06 November
2004
No 705
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
3D2 - Naoyuki, JK1FNL will operate as operate as 3D2NA
from Mana island
(OC-121), Fiji on 19-24 November.
Look for him on 80-6 metres SSB,
CW, and RTTY. QSL via home call, direct
or bureau. [TNX JK1FNL]
3D2 - Team Vertical will operate on 10-160 metres mainly CW
from Taveuni
Island (OC-016), Fiji on
20-30 November, including a Multi-Multi
entry as 3D2XA in the
CQ WW DX CW Contest. They will have six
low-power stations and ocean-front
vertical arrays on all bands and
will concentrate on working Europe, with
a special emphasis to be be
given to 80 and 160 metres. The 160m QRG
will be 1825.5, "up 2" for
EU/USA, and "down 2" for
JA. The operators are AG9A (3D2EE), K2KW
(3D2KW), WA6O (3D2OK), W2VJN (3D2SS),
N6BT (3D2TS) and KE7X (3D2XA).
All QSLs
via WA4WTG. More information
is available at
http://www.k2kw.com/3d2/
[TNX K2KW]
6W - Dany, F5CW will be active as 6W7RV from Senegal on
19-30 November,
possibly including an entry in the CQ WW
CW Contest. He will operate
from the QTH of 6W7RV, which
according to Dany is going to become
the first shack
available for guest operations in Africa
(http://www.le-calao.com/).
QSL via F8CMT. [TNX F5CW]
9M2 - Look for Ian, 9M2/G3TMA to operate from
Pulau Ketam (AS-074) on
13-15 November. QSL to Ian Buffham, Bekay
Court, 7 Lorong Enau (off
Jalan Ampang), 55000 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
C6 - Randy, W6SJ will be active as C6AWS
from 26 November through 2
December, including an entry
in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. During
non-contest periods he will concentrate
on the WARC bands. QSL via
home call. [TNX W6SJ]
CX - Shalom, 4X1UN will be active as CX/4X1UN
from Gorriti and Lobos
Islands (both count for
SA-039) on 11-16 November. He plans to
operate SSB and CW on 15 and
20 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX
4X1UN]
DL - The DL-RTTY-DX-Contest Group (http://www.drcg.de)
will participate
in the WAE RTTY Contest (13-14 November)
as DL0TTY. QSL via bureau.
[TNX DL9NEI]
F - Special call TM6OST will be aired on 14-28 November to
celebrate the
60th anniversary of the
liberation of Strasbourg. QSL via F5PWH.
[TNX F5NQL]
FK - Masayoshi, JF1UIO is expected to operate (on
10-40 metres SSB and
CW) as FK/JF1UIO from the Loyalty Islands
(OC-033) until 8 November.
QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX
JI6KVR]
FR - Didier, F5TNI will operate (mainly on CW with some RTTY and
PSK) as
FR/F5TNI from Reunion Island (AF-016) on
2-22 February. He will also
operate as 3B8/F5TNI from Mauritius
(AF-049) for one week. QSL via
home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F5TNI]
FY - Jean-Pierre, F5AHO will oerate as FY/F5AHO
from French Guiana on
11-24 November, including a side trip to
the Salut Islands (SA-020,
DIFO FY-008) on 13-14 November. [TNX
F5NQL]
HB - The HB9MM Amateur Radio Club (http://www.hb9mm.com/)
has been
granted permission to be active
as HE3RSI until 3 December. They
will operate on
10-40 metres from the former Radio Suisse
International (RSI)
facilities. RSI has stopped broadcasting on
short waves and the station
is going to be dismantled. QSL via
HB9MM. [TNX F8IXZ]
HI - Mike, GW3UOF will operate (mainly CW, with
some SSB and digital
modes) as GW3UOF/HI3 from the Dominican
Republic between 28 November
and 12 December. QSL via home call,
direct or bureau. [TNX GW3UOF]
HV - Look for HV5PUL to be activated on the HF bands from
the Pontificia
Universita' Lateranense, Vatican
City on 9, 11 and 13 November to
celebrate the opening of the 2004-05
academic year. [TNX IW0DJB]
JA - Look for JA5BEX/5 and JE5HXJ/5 to
operate from Odesima Island
(AS-076) (JIIA new one) on 6-7
November. QSL via home call, direct
or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
LU - A group of operators (callsigns not provided) will be active
on all
bands and modes as homecall/D
from Wood Island (SA-021) on 12-14
November. QSl via LU7DSY (Carlos
Almiron, P.O. Box 709, 8000 Bahia
Blanca, Argentina). [TNX LU7DR]
LX - Les, G3VQO will operate as LX/G3VQO (SOAB LP) during the CQ
WW DX CW
Contest. Before and after the
contest he expects to operate on 30
metres, and maybe 17 and 12
metres if conditions permit. QSL via
home call, direct or bureau.
Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. [TNX
G3VQO]
PY - Ark, PY2ZX and Luiz, PU2OCZ will
operate as homecall/PY2 from
Comprida Island (SA-024, DIB
021, WWL GG64BX) on 13-15 November.
They will concentrate on 50, 144 and 440
MHz SSB, CW and FM; skeds
are welcome at py2zx@terra.com.br. QSL
via home calls. [TNX PY2ZX]
R1A_ant- Dmitry, RZ3DJ reports that Vlady, RU3HD is heading for Antarctica,
where he expect to spend
about four months at the Russian base
Novolazarevskaya (UA-08 for the
Antarctica Award, IOTA AN-016). He
plans to operate on all the HF bands as
either R1ANN and RU3HD/ANT.
QSL via RZ3DJ. [TNX UA9MHN]
V5 - Felix, DL5XL (http://www.dl5xl.de/)
will participate in the CQ WW DX
CW Contest as V51/DL5XL
(SOAB HP) from Namibia. Activity will
continue for a few days after the
contest. QSL via home call, direct
(Felix Riess, Mittal 3, D-31073
Delligsen, Germany) or bureau. [TNX
DL5XL]
V7 - Toshi/JA1ELY, Taki/JH3QFL, Nob/JA6WIF and Yasu/JA6WJL
will operate
from Majuro (OC-029), Marshall Islands on
20-24 November. Requested
calls are V73EY, V73B, V73IF and V73WJ,
and plans are to operate on
all bands and modes with three
stations. QSL via home calls. [TNX
JA1ELY]
VK - The Ballarat Amateur Radio Group (BARG) will be
operating special
event station VI3BML on all bands
and modes from 27 November to 5
December to commemorate the 150th
anniversary of the rebellion at
the Eureka Stockade. QSL via bureau or to
VK3BML. [TNX VK3UR]
VP2M - Trond, LA9VDA will be active (160-10 metres CW, SSB
and RTTY) as
VP2MLA from Montserrat
(NA-103) on 19-30 November, CQ WW DX CW
Contest included. QSL via
home call, direct or bureau (e-amil
requests for bureau cards can be sent to
la9vda2003@yahoo.no). [TNX
LA9VDA]
VP5 - Roger/W7VV, Ralph/VE7XF, Rick/KT7G and Dick/K7BTW will
operate as
VP5/homecall from Providenciales
(NA-002), Turks and Caicos Islands
on 21-30 November. They plan to
concentrate on the WARC bands and 6
metres with CW, SSB and digital modes.
QSL via home calls. They will
participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as
VP5W (QSL via W7TSQ). [TNX
NG3K]
VP8_sg - Mike, GM0HCQ (VP8CMH) has arrived at King
Edward Point, South
Georgia (AN-007) and has already been
active as VP8SGK. He hopes to
be able to operate for a few
hours each evening. QSL via GM0HCQ.
Regular updates are posted at http://www.gm0hcq.com/
W - Several special event stations (K1G, K2G, K2K,
K3A, K3G, K4G, K6A,
K8E, K8G, N2A, N2K, N3G, N5I,
N6C, N8G, N9A, W4A, W4W, W8A, W8C,
W8E, W8G, W8R plus ISAR station N4I) will
be active on 6 November to
celebrate the the 65th anniversary of the
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
and the fifth International SAR
(Search And Rescue) competition to
be
held on 5-6
November in Portsmouth, Virginia
(http://www.internationalsar.com/).
QSL via operator's instructions.
W - The USS Salem Radio Club (http://www.qsl.net/k1usn/)
will activate
K1USN on 11 November (Veterans' Day) with
operation from the museum
ship berthed in the Fore
River in Quincy, Massachusetts. QSL via
K1RV. [TNX F5NQL]
XU - Pete, SM5GMZ will be active as XU7ADI from Cambodia from 22
November
to 5 December. He
will operate mainly CW on all bands, WARC
included, and will participate in
the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via
home call. [TNX NG3K]
YJ - YJ0ACC and YJ0ASG are the callsigns issued
to Carlo, IK6CAC and
Elvira, IV3FSG for their 5-13 November
activity form Vanuatu [425DXN
700]. [TNX IK6CAC]
YV - The Caracas DX Group will operate on all
modes as YW1F from Cayo
Peraza (SA-089) on 19-21 November to
celebrate its 15th anniversary.
[TNX YV5EED]
ZF - Pete, N2LM will operate (on 10-80 metres mainly
SSB and RTTY) as
ZF2PD from Grand Cayman (NA-016) from 26
December through 4 January.
QSL via home call. [TNX N2LM]
PACIFIC TRIP ---> Michel/F6COW, Dominique/F6EPY and Radi/F6GNZ will be going
on a one-month Pacific DX vacation in November-December, and will operate as
follows:
24 Nov-09 Dec ZK1COW, ZK1EPY, ZK1GNZ
Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cooks
11 Dec-23 Dec FO/F6COW, FO/F6EPY, FO/F6GNZ Hiva Hoa, Marquesas (OC-027)
They will have two stations and will operate mostly CW and SSB
with some
digital modes (PSK31, RTTY, SSTV) on demand. Expect activity on 80-10 metres,
with some 160m if conditions allow, with a priority to the low bands. QSL via
home calls.
More information
is available at
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/dominique.auprince/
[TNX F6EPY]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
CTC ---> The Croatian Telegraphy Club (Franjevacka 5,
42220 Novi Marof,
Croatia) was founded on 12 December 2001 and gathers members from all
over
the world. For further information please e-mail ctc@hamradio.hr
or visit
www.qsl.net/ctc [TNX 9A3FO]
40 METRES (IRELAND) ---> The 7100-7200 kHz segment of 40 metres was released
to Irish (EI) amateur radio operators on 22 October.
Operation in this
segment will be on a secondary basis and is subject to a power limit of 20dBW
(ERP). [TNX EI2BB and EI7CC]
40 METRES (SWITZERLAND) ---> USKA President Friedrich Tinner, HB9AAQ reports
that effective 1 January 2005 amateur radio operators in
Switzerland will
gain access to the 7100-7200 kHz segment of 40 metres, with a power limit of
100 watts (ERP).
EU-008 ---> Jurij, MM0DFV (http://www.scotham.net)
reports that the following
amateur radio operators are resident on the Isle of Mull (IOSA NH-15, SCOTIA
CN-10) in the Inner Hebrides (EU-008): GM0PRO, GM3JZK, GM4EHB,
GM6UIZ and
MM0JRM. A sixth callsign, GB2IMM, is for the
Isle of Mull Museum at
Tobermory. Further information on the Isle of Mull can be found at
http://www.scotham.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=324
PUCCINI AWARD ---> The 7th International
"Giacomo Puccini" Award and
competition, organized by the Italian YL Radio Club (www.arrl.it/ylrci) with
the participation of the Puccini Festival Foundation (www.puccinifestival.it)
and the patronage of the City of Viareggio, is open to licenced amateurs and
SWLs and will be held on 1-10 December. For further
information please
contact Emanuela Trevisan, IZ2ELV (iz2elv@yahoo.it)
QSL VIA F5PBL ---> Claude, F5PBL/LZ5KF reports that effective 1 January 2005
he will no longer be able to receive cards through the REF bureau. The
new
QSL route is via LZ5KF (bureau) or F5PBL (direct only). This apply
to QSL
card requests for 3W2KF, F5PBL and LZ5KF.
QSL VIA NY3N ---> Ray Shankweiler, NY3N (ex 5R8FK,
7P8SR, EP2SR, JY9SR,
SV0AU, etc) was killed in a motorcycle accident in Macedonia on
24 April
2004. The QSL cards have been printed (thanks to the sponsorship
of W4MPY
QSLs and The Daily DX) and mailed to Ray's wife, Nonie. She will
reply to
direct requests sent to: Nonie Shankweiler, 16522 Rainbow Lake Road, Houston,
TX 77095, USA. [TNX The Daily DX]
QSL XF4IH ---> Enrique, XE1IH says that XF4IH (Socorro Island, Revillagigedo)
requests sent to his POB can get "lost". It is advisable to
use registered
mail and send the requests to his home address: Enrique Garcia Munive,
Av.
Insula Edificio 15-A-301, U. H. Acueducto de Guadalupe, 07270 Mexico
City,
Mexico. [TNX XE1IH]
UKRAINIAN DX CONTEST ---> It will take place on 160-10 metres
(WARC bands
excluded) CW, SSB and RTTY, from 12 UTC on 6 November through 12 UTC on the
7th. Full rules and results are available at http://www.ucc.zp.ua/
or
http://www.qsl.net/ut1ia/
[TNX UX0FF]
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Direttore Responsabile IK8MRA
TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now available
at http://www.globalnet.it/toplist/home.htm
- please send your
scores, as well as any
request for further information, to Erminio
Pandocchi, I2EOW
(i2eow@fastwebnet.it)
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 2M0NJW/P (EU-059), 3A2MW, 3DA0RN,
4C2X, 4K6CD, 4L3Y, 4S7JKG, 5R8GZ, 5U7JB, 5W0DL, 5W0TR, 5Z4DZ, 8P6SH,
8R1Z,
9G5OO, 9L1JT, 9M6A, A71BX, A71EM, A92GR, AY1ZA (LU-14), C50I (AF-060), CO6XN,
CO8KA, CX4NF, DF3ZE/p (EU-042), EK3SA, EK6DM, ES7NY/2
(EU-149), F8DQZ/P
(EU-105), FK/KM9D (OC-058), FM5AD, FO0CLA (OC-152), FP/W8MV, FW7AQR,
GB0SM
(EU-011), GM0LVI/p (EU-092), HK1HHX, HK3JJH/YV7
(SA-012), IP1/IK5PWQ
(EU-083), J42T, JJ8DEN/6(AS-036), JW1CCA, K7ASU/KH9, LT0H, LU1ZA
(LU-14),
LU2ZV (LU-13), LX/DL6WT, MM0TFU/P (EU-123), NP4BM, OD5RMK (AS-108),
P43JB,
PJ4/N2WB, R1MVI (EU-117), S21AR, SM7CRW (EU-037), T30AD, T33C,
TI2/SM4DHF,
TI8M, TS7N, TT8KR, TU2/F5PTM, UA0FZ (AS-018), UA2FCB, V31LZ, V51/DL5XL, V73NS
(OC-028), V8FDX, VE7IG/1 (NA-081 & NA-154), VK9NS, VP2MLE,
VQ9LA, VU2GSM,
YE1P (OC-237), YE2R, YI9MD, YT2A/LGT (EU-163),
Z31MM, Z37M, ZL/AA8LL
(OC-201), ZP6EM, ZW8P (SA-060).
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