24 August 2002
No 590
4 2 5 D X N E W S
DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

3B8 - Massimo, IZ4DPV will operate (on 10-20 metres SSB) as 3B8/IZ4DPV from Mauritius Island (AF-049) on 10-20 September. QSL via home call. [TNX IZ4DPV]

9A - Neno, 9A7N will be active from the lighthouse (LH-1066) on Proizd Island (EU-016, CI-093) on 25 August. He will operate first on 40 and then on 20 metres. [TNX 9A6AA]

9M2 - Keith, 9M2/GM4YXI will be active from Bangkor Island (AS-072) during the weekend. QSL via N3SL. Logs for both his recent activities from AS-074 and AS-046 are online at http://www.qsl.net/n3sl/manager.htm. [TNX The Daily DX]

9M8 - Mirek, 9V1XE reports he will operate as 9M8DX from Kuching, East Malaysia on 26-29 August. He will concentrate on satellite (AO40), but he will be also active on HF. QSL for HF QSOs via DL4DBR, QSL for satellite QSOs via 9V1XE.

ER - Special station ER27A will be active until 27 August to celebrate Moldova's Indipendence Day. QSL via ER1DA either direct or through the bureau. [TNX ER1DA]

G - Andy Chadwick (G4ZVJ) reports he has been issued the call G3AB (this was the call of Andy's late uncle from 1937-1983). The mailing address for G4ZVJ remain active for DXpeditions.

GW - Eight operators from the North Wales Radio Rally Club (http://www.nwrrcw.org.uk) will be active as GW0NWR/p from Bardsey Island (EU-124) and lighthouse (WLHA LH-0685, ARLHS WAL-001) on 24-31 August. They will be using four stations in operation covering 160 through 6 metres, SSB and CW. QSL via GW0DSJ, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]

I - Special event station IO6ARI will be activated by ARI Senigallia on 10-80 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31 on 5-15 September. [TNX IK6ZDE]

I - Special event station IO3TT will be operated by members of ARI Trieste on 7-9 September. Special QSL via bureau or direct to IV3KAS (Luigi Popovic, Via Sistiana 24/a, 34019 Sistiana - TS, Italy). [TNX IV3LNQ]

I - Special event station II1VE will be activated from Imperia on 7-15 September. [TNX IK1AWV]

KH9 - Jake, N6XIV/KH9 expects to be on Wake Island (OC-053) for a couple of more weeks. He will try to operate "on most days at around 0700/0900 UTC with limited resources" (70 watts into a wire antenna). Look for him on +/- 14260 kHz. QSL via K2FF. [TNX The Daily DX]

OZ - Five operators from the South Flanders DX Activity Group will be active as OZ/ON6JUN/P from Aro Island (IOTA EU-172, JY-003 for the Danish Islands Award) from 30 August to 7 September. Activity will be on 80-10 metres, CW and SSB, with special attention to the WARC bands. QSL either direct (P.O. Box 41, 9400 Ninove, Belgium) or via the bureau to ON4AFU. Their web site is at http://www.qsl.net/on6jun/. [TNX VA3RJ]

S7 - Lorenzo, IK6PTH reports he will be active (SSB) as S79TH from Mahe', Seychelles (AF-024) on 7-16 September. QSL via home call either direct or through the bureau.

SV - Kostas, SV1DPI and Tony, SV1ENG are currently active as SW8LH from Skinari Lighthouse (ARLHS GRE-119) on Zakynthos Island (EU-052). QSL via SV1ENG. [TNX SV1DPI]

TA - Christian, F8BOD and Thierry, F5SNY will be active from Turkey between 27 August and 9 September. Depending on local conditions, they will try to operate from one or two islands. [TNX La Gazette du DX]

XE - Amateur radio operators in Mexico are allowed to use three special prefixes through 31 December - 6J1 (for XE1 stations), 6J2 (for XE2 stations) and 6J3 (for XE3 stations) - to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Mexicos' IARU society (FMRE, Federacion Mexicana de Radio Experimentadores, http://www.fmre.org.mx). [TNX FMRE]

YB - Adi, YC3MM plans to operate (on 15 metres SSB) from Tebingtinggi Island (OC-245) starting on 23 August. QSL via IZ8CCW. [TNX IZ8CCW]

YB - The YE2R DXpedition to Karimunjawa (OC-186) [425DXN 585] is now expected to take place from 28 August to 1 September. Plans are to operate on 20 and 15 metres SSB and CW; on 20 metres priority will be given to North and South America between 10.30 and 14 UTC, or until propagation drops. QSL via YB2MTA either direct (Rivai, JL. Kendeng GG Putra 2 no. 22, Cilacap 53223, Indonesia) through the bureau. The expedition is sponsored by IREF, the International Radio Expedition Foundation, Inc. [TNX YB2MTA]

GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• 4S7LGT ---> This operation was originally planned to take place from Beruwala Island, hence the excitement among IOTA chasers last weekend. However reports from Sri Lanka indicate that the operators were not able to reach the island due to rough seas.
• MOST WANTED SURVEY ---> The DX Magazine's annual Most Wanted Survey will be conducted from 1 September through 15 October. The survey form will be available at http://www.dxpub.com and the overall results will be posted on the web site in mid-January 2003. [TNX N4AA]
• PIRATES ---> Stations identifying as HE0A and HB0A have been reported on the bands in recent months. After checking with both the Switzerland and Liechtenstein licensing authorities, Friedrich Tinner, HB9AAQ (President of USKA, Switzerland's IARU Society) has been able to verify that these callsigns have never been issued. [TNX HB9AAQ]
• QSL EW5HQ ---> Cards for EW5HQ can be requested via P.O.Box 469, Minsk 220050, Belarus (the national QSL Bureau) or via EU1SA (Vladimir V. Sidorov, P.O.Box 474, Minsk 220050, Belarus). "Other addresses are either obsolete or incorrect", EU1SA says.
• QSL S9LA ---> Rag, LA6FJA is now able to confirm that the S9LA (February 2002) cards are going to be sent out ("the post office kept the QSL for 5 weeks without giving us info", he says). Please note that direct requests with 2$+ will be mailed from Norway, while requests with 1$ (which is not enough to cover postage from Norway) will be mailed from neighbouring country. Bureau cards will follow in due course. Check http://www.qsl.net/s9la/news/news.html.
• QSL S92SS ---> Please note that N4JR does not have the logs for S92SS and can confirm QSOs made with S9SS only. Direct cards for S92SS (as well as for A22AA, SV0LM and A25/KY4P) should be sent to Charles Lewis, 2270 Libreville Place, Dulles, VA 20189-2270, USA. Bureau cards are to be sent to KY4P (Charles is going to send several hundred cards via the ARRL bureau: "a very large backlog built up because I did not have my logs and QSL cards from February through July", he says. "This was due to my transfer from Greece back to Sao Tome"). [TNX S9SS]
• QSL VIA EX8F ---> Vlad reports he can confirm QSOs made with EX1IF, EX7MD, EX8MBB, EX8MCO, EX8MMS, EX8M and EX8W. Cards should be sent to Vlad Y. Sudakov, P.O. Box 2, Kara Balta 5, 722030, Kyrgyzstan. [TNX IK4UPU]
• QSL VIA RZ3EC ---> Eugene is the QSL manager for the following operations:

UA0FFP: (AS-025; RR-15-04)		UA0ZY/P: (AS-095; RR-12-05)
UA0ZY/P: (AS-095; RR-12-08)		UA0ZY/P: (AS-142; RR-13-14)
UA0QHZ/0: (AS-152; RR-08-04)		UA0QMN/0: (AS-152; RR-08-04)

   QSL to Eugene Shelkanovtcev, P.O. Box 70, Orel 302028, Russia.

• QSL VIA WD9EWK ---> Effective immediately, Patrick Stoddard (WD9EWK) is the new QSL manager for Oscar, LU5EVK (also L20E in contests). The list of other stations and callsigns Patrick handles QSL cards for can be found at http://www.qsl.net/wd9ewk/qsl-mgr.html. [TNX WD9EWK]
• WAIL OPERATION ---> Claudio, IK1XPK was active as IK1XPK/4 from the lighthouse at Porto Canale, Cesenatico (WAIL ER-003) on 23 August. QSL via bureau.
• SILENT KEY - Marco, IK0DWN reports the sad news of the sudden passing of old timer Bartolomeo "Meo" Furino, I0ER on 20 August. Meo was one of the most active DXers in Italy.

NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• 8A3M: Pictures of the recent 8A3M IOTA DXpedition from the Masalembu Islands (OC-250) are now on-line at http://www.mdxc.org/8a3m. [TNX IZ8CCW]
• LOGS: On-line logs for HF0POL are now available at http://www.sq5ta.ats.pl/ospzk/Html/main_pzk.htm [TNX SQ5TA]
• SY9DIA: The web pages for the SY9DIA IOTA Contest 2002 operation from Dia Island can be accessed from http://www.qsl.net/sv9. (click on the Union Jack and then on IOTA 2002).

QSL INFO - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

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CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================

3B8/JA0QBY  JA0QBY      FO/JJ8DEN   JJ8DEN      SN0JP       SQ2CFJ
3B8/K1WP    JA0JEY      FP/K9OT     K9OT        SN2NP       SP2BIK
3D2KY       JA3MVI      FP/K9WM     NN9K        SU9BN       EA7FTR
3V8CB       DL1BDF      FP/KB9LIE   KB9LIE      SV1EQV/8    SV1EQV
3V8SM       DL1BDF      FS/W6IZT    W6IZT       SV9/G3URA   G3URA
4D70BP      DU1BP       GB2APL      G0PSE       SY7LH       SV7CLI
4J0FR       F6FYD       GB2ELH      MM5PSL      T88DX       JI3DLI
4L1BR       DL2RMG      GB2LBN      GM4UYZ      T88UP       JH0XUP
4L1FX       DJ1CW       GB5PW       G0CAM       TB05GF      LZ1NK
4L8A        OZ1HPS      HF98JP      SP9HWN      TF1IRA      TF3GB
4W6MM       TF1MM       HF9JP       SP9PKZ      TL8DV       W3MC
4X6HP       EA7FTR      HI8ROX      ON4ANT      TM2CMM      F5KOK
5B4/R3CC    RW3RN       IF9/I5RFD   I5RFD       TM3P        F6KKH
5B4/RW3QC   RW3RN       IH9/IK2XRJ  IK2FIQ      TM5FDH      F5LGF
5H3KA       JA2LZF      IM0IGV      IS0BMU      TM6OC       F5IDB
5N1BHF      OE6LAG      IM0JOO      IS0BMU      TM8ZV       F5FAB
5Z4PV       PA3CBH      IQ3V        IV3LNQ      TR8VP       F6FNU
6J1KK       XE1KK       J6/AC4LN    UA4WHX      TT8FC       EA4AHK
6L0NJ/4     DS4AEN      J73/AC4LN   UA4WHX      TT8VMFR     D2GG
7P8LJ       JM1LJS      JR8KJR/8    JR8KJR      TY2SV       F5CWU
7S6LGT      SK6NL       JT1FDJ      DK5PF       TY4DX       F5AOV
8Q7LY       IZ2ELV      JW0HU       SP3WVL      TY6FB       F1PJB
8R1/AC4LN   UA4WHX      JW2PA       LA2PA       UA1OEJ/A    RA3NN
8R1RPN      OH0XX       JW7VK       LA7VK       UA3NAN/1    RA3NN
9A/T94YT    T94YT       JY9QJ       DL5MBY      UE0LLH      UA0MF
9H3KW       EA5KW       K2L         WB2YQH      UE0LLH      UA0MF
9H3QC       RW3RN       K7L         W7WLL       UE1CLH      VE3LYC
9K2GS       W6YJ        K8E         N8MR        UN8GF       IZ8CCW
9M2/GM4YXI  N3SL        KG4DX       W4WX        UQ0KWO/7    DL6ZFG
9M2/JI1ETU  JI1ETU      KG4PK       W4WX        V63EC/P     JK1FNN
9N7RB       W4FOA       L24FF       EA7JX       V63EK/P     JK1FNN
9Q1A        F2YT        L45FF       EA7JX       VK3APP/p    VK3JMG
9Q1YL       F2YT        L73F        EA7JX       VK7TS/4     VK7TS
A22BP       7M1WBP      LQ0F        EA7JX       VP2EY       HB9SL
A25/V51AS   V51AS       LU5FF       EA7JX       VP2V/N2WKS  N2WKS
A25LJ       JM1LJS      LU9ESD/D    LU7DSY      VP8LGT      VP8ON
A35RK       W7TSQ       LW9DA       AC7DX       VU2UR       SM3DBU
A45WD       YO9HP       LX/ON6CK/P  ON4ADN (a)  W4/LZ3SM    AI2P (c)
A51WD       F8IJV       LX/ON6CK/P  ON6CK (b)   W4/LZ3SM    LZ3SM (d)
A61AO       N1DG        LZ1BJ/1     LZ1BJ       W4NU/9K     NK4U
AY5FF       EA7JX       LZ1ZC/1     LZ1ZC       W8L         K8PT
AY7AF       EA7FTR      MM0XAU      DJ6AU       XY0TA       DL8KBJ
AY8DO       LU8DO       N2OB        N2OO        XY2EZ       XW2A
CN2CW       F5IQG       N7L         K7VV        XY3C        DL4KQ
CN8LL       F1MGR       OH0/SM5HJZ  SM5HJZ      XY5T        IN3ZNR
CQ0BWW      CT1BWW      OH0PM       OH2PM       XY7V        DL8KBJ
CQ2EHX      CT1EHX      OH0Z        OH5DX       YB0ECT      K5ZE
CX3UG       EA5KB       OJ6C        RW3RN       YB1HDF      EA5KB
DA0HC       DL6KAC      OX3LG       OZ1ACB      YC9MB       IZ8CCW
DL0FFF      DL1WH       OY3QN       OZ1ACB      YC9NBR      EA5KB
DT14AG      HL0BHQ      PA6URK      PA3GNE      YJ0HE       ZL2HE
DU/N0NM     W4DR        PJ6/K4LMY   K4LMY       YJ8MN       JH3IIU
DX1F        JA1HGY      PV2UKE      PT2CA       YL/RZ3BY    UA3DX
EA4DX/HK0   EA4DX       R1ANC       DL5EBE      YL0A        YL2KA
EA6LP/P     EA6LP       R1MVC       RW3RN       YM05GF      LZ1NK
ED1IRM      EA1ET       R3CC        RW3RN       YN2OM       TI2OHL
ED2FPA      EA2RCA      R3RRC/1     UA3SGV      ZA1E        I2MQP
ED6LGH      EA6LP       RA3NN/1     RA3NN       ZA1Z        HB9BGN
EI1OHL      EI4IS       RI0CA       G0KBO       ZB2FX       G3RFX
EI7LHL      EI6FMB      RK0LWW/p    RK0LWW      ZD7DP       W1ZT
EO70I       US8IZM      RK3DZJ/1    RA3DEJ      ZD9IR       ZS6EZ
F5OGG/P     LX1NO       RK3QWA      RW3RN       ZK1SCQ      DL6DK
FG/IK2HAB   IK2HAB      RK6AXS/p    RK6AXS      ZK1XXX      N5XX
FG/IK2JYT   IK2JYT      RK6CZ/p     RK6CZ       ZS1AN/p     ZS1AN
FG/IK2XDE   IK2XDE      RW3QC       RW3RN       ZS6FJM      CT1ABE
FO/IK2QPR   IK2QPR      RZ4HWF      RW4HW       ZY4C        PY4ARS

(a) direct
(b) bureau
(c) others
(d) Europe
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ADDRESSES - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH

• DK5PF - Frank Korte, Stormweg 6, 31737 Rinteln, Germany
• EA5KB - Jose F. Ardid Arlandis, P.O.Box 5013, 46080 Valencia, Spain
• EA5KW - Jose Maria Martinez Juan, Poeta Zorrilla 52-1 A, 03600 Elda, Spain
• IC8WIC - Gian Luca Salvia, via Lo Palazzo 26, I-80073 Capri - NA, Italy
• IK2QPR - Paolo Fava, Via Bertani 8, 46100 Mantova, Italy
• IV3LNQ - Luigi Lenardon, P.O. Box 3959, 34148 Trieste - TS, Italy
• IZ7AUH - Francesco Giacoia, P.O. Box 2224/TA05, 74100 Taranto - TA, Italy
• IZ8CCW - Antonio Cannataro, P.O.Box 360, I-87100 Cosenza, Italy
• JJ8DEN - Yoshitake Izumi, Minami-24-7, Nishi-1, Obihiro-City, Hokkaido, 080-0011, Japan
• K4LMY - Henry N. Hassell, 17251 Ingram Ln., Amelia, VA 23002, USA
• K7VV - P.O. Box 12941, Salem, OR 97309, USA
• K8ONV - Englewood Amateur Radio Society, P.O. 572, Englewood, FL 34295-0572, USA
• LZ1NK - Nikolay Enchev, Parchevich 43 A, 4300 Karlovo, Bulgaria
• N2OO - Bob Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087, USA
• OH5DX - Ari Korhonen, Kreetalank. 9A1, FIN 29200 Harjavalta, Finland
• OZ1ACB - Allis Andersen, Kagsaavej 34, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark
• OZ9HBO - P.O. Box 1323, DK-7500 Holstebro, Denmark
• RA3NN - Andre Hudyacov, P.O. Box 1, Sharya, Kostromskaya obl, 157500, Russia
• RU3EA - Yury P. Enin, ul. Mira d. 6 kv. 2, 303170, p. Pokrovskoe, Orlovskaya obl., Russia
• RW3RN - Alex Kuznetsov, P.O. Box 57, Tambov-23, 392023, Russia
• RW4PP - Alex. I. Rogin, pr. 50 Let Pobedy d. 13 kv. 37, 423250, g. Leninogorsk, Tatarstan, Russia
• RX3FZ - Alex. P. Sukorkin, el. Shkolnaya d. 39 kv. 157, 142105, g. Podolsk, Moskovskaya obl., Russia
• SV7CLI - Akis Kaltsaras, I. Kaviri 93, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece
• TF1MM - Thorvaldur Stefansson, Skulagata 32-34, IS-101, Reykjavik, Iceland
• UA0MF - Mike Filippov, P.O.Box 20, Vladivostok, 690021, Russia
• VK7TS - Trevor Spargo, 1 Roebourne Rd, Otago, Tasmania, Australia 7017
• VP8ON - Donald Betts, P.O. Box 233, Stanley, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic
• ZS1AN - Andrew Roos, P.O. Box 350, Newlands 7725, South Africa

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