8 September 2001
No 540
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
9A - Tibor, HA3HP will be active from Dugi
Otok (EU-170, IOCA CI-018) on 8-15 September. He also plans to
operate from the islands of Arta Mala (EU-170, CI-003), Arta Vela
(EU-170, CI-004), Murter (not IOTA, CI-074), Murvenjak (EU-170,
CI-075), Radelj (EU-170, CI-097), Vrgada (EU-170, CI-143) and
Zminjak (EU-170, CI-153) during that time frame. [TNX 9A6AA]
9A - Look for 9A5V/p (Frano), 9A3VM/p (Matko)
and 9A5KV/p (Fredi) to be active from the island of Bobara
(EU-016, IOCA CI-157) on 8 September starting around 11 UTC. [TNX
9A6AA]
9H - The OPDX Bulletin reports that a large
group of Dutch operators will be active (on all bands 40-2
metres) from Malta (EU-023) between 14 September and 6 October.
They will use either 9H0VRZ (QSL via PA7DX: Anton Kerkhof,
Blaublomke 2, 8401 MG Gorredijk, The Netherlands) or their own
individual calls as follows: 9H3AAG (QSL via PA1XA), 9H3AAK (QSL
via PE1RVQ), 9H3IE (QSL via PA0BEA), 9H3LRK (QSL via PA0LRK),
9H3ON (QSL via PA3BIZ), 9H3Q (QSL via PA0RDY), 9H3QC (QSL via
PA3CLF), 9H3QF (QSL via PA3FEO), 9H3S (QSL via PA3HGP), 9H3TE
(QSL via PE1NZA), 9H3X (QSL via PE1NGF), 9H3YM (QSL via PE1OFJ),
9H3YT (QSL via PA3GUU), 9H3? (QSL via PA1SL).
BY - On 5 September Alan/BA1DU, Jerry/BA1FB
and Chen/BA1HAM left for a reconnaissance trip to Furong Island
(Shandong Province North West group) [425DXN 535] on 5 September
and were joined by the rest of the team on the 7th. Plans are to
be active (with three stations on 10-40 metres CW, SSB and RTTY)
as BI4F until 10 September. [TNX BA1DU]
CE - Sergio, IZ6BRN (ex VU3CUR, AP2WAP,
9N7RN) has been in Chile for six months and will be working there
for a couple of years. He is active as CE3/IZ6BRN exclusively on
12, 17 and 6 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX CE3/IZ6BRN]
CU - Bert, SM1CJV will be signing CU1/SM1CJV
from Sao Miguel Island (EU-003), Azores on 10-17 September. He
will operate CW QRP on or around 14060 and 21060 kHz during his
evenings. [TNX SM1TDE]
D4 - IK7VJP plans to be active from Sao Tiago
(AF-005), Cape Verde between 14 and 21 September. QSL via home
call. [TNX IZ8CCW]
E3 - Chris/DL5NAM (SSB, RTTY and 6m),
Dieter/DF4RD (SSB and CW), Wolf/OE2VEL (low bands SSB and CW) and
Falk/DK7YY (low bands CW) will be active (with special attention
for North America, Asia and the low bands) as E30NA from Eritrea
between 17 October and 3 November. Their target QTH is one of the
islands in the Dahlak Archipelago (AF-038), if they cannot go
there they will operate from the capital city. The group is
looking for financial support from the DX community (please
contact Chris, DL5NAM at dl5nam@qsl.net).
A web site is under construction at http://www.qsl.net/e30na.
[TNX DL5NAM]
EA9 - EA9LS, EA9LZ, EA9CD, EA9AZ, EA9BW,
EA9GW and EA9PB will participate in the WAE DX Contest (SSB) as
EA9LS. QSL via home call either direct or through the bureau.
[TNX EA9CD]
F - Didier, F5BJW will be active (on 10-80
metres mainly SSB) as TM2A from Groix Island (EU-048, DIFM
AT-012) on 15-24 September. QSL via home call. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
G - The Cray Valley Radio Society will be
operating GB2FB HF and VHF from 8 UTC on 15 September until 14
UTC on the 16th as part of "Transmission 2001" to help
raise money for the British Wireless for the Blind Fund. QSL via
G4DFI. [TNX BRS-32525]
H4 - Luca, IZ6DSQ [425DXN 532] now plans to
be active from Guadalcanal (OC-047, Solomon Islands) on 6 and
again on 14 October, from the Reef Islands (OC-065, Temotu
Province) on 7-13 October and from the New Georgia Islands
(OC-149, Solomon Islands) on 15-22 October. [TNX IZ8CCW]
LX - Look for Ralf, LX/DH7RD/p to be active
(on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres SSB) from Eisenborn, Luxembourg
between 8 and 15 September. QSL via home call through the DARC
bureau. [TNX DL4FCH]
OZ - Look for Rudolf, OZ/DK7OM/p to be active
on SSB and digital modes from Mors Island (EU-171, NJ-002 for the
Danish Islands Award) on 8-22 September. QSL via home call. [TNX
DL2VFR]
PJ2 - Look for Joeke, PJ2/PA0VDV to be active
(CW only) from the Netherlands Antilles between 15 September and
12 October. [TNX The Daily DX]
SV - Look for Simon, SV8/IZ7ATN and Raffaele,
SV8/IZ7BNH to be active (on 10-40 metres SSB, WARC bands
included) from the islands of Skiros (EU-060) and Skiatos
(EU-072) between 7 and 10 September. QSL SV8/IZ7ATN via IZ0CKJ
either direct (Alessio Roma, Via Sterparo 43, 03023 Ceccano - FR,
Italy) or through the bureau. QSL SV8/IZ7BNH direct only to
IZ7BNH (Raffaele Di Troia, P.O. Box 178, 70056 Molfetta - BA,
Italy). [TNX IZ7ATN]
SV9 - Rene/ON5KH, Bill/ON5JE and Luk/ON4BB
will operate from (on 40-10 metres SSB and CW) Crete (EU-015) on
10-23 September. If conditions permit and if they find suitable
transportation, they will also be active from Paximadia (EU-187)
for one or two days during that time frame. QSL via home calls,
preferably through the bureau. [TNX ON4BB]
TF - Gulli/TF8GX, Tiny/ON4CAT, Norby/LX1NO
and Fred/DL8DXL will be active (on 10-80 metres SSB, CW and
possibly some digital modes) from Flatey Island (EU-168) on 12-19
September. Gulli and Tiny will be signing TF4RX (QSL via K1WY or
ON4CAT), while Fred and Norby will operate as TF4/LX9EG (QSL via
LX1NO). [TNX K1WY]
VU - Special call AT0HF will be aired on 1-9
September to celebrate the Hamfest India 2001 HF Contest. The
Hamfest will be held at Nagpur on 27-28 October (details from niarindia@hotmail.com).
QSL via VU2APR (National Institute of Amateur Radio, Raj Bhavan
Road, Hyderabad 500082, India). [TNX VU2JOS]
VU - Ram, VU3DJQ reports he will be
participating in various contests as AT0D until mid-November. He
operates on 20 metres with 50 watts. QSL direct via home call
with IRCs (no green stamps please).
W - Look for John, K1FWE to be active (on
10-40 metres SSB and CW) from the Isles of Shoals (NA-217) on
15-16 September. [TNX DL2VFR]
ZK1_nc - Look for Mike, KM9D/ZK1QMA (on
10-160 metres mainly CW) and YL operator Jan, KF4TUG/ZK1TUG (on
the higher bands SSB) to be active from Penrhyn (Tongareva)
Island (OC-082), North Cooks on 8-16 September. QSLs via OM2SA
either direct or through the bureau. [TNX OM2SA]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
ISS ---> The current ISS
(International Space Station) crew members are the
American Commander Frank Culbertson (KD5OPQ), the Russian
Pilot Vladimir Dezhurov and the Russian Flight Engineer
Mikhail Turin. The call signs available for use on the
ISS are RS0ISS, RZ3DZR, NA1SS, RZ3DZR-1 (packet station
mailbox callsign). The following frequencies are
currently used for ARISS general QSOs: 145.80 (Voice and
Packet Downlink, worldwide), 144.49 (Voice Uplink for
Regions 2 and 3), 145.20 (Voice Uplink for Region 1) and
145.99 (Packet Uplink, worldwide). QSL for the USA to
ARRL Headquarters, ARISS QSL Expedition-2, 225 Main
Street, Newington, CT 06111-1494 USA. QSL for Canada to
Radio Amateurs of Canada, ARISS QSL Expedition-2, 720
Belfast Road, Suite 217, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. QSL for
Europe to ARISS-Europe QSL Bureau, c/o AMSAT-France, 16
rue de la Vallee,, 91360 Epinay sur Orge, France. For
other countries, please use the US or Canadian address
above. [TNX IZ1CRR]
QSL A61AJ ---> Bernie, W3UR has
stepped down as QSL manager for Ali, A61AJ; effective 5
September all QSL requests need to go to N4QB (Joe Veras,
P.O. Box 1041, Birmingham, AL 35201, USA), who will have
all logs for all QSOs made by A61AJ. Cards already sent
to W3UR need not to be resubmitted to N4QB.
QSL 9L1DX ---> Dr. Elmer R. Ribeiro
(aka OA8DX, 7Q7DX and P29DX) is now stationed in Sierra
Leone and operates as 9L1DX (logs at http://www.qsl.net/ea4cen).
QSL via EA4CEN either direct (Jose A. Rodriguez
Fernandez, General Castejon 1-6-A, 28924 Alcorcon,
Madrid, Spain) or through the URE bureau. [TNX EA4CEN]
QSL SM1T ---> This call was used
during this year's IOTA Contest from Gotland Island
(EU-020) by SM1TDE and SM5DJZ. All QSOs have been
confirmed via the bureau; direct cards can be sent to
Eric, SM1TDE. [TNX SM1TDE]
QSL TU2WL ---> Gianni, IN3ASW reports
he has run out of QSLs for his April 2000 activity as
TU2WL and it will take at least two months to have the
new cards printed. Please be patient.
QSL VIA LY2MM ---> Cards for 4L1AE,
4L1W and 4L5T can be sent to Al, LY2MM direct only with
appropriate return postage. Al does not reply to bureau
cards, but he stores them while waiting for any
opportunity to give them to his Georgian friends. He had
a chance to do so in May, but "the time for next
opportunity is undefinite".
QSL VIA VK4FW ---> Please note that
effective 1 September the new address for VK4FW is: Bill
Horner, P.O. Box 1343, Maroochydore, 4558, Australia.
QSL VIA YC9BU ---> Kadek, YC9BU
reports that some 60% of the direct QSL requests he gets
from the IOTA community arrive without return postage. He
recommends not to use US dollars but IRCs.
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
DX ATLAS: Alex Shovkoplyas, VE3NEA is
the author of "DX Atlas", an electronic World
atlas for radio amateurs available for download at http://www.dxatlas.com.
[TNX VK6LC]
IOTA HELP LISTINGS: If you have still to
convert your IOTA credits on the basis of the IOTA
Directory 2000, you might find of interest the IOTA Help
Listings maintained by John, WD8MGQ at http://www.cm.quik.com/wd8mqg/newiotas/.
LOGS: Roberto, EA4DX logged 7800 QSOs as
H40DX from Temotu and 18200 QSOs as H44DX from the
Solomons. and logs are now on line at http://www.qsl.net/ea4dx/.
QSLs for both calls direct only to EA4DX (Roberto Diaz,
Doce de Octubre 4, 28009 Madrid, Spain).
MOST WANTED SURVEY: The annual DX
Magazine Most Wanted Survey is now available on the DX
Publishing Web site at http://www.dxpub.com/dx_survey2001.html).
The world-wide results of the 2000 Survey are posted on
the web site under "DX News". [TNX N4AA]
W6JHB - Jim Bennett, 25 Lagunita Court,
Martinez, CA 94553-3039, USA
YT1AD - Dr. Hrane Milosevic, 36206
Vitanovac, Yugoslavia
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