23 November 2002
No 603
4 2 5 D X N E W S DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
425 DX NEWS SURVEY - The 425 DX News DXCC
Most Wanted Survey for the year 2003 is up and running on our web
site - if you want to participate, please go to http://www.425dxn.org/surv2003/.
3C - Vitaly, VE6JO [425DXN 602] will be
active as 3C2MV (and/or 3C2A, if he succeeds in getting the
original call he has requested) from Bioko Island (AF-010),
Equatorial Guinea until 12 or 13 December. QSL via VE6JO (direct
only). [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
5T & S0 - A group of members of the
International Amateur Radio Volunteers (IARV) will operate in
their spare time from Mauritania between 29 November and 7
December. Look for 5T5PBV (JA1PBV), 5T5RUZ (JA8RUZ), 5T5RQ
(JA6RQ) and 5T5CPS (JA1CPS), QSL via home calls. A side trip to
Western Sahara will take place on 2-5 December; look for activity
from S07U (QSL via JA1UT). [TNX The Daily DX]
9A - Dusan, S52DG will operate (on 10-80
metres CW and SSB) from Hvar Island (EU-016, CI-028) from 29
November to 2 December. QSL via bureau or direct to Dusan
Mohoric, Ojstri Vrh 12, 4228 Zelezniki, Slovenia. [TNX S52DG]
9M2 - Look for Rich, 9M2/G4ZFE/p to
participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest from Pulau Pangkor
(AS-072). He will be operating as SOSB (15 metres) Low Power. The
direct QSL address for all his 9M2 operations has changed:
(Richard Everitt, #2601 PNB Darby Park, Jalan Binjai, Kuala
Lumpur 50450, Malaysia). [TNX 9M2/G4ZFE]
9Q - Michel, F6COW will be guest operatin at
9S1X until 9 December, including a SOAB entry in the CQ WW DX CW
Contest. QSL via F2YT. Patrick, 9Q1A (F6BLQ) will participate in
the ARRL 10 Meter Contest (14-15 December) as 9S1X (SSB only),
then he and Nicole, 9Q1YL will go QRT from Kinshasa. They will
move to Matadi, where they plan to resume their amateur radio
activity in early January (with wire and vertical antennas at
first, beams to follow). [TNX 9Q1A]
C9 (?) - Frosty, K5LBU and Andre, ZS6WPX had
planned to be active from Mozambique on 24-27 November. However
their plans might change, and Frosty alone might operate (on
10-80 metres SSB) as either 7P8/K5LBU from Lesotho or 3DA0CF from
Swaziland on 25-29 November. [TNX K5LBU]
DL_ant - Dominik, DL5EBE reports that a
German amateur radio operator will join the team at the German
"Neumayer" base (WABA DL-03) for the upocoming austral
summer season. Neymayer Station is an undersnow research facility
located on the Eckstrom Ice Shelf (AN-016), Antarctica. Further
details (including the callsign, which will not be the
traditional DP0GVN) are expected in due course.
DU - Look for Alan, K6ACZ/DU to be active
from the Philippines during the whole month of December, ARRL 10
Meter Contest included. QSL to home call address. [TNX K6ACZ]
FG - Jack, F6HMJ will be active on all bands
as TO2FG from Guadeloupe (NA-102, DIFO FG-001) from 15 December
through 15 January. QSL via F6HMJ. [TNX F5NQL]
FH - Look for Dirk, FH/DL5CF to be active (on
160-10 metres mainly CW with some SSB) from Mayotte (AF-027)
through 30 November, including and entry in the CQ WW CW Contest.
QSL via the DARC bureau. [TNX DX Newsletter]
GM - Members of the West of Scotland Amateur
Radio Society will be active (on 10-160 metres CW and SSB) as
GS4AGG/p from Great Cumbrae Island (EU-123) on 30 November. QSL
via GM0WRR. [TNX GS4AGG and GM4AGG]
HL_ssh - Lee, DS4CNB reports he is going to
join the team at the Korean base "King Sejong" (WABA
HL-01) located on King George Island, South Shetlands (AN-010).
He will be working at the base from 1 December through 30
November 2003 and will operate on all bands and modes as either
HL0KSJ and D88S. QSL via home call (Lee Dae Ryung, P.O Box 30,
Tongyung 650-600, South Korea).
HR - Gerard, F2JD will be in Honduras from 10
December through 3 March 2003 and will operate as HR5/F2JD (on
160-6 metres SSB and CW). He will be based at La Entrada de
Copan, but he may also operate from some IOTA islands. QSL via
F6AJA either direct or through the bureau. [TNX F2JD]
JT - JV5C [425DXN 602] is a special event
station operating until 24 November from Bayanbuural (120 km
north of Ulaanbaatar), Mongolia to celebrate the 840th
anniversary of Chinggis Khaan. Look for them on CW (1840, 3520,
7020, 10105, 14020, 18078, 21020, 24900 and 28020 Hhz) and SSB
(1860, 3795, 7060, 14220, 18140, 21220, 24920 and 28420 kHz). QSL
via JT1KAA (P.O. Box 830, Ulaanbaatar-24, Mongolia). [TNX JT1CD]
JT - Khos, JT1CD reports that RU3HD is active
as JT1FHD from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia until 29 November. QSL via
home call.
KP2 - Look for John, KP2/K3TEJ and Darrell,
KP2/AB2E to be active from the US Virgin Islands (NA-106) until
28 November. QSL via home calls. They will participate in the CQ
WW DX CW Contest as as WP2Z (QSL via KU9C). [TNX The Daily DX]
LX - Special event station LX0LT will be
active on all bands CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK from 30 November
through 8 December, 24 hours a day. This will be a Marathon to
help generate financial support for scientific research against
genetic illnesses and sponsors will donate 4 cents for each QSO.
The goal is 20,000 QSOs. The web page is at http://www.qsl.net/lx0lt.
QSL via the LX bureau or direct to LX1RQ. [TNX NG3K]
ST - Look for Marco, ST1MN to be active on
all bands from Sudan from 28 November through the end of June
2003. Please be patient with him, as he is not accustomed to
pile-ups. Claudio, IV3OWC (ex 9E1C) will join him between around
15 March and 10 April, and will be active as ST1C, including an
entry in the CQ WPX SSB Contest. QSL for either ST1MN and ST1C
direct only to IV3OWC. [TNX IV3OWC]
TZ - Mac, TZ6JA is once again going to
Bamako, Mali for business. He will be there from 23 November
through 10 December and plans are to operate on 40, 20, 17, 15,
12 and 10 metres SSB only. QSL direct to Mac Obara, P.O.Box 59,
Tama, 206-8691 Japan or via (direct only) JA3EMU (Toshiyuki
Tanaka, 11-22 Higashi-Kourishinamachi, Hirakata, 573-0077 Japan).
[TNX JA1ELY]
UA - Eugene, RZ3EC reports that Yuri, UA1ONY
is active from Yuzhnyj Island (RR-0401), Novaya Zemlya (EU-035).
QSL via RZ3EC.
UR_ant - Roman, UT7UA will join the Ukrainian
Antarctica Expedition for the upcoming season and will operate
from "Akademik Vernadsky" base (WABA UR-01) on Galindez
Island (AN-006), Antarctica. Callsign and further details will be
announced in due course. [TNX DL5EBE]
W - Glen, NK1N will be active as W2L from
Jeffrey's Hook lighthouse (USA-408), New York County, New York
from 17 to 21 UTC on 29 November. QSL via NK1N. [TNX VA3RJ]
XW - Champ, E21EIC is currently active as
XW1IC from Laos until 28 November [425DXN 602]. He will pay
special attention to 160 metres (1825 kHz, 1834 for Thailand) and
80 metres (3506 kHx, 3524 for Thailand) around 19.30-24.00 UTC
(sunrise at 23.10 UTC) and at his sunset (11.00 UTC). Those who
want to arrange a sked for 160 metres can e-mail at e21eic@arrl.net. [TNX QRZ-DX]
YI - Mike/OM2DX, Jaro/OM3TZZ (ex SU9ZZ),
Robo/OM1KW and Peter/OM6TX (YI9OM) will participate in the CQ WW
DX CW Contest as YI0M. Peter will be leaving the Slovak Embassy
in Baghdad a few days after the contest, but his presence on the
amateur radio bands will be replaced by Mike's (OM2DX), who is
waiting for his call to be issued (QSL via OM3JW). [TNX OM3JW]
ZA - In 1991 an International Amateur Radio
Union (IARU) project group entered Albania for training more than
twenty locals, establishing the Albanian Amateur Radio
Association (AARA) and finally activating ZA1A to remove ZA from
all wanted lists. It is now time for a belated celebration of the
10th anniversary of AARA and see a gathering of the original
instructors and their students. An international delegation of
OH2BH, OH2PM, OH5BM and OH8SR arrived in Tirana on 17 November
and set up two stations for a one-week activation of ZA1B
together with Geni Mema, ZA1B. This includes a Multi-Two entry in
the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via OH2BH. [TNX N4GN]
ZS_ant - Anton, ZS7/ZS4AGA will be leaving
SANAE IV for "E-Base" (WABA ZS-02) on the Fimbul Ice
Shelf (AN-016) on 24 November. He will be there for one week and
expects to operate (with 100W and a dipole) on the amateur radio
bands not earlier than 27 November. Look for him on the
Antarctica Net run by Dominik, DL5EBE at 17 UTC on 21275 kHz.
[TNX DL5EBE]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
ZL1AMO ---> Ron Wright, ZL1AMO/3D2RW
was in Fiji when he was taken to Lautoka Hospital due to
a major health problem. A few days later an air ambulance
was dispatched from New Zealand and Ron was transported
to the critical care unit at Auckland Hospital. Latest
reports indicate that Ron, after showing some signs of
improvement, has had a decline and remains on life
support. The family thanks the DX community for their
prayers, love, and support. Ron's daughter, Terri (t.j.wright@xtra.co.nz)
prints all e-mails for her mother and for Ron when he is
able to read them. Ron has no medical insurance and the
cost of the emergency air ambulance is $40,000 NZD or
approximately $20,000 USD. A "ZL1AMO Air Ambulance
Fund" has been established by the International DX
Association (INDEXA) to assist the Wright family with
expenses incurred during Ron's most recent DXpedition. If
you would like to contribute, please make checks out to
INDEXA with a notation "For ZL1AMO Air Ambulance
Fund". Please mail your contributions to: The ZL1AMO
Air Ambulance Fund, c/o Bill Jennings (W4UNP),
Secretary-Treasurer INDEXA, P. O. Box 607, Rock Hill, SC
29731, USA. For more information please contact Judy
Roush, AA7UC, President, INDEXA (jroush@cybertrails.com).
[TNX AA7UC]
60 METRES (CANADA) ---> The Marconi
Radio Club of Newfoundland has received experimental
authorisation to transmit CW (A1A) and USB SSB (J3E) on
5260, 5269, 5280 5290 5319, 5329, 5400 and 5400 KHz with
the call sign VO1MRC. This authorisation is valid for
22-25 November, 20-23 December 2002, and 20-23 June 2003.
Essentially, the experiment will, if it works, look at
differences in ground/sky wave propagation on 3.5, 5.3
and 7 MHz. [TNX VO1NA and DL8AAM]
KH5 ---> Walt/AH6OZ, Jim/WH6GS and
Pat/NH6UY were active from Palmyra (KH5) on 18-20
November. They visited the atoll for a yearly preventive
maintenance job on all the electronics of the Nature
Conservancy on Palmyra. QSL direct only via home calls.
[TNX QRZ-DX]
P5/4L4FN ---> Ed, P5/4L4FN made three
CW QSOs on 12 and 17 metres on 15 November. He will be
very busy at work for the next week, then he will be out
of the country for one week starting on 10 December.
Up-to-date information on Ed's activities can be found at
http://www.amsatnet.com/p5.html.
SILENT KEY - We are sad to report the
news of the passing of old timer Giampaolo Nucciotti,
I8KDB (ex I1KDB), one of the most active DXers in Italy.
[TNX I8YRK]
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
LOGS: The log for 5Z4DZ at http://www.qsl.net/5z4dz
has been updated and now contains 21,541 QSOs through 17
November at 23.06 UTC. Please note that 5Z4DZ does not
work on 30 metres (the band is not allowed in Kenya) and
RTTY (for the time being). QSL via PA1AW.
PERIOD CALL REF
===========================================================================
till 12/12 3C2MV: Bioko (AF-010), Equatorial Guinea * by VE6JO 603
till 31/12 4D70 and DZ70: special prefixes (Philippines) 579
till 26/11 5B/G3PMR: Cyprus (AS-004) 601
till 31/12 6J1, 6J2, 6J3, 6F1: special prefixes (Mexico) 591
till 26/11 6Y0x & hc/6Y5: Jamaica * by Ws 601
till Jan 8N1OGA: Ogasawara 592
till 24/11 9A5PC (by NF4A), 9A4PN (by N4PN) and 9A/N4XP: Croatia 601
till ?? 9L1AB: Sierra Leone * by G3AB 599
till 25/11 9M6JU: East Malaysia * by JA1RJU 602
till 25/11 9M6/OK2SG, 9M6/OK2WH, 9M6/OK2PBM: Sabah, East Malaysia 601
till 09/12 9S1X: Democratic Republic of Congo * by F6COW 603
till 29/12 AY, L5, L6: special prefixes (Argentina) 572
till 31/12 AY8XW: Radio Club Ushuaia 573
till 02/12 C56R & C53M: The Gambia * by OH9MM and others 602
till 25/11 C6A/N7NU,K7AR,WJ7R,N7MQ,C6AJX: Treasure Cay (NA-080) 602
till 26/11 C6A/W4SAA: South Bimini (NA-048), Bahamas 602
till 2004 CN2PM: Morocco * by G3WQU 571
till 26/11 CY0MM: Sable Island (NA-063) * by VE3NZ, VE3EY, VE3NE 589
till 29/11 EA8/DH5JG/p: Canary islands (AF-004) 601
till 24/11 ER60SB: special event station (Moldova) 602
till 30/11 FH/DL5CF: Mayotte (AF-027) 603
till 24/11 FK/F5NHJ: New Caledonia (OC-032 and OC-033) 601
till 28/11 FO5RK: Rapa (OC-051), Austral Isls * by 3D2AG 597
till 26/11 FS/KM3T (St. Martin) and PJ7/KM3T (St. Maarten) 602
till 27/11 HC8N: Galapagos Islands (SA-004) 602
till 30/11 HG0WGC: special event station (Hungary) 600
till 30/11 HP100RCP: special event station (Panama) 599
till 30/11 IR7TA: special event station 601
till 01/06 J28UN: Djibouti * by F8UNF 596
till 26/11 J75KG & J79JRC: Dominica (NA-010) * by K5KG & W4IX 601
till 24/11 JV5C: special event station (Mongolia) 603
till 29/11 JT1FHD: Mongolia * by RU3HD 603
till June JW0HU: Spitsbergen (EU-026) * by SP3GVX 582
till 26/11 K2G: Guam (OC-026) * by JAs 599
till Jan KC4/N2TA: "East Camp" (WABA K-12) * by RW1AI 591
till Jan KC4/NK3T: McMurdo Station (AN-011, WABA K-09) 602
till 25/11 KH0/JK2VOC & KH0/JF2VAX: Mariana Islands (OC-086) 601
till 28/11 KP2/K3TEJ and KP2/AB2E: US Virgin Islands (NA-106) 603
till 30/11 LM1LGN: special event call (Norway) 602
till ?? LU1ZA: WABA LU-14, South Orkneys (AN-008) 571
till ?? LU1ZV: Esperanza Base (WABA LU-06) 602
till 25/11 MJ0AWR & GJ2A: Jersey (EU-013) * by K2WR 601
till 01/01 OA/PA3GFE: Peru 596
till 31/12 OP0GS, special event station (Belgium) 580
till 31/12 OP1A: special event station 559
till June P5/4L4FN: North Korea 591
till 02/12 PJ2/PA0VDV: Curacao (SA-006) 595
till 24/11 PJ4/DL1EFD/p & PJ4W: Netherlands Antilles (SA-006) 601
till 2003 RW1AI/ANT & R1ANC: Vostok Base 564
till 04/12 S21YV: Bangladesh * by KX7YT 600
till 28/11 S9MX & S9CR: Principe Island (AF-044) * by K1XM & KQ1F 602
till 30/11 S9WU: Principe Island (AF-044) * by F6HWU 602
till Dec ST0F: Sudan * by ZS5WC 601
till 29/11 SV5/SM8C & J45KLN: Dodecanese (EU-001) 601
till 2003 T30ES: Butaritari (OC-017), W. Kiribati * by N1JSY 543
till 27/11 T88JA & T88FS: Palau (OC-009) * by JA6VZB & JH6RTO 599
till 24/11 TO5ROM: special event call (Guadeloupe) * by FG5FU 602
till 25/11 TM5CW (France) * by F5SJB 595
till 24/11 V26K: Antigua (NA-100) * by AA3B 601
till 25/11 VE2IM: Zone 2 * by VE3DZ 601
till December VK0MQI: Macquarie Island (AN-005) 568
till 30/11 VP9/W9AEB: Bermuda (NA-005) 601
till April XT2ATI: Burkina Faso * by EA4ATI 601
till 24/11 XT2DX: Burkina Faso * by Gs and Ws 599
till 28/11 XW1IC: Laos * by E21EIC 603
till 24/11 ZA1B: Albania * by OH2BH, OH2PM, OH5BM and OH8SR 603
till February ZL5CP: "Scott" base (WABA ZL-02, AN-011) 593
17/11-03/12 8Q7: Maldives (AS-013) * by DL8LE 601
17/11-26/11 ZF2RR: Cayman Islands (NA-016) * by N9XX 602
20/11-25/11 T88SP: Palau (OC-009) * by WQ7X 601
20/11-April V31JP: Belize * by K8JP 601
21/11-06/12 JI3DST/6: Miyako Island (AS-079) 599
22/11-25/11 VO1MRC on 60 metres 603
23/11/24/11 9M2/G4ZFE/p: Pulau Pangkor (AS-072) 603
23/11-24/11 9M6NA: Labuan Island (OC-133) * by JE1JKL 593
23/11 MW3AFR/p and MW3AGN/p: Caernarfon lighthouse 602
23/11-10/12 TZ6JA: Mali 603
23/11-01/12 ZF2PD: Cayman Islands (NA-016) * by N2LM 601
23/11-24/11 CQ WW DX CW Contest ***
24/11-24/12 KL7JR: Shemya Island 602
24/11-30/11 ZS7/ZS4AGA: "E-Base" (WABA ZS-02), Antarctica 603
25/11-29/11 7P8/K5LBU (Lesotho) or 3DA0CF (Swaziland) 603
26/11-29/11 PJ2/DL1EFD/p: Netherlands Antilles (SA-006) 601
28/11-30/06 ST1MN: Sudan 603
29/11-07/12 5T5PBV, 5T5RUZ, 5T5RQ, 5T5CPS: Mauritania * by JAs 603
29/11-02/12 9A: Hvar Island (EU-016) * by S52DG 603
29/11-02/12 S9MX & S9CR: Sao Tome Island (AF-27) * by K1XM & KQ1F 602
29/11 W2L: Jeffrey's Hook lighthouse * by NK1N 603
30/11 GS4AGG/p: Great Cumbrae Island (EU-123) * by GMs 603
30/11-08/12 LX0LT: special event station (Luxembourg) 603
30/11-07/12 ZS6SOL: special event call 601
Nov-Feb FR5KH & FR5KH/J: Reunion & Juan de Nova * by F5IRO 598
01/12-30/11/03 HL0KSJ & D88S: "King Sejong" (WABA HL-01) * by DS4CNB 603
01/12-31/12 K6ACZ/DU: Philippines 603
02/12-08/12 K9V: US Virgin islands (NA-106) * by Ws 593
02/12-05/12 S07U: Western Sahara * by JAs 603
02/12-05/12 VK2IAY/p: Lady Elliot Island (OC-142) * by G0UIH 599
04/12-11/12 FS: St Martin * by W2AZK,KF2HC,K2KJI,K2RVH,W5GJ,WA2VUN 593
04/12 IY9MM: special station * by IT9MRM 575
06/12-09/12 LU: Gama Island (SA-022) * by LUs 601
06/12-09/12 VK2IAY/p: Fitzroy Island (OC-172) * by G0UIH 599
08/12-10/12 PY0FT: Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) * by PY8IT 601
10/12-03/03 HR5/F2JD: Honduras 603
11/12-12/12 VK2IAY/p: North Stradbroke Island (OC-137) * by G0UIH 599
14/12-22/12 6W4/F8IXZ: Senegal 601
15/12-15/01 TO2FG: Guadeloupe (NA-102) * by F6HMJ 603
20/12-23/12 VO1MRC on 60 metres 603
23/01-02/02 ER60SB: special event station (Moldova) 602
15/03-10/04 ST1C: Sudan * by IV3OWC 603
20/06-23/06 VO1MRC on 60 metres 603
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