18 November 2000
No 498
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

3DA0 - 3DA0NL will be again active from Swaziland on 20-27 November, this time also on 40 metres. QSL via ZS6ANL (P.O. Box 6282, Homestead, 1412 South Africa).

5T - Yannick, F6FYD [426DXN 496] has been issued the call 5T5YD. He will be in Mauritania for six months at least and plans to operate from IOTA islands as well. QSL via home call. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]

5X - Tapani, OH5BM plans to operate from 5X1Z during the CQ WW DX CW Contest as Single Operator Single Band (10 or 15 metres). Before the contest he will be active on on 10 and 15 metres SSB/CW. QSL via SM6CAS. [TNX OH5BM]

8P - John, K4BAI will be active as 8P9HT from Barbados (NA-021) on 22-29 November. He will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as 8P9Z. QSL both calls via K4BAI. [TNX The Daily DX]

9H - Con, DF4SA will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest with a 9H3 call from Malta (EU-023) in the SOAB low power category. QSL via DF4SA (all QSOs will be confirmed automatically through the bureau).

A5 - Jani, A52AP (9M6US/YB0US) and Charly, A52UD (K4VUD) have extended their planned stay in Bhutan [425DXN 497] to depart 12 December (instead of the 9th as previously announced). Any changes to the arrival date (1 December) will be due to airplane delays and because it snows in Bhutan, delays are possible. QSL A52AP via N2OO; QSL A52UD via K4VUD. [TNX K4VUD]

C6 - Dick, N4RP will be active as C6AKP from South Bimini (NA-048) between 17 and 29 November. He will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL to N4RP (R. Phelps, 2805 Casita Way Apt 115, Delray Beach, FL 33445-4574, USA). [TNX The Daily DX]

C6 - Ed, WA3WSJ will operate (on 10-160 metres QRP) as C6A/WA3WSJ from Abaco Island (NA-080), Bahamas on 21-28 November. He will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL direct to WA3WSJ. [TNX QRZ-DX]

EA - Look for Pepe, EA5KB to operate from Baldovi Island (DIEI V-015, not IOTA) on 18 November and from Penyeta del Moro (EU-151) on the 19th. This latter activity is planned to take place on 10 metres (+/- 28.460 MHz). [TNX EA5KB]

JA - Look for Yuki, JA6LCJ/6 to operate (SSB and CW) from the Tsushima Islands (AS-036) on 17-19 November. QSL via JA6LCJ and logs at http://www5.freeweb.ne.jp/computer/lcjterm. [TNX JA6LCJ]

J3 - Dave, G3TBK is now back in the West Indies. Look for him to be signing J3/G3TBK from Grenada, V29TBK from Antigua, VP2MDC from Montserrat and maybe other calls from other locations. He works mainly CW and concentrates on the WARC bands. QSL direct to G0IAS or through the bureau to G3TBK. [TNX G0IAS]

J7 - Paul, K5AF and George, K5KG will operate as J75KG from Dominica (NA-101) on 18-27 November, including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest (Multi-Single). [TNX The Daily DX]

KH2 - Guam Contest Club (gcc@seo.or.jp) members Aki/JI3ERV (NH2C), Toshi/JR7OMD (WI3O), Noz/JE8KKX and Aki/JP1OGL will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as AH2R (Multi-Single) from Guam (OC-026) QSL via JH7QXJ either direct or through the JARL bureau. [TNX JI3ERV]

KP2 - Operators from the OK DX Foundation (http://www.okdxf.cz) will be active from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (NA-106) between 20 November and 3 December. Much attention will be paid to 160, 80, 40 and 6 metres. During the CQ WW DX CW Contest they will operate as KP2/OK5DX. QSL to the OK DX Foundation (P.O.Box 73, 293 06 Kosmonosy, Czech Republic). [TNX OK1TN]

OH0 - Jukka, OH6LI will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest from OH0V on 10 metres. QSL via OH6LI (Jukka Klemola, Aarontie 5, 31400 Somero, Finland). [TNX OH6LI]

P2 - Paul, K1XM and Charlotte, KQ1F will operate as P29VPY and P29VCR from Loloata Island, PNG (OC-???) between 21-22 and 27-28 November. Paul expects to enter the CQ WW DX CW Contest in the single operator all band low power category, maybe with a shorter contest call. Outside the contest, when not scuba diving, they should operate on SSB, WARC bands, and possibly RTTY. QSLs via KQ1F. IOTA chasers will note that Loloata now counts for the new unnumbered Papua New Guinea's Coastal Islands East group. [TNX K1XM]

TI - Mike, K9NW will operate as TI5/K9NW (QSL via WW9DX) from Costa Rica on 21-28 November. He will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as TI5N (SOAB, QSL via TI5KD). [TNX The Daily DX]

XV - Rolf, SM5MX is currently based in Tokyo and will travel to Vietnam to revive his call XV9SW from 19 November to 2 December. He will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. He is now the only remaining XV station on CW, since only 3W calls are issued nowadays. QSL via SM3CXS. [TNX SM5MX]

YB - Kadek, YC9BU reports that YC9WZJ/p will operate from the new unnumbered Irian Jaya's Coastal Islands West group (OC-???) on 18-20 November. Kadek himself will be signing YC9BU/p from another unnumbered group, Timor Barat's Coastal Islands (OC-???) between 28 November and 1 December. [TNX WA6GFE and Islands On The Web]

ZD8 - Jim, N6TJ will operate as ZD8Z from Ascension Island (AF-003) between 21 November and 9 December, including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest (10 metres). QSL via VE3HO. [TNX The Daily DX]

ZK1_sc - Roger, W7VV will operate as ZK1VV from the South Cook Islands between 22 November and 3 December. He will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. [TNX The Daily DX]

GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• HUNTING LIONS ---> The 30th annual Hunting Lions in the Air Contest will take place on 13-14 January. The contest is to commemorate the birth of Melvin Jones, the founder of Lionism, born on 13 January 1879. The rules can be downloaded from http://www.sarl.org.za/contests/lionita.htm. [TNX ZS5BBO]
• KH6ND/KH5 ---> The Nature Conservancy's (TNC) acitivities on Palmyra have ceased for the winter and Mike Gibson, KH6ND has left Palmyra Atoll and returned to Honolulu after more than 25,000 QSOs on 10 bands and 3 modes. "Given the imminent change in ownership", Garry Shapiro (NI6T) says, "we do not know what operating opportunities will be available in the future. However, Mike and the Kingman Reef/Palmyra DX Group (KRPDXG) hope to be involved in future amateur activity from Palmyra". QSL via K4TSJ.
• QSL 3B8GD ---> Mohammad, 3B8GD reports that too many direct cards sent to his POB were never delivered. With immediate effect, cards should be mailed direct to his address: Mohammad Iqbal Muttur, 69 Dr Ferriere Avenue, Stanley, Rose-Hill, Mauritius Island, Africa.
• QSL FR/F6KDF/T ---> Gil, F5NOD reports that the cards are expected to arrive from the printer next week; the first batches of QSLs will be mailed during the second half of December. QSL via F6KDF (Radio Club de la Gendarmerie de Bron, 292 Route de Genas, Bron 69677, France).
• QSL TA7I ---> As of 1 November the QSL manager for Ozkan, TA7I is IZ8AJQ. QSL direct only to Erminio Cioffi di Michele, Piazza Umberto I 16, 84036 Sala Consilina - SA, Italy. [TNX IZ8AJQ]
• QSL ZV7G ---> If you still need a card for ZV7G (Santo Aleixo Island, SA-046, September 1999), you can send your request to Luke, PT7WA either direct or through the bureau. [TNX PT7WA]
• QSL VIA RZ3AA ---> If you worked NP2KY/NH6 (Oahu, Hawaii) or NP2KY/KH5 (Palmyra), it was Roman, RZ3AA on his way to Kingman Reef. Cards should be sent direct only to Roman Thomas, P.O.Box 38, Moscow, 129642, Russia. [TNX RZ3AA]
• ZL9CI ---> Ken, ZL2HU reports that "following the recent relocation of the Kermadec Dx Association we have discovered that we still have available a small number of commemmorative signed envelopes which have been postmarked in Wellington, New Zealand on 12 February 1999 and signed by all eleven members of the DXpedition Team". For furthe information please contact Ken at zl2hu@clear.net.nz.
• SILENT KEY - Mario, 5X1C became a Silent Key earlier this week. Mario joined UNWFP as telecommunications technician in the fast intervention team earlier this year. He was one of the first licensed 5X hams, mostly active in phone, satellite and digital modes. He was also the chairman for the Uganda Radio Amateur Society for a year.
• SILENT KEY - Luciano, I5FLN reports the sad news of the passing, on 14 November, of Piero Moroni, I5TDJ, one of the most renown old timers in Italy.

NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• CQWW CW: The NG3K "Announced Operation" table for this year's event can be found at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqc2000.html. The operations may be viewed sorted by Call, DXCC Entity or CQ Zone. [TNX NG3K, Bill@ng3k.com]
• LOGS: QSO lookup for the K5K DXpedition to Kingman Reef is now available at http://www.qsl.net/krpdxg/krlog.html. The team logged 80,841 QSOs (almost 16,000 QSOs, 20% of the total, with Europe) between 03.20 UTC on 22 October and 18.48 UTC on the 31st. If your qso is not in the log or if there is a mistake on the band/mode, just send a note with your QSL card. The manager will be happy to manually check the logs for any discrepancies. [TNX NI6T]

ADDRESSES - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• AT0JH - P.O. Box 15, Secunderabad 500003, India
• BA4DW - David Y. J. Zhou, P.O. Box 040-088, Shanghai, 200040, China
• BI4L - P.O. Box 538, Nanjing 210005, China
• DL5EBE - Dominik Weiel, Johannes-Meyer-Str.13, D-49808 Lingen, Germany
• DL6FBL - Bernd Och, Christian-Wirth-Str. 18, D-36043 Fulda, Germany
• DL7DF - Sigi Presch, Wilhelmsmuehlenweg 123, D-12621 Berlin, Germany
• G3REP - Bob Parkes, 2, Saxon Road, Steyning, West Sussex, BN44 3FP England
• G4UOL - Steven Muster, Flat 4, 60 Genesta Rd, Westcliff on Sea, Essex SS0 8DB, UK
• HR1LW - P.O. Box 4670, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
• I6BQI - Angelo Brandolini, C.da Colle di Giogo 36/A, 65010 Moscufo - PE, Italy
• IK7JWX - P.O. Box 218, 73100 Lecce - LE, Italy
• IT9YRE - Nando Rubino, P.O. Box 30, 96012 Avola - SR, Italy
• IV3RAV - Michele Corvino, via San Giacomo 20, 33034 Fagagna - UD, Italy
• IW0DJB - Luca Della Giovampaola, Responsabile Tecnologia Informatica, Pontificia Universita Lateranense, Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano 4, 00120 Citta' del Vaticano
• JK7TKE - Koji Fukui 1840-5, Izumi-cho, Tokorozawa-city, Saitama 359-1112, Japan
• JW0HR - Vlad, Box 224, Barentsburg 9178, Svalbard Island, Norway
• K4TSJ - Dudley's DXers of N.E. Georgia, 2011 New High Shoals Rd., Watkinsville, GA 30677, USA
• KB5GL - Silvano Amenta, 5028 Hearst Street, Metaire, LA 70001, USA
• LA7DFA - Per-Einar Dahlen, Royskattv 4, N-7670 Inderoy, Norway
• LA9XGA - Tor-Atle Sandal, Hamnaflot 6, N-4200 Sauda, Norway
• N9PD - The Prairie DX Group, 1206 Somerset Ave., Deerfield, IL 60035, USA
• NU5O - Andy Masters, 240 West White Road, Collierville, TN 38017, USA
• PA0VDV - Joeke van der Velde, Delleburen 1, 8421 RP Oldeberkoop, The Netherlands
• PY7BEL - Jolibel Alves Andrade, rua. Martinho Fransisco 67, Carpina, Pernambuco 55813-541, Brazil
• RN4LP - Vladislav Lakeev, P.O. Box 208, Dimitrovgrad, 433512, Russia
• SP9FIH - P.O. Box 480, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
• SV1AIP - John Paraskevas, 50 Marcora Str., GR-111 41 Athens, Greece [dxnl]
• UA0MF - Mike Filippov, P.O. Box 20, Vladivostok, 690021, Russia
• UA6HCW - Igor Kovalev, Box 59, Pyatigorsk 357500, Russia
• UA9XEN - P.O. Box 253, Ukhta, Russia 169300
• UA9XK - P.O. Box 110, Ukhta, Russia 169300
• UT0RW - Yuri Kuchinsky, P.O.Box 591, Chernigov, 14030, Ukraine
• UT5RQ - Oleg Pleshkunov, P.O.Box 1242, Chernigov, 14034, Ukraine
• VR2BG - Brett Graham, P.O. Box 12727, Hong Kong
• W4SAA - Joe Hornbach, 1650 NE 135 St. Apt 807, North Miami, FL 33181-1737, USA
• W7TVF - Bill Dawson, P.O. Box 4049, Pahrump, Nevada 89061, USA
• W8CNL - Raymond H. McClure, 5 McKenzie Circle, North Augusta, SC 9841-4319, USA

QSL INFO - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
2E0APH      G3WRO       CL6BIA      N3ZOM       OK8YD       DL1YD
3B8/DL7DF   DL7DF       CO6XN       HK6DOS      OO4CLM      ON6HC
3V8ST       DL1BDF      CO8LY       EA7ADH      P29AM       NU5O
3W1A        pirate      CO8ZZ       DK1WI       P43P        I2MQP
3W2LWS      WA1LWS      CP4BT       DL9OT       PJ2/DF8AN   DF8AN
3Z0LP       SP9PTA      CP6XE       IK6SNR      PJ2/PA0VDV  PA0VDV
4K9C        PA3EPG      CQ2K        CT1BWW      PV3DC       PY3AFE
4L1TH       F6FNU       CW10MPD     CX1UU       PW7Z        PY7BEL
4L1TL       F6FNU       D2BB        W3HNK       R1AND       DL5EBE
4L1UN       IK7JTF      D44AC       EA8URL      RI4M        RN4LP
4L7AR       F6FNU       D44CF       SM0JHF      RU0LM/0     UA0MF
4L7O        DL7BY       EK6LV       IK2DUW      S07CRS      JA1UT
4M5I        IK6SNR      EM1KY       UT7UA       S07U        JA1UT
4S7WHG      G3SWH       EO6F        UX0FF       S21YJ       SM4AIO
4U1WB       KK4HD       EP2MKO      UA6HCW      S21YP       G3REP
4X6TT/PP5   N2AU        EP4PTT      RZ6LS       SM/DL5RFF   DL5RFF
5A/UY0MF    UX9MZ       ES9C        ES5RY       SN2000C     SP9PKZ
5B4/RA3DJA  RU3FM       EY8CQ       DJ1MM       SN600UJ     SP9PKZ
5N0NAS      K1WY        EY8MM       K1BV        SP0ZCC      SP5ZCC
5R8FL       F5TBA       EY8TM       F6FNU       SP2000S     SP5ZCC
5T5U        JA1UT       FM/G3TXF    G3TXF       SU1ER       WA3HUP
5W0DW       K6BAZ       FM5WD       W3HNK       SU9ZZ       OM3TZZ
5X1AN       DK9LM       FO0DEH      ON4QM       SY2A        SV2ASP
5X1GS       WB2YQH      FO0DER      3D2AG       T32R        K4TSJ
5X1Z        SM6CAS      FO0POM      SP9FIH      T88QG       JA1QGT
6K2000DX    HL1XP       FY/DL5CF    DL5CF       T99ZZ       DL3BZZ
6Y5WJ       G0NAN       GC0EZQ      GW0KJZ      TG4/F6BFH   F6BFH
7Q7KZ       JA2LZF      GD4UOL      G4UOL       TG9IGI      I2MQP
8P9FX       G3RFX       GU4YWY      G4YWY       TS7N        DL6BCF
9A900Z      9A2DM       HF0POL      SP3WVL      TU5GD       N5FTR
9AY2K       9A1A        HK0EHM      WD9DZV      TZ6JA       JA3EMU
9G1AA       PA3ERA      HS0ZAR      K3ZO        UE9XAB      UA9XEN
9G1OO       PA3ERA      HV5PUL      IW0DJB      UE9XAC      UA9XK
9G5EE       PE1LUC      HZ1AB       K8PYD       UK8LA       RW3RN
9G5FH       G4BWP       II3A        IV3RAV      UN7EG       DL8KAC
9G5MD       F5VCR       II7LE       IK7DXP      V31YN       DJ4KW
9G5MD (AF-084) G3OCA    IQ7J        IK7JWX      V8PNA       N4PN
9G5MF       KC7V        IT9/KA2UWX  IT9CUP      VI2FFG      VK2FFG
9G5RF       GM3YTS      J3/W1AIM    W1AIM       VK6BRP      K3MLA
9G5SX       G3SXW       J79GU       DL7VOG      VK6DIR      VK6NE
9G5VT       K5VT        JK7TKE/JD1  JK7TKE      VK9LEH      AA4EH
9G5WP       PE1PFN      JW5RIA      LA5RIA      VP2EF       AC8G
9G5XA       G3XAQ       JW8VS       F4DBF       VP2EK       W8ILC
9K2/N6BFM   W8CNL       JW9XGA      LA9XGA      VP2EV       W8GEX
9K2LOW      9K2RA       K0DI/KP2    K0DI        VP8DBQ      M1AIB
9K2ZZ       W8CNL       K1HP/KH2    JE2EHP      VP8DBR      G0SWC
9K9Z        W8CNL       K5K         K4TSJ       VY0TA       VE2BQB
9M2/G3PMR   G3PMR       KH2/JH2ABL  JH2ABL      XQ0Y      KD6WW (26-30.10.00)
9M6C        9M6BRC      KH2/JH2KDP  JH2KDP      XT2AW       DF2WO
9M6LJT      JM1LJS      KH2/JJ2MST  JJ2MST      YB7N        WB7B
9M6TA       N4PN        KH2/JL2WNA  JL2WNA      YI1DKS      IK2DUW
9N7NC       JA9CNC      KH2/JQ2PTN  JQ2PTN      YI9OM       OM6TX
9N7RB       W4FOA       KH2/JR1ERU  JR1ERU      YS2EJ       W4GJ
A35BQ       I6BQI       KH2F        JA2TBS      YU130Z      YU1AVQ
A35MO       OM2SA       KH4/NH6D    N6FF        Z31GB       NN6C
A35TO       OM2SA       KH6ND/KH5   K4TSJ       Z35M        Z32KV
A52B        JR7TEQ      KR6CZ/KH2   JA2VFW      ZB2CN       DJ9MH
A52DX       JF1PJK      LO0D        F6FNU       ZK1AGL      KB5GL
A52JA       JK1AFI      LO7H        LU7HN       ZK1BQI      I6BQI
A52W        JH1NBN      LV5V        LU5VV       ZK1NDK      JR2KDN
A52XX       JA1PCY      N600BFM     W8CNL       ZK1YRE      IT9YRE
AB8EW/KH2   JH2SON      OD5IU       LX1NO       ZK2VF       W7TVF
AH6PN/HR6   W7TSQ       OD5PN       LX1NO       ZL/DL7IO    DL7IO
C6AFP       N4JQQ       OD5TE       K3IRV       ZL4IR       W8WC
CE8/KD6WW   KD6WW       ZM8CW       ZL3CW       ZS6AL       W4SMG

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