> > > 425 DX NEWS < < < _____________________________________________________________________________ 28 February 2009 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 930 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 5N - Bodo, DL3OCH (KT3Q) will be working in Nigeria from 5 March until 24 July. He plans to operate EME and on the HF bands (160 metres included) probably as 5N/KT3Q. Hopefully he will also go and operate from IOTA group AF-076. QSL via DL3OCH. [TNX The Daily DX] C6 - Harry, W6DXO will be active as W6DXO/C6A from South Andros Island (NA-001), Bahamas on 1-7 March. It will be a part time holiday style operation with a focus on 12, 17 and 30 metres. QSL via KF6JOQ. [TNX NG3K] DU - Ed/4F1OZ, Roland/DU1KGJ, Jairus/DV1ERS and Frank/VE7DP plan to be active from Cujo Island (OC-120) from 4 UTC on 6 March to 2 UTC on the 9th. They will operate CW and SSB on 40, 30, 20 and 17 metres. Callsign and QSL route TBA. [TNX VE7DP] FP - Eric, KV1J will be active again as FP/KV1J from Miquelon Island (NA-032) on 4-9 March. He plans to operate SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31 on 80-6 metres, and to participate in the ARRL SSB DX Contest (SOAB). QSL via KV1J, direct or bureau. He will upload his log to LoTW. The webpage for the activity is at www.kv1j.com/fp/March09.html FR - Stephane, F5UOW will be active holiday style as FR/F5UOW from Boucan Canot, Reunion Island (AF-016) on 8-22 March. He will operate mainly CW on 20 metres. [TNX F6AJA] JA - Ken, JS3OMH has been active as JS3OMH/6 from the Tokara Islands (AS-049) since 25 February. He first operated from Takara Island and has now moved to Kodakara island until 28 February. He is QRV during his spare time on 40 metres CW and SSB and on AO-51 FM Satellite. QSL via bureau. [TNX JR3TVH] J7 - John, G3LZQ will be active holiday style as J79WR from Dominica (NA-101) between 5 and 25 March. He plans to concentrate on 160 and 80 metres, and to participate in the Commonwealth (BERU) Contest on 14-15 March. QSL via G3LZQ. [TNX The Daily DX] KG4 - Dan, W0CN (KG4CN)has had to postpone his trip to Guantanamo Bay [425DXN 929]. The new dates are 10-20 April (to be confirmed). PY0F - Bill, W9VA and Jim, K9PPY will be active as PS0F from Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) on 3-19 March, including a M/S entry in the ARRL DX SSB Contest. A special e-mail address (p...@aol.com) has been set up; they will monitor it before/during their stay and will consider email input in planning their operating schedule. QSL via W9VA. [TNX QRZ-DX] TT - Frank, F4BQO will be active again as TT8CF from Chad from 27 February to 1 July. He plans to operate CW and SSB on the HF bands. QSL direct to F4BQO. [TNX F8REF] V6 - Mike, KM9D (V63MY) and Jan, KF4TUG (V63TO) have left Nukuoro (OC-259) and are now lying to anchor at Touhou Island, Kapingamarangi Atoll (OC-163). V8 - Special event station V85NBD25 is active until 12 UTC on 10 March to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Brunei as an independent and sovereign nation. Information on the relevant award can be found on the Brunei Darussalam Amateur Radio Association's website (http://www.bdara.net/). QSL via qrz.com [TNX The Daily DX] V8 - Kanzi Takemasa, JA4ENL will be active as V85NL from Brunei on 6-9 March. He expects to operate mostly CW on all bands. [TNX K1XN] VK - John, VK6HZ (VK6ARI) will be active holiday style from Rottnest Island (OC-164) between 3 and 9 March. QSL via VK6NE. A logsearch will ve available at http://www.vk6hz.com [TNX OPDX Bulletin] VP8 - John, G3VPW will be QRV as VP8KF from the Falkland Islands (SA-002) on 5-31 March. He will be staying with the McLeods (VP8LP/VP8AIB); the first two weeks he will be working at the Stanley Ionospheric Observatory, the further ten days are for "some DXing". He plans to operate CW and SSB on 10, 20, 15, 40 and 80 metres, with a focus on the contests (ARRL DX SSB, RSGB Commonwealth, CQ WW WPX SSB). QSL via home call. [TNX G3VPW] XE - Bernardo, XE2HWB will be active as XE2HWB/XF1 from Isla Magdalena (NA-078) on 28 February and 1 March. He will operate QRP on +/- 14260 and 50120 kHz. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] YN - Jeff, N1SNB will be active from Nicaragua on 5-9 March. He hopes to sign YN2NB during the ARRL DX SSB Contest (SOAB) and H7/N1SNB outside the contest. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K] YV0 - The YW0A DXpedition to Aves Island (NA-020) [425DXN 925] is still scheduled to take place in March. The team is waiting for the Venezuelan Navy to give the actual dates. Bookmark http://yw0a.4m5dx.info for updates. [TNX IT9DAA] ZF - Bob, K3UL will be active holiday style as ZF2UL from the Cayman Islands (NA-016) between 27 February and 7 March. He will operate mainly CW, with a focus on 160, 80 and 30 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] CQ WW 160-METER DX CONTEST (SSB) ---> Object of the contest is for amateurs around the world to work as many US States, Canadian provinces and countries as possible on 160 metres SSB (rules at http://cq160.com/rules.htm). The following stations have announced their partecipation in this year's event (from 22.00 UTC on 27 February through 22.00 UTC on 1 March): Call DXCC QSL via ------------------------------------------------- 4L0G Georgia qrz.com C6ANM Bahamas WA2IYO KP2M US Virgin Islands AI4U P40A Aruba WD9DZV RW2F Kaliningrad DK4VW UU7J Ukraine UU0JM XE1RCS Mexico qrz.com ZF2AM Cayman Isls K6AM Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cq160s2009.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 BEAM HEADINGS ---> The North Jersey DX Association is provides personalized beam headings centered on your location to every entity on the DXCC list. The Beam Headings page can be found on the redesigned NJDXA website at http://njdxa.org/dx-tools/beam-headings.php [TNX W2DEC] K5D ---> On 25 February the team began to scale down the operation and prepare for leaving the island, with three stations remaining QRV until local dawn on departure day. K5D went QRT at around 09.40 UTC on 26 February, after 115,728 QSOs (contact number 100,000 was made at 04.14 UTC on the 24th.) The Online QSL Request System (OQRS) has been activated, and now you are able to request your QSLs one of four ways: OQRS Direct, OQRS Bureau, direct mail to N2OO, or via bureau to N2OO. A fourth interview with Glenn Johnson, W0GJ, expedition co-leader,can be found on the Documentary Archive's Desecheo special web page (www.dokufunk.org/desecheo). The interview was given via satphone to Wolf Harranth, OE1WHC on 23 February. QSL 4L5O ---> Beginning with 2009, the new QSL route for Omari, 4L5O is via N3SL. Omari was very active into 2000, when he took leave of radio for family obligations. N3SL does not have access to any logs prior to 1 January 2009, but current logs are in hand (log search at http://www.qsl.net/n3sl/manager.htm) and cards are on the way from the printer. [TNX N3SL] QSL EA8BWW ---> Buzz, NI5DX is the new QSL manager for Damian, EA8BWW. Once logs are transferred, Buzz will be able to confirm all contacts made with EA8BWW. QSL cards will be ordered, so expect a delay of 6 weeks or more to receive your EA8BWW card. [TNX K1XN] QSL NA-059 ---> Tim Tillman, NL8F (previous callsign NO7F/KL7) is the only full time resident amateur radio operator active from Dutch Harbor, Unalaska Island in the rare NA-059 IOTA group. QSL via K8NA (Theodore Pauck Jr, 2820 Lenox Drive, Troy, MI 48098, USA). [TNX K8NA] QSL TG9/IV3IYH ---> All direct and e-mail QSL requests for TG9/IV3IYH received as of 27 February have been answered and logs are uploaded on LoTW. Bureau QSL cards can be requested via email to IK2ILH (ik2...@libero.it), including the QSO details. Please do not send your card when requesting a QSL via email. [TNX IV3IYH] QSL VE1OTA ---> This callsign is used by Dana, VE1VOX when operating from an IOTA qualifier. The new QSL route for contacts made after January 2009 is via VE3EXY (direct or bureau). Cards for contacts made before January 2009 still go to VE1VOX. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] =========================== *** 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 HD2A EA5KB [c] PJ2T N9AG 3V8SS IZ8CCW HD2A N3ZBK [b] PP5EG K3IRV 4F4PA VE7DP HE8ICE HB9BHY PS6T PY6KY 4L4WW EA7FTR HG3M HA3MY PX200JMU PY6KW 4L6QC LZ1OT HG6N HA6KNB PX6B PT2OP 4M4C YV4GLD HG7T HA7TM PX6T PT2OP 4U1UN HB9BOU HI3TEJ ON4IQ PY2VA I8LWL 5B/G4MKP M0URX HI8LAM EA5NI R1ANB RN1ON 5B8AD W3HNK HL5/VK6DXI DS5UCP R1ASP RA1AD 5C5W EA5XX HP3DX W4WX RU0LL IK2DUW 5D0IPY I0YKN HP3TA KG6UH RW0CWA RW0CF 5N9EAM/2 IK2IQD HQ9R K5WW RW2F DK4VW 5Z4KI YO9AFH IA0IPY I0YKN S50IPY S51RU 6V7O ON4BAG II1CQD/7 I1SAF S79JF DL7JAN 6V7P ON4HIL II2ANT I2JJR SN2K SP2YWL 6Y1LZ K1LZ II2CV IW2HAJ SN3A SP3GEM 7J1AAI W1NN II2EFA IW2MNO SN3O SP3WVC 7Q7AH G0IAS II2V IK2AQZ SN3R SP6HEQ 7Q7HB G0IAS II5AM IK2IWU SN5G SP5KCR 8P0P 8P9NX II5ANT IZ5BTC SN6Z SP6RZ 8P9FW W2XYZ IO4T IZ4JMA SN8W SP8GWI 8P9KP W2KQ IP9IPY IT9YMM SO4M SP4MPG 8P9MD WR2DX IR0IPY IZ0HTW SO8A SP8YB 8Q7FM M0BBB IR1ANT I1HYW SV0XBM/9 W3HNK 9A3B 9A1AA IR1WAP IZ1GJK SX2CM SV2GWY 9A5Y 9A7W IR1Y IK1YDB SY2V SV2GJV 9A8M 9A3JB IR2WAP IK2FIQ T27A W7YAQ 9G1AA PA3ERA IR4M IK4WMH T27OU N7OU 9J2CA G3SWH IS0/K7QB IN3QBR TC1ALH TA1HZ 9K2GS EA5KB IU2ANT IK2QPR TF3CW LX1NO 9K48NLD 9K2RA IU8ANT I8QJU TF8GX KT6YL 9Q1EK SM5DJZ IY8WAP IK8WEJ TI5N W3HNK A35HA CX3AN J28OO K2PF TM1OOL F6KPQ A41KJ NI5DX J37BO K4LTA TM2R F6KKN A61NA UA6MF J37LR VE3EBN TM5ICE F5IL A71BX EA7FTR J37T VE3EBN TM6M F4DXW A71CV A71AN J38A K4LTA TM6X F5VHY AL1G AC7DX J38AR KT4E TM8ICE F8DVD AN8R EA8AY J38JR AK4Z TP60CE F5LGF AP2NK W3HNK J42T SV2BFN TY2SF IK2IQD AU30SHI VU2DSI J79XBI SM0XBI UA0IDZ RW0IZ C4N W3HNK J7N K3TEJ UE0SFF RZ0SB C56YK ON7YK J88DR G3TBK UE0SYL UA0SE C6AKQ N4BP K4A K6EID UE0SYY RZ0SB C6AMM K1CN K5D N2OO UE1QFF RA1QQ C6ANM WA2IYO KH6LC AI4U UE3YAR RV3YR C6APG K4PG KH6MB AI4U UE3YRA RA3YC CE1/K7CA NW7O KH6ZM I0MWI UK8IZ IK2QPR CE2P EA5KB KH7X K2PF UN9PQ IK2QPR CM6RCR W3HNK KL5O AC7DX UO6P UN7PBY CO2WF N1KI KP2B EA7FTR UP70F UN8FB CO3RX AD4C KP2M AI4U V26G N2ED CO8LY EA7ADH LQ4D LU4DQ V31AT K5PI CO8TW HB9SVT LS1D LW9EOC V31TP WC0W CO8ZZ DK1WI LT0H EA7FTR V31WO N7WO CP4BT EA5KB LT2F EA5KB V31YN/p DJ4KW CS2C OK1RF LV6D EA5KB V47KP K2SB CT9L DJ6QT LW6DW EA5KB V48M K2SB CU7AAF EA5KB LY1000GV LY2GV V49A V44NK CW1A CX1AA LY1000M LY3M V63MY OM2SA CW5W CX6VM LY1000NX LY3NX VA3AAO VE3XN DA0ANT DC2SF LY1000QT LY2QT VA7AAW VE7IG DQ4W DK9TN LY1000W LY3W VC2E VE2SB DR09ANT DL5MHQ LY6A LY2BM VK0BP VK2CA DR800GRZ DL1ARJ LY9Y LY2CY VP2E N5AU DU1MGA K3IRV LZ06ANT LZ3SM VP2ETN JN1NDY DU1ZV JA1BRK LZ40ATSA LZ1PJ VP2MPL AA1M DU3NXE W3HNK LZ6W LZ4ZP VP2MPR W1USN E21EIC/8 JR5XPG [a] LZ7J LZ1JZ VP2V/K6VVA N6AWD E21EIC/8 E21EIC [b] LZ9A LZ2HM VP2VVA N6AWD E70R E77E LZ9R LZ3YY VP5DF WJ2O E74A K2PF M1A G4BAH VP8DLM F5PFP E77A 9A2AA M6T G4PIQ VQ9RD KI1G E77DX E77E N5T/ANT W5BOS VY2ZM K1ZM E79D E77E NL7G OK1DOT W6A K6HFA EF8M RD3AF NP3U WP4U WH2D K3UOC EF8R EA8CAC OA0/FT5YJ F5PFP XR1A XQ1IDM EG2ANT EA2RC OA4SS KB6J XW1B E21EIC EG3LB EA3RKR OA4TT N6XQ YA/IW0HPJ IW0EFA EG7DCA EA7URS OA4WW HP1WW YB0ECT K3AIR EG7LB EA3RKR OG2P OH2PM YN2DD K8DD EK3SA DJ1CW OH0B OH2BH YN2LJ K8ESQ EK6LP IK2DUW OH0PM OH2PM YN2S W3HNK EK6TA DJ0MCZ OH0R OH2PM YN2TX KB8TXZ EM50KFF US0KW OH4A OH6LI YN2WW K8DD ER0WW RA4LW OH8X OH2UA YR2X YO2LEA ES5Q ES5RY OJ1ABOA OH2FFP YR5N YO5PBF ES5RR ES2RR OK5R OK1RI YR5O YO5BRZ EW6GF DL8KAC OL0A OK1CZ YR80HCS YO6KNE FH/G3SWH G3SWH OL0W OK1DSZ YR9P YO9HP FM/KL7WA UT5UGR OL1A OK1DF YS4M K9GY FM5BH W3HNK OL1C OK1AN YV1FM IT9DAA FM5KC F5VHJ OL3Z OK1HMP YW5RTTY IT9DAA G6PZ GM4FDM OM7M OM3PA Z29KM EA7FTR GB0ANT M3ZYZ OM8A OM2VL Z30MCWG Z35M GM3W GM3JKS OP4K ON4JZ ZF2AM K6AM GM7R N3SL OQ5M ON5ZO ZM1A ZL1AMO GX4KPT/p M0DOL OR1Z ON6IX ZM2B ZL2BR H7A TI4SU P29VR W7LFA ZM3A ZL3WW H81L HP1RCP P40LE K2LE ZM4A ZL4AA HB9AV HB9DUR P40R N4RR ZP6CW ZP6CU HC1MD K8LJG P40YL AI6YL ZW5B K3IRV HC2AD EA5KB P49V AI6V ZY7C PT7WA HC2SL EA5KB PJ2DX W0CG ZZ6Z PY6HD [a] Japan [b] rest of the world [c] Europe, Asia, Africa EL2DX James Alpine, 8800 Monrovia Place, Dulles, VA 20189-8800, USA F5PFP Mehdi Escoffier, Les Closures, 38440 Saint Jean de Bournay, France G0IAS Allan Hickman, The Conifers, High Street, Elkesley, Retford, Nottingham DN22 8AJ, UK G3SWH Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol, BS49 5HQ, UK K3TEJ John L. 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