4 May 2002
No 574
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION ****
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE - The monthly edition
(April issue, including an article by Sri, VU2SBJ on Sacrifice
Rock, AS-161) is now available at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/
and can be downloaded in either .pdf or .doc format. Other
updates on our web site include:
- April Spots from OH2AQ webcluster (tnx Rod, VE3IRF)
- TopBand/Mode/List by Erminio, I2EOW
- Software by UA1AAF for the ARI DX Contest (4-5 May)
- XR0X movie clips [TNX I8NHJ]
3V - Giovanni/I5JHW, Sergio/I5NSR and
Piero/IK5CKL will participate in the ARI International DX Contest
from 3V8BB. [TNX I5JHW]
7O - The following comes from Steve
Telenius-Lowe, G4JVG (Editor of RadCom, the Radio Society of
Great Britain Members' Magazine): "Chris Lorek, G4HCL has
been in Sanaa, Yemen, and has made a handful of contacts as
7O/G4HCL under the direct supervision of the Yemeni
communications ministry. Chris returned to the UK on 1 May, but
will be back in Yemen on 11 May for a longer stay of three weeks.
During this time he expects to be able to operate on the amateur
bands by himself from Sanaa and other locations in the country.
He will be using an FT-990 with 100 watts to vertical or dipole
antennas. This is not a DXpedition, as Chris is working in Yemen,
and activity will be in his spare time only. QSL information to
be announced".
EO - Special event station EO57JS will be
active from Sevastopol on 6-12 May. QSL via KD5RBU (Alex Pinkin,
10306 Morado Cove, 359 Austin, TX 78759, USA). [TNX UU9CW]
EP - Stig, LA7JO/EP3UN is on his way to
Afghanistan after which he will be on vacation. He expects to
return to Iran at the end of June. [TNX WE7K]
F - F8AKC, F8CHM and F1ULO will be signing
TM1B on 6-80 metres from Belle Island (EU-048) on 8-12 May. [TNX
The Daily DX]
F - Ronan/F5TJP (HF operator), Yan/F0DSJ and
Dimitri/F0DSK will operate from four DIFM islands as follows: Ile
des Pins (DIFM MA-058) on 9 May, Ile Yvinec (DIFM MA-057) on 10
May, Ile Bruc (DIFM MA-068) on 11 May, Ile du Renard (DIFM
MA-077) on 12 May. Side trips to Ile Grande (DIFM MA-016) and Ile
Aganton (DIFM MA-076) are possible. [TNX F0DSJ]
HL - Celebrating the 17th FIFA World Football
(soccer) Cup, the Korean Amateur Radio League (KARL) is operating
special event call HL17FWC through 30 May. During the
championship, from 31 May through 30 June, the following special
calls will be aired to honour the ten host cities in Korea:
DT1FWC (Seoul), DT2FWC (Busan), DT3FWC (Daegu), DT4FWC (Incheon),
DT5FWC (Gwangju), DT6FWC (Daejeon), DT7FWC (Ulsan), DT8FWC
(Suwon), DT9FWC (Jeonju) and DT0FWC (Seogwipo). Detailed
information can be found at http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/.
QSLs for all via HL0HQ (Korean Amateur Radio League, C.P.O. Box
162, Seoul, Korea). During the same time frame, individual
operators will be allowed to use the figure 17 in their prefix as
follows: HL1ABC = HL17ABC, DS#ABC = DS17ABC/# (e.g. DS1ABC =
DS17ABC/1), 6K#ABC = 6K17ABC/# (e.g. 6K2ABC = 6K17ABC/2), while
club stations will be allowed to replace the 0 (zero) in their
prefix with 17 (e.g. DS0AB = DS17AB, 6K0AB = 6K17AB etc). KARL
sponsors a special award programme for working HL17FWC and the
other stations above; for full information please contact Lee,
DS1BHE (centaurs@hitel.net)
or e-mail hl0hq@karl.or.kr.
[TNX DS1BHE]
I - I0CUT, I0JBL, IK0LNN, IK0NFV, IK0PEA,
IK0SME, IZ0BXZ and others will participate in the ARI
International DX Contest as IQ0N (Multi-Single). QSL via IK0NFV
either direct or through the bureau. [TNX IK0LNN]
I - ARI Ischia (http://www.pointel.it/ari)
will activate special event station IC8PAX (on 10, 15, 20, 40,
80, 6 and 2 metres, 70 and 23 cm SSB) from Ischia Island (EU-031)
on 5 May from 7 UTC through 20 UTC to celebrate the visit of Pope
John Paul II. QSL via IC8SCI. [TNX IC8XIL]
JA - The following ten Japanese special event
calls will be aired from 1 May through 30 June to celebrate the
FIFA World Football Cup Korea/Japan: 8M1C, 8N1C, 8J1C, 8J2C,
8N3C, 8J3C, 8J6C, 8J7C, 8J8C and 8J0C. [TNX JA1KSO]
ON - Some special prefixes will be in use in
Belgium from 8 May until 11 July to commemorate the 700th
anniversary of the Battle of the Golden Spurs. Dutch speaking
amateurs may use OS instead of ON, while all Belgians may use OR
instead of ON in contest. [TNX ON4CAS]
PY - The "Joao Ramalho Radioscouting
Club" (PY2GJR) will be active (on 80-6 metres CW and SSB,
possibly SSTV as well) as ZV2GJR through 31 May to celebrate the
50th anniversary of that Scout Group. QSL via the bureau or
direct to PY2GJR (Gremio de Radioamadores do GE Joao Ramalho,
Avenida Goias 2905, 09551 Sao Caetano do Sul- SP, Brazil). [TNX
PY2OP]
SV5 - Goran, SM0CMH reports he will be active
(mostly CW on 10-80 metres, WARC bands included) as SV5/SM8C from
Kalymnos (EU-001) on 6-31 May. He will participate in the CQ WPX
CW Contest as J45KLN. QSLs via SM0CMH either direct or through
the bureau.
TK - Pierre, F5MOG and Jean-Pierre, F1AHO
will be active as TK/F5MOG/P (HF) and TK/F1AHO/P (VHF) from
Corsica (EU-014) on 4-11 May. They plan to operate from the
following islands: Giraglia (EU-164) on 4 May, Centuri (EU-014)
on 5 May, Sanguinaires (EU-104) on 8 May and Lavezzi (EU-164) on
11 May. [TNX The Daily DX]
UA - Look for R6/UR3IFD/p, R6/UX7IM/p,
UA6MC/p, UA6LP/6, RA3GD/6 and RV3GW/6 to be active from several
lighthouses in the Azov Sea on 1-6 May. They will have two
barefoot stations operating on 10-40 metres CW and SSB. QSL via
home calls. For information on the Russian Lighthouse Award
please visit http://www.hamradio.ru/rrc/rlha/. [TNX RV3GW]
YB - Kadek, YC9BU reports that the operation
from the Aru Islands (OC-???) [425DXN 559] is now scheduled to
take place at the end of May. Anyone interested in giving Kadek
any help or support for this expedition, his email is semau_island@yahoo.com
or semau_island@hotmail.com.
[TNX W9DC]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
DX CONVENTION ---> The Yorkshire
Cluster annual DX Convention will take place at Cave
Castle, Beverley, East Yorkshire on 11 May. Please
contact John Dunnington, G3LZQ (g3lzq@john-dunnington.freeserve.co.uk)
for further details and book. [TNX G4OBK]
DXCC NEWS ---> XU7ABR, XU7ABT, XU7ABU
and XU7ABV (Cambodia) as well as ZK1QMA (North Cook) are
now being accepted for DXCC credit. Anyone who had them
rejected during a recent submission can contact DXCC (dxcc@arrl.org) for an
update to their record. Or, they can be sent with the
next submission for credit. [TNX Bill Moore, NC1L, DXCC
Manager]
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN 2002 ---> Ham Radio
(the biggest amateur radio event in Europe) 2002 will
take place at Friedrichshafen on 28-30 June. Further
information is available at the following URLs:
IOTA DIRECTORY 2002 ---> The 11th
edition of the IOTA Directory, edited by Roger Balister
and published by the Radio Society of Great Britain,
provides the only complete, official listing of IOTA
islands and is an essential guide to participating in the
Islands On The Air programme. The 11th edition (128
pages, illustrated in colour) is now available and can be
ordered at http://www.rsgb.org/shop.
K1B ---> It took almost 48 hours to
complete the three camps, which are now fully operational
with five stations. As of 10 UTC on 1 May the K1B team on
Baker Island had made some 35,000 QSOs (15500 CW, 17400
SSB, 2100 RTTY). The first batch of logs is now available
at http://www.kragujevac.co.yu/kh1/ and http://dx.fireroute.com/kh1/index.php.
OEH6101 ETC ---> The annual Austrian
Emergency and Disaster-Communications Training Contest is
run on 80 and 30 metres for a few hours on 1 May. Red
Cross (OEH), Police (OEP) and Military (OEY) operators
are licenced to work OE radioamateurs in order to get
trained for a possible interaction QSOs in case of an
emergency/disaster. Stations active this year included
OEH20 (QSL via OE1XXK), OEH3101 (via OE3XRK), OEH5601
(via OE2XRK), OEH6101 (via OE6XRK), OEH71 (via OE7XRK),
OEH7201, OEH8101 (via OE8XRK), OEH91 (via OE9XRK), OEP213
and OEY55. [TNX DL8AAM]
QSL CE7AOY/8 ---> Those who are still
waiting for a direct CE7AOY/8 (Riesco Island, SA-091,
17-20 December 2001) card should send a second request to
Percy, CE7ZK. After being off line for four months, his
new e-mail address is now ce7zk@yahoo.es.
[TNX CE7ZK]
QSL TR8XX/3C2JJ ---> La Gazette du DX
reports that outstanding QSL cards for the late
Jean-Claude Jupin, TR8XX/3C2JJ can now be sent to F5OGL.
QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Craig
Turner, KA0CT is willing to offer his services as a QSL
manager for someone in need. Please contact him at ka0ct@craigturner.com.
VK9ML ---> The VK9ML expedition to
Mellish Reef logged 50,950 QSOs (26246 CW, 23188 SSB and
1516 RTTY). [TNX AD1C]
XE1CI ---> Nellie, XE1CI was hit by a
car last week while she was walking her dogs. "She
had to have a hip replacement", Lanny, K5OVC says,
"and prior to going into surgery her heart acted up
and she ultimately had to have a pacemaker put in".
Nellie is now at home, confined to bed and unable to get
on the air or to work her computer. Get well cards can be
sent to Nellie de Lazard, Sierra Chalchihui 235-502B,
Mexico City, 11000, Mexico.
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
WLH: The web site of the World
Lighthouse Award has been updated with several good
photos of lighthouses. Check out http://wlh.free.fr/.
[TNX W9DC]
VK4APG - P.J. Garden, 58 Minerva Court,
Eatons Court, Eatons Hill, QLD 4027, Australia
YT1AD - Dr. Hrane Milosevic, 36206
Vitanovac, Yugoslavia
ZS6EZ - Chris R. Burger, P.O. Box 4485,
0001 Pretoria, South Africa
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