> > > 425 DX NEWS < < < _____________________________________________________________________________ 28 March 2009 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 934 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3A - Gianni, I1UWF will be active as 3A/I1UWF from Monaco on 4 April, starting around 13 UTC. He plans to be QRV on 17 and 12 metres running 100 watts into a vertical antenna. QSL via home call. [TNX I1UWF] E5 - Walter, HB9XBG will be active as E51XBG from Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands from 30 March to 16 April. Look for him on 20 metres SSB between 6 and 12 UTC. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] FJ - Oscar, EB1HF and Pablo, EC1DPM will be active as FJ/homecall from Saint Barthelemy (NA-146) on 7-12 April. They will operate digital modes only, with main activity on RTTY, on 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSLs via EC1AE (direct only). [TNX EC1AE] FR - Cedric, F4EGZ is active as FR/F4EGZ from Reunion Island (AF-016) until 13 April. He plans to be QRV during the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest on 10, 15 and 20 metres. Outside the contest he plans to operate on 17 and 6 metres. [TNX F4EGZ] HH - 4V4JR is a special callsign obtained by Jean-Robert, HH2JR for the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. He will be joining Don/AF4Z and Jan/K4QD, who have been at the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission since 24 March [425DXN 931]. QSL via K4QD, direct or bureau or LoTW. [TNX K4QD] OZ - Tor, DJ4MG (5P4MG) and Ela, DL1TM (OZ7TM) will be active from Vendsyssel-Thy/Nordjylland (EU-171) on 5-16 April. They will operate SSB on 160, 80, 40, 20, 17 and 15 meteres, and PSK31 on 20 and 40 metres. QSl via home calls. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] P2 - Derek, G3KHZ (P29NI) has announced a new IOTA DXpedition to Papua New Guinea. Between 22 October and 9 November he and other four operators (namely Luis/CT1AGF, Gordon/G3USR, Steve/G4EDG and Hans/SM6CVX) will be active from the Tanga Islands (OC-102), the Green Islands (OC-231) and the Woodlark Group (OC-205). They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-15 metres, using new single band vertical dipoles for 30-15m and a ground plane for 40m. Further information is expected in due course. The web pages for the expedition are at http://www.425dxn.org/dxped/p29_2009/index.html [TNX I1-21171] SV - Vassilis/SV8CYV, Alexandros/SV8CYR, Kostandinos/SV8IIR, Ilias/ SV8FMY and George/SV8IJZ will be active as SX8P from Samos Island (EU-049) on 3-12 April. The special callsign's suffix stands for Pythagoras, the great philosopher and mathematician who was born on Samos. They plan to operate SSB, BPSK 31 and RTTY mainly on 20, 17, 40 and 80 metres. QSL via the bureau, or direct to SV8CYV. [TNX SV8CYV] VE - Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway, Canadian amateurs are allowed to use the following prefixes between 1 April and 31 May: XL (VA stations), XN (VO stations), XM (VE stations), XO (VY stations). [TNX OPDX Bulletin] VK9M - Bad weather conditions prevented the VK9GMW team (AA7JV and HA7RY) from leaving Marion Reef [425DXN 933] for several days. Eventually they departed for Mellish on 25 March, and reached their destination at 6 UTC on the 27th. They hope to be on the air by 8 UTC on 28 March. QSL via HA7RY. Please bookmark www.vk9gmw.com for updates. VK9X - Haru, JA1XGI will be active as JA1XGI/VK9 from Christmas Island (OC-002) on 4-11 April. He plans to operate CW and digital modes on all bands. QSL via JA1XGI, direct or bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] VU - Frank/DL4KQ, Sarath/VU3RSB and Jose/VU2JOS expect to be active as AT9RS from Grandi Island in the Goa State group (IOTA AS-177, new one) between 5 and 7 April (indicatively from the local midday on 5 April until the local morning on the 8th). They plan to operate CW, SSB and digital modes on various bands, with two stations, verticals, dipoles and 500 watts. QSL via W3HNK (North and South America) and DL4KQ (rest of the world). Further information to be found at http://www.mdxc.org/at9rs/ [TNX Mediterraneo DX Club] W - Buzz, NI5DX and his brother Al, WD5IQR will be operating from Galveston Island (NA-143) on 30 March and, if conditions permit, on 1 April. Monday's operation is planned to be mainly SSB, with the possibility of some CW and digital modes. [TNX K1XN] W - The Palos Verdes Amateur Radio Club will operate as K6PV from Santa Catalina Island (NA-066) on 1-5 April. They will have two stations active on 80, 40, 20 and 17 metres SSB and CW. QSL via K6PV. [TNX The Daily DX] YK - Saad, N5FF will be active again as YK1BA from Damascus, Syria from 30 March to 10 April. He plans to operate CW, SSB and RTTY in his spare time (between 20-23 UTC, 2-5 UTC and possibly some occasional activities between 12-14 UTC). Saad thinks he will spend most of his radio time on 30, 40 and 80 metres. QSL via N5FF. [TNX K1XN] CQ WW WPX SSB CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their participation in this year's event (28-29 March): Call Category DXCC QSL ------------------------------------------------------ 3V8SS Tunisia IZ8CCW 4D1N Philippines DV1UBY 4M5DX M/S Venezuela IT9DAA 4M5IR M/? Venezuela YV5KG 4V4JR M/? Haiti K4QD 4Z4OQ SOSB 20m Israel 4Z4OQ 5B4AII SOAB 2R Cyprus RW3RN 8P1A SOAB HP Barbados NN1N 9A800VZ Croatia 9A7A 9M8Z SOAB HP East Malaysia M0URX A61BK U.A.E. A61BK AH0BT M/2 Mariana Isls 7L1FPU AO1K M/? Spain EA1GVG AY5F SOSB 15m Argentina LU5FC BX5AA SOAB HP Taiwan BX5AA C91TX Mozambique W5PF CN2BC SOAB LP Morocco DL7BC CN2R SOAB Morocco W7EJ CN4P Morocco EA5XX CQ3T M/S Madeira CT3KN CQ7CQK Portugal CT1CQK CS9L Madeira Isls DJ6QT D4C M/S Cape Verde qrz.com E7DX M/? Bosnia-Herzegovina E77E EA8/OH6CS SOSB 15m Canary Isls OH6CS EA9LZ or EG9Z SOSB Ceuta & Melilla EA9LZ ED8R M/S Canary Isls EA4RCH EE2W M/S Spain EB2BXL EF8R M/? Canary Isls EA8CAC EI/ON4EI SOAB LP Ireland ON4EI FR/F4EGZ SO Reunion Island G6PZ M/S England GM4FDM GD8K Isle of Man GW0ANA H22H SOSB 40m HP Cyprus 5B4MF HI3C SOSB 20m Dominican Republic qrz.com HQ2W SOAB HP Honduras HR2DMR II5W Italy IZ5DKG IR9P SOAB Italy (Sicily) IW9HMQ IR9Y M/S Italy (Sicily) IT9ABY J6/W5JON SO St. Lucia W5JON J88DR SOAB St. Vincent G3TBK LP1H M/S Argentina EA5KB LR2F M/S Argentina LU2FA LS1D M/? Argentina LW9EOC LS2D M/2 Argentina EA5KB LX7I SOAB Luxembourg LX2A LY7A M/M Lithuania LY2ZO MC0SHL Wales M0URX MJ4K M/? Jersey G3NKC MW9W Wales M0URX NH7A SOAB Hawaii F5VHJ NQ4I M/M USA K4PK OL7T M/S Czech Republic OK2BXU OM0A M/2 Slovak Republic OM0AAO OP4K M/? Belgium ON4JZ P40A SOAB Aruba WD9DZV PR1T M/S Brazil PY1ZV PW2D M/? Brazil PY2VM PW7A M/? Brazil PY7RP S65Q Singapore 9V1QQ SX5P M/M Dodecanese SV5FRD T48K M/S Cuba DK1WI TA1KC M/? Turkey TA0U TC3EC M/S Turkey TA3GO TG0AA M/? Guatemala TG9ANF TM0TAN France F8KHH VC6T Canada VE6SV VP59V SOAB Turks & Caicos W5CW VP8KF Falkland Isls G3VPW XR1A M/? Chile XQ1IDM XR6T M/2 Chile CE3FED XW1A SOAB Laos E21EIC YE0X M/? Indonesia YB0ZZ YE1ZAT M/S Indonesia qrz.com YM2W SOSB 15m HP Turkey OK1TN YM3D SOAB LP Turkey TA3D YN2BQ Nicaragua EA4BQ ZM4A M/S New Zealand ZL4AA ZP0R SOAB Paraguay ZP5AZL ZT2V M/2 South Africa NI5DX ZX7U SOAB LP Brazil PT7ZT ZZ6Z SOSB 20m Brazil PY6HD Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained By Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxs2009.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 IARU NEWS ---> The Union des Radioamateurs du Congo (URAC) has applied for admission to the IARU. It represents the Republic of the Congo (capital Brazzaville, ITU-allocated prefix TN), not to be confused with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (capital Kinshasa), which is already represented in the IARU by Association des Radio Amateurs du Congo (ARAC). URAC was formed on 8 October 2008, and lists 15 members on its current roster, including three licensed radio amateurs. The closing date for receipt of votes by the International Secretariat is 11 August. [http://www.iaru.org/cal188.html] JAPAN (NEW PRIVILEGES) ---> Effective 29 March at 15 UTC Japanese amateur radio operators will gain new privileges, including the expansion of the 40m band (7000-7200 kHz) and the possibility of working RTTY and data on 10130-10150 kHz. [TNX JA1HGY] NOT THE MANAGER ---> Sam, RN6BN is receiving many direct QSL cards confirming contacts made with V85SS. Sam is not the QSL manager for V85SS, who wants cards to be mailed to the address mentioned at www.qrz.com PIRATE (EP2IA) ---> A station signing EP2IA has been QRV this week on 40 metres CW, asking for QSL via qrz.com. "This was my call in the 1970's", Roger (G3SXW) says, "but I know nothing about the current operation. If the call-sign had been re-issued I would expect him to give a valid QSL route. But qrz.com points at G3SXW so I must conclude that this is a pirate operation". PIRATE (MU0X) ---> M0X is the contest callsign for Charles, M0OXO. Over the last few weeks is has been used several times along with the regional designator for Guernsey. If you have MU0X in your log, please refrain from requesting a QSL card, as Charles has never operated from Guernsey and you have worked a pirate. [TNX GU0SUP] URE 60 ANNIVERSARY CONTEST ---> The IARU society for Spain (Union de Radioaficionados Espanoles) celebrates its 60th anniversary and sponsors the URE 60 Anniversary Contest. It will be held on from 00.00 UTC on 11 April until 23.59 UTC on the 12th, on 10, 15, 20, 40, 80 and 160 metres, Mixed mode. Detailed information can be found at http://www.ure.es/contest/1232-ure-60-anniversary-contest-.html VK9LA ---> A logsearch for the current expedition to Lord Howe is now up and running at http://www.odxg.org/onlinelog/index.php (latest update at 1 UTC on 27 March). The first 400 QSOs on 20 metres were logged on paper logs, and will be added to the online log as soon as possibile. VK9LA team members Stan, SQ8X and Peter, SQ9DIE maintain a blog (http://vk9la.info/) that is worth a visit and a bookmark. + SILENT KEYS + David Rankin, 9V1RH (VK3QV) passed away on 19 March. WIA Federal Vice President for a number of years, he moved to Singapore in 1972 and was a founding member of the Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society (SARTS). Deeply involved with IARU, he was Region 3 Secretary (1973-82), Chairman (1982-94) and Director (1994-97). Other recently reported Silent Keys include Rich Beebe (N0PV), Ivan I. Dzjuba (UT5UG), Catherine H. Hrischenko (VE3GJH) and Dave Hammond (WC4B). =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL ROUTES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3V8SS IZ8CCW ER3R ER3KAZ RD3A UA3DX 3Z50KPN SP5ZRW ER4DX RA4LW RF3T RW3TJ 4F1VEM/9 VE7DP ES6Q ES5RY RG3K UA3QDX 4K0CW DL6KVA EV1R EU1PA RG9A UA9XC 4L8A K1BV FK/G3MXJ F5VHY RL3A W3HNK 4M5RY EA5KB FK/G3TXF G3TXF RM3M RK3MWD 4U1UN HB9BOU FM5CD F5VU RN9S RN9SXX 4Z5J W0MM GB1SPD GI7AXB RO9O RZ9OO 5B/US7IDX RN3QO GB2RAF G4PSH RT3T UA3TT 5B4AHS RA3AUU GB5CC G4BJM RT4D RZ4CWW 5B4AII RW3RN GB5SPD MN0AKU RT6A RZ6AZZ 5B8AD W3HNK HA130HALLO HA5KHC RT9W RZ9WWH 5N/LZ1QK LZ1CL HC2SL EA5KB RU1A RU1AE 5N0OCH DL3OCH HF80BEM SP9ZBC RW0A RA0ALM 5W1VE DL9HCU HG6N HA6KNB RW0CWA RW0CF 6V7E RW3TN HG7T HA7TM RW2F DK4VW 6W1RW F6BEE HH4/AF4Z AF4Z SK3W SM5DJZ 6W1SE JR2KDN HH4/K4QD K4QD SO8A SP8YB 6W1SJ E73Y HI3TEJ ON4IQ SO9Q SP9QMP 6W2SC HA3AUI HP3AK W4JS SX1L DL1JCZ 6Y1LZ K1LZ HP3DX W4WX SX5P RV3ACA [a] 6Y8XF G3TXF HV0A IK0FVC SZ6P SV1BJW 7Q7AH G0IAS HZ1EA DJ9ZB T2UF LA5UF 7X5ST 7X2LS HZ1FS/p EA7FTR T88CD JH2BNL 8P0P 8P9NX II0IDR IZ0FVD T88WW JA2NQG 8S0PSK SM0KCR II9ICF IT9MRM TC18M TA3FB 9A3B 9A1AA IQ4AX IZ4EFN TC1RLH TA1HZ 9A5D 9A1BHI IY1GM IK1UGX TK7P 9A8MM 9A5Y 9A7W J37T VE3EBN TM2HC F5IRC 9A7B 9A4W J38CW G3VCQ TM6M F4DXW 9A7T 9A2EU J79WR G3LZQ TN5SN IZ1BZV 9H3GA DL5GA J79XBI SM0XBI U4MIR RN3DK 9H3JT G3PJT J88DR G3TBK UA0SWA RU0SN 9K2/SP4R SP4GFG JD1BIE JE4RHL UA0YAY IK2QPR 9K2YM EA5KB JT1R RW4HB UA3R RN3RQ 9M2TO JA0DMV JT1T JT1KAA UN3M EA7FTR 9M8Z M0URX KH0/K2JA JL3SIK UN9L LZ1YE A45WG NI5DX KH0/KI3DNN JI3DNN UU7J UU0JM A60SAB IZ8CLM KH0/N3MU JA3CEK UZ2I UT2II A62ER IZ8CLM KH6MB AI4U UZ2M US0LW A71CV A71AN KH6ND K2PF V31WV EA7HEJ A71EM EA7FTR KH6ZM I0MWI V47CD G4FAL AH0F/KH2 JA2NQG LM9K75Y LA9K V47NT W2RQ AL1G AC7DX LN3Z LA9VDA V63PR JJ8DEN AN9CNP EA9CE LN8W LA9VDA VC3Y VE3CWO AO5R EA5AID LT0H EA7FTR VK6AU N1DT B4TB BA4TB LT9L EA5FL VK9AA DL8YR BP0A BV2KI LU4DJB EA5KB VK9LA VK4FW C4I LZ2HM LU8XW WD9EWK VP2MKK KK1KW C4W 5B4WN LX7I LX2A VQ5B K4IRI C4Z G3SWH LY7A LY2ZO WH2DX KL7AF [b] C91TX W5PF LZ7J LZ1JZ XE2/UX4UL UY5ZZ CN2R W7EJ LZ9W LZ1ZD XE2HWB/XF1 N6AWD CN8KD EA5XX NH0AA/NH2 JH2BNL XE3MAYA XE3D CN8NK EA5XX NP4Z WC4E XU7ADJ JH1NBN CN8VO EA7FTR OA4TT N6XQ XW1B E21EIC CN8YE EA7FTR OG2U OH2IW YC9MDX EB7DX CO8LY EA7ADH OH0R OH2PM YI9HU K3ASK CP4BT EA5KB OH0Z W0MM YN2BQ EA4BQ CS6A CT1GFK OL3Z OK1HMP YR1C YO4NA CT8K CT1CJJ OL6X OK1DVM YR1Z YO9GZU D44TXF DG3KAF OM60KAP OM3PA YW4D EA7JX DD4B DL3PS P29VR W7LFA Z21BC NI5DX DJ9A DJ9VA P33W RA3AUU Z30MCWG Z35M DP1POL DL1ZBO P40YL AI6YL ZB2CN DJ9WH DQ4W DK9TN PH60PH PA7HPH ZD8RH G4DBW DR5N DK5TT PJ4/W9NJY WD9DZV ZF2ZL W8ERI E51COF K8NA PP5EG K3IRV ZM1A ZL1AMO E79D E77E PS2T K3IRV ZM2B ZL2BR EA8EW OH1MA PT2ZXR DJ0XR ZP8VAO K2DER EF8R EA8CAC PT7AG PT7WA ZS3Y SQ8X EI0W EI2JD PY0FF W9VA ZS6CCY K3IRV EI7DAR EI2JD R150ASP RF3C ZS9Z ZS1OIN EK3SA DJ1CW R1AND RU1ZC ZW5B K3IRV EK6TA DJ0MCZ RC3W RW3WWW ZX2B PY2MNL EO0UD UR7UT RC9O UA9PC ZX5J AI4U [a] 18-23 March 2009 [b] Russian DX Contest 2009 3DA0TM Andy Cory, P. O. Box 1033, Mbabane, Swaziland DL3OCH Bodo Fritsche, Mardelaeckerstr. 14, 5417 Untersiggenthal, Switzerland EA7FTR Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias 23, 21110 Aljaraque, Huelva, Spain F5VHY Dennis Andrews, Coupelle, 47120 Levignac-de-Guyenne, France G3TXF Nigel Cawthorne, Falcons, St George's Avenue, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0BS, England, UK JE4RHL Shigeaki Miyamae, 4-20-22-302, Aoto Katsushika,Tokyo 125-0062, Japan RW4HB Sergej A. Golobokov, P.O. Box 37, Samara 443099, Russia SV0XAI/9 Hans Saerevik, P.O. Box 531, GR 74100 Rethymno, Greece UN6P Yuri Loparev, P.O. Box 73, Temirtau, 101400, Kazakhstan V51AS Frank Steinhauser, Am Rosenkothen 17, 40880 Ratingen, Germany VK4FW Bill Horner, P.O. Box 612, Childers 4660, Australia W5PF J. Paul Frantz III, 20016 Hilltop Ranch Dr. Montgomery, TX 77316, USA ZC4LI Steve Hodgson, 4 Nikolau Michael Street, 5523 Dasaki Achnas, Cyprus ZC4VJ Andy Chadwick, P.O. 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