21 April 2001
No 520
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
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3D2 - Kit, JA1NVF will be active (on 6-40
metres SSB) as 3D2NV/P from Rotuma (OC-060) between 27 April and
4 May and as 3D2NV from Fiji between 4 and 7 May. QSL via JA1NVF
either direct (Katsumi Yoshinuma, 17-6 Wakamiyadai, Yokosuka,
239-0829 Japan) or through the JARL bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
3W - Alan/BA1DU, Jin/BA4TA, Liao/BA7QT, Bac
Ai/3W6AR and Hau/3W6LI will operate as 3W7D from Tam Island in
the South China Sea Coast Centre group (AS-???) between 26 April
and 1 May. They plan to be active with two stations (including an
amplifier, a vertical and multiband dipoles) on 10-40 metres SSB
and CW. The expedition is supported by the Beijing DX Club, the
Chinese Radio Sports Association and the Vietnam Amateur Radio
Club and is sponsored by the Island Radio Expedition Foundation
Inc. QSL via BA1DU either direct (P.O. Box 8091, Beijing 100088,
China) or through the Chinese bureau. [TNX BA1DU]
4X - Jac, PA3AJW will be active (on 80, 40,
20, 15 and 10 metres SSB and CW) from the Golan Heights between
20 and 24 April. He will operate as 4X2C from Ramot, including an
entry in the Holyland Contest. On 22 April he plans to operate
mobile from different locations as 4X21C, 4X22C, 4X23C or 4X24C.
[TNX PA3AJW]
8Q - Shigeo, JA1JQY will be active (on 40-6
metres mainly CW with some SSB) as 8Q7JY from the Maldives
(AS-013) between 28 April and 3 May. QSL via JA1JQY either direct
(Shigeo Matsui, 2-31-10 Shimoseya, Yokohama, 246-0035 Japan) or
through the JARL bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
9N - Kaz, JA8MWU will be active (on 6-20
metres SSB, WARC bands included) as 9N7WU from Katmandu, Nepal
between 23 April and 3 May. QSL via JA8MWU either direct
(Kazunori Abe, 12-5-9 Kagura 7jo, Asahikawa, 070-8007 Japan) or
through the JARL bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
F - Max, F6AXP reports that Jean-Claude, F5IL
and Jean-Pierre, F6DLM will be active (weather permitting) from a
few French islands as follows:
21 April - Ile des Ebihens (DIFM MA-024) as F5IL/P
22 April - Ile de la Grande Roche (DIFM MA-117) as F6DLM/P
22 April - Ile de la Nelliere (DIFM MA-118) as F6DLM/P
23 April - Ile du Perron (DIFM MA-022) as either F5IL/P or
F6DLM/P
23 April - Ile del'Islet (DIFM MA-023) as either F5IL/P or
F6DLM/P
F - Fourteen French operators (namely F2FZ,
F4AJQ, F4BUX, F4BTP, F4TTR, F5FG, F5AGB, F5IKO, F6DOP, F6EGG,
F8BUI, F8CTY, F8UHU and F9IE) will be active on all bands as TM5N
from Saint-Nicolas Island (EU-094, DIFM AT-010) between 26 April
and 1 May. A side operation as F6KOP/p from to Cigogne Island
(EU-094, DIFM AT-061) is also planned on 28 or 29 April. [TNX
F6AJA]
FH - Ted, JJ1LIB will be operating (CW, SSB,
and RTTY) as FH/JJ1LIB from Mayotte (AF-027) between 29 April and
4 May. He will have an amplifier, a two-element yagi for 10-20
metres, a 6-element yagi for 6 metres and wire antennas for the
low bands. QSL via JN1HOW. [TNX JF6OJX]
I - Look for Andy/IK4VET, Robi/IK4XCL and
Alex/IK4ALM to be active as home call/3 from Bonello Scirocco
(not IOTA, IIA RO-006) on 22 April. QSL via home calls. [TNX
IK4RQJ]
I - Vanni/IK4RUX, Sergio/IK4JPR,
Franco/IK4GLV and Giuseppe/IZ4CCO will be IA5/ from Isola del
Giglio (EU-028, IIA GR-002) between 28 April and 1 May. They plan
to be active on SSB and CW. Also expect a side trip to Giannutri
(EU-028, IIA GR-001) on 29 April by IK4RUX and IK4JPR. QSl via
home calls. [TNX IK4JPR and IK4RUX]
JA - Haya, JF6WTY has been on Tanega-shima
(AS-032) since 1 April. He is a school teacher and will be there
for the next five years. QSL via JF6WTY (Yuichiro Hayashi, 16888
Noma, Nakatane-Town, Kumage-Gun, Kagoshima 891-3604, Japan) [TNX
JI6KVR]
JA - Look for Take, JI3DST/6 to be active
from Miyako Island (AS-079) between 7 UTC on 28 April and 2 UTC
on 6 May. He is expected to operate on 80, 40, 17, 15, 12, 10 and
6 metres SSB and maybe RTTY and SSTV as well. QSL via JI3DST
either direct (Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-cho, Abeno-ku,
Osaka-city, Osaka 545-0021, Japan) or preferably through the
bureau. [TNX JI3DST]
JW - Rag, LA5HE will be active as JW5HE from
Svalbard between 26 April and 1 May. [TNX LA5HE]
SV - William, N2DH reports he will operate as
SV8/N2DH from Thassos Island (EU-174) between 27 April and 4 May.
Operation will be on 10 through 20 metres SSB with some possible
activity on 75 metres. QSL direct to N2DH.
TA - The operation from Giresun Island
(AS-154) [425DXN 516] has been rescheduled to take place on 24-28
April. With the support from the President of the Giresun Amateur
Radio Club, Nando/IT9YRE and Alfonso/IT9WDY will be active (on
40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres) from 13 UTC on the 24th to 12
GMT on the 28th. They will have two transceivers, one amplifier
(350 watts), one half wave vertical antenna on a 12' mast, one
quarter wave vertical antenna, one generator (1500 watts) plus
marine batteries for back up and the two stations will be active
simultaneously on SSB and CW. QSL via IT9YRE either direct
(Ferdinando Rubino, P.O. Box 30, 96012 Avola- SR, Italy) or
through the bureau. [TNX IT9YRE]
TK - Pierre, F5MOG will be active as TK/F5MOG
from Corsica (EU-014) between 28 April and 7 May. He also plans
to be active from Giraglia (EU-164) from 29 April to May 1. [TNX
The Daily DX]
TX_che - Jacky/ZL3CW (F2CW) and Akinori/ZL1GO
(JA4EKO) have cancelled their participation in the forthcoming
TX0C operation from the Chesterfield Islands [425DXN 518]. Latest
reports indicate that the DXpedition will still take place
between 27 April and 3 May. [TNX JI6KVR]
UA - A DXpedition to a few Artic Russian
islands started on 16 April to end on 2 May. The team leader is
Victoriya Korykina/RA0BM and the other operators are Yuri
Zaruba/UA9OBA, Valery Sushkov/RW3GW, Alex Sukharev/RZ9OO, Andy
Moiseev/UA0BA and Pavel Tscvetkov/RV0AR. After starting as R3CA/0
from Dikson Island, they moved to the main target of the
expedition, Ushakova Island (AS-156) and became active as RI0B on
17 April, a couple of days earlier than planned. They also plan
to operate from Srednij Island (AS-042) as RS0B, then to move to
Uyedineniya Island (AS-057) and be active as RU0B indicatively on
26-28 April. Their last stop should be the Arkticheskogo
Instituta Islands (AS-087), for an eight-hour operation only. The
team's plans are subject to change due to local conditions. Their
equipment include at least four transceivers, two amplifiers,
three masts with beam antennas, two generators plus "rifles
and guns for defense from hungry white bears". Latest news
from the expedition will be sent to http://rrc.sc.ru through Valery, RW3GU. QSL
R3CA/0 via UA9OBA, RI0B via RW3GW, RS0B via RW3GW, RU0B via
UA9OBA. [TNX UA9OBA and RZ3EC]
VK9_coc - Dennis G3MXJ (VK9CXJ), Roger G3SXW
(VK9CXW) and Nigel G3TXF (VK9CXF) plan to be active (on all nine
bands, CW only) from Cocos-Keeling (OC-003) from 28 April until 5
May. As many other DXpeditions will be QRV during that week,
there are two suggested frequencies for each HF band. They will
try always to be on one or other of them : 10108/118, 14008/018,
18078/088, 21008/018, 24898/908 and 28008/018 kHz. On LF they
will try for 7008, 3508 and 1825 kHz. QSL via home calls.
Propagation and other details are on http://www.G3TXF.com/dxtrip/vk9cxf/vk9c.html.
[TNX G3SXW]
W - Look for W1AA/IMD (http://personal.tmlp.com/k1vv/w1aa/)
will participate in the International Marcony Day (see "Good
to Konow" below) representing 1903 Marconi transatlantic
station at Cape Cod, Massachusetts. QSL via CBA (US stations) or
through the W1 bureau (DX stations). [TNX K1VV]
W - Scott, K1OA and Len, K1NU will be active
as W1N from Peaks Island (NA-137, new one for the USI award) on
28 April. QSL via K1OA either direct or through the bureau. [TNX
K1NU]
W - Look for Silvano, KB5GL/5 to be active
again [425DXN 516] from Ship Island (NA-082) on 28-29 April.
Unfortunately he has been denied permission eithr to stay
overnight and to use a generator, so that he will operate (on 15,
12, and 10 metres) from 16 UTC to 20.30 UTC with 100 watss, one
half wave vertical antenna and marine batteries. QSL via KB5GL
(Silvano Amenta, 5028 Hearst St, Metairie, LA 70001, USA). [TNX
KB5GL]
ZK1_nc - Victor, ZK1CG reports that Tuatai,
ZK1MA Is back in Manihiki (North Cooks) after his long stay in
Rarotonga (South Cooks) as ZK1CY. Tuatai's home, gear and
antennas were completely wiped off a few years ago during a
hurricane that destroyed 85% of the atoll. He is now using a
battery powered transceiver and dipoles mainly on CW, as his
microphone is malfunctioning. "If you have an old not too
used mike for his FT-747GX laying around", Victor says,
"please let me know and we can arrange for it to be sent to
Tuatai". Victor's e-mail address is sales@computers.co.ck.
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
HF CHAMPIONSHIP ---> The Estonia Open
HF Championship (40 and 80 metres CW & SSB) will take
place on 21 April. Rules are available at http://www.erau.ee/eng/esopenrul.html.
[TNX ES8AS]
INTERNATIONAL MARCONI DAY ---> Over
30 special event stations representing historic Marconi
station locations worldwide are expected to participate
in this year's event, which will take place on 21 April
(00.00-23.59 UTC). The list of participating stations is
at http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~straff/particip.htm.
[TNX K1VV]
QSL 8Q7RR ---> Maury, IZ1CRR reports
that cards for his operation from Ellaidhoo Island
(January 2001) have been received from the printer and he
will start processing direct requests in the next few
days.
QSL FR/F6KDF/T ---> Gil, F5NOD
reports that some 1000 QSLs were mailed on 13 April and
there are still around 2000 cards to process. If you have
not received your card so far, please do not send second
requests for the time being.
QSL VIA PA5ET ---> Rob is the QSL
manager for the following operations (call/year):
QSL VIA PY7ZZ ---> Please note that
the correct address is: Fred Souto Maior, Rua Almeida
Belo 241, Apt 302, Bairro Novo, Olinda, PE 53030-030,
Brazil. Do not use the RAC 2001 address as it is wrong.
[TNX PY7ZZ]
QSL VIA W3HC ---> The following comes
from Mac, W3HC and lists those who "want cards but
never supplied a SASE": "Czech Radio Club"
(200 cards), EA8BA, EK6CC, F5TKD, I5PEX, JA2CWU, KB4HJQ,
KN8DX, LU7DIR, N9EYF, OK2PHH, OK2PHI, OM0GT, "QSL
Bureau 73. Moscow" (250 cards), RA3MB, UA0KCL,
UA0ZS, US7IID, Yuri Burykh, Sakhalin Island (100 cards).
SSTV & DXPEDITIONS ---> The
following comes from Danny Van Tricht, ON4VT: "Never
before there was so many SSTV activity from different
countries as nowadays. If you are going on a trip to an
exotic spot, we (a bunch of SSTV DXers) like to help you
to do some SSTV. It's different to run a SSTV pile up...
we can advise you and bring you in contact with previous
SSTV DXpeditioners". To learn more please visit
Danny's web site at http://www.qsl.net/on4vt.
Z36W ---> This is Venco, Z31JA who
has been using his new call since 1 April. QSL via NN6C.
[TNX Z36W]
WRTC 2002 ---> Ari Korhonen, OH1EH (ari.korhonen@kolumbus.fi)
has announced that the next World Radiosport Team
Championship, the Olympics of Amateur Radio, will take
place in Finland on 9-16 July. WRTC 2002 will be
organized by Contest Club Finland (CCF) and the Finnish
Amateur Radio League (SRAL). The web site for the event
is at http://www.wrtc2002.org.
MOST NEEDED DXCC ENTITIES - PART 1/2
The following survey is taken from the newly published
ARRL DXCC Yearbook 2000 and includes the top 50 entities
needed by DXers who participate in the DXCC programme
(data taken from the 21,000 Mixed DXCC records). Part 2/2
(positions from 51 to 100) will be published in 425 DX
News # 522. Last year's survey can be found in 425DXN 476
and 478. [TNX The Daily DX]
Rank Prefix Entity Rank Prefix Entity
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1 P5 North Korea 26 ZL8 Kermadec Isls
2 BS7H Scarborough Reef 27 HK0/M Malpelo Island
3 E4 Palestine 28 3D2C Conway Reef
4 FO/A Austral Islands 29 ZS8 Prince Edward & Marion Isls
5 FO/M Marquesas Islands 30 9U Burundi
6 H40 Temotu Province 31 3B7 Agalega & St Brandon Isls
7 BV9P Pratas Island 32 PY0S St Peter And Paul Rocks
8 VU4 Andaman & Nicobar Isls 33 XZ Myanmar
9 7O Yemen 34 FT5W Crozet Isls
10 A5 Bhutan 35 ZL9 Auckland & Campbell Isls
11 3Y Bouvet Island 36 CE0X San Felix Island
12 VU7 Lakshadweep Isls 37 VK9M Mellish Reef
13 VK0/M Macquarie Island 38 TN Congo
14 E3 Eritrea 39 5A Libya
15 FR/T Tromelin Island 40 YV0 Aves Island
16 FR/G Glorioso Isls 41 PY0T Trindade & Martin Vaz Isls
17 VP8/S South Sandwich Isls 42 FT5X Kerguelen Isls
18 FR/J Juan De Nova & Europa 43 FT5Z Amsterdam & St Paul Isls
19 KH5K Kingman Reef 44 T33 Banaba
20 VP8/G South Georgia 45 XW Laos
21 SV/A Mount Athos 46 KH1 Baker & Howland Isls
22 3Y Peter I 47 T31 Central Kiribati
23 3C0 Annobon 48 1A0 S.M.O.M.
24 VK0/H Heard Island 49 VK9/W Willis Isls
25 YA Afghanistan 50 EP Iran
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