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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> <strong>#818</strong><br />
06 January 2007<br />
A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />
Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />
Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />
(e-mail i1jqj@<strong>425</strong>dxn.org )<br />
Contributors are invited to send their <strong>DX</strong> information to<br />
Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ (i1jqj@<strong>425</strong>dxn.org)<br />
The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3Y_ant - Dag, LA9SDA is currently stationed at the the Norwegian base Troll<br />
(LA-10 for the Antarctica Award), Antarctica (AN-016), until 5<br />
February. He operates PSK and SSB on 20 and 40 metres as 3Y9SDA<br />
with 100 watt into a dipole and a ground plane. Look for him<br />
around 07.30 UTC and after 19 UTC. [TNX DL5EBE]<br />
9G - Franco, IK2BTI reports he will be leaving for Ghana on 10<br />
January.<br />
He has applied for a licence and plans to operate SSB and CW<br />
for<br />
several months.<br />
9M - 9M4SIX has been issued to the Malaysian Amateur Radio<br />
Transmitter<br />
Society, for 6m operation. The 9M4SIX beacon, supported by<br />
MARTS,<br />
JA1OCZ and JI1ETU, is up and running on 50005 kHz from the QTH<br />
of<br />
Tex, 9M2TO. [TNX 9M2TO]<br />
9M2 - Gerben, PG5M will be active as 9M2/PG5M from Pulau Pangkor (AS-<br />
072)<br />
on 5-7 January. He will operate holiday style on 40-10 metres<br />
CW<br />
only. QSL via PG5M, direct or bureau. [TNX PG5M]<br />
GM - Ken, G0ORH plans to operate as GM0ORH from Arran Island (EU-123)<br />
on<br />
6-13 January. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
HL - Kang, DS4DRE [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 794] says he will remain on Hong<br />
Island<br />
(AS-093) through 30 June. He is active as DS4DRE/4 on 10-80<br />
metres<br />
SSB and CW. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.<br />
I - The Torino Paralympic Radio Sport Team will issue a special QSL<br />
card<br />
(available through the bureau or direct from IZ1CCE) for<br />
contacts<br />
made with Carlo/IZ1CCE, Cataldo/IZ1DNR, Gianni/I1HYW,<br />
Gianni/IK1JNP,<br />
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Luciano/IK1SOZ and Piero/IK1ZNN between 17 January and 1 March.<br />
They<br />
will promote the XXIII Winter Universiade (the World<br />
University<br />
Games organized by the International University Sports<br />
Federation)<br />
to be held in Torino on 17-27<br />
January<br />
(http://www.universiadetorino2007.org/ENG/home.aspx). [TNX IZ1CCE]<br />
JA - Special event station 8J49JARL will be aired between 7 January<br />
and<br />
20 May for the 49th JARL Annual General Meeting to be held<br />
in<br />
Okayama. QSL via bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />
LZ - Radio Bulgaria's <strong>DX</strong> Editor Dimiter Petrov, LZ1AF will operate<br />
mostly<br />
CW as LZ50<strong>DX</strong> through the end of the year to celebrate the<br />
50th<br />
anniversary of Radio Bulgaria's <strong>DX</strong> Programme (17 November<br />
1957).<br />
Special QSL via the bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />
OA - After the C6ARI operation from Elbow Cay (NA-219), Daniel,<br />
DL5YWM<br />
will travel to Peru. He plans to operate CW and SSB on 10-160<br />
metres<br />
as OA4/DL5YWM in his spare time, from 12 to 31 January.<br />
Activities<br />
from Peruvian IOTA islands are also possibile. QSL via home<br />
call.<br />
[TNX DL5YWM]<br />
S2 - The S21XA team [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 815] will depart on 7 January and expects<br />
to<br />
start operations with three stations around 18 UTC on the 9th<br />
(local<br />
midnight of the 10th). Updates will be posted<br />
at<br />
www.ea3bt.com/s21xa.htm; QSL via EA3BT.<br />
UA - A group of operators from radio club RK1OZM will be active<br />
as<br />
RK1OZM/P from Russian District Mirny (RDA AR-10) on 11-15<br />
January.<br />
They plan to operate on 80-20 meters CW, SSB and some digital<br />
modes<br />
with two stations. QSL via RK1OZM, direct or bureau. [TNX UA1PAC/1]<br />
VU7 - The VU7RG team has been granted permission to operate from<br />
Minicoy<br />
Island (AS-106, the rarest IOTA group in Asia), which will be<br />
the<br />
fourth VU7RG Operation Site with its own bandslots. IOTA chasers<br />
can<br />
expect 2-3 full equipped stations to be active on 10-40 metres<br />
(SSB<br />
and CW) as VU7RG/VU#xxx starting on 16 January. The other<br />
three<br />
operating sites - Agatti, Bangaram and Kadmat (all of them count<br />
for<br />
AS-011) - will use VU7RG. The operating frequencies for Minicoy<br />
are<br />
as follows:<br />
40m 7030-7040 CW 7060-7070 SSB<br />
30m 10110-10120 CW -<br />
20m 14045-14060 CW 14265-14295 SSB
17m 18089-18108 CW 18138-18148 SSB<br />
15m 21045-21060 CW 21260-21290 SSB<br />
12m 24920-24930 CW 24952-24964 SSB<br />
10m 28030-28045 CW 28550-28575 SSB<br />
This means that the frequency plan for the other three locations<br />
has<br />
been slightly changed: please find the up-to-date table<br />
at<br />
http://www.vu7.in/ ("Operations" section). [TNX DL4KQ]<br />
W - A group of operators from the Coastal Amateur Radio<br />
Association<br />
(http://www.whitehallrepeater.com) will be active on 15, 17, 20<br />
and<br />
40 metres SSB as W4BWZ from Pine Island (not IOTA), South<br />
Carolina<br />
on 11-14 January. QSL via KG4WNL.<br />
XT - John, F5VHQ (XT2HQ) will join the XT2C team [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 809]<br />
in<br />
Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso for the last days (15-20 January).<br />
The<br />
other ten operators expect to leave Paris at 15 UTC on 6 January<br />
and<br />
to be QRV the following morning. Their announced frequencies are<br />
as<br />
follows:<br />
Band CW SSB RTTY PSK<br />
---------------------------------------------<br />
6m 50096 - - -<br />
10m 28014 28444 28082 28122<br />
12m 24892 24966 24920 24920<br />
15m 21014 21266 21082 21072<br />
17m 18071 18140 18100 18100<br />
20m 14014 14266 14082 14072<br />
30m 10115 - 10140 10140<br />
40m 7014 7057 - -<br />
80m 3514 3785 - -<br />
160m (*) - - -<br />
(*) AS/OC: TX 1830 RX 1820-1825<br />
EU: TX 1832 RX 1835-1840<br />
NA/SA: TX 1832 RX 1833-1835<br />
QSL XT2C via F9IE. The website for the expedition is<br />
at<br />
http://xt2c.free.fr/ [TNX F5NQL]<br />
YO - Special event station YR0UE will be active until 10 January<br />
to<br />
celebrate the accession of Romania to the European Union. QSL<br />
via<br />
YO3KAA (bureau preferred). [TNX YO3JW]<br />
YU - YU60BCD and YT60W will be aired throughout 2007 by Radio<br />
Club<br />
"Mihajlo Pupin" (YU7BCD) to celebrate their 60th anniversary.<br />
QSL<br />
via YU7BCD, direct or bureau. [TNX YU7AU]<br />
ANTARCTICA ---> The "R7C Foundation" is conducting an expedition to<br />
Antarctica, which should finish on 15 January. The amateur radio operator<br />
(Igor, UA6<strong>DX</strong>) is expected to be active 30, 20 and 15 metres as CE8/R7C from<br />
Punta Arenas (Chile), CE9/R7C from Patriot Hills (Antarctica) and KC4/R7C<br />
from the South Pole. QSL to P.O. Box 2007, Moscow, 101000, Russia. [TNX<br />
DL5EBE]<br />
PACIFIC TRIP ---> Hrane, YT1AD is going to the Pacific for the final
arrangements for the April N8S expedition to Swains Island<br />
(http://www.yt1ad.info/n8s). He will operate as 3D2AD from Fiji on 25-26<br />
January, as KH8/YT1AD from American Samoa between 27 January and 1 February,<br />
as with a 5W1 callsign TBA from Samoa on 1-5 February. [TNX YZ5W]<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N: NEW SEARCH TOOL ---> Leonardo Lastrucci, IZ5FSA (iz5fsa.leo@tele2.it)<br />
reports he has developed a piece of software which allows to query the <strong>425</strong><br />
<strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> Archive now maintained on www.ari.it from the PacketCluster. The<br />
commands are:<br />
SH/<strong>425</strong> CAL shows the <strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N Calendar "current" activities;<br />
SH/<strong>425</strong> BULL [num] where [num] is the bulletin issue number;<br />
SH/<strong>425</strong> [text] where [text] should be replaced with a callsign, an<br />
IOTA<br />
reference number, an island name, an Antarctic base,<br />
a<br />
lighthouse, etc.<br />
<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N: THE SPANISH EDITION ---> The website of the Union de Radioaficionados<br />
de Gijon (EA1URG, http://www.ea1urg.com/) now hosts the Spanish language<br />
version of <strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong>. Many thanks to Fabian, EA1/LW6<strong>DX</strong> (web editing) and<br />
Miguel, EA1KI (translation).<br />
ARRL NEWS ---> On 30 December Wayne Mills, N7NG announced that, effective 16<br />
January, he resigns his position as ARRL Membership Services Manager. "Such<br />
an early departure had not been my plan", he says, "but had become<br />
necessary". Wayne had succeeded Bill Kennamer, K5NX on 2 May 2000, after<br />
serving as chairman of the ARRL <strong>DX</strong> Advisory Committee for three years. First<br />
licensed in 1953 at age of 10, he is best known for his operating on<br />
<strong>DX</strong>peditions over the past 20 years - XZ1A (1995), BV9P (1995), BS7H (1997),<br />
H40AA (1998), TX0<strong>DX</strong> (2000) just to name a few. Wayne will be returning to<br />
Jackson Hole (WY): "I hope to regenerate an active interest in Ham Radio back<br />
in Wyoming", he says, "Maybe there'll be another <strong>DX</strong>pedition or two as well,<br />
and look for N7NG to be an active Wyoming contributor to LoTW as long as it's<br />
in business".<br />
EUCW 160M CONTEST ---> The Union Francaise des Telegraphistes (UFT, the<br />
French EUCW society) sponsors the annual European CW 160 Meter Contest, which<br />
will be held on 6 January (20.00-23.00 UTC) and on 7 January (04.00-07.00<br />
UTC). Rules can be found at http://www.uft.net, where it also possible to<br />
download the software written by Alain, F6ENO. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
MARS ---> N. Khosbayar, JT1CD reports that a new organization, the Mongolian<br />
Amateur Radio Society (MARS), was established on 18 November 2006. "Once all<br />
licensed amateur radio operators of Mongolia have switched their membership<br />
from MRSF [the Mongolian Radio Sport Federation, ed] to MARS, we hope that we<br />
can change the name and keep IARU membership", he says. "MARS will continue<br />
to pay its due to IARU and the QSL bureau will be working permanently in the<br />
future". JT1CD is the Secretary General of the newly born organization, and<br />
held the same position at MRSF.<br />
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Dieter, DK3SF says he has been receiving QSL cards for<br />
contacts made with C31GN since April 2006. Dieter operated as C31GN in July<br />
1973 and July 1975, but has nothing to share with the 2006 station (a
pirate).<br />
NOT VIA K1WY ---> Paul Marshall, K1WO is one of the sorters for the first<br />
call area QSL Bureau in the US. "We continue to receive hundreds of QSLs from<br />
Europe and Asia" for a number of stations that K1WY no longer manages. Please<br />
refer to the usual sources of QSL information (www.qrz.com, etc) for the<br />
following stations, and refrain from sending them via the bureau to K1WY:<br />
4L0<strong>DX</strong>P, 4L4KW, 4L5O, 5A3O, 5N0AIP, 5N0NAS, 5R8ET, AX1TX, BV4FH, GI0PCV,<br />
OD5NJ, OX3SA, P29CC, RU0AK, S21J, TF0GX, TF4FT, TF4RX, TF7RX, TF7X, TF8GX,<br />
TF8RX, TO0<strong>DX</strong>, UA0ACG, UA0AOZ, UA0DC, UA0ZBK, VK1TX and ZD7VC.<br />
OPERATORS NEEDED ---> Frosty, K5LBU is organizing his annual trip to Africa,<br />
possibly Botswana (A22) or Lesotho (7P8). Plans are to arrive on 9 July and<br />
depart on the 23rd, which means two weekends on the air (IARU Contest<br />
included). Please contact Frosty (frosty1@pdq.net) if interested in joining<br />
him.<br />
+SILENT KEY + Dewald Voigt, ZS1FRD, a 25-year-old antenna engineer and<br />
scientist, was killed in a transport accident shortly after arriving at<br />
SANAE, the South African Antarctic station. [TNX www.qrz.com]<br />
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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
HAMATLAS: Dariusz "Darek" Milka, SP6NVK is the author of the "Internet<br />
Ham<br />
Atlas", containing complete information on all 337<br />
<strong>DX</strong>CC<br />
Entities, over 3000 pictures and 1100 maps. Give a look<br />
to<br />
http://www.hamatlas.eu/ [TNX NG3K]<br />
QSL GALLERY: The large collection of QSL cards (4100+) on Les Nouvelle<br />
<strong>DX</strong>'s<br />
web site has been updated. Nine different galleries<br />
include<br />
cards for the ten Most Wanted <strong>DX</strong>CC Entities (140+ QSLs), each<br />
of<br />
the 58 deleted <strong>DX</strong>CC entities (700+ QSLs), obsolete<br />
prefixes<br />
(1700+ QSLs), Antarctic bases (600+ QSLs) & TAAF<br />
(Terres<br />
Australes and Antarctiques Francaises, 220+ QSLs), the<br />
various<br />
rare French <strong>DX</strong>CC island Entities (100+ QSLs), pre-1945<br />
countries<br />
(200+ QSLs), French Departments and USA. Several cards are<br />
still<br />
needed and your participation is encouraged - please<br />
visit<br />
http://LesNouvelles<strong>DX</strong>.free.fr and send send your comments<br />
to<br />
LesNouvelles<strong>DX</strong>@free.fr [TNX F6AJA]<br />
TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are<br />
now<br />
available at<br />
http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html.
Please send your scores, as well as any request for<br />
further<br />
information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@ari.it)<br />
VIDEOS: A couple of nice videos of VK3QI and his team mates'<br />
IOTA<br />
operations from Australian island groups (OC-220 and OC-228)<br />
are<br />
now available at http://www.youtube.com/: search for VI5PN and<br />
VI5BR, and enjoy the show (VI5WCP and VI3JPI are expected to<br />
be<br />
added soon). The video of the recent ZY6T operation from SA-<br />
023<br />
is also available.<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />
===================================================================<br />
1A4A IZ4DPV DT8A HL2FDW OY3QN OZ1ACB<br />
3W2TXR JA2TXR DU1/CT1EAT CT1EAT P40W N2MM<br />
3Y9SDA LA9SDA DZ50HBC DU1HBC P49X W0YK<br />
3Z2JMB SP2PI EA9/EA7RU EA7RU PJ2/WB9Z AF9H<br />
4K6OF UA3F<strong>DX</strong> ED1NVA EA1URV R1ANF/P RK1PWA<br />
4L1UN RW6HS EI100S EI3IP R1FJT UA4RC<br />
4N1856T YU1BM EK3GM IK2QPR RW9FWR/4/m RA9FDR<br />
4N500ZZ 4N7ZZ EK6TA DJ0MCZ S07EA EA1BT<br />
4S7UCG DL7UCX ES1WN ES1AX SC0XMAS SM0OGQ<br />
4X4DK VE3MR EY8MM K1BV SC300VL SK6HD<br />
5H3VMB/5 UA4WHX FO/NA8O JK1FNL SD40JZ SM5DJZ<br />
5R8FU SM5DJZ FS/KN5G KN5G SN55ATR SP2CA<br />
5R8GZ G3SWH G6PZ M5AAV ST2R S57<strong>DX</strong><br />
6F75A EA5KB GB1FVT GM3TNT ST2T S57<strong>DX</strong><br />
6H1AY XE1AY GC8LED/P G8LED T30XX JA8UWT<br />
6H1CL XE1CL GI0RTN G0RTN TI4CF W3HNK<br />
6H1J XE1J HA501DAE HA1DAE TM0ZK F5OZK<br />
6I2EX XE2EX HA503FIN HA3FIN TM3WRC F4ELU<br />
6I2HUM XE2HUM HA508VK HA8VK UA0KBA/3 RL3DZ<br />
6I2IA XE2IA HA509PN HA9PN UE3D<strong>DX</strong>/3/P RZ3FR<br />
6W1SE JR2KDN HF740KO SP1NQF UE3GMF RA3GJ<br />
6W7RV F8CMT HG1956R HA3HK UN7MMM EA7FTR<br />
7Q7BP G3RMC HK1XX EA7FTR V31JP KA9WON<br />
7S5CF SK5AA HL0GHQ/2 DS2GOO VE2I<strong>DX</strong> VA3Y<strong>DX</strong><br />
7Z1UG DG1XG HL22 DS5SWL VI3JAM bureau<br />
8J3YAGI JA3YKC HS0AC HS0ZFZ VK1AA/4 VE3EXY<br />
8S30JC SK7JC HS0ZDY SM3CVM VP8/LZ1UQ LZ1UQ<br />
9A35Y 9A5CY HS0ZFI SM5GMZ VP8CMH/MM GM0HCQ<br />
9G5SW DC8XL HZ1IK DK7YY VP8DIZ G7KMZ<br />
9J2BO G3TEV HZ1SK IZ8CLM VP9BO W4ZGR<br />
9J2CA G3SWH IY4FGM IK4UPU VP9F N1HRA<br />
9K2GS EA5KB J28JA F5JFU VQ9JK G4FJK<br />
9K2YM EA5KB K0B KI0HV VQ9NL W4NML<br />
9M2MRS PA0RRS K1Y K4VD W5TLH W5AZN<br />
9M6NA JE1JKL K3N N3VOP YB0AR YB9BU<br />
9M6XRO M5AAV KE0A/KP2 KE0A YI1DZ OM3JW
9V1YC N5ID KV2AA W3HNK YI9KT SP8HKT<br />
A35GN VK2GND LU1ZV LU4<strong>DX</strong>U YN2N TI2OHL<br />
A35TN JA7GAX LX2007L LX1DA YN4SU/9 TI4SU<br />
A52K JA1CG LY7M LY2BW YR0UE YO3KAA<br />
A61AB IZ8CLM LZ0A LZ1KDP YR1A YO3JR<br />
A71EM EA7FTR LZ2007EU LZ1BJ YT150AT YT1AT<br />
C6ARI DL3OCH N0FW/KP2 W8QID YT150YT YT7YT<br />
CE0Y/JK1FNL JK1FNL ON4DAMIAN ON4CP (a) YT60W YU7BCD<br />
CN2<strong>DX</strong> EA7FTR ON4DAMIAN ON4LN (b) YU60BPQ YU7BPQ<br />
CO2JD AD4Z OQ5M ON5ZO YV1R<strong>DX</strong> IT9DAA<br />
CQ0O<strong>DX</strong> CT2GZE OR1Z ON6IX ZF2SC KA9P<br />
D2NX JH7FQK OT4A ON4AEK ZS5IE ZR6OTB<br />
DK2006TZ DL1SBF OX3PG WA0SMQ ZS90DW ZS4SM<br />
DR06XVI DM6HK OX3XR OZ3PZ ZY6T PY7GK<br />
(a) bureau (b) direct<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3DA0TM Andy Cory, P.O. Box 1033, Mbabane, Swaziland<br />
8P9NX Peter Cross, 90 Greenpoint, St. Philip, Barbados<br />
9H1SP Paul Spiteri, 'Wideacre' Depiro Gourgion Street, Lija. BZN10, Malta<br />
9N7JO Stig Lindblom, Jum Changphimai, 147/1 Moo 3, Tambon Boot, Ban Ta<br />
Bong, Phimai, TH-30110 Nakhon Ratchashima, Thailand<br />
CT1EAT Francisco Costa, Apartado 172, 7801-902 Beja, Portugal<br />
DL3OCH Bodo Fritsche, Erlenweg 2, 75175 Pforzheim, Germany<br />
HK3W Siso Hennessey, P.O. Box 02-5242, Miami, FL 33102, USA<br />
HS0ZCW Charles Harpole, P.O. Box 1, Nakhon Chaisi, Nakhon Pathom 73120,<br />
Thailand<br />
IZ4DPV Massimo Cortesi, P.O. Box 24, 47100 Forli' Centro - FC, Italy<br />
LZ1UQ Dimitar Rusev Raitchev, P.O. Box 334, 1618 Sofia, Bulgaria<br />
PG5M Gerben A.Menting, Brandparken 2, 9351 XM Leek, The Netherlands<br />
PY7GK Cristovao H. C. Freire, R. Teles Junior 475-1502, 52050-040 Recife<br />
(PE), Brazil<br />
SV2ASP Monk Apollo, Docheiariou Monastery, 63087 Mount Athos, Greece<br />
TI8II Carlos S. Bedoya, P.O. Box 119, Puntarenas 5400, Costa Rica<br />
VA3Y<strong>DX</strong> Igor Slakva, 105 La Rose Avenue #803, Etobicoke, Ontario M9P 1A9,<br />
Canada<br />
W1F P.O. Box 121, Plainview, NY 11803, USA<br />
YU7BCD Radio Club "Mihajlo Pupin", P.O. Box 17, 26001 Pancevo, Serbia<br />
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13 January 2007<br />
A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
5T - Benoit, F8PDR will be active as 5T5DY from Nouakchott, Mauritania<br />
on<br />
5-18 February. He will operate mainly CW on 10-80 metres, with<br />
100<br />
watts and vertical antennas. He will try to focus on 80 and 160.<br />
QSL<br />
via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
6O - Michael, PA5M is currently in Kenya (and has applied for a<br />
5Z<br />
licence), but will be back to Somalia for 7-10 days starting on<br />
17<br />
January (his schedule might change because of the situation in<br />
that<br />
area). He will be active again as 6O0M, typically during his<br />
evening<br />
hours, with 100 wantts and wire antennas. QSL via PA7FM, direct<br />
(1<br />
new IRC or 2 USD) or bureau. Webpage and log search<br />
at<br />
http://www.pa7fm.nl [TNX PA7FM]<br />
C5 - Jay, LY4Y (M3UNN) reports will be active as C56NN from The Gambia<br />
on<br />
22-29 January. He will operate from the QTH of Noz, C5<strong>DX</strong>C<br />
during<br />
daytime, and possibily from another location during some<br />
evenings<br />
and nights. Jay will try to put a dipole for 160 metres.<br />
CT3 - Luis, CT3EE and several other operators from the Madeira<br />
Region<br />
Radioamateur Association (ARRM) will be active as CT9F from<br />
the<br />
lighthouse at Ponta do Pargo (ARLHS MAD-005) on 19-21 January.<br />
They<br />
plan to operate SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK on 10-160 metres. QSL<br />
via<br />
CS3MAD.<br />
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CU - Martti, OH2BH and Juha, OH8NC will be active from the Azores<br />
on<br />
23-29 January. They will be QRV using their portable call signs<br />
(QSL<br />
via home calls) on 160 and 80 metres, and Martti will participate<br />
in<br />
the CQ WW 160-Meter Contest as CU2A (QSL via OH2BH). [TNX OH2BH]<br />
DU_spr - A group of operators from Japan and the Philippines<br />
(including<br />
JA1BRK, JF1IST, JA1RJU, JA4DND, JF2XGF, 4F2KWT, DU1BA and<br />
DU1EV)<br />
will be active as <strong>DX</strong>0JP from Pag-Asa, Kalayaan, in the<br />
Philippine<br />
Spratly Islands on 3-13 February. They plan to be active on 160-<br />
6<br />
metres (SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK), plus JT65 EME on 6 and 2m, with<br />
an<br />
emphasis on the low bands, especially 160 and 80 metres. QSL<br />
via<br />
JA1HGY (EME QSO only via JA1RJU). Updates will be published<br />
at<br />
http://www.dxcom.jp/dx0jp [TNX DU1EV and JA1HGY]<br />
FM - Eric, F5LOW will be active as FM/F5LOW/p from Martinique (NA-107)<br />
on<br />
17-26 January. He plans to operate holiday style on all the HF<br />
bands<br />
SSB and PSK. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
FO - Alain, F2HE will be active again as FO5RH from the Tuamotu<br />
Islands<br />
(OC-066), French Polynesia starting on 16 January. He says he<br />
cannot<br />
receive QSL cards via the FO QSL bureau, so he can reply to<br />
bureau<br />
cards only once a year, when he is in France. [TNX F6AJA and<br />
Les<br />
Nouvelles <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
I - ARI Aprilia members will operate special event station II0BH<br />
(Beach<br />
Head) on 20-28 January to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of<br />
the<br />
Allied amphibious landing in the area of Anzio during the<br />
Italian<br />
Campaign of World War II. QSL via bureau. [TNX IK0IZW]<br />
J2 - Stefano, IK2HKT has joined the team of operators who will be<br />
active<br />
as J20M and J20R from Moucha Island (AF-053), Djibouti in<br />
February<br />
[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 810]. They plan to be QRV with the first station in<br />
the<br />
local late afternoon hours on the 1st. There is no Internet<br />
access<br />
on the island and they will have to return to the mainland in<br />
order<br />
to upload the logs. They will do their best to update the logs<br />
every<br />
3 or 4 days (see http://www.i2ysb.com/j2). QSL via I2YSB, direct<br />
or<br />
bureau. [TNX I2JSB]<br />
KP2 - Bruce, KI7VR will be active again as KP2ZZ for two weeks starting<br />
on<br />
23 January. He will operate from the QTH of Herb, KV4FZ on<br />
St.
Croix, Virgin Islands (NA-106) and will concentrate on the<br />
low<br />
bands, especially 160 metres. QSL via G4OOC. [TNX G4RCG]<br />
LU_ant - Operator Dan is active as LU1ZAB from Teniente Matienzo Base (LU-<br />
16)<br />
on the Larsen Ice Shelf (AN-016), Antarctica. QSL via LU4<strong>DX</strong>U.<br />
LU_so - Hugo, LU2ERA is active as LU2ERA/Z from the Orcadas Base (LU-14)<br />
on<br />
Laurie Island, South Orkneys (AN-008). Look for him on 14188<br />
kHz<br />
starting around 23 UTC. QSL via LU4<strong>DX</strong>U.<br />
LZ - The Balkan Contest Club will operate as LZ170VL through the end<br />
of<br />
the year to celebrate the 170th anniversary of the birth<br />
of<br />
Bulgarian national hero Vasil Levski (further information<br />
at<br />
qrz.com). QSL bureau to LZ1KZA. [TNX LZ1ZF]<br />
OZ - Look for Jakob, OZ7AEI/P to operate on 20 and 40 metres SSB<br />
from<br />
Kronborg Lighthouse (ARLHS DEN-119) on Sjaelland (EU-029, SJ-001<br />
for<br />
the Danish Islands Award) on 13 January. QSL via home call,<br />
direct<br />
or bureau. [TNX OZ7AEI]<br />
PY - Ivan, PV8IG has been active as PX8II since 1 January to promote<br />
the<br />
XV Pan American Games that will be held in Rio de Janeiro on 13-<br />
29<br />
July (http://www.rio2007.org.br/). QSL direct to home call.<br />
[TNX<br />
PV8IG]<br />
PY - Special event station ZY7LUZ is active on 160-6 metres SSB, CW,<br />
RTTY<br />
and BPSK31 from Guarabira, Brazil for the annual festival<br />
(5<br />
January-3 February) concurrent with the festivity of Our Lady<br />
of<br />
Light (Nossa Senhora da Luz). QSL via PR7AR, direct or bureau.<br />
SM - The Uppsala Radio Club (SK5DB) will operate as SC5L from 28<br />
January<br />
through 26 June to celebrate the third centenary of Carl<br />
Linnaeus<br />
(1707-1778), the Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist known<br />
as<br />
the "father of modern taxonomy." QSL via bureau; direct cards<br />
should<br />
be sent to SM5XSH (SE5S). Information on the relevant award can<br />
be<br />
found at www.qrz.com under SC5L [TNX VA3RJ]<br />
VE - The Daily <strong>DX</strong> reports that Mike, VE2XB is back on Southampton<br />
Island<br />
(NA-007) and will be operating as VE2XB/VY0 for the next two<br />
months.<br />
VU7 - Indian amateurs participating in the forthcoming <strong>DX</strong>pedition to<br />
the<br />
Lakshadweep Islands have been granted permission to operate until<br />
31<br />
January. Also please note that a special callsign has been<br />
issued<br />
for the activity from Minicoy Island, which will be conducted by<br />
an
the<br />
will<br />
14<br />
all-Indian team of operators. So expect VU7RG to be aired from<br />
three AS-011 sites (Agatti, Kadmat and Bangaram), while VU7MY<br />
be used from AS-106. The pilot stations for Lakshadweeps 2007 are:<br />
* IARU Region 1 (Europe, Africa, Middle East and Northern Asia):<br />
Klaus Wagner, DL1XX dl1xx@gmx.de<br />
* IARU Region 2 (The Americas, East Coast):<br />
Donald Greenbaum, N1DG don@araumtel.com<br />
* IARU Region 2 (The Americas, West Coast):<br />
Bill Avery, K6GNX k6gnx@soaringaudio.com<br />
* IARU Region 3 (Asia-Pacific):<br />
Toshikazu Kusano, JA1ELY ja1ely@bb.mbn.or.jp<br />
Expect VU7RG to be QRV on 15 January at local midnight, i.e. on<br />
January at 18.30 UTC. Bookmark http://www.vu7.in/ for latest<br />
information and updates.<br />
W - The Motorola Amateur Radio Club will be active as W4MOT/4 from<br />
Key<br />
Biscayne (NA-141) and Cape Florida lighthouse (ARLHS USA-118) on<br />
3<br />
February, from 14 to 22.30 UTC. Expect activity on 10-40 metres<br />
CW,<br />
BPSK31 and SSB. QSL via W4MOT, direct or bureau. [TNX N4II]<br />
XW - Alex Sinchukov, RK3DT has returned to Laos and will be active<br />
as<br />
XW3DT until 20 January. He says that cards should be sent to<br />
P.O.<br />
Box 11, GPO, Hong Kong "before May 2007".<br />
AFRICAN TRIP ---> Karl-Heinz, DK2WV is currently active as 3B8/DK2WV from<br />
Mauritius until 20 January. He will then go and operate holiday style as<br />
5R8HG from Madagascar from 21 January to 23 February. QSL home call, direct<br />
or bureau. [TNX NG3K]<br />
PACIFIC TRIP ---> Sara, HA9SDA and Eli, HA9RE will be active as ZK3RE from<br />
Tokelau (OC-048) from 3 to 21-22 February and as 5W0RE from Samoa (OC-097)<br />
from 26-27 February to 11-12 March. They plan to operate CW, SSB and RTTY on<br />
160-10 metres with two stations. Suggested frequencies are 1815.5/1831.5,<br />
3507/3511, 7007, 10117, 14040, 18084, 21040, 24914 and 28040 kHz (CW); 3789,<br />
7047/7080, 14240, 18114, 21255, 24940 and 28440 kHz (SSB); 14075, 21100 and<br />
28075 kHz (RTTY). QSL via HA8IB. [TNX HA8IB]<br />
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (December 2006) is now available<br />
at http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/monthly/index.html. Articles and pictures should<br />
be sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).<br />
5A7A ---> Two different cards have been printed (give a look to them at<br />
http://5a7a.gmxhome.de/qsl.htm) and the first 4,400 direct requests received<br />
so far are being processed right now. QSL cards sent with old IRCs will be<br />
answered via the bureau. A few video samples can be found at<br />
http://www.youtube.com (search for 5A7A). [TNX DJ7IK]<br />
<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS ---> 5X1RI (operation from 5 May 2005 to 3 February 2006) has been<br />
approved for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit.
LAKSHADWEEPS 2007 ---> According to the information published at www.vu7.in<br />
under the four operating sites, the VU7RG (AS-011) & VU7MY (AS-106) roster<br />
includes the following operators:<br />
Home Call VU Call Home Call VU Call Home Call VU Call<br />
------------------ ------------------ ------------------<br />
A61M VU3xxx JA3NHL VU3YTA VE7CT VU3JRS<br />
AA4NN VU3JLW JA3UB VU3JMU VU2BL<br />
DF2IC VU3FGR JA3USA VU3MQS VU2JOS<br />
DJ8NK VU3NZB JH4RHF VU3RWP VU2RBI<br />
DK5WL VU3RYC JR3MVF VU3RYI VU2UWZ<br />
DL4KQ VU3FRK K4UEE VU3RQA VU3DSM<br />
DL5OAB VU3RYM N6TQS VU3RYN W0GJ VU3RYJ<br />
DL7DF VU3RYB OE9AMJ VU3MZA W5MJ VU3JMB<br />
DL9GFB VU3RYE PA2R VU3SXJ W8AEF VU3PYM<br />
F4EGD VU3SIB PA3EWP VU3SXR WA6UVF VU3RYH<br />
F5CWU VU3SIC SP3CYY VU3RYG WA9QJH VU3KHX<br />
F6IIT VU3MVZ SP3DOI VU3NZC YT1AD VU3xxx<br />
JA3IG VU3YYN VA7<strong>DX</strong> VU3NIJ<br />
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Ron, AC7<strong>DX</strong> reports he is no longer the QSL manager for<br />
T93X and VK6JB.<br />
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Olavi, OH3QL has recently received several QSL cards for<br />
AP2IA. Please note that he is not and has never been the QSL manager for<br />
Ijaz, whose cards can be requested direct (see. qrz.com), by the bureau or<br />
through LOTW.<br />
QSL EA9/OL8R ---> The correct QSL route is via OK1DRQ (this applies to<br />
EA9/OK1FCJ as well). Cards can be sent direct or via the bureau (e-mail<br />
requests for bureau cards can be sent to ok1drq@seznam.cz or<br />
okdrq@o2active.cz). [TNX OK1DRQ]<br />
QSL XU7ABC ---> Phil, G3SWH reports he has acquired a copy of the log for<br />
XU7ABC operated by G3XAQ (3-6 May 2001). Anyone still needing a card can<br />
apply for one via the usual channels, i.e. direct with adequate return<br />
postage and SAE, e-mail for a bureau reply (phil@g3swh.demon.co.uk) or via<br />
the RSGB bureau.<br />
QSL YI1RAZ ---> Antonello, IK2DUW reports he has received the logs from Razi,<br />
YI1RAZ. Cards can be sent to Antonello Passarella, Via M. Gioia 6, 20051<br />
Limbiate - MI, Italy.<br />
QSL YX0A & YX0LIX ---> As of 10 January, Steve, KU9C had processed and mailed<br />
about 25% of the direct requests. He has recently received a final log<br />
update, and he is checking the 'not in logs' thoroughly against these new<br />
logs, event htough this slackens his work rate a bit. "A number of you<br />
requested QSLs for other stations I manage", he says, "I've been able to<br />
finish many of these before the YX0 cards arrived, so that hasn't slowed me<br />
down. But for those of those I missed, this will slow the request down<br />
substantially. Please do not re-submit, as this just adds confusion". Logs<br />
will be uploaded to LOTW after Steve gets the direct cards mailed.<br />
+ SILENT KEYS + Gilbert Faisant, F5PLP, former President of the Association<br />
de Radio Amateurs de la Drome (ARAD 26), passed away on 26 December 2006. He<br />
was 69.<br />
Oscar Verbanck, ON5ME passed away at 65 years of age. The founder of the<br />
Super High Speed Telegraphy Club (SHSC) and the Extremely High Speed<br />
Telegraphy Club (EHSC), he had been the President of the EUCW, the federation<br />
of European CW clubs, for fifteen years. [TNX F-10386 and F5NQL]<br />
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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
NC<strong>DX</strong>F VIDEO: A new video about the Northern California <strong>DX</strong><br />
Foundation,<br />
produced by James Brooks (9V1YC), is now available for<br />
viewing<br />
on-line under the "Videos" section of the NC<strong>DX</strong>F web<br />
site<br />
(http://www.ncdxf.org). The video explains the history of<br />
NC<strong>DX</strong>F<br />
and highlights the Foundation's many accomplishments, and it<br />
cal<br />
also be viewed or downloaded from the Google Video site (go<br />
to<br />
http://video.google.com/ and search for NC<strong>DX</strong>F). [TNX N4GN]<br />
SOUND CLIPS: Tom's (K8CX) <strong>DX</strong> sound clips for 2006 can be found<br />
at<br />
http://hamgallery.com/dx2006/; the collection of 166<br />
streaming<br />
Real Audio <strong>DX</strong> clips covers all the major <strong>DX</strong>peditions, plus<br />
rare<br />
and semi-rare <strong>DX</strong>.<br />
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8/DL6UAA, 4L1BR, 4O3T, 5A7A,<br />
5H3EE, 5X1T, 6Y1V, 6Y3R, 7P8AA, 7P8DJ, 7P8JF, 8P9AM, 8R1RPN, 9A/OM5AA<br />
(EU-090), 9A1A, 9H3MR, 9J2BO, 9M6<strong>DX</strong>X, 9S1X, A22/JA4ATV, A45WD, C31BO, C6AQC,<br />
C94KF (AF-103), C96KF (AF-061), CN2R, CN2WW, CN8IG, CN8KD, CP4BT, DT8A,<br />
E21EIC/P (AS-126), EA9/OK1FCJ, EW8AO, EX9A, FK8CP, FO/KM9D (OC-114), FO/N6JA,<br />
FS/AA4V, FS/K3LP, FS5HL/P (NA-199), FS5UQ, FT5XP, FY1FL, GD6IA, H44V,<br />
HB0/PA5MW, HI8RV, HK0GU, HK3BVD, HS0AC, HZ1IK, IS0/WH0Q, J37CCM, J3A, J68LP,<br />
JW4GHA, KH0/JR4GPA, KP2/N4EXA, NH6P, OX3HX, OX3KQ, OZ/DL2SWW (EU-088), P40W,<br />
PJ2T, R1ANF, R1ANF/p, R1ANT, RZ0AF, ST2A, SU8IOTA, T31T, T32WW, T32Z, T6X,<br />
T77C, T77EB, TF/DL2JRM, TG9ANF, TK0Z, TK5EF, TK9Z, TR8CA, TX5T, TX6A, TY5LEO,<br />
TY5MR, TZ6<strong>DX</strong>, UA0MF, UA9SC, V26K, V31RG, V5/DJ8VC, V63JY, V73RY, VK4CSP/4<br />
(OC-187), VK9AA, VK9CGG, VP2MDY, VP2MHX, VP2MQD, W0O, XF4DL (NA-030), XF4IH,<br />
XT2WP, XU7ACZ, XW3DT, YA1BV, YD1RYL, YI9E, YK1AO, YN2SI, YN4SU/9, YR100A,<br />
YT6A, YX0A, YX0LIX, Z24S, ZD9ATN, ZD9BV, ZF2BI, ZF2CM.<br />
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20 January 2007<br />
A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />
Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />
Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />
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3W - Eddy, XV1X and Stan, 3W9JR will participate in the CQ WW 160-<br />
Meter<br />
<strong>DX</strong> Contest (CW) as 3W3W from a location 15 km south east<br />
of<br />
Haiphong, Vietnam. The antenna will be a vertical feed Delta<br />
loop<br />
directly above sea water, with open sea towards Europe, Japan<br />
and<br />
North America. They will be running high power. QSL via<br />
OK1DOT,<br />
direct only. [TNX XV1X]<br />
8Q - Andrew, G7COD will be active again as 8Q7AK from Embudu<br />
Island,<br />
Maldives (AS-013) from 21 January to 2 February. He plans to<br />
operate<br />
between 9-10 UTC (+/- 18133 and 21253 kHz), 13-15.15 UTC (+/-<br />
14183,<br />
18133 and 21253 kHz) and 16-17 UTC (+/- 10123 and 14183 kHz).<br />
QSL<br />
via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX K1XN]<br />
9A - Members of the Amateur Radio Club Koprivnica (9A8K) will be<br />
active<br />
as 9A60K through the end of the year. The special<br />
callsign<br />
celebrates the 60th anniversary of of ARC Koprivnica. Information<br />
on<br />
the Koprivnica City Award can be found at http://www.9a7k.com. QSL<br />
via 9A7K. [TNX 9A6JYL]<br />
C6 - Randy, W6SJ (C6AWS) reports he will be active again from<br />
Bahamas<br />
from 28 January through 4 February, including the FOC Marathon<br />
event<br />
(http://www.firstclasscw.org.uk/).<br />
CN - Victor/RV2FW, Dmitri/UA2FB and Vladimir/ UA2FF will be active<br />
as<br />
CN2FW, CN2FB and CN2FF from Morocco starting on 25 January.<br />
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will participate in the CQ WW 160-Meter <strong>DX</strong> Contest as CN2A. QSLs<br />
via<br />
DK4VW. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
GJ - Rich, K2WR will be active again as MJ0AWR from Jersey (EU-<br />
013)<br />
starting on 23 January. He will participate in the CQ 160-Meter<br />
CW<br />
Contest (27-28 January) as GJ2A. QSL via K2WR (USA) or GJ3DVC.<br />
[TNX<br />
OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />
LU - A group of ten operators from the Bahia Blanca <strong>DX</strong><br />
Group<br />
(http://www.grupodxbb.com.ar) and the Mistongo <strong>DX</strong> group<br />
(http://www.lu2ee.org.ar) will be active as LQ0D from<br />
Trinidad<br />
Island (SA-021) on 2-4 February. They plan to operate SSB, CW<br />
and<br />
PSK31 on 80-10 metres with four stations. QSL via LU7DSY.<br />
[TNX<br />
LU3DR]<br />
T30 - Mike, KM9D has have been active for a few days as T32MO from<br />
Fanning<br />
Island (OC-084), Eastern Kiribati. He is running only 10-15<br />
watts,<br />
but has managed to log some 2,600 QSOs so far . Mike and Jan,<br />
KF4TUG<br />
should remanin on Fanning possibly through this coming weekend.<br />
QSL<br />
via OM2SA. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
T8 - QRZ-<strong>DX</strong> reports that a group of YL operators from Japan will<br />
be<br />
active from Palau on 25-30 January. Expect them to to be<br />
signing<br />
T88AI (JR6XIW), T88AO (JR6XIX), T88OP (7K3EOP) and T88CY (JA1EYL).<br />
VU - The Daily <strong>DX</strong> reports that in conjunction with the special<br />
permission<br />
granted to the current VU7 <strong>DX</strong>pedition to operate on 30 metres,<br />
all<br />
Indian amateurs have been authorized to operate on 30m (as well<br />
as<br />
on 3790-3800 KHz) through 22 January.<br />
YV0 - A survey form has been added to the YW0<strong>DX</strong> web<br />
site<br />
(http://yw0dx.4m5dx.org/poll.html) to let the expeditioners know<br />
on<br />
which bands/modes you need Aves Island. The team [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N<br />
814]<br />
expects to be QRV on 8 February and to leave the island<br />
sometime<br />
between 15 and 18 February. [TNX IT9DAA]<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
MOST WANTED SURVEY ---> The <strong>DX</strong> Magazine's (http://www.dxpub.com) annual Most
Wanted Survey was conducted in September-October 2006 [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 800]. The top<br />
10 Most Wanted <strong>DX</strong>CC Entities are Scarborough Reef, Lakshadweep Islands, North<br />
Korea, Yemen, Navassa Island, Glorioso Islands, Bouvet Island, Desecheo<br />
Island, Marion Island and Heard Island. Please note that Swains Island is not<br />
listed (it was not shown on the survey form by mistake), but editor Carl<br />
Smith, N4AA believes that Swains is the number one most wanted Entity. A noce<br />
QSL collection for the 10 Most Wanted Entities can be found at<br />
http://LesNouvelles<strong>DX</strong>.free.fr (click on "galerie de QSL" and then on "Les dix<br />
contrees <strong>DX</strong>CC les plus recherchees").<br />
QSL YI9LZ ---> Bureau cards can be requested by sending an e-mail with the<br />
QSO details to Gosho, LZ1ZF (lz1zf@abv.bg). Gosho has sent out sone 12,000<br />
cards so far, and needs to have another 2000-4000 printed. [TNX K1XN and The<br />
Golist]<br />
QSL VIA HA8IB ---> Please note that direct requests for the February-March<br />
activities by ZK3RE and 5W0RE [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 819] should be accompanied by 2 USD.<br />
Incoming cards without sufficient return postage will be processed through<br />
the bureau "sooner or later". [TNX HA9RE]<br />
QSL VIA IK1RAE ---> Marco reports that all of the outstanding contacts made<br />
with V5/IK1RAE/p (10-22 November 2005) and SV8/IK1RAE/p (9-16 September 2006,<br />
EU-052) are being confirmed automatically via the bureau.<br />
QSL VIA N2OO ---> Bob, N2OO expects a large crush of QSL mail for VU7RG: "if<br />
you have been waiting to send for your 3Y0X, CE0Z, XR9A QSL (or any other QSL<br />
I handle)", he says, "right now is a good time to send for it. Once the VU7<br />
mail starts coming in, all other QSLs I handle could be delayed a bit".<br />
VISALIA 2007 ---> Sponsored this year by the Northern California <strong>DX</strong> Club, the<br />
58th Annual International <strong>DX</strong> Convention will take place on 27-29 April at the<br />
Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Center in Visalia, California. Current<br />
information and registration forms are available at www.dxconvention.org;<br />
additional registration information can be obtained by contacting Convention<br />
Registration Chairman, Dick Letrich, W6KM (dlw6km@aol.com). [TNX W6YD]<br />
XT2C ---> The XT2C team in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso hit the 50,000 QSOs mark<br />
at 13.30 UTC on 18 January. They expect to go QRT on Saturady (20 January)<br />
around 12 UTC. On-line logs will be available at http://xt2c.free.fr/ after<br />
the end of the expedition.<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
ANTARCTICA AWARD: The Mediterraneo <strong>DX</strong> Club's Antarctica Award Directory<br />
is<br />
the official source of information for the IOTA<br />
Programme<br />
on stations active from Antarctic bases. It acts as<br />
an<br />
extension of the IOTA Directory and provides the<br />
IOTA<br />
reference number for each base. The updated edition of<br />
the<br />
Antarctica Award Directory is available for download<br />
at
www.mdxc.org/antarctica/download.asp [YNX IZ8CGS]<br />
LOGS: S21XA went QRT around 00.00 UTC on 17 January with<br />
more<br />
than 17,000 QSOs. On-line logs are available<br />
at<br />
http://www.ea3bt.com/bangladesh/bangla-logs.php<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />
===================================================================<br />
4K5D K2PF DU9/N0NM W4DR ST2BF W3HNK<br />
4K9W DL6KVA EA8OM DJ1OJ ST2R S57<strong>DX</strong><br />
4L1FP LZ1OT EW6GF DL8KAC SV1/SP5IXI/p VK6<strong>DX</strong>I<br />
4L1MA ON4RU EX2X EA5KB SX100VAR SV1VS<br />
4L4C DJ1CW FP5EJ K2RW T32MO OM2SA<br />
4U1WB KK4HD HC2SL EA5KB T66T OH6MKL<br />
5H1Z F6AML HI3TEJ ON4IQ TU2/F5LDY F1CGN<br />
5H3VMB/3 UA4WHX HJ4OBA EA5KB U4MIR RN3DK<br />
5N6EAM IK2IQD HK1X EA7FTR UA0AZ W3HNK<br />
5Z4DZ PA1AW HL8KSJ HL2FDW UE1QSK UA1RJ<br />
5Z4ES K3PD IQ5YL IK5MEQ V31AK AK7G<br />
6H1YYD EA5KB J20SA ON7SAT V31YN DJ4KW<br />
6I2YW XE2YW J79XBI SM0XBI V44KJ WB2TSL<br />
6J3RBA XE3RBA JT1/K4ZW K4ZW W4BWZ KG4WNL<br />
7Z1SJ EA7FTR JT1ZW K4ZW XT2C F9IE<br />
9G5A DL4WK LU2ERA/Z LU4<strong>DX</strong>U XU7ACY K2NJ<br />
9M6<strong>DX</strong>X M5AAV LU5FF EA7JX XU7ADI SM5GMZ<br />
9Q1D SM5BFJ LU8XW WD9EWK XU7TZG ON7PP<br />
9Q1EK SM5DQC LX2007D LX1KC XV9TH SK7AX<br />
9Q1TB SM5DQC LX2007G LX1KC YC2ZBM YC2TJV<br />
A35RK W7TSQ LZ170VL LZ1KZA YI1DZ OM3JW<br />
A61TX W4JS MP1SWL/P G6XOU YI1RAZ IK2DUW<br />
BP100S BX4AN ON60NOK ON7YX YI9E WU5E<br />
BX0ZR W8UVZ ON60WRC ON4ON YI9KEE OK1EE<br />
C21HC DL9HCU OX3PJ OZ4MAX YI9SV N4JR<br />
C33IU G0OYH PA3GIO/6W PA3GIO YI9TU N2OO<br />
CN8SG EA7FTR R0UPOL RD1AL YU160SRS YU1SRS<br />
CN8YZ EA7FTR R1AND RU1ZC YU60BCD YU7BCD<br />
CT9F CS3MAD S01MZ EA1BT Z21FO K3PD<br />
CU1CB EA5KB S21XA EA3BT ZD7AFC ZD7CTO<br />
CX2AQ EA5KB SD3N SM3NXS ZS4U K3PD<br />
CX9AU KA5TUF SE50A SM4AIO ZS6CCY K3PD<br />
D2<strong>DX</strong> OH2BAD ST2A T93Y ZY7LUZ PR7AR<br />
LAKSHADWEEPS 2007: QSL ROUTES ---> There are three QSL routes, depending on<br />
your IARU Region. Please refer to the proper web page for the relevant<br />
QSLling policy.<br />
IARU Region 1: German <strong>DX</strong> Foundation (direct)<br />
DL4KQ (bureau)<br />
http://www.gdxf.de/vu7rg.html<br />
IARU Region 2: N2OO (direct and bureau)<br />
http://sjdxa.org/vu7rg.htm<br />
IARU Region 3: I-House Radio Club (direct)
JA3UB (bureau)<br />
http://www.ja3.net/ihouse/html/vu7rg.html<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
EA3BT Josep Gibert, C/ Col-legi 1, 08800 Vilanova i la Geltru, Spain<br />
F9IE Bernard Chereau, P.O. Box 211, F- 85330 Noirmoutier en l'Ile, France<br />
G<strong>DX</strong>F German <strong>DX</strong> Foundation, Blumenstr. 25, 50126 Bergheim, Germany<br />
I-HRC I-House Radio Club/JA3UB, P.O. Box 73, Amagasaki, 660-8799 Japan<br />
IK2DUW Antonello Passarella, Via M. Gioia 6, 20051 Limbiate - MI, Italy<br />
N2OO Bob Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087-0345, USA<br />
OK1DRQ Pavel Pok, Sokolovska 59, 323 12 Plzen, Czech Republic<br />
S57<strong>DX</strong> Slavko Celarc, Ob Igriscu 8, 1360 Vrhnika, Slovenia<br />
SM5DQC Osten B. Magnusson, Nyckelvagen 4, SE-59931 Odeshog, Sweden<br />
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3B6 - The group of operators for the Agalega (AF-001) expedition<br />
[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N<br />
811] includes Witek/SP9MRO, Danuta/SP9SX,<br />
Marek/SP9BQJ,<br />
Bogdan/SP3IQ, Wojtek/SP5BFX and Wojtek/SP9PT. They will operate<br />
on<br />
160-10 metres as 3B6/SP9MRO (QSL via SP9SX) and 3B6/SP9PT (QSL<br />
via<br />
SP9PT) for about 11 days starting on 22 March. Further<br />
information<br />
and details on how contribute to help defray the significant<br />
costs<br />
of this <strong>DX</strong>pedition can be found at http://3B6.godx.eu.<br />
4S - Joel, F5PAC will active again as 4S7PAG from Sri Lanka on 2-<br />
22<br />
February. Expect activity on 17 and 20 metres. He will operate<br />
from<br />
the main island (AS-003) with a side trip to AS-171 on 10 and<br />
11<br />
February. QSL via F5PAC. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
5B - The Nicosia Amateur Radio Club (5B4NC) will operate from<br />
Agios<br />
Georgios (AS-120) at the end of July, IOTA Contest included.<br />
Further<br />
information is expected in due course. [TNX 5B4MF]<br />
6W - Jacques, F6HMJ will operate as 6W/F6HMJ from Senegal from 9<br />
February<br />
to 13 March. He will be active on 10-80 metres CW, SSB and RTTY.<br />
QSL<br />
via F6HMJ. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
8Q - Noel, F6BGC will be active as 8Q7NC from Angaga Island,<br />
Maldives<br />
(AS-013) from 30 January to 5 February. It will be a<br />
"suitcase<br />
dxpedition" with 75 watts and a multi-dipole, and he plans<br />
to<br />
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operate on 40, 20 and 15 metres. QSL via home call, direct<br />
or<br />
bureau. [TNX F6BGC]<br />
C6 - Bob, N4BP (C6AKQ) and Pete, N8PR (C6AHR) will be active on all<br />
bands<br />
from the Bahamas on 12-19 February, while Kevin, K4PG (C6APG)<br />
will<br />
join them on the 15th. They will participate in the ARRL <strong>DX</strong><br />
Contest<br />
(CW): Bob on 40 metres, Pete on 160 metres and Kevin on 80<br />
metres<br />
(look for him on 6 metres before the contest and during the<br />
contest<br />
when 80m is closed). QSL via home calls, direct or bureau.<br />
[TNX<br />
N8PR]<br />
C9 - Jose, CT1APE and Filipe, CT2GLO will operate SSB, CW, RTTY and<br />
PSK31<br />
as C98APE and C98GLO respectively from Bazaruto Island (AF-072)<br />
on<br />
18-24 February. QSL via home calls. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
EA8 - Andrea, IK1PMR and Claudia, IZ1GLO (K2LEO) will be active (CW<br />
and<br />
RTTY) holiday style as EA8/IK1PMR and EA8/IZ1GLO from the<br />
Canary<br />
Islands (AF-004) from 8 February to 8 March. They might take part<br />
in<br />
a few contests (low power). QSL via IK1PMR direct or bureau.<br />
[TNX<br />
IK1PMR]<br />
G - GB6OTR with be used from 1 February through 31 December to<br />
celebrate<br />
the 60th anniversary of the Torbay Amateur Radio<br />
Society<br />
(http://www.tars.org.uk). On the anniversary day (24<br />
February)<br />
GB6OTR will be active all day from the Society's HQ in Newton<br />
Abbot,<br />
Devon; the remaining time it will be used from the QTHs of<br />
various<br />
members. QSL via bureau or via G3LHJ. [TNX G3LHJ]<br />
J2 - Announced frequencies are for the 1-15 February J20M &<br />
J20R<br />
operation from Moucha Island (AF-053), Djibouti [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 819] are<br />
as<br />
follows:<br />
BAND SSB CW RTTY<br />
----------------------------<br />
10m 28450 28025 -<br />
12m 24925 24895 -<br />
15m 21295 21025 -<br />
17m 18130 18080 18105<br />
20m 14190 14025 14085<br />
30m - 10105 10140<br />
40m 7050 7005 -<br />
80m 3795 3505 -<br />
160m 1840 1823 -<br />
The website for the expedition is at http://www.i2ysb.com/j2;<br />
QSL<br />
via I2YSB, direct or bureau.<br />
J5 - Jack, F6BUM will be active as J5BI from Bubaque Island (AF-<br />
020),
Guinea Bissau on 14-27 March. He plans to operate with 100 watts<br />
and<br />
dipoles on 40-10 metres SSB (other modes availabe on<br />
request).<br />
Further information at ttp://www.f6bum.net (click on "Guinee-<br />
Bissau"<br />
on the left). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F6BUM]<br />
JT - Nicola/I0SNY, Giampiero/I5NOC and Pino/I8YGZ will be active<br />
from<br />
Mongolia from 14 April until 3 May. They will operate as JT1Y<br />
from<br />
Ulanbaatar and will also be visiting call areas 8, 9 and 0<br />
along<br />
with members of the JT1KAA radio club. Expect activity on 160-<br />
10<br />
metres CW, SSB, PSK31 and RTTY. QSL via I0SNY. [TNX I0SNY]<br />
OX - Johan, PA3EXX will operate from Rathbone Island in the<br />
Greenland's<br />
Coastal Islands North East group (NA-243, new one for IOTA) on 21-<br />
24<br />
August. Johan has applied for a callsign in the new XP prefix<br />
block<br />
(see "Denmark" in the Good To Know section) Further information<br />
is<br />
expected in due course. QSL via PA3EXX.<br />
PJ - Joeke, PA0VDV reports he plans to active as PJ4/PA0VDV from<br />
Bonaire<br />
(SA-006) on 1-18 February. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.<br />
PY - Maia, PY5CA reports he will be using "super special<br />
call"<br />
ZY5100SCOUT from 1 February through the end of the year to<br />
celebrate<br />
the 100th anneiversary of the scouting movement. QSL via home call.<br />
UA - Look for UE3YAR to be aired on 23-25 February to celebrate<br />
the<br />
Russian Army Day for the AFARU (Armed Forces Amateur Radio<br />
Union)<br />
activity programme. QSL via RV3YR. [TNX RV3YR]<br />
VK - Nick, VK1AA reports he will be active as VK1AA/2 from<br />
Broughton<br />
Island (OC-212) on 25-28 February. He plans to operate CW and SSB<br />
on<br />
40, 20 and 15 metres. QSL via home call (Nick Hacko, P.O. Box<br />
900,<br />
Spit Junction 2088, NSW, Australia).<br />
VP2M - Budd/W3FF (VP2MFF), Chris/W6HFP (VP2MHF), Scott/NE1RD<br />
(VP2MRD),<br />
Mike/KC4VG (VP2MVG), Paul/KB9AVO (VP2MVO), Tom/W4OKW (VP2MTC)<br />
and<br />
Bob/AB7ST (VP2MST) will operate 160-6 metres CW, SSB and<br />
digital<br />
modes from Montserrat (NA-103) from 29 January to 6 February.<br />
This<br />
<strong>DX</strong>pedition will focus on lightweight gear and portable<br />
operations<br />
from beaches, hilltops, and the Montserrat Volcano Observatory.<br />
QSL<br />
for all via NE1RD, direct or bureau. Logs will be uploaded to<br />
LoTW.<br />
The web site for the expedition is<br />
at<br />
http://www.dxpedition-vp2m.com/
T32 - T32MO - operated by Mike, KM9D (CW) and Jan, KF4TUG (SSB)<br />
[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N<br />
820] - is expected go QRT from from Fanning Island (OC-084)<br />
after<br />
the first week in February. Mike and Jan will then sail back<br />
to<br />
Christamas Island. QSL via OM2SA.<br />
W - Dennis, WA2USA will be active as WA2USA/5 from Grand Isle (NA-<br />
168)<br />
on 8-19 February. He will operate CW and SSB on 80-20 metres<br />
and<br />
will participate in the ARRL International <strong>DX</strong> Contest (CW) on 80-<br />
10<br />
metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
XE - On 30 July 2006 XE2WWW/XF2 and XE2K/XF2 operated for a few<br />
hours<br />
from Larga Island in the Tamaulipas State group (NA-246). This was<br />
a<br />
reconnaissance trip in view of a large scale operation that it<br />
has<br />
been now announced to take place on 23-25 February. Expect a<br />
group<br />
of operators from Mexico and the US to operate CW and SSB as<br />
XF2K<br />
with three stations. QSL via N6AWD. [TNX XE2K]<br />
XU - John/9M6XRO (XU7XRO, QSL via M5AAV), Steve/9M6<strong>DX</strong>X (XU7<strong>DX</strong>X, QSL<br />
via<br />
M5AAV) and Pete/SM5GMZ (XU7ADI, QSL via home call) will be<br />
active<br />
from Cambodia from 31 January to 10 February. They plan to<br />
operate<br />
on 160-10 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. [TNX M5AAV]<br />
YV0 - Announced frequencies for the YW0<strong>DX</strong> <strong>DX</strong>pedition to Aves<br />
Island<br />
(NA-020), which is due to start on 8 February [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 820], are<br />
as<br />
follows:<br />
BAND CW SSB RTTY PSK SSTV<br />
160m 1822-1825 1842 - - -<br />
80m 3523 3790 - - -<br />
40m 7020 7055 7040 7038 -<br />
30m 10103 - 10140 10137 -<br />
20m 14020 14190,14260 14090 14071 14232<br />
17m 18075 18145 18100 - -<br />
15m 21020 21190,21295 21080 21070 -<br />
12m 24893 24950 24920 - -<br />
10m 28020 28490 28090 28120 -<br />
6m 50110 50110 50290 50290 -<br />
QSL via IT9DAA, direct or bureau. The web site for the expedition<br />
is<br />
at http://yw0dx.4m5dx.org/<br />
CQ WW 160-METER <strong>DX</strong> CONTEST (CW) ---> Object of the contest is for amateurs<br />
worldwide to work as many US States, Canadian provinces and countries as<br />
possible on 160 metres CW (full rules cand be found at<br />
http://cq-amateur-radio.com/160%20Meter%20link.html). The following stations<br />
have announced their partecipation in this year's event (from 00.00 UTC on 27<br />
January through 23.59 UTC on the 28th):<br />
- Eddy, XV1X and Stan, 3W9JR as 3W3W from Vietnam. QSL via OK1DOT.<br />
- YU1XX, YZ1BX, YT1XX and YU1EW as 4O1A from Serbia. QSL via YU1EXY.<br />
Please<br />
note that Serbian amateurs are now allowed to operate from 1810 to
2000<br />
kHz.<br />
- RV2FW, UA2FB and UA2FF as CN2A from Morocco. QSL via DK4VW.<br />
- CT3FN, DJ8VC and HB9CQL as CT3FN from Madeira. QSL via HB9CRV.<br />
- Martti, OH2BH as CU2A from the Azores. QSL via home call.<br />
- UR5FEO as ER0FEO from Moldova. QSL via UU0JM.<br />
- ES5TV and ES5RY as ES5Q from Estonia. QSL via ES5RY.<br />
- Nodir, EY8MM from Tajikistan. QSL via K1BV.<br />
- Rich, K2WR as GJ2A from Jersey. QSL via K2WR (USA) or GJ3DVC.<br />
- DL4SDW, DL8SCG and LX2A as LX7I from Luxembourg. QSL via LX2A.<br />
- G3NKC, G4MJS and G4XUM as MD4K from the Isle of Man. QSL via G3NKC.<br />
- Juha/OH1JT, Jouko/OH1RX, Mika/OH2JA and Ari/OH5<strong>DX</strong> as OH0Z from the<br />
Aland<br />
Islands. QSL via W0MM.<br />
- OM2VL ,OM3BH, OM3GI, OM3NA and OM3RM as OM8A from Slovakia. QSL via OM2VL.<br />
- RA3AUU as P33W from Cyprus. QSL via home call.<br />
- Jeff, K8ND and Jim, W8WTS as PJ2T from Curacao, Netherlands Antilles.<br />
QSL<br />
via N9AG.<br />
- Jovica/T98A (ST2A), Fernando/EA4BB (ST2BF) and Slavko/S57<strong>DX</strong> (ST2R) as<br />
ST2A<br />
(Multi-Single) from Sudan. QSL via T93Y. Expect ST2R (QSL via S57<strong>DX</strong>) to<br />
be<br />
on the top band on Friday before the contest, while ST2A and ST2BF (QSL<br />
via<br />
W3HNK) will do their best to be active on 160 metres for the rest of<br />
the<br />
low bands season during their weekends (Thu/Fri and Fri/Sat nights).<br />
- Emir, OE1EMS as T93J from Bosnia-Hercegovina. QSL via OE1EMS.<br />
- Mitko, LZ1UQ as VP8/LZ1UQ from the South Shetland Islands. QSL via<br />
home<br />
call.<br />
- WA4PGM as VP9I from Bermuda. QSL via N1HRA.<br />
- Peter, NO2R as XU7ACY from Cambodia. QSL via K2NJ.<br />
- Andy, UA3AB as YT3B from Montenegro. QSL via home call.<br />
- Bruce, K0BJ as ZF2BJ from the Cayman Islands. QSL via home call.<br />
- ZL2BSJ and ZL1AZE as ZL6QH from New Zealand. Expect them around 1830-<br />
1835<br />
kHz at their local sunset, and around 1810-1815 kHz or 1821-1825 kHz<br />
later<br />
in the evening, when the band opens to Japan. QSL via ZL2AOH or via<br />
the<br />
bureau.<br />
Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operation listing maintained by<br />
Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cq160c2007.html<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
ARRL NEWS ---> Several organizational changes at ARRL Headquarters became<br />
effective on 22 January. A new department, tentatively called the Programs<br />
and Services Department, will combine most functions of the former Membership<br />
Services Department and Field and Educational Services. Dave Patton (NN1N)<br />
has been named manager of the combined department, and Norm Fusaro (W3IZ)<br />
will become assistant manager of the combined units.<br />
DENMARK ---> The Danish IT and Telecom Agency has opened the possibility to<br />
apply for new prefix block callsigns. They should start being issued by
mid-March, so don't be caught unawares if you hear OU, OV, 5P and 5Q stations<br />
from Denmark, as well as XP callsigns from Greenland and OW callsigns from<br />
the Faroe Islands.<br />
<strong>DX</strong>CC HONOR ROLL ---> The deadline to be shown in the next <strong>DX</strong>CC Honor Roll<br />
listing is 31 March. Submissions must be postmarked 31 March 2007 for your<br />
submission to count for this listing. The <strong>DX</strong>CC Honor Roll list will appear in<br />
August 2007 QST. There are 337 entities on the <strong>DX</strong>CC list and you must be<br />
within the numerical top 10 <strong>DX</strong>CC entities to qualify. The current minimum<br />
requirement for Honor Roll is 328 current entities (deleted entities do not<br />
count towards this level). [TNX NC1L]<br />
LU2ERA/Z ---> Henry (LU4<strong>DX</strong>U) says that he saw that Hugo was at the Orcadas<br />
Base in the South Orkney Islands, he suggested him to operate on the amateur<br />
radio bands "without knowing that he never went to renew his LU2ERA license<br />
and lost it. This callsign has now been issued to another individual. As soon<br />
I received this information I spoke with him to cancel the operation. All QSL<br />
cards received will be returned to the sender. Mistakes happen and I hope<br />
that Hugo eventually renews his license and is able to activate such rare<br />
Bases in the near future". [TNX NE8Z]<br />
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Graham, M5AAV says that with immediate effect he is no<br />
longer the QSL Manager for G6PZ, GX6PZ and GB6MD.<br />
QSL EU-179 ---> As of 20 January, Alex (UX2IQ) had processed and mailed all<br />
of the direct requests for UT3IB/p, UT9IO/p & UX2IQ/p. Anyone still needing a<br />
card can apply for one either direct with adequate return postage and SAE, or<br />
via the UARL bureau. [TNX UT3IB]<br />
QSL XF4DL ---> The cards for the latest Revillagigedo operation have been<br />
printed in Germany, and the QSL manager for the Americas (N6AWD) is still<br />
waiting for them to arrive. Hopefully he will receive them in the next 2-3<br />
weeks, for the time being please be patient and do not resubmit. [TNX XE2K]<br />
USA DROPS CW ---> The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has modified<br />
the Amateur Radio Service rules and eliminated Morse code exam requirements<br />
for all amateur licence classes. The new rules become effective on 23<br />
February. Full information can be found at http://www.arrl.org/fcc/morse/.<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
LOG: Igor, UA9CDC reports that the on-line log for the 2006<br />
8Q7DV<br />
operation is now available at http://radio-8q7dv.narod.ru<br />
LOG: The final logs for XT2C (56,287 QSOs) are now available<br />
at<br />
http://xt2c.free.fr/log_uk.php<br />
LOG: The on-line log for YR0UE can be found on the Federatia Romana<br />
de<br />
Radioamatorism's web site at http://www.hamradio.ro/ [TNX YO3JW]<br />
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8CF, 3D2VB, 3DA0TM, 3V6T, 4O3B,<br />
4O3T, 4O60BH, 4Z0J, 5A7A, 5H3EE, 5K0Z, 5R8RJ, 7P8DJ, 9H3MR, 9K2HN, 9M2CNC,<br />
A35XX, A61Q, A71EM, A92ZE, BY1<strong>DX</strong>, C6APR, C6ATA, C6<strong>DX</strong>, C98BWW, CP8XA, D44AC,<br />
DL4KM, E51APX, E51P<strong>DX</strong>, E51PEN, E51YAQ, F1VJQ/P, FG5FR, FJ/K3XT, FO/KM9D
(OC-057), FO/KM9D (OC-114), FR5ZU/T, FS/VA3RA, FS5HL/P, FS5UQ, FY1FL, H44VV,<br />
HC1JQ, HC8N, HK0GU, HQ4R (NA-060), J2/WB9Z, J20DA, J28JA, J37LR, J5UAF,<br />
JT1CO, JW4GHA (EU-027), JW5E, KC4AAA, KG4<strong>DX</strong>, LU1ZV, LU4ZS, MD4K, OH60BH,<br />
P29ZAD, P49MR, PJ2/N1ZZ, PJ4E, RV2FW/1 (EU-133), ST2A, T70A, T70HQ, T88VV,<br />
TR8CA, TY2AB, TY5MR, TZ6MF, V73VV, VE7IG/VE1, VK9CGG, VO2WL, VP5W, VP8ITN,<br />
VP8LP, VP9/AA1AC, VQ9LA, VU7LD (AS-011), XF4DL, XX9BB, XX9C, YJ0VB, YN4SU,<br />
YV4A, YX0A, YX0LIX, Z21FO, Z22JE, Z31GX, Z38N, ZK2BQI, ZL8R, ZM2M, ZP5MAL.<br />
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03 February 2007<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3B9 - Nigel, G3TXF will operate as 3B9/G3TXF from Rodrigues<br />
Island<br />
(AF-017) on 7-13 February. Look for activity (CW only) on 80-<br />
10<br />
metres. QSL via G3TXF, direct or bureau (Nigel welcomes email<br />
requests for bureau cards, see "QSLling Tips" on his web site<br />
at<br />
http://www.g3txf.com/).<br />
6W - Ingolf, DL4JS and Rich, DK8YY will be active as 6W/homecall<br />
from<br />
Senegal on 3-9 February. They plan to operate SSB, CW and<br />
digital<br />
modes. QSL for both calls via DH7WW, direct or bureau. [TNX DH7WW]<br />
C5 - Andre , ON7YK will be active again from The Gambia from 9<br />
February<br />
until 1 March. He will collect his licence upon arrival and<br />
will<br />
operate as time permits on 80 40, 20, 17 and 10 metres SSB with<br />
100<br />
watts and dipoles. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]<br />
F - Look for Christophe, F5UBH/p and Juan, F5IRC/p to operate CW and<br />
SSB<br />
on the HF bands from Batz Island (EU-105) on 9-11 February. QSL<br />
via<br />
home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
FT - Gildas, TU5KG has left on a new fishing campaign in the<br />
Southern<br />
Indian Ocean. He will be sailing in the Kerguelen and Crozet<br />
areas<br />
until around mid-March. When on land he will use his new<br />
callsigns,<br />
FT5XQ (Kerguelen) and FT5WM (Crozet), otherwise he will be<br />
signing<br />
/MM. In April he will be QRV as FR/TU5KG from Reunion Island<br />
until<br />
Next bulletin<br />
Bulletins' Index
he returns to France. QSL via F4EFI, direct or bureau. [TNX F4EFI]<br />
J2 - I2YSB and his group became active from Moucha Island (AF-<br />
053),<br />
Djibouti on 1 February as expected [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 821]. The<br />
announced<br />
callsigns (J20M and J20R) have changed, and they will be using<br />
J20RR<br />
for CW/RTTY and J20MM for SSB. QSL via I2YSB, direct or bureau.<br />
J7 - George/K5KG (J75KG, QSL via KU9C), Ron/KK9K (J79RV, QSL via<br />
home<br />
call), Jim/WI9WI (J79WI, QSL via home call), Charlie/K1XX<br />
(J79XX,<br />
QSL via home call) and Don/W9IU (J79IU, QSL via home call) will<br />
be<br />
active from Dominica (NA-101) on 10-20 February. They will<br />
operate<br />
CW and SSB on all HF bands, with an emphasis on 160 and 80<br />
metres.<br />
They will participate in the ARRL <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest as J7OJ (QSL<br />
via<br />
KU9C). [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
OZ - Jakob, OZ7AEI plans to operate on 20 and 40 metres SSB as<br />
OZ7AEI/p<br />
from a few lighthouses in the Djursland area between 5 and<br />
9<br />
February. QSL via bureau. [TNX OZ7AEI]<br />
V2 - Ed, N2ED will be active as V26G on 10-21 February, ARRL <strong>DX</strong><br />
CW<br />
Contest included. Look for him to be QRV on all HF bands,<br />
including<br />
12, 17 and 30 metres before and after the contest.QSL via home<br />
call.<br />
[TNX KA2AEV]<br />
V3 - Frank/DL2SWW (V31FG), Gerd/DJ4KW (V31YN), Gisela/DK9GG (V31GW)<br />
and<br />
Gabi/DF9TM (V31DG) will be active from the Turneffe<br />
Islands<br />
(NA-123), Belize on 8-13 February. QSL via operator's<br />
instructions.<br />
[TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
VP5 - Jim, W9VNE will operate CW as VQ5FOC from the Caicos<br />
Islands<br />
(NA-002) from 21 UTC on 2 February through 21 UTC on the 4th.<br />
His<br />
main focus is to participate in the FOC Marathon, but he will<br />
be<br />
pleased to give a report to prefix hunters as well. QSL via<br />
W9VNE.<br />
[TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />
YV0 - Corrado, IT9DAA reports that the Venezuelan Navy has modified<br />
the<br />
transport plans for the <strong>DX</strong>pedition to Aves Island [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 821].<br />
The<br />
YW0<strong>DX</strong> team now expects to be QRV around 16 UTC on 9 February and<br />
to<br />
leave the island on the 14th or the 15th.<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3B7C ---> Two members of the Five Star <strong>DX</strong>ers Association (FS<strong>DX</strong>A) recently<br />
visited Mauritius to set up logistics for the 7-24 September operation from<br />
St. Brandon [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 814]. All the necessary permits and licences are in hand,<br />
and a suitable ship has been located to take the team members and something<br />
like 6 tonnes of equipment to the island. The full press release no. 3,<br />
issued by Don Field (G3XTT) on 30 January, will be published in the latest<br />
<strong>425</strong> Magazine (http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/monthly/index.html).<br />
ARRL NEWS ---> "Membership and Volunteer Programs Department" (MVP) is the<br />
official name for the ARRL newly born department that combines most functions<br />
of the former Membership Services Department and Field and Educational<br />
Services [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 821]. The MVP manager is Dave Patton, NN1N.<br />
<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS ---> The VU7LD operation from the Lakshadweep Islands (1-30<br />
December 2006) has been approved for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit. [TNX NC1L]<br />
LAKSHADWEEPS 2007 ---> VU7RG went QRT at 18.30 UTC on 24 January, after 9<br />
days and 92,134 QSOs (65.1% CW, 29.1 SSB, 5.1 RTTY) made from the islands of<br />
Agatti, Bangaram and Kadmat (all of them are AS-011 for IOTA). The VU7RG logs<br />
can be found at http://www.dx-pedition.de/lakshadweep2007/logs/logsearch.php<br />
(logs are in the process of being checked). The band and continent breakdowns<br />
are as follows (full statistics for VU7RG are now available at<br />
http://www.dx-pedition.de/lakshadweep2007/operations/statistics.html):<br />
Band QSOs Continent QSOs<br />
------------- ------------------<br />
10m 1727 AF 228<br />
12m 4145 AN 0<br />
15m 14186 AS 17041<br />
17m 14050 EU 64286<br />
20m 16035 NA 9377<br />
30m 10915 OC 505<br />
40m 19532 SA 677<br />
80m 9300<br />
160m 2241<br />
VU7MY remained active from Minicoy (AS-106) until around 15.30 UTC on 30<br />
January, with a total of about 17,000 QSOs. The QSL routes for VU7MY are the<br />
same as for VU7RG; according to the expedition website (www.vu7.in) on-line<br />
logs will be published sometime in February.<br />
LX6 ---> Effective 1 January 2007, this is the prefix for the new "Novice"<br />
licence class in Luxembourg. LX6 licencees are allowed to operate on 160, 80,<br />
15 and 10 metres with 100 watts. The first licence has been issued to<br />
operator Lin, LX6K. Full information on the LX prefixes can be found at<br />
http://www.rlx.lu/lx_prefix_assignment.htm [TNX LX1KQ]<br />
QSL 4O3T ---> The last problem QSLs were sorted out this past week and should<br />
reach their destinations by 15 February at the latest. It was also noted that<br />
an unknown volume of direct requests were lost in the postal system somewhere<br />
along the way. Over the next ten months the direct QSLing phase will continue<br />
through sub-QSL managers: John, N7CQQ (USA & Canada); Martti, OH2BH (Japan<br />
and Asia); Hans, PB2T (Europe and the rest of the world). By the end of 2007<br />
the rest will be released for distribution via the worldwide bureau network.<br />
QSL YT6A via YU1FW. [TNX OH2BH]<br />
QSL J79XBI ---> Please note that the QSL route for contacts made between 16<br />
January 2007 and 16 April 2007 is via Leif, SM0FWW, direct or bureau<br />
(SM0XBI/SM7XBI is the QSL manager for past operations).
QSL TG9AKH ---> Petr, OK1DOT reports he is now the QSL manager for Mario,<br />
TG9AKH. QSL direct only to Petr Gustab, P.O. Box 52, Cesky Brod 282 01, Czech<br />
Republic. Other stations served by Petr include 3W3W, 9V1GO, HK1AR , NH6P,<br />
NL7G, WP3F, XV1X, YB5AQB, YI9CC and ZS6CCY.<br />
QSL YX0A/YX0LIX ---> Steve, KU9C says that about 70% of the direct cards have<br />
been mailed. There is stills a large pile of cards that include QSOs that are<br />
not in log (it seems there were at least two major "slim" runs, one on 15<br />
metres and one on 80 metres), requests for /mm cards, requests for YX0A<br />
and/or YX0LIX and other cards that he manages. Steve has not started bureau<br />
cards yet, and won't for some time. "I apologize for the slow delivery of<br />
these cards", he says, "My hope was to be able to mail these a long time ago,<br />
when I had some slack time in my schedule, but the process 'came together'<br />
just as some hectic work and personal commitments came into my schedule".<br />
+ SILENT KEYS + Peter McKay, G3WQU passed away in Lebanon on 28 January.<br />
While working for the United Nations, he operated as E4/G3WQU, CN2PM, S07PM<br />
and 4W3CW.<br />
Patrick de Verteuil, HH7PV died of a heart attack on 13 January. He lived in<br />
Haiti for 34 years and gave many <strong>DX</strong>ers their first QSO with that Country.. He<br />
was also very active on 6 metres.<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3W3W: Information and a photo gallery for last weekend's<br />
3W3W<br />
operation by Eddy, XV1X and Stan, 3W9JR can be found<br />
at<br />
http://3w3w.ok1jr.com/. There is also a link to the online<br />
logs. [TNX XV1X]<br />
LOGS: On-line logs for EO15PWC are now available<br />
at<br />
http://www.eo15pwc.borisinfo.net. QSL via bureau to UR4PWC.<br />
[TNX<br />
US1PM]<br />
TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are<br />
now<br />
available at<br />
http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html.<br />
Please send your scores, as well as any request for<br />
further<br />
information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@ari.it)<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3D2HC DL9HCU CN2FB DK4VW PJ5NA K1NA<br />
3D2RN WB6JZY CN2FF DK4VW R1FJM RX3MM<br />
3W3W OK1DOT CN2FW DK4VW R1FJT UA4RC<br />
3Y9SDA LA9SDA CO3LF IZ8EBI RK80X RA9XX<br />
4K6OF UA3F<strong>DX</strong> CO3VK IZ8EBI SC5L SM5XSH<br />
4L6AM 4Z5CU CQ0O<strong>DX</strong> CT2GZE SU9HP SC6A<br />
4O1A YU1EXY CU2A OH2BH T30HC DL9HCU<br />
4O3M OH2PM CX1JJ EA5KB T32MO OM2SA<br />
5B/K3UY RA3AUU EI75IRTS EI6HB T80J JR6XIX<br />
5B4AGM W3HNK EK3GM IK2QPR T88ME 7N1RTO<br />
5R8FL G3SWH EK6LP IK2DUW T88YK JN1WTK<br />
5R8GZ G3SWH EK6YL SP9ERV T93J OE1EMS<br />
5R8HG DK2WV ER0FEO UU0JM TC5C W4JS<br />
5X1GS WB2YQH ES5Q ES5RY TM7Z F5CWU<br />
5Z4KI YO9AFH EX2M W3HNK UN3M EA7FTR<br />
6H1AY XE1AY EY8/UN7FZ UN7FZ V31JP KA9WON<br />
6H1BY XE1BY EY8MM K1BV V73NS WD8CRT<br />
6H1CT XE1CT FK8AH W3HNK VE0CWL VE1NB<br />
6H1GZU XE1GZU FM1HN K3PD VP2MFF NE1RD<br />
6H1J XE1J GD3NKC G3NKC VP2MHF NE1RD<br />
6H1L WA3HUP GJ2A K2WR (a) VP2MRD NE1RD<br />
6H1SDK XE1SDK GJ2A GJ3DVC (b) VP2MTC NE1RD<br />
6H1TD XE1TD HZ1AN DJ9ZB VP2MVG NE1RD<br />
6H1XR XE1XR HZ1GW GW0RHC VP2MVO NE1RD<br />
6H1ZVO EA5KB II0BH IK0IZW VP8/LZ1UQ LZ1UQ<br />
6I2EX XE2EX J20MM I2YSB VP9I N1HRA<br />
6Y1V OH3RB J20RR I2YSB WH2D K3UOC<br />
7Q7MT NU5O J28JA F5JFU XR7C CE6AMN<br />
7Z1HL DJ9ZB KH8/N9YU YT1AD XT2CG HB9ADJ<br />
7Z1UG DG1XG KP2ZZ G4OOC XU7ADI SM5GMZ<br />
8P2K KU9C LQ0D LU7DSY XU7<strong>DX</strong>X M5AAV<br />
8Q7AK G7COD LZ2007EU LZ1BJ XU7XRO M5AAV<br />
8Q7NC F6BGC MD4K G3NKC XV2LC VK6LC<br />
9A60K 9A7K MJ0ASP F5SHQ YB0ECT K3AIR<br />
9G5SW DC8XL MJ0AWR K2WR (a) YI9CC/5 OK1DOT<br />
9J2SZ SP8DIP MJ0AWR GJ3DVC (b) YI9SM K5CW<br />
9M2MRS PA0RRS OH0Z W0MM YT3B UA3AB<br />
9V1YC N5ID OM7M OM3PA Z22JE K3PD<br />
A45WD YO9HP OM8A OM2VL ZD8RH G4DBW<br />
C4M W3HNK ON60EKO ON4EKO ZF2BJ K0BJ<br />
C56NN M3UNN OP5T ON5UM ZL6QH ZL2AOH<br />
C6AWS W6SJ P33W RA3AUU ZP6/N3BNA KA2AEV<br />
CN2A DK4VW PJ2T N9AG ZY5100SCOUT PY5CA<br />
(a) US (b) others<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
9A7K Kresimir Juratovic, P.O. Box 88, HR-48001 Koprivnica, Croatia<br />
CE6AMN Carlos Montesinos, P.O. Box 591, Temuco, Chile<br />
DK4VW Ulrich Mueller, Kreutzacker 13, D-35041 Marburg, Germany<br />
DL9HCU Udo Moeller, Wennerstorfer Strasse 1, D-21629 Neu-Wulmstrof, Germany<br />
G7COD Andrew Kitchen, Cottage 4, Newton Hall Farm, Bank Newton, Skipton,<br />
North Yorkshire, BD23 3NT, England, UK<br />
I2YSB Silvano Borsa, Viale Capettini 1, 27036 Mortara - PV, Italy
LU7DSY Carlos Almiron, P.O. Box 709, 8000 Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires,<br />
Argentina<br />
M5AAV Graham Ridgeway, 6 Pilgrim Street, Nelson, Lancs, BB9 0JQ, England<br />
NE1RD B. Scott Andersen, 614 Old Stone Brook, Acton, MA 01718, USA<br />
OK1DOT Petr Gustab, P.O Box 52, Cesky Brod 282 01, Czech Republic<br />
OM2SA Juraj Sipos, 93013 Trhova Hradska 550, Slovakia<br />
SM5XSH Martin Bjorkman, Hogasvagen 209, 741 41 Knivsta, Sweden<br />
WD8CRT Neil Schwanitz, Box 8341, APO, AP 96557, USA<br />
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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #823<br />
10 February 2007<br />
A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
The following announcement comes from Tom Harrell (N4XP) through Don<br />
Greenbaum (N1DG).<br />
"After three years of effort to obtain permission to land and operate from<br />
the most needed entity in the world, that needed authorization has been<br />
received. A multi-national team led by W6RGG will operate from Scarborough<br />
Reef for ten days in late April. BA1HAM and BV4FH have been<br />
instrumental in bringing this operation to reality with ongoing support being<br />
provided by N4XP, N1DG, K5YY and N6MZ.<br />
A team is being assembled that will include members from Asia, Europe and the<br />
USA.<br />
As with any <strong>DX</strong>pedition to a location such as this, transportation is very<br />
costly and will be the largest single expense. Success will depend on the<br />
contributions of the <strong>DX</strong> community.<br />
Please QRX for more information as it becomes available and the web site is<br />
activated".<br />
3B6 - The Polish operators who will be active from Agalega in March-<br />
April<br />
[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 821] are negotiating with transport companies on<br />
insurance<br />
and shipping costs. Their preliminary budget of EUR 70,000 seems<br />
not<br />
to be sufficient, and the team is actively seeking sponsors<br />
and<br />
financial help. Details on the expedition and on how to<br />
contribute<br />
can be found at http://3b6.godx.eu or from Witek,<br />
SP9MRO<br />
(sp9mro@godx.eu). [TNX SP9MRO]<br />
C6 - Bill, NE1B (C6AWB) and Tom, C6ANM will be active (mainly on 160<br />
and<br />
80 metres, and the WARC bands) from the Bahamas from 21 February<br />
to<br />
6 March, including entries in the CQ WW 160-Meter <strong>DX</strong> SSB<br />
Contest<br />
(24-25 February) and the ARRL <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest (3-4 March).<br />
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Most<br />
operations will be from Eleuthera and New Providence (both count<br />
for<br />
IOTA NA-001), but they may also make a side trip to the<br />
Berry<br />
Islands (NA-054) on 28 February. QSL for both via WA2IYO (logs<br />
will<br />
be uploaded to LOTW).<br />
CT3 - Rosel, DL3KWR and Hardy, DL3KWF will be active again as<br />
CT3/DL3KWR<br />
and CT3/DL3KWF from Madeira (AF-014) on 8-22 March. They plan<br />
to<br />
operate mostly CW and on the WARC bands. Hardy will try for<br />
the<br />
first time in RTTY. QSL via home calls. E-mail requests for<br />
bureau<br />
cards can be sent to dl3kwr@darc.de or dl3kwf@darc.de<br />
respectively.<br />
Their web site is at http://www.mydarc.de/dl3kwr [TNX DL3KWR<br />
and<br />
DL3KWF]<br />
E5 - Bob, G3PJT will be active as E51PJT (requested call) from<br />
Raratonga<br />
(OC-013), South Cook Islands on 3-17 March. He will operate<br />
mainly<br />
CW and for the RSGB Commonwealth Contest (10-11 March). QSL via<br />
home<br />
call, direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be<br />
sent<br />
to g3pjt@btinternet.com). [TNX G3PJT]<br />
F - Manu, F5NCU (CW) and Gerard, F6EHJ (SSB) will be active on 10-<br />
90<br />
metres as TM7BA from Batz Island (EU-105) from 28 July to 4<br />
August,<br />
IOTA Contest included. QSL via F5NCU, direct or via bureau.<br />
[TNX<br />
F5NQL]<br />
GJ - Look for Pete, K8PT and Craig, K3PLV to be active again from<br />
Jersey<br />
(EU-013) on 14-22 March. They will operate as MJ/K8PT and<br />
MJ/K3PLV<br />
on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY, with an emphasis on the<br />
lower<br />
bands. QSL via home calls. Skeds can be arranged at<br />
k8pt@arrl.net<br />
before they leave. Their web page is<br />
at<br />
http://users.adelphia.net/~crahill/ [TNX K8PT]<br />
HH - Dale, N3BNA and Ray, KC3VW plan to operate in their spare time<br />
as<br />
HH7/N3BNA (focus on CW, QSL via KA2AEV) and HH7/KC3VW (focus on<br />
SSB)<br />
from southwestern Haiti starting on 12-13 February until the<br />
24th.<br />
HH7/N3BNA will try to participate in the ARRL <strong>DX</strong> Contest as a<br />
low<br />
power station. [TNX K1XN]<br />
HI - Fabio, IK4QJF reports he will be active as HI3/IK4QJF from<br />
the<br />
Dominican Republic (NA-096) between 22 February and 7 March.<br />
HK - Stan, AC8W and Hank, K8DD will operate as HK1/AC8W and HK1/K8DD<br />
from
Cartagena, Colombia on 14-21 February. QSL via home calls. They<br />
will<br />
participate in the ARRL <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest as a Multi-Single entry<br />
(call<br />
for the contest to be decided). [TNX NG3K]<br />
HP - W9RE, N5OT, W4OC and N4GG will be active as HP1/homecall<br />
from<br />
Contadora Island (NA-072) on 13-20 February. Look for HP1XX<br />
during<br />
the ARRL CW <strong>DX</strong> Contest. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
HR - Txema, EA5BWR and Luis, EA5KY will be working on "radio<br />
solidarity"<br />
project in El Progreso, Honduras on 14-21 February. They<br />
will<br />
operate on 10-80 metres SSB, CW and RTTY as HQ2R in their<br />
spare<br />
time. QSL via EA4URE, bureau or direct. [TNX EA5KY]<br />
J7 - Igor, VA3Y<strong>DX</strong> reports he will be active as J79<strong>DX</strong> from Dominica<br />
until<br />
18 February. QSL direct only to home call.<br />
JW - Look for Maria Teresa, JW/IN3TCH (RTTY) and Mauro, JW/IN3SAU<br />
(SSB)<br />
to operate from from the JW5E club station on Longyearbyen (EU-<br />
026),<br />
Svalbard on 8-11 March. They will concentrate on the low bands.<br />
QSL<br />
via IN3SAU. [TNX IN3SAU]<br />
KP2 - John, K3CT and John, K3TEJ will be active as KP2/K3CT and<br />
KP2/K3TEJ<br />
from St. Croix, Virgin Islands (NA-106) on 14-21 February. They<br />
will<br />
operate CW, RTTY and PSK31 on the HF bands. QSL via home calls.<br />
They<br />
will also be active as WP2Z (QSL via KU9C) in the ARRL <strong>DX</strong><br />
Contest<br />
(CW). [TNX K3TEJ]<br />
PJ - Alex, PY1WAS/PY2 will be active as PY1WAS/PJ7 from Sint<br />
Marteen<br />
(NA-105) on 18-21 February. He plans to operate mainly CW with<br />
some<br />
SSB on 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres. QSL via bureau<br />
or<br />
direct to PY2AA. [TNX PY1WAS/PY2]<br />
TZ - Makoto "Mac" Obara will be active again as TZ6JA from Mali on 13-<br />
21<br />
February. He plans to operate SSB mainly on 40 and 80 metres,<br />
with<br />
some 20m and 15m activity. QSL direct to Mac Obara, P.O. Box<br />
59,<br />
Tama, Tokyo, 206-8691 Japan. [TNX JA1ELY]<br />
TZ - Eric/ON4LN (TZ2T), Ivo/ON5CD (TZ1T), Stefaan/ON4FG (TZ4T)<br />
and<br />
Bart/ON3VK, plus Paul, TZ6PVI (ON7ASL) will operate SSB, CW<br />
and<br />
digital modes on 160-10 metres from Bamako, Mali on 2-7 April.<br />
They<br />
plan to have at least two stations on the air. QSL via<br />
ON4LN<br />
(direct) or via home calls (bureau). Further information can<br />
be<br />
found at http://mali2007.obox.be/<br />
V3 - K5PI (V31AT), AB5K (V31TG), W5ZL (V31ZL) and WC0W (V31TP)
will<br />
participate in the ARRL <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest (17-18 February) as V31TP<br />
from<br />
Cahal Pech, Belize. Before and after the contest they will<br />
operate<br />
under their individual calls. QSL via home calls. [TNX W5ZL]<br />
V7 - Tom, K7ZZ will be active as V73ZZ from the Marshall Islands on 12-<br />
19<br />
February, ARRL <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest included. Before the contest he<br />
will<br />
concentrate on the WARC bands. QSL via K7ZZ. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
VP2M - Phil, G3SWH and Jim, G3RTE will be active as VP2MPW from<br />
Montserrat<br />
(NA-103) on 21-28 February. They plan to operate on 160-10<br />
metres<br />
CW, with the possibility of some RTTY and PSK31.<br />
Propagation<br />
permitting, they plan to have two stations on the air for as<br />
many<br />
hours every day as is possible. QSL via G3SWH, direct or<br />
bureau<br />
(e-mail requests for burea cards can be sent<br />
to<br />
phil@g3swh.demon.co.uk). [TNX G3SWH]<br />
VP2V - Steve, AK0M and Sandy, KC0RD will be active as VP2V/homecall<br />
from<br />
Anegada, British Virgin Islands (NA-023) on 12-18 February.<br />
They<br />
plan to operate holiday style on 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10 and<br />
6<br />
metres primarily CW. QSL via AK0M, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />
VP2V - Andreas, DL2AU will be active as VP2V/DL2AU from Anegada,<br />
British<br />
Virgin Islands (NA-023) on 13-22 February. He plans to operate<br />
SSB,<br />
PSK31 and RTTY on 40-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or<br />
bureau.<br />
The web site for the activity is at http://www.vp2v.com<br />
[TNX<br />
www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
XU - Fujimori/JA3PPH and Mega/JA3EGZ (from the Himeji Amateur Radio<br />
Club)<br />
and YL operator Yoko/JA3DFM (from the JARL Kobe Club) will be<br />
active<br />
from Sihanoukville, Cambodia on 16-19 March. They will operate<br />
CW<br />
and SSB as XU7PPH, XU7EGZ and XU7DFM on 160-10 metres (possibily<br />
on<br />
6 metres as well). Direct cards for all shoudl be sent to<br />
Himeji<br />
Amateur Radio Club, P.O. Box 6, Himeji, 670-8691 Japan. The<br />
QSL<br />
routes for bureau cards are XU7DFM via JA3DFM, XU7EGZ via<br />
JA3EGZ,<br />
XU7PPH via JA3EGZ. [TNX JA1ELY]<br />
ZD8 - Bill, W4WX and Jan, K4QD will be active as ZD8WX and ZD8QD<br />
from<br />
Ascension Island (AF-003) on 19-27 February. They plan to<br />
operate<br />
CW, PSK-31, RTTY and SSB on all bands. QSL ZD8WX via W4WX<br />
(direct<br />
only), QSL ZD8QD via K4QD (direct or bureau). [TNX W4WX]
ZL8 - Jacky, ZL3CW (F2CW) and Aki, ZL1GO (JA4EKO) will be active as<br />
ZM8CW<br />
and probably ZL8GO from Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands (OC-<br />
039)<br />
between 22 and 27 March. QSL via ZL1AMO. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
SOUTHERN OCEAN TRIP ---> Marc/K9PET (VP8DJU), Jim/W3ASA (VP8DJV), and<br />
David/W3WKP (VP8DKG) will be cruising in the Southern Ocean between 11<br />
February and 4 March. Expected stops include the South Shetlands, the<br />
Antarctic Peninsula, the South Orkneys, South Georgia and the Falkland<br />
Islands. They plan to operate CW, SSB and PSK either as homecall/KC4 and with<br />
their personal VP8 calls. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
TRIP TO AFRICA ---> Peter, HA3AUI will be going back to Africa in late<br />
February. He will be active as either 6W2SC (from Senegal) and J5UAP (from<br />
Guinea-Bissau) starting around 25 February until around 30 April or maybe<br />
longer. Peter plans to operate digital modes with some SSB on all bands. QSL<br />
via HA3AUI, direct or bureau. Logs will be uploaded to LOTW. His web site is<br />
under construction at http://cqafrica.net. [TNX NG3K]<br />
CQ WW RTTY WPX CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their<br />
participation in this year's event (10-11 February):<br />
* 5C5W Morocco QSL via EA5XX<br />
* 8P4B SOSB 20m Barbados QSL via KU9C<br />
* CT9M M/S Madeira QSL via bureau<br />
* EF8A M/2 Canary Islands QSL via EA8AUW<br />
* ER0FEO Moldova QSL via UU0JM<br />
* KH7X SOSB 80m Hawaii QSL via K2PF<br />
* HQ9R SOAB Honduras QSL via N6FF<br />
* J20RR M/S Djibouti QSL via I2YSB<br />
* J43BSF M/S Greece QSL via SV1CIB<br />
* OH0Z Aland Isls QSL via W0MM<br />
* R7C/3 M/S European Russia<br />
* TI5N Costa Rica QSL via W3HNK<br />
* WP3C SOAB LP Puerto Rico QSL via W3HNK<br />
* YW0<strong>DX</strong> M/S LP Aves Island QSL via IT9DAA<br />
Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operations listing maintained<br />
by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqrjwpx2007.html - good contest to<br />
you all!<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (January 2007) is now available<br />
at http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/monthly/index.html. Articles and pictures should<br />
be sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).<br />
<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS ---> The following operations are approved for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit:<br />
ZL9BSJ/P Auckland and Campbell Islands 12 September 2006<br />
5A7A Libya 15-20 November 2006<br />
VU7LD Lakshadweep Islands 1-30 December 2006<br />
VU7RG Lakshadweep Islands 14-26 January 2007<br />
YU6AO Montenegro Operation effective 28 June 2006<br />
Anyone who has submitted cards for YU6AO, and had them rejected, can send an<br />
e-mail to dxcc@arrl.org for corrective action. [TNX NC1L]<br />
QSL 4L6AM ---> Joseph Obstfeld, 4X6KJ reports that the IARC (Israel Amateur<br />
Radio Club) QSL bureau is receiving cards for 4L6AM routed through 4Z5CU.
Please note that 4Z5CU is not and has never been a member of IARC and has no<br />
access to the bureau service. Cards should be sent direct only (details at<br />
www.qrz.com).<br />
QSL EX8AB ---> The new QSL route for Bek is via RX3RC, direct (Roman A.<br />
Novikov, P.O. Box 21, 392000 Tambov, Russia) or bureau. All previous routes<br />
are no longer valid. Roman's web site is at http://rdaward.org/qslmng.htm<br />
[TNX EX8AB]<br />
QSL IP5P ---> All of the outstanding QSOs made with IP5P (Palmaiola Island,<br />
EU-028) in August 2006 have been confirmed automatically via the bureau.<br />
QSL V51AS ---> The Daily <strong>DX</strong> reports that Frank, V51AS has "a new more<br />
reliable QSL route now. It is not a QSL manager and will take a little longer<br />
but should be steadfast". Cards can be sent to Steinhauser, Schlobstr. 68A,<br />
82140 Olching, Germany.<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
C6ARI: On-line logs and a photo gallery for the 2-8 January<br />
C6ARI<br />
operation from Cay Sal Bank (NA-219) are available<br />
at<br />
www.qslnet.de/c6ari<br />
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3V8SF, 3XM6JR, 4O3T, 5A7A, 5N6EAM,<br />
5R8RJ, 6W/RW3TN, 6Y1V, 6Y3R, 7Q7BP, 7W2OM, 8P9A, 8Q7DV, 9M2AX, 9M6NA, 9Q1EK,<br />
A22/JA4ATV, A61Q, A70RRY, B1HQ, B4EG, C21HC, C52T, C53M, C56R, C6AKX, C6APG,<br />
C6APR, C6AXX, C91Z, CE0Y/JK1FNL, DS4DR/4 (AS-093), DU9/N0NM, E51APX, E51NOU,<br />
E51P<strong>DX</strong>, E51PEN, E51YAQ, EA9LZ, EP3HF, EP4HR, ES1A, EX8MLE, EY8CQ, EY8MM,<br />
F5TLN/TU8, FG5DH, FO/KM9D (OC-114), FS/WY3P, FY5KE, HK0GU (NA-049), HK0GU/1<br />
(SA-040), HP1/DL2OE, HP1AC, HR2/LU1DY, J28JA, J5UAF (AF-093), JD1AMA, JW4GHA,<br />
K7C, KH8Q, LA/DL3VTA (EU-055), LA0CX, LT0H, LY3M, OX3XR, PJ7/K4UJ,<br />
PT7BZ/PY0F, PY0S/PS7JN, R1MVC, RK2FWA, S50O, S50U, S59A, ST2A, TI4CF,<br />
TU2/F5LDY, TU2CI, TZ6LF, TZ6MF, V26B, V31FG/P (NA-123), V5/DJ4SO, V51AS,<br />
VE1//F5PAC (NA-154), VP2MRD (NA-103), VP5X, VP8LP, VP8ROT (AN-001), VP8SGK,<br />
VP9KF, VQ9LA, VU7LD, VU7RG, W4PL (NA-112), XF4DL (NA-030), XU7ABN, YA4F,<br />
YB1A, YB5AQB, YB5NOF/p (OC-106 and OC-108), YC3DIK (OC-021), YN2EJ, YU6AO,<br />
YX0A (NA-020), YX0LIX (NA-020), ZA/DL2RMC, ZD8A, ZK2PX, ZL6QH, ZL8R (OC-039),<br />
ZX5J.<br />
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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #824<br />
17 February 2007<br />
A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />
Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />
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**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
BS7 - The operators for the late April BS7H <strong>DX</strong>pedition to Scarborough<br />
Reef<br />
[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 823] are:<br />
Chen Peng, BA1HAM Paul Pescitelli, K4UJ<br />
Fan Bin, BA1RB Trey Garlough, N5KO<br />
David Chen, BA4RF San Hutson, K5YY<br />
Chen Fang, BA4RC Mike Mraz, N6MZ<br />
Terry Liang, BA7NQ Wayne Mills, N7NG<br />
Ko Chih-Ta, BV6HJ James Brooks, 9V1YC<br />
Bob Vallio, W6RGG Massimo Mucci, I8NHJ<br />
Tom Berson, ND2T Christian Entsfellner, DL3MBG<br />
Joe Blackwell, AA4NN Eddie Valdez, DU1EV<br />
The group is seeking financial contributions to help defray the<br />
very<br />
significant of this <strong>DX</strong>pedition. Full details on how contribute<br />
can<br />
be found on the expedition web site (http://www.bs7h.com). QSL<br />
via<br />
KU9C.<br />
BY - Look for BD1DRJ/7, BA4ALC/7 and BD7KLO/7 to be active on the<br />
HF<br />
bands SSB and CW from Weizhou Island (AS-139) on 20-24 February.<br />
QSL<br />
via home calls. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
C6 - Look for Peter, W2IRT/C6A and Tom, N2YTF/C6A to be active<br />
from<br />
Nassau (NA-001) from 24 February to 2 March. They will<br />
operate<br />
holiday style SSB, CW and RTTY, mostly on 17, 20 and 40 metres.<br />
Tom<br />
may be doing some satellite and HF-QRP work as well. QSL via<br />
W2IRT.<br />
Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. [TNX NG3K]<br />
FG - Look for F6GWV and F6HMQ to be once again active from<br />
Guadeloupe<br />
(NA-102) from 22 February to 6 March. They will be signing TO6T.<br />
Next bulletin<br />
Bulletins' Index
QSL<br />
via F6HMQ. [TNX F6HMQ]<br />
FT - Gildas, TU5KG (FT5XQ and FT5WM) was expected to be in the<br />
Kerguelen<br />
and Crozet areas until around mid-March [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 822], but plans<br />
have<br />
changed. He is on his way back to Reunion Island, where he<br />
expects<br />
to arrive on 20 February; on the 26th he will be in France for<br />
ten<br />
days. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />
HC - Rick, NE8Z reports he will be active again as HC1MD from<br />
Tumbaco,<br />
Ecuador between 24 February and 14 March. He plans to operate CW<br />
and<br />
SSB on 80-10 metres with 500 watts and a Carolina Windom. QSL<br />
via<br />
K8LJG.<br />
I - Special station II1MNA (Museo Nazionale<br />
dell'Antartide,<br />
http://www.mna.it) will be active for the 4th Antarctic<br />
Activity<br />
Week (19-25 February, see below) from the Antarctica National<br />
Museum<br />
in Genova. QSL via IZ1GJK. Further information can be found at<br />
at<br />
http://www.qrz.com/callsign/II1MNA [TNX IZ1GJK]<br />
UA - Alexey/RA1QY, Andy/RN1CW, Serge/UA1AIR and Vlad/UA1CIO will<br />
be<br />
active as homecall/1 from Verperluda Island (EU-133, RR-01-11)<br />
on<br />
17-18 February. QSL via bureau or direct. [TNX RN1CW]<br />
VP2M - Phil, G3SWH has received the hard copy of the licence for the 21-<br />
28<br />
February activity from Montserrat [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 823], and the call<br />
issued<br />
is VP2MWH (not VP2MPW as previously advised). This callsign has<br />
been<br />
re-issued from 2006, which could cause confusion with the<br />
QSLing<br />
process. Consequently, Phil and Jim, G3RTE will operate as<br />
VP2MTE.<br />
Look for them on 160-10 metres CW, with some RTTY and PSK31. QSL<br />
via<br />
G3SWH, direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can<br />
be<br />
sent to phil@g3swh.demon.co.uk). [TNX G3SWH]<br />
ZB - David, EB7AEY will once again be active as ZB2/4O3AL from<br />
Gibraltar<br />
on 23-25 February. He plans to operate SS and RTTY on 80-10<br />
metres.<br />
QSL via EB7AEY. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />
ANTARCTIC ACTIVITY WEEK ---> The Worldwide Antarctic Program has announced<br />
that the fourth Antarctic Activity Week will be held from 19 to 25<br />
February. The aim of this annual event is to promote worlwide interest in the<br />
Antarctic continent. Several special event callsigns from around the world<br />
are expected to take part in this year's AAW. Participating stations (QSL via<br />
operator's instructions) are announced from the following countries:<br />
Austria OE3AIS/ANT, OE3KKA/ANT, OE3KTA/ANT, OE3RPB/ANT,<br />
OE3SGA/ANT,<br />
OE3WWB/ANT, OE4VIE/ANT
Bulgaria LZ04ANT<br />
Canada VA3ANTA, VA7ANTA<br />
England GB0ANT<br />
France TM0ANT, TM0TAF, TM1ANT, TM2ANT, TM3ANT, TM4ANT, TM5ANT,<br />
TM5TAF,<br />
TM8ANT, TM8WAP<br />
Germany DR2007ANT<br />
Italy II0ANT, II1ANT, II1MNA, II2ANT, II4ANT, II5ANT, II8ANT, IO0ANT,<br />
IO2ANT, IO8IAA, IR0ANT, IR1ANT, IR2ANT, IR4ICE, IR7ANT,<br />
IU0ANT,<br />
IU2ANT, IU7ANT, IU8ANT<br />
Romania YQ2ANT<br />
Russia UE6ANT<br />
Switzerland HB9ICE<br />
USA K4A, K4Z/ANT, K9A, N5T/ANT<br />
Full information on the AAW is available at http://www.ddxc.net/wap<br />
ARRL INTERNATIONAL <strong>DX</strong> CONTEST (CW) ---> Object of the contest is for W/VE<br />
amateurs to work as many stations in as many <strong>DX</strong>CC countries as possible on<br />
160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 metre bands, while foreign amateurs (also<br />
including KH6, KL7, CY9 and CY0) work as many W/VE stations in as many of the<br />
48 contiguous states and provinces as possible (full rules can be found at<br />
http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2007/intldx.html) The following stations<br />
have announced their partecipation in this year's event (from 00.00 UTC on 17<br />
February through 24.00 UTC on the 18th):<br />
Call Category <strong>DX</strong>CC QSL<br />
-------------------------------------------------------<br />
4L0N SOAB HP Georgia MM3AWD<br />
4U1UN M/S United Nations HQ HB9BOU<br />
A35RK SOSB 80 or 15m Tonga W7TSQ<br />
C6AKQ SOSB 40m Bahamas N4BP<br />
C6AHR SOSB 160m Bahamas N8PR<br />
C6APG SOSB 80m Bahamas K4PG<br />
CN2WW M/S Morocco EA7FTR<br />
CN3A SOAB Morocco I2WIJ<br />
CT9L M/? Madeira DJ6QT<br />
CW7T SOSB 15m Uruguay K5WW<br />
EA8/OH4NL SOSB 20m Canary Isls OH2BYS<br />
EA8EW M/2 Canary Isls RX3DU<br />
FM5BH SOSB 80m Martinique W3HNK<br />
FS5KA M/? Saint Martin W3HNK<br />
HR2DMR SOAB LP Honduras HR2DMR<br />
IS0/K7QB SOSB 160m Sardinia AA4NN<br />
J7OJ Dominica KU9C<br />
KP2/K3MD Virgin Isls K3MD<br />
LR2F M/S Argentina LU2FA<br />
LX7I M/S Luxembourg LX2A<br />
OH0R SO Aland Isls OH2PM<br />
OM7M M/2 Slovakia OM3PA<br />
P40W SOAB HP Aruba N2MM<br />
P49Y SOAB Aruba AE6Y<br />
PJ2T M/2 Neth. N9AG<br />
PJ4A SOAB HP Neth. Antilles K4BAI<br />
PJ4/KU8E SOSB 160m Neth. Antilles K4BAI<br />
RK2FWA M/M Kaliningrad DK4VW<br />
TI5N Costa Rica W3HNK<br />
V26G Antigua N2ED<br />
V31TP Belize WC0W<br />
V49A Nevis V44NK<br />
V73ZZ Marshall Isls K7ZZ<br />
VP9/W6PH Bermuda W6PH<br />
WP2Z M/2 Virgin Isls KU9C
WP3C SOAB LP Puerto Rico W3HNK<br />
Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operation listing maintained by<br />
Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxc2007.html<br />
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
ANTARCTICA AWARD ---> The Award Manager (Gianni Marruccella, IZ8CGS) reports<br />
that all of the certificate requests received as of 31 December 2006 have<br />
been processed and mailed along with the complimentary map of Antarctica<br />
published by the Australian Antarctic Division [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 700].Up-to-date score<br />
tables are available at www.mdxc.org/antarctica/award.asp.<br />
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Victor Diniz, CT1AUO (contact him at ct1auo@netcabo.pt,<br />
if you need a QSL manager) is receiving (and returning to sender) many bureau<br />
cards for CS5A he cannot reply to. Please note that he can confirm contacts<br />
made with CS5A between 2001 and June 2004 only.<br />
QSL V51AS ---> The new QSL route [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 823] should be all right effective<br />
10 March. Send your cards to Frank Steinhauser, Schlossstr. 68A, 82140<br />
Olching, Germany and be prepared to wait a bit: this is not a QSL manager, so<br />
it may be up to four months before you will hear back from Frank, but it is a<br />
reliable route. [TNX WE7K]<br />
QSL VIA I2WIJ ---> Roberto, I2WIJ reports that "due to unpredictable delays<br />
in QSL card printing", he is currently unable to confirm contacts made with<br />
CN3A and 5D5A. Hopefully the QSL cards will be available before then end of<br />
March. Please be patient.<br />
QSL VIA IV3SKB ---> Cards for contacts made with IU3A operated by IV3HAX<br />
between 2001 and 2005 should be sent direct to IV3SKB. Do not send any bureau<br />
or direct card to Mauro, IV3HAX, because he cannot receive them. [TNX IV3HAX]<br />
QSL VIA IZ8CLM ---> Sal, IZ8CLM reports that all of the contacts made with<br />
S79RS (May-June 2006) and CE70RG (July 2006) have been confirmed<br />
automatically via the bureau. Sal also has the complete logbooks for Samir,<br />
OD5SK from 1983 to date.<br />
+ SILENT KEY + Gianni Rizzi, I7RIZ (ex I8RIZ) passed away on 13 February. A<br />
personal friend of your trulies for several years, he was a serious <strong>DX</strong>er with<br />
337/351 (current/deleted) credited <strong>DX</strong>CC Entities, as well as a keen IOTA<br />
enthusiast. We will miss his presence on the pile-ups and at the various HF<br />
meetings and conventions he and his wife Marisa used to attend on a regular<br />
basis.<br />
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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
LOGS: On-line logs for <strong>DX</strong>0JP (Spratly Islands) can be found
at<br />
http://www.dxcom.jp/dx0jp/<br />
LOGS: The on-line log search for VU7MY (Minicoy Island, Lakshadweeps)<br />
is<br />
now up and running at www.vu7.in (moreover, 800 QSOs from a<br />
paper<br />
log have been added to the VU7RG data base). [TNX DL4KQ]<br />
ON6TT: Peter Casier, ON6TT is writing a number of short stories about<br />
his<br />
travels. Many of them are in the background of his <strong>DX</strong>peditions<br />
and<br />
<strong>DX</strong> activities in the past years (FO0CI, AH1A, VK0IR, 3Y0PI,<br />
D3T,<br />
9Q5TT, YA5T, 5X1T, AP2ARS, etc). The short stories can be found<br />
in<br />
blog-format at http://theroadtothehorizon.blogspot.com/<br />
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />
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3B9/G3TXF G3TXF <strong>DX</strong>0JP JA1HGY PX8I PV8IG<br />
3D2TE WB6JZY <strong>DX</strong>0JP JA1RJU (a) R0UPOL F8DVD<br />
3W2TXR JA2TXR ED6GRM EA6SB R1AND RU1ZC<br />
3W9JR OK1JN EF8A EA8AUW RA9LI/9 UA9LP<br />
4K5D K2PF EK6TA DJ0MCZ RK3AWL W3HNK<br />
4K9W DL6KVA EL/DL8USA pirate ST2BF W3HNK<br />
4L8A DJ1CW EX8AB RX3RC ST2R S57<strong>DX</strong><br />
4N160SRS YU1SRS FM5CD F5VU SU0ARA DL1BDF<br />
5C5W EA5XX FT5XQ/MM F4EFI SV5/SM8C SM0CMH<br />
5N2/SQ8JCA SQ8JCA GB0ANT M3ZYZ T20HC DL9HCU<br />
5N6EAM IK2IQD HH2FJM F5RPB T80W JM1LJS<br />
5T5DY F8PDR HH7/N3BNA KA2AEV T88XX JA6ENF<br />
5T5SN IZ1BZV HI3TEJ ON4IQ TC5C W4JS<br />
5W0IM YU1KX HJ4OBA EA5KB TM0TAF F4TTR<br />
5W0KD Z32AU HK1X EA7FTR TM4ANT F6BFH<br />
5W5AA YT1AD HS0ZGG SM3CVM TM5TAF F6AXX<br />
5Z4/9A3A 9A2AA HV0A IK0FVC TM8ANT F8DVD<br />
5Z4DZ PA1AW HZ1EX SM0BYD TM8WAP F5XL<br />
6H1YYD EA5KB HZ1NH EA7FTR TR8CA F6CBC<br />
6V7E RW3TN IO2ANT I8YGZ TT8FC EA4AHK<br />
6W/DK8YY DH7WW IR7ANT IZ7AUH TU5JD IK2IQD<br />
6W/F6HMJ F6HMJ IR8ANT I8ACB UE3DRS RZ3FR<br />
6W/RW3TN RW3TN J20MM I2YSB V26G N2ED<br />
6W1SA F4BIT J20RR I2YSB V31AT K5PI<br />
7X/DB1JAW DB1JAW J37LR VE3EBN V31DG DL2SWW<br />
7X/DK5MH DB1JAW J37T VE3EBN V31FG DL2SWW<br />
9G1YK PA3ERA J43BSF SV1CIB V31GW DK9GG<br />
9K2YM/P EA5KB J46J SV1BJW V31KO K4NO<br />
9Q1D SM5BFJ J75KG KU9C V31TG AB5K<br />
9Q1EK SM5DQC J79<strong>DX</strong> VA3Y<strong>DX</strong> V31TP WC0W<br />
9Q1TB SM5DQC J79IU W9IU V31YN DJ4KW<br />
A35DR JA2BDR J79RV KK9K V31ZL W5ZL<br />
A35JN JA2EWE J79WI WI9WI V44KJ WB2TSL
A35LS JA1CJA J79XBI SM0FWW V73ZZ K7ZZ<br />
A61NT ON5NT J79XX K1XX VK9DNX DJ2MX<br />
A61TX W4JS JW5NM LA5NM VP2V/DL2AU DL2AU<br />
A71EM EA7FTR JW5QFA LA1MFA VQ5FOC W9VNE<br />
C56YK ON7YK JW9DL LA9DL W4MOT/4 W4MOT<br />
C6AHR N8PR KH7X K2PF XU7TZG ON7PP<br />
C6AKQ N4BP LT0H EA7FTR XW1A E21EIC<br />
CE2P EA5KB LU1FAM AC7<strong>DX</strong> XW1LLR E21EIC<br />
CN8IG EA7FTR LU1QS IK2QPR YI9GT SP3GTS<br />
CN8SG EA7FTR LU5FF EA7JX YI9SV N4JR<br />
CO8LY EA7ADH LZ170VL LZ1KZA YN4SU TI4SU<br />
CT3AS DJ8FW NP4A W3HNK YT60W YU7BCD<br />
CT9M CT3EE OH0PM OH2PM YW0<strong>DX</strong> IT9DAA<br />
CU1CB EA5KB OY3QN OZ1ACB YW0<strong>DX</strong> YV5TX (b)<br />
D2<strong>DX</strong> OH2BAD P29ZAD N5FTR YY4DCA YV4AJ<br />
D60VB UA4WHX P40LE K2LE Z24S W3HNK<br />
D90HE/2 DS2GOO P49V AI6V ZK3RE HA8IB<br />
DT0HF HL2FDW P49X W0YK ZL6FF ZL2TX<br />
DU9/N0NM W4DR PJ4/KU8E K4BAI ZW150BP PU1KGG<br />
(a) EME QSOs only (b) YV stations (direct)<br />
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******* ADDRESSES *******<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
DB1JAW Mike Weiler, Stormstrasse 126, D-47445 Moers, Germany<br />
DH7WW Ulrich Moeckel, Muldenstr. 1, 08304 Schoenheide, Germany<br />
DJ2MX Mario Lovric, Kampenwandstrasse 13, 81671 Muenchen, Germany<br />
F8PDR Benoit Lebourgeois, Route de Chevry, F-50420 Tessy sur Vire, France<br />
G3TXF Nigel Cawthorne, Falcons, St George's Avenue, Weybridge, Surrey<br />
KT13<br />
0BS, England<br />
HA8IB Szabo Karoly, Aradi u. 42, H-5525 Fuzesgyarmat, Hungary<br />
I2YSB Silvano Borsa, Viale Capettini 1, 27036 Mortara - PV, Italy<br />
IT9DAA Corrado Ruscica, P.O. Box 1, 96018 Pachino (Succ. 1) - SR, Italy<br />
JA1HGY Nao Mashita, 8-2-4-2A Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo 107-0052, Japan<br />
ON7YK Andre Bourdon, Schotenhofdreef 18, B-2900 Schoten, AN, Belgium<br />
S57<strong>DX</strong> Slavko Celarc, Ob Igriscu 8, 1360 Vrhnika, Slovenia<br />
TZ6JA Mac Obara, P.O. Box 59, Tama, Tokyo, 206-8691 Japan<br />
RX3RC Roman A. Novikov, P.O. Box 21, 392000 Tambov, Russia<br />
YV5TX Jose Manuel Robaina, Apartado Postal 65603, 1066-A, Caracas,<br />
Edo.<br />
Miranda, Venezuela<br />
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24 February 2007<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3B6 - The Polish expedition to Agalega [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 823] is on hold: "we<br />
will<br />
decide on March 15 whether it is postponed only or<br />
rather<br />
cancelled", Witek, SP9MRO says. "The decision is due to<br />
enormous<br />
costs of the expedition that have much exceeded the<br />
estimated<br />
budget". All of the contributions received so far are<br />
being<br />
refunded. The full press release is available at http://3b6.godx.eu<br />
3DA - A <strong>DX</strong>pedition to Swaziland from 16 to 25 March is being organized<br />
to<br />
celebrate the 75th Jubilee of the Irish Radio Transmitters<br />
Society.<br />
The group will also take part in the CQ WPX SSB Contest (24-<br />
25<br />
March). Operation will be on all bands with particular<br />
attention<br />
given to the WARC bands, digital modes and the LF bands. It is<br />
also<br />
hoped to have some activity on EME, 2m and 6m.<br />
Participating<br />
operators are Paul/EI2CA (3DA0PM), Peter/EI7CC (3DA0PB),<br />
Aidan/EI8CE<br />
(3DA0AM), David/EI4DJ/GI4FUM (3DA0DG), Rory/EI4DJB<br />
(3DA0RH),<br />
Brendan/EI3GV (3DA0GV) and Pete/GI4VIV (3DA0GI). QSL for all<br />
via<br />
EI7CC, direct or bureau. The web pages for the expedition can<br />
be<br />
found at http://www.irts.ie/cgi/afri75.cgi; on-line logs will<br />
be<br />
updated on a daily basis. [TNX EI7CC]<br />
5W - YT1AD and other operators from the N8S team will be active as<br />
5W5AA<br />
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from Samoa (OC-097) on 20-24 April. QSL via YZ7AA. [TNX YZ1EW]<br />
9M6 - Pete, SM5GMZ reports he will be active from East Malaysia in<br />
March.<br />
On 13-21 March he will be signing 9M6/SM5GMZ, with an emphasis<br />
on<br />
the low bands CW. On 22 March he will go to 9M8 and will<br />
participate<br />
in the CQ WPX SSB Contest together with Steve/9M6<strong>DX</strong>X (ex-G4JVG).<br />
9U - Baldur, DJ6SI (9U0X, CW) and Franz, DJ9ZB (9U9Z, SSB) will be<br />
active<br />
on 10-160 metres from Burundi until 1 March. QSL via home<br />
calls.<br />
[TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
C5 - The OM0C Contest Crew will be active from The Gambia on 17-<br />
30<br />
October. Six operators (Rich/OM2TW, Bob/OM1KW,<br />
Roman/OM2RA,<br />
Noro/OM6NM, Joe/OM5AW and Dano/OM1NW) will be active as C52C<br />
on<br />
160-6 metres SSB, CW and digital modes, with an emphasis on 160m<br />
and<br />
the low bands. They plan to have four well equipped stations on<br />
the<br />
air and to participate in the CQ WW SSB Contest. A side trip<br />
to<br />
Bijol Island (AF-060) is also being planned. QSL via OM2FY,<br />
direct<br />
or bureau. The web site for the expedition is at<br />
www.om0c.com/gambia<br />
[TNX OM2TW]<br />
CT3 - Rolf, DK2ZF will operate as CT3/DK2ZF from Madeira (JT65b) from<br />
16<br />
March to 2 April. He will be there to check out his portable<br />
EME<br />
equipment for 144 MHz (4x11 el Yagis and 400 watts RF), but he<br />
will<br />
also operate CW on the WARC bands. QSL via home call, direct<br />
or<br />
bureau. [TNX DK2ZF]<br />
F - F4ELJ, F0ELI and F0ELK will be active as TM4P from<br />
Pontusval<br />
Lighthouse (ARLHS FRA-404) on 10-11 March. QSL via F4ELJ.<br />
[TNX<br />
F4ELJ]<br />
G - Cray Valley Radio Society's members Nobby/G0VJG,<br />
Simon/M3CVN,<br />
Dave/G4BUO, Richard/G7GLW Justin/G4TSH and Chris/G0FDZ will<br />
be<br />
active as G3RCV/P from St. Mary's Island, Isles of Scilly (EU-<br />
011)<br />
from 24 July to 2 August. They will participate in the IOTA<br />
Contest<br />
as M8C (QSL via G4DFI). [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
GM - A large group of operators from the Sheffield Amateur Radio<br />
Club<br />
will be active as GS3RCM from the Isle of Arran (EU-123) from<br />
26<br />
July to 2 August. They will participate in the IOTA Contest as<br />
MM3M,<br />
and they will also try to go and operate again from the island<br />
of<br />
Pladda. QSL via G3VCQ. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
HL - Rocky/HL1VAU, Ryu/DS4NYE and Han/DS2GOO will be active from<br />
Sonyu<br />
Island (AS-148) on 1-4 March. They will operate on 10-40 metres<br />
CW,<br />
SSB, RTTY and PSK31 as homecall/4 and will participate in the<br />
ARRL<br />
<strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest as D70LW/4 (possibily as a SOSB 20m entry).<br />
QSL<br />
HL1VAU/4, DS4NYE/4 and DS2GOO/4 via home calls; QSL D70LW/4<br />
via<br />
DS4NYE. [TNX HL1VAU]<br />
I - IT9GAC, IT9GIE, IT9IVA, IT9TPJ, IT9VKY, IW9BCW, IW9BDV and<br />
IW9FY<br />
will be active as IF9RGE from Favignana Island (EU-054, IIA TP-<br />
011)<br />
on 21-23 April. They plan to operate on the HF bands CW, SSB<br />
and<br />
RTTY, plus 6 and 2 metres. QSL via IT9EJW, direct or bureau.<br />
Further<br />
information at http://www.rgetna.org/if9rge.htm [TNX IT9EJW]<br />
JA - Look for JH1DGY/1, JL1OVB/1, 7L3ATQ/1 and JA1YVT/1 to be active<br />
from<br />
Izu Oshima (JIIA AS-008-008), North Izu Islands (AS-008) on 24-<br />
25<br />
February. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />
JA - Take, JI3DST will be active as either JI3DST/JS6 or JS6RRR from<br />
the<br />
Miyako Islands (AS-079) on 2-5 March. He plans to concentrate<br />
on<br />
160, 80 and 40 metres. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
KH2 - Fukuda, JK2VOV and Nose, JA2BNN will be active as KH2/JK2VOV<br />
and<br />
KH2/JA2BNN from Guam (OC-026) on 16-19 March. They will<br />
participate<br />
in the Russian <strong>DX</strong> Contest as separate single operators, but<br />
before<br />
that event they might operate on the WARC bands. QSL via home<br />
calls.<br />
[TNX JA1ELY]<br />
KH8S - The N8S team of operators (YT1AD, K3LP, K1LZ, N6TQS, RK3AD,<br />
RA3AUU,<br />
SV2BFN, K6SRZ, YU7NU, YZ7AA, YZ1BX, UR0MC, UA4HOX, RU4SU and<br />
YU1AU,<br />
plus possibly YU1<strong>DX</strong> and YZ1EW) will be active from Swains<br />
Island<br />
(OC-200) on 4-15 April (give a look to the latest schedule<br />
at<br />
http://www.yt1ad.info/n8s/ and note that UTC = KH8 time + 11<br />
hours).<br />
They will have six stations active on all bands and<br />
modes.<br />
Contributions will be gratefully accepted; please contact coleader<br />
Dave, K3LP (k3lp@yahoo.com). One more operator is still<br />
being<br />
sought. QSL via YT1AD. [TNX YZ1EW]<br />
OZ - A team of German operators will be active as OZ/DK0G from<br />
Romo<br />
Island (EU-125) from 26 February to 6 March. They will operate<br />
on<br />
the HF, VHF and microwave bands, and will be active during the<br />
ARRL
<strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest on 160 and 80 metres. QSL via DK0G. [TNX W1AW]<br />
PJ2 - Chad/WE9V, Scott/KA9FOX and Mike/K9NW will be active as<br />
PJ2/homecall<br />
from Curacao (SA-006) from 26 February to 6 March. During the<br />
ARRL<br />
<strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest they will be QRV as PJ2T in the M/2 category.<br />
QSL<br />
PJ2T via N9AG, others via home call. [TNX K9NW]<br />
PJ7 - Look for Bil, PJ7/W8EB and Dorothy, PJ7/W8DVC to be active from<br />
St.<br />
Maarten from 25 February through 25 March. They will operate<br />
CW,<br />
SSB, PSK31 and RTTY on 10-160 metres. W8EB will participate in<br />
the<br />
ARRL SSB <strong>DX</strong> Contest as PJ7B. QSL via home calls. [TNX NG3K]<br />
S9 - Luciano, CT1HHP will be active as S92FM (callsign to be<br />
confirmed)<br />
from Rolas Island (AF-023) between 26 February and 7 March. He<br />
plans<br />
to operate mainly RTTY and BPSK31 on 10, 15, 20 and 40<br />
metres<br />
(possibily also 17 metres). [TNX CT1END]<br />
SU - A group of operators from the Lufthansa Amateur Radio Club will<br />
be<br />
active as SU8DLH from Egypt on 3-12 March. They will be active<br />
on<br />
all the HF bands CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via DK2CL. They<br />
will<br />
also guest operate from SU0ARA (QSL for this activity via<br />
DL1BDF).<br />
[TNX K1XN]<br />
SV5 - Willi, DJ7RJ will be active as SV5/DJ7RJ from Kos Island (EU-<br />
001)<br />
from 26 February to 17 March. He will operate CW and SSB on 160-<br />
10<br />
metres, with an emphasis on the low bands. QSL via home call.<br />
[TNX<br />
DJ7RJ]<br />
V6 - Nando/IT9YRE (V63RE), Claudio/I1SNW (V63WN) and Mike/K9AJ<br />
(V63J)<br />
will be active from Micronesia between 2 and 19 April. Plans are<br />
to<br />
operate SSB and CW from Ngulu Atoll (OC-180) for 36 hours,<br />
from<br />
Sorol Atoll (OC-277, new one) for three days and from Woleai<br />
Atoll<br />
(OC-132) for another three days. QSL via home calls. The<br />
expedition<br />
(website at www.mdxc.org/v63) is dedicated to the memory of the<br />
late<br />
Gianni Rizzi, I7RIZ.<br />
VE - Heinz, VA7AQ will be active on all bands SSB from Quadra<br />
Island<br />
(NA-091) from 26 July to 1 August, IOTA Contest included. QSL<br />
via<br />
home call, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
VK - John, VK6HZ will be active holiday style as VK6ARI from<br />
Rottnest<br />
Island (OC-164) on 5-11 March. He plans to operate SSB, PSK,<br />
RTTY<br />
and possibly CW. QSL via VK6NE. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
XE - Enrique/XE1IH, Javier/XE1KOF, Jose Luis/XE1YJL,
David/XE1XR,<br />
Martin/XE2ML and Benjamin/XE2AUB will be active as 4A3IH from<br />
the<br />
NA-183 IOTA group in May. Look for them to operate on the HF<br />
bands<br />
(CW, SSB and digital modes), as well as on 6 and 2 metres<br />
and<br />
satellite, from La Roqueta (ARLHS MEX-069) on 14-19 May and<br />
from<br />
Ixtapa on 21-26 May. QSL via IT9EJW, direct or bureau. The web<br />
site<br />
for the operation can be found at http://www.mdxc.org/4a3ih<br />
[TNX<br />
IT9EJW]<br />
XV - Rolf, SM5MX has just revived his old callsign and will b active<br />
as<br />
XV9SW from Hanoi, Vietnam until 30 April. He will operate CW on<br />
20<br />
and 15 metres, but "the downtown electric smog is worse than<br />
ever",<br />
he says, "so operation is just barely possible now and then".<br />
QSL<br />
via home call (please note that he will return to Sweden in<br />
August).<br />
[TNX SM5MX]<br />
ZF - Bob, K3UL will operate again as ZF2UL from the Cayman<br />
Islands<br />
(NA-016) on 1-7 March. He plans to concentrate on CW operations<br />
on<br />
30, 80 and 160 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
ZK3 - YT1AD and other operators from the N8S team will be active as<br />
ZK3A<br />
from Tokelau (OC-048) on 16-19 April. QSL via YU7NU. [TNX YZ1EW]<br />
CQ WW 160-METER <strong>DX</strong> CONTEST (SSB) ---> Object of the contest is for amateurs<br />
worldwide to work as many US States, Canadian provinces and countries as<br />
possible on 160 metres SSB (full rules cand be found at<br />
http://cq-amateur-radio.com/160%20Meter%20link.html). The following stations<br />
have announced their partecipation in this year's event (from 00.00 UTC on 24<br />
February through 23.59 UTC on the 25th):<br />
Call <strong>DX</strong>CC QSL VIA<br />
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6Y1V Jamaica OH3RB<br />
C6AWB Bahamas WA2IYO<br />
C6ANM Bahamas WA2IYO<br />
CT9L Madeira DJ6QT<br />
EB1WW Spain EA1EY<br />
HI3C Dominican Rep. ON4IQ<br />
OL4W Czech Rep. bureau<br />
RK2FWA Kaliningrad DK4VW<br />
XE1RCS Mexico qrz.com<br />
ZD8QD Ascension Isl. K4QD<br />
Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operation listing maintained by<br />
Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cq160s2007.html<br />
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
NEW UK POSTAL RATES ---> Effective 2 April, UK postal rates will rise across<br />
the board by slightly more than 10%. Whereas 1 USD has been insufficient to<br />
pay for the minimum return postage to countries outside Europe for some time<br />
now, this new increase will mean that 1 USD is no longer sufficient to pay<br />
for the minimum return postage to countries *within* Europe. The new, 2009<br />
expiry IRCs are still exchangeable for the minimum return postage to all<br />
parts of the world. [TNX G3SWH]<br />
NOT THE MANAGER (SU0FEC) ---> Tim, WD9DZV says he is not the QSL manager for<br />
SU0FEC. This station was active on 40 metres CW around 8-9 December 2006.<br />
[TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
NOT THE MANAGER (TC5C) ---> Jack, W4JS says he has "absolutely no connection"<br />
with TC5C. This station was repeatedly spotted on 40 and 20 metres CW between<br />
late January and mid-February. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
QSL CS5A ---> Victor Diniz, CT1AUO apologizes and says he can confirm<br />
contacts made with CS5A between 1991 and June 1994 only (not 2001-2004 as he<br />
previously stated, <strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 824).<br />
QSL YW0<strong>DX</strong> ---> Corrado says that too many direct requests for YW0<strong>DX</strong> (as well<br />
as for the other stations he his the QSL manager for) do not comply with the<br />
instructions given at http://www.qrz.com/callsign/it9daa; these requests will<br />
be processed through the bureau in due course.<br />
QSL VIA RW3RN ---> Alex, RW3RN reports his new address is: Alex Kuznetsov,<br />
P.O. Box 80, Tambov, 392000, Russia. He is the QSL manager for 5B/AJ2O,<br />
5B/NN3AA, 5B4/R3CC, 5B4/RV3MA, 5B4/RW3QC, 5B4/UW3QC, 5B4AGM (IARU Contest<br />
2003), 9H3QC, C4M (CQWW CW 2003, CQ WPX SSB 2004), FG/RW3QC, R1MVC (2002),<br />
R1NWS (EU-147), R3/DL5XJ, R3ARC/1 (EU-147), R3CC, R3CC/6, R5CC, R7HQ (2003<br />
and 2004), RK3QWA, RP3RST, RW3QC, RW3RG, RX3RXX, RZ3Q, TO5AA, UA3RAR, UE3RDA,<br />
UI8LA, UK8LA, UM8LA and UZ3RXX.<br />
QSL VIA UU2JQ ---> Those who still need a card from the following stations<br />
can contact Rustam, UU2JQ (uu2jq@aport.ru): EN5J, EO10J, EO50JS, EO55JM,<br />
EO56JM, EO57JM, EO58JM, EO59JM, EO5JM, EO60JM, RT2J/UB4JWA, RT6J/UB3JWW,<br />
UR8J, UT1J/UB5JIM, UT2J/UB5JMR, UT7J/UB4JIW, UU100JWA, UU4JWA, UU5A, UU5J,<br />
UU5JYL. [TNX UU2JQ]<br />
SWO<strong>DX</strong>A <strong>DX</strong> DINNER ---> The SouthWest Ohio <strong>DX</strong> Association is pleased to sponsor<br />
the 22nd annual <strong>DX</strong> Dinner to be held in conjunction with the 2007 Dayton<br />
HamVention. The dinner will be Friday evening, 18 May, at the Crowne Plaza<br />
Hotel. Further information may be obtained from Jay Slough, K4ZLE (k4zle <br />
yahoo com) or at http://www.swodxa.com<br />
UBA 60 AWARD ---> UBA radio club stations are allowed to replace their<br />
ordinary prefix with ON60 (Oscar November Six Zero) to celebrate the 60th<br />
anniversary of the Union Belge des Amateurs-emetteurs [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 808]. The<br />
commemorative UBA 60 Award is issued to licenced amateurs and SWLs for<br />
working at least five different ON60 stations during the calendar year 2007.<br />
Details can be found at http://www.uba.be/hf/awards/awards_fr.html or from<br />
the UBA Award Manager, Egbert Hertsen, ON4CAS (on4cas@uba.be).<br />
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8CF, 3D2AY, 3D2MO, 3W3W, 3XD2Z,<br />
3XM6JR, 3Y0X, 4O3B, 4O3T, 4O60BH, 4S7CF, 4S7NE, 5A7A, 5J1W, 5R8RJ (AF-057),<br />
5U5Z, 5Z4DZ, 6W1EA, 6Y1V, 6Y5WJ, 7W2OM, 7X4AN, 7Z1SJ, 7Z1UG, 8Q7DV, 8R1EA,<br />
9J2BO, 9K2HN, 9M6<strong>DX</strong>X, 9Q1D, 9Q1EK, AP2TN, BY1TX/2 (AS-158), C31CT, C56X,<br />
C6APG, C6APR, C6ARI (NA-219), CN8IG, CU2A, DQ2006C, DQ2006K, DQ2006M,<br />
DQ2006Q, DQ2006S, DQ80IARU, DR2006B, DR2006O, DS4DRE/4 (AS-093), E51P<strong>DX</strong>,<br />
E51QMA, EI7M, EP3HF, EX8MJ, FG5FR, FO/KM9D (OC-057), FS/WY3P, HB0/DL2OBO/p,
HC1AJQ, HC2FN, HK0GU, HK0GU/1, HP3XUG, HR1FJC, HR6/W5WW, IA5/IK5CBE (EU-028),<br />
J6/KD7WPJ, J79AG, JD1AMA, JJ8DEN/6, JJ8DEN/JD1, JT1CO, JT800OK, JV800CS,<br />
JW0HS, JW4GHA, KG4<strong>DX</strong>, KH0PR, KH6/KF7E, KH8Q, KH8SI, KP2ZZ (NA-106), LT7W,<br />
LZ9W, NH6P, OH0PM, OH60BH, PA1WLB/P (EU-146), PA3GIO/6W, PZ5RA, R1ANC, RU1A,<br />
S58Q, SV9CVY, SV9GPV, SY8GE (EU-113),T21MY, T30XX, T31MY, T77C, T88CM,<br />
TA4/DL2OBO, TG9ADM, TI8II, TK/HA0HW, TK5IX, TU2/F5LDY, TY5LEO, TY5MR, TZ5A,<br />
UA9YAB, UN7DA, V25WX, V31HK, V31LZ, V44KAI, V5/DJ4SO, V73RY, VK1AA/4, VK6ZAI,<br />
VP2MHX, VP5<strong>DX</strong>, VP8CMH/MM, VP8ROT (AN-001), VP8SGK (AN-007), VP9F, VQ9JC,<br />
VQ9LA, VU4AN/VU3CHE, VU4AN/VU3KIE, VU7LD, VU7RG, W4PL (NA-112), XF4DL, XX9C<br />
(AS-075), YI9KT, YJ0AMY, YJ0IR, YN4SU, YN4SU/9, YS3/I2JIN, YT6A, YU6AO,<br />
YV1/W5ALT, YX0LIX, Z22JE, Z24ES, ZA/K9LA, ZK2MO, ZK2PX, ZL8R, ZP8AE, ZS6WN,<br />
ZY6T.<br />
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(e-mail i1jqj@<strong>425</strong>dxn.org )<br />
Contributors are invited to send their <strong>DX</strong> information to<br />
Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ (i1jqj@<strong>425</strong>dxn.org)<br />
The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays<br />
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**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3D2_rot - Tony, 3D2AG (aka FO5RK) is currently active (mostly on 40 and<br />
20<br />
metres CW) as FK/FO5RK from Noumea, New Caledonia until the end<br />
of<br />
April. In May/June he plans to go to Rotuma and operate as<br />
3D2AG/p.<br />
He says there is shortage of fuel on the island and the<br />
solar<br />
panels he used in the past do not work any longer. Tony is<br />
looking<br />
for someone (individual amateur or <strong>DX</strong> club) who can help him<br />
obtain<br />
a few solar panels (12V) to charge his battery and a small<br />
beam<br />
antenna. If you can help him, please contact Tony<br />
at<br />
FO5RK@hotmail.com<br />
7X - Yves, F5MSR is again active as 7X0MT from Algeria. He operates<br />
QRP<br />
with a long wire, and prefers CW and digital modes. QSL via<br />
home<br />
call, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
F - The Radio Club Nord Cotentin (F6KFW) will operate special<br />
event<br />
station TM4ORE from Cherbourg on 5-11 March, for the<br />
40th<br />
anniversary of SSBN "Le Redoutable". Launched in 1967<br />
and<br />
decommissioned in 1991, the first French ballistic<br />
missile<br />
submarine is now used as a museum ship. [TNX F8REF]<br />
F - Three YL operators will be active on SSB, CW and RTTY from<br />
the<br />
Council of Europe Radio Club (TP2CE) on 9-11 March, to<br />
celebrate<br />
the International Women's Day. QSL via F5LGF. [TNX F6FQK]<br />
Next bulletin<br />
Bulletins' Index
F - TM5P will be the callsign for the 10-11 March activity<br />
from<br />
Pontusval Lighthouse [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 825]. The previously<br />
announced<br />
callsign, TM4P, was used during the latest CQ WPX RTTY Contest<br />
by<br />
radio club F6IPA. In order to avoid confusion in QSLling,<br />
the<br />
lighthouse operators have applied for a new callsign. QSL TM5P<br />
via<br />
F4ELJ. [TNX F4ELJ]<br />
JA - Look for JA6QDU/6 to operate CW and SSB on the HF bands from<br />
Aino<br />
Island (AS-012, JIIA AS-012-002) on 4 March. QSL via home<br />
call,<br />
direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />
J8 - Gary, W0AW will operate as J8/W0AW from Bequia Island (NA-025)<br />
on<br />
10-16 March. Activity will be on CW, RTTY and some SSB on 10-<br />
80<br />
metres, plus 160m if antenna space is available. QSL via home<br />
call,<br />
direct or bureau. [TNX N0ODK]<br />
SP - Special callsign HF40PAZ will be aired from 1 March to 30<br />
April,<br />
and again on 1-30 September, to celebrate the 40th anniversary<br />
of<br />
club station SP6PAZ. QSL via SP6DVP, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />
SP6DVP]<br />
TA - Pavel/OK1MU, Slavek/OK1TN, Standa/OK1AU,<br />
Zdenek/OK1FIA,<br />
David/OK1RK, Karel/OK1DG and Vlada/OK1CW will be active from<br />
two<br />
IOTA island groups in Turkey as follows:<br />
4-6 March YM0<strong>DX</strong> Bozcaada EU-099<br />
7-11 March TC0<strong>DX</strong> Gokceada EU-186<br />
They will operate CW and SSB on 40-10 metres. QSL for both<br />
calls<br />
via OK2GZ, direct or (preferably) through the bureau (email<br />
requests for bureau cards cand be sent to ok2gz@quick.cz).<br />
Further<br />
information and on-line logs can be found<br />
at<br />
http://www.okdxf.eu/ankety/tc0dx/en/tc0dx.php<br />
V8 - Kanzi, JA4ENL will once again operate as V85NL from Brunei on 8-<br />
12<br />
March. Activity will be mainly CW on all bands (160<br />
metres<br />
included). QSL direct to home call. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />
VK - 2-9 March are the new dates for John's (VK6HZ) activity<br />
from<br />
Rottnest Island (OC-164) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 525]. He will operate<br />
holiday<br />
style as VK6ARI. QSL via VK6NE. Logs will be available after<br />
12<br />
March at http://home.exetel.com.au/vk6hz [TNX VK6HZ]<br />
W - University of Mississippi ARC (W5UMS) members W5BJC, W5JMO,<br />
WB5HSX<br />
and W5MPC will be active as K5I from Horn Island (NA-082 on 10-<br />
11<br />
March. They expect to be on the island from around noon
Saturday<br />
on<br />
through noon Sunday, and to operate SSB, CW and digital modes<br />
20, 40 and 80 metres. QSL via W5MPC. [TNX W5MPC]<br />
IPY ---> A number of special callsigns are expected to be aired starting on 1<br />
March to celebrate the 4th International Polar Year. For instance, expect<br />
Francois/F8DVD to operate as TM4IPY (QSL via home call), Charles/M0OXO to<br />
operate as GB4IPY (QSL via M3ZYZ), Svetly/LZ3SM to operate as LZ07IPY (QSL<br />
via home call), Adriano/I3XMQ to operate as IA3IPY (QSL via home call) and<br />
Francesco/IZ7AUH to operate as IP7IPY (QSL via home call).<br />
ARRL INTERNATIONAL <strong>DX</strong> CONTEST (SSB) ---> Object of the contest is for W/VE<br />
amateurs to work as many stations in as many <strong>DX</strong>CC countries as possible on<br />
160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 metre bands, while foreign amateurs (also<br />
including KH6, KL7, CY9 and CY0) work as many W/VE stations in as many of the<br />
48 contiguous states and provinces as possible (full rules can be found at<br />
http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2007/intldx.html). The following stations<br />
have announced their partecipation in this year's event (from 00.00 UTC on 3<br />
March through 24.00 UTC on the 4th):<br />
Call Category <strong>DX</strong>CC QSL<br />
------------------------------------------------<br />
8P1A SOAB HP Barbados NN1N<br />
8P2K SOSB 20m Barbados KU9C<br />
AH7ZA SOAB QRP Hawaii W8QZA<br />
BD3APX SO LP P.R. China BD3APX<br />
C6AWB Bahamas WA2IYO<br />
C6ANM Bahamas WA2IYO<br />
CE4CT M/S Chile EA5KB<br />
CN3A SOAB Morocco I2WIJ<br />
CS7A M/? Portugal CS1G<strong>DX</strong><br />
CU2A M/S Azores OH2BH<br />
CU2CR SO HP Azores CU2CR<br />
D70LW/4 SOSB 20m (?) South Korea DS4NYE<br />
FY5KE SOAB French Guiana FY5KE<br />
HD2A Ecuador EA5KB<br />
HK3JJH SOAB LP Colombia HK3JJH<br />
HR2DMR SOAB Honduras HR2DMR<br />
OE4A M/2 Austria OE1EMS<br />
OZ/DK0G 160 and 80m Denmark DK0G<br />
P40A SOAB Aruba WD9DZV<br />
PJ2T M/2 Neth. Antilles N9AG<br />
PJ7B St. Maarten W8EB<br />
RK2FWA M/M Kaliningrad DK4VW<br />
SM0W SOSB 80m Sweden SM0W<br />
TO5A SOAB HP Martinique F5VHJ<br />
V26H Antigua KU4BP<br />
VP5H M/S Turks & Caicos WOGJ<br />
VP9/W6PH Bermuda W6PH<br />
WP3C SOSB 15m LP Puerto Rico W3HNK<br />
ZP0R SO Paraguay W3HNK<br />
Z35T SOSB Macedonia Z35T<br />
Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operation listing maintained by<br />
Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxs2007.html<br />
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
GERMAN LIGHTHOUSES ---> Detlev Hoepner, DL1RTW is the new Award Manager for<br />
the German Lighthouses Award. Detais can be found at www.lighthouse-award.de<br />
or www.mydarc.de/dl0kwh [TNX DL2VFR]<br />
QSL 8Q7GL ---> Gianluca, IK0XIH reports that the QSL cards will not be ready<br />
before late March at the earliest.<br />
QSL VIA IK3GES ---> Gabriele reports that all of the direct requests for<br />
5V7SE have been processed and mailed (requests without return postage or with<br />
expired IRCs have been sent via the bureau). Elvira, IV3FSG (5V7SE) will be<br />
back to Togo on 5 March; then she will go to Burkina Faso (requested call<br />
XT2SE). QSL via IK3GES, direct (with SAE and sufficient postage) or bureau.<br />
QSL VIA LZ1AF --- Dim, LZ1AF reports pilferage of currency directed to his<br />
P.O. Box in Sofia. If QSLling direct, please avoid sending USD, but use 1 new<br />
IRC instead. Dim also QSLs 100% via the bureau. [TNX K5XK]<br />
QSL VIA RN3RQ ---> Please note that the current QSL manager for RP3RST,<br />
RX3RXX and UA3RAR is RN3RQ (Alex, RW3RN can confirm contacts made through 31<br />
December 2002 only). [TNX RW3RN]<br />
W-LKK-M ---> George Chlijanc, UY5XE reports that the Lviv Shortwave Club<br />
(LKK) issues a certificate, available to either licenced amateurs and SWLs,<br />
for contacts made with at least 10 club members (further details available<br />
from uy5xe@rambler.ru).<br />
+ SILENT KEY + Phil Goetz, N6ZZ passed away unexpectedly on 27 February at 64<br />
years of age, after suffering from a brain hemorrhage. A CQ WW Contest<br />
Committee member, he was only one of two radio amateurs to operate the CQ<br />
World Wide <strong>DX</strong> Contest from all of the 40 CQ Zones. In his CQ WW 46-year-old<br />
career he operated as follows (data provided by I2UIY):<br />
Zone Year Mode Call Zone Year Mode Call<br />
1 1988 Ph KL7Y 10 1987 Ph HC8<strong>DX</strong><br />
2 1998 CW VE2/N6ZZ 1990 CW HC5Z<br />
3 1965 CW W6RW 2004 Ph HC8L<br />
1966 CW W6RW 11 1989 Ph ZW5B<br />
1967 CW W6RW 12 1992 Ph CE0Y<br />
1968 CW W6GP 13 1991 Ph LU4FM<br />
1969 Ph W6UUI 14 1988 CW CT2NH<br />
1969 CW W6DQX/6 15 2002 Ph TK4Z<br />
1970 CW W6DQX 16 1999 Ph R1MVZ<br />
1971 CW W6DQX 17 2000 Ph EY2A<br />
1972 Ph W6DQX 18 2002 CW RW9OWD<br />
1972 CW W6DQX 19 2001 CW RI0F<br />
1973 CW W6ANN 20 1986 Ph JY7Z<br />
1974 CW W6DQX 1987 CW 5B4TI<br />
1975 CW W6ANN 21 1999 CW A61AJ<br />
1981 CW N6ZZ 22 1993 CW 4S7/N6ZZ<br />
1985 CW N6ZZ 23 1995 Ph JT1Z<br />
1986 CW W6MKB 24 1998 Ph XX9X<br />
4 1960 Ph W9YT 25 2003 CW JA1ELY<br />
1961 CW W9YT 26 1996 Ph HS1AZ<br />
1963 CW W9EWC 27 2001 Ph T88CC<br />
5 2004 CW K1ZZ 28 1997 Ph P29AS<br />
6 1975 Ph 6D2MX 29 1997 CW VK6BAT<br />
1977 Ph XE2MX 30 1993 Ph VK9LI<br />
1980 CW XE2MX 31 1973 Ph KH6RS<br />
1983 Ph XE2SI 1974 Ph KH6RS<br />
1983 CW XE2SI 32 1990 Ph 5W1JJ<br />
1984 CW XE2MX 33 1992 CW EA9LZ<br />
7 1984 Ph TI1C 34 1989 CW SU1RR<br />
8 1970 Ph HH9DL 35 2003 Ph C5Z
1976 Ph 6Y5BF 2005 CW 9G5GJ<br />
1978 Ph VP2VER 36 1996 CW 3C5A<br />
1979 CW VP2VEQ 37 1991 CW 7Q7TT<br />
1980 Ph KP2A 38 1994 Ph 3DA0Z<br />
1985 Ph VP2VCW 39 1995 CW 3B8/N6ZZ<br />
8 2005 Ph 6Y2Z 40 2000 CW OX/N6ZZ<br />
9 1994 CW PZ5JR<br />
2006 Ph PJ2T<br />
2006 CW PZ5ZY<br />
+ SILENT KEY + Ezzat Sayed Ramadan, SU1ER passed away a few days ago. He was<br />
the President of the Egypt Amateurs Radio Assembly (EARA, Egypt's IARU<br />
national society).<br />
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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
QSL GALLERY: The large collection of QSL cards (4200+) on Les Nouvelle<br />
<strong>DX</strong>'s<br />
web site has been updated. Nine different galleries<br />
include<br />
cards for the ten Most Wanted <strong>DX</strong>CC Entities (150+ QSLs), each<br />
of<br />
the 58 deleted <strong>DX</strong>CC entities (700+ QSLs), obsolete<br />
prefixes<br />
(1800+ QSLs), Antarctic bases (600+ QSLs) & TAAF<br />
(Terres<br />
Australes and Antarctiques Francaises, 230 QSLs), the<br />
various<br />
rare French <strong>DX</strong>CC island Entities (100+ QSLs), pre-1945<br />
countries<br />
(200+ QSLs), French Departments and USA. Several cards are<br />
still<br />
needed and your participation is encouraged - please<br />
visit<br />
http://LesNouvelles<strong>DX</strong>.free.fr and send send your comments<br />
to<br />
LesNouvelles<strong>DX</strong>@free.fr [TNX F6AJA]<br />
TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are<br />
now<br />
available at<br />
http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html.<br />
Please send your scores, as well as any request for<br />
further<br />
information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@ari.it)<br />
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******* QSL INFO ********<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
===================================================================<br />
CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />
===================================================================<br />
3B8/RX3DD RX3DD FS5KA W3HNK R80PK UA3PM<br />
3W9R OK1JN GB0ANT M3ZYZ RA1QY/1 RA1QY
4J15TX 4J4K GB4IPY M3ZYZ RD1AC RA1ARI<br />
4L1DA W7LPF GB6OTR G3LHJ RK2FWA DK4VW<br />
4L1MA ON4RU HB9ICE HB9BHY RN1CW/1 RN1CW<br />
4O1A YU1EXY HC1MD K8LJG S92FM CT1HHP<br />
4S7PAG F5PAC HC2SL EA5KB SB300L SM7CRW<br />
4U1UN HB9BOU HG6PUSKAS HA6ZQ SC5L SM5XSH<br />
5R8GZ G3SWH HI3/IK4QJF IK4QJF SN150BP SP6ZDA<br />
5R8VB UA4WHX HI3C ON4IQ ST2A T93Y<br />
5W0RE HA8IB HI3HN OE7NHT SV0XAO DJ5JH<br />
6H1L WA3HUP HK1/AC8W AC8W SV5/DJ7RJ DJ7RJ<br />
6H1XR XE1XR HK1/K8DD K8DD T88CA 7N4GHH<br />
6I2EX XE2EX HK1FGI EA5KB T88RA JH1RMH<br />
6I2MVS XE2MVS HL1VAU/4 HL1VAU TI4CF W3HNK<br />
6I2MX K6VNX HQ2R EA4URE TM0ANT F6KDF<br />
6M22 DS2TXG IA0IPY I0YKN TM0TAF F4TTR<br />
6Y0B W2GB IA2IPY I2MQP TM1ANT F5SIH<br />
6Y1V OH3RB IA3IPY I3XMQ TM2ANT F4DNW<br />
7X5ST 7X2LS IA6IPY IZ6GSQ TM3ANT F5PFP<br />
8J8WSC JE8KQR IA8IPY IK8WEJ TM4ANT F6BFH<br />
9A60K 9A7K II0ANT I0NZK TM5ANT F5NOD<br />
9A950JB 9A3JB II1ANT IZ1GJK TM5TAF F6AXX<br />
9G1AA PA3ERA II1MNA IZ1GJK TM5Z F5RMY<br />
9J2BO G3TEV II2ANT I2JJR TM6X F5VHY<br />
9J2CA G3SWH II4ANT IK4QIB TM8ANT F8DVD<br />
9U0X DJ6SI II5ANT IZ5BTC TM8WAP F5XL<br />
9U9Z DJ9ZB II8ANT IZ8GGF TO6T F6HMQ<br />
A61AB IZ8CLM IO0ANT I0YKN TU2/F5LDY F1CGN<br />
A61AS YO3FRI IO2ANT I8YGZ U4MIR RN3DK<br />
AP2NK W3HNK IO8IAA IK8WEJ UA1CIO/1 UA1CIO<br />
BP100S BX4AN IP7IPY IZ7AUH UA1ONY RZ3EC<br />
C31CT EA3QS IR0ANT I0YKN UE1RDO UA1RJ<br />
C56YK ON7YK IR1ANT I1HYW UE3YAR RV3YR<br />
C6ANM WA2IYO IR2ANT IK2DUW UE6ANT UA6HPR<br />
C98APE CT1APE IR4ICE IZ4DPV UK8FF W3HNK<br />
C98GLO CT2GLO IR7ANT IZ7AUH UN7MMM EA7FTR<br />
CN2WW EA7FTR IR8ANT I8ACB V26H KU4BP<br />
CN3A I2WIJ IU0ANT IZ0BTV V49A V44NK<br />
CN8PA EA7FTR IU2ANT IK2QPR VA3ANTA VE3XN<br />
CO6WD W0SA IU7ANT IK7JWY VA7ANTA VE7IG<br />
CT8CNE CT1DJE IU8ANT I8QJU VK1AA/2 VK1AA<br />
CT8CNE CT1DJE J7OJ KU9C VK9DNX DJ2MX<br />
CT9L DJ6QT J88DR G3TBK VP2E N5AU<br />
CX2AQ EA5KB JW1MFA LA1MFA VP2EST KT8Y<br />
D60VB UA4WHX K4A K6EID VP2MTE G3SWH<br />
DB150HZ DL7UGO K4Z/ANT W4DKS VP8DJU K9PET<br />
DH150HZ DL5KUA K9A/ANT K9PPY VP8DJV W3ASA<br />
DK150HZ DH2ES KL2R N1TX VP8DKG W3WKP<br />
DQ50SAAR DO7VLR LR2F LU2FA VY0ICE/VE2 VE2TKH<br />
DR150HZ DL3PS LX2007D LX1KC WP2Z KU9C<br />
DR2007ANT DH8BM LX2007G LX1KC XF2K N6AWD<br />
DS2GOO/4 DS2GOO LX2007L LX1KC XV9SW SM5MX<br />
DS4NYE/4 DS4NYE LX7I LX2A YI9CC/5 OK1DOT<br />
DU3NXE W3HNK LZ04ANT LZ3SM YI9TU N2OO<br />
EA8/OH4NL OH2BYS N5T/ANT W5BOS YQ2ANT YO2BP<br />
EA8OM DJ1OJ OM7M OM3PA Z36A DJ0LZ<br />
EE5E EA5RS P40A WD9DZV ZA/Z35M Z35M<br />
EE7CAV EC7DND P40W N2MM ZB2/4O3AL EB7AEY<br />
EF8M RX3DU P49Y AE6Y ZD8QD K4QD<br />
EK8WA SP9ERV PJ2/N8LGP W8TTS ZD8WX W4WX<br />
EN20EXD US4EXD PJ2T N9AG ZF2AH W6VNR<br />
FK8AH W3HNK PJ4/K2NG WA2NHA ZF2LC W2SM<br />
FM1II K3PD PJ4A K4BAI ZF2UL K3UL
FM5BH W3HNK PJ7/PY1WAS PY2AA ZK2PR JJ8DEN<br />
FM5JC F5CWU PJ7TM K2GSJ ZK3RE HA8IB<br />
FR/TU5KG F4EFI R1FJT UA4RC ZL4IR W8WC<br />
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******* ADDRESSES *******<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
DJ2MX Mario Lovric, Kampenwandstrasse 13, 81671 Muenchen, Germany<br />
G3LHJ Derrick Webber, 43 Lime Tree Walk, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 4LF,<br />
England, UK<br />
HA8IB Szabo Karoly, Aradi u. 42, H-5525 Fuzesgyarmat, Hungary<br />
K8LJG John C. Kroll, 3528 Craig Drive, Flint, MI 48506, USA<br />
K9PPY James Model, 749 Willow St., Itasca, Illinois 60143, USA<br />
N6AWD Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr, Bakersfield CA 93309, USA<br />
ON7YK Andre Bourdon, Schotenhofdreef 18, B-2900 Schoten, AN, Belgium<br />
RW3RN Alex Kuznetsov, P.O. Box 80, Tambov, 392000, Russia<br />
SM5XSH Martin Bjorkman, Hogasvagen 209, 741 41 Knivsta, Sweden<br />
V51AS Frank Steinhauser, Schlossstr. 68A, 82140 Olching, Germany<br />
VK1AA Nick Hacko, P.O. Box 900, Spit Junction 2088, NSW, Australia<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3D2 - Len/UR3HR, Sergey/UR7HTX, Max/UR7HTZ, Alex/UT5UY and Alex/UX0LL<br />
will<br />
be active from the Fiji Islands as follows:<br />
27 April-3 May 3D2AP, 3D2TZ, 3D2UY Taveuni Island (OC-016)<br />
3-7 May 3D2RI Yanuca Island (OC-189)<br />
The Ringgold Islands (OC-189) were activated for the first and<br />
so<br />
far only time by 3D2CK (I4LCK) back in 1993. Plans are to<br />
operate<br />
CW, SSB and digital modes on or around the following frequencies:<br />
Band CW SSB Digital<br />
--------------------------------------<br />
160m 1820 1845 -<br />
80m 3530 3775 -<br />
40m 7020 7075 7035<br />
30m 10120 - 10145<br />
20m 14015 14260/14215 14090<br />
17m 18095 18135 18100<br />
15m 21015 21260/21280 21090<br />
12m 24905 24955 24925<br />
10m 28015 28460/28495 28120<br />
6m 50100 50115 50110<br />
QSL 3D2RI via UR3HR, direct (Leonid Babich, P. O. Box 55,<br />
Poltava,<br />
36000 Ukraine) or bureau; QSL 3D2UY via UT5UY, QSL 3D2AP via<br />
UX0LL,<br />
QSL 3D2TZ via UR7HTZ. The pilot station for this operation will<br />
be<br />
Andy, UU0JM (3d2ri@ukr.net). Further information can be found<br />
at<br />
http://www.3d2.dxer.com.ua<br />
3DA - ON4AEO, ON7BK, ZS6VWD and ZS6EMH will be active as 3DA0FC<br />
from<br />
Swaziland on 5-9 April. QSL via ON4CJK, direct or bureau.<br />
Further<br />
information at http://www.3da0fc.be and<br />
Next bulletin<br />
Bulletins' Index
http://www.filipstattooshop.be/swaziland [TNX ON4AEO]<br />
9M4 - The MARTS (Malaysian Amateur Radio Transmitter's Society)<br />
Penang<br />
Contest Team will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as<br />
9M4<strong>DX</strong>X<br />
from the QTH of Tex, 9M2TO on Penang Island (AS-015). QSL via<br />
9M2TO.<br />
[TNX 9M2TO]<br />
BY - David, BA4DW will be active as BA4DW/7 from Xiachuan Island (AS-<br />
131)<br />
on 8-13 March. This is a holiday style operation with<br />
activity<br />
mainly on 15 and 20 metres. QSL direct via home call. [TNX BA4DW]<br />
BY - Look for BD1DRJ/7, BA4ALC/7, BD7KLO/7, BG6IQD/7 and BG7JAC/7 to<br />
be<br />
active from Weizhou Island (AS-139) on 16-19 March. They<br />
will<br />
operate SSB and CW on all bands (schedule<br />
at<br />
http://bg1drj.spaces.live.com). QSL via home calls.<br />
[TNX<br />
www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
C6 - Pete/W2GJ, Ed/K3IXD (C6AXD) and Randy/K4QO (C6AQO) will be<br />
active<br />
from Crooked Island (NA-113) on 27-30 July. They will participate<br />
in<br />
the IOTA Contest as C6APR (QSL via K3IXD); look for C6AXD and<br />
C6AQO<br />
on the WARC bands CW, SSB and RTTY and on 6 metres before and<br />
after<br />
the contest. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
EU - Special station EV5IPY is active to celebrate the participation<br />
of<br />
Belarus in the 4th International Polar Year. Operations<br />
are<br />
conducted under the aegis of the newly born Department of<br />
Polar<br />
Reasearches organized at the Byelorussian Geographic Society.<br />
QSL<br />
via bureau or direct to EW4IDP (Dmitrij Kuzneckij, P.O. Box<br />
19,<br />
230025 Grodno, Belarus). [TNX EW4IDP]<br />
GM - Dennis, M0LSB will be active as MM0LSB/P from the Inner<br />
Hebrides<br />
(EU-008) from 14 March to 2 April. He plans to go and operate SSB<br />
on<br />
10-80 metres from three different islands, namely Islay, Jura<br />
and<br />
Gigha. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
GM - MM0BHX, MM0GPZ, GM0ELP, GM0LIR, GM0NBM and GM0OQV will<br />
participate<br />
in the IOTA Contest (28-29 July) as GM0B from the Isle of<br />
Bute<br />
(EU-123). Expect them to operate SSB and CW on 10-80 metres. QSL<br />
via<br />
MM0BHX. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
GM - Dennis, M0LSB will be active as MM0LSB/P from Great Bernera in<br />
the<br />
Outer Hebrides (EU-010) on 27-29 July, IOTA Contest included.<br />
Look<br />
for him on 80-10 metres SSB. QSL via home call.<br />
[TNX
www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
H4 - Bernard, DL2GAC (H44MS) expects to be active from the<br />
Solomon<br />
Islands until 25 April. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.<br />
[TNX<br />
The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
HB0 - Dragan/9A2SX, Igor/9A3AXX, Hrle/9A6XX and Mark/9A8MM will be<br />
active<br />
as HB0/homecall from Masescha, Liechtenstein on 15-19 March.<br />
They<br />
will be active on 10-80 metres CW and SSB, and will participate<br />
in<br />
the Russian <strong>DX</strong> Contest as HB0/9A8MM. QSL via bureau. They have a<br />
web<br />
page at http://www.rkp.hr/hb0 [TNX 9A6XX]<br />
HB0 - DJ4MZ, DK4YJ, DK5TX, DK9TN and DL5RMH will operate as<br />
HB0/homecall<br />
from Liechtenstein on 16-19 March. They will participate in<br />
the<br />
Russian <strong>DX</strong> Contest as HB0/DK4YJ (Multi/2). All of the QSOs will<br />
be<br />
confirmed automatically via the bureau; direct cards via home<br />
call.<br />
Further information can be found at www.dk9tn.de/hb0 [TNX DK9TN]<br />
HH - Jan, K4QD will operate as HH4/K4QD from the NW Haiti<br />
Christian<br />
Mission on 19-30 March. Operations will be on 80-10 metres CW<br />
and<br />
SSB. QSL via home call (direct, LOTW or bureau). [TNX K4QD]<br />
I - Ampelio/IK3JBP, Calogero/IW3ILP and Andrea/IK3MZS will operate<br />
from<br />
the lighthouse at Porto Garibaldi (WAIL ER-005, ARLHS ITA-116) on<br />
10<br />
March. [TNX IK3MZS]<br />
I - Special stations II0IDP (QSL via IS0S<strong>DX</strong>), II0IGU (QSL via<br />
IK0JFS),<br />
II1ICS (QSL via I1SAF), II7ICT (QSL via IZ7AUH), II9ICF (QSL<br />
via<br />
IT9MRM) and II9IGJ (QSL via IT9MRM) - all representing former<br />
coast<br />
radio stations of the Italian Navy - will be active from 17 March<br />
to<br />
1 April for the the Italian Navy Coastal Radio Stations Award<br />
(see<br />
http://digilander.libero.it/assoradiomarinai/coastal/home.htm<br />
or<br />
contact the Award Manager, Alberto Mattei,<br />
IT9MRM:<br />
it9mrm@libero.it). [TNX IT9MRM]<br />
J5 - Jack, F6BUM says he will operate SSB, CW and digital modes (SSTV<br />
on<br />
request) during his 14-27 March activity as J5BI from Bubaque<br />
Island<br />
(AF-020) [[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 821]. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.<br />
JT - Andrea, IK1PMR and Claudia, K2LEO/IZ1GLO will be joining the<br />
JT1Y<br />
expedition to Mongolia organized by I0SNY (14 April-3 May)<br />
[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N<br />
821]. Andrea and Claudia will operate CW and RTTY from Ulaan<br />
Bator<br />
for about 12 days. QSL via I0SNY. [TNX IK1PMR]<br />
PA - A group of operators from Antwerp will be active as PA/ON4OSA
from<br />
Schouwen-Duiveland (EU-146, ARLHS NET-029) on 7-14 April.<br />
[TNX<br />
ON7DS]<br />
ST - Slavko, S57<strong>DX</strong> is still active mainly on CW as ST2R from Sudan,<br />
and<br />
will remain there through 20 April. He has made about 9500 QSOs<br />
so<br />
far, many of them on the low and WARC bands. QSL via home<br />
call,<br />
direct or bureau. He expects to process and mail out direct cards<br />
in<br />
late May; requests with expired IRCs or without return postage<br />
will<br />
be sent via the bureau. [TNX S57<strong>DX</strong>]<br />
TF - Kent, SM5ELV will operate as TF7/SM5ELV from Heimaey<br />
Island<br />
(EU-071), Iceland on 10-13 June. He will be active on as many<br />
bands<br />
and modes as possible with 100 watts, a vertical antenna and maybe<br />
a<br />
dipole. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
V2 - Nigel, G3TXF (V25XF) is on Antigua (NA-100) for the BERU Contest.<br />
He<br />
arrived on 8 March and will be leaving on Monday morning. QSL<br />
via<br />
home call. His web site is at http://www.g3txf.com/<br />
V2 - Mark, W9OP and Bob, W4OWY will be active - probably as V25OP<br />
and<br />
V25WY respectively - from Antigua (NA-100) on 19-25 March. They<br />
will<br />
operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 160-10 metres. QSL via home calls.<br />
[TNX<br />
NG3K]<br />
V3 - K4VU and K0LAA will operate as V31RG from Belize on 21-28 March,<br />
CQ<br />
WW WPX SSB Contest included. Look for CW, PSK and RTTY outside<br />
the<br />
contest weekend. QSL to K4VU. [TNX K4VU]<br />
V7 - Keisuke, JK1QLR will be active as V73KN from Majuro Island (OC-<br />
029),<br />
Marshall Islands on 16-22 March. QSL via JK1QLR, direct or<br />
bureau.<br />
[TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
VK - Babs, DL7AFS (VK6LB) and Lot, DJ7ZG (VK6ZG) are currently<br />
active<br />
from Kangaroo Island, reportedly until 12 March. They will<br />
be<br />
touring Australia through the end of the month and more<br />
IOTA<br />
activities are possibile, depending on local conditions. QSL<br />
via<br />
DL7AFS.<br />
W - Look for Wade, AA8LL/4 to be active from Cedar Key (NA-076) on 9-<br />
13<br />
March. He plans to operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 40-10 metres with<br />
100<br />
watts and wire antennas. QSL via AA8LL (direct, bureau or<br />
LOTW).<br />
[TNX AA8LL]<br />
W - The Mid Florida <strong>DX</strong> Association (http://www.w4fdx.com/) will<br />
operate
as N2D ("Now 2 Dan", in memory of founder and first club<br />
President<br />
Dan Manfre , W2NDP, who became a Silent Key in August 2006)<br />
from<br />
Honeymoon Island (NA-034) on 17 March. Expect activity from 13<br />
UTC<br />
until 19 UTC on 14260 or 21260. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
ZL7 - Yoshi, JJ8DEN is currently active as ZL7/KH0PR from the<br />
Chatham<br />
Islands (OC-038) until 13 March. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]<br />
IOTA TRIP ---> Simon, IZ7ATN reports he is leaving on an IOTA trip to Chile<br />
and Peru. He plans to be active as CE4/IZ7ATN/p from Pupuya Island in the<br />
O'Higgins/Maule Region Group (SA-095, new one) around 15 March and as<br />
OA6/IZ7ATN/p from an island in the Arequipa/Moquegua/Tacna Department Group<br />
(SA-098, new one) around 20-22 March. He will concentrate on 20 and 17 metres<br />
SSB, plus 15 and 10 metres if the bands are open and 40 metres if he can have<br />
a decent antenna. QSL via home call.<br />
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (February 2007) is now available<br />
at http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/monthly/index.html. Articles and pictures should<br />
be sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).<br />
BS7H ---> In its latest press release, dated 2 March, the BS7H team announced<br />
a third easy way to support the late April expediton to Scarborough Reef.<br />
Through the assistance of the Mediterraneo <strong>DX</strong> Club, their website<br />
(http://www.mdxc.org/bs7h/) can accept Paypal donations in Euros. This is in<br />
addition to the US Paypal system on the main BS7H site and the two collection<br />
points in America (Paul Pescitelli, K4UJ) and Germany (Markus Dornach,<br />
DL9RCF) for mail in donations. Full details can be found at<br />
http://www.bs7h.com/: "as we enter the 60 day window for our activation of<br />
the number one country on the <strong>DX</strong>CC list", the BS7H team says, "your support<br />
is now more vital than ever".<br />
LOW BANDS PERMIT (THAILAND) ---> HF operators in Thailand are authorized to<br />
use 80 and 160 metres during contests through 31 December 2007 (this is in<br />
addition to the 40, 20, 15, and 10m regular permits). They can transmit on<br />
1800-1825 and 3500-3536 kHz on both SSB and CW (receive splits permitted).<br />
They are not allowed to operate on 6, 12, 17 or 30 metres, unless a special<br />
permission is granted. [TNX HS0ZCW]<br />
QSL T88CA ---> Please note that this callsign has been reissued. Hide, JM1LJS<br />
reports it was issued on 23 January 2007 to operator Atsuro Ono, who was<br />
active from Koror between 28 February and 5 March. QSL this activity via<br />
7N4GHH. The QSL route for QSOs made with T88CA (operator Norio Ogawa, JK1BKB)<br />
in 2006 is via WB6Z (direct).<br />
QSL UE1OTA/P ---> UE1OTA/p was active on 4 March from Kumbysh Island (EU-153,<br />
RR-02-42). The QSL route is via RZ1OA, and direct cards should be sent to his<br />
new address: Vlad Sadakov, P.O. Box 48, Arkhangelsk, 163045, Russia. Vlad is<br />
the QSL manager also for 4K3/RZ1OA, 4K3/UA1OLM, RK1OWA/p, RZ1OA/a, RZ1OA/p,<br />
UA1OLM/a, UA1OLM/p and UE1OTA (operations from EU-066, EU-119, EU-153, and<br />
several different RRA islands and RDA districts). [TNX RZ1OA]<br />
VISALIA TOPBANDERS' <strong>DX</strong> DINNER ---> The Topbanders' <strong>DX</strong> Dinner will take place
on Friday, 27 April at 6:30 PM in the banquet room at the Sizzler Steak<br />
House, 2121 W. Caldwell Ave. in Visalia, CA during the International <strong>DX</strong><br />
Convention there (http://www.dxconvention.org). To ensure adequate seating if<br />
you plan to attend, please contact Earl W Cunningham, K6SE (k6se@juno.com).<br />
[TNX K6SE]<br />
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8/LA7MFA, 3D2CX, 3D2WW, 3V6T,<br />
3V8BB, 3XD2Z, 3XM6JR, 4H1LC (OC-244), 4O3T, 4U1UN, 4W6AAB, 4X6ZM, 5A7A,<br />
5H1HW, 5H3AA, 5V7SE, 5W0CX, 7X0RY, 7Z1SJ, 8Q7DV, 9A/HA5BWW/p, 9G5UR, 9Q1D,<br />
9Q1EK, A35LS, A35TN (OC-049), A35TN/N (OC-191), A35TN/V (OC-064), A61Q,<br />
A71EM, BX5AA, C56X, C6APG, C6ARI (NA-219),CE0Y/JK1FNL, CE0ZIS, CM6RCR, CN2ZR,<br />
CP4BT, CX9AU, D2<strong>DX</strong>, D90HE/2 (AS-105), DU3NXE, E51P<strong>DX</strong>, E51PEN, E51QMA, E51YAQ,<br />
ER/RW3AH, ER570C, ES7/W5WW, FK/KF4TUG (OC-079), FO/KM9D (OC-114), FS/WY3P,<br />
FW8AA, GX8LED/p, HA100RADIO, HI3TEJ, HI8RV, HK1/AC8W, HP3XBH, HQ9F, HR1RTF,<br />
HR2DMR, HS0T, HZ1FS, JA7NI, K4VAC (NA-083), KH8/JA7GAX/M (OC-077), KH8Q,<br />
KL1V, KM9D/KH8 (OC-200), KN5G/FS, LQ0D (SA-021), LU/R1ANF, LY2IJ, MJ/K8PT,<br />
OD5NH, OH0PM, OH0R, OY3QN, P40Z, PJ4/KU8E, PZ5C/p, PZ5RA, R1ANF, ST2BF,<br />
SV8/G4ELZ/p (EU-075), SV8/SP6GVU (EU-174), SY8GE, T30XX, T32MO (OC-084),<br />
TU2/F5LDY, TZ5A, UN3M, UN7AM, V6T1, VP9/K9CC, VQ9LA, VU4AN/VU3RYJ,<br />
WA2USA/5(NA-168), XE1RCS, XE3ARV, XF4DL (NA-030), XF4K (NA-115), XQ1KY,<br />
XV2LC, YI9KT, YI9TU, YJ0A<strong>DX</strong>, YS3/I2JIN, YU6AO, YV5MBX, YV7QP (SA-012), YX0A,<br />
YX0LIX, Z36W, ZD7BG, ZD7FT, ZD8QD, ZD8WX, ZF2AM, ZL8R, ZP6CW.<br />
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5W - The Swains island team has cancelled the 16-19 April operation<br />
from<br />
Tokelau [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 825] and has rescheduled 5W5AA to be active<br />
from<br />
Samoa on 17-24 April. N8S (Swains Island) is still confirmed to<br />
take<br />
place on 4-15 April. [TNX YZ1EW]<br />
C5 - Once again Darren, G0TSM will be on holiday in The Gambia on 20-<br />
27<br />
March. He will operate CW and SSB on 160-6 metres as C52T, and<br />
will<br />
take part in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL via home call.<br />
[TNX<br />
G0TSM]<br />
C6 - Foster, W1CGT will be active as C6AWN from the islands of<br />
South<br />
Andros (NA-001) and New Providence (NA-001), Bahamas on 19-26<br />
March.<br />
He will be on 40 and 20 metres for sure, maybe other bands as<br />
well.<br />
QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
F - F5IRC, F5THW, F5UBH and F4CTJ will be active as TM5CI from<br />
Chausey<br />
Island (EU-039) on 22-25 March. They plan to operate SSB, CW,<br />
RTTY<br />
and PSK31 on 80, 40 and 20 metres. QSL via F5UBH. [TNX F5NQL<br />
and<br />
F8REF]<br />
J7 - Bob, WB2NVR (J79RS) and Mike, WA2VQW (J79VQ) will be active<br />
from<br />
Dominica starting on 21 March for six days. They will participate<br />
in<br />
the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as J75RZ (QSL via W2RZS, direct or<br />
bureau)<br />
and will concentrate on the low bands before and after the<br />
WPX<br />
Next bulletin<br />
Bulletins' Index
event. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />
JA - Look for Kenji, JA4GXS/4 to be active from Ohzu Island (AS-117,<br />
JIIA<br />
AS-117-110), Yamaguchi Prefecture on 17 March. He plans to<br />
operate<br />
CW on the HF bands. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.<br />
[TNX<br />
JI6KVR]<br />
OD - Salvo, IV3YIM is working in Lebanon until 30 April. He is active<br />
as<br />
OD5/IV3YIM, usually on 40 metres SSB after 19 UTC. QSL via<br />
home<br />
call, direct or bureau. [TNX IT9YMM]<br />
OH0 - Toni, OH2UA and Martti, OH2BH will activate OH0B from the<br />
Aland<br />
Islands in the Russian <strong>DX</strong> Contest (17-18 March). Besides taking<br />
part<br />
in the Contest, they will provide QSOs on WARC bands. QSL via<br />
OH2BH.<br />
[TNX OH2BN]<br />
OZ - Mike, DK5NA will be active as OZ/DK5NA from Romo Island (EU-125)<br />
on<br />
18-30 March. He will operate CW on 160-40 metres. QSL via home<br />
call.<br />
[TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
PY - PY3CQ, PY3KN, PY3NZ and PY3FOX, from the Amateur Radio<br />
Scouting<br />
Association Baependi (PY3UEB) will be active as PP5/homecall/LH<br />
from<br />
Santa Marta Light (ARLHS BRA-187) on 17-20 March. QSL via<br />
home<br />
calls, direct or bureau. [TNX PY3CQ]<br />
SM - SG60RK (SG Six Zero RK) will be aired from Gotland Island (EU-<br />
020)<br />
until the end of year to celebrate the 60th anniversary of<br />
Gotlands<br />
Radioamatorklubb (SK1BL). All of the QSOs will be<br />
confirmed<br />
automatically via the bureau. [TNX SM1TDE]<br />
YI - Iraq Amateur Radio Society (IARS) President Diya Sayah,<br />
YI1DZ<br />
reports that all amateur radio activity in Iraq - by either<br />
Iraqi<br />
citizens and foreigners - has been suspended until the<br />
security<br />
situation there improves. The request to halt all ham radio<br />
activity<br />
and the issuance of licenses in Iraq originated with a letter<br />
from<br />
the Iraqi Ministry of Defense to Iraqi Prime Minister as part of<br />
a<br />
new security plan. [TNX ARRL]<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
BELARUS ---> Vladimir Sidorov, EU1SA reports that amateur radio operators<br />
from Belarus are now allowed to use EV#x contest callsigns in addition to<br />
their ordinary call. The following callsigns were recently issued: EV1R<br />
(EU1PA), EV2A (EW2AA), EV2M (EW1CQ) and EV7E (EW7EW).<br />
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! ---> 17 March 2007 marks the 10 year anniversary of the<br />
inaugural issue of The Daily <strong>DX</strong>, edited and published by Bernie McClenny,<br />
W3UR. Full information on this first class <strong>DX</strong> bulletin can be found at<br />
http://www.dailydx.com/<br />
QSL II7ICT ---> Alberto (IT9MRM) apologizes for the mistake and says that the<br />
correct QSL route for II7ICT is via IZ7EDQ (not IZ7AUH, <strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N #827).<br />
QSL J20MM & J20RR ---> Silvano, I2YSB reports that all of the direct requests<br />
received so far (2,300+) have been processed and mailed.<br />
SWL CATEGORY ---> Dan Rolla, I1-12387/IW1QLA has compiled a list of 44<br />
contests for licenced amateurs that also include the SWL category. It can be<br />
found at http://www.mdxc.org/swl/contests.html and it will be updated on a<br />
regular basis.<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
===================================================================<br />
CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />
===================================================================<br />
3DA0AM EI7CC D60VB UA4WHX R0UPOL F8DVD<br />
3DA0DJ EI7CC DP0GVN DL5EBE RA9LI/9 UA9LP<br />
3DA0GI EI7CC DR400PG DM3ZF RK1G RZ3LC<br />
3DA0GV EI7CC E51PJT G3PJT RW0AJ W3HNK<br />
3DA0PB EI7CC EK6LP IK2DUW RX9UL/8 RV3ACA<br />
3DA0PM EI7CC EK6TA DJ0MCZ SC300VL SK6HD<br />
3DA0RH EI7CC EV5IPY EW4IDP SE50A SM4AIO<br />
3XD2Z RW3AZ EX2M W3HNK SI9AM SM3CVM<br />
3XM6JR UA6JR EX2X EA5KB ST2R S57<strong>DX</strong><br />
4K0CW DL6KVA EY8AW DJ1MM SU0ARA DL1BDF (a)<br />
4K9W DL6KVA FK8GX W3HNK SU0FEC pirate<br />
4L4CC RV1CC GP0STH G4DIY SU8DLH DK2CL<br />
4L8A DJ1CW H44MS DL2GAC SU9FL WD9DZV<br />
5I3A UA9XC H7A TI4SU T33AA pirate<br />
5R8FL G3SWH HC1MD/HD7 K8LJG T88ME 7N1RTO<br />
5R8VB UA4WHX HD2A EA5KB TC0<strong>DX</strong> OK2GZ<br />
5T3TN RW3TN HF40PAZ SP6DVP TG9AKH OK1DOT<br />
5V7SE IK3GES HF50IU SP2IU TK5XN F2YT<br />
5W0RE HA8IB HF50OP SP6ZJP TL8QC F5NRY<br />
5W1VE DL9HCU HG3IPA HA3JB TM3CY F5KMB<br />
6H1IM XE1IM HI9CF DL4NCF TM4IPY F8DVD<br />
6V7E RW3TN HK6K EA5KB TM4ORE F6KFW<br />
6W/DL6CT DL6CT HP3XBH W4WX TM5P F4ELJ<br />
6W/DL7CM DL7CM HU1X YT1AD TO5A F5VHJ<br />
6W/DM2AYO DM2AYO HV0A IK0FVC TR8CA F6CBC<br />
6W1SA F4BIT IA4IPY IK4QIB TT8FC EA4AHK<br />
6W1SE JR2KDN IA7IPY IK7JWY UA0AZ W3HNK<br />
6W2SC HA3AUI II7ARI IQ7MU UE0SZB RZ0SB<br />
6Y1ND K6ND J5BI F6BUM UE1SNA/P RA1QQ
7X0MT F5MSR J5UAP HA3AUI V25XF G3TXF<br />
7X2EB EA7FTR J5UAR DL7CM V31JP KA9WON<br />
8J3YAGI JA3YKC J70SWD SM0CCM V31LG W9GL<br />
8P1A NN1N J79XBI SM0FWW V85NL JA4ENL<br />
8P2K KU9C J8/W0AW W0AW VK6ARI VK6NE<br />
8P9JG NN1N JW/IN3SAU IN3SAU VK6LB/5 DL7AFS<br />
8R1AK/P 8R1AK K4V WA4PGM VK6ZG/5 DL7AFS<br />
9H9JR DJ0QJ K5I W5MPC VP2EBY HB9BYL<br />
9L1DIR EA4URE KH7X K2PF VP2ERT HB9TRT<br />
9M4S<strong>DX</strong> 9M2TO KP3A W3HNK VP5H W0GJ<br />
9M6BRC 9M6ST LA2SKIWC LA2D VP8KF G3VPW<br />
9M6<strong>DX</strong>X M5AAV LZ07IPY LZ3SM W4V NW4V<br />
9M6XRO M5AAV LZ129LO LZ1KZA WP2Z KU9C<br />
9Q5MO pirate LZ2007EU LZ1BJ WP3C W3HNK<br />
A61NT ON5NT MJ0ASP F5SHQ XT2SE IK3GES<br />
A61TX W4JS N4V KT4U XU7DFM JA3DFM<br />
AA8LL/4 AA8LL OD5/IV3YIM IV3YIM XU7EGZ JA3EGZ<br />
AH7ZA W8QZA OE4A OE1EMS XU7PPH JA3EGZ<br />
BA4DW/7 BA4DW ON60EKO ON4EKO XU7TZG ON7PP<br />
CE/LU1FAM AC7<strong>DX</strong> ON60HRT ON4HRT YB0ECT K3AIR<br />
CE1/K7CA NW7O OQ5M ON5ZO YB1AQV N2KFC<br />
CE4CT EA5KB OR7A ON7CK YI9E WU5E<br />
CN8KD EA5XX OR7Y ON7YX YI9GT SP3GTS<br />
CN8NK EA5XX OX3PG WA0SMQ YM0<strong>DX</strong> OK2GZ<br />
CN8YE EA7FTR OY4TN ON5UR ZA/UT7DW DK6CW<br />
CN8YZ EA7FTR P3J 5B4AHJ ZD8I G4LTI<br />
CO2NB EA5KB P40LE K2LE ZD9BCB SQ8AQD<br />
CO6XN N3ZOM P49MR VE3MR ZL7/KH0PR JJ8DEN<br />
CU1CB EA5KB PJ4G WA2NHA ZL9B pirate<br />
CU2A OH2BH PJ5NA K1NA ZP0R W3HNK<br />
D2EEX CT1EEX PJ7B W8EB ZS6CCY K3PD<br />
(a) 3-12 March 2007<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
8R1AK Esmond Jones, P.O. Box 10868, Georgetown, Guyana<br />
9M2TO Tex Izumo, 2C-10-03 Mutiara Apt., Jln. Sungai Emas, 11100 Batu<br />
Ferringhi, Penang, Malaysia<br />
BG7IXG Yang Weiwen, P.O. Box 599, Foshan GD 528000, China<br />
DL2GAC Bernhard Stefan, Moeggenweiler Str.18, 88677 Markdorf, Germany<br />
DL6CT Manuel Kinschus, Seestr. 11, 15848 Herzberg, Germany<br />
DL7CM Hans-Rainer Uebel, Hartmannsdorfer Chaussee 3, 15528 Spreenhagen,<br />
Germany<br />
DM2AYO Siegfried Blechschmidt, Brassenpfad 66, 12557 Berlin - Koepenick,<br />
Germany<br />
EI7CC Peter Ball, 21 Doonamana Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland<br />
EW4IDP Dmitrij Kuzneckij, P.O. Box 19, 230025 Grodno, Belarus<br />
F5NRY Christian Quintin, 89 Avenue du General de Gaulle, Villa Sigurd,<br />
F-44380 Pornichet, France<br />
HA3JB Kutasi Gabor, P.O. Box 243, H-8601 Siofok, Hungary<br />
IV3YIM Salvo Vitale, P.O. Box 52, 34170 Gorizia - GO, Italy<br />
JA4GXS Kenji Sasaki, 2-15 Ishikannon-cyo, Yamaguchi-City, 753-0038 Japan<br />
JJ8DEN Yoshitake Izumi, Minami-24-7, Nishi-1, Obihiro-City, Hokkaido<br />
080-0011, Japan
N2D Mid Florida <strong>DX</strong> Association, P.O. Box 341471, Tampa, FL 33694-1471,<br />
USA<br />
OK2GZ Jaroslav Kelar, Generala Svobody 1200, Unicov 783 91, Czech Republic<br />
RZ1OA Vlad Sadakov, P.O. Box 48, Arkhangelsk, 163045, Russia<br />
S57<strong>DX</strong> Slavko Celarc, Ob Igriscu 8, 1360 Vrhnika, Slovenia<br />
SQ8AQD Stan, P.O. Box 8, 38-600 Lesko, Poland<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3B6 - The Polish expedition to Agalega (3B6/SP9MRO and 3B6/SP9PT) has<br />
been<br />
rescheduled to take place between 6 and 18 June, provided that<br />
the<br />
team can get permissions and licence and can find the right<br />
ship.<br />
Updates will be posted at http://3b6.godx.eu/ [TNX SP9MRO]<br />
3B8 - Mart, DL6UAA will be active again as 3B8MM from Mauritius (AF-<br />
049)<br />
starting on 5 April for a few weeks. He will operate mostly CW,<br />
but<br />
will also give SSTV a try (14230 kHz). QSL via home call, direct<br />
or<br />
bureau. His web site is at http://www.dl6uaa.de/indexa.html<br />
[TNX<br />
W1AW]<br />
5H - Sigfrido, 7Q7RS will be working for one year in Tanzania and<br />
is<br />
currently active as 5H/7Q7RS while awaiting a 5H callsign to<br />
be<br />
issued to him. QSL via IT9YVO.<br />
6Y - Frank, K3TRM (http://www.k3trm.com/) will be active as<br />
K3TRM/6Y5<br />
from Jamaica (NA-097) from 31 March to 9 April. He plans to<br />
operate<br />
on 80-10 metres SSB, RTTY, PSK31 with some CW. QSL via home<br />
call,<br />
direct or bureau. [TNX K3TRM]<br />
7P - ZS1RA, ZS1ZL, ZS1APB, ZS1ROY and ZS1FJ will be active from<br />
Lesotho<br />
between 5 and 12 April. They will operate (requested callsign<br />
7P8<strong>DX</strong>)<br />
from the north border escarpment of the Drakensburg Range<br />
(3,000<br />
metres a.s.l.). Plans are to operate with yagis, V-beams<br />
and<br />
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hopefully three stations on the air at the same time. [TNX ZS1FJ]<br />
9Q - Georges, 9Q1EK has been active on 160 metres since 21 January,<br />
but<br />
he has made only 257 QSOs so far, because of the strong QRN. He<br />
runs<br />
500 watts into an Inverted L. In a few days time he will be<br />
active<br />
also on 6 metres, with 200 watts and a 3-element yagi fixed<br />
on<br />
Europe. QSL via SM5DQC<br />
9M6 - Peter, DJ8XW and Heinz, DL2QT are active from the 9M6AAC<br />
station<br />
until 30 March, CQ WPX SSB Contest included. QSL this operation<br />
only<br />
via DL2QT, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
A2 - Frosty, K5LBU is organizing a <strong>DX</strong>pedition to Botswana, which<br />
is<br />
scheduled to take place between 5 and 21 July. There are<br />
four<br />
operators so far, and Frosty would like to find at least two more<br />
to<br />
join the team. Please contact him at frosty1@pdq.net if interested.<br />
A5 - Kunio Saito, JA8VE will be working in Bhutan from April<br />
through<br />
March 2009. He will operate as A52VE on all bands SSB, digital<br />
modes<br />
and some CW, with 100 watts, inverted V or dipole and maybe a<br />
Spider<br />
beam. QSL via JF1OCQ. [TNX JF1OCQ]<br />
CE - Simon, IZ7ATN has had to change his plans [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 827], as<br />
bad<br />
weather and rough seas prevented him from going and operate<br />
from<br />
Pupuya Island (SA-095). After operating as OA6/IZ7ATN/p from<br />
Isla<br />
Blanca (SA-098) on 20-21 March, he now expects to return to<br />
Chile<br />
for a second attempt to activate Pupuya sometime between 23 and<br />
27<br />
March.<br />
CU - Pedro, EA1FCH will operate as CU2/EA1FCH from Sao Miguel (EU-<br />
003),<br />
Azores from 27 July to 5 August. He plans to concentrate on the<br />
low<br />
and WARC bands CW and digital modes. QSL via home call, direct<br />
or<br />
bureau. [TNX EA1FCH]<br />
ER - Andy, RW3AH says he will be active as ER/RW3AH from Moldova from<br />
23<br />
March to 12 April. He will pay special attention to 160 and<br />
80<br />
metres, as well as to 20 metres SSB and CW for novices. QSL<br />
direct<br />
(see qrz.com). Andy might be joined by Valery, RW3GW, who would<br />
be<br />
signing ER0/R7C or ER0/NA1SA on 8-12 April.<br />
F - The Council of Europe Radio Club (TP2CE) will be active on SSB,<br />
CW,<br />
RTTY and PSK from 8 UTC on 30 March until 10 UTC on 1 April.<br />
[TNX<br />
F6FQK]<br />
FT - Gildas, TU5KG (FT5XP and FT5WL) is back in the Southern
Indian<br />
Ocean. He will be sailing in the Kerguelen and Crozet areas<br />
until<br />
around mid-May, but he will only operate as /mm because he does<br />
not<br />
plan to land on the islands. QSL via F4EFI. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />
I - Look for IR8<strong>DX</strong> to be aired on 40, 20 and 17 metres SSB, CW and<br />
RTTY<br />
from Santo Janni (EU-144, IIA PZ-001) between 7 and 11 April.<br />
QSL<br />
via IK8VRH. [TNX IK8VRH]<br />
I - IT9ABY, IT9IAS, IT9TFX, IT9YMM, IW9HIK and possibily IT9BLB will be<br />
active as IE9/IQ9PA from Ustica Island (EU-051) on 13-15 April.<br />
QSL<br />
direct to IT9TQH. [TNX IT9ABY]<br />
J6 - Bill, WB5ZAM will be active as J68WI from St. Lucia (NA-108) on 1-<br />
13<br />
April. He will operate SSB and CW, with focus on 30 and possibly<br />
40<br />
metres. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />
JW - Francois, F8DVD will be active once again from Svalbard in<br />
April.<br />
Look for him to operate as JW/F8DVD from the Longyearbyen ARC<br />
on<br />
Spitsbergen Island (EU-026), Svalbard on 12-23 April. He plans to<br />
be<br />
active on all HF bands CW and SSB. QSL via home call, direct<br />
or<br />
bureau. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
OX - Special event station OX60AD (OX Sixty AD) will be active on 1-<br />
30<br />
April to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Air Force<br />
Base<br />
at Thule (Pituffik). Expect activity on 6, 10, 15, 17, 20, 40 and<br />
80<br />
metres CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL direct to OX3UR.<br />
VE - Cezar, VE3LYC and Ken, G3OCA are planning an IOTA operation<br />
from<br />
East Pen Island, VY0 (NA-231, new one) between 20 and 22 July.<br />
They<br />
are prepared to have two stations on the air operating CW and<br />
SSB<br />
from 10 to 40 metres. QSL via VE3LYC, direct or bureau (stations<br />
in<br />
the United Kingdom can QSL via G3OCA). Cezar says that East<br />
Pen<br />
Island is "the breeding place of polar bears, which<br />
brings<br />
interesting challenges to the team". [TNX VE3LYC]<br />
W - Jim, KA3UNQ operate portable from NA-031 (Aquidneck, Goat<br />
and<br />
Conanicut islands) on 7-9 April. He plans to "activate"<br />
several<br />
Rhode Island lighthouses on 40, 20 and 17 metres SSB. QSL direct<br />
to<br />
home call. [TNX KA3UNQ]<br />
YV - 4M5 <strong>DX</strong> Group (http://4m5dx.org/) members YV5WW, YV5OHW,<br />
YV5RED,<br />
YV1R<strong>DX</strong>, YV1CTE, YV5TX and YV5SSB will be active (SSB, CW and<br />
RTTY)<br />
as YW1<strong>DX</strong> from Cayo Sombrero (SA-089) on 27-30 July, IOTA<br />
Contest
included. Before and after the contest they will concentrate on<br />
the<br />
WARC bands. QSL via IT9DAA. The team is looking for<br />
sponsors/donors<br />
for this operation.<br />
CQ WW WPX SSB CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their<br />
participation in this year's event (24-25 March):<br />
3DA0EI Swaziland EI7CC<br />
3XM6JR SO Guinea UA6JR<br />
4E1P M/M Philippines bureau<br />
4L2M SOSB 20m Georgia qrz.com<br />
4L4WW SOSB 40M Georgia EA7FTR<br />
4O3B SOSB 80m Montenegro OH2BH<br />
5C5Z SOSB 20m Morocco W7ZR<br />
5C8A SOAB LP Morocco EA5XX<br />
5D5A M/S or M/2 Morocco I2WIJ<br />
6F75A SOAB HP Mexico EA5KB<br />
8J1S M/M Japan bureau<br />
8J3YAGI M/M Japan JA3YKC<br />
8P1A SOAB HP Barbados NN1N<br />
9K2HN M/? Kuwait 9K2HN<br />
9M4<strong>DX</strong>X West Malaysia 9M2TO<br />
AN8A M/2 Canary Islands EA8AH<br />
AO1O M/? Spain EA1EA<br />
AO3A M/? Spain EA3URB<br />
AO4R M/M Spain EA4TD<br />
CN2R SOSB 160 Morocco W7EJ<br />
CN5W M/S Morocco EA7FTR<br />
D44AC M/S Cape Verde D44AC<br />
D69XC SOAB LP Comoros UA9XC<br />
EC8ADW SOSB 15m Canary Islands EC8ADW<br />
ED8D SOSB 15m Canary Islands EA8BHD<br />
EF8A SOSB 20m Canary Islands EA8AUW<br />
EK0B M/? Armenia SP9ERV<br />
EY3M SOSB 20m Tajikistan qrz.com<br />
HF40PAZ Poland SP6PAZ<br />
HR2DMR SOAB HP Honduras HR2DMR<br />
J75RZ M/2 Dominica W2RZS<br />
KH6/JM3PIT Hawaii JM3PIT<br />
N0RB/KH7 SO Hawaii N0RB<br />
LX7I SOSB 20m Luxembourg LX2A<br />
LX8M M/S Luxembourg LX1ER<br />
NP3U M/M Puerto Rico WP4U<br />
P40W SOAB HP Aruba N2MM<br />
P49Y SOAB Aruba AE6Y<br />
PJ2T M/S or M/2 Neth. Antilles N9AG<br />
PS5S SO Brazil PP5MQ<br />
S65X SO Singapore 9V1QQ<br />
TA2K M/S Turkey TA2RC<br />
TM4Q M/? France F6FYA<br />
TM6M M/? France F6KHM<br />
TO5A SOAB HP Martinique F5VHJ<br />
UK8AKK Uzbekistan EA5KB<br />
V31RG SO Belize K4VU<br />
VP57V Turks & Caicos W5CW<br />
VR2C M/2 Hong Kong VR2NN<br />
W4V USA NW4V<br />
XR6T M/S Chile CE6TC<br />
YT6A SOSB 20m Montenegro<br />
YU8ALR SO Serbia YT1CS<br />
ZP0R SO Paraguay W3HNK
ZY5100SCOUT M/M Brazil PY5CA<br />
ZY7C M/S Brazil PT7WA<br />
Don't forget to give a look to the Announced Operations for this year's event<br />
maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxs2007.html<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
<strong>DX</strong>CC HONOR ROLL ---> The deadline to be shown in the next <strong>DX</strong>CC Honor Roll<br />
list is 31 March. Submissions must be postmarked 31 March 2007 for them to<br />
count for this listing. The <strong>DX</strong>CC Honor Roll list will appear in August 2007<br />
QST. There are 337 entities on the <strong>DX</strong>CC list and you must be within the<br />
numerical top 10 <strong>DX</strong>CC entities to qualify. The current minimum requirement<br />
for Honor Roll is 328 current entities (deleted entities do not count towards<br />
this level).<br />
<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS ---> The following operations have been approved for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit:<br />
<strong>DX</strong>ØJP (Spratly Islands); 9M4S<strong>DX</strong> (Spratly Islands); 9U9Z (Burundi), YWØ<strong>DX</strong><br />
(Aves Island); 1A4A (Sovereign Military Order Of Malta). [TNX NC1L]<br />
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Syl, F5TLN says he is not the QSL manager for TU5KC and<br />
has "nothing to do" with him. According to qrz.com, the QSL route is: Didier<br />
Butz, E 43 Riviera 3 BP 1691 Abidjan 18 CI, Abidjan, Ivory Coast.<br />
QSL 3V8SF ---> Antonio, IZ8CCW is the new QSL manager for 3V8SF, the Scout<br />
Radio Club station at Sfax. For the time being Antonio can confirm contacts<br />
made on 1 January 2007 and after, old logs will follow.<br />
QSL 4Z5KJ ---> Alex should like to remind those who work him that his QSL<br />
manager is W0MM (Laurent D. Thomin, 1615 Beaconshire Rd, Houston, TX<br />
77077-3817, USA). Alex if often on business trips outside Israel, and enjoys<br />
lighthouse activities (pictures can be found at<br />
http://kajotus.fotoplenka.ru/album290041/).<br />
QSL G3NOM ---> Tom, GM4FDM is the QSL Manager for Ray, G3NOM, who has not<br />
been on the radio since November 2004, when he had a major stroke. Recently<br />
Tom received a package from one of Ray's HS friends containing a number of<br />
direct and bureau QSL cards sent to Thailand. Tom will try to honour all<br />
these requests either by the bureau or direct (the latter irrespective of<br />
whether the IRC is valid or not, as they were all valid when posted). Tom has<br />
logs and blank cards for: 5B4/G3NOM, 9M2OM/P, 9M2/G3NOM, 9M2OM, A52OM, E22<strong>DX</strong>,<br />
E28<strong>DX</strong>, G3NOM, HS0AC/2, HS2AC, HS0/G2NOM, JT4/G3NOM, S21U, S2/G3NOM, XY1HT and<br />
ZC6/G3NOM (he also has logs for V8NOM, but no cards for this one). As for 160<br />
metres, Tom used to verify them with Ray before responding; under the current<br />
circumstances, Tom says that he cannot confirm your QSO, "unless it is very<br />
clear in the logs". Should you have any questions, please contact Tom<br />
(tom@gm4fdm.com) and refrain from sending further cards to Thailand. [TNX<br />
OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />
QSL YX0A & YX0LIX ---> "If you've not received your card by mid-April", Steve<br />
Wheatley (KU9C) says, "feel free to email me (ku9c@yahoo.com); at that time<br />
I'll be able to provide status". Exception: YX0A and/or YX0LI cards sent in<br />
the same envelope with QSLs for other calls managed by Steve will be delayed,<br />
and Steve "cannot easily predict when I'll be done with those".<br />
+ SILENT KEY + Alexandr Barmushkin, EX8AA, one of the most active operators
in Kyrgyzstan, passed away on 19 February after a long illness. Bek, EX8AB<br />
says that all of the outstanding QSL cards "will be replied, for sure".<br />
+ SILENT KEY + Paolo, IK2QPR (Leo's QSL manager) reports that Leonid<br />
Velikanov, UN2O passed away on 12 March.<br />
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />
*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />
===========================<br />
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
LOGS: The 9M4S<strong>DX</strong> (Spratly Islands) log is available<br />
at<br />
http://9m4sdx.dxers.net/log_search/search.html<br />
LOGS: On-line logs for TC0<strong>DX</strong> (Gokceada, EU-186) and YM0<strong>DX</strong><br />
(Bozcaada,<br />
AS-099), as well as pictures and further information,<br />
are<br />
available at http://www.okdxf.eu/ankety/tc0dx/en/tc0dx.php<br />
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />
QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8/OM0C, 3B9/G3TXF, 3XD2Z, 3XM6JR,<br />
3Y9SDA, 4K9W, 4N1A, 4O3B, 4O60BH, 4S7UCG, 5A7A, 5F50KD, 5F50SG, 5T5DY, 5V7SE,<br />
6V6U, 6W1SE, 6Y0B, 7P8/JH4RHF, 7Z1UG, 8J7YAGI, 8P9NX, 8R1AK/p (SA-068),<br />
8R1ZUM, 9H9JR, 9K2GS, 9N7JO, 9Q1TB, A35TN, A41KJ, A71MA, A92GR, BI4F<br />
(AS-160), BX5AA, C4M, C5<strong>DX</strong>C, C6AKQ, CP4BT, CP6IB, CU2A, D44BS, <strong>DX</strong>0JP<br />
(AS-051), EA9IE, EK6TA, ES1GO, ES4RD, EX0M, EY8MM, FK8CP, FO5RK, GD6IA,<br />
HK0GU, HK1/K8DD, HV0A, HZ1FS, HZ1IK, HZ1SK, J20MM and J20RR (AF-053), J85M,<br />
KH6/AA4V, KH8/JA8GAX/M (OC-077), KH8/N9YU, KP2/AA6YQ, KP2/K3TEJ, LU/R1ANF,<br />
LU1ZAB, LY80R, MD/AC8W, NH6P, OX3JZ, PY0S/PS7JN, PZ5RA, R1ANF, R1FJT, ST2A,<br />
ST2BF, SV9CVY, T32MO (OC-084), T49C, T77C, TI5/WJ7R, TI5N, TM5F, TR8CA,<br />
TU2/F5LDY, TX5NK, TY5MR, V26G, V31BH, V31MD, V31YN, V63UA, V73ZZ (OC-028),<br />
V73ZZ, V85SS, VK9AA, VO1CT, VP5/WJ2O, VP5W, VP8DKG, VP8LP, VU2PHD, VU7LD,<br />
VY0ICE/VE2, XF4DL, XF4K, XR7C (SA-018), XT2C,XT2CG, YI9KT, YI9RKB, YN4SU/9,<br />
YX0LIX, YX5IOTA, Z34M, ZA/UT7DW, ZB2EO, ZB2FK, ZC4LI, ZD7VC, ZD8QD, ZD8RH,<br />
ZD8WX, ZD9ATN, ZD9BV, ZS4U, ZY6T (SA-023).<br />
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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #830<br />
31 March 2007<br />
A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />
Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />
Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />
**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />
===========================<br />
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
5Z - Alessandro, IK4ALM will be active as 5Z4/IK4ALM from Kenya<br />
between<br />
30 March and 10 April. He plans to operate holiday style with<br />
100<br />
watts and a ground plane on SSB. QSL via home call.<br />
6W - Pete, SM5GMZ will be active from Senegal on 2-12 April. He will<br />
be<br />
active on all bands and modes, with an emphasis on 80 and<br />
160<br />
metres. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
F - Jean-Marc, F5SGI will be active as F5SGI/p from Groix<br />
Island<br />
(EU-048) on 7-13 April. He will operate mostly CW on 80-10<br />
metres.<br />
QSL via bureau. [TNX F5SGI]<br />
G - John, M0XIG and John, G4POF will operate special event<br />
station<br />
GB2BST on 6-9 April from Bramshaw, to mark the 200th<br />
anniversary<br />
since the optical telegraph first operated at this site.<br />
The<br />
Bramshaw Shutter Telegraph was one of a number that operated as<br />
a<br />
communication link for the Admiralty between London and<br />
Plymouth.<br />
QSL via M0XIG, direct or bureau.<br />
I - Matteo, IZ3HER will operate as IZ3HER/p from Sant'Ariano<br />
Island<br />
(EU-131, IIA VE-039) on 31 March. Expect activity on 20 and<br />
40<br />
metres between 8 and 14 UTC. QSL via IK3GES. [TNX IZ3HER]<br />
I - Special event station IU8SF will be aired at different<br />
times<br />
beteween 2 April and 14 May for the 500th anniversary of the<br />
death<br />
of Saint Francis of Paola, the patron saint of boatmen, mariners<br />
Next bulletin<br />
Bulletins' Index
and<br />
naval officers. QSL via IK8WEJ. Information on the relevant<br />
award<br />
can be found at http://www.qrz.com/callsign/iu8sf<br />
I - Representing coast radio station Genova Radio (callsign ICB),<br />
INORC<br />
members I1ZB, IK1QBT, I1NVU, IZ1GAR, IK1AUS, and IK1FXX will<br />
be<br />
active as II1ICB on 14-15 April for the Radio Maritime Day<br />
(see<br />
"Good To Know" below). QSL via bureau to IK1QBT. [TNX IK1QBT]<br />
JA - Look for 7L3ATQ/1 to be active on the HF bands and 6 metres<br />
from<br />
Hachijo Island (AS-043, JIIA AS-043-003) on 31 March and 1<br />
April.<br />
QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />
JA - Special event station 8N3IAAF will be active from 1 April to<br />
9<br />
September to celebrate the 11th IAAF World Championships<br />
in<br />
Athletics that will be held in Osaka from 25 August through<br />
2<br />
September (http://www.osaka2007.jp/index_e.html). QSL via<br />
bureau.<br />
[TNX VA3RJ]<br />
KH8_si - Latest reports indicated that the N8S <strong>DX</strong>pedition to Swains<br />
Islands<br />
will begin on 3 April, one day earlier than previously<br />
announced.<br />
The current roster includes seventeen operators: Hranislav<br />
Milosevic<br />
(YT1AD, Team Leader), David Collingham (K3LP, Co-Leader),<br />
Krassimir<br />
D Petkov (K1LZ), Doug Faunt (N6TQS), Eugene Kuleshov (RK3AD),<br />
Igor<br />
Booklan (RA3AUU), Vangelis Gekas (SV2BFN), Alan Eshleman<br />
(K6SRZ),<br />
Maden Bogdanov (YU7NU), Stevan Stepanov (YZ7AA), Velimir<br />
Djeric<br />
(YZ1BX), Roman Tkacenko (UR0MC), Aleksej Romanov (UA4HOX),<br />
Viktor<br />
Vasiljenko (RU4SU), Miki Markovic (YU1AU), Chuck Chadraawal<br />
(JT1CO)<br />
and Mome Dimovki (Z32ZM). Announced frequencies are:<br />
BAND CW SSB RTTY SSTV PSK31<br />
----------------------------------------------------<br />
160m 1825 1835 1835 - 1835<br />
80m 3505 3795 3582 3723 3582<br />
40m 7005 7082 7035 7035 7035<br />
30m 10105 - 10145 - 10145<br />
20m 14020 14200, 14081 14230 14081<br />
14265<br />
17m 18075 18150 18100 - 18100<br />
15m 21020 21295 21081 21230 21081<br />
12m 24895 24950 24920 - 24920<br />
10m 28020 28495 28081 28680 28081<br />
They will also operate on 60 metres (5403.5 kHz), 2 metres EME<br />
and<br />
6 metres EME with WSJT65 A, B, C (50.375 MHz and 144.375<br />
MHz).<br />
The pilot stations will be Toma/YU1AB (Europe), Lee/KH6BZF<br />
(Americas
and Pacific) and Antic/YU1AA (Serbia and Eastern Europe). QSL<br />
via<br />
YT1AD. The website for the expedition is<br />
at<br />
http://www.yt1ad.info/n8s/index.html<br />
LU - The Radio Club Ushuaia (LU8XW) will be active as AY7X from<br />
Isla<br />
Redonda (SA-049) from 22 UTC on 30 March until 12 UTC on 2<br />
April.<br />
They plan to operate on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres as follows:<br />
CW 28040 21040 14040 7030 3530<br />
SSB 28490 21260 14260 7045 3765-3670<br />
PSK 28120 21070 14070 7040 3620<br />
RTTY 28080 21080 14080 7040 3620<br />
QSL via WD9EWK, direct (Patrick Stoddard, 4031 E. Aster<br />
Drive,<br />
Phoenix, AZ 85032-7417, USA) or bureau. Argentine stations can<br />
send<br />
an SASE with an 0.75 peso stamp to the following address: Radio<br />
Club<br />
Ushuaia, Polideportivo Municipal, Pasaje Jorge Vrsalovic S/N,<br />
9410<br />
Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego. [TNX WD9EWK]<br />
OK - Special event station OL32OLP will be aired by former radio<br />
officers<br />
OK1DNJ, OK1<strong>DX</strong>, OK1FCA and OK1FCJ on 1-30 April. It will<br />
represent<br />
former HF coast radio station Praharadio (callsign OLP),<br />
which<br />
operated from 1975 until 2000. QSL via OK1DRQ, direct or<br />
bureau.<br />
[TNX OK1FCJ]<br />
ON - Special event call ON50EU will be aired until 31 December<br />
to<br />
celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome (signed on<br />
25<br />
March 1957 by France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the<br />
Netherlands<br />
and Luxembourg, it established the European Community). QSL<br />
via<br />
bureau or direct to ON7YX. [TNX ON7YX]<br />
TA - John, DJ6JH will operate holiday style from Turkey on 7-13<br />
April.<br />
Expect him to be active as TA4/DJ6JH mainly on 10-20 metres RTTY<br />
and<br />
PSK31. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]<br />
TI - TI1<strong>DX</strong> will be aired from Cerro de la Muerte (Costa Rica's<br />
highest<br />
mountain, 3,000 metres a.s.l.) on 2-7 April. Expect activity on 80-<br />
6<br />
metres. QSL via TI8AA. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
V3 - Glen, W5IF is currently active as V31IF from Belize until 4<br />
April.<br />
He operates on 160-10 metres SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via W5IF.<br />
[TNX<br />
NG3K]<br />
V6 - IT9YRE (V63RE), I1SNW (V63NW) and K9AJ (V63J) have finalized<br />
their<br />
plans as follows (local times):<br />
1 April depart Yap (OC-012) around 17.00<br />
2 April arrive Ngulu (OC-180), land after sunrise<br />
3 April depart OC-180 around 13.00
4 April arrive Sorol (OC-277) around 13.30<br />
7 April depart OC-277 around 17.00<br />
8 April arrive Yap around 14.30<br />
11 April charter flight to Woleai (OC-132)<br />
14 April charter flight back to Yap<br />
Expect activity from OC-180 between the late UTC evening on 1<br />
April<br />
through 2 April, and from OC-227 between the early morning<br />
hours<br />
(UTC) on 4 April and the early morning hours (UTC) on the 7th.<br />
QSL<br />
via home calls.<br />
V6 - Kei, JK1QLR operated as P29KN from Loloata (OC-240) in the past<br />
few<br />
days. His next activity will be on 20-22 April, when he will<br />
be<br />
signing V63LR from Ulithi Atoll (OC-078); after 23 April he will<br />
be<br />
active from Yap Island (OC-012), Micronesia. QSL via JK1QLR.<br />
YU - Special event callsign YU07HST will be aired from Serbia through<br />
the<br />
end of the year for the 7th IARU World Championship in High<br />
Speed<br />
Telegraphy (HST) that will be held in Belgrade on 19-23<br />
September<br />
(http://www.hst2007.org/). QSL via YU1FJK. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />
**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />
===========================<br />
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
<strong>DX</strong> MEETING ---> The fourth <strong>DX</strong> Meeting organized by the west Ligurian ARI<br />
Radio Clubs, will take place in Imperia (north west Italy) on 19 May.<br />
Further information at http://www.arimperia.net [TNX IK1QBT]<br />
<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS ---> Effective immediately, the 10-year rule has been dropped and<br />
<strong>DX</strong>CC card checkers have been authorized to check cards for current entities<br />
only, dating back to 15 November 1945. Card checkers still are not allowed to<br />
verify cards for 160-metre contacts, nor cards confirming contacts with<br />
deleted entities. In addition, <strong>DX</strong>CC card checkers now may check applications<br />
for Worked All States Award (WAS) and VHF/UHF Century Club Award (VUCC), if<br />
they agree to do so. For more information, please contact <strong>DX</strong>CC Manager Bill<br />
Moore, NC1L (dxcc@arrl.org).<br />
RADIO MARITIME DAY ---> On 14-15 April (from 12 UTC to 12 UTC) merchant<br />
marine radio officers from several countries will be active on the HF bands<br />
(160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres CW) to meet amateur radio operators for<br />
the Radio Maritime Day special event. Further information can be found at<br />
http://www.radiomaritimeday.org<br />
QSL A62ER ---> The QSL route for contacts made on 17-18 March is via UY5ZZ<br />
(who was the operator), direct (Vladimir Latyshenko, P.O. Box 4850,<br />
Zaporozhye, 69118, Ukraine) or bureau. [TNX UY5ZZ]<br />
QSL PZ5A ---> Please note that the QSL route for contacts made on 25-26<br />
October 2003 (CQ WW SSB Contest) is still via W5UE. The QSL route for QSOs<br />
made on 23-25 March 2007 is via PZ5RA (direct only).<br />
QSL YW0<strong>DX</strong> ---> Corrado, IT9DAA reports that all of the direct requests
eceived through 24 March (about 1,800) have been processed and mailed,<br />
provided that they conformed to IT9DAA's QSlling rules at qrz.com [TNX<br />
IT9DAA]<br />
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******* QSL INFO ********<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
===================================================================<br />
CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />
===================================================================<br />
2U0WMG/M 2E0WMG CN8PA EA7FTR P29KN JK1QLR<br />
3D2UU RA3AUU CO2JD AD4Z P33W RA3AUU<br />
3DA0EI EI7CC CO3VK IZ8EBI P40W N2MM<br />
3DA0WW ZS6<strong>DX</strong>B CO8ZZ DK1WI P49Y AE6Y<br />
3W9HRN DL1HRN CS6STR CT1ARR PA50EU PD0NTB<br />
3W9R OK1JN CT3AS DJ8FW PJ2T N9AG<br />
3XD2Z RW3AZ CT6A CT1ILT PS5S PP5MQ<br />
3XM6JR UA6JR D69XC UA9XC PT7AG PT7WA<br />
4D9RG DU9RG DA0UBOOT DK9OS PZ5A PZ5RA<br />
4E1P bureau DL40RR<strong>DX</strong>A DL1YFF R1ANF RK1PWA<br />
4L2M EA7FTR DP4K DK3DM R1FJM RX3MM<br />
4L2M UA9LP (a) DU9/N0NM W4DR R1FJT UA4RC<br />
4L2M UT7QF (b) ED8BTM EA8BTM R80PK UA3PM<br />
4L4WW EA7FTR ED8D EA8BHD RC4Q UA4RC<br />
4O3B OH2BH EF8A EA8AUW RG9A UA9XC<br />
5B4/K3UY RA3AUU EI75IRTS EI6HB RI1NU RN1NU<br />
5B4AHS RA3AUU EK0B SP9ERV RL3A W3HNK<br />
5C5Z W7ZR EK8SK SP9ERV RM0A RX3RC<br />
5C8A EA5XX EK8WA SP9ERV RM3F UA3DPX<br />
5D5A I2WIJ ER0FEO UU0JM RT8T RV3ACA<br />
5H/7Q7RS IT9YVO ES5Q ES5RY SG60RK bureau<br />
5H3XC UA9XC EX9A DF8WS SJ2W SM2HWG<br />
5I3A UA9XC EY8CQ DJ1MM SN3X SP3SLA<br />
5P1AA LX1NO EY8MM K1BV SO5O SP5KVW<br />
5P1B OZ0SW FK/FO5RK FO5RK SO5UM RA3AUM<br />
5P1<strong>DX</strong> OZ6B FM1HN K3PD SU9GD DJ2AVB<br />
5P1M OZ2MA FM5FJ KU9C SX5P SV5FRD<br />
5P5V OZ4VV FP5BZ F5TJP T97M K2PF<br />
5P5Z OZ0KP G5O G3VOU TA2K TA2RC<br />
5P6PI OZ6PI H44MK K1ER TC3D TA3D<br />
5P7F OZ7FOC H44MS DL2GAC TF3ZA KT6YL<br />
5Q0PI OZ6PI HG0R HA0NAR TL8CK F6EWM<br />
5Q2A OZ2A HH2FJM F5RPB TM5CI F5UBH<br />
5R8GZ G3SWH HH4/K4QD K4QD TM6M F6KHM<br />
5W1VE DL9HCU HI3C ON4IQ TO5A F5VHJ<br />
5Z4/9A3A 9A2AA HI3HN OE7NHT TP2CE F5LGF<br />
6F75A EA5KB HI3T ON4IQ UA6GP RZ6HAZ<br />
6H1J XE1J HP3<strong>DX</strong> W4WX UA9ZZ EA5OL<br />
6H1L WA3HUP HP3XBH W4WX UK8AKK EA5KB<br />
6H1TD XE1TD HR9BFS N6FF UK8FF W3HNK<br />
6I2EX XE2EX HV0A IK0FVC UK8GK RW6HS<br />
6I2HUM XE2HUM HZ1AN DJ9ZB UN7AB DL8KAC<br />
6I2MX K6VNX HZ1FS EA7FTR UN7MMM EA7FTR<br />
6I2YW XE2YW HZ1IK DK7YY UP4L UN7LZ<br />
6V7E RW3TN IA0IPY I0YKN UP9L RW6HS<br />
6W/RW3TN/P RW3TN IA6IPY IZ6GSQ UU7J UU0JM<br />
7Z1HL DJ9ZB IA8IPY IK8WEJ UZ4E UR4EYN<br />
7Z1UG DG1XG IC8R IC8OZM V25OP W9OP
8P1A NN1N II0IDP IS0S<strong>DX</strong> V25WY W4OWY<br />
8P2K KU9C II0IGU IK0JFS V31IF W5IF<br />
8Q7WB JM1WBB II1ICS I1SAF V31RG K4VU<br />
9A60K 9A7K II7ICT IZ7EDQ V44KJ WB2TSL<br />
9A60Z 9A2DM II9ICF IT9MRM V63J K9AJ<br />
9A7T 9A2EU II9IGJ IT9MRM V73KN JK1QLR<br />
9A950JB 9A3JB IP7IPY IZ7AUH V73RY N7RO<br />
9G1RU HB9STZ IP8IPY I8QJU VK6AA DL8YR<br />
9H3GM DK1BT IR6T IK6VXO VK8NSB VK6NE<br />
9J2BO G3TEV IS0/WH0Q IN3ZNR VP57V W5CW<br />
9J2CA G3SWH J28JA F5JFU VR2C VR2NN<br />
9M2CNC G4ZFE J37T VE3EBN WH2D K3UOC<br />
9M6AAC DL2QT (c) J5BI F6BUM WK3D/AH0 JF2MBF<br />
9Q1D SM5BFJ J75RZ W2RZS WP3C W3HNK<br />
9Q1EK SM5DQC KH6CW K7GQ XR6T CE6TC<br />
A52AM JA0JHA KL7J N3SL XT2SE IK3GES<br />
AH0/WK3D JF2MBF KL7OX K8GG XU7ACD K3SP<br />
AI4VU JT1CO LA3C LA9DFA YN4SU TI4SU<br />
AN8A EA8AH LN3Z LA9VDA YQ9W YO9WF<br />
AO1O EA1EA LS1D LW9EOC YT60W YU7BCD<br />
AO3A EA3URB LT1F AC7<strong>DX</strong> YU60BCD YU7BCD<br />
AO4R EA4TD LX7I LX2A YU7W YU7BPQ<br />
AO7R EB7AEY LX8M LX1ER YZ2A YZ1AU<br />
AY7X WD9EWK LY7A LY2ZO Z32ID DJ0LZ<br />
BD7YK BA4CH LZ9R LZ3YY ZA1E I2MQP<br />
C4M W3HNK NP3U WP4U ZF2AH W6VNR<br />
C52T G0TSM OH0B OH2BH ZF2LC W2SM<br />
CM6CAC EA5KB OH0R OH2PM ZL1GO/8 ZL1AMO<br />
CN2DP CT1CDP OH4A OH6LI ZM8CW ZL1AMO<br />
CN2NI CT2HNI OL2T OK2TC ZP0R W3HNK<br />
CN2QA F5IQA OL8M OK1DRQ ZS9X K3PD<br />
CN2R W7EJ ON50EU ON7YX ZY100S PY5CA<br />
CN2ZR W7ZR ON60TWS/A ON5UR ZY5100SCOUT PY5CA<br />
CN5W EA7FTR OR1Z ON6IX ZY7C PT7WA<br />
(a) Russian stations (b) Ukrainian stations (c) 22-30 March 2007<br />
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4J15TX P.O. Box, Baku AZ-1000, Azerbaijan<br />
7Z1CQ Abdulhafiz Kashkari, P.O. Box 138763, Jeddah 21323, Saudi Arabia<br />
9J2QQV Ryuji Shishito, c/o JICA-ZI Project, P.O. Box 910062, Mongu, Zambia<br />
D44AC Carlos Pulu, P.O. Box 398, Mindelo, Cape Verde<br />
EY3M ATCC Contest Club, P.O. Box 203, Glavpochtamt, 734025, Dushanbe,<br />
Tajikistan<br />
PP5MQ Mario Marquardt, P.O. Box 212, 89201-972 Joinville - SC, Brazil<br />
PY5CA Nelson Otavio Maia, P.O. Box 1, Curitiba 80011-970, Brazil<br />
PZ5RA Ramon Kaersenhout, P.O. Box 4048, Paramaribo, Surinam<br />
RW3AH Andrei Fyodorov, Attemsgasse 7, D-03, A-1220 Vienna, Austria<br />
ZS6<strong>DX</strong>B Rhynhardt Louw, P.O. Box 10148, Edleen, 1619, Gauteng, South Africa<br />
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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #831<br />
07 April 2007<br />
A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />
Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
5Z - Don, W4ZYT will operate in his spare time as 5Z4ZK from Kenya<br />
on<br />
9-19 April. Expected QRV times are 14-19 UTC (18077, 18137,<br />
14007,<br />
14207 and 10107 kHz) and 2-4 UTC (7007, 7077 and 10107). QSL<br />
via<br />
home call. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
7P - ZS1ROY and ZS1ZL were unable to participate in the 5-12 April<br />
7P8<strong>DX</strong><br />
operation from Lesotho [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 829]. The operators currently<br />
are<br />
Shaun/ZS1RA, Barry/ZS1FJ and Tony/ZS1APB. This has put<br />
an<br />
unexpected financial pressure on the 7P8<strong>DX</strong> team, and they are<br />
short<br />
of some 500 Euros (about USD 700). All donations would<br />
be<br />
appreciated. QSL direct only to 7P8<strong>DX</strong>, c/o The Cape Town<br />
Amateur<br />
Radio Centre, P.O. Box 2541, Clareinch, 7740, South Africa.<br />
Further<br />
information, online log included, can be found<br />
at<br />
http://www.qsl.org.za/7p8dx/index.html [TNX ZS1RA]<br />
9H - Rosel, DL3KWR and Hardy, DL3KWF will be active as 9H3RZ and<br />
9H3EZ<br />
from Malta on 4-18 May. They plan to operate mostly CW and on<br />
the<br />
WARC bands, Hardy will also work RTTY. QSL via home calls. Email<br />
requests for bureau cards can be sent to dl3kwr@darc.de<br />
and<br />
dl3kwf@darc.de respectively. [TNX DL3KWF]<br />
CU - CT1CHT, CT1GRU, CT1GZI and CT2JFR will be active as CU9RBL<br />
from<br />
Corvo Island (EU-089), Azores on 11-16 April. They plan to<br />
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operate<br />
on 160-10 metres SSB, PSK31 and RTTY and on 80-10 metres CW.<br />
QSL<br />
via CS5RBL.<br />
F - Francois, F5JNE will be active from Belle Ile en Mer (EU-048,<br />
DIFM<br />
AT-015) from 30 April for about two weeks. He expects to operate<br />
as<br />
F5JNE/p mainly CW on the HF bands during his evening hours. He<br />
also<br />
plans to go and operate, along with Max/F5IRH, from two<br />
nearby<br />
islands: Ile des Grands Cardinaux (EU-048, DIFM AT-096) on 1<br />
May<br />
and Ile aux aux Chevaux (EU-048, DIFM AT-109) on 5 May. QSL<br />
via<br />
home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
FM - Alex, VE3KF reports he will operate SSB and CW as TO3T<br />
from<br />
Martinique on 23-31 May, CQ WPX CW Contest included. QSL via<br />
home<br />
call, direct or bureau.<br />
G - Special event station GB95MGY will be operated (CW only on 80-<br />
15<br />
metres) by members of the Wey Valley Amateur Radio<br />
Group<br />
(http://www.weyvalleyarg.org.uk) in Godalming, England on 14-<br />
16<br />
April to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the sinking of<br />
RMS<br />
Titanic in 1912. The station honours the memory of the<br />
ship's<br />
wireless operator, Jack Phillips, born and bred in Godalming,<br />
whose<br />
morse distress messages led to the saving of more than 700<br />
lives.<br />
QSL via bureau or direct to G3IAF. Other Titanic special<br />
event<br />
stations will be GB2MGY (operated by the City of Belfast<br />
Radio<br />
Amateurs Society from from the Blackhead Lighthouse in<br />
Northern<br />
Ireland) and W0S (operated by the Nixa Amateur Radio Club from<br />
the<br />
Titanic Museum in Branson, Missouri). [TNX G0EFO and OP<strong>DX</strong><br />
Bulletin]<br />
HL - Jean-Pierre, F5AHO will be active as HL1/F5AHO from South Korea<br />
on<br />
12-20 May. He plans to operate SSB on 15, 17 and 20 metres<br />
from<br />
IOTA groups AS-081, AS-060, AS-026 and AS-085. QSL via home<br />
call,<br />
direct or bureau.<br />
IS0 - Max, IK2YSE will be active as IM0/IK2YSE from Caprera<br />
Island<br />
(EU-041, IIA OT-012) on 3-5 May. He will operate CW QRS only<br />
on<br />
10-40 metres; he will also try 6 metres (50200 kHz). QSL via<br />
home<br />
call, direct or bureau. [TNX IK2YSE]<br />
J5 - Tibi, HA7TM will be active again as J5UTM from Guinea-Bissau<br />
on
14-21 April. He plans to operate with 500 watts, DunaX GPs<br />
for<br />
10-40 metres and dipoles for the lower bands. The on-line log<br />
will<br />
be available at http://ha7tm.uw.hu/ [TNX HA0HW]<br />
JA - Look for JS6RRR/JS6 and JI3DST/JS6 to be active (on 160, 80,<br />
40,<br />
17, 15, 12, 10 and 6 metres SSB, CW, RTTY, SSTV and FM) from<br />
the<br />
Okinawa Islands (AS-017) on 13-16 April. Expect JI3DST/6<br />
and<br />
JS6RRR/6 to be used during the Japan International <strong>DX</strong> Contest<br />
(CW),<br />
to be held on 14-15 April (rules at http://jidx.org/). QSL<br />
via<br />
bureau only. [TNX JI3DST]<br />
JA - Look for JA6RGJ/6, JK6IIS/6 and JO6RGZ/6 to be active from<br />
Taku<br />
Island (AS-012, JIIA AS-012-051) on 21-22 April. They plan<br />
to<br />
operate SSB and CW on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL via<br />
home<br />
calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />
JA - Look for JA1GLE/6, JA3BKM/6, JA4JBZ/6 and JR8GZU/6 to be active<br />
on<br />
the HF bands and 6 metres from Taira (JIIA AS-049-011),<br />
Tokara<br />
Islands (AS-049) on 3-8 May. QSL via home calls, direct or<br />
bureau.<br />
[TNX JI6KVR]<br />
JD1_oga - Hide/JM1LJS (JD1BLK), Koya/JI5RPT (JD1BLY) and<br />
Harry/JG7PSJ<br />
(JD1BMH) will be active from Chichijima (AS-031), Ogasawara from<br />
29<br />
April (6 UTC) until 4 May (22 UTC). They will operate on 160-<br />
6<br />
metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31, plus satellite. QSL JD1BLK<br />
via<br />
JM1LJS, QSL JD1BLY via JI5RPT, QSL JD1BMH via JG7PSJ. The web<br />
pages<br />
for the three operators can be found<br />
at:<br />
http://radio-dream.com/jd1blk/, http://www.ji5rpt.com/<br />
and<br />
http://sapphire.ganko.tohoku.ac.jp:8080/jd1bmh/ [TNX JG7PSJ]<br />
KH8S - The N8S team arrived at Swains Island around 23.30 UTC on 3<br />
April.<br />
and became active around 6 UTC on the 4th. The expedition<br />
pilots<br />
monitor the guestbook (www.yt1ad.info/n8s/index.html), where<br />
you<br />
can leave your comments and suggestions. On-line logs are<br />
expected<br />
to be available on the website above, and to be updated once a<br />
day.<br />
QSL via YT1AD.<br />
OH - Markus/OH1MN, Peter/OH0JFB, Matteo/IW0HJH,<br />
Simone/IZ0BTV,<br />
Andrea/IZ0EHO and Vincenzo/IZ0FKE will be active as OH10TA<br />
from<br />
Pargas (Parainen) Island (EU-096) on 25-29 April. QSL via<br />
IZ0EHO,
direct or bureau. Further information an on-line logs<br />
at<br />
www.oh10ta.com [TNX IZ8EDJ]<br />
OK - Special callsign OL75CAV will be aired on 22 April from the<br />
Czech<br />
Republic to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding<br />
of<br />
Ceskomoravsti Amateri Vysilaci (Czech-Moravian<br />
Transmitting<br />
Amateurs, http://www.c-a-v.com/news.php). They will be active<br />
on<br />
all bands, CW and SSB, with some RTTY and PSK. QSL via OK1UU.<br />
OZ - Ela/DL1TM and Tor/DJ4MG will be active as OZ/homecall<br />
from<br />
Vendsyssel-Thy (EU-171) on 10-26 April. QSl via home calls.<br />
[TNX<br />
OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />
P2 - Hans (SM6CVX) and Derek (G3KHZ) are organizing a <strong>DX</strong>pedition to<br />
take<br />
place from a couple of remote PNG IOTA news ones<br />
in<br />
September-October. The team is expected to include four<br />
amateur<br />
radio operators. They plan to be active for six days each from<br />
the<br />
islands of Nukumanu (OC-284) and Takuu (OC-283). If time<br />
permits,<br />
they will also stop and operate from Kilinailau Island (OC-<br />
256).<br />
The cost of mounting this expedition will total US$30,000 plus<br />
the<br />
cost of travel to and accommodation in Rabaul (New<br />
Britain).<br />
Further details are expected in due course. [TNX IZ1CRR]<br />
SP - On 5 June 1257 Krakow received city rights under the Magdeburg<br />
Law.<br />
To commemorate that event, special stations SN750C and SN750BK<br />
will<br />
be active from 1 May to 31 July. QSL via SP9PKZ.<br />
Further<br />
information on the event and the relevant award can be found<br />
at<br />
http://www.sp9pkz.republika.pl/750e.html [TNX SP9GKM]<br />
UA - Nick, RA1QQ is active this year as UE1SNA (which stands<br />
for<br />
Smerdov, Nicolaj Anatolievich) to celebrate his 50th<br />
birthday.<br />
Expect him to operate as UE1SNA/P from RRA islands and as<br />
UE1SNA/1<br />
from IOTA islands. QSL via home call. [TNX RA1QY]<br />
VQ9 - Jim, ND9M (VQ9JC) is returning to Diego Garcia for<br />
another<br />
four-month tour. His operating time on 10-80 metres tends to<br />
run<br />
about 85% CW, 10% SSB, and 5% digital. Usually he cannot be<br />
QRV<br />
before 12 UTC, and must QRT by 16.35 UTC on Sundays<br />
through<br />
Thursdays, and by 17.35 UTC on Fridays and Saturdays. From time<br />
to<br />
time he will stay overnight to work early morning <strong>DX</strong>. QSL via<br />
ND9M,
direct or bureau. [TNX ND9M]<br />
W - KA3UNQ, KD3CQ and W3REG will operate as N3L from the Pt.<br />
Lookout<br />
Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-628) on 14 April, from 14 to 20 UTC.<br />
Expect<br />
activity on 80, 40, 20 and 17 metres SSB, PSK31 and possibly<br />
CW.<br />
QSL direct to KA3UNQ. [TNX KA3UNQ]<br />
YB - Rich, PA0RRS will be active as YB9/PA0RRS from Bali Island (OC-<br />
022)<br />
from 26 August to 24 September. Most activity will be on 40-<br />
10<br />
metres, but Rich will also give 80 and 6 metres a try. QSL via<br />
home<br />
call. Rich reports that on 4 April he started processing<br />
and<br />
mailing out the cards for his recent activity as 9M2MRS.<br />
[TNX<br />
PA0RRS]<br />
YK - Saad, N5FF will be active as YK1BA from Damascus, Syria on 10-<br />
27<br />
April. He plans to operate at least 3-4 hours a day (between 20-<br />
23<br />
UTC, 2-5 UTC and possibly some occasional activities between 12-<br />
14<br />
UTC) on 10-80 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. Given the current<br />
band<br />
conditions and his operating times, he thinks he will spend most<br />
of<br />
his radio time on 30, 40 and 80 metres. QSL via N5FF. [TNX<br />
The<br />
Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
YU6 - Hans PB2T reports he will be signing 4O6T from Montenegro on 9-<br />
13<br />
April. QSL via home call.<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
INTERNATIONAL MARCONI DAY ---> Organized by the Cornish Radio Amateur Club,<br />
G4CRC/GB4IMD, the International Marconi Day (IMD) is a 24-hour amateur radio<br />
event held annually to celebrate the birth of Guglielmo Marconi (25 April<br />
1874). It is not a contest, but an opportunity for amateurs around the world<br />
to make contacts with historic Marconi sites using HF communications<br />
techniques. This year's event will be held on 28 April, from 00.00 UTC<br />
through 23.59 UTC. Details, including information on the relevant Award<br />
Certificates and the listing of participating stations, can be found at<br />
http://www.gb4imd.org.uk/<br />
SRT <strong>DX</strong> CONVENTION ---> The 4th International <strong>DX</strong> Convention organized by the<br />
Strange Radio Team will take place on 5-6 May near Rome. Please visit<br />
www.strangeradioteam.com for full details on the programme, or e-mail<br />
srt@strangeradioteam.com for further information. [TNX IZ8EDJ]<br />
+ SILENT KEYS + Dewitt L. Jones, W4BAA passed away on 29 January at 90 years<br />
of age. An IOTA enthusiast from the very beginning, he served as IOTA<br />
Committee Member for North America from 1990 until 2001. Other silent keys<br />
reported recently include Tatsuro Yamasaki, JA5BJC (1 April), owner of one of
the biggest multi-multi contest stations in Japan; Peter VanGemert, VK2ALL (2<br />
April); Masashi Sakurada, JR2GMC/AH0K (26 March), another well-known JA<br />
contest and <strong>DX</strong> operator.<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
J5BI: Pictures of F6BUM's recent activity from Bubaque Island (AF-<br />
020)<br />
can be found at<br />
www.f6bum.net/fr/une/guinee-bissau/guinee-bissau.html; online<br />
logs are available at www.f6bum.net/logbook/search.html<br />
TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now<br />
available at<br />
http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html.<br />
Please send your scores, as well as any request for<br />
further<br />
information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@ari.it)<br />
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A4A, 3B9/G3TXF, 3C0M, 3XD2Z,<br />
3XM6JR, 3Y9SDA (AN-016), 4K9W, 4O3T, 4S7KAG, 4U1UN, 4X1FQ, 5A7A, 5T5DY, 6Y1V,<br />
9A8A, 9J2BO, 9Q1D, 9Q1EK, 9Q1TB, AH2L, BX0ZR, BX5AA, BY4RB (1989), C31MO,<br />
C6ARI, CG2FET, CT9L, CX5TR, <strong>DX</strong>0JP, EA9/EA7RU, FK8CP, FM5BH, FS5HL, HC1MD/HC7,<br />
HK1/AC8W, HK1/K8DD, HK4KDO, HQ9P (NA-057), HS0ZDY, HV0A, J20MM, J20RR,<br />
J6/KD7WPJ, JF2QNM, JT1CO, JT1ZW, K7LAZ/VP5, KL7HBK (NA-004), KP2/K3CT,<br />
KP2/K3MD, LU/R1ANF, LX/PA6A, LZ0A, MM0XAU (EU-012), OA4CC, PJ4/KU8E, PJ4A,<br />
R1ANF, R1ANF/P, R1ANF/VP8, R1MVC, S21XA, SV9CVY, TA3D, TI5N, TR8CA,<br />
TU2/F5LDY, TY2SF, UA9SC, UK9AA, V25V, V31FG, VE7IG/VE1 (NA-010), VK1AA/2<br />
(OC-212), VP2EST, VP8DIZ, VP8LP, VP9/K9CC, VP9/W6PH, VQ9LA, VR2XMT, VU2BGS,<br />
VU2YK, VY2LI, W2IRT/C6A, W4PL (NA-112), WB8YJF/4 (NA-067), WH2D, XR7C<br />
(SA-018), XT2C, XU7ACY, YI9IZE, YI9KT, YT6A, YW0<strong>DX</strong> (NA-020), YX0A (NA-020),<br />
YX0LIX (NA-020), ZD8I, ZK2QQ, ZP6CW.<br />
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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #832<br />
14 April 2007<br />
A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />
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5H - 5H0RS is the callsign issued to Sigfrido, 7Q7RS [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 829]. H<br />
will be working in the Dodoma Region of Tanzania for one year. QS<br />
via IT9YVO.<br />
6O - Filip, ON4TA is active as 6O0F from Puntland, Somalia until 1<br />
April. He planned to operate SSB on 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metre<br />
during his spare time. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.<br />
BY - A large group of operators from the Zhuhai Polytechnic College AR<br />
will be active as BY7KPI from Huangmao (AS-131) from around 6 UT<br />
on 14 April until around 8 UTC on the 15th. They plan to operat<br />
SSB and RTTY on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via BY7KPI. [TN<br />
www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
BY - Look for BD1DRJ/3, BD3APX/3 and BD3AEO/3 to be active fro<br />
Shijiutuo Island (AS-134) on 21-22 April. They plan to operate C<br />
and SSB on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via home calls. [TN<br />
www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
I - The third edition of the Mediterraneo <strong>DX</strong> Club's Members Trophy wil<br />
take place on 20-22 April. The M<strong>DX</strong>C HQ station IQ8MD plus severa<br />
special event stations are expected to participate in the event<br />
4M0R, 4X0MDC, EB8MDC, II0MDC, II9MDC, IO0MDC, IO1MDC, IO2MDC<br />
IO3MDC, IO9MDC, IR0MDC, IR2MDC, IR3MDC, IR8MDC, IS0MDC, IU0MDC<br />
IU9MDC, SX1MDC. All of the QSOs made with these stations will b<br />
confirmed automatically via the bureau. Direct requests should b<br />
sent to the Members Trophy Manager, Giuliano Mondini (IK2VUC)<br />
Information on the event and the relevant award can be found a<br />
http://www.mdxc.org/trophy.asp<br />
I - Special station I0SPQR will be active on all bands on 20-22 Apri<br />
to celebrate the 2760th anniversary of the foundation of Rome. QS<br />
direct to I0YCB. [TNX IZ0CUX]<br />
JD1_oga - Skip, JE2HCJ will operate as JE2HCJ/JD1 from the Ogasawara Island<br />
between 16 and 25 April. He will be QRV with a long wire on 6-16<br />
metres, mainly on CW on the low bands. QSL via home call. [TNX Th<br />
Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
KH8_si - The N8S team on Swains Island expects to go QRT around 18-19 UTC o<br />
15 April. The logsearch on the expedition's website has bee<br />
disabled for a few days because of traffic overload. Go t<br />
http://logsearch.de/ instead, and use the "N8S Log search" butto<br />
Next bulletin
on the left menu. At 1.35 UTC on 13 April N8S had logged 97,12<br />
QSOs (chapeau!).<br />
OD - Paulo, CT1EFS is currently in Shama, Lebanon and will remain ther<br />
until early June. He is waiting for the authorization to operate a<br />
OD5/CT1EFS, and plans are to be active daily on 15, 17 and 2<br />
metres (possibily 40 metres as well) SSB and CW starting aroun<br />
16.30 UTC. [TNX CT1END]<br />
OH - OH6LI, OH3BHL and other Finnish operators will be active as OH3<br />
from either Parainen or Nauvo Island (EU-096) on 21-22 April. The<br />
plan to operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 40, 30, 20 and 1<br />
metres with 2-3 stations, amplifiers and good antennas. QSL vi<br />
OH3BHL. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
OZ - Tom, DL4VM will be active as OZ/DL4VM from Samso Island (EU-172<br />
from 21 April to 5 May. He will operate QRP on 40, 20 and 15 metre<br />
CW only. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
SU - Special event station SU8DRM will be activated on 14-17 April fo<br />
the Regional Conference on "Disaster: Relief and Management" to b<br />
held in Alexandria, Egypt. QSL via SU1KM (direct only).<br />
TA - TA1HZ and TA2RX will operate as TC57ALAY on 21-25 April i<br />
remembrance of the role played by the 57th Infantry Regimen<br />
("Alay") of the Turkish Fifth Army during the Dardanelles Campaig<br />
(Canakkale Savaslari) in 1915. Expect activity on 40 and 20 metre<br />
SSB. QSL via TA1HZ. [TNX TA1HZ]<br />
TK - Laci/HA0HW, Tomi/HA4<strong>DX</strong>, Geza/HA4XG, Ivan/LZ1PJ and Valya/LZ5AV wil<br />
be active as TK/homecall from Corsica (EU-014, Grid JN43qa) o<br />
21-28 April. They will operate on the HF bands (160-10 metre<br />
mainly CW, with some SSB, RTTY and PSK31 as well) and VHF. QSL vi<br />
home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX HA0HW]<br />
VE - Igor, VA3Y<strong>DX</strong> will operate from Manitoulin Island (CIsA ON-001) o<br />
21-22 April during the Ontario QSO Party. QSL via home call (direc<br />
only). Full information on the Canadian Islands Award can be foun<br />
at http://www.qsl.net/ve3tpz/cisa/ [TNX VA3Y<strong>DX</strong>]<br />
VP5 - Fred, PY2XB will active as VP5/PY2XB from Providenciales (NA-002)<br />
Caicos Islands from 19 April trhough 3 May. He plans to put a<br />
emphasis on 160. 80 and 40 metres, as well on 30, 17 and 12 metre<br />
and digital modes (BPSK31 and RTTY). He will also have a CW beaco<br />
on 50097 kHz. On-line logs will be available a<br />
http://www.py2yp.ws/py2xb/; QSL via PT7WA, direct or bureau. [TN<br />
PT7WA]<br />
YB - Hotang, YC0IEM will operate as YC0IEM/4 from Bangka Island (OC-144<br />
on 16-22 April. QSL via IZ8CCW. [TNX IZ8CCW]<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (March 2007) is now available at<br />
http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/monthly/index.html. Articles and pictures should be<br />
sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).<br />
9Q5MO ---> This Otto Mayer, DK3MO (QSL via DF9TA), who operates from Bukavu,<br />
Democratic Republic of Congo. Nowadays the 9Q5 prefix is used exclusively for<br />
the Province Orientale, while Bakavu is located in the Province of Sud-Kivu<br />
(9Q6 call area). Philippe, 9Q1TB says that the only four properly authorized<br />
amateur radio operators are 9Q1D, 9Q1EK, 9Q1NT and himself. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong><br />
and F5NQL]
CQ <strong>DX</strong> MARATHON ---> The CQ <strong>DX</strong> Marathon is a year-long <strong>DX</strong> hunt, with<br />
participants competing to see who can work the greatest number of countries<br />
("entities") and CQ zones over the course of a full year, then starting again<br />
at zero at the beginning of the next year. For 2006, the winner in the<br />
Unlimited Class is Pete Meyer, N0FW (286 countries and all 40 zones). The<br />
Formula class winner was Drago, T94GB (193 countries and 35 zones using 100<br />
watts and wire antennas). For 2007, the WARC bands are now permitted. This<br />
year's Marathon began at 00.00 UTC on 1 January and will end at 23.59 UTC on<br />
31 December. Complete rules and submission information can be found at<br />
www.dxmarathon.com [TNX K9EL]<br />
LOTW ---> Henrik, OZ6TL reports that all of the QSOs he made as either ZK1TLA<br />
(1999-2005) and E51TLA (2006) have been uploaded to LoTW.<br />
QSL AS-148 ---> Rocky, HL1VAU reports that the QSL cards for the 1-3 March<br />
activity from Sonyu Island have been received from the printer. Rocky,<br />
Han/DS2GOO and Ryou/DS4NYE are processing direct requests received so far.<br />
They made more than 2,300 QSOs, the main part of them on the WARC bands, in<br />
20 hours.<br />
QSL VIA EA7FTR ---> Francisco is the QSL manager for more than 130 stations<br />
from 41 different <strong>DX</strong>CC entities. His web site is up and running at<br />
http://www.ea7ftr.com/<br />
UKRAINIAN CONTEST CLUB ---> The 17th Meeting organized by the Ukrainian<br />
Contest Club (http://www.ucc.zp.ua) will take place on 18-20 May at<br />
Khortitca, Zaporozhye. Further information at http://www.ucc.zp.ua or from<br />
Vladimir, UY5ZZ (uy5zz[at]mail[dot]ru). [TNX UY5ZZ]<br />
WARD AWARD ---> The WARD (World Amateur Radio Day) Award commemorates the<br />
World Amateur Radio Day celebrated by IARU on 18 April each year. The award<br />
is sponsored by MK QTC (the Polish Amateur Radio Journal) with the Polish<br />
Amateur Radio Union's support, and it is issued to licenced amateurs and SWLs<br />
for contacts made/heard between 00.00 and 23.59 UTC on 18 April. Full<br />
information at http://qtc.radio.org.pl/pokazartykul.php?articleID=544 [TNX<br />
SP2FAP]<br />
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />
===================================================================<br />
3B8FQ K5XK AO1A EB1ISN N8S YT1AD<br />
3B8MM DL6UAA AY7X WD9EWK NP4A W3HNK<br />
3DA0FC ON4CJK BD5HAM IK2DUW OK6DJ OK1FJD<br />
4K5D K2PF BP100S BX4AN OL0R OK1WMR<br />
4K9W DL6KVA C6AGN W1DIG OL32OLP OK1DRQ<br />
4L1FP LZ1OT CO7PH W3HNK ON60AF ON6KN<br />
4L1MA ON4RU CX6VM W3HNK ON60HRT ON7IG<br />
4L4CC RV1CC CX7CO KA5TUF ON7G ON4MRX<br />
4L6DL LZ1OT DU1/K3RAG WY4N OX60AD OX3UR<br />
4L8A DJ1CW EG5CPH EA5URR P29VR W7LFA<br />
4O6T PB2T EG5SVF EA5URR PJ4/W9NJY WD9DZV<br />
4U1WB KK4HD EH7SMN EA7URM R0UPOL F8DVD<br />
5H0RS IT9YVO ER/RW3AH RW3AH R41WP RA3LBA
5H3VMB UA4WHX EX/W0AIH W0AIH R4CG RK4CYW<br />
5N8NDP IK5JAN F5SGI/p F5SGI RK1G RZ3LC<br />
5P7Y OZ7AM FT5XQ/mm F4EFI SB300L W3HNK<br />
5P8Y OZ1ACB GB2BST M0XIG SC300VL SK6HD<br />
5T5JA JA1BAB GB6GW GW0TKX SC5L SM5XSH<br />
5X1GS WB2YQH GP4BJC/P G6XOU SV0IE DL2YAG<br />
5Z4/IK4ALM IK4ALM H44MS DL2GAC SV0XAF/8 HB9EBC<br />
5Z4ZK W4ZYT HC7AE EA7FTR T88ME 7N1RTO<br />
6H1MW XE1MW HG200B HA3HK T960ARA T94GB<br />
6H1TRP XE1TRP HI8LAM EA5NI TI1<strong>DX</strong> TI8AA<br />
6H1XR XE1XR HK4KDO EA5KB TI2AXX DL3AXX<br />
6H1YYD EA5KB HR9/WQ7R N6FF TR8CA F6CBC<br />
6J3PMR XE3PMR HS0AC HS0ZFZ TU2/F5LDY F1CGN<br />
6J3RBA XE3RBA HV0A K0FVC TZ1T ON4LN (a)<br />
6O0F ON4TA HZ1SK IZ8CLM TZ1T ON5CD (b)<br />
6V7F SM5GMZ IA0IPY I0YKN TZ2T ON4LN (c)<br />
7P8/G4MFW 9V1FJ IA4IPY IK4QIB TZ4T ON4FG (b)<br />
7P8<strong>DX</strong> ZS1CT IE9/IQ9PA IT9TQH TZ4T ON4LN (a)<br />
7Q7HB G0IAS II1ICB IK1QBT UA0AZ W3HNK<br />
7Q7VB UA4WHX II7ARI IQ7MU UE1SNA RA1QQ<br />
7X2EB EA7FTR II7BP IZ7GWP UN7AD RW6HS<br />
8J10YRP JN1YRP IP7IPY IZ7AUH UP21B UN7BF<br />
8P6ET KU9C IP8IPY I8QJU V31WB KB2OWB<br />
8Q7EB IW1GIO IR8<strong>DX</strong> IK8VRH V63J K9AJ<br />
9A950DM 9A1CCJ IU8SF IK8WEJ V63RE IT9YRE<br />
9A950<strong>DX</strong> 9A8<strong>DX</strong> J5UAP HA3AUI V63WN I1SNW<br />
9A950JB 9A3JB J68WI WB5ZAM V73NS WD8CRT<br />
9L1DIR EA4URE J79XBI SM0FWW VP5X OH3RB<br />
9M2/PG5M PG5M JW/F8DVD F8DVD VQ9JC ND9M<br />
9M2TO JA0DMV KG4JB N7ID XE2S WD9EWK<br />
9V1AP KD3TB KH8/K3UY RA3AUU XU7MDY OH4MDY<br />
9V1YC N5ID KH8/N9YU YT1AD XU7TZG ON7PP<br />
A35RK W7TSQ LU1ECZ EA5KB XV9SW SM5MX<br />
A45WD YO9HP LZ07IPY LZ3SM YK1BA N5FF<br />
A92WHD A92GR LZ2007EU LZ1BJ ZS4U K3PD<br />
(a) direct (b) bureau (c) direct and bureau<br />
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5U5U Christian Saint-Arroman, Chemin de Mousteguy, F-64990 Urcuit, France<br />
DL6UAA Mart Moebius, Kirchplatz 10, D-04924 Dobra, Germany<br />
EA7FTR Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias 23, 21110 Aljaraque, Huelva, Spain<br />
F8DVD Francois Bergez, 6 Rue de la Liberte, F-71000 Macon, France<br />
I1SNW Claudio Scaglia, P.O. Box 161, 14100 Asti - AT, Italy<br />
IT9YRE Ferdinando Rubino, P.O. Box 30, 96012 Avola - SR, Italy<br />
K9AJ Michael J McGirr, 3441 W Oak Hill Dr, Crete IL 60417, USA<br />
ON4CJK Jose Duyck, Molenakker 56, 8740 Egem, Belgium<br />
ON4LN Eric Lauwers, Benedictijnenlaan 25, Kessel-Lo, Belgium<br />
ON4TA Filip Rogister, Kroendaalplein 4, Overijse, 3090 Belgium<br />
PG5M Gerben A. Menting, Brandparken 2, 9351 XM Leek, The Netherlands<br />
RA1QQ Nick A. Smerdov, P.O. Box 24, Cherepovets 162611, Russia<br />
WD8CRT Neil Schwanitz, Box 8341, APO, AP 96557, USA<br />
WD9EWK Patrick Stoddard, 4031 E. Aster Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85032-7417, USA<br />
YT1AD Hrane Milosevic, 36206 Vitanovac, Serbia
ZS1CT Cape Town Amateur Radio Centre, P.O. Box 2541, 7740 Clareinch, Cape<br />
Town , South Africa<br />
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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #833<br />
21 April 2007<br />
A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />
Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />
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3B6 - Wojtek, SP9PT has had to drop out of the group of operators<br />
who<br />
will be active from Agalega in June [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 829]. The team<br />
now<br />
includes SP9MRO, SP5BFX, SP3MGM, SP6EQZ, SP3RBR, SP9SX and<br />
SP5XVY.<br />
They will leave Poland on 28 May and expect to be on the island<br />
for<br />
12-15 days starting around 6 June. QSL via SP9SX. Updates will<br />
be<br />
posted at http://3b6.godx.eu/<br />
6W - Dani, EA4ATI is returning to Dakar, Senegal and will remain<br />
there<br />
until April 2008. He expects to be active as 6W/EA4ATI and<br />
6W1EA,<br />
probably with a beam for 10, 15 and 20 metres, and dipoles for<br />
the<br />
other bands. QSL direct via homecall. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />
9A - Gianfranco, I6GFX and Luca, I6QIZ will be active as 9A/I6GFX<br />
from<br />
Croatia on 23-28 June. Their main QTH will be on Murter Island<br />
(not<br />
IOTA, IOCA CI-074), and they plan to go and operate from a<br />
few<br />
EU-170 counters: Arta Vela (CI-004), Kornat (CI-042),<br />
Murvenjak<br />
(CI-075), Radelj (CI-097), Vela Smokvica (CI-107), Vrgada (CI-<br />
143)<br />
and Prisnjak Mali (CI-488). QSL via home call, sirect or<br />
bureau.<br />
Logs at http://www.gianfrancogervasi.it/search.html [TNX I6GFX]<br />
9H - Ralph, DL9MWG will be active as 9H3RT from Malta (EU-023) from<br />
28<br />
April through 11 May. Activity will be on the HF bands mainly<br />
on<br />
CW. QSL via DL9MWG. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />
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9M2_spr - Gerben, PG5M (http://www.dx.to) will be active as 9M2/PG5M<br />
from<br />
Pulau Layang Layang, Spratly Islands (AS-051) until 23 April.<br />
He<br />
will operate CW only on 10-40 metres, with a vertical antenna<br />
and<br />
possibly a G5RV dipole. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.<br />
He<br />
will start answering cards (including those for other 9M2<br />
contacts<br />
from West Malaysian islands) by the middle of the year, when<br />
he<br />
ruturns to the Netherlands. [TNX PG5M]<br />
9N - Nob/JA2AAU, Yoshi/JA2AIC and Iku/JA2ATE will be active as<br />
9N7AU,<br />
9N7IC and 9N7TE respectively from Kathmandu, Nepal on 10-15<br />
May.<br />
They plan to operate SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31 on 10-40 metres.<br />
QSL<br />
via home calls. [TNX JA1ELY]<br />
BS7 - Suggested frequencies for the forthcoming BS7H operation<br />
from<br />
Scarborough Reef [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 824] are as follows:<br />
BAND SSB CW RTTY<br />
---------------------------<br />
160 - 1826.5 -<br />
80 3799 3504 -<br />
40 7057 7004 -<br />
30 - 10104 10142<br />
20 14185 14024 14080<br />
17 18145 18074 -<br />
15 21295 21024 21080<br />
12 24945 24894 -<br />
10 28475 28024 28080<br />
Expect activity to start by the end of April. Bookmark<br />
the<br />
expedition's website, as official information will be posted<br />
there.<br />
QSL via KU9C. Logs will be available at http://www.bs7h.com/<br />
after<br />
the end of the expedition.<br />
BY - Kevin/BA4XA, Mary/BA4XYL, Roy/BA4VE, Li/BD4XD,<br />
Wang/BD4XW,<br />
Chang/BG6IQD and Tiger/BG4VGJ will be active as homecall/4<br />
from<br />
Dongxilian Island (AS-135) on 1-7 May. They will operate<br />
holiday<br />
style on or around the usual IOTA frequencies using 100 watts<br />
into<br />
a 2-element yagi, vertical and dipole antennas. QSL via home<br />
calls.<br />
[TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
C9 - Eduardo, CU2AF will be active as C91AF from Maputo, Mozambique<br />
from<br />
27 April to 6 May. He plans to operate for a few hours daily<br />
on<br />
80-10 metres SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via home call. [TNX CU2AF]<br />
CT - CQ5MGP is the special callsign used by the Portuguese Navy<br />
amateur<br />
radio group (Nucleo de Radioamadores da Armada, CS5NRA) during<br />
the<br />
Portuguese Navy Day Contest. This year's event will be held on 5-
6<br />
May (rules can be found at www.nra.pt).<br />
DL - DK8MIL, DK7JAN, DJ9MD, DG7BBU and others will be active as<br />
DF0TM<br />
from Usedom (EU-129) on 20-22 April. They will operate on 20<br />
metres<br />
SSB and on other HF bands. QSL via DF0TM (bureau) or direct<br />
to<br />
Jan-H. Kossow, Heinrich-Laakmann-Str. 8, D-28832 Achim,<br />
Germany.<br />
[TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
DL - Karen, DL8HK (CW) and Alfred, DB1VQ (SSB) will be active<br />
as<br />
DL0EFA/p from Usedom Island (EU-129, O-13 for the German<br />
Islands<br />
Award) from 26 April to 1 May. QSL via DK9VB.<br />
[TNX<br />
www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
E5 - Mike, KM9D (E51QMA) and Jan, KF4TUG (E51TUG) have<br />
departed<br />
Christmas Island (T32) for the North Cook Islands.<br />
Their<br />
destination is Suwarrow Atoll (OC-080); they expect to arrive<br />
in<br />
2-3 days and to remain there "until sometime in May". [TNX<br />
The<br />
Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
EA - Pascual, EA5FKQ (AO5FKQ) and several others operators in<br />
Valencia<br />
and its province are active until 7 July using the prefix AO5<br />
to<br />
celebrate the 32nd edition of the America's Cup, the<br />
most<br />
prestigious regatta in the sport of sailing.<br />
F - The Union Francaise des Telegraphistes will hold their<br />
annual<br />
general meeting at Plouguernau on 28-29 April. A few attendees<br />
will<br />
go and operate (on 20 and 40 metres CW and SSB) as F8UFT from<br />
Ile<br />
Vierge (EU-105, DIFM MA-020) between 12 and 16 UTC on the 28th.<br />
QSL<br />
via F6ICG. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
F - Antoine, F5RAB and others will be active as TM5EL from both<br />
Belle<br />
Ile en Mer (EU-048, DIFM AT-015) and Ilot des Poulains (EU-<br />
048,<br />
DIFM AT-089) on 28-30 April. They plan to operate CW, SSB<br />
and<br />
digital modes on the HF bands. QSL via F6KHI. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
FS - John, K9EL will be active from St. Martin (NA-105) from 27 April<br />
to<br />
6 May and and will operate holiday style as FS/K9EL on 10-80<br />
metres<br />
mainly CW and SSB. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX K9EL]<br />
G - Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North<br />
America,<br />
was founded in 1607. Members from a number of amateur radio<br />
clubs<br />
from the east coast area of the UK will operate special<br />
event<br />
station GB400AA (Anniversary of America,
http://www.gb400aa.net/)<br />
on 11-13 May. Expect activity on various HF bands (primarily 20,<br />
40<br />
and 80 metres) using CW and SSB. GB400AA might also participate<br />
in<br />
the CQ WW WPX CW Contest and be active at other times during<br />
May.<br />
QSL via G0SBW. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />
GD - Colin, MW0JNI and Mike, GW6NLP will be active as GB100TT<br />
(special<br />
callsign celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Isle of<br />
Man<br />
Tourist Trophy races) from the Isle of Man (EU-116) from 25 May<br />
to<br />
6 June. They will be based at Scarlett Point Tower in<br />
Castletown,<br />
and they plan to operate SSB from HF through 2 metres. A<br />
full<br />
operating schedule will be on either the Wrexham ARS'<br />
website<br />
(www.qsl.net/wars) or the Scarlett Point<br />
website<br />
(www.scarlettpoint.com). QSL via MW0JNI. [TNX MW1MDH]<br />
GM - Jim, MM0BQI will be active as MM0BQI/p from Shuna Island (EU-<br />
008)<br />
from 28 April to 5 May. He plans to operate RTTY, CW and SSB<br />
on<br />
17-80 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.<br />
[TNX<br />
www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
HI - Costantino, HI3CCP and others plan to operate on all bands<br />
and<br />
modes from Isla Cabras (NA-122) on 11-17 June. A special<br />
callsign<br />
(HI0**) has been requested. QSL via ON4IQ. [TNX HI3CCP]<br />
HR - A group of operators from the Radio Club de<br />
Honduras<br />
(http://www.qsl.net/hr2rch) will be active as HQ9L from Little<br />
Cay,<br />
Bahia Islands (NA-057) on 4-6 May. They will operate SSB. CW<br />
and<br />
digital modes on 160-10 metres. QSL via HR2RCH, direct or<br />
bureau.<br />
[TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
I - Look for Marconi memorial station IY0TC to be active from Il<br />
Pirgo<br />
(IIA RM-001) on 25 April and from Civitavecchia on the 28th for<br />
the<br />
International Marconi Day. QSL via I0KHP. [TNX IK0CNA]<br />
I - ARI Frascati will participate in the International Marconi Day<br />
(28<br />
April) as IY0ORP from the Geophysical Observatory at Rocca di<br />
Papa<br />
(Rome). QSL via I0DJV. [TNX IK0ZCW]<br />
I - Fabio, IW1DFU will be active as IA5/IW1DFU from Elba<br />
Island<br />
(EU-028) on 25-30 April. Expect him to operate mainly CW on 20<br />
and<br />
30 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.<br />
I - Marcello/IT9ABY, Giuseppe/IT9BLB, Giuseppe/IT9PAD,<br />
Antonio/IT9YMM,<br />
Maurizio/IT9IAS, Stefano/IT9ISR and Carmelo/IT9TFX will operate
as<br />
IQ9PA on all bands and modes from Isola delle Femmine (EU-166,<br />
IIA<br />
PA-004) on 19-21 May. QSL via operator's instructions. [TNX<br />
IT9ABY]<br />
JA - Look for JS6RRR/JS6 and JI3DST/JS6 to be active (on 160, 80,<br />
40,<br />
17, 15, 12, 10, 6 and 2 metres SSB, CW, RTTY, SSTV and FM) from<br />
the<br />
Miyako Islands (AS-079) from 27 April to 7 May (00 UTC). QSL<br />
via<br />
bureau only. [TNX JI3DST]<br />
JT - JT1Y has been active since 14 April with two HF stations. The<br />
first<br />
one is operated by IK1PMR and IZ1GLO (K2LEO) on 160-10 metres<br />
CW<br />
and RTTY (skeds via www.ik1pmr.com/feedback/); their<br />
typical<br />
schedule includes the following:<br />
00.00-01.00 UTC 10104 or 14083 RTTY<br />
01.00-03.00 UTC 14001 or 14083 RTTY<br />
08.00-09.45 UTC 18070 or 18102 RTTY for EU/JA<br />
09.45-10.00 UTC checking 12m for JA (24900 CW)<br />
10.00-13.00 UTC 14001 CW or 14083 RTTY (worked a few<br />
USA<br />
stations)<br />
13.00-14.00 UTC 20m or 30m CW/RTTY<br />
14.00-17.00 UTC 10104 CW or 10142 RTTY<br />
17.00-18.30 UTC 10104 + checking 7004 and 3504<br />
The second station is operated by I0SNY, I5NOC, I8YGZ and<br />
JT1KAA<br />
club members on 40-6 metres SSB and CW; they can be found on<br />
14195<br />
kHz around 00.00-02.00 UTC looking for North America. QSL<br />
via<br />
I0SNY. [TNX IK1PMR]<br />
OE - OE3XQC, the club station of the Documentary Archives<br />
Radio<br />
Communications in Vienna (www.qsl.at and http://dokufunk.org),<br />
will<br />
be one of the official stations participating in this<br />
year's<br />
International Marconi Day (28 April). QSL direct to OE1WHC.<br />
With<br />
more than 6,000,000 cards, the Research and Documentation<br />
Center<br />
for the History of Radio Communications and the Electronic<br />
Media<br />
(http://www.qsl.at) boasts the largest QSL collection in the<br />
world.<br />
[TNX OE1WHC]<br />
OH - OH8GZQ, OH8GZN, OH8WM, OH8HWI, OH8HQL and others will be active<br />
as<br />
OH8T from Hailuoto Island (EU-184) on 20-22 April. They<br />
will<br />
operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 10-80 metres, possibily on<br />
2<br />
and 6 metres as well. QSL via OH8TA. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
PA - Kees, PA3EEQ and Age, PA0XAW will be active from Texel<br />
Island<br />
(EU-038) and Lighthouse NET-024 on 28-29 April. They will<br />
operate
CW and SSB on 80, 40, 30 and 20 metres. QSL via home calls,<br />
direct<br />
or bureau. Full information on the Dutch Lighthouses Award cand<br />
be<br />
found at http://www.dutchlighthouseaward.nl [TNX PA0XAW]<br />
SM - Tomas/SM6XMY, Rolf/SM6IQD, Sten/SM6MIS,<br />
Janne/SM6YOF,<br />
Magnus/SM6WET, Rick/SM6U, Pierre/SA6AOA, Daniel/SA6ABU<br />
and<br />
Christer/SM7YLS will be active as 8S6KOS from Nordkoster<br />
Island<br />
(EU-043) on 11-13 May. They will have three stations<br />
with<br />
amplifiers and good antennas, and main activity will be on 80,<br />
40<br />
and 20 metres SSB. QSL via SM6YOU (bureau preferred).<br />
Further<br />
details at can be found at http://sector7.nu/8s6kos<br />
[TNX<br />
www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
SV - Eight operators from the White Tower <strong>DX</strong><br />
Team<br />
(http://www.whitetowerdxt.com) will be active on all bands<br />
and<br />
modes as SY8WT from Skyros Island (EU-060) on 17-22 June. QSL<br />
via<br />
SV2HPP. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
SV - Holger/DL7IO, Birgit/DL7IQ and a groupf of friends (DJ7TO,<br />
DK3WW,<br />
DK7AO, DL6MHW, DL7AU, DL1AXL and DL3ABL) will be active as<br />
J48IO<br />
and J48YL from Proti Island (EU-158) on 26-31 July, IOTA<br />
Contest<br />
included. They plan to run two stations simultaneously on 160-<br />
10<br />
metres. QSL via DK7AO, preferably via the bureau.<br />
[TNX<br />
www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
TF - Bodo, DL3OCH will be active as TF/DL3OCH from Iceland (EU-021)<br />
from<br />
24 April to 2 May. He plans to operate CW only on 10-160 metres<br />
and<br />
23cm EME (EME activity on 24-26 April from 18 UTC until 21 UTC).<br />
On<br />
his way to Iceland, on 23 April, he will stop for a few hours<br />
at<br />
the Faroe Islands (EU-018) from 6 UTC until 17 UTC, and he might<br />
be<br />
able to operate as OY/DL3OCH for a few hours. QSL via home<br />
call,<br />
direct or bureau. His web site is at http://www.dl3och.de<br />
[TNX<br />
www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
UA - The expedition "Polar Ring 2007", organized by the<br />
Expedition<br />
Centre "Arctic", started a few days ago and is moving along<br />
the<br />
Barents Sea coast. Between 22 and 24 April they might be on<br />
Vaygach<br />
Island (EU-086) for one or two days, and the radio operator<br />
(Oleg,<br />
UA3ATS) might be active on 20 metres (+/- 14260 kHz SSB and
14060<br />
kHz CW) ss R3CA/1. The expedition itinerary can be followed online<br />
at http://www.ec-arctic.ru/pr2007eng/index.php [TNX UA9OBA]<br />
UA - Special event call RP3YGA/p will be aired (on 160-10 metres SSB,<br />
CW<br />
and digital modes) again around 9 May (including participation<br />
in<br />
the CQ-M International <strong>DX</strong> Contest on 12-13 May) in remembrance<br />
of<br />
the air force pilots who lost their lives during WWII in the<br />
region<br />
of Brjansk. QSL direct to MM0DFV. [TNX RV3YR]<br />
UT - Anatoly/UT3IB, Mike/UT9IO and Alex/UX2IQ will operate as<br />
homecall/p<br />
from Zmeiny Island (EU-182, UIA-07) on 24-30 July. They<br />
will<br />
participate in the IOTA Contest as UX2IQ (QSL via home call,<br />
direct<br />
or bureau); before and after the contest they will operate CW<br />
and<br />
SSB on the WARC bands. [TNX UT3IB]<br />
VK - The Hornsby & Districts ARC will be operating special event<br />
station<br />
VK2IMD on the International Marconi Day (28 April). It will<br />
be<br />
located close to Wahroonga, the location of the first<br />
contact<br />
between Britain and Australia in 1918. [TNX VK2YJS]<br />
VP9 - Paul, G4BKI will be operating CW only as VP9KF from<br />
Hamilton<br />
Parish, Bermuda (NA-005) from 15 May to 5 June, CQ WW WPX<br />
CW<br />
Contest included. QSL to W4/VP9KF (Paul Evans, 6809 River<br />
Road,<br />
Tampa, FL 33615, USA). Further information can be found<br />
at<br />
http://vp9kf.com [TNX VP9KF]<br />
W - Celebrating the 400th anniversary of the founding of<br />
Jamestown,<br />
Virginia the Williamsburg Area ARC and the Dominion <strong>DX</strong> Group<br />
will<br />
operate special event stations W4J (4-25 May, QSL via KU4FP)<br />
and<br />
K4J (11-13 May, QSL via KS4RX) respectively. Information on<br />
other<br />
special event stations participating in the celebrations can<br />
be<br />
found at on the ARRL Virginia<br />
Section<br />
(http://www.arrlva.us/arrlva/va400/va400_index.html)<br />
YB - Kees, PA5CW reports he plans to operate CW from Bali (YB9, OC-<br />
022)<br />
from 25 April to 10 May.<br />
ZS - A team of ten operators from the Boland Amateur Radio Club<br />
(namely<br />
ZS1YT, ZS1KC, ZR1JHD, ZS1GVB, ZR1CE, ZS1DUP, ZS1GUD, ZS1GP,<br />
ZS1XX<br />
and ZS1OLI) will be active as ZS1HELL on 27-30 April. They<br />
will<br />
operate on 160, 80, 40 and 20 metres from "The Hell", also known<br />
as
Mountains<br />
South<br />
Gamkaskloof or Gamka's Valley, situated in the Swartberg<br />
of the Southern Cape. QSL via P.O. Box 273, Strand, 7140,<br />
Africa. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
J20RR & J20MM ---> Silvano, I2YSB reports that the recent J20RR and J20MM<br />
operations from Djibouti have been aprroved for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit.<br />
N8S ---> Swains Island went QRT around 18.30 UTC on 15 April. The latest log<br />
update at http://logsearch.de/ includes 117,136 out of the 117,205 QSOs<br />
logged during the expedition. The first pictures of the <strong>DX</strong>pedition are<br />
available on The Daily <strong>DX</strong>'s web site at www.dailydx.com<br />
PIRATE ---> Marco Giocondi, IK2DFZ reports that his callsign has been<br />
repeatedly pirated on the PacketCluster, typically for N8S spots.<br />
QRS CW PARTY ---> The European CW Association (EUCW) and the FISTS<br />
(http://www.fists.org) organize the annual QRS Party, this year to be held<br />
from 00.01 UTC on 23 April through 23.59 UTC on the 27th. This is not a<br />
contest - just enjoy plenty of slow Morse activity (maximum speed 14 wpm) for<br />
a period of five days. Full information on the event and relevant awards can<br />
be found at http://www.agcw.org/eucw/euqrs.html<br />
QSL J79XBI ---> Please note that Leif, SM0FWW can confirm contacts made<br />
between 16 January and 16 April 2007. The QSL route for past operations is<br />
via SM7XBI.<br />
QSL YV5TX ---> Jose Robaina, YV5TX reports that the new QSL manager for both<br />
his callsigns (YV5TX and 4M5R) is IT9DAA.<br />
TG0WARD ---> This special callsign was aired by TG9ANF, TG9AXF, TG9ADQ and<br />
TG9SM on 18 April to celebrate the World Amateur Radio Day. QSL direct only<br />
to P.O. Box 24-C, Guatemala City. Guatemala (send you card whithin 31 May to<br />
receive a special certificate along with the QSL card). [TNX TG9ANF]<br />
US POSTAL RATES ---> Effective 14 May, U.S. postal rates will increase as<br />
follows: First Class mail within the US = USD 0.41; Mail to Canada and Mexico<br />
= USD 0.69; International Airmail = USD 0.90; International Reply Coupons<br />
(IRCs) = USD 2.00. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
WORLD ROBINSON CUP 2007 ---> The Russian Robinson Club sponsors the "World<br />
Robinson Cup" (wrc_rrc@mail.ru) for contacting stations operating from<br />
islands between 1 April and 30 September 2007. The national island programmes<br />
considered by WRC 2007 are BIA (Belarus), CIsA (Canada), DIA (Denmark), DIB<br />
(Brazil), DICE (Chile), DIE (Spain), DIFM and DIFO (France), DIP (Portugal),<br />
GIA (Germany), IIA (Italy), IOCA (Croatia), IOSA (Scotland), JIIA (Japan),<br />
RRA (Russia), SPIA (Poland), UIA (Ukraine), USIA (United States). Full<br />
information is available on the Russian Robinson Club's web site<br />
(http://www.hamradio.ru/rrc/wrc_e.htm). [TNX RZ3EM]<br />
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A4A, 3C0M, 3Y9SDA, 4J5A, 4K0KW,<br />
4U1UN, 5H1Z, 5T5DY, 5W0AK, 5W5AA, 5Z1A, 5Z4DZ, 9L1US, 9M2AX, 9U0X, 9U9Z,
9V1VV, 9V1WW, A22/JA4ATV, A52GJ, AH2L, BA4DW, BX0ZR, BX3/DJ3KR, BX5AA, BY4RB<br />
(1989), ED1CI (EU-080), EK3GM, EL2AR, EY8MM, FK/FO5RK, FK8CP, FK8GX, FO5RK,<br />
FS/W6IZT, GP0STH, HP1WW, HP1XX, HS0T, HV0A, II5ANT, J20MM, J20RR, J28JA,<br />
JA3AOP (AS-117), JT1ZW, JW/DJ3KR, JY4NE, KP2/N0FW, LU5FF, LZ0A, MJ/K8PT,<br />
N0FW/KP2, OA4/DJ3KR, OH0Z, P40A, PJ2T, R1FJM, S21XA, ST2A, SU8IOTA (AF-099),<br />
SU9FL, T32MO (OC-084), T88MR, TI2SSI, TI8II, TM6M, TM8WAP, TU2/F5LDY, US2IR,<br />
UT3MD, V25WY, V47KP, V49A, V51AS, V63UA, VE1/F5PAC (NA-126 and NA-127),<br />
VE1OTA (NA-154), VK1AA/2 (OC-212), VK9DNX, VP2MRD, VP57V, WP4U, XE3ARV, XF2K<br />
(NA-246), XF4K (NA-115), XR7C (SA-018), XT2C, XU7MWA, XX9C, YI9RKB, YL2SM,<br />
YN2N, YW0<strong>DX</strong>, YX0LIX, ZB2/4O3AL, ZC4LI, ZD7BG, ZD8I, ZD9BV, ZP0R.<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
><br />
At 6 UTC on 25 April, the BS7H team left Hong Kong harbour on a 60-hour<br />
voyage to Scarborough Reef, from where they intended to be QRV for 9 days.<br />
However, at 02.40 UTC on 27 April the team was located approximately 240<br />
nautical miles north west of the reef and making less than the expected<br />
progress because of extremely rough seas. Current estimated arrival to BS7 is<br />
their Sunday morning local time. Because of rough seas, there has been no<br />
maritime mobile operation. The announcement that they have commenced radio<br />
operations will appear on the expedition's website (www.bs7h.com). The roster<br />
includes eighteen operators:<br />
Chen Peng, BA1HAM Tom Berson, ND2T<br />
Fan Bin, BA1RB Joe Blackwell, AA4NN<br />
David Chen, BA4RF Paul Pescitelli, K4UJ<br />
Chen Fang, BA4RC Mike Mraz, N6MZ<br />
Terry Liang, BA7NQ Mike McGirr, K9AJ<br />
Ko Chih-Ta, BV6HJ James Brooks, 9V1YC<br />
Eddie Valdez, DU1EV Martti Laine, OH2BH<br />
Jun Moreto, DU1BA Massimo Mucci, I8NHJ<br />
Bob Vallio, W6RGG Christian Entsfellner, DL3MBG<br />
Scarborough Reef has unique and dangerous attributes, and as such BS7H will<br />
not have online logs or pilots. All efforts are on keeping the team safe so<br />
they can provide a new one to as many hams as possible. QSL via KU9C. Jose,<br />
CT1BOH has created a set of interactive propation maps for BS7H.Select a time<br />
and frequency, and the corresponding propagation map will be displayed. The<br />
maps are accessible at http://www.qsl.net/ct1boh/propagation.htm<br />
4W - Korea <strong>DX</strong> Club members Kim/6K5YPW, Lee/DS2BGV, Choi/HL5FUA<br />
and<br />
Yoon/6K2AVL will be active as 4W6AAV (or with a 2-letter suffix<br />
call<br />
to be requested upon arrival) from Dili, Timor-Leste (OC-148)<br />
from<br />
30 May through 4 June. They plan to operate on 160-10 metres CW,<br />
SSB<br />
and digital modes with two amplifiers, verticals and beams:<br />
Next bulletin<br />
Bulletins' Index
Band CW SSB Digi<br />
-------------------------------------<br />
160m 1822 (QSX 1824) - -<br />
80m 3515 3795 -<br />
40m 7015 7095 -<br />
30m 10115 - -<br />
20m 14015 14195 14082<br />
17m 18075 18130 21082<br />
15m 21015 21295 -<br />
12m 24895 24950 -<br />
10m 28015 28460 28100<br />
QSL via HL5FUA. Logs will be available at<br />
http://dxpedition.co.kr/<br />
[TNX 6K2AVL]<br />
F - Franck/F5JOT, Daniel/F5LGQ and Claude/F6CKH will be active from<br />
Ouessant Island (EU-065) from 28 April to 1 May. They will<br />
operate<br />
SSB and CW on the HF bands. QSL via home calls. [TNX F5LGQ]<br />
HL - Rocky/HL1VAU, Han/DS2GOO and Ryou/DS4NYE plan to be active<br />
as<br />
homecall/3 from Anmyon Island (AS-080) on 4-5 May. They will<br />
have<br />
wire antennas and a simple barefoot mobile transceiver, and<br />
will<br />
concentrate on the WARC bands and digital modes. [TNX HL1VAU]<br />
I - Alessio/IZ0CKJ, Gianluca/IZ0JPE, Ivan/IZ0JNY and Simon/IZ7ATN<br />
will<br />
be active from the island of Palmarola, IB0 (EU-045, IIA LT-<br />
008)<br />
from 27 April to 1 May. They might go and operate also from<br />
nearby<br />
satellite islands. QSL via IZ0JNY, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ0CKJ]<br />
I - Special event station IR1ALP will be active from Cuneo, Italy<br />
on<br />
1-31 May. A special postage stamp will be affixed on the<br />
cards<br />
confirming QSOs made on 12-13 May, during the 80th Italian<br />
Alpine<br />
troops gathering. QSL via QSL via IK1AAS. Information on<br />
the<br />
relevant award, sposored by ARI Cuneo, can be found<br />
at<br />
http://www.qrz.com/callsign/IR1ALP<br />
I - IT9ATF, IT9ORA, IT9NPR, IT9PPG, IT9RZU and IT9WDC will be active<br />
as<br />
IF9A from Favignana Island (EU-054, IIA TP-011) on 2-6 May. QSL<br />
via<br />
IT9ATF.<br />
I - IZ4AKS, IZ4DPV, IK8UND and IZ8GCB will operate as IC8/homecall<br />
from<br />
Procida Island (EU-031, IIA NA-002) on 4-7 May. On 5-6 May they<br />
will<br />
team up with local operators IC8DAK and IC8OZM and participate<br />
in<br />
the ARI <strong>DX</strong> Contest as IC8R. QSL via IC8OZM. [TNX IZ4AKS]<br />
IS0 - ARI Olbia will participate in the International Marconi Day<br />
(28<br />
April) as IY0GA from Cape Figari, Golfo Aranci (Sardinia, EU-<br />
024),<br />
where Guglielmo Marconi carried out a microwave test with Rocca<br />
di<br />
Papa (Rome) on 11 August 1932. QSL via IS0JMA, direct or
ureau.<br />
[TNX IS0JMA]<br />
LZ - Special station LZ07KM will be active on 1-31 May to celebrate<br />
St.<br />
Kiril and Methodius' Day. QSL via LZ1PJ, direct or bureau (email<br />
requests for bureau cards can be sent to lz1pj@qsl.net). [TNX<br />
LZ1PJ]<br />
ON - UBA Section LGE will operate as ON60LGE/P from four different<br />
World<br />
War II forts around Liege on 29 April, 13 May, 20 May and 27<br />
May.<br />
QSL via ON5PO. [TNX ON6DP]<br />
OX - Valery (RW3GW), Andrey (RW3AH), Alexander (RA3MR) and<br />
Artemiy<br />
(UA3MQM) will be active as OX/NA1SA from Kangerlussuaq,<br />
Greenland<br />
(NA-018) on 4-10 May. They plan to operate SSB, CW, RTTY and<br />
PSK31<br />
on the HF bands, with an emphasis on the low and WARC bands. On 3-<br />
11<br />
May the team will operate as OZ/NA1SA from Copenhagen, Denmark.<br />
QSL<br />
via operator's instructions. [TNX RZ3EM]<br />
OZ - Jurgen, DB5YB will be active as OZ/DB5YB from Bornholm<br />
Island<br />
(EU-030) on 5-18 May. He plans to operate SSB on 20, 17 and<br />
15<br />
metres. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
SP - Special event station SN70MKK will be active on 1-10 May<br />
to<br />
celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Morski Klub<br />
Krotkofalowcow,<br />
the Maritime Radio Club founded on 5 May 1937 in Gdynia.<br />
Expect<br />
activity on the HF bands CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via<br />
SP2AVE.<br />
[TNX SP2<strong>DX</strong>]<br />
TA - Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Fenerbahce Sports<br />
Club<br />
(http://www.fenerbahce.org/eng/), TA1HZ and TA2RX will operate<br />
as<br />
TC100FB (QSL via TA1HZ) from Istanbul on 1-31 May, and TA1CM<br />
will<br />
operate as TA100FB (QSL via TA1CM) on 13-27 May from Tekirdag.<br />
[TNX<br />
TA1HZ]<br />
UA - RZ3EC, UA3EDQ, RZ3EM, RA1WU and RA1WZ plan to operate as<br />
RK3EXA/1<br />
from Gorodets Island (RRA-23-05) between 28 and 30 April.<br />
Depending<br />
on weather, they might also go and be active as UE3EDA/1 from<br />
other<br />
islands. QSL via RZ3EC. [TNX RZ3EM]<br />
UR - Special event station EM50ARDF will be active from 1 May through<br />
the<br />
end of the year to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the<br />
Amateur<br />
Radio Direction Finding in Ukraine. QSL via US0VA.<br />
Further<br />
information at http://www.uarl.org.ua/ardf/english.htm [TNX US0VA]<br />
V3 - Paul, AK1P will be active "casual style" as V31PA from Belize
from<br />
29 April to 9 May.QSL via WA6GER. [TNX ARRL <strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />
YV - The Radio Club Venezolano will operate as YW4AJ from Cojedes, one<br />
of<br />
the rarest Venezuelan states, from 28 April until 1 May.<br />
Expect<br />
activity on 80-6 metres all modes, plus satellite. QSL via<br />
YV5AJ,<br />
direct or bureau. Full information on the Diploma<br />
Estados<br />
Venezolanos (Venezuelan States Award) can be found<br />
at<br />
http://radioclubvenezolano.org/concurso.htm [TNX YV5AJ]<br />
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />
===========================<br />
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3B7C ---> Plans for the Five Star <strong>DX</strong>ers Association's 7-24 September<br />
<strong>DX</strong>pedition to St. Brandon [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 822] are progressing well. A suitable boat<br />
has been chartered to take the team and its 6 tonnes of equipment to the<br />
island, the licence has been received, and all permits are in place. The team<br />
will be operating from Isle du Sud, the southern end of what is shown on the<br />
charts as Cocos Island. Some of the previously-announced members have had to<br />
drop out of the expedition. The team now includes 9M6<strong>DX</strong>X, DK7YY, DL7AKC,<br />
EI5DI, G0OPB, G3BJ, G3IZD, G3NHL, G3NUG, G3SVL, G3USR, G3XTT, G4TSH, GM3POI,<br />
K3NA, MD0CCE, N6HC and SM5GMZ. The full Press Release no. 4, issued on 24<br />
April, is available on the expedition's website, which is now up and running<br />
at http://www.3b7c.com [TNX G3XTT]<br />
HS0ZCW ---> Charles, HS0ZCW (K4VUD) will have an antenna (a sloper pointed<br />
north) for 80 metres and is asking for direct replies to sked suggestions.<br />
The skeds must be on Thailand weekends (Thai amateurs cannot operate this<br />
band unless there is a contest running, and contests are almost all only on<br />
weekends). Thailand is UTC +7 hours. The frequency must be between 3500 and<br />
3535 kHz. Feel free to e-mail him suggestions of skeds (k4vud@hotmail.com).<br />
J5BI ---> Jack, F6BUM reports that his recent J5BI operation from Bubaque<br />
Island (AF-020), Guinea-Bissau has been approved for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit.<br />
JT1Y ---> Andrea, IK1PMR and Claudia, IZ1GLO (K2LEO) went QRT at 11.09 UTC on<br />
24 April and left Mongolia on the 25th. They made over 4,000 QSOs (600+ RTTY,<br />
39 SSB, all others CW) on 160-12 metres, and their logs are already available<br />
on line (www.ik1pmr.com/logs/). Please note that the other JT1Y station<br />
(operated by I0SNY, I5NOC and I8YGZ) has paper logs, and those QSOs are not<br />
online. [TNX IK1PMR]<br />
PIRATE ---> Pasquale, IW0HEX reports that his callsign has been repeatedly<br />
pirated on the PacketCluster.<br />
QSL CN3A & 5D5A ---> Roberto, I2WIJ reports that "the CN3A direct QSL<br />
requests backlog has been cleared, and all the cards are in the post mail".<br />
From now on, new requests for CN3A will be answered once a week. The<br />
5D5A<br />
direct QSL requests backlog will be processed starting on 2 May.<br />
QSL VIA VK4AAR ---> Alan says that one USD no longer covers return postage<br />
from Australia to any part of the world. One Euro does, but "do not send<br />
coins!", Alan says, because "banks only accept and exchange paper money".
Alan is the QSL manager for 9V0A, 9V1<strong>DX</strong>, KH2VM, P29RH, V63PD, VI0ANARE, VK0MM<br />
(Macquarie), VK6AN (OC-266), VK6BM (OC-234), VK6BSI (OC-243), VK6DHI<br />
(OC-206), VK6LI (OC-071), VK8AN/6 (OC-154), VK8AN/8 (OC-229), VK8AV/3<br />
(OC-136), VK8DP, VK8MI (OC-173) and VP2V/W3HQ (the logs for C21RH, VU3RSB,<br />
YJ8AA, ZK2JJ and ZK2PJ are now closed).<br />
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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />
===========================<br />
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
G3SWH: Phil Whitchurch, G3SWH has announced the launch of his new web<br />
site<br />
(www.g3swh.org.uk), where operators can view the QSL cards,<br />
search<br />
the logs of most and request bureau QSLs for all of the 85<br />
callsigns<br />
that he currently manages.<br />
N8S: Three nice photo galleries can be found on team member<br />
Roman<br />
Tkachenko's (UR0MC) website at http://www.ur0mc.com/ru/photo.php<br />
TM5CI: On-line logs for TM5CI, EU-039 (22-25 March) can be found<br />
at<br />
http://dx.qsl.net/logs/index.html. All of the contacts will be<br />
confirmed automatically via the bureau, direct requests should<br />
be<br />
sent to F5UBH. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
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******* QSL INFO ********<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
===================================================================<br />
CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />
===================================================================<br />
3D2HC DL9HCU CN8IG EA7FTR NH6P W6YM<br />
3XD2Z RW3AZ CN8NK EA5XX NH8/K3LP K3LP<br />
3XM6JR UA6JR CN8SG EA7FTR OH0JJS/1 OH6LI<br />
3Z50OP SQ6QQ CO2NB EA5KB OH10TA IZ0EHO<br />
4L1QX RW6HS CO2VQ EA5KB OH8T OH8TA<br />
4M0R IK2VUC CO2WF N1KI OL75CAV OK1UU<br />
4O3ZZ K1ZZ CO6DW EA5KB OY/DL3OCH DL3OCH<br />
4O6CW UA6LCW CO6RD AD4C PA70HYG PA1JOS<br />
4W6AAD VK3ZGW CO6WD W0SA R1AND RU1ZC<br />
4X0MDC IK2VUC CP6XE IK6SNR R3CA/1 UA9OBA<br />
5H3RK VK4VB CQ0O<strong>DX</strong> CT2GZE R40WK RA9SC<br />
5T5SN IZ1BZV CU9RBL CS5RBL RU0LL IK2DUW<br />
5W0AA YZ7AA DF0TM DK7JAN SN0CFP SP9CFP<br />
5W0CK K6SRZ DH150HZ DL5KUA SN0FY SP9FY<br />
5W0JT JT1CO DR150HZ DL3PS SN0RQH SP9RQH<br />
5W0NU YU7NU DR400PG DM3ZF ST100S ST2M<br />
5W0QS N6TQS EA9EU EA5KB ST2R S57<strong>DX</strong><br />
5W0SV SV2BFN EE3RCG EA3GM SU0ARA SU1KM<br />
5W1SA JH7OHF EE8AKN IK2VUC SU8DRM SU1KM<br />
5W5AA YZ7AA EG5URE EA5HT SX1MDC IK2VUC<br />
5W5LP K3LP EK6TA DJ0MCZ T88KL JN3JBC<br />
6W1SE JR2KDN EV5IPY EW4IDP TC57ALAY TA1HZ
6W2SC HA3AUI EW6GF DL8KAC TF/DL3OCH DL3OCH<br />
7X5JF DJ8QP EY8MM K1BV TF3ZA KT6YL<br />
7Z1HL DJ9ZB GB2MGY GI4GOS TK/HA0HW HA0HW<br />
7Z1UG DG1XG GB95MGY G3IAF TK/HA4<strong>DX</strong> HA4<strong>DX</strong><br />
9H3DD M1DDD HC2SL EA5KB TK/HA4XG HA4XG<br />
9J2BO G3TEV HF30PIK SP2FAX TK/LZ1PJ LZ1PJ<br />
9K2YM/P EA5KB HH2FJM F5RPB TL8PB LA0HF<br />
9M2/PG5M PG5M HK1X EA7FTR TM5FRM F0DTB<br />
9M6XRO M5AAV HP3<strong>DX</strong> W4WX TM5OIS F5KRH<br />
A52AM JA0JHA HP3FTD AI4U TM5PDB F8KFJ<br />
A52K JA1CG HV0A IK0FVC TT8FC EA4AHK<br />
A61C W4JS I0SPQR I0YCB UE3XAA UA3XGM<br />
A61CK PE1BSX IB0/IY0TC I0KHP UN7MMM EA7FTR<br />
A61R EA7FTR IF9RGE IT9EJW UN7QF EX2A<br />
A61TX W4JS II9MDC IK2VUC UN7QX W7BO<br />
A71CT EA7FTR IO0MDC IK2VUC UO1E RX3RC<br />
AO5AAB EC5AAB IO1MDC IK2VUC V44KJ WB2TSL<br />
AO5AMH EA5AMH IO2MDC IK2VUC V63LR JK1QLR<br />
AO5AOP EA5AOP IO3MDC IK2VUC VA7PX VE7AXU<br />
AO5AT EA5AT IO9MDC IK2VUC VP5/PY2XB PT7WA<br />
AO5EH EA5EH IQ3EY IZ3DBA WH2D K3UOC<br />
AO5ET EA5ET IQ6SB/IQP I6HWD XW1A E21EIC<br />
AO5FFC EA5FFC IQ8MD IK2VUC YB1GJS NI5<strong>DX</strong><br />
AO5FJT EA5FJT IQ8PQ I8TWB YB8TAF EA5KB<br />
AO5FKQ EA5FKQ IR2MDC IK2VUC YC0IEM/4 IZ8CCW<br />
AO5FQS EA5FQS IR8MDC IK2VUC YN2N TI2OHL<br />
AO5GKT EA5GKT IS0MCD IK2VUC YU07HST YU1FJK<br />
AO5GL EA5GL J5UTM HA7TM YV1CTE IT9DAA<br />
AO5GS EA5GS JE2HCJ/JD1 JE2HCJ YV1R<strong>DX</strong> IT9DAA<br />
AO5GU EA5GU JT1Y I0SNY YV5TX IT9DAA<br />
AO5HE EA5HE JT6Y I0SNY YZ160SRS YU1SRS<br />
AO5KB EA5KB KH2/W2FJP JA2FJP Z21FO K3PD<br />
AO5KV EA5KV KH2F JA2TBS Z21GC K3PD<br />
AO5MB EA5MB KH6/Z32ZM I2JSB Z29KM EA7FTR<br />
AO5NK EA5NK KH8/AI4VU JT1CO Z33F IZ8FWN<br />
AO5OL EA5OL KH8/N9YU YT1AD Z36A DJ0LZ<br />
AO5XU EA5XU KP2M AI4U ZF2BI K4BI<br />
AO5YJ EA5YJ LU2FLN EA5KB ZP6CW ZP6CU<br />
CM6CAC EA5KB N3L KA3UNQ ZP6DYA PY2ZK<br />
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******* ADDRESSES *******<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
7Z1CQ Abdulhafiz Kashkari, P.O. Box 138763, Jeddah 21323, Saudi Arabia<br />
A52EGV Takuma Mama, C/O Bhutan Post, Thimpu, Bhutan<br />
BY7KPI Amateur Radio Club Station, Zhuhai Polytechnic College, 42 Bailian<br />
Road, Jida Zhuhai, Guangdong, 519015 China<br />
DK7JAN Jan-H. Kossow, Heinrich-Laakmann-Str. 8, D-28832 Achim, Germany<br />
ER/RW3AH Andrey Fedorov, Attemsgasse 7 D-03, Vienna A1220, Austria<br />
IK2VUC Giuliano Mondini, P.O. Box 10, 21052 Busto Arsizio - VA, Italy<br />
IT9EJW Alfio Bonanno, Via della Regione 20, 95028 Valverde - CT, Italy<br />
IZ0EHO Andrea Pellegrini, V.le del Tintoretto 88/C/B, 00142 Roma - RM,<br />
Italy<br />
JA1CG Haruo Takahashi, 1-1-15 Yamazaki, Midori, Saitama City, Saitama,<br />
Japan 336-0903<br />
JK1QLR Keisuke Nagase, 480-60 Totsuka-cho, Totsuka-Ku, Yokohama 244-0003,<br />
Japan<br />
JT1CO Ch. Chadraabal, P.O. Box 905, Ulaanbaatar-23, Mongolia, via Japan
K3LP David R. Collingham, 12410 Glissans Mill Road, Mt Airy, MD 21771,<br />
USA<br />
K6SRZ Alan Eshleman, 1541 Keoncrest Drive, Berkeley, CA 94702-1226, USA<br />
N6TQS Doug Faunt Jr, 6405 Regent St, Oakland, CA 94618-1313, USA<br />
PG5M Gerben A.Menting, Brandparken 2, 9351 XM Leek, The Netherlands<br />
S57<strong>DX</strong> Slavko Celarc, Ob Igriscu 8, 1360 Vrhnika, Slovenia<br />
SU1KM Mohammed El Kafrawi, P.O. Box 70, Magless El Shabb Post Office,<br />
Cairo 11516, Egypt<br />
SV2BFN Vangelis Gekas, P.O,. Box 50750, Thessaloniki 54014, Greece<br />
TG0WARD P.O. Box 24-C, Guatemala City. Guatemala<br />
TT8HA Hans Helland, B.P. 1248, N'djamena, Chad<br />
UN2C Nick Shevtsov, P.O. Box 121, Petropavlovsk, 642023, Kazakhstan<br />
VK4VB Ralph Karhammar, 2123 R St NW, Washington, DC 20008-1908, USA<br />
YT1AD Hrane Milosevic, 36206 Vitanovac, Serbia<br />
YU7NU Mladen Bogdanov, Beogradska 21/18, Pancevo, 26000, Serbia<br />
YZ7AA Stevan Stepanov, Temerinska 22, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia<br />
ZS1HELL P.O. Box 273, Strand, 7140, South Africa<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3A - Special event station 3A7JO will be active on all bands and<br />
modes<br />
from Monaco on 2-10 June for the XII edition of the Games of<br />
the<br />
Small States of Europe (http://www.monaco2007.mc/). Activity<br />
will<br />
take place on all bands and modes. All of the QSOs will be<br />
confirmed<br />
automatically via the bureau. Direct requests should be sent to<br />
the<br />
ARM (Association des Radioamateurs de Monaco) QSL Bureau, B.P. 2,<br />
MC<br />
98001, Monaco Cedex. [TNX 3A2LF]<br />
6W - Giovanni, IZ2DPX will be active as 6W/IZ2DPX from Senegal on 12-<br />
22<br />
May. He plans to operate on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 40, 80, 160 and<br />
6<br />
metres from Le Calao amateur radio shack (http://www.lecalao.com).<br />
QSL via IK2DUW, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ2DPX]<br />
9A - IK4ALM, IK4XCL, IZ4DYQ, IZ4HVM and IZ4HWA will operate SSB and CW<br />
as<br />
9A/homecall from the Brijuni Islands (EU-110) on 11-13 May.<br />
[TNX<br />
IK4ALM]<br />
9A - Michael/ON4CAQ, Maurice/ON7KS, Francois/ON6VP,<br />
Herman/ON7FH,<br />
Dominic/ON7UZ, Jempi/ON8JP and Cois/ON6KN, from UBA section<br />
Diest<br />
(ON4DST), will be active as 9A8DST from Losinj Island (EU-136)<br />
on<br />
17-24 May. They also plan to go and operate from the nearby<br />
islands<br />
of Male Srakane (EU-136, CI-062) and Vele Srakane (EU-136, CI-<br />
138).<br />
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QSL via ON4DST (bureau) or ON4AMM (direct). [TNX ON8JP]<br />
A5 - Steve, W7VOA will be active as A52SW from Thimpu on 17-22 May.<br />
He<br />
will operate on 80-6 metres CW, SSB and, possibly, PSK, as well<br />
as<br />
on 10 metres FM. Steve is a news correspondent based in<br />
India<br />
covering South Asia and says this will be the first of<br />
numerous<br />
trips he plans to make to Bhutan over the next several years.<br />
QSL<br />
via K2AU. [TNX W7VOA]<br />
BS7H - The team arrived at the rocks on 28 April at sunset local<br />
time,<br />
entered the lagoon at daybreak and worked throughout the day<br />
in<br />
setting up the stations. They managed to get one station<br />
operational<br />
as darkness fell, and BS7H made the first QSO on 29 April at<br />
13.47<br />
UTC. By 2 May four stations (two of them dedicated to 20 metres)<br />
on<br />
four different rocks were in full operating mode. All<br />
radio<br />
operations will cease at 00.00 UTC on 6 May (8 a.m. BS7H time). On<br />
3<br />
May Wolf Harranth, OE1WHC, from the Documentary Archives<br />
Radio<br />
Communications in Vienna, did an interesting interview with<br />
James<br />
Brooks, 9V1YC, one of the BS7H team members - go<br />
to<br />
http://www.dokufunk.org/ and click on the "mehr>>" link. QSL<br />
via<br />
KU9C (Steven M. Wheatley, P.O. Box 31, Morristown, NJ 07963-<br />
0031,<br />
USA). The official press releases can be found<br />
at<br />
http://www.scarboroughreef.com/srnews.html<br />
F - Jean-Philippe/F4EEK, Eric/F5LOW, Laurent/F5MNK, Fabrice/F5NBQ<br />
and<br />
Bertrand/F6HKA will operate as TM0A from Aix Island (EU-032,<br />
DIFM<br />
AT-023) on 12-19 May. They will have three stations with a<br />
variety<br />
of antennas, and will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on<br />
all<br />
bands, with an emphasis on the low bands. QSL via F5OIU, direct<br />
or<br />
bureau. [TNX F5UJK]<br />
F - Special station TM1VDM will be active on 14-28 May to celebrate<br />
the<br />
100th anniversary of the birth of the writer Maxence Van der<br />
Meersch<br />
(1907-1951). QSL via bureau to F6KTN. [TNX F1SIU]<br />
F - Six radio clubs of the Association Mosellane de Radioamateurs<br />
will<br />
operate from seven forts on the Maginot Line from 6 UTC on 18<br />
May<br />
through 12 UTC on the 19th. Expects the following callsigns to<br />
be<br />
aired on all bands: TM1LM (QSL via F8KGY), TM2LM (QSL via
F6KAT),<br />
TM3LM (QSL via F6KFO), TM4LM (QSL via F8KOI), TM5LM (QSL via<br />
F6KAT),<br />
TM6LM (QSL via F6KFT), TM7LM (QSL via F6KFH). [TNX F8REF]<br />
F - Special event station TM6ACO will be activated (for the 56th<br />
year)<br />
on all bands SSB and CW on 3-17 June for the 24 Hours of Le<br />
Mans.<br />
QSL via bureau to F6KFI. Further information<br />
at<br />
http://asso.proxiland.fr/aras72/ [TNX F5TJC]<br />
GM - Joachim, DH5JBR will begin his annual Scottish island<br />
activation<br />
tour on 6 May, and will be active until the 26th. His itinerary<br />
is<br />
not known, but he is expected to start as MM/DH5JBR/p from<br />
Great<br />
Cumbrae (EU-123). [TNX GM3VLB]<br />
HI - Flavio, IW2NEF will operate holiday style as IW2NEF/HI7<br />
from<br />
Bayahibe (FK58, NA-096), Dominican Republic on 3-9 June. He plans<br />
to<br />
be active for one or two hours daily on 10-40 metres, plus 6<br />
metres<br />
if the band is open. [TNX IZ2DPX]<br />
HI - HI0C is the callsign to be used during the 11-17 June operation<br />
from<br />
Isla Cabras (NA-122) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 833]. QSL via ON4IQ.<br />
HL - Transportation problems have caused the 4-5 May activity for<br />
Anmyon<br />
Island (AS-080) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 834] to be cancelled. [TNX HL1VAU]<br />
I - Giuseppe, I2AZ will be active as IG9/I2AZ from Lampedusa<br />
Island<br />
(AF-019, IIA AG-001) on 5-21 May. Expect him to operate QRP CW<br />
on<br />
+/- 3560, 7030, 14060, 21060 and 28060 kHz. [TNX IW1QN]<br />
I - Davide/IW9GUR, Angelo/IW9HLM, Andrea/IW9HQP and Andrea/IT9RKR<br />
plan<br />
to be active on 10-40 metres SSB as homecall/p from Scoglio<br />
delle<br />
Sirene (IOTA EU-025, IIA ME-040) on 19 May. QSL via IW9HLM. Online<br />
logs will be available at http://www.095dxteam.org [TNX IW9GUR]<br />
I - Wave Master Team<br />
(http://www.wavemasterteam.com/IC8TO/ic8to.htm)<br />
members Giovanni/IK1WEG, Sergio/IW1FSQ, Marco/IZ1BWO,<br />
Jerry/IZ1DSH,<br />
Carlo/IZ1GCZ, Veronica/IZ1KFF, Rosario/IC8FEM, Gianfranco/IT9SPB<br />
and<br />
Marco/IS0KEB will be active as IC8TO from Ischia Island (EU-<br />
031,<br />
IIA NA-001) on 25-27 May. They plan to operate SSB, CW and RTTY<br />
on<br />
15, 17, 20, 30, 40, 80 and 160 metres, plus 2 and 6m. QSL via<br />
IZ1GCZ<br />
(bureau preferred). [TNX IW1FGZ]<br />
I - Bruno/IZ0DIB, Carlo/IW0CGT, Alessandro/IZ0DKZ and<br />
Stefano/IK0UXQ<br />
will be using special callsign II0VIS (Volontariato<br />
Internazionale<br />
per lo Sviluppo, International Voluntary Service for Development)<br />
on
26-27 May. Expect activity on 20 and 40 metres SSB and CW. QSL<br />
via<br />
IZ0DIB. Operations will took place during the Italian Air<br />
Force<br />
"Open Day" at Pratica di Mare (Rome). [TNX IZ0DIB]<br />
JA - Look for JN6CJR/8 to be active on the HF bands and 6 metres<br />
from<br />
Okushiri Island (AS-147, JIIA AS-147-007) on 4-6 May. QSL via<br />
home<br />
call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />
OH - Special station OH2EURO will be active on 11-13 May celebrating<br />
the<br />
52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in<br />
Helsinki<br />
on the 12th. Two YL operators (Anne, OH2YL and Annika, OH2HSJ)<br />
will<br />
operate SSB with some CW on the HF bands. QSL via OH2HSJ.<br />
[TNX<br />
OH2HSJ]<br />
OZ - A group of German radio scouts will be active again as<br />
OZ1RDP<br />
(www.oz1rdp.de) from Romo Island (EU-125, DIA NS-001) on 26-29<br />
May.<br />
They plan to operate SSB and CW, and possibily PSK31 and RTTY<br />
as<br />
well, on 160-10 metres. QSL via DL9BCP. [TNX DL9BCP]<br />
PY - Jose, PY2ZA will operate as ZY2P through 31 May to celebrate<br />
the<br />
visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the city of Sao Paulo (9-13 May).<br />
QSL<br />
via PY2AA. [TNX PY2ZA]<br />
TF - Jeff (G4ELZ) and Steve (G4EDG) will be active from Flatey<br />
Island<br />
(EU-168) on 17-23 May. They plan to operate as TF4/G4ELZ/P<br />
and<br />
TF4/G4EDG/P on 80-17 metres mainly CW, with 100 watts to<br />
wire<br />
antennas. QSL direct to G4ELZ. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW.<br />
[TNX<br />
G4ELZ]<br />
TI - Starting 15 May, K9KEJ and K5YG will once again operate from<br />
the<br />
jungle on Costa Rica's east coast. Calls will be TI6/K9KEJ<br />
and<br />
TI6/K5YG, and they will operate on 40 and 20 metres SSB. [TNX<br />
K9KEJ]<br />
UA - The RZ1CXO team will be active as UE1C<strong>DX</strong>/P and/or RZ1CXO/P<br />
from<br />
Ustinskiy lighthouse (ARLHS ERU-143, RLHA RLE-072) on 12 May.<br />
QSL<br />
via RN1CW, direct or bureau. [TNX RN1CW]<br />
UR - Special call EN62EN will be aired on all bands from Ukraine on 5-<br />
13<br />
May to celebrate the 62th anniversary of the end of WWII. QSL<br />
via<br />
UR4EYN. [TNX UR7EU]<br />
V6 - JA7HMZ (V63<strong>DX</strong>), JA7AGO (V63GO) and JA7ZP (V63ZP) will be active<br />
on<br />
all bands and modes from Pohnpei (OC-010), Micronesia on 21-26<br />
May.<br />
QSL via home calls. [TNX NG3K]<br />
VE - Pete, VE3IKV and Bill, W4TAA will operate as VF0X from the
Belcher<br />
Islands (NA-196, Zone 2) between 29 June and 4 July. They will<br />
be<br />
active on the HF bands and 6 metres, CW and SSB, from grid<br />
square<br />
FO06. QSL via VE3IKV, direct or bureau. [TNX VE3IKV]<br />
VE - Claude, VE2FK and Jean-Pierre, VA2SG will be active as VE2FK<br />
from<br />
Ile aux coudres (NA-128) on 27-29 July, IOTA Contest included.<br />
They<br />
will operate CW only on 80, 40 and 20 metres; if the propagation<br />
and<br />
the weather are good, they may stay one more day to operate<br />
RTTY.<br />
QSL via VA2SG. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
VP6 - Tom, ZL2HGR will operate (mostly PSK and hopefully CW) as VP6TD<br />
from<br />
Pitcairn Island (OC-044) starting on 7 May until early<br />
September.<br />
[TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
W - Ron/W9QGB, Wilson/W7GAM and other members of the St.<br />
Augustine<br />
Amateur Radio Society will participate in the IOTA Contest (28-<br />
29<br />
July) as N4AUG from Talbot Island (NA-138). QSL via N4AUG.<br />
[TNX<br />
VA3RJ]<br />
PACIFIC TRIP ---> Toshi, JP1IOF will be active as KH0WW from Saipan (OC-086)<br />
on 10-13 May, and as WH7P/KH2 from Guam (OC-026) on 13-15 May. He plans to<br />
operate CW and SSB on 160-6 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />
JF1OCQ]<br />
RDA TRIP ---> The RK6YYA team (including DL6KVA, RA6AR, RU6CQ, RV6YZ and<br />
UA0QBD) will be active as RK6YYA/0 and RK6YYA/0/m from 22 Russian Districts<br />
Award areas in Yakutsk oblast from 13 June to 7 July. Additionally, RV6YZ and<br />
RU6CQ will be active as RK6YYA/6/m, RK6YYA/4/m, RK6YYA/8/m, RK6YYA/9/m and<br />
RK6YYA/0/m on 4-12 June from a large number (137!) of RDA-areas on the route<br />
from Krasnodar to Neryungri. QSL via RX3RC, direct or bureau. Full<br />
information on this trip and on the Russian Districts Award can be found at<br />
http://rdaward.org/indexeng.htm [TNX RX3RC]<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
ANGOLA ---> On a recent trip to Angola Steve (SO5AS) obtained a licence and a<br />
callsign (D2AS). A return visit with rig is being planned. More information<br />
is expected in due course. [TNX SO5AS]<br />
ARI INTERNATIONAL <strong>DX</strong> CONTEST ---> The Associazione Radioamatori Italiani<br />
(ARI) invites amateur radio operators and SWLs all over the world to<br />
participate in the 2007 A.R.I. International <strong>DX</strong> Contest, which will take<br />
place on 5-6 May (from 20 UTC on Saturday thorugh 19.59 UTC on Sunday). Full<br />
information, free software included, can be found at www.qsl.net/contest_ari<br />
[TNX IT9BLB]<br />
QSL 9M4S<strong>DX</strong> ---> All of the direct requests received so far for the 9-19 March<br />
operation from the Spratly Islands have been processed and mailed. Tex, 9M2TO
eports many cases of "missing in action" return postage, especially from<br />
Spain, and advises that IRCs are better than US dollars.<br />
QSL ST2R ---> Slavko, S57<strong>DX</strong> made about 18,000 QSOs (many of them on the low<br />
and WARC bands) during his activity from Sudan, between 3 January and 17<br />
April. "Maybe the total number of QSOs is not very high", he says, "but all<br />
contacts were made with 100 W and almost all of them with simple wire<br />
antenna". The QSL cards are being printed, then Slavko will process the<br />
direct requests received so far. Direct requests received without return<br />
postage or with old IRCs will be answered via the bureau. [TNX S57<strong>DX</strong>]<br />
+ SILENT KEY + Earl Cunningham, K6SE passed away on 29 April. He was the<br />
developer of the "flag" and "pennant" receiving antennas used for low bands.<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
QSL GALLERY: The large collection of QSL cards (4200+) on Les Nouvelle<br />
<strong>DX</strong>'s<br />
web site has been updated. Nine different galleries<br />
include<br />
cards for the ten Most Wanted <strong>DX</strong>CC Entities (150+ QSLs), each<br />
of<br />
the 58 deleted <strong>DX</strong>CC entities (700+ QSLs), obsolete<br />
prefixes<br />
(1900+ QSLs), Antarctic bases (600+ QSLs) & TAAF<br />
(Terres<br />
Australes and Antarctiques Francaises, 230 QSLs), the<br />
various<br />
rare French <strong>DX</strong>CC island Entities (100+ QSLs), pre-1945<br />
countries<br />
(200+ QSLs), French Departments and USA. Several cards are<br />
still<br />
needed and your participation is encouraged - please<br />
visit<br />
http://LesNouvelles<strong>DX</strong>.free.fr and send send your comments<br />
to<br />
LesNouvelles<strong>DX</strong>@free.fr [TNX F6AJA]<br />
TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are<br />
now<br />
available at<br />
http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html.<br />
Please send your scores, as well as any request for<br />
further<br />
information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@ari.it)<br />
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A4A, 3C0M (AF-039), 3D2OK, 3<strong>DX</strong>2Z,<br />
3XM6JR, 3Y9SDA, 4K9W, 4L8A, 4O3T, 5A7A, 5C8M, 5F50SG, 5R8GZ, 5V7SE, 5W0RE,<br />
5Z4ES, 8P2K, 8P6SH, 8P7A, 8R1AK/P (SA-068), 8R1ZUM, 9M2MRS, 9M6XRO, 9U0X,<br />
9U9Z, A22/JA4ATV, A45WD, A61AJ, A61NT, A92GR, AH2L, BA4DW/7 (AS-131), BP100S,<br />
C56NN, C6AKQ, C6APG, C6<strong>DX</strong>, CE1/K7CA, CM6CAC, CN2A, CX6VM, EA9EA, EA9EU,<br />
EA9LZ, EK6TA, EK8WA, EL2PM, EX2M, FM5AA, FP/DJ2VO, FS/N0BSH, GP0STH, GU0SUP,<br />
HK0GU, HK4KDO, HK5QGX/0M, HP1XX, HV0A, HZ1AN, J28JA, J5UAF, J5UAR, J68ID,<br />
J79IU, JX9NOA, KH7/N0RB, KH7X, KL7HBK (NA-004), MD0CCE, OD5NH, OX3PG, OX3PJ,<br />
PJ2/N0KE, PJ5NA, R1FJM, R1FJT,S21XA, S53F, ST2A, T32MO (OC-084), T5W, T77C,<br />
T88MR, TG9NX, TI8II, TR8CA, V31FG, V31JZ/p (NA-180), V31MD, V31TR, V51AS,
V73NS, V8BDJ, VK9N<strong>DX</strong>, VP2MRD, VP2MTC, VP2MTE, VP8CFM, VP9/W6PH, VU7LD, WH2D,<br />
XF4DL, XT2C, XU7<strong>DX</strong>X, XU7MDY, XU7XRO, YB0AR, YI9CW, YI9E, YI9KT, YL2SM, YN4SU,<br />
YT6A, YU6AO, YW0<strong>DX</strong> (NA-020), YX0LIX, YX5IOTA (SA-044), ZF2AH, ZK2VB, ZK3RE,<br />
ZL8R, ZS4U, ZS9X.<br />
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12 May 2007<br />
A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3X - Michael, PA5M is now working for the UN World Food Programme<br />
in<br />
Guinea until early June. He will operate as 3XY5M on 160-6 metres<br />
in<br />
his spare time, using 100 watts and wire antennas. QSL via<br />
PA7FM,<br />
direct (do not forget that 1 USD no longer covers return postage)<br />
or<br />
bureau. Logs and further information can be found at<br />
www.pa7fm.nl<br />
[TNX PA7FM]<br />
BY - Look for BD1DRJ/2, BG2QMP/2 and BG2RHY/2 to be active from<br />
Changxing<br />
Island (AS-151) on 11-13 May. They plan to operate CW and SSB on<br />
10,<br />
15, 20 and 40 metres. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
G - The Cray Valley Radio Society will be active as GB4VLX on 12-13<br />
May<br />
in memory of Deryck Buckley, G3VLX (also F0RV, PA9TO, 9H3AM),<br />
who<br />
became a silent key in April. Two stations will be active<br />
using<br />
Deryck's equipment on 10-80 metres. Special QSL via G4DFI.<br />
[TNX<br />
M3RCV]<br />
GM - Drew, GM3YOR will operate CW only (anche when time permits)<br />
as<br />
GM3YOR/P from the Isle of Islay, Inner Hebrides (EU-008) on 19-<br />
26<br />
May. [TNX GM3YOR]<br />
HL - Special event station HL7WR will be active until 2 July to<br />
celebrate<br />
the 2007 World Rafting Championship which will held in Sangdong-<br />
Ri,<br />
Inje, South Korea from 27 June to 2 July<br />
Next bulletin<br />
Bulletins' Index
(http://www.2007wrc.com).<br />
QSL via DS2UAL, direct or bureau. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />
I - Look for IW8FFG/p to operate from Portici lighthouse (WAIL CA-<br />
015,<br />
ARLHS ITA-276) on 13 May, starting around 6.30 UTC on 40 metres<br />
SSB.<br />
[TNX IW8FFG]<br />
I - Michele/IZ4GWE, Luigi/IZ4FTE, Davide/IK4UNH and Paolo/I4EWH<br />
and<br />
others will be active as II4SDP from Scanno di Piallazza (EU-<br />
155,<br />
IIA FE-001) on 18-20 May. They plan to operate SSB and CW on 40,<br />
20,<br />
15, 10 and 6 metres. QSL via IZ4GWE. [TNX IZ4GWE]<br />
PA - Special callsign PA25UKSMG will be aired from The<br />
Netherlands<br />
between 19 May and 3 June to celebrate the 25th anniversary of<br />
the<br />
UK Six Metre Group (http://www.uksmg.org/). Expect activity on 160-<br />
2<br />
metres, including an entry in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest. QSL<br />
via<br />
PA7FM (logs will be available at http://www.pa7fm.nl). Several<br />
other<br />
special callsigns are expected to be used from other<br />
countries,<br />
especially during the UKSMG 6 Metre Contest during the first<br />
weekend<br />
of June. [TNX PA7FM]<br />
SP - Another special event station celebrating the 750th anniversary<br />
of<br />
Krakow's city rights [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 831] is HF750C (QSL via SP9BRP),<br />
which<br />
will be active from 14 May to 30 June. Expect also a large number<br />
of<br />
local operators to use special prefix SN0 during the year.<br />
[TNX<br />
SP9BRP]<br />
SV - Special event station SX2SB will be active on 19-20 May<br />
in<br />
remembrance of those who fought the Battle of Skra in May<br />
1918<br />
during World War I. Expect activity on all bands CW, SSB, PSK31<br />
and<br />
RTTY. QSL via either SV7CUD or SV1EOS, direct or bureau.<br />
YB - Hans, PA0HOP will be active from Bali Island (OC-022) as YB9AQW<br />
and<br />
YB9/PA0HOP between 15 May and 20 June. He will operate RTTY,<br />
BPSK31,<br />
FeldHell and OLIVIA (16 tones - 500 Hz) only. QSL via PA0HOP<br />
(this<br />
applies also to contacts made with YB9AQW during this time<br />
frame<br />
only). [TNX PA0HOP]<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (April 2007) is now available at<br />
http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/monthly/index.html. Articles and pictures should be<br />
sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).<br />
AFD COMMUNICATIONS TEST ---> Celebrating the 57th anniversary of Armed Forces<br />
Day (AFD), the US Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard are<br />
co-sponsoring the annual military/amateur radio communications tests to be<br />
conducted on 12 May. The annual celebration features traditional military to<br />
amateur cross band communications SSB voice tests and copying the Secretary<br />
of Defense message via digital modes. Full information can be found at<br />
http://www.netcom.army.mil/mars/docs/ARMEDFORCESDAYFinal.doc [TNX DL8AAM]<br />
BS7H ---> Scarborough Reef went QRT as scheduled, at about 00.00 UTC on 6<br />
May. The team made nearly 45,000 QSOs as follows:<br />
SSB CW RTTY<br />
--------------------------<br />
160m 0 54 0<br />
80m 117 217 0<br />
40m 509 3039 0<br />
30m 0 3374 0<br />
20m 10370 11434 54<br />
17m 3277 3497 0<br />
15m 3803 1986 268<br />
12m 402 474 0<br />
10m 841 724 0<br />
19319 24799 322<br />
On-line logs are available at http://www.scarboroughreef.com/srlog.html; a<br />
few pictures can be found at http://www.scarboroughreef.com/srphotos.html<br />
EUROPEAN CASTLES DAY ---> The sixth edition of the European Castles Day will<br />
take place on 20 May between 6 and 16 UTC. Several stations are expected to<br />
operate from fortresses and castles in France, Belgium, Italy, Spain,<br />
Portugal, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Information on the event can be<br />
found on Jean-Pierre's (F6FNA) web site at<br />
http://f6fna.club.fr/jecruleanglais.html [TNX F6FNA]<br />
FX4SIX ---> Thanks to Claude/F5GTW, this French 6m beacon is QRV again on<br />
50315 kHz. It is located west of Poitiers (JN06cq), and it runs 25 watts into<br />
a 5 element yagi pointed to east. Reports cand be sent to F5GTW. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
MMAA CW CONTEST ---> The Manchester Mineira All America CW Contest, organized<br />
by the Grupo Juizforano de CW, will take place from 15 UTC on 19 May through<br />
23.59 UTC on the 20th. Full information can be found at<br />
http://www.powerline.com.br/cwjf [TNX PY4WAS]<br />
QSL AP2TN ---> As of 1 May 2007, the new QSL route is via DJ9ZB. If you sent<br />
a QSL request direct to Tariq and have not received your card, please e-mail<br />
your QSO details to him (ap2tn@yahoo.com).<br />
QSL 8Q7AK ---> Andrew, G7COD reports that all QSLs received for his last two<br />
activities from the Maldives (October 2006 and January/February 2007) have<br />
now been posted direct if sufficient postage had been included. If not, they<br />
have been sent via the bureau. All QSLs received via the bureau will also be<br />
returned the same way. Andrew will be back to the Maldives in October<br />
(details expected in due course).<br />
QSL VIA IT9DAA ---> Corrado is the QSL manager for the following<br />
stations/operations: YV1CTE, YV1FM, YV5MSG, YV5SSB (4M5<strong>DX</strong>, YW5CQ), YV5TX<br />
(4M5R), YV5WW (HP1WW, OH0XX), YW0<strong>DX</strong> (Aves Island, NA-020), YW4C (SA-058),<br />
YX5IOTA (SA-044), YY1JGT. QSLling policy at www.qrz.com/it9daa [TNX IT9DAA]
+ SILENT KEY + "Hillar Raamat, N6HR passed away on 6 May", The Daily <strong>DX</strong><br />
reports, "shortly after operating the 7 QSO party with his wife Elsie<br />
(N7YX)". Born in 1932, "Hil was originally from Estonia, immigrated to the<br />
USA after WW2, and became a very successful engineer in the defense business,<br />
and a real estate entrepreneur. He made many operations from <strong>DX</strong> places like<br />
Marshall Islands, Ascension Island, and he was found active in many contests<br />
over the years. He was a <strong>DX</strong>er, contester and IOTA activator".<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />
===================================================================<br />
3D2AP UX0LL FM1HN K3PD RP3DPW RK3<strong>DX</strong>G<br />
3D2RI UR3HR GB2EXP G4SSH RP3DTF RK3DWE<br />
3D2TZ UR7HTZ GB400AA G0SBW RP3DWR RN3BR<br />
3D2UY UT5UY GB4MDI GW0ANA RP3EOD RU3EJ<br />
3XY5M PA7FM GB6GW GW0TKX RP3MAK RK3MWI<br />
4J4KM RW6HS GB6MD GM4FDM RP3NPP RA3NZ<br />
4K6AZ RW6HS HB9CC HB9XOK RP3QUP RK3QWW<br />
4K6CD DK6CW HG200B HA3HK RP3QWK N2UCK<br />
4L1FL 4Z5CU HH2FYD F6FYD RP3RTK RN3RQ<br />
4L1FP LZ1OT HK3AXY W2GR RP3RZK RK3RWA<br />
4L1MA ON4RU HL7WR DS2UAL RP3V RK3VWA<br />
4L4WW EA7FTR HP1JRA EA5KB RP3W RW3WWW<br />
4X1FQ AA4V HQ9L HR2RCH RP3XMV UA3XAC<br />
5B4AHI RX3RC HR9/WQ7R N6FF RP3YGA MM0DFV<br />
5H3EE DL4SM (a) HZ1AN DJ9ZB RP3ZOR RK3ZZM<br />
5N8NDP IK5JAN HZ1EA DJ9ZB RP4AKD RZ4AWA<br />
6W7FZ DK6ZZ HZ1IK DK7YY RP4H RA4HTZ<br />
6W7RV F8CMT HZ1PS IZ8CLM RP4HDP RX4HJ<br />
7Q7AM NU5O HZ1SK IZ8CLM RP4HIL RD4HD<br />
8Q7QQ HB9QQ HZ1ZH EA7FTR RP4P RA4PO<br />
8Q7YK JA3EZJ IC8R IC8OZM RP62DP RK3<strong>DX</strong>Z<br />
8S6KOS SM6YOU IG9/I2AZ I2AZ RP62DPR UA3CS<br />
9G1YK PA3ERA IR1ALP IK1AAS RP62DWM RN3BR<br />
9H3EZ DL3KWF IR8TRT IK8MRA RP62X UA9XC<br />
9H3RT DL9MWG IY0GA IS0JMA RP6GPK RK6HWR<br />
9H3RZ DL3KWR IY0IMD IK0WGF RP6Y RA6YJ<br />
9M2CP 9V1CP IY0ORP I0DJV RP6YW UA6YW<br />
9N7AU JA2AAU IY0TC I0KHP RP9A UA9APA<br />
9N7IC JA2AIC IY1SP I1SAF RP9J RV9JD<br />
9N7TE JA2ATE IY1TTM IW1RIK RP9JGS UA9JLL<br />
9N7WU JA8MWU IY4FGM IK4UPU RP9W RV9WB<br />
9Q1EK SM5DQC J88DR G3TBK RP9X/1 RA9XX<br />
9U0VB UA4WHX JD1BLK JM1LJS RP9XPO RA9XF<br />
A52VE JF1OCQ JD1BLY JI5RPT SD3N SM3NXS<br />
A61NT ON5NT JD1BMH JG7PSJ SJ30LW SK5LW<br />
AN9JCC EA9CE KH0/W1FPU 7L1FPU SJ9WL LA4EKA<br />
AO5AUB EA5URV KH0WW JP1IOF SN70MKK SP2AVE<br />
AO5BJU EB5BJU KH6ZM I0MWI SN750C SP9PKZ<br />
AO5CFM EC5CFM LG5LG LA4EKA SO1EKO DL1EKO<br />
AO5CSW EC5CSW LU1ECZ EA5KB ST2A T93Y<br />
AO5DQH EB5DQH LZ07KM LZ1PJ SU9FL WD9DZV
AO5GKT EA5GKT OE3XQC OE1WHC SU9GD DJ2AVB<br />
AO5MB EA5MB OH2EURO OH2HSJ T80K JN3JBC<br />
BS7H KU9C OL32OLP OK1DRQ T93J OE1EMS<br />
CX6VM W3HNK OL40RZ OK2RZ TC100FB TA1HZ<br />
DL0KQ5KS DJ3AS ON60LGE ON5PO TF3IMD TF3VS<br />
DP0GVN DL5EBE ON8SUB ON6PQ TI2AXX DL3AXX<br />
DR400PG DM3ZF PA6IMD PA5V TI4CF W3HNK<br />
E51QMA OM2SA PY0FF W9VA TM5EL F6KHI<br />
E51TUG OM2SA R150M RA6YJ TR8CA F6CBC<br />
EA8NA W1NA R1FJM RX3MM UE1RFF UA1RJ<br />
ED7URR EA7DA R1FJT UA4RC UE3EDA/m RZ3EC<br />
EM50ARDF US0VA RP0S RW0SP UE3XGV RU3XP<br />
EN62EN UR4EYN RP0Y UA0YAY UE4ABF RZ4AWB<br />
EN62NW UT4NW RP1A RZ1AWF UN7AD RW6HS<br />
EO62C UT7CCW RP1CC RV1CC UN7RT RW6HS<br />
EO62G UR3GM RP1CKK RX1CQ V31PA WA6GER<br />
EO62NT UT8NT RP1N RN1NU VP8ROT GM0HCQ<br />
EO62R UR4RZZ RP1VIC RV1AC VR2VTN JM1FYH<br />
EO62X UT3XX RP1WPP RA1WU W4J KU4FP<br />
ER9V ER1DA RP1Z RZ1ZZ YE1AA ON4RU<br />
EV6ZK UA3F<strong>DX</strong> RP1ZP RW1ZQ YW4AJ YV5AJ<br />
EV7DP UA3F<strong>DX</strong> RP3AB RL3AB YY4MP EA5KB<br />
EV8DP UA3F<strong>DX</strong> RP3ABT RA3BT Z22JE K3PD<br />
EX8AB RX3RC RP3D RA3FO ZA/UT7DW DK6CW<br />
EX8QB IK2QPR RP3DBA RK3DYB ZP6GBA EA5KB<br />
F8UFT F6ICG RP3DJY UA3DJY ZY2P PY2AA<br />
(a) bureau<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
5H3EE Mike Stange, P.O. Box 78364, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania<br />
HR2RCH Radio Club de Honduras, P.O. Box 273, San Pedro Sula, Cortes 21105,<br />
Honduras<br />
IK1AAS Bruno Giraudo, Corso Barale 35, 12011 Borgo San Dalmazzo - CN, Italy<br />
JA2AAU Noboru Kanno, Shikata 1785-61, Kitanagoya, 481-0004 Japan<br />
JA2AIC Yoshiyasu Iwata, Minamiaoki 30, Sotowarida, Kisogawa, 493-0007 Japan<br />
JA2ATE Seiji Morishima, Tonomachi 1-8, Ichinomiya. 491-0848 Japan<br />
JG7PSJ Hiroyuki Kawanobe, 1-4-1, Mikamine, Taihaku, Sendai, Miyagi 982-<br />
0826,<br />
Japan<br />
JI5RPT Makoto Koyanagi, 5-42-203, Kadan, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 980-0815,<br />
Japan<br />
JM1LJS Hideyuki Kai, 4-22-15, Takata-Higashi, Kohoku-ku Yokohama-City,<br />
223-0065, Japan<br />
KU9C Steven M. Wheatley, P.O. Box 31, Morristown, NJ 07963-0031, USA<br />
LZ1PJ Ivan Ivanov, P.O. Box 15, BG-1324 Sofia, Bulgaria<br />
PA7FM Dennis Robbemond, Loggerhof 11, 3181 NS Rozenburg, The Netherlands<br />
UR3HR Leonid Babich, P. O. Box 55, Poltava, 36000, Ukraine<br />
UR4EYN Nick I. Golub, P.O. Box 548, Ordzhonikidze, 53300, Ukraine<br />
US0VA Igor Lazarev, P.O. Box 11, Kiev 04111, Ukraine<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3A - Alberto, IW1RLF will operate as 3A/IW1RLF from Monaco during<br />
the<br />
weekend. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.<br />
3B6 - 3B6<strong>DX</strong> is the callsign issued to the Polish team of operators<br />
who<br />
will be active from Agalega (AF-001) in June [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 533].<br />
They<br />
expect to reach Agalega on 5 June, to be QRV by the morning of<br />
the<br />
6th at the latest and tot leave the island on 18 June. QSL<br />
via<br />
SP9SX. Bookmark http://3b6.godx.eu/ for updates. [TNX SP9MRO]<br />
9M4 - The MARTS (Malaysian Amateur Radio Transmitter's Society)<br />
Penang<br />
Contest Team will participate in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest as<br />
9M4<strong>DX</strong>X<br />
(Multi/Single) from Penang Island (AS-015). QSL via bureau,<br />
or<br />
direct to 9M2TO. [TNX 9M2TO]<br />
CU - CT1EPV, CT3MD, CU2HJA, DJ2VO and HB9CRV/CT3FN will participate<br />
in<br />
the IOTA Contest (28-29 July) as CU8T from the Albarnaz<br />
lighthouse<br />
on Flores Island (EU-089), Azores. Outside the contest they<br />
will<br />
operate on 6-80 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via<br />
CT1GFK,<br />
direct or bureau. [TNX CT1END]<br />
E5 - Mike, KM9D (E51QMA) and Jan, KF4TUG (E51TUG) have been active<br />
(CW<br />
and SSB) from Suwarrow Atoll (OC-080), North Cook Islands<br />
[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N<br />
833] since 11 May. They plan to remain there at least until<br />
the<br />
21st. QSL via OM2SA, logs will be uploaded to LoTW.<br />
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F - DJ2VO, DL1COP, DG3KAF, DL7KCM, DO1KJB and DL3PS will be active<br />
as<br />
F/homecall/p from Porquerolles Island (EU-070) on 19-26 May. QSL<br />
via<br />
home calls. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />
F - The Castres <strong>DX</strong> Gang's annual activity from Fort Brescou (EU-<br />
148,<br />
DIFM ME-001) will take place on 24-28 May. The team will operate<br />
CW,<br />
SSB, RTTY, PSK31 as TM5B with three stations. QSL via F5XX.<br />
[TNX<br />
F8REF]<br />
F - The Radio Club des Fourches (F6KSU) will operate as TM7AJ from<br />
20<br />
May to 3 June. The special callsign commemorates the<br />
100th<br />
anniversary of the death of writer Alfred Jarry (the author of<br />
"Ubu<br />
Roi"). QSL via F6KSU. [TNX F8REF]<br />
F - Francois, ON4LO will be active as F/ON4LO/P from Oleron<br />
Island<br />
(EU-032) and Chassiron Lighthouse (ARLHS FRA-234) on 23-29 May.<br />
He<br />
plans to operate SSB and digital modes on 10-40 metres. [TNX ON4LO]<br />
F - In June-July 1944 the BBC war correspondents used the tower of<br />
the<br />
chateau at Creully as a radio studio, from where the first<br />
reports<br />
of the Battle of Normandy were broadcasted. Look for<br />
special<br />
callsign TM5BBC to be aired again from Creully on 1-15 June. QSL<br />
via<br />
F2UW. [TNX F4MBZ]<br />
F - Special event station TM2RHC (which stands for 2nd<br />
Regiment<br />
Helicoptere Combat) will be active on 10-24 June before and<br />
during<br />
the air show at Le Luc le Cannet (http://meeting-leluc.fr). QSL<br />
via<br />
F4EUN. [TNX F4EUN]<br />
G - Chris, G1VDP will be in Cornwall from 26 May to 2 June and will<br />
be<br />
active from the following lighthouses: Trevose Head (ARLHS ENG-<br />
157)<br />
on 29 May, Pendean (ARLHS ENG-100) on the 30th and Lizard<br />
(ARLHS<br />
ENG-068) on the 31st. [TNX G1VDP]<br />
G - The Wakefield & District Radio Society will be activating the<br />
Holy<br />
Island of Lindisfarne (EU-120) on 21-22 July. It will be a 24hour<br />
operation thanks to special dispensation from the National<br />
Trust.<br />
The callsigns will be GB1HI and GB5HI. QSL for both via<br />
M3ZYZ,<br />
direct or bureau. [TNX M3ZYZ]<br />
GU - Chris, M0DOL and other members of the Northampton Radio Club will<br />
be<br />
active as either GP8LED/p and GP3GWB from castles and<br />
fortifications<br />
on the island of Guernsey (EU-114) from 26 May to 1 June.<br />
[TNX
F5NQL]<br />
HB0 - Look for HB0/DL1GDS, HB0/DO1ARS and HB0/DK4SFW to be active<br />
on<br />
10-160 metres from Liechtenstein on 26-30 May. QSL via home<br />
calls,<br />
direct or bureau. [TNX DL1GDS]<br />
HB0 - Six operators from the Flying Dutch <strong>DX</strong> Group will be active<br />
as<br />
HB0/PA0ABM from Triesenberg, Liechtenstein on 15-22 June. They<br />
will<br />
operate on 160-10 metres CW, SSB and some digital modes with<br />
two<br />
stations. Logs will be available at http://www.logsearch.de/<br />
and<br />
will be uploaded to LoTW. QSL via PA0ABM, direct or bureau.<br />
[TNX<br />
PA0ABM]<br />
HP - Uruguay <strong>DX</strong> Group members Bert, CX3AN and Mario, CX4CR will be<br />
active<br />
from the San Blas Archipelago (NA-170), Panama on 22-28 June.<br />
They<br />
plan to operate as either HP2/homecall or 3E2/homecall on 80-<br />
6<br />
metres SSB and CW, running 500 watts into vertical and<br />
wire<br />
antennas. [TNX CX3AN]<br />
I - Look for Davide, IW8FFG and Enzo, IZ8LFI to be active on 40<br />
metres<br />
SSB and possibly CW from Portici lighthouse (WAIL CA-015,<br />
ARLHS<br />
ITA-276) on 20 May. [TNX IW8FFG]<br />
I - Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the scouting movement,<br />
special<br />
callsign II3STV will be aired on all modes by scouts in<br />
Treviso<br />
province on 20-30 May. QSL via IK3GES, direct or bureau (email<br />
requests for bureau cards can be sent to ik3ges@alice.it).<br />
[TNX<br />
IK3GES]<br />
I - ARI Versilia will activate special event station II5MD on 11-13<br />
June<br />
for the "Meucci Day". Antonio Meucci was recognized as the<br />
first<br />
inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress, in<br />
its<br />
resolution 269 dated 11 June 2002. QSL via operator's<br />
instructions.<br />
[TNX IK5CON]<br />
I - Simone, IZ4DYQ will be active as IA5/IZ4DYQ from Elba<br />
Island<br />
(EU-028) on 2-13 July. He plans to operate mainly SSB on 20 and<br />
40<br />
metres. QSL via home call, bureau preferred. [TNX IZ4DYQ]<br />
JA - Look for JA1IOA/5, JA4PXE/5, JH4FRP/5, JH4WXV/5 and JS6RRR/5 to<br />
be<br />
active from Iwaguro-Jima, Shikoku Islands (AS-076, AS-076-011)<br />
on<br />
19-20 May. They plan to operate SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31 on 160-<br />
6<br />
metres. QSL via bureau. Takeshi, JS6RRR will then continue the<br />
trip
and operate as JS6RRR/JI4 from Kitaki-Jima (AS-117, JJIA AS-117-<br />
136)<br />
on 20-21 May. QSL via bureau. [TNX JS6RRR]<br />
JA - Look for JA1UNS/1, JI1PLF/1, 7N1GMK/1, 7L4PVR/1 and 7N4VPS/1 to<br />
be<br />
active from Hachijo Island (AS-043, JIIA AS-043-004) on 25-28<br />
May.<br />
They plan to operate SSB and CW on the HF bands and 6 metres.<br />
QSL<br />
via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />
JA - JA1KJW/JR6, JJ1JGI/JR6, JK1EBA/JR6 and 7N4AGB/JR6 will operate<br />
from<br />
Okinawa Island (AS-017, JIIA AS-017-033) on 28 May and again<br />
on<br />
15-18 June. From 29 May to 14 June they will be active from<br />
Ishigaki<br />
Island (AS-024, AS-024-004). Expect activity on the HF bands and<br />
6<br />
metres SSB and CW. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau.<br />
[TNX<br />
JI6KVR]<br />
LA - DL1DWR, DG4VX and DG0CH will be active as LA/DL1DWR from<br />
Tromoy<br />
Island (EU-061) on 25-29 May. Activity will be on 160-2<br />
metres<br />
mostly digital modes with some CW, SSB and FM. QSL via DL1DWR.<br />
[TNX<br />
www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
OZ - OZ5JR, OZ7KDJ and OZ9V will be active from Anholt Island (EU-<br />
088,<br />
DIA NK-001) on 25-30 July, including an entry in the IOTA Contest<br />
as<br />
OZ8MW/P. They will operate SSB and CW on 80, 40, 20, 15 and<br />
10<br />
metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX OZ9V]<br />
SV - Cliff, SV1JG will be active as SV8/SV1JG from Milos Island (EU-<br />
067)<br />
on 18-28 May. He plans to operate mostly CW and digital modes,<br />
and<br />
to participate in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest. [TNX SV1JG]<br />
SV - Laci, HA0HW will be active as either J48HW and SV8/HA0HW<br />
from<br />
Thassos Island (EU-174) from 27 May to 5 June. He will operate CW<br />
on<br />
the HF bands (mainly on 40, 30, 20 and 17 metres), with some<br />
SSB,<br />
RTTY and PSK31 as well, and 6m. QSL via home call, direct or<br />
bureau.<br />
[TNX HA0HW]<br />
SV - The White Tower <strong>DX</strong> Team's operation from Skyros Island (EU-<br />
060)<br />
[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 833] is expected to take place on 16-22 June. Nine<br />
operators<br />
(SV0XAW, SV2FPU, SV2HNZ, SV2HOB, SV2HPP, SV2HPY, SV2HRT, SV2HSV<br />
and<br />
SV2GNQ) will be active as SY8WT with six stations, five<br />
amplifiers<br />
and a wide range of beams, verticals and dipoles. QSL via<br />
SV2HPP,<br />
direct or bureau. Operating frequencies and further information<br />
can<br />
be found at
http://whitetowerdxt.com/content/view/50/87/lang,en/<br />
[TNX AI4PP/SV0XAW]<br />
SV9 - Wolfgang, DL5MAE plans to operate as SV9/DL5MAE from Gavdos<br />
Island<br />
(EU-187), Crete for one week around the end of May (exact dates<br />
will<br />
depend on the ferry schedule). QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily<br />
<strong>DX</strong>]<br />
TA - The landing of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk at Samsun on 19 May<br />
1919,<br />
marked the beginning of the Turkish War of Independence and<br />
heralded<br />
the establishment of the republic in 1923. Samsun operators will<br />
air<br />
special callsign TC1919ATA on 19 May to commemorate that event.<br />
QSL<br />
via the TRAC bureau. [TNX TA1HZ]<br />
UA - Look for RV3ATS, RV3ATT and RU3AVF to operate on 10, 15, 20, 40,<br />
80<br />
and 2 metres as RV3ATS/p from 16 mountains located in<br />
various<br />
different Russian Districts between 19 June and 21 July. They<br />
also<br />
plan to participate in a number of contests on the VHF and HF<br />
bands.<br />
Their itinerary can be found at www.rv3ats.com; please<br />
visit<br />
http://www.mountain.ru/radio/rma/engl.shtml for information on<br />
the<br />
Russian Mountains Award. QSL via RV3ATS, direct or bureau.<br />
[TNX<br />
RV3ATS]<br />
UR - Special Ukrainian callsign EO20R will be aired from 28 May to 3<br />
June<br />
for the 20th anniversary of Slavutych, the city built after<br />
the<br />
Chernobyl nuclear disaster to host the survivors who had to<br />
be<br />
relocated from the evacuation zone around the reactor. QSL<br />
via<br />
UY2RO. [TNX UY2RO]<br />
VP5 - Maciek, WQ7X will be active as VP5/WQ7X from 24 May to 5 June.<br />
He<br />
plans to operate CW and SSB on 10-80 metres. QSL via home call.<br />
[TNX<br />
NG3K]<br />
VQ9 - Jim, VQ9JC (ND9M) has received written permission to use the<br />
special<br />
callsign VQ97JC from 23 May through 5 June. The "7" added to<br />
the<br />
prefix reflects the year, and apparently this is the first time<br />
a<br />
special prefix has been authorized for use from Diego Garcia.<br />
Jim<br />
can only operate during his spare time, which normally<br />
means<br />
12.00-17.30 UTC. However, he hopes to make the VQ97 prefix<br />
available<br />
at least ten evenings during that period, and to stay overnight<br />
at<br />
the shack both nights during the CQ WW WPX CW Contest QSL via<br />
ND9M,
direct or bureau (but cards will not be printed at least until<br />
after<br />
he returns home in August). [TNX VQ9JC]<br />
W - The Yankee Clipper Contest Club celebrates its 30th anniversary<br />
and<br />
its members may sign homecall/30 (e.g. K1RX/30) for the rest of<br />
the<br />
year. A special certificate will be available for contacting<br />
at<br />
least 10 members; details can be found at http://www.yccc.org/<br />
W - W9IMS, the official Amateur Radio Club of the Indianapolis<br />
Motor<br />
Speedway, will conduct special event operations for the three<br />
races<br />
that make up the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's Triple Crown,<br />
namely<br />
the Indianapolis 500 (25-27 May), the United States Formula<br />
One<br />
Grand Prix (15-17 June) and the Brickyard 400 (27-29 July).<br />
QSL<br />
direct to Indianapolis Motor Speedway ARC, P.O. Box<br />
18495,<br />
Indianapolis, IN 46218-0495, USA (stations outside the US may<br />
QSL<br />
via the bureau). Further information at www.qrz.com/w9ims<br />
YB - Pri/YB0ECT, Dudy/YB0DPO, Jo/YC0LOW, Andry/YB1TX and Ray/YD0NQO<br />
will<br />
participate in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest from Ayer Island (OC-<br />
177).<br />
They will single-operate on 40, 80 and 160 metres, and there<br />
may<br />
also be some SSB as well as RTTY and PSK31 activity on the<br />
higher<br />
bands. Expect them to be signing homecall/0. QSL via home<br />
calls,<br />
direct or bureau. [TNX YB0ECT]<br />
YB - Fuadi, YC7IM and others will be active as YE7M from Payung<br />
Payungan,<br />
Laut Kecil Islands (OC-268) on 22-24 June. They plan to operate<br />
on<br />
40, 20, 17, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via YC7IM (H.M. Fuadi Yatrin,<br />
P.O.<br />
Box 195, Banjarmasin 70000, South Borneo, Indonesia). [TNX G3KMA]<br />
YO - Jean-Michel, F6AJA, Editor of Les Nouvelles <strong>DX</strong>, reports he will<br />
be<br />
once again active in his spare time as YO/F6AJA from the QTH<br />
of<br />
Silviu, YO8FZ in Suceava, Romania on 20-26 May. QSL via F6AJA.<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
>>> BS7H
initial on-line log. The problem has been fixed and the log now contains<br />
45,820 QSOs from 13.48 UTC on 29 April through 23.54 UTC on 5 May<br />
(http://www.scarboroughreef.com/srlog.html) with 17,884 unique callsigns. The<br />
new band/mode breakdowns are as follows:<br />
Band SSB CW RTTY TOTAL<br />
--------------------------------------<br />
160m 0 54 0 54<br />
80m 121 217 0 338<br />
40m 509 3039 0 3548<br />
30m 0 4226 0 4226<br />
20m 10391 11435 54 21880<br />
17m 3325 3744 0 7069<br />
15m 4011 1985 268 6264<br />
12m 402 474 0 876<br />
10m 841 724 0 1565<br />
19600 25898 322 45820<br />
The continental breakdowns are: Asia 21112, Europe 16329, North America 6918,<br />
Oceania 948, South America 301, Africa 212. Several statistic tables can be<br />
found at http://www.scarboroughreef.com/srstats.html, and photo galleries are<br />
available on the expedition's web site as well as on<br />
http://picasaweb.google.com/paul.pescitelli/K4UJScarboroughReef<br />
As for the cards, please refrain from e-mailing inquiries to the the QSL<br />
manager (KU9C), as he is not in a position to answer whether you are in or<br />
not in the log at the moment. "If you are not in the web log", he says,<br />
"don't give up, put down EVERY QSO you believe you had, and I'll do the rest.<br />
If the web log shows 20 SSB, put down EVERY qso you think you had on 20 SSB,<br />
not just the first". In case of busted calls, Steve will use<br />
"well-established judgement in issuing the card, and may ask you to help<br />
confirm that the person whose call appears did not make a QSO". Finally, "if<br />
you DO NOT HAVE ANY detail besides what is in the web log online, it's<br />
impossible for me to give you credit for the card - I'm not in a position to<br />
issue a QSL to you 'just because' the web log says you're there. Not the way<br />
it works".<br />
ANTARCTIC CHALLENGE ---> Gil, F5NOD reports that the Antarctic Challenge<br />
scores are up-to-date at http://f6kdf.ath.cx/f5nod/index.htm<br />
HELP KADEK ---> Island chasers and hams throughout the world have been<br />
saddened by the news of Kadek's (YB9BU) material losses following the fire<br />
that destroyed his house in early April. "Help Kadek" initiative represents<br />
our way to show a friend that we care and that we do appreciate his long time<br />
dedication to the IOTA community. We hope that our support will help Kadek<br />
rebuild his radio shack and bring him back on the air. Please visit our web<br />
page at http://www.mdxc.org/yb9bu to find more about this initiative and to<br />
contribute to this fund through one of the regional collection points.<br />
MONTENEGRO ---> Quoting a spokesman from the ITU Radiocommunication Sector,<br />
The Daily <strong>DX</strong> reports that the 4O0-4O9 callsign prefix block has been<br />
allocated to Montenegro. Serbia will continue to use YT0-YT9 and YU0-YU9,<br />
while the 4N and YZ prefixes have been withdrawn and given back to the ITU<br />
for future use to another nation.<br />
QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Petr, OK1DOT (Petr.Gustab@seznam.cz) is willing to<br />
offer his services to a station in need. He can provide QSL cards at no<br />
charge to the stations he manages. Information on his QSLling policy can be<br />
found at http://www.qrz.com/ok1dot [TNX OK1DOT]<br />
QSL XT2SE & 5V7SE ---> Elvira, IV2FSG will attend this year's Ham Radio event<br />
at Friedrichshafen and will be able to confirm contacts made during her<br />
activities from Togo and Burkina Faso. Look for her at the Croatian booth on<br />
22-23 May (14.00-16.00) and on 24 May (10.00-12.00). [TNX IK3GES]
QSL VIA I2WIJ ---> Roberto, I2WIJ reports that as of 11 May, the CN3A and<br />
5D5A direct QSL requests backlog has been fully cleared.<br />
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />
QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A4A, 3B9/G3TXF, 3C0M, 3XD2Z,<br />
3XM6JR, 4O3T, 4O3ZZ, 4U1UN, 5A7A, 5B4AGC, 5B4AIA, 5D5A, 5W0RE, 5Z4ZK,<br />
6W/DM2AYO, 7X/DK5MH, 8P1A, 9M4S<strong>DX</strong>, 9Q1D, 9Q1EK, 9U0X, 9U9Z, A22/JA4ATV,<br />
A35AX, BA4DW/7 (AS-131), BD4RCS, BP100S, BX5AA, C21DL, C38JM, C52T, C56NN,<br />
C6<strong>DX</strong>, C91Z, CN2A, CN2FB, CN2FW, CN3A, CO8LY, CP4BT, EA9EU, EF8M, EK0B, ES1QD,<br />
EY8MM, GB95MGY, HC8N, HH2FJM, HH4/K4QD, HH7/N3BNA, HI8LAM, HK6ISX, HK6KKK,<br />
HK8HIX, HQ9H, HR9BFS, HZ1AN, HZ1IK, J20MM, J20RR, J20SA, J5BI (AF-020),<br />
J5UAR, J5UTM, J79IU, JX9NOA, K1VSJ (NA-046), K8SCH/1 (NA-055), KA3UNQ/p<br />
(NA-031), KE0A/KP2, KH0/K3UY, KH8Q (OC-045), KP2/K3TEJ, KP4VP, LU1ZAB, MD4K,<br />
MI0SRR, OX60AD, PJ4/K2NG, PJ7/DL1VWR, PZ5ZY, R1FJT, S21XA, S92FM, ST2A,<br />
SV5/DJ7RJ, SV5/SM8C, TA3D, TF4M, TG0AA, TM5CI (EU-039), UA2FW, V25WY, V31FG/P<br />
(NA-123), V31LG, V47KP, V47NT, V63UA, VK9DNX, VP2E, VP2MFF, VP2MRD, VP2MTC,<br />
VP2MVG, VP5/W5CW, VP8DIN, VP8DJU, VU7MY (AS-106), VU7RG (AS-011), VY1MB,<br />
WP3C, XT2C, XU7<strong>DX</strong>X, XU7MDY, XX9A, YK1BA, YL7X, YU1XA, YW0<strong>DX</strong>, Z36A, ZB2/ON5UR,<br />
ZF2BI, ZK3RE, ZP6CW, ZS9X.<br />
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26 May 2007<br />
A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3B6 - The local licencing authority has changed the callsign for<br />
the<br />
<strong>DX</strong>pedition to Agalega - it is no longer 3B6<strong>DX</strong> [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 837],<br />
but<br />
3B6SP. The Polish team expects to be QRV by the morning of 6 June<br />
at<br />
the latest and to leave the island on the 18th. QSL via<br />
SP9SX.<br />
Bookmark http://3b6.godx.eu/ for propagation predictions,<br />
further<br />
information and updates. [TNX SP9MRO]<br />
CU - Rolf, DK2ZF will be active as CU2/DK2ZF from Sao Miguel (EU-<br />
003,<br />
HM77cu), Azores on 25-30 May. He will operate mostly CW on 40-<br />
10<br />
metres, as well as on 2 metres (with 50 watts and a 5element).<br />
Expect also satellite activity (AO-7 and VO-52). [TNX DK2ZF]<br />
EA - Special event station EH4EI will be aired from the Italian<br />
Embassy<br />
in Madrid on 2 June (Italy's National Day) and again on 12<br />
October<br />
(Spain's National Day). QSL via EA4CT. [TNX EB4DSP]<br />
F - Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the UK Six Metre Group,<br />
special<br />
callsign TM6MG will be aired from France on 1-15 June. The<br />
main<br />
operator will be Bernard, F5DE. Expect activity on 6 and 2 metres<br />
CW<br />
and SSB, as well as on 10 and 12 metres CW. QSL via PA7FM.<br />
[TNX<br />
F5NQL]<br />
F - Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of the writer<br />
Maxence<br />
Van der Meersch (1907-1951), a number of special stations will<br />
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e<br />
active in the weeks to come: TM2VDM (1-15 June, QSL via<br />
F5KDB),<br />
TM6VDM (16-30 June, QSL via F8KGS), TM5VDM (1-15 July, QSL<br />
via<br />
F6KMB), FV5VDM (1-15 July, QSL via F6KDM). [TNX F1SIU and F6AJA<br />
@<br />
Les Nouvelles <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
F - The South Flanders <strong>DX</strong> Activity Group will operate once again<br />
as<br />
F/ON6JUN/P (http://www.qsl.net/on6jun) on 2-6 June to<br />
commemorate<br />
the 63th anniversary of D-Day. QSL via ON5SD. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />
I - ARI Sestri Levante will operate special event station II1HCA till<br />
31<br />
May for the 40th edition of the Hans Chrisian Andersen Prize, one<br />
of<br />
the world's most prestigious prizes for children's<br />
literature<br />
(http://www.arisestrilevante.it/). All of the QSOs will be<br />
confirmed<br />
via the bureau.<br />
I - Giovanni, IK5BCM reports he will be active as ID9/IK5BCM<br />
from<br />
Panarea Island (EU-017, IIA ME-006) on 2-9 June.<br />
KL7 - Marvin Baur (KL1YY), Bob Wertz (NF7E) and Art Phillips (NN7A)<br />
will<br />
operate from Ushagat Island (NA-206) on 12-17 July. They will<br />
have<br />
two stations using 100 watt transceivers with vertical, wire,<br />
and<br />
kite antennas. Operation will be CW by NN7A/NL7 and SSB by KL1YY<br />
and<br />
NF7E/KL7 on 160-10 metres, with SSB on 20 and 15m IOTA<br />
frequencies<br />
as conditions permit. No digital or VHF operation is planned.<br />
There<br />
are no existing facilities on Ushagat, so operation will be from<br />
a<br />
camp set up by the operators using battery and generator power.<br />
QSL<br />
via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX NN7A]<br />
SV - Tommy Horozakis, VK2IR will be visiting Greece (Mount<br />
Athos<br />
included) and Turkey between 27 May and 28 August. He plans to<br />
go<br />
and operate on the HF bands (including PSK and SSTV) under<br />
different<br />
callsigns from 15-18 Greek islands. QSL via W3HNK.<br />
On 9-17 June Tommy will be joining a team from the SV <strong>DX</strong><br />
Group<br />
(SV1GE, SV1AAU, SV2DGH, SV1DPJ, SV2FWV, SV2HNC, SV0XAD and DH9VA)<br />
to<br />
operate as SY8AN from Antiparos Island (EU-067). They plan to<br />
be<br />
active on all bands SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL SY8AN via SV2DGH. The<br />
web<br />
pages for the operation can be found at<br />
http://www.sv2dgh.gr/sy8an/<br />
[TNX VK2IR and SV2DGH]<br />
SV5 - Look for Harvey, SV5/OO5S and Dan, SV5/OQ1C to be active<br />
holiday
style from the Dodecanese (EU-001) until 1 June. QSL via<br />
ON4ON,<br />
bureau or direct. [TNX ON4ON]<br />
TK - Marco, IK1YED reports will be active as TK/IK1YED from<br />
Corsica<br />
(EU-014) from 26 May to 1 June. He plans to operate on 160-6<br />
metres<br />
SSB and possibily digital modes.<br />
VE - Gregg, VE3ZZ and Noel, VE2BR will operate from Prince Edward<br />
Island<br />
(NA-029, CIsA PE-001) on 25-30 July using the VY2TT<br />
superstation.<br />
During the IOTA contest they will operate as VY2Z (QSL to<br />
VE3ZZ),<br />
and outside the contest they will be active as VE3ZZ/VY2<br />
and<br />
VE2BR/VY2 (QSL to home calls, direct or bureau). [TNX VE3ZZ]<br />
VP6D - An expedition to Ducie Island (OC-182) is being organized to<br />
take<br />
place in February 2008. Landing permissions and licences have<br />
been<br />
granted, and a suitable charter vessel has been secured. A team<br />
of<br />
13 experienced operators (currently including<br />
Carsten/DL6LAU,<br />
Eric/K3NA, Dietmar/DL3<strong>DX</strong>X, Andy/DL8LAS, Martti/OH2BH,<br />
Robin/WA6CDR<br />
and Krassimir/K1LZ) will be active on 160-6 metres with<br />
seven<br />
stations as VP6<strong>DX</strong> from 11 to 23 February. The group is<br />
seeking<br />
financial contributions to help defray the very significant costs<br />
of<br />
this <strong>DX</strong>pedition. Full details on how contribute can be found on<br />
the<br />
expedition web site (www.vp6dx.com).<br />
CQ WW WPX CW CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their<br />
participation in this year's event (26-27 May):<br />
4L2M SOSB 40m Georgia EA7FTR<br />
4L8A SOSB 20m Georgia DJ1CW<br />
4M5<strong>DX</strong> M/S Venezuela IT9DAA<br />
4O3A SOSB 80m Montenegro YT6A<br />
5D5A M/? Morocco I2WIJ<br />
7X0RY SOSB 80m Algeria qrz.com<br />
9M6/G3ZEM SO East Malaysia 5B4AGN<br />
9M4<strong>DX</strong>X M/S West Malaysia 9M2TO<br />
C4I M/? Cyprus LZ2HM<br />
C4W SOAB Cyprus 5B4WN<br />
C6AYM SO Bahamas K9GY<br />
CN5W M/S Morocco LoTW<br />
DD4B SOSB 20 or 15 Germany DL3PS<br />
DR5L M/2 Germany DK3QZ<br />
DR80AMA M/S Germany DK3DM<br />
EE8A M/? Canary Islands YL2KL<br />
EF8M M/2 Canary Islands RX3DU<br />
ER0FEO SOAB Moldova UU0JM<br />
HZ1EX SO Saudi Arabia SM0BYD<br />
IS0/K7QB SOAB LP Sardinia IN3QBR<br />
IS0N SOAB LP Sardinia OK1MG<br />
LX7I M/2 Luxembourg LX2A<br />
P40A SOSB 40m Aruba WD9DZV
PA25UKSMG The Netherlands PA7FM<br />
PJ2T SOAB HP Netherlands Antilles N9AG<br />
PQ4F SO Brazil PY4FQ<br />
PS2T SOAB Brazil W3HC<br />
SV8/SV1JG SO Greece SV1JG<br />
T40C M/? Cuba N1KI<br />
TO3T Martinique VE3KF<br />
VP9KF SO Bahamas W4/VP9KF<br />
VQ97JC SOAB Chagos Islands ND9M<br />
W4V USA NW4V<br />
WP3C SOAB LP Puerto Rico W3HNK<br />
ZB2X SOAB Gibraltar OH2KI<br />
ZF1A M/S Cayman Islands W5ASP<br />
Don't forget to give a look to the Announced Operations for this year's event<br />
maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxc2007.html<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
CQ HALLS OF FAME ---> The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame was established in<br />
January 2001 to recognize individuals - radio amateurs or not - who<br />
significantly affected the course of Amateur Radio, as well as radio amateurs<br />
who have made significant contributions either to amateur radio, to their<br />
professional careers or to some other aspect of life on our planet. This<br />
year's inductees are:<br />
Phillip Catona, W2JAV (SK) Copthorne MacDonald, VY2CM<br />
Paul Flaherty, N9FZX (SK) Bill McArthur, KC5ACR<br />
John Geloso, I1JGM Don Miller, W9NTP<br />
Michael Griffin, NR3A Louis Tristao, KG6VY (SK)<br />
James Hillier, ex-VE3SH (SK) Durward J. Tucker, W5VU (SK)<br />
Herb Johnson, W6KQI (ex-W7GRA) Adrian (Ade) Weiss, W0RSP (ex-K8EEG)<br />
Roy Lewallen, W7EL Farrell Winder, W8ZCF<br />
Rick Lindquist, N1RL<br />
The CQ Contest Hall of Fame was established in 1986 to recognize Amateur<br />
Radio operators who have made major contributions to contesting. This year's<br />
inductees are:<br />
Fred Capossela, K6SSS Tom Taormina, K5RC<br />
Phil Goetz, N6ZZ (SK)<br />
The CQ <strong>DX</strong> Hall of Fame was established in 1967 to recognize major<br />
contributions by <strong>DX</strong>ers. This year's inductees are:<br />
Roger Western, G3SXW Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ<br />
Nigel Cawthorne, G3TXF Valeria Pregliasco, IK1ADH<br />
QSL VY0ICE ---> Steve, VE2TKH reports that as of 17 May 1277 QSL requests for<br />
his VY0ICE activity from Baffin Island (NA-047, September-October 2006) had<br />
been answered direct or via the bureau. Please note that cards should be sent<br />
to the QSL manager (VE2AWR), as Steve will be travelling outside Canada until<br />
September at least.<br />
QSL YV1R<strong>DX</strong> ---> Julio says he no longer has a QSL manager. Cards should be<br />
requested direct only: Julio Rivero, P.O. Box 18, 3150 Trujillo, Venezuela.<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />
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3A/IW1RLF IW1RLF CO2MHZ EA5KB RW4NJ/9/M RA4NF<br />
3W2BMK JA8BMK CO2VQ EA5KB SC300VL SK6HD<br />
3W2TXR JA2TXR CO2WF N1KI SC3<strong>DX</strong> SM3NRY<br />
3XD2Z RW3AZ CO2WL IZ8EBI SE2T SM2YIZ<br />
3XM6JR UA6JR CO6DW EA5KB SE50A SM4AIO<br />
3Z0ILQ SP5DDJ CO6WD W0SA SV5/OO5S ON4ON<br />
3Z50KCR SP5KCR CU1BP F5NPS SV5/OQ1C ON4ON<br />
3Z50OP SQ6QQ CU1CB EA5KB T88NN JI0NNM<br />
4A3IH IT9EJW DQ50PASSAU DK1RWS T88TG JA1TGC<br />
4K9W DL6KVA DQ50SAAR DK8VR TA100FB TA1CM<br />
4L6QL RW6HS E51QMA OM2SA TC1919ATA bureau<br />
4L6VV UA6EZ E51TUG OM2SA TF/G4EDG/P G4ELZ<br />
4L8A DJ1CW EG7MV EA7HBC TF/G4ELZ/P G4ELZ<br />
4O5A YU7AV EG8CID EA8AUW TL8QC F5NRY<br />
4O5W YU1EXY EG8FAS EA4FAS TM0A F5OIU<br />
4S7VK DJ9ZB EK6LP IK2DUW TM1LM F8KGY<br />
5B4AGM W3HNK EK6TA DJ0MCZ TM1O F1IKA<br />
5B4AHS RA3AUU EK6YL SP9ERV TM1VDM F6KTN<br />
5H0RS IT9YVO EM80A UY5AA TM2LM F6KAT<br />
5P6EE OZ2KL EN80AL UT8AL TM3LM F6KFO<br />
5T5SN IZ1BZV EN80AS UT8AS TM4LM F8KOI<br />
6H1MW XE1MW EN80AW UR5AW TM5B F5XX<br />
6H1TRP XE1TRP EV5IPY/P EW4IDP TM5EON F2WS<br />
6H1XR XE1XR EX2F RW6HS TM5LM F6KAT<br />
6I2D XE2D EY1HQ DJ1MM TM6LM F6KFT<br />
6I2YW XE2YW FS/NF9V NF9V TM7AJ F6KSU<br />
6J3ISS XE3ISS GB100TT MW0JNI TM7LM F6KFH<br />
6J3RBA XE3RBA GB4VLX G4DFI TO3T VE3KF<br />
6W/IZ2DPX IK2DUW GM6TW/P G0UZP TT8FC EA4AHK<br />
6W1SE JR2KDN GX0STH M3UNN TU2/F5LDY F1CGN<br />
6W2SC HA3AUI GX8LED/P M0DOL TZ6PVI ON4LN (a)<br />
7Q7CT CT1ABE HC8N W5UE TZ6PVI ON7ASL (b)<br />
7S100ALA SK7CN HF550SK SP7PBC UA0AV W3HNK<br />
7X5ST 7X5LS HF70COP SP8KPK UA0AZ W3HNK<br />
7Z1HL DJ9ZB HF750C SP9BRP UE1C<strong>DX</strong>/P RN1CW<br />
7Z1UG DG1XG HL1/F5AHO F5AHO UE1RDA/1 RW1QN<br />
9A/OO6N ON6KN IA0IPY I0YKN UE1SNA/P RA1QQ<br />
9A60Z 9A2DM IA2IPY I2MQP UE4HKD RU4HD<br />
9A8DST ON4AMM (a) IA5/IK2CCU IK2CNC UE4NNU/P UA4NU<br />
9A8DST ON4DST (b) IA5/IZ5ILU IZ5ILU UE9RDA RK9QWW<br />
9A950<strong>DX</strong> 9A8<strong>DX</strong> IA7IPY IK7JWY UN7MMM EA7FTR<br />
9A950JB 9A3JB IB0CW IZ8CLM UN7MWU EA7FTR<br />
9J2BO G3TEV IC8TO IZ1GCZ UN7QF EX2A<br />
9J2CA G3SWH II0VIS IZ0DIB UN7QX W7BO<br />
9L1DIR EA4URE II3STV IK3GES UO50F RW6HS<br />
9M2CNC G4ZFE II4SDP IZ4GWE V63<strong>DX</strong> JH7MHZ<br />
9M2IDJ JA6IDJ II8IPY I8ACB V63GO JA7AGO<br />
9M8<strong>DX</strong>/2 VK6<strong>DX</strong>I IP8IPY I8QJU V63ZP JA7ZP<br />
A52AM JA0JHA IR1IPY IZ1GJK VP2EDS KJ9I<br />
A52K JA1CG IR2IPY IK2DUW VP2ERV NF9V<br />
A52SW K2AU IR8IPY IK8WEJ VP5/KN6Y KN6Y<br />
A71CT EA7FTR J28JA F5JFU VP5/WQ7X WQ7X<br />
A71EM EA7FTR J5UAP HA3AUI VP6TD ZL2HGR<br />
A92C A92GR LZ50<strong>DX</strong> LZ1AF VP9KF W4/VP9KF<br />
AP2TN DJ9ZB MW5GAC/P M5GAC VQ97JC ND9M<br />
BD7YK BA4CH OD5/CT1EFS CT1CJJ WH7P/KH2 JP1IOF<br />
C31LJ VE3EXY OS7A ON7APG XE2OR W5OZI<br />
C6AGN W1DIG OX3XR OZ3PZ XU7TZG ON7PP
CN8KD EA5XX PA25UKSMG PA7FM XW1A E21EIC<br />
CN8LI ON4IQ PJ7/NF9V NF9V YB1GJS NI5<strong>DX</strong><br />
CN8NK EA5XX PQ4F PY4FQ YM100FB TA1EE<br />
CN8YE EA7FTR R60IMPULS RU4AK ZD8RH G4DBW<br />
CN8YR K4KU R6MDIR RK3MWA ZP6CW ZP6CU<br />
(a) direct (b) bureau<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
DJ9ZB Franz Langner, P.O. Box 150, D-77950 Ettenheim, Germany<br />
EA7FTR Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias 23, 21110 Aljaraque, Huelva, Spain<br />
IT9EJW Alfio Bonanno, Via della Regione 20, 95028 Valverde - CT, Italy<br />
OM2SA Juraj Sipos, 93013 Trhova Hradska 550, Slovakia<br />
PA0HOP J. Hopstaken, Hengemunde 31, NL-6578 BR Leuth, The Netherlands<br />
SV2ASP/A Monk Apollo, Docheiariou Monastery, 63087 Mount Athos, Greece<br />
W4/VP9KF Paul Evans, 6809 River Road, Tampa, FL 33615, USA<br />
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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #839<br />
2 June 2007<br />
A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3A - Luc, ON4LUC and Paul, ON6DP will be active as 3A/ON4LUC and<br />
3A/OP0P<br />
from Monaco from 3 to 8 or 9 June. They will operate RTTY, PSK<br />
and<br />
SSB on 20, 40 and 80 metres. QSL for both via ON6DP, direct<br />
or<br />
bureau. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
3B6 - The 3B6SP team [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 838] reports that the voyage to Agalega<br />
will<br />
take 4-5 days. If everything goes as planned, they expect to be<br />
QRV<br />
on 6 June. Suggested frequencies are:<br />
Band CW SSB RTTY PSK<br />
---------------------------------------<br />
160 1821.5 1845 - -<br />
80 3521 3780 3590 -<br />
40 7021 7063 7040 7038<br />
30 10121 - 10140 10142<br />
20 14021 14185 14084 14072<br />
17 18081 18136 18104 18102<br />
15 21021 21290 21084 21072<br />
12 24901 24930 24924 24922<br />
10 28021 28490 28084 28122<br />
Bookmark http://3b6.godx.eu for updates. QSL via SP9SX.<br />
3D2_rot - Tony, 3D2AG (aka FO5RK) reports that his trip to Rotuma<br />
[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N<br />
826] has been postponed until November or December. He<br />
should<br />
remain there for a couple of months. Further information<br />
is<br />
expected in due course.<br />
5B - Mike, G0HIO has arranged a radio trip to Cyprus on 23-30 June.<br />
He<br />
will be operating CW only as 5B/G0HIO, with 100 watts and<br />
wire<br />
Next bulletin<br />
Bulletins' Index
antennas. QSL via home call. E-mail requests for band skeds can<br />
be<br />
sent to g0hio@tesco.net [TNX G0HIO]<br />
CT - Francois, ON4LO will be active as CT/ON4LO/p from a couple<br />
of<br />
Portuguese lighthouses - namely Cabo de Sao Vincente<br />
(ARLHS<br />
POR-012) and Ponta Sagres (ARLHS POR-043) - between 3 and 29<br />
June.<br />
He plans to operate SSB and digital modes on 10-40 metres.<br />
[TNX<br />
ON4LO]<br />
CT - Marq, CT1BWW will operate as CQ4IPY on 9-15 June and again on 8-<br />
14<br />
September to celebrate the 4th International Polar Year. Expect<br />
him<br />
to be active on 10-80 metres SSB, CW, PSK31, RTTY and SSTV. QSL<br />
via<br />
home call. [TNX CT1BWW]<br />
DL - On 1 June 1907 the public maritime service in Germany started<br />
by<br />
the well known coast station Norddeich Radio (DAN), which<br />
was<br />
closed at the end of 1998. To celebrate that anniversary,<br />
the<br />
radio clubs Norddeich and Hage will operate as DL100DAN (and<br />
also as DF0DAN, DK0DAN and DL0DAN) through the end of the<br />
year.<br />
On 1-30 June their activities will take place from the<br />
historical<br />
location of Norddeich Radio at Osterloog. Information on<br />
the<br />
relevant award can be found at www.norddeich-radio.de; QSL<br />
via<br />
bureau (preferred) or direct to DK1QO. [TNX DK1QO]<br />
EA8 - Franky, ON7RU will be active as EA8/OQ7R from Gran Canaria,<br />
Canary<br />
islands (AF-004) on 4-13 June. He will operate SSB, CW and RTTY<br />
on<br />
10-80 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX ON7RU]<br />
EA8 - Special callsign AN8TID (www.ure.es/ea8arg/an8tid.htm) will<br />
be<br />
aired from Teide volcano (3,555 metres a.s.l.) on 9-10<br />
June.<br />
Activity will be the HF, VHF and UHF bands, using CW, SSB<br />
and<br />
digital modes. QSL via EA8NQ, direct or bureau. This operation<br />
is<br />
part of a campaign to have the Teide National Park<br />
(Tenerife,<br />
Canary Islands) included on the UNESCO World Heritage List.<br />
[TNX<br />
EA8NQ]<br />
FO0/C - Bob Grimmick, N6OX, will lead a large international team<br />
to<br />
Clipperton Atoll in early March 2008. Their goal is to<br />
make<br />
100,000+ QSOs. Further information is expected in due course.<br />
The<br />
web site for the expedition is at www.clipperton2008.org<br />
FY - Roger, G3SXW and Nigel, G3TXF will be active from Kourou,<br />
French
Guiana on 8-10 June. They will operate CW only as FY/G3SXW (on<br />
the<br />
traditional HF bands, mainly 20 and 40 metres) and FY/G3TXF (on<br />
the<br />
WARC bands, mainly 30 and 17 metres) QSL via home calls.<br />
GM - Special event station GB1EPC will be active on 1-28 June<br />
from<br />
Glasgow, Scotland to celebrate the first anniversary of<br />
the<br />
European PSK Club (http://www.eu.srars.org). QSL via MM0DFV.<br />
[TNX<br />
MM0DFV]<br />
GM - A group of operators from the Grantham ARC will be active<br />
as<br />
GS0GRC/p and GS7GRC/p from Eilean an Tighe, Shiant Islands (EU-<br />
112)<br />
on 10-13 July. They will have two stations on 80-6 metres SSB.<br />
All<br />
contacts will be confirmed automatically via the bureau;<br />
direct<br />
cards, if needed, should be sent to G0RCI. [TNX G0RCI]<br />
I - Special event station I0RI will be aired from the Spanish<br />
Embassy<br />
in Rome on 2 June (Italy's National Day) and again on 12<br />
October<br />
(Spain's National Day). QSL via IZ0GKN (bureau) or IZ0FMA<br />
(direct).<br />
A certificate will be issued free of charge for contacting<br />
both<br />
I0RI and EH4EI [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 838] in June and October. Send the<br />
details<br />
of the four QSOs to ea4ct@ure.es before 30 November. [TNX IZ0FMA]<br />
I - Isido/I1XOI, Piera/IK1AIF, Mario/IW1PZC,<br />
Giovanni/IZ1DFG,<br />
Giorgio/IZ1HGP, Mauro/IW2KVT, Giuseppe/I2AZ and<br />
possibily<br />
Emanuele/IW2NOD will be active as IG9/homecall from<br />
Lampedusa<br />
Island (AF-019, IIA AG-001) on 9-19 June. They plan to operate<br />
SSB<br />
and CW on the HF bands plus 6 and 2 metres. QSL via home<br />
calls,<br />
direct or bureau. [TNX IZ1DFG]<br />
I - Participating in the 9-10 June Museum Ships Weekend (see Good<br />
To<br />
Know below), operators from ARMI<br />
(http://www.assoradiomarinai.tk)<br />
will be active as IY1SP from the Naval Museum at La Spezia (QSL<br />
via<br />
I1SAF), and as IQ3GA/3 from the submarine "Dandolo" at the<br />
Italian<br />
Navy Museum in Venice (QSL via I3PVB). [TNX IT9MRM]<br />
J7 - Rod, NA9N reports he will be active as J79RM from Dominica from<br />
28<br />
June to 5 July. QSL via home call.<br />
OD - As a member of the Belgian Army, Jean-Marc, ON4JM will be<br />
stationed<br />
at a field hospital in southern Lebanon from 6 June<br />
until<br />
mid-August. He will be active on the amateur radio bands in<br />
his<br />
spare time and his plans are to operate as OD5/ON4JM on 10-
80<br />
metres (possibly on 160 metres as well) SSB, CW and digital<br />
modes.<br />
QSL via home call, bureau preferred.<br />
OH - Joern, DG5XJ will be active as OH1/DG5XJ from Houtskaer<br />
Island<br />
(EU-096) on 7-13 June. He plans to operate SSB on 10, 15, 20,<br />
40<br />
and 80 metres SSB. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
OZ - Look for Ulli, DO2ML to be active as OZ/DO2ML from Aeroe<br />
Island<br />
(EU-172, DIA FY-014) on 4-7 June. He plans to operate on 80, 40<br />
and<br />
20 metres SSB. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />
OZ - Look for Ric, OZ/DL2VFR to be active from Nordjylland (EU-171)<br />
on<br />
16-23 June and from Laeso and/or Hornfiskroen Island (EU-088)<br />
from<br />
24 June until 1 July. He will operate CW and SSB on the HF<br />
bands.<br />
QSL via home call. His web site is<br />
at<br />
http://www.iota-expedition.com [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
SV - Theodoros/SV1EJD, along with Antonio/IZ8CCW and<br />
Emanuela/IZ8IYL<br />
(who will be on their honeymoon), will operate as J48MDC<br />
from<br />
Mykonos Island (EU-067) on 13-18 June. Expect activity on 40-<br />
10<br />
metres SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via IZ8CCW (all of the QSOs will<br />
be<br />
confirmed automatically via the bureau after four months). Web<br />
page<br />
at http://www.mdxc.org/j48mdc [TNX IZ8CCW]<br />
SV5 - Alex, GM0DHZ will be active (SSB and CW) holiday style<br />
as<br />
SV5/GM0DHZ from Kos Island (EU-001) on 7-21 June. [TNX K1XN and<br />
The<br />
Golist]<br />
TA - TA1HZ and TA2RX will operate as TC800YOM through 30 June<br />
to<br />
celebrate the 800th anniversary of the birth of of Mevlana,<br />
the<br />
famous poet, jurist and theologian also known as Rumi.<br />
Expect<br />
activity mainly on 17, 20 and 40 metres SSB. [TNX TA1HZ]<br />
TA - Mill, LX1CC will be active as YM3CC from Selcuk, Turkey on 7-<br />
21<br />
June. He plans to operate SSB on 10-80 metres. QSL via home<br />
call.<br />
[TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
TA - Charlie, GI4FUE will once again be active as TA4/GI4FUE<br />
from<br />
Marmaris, Turkey on 12-24 June. He plans to operate holiday<br />
style<br />
mostly CW on 30, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres. He hopes to be<br />
able<br />
to take a portable antenna for 6 metres, and give the chance<br />
to<br />
work KM46du [TNX GI4FUE]<br />
UA - Albert, UA1PBU and Mike, UA1QV will operate as UE1RFF/1 from<br />
an
island (IOTA EU-102) in the Nenetskiy State Nature Reserve (RFF-<br />
61<br />
for the Russian Flora Fauna Award, information<br />
at<br />
http://www.hamradio.ru/rrc/AWARDS/rffa_e.htm) on 21-24 June.<br />
QSL<br />
via UA1RJ, direct or bureau. [TNX UA1QV]<br />
UA - Vasiliy, RW4NW will operate as UE1RFF/1 from Dolgiy and<br />
Bol'shoy<br />
Zelenets islands (both counts for EU-086) between 2 and 21<br />
July.<br />
QSL via UA1RJ. [TNX UA1QV]<br />
VE - Neil, VE3SST and Igor, VE3ZF (ex VA3Y<strong>DX</strong>) will be active<br />
from<br />
Salisbury Island (not IOTA, CIsA ON-new) on 3 June.<br />
Weather<br />
permitting, they will try to operate from nearby islands as<br />
well.<br />
QSL via home calls. [TNX VE3ZF]<br />
V2 - Howard, WB4WXE will operate as V26HS from Antigua &<br />
Barbuda<br />
(NA-100) on 9-24 June. Plans to emphasize 6 metres and he will<br />
have<br />
a 6m transceiver with 350 watts on 50.125/50.110 scanning<br />
for<br />
openings. QSL via home call. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
YB - The YE7M expedition to Payung-Payungan (OC-268),<br />
originally<br />
scheduled to take place on 20-24 June [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 837], has<br />
been<br />
postponed. The delay has been caused by the strong winds and<br />
rough<br />
seas that in the Laut Kecil Islands area typically last<br />
through<br />
June. Fuadi, YC7IM is working on a new date in July or August.<br />
[TNX<br />
G3KMA]<br />
YB - Hotang, YC0IEM will be active as YC0IEM/9 from Lombok<br />
Island<br />
(OC-150) on 8-10 June. QSL via IZ8CCW. [TNX IZ8CCW]<br />
YO - Xavier, ON4XA reports he will operate as YO2/ON4XA from<br />
Romania<br />
from 25 June to 3 July. From 21 July to 12 August he and<br />
Bea,<br />
ON4BEA/YO2MBO will operate as F/ON4XA and F/ON4BEA from<br />
France.<br />
QSLs via home calls.<br />
ZF - David, K2DBK (http://k2dbk.com) will be active "holiday style"<br />
as<br />
ZF2DK from Grand Cayman (NA-016) on 22-29 July. David will be<br />
able<br />
to operate on 40-6 metres, but he expects to spend most of the<br />
time<br />
on 20 metres, conditions permitting. His primary mode will be<br />
SSB,<br />
with some PSK. QSL bia homecall, direct or bureau. Logs will<br />
be<br />
uploaded to LoTW. [TNX K2DBK]<br />
HISTORIC MARCONI IRISH TOUR ---> In 1898, Gugliemo Marconi received the first<br />
commercial opportunity for his newly invented wireless telegraph apparatus<br />
and established a wireless link for shipping between Ballycastle and Rathlin
Island. In 1907, Marconi's dream of fixed point-to-point wireless telegraph<br />
stations linking Europe and North America became a reality. The stations were<br />
located at Derrygimla near Clifden, and at Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.<br />
To commemorate these significant events, Hal, W8HC will operate as GI/W8HC/p<br />
from Ballycastle on 4-5 August (he will be also taking part in the annual<br />
Marconi Festival at Ballycastle with the Marconi Radio Group's MN0MRG special<br />
event station). On 6 August Hal will go and operate from East Lighthouse<br />
(ARLS NTI-011) on Rathlin Island (EU-122). On 9-10 August he will be active<br />
as EI/W8HC/p from the Derrygimla site, and possibly from nearby Letterfrack,<br />
site of an ancillary receive station built in 1912. Logs will be uploaded to<br />
LoTW and special QSLs from each of these historic Marconi locations will be<br />
printed and sent via GlobalQSL (www.globalqsl.com). In addition, a specially<br />
designed certificate will be issued to those stations making contact with<br />
both GI and EI operations from either Ballycastle or Rathlin and Derrygimla<br />
or Letterfrack. In keeping with the historic connection, all QSOs from these<br />
locations will be CW only. [TNX W8HC]<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
M<strong>DX</strong>C CONVENTION ---> The 3rd annual Mediterraneo <strong>DX</strong> Club Convention,<br />
celebrating the club's tenth anniversary, will be held on 10-11 November at<br />
the San Leonardo Resort in Vibo Valentia. Presentations on BS7H, 1A4A and<br />
multiple IOTA operations are expected. Information is available at<br />
http://www.mdxc.org/meeting.asp [TNX IZ8CCW]<br />
MUSEUM SHIPS WEEKEND ---> Sponsored by the Battleship New Jersey Amateur<br />
Radio Station (NJ2BB), this year's Museum Ships Weekend will be held from<br />
00.00 UTC on 9 June through 23.59 UTC on the 10th. Information on the event,<br />
including the relevant certificate and the listing of participating ships,<br />
can be found at http://www.nj2bb.org/<br />
QSL DU9/N0NM ---> Jon, DU9/N0NM left the Philippines on 28 May and has moved<br />
back to Pennsylvania, USA. His new US call is K3QF and cards should be sent<br />
to Jonathan E. Rudy, 608 W. High St. Manheim, PA 17545, USA.<br />
QSL PY8AZT/P ---> Those who still need a card for PY8AZT/p (Cotijuba Island,<br />
SA-060, 25-29 July 2002) can send their request to Luciano, PT7WA (direct or<br />
bureau). [TNX www.islandchaser.com]<br />
YASME ---> The YASME (www.yasme.org) Post Office Box has changed. Effective<br />
immediately, all mail should be sent to The Yasme Foundation, P.O. Box 20578,<br />
Castro Valley, CA 94546, USA. Mail sent to the old box number (2025) will be<br />
forwarded for approximately six months, so if you have sent mail recently, it<br />
will be delivered with no difficulty. [TNX N7NG]<br />
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LOGS: On-line logs for 6W/IZ2DPX are available<br />
at<br />
http://ik2duw.altervista.org/logonline.htm<br />
TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are<br />
now
available at<br />
http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html.<br />
Please send your scores, as well as any request for<br />
further<br />
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A4A, 3B8/RX3DD, 4O3T, 4O3ZZ, 4O6T,<br />
4U1UN, 4W6MM, 5H1JCH, 5H3EE, 5H3RK, 5N8NDP, 5R8GZ, 5W0RE, 6J1MW, 6W/DM2AYO,<br />
7Q7BP, 8P1A, 9A2YM, 9G5UR, 9M4S<strong>DX</strong>, 9N7JO, 9Q1D, 9Q1EK, 9U0X, 9U9Z, 9Z4BM,<br />
A22/JA4ATV, A45WD, A71BX, A71EM, BD7JLR, BG4AYM, BX5AA, C5<strong>DX</strong>C, C6AGN, C6<strong>DX</strong>,<br />
C91Z, CE1/K7CA, CM6CAC, CN3R, D69XC, DQ2006Y, E51NOU, EA9EA, EA9EU, EL2<strong>DX</strong>,<br />
ER/RW3AH, ES1QD, FK/FO5RK, FM1HN, FO/HA9G/P, FO/N6JA, H44MS, HB0/IV3LZQ/p,<br />
HK4SAN, HP3<strong>DX</strong>, HP3XUG, HR9BFS, IS0/WH0Q, J5B, J5UAR, J79XBI, KH6CW, KH8Q,<br />
LZ13ARDF, MD4K, MI0SRR, MN1SWL, OA4/N6XQ, OL32OLP, OR0A, OX3WS, OX60AD,<br />
P29NI, PZ5RA, ST2R, T77C, TA3D, TG9AHM, TI8II, TL8QC, TM5CI, TT8HA, V31FG/P,<br />
V63UA, V73RY, VK9DNX, VP2ENK, VP2MTE, VR2XMT, VU2NXM, VU7LD (AS-011), VU7MY<br />
(AS-106), VU7RG (AS-011), XF3PAS (NA-090), XU7MDY, YB0JIV, YN4SU, YS1JBL,<br />
YS3/YN4SU, Z21HS, ZA/DL3OCH, ZC4LI, ZF2BI.<br />
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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #840<br />
9 June 2007<br />
A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />
Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />
Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
1A0 - A multinational team lead by Francesco, IK0FVC will be active a<br />
1A0KM from the Sovereign Military Order of Malta on 12-22 July. QS<br />
via IK0FTA. The log might be uploaded to LoTW. Further details ar<br />
expected in due course. [TNX I0JBL]<br />
3B7 - The 3B6SP team en route to Agalega encountered serious problem<br />
with the catamaran "Josephina", which lost one engine and a sail<br />
All on board are safe and sound, and the catamaran, towed by th<br />
fishing vessel "Covadis", reached Raphael Island, Saint Brando<br />
(AF-015). According to the lastest information from 3B8CF, the tea<br />
expects to remain there for some 12 days and to be active as 3B7S<br />
while waiting for the "Josephina" to be repaired. [TNX SP9PT]<br />
4U1UN - LA5IIA, OH2BH and W3UR will operate from the United Nation<br />
Headquarters station (4U1UN) on 9 June. QSL via HB9BOU. [TNX Th<br />
Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
5N - Marek, SQ8JCA will be active as 5N2/SQ8JCA from Cogi, Nigeri<br />
through the end of June. He operates SSB on 80-6 metres and i<br />
likely to be found on the bands between 10 and 16 UTC. QSL via hom<br />
call. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
9A - Roland/9A3MR, Tibor/HA3HP and Tom/9A2AA will be active from veriou<br />
islands in the IOTA EU-170 group on 16-20 June. They plan to go an<br />
operate (also on 6 metres, from JN73) from as many IOCA (Islands O<br />
Croatia Award, http://www.inet.hr/9a6aa/) new ones as possible. QS<br />
via home calls. [TNX 9A2AA]<br />
9A - Jan, PA4JJ will be active as 9A/PA4JJ/p from Porec, Croatia from 1<br />
June until 7 July. He plans to spend most of his time on the WAR<br />
bands using RTTY and PSK. QSL via home call, direct or bureau (<br />
QSL request form for bureau cards can be found a<br />
http://www.pa4jj.nl). [TNX PA4JJ]<br />
9A & T9 - Once again Zik, VE3ZIK (http://www.qslnet.de/ve3zik) will be activ<br />
as 9A/VE3ZIK from Bilice, Croatia between 16 June and<br />
September. He plans to operate CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and FM on th<br />
HF bands, and to participate in the IOTA Contest. He might als<br />
operate as T9/VE3ZIK from Bosnia & Herzegovina on 20-27 June an<br />
again on 5-10 September. QSL via DL3PS, direct or through the DAR<br />
bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent t<br />
Next bulletin
zik@tiscali.de) [TNX VE3ZIK]<br />
EA8 - Wilko, PA3BWK will be active as EA8/PA3BWK from Lanzarote, Canar<br />
Islands (AF-004) on 10-16 June. He plans to operate mainly CW o<br />
10-40 metres. QSL via PA0ZE. [TNX W1AW]<br />
EU - Members of the Borisov Amateur Radio Club will be active as EW905<br />
until 30 November to celebrate the 905th anniversary of the city o<br />
Borisov, Belarus. QSL via EW2EO. [TNX EW2EO]<br />
HI - Dave, NA6DF will be active holiday style from Punta Cana, Dominica<br />
Republic on 14-23 June. He will be operating QRP as NA6DF/HI7<br />
mostly on 10-20 metres CW and SSB. QSL via home call. [TNX NA6DF]<br />
I - Giacomo, I4FGG will operate CW and SSB as I4FGG/IF9 from Marettim<br />
Island (EU-054, IIA TP-010) on 10-21 June. All QSOs will b<br />
confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX I4FGG]<br />
I - The YACT (Yet Another Contest Team) will operate as II5I during th<br />
50 MHz IARU Region 1 Contest on 16-17 June. QSL via IZ5FSA. [TN<br />
IZ5FSA]<br />
KL - Lanny, W5BOS will be active from two IOTA groups in Alaska on 2-<br />
August. The first operation will take place from the Semidi Island<br />
(NA-235, new one) using W5BOS/KL7. This operation will be batter<br />
power only, because all of the Semidi Islands and associated rock<br />
are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and ar<br />
closed to mechanical equipment such as generators. The secon<br />
operation will be from Unavikshak Island (NA-238) using W5BOS/AL0<br />
Lanny was active from this island last year, but conditions wer<br />
very poor and he wants to give those who missed it another chance<br />
QSL via N6AWD. [TNX W5BOS]<br />
KP - Pietro, IT9OPR reports he will be active holiday style from Puert<br />
Rico (NA-099) on 15-28 June. He will operate from the QTH o<br />
Flavio, KP4AWX as well as mobile with Pedro, WP4CCQ.<br />
LZ - Steve, G0SGB will be active (on 10-80 metres, mainly SSB) a<br />
LZ/G0SGB/p from Sveti Ivan Island (EU-181) on 15-17 June. QSL vi<br />
home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
OX - Look for Jan-Ole/DB8JO (SSB), Juergen/DJ5HD (CW) an<br />
Wolfgang/DJ5ZWS (RTTY and PSK31) to be active on 10-80 metres a<br />
OX/homecall from Nuuk, Greenland (NA-018) on 14-25 June. QSL vi<br />
home calls.<br />
TZ - Fredo, TU5GV will be active as TZ/TU5GV from Mali until 15 June. H<br />
operates on 10-80 metres. QSL via F4<strong>DX</strong>W, direct or bureau. [TN<br />
F4<strong>DX</strong>W]<br />
UA - Victor/RN1NU, Dmitry/UA1NFA and Roman/RN1NGJ will be active from<br />
couple of island in Lake Onega, namely Puhtinsky and Devichiy, o<br />
9-11 June. Both the islands do not count for IOTA, but are new one<br />
for the Russian Robinson Award. QSL via home calls, direct o<br />
bureau. [TNX UA1NFA]<br />
VK - Stuart, VK8NSB and Joe, VK8VTX might be active Elcho Islan<br />
(OC-185) on 14-19 June. Announced plans were to operate CW, SSB<br />
PSK and RTTY with two stations on 80-10 metres. QSL via VK6NE. [TN<br />
www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (May 2007) is now available at<br />
http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/monthly/index.html. Articles and pictures should be<br />
sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).<br />
PIRATE ---> Father Apollo, SV2ASP/A was quite active on the bands in May, and
he made 1,500+ CW, SSB and RTTY QSOs. He is receiving cards for CW QSOs made<br />
between 23 UTC on 16 May and 2 UTC on the 17th. Please note that at that time<br />
he was operating phone, and his callsign was pirated. Father Apollo is very<br />
busy at the moment, and he does not foresee any further activity for a while.<br />
[TNX IK3ZAW]<br />
QSL N8S ---> Dragan, YZ1EW reports thathe first 1000 cards for the April 2007<br />
expedition to Swains Island were mailed on 8 June. The others will follow<br />
within 30 days.<br />
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PHOTO GALLERY: The Dayton Hamvention 2007 Photo Gallery (259 picture<br />
collected by Tom, K8CX) can be found a<br />
http://hamgallery.com/dayton2007/<br />
YW1<strong>DX</strong>: The website for the 4M5 <strong>DX</strong> Group's operation from Cay<br />
Sombrero (SA-089) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 829] can be found a<br />
http://yw1dx.4m5dx.org/. The group of seven operators wil<br />
participate in the IOTA Contest, and plans to concentrat<br />
on the WARC bands and 160 metres before and after th<br />
contest. QSL via IT9DAA, direct or bureau. Online log<br />
will be available at http://logsearch.de. The team i<br />
looking for sponsors/donors for this operation. [TN<br />
IT9DAA]<br />
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />
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3A/ON6DP/P ON6DP EG7SIX PA7FM OM9ACA NZ5N<br />
3A7JO bureau EG8FAS EA4FAS ON1000B ON5LL<br />
3D2EE VK4AN (a) EG9FAS EA4FAS ON50EU/P ON7YX<br />
3W9R OK1JN EH4EI EA4CT ON60AF ON6KN<br />
4L1MA ON4RU EH4IDS/EH7 EA7NL ON60SNW/P ON7KO<br />
4L2M EA7FTR EK3GM IK2QPR OP0P ON6DP<br />
4L4C DJ1CW EO20R UY2RO OP7B ON7BJ<br />
4L4WW EA7FTR ES5Q ES5RY OQ7M ON7EM<br />
4M5<strong>DX</strong> IT9DAA EV2A EW2AA OR1Z ON6IX<br />
4O0A YU1SRS F/ON6JUN/P ON5SD OX3PG WA0SMQ<br />
4O1A YU1EXY FM5WD W3HNK OY/PA0VHA PA0VHA<br />
4O2A 4N1SM FM5WE K3PD OY/PA3BAG PA0VHA<br />
4O3A YT6A GB1EPC MM0DFV OZ1RDP DL9BCP<br />
4O9A YU1FW GB4HSC M3PHP P33W RA3AUU<br />
4W6AAV HL5FUA GB6GW GW0TKX P40A WD9DZV<br />
4X4BL WA2KNC GB6OTR G3LHJ P40L K5WW<br />
5B8AD W3HNK GM0F M0CMK PJ2T N9AG
5D5A I2WIJ GP3GWB/P M0DOL PR2F PY2N<strong>DX</strong><br />
5P1AA LX1NO GP8LED/p M0DOL PR5R PY5AKW<br />
5P4VM OZ4VM GW0AAA/P G3TXF PR5W PY5FB<br />
5P7Y OZ7AM HE70FG HB9FG PR5Z PY5ZHP<br />
5V7BR F2VX HF100SK SP7ZIA PS2T W3HC<br />
5X1GS WB2YQH HF1PBW SP1PBW PW1P PY1<strong>DX</strong><br />
6F75A EA5KB HF30PIK SP2FAX R41WP RA3LBA<br />
6H1CT XE1CT HF500C SP4GFG R50MG RV3LZ<br />
6H1TD XE1TD HF750WS SP9PKM RK6YYA/#/m RX3RC<br />
6V1A 6W6JX HG200B HA3HK SB300L W3HNK<br />
7Q7WW KC4D HG46FC HA5BSW SD3N SM3NXS<br />
7X0RY OK1DYW (b) HG6N HA6KNB SD40JZ SM5DJZ<br />
8N7TU JA7YAA HH2FYD F6FYD SE5FUG SM5FUG<br />
8P6ET KU9C HK1X EA7FTR SG60RK SK1BL<br />
9A8ABG DB3GF HK3Q W2GR SI9AM SM3CVM<br />
9G1YK PA3ERA HK6DOS EA5KB SJ30LW SK5LW<br />
9K2GS EA5KB HK6K EA5KB SJ3W SM6JSM<br />
9K2PL EA5KB HS0AC HS0ZFZ SN0EL SP1KRF<br />
9K2YM EA5KB HS0ZGQ DL1MJF ST100S ST2M<br />
9M4<strong>DX</strong>X 9M2TO HV0A IK0FVC SV5/SM8C SM0CMH<br />
9M6/G3ZEM 5B4AGN HZ1AN DJ9ZB SV8/OT2A ON4HIL<br />
9M8<strong>DX</strong> DL4DBR HZ1EA DJ9ZB T40C N1KI<br />
9Q1D SM5BFJ HZ1EX SM0BYD T960ALM T91ALM<br />
9U0VB UA4WHX HZ1GW GW0RHC T97C DL5SBA<br />
9X0VB UA4WHX HZ1HZ N7RO T97M K2PF<br />
A35RK W7TSQ HZ1IK DK7YY TA3J TA3YJ<br />
A45WD YO9HP HZ1MD PA2V TA4/OO6C ON6CC<br />
A92GT EA7FTR HZ1SK IZ8CLM TC3D TA3D<br />
AN7SIX PA7FM HZ1ZH EA7FTR TM0R F5GGL<br />
AO7SIX PA7FM I0RI IZ0FMA (c) TM1MAN F8CSD<br />
AO8R EA4FAS I0RI IZ0GKN (b) TM2VDM F5KDB<br />
AY7X WD9EWK IA6IPY IZ6GSQ TM5BBC F2UW<br />
B3APX BD3APX IM0/IQ5YL IK5MEQ TM5CF F6KGI<br />
BP100S BX4AN IM0/K7QB IN3QBR TM6ACO F6KFI<br />
C4I LZ2HM IP7IPY IZ7AUH TM6JUN F5NKX<br />
C4M W3HNK IQ3UD IV3DSH TM6MG PA7FM<br />
C4N W3HNK IQ3WW IK3OGN TM7XX F5MUX<br />
C4W 5B4WN IQ6CC IZ8DDG TR8CA F6CBC<br />
C6AWL RA3CO IS0N OK1MG U4MIR RN3DK<br />
C6AYM K9GY IU0IPY I0YKN UE4HBA RX4HJ<br />
C92IO ZS6HB IU9S IT9BLB V44KJ WB2TSL<br />
CE2WQ EA5KB J48HW HA0HW V63A JA7AO<br />
CQ0O<strong>DX</strong> CT2GZE JW/OZ0R OZ1ING V63SC JM1LBO<br />
CT6A CT1ILT JW1CCA LA1CCA V63ZP JA7ZP<br />
CX6VM W3HNK LN3Z LA9VDA VC6CTCU VE6JDD<br />
DD4B DL3PS LR2F LU2FA VK7GK DL8NU<br />
DL0DWD DF6QC LS1D LW9EOC WP3C W3HNK<br />
DL100DAN DK1QO LX0SAR DK5VD YB0ECT/0 YB0ECT<br />
DL40RR<strong>DX</strong>A DL1YFF LX2007L LX1KC YC0LOW/0 YC0LOW<br />
DR1A DL6FBL LX7I LX2A YL7A YL2GM<br />
DR5A DL1ECG LX9UN LX1NJ YM0T TA2RC<br />
DR5L DK3QZ LY4A LY2FY YP8A YO8WW<br />
DR5X DL8LAS LY7A LY2ZO YT2T 4N1JA<br />
DR80AMA DK3DM LZ07KM LZ1PJ YT5A YT1AD<br />
DT0HH DS3FGV LZ170VL LZ1KZA YT5G YU1IG<br />
E51IFB ZL2IFB LZ8A LZ2BE YT5T YT1XX<br />
EA8/OQ7R ON7RU NH6P W6YM YU07HST YU1FJK<br />
ED3DTH EA3EVR NQ4I K4PK YZ0Z YU1ZZ<br />
EE8A YL2KL NX7TT AI4U YZ2A YZ1AU<br />
EF8M RX3DU OE4A OE1EMS YZ2Z YZ1EZ<br />
EG0FAS EA4FAS OH0B OH2BH YZ9A YU1BFG<br />
EG1FAS EA4FAS OH0X OH2TA Z22JE K3PD
EG2FAS EA4FAS OH0Z W0MM Z29KM EA7FTR<br />
EG3FAS EA4FAS OH6M OH6AH ZA/UT7DW DK6CW<br />
EG4FAS EA4FAS OK3R OK1DVM ZA1E I2MQP<br />
EG4UCM EA4VO OL0R OK1WMR ZF1A W5ASP<br />
EG5FAS EA4FAS OL7D OK1TD ZF2NE W5ASP<br />
EG6FAS EA4FAS OL7R OK1WMV ZM3A ZL3WW<br />
EG7FAS EA4FAS OM7M OM3PA ZS4U K3PD<br />
EG7IX PA7FM OM8A OM2VL ZV25GJR PY2GJR<br />
(a) May 2007 only (b) bureau (c) direct<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3A7JO Association des Radioamateurs de Monaco, B.P. 2, MC 98001, Monaco<br />
Cedex<br />
7X0RY Frantisek Pubal, c/o Zuzana Rybarova, P.O. Box 109, 11121 Praha 1,<br />
Czech Republic<br />
EP3HF Sadegh Farzadkhah, P.O. Box 34185 - 1687, Qazvin, Iran<br />
HL5FUA Jong-sool Choi, P.O. Box 5, Ulleung Island 799-800, Korea<br />
PA0VHA H. Vernhout, Ph. de Goedestraat 54, 3132 XR Vlaardingen, The<br />
Netherlands<br />
RX3RC Roman A. Novikov, P.O. Box 21, 392000 Tambov, Russia<br />
UY2RO Alexander Anisimov, P.O. Box 36, Slavutych, Kiev obl, 07100 Ukraine<br />
XU7ABN Claude Laget, P.O. Box 1373 GPO, Phnom Penh 99999, Cambodia<br />
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16 June 2007<br />
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3V - Daniele, IK0REH is active from the 3V8SS premises in<br />
Sousse,<br />
Tunisia until 17 June (QSL this operation via IK0REH). He will<br />
be<br />
followed by Matthias, DD9HK, who will be active from 21 June to<br />
5<br />
July (QSL this operation via DD9HK). [TNX IK0YUJ and DD9HK]<br />
4X - The Holyland <strong>DX</strong> Group (Mark/4Z4KX, Ros/4Z5LA,<br />
Yuli/4X6HP,<br />
Reuven/4Z5FI and Jan/4X1VF) will be active as 4X7AZ from<br />
Akhziv<br />
Island (AS-100) for the IOTA Contest (28-29 July). They<br />
will<br />
operate CW and SSB with two stations. QSL via 4Z5LA. [TNX 4X1VF]<br />
9A - Special event station 9A07P will be active on all bands and<br />
modes<br />
through December to celebrate the Croatian city of Djurdjevac.<br />
All<br />
QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX W1AW]<br />
9U - Sigi, DL7DF and his team (including Manfred/DK1BT,<br />
Wolf/DL4WK,<br />
Jan/DL7UFN, Frank/DL7UFR and Leszek/SP3DOI) will be active as<br />
9U0A<br />
from Burundi from 26 September to 9 October. They plan to<br />
operate<br />
CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV on 160-6 metres. QSL via<br />
DL7DF,<br />
direct or bureau. The pilot station be Bernd<br />
DF3CB<br />
(bernd@df3cb.com). Further information and log search<br />
at<br />
http://www.dl7df.com/9u/<br />
A2 - K5LBU's African <strong>DX</strong> Safari trip to Botswana [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 829] is set<br />
for<br />
5-20 July. Nine operators will be active from the Stevensford<br />
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Game<br />
Reserve on 160-6 metres SSB, CW and digital modes, plus 6m, 2m<br />
and<br />
70cm EME. The roster includes John/GM3OOK (A25OOK),<br />
Frosty/K5LBU<br />
(A25CF), Wayne/W5KDJ (A25KDJ), Jay/W5SL (A25SL),<br />
Lee/WA8QFE<br />
(A25LT), Dick/ZS6BUN (A25BUN), Dan/ZS6JR (A25DW),<br />
Jan/ZS6OB<br />
(A25OB) and Hal/ZS6WB (A25HL). A special callsign has been<br />
applied<br />
for use during the IARU HF World Championship (14-15 July).<br />
QSL<br />
A25OOK via M5AAV, others via home call. The web page for<br />
the<br />
operation is at http://www.tdxs.net/A2.html [TNX K5LBU]<br />
BY - Zhang, BD3APX will be active as BD3APX/2 from Juhua<br />
Island<br />
(AS-151) from 29 June to 1 July. Activity will be on 40-10<br />
metres<br />
CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via home call. [TNX BD3APX]<br />
C5 - Darren, G0TSM will be active again as C52T from The Gambia<br />
on<br />
19-29 June. This will only be a part time operation, and<br />
Darren<br />
plans to operate mostly on 6 metres. QSL via home call.<br />
[TNX<br />
G0TSM]<br />
C6 - Pete/W2GJ (C6APR), Ed/K3IXD (C6AXD) and Randy/K4QO (C6AQO) will<br />
be<br />
active Crooked Island (NA-113, ARLHS BAH-005) on 26-30 July.<br />
They<br />
will operate CW, SSB, and RTTY on 80-6 metres and will<br />
participate<br />
in the IOTA Contest as C6APR. All QSLs via K3IXD. [TNX K3IXD]<br />
CT - Jose/CT1EHX, Toze/CT1GFK, Goncalo/CT1GPQ, Miguel/CT1IUA,<br />
Rui/CT2IHP, Jose/CT1DVG, Jose/CT1EPS, Arnaldo/CT2IOV<br />
and<br />
Antonio/CT2IOU will operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 160-6 metres<br />
as<br />
CS26X on 16-22 July for the 26th International Motorcycle<br />
Rally<br />
in Faro. QSL via CT1EHX, direct or bureau. [TNX CT1END]<br />
CU - Jorge/CT1FMX, Mary/CT1YTS and J. Vitor/CU3EQ will be active<br />
as<br />
CU3F from Terceira Island (EU-175, HM68kp), Azores on 2-9<br />
August.<br />
They plan to operate SSB, CW, PSK31 and RTTY on 80-6 metres.<br />
QSL<br />
via CT1FMX, direct or bureau. [TNX CT1FMX]<br />
DL - Ben, DO1BEN and others will be signing DA9L/p and DR9L/p<br />
from<br />
lighthsip "Laeso Rende" (FED-142) on 22-24 June. QSL via<br />
DO1BEN.<br />
[TNX DO1BEN]<br />
EA - Pepe, EA5KB and others will participate in the IOTA Contest (28-<br />
29<br />
July) as EE5KB from Tabarca Island (EU-093). QSL via EA5KB.<br />
[TNX<br />
EC5EC]<br />
EI - G3ZAY, M0HSW, and M0TJH will be QRV as EI/homecall/P<br />
from
Inishbofin Island (EU-121) from about 20 UTC on 25 June 10 UTC<br />
on<br />
the 27th, then from Inishmore (EU-006) from 20 UTC on 27 June<br />
to<br />
10 UTC on the 29th. They will also try to operate for a few<br />
hours,<br />
weather permitting, from the Blasket Islands (EU-007) on 30<br />
June.<br />
QSL to home calls. [TNX G3ZAY]<br />
F - Phil, F5OGG will be active on 20 metres SSB and CW as F5OGG/p<br />
from<br />
the lighthouse on Noirmoutier Island (EU-064) on 30 June. He<br />
will<br />
participate in the WLOTA Contest (full information can be found<br />
at<br />
http://www.wlota.com). [TNX F5NQL]<br />
F - Special event station TM0GP will be active from 18 June to<br />
1<br />
July for the French Formula 1 Grand Prix at Nevers Magny-<br />
Cours.<br />
All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau.<br />
[TNX<br />
F8REF]<br />
FS & PJ7 - Marq/CT1BWW, Juan Carlos/EA3GHZ and Tomas/EA5YH will operate<br />
as<br />
FS/home call and PJ7/home call from Saint Martin (NA-105) and<br />
Sint<br />
Maarten (NA-105) on 15-25 July. They plan to be active on 80-<br />
6<br />
metres CW, SSB and digital modes with two stations.<br />
Further<br />
information can be found on their web site<br />
at<br />
www.dxciting.com/index.htm [TNX EA3GHZ]<br />
G - Bob, M3RCV and others will operate GB2FR - a special event<br />
station<br />
for the 25th anniversary of the Falklands Conflict - from<br />
the<br />
Royal Artillery Museum at Woolwich, South East London on 16-<br />
17<br />
June. Expect activity between 9 and 16 UTC daily, mainly on 20<br />
and<br />
40 metres SSB. [TNX M3RCV]<br />
HB0 - On 19-22 June, on their way to Friedrichshafen, F2JD, F5JY,<br />
F6BFH<br />
and N6OX will be active as HB0/homecall from Liechtenstein.<br />
They<br />
will operate CW and SSB on the HF bands, and possibly on 6<br />
metres.<br />
[TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
I - Commemorating 100 years of Scouting, on the evening of 31 July<br />
a<br />
flame - lit at the grave of the founder of the Movement,<br />
Lord<br />
Robert Baden-Powell, in Nyeri, Kenya on February 22 - will<br />
arrive<br />
at the place of the very first Scout camp, Brownsea Island,<br />
UK.<br />
Nine countries are involved in the flame itinerary<br />
(Kenya,<br />
Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt, Greece, Italy, France, Belgium and<br />
United
Kingdom). Special event callsign II2SFI will be used during<br />
the<br />
progress in Italy, between 20 June and 20 July. Full<br />
information<br />
on the Scout & Guide Spirit Flame can be found<br />
at<br />
http://www.spirit-flame.com/<br />
I - Antonello, IK2DUW is active as IL7/IK2DUW from San Domino<br />
(IIA<br />
FG-001), Tremiti Islands (EU-050) until 23 June. His<br />
preferred<br />
modes are RTTY and PSK31. QSL via home call.<br />
IS0 - Gil/IW5AB, Steve/IZ5GST and Gabry/IW5EDV are active as<br />
IM0/IQ5MT<br />
from Maddalena Island (EU-041, IIA OT-008) until 18 June. QSL<br />
via<br />
IZ5GST, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ5GST]<br />
JA - Look for JA5BEX/5 to be active from O-shima (AS-076,<br />
JIIA<br />
AS-076-003), Kagawa prefecture on 16-17 June. QSL via home<br />
call,<br />
direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />
KH0 - JA6CNL and JA6AGA will operate as KH0N and WH0C from<br />
Saipan<br />
(OC-086) on 15-19 June for the All-Asian <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest (16-<br />
17<br />
June, www.jarl.or.jp/English/4_Library/A-4-<br />
3_Contests/AA<strong>DX</strong>.htm).<br />
Outside the contest they will spend some time on the WARC<br />
bands<br />
CW. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
KH6 - Setsu, JL1UXH (KK2H) and his wife Maki, 7L4FSR will be<br />
active<br />
holiday style from Hawaii on 17-19 June (Big Island) and 19-<br />
22<br />
June (Ohau). They plan to operate as KK2H/KH6 on the WARC<br />
bands<br />
(probably RTTY) and 6 metres. QSL via JL1UXH. [TNX JL1UXH]<br />
OJ0 - A Swedish expedition to Market Reef (EU-053) is planned to<br />
take<br />
place on 5-9 July. Three or four operators will be active<br />
as<br />
OJ0/homecall on 160-2 metres CW, SSB and digital modes.<br />
More<br />
information will followe. [TNX SM1TDE]<br />
OZ - Joe, OZ7BQ reports he will participate in the IOTA Contest<br />
as<br />
OZ7BQ/P from Fur Island (EU-171). Most likely it will be a QRP<br />
CW<br />
operation. QSL via home call. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW.<br />
PY - The Centro Cultural do Movimento Escoteiro and the Uniao<br />
dos<br />
Escoteiros do Brasil-RJ (PY1ERR) are organizing an activity<br />
from<br />
Santana Island (SA-077) as part of the celebrations for the<br />
100th<br />
anniversary of the scouting movement. Look for PU1NEZ,<br />
PU1UZH,<br />
PY1AAV, PY1LVF, PY1NDK, PY1NEZ and PY1VOY to be signing<br />
PY1ERR/p<br />
(possibly also homecall/p) on 10-80 metres CW and SSB on 12-<br />
15
July. QSL via PY1NEZ, direct or bureau. [TNX PY1NEZ]<br />
SM - Bernd, DL8AAV will be active as SD1B/7 from Aspo Island (EU-<br />
138)<br />
from 18 June to 1 July. He plans to be QRV on all HF bands,<br />
SSB<br />
only. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
SP - Marek, SP3VT and Rysiek, SP-0106-W will be active as SN1LH<br />
from<br />
Gaski Ligthouse (ARLHS POL-004) on 23-24 June and from<br />
Czolpino<br />
Ligthouse (ARLHS POL-002) on 18-19 August. QSL via SP3VT.<br />
[TNX<br />
SP3VT]<br />
SV - Art, KG6ZWD will be active as SV1/KG6ZWD/p from mainland Greece<br />
on<br />
11-15 and 24-25 July. He will also operate as SV8/KG6ZWD/p<br />
from<br />
Andros Island (EU-067) on 17-23 July. Expect holiday<br />
style<br />
activity on 10-40 metres SSB and PSK31. QSL via home call,<br />
direct<br />
or bureau. [TNX KG6ZWD]<br />
UA - Vlad/UA1OIZ, Dima/UA1OLM and Vlad/RZ1OA will operate as<br />
UE1OKI<br />
from Kal'chino Island (RR-02-30) on 15-17 June. QSL via<br />
UA1OIZ.<br />
[TNX RZ1OA]<br />
V6 - Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the JARL Kyoto Club<br />
(JA3YAQ),<br />
a group of operators will be active from Ponhpei (OC-<br />
010),<br />
Micronesia from 30 July to 5 August. Expect them to be<br />
signing<br />
V60YAQ (club call, QSL via JI6DUE), V60DU (QSL via JI6DUE),<br />
V60IL<br />
(QSL via JF3PLF), V60KL (QSL via JN3JBC), V60TI (QSL via<br />
JA3UWB),<br />
V60TX (QSL via JH3TXR) and V63JJ (QSL via JA3ART) on 160-6<br />
metres<br />
SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31. QSL direct or bureau. The web page<br />
for<br />
the operation, including the log search, can be found<br />
at<br />
http://www.ja3yaq.ampr.org/v6/ [TNX JA3ART]<br />
VE - VE3ZF, VE3KF and VE3FJ will be active as VE2I<strong>DX</strong> from<br />
Orleans<br />
Island (NA-128, CISA QC-007) from 29 June to 1 July. Their<br />
main<br />
goal is to participate in the RAC 2007 Canada Day Contest<br />
(1<br />
July), and they expectd to operate mostly on 20, 40 and 80<br />
metres.<br />
QSL direct to VE3ZF. [TNX VE3ZF]<br />
YJ - Hank, W0CZE reports he will be active as YJ0CZE from Vanuatu<br />
on<br />
14-21 July. He will operate on 10-80 metres SSB (28495,<br />
24950,<br />
21295, 18150, 14190 & 1<strong>425</strong>0, 7082 and 3795 kHz) and CW<br />
(28020,<br />
24895, 21025, 18075, 14020, 10105, 7010 and 3505 kHz). Rod,<br />
YJ8RN,<br />
of the Vanuatu Amateur Radio Society, is helping preparations
on<br />
site. QSL via W0FF.<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
BS7H ---> Direct cards are expected to start going out in early July. In the<br />
meanwhile, on 9 June the team uploaded to the ARRL LOTW website a partial log<br />
containing QSOs for those <strong>DX</strong>ers who supported BS7H with donations sent either<br />
via the website credit card procedure or thorough the mail in form off the<br />
website. This log reflects the website donation listing as of 9 June. This is<br />
a special "Thank You" to those who made the effort to support the operation.<br />
There will be additional periodic uploads of the log to LOTW as QSLing<br />
proceeds and a full upload will be done as soon as the bulk of the direct<br />
QSLs are answered. [TNX N1DG]<br />
CALL FOR OPERATORS ---> Henry, TI2HMG is organizing an expedition to Cocos<br />
Island which should take place sometime in February 2008. An application form<br />
to join the team can be found at http://www.qsl.net/ti2hmg/cocos.htm .<br />
DIE CONTEST ---> The 13th edition of the DIE Contest for working stations<br />
located on Spanish islands will be held from 6 to 12 UTC on 17 June. Further<br />
information can be found at http://www.ea5ol.net/die/<br />
IOTA AT FRIEDRICHSHAFEN ---> There will be an informal IOTA gathering in<br />
Friedrichshafen on 23 June from 1900 at the Stadion Restaurant in<br />
Thueringerstrasse 2 (this plave has been used for many years and was formerly<br />
known as "Beim Bene"). Directions to the venue will be available from the<br />
RSGB stand on Saturday. [TNX G3ZAY]<br />
QSL 4O3T ---> Those who still need a 4O3T (Montenegro 2006) card are invited<br />
to pay a visit to the EU<strong>DX</strong>F booth at Hamradio 2007 (Friedrichshafen). Please<br />
note that cards for Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, Norway,<br />
Portugal and Slovakia have been already delivered to those bureaux, and will<br />
not be available. Cards for Canada, Japan and USA will not be available<br />
either. After Friedrichshafen, all of the remaining cards will be sent via<br />
bureau. [TNX PB2T]<br />
QSL 4U ---> Get your missing QSLs for QSOs made after 1985 with 4U stations<br />
at the Swiss <strong>DX</strong> Foundation's booth at Hamradio 2007 (Friedrichshafen) on<br />
22-23 June. Bring your QSO data with you and observe the working hours of the<br />
QSL manager (to be available at the booth). Please note that cards for<br />
contacts made with 4U1ITU and 4U1WRC will be issued only if the relevant QSOs<br />
can be found in the online log at http://life.itu.ch/radioclub/4u1/index.php<br />
[TNX HB9BGN]<br />
QSL ZW8P ---> Those who still need a card for ZW8P (SA-060, December 2002)<br />
can send their request to Luciano, PT7WA. [TNX www.islandchaser.com]<br />
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A4A, 3B8/HA7TM, 3D2TZ, 3DA0AM,<br />
3DA0GI, 4L8A, 5A7A, 5D5A, 5H3EE, 6W/HA7TM, 9M4S<strong>DX</strong> (AS-051), 9N7JO, 9U0X,<br />
A22/JA4ATV, A45WD, BP100S, C5<strong>DX</strong>C, CE1/K7CA, CN2R, CP6/KM0O, CP6CW, CT9F,<br />
CT9L, DU1/NZ7X, EA9EU, ER/RW3AH, ES0QD (EU-034), ET3BN, FG5FI, FG5FR,<br />
FO/N6JA, H44MS, HB0/IV3LZQ/p, HK4QMH, HP1BYS, HR9/WQ7R, HV0A, J3/K4LTA,<br />
J5UTM, JD1BMH (AS-031), JT1CO, JT1CS, JT1DA, JW0HS, KH0/K3UY, KH0PR,
KH8/AI4VU, OL7D, P29PL, PJ2/N8LGP, PZ5RA, ST2R, SV2APS/A, TR8CA, TU2/F5LDY,<br />
TY5MR, UA0AZ, UK8DAN, UK9AA, V31IF, V51AS, V51KC, V63UA, VK9DNX, VP2MTE,<br />
VU7MY, VU7RG, WH2D, XF2K (NA-246), XT2SE, YT6A, YU6DZ, ZD8WX, ZK2PR, ZL4WW,<br />
ZL7/KH0PR.<br />
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23 June 2007<br />
A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />
Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />
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The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3A - Slavo, SP2JMB reports he will be active as 3A2/SP2JMB from<br />
Monaco<br />
on 26-28 June. He plans to operate CW and SSB from 40 metres<br />
to<br />
70cm.<br />
7X - A group of Algerian operators plus OM3CGN and OM1KW will be<br />
active<br />
from Ile de Cavallo (Mediterranean Sea Coast East group, AF-<br />
104,<br />
new one) on 23-28 June. They expect to operate as 7U5CI on on<br />
HF,<br />
VHF, 1.2, 2.4 and 10 GHz. QSL via OM3CGN. [TNX 7X0MT/F5MSR]<br />
9A - Neno/9A5AN, Tibor/HA3HP and Tom/9A2AA will be active from<br />
various<br />
islands in the IOTA EU-170 group starting on 25 June for at<br />
least<br />
seven days. They plan to go and operate (also on 6 metres,<br />
from<br />
JN73 and JN74) from as many IOCA (Islands Of Croatia Award)<br />
new<br />
ones as possible. QSL via home calls. [TNX 9A2AA]<br />
HB0 - Pierre, HB9QQ will operate as HB0/HB9QQ from Liechtenstein from<br />
29<br />
June to 2 July and again on 6-9 July. He will be active on the<br />
HF<br />
bands, 6 and 2 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
KC4_ant - The three KC4 stations in Antarctica will be QRV for the ARRL<br />
Field<br />
Day (23-24 June). They are KC4AAA (Amundsen-Scott Station at<br />
the<br />
South Pole, AN-016), KC4AAC (Palmer Station on Anvers<br />
Island,<br />
AN-012) and KC4/W1MRQ (McMurdo Station on Ross Island, AN-<br />
011).<br />
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KP - The Cofresi Radio Club (WP4NRT) will participate in the<br />
WLOTA<br />
Contest (30 June-1 July) from the Los Morillos lighthouse in<br />
Cabo<br />
Rojo, Puerto Rico (NA-099). They will be active on 80-10 metres<br />
SSB<br />
and digital modes. QSL via WP4NRX. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
PA - Special callsign PC650EDAM will be aired until 1 July to<br />
celebrate<br />
the 650th anniversary of the city of Edam, The Netherlands. QSL<br />
via<br />
PD3BL. [TNX PA0MIR]<br />
PA - A group of operators from PI4LDN will be active as PB6KNRM from<br />
the<br />
lighthouse at Noordwijk (ARLH NET-019) on 30 June. KNRM stands<br />
for<br />
Koninklijke Nederlandse Redding Maatschappij, the Royal<br />
Netherlands<br />
Rescue Society tasked with saving lives at sea. QSL via bureau<br />
to<br />
PA7DA. [TNX K1XN and The Golist]<br />
UA - Andrew/RN1CW, Serge/UA1AIR, Alexey/UA1CBW and Vlad/UA1CIO will<br />
be<br />
active as UE1C<strong>DX</strong> from the islands of Stirsudden or Rifovyj<br />
(not<br />
IOTA, RR-01-18) on 30 June and 1 July. QSL via RN1CW. They<br />
also<br />
plan to be active from Stirsudden Lighthouse as homecall/p.<br />
[TNX<br />
RN1CW]<br />
VP2E - Jim, WB2REM will be operating the special 4-letter suffix<br />
callsign<br />
VP2EREM from Anguilla (NA-022) from 28 June to 8 July. Expect<br />
him<br />
to be active on 80-10 metres CW and SSB. QSL via home call.<br />
[TNX<br />
NG3K]<br />
PACIFIC TRIP ---> Karl, N1DL will be operating holiday style all modes as<br />
FO/N1DL from various French Polynesian Islands and as E51ADL from Rarotonga<br />
(OC-013), South Cooks between 27 June and 11 July. QSL via home call. [TNX<br />
N1DL]<br />
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
IWO TO ---> The Japanese Geographical Survey Institute announced on 18 June<br />
that the name of the Pacific island of Iwo Jima (AS-030), site of the famous<br />
WW II battle, has reverted to its original, prewar name of Iwo To. An<br />
official map with the new name will be released on 1 September. Iwo To is one<br />
of the Volcano Islands (AS-030), which are part of the Ogasawara Islands<br />
(JD1).<br />
QSL R1FJT ---> The QSL manager (Victor, UA4RC) says that an ornithologist<br />
expedition will be on Franz Josef Land between 20 July and 15 August, and<br />
Eugene, R1FJT will send his full log with one of the participants back to<br />
mainland Russia. Victor will begin processing the requests and mailing out<br />
the cards as soon as he receives the log. Victor also reports that R1FJT
monitors and operates as beacon on 24898 and 28012 kHz every day, from 18.30<br />
UTC, at intervals of 15 minutes. [TNX RW3VZ]<br />
QSL RP4H ---> The correct QSL route is via RA4HT (not RA4HTZ, <strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N #836).<br />
Cards can be sent either direct (Alex Shtanov, P.O. Box 554, Samara-100,<br />
443100 Russia) or via the bureau. [TNX RA4HT]<br />
QSL VIA RX3RC ---> Roman, RX3RC reports he is the new QSL manager for 4J7WMF<br />
and 4J60WMF. Cards can be send either direct (Roman A. Novikov, P.O. Box 21,<br />
392000 Tambov, Russia) or via the bureau.<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
HAMIGG: Christian, DL6KAC says he has started a new project, which<br />
is<br />
called HAMigg (http://hamigg.de). It is "a social<br />
bookmarking<br />
platform similar to digg.com. The big difference is that it<br />
is<br />
limited to ham radio & technical topics only". Full information<br />
can<br />
be found at http://ham-blog.de/ (click on "DL6KAC Radio Blog"<br />
on<br />
the left).<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />
===================================================================<br />
2E0WHG M3WHG EM80A UY5AA OX/DJ5ZWS DJ5ZWS<br />
3B7SP SP9SX EW905B EW2EO PA6BF PA1WLB<br />
3B8/RX3DD RX3DD EX2F RW6HS PD4TB PA0LEY<br />
3Z100S SP6ZDA EX2M W3HNK R1FJT UA4RC<br />
4K5D K2PF FM/G3SXW G3SXW R6SC RW3WWW<br />
4K9W DL6KVA FY/G3SXW G3SXW RA70PD RK3DYB (c)<br />
4L6VV UA6EZ FY/G3TXF G3TXF RA70PD RV3DUT (d)<br />
4U1UN HB9BOU GB0BWT MM0DHQ RI1NU RN1NU<br />
4W6AAD VK3ZGW GB0FCA G3ELV RK3XWD/P RW3XZ<br />
5H3RK VK4VB GB0MAM G2FTK RK6YYA/0 RX3RC<br />
5R8FL G3SWH GB2FR M1CCF SD1B/7 DL8AAV<br />
5R8FU SM5DJZ GB2MOF GM4UYZ SE2T SM2YIZ<br />
5X1VB UA4WHX HB0/PA0ABM PA0ABM SF0F SM0PSO<br />
7S7Y SM7VZJ HC2AQ EA5KB SN0MP SP4KGB<br />
7Z1HL DJ9ZB HC2SL EA5KB SO1CC DL1CC<br />
7Z1SJ EA7FTR HF550SK SP7PBC SU9GD DJ2AVB<br />
7Z1UG DG1XG HF750C SP9BRP SV1/US7IVY RZ3EC<br />
8S8TBS SM0LQB HG7DANUBE HA7VY SY8AN SV2DGH<br />
9A/VE3ZIK DL3PS HH2FJM F5RPB SY8WT SV2HPP<br />
9A1AZ/P YU7AZ HI0C ON4IQ SZ6P SV1BJW<br />
9A950JB 9A3JB HI3HN OE7NHT T9/VE3ZIK DL3PS<br />
9K2KO NI5<strong>DX</strong> HI3TEJ ON4IQ T99D DJ2MX
9M2CNC G4ZFE HI8LAM EA5NI TA4ZT DK1AR<br />
9Q1EK SM5DQC HI8ROX ON4IQ TC800YOM TA1HZ<br />
9Q1TB SM5DQC HI9CF DL4NCF TM0GP F5KCH (c)<br />
9X0VB UA4WHX HP1DCP EA5KB TM0GP F1HWL (d)<br />
A52AM JA0JHA IE9/I5HLK I5HLK TM2RHC F4EUN<br />
A52VE JF1OCQ IG9/I1XOI I1XOI TM2SME F4FFL<br />
A61Q EA7FTR IG9/I2AZ I2AZ TM6VDM F8KGS<br />
A61R EA7FTR IG9/IW1PZC IW1PZC TM8V F5JER<br />
A61TX W4JS IG9/IW2KVT IW2KVT TU2/F5LDY F1CGN<br />
A71EM EA7FTR IG9/IW2NOD IW2NOD TY5ZR IK2IQD<br />
AN8TID EA8NQ IG9/IZ1DFG IZ1DFG TZ/TU5GV F4<strong>DX</strong>W<br />
C52T G0TSM IG9/IZ1HGP IZ1HGP UA0YAY IK2QPR<br />
C6AGN W1DIG II5MD IK5DND UA9ZZ RW3RN<br />
CN8LI ON4IQ IM0/IQ5MT IZ5GST UE0AMM RZ0AM<br />
CN8PA EA7FTR IQ3GA/3 I3PVB UE1OKI UA1OIZ<br />
CN8SG EA7FTR IU2FV IQ2MI UE1SNA/P RA1QQ<br />
CP6AA IK6SNR IY0IMD IK0WGF UK8OK EA7FTR<br />
CQ4IPY CT1BWW IY1SP I1SAF UN7QF EX2A<br />
CU1BP F5NPS J28JA F5JFU UO50F RW6HS<br />
DA0HAMCAMP DB8NI J48MDC IZ8CCW V25TK G3TKK<br />
DQ50SAAR DK8VR JY4NE K3IRV V26HS WB4WXE<br />
E21EIC/8 JR5XPG (a) KH0N JA6CNL VP6TD ZL2HGR<br />
E21EIC/8 E21EIC (b) KH6BB K1ER WH0C JA6AGA<br />
EA8/PA3BWK PA0ZE KK2H/KH6 JL1UXH XE1L WA3HUP<br />
EE1TEA EA1UY LA/5P5C/P OZ1DW XW1A E21EIC<br />
EG1SEM EA1AUM LW6DW EA5KB YC0IEM/9 IZ8CCW<br />
EK6TA DJ0MCZ MM/OQ9E/P ON7I<strong>DX</strong> YM3CC LX1CC<br />
EK6YL SP9ERV OD5/ON4JM ON4JM YU60BCD YU7BCD<br />
EL2AR EL2BA OL60PZKO OK2BIQ Z38C HA1RS<br />
EM50ARDF US0VA OX/DJ5HD DJ5HD ZA/Z35M Z35M<br />
(a) JA stations (b) others (c) bureau (d) direct<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
7Z1CQ Abdulhafiz Kashkari, P.O. Box 138763, Jeddah 21323, Saudi Arabia<br />
EL2BA H. Walcott Benjamin, 285 St. Marks Place, Apt. 4D, Staten Island, NY<br />
10301, USA<br />
IZ8CCW Antonio Cannataro, P.O. Box 360, 87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy<br />
JL1UXH Setsu Yoshimura, 6-13-14 Minami-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-Ku, Tokyo<br />
140-0004 Japan<br />
RX3RC Roman A. Novikov, P.O. Box 21, 392000 Tambov, Russia<br />
SP9SX Danuta Onaczyszyn, P.O.Box 79, Zabrze 41-800, Poland<br />
UA1OIZ Vladimir Rodionov, P.O. Box 28, Arkhangelsk, 163000, Russia<br />
UA1RJ Yuri G. Sinitso, P.O. Box 23, Vologda, 160000 Russia<br />
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4O - David, OK1FJD will operate on the HF bands and 6 metres as<br />
4O6DJ<br />
from Montenegro on 7-14 July. QSL via OK6DJ. [TNX OK1FJD]<br />
5B4 - Manos/5B4AFQ, Kostas/5B4AIR, Andreas/5B8AP and Marios/5B8BE will<br />
be<br />
active as P3CA from Cape Akamas Lighthouse (ARLHS CYP-001),<br />
Cyprus<br />
(AS-004) on 7-8 July. They plan to operate SSB, CW and FM on the<br />
HF<br />
bands, 6 and 2 metres and APRS on 144.800 MHz, and to and to<br />
take<br />
part in the Aegean VHF Contest. [TNX 5B8BE]<br />
8Q - Al, JA9APS will be active as 8Q7NK from the Maldives (AS-013) on 6-<br />
9<br />
July. He plans to operate holiday style on 40-6 metres SSB, CW<br />
and<br />
RTTY. QSL via home call. [TNX JA1ELY]<br />
9X - Antonio, EA5RM announced that a multi-national team is planning<br />
to<br />
operate from Kigali, Rwanda "this summer". Details are expected<br />
to<br />
be provided in due course.<br />
A2 - Announced SSB frequencies where the 5-20 July operation<br />
from<br />
Botswana [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>M 841] might be on are: 1840, 3790, 7075,<br />
14220,<br />
14265, 18145, 21270, 24935, 28450 and 50110. The team will<br />
be<br />
signing A25HQ during the IARU HF World Championship.<br />
[TNX<br />
K5LBU/A25CF]<br />
C5 - Andre, ON7YK will be active again as C56YK from The Gambia on 14-<br />
27<br />
September. He will operate SSB on 10-80 metres, as well as on<br />
6<br />
metres. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]<br />
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CE - Claudio, CE1VIL will be active as 3G100S until 1 August to<br />
celebrate<br />
the 100th anniversary of the scouting movement. QSL via<br />
XQ1KY,<br />
direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
CN - Claude, F5OGE will be active as CN2GE and CN2GE/m from<br />
Morocco<br />
between 13 and 29 July. He will be travelling from Tangiers<br />
to<br />
Rabat, Marrakech, Benni Mellal, Fes, Tetouane and again<br />
Tangiers.<br />
Claude will operate CW and SSB, mainly on 40 and 20 metres, early<br />
in<br />
the morning and late in the evening (local time). QSL via home<br />
call,<br />
direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
DU - Chris, VK3FY will be in the Philippines on 5-9 July and plans<br />
to<br />
operate as VK3FY/DU1 (OC-042) and VK3FY/DU8 (OC-130). He might<br />
also<br />
be active as VK3FY/DU8 from OC-235, if he can find the time and<br />
a<br />
boat to take him there. [TNX VK3FY]<br />
EI - To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the first<br />
transatlantic<br />
commercial passenger test flight, a special re-enactment<br />
flight<br />
(http://www.transatlanticflightpby.com/index.php) is planned<br />
to<br />
leave Botwood (Newfoundland) on 5 July, landing at Foynes<br />
(Ireland)<br />
on the 6th. In conjunction with this event, the Limerick Radio<br />
Club<br />
(www.qsl.net/ei4lrc) will operate as EI70FOY on 6-8 July.<br />
Activity<br />
will take place on on 10-80 metres. QSL via EI8EM. [TNX EI8EM]<br />
EU - Special event callsign EU940OR will be aired until 26 July<br />
to<br />
celebrate the 940th anniversary of Orsha, the oldest city<br />
in<br />
Belarus. QSL via UA3F<strong>DX</strong>.<br />
FM - Alain, F5LMJ will be active as TO5J from Martinique (NA-107)<br />
on<br />
14-28 July. He plans to operate mainly CW and digital modes. QSL<br />
via<br />
home call (but all of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically<br />
via<br />
the bureau, and he will upload the log to LoTW). [TNX F5NQL]<br />
GM - A large group of operators from the Cockenzie and Port Seton<br />
Amateur<br />
Radio Club (http://www.cpsarc.com) will participate in the<br />
IOTA<br />
Contest (28-29 July) as GM2T from the Isle of Tiree (EU-008).<br />
Before<br />
the contest they will be signing MM0CPS/P. QSL GM2T via<br />
GM4UYZ,<br />
direct or bureau. [TNX M0RNR]<br />
HC - Al, HC2SL will operate on 160 metres CW on 1 July, from 00 UTC to<br />
5<br />
UTC. Top Banders should look for him on 1822 kHz. [TNX HC2SA]<br />
HP - Bert/CX3AN, Gus/CX2AM and Mario/CX4CR have extended their<br />
activity
from Wichubwala Island (NA-170) and will remain QRV until 6<br />
July.<br />
[TNX CX3CE]<br />
HS - Eric, SM1TDE will be living and working on Phuket island (AS-<br />
053)<br />
from August 2007 to June 2008. He expects to be QRV with a<br />
HS0Z<br />
callsign, mainly CW on 40-10 metres (WARC bands excluded). QSL<br />
via<br />
SM1TDE, direct (he says he will have a POB address in Thailand)<br />
or<br />
bureau. [TNX SM1TDE]<br />
HZ - Mohamad, HZ1MD became active as HZ1MD/m from the Farasan<br />
Islands<br />
(AS-193, new one) on 28 June. He is expected to operate SSB on<br />
40,<br />
20, 17, 15 and 10 metres and to remain there through 1 July. QSL<br />
via<br />
PA2V. [TNX ST2NH/HZ1NH]<br />
I - Paolo, IK2QPR is active as IU2IPY until 6 December to celebrate<br />
the<br />
4th International Polar Year. QSL via home call, direct or<br />
bureau.<br />
[TNX IK2QPR]<br />
I - The Associazione Radioamatori Italiani (ARI) will be represented<br />
by<br />
the following stations during the IARU HF World Championship (14-<br />
15<br />
July): IU1HQ (20m CW, 80m CW, 160m CW & SSB), IU2HQ (40m CW),<br />
IU4HQ<br />
(15m SSB & CW, 20m SSB, 40m SSB, 80m SSB) and IU9HQ (10m SSB &<br />
CW).<br />
QSL via bureau. [TNX IK2HKT and IT9BLB]<br />
I - Oreste, IZ8EDJ and several other operators from the Strange<br />
Radio<br />
Team will participate in the IOTA Contest as IC8DI from Dino<br />
Island<br />
(EU-144, IIA CS-002). QSL via IK8WEJ.<br />
IS0 - A group of operators from ARI Olbia will be active on the HF<br />
bands<br />
and 6 metres SSB, CW and digital modes as IM0GG from 30 June to<br />
1<br />
July. The special callsign celebrates the 200th anniversary of<br />
the<br />
birth of Giuseppe Garibaldi, an Italian patriot who led many of<br />
the<br />
military campaigns that brought about the formation of a<br />
unified<br />
Italy. The operation will take place from Caprera Island ((EU-<br />
041,<br />
IIA OT-012), where Garibaldi died and was buried in 1882. QSL<br />
via<br />
IS0JMA, direct or bureau. [TNX IS0JMA]<br />
JA - Five HQ stations representing JARL will be active from<br />
various<br />
regions of Japan for the IARU HF World Championship (14-15 July):<br />
Call Band/Mode Location<br />
----------------------------------------------------<br />
8N1HQ 20m-CW, 10m-Ph Kimitsu City, Chiba<br />
8N1HQ 160m-CW, 15m-Ph Minato Ku, Tokyo<br />
8N3HQ 80m-Ph, 20m-Ph, 15m-CW Nara City, Nara<br />
8N3HQ 40m-CW Kobe City, Hyogo
8N4HQ 80m-CW, 40m-Ph, 10m-CW Okayama City, Okayama<br />
Each station may be heard on other bands in the week before the<br />
contest. All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau.<br />
[TNX JA1BPA]<br />
LA - Henk, PA3FMC and Ruud, PE1BTV will operate as LA/homecall<br />
from<br />
Utvaer Island (about 7 km due west of Ytre-Sula, EU-055) on 16-<br />
23<br />
August, International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend included.<br />
Plans<br />
are to operate SSB and PSK on the HF bands, and meteorscatter on<br />
6<br />
and 2 metres. They have a web page at<br />
http://la2007.dxpedition.nl/<br />
[TNX PA3FMC]<br />
OE - The Amateur Radio Section of ORF (the Austrian<br />
Broadcasting<br />
Corporation) and the Documentary Archives Radio<br />
Communication/QSL<br />
Collection (http://dokufunk.org) will activate special event<br />
station<br />
OE16B from 31 August to 9 September, to celebrate the visit of<br />
Pope<br />
Benedict XVI to Austria. Special QSL direct only to<br />
ORF/OE16B,<br />
A-1136 Wien, Austria (this is a charity operation for the El<br />
Molo<br />
Mission and School in Kenya), all other reports will get a plain<br />
QSL<br />
via the bureau. [TNX OE1WHC]<br />
OJ0 - Seppo, OH1VR and Markus, OH3RM will operate SSB and CW as OJ0VR<br />
and<br />
OJ0/OH3RM from Market Reef (EU-053) from about 17 UTC on 30<br />
June<br />
until about 6 UTC on 3 July. QSL via home calls. [TNX NG3K]<br />
PJ2 - Salvatore, DH7SA reports he will be active as PJ2/DH7SA from<br />
Curacao<br />
(SA-006) on 9-16 July. QSL via home call.<br />
SM - Special event station 8S3SYL will be active on 23-26 August<br />
during<br />
the Scandinavian Young Ladies Radio Amateurs (SYLRA) meeting<br />
in<br />
Ostersund. QSL via SM3CVM, direct or (preferably) bureau.<br />
Full<br />
information about the meeting can be found<br />
at<br />
http://www.sylra.se/_sgg/m1_1.htm [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />
SV - Andy, HA0IM will be active as SV8/HA0IM from Zakynthos<br />
Island<br />
(EU-052) on 18-30 July. He will operate mainly CW with some<br />
PSK31<br />
and RTTY on 80-6 metres. Signing J48IM, he will participate in<br />
the<br />
CQ WW VHF Contest (20-21 July) on 6 metres and in the IOTA<br />
Contest<br />
(CW only). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX HA0HW]<br />
SV - Laci, HA0NAR will be active as SV8/HA0NAR and J48NAR from<br />
Thassos<br />
Island (EU-174) on 24-31 July, IOTA Contest included. He plans<br />
to<br />
operate SSB and CW on 80-6 metres. QSL via HA0NAR, direct or<br />
bureau.
[TNX HA0HW]<br />
SV5 - Special event callsign SX5RHO will be aired on all bands and<br />
modes<br />
from Rhodes, Dodecanese (EU-001) from 30 June to 7 July to<br />
celebrate<br />
the 12th edition of the Island Games. QSL via SV5FRD (but all of<br />
the<br />
QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau, and logs<br />
will<br />
be uploaded to LoTW). [TNX SV5DKL]<br />
SV9 - Theo, SV1EJD will be active as SV9/SV1EJD from Crete (EU-015)<br />
on<br />
3-17 July. He plans to operate SSB on 10-80 metres. QSL via<br />
IZ8CCW,<br />
direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW]<br />
TA - Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Fenerbahce Sports<br />
Club<br />
(http://www.qsl.net/ta3j/ym1907fb), Berkin, TA3J will be active<br />
as<br />
YM1907FB from 19 July to 2 August. He will operate all<br />
modes<br />
on 160-10 metres, plus 2m. QSL via<br />
TA3YJ<br />
(http://www.geocities.com/qslservice/ta3yj), direct (no USD<br />
please)<br />
or bureau. [TNX TA3YJ]<br />
UA - The RK1OZM team will be active as R50KP from the town of Mirny<br />
(RDA<br />
AR-10) on 9-16 July to celebrate the 50th anniversary of<br />
Plesetsk<br />
Cosmodrome. They plan to operate on 40-10 metres CW, SSB and<br />
some<br />
digital modes with three stations. QSL via RK1OZM, direct or<br />
bureau.<br />
[TNX UA1PAC]<br />
UA - Victor, UA6AF will operate as UA6AF/P from Sudzhuk Island (EU-<br />
185)<br />
on 27-30 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via home call.<br />
[TNX<br />
www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
V3 - Dennis, K7BV will be active from Caye Caulker (NA-073,<br />
EK57xr),<br />
Belize on 7-17 July. He will emphasize 6 metres (breakable beacon<br />
on<br />
50106 kHz), but there will be plenty of HF activity when that<br />
band<br />
is not open. QSL direct to W1JJ. Further information<br />
at<br />
http://www.qth.com/k7bv/v3/ [TNX N4GN]<br />
VE - Tom, KV8Q will be active from Prince Edward Island (NA-029) on 11-<br />
16<br />
July. Expect him to operate mainly CW as VY2/KV8Q, and<br />
to<br />
participate in the IARU HF World Championship. QSL via KC8UR.<br />
[TNX<br />
NG3K]<br />
VP2M - K3VX, K4NO, K7NM, AK9F, K9NR and K9CS plan to be active<br />
from<br />
Montserrat (NA-103) from 20 November through 3 December,<br />
including<br />
entries in CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW and ARRL 160 Meter CW contests. QSL via<br />
K9CS.
Further information is expected in due course. [TNX K9CS]<br />
VP6 - The VP6<strong>DX</strong> expedition to Ducie Island is now expected to be on<br />
the<br />
air from 10 to 28 February 2008. The team currently include<br />
ten<br />
operators (DJ8NK, DL3<strong>DX</strong>X, DL6LAU, DL8LAS, K3NA, OH2BH,<br />
OH2PM,<br />
SP3DOI, UA3AB and WA6CDR), with other three TBA. They plan to<br />
have<br />
seven stations up and running on 160-6 metres, with a large<br />
number<br />
of phased verticals and 4-squares. The budget for this operation<br />
is<br />
over 200,000 USD and donations are being sought. Details on<br />
how<br />
contribute, as well as plenty of further information on<br />
the<br />
expedition, can be found at www.vp6dx.com<br />
VP9 - Seppo, OH1VR will operate mainly CW as VP9/OH1VR from<br />
Bermuda<br />
(NA-005) on 19-21 August. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]<br />
VR - To commemorate the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's<br />
reunification<br />
with China, Hong Kong stations have been authorized to use<br />
the<br />
special prefix VR10 in replacement of VR2 from 1 July 2007 to<br />
30<br />
June 2008.<br />
W - Look for Matt, KM5VI and Bill, N5LYG to be active from North<br />
Padre<br />
Island (NA-092) on 27-30 July, IOTA Contest included. [TNX KM5VI]<br />
W - Look for Jeff, AI4U to be active as K4I from Sunset Beach (NA-<br />
112)<br />
on 11-17 August. He will operate on 10-40 metres SSB and CW as<br />
time<br />
allows. QSL via home call. [TNX AI4U]<br />
YB - Adhi, YB3MM will participate in the IOTA Contest as YB3MM/9<br />
from<br />
Lombok Island (OC-150). He plans to operate SSB and CW on 15<br />
metres<br />
only. QSL via IZ8CCW. [TNX NG3K]<br />
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
QSL 3V8SS ---> Thanks to DL1DBF's help and support, Daniele, IK0REH operated<br />
CW only from the 3V8SS premises in Sousse, Tunisia between 5 and 17 June. QSL<br />
for this activity direct only to IK0REH (Daniele Casini, P.O. Box 31, 06010<br />
Citerna - PG, Italy); proceeds will be donated to the club station to help<br />
them purchase amateur radio equipment. On-line log and a few pictures can be<br />
found at www.aricdc.it/3v8ss. Daniele can also confirm contacts made with<br />
3V8SM on 20-21 June 2006, when he guest operated from Djerba Island (AF-083,<br />
www.aricdc.it/3v8sm). [TNX IK0REH]<br />
QSL VIA F6AJA ---> All QSLs for HB0/F2JD, HB0/F5JY, HB0/F6BFH and HB0/N6OX<br />
are via F6AJA, direct or bureau. On-line logs are available at<br />
http://lndx.free.fr/voirlogs.php [TNX F6AJA]
QSL VIA RX3RC ---> Roman, RX3RC reports he is the new QSL manager for 4J6WZ<br />
and 4K8DWW. Cards can be send either direct (Roman A. Novikov, P.O. Box 21,<br />
392000 Tambov, Russia) or via the bureau.<br />
QSL VIA UA4WHX ---> Vlad, UA4WHX says he is going back home - after almost 26<br />
months and 310,000 QSOs from 21 <strong>DX</strong>CC entities. Callsigns used include 3DA0VB,<br />
4K0VB, 4L0B, 5H3VMB, 5H3VMB/3 (AF-075), 5H3VMB/5 (AF-074), 5R8VB, 5X1VB,<br />
5Z4/UA4WHX, 5Z4/UA4WHX/P (AF-067), 5Z4BU, 7P8VB, 7Q7VB, 9J2VB, 9U0VB, 9X0VB,<br />
A25VB, C91VB, C91VB/4 (AF-103), C91VB/6 (AF-088), D20VB, D60VB, J20VB,<br />
OD5/UA4WHX, ST2KSS, ST2VB, V51VV, V51VV/P (AF-070), Z2/UA4WHX (see also the<br />
list available for download www.dailydx.com). His QSLling instructions are as<br />
follows:<br />
1. Vlad accepts cards sent through the Russian QSL bureau, as well as<br />
bureau<br />
shipments mailed directly from societies or organizations to his<br />
address<br />
(Vladimir M. Bykov, P.O. Box 2040, Izhevsk, 426000, Russia). To keep<br />
track<br />
and make certain nothing is missing when a big batch is on the way, it<br />
is<br />
advisable to contact him (ua4whx@mail.ru).<br />
2. He recommends sending requests direct rather than going via the<br />
bureau.<br />
Cards will be arranged and replied to by senders, direct/bureau<br />
put<br />
together. If there is enough postage, the bureau will join the<br />
direct<br />
requests.<br />
3. Please avoid sending cash, use IRCs instead ("I can technically send<br />
7<br />
pieces of QSLs with one IRC", he says).<br />
4. It is even possible to use credit cards (Visa or Master Card). "I<br />
will<br />
keep records of the transaction together with your QSL requests",<br />
Vlad<br />
says. "The transaction is 100% secure and will be done<br />
electronically<br />
through Svezhy Veter Travel Agency".<br />
5. Those who made multiple QSOs, can send only one card along with the<br />
QSO<br />
list on a sheet of paper.<br />
6. Vlad did not use a computer, and all QSOs are on paper logs. He will<br />
have<br />
a few people to help help him with the QSLing. He will let everyone<br />
know<br />
when the first cards are out.<br />
UK POSTAL RATES ---> Mike, G3TEV (QSL manager for 9J2BO) reminds stations<br />
that send for direct QSL cards that due to the current exchange rate a<br />
minimum of 2 USD or 1 IRC is required for postage to anywhere outside the UK,<br />
Eire and rest of Europe included. The new postal rates became effective on 2<br />
April 2007.<br />
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A4A, 3B8/OM0C, 3B8CF, 3B9/G3TXF,<br />
3C0M, 3D2RI (OC-189), 3D2RW (OC-095), 3D2TZ, 3DA0AM, 3V8SF, 4N8A, 5H1Z,<br />
5W0CK, 5W0JT, 6H1MW, 7Q7AM, 7Q7BP, 7X0RY, 7X4AN, 9A3B, 9A8A, 9Q1D, 9Q1TB,<br />
9U0X, A22/JA4ATV, A41LD, A71EM, BX5AA, BY7KPI (AS-131 ), C21HC, C98BWW,<br />
CN2FB, CU2JT, DL1FDH/p (EU-128), E51PJT, ER/RW3AH, ER1DA, ES0IC, FK/FO5RK,<br />
FK8CP, FP/K8MM, GB5HQ, IA0IPY, J20MM, J20RR, J20SA, J28JA, J28WI, JA7QVK/DU7<br />
(OC-129), JJ8DEN/JD1, JT1BV, KH2JU, KH7<strong>DX</strong>, KH8/AI4VU, KH8/K6SRZ, N8S, OM8A,
OX60AD, OY3QN, PZ5RA, SV2ASP/A, SV9CVY, T20HC, TA2BK, TF3ZA, TG9ANF, TK5MH,<br />
TL8QC, U5JA, V26B, V73J, VK9DNX, VK9NS, VP2EBY, VP8KF, VQ9LA, VU7MY, VU7RG,<br />
W0S, XE2WWW, XF4DL, XT2C, XW1A, XW1HS, XX9TJS, YB1A, YT6A, ZC4LI, ZF1A,<br />
ZL7/KH0PR, ZM8CW.<br />
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7 July 2007<br />
A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
1A0 - The 12-22 July 1A0KM activity [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 840] from the Sovereign<br />
Military Order of Malta will be conducted by a team of operators led<br />
by IK0FVC and including DL5MAE, DL6RAI, G3SXW, G3TXF, I0JBL, I2UIY,<br />
I8NHJ, IK0DWN, IK0FTA, IK0PRG, IW0GIV, IW0GPN, K5AB, KO4RR, N4WV and<br />
OH2BH. Plans are to operate from 160 metres to 23cm on all modes,<br />
including EME activity during the first weekend. QSL via IK0FTA.<br />
Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. Online blog at<br />
http://1a0km.splinder.com/ [TNX I0JBL]<br />
8Q - 8Q7KN is the callsign Al, JA9APS will be using on 6-9 July from the<br />
Maldives [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 843]. This will be a family vacation, and his wife<br />
(JR9GTD) will also operate as 8Q7KN, while his two sons (JE9AMG and<br />
JE9AMH) will be active as 8Q7KF. [TNX JA1ELY]<br />
9M4 - The MARTS (Malaysian Amateur Radio Transmitter's Society) Penang<br />
Contest Team will participate in the IARU HF World Championship as<br />
9M4<strong>DX</strong>X from Penang Island (AS-015). QSL via bureau, or direct to<br />
9M2TO.<br />
ES - Frank, DL1FT will be active as ES0FTZ from Saaremaa Island (EU-034)<br />
on 11-21 July. He plans to operate on 15, 17, 20, 30, 40 and 80<br />
metres. His web site (in German language) is at<br />
http://www.funkexpedition.de/estland [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
G - The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) will be represented by<br />
GB7HQ in this year's IARU HF World Championship. Expect activity on<br />
all the HF contest bands on both CW and SSB. QSL via G3TXF (direct,<br />
bureau and LOTW). Further information, including the awards<br />
programme for contacting GB7HQ on various bands/modes, can be found<br />
at http://www.gb7hq.com [TNX G4IRN]<br />
HL - A group of operators from the Gwangju <strong>DX</strong> Club will be active as<br />
6L0NJ/4 from Ch'ung Island (AS-060) starting around 6 UTC on 14 July<br />
through 3 UTC on the 17th. They plan to be active on 160-6 metres<br />
CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via HL4XM. Logs will be available at<br />
http://www.dx.or.kr/ [TNX DS4DLK]<br />
I - Matteo/IZ5HSK, Riccardo/IZ5JMX and Massimo/IZ5ILF will be active as<br />
IA5/homecall from Capraia Island (EU-028, IIA LI-020) until around<br />
16 UTC on 7 July. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ5HSK]<br />
I - Look for Diego, IZ5JOB/p and Luca, IZ5IPA/p to operate from Scoglio<br />
Next bulletin<br />
Bulletins' Index
dello Sparviero (EU-028, IIA GR-007) on 7 July. [TNX IZ5CYZ]<br />
I - Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the death of Guglielmo<br />
Marconi, Luigi/IV3LNQ will operate as IA3GM until 30 September. QSL<br />
via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IV3LNQ]<br />
JA - Celebrating the Sendai Tanabata Festival, special event station<br />
8J7VENUS will be active (on 80-10 metres SSB with some digital<br />
modes, plus 6m) until 31 August. On 6-8 July look for 8J7VENUS/7 to<br />
be operated from Tashiro Island (AS-117, JIIA AS-117-059). QSL via<br />
JH7YES. [TNX www.islandchaser.com]<br />
KH0 - Kay, JH0MRP (AC5TB) and Nao, JK1FNL (NA8O) will operate as AC5TB/KH0<br />
and NA8O/KH0 from Saipan (OC-086) on 13-16 July for the IARU HF<br />
World Championship. Outside the contest they will be active on 30,<br />
17, 12 and 6 metres. QSL via their Japanese home calls. [TNX JK1FNL]<br />
KL - Mike, W7ASF and Richard, N7TCO will be active as W7ASF/KL7 from<br />
Prince of Wales Island (NA-041), Alaska on 22-30 July, IOTA Contest<br />
included. QSL direct or via bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />
LX - LX0HQ will be representing the Luxembourg Amateur Radio Society (RL)<br />
during this year's IARU HF World Championship. Four stations will be<br />
active from two different locations, Eschdorf (QTH of LX7I) and<br />
Esebuer (QTH of LX0RL). QSL via LX1KQ. [TNX LX2A]<br />
OY - Roger, G3SXW and Nigel, G3TXF will operate CW only as OY/homecall<br />
from the Faroe Islands (EU-018) on 6-8 July. This will be a low-key<br />
CW-only activity, with OY/G3SXW operating on 40 and 20 metres and<br />
OY/G3TXF operating on 30 metres. As their visit coincides with the<br />
VHF Field Day, an attempt will be made to be on 50 MHz during the<br />
eight-hour 6m session (14-22 UTC) on 7 July. QSL via home calls,<br />
direct or bureau. E-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to<br />
the addresses published on http://www.g3txf.com/dxtrip/OY/OY.html<br />
PJ2 - Carsten/ DL6LAU, Jan/DJ8NK and Joachim/DL8OBQ will be active as<br />
PJ2/homecall from Curacao (SA-006), Netherlands Antilles on 9-16<br />
July. QSL via home calls. They plan to participate in the IARU HF<br />
World Championship (14-15 July) as PJ2HQ (QSL via N9AG) in the<br />
Multi-Multi category. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />
S5 - Slovenia (ZRS) will be represented S50HQ in the IARU HF World<br />
Championship. A multi-op team will cover 10, 15, 20, 40, 80 and 160<br />
metres both SSB and CW. QSL via bureau. [TNX S50U]<br />
SM - Eric, SM1TDE will participate in the IOTA Contest as SA1A from<br />
Gotland Island (EU-020). He will operate CW only. QSL via home call.<br />
[TNX SM1TDE]<br />
SV9 - Paolo, IK2MLS reports he will be active holiday style as SV9/IK2MLS<br />
from Crete (EU-015) on 15-27 July. He plans to operate SSB on the HF<br />
bands, 6 and 2 metres. QSL via home call.<br />
T8 - Hide/JM1LJS (T80W, http://radio-dream.com/t80w/), Motoaki/JE1EKS<br />
(T88EK) and Koya/JI5RPT (T88PT, http://www.ji5rpt.com/t88pt/) will<br />
be active from Koror (OC-009), Palau on 13-18 July. They plan to<br />
operate on 40-6 metres SSB and CW, plus satellite. QSL via home<br />
calls. [TNX JI5RPT]<br />
TA - TA1FR, TA1HZ and TA2RX will operate as TC25SG on 11-15 July to<br />
celebrate the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the Turkish<br />
Coast Guard Command. All day multiband operation is planned for the<br />
IARU HF World Championship weekend. QSL via TA1HZ, direct or bureau.<br />
[TNX TA1HZ]<br />
TA - The new dates for YM1907FB [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 843] are 19-26 July. QSL via<br />
TA3YJ, direct or bureau. [TNX TA3YJ]<br />
TK - Jack, HB9TL reports he will be active as TK/HB9TL from Corsica on<br />
18-30 July. He plans to operate SSB on 10-80 metres. QSL direct to<br />
HB9QR.<br />
UA - Mike, RW1AI will participate in the IARU HF World Championship as<br />
RW1AI/0 from ITU Zone 75. He will remain there until mid-August,<br />
then he will move to the drifting station "North Pole 35" and be<br />
active as R35NP for several months. QSL via home call, direct<br />
(Mikhail Fokin, P.O. Box 13, St. Petersburg 193312, Russia) or
ureau. [TNX RW1AI]<br />
UR - Special callsign EM75IG will be aired on all bands until 10 July<br />
from Gorlovka to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Donetsk<br />
region. QSL via UR7IA, direct or bureau. [TNX UR7IA]<br />
UR - Sam/UT9FJ, Alex/UR5FEL and Petro/UR5FCZ will be active as homecall/p<br />
from Berezan Island (EU-179, UIA BS-02, ARLHS UKR-035) on 25-30<br />
July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via home calls. [TNX UT9FJ]<br />
V3 - Colin, KU5B will be active as V31UB from Belize on 12-17 July. He<br />
plans to operate most nights on the HF bands SSB and CW, with a<br />
minimal plan to operate on 6 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]<br />
V8 - Steve, 9M6<strong>DX</strong>X will be active as V8FEO from Brunei on 11-15 July. He<br />
plans to operate on 10-80 metres SSB, and to participate in the IARU<br />
HF World Championship. QSL via M5AAV, direct or bureau. [TNX 9M6<strong>DX</strong>X]<br />
VP2V - Cal/WF5W, Paul/W5PF, Bill/K5WAF, Bob/WB5IUU and Nancy/WZ8C will<br />
operate as VP2V/homecall from Tortola, British Virgin Islands<br />
(NA-023) on 11-18 July. They will participate in the FISTS Sprint CW<br />
Contest (13 July) and in the IARU HF World Championship. All QSLs<br />
via W5PF. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. The web page for the<br />
operation is at http://www.tdxs.net/VP2V.html<br />
W - The Boeing Employees Amateur Radio Operators North Society (BEARONS)<br />
will run a special event station under their club call, W7FLY, to<br />
commemorate the rollout ceremony for Boeing's newest commercial jet,<br />
the 787 Dreamliner. Expect activity on 8-9 July, on 20, 40 and 80<br />
metres. QSL via KN7T. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />
W - Terry, W6WTG will be active as W6I from Anacapa Island (NA-144) on<br />
27-29 July, IOTA Contest included. He plans to operate on 20 metres<br />
SSB running battery power. QSL via N2OWL. [TNX www.islandchaser.com]<br />
W - Manfred, VA3RMF will participate in the IOTA Contest as VA3RMF/W1<br />
from Bailey Island (NA-137, USI ME-022S). Before and after the<br />
contest he will try to go and operate from Orr's Island (not IOTA,<br />
USI ME-038S). [TNX VA3RMF]<br />
YB - Special event callsign YE39AR will be aired on all bands and modes<br />
on 9-11 July to celebrate the 39th anniversary of ORARI, the<br />
Indonesian IARU society, and their National Convention. QSL via<br />
bureau, or direct to P.O. Box 8000, Jakarta 11000, Indonesia. [TNX<br />
YB0ECT]<br />
ZF - Eddie, N2EK will be operating holiday style as ZF2EK from Grand<br />
Cayman (NA-016) on 13-20 July. QSL home call. [TNX N2EK]<br />
CARIBBEAN TOUR ---> Frank, K3TRM will be active as V26RM from Antigua<br />
(NA-100) until 10 July, and - hopefully as VP2MRM - from Montserrat (NA-103)<br />
on 11-14 July. He operates SSB, CW, RTTY on 80-6 metres (he has also received<br />
permission to operate on 60 metres from Antigua). QSL for both calls via home<br />
call, direct or bureau. Further information can be found at www.k3trm.com<br />
[TNX NG3K]<br />
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
AEGEAN VHF CONTEST ---> The Aegean VHF Contest (the Greek VHF and 6m contest,<br />
SSB and CW) takes place on 7-8 July. Entrants are expected from all Greek<br />
mainland areas (SV1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7), as well as from the Dodecanese (SV5),<br />
Crete (SV9) and other Greek islands (SV8). Monk Apollo, SV2ASP/A might give<br />
out a few points from Mount Athos. [TNX SV8CYV]<br />
QSL ST2R ---> Slavko, S57<strong>DX</strong> says that direct requests for ST2R are being<br />
replied to right now. The address for direct cards is Slavko Celarc, Ob<br />
Igriscu 8, 1360 Vrhnika, Slovenia.
QSL ZA/Z35M ---> Vlado went QRT from Albania on 27 June, after five years and<br />
113,000 QSOs. QSL direct to Vladimir Kovaceski, P.O. Box 10, Struga, 6330,<br />
Macedonia. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />
QSL VIA PG5M ---> Gerben (www.dx.to) has received from the printer the cards<br />
for his 9M2/PG5M operation from Sibu and Rawa (AS-046), Pangkor (AS-072),<br />
Ketam (AS-074) and Spratly (AS-051). All direct requests are in the mail, and<br />
he will now start processing all bureau requests. Please note that 1 USD is<br />
not enough to cover the postage for a 0-20 gram letter outside Europe. [TNX<br />
PG5M]<br />
+ SILENT KEY + Hanina Luria, 4X4MU, one of the best known amateur radio<br />
operators in Israel, passed away a few days ago. [TNX 4X6ZK]<br />
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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
C6ARI: A video of the C6ARI operation from Cay Sal Bank (NA-219) is<br />
available at http://www.qslnet.de/c6ari [TNX DL5YWM]<br />
IOTA WEBSITE: The new IOTA website (www.rsgbiota.org) has been up and running<br />
since 21 June. It includes many innovative improvements, and<br />
contains also many new features including the ability to view<br />
one's own record of island groups confirmed. Soon it will be<br />
possible - for registered users - to claim additional credits<br />
on-line and even to claim credit for IOTA Contest QSOs without<br />
the need for QSL card verification. The site was developed<br />
primarily by Dominic Smith (M0BLF), with Martin Atherton<br />
(G3ZAY) acting as the liaison between the project team and the<br />
IOTA Committee. Enquires about the website can be emailed to<br />
IOTA.online@rsgb.org.uk<br />
QSL GALLERY: The large collection of QSL cards (4500+) on Les Nouvelle <strong>DX</strong>'s<br />
web site has been updated. Ten different galleries include<br />
cards for the ten Most Wanted <strong>DX</strong>CC Entities (150+ QSLs), each<br />
of the 58 deleted <strong>DX</strong>CC entities (700+ QSLs), obsolete prefixes<br />
(2000+ QSLs), stations from Magrebh from 1945 to 1962 (150+<br />
QSLs), Antarctic bases (600+ QSLs) & TAAF (Terres Australes and<br />
Antarctiques Francaises, 230 QSLs), the various rare French<br />
<strong>DX</strong>CC island Entities (100+ QSLs), pre-1945 countries (200+<br />
QSLs), French Departments and USA. Several cards are still<br />
needed and your participation is encouraged - please visit<br />
http://LesNouvelles<strong>DX</strong>.free.fr and send send your comments to<br />
LesNouvelles<strong>DX</strong>@free.fr [TNX F6AJA]<br />
TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now<br />
available at http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html.<br />
Please send your scores, as well as any request for further<br />
information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@ari.it<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
===================================================================<br />
CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />
===================================================================
3G100S XQ1KY EU940OR UA3F<strong>DX</strong> SN600P SP4KCM<br />
3V8SS DD9HK (a) FO/N1DL N1DL SN750BK SP9PKZ<br />
3Z50KCR SP5KCR GC3SBL/p G8VPR SN750C SP9PKZ<br />
4L3Y DK6CW HC1HC NE8Z ST2A T93Y<br />
4L4WW EA7FTR HF15SZL SP5PSL ST2KSS ST2M<br />
4N160SRS YU1SRS HF1HF SP1DTG SV0JD/8 DL6NBA<br />
4O3<strong>DX</strong> YU1FW HF1PBW SP1DPA SV0LR HB9LDR<br />
5H0RS IT9YVO HG46FC HA5BSW SX5RHO SV5FRD<br />
5H3EE DL4SM (b) HK4QMH EA5KB T77GO I4ZQS<br />
5N8NDP IK5JAN HP2/CX2AM CX2AM T94CT K2PF<br />
5P1<strong>DX</strong> OZ6B HP2/CX3AN CX2AM T960ARA T94GB<br />
5P6PI OZ6PI HP2/CX4CR CX2AM TM4KAR F5KEK<br />
5X1GS WB2YQH HV0A IK0FVC TM5MRP F5KGR<br />
5Z4ES K3PD HZ1MD/m PA2V TM5VDM F6KMB<br />
6M0W HL5BMX IM0GG IS0JMA TM7EO F1HP<br />
6M22 DS2TXG IQ1DR/p IW1DQS TM8VDM F6KJU<br />
7U5CI OM3CGN IQ4AX IZ4EFN U4MIR RN3DK<br />
7X2EB EA7FTR IR1OS IZ4HWA UE1C<strong>DX</strong> RN1CW<br />
9G5ZS ZS6EGB IR9P IW9HMQ UE1OTA RZ1OA<br />
9M6XRO M5AAV IU2IPY IK2QPR UE1RFF/1 UA1RJ<br />
A25SL W5SL J79RM NA9N UE1RLH RA1QY<br />
AN1A EA1AST JW1CCA LA1CCA UE3OFF/1 RA3QSY<br />
AO5AAB EC5AAB LG5LG LA4EKA UE3QRP/3 UA3LMR<br />
AO5BJU EB5BJU LU4<strong>DX</strong> EA5KB UE6MAC RZ6MF<br />
AO5EH EA5EH MJ0ASP F5SHQ UE9CXK DL6XK<br />
AO5ET EA5ET NP4A W3HNK UN3M EA7FTR<br />
AO5FKQ EA5FKQ OH0Z W0MM UN7MMM EA7FTR<br />
AO5GS EA5GS OJ0/OH3RM OH3RM UQ8GU UN8GU<br />
AO5KB EA5KB OJ0VR OH1VR V44KJ WB2TSL<br />
AO5KV EA5KV ON60AF ON6KN V73NS WD8CRT<br />
AO5TT EA5TT ON60EKO ON4EKO V8MQM W3HNK<br />
AO5YJ EA5YJ ON60NOK ON7YX VC3R VA3VKK<br />
AO7A EA7NL OP0P ON6DP VE2I<strong>DX</strong> VE3ZF<br />
AP2TN DJ9ZB OP1W ON6CW VE9<strong>DX</strong> K2NJ<br />
BD3APX/2 BD3APX OQ7M ON7EM VF0X VE3IKV<br />
CN4P EA5XX OQ7Q ON7RN VK9LWE VK1PWE<br />
CO6DW EA5KB OR6C ON6CR VP2EDH W7XU<br />
CO7PH W3HNK OX3PG WA0SMQ VP2EREM WB2REM<br />
CX6VM W3HNK OX3YY OZ7YY VP6TD ZL2HGR<br />
D2EEX CT1EEX PB6KNRM PA7DA VP8DIZ G7KMZ<br />
DA0UBOOT DK9OS PC650EDAM PD3BL VR10BG VR2BG<br />
DL100DAN DK1QO PC6REC PA9<strong>DX</strong> VR10NN WA4WTG<br />
DU3NXE W3HNK R41WP RA3LBA VR10PX VR2PX<br />
EA8/G7COD/A G0OYH R70PW UA9AB VR10UW VR2UW<br />
EI70FOY EI8EM SC300VL SK6HD VR10VAC VR2VAC<br />
EJ/G3ZAY G3ZAY SJ9WL LA4EKA VR10XLN VR2XLN<br />
EJ/M0HSW M0HSW SN0EL SP1KRF VR10XMT VR2XMT<br />
EJ/M0TJH M0TJH SN0FY SP9FY WP4NRT WP4NRX<br />
EK3GM IK2QPR SN100S SP9ZHR XV2JX JM3UML<br />
EM75IG UR7IA SN10P SP9KJU YP1900D YO5BFJ<br />
EM75ISI UT5SI SN10POW SP6ZJP ZA/UT7DW DK6CW<br />
EN80AL UT8AL SN1LH SP3VT ZB2FX G3RFX<br />
EN80AS UT8AS SN50PTU SP2PTU ZY5P PP5BZ<br />
(a) 21 June-5 July (b) bureau<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
5H3EE Mike Stange, P.O. Box 78364, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania<br />
6M0MM Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety Club Station, 19 Gusungdong,<br />
Yousunggu, Daejeon 305-338, Korea<br />
E21EJC Kob, P.O. Box 20, Siam University, Bangkok 10163, Thailand<br />
EL2BA H. Walcott Benjamin Sr., 285 St. Marks Place, Suite 4-L, Staten<br />
Island, NY 10301, USA<br />
HS0ZCW Charles Harpole, 86/1 Moo 4, Tambon Bankok, Amper Meung, Samut Sakhon<br />
74000, Thailand<br />
IW9HMQ Mauro Platania, Via Etnea 447/a, 95030 Gravina di Catania - CT, Italy<br />
N1DL Karl Geng, 285 Grande Way #1803, Naples, FL 341210, USA<br />
RX3RC Roman A. Novikov, P.O. Box 21, 392000 Tambov, Russia<br />
UA1RJ Yuri G. Sinitso, P.O. Box 23, Vologda, 160000 Russia<br />
UA4WHX Vladimir M. Bykov, P.O. Box 2040, Izhevsk, 426000, Russia<br />
UR7IA Leonid Aniskin, P.O. Box 1901, Gorlovka-46, 84646 Ukraine<br />
UX3IA Alex V. Bataron, P.O. Box 34, Gorlovka-1, 84601 Ukraine<br />
VE3ZF Igor Slakva, 105 La Rose Avenue, PH #1410, Etobicoke, Ontario M9P<br />
1A9, Canada<br />
VK1PWE A.S. Whitton, 34 Haystack Crescent, Palmerston Act 2913, Australia<br />
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14 July 2007<br />
A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
9A - Caudio, IN3DEI/W1A<strong>DX</strong> will operate holiday style as 9A/W1A<strong>DX</strong> from a<br />
few Dalmatian islands (Dugi Otok, Molat, Pasman, Ugljan) in the<br />
EU-170 IOTA group from 19 July to 7 August. QSL via IN3DEI. [TNX<br />
IN3DEI]<br />
9A - Laci/HA6NL, Gyuszi/HA2VR, Zsolti/HA6PS, Sanyi/HA7JJS and Laci/HA7PL<br />
will be active as 9A6NL and 9A/homecall from Pasman Island (EU-170)<br />
on 21-31 July. They will operate CW and SBB (plus some digital modes<br />
as well) on the HF bands and 6 metres. All of them will participate<br />
in the IOTA Contest with different calls, in different categories.<br />
QSL 9A6NL via HA6NL, others via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />
HA0HW]<br />
9A - Leonardo, IW0QO will be active holiday style as 9A/IW0QO from Losinj<br />
Island (EU-136, IOCA CI-058) on 1-10 August. He plans to operate on<br />
10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres. QSL via home call, direct (to IW0QO,<br />
c/o Sezione A.R.I. di Perugia, P.O. Box 113, 06100 Perugia - PG,<br />
Italy) or bureau. [TNX IW0QO]<br />
BY - Dale/BA4TB, Jiang/BG4TBC, Dai/BG4TBJ, Mi/BG4TQX and Yun/BG1LKK will<br />
be active as homecall/4 from Chongming Island (AS-136) on 27-30<br />
July, IOTA Contest included. They plan to operate CW, SSB and RTTY<br />
on 80-6 metres. QSL via home calls. [TNX BA4TB]<br />
EA6 - Jorge, EA8TL will be active as EA8TL/EA6 from Ibiza and Formentera,<br />
Balearic Islands (EU-004) from 31 July to 24 August. He plans to<br />
operate on 80, 40, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 2 metres SSB. [TNX EA5KY]<br />
FM - The FM Ham Radio Association (FM.HAM.R.A.) will be active (on 80,<br />
40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres SSB, RTTY and PSK31, plus 6 and 2<br />
metres) as TO1YR from 29 July to 5 August for the annual Tour des<br />
Yoles Rondes de la Martinique. QSL via FM1HN. [TNX F8REF]<br />
GM - Jim, MM0BQI will be active as MM0BQI/p from Tanera Mor, Summer Isles<br />
(EU-092) between 21 July and 4 August. He plans to operate CW, SSB<br />
and RTTY on 80-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />
www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
GM - MM0DFV, GM0WRR, GM4TOQ, MM0GDL, GM7WED, GM0VIQ, MM3LKV and possibly<br />
others will be active from the Isle of Islay in the Inner Hebrides<br />
(EU-008) on 28-29 July. Two different callsigns (GM2Z and GM4A) will<br />
be used during the IOTA Contest, while a separate PSK station will<br />
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operate as MS0EPC. QSLs via MM0DFV. [TNX MM0DFV]<br />
GM - Celebrating the centenary year of the scouting movement, Geoff,<br />
M5GAC operate as GB5BBS from the Isle of Arran (EU-123) from 28 July<br />
to 8 August. He plans to be active on 80, 40, 20 and 15 metres. QSL<br />
via M5GAC, direct or bureau. [TNX IW1FGZ]<br />
GM - Colin, MM0N<strong>DX</strong> and Ian, GM1RIG will participate in the IOTA Contest<br />
signing MM0N<strong>DX</strong>/P from Kerrera Island (EU-008). QSL via home call,<br />
direct only. [TNX MM0N<strong>DX</strong>]<br />
I - Guglielmo Marconi died in Rome on 20 July 1937, and two days later<br />
the state funeral was held at the basilica of Santa Maria degli<br />
Angeli (Our Lady of the Angels). On 22 July 2007, a group of<br />
operators from ARI Frascati will activate special event station<br />
IY0SMA from inside the church. Expect them to be QRV on the HF bands<br />
SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via bureau to IZ0FVD. [TNX IK0ZCW]<br />
I - Eight operators from the OM0C Contest Crew will be active as<br />
IB0/homecall on 80-2 metres from Ventotene Island (EU-045, IIA<br />
LT-001) on 25-30 July. They will participate in the IOTA Contest as<br />
IB0/OM0C. Further information at http://www.om0c.com/ventotene/<br />
I - Special event station II1TS will be active on the HF bands SSB, CW<br />
and FSK from Genova on 28-31 July for the Tall Ship Races 2007. QSL<br />
via IZ1GJK, direct or bureau. Information on the event and the<br />
relevant award can be found at http://www.assoradiomarinai.tk/ [TNX<br />
IT9MRM]<br />
I - Fabio, IK8HJC will be active as ID9/IK8HJC from Vulcano Island<br />
(EU-017, IIA ME-018) from 25 August to 1 September. QSL via home<br />
call, direct or bureau. [TNX IK8HJC]<br />
JA - Look for JA6RGJ/6, JK6IIS/6 and JO6RGZ/6 to be active from Kuro<br />
Island (AS-012, JIIA AS-012-028), Nagasaki prefecture on 28-29 July.<br />
They will operate SSB and CW on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL via<br />
home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />
JA - Special event station 8J1ESP will be operated on 40, 20, 15 and 10<br />
metres by PY3DF, JA1FXZ and a group from the International League of<br />
Esperantists Radio Amateurs<br />
(http://www.esperanto.org/internacia/ILERA/) between 31 July and 31<br />
August. On 4-12 August activity will take place from the 92nd<br />
Esperanto World Conference in Yokohama. QSL via JA1YAR or JA1FXZ,<br />
bureau or direct. [TNX PY3DF]<br />
JD1_mt - Masafumi, JA6GXK will be active as JA6GXK/JD1 from Minami Torishima<br />
(OC-073) from 18 July to 2 August and again from 29 August to 30<br />
September. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
JW - Martin, G3ZAY and Michael, G7VJR will be active as JW/homecall from<br />
Svalbard on 15-22 July. Conditions permitting, they will be trying<br />
to use the WARC bands and 6 metres, as well as the contest bands<br />
from the club station JW5E in Longyearbyen (EU-026). QSL via home<br />
calls, direct or bureau. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. [TNX G7VJR]<br />
KL - Mike, W7ASF and Richard, N7TCO will operate SSB only on 80, 40, 20<br />
and 15 metres during their 23-31 July activity from Thorne Bay,<br />
Prince of Wales Island (NA-041) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 844]. "Rich and I are not<br />
experienced <strong>DX</strong>ers", Mike says, but "we do take operating seriously<br />
and will be doing our best for IOTA". Mike is a fan of vintage gear,<br />
so he will be using 1963 Hallicrafters Hurricane as the main rig.<br />
QSL via W7ASF, direct or via bureau. [TNX W7ASF]<br />
LA - The Norsk Radio Relae Liga (NRRL) will be represented by LN2HQ in<br />
the IARU HF World Championship. QSL via bureau. Further information<br />
on planned operating frequencies can be found at www.nrrl.no/ln2hq<br />
[TNX LA6FJA]<br />
LA - Yogi, DB5YB will be active as LA/DB5YB from Stord Island (EU-055)<br />
from 28 July to 9 August. He plans to operate holiday style on 10-20<br />
metres SSB. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DB5YB]<br />
LU - Representing the Radio Club Argentino (RCA), a 28-operator team will<br />
participate in the IARU HF World Championship as LR4A. Nine stations<br />
will be activating the six bands on both CW and SSB. QSL via LU4AA.
[TNX LU8A<strong>DX</strong>]<br />
OH - OH7JR, OH6UM, OH2JA and OH1RX will participate in the IOTA Contest<br />
as OH2U/5 from Kuorsalo Island (EU-140). Some limited activity might<br />
start on the Friday evening before the contest. QSL via OH2IW. [TNX<br />
OH6UM/OH2IW]<br />
P2 - Two additional operators, namely Steve (G4EDG) and Luis (CT1AGF),<br />
will be joining Hans (SM6CVX) and Derek (G3KHZ) on their IOTA trip<br />
to Papua New Guinea [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 831]. They will be active as P29VCX from<br />
Nukumanu Island (OC-284, new one) on 23-29 September, and as P29NI<br />
from Takuu Island (OC-283, new one) from 30 September to 5 October.<br />
They might go and operate also from the Tulun Islands (OC-256) on<br />
6-9 October (callsign to be decided). Expect them to operate on all<br />
bands, including 160 and 80 metres, with three stations, two<br />
amplifiers, verticals and a multiband dipole. QSL P29VCX via SM6CVX,<br />
QSL P29NI via G3KHZ. [TNX NG3K]<br />
PA - For the third year in a row Jack, PD2J and JanJaap, PG7V will<br />
operate as PC6IOTA from Texel Island (EU-038). They will be there<br />
from 24 July to 1 August, and will concentrate their activity during<br />
the IOTA Contest. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically<br />
via the bureau, direct cards should be sent to PG7V. Further<br />
information at http://www.pc6iota.net [TNX PG7V]<br />
PA - On August 1 a vast network of amateur radio stations around the<br />
world will support Scouting's Sunrise into the new Centenary<br />
(for further information please visit http://www.scout.org/en/<br />
information_events/events/jota/sunrise_network_1_aug_2007).<br />
Wil/PA0WBS, Wim/PA2GON, Dirk/PA3DHR, Kees/PD3MRS and Dominic/PD0LDC,<br />
from Scouting Radio Spijkenisse (http://www.pi9srs.eu/), will<br />
participate in this event under the special call sign PA100WSJ<br />
(World Scouting Jamboree). They will operate on several bands and<br />
modes from 7 UTC through the end of the day. [TNX PD0LDC]<br />
PY - The 12-15 July activity from Santana Island (SA-077) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 841]<br />
has beeen cancelled because of a serious health problem occurend to<br />
one of the operators. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />
SM - Kjell, SM4DDS will be active again as 7S5A from Boko Island, Stora<br />
Alo (EU-177) on 16-23 July. Activity will be on 10-80 metres CW and<br />
SSB. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX SM4DDS]<br />
SV - George, SV1QN and Giannis, SV1GYG will be active as SV1QN/8 and<br />
SV1GYG/8 from Samos Island (EU-049) from 26 July to 4 August. They<br />
will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31 on 160-10 metres, and will<br />
participate in the IOTA Contest. QSL via home calls. [TNX SV9AHZ]<br />
SV5 - A large group of operators (namely SV1JG, SV1RC, SV1RP, SV1EEX,<br />
SV1GRM, SW1GZL, SV1HER and SV1JCZ) will be active as SX5AS from the<br />
three Astakida islets (EU-001) on 17-23 July. They plan to operate<br />
on all bands (160m-23cm) and modes. QSL via SV1HER. [TNX SV1HER]<br />
SV9 - A group of operators from the Radio Amateur Society of Crete will<br />
participate in the IOTA Contest as J49A from Dia Island (EU-187).<br />
QSL to RASC, P.O. Box 1390, GR-71110 Heraklion, Crete, Greece. [TNX<br />
www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
UA - A group of operators from the Student Radio Club "Sporadik" of the<br />
Kursk State Technical University will be active as RI1SI from the<br />
Solovetsky Islands (EU-066) until 16 July. QSL via RW3WWW. [TNX<br />
RA3WUV]<br />
UA - Vasiliy/RA6AU, Victor/RU6AX and Alexey/RA1QY plan to operate as<br />
homecall/1 from several Russian islands on 18-22 July. Islands<br />
mentioned include three EU-153 counters - Baklan, Bol'shoy Kaynets<br />
and Khedostrov (RR-new one) - plus Lekh-Luda and Paskanets (RR-new<br />
one). QSL via home calls. [TNX RA1QY]<br />
UA - RW3WW, RA3WOK, R3W-128, RL3WX, RA3WKJ and a group of climbers from<br />
the Kursk State Technical University will conduct an expedition to<br />
the mountains of the Elbrus region between 28 July and 11 August.<br />
They will operate on 20 and 40 metres SSB as R6SE, RW3WW/6 and<br />
RL3WX/6. On 8-10 August they will be climbing the Mount Elbrus
itself. QSL via R6SE via RW3WWW, others via home calls, direct or<br />
bureau. [TNX RL3WX]<br />
VE - Special event station VO1J will be active from Fogo Island (NA-198)<br />
from 21 July to 20 August to mark the opening of the Fogo Wireless<br />
Interpretation Centre (http://www.town-fogo.ca/marconisite.htm). The<br />
operators will include Dan/VO1MX, Wayne/VO1TA, Ken/VO1KVT,<br />
Jason/VO1JNS and Dave/VO1AU. Expect VO1J to participate in the IOTA<br />
Contest. QSL via VO1AU.<br />
VE - Dana, VE1VOX will operate as VE1OTA/VE9 from Grand Manan Island<br />
(NA-014, CIsA NB-003) and lighthouse (ARLHS CAN-491) on 26-29 July.<br />
Expect activity on 15, 20 and 40 metres. QSL direct via home call.<br />
[TNX VE1VOX]<br />
VE - Fred, ON6QR will participate in the IOTA Contest as VO1/ON6QR from<br />
New Foundland (NA-027). He will operate CW QRP. [TNX ON6QR]<br />
VK - VK4N<strong>DX</strong>, VK4HMU and VK4FEAT will operate as VK4HAM/LGT from the Cape<br />
Moreton Lighthouse (ARLH AUS-039) on Moreton Island (OC-137) on<br />
17-20 August, International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend included.<br />
Expect activity on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres. QSL via VK4FEAT.<br />
[TNX VK4FEAT]<br />
W - Rick, N5EYT will be active from Mustang Island (NA-092) and possibly<br />
other islands in that area between 14 July and 4 August. Operation<br />
will be on and off during the day depending on conditions and family<br />
activities, but he will be operating a lot during the IARU HF World<br />
Championship and the IOTA Contest.<br />
W - Jon, WB8YJF will be active again from Ocracoke Island (NA-067) on<br />
22-29 July, IOTA Contest included. He will operate CW and SSB on<br />
80-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong><br />
Bulletin]<br />
W - The Motorola Amateur Radio Club (Florida Chapter) will operate as<br />
K4L from Cape Florida lighthouse (ARLHS USA-118) on Key Biscayne<br />
(NA-141) on 18 August for the International Lighthouse/Lightship<br />
Weekend. They plan to be active from 13 UTC to 23.30 UTC on 40 and<br />
20 metres CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via W4MOT, direct or<br />
bureau. [TNX N4II]<br />
IARU HF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ---> This year's event (rules at<br />
http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2007/iaru.html) will run from 12 UTC on 14<br />
July through 12 UTC on the 15th. The following IARU Member Society HQ<br />
stations are expected to participate:<br />
Call <strong>DX</strong>CC Multiplier Call <strong>DX</strong>CC Multiplier<br />
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------<br />
4L0HQ Georgia NARG LR4A Argentina RCA<br />
8N1HQ Japan JARL LX0HQ Luxembourg RL<br />
8N3HQ Japan JARL LY0HQ Lithuania LRMD<br />
8N4HQ Japan JARL LZ7HQ Bulgaria BFRA<br />
A25HQ Botswana BARS NU1AW USA IARU<br />
AM1HQ Spain URE OE1A Austria OVSV<br />
AM2HQ Spain URE OH2HQ Finland SRAL<br />
AM3HQ Spain URE OL4HQ Czech Republic CRC<br />
AM4HQ Spain URE OM7HQ Slovakia SARA<br />
AM5HQ Spain URE OZ1HQ Denmark EDR<br />
AM7HQ Spain URE PA6HQ The Netherlands VERON<br />
BV0HQ Taiwan CTARL PJ2HQ Curacao VERONA<br />
CS7HQ Portugal REP R9HQ Asiatic Russia SRR<br />
DA0HQ Germany DARC S50HQ Slovenia ZRS<br />
<strong>DX</strong>1HQ Philippines PARA SK9HQ Sweden SSA<br />
EI0HQ Ireland IRTS SN0HQ Poland PZK<br />
GB7HQ U.K. RSGB TI0HQ Costa Rica RCCR<br />
HB9HQ Switzerland USKA TM0HQ France REF<br />
HR2HQ Honduras RCH VR10HK Hong Kong HARTS<br />
HS0AC Thailand RAST W1AW/4 USA ARRL<br />
IU1HQ Italy ARI YL4HQ Latvia LRAL
IU2HQ Italy ARI YR0HQ Romania FRR<br />
IU4HQ Italy ARI YV5AJ Venezuela RCV<br />
IU9HQ Italy ARI ZF1A Cayman Islands CARS<br />
LN2HQ Norway NRRL ZW2HQ Brazil LABRE<br />
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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (June 2007) is now available at<br />
http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/monthly/index.html. Articles and pictures should be<br />
sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).<br />
4 METRES IN ITALY ---> The Italian Ministry of Communications has authorized<br />
amateur radio transmission experiments to be conducted on the 70 MHz band (4<br />
metres) until 31 December 2007. The frequencies are 70.100 MHz (+/- 12,5<br />
kHz), 70.200 MHz (+/- 12,5 kHz) and 70.300 MHz (+/- 12,5 kHz).<br />
4L6VV ---> Mamuka Kordzakhia, 4L2M, President of the National Association<br />
Radioamateurs of Georgia (NARG), says that 4L6VV "is a pirate station". The<br />
operator's name is Yuri and the given QTH is Tkvarcheli, but according to<br />
Kordzakhia "he is without Georgian license".<br />
HELP KADEK ---> The "Help Kadek' project [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 837] has ended successfully<br />
with a total of USD 6,318 received from 104 donors in 16 countries. "I would<br />
like to use this opportunity to thank all the IOTA enthusiasts who<br />
contributed generously", Cezar (VE3LYC) says, "I have no doubt that Kadek<br />
will put this help to very good use". The list of donors is available at<br />
http://www.mdxc.org/yb9bu/<br />
PIRATE ---> Tony, T77C reports that the station signing T77BL on SSTV<br />
(between 15 May and 29 June) and PSK31 (between 28 June and 7 July) was a<br />
pirate, as the genuine T77BL does not operate those modes.<br />
QSL DU7LA ---> Peter, DU7LA has moved back to the US and cards should be sent<br />
to his new call, KD0AA. [TNX KD0AA]<br />
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<strong>DX</strong> NEWS SERVICE: Paul Pescitelli, K4UJ has created a blog designed to be a<br />
central and free distribution point for <strong>DX</strong> news. The type of<br />
content intended would be <strong>DX</strong>pedition announcements (new<br />
announcements, updates, etc.), stories of <strong>DX</strong>peditions<br />
general news stories related to happenings in rare <strong>DX</strong><br />
locations. Give a look to http://www.dx-is.com/news<br />
IM0GG: A video and a photo gallery for the recent activity from<br />
Caprera [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 843] can be found at<br />
http://picasaweb.google.it/ariolbia [TNX IS0JMA]<br />
IOCA TOUR: On-line logs and pictures of I6GFX's recent activity from<br />
seven Croatian islands can be found at<br />
http://www.gianfrancogervasi.it/radio.htm [TNX I6GFX]<br />
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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #846<br />
21 July 2007<br />
A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />
Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
BV - JA3AQM and a large group of BV operators will be active as BO0K from<br />
Kinmen Island (AS-102) on 26-30 July. QSL via BV2KI. [TNX<br />
www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
CU - Ann, WA1S will be in Sao Miguel (EU-003), Azores from 28 July to 9<br />
August, and will be active as CU2/WA1S. QSL via home call. [TNX<br />
WA1S]<br />
F - Jean-Jacques/ON7EQ, Roland/ON5QK and Sebastien/ON3EQ will operate<br />
SSB as F/OT3T from Batz Island (EU-105) on 26-29 July, IOTA Contest<br />
included. QSL via ON7EQ. Their website is at<br />
http://home.scarlet.be/ot3t [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
G - From 27 July through 7 August an international group of amateur<br />
radio operators will be active as GB100J. This is the special event<br />
station for the 21st World Scout Jamboree at Chelmsford. Operations<br />
will take place on all bands and modes including PSK31. QSL via<br />
bureau. For more information please visit<br />
http://gb100j.radio-scouting.org.uk [TNX W4RIS]<br />
GI - For the nineth year in a row the Kilmarnock & Loudoun ARC will<br />
participate in the IOTA Contest from Rathlin Island (EU-122). This<br />
year's operators (GM3OZB, GM3YEH, GM4OSS, GM0DJG and MM0BIM) will be<br />
using the callsign GI3YS (the late George Troy held that call since<br />
1937, and it was his request that it should be passed to the club).<br />
QSL via MM0DHQ. [TNX www.rgsbiota.org]<br />
GJ - Iain, M0PCB and Chloe, 2E1IDT will be active as MJ0PCB and 2J1IDT<br />
from Jersey (EU-013) on 24-31 July. Operation will be QRP with small<br />
portable antennas. They will also be active for parts of the IOTA<br />
contest. QSLs via the bureau to their home calls, or direct to<br />
M0PCB. [TNX M0PCB]<br />
GM - GB5SI and MM0Q (IOTA Contest) are the callsigns Jim, MM0BQI will be<br />
using during his 21 July-4 August activity from the Summer Isles<br />
(EU-092) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 845]. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.<br />
GM - Jon, M0OVL will be active as MM0OVL/p from the island of Mull<br />
(EU-008) on 27-29 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via home call.<br />
[TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
HR - HR2H, HR2<strong>DX</strong>, HR2PAC and HR2DMR will be active as HQ3C from Cayos<br />
Cochinos (NA-160) on 26-30 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via<br />
Next bulletin<br />
Bulletins' Index
HR2RCH. [TNX NG3K]<br />
I - Special stations II7GM and II7BA will be active on 20-22 July for<br />
the 70th anniversary of the death of Guglielmo Marconi and the 80th<br />
anniversary of ARI. QSLs via bureau. [TNX IZ7ECL]<br />
I - Adrian, YO3HJV will be active as IA5/YO3HJV/P from Elba Island<br />
(EU-028), on 21-27 July. He plans to operate SSB on 40, 20, 17, 15,<br />
12 and 10 metres. [TNX YO3HJV]<br />
IS0 - Max, IK2XYG plans to participate in the IOTA Contest from Maddalena<br />
Island (IM0, EU-041). Should he be unable to reach the island, he<br />
will operate from Sardinia (IS0, EU-024). [TNX IK2XYG]<br />
KH3 - Susan/W7KFI expected to depart aboard her yacht "Dahrma" for<br />
Johnston Island (OC-023) next week, but now it seems that she will<br />
have to remain in Honolulu until the end of hurricane season in<br />
November. It took her seven months to get permission from the USAF<br />
to stop there, and she has been told that hers will be the last<br />
official operation, as the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Fish and<br />
Wildlife Service have declared the island closed. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
SM - SC300VL is the special callsign the Falkoping Radio Club is using<br />
through 31 December to celebrate the third centenary of Carl<br />
Linnaeus (1707-1778). QSL via SK6HD. Information on the relevant<br />
award can be found at www.qrz.com under SC300VL. [TNX SA6AQP]<br />
SP - Look for SP6ZPZ/1 to be active from Uznam Island (EU-129) on 21-22<br />
July and for Scout station 3Z100S to participate in the IOTA Contest<br />
from Wolin Island (EU-132). The second Polish national Scout<br />
station, HF100S, will be active from Wolin Island as well, but only<br />
on 1 August. [TNX SP6NIC]<br />
SV - Giovanni, IW7DOL reports he will be active as SV8/IW7DOL from<br />
Kerkyra Island (EU-052) from 28 July to 2 August.<br />
TK - Fabrizio, IK5WOB will operate CW only as TK/IK5WOB from Algaiola,<br />
Corsica (EU-014) from 28 July to 11 August. QSL via home call,<br />
direct or bureau. [TNX IK5WOB]<br />
UA - Vlad, RZ1OA and Dima, UA1OLM will operate as UE1OTA/p from<br />
Morzhovets Island (EU-119) and UE1OTA/1 from Sosnovets Island<br />
(EU-161) from 24 to 30 July. QSL via RZ1OA. [TNX RZ1OA]<br />
UA - A group of Russian operators will participate in the IOTA Contest as<br />
RI1AA from Bolshoy Berezovyy Island (EU-133, RRA RR-01-02). Before<br />
contest they will be active as UE1CBB. QSL for both stations via<br />
UA1AIR, direct or bureau. [TNX UA1AIR]<br />
UR - UR0GK, UR3GO, UR4QTP, UR8QM, US3QQ, UT7CL and UT7GX will participate<br />
in the IOTA Contest as UW0G from the Kalanchakskiye Islands<br />
(EU-179). Before the contest they will be signing homecall/p. QSL<br />
via operator's instructions. [TNX US3QQ]<br />
UR - Serge, US3QQ says he plans to be active as US3QQ/p from a number of<br />
Ukrainian islands as well as from Genichesk Lighthouse (ARLH UKR-19)<br />
at different times during the summer until early autumn.<br />
VE - Look for special event station VE2CJCT to be active between 23 July<br />
and 1 August to celebrate the Canadian Scout Jamboree. QSL via<br />
VE2FGL. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />
W - Tom, K4ZGB and Allan, KV4T are expected to be active as homecall/p<br />
from Dauphin Island (NA-213) until 30 July, IOTA Contest included.<br />
QSL via home calls. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />
W - Steve, W3RFA and Bob, KB3NYX will participate in the IOTA Contest<br />
from South Marsh Island (NA-140). It will be a micro-expedition via<br />
sea kayak and with limited equipment. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
W - The Florida Contest Group, along with the South Florida <strong>DX</strong><br />
Association and the Mid Florida <strong>DX</strong> Association, will operate from<br />
several Florida IOTA groups during this year's IOTA Contest. Expect<br />
activity from NA-034, NA-052, NA-062, NA-069, NA-085, NA-138, NA-141<br />
and NA-142.<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
IOTA CONTEST LOGGER ---> The 15th IOTA Contest takes place on 28-29 July. SDI<br />
by Paul O'Kane, EI5DI is the only contest logger dedicated to this event, it<br />
offers many unique features and it is recommended for single-operator<br />
entrants. SDI runs on any Windows PC, and is free from www.ei5di.com<br />
QSL 3B7SP ---> Witek, SP9MRO reports that the QSL manager (SP9SX) has started<br />
sending out the first direct cards.<br />
QSL 8N1HQ ---> All of the contacts made with the 8N#HQ JARL stations will be<br />
confirmed automatically via the bureau. Those who need a direct card for<br />
contacts made with 8N1HQ on 15m SSB and 160m CW can send their request to<br />
Nao, JA1HGY. [TNX JA1HGY]<br />
ZONE 4 ---> Please note that East Pen Island (VY0, NA-231) counts for WAZ<br />
Zone 4, not Zone 2. [TNX VE3LYC]<br />
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MARKET REEF: Pictures and videoclips from the recent activity from Market<br />
Reef by SM0BSO, SM0LQB, SM1TDE, SM0EPO and OH0RJ can be found at<br />
http://www.sm0lqb.se/OJ0/. [TNX SM1TDE]<br />
QSL DB: Boye Christensen, OZ7C has updated his QSL DBase (which now<br />
contains 403,974 unique records) for Packet Cluster. The package<br />
can be downloaded at http://www.ddxg.dk/oz7c/; a web based<br />
search machine can be found at www.qsl.dk/oz7c [TNX OZ7C,<br />
oz7c@cool.dk]<br />
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />
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1A0KM IK0FTA CX7CO KA5TUF SU9GD DJ2AVB<br />
3V1A YT1AD DL40RR<strong>DX</strong>A DL1YFF SV0XAO DJ5JH<br />
3XY5M PA7FM DQ50PASSAU DK1RWS SX5AS SV1HER<br />
4K5D K2PF DQ50SAAR DK8VR T80W JM1LJS<br />
4O5JE ON5JE DR80AMA DK3DM T88EK JE1EKS<br />
4O6DJ OK6DJ EG1CMC EA1FE T88PT JI5RPT<br />
5B/AJ2O RA3AUU EG2CVC EA2URV TA4CW F8CVR<br />
5B4AHS RA3AUU EL2<strong>DX</strong> K8SJP TC25SG TA1HZ<br />
5Q0PI OZ6PI ES0FTZ DL1FT TM1000 F8KFZ<br />
6L0NJ/4 HL4XM FO5RH F2HE TM2CDB F8CKS<br />
7S2S SM2O FS/CT1BWW CT1BWW TO5J F5LMJ<br />
7S5A SM4DDS FS/EA3GHZ EA3GHZ TP2CE F5LGF<br />
7Z1HL DJ9ZB FS/EA5YH EA5YH TU2/F5LDY F1CGN<br />
7Z1SJ EA7FTR GB7HQ G3TXF TY5ZR IK2IQD<br />
7Z1UG DG1XG GS0GRC/p G0RCI UE1RDA/1 RW1QN
8Q7KN JA9APS GS7GRC/p G0RCI UE1RFF/1 UA1RJ<br />
8R1K OH0XX HF30PIK SP2FAX UE3MKD UA3MQM<br />
8R1RPN OH0XX HH2FYD F6FYD UE6DOO RW6BJ<br />
9A/VE3ZIK DL3PS HS0AC HS0ZFZ UN7AB DL8KAC<br />
9A950<strong>DX</strong> 9A8<strong>DX</strong> HS0ZDY SM3CVM US4QWA/P US3QQ<br />
9A950JB 9A3JB IA3GM IV3LNQ V26RM K3TRM<br />
9M2CNC G4ZFE IQ8ST/p I8LWL V31BV W1JJ<br />
9M4<strong>DX</strong>X 9M2TO IR8<strong>DX</strong> IK8VRH V31UB KU5B<br />
9Q2DY pirate IY4FGM IK4UPU V36M W1JJ<br />
9X5SP DL8YA J79<strong>DX</strong> VE3ZF V8FEO M5AAV<br />
A25CF K5LBU J79PAK HB9CUA VB3M VE3ZF<br />
A25HL ZS6WB JW/G3ZAY G3ZAY VE2I<strong>DX</strong> VE3ZF<br />
A25HQ K5LBU JW/G7VJR G7VJR VK1ANU JO2SLZ<br />
A25KDJ W5KDJ JW/RA3SS RA3SD VP2MRM K3TRM<br />
A25OB ZS6OB KH0PR JJ8DEN VP2V/K5WAF W5PF<br />
A25OOK M5AAV LR4A LU4AA VP2V/W5PF W5PF<br />
A25SL W5SL LX0HQ LX1KQ VP2V/WF5W W5PF<br />
A43HIH A47RS LZ/G4EDG LZ1JZ VP2V/WZ8C W5PF<br />
A52SW K2AU LZ50<strong>DX</strong> LZ1AF VP2VEA W5PF<br />
AC5TB/KH0 JH0MRP NA8O/KH0 JK1FNL VP6AL ZL1UFB<br />
AM1HQ EA4URE NF7E/KL7 NF7E VQ9JC ND9M<br />
AM2HQ EA4URE NN7A/NL7 NN7A VR10VTN JM1FYH<br />
AM3HQ EA4URE OJ0/SM0BSO SM0BSO VY2/KV8Q KC8UR<br />
AM4HQ EA4URE OJ0/SM0EPO SM0EPO W3P N3ZNI<br />
AM5HQ EA4URE OJ0/SM0LQB SM0LQB W7FLY KN7T<br />
AM7HQ EA4URE OJ0/SM1TDE SM1TDE XU7TZG ON7PP<br />
AN7A EA7NL OM7HQ OM3JW XW1A E21EIC<br />
CA1UGE CE1IQQ OX3XR OZ3PZ YJ0CZE W0FF<br />
CN2GE F5OGE OY/G3SXW G3SXW YL4HQ YL2UZ<br />
CN2PH OM2PH OY/G3TXF G3TXF YM1907FB TA3YJ<br />
CO6XN N3ZOM OZ1HQ OZ1ACB YR1C YO4NA<br />
CP6AA IK6SNR P3CA 5B4MS ZA1E I2MQP<br />
CS25BWU CT1BWU P40W N2MM ZF1A W5ASP<br />
CS26X CT1EHX PJ2HQ N9AG ZF2AH W6VNR<br />
CS5FAT CT6ARL R100AK RW4HB ZF2EK N2EK<br />
CS7HQ CT1REP R100IF RW4HB ZL1V N3SL<br />
CU2A OH2BH R50KP RZ1OM ZS6FJM CT1ABE<br />
CU8/CT3FN HB9CRV RI1SI RW3WWW ZW2HQ PT2AA<br />
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DL8YA Peter A. Stabusch, Jakobstr. 25, 50354 Huerth, Germany<br />
IK0FTA Sergio Roca, P.O. Box 713, 00162 Roma Nomentano - RM, Italy<br />
JA9APS Narumi Kawai, 1-10-14 Suwanokawara, Toyama, 930-0088 Japan<br />
K8SJP James Alpine, 8800 Monrovia Place, Dulles, VA 20189-8800, USA<br />
KL1YY Marvin Baur, 4275 Kachemak Way, Homer, AK 99603, USA<br />
NF7E Bob Wertz, 6315 E. Townsend-Winona Rd., Flagstaff, AZ 86004, USA<br />
NN7A Art Phillips, P.O. Box 73, Eckert, CO 81418, USA<br />
OH0XX Olli Rissanen, Apartado 0860-00432, Villa Lucre, Panama, Panama<br />
SM2O Mikael Styrefors, Skolvagen 18, SE-95040 Tore, Sweden<br />
SM4DDS Kjell Bonerfalt, Tallrisvagen 41 R, 702 34 Orebro, Sweden<br />
VE3ZF Igor Slakva, 105 La Rose Avenue, PH #1410, Etobicoke, Ontario M9P<br />
1A9, Canada<br />
W5PF J Paul Frantz III, 20016 Hilltop Ranch Dr., Montgomery. TX 77316, USA<br />
YE39AR P.O. Box 8000, Jakarta 11000, Indonesia<br />
ZL1UFB Al McDonald, P.O. Box 166, Waihi 3641, New Zealand
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28 July 2007<br />
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3B7 - The various logistical arrangements for the 7-24 September 3B7C<br />
operation from St. Brandon have been confirmed, a detailed site<br />
survey of the QTH (Isle du Sud) has been made, the container of gear<br />
has been shipped and everything is looking good.<br />
Amateur radio activity on 6 metres is not normally allowed from<br />
Mauritius and its outlying islands, but the group has been able to<br />
gain a short-term permit, limited to three fixed frequencies: 50090<br />
(CW), 50102 (CW), 50145 (USB).<br />
Bob, N6OX has joined the team, but they still have a vacancy for one<br />
team member to bring the total team to 20. "We are seeking a team<br />
player and an outstanding operator who is ideally known to one of<br />
the current 3B7C team members", says G3XTT (g3xtt@lineone.net). "A<br />
6m specialist would be particularly welcome".<br />
Keep an eye on the web site (www.3b7c.com), which continues to be<br />
updated on a regular basis.<br />
The full press release no. 5, issued on 24 July, will be published<br />
in the next <strong>425</strong> Magazine (http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/monthly/index.html)<br />
[TNX G3XTT]<br />
4O - Emir, 9A6AA, plans to be active on the bands as 4O6AA from Sveti<br />
Nikola Island (EU-163) between 13 and 19 August<br />
(http://www.inet.hr/9a6aa/4O6AA.htm). QSL via home call, direct.<br />
[TNX 9A6AA]<br />
5B - C4MG is the callsign the Nicosia Amateur Radio Club will be using<br />
during the IOTA Contest [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 821]. Operations will take place<br />
from Agios Georgios (AS-120); the group expects to be QRV as 5B4NC/p<br />
with two stations on 27 July in the local afternoon. QSL for both<br />
calls via 5B4KH, direct or bureau. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />
9A - Giuseppe, IK5WWA will operate as 9A/IK5WWA from Solta Island<br />
(EU-016, IOCA CI-126) from 25 August to 1 September. He also plan to<br />
go and operate from one or more nearby islets: Balkun (CI-155),<br />
Grmej (CI-395), Komicic (CI-new), Polebrnjak (CI-394), Radula<br />
(CI-206), Saskinja (CI-396), Stipanska (CI-213). QSL via home call.<br />
[TNX IK5WWA]<br />
CE - Sergio, CE3CMZ and Hector, CE3FZL will be active as CE4S and CE4T<br />
from Topocalma lighthouse (ARLHS CHI-076) on 17-19 August. They plan<br />
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to operate SSB only on 40, 20 and 10 metres. QSL via EA5KB. [TNX<br />
CE3FZL]<br />
CE - Carlos, CE6AMN and the <strong>DX</strong> Group of Radio Club Villarrica (CE6RCV)<br />
will be active as XR4C from the lighthouse at Cabo Carranza (ARLHS<br />
CHI-005) on 18-19 August for the International Lighthouse &<br />
Lightship Weekend. They plan to operate SSB and CW on 80, 40, 20, 15<br />
and 10 metres. QSL direct to CE6AMN. [TNX CE6AMN]<br />
CO - Edor, CO7PH works at the airport on Cayo Coco, one of the two main<br />
islands in the Camaguey Archipelago (NA-086), and has been given<br />
permission to operate from nearby Cayo Paredon Grande. He plans to<br />
be active on 28-29 July on various bands (mainly 17 and 20 metres)<br />
SSB, possibily with some CW. QSL via W3HNK. [TNX VA7DJ]<br />
CT - Jose/CT1APE, Lopes/CT1CJJ, Manuel/CT1DSC, Jose/CT1EEB, Luis/CT1EEQ,<br />
Carlos/CT1END and Filipe/CT1ILT will participate in the IOTA Contest<br />
as CQ7P from Pessegueiro Island (EU-167). QSL via CS1G<strong>DX</strong>. The day<br />
before the contest they will be signing homecall/p [TNX CT1ILT]<br />
F - Special event call TM0FIL will be aired on all bands and modes from<br />
30 July to 12 August for the 36th Festival Inter-celtique de Lorient<br />
http://www.festival-interceltique.com/). QSL via F6KPQ. [TNX F8REF]<br />
FG - David, F1JXQ will be active as FG/F1JXQ from Guadeloupe (NA-102) on<br />
4-20 August. He operates SSB and is likely to be found on 10-6<br />
metres and 2m between 10 and 16 UTC. QSL direct to home call. [TNX<br />
F1JXQ]<br />
FW - Mike, KM9D and Jan, KF4TUG have been granted permission to operate<br />
as FW0MO and FW0YL from Nukutapu, Wallis Islands (OC-054). They will<br />
participate in the IOTA Contest as FW0YL (SSB and CW) and their<br />
plans are to remain active "for some subsequent period" following<br />
the IOTA event. QSL for both via OM2SA and LoTW. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
GM - Andre, GM3VLB plans to operate from five Scottish islands starting<br />
on 27 July: Eilean Hoan (EU-123), Rabbit Island (EU-123), Eilean Nan<br />
Ron (EU-123), Neave Island (EU-005) and Stroma Island (EU-123). The<br />
trip is weather dependent. "I am determined to make every reasonable<br />
effort to activate all five islands" Andre says, "but there can be<br />
no guarantees".<br />
HC8 - Manu, LX2LX and Norby, LX1NO are active as HC8/LX2LX and HC8/LX1NO<br />
from Isabela Island, Galapagos (SA-004) until 31 July. It is a low<br />
profile holiday style operation, mainly CW with some occasional SSB.<br />
QSL via LX1NO. On-line log at http://www.luxlog.info/hc.htm (also<br />
give a look to http://www.qsl.net/lx1no/ham/awards.htm#hc8 for the<br />
HC8/HD8 <strong>DX</strong> Diploma). [TNX NE8Z]<br />
I - ARI Ancona will operate special station IY6GM from Monte Cappuccini<br />
(WAIL MA-003, ARLHS ITA-104) between 5 and 19 August. The activity<br />
will celebrate the 103rd anniversary of the experiments carried out<br />
by Guglielmo Marconi from that place. QSL via QSL via I6GFX, direct<br />
or bureau. [TNX I6GFX]<br />
I - Alberto, IT9MRM will operate SSB on the HF bands from Isola delle<br />
Palme (EU-025, IIA SR-010) on 6-8 August. QSL direct or bureau. [TNX<br />
IT9MRM]<br />
I - Marco, IZ6ASI will participate in the International<br />
Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (18-19 August) as IZ6ASI/p from the<br />
lighthouse at Senigallia (ARLHS ITA-181, WAIL MA-004). Exepct<br />
activity on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres SSB. [TNX IZ6ASI]<br />
IS0 - Tano, IZ8GCB will be active as IS0/homecall from Sardinia (EU-024)<br />
on 1-19 August. He plans to operate CW and SSB on 40, 20, 15 and 10<br />
metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8GCB]<br />
JA - Look for Takeshi, JI3DST to participate in the IOTA Contest as<br />
JI3DST/JI3 from Ki-ooshima (AS-117). After the contest, until 1<br />
August, he will operate as JI3DST/3 from Honshu (AS-007) and give<br />
out three Guns and one City to JCC (Japan Century Cities) and JCG<br />
(Japan Century Guns) chasers. QSL via bureau only to home call. [TNX<br />
JI3DST]<br />
LU - The Bahia Blanca <strong>DX</strong> Group (http://www.grupodxbb.com.ar/index.html)
will operate on all bands and modes from four different lighthouses<br />
on 17-19 August for the International Lighthouse & Lightship<br />
Weekend. Expect them to be using LR3<strong>DX</strong> from Rincon Lighthouse (ARLHS<br />
ARG-036), LU3<strong>DX</strong>G from Baliza Tripoede (ARLHS ARG-1884) and LU6XA<br />
from Cabo Blanco Lighthouse (ARLHS ARG-001), while the operators at<br />
Recalada Lighthouse (ARLHS ARG-009) will be signing homecall/D. QSLs<br />
via LU7DSY. For information on the relevant awards, please contact<br />
lu9esd@yahoo.com [TNX LU9ESD]<br />
OH - UA1ANA and UA1ATI will operate as OH2DZ from Kuutsalo Island<br />
(EU-140, see RI1GK below) on 28-29 July. QSL via RV1AQ. [TNX UA1ATI]<br />
ON - Special callsign ON14CS will be aired from La Croix-Scaille in the<br />
Belgian Ardennes on 17-24 August to celebrate 14 years of<br />
co-operation between the Belgian UBA Section Ronse (ON4RSX) and the<br />
French Radio Club Neuville-de-Poitou (F5KFL). Expect activity on the<br />
HF bands, 6 metres and VHF. QSL via bureau. [TNX ON7WZ]<br />
OZ - Look for Jens, DL8WOW to be active as OZ/DL8WOW from Bornholm Island<br />
(EU-030) on 5-17 August. He plans to operate mainly CW on 40-10<br />
metres. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
PA - Six operators from the Flying Dutch <strong>DX</strong> Group will participate in the<br />
IOTA Contest as PI4HQ/p from Schouwen Duiveland (EU-146). QSL via<br />
PA3CAL, direct or bureau. [TNX PA0ABM]<br />
PA - PA3CNI and PA3AAF will be active from Old Kraggenburg lighthouse<br />
(ARLHS NET-158) on 18-19 August for the International Lighthouse &<br />
Lighship Weekend. They plan to operate mostly CW with some SSB. QSL<br />
via home calls. [TNX PA3CNI]<br />
TA - Ozer, TA2RC and Mustafa, TA2MW will be active from Kefken Island<br />
(AS-159, KN51DF) on 26-30 July. They plan to concentrate on working<br />
North America, South America, Japan and other possible <strong>DX</strong> areas, and<br />
will also operate on 6 and 2 metres. They will participate int he<br />
IOTA Contest as YM0T (CW only, QSL via TA2RC) and TC2T (SSB only,<br />
QSL via TA2MW). [TNX TA2RC]<br />
TK - Look for TK/DL2RMC and TK/DL1RTL to be active from Corsica (EU-014)<br />
from 30 July to 8 August. They plan to operate holiday style on all<br />
bands SSB, CW and digital modes. A side trip to the EU-164 IOTA<br />
group might be possible. QSL via home calls. [TNX NG3K]<br />
UA - RN1AW, RX1AW, RV1AQ and UA1AJM will be active as RI1GK (SSB and CW)<br />
from Gogland Island (EU-133) until 30 July. This operation<br />
commemorates the events back in 1900, when the crew of the<br />
battleship "General-Admiral Apraksin" was rescued in the Gulf of<br />
Finland as a result of distress call relayed by Alexander S. Popov's<br />
radio system between the islands of Kuutsalo (see OH2DZ above) and<br />
Gogland. QSL via RV1AQ. [TNX UA1ATI]<br />
UA - A large group of operators (namely RA3CW, RA4HNB, RA4HTX, RK1AM,<br />
RK3FA, RV1AC, RV2FW/1, RW3DO, RZ3FA and UA6BGB) are active as RK1B/P<br />
from Kotlin Island (EU-133) until 30 July. They will participate in<br />
the IOTA Contest as RI1CA. QSL via operator's instructions.<br />
UA - Artem/UA3MQM, Dmitriy/RA3MF, Dmitriy/RW3MR, Oleg/RA1AR, Dmitriy (ex<br />
UA3MLH), Alex/RA3MR and Svetlana/UA3MQL will operate as RK3MWL/1<br />
from Kotlin island (EU-133) on 27-30 July, IOTA Contest included.<br />
QSL via UA3MQM [TNX UA3MQM]<br />
UA - Igor/RW0LBM, Vlado/UA0LCZ, Alex/RU0LM and Andy/RW0LC will be active<br />
as UE0LAA from Chikhachev Island (RR-16-09, IOTA status to be<br />
determined) on 1-7 August. QSL via UA0LCZ, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />
UA0LCZ]<br />
UA - Mike/UA1QV, Albert/UA1PBU and Victor/RA1QKI will be active for five<br />
days from Chaichiy Island (EU-160) next month, with possible stops<br />
on Zelenyy and/or Dolgiy islands (EU-102), Sengeyskiy and/or<br />
Timanets Island (EU-188), and Kolguev Island (EU-085). The trip will<br />
take place between approximately 3 and 25 August. QSL via home<br />
calls. [TNX UA1QV]<br />
UR - UR5FAV, US0ZZ, UT5ZC, UT7UT, UX0FF, ER3DW, ER3<strong>DX</strong>, ER3OO and ER3ZZ<br />
will participate in the IOTA Contest as EM5F from Ankudinov Island
(EU-182). They will be there on 27-30 July. QSL EM5F via UX0FF,<br />
direct or bureau. QSL for contacts made outside the contest via home<br />
call. [TNX UX0FF]<br />
UR - Special event callsing EM15B will be aired on 1-31 August to<br />
celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Ternopil Amateur Radio Club.<br />
Club members will also operate as EM15B/A from various districts of<br />
Ternopil region for the Ukrainian Regional Districts Award<br />
(http://www.uarl.com.ua/urda/). QSL via UT1BC. [TNX UR5BCP]<br />
V3 - Jay, K0BCN is currently active as V31MX from Caye Caulker (NA-073),<br />
Belize until 31 July. He will operate CW and SSB on 20 metres, plus<br />
17 and 15 metres if those bands are open. QSL via home call. [TNX<br />
The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
VE - Fred/VE1FA and Helen/VA1YL are leading a group of operators who will<br />
be active as VE1FO/1 from Bon Portage (aka Outer Island, NA-126,<br />
CIsA NS-128) until 31 July. During the IOTA Contest they will be<br />
signing VC1W (QSL via VE1RGB, direct or bureau).<br />
YV - An IOTA operation is being organized to take place from Las Aves de<br />
Sotavento (SA-051) in August, to celebrate the Venezuelan Navy Day.<br />
The callsign will be YW5AS. QSL via DL3AMA. [TNX 4X4-2238]<br />
><br />
The following stations have announced their participation in this year's<br />
event (from 12 UTC on 28 July through 12 UTC on the 29th). For lastest<br />
additions please give a look to http://www.rsgbiota.org/, to the IOTW<br />
Calendar maintained by John, WD8MGQ (www.islandchaser.com/iotw/calendar2/)<br />
and to the announced operation lists maintained by Ric, DL2VFR<br />
(www.iota-post.de/iotatest/hauptteil_iotatest.html) and Bill, NG3K<br />
(www.ng3k.com/Misc/iotai2007.html).<br />
Other groups will be activated during the weekend, but advance information<br />
did not mention if the operators participate in the contest. Full details on<br />
the IOTA Contest can be found at http://www.contesting.co.uk/hfcc/iota.shtml<br />
SWLs please note that the IOTA SWL Contest, discontinued in 2005, has been<br />
picked up by the Mediterraneo <strong>DX</strong> Club (SWL Section), in cooperation with the<br />
RSGB HF Contests Committee, and it will be held in parallel with the IOTA<br />
Contest. Please visit http://www.mdxc.org/swl for full information (software<br />
included).<br />
Good luck to you all!<br />
Ref.No. Call/Ops QSL Ref.No. Call/Ops QSL<br />
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AS-015 9M4<strong>DX</strong>X 9M2TO EU-132 3Z100S SP6ZDA<br />
AS-053 HS8KAY HS8KAY EU-133 RI1AA UA1AIR<br />
AS-100 4X7AZ 4Z5LA EU-133 RI1CA<br />
AS-101 E21EIC/p EU-133 RK3MWL/1 UA3MQM<br />
AS-102 BO0K EU-136 9A/SQ5FWR SQ5FWR<br />
AS-117 JI3DST/JI3 JI3DST EU-136 9A7T/p 9A2EU<br />
AS-118 9K2YM/p EA5KB EU-140 OH2U/5 OH2IW<br />
AS-120 C4MG 5B4KH EU-144 IC8DI IK8WEJ<br />
AS-129 B7P EU-146 PA/OQ1C/p ON4ON<br />
AS-136 BA4TB/4 BA4TB EU-146 PA1BX/p PA1BX<br />
AS-155 BV9G BV8BC EU-146 PE1OPM/p PE1OPM<br />
AS-159 TC2T TA2MW EU-146 PI4HQ/p PA3CAL<br />
AS-159 YM0T TA2RC EU-149 ES2U bureau<br />
EU-001 SX5P SV5FRD EU-158 J48IO DK7AO<br />
EU-008 GM2T GM4UYZ EU-158 J48YL DK7AO<br />
EU-008 GM2Z MM0DFV EU-167 CQ7P CS1G<strong>DX</strong><br />
EU-008 GM4A MM0DFV EU-170 9A/HA2VR HA2VR
EU-008 MM0N<strong>DX</strong>/P MM0N<strong>DX</strong> EU-170 9A/HA6PS HA6PS<br />
EU-008 MM0OVL/p M0OVL EU-170 9A/HA7JJS HA7JJS<br />
EU-010 MM0LSB/P M0LSB EU-170 9A/HA7PL HA7PL<br />
EU-011 M8C G4DFI EU-170 9A6NL HA6NL<br />
EU-013 2J1IDT 2E1IDT EU-170 9A9Z/p 9A1ADE<br />
EU-013 GJ6YB G3SWH EU-171 OZ7BQ/p OZ7BQ<br />
EU-013 MJ0PCB M0PCB EU-174 J48NAR HA0NAR<br />
EU-014 TK/M0VPE M0VPE EU-179 UR5FCZ/p UR5FCZ<br />
EU-020 SA1A SM1TDE EU-179 UR5FEL/p UR5FEL<br />
EU-025 IT9BLB IT9BLB EU-179 UT9FJ/p UT9FJ<br />
EU-031 IC8R IC8OZM EU-179 UW0G UT7GX<br />
EU-032 F5RAB/p F5RAB EU-182 EM5F UX0FF<br />
EU-036 LA/OE9ICI OE9ICI EU-182 UX2IQ/p UX2IQ<br />
EU-037 SM7ZAU G0AZS EU-185 UA6AF/P UA6AF<br />
EU-038 PA0HFT PA0HFT EU-187 J49A direct<br />
EU-038 PC6IOTA PG7V NA-014 VE1OTA/VE9 VE1VOX<br />
EU-040 CT1E<strong>DX</strong>/p CT1E<strong>DX</strong> NA-027 VO1/ON6QR<br />
EU-041 IM0/IK2XYG IK2XYG NA-029 VY2Z VE3ZZ<br />
EU-042 DF7FC/p DF7FC NA-041 W7ASF/KL7 W7ASF<br />
EU-043 SK6M/P SM6DYK NA-046 K1VSJ/p K1VSJ<br />
EU-043 SM6EQO/p SM6EQO NA-067 N4A N4YDU<br />
EU-045 IB0/OM0C NA-067 WB8YJF/4 WB8YJF<br />
EU-047 DF1LON/p DF1LON NA-091 VA7AQ/p VA7AQ<br />
EU-049 SV1GYG/8 SV1GYG NA-092 KM5VI<br />
EU-049 SV1QN/8 SV1QN NA-092 N5EYT N5EYT<br />
EU-052 J48IM HA0IM NA-096 HI3C ON4IQ<br />
EU-057 DL5KUD DL5KUD NA-099 NP3CW<br />
EU-064 TM7C F4AJQ NA-099 WP4I W3HNK<br />
EU-088 OZ8MW/p OZ8MW NA-110 AA4V AA4V<br />
EU-089 CU8T CT1GFK NA-113 C6APR K3IXD<br />
EU-092 MM0Q MM0BQI NA-126 VC1W VE1RGB<br />
EU-093 EE5KB EA5KB NA-128 VE2FK VA2SG<br />
EU-099 GJ0KYZ/p GJ0KYZ NA-137 VA3RMF/W1<br />
EU-105 F/OT3T ON7EQ NA-138 N4AUG N4AUG<br />
EU-105 TM7BA F5NCU NA-140 NY3A/p<br />
EU-115 EI9JQ G0DEZ NA-140 W3RFA W3RFA<br />
EU-120 G7N G6FOP NA-141 W4H K4MM<br />
EU-120 GB2HI NA-144 W6I N2OWL<br />
EU-122 GI3YS MM0DHQ NA-148 NE1RD/1 NE1RD<br />
EU-123 GM0B MM0BHX NA-160 HQ3C HR2RCH<br />
EU-123 MM3M G3VCQ NA-198 VO1J VO1AU<br />
EU-124 GW8K GW0ANA NA-213 K4ZGB/p K4ZGB<br />
EU-127 DA0T/P DA0T NA-213 KV4T/p KV4T<br />
EU-127 DF6QC DF6QC OC-054 FW0YL OM2SA<br />
EU-127 DL5AUA/p DL5AUA OC-150 YB3MM/9 IZ8CCW<br />
EU-128 DL5XAT/p DL5XAT SA-027 PP5VX PP5VX<br />
EU-129 DL0KWH/p DL0KWH SA-089 YW1<strong>DX</strong> IT9DAA<br />
EU-129 DR6IOTA DM5<strong>DX</strong><br />
Many thanks to 4X1VF, 9M2TO, BA4TB, CT1END, CT1ILT, EC5EC, F5NQL, G0AZS,<br />
G3SWH, HA0HW, IK2XYG, IT9DAA, IW9HIK, IZ8EDJ, JI3DST, K3IXD, KM5VI, M0PCB,<br />
M0RNR, MM0BQI, MM0DFV, MM0N<strong>DX</strong>, NG3K, OH2IW, OM0C, ON6QR, OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin,<br />
OZ7BQ, OZ9V, PA0ABM, PG7V, SM1TDE, SP6NIC, SV9AHZ, TA2RC, The Daily <strong>DX</strong>,<br />
UA1AIR, UA3MQM, US3QQ, UT3IB, UT9FJ, UX0FF, VA3RJ, VA3RMF, VE3ZZ, W6WTG,<br />
www.qrz.com, www.rsgbiota.org and others.<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
BUREAU CARDS TO BELARUS ---> BFRR (Belarussian Federation of Radioamateurs<br />
and Radiosportsmen) Chairman Alexander Pantchenko, EU1PA would like to remind<br />
everyone that the BFRR QSL bureau service is for BFRR members only. The<br />
Belarus QSL bureau has limited financial resources, so that QSL cards sent to<br />
non members are not returned to sender. The BFRR members list can be found at<br />
http://www.bfrr.net/<br />
<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS ---> 9U0X (Burundi, February 2007) has been accepted for <strong>DX</strong>CC<br />
credit. Those who had cards rejected for this operation, can send an e-mail<br />
to dxcc@arrl.org and they will be placed on the list for update. [TNX NC1L]<br />
NA-231 ---> Ken, G3OCA and Cezar, VE3LYC had to cancel their attempt to go<br />
and operate from East Pen Island (NA-231, 20-22 July), due to various<br />
problems encountered on arrival at Ft. Severn in northern Ontario. Basically,<br />
the unusual number of polar bears on the island and the walrus colonies<br />
"extremely protective" towards their cubs made the crossing to and the<br />
staying on East Pen too dangerous.<br />
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Corrado, IT9DAA reports he is not the QSL manager for<br />
YV1CTE, YV1R<strong>DX</strong> and YY1JGT any longer. Cards should be sent direct only to the<br />
respective addresses (see www.qrz.com). Corrado still handles the cards<br />
(direct and bureau) for 4M5<strong>DX</strong>, 4M5R, YV1FM, YV5MSG, YV5SSB, YV5TX, YW0<strong>DX</strong><br />
(NA-020, 8-13 February 2007), YW1<strong>DX</strong> (SA-089, 26-29 July 2007), YW4C (SA-058,<br />
7-10 July 2005), YW5CQ, YX5IOTA (SA-044, 26 September-1 October 2006) and<br />
YY4RN.<br />
QSL BS7H ---> The first QSLs were mailed on 23 July. Steve, KU9C, has<br />
received over 10,000 envelopes, so it is expected it will take approximately<br />
two months before every card is answered. Please do not send for a second<br />
card until we announce all cards have been answered. Steve will also upload<br />
QSOs to LOTW as he processes the cards so, if you utilize LOTW, you can<br />
expect your QSOs to show up roughly the same time you receive your card. This<br />
will allow you to avoid mailing in your physical QSL card for verification.<br />
A small number of QSL cards were received with either no SASE, or a SASE with<br />
old style IRCs that are no longer valid. KU9C will attempt to contact you via<br />
email, but if he cannot contact you, these will be returned by the bureau.<br />
Steve will also upload bureau card QSOs to LOTW as they are processed. [TNX<br />
N1DG]<br />
QSL N8S ---> All of the requests received before 1 June have been processed<br />
and sent out. They are about 14,500 direct cards (the last batch of 2,500<br />
cards was mailed on 25 July) and 1,000 bureau QSLs. There are still some<br />
2,500 direct requests, received after 1 June, that will be processed within<br />
the next couple of weeks. Keep an eye on www.yt1ad.info/n8s/news.html [TNX<br />
YT3W]<br />
QSL VIA 9M2TO ---> Tex now has a Post Office Box, and his new mailing address<br />
is: Tex Izumo, P.O. Box 125, GPO 10710, Penang, Malaysia. Use this address<br />
when QSLling direct for 9M4S<strong>DX</strong>, 9M4<strong>DX</strong>X and 9M4SIX (otherwise use the 9M2 QSL<br />
bureau). Cards for QSOs made with 9M2TO himself go via JA0DMV, direct or<br />
through the JARL bureau. [TNX 9M2TO]<br />
QSL VIA SM5DQC ---> Georges, 9Q1EK is the only one currently active from the<br />
Democratic Republic of Congo. His log has been updated on www.logsearch.de<br />
(if you do not find a QSO you are sure of, please e-mail<br />
sm5dqc@areteadsl.se). Phillipe, 9Q1TB is on vacation until early August, and<br />
Osten (SM5DQC) says he is still waiting for his latest log to arrive. QSLs<br />
direct only to Osten B. Magnusson, Nyckelvagen 4, SE-59931 Odeshog, Sweden<br />
(and do not forget that 1 USD does not cover return postage from Sweden to<br />
anywhere).
+ SILENT KEY + Bert "Axel" Rohrbeck, DL7PR, passed away on 25 July at 65<br />
years of age after a short illness. Licenced in 1969, he earned his 5-Band<br />
<strong>DX</strong>CC as early as 1971 and he was one of the most active and famous <strong>DX</strong>ers in<br />
southern Germany. "His longpath signal on 40m CW", says Mike, DJ5AV, "was an<br />
indicator of propagation between Europe and Stateside nearly every day during<br />
European winters".<br />
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A4A, 3B7SP, 3C0M, 3D2RI (OC-189),<br />
3DA0EI, 3XD2Z, 3XM6JR, 4L3Y, 4O3M, 5H3EE, 5W0RE, 5Z4/9A3A, 6V7E, 6W/IZ2DPX,<br />
6W1SE, 6Y5/K3TEJ, 6Y5IC, 7X2LS, 7Z1UG, 8J1RL (AN-015), 8P6SH, 9K2MU,<br />
9M2/PG5M, 9M8PSB, 9Q1EK, 9U0X, A25KDJ, A61AJ, BP0A, BS7H, BU2AI, BV0L, C56NN,<br />
CU3EQ, CW6V, DU9/G4UNL, ED7SPI (EU-143), EP3HF, FM5AA, FM5BH, FO/N6JA,<br />
FS/AH8<strong>DX</strong>, FY5KE, HH2FYD, HP3/K1YJ, HS0ZGQ, II4SDP (EU-155), IR2IPY, J20MM,<br />
J20RR, J70J, J79RV, J8/W6JKV, JD1/JE2HCJ, K8HLM, KH6ND/KH5, KL7CQ, KL7HBK<br />
(NA-050), KL7J, KP4SQ, KP4WW, LT1F, N8S, NH6P, NP4A, NP4U, OA4SS, OD5NH, OH8T<br />
(EU-184), OJ0/OH3RM, OJ0VR, OK1KT, P29SX, P40W, P49V, PJ4/K4BAI, PJ4/PA3CNX,<br />
PS2ZT, PY0FF, PZ5RA, R750M, S21YY, S57RR, SU1SK, SV2ASP/A, SV9/SM2EKM, T88NN,<br />
TB0<strong>DX</strong>, TC0<strong>DX</strong> (EU-186), TF3YH, TG9ANF, TI5N, TO3T, TO6T, UA0BA, UA0ZC, UN7QX,<br />
V26HS, V44KJ, V63J (OC-132 & OC-180), V63RE (OC-277), V73NS, VE0MMA,<br />
VE2XB/VY0 (NA-007), VK0JLX, VP2EDH, VP2V/K3PIN, VP8/LZ1UQ, VP8KF, VQ9LA,<br />
VU7MY, VU7RG, WP2Z, WP3C, XE1AKM, XE2WWW, XF2K, XT2C, XU7MDY, XW1A, XW3DT,<br />
YA/LY1Y, YL2GP, YM0<strong>DX</strong>, YN4SU, Z35T, ZC4LI, ZD9BCB, ZK3RE, ZP0R, ZP6CW, ZV5A.<br />
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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #848<br />
4 August 2007<br />
A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />
Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
9A - Marco, IK1ACX reports he will operate from Pag Island (EU-170) on<br />
11-18 August.<br />
BY - A large group of operators will be active as homecall/2 (BY1TT/2,<br />
BD1PTA/2, BA3CE/2...) from JuHua Island (AS-151) on 10-12 August.<br />
QSL via BD1PTA. [TNX BA3CE]<br />
F - Special station TM2HRH will be active on 6-19 August to celebrate<br />
the 150th anniversary of the birth of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz. QSL via<br />
bureau to F6KTN. [TNX F1SIU]<br />
FP - Members of the Marconi Radio Club of Newfoundland will be active as<br />
FP/VO1NA from St. Pierre & Miquelon (NA-032) on 5-7 August. Expect<br />
activity on 20, 30 and 40 metres. QSL via VO1MRC. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
G - Charles, M0OXO (http://charlesm0oxo.piczo.com/) is again active as<br />
GB4IPY until 28 August. This is one of the IPY special callsigns<br />
celebrating the 4th International Polar Year. [TNX 9A7K]<br />
I - ARI Frascati will activate special call IY0ORP on 11-12 August to<br />
commemorate the microwave test carried out by Guglielmo Marconi in<br />
1932 between Capo Figari (Sardinia) and Rocca di Papa (Rome). QSL<br />
via I0DJV, direct or bureau. [TNX IK0ZCW]<br />
I - Fabio, IW1DFU will be active as IA5/IW1DFU from Elba Island (EU-028,<br />
IIA LI-001) on 12-31 August. He expects to operate mainly CW on 20<br />
and 30 metres, with some SSB activity on 20 and 40 metres, running<br />
100 watts into vertical and/or dipole antennas. QSL via home call,<br />
direct or bureau. [TNX IW1DFU]<br />
IS0 - Stefano, IK5XCT will be active as IM0/IK5XCT from Maddalena Island<br />
(EU-041, IIA OT-008) until 13 August. QSL via IK5XCT, direct or<br />
bureau (an e-mail request form for bureau cards will be available at<br />
http://www.qsl.net/ik5xct). [TNX IK5XCT]<br />
IS0 - Gerry, IZ1DSH and Giovanni, IK1WEG will operate (on 10-40 metres SSB<br />
and CW, plus 6 metres) as IS0/IZ1DSH and IS0/IK1WEG from Sardinia<br />
(EU-024) on 8-20 August. Side trips as IM0/homecall to the islands<br />
of Spargi (IIA OT-021, EU-041) and Caprera (IIA OT-012, EU-041) are<br />
being planned. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX IW1FGZ]<br />
JA - Look for JI3DST/JI4 and/or JS6RRR/JI4 to be aired from Kasado-shima<br />
(AS-117) on 4 August for a few hours (3-8 UTC). QSL via bureau. [TNX<br />
JI3DST]<br />
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KL - Lanny, W5BOS [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 840] arrived at Chignik Lagoon on 1 August at<br />
23 UTC, and the weather was very bad and windy. He has made it to<br />
Unavikshak Island (W5BOS/AL0, NA-238), hopefully for a 2-day<br />
operation. In his latest report (2 August) he said that "if the wind<br />
co-operates I will make my way out to Semidi (W5BOS/KL7, NA-235) by<br />
the week-end, if not I will load up and go home". QSL via N6AWD.<br />
[TNX WD8MGQ]<br />
OH - Jukka, OH3OJ will be active as OH3OJ/P from Kaurissalo Island<br />
(EU-096) from 8 August in the afternoon until 10 August in the late<br />
morning. [TNX OH3OJ]<br />
SP - SP5VYI, SP5X, SP5IUK and SP5GRU will operate special station 3Z90ZIM<br />
until 30 September to celebrate the 90th anniversary of scouting in<br />
Przasnysz. QSL via SP5ZIM or SP5X. [TNX RA3AUM]<br />
T3 - Toshi, JA8BMK will be active as T31XX from Kanton Island, Central<br />
Kiribati (OC-043) for about a couple of weeks in late October. He<br />
plans to operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 160-6 metres. He expects to<br />
leave Japan for T30 (via Fiji) in September, and to reach T31 one<br />
week after leaving T30 in mid-October. He might also visit Banaba<br />
Island and operate as T33ZZ, before or after the T31 activity. Toshi<br />
is looking for other operators who may join him and share the<br />
expenses (his e-mail address can be found at www.qrz.com under<br />
JA8BMK). [TNX NG3K]<br />
UA - Special callsign UE4CGT will be aired on 6-7 August from the place<br />
(RDA SA-35) where Russian cosmonaut Gherman S. Titov (1935-2000)<br />
landed 46 years ago. On 6 August 1961, he was the second man to<br />
orbit Earth; the Vostok 2 mission lasted for 25.3h and accomplished<br />
17 earth orbits. QSL via UA4CDV. [TNX RW6HKF]<br />
UA - Vasily/RU3SD and Alexey/UA3SGQ will be active as UE3SFF/1 from<br />
various natural reserves on 6-8 August. QSL via RU3SD, direct or<br />
bureau. [TNX UA3F<strong>DX</strong>]<br />
UA - Nick/UE1SNA (RA1QQ), Alexey/RA1QY and Dmitriy/RN3GM plan to operate<br />
as homecall/1 from several Russian islands in the EU-162 IOTA group<br />
on 9-14 August. QSL via home calls. When operating from a<br />
lighthouse, they will be using UE1RLH/1 (QSL via RA1QY). [TNX RA1QY]<br />
UR - Look for UR7GO/p and UR7GW/p to be active from the Sybjrski Islands<br />
(BS-15 for the Ukrainian Islands Award) on 4-5 August. [TNX UW0ZZ]<br />
W - Members of the Old Barney ARC (http://www.obarc.org) will be<br />
operating as N2OB from "Old Barney", the Barnegat Lighthouse<br />
(USA-039) on Long Beach Island (NA-111, USI NJ-001S) on 4 August<br />
from about 13 UTC through 21 UTC. Expect activity on 20 and 40<br />
metres SSB. QSL via N2OB. [TNX N2OO]<br />
W - Cory, N1URA - along with KB1IRZ, W1IF, W1SK and W1ZW - will be<br />
active from Seguin Island (NA-137) and lighthouse on 11-12 August.<br />
Theirs will be a QRP operation with CW stations using 5 watts and<br />
SSB stations using 10 watts. QSL direct to N1URA. [TNX<br />
www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
XX9 - Hide, JM1LJS plans to be active again as XX9TJS from Macau,<br />
hopefully from about 9 UTC on 10 August until about 11 UTC on the<br />
13th. Expect him to operate SSB and CW on 80-10 metres. QSL direct<br />
to JM1LJS. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS ---> J5UAR (Guinea-Bissau, 2007 operation) has been accepted for<br />
<strong>DX</strong>CC credit. Those who had cards rejected for this operation, can send an<br />
e-mail to dxcc@arrl.org and they will be placed on the list for update. [TNX<br />
NC1L]
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Please note that Pepe, EA5KB is the QSL manager for<br />
CX2AM, but *not* for Gus' recent IOTA activity as HP2/CX2AM (NA-170). The<br />
correct QSL route for that operation, as well as for HP2/CX3AN and HP2/CX4CR,<br />
is via CX2AM himself, direct (Gustavo Asdrubal Frontini Acosta, Camino Ariel<br />
4637 A Sayago, Montevideo, Uruguay) or bureau.<br />
QSL VK9DNX ---> Mario, DJ2MX reports that the last batch of direct QSL cards<br />
has been mailed out. He is now going to process the requests received via<br />
OQRS (the Online QSL Request System, http://www.df3cb.com/vk9dnx/), followed<br />
by bureau cards. Those who still need a direct cards please note that 3 USD<br />
or 1 IRC are sufficient for return postage to destinations outside Europe.<br />
QSL YU6AO ---> Acim, YT3W reports that all of the direct cards for YU6AO<br />
received between 29 January and 25 July were processed and mailed on 27 July<br />
(about 500 envelopes).<br />
QSL VIA IK2DUW ---> Antonello reports he received the latest log for Pino,<br />
ZP4KFX on 1 August. It includes QSOs made from January 2006 onwards.<br />
ST2A QRT ---> Jovica's (T98A, ex-T94FC) assignment in Sudan has come to an<br />
end. During the past two years he operated as ST0RM and ST2A, and made 40,660<br />
QSOs (35,012 CW, 3386 SSB, 2249 RTTY and 13 PSK31), including 843 QSOs on<br />
160m, 3916 on 80m and 585 on 6m. A few pictures illustrating living and<br />
working conditions in Sudanese desert enviroment are available at<br />
http://www.t93y.com/st2a<br />
His new assignement with UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for<br />
Refugees) is in Dakar, Senegal and will start on 1 September. Jovica's work<br />
area covers the whole West Africa and he hopes to activate most of countries<br />
in the region. Information about amateur radio activities will follow in due<br />
course. [TNX T93Y]<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
LOGS: The Team Botswana log search is now up and running at<br />
http://www.tdxs.net/A2.html. It includes the logs for A25CF,<br />
A25DW, A25HQ (IRAU Contest), A25KDJ, A25OOK and A25SL. EME logs<br />
for A25HL may be added later, as Hal kept only paper logs.<br />
TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now<br />
available at http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html.<br />
Please send your scores, as well as any request for further<br />
information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@ari.it)<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />
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2E0PLA N2RJ (a) GW0VNK DJ8NK RK3MWL/1 UA3MQM<br />
2E0PLA ON4IQ (b) GW6GW GW0LKJ SA1A SM1TDE<br />
3Z100S SP6ZDA GW8K GW0ANA SB300L W3HNK<br />
3Z50KCR SP5KCR GZ0F M0CMK SE2T SM2YIZ
4K9W DL6KVA HB4FV HB9TJM SK6M/P SM6DYK<br />
4L4WW EA7FTR HC8/LX1NO LX1NO SN0IPY SP5UHW<br />
4L8A DJ1CW HC8/LX2LX LX1NO SN100S SP9ZHR<br />
4N160SRS YU1SRS HF15SZL SP5PSL SN10P SP9KJU<br />
4X7AZ 4Z5LA HF1HF SP1DTG SN10POW SP6ZJP<br />
5B4AHI RX3RC HG46FC HA5BSW SN1A SP1EG<br />
5B4NC/P 5B4KH HK1X EA7FTR SO1EKO DL1EKO<br />
5Z4ES K3PD HK4OBA EA5KB SV0JD/8 DL6NBA<br />
6W1SE JR2KDN HQ3C HR2RCH SV0XAF/8 HB9EBC<br />
9A/W1A<strong>DX</strong> IN3DEI HR9/WQ7R N6FF SV1GYG/8 SV1GYG<br />
9A6NL HA6NL HR9BFS N6FF SV1QN/8 SV1QN<br />
9A7T/p 9A2EU HS0ZGQ DL1MJF SX5P SV5FRD<br />
9A9Z/p 9A1ADE HZ1IK DK7YY T88<strong>DX</strong> JI3DLI<br />
9G5ZS ZS6EGB HZ1SK IZ8CLM T94CT K2PF<br />
9K2YM/P EA5KB HZ1ZH EA7FTR T96Q T93Y<br />
9M4<strong>DX</strong>X 9M2TO IB0/OM0C OM2FY TC2T TA2MW<br />
9M6XRO M5AAV IB0/OM2FY OM2FY TM0FIL F6KPQ<br />
9Q1EK SM5DQC IB0/OM2TW OM2FY TM7BA F5NCU<br />
A43MI A47RS IB0/OM5AW OM2FY TM7C F4AJQ<br />
A52AM JA0JHA IB0/S55M OM2FY TO1YR FM1HN<br />
A92GT EA7FTR IC8R IC8OZM UA1QV/1 UA1QV<br />
AP2TN DJ9ZB II1TS IZ1GJK UA6AF/P UA6AF<br />
BA1RB EA7FTR IY0SMA IZ0FVD UE0LAA UA0LCZ<br />
BA4TB/4 BA4TB J42POL SV2JAO UE1CBB UA1AIR<br />
BO0K BV2KI J48IM HA0IM UE1OTA/1 RZ1OA<br />
C4MG 5B4KH J48IO DK7AO UE60SWA RK0SWA<br />
C6APR K3IXD J48M DK7AO UN7MMM EA7FTR<br />
C6AQO K3IXD J48NAR HA0NAR UR5FCZ/p UR5FCZ<br />
C6AXD K3IXD J48YL DK7AO UR5FEL/p UR5FEL<br />
CN8ZG EA7FTR JD1BMM JA6GXK UT9FJ/p UT9FJ<br />
CO7PH/P W3HNK JX3EX LA3EX UW0G UT7GX<br />
CQ7P CS1G<strong>DX</strong> LU1ECZ EA5KB UX2IQ/p UX2IQ<br />
CQ9T CT3KN LY2007LRMD LY2FN V31MX K0BCN<br />
CT8CNE CT1DJE LZ170VL LZ1KZA V60DU JI6DUE<br />
CU3F CT1FMX LZ85L LZ2AP V60IL JF3PLF<br />
CU8T CT1GFK M8C G4DFI V60KL JN3JBC<br />
DR6IOTA DM5<strong>DX</strong> MJ0AWR K2WR V60TI JA3UWB<br />
E21EIC/p JR5XPG (c) MJ0PCB M0PCB V60TX JH3TXR<br />
E21EIC/p E21EIC (b) MM0OVL/p M0OVL V60YAQ JI6DUE<br />
ED1AE EA1AE MM0Q MM0BQI V63JJ JA3ART<br />
ED1CA EA1CA MM3M G3VCQ VC1W VE1RGB<br />
EE5KB EA5KB MS0EPC MM0DFV VE1OTA/VE9 VE1VOX<br />
EI75IRTS EI6HB N0T K0BLT VE2CJCT VE2FGL<br />
EI9JQ G0DEZ N4A N4YDU VE2FK VA2SG<br />
EJ/G0RTN GI0RTN OH0X OH2TA VK1GG VK1TX<br />
EM15B UT1BC OH0Z W0MM VO1GAM VO1MX<br />
EM5F UX0FF OH2DZ/P UA1ANA VO1J VO1AU<br />
EN80AL UT8AL OH2U/5 OH2IW VP6TD ZL2HGR<br />
EU940OR UA3F<strong>DX</strong> ON1000B ON5LL VR100S VR2HKS<br />
F/OT3T ON7EQ OZ8MW/P OZ8MW VR10AJ VR2AJ<br />
FW0MO OM2SA PA/OO6C ON6CC VR10NN WA4WTG<br />
FW0YL OM2SA PA/OQ1C/p ON4ON VR10PX VR2PX<br />
G7N G6FOP PA/OR2T ON4ATW VR10UW VR2UW<br />
GB100BI bureau PA100WSJ PI9SRS VR10XMT VR2XMT<br />
GB100J bureau PB2M/P ON8UK VY2Z VE3ZZ<br />
GB1DS M0KZC PC6IOTA PG7V W4H K4MM<br />
GB1HI M3ZYZ PI4HQ/p PA3CAL W5BOS/AL0 N6AWD<br />
GB4IPY M3ZYZ PJ7/CT1BWW CT1BWW W6I N2OWL<br />
GB5BBS M5GAC PJ7/EA3GHZ EA3GHZ W7ASF/KL7 W7ASF<br />
GB5FI GW0ANA PJ7/EA5YH EA5YH WH2D K3UOC<br />
GB5SI MM0BQI R2MWO DL1FCM WP4I W3HNK<br />
GB6RH G0GDU R6SE RW3WWW XW1A E21EIC
GI3YS MM0DHQ RI1AA UA1AIR YB3MM/9 IZ8CCW<br />
GJ6YB G3SWH RI1CA RK3FA YM0T TA2RC<br />
GM0B MM0BHX RI1GK RV1AQ YU60BCD YU7BCD<br />
GM2T GM4UYZ RI1NU RN1NU YW1<strong>DX</strong> IT9DAA<br />
GM2Z MM0DFV RK1B/P RK3FA ZF2DK K2DBK<br />
(a) North America (b) others (c) Japan<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
4Z5LA Ruslan Bunyat-Zade, Hairis Str 58, Nofim 44841, Israel<br />
5B4KH George Mappoursa, P.O. Box 27638, Engomi, Nicosia 2432, Cyprus<br />
9J2QQV Ryuji Shishito, c/o JICA-ZL Project, P.O. Box 910062, Mongu, Zambia<br />
9M2TO Tex Izumo, P.O. Box 125, GPO 10710, Penang, Malaysia<br />
CT1GFK Antonio Jose Rebelo Guerreiro, Apartado 1111 - Zona Industrial,<br />
P-8700 240 Olhao, Portugal<br />
DL1MJF Joerg Fennen, Ettenhoferstr. 39, 82256 Fuerstenfeldbruck, Germany<br />
HS8KAY Bancha Chansirikamon, 97/419, Moo.4, Vichit, Muang, Phuket Island<br />
83000, Thailand<br />
IT9DAA Corrado Ruscica, P.O. Box 1, 96018 Pachino 1 - SR, Italy<br />
J49A Radio Amateur Society of Crete, P.O. Box 1390, Iraklion 71110, Crete,<br />
Greece<br />
K3IXD Ed Steeble, 202 Huntington Rd., Summerville, SC 29483, USA<br />
M3ZYZ Charles Wilmott, 60 Church Hill, Royston, Barnsley, South Yorkshire<br />
S71 4NG, England, UK<br />
N6AWD Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr., Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA<br />
OZ8MW EDR Silkeborg, Tietgensvej 7, 8600 Silkeborg, Denmark<br />
PG7V JanJaap Vosselman, Zandhuisweg 76, 8077 TB Hulshorst, The Netherlands<br />
RZ1OA Vlad Sadakov, P.O. Box 48, Arkhangelsk, 163045, Russia<br />
SM5DQC Osten B. Magnusson, Nyckelvagen 4, SE-59931 Odeshog, Sweden<br />
SV0XAI Hans Saetrevik, P.O. Box 531, 74100 Rethymno, Crete, Greece<br />
UA0LCZ Vladimir Miroshnichenko, P.O. Box 41-21, Vladivostok-41, 690041,<br />
Russia<br />
UT7GX Yaroslav Oleynik, P.O. Box 84, 74900 Nova Kakhovka, Ukraine<br />
UX0FF Nikolay Lavreka, P.O. Box 320, Izmail, 68609, Ukraine<br />
VA2SG Jean-Pierre Couture, 3372 des Orchidees, Saguenay Jonquiere, QC G7S<br />
6B9, Canada<br />
VE1RGB Gary Bartlett, 24 Lawrence Place, Wellington, NS B2T 1A3, Canada<br />
VE3ZZ Gregg A. Calkin, P.O. Box 1345, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5R4, Canada<br />
VO1AU David A. Goodwin, P.O. Box 2322, Station C, St John's, NL A1C 6E7,<br />
Canada<br />
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11 August 2007<br />
A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3C - Fred/KH7Y, Vicente/EA5YN, Luis/EA5BRE and Elmo/EA5BYP will be active<br />
as 3C7Y from Bioko Island (AF-010), Equatorial Guinea on 5-14<br />
October. They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY with two stations on all<br />
bands. QSL via EA5BYP. [TNX EA5YN]<br />
6O - Filip, ON4TA visited Somalia for the first time in April and has<br />
been back to Galkayo since 3 August. His callsign is 6O0F and he<br />
operates as time permits, as this is not a <strong>DX</strong>pedition. Filip expects<br />
to remain there until 15 August. QSL via home call, bureau<br />
preferred.<br />
7O - Chris, G4HCL plans to be active as 7O/G4HCL from Sana, Yemen from 13<br />
August until early on the 15th. He has "written permission and<br />
official authority to operate on all HF amateur bands under<br />
supervised conditions, but warns that it may or may not be possible<br />
to obtain the specific documentation that satisfies <strong>DX</strong>CC<br />
requirements". This is a business trip, and Chris will operate<br />
(probably on 20 metres SSB only, look between 14170 and 14260 kHz)<br />
when time permits, and likely for for short periods at a time. QSL<br />
via home call, direct only. [TNX 9M6<strong>DX</strong>X]<br />
8P - Richard, G3RWL will be active as 8P6DR from Barbados (NA-021) from<br />
27 September to 14 October. He plans to operate CW and digital modes<br />
on 80-10 metres; he also hopes to take part in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> RTTY<br />
Contest (29-30 September). QSL via G3RWL, direct or bureau (e-mail<br />
requests for bureau cards cand be sent to g3rwl@amsat.org). It is<br />
worth noting that Richard's policy is: "duplicate QSO means no QSL".<br />
[TNX G3RWL]<br />
9A - Marco, IZ3GNG reports will be active as 9A/IZ3GNG from Primosten,<br />
Croatia on 16-19 August and from Brac Island (EU-016) on 20-23<br />
August. He plans to operate SSB on 40-6 metres.<br />
A7 - Bill, NM7H (aka G0MKT and YI9WF) will be back in Qatar from around 1<br />
November until around 5 January. He will be active again as<br />
A7/G0MKT, and will operate primarily CW with some PSK and some SSB<br />
on 40-10 metres. If 6m open up and he is available, he will give<br />
that a try too. QSL via NM7H, direct or bureau. [TNX NM7H]<br />
C6 - Pete/W2GJ (C6APR), Ed/K3IXD (C6AXD) and Randy/K4QO (C6AQO) will be<br />
active from Crooked Island (NA-113), Bahamas on 25-29 October. They<br />
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will operate CW, SSB, and RTTY on 80-6 metres and will participate<br />
in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest as C6APR. All QSLs via K3IXD. [TNX<br />
K3IXD]<br />
CE - XQ1IDM and CE6TBN will participate in the International<br />
Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (18-19 August) as XR1H from Huasco<br />
Lighthouse (ARLS CHI-081). They plan to operate CW and SSB on 40-15<br />
metres. QSL via HA1AG, direct or bureau. [TNX CE6TBN]<br />
CE - The Radio Club Colonia will operate as CV7FARO from Colonia del<br />
Sacramento lighthouse (URU-007) on 18-19 August. Then operator will<br />
be running three stations on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres, plus<br />
UHF/VHF. QSL via CX1FA. [TNX CX3ZAN]<br />
CT - Carlos, CT1CSY and Jose Luis, CT2GZB will participate in the ILLW as<br />
CQ7C from the lighthouse at Cabo Carvoeiro (ARLHS POR-006). QSL via<br />
CT2GZB, direct or bureau. [TNX CT1END]<br />
CT - The Associacao de Radioamadores do Distrito de Leiria will<br />
participate in the ILLW as CQ5N from Nazare Lighthouse (DFP FBL-04).<br />
QSL via CT6ARL (direct only). [TNX CT1END]<br />
CT - The Associacao de Radioamadores da Vila de Moscavide will<br />
participate in the ILLW signing CT1RVM/p from the lighthouse at Cabo<br />
Raso (ARLHS POR-011, DFP FES-04). Expect activity on 40, 20, 15 and<br />
10 metres SSB. All of the QSOs will be confirmed via the bureau.<br />
[TNX A.R.V.M.]<br />
CX - The Radio Club Uruguayo will be active as CV1AA from Puerto del<br />
Buceo-West Breakwater (ARLHS URU-014) from about 22 UTC on 17 August<br />
until about 1 UTC on the 20th. They plan to have at least two<br />
stations active on 10-160 metres CW and SSB. QSL direct to Radio<br />
Club Uruguayo, P.O. Box 37, 11000, Montevideo, Uruguay. [TNX CX3AL]<br />
DL - A group of about ten operators will be active with three stations<br />
(HF CW, HF SSB, VHF SSB) as DF0WFB/lh from Oland/Hallig Island<br />
(EU-042) and lighthouse (ARLHS FED-174) on 17-20 August for the<br />
ILLW. QSL via DF0WFB (bureau) or direct to DO2OS. [TNX<br />
www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
EA - A large group of operators (including EA2RC, EA3AGB, EA3CHZ, EA3ESZ,<br />
EA3FKX, EA3GHZ, EA3NM, EA5EOR, EB3GGU and EC7AKV) will be active as<br />
EG3MED from Meda Gran (EU-078, DIE E-001) on 25-26 August. They will<br />
operate CW and SSB from 2 or 3 stations equipped with yagi, dipole<br />
and vertical antennas. QSL via EA3GM, direct or bureau. This IOTA<br />
group is likely to become a rare one, as the Medas Islands are a<br />
"protected area" that will be closed to visitors next year. [TNX<br />
EA3GHZ and Mediterraneo <strong>DX</strong> Club]<br />
EA8 - Hans, ON6ZK will be active as EA8/ON6ZK from Tenerife, Canary<br />
Islands (AF-004) on 15-22 August. He expects to operate mainly on 20<br />
and 17 metres SSB with 25 watts. QSL via homecall, bureau preferred.<br />
[TNX NG3K]<br />
EL - Arie Kleingeld (PA3A), Ad van Ginneken (PA8AD), Arie Noordzij<br />
(PA3AN) and Henk van Oosterhout (PA3AWW) will be active as 5L2MS<br />
from Liberia on 3-24 October. Their goals are to activate this <strong>DX</strong>CC<br />
Entity on 160-10 metres CW and SSB, to raise funds for a charity<br />
project in Liberia in cooperation with Mercy Ships, and to support<br />
the Liberia Radio Amateur Association (LRAA) with equipment. QSL via<br />
PA3AWW, direct or bureau (direct QSL cards can be requested via<br />
Internet). Further information can be found at www.liberia2007.com<br />
[TNX PA3AWW]<br />
F - F4ELJ, F5VCR, F0ELI and F0ELK will be active from Ouessant Island<br />
(EU-065) on 18-19 August. They will operate on 40 and 20 metres SSB<br />
as TM4CR from Creac'h Lighthouse (PB-097, FRA-029) and as TM4ST from<br />
Stiff Lighthouse (PB-099, FRA-036). QSLs via F4ELJ. [TNX F4ELJ]<br />
F - The Radio Club de Granville will be active as F5KAQ/p from<br />
Tombelaine Island (EU-156, DIFM MA-021) from about 18 UTC on 24<br />
August until about 12 UTC on the 26th, depending on weather and<br />
tides. Operations are expected on all bands CW, SSB and digital<br />
modes. QSL via F5RJM, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
FG - TO1USB is the new callsign for F1JXQ's current activity from<br />
Guadeloupe [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 847]. David will remain there until 18 August.<br />
QSL via home call.<br />
GJ - A group of operators from the Cambridge University Wireless Society<br />
will be active as GH6UW/p from Les Minquiers Islands (EU-099) for 48<br />
hours between 3 and 7 September. QSL via M0BLF, direct or bureau.<br />
While on "ordinary" Jersey (EU-013) they will operate as GJ7VJR/p<br />
(QSL via G7VJR), MJ0BLF/p (QSL via M0BLF), MJ0TDG/p (QSL via M0TDG)<br />
and GJ3ZAY/p (QSL via G3ZAY). [TNX G7VJR]<br />
GM - G3ZAY and M0TDG will be in the Outer Hebrides (EU-010) on 13-17<br />
August and will attempt to visit St Kilda (EU-059) and/or the<br />
Flannan Islands (EU-118) for a few hours as GM3ZAY/p and MM0TDG/p.<br />
The visits will be subject to weather and availability of transport<br />
and activity will only be for a few hours from each location. [TNX<br />
G3ZAY]<br />
HA - Special event station HG5MISSION through 30 September for the the<br />
5th International Congress for the New Evangelisation, that will<br />
take place in Budapest on 15-22 September. QSL via bureau. [TNX<br />
HA5GG]<br />
HB0 - Giovanni, IZ2DPX and Flavio, IW2NEF will be active as HB0/IZ2DPX and<br />
HB0/IW2NEF from Malbun, Liechtenstein on 1-3 September. They will be<br />
QRV on HF as well as 2 metres and possibily 70 MHz. QSL direct or<br />
via the bureau. [TNX IZ2DPX]<br />
HC - Marcos, EA1APV will be active as HC1/EA1APV from Cotacachi, Ecuador<br />
from 21 September to 20 October. He will operate on a spare time<br />
basis, as he will be working on a project of international<br />
cooperation. QSL via home call. [TNX EA1APV]<br />
HL - Chae, HL5YI will be active from Sorok Island (AS-060) for a few days<br />
starting on 19 August. He plans to operate on 40, 20, 17, 15 and 10<br />
meters CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />
HL5YI]<br />
I - I3EJ, I3LDP, IK3JBP, IK3MZS and IW3ILP will be active as II4GOR from<br />
Goro Lighthouse (ITA-073, WAIL ER-007) during the ILLW. They plan to<br />
operate SSB and CW on all bands. QSL via IK3MZS, direct or bureau.<br />
[TNX I3EJ]<br />
I - Mauro, IK3SCB reports he plans to be active as IK3SCB/ID9 from<br />
Lipari Island (EU-017, IIA ME-001) on 18-24 August. QSL via bureau.<br />
IS0 - Look for IZ1DSH and IK1WEG [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 848] to be active as IM0/IZ1DSH<br />
and IM0/IK1WEG from Tavolara Island (EU-165, IIA OT-071) on 12<br />
August. They plan to operate SSB and CW on 10-40 metres, possibily<br />
on 6 metres as well. [TNX IZ1<strong>DX</strong>S]<br />
KL - Rick, K6VVA plans to be active from Ketchikan, Revillagigedo Island<br />
(NA-041) on 7-9 September. It will be a "vacation style" operation<br />
primarly CW on 40, 30, 20 and 17 metres and for the CW Sprint<br />
Contest. QSL via N6AWD. Further information will be available at<br />
http://www.k6vva.com/iota/na041 [TNX K6VVA]<br />
LU - The Radio Club Ushuaia will participate in the ILLW from Baliza<br />
Escarpados (ARG-081). Look for AY7X on 10, 15,20, 40 and 80 metres<br />
CW, SSB and PSK. QSL via WD9EWK. [TNX EA4AAA]<br />
OJ0 - The Nordic team of OH0RJ, OH2BH, OH2PM, SM0W and SM6U will try<br />
landing on Market Reef (EU-053) around 16 UTC on 11 August. They may<br />
appear on the air on that night as OJ0B (QSL via OH2BH) and will<br />
operate CW and SSB until 16 August, when (weather permitting)<br />
OH2HAN, OH2MZB and OH2LU will be swapping the operating duties and<br />
will air OJ0MI (QSL via OH2HAN). They will focus on RTTY, but also<br />
the weekend's lighthouse activity. Expect CW at .025 kHz, and SSB on<br />
3790, 7040, 14190, 18140, 21290 kHz. Over the lighthouse weekend<br />
1<strong>425</strong>0-14260 kHz will be used. The Finnish Lighthouse Society has<br />
been active repairing the lighthouse for this summer and you may<br />
wish to follow their activities which include daily reporting and<br />
interesting general details (http://www.lighthousesociety.fi/eng/).<br />
If you are a stamp collector or wish to receive your QSL card with
unique Market Reef stamps, you may send SASE with 7,00 euros (10<br />
USD) as your donation to the Finnish Lighthouse Society through<br />
respective QSL managers. [TNX OH2BN]<br />
OX - Roland, HB9FMD will be active as OX/HB9FMD from Ilulissat, Greenland<br />
on 17-27 August. He plans to operate mainly CW on the WARC bands.<br />
QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]<br />
OX - Johan, PA3EXX [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 821] confirms he will be active from Rathbone<br />
Island (NA-243, new one) next week. He will operate as OX/PA3EXX/p<br />
between 19 and 23 August. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.<br />
P4 - Bob, W3BTX (P49T) and Roy, W3TEF will operate on 160-6 metres as<br />
P41USA from Aruba between 1 and 15 September. The special callsign<br />
marks the anniversary of the tragic events occured on 11 September<br />
2001. QSL via W3TEF, direct or bureau. [TNX W3BTX]<br />
PJ2 - Nigel, G3TXF reports he plans to operate as PJ2G in the Worked All<br />
Europe (WAE) CW Contest (11-12 August) from the Caribbean Contesting<br />
Consortium station on Curacao (SA-006), Netherlands Antilles. QSL<br />
via G3TXF.<br />
SP - Look for SN2NP to be aired from a lighthouse at Gdansk Nowy Portn on<br />
17-19 August. QSL via SP2BIK, direct or bureau. [TNX SP2BIK]<br />
SV - Gianni, IZ7FLP will operate SSB as SV8/IZ7FLP from Zakynthos<br />
(EU-052) on 18-25 August. QSL via home call. [TNX IZ3EBA]<br />
SV9 - Ghis, ON5NT reports he will be active holiday style as SV9/ON5NT<br />
from Crete on 16-23 August. QSL via home call.<br />
TA - TA1FR and TA1HZ will operate as TC1LHW from Karaburun Lighthouse<br />
(TUR-036) during the ILLW. QSL via TA1FR. [TNX TA1HZ]<br />
TA - Bekir, TA2RX will participate in the ILLW signing TC4LHW from the<br />
Gelidonia Lighthouse in Antalya, Turkey. This will be a QRP<br />
operation, as he will have to carry the equipment and walk a couple<br />
of miles to get to the lighthouse. [TNX TA2RX]<br />
UA - Victor, RN1NU (RI1NU) and Roman, RN1NGJ will be active as homecall/1<br />
from a few islands (not IOTA) located in Lake Onega between 10 and<br />
13 August. Vasily, RU3SD and Serge, RA3RGQ expect to join them on<br />
the 13th. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX RN1NGJ]<br />
UA - Vlad/RV1CC, Yuri/RA0FU, Serge/UA1ANA, Oleg/UR3IFD, Victor/RV2FW,<br />
Valery/UA0ZC, Serge/UA0ZAZ, Alex/UA0ZCC and Elena/RV3ACA planned to<br />
be active as RK1B/0 from Bering Island (AS-039) on 9-14 August. Now<br />
it seems that the island operation has been cancelled because of<br />
transportation problems. QSL via RV1CC. They have a webpage at<br />
http://www.rv3aca.ru/as039/<br />
VP5 - W1AI reports he will be active as VP5/W1AI from Providenciales<br />
(NA-002), Turks & Caicos Islands on 1-8 September. He plans to<br />
operate CW and SSB on 160-6 metres. QSL via home call.<br />
VP8_fal- Don, VP8ON and others plan to operate again as VP8LGT from Cape<br />
Pembroke Lighthouse (FAL 001) near Stanley, Falkland Islands<br />
(SA-002) for the ILLW. QSL via VP8ON. [TNX VP8ON]<br />
W - Dave, W4SAR and Joe, K4SAR will be active as W4SAR/p from<br />
Chincoteague Island (NA-083) on 12-24 August. Sporadic operations<br />
are expected on 6m SSB, 20m SSB and 20m PSK31. QSL direct to W4SAR.<br />
[TNX VA3RJ]<br />
W - Members of the Old Barney ARC (http://www.obarc.org) will be<br />
operating as W2T from the Tucker'Island Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-911,<br />
http://www.tuckertonseaport.org) on 18 August from about 13 UTC<br />
through 21 UTC. QSL via N2OO. [TNX N2OO]<br />
W - The Englewood Amateur Radio Society plans to operate as K8ONV from<br />
the Boca Grande Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-910) on Gasparilla Island<br />
(NA-069) on 18-19 August for the ILLW. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />
W - The Greater Norwalk Amateur Radio Club will be active as N1EV from<br />
Sheffield Island (NA-136) and lighthouse (ARLHS USA-753) on 18-19<br />
August for the ILLW. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />
W - Once more Bob, W2IK will operate special event station W2IK/WTC911<br />
on 11 September in memory of those who lost their lives during the<br />
World Trade Center disaster. Expect activity on the upper portions
of 15, 20 and 40 metres SSB between 13 and 3 UTC. W2IK was the first<br />
callsign to be aired from Ground Zero (read the story at<br />
http://hometown.aol.com/realhamradio/). Special QSL certificate via<br />
home call. [TNX W2IK]<br />
Z3 - Special callsign Z360M will be used through the end of the year to<br />
celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Radio Club Nikola Tesla (Z37M,<br />
formerly Z30M) in Stip, Macedonia. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />
ZL7 - Jacek/SP5EAQ, Wojciech/SP9PT, Marek/SP9BQJ and Jozef/SP9-31029 plan<br />
to operate SSB, CW and RTTY as ZL7/SP5EAQ, ZL7/SP9PT and ZL7/SP9BQJ<br />
from the Chatham Islands (OC-038) on 5-18 October. QSL via home<br />
calls. [TNX SP5EAQ]<br />
MONTENEGRO & SERBIA ---> K6MYC, N6TQS, I2MQP, JA1BK and UT5UT will travel to<br />
Montenegro and Serbia next month. On 17-21 September they will operate as<br />
4O1AO and 4O1M from the QTH of Gojko (YU6AO); on 21-23 September they will be<br />
at the World HST Championship (Belgrade), then they will go and operate as<br />
YT5A from the station of Hrane, YT1AD until the 26th. Expect activity on all<br />
the HF bands plus 2 and 6 metres on CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31, SSTV and EME. [TNX<br />
I2MQP]<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (July 2007) is now available at<br />
http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/monthly/index.html. Articles and pictures should be<br />
sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).<br />
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA ---> The ITU has granted a request from the Ministry of<br />
Communications and Transport of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to replace<br />
T9A-T9Z with E7A-E7Z. According to IARU Secretary David Sumner, K1ZZ, "While<br />
it probably will take some time for the BiH administration to implement this<br />
change, it should put to an end the use of call signs outside the<br />
ITU-allocated call sign block by stations in parts of BiH." The new prefix<br />
will be implemented "probably later this year," Sumner said. [TNX<br />
www.arrl.org]<br />
ILLW ---> This year the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend, organized<br />
and managed by the Ayr Amateur Radio Group, will take place from from 00.01<br />
UTC on 18 August until 23.59 UTC on the 19th. Full information on this<br />
popular event can be found at http://illw.net. The official list of entrants<br />
is at http://illw.net/2007_list.htm<br />
QSL OX/OH1RX ---> Jouko was active from Greenland on 20-25 July and requests<br />
cards to be sent "via buro only" (no direct nor eQSL please).<br />
QSL V51AS ---> Frank Steinhauser, V51AS reports he has a new maildrop<br />
address: Heinrich-Heine-Strsse 35, 72555 Metzingen, Germany (the Olching<br />
address apparently is no longer valid). [TNX K1XN and The Golist]<br />
QSL VIA LZ1JZ ---> QSL cards for contacts made with LZ/G4EDG St. Ivan Island<br />
(EU-181, 19-23 June 2007) should be sent to LZ1JZ (Tony Stefanov, P.O Box 43,<br />
Harmanli 6450, Bulgaria). The operators were Steve/G4EDG, Vasil/LZ1CL and<br />
Tony himself. LZ1JZ is the QSL manager also for DU1LWQ, FK8DD, LZ1KSP, LZ7J,<br />
OA4DKC, OA4SJ, P29K, SV1/LZ1JZ, TF1VG, TF60VG and TX1A. [TNX LZ1JZ]<br />
+ SILENT KEY + Dick Wolf, N6FF (formerly known as KL7H) passed away on 1<br />
August at 68 years of age. The "top West Coast topbander", says W6PBI, "he<br />
traveled on many <strong>DX</strong>peditions and gave many topbanders a new one". He was also
the QSL manager for a number of stations, most of them available on LoTW (see<br />
http://www.n6ff.net/).<br />
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LOGS: On-line logs for the July 2007 1A0KM activity are available at<br />
www.pagus.it/1a0km<br />
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A4A, 3B7SP, 3V8BB, 3XD2Z, 4Z1JW,<br />
4Z4BS, 5B4AIF, 5W0JT, 5W0RE, 5X1Z, 5Z4/9A3A, 5Z4/IK4ALM, 6V7F, 6W/DL6CT,<br />
7X5JF, 7Z1SJ, 9M2/JH3GCN, 9Q1EK, A41MX, A92GR, AA1AC/VP9, BS7H, BX5AA,<br />
CE4WJK, CO7PH/p (NA-086), CW6V, E21YDP, ER1DA, FK8CP, FK8GX, FS/AH8<strong>DX</strong>, FY1FL,<br />
FY5KE, HC7AE, HI3TEJ, HK1/AC8W, HK3JJH, HQ7F, HR2DMR, HS0ZFI, IM0/IV3IYH,<br />
J8/W6JKV, JD1BMM, JW/F8DVD, JW0HS, KH6ND/KH5, KL7J, LX2007D, LX2007G,<br />
LX2007L, N8S, NE1RD/1 (NA-148), NP3U, NP4A, OA4SS, OD5/OK1MU, OD5NJ, OX3XR,<br />
OY/PA3BAG, P29SX, R1FJ, RK2FWA, RX9FM, S57<strong>DX</strong>, S57RR, ST2R, SU9HP, SV5/OQ1C,<br />
SV9/OZ7YY, TA3D, TI8II, TO6T/p, TR8CA, TT8PK, V44KAI, V63KU, VK9DNX, VP2EDH,<br />
VP2EREM, VP8/LZ1UQ, VR2BG, XT2C, XU7ADI, YA/LY1Y, YL2KO, YV5EED, ZC4LI,<br />
ZD9BCB, ZK1VVV, ZP8AE, ZS6CCY, ZS6UT.<br />
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18 August 2007<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
9A - Look for 9A60K/p, 9A0LH and 9A7K to be aired from several Croatian<br />
islands and lighthouses between 17 and 23 August. During the<br />
International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend expect activity from<br />
Susak Island (EU-136) and lighthouse. QSL for all contacts via 9A7K.<br />
Further information can be found at http://www.9a7k.com [TNX 9A7K]<br />
BY - Vange, BD7KLO plans to operate from Pingtan Island (BY5, AS-138) on<br />
23-26 August. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />
www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
EA6 - EA6ZX, EA6AFB, EB6AGX and LU6EPR will be active as ED6URB from the<br />
lighthouse De la Mola during the ILLW. They will operate SSB on all<br />
bands. QSL direct to EA6ZX. [TNX EA6/LU6EPR]<br />
GM - Glyn, GW0ANA will be cruising the Outer Hebrides (EU-010) on 18-28<br />
August. He will be there on holiday with friends and amateur radio<br />
activity will be secondary, but "I will try my hardest to activate<br />
as many as I can", he says. He also hopes to activate St. Kilda<br />
(EU-059). His call will be GM0ANA/p and he will operate SSB using an<br />
inverted V with battery power from a solar panel. QSL via home call.<br />
[TNX GW0ANA]<br />
HB9 - HB9DLO, HB9DWR, HB9HLI, HB9OMI, HB9ONN and HB9AFI will be active as<br />
HB9LH during the ILLW. They plan to operate SSB and CW from a couple<br />
of Swiss lighthouses (ARLHS SWI-003 and SWI-004). QSL via HB9DLO.<br />
[TNX HB9AFI]<br />
HL - Song/6K2BWA, Lee/DS2GWM, Kwon/DS2GXU, Cho/DS2LLD and Kim/HL2CFY will<br />
be active as HL0LPM/3 from Taenanji Island (AS-080) on 19-21 August.<br />
They plan to operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-6 metres, using beam<br />
antennas and amplifiers. QSL via 6K2BWA, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />
HL1VAU]<br />
I - Look for IU1L to be aired again from La Lanterna (ARLHS ITA-177,<br />
WAIL LI-005) during the ILLW on 18-19 August. QSL via bureau or<br />
direct to ARI Genova, P.O. Box 1117, 16121 Genova - GE, Italy. [TNX<br />
IZ1BZS]<br />
I - Operators from ARI Fano and the Adriatic <strong>DX</strong> Team will be active as<br />
IQ6FU/p from Fano Lighthouse (WAIL MA-005, ARLHS ITA-065) during the<br />
ILLW. QSL via bureau or direct to P.O. Box 35, 61032 Fano - PU,<br />
Italy. [TNX IZ6ASI]<br />
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I - Look for I6/IZ0DIB/p, I6/IZ4IUS/p, IK6YXM/p, IK6XGM/p, IZ6ASI/p,<br />
IK6VGO/p, IK6OSZ/p, IK6UBY/p, IK6XOU/p and IK6EFU/p to be active<br />
from Senigallia Lighthouse (ARLHS ITA-181, WAIL MA-004) for the<br />
ILLW. Expect them to operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 10, 15,<br />
20, 40 and 80 metres. [TNX IZ6ASI]<br />
LU - The Digital MDQ <strong>DX</strong> Group and the Radio Club Mar del Plata (LU2DT)<br />
will participate in the ILLW from the lighthouse at Punta Mogotes<br />
(ARLHS ARG-005). They plan to operate SSB on 40 and 80 metres, and<br />
PSK31 on 10, 15, 17, 20 and 40 metres. QSL to P.O. Box 664, 7600 Mar<br />
del Plata, Argentina. [TNX LW3ERT]<br />
LU - Jorge/LU4WG, Pedro/LU7WW and Juan/LU4WP will participate in the ILLW<br />
from the lighthouse at Punta Ninfas (ARG-055). They plan to operate<br />
SSB, digital modes and possibily CW on 160-10 metres. QSL<br />
information at qrz.com. [TNX LU4WG]<br />
OH - OH1BOI, OH1VL and OH1JJO will be active as OH1AV/2 from Vormo Island<br />
(EU-097) on 17-19 August. QSL via OH1BOI, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />
www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
OZ - Ric, DL2VFR will be active as OZ/DL2VFR from Romo Island (EU-125)<br />
from 26 August to 1 September. He plans to operate on all HF bands,<br />
mostly CW. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
SM - Hans, SM0BYD and others will be active as 7S0SFJ for the ILLW. They<br />
will operate CW and SSB on 80, 40, 30, 20 and 17 metres from the<br />
Museum Lightship Finngrundet (SWE-043) in Stockholm. QSL via SM0BYD,<br />
bureau preferred. [TNX SM0BYD]<br />
SM - Jorgen/SM3CXS, Classe/SM3GSK, Staffan/SM3JGG, Sten/SM3NXS and<br />
Anders/SM3XGV will be active from Grimskar Island (EU-176) from<br />
about 17 UTC on 24 August until about 12 UTC on the 26th. Expect<br />
them to be signing SD3N (QSL via SM3NXS, bureau or direct) and SG3U<br />
(QSL via SM3CXS, bureau or direct) on 80-10 metres CW and SSB. [TNX<br />
SM3CXS]<br />
UA - Jack/RW3QC, Valery/RZ6AU, Yuri/RU6UR and Alexander/RA6UF will be<br />
active as UE6UFO from the Kharabalinsky district (RDA AO-16) and a<br />
few inland islands (http://www.hamradio.ru/rrc/AWARDS/riia_e.htm) on<br />
20-27 August. They plan to operate SSB and CW on 40, 20 and 15<br />
metres. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the<br />
bureau. [TNX RV6LFE]<br />
YV - The Association of Radioamateurs of Venezuela and the Grupo <strong>DX</strong><br />
Caracas will be active as YW5AS from Las Aves Islands (SA-051)<br />
[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 847] on 27-31 August. They will operate SSB, CW and digital<br />
modes on the HF bands, plus VHF FM. QSL via DL3AMA. [TNX YV5EED]<br />
ILLW & IOTA ---> The ILLW guidelines require that the station must be "at" or<br />
"adjacent" to the light. Adjacent means next to or as close as possible in<br />
the field next door. Rules about 'line of sight' or 'within 1000m' do not<br />
apply to this event. Several stations participating in the International<br />
Lighthouse/Lighthsip Weekend (18-19 August) will be operating from IOTA<br />
islands: just to name a few, 7S6LGT (EU-043), 7S6TL (EU-043), 8S6LGT<br />
(EU-043), 8S6LL (EU-043), CU8AS (EU-089), GB1SL (EU-124), GC4BRS/p (EU-124),<br />
LA1G (EU-061), SK2AU (EU-135), VK2LSB/4 (OC-137), VK3ILH/7 (OC-233), ZS1RBI<br />
(AF-064). Check http://illw.net/2007_list.htm for the announced operations<br />
listing including QSL routes.<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
ARCTIC CHALLENGE ---> The French Polar Team has announced a new programme<br />
called "The Arctic Challenge" for working amateur radio stations from the<br />
Arctic. Full details are available at http://f6kdf.ath.cx/f5nod/ [TNX F5NOD]
DP0MSM ---> This is the official callsign of the amateur radio club station<br />
on board the "Maria S. Merian", a German research vessel that is currently<br />
voyaging from Longyearyben (Svalbard) to Kiel (Germany). The crew includes<br />
four licenced amateurs (Frank/DJ3FR, Martin/DL7ARY, Hermann/DH1HP and<br />
Steffen/DF1MSM). DP0MSM can be used only when the ship is outside the 12-mile<br />
belt of territorial waters, otherwise the crew members have to use their<br />
personal callsigns /mm. The QSL cards for DP0MSM can be sent through the DARC<br />
bureau. [TNX DL5EBE]<br />
MEMORIAL UA4IF ---> Special callsigns R100AK and R100IF (QSL for both via<br />
RW4HB, direct or bureau) are being used to commemorate the 100th anniversary<br />
of the birth of amateur radio veteran Alexander Kamalagin, UA4IF. Information<br />
on the relevant award can be found at<br />
http://www.samaraham.ru/main.php?d=awards/ua4if_memory_eng. [TNX RA4HT]<br />
NC<strong>DX</strong>C ---> Recently the Northern California <strong>DX</strong> Club (NC<strong>DX</strong>C) elected the<br />
following officers for the 2007/2008 year: John Eisenberg/K6YP (President);<br />
Risto Kotalampi/W6RK (Vice President); Craig Bradley/AE6RR (Secretary); Steve<br />
Jones/N6SJ (Treasurer); Phil Steffora/K6PTS (<strong>DX</strong>er Editor); Risto<br />
Kotalampi/W6RK (Webmaster); Curt Kolovson/W6RQ, Jim Abraham/W6EB and Dewey<br />
Churchill/KG6AM (Directors).<br />
The Northern California <strong>DX</strong> Club was the sponsor of this year's highly<br />
successful Visalia <strong>DX</strong> Convention. The club is continuing the theme of the<br />
convention ("Elmering New <strong>DX</strong>ers is Job #1) with presentations oriented to new<br />
<strong>DX</strong>ers at the club meetings in addition to the periodic <strong>DX</strong>pedition talks.<br />
Further information can be found at http://www.ncdxc.org [TNX AE6RR]<br />
OJ0B ---> The OJ0B (Market Reef) operation blog, featuring several nice<br />
pictures, can be found at www.sm0w.com<br />
OPERATORS NEEDED FOR TI9 ---> A <strong>DX</strong>pedition to Cocos Island (NA-012) is being<br />
organized to take place for six days in February 2008. SSB, CW and digimode<br />
operators are being sought; details can be found at www.ti9.eu.com and<br />
www.qsl.net/ti2hmg/cocos.htm. [TNX DH8WR]<br />
QSL 5X4A & 5X4B ---> Tom, DL8AAM says that "a great part" of the original<br />
paper logs went lost during the civil war in northern Uganda, where 5X4A and<br />
5X4B were located. Tom has a large box of QSL requests he is not able to<br />
reply to, and, after ten years, there is not much hope to retrieve those<br />
logs.<br />
QSL PY5EG ---> After more than ten years, Mac/W3HC is no longer the QSL<br />
manager for Atilano de Oms, PY5EG (aka PY2OMS, ZW5B, PS2T). The new QSL route<br />
for all of his callsigns and operations is via K3IRV (Irv McWherter, 11910<br />
Coronada Pl, Kensington, MD 20895-2323, USA). [TNX K3IRV]<br />
QSL TM7A ---> Please note that F8BBL is the QSL manager only for the<br />
operation that took place in May 2003 from Banc d'Arguin (EU-159). The<br />
callsign was reissued and used again from 24 February to 9 March 2007. The<br />
QSL routes for contacts made this year are via F5RPB (bureau) and F5PSC<br />
(direct). [TNX F5NQL]<br />
YO <strong>DX</strong> CONTEST ---> The Romanian Amateur Radio Federation (FRR) invites radio<br />
amateurs worldwide to participate in the annual YO <strong>DX</strong> HF Contest, which will<br />
be held on 25-26 August from 12 UTC to 12 UTC. Full rules are available at<br />
http://www.radioamator.ro/contest/us/yodxhf2007rules.html [TNX YO2DFA]<br />
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />
===================================================================<br />
3D2AA VE6VK HB100JAM HB9DNA R30ZF RZ9CVA<br />
3Z1TSR SP1PBT HB100S HB9AOF R41WP RA3LBA<br />
3Z90ZIM SP5ZIM HC2AQ EA5KB RK1B/0 RV1CC<br />
4O6AA 9A6AA HC2SL EA5KB RS9O UA9OBA<br />
5H0RS IT9YVO HF100S SPSZPZ SA25QW SK6QW<br />
5H3WA SM0HPL HF1TSR SP1TMN SB250TT SM6JSM<br />
5P0MF DH1LAO HF580LP SP5XSL SC300VL SK6HD<br />
6F75A EA5KB HF63PW SP5KCR SF89IB SM6CLU<br />
6O0F ON4TA HF63PW SP5KCR SI89B SM6CLU<br />
7O/G4HCL G4HCL HG15SD HA8PH SN2JS SP5KCR<br />
7X5ST 7X2LS HH2FYD F6FYD SN2K SP2YWL<br />
9A60K 9A7K HK4QMH EA5KB SN2NP SP2BIK<br />
9A950JB 9A3JB HK6DOS EA5KB SV9/OO9O/p ON7SS<br />
A45WD YO9HP HR1AAB EA7FTR T88NT JJ2NYT<br />
A52SW K2AU IA2IPY I2MQP T88TX JI2TXU<br />
A61Q EA7FTR II8IPY I8ACB TM2HRH F6KTN<br />
A61TT IZ8CLM IP8IPY I8QJU TM5VIN F9KH<br />
A71BX EA7FTR IR0IPY IZ0HTW TO1USB F1JXQ<br />
A71CT EA7FTR IR1IPY IZ1GJK TU2/F5LDY F1CGN<br />
A71EM EA7FTR IR2IPY IK2DUW UA0YAY IK2QPR<br />
AN7AL EA7NL IU0IPY I0YKN UA9ZZ/P RW3RN<br />
CO6DW EA5KB IU2FV IQ2MI UE1NLO RN1NA<br />
CO6WD W0SA IY0ORP I0DJV UE1RLH/1 RA1QY<br />
CO8LY EA7ADH IY6GM I6GFX UE1SNA/1 RA1QQ<br />
CS5FAT CT6ARL J79PAK HB9CUA UE3SFF/1 RU3SD<br />
CT3AS DJ8FW JW1CCA LA1CCA UE4CGT UA4CDV<br />
DA0HEL DF6QC K4I AI4U UE6DOO RW6BJ<br />
DA0WWYC DC1RJJ LX2007G LX1KC UN3M EA7FTR<br />
DL0B DL8QY LZ07IPY LZ3SM VE1OTA/W1 VE1VOX<br />
DR100DAN DC6BV N7C N7HG VP6AL ZL1UFB<br />
DR100SC DH8IAT OD5XX W9RG VP8DIZ G7KMZ<br />
E51AKY HL5KY OJ0B OH2BH XV9TH SK7AX<br />
E51ASN HL5KY OJ0MI OH2HAN XX9TJS JM1LJS<br />
E51BTF HL5KY OK8XB M5AAV XX9TTR VR2RR<br />
E7/N4EXA K2PF / DJ2MX OL60HI OK2PO YP0IP YO8TLC<br />
EG1SMP EA2BT OL60PO OK2PO YV4GMG EA5KB<br />
EL2DT WA4TII OL60SJI OK2PO Z22JE K3PD<br />
EP4MRG EP3PTT ON50EU ON7YX Z360M Z37M<br />
EX2F RW6HS ON60EKO ON4EKO ZD9BCB SQ8AQD<br />
EX2M W3HNK ON60NOK ON7YX ZF2JW AF9H<br />
GB2PF G7GSX OQ5M ON5ZO ZL4IR W8WC<br />
GC3GWB M0DOL OS8A ON8VK ZP4KFX IK2DUW<br />
GC8LED/P M0DOL PJ2/G3TXF G3TXF ZP8VAO EA7FTR<br />
HA50KNA HA3KNA PJ2G G3TXF ZS4U K3PD<br />
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******* ADDRESSES *******<br />
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
4O4A Dragan Djordjevic, Bjelisi bb (kod Maras), MNE-85000 Bar, Montenegro<br />
4O6DZ Miodrag-Rajko Radulovic, Bjelisi 75, MNE-85000 Bar, Montenegro<br />
9A6AA Emir Mahmutovic, Slovenska 15, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia<br />
G4HCL Chris Lorek, P.O. Box 400, Eastleigh SO53 4ZF, UK
ON4TA Filip Rogister, Kroendaalplein 4, Overijse 3090, Belgium<br />
RV1CC Vladimir Sidorov, P.O. Box 127, Saint-Petersburg, 191186, Russia<br />
RW4HB Serge Golobokov, P.O. Box 37, Samara 443099, Russia<br />
UA1QV Mike S. Koutjumov, P.O. Box 23, Vologda 160000, Russia<br />
V51AS Frank Steinhauser, Heinrich-Heine-Strsse 35, 72555 Metzingen, Germany<br />
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25 August 2007 A.R.I. <strong>DX</strong> Bulletin<br />
No 851<br />
===========================<br />
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />
**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />
===========================<br />
Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3D2 - Tomas, LY1F/VK2CCC will be active as 3D2MT from the Fiji Islands<br />
from 28 August to 4 September. He plans to operate mostly CW on<br />
80-17 metres, and to participate in the All Asian <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest<br />
(1-2 September). QSL via VK2CCC (direct) or LY1F (bureau). [TNX<br />
NG3K]<br />
5Z - Chris, DL2MDU will be active as 5Z4/DL2MDU from Kenya on 10-24<br />
September. He plans to operate holiday style mainly CW. QSL via<br />
bureau to home call. [TNX DL2MDU]<br />
8Q - Andrew, G7COD will be active for the third time as 8Q7AK from<br />
Embudu, Maldives (AS-013) from 30 September to 12 October. He plans<br />
to operate mainly SSB with some CW on 30-12 metres, tipically from<br />
8.30 to 10.30 UTC and from 13 to 15.15 UTC. QSL via home call,<br />
direct or bureau. [TNX G7COD]<br />
9A - Tony, IN3YGW will be active from Rab Island (EU-136) from 25 August<br />
to 8 September. He plans to operate SSB and CW on the HF bands and 6<br />
metres. QSL via home call (outstanding QSOs will be confirmed via<br />
the bureau after a couple of years). [TNX IN3YGW]<br />
9A - Niko, DD1MAT will operate holiday style as 9A/DD1MAT from Dugi Otok<br />
(EU-170, CI-018) on 1-15 September. QSL via home call. [TNX DD1MAT]<br />
9A - Francois, ON4LO will be active as 9A/ON4LO from Mali Losinj (EU-136)<br />
on 8-28 September. Expect activity on the HF bands as well as on 6<br />
metres. [TNX ON4LO]<br />
9A - Look for 9A/OK1JK, 9A/OK1UXH, 9A/OK1JST and 9A/OK1HWS to be active<br />
from Porer Island (EU-110) on 9-14 September. They plan to operate<br />
SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK on 80-10 metres. QSL via OK1JST. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
9M2 - Aziz, 9M2AU will operate as 9M50MB on 31 August. This special<br />
callsign celebrates the 50th anniversary of Malaysian indipendence.<br />
[TNX 9M2AU]<br />
A3 - Ron, ZL1AMO plans to operate holiday style from Lifuka (OC-169),<br />
Tonga from 27 August to 16 September. He hopes to have his old<br />
callsign (A35EA) renewed. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
BY - BD7KLO will be joined by BA4ALC, BA4ED and BD4HD for the 23-26<br />
August operation from Pingtan Island (BY5, AS-138) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 850].<br />
They plan to operate SSB and CW on 40-10 metres. [TNX BA7NQ]<br />
BY - BG7JSQ expects to go and operate CW only on 10-40 metres from<br />
Xiachuan Island (AS-131) on 24-25 August. [TNX BA7NQ]<br />
DL - Marcel, DJ5MS will operate SSB as DJ5MS/p from Helgoland-Duene<br />
(EU-127) on 27-29 August. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />
www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
EA - Five special callsigns - namely AN0EB, AN4EB, AN5EB, AN6EB and AN7EB<br />
- will be aired between 1 and 16 September for EuroBasket 2007, the<br />
Basketball European Championship that will be held in Granada,<br />
Sevilla, Palma de Mallorca (Balearic Islands), Alicante and Madrid.<br />
QSL for all callsigns via EA4RCH, direct or bureau. Information on<br />
the relevant award can be found at www.radioclubhenares.org [TNX<br />
EC8AUA]<br />
EI - Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Irish national society,<br />
EI75IRTS will be aired on 29-30 September as HQ Station for the CQIR
Contest (see below). QSL via EI6HB.<br />
F - Special event call TM8C<strong>DX</strong> will be aired between 8 and 22 September<br />
for the 29th Convention of the Clipperton <strong>DX</strong> Club, that this year<br />
will be held at Puyloubier on 21-22 September (full details at<br />
www.cdxc.org/Conventions/2007-Puyloubier/puyloubier2007-e.htm). All<br />
of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau; direct<br />
requests should be sent to F5CQ. [TNX F5CQ]<br />
GM - Look for Ed, GM0WED/p and Glenn MM3XUI/p to be active on 17, 20, 30<br />
and 40 metres CW and SSB from North Ronaldsay Island (EU-009) until<br />
around 14 UTC on 25 August. QSL via home calls. [TNX GM3VLB]<br />
GM - Jim, MM0BQI will be active as MM0BQI/p from Lunga, Treshnish Isles<br />
(EU-108) on 1-3 September. He plans to operate on 80-15 metres all<br />
modes. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
HR - A team from the Radio Club de Honduras and four operators from the<br />
US plan to be active from the rare Swan Island (NA-035) on 23-28<br />
September, weather permitting. A special callsign (HQ0S or HQ6S) has<br />
been requested. Further information will be published in due course.<br />
[TNX HR2J]<br />
I - Marco, IK1RAE (10, 12, 15, 17, 20 and 40 metres) and Max, IZ4JMA<br />
(80-6 metres SSB, RTTY and PSK31) will be active as IL7/homecall<br />
from San Domino (IIA FG-001), Tremiti Islands (EU-050) between 1 and<br />
8-9 September. Depending on local conditions, they might go and<br />
operate from other nearby islets. [TNX IK1RAE and IZ4JMA]<br />
I - ARI Frascati members will operate as II0ERN on 14-30 September. The<br />
special callsign is for the second edition of the European<br />
Researchers' Night, that will take place on the 28th. QSL via<br />
operators's instructions. [TNX IZ0DIB]<br />
I - ARI Spezia and local INORC and ARMi groups will be active as<br />
IY1SP/IP1 from Palmaria Island (not IOTA, IIA SP-001) on 20-23<br />
September. Back in 1897 Guglielmo Marconi carried out experiments<br />
from the Navy arsenal at Spezia to the island and a few months later<br />
Palmaria hosted the first wireless coastal station in Italy. QSL via<br />
I1SAF. [TNX I1SAF]<br />
I - Helmut, OE1MHL will be active holiday style as IC8/OE1MHL from<br />
Ischia Island (EU-031, IIA NA-001) on 7-12 October. He plans to<br />
operate SSB on the HF bands between 5-9 UTC and again between 17-20<br />
UTC. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. Logs will be available at<br />
http://www.amrs.at [TNX OE1MHL]<br />
IS0 - Piero, IZ1CRA reports he will be active mainly on 20 metres from<br />
Palau, Sardinia (EU-024) from 26 August to 6 September. QSL via home<br />
call, bureau preferred.<br />
J2 - Darko, T95A is on a work assignment in Djibouti and expects to be<br />
there for at least one year. He plans on setting up a station in the<br />
near future and will be operating as time permits. The callsign<br />
J28OO has been issued to him and the QSL route will be via K2PF.<br />
[TNX K2PF]<br />
J3 - Gerd, DL7VOG will be active as J3/DL7VOG from Grenada (NA-024) on<br />
27-31 August and then from Carriacou Island in the Grenadines<br />
(NA-147) until 16 September. He plans to operate on 160-6 metres CW<br />
and RTTY, with some SSB upon request. QSL via homecall, bureau<br />
preferred (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to<br />
qsl@dl7vog.de). [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>] JD1_mt - Masafumi, JA6GXK expects<br />
to be back to Minami Torishima (OC-073)<br />
from 27 August to 18 September. He plans to operate CW, SSB, PSK,<br />
RTTY and SSTV on 10-80 metres as JD1BMM. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
ON - Special callsign ON4WAR will be aired on 1-2 September as a tribute<br />
to the Belgian resistance during World War II. QSL via ON7RY. [TNX<br />
OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />
OZ - Ric, DL2VFR will be active as OZ/DL2VFR from Romo Island (EU-125)<br />
from 26 August to 1 September. He will operate mostly CW on 40-10<br />
metres, and will concentrate on working Japan, the Far East and<br />
North America on 40 and 30 metres between 19 and 22 UTC. QSL via<br />
homecall through the DARC bureau. [TNX DL2VFR]
OZ - Stefan, DF8HS will operate SSB, PSK31 and RTTY as OZ/DF8HS from<br />
Samso Island (EU-172) from 26 August to 8 September. QSL via home<br />
call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
SM - DL5ME and DG3HWO will be active ss SD7ME from Oland Island (EU-037)<br />
on 6-11 September. They will operate CW and SSB on 40, 30, 20 and 17<br />
metres. QSL route at qrz.com under SD7ME. [TNX DL5ME]<br />
SP - A group of operators from the Radio Club SP9PZU will be active as<br />
SN10IPA from 26 August to 16 September to celebrate the 10th<br />
anniversary of the foundation of the IPA (International Police<br />
Association) Slesian Provincial Group. QSL via SP9PZU (bureau) or<br />
SQ9ZM (direct). [TNX SQ9IWT]<br />
SU - Gab, HA3JB (http://www.qsl.net/ha3jb) will be active as SU8BHI from<br />
Cairo, Egypt from 21 September to 30 November. He plans to operate<br />
CW, RTTY, SSTV, PSK and some SSB, and to participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong><br />
RTTY and CW contests. QSL via home call. [TNX HA3JB]<br />
SV - Geza, HA4XG will be active (on the HF bands plus 6 and 2 metres)<br />
from Greece between 31 August and 14 September. First he will<br />
operate as either J48XG and SV8/HA4XG from Corfu/Kerkyra Island<br />
(EU-052) from 31 August to 6 September. On 1-2 September he will<br />
take part in the IARU VHF Contest. Then he will move to Amaliapoli,<br />
on the mainland Thessalia, and be active as J44XG and SV4/HA4XG on<br />
7-14 September. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX HA0HW]<br />
SV - Vito, I3BQC will be active from Limnos Island (EU-049) on 9-26<br />
September. [TNX I3BQC]<br />
SV5 - Alberto, IW1RLF will operate as SV5/IW1RLF from Rhodes (EU-001) on<br />
10-17 September. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IW1RLF]<br />
SV9 - Dick, G3URA will operate mostly CW as SV9/G3URA from Crete (EU-015)<br />
from 27 August to 4 September. He will participate in the Russian<br />
RTTY Contest (1-2 September) as J49X. QSL via G3URA, direct or<br />
bureau. [TNX ARRL <strong>DX</strong> BUlletin]<br />
T32 - Gordon West, WB6NOA is expected to operate as T32GW from Fanning<br />
Island (OC-084), East Kiribati between 24 August and 3 September.<br />
This is not a <strong>DX</strong>pedition, and Gordon will be QRV in his spare time,<br />
"as long as power is available". QSL via WB6NOA. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
TA - TA1HZ will be active again as TC25SG [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 844] on 27-31 August.<br />
He expects to operate SSB on 17, 20 and 40 metres. The special<br />
callsign celebrates the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the<br />
Turkish Coast Guard. QSL via home call. [TNX TA1HZ]<br />
TK - Wolfgang, DL1DVP and Mike, DL3VTA will operate SSB, CW, RTTY and<br />
PSK31/63 as TK/DL1DVP and TK/DL3VTA from Corsica (EU-014) on 7-14<br />
October. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX DL3VTA]<br />
VE - Linda, VE9GLF and Len, VE9MY will be active from Orleans Island<br />
(NA-128, CISA QC-007) on 2-3 September. Operation will be mobile<br />
with 100 watts on 20 and 40 metres, after 18 UTC depending on band<br />
conditions. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau (e-mail requests<br />
for bureau cards can be sent to ve9my@rac.ca). [TNX VE9MY]<br />
VE - George, K3GV will be active as K3GV/VY2 from Prince Edward Island<br />
(NA-029) on 2-15 September. Activity will be on 15 and 20 metres<br />
around the usual IOTA frequencies. QSL via home call, direct or<br />
bureau. [TNX K3GV]<br />
VE - Juergen, DL7RV will be active as VO2/NF6J from Battle Island<br />
(NA-044) on 6-13 September. QSL via DL7RV. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
VK - Nobi, JA1JCF might be active as VK4JCF from Horn Island (OC-138)<br />
from 31 August to 2 September. "This activation is not very<br />
certain", he says, as "there may be unknown local difficulties at<br />
the planned QTH". If he can be QRV, expect activity on 30, 20 and 17<br />
metres CW. QSL via home call, direct or through the JARL bureau.<br />
[TNX www.islandchaser.com]<br />
VK9W - George, AA7JV (VK2NU) and Tomi, HA7RY plan to be active as VK9WWI<br />
from the Willis Islands (OC-007) between 24 Septmber and 4 October,<br />
depending on weather. Further information is expected in due course.<br />
[TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
VK - Steve, G0UIH will be active again as VK2IAY/4 from a couple of
Australian IOTA groups between mid-December and mid-January. Look<br />
for him to operate from Great Keppel Island (OC-142) on 16-22<br />
December and from South Molle (OC-160) on 7-11 January. As with his<br />
previous <strong>DX</strong>peditions, activity will be centered around 14260, with<br />
the possibility of 15 and 17 metres also. QSL via home call, direct<br />
or bureau. Steve's website is at http://www.percy.me.uk [TNX G0UIH]<br />
VU - Celebrating the 60th anniversary Indian Independence, members of the<br />
National Institute of Amateur Radio in Hyderabad will be active as<br />
AT60MY until 17 November. QSL via VU2NRO. [TNX ARRL <strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />
W - Jeff, VA3QSL will operate holiday style as VA3QSL/W4 from either<br />
Chincoteague Island (NA-083) and Assateague Island (NA-139) between<br />
27 and 31 August. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />
W - Rich, K3RWN will be operating from Isle of Palms (NA-110) on 1-7<br />
September. Look for him on 10-40 metres SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via<br />
K3RWN. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
W - A large group of operators from the Tennessee Valley <strong>DX</strong> Association<br />
(www.tvdxa.com) - namely N4HL, WA4RMC, AD4F, WA4NFO, W4KRY, AB4GG,<br />
WA4IVO, K0MAI, K2NAN, WA4AA, KB3PGU, K4VCM, W4FOA and KI4MPK - will<br />
be active as N4R from Folly Island (NA-110) from about 23 UTC on 22<br />
September until sometime in the morning of the 29th. The group will<br />
use 100 watt transceivers and plan to be active on 10-80 metres<br />
(SSB, CW and digital modes) and 6 metres (SSB and CW). QSL via<br />
K4KWK, direct or bureau. [TNX WA4AA]<br />
ZD9 - Brian, ZD9BCB is now expected to leave the SANAP weather station at<br />
Gough Island (AF-030) around 14 September, a couple of weeks later<br />
than planned. According to his QSL manager, Brian is likely to be<br />
found this Sunday on 14315 kHz at 17.30. QSL SQ8AQD, direct only.<br />
[TNX SQ8AQD]<br />
PACIFIC TRIP ---> Ulli, DL2AH will be active (on 40-10 metres SSB and RTTY)<br />
from Niue (ZK2) from 29 September to 12 October, from the Chatham Islands<br />
(ZL7/DL2AH) on 16-30 October and then from Norfolk Island (VK9ANH) on 1-14<br />
November. [TNX DL2AH]<br />
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />
**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />
===========================<br />
Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
CQI-IRELAND CALLING ---> The Irish Radio Transmitters Society celebrates its<br />
75th anniversary this year and invites all radio amateurs to take part in<br />
CQIR - a once-off contest. Anyone with 75 or more QSOs logged has the chance to<br />
win a free trip to Ireland (travel and accommodation included) for two<br />
people for one week. CQIR takes place on 29-30 September from 12 UTC to 12<br />
UTC. Rules at http://www.irts.ie/cgi/cqir.cgi [TNX EI5DI]<br />
ROCKALL 2008 ---> A team is being assebled for another attempt at operating<br />
from Rockall (EU-189) for a couple of days in June 2008. Current operators<br />
include MM0N<strong>DX</strong>, DD1MAT, EC3ADC and EC2ADN. Further information will be<br />
available at http://eu189.bravehost.com/ [TNX 4X4-2238]<br />
QSL RA1QKI/1 & UA1QV/1 ---> Direct cards for either RA1QKI/1 and UA1QV/1<br />
should be sent to UA1QV's address: Mike S. Koutjumov, P.O. Box 23, Vologda<br />
160000, Russia.<br />
QSL YC5XIP ---> Fulvio, I1WFF is still able to confirm contacts made by<br />
Syafry, YC5XIP from the following IOTA groups:<br />
OC-106 11, 12, 23, 24, 27 October 1997; 28 November 1997; 6 September 1998;<br />
23-25 October 1998<br />
OC-107 5-11 April 2000<br />
OC-109 2-4 October 1997, 30-31 October 1998, 1-2 November 1998
Please contact Fulvio at fulvio.i1wff@alice.it before sending your direct<br />
request. [TNX I1WFF]<br />
TU2/F5LDY ---> Jean-Luc, F5LDY is expected to go QRT from Ivory Coast on 25<br />
AUgust, after more than 20,000 QSOs. On-line logs and pictures can be found at<br />
http://f5kee.free.fr/. QSL via F1CGN, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
WRTC 2010 ---> The selection criteria for the next World Radio Team<br />
Championship, to be held in Russia, can be found at http://www.wrtc.info/<br />
+ SILENT KEY + Sigi Kleine, DL3AMA passed away unexpectedly on 14<br />
+ August at<br />
66 years of age. Please note that he was to be the QSL manager for the 27-31<br />
August YW5AS IOTA operation from SA-051; the new QSL manager is DM4TI.<br />
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A4A, 3B7SP, 3B8/OM5RW, 3D2ER,<br />
3XD2Z, 4A3IH, 4U1UN, 4W6AAV, 5B4AIF, 5H3EE, 5W0AA, 5W0NU, 5Z4/9A3A,<br />
5Z4/IK4ALM, 5Z4DZ, 8R1K, 8S30JC, 9A2AA/p, 9J2BO, AA4V (NA-110), BS7H, C52T,<br />
CN2A, CO7PH/p, CU2AF, CU3GD, CX6VM, E51YAQ, EL2<strong>DX</strong>, ES1GE, FK8GX, FM5AA,<br />
FR5ZU/T, FW5ZL, HC7AE, HK1/AC8W, HK1X, HR4/TI5KD, J20RR, J8/W6JKV, J88DR,<br />
JD1BMM, JW0HU, K1VSJ (NA-046), KH8/AI4VU, KH8/K6SRZ, LU8XW, N2US (NA-083),<br />
N8S, NA8O/AH0, NE1RD/1, NP4A, OA4/DL5YWM, OA4/N6XQ,OY/PA3BAG, P40H, PJ2/W9VA,<br />
PZ5RA, R1FJ, RK2FWA, RU1A, S21XA, S53EO, S92FM, SM6EQO/p (EU-043), ST2R,<br />
SU9HP, T77GO, TF9AFX, TI5N, TR8CA, V26HS, V31LZ, V44KAI, V85SS, V8ASV,<br />
VK9DNX, VP2EREM, VP2MFF, VP8/LZ1UQ, VQ9LA, VU7RG, VY2/KV8Q (NA-029), XT2C,<br />
XW3DT, YA/LY1Y, YB0JIV, YJ0IR, YL2KO, YM1907FB, YN2N, YU6DZ, YW0<strong>DX</strong>, ZB2FK,<br />
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1 September 2007 A.R.I. <strong>DX</strong> Bulletin<br />
No 852<br />
===========================<br />
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />
**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />
===========================<br />
Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3B7 - The 3B7C team expects to arrive on Isle du Sud, St. Brandon (AF-015)<br />
on 4 September. Operations are not expected to commence until<br />
midnight UTC on the 7th, by which time all stations and antennas<br />
will have been assembled (however, the 6m beacon will be activated<br />
at the earliest opportunity, so that 6m <strong>DX</strong>ers can start to monitor<br />
for possible openings).<br />
Suggested frequencies are as follows:<br />
Band CW SSB RTTY FM PSK<br />
----------------------------------------------------<br />
160m 1822 1842 - - -<br />
80m 3502 3795 3570 - 3580<br />
40m 7002 7052 7035 - 7037<br />
30m 10102 - 10137 - 10140<br />
20m 14022 14145 14085 - 14071<br />
17m 18072 18145 18100 - 18100<br />
15m 21022 21295 21085 - 21071<br />
12m 24892 24945 24920 - 24920<br />
10m 28022 28495 28075 29580 28071<br />
6m 50102 50145 - - -<br />
6m Beacon 50090 - - - -<br />
There will be 12 stations (one on every band from 160 to 6 metres,<br />
with second stations on 80 and 20 metres so that they can operate on<br />
CW and SSB at the same time) with big monoband antennas on all bands<br />
from 30 to 6 metres and verticals on the remaining bands.<br />
Feedback messages can be sent to 3b7c@g3wgv.com: John, G3WGV will<br />
read them and send a daily digest of key information to the team.<br />
Logs will be uploaded to the 3B7C website on a daily basis. The<br />
online log lookup will feature a lookup for your zone, showing what<br />
times you, or others in your country/zone, have made contact with<br />
3B7C on each band.<br />
QSL via G3NUG, direct or bureau (bureau cards can be requested via<br />
the webpage). The QSL manager for SWLs is Bob Treacher, BRS32525.<br />
Bookmark http://3b7c.com for full information on the expedition.<br />
5H - Scott, AC3A will be in Tanzania with ORBIS International (a<br />
nonprofit humanitarian organization dedicated to blindness<br />
prevention and treatment in developing countries) on 7-17 September.<br />
He plans to be active as 5H3EYE during his local evening hours. QSL<br />
via AC3A. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
9A - Mladen, 9A2NA will operate SSB on the HF bands from Korcula Island<br />
(EU-016) on 1-10 September. Side trips to the nearby islands of<br />
Cerin and Prznjak Mali are being planned. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
9H - A large group of Dutch amateurs will be going to Qawra, Malta<br />
(EU-023) for their 20th holiday/<strong>DX</strong>pedition. They will operate on<br />
80-6 metres CW, SSB and digital modes between 9 and 30 September<br />
using a very special callsign, 9H20 (Nine Hotel Twenty, no suffix;<br />
QSL via PB9ZR). The operators will be PE1NGF (9H3X), PA0BEA<br />
(9H3IE), PG9W (9H3ON), PE1OFJ (9H3YM), PB9ZR (9H3ZR), PA1SL<br />
(9H3AB), PA3HGP (9H3S), PA5W (9H3WX), PD5W (9H3WY), PA1GR (9H3ZF),
PA3AVS (9H3AVS), PA3GUU (9H3YT) and PE2EMS (9H3EM). [TNX<br />
http://www.vrza.nl/]<br />
9M - Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Malaysian indipendence, a large<br />
number of 9M50M special event callsigns (the first letter of the<br />
suffix stands for "Merdeka", which means "independence" in Malay<br />
language) will be aired from all over that Country between 30 August<br />
and 1 September. Expect 9M50MA, 9M50MB, 9M50MC, 9M50MD, 9M50ME,<br />
9M50MF, 9M50MJ, 9M50MK, 9M50MM, 9M50MN, 9M50MP, 9M50MR, 9M50MT and<br />
9M50MW from West Malaysia, while 9M50MS and 9M50MQ will be active<br />
from East Malaysia. QSL via the MARTS (Malaysian Amateur Radio<br />
Transmitters' Society) bureau. [TNX 9M2TO and 9W6RAY]<br />
CT - Carlos Mauricio, CT4HA will be active as CT4HA/p from Berlenga<br />
Island (EU-040) on 7-9 September. He plans to operate SSB on 10, 15,<br />
17, 20, 40 and 80 metres. QSL via CT4HA, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />
CT1END]<br />
EA - The ITU was founded in Paris in 1865 as the International Telegraph<br />
Union. The current name (International Telecommunication Union) was<br />
decided by the Madrid Plenipotentiary Conference in 1932. To mark<br />
this 75th anniversary, amateur radio operators from Spain are<br />
allowed to replace their EA, EB and EC prefixes with AO, AN and AM<br />
respectively between 3 September and 9 December.<br />
EA - Adolfo, EA7TV will be active as EA1/EA7TV from Arosa Island (EU-080)<br />
on 5-7 September. He plans to operate on 10-40 and 6 metres. QSL via<br />
home call, direct or bureau. [TNX EA7TV]<br />
F - Bernardo, HB9ASZ will be active holiday style as F/HB9ASZ/P from<br />
Brehat Island (EU-074) on 1-22 September. He will operate CW only<br />
with 100 watts into a multiband-dipole. His favourite band is 30m.<br />
[TNX IZ8EDJ]<br />
F - Dani, EB1BOA and his brother Javier, EC1KV plan to be active as<br />
F/EB1BOA/P from several French lighthouses between 6 and 24<br />
September. Further information at http://ea1cs.blogspot.com/. QSL<br />
via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX EA1WX]<br />
F - The Rugby World Cup 2007 (www.rugbyworldcup.com) will take place<br />
from 7 September to 20 October and ten Frech special event stations<br />
will be active from the cities that will host the matches: TM0RWC<br />
(Saint-Denis), TM1RWC (Paris), TM2RWC (Bordeaux), TM3RWC (Lens),<br />
TM4RWC (Lyon), TM5RWC (Marseille), TM6RWC (Montpellier), TM7RWC<br />
(Nantes), TM8RWC (Saint-Etienne) and TM9RWC (Toulouse). QSL via<br />
operator's instructions. Full information on the relevant award,<br />
sponsored by the REF and the Association des Radioamateurs de<br />
Loire-Atlantique, can be found at http://arala.44.free.fr [TNX<br />
F8REF]<br />
GD - Lars, DF1LON will operate SSB, CW and RTTY as MD0LON from the Isle<br />
of Man (EU-116) on 6-10 September. The main focus will be on the<br />
WAE SSB Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
GM - Jim, MM0BQI reports that due to illness and possible bad weather<br />
over the weekend he has had to cancel his IOTA trip to the Treshnish<br />
Islands [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 851]. He will still be active in SSB field day using<br />
MM0BQI/p, but he will be operating from EU-005 (UK mainland).<br />
GM - The Orkney Wireless Museum (www.owm.org.uk) at Kirkwall, Orkney<br />
(EU-009) will be on the air as GB2OWM during the 17th Orkney Science<br />
Festival, to be held from 30 August to 5 September. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />
I - Elio, IK8TPE and possibly other operators plan to be active from<br />
Scoglio del Gabbiano (not IOTA, IIA KR-002) on 2 September. [TNX<br />
IK8TPE]<br />
J6 - Bill, K9HZ expects to operate mostly SSB on 10-20 metres as either<br />
J69HZ or J6/K9HZ from St. Lucia (NA-108) from 31 August to 2<br />
September. [TNX W1AW]<br />
OA - Dane Novarlic, S57CQ is currently in Lima, Peru with the UN World<br />
Food Program. He says he will be active as OA4/S57CQ until 3<br />
September.<br />
OH - Markus, OH1MN plans to operate as OF10TA from Luonnonmaa Island (not<br />
IOTA) on 1-2 September. QSL via home call. [TNX F5NQL]
OH - Finnish amateur radio stations are allowed to replace their OH<br />
prefix with OF between 1 September and 31 December to celebrate the<br />
90th anniversary of the independence of Finland. [TNX OH2HSJ]<br />
SP - Special event station 3Z0MSPO will be active from Kielce, Poland on<br />
3-6 September for the 15th Miedzynarodowym Salonie Przemyslu<br />
Obronnego (International Defence Industry Exhibition). QSL via<br />
SP7PKI, direct or bureau. [TNX SP7HT]<br />
UA - Memorial radio station RC150KTS will be active on 1-30 September to<br />
commemorate the 150 anniversary of the birth of Konstantin E.<br />
Tsiolkovsky, the Russian rocket scientist and pioneer of astronautic<br />
theory. On 17-23 September the sation will be active from<br />
Tsiolkovsky's house-museum in the village of Izhevskoe (Ryazan<br />
oblast). QSL via RU3SD. [TNX UA3F<strong>DX</strong>]<br />
UA - Special event station R450KB from 1 September through 30 November<br />
commemorating the 450th anniversary of the the association of<br />
Kabardino-Balkaria with Russia. QSL via UA6XT, direct or bureau.<br />
Information on the relevant award can be found at http://www.r6x.ru<br />
[TNX RA6XTD]<br />
VE - Steve, VE2TKH will be active as VO2ZT from Labrador City (Zone 2)<br />
from 31 August to 4 September. He plans to operate mainly CW, with<br />
some SSB depending on band conditions, from the VO2WL club station.<br />
QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VE2TKH] VP8_fi - Chris,<br />
GM0TQJ will be active as VP8CXV from East Falkland (SA-002)<br />
between 8 September and 15 January 2008. He plans to operate mainly<br />
SSB, with some RTTY and PSK31, in his spare time. QSL via home call.<br />
[TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
YB - Hans, PA0HOP will be active again as YB9AQH from his QTH on Bali<br />
Island (OC-022) during the months of September and October. He plans<br />
to operate CW, PSK31 and RTTY. QSL via PA0HOP, direct or bureau.<br />
[TNX PA0HOP]<br />
ZD7 - Tom, KC0W will be moving to St. Helena Island on 5 September for<br />
several years. His new callsign is ZD7X and he plans to be on the<br />
air by 15 September. He expects to operate on 160-6 metres CW, SSB,<br />
RTTY and PSK, and to participate in all major contests. QSL via<br />
W0MM. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />
**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />
===========================<br />
Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
QSL 9M2/G4VGO ---> Petr, OK1DOT reports he is now the QSL manager for Bob,<br />
9M2/G4VGO. QSL direct only to Petr Gustab, P.O. Box 52, Cesky Brod 282 01,<br />
Czech Republic.<br />
QSL ER5<strong>DX</strong> ---> Apparently some source of information lists RW6HS as the QSL<br />
manager for ER5<strong>DX</strong>. "I have never had a QSL manager", Victor says, and adds<br />
that cards can be sent to him direct (Victor M. Rudenco, P.O. Box 7, 6103<br />
Chadyr-Lunga, Moldova) or through the bureau.<br />
QSL EU-169 ---> If you still need a ZA0IS or ZA0/IK7JWX card for the December<br />
2002 operations from Sazan Island (EU-169), please e-mail the QSO data to<br />
Alfredo, IK7JWX (ik7jwx2003@yahoo.it). [TNX IK7JWX]<br />
QSL RK3DZJ/1 ---> All of the contacts made by RK3DZJ/1 from IOTA group EU-147<br />
(August 2007) will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. Requests for<br />
direct cards should be sent to RA3DEJ (Dmitry Ognistyj, Sovetskaya 18-23,<br />
Zarya, Balashikhinsky r-n, Moskovskaya obl., 143922, Russia). [TNX UA3DNR]<br />
QSL ROUTES: Paul, ON6DP maintains a QSL Manager database that now contains<br />
about 75,100 QSL routes (http://www.dd3kf.de/on6dp.htm), and Josef Rohner,
HB9CIC has developed a simple freeware tool to handle this database. It can be<br />
found at http://www.qslnet.de/hb9cic [TNX HB9CIC]<br />
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />
******* QSL INFO ********<br />
===========================<br />
Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />
===================================================================<br />
3D2MT LY1F (a) CO2HQ EB7AEY ON100SCOUT ON7IG<br />
3D2MT VK2CCC (b) CO2JD AD4Z ON14CS ON4RSX<br />
3W2TXR JA2TXR CO2NB EA5KB ON60AF ON6KN<br />
3W9R OK1JN CO2VQ EA5KB ON60HRT ON7IG<br />
3Z0LH SP1PBW CO6XN N3ZOM ON60NLB ON3AD<br />
4K9W DL6KVA CQ0O<strong>DX</strong> CT2GZE ON60SNW ON7KO<br />
4S7BRG HB9BRM CQ5N CT6ARL ON60TWS ON8RH<br />
4S7HIG ON4HIL CQ7C CT2GZB OX/PA3EXX/p PA3EXX<br />
4S7NNG JA4AVP CT7GIL CS1AAM OY3QN OZ1ACB<br />
4S7VK DJ9ZB CU8AS HB9CRV OZ50JOTA OZ4ADP<br />
4U1UN HB9BOU CV7FARO CX1FA R1000LE UA3DDA<br />
5P1<strong>DX</strong> OZ6B CV9T CX1TA R1FJT UA4RC<br />
5R8FL G3SWH CX3CCC CX2ABC RK3DZJ/1 RA3DEJ<br />
5R8FU SM5DJZ CX5UR EA5KB SD3N SM3NXS<br />
5R8UO DF8UO CX7CO KA5TUF SE2T SM2YIZ<br />
6W1SE JR2KDN DK2007EKT DJ6SI SG3U SM3CXS<br />
7Q7BJ G4AHK ED6URB EA6ZX SN100S SP9ZHR<br />
7S0SFJ SM0BYD EG3MED EA3GM SN10IPA SP9PZU (a)<br />
7S100ALA SK7CN EH1LSI EA1AUO SN10IPA SQ9ZM (b)<br />
7S6LGT SK6NL EI75IRTS EI6HB SN1LH SP3VT<br />
7X2EB EA7FTR EK3GM IK2QPR SN750C SP9PKZ<br />
7Z1HL DJ9ZB EM15B UT1BC SO1EKO DL1EKO<br />
7Z1SJ EA7FTR EM50ARDF US0VA ST100S ST2M<br />
7Z1UG DG1XG F5KAQ/P F5RJM SV0XAO DJ5JH<br />
8S20OTC SM7BHM GB0CBE G5XV T32GW WB6NOA<br />
8S3SYL SM3CVM GB0GRA M0JHW TC1LHW TA1FR<br />
8S6IL SM6TUW GB0SH MW0JZE TC25SG TA1HZ<br />
8S6LGT SK6GX GB1SL GW0VML TC4LHW TA2RX<br />
8S6LL SM6PVB GB2BML M0CNP TJ3SL F5PSA<br />
8S6VAN SM6JSM GB2LBN GM4UYZ TL8CK F6EWM<br />
9A/VE3ZIK DL3PS GB2SCA G4SSH TM4CR F4ELJ<br />
9A0LH 9A7K GB5BIG GI2BX TM4ST F4ELJ<br />
9A5LO/P OK1LO GC4BRS/p GW0ANA TT8FC EA4AHK<br />
9G1CL WD4KZK GM0ANA/p GW0ANA UA0IDZ/p RW0IZ<br />
9H5LB 9H1EI HB9LH HB9DLO UE0LLL RU0LM<br />
9J2BO G3TEV HL0LPM/3 6K2BWA UE0QDA/0 RX3RC<br />
9J2CA G3SWH HZ1AN DJ9ZB UE1RSM UA1RJ<br />
9M2/G4VGO OK1DOT HZ1IK DK7YY UE6MAC RZ6MF<br />
9M2CP 9V1CP HZ1ZH EA7FTR UE6UFO RZ6AU<br />
9M6QQ DF5UG II4GOR IK3MZS UQ8GU UN8GU<br />
9M8QQ DF5UG IR8<strong>DX</strong> IK8VRH V5/DJ8VC DJ8VC<br />
9Q1EK SM5DQC J3/DL7VOG DL7VOG VE1OTA/P VE1VOX<br />
9Q1TB SM5DQC JD1BMM JA6GXK VP8LGT VP8ON<br />
A25MC G4RCD K4L W4MOT VP8ROT GM0HCQ<br />
A35EA ZL1AMO K8E N8MR VR10NN WA4WTG<br />
A61AB IZ8CLM LR3<strong>DX</strong> LU7DSY VU2PEP KF9TC<br />
A61C W4JS LU1ECZ EA5KB W2T N2OO<br />
A61HH A61AV LU3<strong>DX</strong>G LU7DSY W5P WC5C<br />
A61M A61AV LU6XA LU7DSY W8L K8PT<br />
A61R EA7FTR LZ130SV LZ2LE WH2D K3UOC
A61TX W4JS LZ170VL LZ1KZA XR1H HA1AG<br />
AT60MY VU2NRO LZ50<strong>DX</strong> LZ1AF XR4C CE6AMN<br />
AY7X WD9EWK MM0BNN/P M0BNN XU7TZG ON7PP<br />
C31CT EA3QS MM0XAU DJ6AU YB9/PA0RRS PA0RRS<br />
CN8KD EA5XX OH1AV/2 OH1BOI YW5AS DM4TI<br />
CN8YE EA7FTR ON1000B ON5LL ZL6LH ZL1VK<br />
(a) bureau (b) direct<br />
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******* ADDRESSES *******<br />
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
6K2BWA Song Jang Woon, 104-1004 Daewoo Apt, Dangwang Dong, Anseong, Gyeonggi<br />
456-705, Korea<br />
7X4AN Mohamed Boukhiar, P.O. Box 30133, Barcelona 08080, Spain<br />
9N7JO Stig Lindblom, Jum Changphimai, 147/1 Moo 3, Tambon Boot, Ban Ta<br />
Bong, Phimai, TH-30110 Nakhon Ratchashima, Thailand<br />
DM4TI Udo Soeldner, Grenzweg 10, 99610 Wundersleben, Germany<br />
EA6ZX P.O. Box 240, 07080, Palma de Mallorca, Spain<br />
F5RJM Denis Villemin, 4 Le Flaquet, F-50470 Tollevast, France<br />
LU7DSY Carlos Alberto Almiron, P.O. Box 709, 8000 Bahia Blanca - Buenos<br />
Aires, Argentina<br />
OH1BOI Jari Talkara, Lylykatu 16, 24280 Salo, Finland PA3EXX Johan Willemsen,<br />
Belmolendijk 12, 1693 DJ Wervershoof, The<br />
Netherlands<br />
RW0IZ Rudolf A. Yanson, P.O. Box 183, 685000 Magadan, Russia<br />
SM3CXS Jorgen Svensson, Berghemsvagen 11, SE-86336 Sundsbruk, Sweden SM3NXS<br />
Sten Holmgren, Centrumgatan 22, SE-864 31 Matfors, Sweden VK2CCC Tomas Magyla,<br />
7 Churchill Avenue, Wahroonga, NSW 2076, Australia<br />
VP8ON Donald Betts, P.O. Box 809, Stanley, Falkland Islands, FIQQ-1ZZ,<br />
South Atlantic<br />
WD9EWK Patrick Stoddard, 4031 E. Aster Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85032-7417, USA<br />
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4O - Celebrating the admission of the Republic of Montenegro to the<br />
Council of Europe, the radio club of the Council of Europe and<br />
Ranko, 4O3A organize an operation to take place on 17-21 October<br />
under the callsign 4O0CE. QSL via F5LGF. Logs will be available on<br />
http://ewwa.free.fr [TNX F6FQK]<br />
8Q - Chris, M0AJT will be active holiday style as 8Q7CT from Dhonveli<br />
Island, Maldives (AS-013) on 7-14 September. He will operate mainly<br />
CW with some SSB. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
8R - Anderson, PY2TNT and Alex, PY2WAS will be active as 8R1PY from<br />
Georgetown, Guyana on 1-4 November. They plan to operate around the<br />
clock on 2, 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 30, 40, 60 and 80 metres, SSB and<br />
CW. QSL via PY4KL, direct or bureau. [TNX PY2WAS]<br />
BY - Look for BY1TX/4 and BY1TT/4 to be active from Chang Dao (AS-146) on<br />
1-6 October. They will operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 160-10 metres.<br />
QSL BY1TX/4 via EA7FTR, QSL BY1TT/4 via home call. [TNX BA1RB]<br />
FP - John, W9ILY and Bob, K9MDO will be active as FP/W9ILY and FP/K9MDO<br />
from Miquelon Island (NA-032) on 13-18 September. They plan to<br />
operate on 80-10 metres and to concentrate on SSB (primarily<br />
FP/K9MDO) and RTTY/PSK (primarily FP/W9ILY). QSL FP/W9ILY via home<br />
call, direct or bureau (logs will be uploaded to LoTW). QSL FP/K9MDO<br />
via W9NJB, direct or bureau. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />
G - The Scarborough Special Events Group will be running special event<br />
station GB2QE on 15-16 September to celebrate the 40th anniversary<br />
of the launch of the ocean liner "Queen Elizabeth 2". All of the<br />
QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau; direct cards<br />
should be sent to G4SSH.<br />
G - The Bittern <strong>DX</strong> Group (www.bdxg.org.uk) will be active on 22-23<br />
September using the special callsign GB2TX as parte of "Transmission<br />
2007" to raise money for the British Wireless for the Blind Fund.<br />
[TNX G0GFQ]<br />
GM - Steve/G0MTD, Paul/M1PAF, Mark/M0WCR and Jim/G7GAG, from the<br />
Workington & District ARC, will visit the Isle of Barra (EU-010) on<br />
6-12 October. They will operate as MS0WRC on 80, 40, 20 and 17<br />
metres SSB and CW, plus 2m. Side trips to the islands of Vatersay<br />
and Eriskay are being planned. QSL via MX0WRC or G0MTD. [TNX G0MTD]<br />
I - Claudio, IZ1JFK will operate on 20 and 40 metres SSB as IZ1JFK/mm<br />
from Italian Navy destroyer "Andrea Doria" on 11-15 September. QSL<br />
via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IT9MRM]<br />
IS0 - A group of operators from the Sardinia QRP Club will be active as<br />
IQ0QP/p from Quirra Island (EU-165, IIA CA-009) on 16 September,<br />
from about 10 UTC to 16 UTC. This will be a QRP operation on 40 and<br />
20 metres, SSB and CW. QSL direct to P.O. Box 81, 09047 Selargius -<br />
CA, Italy. [TNX IS0VSU and IS0XDA]<br />
JW - Niels, OZ7FOC will be active as JW/OZ7FOC from Svalbard on 10-17<br />
September. QSL via home call. [TNX OZ7FOC]<br />
JW - Karl Gustav, LA8DW and Lars, OZ1HPS will be active from Spitsbergen<br />
(EU-026), Svalbard on 1-7 October. They will operate SSB and CW as<br />
JW8DW and JW/OZ1HPS. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX
OZ1HPS]<br />
LU - Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the Grupo Argentino de CW<br />
(http://gacw.no-ip.org/) will be active from the city of Morse in<br />
Buenos Aires province on 12-15 October. Expect LU1DZ, LU5FZ, LU6UO,<br />
LU7BTO, LW1EXU and LW2<strong>DX</strong> to operate on 160-10 metres mainly CW with<br />
two stations. [TNX LU6EF]<br />
ON - The last Fouga Magister aircraft still in use by the Belgian Air<br />
Force will perform its last flight on 27 September<br />
(www.fougamagister.be). To mark the event, the Belgian Air Force<br />
Amateur Radio Association (www.bafara.be) will be active on all<br />
bands and modes as ON47FOUGA on 24-30 September. QSL via ON6KN,<br />
direct or bureau. [TNX ON6KN]<br />
P2 - Hans (SM6CVX), Derek (G3KHZ), Steve (G4EDG) and Luis (CT1AGF)<br />
[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 845] expect to start their journey from Buka Island on 22<br />
September. They should be QRV as P29VCX from Nukumanu Island<br />
(OC-284, new one) for about 6 days beginning on 24 September. The<br />
plan is then to sail to Takuu Island (OC-283, new one) and operate<br />
using the call sign P29NI from there for 6 days from about 1<br />
October. Finally, if time permits they will sail to Kilinalau Island<br />
(OC-256) and operate from there for a few days (callsign to be<br />
decided) before returning to Buka. They plan to run four stations<br />
from two sites on each island. This should allow simultaneous<br />
operation from two stations on the same band using different modes.<br />
Two stations will use 500W linears and two stations will use 100W.<br />
QSL P29NI via G3KHZ, QSL P29VCX via SM6CVX (who will be the QSL<br />
manager for Kilinalau Island as well). The web page for this<br />
IOTAdventure is at http://www.rep.pt/P29-PapuaNewGuinea/ [TNX<br />
CT1END]<br />
SP - FIRAC member Grzegorz, SQ9JKD will operate special event station<br />
HF150TG until 30 November from Tarnowskie Gory, Poland to celebrate<br />
the 150th anniversary of the local railway station. QSL via SQ9JKD,<br />
direct or bureau. Further information on this activity and the<br />
relevant award can be found at www.hf150tg.prv.pl [TNX SP9JPA]<br />
SP - Commemorating the sixth anniversary of 9/11, special event station<br />
SN6WTC will be active from Kielce, Poland on 11 September. QSL via<br />
SP7PKI, direct or bureau. [TNX SP7HT]<br />
SV5 - Drew, GM3YOR will operate holiday style and CW only as SV5/GM3YOR<br />
from Symi, Dodecanese Islands (EU-001) on 16-29 September. [TNX<br />
GM3YOR]<br />
UA - Oleg/ UA6LP, Serge/UA6MC, Vlad/UR5IAW, Alex/UY9IF and Oleg/UR3IFD<br />
plan to be active as UE6LGT from Rostovsky Morskoy Red Lighthouse<br />
Island in the Sea of Azov (not IOTA, RR-17-06, RLHA RLE-015, ARLHS<br />
ERU-134) on 7-9 September. QSL via UA6LP, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />
UR3IFD]<br />
V2 - Bud, AA3B will be active as V26K from Antigua (NA-100) on 21-26<br />
November, including a SOAB LP entry in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest. This<br />
will be an all CW operation on the contest HF bands only. QSL via<br />
home call. [TNX AA3B]<br />
V8 - Ronald/PA3EWP, Flo/F5CWU and Tom/GM4FDM will mount an expedition to<br />
Brunei Darussalam between 4 and 18 November. They will operate as<br />
V8FWP (QSL via PA7FM), V8FWU (QSL via F5CWU) and V8FDM (QSL via<br />
GM4FDM) on 160-10 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. Special attention will be<br />
given to the low bands (160-30m), to Western Europe and the USA. The<br />
group will be using at least one beam antenna along with verticals<br />
and dipoles. Depending on Internet availability, they will try to<br />
maintain on line logs on a website TBA. [TNX GM4FDM]<br />
VE - VA3MO, VE3SS, VE3VZ and VE3VMO will be active from the lighthouse<br />
(ARLHS CAN-324) on Mohawk Island in Lake Erie on 8-9 September.<br />
Expect them to operate mainly on 80, 40 and 20 metres SSB and CW,<br />
plus 6m, 2m and 440 MHz. [TNX VE3SS]<br />
VE - Andre, GM3VLB will be active holiday style from Canada between 9 and<br />
22 September. He plans to operate as VY2/GM3VLB/m or /p from Prince<br />
Edward Island (NA-029, CIsA PE-001) on 9-12 September; as
VE1/GM3VLB/m or /p from Cape Breton Island (NA-010, CIsA NS-001) on<br />
12-17 September, from Isle Madame (CIsA NS-016) on 17-18 September<br />
and then from Nova Scotia until the 22nd. QSL direct ro home call.<br />
[TNX GM3VLB]<br />
VE - Igor, VE3ZF and other operators from Canada and the US will be<br />
active as VE2I<strong>DX</strong> from Orleans Island (NA-128, CIsA QC-007) for the<br />
W/VE Islands QSO Party (from 16 UTC on 20 October through 23.59 UTC<br />
on the 21st) and as VE2Z from Zone 2 (Port Cartier) for the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong><br />
SSB Contest. QSL both operations via VE3ZF, direct only. Full<br />
information on the W/VE Islands QSO Party can be found at<br />
http://www.usislands.org/contest_rules.html [TNX K2FF and VE3ZF]<br />
VK - VK6YS, KD6WW and VK6KHD will be active as VK6CHI from Cheyne Island<br />
(OC-193) from about 9 UTC on 12 October until about the UTC midnight<br />
on the 15th. They plan to operate CW and SSB mainly on 40, 30 and 20<br />
metres. QSL via VK4AAR. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
VK - On their way back from Cheyne Island (see above) VK6YS and KD6WW<br />
will stop on Rottnest Island (OC-164). They plan to operate (on 40,<br />
30 and 20 metres CW and SSB) as VK6YS/P from about 11 UTC on 15<br />
October until about 3 UTC on the 17th. QSL via VK4AAR. [TNX<br />
www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
VU - 30 metres have been temporarily allocated to Indian amateurs until<br />
30 September. The NIAR special event station AT60MY [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 852]<br />
will be active mostly on 10106 kHz (operator VU2JOS). [TNX GM4FDM]<br />
W - Special event station W3B will operate from the Blackistone<br />
Lighthouse on St. Clements Island (USI MD-028R, not IOTA) from 14 to<br />
20 UTC on 15 September. Operation will cover 40, 20 and 17 metres<br />
SSB, CW and possibly PSK31. QSL via KA3UNQ (see QSLling instructions<br />
at qrz.com). [TNX KA3UNQ]<br />
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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (August 2007) is now available at<br />
http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/monthly/index.html. Articles and pictures should be<br />
sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).<br />
BUREAUX CLOSED ---> The latest update posted on the IARU website<br />
(http://www.iaru.org/iaruqsl.html) reports that the QSL bureaux for Sierra<br />
Leone (9L) and Haiti (HH) have been closed.<br />
PIRATE ALERT ---> OH0Z has been repeatedly pirated on 30 metres since 27<br />
June, typically around 17 UTC. OH0Z operated on 30m only twice during 2007<br />
(26-27 May, by OH3BHL and 24-26 June, by OH9MM), and it is now QRT on that<br />
band until further notice. More information can be found at www.oh0z.net<br />
(please check the log search before sending your QSL). OH0Z will participate in<br />
either the SAC CW (15-16 September) and the SAC SSB (22-23 September). QSL via<br />
W0MM. [TNX OH9MM]<br />
QSL UE9WML & UE9WTL ---> Mady, KP3YL/W6 and Terry, W6/G3MHV operated on a<br />
recent business trip to Ufa using the callsigns UE9WML (Mady) and UE9WTL<br />
(Terry). QSL via home calls, either direct or through the KP4 or RSGB bureaux<br />
respectively. [TNX W6/G3MHV]<br />
QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards (nearly 4600) on Les<br />
Nouvelle <strong>DX</strong>'s wb site has been updated. Ten different galleries include cards<br />
for the ten Most Wanted <strong>DX</strong>CC Entities (160+ QSLs), each of the 58 deleted<br />
<strong>DX</strong>CC entities (700+ QSLs), obsolete prefixes (1800+ QSLs), stations from<br />
Magrebh from 1945 to 1962 (200+ QSLs), Antarctic bases (600+ QSLs) & TAAF<br />
(Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises, 230 QSLs), the various rare
French <strong>DX</strong>CC island Entities (100+ QSLs), pre-1945 countries (200+ QSLs),<br />
French Departments and USA. Several cards are still needed and your<br />
participation is encouraged - please visit http://LesNouvelles<strong>DX</strong>.free.fr and<br />
send send your comments to LesNouvelles<strong>DX</strong>@free.fr [TNX F6AJA]<br />
TOP LISTS ---> The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now<br />
available at http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. Please send<br />
your scores, as well as any request for further information, to Erminio<br />
Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@ari.it)<br />
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A4A, 3B7SP, 3D2AP, 3W22S, 3XD2Z,<br />
4A3IH (NA-183), 4W6AAV, 4X7AX (AS-100), 5C8A, 5W0NU, 5W5AA, 6V7F, 8P9NX,<br />
9A5W, 9Q1EK, A22AA, A25HQ, A25KDJ, A25SL, AP2TN, BS7H, C21/ZL1AMO, C9RJJ,<br />
CE8/K2ARB, CO6WD, D2NX, E51QMA (OC-080), E51TUG (OC-080), FR5ZL/T, FS/DL7DF,<br />
FS/NF9V, GJ0KYZ, GS0GRC/P (EU-112), GU3HFN, GW8K (EU-124), HI0C, HL5FUA,<br />
HR9/N0AT, HS0AC, HS0ZFI, HZ1AN, J20MM, JT1CO, JW/G3ZAY, KC4/K2ARB, KH8SI,<br />
KL7/W7ASF, LU/R1ANF, MJ/W8JWN, MM0SJH, N2US/P (NA-083), N8S, NZ7Q/KH4,<br />
OA4/DL5YWM, OT7C, OY/PA0VHA, P29ZAD, PJ2/DJ8NK, PJ2/W9VA, PJ7/NF9V, PY0FF,<br />
R1ANF/p, R1FJT, ST0RY, SU1SK, SU8DLH, SU9BN, T30CW, T32MO, T96C, TF/G4ELZ/p<br />
(EU-168), TF/SM5ELV (EU-071), TX9, TZ2T, V31MX, V44KAI, VF0X, VK0JLX,<br />
VK3FY/9, VP2ERV, VP2MNS, VP2V/DL7DF, VP8/LZ1UQ, VP8DKF, VQ9LA, VR2NN, VR2XLN,<br />
VU4AN/VU3TLY, VY2LI (NA-029), W7ASF/KL7 (NA-041), WP3R, XT2C, XU7ADI, XX9A,<br />
XX9C, XX9TTR, YB1A, YB8SI, YN4SU, YV4DYJ, Z32ID, Z35T, Z38C, ZB2/4O3AL,<br />
ZK1QMA (OC-082),ZL1GO/8, ZL8R, ZM8CW, ZX2B.<br />
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1A - The Sovereing Order of Malta will be activated by an international<br />
team during the week of the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest. This will be the<br />
first time for SMOM to be aired during a major contest. Further<br />
information will be available at http://www.1a4a.org/ [TNX IZ4AKS]<br />
FO - Freddy, F5IRO left Paris on 12 September for a 4-month assignement<br />
in Papeete (OC-046), French Polynesia. He plans to be active in his<br />
spare time as FO5RU (or FO/F5IRO, while waiting to collect his<br />
licence) on all HF bands CW, SSB and RTTY. Side trips to other IOTA<br />
groups are possibile. QSL via F5CQ, direct or bureau. Logs will be<br />
available at http://www.f5cq.net/dxp/2007-FO5RU/fo5ru-fr.htm [TNX<br />
F5NQL]<br />
HR - HQ8R is the callsign issued to the upcoming operation from Swan<br />
Island (NA-035) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 851]. The team now includes K8LEE, W8GEX,<br />
K2BB, KB2PDW and HR2J. They will depart on on 23 September and<br />
return to the mainland on the 28th. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
HS - Eric, SM1TDE is now living on Phuket Island (AS-053) and has been<br />
issued the callsign HS0ZHR. He expects to participate in the<br />
Scandinavian Activity Contest CW. QSL via home call, preferably<br />
through the bureau. Mail sent to his address is Sweden (P.O. Box 94,<br />
SE-62321 Ljugarn) will be forwarded to Thailand by Eric's father,<br />
but it might take some time before you get a reply. [TNX SM1TDE]<br />
OJ0 - The August 2007 OJ0B outing to Market Reef was designed to decorate<br />
the lighthouse with powerful antennas that can only be hoisted in<br />
good weather conditions. The newly composed group of OH0RJ, OH2BH,<br />
OH2MM, OH2PM, OH7EA and OH8NC are at it again and they plan to be<br />
operational from 15 September until the 24th, including both<br />
Scandinavian Activity Contests, with three stations. Outside the<br />
contest expect OJ0B to operate on 3523, 7023, 10113, 14033, 18083,<br />
21033, 24903 and 28033 KHz CW; 3775, 7075, 14175, 18135, 21275,<br />
24960 and 28475 KHz SSB. If you are a stamp collector or wish to<br />
receive your QSL card with unique Market Reef stamps, you may send<br />
an SASE with 7 Euros (10 USD) as your postage/donation to the<br />
Finnish Lighthouse Society (http://www.lighthousesociety.fi/eng/)<br />
via the QSL manager, OH2BH. [TNX OH2BN]<br />
OZ - Bernd, DL8AAV will be active as OZ/DL8AAV/p from Laeso Island<br />
(EU-088) on 17-29 September. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.<br />
[TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
OZ - Lutz/DL3ARK and Peter/DL4AMK will be active as OZ/homecall from Hov<br />
Lighthouse (ARLHS DEN-035) on Langeland Island (EU-172, DIA FY-19)<br />
on 22-29 September. OZ/DL3ARK will be QRV in the Scandinavian<br />
Activity Contest (SSB). QSL via homecalls, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />
DL3ARK]<br />
P2 - P29VLR is the callsign issued to CT1AGF for the IOTA operations from<br />
Papua New Guinea [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 853]. This is the call he, SM6CVX, G3KHZ<br />
and G4EDG will be using from Kilinalau Island (OC-256), if they<br />
manage to operate from there (indicatively from 8 October for three<br />
days). QSL P29VLR via SM6CVX. The other callsigns will be P29VCX<br />
(QSL via SM6CVX) from OC-284 starting around 25 October and P29NI
(QSL via G3KHZ) from OC-283 starting around 2 October. [TNX<br />
islandchaser.com]<br />
TF - Look for TF/G3SXW and TF/G4IRN to operate CW only 40-12 metres from<br />
Iceland (EU-021) on 21-23 September. QSL via home calls. Logs will<br />
be uploaded to LotW.<br />
TK - Heinz, DF6ZY will be active as TK/DF6ZY from Corsica (EU-014) on<br />
15-28 September. He plans to operate on 10-80 metres mostly RTTY<br />
(SSB and SSTV on request). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />
DL2VFR]<br />
W - The Anaheim Police ARC (W6APD) will operate (on 21350, 18150, 1<strong>425</strong>3<br />
and 7250 kHz SSB and 14071.5 kHz PSK) as K6P on 19-22 September for<br />
the POW-MIA Remembrance Day. QSL via KM6HB. [TNX KM6HB]<br />
YK - RAAG president Manos Darkadakis, SV1IW and other seven Greek<br />
operators (namely SV1ACK, SV1GYG, SV1JG, SV1QN, SV1RC, SV1RP and<br />
SV8CS) will be active as YK9SV from Arwad Island (AS-186, new one),<br />
Syria for ten days between 1 and 15 November. They plan to operate<br />
CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK on all of the HF bands plus 6 metres with at<br />
least two stations running around the clock. QSL via SV1JG.<br />
Donations are being sought; please visit http://www.raag.org/arwad<br />
for further information. [TNX SV1IW]<br />
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3B7C ---> John, G3WGV collects the information from the team on St. Brandon<br />
and publishes it in a diary form on the <strong>DX</strong>pedition's website. Read the latest<br />
news on http://www.3b7c.com/news.htm and send your feedback to<br />
3b7c@g3wgv.com.<br />
7U5CI ---> Log search and pictures for the IOTA operation from Grand Cavallo<br />
Island (AF-104) are available at http://www.om1kw.com/7u5ci/ [TNX 4X4-2238]<br />
<strong>DX</strong> MAGAZINE MOST WANTED SURVEY ---> The <strong>DX</strong> Magazine's annual Most Wanted<br />
Survey is being conducted now through 15 October. The survey form is<br />
available at http://www.dxpub.com/dx_survey2007.html<br />
OJ0B ---> If you wish to tour Market Reef in the spirit of adventure, you may<br />
follow in the footsteps of the August 2007 and November 2005 OJ0B activities:<br />
http://sm0w.com and www.kolumbus.fi/oh2bn/pagemarket.htm [TNX OH2BN]<br />
ROCKALL 2008 ---> The previously announced expedition to Rockall Island<br />
(EU-189) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 851] has been cancelled. "It's with heavy heart I've decided to<br />
call an end to anymore planning for Rockall - it's just too risky overall,<br />
physically and economically", Colin, MM0N<strong>DX</strong> says. Read the details at<br />
http://hamspirit.wordpress.com/<br />
SAC 2007 ---> Contest Club Finland and SRAL as arranging societies invite all<br />
amateur radio operators to participate in the 49th Scandinavian Activity<br />
Contest. It will take place on 15-16 September (CW, from to 12 UTC through 12<br />
UTC) and 22-23 September (SSB, from to 12 UTC through 12 UTC). Full rules at<br />
http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/sacnsc.htm<br />
VK4JCF (OC-138) ---> "Unfortunately, judging from the several direct cards<br />
received by me by 10 September 2007, it appears that at least one pirate<br />
operated signing VK4JCF on 1 and 2 September", Nobi, JA1JCF says, and adds<br />
that he was off the air between 08.40-10.20 UTC on 1 September and between<br />
10.50-11.50 UTC on the 2nd. Noby operated CW only, except for two QSOs in the<br />
All Asian contest. In case of doubt, feel free to e-mail Nobi before sending
your QSL card (please use the e-mail address shown at qrz.com). [TNX<br />
islandchaser.com]<br />
YW5AS ---> The story of the recent operation from Aves de Sotavento (SA-051),<br />
along with several nice pictures, can be found at<br />
http://www.hfdx.com/Aves_Sotavento/sotavento_en1.html [TNX 4X4-2238]<br />
+ SILENT KEY + Osten Magnusson, SM5DQC passed away unexpectedly<br />
+ on 6<br />
September, at 66 years of age. One of the most active <strong>DX</strong>ers in Sweden, "a<br />
gentleman and a <strong>DX</strong> scholar" (VE1AL), Osten was also the QSL manager for 9Q1TB<br />
and 9Q1EK.<br />
+ SILENT KEY + Laimonis Stepans, YL2PQ passed away unexpectedly<br />
+ on 8<br />
September. He was 63 years old and was very active in major contests. [TNX<br />
YL2MU]<br />
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
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3B7C G3NUG AN0EB EA4RCH OX3XR OZ3PZ<br />
3B7C BRS32525 [a] AN4EB EA4RCH P41USA W3TEF<br />
3Z0MK SP7QHR AN5EB EA4RCH PA1000ZTM PI4RAZ<br />
3Z0MSPO SP7PKI AN6EB EA4RCH PA100S PD0PVQ<br />
4X1VF K1FJ AN7EB EA4RCH PA400MAR PA3HFJ<br />
5H0RS IT9YVO AP2TN DJ9ZB R1AND RU1ZC<br />
5H3EYE AC3A B5A BA5AG R1ANF RK1PWA<br />
5H4BL IV3RTL B7M BG7LHY R450AD UA6YW<br />
5H9KR KF9TC C56YK ON7YK R450KB UA6XT<br />
5N8NDP IK5JAN CN2CP OM3CPH RC150KTS RU3SD<br />
5Q1A/P OZ5ESB CO7PH W3HNK SA25QW SK6QW<br />
5R8GZ G3SWH CO8LY EA7ADH SD7ME DL5ME<br />
5W1SA JH7OHF CQ4IPY CT1BWW SN6W SP6ZKO<br />
5X1AB K6EID CX2AQ EA5KB SN6WTC SP7PKI<br />
5X1GS WB2YQH DL40RR<strong>DX</strong>A DL1YFF TM0RWC F6KMX<br />
6H1MW XE1MW DP0GVN DL5EBE TM1MV F5KCC<br />
6J3RBA EB7AEY EA1/EA7TV EA7TV TM1RHC F1BOW<br />
7Q7HB G0IAS EG5FAB EA5QB TM1RWC F6KMX<br />
8Q7CT M0AJT EG8SDC EA1AUM TM3RWC F1PSH<br />
8R6USA 8R1AK EG9SDC EA1AUM TM5RWC F6KRD<br />
9A/OK1HWS OK1JST EX2M W3HNK TM7RWC F5APM<br />
9A/OK1JK OK1JST FP/K9MDO W9NJB TM8C<strong>DX</strong> F5CQ<br />
9A/OK1JST OK1JST FP/W9ILY W9ILY TM9RWC F5GNY<br />
9A/OK1UXH OK1JST G4GIR/KH9 G4GIR TY5ZR IK2IQD<br />
9A8GES IK3GES GH6UW M0BLF UA0AV W3HNK<br />
9A950JB/P 9A3JB HF150TG SQ9JKD UE6DOO/6 RW6BJ<br />
9H20 PB9ZR HF40PAZ SP6DVP UE6LGT UA6LP<br />
9H3AVS PA3AVS HF50PLU SQ8LUV UN7MMM EA7FTR<br />
9H3X PE1NGF HF50SLO SP9PNB US7IB/p US7IB<br />
9H3YM PE1OFJ HK6DOS EA5KB VK4JCF JA1JCF<br />
9H3YT PA3GUU HL13STCA 6K2BWA VO2/NF6J DL7RV<br />
9H3ZF PA1GR IP1DCI IK1QFM VO2ZT VE2TKH<br />
9M2GCN JH3GCN J28JA F5JFU VY0/KH0PR JJ8DEN<br />
9M4<strong>DX</strong>X 9M2TO J44XG HA4XG W4H N8PR<br />
9M50MB 9M2AU J48FYG OE6FYG YN2N TI2OHL
9M50MP 9M2TO J48XG HA4XG YT60W YU7BCD<br />
9M50MS 9M6TW K6VVA/KL7 N6AWD ZB2FX G3RFX<br />
A52AM JA0JHA KH0R JE6DND ZD8RH G4DBW<br />
A52VE JF1OCQ KH8/KK6H W7TSQ ZF2CE KL7CE<br />
A61AS YO3FRI KP4ED EB7AEY ZG2FX G3RFX<br />
A61CK PE1BSX MD0LON DF1LON ZL4IR W8WC<br />
A61Q EA7FTR OD5/F5PTM F5OGL ZM3R ZL3RG<br />
AI4GN/AH0 7K3BKY ON4USA ON4GDV ZP8AE EA7FTR<br />
AL7DB NI5<strong>DX</strong> OT7G ON4MRX ZP8VAO EA7FTR<br />
[a] SWLs<br />
8R1AK Esmond Jones, P.O. Box 10868, Georgetown, Guyana<br />
9M2TO Tex Izumo, P.O. Box 125, GPO 10710, Penang, Malaysia<br />
BRS 32525 Bob Treacher, 93 Elibank Road, Eltham, London SE9 1QJ, United<br />
Kingdom<br />
DL7RV Juergen Vierhaus, Bernoullistr. 10, D-34246 Vellmar, Germany<br />
G3NUG Neville Cheadle, Lower Withers Barns, Middleton on the Hill,<br />
Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 0HY, UK<br />
JA1JCF Nobushige Hyakutake, 4-5-12 Egota, Nakano-Ku, Tokyo 165-0022, Japan<br />
JA6GXK Masafumi Ishihara, 2-305 Loran, 2-5-35 Miyazaki, Chuo-ku, Chiba,<br />
260-0806, Japan<br />
OE16B ORF/OE16B, A-1136 Wien, Austria<br />
PB9ZR Ruben van der Zwet, Barentzstraat 1, 2161 TJ Lisse, The Netherlands<br />
US7IB Vyacheslav Gernak, P.O. Box 386, Kramatorsk, 84302, Ukraine<br />
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22 September 2007 A.R.I. <strong>DX</strong> Bulletin<br />
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**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
1A - 1A3A is the callsign to be used for the first time ever from SMOM<br />
during the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 854]. Outside the contest,<br />
expect the team to be signing 1A4A. This operation, like the first<br />
1A4A earlier this year, will help collecting funds to build a<br />
school for young girls (see http://www.1a4a.org), as part of a<br />
support plan for the rebirth of South Sudan. If interested in<br />
contributing to the fundraising, please visit www.mdxc.org/1a4a<br />
3A - Ghis, ON5NT reports he will be active holiday style as 3A/ON5NT<br />
from Monaco on 24-28 September. QSL via home call.<br />
3D2_rot - Tony, 3D2AG/FO5RK reports that his trip to Rotuma is now scheduled<br />
from 15 December to 20 January. He will be active on 10-80 metres<br />
SSB and CW, plus digital modes if local power conditions allow him<br />
to use a computer. Tony will use Spiderbeam antennas, solar panels<br />
and/or a generator and no linear amplifier. QSL direct to 3D2AG or<br />
FO5RK (see qrz.com). Updates will be available at<br />
http://www.3d2ag.fr.tc/ [TNX 3D2AG/FO5RK]<br />
4X - Hal/W8HC, Jerry/K8OQL and a group of local operators will<br />
participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest as 4X0C (Multi-Single) from<br />
the IARC Club Station in Reut (4X4REM), Israel. QSL via W8HC,<br />
direct or bureau. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. [TNX W8HC]<br />
7Q - Once again Ely, IN3VZE will be active holiday style as 7Q7CE from<br />
Malawi on 4-25 October. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />
IN3VZE]<br />
8R - Holger, DK6XR and Martin, DK8XT will operate CW, SSB and RTTY as<br />
8R1XR and 8R1XT from Georgetown, Guyana from 30 September to 13<br />
October. QSL via home calls. [TNX DK6XR]<br />
9A - Tom, 9A2AA will be active as 9A73AA from 1 October through 30<br />
September 2008. He says this special callsign has been issued to<br />
mark the 50th anniversary of his continous membership in the<br />
Croatian Amateur Radio Association. QSL via 9A2AA.<br />
9H - Colin, G3VCQ reports he will be active as 9H3WC from Malta (EU-023)<br />
from 22 September until 3 October. He plans to operate CW and SSB<br />
holiday style.<br />
A5 - Ed, N1UR will be active as A52UR from Bhutan from 28 September to 2<br />
October. He plans to operate CW and SSB on all bands. QSL via<br />
K2RET. [TNX NG3K]<br />
C5 - C50C is the callsign issued to the OM0C Contest Crew for use during<br />
the CQ WW SSB Contest. Before and after the contest, from 17 to 30<br />
October, the six operators will be active C52C [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N #825]. QSL<br />
for both calls via OM2FY, direct or bureau. The web site for the<br />
expedition is at http://www.om0c.com/gambia/index.html<br />
C5 - Jan, PA4JJ (http://c56jj.pa4jj.nl) will be active again as C56JJ<br />
from The Gambia from 30 November until 7 December. He will run 100<br />
watts into wire or vertical antennas on 10-80 metres, with some 6m<br />
activity if conditions are good. QSL via home call, direct or<br />
bureau. [TNX PA4JJ]<br />
C9 - Rodrigo, CT1BXT will be active as C91R from Mozambique until August
2008. His preferred mode is RTTY; for the time being he is active<br />
on 20 metres with 100 watts and a dipole, but he hopes to put up a<br />
5-band beam for 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20m. QSL via home call. [TNX<br />
CT1END]<br />
C9 - Wayne, W5KDJ will be active as C91KDJ from Mozambique on 15-28<br />
November. He will operate on 160-10 metres CW (maybe also RTTY),<br />
with a focus on 160 and 80 metres. QSL via home call. Logs will be<br />
uploaded to LoTW. Further information at<br />
http://www.tdxs.net/c91kdj.html<br />
EA - Ramon, EA3EJI and other operator will be active on all bands and<br />
modes as AM3MM from the Benedectine abbey of Montserrat on 22-24<br />
September. QSL is via EA3MM, direct or bureau. [TNX K1XN]<br />
EU - Vitaly, EV6C and Roman, EW6TT will operate CW and SSB as EV5AGB<br />
from Tolochin in Vitebsk region of Belarus on 21-23 September.<br />
Information on the Activity Group of Belarus, including their<br />
contest and award programmes, can be found at<br />
http://ev5agb.com/index.htm [TNX EU1EU and I1-21171]<br />
F - Special station TM0VDM will be active on 6-19 October to celebrate<br />
the 100th anniversary of the birth of the writer Maxence Van der<br />
Meersch (1907-1951). QSL via F5KEB. [TNX F1SIU] HK0_sa - Tom/K3WT,<br />
Vlad/N0STL, Bill/W0OR and Ron/N0AT will be active as<br />
HK0/homecall from San Andres Island (NA-033) on 19-27 November.<br />
They will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest as 5J0A<br />
(Multi-Single). QSL 5J0A via W0JAR, others via home calls, direct<br />
or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />
HR - QRZ-<strong>DX</strong> reports that the 23-28 September operation from Swan Island<br />
[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 854] has been cancelled because of a transportation<br />
problem. Javier, HR2J "is having difficulty in locating a suitable<br />
boat to make the voyage".<br />
I - Weather permitting, IK4GLV, IK4JPR, IK4RUX and IZ4ISX will be<br />
active from the island of Caroman (EU-131, IIA VE-044) on 23<br />
September.<br />
I - Gery/HB9TQF, Piero/I1ASU, Dario/I2ROQ, Giordano/IK0XFD,<br />
Salvatore/IK1AWV, Luca/IK8TLX, Paolo/IW8DQY and Carmine/IZ8FEN will<br />
be active as IQ1IM/p from Gallinara Island (EU-083, IIA SV-001) on<br />
29-30 September. They plan to operate SSB and CW (maybe also PSK31)<br />
on 10-80 metres. QSL via IZ1JLN. This operation is in memory of the<br />
late Alessio Ortona, I1BYH. [TNX I1ASU]<br />
I - ARI Velletri members IK0ADY, IK0JBF, IK0OXK, IK0UUM, IK0WHN and<br />
IZ0ENB will be active as IB0/IQ0VL from Ventotene Island (EU-045)<br />
from 27 September to 1 October. They plan to operate SSB, CW, PSK31<br />
and FM on 10-40 metres as well as on the VHF and UHF bands. QSL via<br />
IK0WHN (direct) or IQ0VL (bureau). [TNX IK0WHN]<br />
I - Special event station II8MM will be active on 7-12 November for the<br />
3rd annual <strong>DX</strong> Meeting organized by the Mediterraneo <strong>DX</strong> Club<br />
(http://www.mdxc.org/meeting.asp). QSL via IZ8EPY. [TNX IZ8CCW]<br />
J3 - AC8G, K0RH, K1EP, KA7KUZ, KI4QCS, N0RB, N7AZ, W8CAA, W8GEX, W8KKF,<br />
WA8LOW and WC4D will be active from Grenada on 24-31 October. W8GEX<br />
will be signing J3K and AC8G will be signing J37K, theo thers will<br />
use homecall/J3. QSL via operator's instructions. They will<br />
participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest as J3A in the Multi-Multi<br />
category (QSL via WA1S). Expect various other modes outside the<br />
contest, and operations on the WARC bands as well as 60 and 6<br />
metres. [TNX AC8G]<br />
J6 - Babs/DL7AFS, Lot/DJ7ZG and Ju/DL2ZAE (CW operator) will be active<br />
as J6/homecall from St. Lucia (NA-108) from 23 September to 11<br />
October. They plan to have three stations active on 160-6 metres.<br />
QSL via DL7AFS, direct or bureau. The web page for the operation<br />
can be found at www.qsl.net/dl7afs [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
KP2 - Palmer/K4FO, Dmytro/AK2P and Andrei/NP3D will be active as NP2/K4FO<br />
(QSL via home call), WP2/AK2P (QSL via home call) and KP2/NP3D (QSL<br />
via W3HNK and LoTW) from St. Croix, US Virgin Islands (NA-106) on<br />
23-30 September. They will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> RTTY Contest
as KP2/NP3D, outside the contest expect activity on all bands RTTY,<br />
CW and SSB. [TNX NP3D]<br />
OJ0 - The planned OJ0B <strong>DX</strong>pedition for this past weekend's Scandinavian<br />
Activity Contest [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 854] got stuck due to bad weather. The<br />
team landed on Market Reef early in the UTC morning of 18<br />
September, and still plans to operate until the 24th.<br />
PJ7 - Bernd/DH1ND, Joern/DG5XJ and Juergen/DJ5HD will be active as<br />
PJ7/homecall from Sint Maarten (NA-105) on 15-28 November. They<br />
will also go and operate as FS/homecall from St. Martin during that<br />
time frame. Expect them to be active on 160-10 metres CW, SSB and<br />
RTTY/PSK31. QSL via home calls, direct or bureu. [TNX DJ5HD]<br />
SM - Fred/SM7DAY (as SM7DAY/7), Frank/DL2SWW (as SD7W), Tom/DL2RTK (as<br />
SE7TK) and Ric/DL2VFR (as SD7V) will be active from Ven Island<br />
(EU-137) on 6-13 October. They plan to operate CW, SSB and RTTY<br />
high power. QSL via home calls, bureau preferred. If going direct,<br />
please note that one new IRC is all right, but "2 USD barely cover<br />
the postage to outside EU". [TNX DL2VFR, www.iota-expedition.com]<br />
T3 - Toshi, JA8BMK [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 848] will be leaving Japan on 23 September<br />
and arrive at Tarawa (OC-017), West Kiribati on the 25th. He will<br />
be active from there as T30XX for 7-10 days. Then, after a 5-6-day<br />
voyage, he will reach Kanton Island (OC-043), Central Kiribati and<br />
operate as T31XX for 1-2 weeks. He plans to operate on all bands<br />
(160-6 metres) and modes with a small linear amplifier, a<br />
4-element for 10, 15 and 20m, a rotary dipole for 12, 17 and 30m,<br />
dipoles and a vertical for 40, 80 and 160m and a 4-element for 6m.<br />
QSL via JA8UWT, direct only. [TNX NG3K]<br />
VK - Masanori, JO2SLZ (VK1ANU) will be active from Kangaroo Island<br />
(OC-139, VK5) on 28-30 September. He will operate CW on 80, 40, 20,<br />
17 and 15 metres with 100 watts and wire antennas. QSL via home<br />
call. [TNX JO2SLZ]<br />
VK9W - George, AA7JV and Tomi, HA7RY plan to stop for one day (around 22<br />
September) at Chilcott Islet (OC-267) during their voyage to the<br />
Willis Islands [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 851]. They expect to arrive on Willis on 23<br />
September and to start operating as VK9WWI the evening of the 24th<br />
(or one day earlier, if they are not able to find a suitable<br />
anchorage on Chilcott) until 4 October. [TNX K4UJ]<br />
VP2E - Andy, DL5CW and Marina, DM5YL will be active from Anguilla (NA-022)<br />
on 8-26 November, CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest included. Probably their<br />
callsigns will be VP2EDL and VP2EDM, and they plan to operate<br />
mostly CW (Andy) and RTTY/PSK31 (Marina) on the HF bands. QSL via<br />
home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX DL5CW]<br />
ZF - Don/W4YCH (ZF2DF), Bob/W6BO (ZF2BO), Janet/W6JND (ZF2JD),<br />
Larry/W6OMF (ZF2LH), Sue/K6SUE (ZF2MH) and Jim/W4JO (ZF2JO) will be<br />
active from the Cayman Islands (NA-016) from 24 September to 1<br />
October. They will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> RTTY Contest as<br />
ZF2DF (Multi-Two), outside the contest the group will spend some<br />
time on 160-6 metres. QSL each station via home call. [TNX W4JO]<br />
PACIFIC TRIP ---> Jack, HB9TL (VK6CTL) will be active as VK9CLF from Lord<br />
Howe Island (OC-004) on 8-17 October and as VK9CNF from Norfolk Island<br />
(OC-005) on 19-25 October. He plans to operate SSB on 10-80 metres. QSL<br />
direct to HB9QR. [TNX HB9TL]<br />
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />
===========================<br />
Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
>>> 3B7C
Many thanks to John, G3WGV for forwarding the following update coming from<br />
the 3B7C team at St. Brandon.<br />
3B7C passed the 100,000 QSO mark earlier today (20 September, Ed.). Our<br />
<strong>DX</strong>CC total is also at 187 - quite remarkable. We have been posting occasional<br />
updates on our web page, but felt this was a good moment for a more complete<br />
update. Our data link with the outside world is limited to a satellite uplink<br />
and the priority has been daily log uploads. We are very pleased with the<br />
feedback on our web page, especially the novel features on the log lookup and<br />
the band/mode listings.<br />
The team is in good spirits and all equipment and antennas are working<br />
well. We are particularly pleased at the way we have been able to run two<br />
modes simultaneously on both 80 and 20 right from the start. In the last few<br />
days we have also added a limited capability to do this on 15 and 17 to make<br />
the most of limited band openings. The disappointment has been that band<br />
openings have been somewhat more limited than we had hoped and propagation on<br />
all bands varies substantially from day to day so we ask forbearance from the <strong>DX</strong><br />
community - we try to hit all major band openings when conditions permit.<br />
Noise levels also vary substantially from day to day on the LF bands -<br />
yesterday was good and we were able to work a number of US stations on 160<br />
SSB.<br />
The good news is that we have some real successes, for example working the US<br />
West Coast on 160 at our sunset, and consistent West Coast openings both<br />
short- and long-path on 80 and 40. We started RTTY operations last weekend<br />
and currently have about 3.5k RTTY QSOs in the log, many stations telling us<br />
that 3B7 is new for them on that mode. However, and with some reluctance, we<br />
have decided not to work PSK31 as we feel this will very much be a repeat of<br />
those stations we have already worked on RTTY (and bearing in mind that the<br />
RTTY <strong>DX</strong>CC does not differentiate between data modes), whereas there is still a<br />
huge demand on all the traditional modes. Indeed, this is perhaps the<br />
greatest surprise - that with so many QSOs made from 3B7 in recent weeks the<br />
pile-ups remain at a very high level when bands are open.<br />
Our beacon has been running continuously on six meters, but we have no<br />
reports of reception apart from VQ9. Nonetheless we will keep trying as this<br />
will be a new one for the Deserving.<br />
We will be very QRV over this coming weekend, trying to work round the SAC<br />
SSB contest where possible (e.g. by working RTTY and/or CW on those bands<br />
during the 24 hours of the contest). Station break-down will start on Monday<br />
24th, though we will try to keep at least some stations QRV until shortly<br />
before our departure for Mauritius at first light on Wednesday 26th (i.e.<br />
around 0200 GMT). We have already been making efforts to work US General<br />
Class licencees in their limited band segments and will, as promised, be<br />
looking for QRS CW stations during the last few days of activity.<br />
Keep checking the website (3b7c.com) for the latest news, and expect more<br />
backgrounds, statistics, photos, etc, on our return to our various home<br />
countries.<br />
NA-243 ---> On-line logs and several nice pictures for the recent OX/PA3EXX/p<br />
operation from Rathbone Island can be found at<br />
http://home.quicknet.nl/mw/prive/willemsen/.<br />
QSL HP3/K1YJ ---> Jay Mills, K1YJ operated as HP3/K1YJ earlier this year. He is<br />
now moving to Panama and, effective immediately, all QSLs for HP3/K1YJ and Jay's<br />
anticipated future HP3 callsign will be handled by W4JS. [TNX K1XN and The<br />
Golist]<br />
QSL NA-206 ---> All direct QSLs received so far for NN7A/NL7 (NA-206, July<br />
2007) were in the mail as of 14 September. QSLs from NF7E/KL7 and KL1YY<br />
should be sent out shortly. About 1000 QSOs (700 CW and 300 SSB) were made<br />
during the five-day operation. QSL each operator via his home call, direct or<br />
bureau. [TNX NN7A]<br />
+ SILENT KEY + Former ARI President Alessio Ortona, I1BYH passed away
+ on 17<br />
September at 79 years of age.<br />
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A4A, 3B7SP, 3B8CF, 3XD2Z, 4U1ITU,<br />
5B4AGC, 5B4AIF, 5H3RK, 5N6EAM, 5N9SJA, 6H1AY, 6W1SE, 7P8<strong>DX</strong>, 7U5CI (AF-104),<br />
8Q7DD, 9G5AC, 9M6BAA, 9N7JO, A25HQ, A25KDJ, AH2L, BD7KLO/5 (AS-141), BD7KLO/7<br />
(AS-131), BS7H, C98APE (AF-066), C98GLO (AF-072), CX2AM, DA0HQ, DP0GVN<br />
(AN-016),DT8A, EE5E, FK8GX, FO5EM, FO5PS, FO5RH, FR/F6KDF/T, FR5MV, FY/G3TXF,<br />
GB4IPY, GS0GRC/p, HF0POL, HI0C (NA-122), HP2/CX2AM (NA-170), HP2/CX4CR<br />
(NA-170), HS72B, IH9P (AF-018), IM0/IK5XCT (EU-041),K4L (NA-141), KH6ZM,<br />
KH7Y, KL3R, LA1CI, LX1DA, LY2ZZ, N8S, NL7/NN7A, OJ0VR, P3A, PJ2/G3TXF,<br />
R1ANF/p, R1FJT, S9A, SV2ASP/A, SV9GPJ, TF/G4ELZ/p, TO5J, TY5ZR, UA0AV, UA9KZ,<br />
UK8GK, UP0F, V31JZ/p, V44KJ, V63J (OC-132), V63RE (OC-180 and OC-277),V63WN<br />
(OC-180 and OC-277),VF0X (NA-196), VK0JLX, VK9LT, VO2ZT, VP2EREM, VU7MY,<br />
VU7RG, W5BOS/AL0 (NA-238), XU7POS (AS-133), XX9TTR, YA/LY1Y, YI1HXH, YU0A,<br />
YU6AO, YW1<strong>DX</strong>, YX5IOTA, YZ7AA, ZA1<strong>DX</strong>, ZL1GO/8, ZP0R.<br />
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29 September 2007 A.R.I. <strong>DX</strong> Bulletin<br />
No 856<br />
===========================<br />
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />
**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />
===========================<br />
Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3C - The website for the 5-14 October <strong>DX</strong>pedition to Bioko Island<br />
(AF-010), Equatorial Guinea [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 849] can be found at<br />
http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/web/ea5yn/3c7y.htm. The team<br />
will run three stations (one for SSB, one for CW and one for RTTY<br />
and 6 metres) with two amplifiers, yagis for 10, 15 and 20 metres, a<br />
5-element yagi for 6m, a rotative dipole for 40m and dipoles for the<br />
other bands. QSL via EA5BYP.<br />
5R - Willi, DJ7RJ will be active again as 5R8RJ from Nosy Be (AF-057)<br />
from 26 September to 26 October. Expect activity on 160-10 metres CW<br />
and SSB. QSL via home call. [TNX DJ7RJ]<br />
EA6 - Javi, LU5FF reports he will be active as EA6/LU5FF from Mallorca,<br />
Balearic Islands (EU-004) until 16 November. He will operate CW and<br />
SSB on 30-10 metres. QSL via EA7FTR.<br />
EL - The 5L2MS team members [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 849] have received their individual<br />
callsigns: EL2AK (Arie/PA3A), EL2AG (Ad/PA8AD), EL2AN (Arie/PA3AN)<br />
and EL2AO (Henk/PA3AWW). The expedition will take place on 3-24<br />
October. Their goals are to activate Liberia on 160-10 metres CW,<br />
SSB and RTTY, to raise funds for a charity project in cooperation<br />
with Mercy Ships, and to support the Liberia Radio Amateur<br />
Association (LRAA) with equipment. Bookmark www.liberia2007.com for<br />
further information, updates and on-line logs. QSL via PA3AWW.<br />
FM - FM5LD is the callsign issued to Philippe, F8EFU, who is now<br />
stationed on Martinique (NA-107). For the time being he operates<br />
mainly CW on 30 metres, using 50 watts into a wire which he hopes to<br />
replace with a new antenna as soon as possibile. QSL via FM5LD,<br />
direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
FO - Hiro, JI1JKW will operate as FO/JI1JKW from Raiatea (OC-067), French<br />
Polynesia from 30 Septenber to 4 October. He plans to be active<br />
holiday style on 40-6 metres SSB and CW. QSL via home call, direct<br />
or bureau. [TNX JE1LFX]<br />
H40 - Mike, KM9D and Jan, KF4TUG are now going to Tikopia Island (OC-178),<br />
Temotu Province. They will be active as H40MY, but "their estimated<br />
time of arrival, length of stay and operating plans are unknown at<br />
this time". [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
HR - The announced 23-28 September multi-operator activity from Swan<br />
Island (NA-035) was cancelled [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 855], but Javier, HR2J is<br />
still determined to go and operate from this rare IOTA group. He now<br />
hopes to reach the island by a Navy ship, while the return trip will<br />
be by an Air Force plane. Javier will be running a one-man<br />
expedition from 7 October to 8 November, and he expects to operate<br />
barefoot as HQ8R on all bands for at least four hours a day. Further<br />
information can be found on qrz.com under HQ8R. QSL direct to HR2J.<br />
HV - Francesco, IK0FVC has been authorized to use a special callsign,<br />
HV50VR (where VR stands for Vatican Radio), to celebrate the<br />
fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Vatican's broadcasting<br />
centre at Santa Maria di Galeria. Activity on all bands and modes<br />
will start on 27 September, and the special callsign will be used<br />
also during the main contests. QSL via IW0GPN (direct); logs will be
uploaded to LoTW.<br />
Francesco has been also authorized to set up a new station with the<br />
callsign HV6SP. QSL via IK0FVC (direct), logs will be uploaded to<br />
LoTW. [TNX I0JBL]<br />
I - ARI Ivrea is active as IU1ARI through the end of October to<br />
celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Associazione Radioamatori<br />
Italiani. QSL via IQ1IV, bureau or direct. [TNX IK1SOW]<br />
JA - Look for JH0IEW/6 to operate from the Daito Islands (AS-047) from 28<br />
September to 9 October. He will be active from two different<br />
islands, namely Minami-Daito (JIIA AS-047-002, until 2 October) and<br />
Kita-Daito (AS-047-001) QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />
JI6KVR]<br />
SM - Tom, DL2RTK will be signing SD7T (instead of SE7TK) during the 6-13<br />
October activity from Ven Island (EU-137) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 855]. The other<br />
operators are Fred/SM7DAY (SM7DAY/7), Frank/DL2SWW (SD7W), and<br />
Ric/DL2VFR (SD7V). On 6 October they will be QRV with only one<br />
antenna and possibly low power, as the QTH they have chosen (close<br />
to Hakens Fyr, ARLHS SWE-168) will be available on the 7th. QSL via<br />
home calls, bureau preferred. [TNX DL2VFR]<br />
SV5 - Look for Ermanno, SV0XAN/5 to be active from the islands of Lipsi,<br />
Agathonisi and Arkoi (Dodecanese, EU-001) on 2-20 October. QSL via<br />
IK2WZD. [TNX IZ2ABN]<br />
T30 - Toshi, JA8BMK has arrived on Tarawa, West Kiribati and is now active<br />
as T30XX [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 855]. The Daily <strong>DX</strong> reports that he will remain<br />
there "for about three weeks before heading over to Central Kiribati<br />
(T31)". QSL via JA8UWT.<br />
VE - Brent, VY2HF (ex-VE1JH) and Ken, VE3HLS on Miscou Island (NA-068)<br />
from 28 September to 5 October. They plan to operate as either<br />
VY2HF/VE9 or VE3HLS/VE9 on 6 metres, SSB and CW. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
VK - Christoph, DK2CRN (VK2AMB) and George, DL1ECG (VK2ALU) will be<br />
active from Australia on 9-27 October. They plan to visit and<br />
operate holiday style from Fraser Island (VK4, OC-142), Heron Island<br />
(OC-142), Hamilton Island (VK4, OC-160) and Dunk Island (VK4,<br />
OC-171) between 16 and 26 October. QSL via home calls, direct or<br />
bureau. [TNX DL1ECG]<br />
W - Look for K1AN/p to operate QRP CW (14040-14060 kHz) from Pomham<br />
Rocks Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-643) and Sabin Point Lighthouse<br />
(ARLHS-715), Rhode Island on 6 October, from 15 to 19 UTC. QSL via<br />
W1AL. [TNX W1AL]<br />
W - The W5-National Wildlife Refuge ARC will operate from the Hagerman<br />
National Wildlife Refuge (http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/<br />
texas/hagerman/index.html) on 12-14 October. This operation<br />
coincides with the National Wildlife Refuge Week and is in support<br />
of the KP1-5 Project and the US national wildlife refuge system.<br />
Look for W5NWR on SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK on frequencies of<br />
opportunity. QSL via NA5U. Other stations will be operating from<br />
wildlife refuges across the nation. Look for additional information<br />
on this operation and other on www.pilgrimriver.com/nwr2007/. [TNX<br />
NA5U]<br />
CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> RTTY CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their<br />
participation in this year's event (29-30 September):<br />
ZONE CALL CATEGORY <strong>DX</strong>CC QSL VIA<br />
--------------------------------------------------------------<br />
07 HR2/K2BB SO Honduras K2BB<br />
07 HR2/LT0E SOAB Honduras HQ2LAS<br />
07 HR2DMR SOSB 20m LP Honduras HR2DMR<br />
08 8P6DR SO Barbados G3RWL<br />
08 HI3T SO LP Dominican Republic ON4IQ<br />
08 KP2/AH8<strong>DX</strong> SO US Virgin Islands AH8<strong>DX</strong><br />
08 KP2/NP3D M/? US Virgin Islands W3HNK<br />
08 ZF2DF M/2 Cayman Isls W4YCH<br />
13 CX1CCC M/? Uruguay EA5KB
14 HB0/DF4OR M/S Liechtenstein DF4OR<br />
14 LX7I M/2 Luxembourg<br />
15 4O3A M/M Montenegro<br />
15 OF2AG M/? Finland<br />
15 OH0Z SOAB Aland Islands W0MM<br />
15 T77CD SO San Marino I0MWI<br />
16 UU7J M/? Ukraine UU0JM<br />
20 4X2Z M/S Israel 4X6UU<br />
20 J49XB SOSB 15m Crete DJ9XB<br />
21 4K8F SO Azerbaijan 4K8F<br />
33 AO8X SOAB HP Canary Islands EA8AUW<br />
33 CT9L M/? Madeira DJ6QT<br />
35 D4C M/S Cape Verde<br />
40 TF4M M/2 or M/S Iceland TF4M<br />
Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operations listing maintained by<br />
Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqr2007.html - good contest to you all!<br />
===========================<br />
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />
**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />
===========================<br />
Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3B7C ---> 3B7C closed down at 03:31 UTC on 25 September, one day later than<br />
originally planned. The on-line log has been updated to include all QSOs up to<br />
QRT time. There are now 135,718 QSOs in the log (50888 SSB, 78411 CW, 6419<br />
RTTY). Band breakdowns are: 10m 7499, 12m 8810, 15m 18773, 17m 20605, 20m<br />
30887, 30m 13385, 40m 19613, 80m 13227, 160m 2919. "When I get the actual<br />
logs from the logging PCs in a few days time", John, G3WGV says, "then I'll be<br />
able to publish on-line logs based on those".<br />
A52VE ---> Nao, JA1HGY reports that Kunio Saito, A52VE (JA8VE) went QRT on 3<br />
September and returned to Japan because of health problems. He was expected to<br />
remain in Bhutan until March 2009.<br />
INDEXA ---> The International <strong>DX</strong> Association, INDEXA (www.indexa.org) has<br />
announced the results of its 2007-08 election:<br />
President: Gary Dixon, K4MQG<br />
Vice President: John Scott, K8YC<br />
Secretary-Treasurer: Bill Jennings, W4UNP<br />
Directors: Nellie De Lazard/XE1CI, Bob Allphin/K4UEE, Lynn Lamb/W4NL, Franz<br />
Langner/DJ9ZB, Carl Smith/N4AA, Richard Grant/W9RG. [TNX K8YC]<br />
OD5NJ-10 ---> Gaby, OD5NJ reports that on 21 September, thanks to the help<br />
offered by OD5NA and OD5RW, he was the first station in the Middle East to go<br />
mobile on a Bike Shopper Honda using APRS as OD5NJ-10. Search for OD5NJ-10 on<br />
http://aprsworld.net/<br />
OJ0B ---> OJ0B went QRT at 14 UTC on 23 September. This completed the 2007<br />
OJ0B Market Reef operations, bringing the total to 30,000 QSOs. Once again, if<br />
you are a stamp collector or wish to receive your QSL card with unique<br />
Market Reef stamps, you may send an SASE with 7 Euros (10 USD) as your<br />
postage/donation to the Finnish Lighthouse Society<br />
(http://www.lighthousesociety.fi/eng/) via QSL manager OH2BH. [TNX OH2BN]<br />
QSL 9Q1TB & 9Q1EK ---> John, SM5DJZ has replaced the late SM5DQC as QSL<br />
manager for both 9Q1TB and 9Q1EK. Direct cards should be sent to Jan<br />
Hallenberg, Vassunda Andersberg, SE-741 91 Knivsta, Sweden. Logs will be<br />
available on www.logsearch.de and will be uploaded to LoTW. [TNX SM5DJZ]<br />
===========================<br />
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
******* QSL INFO ********<br />
===========================<br />
Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
===================================================================<br />
CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />
===================================================================<br />
3B7C G3NUG FT5XM pirate SG5W SM5IMO<br />
3D2WW JA8UWT GB2TX G0GFQ SG5X SM5AQD<br />
3Z0CW SP1DPA HZ1PS IZ8CLM SI5P AI5P<br />
3Z80KKK SP9PKZ IB0/IQ0VL IK0WHN SI7T SM7LZQ<br />
4K5D K2PF II0ERN IZ0DIB SL0W SM0AJU<br />
4L1QX RW6HS IR4OS IZ4HWA SU8BHI HA3JB<br />
5B8AD W3HNK IY1SP/IP1 I1SAF SV5/SM8C SM0CMH<br />
5R8FL G3SWH J49XB DJ9XB T30XX JA8UWT<br />
5R8FU SM5DJZ J6/DJ7ZG DL7AFS T80W JM1LJS<br />
6Y1LZ K1LZ J6/DL2ZAE DL7AFS T99D DJ2MX<br />
6Y1V OH3RB J6/DL7AFS DL7AFS TF/G3SXW G3SXW<br />
7S100ALA SK7CN JW5X LA5X TF/G4IRN G4IRN<br />
8P6DR G3RWL JW7XK LA7XK TI4CF W3HNK<br />
8Q7GS IZ7ATN JW9DL LA9DL TM2OOT F5PTI<br />
8S0C SM0MPV K3B WX3B TM5ECL F6KWP<br />
9H20 PB9ZR K6O KB9CR TU5JD IK2IQD<br />
9H3S PA3HGP K6P KM6HB UE1SNA/3 RA1QQ<br />
9H3WC G3VCQ KL7OU NI5<strong>DX</strong> UE3LDS RV3LO<br />
9H3WX PA5W KP2/NP3D W3HNK UE3YGA/P RV3YR<br />
9H3WY PD5W LN3Z LA9VDA UE6FFF/M RK6FZ<br />
9M6BRC 9M6TW LZ170VL LZ1KZA UE6GSK RW6HS<br />
9M6XRO M5AAV LZ50<strong>DX</strong> LZ1AF VK1ANU/5 JO2SLZ<br />
9N7BN JH1NBN N4R K4KWK VK9WWI HA7RY<br />
9U0A DL7DF OD5NF HB9CRV VP8CXV GM0TQJ<br />
A41KJ NI5<strong>DX</strong> OD5PL HB9CRV VY0ICE/VE2 VE2TKH<br />
A62ER IZ8CLM OF1N OH1BOI W6H KY5Q<br />
A71CT EA7FTR OH0X OH2TA W6K AE5MH<br />
A71EM EA7FTR OH0Z W0MM W6O K0DEW<br />
AM3MM EA3MM OJ0B OH2BH W6P KG0KP<br />
AT60MY VU2NRO OL5DIG OK1AR YB9AQH PA0HOP<br />
C91R CT1BXT ON47FOUGA ON6KN YU07HST YU1FJK<br />
CN8ZG EA7FTR ON63POL ON3CYV Z360M Z37M<br />
CO8ZZ DK1WI OR1Z ON6IX Z36A DJ0LZ<br />
D2NX JH7FQK OV3X OZ8AE ZB2X OH2KI<br />
DR80AMA DK3DM P29VCX SM6CVX ZD7X W0MM<br />
EI75IRTS EI6HB PP5/DJ4CW AI4U ZF2BO W6BO<br />
EM65MG UR4MWA R100IF RW4HB ZF2DF W4YCH<br />
EO1100R UR4RZU R35NP RW1AI ZF2JD W6JND<br />
EP3PK IK2DUW R3K RN3DK ZF2JO W4JO<br />
EW905B EW2EO R41WP RA3LBA ZF2LH W6OMF<br />
EY8MM K1BV R450KC UA6EM ZF2MH K6SUE<br />
FO5RU F5CQ RA9LI/FJL UA9LP ZW2IARU PT2AA<br />
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******* ADDRESSES *******<br />
===========================<br />
Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
4O1A Gojko Mitrovic, Crnojevia 4, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro<br />
DL5ME Mario Borstel, Zur Tonkuhle 57, D-39130 Magdeburg, Germany<br />
DL7DF Sigi Presch, Wilhelmsmuehlenweg 123, D-12621 Berlin, Germany<br />
EA1APV Marcos Suarez Fernandez, P.O. Box 90, 33080 Oviedo, Spain<br />
F5CQ Rafik Djandji, Les Revergis, F-35360 La Chapelle du Lou, France
FM5LD Philippe Schlegel, Caserne Redoute - BP 616, 97261 Fort de France,<br />
Martinique, France<br />
G3NUG Neville Cheadle, Lower Withers Barns, Middleton on the Hill,<br />
Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 0HY, UK<br />
IQ0QP P.O. Box 81, 09047 Selargius - CA, Italy<br />
IW0GPN Alessandro Carletti, Via Morlupo 81, 00060 Capena - RM, Italy JA8UWT<br />
Kimiko Saitoh, 4-16-2-22 Kamui, Asahikawa-City, Hokkaido 070-8014,<br />
Japan<br />
SM6CVX Hans Olof Hjelmstrom, Kalltorpsv. 2, 543 35 Tibro, Sweden VE2TKH Steve<br />
Toupin, 110 Chemin de la Baie, St-Boniface, QC G0X 2L0, Canada<br />
Z35M Vladimir Kovaceski, Sava Kovacevic 47 G / 55, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia<br />
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4U1 - 4U50SPACE was active from the United Nations HQ (4U1UN) on 4-5<br />
October (but the station on 30 metres at around 23.30 UTC was a<br />
pirate). This special callsign celebrates the 50th anniversary of<br />
the launch of the Sputnik, and can be used during the World Space<br />
Week (4-10 October). QSL via HB9BOU. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
5X - Arik, EK6DO (ex YI/EK6DO and 5H3AA) is now active as 5X1AB from<br />
Kampala, Uganda. QSL via K6EID. [TNX K6EID]<br />
5Z - Miki, YT1CS expects to operate mainly SSB on 10-80 metres as<br />
5Z4/YT1CS from Kenya starting on 6 October, presumably through the<br />
end of the month. He intends to be active from IOTA group AF-067.<br />
QSL via home call. [TNX YT1HA]<br />
6W - Albert, F5VHJ will be active as 6W1RY from Senegal on 22-28 October,<br />
including an entry in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest. QSL via home call.<br />
[TNX F5VHJ]<br />
6Y - Rick, N0NJY/6Y5 and JoAnne, KB0IRW/6Y5 will be active holiday style<br />
from Jamaica on 12-14 October. Expect them to operate SSB on 20<br />
metres between 17 and 21 UTC. QSL via home calls. They have a blog<br />
at http://jamaicadxpedition2007.blogspot.com/ [TNX N0NJY]<br />
8Q7 - Claudio, HB9OAU reports he will operate holiday style as 8Q7AU from<br />
Dhonveli Island, Maldives (AS-013) from 29 October to 10 November.<br />
CE - Roberto, YV5IAL will be active QRP as CE2/YV5IAL from Chile on 15-21<br />
October. He plans to operate PSK31 daily on 14070.15 (from 22 to 00<br />
UTC) and ocasionally on 10, 15 and 40 metres. QSL via home call,<br />
direct or bureau. [TNX YV5GRB]<br />
CT - Arlindo, CT1EGW will be active as CT7EPO on 19-21 October. The<br />
special callsign celebrates the Gold Jubilee of the JOTA Scout event<br />
(EPO stands for Escoteiros de Portugal). QSL via home call, direct<br />
or bureau. [TNX CT1EGW]<br />
E5 - Bill, N7OU will be active as E51NOU from Rarotonga (OC-013), South<br />
Cook Islands from 8 October to 3 November, including a "casual<br />
effort" in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest. He plans to run low power and<br />
to operate mostly CW on 80-10 metres. During weekdays operating will<br />
be limited to his spare time. QSL via N7OU. [TNX NG3K]<br />
EI - On 17 October 1907 Guglielmo Marconi sent his first commercial<br />
message from the station at Clifden, Ireland. In celebration of this<br />
historic event, members of the Galway Radio Experimenters Club will<br />
be running a special event station on 13-17 October from Clifden.<br />
The callsign EI100MFT has been issued for the event, MFT being the<br />
last callsign used on the original station. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />
FO0 - The French authorities have granted the landing permit to TX5C, the<br />
Clipperton 2008 <strong>DX</strong>pedition [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 839]. Departure date is 28<br />
February, arriving on Clipperton around 4 March. Plans are to<br />
operate 12-14 days depending on conditions, with 100,000+ contacts<br />
as a goal. The current roster includes N6OX, N7CQQ, K4SV, N2WB,<br />
N6HC, W8AEF, WA1S, K6SGH, K3VN, VE7VR, F5AHO, F5PAC, AD6E, VA7<strong>DX</strong>,<br />
F6BFH, F5JY, F8FDN, FM5CD and F6FVY. The web site for the expedition
is at www.clipperton2008.org<br />
G - Mick, G3LIK reports he will be active as GB4RN on 1-21 November,<br />
which will include the RNARS CW Activity Contest on 17-18 November<br />
(rules at http://www.rnars.org.uk/RNARS_Contest_2007.htm).<br />
HB9 - Special event station HB9SPACE will be active during the World Space<br />
Week (4-10 October) from the Amateur Radio Club at the Swiss Air<br />
Force Museum in Payerne, Switzerland. This is to celebrate the 50th<br />
anniversary of the launch of Sputnik 1, the first human-made<br />
satellite. QSL via HB4FR (bureau).<br />
HR - Javier, HR2J reports that his announced one-month HQ8R operation<br />
from Swan Island (NA-035) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 856] has been cancelled. Read the<br />
details on qrz.com under HQ8R.<br />
JA - Look for JF6OID/6, JF6TPI/6, JK6IJE/6, JH6ATP/6 and JE6AUG/6 to be<br />
active from Oki Island (AS-036, JIIA AS-036-006) on 6 October. They<br />
will operate SSB on the HF bands. QSL via home calls, direct or<br />
bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />
J5 - The F6KOP Team will be active as J5C from Bubaque Island (AF-020),<br />
Guinea Bissau on 10-21 January 2008. Fifteen operators (namely<br />
F4AJQ, F6AML, F5JSD, F5VHQ, F5TVG, F5PED, F4TTR, F8BUI, F8BJI, F2JD,<br />
F2VX, F9IE, N2WB, N6OX and OE8KDK) will be active on 160-10 metres<br />
SSB, CW, digital modes, SSTV and FM with five stations. QSL via<br />
F5TVG, direct or bureau. [TNX F6AML]<br />
OH0 - Hans, SM0BYD will operate CW as OH0/SM0BYD from the Aland Islands<br />
(EU-002) for 24 hours during the weekend of 13-14 October. He plans<br />
to be QRV on as many HF bands as time permits, and on 6 metres, if<br />
possibile. QSL via home call. [TNX SM0BYD]<br />
PA - Special event station PA50JOTA (www.scoutnet.nl/~jota) will be<br />
active on 17-31 October from Nieuweroord to celebrate the Golden<br />
Jubilee of the Jamboree On The Air. QSL via PA3EFR. [TNX PA3EFR]<br />
PA - Special event callsign PF30FRG will be aired in December to<br />
celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Frisian Radio Amateur Group<br />
(FRAG) in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. QSL via PI4FRG. [TNX PE1OLM]<br />
PZ - The 4M5<strong>DX</strong> Group is organizing an expedition to take place from<br />
Suriname during the first half of January. The multi-national team<br />
will include Pedro/HK1X, Diego/LU8A<strong>DX</strong>, Olli/OH0XX, Ramon/PZ5RA,<br />
Spiros/SV8CS, Ramon/XE1KK, Alex/YV5SSB, Paquale/YV5KAJ and<br />
Jose/YV5TX. They plan to have three stations active for ten days and<br />
to operate as PZ5YV on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. QSl via<br />
IT9DAA, direct or bureau. Financial assistance is being sought to<br />
help offset the costs; for further information please visit<br />
http://pz5yv.4m5dx.org/ [TNX IT9DAA]<br />
S7 - Leo/IZ5FSA, Stefano/IW5DPF and Luca/I5IHE will be active as S79LL,<br />
S79SO and S79LC from Praslin Island (AF-024), Seychelles on 14-19<br />
October. QSL via home calls, direct only. [TNX IZ5FSA]<br />
T31 - Toshi, JA8BMK has cancelled his trip to Central Kiribati [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N<br />
855] because his amplifier broke. He left Tarawa, West Kiribati<br />
(T30XX) and is currently in Fiji (3D2WW) "for a few days" before<br />
returning home. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
T6 - John, KE6GFF will be in Afghanistan for the third time and will<br />
operate from Kabul as T6EE from about 18 October to 12 November.<br />
Look for him on or around 14210 kHz. QSL via home call (John Kountz,<br />
1065 van Dyke Dr., Laguna Beach, CA 92651, USA). The QSL cards for<br />
his past activities (2004 and 2006) are being sent out, "albeit<br />
slowly". [TNX KE6GFF]<br />
T8 - Francesco, I2DMI reports he will be active holiday style as T88RY<br />
from Koror (OC-009), Palau from 26 December through 1 January 2008.<br />
He will operate RTTY only on the HF bands and 6 metres. Depending on<br />
propagation, look for him 3582, 7037, 14082, 21082, 28082, 10139,<br />
18102, 24922 and 50602 kHz, split up 2 (or 2-10, depending on the<br />
pile-up). Logs will be available on-line<br />
(http://dx.qsl.net/cgi-bin/logform.cgi?t88ry) and will be uploaded<br />
to LoTW during the second week of January. QSL via I2DMI. Bureau<br />
cards will be sent out in March; those who prefer to go direct can
mail their requests to Francesco Di Michele, P.O. Box 55, 22063<br />
Cantu' - CO, Italy.<br />
UN - UP50SAT will be aired during the month of October from Baykonur,<br />
Kazakhstan to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the launch of<br />
Sputnik 1. The operators are UN7SW, UA9LAK/UN, UN7FW, EU1FC, RV3AR,<br />
RN3ADS and RU3AWD. QSL via RV3AR, bureau preferred.<br />
V4 - Scott, NE1RD will operate as V4/NE1RD from St. Kitts (NA-104) on<br />
24-31 October, CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest included. QSL via home call,<br />
direct or bureau. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. Further information<br />
can be found at http://dxpedition-v4.com [TNX NG3K]<br />
VE - Igor/VE3ZF, Ken/VE3F<strong>DX</strong>, Bill/K5YG, Travis/W5GED, John/VA2MCJ and<br />
Eugene/N2AA will be active from Orleans Island (NA-128) on 18-21<br />
October. They will be signing VE3ZF/2 (CW and SSB) and W5GED/VE2<br />
(RTTY and PSK), while during the W/VE Islands QSO Party (20-21<br />
October) the callsign will be VE2I<strong>DX</strong>. QSL VE2I<strong>DX</strong> via VE3ZF, others<br />
via home call. The website for the operation is at<br />
http://www.ve2z.com/ [TNX VE3ZF]<br />
VE - Igor/VE3ZF, Ken/VE3F<strong>DX</strong>, Bill/K5YG, Travis/W5GED, John/VA2MCJ and<br />
Eugene/N2AA will be active from Port Cartier (Zone 2) on 24-28<br />
October. They will be signing VE8<strong>DX</strong>/2 (CW and SSB) and K5YG/VE2<br />
(RTTY and PSK), while during the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest the callsign<br />
will be VE2Z. QSL VE2Z via VE3ZF, QSL VE8<strong>DX</strong>/2 via N5FG, QSL K5YG/VE2<br />
via home call. The website for the operation is at<br />
http://www.ve2z.com/ [TNX VE3ZF]<br />
VE - Noel, VE2BR and Gregg, VE3ZZ will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB<br />
Contest as VC2Z from Mercier, Quebec (Zone 5). QSL via VE2BR. [TNX<br />
VE3ZZ]<br />
VK9L - Haru, JA1XGI will be active as VK9GLX from Lord Howe Island (OC-004)<br />
on 19-22 October. He plans to operate CW, SSB and digital modes on<br />
40, 30 and 20 metres. QSL via JA1XGI (direct or bureau) or W8XGI<br />
(direct only). [TNX W1AW]<br />
VP5 - Bob, K0OK and Dale, KB7UB, will be active as VP5/K0OK and VP5/KB7UB<br />
from Providenciales (NA-002), Turks and Caicos Islands on 6-11<br />
December. Look for activity on 6 through 160 metres CW and SSB. They<br />
will be operating in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest as VP5E (K0OK) and<br />
VP5UB (KB7UB). QSL via home calls. Online logs will be available at<br />
http://www.dxer.com/dxlogs/; all QSOs will be uploaded to LOTW. [TNX<br />
K0OK]<br />
VP6D - The VP6<strong>DX</strong> team (Ducie Island, February 2008) is still very busy<br />
preparing the equipment for a shipment in November. The current<br />
roster includes DL3<strong>DX</strong>X, DL6FBL, DL6LAU, DL8LAS, ES5TV, K3NA, N5IA,<br />
RA3AUU, SP3DOI, SP5XVY, SV1JG, UA3AB and WA6CDR. Donations are being<br />
sought, as the team is still needing about US$ 50,000. Details on<br />
how to contribute and updates on the expedition can be found at<br />
http://www.vp6dx.com<br />
W - N3A will be operated through the end of October to celebrate the<br />
third anniversary of the North American QRP CW Club. QSL via WY3H.<br />
Further information at http://www.arm-tek.net/~yoel/ [TNX VA3RJ]<br />
W - Special event station W3B will operate from the Blackistone<br />
Lighthouse on St. Clements Island (USI MD-028R, not IOTA) from 14 to<br />
20 UTC on 13 October. Operation will cover 40, 20 and 17 metres SSB.<br />
QSL via KA3UNQ (see QSLling instructions at qrz.com). [TNX KA3UNQ]<br />
YB - Hans, PA0HOP/YB9AQH [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 852] reports he will operate CW only<br />
until 27 October. Look for him mainly around 14020 and 18071 kHz. He<br />
is on Bali Island (OC-022). QSL via PA0HOP, direct or bureau.<br />
YV - The Radio Club Venezolano will be active as YW3AJ from Portuguesa<br />
State (FJ59mp) on 11-14 October. Four stations will be active around<br />
the clock on 160-6 metres all modes, plus VHF/UHF. QSL via YV5AJ,<br />
direct or bureau. Full information on the Diploma Estados<br />
Venezolanos (Venezuelan States Award) can be found at<br />
http://radioclubvenezolano.org/concurso.htm [TNX YV5AJ]<br />
YV - A group of five YL operators from Venezuela (namely YY4LCG, YY4AND,<br />
YY5EVA, YY4CVI and YY5ALO) will be active as YW6YL from Chimana
Grande (SA-090) on 12-16 December. QSL via IT9DAA. The website for<br />
the operation is at http://yw6yl.4m5dx.org/ [TNX 4X4-2238]<br />
SOUTH AMERICA TOUR ---> Andrea, IK1PMR and Claudia, IZ1GLO/K2LEO will be<br />
touring South America between early November and early December. They plan to<br />
take part in the major CW/RTTY contests, with CW/RTTY on the WARC and low<br />
bands on week-days. Their tentative schedule is the following:<br />
10-11 November WAE RTTY: CW2C (multi) or K2LEO/CX & IK1PMR/CX<br />
17-18 November LZ <strong>DX</strong>: IK1PMR/LU & K2LEO/LU (requested)<br />
24-25 November CQWW CW: ZP0R (op IK1PMR); ZP6/IZ1GLO RTTY operations<br />
01-02 December ARRL 160m: ZP0R (op IK1PMR); TARA RTTY: ZP6/IZ1GLO<br />
08-09 December ARRL 10m: CW2C (multi) or IK1PMR/CX & K2LEO/CX<br />
Updates will be posted on www.ik1pmr.com, as they will have Internet access<br />
from all locations. [TNX IK1PMR]<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
HS0ZHR ---> Eric, SM1TDE/HS0ZHR reports he is back in Sweden, as he has had to<br />
leave Thailand much earlier than planned [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 854].<br />
QSL EA6/LU5FF ---> The correct QSL route is via home call, LU5FF (not via<br />
EA7FTR).<br />
QSL UE0LAA ---> Vlado, UA0LCZ reports that he has received the blank cards<br />
for UE0LAA (Chikhachev Island, 1-6 August 2007) from the printer. QSL direct<br />
(Vladimir Miroshnichenko, P.O. Box 41-21, Vladivostok-41, 690041, Russia) or<br />
bureau.<br />
TOP LISTS ---> The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now<br />
available at http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. Please send<br />
your scores, as well as any request for further information, to Erminio<br />
Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@ari.it)<br />
+ SILENT KEYS + The Daily <strong>DX</strong> reports that Dimitar Terziev, LZ5AZ, one<br />
+ of the<br />
founding members of the World Wide Young Contesters (WWYC), passed away at 23<br />
years of age. Other recently reported silent keys include Ukrainian <strong>DX</strong>er<br />
Alexsandr Kuznetsov, UY5EG and Spanish EME enthusiast Jose Maria Prat,<br />
EA3<strong>DX</strong>U.<br />
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A0KM, 3B7SP, 3B8CF, 3D2ER, 4A3IH,<br />
4L1MA, 4N6FZ, 5B4AIF, 5N6EAM, 5Z4RT, 6F75A, 6W2SC, 7U5CI (AF-104), 7X4AN,<br />
7Z1HL, 9M6XRO, A25OOK, A61Q/p, BS7H, C6AXD, C98GLO (AF-072), CN2BC, CS6V,<br />
CU2M, CU3ABR, CU7/DL5AXX, DP0GVN, E51QMA (OC-080), EJ2MT (EU-121), EK3GM,<br />
EP3HF, ER1DA, FM5BH, FO/N6JA, FO5PS, FW0MO, FW0YL, FY1FL, G4GIR/KH9, HC1HC,<br />
HD2A, HH2FYD, HI0C (NA-122), HI3CCP, HP2/CX2AM (NA-170), HP3EFS, HR1LW, HV0A,<br />
J3/DL5AXX, J48NAR, J5UAP, J79PAK, K4I, KH6QR, KP2A, N8S, OA4/N6XQ, OH1VR/VP9,<br />
OJ0VR, OX/PA3EXX/P (NA-243), OX2A, P33W, P3A, P41USA, PJ2/KA9FOX, PJ2G,<br />
R0UPOL, R1FJM, R1FJT, S21RC, SO6Y, SY8AN, TE8IP, TI2KI, TY5ZR, UA6AF/P<br />
(EU-185), UE1RFF/1 (EU-102), UN7JX, UN9PQ, UP0F, V31M, V63JJ, V63M, V73NS,<br />
V73Y, VE1AWP/1 (NA-126), VO1PJN, VP2ETL, VP2MRM, VP5<strong>DX</strong>, VP8CQS, VQ9LA,<br />
VR10XMT, VR2C, XE3RBA, XT2SE, XU7AYY, XU7TZG, XX9TWB, YB1A, YI1HXH, YJ0ONM,<br />
ZD8RH/p, ZP6CW.<br />
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6W - Jovica, T98A (ex 9K2/T94FC, ST0RM, ST2A, T94FC) is now working in<br />
Senegal for at least two years and has received his amateur radio<br />
licence, 6W1SJ. Expect him to spend his operating time mostly on CW,<br />
with some SSB and digital modes. QSL via T93Y, direct or bureau<br />
(e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to t93y@lol.ba). [TNX<br />
T93Y]<br />
A4 - Tim, A45WG expects to be active as A45WG/p from Masirah Island<br />
(AS-014) until around 17 UTC on 15 October. QSL direct only to A45WG.<br />
[TNX www.rgsbiota.org]<br />
HP - Tom, W4JKC will be working on Isla Colon, Bocas del Toro Archipelago<br />
(NA-088) from 12 October to 2 November. He plans to operate as<br />
HP4/W4JKC on 40, 20, 18, 15 and 10 metres CW and SSB as time permits.<br />
QSL via W4JKC, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
I - Special calls AO8SRT (QSL via IZ8EDJ), CQ7SRT (QSL via CT1BWW),<br />
DZ1SRT (QSL via DU1IVT), HP1SRT (QSL via HP1WW), II0SRT (QSL via<br />
IZ0BTV), II5SRT (QSL via IZ5BTC), II6SRT (QSL via IZ6FZS), IR2SRT<br />
(QSL via I2JJR), IR7SRT (QSL via IZ7CRW), IR8C (QSL via IZ8EDJ),<br />
IR8SRE (QSL via IK8WEJ), IS0SRT (QSL via IS0LFZ), IU8SRE (QSL via<br />
IZ8GGF), L30BST (QSL via IZ8EDJ), V55SRT (QSL via IZ8EDJ), W1SRT (QSL<br />
via W3IZ) and YT07SRT (QSL via YT3W) will be aired on 19-21 October<br />
for the 4th Strange Radio Team special event. Proceeds beyond<br />
out-of-pocket expenses will be donated to charity. Information is<br />
available at http://www.strangeradioteam.com/ or from the Event<br />
Manager Marco De Carlo, IZ7DOK (iz7dok@strangeradioteam.com). [TNX<br />
IZ7DOK]<br />
S7 - Leo, IZ5FSA (S79LL) and Stefano, IW5DPF (S79SO) will be active from<br />
Praslin Island (AF-024) on 14-19 October [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 857], while Luca,<br />
I5IHE (S79LC) will be there from the 14th to the 27th. On-line logs<br />
will be available at www.ariscandicci.it. QSL for all via IW5CWA<br />
(direct only).<br />
SP - Scout station HF100SK will be active until 31 December from<br />
Skierniewice, Poland in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the<br />
scouting movement. QSL via SP7ZIA. [TNX SP7HQ]<br />
SU - Special event station SU50JOTA will be active on 20-21 October from<br />
the International Scout Centre in Cairo for the JOTA Golden Jubilee.<br />
Expect activity on 15, 17, 20, 40 and 80 metres CW and SSB. Team<br />
members include SU1GS, SU1SA, SU1AO, SU1KM, SU1KA, SU9NC and SU1SK.<br />
QSL via SU1SK. [TNX 4X4-2238]<br />
TA - TA2IJ reports he will operate CW and SSB as TC84IJ until 21 October<br />
to celebrate the 84th anniversary of the Republic of Turkey. QSL via<br />
home call.<br />
VU - Look for special callsign AT0MWG to be aired on CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK<br />
until 21 October for the 4th Military World Games<br />
(http://www.mwg2007.org/) to be held in Mumbai and Hyderabad, India.<br />
QSL via VU2SWS.<br />
W - Rudi, KF4OM and Larry, KG4LCF will be active as K4P from Pigeon Key<br />
(NA-062) on 12-14 October. QSL direct to KF4OM. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />
YK - Syrian operators have been authorized to use a special prefix (6C60)
from 15 October to 15 November to celebrate the 60th anniversary of<br />
amateur radio in their Country. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
JOTA ---> The Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) is an annual event in which about<br />
500,000 Scouts and Guides all over the world make contacts with each other by<br />
means of amateur radio. The 50th JOTA (http://www.scout.org/jota) will be<br />
held on 19-21 October. This golden-jubilee event is two hours longer than<br />
usual, and it will run from 19 October 22.00h local time to 21 October 24.00h<br />
local time.<br />
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (September 2007) is now available at<br />
http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/monthly/index.html. Articles and pictures should be sent<br />
to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).<br />
9U0A ---> 9U0A went QRT on 9 October at 4 UTC after some 33,504 QSOs (22609<br />
CW, 7195 SSB, 3296 RTTY, 349 PSK31, 50 SSTV, 5 WSJT). "We regret that we<br />
couldn't be more active on 160m (and 80m)", they say, "but we have had<br />
thunderstorms almost every day. This was the worst QRN we have ever<br />
experienced on any of our <strong>DX</strong>peditions which made reception almost<br />
impossible". Further information, pictures and on-line log included, can be<br />
found at http://www.dl7df.com/9u/index.html<br />
QSL VIA G3TEV ---> Mike, G3TEV says that "due to industrial action by the<br />
postal workers, all post to the UK will be severley delayed until further<br />
notice. Please do not send cards for 9J2BO until the service returns to<br />
normal delivery, which may be several weeks away".<br />
QSL VIA T98U ---> Rob, T98U says that the QSL cards for T93J, T96C, T98G,<br />
T98T, T99W, T90A, T90HQ, T960A and T960ARA can be sent to T98U, direct or<br />
preferably via the bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can go to<br />
t98u@teol.net).<br />
+ SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include Jock Perrett<br />
+ (ZS1ZI),<br />
Robert Piat (F3XY), Kenneth E. Roush (N7SQU), Allen Schulman (W0DRT), Steve<br />
Victor (W7WK), Douglas E. Williams (KD9Q) and Haruo "Harry" Yoneda (ex<br />
JA1ANG). [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>, OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin and F5NQL]<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />
===================================================================<br />
3C7Y EA5BYP DA0SPUTNIK DL9DBP P29VLR SM6CVX<br />
3D2WW JA8UWT DA0UBOOT DK9OS PI4D PA3ERA<br />
3Z50SPU SQ2RH DK0GSK DH1BUZ R1FJT UA4RC<br />
4U50SPACE HB9BOU DP0GVN DL5EBE R450KB UA6XT<br />
4X2Z 4X6UU DR1COTA DL1ATR R450WA RW9WA<br />
5C5W EA5XX DU3NXE W3HNK R450WB RV9WB<br />
5H9PD W8FV E51NOU N7OU R450WK RU9WA<br />
5L2MS PA3AWW E51USN K6USN R450WX RA9WX
5N47NDP IK5JAN EA6/LU5FF LU5FF R450WXZ RX9WZ<br />
5R8RJ DJ7RJ EH4EI EA4CT R450WYL RZ9WM<br />
5W1SA JH7OHF EL2DT WA4TII R450WZ RU9WZ<br />
5X1AB K6EID ES375UT ES5RY R450WZA RZ9WZA<br />
5X1GS WB2YQH ET3JA OK3AA SD7T DL2RTK<br />
5Z4/YT1CS YT1CS EY8CQ DJ1MM SD7V DL2VFR<br />
6I2EX XE2EX FO/JI1JKW JI1JKW SD7W DL2SWW<br />
6W1SE JR2KDN GB2HFC G4BWP SM7DAY/7 SM7DAY<br />
7Q7CE IN3VZE GB5OSO G8ATE SN40ZOS SP4ICP<br />
7Q7HB G0IAS GB6GW GW0TKX SO9Q SP9QMP<br />
7X2EB EA7FTR H40MY OM2SA SV0JD/8 DL6NBA<br />
8P2K KU9C HB9SPACE HB4FR T30XX JA8UWT<br />
8Q7AK G7COD HC2AQ EA5KB T77CD I0MWI<br />
8R1XR DK6XR HC8N W5UE TC84IJ TA2IJ<br />
8R1XT DK8XT HE70FG HB9FG TF3ZA KT6YL<br />
9A73AA 9A2AA HF40PAZ SP6DVP TJ3SL F5PSA<br />
9G1YE PA3ERA HI3T ON4IQ TM0VDM F5KEB<br />
9G5ZS ZS6EGB HI3TEJ ON4IQ TM1SEF F4CMC<br />
9J2CA G3SWH HK1JKL EA5KB TM6MXP F5KFL<br />
9M2GCN JH3GCN HK6K EA5KB TT8FC EA4AHK<br />
9Q1TB SM5DJZ HR2/LT0E HQ2LAS TT8PK F4EGS<br />
9U0A DL7DF HV50VR IW0GPN TY5ZR IK2IQD<br />
A52DA DL1DA HZ1AN DJ9ZB UE9WFJ RX9WN<br />
A52UR K2RET HZ1IK DK7YY UP50SAT RV3AR<br />
A61TX W4JS II0JCE IZ0GKN UU7J UU0JM<br />
A92HB GM6TVR IQ1IM/P IZ1JLN VK6CHI VK4AAR<br />
AM9ML EA4URE IU1ARI IQ1IV VK8DP VK4AAR<br />
AO0UIT EA4URT J28JA F5JFU VK9CLF HB9QR<br />
AO8X EA8AUW J48AL DM3CW VK9WWI HA7RY<br />
AP2TN DJ9ZB JW8DW LA8DW VO1ARES VE9GLF<br />
BY1TX/4 EA7FTR K0D K0RC VR10AJ VR2AJ<br />
CM6CAC EA5KB LX7I LX2A VR10UW VR2UW<br />
CN8YE EA7FTR LZ26ZA LZ1KZA VR10XMT VR2XMT<br />
CN8YZ EA7FTR MS0WRC G0MTD YK1BA N5FF<br />
CO3CJ EB7AEY N3A WY3H YP9VIN YO9FNR<br />
CO3JN EB7AEY OD5/F5PTM F5OGL YT60W YU7BCD<br />
CO6RD AD4C OF2IPA OH4MDY Z29KM EA7FTR<br />
CO7EH AD4C OH0B OH2BH ZB2CN DJ9WH<br />
CO7PH W3HNK OH0PM OH2PM ZK2AH DL2AH<br />
CO8LY EA7ADH OL50NERA OK1ULE ZL2MAT K3PD<br />
CT9L DJ6QT ON13HDR ON4CRD ZL7/SP5EAQ SP5EAQ<br />
CU1CB EA5KB OO5G ON4GIL ZL7/SP9BQJ SP9BQJ<br />
CU2MAIA CU2ARA OO5Z ON5AZ ZL7/SP9PT SP9PT<br />
CU6NS EA5KB OX3XR OZ3PZ ZP4KFX IK2DUW<br />
CX1CCC EA5KB OY3QN OZ1ACB ZS4U K3PD<br />
D4C IZ4DPV P29NI G3KHZ ZS6<strong>DX</strong>B LZ3HI<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3B8GT Alexey Averkin, P.O. Box 10, Queen Mary Avenue, Floreal, Mauritius<br />
3DA0TM Andy Cory, P. O. Box 1033, Mbabane, Swaziland<br />
5H3EE Mike Stange, P.O. Box 78364, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania<br />
DL7DF Sigi Presch, Wilhelmsmuehlenweg 123, D-12621 Berlin, Germany<br />
EA5BYP Elmo Bernabe Coll, P.O.Box 3097, 03080 Alicante, Spain<br />
G3KHZ Derek Cox, 18 Station Road, Castle Bytham, Grantham, Lincs NG33 4SB,<br />
United Kingdom<br />
IN3VZE Ely Camin, Corso 3 Novembre 136/2, 38100 Trento - TN, Italy JA8UWT<br />
Kimiko Saitoh, 4-16-2-22 Kamui, Asahikawa-City, Hokkaido 070-8014,
Japan<br />
N5FF Saad Mahaini, 428 Brook Glen Dr., Richardson, TX 75080, USA<br />
OM2SA Juraj Sipos, 93013 Trhova Hradska 550, Slovakia<br />
PA3AWW Henk van Oosterhout, Meelbeshof 8, 3355 BD Papendrecht, The<br />
Netherlands<br />
SM5DJZ Jan Hallenberg, Vassunda Andersberg, SE-741 91 Knivsta, Sweden SM6CVX<br />
Hans Olof Hjelmstrom, Kalltorpsv. 2, 543 35 Tibro, Sweden VK4AAR Alan Roocroft,<br />
376 Old Toowoomba Road, Placid Hills, QLD 4343,<br />
Australia<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
4U - Special call 4U1WRC will be aired form the from the International<br />
Amateur Radio Club station (4U1ITU) at ITU Geneva for the World<br />
Radiocommunication Conference 2007, which will take place from 22<br />
October through 16 November. Expect 4U1WRC to be active also during<br />
the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
6W - Javi, EA1FDI will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest as 6V7G<br />
from Somone (Senegal). His licence is valid from 15 through 28<br />
October, so you can expect some activity before the contest. QSL via<br />
home call. [TNX EA1FDI]<br />
6Y - Filipe, CT1ILT will operate as 6Y3T from Jamaica (NA-097) on 23-29<br />
October. He plans to concentrate on the low bands. QSL direct to<br />
home call. [TNX CT1ILT]<br />
6Y - John, W2GB will be active as 6Y0B from Jamaica on 23-30 October,<br />
before and after the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest. QSL via W2GB [TNX NG3K]<br />
C6 - Alan, WQ5W will be active as C6AQW from Treasure Cay, Abaco<br />
(NA-080), Bahamas on 25-31 October. The primary purpose of this trip<br />
is to operate as a 40m low power entrant in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB<br />
Contest. Outside the contest, he will concentrate on 160, 80, 30, 17<br />
and 12 metres CW and SSB, plus RTTY on all bands. QSL via WQ5W,<br />
direct or bureau. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. Alan has set up a<br />
blog at http://wq5w.blogspot.com [TNX WQ5W]<br />
CE0Y - Slaven, 9A4X and Zdenko, 9A5RR will be active from Easter Island<br />
(SA-001) on 23-31 October. Slaven will operate as CE0Y/9A4X on all<br />
bands, and will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest as CC0Y on<br />
15 metres. QSL via 9A2AA. [TNX 9A2AA]<br />
GW - Chris, G1VDP and others (M0KCM, M0OXO, M3POV, M3SDE, M3SDO, MW0JZE,<br />
MW0RLJ, MW5HOC, OM0AAO) will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest<br />
as MW5W (Multi-Multi) from the Pembrokeshire coast, West Wales. QSL<br />
via M3SDE. Some of the operators will be on the air before the<br />
contest signing their own call (G1VDP will become GW1VDP, etc) and<br />
operating also some CW and digital modes. [TNX G1VDP]<br />
H40 - The Daily <strong>DX</strong> reports that bad weather forced H40MY to go QRT from<br />
Tikopia (OC-178). Mike, KM9D says he and Jan, KF4TUG have "no hope<br />
of any further HF radio activity from a land-based station".<br />
HS - Special event station HS35SEA will be aired on 8-11 November for the<br />
the 35th SEANET Convention that will be held in Lampang. Full<br />
information on the convention can be found at<br />
http://www.sabah.net.my/seanet/seanet_2007.htm [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
I - IT9ATF, IT9ORA, IT9NPR, IT9PPG, IT9RZU and IT9WDC will be active as<br />
IF9A from Favignana Island (EU-054, IIA TP-011) on 26-28 October, CQ<br />
WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest included. QSL via IT9ATF. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
I - The Valdarno Contesting Radio Team (IK5AAB, IK5AFJ, IK5YOJ, IW5ECI,<br />
IW5EFR, IZ5AJP, IZ5DKG, IZ5IIN and IZ5ILF) will participate in the<br />
CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest as IR5A (Multi-Single). QSL via IK5AFJ. [TNX<br />
IZ5DKG]<br />
JA - Look for JA6QIN/6 to be active from four different islands (Arifuku,<br />
Wakamatsu, Zuga and Nakadori) in the Goto Islands group (AS-040),<br />
Nagasaki prefecture on 5-7 November. QSL via home call, direct or
ureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />
ON - Rich, N0HJZ will be operating as ON9CMV from Belgium on 24-30<br />
October, including a full time effort in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest.<br />
QSL direct to N0HJZ; logs will be uploaded to LOtW. [TNX N0HJZ]<br />
PA - The VERON section Noord en Midden Limburg will be active as PA60LIM<br />
from 27 October to 11 November to celebrate their 60th anniversary.<br />
Expect them to be active also during the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest. QSL<br />
via PE1NCP, direct or bureau. [TNX PE1NCP]<br />
PJ4 - Kelly, N0VD will be active as PJ4/N0VD from Bonaire (SA-006) until<br />
30 October. QSL via home call. He will be one of the operators who<br />
will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest as a Multi-Two entry<br />
from PJ4E (QSL direct to WA4PGM). [TNX N0VD]<br />
SV - Gyuszi/HA2VR, Laci/HA6NL (J48NL), Zsolt/HA6PS (J48PS), Tibor/HA6ZV,<br />
Al/HA7JJS (J48JJ) and Laci/HA7PL (J48PL) will operate as J48RT,<br />
SV8/homecall and under their personal callsigns from Thassos Island<br />
(EU-174) from 24 October to 8 November. The group will be active on<br />
the HF bands, plus 6 and 2 metres, on CW, SSB, PSK31, MS and JT6M.<br />
They will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest as J48RT<br />
(Multi-Single) and in the HA QRP Contest (1-7 November). QSL J48RT<br />
via HA6NL, direct or bureau. Others via home call, direct or bureau.<br />
[TNX HA0HW]<br />
UR - Ben, OZ5AAH/OZ5IPA will operate SSB and CW as UT/OZ5IPA from Kiev<br />
Borispol, Ukraine, from 30 October to 7 November. He will<br />
participate in the International Police Association's Contest (3-4<br />
November). QSL direct to home call.<br />
V2 - Once more Team Antigua will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest<br />
as V26B (QSL via KA2AEV). The operators will arrive around 22<br />
October and will will probably be active through the 30th using<br />
their personal callsigns. NI1N and N3KS are waiting for their calls<br />
to be issued by the licencing authority, the others will be V26BA<br />
(QSL via WA3RHW), V26BZR (QSL via W2BZR), V26CW (QSL via KM9M),<br />
V26JN (QSL via WX3B), V26OC (QSL via N3OC). [TNX KA2AEV]<br />
V3 - John, W5JON (V31FB) will be back to Ambergris Caye (NA-073) for the<br />
CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest. He will be there on 25-31 October. QSL via<br />
home call. [TNX NG3K]<br />
VP2M - George/K2DM (VP2MDG), Peter/K3ZM (VP2MZM) and Glen/W4GKA (VP2MKA)<br />
will be active from Montserrat on 24-30 October, including a M/2<br />
entry in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest as VP2MDG. Look for VP2MDG on 6m<br />
SSB and VP2MZM on 160m CW outside the contest. QSL via home calls.<br />
[TNX ARRL <strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />
VP5 - WA2VYA, K2WB, W2WAS, N2VW will be on Providenciales, Caicos Islands<br />
(NA-002) on 23-30 October. They will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB<br />
Contest as VP5T (QSL via N2VW, direct or bureau; logs will be<br />
uploaded to LoTW after 30 days ). Before and after the contest they<br />
will operate CW, 30, 17 and 12 metres as homecall/VP5 (QSL via home<br />
call). [TNX NG3K]<br />
VP8_sg - Lars, MM0DWF (www.lars-boehme.de/vp8dif/index.html) will be active<br />
as VP8DIF from Husvik, South Georgia (AN-007) from around 27 January<br />
until 28 February 2008. Amateur radio operations will be on a spare<br />
time basis. QSL via DJ9ZB, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
W - Serge, W5ZZ and Vic, N8OO expect to be active as W5ZZ/p and N8OO/p<br />
from Grand Isle (NA-168) on 19-20 October. [TNX W5ZZ]<br />
W - Paul, AA4ZZ will be active from Sunset Beach Island (NA-112) from<br />
about 12 UTC on 20 October until about 16 UTC on the 22nd. Expect<br />
him to operate mainly on 20 metres SSB, possibily with some 17m SSB.<br />
QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
W - Bren, G4DYO will be active as W4/G4DYO from Captiva Island (NA-069)<br />
for few hours on 16 November. He plans operate SSB on 20 metres.<br />
[TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
XW - Alex, RK3DT reports he will be active again as XW3DT from Laos from<br />
25 October to 6 November. QSL to Alex Sinchukov, P.O. Box 11, GPO,<br />
Hong Kong.
YO - Jean-Michel, F6AJA, Editor of Les Nouvelles <strong>DX</strong>, reports he will be<br />
once again active in his spare time as YO/F6AJA from the YO3KPA club<br />
station in Bucharest, Romania from 27 October to 2 November. QSL via<br />
F6AJA.<br />
JOTA ---> Further stations expected to be active during this weekend's 50th<br />
Jamboree On The Air include:<br />
* GB2JAM by the Wirral and District Amateur Radio Club. QSL via G4MGR.<br />
* GB50RFR by the Bittern <strong>DX</strong> Group from the 1st Rural Roughton Scout HQ at<br />
Roughton Windmill. QSL via M0CNP.<br />
* HB50S from the World Scout Bureau in Geneva, Switzerland. QSL via HB9AOF.<br />
* HL9BSA from the Yongsan Army Post in Seoul, South Korea. QSL to WX8C.<br />
* HP1RCP (Radio Club de Panama), from the Panama City National Scout Center.<br />
* II050SCOUT (QSL via IK0DWN or LoTW) and IR050J (QSL via IW0GOA) from the<br />
Abbey of Montecassino.<br />
* II250SCOUT by a group of operatos from ARI Vigevano. QSL via IW2NOH.<br />
* ON50JOTA, by members of the UBA section GDV.<br />
* VR100S from the Hong Kong Scout HKIR IT Club (VR2HKS, www.it-scout.org).<br />
Activity will continue through the end of the year.<br />
[TNX HP1AC, IK0DWN, IK0YQJ, IK2AVH, K1XN, OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin, VA3RJ, VR2XNG]<br />
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
IR8<strong>DX</strong> ---> IK8OZZ, IK8VRH, IK8YTA and IZ8GGF were active from Santo Janni<br />
(EU-144, IIA PZ-001) at various times between 1 June and 15 October. They<br />
made around 5,000 CW QSOs. Logs are available on http://dx.qsl.net/ and<br />
http://logsearch.de/, and will be upoloaded soon to LoTW. QSL via IK8VRH.<br />
[TNX IK8VRH]<br />
FRACAP ---> The next FRACAP (Federacion de Radio Aficionados de Centro<br />
America y Panama) Convention will take place in Antigua, Guatemala on 23-25<br />
November. Details can be found at http://www.fracap.org/ or from Jorge Abed,<br />
TG9AAJ (tg9aaj@gmail.com). [TNX TG9AJR]<br />
NC<strong>DX</strong>A ---> At the October meeting, the members of the National Capitol <strong>DX</strong><br />
Association (http://www.qsl.net/ncdxa/) elected the following officers to<br />
serve in 2008: Dick Mayott/W2YE (President), John Kanode/N4MM (Vice<br />
President), Brian Bayus/N1KC (Treasurer), George Vincent/K3GV (Secretary).<br />
[TNX K3GV]<br />
QSL 3V8SS ---> Dmitry, RW4WM guest operated CW, SSB and RTTY from the 3V8SS<br />
premises in Sousse between 2 and 10 October (2122 QSOs). QSL for this<br />
operation only via RW4WM, direct (Dmitry Zakharov, P.O. Box 5991, Izhevsk,<br />
426075, Russia) or bureau. Proceeds will be donated to the club station to<br />
help them purchase amateur radio equipment. [TNX RW4WM]<br />
R35NP ---> Mikhail Fokin (RW1AI) is now active as R35NP from drifting station<br />
"North Pole 35" until next summer. Mike is running 100 watts on 20, 30 and 40<br />
metres CW and SSB. QSL via RW1AI, direct (Mikhail N.Fokin, P.O. Box 13,<br />
St.Petersburg, 193312 Russia) or bureau. Logs (including his Antarctic<br />
operations as R1AND, R1ANP, R1ANT and RW1AI/ANT) are available at<br />
http://www.qsl.net/ua1ake/logs [TNX UA1AKE]<br />
THAILAND GAINS NEW BANDS ---> Effective 12 October, Intermediate and Advanced<br />
class amateur radio operators in Thailand have gained access to 12, 17, 30, 80<br />
and 160 meters on a permanent basis They are now allowed to operate on the<br />
following frequencies:<br />
12m 24.890-24.990 MHz
17m 18.068-18.168 MHz<br />
30m 10.100-10.150 MHz<br />
80m 3.500-3.540 MHz<br />
160m 1.800-1.825 MHz<br />
The authorisation, granted in a new Act governing amateur radio in Thailand by<br />
the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), follows years of<br />
lobbying by the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST).<br />
No changes were made to the VHF bands, where 6 metres (50-54 MHz) and 1,240<br />
MHz are still off-limits and 430 MHz (70 cm) is authorised for monitoring<br />
only, such as to listen to satellite downlinks. Two metres (144 MHz) is<br />
channelised and minor amendments were made to repeater allocations.<br />
An unofficial translation of the NTC's Amateur Radio Act will be available<br />
soon at www.qsl.net/rast [TNX G4UZN]<br />
VE5 INCOMING QSL BUREAU ---> Effective immediately, the Incoming QSL Manager<br />
for VA5/VE5 is Joe Musgrave VA5JM/VE5CEM, 729 Fifth Street NE, Weyburn, SK<br />
S4H 1A4, Canada (ve5cem@sasktel.net).<br />
VE7 INCOMING QSL BUREAU ---> After 19 years of service, Dennis Livesey, VE7DK<br />
has retired as BC Incoming QSL manager. Taking over is Ken Clarke, VE7UQ. The<br />
new address for the Bureau is: VE7-VA7 Incoming QSL Bureau, Ken Clarke VE7UQ,<br />
12441 - 58A Avenue, Surrey, BC, Canada V3X 1X6 [TNX VE7UQ, ve7uq@shaw.ca]<br />
VP8 CRUISE ---> Mehdi Escoffier, F5PFP says a 4-week Antarctic cruise could be<br />
organized to take place in January 2009. The itinerary will include a<br />
number of islands (King George, Nelson, Greenwich, Livingston, Deception) in in<br />
the South Shetlands. At this stage Mehdi is looking for five participants; email<br />
him (f5pfp@aliceadsl.fr) for details.<br />
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A0KM, 3B7SP, 3XY5M, 4A3IH, 4O3A,<br />
5B4AIF, 5H0RS, 5W1SA, 6W2SC, 6Y5WJ, 7U5CI (AF-104), 9A2HQ/P, 9K2YM/P<br />
(AS-118), 9M6XRO, 9Q1TB, A25SL, A45WD, A61Q/p, A71BX/P, A71EM, AP2TN,<br />
BG6IQD/4, BS7H, CE0Z, CN2BC, CO2OJ, CU2/WA1S, CU3EJ, CU8/CT1GFK (EU-089),<br />
DU9/G4UNL, EF8M, EP2MKO, EP3HF, ER1QQ, ER4<strong>DX</strong>, FO/N6JA, FR5ZL, FS5KA, FW0MO,<br />
GB7HQ, HD2A, HI0C, HL0LPM/3 (AS-080), HP/CX4CR, HR1LW, HR9/K0UU, HV0A, J48HW,<br />
J5UAP, JW0HS, KG4IZ, KG4MO, KH6QR, LX7I, MD0CCE, OH0PA, OJ0/SM0BSO,<br />
OX/PA3EXX/P (NA-243), PR8ZX, PZ5RA, R0UPOL, R1FJT, RA1QY (EU-153), RU6<strong>DX</strong>/P<br />
(EU-185), S21RC, SV9CVY, T30ONM, T77C, T77NM, TM5EL (EU-048), UK9AA, V63JJ,<br />
VC1W (NA-126), VE1FO/P (NA-126), VO1PJN, VO2/NF6J (NA-044), VP2ERD, VP8ROT,<br />
VQ9LA, VR10UW, VR10XMT, VR2C, WP4SK, XU7ADI, XX9TTR, YN2N, YT6A, ZA/DL1RTL,<br />
ZW0S.<br />
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27 October 2007 A.R.I. <strong>DX</strong> Bulletin<br />
No 860<br />
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**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
5Z - Miki, YT1CS will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest as<br />
5Z4/YT1CS from Lamu Island (AF-040), Kenya. QSL via home call. [TNX<br />
NG3K]<br />
I - Special event station IY1EY will be active on 3-11 November to<br />
celebrate Gugliemo Marconi's experiments from his yacht "Elettra"<br />
between 1919 and 1936. Expect activity on all bands CW, SSB and<br />
RTTY. Special QSL via IK1QBT. [TNX IK1QBT]<br />
JA - Special event station 8N0M100A/3 to be active from Himeji, Ie-shima<br />
(AS-117) on 26-28 October. QSL via the JARL bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />
KH3 - Susan, W7KFI [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 846] is planning to make another attempt at<br />
sailing to Johnston Island aboard her yacht "Dahrma" during the<br />
first week of November. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />
OZ - Klaus, DK9LO will be active as OZ/DK9LO from<br />
Vendsyssel-Thy/Nordjylland (EU-171) on 3-16 November. QSL via home<br />
call, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
PA - Special callsign PA20NAFRAS will be aired on 3-19 November to<br />
celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Netherlands Air Force Radio<br />
Amateur Society (PI4NAF). QSL via PA1TT.<br />
TI9 - TI9K is the callsign for the February 2008 <strong>DX</strong>pedition to Isla del<br />
Coco (NA-012) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 850]. The operators will be Oscar/EA1DR,<br />
Carlos/EA1IR, Andy/DH8WR (EA2CRX), Baldur/DJ6SI, Norbert/DJ7JC,<br />
Guenter/DL2AWG, San/K5YY, Carlos/TI2KAC and Anthony W4OI (HK1AR).<br />
They plan to be active from 6 to 15 February with 3-4 stations on<br />
160-10m (plus 60m and 6m) CW, SSB, RTTY and possibily PSK31. QSL via<br />
EA2CRX, direct or bureau. Further information can be found at<br />
www.ti9.eu.com [TNX DH8WR]<br />
YB - Adhi, YB3MM will be active as YB3MM/2 from Karimunjawa Island<br />
(OC-186) on 27-29 October. He plans to operate on 15, 20 and 40<br />
metres during the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest, and CW digital modes outside<br />
the contest. QSL via IZ8CCW. [TNX 4X4-2238]<br />
CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their<br />
participation in this year's event (27-28 October):<br />
ZONE CALL CATEGORY <strong>DX</strong>CC QSL VIA<br />
--------------------------------------------------------------<br />
02 VE2IM SOAB HP Canada VE3DZ<br />
02 VE2Z M/? Canada VE3ZF<br />
05 VC2Z M/? Canada VE2BR<br />
05 VP9I M/S Bermuda N1HRA<br />
07 HR2DMR SOAB HP Honduras HR2DMR<br />
07 V31FB SO Belize W5JON<br />
08 6Y1V M/2 Jamaica OH3RB<br />
08 8P5A SOAB Barbados NN1N<br />
08 C6APR M/S Bahamas K3IXD<br />
08 C6AQW SOSB 40m LP Bahamas WQ5W<br />
08 FG5JK SO Guadeloupe FG5JK<br />
08 FM/K9NW SOAB Martinique K9NW
08 FS/K1XM SOAB Saint Martin KQ1F<br />
08 FS/KN5H M/2 Saint Martin KN5H<br />
08 J3A M/M Grenada WA1S<br />
08 KP2/AH8<strong>DX</strong> SO US Virgin Islands AH8<strong>DX</strong><br />
08 NP2B M/? US Virgin Islands NP2B<br />
08 T48K M/S Cuba DK1WI<br />
08 TI5N M/S Costa Rica W3HNK<br />
08 V26B M/? Antigua & Barbuda KA2AEV<br />
08 V4/NE1RD SOAB LP St. Kitts & Nevis NE1RD<br />
08 VP2MDG M/2 Montserrat K2DM<br />
08 VP5T Turks & Caicos N2VW<br />
08 WP2Z M/? US Virgin Islands KU9C<br />
09 5K4C SO Colombia EA5KB<br />
09 FY5KE M/S French Guiana FY5KE<br />
09 HK3W SOSB 80m LP Colombia qrz.com<br />
09 P40A SOAB Aruba WD9DZV<br />
09 P40PA SOAB Aruba W4PA<br />
09 P40W SOAB Aruba N2MM<br />
09 PJ4E M/2 Netherlands Antilles WA4PGM<br />
10 HC1HC SOSB 80m Ecuador NE8Z<br />
11 ZP0R SOAB Paraguay ZP5AZL<br />
12 CC0Y SOSB 15m Easter Island 9A2AA<br />
12 CE1W M/M Chile HA1AG<br />
14 4U1WRC M/? ITU Geneva 4U1ITU<br />
14 AO3K SOSB 20m Spain EA3GHZ<br />
14 CU2A SOAB HP Azores OH2BH<br />
14 EE1E SO Spain EA1CBX<br />
14 EI2VNO SO Ireland NN5O<br />
14 LX7I SOAB Luxembourg LX2A<br />
14 MW5W M/M Wales M3SDE<br />
14 ON9CMV SO Belgium N0HJZ<br />
14 PA60LIM The Netherlands PE1NCP<br />
14 PI4COM M/M The Netherlands PA3CAL<br />
15 1A3A M/? SMOM IZ4DPV<br />
15 IF9A M/? Italy (Sicily) IT9ATF<br />
15 IQ8OM Italy IZ8EDJ<br />
15 IQ9BF M/S Italy (Sicily) bureau<br />
15 IR5A M/S Italy IK5AFJ<br />
15 IR9P M/? Italy (Sicily) IW9HMQ<br />
15 IT9BLB SOSB 160m HP Italy (Sicily) IT9BLB<br />
15 OH0/SP7VC SOAB Aland Islands SP7VC<br />
15 OH0B SOSB 80m Aland Islands OH2BH<br />
15 OH0R SOSB 20m Aland Islands OH2PM<br />
15 OH0Z SOSB 15m Aland Islands W0MM<br />
15 SO6V SOSB 40m LP Poland SP6DVP<br />
17 EY8MM SOSB 80 or 160m Tajikistan K1BV<br />
20 4X0C M/S Israel W8HC<br />
20 4X0V M/2 Israel AA4V<br />
20 C4I Cyprus LZ2HM<br />
20 J48RT M/S Greece HA6NL<br />
20 P33W M/S Cyprus RA3AUU<br />
20 P3F M/2 Cyprus G3NKC<br />
20 SV5/G0RIF SO LP Dodecanese G0RIF<br />
20 YM0T SOSB 160m LP Turkey TA2RC<br />
21 4L4WW SOSB 80m HP Georgia EA7FTR<br />
21 9K2HN M/S Kuwait 9K2HN<br />
21 EK0B M/2 Armenia SP9ERV<br />
21 T6EE SO Afghanist KE6GFF<br />
22 9N7JO SO Nepal qrz.com<br />
22 VU2PTT SOAB LP India VU2PTT<br />
23 JT1DA SOAB HP Mongolia JT1DA<br />
24 B1Z M/M China EA7FTR<br />
24 B7P M/M China qrz.com
24 BX5AA SOAB HP Taiwan BX5AA<br />
25 D9K M/2 South Korea DS4NYE<br />
26 HS0ZDG SOAB Thailand K4YT<br />
26 XW1A SO Laos E21EIC<br />
27 AH0BT M/2 (?) Mariana Islands 7L1FPU<br />
27 AH2R M/S Guam JH7QXJ<br />
27 KG6<strong>DX</strong> SOAB HP Guam KG6<strong>DX</strong><br />
27 NH0<strong>DX</strong>/NH2 SOAB HP Guam JL3RDC<br />
28 9M2CNC SOSB West Malaysia G4ZFE<br />
28 9M6LSC SOAB East Malaysia JF1SQC<br />
28 V8AQM SOSB 20m LP Brunei W3HNK<br />
28 YB0ZZ M/? Indonesia YB0ZZ<br />
29 VK8AA SOSB 40m Australia VK6NE<br />
30 VK4EJ SOSB 15m LP Australia VK4EJ<br />
31 AH6XX M/? Hawaii<br />
32 A35RK SOSB LP Tonga W7TSQ<br />
32 E51NOU SO South Cook Islands N7OU<br />
32 ZM2M SO2R New Zealand ZL2AL<br />
32 ZM4A M/S New Zealand ZL4AA<br />
33 3V8SS SO Tunisia bureau<br />
33 AO8A M/2 Canary Islands EA8AH<br />
33 CN2FB SOSB 80m Morocco DK4VW<br />
33 CN2FF SOSB 160m Morocco DK4VW<br />
33 CN2KT SOSB 10m Morocco DK4VW<br />
33 CN2R SOSB 160m Morocco W7EJ<br />
33 CN3A M/2 Morocco I2WIJ<br />
33 CN4P SO Morocco EA5XX<br />
33 CQ9K M/? Madeira CQ9K<br />
33 CT9L M/? Madeira DJ6QT<br />
33 IG9R SOSB 20m (African) Italy IK8HCG<br />
33 IT9RBW/IG9 SOSB 10m (African) Italy ???<br />
33 TS6A M/2 Tunisia YT1AD<br />
34 SU8BHI SO Egypt HA3JB<br />
35 6V7G SO Senegal EA1FDI<br />
35 6W1RY SOAB HP Senegal F5VHJ<br />
35 6W1RY SOAB HP Senegal F5VHJ<br />
35 C50C The Gambia OM2FY<br />
36 ZD7X SO LP St. Helena W0MM<br />
37 5Z4/YT1CS SO Kenya YT1CS<br />
38 3DA0WW M/2 Swaziland LZ3HI<br />
40 JW5E M/S Svalbard<br />
Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operations listing maintained by<br />
Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqs2007.html - good contest to you all!<br />
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />
===========================<br />
Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3C7Y ---> On-line logs for the recent 3C7Y operation from Bioko Island<br />
(AF-010), Equatorial Guinea are now available at<br />
http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/web/ea5yn/3c7y.htm (if you do not find<br />
your QSO, please e-mail ea5byp@telefonica.net). [TNX EA5YN]<br />
BRUNEI ---> The website for the 4-18 November V8FWP-V8FDM-V8FWU <strong>DX</strong>pedition to<br />
Brunei [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 853] can be found at http://www.v8.pa7fm.nl/. On-line logs<br />
will be uploaded if the local Internet access allows this during the<br />
operation, otherwise they will be available after the expedition.
C50C ---> Rich, OM2TW and Joe, OM5AW operated for about eight hours as C50C<br />
from the Bijol Islands (AF-060) on 21 October. They made some 1400 QSOs with 50<br />
watts and vertical dipoles on 20, 17 and 15 metres. QSL via OM2FY. This<br />
callsign will be used again from the mainland during the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB<br />
Contest.<br />
CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB ---> Colin, MM0N<strong>DX</strong> has collected a list of the websites for a<br />
number of participating stations in this year's CQWW SSB. It can be found at<br />
http://hamspirit.wordpress.com/2007/10/07/cqww-ssb-contest-callsign-websites/<br />
<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS ---> The following operations have been approved for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit:<br />
3V8SS (Tunisia, 2007 operation), 9U0A (Burundi, 2007 operation), D2<strong>DX</strong><br />
(Angola, 2007 operation). If you had cards rejected, please send an e-mail to<br />
dxcc@arrl.org and you will be placed on the list for update. [TNX NC1L]<br />
LOGS ---> On-line logs for S79LL (IZ5FSA) and S79SO (IW5DPF) are available on<br />
www.ariscandicci.it. The Seychelles national authorities did not allow 80m<br />
operations. [TNX IZ5FSA]<br />
LOGS ---> The recent operations from four Papua New Guinea's IOTA groups<br />
logged about 10,500 QSOs from OC-284 (P29VCX, QSL via SM6CVX), 8,500 QSOs<br />
from OC-283 (P29NI, QSL via G3KHZ), 5,500 QSOs from OC-256 (P29VLR, QSL via<br />
SM6CVX) and 900 QSOs from OC-240 (P29VCX, QSL via SM6CVX). On-line logs and a<br />
few pictures can be found at http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/dxped/p29_2007/<br />
QSL UK8AJ ---> Rustam, UK8AJ reports that RW6HS has not been his QSL manager<br />
for more than two years. Cards should be sent to him direct (Rustam Karimov,<br />
P.O. Box 152, Tashkent, 100000, Uzbekistan) or via the bureau.<br />
QSL VIA DO7ZZ ---> Franz, DL3PS is leaving Germany and will no longer handle<br />
the QSL cards for Zik, VE3ZIK. Effective 1 November, the new QSL route for<br />
VE3ZIK, 9A/VE3ZIK, T9/VE3ZIK, XM3ZIK and 4N1<strong>DX</strong> is via DO7ZZ (DARC bureau OK).<br />
[TNX VE3ZIK]<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />
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1A4A IZ4DPV FM5BH W3HNK SU50JOTA SU1SK<br />
3B8FQ K5XK GB2JAM G4MGR SU8BHI HA3JB<br />
3V8CB bureau GB50RFR M0CNP T6EE KE6GFF<br />
3V8ST bureau HB0/HB9AON DJ2YE T99D DJ2MX<br />
3Z50SPU SQ2RH HB50S HB9AOF TA2KK TA2AH<br />
4A3A NN1N HC2SL EA5KB TL8PRV IN3EYY<br />
4K5D K2PF HF100SK SP7ZIA TM0JPL F5TBX<br />
4K9W DL6KVA HF130KR SP6ZJP TM1RWC F6KMX<br />
4O0CE F5LGF HF50PLU SP8PLU TM2RWC bureau<br />
4S7BRG HB9BRM HF60KAB SP5KAB TM3RWC F1PSH<br />
4X1VF K1FJ HH2FYD F6FYD TM4RWC bureau<br />
5H1BC IK5BCM HL9BSA WX8C TM5RWC F6KRD<br />
5L2MS PA3AWW HP4/W4JKC W4JKC TM6RWC F5KCU<br />
6C60A N5FF HS0ZDY SM3CVM TM7RWC F5APM<br />
6C60O YK1AO II050SCOUT IK0DWN TM8RWC F1ORJ<br />
6H1ZVO EA5KB II0SRT IZ0BTV TM9RWC F5GNY<br />
6L0OX HL0NHQ II250SCOUT IW2NOH TM9TSF F4FFL<br />
6V7G EA1FDI II5SRT IZ5BTC UE1RSP/p UA1RJ<br />
6W1SJ T93Y IQ8OM IZ8EDJ UE6FFF RK6FZ
6Y1V OH3RB IR050J IW0GOA UE6MAC/2 RZ6MF<br />
6Y3T CT1ILT IR2JOTA IK2YCW V26JN WX3B<br />
9A60K 9A7K IR2SRT I2JJR V26TM NI1N<br />
9H3JC DL5AUA IR7SRT IZ7CRW V31BU AB4U<br />
9H3UT DL9GDB IR7SRT IZ7CRW V31CL AB4U<br />
9M6LSC JF1SQC IR8C IZ8EDJ V47KP K2SB<br />
9M6XRO M5AAV IR8SRE IK8WEJ V55SRT IZ8EDJ<br />
9Q1EK SM5DJZ IS0/WH0Q IN3ZNR V73RY N7RO<br />
9V1YC N5ID IS0SRT IS0LFZ V8AQM W3HNK<br />
A35RK W7TSQ IU9BP IT9KBY V8FEO M5AAV<br />
A45WD YO9HP J37T VE3EBN VE2I<strong>DX</strong> VE3ZF<br />
A61CK PE1BSX J48ZAK SV8KOM VE8<strong>DX</strong>/2 N5FG<br />
AO8SRT IZ8EDJ J88DR G3TBK VK2AMB DK2CRN<br />
AT0MWG VU2SWS K2S WB2GGM VK6YS/P VK4AAR<br />
C50C OM2FY K4P KF4OM VK9CNF HB9QR<br />
C52C OM2FY KL7OU NI5<strong>DX</strong> VK9GLX JA1XGI<br />
C6AQO K3IXD KP2AD OK1AJY VP2MKA W4GKA<br />
C6AQW WQ5W KP2M AI4U VP2MZM K3ZM<br />
C6AXD K3IXD LC1FLS LA0HW VP8CXV GM0TQJ<br />
CN2R W7EJ LC1S LA1S VR100S VR2HKS<br />
CN8ZG EA7FTR MC0NRC M3UNN VY2ZM K1ZM<br />
CQ7SRT CT1BWW OL50NR OK1NR W1SRT W3IZ<br />
CT7EPO CT1EGW P29VCX SM6CVX W3B KA3UNQ<br />
CX2AQ EA5KB P40A WD9DZV XU7MDY OH4MDY<br />
CX7CO KA5TUF P40PA W4PA YB9AQH PA0HOP<br />
DZ1SRT DU1IVT PA50JOTA PA3EFR YT07SRT YT3W<br />
E4BDC pirate PJ4/W9NJY WD9DZV YV5MSG IT9DAA<br />
E51NOU N7OU R1AND RU1ZC YW3AJ YV5AJ<br />
E7/YT2ED T96C R35NP RW1AI Z360M Z37M<br />
EA9EU EA5KB R41WP RA3LBA ZD7SSG ZD7BG<br />
EG4MAA EA4FAS S79LC IW5CWA ZD7X W0MM<br />
EG5MGY EA5URV S79LL IW5CWA ZD8N G3ZVW<br />
EI100MFT EI8DD S79SO IW5CWA ZF2AH W6VNR<br />
EK8PL SP9ERV SA25QW SK6QW ZF2BI K4BI<br />
EM1100UU US7UU SC300VL SK6HD ZL7/DL2AH DL2AH<br />
EW6GF DL8KAC SN80KKK SP9PKZ ZY5100SCOUT PY5CA<br />
EY8MM K1BV ST2BSS ST2M ZY7EAM PY7VI<br />
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4U1WRC IARC, P.O. Box 6, CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland IZ4DPV Massimo<br />
Cortesi, P.O. Box 24, 47100 Forli' Centro - FC, Italy OH4MDY Reijo Laitinen,<br />
Mantytie 13, 76940 Nenonpelto, Finland<br />
OM2FY Branislav Daras, P.O. Box 6, Bratislava 28, 82008, Slovakia<br />
RW1AI Mikhail N.Fokin, P.O. Box 13, St.Petersburg, 193312 Russia<br />
SU1SK Said Kamel, P.O. Box 190, New Ramsis Center, Cairo 11797, Egypt<br />
T93Y Boris Knezovic, P.O. Box 59, BA-71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and<br />
Herzegovina<br />
VE3ZF Igor Slakva, 105 La Rose Avenue, PH # 1410, Etobicoke, Ontario M9P<br />
1A9, Canada<br />
VK4AAR Alan Roocroft, 376 Old Toowoomba Road, Placid Hills, QLD 4343,<br />
Australia<br />
VU2SWS Sarla Sharma, 7 Gaurav Apts, Behind Ashok Nagar, Nahur, Mulund, West<br />
Mumbai - 400 080, India<br />
W4JKC Thomas R. Kozel, 614 Glenwood Avenue, Anderson, SC 29625, USA<br />
XW3DT Alex Sinchukov, P.O. Box 11, GPO, Hong Kong<br />
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3 November 2007 A.R.I. <strong>DX</strong> Bulletin<br />
No 861<br />
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />
**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3B8 - Ron, SM7DKF will be active holiday style as 3B8/SM7DKF from<br />
Mauritius Island (AF-049) on 10-23 November. QSL via home call,<br />
Further information and QSLling policy at http://www.sm7dkf.se. [TNX<br />
www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
3X - This year the VooDoo Contest Group will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong><br />
CW Contest as 3XY5D from Conakry, Guinea. The team will include<br />
AA7A, G3SXW, G4BWP, G4IRN, GM3YTS, K4UEE, K5VT and KC7V. As usual,<br />
they will enter the Multi-Multi category with mono-band antennas for<br />
all six bands and kilowatt amplifiers. QSL via G3SXW, direct or<br />
bureau (bureau cards can be requested by e-mail: simply send the QSO<br />
details to the e-mail address on http://www.qrz.com/g3sxw). Logs<br />
will be uploaded to LoTW. Further information can be found at<br />
http://www.voodoocontestgroup.com/<br />
5X - Nick, G3RWF will be in Uganda on 21-30 November and will operate CW,<br />
SSB, RTTY and PSK as 5X1NH, including en entry in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW<br />
Contest. "This is a solo dedicated <strong>DX</strong> outing with a short safari to<br />
the Mountains of the Moon after the contest", he says. He will be in<br />
Kampala from the 21st to the 26th, then he will travel to Western<br />
Uganda and do some "spare time" portable work. QSL via home call.<br />
[TNX NG3K]<br />
7X - The Bou-Saada ARC will be active as 7W53N through 30 November to<br />
commemorate the 53rd anniversary of the Algerian War of<br />
Indipendence. QSL via 7X5VRK. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
9M4 - Yoshiaki, JA1OCZ will be active as 9M4<strong>DX</strong>X from Penang Island<br />
(AS-015), West Malaysia on 7-12 November. He plans to operate CW,<br />
SSB, and FM on 80-10 metres and to make a special effort during the<br />
Japan International <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest (10-11 November). QSL via 9M2TO,<br />
direct or bureau. [TNX JF1OCQ]<br />
CT - Adolfo, EA7TV will be active as CT/EA7TV/P from Culatra Island<br />
(EU-145, AL-001 for the Portuguese Islands Award) on 8-11 November.<br />
He plans to operate on 10-40 metres. QSL via home call, direct or<br />
bureau. [TNX EA7TV]<br />
E5 - George, K5KG and Ron, KK9K will be active as E51MMM and E51NNN from<br />
Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands from 12 November to 1<br />
December. They plan to operate CW and SSB, to concentrate on 160 and<br />
80 metres and to participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest as E51MMM.<br />
QSLs for both via K5KG. They have a blog at<br />
http://www.e51mmm.blogspot.com/ [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
EA8 - EA8ARG, EA8AY and EA8BFH will be active as EG8FDA from Anaga<br />
Lighthouse on Tenerife Island (AF-004) on 10-11 November. They plan<br />
to operate on the HF bands as well as on 6 and 2 metres. QSL via<br />
EA8NQ, direct or bureau. Further information can be found at<br />
http://ea8arg.ure.es/eg8fda/ [TNX EA8NQ]<br />
EA8 - Jean, ON5JV and Georgette, ON6AK will be active as EA8/homecall from<br />
Tijoco Bajo, Tenerife (AF-004) from 28 November to 26 January 2008.<br />
Activity will be mainly on 20 and 40 metres during their evening<br />
hours. QSL via home calls, bureau preferred. [TNX ON5JV]<br />
GD - Rosel, DL3KWR and Hardy, DL3KWF will be active as MD/DL3KWR and
MD/DL3KWF from the Isle of Man (EU-116) on 17-30 November. They plan<br />
to operate mostly CW (CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest included) and on 12, 17<br />
and 30 metres. Hardy will also try to operate RTTY and PSK31. QSL<br />
via home calls, direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards<br />
can be sent to dl3kwr@darc.de). Their web page is at<br />
http://www.mydarc.de/dl3kwr [TNX DL3KWR]<br />
HB0 - Laci/HA0HW, Tomi/HA4<strong>DX</strong> and Geza/HA4XG will be active as HB0/homecall<br />
from Masescha (1350 metres a.s.l.), Liechtenstein on 6-14 November.<br />
They will operate on the HF bands (with an emphasis on 160 and 80<br />
metres) CW, SSB and maybe some digital modes, plus 2m tropo and MS.<br />
QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX HA0HW]<br />
I - Special event station II0VUI will be active from Rome on 4 November<br />
for the Armed Forces Day. QSL via I0YCB. [TNX IK0ZCW]<br />
J5 - The J5C large team of operators will be active from Bubaque Island<br />
(AS-020), Guinea-Bissau [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>M 857] from 11 through 21 January.<br />
They plan to set up five stations and to operate 24/7 on 160-10<br />
metres all modes (6 metres are not allowed). QSL via F5TVG, direct<br />
or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to<br />
QSL@j5c.eu). Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. Full details - including<br />
expected frequencies, on-line logs and information on how contribute<br />
to the expedition - can be found at http://www.j5c.eu/ [TNX F5NQL]<br />
J7 - Harald/DL5HAQ, Manfred/DK6HA and Siegfried/DL3HBZ will be active as<br />
J75/DK0RZ from Dominica (NA-101) on 4-17 November. QSL via DK0RZ.<br />
[TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
J7 - Alan, WQ5W will be active as J75W from Dominica on 21-28 November.<br />
The primary purpose of this trip is to operate as a 40m entrant in<br />
the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest. Outside the contest, he will concentrate on<br />
160, 80, 30, 17 and 12 metres CW and SSB, plus RTTY on all bands.<br />
QSL via WQ5W, direct or bureau. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. Alan<br />
has set up a blog at http://wq5w.blogspot.com [TNX WQ5W]<br />
JW - Roger, G3SXW and Nigel, G3TXF will operate CW only as JW/G3SXW and<br />
JW/G3TXF from the JW5E station in Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen (EU-026)<br />
on 2-5 November. QSL via home calls. Their web page is at<br />
www.g3txf.com/dxtrip/JW/JW.html<br />
KH0 - JI5USJ and JI5RPT will be active as KH0/JI5USJ and AH0V from Saipan<br />
(OC-086) on 10-14 January. They plan to operate CW, SSB and digital<br />
modes on 80-6 metres, plus satellite and 60m for the US. QSL<br />
KH0/JI5USJ via JI5USJ, QSL AH0V via JI5RPT. A web page is available<br />
at http://www.ji5rpt.com/ah0v/ [TNX JI5RPT]<br />
KL - Rick, K6VVA will participate in the ARRL 160 Meter Contest (30<br />
November-2 December) as KL8C from Revillagigedo Island (NA-041). He<br />
also hopes to be QRV on other bands as K6VVA/KL7 during the<br />
daytime/non-160m hours. QSL via N6AWD. [TNX islandchaser.com]<br />
KP2 - Ann, KP2YL and Brian, KP2HC have relocated to California, but will<br />
visit St Croix, US Virgin Islands (NA-106) on 15-23 November. They<br />
will be QRV on HF SSB and CW throughout their stay. Brian will<br />
monitor 6m and take full advantage of any openings on that band. Ann<br />
will take part in a multi-op effort for the ARRL November<br />
Sweepstakes Phone from the NP2B contest station. QSL KP2YL and KP2HC<br />
direct only via their California address. QSL NP2B via NP2B. [TNX<br />
KP2HC]<br />
V2 - Alan, WQ5W will be active as V25W from Antigua (NA-100) from 30<br />
November to 2 December. The primary purpose of this trip is to<br />
participate in the ARRL 160 Meter Contest, with very limited<br />
activity outside that event. QSL via WQ5W, direct or bureau. Logs<br />
will be uploaded to LoTW. Alan has set up a blog at<br />
http://wq5w.blogspot.com [TNX WQ5W]<br />
W - Dennis, WA2USA will be active as WA2USA/4 from Dauphin Island<br />
(NA-213) on 14-21 November. He will operate SSB and CW on 80-10<br />
metres. QSL direct or bureau. [TNX QRZ-<strong>DX</strong>]<br />
XF4 - Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Federacion Mexicana de Radio<br />
Experimentadores (FMRE), a <strong>DX</strong>pedition to Socorro Island (NA-030)<br />
Revillagigedo will take place between mid-November and mid-December.
The team (XE1YK, XE2YW, XE1VVD and XE3RBA) will depart Manzanillo on<br />
a Navy ship on 16 November. They expect to be QRV on the 18th or the<br />
19th at the latest, and to be active for about 30 days. They plan to<br />
operate as 6E4LM, XF4YK and XF4YW on 160-10 metres CW, SSB and<br />
digital modes, plus 6m, 2m and satellite. On their way back to the<br />
mainland, they might stop and operate for 3-4 hours from Clarion<br />
Island (NA-115) on 15, 17 and 20 metres. Further information can be<br />
found at http://www.6e4lm.xedx.org, where logs will be uploaded<br />
after the expedition. The pilot stations for the expedition will be<br />
XE1J and XE1GRR. QSL 6E4LM via XE2K, QSL XF4YK via XE1YK, QSL XF4YW<br />
via XE2YW. [TNX XE1GRR]<br />
XU - Jack, F6BUM will be active as XU7BUM from Cambodia from 22 November<br />
to 12 December. He plans to operate only CW during his spare time.<br />
QSL via F6CXJ. [TNX F6BUM]<br />
YB - Hotang, YC0IEM will be active from Bangka Island (OC-144) from 18<br />
November to 5 December. QSL via IZ8CCW, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />
IZ8CCW]<br />
YB - A transceiver problem caused Adhi, YB3MM to cancel his late October<br />
operation from Karimunjawa (OC-186) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 860]. A new attempt is<br />
now planned for the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest weekend (24-25 November).<br />
QSL via IZ8CCW. [TNX 4X4-2238]<br />
ZL - Steve, G4EDG will be active from Stewart Island (OC-203) on 5-7<br />
November either as ZL4/G4EDG or with his own ZL callsign. He plans<br />
to operate CW only on 17-40 metres. QSL direct only. Logs will be<br />
uploaded to LoTW. [TNX G4EDG]<br />
INDIAN OCEAN ---> Pekka, OH2YY will be active as FR/OH2YY from Reunion Island<br />
(AF-016) on 12-15 November and as 3B8/OH2YY from Mauritius Island (AF-049) on<br />
16-22 November). He plans to operate SSB on 40-10 metres with 100 watts and<br />
vertical/dipole antennas. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX OH2YY]<br />
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />
**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />
===========================<br />
Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
OQRPC ---> The QRP Contest Community invites QRP enthusiasts to participate<br />
in the 23rd Original QRP Contest (OQRPC), which will take place on 20-30<br />
December (from 15 UTC to 15 UTC) on the CW portions of the 80, 40 and 20m<br />
bands. For further information please visit http://www.qrpcc.de or e-mail<br />
Hartmut Weber, DJ7ST (dj7st@darc.de). [TNX DJ7ST]<br />
QSL VP8NO ---> Geoff, G4AFJ still receives cards for VP8NO's current<br />
operations from the Falkland Islands. G4AFJ was the QSL manager for VP8NO's<br />
activities from Antarctica (1974-76), but nowadays Mike, VP8NO does not have<br />
a manager. Cards can be sent direct or via the RSGB bureau, and logs are<br />
uploaded weekly to LoTW. [TNX VP8NO]<br />
QSL VIA PA0RRS ---> Richard reports that all of the direct requests for<br />
YB9/PA0RRS were processed and mailed on 2 November. Cards can be sent direct<br />
(Richard Smeets, Schoorveken 100, 5121 NM Rijen, The Netherlands) or bureau.<br />
E-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to pa0rrs@home.nl (this applies<br />
also to all of Richard's past operations as 9M2MRS, 9M2/PA0RRS, 9M6/PA0RRS,<br />
9M6/PA0RRS/8, 9M6/PA0RRS/2, CT3/PA0RRS, VK4SRW)<br />
UKRAINIAN <strong>DX</strong> CONTEST ---> The Ukrainian Contest Club (UCC) and the Ukrainian<br />
Amateur Radio League (UARL) invite amateur radio operators worldwide to<br />
participate in the annual Ukrainian <strong>DX</strong> Contest. It will be held on 3-4<br />
November (from 12 UTC to 12 UTC), on 160-10 metres SSB and CW. Rules can be<br />
found at http://www.ucc.zp.ua [TNX UT1IA]
TOP LISTS ---> The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now<br />
available at http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. Please send<br />
your scores, as well as any request for further information, to Erminio<br />
Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@ari.it)<br />
ZL7 ---> The Polish operators (SP5EAQ, SP9PT and SP9BQJ) who were recently<br />
active from the Chatham Islands made about 15,000 QSOs (7500 CW, 5500 SSB and<br />
2000 RTTY), including more than 500 contacts on 160 metres. QSL via home<br />
calls. [TNX SP5EAQ]<br />
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A0KM, 3B7SP, 3B8GD, 3D2ER, 3D2UU,<br />
3XM6JR, 4L1DA, 4O3A, 4S7BRG, 4X4WN, 4X6AAV, 5H3HWB, 9Y4AA, 9Y4VU, A25OOK,<br />
A43MI (AS-014), A45WD, AP2TN, B7P, BO0K (AS-102), BS7H, C6ALP, C6ASV, CN2FB,<br />
CN2FW, CN8SE, CN8ZG, CO2OJ, DF2PY, DP0MSM, EA8AH, EI75IRTS, EU9400R, EX8QB,<br />
EY8AW, EY8MM, FO/N6JA, FO0CLA, FO5RH, FS/EA3GHZ, FS/N2YO, FW0MO, GB6MD,<br />
HB0/DL1ARS, HC2SL, HK4QMH, HR9/WQ7R, HV0A, IE9/IK4RUX (EU-051), IR8<strong>DX</strong><br />
(EU-144), J8/W6JKV, JT1CO, KG4IZ, KG4MO, KH2/WX8C, KL7J, KN5G/KH6, KN5G/p,<br />
LR4A, LZ1ZF, MM0N<strong>DX</strong>/p (EU-008), MM0XAU (EU-012), N8S, OA4/N6XQ, OA4/S57CQ,<br />
OH0Z, OJ0MI, OX/PA3EXX/p (NA-213), OX2A, OX3LX, OX3XR, P41USA, PJ7/EA3GHZ,<br />
PZ5RA, R1FJT, RA0LV, S21RC, SV2ASP/A, SY8AN (EU-067), T30ONM, T30RY, T77C,<br />
T77NM, TY5ZR, UA1QV/1 (EU-160), UE1OTA/1 (EU-161), UK/JI2MED, V73NS, VO2/NF6J<br />
(NA-044), VP6DB, VP8/LZ1UQ, VP8ROT, VQ9LA, VR10UW, VY2/KV8Q (NA-029), XW3DT,<br />
XX9TTR, YB9BU (OC-022), YI/WD8CRT, YI9VCQ, YW5AS (SA-051), ZA/DL1RTL, ZC4T,<br />
ZD8Z, ZK3RE.<br />
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10 November 2007 A.R.I. <strong>DX</strong> Bulletin<br />
No 862<br />
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**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
9G - Alan, G3XAQ will be active as 9G5XA from Ghana on 12-26 November.<br />
He will operate CW only and will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW<br />
Contest as a SOSB entry, probably on 15 metres. He plans to<br />
concentrate on 30 and 17 metres outside the contest. QSL via G3SWH.<br />
[TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
9M6 - Gerben, PG5M will be active either as 9M2/PG5M/6 or with a 9M6<br />
callsign of his own from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah (OC-088), East<br />
Malaysia on 15-18 November. He plans to operate CW only on 10-40<br />
metres with a beam for 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters, and a G5RV for the<br />
other bands. QSL via PG5M, direct or bureau. His website is at<br />
http://www.dx.to [TNX PG5M]<br />
C6 - Kenny, K2KW will operate as C6ATA from Bahamas on 18-26 November.<br />
He will concentrate on 160-30 metres and will participate in the CQ<br />
WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest on 40 metres (low power). QSL via WA4WTG. [TNX<br />
NG3K]<br />
EA8 - Slavo, SP2JMB reports he will be active as EA8/SP2JMB from the<br />
Canary Islands (AF-004) until 12 November. He operates CW and SSB<br />
on 80-10 metres. QSl via home call, direct or bureau.<br />
HI - Dani, EA4ATI has left Senegal and is now stationed in the Dominican<br />
Republic. He is active as HI5/EA4ATI and will remain there for one<br />
year at least. QSL via EA4ATI. [TNX EA4CWN]<br />
HV - COTA (Carabinieri on the Air) members will be active from HV5PUL,<br />
the amateur radio station at the Pontifical Lateran University<br />
(Vatican City), on 19-21 November. Expect them to operate on all<br />
modes and bands, 6 metres included. This activity celebrates Saint<br />
Mary "Virgo Fidelis", patron saint of the Carabinieri, the Italian<br />
military police. [TNX IW0DJB/HV5PUL]<br />
KH6 - Goffredo, I0TWA is going to Hawaii (OC-019) and will be active<br />
holiday style as KH6/I0TWA for four weeks. He is likely to operate<br />
mostly between 6 and 8 UTC. QSL direct to I0MWI. [TNX I0MWI]<br />
S2 - Stig, LA7JO (aka 9N7JO and HS0ZGD) reports he will be active as<br />
S21JO from Bangladesh on 14-25 November, CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest<br />
included. QSL direct to HS0ZGD.<br />
T6 - John, T6EE reports he will be QRV for North America until 10<br />
November. Look for him between 15 and 17 UTC on 14220 kHz,<br />
listening 5 up if necessary. QSL via KE6GFF. [TNX T6EE]<br />
VK9C - Bernd, VK2IA and Jan, DJ8NK will be active as VK9AA and VK9CCC<br />
from Cocos-Keeling (OC-003) on 18-26 November. Plans are to<br />
operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 10-160 metres. Look for VK9AA to<br />
participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest. QSL VK9AA via DL8YR, QSL<br />
VL9CCC via DJ8NK. [TNX NG3K]<br />
VP8_ant - Alan, VK0LD (VK6CQ) is going back to Patriot Hills Base,<br />
Antarctica, but this time for a short stay (7-10 days). In his<br />
limited spare time he will be active as VP8PJ (mostly CW on 40, 30<br />
and 20 metres). QSL via DL5EBE. [TNX DL5EBE]<br />
VP8_sg - Melvin Collins, KA4KDZ was been active as VP8DKX from South Georgia<br />
on 4 November. The Daily <strong>DX</strong> reports he expects to be back on 20<br />
meters SSB around 12 November: Mel is with a team whose primary
goal is wildlife observations, and he will try to "operate as much<br />
as possible in the difficult conditions". QSL via home call.<br />
W - Look for Rick, N8OIL/4 to be active from St. Simons Island (NA-058)<br />
on 11-23 November. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />
www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
SOUTH AMERICA TOUR ---> Svein, LA6IKA will be touring South America for three<br />
months starting on 10 November. His itinerary will be decided while "en<br />
route", but Svein anticipates he will operate as LU/LA6IKA from Tierra del<br />
Fuego (SA-008) from late November for 2-3 weeks, and as CE0Z/LA6IKA from Juan<br />
Fernandez (SA-005) for one week in late January 2008. He has also obtained a<br />
licence for Eastr Island (CE0Y/LA6IKA). QSL via home call. [TNX QRZ <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (October 2007) is now available<br />
at http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/monthly/index.html. Articles and pictures should be<br />
sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).<br />
<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS ---> All the operations on UA4WHX's last trip are now acceptable<br />
for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit. These include but may not be limited to: 5X1VB (Uganda),<br />
9U0VB (Burundi), 9X0VB (Rwanda), D20VB (Angola), D60VB (Comoros), J20VB<br />
(Djibouti). Other operations include 3DA0VB (Swaziland), 5R8VB (Madagascar),<br />
A25VB (Botswana), C91VB (Mozambique), OD5/UA4WHX (Lebanon), ST2VB (Sudan),<br />
V51VV (Namibia), Z2/UA4WHX (Zimbabwe). [TNX NC1L, <strong>DX</strong>CC Manager]<br />
PIRATES ---> Joel, TU2FQ reports that quite a number of Ivory Coast callsigns<br />
have not been issued by the local licencing authorithy. He mentions FO/TU2QU,<br />
TU2AC/mm, TU2AWI, TU3CA, TU3DD, TU2GE (Michel), TU5AZA, TU5LV, TU5ZQ and<br />
TZ/TU5GV. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards (nearly 4600) on Les<br />
Nouvelles <strong>DX</strong>'s wb site has been updated. Ten different galleries include<br />
cards for the ten Most Wanted <strong>DX</strong>CC Entities (160+ QSLs), each of the 58<br />
deleted <strong>DX</strong>CC entities (700+ QSLs), obsolete prefixes (1900+ QSLs), stations<br />
from Magrebh from 1945 to 1962 (200+ QSLs), Antarctic bases (600+ QSLs) &<br />
TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises, 230 QSLs), the various<br />
rare French <strong>DX</strong>CC island Entities (100+ QSLs), pre-1945 countries (250+ QSLs),<br />
French Departments and USA. Several cards are still needed and your<br />
participation is encouraged - please visit http://LesNouvelles<strong>DX</strong>.free.fr and<br />
send send your comments to LesNouvelles<strong>DX</strong>@free.fr [TNX F6AJA]<br />
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />
===================================================================<br />
1A3A IZ4DPV EK6TA DJ0MCZ P40W N2MM<br />
3A/F5VKV IZ1EGT EK8SK SP9ERV PA20NAFRAS PA1TT<br />
3DA0VM ZS6AVM ER0WW UT3UA PA60LIM PE1NCP<br />
3DA0WW LZ3HI ET3JA OK3AA PA6Z PA9M<br />
3V8SF IZ8CCW EX2X EA5KB PA75SM PA7JWC<br />
3V8SS bureau EY8CQ DJ1MM PI4COM PA3CAL
3W3W OK1DOT EY8MM K1BV PJ2T N9AG<br />
4L4WW EA7FTR FM/K9NW K9NW PJ4E WA4PGM<br />
4N7N YU7BPQ FM1II ON4IQ PJ7/K1XM KQ1F<br />
4U1WRC 4U1ITU FS/K1XM KQ1F RV7AD/0 YT1AD<br />
4X0C W8HC G5O G3VOU SO6V SP6DVP<br />
4X0V AA4V G6PZ GM4FDM SO6X SP6IXF<br />
5B/K3UY RA3AUU GX0IPX G3JFS SU9NC OM2SA<br />
5R8FU SM5DJZ HC1HC NE8Z SX5P SV5FRD<br />
5R8RJ DJ7RJ HC8N W5UE T48K DK1WI<br />
5U5AU pirate HE70FG HB9FG T6EE KE6GFF<br />
5X4X DF5GQ HF50SLO SP9PNB TF3ZA KT6YL<br />
6F75A EA5KB HF80SLK SP9PNB TI4CF W3HNK<br />
6V7G EA1FDI HH2FYD F6FYD TI5N W3HNK<br />
6W1RY F5VHJ HI3C ON4IQ TM2S F5PED<br />
6W1SE JR2KDN HI3CCP ON4IQ TM2T F6KDF<br />
6Y1V OH3RB HI3K KB2MS TM2Y F6BEE<br />
6Y6C W1VE HI3T ON4IQ TM3OSV F5JEG<br />
6Y9S LU7DSY HK3GXI EA5KB TS6A YT1AD<br />
7Q7HB G0IAS HK3O HK3BVD TT8CF F4BQO<br />
7W53N 7X5VRK HK3Q W2GR TT8PK F4EGS<br />
7Z1HL DJ9ZB HQ9R K5WW TY5ZR IK2IQD<br />
8N7TU JA7YAA HR1AAB EA7FTR UE1RFF UA1RJ<br />
8P5A NN1N HR9/WQ7R AI4U UE1QCH RK1QWB<br />
8Q7AU HB9OAU HS0ZDG K4YT UE3D<strong>DX</strong>/3 RZ3FR<br />
8R1PY PY4KL HS35SEA HS1CKC UE9WFJ RX9WN<br />
9A735Z 9A2DM HV50VR IW0GPN UK8OM IK2QPR<br />
9A73AA 9A2AA HZ1GW GW0RHC UN7MMM EA7FTR<br />
9J2BO G3TEV IF9A IT9ATF UR4Z UY0ZG<br />
9K2K EA5KB IG9R IK8HCG UT/OZ5IPA OZ5AAH<br />
9M2CNC G4ZFE II8MM IZ8EPY UZ1H UZ1HZ<br />
9M2GCN JH3GCN IO4T IZ4JMA V26B KA2AEV<br />
9M4<strong>DX</strong>X 9M2TO IQ9BF bureau V26BZR W2BZR<br />
9M6LSC JF1SQC IR2M IZ2FDU V26CW KM9M<br />
9N7BV JA1PBV IR4X I4EAT V26OC N3OC<br />
A35RK W7TSQ IR5A IK5AFJ V31FB W5JON<br />
A45WG NI5<strong>DX</strong> IR5T IK5ORP V8AQM W3HNK<br />
A71BX EA7FTR IR8Z IZ8GBH V8FDM GM4FDM<br />
AH0BT 7L1FPU IR9K IW9HLM V8FEO M5AAV<br />
AH2R JH7QXJ IR9P IW9HMQ V8FWP PA7FM<br />
AH6XX K2WR IR9Y IT9ABY V8FWU F5CWU<br />
AO3K EA3GHZ IS0T IN3ZNR VC2Z VE2BR<br />
AO8A EA8AH IY1EY IK1QBT VE2IM VE3DZ<br />
B1Z EA7FTR IY1TTM IW1RIK VE2Z VE3ZF<br />
BA4T BA4TA J28JA F5JFU VK8NSB VK6NE<br />
C31LJ VE3EXY J37T VE3EBN VK9ANH DL2AH<br />
C4I LZ2HM J3A WA1S VP2EDL DL5CW<br />
C50C OM2FY J3K W8GEX VP2EDM DM5YL<br />
C52C OM2FY J42T SV2BFN VP2MDG K2DM<br />
C6APR K3IXD J42WT SV2HPP VP5<strong>DX</strong> NU4Y<br />
C6AQW WQ5W J48JJ HA7JJS VP5KE N4KE<br />
C91R CT1BXT J48NL HA6NL VP5T N2VW<br />
CC0Y 9A2AA J48PL HA7PL VP8DKX KA4KDZ<br />
CE0Y/9A4X 9A2AA J48PS HA6PS VP9I N1HRA<br />
CE1W HA1AG J48RT HA6NL VR2C WA4WTG<br />
CE4CT EA5KB J75/DK0RZ DK0RZ WP2Z KU9C<br />
CN2BC DL7BC J88DR G3TBK WP3C W3HNK<br />
CN2FB DK4VW JW/G3SXW G3SXW WP3R W3HNK<br />
CN2FF DK4VW JW/G3TXF G3TXF XE3RBA EB7AEY<br />
CN2KT DK4VW JW5NM LA5NM XR5JA CE5COX<br />
CN2R W7EJ JW7QIA LA7QIA XU7AAJ IW3SNW<br />
CN3A I2WIJ K6VVA/KL7 N6AWD XU7ACJ ON6NP<br />
CN4P EA5XX KB7OBU/KH2 JA3VXH XU7MDY OH4MDY<br />
CO8LY EA7ADH KH7X K2PF XV1X OK1DOT
CP6XE IK6SNR KL8C N6AWD XW1A E21EIC<br />
CT/EA7TV EA7TV LR2F LU2FA YK9SV SV1JG<br />
CT9L DJ6QT LU1ZV LU4<strong>DX</strong>U YM0T TA2RC<br />
CU2A OH2BH LU2FLN EA5KB YR125AV YO8AXP<br />
CX1TG IK2DUW LX7I LX2A YT60W YU7BCD<br />
CX6VM W3HNK LZ1195IR LZ1KZA YU3A YT7TY<br />
D2NX JH7FQK LZ26ZA LZ1KZA Z29KM EA7FTR<br />
D9K DS4NYE MW5W M3SDE Z33F IZ8FWN<br />
DK150HZ DH2ES NH0<strong>DX</strong>/NH2 JL3RDC Z36T DJ0LZ<br />
DR1A DL6FBL NP4A W3HNK ZD7X W0MM<br />
DU6BG K6BG NQ4I K4PK ZD8N G3ZVW<br />
E51NOU N7OU OA4SS KB6J ZL3A ZL3WW<br />
EE1E EA1CBX OF3JF OH3JF ZL4/G4EDG G4EDG<br />
EE2K EA2RKO OF8X OH6KN ZL4IR W8WC<br />
EE2W EB2BXL OH0B OH2BH ZL7/DL2AH DL2AH<br />
EE3E EA3ELZ OH0R OH2PM ZM2M ZL2AL<br />
EE4E EA4CQT ON9CMV N0HJZ ZM4A ZL4AA<br />
EE5KB EA5KB P33W RA3AUU ZP0R ZP5AZL<br />
EG9VRC EA9GW P3F G3NKC ZS4U K3PD<br />
EK0B SP9ERV P40A WD9DZV ZS9X K3PD<br />
EK3GM IK2QPR P40PA W4PA ZX5J AI4U<br />
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******* ADDRESSES *******<br />
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
7X5VRK Bou-Saada ARC, P.O. Box 300 HB, Bou-Saada 28200, Algeria<br />
9M2TO Tex Izumo, P.O. Box 125, GPO 10710, Penang, Malaysia<br />
9N7JO Stig Lindblom, Thatsana Changphimai, 147/1 - Moo 3, Tambon Boot, Ban<br />
Ta Bong, Phimai, TH-30110 Nakhon Ratchashima, Thailand<br />
B7P Weiwen Yang, P.O. Box 599, Foshan, Guangdong, 528000, China<br />
DK4VW Ulrich Mueller, Kreutzacker Str. 13, 35041 Marburg, Germany<br />
F5CWU Flo Moudar, 25 Rue du Castel Salis, 37100 Tours, France<br />
G4EDG Steve Taylor, 80 Nadderpark Rd., Exeter, Devon EX4 1NX, UK<br />
GM4FDM Tom Wylie, 3 Kings Crescent, Elderslie, Strathclyde, PA5 9AD,<br />
Scotland, UK<br />
HK3BVD Mario Henao, COD 12, P. O. Box 02-5242, Miami, FL 33102-5242, USA<br />
HK3W Siso Hennessey, COD 9779, P.O. Box 02-5242, Miami, Florida<br />
33102-5242, USA<br />
OM2FY Branislav Daras, P.O. Box 6, Bratislava 28, 82008, Slovakia<br />
OZ5AAH Ben Jakobsen, Gjethusparken 25, DK-3300 Frederiksvaerk, Denmark<br />
PA7FM Dennis Robbemond, Loggerhof 11, 3181 NS Rozenburg, The Netherlands<br />
ST2M Magdi Osman Ahmed Abdelrahim, P.O. Box 2, Khartoum Airport 11112,<br />
Sudan<br />
SV1JG Cliff Sacalis, P.O. Box 10, Kapandriti, 19014 Greece<br />
UK8AJ Rustam Karimov, P.O. Box 152, Tashkent, 100000, Uzbekistan<br />
VE3ZF Igor Slakva, 105 La Rose Avenue, PH # 1410, Etobicoke, Ontario M9P<br />
1A9, Canada<br />
YB0ZZ P.O. Box Box 8000, Jakarta 11000, Indonesia<br />
ZC4LI Steve Hodgson, 4 Nikolau Michael Street, 5523 Dasaki Achnas, Cyprus<br />
UJ-UM QSL BUREAU P.O.Box 0, Tashkent, 100000, Uzbekistan<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
8R - Phil, G3SWH and Jim, G3RTE will be active as 8R1PW from Georgetown,<br />
Guyana on 22-29 February. They will operate CW only on 160-10<br />
metres, and will concentrate on the low bands, and on 30, 12 and 17<br />
metres (activity on 160m is possible, but will depend upon QRN and<br />
site conditions). Propagation permitting, they plan to have two<br />
stations on the air for as many hours every day as is possible. QSL<br />
via G3SWH, direct or bureau (for on-line requests for bureau cards<br />
please use the form at http://www.g3swh.org.uk/form.html). Logs<br />
will be available on www.g3swh.org.uk after the expedition, and<br />
will be uploaded to LoTW about one year later. [TNX G3SWH]<br />
A3 - Tomas, VK2CCC (LY1F) will be active as A35MT from Tonga on 19-26<br />
November. He will concentrate on working the low bands CW, and<br />
operation will include an entry in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest.<br />
QSLling instructions at qrz.com under LY1F. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
BY - A large group of operators from the Zhuhai Radio Sports Association<br />
will be active as BY7KP from MiaoWan Island (AS-129) on 17-18<br />
November. They plan to operate SSB and RTTY on 40, 20, 15 and 10<br />
metres. QSL via BD7IFJ, direct or bureau. [TNX BG7LVL]<br />
C5 - Jan, PA4JJ reports that his C56JJ operation from The Gambia [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N<br />
#855] is now scheduled to take place on 1-11 December. QSL via home<br />
call, direct or bureau (on-line form for bureau cards can be found<br />
at http://c56jj.pa4jj.nl). Please note that a minimum of 2 USD is<br />
requested for direct QSLling outside Europe. Proceeds beyond return<br />
postage will be donated to the Baobab Nursery School project<br />
(http://www.gambiahulp.nl/).<br />
C6 - Ray, ND6S will operate as C6AGY from Treasure Cay (NA-080), Bahamas<br />
from 18 November to 1 December, including an entry (SOAB or SOSB<br />
15m) entry in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest. QSL via ND6S. [TNX NG3K]<br />
F - The Radio Club des Fourches (F6KSU) will operate again as TM7AJ<br />
from 18 November to 2 December. The special callsign commemorates<br />
the 100th anniversary of the death of writer Alfred Jarry. QSL via<br />
F6KSU. [TNX F8REF]<br />
G - Special callsign GB80GKZ will be aired on 8-9 December by members<br />
of the Eagle Radio Group in Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire to<br />
commemorate 80 years of Humber Radio (callsign GKZ). Activity is<br />
planned on 80-15 metres SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL via 2E0NCG.<br />
[TNX 2E0NCG]<br />
HK0_sa - Bill/W0OR, Vlad/N0STL, Ron/N0AT and Tom/K3WT will be active on<br />
160-10 metres as HK0/homecall from San Andres (NA-033) on 20-26<br />
November. QSL via home calls. They will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong><br />
CW Contest as 5J0A (QSL via W0JAR, direct or bureau). All logs will<br />
be uploaded to LoTW. The webiste for the operation is at<br />
http://frontiernet.net/~5j0a/. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
J8 - Dave, G3TBK will be active as J88DR from St. Vincent on 21-29<br />
November, including a SOAB entry in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest. Expect<br />
activity also on 30, 17 and 12 metres outside the contest. QSL via<br />
G3TBK. [TNX NG3K]<br />
JA - JA6RGJ/6, JK6IIS/6 and JO6RGZ/6 will be active from Muku Island
(AS-012, JIIA AS-012-034) on 17-18 November. They plan to operate<br />
SSB and CW on the HF bands. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau.<br />
[TNX JI6KVR]<br />
JA - Look for JA6WFM to be active as JF6YME/6 from Yoron Island (AS-023,<br />
JIIA AS-023-013) on 21-24 November. He expects to operate SSB, CW<br />
and RTTY on the HF bands. QSL via the JARL bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />
JA - Look for JS6RRR, JI3DST/JS6 and JH5YCW/JS6 to be active on 160-10<br />
metres plus 6 metres SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 and FM from Miyako-Jima<br />
(AS-079) on 22-27 November. QSL via bureau. [TNX JS6RRR]<br />
JD1_oga - Harry, JG7PSJ will be active again as JD1BMH from Chichijima<br />
(AS-031), Ogasawara from 29 December to 4 January. He plans to<br />
operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-10 metres. QSL via home call,<br />
direct or bureau. Further information and log search can be found<br />
at http://sapphire.ganko.tohoku.ac.jp:8080/jd1bmh/ [TNX JG7PSJ]<br />
KH2 - Look for KH2/JL3RCU (QSL via JL3RCU), KH2/N3MU (QSL via JA3CEK),<br />
KH2/KI6MHU (QSL via JI3DNN) and KH2/K2JA (QSL via JL3SIK) to be<br />
active from Guam (OC-026) on 22-25 November. They plan to operate<br />
CW, SSB and some digital modes on 160-6 metres and to participate<br />
in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest. Cards can be sent direct or via the<br />
bureau, and JL3SIK will upload the logs for KH2/K2JA to LoTW. [TNX<br />
JL3SIK]<br />
KP2 - John, K3TEJ and Ed, K3VA will be active as KP2/K3TEJ and KP2/K3VA<br />
from the US Virgin Islands (NA-106) on 20-27 November. QSL via home<br />
calls. They will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest as KP2M<br />
(QSL via AI4U). [TNX NG3K]<br />
OH - Santa Claus Land (OH9SCL) will be again active in December from the<br />
Artic Circle. Activity will be on 10-160 metres CW, SSB and digital<br />
modes. Among others, Santa's helpers will include OH3BHL, OH9KL,<br />
OH9MDV, OH9MM and OH9RJ. QSL via OH9UV. [TNX OH9MM]<br />
OZ - DF8AE, DF8XC, DK5QN, DL1YDI and DL1YAW will be active as 5P3WW from<br />
Vendsyssel-Thy/Nordjylland (EU-171) on 20-27 November, CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW<br />
included. They will have three stations and will operate SSB, CW<br />
and digital modes. QSL via DL1YAW, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />
www.rsgbiota.org]<br />
PJ4 - KU8E, K4BAI and K5OT will operate as PJ4/homecall from Bonaire<br />
(SA-006) on 20-27 November. They will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong><br />
CW Contest as PJ4A. All QSLs via K4BAI. [TNX NG3K]<br />
PY - Ed, PY4WAS and Julio, PQ2BT will be in the rare Brazilian State of<br />
Amapa between 22 and 26 November. They plan to be active on 10-80<br />
metres CW and SSB as PQ8KL, and to participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW<br />
Contest. QSL via PY4KL. [TNX PY4WAS]<br />
R1_ant - Rif, RZ3BJ is currently active as R1ANR from "Blue One Runway" (aka<br />
"Novo Runway"), a logistic facility located some 14 kilometres away<br />
from Novolazarevskaja base, Antarctica. QSL via operator's<br />
instructions. [TNX F5PFP]<br />
S7 - Andy, UA3AB and Harry, RA3AUU will be active on 160-10 metres as<br />
S79AB and S79UU from the Seychelles on 19-28 November, CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW<br />
Contest included. QSLs via UA3<strong>DX</strong>. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />
T8 - Osamu, JR8VSE will be active as T88SE from Palau on 18-21 November.<br />
He plans to operate CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV. QSL via home<br />
call. [TNX NG3K]<br />
T8 - JK2VOC (T88FY) and JF2IWW (T88IW) will be active from Palau on<br />
23-26 November. During the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest look for T88FY as<br />
an SOAB entrant, while T88IW will operate on 12, 17 and 30 metres<br />
and on several satellites. QSL via home calls. [TNX NG3K]<br />
T8 - Yutaka, JQ2GYU (T88YU), Mihoko, JJ2VLY (T88LY) and their<br />
13-year-old son Koki, JE1PGS (T88GS) will be active from Palau on<br />
17-22 December. Expect activity on 6-80 metres CW and SSB during<br />
their mornings and evenings. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau.<br />
[TNX JQ2GYU]<br />
TA - LZ1NK will operate as TA3/LZ1NK from the Asian part of Turkey on<br />
21-26 November. He will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest as<br />
TC3A as a single operator entry on 40 metres low power. QSL via
home call. [TNX NG3K]<br />
TZ - Mac, TZ6JA will be back to Mali from 22 November to 14 December,<br />
and hopes to be QRV during his stay. On 1-12 December he will be<br />
working in a small village 150km east of Bamako, with no<br />
electricity. He will take a generator to supply a 500 watt<br />
amplifier, and will install a 2-element phased vertical for 80 and<br />
40 metres, and a 7-element log periodic for 20, 17 and 15 metres.<br />
QSL direct only to Makoto Obara, P.O. Box 59, Tama, Tokyo, 206-8691<br />
Japan. [TNX JA1ELY]<br />
VP2M - K3VX (VP2MVX), K9FO (VP2MFO), K9NR (VP2MNR), K9CS (VP2MSC), plus<br />
WR9L (callsign pending) and W2EP (callsign pending) will be active<br />
(on 160-10 metres mostly CW) from Montserrat (NA-103) from 20<br />
November through 3 December, including entries in CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW and<br />
ARRL 160 Meter CW contests. All QSLs via K9CS. [TNX K9CS]<br />
VP9 - Seppo, OH1VR will be active again as OH1VR/VP9 from Bermuda on<br />
24-27 November. He will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest on<br />
20 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]<br />
VP9 - John, OH3SR will be active as VP9/OH3SR from Bermuda on 23-27<br />
November. He plans to operate holiday style on all bands SSB, CW<br />
and RTTY and to be active during the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest. [TNX<br />
NG3K]<br />
YI - The Iraqi government has reopened the amateur radio service as of<br />
20 November, and Scott, AD7MI will be operating as YI9MI from Camp<br />
Taji until 15 May. Expect activity on 10-80 metres SSB, CW, PSK-31<br />
and RTTY. QSL via AD7MI. [TNX NG3K]<br />
ZF - Ed, K3IXD will be active as ZF2XD from the Cayman Islands (NA-016)<br />
on 6-11 February. He plans to operate SSB and digital modes on<br />
10-80 metres, and to participate in the CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest. QSL<br />
via home call. [TNX K3IXD]<br />
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />
===========================<br />
Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
LOGS ---> The log for CW2C (WAE RTTY 2007, 1192 QSOs) is now on-line at<br />
http://www.ik1pmr.com/logs/. The same callsign will be used during the ARRL<br />
10 Meter Contest (8-9 December). [TNX IK1PMR]<br />
QSL VIA OH0XX ---> Bureau cards for Olli's various operations can be sent to<br />
either EA4BQ or OH0XX. Direct cards should be sent to either EA4BQ (Olli<br />
Rissanen, Apartado 97, El Molar, E-28710 Madrid, Spain) or HP1WW (Olli<br />
Rissanen, Apartado 0860-00432, Villa Lucre, Panama, Panama). [TNX K1XN and<br />
The Golist]<br />
QSL 3B7SP ---> Witek, SP9MRO says that nowadays one USD no longer covers the<br />
postage from Poland, but 1 IRC does (if properly stamped). Effective<br />
immediately, direct requests for 3B7SP without sufficient return postage will<br />
be processed through the bureau by the QSL manager (SP9SX).<br />
QSL BS7H ---> Steve, KU9C is "pretty current" with the cards. Should you have<br />
questions on the status of your QSL, please e-mail him at bs7h2007@yahoo.com.<br />
QSL YC5OUB ---> Roman, RX3RC is the new QSL manager for YC5OUB. Cards should<br />
be sent direct only to Roman A. Novikov, P.O. Box 21, 392000 Tambov, Russia.<br />
[TNX RX3RC]<br />
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3A/F5RBB, 3B7C, 3B7SP, 3D2WW, 3G0Y,<br />
4K9W, 4L3Y, 4L4WW, 5N8FOC, 5R8FU, 9M2/PG5M, 9M6/G3OOK, 9M6XRO, 9N7JO, 9U0A,
9V1YC, A25KDJ, A25OOK, AL2F, B7P, BO0K, BS7H, BU2AI, BV50CRA, BV9G, C5<strong>DX</strong>C,<br />
CO8LY, CQ4IPY, D2NX, D69XC, DP0MSM, DU3NXE, EK6TA, EL2AR, EL2<strong>DX</strong>, EP3HF,<br />
ER0ITU, ER1DA, ER4<strong>DX</strong>, ES1QD, EW8AM, FK/FO5RK, FO5JV, FP/W9ILY, FR5HA, FS5KA,<br />
FS5UQ, GH6UW (EU-099), GJ3YHU, HC8N, HK6P, HL8KSJ, HV0A, IA2IPY, IA8IPY,<br />
IB0/OM2FY (EU-045), IE9/IK4RUX, II1ANT, IR8IPY, J3/DL7VOG, J3/KI4QCS, J88DR,<br />
JD1BMM, JW8DW, JX9NOA, KL7RA, KN5G/KH6, N8S, OA4/N6XQ, OX/PA3EXX/P, PJ2MI,<br />
PJ5NA, PJ7/ND5S, R1FJT, RA0LV, RA0QD, RA9LI/FJL, ST2BF, T30XX, TC3D, TL8CK,<br />
TY5ZR, UA0IDZ/p, UA1QV/1 (EU-160), UE1OTA/1 (EU-160), V8BDS, VA3ANTA, VK4JCF<br />
(OC-138), VK6CHI (OC-193), VK6YS/p (OC-164), VO2/NF6J, VP2ERV, VP2V/W5PF,<br />
VP8NO, VQ9JC, VQ9LA, WP3C, WP4I, XE1L, XU7XRO, YB9/PA0RRS, YK1BA, YW4AJ,<br />
YW5AS, ZC4LI, ZK3RE, ZL7/SP9PT, ZP4KFX, ZS2VJJ.<br />
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24 November 2007 A.R.I. <strong>DX</strong> Bulletin<br />
No 864<br />
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />
**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />
===========================<br />
Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3X - 3X5A is the new callsign the VooDoo Contest Group will be using<br />
during the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 861]. QSL via G3SXW. Their<br />
website is at http://www.voodoocontestgroup.com/<br />
E4 - Mike/OM2<strong>DX</strong>, Steve/OM3JW, Rudi/OM3PC and Miro/OM5RW will be active as<br />
E4/OM2<strong>DX</strong> from Palestine on 14-22 December. They plan to operate CW,<br />
SSB and RTTY on 160-10 metres with two stations. QSL via OM3JW.<br />
On-line log and other information will be available at<br />
http://www.om2dx.com [TNX OM3JW]<br />
F - A number of special stations will be activated for the 21st annual<br />
Telethon, the fund-raising event organized by the French Muscular<br />
Dystrophy Association that will take place on 7-8 December. Expect<br />
activity from TM8T (26 November-9 December) and TM4AFM (8-9<br />
December) among the others. [TNX F8REF]<br />
FK - Sam, FK8DD reports he will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest as<br />
TX3SAM. He will be running 85 watts from the Maritime Communication<br />
Center of Noumearadio/FJP, New Caledonia. QSL via LZ1JZ.<br />
HS - Special event callsign HS80A will be aired all day on 1 December<br />
(local time) to celebrate the 80th birthday of His Majesty the King<br />
of Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej (HS1A). [TNX HS0ZCW]<br />
LU - The Radio Club Ushuaia (LU8XW) will be active as AY7X from Isla<br />
Grande de Tierra del Fuego (SA-008) from 30 November to 2 December.<br />
They plan to operate CW, SSB, PSK and RTTY on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10<br />
metres. QSL via WD9EWK. [TNX K1XN]<br />
OA - Jorge/OA4BHY, Daniel/DL5YWM, Rene/DL2JRM and Bodo/DL3OCH will be<br />
operate CW and SSB from two rare IOTA groups between late December<br />
and early January:<br />
28-30 December OC6I Isla Blanca SA-098<br />
02-07 January OC1I Isla Lobos de Tierra SA-076<br />
On 8-12 January (possibly also on 26-27 December) OA4/DL5YWM,<br />
OA4/DL3OCH, OA4/DL2JRM will operate from OA4O, the Radioclub<br />
Peruano's club station in Lima. They plan to be active on the HF<br />
bands and - for the first time from Peru - on 23cm EME. QSL OC6I and<br />
OC1I via DL5WM (direct or bureau), others via home call. Please note<br />
that the postage from Germany to Europe is EUR 0.70 (USD 1.10), for<br />
destinations outside Europe it is 1.70 EUR (USD 2.60). Further<br />
infromation, including log-search and how to get a sked on EME, can<br />
be foud at either http://www.qslnet.de/oc1i and<br />
http://www.qslnet.de/oc6i [TNX DL5YWM]<br />
P4 - Ken, K6TA (P40TA) and Kay, K6KO (P40K) will operate from Aruba<br />
(SA-036) from 28 November to 18 December. This will include entries<br />
in the ARRL 160 Meter Contest (30 November-2 December, P40TA) and<br />
the ARRL 10 Meter Contest (8-9 December, P40K). QSL both callsigns<br />
via WM6A. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong> and NG3K]<br />
VU - A number of special callsigns (AU1JCB, AU2JCB, AU4JCB, AU7JCB,<br />
AU8JCB, AU9JCB and AT0JCB) will be aired on SSB and CW from 25<br />
November to 2 December to celebrate the birthdate of Indian<br />
physicist of Jagadish Chandra Bose. QSL via VU2SMN (direct only).<br />
Further information at http://au9jcb.angelfire.com/ [TNX The Daily
<strong>DX</strong>]<br />
XF4 - Pepe, XE1J reports that the XF4 operators landed on Clarion Island<br />
(NA-115) around 5 UTC on 21 November. The trip between the Navy ship<br />
and the beach was very difficult, and the team lost several runs of<br />
coax. They had to fight against the wind and the darkness, but<br />
eventually, around 1 a.m. local time (6 UTC), they were able to<br />
install one antenna. However, after several CQs and no QSOs, the<br />
Mexican Navy ordered the operators back to the ship. The team now<br />
expects to reach Socorro Island (NA-030) around 15 UTC on 24<br />
November. Another attempt at operating from Clarion might be<br />
possibile when the next ship makes the same trip to supply food and<br />
fuel to the islands. Bookmark http://www.6e4lm.xedx.org/ for<br />
updates. [TNX XE2K]<br />
YB - Adhi, YB3MM expected to depart on 22 November for Karimunjawa Island<br />
(OC-186), where he will be active during the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest.<br />
QSL via IZ8CCW. [TNX IZ8CCW]<br />
YB - Special event call YE2IPY will be aired on all bands and modes until<br />
November 2008 to celebrate the International Polar Year 2007-08. QSL<br />
direct to YB2TJV. [TNX YB2TJV]<br />
CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their<br />
participation in this year's event (24-25 November):<br />
ZONE CALL CATEGORY <strong>DX</strong>CC QSL VIA<br />
--------------------------------------------------------------<br />
05 OH1VR/VP9 SOSB 20m LP Bermuda OH1VR<br />
05 VP9/OH3SR SO Bermuda<br />
05 VP9I SOSB 20m LP Bermuda<br />
06 6H1AY SO Mexico XE1AY<br />
07 5J0A M/S San Andres W0JAR<br />
07 H7/K9NW SOAB LP Nicaragua K9NW<br />
07 HQ9R SOAB LP Honduras K5WW<br />
07 HR2DMR SOSB 160m LP Honduras HR2DMR<br />
07 TI5N M/? Costa Rica W3HNK<br />
07 YS/K9GY SOAB LP El Salvador K9GY<br />
07 V31DF SOAB HP Belize WJ2O<br />
08 6Y1V M/S Jamaica OH3RB<br />
08 8P5A SOAB HP Barbados NN1N<br />
08 C6AGY SOAB or SOSB 15m Bahamas ND6S<br />
08 C6AKX SOSB 20m Bahamas WA4WTG<br />
08 C6AQQ SOAB LP Bahamas ND3F<br />
08 C6ARR SOSB 160m Bahamas WA4WTG<br />
08 C6ATA SOSB 40m Bahamas WA4WTG<br />
08 CO2WF SOSB 40m LP Cuba N1KI<br />
08 CO6LP SOSB 80m LP Cuba CO6LP<br />
08 CO8TW SOSB 20m LP Cuba HB9SVT<br />
08 FM5BH SOAB HP Martinique W3HNK<br />
08 FS/N3<strong>DX</strong>X M/2 Saint Martin KN5H<br />
08 HI3A M/2 Dominican Republic ON4IQ<br />
08 J3A M/? Grenada WA1S<br />
08 J75W SOSB 40m Dominica WQ5W<br />
08 J88DR SOAB St. Vincent G3TBK<br />
08 KP2M M/2 US Virgin Islands AI4U<br />
08 NP4Z SOAB HP Puerto Rico WC4E<br />
08 PJ5NA SOAB St. Eustatius K1NA<br />
08 V26K SOAB LP Antigua AA3B<br />
08 V47NT SOAB HP St. Kitts & Nevis W2RQ<br />
08 VP2EDL Anguilla DL5CW<br />
08 VP5W M/2 Turks & Caicos Isls W7TSQ<br />
08 WP3C SOAB LP Puerto Rico W3HNK<br />
08 ZF1A M/2 Cayman Islands W5ASP<br />
09 9Y4AA SOAB Trinidad & Tobago VE3HO<br />
09 FY5FY SOAB QRP French Guiana FY5FY
09 P40W SOAB Aruba N2MM<br />
09 P49Y SOAB Aruba AE6Y<br />
09 PJ2T M/2 Netherlands Antilles N9AG<br />
09 PJ4A M/S Bonaire K4BAI<br />
10 HC1HC SOAB Ecuador NE8Z<br />
10 HC8N M/? Galapagos W5UE<br />
11 PQ8KL Brazil PY4KL<br />
11 ZP0R Paraguay IK1PMR<br />
13 CW6V SOAB Uruguay W3HNK<br />
13 LU8YE M/S Argentina<br />
14 5P3WW M/2 Denmark DL1YAW<br />
14 AM5R M/2 Spain EA4RCH<br />
14 CU2A SOAB HP Azores OH2BH<br />
14 EI7JW SO Ireland OK1TN<br />
14 GJ2A M/? Jersey K2WR or GJ3DVC<br />
14 LN3Z M/S Norway LA9VDA<br />
14 LX7I M/S Luxembourg LX2A<br />
14 MZ5B SO Scotland (Shetland) G3TXF<br />
14 OZ5E M/2 Denmark DL1HCM<br />
14 TM2S M/S France F5PED<br />
14 TM4Q M/S France F6FYA<br />
14 ZB2X SO Gibraltar OH2KI<br />
15 IS0/K7QB SOAB Sardinia IN3QBR<br />
15 IS0N SOSB 40m (?) Sardinia OK1MG<br />
15 OG0Z SOSB 10m Aland Islands W0MM<br />
15 OH0B SOSB 20m Aland Islands OH2BH<br />
15 OH0M SOSB 160m Aland Islands OH1MM<br />
15 OH0R SOSB 80m Aland Islands OH2PM<br />
15 OH0Z SOSB 15m Aland Islands W0MM<br />
15 T93J M/2 Bosnia-Herzegovina<br />
15 Z37M M/2 Macedonia Z37M<br />
16 RL3A M/S European Russia W3HNK<br />
16 UA3R M/S European Russia RN3RQ<br />
16 ER0WW SOAB Moldova UT3UA<br />
17 EY8MM SOSB 160m HP Tajikistan K1BV<br />
17 RK9AWN M/S Asiatic Russia<br />
20 4X6O M/S Israel<br />
20 5B4AII SOAB HP Cyprus RW3RN<br />
20 J49XF SOAB Crete G3URA<br />
20 SV9CVY SOAB HP Crete SV9CVY<br />
20 TA2RC SOSB 160m LP Turkey TA2RC<br />
20 TC3A SOSB 40m Turkey (Asia) LZ1NK<br />
21 4K8F SO Azerbaijan 4K8F<br />
21 4L0A SOAB Georgia UU4JMG<br />
21 HZ1EX SOAB Saudi Arabia SM0BYD<br />
22 S2ZJO SO Bangladesh HS0ZGD<br />
22 VU2PTT SOAB LP India VU2PTT<br />
26 HS0ZAR SOAB Thailand K3ZO<br />
26 HS8KAY SOSB 20m LP Thailand HS8KAY<br />
26 XU7MWA SO HP Cambodia KM0O<br />
26 XW1A SO Laos E21EIC<br />
27 AH2R M/S Guam JH7QXJ<br />
27 KG6<strong>DX</strong> SOAB HP Guam KG6<strong>DX</strong><br />
27 KH2/JL3RCU Guam JL3RCU<br />
27 KH2/K2JA Guam JL3SIK<br />
27 KH2/KI6MHU Guam JI3DNN<br />
27 KH2/N3MU Guam JA3CEK<br />
27 T88FY SOAB Palau JK2VOC<br />
27 T88RJ SO Palau JJ1RJR<br />
27 T88WV SOAB Palau OH7WV<br />
28 9M2CNC SOAB West Malaysia G4ZFE<br />
28 9M6AAC SOAB LP East Malaysia N2OO<br />
28 YB0ECT SOSB 20m LP Indonesia K3AIR
29 VK9AA Cocos (Keeling) DL8YR<br />
30 VK4AHY M/? Australia JA1OZK<br />
31 AH6XX M/? Hawaii K2WR<br />
31 V73NS SOAB Marshall Islands V73NS<br />
32 A35MT SO Tonga VK2CCC<br />
32 A35RK SOSB 15m Tonga W7TSQ<br />
32 E51MMM M/2 South Cook Islands K5KG<br />
32 TX3SAM SO New Caledonia LZ1JZ<br />
32 ZL4LW SOSB 40m New Zealand G4EDG<br />
33 CN2AW SOSB 20m Morocco RV1AW<br />
33 CN2FB SOSB 80m Morocco DK4VW<br />
33 CN2FF SOSB 160m Morocco DK4VW<br />
33 CN2R SOSB 160m Morocco W7EJ<br />
33 CN3A SOAB HP Morocco I2WIJ<br />
33 CT3NT SOAB Madeira CT1BOH<br />
33 CT9L M/? Madeira DJ6QT<br />
33 ED8A M/? Canary Islands<br />
33 EF8M M/2 Canary Islands RX3DU<br />
33 IH9M SOSB 80m (African) Italy IK7JWY<br />
33 IH9R SOSB 40m (African) Italy IZ1GAR<br />
33 IH9U SOSB 15m (African) Italy I1NVU<br />
36 ZD7X SO LP St. Helena W0MM<br />
35 3X5A M/M Guinea G3SXW<br />
35 6V7D SOAB Senegal KQ1F<br />
35 6W1RW SOAB HP Senegal F6BEE<br />
35 6W1SJ SOSB 40m LP Senegal T93Y<br />
35 9G5XA SOSB Ghana G3SWH<br />
35 D4C M/2 Cape Verde IZ4DPV<br />
36 D2NX SO LP Angola JH7FQK<br />
37 5X1NH SO LP Uganda G3RWF<br />
37 C91KDJ SO Mozambique W5KDJ<br />
38 3DA0ZO SOAB Swaziland OH0XX<br />
38 V5/DJ4SO Namibia<br />
38 ZS1FZ M/S South Africa DL6QW<br />
39 S79AB Seychelles UA3<strong>DX</strong><br />
39 S79UU Seychelles UA3<strong>DX</strong><br />
Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operations listing maintained<br />
by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqc2007.html - good contest to you<br />
all!<br />
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />
===========================<br />
Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
ARRL 160 METER CONTEST ---> Object of the contest is for amateurs worldwide<br />
to work W/VE amateurs on 160 metres CW only (full rules can be found at<br />
http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2007/160-meters.html). This year's event<br />
will run from 22.00 UTC on 30 November through 16.00 UTC on 2 December. Do<br />
not forget to give a look to the Announced Operations listing maintained by<br />
Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/arrl160_2007.html.<br />
BS7H ---> The BS7H team is happy to announce all BS7H logs have been uploaded<br />
to the LoTW. Any questions about a missing QSO should be addressed to to<br />
KU9C at BS7H2007@yahoo.com [TNX N1DG]<br />
CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW ---> Colin, MM0N<strong>DX</strong> has collected a list of the websites for a<br />
number of participating stations in this year's CQWW CW. It can be found at<br />
http://hamspirit.wordpress.com/2007/11/22/cqww-cw-callsign-websites/
LOGS: The on-line log for FK/JA1NLX is now available at<br />
http://logsearch.de/<br />
MIDWAY ISLAND ---> Pete Leary, KC0END is currently working on Midway (but he<br />
is not active on the amateur radio bands) and reports that "there are plans<br />
in the works to get a ham group out here next summer or fall if it gets<br />
approved". A couple of groups "are already on the waiting list to get out<br />
here", but, "since this is a national monument and wildlife refuge, a<br />
compatibility study has to be done to determine the effect on birds". Read<br />
the details at http://hamspirit.wordpress.com/ [TNX MM0N<strong>DX</strong>]<br />
OH CONTEST/<strong>DX</strong> MEETING ---> The 13th annual Contest & <strong>DX</strong> Meeting, organized<br />
by the Contest Club Finland and the OH <strong>DX</strong> Foundation, will be held aboard the<br />
Viking Line M/S Gabriella on 18-20 January 2008. The ship will travel from<br />
Finland to the Aland Islands to Sweden and back. Further information, prices<br />
and on-line registration form are available at<br />
http://www.contestclubfinland.com/ (bookings should be made no later than 28<br />
December). [TNX OH2IW]<br />
PROPAGATION FORECAST ---> Thomas Giella, KN4LF is a retired meteorologist and<br />
space plasma physicist, with 31 years combined experience. He produces a<br />
comprehensive and professional radiowave propagation forecast for LF, MF, HF<br />
and 6 metre frequencies; it is published every Friday morning UTC via an<br />
email based mailing list and covers a seven day period. Complete informaton<br />
can be found at http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf6.htm<br />
QSL J20MM & J20RR ---> Silvano, I2YSB reports that all e-mail requests for<br />
bureau cards for J20MM and J20RR received as of the end of October have been<br />
processed and the QSLs (more than 1200) have been sent via the Italian QSL<br />
bureau. All direct requests received as of 15 November have been processed<br />
and mailed. Please visit http://www.i2ysb.com or e-mail i2ysb@i2ysb.com for<br />
further information.<br />
QSL ZL7/SP5EAQ ---> Jacek, SP5EAQ reports that all of the direct requests<br />
received so far have been processed and mailed. Please note that 1 USD does<br />
not cover priority mail postage even for European destinations (and "surface<br />
mail is slow and unreliable", he adds).<br />
SA-027 ---> Bone, PP5VX should like to remind IOTA chasers that he is the<br />
only permanent resident on Sao Francisco do Sul (SA-027).<br />
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
===================================================================<br />
CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />
===================================================================<br />
3B8/OH2YY OH2YY EA8OM DJ1OJ P40Y AE6Y<br />
3B8/SM7DKF SM7DKF EG8FDA EA8NQ PC6REC PA9<strong>DX</strong><br />
3DA0ZO HP1WW (a) EI7JW OK1TN PJ4/K4BAI K4BAI<br />
3DA0ZO OH0XX (b) EP3PK IK2DUW PJ4/K5OT K4BAI<br />
3V2A YT1AD FK/JA1NLX JA1NLX PJ4/KU8E K4BAI<br />
3W2TXR JA2TXR FK8DD LZ1JZ PJ4/KZ5D K4BAI<br />
3X5A G3SXW FK8GM WB2RAJ PJ5NA K1NA<br />
4K9W DL6KVA FK8GX W3HNK PY0FF W9VA<br />
4L1FL 4Z5CU FM5CD F5VU PZ5X K5UN<br />
4L1FP LZ1OT FO5RU F5CQ R35NP RW1AI<br />
4L8A DJ1CW FP5CJ VE2FB R450KB UA6XT<br />
5B8AD W3HNK FR/OH2YY OH2YY R450W RZ9WWH
5C5W EA5XX FR7BB pirate R450WA RW9WA<br />
5K3MK HK3JJH GB6GW GW0TKX R450WB RV9WB<br />
5P3WW DL1YAW GX4KPT M0DOL R450WZA RZ9WZA<br />
5P7F OZ7FOC H7/K9NW K9NW RN9S RN9SXX<br />
5Q0PI OZ6PI HA50KNA HA3KNA S2ZJO LA7JO<br />
5V7BR F2VX HC2SL EA5KB S79AB UA3<strong>DX</strong><br />
5W1SA JH7OHF HF60KAB SP5KAB S79UU UA3<strong>DX</strong><br />
5X1AB K6EID HF80KKK SP9PKZ SB300L SM7CRW<br />
5X1GS WB2YQH HH2SW W3HNK SU8BHI HA3JB<br />
5X1NH G3RWF HI3FCG ON4IQ T88RJ JJ1RJR<br />
6L0OX HL0NHQ HI9CF DL4NCF T88SE JR8VSE<br />
6L0XP 6K5AYC HK0/K3WT K3WT TM0TMM F5TFI<br />
6V7D KQ1F HK0/N0AT N0AT TM8CRI F6KVP<br />
6V7H KQ1F HK0/N0STL N0STL TM8IRC F6KVP<br />
6W1RW F6BEE HK0/W0OR W0OR TR8CA F6CBC<br />
6W1SJ T93Y HS0AC HS0ZFZ TU0PAX TU2CI<br />
7S100ALA SK7CN HS0ZAR K3ZO V26K AA3B<br />
8P2K KU9C HS0ZEA OE2REL V5/DJ4SO DJ4SO<br />
8P9JG NN1N HV50VR IW0GPN V55SRT IZ8EDJ<br />
9A60K 9A7K HZ1AM EA7FTR V63CP JH1BLP<br />
9G1YK PA3ERA HZ1AN DJ9ZB V63CV JP1WDM<br />
9G5XA G3SWH J28OO K2PF V8FDM GM4FDM<br />
9G5ZZ DL1CW J3/DF8AN DF8AN V8FWP PA7FM<br />
9H3HH DJ9RR J3/DL5AXX DL5AXX V8FWU F5CWU<br />
9J2CA G3SWH J3/N2GA N2GA VE8<strong>DX</strong>/2 VE3F<strong>DX</strong><br />
9M2/PG5M/6 PG5M J3/S50R S50R VK9CCC DJ8NK<br />
9Y4AA VE3HO J3/W2LK W2LK VP2MFO K9CS<br />
9Y4W DL4MDO J37LR VE3EBN VP2MNR K9CS<br />
A35MT VK2CCC J38AA WA1S VP2MSC K9CS<br />
A92GT EA7FTR J75W WQ5W VP5/K7LAZ K7LAZ<br />
A92HB GM6TVR JT1LZ K1LZ VP5/K7WA K7WA<br />
AP2TN DJ9ZB KH0ABT 7L1FPU VP5/VE7XF VE7XF<br />
BY7KP BD7IFJ KH0AC K7ZA VP5/W7VV W7VV<br />
C31CT EA3QS KH0O JA2FJP VP8CXV GM0TQJ<br />
C6AGY ND6S KH2/JL3RCU JL3RCU VP8DKY G0UPG<br />
C6AKX WA4WTG KH2/K2JA JL3SIK VU3DJQ EA7FTR<br />
C6ALP W8QT KH2/KI3DNN JI3DNN WH2D K3UOC<br />
C6AQQ ND3F KH2/N3MU JA3CEK XT2SE IK3GES<br />
C6ARR WA4WTG KH6/I0TWA I0MWI XU7BUM F6CXJ<br />
C6ATA WA4WTG KP2/K3TEJ K3TEJ XU7TZG ON7PP<br />
C91KDJ W5KDJ KP2/K3VA K3VA XW1B E21EIC<br />
CE0Y/OE2SNL OE2SNL KP2M AI4M YE2IPY YB2TJV<br />
CN2AW RV1AW LX2007D LX1KC YI9JK NI5<strong>DX</strong><br />
CN8YZ EA7FTR LX2007G LX1KC YI9MI AD7MI<br />
CO6DW EA5KB LX2007L LX1KC YI9VFF N5VFF<br />
CO7EH AD4C LZ50<strong>DX</strong> LZ1AF YK9SV SV1JG<br />
CP4BT EA5KB MD/DL3KWF DL3KWF YN2N TI2OHL<br />
CU1CB EA5KB MD/DL3KWR DL3KWR YV5SSB IT9DAA<br />
CW2C IK1PMR OF4NSG OH3WS ZB2X OH2KI<br />
E51MMM K5KG OL60JOW OK2PO ZF2PI K5PI<br />
E51NNN K5KG OL60OZL OK2PO ZL4LW G4EDG<br />
E51TLA OZ6TL OX3XR OZ3PZ ZP6/IZ1GLO IK1PMR<br />
(a) direct (b) bureau<br />
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3DA0TM Andy Cory, P.O. Box 1033, Mbabane, Swaziland
GM6TVR John Black, Solway View, Carlisle Road, Annan, DG12 6QX, United<br />
Kingdom<br />
HP1WW Olli Rissanen, Apartado 0860-00432, Villa Lucre, Panama, Panama<br />
HS0ZGD Stig Lindblom, Thatsana Changphimai 147/1 - Moo 3, Tambon Boot, Ban<br />
Ta Bong, Phimai, TH-30110 Nakhon Ratchashima, Thailand<br />
HV5PUL Luca Della Giovampaola, Responsabile Tecnologia Informatica,<br />
Pontificia Universita' Lateranense, Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano 4,<br />
00120 Citta' del Vaticano<br />
JA1NLX Akira Yoshida, 1238-23, Kogasaka, Machida-city, Tokyo 194-0014, Japan<br />
JH7OHF Katsu Ono, 15-10 Gamokotobuki, Koshigaya, Saitama 343-0836, Japan<br />
PG5M Gerben A. Menting, Brandparken 2, 9351 XM Leek, The Netherlands<br />
TU2CI Association Des Radio-Amateurs Ivoiriens, P.O.Box 2946, Abidjan 01,<br />
Cote d'Ivoire<br />
VE3F<strong>DX</strong> Ken Kovalenko, 2314-565 Sherbourne St.,Toronto, ON M4X 1W7, Canada<br />
VK2CCC Tomas Magyla, 26 Simon Place, Hornsby Heights, NSW-2077, Australia<br />
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1 December 2007 A.R.I. <strong>DX</strong> Bulletin<br />
No 865<br />
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**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3D2_rot - Tony, 3D2AG/FO5RK expects to depart for Rotuma [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 855] on 1<br />
December and to reach the island by the 3rd. Because of his busy<br />
work-related schedule during the first two weeks, Tony will be able<br />
to operate full time only from 15 December, hopefully until end of<br />
January. Updates (on-line logs included) will be available at<br />
http://www.3d2ag.fr.tc/<br />
5R8 - Remco, PG0A is active holiday style as 5R8NL from Madagascar until<br />
7 December. QSL via PA7FM. Effective immediately, this QSL route<br />
applies also to Remco's 2005 operation (Dennis says that "there's a<br />
small backlog of direct QSL requests that will be cleared after<br />
this operation as soon as possible"). Further information at<br />
http://www.5r8nl.pa7fm.nl/ [TNX PA7FM]<br />
6Y - Dave, KY1V will operate CW as 6Y1V from Jamaica (NA-097) for the<br />
ARRL 10 Meters Contest (8-9 December). QSL via OH3RB. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong><br />
Bulletin]<br />
9M0 - Ed, N1UR and Christine, KB1PQN will be active from Layang Layang,<br />
Spratly Islands (AS-051) on 22-30 March. QSL via K2RET. The web<br />
site for the operation is at http://www.n1urspratly.com/ [TNX N1UR]<br />
CU - Michael, G7VJR will be active as CU2/G7VJR from Sao Miguel<br />
(EU-003), Azores from 26 December to 3 January. He plans to operate<br />
CW only on a range of HF bands including 160 metres, with a small<br />
linear and verticals. QSL via G7VJR. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW<br />
shortly after the operation. [TNX G7VJR]<br />
EA - Adolfo, EA7TV plans to operate as AO7TV/P from the lighthouse at<br />
Punta del Perro (ARLHS SPA-301) on 1-2 December. QSL via home call,<br />
direct or bureau. [TNX EA7TV]<br />
F - Special callsign TM7IET will be aired until 9 December to celebrate<br />
the 100th anniversary of the Institut Electrotechnique de Toulouse,<br />
nowadays ENSEEIHT (Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Electrotechnique,<br />
Electronique, Informatique, Hydraulique et Telecommunications).<br />
Expect activity on the HF bands SSB, CW and PSK31, and on the VHF<br />
bands FM. QSL via F4DQG. [F5NQL]<br />
GJ - Look for Rob/MJ0RLJ (MW0RLJ), Anthony/MJ0JZE (MW0JZE) and<br />
Russell/GJ5XW (G5XW) to be active from Jersey (EU-013) on 7-10<br />
December. Their main plain is to operate SSB (with some QRS CW) on<br />
40, 80 and 160 metres during their nights. All QSLs direct to G5XW.<br />
[TNX G5XW]<br />
HC - Peter, DL9DAK will be active from Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands<br />
early next year:<br />
02-11 January DL9DAK/HC1 Quito<br />
15-18 January DL9DAK/HC8 Galapagos<br />
19-21 January DL9DAK/HC2 Guayaquil<br />
He will operate only digital modes (PSK, Olivia, RTTY, Feldhell,<br />
etc.) on 17, 20 and from time to time 40 metres, with vertical<br />
dipoles and 50 watts. QSL via home call. Further information at<br />
http://www.dl9dak.de/ [TNX DL9DAK]<br />
HL - A group of operators from Korea and Japan (DS4NMJ, HL4CEL, HL4CEY,<br />
JA1HGY, JA1RJU and JA1WPX) will be active from Chung Island
(AS-060) for 24 hours, from about 4 UTC on 30 November through 4<br />
UTC on 1 December. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
KH0 - Hiro/JF1OCQ (W1VX and KH0D), Toshi/JE1SYN (N3YS) and Hide/JI1JPJ<br />
(AB2WE) will be active from Saipan, on 7-10 December. They plan to<br />
operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FM on on 80-10 metres. QSL via home<br />
calls. [TNX JF1OCQ]<br />
KL - Rick, K6VVA injured his hand/wrist during his latest operation from<br />
NA-041, and has had to cancel his planned trip for the ARRL 160<br />
Meter Contest [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 861]. It looks like he may go back in<br />
February. Further information is expected in due course. [TNX<br />
www.islandchaser.com]<br />
TR - Roland, F8EN will be active again as TR8CR (or with a special<br />
callsign) from Libreville, Gabon from 7 December to 12 January. He<br />
will operate especially on 20 metres CW (14005 kHz) and SSB<br />
(14125-14200 kHz), and will also try to go and operate from IOTA<br />
group AF-043. QSL via F6AJA or F8EN. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles<br />
<strong>DX</strong>]<br />
VK - Special event station VI2BMARC50 will be active on 18-28 January to<br />
celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Blue Mountains Amateur Radio<br />
Club (VK2HZ, http://www.bmarc.org/). QSL via bureau. [TNX VK2XTT]<br />
VP9 - Igor, VE3ZF will be active as VP9/VE3ZF from Bermuda (NA-005) on<br />
5-8 December. He plans to operate from different parishes for the<br />
Worked All Bermuda Award sponsored by the Radio Society of Bermuda<br />
(details at http://www.bermudashorts.bm/rsb/awards.htm). QSL via<br />
home call. [TNX VE3ZF]<br />
XT - Michel, F1IQH will be active as XT2WC from Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina<br />
Faso from 6 December until late December or early January. QSL via<br />
home call. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
ZS_ant - Ludwig, ZS6WLC will be active as ZS7BYRD from the South African<br />
Antarctic base SANAE IV (Vesleskarvet) during January-February<br />
2008. He expects to operate SSB on 14180 kHz and AM on 14280 kHz;<br />
CW will be supported using straight key. QSL to Ludwig Combrinck,<br />
P.O. Box 443, Krugersdorp 1740, South Africa.<br />
ZS7BYRD will be a commemorative station for Admiral Richard E.<br />
Byrd's 1930 and 1934 expeditions, where they used the McMurdo<br />
Silver crystal circuit for selectivity and the Collins pioneered<br />
class B AM modulator for the first voice transmissions to the USA<br />
from Antartica respectively. [TNX ZS6WLC]<br />
SOUTHEAST ASIA TRIP ---> Pete, SM5GMZ will be back to Thailand, Cambodia and<br />
East Malaysia from January through April. His work will come first, but he<br />
will be active on the amateur radio bands as much as he can in his spare<br />
time. Expect him to operate as HS0ZFI, XU7ADI and 9M6/SM5GMZ. Activity from<br />
Brunei is also being planned. QSLs via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />
SM5GMZ]<br />
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
E51TLA ---> Henrik, OZ6TL reports that his E51TLA log for contacts made in<br />
2007 has been uploaded to LoTW.<br />
OPERATORS NEEDED ---> Trent, VK4TI and other VK Contest Club members are<br />
planning an operation to take place as YJ0AX from Vanuatu during the CQ WW<br />
WPX SSB Contest (29-30 March 2008). They have called for expressions of<br />
interest open to all operators of contest calibre. See<br />
http://www.qrz.com/yj0ax for information [TNX MM0N<strong>DX</strong>]<br />
PIRATE ---> The callsign MU0A was very active during the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest.
"Sadly", Phil, GU0SUP reports, "this call has never been issued, a fact which<br />
has been confirmed by Ofcom, the licencing authority in the UK, and therefore<br />
the operation was a pirate".<br />
QSL 6W1SJ ---> All of the direct requests received by 27 November have been<br />
processed and mailed, Boris, T93Y reports. It can take up to four weeks to<br />
deliver air-mail letters, so please wait a while before sending inquiries to<br />
the QSL manager (6w1sj@t93y.com). [TNX T93Y]<br />
QSL KH6YR ---> Stefano, I0MWI reports he is the new QSL manager for KH6YR<br />
(operator Lou, K1YR). He can confirm QSOs made during the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB<br />
Contest 2007 and after.<br />
QSL VP8NO ---> Mike reports that his QSLs are on hold until he receives the<br />
new cards in early January. Please be patient.<br />
QSL XT2SE ---> Gabriele, IK3GES reports he is receiving several direct<br />
requests without (or with unsufficient) return postage, without SAE, with old<br />
unredeemable IRCs. All of these requests will be replied to via the bureau.<br />
Please note that one USD does not cover return postage, but one IRC does.<br />
And, if SWLs, do not forget to list the stations you heard working XT2SE!<br />
QSL VIA IK1PMR ---> Please note that the QSL route for the ZP0R activity<br />
during last week's CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest is direct (2 USD or 1 IRC) to IK1PMR,<br />
who was the operator. You can also include QSLs for CW2C, IK1PMR/CX,<br />
K2LEO/CX, LU/IK1PMR, ZP6/IK1PMR and ZP6/IZ1GLO.<br />
Expect IK1PMR (and Claudia, IZ1GLO) to operate again as ZP0R during the TARA<br />
RTTY Melee Contest on 1 December (complete rules can be found at<br />
http://www.n2ty.org/seasons/tara_melee_rules.html). [TNX IK1PMR]<br />
SPAIN GAINS NEW FREQUENCIES ---> URE Secretary General Jose Diaz, EA4BPJ<br />
reports that effective 24 November 2007, Spanish amateur radio operators were<br />
authorized to use 7100-7200 kHz on a secondary basis, using a total radiated<br />
power not exceeding 24 dbW. They also gained access to the 51-52 MHz band,<br />
with a maximum power of 100 watts (except in the central Spain, where the<br />
power is limited to 10 watts).<br />
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A0KM, 3A/F5RBB, 3A2MD, 3B7C,<br />
3B8CF, 3D2ER, 3D2VB, 3DA0VB, 3G0Y, 3XM6JR, 4L4WW, 4O3A, 4S7HIG, 5H3VMB,<br />
5N8NDP, 5R8RJ, 5R8VB, 5U5U, 6W1SE, 6W2SC, 7P8JF, 7Q7CE, 7Q7VB, 7X5VRK, 9A4W,<br />
9J2BO, 9J2VB, 9M2GCN, 9M6XRO, 9U0A, 9U0VB, 9X0VB, 9Y4W, A25KDJ, A25OOK,<br />
A52AM, A92HB, AH7C, AL2V, BD7KLO/7, BL7IN, C31LJ, C5<strong>DX</strong>C, C91VB, C98BWW,<br />
CE1/K7CA, CN2R, CO8LY, D20VB, D60VB, D88S, E30NA, E51NOU, EE5KB (EU-093),<br />
EG3MED, EK3GM, EL2<strong>DX</strong>, ER4<strong>DX</strong>, EX/W0AIH, EY1ZA, FG5LA, FK/JA1NLX, FO5JV, FO5PS,<br />
FP/K9MDO, FP/W9ILY, FR5HA, FS/CT1BWW, FW0MO, FW0YL, HP3<strong>DX</strong>, HV0A, IR8<strong>DX</strong><br />
(EU-144), J20VB, J3/DL7VOG (NA-147), J5UAP, J6/DL7AFS, J88DR, JT1CO, JT1DA,<br />
JW8DW, KG6<strong>DX</strong>, KH7T, OA6/IZ7ATN/p (SA-098), OD5NJ, OH0JFP, OM2VL, OX3XR, P29NI<br />
(OC-283), P29VCX (OC-284), P29VLR, PJ7/CT1BWW, PZ5RA, R1AND, RI1NU, RW0IZ/p<br />
(AS-059), S59A, SD7ME (EU-037), ST2VB, T77C, T93J, TA3D, TG9ADM, TK/IK5WOB,<br />
TY5ZR, UA0CW, UA0IDZ/p, UA1QV/1 (EU-160), UK8OM, UT7QF, V31FB, V51VV, VE7NH<br />
(NA-075), VK0JLX, VK2FRNB, VK6CHI (OC-193), VK6YS/p (OC-164), VO1J (NA-198),<br />
VP5/WA2VYA, VP6AL, VP8/LZ1UQ, VP8NO, VR10XLN, VY0/KH0PR, WL7WH, WP3C, XU7MDY,<br />
XX9TJS, YK1BA, YN4SU, YV5JBI, YW5AS (SA-051), Z2/UA4WHX, Z30M, Z32AF, Z32XA,<br />
Z35T, Z36A, Z37M, ZF2AH, ZF2BI, ZL7/SP5EAQ, ZL7/SP9PT, ZS1JX.<br />
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8 December 2007 A.R.I. <strong>DX</strong> Bulletin<br />
No 866<br />
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />
**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3B8 - Jacques, F1BCS will be active as 3B8/F1BCS from Mauritius (AF-049)<br />
on 12-24 December. He plans to operate SSB and digital modes (PSK31,<br />
JT65, RTTY) on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. [TNX F8REF]<br />
4U1 - Seppo, OH1VR will be active from 4U1ITU, the International Amateur<br />
Radio Club's station at ITU Geneva, on 10-12 December. He expects to<br />
be QRV daily between 16 and 17 UTC. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
A4 - Omani amateur radio operators will be using their callsigns followed<br />
by /35 on 12-14 December to celebrate the 35th anniversary of their<br />
national society, the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society (ROARS).<br />
[TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
CX - Andrea, IK1PMR and Claudia, IZ1GLO/K2LEO are back in Montevideo,<br />
Uruguay and will be active as IK1PMR/CX and K2LEO/CX until 10<br />
December. They will concentrate on 17 and 12 metres, usually between<br />
10 and 23 UTC. Andrea will operate CW as CW2C during the ARRL 10<br />
Meter Contest. ALL QSLs via IK1PMR. [TNX IK1PMR]<br />
F - Christian, F8HJV will be active from Levant Island (EU-070, DIFM<br />
ME-012) on 7-22 December. QSL via home call. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
HR - The HQ8R expedition to Swan Island (NA-035) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 857] has been<br />
rescheduled to take place between 15 and 23 March 2008.<br />
Participating operators so far include WQ7R/HR9, KC4CD/HR2, HR2<strong>DX</strong>,<br />
HR2DMR, HR7REA, HR2J and HR2PAC; plans are to be active on 160-10<br />
metres SSB, CW and RTTY/PSK31 with four stations. QSL via HR2RCH<br />
(Radio Club de Honduras, P.O. Box 273, San Pedro Sula, Cortes,<br />
Honduras). Further information and details on how contribute to the<br />
expedition can be found at http://www.hondurasdx.com [TNX HR2PAC]<br />
JA - Look for JL1OVB/1, JO1LVZ/1, JJ2GAZ/1 and 7L3ATQ/1 to be active from<br />
Izu Oshima (AS-008) on 8-10 December. They plan to operate CW, SSB<br />
and FM on the HF and VHF bands. QSL via home calls, direct or<br />
bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />
JD1_mt - Masa, JA6GXK will be active again in his spare time (between 9-13<br />
UTC and 20-22 UTC) as JD1BMM from Minami Torishima (OC-073) on 12-27<br />
December. This time he plans to concentrate on the low bands. QSL to<br />
JD1BMM, via the JARL bureau (preferably) or direct to Masafumi<br />
Ishihara, 2-305 Loran, 2-5-35 Miyazaki, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-0806,<br />
Japan. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
OH_ant - OJ1ABOA is the callsig issued to the Finnish Scientific Station<br />
"Aboa" (73.03S-13.25W) in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica (AN-016). An<br />
11-member expedition will be there for about three months, and the<br />
team leader, Mika Kalakoski (OH2FFP) expects to go QRV on 6<br />
December, running 1 KW to a twin dipole for 40 and 20 metres. QSL<br />
via OH2FFP. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
PJ4 - Larry, WO0Z (Whiskey Oscar Zero Zulu) will be active holiday style<br />
as PJ4/WO0Z from Bonaire (SA-006) on 8-15 December. He plans to<br />
operate CW, SSB and possibly RTTY on whatever bands are open. QSL<br />
via home call. [TNX WO0Z]<br />
TN - Baldur, DJ6SI and Franz, DJ9ZB will be active as TN6X (CW) and TN9Z<br />
(SSB) from the Republic of the Congo until 13 December. QSL via home<br />
calls. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]
V4 - Eric, W0XG will be active as V4/W0XG from St. Kitts until 10<br />
December (ARRL 10 Meter Contest included) and then from Nevis until<br />
the 13th. QSL via home call. [TNX ARRL <strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />
VQ9 - Jim, ND9M will be returning to Diego Garcia (AF-006) on 12 December<br />
for another four-month tour and will resume operating as VQ9JC.<br />
However, he does not know yet how much of his four months will be<br />
spent there, as his ship will be leaving the island in a few weeks.<br />
If the ship is reassigned to another port, this would likely be his<br />
final chance to put out VQ9. Usually Jim cannot be QRV before 12<br />
UTC, and his operating time tends to run about 85% CW, 10% SSB, and<br />
5% digital, mainly on 10-80 metres. He must QRT by 16.30 UTC on<br />
Sundays through Thursdays, and by 17.30 UTC on Fridays and<br />
Saturdays. "I will occasionally stay overnight to work early morning<br />
<strong>DX</strong>", he says, but "even if I do stay overnight, I have to QRT by<br />
about 00.50 UTC". QSL via ND9M, direct or bureau. [TNX ND9M]<br />
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />
**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />
===========================<br />
Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
4M5<strong>DX</strong> GROUP ---> Corrado, IT9DAA reports that the website has moved to<br />
http://www.4m5dx.info/, and the web pages for the group's past and announced<br />
operations are - or will be - available at:<br />
http://pz5yv.4m5dx.info/ (PZ5YV, January 2008)<br />
http://yw6yl.4m5dx.info/ (YW6YL, SA-090, 14-18 December 2007)<br />
http://yw1dx.4m5dx.info/ (YW1<strong>DX</strong>, SA-089, 27-29 July 2007)<br />
http://yw0dx.4m5dx.info/ (YW0<strong>DX</strong>, NA-020, 8-13 February 2007)<br />
http://yx5iota.4m5dx.info/ (YX5IOTA, SA-044, 26 September-1 October 2006)<br />
ARRL 10 METER CONTEST ---> Object of the contest is for amateurs worldwide to<br />
work as many stations as possible on 10 metres (full rules can be found at<br />
http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2007/10-meters.html). This year's event<br />
will run from 00.00 UTC on 8 December through 23.59 UTC on the 9th.<br />
TOP LISTS ---> The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now<br />
available at http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. Please send<br />
your scores, as well as any request for further information, to Erminio<br />
Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@ari.it)<br />
QSL VP2E ---> Peter Mann, KF5RD (one of the sorters for the ARRL W5 Incoming<br />
QSL Bureau) would like to remind everyone that N5AU (the QSL manager for<br />
VP2E) does not accept bureau cards. See www.qrz.com under VP2E for further<br />
information. [TNX IK1XPK]<br />
SWARL AWARDS ---> The Short Wave Amateur Radio Listeners group (SWARL)<br />
sponsors a number of awards for licenced amateur radio operators based on the<br />
cards they receive from SWLs. The Award Manager is Ullmar Qvick, SM5-1252<br />
(veriori2000@yahoo.se), complete rules can be found at found at<br />
http://www.mdxc.org/swl/awards.html [TNX I1-12387]<br />
VP8 CRUISE ---> Mehdi Escoffier, F5PFP says the 2008-09 Antarctic cruise<br />
[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 859] is confirmed. He is looking for a skilful CW operator to join<br />
the team. Plans are to visit and operate from several Antarctic bases located<br />
in the South Shetlands (AN-010) and Palmer Archipelago (AN-012), as well as<br />
on the mainland. E-mail Mehdi (f5pfp@aliceadsl.fr) for details.<br />
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******* QSL INFO ********<br />
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Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ<br />
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />
===================================================================<br />
3DA0ZO HP1WW (a) ER0WW UT3UA RL3A W3HNK<br />
3DA0ZO OH0XX (b) EY8MM K1BV RP3XMV UA3XAC<br />
3G1X XQ1IDM F/TU5KG F4EFI RT4D RZ4CWW<br />
3V2A YT1AD FH1LE F6BFH RT4M RN4LP<br />
3W3W OK1DOT FM5BH W3HNK RW9FWR/9 RA9FDR<br />
3X5A G3SXW FR7BB pirate S21Z<strong>DX</strong> HS0ZGD<br />
3Z30P/7 SP3CGK G5O G3VOU S79AB UA3<strong>DX</strong><br />
4L0A UU4JMG GB75UW G7VJR S79UU UA3<strong>DX</strong><br />
4U1UN HB9BOU GJ2A K2WR (c) SK3W SM5DJZ<br />
5B4AII RW3RN GJ2A GJ3DVC (d) SK6D SK6DZ<br />
5J0A W0JAR GX0IPX M0CDL SK6M SM6DYK<br />
5P3WW DL1YAW H7/K9NW K9NW SN1I SP1NQF<br />
5Q2T OZ0J HC8N W5UE SN2K SP2YWL<br />
5R8NL PA7FM HE6M HB9BE SN3A SP3GEM<br />
5X1NH G3RWF HH2FYD F6FYD SN3T SP3SLU<br />
6E4LM XE2K HI3A ON4IQ SN5G SP5KCR<br />
6H1AY XE1AY HI3TEJ ON4IQ SN5N SP5KP<br />
6H1IM XE1IM HK6K EA5KB SN7Q SP7GIQ<br />
6V7D KQ1F HP3/K1YJ W4JS SN8F SP8FHK<br />
6W1RW F6BEE HQ2A K6VNX SN8R SP8ONZ<br />
6W1SJ T93Y HQ9R K5WW SN9Z SP6EQZ<br />
6Y1V OH3RB HS0ZAR K3ZO SP80KKK SP9PKZ<br />
6Y3R OH3RB HS0ZEP HB9FAF SU0FEC pirate<br />
7W53N 7X5VRK HS80A HS1CHB SV5/SM8C SM0CMH<br />
7Z1HL DJ9ZB HZ1EX SM0BYD SX1L DL1JCZ<br />
7Z1SJ EA7FTR IA0IPY I0YKN SX3M SV3RF<br />
7Z1UG DG1XG IC8R IC8OZM SY1942G SV2KBB<br />
8N7TU JA7YAA IH9M IK7JWY T88FF JL1HSD<br />
8P0P 8P9NX IH9R IZ1GAR T88FY JK2VOC<br />
8P5A NN1N IH9U I1NVU T88IW JF2IWW<br />
8P9AG DL9USA II8IPY I8ACB T88RJ JJ1RJR<br />
9A73AA 9A2AA IP0IPY I0NUM T88WV OH7WV<br />
9G5XA G3SWH IP2IPY I2AZ T93M DJ2MX or K2PF<br />
9G5ZZ DL1CW IR0IPY IZ0HTW TC3A LZ1NK<br />
9J2BO G3TEV IR4IPY IK4QIB TI5N W3HNK<br />
9M2CNC G4ZFE IR4M IK4WMH TM2S F5PED<br />
9M6AAC N2OO IR4X I4EAT TM2T F6KDF<br />
9M6XRO M5AAV IR8IPY IK8WEJ TM4Q F6FYA<br />
9M8YY JR3WXA IS0/K7QB IN3QBR TM6A EA7FTR<br />
9Q1EK SM5DJZ IS0/OL0A OK1CZ TM7AJ F6KSU<br />
9Q1TB SM5DJZ IS0N OK1MG TM7IET F4DQG<br />
9Y4AA VE3HO IU1A IK1SPR TT8CF F4BQO<br />
A35MT VK2CCC J28JA F5JFU TT8FC EA4AHK<br />
A35RK W7TSQ J28OO K2PF TT8PK F4EGS<br />
A61AD N1DG J3A WA1S TX3SAM LZ1JZ<br />
A61Q/ND EA7FTR J42WT SV2HPP UA3R RN3RQ<br />
AH2R JH7QXJ J43J DJ5JH UE3DWP RD3FI<br />
AM5R EA4RCH J75W WQ5W UE3XMV UA3XAC<br />
AO3T EA3AKY J88DR G3TBK UE6FFF RK6FZ<br />
AO5KB EA5KB JD1AHC JA1BVA UE6GGG RW6FO<br />
AO6UN EC6TK JY4NE K3IRV UE6MAC/2 RZ6MF<br />
AO7TV/P EA7TV KG4MN WB2YQH UE9CRK RV9CQ<br />
AO9IB EA9IB KH6YR I0MWI UE9WFJ RX9WN<br />
AU1JCB VU2SMN KH7X K2PF UN7AB DL8KAC<br />
AU2JCB VU2SMN KL2R N1TX UN7MMM EA7FTR<br />
AU4JCB VU2SMN KP2M AI4U UN7QF EX2A<br />
AU5JCB VU2SMN LN3Z LA9VDA UN7QX W7BO
AU7JCB VU2SMN LN8W LA9VDA UN8GF IZ8CCW<br />
AU9JCB VU2SMN LN9Z LA9Z UU7J UU0JM<br />
AY7X WD9EWK LT1F AC7<strong>DX</strong> V26K AA3B<br />
C4M W3HNK LU1DK EA5KB V31DF WJ2O<br />
C56JJ PA4JJ LU2FLN EA5KB V47NT W2RQ<br />
C6AGY ND6S LX7I LX2A V51B AI4U<br />
C6AKQ N4BP LZ7J LZ1KSP V8FZA DL3KZA<br />
C6AKX WA4WTG MU0A pirate VC3A VE3AT<br />
C6AQQ ND3F MZ5B G3TXF VC3J VE3EJ<br />
C6ARR WA4WTG NP4Z WC4E VE2IM VE3DZ<br />
C6ATA WA4WTG OE2S OE2GEN VK8NSB VK6NE<br />
C91KDJ W5KDJ OE4A OE1EMS VK9AA DL8YR<br />
C91R CT1BXT OF4A OH6LI VP2EDL DL5CW<br />
CE4CT EA5KB OF5Z OH5LIZ VP2MFO K9CS<br />
CN2AW RV1AW OF6M OH6AH VP2MNR K9CS<br />
CN2FB DK4VW OF8X OH6KN VP2MSC K9CS<br />
CN2FF DK4VW OG0Z W0MM VP2MVX K9CS<br />
CN2R W7EJ OH0E OH2MM VP5W W7TSQ<br />
CN3A I2WIJ OH0M OH1MM VY2ZM K1ZM<br />
CN8IG EA7FTR OH0R OH2PM WH2D K3UOC<br />
CN8KD EA5XX OH0Z W0MM WP3C W3HNK<br />
CN8ZG EA7FTR OH9SCL OH9UV WP3F OK1DOT<br />
CO2WF N1KI OL1C OK1AN XE2GG N6AN<br />
CO8ZZ DK1WI OL2U OK1MPM XE2S WD9EWK<br />
CP6AA IK6SNR OL3Z OK1HMP XF4YK XE1YK<br />
CS7ABP CT2FQA OL70AMYD OK1DOL XF4YW XE2YW<br />
CT3AS DJ8FW OL7R OK1WMV XU7MWA KM0O<br />
CT3NT CT1BOH OL7T OK2BXU XW1A E21EIC<br />
CT9EPC CT3EE OO2O ON4LDI XW1B E21EIC<br />
CT9L DJ6QT OO5G ON4GIL YB0ECT K3AIR<br />
CU2A OH2BH OP4K ON4JZ YB1AQB DJ3KR<br />
CU3500L CU3CY P3F 5B4AGN YB4IPY I0YKN<br />
CU6NS EA5KB P40K WM6A YC5OUB RX3RC<br />
CW6V W3HNK P40TA WM6A YE2IPY YB2TJV<br />
D2NX JH7FQK P40W N2MM YI1EM EA7FTR<br />
D4C IZ4DPV P49MR VE3MR YI1RAZ IK2DUW<br />
D9K DS4NYE P49Y AE6Y YQ0U YO5BFJ<br />
DB150HZ DL7UGO PA50THOR PI4TUE YQ9W YO9WF<br />
DH150HZ DL5KUA PF30FRG PI4FRG YS/K9GY K9GY<br />
DK150HZ DH2ES PJ2T N9AG YW4D EA7JX<br />
DR1A DL6FBL PJ4A K4BAI ZB2X OH2KI<br />
E51A K5KG PJ5NA K1NA ZD8RH/P G4DBW<br />
E51MMM K5KG PQ8KL PY4KL ZF1A W5ASP<br />
E51NNN K5KG PZ5X K5UN ZL4LW G4EDG<br />
ED8A DL5XX R1ANR RZ3BJ ZM2B ZL2BR<br />
EE2W EB2BXL R1FJT UA4RC ZM3A ZL3WW<br />
EF8M RX3DU R450AD UA6YW ZS1FZ DL6QW<br />
EK6LP IK2DUW R450WA RW9WA ZY5100SCOUT PY5CA<br />
EK6TA DJ0MCZ R450WYL RZ9WM ZY7C PT7WA<br />
(a) direct (b) bureau (c) USA (d) others<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
8P5C R. Prellberg, Lutz-Thormann-Siedlung 5, 03130 Spremberg, Germany<br />
DJ6SI Baldur Drobnica, Zedernweg 6, D-50127 Bergheim, Germany<br />
DJ9ZB Franz Langner, P.O. Box 150, D-77950 Ettenheim, Germany<br />
G3SXW Roger Western, 7 Field Close, Chessington, Surrey, KT9 2QD, England
HP1WW Olli Rissanen, Apartado 0860-00432, Villa Lucre, Panama City, Panama<br />
HS0ZGD Stig Lindblom, Thatsana Changphimai 147/1 - Moo 3, Tambon Boot, Ban Ta<br />
Bong, Phimai, TH-30110 Nakhon Ratchashima, Thailand<br />
HS1CHB Gen. Narissara Shaowanasai, P. O. Box 73 Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900,<br />
Thailand<br />
I0YKN Nuccio Meoli, Via Conte Bassavilla 1, 03030 Rocca d'Arce - FR, Italy<br />
OK1DOT Petr Gustab, P.O. Box 52, Cesky Brod 282 01, Czech Republic<br />
PA4JJ Jan C. Buitenhuis, Hesselterbrink 570, 7812 EP Emmen, The Netherlands<br />
RN4LP Vladislav Lakeev, P.O. Box 208, Dimitrovgrad, 433512, Russia<br />
RX3RC Roman A. Novikov, P.O. Box 21, 392000 Tambov, Russia<br />
T93Y Boris Knezovic, P.O. Box 59, BA-71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina<br />
TZ6JA Makoto Obara, P.O. Box 59, Tama, Tokyo, 206-8691 Japan<br />
VU2SMN Suhas Samant, 'Sushma' Plot 271 R.K. Nagar-5, Kolhapur 416013, India<br />
W0JAR John A. Ross, 11577 Maple Springs Dr SE, Alexandria, MN 56308, USA<br />
XE1YK Carlos Eduardo Levy Vazquez, P.O. Box 12-971, Mexico, D.F. 03001,<br />
Mexico<br />
XE2K Jose Hector Garcia M., P.O. Box 73, El Centro, CA 92244-0073, USA<br />
XE2YW Jose Eduardo Martinez Morlaes, P.O. Box 112, Zacatecas, Zacatecas<br />
98000, Mexico<br />
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5B - On 1 January 2008 the official currency of the Republic of Cyprus<br />
will change from the Cyprus Pound to the Euro. To celebrate this<br />
historic event, members of the Pafos District of the Cyprus Amateur<br />
Radio Society will use the call C4EURO throughout 2008. Expect<br />
activity on the HF and VHF bands, SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL via<br />
5B4AGC. [TNX 5B4AHJ]<br />
CT3 - Luis, CT3EE will be active again, mainly on 20 and 40 metres, as<br />
CT9EPC on 22-28 December. This is a special callsign for the EPC<br />
(European PSK Club, http://eu.srars.org/) members on Madeira Island.<br />
QSL direct to CT3EE. [TNX MM0DFV]<br />
FO_mar - Jouko/OH1RX, Pertti/OH2PM, Veijo/OH6KN and Juha/OH8NC will be active<br />
from Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands (OC-027) on 9-22 January. They<br />
plan to have up to three stations running and to concentrate on<br />
160-30 metres. Suggested frequencies are: 1822, 3502, 3523, 7008,<br />
7023, 10108, 14008, 14023, 18068, 21008, 21023, 24898 and 28008 kHz<br />
(CW); 1845, 3790, 7050, 19195, 18145, 21295, 24945 and 28495 kHz<br />
(SSB); 14080, 21080 and 28070 kHz (RTTY). QSL via OH2PM, direct or<br />
bureau. [TNX OH2PM]<br />
HI - Simone, IZ5JNQ reports he will be active from Santo Domingo,<br />
Dominican Republic on 8-26 January. He plans to operate SSB and<br />
digital modes on 10, 15 and 20 metres. QSL via home call.<br />
I - Special callsign II4TRI will be aired on all bands and modes from<br />
Reggio Emilia on 5-20 January, to celebrate the 211th anniversary of<br />
the first Italian tricolour flag. QSL via IK4SWX, direct or bureau.<br />
[TNX IK4MSV]<br />
LU_so - LU1ZA (operator Raul) is active from the Argentine base Orcadas on<br />
Laurie Island, South Orkneys (AN-008). He can be found on the<br />
Antarctic <strong>DX</strong> Net between 23 and 2 UTC on +/- 7093 kHz. QSL via<br />
LU4<strong>DX</strong>U. [TNX F5PFP]<br />
LZ - The Balkan Contest Club will operate as LZ130LO from 1 January<br />
through 31 March to commemorate the 130th anniversary of the end of<br />
the Russo-Turkish War, which established Bulgaria as an autonomous<br />
principality. QSL via LZ1KZA. Information on the relevant award can<br />
be found at qrz.com under LZ130LO. [TNX LZ1ZF]<br />
OZ - OZ7AEI, OZ5FM and naybe others will be active from the four<br />
lighthouses as Aggertange on Vendsyssel/Thy (EU-171) on 15 December.<br />
They plan to operate on 20 and 40 metres (schedule information at<br />
http://oz7aei.qrz.dk/). QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />
OZ7AEI]<br />
P4 - Marty, W2CG will be active as P40CG from Aruba (SA-036) on 17-31<br />
December. He plans to operate during his evenings (00-05 UTC) on<br />
10-80 metres CW, SSB and maybe some RTTY. QSL via home call, direct<br />
or bureau. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. [TNX W2CG]<br />
PZ - The PZ5YV expedition to Paramaribo, Suriname, organized by the 4M5<strong>DX</strong><br />
Group [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 857], is planned to take place on 5-11 January. A<br />
multi-national team of operators hosted by Ramon/PZ5RA (Olli/OH0XX,<br />
Spiros/SV8CS, Alex/YV5SSB, Jose/YV5TX, Juan/EA8CAC, Ramon/XE1KK,<br />
Diego/LU8A<strong>DX</strong>) is expected to have three stations active on 160-6
metres CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via IT9DAA, direct or bureau.<br />
Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. Complete information, including<br />
suggested frequencies and on-line logs, can be found at<br />
http://www.pz5yv.4m5dx.info/<br />
T8 - Kazu, JA0VSH and his wife Miyuki, JG0PBJ will be active from<br />
Pohnpei, Micronesia (OC-010) from 28 December to 3 January. They<br />
will operate V63KZ (Kazu), V63MP (Miyuki) and V63BBQ (club call) on<br />
160-10 metres CW and SSB. All QSLs direct to JA0VSH (Kazuhide<br />
Maruyama, 1-25-49 Iruma, Chofu, Tokyo 182-0004, Japan). [TNX JA1ELY]<br />
V4 - Mike/W1USN, Bob/AA1M and Scott/W1SSR will be active from St. Kitts<br />
(NA-104) from 28 February to 7 March. They plan to operate CW, SSB<br />
and PSK on 160-10 metres . QSL via home calls. [TNX AA1M]<br />
VE - Hisato, JA1DOT (ex-7K1WLE) will be active as VY0/JA1DOT from<br />
Resolute Bay, Cornwallis Island (NA-009) on 18-27 December. He plans<br />
to operate CW, SSB and RTTY with 500 watts and a vertical antenna,<br />
and to concentrate on the low bands. QSL via home call. [TNX The<br />
Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
VE - Igor, VE3ZF will be active as VE2I<strong>DX</strong> from Orleans Island (NA-128,<br />
CISA QC-007) on 28-29 December during the RAC Canada Winter Contest.<br />
Before and after contest he will be signing VE3ZF/2. His main<br />
frequencies will be 14260 kHz (daytime) and 3795/7260 kHz (during<br />
the night). QSL via home call. [TNX VE3ZF]<br />
YV - The Grupo <strong>DX</strong> Caracas organizes an operation from Mount Roraima to<br />
take place in the second half od December. Mount Roraima (2810<br />
metres a.s.l.) marks the border between Venezuela, Brazil and<br />
Guyana. Special station YW6R will be active for a few days on HF<br />
and VHF from the triple border point on the summit. QSL via<br />
operator's instructions. [TNX YV5EED]<br />
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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (November 2007) is now available<br />
at http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/monthly/index.html. Articles and pictures should be<br />
sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).<br />
BS7H & ZL8R ---> The BS7H (Scarborough Reef 2007, 58 minutes) and ZL8R<br />
(Kermadec Islands 2006, 46 minutes) videos, produced by James Brooks, 9V1YC<br />
are finished; purchase information can be found at http://www.dxvideos.com/<br />
CQ <strong>DX</strong> MARATHON ---> The CQ <strong>DX</strong> Marathon is a year-long <strong>DX</strong> hunt, with<br />
participants competing to see who can work the greatest number of countries<br />
("entities") and CQ zones over the course of a full year, then starting again<br />
at zero at the beginning of the next year. This year's Marathon began at<br />
00.00 UTC on 1 January and will end at 23.59 UTC on 31 December. It is now<br />
time to start gathering your country and zone contacts made in 2007, and<br />
enter them onto the official <strong>DX</strong> Marathon score sheet available at<br />
http://www.dxmarathon.com. All logs must be submitted no later than 31<br />
January 2008. The 2008 Marathon will start at 00.00 UTC on 1 January. [TNX<br />
K9EL]<br />
CROATIAN CW CONTEST ---> Hrvatski Radioamaterski Savez, the Croatian Amateur<br />
Radio Association, invites radioamateurs all over the world to participate in<br />
12th Croatian CW Contest on 15-16 December (from 14 UTC to 14 UTC). Complete<br />
details can be found at http://www.9acw.org [TNX 9A6XX]<br />
LOGS ---> On-line logs and pictures of Yannick, HH2FYD (F6FYD) can be found<br />
on the Clipperton <strong>DX</strong> Club's web site at<br />
http://www.cdxc.org/dxp/2007-HH2FYD/hh2fyd-fr.htm [TNX F5NQL]
LOGS: On-line logs for CW2C (WAE RTTY + ARRL 10m), IK1PMR/CX, K2LEO/CX,<br />
LU/IK1PMR, ZP0R (CQWW CW + TARA Melee), ZP6/IK1PMR and ZP6/IZ1GLO are now<br />
available at http://www.ik1pmr.com/logs/. The QSL cards will be printed in<br />
January. [TNX IK1PMR]<br />
NEW AWARD ---> The "World Lakes Award" will soon be available from Paco Gil,<br />
EA5OL. Information can be found at http://worldlakes.info [TNX EA5OL]<br />
QSL VIA W3HNK ---> Effective immediately, Joe Arcure, W3HNK is the new QSL<br />
manager for the following calls: J3/N0VD, KE9KD, N0VD, PJ2/N0VD, PJ4/N0VD,<br />
VP5/N0VD and VP5D. Kelly, N0VD still has a handful of direct QSLs that he<br />
will be replying to shortly. If you have sent a bureau card for any of the<br />
above calls, it will be forwarded to Joe and you should have a reply back to<br />
your bureau soon. [TNX N0VD]<br />
+ SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include:<br />
Franklin J. Phillips, AB5J William D. Snyder, W0LHS<br />
Derek Wintle, GU4GG William A. Kuning, W3BY<br />
John M. Fisher, K2JF Diehl Martin, W4TI<br />
Roger Bowe, LX1BI Chuck Bailey, W7YU<br />
Antoni Czech, SP9ERV Dan Umberger, Sr., W8ZCQ<br />
Wolf Baron, TI2BY T.K.S. Sidey, ZL4AZ<br />
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B7C, 3B8CF, 3D2WW, 3DA0VB, 3DA0VM,<br />
4L0B, 4O3A, 4S7HIG, 5H1BC (AF-032), 5H3VMB, 5H3VMB/3 (AF-075), 5H3VMB/5<br />
(AF-074), 5N8NDP, 5R8RJ, 5X1NH, 5X1VB, 5Z4/UA4WHX (AF-040), 5Z4/UA4WHX<br />
(AF-067), 7P8JF, 7Q7CE, 7Q7VB, 8J0N, 9G5AC, 9G5ZS, 9J2BO, 9J2VB, 9K2HN,<br />
9L1JT, 9U0A, 9X0VB, A22/JA2ATV, A41MX, AH0BT, AO9IB, BD7KLO/7, C6AQO<br />
(NA-113), C91KDJ, C91VB, C98BWW, CN2R, CN8KD, CV5D, CX3AN, D20VB, D88S,<br />
DS5USH, DU8DJ, E51NOU, EA9EU, EK3GM, EK8SK, EL2<strong>DX</strong>, EY8MM, F5KAQ/p (EU-156),<br />
FG5GP, FO/AC4LN, FO/N6JA, FP/K9MDO, FP/W9ILY, FS/CT1BWW, FS/K1XM, FS5KA,<br />
FW0MO (OC-054), GH6UW (EU-099), H40MY, HC2SL, HC8N, HL0LPM/3 (AS-080), HQ9R<br />
(NA-057), HR9/KJ4XP, HV0A, J20VB, J39BS, JW/G3SXW, JW/G3TXF, K1B, KD3CQ/p,<br />
KH7XS, KL7HBK, KP2/K3TEJ, KP2/W2UDT, LX7I, N8S, OA6/IZ7ATN/p (SA-098), OH8L,<br />
OJ0B, OX3XR, OY3QN, P29NI (OC-283), P29VCX (OC-284), P29VLR (OC-256),<br />
PJ7/K1XM, PZ5XX, R1AND, RA0ALM, RA0AZ, RK1B/p (EU-133), RU6<strong>DX</strong>/p, RV9FQ,<br />
S79SG, SK6M/p (EU-043), T77C, T88DJ, T93J, TA4HZ, TC0<strong>DX</strong>, TI/DL2AWG, TI4CF,<br />
TI7/DL2AWG, TK1CX, UK8OM, UT7QF, V26JN, V47NT, V51VV, V73NS, V85SS, VK1ANU/5<br />
(OC-139), VK6CHI (OC-193), VK6YS/p (OC-164), VO1J, VP2MRT, VP5/W5SJ,<br />
VP8/LZ1UQ, VQ9LA, VY0/KH0PR (NA-047), VY0ICE/VE2, W4USI, W4ZYT/VP9, WP3C,<br />
XU7MDY, XW1A, XX9TJS, YK1BA, YN2N, YW5AS, Z2/UA4WHX, ZB2X, ZD7X, ZD8RH/p,<br />
ZD9ATN, ZL7/SP5EAQ, ZL7/SP9BQJ, ZL7/SP9PT, ZS3/G3LZQ.<br />
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>>> SAINT-BARTHELEMY, <strong>DX</strong>CC ENTITY #338
(zs6dxb@kats.za.net) reports that a five man Norwegian led research<br />
team has been on Bouvet Island since 13 December, and will remain<br />
there until around 14 February 2008. The medical officer is Petrus<br />
Kritzinger, ZS6GCM (newly licenced, previous call ZR6PK). He has an<br />
Icom IC-735 and a Hustler 4-BTV vertical antenna, but limited HF<br />
experience. He was given a brief training session on operating<br />
procedures a couple of days prior to departure. Petrus expects to be<br />
active on the amateur radio bands as time and availability of<br />
electrical power permit. The landing permission was granted months<br />
ago, and the callsign (3Y0E) was issued on 19 December. QSL via<br />
LZ3HI. Bookmark http://3y0e.com/ for further information, updates<br />
and hopefully on-line logs. [TNX http://www.sarl.org.za/]<br />
5Z - Nao, JK1FNL says he will be active as 5Z4/JK1FNL from Masai Mara,<br />
Kenya on 26-29 December. He will be running 100 watts into dipoles<br />
or vertical antennas on 15-40 metres. QSL via home call, direct or<br />
bureau.<br />
CN - Didier, F4ELJ will be active as CN4MC from Morocco from 27 December<br />
to 3 January. He plans to operate on 80-10 metres SSB. QSL via home<br />
call. [TNX F4ELJ]<br />
EA8 - Giovanni, IZ2DPX will be active from Fuerteventura, Canary Islands<br />
(AF-004) from 30 December to 6 January. He plans to operate holiday<br />
style on 40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres. QSL via IK2DUW, direct or<br />
bureau. [TNX IZ2DPX]<br />
FJ - Martti, OH2BH and Olli, OH0XX (HP1WW) have been active as FJ/OH2AM<br />
from Saint-Barthelemy (NA-146), the newest <strong>DX</strong>CC Entity, since 18<br />
December. They have two stations (SSB and CW), and they are<br />
concentrating on giving the "new one" to as many people as possible.<br />
Their QRT date is not known at the moment, but operation could<br />
continue until 27 December, The Daily <strong>DX</strong> reports. QSL via OH2BN.<br />
HS - Those who need Thailand on 80 metres CW can look for Don, HS0ZEE who<br />
is QRV daily on 3505-3507 kHz from 21 to 00.30 UTC. He runs a TS940S<br />
to a 30m high dipole and welcomes skeds (g3vfu@hotmail.com). See<br />
qrz.com for the QSL information. [TNX HS0ZEE]<br />
JA - Look for JS6RRR and JI3DST/JS6 to be active from the Miyako Islands<br />
(AS-079) from 27 December to 7 January. The main QTH will be<br />
Miyakojima (JIIA AS-079-005), with side trips to Ikema-jima<br />
(AS-079-001), Kurima-jima (AS-079-003) and Ogami-jima (AS-079-006).<br />
QSL via bureau only. [TNX JI3DST]<br />
PA - The following eight special Christmas callsigns will be aired from<br />
the Netherlands between 20 December and 6 January: PA07XMAS (QSL via<br />
PG7V), PC07XMAS (QSL via PA3AM), PD07SANTA (QSL via PD0AT), PD07XMAS<br />
(QSL via PD2J), PD08HNY (QSL via PD0EMR), PF07XMAS (QSL via PA1WLB),<br />
PG07XMAS (QSL via PA7JWC), PH07XMAS (QSL via PA4CHE). Information on<br />
the relevant Christmas 2007 Award can be found at<br />
www.pg7v.net/xmas2007 [TNX PG7V]<br />
SP_ssh - Marek, SP3GVX has been back to the Polish "Henryk Arctowski"<br />
scientific station on King George Islans, South Shetlands (AN-010)<br />
since November, and will remain there until late next year. Expect<br />
him to be active as HF0POL when his workload permits. QSL via<br />
SP3WVL. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. [TNX SP3BGD]<br />
UN - Rashad, 4J9M is on a business trip to Aktau, Kazakhstan and has been<br />
authorized to operate as UN/4J9M until 3 February 2008. QSL via<br />
DL7EDH. [TNX 4J9M]<br />
ZL - Paul, ZL3TX and local Radio Clubs operators will be active as ZM6JAM<br />
during the 18th New Zealand/International Scouts Jamboree, to be<br />
held in Christchurch from 29 December to 5 January. The main<br />
activity will take place between 20-8 UTC each day, apart from New<br />
Years Eve when the station will remain active till 12 UTC. ZM6JAM<br />
will be active on 80-10 metres mainly SSB and Digital Modes, along<br />
with Echolink via the ZL3CAR repeater Node 101553 and ILRP on<br />
145.625 repeater Node 6900. QSL via ZL3TX. For further information<br />
or for those wanting to set up skeds please email zm6jam@yahoo.co.nz<br />
[TNX ZL3NB]
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3B7C ---> The 3B7C DVD, "a colourful and comprehensive account of life on Ile<br />
du Sud, Saint Brandon, during the 3B7C <strong>DX</strong>pedition", is now available. Also<br />
included is the 3B9C Rodrigues video. Each video runs for approximately 45<br />
minutes. Complete details can be found at http://www.3b7c.com/DVD.htm [TNX<br />
G3XTT]<br />
C56JJ ---> Jan, PA4JJ says that his recent C56JJ operation from The Gambia<br />
(1-10 December) has been approved for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit.<br />
CAROLINA <strong>DX</strong> ASSOCIATION ---> At its Annual Meeting & Christmas Party held on<br />
13 December, the Carolina <strong>DX</strong> Association (http://www.cdxa.org) elected the<br />
following officers for 2008: Ted Goldthorpe/W4VHF (President), Paul<br />
Ponak/AD4IE (Vice-President), Cliff Wagoner/W3ZL (Secretary-Treasurer), John<br />
Scott/K8YC (<strong>News</strong>letter Editor), Dick Williams/W3OA (Contest Manager), Joe<br />
Simpkins/K4MD (Cluster Manager), Paul Sturpe/W3GQ (Cluster Manager, North),<br />
Wayne Setzer/WB4BXW (Webmaster). [TNX K8YC]<br />
CLARION ISLAND ---> The team on Socorro Island (6E4LM, XF4YK and XF4YW) went<br />
QRT on 16 December. On the 19th they operated from Clarion Island (NA-115)<br />
for a couple of hours on 20 and 17 metres. On-line logs will be available on<br />
http://www.6e4lm.xedx.org when the operators are back home. QSL XF4YK via<br />
XE1YK, QSL XF4YW via XE2YW, QSL 6E4LM via XE2K.<br />
FJ & CQ <strong>DX</strong> AWARDS ---> CQ <strong>DX</strong> Awards Manager Billy Williams, N4UF has<br />
announced that the island of Saint-Barthelemy (FJ) has been added to the CQ<br />
<strong>DX</strong> Awards entity list, effective immediately, for confirmed contacts with the<br />
island made on or after 21 February 2007. For purposes of the CQ <strong>DX</strong> Field<br />
Awards, Saint-Barthelemy is in grid field FK. For more information on the CQ<br />
<strong>DX</strong> Awards, please visit http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/awards.html or the CQ<br />
<strong>DX</strong> Awards homepage at http://home.earthlink.net/~bfwillia/page3.html.<br />
IOTA HONOUR ROLL ---> The Annual Listings as at February 2007 are now<br />
available on the IOTA Programme (http://www.rsgbiota.org/info/index.php) and<br />
the IOTA Manager's (http://www.g3kma.dsl.pipex.com/) web sites. The<br />
performance tables include the Honour Roll and the Annual Listing, as well as<br />
the VHF/UHF, Club and SWL listings. Listing in the 2007 tables was restricted<br />
to those members who had updated their scores since February 2002.<br />
QSL 5L2MS ---> The first direct cards for 5L2MS (October 2007) are arriving.<br />
Henk, PA3AWW would like to remind that one USD does not cover return postage<br />
expenses and those direct requests will be processed via the bureau.<br />
QSL HZ1MD ---> Effective 1 January 2008, Peter, PA2V will no longer be the<br />
QSL manager for HZ1MD. However, Peter will honour all the QSL requests for<br />
HZ1MD's activity from the Farasan Islands (AS-193). The cards are expected<br />
from the printer between late December and early January. [TNX VE3LYC and<br />
www.islandchaser.com]<br />
QSL SU8BHI ---> Gabi, HA3JB expects to receive the new QSL cards for SU8BHI<br />
(see www.qsl.net/ha3jb/news.html) at the end of January. QSL direct only to<br />
HA3JB (Kutasi Gabor, P.O. Box 243, H-8601 Siofok, Hungary). If you do not<br />
receive your card, please e-mail him at ha3jb@t-email.hu [TNX HA3JB/SU8BHI]<br />
QSL YB0ZZ & YE0X ---> Pri, YB0ECT reports that the "P.O. Box 8000 Jakarta<br />
11000" address is no longer valid. The new address for both YB0ZZ (ORARI DKI
Jakarta Club Station) and YE0X (Contest ORARI Daerah DKI Jakarta) is: Jl.<br />
Suryo Pranoto No.8 Gedung Prasada Sasana Karya Lantai 10, Jakarta Pusat<br />
(10130), Indonesia<br />
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />
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3B8FQ K5XK EM10KDR RU6UR R10KDR RU6UR<br />
4L1FP LZ1OT ER10KDR ER3GS R1AND RU1ZC<br />
4L1UN EA7FTR ES1A ES1AJ S05A EA1BT<br />
4L4WW EA7FTR ES1WN ES1AX SY2TSL SZ2TSL<br />
4L8A DJ1CW ET3JA OK3AA T88GS JE1PGS<br />
4S7<strong>DX</strong>G UR9I<strong>DX</strong> FJ/OH2AM OH2BN T88LY JJ2VLY<br />
5H9PD W8FV FK8DD LZ1JZ T88PR JJ8DEN<br />
5N8NDP IK5JAN FK8GX W3HNK T88RA JH1RMH<br />
5P0MF DH1LAO FM1II ON4IQ T88YU JQ2GYU<br />
5R8FL G3SWH FM5CD F5VU TF3CW LX1NO<br />
5R8FU SM5DJZ FM5WD W3HNK TF3ZA KT6YL<br />
5R8GZ G3SWH FO5RH F2HE TM7VT F6KJX<br />
5X1AB K6EID GB6GW GW0TKX TN/9Q1TB/P SM5DJZ<br />
5X4X DF5GQ GB80GKZ 2E0NCG TN6X DJ6SI<br />
9G1YK PA3ERA HF50SSM SP9KJM TN9Z DJ9ZB<br />
9J2CA G3SWH HF85GN SP5ZDH TR8CA F6CBC<br />
9L1BTB SP7BTB HG70LL HA3KNA TR8CR F6AJA<br />
9M2TO JA0DMV HK4OBA EA5KB UN3M EA7FTR<br />
9V1YC N5ID HR9/WQ7R AI4U V44KJ WB2TSL<br />
A92BND A92GR HS0ZDR W4FOA V55SRT IZ8EDJ<br />
A92GT EA7FTR HZ1SK IZ8CLM VK2IAY/4 G0UIH<br />
A92HB GM6TVR HZ1ZH EA7FTR VP5E K0OK<br />
AI4VU/HI3 JT1CO II0TH I0YCB VP9/VE3ZF VE3ZF<br />
BP100S BX4AN II1C I1OJE VQ9JC ND9M<br />
CE0ZAA CE2AA KH0/AB2WE JI1JPJ W1VX/KH0 JF1OCQ<br />
CO2CI WD4OIN LU1ZD LU4<strong>DX</strong>U W8XGI/KH2 JA1XGI<br />
CO2NB EA5KB LY10KDR LY3W XT2WC F1IQH<br />
CO2WL IZ8EBI LZ07IPY LZ3SM XV1X OK1DOT<br />
CO6XN N3ZOM LZ40VP LZ2VP YE9FCCC YB1GJS<br />
CV5K CX2ABC N3YS/KH0 JE1SYN YI9MI AD7MI<br />
CW2C IK1PMR OH9SCL OH9UV YI9QX SP8WQX<br />
CX7CO KA5TUF OJ1ABOA OH2FFP YU60BCD YU7BCD<br />
DQ10KDR RU6UR OX3XR OZ3PZ YW6YL IT9DAA<br />
E4/OM2<strong>DX</strong> OM3JW P40GH WA2TTI Z29KM EA7FTR<br />
EA8/8S8L SM0<strong>DX</strong>T PA25HSG PA4PS ZL1HY EA7FTR<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
3D2AG Antoine de Ramon N'Yeurt, c/o Sam Torope, P.O. Box 3040, 98846<br />
Noumea, New Caledonia<br />
DL7EDH Alexander Spielmann, Hubertusstr. 5, D-85095 Denkendorf, Germany<br />
GM6TVR John Black, Solway View, Carlisle Road , Annan DG12 6QX, Scotland, UK<br />
IT9DAA Corrado Ruscica, P.O. Box 1, 96018 Pachino (Succ.1) - SR, Italy<br />
JD1BMM Masafumi Ishihara, 2-305 Loran, 2-5-35 Miyazaki, Chuo-ku, Chiba
260-0806, Japan<br />
OH2BN Jarmo J. Jaakola, Kiilletie 5 C 30, Helsinki 00710, Finland<br />
OM3JW Stefan Horecky, Mlynska 2, Stupava 900-31, Slovak Republic<br />
OZ7AEI Jakob Pedersen, Naltoftevej 15, DK-7500 Holstebro, Denmark<br />
SP7BTB Zbigniew Blechacz, Os.Sadkow 1 m 10, 26-603 Radom 5, Poland<br />
TZ6JA Makoto Obara, P.O. Box 59, Tama, Tokyo, 206-8691 Japan<br />
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29 December 2007 A.R.I. <strong>DX</strong> Bulletin<br />
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3Y0 - According to the latest update, dated 24 December, Petrus, 3Y0E<br />
(ZS6GCM) on Bouvet Island is currently active between 15-17 UTC<br />
(these times can change without notice). He did call CQ on 20<br />
metres, but he could not hear any stations reply to him and<br />
therefore his logbook is still empty. "We need to remember that<br />
Petrus has got limited HF experience", Rhy, ZS6<strong>DX</strong>B says, "and we all<br />
will need to assist him as far as possible". Bookmark www.3y0e.com<br />
for regular updates.<br />
5Z - Ben, DL7UCX will be active as 5Z4/DL7UCX from Kenya from 31 December<br />
through 12 January. He plans to operate mainly CW on 160-17 metres,<br />
with an emphasis on the low bands. QSL via home call, direct or<br />
bureau. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />
CN - Russell, G5XW will be active as CN2XW on 13-23 February from various<br />
parts of Morocco, from the Atlas Mountains across to the coast. Ho<br />
hopes to manage to get to IOTA group AF-065 during this time.<br />
Equipment will be mininum as this is a backpacking holiday. QSL<br />
direct to home call. [TNX G5XW]<br />
DL_ant - Felix, DL5XL is currently active from DP0GVN, the club station at<br />
German Antarctic station Neumayer II. He prefers CW, while Mirko<br />
(DG9BHQ) likes SSB and PSK31. Next year another operator (Torsten,<br />
DD1TG) will arrive at the station. QSL via DL5EBE. [TNX DL5XL]<br />
EA8 - Niels, OZ7FOC reports he will be active as EA8/OZ7FOC from Tenerife,<br />
Canary Islands (AF-004) on 14-26 January.<br />
F - The French Department "Ville de Paris" was created on 1 January<br />
1968. To celebrate the 40th anniversary, the Radio-Club de Paris<br />
(F6KVP) will be active under five special event callsigns between 1<br />
January and 7 June as follows:<br />
1-15 January TM8P<br />
26 January-9 February TM4A<br />
16 February-2 March TM1R<br />
29 March-12 April TM2I<br />
24 May-7 June TM7S<br />
QSL via F6KVP. Information on the relevant award can be found at<br />
http://arp75.free.fr/<br />
F - Herve, F5RMY will be active as F5RMY/P from Porquerolles Island<br />
(EU-070) on 19-25 January. He plans to operate CW and SSB on 40-10<br />
metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F5RMY]<br />
FH - Georg, DK7LX will be active holiday style as FH/DK7LX from Mayotte<br />
(AF-027) on 11-23 June. He will operate CW on all bands, with an<br />
emphasis on 30, 40 and 80 metres, using vertical arrays as well as<br />
dipoles. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. Further information
will be available at http://www.dk7lx.mayotte.2008.ms/ [TNX DK7LX]<br />
FJ - The Association des Radio-amateurs de Saint-Barthelemy, FJ5KH has<br />
been active since 22 December to celebrate the new <strong>DX</strong>CC Entity. The<br />
operators are club members DK6ST, FJ1CM, FJ5AB, FJ5BC and FJ5<strong>DX</strong>, and<br />
activity will continue until 29 December. QSL via FJ5<strong>DX</strong>. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
GJ - Flo/F5CWU, Sylvain/F4EGD, Thierry/F5MOO and Tom/GM4FDM will be<br />
active as MJ/F5CWU, MJ/F4EGD, MJ/F5MOO and GJ4FDM from Jersey<br />
(EU-013) from 28 December to 6 January. They plan to have three<br />
stations for the HF bands and one station for 2 metres, and to<br />
concentrate on the low bands, on 12, 17 and 30 metres, and on RTTY.<br />
QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. Further information at<br />
http://jersey2008.f5cwu.net [TNX F5CWU]<br />
HB0 - Tom, DL2OBO (www.dl2obo.de) will be active once again from<br />
Liechtenstein on 1-9 January. He plans to operate mostly CW and to<br />
concentrate on the low bands, with 2-element wire beams for 80m and<br />
160m to North America and a vertical for Asia. [TNX K1XN]<br />
HL - Han, DS2GOO will be active as DS2GOO/5 from Saryang Island (AS-081)<br />
from 30 December to 1 January. He plans to operate on 80-17 metres<br />
mainly RTTY and PSK31. QSL via home call. [TNX HL1VAU]<br />
HL - Chae, HL5YI will be active as HL5YI/4 from Sorok Island (AS-060) on<br />
18-21 January. He plans to operate CW, RTTY and SSB on 80, 40, 20<br />
and 10 metres, and to participate in the UK <strong>DX</strong> RTTY Contest (19-20<br />
January, http://www.ukdx.srars.org/). QSL via home call, direct or<br />
bureau. [TNX HL5YI]<br />
I - Special event station II9CAR is active until 14 March from Trapani<br />
for the exibition "Caravaggio. Images of the Divine", celebrating<br />
the 400th anniversary of the artist's visit to Sicily. QSL via<br />
bureau or direct to IW9FRA. [TNX IW9FRA]<br />
J5 - The J5C [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 861] team of operators (F2JD, F2VX, F4AJQ, F5JSD,<br />
F5PED, F5TVG, F5VHQ, F8BJI, F8BUI, F8IXZ, F8PDR, F9IE, FM5CD,<br />
OE8KDK, N2WB and N6OX) expect to reach Bubaque Island (AF-020) late<br />
in the afternoon of 11 January, and they are unlikely to be QRV<br />
before 15 UTC on the 12th. Thierry/F4TTR and Bruno/F5AGB will be the<br />
pilot stations, to be contacted using a specific e-mail address<br />
(pilots@j5c.eu). Complete information on the <strong>DX</strong>pedition can be found<br />
at http://www.j5c.eu/. QSL via F5TVG. [TNX F5NQL]<br />
KH2 - Hiro, JA0SC will operate as KH2/JA0SC from Guam (OC-026) on 2-3<br />
January. He expects to be active mostly on the digital modes on<br />
20-10 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />
ON - Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the Belgian Air Force Amateur<br />
Radio Association (BAFARA) will be active on all bands and modes as<br />
ON40BAF from 1 January through 31 December 2008. QSL via ON6KN,<br />
direct or bureau. [TNX ON6KN]<br />
PY - Rolf/PY1RO, Joe/PY2EJ, Luiz/PY2OC, Alex/PY2WAS, Fred/PY2XB,<br />
Junior/PY2ZA and possibly others will be active as PW2M from Moela<br />
Island (SA-071, on of the most wanted IOTA groups in South America)<br />
on 1-8 February. QSL via AI4U and PY2AA (for Brazilian stations).<br />
[TNX PY2WAS]<br />
V6 - Kazu, JA0VSH and his wife Miyuki, JG0PBJ will be active from<br />
Pohnpei, Micronesia (OC-010) from 28 December to 3 January. They<br />
will operate V63KZ (Kazu), V63MP (Miyuki) and V63BBQ (club call) on<br />
160-10 metres CW and SSB. QSLs via JA0VSH, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />
JA0VSH]<br />
V7 - Randy, V73RY has been regularly active from Kwajalein (OC-028),<br />
Marshall Islands since May 2005 and will be returning to the US in<br />
May 2008. SSB is his preferred mode, but he also operates little<br />
PSK31, CW and other digital modes. See qrz.com for information on<br />
his operating habits. QSL via N7RO. Logs are uploaded to LoTW.<br />
VE - Richard, VA7MJR will be active from Entrance Island (NA-075) on 9-20<br />
January. He plans to operate SSB on 80-6 metres during his spare<br />
time. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />
YS - Bob, I2JIN will be active again as YS3/I2JIN from El Salvador on<br />
13-27 January. He plans to operate on all bands CW ony. [TNX I2FUG]
ZD7 - Tom, ZD7X (KC0W) moved to St. Helena in early September 2007, and<br />
expected to remain there for several years [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 852] However he<br />
now reports he will be departing the island in April 2008. He plans<br />
to spend the majority of his last few months as ZD7X on 75/80<br />
meters, CW and SSB. Look for him around 3502 kHz CW and in the <strong>DX</strong><br />
window on SSB (plus minus QRM). QSL via W0MM, direct or bureau.<br />
PACIFIC TOUR ---> JA1PBV operated as H44V from the Solomon Islands; he is now<br />
expected to be on Tuvalu (T2) from 28 December to 4 January and to be active<br />
again as H44V starting on 5 January. QSL via JA1PBV. [TNX JA1HGY]<br />
VK & ZL TOUR ---> Andrea, IK1PMR (VK7AAP) and Claudia, IZ1GLO/K2LEO (VK7CLA)<br />
are touring Australia and New Zealand through January. Andrea says that their<br />
tentative schedule is as follows:<br />
28 December-6 January VK7AAP/4 and VK7CLA/4 Bribie Island (OC-001)<br />
7-13 January ZL/IK1PMR and ZL/IZ1GLO Auckland, New Zealand (OC-036)<br />
14-16 January ZL/IK1PMR and ZL/IZ1GLO Waiheke Island (OC-201)<br />
17-20 January VK7AAP/3 and VK7CLA/3 Australia<br />
21-31 January VK7AAP and VK7CLA Tasmania (OC-006)<br />
1 February-??? VK7AAP/3 and VK7CLA/3 Australia<br />
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />
4S7<strong>DX</strong>G ---> Radio Society of Sri Lanka's Secretary Victor Goonetilleke, 4S7VK<br />
says that 4S7<strong>DX</strong>G (UR9I<strong>DX</strong>) "is operating without a valid licence". He used<br />
that callsign in the past and "has applied for renewal", which "has not yet<br />
been granted by the Ministry of Defense". He also claimed "to operate from<br />
IOTA AS-171, Barbaryn Island, which needs special clearance from the Harbour<br />
Master which he hasn't received". [TNX www. islandchaser.com]<br />
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA ---> In August [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 849] the ITU granted a request from<br />
the Ministry of Communications and Transport of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)<br />
to replace T9A-T9Z with E7A-E7Z. The change was made initially on a<br />
provisional basis under authority of the ITU Secretary General and was<br />
confirmed by the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference to be effective 17<br />
November 2007. A press conference was held in Sarajevo on 18 December to<br />
formally announce the change. Amateur Radio station licences bearing E7<br />
prefixes will be issued beginning in January 2008, and the use of other<br />
prefixes will be phased out. [TNX www.arrl.org]<br />
E4/OM2<strong>DX</strong> ---> Mike/OM2<strong>DX</strong>, Steve/OM3JW, Rudy/OM3PC and Miro/OM5RW made nearly<br />
30,000 QSOs during their recent 7-day operation from Bethlehem, Palestine.<br />
Their final statistics are as follows:<br />
SSB CW RTTY TOT<br />
------------------------------------<br />
160 39 2050 0 2089<br />
80 0 4866 0 4866<br />
40 493 6775 0 7268<br />
30 0 3033 0 3033<br />
20 3151 2220 1048 6419<br />
17 2298 1365 0 3661<br />
15 672 1385 0 2057<br />
12 0 55 0 55<br />
10 0 0 0 0<br />
------------------------------------<br />
TOT 6653 21749 1048 29450<br />
Why did not they work more SSB? "The answer is easy", Mike, OM2<strong>DX</strong> says.<br />
"Doors to Palestine are pretty much opened for anybody and we are sure that
every other expedition will spend much more time on SSB than on CW. There are<br />
also some local licensed operators but once they will come on air it will be<br />
again SSB only". The complete log and a few pictures can be found at<br />
www.om2dx.com/. QSL via OM3JW, direct or bureau.<br />
QSL 3V8SS ---> The QSL cards for 3V8SS operated by RW4WM (2-10 October 2007)<br />
have been printed. Requests can be sent direct (Dmitry Zakharov, P.O. Box<br />
5991, Izhevsk, 426075, Russia) or via the Russian bureau. [TNX RW4WM]<br />
QSL VIA SM6CVX ---> All of the direct QSL requests for P29VCX and P29VLR<br />
(OC-153, OC-240, OC-256, OC-284) received up to 21 December have been<br />
processed and mailed, Hans, SM6CVX says. Requests with unsufficient return<br />
postage will be cleared through the bureau system.<br />
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B7C, 3B8FQ, 3C7Y, 4L8A, 4O3A,<br />
5L2MS, 5N47NDP, 5X1NH, 6W1SJ, 7Q7BP, 7X5ST, 8Q7GS, 9G5ZZ, 9M4S<strong>DX</strong>, 9M6XRO,<br />
9U0A, A61AD, C6AGY, C6AKQ, C6AKX, C6APR, C6AQO, C91KDJ, CO6XN, D88S, E51NOU,<br />
EP3HF, ER0WW, EX2M, F5KAQ/P (EU-156), FM5BH, FS5KA, H40MY (OC-178), HK0/N0AT,<br />
HL8KSJ, HQ2A, HQ9R, IE9/IQ9PA, J3A, J43J, J79CO, JW/G3SXW, K3B, K6VVA/KL7<br />
(NA-041), KH0O, KH6ZM, KH7XS, LT1F, N8S, NH7O, OD5/F5PTM, OF0Z, OJ0B, OX3XR,<br />
P29VCX (OC-240), P29VCX (OC-284), P29VLR (OC-256), P40W, PJ4/K4BAI, PJ5NA,<br />
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