21 February 2004
No 668
4 2 5 D X N E W S DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
5H - Hans-Peter, HB9BXE will be active as
5H1BP from Zanzibar (AF-032), Tanzania on 1-6 March. He plans to
operate on 10-80 metres CW, SSB and PSK31. QSL via home call.
[TNX NG3K]
6Y - Look for WN9O, WO9Z and W9IU to operate
as 6Y5/homecall from Jamaica from 28 February to 14 March. They
will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as 6Y8Z (QSL via
W9IU). [TNX The Daily DX]
9K - Special event call 9K43NLD will be aired
on 25-29 February from Kuwait to celebrate the National
Liberation Day. QSL via 9K2RR. [TNX 9K2HN]
9U - Michael, PA5M has been active as 9U5M
since 17 February and will leave Bujumbura, Burundi on 17 March.
He operates in his spare time (typically after 16 UTC) on 10-40
metres CW and SSB, with 100 watts into a vertical antenna. Logs
will be available at http://www.pa7fm.nl/ as soon as possible. QSL
via PA7FM (Dennis Robbemond, Loggerhof 11, 3181NS Rozenburg, The
Netherlands). [TNX PA7FM and ON5NT]
C6 - Bill, NE1B (C6AWB) and Tom, C6ANM will
be active from the islands of Eleuthera (NA-001) and New
Providence (NA-001) between 24 February and 8 March, CQ WW 160
Meter SSB and ARRL DX SSB Contests included. On 2-4 March will
make a side trip to the Berry Islands (NA-054). QSLs via WA2IYO.
[TNX The Daily DX]
CN - Jim, W7EJ will be in Morocco from 24
February until about the end of March. He plans to be active as
CN2R in the CQ 160-Meter SSB (28-29 February), ARRL DX SSB (6-7
March) and CQ WPX SSB (27-28 March) contests. QSL via home call.
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
DL - Gerhard, DL3NBL reports that his 7-14
March IOTA operation as TA/DL3NBL/P [425DXN 664] will take place
from Ucadalar Island located in the Antalya Province group
(AS-115), not from the Ucadalar which is part of AS-099. QSL via
home call.
GM - Leo, W3LEO reports he will once again be
active as MM0LEO from Portpatrick in southwest Scotland from
about 29 February to 3 April. He plans to participate in the ARRL
DX SSB and CQ WPX SSB contests. QSL via W3LEO.
JA - Takeshi, JI3DST plans to operate as
JI3DST/3 from O-Shima (AS-117) from 2 to 7 UTC on 22 February.
QSL via bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
T33 - The all-band all-mode T33C DXpedition
to Banaba [425DXN 663] remains on schedule for starting
operations on 4 or 5 April and continuing for at least eleven
days. The expeditioners extend their thanks to all the sponsors,
organizations and individuals who have contributed to the
expedition; however, as shipping costs have been very high, they
still welcome any and all contributions. There is still room for
another one or two operators to join the team, though arranging
air transport to Tarawa at this late date may be difficult. Full
details on the operation can be found at http://www.dx-pedition.de/banaba2004/.
[TNX K6SRZ, doctore@well.com]
T7 - IV3JVJ, IV3TDM and IV3OWC will
participate in next week's CQ 160-Meter SSB Contest as a
multioperator entry from T77C. QSL to T77C. [TNX IV3OWC]
TJ - Jack, F6BUM reports he has received
permission to go and operate from the uninhabited island of
Mondoleh (AF-???), Cameroon. He will be leaving France on 2
April, and plans are to be QRV from that IOTA new one on the
9-11th. Jack (http://www.f6bum.fr.st)
is seeking contributions to help defray the costs of this
operation (he will have to get a generator); he is also looking
for someone who is willing to lend him an antenna, as his R7
"has got tired".
UA - Alex, RX3AJL plans to visit several
White Sea islands for the Russian Robinson Award (possibly
including islands qualifying for the EU-147 and EU-162 IOTA
groups as well) between 23 February and 6 March. He expects to be
active as RX3AJL/1 on 20 metres SSB (QRP). QSL via RX3AJL. [TNX
RZ3EM]
V5 - Klaus, DJ4SO will be active again as
V51/DJ4SO from Namibia between 25 February and 15 March. He plans
to operate on 160-6 metres, mainly CW and RTTY/PSK31 with some
SSB. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
W - John, WA9HMN will be active (20, 17, 15,
12 and 10 metres SSB) from Estero Island (NA-069) until 23
February. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
W - Club call K5MDX will be aired from two
rare counties (George and Greene) during the Mississippi QSO
Party (http://www.arrlmiss.org/AFTERA_1/aftera_1.htm),
which will be running from 15 UTC on 28 February through 3 UTC on
the 29th. [TNX N5FG]
ZF - Bob, K3UL will be active as ZF2UL from
Grand Cayman (NA-016) from 28 February to 4 March. He plans to
operate as time permits on the low bands CW. QSL via home call.
[TNX The Daily DX]
ZS - Etienne Swart, ZS6Y reports he will be
active with the special call ZS10RSA until mid-May "to
celebrate ten years of democracy". QSL via KK3S, direct or
bureau.
ARRL DX CW Contest (21-22 February)- The
following stations have announced their participation in this
year's event:
AA4NC and K4MA as 8P9JA (Multi-Single)
from Barbados. QSL via K4MA.
Olli, EA4BQ/OH0XX as 8R1K from Guyana.
QSL to Olli Rissanen, Calle Ciguela, 331, 28729
Venturada, Madrid, Spain.
Saty, JE1JKL as 9M6NA (SOSB 80m) from
Labuan Island, East Malaysia. QSL via home call.
Robert, S53R as A61AJ (SOAB) from the
United Arab Emirates. QSL via K2UO (Americas) or DJ2MX
(others).
Steve, AK0M as C6ASB (SOAB Low Power,
QSL via home call) and Randy, W6SJ as C6AWS (SOAB Low
Power, QSL via home call) from the Bahams.
DL3OI, DL4LQM, DL4WG, DL5AXX, DL5LYM and
DL8WAA as CS6V (Multi-Multi) from Portugal. QSL via
DL5AXX (dl5axx@qsl.net)
The Gran Canaria DX Group as EA8ZS
(Multi-Single, QSL via bureau) and Jim, ON5UM as
EA8/ON5UM (SOAB LP, QSL via home call) from the Canary
Islands. call.
Laurent, FM5BH as SOAB High Power from
Martinique. QSL via W3HNK.
K3LP, N7DD, N3SB, K3MM, N8II, W3ARS and
N3KS as FS5UQ (Multi-Multi) from St. Martin. QSL via www.qrz.com
Rich, K2WR as GJ2A (SOAB) from Jersey.
William, N7OU as N7OU/HI9 (SOAB Low
Power) from the Dominican Republic. QSL via home call.
JY9QJ as a SOAB entry from Jordan. QSL
via DL5MBY.
Rick, K6VVA as KP2CW (SOAB High Power)
from the US Virgin Islands. QSL via home call.
George, KP2/K2ZZ as SOSB (15 metres) Low
Power from the US Virgin Islands. QSL via W1QJ.
Javi, LU5FF as SOAB (Low Power). QSL via
EA7JX.
Mat, F5SHQ as MJ0ASP (SOSB 20m) from
Jersey, QSl via F5SHQ.
Paolo/I2UIY as P40G (QSL via I2EOW),
John/W2GD as P40W (SOAB, QSL via N2MM) and Andy, AE6Y as
P40Y (QSL via home call) from Aruba.
W8TK, W0NB, N1ZZ, W8AV, W0CG as PJ2T
(Multi-Two) from Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. QSL via
N9AG.
KU8E, W9RE, N5OT and N4GG possibly as
PJ4R (Multi-Two) from Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles.
Jim, K1NA as PJ5NA (SOAB) from St.
Eustatius. QSL via home call.
George, K2DM and Peter, K3ZM as V26DX
(Multi-Single) from Antigua. QSL via KU9C.
W2OX as V47KP from St. Kitts. QSL via
K2SB.
AG9A and K9RS as VP5K from North Caicos.
QSL via K9QVB.
Jim, N6TJ as ZD8Z (SOAB) from Ascension
Island. QSL via VE3HO.
Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operation
tables maintained by Bill Feidt, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/.
ANTARCTIC OPERATIONS
SOUTH ORKNEYS - Henry, LU4DXU is
expected to go QRT as AY1ZA from the "Orcadas"
base on Laurie Island on 21 February.
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
OPERATORS NEEDED ---> Charles
"Frosty" Frost, K5LBU is putting together a
team to operate from Botswana (A2) in July, IARU contest
(10-11 July) included. If interested, please contact
Frosty at frosty1@pdq.net.
[TNX K5LBU]
PACIFIC TOUR ---> Rolf, DK2ZF will be
touring the Pacific between 27 February and 21 April. His
trip will start from Fiji and end on Guam, "with
four or five islands in between". He plans to
operate 95% CW mainly on 40, 30 and 20 metres, plus 80
metres on his sunset/sunrise times. Rolf would like to
receive real RST reports, not the standard 599. QSL
direct via home call. [TNX DK2ZF]
QSL 4L1GW ---> Vladimir Radev, LZ1OT
is the QSL manager for 4L1GW. Cards have been already
printed and requests can be sent either direct or through
the bureau. [TNX LZ1OT]
QSL BI3H ---> Mac, W3HC has finally
received the BI3H logs for the year 2000 in order. Those
who sent a request had it returned unverified are invited
to resubmit. [TNX W3HC]
QSL VIA IK7JWX ---> Those who need a
bureau card for ZA0IS (EU-169), ZA0/IK7JWX (EU-169) or
ZA3/IK7JWX can send their QSO data to Alfredo at either ik7jwx2003@yahoo.it
or ik7jwx@aliceposta.it.
[TNX IK7JWX]
SFDXA ---> The newly elected officers
of the South Florida DX Association for 2004-05 are
Steve/W4DTA (President), Bill/W2CQ (Vice-President),
Brian/NY4PD (Secretary), Bruce/W4OV (Treasurer),
Ron/W4BP, Don/W3AZD and Norm/W4QN (Directors). [TNX
W4DTA]
WARD AWARD ---> The WARD (World
Amateur Radio Day) Award commemorates the World Amateur
Radio Day celebrated by IARU on 18 April each year. The
award is sponsored by MK QTC (the Polish Amateur Radio
Journal) with the Polish Amateur Radio Union's support,
and it is issued to licenced amateurs and SWLs for
contacts made/heard between 00.00 and 23.59 UTC on 18
April. For further information please e-mail Sylwester
Jarkiewicz, SP2FAP at qtc@post.pl
or visit http://qtc.radio.org.pl/ward2004/.
[TNX SP2FAP]
SILENT KEY - We are sad to report the
passing of Percy Raurich, CE7ZK (14 February) and
Edilberto "Beto" Rojas, HK3DDD (18 February).
[TNX CO2QQ and The Daily DX]
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
II0RAI: Pictures of II0RAI and II9RAI
[425DXN 660], as well as information on the relevant
award, are now available at http://www.raiway.it
(under "news"). [TNX IK0ZRR]
XF1K: Information and pictures of the
recent operation from NA-166 are now available at
http://www.islandradio.org. Other pictures can be found
at http://www.425dxn.org.
UT2UB - Andrej Lyakin, P.O. Box 99,
Kyiv-10, 01010 Ukraine
W7LPF - Joseph Lutz, 5421 RTE 711, New
Florence, PA 15944, USA
XW2A - P.O. Box 10003, Vientiane, Laos
CALENDAR - Edited by I1JQJ & IZ7AUH
PERIOD CALL REF
===========================================================================
01/01-31/12 IOTA 2004 652
till 21/02 LU1DZ/X: Tierra del Fuego (SA-008) 667
till 21/02 ZF2BC: Cayman Islands (NA-016) * by W8HW 667
till 22/02 8R1K: Guyana * by EA4BQ/OH0XX 664
till 22/02 P40Y: Aruba (SA-036) * by AE6Y 665
till 23/02 C6ALK, C6AKQ, C6APG: Grand Bahama (NA-080) * by Ws 667
till 23/02 CE9R: "Escudero" Antarctic base (South Shetlands) 666
till 23/02 WA9HMN/4: Estero Island (NA-069) 668
till 24/02 FM/F5FUA/P: Martinique (NA-107) 664
till 24/02 FS/hc and FS5UQ: St. Martin (NA-105) * by Ws 663
till 24/02 J79Z, J75KG, J79JRC: Dominica (NA-101) 667
till 22/02 UE3SFF/4: Mordovskij Reserve & Smolnyj Park 667
till 25/02 J68AR: St. Lucia * by K9JE 666
till 25/02 J68GS: St. Lucia * by KI6T 666
till 25/02 OX/SM0LQB: Greenland * by SM0LQB 667
till 25/02 ZK3SB: Tokelau (OC-048)* by I2YSB,I2MOV,IK1AOD,IK2DIA 667
till 26/02 HI9/N7OU: Dominican Republic * by N7OU 667
till 26/02 TI5/homecalls: Costa Rica * by Ws & TI2WGO 667
till 26/02 VP5/K7BV & VP5M: Turks & Caicos Islands * by K7BV 665
till 27/02 J6/G3VMK: St. Lucia 666
till 27/02 VK9LB: Lord Howe Isl. (OC-004) * by DL7AFS & DJ7ZG 665
till 28/02 IR0PS: "Baia Terra Nova" Antarctic Station 665
till 28/02 ZD8Z: Ascension Isl. (AF-003) * by N6TJ 667
till 29/02 AY1ZA: South Orkneys (Orcadas Base) * by LU4DXU 665
till 29/02 FG/F6IRF: Guadeloupe (NA-102) 666
till 29/02 IQ5VR: 131st Carnival of Viareggio * by ARI Versilia 667
till 29/02 TG7/OH3JF: Guatemala * by OH3JF 667
till 29/02 V31YN and V31GW: Belize * by DJ4KW and DK9GG 661
till 02/03 9M6NA: Labuan Island (OC-133) * by JE1JKL 665
till 01/03 5Z4HW: Kenya * by DL3DF 666
till 04/03 J73CCM: Dominica (NA-102) * by SM0CCM 664
till 05/03 FM/F5TRC: Martinique (NA-107) 665
till 11/03 8P9NX: Barbados (NA-021) * by W0SA 666
till 17/03 9U5M: Burundi * by PA5M 668
till 21/03 C6A/W6SJ & C6AWS: Bahamas Islands * by W6SJ 665
till 21/03 PJ7/W8EB: St. Maarten (NA-105) * by W8EB & W8DVC 665
till 31/03 MM0XAU: Shetland Islands (EU-012) * by DJ6AU 664
till March JR1EEU: Aoga Shima (AS-043) 657
till 15/04 OA7/PA3GFE: Peru 659
till 15/04 YI9YMA: Iraq * by K7YMA 665
till April IR7LH: Italian lighthouses * by IK7JWX 651
till mid May ZS10RSA: Special event station * by ZS6Y 668
till May 7Q7HB: Malawi * by G0JMU 665
till May YA8G: Afghanistan * by LA5IIA 659
till 31/12 HA2004EU: Special event call 663
till December HF0QF and HF0POL: "Arctowski" base (So. Shetlands) 662
till December OX2KAN: Special event station 665
till December VK0DX: Davis Station (Antarctica) * by VK4LL 659
till ?? H44MS: Solomon Is. (OC-047) * by DL2GAC 664
till ?? P40W: Aruba (SA-036) * by W2GD 667
till ?? PJ5NA: St. Eustatius (NA-145) * by K1NA 667
till ?? YI9ZF: Iraq * by YL1ZF 663
till ?? VP8CMH/MM, South Georgia, South Orkneys * by GM0HCQ 658
20/02-02/03 9M2/PA0RRS: Penang Island (AS-015) 647
21/02-28/02 C6ASB: Treasure Cay (NA-080), Bahamas * by AK0M 663
21/02-06/03 FM/F5MNW: Martinique (NA-107) 663
21/02-22/02 ARRL International DX Contest - CW ***
22/02 IQ5RR: Club station * by I5DOF 666
22/02 JI3DST/3: O-Shima (AS-117) 668
23/02-01/03 8Q7SG: Maldives (AS-013) * by I3SGR 667
23/02-07/03 8Q7YY: Maldives (AS-013) * by IV3YYK 667
23/02-01/03 EA8/M0CLH/P: Tenerife (AF-004) * by M0CLH 667
23/02-06/03 RX3AJL/1: White Sea Is. (EU-147 & EU-162) 668
24/02-08/03 C6AWB & C6ANM: Eleuthera & New Providence (NA-001) 668
24/02-31/03 CN: Marocco * by W7EJ 668
24/02-02/03 JA6PSE & JA6PSI: Tokara Islands (AS-049) 664
24/02-17/03 VP5/K4ISV and VP5/K4CN: North Caicos (NA-002) 667
25/02-29/02 9K43NLD: Special event station 668
25/02-10/03 N2TK/NP2: Virgin Islands (NA-106) * by N2TK 667
25/02-15/03 V51/DJ4SO: Namibia * by DJ4SO 668
27/02-21/04 3D2 - KH2 (Pacific tour) * by DK2ZF 668
28/02-14/03 6Y5/homecall: Jamaica * by WN9O, WO9Z. W9IU 668
28/02-29/02 K5MDX: George & Greene (Mississippi QSO Party) 668
28/02-29/02 T77C * by IV3s 668
28/02-04/03 ZF2UL: Grand Cayman (NA-016) * by K3UL 668
28/02-29/02 GACW Key Day 662
28/02-29/02 CQ 160 Meters Contest - SSB ***
28/02-29/02 REF Contest - SSB ***
28/02-29/02 UBA DX Contest - CW ***
29/02-08/03 5W: Samoa (OC-097) * by I2YSB, I2MOV, IK1AOD, IK2DIA 667
29/02-10/03 9Y4/WE9V & 9Y4ZC: Tobago Island (SA-009) 665
29/02-03/04 MM0LEO: Scotland * by W3LEO 668
01/03-06/03 5H1BP: Zanzibar (AF-032) * by HB9BXE 668
01/03-06/03 HR3/W0GLG: Cayos Cochinos (NA-160) * by W0GLG 667
01/03-30/03 P40A: Aruba (SA-036) * by KK9A 667
01/03-08/03 T32I and T32BI: East Kiribati * by KH6GMP and KH6DFW 657
01/03-15/03 VK9NB: Norfolk Isl. (OC-005) * by DL7AFS & DJ7ZG 665
01/03-12/03 XU7AJV & XU7TZG: Koh Poah (AS-133) * ON4AJT & ON6TZG 657
02/03-04/03 C6AWB & C6ANM: Berry Islands (NA-054) 668
02/03-10/03 HR5/OH3JF: Honduras * by OH3JF 667
03/03-09/03 HR9/N0HJZ: Roatan Island (NA-057) * by N0HJZ 667
from 03/03 XF4IH: Socorro (NA-030), Revillagigedo 660
06/03-12/03 5V7C: Togo * by F5CW,F4AJQ,F5TVG,F5JSD,F8BUI,F5VHQ 667
06/03-07/03 9M2/G3TMA: Pulau Ketam (AS-074) 666
06/03-07/03 ARRL International DX Contest - SSB ***
06/03-07/03 Open Ukraine RTTY Championship - RTTY ***
07/03-14/03 TA/DL3NBL/P: Ucadalar Isl. (AS-115) 668
07/03 DARC 10 m Digital Contest "Corona" - DIGI ***
08/03-15/03 V8JIM & V8NOM: Brunei (OC-088) 664
09/03-27/03 CO/I0SNY: Cuba * by I0SNY 666
13/03-14/03 9M2/G3TMA: Pulau Ketam (AS-074) 666
13/03-14/03 RSGB Commonwealth Contest - CW ***
13/03-20/03 V31AD: Belize * by N5DD, KC5DJI, AG5TX, KD5YCG 667
14/03-19/03 KP2/W6DXO: St. John, Virgin Isl. (NA-106) * by W6DXO 667
14/03 North American Sprint Contest - RTTY ***
14/03 UBA Spring Contest - CW ***
15/03-19/03 VK4FRI: Fraser Island (OC-142) 647
16/03-22/03 T70A: San Marino * by N2WB and W4WX 667
20/03-12/04 3B9C: Rodrigues Island (AF-017) 661
20/03-21/03 Russian DX Contest - CW/SSB ***
20/03-28/03 SX8K: Kythira Isl. (EU-113) * by SV Team 666
24/03-30/03 W2RZS/6Y5 & 6Y2RZ: Jamaica (NA-097) * by Ws 667
25/03-10/04 5W0SS & 5W0KE: Samoa * by DL1VKE and DF2SS 667
25/03-10/04 KH8/homecall: American Samoa * by DL1VKE and DF2SS 667
25/03-29/03 MU5RIC/P: Guernsey (EU-114) * by M5RIC 667
27/03-28/03 CQ WW WPX Contest - SSB ***
29/03-05/04 C56JJ: The Gambia * by PA9JJ 663
03/04-18/04 TO7HAM: Caribbean Hamboree (Martinique) 667
03/04-04/04 EA WW RTTY Contest - RTTY ***
03/04-04/04 IYLRC Elettra Marconi Contest - CW/SSB/RTTY ***
03/04-04/04 SP DX Contest - CW/SSB ***
04/04-11/04 T33C: Banaba Isl. (OC-018) 668
04/04-10/04 JW/F8DVD: Longyearbyen (EU-026) * by F8DVD 667
from 04/04 T33C: Banaba (OC-018) 663
09/04-11/04 TJ: Mondoleh Isl. (AF-???) * by F6BUM 668
10/04 EU Sprint Spring - SSB ***
11/04-18/04 TM6ILE: Groix Island (EU-048) * by F5SGI 663
11/04 UBA Spring Contest - SSB ***
17/04-18/04 GX4NOK/P: Inner Farne Island (EU-109) 657
17/04 ES Open HF Championship - CW/SSB ***
17/04 EU Sprint Spring - CW ***
17/04-18/04 GACW CW DX Contest - CW ***
17/04-18/04 YU DX Contest - CW/SSB ***
18/04-01/05 7Q: Malawi * by G4AXX, GU4CHY, G4JVG, M5RIC 663
23/04-05/05 OX/DL2SWW and OX/DL2VFR: Maniitsoq Island (NA-220) 661
24/04-25/04 Helvetia Contest - CW/SSB ***
08/05-15/05 9A/HC & 9A0CI: Plocica Is. (EU-016) 665
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
425 DX NEWS WWW PAGE - http://www.425dxn.org
425 DX NEWS REFLECTOR SUBSCRIPTIONS - If you want to SUBSCRIBE,
please send a message to 425server@425dxn.org
with either subscribe 425eng (for the English version) OR
subscribe 425ita (for the Italian version) in the SUBJECT (leave
the body of the message blank). If you want to UNSUBSCRIBE,
follow the same procedure and replace subscribe 425eng or
subscribe 425ita with unsubscribe 425eng or unsubscribe 425ita
respectively.
Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:
Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: DX information (e-mail i1jqj@425dxn.org - BBS
I1JQJ@IK1MJJ.IPIE.ITA.EU)
Maurizio Bertolino, IZ1CRR (I1-21171): 425 DX News WWW Pages
(e-mail i121171@425dxn.org)
