02 February 2002
No 561
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
3C - Mirek, SP1NY was active as 3C5/SP1NY
(QSL via home call) from Bioco Island (AF-010), Equatorial
Guinea, on 26-27 January. He reports that due to "some
misunderstanding with local authorities" that activity might
not be valid for DXCC. He will be back to Malabo around 5
February for 3-5 more days and "will try to clarify all
official matters concerning with my licence". [TNX SP1NY]
5T & S0 - Six members of the
International Amateur Radio Volunteeers (IARV) will visit
Mauritania and Western Sahara on 11-17 February. They expect to
be permitted to operate amateur radio with individual 5T5
callsigns (QSL via home calls) as well as S07CRS and S07U (QSLs
via JA1UT). They will work mainly CW and RTTY. [TNX JA1UT and
Japan DX News]
9A - Ivan, ZS6IL (formerly ZS6ILU) reports he
will be active from the islands of Brac (EU-016, IOCA-010) and
Hvar (EU-016, IOCA-028) between around 10 February through early
March. He will operate SSB and possibly RTTY and PSK31 as well.
9Q - The Daily DX reports that 9Q1MM
(Jean-Philippe), 9Q1KS (Cyprien), 9Q1A (Patrick) and 9Q1YL
(Nicole) have been granted permission to operate through 24
February as 9Q0AR/6 from Goma (Nyiragongo volcano), Democratic
Republic of Congo.
C6 - Bill, K1CN will be active (on 10-40
metres CW and SSB) as C6AWW from Harbour Island (NA-001), Bahamas
between 15 February and 1 March. He will participate in the ARRL
CW DX Contest (16-17 February). QSL via K1CN. [TNX The Daily DX]
CE - Marco, CE6TBN reports he will be active
(on 10-40 metres SSB) as CE6TBN/2 from Damas Island (SA-086) on
8-10 March. QSL via N1IBM (Morris E. Maze III, 847 Dolan St.,
Lanoka Harbor, NJ 08734, USA).
CO - Josy/CO8JY, Doug/CO8DM, Geo/CO2JZ and
Raul/CO8ZZ will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest (16-17
February) as T48K (Multi Single). QSL via DK1WI. [TNX CO8ZZ]
FG - Girts, YL2KL reports he will be active
(on 10-160 metres mostly CW with some SSB and RTTY) as FG/YL2KL
from Guadeloupe on 13-20 February. He will participate in the
ARRL DX CW Contest as either FG5BG or FG/YL8M (SOAB HP). QSL via
YL2KL.
FS - Look for W4LW and K4FMD to operate (on
10, 15, 20 and possibly 80 metres SSB, mainly during their
evenings and early mornings) as FS/K4UP from St. Martin (NA-105)
on 2-8 February. QSL via K4UP. [TNX WA4TLI]
H4 - Look for Babs, DL7AFS and Lot, DJ7ZG to
be active (on 6-80 metres SSB, RTTY and PSK) as H44LB and H44ZG
from the Solomon Islands starting on 2 February. Later (actual
date will depend on local conditions) they will operate as H40YL
and H40ZG from Temotu. QSLs via DL7AFS. Up-to-date information
will be available at http://www.qsl.net/dl7afs. [TNX DL2FAG]
J3 - Bill, K4LTA (J37BO) and his wife Ruby,
K4UPS (J37RO) will operate from Grenada between 31 January and 25
February. Bill will be active as J38A during the FOC Marathon
(1-3 February), the NA Sprint (9 February) and the ARRL DX CW
Contest (16-17 February). Look for J37BO on the WARC bands &
80/160 metres CW and for J37RO on 10, 15 and 20 metres SSB. A
breakable CW beacon will be activated on 50103 kHz, typically
from 12-17 UTC and from 23-01 UTC. QSL via home calls. [TNX The
Daily DX]
KH0 - Look for Yuji, KH0/JA5ROH and Take,
KH0/JA5AUC to be active (on 6-160 metres CW and SSB) from Rota
Island (OC-086), Northern Marianas on 9-11 February. QSL via home
calls either direct or through the JARL bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
KH0 - Look for Nob, KH0/JM1LRQ to be active
(on 6-160 metres CW and SSB) from Saipan (OC-086) on 14-18
February. He will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest (SOAB)
and will concentrate on SSB and WARC bands operation outside the
contest. QSL via JM1LRQ either direct (Nobuyuki Arai, 5-6-1-1002
Kitayamata, Tsuzuki, Yokohama, 224-0021 Japan) or through the
JARL bureau. [TNX JM1LRQ]
KH2 - Hide, JH8KYU/K8YU reports he will be
active as K8YU/KH2 from Guam (OC-026) on 8-11 February. He will
participate in the CQ/RJ WPX RTTY Contest (SOAB) with some CW and
SSB while not contesting. QSL via JH8KYU either direct or through
the JARL bureau.
KH4 - David Robbins, K1TTT reports that
"the Midway Phoenix Company that has been running the
island's infrastructure is leaving effective 1 March. This
essentially closes down the island except for the Fish and
Wildlife service. All planes have been canceled, stores and
accommodations are closed, and all the company people are packing
to leave". As a first consequence, and to their deep
disappointment, Phil/G3SWH and Jim/G3RTE have been forced to
cancel their 30 March-6 April W4M operation [425DXN 559]. [TNX
AD1C and G3SWH]
PJ2 - Larry, K6RO and Ron, W6UL will be
active (mainly on the WARC bands and 160 metres SSB and CW) from
Curacao (SA-006) between 27 February and 5 March. Larry will
participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest (2-3 March) as PJ2K (SOAB
HP) while Ron will be signing PJ2/W6UL before and after the
contest. QSL via KU9C. [TNX K6RO]
PJ7 - Bil, W8EB and his wife, Dorothy, W8DVC
will be active from St. Maarten between 24 February and 17 March.
Bob, K8RLM and his wife, Lori, W9MSU will join them the first
week of March. Bob and Bil will participate in the ARRL DX SSB
Contest (2-3 March) as PJ7B (QSL via W8EB), while the rest of the
time they will operate as PJ7/homecalls on all bands (6 metres
included) CW, SSB and RTTY. [TNX W8EB]
PY - PT2GTI, PT2HF and PP2RON will be active
(on 10-80 metres CW and SSB) as PY0AI from Abrolhos Archipelago
(SA-019, DIB 12, DFB BA-14) on 16-22 February. QSL via PT2GTI
(Roberto F. Stuckert, Shin QI 07, Conj. 12, Casa 14, 71515-120,
Brasilia DF, Brazil). [TNX PS7AB]
PY - Tom, PY1XP says he will operate (on
40-10 metres) from Rio de Janeiro and Itacuruca Island (SA-029)
from now on "for a long period of time".
PY0_spp - Joaquim, PS7JN reports he is due to
leave Natal on 20 February to carry out a research programme in
geology at St. Peter and St. Paul Archipelago (SA-014). He will
be there from 23/25 February through 10/12 March and he plans to
be active again as ZY0SAT in his spare time (typically during his
nights) with 10-50 watts and a multiband dipole on +/- 7060,
14250, 21350 and 28600 kHz. QSL via PS7JN (Joaquim das Virgens
Neto, Rua Carlos Serrano 1969, 59076-740 Natal RN, Brazil). A web
page is under construction at http://www.geocities.com/dasvirgens/aspsp/dxspsp.html
(the English version will be available soon).
PY0_ti - The team for the 18 February-2 March
PW0T DXpedition to Trindade [425DXN 559] has been finalized and
now includes Andre/PY0FF, Rolf/PY1RO, Peter/PY5CC,
Herminio/PY5HSD, Eliso/PT7BZ, Jim/PY7XC, Ciro/PY7ZY, Fred/PY7ZZ,
Dick/N6FF and Bill/W9VA. While major sponsors have begun stepping
forward providing vital support for the DXpedition, financial
contributions are still sought for and can be sent to K7BV
(Dennis Motschenbacher, 4357 Appollonio Way, Carson City, NV
89704, USA). The web site for the operation (http://www.Trindade2002.com)
is updated with daily fresh information. [TNX K7BV]
S9 - The S9LA DXpedition to Sao Tome (AF-023)
[425DXN 554] is confirmed to take place on 4-11 February. LA5UF,
LA5QKA, LA6EIA, LA6FJA, LA7THA, LA7WCA, LC3EAT, SM5COP and SM5IMO
will be active 24 hours a day with two stations on 160-6 metres
CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and possibily on SSTV as well. The pilot
stations are Trond, LA9VDA (North and South America & Low
Bands: la9vda@online.no),
Tor, LA3WAA (Europe and Africa & 6 metres: torpet@online.no) and Teru,
JM2HBO (Japan, Asia and Oceania: teru@k-net.or.jp). QSL via
LA2N either direct or through the bureau. Logs will be available
at http://www.qsl.net/s9la.
[TNX LA6FJA]
T32 - VK3DK plans to be active as T32IR from
Christmas/Kiritimati Island (OC-024), East Kiribati on 3-17
February. QSL via VK3DK (P.O. Box 1068, Croydon 3136, Australia).
[TNX La Gazette du DX]
T8 - Derek/G3KHZ, Maurizio/IZ1CRR and
Nando/IT9YRE [425DXN 555] expect to arrive to Koror on 6 February
and, sea conditions permitting, to start operating from Sonsorol
(South Palau Group, OC-???) around 5 UTC on the 8th. They plan to
operate as T88SI until around 18 UTC on the 10th, with three
stations, verticals and dipoles. Look for them on +/- 7055,
14260, 18128, 21260, 24950 and 28460 kHz SSB; 7025, 10115, 14040,
18098, 21040, 24920 and 28040 kHz CW. Dereck will then be active
as T88DC from Koror (OC-009) until 20 February. QSL T88SI via
IT9YRE (Ferdinando Rubino, P.O. Box 30, 96012 Avola - SR, Italy);
QSL T88DC via G3KHZ. Silvano, KB5GL and Salvo, IT9HLR will be the
pilots for NA/SA/OC and EU/AS/AF respectively. The web page is at
http://www.425dxn.org/dxped/t88si.
TI - The 4-11 February TI2 operation by Bob,
AA1M and Mike, W1USN [425DXN 557] has been cancelled. Their host
in Costa Rica is leaving and his place will no longer be
available. [TNX AA1M]
V3 - Andy, VE7AHA will be active as V31HA
from Belize on 2-16 February. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily
DX]
V7 - Jim, W7UG will be active as V73UG from
Kwajalein (OC-028), Marshall Islands for the CQ/RJ WW RTTY
Contest and the Asia-Pacific CW Sprint (9-10 February) and the
ARRL DX CW Contest (16-17 February). On 11-15 February he will
concentrate on the WARC bands. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily
DX]
VP8_sg - The multi-national team became
active as VP8GEO from South Georgia (AN-007) around 00 UTC on 28
January. They should be QRV until around 5 February. QSL via
VE3GCO (The Maple Leaf Radio Society, 5 McLaren Avenue, Listowel,
Ontario N4W 3K1, Canada).
W - Dave, KW1DX might operate from Long
Island (NA-137) on 2 and 3 February. Main activity should take
place on 15 and 20 metres SSB, with some possible operation on
10, 40 and 80 metres (WARC and CW if requested). [TNX KW1DX and
Islands On The Web]
W - The Metro Amateur Radio Club of Chicago (http://www.qsl.net/mac)
will activate Chicago Harbor Lighthouse (ARLS USA 171) on 9-10
February. The call to be used is K9Y. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
XE - Enrique/XE1LWY, Javier/XE1KOF, Jose
Luis/XE1YJL, Alfonso/XE1UZ and Martin/XE1ML will be active (on
all HF bands and 6 metres SSB, CW and RTTY) as XF4IH from
Cacaluta Island (NA-188) on 26-31 March. QSL via XE1LWY (Enrique
Garcia, Apartado Postal 75 - 481, 07300 Mexico D. F., Mexico [TNX
XE1YJS]
YA - While Peter, ON6TT is on his way to the
US, Robert, S53R is in Kabul and has been operating as YA5T on CW
for a couple of days. On 2 February he will be joined by Mark,
ON4WW, so expect more CW activity. QSL via KU9C. [TNX ON5NT]
ZL_ant - Chris, N3SIG and Mike, KE6ZYK will
be operating portable (on 20, 17 and 15 metres, possibly on 40
and 80 metres as well) as ZL5CG from the Ross Ice Shelf in front
of Scott Base (http://www.scott.aq).
They plan to start on 14243 kHz around 5 UTC on 2 February. QSL
via AI3D. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
A50B ---> This is the call issued to
the new club station for the Technical College,
Polythechnic and University of Puentsholling, Bhutan. The
station has been set up by Ray, G3NOM/A52OM. QSL to P.O.
Box 88, Thimpu, Bhutan. [TNX The Daily DX]
JA6GXK/6 ---> Masa, JA6GXK/6 went QRT
on 30 January from Danjo Island (AS-056), after some 5500
QSOs made in three years during his various working
shifts at the lighthouse. QSL via JA6GXK (Masafumi
Ishihara, 493-4 Koba-cho, Fukue, 853-0033 Japan). [TNX
JI6KVR]
LIGHTHOUSES ---> The ARLHS 2002
Spring Lites QSO Party will take place from 1 UTC on 29
March through 23.59 UTC on 7 April. The rules are
available at http://www.lighthouse-award.com/spring-2002.txt.
[TNX DL2VFR]
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Anatoly, US7IID
reports he is not the QSL manager for UP9L.
PIRATES ---> The following pirate
activities have been reported recently:
- 4K5CW on digital modes. Sergej
Gorobec, the genuine 4K5CW, says once again that
he currently does not operate RTTY or other
digital modes. [TNX 4K5CW]
- CO6XN on 21020 kHz around
17.30 UTC on 16 January. [TNX HK6DOS]
- UA0SC on 6 metres. [TNX UA0SJ]
QSL EZxxx ---> QSL requests for
EZ10A, EZ21A, EZ3A, EZ56V, EZ75R, EZ8CW and EZ9A should
be sent to RU4SS: Konstantin Vakhonin, P.O. Box 57,
Yoshkar-Ola, 424000, Russia. The mail drop for North
America is KJ6OW: Terry Morton, 66190 3rd St., Desert Hot
Springs, CA 92240, USA (please enclose a SASE and $2).
QSL PJ2T ---> Scott, N9AG is the new
QSL manager for PJ2T (the Caribbean Contesting Consortium
club station) as of 29 January 2002. All outstanding QSL
requests sent to the former QSL manager, KN7Y, will be
serviced in the next couple of months. Please be patient
as the transfer is completed. [TNX NW0L & K8GT]
QSL PZ5RA ---> Antonello, IZ7DOO
reports that cards should not be sent to Suriname any
longer, but to Ramon Kaersenhout, c/o Marga Klompelaan
56, 1067 TZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
QSL RK3DZJ ---> Eugene, RZ3EC reports
that the QSL cards for RK3DZJ's activities in 2001 should
be printed "within the next few days". Last
year's operations included the following islands:
Bol'shoy Zhuzhmuy (EU-147, RR-02-02, WLH-2713), Tiunets
(EU-147, RR-02-24), Salmaludy (EU-147, RR-02-25), Malyj
(EU-162, RR-02-07, WLH-0768), Chayachy (not IOTA,
RR-22-10).
QSL VY0/W2NTJ ---> Cezar, VE3LYC has
now received the year 2000 logs for Jack's operations
from Long Island (NA-173), Sleeper Islands (NA-159) and
Kugong in the Belcher Islands (NA-196). Cezar can also
confirm contacts made with Jack between 13 August and 23
December 2001 (some 3,500 QSOs - 90% from NA-173 and the
rest from Namaska, Quebec). QSL direct only to Cezar
Trifu, 410 College St., Kingston, Ontario K7L 4M7,
Canada. Please note that neither Cezar nor Jack are able
to confirm any contact made in previous years (1999,
1997, 1995, 1994 and even earlier), as those logs
"have been lost forever". [TNX VE3LYC and
Islands On The Web]
QSL Z38B ---> Simonetta, IV3FSG is
currently stationed in Macedonia and is active as Z38B.
QSL via IK3GES. [TNX IV3FSG]
QSL VIA EA4DX ---> Roberto reports
that all of the direct requests for H44RD and H40DX
received up to 15 January have been processed. The logs
for his previous operations - 3D2DX (Rotuma 1998),
3D2DX/p (Fiji 1998), 3D2DX (Fiji 1999), T24DX (1999) and
8Q7XX (1998 and 2000) - are still open and QSL cards
should be sent direct only to Roberto Diaz, Doce de
Octubre 4, 28009 Madrid, Spain.
QSL VIA RA1QQ ---> Nick (ra1qq@cscenter.ru)
reports that all of the QSLs the operations from IOTA
EU-160, EU-161, EU-147 and EU-082, as well as those for
the RRC islands activities, have been sent. [TNX RA1QHJ]
YA0USA ----> Karl, K4YT has obtained
a club license (YA0USA) which can be used by US
government officials operating from the American Embassy
in Kabul. Karl himself operated with this call earlier
this week before leaving Kabul (QSL via K4YT). [TNX The
Daily DX]
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
LOGS: On-line logs for the recent IOTA
operation from Sagar Island (AS-153) are now available at
http://www.mdxc.org.
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