30 June 2001 No 530
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9A - The operators who last weekend were active from EU-110 (LY1DS,
LY2TA, 9A6XX and 9A5AEI) plan to participate in the IOTA Contest as
9A1P from Sv. Nikola (EU-110, IOCA CI-118). [TNX 9A6XX]
EU - Look for EU6DA/P, EW6CM/P, EW6GB/P, EW6DM/P and EW6BN/P to be active
from Holy Island (not IOTA, WD-3 for the West Dvina River Award) on
30 June-1 July. QSL via IK2QPR (Paolo Fava, Via Bertani 8, 46100
Mantova - MN, Italy). [TNX IK2QPR]
GW - The Dragon Amateur Radio Club (GW4TTA) of Anglesey will celebrate
the "Coast Wireless Stations Centenary" operating (on +/- 3537,
3773, 7037 and 7073 kHz) special station GB100HD on 30 June-1 July.
QSL via bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
I - Special station II1ARI is active until 28 October from Experimenta
2001 (http://www.experimenta.to.it) in Torino. QSL via I1JQJ.
KL - Look for Byron, KF8UN/KL7 to be active (time permitting) on 40 and
20 metres from Sitka (Baranof Island, NA-041) between 7 and 10 July.
QSL via KF8UN. [TNX VA3RJ]
OA - The planned 29 June-1 July operation from San Lorenzo Island
(SA-052) [425DXN 523] has been postponed until late August-early
September due to logistic and bureaucratic problems. Further
information is expected in due course. [TNX OA4AHW]
OH0 - YL operators SM0HNV, SM0UQW and OH1MK will be active (on 20, 15, 10,
40 and 80 metres SSB with some CW) as OH0YLS from Brando, Aland
Islands (EU-002) from 29 June through 5 July. QSL via OH1MK
(Marjatta Kaistila, Nahvontie 5B1, FIN-25410 Suomusjarvi, Finland).
All direct QSLs will be answered from Aland Islands using attractive
Aland postage stamps. [TNX N4GN]
OH0 - Look for Bernie McClenny, W3UR, editor of The Daily DX, to be active
as W3UR/OH0 Brando Island (EU-002), in the Aland Islands
(http://www.aland.fi) from on 7-10 July. QSL via home call. [TNX The
Daily DX]
OZ - A group of OK operators will be active as OZ/OK5DX/P from Bornholm
Island (EU-030, WWL JO75IC) from 5 (local late afternoon) through 9
July (local morning). They plan to operate on 50, 144, 432, 1296MHz
and 10Ghz with some activity on HF as well. Their main aim is the
participation in the 3rd VHF/SHF/SHF IARU Contest. For further
information please visit http://www.qsl.net/ok1cdj/oz/ [TNX OK1CDJ]
PY - Look for Alencar/PY3CEJ and Michel/PY3ZM to operate (on 10-160
metres CW and SSB) as ZV3B from Ilha Pedras Brancas (not IOTA, DIB
33) between 1 and 31 July. QSL via PY3CEJ (Alencar Fossa, P.O. Box
6022, Porto Alegre - RS, 91031-970, Brazil). [TNX PP5SZ]
SV - Franco, HB9OAB reports he will operate (on 2m and 70cm SSB and via
AO10, FO20/29, UO14, RS 12/13 and possibly AO40) as SV8/HB9OAB from
Kefallonia (WWL KM08) and other EU-052 islands (WWL JM99) from 1
through 30 July.
SV - Paul Louis, IZ5BRV will operate as SV*/IZ5BRV/P from various
locations in Greece between 4 and 21 July. QSL via home call. [TNX
IK5PWQ]
UA - Al/RA1WZ, Igor/UA1WER and others will be active as UE1WPI from
Kolpina Island (RR-23-03) on 30 June-1 July. QSL via RA1WZ either
direct or through the bureau. [TNX RA1WZ]
UA - RA0FF, RA0FU and possibly RA0FW plan to operate from Shikotan Island
(AS-062), Moneron Island (AS-149) and the Kuril Islands (AS-025) in
July and August. They have requested the callsign RI0F. [TNX The
Daily DX]
YV - The Grupo DX Caracas and the Association of Radioamateurs of
Venezuela (ARV) are organizing an IOTA DXpedition Cayo Sombrero in
the Falcon State group (SA-???). Look for YW1F to be active (SSB and
CW) on HF and 6 metres between 20 and 24 July. Direct QSLs to W4SO
(mail drop); bureau cards to the ARV QSL Bureau (P.O. Box 3636,
Caracas 1010-A, Venezuela). [TNX YV5EED]
ISLAND TOUR ---> Paolo, I2AE reports he will be leaving on 2 July for a
one-month trip in Denmark, Sweden and Germany. He plans to operate (mainly on
20 and 6 metres) as OZ/I2AE/p, SM7/I2AE/p and DL/I2AE/p from the following
islands: Romo (EU-125), Mors (EU-171), Fur (EU-171), Fyn (EU-172), Sjaelland
(EU-029), Hasslo or Sturko (EU-138), Oland (EU-037), Mon (EU-029), Falster
(EU-029), Fehmarn (EU-128). QSL via I2AE.
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12-METER DXCC ---> The DXCC has announced the addition of the 12-Meter Single
Band DXCC award. Applications for this award will be accepted beginning July
2, 2001. 12 Meter DXCC certificates will be dated but not numbered. 12 meter
credits will not count toward the DeSoto Cup competition until October 1,
2001, but they will be included in the DXCC Challenge totals. If you do not
know what credits you have on 12 meters, you may contact DXCC for a copy of
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CDXC CONVENTION ---> This year the annual Clipperton DX Club Convention will
be in Tours, France on 22 September. For further information please contact
F9DK (Jean-Louis Dupoirier, 11 rue Henri Barbusse, 78114 Magny Les Hameaux,
France). [TNX The Daily DX]
COLOMBIAN CONTEST ---> Rob, HK3CW (Contest and Award Manager of the Liga
Colombiana de Radioaficionados) reports that this year the Colombian
Indipendence Day Contest will be held on 21 JULY (from 00.01 to 24.00 UTC),
not on the 15th. Details (in Spanish) are available at hk3cw.freehomepage.com
REF AWARDS ---> Max, F6AXP reminds he has not been the REF Award Manager
since 18 March 2001. Applications for the French awards issued by REF (DDFM,
5BDDFM, DPF, 5BDPF, DIFM, DTC, FCW, DEE, DTA, DDTOM, DFCF, DMF, DDF2000)
should be sent to REF-Union, P.O. Box 7429, 37074 Tours Cedex 2, France.
RSGB CONVENTION ---> The RSGB International HF & IOTA Convention will be held
at the Beaumont Training & Conference Centre in Windsor, Berkshire, England
on 12-14 October. For further information please visit
http://www.rsgb.org/hfc2001/
QSL 3V8BB ---> Cards for contacts made between 13 and 16 June should be sent
direct only to IK7XGF: Alfredo Colapietra, P.O. Box 13, 71036 Lucera - FG,
Italy. [TNX IK7XGF]
QSL TE8AA ---> QSL manager TI5BX reports it will take at least three months
before he gets the cards from the printer. Please be patient and do not
resubmit. [TNX F9GL]
VK9MO ---> Myron, W4UR reports that on 27 June he worked on 30 metres a
station signing VK9MO. "This is a call assigned to Masa (JA1LET) for use on
Mellish Reef", Myron says. "I sent an e-mail to Masa who confirmed he is in
Tokyo and has not been using the VK9MO call sign".
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CALLBOOK: The callbook for Croatian stations can be found on the Croatian
Amateur Radio Association web site at http://www.hamradio.hr [TNX
OPDX Bulletin]
LOGS: The following complete and final logs are available on Dave's
(VA3RJ) web site:
VE8PW (NA-007) http://www.qrz.com/va3rj/search_ve8pw.html
VE8PW (NA-131) http://www.qrz.com/va3rj/search_ve8pw.html
VK8PW/8 (OC-229) http://www.qrz.com/va3rj/search_vk8pw.html
Dave now has 2700+ on-line log searches at
http://www.qrz.com/va3rj/frame_logs.html
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3W2KF F5PBL E20HHK/p E21EIC ST2SA DJ9ZB
3W2LC VK6LC EA3URT EA3TE SU9ZZ OM3TZZ
3W7TK OK1HWB ED9GRM EA9FU SV0LR HB9LDR
3X/DL6ET pirate EI/G6UW/P M0BLF SV5/NA9Q/p NA9Q
3Z0GI SP4CUF EN1MKN UX7MA SV5/NB9Q/p NB9Q
4N4KP DL2MHA EN1WJP UR4WG SV9/F8BBL F8BBL
4N8/LZ1BJ LZ1BJ EN7M UX2MM T30ED 3D2SJ
4O1B YT1BB EO56M UX2MM T5W DL1QW
4O1J YU1JW EP3SP W3HC T5X DJ6SI
4O1W YZ1AU ER2000L ER1LW TA9F KA4UFT
4O1X YU1NW ER6A ER1lW TK5EL F6FNU
4O1Z YU1AAX ET3VSC K3IRV TM0GP F5KCH
4O7A YU7AV EX/K4ANA W2PS TR8IG F5IG
4O7L YU7JX EX8QB IK2QPR TZ/9G1MR IK3HHX
4O7M YU7GMN FK8VHY F8CMT TZ6TO JH6HGB
4O7R YU7AR FO0FUJ JP1IOF UA9C/UA9QDK RW9QA
4Z8BB WC1X FR/PA3GIO/p PA3GIO UA9QA RW9QA
4Z8GZ DH2GZ FY5FU F5PAC UA9QDK RW9QA
5B4/OH4TQ OH3NHF G3HTA/P G3RUV UE6ADI UA6MF
5R8ET K1WY HK5MQZ/0M HK5MQZ UE6LRD UA6MF
7Q7EN JG6BKB HK5QGX/0M JA0MGR UK6LAL UA6MF
7Q7KZ JA2LZF HR6/WA9YYY WA9YYY UV6LUA UA6MF
7S0MG SM0BYD HS4BPQ E21EIC UZ5M UX2MM
8R1RPN OH0XX IM0/IV3IYH IK2ILH UZ6LWJ UA6MF
9A/LY1DS 9A6XX JT1FCR G4DMA V2/W4WX W4WX
9A/LY2TA LY2TA JW/G0MJW G0MJW V25WX W4WX
9A/ON5JE ON5JE KG4AS N4SIA V31TE W7AV
9A/S50IPA/p S57AX KG4FP KG4AN V31VZ K0HGW
9A/S53IPA/p S57AX KG4XE AA5XE V44KJ WB2TSL
9A/S57AX/p S57AX KG4ZI W5OZI V73CW AC4G
9A5AEI/P 9A5AEI KH0N JA6CNL VC2A VE2ARC
9A6XX/P LY1DS KH2/JH9PVB JH9PVB VE2MAM/p VE2MAM
9G1UW DL8UP KH2/JJ2NYT JJ2NYT VK8PW/8 VK8PW
9M8RC 9M8MA L30J LU5JC VP2MHX W4WX
9Q5BQ HB9AMO LZ9G LZ1NK VP2VE K3RGD
9X/RV6LNA UA6MF MI/EI7NET/P EI2GX VP8DBR G0SWC
9X1A UA6MF MM5AEL/P GM0VIV VQ9NL W4NML
A61AR UA6MF MS0IRC/p GM0EEY WH0C JA6AGA
A71/RV6LNA UA6MF NZ2P/HC DJ6OV WZ3AR/4 WZ3AR
A92GM KA8JRM OE75BJN OE5BJN XE1UN EA5XX
AP2ARS S53R OE75OHO OE5OHO XF3/AB5EB AB5EB
BA4CH BY4AOM OG3M OH1VR XF3/KB5SKN AB5EB
C21RH VK4AAR OH0CO SM6CCO XF3CI XE3OYJ
C56OHX G4OHX OH6AW/8 OH6AD YB0AVK HA0HW
C6AIE WZ8D OX/SP8UFO SP8TK YB9ZBI YC9BU
CE2SQE EA5KB OY2H I2MQP YC4FIJ YC9BU
CG2AWR VE2AWR OZ/DJ1AA/P DJ1AA [*] YC7URA YC9BU
CM8WAL EA5KB P29IO VK3IO YC8RRK YC9BU
CN2DX HB9HLM PJ2/KP2L KP2L YC8SHQ YC9BU
CO2DT EA3GIP PSA088 PP5LL YC9ID YC9BU
CO2OJ K8SIX R100P UA6MF YC9MKF YC9BU
CO6FU EA5KB R3RRC/6 UA6MF YC9XJ YC9BU
CO6RD EA5KB RK6LWJ UA6MF YE8XM YC9BU
CO6TH EA5KB RM9RX RW9QA YM0KI TA2KI
CO8LY EA7ADH RM9RZ RW9QA YR0YR YO7KAJ
CO8TW IZ8CCW RN9RZ RW9QA YV6AZC EA5KB
CP6XE IK6SNR RV6LNA UA6MF ZD8JA N1ZZZ
CQ7SFD CT1ECT RW9QA W3HNK ZL75 ZL1AA
CW5AM EA5RD S21YH 7M4PTE ZP3CTW EA5KB
D6/WB4MBU WB4MBU ST2/JY3ZH DJ9ZB ZV5POL DL4DBR
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8A3B Club Station Surabaya Timur, P.O. Box 4025 SBS, Surabaya 60401,
Indonesia
9A6XX Hrle Horvat, 25 rujan 4, HR-52000 Pazin, Croatia
9N7ZK Jimmy Bill Musoke, UN House, P.O. Box 107, Kathmandu, Nepal
AB5EB Michael Crownover, 3617 Ave O 1/2, Galveston, TX 77550, USA
DJ6SI Baldur Drobnica, Zedernweg 6, D-50127 Bergheim, Germany
DL1QW Thomas Lind, Saturnstr. 1, D-44579 Castrop-Rauxel, Germany
EA5KB Jose F. Ardid Arlandis, Apartado 5013, 46080 Valencia, Spain
E21EIC Champ C. Muangamphun, P.O. Box 1090, Kasetsart, Bangkok 10903,
Thailand
ER1LW Wiacheslav Lysy, P.O. Box 112, Chisinau, MD-2012, Moldova, CIS
ES1RA Oleg M. Mir, P.O. Box 806, 11702 Tallinn, Estonia
F5PBL Claude Terrier, 18 allee du Mail, F-92360 Meudon-la-Foret, France
F6HKA Bertrand Banlier, 66 rue Theodore Bac, F-87100 Limoges, France
G3MRC B.J. Poole, 18 Grosvenor Avenue, Kidderminster, Worcs., DY10 1SS,
England
G3RUV A.T. James, 37 Stratford Avenue, Whipton, Exeter, Devon EX4 8ES, UK
G3UOF M.R. Wadsworth, 67 Station Road, Bardney, Lincol LN3 5UD, England
HK5MQZ Jairo Vargas, P.O. Box 10862, Cali, Colombia
HR1RMG Rene Mendoza Garay, P.O. Box 1000, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
IK0REH Daniele Casini, P.O. Box 31, 06010 Citerna - PG, Italy
IK4VET Andrea Matai, Via Parigi 39/B, 41012 Carpi - MO, Italy
IZ8CCW P.O. Box 360, 87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy
JG6BKB Mizuho Tanaka, P.O. Box 7, Hayato 899-5191, Kagoshima, Japan
LU5JC Radio Club Chajari, P.O. Box 2, E3228 Chajari, Argentina
OH0XX Olli Rissanen, #599, 1313 So. Military Trail, Deerfield Beach, FL
33442, USA
PA3GIO Bert vd Berg, Parklaan 38, NL-3931 KK Woudenberg, The Netherlands
PP5LL Jaime Lira do Valle, P.O. Box 8, 88010-030 Florianopolis - SC,
Brazil
RW9QA Vlad Kondratenko, P.O. Box 1, Kurgan-38, 640038, Russia
SV1BRL Kiki Frangiscatos, P.O. Box 87539, Piraeus 18507, Greece
TA2KI P.O. Box 99, 41001 Kocaeli, Turkey
UA6MF Ivan A. Gudima, P.O. Box 4102, 344103, Rostov-on-Don-103, Russia
UN2O L.V. Welikanov, P.O. Box 1, Atyrau 465002, Kazakstan
UR4WG P.O. Box 7072, Lviv, 79018, Ukraine
UX2MM Vladimir Grushevsky, P.O. Box 59, Lisichansk, Ukraine, 93100
UX7MA Andy Kleymenov, P.O. Box 22, Stakhanov 94000, Ukraine
VE2ARC Montreal Amateur Radio Club, c/o VC2A Canada Day Station, C.P. 53047,
C.S.P. Dorval, Dorval, Quebec, Canada H9S 5W4
VK4AAR Alan Roocroft, P.O. Box 421, Gatton 4343, Australia
W2PS Ben Bond, 55 Eberle Road, Latham, NY 12110, USA
WZ8D John Walker, 1930 Meredith Dr., Loveland, OH 45140-7216, USA
XE3OYJ P.O. Box 1883, Cancun, Quintana Roo 77501, Mexico
YB8HZ Hajar Sas, P.O. Box 105, Pangkep 90600, Indonesia
YC9BU Kadek Kariana SP, P.O.Box 106, Singaraja 81100, Bali, Indonesia
YI1BGD P.O. Box 7361, Baghdad 12216, Iraq
YU1AAX Radio Club "Sevojno", P.O. Box 33, 31205 Sevojno, Yugoslavia
YU1JW Lazar Pavlovic, Beogradska 16, 31000 Uzice, Yugoslavia
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