30 December 2000
No 504
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
TO ALL OUR READERS WARMEST THOUGHTS AND BEST WISHES FOR A
WONDERFUL HOLIDAY AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR
8Q - Gil, IZ1DLV will operate (on 10, 12, 15,
17 and 20 metres SSB) from from Dhiggiri Island, Maldives
(AS-013) on 2-9 January. QSL direct only to IZ1DLV (Gil, P. O.
Box 7039, 16148 Genova - GE, Italy). [TNX IZ1DLV]
BY - David, BA4DW plans to concentrate on the
low bands CW during the New Year holidays from 30 December to 7
January. Look for him on 3500-3515 and 7000-7025 kHz (skeds can
be requested at ba4dw@china.com).
QSL to David Y. J. Zhou, P.O. Box 040-088, Shanghai, 200040,
China. [TNX BA4DW]
CE - On their way back from the
"International Complex Expedition" (see Antarctica
below) RW3GW, UA3GVV, UA0XB plan to stop and operate, possibly as
XQ8RI, from Riesco Island (SA-???) between 15 and 20 January.
[TNX RW3GU]
HL - Lee, DS4CNB will operate as DS4CNB/4
from Cheju Island (AS-026) between 28 December and 1 January.
Look for him on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres CW and SSB. QSL via home
call (P.O Box 30, Tongyung 650-600, South Korea). [TNX DS4CNB]
JA - Takeshi, JI3DST will operate (on 40, 17
15, 12, 10 and 6 metres SSB) as JI3DST/6 from Daito Islands
(AS-047) between 7 UTC on 30 December and 2 UTC on 7 January. QSL
via JI3DST either direct (Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-Cho,
Abeno-Ku, Osaka City, Osaka 545-0021, Japan) or through the
bureau. [TNX JI3DST]
JW - Per, LA3FL/JW3FL is currently active in
his spare time from Bear Island (EU-027) [425DXN 497], where he
has reactivated the old Bear Station club station JW1I. He will
move to Hopen Island (EU-063) at the end of January. [TNX The
Daily DX]
KL - Richard, WB7APG is a new General class
operator who has been stationed at the US Coast Guard Loran
Station on Attu Island (NA-064) for about 7 months. He will be up
on the air as his schedule permits from now through April 2001.
Richard uses a 100W refurbished military radio with a vertical
antenna, has been told of the 14260 and 21260 IOTA frequencies
but is not accustomed to pile-ups. [TNX AL7RB and Islands On The
Web]
OE - Amateur radio operators in Austria have
been authorized to use the special prefix OE75 from 1 January to
31 December 2001 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the
Austrian IARU society (OEVSV). Information on the awards issued
by the OEVSV is available at http://www.edu.uni-klu.ac.at/~cirrasch.
[TNX OE8CIQ]
PY - Look for IV3NVN, IV3GKE, PP5TO and PY1AK
to operate as ZX1R (QSL via PY1AK) and ZX5T/1 (QSL via IV3NVN)
from Grande and Gipoia Islands (both count for SA-029) on 4-8
Janury. [TNX IV3NVN]
W - AD5A, AB5EB and KB5SKN will be active
from Mustang Island (NA-092) on 29-31 December. The operation
will be sporadic depending on schedule and will be both SSB and
CW on 10, 15, 20 and 40 metres. [TNX AD5A and Islands On The Web]
YK - Ron/WJ7R, Dick/N7RO, Bob/W4DR,
Rosalie/N4CFL, Carl/K9LA, Vicky/AE9YL, Jim/W4PRO and Al/K7AR will
be active (on 6-160 metres CW, SSB and RTTY) as YK9A from the
Syrian Telecommunication Establishment (STE) site in Damascus,
Syria for nine days in early February. The team will leave the US
on 1 February and expects to be on the air on the 3rd. They will
have three HF stations with amplifiers and a fourth station for 6
metres. As a major emphasis will be put into working stations
from the US and Japan, where Syria is most wanted, the following
pilots have been appointed: Dick/N6FF (n6ff@tco.net, for the western half
of the US), Bernie/W3UR (bernie@dailydx.com,
for the eastern half of the US), Masao/JH3VNC (m-ueki@po.bcap.co.jp, for
Japan). The "DX Syria 2001" is at www.qsl.net/k7ar
and will include daily online logs. QSL via K9LA (Carl
Luetzelschwab, 1227 Pion Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46845, USA). For
further information please contact Al/K7AR at k7ar@arrl.net.
ZD8 - Johnny, ZD8KW (ZD7WRG) is currently
active from Ascension Island (AF-003). He will go back to St.
Helena on 9 January, but will return to Ascension on 12 February.
[TNX The Daily DX]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
ANTARCTICA ---> The Russian Robinson
Club (http://rrc.sc.ru) announces that the
"International Complex Expedition" to the South
Pole will take place from 30 December to 15 January, with
possible activities as CE8/R3RRC (from Punta Arenas,
Chile), R3RRC/ant (from Patriot Hills Base) and R3RRC/am
from a balloon above the South Pole as R3RRC/am. The
operators will be RW3GW, UA3GVV and UA0XB. A certificate
will be available for two QSOs on different bands or with
different calls (requests can be sent to RW3GW, Valery I.
Sushkov, P.O. Box 3, Lipetsk - 398000, Russia; the cost
is 12 IRCs). QSL via RW3GW. [TNX RW3GU]
4W1CW ---> This station is giving
N7RO as his QSL manager, but Dick does not know him and
know nothing about handling his cards.
CORRECTION ---> Koji, JK7TKE (T88TU)
is not active from Belau, as reported in 425DXN #503. The
activity took place in autumn (see #495), we apologize
for any inconvenience this may have caused Koji and our
readers.
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training ground for energetic radio amateurs wanting to
learn the art and "how to" of DXpedition
planning and punning pileups. To learn more about DXU and
how you can join the team in Jamaica, visit the DXU site
at http://pages.prodigy.net/k2kw/dxu/.
[TNX K2KW]
QSL CN8RM ---> Antonio, IK7YZG is the
new QSL manager for CN8RM as of 1 January 2001. His
address is Antonio Cicerale, Via Risorgimento 99, 71016
San Severo - FG, Italy. [TNX IK7YZG]
QSL FR/F6KDF/T ---> Gil, F5NOD
reports that the QSLs were received from the printer one
month ago and some 10,000 requests have already been
processed but not mailed. They will be sent out all at
the same time around 15 January.
QSL P43DO ---> Bob, W4WSZ reports he
will not be handling QSL cards for P43DO after 1 January
2001.
QSL VK0MM ---> Alan, VK0MM has been
permanently QRT from Macquarie Island as of 16 December.
QSL cards will be available in late January and all
proceeds will be donated to an Australian charity
providing care for children with cancer and other
terminal illnesses. The QSL route (direct only) will be
announced in January at http://www.geocities.com/vk0ld/QSLVK0MM.html.
QSL I7JRP/7 ---> Giancarlo, IK7WUJ
reports all of the direct and bureau cards received so
far for I7JRP/7 (WAIL PU-011, May 2000) have been
processed.
QSL ZD9/ZS1B (1998) ---> In a recent
message Deon, ZR1DQ reported that "Bud is funding
the QSL operation out of his own pocket and he had the
cards printed a few weeks ago. He is completing the cards
by hand at the moment and will mail them all at the same
time".
QSL ZD9BV & ZD9CO ---> As of 1
January 2001 John Parrot, W4FRU will no longer be the QSL
manager for Andy/ZD9BV and Lorraine/ZD9CO. Cards should
be sent to Andy Repetto, Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic
Ocean. [TNX The Daily DX]
QSL VIA RA1QQ ---> Nick (see address
below) reports the cards for this year's activities -
namely RA1QQ/1, RA1QY/1 & UE1RRC/1 (EU-147) and
RA1QQ/A, RA1QY/A & UE1RRC (RRC-2201 and 2204) - have
been printed. Logs are still open for UE1QQQ (RRC-2201 in
1997), UE1QQQ/1 (EU-161 in 1997), RA1QQ/1 (EU-160, EU-161
and EU-082 in 1998) and UE1QFF (RRC-2204 in 1999). Please
note that RA1QQ is *not* the QSL manager for RW1ZZ/1
(EU-161, 2000). [TNX RA1QHJ]
WF5E DX QSL SERVICE ---> Les, WF5E
announces he will have to raise his rates effective mid
January 2001 to 4 QSLs per $1.00. "We did not raise
our rates with the last postage increase", Les says,
"although with the new US international rates being
raised effective January 7, 2001 we have to increase ours
also". Les reports the following stations/managers
do not accept cards sent through a QSL service: 3B9R,
5A1A, 5H3RK, AC7DX, AI6V, AP2JZB/K2EWB, CY2SS, DL7FT,
FR5DX, K3IPK, KE7LZ, N4FKZ, N7LVD, V51AS, V63AO/KC6IN,
V63KU/JA6NL, VE3DO, VK9NS, W6UC, WA4JTK, YT1AD, ZB2FK.
For further information on the WF5E DX QSL Service please
visit http://www.qsl.net/wf5e/.
THANK YOU ---> Issue 1228 of the
"DX Newsletter" (18 December) was the last one
edited by Michael, DJ5AV, who has now retired. The
editors of 425 DX News would like to thank Michael for
the DX information and co-operation given over the past
four years.
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
3Y0C : The latest information and
pictures from Bouvet can be found at
http://www.qsl.net/wd4ngb/3y0.htm and http://www.qsl.net/zr1dq.
CONTESTS: Lots of information and links
for major contests can be found on the Marconi Contest
Club's web site at http://www.mcc-italy.it/links.htm.
DIFO: Gil, F5NOD reports the up-to-date
DIFO (French Oversea Islands) Award island listings can
be found at http://f5nod.waika9.com/difo.html.
LOGS: Logs for special event station
EN23RW can be found at http://www.radio.cn.ua. QSL via UX2RY
(Andre Asriyanz, P.O. Box 14, Slavutich-3, Kiev obl.,
07100 Ukraine). [TNX UY2RA]
PA3EPG - Ben van Leeuwen, Zwolseweg 57,
8181 AC Heerde, The Netherlands
RA0JX - Vladimir I. Babynin, P.O. Box 1,
Zeya-3, Amurskaya Obl., 676342 Russia
RA1QQ - Nick A. Smerdov, P.O. Box 24,
Cherepovets, 162627, Russia
SM5DJZ - Jan Hallenberg, Vassunda
Andersberg, SE-741 91 Knivsta, Sweden
VE2STN - Richard G. Desaulniers, 461,
Romeo, Ste-Dorothee, Laval, Quebec, Canada H7X 1R2
VK4EJ - Bernie McIvor, 30 Brennan
Parade, Strathpine 4500, Australia
VP8DCD - P.O. Box 260, MPA, Falkland
Islands
VR2BG - Brett Graham, P.O. Box 12727,
Hong Kong
W1DAD - Peter Schipelliti, 7 Dearborn
Ridge Rd, Atkinson, NH 03811, USA
W3HC - Carl F. McDaniel, 2116 Reed
Street, Williamsport, PA 17701-3904, USA
W3HNK - Joseph Arcure Jr., P.O. Box 73,
Edgemont, PA 19028, USA
W9ZGU - Carl Taylor, 3871 SW 31 Street,
Hollywood, FL 33023, USA
WA7OBH - Lee Graves, 4341 SE Satinleaf
Place, Stuart, FL 34997, USA
YB8HZ - Hajar Sas, P.O. Box 105, Pangkep
90600, Indonesia
YU1FJK - RK Novi Beograd, P.O. Box 35,
11070 Novi Beograd, Yugoslavia
ZP6CU-- P.O. Box 73, Caacupe, Paraguay
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