[425ENG] 425 DX News #545


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   13 October 2001 No 545
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>>> DUCIE ISLAND 2001 <<<

Ducie Island (OC-182) should be the next new Entity to be added to the DXCC
List. The Pitcairn Island Amateur Radio Association (PIARA) has applied to
the IARU for membership and the closing date for voting is 15 November. If
PIARA becomes a member society of the IARU, Pitcairn will become a DXCC
"Political Entity" and consequently Ducie Island, which is separated from its
"Parent" (Pitcairn itself) by 350+ kilometres, will became a DXCC "Geographic
Separation Entity".
PIARA has now announced that plans are complete for their expedition to Ducie
Island [425DXN 529]. VP6TC, VP6DB, VP6BK/JA1BK, JF1IST, JA1SLS, K9AJ, K5VT
and FO3BM will be active with a VP6 callsign to be announced when the
operation starts, i.e. at 00.00 UTC on 16 November. The two main frequencies
- 21020 kHz (CW) and 21295 kHz (SSB) - will be used 24 hours a day. Other
prime frequencies include 28495 kHz and 14195 kHz for SSB and 14020 kHz for
CW, but some activity is planned to take place on the other bands (160-6
metres) and on RTTY as well. Bill Avery, K6GNX will be the pilot station,
while the QSL manager (direct and bureau) will be Garth Hamilton, VE3HO. Logs
will be available at http://www.big.or.jp/~ham/dx.html.

A5 - Dave Anderson, KW4DA/A52DA will be active from the Bhutan Ham Centre
          between 23 October and 1 November. Dave is part of the A50A team
          going to Bhutan for the CQ WW SSB Contest [425DXN 541]; prior to and
          following the contest he will be active on all bands CW, RTTY, PSK,
          SSB and SSTV. The e-mail address for arranging special modes and
          schedules is A52DA@Hotmail.com QSL via KW4DA (Dave Anderson, 712
          Baneberry Court, Asheville, NC 28803, USA).
3W - Yuki, JI6KVR reports he is planning to be active from Cham Island in
          the South China Sea Coast North group of Vietnam in March 2002.
          Further information is expected in due course.
9A - Branko, 9A3AY and Ivo, 9A4AO plan to operate (on 20, 15 and 10
          metres SSB) from the following Croatian islands in the Dalmatia
          South IOTA group (EU-016) on 13-14 October: Jakljan (CI-033),
          Kolocep (IOCA CI-038), Lastovo (CI-051), Lopud (CI-057), Mljet
          (CI-068) and Sipan (CI-122). [TNX 9A6AA]
9G - W7XU, K5AND and W0SD will be operating from Elmina, Ghana between 27
          October and 4 November. They will emphasize 6 metres, but activity
          is expected to take place on 80-10 metres as well, especially RTTY
          and PSK32. QSL via N0QJM. [TNX W0SD]
C6 - Five members of the Magnolia DX Association (namely Ernie/W5OXA,
          Randy/W5UE, Alan/ N5PA, Stan/K5NY and Bernie/KK5EW) will be active
          from Abaco Island (NA-080), Bahamas on 22-29 October. They will
          participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as C6AKO (QSL via W5OXA).
          Before the contest they plan to be active as homecall/C6A on all
          bands SSB, CW and perhaps RTTY. QSLs for pre-contest activity is via
          individual operator's home call. Updated information can be found at
          http://mdxa.org/c6a-2001.html [TNX W5UE]
FM - Dan/IV3TDM, Luca/IV3JVJ and Andrea/IV3BTY will operate as
          FM/homecall from Martinique on 22-26 October before joining Dennis,
          FM5GU and his team for the CQ WW DX SSB Contest [425DXN 543]. They
          will emphazize SSB, but Luca should also operate some RTTY and
          Andrea some CW. QSL for FM/homecall via IV3TDM. [TNX FM5GU]
FO - Marcel, FO0DEH/ON4QM is still active from Napuka (OC-094) and he
          will not be going to Pukapuka (OC-062) until November. QSL via home
          call. [TNX VE6VK and Islands On The Web]
FO_aus - Eli, HA9RE will be active (with 100 watts on 160-10 metres, WARC
          bands included) as FO0ARE/A from Rurutu (OC-050), Austral Islands
          between 17 October and 5 November, CQ WW SSB Contest included. QSL
          direct only with 2 USD via HA8IB (Karoly Szabo, Fuzesgyarmat, Aradi
          U. 42, 5525, Hungary).
FO_mar - SP9FIH and SQ9LR now expect to operate from Nuku Hiva (OC-027),
          Marquesas Islands [425DXN 543] between 24 October and 10 November.
          Look for FO/SP9FIH on 6-80 metres SSB only. QSL via SP9FIH (Janusz
          Wegrzyn, box 480, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland). [TNX SP9FIH]
FY - F1HAR, F5HRY, F5MZN, F5OIH, F6HLC, FY5FU and FY5FY will participate
          in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest (27-28 October) as FY5KE (Multi-Single)
          from French Guiana. QSL via FY5KE. [TNX F6HLC]
G - The Cray Valley Radio Society will air the special callsign GB8ST
          from the Crown Woods Festival of Science & Technology in Eltham,
          South East London from 7 UTC to 16 UTC on 14 October. QSL via G4DFI.
          [TNX BRS-32525]
GM - Leo, W3LEO reports he will once again be active as MM0LEO from
          Portpatrick in southwest Scotland from about 14 October to 17
          November, including an entry in the CQ WW SSB Contest. QSL via
          W3LEO.
H4 - Allan, VK2GR will be active (on 15, 20 and 40 metres CW, PSK31 and
          SSB) in his spare time as H44MA from Malaita Island (OC-047) in the
          Solomons between 15 October and 30 November. QSL via VK2GR. [TNX The
          Daily DX]
HB0 - Laci/HA0HW, Tomi/HA4DX and Geza/HA4XG will be operating (with three
          stations on CW, SSB and possibly RTTY) as HB0/HA0HW/p, HB0/HA4DX/p
          and HB0/HA4XG/p from Triesenberg (1100m a.s.l.), Liechtestein on
          17-25 October. QSL via home calls either direct or through the
          bureau. [TNX HA0HW]
HS - The E29AL operation from Tarutao Island (AS-126) [425DXN 518] has
          now been rescheduled to take place on 8-15 December. The operators
          (E20HHK, E20NTS, E20RRW, E21EIC, HS0GBI, HS0XNO, HS0ZCW/K4VUD,
          HS0/G3NOM, HS1CKC, HS4BPQ and HS9EQY) will be active on all bands
          (except WARC) and modes (CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31, SSTV, FM) with 100
          watts. Look for them on the usual IOTA frequencies plus 14086,
          21086, 28086 kHz (RTTY); 14070, 21070, 28070 kHz (PSK31); 14230,
          21340, 28680 kHz (SSTV); 1834 and 3524 kHz. QSL via HS0GBI
          (Cherdchai Yiwlek, P.O. Box 1090 Kasetsart, Bangkok 10903,
          Thailand). For comments and donations please e-mail g3nom@rast.or.th
          or hs0gbi@rast.or.th [TNX E21EIC]
I - Look for Mauro, IH9/IN3QBR and Walter, IH9/IN3XUG to be active (on
          SSB, CW and RTTY with an emphasis on the WARC bands) from
          Pantelleria Island (AF-018, IIA TP-001, Zone 33) on 22-26 October.
          Some operation on 6 metres is also being planned. QSLs via IN3XUG
          either direct or through the bureau. Then the two will participate
          in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest with the IH9P team. [TNX IN3XUG]
JA - Look for JI1PLF/1 , 7N1GNK/1 and 7N4PVR/1 to operate (on 10-80
          metres SSB and CW) from Hachijo Island (AS-043) on 2-5 November. QSL
          via home calls. [TNX JI6KVR]
J7 - Look for Bill/W4WX (J75WX, QSL via home call), William/N2WB (J79WB,
          QSL via N2OO), Bob/KR4DA (J79DA, QSL via home call), Larry/W1LR
          (J79LR, QSL via home call) and Clarence/W9AAZ (J79AA, QSL via home
          call) to be active (on all bands, 6 metres included, CW, SSB,
          PSK-31, RTTY, HELL and MMTTY) from Dominica (NA-101) on 23-30
          October. They will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest
          (Multi-Single) as J75J (QSL via KR4DA). The web site for the
          operation is at http://www.geocities.com/j79wb/index.html [TNX W4WX]
KH - Tommy, VK2IR will be active as KH*/VK2IR from Hawaii and Midway
          Island between 24 November and 1 December. QSL via home call. [TNX
          VK2IR]
KH2 - Guam Contest Club members JI3ERV/NH2C, JH7QXJ, JR7OMD/WI3O,
          JE8KKX/AH2K and JH0USD/KH2VO will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB
          Contest as AH2R (Multi-Single) from Guam. QSL via JH7QXJ.
LU - Operators from Radio Club Mar Del Plata (LU2DT) will be active as
          LS2D from Isla Verde (40 miles south of Bahia Blanca) on 23-25
          November. Look for them on CW (3510, 7005, 14020, 21020, 28020 and
          50110 kHz) and SSB (3680, 7080, 14190, 21290, 28400 and 50110 kHz).
          [TNX I1HYW and LU4EJ]
PY - Look for PS8HF/p and PS8NF/p to be active (on 10-40 metres SSB and
          CW) from Grande de Santa Isabel Island (SA-025, DIB 19) until 15 UTC
          on 14 October. QSL direct to P.O. Box 110, Teresina, PI 64001-970,
          Brazil. [TNX PP5SZ]
PY0_tri- The ZW0TB and ZW0TW operation from Trindade [425DXN 513], originally
          planned "for two or three weeks in October", has been postponed to a
          new date TBA. The web page is at
          http://www.radiohaus.com.br/trindade.htm
SV - A group of Greek amateurs will participate in the Jamboree On The
          Air (20-21 October) as J41NIK. Look for them on 10-80 metres SSB and
          PSK31. QSL via SV1HR either direct or through the bureau. [TNX
          SV1XV]
SV9 - Ben, DL6FBL will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as SV9CVY
          from Crete. Before the contest he will operate as SV9/DL6FBL for
          three days. More information may be found at
          http://www.dl6fbl.de/sv9cvy [TNX DL6FBL]
T2 - A team of experienced operators (namely Ono/JH7OHF, Ted/JJ1LIB,
          Hiko/JN1HOW and Mano/JQ1KNH) will operate from Tuvalu (OC-015) on
          1-8 November. They will be active on 160-6 metres SSB, CW and RTTY
          as T20T or T22T (on HF bands) and T20SIX (on 6 metres), with three
          stations with amplfiers, beams and verticals/dipoles. QSL for HF
          QSOs direct to JN1HOW (Toshihiko Niwa, 1081-8 Sakae, Kitakawabe,
          349-1213 Japan); QSL for 6m QSOs direct to JH7OHF (Katsushi Ono,
          15-10 Gamokotobuki, Koshigaya, 343-0836 Japan). [TNX JA1ELY]
T8 - Lee, HL1IWD will be visiting Palau on 20-24 October and will be
          active in his spare time as T88YB mainly on 20 metres CW. All of the
          contacts will be confirmed automatically through the bureau. [TNX
          HL1IWD]
TI - Goran, SM4DHF will be active as TI2/SM4DHF from Henry's (TI2HMG) QTH
          between 24 October and 4 November, including an entry in the CQ WW
          SSB Contest as SOSB (1o, 15 or 20 metres) LP. Before and after the
          contest he will operate CW and RTTY as well. QSL via SM4DHF. [TNX
          SM4DHF]
UA - RM9A is the call Henry, UA9ACJ will be using in SSB contests until
          May 2002. QSL via UA9ACJ either direct (Henry Litvinov, P.O. Box
          737, Snezhinsk, Chelyabinsk obl, 456775, Rusia) or through the
          bureau. [TNX UA9ACJ]
UA - Look for UA6MF/6, UA6NY/6 and UA6LGR/6 to be active from Zelenyj
          Island (RR 17-05) in the Azov Sea on 12-14 October. QSL via home
          calls. [TNX UA6MF]
V4 - Look for Sam, G4OHX to be active (on 20 metres CW with emphasis on
          FISTS and RSAS members) as V47OHX from St Kitts & Nevis (NA-104)
          until 24 October. QSL via home call. [TNX F5NQL and VA3RJ]
V6 - Look for JE1LES to operate (on 20-6 metres CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and
          SSTV) as V63HJ between 22 and 28 October. QSL via home call. [TNX
          Japan DX News]
VE - Team Zone 2 (including VA3FIN, VA3KO, VA3OK, VA3RD, VA3RMF, VA3TSG,
          VE3BIX, VE3BY, VE3DBF, VE3HAE, VE3KJS, VE3SRE, VE3TV, VE3TPZ,
          VE3XAP, NB1B and N1NK) will be active as VB2V from Zone 2 on 23-29
          October, including an entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via
          NB1B (US stations) and VE3BY (others). The web site for the
          operation is at
          http://www.fortunecity.com/marina/westindia/597/zone2 [TNX VE3SRE]
VE - Hisato, 7K1WLE will be active (mainly on the low bands) as either
          VY0/7K1WLE or AK2M/VY0 from Cornwallis Island (NA-009), Nunavut
          (Zone 2) on 25-31 October. QSL via JN1HOW. Tad, JF6OJX
          (tad@DXing.org) will be one of the pilots for this operation. [TNX
          JF6OJX]
XE - Members of the XE1RCS contest group will be active from Isla de
          Lobos (Veracruz State North group, NA-???) on 1-4 November. They
          will operate SSB and CW 10-80 metres, WARC bands included, with two
          stations; other two stations will be used for 6 metres and FM
          satellites. Further information is expected in due course. [TNX
          XE1KK]
ZK1 - Jan, SM7ETW, who operated as ZK1ETW from Rarotonga Island (OC-013,
          South Cooks), will now be active from Penrhyn (OC-082, North Cooks)
          for one week starting on 13 October and then from Aitutaki (OC-083,
          South Cooks) for another week. QSL via SM7ETW. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZL8 - Jacky, ZL3CW/F2CW will be active again from the Kermadec Islands
          (OC-039) between 1 and 26 November. He will operate as much as his
          work allows as either ZM8CW or ZL8CW with special attention to low
          bands, including 160m included, RTTY and PSK31. QSL to ZL3CW (Jacky
          Calvo, P.O. Box 593, Pukekohe 1800, New Zealand). [TNX The Daily DX]
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NOT THE MANAGER ---> Joe Arcure, W3HNK reports he his not the QSL manager for
JT1CO [425DXN 544]. "A while back I offered my help to obtain JT1CO cards",
he says. "I must now withdraw my offer. I am not nor do I plan to be his QSL
manager. Please no more cards".

NOT THE MANAGER ---> Alex, DL8FCU reports he has not been the QSL manager for
EX8W and EX8F since 1999.

QSL V31JP ---> Joe Pontek, K8JP/V31JP reports that KA9WON is still his QSL
manager [425DXN 544]. Joe is going to be back in Belize shortly and will
remain there through April 2002. He has made around 45,000 QSOs from Belize
since his first trip in August 1997. Cards should be sent Lonnie Miller,
12618 Thistle Ridge Close, Roscoe, IL 61073, USA.

QSL WH6ASW/KH2 ---> KH6DQ is not the QSL manager for WH6ASW/KH2. He has been
SK for a few years now, and cards should be sent direct only (qrz.com). [TNX
IV3SKB]

QSL VIA DJ9HX ---> Uwe, DJ9HX says he prefers QSLling through the bureau. The
cards for his recent activities as K2HX/KP4 (NA-099) and DJ9HX/C6A (NA-001
and NA-113) have been printed and can be requested at dj9hx@darc.de

TT8DX & ZK1NDK ---> DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L has announced that the DXCC
has approved ZK1NDK (North Cook Islands) and TT8DX (Chad) for DXCC credit.

WRTC 2002 ---> Ari Korhonen, OH1EH reports the following contesters have been
nominated to represent their countries in WRTC 2002
(http://www.wrtc2002.org):
Asiatic Russia - Vadim Travin, RA9JX and Oleg Usov, UA9CDV
European Russia 1 - Vlad Aksenov, RW1AC and Jack Danielyan, RW3QC
European Russia 2 - Igor Avdeev, UA2FZ and Alex Orlov, RW4WR
Hungary - Zoli Pitman, HA1AG and Antal Hudanik, HA3OV
Lithuania - Dainius Savicius, LY1DS and Andrius Ignotas, LY2TA
Slovenia - Robert Kasca, S53R and Robert Bajuk, S57AW
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LOGS: The logs for TA0/IZ7ATN (AS-159) are now available at
         http://www.qsl.net/iz0ckj [TNX IZ0CKJ]
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QSLs received direct: 3V8DJ (AF-083), 3Y0C (AN-002), 4K8M, 5A1A, 5R8GT/P
(AF-057), 5U7JK, 9A10HRM (EU-110), 9A7K (EU-170), 9G5AA, 9L1DX, 9M6IFT,
9V1RH, 9Y4TD, BA4DW/2 (AS-158), BQ9P, BV9L (AS-155), CP2DL, CQ2P (EU-167),
D2GG, D68C, DS4AKP, DU1EIB, EP2MKO, EX7ML, F5XX/P (EU-148), FG/F5SNY,
FM/KU9C, FP5KE, FW5ZL, HK3JJH/HK0, HK3JJH/HK5 (SA-017), HK5QGX/0M, HV0A,
HV4NAC, J28VS, J5X, JA6CTW (AS-032), KH8/N5OLS, OX/W5FKX, PJ5/UA1ACX, PV0F,
PY1VOY/p (SA-077), RU1A, SK6M (EU-043), SY2A, T48Z, T5X, T77C, TI4G, TL8DV,
UM9AA, VK7TS/4 (OC-171 and OC-172), VK9NS, VP2MCS, VP2VF, VP5R, VP8LGT,
VP8SDX, VR2MY, VU2PAI, VY2/N1RL, XF3/AB5EB, XJ1JF, XL3KR, ZC4DW, ZK1NDS,
ZK1NFK, ZL7/G3SXW, ZL7/G3TXF, ZMY2K, ZP5MAL.
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