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425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _____________________________________________________________________________ 29 March 2008 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 882 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 5R - Franck, F4DBJ will be active as 5R8HT from Ivato, Madagascar (AF-013) from 30 March to 17 April. He might also go and operate from Nattes Island (AF-090). [TNX F5NQL] 9M2 - Wolfgang, OE1WWL will operate SSB QRP as 9M2/OE1WWL from Tioman Island (AS-046) on 1-5 April. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] EA6 - David, M0DLL says he will operate SSB on 20-6 metres as EA6/M0DLL from Menorca, Balearic Islands (EU-004) until 10 April, including some activity during the WPX SSB and PZK contests. F - Members of the CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) Amateur Radio Club (F6KAR) will operate special event station TM8LHC (TM8 Large Hadron Collider) on 5-6 April. QSL via F6KAR. [TNX F5NQL] I - The IF9LI operation from Levanzo Island (EU-054) [425DXN 881] has been postponed to 16-18 May. QSL direct to IT9FXY. [TNX IW9FRA] KH2 - Kirk, WE8A (JJ5CVM) will be active as WE8A/KH2 from Guam on 4-5 April. He plans to operate on 80-12 metres SSB, with some CW. QSL direct only to his Japanese address: Kunihiko Itaya, 5-1-35, Daikaidori, Kobe, 652-0803, Japan. [TNX NG3K] YJ - Tony, VK3TZ is now in Port Vila, Vanuatu and has received his YJ8TZ licence. He was expected to use YJ0AX along with other operators [425DXN 881], but at the end of the day they were not able to join him. Tony will be active until 2 April, including an entry in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] YK - Roger/G3SXW, Nigel/G3TXF, Fred/G4BWP, Lionel/G5LP and Rob/GM3YTS will operate CW only as YK9G from Damascus, Syria on 9-15 April. Two stations with amplifiers will be QRV full-time. The team will have antennas for all bands (160-10m), but 40-17 metres are likely to provide most openings. They will transmit on frequencies ending in '3' (always listen up 1-2+ KHz) and will concentrate on the US West Coast whenever propagation permits, even though Damascus is somewhat blocked in that direction. QSL via G3TXF (direct, bureau, LotW and e-mail for bureau reply). The web page for the expedition is at www.yk9g.com [TNX G3SXW] ZF - Bob, K3UL will be active as ZF2UL from Grand Cayman (NA-016) on 5-12 April. He plans to operate CW and SSB holiday style, with an emphasis on 80 and 160 metres. QSL direct to K3UL. [TNX The Daily DX] ZS8 - Petrus, ZS6GCM left South Africa on 26 March, destination Marion Island [425DXN 881]. The "Agulhas" (South Africa's polar research vessel) is going straight to Marion, which might be reached "in as short as five days" depending on weather and sea conditions. It will take about three to four weeks before Petrus hits the airwaves as ZS8T. Bookmark http://zs8t.net/ for complete information and updates. CQ WW WPX SSB CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their participation in this year's event (29-30 March): Call Category DXCC QSL ---------------------------------------------------- 3V8BB SOAB Tunisia YT1AD 4L0A SO HP Georgia EA7FTR 5B4AII SOAB HP Cyprus RW3RN 5D5A M/S Morocco I2WIJ 5T5DC M/? Mauritania DH7WW 6Y1V M/S Jamaica OH3RB 7P8FC Lesotho ON4CJK 8R1K SOAB HP Guyana HP1WW 9A60A Croatia 9A7A 9K2HN M/S Kuwait 9K2HN 9M8Z SOAB HP East Malaysia 9M6DXX A62ER U.A.E. IZ8CLM AH0BT M/S or M/2 No. Marianas 7L1FPU AO8A M/M Canary Islands EA8AH AY0DX SOAB LP Argentina LU3DR AY8A SOAB HP Argentina LU8ADX BP0P M/M Taiwan BV2KI BP0W M/? Taiwan BX6AP CN2BC SOAB LP Morocco DL7BC CN2R SOSB 20M Morocco W7EJ CS9L or CT9L SO HP Madeira DJ6QT CT6P M/S Portugal CT2HKN CT7X M/S LP Portugal CT1ENQ CT9L Madeira Islands DJ6QT D4C M/? Cape Verde IZ4DPV D73D M/? Korea DS5TOS E77DX M/2 Bosnia-Herzegovina OE1EMS EB3WW M/M Spain EB1WW EE9Z or EA9LZ SOAB Ceuta & Melill a EA9LZ HI3T SOAB LP Dominican Rep ON4IQ HP1BYS SB 15m Panama EA5KB HQ2W SOAB HP Honduras HR2DMR IO5O M/S Italy IK5RLP IR9Y M/S Italy (Sicily) IT9ABY JT1BV SOAB HP Mongolia JT1BV KL5O Alaska AC7DX LR2F M/S Argentina LU2FA LS2D M/2 Argentina EA5KB LS4DX M/S Argentina EA5KB LT1F M/M Argentina AC7DX LU5EVK SOAB LP Argentina WD9EWK LV6D M/S Argentina EA5KB LW6DW SOSB 15 Argentina EA5KB LX7I SOAB Luxembourg LX2A M8C M/? England G4DFI NH0DX Mariana Isls JL3RDC OG0R SOAB Aland Islands OH2PM P33W M/S Cyprus RA3AUU R3K EU Russia RN3DK S21YV SO Bangladesh KX7YT SN6O M/M Poland SP6PAZ SP75C M/S Poland SP7DQR SX3Z M/S Greece SV1ELF SX5P M/M Dodecanese SV5FRD T49C M/2 Cuba K8SIX TA0U SOSB 20m Turkey TA0U TC3D SOAB LP Turkey TA3D TC7KA M/S Turkey TA7KA TG0WPX Guatemala TG9AJR TO1C Martinique ON4IQ TO5A SOAB HP Martinique F5VHJ TO5RZ St. Barthelemy W2RZS V25V SO HP Antigua G4DFI V31FB SOAB Belize W5JON V31MR Belize N5ET VB3E Canada VA3RVK VK6ARI SOSB 15m Australia VK6NE VK6FAU M/S Australia VK6NE VK9ANU Norfolk Island JO2SLZ VP2E M/S Anguilla N5AU VP2MAH SO Montserrat N3DXX VQ58V SOAB Turks & Caicos W5CW VQ59W Turks & Caicos KX4WW XR3A Chile CE3DNP XU7ACY SO Cambodia W2EN YB0ZDA M/? Indonesia YB0AI YB3MM/9 SOAB LP Indonesia IZ8CCW YJ8TZ SO Vanuatu VK3TZ YW4M M/M Venezuela W4SO ZM2M M/2 New Zealand ZL2AL Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxs2008.html - good contest to you all! =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 425 TOOLBAR ---> The 425 Toolbar [425DXN 794] has already been installed by over 3800 users and the number of operations performed is over 920,000 since the release in July 2006. Further information and free download at http://425.ourtoolbar.com/ (Firefox and I.E., no personal information is required) [TNX I1-21171/IZ1CRR] 4S7NE & RETURN POSTAGE ---> Nelson, 4S7NE says his local post office does not accept IRCs. To have them redeemed Nelson has to travel to the General Post Office in Colombo, 50 kilometres away (and the trip itself costs 3-4 dollars). He likes "green stamps" better than IRCs, also because "a G.S allows me to buy stamp value twice that of an IRC", he says. [TNX RZ0AF] DXCC NEWS ---> S05A (Western Sahara, 2007 operation) has been approved for DXCC credit. KOSOVO & CQ DX AWARDS ---> Kosovo has been added to the list of countries and territories recognized for CQ DX awards. Verifications for contacts made on or after 17 February 2008 are acceptable for CQ DX Award credit. All Kosovo contacts will count for field KN on applications for the CQ DX Field Award. "We are aware that the ARRL has not yet added Kosovo to the DXCC list," CQ magazine Editor Rich Moseson (W2VU) explained. However, since "it is CQ's policy to grant credit for contacts with 'new' entities as of the date that their status changes, we have decided not to wait for U.N. action, but to follow the lead of the United States and other countries that have recognized Kosovo's independence, and to grant credit for contacts made with stations in Kosovo as of its independence day, February 17, 2008". For more information, please contact Richard Moseson, W2VU ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). KOSOVO & CQ WW DX CONTEST/CQ DX MARATHON ---> The Worked All Europe (WAE) award committee of the Deutsche Amateur Radio Club (DARC) has voted to add Kosova (Kosovo) to the WAE country list. The CQ World Wide DX Contests and the CQ DX Marathon both use a combination of the DXCC and WAE lists as the basis for their country lists. Therefore, Kosova will now be considered a separate entity for both the CQ DX Marathon (17 February 2008) and for the CQ WW DX Contests, beginning with the CQWW RTTY DX Contest on 27-28 September 2008. For more information, please contact Richard Moseson, W2VU ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). LOGS ---> Yannick, HH2FYD (F6FYD) went QRT from Haiti on 23 March 21 UTC. On-line logs for HH2FYD and HH2FYD/6 (NA-149) can be found at http://www.cdxc.org/dxp/2007-HH2FYD/hh2fyd-fr.htm, for FJ/F6FYD (Saint Barthelemy) at http://www.cdxc.org/dxp/2008-FJ-F6FYD/fj-f6fyd-fr.htm . QSL via F6FYD, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL] QSL VIA 9A2AA ---> Tom, 9A2AA says that all of the direct cards for 5Z4/9A3A, CC0Y and CE0Y/9A4X have been processed and mailed and that remaining QSOs are being confirmed via the bureau. Also, 9A73AA are being processed direct and bureau. Please note that 1 USD no loger covers return postage from Croatia to anywhere, but 1 IRC does (if properly stamped). QSL VIA M3SDE ---> With immediate effect, Tim Beaumont (M3SDE) is the new QSL manager for the following stations/operations, previously managed by the late Graham Ridgeway (M5AAV): 9M4SEB (OC-295) 9M6XRO HS0ZHX 9M6/G3OOK 9M6XRO/P (OC-133) V8FEO 9M6DXX 9M8Z XU7DXX 9M6DXX/P (OC-133) A25OOK XU7XRO QSL to Tim Beaumont, P.O. Box 17, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 1SF, England (it will take some time before the blank cards can be forwarded on to M3SDE, please be patient). [TNX 9M6DXX] VINTAGE CONTEST ---> The International Vintage Contest, organized by ARI Rimini (IQ4RN), will take place on 13 April on 20 and 40 metres SSB, CW and AM. For further information, including the relevant piece of software and complete rules, please visit http://www.beepworld.it/members/contestvintage [TNX IK4GNI] WARD AWARD ---> The WARD (World Amateur Radio Day) Award commemorates the World Amateur Radio Day celebrated by IARU on 18 April each year. The award is sponsored by MK QTC (the Polish Amateur Radio Journal) with the Polish Amateur Radio Union's support, and it is issued to licenced amateurs and SWLs for contacts made/heard between 00.00 and 23.59 UTC on 18 April. Full information at http://www.ward.pzk.pl [TNX SP2FAP] YO DX CONTEST 2007 ---> The results of the YO DX Contest 2007 can be found at http://www.radioamator.ro/contest/us/yodxhf2007/ and participants can check their logs at http://www.hamradio.ro/default.asp?id=36&mnu=4 [TNX YO2DFA] + SILENT KEY + Graham Ridgeway, M5AAV passed away on 25 March. According to his website, he was the QSL manager (direct and bureau) for: 9H3IC, 9M4SEB (OC-295, 14-17 July 2006), 9M6/G3OOK, 9M6DXX, 9M6XRO, A25OOK (July 2007), G3OOK, GM3OOK, M2Z, M5BXB, M5RIC, MD5RIC, MJ2Z, MJ5RIC, MU2Z, MU5RIC, MW2Z, MW5RIC, OK8XB, V8FEO, XU7DXX, XU7XRO and Z21KF. He also took care of bureau cards for 6O0CW, TX4PG (Marquesas) and ZK3SB, as well as for direct cards for VK6JB (all operations including portable and AX6JB). Some of these duties have been taken over by Tim, M3SDE (see "QSL VIA M3SDE" above). =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL ROUTES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3D2HC DL9HCU EC1BXI CT2IQK S92FM CT1HHP 4D75J DV1JM EH7SSM EA7URM SE5E SM5AJV 4D75T DU1IVT EK6DM DK6CW SN0PGA SP9YJC 4O7AMD EA7FTR EK8PL SP9LJD SN9MB SP9PON 4U1UN HB9BOU EP3PK IK2DUW SP0PGA SP2FAP 5B4AHS RA3AUU ET3JA OK3AA SX5P SV5FRD 5H3G LA4YW FM5CD F5VU SY8JZ LZ1JZ 5T5DC DH7WW FM5WE K4FJ T80W JM1LJS 5X1NH G3RWF GB0BUZZ M0JRQ T88NS JA1MML 5X4X DF5GQ HC2SL EA5KB TB37F LZ1NK 7P8FC ON4CJK HH2FYD/6 F6FYD TC18M TA1HZ 7Q7BP G3MRC HP3FTD AI4U TF4Y RV3ACA 8J3GOSE JA3ZNJ HQ8R HR2RCH TI4CF W3HNK 9A50KDE 9A1AA II0IDP IS0SDX TO5RZ W2RZS 9G1AA PA3ERA II0IGU IK0JFS TR8CA F6CBC 9J2CA G3SWH II1ICS I1SAF UE0SZB RZ0SB 9M6/N1UR K2RET II1IGG I2AZ V31FB W5JON 9M6LSC G3SWH [a] II3PIAV IK3GES V31MR N5ET 9Q/SM7RME SM7EHU II8ICN IZ8FAV V44KJ WB2TSL 9Q1TB SM5DJZ II9ICF IT9MRM V51B AI4U 9UXEV DL3KBQ J20MB F4FMI V73PX AI5P 9X0R EA5RM J28JA F5JFU V8AQM W3HNK A45WD YO9HP J37LR VE3EBN VK6ARI VK6NE A45WG/p NI5DX JT1FDR HL4RBR VK6FAU VK6NE A47SJIT A47OS KB7OBU/KH2 JA3VXH VK9ALH ON5AX A52K JA1CG KH2E JE1HJA VK9ANU JO2SLZ A61Q EA7FTR KH6MB AI4U VP2EFB DL9GFB A61TX W4JS KL7J N3SL VP2ENK DJ8NK BV9O BV8BC KP2/W6DXO KF6JOQ VP8/MM0TJR/p F5PFP C91R CT1BXT LA2008TSR LA7J WH2D K3UOC CE0Z/DL2AH DL2AH LZ130LO LZ1KZA XE2S WD9EWK CN2R W7EJ MN0EPC MM0DFV XU7ACY W2EN CX7CO KA5TUF NH0DX JL3RDC XV3M F6BUM CX9AU KA5TUF NP3CW EB7DX YB8TAF EA5KB E72AA K2PF NP4A W3HNK YB9AQH PA0HOP E73AD YT8BB OX3XR OZ3PZ YI9PT N4XP E74DX K2PF P29VR W7LFA YN2YV IT9DAA E76AQ E73TW R35NP RW1AI YO22NATO YO3KAA E77XZ DK6XZ R9J RV9JD ZA1E I2MQP EA8BYR WA1ECA S21YV KX7YT ZF2NU WA5ZNU [a] 6-12 March 2008 BV8BC Bill Chen, P.O. 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