425 DX News #766

and
17 metres, with some activity on 80 metres at night. QSL via
home
call. [TNX VA3RJ]
VP8 - Don, VP8ON reports that hopefully VP8LGT will be aired again
from
Cape Pembroke Lighthouse (ARLHS FAL-001), Falkland Islands (SA-
002)
on 19-20 August for the International Lighthouse &
Lightship
Weekend. QSL via VP8ON (Donald Betts, P.O. Box 809,
Stanley,
Falkland Islands, FIQQ-1ZZ, South Atlantic).
VQ9 - Jim Clary, ND9M (VQ9JC/KG4JC) is returning to Diego Garcia (AF-
006)
for another four-month tour. Last winter he made nearly 15,000
QSOs
(84% CW, 11% SSB, 5% digital) despite lousy band conditions, and
Jim
is hoping for another productive time on the island. QSL via
ND9M,
direct or bureau (direct requests will be forwarded to him every 2-
3
weeks, and it takes about two weeks for first-class mail to
reach
him). IRC users please note that requests received after the
IRCs
have expired at the end of this year will be answered via
the
bureau. [TNX ND9M]
VU - Special event station VU13IARU will be active until 11 August
for
the 13th IARU Region 3 Conference to be held in Bangalore on 7-
11
August. The person in charge of the station is Mr. A.R.
Prathap
Kumar, VU2POP (vu2pop@hotmail.com). [TNX F5NQL]
XX9 - Hide, JM1LJS (XX9TJS) will be active from Macau (not IOTA) on 11-
15
August. He plans to operate on 30, 17, 12 and 6 metres SSB and
CW,
plus satellite. QSL direct only to home call. Further
information
and logs can be found at http://radio-dream.com/macau/
YB - Special station YE1SH will be active on 4-6 August to celebrate
the
61st anniversary of the Indonesian Declaration of
Indipendence.
Operations will take place on 2-160 metres SSB, CW, and
RTTY/PSK31
from the Soekarno Hatta International Airport (named after the
first
President and the first Vice-president of Indonesia). QSL via
YC1TY.
[TNX YB1TC]
YB - Hotang, YC0IEM will operate as YC0IEM/7 from Borneo (OC-088) on 7-
24
August. QSL via IZ8CCW, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW]
YI - Ryszard, SP8HKT/YI9KT is returning to Iraq and will be in
Diwaniyah
until January 2007. He plans to operate with 100 watts on 10-
40