> > > 425 DX NEWS < < < _____________________________________________________________________________ 03 October 2009 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 961 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3V - DF1LON, DJ7IK, DJ8NK, DJ9CB and DL9USA will be active as 3V3S from Sousse, Tunisia from 23 November to 2 December, including an entry in the CW WW DX CW Contest. They will operate from the premises of 3V8SS, and they will donate their antennas (verticals and a Spiderbeam) to that Radio Club. QSL via DL9USA. A website is under construction at http://www.3V3S.tk [TNX DJ7IK] 4U1UN - 4U1UN will be active on 19-25 October on all bands and modes with a large team of operators (F4EGD, F5CWU, G3SXW, JK3GAD, K2DO, K2LE, K2QI, KA2D, KA2RTD, LA4OFA, LA5IIA, N2GA, N2UN, N2YBB, NN1N, OH0XX, OH2BH, OH2NB, OH6LI, PY5EG, UA9AB, W2VQ and WQ2N). Antennas and security access to the building are heavily restricted but the team will do their best to make this rare station available to all. Activity will be from 8 a.m. until midnight local time (12.00-04.00 UTC) each day. All-night activity is planned for 23 and 24 October. Some of the operators will form an international team for CQ WW DX SSB Contest participation in the "Two Transmitter" (M2) category. QSL via HB9BOU. LoTW upload will be done after the operation. [TNX OH2BN] 8R - Ed/PU8TEP, Abilio/PV8AZ, Paulo/PV8DX, Ivanildo/PV8IG, Ivan/PY1YB, Anderson/PY2TNT, Alex/PY2WAS and Peter/8R1WD will be active as 8R1PY from Lethem, Guyana from 31 October to 4 November. They plan to operate SSB, CW, RTTY and BPSK on 160-6 metres. QSL via PY2WAS, direct or bureau. [TNX PY2WAS] CO - Celebrating the VII Conference of the Federacion de Radioaficiona- dos de Cuba, the Camaguey City Radio Club will operate as T47C on 3-4 and 10-11 October. Eight operators will be active on 160-10 metres (plus 2 metres) CW, SSB, PSK31 and RTTY. QSL via operator's instructions. [TNX CO7WT] CT8 - The Radio Arcala team will be in action from the Azores starting 5 October for one week. Look for Martti, CU2KG (OH2BH); Juha, CU2KH (OH8NC) and Toni, CU2KI (OH2UA) on a variety of bands during a maintenance operation from their contest station CR2X (www.cu2a.com). QSL via home calls. [TNX OH2BH] DL - Peter, DL3APO/p and Gerd, DL5AWI/p will be active from Hainich National Park on 5-7 October. They will operate CW and SSB on various HF bands. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX DL3APO] EA8 - Jean, ON5JV and Georgette, ON6AK will be active as EA8/homecall from Tijoco Bajo, Tenerife Island (AF-004) between 20 November and 10 February 2010. Activity will be on 40-10 metres during their evenings. They plan to use 100 watts into a vertical 14AVQ. QSL via home calls, bureau preferred. [TNX ON5JV] FP - Eric, KV1J and Tom, W8TOM will be active as FP/KV1J and FP/W8TOM from Miquelon Island (NA-032) on 20-27 October. They plan to operate SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK on 160-6 metres, and to participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as FP/KV1J. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. Their logs will be uploaded to LoTW and eQSL. Further information at http://www.kv1j.com/fp/october09.html G - Dave, G4IAR and Judith, G4IAQ will be active as G4LAB/p from the Isles of Scilly (EU-011) on 9-19 October. QSL via G4IAR, direct only. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] HB9 - Special event station HB9SPACE will be active during the World Space Week (4-10 October) from the Amateur Radio Club at the Swiss Air Force Museum (http://www.hb4fr.ch) in Payerne, Switzerland. QSL via HB4FR (bureau) or HB9ACA (direct). [TNX The Daily DX] I - Valeriano/IK5ABG, Giovanni/IK5BCM, Beppe/IK5CBE, Giovanni/IK5CRH and Enrico/IK5DFE will be active as IL7X from San Domino Island (EU-050, IIA FG-001) on 5-9 October. They plan to operate on 160-10 metres SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL via IK5BCM. [TNX IK5BCM] JW - Arne/LA7WCA as JW7WCA, Maurits/LA3XIA as JW3XIA and John/G4ATA as JW/G4ATA will be active from Svalbard on 8-13 October. They plan to operate SSB and RTTY on 80-10 metres. QSL via home calls. More information is available at http://www.g4ata.co.uk [TNX G4ATA] KH4 - The team for the 9-19 October K4M expedition to Midway Island [425DXN 935] includes 9V1YC, AA4NN, DJ9ZB, I8NHJ, K6TD, K9CT, KH7U, N1DG, N4PN, N4XP, N6HC, N7CQQ, ND2T, W6KK, W6OSP, W8GEX, WA7NB and WB4JTT. Announced frequencies are: SSB 28475, 24945, 21295, 18145, 14200, 7078, 3799, 50115 CW 28024, 24894, 21024, 18074, 14024, 10104, 7004, 3504, 1826.5, 50115 RTTY 28080, 21080, 18100, 14080, 10140, 7040 An Online QSL Request System (OQRS) will be activated after the DXpedition goes QRT. You will be able to request your QSLs one of three ways: OQRS Direct, OQRS Bureau, direct mail to Midway 2009, Box 333, Bethlehem, Georgia 30620-9989, USA. All of the contacts will be uploaded to LoTW "within 12 months of the last QSO" at the latest (LoTW QSLling policy is detailed at www.midway2009.com). KL - The Alaska 50th Anniversary of Statehood Special Event will be on the air from 18 UTC on 18 October until 6 UTC on the 19th. There will be fifteen or more stations on from around the state of Alaska all using KL5O on 160-10 metres SSB, CW and RTTY. Operation will be scheduled to facilitate working North American stations, though all stations worldwide are encouraged to participate. QSL confirmation will be electronically via LOTW and eQSL, and via mail to AC7DX. Further information on the event can be found at http://www.kl5o.com [TNX AC7DX] OK - Special station OL22ASE (www.qrz.cz/ol22ase) will be active on 1-15 October for the Association of Space Explorers' XXII Planetary Congress to be held in Prague, Czech Republic on 4-10 October. QSL via OK1TIR, direct or bureau. [TNX OK1TIR] PY0T - Four operators from the Rio DX Group (namely PY1NB, PY1ON, PY1YB and PY1ZV) will be active as ZY0T from Trindade (SA-010) from around 16 UTC on 11 October until around 6 UTC on the 16th (dates may vary depending on the schedule of the Brazilian Navy). They plan to operate SSB and CW with two stations on 160-10 metres. QSL via PY1NB (direct only). Further information can be found at http://riodxgroup.dxwatch.com/trindade-2009 [TNX PY1NB] SP - Special event station HF35PEA will be active on all bands and modes from 1 October to 31 December to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Radio Club SP1PEA. QSL via SP1NQF, direct or bureau. [TNX SP1NQF] TK - Look for Tony/IK2SNG, Augusto/IK4RQJ and Sergio/IZ4BBF to be active as TK/homecall from from Calenzana, Corsica (EU-014) on 8-12 October. They will operate SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31 on 10-40 metres. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX IK4RQJ] VE - Noel, VE2BR and Gregg, VE3ZZ/Gregg will operate Multi-Single in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest with the special call VC2Z from Mercier, Quebec (Zone 5). QSL via VE2BR. [TNX VE3ZZ] W - Special event station K4L will be active from Hunting Island (NA-110) on 17-18 October to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the lighthouse. QSL via K3LLH. Further information at http://pws.prserv.net/K4L/ [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] W - Members of the The St. Augustine Amateur Radio Society (N4AUG, www.saarsham.net) will be active from Lacosta Island (NA-069) on 17-18 October. They plan to be QRV on 20, 40 and 80 metres from about 12 UTC on the 17th until about 19 UTC on the 18th. QSL direct to N4AUG (St. Augustine Amateur Radio Society, P.O. Box 860084, Saint Augustine, FL 32086, USA). [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] YB - YC0IEM expects to be active as YC0IEM/8 from Ambon Island (OC-070) on 4-23 October. QSL via IZ8CCW. YV - The Radio Club Venezolano will operate as YW8AJ from Monagas State on 9-12 October. QSL via YV5AJ, direct or bureau. Information on the Venezuelan States Award can be found at http://radioclubvenezolano.org/concurso.htm [TNX The Daily DX] =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW DXCC NEWS ---> D2QMN's current operation from Angola has been approved for DXCC credit. Anyone who had this operation rejected in a recent DXCC submission can send a message to d...@arrl.org to be placed on the list to be updated. [TNX NC1L] FT5GA ---> The on-line log (http://www.clublog.org/charts/?c=FT5GA) now contains 37285 QSOs (latest QSO at 15.20 UTC on 1 October) with 12171 unique callsigns. The team will remain on the island until 8 October. QSL via F5OGL, direct or bureau. As for LoTW, "uploading is not on the agenda to day", the FT5GA team says, "but we never said the log will not be uploaded in the future. We will have a lot of things to do before, for a long long time". [TNX F5NQL] QSL ZK2V ---> The entire batch of direct ZK2V cards (about 1400 envelopes, confirming 2979 QSOs) was expected to be to the post office on 29 September, "with the exception of about 100-125 cards that require 'special handling'". Bureau cards will be tackled next. [TNX N3SL] QSL STATISTIC ---> The idea beyond this service (http://adok.dyndns.org) is "to share the information stored in your local logger database with others - so when deciding wheter to send your paper QSL to a station you can take a look how others have received cards from that station". [TNX RX9TX] QSL VIA W5KDJ ---> Wayne, W5KDJ (3DA0KDJ, 5R8KD, A25KDJ, C91KDJ, SV0WWW, TF2WJN, YN2KDJ) says he does not accept QSL cards via the bureau. He will only confirm direct cards with SASE or SAE + return postage, or via eQSL and LoTW. SWL CLUSTER ---> DX Watch (http://www.dxwatch.com/), the popular Internet access for amateur radio DX cluster with additional tools, now has a newly born brother cluster devoted to SWL and general listening activity: http://swl.dxwatch.com [TNX PY2ZX] TOP LISTS ---> The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now available at http://www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. Please note that QSOs confirmed through LoTW or included in on-line logs are eligible for listing. Send send your scores, as well as any request for further information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2...@fastwebnet.it) VHF-DATABASE ---> The latest issue of the VHF-DATABASE (2.60 - 10/2009) is now available to private users as well as DX-Cluster Sysops on MMMonVHF, the VHF-DX-Portal. Information can be found at http://www.mmmonvhf.de/dbase.php [TNX DL8EBW] XV#RRC ---> Typhoon Ketsana affected the plans of the Russian team in Vietnam. The XV6RRC operation from Ngu Island (AS-185) was cancelled, but they were able to log 2149 QSOs operating as XV7RRC from Cham Island (AS-162) for 17 hours on 26 September, then the weather deteriorated and forced them to leave the island before it was too late. On 28 September-1 October they made 10543 QSOs as XV3RRC from Tam Island (AS-157). A log search for both activities can be found at http://xv6rrc.com/; QSL via RZ3EC. + SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include Mehmed Cosovic (T99A, ex-YU4CA, a doyen of amateur radio in Bosnia), Vladimir I. Kuzichev (UY5IA), John G. Marshall (W0JM) and Travis G. Casanova (W5GED). QSLs received direct or through managers: 3DA0EL, 3DA0MH, 3DA0MM, 3DA0TB, 3DA0VA, 3G1M (SA-069), 4S7NE, 4X4DK, 4X4WN, 5K0T, 5V7PRF, 7P8MM, 7P8OK, 7P8YI, 7Q7BP, 7Q7HB, 7X4AN, 8Q7DV, 9J2FM, 9L1X, A25/DL7DF, A35ZS, A43DLH, A45XR, A92HB, AH6RQ, B1Z, BA7IO/4 (AS-136), BX0ZR, BX5AA, C21TI, C6AGU, CG200I (NA-128), CQ2I, CU2A, D44AC, D44TXS, DY1C (OC-120), EA9/KH0AM, EA9IB, EA9LS, ES3AX, EU3AR, EX2T, FM1FV, FT5YI, GB0SGB/p, GB5HOD, GB5KIL, GI0KOW, GJ6YB (EU-013), H44MY (OC-162), HA0NAR, HC8N, HR9/WQ7R, HV5PUL, JD1BMH, K5D, K7C, N6PYN/KL7 (NA-239), OJ0B, OJ0J, OY/LA6FJA, P29NI, PR5D (SA-047), PV8ADI, PX6T (SA-080), PX8M (SA-041), S04R, TI2KI, TJ3SL, TL0A, TM2HC, TM5EL (EU-094), TO3R, TO8YY, TY5ZR, UA0AV, UP5G, V31WC, V51YJ, V55X, V63MY (OC-259), V7XX, V85SS, V8AQM, VK0BP, VK9CNC, VK9GMW, VK9LA, VK9NI, VP2ETN, VP8YLH, VR2C, XX9TCC, XY3C, YJ8TZ, ZB2FK, ZC4LI, ZF2DX, ZF2ZB, ZK2V, ZK3AH, ZL7/SP5EAQ, ZX8A (SA-016). ***************************************************************************** 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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