5 May 2001 No 522
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>>> DXCC MOST WANTED SUREVY <<<
The results of the recent 425 DX News DXCC Most Wanted survey will be
published in 425DXN #523. Many thanks to all those who participated.
3A - Look for 3A/IK5GQK (Fabrizio), 3A/IK5YOJ (Giuseppe), 3A/IW5BZQ
(Stefano), and 3A/IW5EDQ (Virginio) to operate from Monaco (WWL
JN33RR) on 1-3 June. They will be active on 6 metres (SSB, RTTY,
PSK31), 2 metres (SSB) and on the HF bands (SSB, RTTY, PSK31,
SSTV); skeds are welcome at [EMAIL PROTECTED] also during the
operation. Latest information and on-line logs at
http://www.mannelli.com/3a. QSL direct to IW5BZQ for contacts made
on 6 and 2 metres (Stefano Mannelli, P.O. Box 569, 50123 Firenze
Centro - FI, Italy) and to IK5GQK for contacts made on HF (Fabrizio
Vannini, Via Forlanini 68, 50127 Firenze - FI, Italy). [TNX IW5BZQ]
3B6 - There has been an unexpected change in travel plans for the 3B6RF
DXpedition, as the team had to take a boat from the Seychelles to
Agalega instead of flying. The voyage (17-19 hours) was expected to
start on 4 May around 17 local time. Once on the island, they will
immediately start assembling the equipment in order to have the
first station up and running as soon as possible. [TNX K6GNX]
5V - Daniele, IV3TDM will operate from Atakpame, Togo between 5 and 16
May (licence to be issued upon arrival). He will be active in his
spare time with 100 watts on all bands SSB, with special attention
to the low frequencies. QSL via IV3TDM either direct or through the
ARI bureau. [TNX IV3TDM]
8P & V2 - Conny, DL1DA will operate from Antigua (NA-100) between 5 and 11
May. Then he will move to Barbados (NA-021) and be active as 8P9BK
between 12 and 17 May. He plans to operate on 10-40 metres (and if
he can install a longwire on 80 and 160 metres as well) CW. QSL via
DL1DA. [TNX The Daily DX]
HK0_mal - Pedro, HK3JJH/HK0M is expected to go QRT from Malpelo on 7 May. QSL
via N4AA (Carl Smith, P.O. Box 249, Leicester, NC 28748-0249, USA).
JA - Haru, JA1CG will operate as 8J1SAI on 6-7 May from the newly
created Saitama City, for which a new JCC number (1344) has been
issued by JARL. Look for him on +/- 21.330 kHz. QSL via JA1CG. [TNX
N6VR]
KH2 - JA1RTG, JF1CPE, JI1EOP, JK1EBA, JR3OET, JA5AGW and JI0PFJ will be
active (on 40, 20, 17, 15, 10 and 6 metres CW and SSB) as
KH2/JM1YGG from Guam (OC-026) between 8 UTC on 10 May and 1 UTC on
the 13th. QSL either via bureau to JM1YGG or direct to JA1RTG. [TNX
JH1BAM]
SV - Steve, G4EDG intends to operate from Kythira Island (EU-113) as
SV8/G4EDG and possibly from EU-158 as SV3/G4EDG starting
approximately on 7 May for 2 weeks. It will be a backpacking trip
and operation will be on 20 metres CW only with 5 Watts to a
dipole. QSL via home call. [TNX G4EDG]
TT8 - Eric, F5JKK will be back to Chad the second or third week of May
and hopes to operate on 6 metres and HF (CW, RTTY, PSK31 and some
SSTV) as TT8JE. He will concentrate on 10, 12, 17, 30 and 6 metres
(50200 kHz). QSL via F6FNU. [TNX The Daily DX]
UA - Nick, RK1PWA reports that UA1PBP/9 will be active from AS-089 for
two weeks starting on 5 May. QSL via RK1PWA. [TNX VA3RJ]
W - Operators from the United Radio Amateur Club, N6UB will be active
(on 10-40 metres CW, SSB and PSK31) from Santa Catalina Island
(NA-066) on 11-14 May. QSL via N6UB. [TNX The Daily DX]
YB - Adi, YC3MM plans to be active during the ARI International DX
Contest (5-6 May) as YC3MM/5 from OC-075. QSL via IZ8CCW. [TNX
IZ8CCW]
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3W7D ---> The 3W7D operation from Tam Island (AS-157) started on 26 April
around 14 UTC on 20 and 15 metres SSB; Terry, BD7NQ reports the station
signing 3W7D on 21.040 MHz CW between 7 UTC and 15.30 UTC was a pirate.
AS-154 ---> For those who asked: YM0KG was a special call used during the
recent operation from Giresun Island (AS-154). This call belongs to TA7KG,
the Turkish Radio Amateur Club branch in the town of Giresun. [TNX TA2DS -
TRAC HQ Vice President]
DCI ---> For information on the newly born Italian Castles Award (Diploma dei
Castelli d'Italia), sponsored by ARI Mondovi', please visit
http://utenti.tripod.it/dci or contact the Award Manager (Pier Giovanni
Uberti, IK1NPP) at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PATHFINDER ---> Pathfinder is a free program that makes it easy to find QSL
information from more than 100 web-accessible sources. See
http://www.qsl.net/pathfinder/ for additional information and download, or
use the Pathfinder Web Client, which requires no downloading or installation
(http://www.qsl.net/pathfinder/WebClient/). [TNX AA6YQ]
QSL FW5ZL ---> Cards for contacts on 6 metres should be sent to JA3EMU
(Toshiyuki Tanaka, 11-22 Higashi-kourishinmachi, Hirakata city, Osaka
573-0077, Japan). QSLs for contacts on HF bands should be sent direct to
FW5ZL (Guy Petit de la Rhodiere, B.P. 2, F-98600 Mata-Utu, France) [TNX
JA3AAW]
QSL H44NC ---> Norried, H44NC will be leaving New Georgia (OC-149) shortly to
return to the USA for approximatey 12 months. He will be carrying the H44NC
logs from July 2000 onwards with him. As of 1 May 2001 QSL cards for H44NC
should be sent (direct only) to: Norried F. Chaisson, P.O. Box 2262,
Springfield, MO 65801, USA. QSLs before July 2000 will still be answered but
only after returning to H4. [TNX VK2CA]
QSL PW0S ---> Steve, KU9C reports he expects the cards to to arrive at his
QTH on 11 May. If this happens on schedule, he plans to issue all direct QSL
cards that are clean in the log by 15 May.
QSL R2/DK8LV ---> Stephan, DK8LV reports he has still to process the requests
received so far for his operation from Kalinigrad last year. Cards were
received from the printer in December 2000, but the call was wrong
(R2/DL8LV!) and he is still waiting for the new QSLs to arrive. If he does
not receive the cards by the end of April, he will look for a new printer.
Please be patient. [TNX IK4NQL]
QSL UT2VU/DU7 ---> Cards for Oleg's recent activity from the Philippines
should be sent to US1VA (P.O. Box 23, Kirovograd-9, 25009, Ukraine). Please
note that according to Oleg cards are not likely to be sent out before
December-January. [TNX UT2VU]
QSL NOT VIA PA3EPG ---> Ben, PA3EPG reports he is no longer the QSL manager
for 4K5CW,4K9C and 4J4K. He can confirm contacts made through 31 March 2001.
Cards should be sent to Ben van Leeuwen, Zwolseweg 57, 8181 AC Heerde, The
Netherlands.
WAIL ---> For information on the Worked All Italian Lighthouses Award please
visit http://www.425dxn.org/awards/wail/ or http://www.ari.it/wail.html, or
contact the Award Manager (Paolo Garavaglia, IK1NLZ) at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The WAIL programme was created in 2000 and the first certificates have been
issued to the following amateurs (their relevant score is between brackets)
in the Italy, Europe and Outside Europe sections: IS0JMA (24), I0SBA (17),
IK1WGX (16), IK8OZP (16), I4GAS (15), IZ1ANU (15), IZ8DBJ (15); SP5PB (15);
K2XF (6).
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3B6RF: For the latest information on the DXpedition to Agalega please visit
http://www.agalega2000.ch
LOGS: The logs for the recent operation by IE9/IZ8AJQ and IE9/IZ8DBJ from
Ustica (NA-051), and its lighthouses Punta Omo Morto (WAIL SI-027) and
Cavezzi (WAIL SI-028), are available at http://go.to/ustica2001 [TNX
IZ8AJQ]
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<<< MOST NEEDED DXCC ENTITIES >>>
<<< PART 2/2 >>>
The following survey is taken from the newly published ARRL DXCC Yearbook
2000 and includes the other 50 of the top 100 entities needed by DXers who
participate in the DXCC programme (data taken from the 21,000 Mixed DXCC
records). Part 1/2 (positions from 1 to 50) was published in 425 DX News
#520. [TNX The Daily DX]
Rank Prefix Country Rank Prefix Country
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51 S2 Bangladesh 76 R1M Malyy Vysotskiy Island
52 1S Spratly Isls 77 3D2R Rotuma
53 TI9 Cocos I. 78 YI Iraq
54 ZD9 Tristan da Cunha & Gough 79 CE0Z Juan Fernandez Isls
55 FO/C Clipperton Island 80 KP5 Desecheo Island
56 KH5 Palmyra & Jarvis Isls 81 D6 Comoros
57 Z3 Macedonia 82 ET Ethiopia
58 VP8/O South Orkney Isls 83 KH9 Wake Island
59 VK9/X Christmas Island 84 TY Benin
60 T5 Somalia 85 KH7K Kure Island
61 VK9/C Cocos-Keeling Isls 86 JD1/M Minami Torishima
62 T9 Bosnia-Herzegovina 87 CY0 Sable Island
63 TT Chad 88 OM Slovak Republic
64 ZK3 Tokelau Isls 89 KH4 Midway Islands
65 5R8 Madagascar 90 3W Vietnam
66 S0 Western Sahara 91 JX Jan Mayen
67 KP1 Navassa 92 3X Guinea
68 3V Tunisia 93 ZC4 UK Bases on Cyprus
69 3B9 Rodriguez Island 94 9N Nepal
70 3C Equatorial Guinea 95 T8 Palau
71 ST Sudan 96 VP8 South Shetlands
72 YK Syria 97 T2 Tuvalu
73 XU Cambodia 98 5X Uganda
74 OK Czech Republic 99 CY9 St. Paul Island
75 ZK1/N North Cook Islands 100 8Q Maldive Islands
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3B6RF HB9AGH EI8EM W2ORA R3CA/0 UA9OBA
3B6RF N3SL [1] EK4JJ W6QKB RI0B RW3GW
3D2NV/P JA1NVF EM0RSE DJ0MAQ RP3RST RN3RQ
3DA0NL ZS6ANL EM1HO I2PJA RP3RTG RN3RQ
3G4A CE4BQO EM1KCC UT7UA RP3RTK RN3RQ
3G4B CE4ETZ EM5QRP UR7IRL RP3RZK RN3RQ
3W7D BA1DU EN15UC UR7UL RS0B RW3GW
4S7BRG HB9BRM EP3SP W3HC RU0B UA9OBA
5H3OG SM5IVO ET3VSC K3IRV S21YV KX7YT
5N3ZP IK5JAN EX8NP IK2QPR SO1VOX DL7VOX
5R8DL JH8YZB F/ON4ZD/P ON4ZD SU/ZS6WPX ZS6WPX
5R8FL F5TBA FG5FR F6FNU SV8/N2DH N2DH
5R8GT DK8ZD FH/JJ1LIB/P JN1HOW TA0/IT9WDY/p IT9YRE
5R8GV JH6RFT FK8GJ F6CXJ TA0/IT9YRE/p IT9YRE
5V1SM KL7Y FK8HC VK4FW TA3J TA3YJ
5X4L WA0MJA FO0MCA JA3MCA TG9AAK EA5KB
7Q7KZ JA2LZF FO0RTY JJ8DEN TL8CK F6EWM
7Z1AC WA4JTK FO5RA KM5M TM5N F6KOP
8Q7JY JA1JQY FY5FU F5PAC TP5CE F6FQK
8Q7KK HA2SX G3MRC/C9 G3MRC TU2KC F5TLN
8Q7QY JA1JQY GB5SI MM0BQI TU5GD N5FTR
9A/S52DG/P S52DG HK3JJH/HK0M N4AA TX0C JA1BK
9H1EL LA2TO HP1AC EA5KB TX4A/MM FK8KAB
9M2/JI1ETU JI1ETU HR1BY EA7FTR UA0FO WA6ZEF
9M2DB KD6WW HS0/OZ1HET OZ1ACB UA0QMU UA4RC
9M6BAA G4SHF HS0ZCW K4VUD V63LJ JH8DEH
9N7WU JA8MWU HS4BPQ E21EIC V63YV JA1WPX
9N7ZK W2UFO IE9/IZ8AJQ IZ8AJQ V73E WF5T
9Q5BQ HB9AMO IE9/IZ8DBJ IZ8DBJ VK9CXF G3TXF
9V1GA JA4BJO II6R IK6SNR VK9CXJ G3MXJ
9V1YC AA5BT II7G IK7WPD VK9CXW G3SXW
9Y4/N2IM N2IM IO6T IK6GPZ VK9ML VK4APG
A25/KY4P SV0LM IU3AIR I3EY VP8SDX GM4FDM
AH0N/KH6 JK1PKS J41K SV1DPI VP9/AI5P AI5P
C91MR/3 G3MRC J5X DJ6SI [2] VQ9VK N1TO
CE4A CE4BQO J5X DL1QW [3] VU2TS I1YRL
CE4B CE4ETZ J79CGA HB9CGA W1N K1OA
CE4C CE4CLM J88DR G3TBK W4CN K4WW
CE4M CE4MLN JA4PXE/6 JA4PXE W4WX/C6A W4WX
CE4U CE4USW JD1BCK JM1TUK XE1VIC KA9WON
CN8NK EA5XX JK1UWY/5N0 JH8BKL XR4A CE4BQO
CN8NK EA5XX JU1O JR0CGJ XR4B CE4ETZ
CO8OT EA5KB JW5HE LA5HE XR4M CE4MLN
CP6XE IK6SNR JY9NX JH7FQK XR4TA CE4TA
CU2/PY3ZM PY3CEJ KH0/JK1FNN JK1FNN XR4U CE4USW
CU3DJ KZ5RO KH0/JR3TVH JR3TVH XV3AA JA6UHG
CX1CCC EA5KB KH2/JA1WPX JA1WPX YC1WAE K5ZE
CX2SA EA5KB KH2/JM1LJS JM1LJS YI1BGD G0MMI
CX3VB EA5KB OD5UT K3IRV YI9OM OM6TX
DL2GG/YV5 DL3AMA OH0EA OH2KMG YM4ED TA4ED
DU1/SM5ENX SM5ENX OX3LG OZ1ACB Z33F NN6C
E21EIC/P E21EIC OZ/DF4ZL DF4ZL Z36W NN6C
E29AL HS0GBI OZ/DK3WN DK3WN ZB2/DJ7ZG DL7AFS
EA9EU EA9AZ PI4MRC PA0QLD ZB2/DL7AFS DL7AFS
ED1SPA EA1EG PT2/KC2BAA OK1FWQ ZC4BS G4KIV
ED4TE EA4TE PY0FZ PY7ZZ ZK1NDS DL9NDS
ED5RSF EA5URA R15CH RA3YA ZK1NFK DL7NFK
ED7CVD EA7CVD R1FJL UA3AGS ZP/G4DIE ZP6CU
[1] USA, Canada and Mexico only
[2] CW & SSB
[3] RTTY, FSK & SSTV
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BA1DU P.O. Box 8091, Beijing 100088, China
CE4TA P.O. Box 666, Talca, Chile
DL1DBF Manfred Wiedemann, Am Feldberg 43, D-57334 Bad Laasphe, Germany
DL3AMA Siegmar Kleine, Albrecht-Duerer-Str. 3/78, D-99610 Soemmerda, Germany
DL7FT Frank Turek, P.O. Box 1421, D-14004 Berlin, Germany
DL7NFK Klaus Mohr, Am Anger 12, 95488 Eckersdorf, Germany
DL7VOX Helmut Radach, Riesaer Strasse 93, D-12627 Berlin, Germany
DL9NDS Uwe Scherf, Itzgrund 15, 95512 Neudrossenfeld, Germany
EA5KB Jose F. Ardid Arlandis, Apartado 5013, 46080 Valencia, Spain
GM4FDM Thomas G. Wylie, 3 Kings Crescent, Elderslie, Renfrewshire, PA5 9AD,
Scotland, UK
HA2SX Peter Kalocsa, Marko, Bakonyi ut 20, H-8441 Hungary
HB9AGH Ambrosi Fluetsch, Lerchenweg 29, CH 8046 Zurich, Switzerland
HB9AMO Pierre Petry, 3 Hutins-des-Bois, 1225 Chene-Bourg, Switzerland
IK7WPD Antonio Masiello, Via Coop. Casa Ridente Pal. A, 70024 Gravina in
Puglia - BA, Italy
IT9YRE Ferdinando Rubino, P.O. Box 30, 96012 Avola - SR, Italy
IZ8AJQ Erminio Cioffi di Michele, Piazza Umberto 1 16, 84036 Sala Consilina
- SA, Italy
IZ8CCW P.O. Box 360, 87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy
IZ8DBJ Mario Pesce, Via Privata Falci 2, 80070 Bacoli - NA, Italy
JA1BK Kan Mizoguchi, 5-3 Sakuragaoka 4 Chome, Tama-City, Tokyo 206-0013,
Japan
JA1JQY Shigeo Matsui, 2-31-10 Shimoseya, Yokohama, 246-0035 Japan
JA1NVF Katsumi Yoshinuma, 17-6 Wakamiyadai, Yokosuka, 239-0829 Japan
JA4FHE Akifumi Matsuda, 1-11-6 Ageicyo, Kurayoshi-city, Tottori 82-0022,
Japan
JA4GXS Kenji Sasaki, 2-15 Ishikannon-cho, Yamaguchi-city, 753-0038 Japan
JA4PXE Joe S. Kuwahara, 1-75 Midori, Tokuyama 745-0075, Japan
JA8MWU Kazunori Abe, 12-5-9 Kagura 7jo, Asahikawa, 070-8007 Japan
JF6WTY Yuichiro Hayashi, 16888, Noma, Nakatane-Town, Kumage-Gun, Kagoshima,
891-3604, Japan
JI3DST Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-cho, Abeno-ku, Osaka-city, Osaka
545-0021, Japan
JJ1LIB Yutaka Nomura, 3-16-7 Hirato, Totsuka, Yokohama, 244-0802 Japan
JR0CGJ Takashi Shimizu, P.O. Box 5, Tateshina Kitasaku, Nagano 384-2305,
Japan
K4WW Shelby Summerville, 6506 Lantana Court, Louisville, KY 40229-1544,
USA
KB5GL Silvano Amenta, 5028 Hearst St, Metairie, LA 70001, USA
KU9C Steve Wheatley, P.O. Box 5953, Parsippany, NJ 07054-6953, USA
LA5UKA Bjorn Braekee, Tverrveien 5B, Moss 1525, Norway
N3SL Steve Larson, 22 N. Hidden Acres Drive, Sioux City, Iowa 51108, USA
N4AA Carl Smith, P.O. Box 249, Leicester, NC 28748-0249, USA
ON4ZD Leon Donner, Rue Gaston Dubois 6, B-1428 Lillois, Belgium
PY7ZZ Fred Souto Maior, Rua Almeida Belo 241, Apt 302, Bairro Novo, Olinda,
PE 53030-030, Brazil
RA3YA Vlado Vukov, P.O.Box 73, Bryansk 241000, Russia
RN3RQ Jack Yatskiv, P.O.Box 30, Michurinsk 393760, Russia
RW3GW Valery I. Sushkov, P.O. Box 3, Lipetsk - 398000, Russia
SM3TLG Hans Nilsson, Styvje 3040, SE-826 94 Norrala, Sweden
TA3YJ Nilay Mine Aydogmus, P.O. Box 876, 35214 Izmir, Turkey
UA9OBA Yuri V.Zaruba, P.O.Box 1, Novosibirsk-92, 630092, Russia
UN2O Leo V. Welikanov, P.O. Box 1, Atyrau, 465002, Kazakstan
UR7IRL Vladimir Tretyakov, P.O. Box 41, Konstantinovka-10, Donetsk Region,
85110, Ukraine
UT7UA Roman A. Bratchyk, P.O.Box B-19, Kyiv 01001, Ukraine
VK4APG P.J. Garden, 58 Minerva Court, Eatons Hill, 4037 QLD, Australia
YC8QP Ricky J.E. Mewengkang, P.O. Box 1402, Manado 95014, Indonesia
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