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01 July 2006 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 791
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
>>> NEW DXCC ENTITY: THE REPUBLIC OF MONTENEGRO <<<
According to DXCC Rules, any entity that is a United Nations Member State is
considered a Political Entity under DXCC Section II, Part 1. At 15.12 UTC on
28 June the United Nations admitted the Republic of Montenegro as its 192nd
member, and this action automatically makes Montenegro the 336th current DXCC
Entity.
Effective 28 June 2006 (UTC), ARRL has added the Republic of Montenegro to
the DXCC List. QSOs made on or after this date will count for DXCC credit.
Claims for DXCC credit will be accepted immediately.
Montengrin amateur radio operators may use their current callsigns until the
International Telecommunication Union designates a new prefix block for the
new country. ARRL will accept any prefix deemed legal by the appropriate
Montenegrin authorities; please note that Montenegro is not a participating
member of CEPT, so portable operations by operators from other countries
(e.g. YU6/homecall) are not automatically authorized. Current Montenegrin
prefixes are 4O3, 4O6, YT3, YT6, YU3, YU6, YZ3 and YZ6.
5B - Jim, WB2REM will operate SSB on 6-40 metres as 5B/WB2REM from Cyprus
on 7-13 July. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX K1XN and The
Golist]
9G - Vlad, UY5ZZ will be active as 9G5UR from Accra, Ghana on 4-14 July,
IARU HF World Championship included. QSL via home call. [TNX UY5ZZ]
9M6 - Following the RSGB IOTA Committee's recent announcement [425DXN 790]
that Pulau Sebatik would count as a new IOTA group (OC-295P), a
DXpedition is to be mounted to activate this island for the first
time. Members of the Borneo Amateur Radio Club including Steve,
9M6DXX (ex-G4JVG, P29DX etc) and John, 9M6XRO (ex-9M6/G3OOK), will
be active as 9M4SEB (callsign applied for) from approximately 11 UTC
on 14 July until about 3 UTC on the 17th. Activity will be on 10-80
metres, CW and SSB, using up to three stations simultaneously. One
station will use a beam antenna and two will use 400W amplifiers.
QSL via M5AAV direct (Graham Ridgeway, 6 Pilgrim Street, Nelson,
Lancs BB9 0JQ, England) or bureau. [TNX 9M6DXX]
A7 - Bill, NM7H/G0MKT will be operating as A7/G0MKT from Qatar until
approximately 10 Septemeber. His primary bands and modes will be 40,
30 and 20 metres CW and PSK, with some 15 or 10m if the opportunity
arises. QSL via NM7H. He has also been invited to operate PSK using
the special event call A72OO6 (QSL via EA7FTR). [TNX NM7H]
BY - Four HQ stations will represent the Chinese Radio Sports Association
(CRSA) during the 2006 IARU HF World Championship: B1HQ (160m SSB
and CW, 80m SSB, 20m CW and 15m SSB), B3HQ (80m CW), B4HQ (40m CW
and 15m CW) and B7HQ (40m SSB, 20m SSB, 10m SSB and CW). QSL for all
via BA4EG. Full information on the awards issued for working these
stations can be found at http://www.crsa.org/2006_BnHQ/e.htm
CN - M'hamed, CN8NK reports he will participate in the IARU HF World
Championship as 5C8A, representing the Association Royale des
Radio-Amateurs du Maroc (ARRAM).
DL - Hans-Peter, DC1HPS will operate on 10-80 metres as DC1HPS/P from
Pellworm Island (EU-042) from 27 July to 18 August, IOTA Contest
included. QSL via bureau to home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
DU - Peter, DK2PR will operate holiday style as DU9/DK2PR from Mindanao
Island (OC-130) between 28 July and 15 August. Side trips to islands
in the OC-235 group are possible, but they will depend on local
conditions. [TNX DK2PR]
EI - John, G3LZQ will operate holiday style on all bands CW as EJ/G3LZQ
from Inis More (EU-006) on 28-31 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL
via home call. [TNX VA3RJ]
ES - Frank, DL1FT will be active as ES0FTZ from Saaremaa Island (EU-034)
on 4-14 July. He plans to operate on 40, 20 and 10 metres SSB. QSL
via DL1FT. [TNX VA3RJ]
F - Special event station TM0GP will be active on 3-16 July for the
French Formula 1 Grand Prix at Nevers Magny-Cours. All QSOs will be
confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX F8REF]
FR/E - Luc, FR5IZ reports he will be on Europa Island (AF-009) on 4-6 July
and plans to operate as FR5IZ/E/p/ on the HF bands with 100 watts
and a dipole. QSL via home call, direct or through the REF bureau.
FP - Paul, K9OT and Peg, KB9LIE will be active for the sixth time from
Miquelon Island (NA-032) from 28 July to 6 August. They will operate
as FP/K9OT and FP/KB9LIE CW and SSB; both of them will participate
in the IOTA Contest, and Paul will be active also during the North
American CW QSO Party. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. Their
web page is at http://www.mhtc.net/~k9ot/
G - The Otley Amateur Radio Society will be taking part in the U.K Air
Ambulance Weekend (8-9 July). They will be supporting the Yorkshire
Air Ambulance Charity using the callsign GB0YAA on the HF bands, 6
and 2 metres. [TNX G0SNV]
G - A group of operators from the Cray Valley Radio Society (namely
G4BUO, G4TSH, G0FDZ, G0VJG, G7GLW and M3CVN) will be active as
either homecall/p and G3RCV/P (QSL via G4DFI) from St. Mary's Island
(EU-011) from 26 July to 2 August. They will participate in the IOTA
Contest as M8C (QSL via G4DFI). [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
I - Maico, HB9OAE reports he will operate as IA5/HB9OAE from Elba Island
(EU-028, IIA LI-001) on 1-15 July.
I - Davide, IK4DCT reports he will operate on 10, 15, 20 and 40 metres
mainly CW as IA5/IK4DCT from Elba Island (EU-028, IIA LI-001) on
3-13 July. Side trips to other islands in the same IOTA group are
possible.
I - The following HQ stations will represent the Associazione
Radioamatori Italiani (ARI) during the IARU HF World Championship:
IU1HQ 20 CW 80 CW & SSB 160 CW & SSB
IU2HQ 15 SSB 40 CW
IU4HQ 15 CW 40 SSB
IU9HQ 20 SSB 10 CW & SSB
The operators will be I1HJT, I1NVU, IK1HJS, IK1QBT, IK1YDB, IK2HKT,
IK2RZP, IK4ZHH, IT9EQO, IT9BLB, IZ4DPV and others. All of the QSOs
will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX IT9BLB]
I - Virgilio, IC8OZM and Paolo, IC8DAK plan to operate SSB and CW from
Vivara Island (EU-031, IIA NA-005) on 9 July, from 5 to 10 UTC. QSL
via home calls. [TNX IZ3EBA]
IS0 - Simone, IW5EDI reports he will operate as IS0/IW5EDI from Sardinia
(EU-024) until 7 July. QSL via bureau.
IS0 - Wave Master Team member Giorgio, IZ1DXS will operate as either
IS0/IZ1DXS from Sardinia (EU-024) and IM0/IZ1DXS from Maddalena
Island (EU-041) on 2-10 September. [TNX IW1FGZ]
IS0 - Massimo, I0PNM will operate as IM0/I0PNM from San Pietro Island
(EU-165, IIA CI-009) from 29 July to 16 August, IOTA Contest
included. He alsoplans to operate from the lighthouse at Capo
Sandalo (WAIL SA-011). [TNX I0PNM]
JA - Look for JA5BEX/5 to operate SSB on the HF bands from Oshima
(AS-076, JIIA AS-076-003), Kagawa Prefecture on 1-2 July. QSL via
home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
JW - Hans, SM3TLG will be active as JW/SM3TLG from Longyearbyen (EU-026),
Svalbard on 5-10 July. He plans to operate on all bands and modes.
QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX SM3TLG]
LX - Ivo/ON6UM, Guido/ON4BAG, Peter/ON4PVH, Jan/ON6RJ and Rob/ON6QX will
operate as LX/OQ0A, LX/OP7A, LX/OO7A, LX/ON6RJ and LX/OR9Q
respectively from Wiltz, Luxembourg on 8-10 September. They plan to
operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via
home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX ON6UM]
ON - UBA Section LGE members will operate as ON12FORTS from the twelve
fortresses around Liege between 2 July and the end of the year. The
first activity will take place on 2 July from the Fort of Flemalle.
QSL via ON5VL. [TNX ON6DP]
SM - SM1WXC, SM1DVV, SM1CQA and SM1MUT will operate as SF1SKI from Stora
Karlso Island (off Gotland Island) and lighthouse (ARLHS SWE-371) on
19-20 August during the International Lighthouse & Lightship
Weekend. QSL via bureau. [TNX SM1TDE]
SV9 - Theodoros, SV1EJD will be active as SV9/SV1EJD from Crete Island
(EU-015) on 6-20 July. He will operate SSB and RTTY on 10-80 metres
with 100 watts. QSL via IZ8CCW, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW]
T7 - A joint team of operators (T77C, T77CD, T77EB, T77GO, I4FYF, I4TJE,
IK2NCJ, IK3QAR, IK4DCW, IK4GNI, IK4HVR, IK4MGP, IK4MGX, IK4SXJ,
IK4UNH, IK4WMH, IZ4AKS and K5GN) will participate in the IARU HF
World Championship as T70HQ, representing the local IARU Society
(ARRSM). They will operate CW and SSB on all bands. Expect some
activity as T70A before the contest. QSL via T70A, direct or bureau.
[TNX IK4MGP]
UA - The UE3EDA and UE1NEW team of operators will be active from a few
islands (not IOTA) located in Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega between 1
and 15 July. Expect activity by RK3EXA/1 during the IARU HF World
Championship. Further information will be posted at
www.hamradio.ru/rrc and www.mdxc.org/edxg [TNX RZ3EM]
UA - Sergej, UA3QUO reports he will operate as UE3QMP from Russian
districts VR-07 (Borisoglebsk), VR-11 (Povorino) and VR-16 between 1
July and 20 August. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. Full
information on the Russian Districts Award can be found at
http://rdaward.org/
V7 - Rev. Bill Burton, formerly known as DU3/G4CWA and T88BA, is now
V73WJ from Majuro (OC-029), Marshall Islands and expects to be there
for at least a year. He operates on 20 metres (14056 and 14320 kHz)
as well as on 17 and 15 metres conditions permitting, using dipoles
(but he hopes to erect a triband beam donated by a local
Marshallese). QSL direct to G4OHX. [TNX V73WJ]
VE - VO1MX (operators VO1TA, VO1KVT, VO1JNS and VO1MX) will be active
from Exploits Island (NA-198) on 27-30 July, IOTA Contest included.
QSL via VO1MX. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
VP5 - Bill, W5SJ will operate as VP5/W5SJ from Providenciales (NA-002) on
5-11 July. Primary activity will be on 6 metres with a 7-element
beam, and he will frequently "beacon" CQ on 50.102 MHz. Otherwise,
he will operate mostly CW on 80-10 metres when conditions allow. QSL
via W5FO. [TNX W5SJ]
W - Howie, K1VSJ is now active from Martha's Vineyard (NA-046) through
31 August. He will participate in the IOTA Contest. QSL via home
call, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
W - Jon, WB8YJF will operate CW, RTTY and SSB as WB8YJF/4 from Ocracoke
Island (NA-067) on 23-30 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via home
call, direct (Jon Severt, 5586 Babbitt Rd., New Albany, Ohio 43054,
USA) or bureau. [TNX WB8YJF]
W - N6VR, N6KZ, N6AWD, WB9AWX, KI6VC and WA6SC will operate from Santa
Cruz Island (NA-144) on 27-30 July. They will use N6VR/P for the
IOTA Contest and home callsigns at other times. They plan to have
three stations (one for the WARC bands and two for the other bands)
and to operate SSB and CW (during the contest they will use a
triband yagi for SSB and amplifier, and a vertical on CW). QSL N6VR
via N6AWD, others via home calls. [TNX N6VR]
W - Mark, KO1U will be active in the IOTA Contest from NA-137. He plans
to operate from either Cousins (USI ME-041S) and Littlejohn (USI
ME-065) islands. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
XX9 - XX9A will be the HQ station for the Associacao dos Radioamadores de
Macau (ARM) during the IARU HF World Championship. Four stations
will be operated from Taipa Island (AS-075). QSL via XX9BB. [TNX The
Daily DX]
YB - Special callsign YE1O will be used on 7-9 July (IARU HF World
Championship included) to commmemorate the 38th anniversary of
ORARI. Operations will take place on 10-160 metres from Cikoneng
Lighthouse. QSL via YC1RIV. [TNX YB1TC]
YO - YR0HQ will be the Federatia Romana de Radioamatorism's (FRR) HQ
station for the IARU HF World Championship. Logs will be uploaded to
LOTW. A free of charge award will be issued for contacts made with
YR0HQ, please contact Adrian, YO3APJ
(adrian.sinitaru@electricaserv.ro) for the details. [TNX YO3APJ]
ZA - Giuseppe/I2AZ, Pino/I8YGZ, Alfredo/IK7JWX and Gian Carlo/IK7QMJ will
be active as ZA/homecall on all bands and modes from Albania on 7-17
July. They plan to operate from a few rare locators as well as from
some lighthouses, and to participate in the Six Club Contest, the
IARU HF World Championship and the CQ WW VHF Contest. They are also
trying to get the final permission to go and operate from Sazan
Island (EU-169). QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX IK7JWX]
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
COOK ISLANDS (PREFIX CHANGE) ---> Victor Rivera, ZK1CG reports that the
prefix change from ZK to E5 for the Cooks Islands was officially announced in
the local newspapers on 28 June. Please be advised that as of 1 July 2006 the
new prefix for the North and South Cook Islands will be E5 (Echo Five), but
only the first two characters will change, while the rest will remain as it
is. So ZK1CG, ZK1USA and ZK1JD will become E51CG, E51USA and E51JD. Local
amateur radio operators normally get 2-letter callsigns and visiting
operators get 3-letter calls. [TNX K1XN and The Golist]
IOTA SWL CONTEST ---> Discontinued in 2005, it has been picked up by the
Mediterraneo DX Club (SWL Section), in cooperation with the RSGB HF Contests
Committee, and it will be held in parallel with the IOTA Contest (29-30
July). The "Geoff Watts Plaque", as well as a number of certificates, will be
presented by the MDXC. Please visit http://www.mdxc.org/swl for full
information (software included), or e-mail the Contest Manager Dan Rolla,
I1-12387 (iw1qla@tin.it).
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Joe, AA4NN (manager for the W4 incoming QSL Bureau
single letter prefixes) reminds readers that W4AO is not the manager for
OD5NH, N4QB is not the manager for A61AJ and N4BP does not want QSL cards.
QSL UE1RLH ---> The QSL manager for UE1RLH/1 and UE1RLH/2 lighthouse
operations is RA1QY, direct (Alexey M.Morozov, P.O. Box 24, Cherepovets
162611, Russia) or bureau. [TNX RA1QY]
QSL VIA IT9DAA ---> Corrado reports that all of the contacts made with the
various special calls that were active for the MDXC Members Trophy on 3-5
February are being confirmed automatically via the bureau. Please refrain
from sending your own QSL, unless you need a direct card. The results of this
year's event can be found at http://www.mdxc.org/trophyresults2006.asp
QSL VIA IZ8CCW ---> Antonio, IZ8CCW reports that all of the QSOs made by YE5M
(OC-215), TO7IR and PZ5CY have been confirmed. Direct requests have been
processed and mailed, and the rest of the contacts have been confirmed
automatically via the bureau.
WRTC 2006 ---> Thanks to Veijo Kontas, OH6KN and Risto Lund, OH3UU from the
Contest Club Finland (CCF), during the IARU HF World Championhsip you will be
able to follow the WRTC 2006 Contest standings on the Internet. The Score
Board demo version (during the contest it will be live) is available for you
to see at http://www.hagasoft.com. [TNX PY5EG]
+ SILENT KEY + Eugene Zvontsov, EZ8BO passed away on 11 June. Born in 1931,
he was the oldest amateur radio operator in Turkmenistan. Those who need a
QSL card for EZ8BO as well as for EZ75BO, EZ21BO, EZ10BO, EY9YBO, EZ56BO,
EZ60BO and EZ8AZ can send their request to Stan, RU4SS. [TNX RU4SS]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
DXCC DIALOG: The ARRL DXCC Desk has inaugurated the "DXCC Dialog Weblog",
containing news and notes about the ARRL DXCC programme. This
page will have up-to-date information about the DXCC program;me
it does not provide for users to post responses, but authors and
e-mail addresses are listed. The blog will be updated as needed
to inform and update the DXing community regarding news of
interest. Give a look to http://www.arrl.org/blog/DXCC%20Dialog
[TNX N7NG]
DJ6SI: A QSL collection of Baldur's past operations (from 1964 to 2005)
can be found his new web site at http://www.pileup.de.com [TNX
DJ6SI]
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3A/DJ7RJ, 3D2NB, 3D2RX, 3DA0NW,
3W9HRN, 3Y0X, 4L8A, 5H3EE, 8P5A, 9M6/SM5GMZ, A92GR, AP2MIZ, BD7KLO, C31CT,
C56JHF, CE0Z, CE9/F2JD, DU1/IV3IYH (OC-090), ES3RFL, FG/K9NW, FO/DL1AWI
(OC-114), FO/DL5XU, FO/DL9AWG, FO/DL9AWI (OC-114), FS/DL7DF, J5DOT, J5TRJ,
J5UCW, JT1CO, KG4OX, KH5/KH6ND, KH6RZ, KP4RV, LY2BO, OD5/OK1MU, OX3XR, P29K
(OC-258), R1MVC, R1MVW, RU9TC, S01MZ, S58N, S79RJ, SV9CVY, T68G, T94KC, TB0DX
(AS-123), TG9NX, TL8DPA, TM8ANT, TY2AB, TY4TW, TY5MR, UA9MA, V51AS, V85SS,
VK9LNO, VK9NW, VP8DII, VP8DJK, VP8WFW, VU4AN/VU2MYH, VU4AN/VU3JLW,
VU4AN/VU3RYE, VU4AN/VU3RYJ, VU4AN/VU3SID, WH0W, YJ0ADX, YJ0AWG, YS1X,
ZA/IK0OKY, ZB2FK, ZC4LI, ZD8Q, ZF2AH, ZK1KDN, ZK1YAQ, ZK2ZL, ZK3MW.
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