> > > 425 DX NEWS < < < _____________________________________________________________________________ 13 June 2009 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 945 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 5H - 5H3TSA will be active on 20 and 15 metres (+/- 14290 kHz and 21360 kHz) for Tanzaree 2009, the Tanzania National Scouts jamboree that will be held at Mbeya, southern Tanzania on 12-19 June. QSL direct via 5H3HO (Hidan Ricco, P.O. Box 661945, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania). [TNX K1XN] 7X - Bureaucratic hitches have caused Mike, DB1JAW to cancel his 13-20 June visit to Algeria [425DXN 944]. He was expected to be active as 7X/DB1JAW and to attend the International Sahara Meeting. [TNX DB1JAW] 8R - Dave/N3DB & Chris/W3CMP as 8R1DB (from 16 to 26 June) and Terry/K4RX & Ken/AC4TO as 8R1TO (from 27 June to 6 July) will operate on 6 metres from Guyana. QSL via N3DB, direct or bureau. The website for the expedition is at www.6meterbeaconproject.org/8r2009.html 9H - Giorgio, IV3EPO will be active holiday style as 9H3EP from Malta (EU-023) on 23-29 June. He plans to operate almost exclusively CW on 10, 15, 20, 30 and 40 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IV3EPO] CE0Y - VK9LA (Lord Howe island) veterans Stan/SQ8X and Vicky/SV2KBS are looking for one or two operators to join a DXpedition to Easter Island (SA-001) from 31 October to 15 November. "It's not top most wanted DXCC", they say, "but there is still a strong demand on contacts with that entity - especially in Europe, which will be our main target". They plan to have two stations up and running for almost two weeks and to operate as CE0Y/homecall. Further details are expected in due course. Please visit http://dx-hamspirit.com/ for preliminary information and Stan's e-mail address. [TNX MM0NDX] DU - Gerard, F2JD is back to the Philippines for at least five months. He hopes to be able to renew his previous licence (DU1/G0SHN) and to visit a few island groups during his stay. QSL via F6AJA. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX] F - Special event callsign TM6SCH will be in use on 15-28 June to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the city of Cherbourg. Expect activity on 80-10 metres CW and SSB. QSL via F5LHB, direct or bureau. [TNX F8REF] F - Francois, F5JNE will be active from Belle Ile (EU-048, DIFM AT-015) on 16-24 June. He plans to operate CW only on 40 and 20 metres during his evening hours. On 20 June he expects to go and operate, along with Max/F5IRH, from nearby Ile aux Chevaux (EU-048, DIFM AT-109). QSL via F5JNE, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL] F - F1UGV, F4BJW, F5DBC, F5NLR and F5SRH will operate CW and SSB as TM5DUM from Dumet Island (EU-064) on 20-21 June. QSL via operator's instructions. [TNX F8REF] F - Jean-Pierre, F6ITD will be active as F6ITD/p from Belle-Ile (EU-048) on 20-28 June. He will operate SSB only on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX] F - Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of radioactivity pioneer and Nobel laureate Pierre Curie, special event station TM7RPC will be active from 21 June to 5 July. [TNX F1SIU] FO - Phil, F5PHW will be living and working on Tahiti, French Polynesia for two years (August 2009-July 2011). He plans to be active as FO/F5PHW (but he will also try to get a FO5 callsign upon arrival) and to operate CW, RTTY and some SSB on 80-10 metres. QSL via F8BPN, direct or bureau. Phil's logs will be uploaded to LoTW. Further information at http://f5phw.chez.com [TNX F5PHW] FT5G - The French military amateur radio operators who will be active from Ile de la Grande Glorieuse (AF-011) on 9-28 July are Philippe/F4EGS, Freddy/F5IRO, Yves-Michel/F5PRU, Jean-Marc/F5RQQ and Sylvain/F5TLN. Their trip to Glorioso is first of all a military operation, not a DXpedition. At all events, they will have four complete stations with amplifiers, three Spiderbeams for the higher bands, verticals for 40 and 80 metres, an Inverted L for 160 metres and a K9AY array receiving system, plus a G5RV for 6 metres. They plan to be QRV during both the IARU HF World Championship and the IOTA Contest. Requested callsign is FT5GA (see "Iles Eparses" below). QSL via F5OGL, direct or bureau. Further information, including log-search, can be found at http://glorieuses2008.free.fr/ [TNX F5NQL] GM - Jurij, MM0DFV and John, GM0WRR will be active portable from the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park during the WFF Green Days (http://wff44.com/en/contest/) on 13-14 June. They plan to operate SSB, CW and PSK. A special colourful QSL card will be printed. [TNX MM0DFV] GM - Members of the Workington and District Amateur Radio Club will operate as MS0WRC from the Island of Barra (EU-010) from 26 September to 2 October. The team will include Steve/G0MTD, Paul/M1PAF, Mark/M0WCR and Glyn/M3XUH, and they will operate mainly SSB on 80-17 metres. QSL via G0MTD, direct or bureau. [TNX G0MTD] GW - The Grantham Amateur Radio Club (http://www.garc.org.uk/) will be active as GB0YG from Holy Island (Ynys Gybi, EU-124) on 24-29 June. QSL direct only via G0RCI. [TNX G0RCI] I - Alex, IK8YFU, and Giovanna, IZ8FEV will be active as IF9/IQ8PP from Favignana Island (EU-054, IIA TP-011) on 18-25 July. QSL via IK8YFU. [TNX IK8YFU] JA - Look for 7N4AGB/6, JA1KJW/6, JA1XEQ/6, JJ1JGI/6 and JK1EBA/6 to be active from the Daito Islands (AS-047) from 25 June to 5 July, and from Tokashiki Island (AS-017) on 7-10 July. They plan to operate CW and SSB on 160-6 metres, with an emphasis on the low bands. QSl via home call,s direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] JA - Look for JJ2JQF/0 and JH9UYZ/0 to be active on all bands and modes from Awa Island (AS-117) on 26-30 June. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] JT - Giampiero, I5NOC will be active as JT1NOC from Mongolia on 12-29 June. He will operate CW and SSB on 10-80 metres, and will also give 6m a try. QSL via home call. [TNX IK5HHA] KH2 - 7L4CEC, JA1BVY, JA1CJP, JA1HOD, JH1EMT, JJ1CDY, JL1FYW and JR1QCQ expect to be signing KH2/homecall from Guam (OC-026) until 14 June. Look for them on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and possibly RTTY. QSL via home calls. [TNX JA1CJP] KL - The KL7RRC team (KE7V, N3QQ and UA9OBA) has been active as KL7RRC/p from Ogliuga Island (NA-233) [425DXN 943] since 10 June. They plan to remain there until 14 June, then, depending on boat availability, they might go and operate as KL7RRC/a from the Rat Islands (NA-070). QSL via UA9OBA (Russia and Europe) and N7RO (others). Updates can be found at http://na-233.ucoz.com/ LA - LA1MNA, LA1LSA, LA5ZN and LA9RY will be active on 6 metres and the HF bands as LA7H from Utsira Island (EU-055) on 12-14 June. QSL to LA7H, direct or bureau. Ã^TNX www.rgsbiota.org] PA - Celebrating his Silver Jubilee with amateur radio, Adriaan, PE2KP (previous callsign PE1KHP, www.pe2kp.nl) will be active again as PE25KP from 25 July to 16 August. QSL via bureau to PE2KP. [TNX PE2KP] SM - Jorgen, SM3CXS will be active as SG3U from Trasko Island (EU-084) until 16 June and from Grimskar Island (EU-176) on 18-21 June. He operates SSB and CW on 40-6 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] SV - Elizabeth/K4KTG, Michael/KC6ZUS and Jonathan/KI4UOU will be active as SV/K4KTG from Thira (Santorini) Island (EU-067) between 15 June and 30 July. QSL via K4KTG. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] SV5 - Pandelis (SV5AZP), Stathis (SV5DKL), Dionisis (SV5FRD), Panagiotis (SV5AZK) and Yiannis (SV5FRI) will be active as SX5SYMI from the island of Symi, Dodecanese (EU-001) from 31 July to 3 August. They plan to operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 160-6 metres. QSL direct to SV5FRI. Further information at http://sx5symi.symiakos.gr; details on the Greek Islands On The Air (GIOTA) award programme visit http://www.5-9report.gr/giota/index.htm [TNX SV5FRI] SV9 - Ron, WB2GAI is celebrating his Golden Jubilee in amateur radio and will be active again as SV9/WB2GAI/p from Crete from 21 August to 5 October. He will operate CW on 80-17 metres. QSL via bureau. [TNX WB2GAI] TZ - Ed/W0SD, Arliss/W7XU and Holly/N0QJM will be active as TZ6EI from Bamako, Mali from 26 June to 5 July [425DXN 941]. Although their primary focus will be 6 metres on 50103 kHz, there will be RTTY operation concurrent with activity on 6m, plus CW and SSB operation at night after six meter sporadic E is over. The HF bands will likely to be limited to 30, 20 and 17 metres. QSL via W7XU. Further information at http://w0sd.com/mali/mali.htm [TNX W0SD] UA - Look for RN1AW/p, RV1AQ/p and UA1ATI/p to be active from Peschany Island (EU-133, RR-01-14) on 15-23 June. QSL via home calls, bureau preferred. [TNX RN1AW] UA - Alik, RX9WN will be active as RX9WN/0 from Kharantsy Island (RR-21-12) and possibly also Olkhon Island (RR-21-01) between 19 and 21 June. Both the islands are located in Lake Baikal and do not count for IOTA. [TNX RX9WN] UR - Members of the Ternopil Amateur Radio Club will be active as UR4BZB/p from Medobory Nature Reserve on 12-14 June. QSL via UT1BC. [TNX UR5BCP] UR - Vladimir, UU6JJ plans to be active from the lighthouse at Mys Lukull (ARLHS UKR-135) on 13-14 June. He will operate CW and some SSB on 40-15 metres. Complete information on the Ukrainian Lighthouses Award can be found at http://www.lights.in.ua [TNX US4LGW] VE - Rene, DL2JRM was active as VE1/DL2JRM from Bells Island (NA-081) a couple of days ago, and will operate again as VE1/DL2JRM from Long Island (NA-127) on 13-15 June. Look for him on 80-10 metres CW. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] VE - George, WW4GA will be active as WW4GA/VO1 from Newfoundland (NA-027) from 18 June to 9 July. QSL direct to home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] VE - Mike, K9AJ and Bruce, KD6WW will be active as K9AJ/VY0 and KD6WW/VY0 from Thomson Island (NA-185) from the local evening on 31 July through the local morning of 3 August. They will have two stations and will operate CW and SSB around the usual IOTA frequencies. QSL via home calls. The NA-185 IOTA group is offshore Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, on the western shore of Hudson Bay and was activated only once by NU2L/VE8 back in 1993. [TNX K9AJ] YU - Special prefixes YU2009, YT2009, YU09, YT09, YT25 and YU25 will be in use from 12 June to 12 July to promote the XXV Summer Universiade (the World University Games organized by the International University Sports Federation) that will be held in Belgrade, Serbia on 1-12 July. [TNX www.yu1srs.org.rs] YV - The Radio Club Venezolano will be active as YW9A from the rare Amazonas State on 20-24 June. QSL via YV5AJ, direct or bureau. Information on the Diploma Estados Venezolanos (Venezuelan States Award) can be found at http://radioclubvenezolano.org/concurso.htm PACIFIC TOUR 2009 ---> Karl-Heinz, DL2FAG will be active from Niue and Samoa in October and November as follows: 19/10-07/11 ZK2DL Niue Island (OC-040) 17/11-30/11 5W0KH Upolu Island, Samoa (OC-097) He plans to operate mainly RTTY, PSK and SSB on 10-80 metres, using a Triple leg multiband and dipoles. After Niue and before Samoa he will will be visiting New Zealand's South Island (OC-134) and be active sporadically as ZL4/DL2FAG. QSLs via home call. Log searches will be available at www.qsl.net/dl2fag. PACIFIC TOUR 2010 ---> Wallis Island has been added to the itinerary of the 22-day Pacific tour that is being organized to take place next year [425DXN 929]. A multi-national team of 14 operators led by Hrane, YT1AD will be active from Tokelau (ZK3, 30 September-3 October), Central Kiribati (T31, 5- 10 October) and Wallis Island (FW, 12-14 October). Details are expected in due course. Updates will be posted to the expedition's website at http://www.yt1ad.info/t31/index.html [TNX YT3W] =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW CQ SIXTY METRES ---> Sixty metres enthusiasts can find lots of useful information at http://www.60meters.net/, including information on current and upcoming DX activities on 5 MHz gathered by Joe, W8GEX. ILES EPARSES ---> Previously placed under the administration of the prefect of Reunion, the so-called Iles Eparses (Scattered Islands, including Europa, Juan de Nova, Glorioso and Tromelin) have been administered by the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF) since 3 January 2005 and have constituted the TAAF 5th district since 21 February 2007. Amateur radio callsigns will be affected by the change as follows: Europa = FT#E, Glorioso = FT#G, Juan de Nova = FT#J, Tromelin = FT#T. QSL 9J2FR & 9J2AA ---> Claudio, IK2RZQ says he still has logs and blank cards for either Renzo/9J2FR and Rosa Angela/9J2AA. Requests can be sent direct or via the bureau. QSL HV50VR ---> Please note that the new QSL route is via IV3KKW: the person in charge is still Alessandro Carletti (formerly known as IW0GPN), who received his brand new callsign a few days ago. QSL direct only or LoTW. Alex says that all of the requests received so far have been processed and mailed. SOUTH AFRICA ---> Effective 10 June, amateur radio operators from South Africa have full access to the 40m band (7000-7200 kHz), and ZR licencees are allowed to operate on 14225-14350 kHz. [TNX ZS4BS] + SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include Ted Collins (G4UPS), Pietro Piccolo (I3UAZ), Anthony W. Malesic (K3BHL), Larry Duncan (K4WLS), Manoel Santos (PY2CJW), Jurij A. Golovanov (RA2FW), Vadim V. Kononov (U3HB), George Sanford Ardern (W4DUP), Edwin A. Andress (W6KUT) and Russell A. Baird (ZL4DJ). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8GT, 3D2AD, 3D2VB, 3DA0VB, 3XD2Z, 4K9W, 4O3A, 4S7DA, 4U1UN, 4V4JR, 5H1X, 5H3RK, 5H3VMB, 5K0T (NA-132 and NA-133), 5R8VB, 5Z4/RW1AU, 7Q7VB, 7X0RY, 8Q7SC, 9J2FM, 9J2VB, 9K2YM, 9U0VB, 9X0BV, A35VB, A61Q, A71MA, A92GR, BG4TRF, BH4QAK, C91FC, C91VB, CU3AD, CW6V, CX7CO, D20VB, D2BB, D44TXI, D60VB, DV5PO, E44M, E51MMM, E71DX, EA9CF, EA9PY, EL2AR, ES1CW, EU3AR, EW8KY, FK/G3MXJ, FM5BH, FW5RE, GJ0KYZ, H40FN, HC2AQ, HI9/EA3BT, HI9/EA3WL, HK0/EA7HEJ, HK1X, HL3IUA, HP1AC, HV0A, HV50VR, J75KG, JD1BMH, JT1DN, JW1CCA, JW5LJA, K5D, KG4AS, KH0PR, KH0UA, KH6BB, KH8/N9YU, KP2/K3TEJ, KP4KE, KP4YI, L21D (SA-021), LX1FX, LX8RTTY, LX9SW, OA4TT, OK1TN, OM7M, PS0F, PY0FF, R1ANB, R1ANC, R1ANP, S04R, T30M, T30VB, T32YY, T33ZZ, T48K, T88CI, T8CW, T8NF, TI5N, TO5A, TR8CA, UK9AA, UN1L, UN5J, UN7BEW, US0KW, V63MB, V63PR, VK0BP, VK9N/G3MXJ, VK9XHZ, VP5/K7LAZ, VP5DF, VP8/LZ1UQ, VP8DLJ, VP8YLI, VR2XMT, VU2NKS, XE1KK/XF1 (NA-124), XE2HWB/XF1 (NA-078), XX9BB, YB2ECG, YJ0AQY, YJ0MXJ, YK1BA, YN2WW, Z29KM, Z36A, Z36W, ZL7T. ***************************************************************************** 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 (i1...@425dxn.org) 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 (ik4...@425dxn.org) ***************************************************************************** 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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