28 December 2002
No 608
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.
VICTOR RUSINOV, UT8LL - The IOTA community
world wide mourns the sudden passing of Victor Rusinov, UT8LL
(UB5LGM), who died in the plane crash on 23 December near
Esfahan, while on a business trip to Iran. Over the years Victor
was a keen supporter of the IOTA programme. He helped his
Ukrainian team-mates put on operations from EU-119 (4K3MI),
AS-005 (4K4D), AS-086 (4K4I), AS-039 (EZ0Z), AS-104 (4K4N), the
Black Sea island groups EU-179, 180 and 182 (EM5UIA), as well as,
just a few weeks ago, AS-166 (EP6KI). Victor was a man with a big
heart, a huge sense of humour, and great charm. With this went
real generosity - for the IOTA Programme we shall always be
grateful for the financial contribution he made to fund an
ongoing programme of annual trophies. [TNX G3KMA]
425 DX NEWS SURVEY - The deadline for the 425
DX News DXCC Most Wanted Survey is 6 January 2003. If you want to
participate, please go to http://www.425dxn.org/surv2003/.
9N - Kazu, JA8MWU will be active (on 6-160
metres SSB only) as 9N7WU from Kathmandu, Nepal from 30 December
to 6 January. QSL via home call, either direct (Kazunori Abe,
12-5-9, 7-Jyo, Kagura, Asahikawa, 070-8007 Japan) or through the
JARL bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
DL - Tom, DL1DVE plans to operate from
several ARLHS lighthouses located in the area around Hamburg and
Bremen between 27 and 30 December. See http://www.qsl.net/dl1dve
for his "current" position. [TNX DL1DVE]
EA6 - Christian, DL6KAC will be active as
EA6/DL6KAC from Mallorca Island (DIE E-021), Balearic Islands
(EU-004) until 9 January. QSL via home call either direct or
through the DARC bureau. [TNX DL6KAC]
HS - E20AJ is the call sign of the amateur
radio station at the 20th World Scout Jamboree (http://www.worldscoutjamboree20.org)
in Sattahip, Thailand [425DXN 605]. Several stations will be
operational on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres (preferably on the
international scouting frequencies of 7090, 14290, 21360, 28390
and 28990 kHz), plus the following segments on 80/160m:
3524-3526, 3534-3536, 1834-1836 KHz. QSL direct to HB9AOF; bureau
cards should be sent to E20AJ at the Thailand QSL Bureau (these
will be handled by HS7AHV). Packet messages for people at the
Jamboree can be sent to E20AJ@E20AJ.#STP.CBI.THA.AS. [TNX
HS0ZDZ/G3NOM]
I - Weather permitting, Antonio, IZ8CCW will
be active as I8/IZ8CCW from Scogli Coreca (not IOTA, IIA CS-004)
and Scoglio Formicola (not IOTA, IIA CS-003) on 4-5 January. [TNX
IZ8CCW]
JD1_oga - Those who need Ogasawara on 160
metres should look for 8N1OGA, the special station celebrating
the 75th anniversary of JARL [425DXN 592], to be active on 1-12
January from local sunset (around 8 UTC) to sunrise (around 22
UTC). [TNX UA0MF]
P4 - Alan, K4AVQ will be active on 160-10
metres as P40AV from Aruba (SA-036) on 4-18 January. Special
attention will be given to 160 and 80 metres CW. QSL via K4AVQ.
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
PJ - Chris, DL5NAM will be active (mainly on
RTTY and 6 metres) as PJ4/DL5NAM from Bonaire (SA-006) on 2-18
January. QSL via home call either direct or through the bureau.
[TNX The Daily DX]
R1A_ant - Wally, RU1ZC (R1ANZ) will be
staying at Mirny base (WABA UA-07, IOTA AN-016) for another
season until 2004. He can be found on on 14160 kHz around 15.30
UTC for his daily sked with his friends in Russia. [TNX DL5EBE]
S2 - Eric, VA7DZ expects to operate as
S21/VA7DZ from Bangladesh on 1-7 January. A side trip to St.
Martin's Island (AS-127) is expected on 3-4 January. QSL via
VA7DZ (Eric Manning, 2909 Phyllis Street, Victoria, BC V8N 1Y8,
Canada). [TNX The Daily DX]
SM - Special call 7S7SAN will be used from
Sandhammaren lighthouse (SWE-055) for a few hours now and then
until 5 January. QSL via the bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
ST - Falk/DK7YY (CW), Dietmar/DL3DXX (CW),
Uwe/DL9NDS (SSB and RTTY), Felix/DL7FER (SSB and CW) and
Chris/DL5NAM (SSB and RTTY) will be active as ST0RY (yes, it is
Sierra Tango Zero Radio Yankee) from Sudan for approximately
three weeks in March, CQ WPX SSB Contest included. They will
concentrate on the low bands, WARC, RTTY and 6 metres (in this
order) with three stations with amplifiers and several antennas.
They are looking for financial assistance to defray the high
costs of the expedition; they are also looking for support
"in kind" as they want to leave some equipment, books,
etc. to to the national amateur radio club. If you can help,
please contact Chris, DL5NAM at dl5nam@darc.de.
[TNX DL5NAM]
VP5 - Look for VP5/W6XK (QSL via homecall)
and VP5/N6EE (QSL via homecall) to be active (on all bands RTTY,
with CW and SSB operations mainly on the WARC and low bands) from
the VP5B contest station on North Caicos (NA-002) on 1-7 January.
They will participate in the ARRL RTTY Roundup as VP5NN (QSL via
NN6NN). [TNX The Daily DX]
VQ9 - Larry, WD0HSP works on Diego Garcia
(AF-006) and will be active as VQ9LA for at least the next year.
He plans to operate on 80-6 metres RTTY, SSB, CW and FM. QSL
direct to DG21 Larry Arneson, PSC 466, Box 24, FPO AP 96595-0024,
USA). [TNX The Daily DX]
W - Howie, K1VSJ will be active (CW and SSB)
from Martha's Vineyard (NA-046) from 30 December to 1 January
[TNX The Daily DX]
W - Barring any major blizzards, the state of
North Dakota will be activated during the ARRL RTTY Roundup (4-5
January) in a portable operation by the team of NW0L, AE9B, K0LW
and W0ZAP. Contest callsign will be NW0L. QSL direct or via
bureau. [TNX NW0L]
YB - YC3MM, YC3DIK and YC3HAR expect to
operate as either homecall/p or YB3ZMI from Madura Island
(OC-237) on 28 December. [TNX IZ8CCW]
ZS7_ant - Anton, ZS7/ZS4AGA will be staying
at SANAE IV base (WABA ZS-03, IOTA AN-016) until the end of
January. His activities on the amateur radio bands are very
limited now, due his busy working schedule. He is expected to be
back home in South Africa around 15 February. QSL via ZS4A. [TNX
DL5EBE]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
EU-119 ---> Nick, RA1QQ (ra1qq@cherepovets.ru)
plans to operate from Morzhovets Island (EU-119) during
the summer and is looking for financial assistance in
order to charter the boat. [TNX RA1QHJ]
EU-169 ---> ZA0IS (operated by ZA1FD
on CW and ZA5G on SSB) and ZA0/IK7JWX (SSB) logged 4804
QSOs during their 18-23 December operation from Sazan
Island (EU-169, ARLHS ALB-004, WLHA LH-0028). QSL for
both via IK7JWX either direct or through the bureau. [TNX
IK7JWX]
GACW KEY DAY ---> The GACW KD will
take place from 18 UTC on 23 February 2003 through 6 UTC
on the 24th. This is not a contest, but an event for
encouraging amateur radio operators to log as many QSOs
as possible using their straight keys. For further
information please e-mail Raul Diaz, LU6EF (lu6ef@yahoo.com.ar).
IOTA QSLS ---> Direct cards for the
following IOTA operations have already been mailed or are
being mailed right now, in order to reach the
"deserving" in time for the IOTA Honour Roll
annual update:
- IA5/IK4RUX (EU-028, August 2002), QSL via home call
- IA5/IZ4AIH (EU-028, August 2002), QSL via home call
- J48S (EU-049, July 2002), QSL via ON4AAC
- V63RE & V63WN (OC-253, October 2002), QSL via IT9YRE
- V63RE & V63WN (OC-254, October-November 2002), QSL via IT9YRE
JIDX CW CONTEST ---> In 2003 there
will be the unification between the Japan International
DX Low Band CW Contest (which used to be held on the
second weekend of January) and the JIDX High Band CW
Contest (to be held on the second weekend of April).
Following this decision, contest rule will change (please
visit http://je1cka.jzap.com/jidx/jidxrule-e.html)
and the JIDX Low Band will be replaced by the East
Asia/160/80m DX CW Contest (see below). [TNX JA1ELY]
NEW 160/80M CONTEST ---> The first
edition of the newly born East Asia 160/80m DX Contest,
sponsored by "Five Nine" magazine, will be held
from 9 UTC on 11 January through 22 UTC on the 12th. This
is a single operator (three categories) CW only
competition and the objective, for DX statons, is to
contact as many East Asia amateurs as possible.
"East Asia" includes UA0 (Zone 19), HL1, HL2,
HL3, HL4, HL5, HL0, P5, JA1 (including 7K1-7N4 prefix),
JA2, JA3, JA4, JA5, JA6, JA7, JA8, JA9, JA0, JR6/Okinawa
(including JR6AA-NZ, JR6QUA-ZZZ, JS6, 7J6CAA-CZZ, while
JR6AAA-QQZ count as JA6), JD1/Ogasawara (not JD1/Minami
Tori Shima). For further information, please contact
Toshi Kusano, JA1ELY (ja1ely@bb.mbn.or.jp)
or visit http://tamo.dip.jp.
[TNX JA1ELY]
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Glenn, K5ZE
reports he no longer manages YB0GG, YC1WAE and YC0YAD.
QSLs can be sent via the bureau.
PIRATE ---> Denise, F6HWU has
received cards for contacts made with S9WU (Principe
Island) on 16 November, around 20 UTC on 17 metres.
Please note that the operator was not the genuine Denise,
do not waste your time on sending cards for this one.
QSL HT9T ---> Bob Myers, K2TV is
receiving cards for this station, but he is not the QSL
manager for HT9T (he was once the manager for HT9TM).
QSL P40K ---> Erminio, I2EOW is
receiving direct cards for the recent [425DXN 604] P40K
operation. Please note that the correct QSL route for
this activity is via WM6A.
QSL ZS7/ZS4AGA ---> Please note a
change in QSL management for Anton's activities from
Antarctica. Cards for contacts made with Anton operating
from SANAE IV base (WABA ZS-03) should be sent as always
to ZS4A, while from now on cards for contacts made with
E-Base (WABA ZS-04) should be sent to DL5EBE (Dominik
Weiel, Johannes-Meyer-Str. 13, D - 49808 Lingen,
Germany). Dominik has already received the logs and a
special QSL card is going to be printed. [TNX DL5EBE]
QSL VIA KU9C ---> Please note that
Steve's old address will be closed in early 2003, at
which time there will be a short forwarding to him, and
then the mail will be returned to the sender. As already
reported, his current address is: Steve Wheatley, P.O.
Box 31, Morristown, NJ 07963-0031, USA. A complete list
of the stations he manages is at http://www.ku9c.com.
QSL VIA VK3DYL ---> Gwen, VK3DYL, QSL
manager for the VK9YL and ZK1XYL DXpeditions in
September/October, reports that all direct requests (with
return postage) received prior to Christmas Day have been
mailed back. Gwen also wishes to advise that it is the
group's policy only to accept QSL cards sent direct or
via the VK3 bureau, not as e-QSLs.
ZL1AMO ---> Judy, AA7UC reports that
"As of 23 December the ZL1AMO Air Ambulance Fund is
within $5,000 USD of reaching its goal of $20,000 USD.
Funds received, as of this date, have been forwarded to
the air ambulance account in New Zealand and INDEXA has
covered the expenses involved in the transfer of
funds". Although still in isolation, Ron
"continues to improve, slowly but surely".
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
BY CALLBOOK: QSL information for Chinese
stations (including addresses given in both English and
Chinese) can be found at http://www.chinaqrz.com.
[TNX The Daily DX]
LOGS: Online logs for the recent ZW8P
operation from SA-060 are available at http://www.zw8p.hpg.ig.com.br.
[TNX PT2ND]
W1DAD - Peter Schipelliti, 7 Dearborn
Ridge Rd, Atkinson, NH 03811, USA
W2AGN - John L. Sielke, 1353 Samuel Dr,
Vineland, NJ 08360, USA
WA8REI - Ken Louks, 10475 Tittabawassee
Rd, Freeland, Michigan 48623, USA
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