[425ENG] 425 DX News #542


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   22 September 2001 No 542
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The Editors of 425 DX News welcome Paulo Pinto, CT1ETE who has kindly offered
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3W - 3W3ZZ will the call used by Sam, JA1EUI during his 21-28 September
          activity from Vietnam [425DXN 539]. QSL via home call (Satoru
          Matushima, 2469-5 Toda, Atugi, 243-0023 Japan). [TNX The Daily DX]
5U - The same operators who aired 5U2K, 5U3T and 5U5A in March (namely
          I2UIY, I2YSB and IK2DIA) will go back to Niger in January/February
          2002 for a 2-week DXpedition. Three or four other operators from
          Italy and USA are expected to join the team. They will have at least
          three stations and will be active on 160-10 metres (with special
          attention to 80/160m) CW/SSB/RTTY/PSK31 and on 6 metres CW/SSB.
          Further information is expected in due course. [TNX I2UIY]
9K - Effective 15 September, the Kuwait Amateur Radio Society (KARS), in
          conjunction with the Kuwait Ministry of Communications, has
          authorized the use of the callsign 9K2USA by all Kuwait amateur
          radio operators simultaneously "as a small token of the sympathy and
          support for the people of the United States from the citizens of
          Kuwait". Look for 9K2USA to be aired until the end of September. QSL
          via 9K2RA, as the Kuwait Amateur Radio Society (9k2ra@kars.org) will
          merge all the QSOs in one single database. [TNX K4CY/9K2ZZ]
C9 - Reinhard/DL6DQW, who is currently signing C98RF from Quirimba Island
          (AF-061) [425DXN 536], will operate as C91RF from Maputo between 24
          September and 4 October. QSL via DL6DQW. [TNX OZ6OM]
DL - Look for DL2RXE/p to be active on 20 and 40 metres SSB from Mukran
          Lighthouse (GLHA 58, ARLHS FED-159) on Ruegen Island (EU-057) on
          22-23 September. QSL via bureau. [TNX DL2VFR]
FO_aus - Jon/WB8YJF and Leo/K8PYD were expected to be active (mainly on RTTY)
          from the Austral Islands between 24 September and 3 October.
          However, according to the "VK2SG RTTY DX Notes", their trip has now
          been postponed until December.
HA - Special call HG50HSC will be aired from Hungary to commemorate the
          50th anniversary of the High Speed Club (http://www.hsc.de). The
          operators will be Hungarian HSC members (HA3OV, HA3NU, HA1AG and
          others). QSL via HA1AG (e-mail requests for bureau cards are welcome
          at ha1ag@compuserve.com). [TNX HA1AG]
HS - Champ, E21EIC reports he will participate in the CQ/RJ WW RTTY
          Contest (SOAB low power) next weekend.
I - Special event station II6I will be activated on 5-14 October during
          a congress on propagation. The web page for the event is at
          http://www.qsl.net/arijesi/ii6i [TNX IK6PYS]
KH4 - The 23-29 September operation by Nao (JE7RJZ/WH2M) and Koln
          (JP1JFG/N2IU) from Midway Island [425DXN 539] has been cancelled due
          to the current sad circumstances in the US. [TNX JA1EOD]
KH0 - Look for JH7IMX to operate as KH0/K7WD from Saipan, Northern
          Marianas (OC-086) between 28 September and 2 October. QSL via
          JH7IMX. [TNX The Daily DX]
OH - Toni Linden, OH2JTE (the 21-year-old vice-president of Contest Club
          Finland) will participate in the Scandinavia Activity Contest SSB
          (from 12 UTC on 22 September to 12 UTC on the 23rd) from the station
          OH2BH. Meanwhile Martti Laine, OH2BH will be active from the OH0B
          contest station in the Aland Islands. The SAC was the first contest
          Martti took part in when he was 15 back in September 1961. [TNX
          N4GN]
P4 - Tyler, K3MM will be active from Aruba (SA-036) between 25 September
          and 2 October. He will participate in the CQ/RJ RTTY Contest from
          the P40V station, while before and after the contest and will
          operate, possibly as P40M, on WSFT and PSK31. [TNX The Daily DX]
T7 - IK4GLV, IK4JPR, IK4RUX and IZ4CCO will operate on HF and VHF as T70A
          from the San Marino Amateur Radio Club
          (http://www.inthenet.sm/arrsm) on 29-30 September. The activity is
          to celebrate the 1700th anniversary of the foundation of the
          Republic. QSL to T70A either direct or through the bureau. [TNX
          IK4RUX]
TI - Bill, AK0A will be operating from TI2HMG's QTH between 25 September
          and 9 October, including an entry in the CQ/RJ WW DX RTTY Contest
          and the TARA PSK Rumble. Look for TI2/AK0A on all bands RTTY, PSK31,
          MFSK, CW and SSB. QSL via AK0A. [TNX The Daily DX]
TI9 - A DXpedition to Cocos Island (NA-012) is being planned to take place
          on 4-19 February 2002. A team of 12 experienced operators will be
          signing TI9M on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. They will have four
          stations on two operating sites, plus a fifth station for 6 metres.
          Detailed information, including an online membership application
          form for those who want to join the team, is available at
          http://www.qsl.net/ti2hmg/cocos.htm [TNX TI2HMG]
V6 - Sho, JA7HMZ and Hisa, 7L4IOU will be active (on RTTY, SSTV and
          PSK31) as V63DX and V63XC from Pohnpei (OC-010), Micronesia between
          28 September and 4 October, including and entry in the CQ/RJ WW RTTY
          Contest as V63A. QSL V63DX via JA7HMZ (Shoji Igawa, 17 Shirogane,
          Yokobori, Ogachi, 019-0204 Japan). QSL V63XC via 7L4IOU (Hisami
          Dejima, 2-11-13 Minamikoiwa, Tokyo, 133-0056 Japan). QSL V63A via
          JA7AO (Tokuro Matsumoto, 3-62 Okachimachi, Yuzawa, 012-0856 Japan;
          bureau card requests welcome at ja7ao@jarl.com). [TNX JA1ELY]
W - N6KZ, N6FH, W6VX, N6IC, KQ6MW, WB9AWX, KJ6Y, and NN7A will operate
          (on 10-40 metres CW and SSB) from Santa Rosa Island (NA-144) from
          00.00 UTC on 29 September through 18 UTC on 1 October. Due to
          environmental considerations, they will have modest antennas and
          batteries, but will try to do their best to work Japan and Europe.
          QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX]
W - The Greater Norwalk Amateur Radio Club (N1EV, http://www.gnarc.org)
          will operate (on 15, 20 and 40 metres mainly SSB) from the Sheffield
          Island (NA-136, USI CT-008S) Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-753) on 30
          September between 14-21 UTC. QSL direct to G.N.A.R.C. Contest Club,
          324 Main Ave Box 115, Norwalk, CT 06851, USA. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
YB - John, YB5NOF will operate (with 100 watts and GP antenna) as
          YB5NOF/p from Anambas Island (OC-108) on 22-26 September. Look for
          him on or around 21260 and 14260 kHz. QSL to YB5NOF (John E. Daluas,
          P.O. Box 194/CPA, Ciputat 15401, Indonesia). [TNX YB5QZ]
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EURA ---> The "European Union Regions Award" is sponsored by ARI Busto
Arsizio and is available to licensed amateurs and SWLs. Visit
http://www.malpensa.it/radio/index.html or ask the Award Manager (Pier Luigi,
IK2UVR: e-mail ik2uvr@malpensa.it) for the details.

QSL OC-237 ---> Rivai/YC2MTA, who operated from Panjang Island on 7-8
September [425DXN 539], reports it will take 6-8 weeks at least before he
gets the cards from the printer. He recommends to use IRCs, also because the
current postage from Indonesia to foreign countries "costs almost $2".

QSL VIA YC9BU ---> Kadek reminds island chasers that he is the QSL manager
for the following stations/operations:
YB9ZBI OC-022 YE8XM/P OC-221
YC9XJ OC-034 YC8SHQ OC-224
YE8XM OC-070 YE8XM/P OC-224
YC7URA OC-088 YC9WZJ/P OC-239
YC4FIJ OC-144 YC9BU/P OC-241
YC9BU/P OC-148 YC9MKF/P OC-241
YC9ID OC-150 YC9WZJ/P OC-241
YC8RRK OC-210 YE8XM/P OC-246
He recommends to enclose IRCs for return postage and to use US$ only if sent
by registered mail. QSL to Kadek Kariana SP, P.O.Box 106, Singaraja 81100,
Bali, Indonesia. [TNX I8YRK]

+ SILENT KEY + The following comes from The Daily DX #187 (21 September):
"The Washington Post reported yesterday on the sad passing of one of our
Amateur Radio brothers, William Ruth, W3HRD. Bill died in the attack on the
Pentagon on September 11, 2001. He was a teacher in Montgomery County,
Maryland for many years. Ruth served in the US Marines during the Vietnam
War and in the Army Reserve when the Persian Gulf War broke out."
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QSL DB: Boye Christensen, OZ7C has updated his QSL DBase (which now contains
         266,158 unique records) for Packet Cluster. You can download
         oz7c0600.exe at:
         http://www.muurkrant.com/pi4com/QSLDatabase/index.html
         A search engine is available at http://www.hammall.com [TNX OZ7C,
         oz7c@qsl.net]

WF5E: Information on the WF5E DX-QSL Service is available on
         http://www.qsl.net/wf5e/. Also please note that the new e-mail
         address for Les is wf5e@home.com
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3D2XU PA3AXU EY10T DJ1MM UE4HMI RW4HW
3W9HRN DL1HRN EZ8AQ DJ1MM UF3CWR UA3DX
4K0LO 4Z5LO FM5GU KU9C UK8CK UX5UO
4L1AE LY2MM FO0FLA AH6HY UK8LA RW3RN
4L1DA DL87BO FR5ZU/T JA8FCG UN5J W3HNK
4L1W LY2MM GB0SM G3WNI UN7EX UA3DX
4L5T LY2MM GB0WB M5GUS UN7JJ EA5KB [*]
4T0I OA4DJW GB2FB G4DFI UN8GDR IZ8CCW
4Z8GZ DH2GZ HA/N1BCL N1BCL UN8GF IZ8CCW
5B4/DL1LH DL1LH HK0OEP N0JT UN8GU IZ8CCW
5R8HA G3SWH HS0AC G3NOM UP0ACS DL8KAC
5R8HC F6BUM HS4BPQ E21EIC UR4ILA UX3IV
9A/N0MX DJ2MX HS9EQY E21EIC UT3IB UX2IQ
9G1UW DL8UP ID9/IK4MED IK4MED UT5SY UT3IW
9H0VRZ PA7DX IH9/DL4KM/P DL4KM UT9IO UT3IW
9H1EL LA2TO II8CS IZ8CCW V44KJ WB2TSL
9H3S PA3HGP IS0/N9ZP DF9ZP V73RX W6WRX
9H3YM PE1OFJ IU8W IZ8CCW VK2BNG IZ8CCW
9K2ZZ W8CNL J28FH WA2VUY VK7KHZ/P EA7FTR
9L1DX EA4CEN JI3DST/8 JI3DST VK8AN/6 VK4AAR
9N1AC N3ME JT0FAA IZ8CCW VK9CQ PA3GIO
9N7DK OE4MDA K3J AH6HN VK9XV PA3GIO
9N7QK DL7UFP KC4USV K1IED VO1GAM VO1CJ
9N7RB W4FOA KG4DX W4WX VP2VE WA2NHA
A25/JA1ELY JA1ELY KH0/K7WD JH7IMX VU2NGB IZ8CCW
A25/JA1OEM JA1OEM LX/DH7RD/p DH7RD VU3NTV G3SEM
A25/KG6GPA W6DXO LX/ON6CK ON4ON XT2AJ F5JRY
A45WD YO9HP LX9SW PA1KW XU7ABF XW2A
A61AJ N4QB OD5RN IZ8CCW YB3ZMI IZ8CCW
A61AO N1DG P29AM NU5O YC0IEM IZ8CCW
A92GM KA8JRM PJ2/PA0VDV PA0VDV YC0IR W4JS
AT0HF VU2APR RA0BA UA3DX YC0LND IZ8CCW
BI4F BA4TA RI6UKI RU6UO YC0UTC IZ8CCW
BW0RS BV4VE S21YH 7M4PTE YC3DE IZ8CCW
C21XU PA3AXU S21YV KX7YT YC3DIK IZ8CCW
CN2KA F6HKA SM1T SM1TDE YC3IZK IZ8CCW
CN2LE F6ELE SV9/DL8KWS DL8KWS YC3MM IZ8CCW
CO8CY EA5KB SV9/ON4BB ON4BB YC3OX IZ8CCW
CO8EJ EA5KB SV9/ON5JE ON5JE YC9MB IZ8CCW
CO8TW IZ8CCW SV9/ON5KH ON5KH YJ0AXC JE1DXC
CW5AM EA5RD T30XU PA3AXU YM3CC LX1CC
D44TD CT1EKF T88AY JA7AYE YV5AT IZ8CCW
DU1/SQ9BOP SP6GVU TF4/LX9EG/p LX1NO YV5KOH IZ8CCW
DU3NXE W3HNK TF4RX ON4CAT ZF2VV K9VV
E20HHK E21EIC TG0R EA4URE ZK1QMA OM2SA
EK1700L EK6GB TM2A F5BJW ZK1TUG OM2SA
ET3VSC K3IRV TM8CDX F5IPW ZL7/G3SXW G3SXW
EX8QB IK2QPR TM9OI F6KWP ZL7/G3TXF G3TXF
EY10S DJ1MM UA0BA UA3DX ZP8VAO ZP5AA

[*] after 01 Sept 2001)
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4U1ITU IARC, P.O. Box 6, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
5A1A Abubaker Alzway, P.O. Box 74421, Tripoli, Libya
DL6DQW Reinhard Fendler, Waldteichstrasse 34, 01468 Boxdorf, Germany
DL8UP Herb Hein, Johannesleite 4, D-96450 Coburg, Germany
EA4CEN Jose A. Rodriguez Fernandez, General Castejon 1-6-A, 28924 Alcorcon,
          Madrid, Spain
EA4DX Roberto Diaz, Doce de Octubre 4, 28009 Madrid, Spain
F-11734 Marc Nogent, 60 rue Foch, 57390 Audun-le-Tiche, France
F5IPW Joel Ricaud, 32 ave de la vallee du Lys, 37260 Artannes, France
F6ELE Didier Bas, 11 rue des Petites Maisons, F-17320 Saint Ouen, France
G3SEM Paul Cort-Wright, 32 Brian Ave, Norwich NR1 2PH, England
G3SWH Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol, BS19
          5HQ, England
G3SXW Roger Western, 7 Field Close, Chessington, Surrey KT9 2QD, England,
          UK
G3TXF Nigel Cawthorne, Falcons, St. George's Avenue, Weybridge, Surrey
          KT13 0BS, England, UK
IK4MED Dario Calza, Via Stradella 54, 29100 Piacenza - PC, Italy
IK4PLW Franco Minghetti, Via 3 Dicembre 14, 48026 Russi - RA, Italy
IZ0CKJ Alessio Roma, Via Sterparo 43, 03023 Ceccano - FR, Italy
IZ7BNH Raffaele Di Troia, P.O. Box 178, 70056 Molfetta - BA, Italy
IZ8CCW P.O. Box 360, 87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy
JA1ELY Toshikazu Kusano, P.O. Box 8, Kamata, Tokyo, 144-8691 Japan
JA1OEM Shinichi Toyofuku, P.O. Box 9, Sswara, 287-8691 Japan
JA7AYE Nobuyasu Hosaka, 98-118 Haramae, Oogawara, 989-1201 Japan
JE1DXC Masayoshi Mihara, 4-22-23 Motobuto, Saitama 336-004, Japan
N4QB Joe Veras, P.O. Box 1041, Birmingham, AL 35201, USA
ON4ON Danny Commeyne, Rozenlaan 38, B-8890 Dadizele, Belgium
PA0VDV Joeke van der Velde, Delleburen 1, 8421 RP Oldeberkoop, The
          Netherlands
PA3GIO Bert vd Berg, Parklaan 38, NL-3931 KK Woudenberg, The Netherlands
PA7DX Anton Kerkhof, Blaublomke 2, 8401 MG Gorredijk, The Netherlands
PY7EG Jose Saulo Vieira Belo, Av. Esperantinopolis, 221 Ur-2 Ibura,
          51340-260 Recife - PE, Brazil
RA1ACJ Vyachelav Osipov, P.O. Box 1, St. Petersburg, 198261, Russia
UA1ANA Sergey Permut, P.O. Box 415, St. Petersburg, 190000, Russia
UA3DX Nick Averyanov, P.O. Box 39, Odintsovo, Moscow region, 143010,
          Russia
UT3IW P.O. Box 11, Gorlovka, 84601, Ukraine
UX2IQ P.O. Box 370, Yenakiyevo, 86420, Ukraine
UX3IW P.O. Box 73, Dzerzhinsk, 85200, Ukraine
UX5MZ P.O. Box 136, Lugansk 91057, Ukraine
UY0IX P.O. Box 9, Gorlovka, 84601, Ukraine
VK4FW Bill Horner, P.O. Box 1343, Maroochydore, 4558, Australia
VU2APR National Institute of Amateur Radio, Raj Bhavan Road, Hyderabad
          500082, India
VU2ELJ Sabu Mathew, P.O. Box 30, Sultan's Battery.P.O., Pin-673592 Wayanad,
          Kerala, India
WA2NHA Howard Messing, 90 Nellis Dr. Wayne, NJ 07470, USA
YE1D Deddy D. Iskandar, P.O. Box 99, Karawang 41300, Indonesia
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