20 August 2005
No 746
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
DL - Enrico, DL2VFR will operate as
DA0GLH from the Gellen Lighthouse
(ARLHS FED-088, GLHA
022) on Hiddensee Island (EU-057, GIA O-05)
during the ILLW. QSL via
home call, direct o bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
DL - The MF-Runde ()
will be signing DL0MFK/LH
from Karnin
Lighthouse (ARLHS FED-274) on Usedom Island (EU-129)
during the ILLW. QSL via
DL2ARH.
EA8 - The Gran Canaria DX Group will
participate in the ILLW as ED8LHT
from Taliarte Lighthouse
(ARLHS CAI-065). They will run two stations
on SSB and CW. QSL via
bureau to EA8AKN. [TNX EA8AKN]
F - Laurent, F8BBL (CW) and Jean-Marc,
F4ECL (SSB) will operate from
Banc d'Arguin (EU-159,
DIFM AT-033) on 20 August. This QRP activity
is expected to take place
between 10.30 and 15 UTC. QSL via F8BBL,
direct or bureau. [TNX
F8BBL]
F - Claude, F5MCC will operate CW only
as F5MCC/p from at least five
lighthouses of the
Finistere Department, French Brittany, between
20-23 August. QSL to his
home call (direct) or via F3GJ (bureau).
[TNX F5NQL]
GM - G3ZAY, M0GMT and G7VJR will
be active from the Outer Hebrides
(EU-010) on 24-28 August.
They might operate very briefly from St.
Kilda (EU-059) on the
24th or 25th if the weather is suitable. [TNX
G3ZAY]
GM - Peter, GM3OFT reports he plans to
operate as GM3OFT/P on 80-15
metres from a few
Scottish islands as follows:
25-26 August Eileen
Horrisdale - CN-27 SC-12
26-27 August Longa
EU-123 CN-28 SC-13
27-28 August
Gruinard EU-123
CN-30 SC-09
28-29 August Isle
Martin -
CN-31 SC-14
29-30 August Isle
of Ewe -
CN-29 SC-29
30-31 August Ristol
- CN-34 SC-20
In general he expects to
be QRV mid or late afternoon of day 1 and
QRT late morning or early
afternoon of day 2.
GW - The Barry Amateur Radio Society will operate
as GB5FI from Flatholm
Island (EU-124) on 26-30
August. They will be active on all bands (6
metres included) and
modes. QSL via GW0ANA, direct or bureau. [TNX
GW0ANA]
HI - Roberto, EA2RY and Inigo, EA2BXV
will operate as EA2RY/HI7 and
EA2BXV/HI7 from the
Dominican Republic (NA-096) from 27 August to 8
September. They plan to
put an emphasis on PSK31 and RTTY. QSL via
EA2RY. [TNX EA2RY]
HL - Pyongtaek DX Club members Han/DS2GOO,
Kim/DS4PAI, Lee/6K2CEW and
Kim/6K2CSD will operate
as homecall/4 from Saok Island (AS-060) on
26-28 August. They
plan to be active with two stations on 80-10
metres SSB, RTTY and
BPSK31. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau.
Logs will be
available at
[TNX DS2GOO]
I - Alberto, IW1RLF reports will operate on
6 and 2 metres as IW1RLF/IA5
from Capo Sant'Andrea
(JN52BT) on Isola d'Elba (EU-028, IIA LI-001)
from 29 August to 4
September. QSL via bureau.
JA - Look for JQ2PYB/6 to operate from the Yaeyama
Islands (AS-024) until
22 August. Announced
plans included activities from the islands of
Ishigaki (JIIA
AS-024-004) and Hatoma (JIIA AS-024-002). QSL via
home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
LU - The Radio Club Tandil
(LU2EE) and the Mistongo DX Group will
participate in the ILLW
as L84V from the lighthouse Baliza Camino
(ARLHS ARG-084) in Rio
Negro Province. Plans are to operate SSB and
CW on 160, 80, 40, 20,
17, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via LU2EE, direct
(Radio Club Tandil, P.O.
Box 184, Tandil 7000, Argentina) or bureau.
[TNX LU3DR]
LU_ant - Gustavo, LU1ZD from General San
Martin base (LU-11 for the
Antarctica Award) on
Barry Island (AN-016) and Mario, LU1ZI from
Teniente Jubany
Station (LU-15) on King George Island, South
Shetlands (AN-010),
are used to showing up on the Antarctic Net
controlled by LU4DXU
starting at 19 UTC on 14290 kHz during the
weekends. QSL via LU4DXU.
Further information will be avalaible at
[TNX LU4DXU&IZ8CGS]
PA - Dan, PA0AKN and others will be
signing PA3BDQ/LT from Westhoofd
(Ouddorp)
Lighthouse (ARLHS NET-074) on
the island of
Goeree-Overflakkee
(EU-146) during the ILLW. Another team will be
active as PI4VPO/LT from
ARLHS NET-071. Expect activity on 80, 40,
20 and 2 metres in
the daytime hours only. QSLs via PA2CNR. [TNX
PA0AKN]
P4 - The Aruba Amateur Radio Club, P43ARC, will
participate for the first
time in the ILLW from the
California (Hudishibana) Lighthouse (ARLHS
ARU-001). QSL via P43E.
SM - Look for SM7/DL5ME and SM7/DG3HWO to
operate CW and SSB on 40, 30,
20, 17 and 15 metres
from Hasslo Island (EU-138) on 27-31 August.
QSL via home call, direct
or bureau. [TNX DL5ME]
SP - Special event station SN25SOL is operating
on 10-80 metres CW, SSB
and digital modes
until 31 August from the Gdansk Shipyards to
commemorate the 25th
anniversary of Solidarity (Solidarnosc), the
Polish trade
union federation founded in September 1980
and
originally led by
Lech Walesa. QSL via SP2AYC, direct or bureau.
[TNX SP2DX]
SU - A team including operators from Egypt
and Italy will be active as
SU8GFT from Giftun Island
(Red Sea Coast North Group, AF-NEW) for
about four days and for
at least 18 hours a day during the last week
of September. They plan
to operate SSB and CW mostly on 20 and 40
metres, with two
100-watt stations, a beam and two verticals.
Further details are
expected in due course. [TNX IZ8CCW]
SV9 - Kostas, SV1DPI will be active from
Crete (requested call SY9DPI)
from 24 August to 3
September. He expects to operate mainly RTTY and
PSk31, with some CW
and SSB, during his late evening and early
morning hours. QSL via
home call. [TNX SV1DPI]
TA - Alessio, IZ0CKJ and
Simon, IZ7ATN have been operating
as
TA0/IZ7ATN/p and
TA0/IZ0CKJ/p from Bozcaada (AS-099) since 16
August. Their plans
also included activity from Gockeada (EU-186)
during the 16-20 August
time frame. Look for them on 40, 20, 18, 15,
12 and 10 metres SSB. QSL
via IZ0CKJ, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ7ATN]
TA - Carlo, ON4BR reports he will be active
as TA4/ON4BR from Turkey on
19-28 August. He plans to
operate CW and SSB on 15, 20, 40 and maybe
80 metres.
TA - TA2DS, TA3FB, TA3CO, TB3CSV, TA1E,
SV1KP (YL operator) and SV1IW
will be active as
TC0SV from the lighthouse (ARLHS TUR-001) on
Bozcaada (AS-099) during
the ILLW. This is a joint effort between
the IARU national
societies of Tureky and Greece. QSL via TA2DS.
[TNX www.raag.org]
UA - Special station UE3DGQ will be active
on 22-28 August to celebrate
the 80th
anniversary of the city of Shchyolkovo. QSL via RK3DYB
(bureau) or RV3DUT
(direct). [TNX RV3DUT]
UA - UA0LQJ, UA0LG, UA0LDY, RA0LHK and
RA0LGG will operate as RK0LXD/p
from Lisiy Island on
29-30 August. QSL via IK2DUW. [TNX IK2DUW]
UR - Max, UU4JDD reports that the
following stations are expected to
participate in the ILLW
from Ukrainian lighthouses:
UU4JWF/LH
Yaltinskyj UKR-034
UR4QI/p
Tarhankutskyj UKR-016
UU4JWM/LH
Kamysh-Burunskyj UKR-021
UU4JO/p
Il'inskyj UKR-010
UU9JWM/p
Kruglaya Bay East UKR-072
All QSL cards will be
available via the bureau. Information on the
Ukrainian
Lighthouses Award can
be found at
UR - Special calls EN60EKR (QSL via UT4EK, direct
or bureau) and EM60IG
(QSL via UR7IA, direct or
bureau) will be aired on all bands from 27
August to 4 September
from Ukraine to celebrate the 60th anniversary
of the end of World War
II. [TMX UT4EK and UR7IA]
VK - Look for VK4YN/p to operate from
Fraser Island (OC-142) on 20-21
August. QSL direct only
via qrz.com [TNX VK4FW]
VK - The VK6DHI operation from Dirk Hartog
Island (OC-206) [425DXN 733]
is confirmed to take
place on 20-23 August. Wally/VK6YS, Dan/VK8AN
and Nigel/VK6KDH will
be active on 10-40 metres SSB and CW. QSL
direct only via
VK4AAR (Alan Roocroft, 376 Old Toowoomba Road,
Placid Hills 4343,
Australia). [TNX VK4AAR]
VP8 - Don, VP8ON reports that for the seventh year
in a row, VP8LGT will
be aired from
the lighthouse at Cape Pembroke (ARLHS FAL-001),
Falkland Islands (SA-002)
during the ILLW. QSL via VP8ON.
W - Special call K8E will
be aired from Eagle Harbor Lighthouse
(USA-253) during
this year's ILLW. Modes and bands of operation
include HF/VHF, CW/SSB,
FM Satellite and possibly HF digital. QSL
via bureau
or direct to N8MR. Further
information at
[TNX N8MR]
W - Members of the Motor City
Radio Club (W8MRM) will activate the
Mariners's Memorial
Lighthouse (USA-1223) for the ILLW. QSL via
bureau or direct to N8MR.
[TNX N8MR]
YB - Hot, YC0IEM will operate as YC0IEM/9 from
Timor Island (OC-148) from
29 August to 15 September.
QSL via IZ8CCW, direct or bureau. [TNX
IZ8CCW]
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
425DXN AUDIO VERSION ---> The latest issues are available for
download at
. Comments and
suggestions
should be sent to Paolo Pero, I1HJP (i1hjp@arinizza.it).
9A7YY/P ---> The list of the islands Branko, 9A7YY is operating from until 21
August [425DXN 745] can be found on the All Croatian Islands Award's page
at
[TNX
9A7K]
IIA ACTIVITIES ---> On 18 August Giovanni, IK1JJB/5 and
Vittorio, I1BUP/5
operated from Torre della Meloria (IIA LI-030, WAIL TO-015, ARLHS
ITA-168)
and Scoglio della Meloria (IIA LI-004, WAIL TO-014, ARLHS ITA-258). QSL
via
home calls.
ILLW ---> The International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend will be
held from
00.01 UTC on 20 August to 23.59 UTC on the 21st.
The list of announced
operations can be found at
(IOTA chasers may
find it is worth a look, as several operations are going to take place
from
lighthouses located on islands).
IS0/IZ8GCB ---> Gaetano reports he has been forced to
cancel his planned
18-31 August operation from Sardinia [425DXN 742].
NOT IOTA ---> IOTA enthusiasts please note that the
19-21 August 7S6LAN
operation from Langholmen Island [425DXN 745] will not count for IOTA, as the
island does not meet the IOTA qualification criteria. [TNX G3KMA]
RTTY SURVEY ---> Don, AA5AU invites all digital operators to take part in the
2005 RTTY Most Needed DXCC Entities Survey. The deadline is 24
UTC on 18
September. Please visit
QSL SV8/I3FDZ/P ---> Fiorino, I3FDZ operated as SV8/I3FDZ/P from
Elafonissos
(EU-113) during the IOTA Contest. Cards can be sent to his home call,
direct
(Fiorino De Lazzari, Via Vegri 54, 31050 Visnafello - TV, Italy) or via
the
bureau. [TNX I3FDZ]
QSL YW4C ---> All of the direct requests for the recent YW4C operation
from
Isla del Rey (SA-058) have been processed and mailed. Special thanks
go to
Alfred J. Cammarata, W3AWU and Nando Rubino, IT9YRE for their support.
[TNX
IT9DAA]
QSL VIA K7ZZ ---> Tom, K7ZZ reports he has received 4 kg. of cards from
the
bureau for T30T, V7/K7ZZ, T88ZX, and V63ZT. As announced before, during,
and
after these operations, there will be no bureau cards for these contacts. Tom
has uploaded the logs to LOTW; those who need a
card should send their
request direct to Thomas C. Meier, 13271 Woodland Ln, Turner, OR 97392, USA.
QSL VIA LA9VDA ---> Trond reports he is the QSL manager for
the following
calls: JW5UF, JW6YEA, JW9VDA, LA5M, LI5M, LN5M, LA8W, LI8W, LN8W, LA6Q, LI6Q,
OH0/LA6YEA/P, OH0/LA9VDA/P, OH0LA, OJ0/LA6YEA/P, OJ0/LA9VDA/P, OJ0LA,
TO0DX
(St. Pierre et Miquelon 1999), VP2MLA.
YO DX CONTEST ---> The Romanian Amateur Radio Federation (FRR) invites
radio
amateurs worldwide to participate in the annual YO DX HF Contest, which
will
be held on 27-28 August to 12 UTC to 12 UTC.
Rules can be found at
[TNX N2YO]
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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
LOGS: On-line logs and pictures of the 5-12 August
activities by Barbara,
SQ5BB and Andy, SP5XSD from
islands and lighthouses along the Polish
Baltic coastline are now
available at
[TNX SP5MXZ]
LOGS: On-line logs and pictures of Wojtek's (SP5MXZ)
recent activity from
Tenerife,
Canary Islands can
be found at
[TNX SP5XSD]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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CALL MANAGER
CALL MANAGER
CALL MANAGER
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3A/F8ASY 3A2MD F5MCC/p
F3GJ SV5/SM8C SM0CMH
3DA0UY UT5UY
GB0SH MW0JZE
SX8AYT SV2AYT
3Z1LH SP1KNM
GM0BPU/P G0BPU SX8L
SV1HER
4L6RW UX3MR
HC7AE EA7FTR
TF3XEN KT6YL
4N35CW YU1BM
HE1G HB9AOF
TG4P TG9ANF
5H3BL IV3BBA
HF61PW SP5KCR
TK/IK5PWQ IK5PWQ (c)
5X1B JJ1CBY
HG8SDS HA8PH
TK/IK5PWQ/p IK5PWQ (d)
5X1W JA1DOT
HI3NR KB2MS
TM0MN F6JOB
6L0NJ/4 HL4XM
HS4BPQ/9 E21EIC TM1SMK
F1JKJ
7S6LAN SM6YOU IB0MDC
IZ0FXW TM2QP
F5GNY
7S6TL SK6GO
II8SMK IK8YDP TM7VM
F5UJZ
9G5JH PA0CJH
IY6GM IZ6CRK
UA8TWW UA0SE
9G5OO DL4WK
J45R DK9NCX
UE0SAA RA0WA
9Q0AR SM5BFJ
KL7J N3SL
UE2FVQ DK4VQ
9V40DE 9V1DE
LU1DZ/R EA3RE UE2FVW
DK4VW
9V40UV 9V1UV
N7H W7KZO
UE3RST RU3RN
A61AJ DJ2MX (a) NC2N/W4/p
W3HNK UE3SFF/6 DL8KAC
A61AJ K2UO (b) OE50G
DK5AD UE3YGA/p RV3YR
CV5D CX2ABC
OH1/IZ0FKE IZ0FMA UE6AWF/P
RZ6APF
DA0X DL1MUC
OL9AU OK2WED
UE6YYY UA6YW
DA2005LH DJ2HD OZ0CP
OZ5BD UN7GCE
EA7FTR
DL4R DL4RCK
P40GY K9GY
UU9JWM/p UT5JAJ
DL5A DL5KUA
PY0F/CT1BWW CT1BWW V25LR
W1LR
DM4E DL8IJ
PY0F/EA2RC EA2RC V25WX
W4WX
DP5E DK8RE
R0K RZ3EC
V47UY KJ4UY
DP5K DK5TX
R0K/p RZ3EC
V51KC IZ8EDJ
DQ3M DK3DM
RA0FU/p N6FF
V63ME 7N1RTO
DQ80IARU DF0HQ RK3YZA/p
RV3YM V85PY
DF2PY
DR5X DL8LAS
RK6YZZ UA6YW
VE1OTA/P VE1VOX
EA7GXW/P EA7HBC RV1CC/0
RV1CC VE3CGPS VE3BXY
EA9JS/EA5 EA7DA RV3ACA/0
RV3ACA VK2IBG DL5OB
ED2FPA EA2RCA SN1HF
SP1DTG VP2E
N5AU
ED3LHT EA3GHZ SN2NP
SP2BIK VP9/N0ED G3SQX
ED5LMC EA5AOK
SN50KAG SP9KAG VQ9JF
KB5NJF
ED6TSC EA6SB
SO5MR/1 IK1PMR YI1EM
EA7FTR
ED7CK EA7HBC
SO9DO DJ6DO
YI9CEA N3ST
EK6LP IK2DUW
SP/K2LEO IK1PMR YI9VCQ
N3ST
EN40EKR UT4EK
SP0WWYC SP1KNM YP100JV
YO8TLC
ET3TK OK1CU
SU8IOTA SU1SK Z34M
DJ0LZ
EX2X EA5KB
SV1JCZ DL1JCZ ZW7LH
PS7AA
(a) rest of the world
(c) bureau (EU-014)
(b) N/S America
(d) direct (EU-164)
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
9A7YY Branko Gracin, P.O. Box 25, HR - 21485 Komiza, Croatia
A92GR Mohamed Al-Buflasa, P.O. Box 50203, Hidd, Bahrain
DK9NKC Hubert Metz, Heinrich-Schatzelstr. 17, D-97337 Dettelbach/Effeldorf,
Germany
EA1ND Ignacio Iglesias Garcia, Lg Sabarigo 6-Cela, 36939 Bueu
- Pontevedra,
Spain
EA3EKS Hector Guasch, P.O. Box 855 , 43080 Tarragona, Spain
EA3GHZ Joan Carles Barcelo Torta, P.O. Box 51, 43540 Sant Carles
Rapita,
Tarragona, Spain
EA7HBC Juan Carlos Calvo Torres, P.O. Box 154, 11540 Sanlucar de
Barrameda -
Cadiz, Spain
EC4DX Javier Prados, C/ Las Flores 9-1 A, 28340 Valdemoro -
Madrid, Spain
F1JKJ Laurent Ferracci, Chemin du moulin a vent, 34160
Galargues, France
F5GNY Michel Valette, 1 Rue des mimosas, F-31850 Beaupuy,
France
FY5KAC Association Radio-Club Guyane ARCG, B.P. 9271, 97392 Cayenne
Cedex 2,
French Guiana - France
G3SQX Edwin Taylor, 4 Oaklands Ave., Birmingham B17 9TU, UK
HA3UU Mach Janos, P.O. Box 79, 7031 Paks, Hungary
I3FDZ Fiorino De Lazzari, Via Vegri 54, 31050 Visnafello - TV,
Italy
IK5PWQ Stefano Ceccotti, Piazza Dante Alighieri 3-AL, 56030 Cascine
di Buti
- PI, Italy
IU1L ARI Genova, P.O. Box 1117, 16121 Genova - GE,
Italy
IW3RUA Pietro Florio, P.O. Box 18, 33028 Tolmezzo - UD, Italy
IZ6CRK c/o Sezione ARI di Ancona, P.O. Box 122, 60100 Ancona - AN,
Italy
LA5QKA Oystein Sorheim, Mork, 6100 Volda, Norway
LU2DT Radio Club Mar del Plata, P.O. Box 664, Mar del Plata
7600, Argentina
MW0JZE Anthony David, 45 Amanwy Bryn, Llanelli SA14 9AH, Wales, UK
N8MR Michael A. Rudzki, 14071 Fairway, Livonia, MI
48154-5227, USA
PS7AA P.O Box 251, 59010-970 Natal - RN, Brazil
SV1HER Sotirios Vanikiotis, Korai 31, GR-12137 Peristeri (Athens),
Greece
TA2DS Selim Canbeken, P.O. Box 30, 81411 Kartal - Istanbul,
Turkey
VE1VOX Dana Rushton, P.O. Box 1862, Truro, NS B2N 6C7, Canada
VE3BXY Ronald Bocox, R.R. #1, Nobel, ON P0G 1G0, Canada
VE7SMP Bud Powell, 190 Whittlesey Street, Kitimat, BC V8C 1J8,
Canada
VK7WS A.G. Gregory, Private Bag 1, Alonnah, Tasmania 7150,
Australia
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