26 January 2002
No 560
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

425DXN MOST WANTED SURVEY - The results of the 425 DX News DXCC Most Wanted Survey (1985 participants) are now available at http://www.425dxn.org.

CE - A group of operators from the Southern Cross DX Group will be active (CW and SSB) as XR5SM from Santa Maria Island (SA-070, a group activated only once by XR5IQ back in June 1994) on 26-28 January. QSL via XQ5SM either direct or through the bureau. The web page for the operation is at http://www.qsl.net/xr5sm. [TNX XQ5SM]

J3 - Bill, VE3EBN will be active (on 10-40 metres CW and SSB) as J37LR from Grenada (NA-024) during February and March. QSL via VE3EBN either direct or through the bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]

KP2 - John/W8LBY and Norm/K8NI will be active as KP2/homecalls from St. Croix, US Virgin Islands (NA-106) on 1-13 February. They plan to concentrate on PSK and the WARC bands. [TNX The Daily DX]

LU_ssh - Depending on weather conditions, Oleg, R1ANF/p is expected to operate from Argentine station "Ballve" (WABA LU-022, South Shetland Islands) on 28 January. QSL via RK1PWA. [TNX DL5EBE]

PJ2 - Tony, N7BG will be active as PJ2/N7BG (QSL via N7BG) from Curacao (SA-006) between 29 January and 4 February. He will participate in the FOC Marathon as PJ2T (QSL via KN7Y). [TNX The Daily DX]

PY - Special event station ZY3WSF will be active (on 10-80 metres CW and SSB) from Porto Alegre between 31 January and 5 February during the 2nd World Social Forum (http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br). QSL via PY3FBI either direct (Gilberto Silva Pacheco Filho, Rua Fabio A. Santos 1245, ap 310 Bloco 2, Bairro Nonoai, Porto Alegre, RS 91720-390, Brazil) or through the bureau. [TNX PY3FBI]

S7 - Karesz, HA8EU will be active (on 40-10 metres CW with some SSB) as S79EU from Mahe Island (AF-024), Seychelles between 28 January and 18 February. QSL via HA2NM. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]

VK - Australian amateurs will be using special "AX" prefix celebrating Australia Day on 26 January starting at 00.00 and ending 24.00 (Australian local time). QSL via their VK-callsigns. [TNX VK4DX]

VP8 - The VP8THU team went QRT from Southern Thule (South Sandwich Islands) in the UTC early morning of 22 January. They expected to be QRV from South Georgia by the 25-26th, however it is rumoured that a bad storm is delaying their landing. The call and QSL route will be announced when the operation starts.

XU - Jaak, ES1FB reports he will be active as XU7ACE from Cambodia for two weeks starting on 27 January. QSL via ES1FB.

GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• DIAMOND NEWS ---> Edited by Egidio Settimio, IZ8BRI, this bulletin includes information about amateur radio operation from Antarctica as well as about the WABA & WASA award programmes and the Diamond DX Club's activities. The bulletin is available on the club's web site (http://www.ddxc.org/); those interested in receiving it by e-mail can subscribe at diamond_dx_club-subscribe@yahoogroups.com (English version) or diamond_dx_club_italia-subscribe@yahoogroups.com (Italian version). [TNX DDXC]
• HAMAWARDS.COM ---> http://www.hamawards.com/ is new website, currently under development, which should be launched around 3 February by A.J. Farmer, KB3HGY. The idea is to create a centralized index of awards available to amateur radio operators. [TNX HA5CQ]
• HOLYLAND CONTEST ---> This year the Holyland Contest will take place on 20 April, from 00.00 UTC through 23.59 UTC. Information is available at http://www.iarc.org/contest. [TNX 4Z4KX]
• QSL VIA MICHEL HAMONIAUX ---> The Daily DX reports that with immediate effect "the ARRL DXCC Desk will no longer accept unauthorized QSL cards from DX stations being managed by Michel Hamoniaux, PY3ZM/F (ex HH2HM, OK8ZM). In order for any Hamoniaux QSL cards to be accepted by the ARRL he must first have the DX station send an authorization letter to the DXCC Desk."
• QSL VIA WA8JOC ---> Ken, WA8JOC reports he his the QSL manager for the following stations only: K8MN/OH2 (1985-87), K8MN/OH0 (1986-87), J52US (1988-89), 9L1US (1990-91), 9L9DXG (1990-91), A22MN (1992-95), OH2/K8MN (1995-98), OH0/K8MN (1995-98), 5H3US (1998-2000). Logs are still open.
• QSL W2A & W2AA ---> Bill, W2AY reports that "the QSL manager for W2A & W2AA has informed the W2 incoming QSL bureau that he is too busy nor has any interest in replying to the many QSL cards awaiting him at the bureau".
• QSL YK1AO ---> Omar, YK1AO has been told that some source mentions PY3ZM as being his QSL manager. "I have never given anybody this job", Omar says, "not even PY3ZM".
• QSL ZC4VG ---> Peter, G4UVX is receiving cards for ZC4VG. Please note that the correct QSL route is via G0UVX.
• QSL VIA K1WY ---> Bill, K1WY/ON9CAT provides an updated list of all the stations managed by the K1WY DX Association (http://www.k1wydxa.org):

 4L0DXP      BA2BI        GI0PCU       OD5NJ/P      PA/KW1WY     TF8RX
 4N1DX       BV4FH        GI3MUS       ON4CAT       RU0AK        UA0ACG
 4N1YL       CY9/KT1J     GI6YM        ON4CEL/LGT   S21J         UA0AOZ
 5A21PA      EA5BYP/OD5   HB0CZS       ON9CAT       TF4FT        UA0DC
 5A30        ET3BT        K1L          OQ4CAT       TF4RX        UA0ZBK
 5N0AIP      FP/KT1J      K1WY         OX3SA        TF7GX        VK1TX
 5N0NAS      FP/N1JEZ     KW1JY        P29BA        TF7RX        YO6AVB
 5R8ET       GB0LSP       KW1WY        P29CC        TF8/ON4CAT/P ZD7VC
 AX1TX       GD3LSF       N1JY         PA/K1WY      TF8GX        ZL3KIM

QSL card requests can be sent to either P.O. Box 2644, Hartford, CT 06146-2644, USA or P.O. Box 90, Eeklo 9900, Belgium. The K1WY DX Association saves stamps from mailed in envelopes for the US Veterans Hospitals.

NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• JW4X: Logs for JW4X (273 6m QSOs with 18 DXCC entities), as well as information, pics etc. of JW8AJA and JW5QFA's recent activity from Svalbard, are now available at http://www.qsl.net/la8aja. [TNX LA8AJA]
• P5/4L4FN: http://amsatnet.com
• YA5T: http://www.qsl.net/ya5t

QSL INFO - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3D2IR       VK2IR       EY8CQ       DJ1MM       PI4OSS      PA3DHN
3W2FM       UA0FM       EZ10A       KJ6OW       PJ2/NW0L    NW0L
3W3ZZ       JA1EUI      EZ10A       RU4SS       PJ5/K1NA    K1NA
3Z0OSP      SP6GVU      EZ21A       KJ6OW       PU1NEZ/PP1  PY1NEZ
4L0CR       IK7JTF      EZ21A       RU4SS       PY1NEW/PP1  PY1NEW
4N1KW       DJ0LZ       EZ3A        KJ6OW       PY1NEZ/PP1  PY1NEZ
4N4KP       DL2MHA      EZ3A        RU4SS       R1ANM       AB0KG [c]
4N7ZZ       YU7FIJ      EZ56V       KJ6OW       R1ANM       UA3YH [d]
4W/CU3FT    CT1EEB      EZ56V       RU4SS       RI4M        RN4LP
5B4AGU      LZ1MS       EZ75R       KJ6OW       S21AR       JA1UT
5N6EAM      IK7JTF      EZ75R       RU4SS       S92JHF      SM0JHF
5N8BRC      UA3AGW      EZ8CW       KJ6OW       SO9ZM       WA6ZEF
5R8FL       G3SWH       EZ8CW       RU4SS       T30HC       DL9HCU
5R8FU       SM5DJZ      EZ9A        KJ6OW       T32Z        N7YL
5R8O        G3SWH       EZ9A        RU4SS       T88AQ       JH6WDG
7Q7LA       G0IAS       FM5WE       KZ5RO       T88ZZ       K2NV
8P9AY       K1COW       FP/JA9KRO   JA9KRO      TM0A        F6OIE
8Q7SL       G4JVG       H44MS       DL2GAC      TM0LBR      F8URA
8Q7WU       F6HWU       HC7/DJ4FO   DJ4FO       TM2E        F8BPN
9H1EL       LA2TO       HF0POL      SQ5TA       TM4AMD      F6IGF
9K2GS       W6YJ        HG80ST      HA6KNB      UE10CA      RZ0CWA
9K2JH       KE4JG       HK8RQS      EA5KB       UK8CK       UX5UO
9L1BTB      SP7BTB      HL17FWC     HL0CQ       UK8LA       RW3RN
9M9/7M2VPR  7M2VPR      HR1RQF      EA7FTR      UN7CC       KI6Y
9N7RB       W4FOA       HR6/HB9FBL  HB9FBL      UN7MO       EA7FTR
9N7YT       JJ2NYT      HS0ZCW      K4VUD       UZ8RR       W3HC
A45WD       YO9HP       HS1BK       E21EIC      V31YN       DJ4KW
A52OM       G3NOM       IR4R        IK4ALM      V47KP       K2SB
A61AO       N1DG        J28FF       F6ITD       V51/DJ4SO   DJ4SO
A71BY       F5PYI       J28VS       F4DBF       V63RF       K2NV
A92ZE       K4SXT       J79TUY      IZ8CCW      V73RX       W6WRX
AH0BB/KH2   JR1VUF      JW4X        LA6EIA      VG3RJ       VA3RJ
AH4/AH7G    AH7G        JW5QFA      LA6EIA      VP2E        N5AU
AP2ZA       VE3XAP      JW8AJA      LA8AJA      VP5/G4RCG   G4RCG
BA4CH       BY4AOM      K1HP/KH0    JE2EHP      VP5/KI7VR   KI7VR
BV3/DJ3KR   DJ3KR       KB1FPP/KH2  JQ6IAP      VP5/VK4BRC  VK4BRC
BV5BG       IK7JTF      KC4/N3SIG   AI3D        VP8THU      VE3XN
BX2/BA4DW   BA4DW       KG4DX       W4WX        VU2RBQ      DJ9RB
C21HC       DL9HCU      KG4LR       W1LR        WA4RX/CY9   KC6AWX
C6AIE       WZ8D        KH0/JK7TKE  JK7TKE      WH2DX       KH2JU
CE6TBN      N1IBM       KH0WW       JP1IOF      WP4Q        EA5RD
CE9/R1ANF   RK1PWA      KH2K/AH0    JA1RJU      WV2B/CY9    KC6AWX
CE9/R3RRC   RW3GW       KH2M        JA6EGL      XJ1HP       VO1HP
CE9R        CE3HDI      KH7A        JA5DQH      XV3AA       JA6UHG
CO8DM       KU9C        KH7O/KH5    KH7O        XW0X        XW2A
CO8EJ       EA5KB       KO6GQ/KH2   JG6TWS      YN1ZZE      EA7FTR
CT3FN       HB9CRV      LA7THA/MM   LA9VDA      YV5/DL2GG   DL3AMA
CX3HF       EA5XX       LU1ZA       LU2CN       Z36A        DJ0LZ
DS4BBL      EA2AKP      LW9DAH      AC7DX       ZD7DP       W1ZT
DU9/N0NM    W4DR        LZ0A        LZ1KDP      ZD8JA       N1ZZZ
EK3SA       DK6CW       NH7IG/KH2   JA6KYU      ZD9IR       ZS6EZ
EK6TA       DJ0MCZ      OA4DKC      LZ1JZ       ZF2LM       AF2C
EK8WA       SP9ERV      OD5NJ/P     K1WY        ZK1VFA      LA9VFA
EL2AR       EL2BA       OG9AR       OH9AR       ZL5CP       AI3D
EM1HO       I2PJA       P40AV       K4AVQ       ZP6M        PY5CC
EM1KCC      UT7UA       P40PW       N1PW        ZS7/ZS4AGA  ZS4A
EP3PTT      LA7JO [a]   P40RH       W6FRH       ZX2F        PY2AE
EU3FT       W3HC        P49MR       VE3MR       ZY1NE       PY1NE

[a] only when operated by LA7JO
[b] North America only
[c] direct
[d] bureau
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ADDRESSES - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• 5Z4MO - Walter Ontrup, P.O. Box 2832, Eldoret, Kenya
• AB0KG - P.O. Box 18118, Boulder, CO 80308-1118, USA
• BA4DW - David Y. J. Zhou, P.O. Box 040-088, Shanghai, 200040, China
• BY4BSN - P.O. Box 126-017, Shanghai 200126, China
• CE3HDI - P.O.Box 15, International Airport, Santiago, Chile
• DJ3KR - Dr. Juergen Roettger, Wieterstr. 7 a, D-37154 Northeim, Germany
• E21EIC - Champ C. Muangamphun, P.O. Box 1090, Kasetsart, Bangkok 10903, Thailand
• F6HWU - Denise Le Cleach, 9 Avenue Jean Mace, 33700 Merignac, France
• G3SWH - Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol, BS19 5HQ, England
• G4JVG - Stephen Telenius-Lowe, 27 Hertford Road, Stevenage, SG2 8RZ, England
• HA6KNB - Radioclub Salgotarjan, P.O. Box 115, H-3101 Salgotarjan, Hungary
• HL0HQ - Korean Amateur Radio League, C.P.O. Box 162, Seoul, Korea
• HS/G3NOM - P.O. Box 69, Bangkok Airport P.O., Bangkok 10212, Thailand
• IK4ALM - Alessandro Vecchi, Via G. Boccaccio 63, 41100 Modena - MP. Italy
• JA1EUI - Satoshi Matsushima, 2469-5 Toda, Atsugi, 243-0023 Japan
• JA9KRO - Kaoru Sado, 966-3 Butsuden, Uozu, 937-0061 Japan
• K8MN - Dave Heil, RD5 Box 232, Cameron, WV 26033, USA
• KA8JRM - Rev. Michael Mikstay, COMUSNAVCENT, Fleet Chaplain Office, FPO AE 09501-6008, USA
• KC6AWX - Robert T. Devine, 407 Alameda Del Prado, Novato, CA 94949-6302, USA
• KI6Y - Charles Southall, 20050 SW Elizabeth Lane, Bend, OR 97702, USA
• KJ6OW - Terry Morton, 66190 3rd St., Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240, USA
• KU9C - Steve Wheatley, P.O. Box 5953, Parsippany, NJ 07054-6953, USA
• LA6EIA - Ole Forr, Frya, N-2647 Hundorp, Norway
• LA7JO - P.O. Box 827, N-7408 Trondheim, Norway
• LA7JO - UNICEF IRAN, Stig Lindblom, No. 30 East Farzan St., Naji St., Dastgerdi Ave., Tehran 19187, Iran
• LU2CN - S.A.R.A., Avenida Del Libertador 8209, CF 1429, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• N1IBM - Morris E. Maze III, 847 Dolan St., Lanoka Harbor, NJ 08734, USA
• OH3JR - Henri Olander, Helavalkeantie 15, 13270 Hameenlinna, Finland
• ON4QM - Marcel Dehonin, Everestraat 130, B-1940 Sint Stevens Woluwe, Belgium
• OX3OX - Ole Anderson, P.O. Box 142, 3911 Sisimiut, Greenland
• PY1NEW - Emanuel Tavares Filho, Apartado Postal 100659, 24001-970 Niteroi, RJ, Brazil
• PY1NEZ - Rogaciano de Lima Correa Filho, Calle Belizario Augusto 91 apto. 1101, 24230-200 Niteroi, RJ, Brazil
• RK1PWA - Nick Shapkin, P.O. Box 73, Amderma, Arkhangelskaya obl, 166744 Russia
• RN4LP - Vladislav Lakeev, P.O. Box 208, Dimitrovgrad, 433512, Russia
• RU4CE - Anatoly V. Saldin, Ul Shevchenko 223-56, 413800 Balakovo, Russia
• RU4SS - Konstantin Vakhonin, P.O. Box 57, Yoshkar-Ola, 424000, Russia
• SM5DJZ - Jan Hallenberg, Vassunda Andersberg, SE-741 91 Knivsta, Sweden
• SQ5TA - Artur Tabaszewski, ul. Wiejska 100, 26-606 Radom, Poland
• VA3UZ - Yuri Onipko, 66 Cavell Ave., Etobicoke, ON, M8V 1P2, Canada
• VK4FW - Bill Horner, P.O. Box 1343,, Maroochydore, 4558, Australia
• VU2JIX - Prakash Shetty, Bala House, Bala Post, Bala 574149, India
• VU2JRO - Manikant Lodaya, C/O Srikanth Bhat, 37 Ananth Nagar, Manipal 576119, India
• VU2MTT - Vishnumoorthy S. G., Shantharam Complex, Shakthinagar, Mangalore 575016, India
• VU2NJN - Somashekhar Bhat, C16A, Kailas Quarters, Manipal 576119, India
• VU2PAI - Ananth Pai, P-Box 730, bharath Beedi Works Ltd, Bharath Bagh, Mangalore 575003, India
• VU2RDJ - Sukanya Rao, P.O.Box 1006, Mangalore 575008, India
• VU2RDQ - Rohith S. Rao, P.O. Box 1006, Mangalore 575008, India
• VU2SBJ - Srikanth Bhat, 37, Ananth Nagar, Manipal 576119, India
• VU3DMP - Chethan L. Pujara, P.O. Box 778, Mangalore 575003, India
• XW0X - Hiroo Yonezuka, P.O. Box 2659 Vientiane, Laos
• ZS4A - Rickus de Lange, 23 Kedron St., Bethlehem, South Africa

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