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10 January 2004 No 662
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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, IZ1CRR (I1-21171): 425 DX News WWW Pages ! ! (e-mail i121171@425dxn.org) ! \---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ >>> 425 DX NEWS SURVEY <<<
425 DX News has launched a new survey, this time for the best DXpedition in 2003. Fourteen DXpeditions have been selected; please visit http://www.425dxn.org/trophy_2003/ and cast your vote.
C5 - Look for C56/G0VUH to be active on all bands from The Gambia on
16-30 January. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]
C6 - Look for Wade, AA8LL/C6A and Liz, K8LIZ/C6A to operate (mostly SSB
on 40-10 metres, with an emphasis on the WARC bands) from Crooked
Island (NA-113), Bahamas on 16-19 January. On 17-18 January they
will be active as C6ALB from the Bird Rock Lighthouse (ARLHS
BAH-005, WLA LH-0118). QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX
AA8LL]
CT - Toze, CT1GFK/P and Goncalo, CT1GPQ/P will be active on 20 and 40
metres SSB and CW from Geada Island (not IOTA, DIP AL-22) on 11
January (7-12 UTC). QSL via home calls. [TNX CT1END]
HI - Look for John, G4RCG/HI9 and Bruce, KI7VR/HI9 to be active from the
Dominican Republic on 17-31 January, CQ WW 160 Meter CW Contest
included. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
HA - On 1 May Hungary will become a full member of the of the European
Union and, to celebrate the event, special callsign HA2004EU will be
used by members of MOM Radioclub through the end of the year.
Further information is available at http://ha2004.eu/ [TNX HA5X]
I - IZ1CCE, I1RB, IK1MJG, IK1QLD and IZ1ESH will be active as IZ1CCE/L
(from Lions Club Solferino in Torino, Italy) on 10-11 January during
the 33rd annual Hunting Lions in the Air Contest
(http://www.sarl.org.za/public/contests/lionita.asp). Look for them
on +/- 7085, 14185, 21285 and 28485 kHz. The contest is to
commemorate the birth of Melvin Jones, the founder of Lionism, born
on 13 January 1879. QSL via IZ1CCE, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ1CCE]
KG4 - Bill, W4WX (KG4DX) has had to cancel his 13-19 January trip to
Guantanamo Bay [425DXN 660] owing to "shortage of billeting". He
will try again later in the year. [TNX W4WX]
S5 - Radio Club S59DKR will operate (on all HF bands CW, SSB and digital
modes) as S59DKR/p from Drazgose on 10-11 January to celebrate the
62nd anniversary of the battle that took place during WW II. Further
information at http://lea.hamradio.si/~s59dkr [TNX S58MU]
UA - Alex, RX3AJL/p plans to operate (only on 20 metres SSB) from
Vodokhlebina and possibly other islands for the Russian Robinson
Award along the White Sea coast on 8-10 January. [TNX RZ3EM]
VU - Ram, VU3DJQ expects to operate as either AT0D or AT0DJQ during
contests (20 metres only) from 10 January through 31 March. QSL via
EA7FTR. [TNX VU3DJQ]
W - Dan, W2NDP and Budd, N4WBJ will be active from Honeymoon Island
(NA-034) on 11 January. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX
The Daily DX]
XU - Peter, NO2R has had to postpone his XU7ACY activity [425DXN 661]
from Cambodia. He will be leaving on 31 January and ashould be QRV
from about 2 to 8 February. [TNX NO2R]
>>> ANTARCTIC OPERATIONS (*) <<<
(*) As far as base names, locations and accessory information are concerned, the reference source is the WABA Directory 2003 (which is also an acknowledged reference source for the RSGB IOTA Programme). It can be downloaded at http://www.ddxc.net (the web master, Egidio/IZ8BRI, is not and has never been involved in WABA management, so please refrain from contacting him on WABA matters).
CE6TBN/8 ---> Three pilot stations will assist Marco, CE6TBN during his operations from the islands of Riesco (SA-091, 12-15 January) and Wellington
(SA-032, 17-20 January) [425DXN 658]. They are JA1QXY (ja1qxy@mub.biglobe.ne.jp) for Japan, CE1VLY (ce1vly@123mail.cl) and CE1URH (ce1urh@hotmail.com) for the rest of the world. [TNX CE6TBN]
DXCC NEWS ---> The 9-16 September 2003 BQ9P operation from Pratas Island has been approved for DXCC credit. [TNX NC1L]
DX SPOTS ---> Rod Elliott, VE3IRF has collected the DX spots from the OH2AQ Web Cluster since January 1997. The collection - from January 1997 up to December 2003 - is available at http://www.425dxn.org/dxspots/.
EASTER ISLAND ---> Wojciech, SP9PT and Jerzy, SP9EVP logged 17,482 QSOs on CW, SSB and RTTY during their 19 October-1 November 2003 operation from Easter Island. QSLling has started; cards for CE0Y/SP9PT and CE0Y/SP9EVP should be sent direct to home calls. [TNX SP9PT]
GACW KEY DAY ---> The GACW KD will take place from 18 UTC on 28 February through 6 UTC on the 29th. This is not a contest, but an event for encouraging amateur radio operators to log as many QSOs as possible using their non-electronic keys. More information at http://gacw.no-ip.org [TNX LU1DZ]
LIGHTHOUSES ---> Alfredo, IK7JWX (ik7jwx2003@yahoo.it) provides the list of lighthouses he has operated from so far (QSL via home call, direct or bureau):
Year Day/Month Call Lighthouse WAIL ARLHS WLH
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2000 12/11 IK7JWX/p Monumento al Marinaio d'Italia PU-008 ITA-107 -
19/11 IK7JWX/p P.ta San Cataldo di Lecce PU-007 ITA-142 -
26/11 IK7JWX/p Torre Sant'Andrea (Missipezza) PU-006 ITA-170 -
3/12 IK7JWX/p Torre Sant'Andrea (Missipezza) PU-006 ITA-170 -
2001 6/1 IK7JWX/p P.ta Torre Canne PU-009 ITA-150 -
28/1 IK7JWX/p Torre San Giovanni (Ugento) PU-003 ITA-171 -
11/2 IK7JWX/p Torre San Giovanni (Ugento) PU-003 ITA-171 -
18/3 IK7JWX/p Traversa Island (EU-091) - ITA-175 LH-005
13/5 IK7JWX/p P.ta Palascia (Capo d'Otranto) PU-005 ITA-137 -
20/5 IK7JWX/p Capo Santa Maria di Leuca PU-004 ITA-039 -
26/5 IK7JWX/IB0 Ventotene Island (EU-045) LA-005 ITA-172 -
1/7 IK7JWX/p Torre Sant'Andrea (Missipezza) PU-006 ITA-170 -
18-19/8 IK7JWX/p Capo Santa Maria di Leuca PU-004 ITA-039 -
22/8 IK7JWX/IB0 P.ta della Guardia (EU-045) LA-004 ITA-128 -
4/11 IK7JWX/p Capo San Vito PU-001 ITA-040 -
2/12 IR7GM/p P.ta San Cataldo di Lecce PU-007 ITA-142 -
2002 18-19/5 IK7JWX/p Capo Santa Maria di Leuca PU-004 ITA-039 -
17-18/8 IK7JWX/p Sant'Andrea Island (EU-091) - ITA-084 LH-075
2-3/11 IK7JWX/p Porto Industriale Interno PU-002 ITA-117 -
9-10/11 IK7JWX/p San Cataldo di Bari PU-010 ITA-141 -
19-23/12 IK7JWX/ZA0 Sazan Island (EU-169) - ALB-004 LH-028
2003 1/6 IK7JWX/ZA3 Cape Durres - ALB-002 -
14/7 IK7JWX/p Porto Cesareo Front - ITA-237 -
19-20/7 IK7JWX/p Brindisi/Casale PU-015 ITA-069 -
17-18/8 IK7JWX/p Torre San Giovanni (Ugento) PU-003 ITA-171 -
30-31/8 IK7JWX/p Porto Cesareo Rear - ITA-238 -
1/11 IR7LH P.ta San Cataldo di Lecce PU-007 ITA-142 -
15/11 IR7LH P.ta San Cataldo di Lecce PU-007 ITA-142 -
22/11 IR7LH P.ta San Cataldo di Lecce PU-007 ITA-142 -
6-7/12 IR7LH Torre Sant'Andrea (Missipezza) PU-006 ITA-170 -
13-14/12 IR7LH Torre Sant'Andrea (Missipezza) PU-006 ITA-170 -
27/12 IR7LH P.ta Palascia (Capo d'Otranto) PU-005 ITA-137 -
2004 3/1 IR7LH Monumento al Marinaio d'Italia PU-008 ITA-107 -
3/1 IR7LH Brindisi/Casale PU-015 ITA-069 -
4/1 IR7LH P.ta Torre Canne PU-009 ITA-150 -
MOST WANTED SURVEY ---> The DX Magazine's (http://www.dxpub.com) annual Most Wanted Survey was conducted between mid-September and mid-October 2003, when the TO4E/TO4WW expedition to Europa had still to take place. The top 10 Most Wanted DXCC Entities are Scarborough Reef (BS7), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (VU4), North Korea (P5), Lakshadweep Islands (VU7), Peter I (3Y), Yemen (7O), Juan de Nova & Europa (FR/J&E), Navassa Island (KP1), Desecheo (KP5) and Aves Island (YV0). Complete results can be found in the latest issue of The DX Magazine.
PIRATE ---> Mike, G3TEV is the QSL manager for 9J2BO and reports that Brian's call has been pirated on 80, 40 and 30 metres. "This problem is occurring quite often, from the number of cards I have received", Mike says. The genuine 9J2BO operates on 80 metres only very rarely due to the high noise level on that band.
POSTAGE FROM AUSTRALIA ---> Peter, VK6RZ reports that "due to the increasing value of the Australian dollar against the US dollar, one US dollar is no longer sufficient for return postage except to the Asia/Pacific region".
QSL 5B4AHJ ---> Alan, G3PMR has now moved permanently to Cyprus. Bureau cards for 5B4AHJ (and 5B/G3PMR) should be addressed to 5B4AHJ (not via G3PMR). QSL requests via email (g3pmr@shacklog.co.uk) are acceptable. Direct cards should be sent to Alan Jubb, P.O. Box 61430, 8134 Kato Pafos, Cyprus. All QSLs already sent via G3PMR will reach Alan and will be acknowledged, but new QSL requests should be made as above. [TNX 5B4AHJ]
QSL IQ6AN ---> Lan, I6KYL reports that all of the QSOs made by IQ6AN from Monte Cappuccini Lighthouse (WAIL MA-003, ARLHS ITA 104) during the latest International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend have been confirmed automatically via the bureau.
QSL OC-264 ---> All of the direct cards for FO/IT9YRE, FO/I1SNW and FO/IT9EJW have been mailed. These operations, as well as V63RE and V63WN in 2002, are also accepted for DXCC credit.
QSL UA0FDX ---> Victor, UA0FDX reports that EA5OL is no longer his QSL manager. Cards should be sent direct to Victor Komzuk, P.O. Box 29, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 7, Sakhalin Island, 693007 Russia.
QSL YI/ON5NT ---> Ghis, ON5NT reports that all direct cards have been replied to. The rest of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. In the meantime Ghis got his personal call (YI9N), but "I doubt that I will ever use it", he says.
QSL VIA UA3DFX ---> Vladimir, UA3DFX is the new QSL manager for 4J1S, 4K1V, 4K60AA, 4K7DWZ and 4K7Z. His address is Vladimir Ulyanov, P.O. Box 10, Moscow 121615, Russia. [TNX UA3SAQ]
QSL VIA UA4WHX ---> Vladimir, UA4WHX (AC4LN) is back home after his long Pacific travels (about 85,000 QSOs made from 25 DXCC Entities and 35+ IOTA groups between 1 May and 25 December 2003). QSL cards will not be ready earlier than a couple of months. The correct QSL route is via UA4WHX either direct (Vladimir M. Bykov, P.O. Box 2040, 426000 Izhevsk, Russia) or through the bureau. Cards sent to AC4LN (CBA or bureau) will be replied to, but it will take time; those who have a large number of direct cards, as well as those who would like to contribute with more than ordinary return postage, are invited to contact Vladimir (ua4whx@mail.ru) for arrangements or to send it all to AC4LN. Logs are on paper and will not be available on-line in any form at any time. Vladimir was active as follows:
Date Call Island DXCC IOTA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 1-12 KH6/AC4LN Big Hawaii OC-019 May 13 KH2/AC4LN Guam Guam OC-026 May 14-15 V63MB Yap Micronesia OC-012 May 16-18 V63MB Mog-Mog (Ulithi Atoll) Micronesia OC-078 May 19-20 V63MB Yap Micronesia OC-012 May 21-26 T88VV Peleliu and Koror Palau OC-009 May 27-Jun 1 KH0/AC4LN Saipan Mariana Islands OC-086 Jun 2-6 V63MB Pohnpei Micronesia OC-010 Jun 6-11 V63MB Kosrae Micronesia OC-059 Jun 11-20 V73VV Majuro and Arno Marshall Islands OC-029 Jun 24-30 5W0VB Upolu Samoa OC-097 Jun 30-Jul 4 ZK2VB Niue Niue OC-040 Jul 4-9 5W0VB Savai'i Samoa OC-097 Jul 10 A35VB Tongatapu Tonga OC-049 Jul 11-14 A35VB Foa Tonga OC-169 Jul 14-17 A35VB Vava'u Tonga OC-064 Jul 17-19 A35VB Tongatapu Tonga OC-049 Jul 19-31 ZL/AC4LN various locations New Zealand Aug 2-4 P29VVB New Britain Papua New Guinea OC-008 Aug 4-8 P29VVB Los Negros Papua New Guinea OC-025 Aug 9-12 P29VVB Karkar Papua New Guinea OC-258 Aug 12-18 P29VVB New Guinea Papua New Guinea OC-034 Aug 18-20 H44VV Guadalcanal Solomon Islands OC-047 Aug 20-23 H44VV Nggela Solomon Islands OC-158 Aug 24 H40VB Nendo Temotu Province OC-100 Aug 25-29 H40VB Pigeon Temotu Province OC-065 Aug 30 H40VB Nendo Temotu Province OC-100 Aug 31-Sep 3 H44VV Guadalcanal Solomon Islands OC-047 Sep 5 YJ0VB Efate Vanuatu OC-035 Sep 6-8 YJ0VB Ambrym Vanuatu OC-035 Sep 9-12 YJ0VB Malakula Vanuatu OC-035 Sep 13 YJ0VB Efate Vanuatu OC-035 Sep 14-16 YJ0VB Tanna Vanuatu OC-035 Sep 17-18 YJ0VB Efate Vanuatu OC-035 Sep 21-24 FK/AC4LN Art New Caledonia OC-079 Sep 25 FK/AC4LN New Caledonia New Caledonia OC-032 Sep 27-Oct 3 FW/AC4LN Wallis Island Wallis & Futuna OC-054 Oct 4-7 3D2VB Viti Levu Fiji OC-016 Oct 8-14 3D2VB/R Rotuma Rotuma OC-060 Oct 16-20 3D2VB Viti Levu Fiji OC-016 Oct 21-28 T30VB Abaiang West Kiribati OC-017 Oct 29-Nov 5 T20VB Funafuti Tuvalu OC-015 Nov 6-7 3D2VB Viti Levu Fiji OC-016 Nov 9-15 ZK1/AC4LN Penrhyn Northern Cook Isls OC-082 Nov 18-26 ZK1/AC4LN Mangaia Southern Cook Isls OC-159 Dec 2-6 FO/AC4LN Nuku Hiva Marquesas Islands OC-027 Dec 7-9 FO/AC4LN Hiva Oa Marquesas Islands OC-027 Dec 11-12 FO/AC4LN Rurutu Austral Islands OC-050 Dec 13-15 FO/AC4LN Tubuai Austral Islands OC-152 Dec 16-25 FO/AC4LN Leeward Isls (various) French Polynesia OC-067
TEXAS DX SOCIETY ---> The Texas DX Society has elected the following new officers to serve in 2004: Mike Anderson, N5MV (President); Don Daze, N5DD (Vice-President); Ed Gerber, W5GCX (Secretary); Dave Topp, W5BXX (Treasurer). The Texas DX Society (http://www.tdxs.org) fosters the growth of DX and contest activities centered around South Texas, USA. [TNX N5DD]
Z38M ---> IZ8CCW and IZ8FWN logged about 10,000 QSOs during their recent activity from Macedonia. They wish to express their gratefulness to to Z36W, Z33F, Z31GX and Z32XX for the help given. Logs will be posted soon on the Mediterraneo DX Club's web site at http://www.mdxc.org/z38m, where pictures are already available. [TNX IZ8CCW]
+ SILENT KEY + IK1AWV reports the sad news of the passing of INORC member Stelvio Bozzano, I1BWI, past President and doyen of ARI Imperia, who became a Silent Key on 7 January.
1A0KM IK0FTA HC1AJQ EA7FTR R1ANF RK1PWA 3Z2AQB SP2AQB HE2MM HB9MM RK0AXX RA0ALM 3Z2EFU SP2EFU HF2BBD SP2BBD RW0A RA0ALM 4L1AE LY2MM HF2PI SP2PI SN2AIB SP2AIB 4L1W LY2MM HF9FM SP9PKZ SN2JLR SP2JLR 4L4MM F5VHH HG04HNY HG4I SP40PMK SP2PI 4L5T LY2MM HH2SJR K3PD T20RE HA8IB 4S7XKG LA7XK HI3TEJ ON4IQ T94JJ OE1EMS 8P9AM UT2UB HI7/OE1DIA OM1APD TA2ZF UT2UB 9G1UW DL8UP II9RAI IK0ZRR TF3CW LX1NO 9H3CT G0WKJ J79USA N4USA TM3QK F5UJY 9K2MU WA4JTK J79WW N4USA TT8FC EA4AHK 9M6NA JE1JKL J79WWW N4USA UE9WFJ RX9WN 9N7YDY JH8XIX JT1T JT1KAA UT0U UT2UB A43XA A47RS JT9BH JT1BH UT5UDX UT2UB A52CQ S57DX JU1T JT1KAA V5/JD1BLK JM1LJS AM4NET EA4URE JW0HZ SQ5TA V73MJ JF1NZW BN0F JL1ANP JW5RIA LA5RIA VK9LD VK2GND C6A/N3IQ ND3F KC4AAA K1IED VP5/ZF2ZL W8ERI CN2DX HB9HLM KC4AAC K1IED VP8DHI NH6YK CN8YZ EA7FTR KH0/JA1KAJ JA1KAJ XU7AAA XW2A D2PFN KK5DO KL7FAA AC7DX XV2J JR1TAG D44/IZ7ATN IZ7ATN KL7J N3SL XV2M SP5JTF DC1DT DK3DM LS4M LU4AA XX9TNG JN4ASA DP1POL DL1ZBO LZ100JVA LZ1PJ YA8G LA4YW DX1F JA1HGY M0SDX UT2UB YB0ECT K5ZE EL2AR EL2BA MM0CWJ WA3RHW YB1HLF EA5KB EM5U UT2UB N0R K3PD YI4A IZ8CLM EU6MM IK2QPR N4Z N4KZ YM2ZF UT2UB EV60OK EW8WW NH2PW N5FTR YN4SU TI4SU EV6Z DL8KAC NP4A W3HNK YR300A YO2BV FO/OH6KN OH9MDV OM100TS OM3CKU Z38M IZ8CCW FP5BZ F5TJP OX/LA8OKA LA8OKA ZF2PD N2LM GB2NBL G3UZU OX3SA K3PD ZL/W1CU W1CU HA2004EU HA5X P49MR VE3MR ZW5SF PP5CIT _________________________________________________________________________
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
DL1ZBO Rainer Hilgardt, Hans-Sachs-Weg 38, D-64921 Darmstadt, Germany IK0FTA Sergio Roca, P.O. Box 7132, 00162 Roma Nomentano - RM, Italy
JT1AS N. Sank, P.O. Box 719, Ulaanbaatar-23, Mongolia JT1BE R. Timur-Ochir, P.O. Box 116, Ulaanbaatar-24, Mongolia JT1BG S. Baatar, P.O. Box 158, Ulaanbaatar-13, Mongolia JT1BH S. Surenjav, P.O. Box 125, Ulaanbaatar-13, MongoliaJT1BJ Ts. Erdenebileg, P.O. Box 758, Ulaanbaatar-13, Mongolia
JT1BV T. Naranbaatar, P.O. Box 820, Ulaanbaatar-13, Mongolia JT1BZ J. Sukhee, P.O. Box 277, Ulaanbaatar-44, Mongolia JT1CD N. Khosbayar, P.O. Box 830, Ulaanbaatar-24, MongoliaJT1CH Sh. Chuluunbat, P.O. Box 421, Ulaanbaatar-38, Mongolia JT1CN T. Batbayar, P.O.Box 116, Ulaanbaatar-24, Mongolia JT1CO Ch. Chadraabal, P.O. Box 905, Ulaanbaatar-23, Mongolia
JT1CS Z. Bat-Erdene, P.O. Box 125, Ulaanbaatar-37, Mongolia JT1DA B. Enkhbayar, P.O. Box 736, Ulaanbaatar-13, Mongolia JT1KAA P.O. Box 639, Ulaanbaatar-13, MongoliaJT2KAA Dornod Radio Club Station, P.O.Box 94, Dornod, Mongolia K1IED Larry F. Skilton, 72 Brook Street, South Windsor, CT-06074, USA LA8OKA Martin Storli, Engelsrudlia 35, 1385 Asker, Norway OH9MDV Kimmo Rautio, Sieppotie 10 as 1B, 90650 Oulu, Finland RA0ALM Valeri Koursov, P.O. Box 8611, Krasnoyarsk, 660093, Russia RK1PWA Nick Shapkin, P.O.Box 73, 164744 Amderma, Arkhangelskaja, Russia UA0AGI Vladimir A. Simonchuk, P.O. Box 5416, Krasnoyarsk-49, 660049 Russia UT2UB Andrej Lyakin, P.O. Box 99, Kyiv-10, 01010 Ukraine XW2A P.O. Box 10003, Vientiane, Laos
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