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3V - Look for 3V8SZ to be active from Sidi
Bou Zid in central Tunisia on 23-25 March. The station will be
installed in a local school and will be left there for further
activities in the future. The operators will then move to Djerba
(AF-083) and be active as 3V8DJ from 27 to 31 March with four
stations (three verticals, one 3-element beam, one amplifier) on
all bands 160-10 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31. The team
includes six operators from Tunisia(Zaida, Sarra, Nadia, Fatham,
Haunik and Lofti, responsible for 3V8BB) and eleven operators
from Italy (Giovanni/I5JHW, Sergio/I5NSR, Danio/I5OYY,
Roberto/I5HLK, Piero/IK5CKL, Sauro/IK5EKB, Roberto/IK5FTQ,
Marcello/IK5JAN, Gabriele/IK5OSA, Gabriele/IK5ZTW,
Franco/IK4ADE). QSL via I5JHW (Giovanni Bini, Via Santini 30,
51031 Agliana - PT, Italy). [TNX I5JHW]
4W - Neville, VK2QF will be active as
4W/VK2QF from Dili, East Timor between 28 March and 5 April. He
plans to be operate on the following suggested frequencies: 3510,
7010, 14010, 21010, 28010, 50090 kHz (CW) and 3790, 7095,
7145-7175, 14195, 21295, 28470, 50135 kHz (SSB). QSL via VK2QF
(Neville Mattick, Hargraves, N.S.W. 2850, Australia). The
expedition home page is at http://winsoft.net.au/~vk2qf. [TNX VK2QF]
C6 - Bill, AA7X will be active as C6AKK from
Treasure Cay (NA-080), Bahamas on 24-31 March, including an entry
in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL via AA7X. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
CE0_jf - Key/JE6JYT, Chip/N6CA, Jack/N6XQ and
Roman/XE2EED will be on Robinson Crusoe Island (Juan Fernandez
Archipelago, SA-005) from 28 March to 2 April and will operate on
6 metres with two stations. "We have received word our call
will be 3G0Z", Jack reports. Earlier this year this call was
assigned to Pat, CE1VLY [425DXN 505]. QSL via N6XQ (P.O. Box
7732, San Diego, CA 92167, USA). The web page for the operation
is at http://www.ham-radio.com/ce0z/ce0z.html. [TNX
The Daily DX and OZ6OM]
CE0_ei - Arliss, W7XU and Holly, N0QJM will
be active as CE0Y/W7XU and CE0Y/N0QJM from Easter Island between
29-30 March and 8 April. They will concentrate on 6 metres CW and
SSB. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
E4 - Gunter, E4/OE1GZA plans to be active
from Ramallah on various Saturdays until probably the end of
2002. For the time being he operates on 10-30 metres, later this
year he should be active on 40 and 80 metres as well. QSL to
Gunter Zwickl, c/o SICT, P.O.Box 1133, Ramallah, Palestine.
Bureau cards can be sent to OE1GZA, but "due to the
operator's permanent absence from OE it will take a real long
time to respond". [TNX E4/OE1GZA]
F - Didier, F5BWJ will be active as TM2A from
Noirmoutier Island (EU-064) between 31 March and 7 April. QSL via
F5BWJ. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
H40 - During a QSO with Dick (N6FF) Ron,
H40RW/ZL1AMO reported he would "be changing his QTH over the
weekend" and would "not be on the lower frequencies
until after the move". It is not clear if he has to move to
another QTH on the same island or to a different island in Temotu
Province. Dick also reports that Ron's laptop computer is gone
and there will be no RTTY operation. [TNX G3MCS]
H44 - Bernard, DL2GAC/H44MS returned from the
Shortland Islands on 20 March and is currently in Honiara
(OC-047). On 27 March he will leave the Solomons and fly to
Brisbane. [TNX H44MS]
JX - Trond, LA8XM will be active in his spare
time as JX8XM from Jan Mayen (EU-022) between 30 March and 4
April. He plans to operate on or around 10 kHz from the bottom of
each band. [TNX The Daily DX]
HK0_mal - A second DXpedition to Malpelo is
being organized by Jairo, HK5MQZ and Hiro, HK5QGX, They will
leave on 6 April and plan to operate on 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15,
12, 10 and 6 metres as HK5MQZ/0 (SSB) and HK5QGX/0 (CW) from the
10th until the 21st. They will two transceivers, one amplifier,
dipoles for the low bands and yagis for the others. QSL HK5MQZ/0
direct only to HK5MQZ (Jairo Vargas, P.O. Box 10862, Cali,
Colombia). QSL HK5QGX/0 direct only to JA0MGR. [TNX HK5MQZ]
PY0_spp - Kim, PS7JN reports he is going to
St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks (SA-014) to carry out some
scientific reseraches between 1 and 15 April. He plans to operate
as ZY0SAT in his free time (his afternoons and evenings) on HF
(3780, 7085, 14180, 21280, 28450 kHz) and via satellite AO-10
(145.9), UO-14 (435.07), FO-20 (435.850), FO-29 (435.850). QSL
via PS7JN (Joaquim das Virgens, Rua Carlos Serrano 1969,
59076-740 Natal - RN, Brazil).
TA - Enrico, IT9AXZ had a car accident
earlier this week and has been forced to give up the trip to
Turkey [425DXN 515]. Nando, IT9YRE reports the 27-30 March
activity from Giresun (AS-154) has not been cancelled but
postponed for a short time while he is looking for someone else
to join him.
VK9 - VK9KCP and VK9KXP are the calls Jerzy,
SP9EVP will be using from Cocos/Keeling (OC-003) on 24-31 March
and Christmas Island (OC-002) between 31 March and 6 April
respectively [425DXN 515]. QSL via SP9EVP. [TNX The Daily DX]
W - Jim, K9PPY will operate from Santa Rosa
Island (NA-142) on 24-26 March and from St. George Island
(NA-085) on 27-28 March. Due to the fact that this is a vacation
he will not always be active, but will be looking for QSOs as
time permits. He will be operating on +/- 14.260 Mhz and 21.260
Mhz especially looking for Europe and Asia. QSL via home call.
[TNX KB5GL]
XV - Look for JA3AFJ (XV3MRC), JR1JAA
(XV3JAA) and JA1TAA (XV3TAA) to operate on 6-80 meters (30 metres
excluded) CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31 from Vietnam between 29 March
and 3 April. QSL direct only to JA1TAA (Hiroshi Hotta, 4-12-53
Kameino, Fujisawa, 252-0813, Japan). [TNX The Daily DX]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
ALL ASIAN DX CONTEST ---> JARL (the
Japanese Amateur Radio League) will sponsor the ALL ASIAN
DX Contest, which will be held this summer. Further
information and rules can be found on the JARL web site
at http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/4_Library/A-4-3_Contests/AA_Rule.htm.
[TNX JJ1ANW]
CQ WW WPX SSB CONTEST: the following
stations are expected to participate in this year's
event:
9K - Hamad, 9K2HN as 9K9X
(SOAB). QSL via the bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
CE - Juan Pablo, CE4USW as CC4A
(SOAB high power). Juan Pablo reports he is the
first operator to be allowed to use the CC
prefix. QSL via home call. (Juan Pablo Mardones,
P.O. Box 666, Talca, Chile). [TNX CE4USW]
CX - Jorge, CX6VM as CW6V. QSL
via W3HNK. [TNX CX6VM]
EA - Rod, EA7JX as EF7AIR (his
father's, EC7AIR, special call). The only
frequencies assigned to this licence class are
3600-3700 kHz, 21150-21200 kHz and 28900-29100
kHz, but Rod hopes to listen up on the U.S. 80
metres segment, around 21350 Khz and around 28400
kHz.
EA6 - Gabriel, EA6AEQ as AN6AEQ
(SOAB). QSL via EA6AEQ either direct (P.O. Box
10180, Palma de Mallorca, 07080 Balearic Islands,
Spain) or through the bureau. [TNX EA6AEQ]
FK - FK8HC, FK8GM, FK8HW and
LA5IIA [425DXN 515] as TX8G (Multi-Multi). QSL
via LA9GY.
FM - Madinina Contest Club
members as TO5T (Multi-Single) from Martinique.
QSL via FM5BH. [TNX FM5BH]
GM - Keith, GM4YXI as GM7V (SOSB
- 10 metres - high power). QSL via ZS5BBO. [TNX
OPDX Bulletin]
I - Maurizio, IT9RZR as IR9A.
QSL via home call.
LU - A large group from Radio
Club Rosario as L40F (Multi-Multi). QSL via
LU4FM. [TNX LU4FM]
LU - Jesus, LU5FC as LP1F (SOSB
10 metres). QSL via LU5FC either direct (Jesus
Rubio, San Juan 2694, Rosario 2000, Santa Fe,
Argentina) or through the bureau. [TNX LU5FC]
PY - Mario, PP5MQ as ZX5X (not
PS5S as he previously reported) as SOSB on 10
metres low power. QSL direct to PP5MQ (Mario
Marquardt, P.O. Box 212, 89201-972 Joiniville -
SC, Brazil). [TNX PP5MQ]
SM - John, SM7CRW as 8S7A from
Oland Island (EU-037). QSL via W3HNK. [TNX The
Daily DX]
VE - Todd, VE5MX as VB6A. QSL
via VE5MX. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
FM/F2JD ---> Gerard is closing down
his tation from Martinique and will be back in France
next week after 11200 QSOs (6600 CW, 1000 RTTY, 3600
SSB). [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
NA-082 ----> Silvano, KB5GL was
active from Ship Island on 17 March for a couple of hours
only. He started around 11 a.m. local time and had to
stop after some 200 QSOs (95% with Europe) when he was
informed the ship would leave three hours earlier than
scheduled due to the bad weather conditions. He plans to
be back to the island in late April or early May. [TNX
KB5GL]
QSL A35RK ---> Paul Kidd, A35RK
reminds DXers that Tonga has not had a functioning QSL
bureau (either incoming or outgoing) since 1996. The
Kingdom of Tonga has a licensing authority (Tonga
Communication Commission), but there is no national
amateur radio society, no radio club of any sort, and no
QSL bureau. The only possible QSL route for A35RK is via
W7TSQ.
QSL A51AA ---> Please note that
Gerard, F2VX can confirm contacts made with A51AA in
September 2000 only. He is not the QSL manager for the
newly licenced A51AA.
QSL A52UD ---> Charly, A52UD reports
all direct requests for A52UD QSLs have been answered to
date. Bureau o cards will be processed next autumn.
QSL UA0FZ --> Antonello, IK2DUW
reports he is no longer the QSL manager for UA0FZ. He can
confirm QSOs made between 1 January 2000 and 31 January
2001 only. Cards should be sent to Antonello Passarella,
P. O. Box 13448, 20051 Limbiate - MI, Italy).
QSL VK2IOM ---> If you still need a
card for VK2IOM (OC-223, 13-14 September 1997), please
send your request to JS1DLC (Ken Arakawa 1-17-2
Hachimandai, Sakura City, Chiba 285-0867, Japan). He was
one of operators and now has logs and QSLs. [TNX
JA9IFF/1]
QSL VK0MM ---> Alan, VK4AAR reports
that all QSL requests for VK0MM cards received to 20
March have now been processed. "There were some
'not-in-log' replies sent out", he says, "but
please be assured that they were not sent out without a
thorough check. Therefore it is useless to contact me for
further checks. I have already done all that is
possible". Also please note that Alan has neither
the logs nor the cards for VK0LD or AX0LD. Requests for
VK0MM should be sent direct only to Alan Roocroft, P.O.
Box 421, Gatton, QLD 4343, Australia.
QSL ZA5G ---> Florian, ZA5G says he
has never had a QSL manager. Cards should be sent direct
only to Florian Gjonej, P.O. Box 210, Shkoder, Albania.
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