23 September 2000
No 490
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

9A - Look for 9A/S53IPA/p, 9A/S50IPA/p and 9A/S57AX/p to be active from Kolocep Island (EU-016, IOCA CI-038) until 28 September. QSL via S57AX through the S5 bureau. [TNX S51FV]

A3 - YT1AD and Z32AU have changed their plans [425DXN 485] and they are currently active as A35AD and A35AU from Tonga until 28 September. Their next stops will be Vanuatu (YJ0AD & YJ0AU, from 28 September until 5 October) and Fiji (3D2AD & 3D2AU, 5-10 October). QSL via home calls. [TNX YU1OL]

BY - Zheng, BA4EG reports BT20OO will be active again from IOTA AS-137 on 1-4 October. QSL via BA4EG either direct or through the bureau. For BA4EG's two addresses see below.

EA8 - Tim, N4GN reports he will be making a serious SOAB effort from EA8BH in this weekend's CQ/RJ World Wide RTTY Contest. QSL EA8BH via OH2BH. Tim will also be active as EA8/N4GN before and after the contest. QSL EA8/N4GN via N4GN.

I - Weather permitting, Marco, IV3KTY will operate from the island of Verzelai (GO-???, IIA new; not IOTA) on 24 September.

IS0 - A group of operators from ARI Cagliari plan to be active as IS0/IS0IGV from the lighthouse at Capo Sant'Elia (WAIL SA-008, IOTA EU-024) on 23 September. QSL via home call. [TNX IS0JMA]

J5 - Baldur, DJ6SI and Franz, DJ9ZB are active as J5X (CW) and J5Z (SSB) respectively from Guinea-Bissau until 24 September. QSL via home calls.

OH - 23 September will mark the one year anniversary of a new lease on life for Martti, OH2BH. It was on that date in 1999 when he had a major kidney transplant operation. He has returned to a healthy life with full vigor and the prospects look extremely good from now on. Martti will be on the radio again this weekend, 23-24 September, from his home base as OH2BH in the SSB Scandinavian Activity Contest (SAC, from 12 UTC on Saturday and 12 UTC on Sunday).

S2 - S21AM and S21YS (Vittorio, I1SLY) will be active from Char Kukri Mukri (AS-140) on 27-29 October. They will have 100 watts and a 3-element beam and will be able to operate during nightime. QSL via IK1FLF (for return postage greenstamps are better than IRCs). Vittorio also reports that S21K is no longer on Bhola as he has moved to Dakka. [TNX IK1SLY]

SV9 - Geza, HA4XG will be active (mainly on WARC bands) as SV9/HA4XG/p from Crete (EU-015) between 28 September and 12 October. QSL via home call. [TNX HA0HW]

TF - Look for TF3IRA to participate in the SAC SSB Contest on all bands 10-80 metres. [TNX TF3AO]

UA - RV3MA, RW3RN, UA3MKT and UA3MNQ will operate as UE3MIR/p from Triasjo Island (new one for the Russian islands award) on 24-26 September. QSL via RV3ACA. [TNX RW3RN]

VU - Special event station VU2HF2000 will be activated (on 10-40 metres SSB and CW) between 30 September and 2 October during the Hamfest 2000 to be held in Hyderabad, India. [TNX VU2JOS]

W - Look for Ed, W4YO/p to operate on 10, 15 and 20 metres from Harbor Island (NA-110, USI SC-009S) between 30 September and 1 October. QSL via W4YO either direct or through the bureau.

YV - Ray, DL2GG/YV5 and others plan to operate as YW5FC from Farallon Centinela (SA-058) on 22-24 September. QSL via W4SO. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]

ZD9 - Bob, ZD9ZM will leave the island on 23 September at 14 UTC, and not on the 25th as he first expected. The final log, which Bob expects to exceed 20,000 QSOs, will be emailed over the weekend (http://www.dxtechnology.com/zd9zm/). [TNX G3VMW]

ZL8 - Jacky, ZL3CW (F2CW) reports he will operate as either ZL8CW or ZD8CW from Kermadec between 2 and 15 November. If you want to contact him before departure, his e-mail address is zl3cw@i4free.co.nz.

NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

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GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• 5V7VJ & 9G5VJ ---> Andy, G4ZVJ made 15083 CW QSOs (including over 1000 QSOs on 80 metres) as 5V7VJ during a 7 day operation from Lome, Togo. 1140 CW QSOs were made as 9G5VJ from Accra, Ghana. QSL via G4ZVJ either direct (Andy Chadwick, 5 Thorpe Chase, Ripon, HG4 1UA, UK) or through the bureau. [TNX G4ZVJ]
• HF0POL ---> Marek, SP3GVX/HF0POL sends us a resume of his activity from King George Island, South Shetlands. He has been at Arctowski Base since December 1999 and will be there through December 2000. He also operated as R1/HF0POL from Bellingshausen Base (12-13 February and 4-13 August), as LU1ZI/HF0POL from Jubany Base (3-7 June) and as KC4/HF0POL from Peter J. Lenie Base, aka Copacabana (21-23 July). The QSL manager for all QSOs is SP3WVL, either direct or through the bureau. Marek reports both the following addresses for SP3WVL are all right: Tomasz Lipinski, ul. Wodna 7A/6PL, 69-100 Slubice Poland or Tomasz Lipinski, P.O. Box 78PL, 69-100 Slubice Poland. Marek was also active between December 1996 and December 1997; please note that cards for contacts made with HF0POL during this time frame should be sent to SP3FYM.
• KOREA DX CONVENTION ---> Organized by Korea DX Club, it will be held in Chonan City on 4-5 November. For full details please contact DS2BHE (centaurs@hitel.net) or HL1IWD (hl1iwd@yahoo.com). [TNX HL1IWD]
• QSL 3V8BB ---> DF2UU & DK9IP and I4UFH & IK4UPB visited club station 3V8BB on 6-13 September, and operated together during the WAE SSB Contest. Cards for contacts made during this time frame only should go to DK9IP via the DARC bureau. Online log search (some 8,000 QSOs) and further information are now available at http://www.dk9ip.de. [TNX DK9IP]
• QSL 4W/N5KO, 4W/W3UR & TX0DX ---> All U.S. and Canada direct QSL requests for TX0DX, 4W/N5KO and 4W/W3UR received at OH2BN prior to 1 August have been released for the U.S postal network. For the rest of the world, some 95% of the cards received as of 1 August have been mailed. The remaining cards include HL and all calls beginning with the letters R, S, T and U. These QSLs are in the works and should be released before 1 October. Because of the pirate problems with Japan, some 200 JA envelopes are still on hold but those will also be released before 1 October. The QSL team will begin on 1 October to process envelopes received after 1 August. They will also address any outstanding QSL issues at that time, including cards lost or damaged in the mail. [TNX N4GN]
• QSL VE2ICM ---> "Anyone wanting a QSL card from Conrad, VE2ICM should please send it direct, because his health is failing fast", John, WD8MGQ reports. "The buro cards he has in hand are only 20% done, and is much more time consuming than what Conrad can devote to. No more cards will be answered from the buro, and direct will only be answered for another 2 months".
• QSL YI1BGD: Rodger, G0TLC is now back in the UK. He operated from YI1BGD (the club station in Bagdad) between 4 and 12 September (QRT at 18 UTC). QSL via G0MMI (for these dates only). [TNX G0MMI]
• QSL VIA W3HC ---> If you are waiting for a QSL from any of the several stations managed by W3HC, please be patient and do not submit second cards, as sad family occurences currently prevent Mac from dedicating his time and thoughts to QSLling. All mail received is being stored in boxes until he can get to them.

QSL MISCELLANY

• Gabriele, IK3GES reports direct cards for his recent IOTA activity from Scandinavia have been processed (direct cards without return postage have been given to the bureau). Requests including cards for IQ3JAC will be processed when the latter are printed.
• Yuri, UA1RJ reports he has started processing direct cards for RI1POD and RI1POM (July 2000 operations from EU-102 and EU-086) on 21 September.
• Leo, SV2DCD reports his PC was damaged during a thunderstorm two weeks ago; cards for SY2S will be delayed.
• TA3J reports his bureau cards for Azerbaijan, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Jordan, Poland, Russia, Spain and Ukraine were mailed on 20 September.

SILENT KEYS - Ted Marks, W2FG, popular RTTY DXer who occupied a No .2 spot on the RTTY DXCC Honor Roll, died on 13 September at the age of 56. Ted had served as the first chairman of the DX Advisory Committee, was an Assistant Director of the ARRL Hudson Division, a Volunteer Examiner, and a past President of the North Jersey DX Association. [TNX VK2SG RTTY Notes]. On a more personal level, your Editor will miss his good friend and IOTA enthusiast Antonio Sangiorgi, IK4CWP, died on 17 September.

QSL INFO - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
EA8/N4GN    N4GN        4L1W        LY2MM       ED1SAC      EC1AHS
FO0DEH      ON4QM       TF2OOO      K1WY        ED4EVV      EA4DBM
HQ0R        EA4URE      UV5I        UR6IM       EK6LV       IK2DUW
JI3DST/8    JI3DST      YB0RP       W2FXA       EO5GKU      UR0GK
JT1FCP      W8JAY       3W2LC       VK6LC       EX8F        UA3AGS
LX0GDJ      bureau      3Z0MM       SP3JHY      EX8W        UA3AGS
NB6A/KH4    JE1RXJ      4L5T        LY2MM       EY8CQ       UA3AGS
PS0S        PY2SP       4L6VV       UA6EZ       F1FJL       UA3AGS
T30JH       VK2GJH      4LY2K       KE1HZ       FO0MOT/p    OM2SA
TT8JLB      F5BAR       4W6FK       CT1FKN      FO0YOS      JA3IG
UA1QM/1     UA1RJ       5N9EAM/8    IK7JTF      FY5GS       F6FNU
UA1QV/1     UA1RJ       5R8GQ       AD6KA       HO1A        DL6MYL
W1VX/KH4    JF1OCQ      5V7VJ       G4ZVJ       J28EX       F5THR
YC0IEM/9    IZ8CCW      5X1Z        SM6CAS      J3/G3TBK    G3TBK
YP1W        YO3JW       7Q7DC       G0IAS       J41OG       SV1QN
A35AD       YT1AD       7Q7LA       G0IAS       J42OOO      SV2TSL
A35AU       Z32AU       8P6ET       WA4JTK      J5X         DJ6SI
BI4CM       BA4EG       8P6JQ       K9JJR       J5Z         DJ9ZB
BI5X        BA4EG       9A/HA3HP/p  HA3HP       JT1FCP/5    W8JAY
BT20OO      BA4EG       9A/N0MX     DJ2MX       JY8NJ       OD5NJ
EO6F        UX0FF       9A/S53IPA/p S57AX       KH0/JA8CGL  JA8CGL
9M6US       N2OO        9A00WCD     9A2DM       KH0/JN1WTK  JN1WTK
GM5V        GM3TUQ      9G5VJ       G4ZVJ       LS7N        LU1NAF
HC8N        AA5BT       9H0VRZ      PA0JR       NH4/NH6YK   NH6YK
PW2A        PT2BW       9H3AAK      PE1RVQ      NP4A        W3HNK
DX2000      DU1SAN      9H3LRK      PA0LRK      OH0/SK3SN   SM3KIF
EA3URT      EA3AXD      9H3SWL      PA2SWL      P29DX       EA4CEN
5R8O        pirate      9H3X        PE1NGF      PJ2MI       W2CQ
FR5FC       FR5FD       9H3YM       PE1OFJ      R0/US3IU    UA3AGS
TO150       FR5FD       9J2BO       W6ORD       R1ANZ       RU1ZC
LU7EE       EA5RD       9K9X        9K2HN       R1FJ/UA3UPA UA3AGS
WP4Q        EA5RD       9M0F        JA1HGY      R1FJO       UA3AGS
II2TPV      IK2YHB      9M6WPT      JA1WPX      R1FJV       UA3AGS
T88YQ       JA3MVI      9N1HA       N5VL        R9/UT2LA    UA3ZK
5H8TL       W7RNF       9Y4SF       WA4JTK      RA0BX       UA3AGS
PX8DX       PY8AZT      A22BE       ZS6AKB      SO1MCW      OK1MCW
3XY2D       W3HNK       A35AD       YT1AD       SO5ASL      G4ASL
8Q7AB       W7MP        A4/XE1KK    XE1KK       SU9ZZ       OM3TZZ
9K2ZZ       W8CNL       A51AA       F2VX        T88SW       JH7IMX
BX4AL       W3HC        A52FH       F8RZ        T94DX       DJ2MX
ED8GCL      EA8AKN      A52TT       ON5NT       T98JV       HA8JV
FO0AND      WA6FGV      AX2000      VK2PS       TA9F        KA4UFT
FO0JAN      K6SHJ       AX2GAME     VK2PS       TR0A/p      G3OCA
HF6FR       SP6ZDA      C91RF       DL6DQW      TT8FC       EA4AHK
KG4AS       N4SIA       CE0Y/JA3IG  JA3IG       UE3YRY      RV3YR
OZ/DH3YMG   DH3YMG      CE0Z/LU7FOM pirate      UE6AAD      UA6CW
UA3AGW/5N4  UA3AGW      CE6TBN/7    CE6TBN      VK9XV       PA3GIO
YC0FYJ      W4JS        CE9/R1ANF   RK1PWA      VP5/K4ISV   N2AU
ZK1FGV      WA6FGV      CO4OTA      CO2FRC      VP8/UT1KY   UT7UA
ZK1SHJ      K6SHJ       CO8OTA      CO2FRC      VQ9VK       N1TO
RI0ZKR      RA0ZD       CS9AIM      CS3MAD      VU3MCV      ON7LX
RM9RX       RW9QA       CU6/LA4XFA  LA4XFA      YB0A        W3HNK
RM9RX/9     RW9QA       D68/G3OZF   G3OZF       YB0AZ       W7TSQ
RM9RZ       RW9QA       DU/DK3GI    DL2MY       YC0YAD      K5ZE
RN9RZ       RW9QA       E20HHK      E21EIC      YM3LZ       TA3YJ
RW9QA       RW9QA       E4/7K1REG   7K1REG      ZC4ATC      5B4YX
RW9QA       W3HNK       E4/JA1AFF   JA1AFF      ZC4RAF      5B4YX
RW9RN       RW9QA       E4/JA1PBV   JA1PBV      ZD9ZM       K4CIA
UA9QGB      RW9QA       E41/OK1DTP  OK1TD       IM0BMU      IS0AGY
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ADDRESSES - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• 3D2AG - Antoine D.R. Nyeurt, P.O.Box 14633, Suva, Fiji Islands
• 5B4ABP - Gerald Bischof, Vladimirou Erakleous 1, Tsada-Paphos, Cyprus
• 6K0YF - Waegwan Ham Club, Box 11, Waegwan, Chilgok, Kyongbuk 718-800, Korea
• 7P8HH - Horst Huhnlein, P. O. Box 1172, Maseru, Lesotho
• 8R1K - Raj P. Naraine, 40 Robb Street, Lacytown, Georgetown, Guyana
• BA4EG - Zheng Feng, 552-39-502 Zhao Zhuang Road, Shanghai, 200135, China
• BA4EG - Zheng Feng, P.O. Box 122-001, Shanghai, 200122, China
• CE6TBN - Marco A. Quijada, P.O. Box 1234, Temuco, Chile
• CO4OTA - Grupo DX Cuba, Apdo. 6060, Habana 10600, Cuba
• CO6OTA - Grupo DX Cuba, Apdo. 6060, Habana 10600, Cuba
• CO8OTA - Grupo DX Cuba, Apdo. 6060, Habana 10600, Cuba
• CT1FKN - Jose Matos, Rua D. Afonso Henriques n. 83B-3ESQ, 2330 137 Entroncamento, Portugal
• DF9LJ - Joerg Suessenbach, Roonstrasse 18, D-38102 Braunschweig, Germany
• DK3EP - Iris Kern, Heinrich-Heine-Strasse 1, D-18209 Bad Doberan, Germany
• DK9IP - Winfried Kriegl, Schoellbronner Str. 72, 76199 Karlsruhe, Germany
• DL1CW - Arno Polinsky, Aschmannstr. 41, D-71665 Vaihingen/Enz, Germany
• DL5EBE - Dominik Weiel, Johannes-Meyer-Str.13, D-49808 Lingen, Germany
• DL6MYL - Martina Rudolph, Dorfstrasse 30, 29416 Rademin, Germany
• DL7ALM - Lars Mahling, Rapstedter Weg 34, D-12305 Berlin, Germany
• DL9GFB - Franz Berndt, Heinrich-Heine-Strasse 1, D-18209 Bad Doberan, Germany
• DS5XUA - Eun Hee Lee, Box 5, Ullung Island 799-800, South Korea
• DU1SAN - Boysan, P.O. Box 2000 QCCPO, 1160 Quezon City, M.M., Philippines
• EA4URE - P.O. Box 220, Madrid 28080, Spain
• EA5DHK - Isidoro Garcia Herreros, Avada Del Puerto 17, 46400 Cullera, Valencia, Spain
• ET3VSC - P.O. Box 20011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• F5BAR - Jean-Luc Bouchet, Chemin de l'Artaude, 14, verger Beauvoir, 83220 Le Pradet, France
• F6HMQ - Gildas Le Cloitre, 6, Allee du Petit Chene, F-77380 Combs-La-Ville, France
• FK8KAB - ARANC Club Station, B.P. 3956, 98846 Noumea Cedex
• FR5FD - Patrick Lebeaume, 40 rue Louis Desjardines, Bois de Nefles, F-97411 Saint Paul, France
• G3OCA - Ken Frankcom, 1 Chesterton Road, Spondon, Derby DE21 7EN, England
• HL5FUA - Jong Sool Choi, P. O. Box 5, Ullung Island 799-800, Korea
• IK2DUW - Antonello Passarella, P.O.Box 22, 20051 Limbiate - MI, Italy
• IK8VRH - P.O. Box 173, 80016 Marano - NA, Italy
• IV3SKQ - Annamaria Battisti, Via G.B. Bison 4, 33100 Udine - UD, Italy
• IZ8CCW - P.O. Box 360, 87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy
• IZ8DBJ - Mario Pesce, P.O. Box 15, 80070 Bacoli - NA, Italy
• JA1HGY - Nao Mashita, 8-2-4 Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo 107-0052, Japan
• JA7KXD - Junji Ogawa, 2-3-51, Kimachidori, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-0801, Japan
• JA8CCL - Shigehiro Kinoshita, 628-2 Nishi-Fukai, Nagareyama, 270-0107 Japan
• JA9VJ - Hajime Mouri, 10-28-1402 Takakura, Nagoya 456-0015, Japan
• JD1BKG - Yoshiyuki Jingo, 264-10 Minami-Iriso, Sayama, 350-1316 Japan
• JH1HUK - Yuzuru Oshima, 5-19-1 Higashi-Hatsutomi, Kamagaya City, Chiba 273-0122, Japan
• JI3DST - Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-Cho, Abeno-Ku, Osaka-City, Osaka 545-0021, Japan
• K0CO - Jack Dougherty, P.O. Box 388, Como, CO 80432, USA
• K1IED - Larry F.Skilton, 72 Brook Street, South Windsor, CT-06074, USA
• K1WY - The K1WY DX Association, P.O. Box 2644, Hartford, CT 06146-2644 USA
• K1WY - The K1WY DX Association, P.O. Box 90, Eeklo 9900, Belgium
• K2OLG - Joe Gumino, 1648 PGA Blvd, Melbourne, FL 32935, USA
• K4CIA - William G McDowell, 13208 Norwood Road, Raleigh, NC 27614-9134, USA
• LY2MM - Albinas Staraitis, Box 813, LT-3009 Kaunas, Lithuania
• OK1AUT - David Klimosz, Plojharova 7, CZ-162 00 Praha 6, Czech Republic
• ON4QM - Marcel Dehonin, Eversestraat 130, B-1932 Saint-Stevens-Woluwe, Belgium
• PI4RCK - Radio Club Kennemerland, Westerduinweg 9, NL-1976 BV Ijmuiden, The Netherlands
• PY2SP - Ademir Moreira, Rua Abaitara 108, Sao Paulo, SP 03714-060, Brazil
• PY8AZT - Luciano Moreira, St. Quintino Bocaiuva, 1574 Ap 05/B, Belem/PA, 66035-190, Brazil
• RA0JJ - Serge Smirnov, P.O. Box 1, Blagoveschensk, 675000, Russia
• RA0ZD - Alexey Antipov, P.O. Box 51, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 683049, Russia
• RV3YR - P.O.Box 1, Bryansk 241027 , Russia
• RW9QA - Vlad Kondratenko P.O.Box 1, Kurgan-38, 640038, Russia
• SP3JHY - Jerzy Ryks, os.B.Chrobrego 3/IV/7, 67-300 Szprotawa, Poland
• TI5KD - Carlos W. Diez, POB 195, Belen 4005 Heredia, Costa Rica
• TU2MA - Michel Toure Vakaba, Box 520, Abidjan 01, Ivory Coast
• UA1RJ - Yuri G. Sinitso, P.O. Box 10, Vologda, 160035, Russia
• UA3AGS - Sergei, Box 196, Pepperell, MA 01463-0196, USA
• UR6IM - I. Polynichka, P.O. Box 91, Konstantinovka-14, 85114, Donetskaya obl, Ukraine
• VE1JS - John Scott, General Delivery, Sandy Cove, NS, B0V 1E0 Canada
• VU3DJQ - C. K. Raman, F-25/11. Dilshad Colony Delhi 110095, India
• W2FXA - Eugene Nadolny, 21 Hidden Valley Dr., Elma, NY 14059, USA
• W4SAA - Joe Hornbach, 1650 NE 135 St Apt 807, North Miami, FL 33181-1737, USA
• W7MP - Adam Boettiger, 420 SE Kathy Street, Sherwood, OR 97140, USA
• W7RNF - Terry L. Laduke, 8686 Targee St. Bolse, Idaho 83709, USA
• YO3JW - Fenyo Stefan Pit, P.O.Box 19-43, RO-74400 Bucuresti 19, Romania

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