23 February 2002 No 564
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3W - Conny, DL1DA will be vacationing in Vietnam between 25 February
and 15 March. He hopes to be active (on 10-40 metres CW) as
3W9KCS. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
9K - Members of the Kuwait Amateur Radio Society (KARS) will be active
as 9K2NLD to celebrate Kuwait's National Liberation Day (25-26
February). The special event call will be used from 00.00 UTC on
23 February through 23.59 UTC on the 28th. QSL via KARS (Kuwait
Amateur Radio Society, P.O. Box 5240, Safat 13053, Kuwait). [TNX
9K2HN]
9Q - 9Q1A went QRT on 21 February at 22.30 UTC, after some 8500 QSOs.
Patrick, F6BLQ/9Q1A (http://f6blq.multimania.com) reports that
the 9Q licences are expected to be renewed for another 30 days as
from 24 February. However Patrick will be out of the country for
ten days starting on 23 February and then for five weeks as from
15 March, so the only "possible traffic window" should be 5-14
March. As far as 9Q0AR/6 is concerned, "do not expect activity at
short notice", Patrick says. [TNX F6BLQ/9Q1A]
CE - Southern Cross DX Group members CE4USW, XQ1IDM, CE4PBB and XQ1ZW
(ex XQ3ZW) will be active as XR2D from Damas Island (SA-086) on
23-25 February. They plan to operate CW and SSB (possibly RTTY as
well) with two stations on 10-160 metres (including 30m, for
which they have been granted a special permission by the
licencing authority) plus 2m and 70cm. Damas is part of a
national reserve and the team is not allowed to install beams or
towers on the island; they will use two multiband vertical
antennas and a couple of half-wave dipoles for the low bands. QSL
via CE4USW either direct (P.O. Box 128, Talca, Chile) or through
the bureau. The web page for the operation is at
http://www.qsl.net/xr2d (logs will be posted after the
operation). [TNX CE4USW]
CO - Don Fisher, VE3ESE and the operators from the University of
Oriente ARC will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest possibly
as T48RAC. QSL via VE3ESE. [TNX VE3NQK]
CX - A group of operators from the Centro Radio Aficionados Montevideo
(CRAM) and the Puerto Sauce DX group are active as CV1F from San
Gabriel Island (SA-057) until 24 February. QSL via EA5KB. [TNX
CX1SI and CX8FB]
DU - Dan, DU8ARK will be visiting Tawi Tawi (OC-174) during the
weekend and hopes to be able to be QRV on 15 metres SSB. QSL via
I2YDX (Giuseppe de Gasperin, Via Trento 1, 21020 Brebbia - VA,
Italy). [TNX I2YDX]
DU - Oleg, UT2VU will be active as UT2VU/DU7 from Cebu Island (OC-129)
from late February through the end of March. QSL via UR7VA either
direct (P.O. Box 23, Kirovograd, 25009, Ukraine) or through the
bureau. UR7VA has started sending out the cards for UT2VU/DU7's
April 2001 activity. [TNX UX2VZ]
ET - Paul, W4PFM will stationed in Ethiopia for six months and is
active as ET3PMW. QSL via W7KEU.
F - Luc, F6OYU will be active (on 10, 15 and 20 metres) as either
TM1Z or F6OYU/P from very rare Department 43 during this
weekends' REF Contest. [TNX K4JEZ]
FO - Alain, F2HE (ex-FO0CLA) went back to French Polynesia a few days
ago and is expected to operate as either FO/F2HE or FO5RH from
Rangirora (OC-066). [TNX La Gazette du DX]
KG4 - Vance, N5VL reports he will be active as KG4VL from Guantanamo
Bay on 1-6 March, including an entry in the ARRL International DX
Contest. He hopes to operate on 160 metres CW and SSB. QSL via
N5VL.
KP2 - Tony, N2TK will be active on 10-160 metres as N2TK/NP2 from St.
Croix, US Virgin Islands (NA-106) between 27 february and 7
March. QSL via home call. He will participate in the ARRL DX SSB
Contest as WP2Z (QSL via KU9C). [TNX The Daily DX]
KP2 - Look for Bruce, KP2/AA4Z to operate from St. Croix, US Virgin
Islands from 24 February through 3 March. [TNX The Daily DX]
P4 - John, KK9A will be active as P40A from Aruba (SA-036) from 23
February 23 to 9 March. He will operate on 160-10 metres CW and
SSB, and will be active in the CQ 160-Meter Contest. QSL via home
call. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin]
P5 - Hrane/YT1AD confirms that he has "a licence" and that he and
Voja/YU7AV will be visiting North Korea in March [425DXN 556].
They will arrive on 5 March around 16 local time. "If" they
operate, he says, the QSL manager will be YU7AV. [TNX YT1AD]
PJ4 - NO2R, K2TW and K2NG will be on Bonaire (SA-006) from 26 February
and 5 March. They will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as
PJ4G (Multi-Single). [TNX The Daily DX]
PY0_ti - The PW0T team started operations from Trindade (SA-010, World
Lighthouse Award LH-2851) around 21 UTC on 18 February. There are
five stations on the air - one on 6 metres, one on RTTY (later on
it will be used for SSTV as well), two on the HF bands and one on
160/80 metres at night and HF during the day.
Logs are available at http://www.trindade2002.com/, but about ten
percent are not there (due to a computer failure, missing QSOs
are on paper and will entered into the computer on the return
trip to the mainland). If you think you should be in the log and
are not, send and e-mail with the details to Rod, WC7N
([EMAIL PROTECTED]). [TNX WC7N]
R1_ant - Mike Fokin, RW1AI has started being active as RW1AI/ANT from
Vostok Base (AN-016, WABA UA-010). QSL via home call. Alan
(UA1PAC) and Mike plan to participate in the upcoming ARRL
Contest using the club call R1ANC (QSL via DL5EBE). [TNX DL5EBE]
SM - SM7DAY, SM7NGH and others will be active from Ven Island (EU-137)
on 1-3 March. QSL via home calls (QSL SK7DX via SM7DXQ) either
direct or through the bureau. [TNX SM7NGH]
T8 - Look for Bill, T88BA to be active (barefoot with a dipole, CW
only) from Sonsorol, Merir and Pulo Anna for a few days starting
on 4 March. The islands are part of the South Palau group
(OC-248/Pr), recently activated by T88SI. His address is Rev.
William Burton, P.O. Box 10225, Koror, Palau, PW 96940, USA. [TNX
IZ1CRR]
TI9 - The TI9M team arrived at Chatham Bay, Cocos Island on 19 February
in the morning and became active in the early UTC hours of 20
February and logged the first 1000 QSOs on 30 and 40 metres CW
running 50 watts on battery power. They experienced some
difficulty in finding suitable operating locations; due to the
very small beach area now available, two stations have been
located up on a steep hill (a "logistical nightmare", quoting
N4CD). They now have five HF stations + 6 metres from two
locations. On 22 February TI9M had logged about 15000 QSOs (1800
on RTTY). The web site for the DXpedition is at
http://www.qsl.net/ti9m/
TT - Chris, TT8DX will be going back to Chad on 27 February and will
stay there until December. He plans to concentrate on the low
bands and 6 metres. QSL via F5OGL. [TNX The Daily DX]
VE - Look for Christian, VE7/F5IDM to be active (on 10, 15 and 20
metres) from Cape Mudge Lighthouse (CAN-100) on Quadra Island
(NA-091) on 24 February. His web site is at
http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/~veillet/ [TNX Islands On The Web]
VK - Look for Nico, VK3FEI/p to be active from French Island (OC-136)
until 26 February. He usually operates CW on +/- 14025, 21025 and
28025 kHz, with some SSB on or near the IOTA frequencies if
conditions permit. This will be Nico's last activity from
Australia, as he will back home at the end of the month. QSL via
PA0MIR. [TNX VK3FEI]
VK - Members of the Eastern and Mountain District Radio Club will
activate special event station VI3GP between 1 UTC on 26 February
26th and 23.59 UTC on 15 March to celebrate the running of the
Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix in Melbourne. QSL direct to VK3ER
(P.O. Box 87, Mitcham, Victoria 3132, Australia) or via the
bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
VP8 & ZD8 - Mark, DL1SDN plans to be active as VP8CSA from the Falkland
Islands (SA-002) between 24 February and 16 March and as ZD8CSA
from Ascension Island (AF-003) on 16-26 March. He will operate in
his free time and will try to be QRV on 6 metres. QSL via DL1SDN.
[TNX OZ6OM]
VQ9 - Mel, W3MR will be on Diego Garcia (AF-006), Chagos Islands
between 25 February and 7 March. He will be active as either
VQ9MR (QSL via W3MR) or VQ9X, including an entry in the ARRL DX
SSB Contest. [TNX The Daily DX]
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DXCC NEWS ---> 9Q0AR (Democratic Republic of Congo) has been on hold awaiting
supporting documentation. This has been received and upon review it is now
being accepted for DXCC credit. Anyone who had this rejected during a recent
submission can contact DXCC at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for an update to their record.
Or, it can be sent with the next submission for credit. [TNX Bill Moore,
NC1L, DXCC Manager]
GU CALLBOOK ---> Phil, GU0SUP (President of the Guernsey ARS) reports there
is an updated callbook listing for all known GU/MU calls. The list includes
known operations by visitors, and as much QSL info as possible. The URL is
www.gars.org.gg/calls.html
IOTA OPERATIONS PLANS ---> Linda/VE9GLF and Len Morgan/VE9MY are planning
their vacations & island expeditions this summer and autumn and are
interested in knowing the local IOTA groups you would like them to go and
operate from. A list of their previous operations is at
http://ve9my.weblink.nbtel.net; you can send your suggestions to either
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PIRATE ---> Massimo Cosentino, IZ0BXZ (ARI Roma HF Manager) reports that the
station HV2CO (QSL via I0XXR) is most likely to be a pirate. Giancarlo, I0XXR
does not know anything at all about it.
QSL 5A1A ---> Abubaker has been in Germany since December [425DXN 563]. Those
who need a 5A1A card should send their requests (direct only) to A. Assid,
Max Strasse 58, Bonn 53111, Germany. [TNX The Daily DX]
QSL BI5P ---> Please note that W3HC was the QSL manager for the first BI5P
(Pingtan Island, AS-138) operation back in 1998. The QSL manager for the most
recent operation is BD5RI.
QSL D68C ---> Phil, G3SWH reports that around 85% of the direct requests for
D68C QSLs have now been processed and that around 42,500 QSOs have been
confirmed to date. [TNX G3XTT]
QSL G4Vxxx ---> Bob, G0VFV is the RSGB Bureau manager for all G4V callsigns.
He has received 300+ QSLs for members who who do not have any envelopes
lodged with him, so he will not forward any incoming cards to them. The
callsigns concerned are:
G4VMH G4VPC G4VSZ G4VUU G4VXU
G4VMU W6/G4VPM G4VTS G4VUX G4VZL
G4VMV G4VSQ G4VTT SV/G4VWK G4VZT
"If you work any of these callsigns and need a QSL card", Bob says, "do not
QSL via the bureau".
QSL Z36W ---> Venco, Z36W (ex Z31JA, Z32JA, 4N5JA) reports that his QSL
manager (Mike, NN6C) has been hospitalized since mid-December and is
currently unable to reply to QSL requests. Those who want a QSL card can use
Venco's qrz.com address.
QSL ZD7VC ---> The Daily DX reports that Bruce "will soon start handling his
own QSL chores, after many years of assistance by K1WY and ON4CAT". Cards
should be sent to Bruce Salt, P.O. Box 58, Half Tree Hollow, St Helena
Island, South Atlantic Ocean.
QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> John Pate, KB4UTV would like to become a QSL manager
and says to be "eager to serve the DX community with my help". If anyone is
interested, please contact him at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
VP8THU & VP8GEO ---> The DXpedition to South Sandwich & South Georgia made
70,428 QSOs in total using SSB, CW and RTTY. A few data provided by James,
9V1YC:
VP8THU - Location: Hewison Point Peninsula on Southern Thule Island, South
Sandwich
On-air time: 80 hours
Equipment: four barefoot stations, single element vertical dipoles
for each band 10-20m, 1/4 wave verticals with two elevated radials
for 30 and 40m, no 80 or 160m operation.
VP8GEO - Location: Husvik Bay, South Georgia
On-air time: 7 days and 10 hours
Equipment: six stations, same antennas used at VP8THU, one amplifier
(400w) for 80 and 160m only.
"For us it was an experiment in low-power lightweight DXpeditioning from
environmentally tough location, and to see if 'mega-expedition' results could
be achieved with 'micro-light' equipment", James says. "Over 70,000 QSO's
with all parts of the planet (and to all levels of stations) prove that its
good operators on both sides of a pileup - not fancy equipment - that really
count". The DXpedition has neither a website nor on-line log check.
WHERE DO YOU WANT THEM TO GO NEXT? ---> The Five Star DXers Association (9M0C
and D68C) is looking to mount its next operation in late-2003 or early 2004.
"We are not planning to head for Peter 1 or Bouvet,", Don/G3XTT says, "but
the sort of DX entity where you may have a 20m QSO, but are finding those low
band, WARC or data slots hard to fill. To this end, we would be interested in
your 9-band, 3-mode 'wanted' lists, so we can gain some idea of which these
entities might be. Being mainly a European group our preference would be for
an African location for reasons of cost, propagation and travel time." Please
e-mail your needs to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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BDXN: Daniel, PT7BI reports that the web page for the Brazil DX Net is at
http://intermega.com.br/brasildxnet
LOGS: The XR5SM (SA-070) DXpeditions' logs (January and February) are both
on-line at http://www.qsl.net/xr5sm, as well as the ARRL DX CW Contest
log. Cards are expected from the printer in a couple of weeks. [TNX
CE4USW]
LOGS: The logs for YA5T are available at http://www.ve9dx.com/ya5t/ya5t.html
- if you do not find your call associated with a band or mode you were
expecting, you can contact Steve, KU9C ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). [TNX
KU9C]
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AK0A Bill Boeckenhaupt, 8904 Westbrooke Dr, Overland Park, KS 66212, USA
DL5EBE Dominik Weiel, Johannes-Meyer-Str.13, D-49808 Lingen, Germany
DL7AFS Baerbel Linge, Eichwaldstrasse 86, D-34123 Kassel, Germany
EA9CD P.O. Box 2078, 51080 Ceuta, Spain
EX8MLE P.O. Box 742, Bishkek 720017, Kyrgyzstan
F2YT Paul Herbet, 9 rue de l'allouette, 62690 Estree-Cauchy, France
IT9YRE Ferdinando Rubino, P.O. Box 30, 96012 Avola - SR, Italy
JM1LRQ Nobuyuki Arai, 5-6-1-1002 Kitayamata, Tsuzuki, Yokohama, 224-0021
Japan
K1SE Bill DeLage, P.O. Box 685, Manassas Park, Virginia 20113-0685, USA
KU9C Steve Wheatley, P.O. Box 5953, Parsippany, NJ 07054-6953, USA
LU8DWR Osmar Margoni, P.O. Box 22- 8103, ing. White-Buenos Aires, Argentina
LU8MB (ex LU8MBL) Gerardo S. Ruiz, Colon 1081, 5501 Godoy Cruz, Mendoza,
Argentina
ON5TO Omer Timmerman, Boterbekeweg 8, 8200 Bruges, Belgium
PA0MIR Nico van der Bijl, Lepelblad 129, NL 1441 VH Purmerend, The
Netherlands
PT2GTI Roberto F. Stuckert, Espinilla QI 07, Conj. 12, casa 14, 71515-120,
Brasilia - DF, Brazil
PY3CQ P.O. Box 5546, 90410-007 Porto Alegre - RS, Brazil
RW1AI Mikhail Fokin, P.O. Box 2, St. Petersburg 195009, Russia
UA9YAB Alex Vedernikov, P.O. Box 120, Biysk, Altajskij kraj 659300, Russia
UY5ZZ Vladimir F. Latyshenko, P.O. Box 4850, Zaporozhye, 69118, Ukraine
W7EO P.O. Box 98, Grantsville, UT 84029, USA
WA7ITZ Ray Friess, 1801 Jennifer Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, USA
YU1AAV RC "Novi Beograd", Radio sekcija "Kozara" YU1AAV, Jurija Gagarina
210-p, YU-11070 Novi Beograd, Serbia, Yugoslavia
ZD7WT Tom Moyce, P.O. Box 33, Jamestown, STHL 1ZZ St. Helena Island, South
Atlantic Ocean
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