> > > 425 DX NEWS < < < _____________________________________________________________________________ 19 September 2009 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 959 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3W - The 3W6C team members are starting to make the extensive preparations necessary for the 10-18 April 2010 DXpedition [425DXN 948] to Con Co (AS-185), Vietnam. A large group of operators will be running four stations 24 hours a day, with a target of 60,000 QSOs on as many different bands as possible, including 160 and 80 metres. Such an extensive operation requires considerable financial resources, and fund raising has just started. Detailed information on how contribute to the expedition can be found at www.3w6c.qrv.ch [TNX HB9DST] 7Q - Barrie, G4AHK will operate holiday style as 7Q7BJ while travelling around Malawi, from 23 September through 12 October. He plans to focus on 160, 80 and 40 metres. QSL via G4AHK. [TNX The Daily DX] 9M6 - Steve, 9M6DXX, will operate (SSB only) as 9M8Z from Sarawak, East Malaysia (OC-088) on 22-26 October, including a SOAB HP unassisted entry in the CQWW DX SSB Contest. QSL via M0URX direct, bureau or LoTW (see www.m0urx.com for details on e-mailing requests for bureau cards). [TNX 9M6DXX] 9M6 - Steve, 9M6DXX, and John, 9M6XRO will be active from Pulau Labuan (OC-133) on 6-8 November (and possibly for one or two hours from 00.00 UTC on 9 November). Look for 9M6DXX/p on 10-80 metres SSB, and for 9M6XRO/p on 10-160 metres CW and RTTY. They will be using linearamplifiers to a multi-band vertical and a 160m inverted-L, both mounted very close to the ocean. They hope it will be possible to operate on 160m CW at the same time as SSB on the other bands. QSL both 9M6DXX/p and 9M6XRO/p via M0URX, direct or bureau or LoTW. [TNX 9M6DXX] A4 - San/A45WH (VU2CEO) and Manoj/VU2MCJ, along with a couple of SWLs, will be active as A45WH/p from Masirah Island (AS-014) on 22-24 September. Expect activity on 160, 80, 40, 30 and 20 metres CW, SSB and didgital modes. QSL direct to A45WH. [TNX The Daily DX] C3 - A large group of operators from Spain will participate in the CQ WW DX RTTY Contest as C37URE from Andorra. This operation is a joint effort between the two IARU societies of Andorra (URA) and Spain (URE) in celebration of URE's 60th anniversary. QSL via EA4URE, direct or bureau. Further information at http://c37ure.ure.es/ C9 - Marco, IK1RAE says he will be active as C91VM from Mozambique on 5-23 October. He will operate SSB on 40-10 metres running 100 watts into a vertical antenna. Side trips to one or more IOTA groups (AF-061, AF-066, AF-072, AF-088) are also being planned. QSL direct only, as proceeds will be donated to charity project in the village of Malangute (QSLling policy details to be announced on qrz.com under C91VM). ET - Jim, WU0I is a US Foreign Service Officer presently stationed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He expects to be QRV as ET3JD by about October, and to operate PSK31 and possibly RTTY (for contests mostly), SSB and CW ("my CW is pretty rusty", he says, "so please be patient with me!"). He will try to get on 40, 20 and 15 metres, plus 30 and 17 metres, using home-made wire antennas. QSL direct to Jim DeLoach, 2030 Addis Ababa Place, Dulles VA 20189-2030, USA (please indicate if you would like his card to come via U.S. mail or Ethiopian mail; no preference stated means he will use whichever is cheapest for your QTH). Bookmark http://www.deloach.net/ET3JD.html for updates. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] G - The Bittern DX Group will operate special event station GB2TX on 19-20 September as part of "Transmission 2009" to raise money for the British Wireless for the Blind Fund (http://www.blind.org.uk/). QSL via M0CNP. [TNX VA3RJ] G - Kevan, 2E0WMG will be active from St. Agnes, Scilly Isles (EU-011) on 22-23 September. He will operate SSB only on 80, 40 and 20 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX K1XN] KL - Hugh, K6HFA says he will try to be active as K7A from a few islands in Alaska between 21 September and 5 October. IOTA groups mentioned include NA-236 (new one), NA-222, NA-216 and NA-087. He plans to operate CW and SSB on 20, 30 and 40 metres. QSL via K6HFA, direct or bureau (direct QSLling policy at qrz.com). [TNX www.islandchaser.com] OD - The Radio Amateurs of Lebanon (RAL) will be operating special event station OD5F for the duration of the 6th Francophone Games, which will be held in Beirut from 27 September to 6 October. QSLs will be handled by the RAL QSL bureau. [TNX IARU] PA - Special callsign PA08DWN will be aired on CW on 2-3 October during the annual Furieade maritime event at Maassluis, near Rotterdam. Operations will take place from the radio shack of the "Elbe", a tugboat that is being restorated to serve as a museumship. QSL via PA3ALM. [TNX PA9HR] PJ5 - Dave, AH6HY will be active as PJ5/AH6HY from St Eustatius (NA-145) from 26 September to 1 October. He will operate holiday style on 10-40 metres, mainly SSB with some CW. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K] SP - Kris, SP6DVP (SO6V) has been grated permission to operate as SN40DVP until 30 November to celebrate his 40th anniversary in amateur radio. QSL via SP6DVP, direct or bureau. [TNX SP6DVP] SP - Special event stations SN2009B, SN2009EM, SN2009K, SN2009L and SN2009W will be active from Poland from 25 September to 4 October for the Women's Volleyball European Championship. On-line logs and details on the relevant award can be found at http://www.sq7mzh.pl/ SV - A group of 8 operators will be active on the HF bands SSB, CW and RTTY as SY2G from Mount Paiko on 19-21 September for the International Day of Peace. QSL via SV2JAO (direct only). [TNX SV2LZX] T7 - Gerd/DJ5TT, Thomas/DK9FEC, Peter/DL1FX and Rainer/DL1ZBO will be active as T70A from from the radio club of San Marino's IARU Society (http://www.arrsm.org/) on 24-27 September. They will operate CW, SSB and various digital modes on 80-10 metres, anche will participate in the CQ WW DX RTTY Contest. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin] V2 - Bud, AA3B will be active as V26K from Antigua (NA-100) between 26 November and 1 December, including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. This will be an all CW operation on the contest HF bands only. QSL via AA3B. [TNX AA3B] VP8_sg - Lars, MM0DWF (www.lars-boehme.de/vp8dif/index.html) will be working again at Husvik, South Georgia (AN-007) between early October and mid November. He expects to operate again as VP8DIF during his limited spare time, running 100 watts to a G5RV on RTTY, CW and SSB (in that order). QSL via DJ9ZB, direct or bureau. [TNX G4DYO] PACIFIC TOUR ---> Hrane, YT1AD and Miki, YU1DW will be travelling to a few Pacific islands between 30 September and 8 October as follows: 30 September-1 October KH8/N9YU (QSL via YT1AD) American Samoa 2-3 October 5W8A (YT1AD) and 5W0DW (YU1DW) Samoa 4-6 October 3D2AD (YT1AD) and 3D2DW (YU1DW) Fiji 6-8 October T30M (YT1AD) and T30W (YU1DW) Western Kiribati The main reason for this trip is to prepare all necessary documents for the expedition to T31,ZK3 and FW8 in September-October 2010 (www.yt1ad.info/t31) [TNX YT3W] =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW FT5GA ---> The first batch of QSOs (1049 contacts made between 06.04.23 UTC on 15 September and 02.04.40 UTC on the 17th) has been uploaded to http://www.clublog.org/charts/?c=FT5GA KP2 QSL BUREAU ---> The ARRL US Virgin Islands Incoming QSL Bureau's new address is: Virgin Islands QSL Bureau, P.O. Box 25782, Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands 00824. Comments or questions on this bureau's operation may be directed to Ann Keegan, KP2YL (kp...@arrl.net). [TNX NC1L] PIRATE ---> Toze, CT1GFK reports that a large number of stations (many of them from France and Italy) worked a pirated 4W6AL on 20 metres SSB on 12 September, while the genuine 4W6AL only made 4 QSOs. Check the log (http://algarvedx.com) before sending your QSL. PIRATE ---> "I'm sorry to have to inform you that the activity on 20 metres CW earlier this month by a station signing ZF2NT was a pirate operation", Phil/G3SWH says. "Bruce is still in California". QSL 9M2MRS ---> Rich, 9M2MRS (PA0RRS) reports that his incoming mail is being tampered with and green stamps are being stolen. Direct QSL requests should be sent to his address in the Netherlands (R.W.L. Smeets, Schoorveken 100, 5121 NM Rijen, The Netherlands). [TNX OPDX Bulletin] SURINAME ---> Ramon, PZ5RA is sorry to be no longer able to help visiting amateurs to get a licence, which he has done for ten years. He will try to have a licence permanently issued for guests to use (http://dxholiday.com/sa/pz.htm), but those who want an individual licence will have to apply direct to TAS (Telecommunications Authority Suriname). [TNX PZ5RA] + SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include Gianfranco Chiodi (I0CHF), Valerij P. Radashkevich (RU9WM), F. Martin Hankins (W5HTY) and Vincent Mattera (WB2AAP). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- QSLs received direct or through managers: 3D2AG/p, 3DA0EL, 3V9A, 4T6I, 5B4/AJ2O, 5B4/R3CC, 5B4AII, 5H3VMB, 5J0BV, 5K0T, 5K5T (SA-017), 6H1IM, 6W6JX, 7O1YGF, 7P8CF, 7P8R, 7Q7CE, 7Q7SI, 7Z1SJ, 9J2VB, 9V1YC, A35XR, A35ZS, A45XR, A61Q, BD1HFP/2, C6AGU, CE2/K0MD, CO8LY, D4C, E73M, EA8CQS, EA9/KH0AM, ER4DX, ES1WW, ET3JA, FT5YI, FW5ZL, H44MY, HC7AE, HU1M, HZ1FS/p, J39BS, JD1BLY, JD1BMH, JT1CO, JY4NE, JY8YV, K5D, KG6DX, KP4MS, LY0HQ, N3DXX/6Y5, OH0E, OJ0B, OJ0J, PV8ADI, PX6B (SA-080), PX6T (SA-080), PX8M (SA-041), PZ5RA, R1ANR, R7HQ, RW2F, S79NS, SV2ASP/A, T30XX, T31DX, T77NM, TC4X, TG9NX, TK/I4GAD, TL0A, TM5EL (EU-094), TN5SN, TO3R, UA0IDZ/p (AS-059), UA9ZZ, V51AS, V63TO, V85SS, VC8B, VI2BV90, VK9GMW, VK9WWI, VP8YLG, VP9/VE3DZ, VQ9JC, VR10XMT, VR2008O, VR2009EAG, VR2XMT, VU7RG, XE2PEA, YJ0AWG, YL2BJ, Z21SI, Z29KM, ZS1REC, ZX8A (SA-016), ZY0F. **************************************************************************** 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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