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8 December 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 866 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3B8 - Jacques, F1BCS will be active as 3B8/F1BCS from Mauritius (AF-049) on 12-24 December. He plans to operate SSB and digital modes (PSK31, JT65, RTTY) on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. [TNX F8REF] 4U1 - Seppo, OH1VR will be active from 4U1ITU, the International Amateur Radio Club's station at ITU Geneva, on 10-12 December. He expects to be QRV daily between 16 and 17 UTC. [TNX The Daily DX] A4 - Omani amateur radio operators will be using their callsigns followed by /35 on 12-14 December to celebrate the 35th anniversary of their national society, the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society (ROARS). [TNX The Daily DX] CX - Andrea, IK1PMR and Claudia, IZ1GLO/K2LEO are back in Montevideo, Uruguay and will be active as IK1PMR/CX and K2LEO/CX until 10 December. They will concentrate on 17 and 12 metres, usually between 10 and 23 UTC. Andrea will operate CW as CW2C during the ARRL 10 Meter Contest. ALL QSLs via IK1PMR. [TNX IK1PMR] F - Christian, F8HJV will be active from Levant Island (EU-070, DIFM ME-012) on 7-22 December. QSL via home call. [TNX F5NQL] HR - The HQ8R expedition to Swan Island (NA-035) [425DXN 857] has been rescheduled to take place between 15 and 23 March 2008. Participating operators so far include WQ7R/HR9, KC4CD/HR2, HR2DX, HR2DMR, HR7REA, HR2J and HR2PAC; plans are to be active on 160-10 metres SSB, CW and RTTY/PSK31 with four stations. QSL via HR2RCH (Radio Club de Honduras, P.O. Box 273, San Pedro Sula, Cortes, Honduras). Further information and details on how contribute to the expedition can be found at http://www.hondurasdx.com [TNX HR2PAC] JA - Look for JL1OVB/1, JO1LVZ/1, JJ2GAZ/1 and 7L3ATQ/1 to be active from Izu Oshima (AS-008) on 8-10 December. They plan to operate CW, SSB and FM on the HF and VHF bands. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] JD1_mt - Masa, JA6GXK will be active again in his spare time (between 9-13 UTC and 20-22 UTC) as JD1BMM from Minami Torishima (OC-073) on 12-27 December. This time he plans to concentrate on the low bands. QSL to JD1BMM, via the JARL bureau (preferably) or direct to Masafumi Ishihara, 2-305 Loran, 2-5-35 Miyazaki, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-0806, Japan. [TNX The Daily DX] OH_ant - OJ1ABOA is the callsig issued to the Finnish Scientific Station "Aboa" (73.03S-13.25W) in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica (AN-016). An 11-member expedition will be there for about three months, and the team leader, Mika Kalakoski (OH2FFP) expects to go QRV on 6 December, running 1 KW to a twin dipole for 40 and 20 metres. QSL via OH2FFP. [TNX The Daily DX] PJ4 - Larry, WO0Z (Whiskey Oscar Zero Zulu) will be active holiday style as PJ4/WO0Z from Bonaire (SA-006) on 8-15 December. He plans to operate CW, SSB and possibly RTTY on whatever bands are open. QSL via home call. [TNX WO0Z] TN - Baldur, DJ6SI and Franz, DJ9ZB will be active as TN6X (CW) and TN9Z (SSB) from the Republic of the Congo until 13 December. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX] V4 - Eric, W0XG will be active as V4/W0XG from St. Kitts until 10 December (ARRL 10 Meter Contest included) and then from Nevis until the 13th. QSL via home call. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin] VQ9 - Jim, ND9M will be returning to Diego Garcia (AF-006) on 12 December for another four-month tour and will resume operating as VQ9JC. However, he does not know yet how much of his four months will be spent there, as his ship will be leaving the island in a few weeks. If the ship is reassigned to another port, this would likely be his final chance to put out VQ9. Usually Jim cannot be QRV before 12 UTC, and his operating time tends to run about 85% CW, 10% SSB, and 5% digital, mainly on 10-80 metres. He must QRT by 16.30 UTC on Sundays through Thursdays, and by 17.30 UTC on Fridays and Saturdays. "I will occasionally stay overnight to work early morning DX", he says, but "even if I do stay overnight, I have to QRT by about 00.50 UTC". QSL via ND9M, direct or bureau. [TNX ND9M] =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 4M5DX GROUP ---> Corrado, IT9DAA reports that the website has moved to http://www.4m5dx.info/, and the web pages for the group's past and announced operations are - or will be - available at: http://pz5yv.4m5dx.info/ (PZ5YV, January 2008) http://yw6yl.4m5dx.info/ (YW6YL, SA-090, 14-18 December 2007) http://yw1dx.4m5dx.info/ (YW1DX, SA-089, 27-29 July 2007) http://yw0dx.4m5dx.info/ (YW0DX, NA-020, 8-13 February 2007) http://yx5iota.4m5dx.info/ (YX5IOTA, SA-044, 26 September-1 October 2006) ARRL 10 METER CONTEST ---> Object of the contest is for amateurs worldwide to work as many stations as possible on 10 metres (full rules can be found at http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2007/10-meters.html). This year's event will run from 00.00 UTC on 8 December through 23.59 UTC on the 9th. TOP LISTS ---> The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now available at http://www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. Please send your scores, as well as any request for further information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) QSL VP2E ---> Peter Mann, KF5RD (one of the sorters for the ARRL W5 Incoming QSL Bureau) would like to remind everyone that N5AU (the QSL manager for VP2E) does not accept bureau cards. See www.qrz.com under VP2E for further information. [TNX IK1XPK] SWARL AWARDS ---> The Short Wave Amateur Radio Listeners group (SWARL) sponsors a number of awards for licenced amateur radio operators based on the cards they receive from SWLs. The Award Manager is Ullmar Qvick, SM5-1252 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), complete rules can be found at found at http://www.mdxc.org/swl/awards.html [TNX I1-12387] VP8 CRUISE ---> Mehdi Escoffier, F5PFP says the 2008-09 Antarctic cruise [425DXN 859] is confirmed. He is looking for a skilful CW operator to join the team. Plans are to visit and operate from several Antarctic bases located in the South Shetlands (AN-010) and Palmer Archipelago (AN-012), as well as on the mainland. E-mail Mehdi ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) for details. =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL INFO ******** =========================== Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3DA0ZO HP1WW (a) ER0WW UT3UA RL3A W3HNK 3DA0ZO OH0XX (b) EY8MM K1BV RP3XMV UA3XAC 3G1X XQ1IDM F/TU5KG F4EFI RT4D RZ4CWW 3V2A YT1AD FH1LE F6BFH RT4M RN4LP 3W3W OK1DOT FM5BH W3HNK RW9FWR/9 RA9FDR 3X5A G3SXW FR7BB pirate S21ZDX HS0ZGD 3Z30P/7 SP3CGK G5O G3VOU S79AB UA3DX 4L0A UU4JMG GB75UW G7VJR S79UU UA3DX 4U1UN HB9BOU GJ2A K2WR (c) SK3W SM5DJZ 5B4AII RW3RN GJ2A GJ3DVC (d) SK6D SK6DZ 5J0A W0JAR GX0IPX M0CDL SK6M SM6DYK 5P3WW DL1YAW H7/K9NW K9NW SN1I SP1NQF 5Q2T OZ0J HC8N W5UE SN2K SP2YWL 5R8NL PA7FM HE6M HB9BE SN3A SP3GEM 5X1NH G3RWF HH2FYD F6FYD SN3T SP3SLU 6E4LM XE2K HI3A ON4IQ SN5G SP5KCR 6H1AY XE1AY HI3TEJ ON4IQ SN5N SP5KP 6H1IM XE1IM HK6K EA5KB SN7Q SP7GIQ 6V7D KQ1F HP3/K1YJ W4JS SN8F SP8FHK 6W1RW F6BEE HQ2A K6VNX SN8R SP8ONZ 6W1SJ T93Y HQ9R K5WW SN9Z SP6EQZ 6Y1V OH3RB HS0ZAR K3ZO SP80KKK SP9PKZ 6Y3R OH3RB HS0ZEP HB9FAF SU0FEC pirate 7W53N 7X5VRK HS80A HS1CHB SV5/SM8C SM0CMH 7Z1HL DJ9ZB HZ1EX SM0BYD SX1L DL1JCZ 7Z1SJ EA7FTR IA0IPY I0YKN SX3M SV3RF 7Z1UG DG1XG IC8R IC8OZM SY1942G SV2KBB 8N7TU JA7YAA IH9M IK7JWY T88FF JL1HSD 8P0P 8P9NX IH9R IZ1GAR T88FY JK2VOC 8P5A NN1N IH9U I1NVU T88IW JF2IWW 8P9AG DL9USA II8IPY I8ACB T88RJ JJ1RJR 9A73AA 9A2AA IP0IPY I0NUM T88WV OH7WV 9G5XA G3SWH IP2IPY I2AZ T93M DJ2MX or K2PF 9G5ZZ DL1CW IR0IPY IZ0HTW TC3A LZ1NK 9J2BO G3TEV IR4IPY IK4QIB TI5N W3HNK 9M2CNC G4ZFE IR4M IK4WMH TM2S F5PED 9M6AAC N2OO IR4X I4EAT TM2T F6KDF 9M6XRO M5AAV IR8IPY IK8WEJ TM4Q F6FYA 9M8YY JR3WXA IS0/K7QB IN3QBR TM6A EA7FTR 9Q1EK SM5DJZ IS0/OL0A OK1CZ TM7AJ F6KSU 9Q1TB SM5DJZ IS0N OK1MG TM7IET F4DQG 9Y4AA VE3HO IU1A IK1SPR TT8CF F4BQO A35MT VK2CCC J28JA F5JFU TT8FC EA4AHK A35RK W7TSQ J28OO K2PF TT8PK F4EGS A61AD N1DG J3A WA1S TX3SAM LZ1JZ A61Q/ND EA7FTR J42WT SV2HPP UA3R RN3RQ AH2R JH7QXJ J43J DJ5JH UE3DWP RD3FI AM5R EA4RCH J75W WQ5W UE3XMV UA3XAC AO3T EA3AKY J88DR G3TBK UE6FFF RK6FZ AO5KB EA5KB JD1AHC JA1BVA UE6GGG RW6FO AO6UN EC6TK JY4NE K3IRV UE6MAC/2 RZ6MF AO7TV/P EA7TV KG4MN WB2YQH UE9CRK RV9CQ AO9IB EA9IB KH6YR I0MWI UE9WFJ RX9WN AU1JCB VU2SMN KH7X K2PF UN7AB DL8KAC AU2JCB VU2SMN KL2R N1TX UN7MMM EA7FTR AU4JCB VU2SMN KP2M AI4U UN7QF EX2A AU5JCB VU2SMN LN3Z LA9VDA UN7QX W7BO AU7JCB VU2SMN LN8W LA9VDA UN8GF IZ8CCW AU9JCB VU2SMN LN9Z LA9Z UU7J UU0JM AY7X WD9EWK LT1F AC7DX V26K AA3B C4M W3HNK LU1DK EA5KB V31DF WJ2O C56JJ PA4JJ LU2FLN EA5KB V47NT W2RQ C6AGY ND6S LX7I LX2A V51B AI4U C6AKQ N4BP LZ7J LZ1KSP V8FZA DL3KZA C6AKX WA4WTG MU0A pirate VC3A VE3AT C6AQQ ND3F MZ5B G3TXF VC3J VE3EJ C6ARR WA4WTG NP4Z WC4E VE2IM VE3DZ C6ATA WA4WTG OE2S OE2GEN VK8NSB VK6NE C91KDJ W5KDJ OE4A OE1EMS VK9AA DL8YR C91R CT1BXT OF4A OH6LI VP2EDL DL5CW CE4CT EA5KB OF5Z OH5LIZ VP2MFO K9CS CN2AW RV1AW OF6M OH6AH VP2MNR K9CS CN2FB DK4VW OF8X OH6KN VP2MSC K9CS CN2FF DK4VW OG0Z W0MM VP2MVX K9CS CN2R W7EJ OH0E OH2MM VP5W W7TSQ CN3A I2WIJ OH0M OH1MM VY2ZM K1ZM CN8IG EA7FTR OH0R OH2PM WH2D K3UOC CN8KD EA5XX OH0Z W0MM WP3C W3HNK CN8ZG EA7FTR OH9SCL OH9UV WP3F OK1DOT CO2WF N1KI OL1C OK1AN XE2GG N6AN CO8ZZ DK1WI OL2U OK1MPM XE2S WD9EWK CP6AA IK6SNR OL3Z OK1HMP XF4YK XE1YK CS7ABP CT2FQA OL70AMYD OK1DOL XF4YW XE2YW CT3AS DJ8FW OL7R OK1WMV XU7MWA KM0O CT3NT CT1BOH OL7T OK2BXU XW1A E21EIC CT9EPC CT3EE OO2O ON4LDI XW1B E21EIC CT9L DJ6QT OO5G ON4GIL YB0ECT K3AIR CU2A OH2BH OP4K ON4JZ YB1AQB DJ3KR CU3500L CU3CY P3F 5B4AGN YB4IPY I0YKN CU6NS EA5KB P40K WM6A YC5OUB RX3RC CW6V W3HNK P40TA WM6A YE2IPY YB2TJV D2NX JH7FQK P40W N2MM YI1EM EA7FTR D4C IZ4DPV P49MR VE3MR YI1RAZ IK2DUW D9K DS4NYE P49Y AE6Y YQ0U YO5BFJ DB150HZ DL7UGO PA50THOR PI4TUE YQ9W YO9WF DH150HZ DL5KUA PF30FRG PI4FRG YS/K9GY K9GY DK150HZ DH2ES PJ2T N9AG YW4D EA7JX DR1A DL6FBL PJ4A K4BAI ZB2X OH2KI E51A K5KG PJ5NA K1NA ZD8RH/P G4DBW E51MMM K5KG PQ8KL PY4KL ZF1A W5ASP E51NNN K5KG PZ5X K5UN ZL4LW G4EDG ED8A DL5XX R1ANR RZ3BJ ZM2B ZL2BR EE2W EB2BXL R1FJT UA4RC ZM3A ZL3WW EF8M RX3DU R450AD UA6YW ZS1FZ DL6QW EK6LP IK2DUW R450WA RW9WA ZY5100SCOUT PY5CA EK6TA DJ0MCZ R450WYL RZ9WM ZY7C PT7WA (a) direct (b) bureau (c) USA (d) others =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* ADDRESSES ******* =========================== Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 8P5C R. 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