23 October 2004
No
703
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Edited
by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore
Responsabile IK8MRA
3B8 - Mart, DL6UAA plans to operate as 3B8MM [425DXN 693] from
Mauritius
until 16 November at least. He in
unlikely to operate on 160 metres,
as there is not enough space at
the main QTH and /p activities are
not allowed. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
5B - Laci/HA6NL, Zsolt/HA6PS, Tibor/HA6ZV and Al/HA7JJS will
operate as
5B/homecall from Limasol,
Cyprus (AS-004) on 2-9 November. During
the HA-QRP Contest ()
they will
operate as 5B/HA5RT/QRP on 80
metres with 10 watts. QSL via home
calls; QSL 5B/HA5RT/QRP via HA6NL.
[TNX HA0HW]
5Z - Miki, 5Z4YT1CS (YT1CS) [425DXN 701] will operate as
5Z4YT1CS/M from
Lamu Island (AF-040) on 4-11
November. He plans to operate on 80-10
metres SSB, using 100 watts,
an inverted "V" for 40 and 80m and
verticals for the higher
bands. QSL via YT1CS, direct or bureau.
[TNX YZ1SG]
9L - Ivo, 9A3A is active (on 160-10 metres with
100 watts and a long
wire) as 9L1ADA from
Freetown, Sierra Leone until 1 November. QSL
requests should be sent
to Ivo's current address is Italy: Ivo
Pezer, c/o UNLB, Via U.
Maddalena 54, 72011 Brindisi - BR, Italy.
[TNX NG3K]
9N - Bavarian Contest Club ()
members
Rudolf/DJ3WE, Falk/DK7YY,
Ben/DL6RAI and Roberto/IV3IYH will operate
from Nepal either as 9N7BCC
(requested call) and with individual
callsigns from 16 November
to 5 December, CQ WW DX CW Contest
included. They will have
three stations active on 160-15 metres
(possibly on 10 metres as well) and
plans are to concentrate on the
low and the WARC bands outside the
contest. There will also be RTTY
activities. Their QTH will be
located at the most elevated spot in
the Kathmandu valley. QSL
9N7BCC via DK7YY; the QSL routes for
individual calls will be
announced in due course. This operation,
which is entirely financed by the
participants, will celebrate the
20th anniversary of the club
and will be in memoriam of its long
time member Sepp Rindfleisch,
DJ7CY. [TNX DJ3WE]
9V - Enno, PF5X will be in Singapore for about
three years and on 21
October he received his 9V1CW
licence. He plans to operate mainly CW
on 80-10 metres and to
concentrate on 30 and 17 metres. QSL via
PA0KHS, bureau or direct (for
airmail return to non-EU destinations,
please enclose 2US$/Euro, otherwise
1 US$/Euro). [TNX PF5X]
9Y - Frank, DL2CC and Stefan, DK1MM will operate
as 9Y4/homecall from
Tobago (SA-009) from 27 October to
2 November. They will participate
in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest
as 9Y4ZC (QSL for this operation via
DK1MM). [TNX DK1MM]
C5 - Jef, ON4ACA will be in The Gambia for
two weeks starting on 27
October. He plans to
operate (callsign not known) SSB and CW,
possibly also on 80 and 160 metres,
and to take part in the CQ WW DX
SSB Contest (SOSB 20 metres). QSL
via home call. [TNX NG3K]
C6 - K8FL, K8LEE and W8GEX will operate from Eleuthera (NA-001),
Bahamas
from 26 October to 1 November. They
will participate in the CQ WW DX
SSB Contest as C6DX. [TNX K1XN and
The Golist]
C9 - Andre, ZS6WPX will operate as C91Z (mostly on SSB, with some
CW and
RTTY) from Mozambique from 28
October to 1 November, while his wife
Magda will be active as C91Y
(mostly on SSB). Andre will participate
in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest.
QSL direct only via ZS6WPX. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
D4 - Alberto, IV3TAN will participate in the CQ
WW DX SSB Contest as
D44TD (SOSB 20m). Before the
contest Andrea, IV3SKB will operate
RTTY and CW. QSL via CT1EKF. [TNX
IV3SKB]
FM - Laurent, F5MUX will participate in the CQ
WW DX SSB Contest as
FM5BH. He will operate as
TO7X [425DXN 701] before and after the
contest, between 26 October and 5
November. [TNX F5NQL]
GM - GB0SK is the call issued to the Grantham ARC for their 2-6
May 2005
opeation from St. Kilda (EU-059)
[425DXN 701]. On 1 May they will
operate as GM0GRC/P from Great
Bernera (EU-010). [TNX G0RCI]
HB0 - Christian, DL6KAC will operate as HB0/DL6KAC from
Liechtenstein on
25-29 October, and will participate
in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest with
the HB0/HB9AON Multi-Multi
team. They will have monobanders for
40-10m and dipoles for 160 and 80
metres. [TNX DL6KAC]
I - The Tikirriki Contest Club will participate
in the CQ WW DX SSB
Contest as IH9P ()
from Pantelleria Island
(African Italy, AF-018, IIA
TP-01) as a Multi/Single entry. The
operators (I2IFT, I2PJA,
I8QLS, IK2ANI, IK2CIO, IK2HKT, IK2RZP,
IK7JWY, IK8ETA, IN3QGY,
IN3ZNR, IT9BLB, IT9WPO, IT9ZMX, OL5Y, and
W1NA) will start arriving on
24 October; expect some homecall/IH9
activity on CW and RTTY
before the contest. QSL via KR7X. [TNX
IT9BLB]
JW - Ole, LA4SNA is active as JW4SNA from Hopen island (EU-063)
until 24
November. QSL via home call. [TNX
VA3RJ]
KH2 - Aki, JI3ERV/NH2C; Toshi, JR7OMD/WI3O; Kaz, JG3RPL/N1BJ and
Nozomu,
JE8KKX/AH2K will participate
in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as AH2R
(Multi-Two) from Guam
(OC-026). QSL via JH7QXJ, direct or bureau.
[TNX JI3ERV]
KP2 - W3FV, K2TW and N2TK will operate as
homecall/KP2 (QSL via home
calls) from St. Croix, US Virgin
Islands (NA-106) from 27 October to
3 November, including a Multi-Two
entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest
as WP2Z (QSL via KU9C). [TNX K1XN
and The Golist]
PJ2 - Andy, DL5CW will operate mainly CW
as PJ2/DL5CW from Curacao
(SA-006) on 1-15 November. QSL via
home call, direct or bureau. [TNX
DL5CW]
SP - Juergen, DL5CE, and Dieter, DL7VAF will be active (on 160-10
metres
SSB, RTTY and PSK31) as SO1CE
and SO1VAF respectively from Wolin
Island (EU-132) on 23-24
October. QSL via home calls, direct or
bureau, [TNX VA3RJ]
T2 - Ulli, DL2AH [425DXN 700] is currently active as 3D2AH from
the Fiji
Islands and will be going to
Tuvalu next week. His call will be
T20AH. QSL via DL2AH, direct or
bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
V4 - Andrei, EW1AR will be active (on all bands CW,
SSB and especially
RTTY) as V44/EW1AR and NC2N/V44
from Nevis (NA-104) from 25 October
to 1 November. QSL via W3HNK.
He will participate in the CQ WW DX
SSB Contest as V49A (QSL via
V44NK) on 160 metres (QRP). Look also
for Boris, UU5SY to operate
as UU5SY/V44 during the same period,
including a SOSB (10m) entry
in the contest. QSL via KC2FVN. [TNX
NG3K]
V6 - Lanny, W5BOS [425DXN 694] was stuck on Weno
(Chuuk Islands) for a
while because of rough seas. He
eventually became active as V6O from
Pulap (OC-155) on 21 October. QSL
via N6AWD.
V6 - Sho, JA7HMZ will operate as V63DX from Pohnpei (OC-010),
Micronesia
from 29 October to 3 November. He
will participate in the CQ WW DX
SSB Contest as V63B (SOAB). QSLs
via home call. [TNX NG3K]
VE - Ron, VE3AT will operate as VC3L between 29 October and
29 November
to commemorate the 25th
anniversary of the inauguration of the
largest power generating
project in Canada. QSL via VE3AT (Ron
Vander, 9 Jopling Avenue South,
Islington, ON M9B 3P4, Canada). TNX
VA3RJ]
VE - VE3DZ, VE3FWA, VE2QIP and possibly VE2XAA will take part in
CQ WW DX
SSB Contest as VE2IM
(Multi-Single) from Zone 2. Before and after
the contest they will operate as
homecall/2. [TNX VE3DZ]
VE - AC8W (VA3ACW), K8DD (VE3RDD) and K8MM will participate in the
CQ WW
DX CW Contest as VO2AAA from
Labrador City (Zone 2). It will be
either a Multi-Single or, if they
can get one or two more operators,
a Multi-Two entry. QSL via K8DD
(VE3RDD). [TNX K8DD]
VK - Carsten, DL2CS will be active as VK5OI from Brampton Island
(OC-160)
between 29 October and
2 November. He will operate QRP on 40-6
metres SSB and digital modes. QSL
via DL2CS, direct or bureau. [TNX
VA3RJ]
VK9_xms- David, VK2CZ will operate as VK9XD from Christmas Island
(OC-002)
from 25 October to 4 November,
including a SOAB entry in the CQ WW
SSB DX Contest. [TNX The Daily DX]
VP9 - Steve, W4DTA will be active as W4DTA/VP9 from Bermuda (NA-005)
from
27 October to 1 November. QSL via
home call. He will participate in
the CQ WW DX
SSB Contest as W4OV/VP9 (QSL via W4OV) as
a
multi-operator entry. [TNX YV5ENI]
W - Rich, K6YR and Ed, K6SHU plan to
operate from Santa Cruz Island
(NA-144, USI CA-012S) during the
W/VE Islands QSO Party on 23-24
October. QSL via qrz.com. [TNX The
Daily DX]
XX9 - A joint team of 34 operators from China, Hong Kong and
Macao will
participate the CQ WW
DX SSB Contest as XX9C (Multi-Multi) from
Taipa Island (AS-075), Macao. QSL
via XX9BB. The home page for the
activity is at
[TNX VR2ZST]
YB - Hotang, YC0IEM is currently active as YC0IEM/7 from Borneo
(OC-088).
He operates from the QTH of
Cleo, YC7SKM. QSL for both via IZ8CCW,
direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW]
ZA - Martti, OH2BH and Pertti, OH2PM will be in Albania on 26-31
October,
finalizing Project
Goodwill Albania (www.za1a.com) related
activities with the hopes to bring
a number of new students on the
air. They will be
accompanied by the IARU folks assisting the
Albanian Telecom in variety
of regulatory issues. Expect ZA/OH2BH
and ZA/OH2PM to be active
during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest, most
likely in two single-band
categories. QSL to their home calls. [TNX
N4GN]
ZK1_sc - Ronnie, SM7DKF will be active as ZK1DKF from Rarotonga (OC-013) from
28 October to 1
November and from Aitutaki (OC-083) on 2-13
November. QSL direct
only to SM7DKF (Ronnie Nilsson, Vaestra
Haeggviksvaegen 12,
SE-236 32 Hoellviken, Sweden).
Further
information can be found at
[TNX
VA3RJ]
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GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Direttore
Responsabile IK8MRA
DXCC NEWS ---> Tony, IK1QBT reports that OD5RMK (IOTA Contest 2004 operation
from Ramkin Island), as well as OD5/I1HJT, OD5/I1NVU and OD5/IK1QBT,
have
been accepted for DXCC credit.
QSL 6O0JT ---> Joe, VA6JWT [425DXN 702] expected to arrive to Galkayo, in the
Puntland autonomous area of Somalia, on 21 October. He is new to HF, but will
operate as 6O0JT in his spare time from the local radio
club. QSL cards
should be sent to Joe Talbot, VE6 Incoming Bureau, Box 1515, Gibbons, Alberta
T0A 1N0, Canada. [TNX The Daily DX]
QSL VIA PA7FM ---> Michael, PA5M went QRT from Benin on 17 October, four days
earlier than originally planned, and is currently
back home in the
Netherlands. In the last couple of months he operated as 5U7DX,
TZ6M and
TY5M. The QSL manager for all is PA7FM (Dennis Robbemond,
Loggerhof 11,
3181NS Rozenburg, The Netherlands). He reports that while there is no backlog
for TZ6M, the 5U7DX cards have not yet arrived from the printer and the TY5M
QSLs have to printed. Do not forget that 1 USD does not cover postage
for
destinations outside Europe; direct requests without
sufficient return
postage will be answered through the bureau. On-line
logs for all of
Michael's operations (YI/PA5M, 9U5M, ST2DX, 5U7DX, TZ6M and TY5M)
can be
found at
[TNX PA7FM]
TX9 ---> The German team went QRT from the Chesterfield Islands around 19 UTC
on 20 October (a couple of days ealier than planned, owing to the schedule of
their skipper). On-line
logs will be
available at
.
QSL for CW and 6m QSOs via DL4XS (Maike
Voss, Friedrichsthal 21, 51688 Wipperfuerth, Germany); QSL for SSB and RTTY
QSOs via DL5NAM (Chris Sauvageot, Guttenburg 19, 91322 Graefenberg, Germany).
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Direttore
Responsabile IK8MRA
ANTARCTICA AWARD: Gianni, IZ8CGS reports that the Rules for the
Antarctica
Award
are now available in Japanese language (thanks to
Yuki,
JI6KVR, who is also the AA Checkpoint for Japan) in
the
Download area on www.mdxc.org/antarctica
WAEDC RTTY: It will take
place on 13-14 November (rules at
www.waedc.de)
and Walter Dallmeier, DL4RCK has prepared a
special
edition of RCKRtty (freeware), which can be
downloaded
at www.rckrtty.de. [TNX DL4RCK]
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3A2MW, 3D2XX, 4K9W, 4S7RO,
4T0I
(SA-052), 5H3RK, 7P8NK, 7S2E, 8Q7RC, 9K2MU, 9V1UV,
9Y4/AJ9C (SA-009),
A25/DJ6SI, A61AJ, A61R, A7/G0MKT, A71A, A92GR, AT0BI
(AS-169), AT0RI
(AS-173), AY1ZA (AN-008; AA LU-14), C6AKA, CP6/DF9GR, D44TT, EA5KB/7(EU-152),
EK7DX, EM1HO (AN-006; AA UR-01), EW6GF, EW8AM, EY8MM, EZ8BO, F5LGQ (EU-081),
FK/AC4LN (OC-079), FP/KB9LIE, FP/N9NK, H8A, HF0POL(AN-010; AA SP-01), HI3TEJ,
HO1A, HP1/DJ7AA, HP1AC, J5X, J68GS, J73CCM, KG4PC, KH0/K7WD, KH2T,
KP4USA,
MD4K, ND7K/P (NA-137), OA4DJW, OC31 (SA-074), OH0JWH, OJ0J, OY4TN (EU-018),
P43JB, PT1G (SA-029), RI0IMA (AS-170), RI9KM (AS-089),
RK3DZJ/1 (EU-066
& EU-147), RW2F, SK7AX, T33C, T77EB, TF8GX, TN3S, UE0ZZZ (AS-095),
UK8OAR,
V51SG, VP2EN, XQ3BRN, XV2LC, XX9TST (AS-075), ZL7/G3TXF, ZP6T, ZS8MI.
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