6 March 2004
No 670
4 2 5 D X N E W S DX INFORMATION
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
3DA - Charles/K5LBU (3DA0CF), Chuck/W4GMY
(3DA0CG), Don/W0DM (3DA0DM), Paul/N0AH (3DA0AX) and Andre/ZS6WPX
(3DAWPX) will be active from Swaziland on 12-22 March. They plan
to have up to four stations up and running on most bands, with an
emphasis on the low bands. On 17-19 March they will take a break
for a photo safari in Kruger Park, where they might operate
portable ZS6. QSl via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
5V - The pilot stations for the current 5V7C
operation from Togo [425DXN 669] are:
Bruno/F5AGB (Europe and French speaking countries: 5v7c@free.fr)
7Q - Steve, G4EDG has joined the existing
team (G4AXX, GU4CHY, M5RIC and G4JVG) for the 18 April-1 May
DXpedition to Malawi [425DXN 663]. Following numerous requests,
they have decided to add 160 metres (CW only) to the bands on
which they will operate. The 7Q licenses have been issued and are
awaiting to be collected in Malawi. The callsign will be
announced on the expedition web site (http://www.malawi.digital-crocus.com)
shortly before the operation commences. Donations continue to be
requested (please contact Steve, G4JVG at g4jvg@ntlworld.com), as
those promised so far will cover about 50% of the cost of
printing QSL cards only.
9M & V8 - Derek/G3KHZ and Maury/IZ1CRR
will be joining Ian, 9M2/G3TMA for the IOTA trip [425DXN 657] to
Pulau Muara Besar, (OC-184, Brunei) and Pulau Satang Besar,
(OC-165, East Malaysia). Operation from Muara Besar is expected
to commence on 21 April with Satang Besar following a few days
later. They plan to use two transceiver with beam, vertical and
dipole for CW and SSB modes to satisfy as many IOTA chasers as
possible. The callsigns will be announced later; QSL via G3KHZ,
direct or bureau. Surveys of both islands have already been
carried out. Muara Besar is uninhabited and they have identified
a site with good takeoff to Europe, Japan and North America.
Satang Besar has a resident population of two wardens whose job
it is to protect the turtles. Unfortunately this island consists
of a couple of hills which plunge steeply into the sea. One
corner of the beach has a reasonable takeoff for Europe, but
things are going to be tough for Japan and North America. The web
site for the operations is at http://www.425dxn.org/dxped/borneo/.
[TNX IZ1CRR]
9M2 - Keith, GM4YXI will be active again as
9M2/GM4YXI from Kuala Lumpur, West Malaysia on 7-30 March. He
also plans one or two IOTA trips on 13-14 and 20-21 March: target
destinations are AS-073, AS-046 and/or AS-097, but it will depend
on finding accommodation. When in Kuala Lumpur he will operate
mostly on 20 and 18 metres, when on the islands he will be QRV on
20-12 metres CW and SSB. QSL via N3SL. [TNX GM4YXI]
CE - Fred/HB9AAQ, Gusti/HB9AZA and
Andy/HB9JOE will be active as CE8/home call on 12-16 March. Plans
are to be QRV on 10-80 metres CW, SSB and PSK31 and they hope to
operate from one of the IOTA groups in that call area. QSL via
home calls. [TNX HB9AAQ]
F - Look for Michel F5OA/p and Christophe
F5UBH/p to be active from Cap Levi (Fermanville) lighthouse (DPLF
PB-086, ARLHS FRA-719) on 6-7 March. QSL via operators'
instructions. [TNX VA3RJ]
GJ - Pete/K8PT and Craig/K3PLV will operate
on all HF bands SSB, CW and RTTY as MJ/K8PT and MJ/K3PLV from
Jersey (EU-013) on 10-17 March. QSL via home calls. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
GM - Jim, MM0BQI plans to operate as MM0BQI/P
from Lunga, the largest island in the Treshnish group (EU-108)
from 30 April to 3 May. Jim expects to be active on 80-6 metres
SSB, CW and RTTY with verticals and wire dipoles. QSL via home
call, direct (Jim Martin, 3 Lismore Avenue, Edinburgh, EH8 7DW,
Scotland) or through the bureau. All surplus money from direct
QSLs will be donated to the Hebridean Trust, who own and work to
preserve the islands and whose permission to land and operate is
gratefully acknowledged. Updates will be posted at http://www.qsl.net/mm0bqi/eu108.htm.
[TNX MM0BQI]
HK(0) - Gerd, DL7VOG will operate as HK0GU/1
from Isla Palma (SA-078), Colombia on 14-18 March and as HK0GU
from Providencia (NA-049) from 19 March to 5 April. Updates will
be posted on http://www.qsl.net/hk0gu
on a daily basis. QSl via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX The
Daily DX]
SM - Special calls SC0AG, SC1AG (Gotland
Island, EU-020), SC2AG, SC3AG, SC4AG, SC5AG, SC6AG and SC7AG will
be aired throughout the year to celebrate the 30th anniversary of
the Scandinavian CW Activity Group (SCAG). QSL via operators'
instructions. A special award will be issued, information will be
available at http://www.scag.se.
[TNX SM1TDE]
V2 - Zig, KM9M will operate as V26CW from
Antigua (NA-100) until 9 March, and again on 20-28 March. QSL via
home call. [TNX KM9M]
VE - Special event call VB5C will be aired
thorugh 30 March. to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the
Canadian Curling Brier. QSL via VA5DX (Doug Renwick, P.O. Box 50,
Clavet, Saskatchewan S0K 0Y0, Canada) [TNX VE5RA]
VK - Six members of the VK6 DX Chasers Club
(namely VK6NE, VK6NU, VK6APK, VK6YEL, VK6KTN and VK6ZPP) will be
active from Woody Island (OC-170) from around 6 UTC on 21 March
to around 16 UTC on the 27th. They plan to operate on 10-40
metres with up to three stations. Callsign TBA, QSL via VK6NE.
[TNX VK6APK]
VK - Wally/VK6YS [425DXN 669], Dan/VK8AN and
Bruce/KD6WW will be active from Viney Island in the Bonaparte
Archipelago, Western Australia State (North Coast) Centre group
(OC-???) on 22-27 April. Then they will go and operate from Long
Island (OC-071) for about four days. They are still looking for
two more operators to join the team; if interested please contact
Wally at vk6ys@iinet.net.au.
[TNX The Daily DX]
XV - JP3AZA (XV3AZA) and JA9BV (XV3BV) will
be active (on 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres SSB and CW) from Vietnam
on 6-14 March. QSL via the bureau or direct to JA3DYU. [TNX
VA3RJ]
YV - Mike, K3UOC (ex-7Z5OO) is back living
and working abroad again, this time in Ojeda, on the Eastern
shore of Lake Maracaibo. He operates mostly CW as YV1/K3UOC in
the local afternoons as time allows and occasionally on weekends.
QSL via W1AF. [TNX K3UOC]
ZA - IK0OKY is going to operate (SSB and CW
on the HF bands, and soon on 6m, 2m and 70cm) as ZA/IK0OKY from
Tirana, Albania. QSL direct to IW0BET. [TNX IW0BET]
GOOD TO KNOW - Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
DXCC NEWS ---> CE0Y/SP9PT and
CE0Y/SP9EVP (Easter Island, October-November 2003) have
been approved for DXCC credit.
PACIFIC TOUR ---> Rolf, DK2ZF [425DXN
668] is currently active as 3D2ZF from Fiji. His next
stops will be Nauru as C21ZF (9-15 March), Western
Kiribati as T30ZF (15-30 March), Majuro (Marshall
Islands) until 8 April, Pohnpei (Micronesia) as V63ZF
until 17 April and finally Guam as KH2/DK2ZF for three
days before returning home on 21 April. QSL direct to
home call. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
PIRATE ---> Jack, F6BUM reports that
his call has been repeatedly pirated on 80 and 160 metres
(a band he hasn't even the antenna for).
QSL 5Z4HW ---> The correct QSL route
is via Sigi, DL7DF (not DL3DF as reported in 425DXN 668].
Many thanks to PA1MR for detecting the tyopo.
QSL IR0PS ---> Please note that this
special call has been reissued recently to the Italian
Antarctic station "Baia Terra Nova" [425DXN
556] and the QSL route for QSOs made this year is via
IK0AIH (Filippo Corbelli, Via degli Aceri 8, 00062
Bracciano-RM, Italy). The QSL manager for contacts made
with IR0PS (not from Antarctica) in previous years is
IW0BET. [TNX IK0BAL and IW0BET]
QSL YI9MD ---> Effective 1 March
W6OAT will be handling the QSLs for Jerry, YI9MD (K6MD).
Cards can be sent either direct (Rusty Epps, 651 Handley
Trail, Redwood City, CA 94062, USA) or through the
bureau. [TNX K1XN and The Golist]
QSL ZF2DS ---> Jarda, OK2PBM reports
he is the QSL manager for the February 2004 activity.
Cards have been printed and requests can be send to him
either direct or through the bureau.
GITMO: The web site for the Guantanamo
Bay Amateur Radio Club can be found at http://members.visi.net/~verb.
[TNX N8CH]
LOGS: On-line logs for Kas, YI9ZF
(including around 15,000 QSOs made since 15 January
through 27 February) can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/logs/.
[TNX SM1TDE]
XF4IH: The web site for the DXpedition
to Socorro (Revillagigedo) is at http://xf4ih.xedx.net.
ARRL DX Phone Contest (6-7 March) - The
following stations have announced their participation in this
year's event:
SP8AJC as 3Z8Z (SOAB) from Poland. QSL via home call.
Kevin/WN9O, Mike/WO9Z and Don/W9IU as 6Y8Z from Jamaica.
QSL via W9IU.
Tom, W2SC as 8P1A (SOAB HP) from Barbados. QSL via NN1N.
Chad, WE9V as 9Y4ZC (SOAB HP) from Tobago Island. QSL
(for this operation only) via WE9V.
CT3DZ (SOSB 80m), CT3KY (SOSB 10m) and CT3IA (SOSB 15m)
from Madeira.
Piero, W1NA (I8CZW) as EA8AK (80 metres) from the Canary
Islands.
The Gran Canaria DX Group as EA8ZS (Multi-Single). QSL
via bureau.
Gilbert, FM5FJ as SOSB (15m) from Martinique. QSL via
KU9C.
FY5FY, F1HAR, F5HRY, F5MZN and F6FVY as FY5KE (Multi-Two)
from French Guiana. QSL direct or bureau.
Harry, AC8G as J37K from Grenada. QSL via home call.
Glenn/W0GJ and Paul/W0PJ as KP2A (Multi/Single) from the
Virgin Islands. QSL via W3HNK.
Philippe, LX2AJ as LX7I (SOSB 80m) from Luxembourg. QSL
via home call.
NW0L, AE9B, W0CG, K8ND and WB9Z as PJ2T (Multi-Two) as
PJ2T from Curacao, Netherland Antilles. QSL via N9AG.
The UA2 Contest Club as RW2F (Multi-Multi) from
Kaliningrad. QSL via DK4VW.
TI2KAC, K4UN, W4BD, K4WPM, N5VI and NA4BW as TI8M
(Multi-two) from Costa Rica. QSL via TI2KAC, direct or
bureau.
Albert, F5VHJ/NH7A as TO5A (SOAB) from Martinique. QSL
via F5VHJ.
W2OX and K3NM as V47KP from St. Kitts. QSL via K2SB.
VP2V/K1NSS from the British Virgin Islands. QSL via home
call.
K4ISV and K4CN as VP5B (Multi-?) from North Caicos. QSL
via N2AU.
WE3C, N3FTI and KQ3V as VQ5A (Multi-Multi) from the Turks
& Caicos Islands. QSL via KQ3V.
Tony, N2TK as WP2Z from the Virgin Islands. QSL via KU9C.
Tom, ZP5AZL as ZP6Y (probably an all band entry). QSL via
W3HNK.
Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operations
listing maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com.
PERIOD CALL REF
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01/01-31/12 IOTA 2004 652
till 06/03 5H1BP: Zanzibar (AF-032) * by HB9BXE 668
till 06/03 EA6/DL6KAC: Balearic Islands (EU-004) * by DL6KAC 669
till 06/03 FM/F5MNW: Martinique (NA-107) 663
till 06/03 HR3/W0GLG: Cayos Cochinos (NA-160) * by W0GLG 667
till 06/03 RX3AJL/1: White Sea Is. (EU-147 & EU-162) 668
till 07/03 8Q7YY: Maldives (AS-013) * by IV3YYK 667
till 07/03 9M2/G3TMA: Pulau Ketam (AS-074) 666
till 07/03 F5OA/p & F5UBH/p: Cap Levi lighthouse 670
till 08/03 5W: Samoa (OC-097) * by I2YSB, I2MOV, IK1AOD, IK2DIA 667
till 08/03 C6AWB & C6ANM: Eleuthera & New Providence (NA-001) 668
till 08/03 T32I and T32BI: East Kiribati * by KH6GMP and KH6DFW 657
till 09/03 3D2ZF: Fiji * by DK2ZF 670
till 09/03 K1NU/KH6: Hawaii * by K1NU 669
till 09/03 HD8A: Galapagos (SA-004) * by HC1HC 669
till 09/03 HR9/N0HJZ: Roatan Island (NA-057) * by N0HJZ 667
till 09/03 V26CW: Antigua (NA-100) * by KM9M 670
till 10/03 9Y4/WE9V & 9Y4ZC: Tobago Island (SA-009) 665
till 10/03 HR5/OH3JF: Honduras * by OH3JF 667
till 10/03 N2TK/NP2: Virgin Islands (NA-106) * by N2TK 667
till 11/03 8P9NX: Barbados (NA-021) * by W0SA 666
till 13/03 5V7C: Togo * by F5CW,F4AJQ,F5TVG,F5JSD,F8BUI,F5VHQ 669
till 14/03 6Y5/homecall: Jamaica * by WN9O, WO9Z. W9IU 668
till 15/03 V51/DJ4SO: Namibia * by DJ4SO 668
till 15/03 VK9NB: Norfolk Isl. (OC-005) * by DL7AFS & DJ7ZG 665
till 17/03 9U5M: Burundi * by PA5M 668
till 17/03 VP5/K4ISV and VP5/K4CN: North Caicos (NA-002) 667
till 18/03 CT3/homecall: Madeira (AF-014) * by DL3KWR & DL3KWF 669
till 20/03 8Q7BA: Maldives (AS-013) * by DL5SBA 669
till 20/03 XF4IH: Socorro (NA-030), Revillagigedo 669
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 30/03 P40A: Aruba (SA-036) * by KK9A 667
till 30/03 VB5C: 75th anniversary of the Canadian Curling Brier 670
till 31/03 CN: Marocco * by W7EJ 668
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 April V51/homecalls: Namibia * by DL5XL & DH3FBS 669
till mid May YU8/IN3IZT: Kosovo * by IN3IZT 669
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 July YI9GS: Iraq * by YN1GSR 669
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 ?? P40W: Aruba (SA-036) * by W2GD 667
till ?? PJ5NA: St. Eustatius (NA-145) * by K1NA 667
till ?? YI9ZF: Iraq * by YL1ZF 663
till ?? YV1/K3UOC: Venezuela * by K3UOC 670
till ?? VP8CMH/MM, South Georgia, South Orkneys * by GM0HCQ 658
01/03-12/03 XU7AJV & XU7TZG: Koh Poah (AS-133) * ON4AJT & ON6TZG 657
06/03-14/03 XV3AZA & XV3BV: Vietnam * by JP3AZA, JA9BV 670
07/03-14/03 TA/DL3NBL/P: Ucadalar Isl. (AS-115) 668
07/03-30/03 9M2/GM4YXI: W.Malaysia (AS-073; AS-046; AS-097) 670
07/03 DARC 10 m Digital Contest "Corona" - DIGI ***
08/03-15/03 V8JIM & V8NOM: Brunei (OC-088) 664
09/03-15/03 C21ZF: Nauru (OC-031) * by DK2ZF 670
09/03-27/03 CO/I0SNY: Cuba * by I0SNY 666
10/03-17/03 MJ/K8PT & MJ/K3PLV: Jersey (EU-013) 670
10/03-22/03 M0CNP/VP9: Bermuda Isl. (NA-005) * by M0CNP 669
11/03-15/03 BV9O: Orchid Island (AS-155) * by BV team 669
11/03-18/03 PA3GIO/HI9: Dominica Rep. (NA-096) * by PA3GIO 669
12/03-16/03 CE8/homecall: Chile * by HB9 Team 670
12/03-22/03 3DA0CF,3DA0CG,3DA0DM,3DA0AX,3DAWPX: Swaziland 670
13/03 IC8/hc: Vivara Island (EU-031 IIA-NA005) * by I8 team 669
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
14/03-18/03 HK0GU/1: Isla Palma (SA-078) * by DL7VOG 670
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
15/03-30/03 T30ZF: Western Kiribati * by DK2ZF 670
16/03-22/03 T70A: San Marino * by N2WB and W4WX 667
17/03-19/03 ZS6: South Africa (Kruger Park) 670
17/03-25/03 R1FJ: Franz Josef Land (EU-019) * by RA & UA Team 669
09/03-05/04 HK0GU: Providencia (NA-049) * by DL7VOG 670
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
21/03-27/03 VK: Woody Isl. (OC-170) * by VK6 DX Chasers Club Team 670
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
31/03-08/04 V7: Majuro, Marshall Isl. (OC-205) * by DK2ZF 670
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
04/04-16/04 T33C: Banaba (OC-018) 668
07/04-24/04 V31RG: Belize * by K4VU & K0LAA 669
09/04-11/04 TJ: Mondoleh Isl. (AF-???) * by F6BUM 668
09/04-17/04 V63ZF: Pohnpei Isl. (OC-010) * by DK2ZF 670
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
18/04-21/04 KH2/DK2ZF: Guam Island (OC-026) * by DK2ZF 670
22/04-02/05 VK6: OC-??? * by VK6YS 669
23/04-05/05 OX/DL2SWW and OX/DL2VFR: Maniitsoq Island (NA-220) 661
24/04-25/04 Helvetia Contest - CW/SSB ***
30/04-03/05 MM0BQI/P: Treshnish Isl. (EU-108) * by MM0BQI 670
April FO0: Clipperton Island (NA-011) 669
01/05-21/05 3B8/DL3LBP: Mauritius (AF-049) * by DL3LBP 669
08/05-15/05 9A/HC & 9A0CI: Plocica Is. (EU-016) 665
25/06-29/06 GH8KGC: Les Minquiers Islands (EU-099) * by G Team 669
22/11-09/12 VK9XG: Christmas Isl. (OC-002) * by W0YG 669
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