4 May 2002 No 574
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Other updates on our web site include:
- April Spots from OH2AQ webcluster (tnx Rod, VE3IRF)
- TopBand/Mode/List by Erminio, I2EOW
- Software by UA1AAF for the ARI DX Contest (4-5 May)
- XR0X movie clips [TNX I8NHJ]
3V - Giovanni/I5JHW, Sergio/I5NSR and Piero/IK5CKL will participate in
the ARI International DX Contest from 3V8BB. [TNX I5JHW]
7O - The following comes from Steve Telenius-Lowe, G4JVG (Editor of
RadCom, the Radio Society of Great Britain Members' Magazine):
"Chris Lorek, G4HCL has been in Sanaa, Yemen, and has made a handful
of contacts as 7O/G4HCL under the direct supervision of the Yemeni
communications ministry. Chris returned to the UK on 1 May, but will
be back in Yemen on 11 May for a longer stay of three weeks. During
this time he expects to be able to operate on the amateur bands by
himself from Sanaa and other locations in the country. He will be
using an FT-990 with 100 watts to vertical or dipole antennas. This
is not a DXpedition, as Chris is working in Yemen, and activity will
be in his spare time only. QSL information to be announced".
EO - Special event station EO57JS will be active from Sevastopol on 6-12
May. QSL via KD5RBU (Alex Pinkin, 10306 Morado Cove, 359 Austin, TX
78759, USA). [TNX UU9CW]
EP - Stig, LA7JO/EP3UN is on his way to Afghanistan after which he will
be on vacation. He expects to return to Iran at the end of June.
[TNX WE7K]
F - F8AKC, F8CHM and F1ULO will be signing TM1B on 6-80 metres from
Belle Island (EU-048) on 8-12 May. [TNX The Daily DX]
F - Ronan/F5TJP (HF operator), Yan/F0DSJ and Dimitri/F0DSK will operate
from four DIFM islands as follows: Ile des Pins (DIFM MA-058) on 9
May, Ile Yvinec (DIFM MA-057) on 10 May, Ile Bruc (DIFM MA-068) on
11 May, Ile du Renard (DIFM MA-077) on 12 May. Side trips to Ile
Grande (DIFM MA-016) and Ile Aganton (DIFM MA-076) are possible.
[TNX F0DSJ]
HL - Celebrating the 17th FIFA World Football (soccer) Cup, the Korean
Amateur Radio League (KARL) is operating special event call HL17FWC
through 30 May. During the championship, from 31 May through 30
June, the following special calls will be aired to honour the ten
host cities in Korea: DT1FWC (Seoul), DT2FWC (Busan), DT3FWC
(Daegu), DT4FWC (Incheon), DT5FWC (Gwangju), DT6FWC (Daejeon),
DT7FWC (Ulsan), DT8FWC (Suwon), DT9FWC (Jeonju) and DT0FWC
(Seogwipo). Detailed information can be found at
http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/ QSLs for all via HL0HQ (Korean
Amateur Radio League, C.P.O. Box 162, Seoul, Korea).
During the same time frame, individual operators will be allowed to
use the figure 17 in their prefix as follows: HL1ABC = HL17ABC,
DS#ABC = DS17ABC/# (e.g. DS1ABC = DS17ABC/1), 6K#ABC = 6K17ABC/#
(e.g. 6K2ABC = 6K17ABC/2), while club stations will be allowed to
replace the 0 (zero) in their prefix with 17 (e.g. DS0AB = DS17AB,
6K0AB = 6K17AB etc).
KARL sponsors a special award programme for working HL17FWC and the
other stations above; for full information please contact Lee,
DS1BHE ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] [TNX DS1BHE]
I - I0CUT, I0JBL, IK0LNN, IK0NFV, IK0PEA, IK0SME, IZ0BXZ and others will
participate in the ARI International DX Contest as IQ0N
(Multi-Single). QSL via IK0NFV either direct or through the bureau.
[TNX IK0LNN]
I - ARI Ischia (http://www.pointel.it/ari) will activate special event
station IC8PAX (on 10, 15, 20, 40, 80, 6 and 2 metres, 70 and 23 cm
SSB) from Ischia Island (EU-031) on 5 May from 7 UTC through 20 UTC
to celebrate the visit of Pope John Paul II. QSL via IC8SCI. [TNX
IC8XIL]
JA - The following ten Japanese special event calls will be aired from 1
May through 30 June to celebrate the FIFA World Football Cup
Korea/Japan: 8M1C, 8N1C, 8J1C, 8J2C, 8N3C, 8J3C, 8J6C, 8J7C, 8J8C
and 8J0C. [TNX JA1KSO]
ON - Some special prefixes will be in use in Belgium from 8 May until 11
July to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the Battle of the
Golden Spurs. Dutch speaking amateurs may use OS instead of ON,
while all Belgians may use OR instead of ON in contest. [TNX ON4CAS]
PY - The "Joao Ramalho Radioscouting Club" (PY2GJR) will be active (on
80-6 metres CW and SSB, possibly SSTV as well) as ZV2GJR through 31
May to celebrate the 50th anniversary of that Scout Group. QSL via
the bureau or direct to PY2GJR (Gremio de Radioamadores do GE Joao
Ramalho, Avenida Goias 2905, 09551 Sao Caetano do Sul- SP, Brazil).
[TNX PY2OP]
SV5 - Goran, SM0CMH reports he will be active (mostly CW on 10-80 metres,
WARC bands included) as SV5/SM8C from Kalymnos (EU-001) on 6-31 May.
He will participate in the CQ WPX CW Contest as J45KLN. QSLs via
SM0CMH either direct or through the bureau.
TK - Pierre, F5MOG and Jean-Pierre, F1AHO will be active as TK/F5MOG/P
(HF) and TK/F1AHO/P (VHF) from Corsica (EU-014) on 4-11 May. They
plan to operate from the following islands: Giraglia (EU-164) on 4
May, Centuri (EU-014) on 5 May, Sanguinaires (EU-104) on 8 May and
Lavezzi (EU-164) on 11 May. [TNX The Daily DX]
UA - Look for R6/UR3IFD/p, R6/UX7IM/p, UA6MC/p, UA6LP/6, RA3GD/6 and
RV3GW/6 to be active from several lighthouses in the Azov Sea on 1-6
May. They will have two barefoot stations operating on 10-40 metres
CW and SSB. QSL via home calls. For information on the Russian
Lighthouse Award please visit http://www.hamradio.ru/rrc/rlha/ [TNX
RV3GW]
YB - Kadek, YC9BU reports that the operation from the Aru Islands
(OC-???) [425DXN 559] is now scheduled to take place at the end of
May. Anyone interested in giving Kadek any help or support for this
expedition, his email is [EMAIL PROTECTED] or
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [TNX W9DC]
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DX CONVENTION ---> The Yorkshire Cluster annual DX Convention will take place
at Cave Castle, Beverley, East Yorkshire on 11 May. Please contact John
Dunnington, G3LZQ ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) for further details
and book. [TNX G4OBK]
DXCC NEWS ---> XU7ABR, XU7ABT, XU7ABU and XU7ABV (Cambodia) as well as ZK1QMA
(North Cook) are now being accepted for DXCC credit. Anyone who had them
rejected during a recent submission can contact DXCC ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) for an
update to their record. Or, they can be sent with the next submission for
credit. [TNX Bill Moore, NC1L, DXCC Manager]
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN 2002 ---> Ham Radio (the biggest amateur radio event in
Europe) 2002 will take place at Friedrichshafen on 28-30 June. Further
information is available at the following URLs:
http://www.messe-fn.de/ham
http://www.bavarian-contest-club.de
http://www.darc.de
http://www.friedrichshafen.de
http://www.bodensee-info.com
IOTA DIRECTORY 2002 ---> The 11th edition of the IOTA Directory, edited by
Roger Balister and published by the Radio Society of Great Britain, provides
the only complete, official listing of IOTA islands and is an essential guide
to participating in the Islands On The Air programme. The 11th edition (128
pages, illustrated in colour) is now available and can be ordered at
http://www.rsgb.org/shop
K1B ---> It took almost 48 hours to complete the three camps, which are now
fully operational with five stations. As of 10 UTC on 1 May the K1B team on
Baker Island had made some 35,000 QSOs (15500 CW, 17400 SSB, 2100 RTTY). The
first batch of logs is now available at http://www.kragujevac.co.yu/kh1/ and
http://dx.fireroute.com/kh1/index.php
OEH6101 ETC ---> The annual Austrian Emergency and Disaster-Communications
Training Contest is run on 80 and 30 metres for a few hours on 1 May. Red
Cross (OEH), Police (OEP) and Military (OEY) operators are licenced to work
OE radioamateurs in order to get trained for a possible interaction QSOs in
case of an emergency/disaster. Stations active this year included OEH20 (QSL
via OE1XXK), OEH3101 (via OE3XRK), OEH5601 (via OE2XRK), OEH6101 (via
OE6XRK), OEH71 (via OE7XRK), OEH7201, OEH8101 (via OE8XRK), OEH91 (via
OE9XRK), OEP213 and OEY55. [TNX DL8AAM]
QSL CE7AOY/8 ---> Those who are still waiting for a direct CE7AOY/8 (Riesco
Island, SA-091, 17-20 December 2001) card should send a second request to
Percy, CE7ZK. After being off line for four months, his new e-mail address is
now [EMAIL PROTECTED] [TNX CE7ZK]
QSL TR8XX/3C2JJ ---> La Gazette du DX reports that outstanding QSL cards for
the late Jean-Claude Jupin, TR8XX/3C2JJ can now be sent to F5OGL.
QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Craig Turner, KA0CT is willing to offer his
services as a QSL manager for someone in need. Please contact him at
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
VK9ML ---> The VK9ML expedition to Mellish Reef logged 50,950 QSOs (26246 CW,
23188 SSB and 1516 RTTY). [TNX AD1C]
VP8THU VIDEO ---> The South Sandwich (VP8THU) DXpedition video is ready,
visit http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~jamesb/vp8thuvideo.htm for full details.
XE1CI ---> Nellie, XE1CI was hit by a car last week while she was walking her
dogs. "She had to have a hip replacement", Lanny, K5OVC says, "and prior to
going into surgery her heart acted up and she ultimately had to have a
pacemaker put in". Nellie is now at home, confined to bed and unable to get
on the air or to work her computer. Get well cards can be sent to Nellie de
Lazard, Sierra Chalchihui 235-502B, Mexico City, 11000, Mexico.
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WLH: The web site of the World Lighthouse Award has been updated with
several good photos of lighthouses. Check out http://wlh.free.fr/
[TNX W9DC]
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3D2IZ N6IZ FM5GU KU9C T2DA KW4DA
3DA0LJ JM1LJS FY5FU F5PAC T2X RW3AH
3Z0GZB SP8ZBX GS2MP N3SL T30TM VK8TM
4A1UN N1NK HA40ZH HA1ZH T32BI KH6DFW
4X0R 4X6HP IB0A IZ0BTV T88KL JN3JBC
5R8GZ G3SWH II0FM IZ0BTV T93M/HI9 DJ2MX
5T5AZ JA3TVM II7GM I7CCF TK7I F5JYD
5V7BR F5RUQ II7GR IK7JWX TM0AR F5TJC
7N4FTL/JD1 7N4FTL IU7LE I7PXV TM1MAN F8CSD
9H0A LA2TO IU9ACI IT9EJW TM5C F5NLY
9H1EL LA2TO IY0TC I0KHP TP3CE F6FQK
9H3DN LA2TO IY4FGM IK4UPU TR8CA F6CBC
9M6LSC JA1WPX IY5PIS IZ5DMC TX5BTY F6CTL
9N7WU JA8WMU J6/G3XAQ G3XAQ UA0QFC UR3HC
9Z4DI KZ5RO JA1HEE/JD1 JA1HEE UN5J W3HNK
A25/DJ6SI DJ6SI JA1KJW/JD1 JA1KJW UW8M UR5MID
A25/DL1YFF DL1YFF JA4PXE/6 JA4PXE V31KQ WA0ETE
A25LJ JM1LJS JD1YBO JD1BKQ VK0MQI JA1ELY [a]
AY1DZ LU1DZ JG4LSR/JD1 JG4LSR VK0MQI JE1LET [b]
AY1ECZ EA5KB JH4WXV/6 JH4WXV VK9ML VK4APG
AY4AT LU4AT JX2IJ LA2IJ VP9/W9AEB WF9V
AY4DX EA5KB K1B RZ3AA [c] VQ9HK WB4DAH
AY5FZ LU5FZ K1B YT1AD [d] VQ9J K5QM
AY6EF LU6EF K2ZR/4 K2ZR W4CN K4WW
AY8EEM LU8EEM K7ASU/KH9 K7ASU XE1UN N1NK
AY8XW WD9EWK KB5GL/4 KB5GL XU7ABP IZ0EGB
BD5RV/4 BA4RD KH2TX JA2KTX XV3AA JA6UHG
BZ4DHI pirate KH6XT N9NU XW3ZNR IN3ZNR
C56RF G3NKO L50EV LU9EV YB0LBK W4JS
C6AGN W1DIG L50W LU4WGE YC0KTS LZ1YE
CM2AI EA7FTR L59DAH AC7DX YC9MB IZ8CCW
CP6XE IK6SNR LU1EBS LU2CRM YI9OM OM6TX
DU1/G0SHN F6AJA LU1ECZ EA5KB YJ8MN JH3IIU
DU8UTC EA7FTR LU4DX EA5KB YK1BA N5FF
ED4NSA EA4ENK LU8XW EA5BD YV5OHW EA7FTR
ED5MUC EA5VM OA2AEL EA7FTR ZB2AZ G3MNN
ED5SLO EA5HQ OX/OZ1EQC OZ5KU ZB2FX G3RFX
EM11E UR5EAW PJ7/DL1DA DL1DA ZC4BS G4KIV
EP3UN LA7JO R0POL UA6CW ZC4DW G0DEZ
EV5V EW6WF SV9/DF4ZK DF4ZK ZF1VX G3SWH
EW8AM DL8KAC SV9/OH1VR/P OH1VR ZK1AAA W8ERI
EW900B EW2EO T23A RZ3AA ZP0R ZP5KO
FG/F5IN F5IN T25A YT1AD ZS2BBG DF1OC
FG/T93M DJ2MX T26U RA3AUU ZY3PEI PY3JAF
[a] others
[b] JA only
[c] SSB
[d] other modes
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BA4RD Ken Wang, P. O. Box 538, Nanjing 210005, China
DJ2MX Mario Lovric, Am Oelberg 11, D-61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany
EA5KB Jose F. Ardid Arlandis, P.O. Box 5013, 46080 Valencia, Spain
EK4JJ Serge K. Mnatsakanyan, 9A/33, 2 Norki Massiv, Yerevan, 375062
Armenia
F5TJC Jean-Lous Briere-Lecomte, 18 Le Petit St Louis, 72400 Cormes, France
G3SWH Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol BS49 5HQ,
England
HA1ZH Zoltan Nemeth, Sugar u.1., 8800 Nagykanizsa, Hungary
IK4ZHH P.O. Box 7217, 47100 Forli - FO, Italy
IN3ZNR Fabrizio Vedovelli, Via Gramsci 27, 38100 Trento - TN, Italy
IT9EJW Alfio Bonanno, P. O. Box 18, 95028 Valverde - CT, Italy
JA4PXE Joe S. Kuwahara, 1-75 Midorimachi, Tokuyama City, Yamaguchi
745-0075, Japan
JD1BKQ Tatsuhiko Kimura, 79-142 Nara-cho, Saitama-city, 331-0042 Saitama,
Japan
JE5DTS Masaki Nagamachi, 2-28-56-206 Kitamigata Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki-city,
Kanagawa 213-0005, Japan
JG4LSR Hideki Sugiyama, 3-10-1-S529 Fujimi, Sagamihara-city, Kanagawa
229-0036, Japan
JI3DST Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-Cho, Abeno-Ku, Osaka City, Osaka
545-0021, Japan
JL4CVB Toshihiro Kayama, 4-14-1-C518 Hiyoshi-honmachi, Kohoku-ku,
Yokohama-city, Kanagawa 223-0062, Japan
JM3FVL Hideyuki Yoneda, 6-6-20-402, Kikuna, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama-city,
Kanagawa 222-0011, Japan
K4WW Shelby Summerville, 6506 Lantana Court, Louisville, KY 40229-1544,
USA
KB5GL Silvano Amenta, 5028 Hearst Ave, Metaire, LA 70001, USA
KU9C Steve Wheatley, P.O. Box 5953, Parsippany, NJ 07054-6953, USA
KW4DA Dave Anderson, 712 Baneberry Court, Asheville, NC 28803, USA
LA7JO Stig Lindblom, P.O. Box 827, N-7408 Trondheim, Norway
LU2CRM Carlos Martinez, P.O. Box 6, 1420 Buenos Aires, Argentina
LU4WGE Jorge Omar Gallego, P.O. Box 7, Trelew 9100, Chubut, Argentina
LZ1BFR P.O.Box 830, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
N1NK Jim Spears, 494 West Demello Drive, Tiverton, RI 02878, USA
N9NU Tim S. Dickerson, 900 Vincent Dr, Sandwich, IL 60548, USA
OH0XX Olli Rissanen, #599 1313 So. Military Trail, Deerfield Beach, FL
33442, USA
OZ5KU Kurt Jensen, Thuroevej 27 Starup, Haderslev, Denmark
RU3FS A. Kostikov, P.O. Box 55, Moscow, 115522, Russia
RZ3AA Roman Thomas, P.O. Box 2059, Moscow, 101000, Russia
UR3HC Alex Nakonechij P.O.Box 84 Kremenchug 39631, Ukraine
UR5EAW Alexander Shevchenko, Pelina str. 29, Dnepropetrovsk 49107 UA,
Ukraine
UR5MID Serge A. Redkin, str.Fadeeva 46, Lugansk, 91006, Ukraine
VE3HO Garth Hamilton, P.O. Box 1156, Fonthill, Ontario L0S 1E0, Canada
VK4APG P.J. Garden, 58 Minerva Court, Eatons Court, Eatons Hill, QLD 4027,
Australia
YT1AD Dr. Hrane Milosevic, 36206 Vitanovac, Yugoslavia
ZS6EZ Chris R. Burger, P.O. Box 4485, 0001 Pretoria, South Africa
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