9 March 2002 No 566
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3W - The first DXpedition to Cham Island (AS-???) [425DXN 547] is now
scheduled to take place on 13-18 March, with two stations active on
160 through 6 metres SSB and CW. The team include Yuki/JI6KVR (team
leader), Shu/JA6IEF, Hau/3W2LI and his son 3W2KA; they will operate
as XV3C, 3W3C, 3W2LI/3 and 3W2KA/3 respectively. QSL XV3C via EA5KB
(Jose F. Ardid Arlandis, P.O. Box 5013, 46080 Valencia, Spain) QSL
3W3C via EA5RM (Antonio Gonzalez, P.O. Box 930, 03280 Elche, Spain)
QSL both 3W2LI/3 and 3W2KA/3 to Trinh Hau, No 4 Dong Xoai, F13,
Tanbinh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The web site for the DXpedition
is at http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~iota/newpage25.htm Questions before the
activity starts can be sent to Yuki, JI6KVR
([EMAIL PROTECTED]); the pilot stations for the operation will
be Toni, EA5RM for Europe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Ernesto, LU4DPO
for South America ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and Cezar, VE3LYC for North
America ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Contributions can be sent to JI6KVR,
as well as EA5KB and EA5RM. [TNX JI6KVR]
3W - 3W3M is the call issued to Jack, F6BUM for his forthcoming activity
from Vietnam [425DXN 557]. He confirms his itinerary as follows:
14-16 March from Tam Island (AS-157), 21-23 March from Cham Island
(AS-???) and 3-5 April from Cat Ba Island (AS-132). QSL via home
call. [TNX F6BUM]
7Q - Harry, G0JMU/7Q7HB is now up and running with a new antenna and
amplifier. He will be leaving Malawi on 28 April. QSL direct only
via G0IAS (Allan Hickman, The Conifers, High Street, Elkesley,
Retford, DN22 8AJ Notts, UK - do not send bureau cards for any of
the 7Q stations managed by him). [TNX G0IAS]
HK0_sa - Gerd, DL7VOG will be active as HK0GU from San Andres Island (NA-033)
for a month starting on 14 March. He might also operate from
Providencia (NA-049). QSL via home call (bureau cards can be
requested at [EMAIL PROTECTED]). [TNX The Daily DX]
I - The 9-10 March operation from Isola Grande di Porto Cesareo (EU-091,
IIA LE-002) [425DXN 565] has been cancelled due to Frank's (IZ7AUH)
unexpected business commitments. [TNX IZ7AUH]
JA - Look for Shin, JI3ACL/4 and Shige, JI3CEY/4 to be active (with two
stations on 160-6 metres CW and SSB) from the Oki Islands (AS-041)
on 16-18 March. QSL via home calls. [TNX JI3ACL]
P5 - There is conflicting information about YT1AD's operation from North
Korea. "Wolf Harranth, OE1WHC reports receiving a phone call about
1730Z from Hrane, YT1AD", The Daily DX reports. "Hrane was
supposedly at the airport in Rome, presumably heading back to
Belgrade." At the same time Mome, Z32ZM says he talked with Hrane in
Pyongyang. According to Mome, "they have in hand all needed
documentation & permition's EXCEPT the permition for transmit by
Amateur Radio", which they hopefully will receive on Monday (11
March). What is sure is that they have not been active so far and
that P5/YT1AD was a pirate.
T8 - Bad weather forced Bill, T88BA to change his plans for his his
voyage to the South Palau group (OC-248/Pr) [425DXN 565]. He also
has had to revise the times on the various islands due to work
commitments. The new timetible is as follows:
Depart From ETD Destination ETA
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Koror 0900 Mon 11/03 Sonsorol 0600 Tue 12/03
Sonsorol 0001 Wed 13/03 Pulo Anna 0600 Wed 13/03
Pulo Anna 1000 Wed 13/03 Merir 1300 Wed 13/03
Merir 1800 Wed 13/03 Tobi 0600 Thu 14/03
Tobi 1000 Thu 14/03 Helen Reef 1500 Thu 14/03
Helen Reef 1000 Fri 15/03 Tobi 1500 Fri 15/03
Tobi 1800 Fri 15/03 Merir 0600 Sat 16/03
Merir 1100 Sat 16/03 Pulo Anna 1600 Sat 16/03
Pulo Anna 0001 Sun 17/03 Sonsorol 0600 Sun 17/03
Sonsorol 1000 Sun 17/03 Koror 0700 Mon 18/03
All times are local, which is 9 hours ahead of UTC. Bill thinks
that most operation will be done from Tobi (Hatohobei) island; look
for him on +/- 21045 kHz). Please note that there will be another
trip next month and in May, so there will be more opportunities for
amateur radio activity this year. QSL via G4OHX. [TNX IZ1CRR]
VP9 - Look for David, VP9/M0CNP to operate (on 40-10 metres, SSB and CW)
from the Bermuda Islands (NA-005) on 9-16 March. QSl via home call.
[TNX M0CNP]
W - Howie, K1VSJ will be active from Martha's Vineyard (NA-046) on 8-10
March. [TNX The Daily DX]
W - Will, WC6DX plans to reactivate Point Blunt Lighthouse (LH-0004) on
Angel Island (not IOTA, USI CA-006S) between 20 and 23 UTC on 9
March. Look for him on +/- 28460 kHz (with 7260 Khz for California),
he will QSY to 15, 17 or 20 metres upon request. [TNX W9DC]
YA - Robert, S53R/YA5T reports that "YA5T has not been much on the air
during the past week due to work commintments. Mark, ON4WW, left
Kabul on 7 March and will do some ground work for WFP in the next
weeks in northern part of the country. Peter, ON6TT, was here for 2
days, but just too busy to do any radio. I stay for another 3 weeks
and promise to be on bands as much as possible." [TNX KU9C]
ZD8 - Jim, N6TJ will be active as ZD8Z from Ascension Island (AF-003) on
11-21 March. He will operate on all bands CW/SSB, with a special
emphasis on 160 metres and the WARC bands. QSL direct only via
VE3HO. [TNX The Daily DX]
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ELECTRONIC QSL POLICY ---> The following is an abstract from an ARRL News
Release dated 7 March: " Recent discussion regarding the QSL service offered
by eQSL.cc (TM) suggests that there is some confusion about ARRL QSL policy.
Simply put, there has been no change in League policy regarding eQSLs. ARRL
does not accept QSLs that have been transmitted to the recipient via
electronic means for its awards. Anyone, acting as an authorized QSL manager,
however, may receive logs via email (or any other direct means) and send QSL
cards, via post mail, to recipients. This is the traditional QSL manager
process. As has always been the case, certain norms are expected when
handling cards in this manner. First, we expect that a QSL manager will seek
permission from operators for whom QSLs are handled. Second, we expect that a
QSL manager will do the checking required to assure that only real contacts
are verified. Also, we expect to be able to identify cards as authentic
(cards should be personalized or otherwise made unique through the use of a
stamp or other personal mark - signature or initials - across a label
boundary). Finally, we consider it an ethics violation if cards can only be
claimed through payment of a fee, and thus we will not accept cards for DXCC
credit for which a fixed charge is made." For further information please
contact Wayne Mills, N7NG ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or visit
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2002/03/07/100/?nc=1
PW0T ---> The team had already started to tear down the stations and antennas
preparing for departure on 2 March when they were informed that they would
stay on the island until Monday (4 March) at noon. They were able to
participate in the ARRL SSB Contest on all bands as a Multi-Single entry,
while another station operated CW on 20, 15 and 10 metres during the weekend.
[TNX N4AA]
QSL 9J2BO ---> W6ORD is no longer the QSL manager for Brian, 9J2BO. Cards
should now be sent to Mike Mills, G3TEV either direct or through the RSGB
bureau.
QSL CQ1CV ---> Paulo, CT1ETE says that the QSL cards for CQ1CV are not yet
ready, please be patient.
QSL K3J ---> Ron Phillips, AH6HN, QSL manager for the September 2001 K3J
operaton from Johnston Atoll, says the cards are still at the printer's in
Germany. [TNX WU8Q]
QSL RW1AI/ANT ---> Mike, RW1AI will be active from "Vostok" base (AN-016,
WABA UA-010), Antarctica for the next 11 months. Cards should be sent via
home call either direct (Mikhail Fokin, P.O. Box 2, St.Petersburg, 195009
Russia) or through the bureau, but he will not be able to process any request
until he goes back home in February 2003. Logs for RW1AI/ANT and Mike's
previous activities as R1AND (May-December 1999) and R1ANP (January-March
2000) are available at http://www.qsl.net/ua1ake/logs [TNX UA1AKE]
QSL XE2P ---> Ron, AC7DX is no longer the USA manager for XE2P, as he has
"tried repeatedly and been unable to secure the logs".
QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Peter Occhipinti, KT4XP has recently become disabled
and offers his services as QSL manager for a DX station. Please contact him
at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
QSL VIA VE7DP ---> Frank, VE7DP reports that almost all QSL cards for his
February 2001 IOTA operations ( VE7DP/DU1, 4I1P and 4H2B) have been sent out.
The backlog of direct requests was completed 6 months ago, while cards for
all others are going out via bureau, as a QSL is being sent to every station
in the log.
QSL VIA ZK1CG ---> Victor, ZK1CG reports that two boxes of QSL cards for
ZK1CG (North Cooks) and ZK1USA (North and South Cooks) were mailed on 4
March. If you do not receive your card(s) feel free to e-mail Victor
([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Please note that the cards (handled by VE7XF) for
the group that went to Manihiki Atoll for the CQWW SSB Contest have not been
received from the printers so far.
TAIWAN PREFIXES ---> It seems that the CTARL QSL bureau is getting cards for
Chinese stations. Tony Kuo, BX2AC (ex BV2TA) reminds DXers that BM, BN, BO,
BP, BQ, BU, BV, BW and BX belong to Taiwan, while BA-BL, BR-BT, BY and BZ
belong to China.
TI9M ---> The Cocos Island TI9M DXpedition went QRT on 2 March at 12.00 UTC
and left the island four hours later. The finally tally was approximately
80,000 QSOs (including 2000+ contacts made in 12 hours during the ARRL SSB DX
Contest) after ten days of non stop operation. One site was at sea level, and
a second station was installed 500 feet higher (a great location, which
however required over 100 trips to haul equipment up and back).
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DXPEDITIONS: Ducie Island (VP6xx) http://www.qsl.net/wd4ngb/ducie.htm
San Felix Island (XR0X) http://www.cordell.org/SFX
LOGS: 5H3/IK2GZU http://www.hamlan.org/bsdx/logseqsl.htm
J3/F4TVY http://www.mdxc.org/f4tvy
PW0T http://www.trindade2002.com/
TF/SM1TDE http://dx.qsl.net/logs/index.html
TI9M http://www.qsl.net/ti9m/logs/search.html
YA5T http://www.ve9dx.com/ya5t/ya5t.html (17,328 QSOs
updated through 5 March 2002 at 02:14 UTC)
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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2E0APH G3WRO FS/JH8CLU/P JH7OHF S07X DJ6SI
3V8BB JH8PHT FS/KT8X KT8X T88BA G4OHX
3W9KCS DL1DA FS/PA3GIO/m PA3GIO T88RM N6NBB
3XY6A VE2XO GM4YXI N3SL TI5/KE0UI KE0UI
3XY8A VE2XO H7DX DL7CM TI9M AK0A
4J6ZZ UT3UY HC1HC NE8Z TJ1CR F6AXD
4K7Z TA2ZV HF0POL SQ5TA TK5EL F6FNU
4L5O K1WY HS0ZDR W4FOA TL8DV W3MC
4S7DA W3HNK HS72NBD E21EIC TO4T F6HMQ
4U1ITU W5IUA HV0A pirate TP3CE F6FQK
4Z8GZ DH2GZ HZ1AB K8PYD TR8CX F5PBQ
5R8/F5DKO IZ8CCW IR3B bureau TT8DX F5OGL
5U7JK I2YSB J28VS F4DBF TY2SF IK2ILK
5W0DA F6EPY J3/DJ7RJ DJ7RJ UA9QFF W3HNK
5W0PM F6COW J37K AC8G UL7FEC DF6PB
6Y5/G0NJZ G0NJZ J37LR VE3EBN UN1F DF6PB
6Y5BB N1QAE J6/G3TBK G3TBK UN2E DF6PB
7X5JF DJ8QP JT1R JT1BL UN5F DF6PB (c)
7Z1AC WA4JTK JW/DJ3KR DJ3KR UN6T DF6PB
8P5A W2SC JY9NY JA6FUF UN7CC KI6Y
8P9AP K2WE KG4DX W4WX UN7JJ EA5KB
8P9JG W2SC KG4VL N5VL UN8GF IZ8CCW
9J2BO G3TEV KH0WW JP1IOF UN9FD DF6PB
9K2NLD 9K2RA KP2/N9COQ W0AW UT2VU/DU7 UR7VA
9L1BTB SP7BTB KP2/W0AW W0AW V26DX KU9C
9M2/GM4YXI N3SL L20E LU5EVK V26TB KD3TB
9N7RB W4FOA L50EV LU9EV V31DJ W1LLU
9Z4DI KZ5RO LR7E LU2EE V31JR W1LLU
A35RK W7TSQ LU1ZA LU4DXU V47KP K2SB
A35TL DL2RUM LX/ON6CK ON4ADN V51/SP6IXF SP6IXF
A61AJ N4QB MM0LEO W3LEO V51LK DJ4LK
AL1G AC7DX N0TG/VP5 N0TG VI3GP VK3ER
BI5P W3HC N2TK/NP2 N2TK VK6LB DL7AFS
BI5P BD5RI OH0B OH2BH VK6ZG DL7AFS
C21AT VK3ALX OM0M OM0WR VP2E N5AU
CE0Y/DM5TI DM5TI ON50KTK ON4ADN VP8SIG GM0HCQ
CE6TBN/7 N1IBM OP0GS ON5GK VQ9MR W3MR
CM5JD EA5FKX OQ6CK ON4ADN W4D W5UE
CP6XE IK6ANR P29VMS DL2GAC WP2Z KU9C
CT3/DL3KWR DL3KWR P40A WD9DZV XR2D CE4USW
CU5AM EA5KB P49V AI6V XU7ACF DF8AN
CV1F EA5KB PJ2/K6RO KU9C YA5T KU9C
CX3HF EA5XX PJ2/W6UL KU9C YC0BIZ W3HNK
D2U CT1BFL PJ2K KU9C YI9OM OM6TX
D44TA OE5XVL PJ4/K2NG WA2NHA YJ0AOW F6COW
D44TD CT1EKF PJ4/NO2R WA2NHA YJ0APY F6EPY
DU1KT KU9C PJ6/PA3GIO PA3GIO YL/RZ3BY UA3DX
DU8ARK I2YDX PJ7/K8RLM K8RLM YO3APJ W9OL
DU9/N0NM W4DR PJ7/PA3GIO PA3GIO ZA1E I2MQP
EA6/SP4AOQ EC6TK PJ7/W8DVC W8DVC ZD9IR ZS6EZ
EA8/DK2OC DK2OC PJ7/W8EB W8EB ZF2AH W6VNR
EA8BH OH2BH PJ7/W9MSU W9MSU ZF2BI K4BI
ED7SCT EA7HZ PJ7B W8EB ZF2DR K5RQ
EG5PTA EA5ELT PW0T KU9C ZF2MM K9PG
EI/DH5ST/P DH5ST R1ANC DL5EBE ZK1SBQ DL8SBQ
ET3PMW W7KEU RW0BM RW6HS ZK2CW DL2RUM
FM5WD W3HNK RW1AI/ANT RW1AI ZW7B PU7EEL
FO5RH F6CTL S07V DK2WV ZY0SAT PS7JN
(a) 1998
(b) 2002
(c) 1993-97
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4U1ITU IARC, P.O. Box 6, CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland
4W6MM Thorvaldur Stefansson, P.O. Box 3699, Darwin NT 0801, Australia
5A1A Abubaker Alzway, c/o A. Assid, Max Strasse 58, Bonn 53111, Germany
5Z4MR Max Raicha, P.O. Box 1641, Kisumu 40100, Kenya
9K2RA Kuwait Amateur Radio Society, P.O. Box 5240, Safat 13053, Kuwait
A51VR P.O. Box 73, Thimphu, Bhutan
AK0A Bill Boeckenhaupt, 8904 Westbrooke Dr, Overland Park, KS 66212, USA
CE4USW P.O. Box 128, Talca, Chile
DF6PB Alexander Schwindt, Theodor-Heuss Str. 54, 76726 Germersheim,
Germany
DL5EBE Dominik Weiel, Johannes-Meyer-Str.13, D-49808 Lingen, Germany
DL7AFS Baerbel Linge, Eichwaldstr. 86, D-34123 Kassel, Germany
DM5TI Hartmut Stahr, Berliner Str. 15, 84478 Waldkaiburg, Germany
DU9BCD Paul C. Dagondon, Kuguita, Mambajao, 9100 Camiguin, Philippines
E21EIC Champ C. Muangamphun, P.O. Box 1090 Kasetsart, Bangkok 10903,
Thailand
F5OGL Didier Senmartin, P.O Box 7, 53320 Loiron, France
F5PBQ Xavier Cholat, quartier Lasalle, BP 1143, 73011 Chambery, France
I2YSB Silvano Borsa, P.O. Box 45, 27036 Mortara - PV, Italy
IK2GZU Maurizio Buffoli, Via degli Angeli 9, 25033 Cologne - BS, Italy
IV3IPS Stefano Donati, Via dei Rabatta 9, 34170 Gorizia - GO, Italy
JO1EPY Hiroshi Kotoku, 3-4-19 Kishimachi, Kawagoe- City, Saitama 350-1131,
Japan
JO1EPY Hiroshi Kotoku, 3-4-19 Kishimashi, Kawagoe City, Saitama 350-1131,
Japan
K1WY The K1WY DX Association, P.O. Box 2644, Hartford, CT 06146-2644, US
K1WY The K1WY DX Association, P.O. Box 90, Eeklo 9900, Belgium
KU9C Steve Wheatley, P.O. Box 5953, Parsippany, NJ 07054-6953, USA
N1IBM Morris E. Maze III, 847 Dolan St., Lanoka Harbor, NJ 08734, USA
N3SL Steve Larson, 22 N. Hidden Acres Drive, Sioux City, Iowa 51108, USA
OA4O Radio Club Peruano, P.O. Box 583, Lima 100, Peru [ke3q]
OE5XVL Radio Club Voest, Lunzerstr 42, A-4020 Linz, Austria
OH0XX Olli Rissanen, #599, 1313 S. Military Trail, Deerfield Beach, FL
33442, USA
ON4ADN Geert Decru, St. Laurentiusstraat 18, B-8710 Wielsbeke, Belgium
ON5GK Roland Schoutteten, Goedendaglaan 168, B-8500 Kortrijk, Belgium
PS7JN Joaquim das Virgens Neto, Rua Carlos Serrano 1969, 59076-740 Natal
RN, Brazil
PU7EEL Murilo Martins Ferreira Filho, Av. Sabiniano Maia 715, 58200-000
Guarabira - Paraiba, Brazil
RW1AI Mikhail Fokin, P.O. Box 2, St. Petersburg 195009, Russia
RW6HS Vasil M. Kasyanenko, P.O.Box 0, Novopavlovsk, Sravropolskiy kr.,
357830 Russia
SQ5TA Artur Tabaszewski, ul. Wiejska 100, 26-606 Radom, Poland
UR7VA P.O. Box 23, Kirovograd, 25009, Ukraine
VK3ER P.O. Box 87, Mitcham, Victoria 3132, Australia
W4FOA Tony Martin, 1801 Grand Center Road, Chickamauga, GA 30707-1878, USA
W7KEU Keith Retzer, P.O. Box 4003, Pittsburg, KS 66762-0803, USA
W9OL Bill Heinzinger, 4324 N. Newcastle St., Harwood Heights, IL
60706-1316, USA
ZD7VC Bruce Salt, P.O. Box 58, Half Tree Hollow, St Helena Island, South
Atlantic Ocean
ZD8DB Resident Engineer BBC, Atlantic Relay Station, Ascension Island,
South Atlantic Ocean
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