28 July 2001
No 534
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

5B - Alf, 5B4AFB reports that C4MG is the speciall call to be used during the IOTA Contest operation from Agios Georgios Island (AS-120) [425DXN 533]. QSL via 5B4KH.

5B - Tom, SP5AUF is expected to be active (mostly on CW, RTTY and PSK31) as 5B4/SP5AUF from Cyprus (AS-004) until 5 August, IOTA Contest included. QSL via SP5AUF. [TNX QRZ-DX]

BY - BA4TA, BA4RD, BD4RS, BD4XF, BD4RU and BD5RV will participate in the IOTA Contest as BI4U. Michael Chen, BD5RV reports they will operate from "Qinshan Island, AS-135" between 28 and 30 July. QSL via BA4RD. [TNX BD5RV]

DL - DH1LA, DH7NO, DL2RTK, DL2SWW and DL2VFR have changed their plans [425DXN 529] and will now participate in the IOTA Contest as DL0KWH from Usedom Island (EU-129). On 30 July they will visit and be active from Greifswalder Oie (EU-057, GIA O-12) and Ruden (EU-057, GIA O-11). The operation from Greifswalder Oie will take place from a lighthouse (WLH LH-114, German Lighthouses Award 23). The web site for the German Lighthouses Award is at http://www.lighthouse-award.de. [TNX DL2VFR]

ES - Look for ES1AKM/1 and ES1RA/1 to participate in the IOTA Contest from Aegna Island (EU-149). QSL via homecalls. [TNX DXNL]

F - Domimique, F5RYC will participate in the IOTA Contest as F5RYC/P from Pomegues Island (EU-095, DIFM ME-016). QSL to F5RYC preferably through the bureau. [TNX F5RYC]

HK - Dave, W5WP reports he will be on holiday visiting Bert, HK5JPS from 1 to 10 August and plans to operate (primarily SSB with some slow CW and PSK31 on 10-40 meters, including 12, 17 and possibly 30 metres) as HK5/W5WP from Bert's QTH. Band/Mode requests are welcome at w5wp@arrl.net until 31 July. QSL via W5WP.

HL - Operators from the Hanyang University Wave Research Club will be active (on 40, 20 and 15 metres SSB, CW and RTTY) as HL0C/4 from Wi Island (AS-148) on 2-8 August. QSL either direct to CPO Box 4397, 100-643 Seoul, Korea or through the bureau. The web pages for the operation are at http://dx.hl0c.net [TNX HL0C]

I - Max, IK2XYG reports he will participate in the IOTA Contest as IL7/IK2XYG from San Nicola Island (EU-050, IIA FG-002). QSL via home call.

I - Alfredo, IK7JWX reports that the call to be used during the IOTA Contest from Isola Grande (EU-091) [425DXN 532] will be IK7FPX/P. QSL via home call either direct or through the bureau.

I - The planned activity by IK4VET, IK4XCL, IK4ALM from IIA RO-021 and RO-017 [425DXN 532] has been postoponed to 26 August. [TNX IK4VET]

LZ - LZ1KSL (ex LZ1KMS) will operate from Sveta Anastasiya Island (EU-181, WLH-0035) starting on 27 July, including an entry in the IOTA Contest. QSL to P.O. Box 597, Burgas 8001, Bulgaria. [TNX LZ3GM]

OH - Jussi-Pekka, OH6RX reports he will be active on all modes from EU-101 on 27-30 July. [TNX Islands On The Web]

PA - PA7BT, ON5UM, ON6NL, ON6ZX and ON4AKL have not been allowed to operate from Tiengemeten Island [425DXN 533] and will now participate in the IOTA Contest as PI4HQ from Goeree/Overflakkee (EU-146).

PA - Ron, ON4ALW reports the PA6TEX IOTA Contest operation [425DXN 515] will include the activation of the lighthouse (ARLHS NET 024) on Texel Island (EU-038). QSL via ON4ALW either direct or through the UBA bureau.

SM - John, SM7CRW and Sten, SM6DER will participate in the IOTA Contest as 8S7A from Oland Island (EU-037). [TNX SM7CRW]

SP - Look for SQ4GXE/1 and SP4JWR/1 to participate in the IOTA Contest (CW only) from Wolin Island (EU-132). QSL via home calls. [TNX SQ4GXE]

TI - Look for TE8AT to be active from Chira Island (NA-116) on 3-5 August. QSL to TI3MCY (Mario, P.O. Box 391-7050, Cartago, Costa Rica). [TNX The Daily DX]

UA - UA0ZAZ, RA0ZD, UA0ZFK and R0/US4EWP are active as UE0XYZ from Ptichiy Island (AS-091, RR-13-01) until 31 July. They are expected to participate in the IOTA Contest as RZ0ZWA. QSL via RA0ZD. [TNX http://www.dl6zfg.de/rrcexp.htm]

UA - Special event station R3DAS is active until 19 August from Zhukovsky near Moscow. QSL via UA3DJ either direct (Leonid Kamensky, P.O. Box 410, Zhukovsky 140180, Russia) or through the bureau. [TNX UA3DJ]

UA - Look for RA3NN/1, RA3NY/1, UA3NCD/1, UA1OEJ/1 to be active from Mud'yugskiy Island (EU-153, RR-205) on 25-29 July. They will participate in the IOTA Contest as RA3NN/1 (Mixed). QSL via RA3NN (Andre Hudyacov, P.O. Box 1, 157500 Sharya, Kostromskaya Obl., Russia). [TNX RA3NN]

UA - Vlad/RZ1OA, Dima/UA1OLM and Oleg/RU1OG will be signing RZ1OA/A, UA1OLM/A and RU1OG/A from Lyasomin Island (EU-153) between 25 July and 2 August. QSL via RZ1OA (Vlad Sadakov, P.O. Box 48, Arkhangelsk, 163040, Russia). [TNX RZ1OA]

UA - RA3AUM/6 and a group of UA6 operators will be active as RI6AAA from Dzendzik Island (EU-185, RR-24-04) during the IOTA Contest. After the contest they plan to operate /p from Krupinina (EU-185, RR-24-03), Golen'kij (EU-185, RR-??) and Lisij (not IOTA, RR-??) islands. QSL RI6AAA via UA6CW either direct or through the bureau. [TNX UA6CW]

VE - Len/VE9MY, Linda/VE9GLF and four others will operate (on 15, 20 and 40 metres) from Pendleton Island (NA-014, new one for the Canadian Islands Award) and Mac's Island (NA-014, CISA new) on 4 and 5 August respectively. Operations from each island will be for about 8 hours starting at 13 UTC. Main callsign will be VE9MY/p, but individaul operators may use their own calls. QSL all to home callsign. [TNX VE9MY and Islands On The Web]

VK - Tommy, VK2IR reports that the Fishers Ghost Amateur Radio Club (VK2FFG) will be active during the IOTA Contest from Windang Island (OC-001). QSL via VK2FFG or VK2IR.

VK - Stuie/VK8NSB, Mark/VK8MS, Alan/VK8ZAB, Geoff/VK8KGP and possibly others will operate three stations Emery Point Lighthouse (AUS-071) in Darwin Northern Territory, Australia (OC-001) during the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend on 18-19 August. They have applied for the special call AX8LH and are looking for a QSL manager (if interested please e-mail Stuie, VK8NSB at vk8nsb@octa4.net.au or vk8nsb@vkham.com). [TNX VK8NSB]

VP5 - Dick, K9APW will be vacationing on North Caicos Island (NA-002) between 2 and 12 August and plans to operate as VP5/K9APW on 6 metres (he will monitor 50.125 and 50.110 as much as he can). QSL via home call. [TNX OZ6OM]

W - Philip, K4EP and Craig, KF4NLM will operate as W4LVS/P. from Jeff's, KF4WHY, QTH on Bogue Banks (NA-112) during the IOTA Contest. QSL to W4LVS either direct or via bureau. [TNX K4EP]

W - Look for W0MTL to be active from the Mark Twain Memorial Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-915) on 3-4 August. QSL via W0MTL. This will be a joint special event by the Hannibal, MO ARC and the Western Illinois ARC. [TNX VA3RJ]

W - Look for W4P to be aired from the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse, near Daytona Beach, FL on 4-5 August. [TNX W2EJG]

YB - John, YB5NOF will operate SSB only from Rupat Island (OC-245) during the IOTA Contest. QSL to John E. Daluas, P.O.Box 194/CPA, Ciputat 15401, Indonesia. [TNX YB5QZ]

ZA - Antonello, IZ7DOO reports he will be active (on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 40 and 80 metres SSB) from Lezhe, Albania starting around 6 August for two weeks.

GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• DXCC ---> The DXCC Manager (Bill Moore, NC1L) reports that 3XY1B0, 3XY7A and 3XY03A (Guinea), as well as T5AR (Somalia), have been approved for DXCC credit. "They were on the bad list for lack of documentation. The documentation has been reviewed and it is OK. People can now receive DXCC credit. Anyone who has submitted these and had them rejected can contact us and we'll be able to update their record without having to submit the card again. If not, it can be sent in the next submission."
• IOTA CONTEST (AWARDS) ---> Re: the recent posting of the IOTA Contest Rules please note that the wording of the W9DWQ Trophy in paragraph 11(g) should read: "W9DWQ Contest Award to the leading Single Operator North American Island Expedition Station"
• NOT THE MANAGER ---> Martin, G3ZAY is not, and never has been, the QSL Manager for ZS6EZ (cards have been turning up occasionally for the last few years). He is not the QSL Manager for G3CWI and has not been the manager for VP8ANT since about 1985 (QSL G3CWI and VP8ANT via G3CWI). Finally he held the call VK9LX in 1984 only and is not the QSL manager for subsequent VK9LX operations (the callsign was re-issued several times).
• QSL OX/SP8UFO ---> Marek, SP8UFO reports that cards for his recent activity from Greenland will mailed out in August. Please note that direct cards should not be sent to him but to SP8TK (Jerzy Miskiewicz, ul.Walecznych 17, 20-135 Lublin, Poland).
• QSL ZX5T/1 ---> Simone, IV3NVN apologies for the delay and reports he has been working on direct cards for the January 2001 operation from SA-029 since 15 July. Those who want a bureau card and have not sent their QSL so far, please send it via PP5TO. Direct cards should still be mailed to Simone Candotto, P.O.Box 4, 33050 Castions di Strada - UD, Italy. For any question please feel free to email Simone at S.Candotto@hamburg.de.
• UIA ---> The Ukrainian Islands Award is available to either licenced operators and SWLs for working/listening to five DXpeditions from three different islands. For further details, as well as for information on the UDXPF (Ukrainian DXpedition Foundation) Award, please contact UY5XE (George Chlijanc, P.O. Box 19, Lviv, 79000, Ukraine; e-mail uy5xe@ut1wpr.ampr.org; web site at http://www.qsl.net/uy5xe/index.html).
• W9DXCC CONVENTION ---> The 49th Annual W9DXCC convention will be held on 14-15 September at the Holiday Inn in Rolling Meadows, IL. Full information is available at http://www.qth.com/w9dxcc or from Bill, W9VA (w9va@aol.com).
• SILENT KEY - Past president of the Turkish Radio Amateur Association Bahri Kacan, TA2BK passed away unexpectedly on 23 July. A keen supporter of amateur radio in his country, his call was familiar to everyone on the air and, as a pleasant personal recollection, he provided the first-ever QSOs with Turkey to both your editors during their greenhorn days.

NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• FP/K9WM: The web site for the 26-31 July operation from Miquelon Island [425DXN 529] is now available at http://www.mhtc.net/~k9ot. [TNX K9OT]
• LOST ISLANDS: Yuri, UA9OBA reports that the 16 April-2 May DXpedition to "The Lost Islands" [425DXN 520] logged more than 25000 contacts as RI0B (Ushakova Island, AS-156, 13,000 QSOs), RU0B (Uyedineniya Island, AS-057, 10,000 QSos), RS0B (Srednij Island, AS-042, 870 QSOs), RU0B/p (Kirova Islands, AS-050, 470 QSOs), RS0B/p (Mona Islands, AS-068, 370 QSOs) and R3CA/0 (Dikson Island, AS-005, 670 QSOs). Pictures and logs are available at http://rrc.sc.ru; QSL cards are expected to be sent in late September-early October.

QSL INFO - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3A2DX       pirate      EC7DWO      EA7KY       R1FJV       UA3AGS
3D2RW       ZL1AMO      ED2IZA      EA2URV      RA3NN/1     RA3NN
3V8CB       DL1BDF      EK6LF       DJ0LZ       S21YH       7M4PTE
3W2LWS      WA1LWS      EL2DT       WA4TII      S21YV       KX7YT
4A3ZOI      XE1ZOI      EN0PA       UT5PW       SI9AM       SM3CVM
4L/AJ3M     AJ3M        ER7HQ       ER1FF       SM5/G0GRC   G0RCI
4M1X        W4SO        F/G0MEU/p   ON4ON       SM6/DL5MO   DL5MO
4S7VK       DJ9ZB       FK8GM       WB2RAJ      SM7/DL5MO   DL5MO
4Z8BB       WC1X        FO0CLA      F6CTL       SN0DO       SP2ZIE
5H3KA       JA2LZF      FP/K9WM     NN9K        SV3/IZ0CKJ  IZ0CKJ
5K3CA       HK3DDD      GB5SI       MM0BQI      SV8/IK3GES  IK3GES
6H3KK       XE1KK       GD0CGL/P    G0CGL       SW8T        SV8DTL
7X0AD       EA4URE      GM0DHZ/P    G0DHZ       T88DX       JI3DLI
8S4C/5      SM4DDS      GM2T        GM4UYZ      TA0/LZ1CNN  LZ1NK
9A/HA6NL/p  HA6NL       GM4WSB/M    G4WSB       TG7/W9AEB   W9AEB
9A/HA6PS/p  HA6PS       GS0UTT/P    G0UTT       TL8CK       F6EWM
9A/HA6ZV/p  HA6ZV       HL1OYF/2    HL1OYF      TM1ON       ON4ON
9A/OK1FUA   OK1MG       HL1TXQ/2    HL1OYF      TR8IG       F5IG
9A/ON4CJK/P ON4ADN      HL1VAU/2    HL1OYF      TT8DX       F5OGL
9A0A        OK1FLM      HR1/W4CK    W4CK        TT8JE       F6FNU
9A0LH       9A7K        IA5G        I5ZUF       UA0NL/P     UA0NL
9A10HRM     9A7K        ID9/IT9SSI  IZ8CCW      UE0XYZ      RA0ZD
9A1C/p      9A4BL       II9R        IT9HLR      UE1CIG      RN1AW
9A5DJ/P     OK1DJG      IO7Z        IZ7AUH      UE1QAA/1    UA1RJ
9A7T/p      9A2EU       J49R        I2WIJ       UN8GF       IZ8CCW
9H3TI       DL2AAZ      J75KG       KU9C        UR1L        UX3LZ
9M6AAC      N2OO        JD1BCK      JM1TUK      UR6F        UX0FF
9M6EYT      JA3EYO      JI3DST/6    JI3DST      V47UY       KJ4UY
9M6IFT      JA3IFT      JW4LN       LA4LN       VE2A        VE2QK
9N7RB       W4FOA       JW5E        LA5NM       VO2/K2FRD   K2FRD
9Q0AR       F2YT        KH2/7N4JZK  7N4JZK      W1F         KO4PY
9V1GA       JA4BJO      KH2/KJ1C    JI1CYX      W4R         N4OX (**)
9V9HQ       AA5BT       KH6/K4IQJ   K4IQJ       XF3IC       XE3OYJ
BV9A/JH3JWW JH3JWW      KP2/AA1BU   AA1BU       XL3NJ       VA3NJ
BV9A/JI3DST JI3DST      KP2/AG8L    NN6C        XM2AWR      VE2AWR
BV9AYA      JH3JWW (*)  L80AA/D     LU4AA       XM2CWI      VE2CWI
BW0RS       BV4VE       LO0D        F6FNU       XM2JCW      VE2JCW
BW0TCC      BV4CN       LT2D        LU2EE       XM3SJL      VE3SJL
C21TA       VK3DYL      LV5D        LU7DS       XU7ABR      DL4KQ
C56YT       VK4AO       LW9EOC      EA7JX       XU7ABT      DL4KQ
C6AJR       W8GEX       LX/DK1WV    DK1WV       XU7ABU      DL4KQ
C97MR       G3MRC       MJ0AWR      K2WR        XU7ABV      DL8KBJ
CE0Y/IK5SQX IK5SQX      MM0BNN      M0BNN       YC0UTC      IZ8CCW
CO2OJ       K8SIX       OE75OHO     OE5OHO      YC9MB       IZ8CCW
CO8LF       DL1ZU       OH0/OK1NR/p OK1NR       YL5W        YL2GN
CP4BT       EA5KB       OH0/OK2DA/P OK2DA       YL800GP     YL2GP
CP5/G4ASL   G4ASL       OH0/OK2PBM/p OK2PBM     YM0KA       TA2DS
CQ0ODX      CT2GZE      OH0CO       SM0CCO      YM0MA       LZ1NK
CQ2I        EA4URJ      OH0V        OH6LI       YN9HAU      EA7JX
CT1/CT3FN   HB9CRV      OJ0/AH7X    JP1NWZ      YR0HQ       YO3FRI
DS0DX/2     HL1XP       OY/DF2SS    DF2SS       YV5JBI/P    YV5JBI
DS1EON/2    HL1OYF      OZ/DH8WW    DH8WW       Z32XX       NN6C
DS1EVQ/2    HL1OYF      PJ2/G0WKW   G0WKW       ZL2/K3SRO   K3SRO
DS3BGI/2    HL1OYF      PJ2/G3XSV   G3XSV       ZP26DC      ZP1LL
EA6/SP4AOQ  EC6TK       PX2I        PY2TNT      ZS6SRL      ZS4BS

(*)  20-22 July 2001 only
(**) 13-16 July 2001 only
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ADDRESSES - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• 3W2B - P.O. Box 2659, Vientiane, Laos
• 4J3M - Yuri Frolov, P.O. Box 1, Mingechevir 374311, Azerbaijan
• 7N4JZK - Tatsurai Cho MD, 602-2 Nagata, Mohka-city, Tochigi 321-4364, Japan
• 9A5KV - P.O. Box 286, 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia
• 9A7K - Kresimir Juratovic, P.O. Box 88, HR-48001 Koprivnica, Croatia
• DL1ZU - Martin Wieland, Cottbuser Str. 10, 35440 Linden, Germany
• DL4KQ - Frank Rosenkranz, Blumenstr. 25, 50126 Bergheim, Germany
• DS4CNB - Lee Dae Ryung, P.O Box 30, Tongyung 650-600, South Korea
• EA5KB - Jose F. Ardid Arlandis, Apartado 5013, 46080 Valencia, Spain
• EA7JX - Rodrigo Herrera, P.O. Box 47, 41310 Brenes, Sevilla, Spain
• EP3PTT - Post Office Box 4415, Tehran 15875, Iran
• G0RCI - Alan Gibson, 1 Oakleigh Rd., Grantham. Lincs. NG31 7NN, England, UK
• HL1OYF - Duk-nam Kim, P.O. Box 54, Dong-Jak, Seoul 156-600, South Korea
• I5ZUF - Luigi Bulfon, P.O.Box 486, 57100 Livorno - LI, Italy
• IK2QPR - Paolo Fava, Via Bertani 8, 46100 Mantova - MN, Italy
• IK3GES - Gabriele Gentile, Via Baratta Vecchia 240, 31022 Preganziol - TV, Italy
• IK7JWX - Alfredo De Nisi, P.O. Box 218, 73100 Lecce - LE, Italy
• IN3ZNR - Fabrizio Vedovelli, Via Gramsci 27, 38100 Trento - TN, Italy
• IZ7AUH - Francesco Giacoia, Casella Postale 2224/TA05, 74100 Taranto - TA, Italy
• IZ8CCW - P.O. Box 360, 87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy
• JI1CYX - Shin-ichi Ota, 5-23-46, Mori, Isogo, Yokohama, 235-0023 Japan
• JI3DST - Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-cho, Abeno-ku, Osaka-city, Osaka 545-0021, Japan
• K2FRD - Fred Stevens, 263 Keach Rd, Guilford, NY 13780, USA
• K3SRO - Robert N. Wilderman, 19 Glen Road, Lansdale, PA 19446-1405, USA
• MM0BQI - Jim Martin, 3 Lismore Avenue, Edinburgh, EH8 7DW, Scotland, UK
• OH6LI - Jukka Klemola, Aarontie 5, 31400 Somero, Finland
• ON4ADN - Geert Decru, St. Laurentiusstraat 18, B-8710 Wielsbeke, Belgium
• ON4ON - Danny Commeyne, Rozenlaan, 38, B-8890 Dadizele, Belgium
• PJ5/UA1ACX - Dmitri Tonkopi, University of Sint Eustatius School of Medicine, Golden Rock, P.O. Box 73, St. Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles
• PY2TNT - P.O Box 2605, 08780-990 Mogi das Cruzes - SP, Brazil
• UK0A - Fedor Petrov, Box 58, Tashkent 700000, Uzbekistan
• UK9AA - Fedor Petrov, Box 58, Tashkent 700000, Uzbekistan
• UR7QM - Valery Smiyan, P.O. box 30, Melitopol-11, 72311, Ukraine
• UX0FF - Nikolay Lavreka, P.O. Box 3, Izmail, 68600, Ukraine
• UY5YY - Pavel Guzenko, P.O. box 29, Melitopol-15, 72315, Ukraine
• VK3DYL - Gwen Tilson, 3 Gould Crt, Mt Waverley, Victoria, 3149, Australia
• WB8YJF - Jon Severt, 5586 Babbitt Rd., New Albany, OH 43054, USA
• XU7ABF - P.O. Box 2659, Vientiane, Laos
• XW0X - P.O. Box 2659, Vientiane, Laos
• ZS4BS - P.O. Box 12104, Brandhof, 9324, South Africa

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