21 December 2002
No 607
4 2 5 D X N E W S DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
TO ALL OUR READERS - Warmest thoughts and
best wishes for a wonderful Holiday and a very Happy New Year.
4W - Alan, VK4AAR reports that the 4W6AN
activity from East Timor [425DXN 606] has been postponed. Further
information will be given in due course.
9N - Kiyo, JH3PAS will be active (on 6-160
metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK-31) as 9N7AS from Kathmandu, Nepal
on 23-30 December. QSL via home call, either direct (Kiyotaka
Ichikawa, 1-74-3 Issiki-Nishi Hiraoka, Kakogawa, 675-0117 Japan)
or through the JARL bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
CE - CA6TBB (Gladys), CE6AMN (Carlos), CE6TBN
(Marco), CE6AKH (Jaime), XQ5SM (Fernando) and CE6NE (Mario) will
be active as CE6M from Mocha Island (SA-061) on 15-18 January.
They plan to operate on 160-10 metres SSB and CW. QSL to P.O.Box
591, Temuco, Chile. [TNX CE6NE]
CX - Look for CV1F to be aired from San
Gabriel Island (SA-057) and Lighthouse (URU-025) on 10-13
January. QSL via EA5KB. [TNX EA5KB]
G - As part of the "Lighthouse Christmas
Lights 2002" event, Anvil Point Lighthouse (ENG-001) will be
activated on 27-30 December. Look for GB2APL on 10-160 metres CW,
SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via G0PSE either direct or through the
bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards are welcome at g0pse@qsl.net). [TNX G0PSE]
G - Scout special event station GB2COS from
the City of Chester will be active on most HF bands, but
especially on 10, 15 and 20 metres, on 4-5 January in order to
link up with the World Jamboree Station in Thailand [425DXN 605].
QSL via the bureau or direct to G7BQY. [TNX G7BQY]
JA - Look for Takeshi, JI3DST to be active
(on 40, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 6 metres SSB) as JI3DST/6 from Miyako
Island (AS-079) from around 6 UTC on 29 December to 00.00 UTC on
5 January. QSL via home call, preferably via the JARL bureau.
[TNX JI3DST]
KH0 - Nozomu, JE8KKX will be active as
AH2K/KH0 from Saipan (OC-086) on 28-30 December. He plans to
operate on 40-6 metres and to concentrate on RTTY. QSL via home
call either direct (Nozomu Takahashi, 2-5 5-chome 18-jo Toko,
Asahikawa, Hokkaido, 078-8358 Japan) or through the JARL bureau.
[TNX JE8KKX]
KP2 - Joe Pater, W8GEX and John Walker, WZ8D
will be active as N8Z from St. Croix, Virgin Islands (NA-106)
from 30 December to 8 January. They will be at the QTH of WP2Z
and will operate on 6-160 metres. John will will monitor 50.125
for the USA and 50.110 for Europe; if the band opens look for him
on 50.122 CW or SSB. QSL direct to WZ8D. [TNX WZ8D]
PY - A group of operators from
LABRE-Pernambuco and the Guara DX Group will be active as PV7G,
from Itamaraca Island (SA-046, DIB 18) until 22 December. They
plan to have to stations active on 80-10 metres SSB, CW and RTTY.
QSL via PY7XC (Jemesson Faria, Rua Dhalia 228 AP401, 51020-290
Recife - PE, Brazil). [TNX PY7XC]
V6 - Bert, V73GOD will be active (mostly on
6, 10, 12 and 17 metres SSB) as V63USA from Kosrae Island
(OC-059), Micronesia from 26 December until 1 January. QSL to
P.O. Box 1480, APO AP 96555, USA. [TNX The Daily DX]
VP8 - Martin, G3ZAY left England early this
week on a 3-week trip to the Falklands, South Georgia, South
Orkneys, South Shetlands and Antarctic Peninsula. The exact
landing spots/bases will be determined by weather and ice
conditions, but he may be heard from time to time signing VP8DFK.
[TNX G3ZAY]
W - John, W2AGN will operate as W2C during
the "Lighthouse Christmas Lights 2002" event. He plans
to to be active between 14 UTC on 21 December to 19 UTC on the
22nd from Finn's Point Rear Range Light (USA-285), Salem County,
NJ. QSL via W2AGN (John L. Sielke, 1353 Samuel Dr, Vineland, NJ
08360, USA). [TNX VA3RJ]
W - Special event call K1D will be aired (on
28380, 21380, 14270 and 7230 kHz) between 21 December and 5
January to celebrate Kid's Day (4 January) and Amateur Radio
Awareness. The operators will be Peter (W1DAD) and Jeanne (K1MOM)
Schipelliti. QSL via W1DAD (Peter Schipelliti, 7 Dearborn Ridge
Rd, Atkinson, NH 03811, USA). [TNX W1DAD].
W - Steve, K2ZPF/p plans to be active (mainly
on 17 and 20 metres) from three Florida islands between 23 and 31
December. His prime location will be on St. George Island
(NA-085, USI FL-007S), and he will try to operate also from St.
Vincent Island (not IOTA, USI FL-006S) and Dog Island (not IOTA,
USI FL-005S). QSL via home call, either direct or through the
bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
XU - Jaak Meier, ES1FB reports he will be
active as XU7ACE from Shianoukville, Cambodia unitl 27 December.
QSL via ES1FB either direct or through the bureau.
ZK3 - Atsu, 5W1SA is finally active as ZK3SA
from Tokelau (OC-048). His original plans [425DXN 604] were to
remain there for a couple of weeks. QSL via JH7OHF.
ZL - Steve, G4EDG will be active as ZL4/G4EDG
from Stewart Island (OC-203) from 17 January for approximately
four full days. He will run 100w and operate CW only mostly on 20
metres. QSL via home call, either direct or through the bureau.
[TNX ZL4HU]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
10 YEARS OF 9A ---> 2002 marks the
10th anniversary of allocation of the 9A prefix to
Croatia and the Croatian Amateur Radio Association
sponsors a special award (http://www.hamradio.hr/award.asp)
for contacts made with 9A stations between 5 July and 31
December. The first 97 awards have been mailed and the
deadline for applications, to be sent to Denis, 9A3Z (9a3z@hamradio.hr), is
31 March 2003. The 9A CW Contest, which is held this
weekend, is a good opportunity to work the award. [TNX
9A3Z]
40 METRES ---> John, NT5C, one of the
more successful 40m SSB US DXers, reminds non-US stations
where to transmit on 40 meters in order to be heard in
the USA: "below 7100, most integral multiples of
5KHz (7050, 7055, 7065, 7085, etc) are 'owned' by nets
and ragchewers in Central and South America and Canada.
The odds are much better for the DX if they get between
those integral 5KHz multiples. Good frequencies to try
are 7047, 7052 and 7057, which are above most of the CW,
but below the RTTY."
KH6GMP/KH3 ---> Gary, KH6GMP ended up
his activity from Johnston Atoll with just a little less
than 3000 QSOs. He lost his main antenna on 13 December
and had to go with a very low wire multiband that had
been installed probably many years ago and only 2 or 3
feet above the steel reinforced concrete roof of the
building. By the way, The Daily DX reports that "the
building which houses the radio station will be
demolished in January and no station nor antennas will
remain". [TNX YO3/DL4AAZ]
PIRATE ---> QRZ-DX reports that
someone pirated 9S1X on 80 metres on 13 December.
Patrick, 9Q1A and his wife Nicole, 9Q1YL are moving from
Kinshasa to Matadi [425DXN 603] and expect to resume
activity on the amateur radio bands in early January.
QSL HL1VAU ---> Han, HL1VAU is
working on the QSL cards received for his HL1VAU/4
(AS-093, April 2002) and HL1VAU/3 (AS-080, July 2002)
operations and hopes to process them all within the end
of the year. Bureau cards will follow. He apologizes for
the delay, due to circumstances beyond his control.
QSL VY0/W2NTJ ---> As the QSL manager
for VY0/W2NTJ's operations in 2000 and 2001, Cezar,
VE3LYC has received a lot of inquiries regarding his
operations in 2002. Jack did not contact VE3LYC before
his departure to VY0, and as of 19 December Cezar had
received neither information nor logs regarding these
activities. "I suggest for now that you restrain
yourselves from sending direct QSL requests for contacts
with him made this year", Cezar says. [TNX N1HRW]
QSL VIA DJ0LZ ---> Those who still
need a QSL for YU1KW, YU1CV or YU8DX can send theirs to
DJ0LZ, who also handles cards for Z32FD and UT1QK. QSL
direct only to Ace Jevremov, P.O. Box 14, D-82378
Peissenberg, Germany. [TNX DJ0LZ]
QSL VIA LU8VCC ---> Effective 1
January 2003 the new address for LU8VCC (QSL manager for
LT5V) is: Alex Rocca, 217 Bis 1128, 8332 Roca, Rio Negro,
Argentina. [TNX LU8VCC]
ZL1AMO ---> Judy, AA7UC reports that
Ron's conditions are improving. His tracheal tube has
been removed and as a result he looks better, feels
better and can talk.
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
FO/JA4GXS: A photo gallery for the
October 2002 operation by FO/JA4GXS from Rangiroa Island
(OC-066) is available at http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~iota/newpage40.htm.
[TNX JI6KVR]
PERIOD CALL REF
===========================================================================
till 31/12 4D70 and DZ70: special prefixes (Philippines) 579
till 31/12 6J1, 6J2, 6J3, 6F1: special prefixes (Mexico) 591
till 22/12 6W4/F8IXZ: Senegal 601
till Jan 8N1OGA: Ogasawara 592
till 22/12 AT0NG: special event station (India) 604
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 15/03 HF70x and SN70x: special stations (Poland) 606
till 12/01 HG03HNY: special call * by HG4I 605
till 30/11 HL0KSJ & D88S: "King Sejong" (WABA HL-01) * by DS4CNB 603
till 03/03 HR5/F2JD: Honduras 603
till 03/01 HS0ZCW: Thailand * by K4VUD 605
till 10/05 IU5ONU: special event station 605
till 01/06 J28UN: Djibouti * by F8UNF 596
till June JW0HU: Spitsbergen (EU-026) * by SP3GVX 582
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 ?? 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 01/01 OA/PA3GFE: Peru 596
till 31/12 OP0GS, special event station (Belgium) 580
till 31/12 OP1A: special event station 559
till 22/12 PV7G: Itamaraca Island (SA-046) * by PYs 607
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 25/12 TI9JJP: Cocos Island (NA-012) * by TI2JJP 605
till 15/01 TO2FG: Guadeloupe (NA-102) * by F6HMJ 603
till April V31JP: Belize * by K8JP 601
till 30/12 VU2BMS: India * by DL2GAC 606
till April XT2ATI: Burkina Faso * by EA4ATI 601
till 27/12 XU7ACE: Cambodia * by ES1FB 607
till 22/12 ZA0IS and ZA0/IK7JWX: Sazan Island (EU-169] 606
till ?? ZK3SA: Tokelau (OC-048) * by 5W1SA 609
till February ZL5CP: "Scott" Base (WABA ZL-02, AN-011) 593
18/12-31/12 W1HH/KH6: Hawaii 606
20/12-23/12 VO1MRC on 60 metres 603
21/12-05/01 K1D: special event station * by W1DAD and K1MOM 607
21/12-22/12 W2C: Finn's Point Rear Range Light * by W2AGN 606
23/12-30/12 9N7AS: Nepal * by JH3PAS 607
23/12-31/12 K2ZPF/p: FL islands 607
23/12 W6YOO/KH8: American Samoa (OC-045) 604
24/12 5W0HA: Western Samoa (OC-097) * by W6YOO 604
26/12-01/01 W2C: Finn's Point Rear Range Light * by W2AGN 607
27/12 3D2YOO: Yasawa (OC-156), Fiji * by W6YOO 604
27/12-30/12 GB2APL: Anvil Point Lighthouse 607
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
28/12-30/12 AH2K/KH0: Saipan (OC-086)* by JE8KKX 607
29/12-05/01 JI3DST/6: Miyako Island (AS-079) 607
29/12 YJ0??: Vanuatu (OC-035) * by W6YOO 604
30/12-31/12 FK/W6YOO: New Caledonia (OC-032) 604
30/12-08/01 N8Z: Virgin Islands (NA-106) * by W8GEX and WZ8D 607
04/01-05/01 GB2COS: special event stations (England) 607
04/01-05/01 ARRL RTTY Roundup ***
10/01-13/01 CV1F: San Gabriel Island (SA-057) 607
15/01-18/01 CE6M: Mocha Island (SA-061) * by CEs 607
17/01-21/01 ZL4/G4EDG: Stewart Island (OC-203) 607
17/01-19/01 Contest Club of Finland Contest/DX Meeting 606
18/01-20/01 AA8LL/C6A, K8LIZ/C6A & C6ALB: NA-113 (Bahamas) 605
19/01 Hungarian DX Contest ***
23/01-02/02 ER60SB: special event station (Moldova) 602
24/01-26/01 CQ 160 Meters CW Contest ***
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
26/07-27/07 RSGB-IOTA Contest ***
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