7 October 2000 No 492 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
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3B6 - The 8-24 October 3B6RF DXpedition to Agalega has been postponed to May 2001. "Our landing permit for Agalega was cancelled", Hans-Peter, HB9BXE reports, "due to unexpected elections in Mauritius, which took place middle of September. Officials of the new Mauritius Government have asked us to postpone the expedition for 2 to 3 weeks. This for security reasons. This creates severe difficulties to us as there are only two regular ships per year heading to 3B6. There is only a ship available beginning of October and another one beginning of May." Latest information is available at http://www.agalega2000.ch 4W - K7BV and N6FF are now expected to be on the air from East Timor [425DXN 487] until 15 October. 4W/N6FF will be the call used on 160 and 80 metres, while 4W/K7BV will be used on all other bands. Check http://www.qth.com/k7bv/TIMOR/ for the latest information (and logs, if e-mail service is available at their operating location). [TNX WC7N] 9M2 - Look for 9M2/JI1ETU to be active from Langkawi Island (AS-058) on 14-15 October. QSL via JI1ETU through the bureau. A3 - After his operation from the South Cooks (see ZK1 below), Angelo, I6BQI will be active as A35BQ from Tonga between 22 October and 1 November. He will concentrate on working Europe and on the low bands; look for him on +/- 1820, 3520, 7020, 10110, 14020, 18080, 21020, 24900 and 28020 kHz (SSB on request). QSL via home call. [TNX IT9ZGY] D4 - Alberto, IV3TAN is going to be active from the QTH of D44BS (Sao Tiago, AF-005), Cape Verde. Before and after the CQ WW DX SSB Contest he will be signing D44BS and concentrate on 40, 80 and 160 metres (skeds are welcome at iv3tan@tin.it before 20 October). During the contest he will use D4A (SOAB). QSL D44BS ito P.O. Box 308, Praia, Cabo Verde; QSL D4A via I2MQP. [TNX IV3TAN] DL - Look for DA0TT/p to be active (on 10-40 metres, 23 and 70 centimetres) from Helgoland Island (EU-127, N-014 for the German Islands Award) between 18 UTC on 6 October and 12 UTC on the 8th. [TNX DL2VFR] E3 - Bavarian Contest Club (http://www.Bavarian-Contest-Club.de) members Chris, DL5NAM (DL5NAM@qsl.net) and Dieter, DF4RD (DF4RD@qsl.net) will be active from Asmara, Eritrea between 18 October and 1 November [425DXN 489], callsisgns to be issued upon arrival. They plan to operate on 160-6 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31, including an entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via home calls. Check http://www.uni-erlangen.de/~unrz45/BCC/act/2000/e30 for the latest information. [TNX DF4RD] EA - Look for Pepe, EA5KB to be active from Mata del Fang (DIEI V-021, not IOTA) and Mitg (DIEI V-022, not IOTA) islands between 6 and 9 October. [TNX EA5KB] ET - Claudio, IV3OWC and Silvio, IV3TRK will be active respectively as 9E1C (on all bands SSB) and 9E1S (on all bands mainly CW) from Ethiopia between 21 October and 6 November. Look for 9E1C to partecipate in the CQWW DX SSB Contest as Single Operator Single Band (15 metres). QSL 9E1C via IV3OWC, QSL 9E1S via IV3TRK. [TNX IV3TAN] FO_mar - The Daily DX reports that Philippe, FO3BM plans to be active (on 6 metres only) from Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands (OC-027) "sometime between October 14th and 29th. He will stay at least one week between these two dates with a maximum of two weeks." A special call, FO0SIX, has been issued and it may be used for future operations on 6 metres from French Polynesia as well. FR - Bernard, F5XX will be active as either FR/F5XX or FR5/F5XX from the QTH of FR5CD on Reunion Island (AF-016) between 11 and 23 October. [TNX The Daily DX] HL - Special event station 6K2000DX (6K Two Thousand DX) will be active between 10 October and 10 November to celebrate the Korea DX Convention 2000. QSL via HL1XP (all cards will send automatically via the bureau automatically). [TNX HL1IWD] HP - In the coming months all of the nine call areas in Panama will be activated as 3ExPSK. The first two are 3E1PSK and 3E8PSK, scheduled to be active (on 10, 15, 20 and 40 metres) between 4 October and 4 November. QSL 3E1PSK via HP1EFR and QSL 3E8PSK via HP8AJT. [TNX HP1EFR] JA - JA4LVZ and JF1NEH will be active (on 15 and 40 metres SSB) from Tushima Islands (AS-036) on 6-8 October. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX] JA - Look for JA1PBC/1, JQ1USM/1, 7L4PVR/1 and JI1PLF/1 (not JL1PLF, 425DXN 491) to operate (on 10-80 metres SSB and CW) from the Hachijo Islands (AS-043) on 3-6 November. QSL via JI1PLF (Suehiro Osada, 8-4-14-803 Shimorenjaku, Mitaka-city, Tokyo 181-0013, Japan). [TNX JI1PLF] KH0 - Hide, JF1VXB will be active (on 6-80 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31) as KH0M from Saipan (OC-086) on 5-10 October. He hopes to participate in the Oceania DX Contest. QSL via JF1VXB either direct (Hidenobu Nakamura, 23-139 Chojabara, Kasuya, 811-2311 Japan) or through the JARL bureau. [TNX JA1ELY] KH0 - Tsutomu, JA1VND will be active (on all bands SSB and CW) as KH0/JA1VND from Saipan (OC-086) on 13-16 October. QSL via JA1VND either direct (Tsutomu Horikoshi, 656 Yoshii, Yoshii, 370-2132 Japan) or through the JARL bureau. [TNX JA1ELY] KH5K - The Kingman Reef 2000 DXpedition remains on track. The motor schooner Machias is scheduled to depart for the Christmas Island rendezvous by the weekend. [TNX NI6T] OD - Pavel, OD5/OK1MU is now QRV also on 6 and 2 metres. His on-line log is available on http://www.qsl.net/ok1mu (updated through 20 September) or http://www.okdxf.cz QSL via OK DX Foundation, P.O. Box 73, Bradlec 29306, Czech Republic [TNX OK1YM] TI - Conny, DL1DA is currently active as V47DA (St. Kitts and Nevis) until 14 October. He will then move to Costa Rica, where he will operate as DL1DA/TI7 between 16 and 28 October. QSL via DL1DA. [TNX The Daily DX] W - Gary, KI6T hopes to activate (on 10, 15 and 20 metres) Santa Catalina Island (NA-066) on 5-7 October. Most activity is expected between 0200-0500. [TNX KI6T and Islands On The Web] XE - Look for XF2UQZ to be active (on 10-80 metres CW and SSB) from Isla de Sacrificios (NA-???) from 23 UTC on 11 October and 3 UTC on the 13th. QSL via XE1UQZ. [TNX XE1J] XW - Toni, Z21KD has finally managed to get a license in Laos, apparently valid until 30 October. His call is XW4XJ and he plans to be active on 20 and 10 metres SSB for the time being. QSL direct only to Z21KD: Toni Latz, P.O. Box 2081, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. [TNX LX1NO] YJ - Look for VK4BKM and VK4FI to be active (on all bands with a special effort on 6 metres) as YJ0DX from Vanuatu on 8-16 October. QSL via VK4JSR (direct only). [TNX The Daily DX] ZK1_sc - Angelo, I6BQI will operate (mostly CW, SSB on request) as ZK1BQI from the South Cook Islands between 12 and 19 October. See A35 above for the announced fequencies. QSL via home call. QSL via home call. [TNX IT9ZGY] ZK1_sc - Silvano, KB5GL (past activities from NA-085, NA-023, NA-033, OC-135, NA-049, NA-168, NA-119, NA-213) and Nando, IT9YRE (past activities from EU-166, EU-174, AF-019) will be active as ZK1AGL and ZK1YRE from Mangaia (OC-159), South Cooks on 1-8 November. They will have two stations, a small linear amplifier, a half wave vertical and loop antennas and will operate on 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 metres SSB. QSL via home calls either direct or through the bureau. [TNX KB5GL]
SOUTH EAST ASIA TRIP ---> Andy, G4ZVJ reports he will be on vacation in South East Asia between 13 October and 11 November. There may be some CW activity from Vietnam (15-22 October, callsign on arrival), Cambodia (23-26 October, XU7AAV) and Philippines (29 October-10 November, DU3/G4ZVJ). QSL via G4ZVJ. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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QSL 3W7CW ---> The address for SP5JTF, new QSL manager for 3W7CW, is: Adam Perz, P.O. Box 12, 01-323 Warszawa 83, Poland. The previous address (SP5AUC: POB 11, Warszawa 93) will be closed at the end of the year. The e-mail address for SP5JTF is sp5jtf@radio.org.pl [TNX SP5EWY]
QSL 5V7VJ ---> This call was used a couple of weeks ago by Andy, G4ZVJ and now has been reissued to the German team currently operating from Togo. Please note that QSLs for 5V7VJ through 20 September 2000 go via G4ZVJ, QSLs for 5V7VJ after 4 October go via DL7DF. Latest news and log search are available at http://www.qsl.net/dl7df
QSL 7Q7TB & VP2MDC ---> Allan, G0IAS reports he handles the direct cards for these operations by Dave, G3TBK. All the direct QSLs received so far for 7Q7TB have been replied, while the cards for VP2MDC are expected from the printers by the middle of the month.
QSL VE9MY ---> Cards for the 9-10 September VE9MY operation from Partridge Island (NA-014) should be sent either through the bureau or direct to Len's new address: Leonard Morgan, 35 Upper Quaco Rd. Baxters Corner, NB, E2S 2S2, Canada (his old address of 21 Susan Drive will be OK until 31 December). Cards received direct without return postage will be returned via the bureau. All direct cards received will be replied to by the end of each week, while bureau cards will be sent bi-monthly. [TNX VE9MY]
QSL VIA IK8VRH ---> Bureau cards for IK8VRH's recent operations from EU-075, EU-113 and EU-158 will be sent on 10 October. Direct requests received so far have been processed, even though most of them were sent to Tony's old address of Via Baracca. If you plan to send Tony a direct card, please note that his current address is P.O. Box 173, 80016 Marano - NA, Italy [425DXN 488].
WF5E DX QSL SERVICE ---> Information is available at http://www.qsl.net/wf5e/ or direct from Les, WF5E (wf5e@home.com) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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LOGS: Logs for RI0ZKR (AS-095, July-August 2000) are now available at www2.vulcan.ru/ra0zd [TNX RA0ZD] LOGS: The first logs for XU7ABD (not XU7BAD as mistyped in 425DXN 491!) are available at http://www.qsl.net/xu7abd -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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4L5O Omari Odoshashvili, P.O.Box 0, 380002 Tbilisi, Georgia 4S7AB Kamal Edirisinghe, Walaliyadda 82 B, Ellakkala 11116, Sri Lanka 4W6MM Thorvaldur Stefansson, P.O.Box 3699, Darwin, NT 0801, Australia 5H3RK Ralph Karhammar, P.O. Box 9274, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania 6K0YF Waegwan Ham Club, Box 11, Waegwan, Chilgok, Kyongbuk 718-800, Korea AP2AP Military College of Signals, Rawalpindi, Pakistan BA4DW David Y. J. Zhou, P.O. Box 040-088, Shanghai 200040, China CO8OTA Grupo DX Cuba, P.O. Box 6060, Ciudad Habana 10600, Cuba CO9OTA Grupo DX Cuba, P.O.Box 6060, Cdad. Habana 10600, Cuba DF2RQ Michael Berger, Nicolaas Maeslaan 12, NL-2343 SC, The Netherlands DF6PB Alexander Schwind, Theodor-Heuss str.54, 76726 Germersheim, Germany DL5NA Marcel Christen, Box 112, D-75020 Eppingen, Germany DL6MYL Martina Rudolph, Dorfstrasse 30, 29416 Rademin, Germany DL7AFS Baerbel Linge, Eichwaldstr. 86, D-34123 Kassel, Germany [489] DL7DF Sigi Presch, Wilhelmsmuehlenweg 123, D-12621 Berlin, Germany DS4OJX Song Suk Young, 744-146, 3-Ga, Wooa-Dong, Duckjin-Gu,Jeonju 561-220, Korea EA1CLR Eduardo Arenas, Box 634, E-34080 Palencia, Spain EA4URE P.O. Box 220, Madrid 28080, Spain EK6LC Ed Avetisyan, P.O.Box 50, Gyumri 377502, Armenia EZ3A P.O.Box 73, Ashgabat 744020, Turkmenistan EZ8CW Vitaly Dotsenko, P.O. Box 73, Ashgabat, 744020, Turkmenistan G4ZVJ Andy Chadwick, 5 Thorpe Chase, Ripon, HG4 1UA, UK GU0SUP Phil Cooper, 1 Clos au Pre, La Hougue du Pommier, Castel, Guernsey GY5 7FQ, via UK HC2/UA4WAE Alex Otto Ogorodov, Correo Central, Salinas-Guayas, Ecuador IK2DUW Antonello Passarella, P.O. Box 13448, 20051 Limbiate - MI, Italy IS0AGY Ampelio Melini, P.O.Box 7/C, I-09045 Quartu Sant'Elena - CA, Italy IW8ELX Pasquale Puglia, Via Trinita' 229, 84036 Sala Consilina - SA, Italy IW8ERU Giuseppe Colucci, Via Marcigliani 12, 84037 S. Arsenio - SA, Italy IZ8AJQ Erminio Cioffi di Michele, Piazza Umberto I 16, 84036 Sala Consilina - SA, Italy IZ8CEV Maurizio Donadio, Via Macchia Italiana 10, 84036 Sala Consilina - SA, Italy IZ8CSD Giuseppe Tuozzo, Via San Rocco 24, 84036 Sala Consilina - SA, Italy JA3ART Kazuo Ebihara, P.O.Box 62, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8691 Japan JR3KFX Katsuji Takagi, 653-16 Yodo-Namazucho, Kyoto, 613-0914 Japan LU1NAF Eduardo Augusto Paskevicius, Alsina 2091, 4200 Santiago del Estero, Argentina OM3LZ Miroslav Ivan, Bodvianska 11, 82107 Bratislava, Slovak Republic P29BK Bob Kennell, New Tribes Mission, P.O. Box 625, Wewak, ESP, Papua New Guinea RU6FZ Igor V Kovalyov, P.O. Box 59, Pyatigorsk 357500, Russia SP3WVL Tomasz Lipinski, P.O. Box 78PL, 69-100 Slubice Poland SP3WVL Tomasz Lipinski, ul. Wodna 7A/6PL, 69-100 Slubice Poland SV8CKJ Melas Panagiotis, P. Kavadia 36 Str., GR-28100 Argostoli, Kefalonia, Greece SV8CRI Malpantis Panagiotis, Box 40, GR-81107 Kalloni, Lesbos, Greece UA3BZ Box 1, Moscow, 127254, Russia UN0N Vlad, Box 88, 486050 Shymkent, Kazakhstan UR7GG Victor Trachenko, P.O. Box 73, Kherson 73000, Ukraine UT5UGR Dimitry Stashuk, P.O.Box 115, 02147 Kiev-147, Ukraine VK2EO Geoff McGrorey-Clark, P.O. Box 76, Medowie, NSW, 2318 Australia VK3DYL Gwen Tilson, 3 Gould Crt, Mt Waverley, Victoria, 3149, Australia VR2BG Brett Graham, Box 173, Saikung, New Territories, Hong Kong, China VU2JOS Jose Jacob, Box 1555, Somajiguda, Hyderabad 500082, India W3FU Wolf Koehler, 1729 Armory Rd, Barstow, CA 92311, USA W3HC Carl F. Mcdaniel, 2116 Reed Street, Williamsport, PA 17701-3904, USA W3UR Bernie McClenny, 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738, USA W5BOS Lanny Phillips, 8381 FM 2101, Quinlan, TX 75474-4836, USA W7MP Adam Boettiger, 420 SE Kathy Street, Sherwood, OR 97140, USA XW2A Hiroo Yonezuka, P.O. Box 2659, Vientiane, Laos YC8TXW Ronny Monoarfa, P.O. Box 166, Tahuna, 95800, Indonesia YO3JW Fenyo Stefan Pit, P.O.Box 19-43, RO-74400 Bucuresti 19, Romania ZB2JR John A. Mullin, Box 292, Gibraltar *****************************************************************************
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