> > > 425 DX NEWS < < < _____________________________________________________________________________ 10 October 2009 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 962 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 8Q - Jim, G3VDB will be active holiday style as 8Q7EJ from Vilamendhoo Island, Maldives (AS-013) on 9-25 October. Subject to hotel permission and local conditions, he plans to operate CW, RTTY, PSK31 and perhaps SSB. QSL via home call. [TNX dx-hamspirit.com] 9H - Andreas, DL9USA will be active as 9H8C from Comino Island, Malta (EU-023) on 15-22 October. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX dx-hamspirit.com] H44 - Mike, KM9D (H44MY) and Jan, KF4TUG (H44TO) have been lying to anchor in the lagoon of Liapari Island (OC-149), Solomon Islands since 8 October. HA - Radio Club Puspokladany (HA0KHW) will be active as HG0WFF from a number of Hungarian National Parks between now and October 2010. The first activity will be from the Hortobagy National Park on 12-18 October. QSL via HA0HW. [TNX HA0HW] J5 - Jose, CT1DSV will be active as J5S from Guinea Bissau on 12-18 October. He expects to operate about 1-2 hours every night, and to concentrate activity on 17-18 October. QSL via home call. [TNX dx-hamspirit.com] JT - Jeremy, W7EME (JT1UN) and Jim, K7YO (JT1YO) will conduct the first ever EME activity from Mongolia on 10-14 October. Details can be found at http://www.w7eme.org/ulaanbaatar [TNX JT1CD] PA - Special event station PA30IPA will be active from 10 October to 6 November to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the International Police Association Radio Club of the Netherlands. QSL via PA9LUC. [TNX The Daily DX] PA - Ben, DO1BEN and Barbara, DO1IQ will be active as PD/homecalls from Texel Island (EU-038) on 16-22 October. QSL via DO1BEN, bureau preferred. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] PY0T - The schedule of the Brazilian Navy has changed, and consequently also the dates for the ZY0T operation from Trindade [425DXN 961]. The team now expects to leave on 13 October and to be active from the 17th to the 20th (+/- one day either way). QSL direct to PY1NB. Bookmark http://riodxgroup.dxwatch.com/trindade-2009 for updates. [TNX PY1NB] SP - Special event station SN100DP will be active until 11 October to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the "Dar Pomorza", the Polish sailing frigate currently preserved in Gdynia a a museum ship. Please visit http://www.sq2rh.it2.pl/sn100dp/sn100dp_about.html for Further information. QSL via SQ2RH. [TNX SQ2RH] TA - Special event callsign TC1IEM will be aired on the HF bands for this year's Istanbul Eurasia Marathon to be held on 18 October. QSL via TA1KB, bureau preferred. [TNX TA1HZ] T6 - Pascal, F5PTM is active as T6YA from Afghansitan until December. He plans to operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 80-10 metres. QSL via F5OGL [TNX The Daily DX] TA - The TC Special Wireless Activity Team (www.tcswat.org) will be active as TC1ELH from Eregli Lighthouse (Sea of Marmara) on 9-11 October. They plan to operate mainly on 20 and 40 metres SSB. QSL via TA1HZ. [TNX TA1HZ] V3 - Rich, N0HJZ will be active as V31MW from Placencia, Belize on 17-26 October, including as SOAB entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL direct to home call or via LoTW. [TNX N0HJZ] VK - Look for Ray, K9LUK to be active as K9LUK/VK4 from Fraser Island (OC-142) on 18-23 October. QSL direct to home call. [TNX www.ragbiota.org] W - The Alamance Amateur Radio Club (K4EG) will participate in the Cape Lookout Lighthouse 150th Special Event on 10-11 October by operating from Harkers Island (NA-067). Look for them on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres CW and SSB, with possible activity on 17 and 30 metres as well. QSL via KA4KJI. [TNX VA3RJ] W - Special event stations N#A will be operated from all ten US call areas with the appropriate prefix number designator on 12-18 October to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the North American QRP CW Club (NAQCC). QSL via operator's instructions. Complete details on the event can be found at http://www.arm-tek.net/~yoel/ [TNX VA3RJ] W - The South Florida DX Association (K4FK) will operate as W4R from the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge as part of the National Wildlife Refuge Week. The station will be active on 20 and 40 metres SSB, and possibly CW, on 17 October (from 14.00 to 18.30 UTC). QSL direct to WA4WTG. [TNX N4II] YB - Hotang, YC0IEM now expects to be active as YC0IEM/8 from Ambon Island (OC-070, 425DXN 961) on 12-30 October. QSL via IZ8CCW. [TNX Mediterraneo DX Club] ZL - Paul, ZL4PW and Ray, VK4HDX will be active from Stewart Island (OC-203) on 19-30 March 2010. They plan to operate all modes on 160-15 metres, and possibly to participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest. They are looking for a phasing device for 2 element phased arrays for 30/40m and a solid-state linear amplifier. Please contact Paul (zl...@orcon.net.nz) if you are willing to assist. A website is under construction. [TNX dx-hamspirit.com] =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW DXCC NEWS ---> 5N0OCH (Nigeria, current operation) and 5N0EME (2009 operation) have been approved for DXCC credit. If you had QSOs rejected in a recent DXCC submission, send an e-mail to d...@arrl.org to be placed on the list for an update. [TNX NC1L] FT5GA ---> Due to a change in the military flight's schedule, the FT5GA team went QRT around 9 UTC on 7 October, one day earlier than planned. Activity started on 15 September, and the five operators on the island were able to log 50,301 QSOs with 15,237 unique calls. All of the logs have been uploaded to the log search (www.clublog.org/charts/?c=FT5GA). TX3A ---> The first update about TX3A (Chesterfield Islands, 425DXN 951) has been posted to the expedition's website. Last minute tests (including RTTY hardware and software) and preparations are under way, and many improvements have been made to the equipment. As weather is the main variable, AA7JV and HA7RY will be standing-by in Gladstone (Queensland) from 28 October, ready to sail whenever they see a weather break long enough to get them to Chesterfield (the voyage will take 60-70 hours). voyage). Therefore they do not have a fixed date for the start of operations: "in the best case, we may get on the air on November 4, but it could easily be November 10 or later". George and Tomi will have supplies for a 20-day operation. The TX3A license is valid for 15 days only, so they may operate some of the time using their own callsigns. They intend to remain on the island to participate in the CQWW CW contest. Bookmark http://tx3a.com/ for regular updates. WW DXPEDITION TROPHY 2009 ---> The Strange Radio Team is conducting the fourth annual survey to recognize the "DXpedition of the year" that has aroused the greatest interest in the amateur radio world between 1 June 2008 and 1 June 2009. Cast your vote at http://www.strangeradioteam.com/ [TNX IZ7AUH] =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL ROUTES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3A2MG F9JS CX4AAJ EB7DX OD5F IZ8CLM 3D20CR DJ8NK E51NOU N7OU OG0A OH2BH 3D2DW YU1DW EF8M UA3DX OG20YL OH2YL 3D2GM PG5M EG2NVP EA2DJM OJ0B OH2BH 3D2KJ SP5DRH EH3IDB EA3DTD OJ0J OH0RJ 3D2MJ SP5EAQ EH3WRC EA3FCY OL22ASE OK1TIR 3W1M OM3JW ER8C ER1DA OM8A OM2VL 3Z40KP SP5KP EW5WFF EW4DX OM9FIRAC OM5GU 3Z70KOC SP5PJX FP/G3ZAY G3ZAY ON25BELGICA ON7TR 4K9W DL6KVA FP/M0TDG M0TDG ON4DAMIAN ON7LR 4L1FP LZ1OT G4LAB/p G4IAR PA08DWN PA3ALM 4L2IKA EA7FTR GA2MP N3SL PD55EA PD7BZ 4S7AAG DL1LH HB9SPACE HB4FR PY0FF W9VA 4S7BRG LZ3HI HB9VELO HB9OCR R1ANY RK3MWD 4S7SAG DH7SA HF1939WW SQ6CU R50KTV RA6AU 4U64UN HB9BOU HF35PEA SP1NQF RU0LL IK2DUW 4W6FR VK4FW HL9A WX8C SN0WFF SP5X 5B/HG3IPA HA3JB HS0ZEA OE2REL SN80WK SP7PKI 5C5W EA5XX II1CAM IW2MNO SP80WAC SP3PSM 5N0OCH DL3OCH IL7X IK5BCM SP90SEP SP6PWW 5Q5NA DK5NA IY2M IW2NOH SQ80SPCU SP9PKZ 5W0DW YU1DW J28OO K2PF SV0XAF/8 HB9EBC 5W7A YT1AD J68WI WB5ZAM SY1RY SV1JMO 5X1THA M0WTF J79ZG DL7AFS T30AW YU1DW 5Z4PS M0WTF JW3XIA LA3XIA T30M YT1AD 7Q7CE IN3VZE JW5NM LA5NM T88OM JA1FMZ 7Q7HB G0IAS JW5X LA5X TC10TF TA1HZ 7X0MT F5MSR JW6RHA LA6RHA TI5/NP3D W3HNK 9H3FD PA3FHR JW6VM LA6VM TX5SPA SP9PT 9M2CNC G4ZFE JW7WCA LA7WCA UE1RLH RA1QY AL7R K9IT JW7XK LA7XK VC3COPP VE3BDB C31CT EA3QS JW9DL LA9DL VK6AU N1DT C37NL C37URA KH6MB AI4U XU7ACY W2EN C37URE EA4URE KH8/N9YU YT1AD XV3RRC RZ3EC C91VM IK1RAE LU8XW WD9EWK XV7RRC RZ3EC CM3RPN EB7DX LX/PA6Z PA9M YB0ECT K3AIR CN2CV HB9CVC LZ26ZA LZ1KZA YI1RZ IK2DUW CN8IG EA7FTR LZ44WFF LZ1KZA Z21BC NI5DX CU6NS EA5KB MS0WRC G0MTD ZS4U K3IRV DJ8NK Jan B.C Harders, Kalckreuthweg 17, 22607 Hamburg, Germany EB7DX David Lianez Fernandez, P.O.Box 163, 21080 Huelva, Spain IK5BCM Giovanni Ticci, Via Catani 34/a, 59100 Prato - PO, Italy IN3VZE Eliseo Camin, Corso 3 Novembre 136/2, 38100 Trento - TN, Italy K6HFA Hubert R Clark, 545 W Vassar Ave, Fresno, CA 93705, USA RZ3EC Eugene Shelkanovtcev, P.O. Box 70, Orel, 302028, Russia SP9PT Wojciech Klosok, P.O. Box 131, 44-200 Rybnik, Poland ST2EB Eihab Bannaga, Qinwan Co, P.O. Box 2256, Khartoum 11111, Sudan ZS1ANF Oleg S. Sakharov, P.O. 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