16 June 2001
No 528
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
EA - Paco, EA5OL reports that the following
stations will participate in this year's DIE Contest (between 6
UTC and 12 UTC on 17 June):
EA3URE Illa de Les Roques GI-004
EA3URT Torre del Escriba L-043
EA4AID/P Cerac del Santo M-018
EA5URE or EA2HT/5 Quipar MU-003
EA5AEN/P Tancat de Burriel V-054
EA5ELT/P Tancat dels Peixcadors V-057
EA5CCY/P Perdiguera E-014
ED1IRM La Quiebra O-012
ED7SUA El Pozuelo S-302
EN - Special event station EN1WJP will be
active on all bands and modes between 22 and 27 June to celebrate
the visit of Pope John Paul II to Lviv, Ukraine. QSL via UR4WG
either direct (P.O. Box 7072, Lviv, 79018, Ukraine) or through
the bureau. [TNX UR5WCW]
FO - Yves, F6CTL expects to be active as
FO/F6CTL from Rangiroa (OC-066), French Polynesia between mid
June and mid July. [TNX F6AJA]
HK0_mal - Jairo, HK5MQZ and Hiro, HK5QGX
[425DXN 516 and 518] were expected to leave on 10 June for
Malpelo Island and to start operating between the 13th and the
16th. They will be active on 80-6 metres as HK5MQZ/0M on SSB and
HK5QGX/0M on CW. Suggested frequencies are 3745, 7088, 14195,
18145, 21195, 24945, 28495, 50110 kHz SSB and 3504/3745, 7004,
10104, 14195, 18072, 21022, 24894, 28022, 50110 CW. QSL HK5MQZ/0M
direct only to HK5MQZ (Jairo Vargas, P.O. Box 10862, Cali,
Colombia); QSL HK5QGX/0M direct only via JA0MGR. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
I - Dario, IT9SSI plans to operate as
ID9/IT9SSI from Alicudi Island (EU-017, IIA ME-002) on 15-17
June. QSL via IZ8CCW. [TNX IZ8CCW]
I - IK5AMB, IK5VLS, IZ5AXB, IW5CFN and other
operators from ARI Lucca will be active (on HF, 6 and 2 metres)
from Gorgona Island (EU-028, IIA LI-014) on 16-17 June. [TNX
IK5AMB and I6YOT]
I - Tony, IK8VRH will be working on Ventotene
Island (EU-045, IIA LT-011) from 1 through 31 July and expects to
operate in his free time, including an entry in the IOTA Contest.
[TNX IK8VRH]
I - Antonello, IK2DUW reports he will be
active from Ventotene (EU-045, IIA LT-011) and other IB0 islands
between 18 and 28 June. QSL via home call.
JA - Steven, K7USJ/7J1AIL will be on Amami
O-shima (AS-023) from 15 June (local afternoon) through 17 June
(local morning) and plans to operate in his free time as 7J1AIL/6
on 40-6 metres CW QRP. [TNX 7J1AIL and Islands On The Web]
KH0 - Look for KH0/JE1RRK to be active on HF
and 6 metres from Saipan (OC-086) on 22-25 June. QSL via JE1RRK.
[TNX OZ6OM]
PY - Special call PSA088 (Papa Sierra Alpha
Zero Eight Eight) is expected to be aired from Tacami Island
(SA-088, DIB 077) between 12 UTC on 14 June and 12 UTC on the
17th. QSL via PP5LL. [TNX PP5LL]
T5 - Baldur/DJ6SI and Tom/DL1QW are currently
active as T5X and T5W from Somalia - length of stay not known,
but according to The Daily DX "rumor has it they will be QRV
until June 21". Baldur operates CW while Tom operates CW,
SSB and RTTY. QSL via home calls.
TA - The operation from Kefken Island
(AS-???) is confirmed to take place on 23-25 June [425DXN 527].
The team on the island will have one tribander, one monobander
for 10 metres and three dipoles. Look for YM0KI to be QRV on
different bands (20, 15, 10m) and modes (SSB, CW and SSTV
depending on propagation) at the same time. The operation is
organized by TA2KI (http://www.ta2ki.org/), the Turkish Radio
Amateur Club branch in the town of Kocaeli. [TNX SP6TPM and
TA2LE]
UA - Valery, RW4HW reports that special
station UE4HDI will be active from Dalnaya Dubrava Island
(RR-26-02) on 15-17 June. QSL via RW4HW.
W - Brad, W1RQ will operate (on 10-40 metres
SSB) from Martha's Vineyard (NA-046) between 23 June and 14 July.
[TNX The Daily DX]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
4Z8 ---> Guenter, OE1GZA/DH2GZ (aka
E4/OE1GZA and VR2GZ) reports that the new prefix 4Z8 has
been issued since April for foreign amateurs living and
working in Israel for more than one year (details at http://hamradio.iarc.org/cept/4Z8CalSign.htm).
Currently there two stations active, namely Marc, 4Z8BB
(WC1X, QSL via home call) and Guenter himself, 4Z8GZ (QSL
via DH2GZ).
CARIBBEAN TOUR ---> Bill, W4WX
reports he will be operating as VP2MHX from Montserrat
(NA-103) on 19-22 June and as V2/W4WX from Antigua
(NA-100) on 23-26 June. He will be active on RTTY and
some SSB to include WARC bands. QSL via home call.
IOTA 2000 ---> 232 applications for
the RSGB IOTA Millennium Programme (IOTA 2000)
certificates have been processed so far. The winners, by
category, are shown on the Chiltern DX Club web pages at http://www.cdxc.org.uk.
The closing date for IOTA 2000 applications is 31
December 2001. [TNX G3NUG]
PIRATE ---> Vittorio, I8DVJ reports
that someone is pirating his call for spotting P5, VU4,
etc. on the DX Clusters. He asks to refrain from sending
angry e-mails to him, as he does not know who the
offender is.
QSL EU-188 ---> All of the direct
requests received for UE1RCV/1 have been processed and
cards were mailed on 12 June. [TNX UA1QV]
QSL FO ---> Peter, DL3APO reports
that direct requests for FO/DL5XU (OC-066, French
Polynesia) and FO/DL1AWI (OC-027, Marquesas) are being
processed right now. Those attending the Ham Fest at
Friedrichshafen (29 June-1 July) will be able to collect
their cards over there.
QSL YC5XIP ---> Fulvio, I1WFF reports
he is no longer the QSL manager for Syafri, YC5XIP and
cards received for contacts made in 2001 will be returned
to sender. Fulvio has the logs and can still confirm
contacts made from OC-075, OC-109, OC-106
(September-December 1998), OC-143 (April 1999) and OC-107
(2000).
QSL VIA DL7AFS ---> All of the direct
cards for HI9/DJ7ZG and HI9/DL7AFS (March 2001) have been
sent out. The QSLs for their April/May activity from ZB2
and EA9 are being printed. Logs are available at http://www.qsl.net/dl7afs.
[TNX DJ7ZG]
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
HAM GALLERY: The Dayton 2001 Ham Gallery
is now up at http://hamgallery.com/dayton2001/
with 162 photos. If you can identify some of the unknown
amateurs, please e-mail Tom, K8CX (k8cx@hamgallery.com).
[TNX K8CX]
IIA: The up-to-date list of the islands
for the Italian Island Award, including the relevant IOTA
reference numbers when appropriate, is now available at http://www.425dxn.org/iia.
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