30 October
2004
No 704
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
6O - Silvano/I2YSB, Andrea/IK1PMR,
Marcello/IK2DIA, Adriano/IK2GNW,
Beppe/IK2WXV and Riccardo/IZ5BRW
will operate with two stations on
160-6 metres as 6O0G (SSB)
and 6O0CW (CW and RTTY) from Somalia on
3-17 February. QSL 6O0G via
IK2GNW (direct) or M5AAV (bureau); QSL
6O0CW via I2YSB (direct) or
M5AAV (bureau). Further information at
http://www.i2ysb.com/6o/.
"One of the main aims of this
DXpedition", Silvano (I2YSB) says, "is
to bring ham equipment to the
Somali radio amateurs, fostering in a
concrete way the development
of amateur radio in the country. To
this end, we shall donate yagi
antennas, verticals, dipoles, HF and
VHF/UHF tranceivers, power
supplies, a laptop, coax and accessories
for the operation of one or two
stations at the local radio club. We
are investing all our efforts
to make such a difficult and exotic
country regularly active on
the bands, so as to provide all hams
worldwide a better
possibility to get a rare new one. Donations
towards the
expenses of the DXpedition and helping
in the
procurement of the
equipment to be donated are highly welcome".
Please contact I2YSB (Silvano
Borsa, P.O. Box 45, 27036 Mortara -
PV, Italy; e-mail
i2ysb@i2ysb.com) if you are willing to donate.
[TNX I2YSB]
BY - David, BA4DW will operate as BA4DW/4 from Changdao
(AS-146) on 3-8
November. QSL via home call
(David Y. J. Zhou, P.O. Box 040-088,
Shanghai, 200040, China). [TNX
BA4DW]
F - Special station TM8RIM is
active until 3 November from the
Charleville-Mezieres area to
celebrate the 150th anniversary of the
birth of French poet Arthur
Raimbaud. QSL via F0EHB. [TNX F5NQL]
FG - Mike, K9NW is active as FG/K9NW from
Guadeloupe (NA-102) until 1
November. He will
participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest most
likely as a SOAB entry. QSL via
home call. [TNX K9NW]
FH - Gerard, F6BEG will be active as FH/F6BEG from
Mayotte (AF-027) on
1-12 November. Expect activity on
20, 15 and 10 metres CW and SSB,
generally from 4 to 12 UTC. QSL via
home call. [TNX VA3RJ]
I - Several Strange Radio Team (http://www.strangeradioteam.org)
members
- namely HB9DRH, I6YOT,
I7OCD,I7YKN, IK8FXX, IK8LIU, IK8MRA, IK8WCQ,
IK8WEJ, IK8YTG, IV3ZXQ,
IW6MKI, IW8EQS, IZ1EGT, IZ7AUH, IZ7DOK,
IZ7FLP, IZ8EDJ, IZ8EQF, IZ8FZK,
LU6FIA will operate as IR8C during
the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via
IZ8EDJ. [TNX IZ8EDJ]
JA - JO1DPQ is expected to operate from
Miyake Island (AS-008, JIIA
AS-008-006) until 5 November. QSL
via home call. [TNX JI6KVR]
JW - Erik, LA2VOA is active (on 80-10 metres mainly SSB) as
JW2VOA from
Bear Island (EU-027), Svalbard
until 25 November. QSL via home call.
[TNX VA3RJ]
KC4_ant- The OPDX Bulletin reports that Chris, N3SIG will be
at McMurdo
Station (K-09 for the
Antarctica Award) on Ross Island (AN-001),
Antarctica from early
November until 5 March. The antennas at the
ham shack were destroyed and Chris
will construct a dipole. He plans
to operate as KC4/N3SIG mainly on
14243 kHz.
KH6 - Currently Max, KH6ZM is concentrating on
the low bands and is
particularly interested
in working Europe on 80 and 160 metres
(1820-1835 kHz). Band
openings are about 10 minutes long. QSL via
I0MWI (who has processed all of the
direct requests received so far
for QSOs made up to 13 October).
[TNX I0MWI]
LY - Ben, OZ5AAH will operate SSB and CW as LY/OZ5IPA from
Lithauania on
3-8 November. He will also
participate in the International Police
Association (IPA) Contest on
6-7 November (http://ipa-rc.de).
QSL
direct to OZ5AAH; visit http://www.iparc.dk/
for skeds. [TNX OZ5AAH]
PJ4 - Danny, T93M is active as PJ4/T93M from
Bonaire (SA-006) until 2
November. He will participate in
the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as PJ4J.
QSL via DJ2MX. [TNX DJ2MX]
PY_ssh - Lunkes, PT2HF (Antarctic Award Checkpoint for Brazil) and Stuckert,
PT2GTI were due to
leave on 27 October onboard the Brazilian Navy
ship "Ary
Rongel" [425DXN 702]. They will operate as ZX0ECF and
ZX0GTI respectively from the
Brazilian station "Comandante Ferraz"
(AA PY-01) on King George Island,
South Shetlands (AN-010), starting
on 11-12 November until the
17-18th. Depending on local conditions,
they will be active on 160-6
metres SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV.
QSLs via PT2GTI. [TNX PY2HS and
PS7AB]
V6 - Reports from Japan indicate
that Shoji, JA7HMZ (V63DX) will
participate in the CQ
WW DX SSB Contest as V6A (not V63B as
previously announced, 425DXN
703). He will operate from Pohnpei
(OC-010), Micronesia; before
and after the contest (on 29 October
and 1-3 November) he
will concentrate on working Europe on 160
metres CW: look for him between
18.30 and 19.30 UTC on +/- 1828 kHz.
QSL via JA7AO. [TNX JA7KAC and
JA7ZP]
VK - Johan, PA3EXX has changed again the
itinerary of his IOTA trip
[425DXN 702]. He will operate as
VK4WWI/8 from North Island (OC-198)
on 30-31 October
and from the Bremer Islets (OC-185) on 1-2
November. His other two activities
- from Sweers Island (OC-227, 3-4
November) and the
unnumeberd Marion Reef (8-12 November) - are
confirmed and still on schedule.
[TNX PA3EXX]
VP2E - Bill, W5SJ will operate as VP2EJ from Anguilla
(NA-022) on 5-11
November. He will be
active on 80-6 metres mostly CW, with a
particular emphasis to be placed on
6m. QSL via W5FO. [TNX W5SJ]
VP8_so - Mike, GM0HCQ (VP8CMH/mm from onboard the RRS "James
Clark Ross")
[425DXN 697] arrived at Signy
Base (G-05 for the Antarctica Award)
in in the South Orkneys
(AN-008) 28 October. He plans to be active
as VP8SIG in his spare time,
but he does not anticipate operating
before 30 October. Mike is
aware of the contest scheduled for this
weekend, and he will do his utmost
to operate on the WARC bands. QSL
via GM0HCQ,
direct or bureau. Regular updates are posted at
http://www.gm0hcq.com/jcr_update.htm
W - Bob, N4BP and Nelson, NE4LS will operate as
homecall/p from Garden
Key (USI FL-013S), Dry Tortugas
(NA-079) on 12-14 November. Activity
will be QRP CW on 20 and 30 metres.
QSL via home calls. [TNX VA3RJ]
XE - Porfirio, XE1HPT and other operators from Mexico will
be active on
all the HF bands CW and SSB as
6F1IHF from Ixtapa Island (NA-183) on
6-13 February. QSL via
XE1HPT (Porfirio Lomeli, P.O. Box 7177,
Morelia, Mich 58262, Mexico). [TNX
XE2AC]
YA - Rene, DL2JRM is active again as YA7X
from Afghanistan until 17
November. He operates on 160-10
metres SSB and CW. QSL via DL1JJI.
ZK1_sc - Dave, W6AQ will operate as ZK1AQT from Rarotonga
(OC-013), South
Cook Islands until 4
November, CQ WW DX SSB Contest included. QSL
via W6ORD. [TNX The Daily DX]
CQ WW DX SSB CONTEST ---> The following stations
have announced their
participation in this year's event (30-31 October):
ZONE CALL
CATEGORY
DXCC
QSL VIA
--------------------------------------------------------------
02 VE2IM
M/S
Canada
VE3DZ
05 FP/VE7SV
M/2 St.Pierre & Miquelon N7RO
05 W4OV/VP9
M/?
Bermuda W4OV
08 8P1A SOAB
HP
Barbados NN1N
08 C6AVV
M/S
Bahamas K1JB
08
C6DX
Bahamas
08 CO8LY SOSB 15m
LP
Cuba
EA7ADH
08 CO8TW SOSB 20m
Lp
Cuba
IZ8CCW
08 FG/K9NW SOAB
?
Guadeloupe K9NW
08 FM5BH SOAB
HP Martinique
08 FM5FJ SOSB
15m
Martinique KU9C
08 FS/AH8DX SOAB
HP St. Martin
08 HI3CCP
M/M Dominican Republic
AD4Z
08
J37K
Grenada AC8G
08
J75J
Dominica KR4DA
08 KG4WW
SOSB Guantanamo
Bay KG4WW
08 KP3Z SO
HP Puerto
Rico WC4E
08
NP3U
Puerto Rico WP4U
08 T48K
M/S Cuba
08 V26B
M/2 Antigua &
Barbuda KA2AEV
08 V26DX
M/? Antigua &
Barbuda KU9C
08 V29NR SOSB
(15m) Antigua & Barbuda YU1NR
08 UU5SY/V44 SOSB
10m Nevis & St. Kitts KC2FVN
08 V49A SOSB 160m
QRP Nevis & St. Kitts V44NK
08 VP2E
M/2
Anguilla N5AU
08
VP5T
Turks & Caicos N2VW
08 VP5X
M/S Turks &
Caicos OH3RB or W2GB
08 WP2Z
M/2 U.S. Virgin Islands KU9C
07 TI8M
M/2 Costa
Rica TI2KAC
09 FY5KE
M/S French
Guiana FY5KE
09 P40A SOSB
20m
Aruba
WD9DZV
09
P40W
Aruba
N2MM
09
P49Y
Aruba
AE6Y
09 PJ4J SOAB
HP Netherlands Antilles DJ2MX
09 9Y4ZC
M/S Trinidad &
Tobago DK1MM
10 HC8L
M/M Galapagos
Islands W5UE
11 ZP0R
SOAB
Paraguay W3HNK
11
ZX7U
Brazil
CT1AHU
14 4U1ITU
M/S ITU
Geneva 4U1ITU
14 8S7A SOSB
15m
Sweden
W3HNK
14 CT7B
SOAB
Portugal CT1ILT
14
CU2Z
Azores Islands DK7JQ
14 EA6/LY1DF SOAB or SOSB Balearic
Islands LY1DF
14 GM2Z SOAB
HP
Scotland MM0DFV
14
GM3W
Scotland W3LEO
14 HB0/HB9AON
M/M Liechtenstein
14 MD4K M/2 or
M/M Isle of
Man G3NKC
14 MJ0ASP SOSB
20m
Jersey
F5SHQ
14 OZ5E
M/S Denmark
15 9A1A
M/M
Croatia 9A1A
15
IR4B
Italy
IK4AUY
15 IR8C
M/S
Italy
IZ8EDJ
15
IR8M
Italy
IZ8CCW
15 IS0A
M/M
Sardinia IS0MYN
15 OH0I
M/S Aland
Islands OH3BHL
15 OH0Z SOAB
HP Aland Islands
OH5DX
15 ZA/OH2BH
SB
Albania
OH2BH
15 ZA/OH2PM
SB
Albania
OH2PM
17 EX9A SOAB
HP
Kyrgyzstan UA3DPX
17 EY8MM SOSB 20m or SOAB
Tajikistan K1BV
17 UP5G
M/M Kazakhstan
20 4X0WV
M/S
Israel
KC8FS
20 C4W
SOAB HP Cyprus
20 J49Z
M/S
Crete
IK8UND
20 SX5R SOAB
LP
Dodecanese SV5DKL
20 SY9Y
M/S
Crete
SV9FBM
20 SZ1A
M/S
Greece
bureau
21 4L6AM SOSB
20m Georgia
21 A61AJ
SOAB
U.A.E. K2UO (NA) or DJ2MX (others)
22
A52CDX
Bhutan
F9DK
23
JU1DX
Mongolia JT1BV
23
UA0YAY
Asiatic Russia IK2QPR
24 BV0J
M/2
Taiwan
BW0IR
24 XX9C
M/M
Macao
XX9BB
26 HS8AC
M/S
Thailand E21EIC
26 XU7ACE SOAB
LP
Cambodia ES1RA
27 AH2R
M/2
Guam
JH7QXJ
27
T88QQ
Palau
JA1KAJ
27 V6A
SOAB
Micronesia JA7AO
28 YB0ECT SOSB
10m
Indonesia K3AIR
29 VK6AA SOAB
HP Australia
29 VK9XD SOAB
HP Christmas Island VK2CZ
31 KH7X
M/M
Hawaii
K2PF
31 T30T SOAB
LP West Kiribati
K7ZZ
32
ZK1AQT
South Cook Islands W6ORD
33 IH9P
M/S (African)
Italy KR7X
33 CN2R SOAB
HP
Morocco W7EJ
33
CQ9K
Madeira
CT3EE
33
CT9L
Madeira
DJ6QT
33
CQ3T
Madeira
CT3KN
33 EA8ZS
M/M Canary
Islands OH1JT
35 5U7JB SOAB
HP
Niger
ON5NT
35 D4B
SOAB Cape
Verde K1BV
35 D44TD SOSB 20m
HP Cape Verde CT1EKF
35 6W1RY
SOAB
Senegal
F5VHJ
35 C56ACA SOSB
20m The
Gambia ON4ACA
37 C91Z SO
HP
Mozambique ZS6WPX
38 7P8Z SOAB
HP
Lesotho
ZS4TX
38 V55V
SO
Namibia
Z33AA
39
S79MH
Seychelles HB9OCR
40 JW5E
M/S
Svalbard JW5NM
40 TF4CW SOSB
20m
Iceland
LX1NO
Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operations listing maintained
by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqs2004.html
- good contest to you
all!
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
40 METRES (UK) ---> Effective at 0100 UTC October 31, the radio amateurs
in
the British Isles gain access to 7100 to 7200 kHz. The segment is available
on a secondary basis. The change is a result of actions taken during
World
Radiocommunication Conference 2003, where
conferees agreed to move
broadcasters out of 7100 to 7200 kHz in Regions 1 and 3 to make room for the
Amateur Service. Great Britain is the first country to authorize access
to
the additional spectrum, although the WRC-03 change does not formally go into
effect until 2009.
INDEXA ---> The International DX Association election results for
2004-2005
are as follows: President - Judy Roush, AA7UC; Vice President - Ron Wright,
ZL1AMO; Secretary/Treasurer - Bill Jennings, W4UNP. Directors are
Richard
Grant, W9RG (Chairman), ZL1AMO, Franz Langner, DJ9ZB and Nellie Saltiel
de
Lazard, XE1CI. The Executive Committee includes AA7UC, W4UNP and ZL1AMO. For
more information contact Judy Roush, AA7UC (jroush@cybertrails.com) or visit
http://www.indexa.org
[TNX AA7UC]
NEW CONTEST CALLS (SWEDEN) ---> A new series of
contest calls has been
released in Sweden. Expect SA+number+one-letter calls (for
instance SA5D,
issued to John, SM5DJZ) to be aired during the CQ WW DX SSB
Contest. [TNX
SM5DJZ]
QSL IZ8BGY ---> Pino, IZ8BGY (Mediterraneo DX Club President)
reports that
the QSL cards for his island activities of 1997-99 (IZ8BGY/ID8 and IZ8BGY/p)
should be sent to IK8WEJ, while the QSL route for 2000-02 is via IZ8CCW.
QSL LU3XQO ---> Jorge Riga, LU3XQO from Ushuaia, Tierra del
Fuego reports
that his new QSL manager is Patrick, WD9EWK (direct or bureau). Information
on the stations whose QSLing Patrick takes care
of can be found at
http://qsl.wd9ewk.net/
QSL UA0SR ---> Serge, UA0SR reports that his new QSL manager is Joe,
W3HNK,
who has the logs from 1 January 2000 onwards. This information does not apply
to Russian stations.
QSL VIA HA1AG ---> Zoli, HA1AG reports he still has plenty of blank cards for
T32NCC, E44/HA1AG, HG50HSC, 9A/HA1AG (EU-110), OH/PA1AG (EU-140) and PA/HA1AG
(EU-038). QSL direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent
to ha1ag@yahoo.com).
+ SILENT KEYS + We have received the sad news of
the recent passing of
Umberto Marchesini (I8KUT), Dieter Stumpp (DL1SDN) and
Albert Schlaffer,
DL7MAT (founding member of the Bavarian DX Group and the Bavarian
Contest
Club). [TNX I8LEL, DK1RV, DL7MAE]
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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
RSGB HFC: A few pictures of the 22-24 October HF and IOTA Convention can be
found at
www.mdxc.org/iotaconvention [TNX IZ8CCW]
S92BWW: Pictures and on-line logs for the recent
operation from Rolas
Island can be found at http://www.qsl.net/s92bww
[TNX CT1BWW]
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******* QSL INFO ********
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
===================================================================
CALL MANAGER
CALL MANAGER
CALL MANAGER
===================================================================
3B8MM DL6UAA
GT0STH G4DIY
TJ3SP DL7DF
4K9W DL6KVA
HC8L
W5UE TM8AKR F2WS
4U1WB KK4HD
HI9CF DL4NCF
TO5M F6CXJ
5B/ON9CIB RA3AUU
J75WX W4WX
TO7X F5MUX
5VZBB W2FUI
J79AA W9AAZ
TX9 DL4XS (a)
5Z4YT1CS YT1CS
J79CM N1WON
TX9 DL5NAM (b)
6W1RW F6BEE
J79LR W1LR
UA1ONY RZ3EC
6W1RY F5VHJ
J79VL N5VL
UK4YT K4YT
9A4PN N4PN
JR6TYH/JD1 bureau UU5SY/V44 KC2FVN
9A5PC NF4A
KH6BK/AH8 VE3HO
V26A WB3DNA
9I40Z JL1NKC
KH9/AH8H V73GT
V26B KA2AEV
9V1CW PF5X
KP4SQ KD8IW
V26EM W2SN
A52CDX F9DK
N3L KA3UNQ
V26G N2ED
BO0K BV4YB
NC2N/V44 W3HNK
V26KEN N2KEN
C56ACA ON4ACA
NP4A W3HNK
V26OC N3OC
C91Y ZS6WPX
P40A WD9DZV
V26OX K3OX
C91Z ZS6WPX
P40H OK2BMT
V26R KA2AEV
CO6LPB EA7FTR
PJ4/T93M DJ2MX
V26SN W2SN
CO6WD W0SA
PT7ZKQ KQ0B
V44/EW1AR W3HNK
CT3AS DJ8FW
R1ANF RK1PWA
V6O N6AWD
CV5D CX2ABC
RK3EWA/P RZ3EC
VA4MWA N0HJZ
D2PFN KK5DO
S79MH HB9OCR
VK4WWI/8 PA3EXX
D44TD CT1EKF
S79RJ DJ7RJ
VK9LA VK4FW
D44TT K1BV
S79SO DJ4SO
VK9LW VK4FW
EL2PM EI5IF
SO1CE DL5CE
VP5/KY1V OH3RB
EL7X PA0WVV
SO1VAF DL7VAF
VP5/W2OF K2SB
EO60C UT7CWW
SU9NC OM2SA
XU7ACE ES1FB
ET3BN DL1JRC
SV0XAI/9 LA4XFA YC0IEM/7
IZ8CCW
EW1AR/V44 W3HNK
T20AH 3D2AH
YC7SKM IZ8CCW
EY8MM K1BV
T30T
K7ZZ YI9AQ
OM3XX
FK/IK6CAC IK6CAC
T88QQ JA1KAJ
YI9QWO K5QWO
FK/IV3FSG IK3GES
TC2K4J TA3YJ
ZD7F DL9GFB
FP/VE7SV N7RO
TG7I TG9ANF
ZD7J DL7UVO
FP5BZ F5TJP
TG7M TG9ANF
ZD7T DL3NRV
FR/F6BUM F6CXJ
TI8M TI2KAC
ZD8I G4LTI
FW7AQR JA7AQR
TJ3FR DL7DF
ZK1DKF SM7DKF
(a) CW and 6m (b) SSB and
RTTY
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******* ADDRESSES *******
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
4U1ITU International Amateur Radio Club, P. O. Box 6, CH-1211 Geneva 20,
Switzerland
9L1ADA Ivo Pezer, c/o UNLB, Via U. Maddalena 54, 72011 Brindisi - BR, Italy
DL4XS Maike Voss, Friedrichsthal 21, 51688 Wipperfuerth, Germany
DL5NAM Chris Sauvageot, Guttenburg 19, 91322 Graefenberg, Germany
DL7DF Sigi Presch, Wilhelmsmuehlenweg 123, D-12621 Berlin, Germany
EW7EW Vladislav N. Makushin, Ul. Batova D. 26 Kv. 81, 213807, G. Bobruysk,
Mogilevskaya Obl., Belarus
F5MUX P.O. Box 42, 29950 Benodet Cedex, France
IZ0EGA Alessandro Colasanti, Via Lucio Lombardo Radice 18, 00143 Roma - RM,
Italy
JG3JKG Tadaaki Tanigawa, 2-53-402 Hata, Ikeda, 563-0021 Japan
N6AWD Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr., Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA
N7RO Richard J. Moen, 2935 Plymouth Drive, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA
SM7DKF Ronnie Nilsson, Vaestra Haeggviksvaegen 12, SE-236 32 Hoellviken,
Sweden
VA3YDX Igor Slakva, 105 La Rose Avenue, Apt.#803, Etobicoke, Ontario M9P
1A9, Canada
[Igor.Slakva@smithsdetection.com]
VE3GKW Boris Sidelnikov, 90 Cordova Avenue, Apt.#1009, Etobicoke, Ontario
M9A 2H8, Canada
VK4FW Bill Horner, P.O. Box 513, Nambour 4560, Australia
WA5BON Robert Kenney, KBR, Victory Camp South, APO, AE 09342, USA
WD9EWK Patrick Stoddard, 6938 W. Palo Verde Drive, Glendale, AZ 85303-4405,
USA
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