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19 August 2000 No 485 =========================== *** 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) ! \---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ 3DA - Look for ZS6ANL to be signing 3DA0NL from Swaziland between 21 and 25 August. QSL via ZS6ANL (P.O. Box 6282, Homestead, 1412 South Africa). [TNX ZS6ANL] 4W - Preparations for the early October 2000 DXpedition to East Timor by Dennis, K7BV [425DXN 477] continue. Made, YB9BV will not take part in this operation, but Dick, N6FF has firmed up his commitment to come along and bring his 160 metre TX and low noise RX antenna expertise. The trip is receiving strong local support from Thor, 4W6MM and Ross, 4W6UN as well as the new East Timor Amateur Radio Association. Dennis and Dick will, in turn, introduce the new callsign for the club (most likely 4W6DX) during their trip. Current information on the DXpedition is available at http://www.qth.com/k7bv/ [TNX K7BV] 5V - DJ7UC, DL4WK, DL7BO, DL7DF and DL7UFR will be active from Togo between 3 and 9 October. They plan to operate on all HF bands (plus 6 metres) SSB, CW and RTTY with an emphasis on the low bands. QSL via DL7DF either direct (Sigi Presch, Wilhelmsmuehlenweg 123, D-12621 Berlin, Germany) or through the bureau. The web site for the operation is at http://www.qsl.net/dl7df/ [TNX DJ7UC] 8Q - Roberto, EA4DX will be active (on 10-80 metres, WARC included, SSB) as 8Q7XX from the Maldives (AS-013) between 31 August and 11 September. His main targets will be the US on the higher and Europe & Japan on the lower bands. QSL direct to EA4DX (Roberto Diaz, Doce de Octubre 4, 28009 Madrid, Spain). Log search after the trip at http://www.qsl.net/ea4dx [TNX EA4DX] 9A - Look for 9A5V/p, 9A5KV/p and 9A3VM/p to be active from the lighthouse (LH 388) on Sveti Andrija Island (EU-016) on 19-20 August. QSL for all calls via 9A5KV (Alfred Raguz, P.O. Box 286, 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia). [TNX 9A7K] 9G - Sergei, UA3AP is active as 9G5AP from Ghana until 23 August. He operates CW with some SSB (usually between 13 and 15 UTC and after 18 UTC during the week) from the local radio club. QSL via UA3AP either direct (Sergei Kulyov, P.O. Box 2, Moscow, 125422, Russia) or through the bureau. [TNX 9G5AP/UA3AP] 9H - Steve, SO5ASL will be active (callsign to be issued upon arrival) from Malta (EU-023) on 22-29 August. He plans to operate on 10-80 metres (not WARC) SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK and HELL with emphasis on PSK on 20 metres. QSL via bureau to G4ASL. [TNX SO5ASL] BV - Yuki, JI6KVR reports an operation from P'engchia Island in the newly created Taiwan's Coastal Islands group (AS-???) is planned to take place as BV9W on 25-27 August. BY - Martti, OH2BH will be revisiting Beijing to team up with Alan, BA1DU for another activation of BY1DX. They will be active on RTTY during the SARTG Contest (19-20 August), while SSB signals will be on the air as well during the RTTY off-periods. QSL via OH2BH (P.O. Box 73, FIN-02380 Espoo, Finland). [TNX N4GN] C6 - Lanny, W5BOS will be active as W5BOS/C6A from Cay Sal Bank (NA-???) beginning on 6-7 October for 2-3 days. This is the last unnumbered IOTA island group in the Bahamas. QSL via W5BOS (Lanny Phillips, 8381 FM 2101, Quinlan, TX 75474-4836, USA). [TNX W5BOS] EA8 - Operators from Grupo de DX de Gran Canaria will operate as ED8GCL from the lighthouse at Punta de Sardina (FEA D-2816) on 19 August during the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend. QSL via EA8AKN. [TNX EA8AKN] HR - Angel/EA1QF, Chema/EB1ADG, Pere/EA3CUU, Paco/EA4BT, Tony/EA5RM, Julio/EA5XX, YL operator Belinda/EA8NN and operators from Radio Club Tegucigalpa will be active on all HF bands (SSB, CW and RTTY) as HQ0R from Tegucigalpa, Honduras between 17 and 25 September. The trip is part of the "Radiosolidaridad" project sponsored by URE (Union de Radioaficionados de Espana) and the group will install nine new digipeaters for packet radio. QSL via EA4URE (P.O. Box 220, Madrid 28080, Spain). The wwb site for the operation is at http://www.ure.es/honduras/honduras.htm [TNX EA5XX] I - Alberto, IT9MRM will operate as IT9MRM/p from the lighthouse at Punta San Raineri (WAIL SI-002, IOTA EU-025, http://www.qsl.net/it9mrm/faro/Faro_S_Raineri.htm) on 21-23 August. QSL to IT9MRM (Alberto Mattei, Via Megara 376, 96011 Augusta - SR, Italy). [TNX IT9MRM] I - Bruno, I8SUD and Giannino, I2RGV plan to operate from the lighthouse at Capo dell'Armi (WAIL CL-008) on 27 August. The WAIL pages can be found at http://www.ari.it/wail.html [TNX IK1NLZ] I - Gabriele, IT9SGC plans to operate from the lighthouse at Capo Murro di Porco (WAIL SI-011) within the end of August. On 1-2 September he will be active from Isola Piccola di Marzameni (IIA SR-007, IOTA EU-025). I - Special event station IR5ONU will be active from 1 September through 31 December. QSL via I5KKW. I - Roberto, IK0MHR reports he will be active as IA5/IK0MHR from La Cappa (EU-028, IIA GR-013) between 3 and 10 September. IS0 - A team of operators from ARI Quartu Sant'Elena will be active (on HF, 6 metres and VHF) as IM0/IS0BMU from Isola dei Cavoli (EU-165, IIA CA-001) on 18-20 August. QSL via IS0AGY. [TNX IS0JMA] IS0 - Alberto, IK4HPU and Robero IS0JMA will be active as IM0/IK4HPU from Scoglio Cavalli (IIA SS-115, IOTA EU-024) on 19 August. [TNX IS0JMA] IS0 - Gianni, IS0YUJ and other operators from ARI Carbonia plan to operate from the lighthouse at Capo Spartivento (WAIL SA-009, IOTA EU-024) on 25-27 August. The WAIL pages can be found at http://www.ari.it/wail.html [TNX IK1NLZ] JA - Look for JA4GXS/4 and JH4ZWW/4 (club station call) to operate (on 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB and CW) from Otu Island (AS-117, Yamaguchi Prefecture) on 26-27 August. QSL via JA4GXS. [TNX JI6KVR] LA - Look for LA9VDA/p to operate from the Soroyane Islands (EU-079) on 20 and 21 August. [TNX LA9VDA] OH - The following stations are expected to participate in the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend: OH1AH from Uto (EU-096), OH1KH from Kaijakari (not listed in the Directory 2000, but according to Timo, OH1NOA it the island should qualify for EU-173), OH8AAU from Ulkokalla (EU-184), OH8T from Hailuoto (EU-184), OH0A from Nyhamn Lighthouse, Aland Islands (EU-002). [TNX OH1NOA] ON - ON4LFB/p, ON4LFG/p, ON6DP/p and ON1MFO/p will be active from the castles of Jalhay (LG-001 for the Belgian Castles Award, http://www.qsl.net/bdx) and Modave (LG-002) on 26-27 August. [TNX ON6DP] OZ - Alan, G3PMR plans to be active as OZ/G3PMR/m from Fyn Island (EU-172) for a few hours on 28 and 29 August. [TNX G3PMR] PY0_spp- The DXpedition to St. Peter and St. Paul Archipelago (SA-014) is now scheduled to take place on 25-30 August. The two original operators (Karl, PS7KM/ZX0SK and Tino, PT7AA/ZW0SP) have been replaced by Al Archangelo (PY2ZX) and Ademir Moreira (PY2SP), who plan to sign PS0S on 80-6 metres (no 160 metres operation) CW, SSB and RTTY. Ademir will operate CW while Al will operate SSB and RTTY (he is not very experienced in this mode but he will try to do his best). They will have two stations, but it is unlileky they can operate simultaneously. QSL via PY2SP (Ademir Moreira, Rua Abaitara 108, Sao Paulo-SP, 03714-060 Brazil). The web site for the DXpedition is at www.qsl.net.spsp [TNX PY2ZX, py2zx@terra.com.br] SP - Look for Tomek SP8CTE/1, Wojtek SP8NCF/1, Ryszard SP8ONZ/1 and Jakub SQ8BGJ/1 to be active on all bands CW and SSB from Uzanm (Usedom) Island (EU-129) between 21 and 28 August. QSL via home calls, either direct or through the bureau. [TNX SQ8BGJ] SV - Look for Claudio, SV8/I1SNW/p to be active from Skyros Island on 18-20 August. QSL via home call, either direct or through the bureau. Previously included in EU-072, Skyros now counts for EU-060 (Sterea Ellas Region group). SV - Look for J41LH to participate in the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend. QSL via the bureau to SV3AGQ. [TNX SV1APA] T8 - Look for JH8BKL/V63KA, JH8MYB/V63??, JA3UB/V63?? and YL operators JR3MVF/V63DO and JF8IYR/V63MC to be active on 40-6 metres (50.120 MHz) SSB and CW from Pohnpei (OC-010) between 30 August and 4 September. QSL via home calls either direct or through the JARL bureau. [TNX JA1ELY] TA - Nilay, TA3YJ and Berkin, TA3J will be active (on 10-80 meters SSB) from the lighthouse at Izmir-Foca Degirmen Burnu on 20 August during the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend. QSL via home calls. [TNX TA3YJ] TK - Gil, IZ1DLV will be active from Cavallo Island (EU-164) between 22 and 27 August. QSL via IZ1DLV either direct (Gilberto G. Bonasegale, P.O. Box 7039, 16148 Genova - GE, Italy) or through the bureau. [TNX IZ1DLV] VP5 - Frankford Radio Club members WA2VYA, WA3RHW, K2WB and N2VW will operate VP5/ from VP5JM's QTH on Providenciales (NA-002), Turks and Caicos Islands, between 24 and 31 October. QSL via home calls. They will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest (28-29 October) as VP5T (Multi-Multi). CW, WARC bands and PSK31 activity before and after the contest. QSL VP5T via N2VW (bureau cards can be requested via n2vw@arrl.net). [TNX N2VW] XT - DJ7UC, DL4WK, DL7BO, DL7DF and DL7UFR will be active from Burkina Faso between 10 and 15 October. They plan to operate on all HF bands (plus 6 metres) SSB, CW and RTTY with an emphasis on the low bands. QSL via DL7DF either direct (Sigi Presch, Wilhelmsmuehlenweg 123, D-12621 Berlin, Germany) or through the bureau. The web site for the operation is at http://www.qsl.net/dl7df/ [TNX DJ7UC] XU - Toni, EA5RM and Pedro Luis, EA7DBO will be active as XU7ABD from Sihanouk Ville, Cambodia between 3 and 11 October. They expect to operate on 10-80 metres SSB and RTTY with some CW. QSL via EA4URE (Union de Radioaficionados Espanoles, Apartado 220, E-28080 Madrid, Spain). The web site for the operation is at http://www.qsl.net/xu7abd/ [TNX EA5RM] ZD9 - The call ZD9ZM has been issued to Bob, G3ZEM for his 5-25 September operation from Tristan da Cunha [425DXN 471]. Bob will operate mainly CW, with some RTTY (as already announced) and limited SSB, as demand for ZD9 on that mode seems to be high. A daily operating plan will be posted on the ZD9 web site (http://www.dxtechnology/zd9zm), where a a searchable log will be available delayed by around 24 hours. QSL via K4CIA (William G McDowell, 13208 Norwood Road, Raleigh, NC 27614-9134, USA). [TNX G3ZEM] PACIFIC TOUR ---> Hrane, YT1AD and Dragan, Z32AU will be active (on all HF bands plus 6 metres, CW and SSB) from Fiji on 18-26 September (3D2AD and 3D2AU), from Tonga on 26 September-3 October (A35AD and A35AU), from Vanuatu on 3-10 October (YJ0AD and YJ0AU). QSL via their respective home calls. [TNX YU1OL] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH INTERNATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE/LIGHTSHIP WEEKEND ---> 262 stations from 47 countries are expected to participate in this year's event (from 00.01 UTC on 19 August until 23.59 UTC on the 20th). Several stations will operate from islands - FY/F5AEG (SA-020), KA1FRD (NA-055), N4XGI (NA-058), N4XGJ (NA-058), N4ZN (NA-110), VK4CHB (OC-142), VK7WS (OC-233), W2GSB (NA-026), W4DXP (NA-138), ZL1AB (OC-201) and ZS1ESC (AF-064), just to name a few outside Europe. The full list of participating stations is at http://www.waterw.com/~weidner/LH-day-table.htm NCDXF ---> At its Board of Directors meeting on 15 August 2000 in San Francisco, CA, the Northern California DX Foundation re-elected the following officers and directors: Len Geraldi, K6ANP (President); Al Burnham, K6RIM (Vice President); Tom McShane, NW6P (Secretary); Bruce Butler, W6OSP (Treasurer); Lou Beaudet/K6TMB, Rusty Epps/W6OAT, Bob Fabry/N6EK, Dave Pugatch/KI6WF, Chuck Ternes/N6OJ, Steve Thomas/N6ST and Glenn Vinson/W6OTC (Directors). Information pertaining to the Northern California DX Foundation is available at http://www.ncdxf.org/ [TNX K6RIM] QSL 4W/N5KO, 4W/W3UR & TXODX ---> Do not send second requests and be patient until the end of September, "by which time", Jarmo Jaakola, OH2BN reports, "every request received before August 1, 2000 should have resulted in a QSL card ending up in the hands of the DX multitude. QSL requests received after August 1 will be processed following the sorting out of these initial requests". TX0 and 4W cards will not be accepted by the DXCC Desk until 1 October 2000. QSL A52JS ---> Jim Smith, VK9NS reports that all requests received so far have been processed and label(s) printed for each return envelope. The cards are expected to arrive from the printer in a few days time. Please note that Jim "cannot keep up with the Multiple log QSL routine and cannot guarantee prompt return QSLing". QSL EP ---> The following comes from Mac, W3HC: "Any station in the U.S. that has worked any station in Iran and has not received a QSL card, send e-mail to Mac (w3hcw@suscom.net) with the contact information". QSL FO0MOT (OC-067) ---> George, OM2SA (om2sa@gw.om0nzb.ampr.org) reports he plans to reply to all the direct requests received so far within a few days. QSL to Juraj Sipos, 93013 Trhova Hradska 550, Republic of Slovakia. [TNX HA1AG] QSL WP4Q ---> The new QSL manager for Papo, WP4Q is EA5RD (Francisco S. Arnedo, P.O Box 673, Elda 03600, Spain). Bureau cards welcome. [TNX WP4Q] TROMELIN ---> The four FR/F6KDF/T operators went QRT on 14 August, after some 51,500 QSOs (17,000 CW, 33,800 SSB and 580 RTTY) in two weeks. QSL via F6KDF (Radio Club de la Gendarmerie, 292 Route de Genas, 69677 Bron Cedex, France). VQ9TW ---> More information [425DXN 480] comes from Charlotte Prince, KZ4V. This call was issued on 30 August 1999 to Tim Willis, KA5HQJ, to expire one year after that date. Tim was First Mate aboard the SS Green Valley (which was in the Diego Garcia area for a period of time) and operated from the club station on the island. "Strictly a SSB operator, and certainly no DXer", Tim got a new assignment shortly before the end of 1999. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSL received via direct: 1A0KM (Jul 00 QSO), 3B8MM, 3D2RK, 3V8BT (AF-073), 3W2B, 3W50K, 3W6LI, 4L4KK, 4S7BRG, 4W/N5KO, 4W/W3UR, 4W6EB, 4W6MM, 5C8M, 5R8ED, 5R8FU, 5T5U, 5X1Z, 6V6U, 7O1YGF, 8J1RL, 8R1K, 9E1C, 9G5MD, 9G5ZW, 9M6BAA, 9N7RN, 9N7VN, A52A, A52NL, A71MA, A92GE, BQ9P, BW2000, C21DJ, C6AKA, CE0Y/LX1NO, CE0Z/OH3JF, CE0ZRE, CE0ZY, CM6YI, CN8TW, CN8WW, CN8YR, CT3DZ, CW6V, DS5RNM, E4/OK5DX, E44/JA1UT, EA8BH, EP2AC, ER4DX, ES1QX/8 (EU-178), ET3VSC, EX0V, EX8MLE, EZ8AQ, FH/G3TXF, FO0AAA, FR5ZQ/G, FW/G3TXF, FW5ZL, FY5HY, GI0KOW, H40MS, HC8N, HK3/G0SHN, HL4HLD (AS-026), HP1XBI, IG9A, J28PP, J72JOT, JD1BIC/JD1, JW6YEA, JW7FD, JW9VDA, JY4NE, KB5GL/4 (NA-213), KH0/JR1KGL, KH0AC, KH2/K4ANA, KH2PC, KH6ND/KH5, OD5/OK1MU, OD5KB, OH1LU/P (EU-173, EU-184), P20X, P43JB, PT0F, PY0F/PY2ZDX, PY0FS, PY500A, R1ANB, R1ANC, R1AND, R1ANF, R1ANF/A ,R1ANJ, R1ANK, R1ANZ, R1FJL, R1MVA, RA0LOM/0 (AS-062), RW2F, S79QK, SU9ZZ, SV8/I2YYO (EU-113), T30CW, T30R, T31K, T32B, T32RT, T33CW, T33RD, T33Y, TA2DS/0 (AS-099), TA3DD, TE45RC, TR8CA, TT8JA, TU2XZ, TX0DX, TZ6YV, V25A, VK9WI, VP2V/G3TXF, VP6BR, VP6DB, VU3VLH, W5DDX (NA-082), XR0ZY, XV5VE, XW2A, XZ0A (AS-144), YC0LBK, YC5XIP (OC-107), YI9OM, YK1AO, YL8M, YP1W (EU-183), YS9/KE4LWT, Z32XX, ZK3CW, ZK3DX, ZMY2K, ZS31ER (AF-085), ZX0F. ***************************************************************************** 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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