7 December 2002
No 605
4 2 5 D X N E W S DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
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3C - The OPDX Bulletin reports that Vitaly,
3C2MV might have to leave Malabo a few days earlier than expected
(possibly on 8 December, but that is not definite yet). QSL via
VE6JO.
8P - John, K4BAI will be active as 8P9HT (on
160-6 metres CW and SSB) from Barbados (NA-021) on 10-17
December. He will participate in the ARRL 10 Meter contest, both
modes, as 8P9Z. QSL both calls via K4BAI. [TNX NG3K]
C6 - Wade, AA8LL and Liz, K8LIZ will be
active (on 40-10 metres mostly SSB, with CW on request) from
Crooked Island (NA-113), Bahamas on 18-20 January. They will be
signing AA8LL/C6A and K8LIZ/C6A (QSL via home calls), but they
also have permissione to operate as C6ALB (QSL via AA8LL) from
Bird Rock Lighthouse (WLA LH-0118, ARLS BAH 005). Their new web
site is at http://home.att.net/~aa8ll.
[TNX AA8LL]
CO - Pepin, CO2TK reports he will participate
in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest as Single Operator Low Power. QSL
via F6FNU.
EA9 - Special event station AM9CE will be
active on 6-9 December during the URE National Convention to be
held in Ceuta. QSL via EA9CE. [TNX EA9CD]
FM - Topbanders who need Martinique should
look for Denis, FM5GU this weekend, as he is going to put
together a very serious effort in the ARRL 160 Meter Contest. QSL
via KU9C. [TNX KU9C]
GM - Look for Dave, GM0LVI/p to be active (on
80-20 metres CW and SSB) from Tanera Mor in the Summer Isles
(EU-092) between 28 December and 2 January. QSL via home call.
[TNX VA3RJ]
HA - Tibor, HG4I will operate as HG03HNY from
20 December to 12 January to celebrate the new year. He plans to
be active on all bands CW, RTTY, PSK with some SSB. QSL direct to
Tibor Szabo, Budai u. 6., H-2465 Rackeresztur, Hungary. [TNX
HG4I]
HR - Hiro, HR3/JA6WFM had to cancel his
planned trip to Cayo Cochino (NA-160) as the arrangement with the
hotel was not possible. Hiro has finished his work in Honduras
and is going back to Japan on 8 December. [TNX JI6KVR]
HS - Charly, K4VUD reports he is going back
to Thailand and will be active as HS0ZCW until 3 January. He
plans to participate in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest. QSL via home
call.
HS - Special event station E20AJ (http://www.qsl.net/e20aj/)
will be activated from 28 December to 7 January during the 20th
World Scout Jamboree to be held in Sattahip, Thailand. [TNX
LX1KQ]
I - Vincenzo, IT9NVA reports he plans to
operate from Isola Grande di Marzamemi (EU-025, IIA SR-005) on 7
December.
I - Special event station IR5ONU will be
activated by operators from ARI Val di Chiana between 8 December
and 10 May. QSL via I5KKW either direct or through the bureau
[TNX I5KKW].
IS0 - Max, IK2YSE will be active (on 10-40
metres CW only) as IM0/IK2YSE from the islands of Maddalena
(EU-041, IIA SS-001) and Caprera (EU-041, IIA SS-005) between 28
December and 2 January. QSL via bureau. [TNX IK2YSE]
KH3 - Gary Belcher, KH6GMP will operate (on
SSB, RTTY and PSK31) as KH6GMP/KH3 from Johnston Atoll (OC-023)
on 11-17 December, ARRL 10 Meter Contest included (SSB only). QSL
via KH6GMP either direct or through the bureau. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
LU - Fabian/LU1AEE, Claudio/LU7DW,
Daniel/LU8EKC and Nely/LW8EXF will be active as homecall/D from
the lighthouse (ARG-045) located on Martin Garcia Island (SA-055)
on 7-8 December. They plan to have two or three stations on all
bands SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via home calls either direct or
thorugh the bureau. [TNX LU1AEE and LU7DW]
PJ2 - W9VA, K9BG, W9JUV and W9UZ will
participate in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest (14-15 December) as PJ2T
from Curacao (SA-006). QSL via N9AG. Outside the contest they
will operate as PJ2/homecall. [TNX VA3RJ]
PY - PY8AZT, PY8DAN, PT2ND and PT2PS will be
active as ZW8P (http://www.zw8p.hpg.ig.com.br) from Cotijuba
Island (SA-060) on 12-17 December, ARRL 10 Meter Contest
included. They will have two stations active on 80-6 metres. QSL
via PT2PS. [TNX PT2PS]
TI9 - Jose Pastora, TI2JJP will be active (on
10, 15 and 20 metres SSB) as TI9JJP from Cocos Island (NA-012) on
10-25 December. QSL to P.O. Box 2048-2050, San Pedro Montes Oca,
San Jose, Costa Rica. [TNX The Daily DX]
V3 - Look for Jay Hoskelis, K0BCN/V31MX and
Cal Neely, V31MF to be active (on 10, 15 and 20 metres SSB) from
Caye Caulker (NA-073), Belize on 11-17 December, including a
Multi-Single entry in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest (14-15 December)
as V31MX. QSL via K0BCN direct or bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
VU - Special event station AT0NG will be
activated on 13-22 December to celebrate the 32nd National Games
of India. QSL via VU2JOS (Jose Jacob, P.O. Box 1555, Somajiguda,
Hyderabad 500082, India). [TNX The Daily DX]
W - Ivan, G3IZD will operate as AE4WK from
Anna Maria Island (NA-034) on 12-15 December. [TNX The Daily DX]
XU - Dick, N6FF will be active as XU7ACB from
Sihanoukville, Cambodia until 18 December. He will operate mainly
on the low bands and Topband enthusiasts should look for him
transmitting on 1903 kHz and listening between 1823 and 1831 kHz.
QSL via N6FF. His pilot station (Rod, WC7N) can be contacted at wc7n@gb.wave.net. [TNX The
Daily DX]
XV - Hiroshi, JA1TAA will be active as XV3TAA
from Vietnam on 12-20 December. He plans to operate on 160, 80,
40 and 30 metres CW and SSB. QSL direct only via home call
(Hiroshi Hotta, 4-12-53 Kameino, Fujisawa City, Kanagawa,
252-0813 Japan). The web site for the operation is at http://asahi-net.or.jp/~kw2m-szk.
[TNX JA3AFJ]
XW - Look for Champ, E21EIC to be again
active as XW1IC from Laos on 11-16 December, including and entry
in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest. Before and after the contest he
will operate on 160-10 metres. QSL via E21EIC either direct or
through the bureau. [TNX E21EIC]
YI - Mike, OM2DX [425DXN 603] will be using
YI9OM for a few weeks, while waiting for his call to be issued
(hopefully YI9DX). Please note that the new QSL route for
contacts made with YI9OM from 28 November 2002 is via OM3JW. Mike
will remain at the Slovak Embassy in Baghdad fro 2-4 years and
plans to operate on all bands CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK 31.
Topbanders should look for him after 20.30 UTC on 1832-1833 kHz.
[TNX OM3JW]
ZA - Alfredo, IK7JWX (and possibly other
operators from the Salento DX Team) will join three operators
from Radio Club Partizani (Albania) for an operation from Sazan
Island (EU-169) and Lighthouse (ARLHS ALB-004) to take place
between 16 (or 17) and 22 December.. QSL via IK7JWX. [TNX IK7JWX]
ZK3 - Atsu, 5W1SA is now expected to be QRV
from Tokelau [425DXN 604] during the weekend. He will be there
for 2-3 weeks. QSL via JH7OHF. [TNX The Daily DX]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
9V1XE ---> Mirek, 9V1XE is moving
from Singapore back to Australia. This time, after
operating as VK3DXI and VK2DXI, he will be in Perth,
Western Australia as VK6DXI. Mirek has made some 12,000
QSOs on all bands and modes during his 4-year stay in
Singapore, all logs are now with DL4DBR. Those who still
nedd a direct card for 9M8DX/2 or Z2/VK3DXI, please stand
by for a few months and wait for Mirek to settle in
Perth. [TNX 9V1XE/VK6DXI]
DXCC NEWS ---> BQ9P (Pratas Island,
2002) and 3XY7C (Guinea, 2002) are now being accepted for
DXCC credit. Those who have had them rejected in a recent
submission can send an e-mail to dxcc@arrl.org to have
their records updated.
EU SPRINT CW ---> The results of the
EU Sprint Contest - Autumn CW (held on 12 October) are
avalable at http://www.qsl.net/eusprint (logs of
participating stations are downloadable in .asc format).
Rules, past scores, all time records, winners, software,
etc. are also available at the same URL. [TNX I2UIY]
OLD QSL CARDS ---> Raul, LU6EF (GACW
Coordinator) says that logs for all of the past
operations by the Grupo Argentino de CW are still open.
They include L20XSI, L8D/X, LU1ZC, LU2ZC, LU5EVB/Z,
LU6UO/Z, LU6Z, LU7X. Please visit http://gacw.no-ip.org
for more details. Raul also reports that since 7 November
1 USD does not cover postage from Argentina.
QSL 4U1ITU ---> Please note that K1ZZ
is the QSL manager only for contacts made during the CQ
WW CW DX 2002 and on 28 November 2002. [TNX The Daily DX]
QSL 5H3RK ---> Steve, G3OAG is
receiving bureau cards for 5H3RK, but he is not the QSL
manager. The correct QSL route is direct to Ralph
Karhammar, P.O. Box 9274, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
QSL ZP6T ---> The correct QSL route
is via ZP5MAL (not ZP6MAL as reported in 425 DX News
#604). Many thanks to Chet, K8YTO for detecting the typo.
QSL VIA DJ2MX ---> Mario, DJ2MX (http://www.dj2mx.com)
reports he has received from the printer the QSL cards
for VK2IR's DXpeditions (5W0IR, KH8/VK2IR, 3D2IR,
6Y5/VK2IR and J6/VK2IR). The first 100 direct requests
have been processed and mailed and the rest will follow
soon, then Mario will process the requests that have been
sent direct to Tommy's address in Australia. QSL to Mario
Lovric, Am Oelberg 11, D-61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany.
QSL VIA GM4FDM ---> Tom, GM4FDM has
taken over QSL duties from Ray, G3NOM for his various
calls (including A52OM, XU1NOM, S21U, S2/G3NOM,
JT4/G3NOM, HS0/G3NOM, 9M2OM, HS0AC and also HS0ZDZ).
Direct cards are up to date, but he still has a huge
backlog for bureau cards - he has completed cards for the
above calls up to 31 December 1998, and has started
working on 1999. "Please be patient", he says,
"I'll try to get them out as soon as I can".
QSL VIA I8ACB ---> Ciro reports that
the QSL cards for TY0T and TY3M are being printed, please
do not send duplicates.
QSL VIA PA3EPG ---> Please note that
Ben is no longer the QSL manager for 4K5CW, 4K9CW and
4J4K. He says he can confirm only contacts made in the
following time frames:
4K5CW from 16 August 2000 to 11 March 2001
4K9CW from 30 October 2000 to 26 January 2001
4J4K from 03 November 2000 to 30 January 2001
QSL VIA UT3UY ---> Toly reports that
the QSL cards for 4K5CW, 4J6ZZ and 4J10TX have been
printed. He will try to mail all the direct requests
received so far within the end of the year. QSL to
Anatoly Kirilenko, P.O. Box 439/3, Kiev-151, 03151,
Ukraine.
ZL3CW ---> Jacky, ZL3CW/F2CW reports
that his new address is: Jacky Calvo, 31 Raurenga Ave,
Epsom - Auckland, New Zealand.
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
LOGS: The log for 3G1X (CQWW CW 2002) by
Nick, XQ1IDM is available at http://www.qsl.net/3g1x.
[TNX CE4USW]
LOGS: CY0MM on-line log at http://dx.fireroute.com/cy0mm
was updated for the last time on 30 November at 01.00
UTC, 45 minutes before the team left the island. The
49511th and last QSO was made on 29 November at 12.28
UTC. [TNX VE3NWA]
PERIOD CALL REF
===========================================================================
till 08/12 ? 3C2MV: Bioko (AF-010), Equatorial Guinea * by VE6JO 605
till 31/12 4D70 and DZ70: special prefixes (Philippines) 579
till 07/12 5T5PBV, 5T5RUZ, 5T5RQ, 5T5CPS: Mauritania * by JAs 603
till 31/12 6J1, 6J2, 6J3, 6F1: special prefixes (Mexico) 591
till Jan 8N1OGA: Ogasawara 592
till ?? 9L1AB: Sierra Leone * by G3AB 599
till 09/12 9S1X: Democratic Republic of Congo * by F6COW 603
till 09/12 AM9CE: special event station (Ceuta) 605
till 29/12 AY, L5, L6: special prefixes (Argentina) 572
till 31/12 AY8XW: Radio Club Ushuaia 573
till 2004 CN2PM: Morocco * by G3WQU 571
till Feb FR5KH & FR5KH/J: Reunion & Juan de Nova * by F5IRO 598
till 11/12 FS: St Martin * by W2AZK,KF2HC,K2KJI,K2RVH,W5GJ,WA2VUN 593
till 30/11 HL0KSJ & D88S: "King Sejong" (WABA HL-01) * by DS4CNB 603
till 01/06 J28UN: Djibouti * by F8UNF 596
till June JW0HU: Spitsbergen (EU-026) * by SP3GVX 582
till 08/12 K9V: US Virgin islands (NA-106) * by Ws 593
till Jan KC4/N2TA: "East Camp" (WABA K-12) * by RW1AI 591
till Jan KC4/NK3T: "McMurdo" Base (AN-011, WABA K-09) 602
till 24/12 KL7JR: Shemya Island (NA-037) 604
till 09/12 LU: Gama Island (SA-022) * by LUs 601
till ?? LU1ZD: "San Martin" Base (WABA LU-11) 604
till ?? LU1ZG: "Belgrano II" Base (WABA LU-08) 604
till ?? LU1ZV: "Esperanza" Base (WABA LU-06) 604
till 08/12 LX0LT: special event station (Luxembourg) 603
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 17/12 P40TA & P40K: Aruba (NA-036) * by K6TA & K6KO 604
till 2003 RW1AI/ANT & R1ANC: Vostok Base 564
till Dec ST0F: Sudan * by ZS5WC 601
till 30/06 ST1MN: Sudan 603
till 2003 T30ES: Butaritari (OC-017), W. Kiribati * by N1JSY 543
till 10/12 TZ6JA: Mali 603
till April V31JP: Belize * by K8JP 601
till December VK0MQI: Macquarie Island (AN-005) 568
till 09/12 VK2IAY/p: Fitzroy Island (OC-172) * by G0UIH 599
till April XT2ATI: Burkina Faso * by EA4ATI 601
till 18/12 XU7ACB: Cambodia * by N6FF 604
till 17/12 ZD8Z: Ascension Island (AF-003) * by N6TJ 604
till February ZL5CP: "Scott" Base (WABA ZL-02, AN-011) 593
till 08/12 ZS7/ZS4AGA: "E-Base" (WABA ZS-04), Antarctica 604
07/12 IT9NVA: Isola Grande di Marzamemi (IIA SR-005) 605
07/12-08/12 LU1AEE/D, LU7DW/D, LU8EKC/D, LW8EXF/D: SA-055 605
07/12-14/12 VK9XE: Christmas Island (OC-002) * by JA8VE 604
08/12-10/05 IR5ONU: special event station 605
08/12-10/12 W6YOO/KH6: Hawaii (OC-019) 604
08/12-10/12 PY0FT: Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) * by PY8IT 601
10/12-17/12 8P9HT & 8P9Z: Barbados (NA-021) * by K4BAI 605
10/12-03/03 HR5/F2JD: Honduras 603
10/12-25/12 TI9JJP: Cocos Island (NA-012) * by TI2JJP 605
11/12-17/12 KH6GMP/KH3: Johnston Atoll (OC-023) 605
11/12-17/12 V31MX & V31MF: Caye Caulker (NA-073) 605
11/12-12/12 VK2IAY/p: North Stradbroke Island (OC-137) * by G0UIH 599
11/12-16/12 XW1IC: Laos * by E21EIC 604
12/12-15/12 AE4WK: Anna Maria Island (NA-034) * by G3IZD 604
12/12-20/12 XV3TAA: Vietnam * by JA1TAA 604
12/12-17/12 ZW8P: Cotijuba Island (SA-060) * by PYs 605
13/12-22/12 AT0NG: special event station (India) 604
13/12 T32??: Christmas Island (OC-024) * by W6YOO 604
14/12-22/12 6W4/F8IXZ: Senegal 601
14/12-15/12 PJ2T: Curacao (SA-006) 605
14/12-15/12 Italian Contest (40 & 80 metres) ***
15/12-15/01 TO2FG: Guadeloupe (NA-102) * by F6HMJ 603
16/12 FO/W6YOO: OC-067 (French Polynesia) 604
16/12-22/12 ZA: Sazan Island (EU-169) * by IK7JWX and ZAs 605
17/12-19/12 FO/W6YOO: OC-046 (French Polynesia) 604
20/12 FO/W6YOO: OC-067 (French Polynesia) 604
20/12-12/01 HG03HNY: special call * by HG4I 605
20/12-23/12 VO1MRC on 60 metres 603
23/12 W6YOO/KH8: American Samoa (OC-045) 604
24/12 5W0HA: Western Samoa (OC-097) * by W6YOO 604
27/12 3D2YOO: Yasawa (OC-156), Fiji * by W6YOO 604
28/12-07/01 E20AJ: special event station (Thailand) 605
28/12-02/01 GM0LVI/p: Summer Isles (EU-092) 605
28/12-02/01 IM0/IK2YSE: EU-041 (Sardinia) 605
29/12 YJ0??: Vanuatu (OC-035) * by W6YOO 604
30/12-31/12 FK/W6YOO: New Caledonia (OC-032) 604
December K6ACZ/DU: Philippines 603
December IU7LE: special event station 604
Dec - 03/01 HS0ZCW: Thailand * by K4VUD 605
December RU0LM/0: Shikotan Island (AS-062) 604
December ZK3SA (?): Tokelau (OC-048) * by 5W1SA 605
December ZS02AM: special event station * by ZS6DX 604
Dec - 07/12 ZS6SOL: special event call 601
18/01-20/01 AA8LL/C6A, K8LIZ/C6A & C6ALB: NA-113 (Bahamas) 605
23/01-02/02 ER60SB: special event station (Moldova) 602
15/03-10/04 ST1C: Sudan * by IV3OWC 603
March-November DP1POL: "Neumayer" Base (WABA DL-03) * by DL5XL 604
20/06-23/06 VO1MRC on 60 metres 603
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