation,
potentially from 160 to 6 metres, depending on the
propagation." QSL via the bureau or direct. [TNX NH6YK]
KH4 - Look for JF1OCQ and JE1RXJ to operate
(on 80-6 metres CW and SSB) as W1VX/KH4 and NB6A/KH4 respectively
from Midway (OC-030) on 22-24 September. A beacon will be set up
on 50.115 MHz. QSL W1VX/KH4 via JF1OCQ, QSL NB6A/KH4 via JE1RXJ.
[TNX JF1OCQ]
SV - Look for Ivan to operate (CW only) as
SV8/G3IZD from Thasos (EU-174) between 20 September and 3
October. [TNX The Daily DX]
SV - Eric, KU6J will operate as SV8/KU6J/p
from Thira/Santorini Island (EU-067) on 21-28 September. He will
be focusing on CW, primarily on the WARC bands. QSL via KU6J
either direct or through the bureau. [TNX KU6J]
T8 - Kazuo, JA3ART and Katsuji, JR3KFX will
be active (on 10-80 and 6 metres) as T88JJ and T88FX respectively
from Palau (OC-009) on 6-9 October. They will operate SSB, CW,
RTTY and PSK31 and will concentrate on RTTY and WARC bands. QSL
via home calls either direct or through the bureau. The addresses
are: Kazuo Ebihara, P.O.Box 62, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8691 Japan
(JA3ART) and Katsuji Takagi, 653-16 Yodo-Namazucho, Kyoto,
613-0914 Japan (JR3KFX). [TNX JA1ELY]
TF - Radio club of Reykjaness will activate
(20-10 metres SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK) the callsign TF2OOO from call
area 2 in Iceland on 16-17 September, starting around 9 on
Saturday until 16 on Sunday QSL via the TF bureau or direct to
K1WY. [TNX TF8GX]
UA - Weather permitting UA6CW, RA6AU, RA6AX,
RU6AX, RK6CZ and RX6AH will operate (with three radios and three
amplifiers) as UE6AAD from Dzendzik Island (EU-185) from 18-19
UTC on 21 September until the 24th. QSL via UA6CW either direct
or through the bureau. [TNX UA6CW]
UA - Look for Mike, UA1QV/1 and Victor,
UA1QM/1 to be active (SSB and CW) from Kolguev Island (EU-085)
for 3-5 days around 23-24 September. QSL via UA1RJ (Yuri G.
Sinitso, P.O. Box 10, Vologda, 160035, Russia). [TNX UA1RJ]
VE - John, VE1JS plans to operate from the
village of Westport on Brier Island (NA-127, C.Is.A. NS-011) on
16 September. Operation will start around 13.30 UTC and continue
till about 20.00 UTC. He plans to be on 20, 15 or 10 metres
around the normal IOTA frequencies and to QSY to 40 or 80 metres
for close in stations if requested. QSL via VE1JS either direct
(John Scott, General Delivery, Sandy Cove, NS, B0V 1E0 Canada) or
through the bureau. [TNX VE1JS]
W - Look for Joe, W4SAA/p to be active (CW
with some SSB) from Virginia Key (NA-141) from 21 UTC on 15
September until 17 UTC on the 17th. QSL via W4SAA (Joe Hornbach,
1650 NE 135 St Apt 807, North Miami, FL 33181-1737, USA) [TNX
HA1AG]
W - Look for KL7USI/1 to operate from Cousins
Island (NA-137, USI ME-041S) on 17 September starting after 15
UTC. QSL direct only. [TNX KL7JR]
XE - Gabi, HA3JB and Bill, W5KAU will be
active (on all bands CW, RTTY and PSK) from Mexico as XE2/HA3JB
and XE2/W5KAU on 6-7 October 2000. QSL via bureau or direct to
HA3JB (Gabor Kutasi, P.O. Box 243, 8601 Siofok, Hungary). [TNX
OM2SA]
YJ - Lot, DJ7ZG and Babs, DL7AFS will operate
(with two stations on SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and some CW) as YJ0AZG and
YJ0AYL from Vanuatu between 30 September and 19 October. QSL via
DL7AFS (Baerbel Linge, Eichwaldstr. 86, D-34123 Kassel, Germany).
Their web site is at http://www.qsl.net/dl7afs/. [TNX The Daily
DX]
YO - Pit, YO3JW/YP1W plans to operate again
(CW, SSB and possibly RTTY & PSK31) from Sacalinu Mare island
(EU-183) for 72 hours (depending on local conditions) between 29
September and 1 October. QSL via YO3JW (Fenyo Stefan Pit, P.O.Box
19-43, RO-74400 Bucuresti 19, Romania). [TNX YO3JW]
LOGS: Logs (as well pictures etc) for
Rafal, SP6TPM's operation from EU-186 are available at http://www.qsl.net/sp6tpm.
[TNX SP6TPM]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
A51AA ---> The following comes from
The Daily DX: "The French A52FH team from the
Clipperton DX Club installed the radios and antennas for
the first Bhutanese Radio Amateur Club station, A51AA,
which came on the air for the first time September 12th.
It is the goal to make A51AA a full-fledged club station,
which will encourage young Bhutanese people to become
familiar with electronics, telecommunications and ham
radio. This station will also act as an operation site
for guest operators coming in from abroad (see http://www.sophun.com.bt
for more information). QSLs go via F2VX until a more
permanent QSL management arrangement can be made."
CRIMEA AWARD ---> It is for
contacting amateur radio operators from Crimea (UU, UT#J,
EM#J, EN#J, EO#J) and it is open to either licenced
amateurs and SWLs. QSL cards are not required. The
certificate can be seen at http://www.omnitel.net/ly1ds/crimea.jpg;
for full information please contact Rusty, UU2JQ at uu2jq@packet.crimea.ua.
QSL 3W7CW ---> Cards are expected to
be ready on 7 October. Then Adam, SP5JTF will begin
immediately to send cards out (some 1000 envelopes
received so far). [TNX SP5EWY]
QSL VIA VK9NS ---> It has been said
and repeated for years, but still there are too many
people who seem not to understand that Jim DOES NOT
ACCEPT BUREAU CARDS. In other words, do not use the
bureau system for QSLling VK9NS or any of the calls he
manages, because (1) not only you will never receive a
reply from Jim, but also (2) you are causing problems to
the VK9 Bureau Manager (currently Neil, VK6NE). Cards for
VK9NS must be sent DIRECT ONLY with SASE and return
postage to P.O. Box 90, Norfolk Island, NI 2899,
Australia.
QSL YB0RP ---> Gene, W2FXA is the QSL
manager for Rep, YB0RP and reports he can confirm
contacts made up to 2 september 2000.
PERIOD CALL REF
===========================================================================
01/01-31/12 IOTA 2000 (http://www.cdxc.org.uk) ***
till November 3W2LC: Vietnam * by VK6LC 472
till 31/12 3Z: special prefix (Poland) 454
till February 4W6FK: East Timor * by CT1FKN 488
till 30/11 5B40: special prefix (Cyprus) 478
till 26/09 5R8GQ: Madagascar (AF-013) * by AD6KA 483
till 31/12 9AY2K: special Millennium station 451
till 19/09 9A/S52DG/p and 9A/S52LD/p: Krk Island (EU-136) 487
till 16/09 9M0F: Spratly Islands (AS-051) * by JAs 487
till 21/09 9G5VJ (Ghana) & 5V7VJ (Togo) * by G4ZVJ 488
till 02/11 AX: special prefix (Olympic Games) 475
till 18/09 C91RF/p: Mocambique Island (AF-088) * by DL6DQW 488
till 30/09 CO0OTA: Cuba (NA-015) 487
till 30/09 CO4OTA: La Juventud Island (NA-056) 487
till 16/09 CO8OTA: Cayo Moa Grande (NA-218) 487
till 18/09 D68/G3OZF: Comoros Islands (AF-007) 488
till 31/12 HB2: special Y2K prefix (Switzerland) 453
till 06/11 HF6WR: special event station (Poland) 484
till 31/12 HF70PZK: special event station (Poland) 453
till 01/10 HO1A: Contadora Island (NA-072) * by DLs 483
till 31/12 II0CV: special call 451
till 24/12 II0: special jubilee prefix 452
till 17/09 IR0MM: Montecassino Abbey 488
till 31/12 IR5ONU: special event station 485
till 31/12 IU0PAW: Jubilee Year special station 468
till October KH6ND/KH5: Palmyra Atoll 486
till September OH5/IK0SHF and OH5/IK0VSW 479
till 31/12 SI75A & SIxSSA: SSA 75th anniversary stations (Sweden) 445
till 20/10 SN600UJ: special event call (Poland) 481
till 25/09 SV: Lesvos Island (EU-049) * by ON5KH, ON5JE, ON4BB 487
till 20/09 SV8/SM7DAY: Naxos Island (EU-067) 487
till 26/09 T30JH: Tarawa (OC-017), West Kiribati * by VK2GJH 487
till 2001 UA0QBA: Kotelny Island (AS-028) 477
till 04/10 VP5/K4ISV and VP5B: North Caicos (NA-002) 487
till 12/11 VK0MM: Macquarie Island 488
till December VQ9QM: Chagos (AF-006) * by W4QM 482
till 17/09 W4SAA/p: Virginia Key (NA-141) 489
till 18/09 WF1N and W1DIG: Isles of Shoals (NA-217) 488
till 31/12 ZS0M: South Africa * by ZS6MG 477
till 25/09 ZD9ZM: Tristan da Cunha (AF-029) * by G3ZEM 488
12/09-22/09 JA6GXK: Danjo Archipelago (AS-056) 477
13/09-22/09 KH6: Kauai Island, Hawaii (OC-019) * by DH5PK 487
14/09-28/09 9A/N0MX: Brac Island (EU-016) * by DJ2MX 487
14/09-21/09 NA-067,112,110,058,138 * by Aitken Contest Club 488
15/09-16/09 48th W9DXCC Convention (Illinois) 480
16/09-08/10 9H0VRZ and 9H3xxx: Malta (EU-023) * by PAs 487
16/09-19/09 CE6TBN/7: Chiloe Island (SA-018) 487
16/09-17/09 JG1SZE/8: AS-147 489
16/09-17/09 TF2OOO: Iceland 489
16/09 VE1JS: Brier Island (NA-127) 489
17/09-15/10 DF8QW and DF8XU: Pellworm Island (EU-042) 488
17/09-25/09 HQ0R: Honduras * by EAs 485
17/09 KL7USI/1: Cousins Island (NA-137) 489
17/09-21/09 NH4/NH6YK: Midway Island (OC-030) 489
18/09-26/09 3D2AD and 3D2AU: Fiji * by YT1AD and Z32AU 485
18/09-28/09 LX0GDJ: special event station 487
18/09-22/09 R8V/RA0JJ 488
19/09-23/09 C91RF: Mozambique * by DL6DQW 488
20/09-25/09 II6FII: special event station 488
20/09-03/10 SV8/G3IZD: Thasos Island (EU-174) 489
21/09-23/09 CO6OTA: Sabana Archipelago (NA-204) 487
21/09-24/09 E44: Palestine * by JAs 489
21/09-26/09 M0RAA/VP9: Bermuda (NA-005) * by JH6RTO 483
21/09-28/09 SV8/KU6J/p: Thira Island (EU-067) 489
21/09-24/09 UE6AAD: Dzendzik Island (EU-185) 489
22/09-24/09 W1VX/KH4, NB6A/KH4: Midway * by JF1OCQ and JE1RXJ 489
22/09-26/09 TR0A/P: Mandji Island (AF-???) * by G3OCA and G4CWD 477
23/09-28/09 3DA: Swaziland * by DL6DQW 488
23/09-25/09 JI3DST/8: Okushiri Island (AS-147) 483
23/09-24/09 KH0/JH8KYU: Saipan (OC-086) 489
23/09-24/09 UA1QV/1 and UA1QM/1: Kolguev Island (EU-085) 489
23/09-24/09 CQ/RJ WW DX Contest (RTTY) ***
24/09 IZ8DBJ/p: Capo Miseno Lighthouse (WAIL CA-004) 489
24/09-29/09 VP5/K5YG: Providenciales (NA-002) 481
26/09-03/10 A35AD and A35AU: Tonga * by YT1AD and Z32AU 485
28/09-30/09 CO9OTA: Jardines de la Reina Archipelago (NA-201) 487
28/09-05/10 EA6/HA6NL/p: Mallorca (EU-004) 489
28/09/08/10 LX0GDH: special event station 487
29/09-01/10 YP1W: Sacalinu Mare island (EU-183) * by YO3JW 489
30/09-09/10 8Q7AB: Maldives (AS-013) * by W7MP 489
30/09-07/10 GB0SM: Scilly Isls (EU-011) * by G3WNI, G0PSE, G0WMW 483
30/09-19/10 YJ0AZG & YJ0AYL: Vanuatu * by DJ7ZG & DL7AFS 489
30/09-01/10 Clipperton DX Club Convention 461
30/09-01/10 XVI Italian HF-DX Convention (Bologna) 466
Sep-Dec FM/F2JD: Martinique (NA-107) 483
September-25/11 FO0DEH: French Polynesia (including OC-052 & OC-057) 489
September IT9SGC: Isola Piccola di Marzameni (IIA SR-007) 485
Sep-Oct R0/UR8LV: Malyy Begichev Island (AS-???) 487
01/10 IZ8AJQ,IZ8CEV,IZ8CSD: Scario Lighthouse (WAIL CA-011) 489
01/10-31/12 SY2A: Mount Athos * by SV2ASP/A 459
03/10-09/10 5V: Togo * by DJ7UC, DL4WK, DL7BO, DL7DF, DL7UFR 485
03/10/05/10 KI6T/p: Catalina Island (NA-066) 463
03/10-11/10 XU7ABD: Cambodia * by EA5RM and EA7DBO 485
03/10-10/10 YJ0AD and YJ0AU: Vanuatu * by YT1AD and Z32AU 485
05/10-12/10 AX9YL: Norfolk Island (OC-005) 475
06/10-17/10 4W6DX, 4W/K7BV, 4W/N6FF: East Timor 487
06/10-08/10 W5BOS/C6A: Cay Sal Bank (NA-???) 485
06/10-09/10 T88JJ & T88FX: Palau (OC-009) * by JA3ART & JR3KFX 489
06/10-15/10 VI2BI: Broughton Island (OC-212) * by VKs 475
06/10-07/10 XE2/HA3JB and XE2/W5KAU: Mexico 489
07/10-29/10 JQ1SUO/1: Shi-kine Island (AS-008) 487
08/10-24/10 3B6RF: Agalega (AF-001) 489
08/10-24/10 7Q7CE: Malawi * by IN3VZE 489
10/10-15/10 XT: Burkina Faso * by DJ7UC,DL4WK,DL7BO,DL7DF,DL7UFR 485
13/10-24/10 JA6GXK: Danjo Archipelago (AS-056) 477
13/10-15/10 >>> Windsor: RSGB IOTA CONVENTION 2000 <<< ***
13/10-18/10 10th ARDF World Championships 461
17/10-01/11 E3: Eritrea * by DL5NAM and others 489
21/10-04/11 VK9CZ & VK9CK: Cocos/Keeling * by VK6KZ & VK6HK 475
22/10-04/11 VB2R: Zone 2 487
24/10-31/10 FG/KR4DA,N2WB,W4WX,W9AAZ; FG5BG: Guadeloupe (NA-102) 489
24/10-31/10 VP5/ WA2VYA, WA3RHW, K2WB, N2VW + VP5T: NA-002 485
25/10-31/10 V63DX: Pohnpei (OC-010) * by JA7HMZ 487
26/10-30/10 ZW8U: Itarana Island (SA-060) * by PY8s 487
28/10-29/10 OH0Z: Aland Islands (EU-002) 487
28/10-29/10 CQ WW DX Contest (SSB) ***
Mid-October KH5K: Kingman Reef 487
01/11-08/11 D44AC: Sao Vicente (AF-086) * by EA8EE and EA8BYG 487
15/11-30/11 TS7N: Kerkennah Is (AF-073) * by DLs 483
17/11-19/11 SEANET Convention Pattaya, Thailand 478
18/11-28/11 YJ: Efate (OC-035), Vanuatu * by Prairie DX Group 487
24/11-25/11 KL7USI: Unalaska Island (NA-059) 471
25/11-26/11 CQ WW DX Contest (CW) ***
26/11 KL7USI: IOTA new one 471
01/12-03/12 ARRL 160 Meter Contest ***
09/12-10/12 ARRL 10 Meter Contest ***
February D68C: Comoros Islands (AF-007) 488
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