20 January 2001
No 507
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
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3C - Erik, SM0AGD will operate (licence to be
issued upon arrival) from Malabo, Bioco Island (AF-010),
Equatorial Guinea between 23 January and 5 February. He plans to
be active on 10-160 metres CW, SSB and RTTY with low power and
wire antennas, with some activity in the CQ WW 160 Meter and
BARTG RTTY contests. John, SM5DJZ (djz@swipnet.se) has agreed to
act as a pilot and will be able to QSP information in both
directions. QSL via SM0AGD (Erik Sjolund, Vestagatan 27, SE-19556
Marsta, Sweden). [TNX SM0AGD]
3DA0 - Andre, ZS6WPX (http://www.zs6wpx.s5.com/3da.htm)
will be active (on all bands, 6 metres included) as 3DA0WPX from
Swaziland on 26-28 January. QSL direct to ZS6WPX. [TNX The Daily
DX]
3Y_bou - Reportedly the latest date for the
ship to arrive to Bouvet and pick up Chuck, 3Y0C and the other
scientists is 2 March, but it could be as much as two weeks
earlier than this. The beam antenna is operational, but Chuck
reports the very unfortunate failure of his Icom PW1 solid-state
linear amplifier. He has been unsuccessful in locating the fault
and will continue to use his transceiver at 100W. If you are
knowledgeable in the workings of the PW1, please get in touch
with Joe at n4ol@mindspring.com.
Up-to-date information and pictures from Bouvet are at http://www.qsl.net/wd4ngb/3y0.htm.
5B - Bob, 5B4AGN and George, 5B4AGC will
operate as ZC4A from the Akrotiri Base on 26-28 January,
including and entry in the CQ WW 160 Meter CW Contest. [TNX The
Daily DX]
8Q - Mike, OE3MZC and his wife Barbara,
OE3YCB will be active as 8Q7MZ and 8Q7BZ respectively from the
Maldives (AS-013) on 7-21 February. They plan to operate on all
HF bands SSB with some activity on SSTV, PSK31 and 6 metres.
Their web site is at http://www.qsl.net/oe3mzc/. [TNX OE3MZC]
A4 - OM3RG and OM3LZ will be working in Oman
from 18 to 25 or 27 January and will be active on CW and SSB
during their evenings. Callsign(s) not mentioned, but QSL direct
to OM3LZ. [TNX OM3LZ]
CE0_sa - Michael, N6MZ will replace Mario,
CE6NE during the DXpedition to San Ambrosio [425DXN 495], which
is scheduled to take place on 12-20 February. Other team members
include Alejandro/CE6SAX, Franz/DJ9ZB, Randy/K0EU, Carlos/NP4IW
(CE3AQI), Jari/OH1EB, Martti/OH2BH, Pertti/OH2RF and team leader
Marco/CE6TBN. They have been assigned a new callsign, CE0ZT
(instead of the announced CE0XT) and will operate on 6-160 metres
SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31. Yosi, JA3AAW (ja3aaw@sannet.ne.jp) and
Bill, K6GNX (bavery@telemetry.com)
will be the pilot stations for Japan and North America
respectively; the pilot for Europe is still TBA. QSL via CE6TBN
either direct (Marco A. Quijada, P.O. Box 1234, Temuco, Chile) or
through the bureau. Visit http://www.qsl.net/ce0xt for updates and
further information.
DU - Frank, VE7DP is going to the Philippines
at the end of January and will try to activate some of the
off-shore islands during February. There are several destinations
on his list, details are expected to follow in due course. [TNX
VE7DP]
GD - DL4ALB, DL4LQM, DL4WG, DL5AXX, DL5LYM
and DL8WAA will be active (on 10-160 metres mainly CW with some
SSB and RTTY) as MD/home calls from the Isle of Man (EU-116) on
12-19 February, including a Multi-Two entry in the ARRL DX CW
Contest. QSL via home calls. Please note that cards for MD/DL3OI
(February 2000) have to directed now to DL5AXX (e-mail requests
for bureau cards are welcome at dl5axx@darc.de).
[TNX DL5AXX]
KH9 - Terry, K7ASU will be on Wake Island
indicatively from 26 January until 26 February. He plans to
operate during his free time using 100 watts and a vertical
antenna, mostly on 20 metres PSK with some CW. QSL via K7ASU.
[TNX The Daily DX]
KH9 - Bruce, AC4G (V73CW) will be working on
Wake Island (OC-053) from 9 through 27 February. He will operate
(on all bands CW and SSB) as AC4G/KH9 in his spare time and will
participate in the ARRL International DX (CW) and CQ 160-Meter
(SSB) Contests on 17-18 and 23-25 February. QSL via AC4G (Bruce
Smith, 1056 Old Railroad Bed Road, Taft, TN 38488, USA). [TNX The
Daily DX]
KP2 - W8UVZ and K8GG will operate as KP2/K8GG
(QSL via K8GG) from St. Croix, Virgin Islands (NA-106) on 24-30
January. They will participate in the CQ WW 160 CW Contest as
NP2S (QSL to Martha Golden, Kingshill POB 1276, Saint Croix, VI
00851, USA). [TNX The Daily DX]
PJ8/FS - Bob/AA1M, Mike/W1USN and Jim/W1HL
will be operating PJ8/homecall from Sint Maarten (NA-105) between
27 February and 6 March. They plan to be active on 6-80 metres
CW, SSB and PSK31. They also hope to do some operating mobile
from the French side as FS/homecall during this time. QSL
PJ8/W1HL and PJ8/AA1M via AA1M (direct or bureau), QSL PJ8/W1USN
via W1USN (direct or bureau). [TNX W1USN]
PY - Jim, PY7XC and Ciro, PY7ZY will operate
from Itamaraca Island (SA-046) on 21 January whil testing the
antennas to be used from St. Peter & St. Paul Archipelago in
February [425DXN 505 and below].
PY - PS7JS, PS7HF, PR7AR, PS7ZZ, PS7KC and
PS7PIO will operate (SSB, CW and RTTY) as ZX7R and ZX7CW from
Fort Reis Magos (DFH RN-01) on 27-28 January. QSL via PS7HF
(Fabio Hoelz, P.O. Box 251, Natal - RN 59010-970, Brazil). [TNX
PP5SZ]
PY0_spp - The departure for St. Peter &
St. Paul is confirmed to be scheduled on 2 February with 7
February as target QRV day. RTTY activity is still not confirmed,
due to the lack of laptops. While on Itamaraca (see PY above)
PY7XC and PY7ZY will see if they can operate RTTY (check 14.082,
21.082 and 28.082 MHz) using desktops under portable conditions.
T32 - Pepa, OK1PD will replace Frank, OK1EK
during the T32RD operation from Christams Island [425DXN 505]. A
couple of other modes (RTTY and PSK31) a new band (6 metres) have
been added to the previously announced plan. Operations are now
expected to take place from 11 February until 4 March. Suggested
CW and SSB frequencies are as follows (but they may change due to
the unusually high number of DXpeditions in February):
TY - F5CWU, F5MOO and F5AOV are planning an
activity from Benin on 9-31 August. Hopefully they will operate
on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and digital modes, but they are currenly
waiting for their licences, which might be issued with band
restrictions. They invite DXers to let them know their most
wanted bands/modes for Benin; please e-mail Flo, F5CWU at f5cwu@wanadoo.fr or visit http://perso.wanadoo.fr/f5cwu.
[TNX F5CWU]
VK - Tony , VK3TZ will be travelling to
Phillip Island (OC-136) on 24-27 January and will try to be
active as much as he can (most likely from 9 to 12 UTC and from
21 to 22 UTC on or around 14260 and 21260 kHz). "This is not
a radio orientated trip2, he says, "so do not expect too
much time nor good signals". [TNX VK3TZ]
VK - Radio amateurs from Australia can use
the AX prefix to celebrate Australia Day on their 26 January
(i.e. from the afternoon UTC of the 25th to the afternoon UTC on
the 26th, actual times depends on the various Australian time
zones).
VP5 - WB9Z, K9NR, K9QT and possibly AK9F plan
to operate as home call/VP5 from the Turks and Caicos Islands
from on 23-27 January. They will participate in the CQ WW 160 CW
DX Contest as VP5F. [TNX QRZ-DX]
ZD8 - John, KR6MR plans to leave for
Ascension Island (AF-003) on 22 January and to be active as ZD8CA
for at least a couple of weeks. [TNX The Daily DX]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
A52A VIDEO ---> James, 9V1YC reports
that the 60-minute A52A Bhutan video is now finished:
"Lots more pileups this time, but also plenty of
scenery, people, music, and background info on this
absolutely beautiful country". For further
information please visit http://home.pacific.net.sg/~jamesb.
DAYTON DX DINNER ---> The Southwest
Ohio DX Association announces the Sixteenth Annual DX
Dinner to be held on Friday, 18 May 2001 at the Crowne
Plaza Hotel, Dayton (OH). Tickets are $32.00 and must be
purchased in advance (groups wishing to sit together must
order as a group, a table seats eight). Please make your
check or money order payable to SWODXA and send an SASE
for ticket return. Seats will be assigned on 11 March
2001 in the order that requests are received. Please
order tickets from N8BJQ (Steve Bolia, 7354 Thackery Rd,
Springfield, OH 45502, USA). For information on the
dinner, check http://members.aol.com/SteveB4622/
or contact Steve, N8BJQ at (937) 788-2803 or e-mail to n8bjq@erinet.com. [TNX
N8BJQ]
IOTA 2000 ---> The following is for
those who participated in the IOTA Millennium Programme
using the SM6DEC software and now want to submit their
entries: "we need the file called IOTA2000
ver3.dec", Neville, G3NUG says. "This file is a
'FileMaker Pro 4.0 Runtime Database'. It will probably be
over 300KB. Rename the file with your callsign, for
example, G3NUG.DEC and tell us whether you are using Ver1
or Ver3 of the SM6DEC program. Please be sure to complete
the application form with the calls of the two amateurs
that have checked your log."
QSL 5R8FL ---> There was a mistyping
in 425DXN #506: John, SM5DJZ is the QSL manager for
5R8FU, *not* for 5R8FL. According to our sources, cards
for 5R8FL should be addressed to P.O. Box 5005,
Tananarive, Madagascar.
QSL FR/F6KDF/T ---> Gil, F5NOD
reports that some 8000 QSLs (for Europe, North America,
South America, Asia and Oceania) were mailed on 19
January. There are still 2000 cards that will be sent in
early February, so do not send second requests for the
time being.
QSL VU2HFR ---> Horey, the QSL
manager for all of the operators who were active from
Sagar Island last week, reminds DXers not to send green
stamps (2 IRCs are all right). His address is: Nilanjan
Majumdar, 9 Mandeville Gardens, Apt 5F, P.O. Ballygunge,
Calcutta 700 019, India. Those who are concerned about
the IOTA status of this operation can relax, as Horey is
in touch with the IOTA Manager and expects to send the
validation material as soon as possible.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the French DX bulletin
"Les Nouvelles DX", whose issue #1 was
published twenty years ago, on 15 January 2001.
Congratulations and thanks to the staff at LNDX:
Jacky/F6BBJ, Dominique/F5HVQ, Yves/F6CYV and
Jean-Michel/F6AJA.
SILENT KEY - Harry L. Booth, Z26JP has
been a Silent Key since 16 June 2000 and his daughter
asks DXers not to send QSL cards any longer. [TNX DL2KUW]
A22DX: Complete details on the current
operation from Botswana can be found on Deon Erwin's
(ZR1DQ) web site at www.qsl.net/zr1dq. [TNX ZR1DQ]
D68: Josep/D68BT and Nuria/D68WL reached
the 10000 QSOs mark on 18 January. They are now active
also on CW, but please be patient, as they are not much
experienced. Pictures and logs from can be found at http://www.qsl.net/ea3bt/.
[TNX EA3AJI]
MOST WANTED: Results of The DX
Magazine's 100 Most Wanted survey for the year 2000 have
been posted to the web site at http://www.dxpub.com.
[TNX N4AA]
PERIOD CALL REF
===========================================================================
till 02/03 3Y0C: Bouvet (AN-002) * by N4BQW 507
till February 4W6FK: East Timor * by CT1FKN 488
till 27/01 8Q7RR: Maldives (AS-013) * by IZ1CRR 502
till 20/01 A22DX: Botswana * by ZS1FJ and ZS1GRM 505
till February A52GJ, A52MJ, A52VJ, A52YL: Bhutan 503
till 28/01 D68BT & D68WL: Comoros (AF-007) * by EA3BT & EA3WL 506
till 24/01 FG/F6HMJ: Guadeloupe 505
till August FO0CLA: French Polynesia and Australs * by F2HE 501
till January JW3FL: Bear Is. (EU-027) * by LA3FL 504
till 31/12 OE75: special prefix (Austria) 504
till 21/01 P40AV: Aruba (SA-036) * by K4AVQ 505
till April P40MR: Aruba (SA-036) * by VE3MR 500
till March R1ANF: South Shetlands (AN-010) 499
till 22/01 R1ANM: Amundsen-Scott Base (South Pole) 505
till 2001 UA0QBA: Kotelny Island (AS-028) 477
till 12/02 V31SN: Belize * by DJ4SO 506
till 26/01 V73GJ: Marshall Islands * by KA1GJ 506
till 22/01 VK6BSI: Breaksea Island (OC-243) * by VKs 499
till 28/02 VQ9PO: Diego Garcia (AF-006) * by W3PO 495
15/01-20/01 XQ8RI: Riesco Island (SA-???) * by RW3GW,UA3GVV,UA0XB 504
18/01-25/01 A4: Oman * by OM3RG and OM3LZ 507
18/01-26/01 N7NU/C6A and C6AJX: Abaco Island (NA-080) 506
19/01-21/01 FO0KUN: Tahiti (OC-046) * by JA8VE 506
20/01-21/01 ZV3F and ZW3F: Fort Dom Pedro II (DFH RS-03) 506
21/01 PY7XC and PY7ZY: Itamaraca Island (SA-046) 507
22/01-28/01 3G0Z: Juan Fernandez (SA-005)* by CE1VLY 505
from 22/01 ZD8CA: Ascension Island (AF-003) * by KR6MR 507
23/01-05/02 3C: Bioco Isl (AF-010), Equatorial Guinea * by SM0AGD 507
23/01-28/01 UU4JXM/P and UU7J/P: Kosa Tuzla Island (EU-180) 506
23/01-27/01 VP5: Turks & Caicos * by WB9Z, K9NR, K9QT, AK9F 507
24/01-30/01 KP2/K8GG & NP2S: Virgin Islands (NA-106) 507
24/01-27/01 VK3TZ: Phillip Island (OC-136) 507
26/01-28/01 3DA0WPX: Swaziland * by ZS6WPX 507
26/01-26/02 KH9: Wake Island * by K7ASU 507
26/01-28/01 TD0G: special station (Guatemala) 503
26/01-28/01 ZC4A: Akrotiri Base * by 5B4AGN and 5B4AGC 507
26/01-28/01 CQ 160-Meter Contest (CW) ***
27/01-10/02 FO: OC-066, Fr.Pol. * by DL1AWI,DL5XU,DL3APO,DG0OBN 503
27/01-28/01 ZX7R & ZX7CW: Fort Reis Magos (DFH RN-01) 507
03/02-12/02 YK9A: Syria 504
06/02-16/02 JA6GXK: Me-shima, Danjo Islands (AS-056) 495
07/02-21/02 8Q7MZ & 8Q7BZ: Maldives (AS-013) * by OE3MZC & OE3YCB 507
07/02-15/02 PY0S: St. Peter & St. Paul Rocks * by PY7XC and others 507
08/02-28/02 D68C: Comoros Islands (AF-007) 506
09/02-27/02 AC4G/KH9: Wake Island (OC-053) 507
10/02-17/02 VK7: Tasmania (OC-006) * by DF9MV 505
11/02-28/02 FO: OC-027, Marquesas * by DL1AWI and DL5XU 503
11/02-04/03 T32RD: Christmas Isl. (OC-024) * by OK1RD,OK1RI,OK1PD 507
12/02-20/02 CE0ZT: San Ambrosio (SA-013) * by CE6TBN and others 507
12/02-19/02 GD/DL4ALB, LQM, WG, DL5AXX, LYM, DL8WAA: Isle of Man 507
18/02-24/01 VK7: Flinders Island (OC-195) * by DF9MV 505
19/02-27/02 3D2: Conway Reef * by YT1AD and others 505
23/02-25/02 W4D: Dauphin Island (NA-213) 505
27/02-06/03 PJ8/AA1M, W1USN, W1HL: Sint Maarten (NA-105) 507
February-March Pacific Trip by I6BQI (A35BQ, ZK2BQI, ecc) 502
February 7Q7HB: Malawi * by G0JMU 503
February HR: Swan Islands (NA-035) * by HR1RMG 505
February JW3FL: Hopen Is. (EU-063) * by LA3FL 504
01/03/06/03 3D2: Fiji * by YT1AD and others 505
20/03-30/03 JA6GXK: Me-shima, Danjo Islands (AS-056) 495
05/04-24/04 3D2: Conway Reef * by SM6CAS, SM7PKK and others 493
21/04-22/04 Holyland DX Contest 500
05/05-18/05 3B6RF: Agalega (AF-001) 502
31/05-10/06 JW: Prins Karls Forland (EU-063) 495
09/08-31/08 TY: Benin * by F5CWU, F5MOO and F5AOV 507
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