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5 August 2000 No 483 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH /---------------------------------------------------------------------------\ ! 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, I1-21171: 425 DX News WWW Pages ! ! (e-mail i121171@425dxn.org) ! \---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ 3A - John, IK1SLP and David, IK1YLL will be signing 3A/home call from Monaco between 25 and 30 August. They will operate on 10-40 metres (WARC bands included) CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via home calls. [TNX IK1YLL] 3V - The TS7N activity for the Kerkenah Islands (AF-073) [425DXN 463] is confirmed to take place between 15 and 30 November. A team of 12 German amateurs, plus JH4RHF, I2DLS and IT9ESZ will operate on all bands (6 metres included) and modes. They will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest (Multi-Single). QSL via DL6BCF (Britt Koester, Putzstr. 9, 45144 Essen, Germany). The web site for the operation is at http://qsy.to/ts7n [TNX DJ7IK] 4X & E4 - Hide, JM1LJS will operate as 4X/JM1LJS (QSL via JL2XUN) from Israel and E4/JM1LJS (QSL via JL2XUN) from Palestine between 6 and 13 August. Look for him on 40, 30, 15, 10 and 6 metres. [TNX JM1LJS] 5A - Vladimir, UY5ZZ reports that George, UY0MF will be signing UY0MF/5A from near Tripoli "during 2000". george operates on 17 and 15 metres only. QSL via UX5MZ. 5B - Dez, G0DEZ will be in Cyprus for the next three years until 2003. He hopes to obtain 5B4 and ZC4 licences very soon, but for now he is 5B4/G0DEZ. QSL via G0DEZ, whose correct address is: Dez Watson, 12 Chadswell Heights, Lichfield, Staffs WS13 6BH, England. [TNX 5B4/G0DEZ] 5R8 - Ken Pendarvis, AD6KA (http://www.qsl.net/ad6ka) will be active as 5R8GQ from Madagascar (AF-013) for one month starting on or around 26 August. He plans to operate SSB (mainly), CW, PSK31, and RTTY on 10-40 metres (maybe some 80 and 160 metres). He is also planning a side trip to Nosy Be (AF-057) for a few days. QSL direct ("with green stamp - No IRCs!") to AD6KA. [TNX AD6KA] 8Q - 8Q7SR is the call Sergio, I5NSR will be using during his 13-23 August operation from the Maldives [425DXN 482]. QSL via home call. [TNX I5NSR] 9A - Look for Oto, 9A4OP/p to be active (on or around 7045, 14245 and 50145 KHz) from several Croatian islands between 3 and 6 August. He plans to operate from Gustac (CI 027), Kasela (CI 036), Kornat (CI 042), Kurba Vela (CI 048), Lavsa (CI 053), Lunga (CI 060), Okljuc (CI 077), Piskera (CI 086), Ravni Zakan (CI 100), Smokvica Vela (CI 107), Skulj (CI 125) and Tetovisnjak (CI 128). They all count for IOTA EU-170. [TNX 9A6AA] BY - The Silkroad DXpedition station BT0S will be activated (by BA4DC, BA4EE, BA0AA, BG0AZ, BD0AB and others on 40, 20, 17, 15, and 10 metres SSB, CW and SSTV) between 13 and 25 August. The expedition will start from Urumqi and end in Kashi, two towns in the Xin-Jiang Uygur Autonomous Region in north-west China. QSL via BA4DC (Chian Ralph, 573 Fu-Xing-Zhong-Lu, ShangHai, 200025 People's Republic of China). [TNX BA4EG] CU - CU4AH, CU3AN and CU3DJ will be active (on 10-80 metres SSB) as CU4ARG from Praia Island (EU-175) on 5-6 August. QSL via CU3AN. [TNX CT1END] EI - Members of the Wicklow Wireless Society will operate EI9KLH from the Lighthouse on the Old Head of Kinsale on the south coast of Ireland during International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (19-20 August). QSL via bureau or direct to EI9HQ. [TNX EI4GK] F - Eric, F5SSM plans to be active from Les Embiez Islands on 12-19 August. Please note that according to the IOTA Directory 2000 these islands, previously part of EU-095, now count for EU-070. [TNX F6AJA] FM - Gerard, F2JD with leave for Martinique [425DXN 481] one month later than expected. He should be there for four months starting in early September. [F6AJA] G - Western DX Cluster Group members G3WNI/Bill, G0PSE/Tom and G0WMW/Doug will be active as GB0SM from the Isles of Scilly (EU-011) between 30 September and 7 October. They will operate on 10-160 metres and possibly 6 metres on CW, SSB and probably RTTY. QSL via G3WNI either direct or through the bureau (bureau cards can be requested at g0pse@qsl.net). [TNX G0PSE] GD - Richard, G3CWI will be active (on 20 metres CW) as GD3CWI/p from the Isle of Man (EU-116) between 11 and 14 August. QSL via home call. GM - Jim Martin/MM0BQI, David Dodds/GM4WLL and Colin Smith/GM0CLN are planning an IOTA HF/VHF expedition to Tanera Mor (IOSA SC-10, square IO78) in the Summer Isles (EU-092) on 1-3 September. They plan to be active during both the HF SSB Field Day and 144MHz Trophy contests. They expect to run two high power stations and to sign MM0BQI/p on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB, GM0CLN/p on all HF CW and SSB on the WARC bands, MM0BQI/p during the SSB Field Day Contest. QSL via home calls. They will use either GB4XS or GM4WLL/p on 50.200, 70.030 (Personal Beacon), 70.190 (Skeds/Tropo etc) and 144.385 (All Operation) MHz and GM4WLL/p during the 144MHz Trophy Contest. All VHF QSLs via GM4WLL. For further information please contact Jim, MM0BQI at mm0bqi@compuserve.com [TNX GM0CLN] HL - Kang, DS2AGH will operate (mainly on 15 metres SSB with a 6 element beam) as DS2AGH/4 from Wi Island (AS-148) between 10 and 13 August. QSL via home call. [TNX DS5RNM] HP - Wil/DJ7AA, Manfred/DK1BT and Tina/DL6MYL will operate as HO1A from Contadora Island (NA-072), Panama between 16 September and 1 October. They will concentrate on CW & RTTY and on the low & WARC bands and will participate in the CQ/RJ WW DX RTTY Contest (23-24 September). QSL via DL6MYL. The home page for the expedition is at http://www.qsl.net/ho1a/ [TNX DJ7AA] I - Lorenzo, IZ0BVU will operate (on HF and 6 metres) as IB0/IZ0BVU from Ventotene (EU-045) between 6 and 19 August. [TNX IZ0BVU] I - Bruno, I8SUD and other operators from ARI Reggio Calabria plan to operate from the lighthouse at Capo Spartivento (WAIL CL-009) on 13 August. The WAIL pages can be found at http://www.ari.it/wail.html [TNX IK1NLZ] I - Operators from ARI Genova (http://www.qsl.net/ari-genova) will participate in the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (19-20 August) as IQ1L from La Lanterna (WAIL LI-005). Look for them on HF bands (not WARC), 2 and 6 metres. QSL via bureau or direct to P.O. Box 347, 16125 Genova, GE, Italy.. [TNX IZ1BZS] I - Claudio, IK8IOP will be active as ID9/IK8IOP from Salina Island (EU-017, IIA ME-015) between 21 and 28 August. [TNX Crazy DX Group] I - Look for Tino, ID9/IT9NGN and Roberto, ID9/IK8PGM to be active from Salina (EU-017) between 10 UTC on 7 August and 6 UTC on the 8th. QSL via home calls. [TNX IT9NGN] IS0 - Gioacchino, IS0VBH and other operators from ARI Arbatax plan to be active from the lighthouse at Capo Bellavista (WAIL SA-006, IOTA EU-024) on 13 August. [TNX IS0VBH] JA - Take, JI3DST will operate (on 40, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 6 metres SSB) as JI3DST/4 from Nakano-Shima, Oki ISlands (AS-041) between 8 UTC on 6 August and 2 UTC on the 15th. QSL via JI3DST, preferably through the bureau. [TNX VE3LDT] JA - Look for Takeshi, JI3DST/8 to be active (on 40, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 6 metres SSB) from Okushiri Island (AS-147) between 8 UTC on 23 September and 2 UTC on the 25th. QSL via JI3DST either direct with 1 IRC (Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-Cho, Abeno-Ku, Osaka-City, Osaka 545-0021, Japan) or preferably thorugh the bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] JW - Look for Jarda, JW/OK2PBM to be active from Longyearbyen (EU-026), Svalbard between 9 and 16 August. He plans to operate CW, SSB, RTTY and possibly PSK31. QSL via OK2PBM (Jaroslav Rohleder, Karla Capka 2348, Kyjov, 69701 Czech Republic). [TNX OK2PBM] OH0 - SM5AJV, SM0EEH, SM0GNS, SM5HJZ, SM0HPL, SM0IEA and SM0IHR will be active (on 6-160 metres CW and SSB with some PSK31 and RTTY) from the Aland Islands (EU-002) between 10 and 13 August. For further information visit http://www.mistra.se/oh0/ [TNX OPDX Bulletin] SM - Wolf, DL6JZ (ex DL4BQE) will be active as SM3/DL6JZ/p from Alnon Island (EU-087) between 19 and 25 August. Main activity will take place during his morning and evening hours. Look for him on 14.035-040, 21.035-040 and 28.035-040 MHz with some SSB. QSL via DL6JZ via the bureau only. [TNX DL6JZ] SV - Laci, HA0HW will be active as SV8/HA0HW/p from Korfu (Kerkira, EU-052) between 5 and 19 August. He plans to operate in his mornings and evenings on all bands, WARC included, CW, SSB and maybe RTTY. [TNX HA0HW] SV - SV7CLI, SV7AIF and SV7AMJ will operate as SY7LH from Alexandroupolis Lighthouse during the the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weeeknd (19-20 August). QSL via SV7CLI. [TNX SV7CLI] UA - Look for Andy, UA1PBP/9 to operate from Marresal'sky Koshi Island (AS-089) for 5-7 days, beginning around 5-7 August. He will be active with 100 Watts and dipoles on 40-10 metres (WARC bands included). QSL via RK1PWA (Nick Shapkin, P.O.Box 73, 164744 Amderma, Arkhangelskaja, Russia). [TNX W5KAU] UA - Look for UA1TAN/1, UA1TBK/1 and RA1TC/1 to operate (on all bands CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31) from IOTA EU-162 between 8 and 12 August. QSL via home calls. [TNX UA1TAN] UA - Look for UA3XAC and RA3XA to be active (on 10-160 metres CW and SSB) as UE3MYI from from Yurshinski Island (RRA: RR-22-03) between 18 and 21 August. QSL via UA3XAC (Valery N. Murashkin, P.O. Box 9008, Obninsk, 249039, Russia). [TNX UA3XAC] VK - Trevor, VK7TS plans to operate again from Bruny Island (OC-233) during the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend on 19-20 August. QSL via home call (Trevor Spargo, 1 Roebourne Rd, Otago, Tasmania, Australia 7017). [TNX VK7TS] VP9 - Seiji, JH6RTO will be active (on 40-6 metres) as M0RAA/VP9 from Bermuda (NA-005) between 21 and 26 September. QSL via JH6VLF either direct or through the bureau. [TNX JH6RTO] VU - Miku, VU2WAP (http://www.qsl.net/vu2wap) reports radio amateurs from India have been allowed to operate on 6 (50350 and 50550 kHz) and 30 (10100-10150 kHz) metres until 31 December. Look for Miku around 10.135 MHz. W - The Western New York DX Association will operate special event callsign K2L between 7 and 20 August in conjunction with the Buffalo (New York) Harborfest and culminating with operation from the Buffalo Lighthouse during the Lighthouse/Lightship Activity Weekend (19-20 August). QSL via WB2YQH (P.O. Box 73, Spring Brook, NY 14140, USA). All DX QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX The 59(9) DX Report] XX9 - Ed, K8EP will be travelling to Macau and operating (on 10-160 metres SSB and CW) as XX9TEP between 17 and 21 August. He plans to be active during the SEANET Contest. QSL via K8EP (Ed Sawyer, 14 Greycrest Pl, Woodlands, TX 77382, USA). [TNX K8EP] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH QSL 5Z4WI ---> QSL manager Phil Whitchurch, G3SWH reports he has now answered all the direct QSL requests for 5Z4WI received to date. If you sent a direct card but enclosed anything other than $1 US or a valid IRC, then your reply will have been sent via the RSGB Bureau. QSL ED3IM (EU-078) ---> If you worked this station on 22-23 July, cards should be sent to EA3CKX [425DXN 482]. If you worked this station during the IOTA Contest, please note that QSL cards should be sent to Carine, ON7LX. She, Claude, ON7TK and Jack, ON5OO operated from the lighthouse (WLH LH 0793) on Meda Grande (DIE E-100). [TNX ON7SS] QSL AS-149 ---> The recent RK0FWL/p operation from Moneron Island logged some 8000 QSOs (800 during the IOTA Contest). The QSL manager for this activity is NOT RA0ZD, as spotted on the cluster. Cards should be sent to RK0FWL either direct (P.O. Box 79, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 693010, Russia) or through the bureau. [ra0ff@qsl.net] QSL EU-073 ---> Rocco, IK7AFM provides the list of the operators who were active from San Pietro Island (EU-073) between 25 and 30 July (QSL via home call either direct or through the bureau): IJ7/I7YYZ Luigi Torzelli, via Lucania 5, 74100 Taranto - TA, Italy IJ7/I7XUW Edoardo Faggioni, via F. Di Palma 137/B, 74100 Taranto - TA, Italy IJ7/IK7AFM Rocco Lucatorto, C.P. 2001, 74100 Taranto/10 - TA, Italy IJ7/IK7BPV Raffaele Ceppato, via Quinto Ennio 14, 74100 Taranto - TA, Italy IJ7/IK7FFX Michele Toritto, via Icco 6, 74100 Taranto - TA, Italy IJ7/IK7FRV Cosimo Maggi, C.P. 2425, 74100 Taranto/9 - TA, Italy IJ7/IK7GFS Antonio Muccifora, via Liguria 107, 74100 Taranto - TA, Italy IJ7/IK7MJA Cosimo Marangiolo, via San Matteo 16, 74020 Lama - TA, Italy IJ7/IK7PBI Francesco Leone, via San Crispieri 20, 74020 Faggiano - TA, Italy IJ7/IK7TAM Domenico Sorrenti, piazzale Bestat 28, 74100 Taranto - TA, Italy IJ7/IK7WDS Antonio Scrimieri, via Glicine 36, 74020 Lama - TA, Italy IJ7/IW7BVY Giovanni Gentile, via Biancospino 14, 74020 Lama - TA, Italy SP QSL BUREAU ---> Effective 1 August 2000 the new address for the Polish QSL Bureau is: PZK Central QSL Bureau, P.O. Box 54, 85-613 Bydgoszcz 13, Poland. [TNX SP2UKB] TA0/IZ7ATN ---> For those who asked - Simon's IOTA activities from Turkey were as follows: from Bozcaada (AS-099) between 20.36 UTC on 19 June and 10.07 UTC on the 21st; from Gokceada (previously AS-099, now EU-186) between 18.40 UTC on 22 June and 07.45 UTC on the 25th. QSL via IZ0CKJ (Alessio Roma, P.O. Box 22, 03023 Ceccano - FR, Italy). [TNX IZ0CKJ] XQ0X ---> QSL manager Mickey Gelerstein, CE3ESS reports the genuine XQ0X has not been active for seven years, since 19 July 1993. Any recent contact with "XQ0X" was with a pirate, save your time and money. + SILENT KEY + Garry, VE3XN reports the sad news of the unexpected passing of Ernest Poole, VE3NSZ on 31 July. "Ernest brought a lot of fun and enthusiasm to our island chasing within the amateur radio hobby. VE3NSZ's wit, and his joy of island activating will be missed by all of his ham friends". [TNX WD8MGQ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** NEWS FROM THE WEB *** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH LOGS: Norby, LX1NO reports he has started to set up a log search facility for the stations he has logs for. Current logs include CE0Y/LX1NO, CE0Y/LX2LX and OD5PN/p (AS-108) and they are available at http://www.qsl.net/lx1no/ham.html LOGS: The logs for the 6-13 July "Artic 2000 Dxpedition" (JW7M) are now available at http://www.xdenews.net/logs/svalbard [TNX IK2XDE] LOGS: The IOTA Contest logs for OH9A (EU-173) are now available at http://www.saunalahti.fi/oh1mdr/iota.html [TNX OH1MDR] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSL received via direct: 3B8MM, 3C0R, 3C2JJ, 3D2IO/R, 3D2QB, 3V8BB, 3V8BT (AF-073), 3W50K (AS-132), 4K1A (91), 4S7NZG, 4U1VIC, 4W/N5KO, 4W/W3UR, 5R8FU, 5T5U, 5Z4WI, 6V6U, 6Y3A, 7O1YDF, 9A5WA/P (EU-170), 9E1C, 9G5MD, 9M2/G3LIV (AS-072), 9M2AX, 9M6BAA, 9N7VN, A45XR, A52A, A71EZ, AH7DX, BQ9P, BV7FF, CE0ZY, CP6XE, CT3BX, EA8BH, EA9PB, EK6LF, ET3VSC, EX8W, EY8XX, FK/OH2BH, FK8HZ, FM5BH, FO0AAA, FO0HWU, FW8ZZ, HF0POL, HP1XVH (NA-072), HR6/WP3A, HS0/KU0J, HV5PUL, J28NH/P (AF-053), JA6GXK (AS-056), JW6YEA, K5PP/P (NA-120), KB5GL/4 (NA-213), KH2PC, KH6ND/KH5, KN5H/6Y5, LY10ZZ, OH0B, OH6MIL, R1ANB, R1ANC, R1ANF, R1ANF/A ,R1ANJ, R1ANK, R1FJL, RW2F, SV5TS, T31K, T31T, T32B, T88JA, TF4/SM6CAS, TF8GX, TT8JA, TX0DX (OC-176), V31MD, VK9WI (OC-007), XQ0YAF, XR0ZY, XW2A, XZ0A (AS-144), YC5XIP (OC-107), YP1W (EU-183), ZD7MY, ZF1A, ZF2NT, ZK3CW, ZK3DX. ***************************************************************************** 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 ***************************************************************************** Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ/KB2TJM 425 DX News Editor E-mail: i1jqj@425dxn.org http://www.425dxn.org
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