09 February 2002
No 562
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
3V - Carsten, DL6LAU will be active as 3V8SM
from Djerba Island (AF-083), Tunisia on 11-18 February, including
an entry in the ARRL DX CW Contest (SOAB QRP). [TNX The Daily DX]
9G - PA3DEW and PA3FQV are currently in Ghana
and will operate (typically on +/- 14140 MHz around 17.30 UTC) as
9G1AA until 23 February. QSL via PA3ERA. [TNX PA3GGM]
9Q - Four additional licences have been
issued to be used from the Democratic Republic of Congo through
24 February: 9Q1MM (Jean-Philippe) 9Q1KS (Cyprien), 9Q1A
(Patrick) and 9Q1YL (Nicole). Priority is being given to 9Q0AR/6
from Goma [425DXN 560], while 9Q1A and 9Q1YL will be active in
their free time from Kinshasa. They have a 50-foot tower which
enables them to operate on 17 and 12 metres with a rotary dipole,
while a sloping dipole for 40 metres and a 6-element tribander
for 20, 15 and 10 metres should be up next week. "Our most
difficult path is to VK-ZL-Pacific area", he says, and
"particular efforts will be put toward this area as soon as
the yagi is up. Tentative skeds can be arranged for 20 to 10m by
email to gckin@ic.cd". QSLs
via F2YT. Further information at http://f6blq.multimania.com.
[TNX 9Q1A]
C6 - Bill, K1CN reports he now expects to be
signing C6AMM during his 14 February-2 March operation from
Harbour Island (NA-001), Bahamas [425DXN 561]. His wife Laurel,
N1EBL will operate as C6AWW. QSLs via K1CN either direct or
through the bureau.
CE - A second operation from Santa Maria
Island (SA-070) is being planned to take place between 16/17 and
20 February. The logs for the 26-28 January XR5SM activity
[425DXN 560] (operators CE5VKA, XQ5SM and CE4USW) are expected to
be available at http://www.qsl.net/xr5sm. [TNX CE4USW and
Islands On The Web]
CE - Marco, CE6TBN reports that due to the
Chilean Park administration closing earlier then usual, his 8-10
March trip to Damas Island (SA-086) [425DXN 561] is cancelled.
[TNX N1IBM]
EA8 - Cesare, I5WEA is active as EA8/I5WEA
from Tenerife, Canary Islands (AF-004) through 10 April. [TNX
I5WEA]
EA9 - Jose, EA9CD reports that special call
AM9MA will be aired during the CQ/RJ WPX RTTY Contest. QSL via
EA9CD (P.O. Box 2078, 51080 Ceuta, Spain).
FG - La Gazette du DX reports that Henri,
F5DBC will be active (call unknown) from Les Saintes (NA-114),
Guadeloupe on 14-24 February. He plans to operate during the UTC
evenings on 20 metres CW and SSB. QSL via F5DBC (Henri Civel, Les
Reaux de Saint Dolay, 56130 La Roche Bernard, France).
GD - DL4LQM, DL4WG, DL5LYM, DL5AXX and DL8WAA
will be active (mainly on CW) as MD/homecall from the Isle of Man
(EU-116) on 11-18 February, including an entry in the ARRL DX CW
Contest. [TNX DL5AXX]
H40 - Babs, DL7AFS (H44LB) and Lot, DJ7ZG
(H44ZG) will fly to Lata (OC-100), Temotu on 10 February and be
active until 2 March as H40T (no longer H40YL and H40ZG as
previously announced). They will be joined by Bernard, DL2GAC
(H44MS) until 24 February. QSL H40T via DL7AFS either direct or
through the DARC bureau. Updates will be posted at http://www.qsl.net/dl7afs.
[TNX H44MS]
KC4 - Due to a change in the flight schedule,
Chris (KC4/N3SIG) will leave McMurdo Base during the weekend,
earlier than expected. [TNX DL5EBE]
KG4 - Look for Chuck, N8CH (KG4NW), OB, W4SD
(KG4SD), Gordon, KU4EC (KG4UC), Chet, N6ZO (KG4??) and Don, W4ZYT
(KG4ZK) to be active (on 10-160 metres all modes) from Guantanamo
Bay on 12-19 February. They will participate in the ARRL CW DX
Contest as KG4DZ. QSL KG4DZ via W4SD, others via home calls. [TNX
The Daily DX]
LU_so - Horatio, LU4DXU reports that Claudio,
LU1ZA expects to operate RTTY and on 12 metres next week. Claudio
is stationed at Base "Orcadas" (WABA LU-014) on Laurie
Island, South Orkneys (AN-008) and in May will be replaced by
another operator (Jose Luis). Claudio's next sked with LU4DXU
will be on 11 February on 14172 kHz around 22.45 UTC.
P2 - After his trip to Temotu (see H40 above)
Bernard, DL2GAC will return to Honiara, Solomon Islands on 24
February. On the 26th or the 27th he will move to Port Moresby,
and the following day to Kavieng (New Ireland, OC-008), from
where he will try to go and operate as P29VMS from the Tabar
Islands (OC-099), Feni Islands (OC-101), Tanga Islands (OC-102),
St. Matthias group (OC-103), Buka Island (OC-135) and the Green
Islands (OC-231) until 23 March. On 24 March he will fly back to
Honiara. [TNX H44MS]
P5 - Ed, P5/4L4LN is currently off the air as
he left Pyongyang on 4 February for a 2-week (possibly longer)
inspection tour of the World Food Program field offices. Updates,
logs etc. can be found at http://www.amsatnet.com/. [TNX KK5DO]
PJ2 - Look for W0CG, W8AV, W8TK, W9EFL, N8LGP
and N7BG to be active as PJ2/homecall (QSL via home call) from
Curacao (SA-006) on 12-19 February. They will participate in the
ARRL DX CW Contest as PJ2T (QSL via N9AG). [TNX The Daily DX]
T8 - The T88SI team became active (SSB and
CW) on 8 February after a difficult voyage from Koror. They will
leave Sonsorol (South Palau group, OC-248) at 4 local time on 11
February. QSL via IT9YRE (Ferdinando Rubino, P.O. Box 30, 96012
Avola - SR, Italy).
V2 - Ed, N2ED will be be active as V26EW from
Antigua (NA-100) on 12-18 February, including an entry in the
ARRL CW DX Contest as V26G. QSL via N2ED. [TNX The Daily DX]
VP2M - Art, N2NB will be active as VP2MDY
from Montserrat (NA-103) on 14-26 February. Look for him on 6-160
metres on all modes, PSK31 included. QSL via N2NB. [TNX The Daily
DX]
XE - The following release has been received
from Les, G4CWD: "IOTA DXpedition planned for March 2002 to
Islands on the coast of Baja California, Mexico by XE2MX, XE1KK,
G3OCA & G4CWD has been cancelled. Having been assured in
November 2001 that licences to operate from those IOTA islands
would be made available, three weeks from the start of our
planned Dxpedition to NA-162, 163, 164 & 165 no licences have
been issued. Objections to our DXpedition by a number of Mexican
amateurs was instrumental in the delays incurred in issuing those
licences. G3OCA & G4CWD will not give any further
consideration to the activation of IOTA Islands in Mexico. The
group recognises the unreserved support given by Ramon XE1KK to
this venture. Our thanks to Fred N6AWD and Ray N6VR for their
efforts in ensuring that essential equipment and support would be
available on our arrival at San Diego".
YU - YZ1ZV, YT1HA and 4N1FAN will participate
in the ARRL DX CW Contest as YZ1V (Multi-Single). QSL via YU1AAV
either direct (RC "Novi Beograd", Radio sekcija
"Kozara" YU1AAV, Jurija Gagarina 210-p, YU-11070 Novi
Beograd, Serbia, Yugoslavia) or through the bureau. [TNX YT1HA]
ZS_ant - Anton, ZS7/ZS4AGA will be stationed
at SANAE IV Base during the Antarctic winter season which has
just begun. He expects to be able to spend more time on the
amateur radio bands very soon. [TNX DL5EBE]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
CHILEAN ISLAND AWARD ---> Information
on the Diploma Islas Chilenas is available from Marcos A.
Quijada, CE6TBN (ce6tbn@dxpedition.org).
[TNX CT1END]
DXCC NEWS ---> 3V8GI (Tunisia) has
been on hold awaiting supporting documentation. This has
been received and upon review it is now being accepted
for DXCC credit. Anyone who had this rejected during a
recent submission can contact DXCC (dxcc@arrl.org) for an
update to their record. Or, it can be sent with the next
submission for credit. [TNX NC1L, DXCC Manager]
NEW IRCS ---> Roman, UN5PR reports
that as of 1 February old IRCs are no longer accepted by
post offices in Kazakhstan.
POSTAGE INCREASE ---> XE1BEF reports
the following new postage rates currently (as of 1
January 2002) apply from Mexico: to Unites States,
Central America and Caribbean 8.50 pesos (US$ 0.90); to
South America and Europe 10.50 pesos (US$ 1.10); to rest
of the world 11.50 pesos (US$ 1.2).
QSL AS-153 ---> Antonio, IZ8CCW
reports that the first batch of 300 direct cards for the
10-16 January operation from Sagar Island was mailed on 2
February. Antonio expects to process the remaining
requests within the end of this week.
QSL SA-021 ---> The QSL cards for the
1-3 February operation from Bermejo Island (SA-021)
should be sent to LU8DWR (Osmar Margoni, P.O. Box 22-
8103, ing. White-Buenos Aires, Argentina). Osmar says
that the current postal rates are $2.00 for Europe, Asia
& Oceania and $1.50 to the rest of the world. [TNX
LU8DWR]
QSL XU7ABW ---> Alain, F6BFH reports
that 650 direct QSLs for XU7ABW (AS-133) and the 6m
operation have processed and mailed. Bureau cards will
follow at the end of February.
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