29 June 2002
No 582
4 2 5 D X N E W S DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
7X - Mirek, 9V1XE (aka VK3DXI and SP5IXI) is
will be going back to Algeria on the first or second week of July
for a period of 3-4 weeks. "It is possibly my last trip, as
the project is almost completed", he says. He plans to
operate as 7X0DX on 160-10 metres (CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31) plus
AO40 (6 meters is not allowed) in his spare time, typically after
16 UTC, before 5 UTC and on Fridays. QSL via DL4DBR. Updates and
details of his activities at http://www.7x0.sp5zcc.waw.pl/.
[TNX 9V1XE]
9A - OE1EMS, OE2WPO, OE8KDK, OE8MHQ, OE8SKQ
and 9A9R will participate in the IOTA Contest as 9A0R from Krk
Island (EU-136, CI-046 for the Islands Of Croatia Award) QSL via
DJ2MX. Before and after the contest they will be active as
9A/homecall. [TNX 9A6AA]
9A - Mato, 9A3PA and others will participate
in the IOTA Contest as 9A8RR from the island of Korcula (EU-016,
CI-041 for the Islands Of Croatia Award). On 30-31 July they will
operate as 9A8RR/p from the lighthouse (LH-0170, CRO-004) on
Glavat in the Vrhovnjaci Islands (EU-016, CI-144). QSL via OM7JG.
[TNX OM3JW and 9A6AA]
CY9 - CY9DH is the call to be used during the
St. Paul Island DXpedition [425DXN 575]. The team is expected to
be QRV on late 29 June through 7 July. QSL via W7XU. [TNX The
Daily DX]
ET - Paul, W4PFM/ET3PMW expects to go QRT
from Ethiopia on 8 July. QSL via W7KEU. [TNX The Daily DX]
F - Operators from ON4RSX and F5KFL radio
clubs will be active as TM5X from Aix Island (EU-032) on 5-12
July. [TNX La Gazette du DX]
GM - Ed, G3SQX reports he will participate in
the IOTA Contest (CW only) as GM7X from the Isle of Arran
(EU-123). QSL via G3SQX.
HL - Han/DS2GOO, Son/DS3HWS and Chae/DS5BSX
will be active (on 40, 15, 12 and 10 metres SSB) as homecall/3
from Anmyon Island (AS-080) on 5-7 July. QSL via homecalls. Logs
will be available at http://myhome.naver.com/~dxer2han/as080/.
[TNX HL1VAU]
I - Antonio, IZ8CCW and other operators from
the Mediterraneo DX Club will be active from Scogli Coreca (IIA
CS-004, not IOTA) on 30 June. Further activities from other
Calabria region islands (see http://www.mdxc.org/award.htm
for the Calabria Islands Award) are expected to take place during
the summer. [TNX IZ8CCW]
I - Marco, IZ3ERM will be active (on 10-40
metres) as IA5/IZ3ERM from Elba Island (EU-028, IIA LI-001) on
13-27 July. QSL via home call either direct or through the
bureau. [TNX IZ1CRR]
I - Alfredo, IK7JWX and other operators from
Salento DX Team will be active on HF and 6 metres from Scogli
Apani (IIA BR-002, not IOTA) on 6 July, from Guaceto Maggiore
(IIA BR-003, not IOTA) on 7 July, from Guaceto di Fuori (IIA
BR-015, not IOTA) on 20 July and from Guaceto Minore (IIA BR-014,
not IOTA) on 21 July. QSL via home calls. [TNX IK7JWX]
I - Roberto, IK8PGM will be active (on 40,
20, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 6 metres SSB) as ID9/IK8PGM from Lipari
Island (EU-017, IIA ME-001) between 25/26 and 28/29 July,
including an entry in the IOTA Contest. QSL via IK8PGM either
direct (Roberto Duca, Viale Europa 184, 80053 Castellammare di
Stabia - NA, Italy) or through the bureau. [TNX IK8PGM]
IS0 - Look for Sauro, IK5EKB to operate (on
10-80 metres CW, with an emphasis on the WARC bands) as
IS0/IK5EKB from Sardinia (EU-024) on 3-24 July. QSL via home
call. [TNX IK5EKB]
JW - Marek Krzaszula, SP3GVX (who operated
from HF0POL in 1997 and 2000) will join the Hornsund Base staff
on Spitsbergen (EU-026), Svalbard for one year starting in July.
He will operate on the amateur radio bands as JW0HU. QSL via
SP3WVL. [TNX SP5DRH]
OH - OH9RJ, OH9HNP and OH9MDV from the OH9AR
club station will be active from Kuusiluoto Island (EU-126) from
29 or 30 June for 3-4 days. QSL via the bureau or direct to OH9AR
(P.O. Box 53, 95401 Tornio, Finland). [TNX The Daily DX]
SP - Special event stations 3Z0ZAG, 3Z0AJC,
3Z0AWQ, 3Z0JLP and 3Z0ZKX will be active until the end of July to
celebrate the 25th anniversary of the town of Zagorz. [TNX
SP9JPA]
SP - A group of operators will be active as
SN0WI (on 10-80 metres CW, SSB and RTTY) from Wolin Island
(EU-132) on 23-28 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via SP2LLW.
[TNX SP2OVN]
SV - Kiki Frangiscatos, SV1BRL will be active
again as SV1BRL/8 from Kefalonia Island (EU-052) from July until
mid-September, including an entry in the IOTA Contest. Kiki
welcomes bureau cards, but please note that they should be routed
through the REF Bureau - DPT 33 (do not send your cards to the
Greek bureau).
V7 - Hiro, JF1OCQ and Tsutomu, JA1VND plan to
operate (on 80-6 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and Satellite) as V73XX and
V73AA respectively from Majuro (OC-029), Marshall Islands on 2-10
July. Look for them on +/- 3507/3797, 7007/7096, 10108,
14027/14170/14082, 18077/18137, 21027/21270/21082, 24897/24937,
28027/28470 and 50115 kHz. QSL via home calls either direct or
through the JARL bureau. [TNX JF1OCQ]
VE - Dana, VE1VOX will be active as VE1OTA
from Long Island (NA-127) until 29 June at least. Dana will be
based on Long Island, but he will also travel to Brier Island
(NA-127); lighthouses will be included where possible, with ARLHS
CAN-206 and CAN-059 assured. QSL to VE1VOX. [TNX VE1VOX]
YB - YE8XM, YB8VM and YC9BU were active for a
few days from Kai Kecil Island (OC-221) while waiting for the
boat to take them to Wamar Island (Aru Islands, OC-???). They
should remain on Wamar for one week. Look for YE8XM/P, YB8VM/P
and YC9BU/8. on 10, 15 and 20 metres SSB. QSLs via YC9BU. [TNX
YC9BU]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
DXCC NEWS ---> The following
operations from Tunisia have been approved for DXCC
credit: 3V8SF, 3V8SM, 3V8SQ, 3V8ST, 3V8SJ. [TNX Bill
Moore, NC1L, DXCC Manager]
GB50 ---> GB50 at Windsor Castle,
probably the highest-profile special event station ever
to be activated from the UK, ended operations at 1900 UTC
on 9 June. As well as achieving 24,727 QSOs in 145 DXCC
entities, several hundred visitors to Windsor Castle each
day took time out to watch the operation and to tour the
RSGB Amateur Radio Experience exhibition. Many visiting
amateurs from around Europe and also from JA, W, etc.
took the opportunity to operate the station. A full
write-up and photographs will appear on the GB50 website
(http://www.gb50.com).
QSL via G4DFI. [TNX G3XTT]
P5/4L4FN ---> Wolf Harranth, OE1WHC
of Radio Austria International reports that issue #275 of
"Intermedia" (Radio Austria International's
weekly communications magazine) will broadcast an
extensive interview with Ed, P5/4L4FN (his personal,
amateur radio and professional background; how he
succeeded to operate from North Korea; current situation
and future plans...):
5 July (UTC) 17.04, 18.30
6 July (UTC) 02.03*, 19.03 * only via satellite
7 July (UTC) 16.30
German Service to Europe on 6.155, 13.730 (-18:00) and
5.945 (18:00-), and via ASTRA (ORF-DVB 12.692 H, SR
22000, FEC 5/6). RealAudio and MP3 for download (German
and English versions): http://roi.orf.at/intermedia
(#275) and www.qsl.at.
RSGB HF & IOTA CONVENTION --->
This year the The RSGB International HF & IOTA
Convention will take place at the Savill Court Hotel
& Conference Centre at Egham, Surrey (a few miles
within the Windsor Great Park, just minutes away London
Heathrow Airport), on 11-13 October. Details and on-line
ordering for the Convention packages can be found at http://www.rsgb.org/shop/acatalog/index.html
with "HFC2002" typed into the "search
box". Details and the provisional programme is on
the Convention's website, see http://www.rsgb.org/hfc/.
QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Danny
Commeyne, ON4ON (the UBA QSL Bureau Manager) is willing
to offer his services as a QSL Manager for someone in
need. Please contact him at on4on@qsl.net.
QSL EU-182 ---> Nikolay, UX0FF
reports that UX0FF/p, UX3FW/p and UT2FA/p made some 3900
QSOs in 60 hours during their recent operation from
Ochakovskij Island (EU-182, DU-04 for the Ukrainan
Islands Award). The QSL routes (via home calls) for
direct cards are as follows: UX0FF Nikolay Lavreka, P.O.
Box 3, Izmail, 68600, Ukraine UX3FW Yurij Kucherenko,
P.O. Box 60, Izmail, 68600, Ukraine UT2FA Serge Platonov,
P.O. Box 44, Odessa, Ukraine
QSL 4W/VK2QF ---> All outstanding
cards have been processed and mailed. "In the next
year or so", Neville Mattick, VK2QF says, "I
will move all the generated labels to cards and process
them to the bureaux. After this logs will close".
[TNX VK3EW]
QSL EK3GM ---> As of 20 May 2002
Paolo, IK2QPR is no longer the QSL manager for EK3GM.
Cards for QSOs made after this date go via DK6CW.
QSL YE8V ---> Kadek, YC9BU has been
able to recover the YE8V (Banda Island, OC-157) logs from
Martin, YB8VM. The original cards were lost, but Kadek
will have them reprinted. If you still need a YE8V card
(1-5 November 1991 and 15-17 November 1995), please send
your request to Kadek Kariana SP, P.O. Box 106, Singaraja
81100, Bali, Indonesia. [TNX YC9BU]
QSL STATUS ---> Thanks to K2KW,
LA7THA and EA3BT for providing the following updates:
6Y2A - there was an unexpected
demand for 6Y2A QSLs and the printer won't finish
the new order for 6 weeks. All 6Y2A and Team
Vertical QSL requests will be promptly returned
when the printing is done. QSL 6Y2A via WA4WTG.
S9LA - direct cards for the
February 2002 Sao Tome DXpedition are expected to
start going out in late July, bureau cards will
follow.
TN3B & TN3W - cards for the
May 2002 activity from Congo are due to arrive
from the printers around the end of July.
QSL VIA SM0JHF ---> If you need a
card for Henryk's operations (D44CF, S92JHF, C56JHF just
to name a few), please note that he does not collect
QSLs. Send a plain request by surface mail (Henryk
Kotowski, Sibeliusg 28 XI, SE-16477 Kista, Sweden) or
e-mail (henryk@sm0jhf.info
or sm0jhf@chekko.se)
and do not send bureau cards, as they will not be
delivered. Henryk's web sites are at http://www.sm0jhf.info
or http://www.kotowski.com.
[TNX SM7AED]
SILENT KEY - John Schjetne, LA6MP
reports the sad news of the recent passing of Annar
Kjersvik, LA2KD, an active DXer and QSL manager for many
Norwegian operations.
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
3W3M: Pictures, information etc on
Jack's, F6BUM operations as 3W3M from AS-157 and AS-162
can be found at http://www.f6bum.fr.st.
COMMCAT: CommCat is a new software
designed by Howard Nurse, W6HN for DXers. It provides rig
control, logging and many features that can help in
pileups. Please visit http://www.commcat.com for
information. [TNX W6HN]
LOGS: Doug, N6RT reports there will be
no log updates on dx.qsl.net from 6 through 18 July,
since he will be in Finland competing at WRTC 2002. All
received logs will be processed after his return.
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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