12 January 2002
No 558
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

CE9_ant - UA6CW is active as CE9/R3RRC (QSL via RW3GW) from the multinational base "Patriot Hills", Antarctica (AN-016) (WABA MN-01).

CE9_ssh - Oleg, UA1PBA is currently signing CE9/R1ANF from Chilean base "Ripamonti" (WABA CE-10) on Ardely Island (South Shetlands) and Dominic, DL5EBE reports he will be on 21275 kHz around 17 UTC on 14 January. Oleg is also expected to operate soon as R1ANF/p from a nearby Argentine station.

FG - Pierre, F6FXS will be active (on all bands CW and SSB) as FG/F6FXS or FG5/F6FXS from Guadeloupe (NA-102) between 16 January and 7 February. QSL via home call. [TNX F5NQL]

HA - Special event station HG80ST will be active on all bands CW, SSB and RTTY until 28 February to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the town of Salgotarjan. QSL via HA6KNB either direct (Radioclub Salgotarjan, P.O. Box 115, H-3101 Salgotarjan, Hungary) or through the bureau. Special postage stamps will be affixed on the return envelopes for direct cards. [TNX HA6NY]

HR - Chris, HB9FBL will be active as HR6/HB9FBL from Roatan Island (NA-057) on 10-16 January.QSL via home call. [TNX HB9FBL]

HS - Special event station HS1BK will be active (on 80-10 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and SSTV) from Bangkok between 11 UTC on 11 January and 11 UTC on the 13th. The operation is to celebrate the 89th anniversary of the historical Siam Radio Telegraph Building, from where the first radio signal in that country was broadcasted by station HSBK. QSL via E21EIC (Champ C. Muangamphun, P.O. Box 1090, Kasetsart, Bangkok 10903, Thailand). [TNX HS1CKC]

JW - LA5QFA and LA8AJA will be active (on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and possibly some RTTY) from the JW5E's club house at Longyearbyen, Svalbard (EU-026) on 14-20 January. They will operate as JW4X on 6 metres (50145 kHz), and as JW5QFA and JW8AJA elsewhere. They will keep a beacon running on 50080 kHz. QSL JW4X and JW5QFA via LA6EIA (bureau or direct) QSL JW8AJA via LA8AJA (bureau or direct). The web page for the operation is at http://www.qsl.net/la8aja. [TNX LA8AJA]

KH0 - Kazu, JA1RJU will be active on HF and 6 metres as KH2K/AH0 from Saipan, Northern Marianas (OC-086) on 10-15 January. He will concentrate on 160 metres (announced frequency 1827.5 KHz) for North America and Europe with a full size dipole and 1 KW. QSL via JA1RJU either direct or through the JARL bureau. [TNX JF2MBF]

KH1 - The operators for the KH1 (Baker & Howland) DXpedition [425DXN 538] will be YT1AD (team leader), AH6HY, K1LZ, K3NA, K6NDV, KW4DA, N6TQS, RZ3AA, YU1AU, YZ7AA, Z31FU, Z32AU and Z32ZM. They will leave Los Angeles on 20 April and head for Nadi, Fiji Islands; part of the team will then embark for Tuvalu, while five operators will fly to Funafuti and operate with a T2 call for three days. The whole team will depart from Funafuti on the 26th and will arrive on Baker Island on 29/30 April. They expect to operate from the island from 30 April until 10 May, when they will head back to Fiji (a 6-day voyage), then to Los Angeles and finally to the Dayton Hamvention (17-18 May). The team will have six transceivers, five amplifiers, four generators and a variety of beams, verticals and dipoles; plans are to operate on 160-6 metres CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK, SSTV, FM and Satellite. The call will be announced when the operation starts. QSL via YT1AD (CW, RTTY, PSK and SSTV) and RZ3AA (SSB). Donations can be sent to Wil, K6NDV (k6ndv@contesting.com). [TNX YT1AD]

OD - Gabi, OD5NJ and Elmo, EA5BYP plan to operate from Ramkin Island (AS-108) on 13 January. They expect to be QRV beginning around 09.30 UTC and to operate as OD5NJ/p and possibly OD5/EA5BYP on 10, 15 and 20 metres for some 6-7 hours. [TNX WA2VUY]

PY - Special event station ZX2F will be activated on all bands and modes between 12 January and 12 February during the annual Festival held at Valinhos, Brazil. QSL via PY2AE. [TNX PY2MDV]

V5 - Klaus, DJ4SO will be active as V5/DJ4SO from from Namibia between 16 January and 6 February. He will try to operate on 10-160 metres (maybe 6 metres as well) CW and RTTY, with some SSB and PSK-31. [TNX The Daily DX]

VP8 - The South Sandwich/South Georgia DXpedition team was due to meet on 11 January at Stanley (Falkland Islands). They are expected to leave for the South Sandwich Islands (a 7/8-day voyage) on the 12th. [TNX The Daily DX]

GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• AWARD DIRECTORY ---> The 2002 edition of the renowned "K1BV DX Awards Directory" will soon be ready and access will be available via Internet. For full information please visit http://www.dxawards.com/2002edition.htm.
• MIAMI HAMBOREE ---> The South Florida DX Association will host the DX Forum at this year's Miami Tropical Hamboree on 2 February. For more information about the Forum and the DX Dinner please visit http://www.qsl.net/k4fk [TNX W4DTA]
• PALMYRA ---> Rick, KH7O travelled to Palmyra on 6 January to do maintenance on various electronic systems. He operated as KH7O/KH5 and was expected to leave the island early in the local morning on 9 January. QSL via KH7O. [TNX N4AA]
• PIRATE ---> Laurent, F8BBL reports that someone has been pirating his call - on either the PacketCluster and DX frequencies - for a couple of months now.
• QSL CE6TBN ---> Marco reports he now has a QSL manager who can confirm QSOs from 1999 onwards, including contacts made with CE6TBN/7 from SA-018 in 2000 and 2001. Cards should be sent to N1IBM (Morris E. Maze III, 847 Dolan St., Lanoka Harbor, NJ 08734, USA).
• QSL VK4FW ---> Please note that Bill Horner's old address (Box 929) will not be valid any longer as of April. His new address is P.O. Box 1343, Maroochydore, 4558, Australia. [TNX VK4FW]
• VISALIA 2002 ---> The International DX Convention, sponsored by the Southern California DX Club, will be held at the Holiday Inn Plaza, Visalia on 26-28 April. For more information please visit http://www.qsl.net/visalia2002 or contact Don Bostrom, N6IC (4447 Atoll Ave., Sherman Oaks, CA 91432, USA; e-mail n6ic@arrl.net). [TNX WA6WZO]

QSL INFO - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

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CALL        MANAGER        CALL        MANAGER      CALL        MANAGER
=======================================================================
2E0APH      G3WRO          CO2TK       F6FNU        RN9RZ       RW9QA
3V8SM       DL1BDF         CO6XN       HK6DOS       RW9QA       RW9QA
3XY6A       VE2XO          CO8CY       EA5KB        S21B        KX7YT
3XY8A       VE2XO          CO8LY       EA7ADH       S79LC       I5JZP
3Z0OSP      SP6GVU         CO8ZZ       DK1WI        SO9ZM       WA6ZEF
4A1AC       XE1BEF         CT3AS       DJ8FW        SU3AM       DL5ZBV
4J3M        4Z5LO          CU5AM       EA5KB        SU9LL       EA7CHR
4J4K        4K9C           CX3HF       EA5XX        T30ED       3D2SJ
4K5CW       UT3UY          D902WSF     DS5UCP       T77GO       I4ZQS
4L0CR       IK7JTF         EA6/SP4AOQ  EC6TK        T88AQ       JH6WDG
4N1KW       DJ0LZ          ED1XMP      EA1EV        T88HA       JK1FNN
4N7ZZ       YU7FIJ         EK8WA       SP9ERV       T88MY       JK1FNN
4N9T        YU1JU          EM1HO       I2PJA        TA3DD       KZ5RO
4T4V        DL5SE          EM75W       UT1WL        TF8GX       K1WY
4T4X        DL2JRM         ER2000L     ER1LW        TL8CK       F6EWM
5B4/RA6LUX  UA6LCW         ER6A        ER1lW        TL8DV       W3MC
5B4AGU      LZ1MS          EX8QB       IK2QPR       TM2E        F8BPN
5N0NHD      JH8BKL         EY8MM       K1BV         TM4AMD      F6IGF
5N1BHF      OE6LAG         GM3WOJ      ZS5BBO       UA0AZ       W3HNK
5N6EAM      IK7JTF         HF0POL      SQ5TA        UA2FX       DK4VW (dir)
5N6NDP      IK5JAN         HG02HNY     HG4I         UA6JD       K0KG
5N8BRC      UA3AGW         HK8RQS      EA5KB        UA9C/UA9QDK RW9QA
5R8DL       JH7OHF         HL17FWC     HL0HQ        UA9QA       RW9QA
5R8ET       K1WY           HS0ZCW      K4VUD        UA9QDK      RW9QA
5R8GZ       G3SWH          HS0ZDP      W3VK         UK8CK       UX5UO
5T/F5VHH    ON4CKY         IQ5ONU      I5KKW        UK8LA       RW3RN
5U7JK       I2YSB          JW5RIA      LA5RIA       UN7JJ       EA5KB
5W0VK       OH3JR          K5XY/KH4    K5XY         UZ8RR       W3HC
7Q7LA       G0IAS          K8LIZ/4     K8LIZ        V31JP       KA9WON
7S0MG       SM0BYD         K8LIZ/C6A   K8LIZ        V51HK       DL6OBS
7X0MT       F5MSR          K9AW/DU6    WF5T         V51KV       ZS6DX
8Q7CG       I5JHW          KC4AAA      K1IED        V73GT       WF5T
8Q7IJ       G3TMA          KG4DX       W4WX         V73MJ       JF1NZW
9K2JH       KE4JG          KG4LR       W1LR         VE1SIX      VE1MR
9L1DX       EA4CEN         KH2/JF2UED  JF2UED       VG3JS       VA3JS
9M2/JI1ETU  JI1ETU         KH2/JJ2QXI  JJ2QXI       VG3RJ       VA3RJ
9M6/JI3DLI  JI3DLI         KH2/JR4LNG  JR4LNG       VG3TEE      VA3TEE
9M6/JN3JBC  JN3JBC         KH4/K5XY    K5XY         VK9AA/9     DL8YR
9N7RB       W4FOA          KH7O/KH5    KH7O         VP2VE       WA2NHA
9N7WU       JA8MWU         KL9A        AC7DX        VP8/LU5DG   pirate
9N7YT       JJ2NYT         LU5DX       AC7DX        VQ9NL       W4MNL
9U5D        SM5BFJ         LU8XW       EA5BD        VU2DPM      IZ8CCW  [*]
9U5JB       ON5NT          OD5/OK1MU   OK1TN        VU2HFR      IZ8CCW  [*]
9V1GA       JA4BJO         OE75CMN     OE5CMN       VU2JSH      IZ8CCW  [*]
A35VK       OH3JR          OG2NRV      OH2NRV       VU2KFR      IZ8CCW  [*]
A45WD       YO9HP          OG3GZ       OH3GZ        VU2SKD      IZ8CCW  [*]
A61AJ       N4QB           OG9AR       OH9AR        VX1VOX      VE1VOX
A92ZE       K4SXT          OP0GS       ON4ON        VX2EM       VE2EM
AA8LL/4     AA8LL          OQ5YA       ON5YA        VX3SJL      VE3SJL
AA8LL/C6A   AA8LL          OQ6WI       ON6WI        VX9HF       VE9HF
AB0VE/D2    AB0VE          OY4TN       ON5UR        W4UC        KC7DCW
AH2K/KH0    JE8KKX         P29CJ       W3JC         WH2R        JI1DMH
AH4/AH7G    AH7G           P40AV       K4AVQ        XF3IC       XE3OYJ
AP2ZA       VE3XAP         P40PW       N1PW         XJ1HP       VO1HP
BV3/DJ3KR   DJ3KR          P49MR       VE3MR        XJ1TK       VO1TK
C21HC       DL9HCU         PI4OSS      PA3DHN       XK0XN/p     VE3XN
C56YT       VK4AO          PI50V       PI4ZWN       XT2DX       G3SXW
C6AGN       W1DIG          PJ2/NW0L    NW0L         YB0DPO      K5ZE
C6AIE       WZ8D           PJ2T        KN7Y         YS1RR       W3HNK
CE9/R1ANF   RK1PWA         PT2ZAW      OK1FWQ       YV5/DL2GG   DL3AMA
CE9/R3RRC   RW3GW          R1ANM       AB0KG (dir)  Z32XX       NN6C
CN/F5VHH    ON4CKY         R1ANM       UA3YH (buro) ZC4VG       G0UVX
CN8YR       K4KU           RM9RX       RW9QA        ZD9IR       ZS6EZ
CO2OJ       K8SIX          RM9RZ       RW9QA        ZF2NT       G3SWH

[*] AS-153 (10-16 January 2002)
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ADDRESSES - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• 7Z1ZZ - Aboula Alnajim, POB 16595, Riyadh 11474, Saudi Arabia
• A61AU - Huraiz Al Maktoum, P.O. Box 270, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• AB0KG - P.O.Box 18118, Boulder, CO 80308-1118, USA
• AC7DX - Ron G. Lago, P.O. Box 25426, Eugene, OR 97402, USA
• BA4DW - David Y. J. Zhou, P.O. Box 040-088, Shanghai, 200040, China
• CE7ZK - Percy Raurich, P.O. Box 15, Puerto Montt, Chile
• DK4VW - Ulrich Mueller, Kreutzacker 13, D-35041 Marburg, Germany
• ER1LW - Lysy Wiacheslav, P.O. Box 112, Chisinau, MD-2012, Moldova
• ER1QQ - Boris Chekir, str. Bucuresti 99/7, MD-2012, Moldova
• ER1RR - Alex Comarov, P.O. Box 26, Cisinau, MD-2012, Moldova
• F5BYM - Christian Gaye, 30 allee Jacques Cartier, 33260 La Teste de Buch, France
• G0DEZ - Dez Watson, C.A.O., JSSU (AN), BFPO 59, London, United Kingdom
• G3SXW - Roger Western, 7 Field Close, Chessington, KT9 2QD, England
• HL0HQ - Korean Amateur Radio League, C.P.O. Box 162, Seoul, Korea
• IK2QPR - Paolo Fava, Via Bertani 8, 46100 Mantova - MN, Italy
• IZ8CCW - P.O. Box 360, 87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy
• JA8MWU - Kazunori Abe, 12-5-9 Kagura 7, Asahikawa, 070-8007, Japan
• JA9XBW/JD1 - Yasuhiro Matsuda, 1591 Kurakawa, Himi, 935-0025, Japan
• JD1BIA - You Takubo, 12-2 Syokujuu, Motochiokimura, Hahajima, 100-2211, Japan
• JE8KKX - Nozomu Takahashi, 2-5, 5 chome 18jo Toko, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, 078-8358 Japan
• K4VUD - Charles Harpole, 3100 N. Hwy. 426, Geneva, FL 32732-9761, USA
• KA9WON - Lonnie Miller, 12618 Thistle Ridge Close, Roscoe, IL 61073, USA
• OH3JR - Henri Olander, Helavalkeantie 15, 13270 Hameenlinna, Finland
• P29NB - Norm Beasley, P.O. Box 437, Ukarumpa, EHP, 444, Papua New Guinea
• PJ4M - Daniel Marlow, 12 Sub Rincon, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
• RW9QA - Vlad Kondratenko, P.O.Box 1, Kurgan-38, 640038, Russia
• SM5BFJ - Leif Hammarstrom, Lerklockan 4, SE-73091, Riddarhyttan, Sweden
• SM5DJZ - Jan Hallenberg, Vassunda Andersberg, SE-741 91 Knivsta, Sweden
• SQ5TA - Artur Tabaszewski, ul. Wiejska 100, 26-606 Radom, Poland
• UT3UY - Anatoly Kirilenko, P.O. Box 439/3, Kiev - 151, 03151 Ukraine
• V73UX - Dave Fortin, P.O. Box 66, APO AP 96555, USA
• VE2XO - Francois Normant, 3054 avenue Lacombe, Montreal QC H3T 1L4, Canada
• VK3TZ - A. L. Burt, 3 Moyston Close, Vermont, South Victoria 3133, Australia
• XE3OYJ - Jose Angel Yanez, Apartado Postal 1883, Cancun, Quintana Roo 77500, Mexico

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