4 November 2000
No 496
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
3W - Hans, WA1LWS plans to be on the air (CW
only) from Vietnam on 9-26 November, including en entry in the CQ
WW DX CW Contest. [TNX The Daily DX]
5T - After a short trip to Bujumbura, Burundi
(9U5) Yannick, F6FYD will be based in Nouakchott, Mauritania (5T)
for six months at least. He will be active on all bands SSB. QSL
via home call. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
5T - Eight operators from I.A.R.V. will visit
Mauritania and operate as 5T5U from 10 to 16 November. They might
also be active as S07CRS from Western Sahara. QSL via JA1UT (team
leader). [TNX JF6OJX]
8P - Martyn, G3RFX will be active again as
8P9FX from Barbados (NA-021) on 12-16 November, mainly CW (40-10
metres) with some SSB. QSL via home call. Further information and
pictures are available at http://www.btinternet.com/~g3rfx.
[TNX G3RFX]
CT - CT1BWW and CT1DGK will be signing CQ2K
on 10-12 November. Look for them on all bands (except 160 metres)
and during the JIDXC Contest. QSL via CT1BWW.
EA - Look for Pepe, EA5KB to be active from
Penyeta del Moro (EU-151) on 4-5 November (also CW); from El
Recati (DIEI V-010, not IOTA) and El Tancat (V-012, not IOTA) on
11 and 12 November respectively. [TNX EA5KB]
HV - Look for HV5PUL to operate on HF, 6 and
2 metres from the Pontificia Universita' Lateranense, Vatic City
on 9-10 November. [TNX IW0DJB]
J3 - Chip, W1AIM will be active on 6 metres
(50110 and 50125 kHz) as J3/W1AIM from Carriacou Island (NA-147)
on 10-22 November. [TNX The Daily DX]
R1A_ant - Operator Gennady is expected to be
active as R1ANP from Russian Antarctic Base Progress. Look for
him on 14.160 kHz at 15-18 UTC. [TNX UR4LUG]
SP - Special event stations SP2000S (SP-two
thousand-S) and SN2000C (SN-two thousand-C) will be active on all
bands and modes until 31 December to celebrate the new
millennium. QSL SP2000S via SP5ZCC, QSL SN2000C via SP9PKZ. [TNX
SP5UAF and SP9XWD]
VE - Terry, VE7TLL lives on NA-051 and will
operate as VE7TLL/p from Kaien Island (NA-061) over this weekend.
QSL via VE7TLL either direct (P.O. Box 9, Tlell, BC V0T 1Y0,
Canada) or through the bureau. [TNX VE7TLL]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
AS-140 ---> I1SLY's unexpected
business commitments caused the 27-29 October S21AM and
S21YS operation from Char Kukri Mukri (AS-140) [425DXN
490] to be postponed. The new date will be announced in
due course. [TNX I1SNW]
IOTA/RSGB CONVENTION ---> Do you want
to know how your editors and several other IOTA regulars
look like? Give a look to the nice photo gallery put
together by Jean-Michel, F6AJA and now available at http://home.nordnet.fr/~yverbeke/iotaconv.shtml.
K7UGA ---> The famous K7UGA callsign,
formerly held by the late US Sen. Barry Goldwater, has
been re-issued to his club, the Central Arizona DX
Association (http://www.cadxa.org/). [TNX AD1C]
NEW BOOK ---> "Long-Path
Propagation, Revisited in Year 2000" (91 pages, 67
figures), is an update of NM7M's earlier book,
"Long-Path Propagation", written almost ten
years ago. The update expands the original discussion, a
year-long study on 20 CW, to include new information on
long-path propagation and the other bands, 10 to 160
metres. For further information (price etc) please
contact Bob, NM7M at bobnm7m@cnw.com
or write to Robert R. Brown, 1105 - 27th Street, Room
AW-110, Anacortes, WA 98221-2710, USA. All proceeds
beyond the cost of printing and mailing will be donated
to charity. [TNX NM7M]
OC-237 ---> The call used during the
CQ WW SSB Contest was YC3IZK/p (some 200 QSOs on 10
metres only). QSL via IZ8CCW (P.O. Box 360, 87100 Cosenza
- CS, Italy). [TNX IZ8CCW]
QSL 4U1ITU ---> Peter, G3RZP (peter.chadwick@ieee.org)
reports the following: "Operation from 4U1ITU in the
CQ WW contest has not been 100% QSLed - only those who
specifically asked for a card have got one (via Bureau).
I've got copies of the log and can QSL anyone who wants a
card. The 10 and 18MHz CW operation over that weekend has
been QSLed 100% via Bureau. Note: this applies ONLY to
operation over the weekend of Oct 28/29 - I have no logs
for any other period."
QSL EZ8CQ ---> Alex, EZ8CQ reports he
has no QSL manager. Cards should be sent to P.O. Box 76,
Ashabad, 744001, Turkmenistan. [TNX EU1TT]
QSL TA3J, TA3YJ & YM3LZ --->
Nilay, TA3YJ reports that bureau cards for amateurs in
Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil,
Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, United
Kingdom, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco,
The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, USA, Ukraine and Uzbekistan
were sent on 3 November.
VHF/UHF DX CONTEST ---> The 3rd
edition of the Brazilian VHF/UHF DX Contest will take
place on 4-5 November. Full rules are available at http://www.qsl.net/vhf-dx/.
[TNX PY2ZX]
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
E30TA: The web site for Chris, DK5NAM
(E30NA) and Dieter, DF4RD (E30TA) is at http://www.qsl.net/e30ta.
LOGS: Logs for A52FH (13,666 QSOs from 3
to 14 September) and A51AA (933 QSO from 12 to 17
September) are now available at http://www.multimania.com/cdxc.
[TNX F5LMJ]
W8CNL - Raymond H. McClure, 5 McKenzie
Circle, North Augusta, SC 9841-4319, USA
YC0LND - Linda, P.O. Box 6789, Jakarta
14067, Indonesia
YC1CVA - Anna, P.O. Box 100, Sukabumi
43100, West Java, Indonesia
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