10 February 2001
No 510
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
3W - Hans, WA1LWS expects to be active again
as 3W2LWS from Vietnam between 17 February and 6 March, including
an entry in both the ARRL DX contests. [TNX The Daily DX]
C6 - Gary, KI6T will be active as C6A/KI6T
from NA-080, Bahamas on 13-18 February, with an entry in the ARRL
CW DX Contest as C6AGS. QSL via KI6T. [TNX The Daily DX]
CE0_sfe - Marco, CE6TBN reports the Chilean
authorities have once again authorized the use of CE0XT for the
upcoming operation from San Ambrosio (previosuly announced as
CE0XT, some three weeks ago the call was changed into CE0ZT). US
QSL via N6MZ (Michael A. Mraz, 15526 Se 50th St, Bellevue, WA
98006-3611, USA); others via CE6TBN (Marco A. Quijada, P.O. Box
1234, Temuco, Chile).
DU - Frank, VE7DP reports 4I2P is the call
sign requested for the IOTA expedition to Batan Island (OC-093)
[425DXN 509]. Frank will arrive on 23 February and will be joined
my the main group on the 25th. They will be active until 27
February and be back to Manila on th 28th. [TNX VE7DP and VE3JV]
KH0 - Look for KH0/JQ1NGT and KH0/JI1EFP to
be active (on 6-160 metres CW and SSB) from Saipan (OC-086) on
16-19 February. They plan to participate in the ARRL CW DX
Contest as either single opertaors or multi-single. QSL via
JQ1NGT (Kenji Sekine, 3-4-7 Honcyo, Fukiage, 369-0115, Japan).
[TNX The Daily DX]
PJ2 - Larry, K6RO and Charlie, W6KK will
operate (on all bands CW and SSB) as PJ2/home call from Curacao
(SA-006) from 27 February to 5 March. Larry will be a SOAB HP
entru in the ARRL SSB DX Contest as PJ2K (not PJ2R as reported in
425DXN 509, as this call has been issued to someone else). QSL
PJ2K via K6RO and PJ2/ via home calls. [TNX K6RO]
PY0_spp - The PW0S group (Jim/PY7XC,
Ciro/PY7ZY and Eli/PT7BZ, plus Epaminondas/PY7CV, captain of the
"Old Smuggler") left Recife, Brazil at 20 UTC on 3
February. They stopped at Fernando de Noronha, where Andre/PY0FF
(and his equipment for 6 metres and SSTV) have joined the team,
and left for St. Peter and St. Paul's Rocks in the early morning
UTC of 7 February. They were expected to start operating from the
rocks on the 9th, but rough seas are preventing them from
landing. Suggested frequencies are 3790, 7050, 14170, 18125,
21270, 24960, 28470, 50115 kHz (SSB); 1832, 3504, 7025, 10108,
14025, 18090, 21025, 24915, 28025, 50095 kHz (CW); 14080, 21080,
28080 kHz (RTTY); 14233, 21363, 28683 kHz (SSTV). QSL via KU9C.
Pictures at http://www.soutomaior.eti.br/mario/.
S2 - Carl, SM6CPY plans to operate as S21YD
from Bangladesh on 12-19 February. [TNX The Daily DX]
T8 - Look for JA6EGL and JM6VOV to operate
(on 10-160 metres) as T88SM (mainly CW) and T88VO (mainly SSB)
from Palau (OC-009) on 16-20 February. QSL T88SM via JA6EGL
(Shoji Miyake, Box 252, Fukuoka, 810-8694, Japan); QSL T88VO via
JM6VOV (Masaru Yokoi, 1-30-13 Sakuragaoka, Shime, 811-2201,
Japan). Cards can also be sent through the JARL QSL bureau. [TNX
The Daily DX]
TZ - Fred, ON6QR will try to operate (on 20
and 15 metres SSB) from TZ6VY or TZ6YH from around 19 UTC to 24
UTC on 14 February. He might be active on 15 and 16 February as
well. QSL via ON6QR through the bureau. [TNX ON9CLV]
UA - A group of operators is expected to sign
(SSB and CW) UE1RCV/1 from Sengeyskiy Island (Pechorskoye Sea
Coast West group, EU-???) on 9-14 February. QSL via UA1RJ. [TNX
RZ3EC]
V4 - Joe/VE3BW, Bob/K0CCX, Markus/DK5AX,
Bruce/W4OV, Julio/WD4JR and Norm/VE3VFR will be active from St.
Kitts Island (NA-104) on 14-22 February (callsigns to be issued
upon arrival). They will operate on 6-160 metres CW and SSB and
will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest. The QSL route for
QSOs made during the contest is via VE3VFR (Norm Sanger, 2626
Guyatt Rd East Binbrook, Ontario L0R1C0, Canada). [TNX DJ5AV]
VK - Bill, VK4FW reports his planned activity
from Cumberland Island (OC-160) [425DXN 509] has been postponed
has been postponed due to transport problems associated with
equipment not arriving from Sydney. The new dates are from 11 to
16 February. QSL direct only to VK4FW (Bill Horner, P.O. Box 929,
Gympie, 4570, Australia).
VP5 - Ed, AJ6V will participate in the ARRL
CW DX Contest (17-18 February) as VP5U from the Turks and Caicos
Islands. Before and after the contest he will operate SSB as
VP5/AJ6V. QSL via WA4WTG. [TNX WA4WTG]
XX9 - Ulf, SM0GNU reports will be operating
as XX9TDX from Macau between 12 and 20 February. He plans to be
active on all bands CW/SSB, possibly with some RTTY. There will
also be a SOAB effort in the ARRL DX CW Contest. QSL via SM0GNU.
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
HAM COM 2001 ---> The Lone Star DX
Association (http://www.dxer.org) has announced an
attractive DX programme for "Ham Com 2001", to
be held in Arlington, Texas on 8-10 June. For further
information please visit http://hamcom.org. [TNX WW5L]
QSL K5K, KH6ND/KH5, T32R ---> K5K
QSLs are due from the printer any day and processing will
begin as soon as they arrive. Requests for KH6ND/KH5 are
being processed daily. T32R QSL's are being printed and
will be processed along with K5K and KH6ND/KH5 direct
requests. There is no need for concern for the lack of
sufficient postage for direct requests received before
early January, as all SASEs or requests which include
return postage will be answered. However requests sent in
2001 should include sufficient return postage. Direct
cards with no SAE, non-US stamps or money from other
countries will be answered in due course via the bureau.
[TNX K4TSJ]
QSL OA4DKC ---> Tony, LZ1JZ reports
he is the QSL manager for OA4DKC as far as QSOs with
European stations are concerned. His address is: Anton
Stefanov, P.O Box 43, Harmanli 6450, Bulgaria.
QSL VP8SSI (2000) ---> Tony, WA4JQS
is still receiving cards (mainly from Japan) for this
pirate operation. "This call is assigned to me, it
has not been and will not be reissued", Tony says.
"I have not been in the South Sandwich group since
1992 but I plan on returning within the next three years
for a one month stay".
QSL YC3OX ---> Agung, YC3OX is a
newly licenced amateur from Surabaya (Java, OC-021). He
is active on 15 and 40 metres. QSL via IZ8CCW (P.O. Box
360, 87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy).
QSL VIA ON4ACA ---> Jef, ON4ACA (on4aca@ping.be) is the
new QSL manager for OTxC and has the logs from 1996
(OT6C) onwards.
TOKELAU CANCELLED ---> Ken Holdom,
ZL2HU/ZL4HU (zl2hu@clear.net.nz)
reports that after lengthy considerations and taking into
account several factors, The Kermadec DX Association will
not undertake the planned ZK3 Tokelau Island DXpedition
in July-August 2002. "In order to keep the Kermadec
DX Association reputation intact", he says, "we
have decided to undertake a much smaller DXpedition to
ZL7, Chatham Islands in October 2002 to coincide with the
CQWW SSB contest. We have already received some 70 plus
donations towards the cost of ZK3: if you agree to carry
your support forward from ZK3 to ZL7 we would appreciate
your confirmation of this or if you wish your donation to
be refunded please advise accordingly."
YO DX HF CONTEST ---> Ciprian
Sufitchi, YO3FWC reports that the final results of the YO
DX HF Contest 2000 are now available on the Romanian
Amateur Radio Federation web site (http://www.qsl.net/yo3kaa).
ZL4HU - Ken Holdom, P.O. Box 7, Clyde,
Central Otago, New Zealand
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