20 October 2001
No 546
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
425DXN #546 ---> This issue was published
earlier than usual a few hours before your Editors left for the
International HF-DX & Contest Convention to be held in
Catania over the weekend.
5B - RA0AM, RA9JX, RZ9UA, RV0AU, RW3QC,
RW9UP, UA9MA, UA9UR and UA9YAB will be active as 5B4/homecall
from Cyprus on 23-30 October. They will participate in the CQ WW
DX SSB Contest as P3A. [TNX UA9YAB]
6Y - AC8G, N6NR, N7YX, WA8LOW and W8ILC will
participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as 6Y6L (Multi-Multi)
from Jamaica (NA-097). They plan to have four complete stations
with amplifiers and a wide range of antennas. QSL via WA8LOW. The
group expects to start limited SSB, CW, PSK31 activity as
homecall/6Y5 on 23 October. QSL via the appropriate home call.
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
9M6 - Irwin, KD3TB and Andy, KD3RF will be
active (on SSB, RTTY and PSK31) as 9M6TBT from East Malaysiaa on
26-29 October, CQ WW SSB DX Contest included. QSL via KD3TB. [TNX
The Daily DX]
CT3 - Walter, DJ6QT will be active from
Madeira (AF-014) between 23 October and 26 November. He will
participate in both the CQ WW DX Contests as CT9L. QSL via DJ6QT.
[TNX The Daily DX]
F - Special call TM5SIA will be used on all
bands and modes until 30 October, including an entry in the CQ WW
DX SSB Contest, by French amateur radio operators to celebrate
the 23rd International HamExpo in Auxerre. QSL via F2WS. [TNX
F5NQL]
FP - Look for FP/AC8W and FP/K8DD to operate
from St. Pierre & Miquelon (NA-032) on 25-31 October, single
band entries in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest included. QSL via home
calls.
FG - Edin, T97M will be active (on all bands
SSB, CW and RTTY) as FG/T97M from Guadeloupe on 22-30 October.
QSL via K2PF (Ralph G. Fariello, 23 Old Village Rd, Hillsborough,
NJ 08844-4008, USA). Edin and Danny, T93M will participate in the
CQ WW DX SSB Contest as FG5BG (Multi-Single). [TNX T97M]
FS/PJ7 - Ken, K7ZUM, and Craig, AH8DX will
operate as PJ7/K7ZUM (on 10-40 metres RTTY and SSB) from St.
Maarten and FS/AH8DX (mostly SSB) from St. Martin starting on 21
October. They will participate in the CQ WW SSB Contest. QSL via
home calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
GD - Joe, K1JB and Mike, K1EU will
participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as GD6IA from the Isle of
Man (EU-116). Before the contest they will operate on CW as
MD/K1EU and MD/K1JB. [TNX The Daily DX]
HV - Look for HV5PUL to be aired (on HF, 6
and 2 metres) from the Pontificia Universita' Lateranense,
Vatican City (http://www.pul.it)
on 20 October and 6 November. [TNX OZ6OM]
I - A large group of operators (including
9A3GW, 9A6A, 9H1EL, I4AVG, I4EAT, I4TJE, I4VEQ, IT9CHU, IT9EQO,
IT9GSF, IT9INO, IV3TMV, JH4RHF, N5ZO, S50R and SV8CS) will
participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as IG9A (Multi-Multi)
from Lampedusa Island (African Italy, Zone 33, IOTA AF-019). QSL
via I2MQP. [TNX IT9GSF]
I - Pantelleria Contest Team (I2IFT, I8QLS,
I8ULL, I8UZA, IK2ANI, IK2CIO, IK2HKT, IK2RZP, IK2SND, IK2YCN,
IK8ETA, IN3QBR, IN3XUG, IT9BLB, IT9VDQ, IT9WPO, IT9ZMX, OL5Y,
W1NA and W7ZB) will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as
IH9P (Multi-Multi) from the island of Pantelleria (African Italy,
Zone 33, IOTA AF-018, IIA TP-001). QSL via KR7X. They will arrive
on 20 October and before the Contest they will operate as
homecall/IH9 on CW, RTTY, SSTV, PSK31 and on the WARC bands. [TNX
IT9BLB]
J3 - Yankee Clipper Contest Club members K1RX
(J3/K1RX), K1HI (J3/K1HI), K2KQ (J37ZA) and W1NR (J3/W1NR) will
participate in the CQ WW SSB Contest as J3A (Multi-Multi) from
Grenada (NA-024). QSL J3A via WA1S, others via home calls. [TNX
The Daily DX]
J6 - David, K3LP will operate as J6R from St.
Lucia (NA-108) on 24-31 October. During the CQ WW DX SSB Contest
he will be joined by Ernest, J69AZ and they will participate in
the event as M/S on all bands. [TNX The Daily DX]
KH0 - JF1MIA will operate (on HF and 6
metres) as KH0A from Saipan, Northern Marianas (OC-086) on 26-29
October. QSL via home call. [TNX OZ6OM]
P2 - Yoshi, JG7AMD will be active as P29JA
from Papua New Guinea (on 80-6 metres, WARC bands included) on
24-29 October, including an entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest.
QSL via JG7AMD either direct (Yoshi-hiro Shoji, 168-5 Yokaichi,
Odaki, Esashi, 023-1131 Japan) or through the JARL bureau. [TNX
JG7AMD]
T2 - Team Tuvalu will now use T2T (HF, QSL
direct only via JN1HOW) and T2SIX (6m, QSL direct only via
JH7OHF) during their 1-8 November operation [425DXN 545]. Their
web site is at http://www1.famm.ne.jp/~ndxa/pedi/t2-2001/t2-2001.html.
[TNX JJ1LIB]
V2 - Team Antigua will participate in the CQ
WW DX SSB Contest as V26B (Multi-Multi). A large group of
operators will be active (especially on RTTY, PSK31, 160 metres,
the WARC bands and possibly 6 metres) with individual calls
starting around 22 October until around 4 November. For the time
being team members include:
V26A (N3BNA) QSL via WB3DNA V26O (N5NJ) QSL via N5NJ
V26K (N2TK) QSL via N2TK V26OC (N3OC) QSL via wN3OC
V26B (WT3Q) QSL via WT3Q V26TZ (ZP5AZL) QSL via W3HNK
V26E (AB2E) QSL via AB2E V26U (W2UDT) QSL via W2UDT
V26EW (N2ED) QSL via N2ED V26YR (W2YR) QSL via W2YR
W - The University of Florida Radio Club will
operate as W4DFU from the Cedar Key Island (NA-076) Lighthouse
between approximately 14 UTC on 20 October and 21 UTC on the
21st. The primary bands will be 10, 15 and 20 metres SSB, with
some operation on CW, 40 and 17 metres. QSL to W4DFU or WA4ET.
[TNX W3KT]
W - The Anne Arundel Radio Club in
Davidsonville, Maryland will operate a special event station
using the club callsign W3VPR to celebrate the 50th Anniversary
of AARC. The station will operate on +/- 14240, 21340 and 28440
kHz from 12 UTC to 20 UTC on 20 and 21 October. QSL to Anne
Arundel Radio Club Inc., P.O. Box 308 , Davidsonville, MD 21035,
USA. [TNX K3GV]
W - Special Event Stations using the call
sign W7K will operate from 0000 UTC on 20 October through 0000
UTC on the 22nd to celebrate the 85th year of continuous
operation by the Radio Club of Tacoma, Washington. QSL to RCT,
Box 11188, Tacoma, WA 98411, USA. [TNX W7BUN]
ZF - Jim, K4BI will be active (on 40-6
metres, with "primary emphasis" on 6m) as ZF2MU from
the Cayman Islands (NA-016) on 18-28 October. [TNX OZ6OM]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
CQ ASKS CONTESTERS TO E-MAIL ALL LOGS
---> The following was released on 16 October:
"Due to security concerns, CQ Communications Inc. (cq@cq-amateur-radio.com)
is asking all participants in CQ-sponsored amateur radio
contests to submit their logs electronically. All logs
for the CQ World Wide DX Contest, the CQ WPX Contest, the
CQ World Wide 160-Meter Contest, the CQ World Wide VHF
Contest and the CQ/RTTY Journal RTTY contests should be
submitted via e-mail per instructions in the rules for
each contest. In light of recent events regarding
hazardous items sent through the mail, logs received
through the mail at the CQ offices will be held unopened
until all potential health risks have been evaluated. CQ
says it cannot guarantee that logs submitted by postal
mail will be opened". For further information please
contact Richard Moseson, W2VU (w2vu@cq-amateur-radio.com).
E30NA ---> The pilot station is
Dieter, DF4RD (DF4RD@qsl.net).
The web page - to be updated on a daily basis - is at http://www.qsl.net/e30na.
QSL via DL5NAM.
NEW ISLAND AWARD ---> The Grado
Lagoon Islands Award is sponsored by ARI Grado. Full
information is available at http://go.to/arigrado.
[TNX IV3KTY]
QSL EX10A ---> Cards for this Kyrgyz
special event station have been printed and can be
requested from the EX bureau (P.O Box 745, Bishkek
720017, Kyrgyzstan). [TNX EX/K4ANA]
QSL VIA JE1DXC ---> Masa, JE1DXC is
not the QSL manager for YJ0ADX [425DXN 540]. This was
(obviously) a typo for YJ0AXC, the call Masa used during
his operations from Vanuatu. We apologize for any
inconvenience this may have caused Masa and our readers.
SILENT KEY - Vilnis Vosekalns, YL2KF
reports the sad news of the passing of Gundars
"Gunis" Zakis, YL2RP on 9 October at 36 years
of age. Gunis was an active island chaser and one of the
few amateurs from Latvia to get the 5BDXCC and DXCC Honor
Roll.
ZK1CG - Victor Rivera, P.O. Box 618,
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, via New Zealand
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