[425DXN] 425 DX News #407
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20 February 1999 No 407
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3B9 - The Midway-Kure DX Foundation expedition to Rodrigues Island
(AF-017) [425DXN 405] will take place between 1 and 10 April. Nine
operators will be active on all from 160 through 6 meters. Plans are
for up to nine fully equipped HF stations to operate from a number
of locations throughout the island. One station will be dedicated to
RTTY only. The DXpeditioners are Frank Smith (AH0W/OH2LVG, team
leader), Bruce Butler (W6OSP), Kimo Chun (KH7U), Jari Jussila
(OH2BU), Victor Keller (XE1VIC), Jacky Mandary (3B8CF), Garry
Shapiro (NI6T), Yuuji Yoshitani (JA3IG/K1NT) and Ned Stearns (AA7A)
Chief pilot stations will be Andy Chesnokov, UA3AB and Gary
McClellan, K7ZD. QSL via N7LVD. Callsign to be announced later. For
inquiries, send e-mail to mkdxf@aztec.asu.edu [TNX AH0W]
5T - Tada, JA1CPS and other five operators from the International Amateur
Radio Volunteers (IARV) will be active from Mauritania between 11
and 17 March. They will operate in their spare time on 80-10 metres,
WARC bands included, on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via JA1UT. [TNX
JA8RUZ]
9N - Sergio Curina, IZ6BRN is currently active as AP2WAP from Pakistan.
From time to time he will go to Mirmi, near Pakhara (omee 100
kilometres west of Kathmandu), Nepal and has already received his
licence. His next trip to Nepal is scheduled on late March-early
April and he should be active as 9N7RN for a couple of weeks. QSL
via IK4ZGY. [TNX IZ6BRN/AP2WAP]
BY - BA4AA and other operators from Shanghai will be active (on all bands
SSB, CW and some SSTV) as BI4CM from Chongming Island (AS-136)
between 19 and 22 February. QSL via BY4HAM. [TNX BD4DW]
CE0_eas- The Radio Club of Chile will be active (on all bands CW and SSB) as
CE0AA from Easter Island (SA-001) between 27 February and 20 March.
[TNX CE6NES]
CO - CO2WF, CM5KL and others will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest
(6-7 March) as CO9BCC from Boca Ciega beach, Cuba. QSL via VE2EH
(http://www.qsl.net/ve2eh/co9bcc.htm). [TNX VE2EH]
E4 - Sami, ZC6B and Ali, JY4NE/ZC6A have been active as E44B and E44A
since 13 February. QSL E44A via JY4NE (P.O. Box 9392, Amman 1191,
Jordan), QSL E44B to P.O. Box 1008, Gaza, Palestine.
E4 - Martti (OH2BH), Pekka (OH1RY), Pekka (OH2TA) and Bernie (W3UR) have
been active as E44DX from Gaza, Palestine since around 12 UTC on 16
February and will go QRT on the 23rd. A web site and a log search
are expected to be available after the operation. QSL via OH2BN.
They have been concentrating on 21295, 14195, 7005 and 3795 kHz, but
once the pileups show signs of thinning out on these frequencies,
they will begin to operate more on other bands/modes. E44DX will NOT
participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest. Instead, during openings to
North America, they will focus on SSB on the traditional bands
(particularly on 14 and 21 MHz) and CW on 10, 18 and 24 MHz.
Plans were to hit the bands on the 15th [425DXN 406], the delay was
due to the need of working out some logistical issues. The call sign
has been assigned to the newly formed Palestinian Amateur Wireless
Society by the Palestinian Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
(MPT) and the DXpedition is being carried out in cooperation with
Ali, E44A and Sami, E44B. There are two stations running at the
Palestine Hotel, power has been limited to 400 W or less, due to
interference with the hotel's telephone system. Arrangements are
being made to leave behind equipment for the new society's club
station, assuring continued amateur radio activity from Palestine.
[TNX N4GN]
E4 - Seven members of IARV (International Amateur Radio Volunteers) led
by JA1UT are returning to Palestine to complete their aid project
for a hospital telecommunications facility. In their spare time,
mainly in the local evenings, they plan to be active as E44MPT
(Ministry of Post and Telecommunications) on 80-10 metres (WARC
included) using CW and SSB, but Toshi, JA8RUZ and Hiro, JP1TRJ will
try to operate for longer periods. They expect to be QRV by this
weekend (20-21 February) and to be active until the end of the
month. QSL via JA1UT. [TNX JA8RUZ]
EA - The following DIE/DIEI (the Spanish Islands awards) operations are
planned for 21 Febraury: ED7CIW from Islotes del Salon (DIE S-268;
the call is in memory of Rafa, EA7CIW); EA4ENK/P from Charco del
Ciervo (DIEI BA-045); EA5AEN/P from Mata d'Entorre (DIEI V-032).
[TNX IK1GPG]
GJ - Chris, G3SVL plans to participate in the CQ WW 160 Meter SSB DX
Contest (26-28 February) from Jersey, possibly with a special GJ8
one letter suffix call. [TNX The Daily DX]
HP - Joel, F5PAC [425DXN 403] was active as HP3/F5PAC from NA-071 and
expects to be on NA-088 until 20 February. After that he plans to
move to NA-202 and operate from there for a couple of days starting
on the 23rd. QSL via F5PAC. [TNX ON5NT and Islands On The Net]
HS - Don Craft, HS0ZBG/KB8MVS and his wife are returning to Thailand for
four years. Don says that it may take him 4 to 6 months to get back
on the air due to finding a new house and getting his missionary
work set up again. He will be better equipped this time and plans
are to work CW as well as SSB. QSL via K8GT. [TNX Jerry Treas]
I - Special station II2V will be active on several occasions during the
year to celebrate Alessandro Volta. Operations will take place from
various locations, mainly in Como. The first activities are
scheduled on 18 February, 20-21 and 26 March. QSL via I2ARN. [TNX
I2ARN]
J8 - Tony, G0REP will be active (SSB with some CW) as J8OC from Mustique
Island (NA-025) between 1 and 14 March. QSL via G0REP. [TNX G0WAZ]
JW - Ivar (LC3SAT), Per (LB4OE) and Carlos (LA9PJA) will be active
respectively as JW/LC3SAT (on RS-12/13 and 6 metres), JW/LB4OE and
JW9PJA from Svalbard (EU-026) between 15 UTC on 25 February and 10
UTC on the 28th. Carlos plans to concentrate on SSTV and RTTY, but
will operate CW (mainly on 160 metres, propagation permitting) and
SSB as well. Further information is available at
http://www.qsl.net/la9pja/ (or e-mail Carlos at la9pja@qsl.net). QSL
JW/LC3SAT via LC3SAT bureau/direct (Ivar Haanes, Oppsals Vei 6, 1380
Heggedal, Norway); QSL JW/LB4OE via LB4OE bureau/direct (Per
Nielsen, Ridde 110, 1370 Asker, Norway); QSL JW9PJA via LA9PJA
bureau/direct (Carlos Ferreira, Johan Bjerknes Vei 5B, 3039 Drammen,
Norway). [TNX LA9PJA and ON4VT]
JW - Juergen, DJ3KR will be active (mainly on LF and WARC bands CW) as
JW/DJ3KR from Svalbard (EU-026) between 26 February and 5 March. QSL
via DH3MG. [TNX DX News Sheet]
KG4 - Doug, W4OX will be active as KG4OX from Guantanamo (NA-015) between
3 and 10 March. He will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest
(SOAB). Before and after the contest he be active on all bands and
modes, including RS-12 and perhaps some RTTY. QSL via W4OX either
direct (Douglas A. McDuff, 10380 S.W. 112th Street, Miami, FL 33176,
USA) or through the bureau. Any comments, requests or questions may
be sent to w4ox@qsl.net [TNX W4OX]
KH6 - Rick, NE8Z will be active as NE8Z/NH7 from Maui, Hawaii (OC-019)
between 27 February and 6 March. He will concentrate on the WARC
bands CW. QSL via K8LJG or NE8Z. [TNX NE8Z]
PJ8 - ND5S, KF5LK (YL), W8EB and W8DVC (YL) will be active (on 10-160
metres, with special attention to 80 and 160 metres) between 21
February and 14 March. They will participate in the ARRL DX SSB
Contest as PJ8A (QSL via W9NIP). [TNX DX News Sheet]
TR - Derek, F5VCR and Ken, G3OCA have arranged to go to Banie Island
(AF-043) [425DXN 403] on 13 March and to leave on either the 15th or
the 16th. They plan to operate two stations, mainly on 15, 20 and 10
metres with 100 watts a vertical and a beam. [TNX F5VCR and Islands
On The Web]
UA - Mike, UA3SDK/0 will be active in his spare time from Sredniy Island
(AS-042) between 20 February and 20 May. QSL via RU3SD (Vasiliy
Bardin, P.O. Box 1, Ryazan, 390000 Russia). [TNX Andrei Blinushov]
VE - VE6 amateurs in Calgary, Alberta can use the special prefix XO6
until 28 February to celebrate the Provincial Special Olimpics which
will be held in Calgary on 26-28 February. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
VK - VK6LC, VK6DLB and VK6BHY plan to be active (15 and 20 metres) as
VK6ISL from Malus Island (OC-199) between approximately 6 UTC on 19
February and 2 UTC on the 20th (exact dates/times may depend on the
weather). [TNX VK6LC]
VK9_lh - Ed, K8VIR will be active again from Lord Howe (OC-004) as VK9EHH
between 6 and 18 March. QSL via W8WC. [TNX The Daily DX]
XF4 - Marcos (XE1MX), Fabian (XE1FRF) and Daniel (XE1FSK) will be active
as XF4MX from Socorro Island (NA-030), Revilla Gigedo between 1 and
16 March. They plan to operate CW, SSB and RTTY on all bands, WARC
included, and to participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest. QSL via
XE1MX. [TNX XE1FSK]
ZS - The Boland Amateur Radio Club will be running a special event
station between 27 February and 1 March to celebrate the 150th
birthday of the L'Agulhas Lighthouse, the second oldest lighthouse
and the southernmost lighthouse in Africa. The special callsign
ZS150LL will be used on all the popular HF bands and all contacts
will be confirmed with a very special QSL card. [TNX ZS4BS]
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>>> DXCC STATUS OF 9U BURUNDI CONTACTS <<<
The following DXCC News Release, dated 18 February, comes from Bill Moore,
NC1L (bmoore@arrl.org):
"Over the years since 1994, the DXCC Desk has received several pieces of
documentation for operations from 9U, Burundi. This documentation was
accompanied by license copies, complete with stamps and signatures. However,
the DXCC Desk had heard rumors that these documents were in fact forgeries,
and not authentic documents. Due to the fact that the operators were still
inside the country, and that we did not want to take action that could
possibly cause them physical harm, and we knew we would be able to purge
these contacts from DXCC records if this was found to be true, cards were
accepted until we had the opportunity to investigate after the operators left
the country.
This situation came to a head earlier than we expected. The Director General
of ONATEL, the communications authorities in Burundi, contacted us by fax
inquiring as to whether we had seen licenses from Burundi. After several
faxes back and forth, they informed us that the licenses were forgeries. The
signature on the documents was that of an official who had not been in that
position for some time. The operators were saved from any real punishment
other than being expelled from the country, and the entire incident is under
investigation by their employer.
Since that time, the DXCC Desk has been rejecting cards for those operations
concerned. As soon as it is possible for the DXCC computer program to do so,
all contacts from those operations will be purged from the DXCC database. We
expect that will happen before March, 1999. This affects all operations since
1994 using a 9U prefix.
The submission of forged documentation is a clear violation of DXCC Section
1, Basic Rule 7, and also Rule 12 (a)."
MOST WANTED ---> According to the Most Wanted List compiled by the Northern
Portugal DX Group, the top ten DXCC entities most sought for by Portuguese
DXers are North Korea, Bouvet Island, Central Kiribati, MacQuarie Island,
Buthan, Johnston Island, Kingman Reef, Andaman & Nicobar, Tokelau and
Annobon. The full list can be provided by Jose, CT1EEB
(ct1eeb@mail.telepac.pt).
QSL E30GA ---> The cards have just arrived from the printer and QSL manager
K4JDJ will start sending them out by this weekend. "The printer did make a
mistake on the cards and printed them backwards", Bruce (WD4NGB, E30GA team
leader) says, "but due to the time already spent, decided to go with these."
QSL EJ7NET ---> All the contacts made by the WestNet and Saltee Dogs DX
Groups during their 1998 trip to EU-103 have been confirmed by Tony, EI2GX
either direct or through the bureau. [TNX EI6FR]
QSL TU5IJ ---> Marco, IK2CHZ and Aldo, I2AOX logged 4662 QSOs on 10-160
metres SS, CW and RTTY during their 12-23 January activity as TU5IJ from
Ivory Coast. They operated from the QTH of Father Martino Bonazzetti (TU5IJ).
QSL direct only to I2AOX. [TNX IK2CHZ]
QSL ZS6IR ---> "I apologize to everybody who sent a direct QSL request to my
manager DL4EBA between 1 July 1998 and 28 August 1998", Uli, ZS6IR says. "To
give my manager some relief I wanted to answer the direct QSLs myself. So I
asked him to send the QSLs to my homeaddress. Unfortunately this package
disappeared on the postal way, to everybody's distress. I would happily
respond to all QSL requests if I could get hold of another QSL card from
these stations which are still waiting. Please accept my regrets and send
your cards." [TNX K1XN and The Golist]
QSL VIA IK2DUW ---> Antonello, IK2DUW reports he has received the logs for
6K0ZS (Pohang CW Club) and Jang, DS5WKW. QSL to Antonello Passarella, P.O.
Box 22, 20051 Limbiate - MI, Italy (http://www.qsl.net/ik2duw)
QSL VIA PA3AXU ---> Direct cards for A35XU and 5W0GD should be sent to the
following address: G.A.M.C. Dijkers, Dokter P.A. Cornethof 3, 6669AZ
Dodewaard, The Netherlands. [TNX PA3AXU]
+ SILENT KEY + Adrian Sinitaru, YO3APJ reports the sudden passing, on 7
February at 58 years of age, of Andrei George "Andy" Giurgea, YO3AC. Andy was
and active DXer on both SSB and CW and a member of the board of the YO
national society.
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LOGS: Paulo, CT1ETE reports that logs for CS6S (CQ WW 1997) and CT7O
(CQ WPX 1998) will be available soon on his webpage at
http://www.qsl.net/ct1ete/logs.htm (QSL via CT1ERK; bureau
cards may be requested at ct1ete@qsl.net).
OKDXF: The web page for the OK DX Foundation 1999 DXpedition to the
Pacific [425DXN 403] is at http://www.okdxc.cz/pacific99
W3HC: Mac, W3HC has updated his web page, where around 200 photos of
DX stations and photos of all of the QSLs he handles are now
available. Give a look to http://www.qsl.net/w3hc
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QSL received via direct: 3B8FQ, 3D2DX, 3DA0CA, 3V8BB, 3W6DXI, 3XY0A,
3XY0A/p (AF-051), 4U1ITU, 5N3CPR, 5X1Z, 8Q7IO, 8Q7IQ, 9J2A, 9J2AM, 9K2MU,
9K2ZZ, 9M2AX, 9V1ZB, A61AJ, AP2JZB, AP2NK, BD4DW, BD4ED, BD6BF, BI4C
(AS-136), BI4Q (AS-135), BI5P (AS-138), BI5Z (AS-137), BO0K, BV2KI, BV7FC,
CE1LDS/2 (SA-086), D44BC, D68WU, EI8EM, EX9A, FG5BG, FK8GM, K4ERO/HC1,
HF0POL, HH2LQ, HK0ER, IK5YZV/IA5 (EU-028), II7A (IIA LE-004), IL7/IK7JWX (IIA
BA-003, BR-010), KH2D, JD1BIA, J69AZ, LY63BA, OY1CT, PZ5JR, RA0FA, S21K
(AS-140), S92YN, SV2ASP/A, T32KV, T77C, TU2KC, TX8A, TY8A, VK9CR, VK9LX,
VP2V/K9JF, VP5/WA2YVN, VP8CRB, WH0V, XX9TR, XX9X, YB0ECT, YB5QZ, YE1ZI,
YK1AO, ZP5MAL,
QSL received via WF5E DX QSL Service: 3B8CF, 3W5RS, 4J80ADR, 5B4ADA, 5R8EY,
7X2RO, 9K2ZZ, 9V1ZB, 9V8WW, 9V8ZB, A2/ZS5UZ, A35RK, BA1DU, BI3H (AS-134),
BI4C (AS-136), BI5P (AS-138), BI5Z (AS-137), BO0K, BV7FC, BV88ARL, BV9AYA
(AS-103), C6AFV, CT3FT, CT98BOH, EI4VVF/P, EK6CC, EK6GC, FH/DJ1RL, FP/N9PD,
FR5DX, GT6YB, HB0/HB9LEY, HF0POL, HH2PK, HZ1HZ, J49IL, N2OO/KH9, LY98ZZ,
OJ0VR, R1ANF, R1ANZ, R9KM (AS-083), RA0FF, RL0P, RW9QA, T95A, TF3IRA, TL5A,
TT8JE, UP0F, UP6F, VE8C (NA-173), XM3PBX, YI9SK, YW5LB.
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