16 February 2002 No 563
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3X - Francois, VE2XO will be again active from Guinea between 18 and 27
February. He will operate (SSB and RTTY - it will be his first RTTY
activity, so be patient with him) as 3XY6A from the mainland on 18,
25, 26 and 27 February. On 23-24 February he will operate (SSB
only) a 3XY8A from the Los Islands (AF-051) - activity will depend
on power availability; Francois will not have a generator with him
and he has been informed that he should get power from 17 UTC until
9 UTC. [TNX WX5L]
5R - Bruno, F5DKO will be active (on 20 and 15 metres) from Madagascar
on 4-17 March (licence to be collected upon arrival). He will
operate from Nosy Be (AF-057) on 4-10 March and from Sainte Marie
Island (AF-090) on 11-17 March. QSL via IZ8CCW (Antonio Cannataro,
P.O. Box 360, 87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy). [TNX IZ8CCW]
5W - Look for VK2IR and VK2KLM to be active (on 6-40 metres) as 5W0IR
from Samoa (OC-097) between 28 March and 3 April. QSL via VK2IR.
[TNX VK2IR]
7Q - Harry, G0JMU will again be active as 7Q7HB from Malawi after 17
February. It might take a few days before he is able to be QRV as
Harry and Les, 7Q7LA will have to take down the old antenna and
replace it with a new fibre glass 2 element quad. QSL direct only
via G0IAS (Allan Hickman, The Conifers, High Street, Elkesley,
Retford, DN22 8AJ Notts, UK). [TNX G0IAS]
8P - Steve, K2WE will be active (on 6-80 metres CW and SSB) as 8P9AP
from Barbados (NA-021) from 21 February through the 28th. QSL via
home call. [TNX K2WE]
9Q - Pat, 9Q1A [425DXN 562] reports that workload permitting, he will be
QRV for VK-ZL daily on +/- 14280 kHz between 17.30 UTC and 18 UTC.
BY - BA5RX, BD5RI, BD5RT, BD5RV, BD5RL, BD5QX, BD5RJQ and some others
will be active (on 10-80 metres SSB, CW and PSK) as either BI5P or
homecall/5 from Pingtan Island (AS-138) on 16-18 February. QSL via
BD5RI. The web site for the operation is at http://as138.126.com
[TNX BD5RV]
CE - The second XR5SM operation from Santa Maria Island (SA-070) [425DXN
562] is expected to start around 20.30 UTC on 16 February. The
group will be active (CW and SSB) until 18 February. QSL via XQ5SM,
either direct or through the bureau. The web page for the XR5SM
activities is at http://www.qsl.net/xr5sm [TNX CE4USW]
CE0_ei - Hartmut, DM5TI plans to be active (on RTTY, SSTV, PSK31 and Pactor,
with some CW and SSB) as CE0Y/DM5TI from Easter Island (SA-001)
between 23 February and 2 March. QSL via DM5TI either direct
(Hartmut Stahr, Berliner Str. 15, 84478 Waldkaiburg, Germany) or
thorugh the bureau. The web page for the operation is at
http://www.qsl.net/dm5ti/ce0y/ [TNX DM5TI]
D2 - Joao, CT1BFL will be stationed in Angola for the next two years. He
plans operate as D2U on 10-160 metres CW and SSB. QSL via CT1BFL.
[TNX The Daily DX]
EA6 - Christian, DL6KAC reports he will be active on 10-80 metres from
the island of Mallorca (EU-004, DIE E-021) from 8/9 March until the
24th. QSL via home call.
EP - Stig, LA7JO, who was recently active from EP3PTT, has received his
own callsign, EP3UN. Stig was expected to leave the country earlier
this week; he should be back in Teheran by the end of March and
will remain for another 3 months. QSL EP3UN via LA7JO, [TNX ON5NT]
F - Alain, F5HPY will be active (on 40 and 20 metres SSB) from the
following lighthouses on 16 February: Tour Saint Nicolas (DPLF
PB-234, ARLHS FRA-497) & Le Mole d'Escale (DPLF PB-252) in the
morning starting around 7 UTC and La Pallice (DPLF PB-238) in the
afternoon. QSL via home call. For information on the DPLF Award
please visit http://wlh.free.fr [TNX F5NQL]
F - The Council of Europe ARC will participate in the REF Contest SSB
on 24-25 February as TP3CE/99. QSL via F6FQK. [TNX F6FQK]
GM - Leo, W3LEO reports he will once again be active as MM0LEO from
Portpatrick in southwest Scotland between 25 February and 28 March,
including an entry in the ARRL DX SSB Contest. QSL via W3LEO.
HC - Rick, NE8Z/HC1MD was ill and had to cancel his operation from
SA-056 [425DXN 555], which was expected take place on 13 February.
He only planned for one afternoon on the island, and there is no
room in his schedule to get there during this trip. [TNX VE3LYC and
Islands On The Web]
HR - Bob/KB0CY, Denny/KB9DPF and Lor/W3QA will be active as HR3/homecall
from Honduras when time allows while participating in a medical
mission between 16 February and 3 March. Operations will include
CW, PSK31 and SSB on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSLs via home calls.
[TNX KB0CY]
I - Special station IR0MA will be activated on 1-30 April to celebrate
the 2755th anniversary of the foundation of Rome. QSL direct only
to I0MWI (Stefano Cipriani, Via Taranto 60, 00055 Ladispoli - RM,
Italy). [TNX I0MWI]
JA - Look for JO1EPY/6 to be active (on 10-40 metres CW and SSB) from
the Tokara Islands (AS-049) on 9-11 March. QSl via home call either
direct (Hiroshi Kotoku, 3-4-19 Kishimachi, Kawagoe-City, Saitama
350-1131, Japan) or through the bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
J3 - Willi, DJ7RJ reports he will be active (on 160-6 metres CW and SSB)
as J3/DJ7RJ from Grenada (NA-024) between 23 February and 14 March.
QSL via DJ7RJ.
KG4 - Bill, W4WX reports he will be active as KG4DX from Guantanamo Bay
on 22-27 February. This trip is dedicated to 6 metres and PSK-31.
QSL via W4WX.
LU_so - Dominik, DL5EBE reports that Claudio, the current operator at LU1ZA
(Base "Orcadas", WABA LU-014 on Laurie Island, South Orkneys,
AN-008) [425DXN 562] will go QRT on 11 March. The new operator
(Jose-Luis) is expected to arrive after 3-4 days and he might
operate again as LU1ZA. QSL LU1ZA operated by Claudio via LU4DXU.
LZ_ssh - Danny, LZ0A will be leaving St. Kliment Ohridski (WABA LZ-002) on
Livingston Island, South Shetlands (AN-010) in around ten days. He
will try to be QRV daily on +/- 3793 starting at 00.00 UTC. QSL via
LZ1KDP. [TNX DL5EBE]
PJ7 - Brian, KD2DL will be active as PJ7/KD2DL from St. Maarten (NA-105)
on 2-9 March. This operation will be centered on 17 metres CW QRP.
Look for him around 18.080 kHz. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K and
VA3RJ]
PY - Look for PY3CQ/P, PY3MHZ/P and PY3NZ/P to be active from Solidao
Lighthouse (DFB RS-06, ARLHS BRA-100) on 16-17 February and from
Mostardas Lighthouse (DFB RS-08, ARLHS BRA-065) on 18-19 February.
QSL via the bureau or direct to P.O. Box 5546, 90410-007 Porto
Alegre - RS, Brazil. [TNX PY3CQ]
PY0_ti - The departure date from mainland Brazil for the 18 February-2 March
PW0T DXpedition to Trindade [425DXN 561] is confirmed to be 15
February at noon. The web site for the operation
(http://www.Trindade2002.com) is updated with daily fresh
information. QSL via KU9C. [TNX WC7N]
PY - PW6AI is the new call issued for the 16-22 February operation from
Abrolhos Archipelago (SA-019) [425DXN 561]. Look for PT2GTI, PT2HF
and PP2RON to be active on +/- 50130, 28460, 21260, 14260, 7055 &
3755 kHz SSB and 50130, 28015, 21040, 14040, 7025 & 3530 kHz CW.
QSL via PT2GTI (Roberto F. Stuckert, QI 07, Conj. 12, Casa 14,
71515-120 Brasilia - DF, Brazil). [TNX PP2BT]
R1_ant - Alan, UA1PAC is now active as R1ANC from Vostok Base. He has a
3-element monoband yagi for 20 metres, but his amplifier does not
work. He plans to be QRV daily on 14025 kHz at 17 UTC and on the
Antarctica Net on Mondays on 21275 kHz at 17 UTC. QSL via DL5EBE.
[TNX DL5EBE]
TA - TA2RC, TA2MW, TA2LE and possibly other operators from TA2KI will be
active (on 10-160 metres SSB and RTTY) as homecall/TA0 from Kefken
Island (AS-159, WLH 0691, ARLHS TUR-058) between May and August,
generally during the weekends (including the IOTA Contest weekend
on 27-28 July). QSl via home calls either direct or through the
bureau. [TNX TA2RC]
TF - Eric, SM1TDE will be signing TF8/SM1TDE/P from Iceland (EU-021)
between 23 February and 2 March. He will operate on 10-80 metres
mostly CW from Gulli's (TF8GX) station in Keflavik. QSL via SM1TDE
either direct or through the bureau (bureau cards can be requested
at [EMAIL PROTECTED]). [TNX SM1TDE]
TI - Bob, KE0UI will be active from TI5KD's QTH
(http://www.qsl.net/ti5kd) in Heredia, Costa Rica on 18-27
February. He will operate on all HF bands and 6 metres with an
emphasis on WARC bands CW. Bob will participate as TI5N in the UBA
CW Contest (23 February). [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
TI9 - While the Radio Club of Costa Rica (http://www.ti0rc.org) had
opposed the forthcoming DXpedition to Cocos Island "due to the
irregular proceedings under which the callsigns for the operation
were obtained", the operators (namely AD6E, AK0A, F5CWU, IK3RIY,
IZ7ATN, KA0KKO, KI7WO, N4CD, N6KT, N7DF, PA3EWP, PA5ET, RK3AD, WS4Y
and TI2HMG, the DXpedition founder and leader) were gathering in
Costa Rica. Earlier this week Robert Voss, N4CD stated that "the
official radio licenses for all 15 participants, as well as the
landing and park permits, have been issued by the Costa Rican
authorities", however the latest good news is that the Costa Rican
licencing authorithy has revised the TI9M licence, which now will
be used by all the operators. They hope to depart Puntarenas on 17
February, with arrival at the operating location approximately 48
hours later. The team anticipates 24-hour operations with four HF
transmitters on all bands from 160m through 6 metres. The final day
of operations will be 2 March. The web site for the DXpedition is
at http://www.qsl.net/ti9m and will be updated as often as often as
communication links allow.
V3 - Doug, W0AH will operate as V31AH (QRP) during the ARRL DX CW
Contest 2002. QSL via W2GR either direct or through the bureau.
[TNX W2GR]
VK9_mr - The 12-22 April VK9ML DXpedition to Mellish Reef [425DXN 557] will
have five stations operating on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and some RTTY.
The team includes G4EDG, JH7OHF, JJ1LIB, JP1TRJ, K3NA, VK4DH,
VK4GL, VK4WR, VK4APG and ZL4PO. The web site for the operation is
at http://www.qsl.net/vk9ml/2002/ [TNX VK4CP]
VP8_fal - Les, GM3ITN will be visiting the Falkland Islands (SA-002) on 10-24
June and plans to operate as VP8ITN from Saunders Island for 4 or 5
days towards the end of his visit. QSL via home call. [TNX GM3ITN]
VQ9 - George, K7GB will be active (on all bands CW and SSB) as as VQ9GB
from Diego Garcia (AF-006), Chagos Archipelago from about 8 March
to mid May. QSL to home call. [TNX K7GB]
W - Several members of the Magnolia DX Association will be active as
W4D from Dauphin Island (NA-213, USI AL-002S) from around 22 UTC on
8 March until the 11th. They will operate around the clock on all
bands and modes, with a special emphasis on RTTY and the WARC
bands. QSL via W5UE either direct or through the bureau. For more
details, please visit the MDXA website at http://mdxa.org [TNX
W5UE]
YN - Hans/DL7CM, Mike/DL2OE and Dietmar/DL3DXX will be active (possibly
as YN/homecall) from Nicaragua between 18 February and 8 March.
They plan to operate on 6-160 metres CW, SSB and RTTY, with an
emphasis on the low bands and RTTY. QSL via home calls. Their web
page is at http://www.qsl.net/dl7cm [TNX The Daily DX]
CARIBBEAN TOUR ---> Bert, PA3GIO reports he will be active (SSB only) from
the Caribbean in March as follows:
* 05-06 St. Martin (NA-105) FS/PA3GIO/m 20,17,15,12,10m
* 05-06 St. Maarten (NA-105) PJ7/PA3GIO/m 20,17,15,12,10m
* 07-14 Saba (NA-145) PJ6/PA3GIO/m or /p 40,20,17,15,12,10m
* 15-21 Dominican Republic (NA-096) PA3GIO/HI9 80,40,20,17,15,12,10m
* 22-28 St Barthelemy (NA-146) FJ/PA3GIO/m or /p 80,40,20,17,15,12,10m
QSLs via PA3GIO either direct or (preferably) through the bureau.
The web pages for the operation are at
http://www.pa3gio.nl/FSPJ7/ http://www.pa3gio.nl/PJ6
http://www.pa3gio.nl/HI9/ http://www.pa3gio.nl/FJ/
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10M BEACON ---> The antenna of the Moat Beacon (LU4XS, visit for further
information http://www.geocities.com/gacwar/4xseng.html) transmitting on
28.190 MHz was improved a weeks ago and the Grupo Argentino de CW (GACW) is
very interested in new reception reports. Callsign, coordinates and Grid
Locator are sent every 2 minutes. Reports can be sent to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [TNX LU7AWY]
CLUB OFFICERS ---> The Order of Boiled Owls of New York
(http://www.reallybig.com/obo/), a DX/Contesting club in the New York City
metropolitan area, announced the following club officers for 2002: President
- Tony Japha, N2UN; Vice President - Les Kalmus, W2LK; Secretary - Dennis
McAlpine, K2SX; Treasurer - Andy Bodony, K2LE; Activities Manager - Larry
Amodeo, W2AX. [TNX K2SX]
FRANKFORD RADIO CLUB ---> 2002 marks the 75th annivserary of the Frankford
Radio Club. To commemorate the occasion, the FRC is making available an award
to anyone who contacts 75 or more FRC members in contests during 2002. The
award is also available to SWLs. QSLs are not required; the award is free to
DX stations and an SASE for domestic stations. For more information please
check the FRC web site at http://www.frc-contest.org/anniva.htm [TNX KA2AEV]
GACW DX CONTEST ---> The first edition of the GACW (Grupo Argentino de CW) DX
Contest will take place from 12 UTC on 20 April through 12 UTC on the 21st.
Please visit http://www.geocities.com/gacwar for the rules [TNX LU6EF]
PIRATES ---> The following pirate operations were reported recently:
- Abubaker, 5A1A has moved to Germany [425DXN 550] and has not been active
since 18 December 2001. Do not waste your time on working those who from
time to time sign "5A1A" (typically on CW). [TNX DJ7IK]
- Dennis, ZS4BS says that no licenses were ever issued for 7Q8/ZS6GH and
C9/ZS6GH. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
QSL CT3EE ---> CT3EE was operated by DK1BT and DL3DXX during the ARRL 10m
Contest (December 2001). QSL for this event go to DL3DXX either direct or
through the DARC bureau. [TNX DL3DXX]
QSL KL7Y ---> Bill, W2AY reports that the QSL manager for KL7Y has changed
from N2AU to W8LU.
QSL VK9KND & VK9KNE ---> Wojciech, SP9PT/VK9KNE and Jerzy, SP9EVP/VK9KND
have processed all the direct and bureau cards for their operation from
Norfolk Island (20 October-3 November 2001). Requests for 9M6APT and 9M6EVT
are being processed right now. Details on their operation can be found at
http://www.vk9n.sp5zcc.waw.pl [TNX SP9PT].
WRTC 2002 ---> The WRTC2002 Organizing Committee has endorsed the full list
of WRTC2002 on-site Referees, as proposed by Roger Western, G3SXW and Olli
Rissanen, OH0XX/OA4DMR. The following contesters have been selected as
official Referees for WRTC2002:
4Z4KX K6AW N4GN OH5BM RZ3AA
AH3C K6KR N7BG OH5NQ S50R
DL6LAU K7BV N7NG OH6DO SM3CER
F6BEE K8NZ OH1EB OH6LNI SM3DMP
G0MTN K9JF OH1JD OH6RX SM3EVR
G4BUO K9ZO OH1MA OH6OS T97M
HA6ND KC1F OH2BR OH7BX TG9AJR
I4UFH KM3T OH2JA OH7JR W6OAT
K1VR KT3Y OH3BU OH7MA W6UM
K3NA N2AA OH4XX PY5EG WX0B
The web site for the event is at http://www.wrtc2002.org
+ SILENT KEY + La Gazette du DX reports that Jean-Claude Jupin, TR8XX/F2XX
died in France on 11 February. A keen and skilful CW operator, he was active
from other African countries as well and back in May 1999 gave IOTA
enthusiasts a "new one" operating as 3C2JJ from Corisco Island (AF-082).
QSLs received direct: 3A2MD, 3A2MW, 3B8/DL7DF, 3D2AG/P, 3D2RW, 3D2VA, 3DA0DF,
3DA0FR, 3X0HNU, 4K6DI, 4L4CR, 5A1A, 5A32, 5H/ZS6GH, 5N99MSV, 5R8GW (AF-013),
6W6JX, 6Y1A, 6Y2A, 6Y4A, 6Y8A, 7Q7LA, 9A7C, 9G5KW, 9G5XU, 9Q0AR, 9U5D, A52DA,
A52DU, A52UL, A61AJ, A92ZE, AH0K, AP2JZB, BI4F (AS-160), BI4Q (AS-135),
C98DC, CE7AOY (SA-064), CE7AOY/8 (SA-091), CE9R (01/2001), CN2JS, CN8YR,
CO2TK, CO8TW, D2BB, D68C, D902WSF, DU1KGJ/p, E4/OK2BZM, EK6TA, EK8WA, EM1HO,
EP3HR, ES1WW, ET3BN, EW3LB, EX2M, EY8MM, EZ8AQ, F6AUS/HI9, FG/N4CD, FM5BH,
FO0DEH (OC-131), FY5FY, FY5KE/p (SA-020), FY5YE, H6C, HC2DX, HC8N, HG80ST,
HL9DX/2 (AS-090), HR3J, J3/PA3EWP (NA-147), J3/PA7FM (NA-147), J38PA
(NA-147), J8/PA0ZH (NA-025), J8/PA7FM (NA-025), JA6WFM/HR3, JD1BCK, JT1/K4ZW,
JT1CO, JT1DA, JY9NX, KC4/N3SIG (AN-011), KH0AC, KL7AK/P (NA-053), KP2A, NP4A,
OY1CT, PJ2/G0HFX, PJ7/PA3GCV (NA-105), PJ7/PA7FM (NA-105), PZ5RA, R1ANM,
RW2F, T77C, TF7RX (EU-071), TG9AAK, TG9ADV, TG9AJR, TG9AKC, TI3TLS, TT8JE,
TY22DX, UK8FF, UK9AA, V26WP, V29K, V31JP, VK9CQ, VK9KND, VK9KNE, VK9LO,
VK9LX, VO2WL, VP2MEG, VP2VE, VP5JM, VP9AD, VP9DX, VU2JSH (AS-153), VU2WAP,
VY1JA, WH2DX, XF2RCS (NA-221), XQ6ET, XT2DX, XU7ABW (AS-133), XW0X, YJ0AXC
(OC-110), YN4SU, YS1/K9ULW, YS1RR, ZA1Z, ZC4BS, ZC4DW, ZF2AH, ZF2LM, ZK1JD,
ZK1QMA, ZP0R, ZW6C (SA-062, 01/96).
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