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425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _____________________________________________________________________________ 29 November 2008 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 917 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW >>> DESECHEO 2009 <<< The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has notified the team that February 12-26, 2009, will be the dates allocated for the radio operation. These dates are coordinated with other USFWS research activities scheduled on other parts of Desecheo Island as well as scheduling USFWS security personnel for the camp. Fifteen operators will be allowed on the island at any given time. A total of 6-8 stations will be operational, including 160-6 meters. A reconnaissance trip to Desecheo is scheduled for Friday, December 19. Three team members, USFWS personnel and an UXO (unexploded ordnance) expert will sweep and clear the assigned area of UXO and other hazards. There will be no radio operations. The 15-man team will assemble in Puerto Rico on February 8, 2009, for mandatory UXO training. The next three days will include team operations training, and last minute preparation and staging of the several tons of equipment for transport. On February 12th, landing will commence and two stations will be immediately activated. Likewise, stations will continue to operate until the final moments before departure on February 26th. Halfway through the operation, on February 19th, approximately half of the operating team will be replaced with fresh operators for the final week. The team has been diligently planning antennas and propagation paths to take advantage of every possible band opening to Asia, where Desecheo is #2 on the Most Wanted List and to Europe, where it is #3 on the Most Wanted List. Contributions are being solicited. To assist the team and for the latest news, please go to http://www.kp5.us [TNX K4UEE and W0GJ] 5X - Robert, S53R will be active during the CQ WW DX CW Contest as 5X1AB, from Arik's QTH in Kampala, Uganda. Robert will operate on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres only, starting on his late Saturday evening. QSL via K6EID. [TNX NG3K] 8Q - Vic, LY1A will be active as 8Q7RW from the Maldives (AS-013) until 4 December. He will operate holiday style with a focus on the low bands during the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K] BY - Look for BD3BXH/2, BG3DCI/2, and BG3DDB/2 (and possibly other operators from the TianJin B3C Club) to be active from JuHua Island (AS-151) on 10-13 December. Expect activity on 80, 40, 20, 17, 15 and 10 metres SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via BD3BXH. [TNX BA3CE] C9 - Igor, C91LW will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as C98LW from Inhaca Island (AF-066). It will be a single band entry on 40 metres. QSL via home call (UY5LW). CT - The Algarve DX Group will be active using the following callsigns from a number of Portuguese national parks and nature reserves in December: CT7FFG (6-8 December), CT7FFE (26-27 December), CT7FFT (28-29 December), CT7FFM (30 December-2 January). Expect activity on 17, 20, 30 and 40 metres SSB, CW e RTTY. QSL CT7FFG and CT7FFT via CT1GFK, QSL CT7FFE and CT7FFM via CT1IUA. Information on the DPRN (Diploma dos Parques e Reservas Naturais) can be found at http://dprn.no.sapo.pt/dprn_por.htm [TNX CT1GFK] E5 - Aki, JA1KAJ (E51QQQ) will remain on Manihiki (OC-014), North Cooks until 9 December [425DXN 915]. He will then go and operate from Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cooks until 17 December. QSL via JA1KAJ. [TNX The Daily DX] F - A number of special stations will be activated for the 22nd annual Telethon, the fund-raising event organized by the French Muscular Dystrophy Association that will take place on 5-6 December. Expect activity from TM8T (29 November-12 December) and TM4AFM (5-6 December) among the others. [TNX F8REF] F - Didier, F4ELJ will be active as F4ELJ/p from Stagadon Island (EU-105) on 6-7 December. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F4ELJ] H4 - Bernhard, DL2GAC will be active again as H44MS from the Solomon Islands between 10 January to 28 April 2009. He also hopes to be QRV from Temotu Province (H40) for 2-3 weeks during the first half of March. [TNX GM4FAM] KC4 - Helmuth, W6KDX will be working at the US Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station from 5 December to 5 January. He hopes to be able to operate as KC4AAA in his spare time, on +/- 14243 kHz. QSL via K1IED. [TNX VA3RJ] KH8 - Paul, A35RK will be active as KH8/KK6H from American Samoa on 5-9 December. This will be a "casual" operation on CW and SSB on "whatever band is open". QSL via W7TSQ. [TNX The Daily DX] CT - Francois, ON4LO will be active as CT1/ON4LO/p between 10 December and 20 January 2009. He plans to operate on 20, 40 and 80 metres SSB from a few Portuguese lighthouses, such as Alfanzina (ARLHS POR-001), Ponta da Piedale (POR-042), Ponta do Altar (POR-044) and Fuseta (POR-074). QSL via home call, bureau preferred. [TNX ON4LO] OH - Santa Claus Land (OH9SCL) will be again active in December from the Artic Circle. Activity will be on 10-160 metres CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via OH9UV. [TNX The Daily DX] ON_ant - OP0LE is the callsign allocated to the new Belgian Antarctic station "Princess Elisabeth" (http://www.antarcticstation.org/), located at 71°57'S-23°20'E, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. Some activity is expected to take place between mid-December and mid-February 2009. The operator will be Paul, ON3PC who is new to the amateur radio bands. [TNX F5PFP] P4 - Marty, W2CG will once again be vacationing in Aruba on 3-17 January. He will operate as P40CG during his early morning and late evening hours. His current plans include operations in the ARRL RTTY Roundup. QSL via home call (direct or bureau) or LoTW. [TNX W2CG] TA - Urcun, TA0U and other operators will be active from Kartepe (2908m a.s.l.) as TC12AKUT on 1-16 December to celebrate the 12th anniversary of the Turkish Search & Rescue Association (AKUT). QSL via TA0U. [TNX TA0U] TU - Phil, F4EGS is back home after his business trip to Tajikistan (more than 5,000 QSOs as EY8/F4EGS). His new work assignment will be in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, from 25 December until the end of February. Phil plans to operate as TU8/F4EYS in his spare time, with a focus on CW and RTTY (and SSB on 160 and 80 metres). QSL via F4EGS, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL] VE - Art, N3DXX will participate in the ARRL 160 Meter Contest (5-6 December) as VY2/N3DXX from Prince Edward Island. [TNX NG3K] YS - Markus, HB9KNA will be active as YS1/HB9KNA from El Salvador on 3-28 December. He will use a yagi for 10-40 metres and an inverted L for 80 and 160 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX XE3PMR] CQ WW DX CW CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their participation in this year's event (29-30 November): ZONE CALL CATEGORY DXCC QSL VIA -------------------------------------------------------------- 04 VC6R M/? Canada VE6SV 05 OH3SR/VP9 SO Bermuda OH3SR 05 VP9I SOSB 20m Bermuda N1HRA 07 HP1RIS SOSB 10m Panama HP1RIS 07 HR2/LT0E SOAB LP Honduras HQ2LAS 07 YN2Z SO Nicaragua K9ZO 07 YS4RR SOAB LP El Salvador K9GY 08 5K0T San Andres HA7RY 08 6Y1V M/? HP Jamaica OH3RB 08 8P5A SOAB HP Barbados NN1N 08 C6AKX SOSB 20m Bahamas WA4WTG 08 C6AQQ SOSB 40m or SOAB Bahamas ND3F 08 C6ARR SOSB 160m Bahamas WA4WTG 08 C6ATA SOSB 80m Bahamas WA4WTG 08 CO6LP SOAB LP Cuba CO6LP 08 CO7PH Cuba W3HNK 08 CO8ZZ SOSB 20m Cuba DK1WI 08 FJ/WJ2O SOAB LP St. Barthelemy WJ2O 08 FM/F5IRO SOAB LP Martinique F5IRO 08 J3/DL5AXX SOAB Grenada DL5AXX 08 J68V SOAB St. Lucia K5WW 08 J88DR SOAB LP St. Vincent G3TBK 08 KP2B SOAB Virgin Islands EA7FTR 08 KP2M M/2 US Virgin Islands AI4U 08 KP4EE SOAB Puerto Rico OK1DOT 08 TO2HI SO Guadeloupe F6AUS 08 TO4X M/M St. Martin KQ1F 08 TO5X SOAB Martinique K5UN 08 V26K SOAB LP Antigua AA3B 08 V47NT SOAB HP St. Kitts W2RQ 08 VP2MDG SOAB Montserrat K2DM 08 VP5W M/S Turks & Caicos Isls W7TSQ 08 ZF2AM SOAB Cayman Islands K6AM 09 FY5KE SOAB LP French Guiana FY1FL 09 P40W SOAB Aruba N2MM 09 P49Y SOSB 40m Aruba AE6Y 09 PJ2T M/? Netherlands Antilles N9AG 09 PJ4A M/? Netherlands Antilles K4BAI 09 PZ5TT SOAB Suriname VE3DZ 09 YW4D SOAB Venezuela EA7JX 10 HC5WW SO LP Ecuador JA6VU 10 HD2M M/M Ecuador SM6FKF 10 OA4WW SOAB HP Peru HP1WW 11 ZP0R SOAB Paraguay ZP5AZL 12 CE0Y/SM6CUK SO Easter Island SM6CUK 12 XR3A Chile CE3DNP 13 CW5W M/S Uruguay CX6VM 13 CW7T SOAB HP Uruguay K5WW 13 LS1D M/S Argentina LW9EOC 13 LU8YE M/? Argentina EA7FTR 14 CU2X SOAB Azores OH2BH 14 EA6IB SOSB 40m Balearic Isls EA6IB 14 EE2W M/? Spain EB2BXL 14 EG5T M/? Spain EA5EH 14 GU4YOX SOSB 40m LP Guernsey GU4YOX 14 HB0/DK4YJ SOSB 40m Liechtenstein DK4YJ 14 HB0/DK9TN SOSB 80m Liechtenstein DK9TN 14 LN3Z M/S Norway LA9VDA 14 LX7I M/2 Luxembourg LX2A 14 OP4K M/S Belgium ON4JZ 14 TM2S M/S France F5PED 14 TM4Q M/S France F6FYA 14 TM6X SO France F5VHY 15 E77CFG SOSB 160m LP Bosnia-Herzegovina E72U 15 II20CJ Italy IW2HAJ 15 IR9X SO Sicily (Italy) IW9HLM 15 IR9Y M/S Italy (Sicily) IT9ABY 15 IS0/IT9VDQ SOAB QRP Sardinia IT9VDQ 15 LY7A M/M Lithuania LY2ZO 15 OG50F M/2 Finland OH1F 15 OH0/OH2LRE SOAB Finland OH2LRE 15 OH0I SOSB 10m Aland Islands OH3BHL 15 OH0V SOSB 160m Aland Isls OH6LI 15 OH0X SOSB Aland Isls OH2TA 15 OH0Z SOAB HP Aland Islands W0MM 15 OH2BH SOSB Finland OH2BH 15 OH8X SOAB Finland OH2UA 15 RK2FWA M/S Kaliningrad DK4VW 15 Z37M M/2 Macedonia bureau 16 ER0WW SOAB HP Moldova UT3UA 16 RL3A M/S European Russia W3HNK 16 RT9W M/S Asiatic Russia RZ9WWH 16 UU3W SOSB 160m Ukraine UU2JZ 17 EY8MM SOSB 80m Tajikistan K1BV 17 RA9A M/S Asiatic Russia RK9AWN 17 UN4L SOSB 80m Kazakhstan UA9AB 20 5B4AII SOAB Cyprus RW3RN 20 C4N M/S Cyprus W3HNK 20 J49I M/S Crete IK0EFR 20 J49XF SOAB Crete G3URA 20 P3F M/2 Cyprus 5B4AGN 20 SV9CVY SOAB HP Crete SV9CVY 20 SX5R SOSB 15m Dodecanese SV5DKL 20 TA3KZ M/S Turkey TA3KZ 20 TC4X M/? Turkey OH2BH 20 YM0T SOSB 160m Turkey TA2RC 20 YM3A M/2 Turkey LZ1NK 20 ZC4VJ SOSB UK SBA on Cyprus ZC4VJ 21 4L0A M/S Georgia EA7FTR 22 8Q7DV M/? Maldives UA9CLB 22 8Q7RW SO Maldives LY1A 22 8Q7SC Maldives SP2JMB 22 VU2PAI SOAB India VU2PAI 22 VU2PTT SOAB India VU2PTT 23 JT1DA SOSB 40m HP Mongolia JT1DA 23 JU1DX M/S Mongolia qrz.com 23. JT1CD SOAB HP Mongolia JT1CD 24 B4TB M/S China BA4TB 26 E21EIC SO LP Thailand E21EIC 26 HS0GBI SOSB 80m Thailand HS0GBI 26 HS0ZGD SOSB Thailand HS0ZGD 26 HS1CKC SOSB 160m Thailand HS1CKC 26 XU7XXX SO Cambodia KC0W 26 XV4BX SO Vietnam EB7DX 26 XW1B SOAB Laos E21EIC 27 4F1AL SOAB Philippines 4F1AL 27 AH0BT SOAB HP Mariana Isls 7L1FPU 27 AH2R M/S Guam JH7QXJ 27 KG6DX SOAB HP Guam KG6DX 27 T88CJ SOAB Palau HA7TM 28 9M2CNC SOAB HP West Malaysia G4ZFE 28 9M6/N2BB SO East Malaysia MD0CCE 28 9M6NA SOSB 80m East Malaysia JE1JKL 28 YB0ECT SOSB 20m LP Indonesia K3AIR 28 YE1ZAT M/S Indonesia YE1ZAT 29 VK8NSB SOAB Australia VK6NE 31 AH6XX M/2 Hawaii K2WR 31 KH6/NE1RD SOAB LP Hawaii NE1RD 32 ZM1A M/2 New Zealand ZL1AMO 32 ZM2M M/S HP New Zealand ZL2AL 32 ZM4A M/S New Zealand ZL4AA 33 5C5T M/S LP Morocco EA5YU 33 7X0RY SOSB Algeria qrz.com 33 AN8R SOAB HP Canary Isls EA8AY 33 CN2M SOSB Morocco HP1WW 33 CN2R SOSB Morocco W7EJ 33 CS9M SOAB Madeira LoTW 33 CT9L M/M Madeira DJ6QT 33 EA8CMX SOSB 80m Canary Isls OH2BYS 33 EF8M M/2 Canary Islands OH1RY 33 IG9W SOSB 40m (African) Italy IZ1GAR 33 IG9X SOSB 80m (African) Italy IK1QBT 33 IH9M SOSB (African) Italy IK7JWY 35 3X5A M/M Guinea G3SXW 35 6V7N SOAB LP Senegal DL1EFD 35 9G5ZZ SOSB 20m Ghana DL1CW 35 D4C M/2 Cape Verde qrz.com 36 9J3A SO Zambia S53A 37 5X1AB SO Uganda K6EID 37 5X1NH SO Uganda G3RWF 37 C98LW SOSB 40m Mozambique UY5LW 39 TO3R M/S Reunion Isl RW3RN 40 JW5E M/? Svalbard LA5NM 40 OX5AA M/2 Greenland G3TXF 40 TF3CW SOSB 40m Iceland LX1NO Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqcz2008.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 A5100A ---> The team went QRT at 16 UTC on 24 November after 5805 QSOs. This is a slightly better result than in 2004, and it has been achieved under worse propagation conditions and with one station only. [TNX F5NQL] ARRL 160 METER CONTEST ---> Object of the contest is for amateurs worldwide to work W/VE amateurs on 160 metres CW only (complete rules can be found at http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2008/160-meters.html). This year's event will run from 22.00 UTC on 5 December through 16.00 UTC on the 7th. Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/arrl160_2008.html CQ RTTY CONTEST DIRECTOR ---> Ed Muns, W0YK has been named Director of CQ magazine's RTTY contests (the CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest each February and the CQ WW RTTY DX Contest every September). He succeeds Glenn Vinson, W6OTC, who has been CQ's RTTY Contest Director since 2000. Glenn's original plan had been to transfer responsibility for the CQ RTTY contests to his co-director for the past several years, Paolo Cortese, I2UIY. Ed stepped in to fill the void that was created by Paolo's unexpected passing in October 2008. PG6G ---> Peter/PA8A, Fred/PA8F and Rob/PA3GVI were active as PG6G on 27-28 November. Once again they used the big array formerly used to broadcast Radio Netherlands. This is a curtain antenna with eight stacked dipoles between two 400-foot towers. A video from their last visit can be found at http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3vE1zk60v3E [TNX PA3GVI] ROCKALL 2009: CALL FOR OPERATORS ---> Many thanks to Col, MM0NDX (http://dx-hamspirit.com) for submitting the following Press Release issued by Andy Strangeway aka "Island Man" on 25 November (http://islandmanrockallexpedition2009.com/). "Working in tandem with my friend Col, MM0NDX I am acutely aware of the interest shown in EU-189. With this in mind I would like to invite radio hams, be they individuals or clubs, to contact me with their proposals to be part of this exciting expedition. I require the following information to be included in the proposal. * The maximum and minimum number of berths that would be required. * A CV of previous radio activations of those that would be involved. * Any information of additional skills that would strengthen the depth of the expedition, for example any crewing of yacht/boat, tender experience or climbing ability. The countries who have so far shown the greatest interest in the expedition are Belguim, France, Japan, Norway, UK and USA. I would especially like to hear from Japanese radio hams as not one operator from Japan has ever contacted Rockall. EU-189 is the most wanted IOTA in Japan. Once the transport has been secured, the team for the expedition will be selected and dates announced. A website can be built especially for the radio hams and a QSL manager is already secured (M0URX, ed.) should you require these extras. For all proposals in the first instance, please contact Andy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] within the next seven days". QSL 9A0IARU ---> This special event station was active during the recent IARU Region 1 Conference in Cavtat (15-21 November). More than 4,200 QSOs were made and all of them will be confirmed automatcially via the bureau. [TNX 9A6AA] QSL VK9DWX ---> In their latest press release (23 November, http://www.vk9dwx.de) the team stated that they have already received over 1800 direct QSLs and over 3500 online requests through the OQRS. They expect to get the QSL cards from the printer before Christmas and to mail the first direct cards at the turn of the year. The first batch of QSOs "for our sponsors" has been uploaded to LoTW. All the remaining QSOs will be uploaded in spring 2009. QSL ZS2DL ---> Buzz, NI5DX, is now the QSL manager for Donovan, ZS2DL. Buzz already has the logs and will be able to answer any requests for cards as soon as a supply of blank cards (already on their way) arrives from Donovan. [TNX K1XN] + SILENT KEYS + ARRL President Emeritus George S. Wilson, W4OYI passed away on 25 November at 76 years of age. Other recently reported Silent Keys include Frank Moore (KE4GY), Russ Sakai (KH6FOO) and George H. Floyd, Jr. (WA4DGA, ex W2RYT), ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A4A, 3B8CF, 3B8GT, 3DA0VB, 4A3A, 4L/UU4JMG, 4L1MA, 4U1UN, 4W6R, 5H3VMB, 5H3VMB/3 (AF-075), 5J0E, 5W0RE, 5Z4/RW1AU, 5Z4/UA4WHX, 6E4LM, 6V7K, 7Q7VB, 8Q7KK, 8Q7SO, 8Q7XR, 9H9PYSM, 9J2VB, 9L1X (AF-056), 9M6OO, 9U0VB, A25/DL7DF, A25VB, A52AM, A71CT, AH2L, BT1OB, BT1OH, BT1ON, BT1OY, BX5AA, C31JM, C4M, C6APR, C91VB/6 (AF-088), CN2R, CO7PH/p (NA-086), CY0X, D20VB, D2NX, D4C, D60VB, D9D, E77DX, EL2DX, ES2Q, ET3AA, ET3SID, EU7SA, EY8/K4ZW, EY8MM, FK8HC, FP/W9ILY, FR1AN, FR5ZL, FW8AA, GB2CI (EU-124), GM6UW/P (EU-111), H40MY (OC-163), HC8N, HH4/AF4Z, HL9A, HQ9R (NA-057), HR1/K3VN, HV5PUL, J20VB, J3/S50R, J7OJ, JD1BMM, JW8BCA, K7A, K9AJ/VY0 (NA-229), KD6WW/VY0 (NA-229), KH0WW, KH6LEM, KH7B, KL7CQ, KL7DX, KP2/NY6X, KP2M, KP2YL, MU0BKA, OJ0B, OJ0J, OM8A, P29ZAD, PA1WLB/P (EU-146), PZ5Z, R0L/p, R1AND, R1FJT, S92FM, ST2VB, SV1TP/8 (EU-075), SV2ASP/A, T22ZL, TA3D, TI8II, TK7C, TM7C (EU-064), TX5C, UK8FF, UN9L, UP5G, V63DX, VE8RCS/VY0, VK6ANC, VK9ANU, VK9CNC, VK9XHZ, VP2E, VP5/K4SV, VP6DX, VR2008O, XU7MDY, XW1B, XW1IC, YJ8TZ, YS3/I2JIN, YU8/OH2R, Z2/UA4WHX, Z22JE, Z29KM, Z35X, ZB3B, ZC4VJ, ZF1DX, ZK3RE, ZP5CGL, ZP6/DL7UFN, ZP6/DL7VEE. **************************************************************************** 425 DX NEWS HOME PAGE: http://www.425dxn.org 425 DX NEWS ARCHIVES: http://list.425dxn.org 425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE: http://www.425dxn.org/monthly **************************************************************************** 425 DX News is a free of charge weekly bulletin edited by Valeria Pregliasco, IK1ADH and Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ Its contents may be used, reproduced and distributed in part or full provided that "425 DX News" or "425DXN" receive proper credit Contributors are invited to send their DX information to Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays **************************************************************************** MAILING LIST Please visit the "Mailing List" page at http://www.425dxn.org and follow the step by step subscribe/unsubscribe instructions or contact the Mailing List Administrator Stefano Turci, IK4WMH ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) **************************************************************************** Direttore Responsabile Gabriele Villa, I2VGW Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 057216 Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti Roma, Italia ***************************************************************************** <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> *** The PacketCluster network 425 DX News search tool commands *** SH/425 CAL shows the 425DXN Calendar "current" activities; SH/425 BULL [num] where [num] is the bulletin issue number; SH/425 [text] where [text] should be replaced with a callsign, an IOTA reference number, an island name, an Antarctic base, a lighthouse, etc. ----------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. 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