1 June 2002
No 578
4 2 5 D X N E W S DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
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9H - Dieter, DL9GDB will be active on CW as
9H3UT from Comino Island (EU-023) on 3-22 June. QSL via home call
either direct or through the bureau. [TNX DL9GDB]
9U - Gus, SM5DIC/9U5D reports that Christian
Alemanni, UN Chief Communication Coordinator in Bujumbura,
Burundi has got "a full legal license" and the call
9U5A. Please note that he has little experience of short wave
operation, especially pile-ups. He will have a French QSL manager
TBA.
BQ9 - Rod, WC7N and Dick, N6FF have agreed to
serve as pilot stations for the 4-12 June BQ9P operation from
Pratas Island [425DXN 577]. They can be reached at bq9p-pilot@ku9c.com for
purposes of providing information of value to the DXpedition. The
team plans to operate the typical DXpedition frequencies. They
will make efforts to operate in the general class portions of the
20 and 15 metre bands. Questions & comments can be sent to
Steve, KU9C at (ku9c@arrl.net).
[TNX KU9C]
EI - The Limerick Radio Club EJ0A operation
from the Aran Islands (EU-006), originally planned to take place
on 24-26 May [425DXN 573], had to be cancelled at short notice
due to bad weather and rough seas. Hopefully the trip will be
re-arranged in a few weeks time. [TNX EI8EM]
F - The South Flanders DX Activity Group will
be active as F/ON6JUN/p on 1-2 June from the Pegasus Bridge
Memorial Museum in Normandy to commemorate the 58th anniversary
of the D-Day Landings. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin]
F - Special event station TM6JUN will be
active from Utah Beach on 1-8 June for the annual commemoration
of the D-Day. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
GJ - Ray/DL1ZBO, Tilo/DJ5BX and Ekki/DF4OR
will operate (mainly on RTTY with some SSB and CW) from Jersey
Island (EU-013) on 6-11 June, including an entry in the ANARTS
RTTY Contest. [TNX DF4OR]
HR - Look for HQ4C to be active (on +/- 7055,
14259 and 21259 kHz) from Conejo Island (NA-060) on 1-2 June.
Conejo is not listed in the IOTA Directory 2002 and as long as
its location is cleared up, this operation will not count for
IOTA. QSL via HR2NLL (P.O. Box 273, San Pedro Sula, Honduras).
[TNX HR2JRP and Islands On The Web]
I - W.A.I.L. (Worked All Italian Lighthouses)
Award Manager Paolo Garavaglia, reports that Claudio, IK1XPK will
operate as /4 from the lighthouses at Porto di Ravenna (WAIL
ER-004) till 1 June. QSL via home call either direct or through
the bureau. Full info about WAIL is at http://www.425dxn.org
or http://www.ari.it/wail.html.
IS0 - Marco, IK1YED reports he plans to
operate as IS0/IK1YED/p from the islands of San Pietro (EU-165,
IIA CA-013) and Sant'Antioco (EU-024, IIA CA-014) on 1-6 June.
JA - Aru/JA0KNM, Kaoru/JA3MCA, Jun/JJ1EQW and
Taka/JE3NJZ will operate (on 40-6 metres CW and SSB) as
homecall/JR6 from Iriomote in the Yaeyama Islands (AS-024) on
7-10 June. QSL via home calls. [TNX JA3MCA]
KH9 - Terry, K7ASU [425DXN 575] has resumed
operations as K7ASU/KH9 from Wake Island. Roger, ZL4AFM reported
on 28 May that Terry would be there "for the next 5-7
days" on PSK31 only, between 7.30 and 9.30 UTC (band will
depend on propagation). [TNX NG3K]
OH - A group of Finnish operators will be
active (on HF, 6 & 2 metres and 70 cm) from two IOTA islands
between 8 and 15 June. OH6NJ, OH6XX, OH6UV, OH6HJE and OH6MTG
will operate as OH6AW from Bjorkon Island (EU-101) on 8-12 June;
OH6NJ, OH6UV, OH6HJE and OH6MTG will then move to Hailuoto Island
(EU-184) and be active as OH6AW/8 until 15 June. [TNX OH6NJ]
OJ0 - Lasse/OH0RJ, Kauko/OH3KQ, Topi/OH3LO,
Reino/OH3LG, Markus/OH3RM and Mika/OH4YR will be joining Seppo,
OH1VR on Market Reef [425DXN 577]. They will operate on 80-6
metres as OJ0VR (CW and 6m) and OJ0U (SSB) from 8 UTC on 6 June
to 6 UTC on the 10th. QSL direct to OH1VR (Seppo Sisatto, Ojakatu
3 A 18, 33100 Tampere, Finland). [TNX OH3RM]
OZ - Herb, OZ7SM will be active (mainly SSB,
possibly with some 6m operation) from Bornholm Island (EU-030) on
3-16 June. [TNX The Daily DX]
SV5 - Alessandro, HB9DTA will be active (on
20 and 40 metres CW QRP) from Rhodes Island (EU-001) on 2-14
June. Look for SV5/HB9DTA/P or SV5/HB9DTA/QRP. QSL direct via
home call.
UA - Vladivostok Contest Club and Vladivostok
ARC members will be active as UE0LFF from Popova Island (AS-066,
RR-16-02) from 31 May to 2 or 3 June. One of the team members
(John, RW0MM) will operate as RW0MM/p on the low bands during the
IARU Region 1 Field Day. QSLs via UA3DX. [TNX RW0MM]
UR - Club station UR4RZA will be active as
EO15R from 31 May to 2 June to celebrate the 15th anniversary of
the town of Slavutich. The operators will be UR7UL, UY2RO, UX2RY,
UT0RW and UX2RV. QSL via UY2RO either direct or through the
bureau. [TNX UX2RV]
VE - Nenad, VE3EXY will be active as VE3EXY/2
from CQ Zone 2 from around 22 UTC on 7 June to 13 UTC on the
11th. He will operate on CW (3510, 7010, 10107, 14025, 18077,
21025, 24897 and 28025 kHz), RTTY (14090, 21090 and 28090 kHz)
and SSB. QSL via home call either direct or via the bureau. [TNX
VE3EXY]
VE - Sasi, 9V1SM/VU3SNM plans to operate as
XM7/VU3SNM from Victoria (Vancouver Island, NA-036), British
Columbia on 8-16 June and as XM6/VU3SNM from Edmonton, Alberta on
17-20 June. I will be active on 20, 15, 12, 10 and 6 metres SSB
and PSK31. QSL via 9V1SM either direct or through the bureau.
[TNX 9V1SM]
W - Special event call K1D will be aired (on
28380, 21380, 14270 and 7230 kHz) between 1 and 15 June to
celebrate Kid's Day (15 June) and Amateur Radio Awareness. The
operators will be Peter (W1DAD) and Jeanne (K1MOM) Schipelliti.
QSL via W1DAD either direct (Peter Schipelliti, 7 Dearborn Ridge
Rd, Atkinson, NH 03811, USA) or through the bureau. [TNX W1SAD]
YA - Chris, YA/G0TQJ is active from Kabul,
Afghanistan until the end of July. QSL via home call either
direct (C.M. Vernon, 66 Kesteven Road, Stamford, Lincs PE9 1SU,
England) or through the RSGB bureau. [TNX YA/G0TQJ]
ZC4 - Steve, ZC4BS reports that during the
month of June there will be two brand new prefixes from the
Sovereign Bases on Cyprus. The Easten Sovereign base will use the
ZC40xx range (Steve will be signing ZC40BS), and the Western
Sovereign base will use the ZC41xx range (example ZC41WSB club
station).
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
RSGB JUBILEE CONTEST ---> Celebrating
Queen Elizabeth's 50th anniversary, it will take place on
3.5, 7, 14, 21 and 28 MHz CW & SSB from 10 UTC on 8
June through 10 UTC on the 9th. Contact Commonwealth
stations, send RS(T) and serial number. Free logging
software available at http://www.ei5di.com and complete
rules at http://www.rsgbhfcc.org.
QSL HH2PK ---> Steve, N3SL reports
that the QSLs for HH2PK [425DXN 572] were received from
the printer on 28 May and over 300 cards were mailed on
the 29th. Many people sent requests for QSOs that were
not in the log; if there is any doubt, please check the
on-line log at http://www.qsl.net/n3sl/manager.htm.
The donations received are greatly appreciated to assist
with the printing costs.
QSL JW# ---> The cards for JW4X,
JW5QFA and JW8AJA (January 2002, 425DXN 558) have been
received from the printer and all of the JW4X direct QSLs
have been mailed by LA6EIA. Cards for JW5QFA and JW8AJA
are being processed right now. [TNX LA8AJA]
QSL KH6ND ---> Effective immediately,
Ralph Fariello, K2PF will be handling QSLs for Mike,
KH6ND. [TNX K2PF]
QSL OT2H ---> Dimitri, ON4IT is the
new QSL manager for OT2H contest station. QSL either
direct (Dimitri Du Bois, Petrus Van Nuffelstraat 72,
B-9300 Aalst, Belgium) or through the bureau. [TNX ON4IT]
QSL VIA VK4AAR ---> "There has
been an unfounded rumour going around that I am not
continuing as a QSL manager", Alan, VK4AAR says.
"This is totally untrue. In fact, I am looking for
more work as I am getting lazy". So if you need a
QSL manager with experience, Alan is available. Please
e-mail him (almee@hypermax.net.au)
for details.
YB/F8CFU ---> Fabien, who was
recently active from Indonesia, says that he was given
wrong information about the licensing regulations which
led him to operate without permission. He asks those who
have worked him to refrain from sending QSL cards.
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