28 February 2004
No 669
4 2 5 D X N E W S
DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
425 DX NEWS TROPHY - The 425DXN survey for
the best DXpedition in 2003 (to be chosen among 14 selected
operations) will be closing down on 1 March. More than 1200
people have participated so far (http://www.425dxn.org/trophy_2003/Votes.htm)
and you are still in time to cast your vote at http://www.425dxn.org/trophy_2003/
(no dupes, please!).
3B8 - Walter, DL3LBP (http://www.dl3lbp.de)
will operate as 3B8/DL3LBP from Mauritius (AF-049) on 1-21 May.
Look for activity on 40-10 metres SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via
homecall. [TNX DL3LBP]
5V - Franck/F5TVG and John/F5VHQ will arrive
in Togo on 4 March to pick up the licence and start setting up
the stations. 5V7C might hit the airwaves earlier than 6 March,
when the rest of the team [425DXN 661] will join the first two
operators for a 7-day all band all mode activity. QRT time is
expected to be not earlier than 12 UTC on 13 March. The pilot
stations will be Bruno/F5AGB (Europe and French speaking
countries) and Floyd/N5FG (North America), plus other two pilots
TBA from Australia and Japan. The web site for the operation is
at http://5v7c.free.fr/le_togo.htm.
QSL via F5TVG. [TNX F5NQL]
8Q - Hardy, DL5SBA will be active as 8Q7BA
from Athuruga, Maldives (AS-013) on 4-20 March. He will operate
RTTY and PSK only on 20 metres (possibly on 17 and 30 metres as
well) with 50 watts. QSL via home call, preferably through the
DARC bureau. [TNX DL5SBA]
A6 - Robert, S53R will participate in this
weekend's CQ 160-Meter SSB Contest as A61AJ from Dubai, United
Arab Emirates. QSL via K2UO (Americas) and DJ2MX (rest of the
world). [TNX NG3K]
BV - BV8BC, BV8BM, BV8BQ, BV8CM, BX8AAA and
BM8BTM will operate as BV9O from Orchid Island (AS-155) on 11-15
March. QSL direct to BV8BC (Bill-Chen, P.O. Box 222, Taitung 950,
Taiwan). [TNX BV8BC]
CO - Don, VE3ESE and members of the Santiago
de Cuba University and City Club will operate as T48RAC from
Santiago de Cuba during the ARRL DX SSB Contest (6-7 March). Look
for activity on 40 and 20 metres. QSL direct to VE3ESE (Don
Fisher, 48 Lucerne Dr., Kitchener, Ontario N2E 1B3, Canada). [TNX
VE3RGG]
CT3 - Look for Rosel, CT3/DL3KWR and Hardy,
CT3/DL3KWF to be active from Madeira (AF-014) on 4-18 March. They
will operate CW mainly on the WARC bands, typically in their late
afternoon and evening hours. QSL via home calls. E-mail requests
for bureau cards will be welcome at dl3kwr@darc.de and dl3kwf@darc.de. [TNX DL3KWF]
EA6 - Christian, DL6KAC will be active again
(on 10-40 metres mainly SSB with some digital mode) as EA6/DL6KAC
from Mallorca (DIE E-021), Balearic Islands (EU-004) from 25
February to 26 March. QSL via home call either direct or through
the DARC bureau. [TNX DL6KAC]
EA8 - Piero, W1NA (I8CZW) reports he will
participate in this weekend's CQ 160-Meter SSB Contest as EA8AK
from the Canary Islands.
FO0_cl - The DXpedition to Clipperton Island
[425DXN 667] has been rescheduled for April. Trasportation on
another boat has been arranged, but 5-7 more operators are needed
to join the original team to pay for the trip. The boat should be
leaving on or about 10 April. The license and landing permission
are in hand. There will be five full time stations and the team
will place special emphasis on working Europe and the low bands.
If you would like to join the team please contact Dave, K4SV (K4SV2@Charter.net) for more
information. [TNX K4SV]
GJ - Ken, G3OCA and Peter, G6KUI will operate
as GH8KGC from Les Minquiers Islands (EU-099) on 25-29 June. QSL
via G3OCA, direct or bureau. [TNX G3OCA]
HC8 - Alfredo Caviedes, HC1HC will be active
(on 160-10 metres mostly SSB with some CW) as HD8A from Santa
Cruz Island, Galapagos (SA-004) on 2-9 March, ARRL DX SSB Contest
included. He may also sign HC1HC/HC8 before and after the
contest. QSLs via NE8Z (Rick Dorsch, P.O. Box 616, Hamburg, MI
48139, USA). [TNX NE8Z]
HI - Bert, PA3GIO will be active as
PA3GIO/HI9 from the Dominica Republic (Hispaniola, NA-096) on
11-18 March. He plans to operate on 80, 40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10
metres SSB. The web site for the operation is at http://www.pa3gio.nl/HI9/.
[TNX PA3GIO]
I - ARI Pompei club station will be active as
IQ8BI/P on 28-29 February. ARI Pompei (http://www.aripompei.it)
sponsors the newly born Italian Towns Award (I.T.A.); information
can be obtained from the Award Manager Tina Spano', IZ8DPN (tinaspano@iz8dpn.it)
. I - Gaetano/I8IHG, Nello/IK8HVJ,
Salvatore/IK8NTN, Achille/IZ8CKS, Luigi/IZ8ENR and Andrea/IK8GDA
will operate (on 10-80 metres plus 6 metres SSB) as IC8/homecall
from Vivara Island (EU-031, IIA NA-005) on 13 March. QSLs via
home calls, direct or bureau.
KH6 - Len, K1NU will be signing K1NU/KH6 from
the SeaQMaui resort (www.seaqmaui.com), Hawaii on 4-9 March. Plans
include a low-power entry in the ARRL DX Phone contest, some WARC
band operation (mostly CW) before and after, and possibly some
60m operation if he can get an antenna up. QSL via home call,
direct or bureau. Logs will be uploaded to LOTW. [TNX K1NU]
LX - LX1AQ, LX1ER, LX1RQ and DK2OY will
participate in this weekend's CQ 160-Meter SSB Contest as LX5A
(Multi-Single). QSL via LX1RQ. [TNX NG3K]
OE - Special call OE1W/IARU will be aired on
all bands on 28-29 February for the interim meeting of the IARU
VH/UHF/MW Committee in Vienna. QSL via bureau. [TNX OE1TKW]
ON - Look for ON6UM/L, ON4LO/L and ON4BAG/L
to operate from three Belgian lighthouses (BEL 001, BEL 005 and
BEL 006) on 6 March. QSL via home calls. [TNX ON6UM]
R1F - Moscow Contest Club members RD3AF,
RN3AZ, RU3AV, RZ3DU, UA3DX and UA3AKO will operate as R1FJ from
Franz Josef Land (EU-019) on 17-25 March. They will operate on
all bands CW, SSB and RTTY, and will participate in the Russian
DX Contest (20-21 March). QSL via DL6ZFG (Rolf Rahne, P.O. Box
15. 39241 Gommern, Germany) or, For Russia and CIS countries, via
UA3AKO (Victor Slabodchikov, P.O Box 867, Moscow, 119334,
Russia). Financial support will be appreciated via either DL6ZFG
(dl6zfg@dl6zfg.de) or
UA3AKO (ua3ako@mail.ru). [TNX
UA3AKO]
SV - Look for SV1ELF to participate in this
weekend's CQ 160-Meter SSB Contest as SX3Z. QSl via home call,
direct or bureau. [TNX SV1ELF]
V3 - Robin, K4VU and Lori, K0LAA will be
active as V31RG from Belize on 7-24 April. They will operate on
160-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via K4VU. [TNX K4VU]
V4 - Look for W2OX to participate in this
weekend's CQ 160-Meter SSB Contest as V47KP from St. Kitts. QSL
via K2SB. [TNX NG3K]
V5 - Felix, DL5XL (aka DP1POL) and Christine,
DH3FBS will be active as V51/homecalls from Namibia while
visiting that country until mid April. QSL via home calls. [TNX
DX News Letter]
VK - Wally, VK6YS - of Browse Island (OC-234)
and Breaksea Island (OC-243) fame - has announced that an
operation from an IOTA new one in Western Australia (VK6) is
schedule to begin on 22 April through 2 May. The trip will also
include the reactivation of a pretty rare and most wanted group.
The plan is to take a team of five members, but two have had to
pull out due to other committments. If you think you could
participate in a "pretty rugged and rough outing to a rather
difficult to get to and isolated place", please contact
Wally at vk6ys@iinet.net.au
[TNX www.islandchaser.com]
VK9_xms - Charlie, W0YG (VK9XG) will return
to Christmas Island from 22 November to 9 December, CQ WW DX CW
Contest included. He plans to operate on as many bands as he can,
with an emphasis on the lower bands and RTTY. QSL via W0YG
(direct only). [TNX W0YG]
VP5 - WE3C, N3FTI and KQ3V will participate
in the ARRL DX SSB Contest (6-7 March) as VQ5A (Multi-Multi). QSL
via KQ3V. This will be the first Victor Quebec Five prefix from
the Turks & Caicos Islands. [TNX NG3K]
VP9 - David, M0CNP (http://www.qsl.net/m0cnp)
will operate (on 10-80 metres SSB, CW and maybe RTTY and PSK31 as
well) as M0CNP/VP9 from Bermuda (NA-005) on 10-22 March. QSL via
home call. [TNX M0CNP]
XF4 - The XF4IH team expects to start
operations from Socorro, Revilla Gigedo (NA-030) [425DXN 665]
around 18 UTC on 3 March. They will be active on all bands and
modes through the 20th. The web page for the expedition is at http://xf4ih.xedx.net/.
QSl via XE1IH (Enrique Garcia Munive, P.O. Box 118-481, 07051
Mexico - D.F., Mexico).
YI - Ramon Gomez de Salazar, YN1GSR (3C1GS)
is active as YI9GS from Iraq for the next five months. QSL direct
to EA5BYP. [TNX EA5YN]
YU - Michele, IN3IZT is active in his spare
time on 10-40 metres as YU8/IN3IZT from Kosovo until mid May.
[TNX IN3IZT]
ZK3 - Silvano, I2YSB reports from Tokelau
that the current ZK3SB operation [425dxn 667] will close down on
29 February, not on the 25th as previously planned and announced.
QSL via I2YSB (direct only) or M5AAV (bureau only).
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
CORRECTIONS ---> The correct QSL
route for Nodir, EY8MM is via K1BV (not K1TT as mentioned
in 425DXN #668). UA1RJ is the QSL manager for UE1SAP/3
(not UE3SAP/3 as reported in 425DXN #668). We apologize
for any inconvenience this may have caused our readers.
ECUADOR AWARDS ---> The DX-TA-SEA DX
Club (WW8DX) issues two awards (available to either
licenced amateurs and SWLs) for working/listening to HC
stations. The "HC8/HD8 DX Diploma" is for
contacts made with a minimum of 3 different HC8 or HD8
stations in the Galapagos Islands; the "Equatorial
Line Diploma" is for contacts made with the
different Ecuadorean HC & HD prefix areas. For
further information please contact Rick Dorsch, NE8Z (ne8z@yahoo.com) or visit
http://www.octavia.com/QSL/awards.htm.
PIRATE ---> Peter, VY0PW (formerly
known as VE8PW) reports he is receiving a fair number of
cards for contacts made with TA4/VE8PW on 40 and 80
metres CW. Please note that Peter's VE8PW call expired in
April 1999 and has not been reassigned so far; TA4/VE8PW
is a pirate.
QSL CX4TO ---> Antonello, IK2DUW
reports that all of the direct cards for CX4TO received
so far have been processed and mailed.
QSL FM5WE ---> Tony, WF1N can confirm
contacts made from October 1985 through 31 December 2001
only (cards for contacts from 1 January 2002 on should go
to K3PD). Recently Tony returned many bureau cards for
December 2001 contacts as "Not In Log" because
the log he had ended on 23 December at 22.02 UTC. He has
just received two additional log sheets for the rest of
December 2001; please resubmit your QSL if your contact
with FM5WE was from December 23 to December 31, 2001.
[TNX WF1N]
QSL PJ6/PA0VDV ---> Joeke expects the
cards to be ready in a couple of weeks. He logged about
4400 CW only QSOs during his 4-week stay on Saba. QSL via
PA0VDV, direct (Joeke van der Velde, Delleburen 1, 8421
RP Oldeberkoop, The Netherlands) or bureau. [TNX PA0VDV]
QSL YI1FLY ---> Koos, KK3S is no
longer the QSL manager for YI1FLY, who has decided to do
his own QSLling. [TNX K1XN and The Golist]
STRAIGHT KEY PARTY ---> The Puerto
Rico Amateur Radio League sponsors the Puerto Rico
Straight Key Party, to be held from 18 UTC on 11 April
through 2 UTC on the 12th (8 hours). For further
information on this event, as well as on the relevant
awards, please visit http://www.prarl.org or e-mail prarl@prarl.org. [TNX
WP4F]
TOP QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Kim
Larson - Steve's (N3SL) daughter and one of the five Top
QSL Managers for the year 2003 [425DXN 667] - is
currently looking to do more work. If anyone is
interested, please e-mail n3sl@arrl.net
for more information.
NEWS FROM THE WEB - Edited by I1JQJ &
IK1ADH
ITALIAN AWARDS: An up-to-date collection
of amateur radio awards issued in Italy, including the
relevant rules, is maintained by Alessandro Scandelli,
IW1FGZ (suggestions are welocome at iw1fgz@email.it) at http://www.425dxn.org/awards.
M.I.A.: The Mediterranean Islands Award
(MIA), sponsored by the Mediterraneo DX Club, is
available to either licensed amateur radio operators and
SWLs for working stations from islands located in the
Mediterranean Sea. For full information please visit http://www.mdxc.org/mia
or e-mail mdxc@mdxc.org.
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