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17 February 2000 No 511
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3B6 - There are still two vacancies for the 5-18 May 3B6RF DXpedition
to Agalega [425DXN 502]. Team members now include HB9BQI, HB9BQW,
HB9BXE, HB9CRV, HB9HFN, HB9JAI, HB9JBI, 3B8CF, 4Z5FL, CT1AGF,
CT1EPV, DL3KUD, DL6UAA, F6HMJ, G3KHZ, N3SL, NK6F and SP9RTI. The
web site for the operation is at http://www.Agalega2000.ch [TNX
HB9BXE]
3W - Claude, F5PBL reports he will be active (call TBA) from Ho Chi
Minh City, Vietnam on 22-30 March. He plans to operate on 10 and
15 metres SSB with some CW and SOSB entry in the CQ WW WPX SSB
Contest. QSL via F5PBL either direct or through the bureau.
6Y - The DXpedition University (http://pages.prodigy.net/k2kw/dxu/)
group will be active from Jamaica (NA-097) [425DXN 504] from 26
February to 6 March. They will sign 6Y8A WT6G/6Y5, WA6O/6Y5,
K0COP/6Y5, W6NS/6Y5, N6XG/6Y5 and K2KW/6Y5 with four stations on
all bands from 6 to 160 metres, mostly on SSB and CW though some
PSK31 is possible. The group will enter the ARRL DX SSB Contest
with a Multi-2 entry. QSL 6Y8A via WA4WTG, others via homecall.
[TNX K2KW]
9M0_spr - Sally/KM5EP, Dennis/AF7Y, Jerry/WB9Z, Luis/XE1L, Darryl/AF7O,
Dan/NA7DB and Mike/N7MB are planning an operation (on 10-80
metres CW and SSB) as 9M0M from the Spratly Islands (AS-051)
during the first week of March. They will operate as 9M6DBT and
9M6MBT (QSL for both via WN7J) from Sabah, Malaysia for a few
days before and after their 9M0 activity. QSL 9M0M via K7XN. The
web site for this operation is at http://www.xcvr.com/9M0M [TNX
OPDX Bulletin]
A5 - The Daily DX reports there are seven newly licenced amateur radio
operators in Bhutan: A51AA (Yeshey Dorji), A51KC (Kesang
Namgyel), A51PK (Parop Kinley Dorji), A51PR (Pema Rinzin), A51UD
(Dorji Yeshey), A51WD (Wangpo Dorji) and A51YL (Ambika Gurung).
BQ9 - The BQ9P [425DXN 509] team includes BV4FH, BV2OO, BX2AE, BV5CR,
AA4NN, W4NZC, RK3DT and JA1AYC. They plan to start operating from
Pratas Island (AS-110) around 8 UTC on 6 March and to be QRV
until the 15th. QSL via KU9C. [TNX JI6KVR]
BV - The BV9L [425DXN 509] team includes BV4AS, BV4DC, BV4FH, BV4HJ,
BV6DF, AA4NN, JA6IEF JI6KVR, W4NZC and possibly others. BV9L will
be aired from Liuchiu Yu Island (AS-???) on 10, 15, 20 and 40
metres CW and SSB on 2-4 March. QSL via BV4YB. [TNX JI6KVR].
C5 - Mike, DL2OE and Hans, DL7CM will be active (on 6-160 metres CW,
SSB and RTTY) as C56/homecalls from The Gambia between 20
February and 5 March. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
CO - Juan Carlos, CO8TW reports he will participate in the ARRL CW DX
Contest this weekend as SOSB (10 metres) low power. Logs will be
available at http://www.qsl.net/co8tw/. QSL via IZ8CCW.
CO - The No-Name DX-Group will again be operating as T48RAC from
Santiago de Cuba. They will participate in the CQ 160 Meter SSB
Contest (23-25 February) and in the ARRL International DX SSB
Contest (3-4 March), and they hope to be active between the
contests for prefix chasers. Logs will be posted on the Kitchener
Waterloo ARC web page (http://www.kwarc.org). QSL via VE3ESE (Don
Fisher, 48 Lucerne Dr., Kitchener, Ontario N2E 1B3, Canada). [TNX
VE3NQK]
DU - VE7DP, DU1KGJ, 4F1FZ and 4F1OZ will try to activate Lubang Island
(OC-126) on 17-19 February. They will probably be signing 4I1P
again (this was the call used one week ago from OC-244). QSL via
VE7DP or DX1CW. [TNX VE7DP]
DU - Frank, VE7DP reports that arrangement have been finalized for the
operation from Batan Island (OC-093) on 24-27 February [425DXN
510]. Ten members of DX1CW will be participating in the expedtion
and Frank will be one of the operators. CW-Philippines has
applied for 4H2B call. QSL via VE7DP or DX1CW.
FM - Dan/IV3TDM, Max/IV3FHH and Luke/IV3JVJ will be active as FM/home
call from Martinique (NA-107) on 17-23 March. They will operate
SSB, CW and RTTY from the QTH of FM5GU and will join that team
for the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest (Multi-Single). QSL FM5GU via KU9C.
[TNX FM5GU]
GJ - Look for Pete, MJ/K8PT and Craig, MJ/K3PLV to be active from the
Channel Island of Jersey (EU-013) on 14-20 March. They will
operate on 160-10 metres with an emphasis on the WARC bands and
on CW, RTTY, PSK31 QSL via home calls. [TNX K8PT]
GM - Leo, W3LEO reports he will once again be active as MM0LEO from
Portpatrick in southwest Scotland from about 20 February to 14
March. He plans to participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest. QSL
via W3LEO.
H4 - Bernard, DL2GAC/H44MS has been in Honiara, Solomon Islands since
11 February. He plans to operate from the Russel Islands (OC-168)
from 16 February (local evening) until the 18th (local morning).
On 20 February he will move to the Shortland Islands (OC-162),
where he expects to arrive on the 23rd and to stay for about two
or three weeks. QSL via DL2GAC. [TNX G3KMA]
I - Gaetano, IT9FXY reports he will participate in the ARRL DX SSB
and other major contests as II9F. QSL via home call.
J2 - David, J28EX (F5THR) and Jean-Louis, J28NH (F5NHJ) will be active
from Maskali island (AF-053) during the weekend. They expect to
leave Djibouti around 15 local time on Friday and to come back on
Sunday late afternoon. [TNX F6AJA]
J3 - Dee, W1HEO and Paul, W5PF will operate from Grenada from 30 March
to 11 April. They will be active (calls to be issued upon
arrival, but expect J3/W1HEO and J3/W5PF) on 10-40 metres SSB and
CW; special attention will be given to the WARC bands and the
General-class portions of the phone bands. QSL via home calls
either direct or through the bureau. [TNX W5PF]
JA - Masa, JA6GXK will be active again from Meshima, Danjo Archipelago
(AS-056) on 27 February-9 March and 21-30 March. He will operate
on +/- 14260 and 21260 kHz in his spare time. QSL only via
bureau. [TNX JA3MZB]
JA - Look for Aki, JA4FHE/4 to be active from Nakanoshima, Oki Islands
(AS-041) on 3-6 May. QSL via JA4FHE (Akifumi Matsuda, 1-11-6
Ageicyo, Kurayoshi-city, Tottori 82-0022, Japan). [TNX JI6KVR]
PY - Tom, PY1XP expects to operate as PY1XP/p from time to time while
visiting his friends and relatives on Grande and Itacuruca
Islands (SA-029). QSL via bureau ("no IRCs or green stamps will
be accepted", he says, "only QSLs"). [TNX PY1XP]
PY - Paul, PY3DX (ex PY3PAZ) reports he will operate (mainly CW on the
low and WARC bands with some SSB) as PY3DX/p from Santa Catarina
Island (SA-026) between 23 February and 5 March. QSL via home
call either direct or through the bureau.
T8 - Yukio, JA6ENF will be active (on 10-80 metres mainly CW) as T88NF
from Palau (OC-009) on 21-26 February. QSL via JA6ENF either
direct (Yukio Ono, 2-7-22-104 Yorumiya, Kita-Kyuushuu, 804-0042
Japan) or through the JARL bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
S2 - The Daily DX reports that Stig, S21YJ [425DXN 510] will now
remain in Bangladesh until early March. QSL via SM4AIO.
V7 - Dave, VE3LDT reports that Tom, K7ZZ (currently signing V73ZZ from
Kwajalein) and a few others are planning an operation (possibly
as V7E) from Enewetak Atoll (OC-087), Marshall Islands on 19-26
April.
VP2M - Art, N2NB/VP2MDY and Woody, K2UU will operate from Montserrat
Island (NA-103) between 22 February and 1 March. They will
participate in the CQ WW 160 SSB Contest. QSL via NW8F. [TNX The
Daily DX]
W - Nat, WZ3AR, will be active as WZ3AR/4 from Chincoteague Island
(NA-083, USI VA-002S) on 17-18 February. The operation will take
place from the very rare Accomack County, VA. Look for him on
28.460, 24.950, 21.260, 18.128, and 14.260 MHz +/- QRM. QSL via
WZ3AR either direct or through the bureau.
W - Look for Willy, WC6DX (http://www.qsl.net/wc6dx) to operate (on
or around 14260 and 21260 kHz) from three islands in San
Francisco Bay as follows: on 10 March (18-24 UTC) from Alcatraz
(USI CA-05S, WLH LH-0105, not IOTA), on 11 March (17-24 UTC) from
Yerba Buena (USI CA-19S, not IOTA), on 17-18 March (from 20 to 20
UTC) from Angel (USI CA-06S, WLH LH-new, not IOTA). QSL via home
call either direct or through the bureau (if you work him thrice,
do not send three cards - one QSL with all the data is all
right). [TNX I1HYW]
XU - Frank, DL4KQ reports a small group of German amateurs plan to
operate from Cambodia between 15 July and 3 August. They should
be active on all bands 10-160 metres (SSB, CW and possibly RTTY
and PSK31) plus 6 metres. A special emphasis will be on the low
bands. Further information is expected in due course.
ZD7 & ZD8 - ZD7K and ZD8K are the calls issued to the March DXpeditions to
Ascension and St. Helena Islands [425DXN 509]. QSL for both via
GW0ANA. The web pages for the operations are at
http://www.dxpedition.co.uk
ZL - Bob, G3PJT will be active mainly on CW as ZL4CC from Waiheke
Island (OC-201) on 8-13 March, including an entry in the RSGB
Commonwealth CW Contest (10-11 March). QSL via G3PJT either
direct or through the RSGB bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
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CE0XT ---> The team regrets to report that due to circumstances beyond their
control regarding the boat transportation from Valparaiso to San Ambrosio,
the CE0XT DXpedition has been canceled. [TNX K6GNX]
D68C ---> Operation began at 21 UTC on 8 February and 106 hours later there
were some 61,500 QSOs in the log. The 90,000th QSO was made at 20.01 UTC on
15 February. Extra team members arrived on the 13th, which makes the team up
to 25 operators. Up-to-date information and logs are available at
http://www.dxbands.com/comoros/ QSL via G3SWH (Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons
Grove, Congresbury, Bristol BS49 5HQ, England). [TNX G3NOM]
ILLW ---> The International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend will take place from
0001 UTC on Saturday 18 August unutil 2359 UTC on Sunday 19 August 2001. Last
year over 200 stations were QRV from lighthouses, lihtships and maritime
beacons. [TNX GM4SUC]
PW0S ---> The team arrived to St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks around 13 UTC on
Friday, 9 February, but rough seas prevented them from landing. A new attempt
took place at 12 UTC on Monday and they finally became active around 19.30
UTC. While on the rocks they also experienced severe weather conditions and a
generator and a computer were damaged during a thunderstorm. PW0S went QRT on
16 February. QSL via KU9C (Steve Wheatley, P.O. Box 5953, Parsippany, NJ
07054-6953, USA).
QSL 4O20S ---> QSL cards for this special station, celebrating the 20th
anniversary of "SOKO" ARC in Sokobanja, should be sent direct to YU1ASB (P.O.
Box 86, 18230 Sokobanja, Yugoslavia). [TNX YU1AS]
QSL VK9LX/9 ---> Cards should be sent to Nick, VK2ICV (not VK2ICK as reported
in 425DXN 510). Thanks to Zlatko, 9A3MN for detecting the typo.
QSL VK0LD ---> Do not send cards for VK0LD to Alan, VK4AAR, as he does not
have the logs. QSL for VK0LD is at http://www.eQSL.cc/qslcard only [TNX
VK4AAR]
QSL VK0MM ---> When sending your request to VK4AAR, please remember to
include a SAE, but do not stick Australian stamps on it (Australia Post is
now issuing new "International Only" stamps and the older "standard"
Australian stamps are no longer valid). Also please use US$ or A$ and do not
send foreign currency, as the bank charges involved in the exchange are
considerable. IRCs must be franked at the originating office and must be less
than one year old to be accepted by Australia Post. [TNX VK4AAR]
QSL VP8CSA ---> Dieter, DL1SDN reports the cards have been printed, but he
still has problems in getting the logs from Mark, VP8CSA. "He promised me to
send the logs in February or March", Dieter says - for the time being, please
be patient and do not send second cards.
WAZ ---> Jim, K1MEM has been Silent Key for over a year now, yet WAZ
applications continue to arrive at his QTH nearly every week. Please note
that all WAZ applications and other correspondence should be sent to the
current CQ WAZ Awards Manager, K5RT (Paul Blumhardt, 2805 Toler Rd, Rowlett,
TX 75089, USA). The CQ web site is at http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com
YK9A ---> The group made over 27,000 QSOs during 7 days of operating time.
Final statistics will be available on the web site
(http://www.qsl.net/k7ar/yk9a_'01.htm) by the end of the month. QSL via K9LA
(k9la@gte.net): Carl Luetzelschwab, 1227 Pion Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46845,
USA.
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DAYTON HAMVENTION: http://www.hamvention.org/
DX HOLIDAY: It is a site that lists QTHs around the world where people
have operated on DXpeditions, and provides information on
how to contact the owners. There is information on
Rent-a-QTHs, Ham Friendly Hotels, and Club stations. The
site can be found at http://www.dxholiday.com [TNX K2KW]
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QSL received direct: 1A0KM, 3D2AA, 3D2NV, 3D2RW (OC-121), 3E1DX, 4K8F,
4W/K7BV, 4W/N6FF, 4W6GH, 5R8GQ, 5X1P, 7X4AN, 8P9HT, 8P9JR, 8P9JS, 8P9JU,
8P9Z, 8Q7CE, 8R1AK, 9E1C, 9H1FN, 9K2ZZ, 9M0F, 9N7MS, 9Y4/DL2RVS, A35IQ,
A35ZG, A52GJ, A52YL, B7K, C56RF, C56T, CV0F (SA-057), D2EB, D44CF, E30TA,
E44/IZ0CKJ, EW5HQ, EW6GF, EX8MA, FM/F2JD, FO0DEH (OC-057), FO0DEH (OC-238),
FR/F6KDF/T, HC8N, HF0POL, J75KG, J79GU, J8/WA2VUY, JD1BCK, JT1CO, LX0RL,
N7ET/DU7, OH0RB, OX3IO, P40A, PZ5JR, PZ5RA, R0/UR8LV (AS-152), RK0FWL/P
(AS-149),S92SV, SU9ZZ, SV9/K7BV, SY2A, TI2DLL, TR8IG, TR8IG, TS7N (AF-073),
V26EA, V26ET, V26FM, V26WP, V44NK, V51AS, V73GOD, V7G, VK6BSI (OC-243),
VP2EK, VP8DBQ, VP8DCD, VR2BG, VU2XO, WH0ABA, YB0A, YC9BU/P (OC-241), YC9MKF
(OC-241), YC9WZJ/P (OC-239), YJ0AYL, YJ0AZG, YL3CW, Z30M, Z32XX, ZD7JC,
ZD8A, ZD9ZM, ZK1ABR, ZK1NDK, ZK1NJC, ZK1VVV, ZK1WAL, ZM8CW.
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