6 October 2001
No 544
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
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3D2_cr - The DXpedition to Conway Reef was
delayed while the operators (YT1AD, YU1AU, YU1DX, YU7AV, YZ7AA,
YU1NR, N6TQR, K6NDV, RZ3AA and Z31FU) were waiting for some
essential parts of their equipment to reach them on the Fiji
Islands. They became eventually active in the late UTC hours on 4
October as 3D2CY (SSB) and 3D2CI (CW & RTTY).
5B - Johan, PA3FDO reports he will be active
as 5B4/PA3FDO from Cyprus on 13-23 October. He will concentrate
on 12 and 17 metres. QSL via home call either direct or through
the bureau.
9H - Laco, OK1AD and Josef, OK1PD will be
active (on CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31) as 9H3WD from Malta (EU-023)
for two weeks starting on 10 October. QSL via OK1AD. [TNX OK1PD]
CE - Marco, CE6TBN will be active as CE6TBN/7
from Chiloe Island (SA-018) from 11 October through the end of
the month. He also plans to take part in the CQ WW SSB Contest.
QSL via CE6TBN (Marco Quijada, P.O. Box 1234, Temuco, Chile).
[TNX CE6TBN]
F - Look for Alain, F5HPY/p to operate on 40
and 20 metres SSB from La Pointe de Grosse Terre Lighthouse
(ARLHS FRA-310) at Saint Gilles (Vendee Department) between 6 and
11 UTC on 6 October. QSL via bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
FO - Marcel, FO0DEH is currently active from
Napuka (OC-094) and reportedly his next stops will be on Pukapuka
(OC-062) and Hao (OC-066). The trip to Hereheretue (OC-052) has
been cancelled due to lack of transport. QSL via ON4QM. [TNX
Islands On The Web]
FR/T - Look for Jack, FR5ZU/T to be on
Tromelin until 15 October. He was originally expected to leave
the island on the 6th. QSL via JA8FCG. [TNX The Daiy DX]
GJ - Chris, G0WFH will be active as GH4BJC/p
from Jersey Island (EU-013) on 17-31 October. He will operate on
160-10 metres SSB with 400 watts and four vertical antennas and
will be using 100 watts and a 3-element on 6 metres. Suggested
frequencies are 1.848, 3.680, 3.780, 3.799, 7.060 (rx up 7.185),
7.045, 14.185, 14.260, 18.135, 21.260, 21.285, 24.950, 28.460,
50.150 MHz. QSL via G0DBX or through the bureau. The web site for
the operation is at http://www.hamplanet.com/gh4bjc/index.asp.
[TNX G0WFH]
JT - Alberto, I1QOD and Antonio, I1ZB will be
active as JT1FCY/5 &/7 and JT1FCZ/5 & /7 from Darkhan and
Erdenet, Mongolia between 27 October and 6 November. They will
operate CE only on 10-80 metres, WARC bands included. QSL for
both via I1QOD (Alberto Frattini, Via S. Domenico 69, 17027
Pietra Ligure - SV, Italy). [TNX I1QOD]
VK - Look for Dan, VK8AN/6 to be back on
Troughton Island (OC-154) between 10 and 20 or 24 October. He
will not be putting the island on air again until the cyclone
season finishes, probably about April 2002. QSL direct via VK4AAR
(Alan Roocroft, P.O. Box 421, Gatton 4343, Australia). [TNX
VK4AAR]
W - Howie, K1VSJ will operate (on 10-40
metres CW and SSB) from Martha's Vineyard (NA-046) on 5-7
October. [TNX The Daily DX]
W - Rick, AI5P plans to be active on 20
metres as AI5P/m from the Georgia State Group (IOTA NA-058) on
either 6 or 7 October. [TNX AI5P and Islands On The Web]
ZD9 - Look for Chris, ZS6RI to be active (on
10-160 metres CW, SSB and RTTY) as ZD9IR from Gough Island (IOTA
AF-030), Tristan da Cunha for the next 12-13 months. For the time
being he is using 100 watts and a dipole, but he plans to have a
beam for the high bands and wire antennas for the low bands. QSL
via ZS6EZ. A web page has been set up at http://zs6ez.za.org/zd9ir.htm.
[TNX The Daily DX]
ZK1_sc - The special callsign ZK1USA has been
issued to Victor, ZK1CG (Rarotonga, OC-013, South Cooks) "to
show support for the People of the United States". Victor
will have special cards printed for this operation. QSL to ZK1CG
(Victor Rivera, P.O. Box 618, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, via New
Zealand). [TNX ZK1CG]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
ARLHS CONVENTION ---> The 9-10
November Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society Convention,
which was announced to be held in Brunswick, Georgia
[425DXN 539], has been cancelled. However plans are
already being made for a meeting in 2002. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
EU-182 ---> The 19-25 September
UX1IM/P operation [425DXN 541] took place from the
islands of Ankudinov (UIA DU-003, from 17.15 UTC on 19
September through 11.07 UTC on the 23rd) and Ochakovskiy
(UIA DU-004, from 19.25 UTC on 23 September through 03.20
UTC on the 25th). QSL via UX1IM (Oleg S. Motsny, ul.
Beregovaya 94-1, Selidovo, 85400, Ukraine).
INORC CONTEST ---> The XXI INORC
(Italian Naval Old Rhythmers Club) Contest (CW only) will
take place from 12 UTC on 17 November through 12 UTC on
the 18th and is open to either licensed amateur radio
operators and SWLs. Full rules are available from Alberto
Frattini, I1QOD (i1qod@inwind.it).
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Please note that
Hannes, DL3NM (DL3NEO) is not the QSL manager for either
4U1ITU or 4U1VIC. He can confirm only contacts made on
21-26 August 1994 (4U1ITU) and 20-21 November 1998
(4U1VIC).
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Mario, IZ8DBJ
reports he is not the QSL manager for T95DXT any longer,
as he was unable to get the logs.
OCEANIA DX CONTESTS ---> The Oceania
DX Contests (the old VK/ZL Contests) will be held on 6-7
October (SSB) and 13-14 October (CW), from 8 UTC on
Saturday to 8 UTC on Sunday. "There are some new
awards and slight rule changes", Tony, VK3TZ says,
"and we have tried to encourage activity from all of
Oceania, including the smaller islands". The rules
are available at http://www.nzart.org.nz/nzart/update/contests/oceania/
and http://www.vk4dx.net.
POSTAGE (PARAGUAY) ---> Mike, ZP5YW
reports that "due to recent mail rate increase,
effective October 1st, 1 IRC or 1 US$ sent to ZP stations
as return postage expense is no longer enough to cover
the air mail cost of a letter. New mail rates require 2
US$ to cover the mail rates to everywhere in the world
except for neighboring Argentina (LU) and Brasil (PY),
which is a little under 1 US$. IRCs are useless here, as
they can not be redeemed, but we use them for QSLs we
send to others, so they may still be usable."
QSL HK3JJH ---> Carl, N4AA says that
"virtually all direct requests for Pedro's
operations from Malpelo in 1998, 1999 and 2001 have now
been answered. Some, which included requests for other
operations are still in the process of confirmation of
those 'other' contacts. Requests for other contacts with
Pedro are being processed as confirmations are received
from him on a weekly basis". If you have any
questions about a request sent and not yet confirmed,
e-mail Carl at N4AA@dxpub.com.
QSL IQ4T ---> Steve, IK4WMH is the
new QSL manager for IQ4T. Cards can be requested either
direct (Stefano Turci, Cerchia S. Egidio 4460, 47023
Cesena, Italy) or through the bureau (e-mail requests for
bureau cards are welcome at topdxer@tin.it).
S.I.A. ---> The Sicilian Islands
Award (SIA) is sponsored by ARI Siracusa (http://siracusanet.it/arisiracusa)
and is available to either licenced amateurs and SWLs.
Further information is available from the Award Manager
Salvo Costantino, IT9HLR (Sezione ARI di Siracusa, Via
del Cormorano 24, 96100 Siracusa - SR, Italy; e-mail it9hlr@simail.it).
WRTC 2002 ---> Ari Korhonen, OH1EH
reports the following contesters have been nominated to
represent their countries in WRTC 2002 (http://www.wrtc2002.org):
Canada - VE3EJ (John Sluymer) and VE7ZO (Jim
Roberts)
Finland - OH1MDR (Timo Pohjola) and OH1MM (Pasi
Alanko)
Germany - DJ6QT (Walter Skudlarek) and DJ2YA (Ulrich
Weiss); DK3GI (Roland Mensch) and DL1IAO (Stefan von
Baltz)
Sweden - SM5IMO (Dan Hultgren) and SM3SGP (Gunnar
Widell)
Ukraine - UT4UZ (Yuri "Jerry" Onipko) and
UT3UA (Sergey Vasilenko)
Yugoslavia - YU7BW (Robert Homolja) and YU1ZZ (Milan
Milanovic)
XP1AB ---> OZ1JSH stated that the
special call XP1AB, to be aired again during the
forthcoming CQ WW DX SSB Contest, "was used for the
last time in the Sixties" [425DXN 537]. Now Maylon
Harvey, WA2UUK reports that he operated XP1AB while on
Temporary Duty with the Air Force at Sondrestrom AFB,
Greenland on 20-29 July 1977. He made 1080 contacts and
still has the logs and a few blank cards; any one still
wanting one QSL can send a SASE to WA2UUK. Maylon also
knows of one other operation by WA7ZLC, who made 229 QSOs
in August 1977 and gave WA3HUP as his manager.
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