15 June 2002
No 580
4 2 5 D X N E W S
DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

3X - Baldur, DJ6SI and Tom, DL1QW are currently active from Conakry, Guinea as 3XA8DX on 160-6 metres CW (Baldur), SSB and RTTY (Tom, who will also be the operator on 6 metres). Their 12-day trip started on 12 June. QSL via homecalls. [TNX DL1YFF]

C2 - The 1-14 October C21YL activity from Nauru [425DXN 571] has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond the operators' control. Peter, C21TA will try to operate on 10 and 12 metres during his business trips to the island over the next few months. The YL team will still operate from Lord Howe Island as VK9YL on 15-29 September as previously announced, and will replace the trip to Nauru with an operation from the South Cook Islands (see ZK1 below). [TNX VK3DYL]

F - Pierre, F5AAR will be active from Yeu island (EU-064) on 17-20 June. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]

FG - Dany, F5CW will be active from Guadeloupe from 22 June to 12 July. In early July he will be joined by Jean-Remy, F8CMT and the two will operate as TO8CW from Les Saintes (NA-114) on 4-9 July. Jean-Remy will remain in FG until 25 July. [TNX F6AJA]

FO - Yves, F6CTL will travelling to French Polynesia on 20 June-15 July. He also plans to visit Rurutu (OC-050) and Tubuai (OC-152), Austral Islands. Yves will operate SSB and will be joined by Alain, F2HE (ex-FO0CLA), who will work CW. [TNX La Gazette du DX]

FR/T - Apparently Jacques, FR5ZU has managed to get new antennas to replace those destroyed by the hurricane [425DXN 577], as he eventually became active as FR5ZU/T from Tromelin on 9 June. He will be there until early July and will operate in his spare time.

GM - Jack, G4ZVD will be touring the Hebrides from 17 till 28 June and plans to operate from Barra, South Uist, Benbecula, North Uist, Berneray, Harris/Lewis (all count for EU-010) and Skye (EU-008). [TNX GM3VLB]

HS - Champ, E21EIC reports that the following stations from Thailand are expected to participate in the All Asian DX Contest CW:

   E20HHK SOSB (40m) LP, QSL via E21EIC
   HS4BPQ SOSB (15m) LP, QSL via E21EIC
   HS6NDK SOSB (80m) LP, QSL via CBA or bureau
   HS1CKC SOSB (20m) LP, QSL via CBA or bureau

Champ himself will be operating on all bands HP (look for him on +/- 3524 kHz around 20 UTC). QSL E21EIC via CBA or bureau.

I - Vincenzo, IT9NVA plans to operate as IT9NVA/P from the lighthouse "Cozzo Spadaro" (WAIL SI-012, ARLHS ITA-057) on 15 June. [TNX IT9NVA]

I - I2AZ, IK2TDR, IK2UIZ, IK2XXX, IK2UVT and IW2KVT plan to operate (on 40-2 metres SSB and CW) from Bergeggi Island (EU-083, IIA SV-002) on 15-16 June. QSL via bureau or direct to IZ2BHQ. [TNX IK2UIZ]

I - Alberto, IT9MRM will be active as I8/IT9MRM/P from the lighthouse at Capo Spartivento (WAIL CL-009, ARLHS ITA-043) on 17-18 June. [TNX IK1NLZ]

I - Antonello, IK2DUW will be active as IB0/IK2DUW from the islands of Ventotene (IIA LT-011) and/or Santo Stefano (IIA LT-010) on 19-29 June. Both the islands counts for IOTA EU-045 and Antonello plans to operate SSB, CW, RTTY and on 6 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX IK2DUW]

I - Franco, HB9OAB reports he will be active as IA5/HB9OAB/P between 22 June and 1 August. He will operate from Elba Island (EU-028) on 6 and 2 metres and satellite. For further information please visit http://www.wlog2000.com.

JA - JG1TBV lives on Hachijo Island (AS-008) and is active on 15 and 20 metres SSB and CW. QSL direct or via the bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]

JA_ant - Hiro, JH7JCX is a member of the JARE 43 wintering team at Syowa Station on East Ongul Island (AN-015) and is active as 8J1RL. He is expected to show up on 17 June at 17 UTC on 21275 kHz. [TNX DL5EBE]

KH0 - JA6CNL and JA6AGA will operate as KH0N and WH0C from Saipan (OC-086) on 14-18 June. They will participate in the All Asian DX Contest. QSL via home calls. [TNX JI6KVR]

OH0 - K7ZV, OH1TX, OH1NX, OH1TV, OH2BC, OH2BH and OH5BR will operate as OH0ZV from the Aland Islands (EU-002) over the weekend. QSL via K7ZV. [TNX N4GN]

ON - UBA club section Gulden Spoor KTK (ON6CK and OT0R) operates through 31 December as OP0GS to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the Battle of the Golden Spurs at Kortrijk. A special activity is planned for 24 hours on 11 July. QSL via ON5GK. [TNX ON5MF]

OZ - Per, OZ1DGQ will be active from Laeso Island (EU-088, NK-003 for the Danish Islands Award) from 19 June through at least 20 August. His QTH will be close to the Harbour Lighthouse (DEN-029) and he will operate mainly after 18 UTC on 10-80 metres SSB (with some CW, PSK31 and RTTY) and on 6 metres (+/- 50.200 MHz). QSL direct only to OZ1DGQ. Questions to be routed through Finn, OZ4EL (oz4el@oncable.dk) [TNX OZ4EL]

PA - Gregg, VE3ZZ is now living in the Netherlands and is licensed as PA9ZZ. He was active briefly as PA9ZZ/P from Schouwen-Duiveland Island (EU-146) on 2 June and will be active again (SSB only) from the island during the IOTA contest. QSL via PA9ZZ either direct (Gregg A. Calkin, Bontiuslaan 1A, NL-2242 PW Wassenaar, The Netherlands) or through the PA bureau. Gregg says cards can be requested also via the VE bureau. [TNX PA9ZZ/VE3ZZ]

SU - Bob Blumberg, K4RB has been licensed as SU9US and will be active in most CW contests and selected SSB contests from his QTH in Cairo. QSL via K4DX (direct only). [TNX K4DX]

UA - Club station RK9XYW will be active as UE9XSC on 20-30 June. The operators will be RA9XF, UA9XF, UA9XOJ, UA9XRV and scouts partecipating in the 10th Scout Camp at Ulyanovo. QSL via RA9XF either direct (Leonid Sidorkin, P.O.Box 841, Syktyvkar, 167000, Russia) or through the bureau. [TNX RA9XF]

UA - RN1AW, RX1AW, RA1ANP, RZ1AS and RW6HJV will be active as UE1CIG from the lighthouse on Gogland Island (EU-133, RRA 01-04, LH 0737) from 25 July to 1 August. They will participate in the IOTA Contest as RI1CGG. QSL via RN1AW either direct (Victor Tsarevsky, P.O. Box 114, Pushkin-8, 196608, Russia) or through the bureau. [TNX RN1AW]

W Howie, K1VSJ is active (on 10-80 metres CW and SSB) from Martha's Vineyard (NA-046) until 1 September. He will participate in the IOTA Contest. [TNX The Daily DX]

W - Special event station K5F will be active (on 80-10 metres CW only) on 16-23 June to celebrate the Amateur Radio Week. The station will be active during the ARRL Field Day. QSL via KW5DX. [TNX K1NT]

XW - Champ, E21EIC will be back to Laos on 19-29 June and will operate as XW1IC on 80-10 metres (maybe on 160 metres as well) CW, SSB and RTTY, plus PSK-31 and SSTV on request. QSL via E21EIC either direct or through the RAST bureau. [TNX E21EIC and NG3K]

XX9 - John, K9XW reports he plans to operate from Macao for the All Asia CW DX Contest on 15-16 June (likely single band 15m, low power). Callsign is still to be determined. QSL via K9XW.

XZ - The latest information on the QRV schedule of the XY3C/XY5T/XY7V DXpedition to Myanmar [425DXN 579] is as follows:

   2-8 August Yangon 80-10m + 6m, one station
   9-22 August Ngapali 160-10m + 6m, up to 4 stations
   16-19 August IOTA NEW 80-10m + 6m, two stations

Web site at DXpedition is at http://www.dx-pedition.de/myanmar2000/. [TNX DL4KQ and NG3K]

ZK1_sc - Elizabeth/VE7YL (CW), June/VK4SJ, Mio/JR3MVF and Gwen/VK3DYL will operate from Aitutaki (OC-083) on 1-6 October and from Rarotonga (OC-013) on 7-15 October. Both the islands are in the Southern Cooks. Callsign to be announced later. QSL to VK3DYL either direct (Gwen Tilson, 3 Gould Court, Mt. Waverley, Victoria 3149, Australia) or through the VK3 bureau. [TNX VK3DYL]

GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• CALL FOR OPERATORS ---> Two more operators are required to make a full team of six to go and operate from an IOTA new one off the coast of Queensland in early August. If anyone is interested, please e-mail Bill Horner, VK4FW for full details.
• F5KBP ---> Maurice Charpentier, F5NQL reports that someone pirated F5KBP recently. He says that the activities of the former F5KBP (ex FF1LBP) radio club have been transferred to F5KCC since early 1996. Nowadays F5KCC (QSL via F5NQL) is the Amateur Radio Club of the Union Sportive et Culturelle de Moneteau. Cards for contacts made with FF1LBP and F5KBP up to 31 December 1995 can be sent to F5NQL (direct or bureau), while contacts made with F5KBP from 1 January 1996 were with a pirate station.
• QSL 3D2AG ---> Chris Williams, KG6AR is the manager for the A Sect. of the US 6th District Bureau and reports he receives several cards for "3D2AG via K6AG" each month. Please note that K6AG is a silent key and that cards should be sent direct only to 3D2AG (Antoine de Ramon N'Yeurt, P.O. Box 14633, Suva, Fiji Islands).
• QSL 9E1C ---> Vittorio, IK2OVC is receiving bureau cards for 9E1C. Please note that the correct QSL route is via IV3OWC.
• QSL AX8AM ---> Steve, VK8AM operated as AX8AM during the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Due to his changing residence he has not had time to respond to the QSLs he has received. Bernie, VK4EJ has taken over the job of QSLling and is in the process of answering all his QSL requests (direct and bureau). Direct cards will be mailed within the next month. Bernie also reports he still has plenty of cards for Steve's P29BI operation from Bougainville (OC-135) in 1999-2000.
• QSL F5OGG/p ---> With immediate effect, cards for contacts made with Philippe, F5OGG operating portable from lighthouses should be sent to LX1NO. [TNX F5NQL]
• QSL IB0A ---> Please note that the QSL manager for the 20-24 June operation [425DXN 571] from Zannone Island (EU-045, IIA LT-012) will be IZ0BTV (Simone Bizzarri, P.O. Box 51, 00046 Grottaferrata - RM, Italy).
• QSL KP2D ---> Steve Wheatley, KU9C is the new QSL manager for KP2D and expects to receive logs in a week or two. He should be able to process the QSLs soon thereafter.
• QSL TU2WL ---> Gianni, IN3ASW reports that all of the direct and bureau cards received so far for his his April 2000 activity as TU2WL have been sent out.
• QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Russell Chandler, KU4FP is willing to offer his services as a QSL Manager for someone in need. Please contact him at ku4fp@arrl.net.
• WRTC 2002 ---> Hrane Milosevic, YT1AD and Mladen Bogdanov, YU7NU will be joining the event as a wildcard selection and second team from Yugoslavia. The Yugoslav team will replace the N6KT/K6NA team since Rich, N6KT is not able to come for reasons beyond his control.

NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• 3V8KO The web page for the current activity from Kuriat Island (AF-092) is at http://www.425dxn.org/dxped/3v8ko/ (logs will be available after the operation). [TNX IZ1CRR]
• LOGS: The log for the recent PZ5PI IOTA operation (SA-092) is now available at http://home-l1.tiscali.nl/~su042021/.

QSL INFO - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3D2RW       ZL1AMO      EP4HR       I2MQP       PZ5PI       PA3EXX
3V8KO       I5JHW       ES0/RZ1AK   RZ1AK       RW0MM/p     UA3DX
3W4DK       OK3IA       ES0/UA1CIO  RZ1AK       SN800R      SP9ERV
3XA8DX      DJ6SI [a]   ES8J        ES1AX       SO4TEC      DL3BQA
3XA8DX      DL1QW [b]   ET3PMW      W7KEU       SV5/HB9DTA/P HB9DTA
3Z0IEQ      SP6IEQ      EZ8AQ       DJ1MM       SV8/I2YYO   IK2MYX
4K7A        TA2ZV       F/ON6JUN/P  ON6BV       SV8/PA1XA   PA3BLS
4N4KP       DL2MHA      FR5ZU/T     JA8FCG      T30ED       3D2SJ
5B4/RW9UP   RZ9UA       GB5ER       G0VIX       T88BA       G4OHX
5B4ABP      OE2GEN      GB5SI       MM0BQI      TG4/AC4LN   UA4HWX
5N0NHD      JH8BKL      HH2/DL1DA   DL1DA       TL8DV       W3MC
5N6EAM      IK2IQD      HQ4C        HR2NLL      TM4P        F5LTU
5N6NDP      IK5JAN      IA5P        I0VWV       TM5GIR      F6GPE
5W1SA       JH7OHF      IG9SIX      I4CIL       TM5RGE      F5KOS
5X1GS       WB2YQH      IQ3V        IV3LNQ      TM5SLZ      F5NTS
6M17YC      HL5FXP      IY9MM       IT9MRM      TM6ACO      F6KFI
7Q7BP       G3MRC       J48ALO      SV2DGH      TM6JUN      F5RJM
8P9AM       VA3UZ       JE0EHE/JD1  JE0EHE      TR8CA       F6CBC
9G5ZW       OM3LZ       JH0IEW/JD1  JH0IEW      TT8DX       F5OGL
9H3UT       DL9GDB      JT1Y        I0SNY       TT8FC       EA4AHK
9L1JT       K4ZIN       JW7VK       LA7VK       UE0LFF      UA3DX
9M6A        N2OO        K1D         W1DAD       UE3ISL      RK3IWU
9M6AAC      N2OO        K4UP/VY0    K4UP        V31BV       UA4HWX
9N7RB       W4FOA       KH0/JA4RED  JA4RED      V73MJ       JF1NZW
A71MA       KZ5RO       KH0/JH1QXP  JH1QXP      V8AJV       PA1JAV
AC4LN/HR2   UA4WHX      KH0/JH4RLY  JH4RLY      VE3EXY/2    VE3EXY
AP2AUM      KK5DO       KH0N        JA6CNL      VK8JAC      AE6BO
AY4DX       EA5KB       KH6ND       K2PF        VP2E        N5AU
BQ9P        KU9C        MD4K        GD0TEP      VP5/K9DX    K9QVB
C6AIE       WZ8D        MJ/DF4OR    DL1ZBO      VP5/KW4DA   KW4DA
CN2DX       HB9HLM      MQ0CBM      M0CBM       VP8ITN      GM3ITN
CN8LI       ON4ANT      N3SH        N0VLR       W2H         KA2BBZ
CO8CY       EA5KB       N4B         KK0DX       WA4RX/CY9   KC6AWX
CP6XE       IK6SNR      NH6D/KH4    N6FF        WH0C        JA6AGA
D2U         CT1BFL      OA4WW       OH0XX       WP2Z        KU9C
D44TD       CT1EKF      OD5/IW0GXY  IW0BET      WV2B/CY9    KC6AWX
DT0FWC      HL0OHQ      OH0PM       OH2PM       XM6/VU3SNM  9V1SM
DT1FWC      HL0FHQ      OH0Z        OH1EH       XM7/VU3SNM  9V1SM
DT2FWC      HL0BHQ      OH6AW/8     OH6AD       YA/G0TQJ    G0TQJ
DT3FWC      HL0KHQ      OJ0SM       SM5JHZ      YA5T        KU9C
DT4FWC      HL0IHQ      OJ0U        OH1VR       YC3MM/p     IZ8CCW
DT5FWC      HL0NHQ      OJ0VR       OH1VR       YM3LZ       LZ2CJ
DT6FWC      HL0JHQ      ON6CK       ON4ADN      YS1/AC4LN   UA4WHX
DT7FWC      HL0UHQ      OR4ON       ON4ON       ZA/Z35M     Z35M
DT8FWC      HL0GHQ      OS4ON       ON4ON       ZA1E        I2MQP
DT9FWC      HL0CHQ      OT2H        ON4IT       ZB2/G3SQX   G3SQX
EA4AAA/EA8  EA4RCU      OT2R        ON4ADN      ZC40BS      G4KIV
ED4MAD/EA8  EA4RCU      P3F         5B4AGN      ZC40DW      G0DEZ
EJ4GK/P     EI4GK       P40MT       N3MT        ZC40VG      G0UVX
EJ9HQ/P     EI9HQ       P40RM       W3RM        ZD9IR       ZS6EZ
EO15R       UY2RO       P5/4L4FN    KK5DO       ZS10JUN     ZS6AMX

[a] CW
[b] other modes
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ADDRESSES - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• 5A1A - Abubaker, Postfach 170451, 53027 Bonn, Germany
• DJ3KR - Juergen Roettger, Wieterstr. 7 a, D-37154 Northeim, Germany
• E21EIC - Champ C. Muangamphun, P.O. Box 1090, Kasetsart, Bangkok 10903, Thailand
• EA5KB - Jose F. Ardid Arlandis, P.O. Box 5013, 46080 Valencia, Spain
• G0TQJ - C.M. Vernon, 66 Kesteven Road, Stamford, Lincs PE9 1SU, England
• HR2NLL - P.O. Box 273, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
• I4CIL - Franco Rondoni, Via Pasini 6, 48010 Filetto - RA, Italy
• I5JHW - Giovanni Bini, Via Santini 30, 51031 Agliana - PT, Italy
• IZ8CCW - Antonio Cannataro, P.O. Box 360, 87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy
• JI3DST - Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-cho, Abeno-ku, Osaka-city, Osaka 545-0021, Japan
• JO1EPY - Hiroshi Kotoku, 3-4-19 Kishimachi, Kawagoe, Saitama, 350-1131 Japan
• JT2KAA - Dornod Radio Club Station, P.O.Box 94, Choibalsan, Dornod, Mongolia
• K4UP - Castalia Island DX Association, P.O. Box 3, Castalia, NC 27816, USA
• K4ZIN - Jerry Trousdale, 407 Bellwood Drive, Murfreesboro, TN 37130, USA
• KA2BBZ - Bill Cunnane, 2406 5th Ave, Toms River, NJ 08753, USA
• KC6AWX - Robert Devine, 407 Alameda Del Prado, Novato, CA 94949, USA
• KK0DX - Todd LeMense, 3603 So. 89th Street, Omaha, NE 6812-3931, USA
• KK5DO - Bruce Paige, P.O. Box 310, Alief, TX 77411, USA
• KU9C - Steve Wheatley, P.O. Box 5953, Parsippany, NJ 07054-6953, USA
• KW4DA - Dave Anderson, 712 Baneberry Court, Asheville, NC 28803, USA
• LA7JO - Stig Lindblom, P.O.Box 827, N-7408 Trondheim, Norway
• MM0BQI - Jim Martin, 3 Lismore Ave, Edinburgh, EH8 7DW, Scotland
• OH0XX - Olli Rissanen, #599 1313 So. Military Trail, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442, USA
• OH1VR - Seppo Sisatto, Ojakatu 3 A 18, 33100 Tampere, Finland
• ON4IT - Dimitri Du Bois, Petrus Van Nuffelstraat 72, B-9300 Aalst, Belgium
• ON4ON - Danny Commeyne, Rozenlaan 38, B-8890 Dadizele, Belgium
• OZ5MJ - Jens Palle Moreau Jorgensen, Jaegerbakken 13, DK 5260 Odense S, Denmark
• PA3EXX - Johan Willemsen, Belmolendijk 12, 1693 DJ Wervershoof, The Netherlands
• RZ1AK - Dennis Eremin, P.O. Box 202, St.Petersburg 196070, Russia
• SM5HJZ - Jonas Ytterman, Lilla Breden, SE-740 10 Almunge, Sweden
• VE3EXY - Nenad Stevanovic, P.O. Box 65046, Nepean, ON K2G 5Y3, Canada
• W1DAD - Peter Schipelliti, 7 Dearborn Ridge Rd, Atkinson, NH 03811, USA
• WZ8D - John Walker, 1930 Meredith Ln., Loveland, Ohio 45140, USA
• Z35M - Vladimir Kovaceski, P.O. Box 10, Struga 6330, Macedonia
• ZS6EZ - Chris R. Burger, P.O. Box 4485, 0001 Pretoria, South Africa

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