[CCF] Vl: [425ENG] 425 DX News #614
Ari Korhonen
ari.korhonen at kolumbus.fi
Sat Feb 8 05:24:45 EST 2003
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> 08 February 2003 No 614
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> **** DX INFORMATION ****
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> Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
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>6Y - John, K3TEJ will be active (on 10-160 metres CW) as 6Y5/K3TEJ from
> Jamaica (NA-097) on 11-18 February. He will participate in the ARRL
> DX CW Contest as 6Y0T. QSLs via K3TEJ. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
>9V - John Davies, 9V1VV is quite active (CW only) from Singapore. He
> prefers 80, 40 and 30 metres and his operating hours are 14 UTC to
> about 22 UTC. John would welcome more QSOs with Europe. QSL
> information is at qrz.com [TNX 9V1VV]
>CE - Atacama Desert DX Group operators CA2WUI, XQ1ZW, XQ1IDM, CE1URH,
> CE1VLY, CE1RQB and CE1FLS will be active as 3G1P from Pan de Azucar
> (SA-085) on 14-17 March. They will operate on 6-160 metres SSB, CW,
> PSK31, RTTY and maybe SSTV. QSL via XQ1IDM (Nicolas Herrera G., P.O.
> Box 345, Antofagasta, Chile). A web page is under construction at
> http://www.qsl.net/3g1p [TNX XQ1IDM]
>CE0_eas- Ralph, K0HML will be active (mainly on 20 metres SSB, with some 17,
> 15 and 10 metres) as CE0Y/K0HML from Easter Island (SA-0019 on 11-14
> February. QSL via home call. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin]
>CO - The following nine special event stations will be activated on all
> bands and modes by the Federacion de Radioaficionados de Cuba (FRC)
> to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Cuban national
> hero Jose Marti: CO0J (8-9 February), CO0O (8-9 March), CO0S (11-13
> April), CO0E (10-11 May), CO0M (14-15 June), CO0A (12-13 July), CO0R
> (9-10 August), CO0T (13-14 September), CO0I (11-12 October). All
> QSOs will be confirmed automtically via bureau. A special award will
> be issued to those who will work all of the nine stations. [TNX
> CO2QQ]
>D4 - UA3TT will participate in the CQ/RJ WW WPX RTTY Contest (8-9
> February) as D44AC (SOSB - 10 metres, LP) from the D44TT/D4B contest
> station. QSL via RW3TN. [TNX NG3K]
>FG - Marco, IK1ACX reports he will be active (on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 and
> 40 metres) as FG/IK1ACX from Guadeloupe on 12-23 February.
>FM - Ed, AJ6V will be active as FM5BH from Martinique (NA-107) on 11-18
> February, includin a SOAB entry in the ARRL DX CW Contest. Before
> and after the contest he will concentrate on SSB. QSL via W3HNK.
> [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
>HP - Jean-Michel, F6AJA from "Les Nouvelles DX reports that Joel, F5PAC
> is returning to Panama from 23 February until 24 March. He will
> operate from a few IOTA groups as follows:
> 25-27 February NA-170 11-12 March NA-071
> 03-05 March NA-202 15-16 March NA-203
> 08-09 March NA-088 19-20 March NA-072
> His web site is at http://www.qsl.net/f5pac
>KG4 - Don W4ZYT/KG4ZK, Chuck N8CH/KG4NW, Gordon KU4EC/KG4EC, and Chet
> N6ZO/KG4ZO will be active from Guantanamo on 11-19 February,
> including an entry in the ARRL DX CW Contest as KG4DZ (QSL via
> W4SD). [TNX QRZ-DX]
>KH2 - Yuki/JH1NBN, Kaoru/JA3MCA and Kai/JE3NJZ will be active on 160-6
> metres CW, SSB and digital modes from Guam (OC-026) on 13-17
> February. The calls will be K3ZB/KH2 (QSL via JH1NBN), W3MCA/KH2
> (QSL via JA3MCA) and N3JZ/KH2 (QSL via JE3NJZ). [TNX JA1ELY]
>OZ - OZ0J, OZ2KL and OZ1ETA will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as
> OZ0Q (Multi-Single HP). QSL via bureau or direct. Web page at
> http://www.oz7ham.dk [TNX OZ0J]
>PJ4 - K2NG, K2TW, NO2R will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest (15-16
> February) as PJ4G (Multi-Single) from Bonaire (SA-006). QSL via
> WA2NHA. They will be active on all bands also before and after the
> contest. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
>VP5 - Look for VP5/K3LP, VP5/WX3B, VP5/N3SB and VP5/N7DD to be active (on
> 160-10 metres CW, SSB and Satellite) from North Caicos (NA-002) on
> 12-19 February. They will participate in the ARRL CW DX Contest as
> VP5LP. QSL direct only via N4ZH. [TNX The Daily DX]
>XT - Fred, G4BWP is due to leave for Burkina Faso on 10 February to
> operate with his XT2WP call during the ARRL DX CW Contest (SOSB 15
> metres). Time permitting beforehand he will be QRV from 11 February
> on 30, 17 and 12 metres CW, as well as on 6 metres. He expects to
> QRT on 17 February. QSL via G4BWP. [TNX The Golist]
>ZS - Phil/G3SWH, David/G3UNA, Vidi/ZS1EL, Kosie/ZS1SR, Malcolm/ZS1MC,
> Andrew/ZS1AN and Hester/ZS1ESU will be active as ZS1RBN from
> Robben Island (AF-064) on 4-7 April. They plan to have two
> stations active 24 hours a day on 10-40 metres SSB and CW. QSL via
> G3SWH, either direct (Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove,
> Congresbury, Bristol BS49 5HQ, England) or through the RSGB bureau.
> [TNX G3SWH]
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> **** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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> Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
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>AH3D ---> The three operators were due to leave the island at 23 UTC on 4
>February. Their schedule was to shut down around 19 UTC, but they went off
>the air at about 12 UTC, packed up gear and antennas, and after six hours of
>sleep got back on the air using the equipment at the local amateur radio
>club. They were able to operate until almost 00 UTC, when they were told the
>airplane was ready to board. AH3D made a total of 28,808 QSOs (17744 SSB,
>10295 CW, 769 RTTY) in six days of operating. [TNX The Daily DX]
>
>CELTIC CONNECTIONS ---> The GMDX Group introduces "Celtic Connections" to
>encourage activity by all radio amateurs worldwide to contact areas with
>Celtic origins: Galicia and Asturias (Spain), Ireland, Brittany (France),
>Cornwall (England), Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Nova
>Scotia (Canada). This "activity weekend" is to be held on the third weekend
>in April each year (in 2003 it will start 00:00 UTC on 19 April and last
>until 24.00 UTC on the 20th). Reports on activity are welcome and
>certificates of participation will be awarded to anyone who submits a report.
>Further details from GM3YOR (Drew Givens, 5 Langhouse Place, Inverkip, PA16
>0EW, Scotland, UK) or from the GMDX Group web site (http://www.gmdx.org.uk).
>[TNX GM3YOR]
>
>DXCC HONOR ROLL ---> In order to appear in the next list, that will appear in
>August 2003 QST, you must be current on the DXCC Honor Roll as of 31 March
>2003. Applications must be received, or postmarked, 31 March. With the
>addition of Ducie Island in 2002, the minimum number of entities required is
>326, and these include only current entities. Deleted entities do not count
>towards Honor Roll. For Number One Honor Roll, the total is 335 current
>entities.
>
>NEW AWARD ---> The GMDX Group announces the new "Celtic Knot Award" for
>working stations in lands generally agreed to be those of the Celtic peoples,
>namely Scotland (GM), Northern Ireland (GI), Ireland (EI), Isle of Man (GD),
>Wales (GW), Cornwall (G), Brittany (F), Galicia and Asturias (EA1) and to
>celebrate its Scottish heritage, Nova Scotia (VE1). The GMDX Group sponsors
>also the "Worked All Scottish Prefix Award", which is available to licenced
>amateurs and SWLs for confirmed/heard contacts with radio amateur stations
>located in Scotland. Requirements and further information are available from
>the GMDX Group web site (http://www.gmdx.org.uk). [TNX GM3YOR]
>
>NOT THE MANAGER ---> Gary, NM7G has not been manager for James, Z21CA for a
>decade. "I have received no logs since 1992", he says. "James is now 9J2CA
>and has no manager to my knowledge".
>
>PIRATE ---> OD5CM, who has been active for several months on 160 and 80
>metres CW, appears to be a pirate. RAL President OD5CN states that this call
>"belongs to John Turner, an American who left Lebanon 35 years ago". [TNX
>OE-1002419]
>
>QSL 6W#/F8IXZ ---> Jean-Marc, F8IXZ reports that all of the 6W1/F8IXZ and
>6W4/F8IXZ direct cards were sent out between 31 January and 3 February. The
>remaining QSOs have been confirmed automatically through the bureau.
>Jean-Marc logged 1350 QSOs during his trip to Senegal in December 2003.
>
>QSL FW8FP ---> The QSL cards are expected to arrive from the printer this
>coming week and Bill, VK4FW will start processing the requests immediately.
>All mail received has been put in date order and will be answered the same.
>Please do not send second cards. [TNX VK4FW]
>
>QSL HK6PSG ---> Due to the cost of the mail in Colombia, all QSL cards
>(direct and bureau) for Luis, HK6PSG should be sent to his QSL manager,
>EA5OL. [TNX HK6PSG]
>
>QSL K1B (SSB) ---> "I completely understand the problems that many of you are
>having getting the SSB K1B QSL cards", Roman Thomas, RZ3AA says.
>"Unfortunately the mail situation in my country certainly has room for
>improvement. In hindsight it was probably not a good choice to use a Russian
>QSL address". Roman and Dave, K4SV (ex KW4DA, a K1B team member) have now
>arranged for a QSL manager in North America to handle K1B SSB QSL cards. Send
>your QSL card, plus SAE and return postage (SASE for US stations) (1 USD
>preferred, 1 large IRC accepted) to K4YL (ex W4SMG): Stephen M. Grose, P.O.
>Box 183, Flat Rock, North Carolina 28731-0183, USA (e-mail
>K4YL at Highstream.net). All cards will be processed in the order they are
>received and depending on the demand, some delay might result if additional
>cards have to be printed. Please note that this QSL route is for DIRECT SSB
>CARDS ONLY: bureau cards still go to RZ3AA, while CW and Digital requests are
>still to be sent to YT1AD. [TNX K4SV]
>
>QSL KL7J & VY1JA ---> As of 1 February 2003, Kim Larson, daughter of N3SL, is
>the QSL manager for "J", VY1JA and Les, KL7J. She is handling all of the
>VY1JA cards EXCEPT for Japan, which remain with Akio, JA3JM. QSL direct or
>bureau. QSLs for KL7J are via direct ONLY. The address is Kim Larson, 22 N
>Hidden Acres Dr, Sioux City, IA 51108, USA. The logs of both of these active
>stations, al well as QSL instructions, can be found at
>http://www.qsl.net/n3sl/manager.htm [TNX N3SL]
>
>QSL ZL7C ---> "Please be patient regarding the issue of ZL7C QSL cards", Ken
>Holdom, ZL4HU says. The cards have been received and Ken is working on them.
>Do not send 2nd QSL requests, as they cause further delays in processing.
>
>QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Peppe Gerace, IZ8EBI is willing to act as a QSL
>manager for one or more stations. His web site is at
>http://space.virgilio.it/iz8ebi@tin.it/ and he can be contacted at
>iz8ebi at email.it
>
>S.I.A. ---> The Sicilian Islands Award (SIA) is sponsored by ARI Siracusa
>(http://siracusanet.it/arisiracusa) and is available to either licenced
>amateurs and SWLs. Further information is available from the Award Manager
>Salvo Costantino, IT9HLR (e-mail it9hlr at simail.it)
>_____________________________________________________________________________
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>XY2A: Pictures from XY2A are available at http://qth.com/dxshack [TNX
> JI6KVR]
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> Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
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>CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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>5R8FU SM5DJZ HH6/DL7CM DL7CM SX1R SV1XV
>5T5HC JA0HC HH6/DM2AYO DM2AYO T31MY OM2SA
>6J2AC EA5OL HK6DOS EA5KB T88RH JA5ROH
>7Q7LA G0IAS HR5/F2JD F6AJA T88TM JA5AUC
>7Q7QB G0IAS HS0/OZ1HET OZ1ACB TU5JD IK2IQD
>9K2AI N9NU II1D IZ1CCE UE6YAA UA6YW
>9N7YJ LA5YJ J3/DJ7RJ DJ7RJ UO60SB RW6HS
>A41KJ N5FTR J37LR VE3EBN UP57EX RW6HS
>A45WD YO9HP J75PL AA1M UP58EX RW6HS
>A51B W0GJ J79RJ DJ7RJ UQ1EDX RW6HS
>AH3D OH2BH JW0HU SP3WVL V2/K4UP K4UP
>AM9CE EA9CE KG4IZ WA5PAE V31KQ pirate
>C6AGN W1DIG KG4MO K4ZLE V31YN DJ4KW
>C6APX KC4PX KH6XT N9NU V51XG DL8AL
>CN8NK EA5XX MM0XAU DJ6AU VP6EM W2SN
>CO2CI WD4OIN N4BQW/KH9 KB6NAN VP8CSA DL1SDN
>CO8CY EA5KB OD5/OK1MU OK1TN XE2AC EA5OL
>CO8EJ EA5KB OY3QN OZ1ACB XF1K N6AWD
>CO8LY EA7ADH P40RH W6FRH XT2ATI EA4YK
>CP6XE IK6SNR PJ5/K3RGD WA2NHA XY5D JH6QIL
>CT3FN HB9CRV PR0F W5SJ XY6J JH6QIL
>CU2AA KZ5RO RO4M RN4LP YA/F6EAY F6ITD
>D88S DS4CBN RP4AMK UA4ACP YB0GJS N9NU
>ER60SB ER1DA S21YV KX7YT YE0X YB0AJR
>EY8MM K1BV SN8M SP8MI ZS03CWC ZS1AU
>FM5GU KU9C ST2X PA5NT ZX3S PY3CQ
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> ******* ADDRESSES *******
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> Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
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>4S7NE Nelson Ranasinghe, 18 Katana Housing Scheme, Demanhandiya 11270,
> Sri Lanka
>DL2GAC Bernhard Stefan, Moeggenweiler Str. 18, 88677 Markdorf, Germany
>DS4CNB Lee Dae Ryung, P.O Box 30, Tongyung 650-600, South Korea
>EA4YK Ricardo J. Hartasanchez, P.O.Box 41079, 28080 Madrid, Spain
>ER1DA Valery Metaxa, P.O. Box 3000, Chisinau, MD-2071, Moldova
>G0IAS Allan Hickman, The Conifers, High Street, Elkesley, Retford, DN22
> 8AJ Notts, UK
>G3UOF M.R. Wadsworth, 67 Station Road, Bardney, Lincoln LN3 5UD, England
>IT9NVA Vincenzo Altamura, P.O. Box 216, 96100 Siracusa - SR, Italy
>IZ1CCE Carlo Sobrito, Via I Maggio 9, 10051 Avigliana - TO, Italy
>JS6PXB Mat Hosokawa, 2-39-3-306 Aragusuku, Ginowan City, Okinawa 901-2201,
> Japan
>KB6NAN Dianna R. Killeen, P.O. Box 911, Pescadero, CA 94060-0911, USA
>LA5YJ Hugo Bjorn Ark, Rute 504, Reinsvoll, N-2840 Norway
>N6AWD Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr, Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA
>N9NU Tim Dickerson, 900 Vincent Drive, Sandwich, IL 60548, USA
>OM2SA George Sipos, 93013 Trhova Hradska 550, Slovakia
>PA5NT Gerben A. Menting, Waezenburglaan 104, 9351 HG Leek, The
> Netherlands
>RN4LP Vladislav Lakeev, P.O. Box 208, Dimitrovgrad 433512, Russia
>RU3SD Vasily Bardin, P.O. Box 1, Ryazan 390000, Russia
>RZ3EC Eugene Shelkanovtcev, P.O. Box 70, Orel 302028, Russia
>SM5DJZ Jan Hallenberg, Vassunda Andersberg, SE-741 91 Knivsta, Sweden
>SP8MI Wojciech W. Gello, P.O. Box 27, PL 38-700 Ustrzyki Dolne, Poland
>SV2ASP/A Monk Apollo, Docheiariou Monastery, 63087 Dafni, Mount Athos,
> Greece
>UR3UN Sergei Petlevanny, P.O. Box 3, Fastov-5, 08505, Ukraine
>VK4FW Bill Horner, P.O. Box 1343, Maroochydore, 4558, Australia
>W5SJ Bill Priakos, 424 Garrison, Fort Smith, Arkansas 72901, USA
>YO9HP Alex Panoiu, Pleasa, Prahova, RO-2038, Romania
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