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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> <strong>#766</strong><br />

07 January 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

(e-mail i1jqj@<strong>425</strong>dxn.org )<br />

Contributors are invited to send their <strong>DX</strong> information to<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ (i1jqj@<strong>425</strong>dxn.org)<br />

The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />

===========================<br />

Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

CE - Marco, CE6TBN reports he will operate as CE6TBN/7 from Las<br />

Huichas<br />

(SA-064, DICE ICE-705) on 14-15 January. Expect activity on 40<br />

and<br />

20 metres CW and SSB. QSL via CE6TBN.<br />

DL_ant - Thorsten, DD1TG/DP0GVN [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 760] will be leaving Neumayer<br />

Station<br />

on 7 January and there will be no amateur radio operator at the<br />

base<br />

for the rest of the season. [TNX DL5EBE]<br />

GJ - Look for Bert, PA3GIO to operate on 10-160 metres SSB as<br />

MJ/PA3GIO/p<br />

from Jersey Island (EU-013) on 10-15 January. QSL via home call<br />

(for<br />

bureau cards please use the easy QSL request form on his website<br />

at<br />

http://www.pa3gio.nl/). [TNX NG3K]<br />

I - All of the fifteen special IO1 calls (IO1ALP, BIA, BOB, CRO,<br />

CUR,<br />

FRE, FSK, HOC, JUM, LUG, NOR, SHO, SKE, SNO and SPE) will be<br />

aired<br />

between 10 January and 9 February. This will be the last leg of<br />

the<br />

approach march to the XX Olympic Winter Games that will take<br />

place<br />

in Torino on 10-26 February. All of the contacts will<br />

confirmed<br />

automatically via the bureau, direct cards should be sent to<br />

I1JQJ.<br />

Full information on the Torino 2006 Award can be found<br />

at<br />

http://www.ari-r1.it/torino2006<br />

JA - Look for Taka, JR3TVH/JS6 to operate from the Miyako<br />

Islands<br />

(AS-079) starting around 8 UTC on 6 January through around 1 UTC<br />

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on<br />

the 11th. He expects to be active on 6-160 metres SSB, CW, RTTY<br />

and<br />

AM. [TNX JN6RZM]<br />

JW - Trond, LA9VDA will operate on all bands mostly CW and SSB as<br />

JW9VDA<br />

from Spitsbergen Island (EU-026, WLOTA JW-0125), Svalbard on 9-<br />

16<br />

January. QSL via home call, direct (Trond Johannessen,<br />

Helgedalen<br />

13, N-1528 Moss, Norway) or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau<br />

cards<br />

can be sent to la9vda2003@yahoo.no). Please note that 1 USD does<br />

not<br />

cover return postage (European destinations inclueed), but 1<br />

IRC<br />

does. [TNX LA9VDA]<br />

LU_ant - Henry, LU4<strong>DX</strong>U reports that new staff members at Melchior<br />

Base<br />

(LU1ZB, LU-05 for the Antarctica Award) in the Melchior<br />

Islands<br />

(AN-012), Antarctica and Deception Base (LU1ZC, LU-04 for<br />

the<br />

Antarctica Award) on Deception Island, South Shetlands (AN-010)<br />

have<br />

just arrived. Both these bases are expected to show up on 14290<br />

KHz<br />

shortly. QSLs via LU4<strong>DX</strong>U. [TNX DL5EBE]<br />

LZ - Special call LZ50KSB will be aired on all bands and modes<br />

through<br />

the end of the year to commemorate the 50th anniversary of<br />

radio<br />

club LZ2KSB in Balchik, Bulgaria. QSL via LZ2SX direct or<br />

bureau.<br />

[TNX LZ3FN]<br />

SM - Special event call SA2006EM will be aired by SK6AG and SK6AW on<br />

6<br />

January, 6 February, 6 March, 6 April, 6 May and 6 June during<br />

the<br />

countdown to the 19th European Athletics<br />

Championships<br />

(www.goteborg2006.com) that will be held in Goteborg on 6-13<br />

August.<br />

From 1 July through 13 August they will operate as 7S6EM and<br />

8S6EM.<br />

QSL for all via SM6YOU, preferably via bureau. Further<br />

information,<br />

including on-line logs and details on the relevant award, can<br />

be<br />

found at http://sm6.se/em [TNX SM6YOU]<br />

T30 - The T30<strong>DX</strong> operation [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 765] has been cancelled, because the<br />

OH<br />

Pacific <strong>DX</strong> Team (http://www.ohpacificdx.com) has not been<br />

successful<br />

in securing flights for the coming weeks to and from<br />

Western<br />

Kiribati. "However, the effort put in by the team and all of<br />

you<br />

supporting us will not be wasted", they say. "We are<br />

already<br />

preparing a fresh new start to get back to Pacific before<br />

Christmas


2006". Details will be announced in due course.<br />

T7 - Giovanni, T77CD will participate in the ARRL RTTY Round-Up on 7-<br />

8<br />

January. QSL direct to I0MWI (Stefano Cipriani, Via Taranto<br />

60,<br />

00055 Ladispoli- RM, Italy). [TNX I0MWI]<br />

T8 - Mike/JA6EGL (T88SM), Kazu/JH6WDG (T88AQ) and Taka/JA6CM (T88CM)<br />

will<br />

be active from Palau (OC-009) on 12-17 January. They plan to<br />

operate<br />

CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-6 metres. QSL via home calls, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX JN6RZM]<br />

V3 - Gerd, DJ4KW and Gisela, DK9GG will operate as V31YN (CW, mostly<br />

on<br />

80 and 160 metres) and V31GW (RTTY) respectively from Belize from<br />

12<br />

January to 20 February. On 1-8 February they will be active on<br />

40<br />

metres and higher from Southwater Caye (NA-180). [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

V8 - Vladislav/G0KBO (V8FBO), Victor/UA6AF (V8FVV) and Yuri/RN6BR<br />

(V8FBR)<br />

will be active from Brunei on 8-16 January. QSL V8FBO via<br />

G0KBO<br />

(direct or bureau). QSL V8FVV via G0KBO (direct) or UA6AF<br />

(bureau).<br />

QSL V8FBR via G0KBO (direct) or RN6BR (bureau). [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

W - Members of the Mid Florida <strong>DX</strong> Association will operate on 20, 15<br />

and<br />

maybe 17 metres as W4F<strong>DX</strong> from Honeymoon Island (NA-034) on<br />

8<br />

January. QSL via W2NDP. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

===========================<br />

Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (December 2005) is now available<br />

in .pdf format at http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/monthly/. Articles and pictures<br />

should be sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).<br />

3Y0X PRESENTATION ---> Back in late November, while at the Asia-Pacific <strong>DX</strong><br />

Convention in Japan, Bob Allphin (K4UEE) gave a presentation on the planning<br />

of the upcoming 3Y0X <strong>DX</strong>pedition to Peter I. This presentation can be viewed<br />

on www.peterone.com via streaming video. A version on DVD, suitable for<br />

amateur radio club meeting programmes, is now available from Bob Schenck,<br />

N2OO. If there are any clubs interested in getting a copy of this DVD, please<br />

drop Bob an e-mail (n2oo@arrl.net). [TNX N2OO]<br />

C<strong>DX</strong>C CONVENTION ---> The 28th Clipperton <strong>DX</strong> Club <strong>DX</strong> Convention will be held<br />

at Arcachon on 15-17 September. For full details please visit<br />

http://www.cdxc.org/Conventions/2006-Arcachon/arcachon2006-e.htm or e-mail<br />

convention@cdxc.org [TNX F8BBL]<br />

CQ <strong>DX</strong> MARATHON ---> John Sweeney, K9EL has been appointed as Manager of the<br />

new CQ <strong>DX</strong> Marathon programme [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 729]. Last run in 1948, the new CQ <strong>DX</strong><br />

Marathon is a year-long <strong>DX</strong> hunt, with participants competing to see who can


work the greatest number of countries ("entities") and CQ zones over the<br />

course of a full year, then starting again at zero at the beginning of the<br />

next year. This year's Marathon began at 00.00 UTC on 1 January 1 and will<br />

end at 23.59 UTC on 31 December. QSLs are not required and submissions must<br />

be made electronically, using the downloadable entry matrix form to be made<br />

available on the CQ website. The CQ <strong>DX</strong> Marathon rules can be found at<br />

http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/awards.html<br />

IREF ---> The Island Radio Expedition Foundation is the only organization<br />

dedicated solely to the support of expeditions to rare and new IOTA<br />

qualifying islands. In 2005 grants totalling $3,150 were made to XF1K (NA1-64<br />

and NA-165), CE8A (SA-094), 7V2SI (AF-097), C93DY (AF-098), SY8M (EU-158),<br />

CO3VK (NA-093), <strong>DX</strong>0TIC (OC-207), <strong>DX</strong>0ST (OC-175), VU2HFR (AS-153), YB7M<br />

(OC-268) and YE7P (OC-269). IREF continues to provide critical support to<br />

IOTA expeditioners who would otherwise have little or no access to funds to<br />

help with the expenses of their expeditions. Details on how to contribute can<br />

be found on the IREF's website at http://www.islandradio.org [TNX AD5A]<br />

PIRATE ---> Do not waste time and money on 5T5T (repeatedly spotted on 20 and<br />

40 metres CW as well as on 20m RTTY). Maurice, F5NQL reports that the QSL<br />

manager's callsign (F5DIF) has not been issued to anyone, while Jean, 5T0JL<br />

says that the only two other operators duly licenced are Feng Wang/5T0WF<br />

(ON6WFO, who will be in Mauritania until 15 January) and Nicolas/5T5SN (plus<br />

5T5BN, Bernard, still pending). A further licence is expected to be issued to<br />

Fernando, EA1BT in the near future.<br />

VISALIA 2006 ---> The Southern California <strong>DX</strong> Club (http://www.scdxc.org/)<br />

sponsors the 57th annual International <strong>DX</strong> Convention, which will be held at<br />

the Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Center, Visalia on 21-23 April.<br />

Information will be posted at http://www.dxconvention.org/<br />

WF5E <strong>DX</strong> QSL SERVICE ---> Les Bannon, WF5E is forced to raise his rates<br />

because the US Postal Service is raising theirs on 8 January. The new rates<br />

for his service are 3 QSLs for $1.00, or 15 QSLs for $5.00 or EUR 5,00. Full<br />

information on the QSL Service provided by Les can be found at<br />

www.qsl.net/wf5e/<br />

_____________________________________________________________________________<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />

===========================<br />

Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

<strong>DX</strong> CALENDAR: An interactive <strong>DX</strong> Calendar based on <strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> is available<br />

at<br />

http://www.dxwatch.com/ (a webcluster with an extensive range<br />

of<br />

filters plus a customized dxcluster spot delivering service).<br />

TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are<br />

now<br />

available at<br />

http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html.<br />

Please send your scores, as well as any request for<br />

further<br />

information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@ari.it)<br />

_____________________________________________________________________________<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

******* QSL INFO ********<br />

===========================<br />

Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

===================================================================<br />

CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />

===================================================================<br />

4K9W DL6KVA GI0RTN/P G0RTN S79NC 9V1NC<br />

4KR60S 4J5A HC2SL EA5KB ST/ZS5ADU ZS5ADU<br />

4L4CH LZ1OT HF75PZK SP3IQ ST0RM T93Y<br />

4N150AA YT1AA HK3ARR YV5ARR SU9FL WD9DZV<br />

4N150NT YU1SRS HR1RQF EA7FTR SU9GD DJ2AVB<br />

4U60UN HB9BOU HS0T HS6NDK SU9HP SM0CFO<br />

5H9PD W8FV HS0ZFI SM5GMZ SY2EEC SV2KBB<br />

5T0WF ON6WFO HZ1AN DJ9ZB T30HC DL9HCU<br />

5T5SN IZ1BZV HZ1IK DK7YY TB9CHU TA4ED<br />

5T5T pirate HZ1ZH EA7FTR TI8CBT EA7FTR<br />

5U7JB ON5NT II0AMZS IK5VLO TL8QC F5NRY<br />

5X1RI WD4ELG II0IP IQ0VT (a) TM5OVA F0DTB<br />

6W8CK DH7WW II0IP IZ0EAC (d) TM7VM F5UJZ<br />

7Q7BP G3MRC II1TPG IZ1CCE TR8CA F6CBC<br />

7S2AT SK2AT II2F IW2MVS TR8CR F8EN<br />

7Z1SJ EA7FTR IO1NOR bureau TR8FC F4BQO<br />

8J1RL bureau IO1NOR I1JQJ (d) TT8PK F4EGS<br />

8J3UKB bureau IO1SHO bureau TY5ZR IK2IQD<br />

8J5MC bureau IO1SHO I1JQJ (d) UA8TWW UA0SE<br />

9A650C 9A7K IO1SKE bureau UE1RDM UA1RJ<br />

9J2BO G3TEV IO1SKE I1JQJ (d) UE3D<strong>DX</strong> RZ3FR<br />

9J2CA G3SWH IO1SNO bureau UE9FPK RA9FDR<br />

9M2CNC G4ZFE (a) IO1SNO I1JQJ (d) UK8OM IK2QPR<br />

9M2MRS PA0RRS IO1SPE bureau UN5A DL8KAC<br />

9N7JO HS0ZGD IO1SPE I1JQJ (d) UN5J W3HNK<br />

9V1YC N5ID JT1FBX JG5PJJ UN8GF IZ8CCW<br />

A35RK W7TSQ JW4GHA LA4GHA UN9L LZ1YE<br />

A71BX EA7FTR JW5NM LA5NM UN9M DL8KAC<br />

BU2/JJ1TBB JL1ANP K3N WX3B UO0AIK DL8KAC<br />

BV50CRA BV2KI LR3<strong>DX</strong> LU7DSY V25OHX G4OHX<br />

C6AGN W1DIG LU1ZD LU4<strong>DX</strong>U V26AAV AA4V<br />

CN8NK EA5XX LU1ZR LU4<strong>DX</strong>U V44KJ WB2TSL<br />

CN8YR K4KU LZ13ARDF LZ1KZA V63O JK1FNL<br />

CO3JN IZ8EBI MM0XAU DJ6AU V73RY N5LE<br />

CO3VK IZ8EBI NA8O/KH2 JK1FNL V73VE JF1OCQ<br />

CO6WD W0SA NP4A W3HNK V73Z JA3MCA<br />

CX1JJ EA5KB NU4SC K3IXD V8FRF EA7FTR<br />

CX2AQ EA5KB OC4BQE EA4BQ VK3AAL/4 OE1DIA<br />

D2<strong>DX</strong> OH2BAD OH0/IZ0FKE IZ0FMA VK8NSB VK6NE<br />

D2EB IZ3ETU OX3XR OZ3PZ VP8DII ON5AX<br />

DP4K DK3DM P29CQ W7VMI VP8PJ DL5EBE<br />

DU1IST JF1IST P49X W0YK YN4MG WK6O<br />

DU1ZV JA1BRK PJ2/WB9Z AF9H YT0TESLA YU1EXY<br />

E25AJ JR5XPG (b) R1ANF RK1PWA YU150NT YU1SRS<br />

E25AJ E21EIC (c) R1ANT RW1AI YV5SSB EA5KB<br />

EA9EU EA9AZ R1RDM UA1RJ YZ150T YU1SB<br />

FK8HW VK4FW R1SNG UA1RJ ZF2CJ AB2RF<br />

FR1AN N5FTR R3K RN3DK ZL4WW W6YJG<br />

GB1MGD G0FLP RU0SYL UA0SE ZP8VAO EA7JX<br />

(a) bureau (c) others<br />

(b) Japan only (d) direct<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

******* ADDRESSES *******<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

9A7K Kresimir Juratovic, P.O. Box 88, HR-48001 Koprivnica, Croatia<br />

9M2CNC Richard Everitt, #2601 PNB Darby Park, Jalan Binjai, Kuala<br />

Lumpur<br />

50450 Malaysia<br />

A22/JA4ATV Take Maga, Private Bag 00369, Gaborone, Botswana<br />

AB2RF Kan Yokota, 11 Hyatt Ave, Harrison, NY 10528, USA<br />

DL5EBE Dominik Weiel, Johannes-Meyer-Str.13, D-49808 Lingen, Germany<br />

EA7FTR Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias #23, Aljaraque, Huelva 21110,<br />

Spain<br />

F0DTB Gerard Brunet, 13 Rue de la Croix du Moulin, 08000 Warcq, France<br />

F4BQO Franck Claude, 56 Rue de la Treille, 95490 Vaureal, France<br />

F5NRY Christian Quintin, 89 Ave du General de Gaulle, Pornichet 44380,<br />

France<br />

HS0ZGD Stig Lindblom, Jum Changphimai, 147/1 - Moo 3, Tambon Boot, Ban<br />

Ta Bong, Phimai, TH-30110 Nakhon Ratchashima, Thailand<br />

IK5VLO Paolo Ceccarelli, Via del Piano 10A, I-51020 Piano Ontani - PT,<br />

Italy<br />

IZ1BZV Giorgio Tabilio, P.O. Box 95, 19100 La Spezia - SP, Italy<br />

IZ3ETU Carlo Larosi, Via Catullo 25, 35036 Montegrotto Terme - PD,<br />

Italy<br />

LA4GHA Roger Bjorgvik, Herman Wildenveysgt 12-B, 3022 Drammen, Norway<br />

LU4<strong>DX</strong>U Horacio E. Ledo, P.O. Box 22, 1640 Martinez, Buenos Aires,<br />

Argentina<br />

N9GGO Jerry Breuss, 758 Laguna, Crystal Lake, IL 60014, USA<br />

OH6<strong>DX</strong> Ari Hyvonen, Viklonkuja 4F18, FI-78880 Kuvansi, Finland<br />

SM6YOU Rickard Dahlstedt, Ekebergsgatan 4D, 417 02 Gothenburg, Sweden<br />

UA0SE Serge Karpov, P.O. Box 5247, Angarsk, 665819, Russia<br />

WD4ELG Mark Lunday, 2309 Becketts Ridge Drive, Hillsborough, NC 27278,<br />

USA<br />

YV5ARR Anibal Dos Ramos, P.O. Box 20030, 1020 Caracas, Venezuela<br />

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<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong><strong>News</strong> Home Page<br />

<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #767<br />

14 January 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

(e-mail i1jqj@<strong>425</strong>dxn.org )<br />

Contributors are invited to send their <strong>DX</strong> information to<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ (i1jqj@<strong>425</strong>dxn.org)<br />

The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays<br />

===========================<br />

*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />

===========================<br />

Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

3Y0 - The <strong>DX</strong>pedition to Peter I (3Y0X) has been given a substantial<br />

grant<br />

by the ARRL/Colvin Award, which is is important to their<br />

overall<br />

<strong>DX</strong>pedition financing. The team has been assigned the special<br />

Chilean<br />

Antarctic call sign of XR9A for use to/from Peter I. They hope to<br />

be<br />

QRV from Punta Arenas for a few days and then maritime mobile to<br />

and<br />

from the island. There is a possibility that the team will also<br />

be<br />

QRV from the South Shetlands for a few days after the <strong>DX</strong>pedition<br />

is<br />

complete. The latest first hand news and updates on 3Y0X, as well<br />

as<br />

information on how to contribute to the <strong>DX</strong>pedition, can be found<br />

at<br />

www.peterone.com<br />

6O - The 6O0N team of operators [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 759] now includes I1HJT,<br />

I2YSB,<br />

IK1AOD, IK1HJS, IK2DIA, IK2CIO and IK2CKR. They expect to arrive<br />

at<br />

Galkayo around noon on 19 January and to be QRV with the first<br />

of<br />

their three stations in the late afternoon. Plans are to be<br />

active<br />

until 1 February, as their flight back is scheduled to leave on<br />

the<br />

2nd. Look for 6O0N to participate in the CQ WW 160M CW Contest<br />

on<br />

28-29 January. QSL via I2YSB, direct or bureau. Further<br />

information<br />

and updates can be found at http://www.i2ysb.com/6o0n/<br />

C6 - Bob/N4BP (C6AKQ), Kevin/K4PG (C6APG), Bruce/W4OV (C6AOV)<br />

and<br />

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Pete/N8PR (C6AHR) will be active from the Bahamas between 13 and<br />

20<br />

February. They will participate in the ARRL <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest as<br />

single<br />

band entries on 160, 80, 40 and 15 metres. Before the contest<br />

they<br />

will try to operate extensively on the WARC bands. QSL via<br />

home<br />

calls. [TNX N8PR]<br />

CE - Salvatore, IZ8CLM will operate in his spare time on the HF bands<br />

as<br />

CE3/IZ8CLM from Chile until 18 January. [TNX IZ8CCW]<br />

CE0_jf - Suggested frequencies for the 20-28 January CE0Z <strong>DX</strong>pedition<br />

to<br />

Robinson Crusoe Island (Juan Fernandez) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 762] are<br />

50110,<br />

28040, 24890, 21040, 18080, 14040, 10010, 7020, 3540 and 1820<br />

kHz<br />

(CW); 50110, 28495, 24945, 21295, 18145, 14195, 7060, 3795 and<br />

1840<br />

kHz (SSB). The web site for the expedition is<br />

at<br />

http://www.ce3bsq.cl/ce0z/<br />

CT3 - Herm, HB9CRV and Rudi, HB9CQL will operate as CT3FN and<br />

CT3/HB9CQL<br />

from Madeira Island (AF-014) from 20 January to 1 February. On 21-<br />

22<br />

January Herm will operate as CT3FN/p from the Sao<br />

Jorge/Rosais<br />

lighthouse (ARLHS MAD-008). QSL via home calls, direct or<br />

bureau.<br />

[TNX VA3RJ]<br />

EA8 - Members of the Canary Islands <strong>DX</strong> Society will be active (on 10-<br />

80<br />

metres SSB with some RTTY and PSK 31) as ED8CSF from San<br />

Francisco<br />

Castle in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on 22 January.<br />

Further<br />

information can be found at http://www.qrz.com/ed8csf. QSL via<br />

EC8AUA (all QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the<br />

bureau).<br />

[TNX EC8AUA]<br />

FT - Gildas, TU5KG is back to the Southern Indian Ocean on a<br />

fishing<br />

boat. Between 15 January and 3 February he will be sailing in<br />

the<br />

Kerguelen area, then he will be in the Crozet area until early<br />

March<br />

and back to Kerguelen until the end of March. When on land<br />

he<br />

expects to operate as FT5XP from Kerguelen and as (probably)<br />

FT5WK<br />

from Crozet. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

G - The call sign GB1CPB will be active through 11 January 2007<br />

on<br />

various bands and modes to celebrate the 100 years of operation<br />

for<br />

the Portland Bill lighthouse (ARLHS ENG-273). QSL via bureau<br />

or<br />

direct to G5XW. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

GU - Paul, F6EXV and Jan, DJ8NK will be active as MU0EXV and<br />

GU0VNK


espectively from Guernsey (EU-114) on 20-30 January. The<br />

will<br />

operate SSB, CW and digital modes on 160-10 metres. QSL via<br />

home<br />

calls. [TNX NG3K]<br />

HB0 - Look for HB0/T93M (N4EXA), HB0/T93Y, HB0/T94<strong>DX</strong> (DJ2MX),<br />

HB0/T94JJ<br />

(OE1EMS) and HB0/T96Q to operate from Liechtenstein between<br />

25<br />

January and 2 February. They will participate in the CQ WW 160<br />

Meter<br />

CW Contest as HB0/T94<strong>DX</strong>. Before and after contest they will<br />

operate<br />

with three stations on all bands with an emphasis on 80 and<br />

160<br />

metres. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

HC - Luis, EA7OC will be active (probably as HC2/EA7OC) from Ecuador<br />

on<br />

10-27 February. His main QTH will be Guayaquil, but he may<br />

also<br />

operate from other locations in the Guayas province. QSL via<br />

EA7OC,<br />

direct or bureau. [TNX EA5KY]<br />

HI - Tibor, HA7TM will operate as HA7TM/HI9 from the QTH of HI9CF in<br />

Las<br />

Terrenas, Samana, Dominican Republic between 18 January and<br />

2<br />

February. He may put up a 160 metre dipole, depending on<br />

location<br />

conditions. [TNX HA0HW]<br />

HK - Girts, YL2KL reports he will operate as HK1/YL2KL from HK1AR's<br />

QTH<br />

on 10-20 February, including two SOAB HP entries in the CQ WW<br />

WPX<br />

RTTY and ARRL <strong>DX</strong> CW Contests. He plans to emphasize on 40, 80<br />

and<br />

160 metres. QSL via YL2KL.<br />

JA - Special event station 8J8NST will be active between 16 January and<br />

1<br />

February to celebrate the 61st Winter National Sports Festival<br />

in<br />

Tomakomai. QSL via the JARL bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

KG4 - Jose, N4BAA (KG4SB) and Bill, W4WV (KG4WV) will operate on 160-<br />

6<br />

metres all modes from Guantanamo Bay on 21-31 January. Look<br />

for<br />

KG4SB to participate in the CQ 160 Meter Contest. QSL via<br />

home<br />

calls. [TNX K1XN and The Golist]<br />

ON - Special call ON40DST will be used until 31 December to celebrate<br />

the<br />

40th anniversary of UBA Diest section. Expect activity during<br />

"all<br />

sorts of contests", ON8JP says. QSL via ON4AMM, direct or<br />

bureau.<br />

[TNX ON8JP]<br />

PJ2 - Joe/W9JUV and Bill/W9VA will operate from the Signal Point<br />

Station<br />

(http://www.pj2t.org) on Curacao (SA-006) on 19-27 January. QSL<br />

via<br />

home calls. Jeff/K8ND will also be operating from the Signal<br />

Point


Station on 23-31 January, including a single-operator entry in<br />

the<br />

CQ WW 160 Meter CW Contest. Before and after the contest he<br />

will<br />

focus on 40 and 80 metres and wil test receiving antennas on<br />

160m.<br />

QSL PJ2/K8ND via home call (or LOTW), QSL PJ2T via N9AG (or<br />

LOTW).<br />

[TNX K8ND]<br />

SM - Special event call 8S30JC will be aired throughout 2006 to<br />

celebrate<br />

the 30th anniversary of the Western Blekinge County Radio<br />

Amateurs<br />

(SK7JC). QSL via bureau or direct to Vaestra<br />

Blekinge<br />

Saendareamatoerer, Aadalsvaegen 28, SE-375 33 Moerrum, Sweden.<br />

[TNX<br />

SM5LWC]<br />

V7 - Kunio, V73VE will operate (on 40, 20, 17 and 15 metres SSB and<br />

RTTY)<br />

as V73VE/p from Jaluit Atoll (OC-028), Marshall Islands on 13-<br />

17<br />

January. QSL via JF1OCQ. [TNX JF1OCQ]<br />

VP2V - Jim, G3RTE and Phil, G3SWH will be active as VP2V/G6AY from<br />

Anegada<br />

Island in the British Virgin Islands (NA-023) between 23<br />

February<br />

and 1 March. Operation will be primarily CW on 80-10 metres,<br />

with<br />

some SSB and the possibility of some CW operation on 160m. They<br />

will<br />

have two 100 watt stations and they hope to be on the air as much<br />

as<br />

possible, propagation permitting. QSL via G3SWH, direct or<br />

bureau.<br />

[TNX G3SWH]<br />

VP8 - Expect activity on 40 to 10 meters from the Falkland<br />

Islands<br />

(SA-002) during the weekend, as Bob, VP8LP has got together a<br />

group<br />

of ten operators, who are going to operate a station on 13-<br />

15<br />

January. They will be using their own callsigns. [TNX VP8ON]<br />

VP8 - Mike, GM0HCQ reports he has rejoined the Royal Research Ship<br />

"James<br />

Clark Ross" on 11 January. She expects to leave the Falkland<br />

Islands<br />

on the 13th, and once back at sea Mike will be QRV again<br />

as<br />

VP8CMH/MM from the Antarctic waters. Check www.gm0hcq.com for<br />

regualr updates and daily pictures. QSL via GM0HCQ, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau.<br />

W - Rick, K6VVA and Mike, K9AJ are proceeding ahead with a QRV dates<br />

of<br />

14-16 February from South East Farallon Island (NA-178)<br />

[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N<br />

765]. They have new sponsors on board, with some great<br />

prizes<br />

donated for the fundraising raffle programme which will be<br />

unveiled<br />

soon. They have obtained approval to operate two stations during


the<br />

daytime hours. Rick and Mike have decided to use only one<br />

callsign<br />

(K6VVA/6) during the operation. QSL via N6AWD.<br />

Bookmark<br />

http://www.k6vva.com/iota/na178 for updates. [TNX K6VVA]<br />

ZK1_sc - Olav, LA9VFA will operate SSB and digital modes as ZK1VFA<br />

from<br />

Raratonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands on 19-28 January. QSL<br />

via<br />

home call. [TNX QRZ-<strong>DX</strong>]<br />

PACIFIC TRIP ---> Wulf/DL1AWI, Mat/DL5XU and Erik/DL9AWI will operate from<br />

the Marquesas, the Austral Islands and New Zealand as follows:<br />

15-28 January Ua Pou, Marquesas (OC-027)<br />

1-14 February Raivavae (OC-114), Austral Islands<br />

17 February-2 March North Island (OC-036)<br />

They will have three transceivers, two linear amplifiers, vertical antennas<br />

and Beverages. The three plan to operate SSB and CW on 160-10 metres, and to<br />

focus on the lower bands, especially 160m. All QSLs go via DL3APO, either<br />

direct (Peter Kohde, Adolph-Menzel-Str. 2, 04157 Leipzig, Germany) or via the<br />

DARC bureau. Further information, updates and on-line logs can be found at<br />

http://www.radioklub.de/cgcg/ [TNX DL3APO]<br />

PACIFIC TRIP ---> Three YL operators (namely Nobuko/JR6XIX, Chizue/JA1EYL and<br />

Noriko/7K3EOP) plus Yoshiki/JR6XIW will be active as KH2/homecall from Guam<br />

(OC-026) on 17-18 January. Then they will operate from Palau (OC-009) as<br />

T88AO, T88CY, T88OP and T88AI respectively on 19-22 January. [TNX VK3DYL]<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

DAYTON HAMVENTION AWARDS ---> The Dayton Hamvention is accepting nominations<br />

for its Amateur of the Year, Special Achievement, and Technical Excellence<br />

Awards. The deadline for nominations is 20 February. Further information and<br />

nomination forms are available at http://www.hamvention.org/nominate.htm<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS ---> D2<strong>DX</strong> from Angola (current operation as of 15 December 2004)<br />

and KH9/W0CN from Wake Island (17-28 September 2005) have been approved for<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC credit. [TNX NC1L]<br />

GERMANY POSTAL RATES INCREASE ---> Axel, DL6KVA reports that effective 1<br />

January 2006, the new postal rates from Germany to other European countries<br />

is EUR 0,70, while from Germany to destinations outside Europe is EUR 1,70.<br />

He adds that with the current exchange rate, 2 USD (= EUR 1,65) do not cover<br />

postage for outside Europe, while one IRC does.<br />

QSL 3Y9YBA ---> Trond, LA9VDA is the new QSL manager for contacts made by<br />

Aage, 3Y9YBA (LA9YBA) from Antarctica back in 1993-94. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

QSL 5B4AHJ ---> Alan, 5B4AHJ (P3J) has recently moved QTH and has a new<br />

address for direct QSLs: Alan Jubb, Psathi Village, 8749 Pafos, Cyprus. He<br />

also QSLs via the bureau and LOTW.<br />

+ SILENT KEY + Long time <strong>DX</strong>er and RTTY enthusiast Jules Freundlich, W2JGR<br />

passed away on 9 January at 88 years of age. First licenced in 1935, he was


hit by the RTTY bug in the early Eighties. Jules was one of the VK2SG RTTY <strong>DX</strong><br />

Notes editors (1992-2003) and he was instrumental in persuading the ARRL to<br />

establish the RTTY Honor Roll.<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

LOGS: On-line logs, pictures and information on the recent<br />

A52C<strong>DX</strong><br />

operations from Bhutan can be found<br />

at<br />

http://www.f5lmj.net/Bhoutan2005/a5-05en.htm<br />

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3A/N0FW, 3A/N9NS, 3B8CF, 3V5A,<br />

4K4K, 4S7AB, 4U1UN, 4X/W8HC, 4X17B, 5B/DJ7ZG, 5H9PD, 5U7JB, 5Z4DZ, 6O0CW,<br />

6Y5/K1YCM, 8P7A, 8R1W, 9G5TF, A35YL, A6/ON5NY, A71EM, BA1RB/3, C37JPE, C6ASM<br />

(NA-080), CN2MP, CW5T, CX6VM, CY0AA, CY0MM, <strong>DX</strong>0ST (OC-175), <strong>DX</strong>0TIC (OC-207),<br />

EA9GW, EK6TA, EM1HO, ES1QD, EX2M, F5LPY/TU8, FG/K9NW, FG5FR, FK8KAB/P, FM5BH,<br />

FR1AN, FS/K9EL, H79W/YN4 (NA-228), HC1AJQ, HC1HC, HP1/WN6K, KH5/DL6FK,<br />

KH6ND/KH5, KH6ZM, KH7U/KH5, KH9/W0CN, LA6Q (EU-062), LZ9W, P29NI (OC-116),<br />

P40TA, P43JB, PJ2/WB9Z, PJ5NA, PJ7/K7ZUM, PZ5RA, SU9BN, T77C, TA1ED, TA3D,<br />

TI0SP, TI8CBT, TR8CA, TX0P, TX5M, TZ5A, TZ6CW, TZ6LF, TZ6MF, TZ6NS, TZ6RN,<br />

TZ9A, V31TG, V63JY, V6A, VK9AA, VK9CG, VK9XG, VP8DIZ, VQ9LA, VR2BG, W2W,<br />

XQ6ET, XU7AYY, XW0X, XW3DT, YI9LZ, YS1RR, YV5LIX, Z22JE, ZB2X, ZF1A, ZS1EL.<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #768<br />

21 January 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

3V - The Lufthansa Amateur Radio Club will be active as 3V8DLH from<br />

Borj<br />

Cedria, Tunisia on 24-31 January. Plans are to operate on 6-<br />

160<br />

metres SSB, CW, PSK31, RTTY and SSTV. QSL via DJ3FK. On-line<br />

logs<br />

and pictures will be available<br />

on<br />

http://www.dj3fk.com/dxp/3v/3v_start.html [TNX NG3K]<br />

5X - Shabu, 5X1RI has been active on 20-40 metres SSB and CW and<br />

will<br />

remain in Uganda through 2 February. Look for him on 7004<br />

kHz<br />

starting at 22.30 UTC. QSL to WD4ELG. [TNX WD4ELG]<br />

9Q - Pierre-Luc, F5HRH expects to be QRV as 9Q/F5HRH/p from<br />

the<br />

Democratic Republic of Congo on 22-28 January. QSL via home<br />

call.<br />

[TNX F5NQL]<br />

CO - The IOTA activity from Cayo Jutias (NA-093) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 765] is<br />

expected<br />

to take place on 23-29 January. Look for CO3JN/1 (PSK31),<br />

CO2WL/1<br />

(SSB), CO3LF/1 (SSB), CO3CJ/1 (SSB), CO3VK/1 (SSB) and CO3ET/1<br />

(CW)<br />

to operate on 15, 17, 20 and 40 metres. On 28 January thei will<br />

use<br />

a special callsign, T41JM, for the Jose Marti Day, a Cuban<br />

public<br />

holiday. All QSLs direct to<br />

IZ8EBI<br />

(http://xoomer.virgilio.it/iz8_ebi/). [TNX KP4RV]<br />

PY - Look for Rick, PY2EL/p and Wal, PY2WC/p to operate from<br />

Comprida<br />

Island (SA-024) on 26-30 January. They plan to be active on all<br />

HF<br />

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ands, plus 6 metres and 144/432 MHz, on CW, SSB and digital<br />

moes.<br />

QSL via bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

S9 - Jose, CT1APE and Filipe, CT2GLO will once again be active as<br />

S92RI<br />

from Ilheu das Rolas (AF-023) on 18-28 January. Expect activity<br />

on<br />

all bands and modes. QSL via CT1APE. [TNX CT1EEB]<br />

TY - Ronald/PA3EWP, Andrea/IK1PMR, Claudia/K2LEO and Tom/GM4FDM, all<br />

of<br />

T33C fame, will operate from Benin on 15-20 March. Requested<br />

calls<br />

are TY5WP, TY1MR, TY2LEO and TY4TW respectively (they will<br />

collcet<br />

their licences upon arrival). They hope to be active on 160-<br />

10<br />

metres all modes, with 100 watts and maybe a linear using<br />

verticals<br />

and wires from a near beach location. Expect some activity<br />

during<br />

the BARTG RTTY Contest and maybe the WPX SSB Contest. QSL TY1MR<br />

and<br />

TY2LEO via IK1PMR, TY5WP via PA7FM and TY4TW via GM4FDM.<br />

[TNX<br />

GM4FDM]<br />

TZ - Paul Van Impe, ON7ASL will operate as TZ6PVI from Bamako, Mali<br />

this<br />

year. He expects to be active mostly on 40 metres during his<br />

evening<br />

hours. QSL via homecall or direct to ON4LN. [TNX NG3K]<br />

V3 - Martti, OH2BH (V31BH) and Pertti, OH2PM (V31PP) will be cruising<br />

in<br />

the Caribbean with their ladies to activate Belize in the ARRL <strong>DX</strong><br />

CW<br />

(18-19 February) and SSB (4-5 March) contests as multioperator<br />

all-bands. On the way to the Caribbean, Martti will stop over in<br />

the<br />

Azores to activate CU2A in the CQ 160-Meter CW Contest (28-<br />

29<br />

January). QSLs to their respective home callsigns. [TNX OH2BN]<br />

XE - XE2HWB, XE2K, XE2Q, XE2TG, N6JV and N6VR will be active as XF1K<br />

from<br />

on of the islands in the the NA-124 IOTA group on 3-5 February.<br />

They<br />

plan to have three stations up and running simultaneously on 10-<br />

80<br />

metres CW and SSB. QSL via N6AWD. [TNX XE2K]<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

ANTARCTICA AWARD ---> The Award Manager (Gianni Marruccella, IZ8CGS) reports<br />

that all of the certificate requests received as of 31 December 2005 have<br />

been processed and mailed along with the complimentary map of Antarctica


published by the Australian Antarctic Division [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 700]. Up-to-date score<br />

tables are available at www.mdxc.org/antarctica/award.asp.<br />

HAM RADIO BLOGS ---> Christian, DL6KAC is putting together a directory of<br />

amateur radio blogs (http://ham-blogs.net/). "I know that there exists a huge<br />

bunch of weblogs out there", he says. "I set up this website as an effort to<br />

offer a comprehensive directory of ham radio related weblogs, but to achieve<br />

this goal I need the help of the amateur radio community. So if you are a<br />

blog user, please submit your site to the webdirectory". FAQs can be found at<br />

http://www.dl6kac.de/blog/2006/ham-radio-blogs-webdirectory/<br />

QSL 3C2MV ---> Gerry, VE6LB reports that all the bureau cards for 3C2MV have<br />

been processed and sent to the VE outgoing bureau. All special prefix cards<br />

for VE6JO, regular VE6JO and UA6U/VE6JO cards have been cleared as well. If<br />

you do not get your cards for any VE6JO operation, please resubmit to VE6LB<br />

at the qrz.com address.<br />

QSL 6W7/F8PDR ---> Benoit, F8PDR reports that all direct cards received<br />

through 14 January have been processed and mailed. Some 3,000 QSLs have been<br />

sent to the REF bureau. [TNX F5NQL]<br />

QSL KG4SB ---> Jose Castillo, N4BAA reports that he now has a QSL manager to<br />

assist him. QSLs for all 2006 KG4SB contacts can go to N4BAA himself or via<br />

EA7JX, either QSL route will be good.<br />

QSL S79RRC ---> QSLs for S79RRC/A, S79RRC/F, S79EC, and S79NAN should now go<br />

to RZ3EC, as K8SIX and VE6VK have run out of cards. [TNX IK3QAR]<br />

QSL XE1/DL6KAC ---> Christian, DL6KAC has been notified that so far quite<br />

some pile has accumulated in Germany. Please be patient as he will not be<br />

able to respond to these QSLs until he returns to Germany in March. He hopes<br />

to mail out the first cards around May. [TNX DL6KAC]<br />

QSL YE7P ---> Al Bailey, K8SIX is no longer able to confirm contacts made by<br />

North American stations with YE7P (OC-269) in September 2005. Those who still<br />

need a direct card should send their request to YB1TC (P.O. Box 151 BMD,<br />

Serpong 15330, Indonesia). [TNX YB1TC]<br />

QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Diego, IZ0EWJ offers his services to stations in<br />

needing a QSL manager. He can be contacted at iz0ewj@libero.it<br />

WRTC 2006 REFEREES ---> The 47 selected Referees for the World Radiosport<br />

Team Championship to be held in July (http://www.wrtc2006.com/) are: DJ2YA,<br />

DJ6QT, DK2OY, DL6LAU, EY8MM, G3LZQ, G3XTT, G4BWP, G5LP, GM4AFF, HA3NU, I4UFH,<br />

IV3TAN, JH4RHF, JK3GAD, K1CC, K1KI, K2LE, K2SX, K3NA, K8NZ, K9JF, KC1F, KC7V,<br />

N2AA, N2GA, N3AD, N6CW, NF4A, OH2KI, PY2YP, PY8AZT, S50R, S56A, SM3CER,<br />

SM3DMP, TG9AJR, UA3AB, UA6HZ, VE3DZ, VE7AHA, VE7SV, W0GJ, W4OI, W6OAT, W6UM<br />

and WX0B. They have been selected by Committee vote, taking into account<br />

all-round contesting-skills (both SSB and CW), contesting-career, previous<br />

WRTC-experience and application-date. This list may change if any selected<br />

Referees become Competitors, either as Team-Captains, or Team-Mates, or<br />

Multi-Single/Multi-National participants. Therefore there is also a list of<br />

Back-Up Referees (namely DL2OBF, HA6ND, K0TG, LY2TA, PY2NY, RA9AB, SP9W,<br />

YO3CTK and YU1LA) who will be asked to replace Drop-Outs. [TNX PY5EG]<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

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4K5D K2PF FY/F5IRO F5KIN R1ANN RZ3DJ<br />

4K9W DL6KVA GU0VNK DJ8NK R1RDM UA1RJ<br />

4KR60S 4K4K HA200CVM HA0NAR R1SNG UA1RJ<br />

4L0ABC K3PD HZ1IK DK7YY S79GRE DL9GRE<br />

4L0G K3PD II0IP IQ0VT (d) S9SS N4JR<br />

4L1FP LZ1OT II0IP IZ0EAC (e) ST/ZS5ADU ZS5ADU<br />

4L2M K3PD II1TPG IZ1CCE ST2LA K3LA<br />

4N150AA YT1AA II2F IW2MVS SU9HP SM0CFO<br />

4N1856T YU1BM IO1ALP bureau T30HC DL9HCU<br />

5R8FL G3SWH IO1ALP I1JQJ (e) T88AQ JH6WDG<br />

5R8HL SM1ALH IO1BIA bureau T88CM JA6CM<br />

5T0WF ON6WFO IO1BIA I1JQJ (e) T88CY JA1EYL<br />

5T5T pirate IO1BOB bureau T88ME 7N1RTO<br />

6O0N I2YSB IO1BOB I1JQJ (e) T88OP 7K3EOP<br />

6W/HA3AUI HA3AUI IO1CRO bureau T88SM JA6EGL<br />

7S2AT SK2AT IO1CRO I1JQJ (e) TF3ZA KT6YL<br />

8P9NX W0SA IO1CUR bureau TR8CR F8EN<br />

9A150NT 9A6AA IO1CUR I1JQJ (e) UE1QSK UA1RJ<br />

9A650C 9A7K IO1FRE bureau UE1RDM UA1RJ<br />

9G1YK PA3ERA IO1FRE I1JQJ (e) UN7AB DL8KAC<br />

9G5OO DL4WK IO1FSK bureau UN8GU IZ8CCW<br />

9J2BO G3TEV IO1FSK I1JQJ (e) V25G G4OOC<br />

9M2MRS PA0RRS IO1JUM bureau V25OHX G4OHX<br />

A6/OD5TX W4JS IO1JUM I1JQJ (e) V26VR G4OOC<br />

A6/UT5U<strong>DX</strong> UT2UB IO1LUG bureau V31JP KA9WON<br />

A61Q EA7FTR IO1LUG I1JQJ (e) V31JZ/P NN7A<br />

A71CT EA7FTR IO1NOR bureau V31YN DJ4KW<br />

CE0Z CE3BSQ (a) IO1NOR I1JQJ (e) V44KJ WB2TSL<br />

CE0Z F6AJA (b) IO1SHO bureau V73VE/P JF1OCQ<br />

CE0Z N2OO (c) IO1SHO I1JQJ (e) V8FBO G0KBO<br />

CN8SG EA7FTR IO1SKE bureau V8FBR G0KBO (e)<br />

CO6LPB EA7FTR IO1SKE I1JQJ (e) V8FBR RN6BR (d)<br />

CO8LY EA7ADH IO1SPE bureau V8FVV G0KBO (e)<br />

CX9AU KA5TUF IO1SPE I1JQJ (e) V8FVV UA6AF (d)<br />

D2<strong>DX</strong> OH2BAD J3/DL3VFN DL3VFN VP8AIB VP8LP<br />

DP5P DL3JJ JW0IC RV1CC VQ9JC ND9M<br />

DP5Z DL6GV JW5E LA5NM W4F<strong>DX</strong> W2NDP<br />

DT0HF HL2FDW JW5NM LA5NM XU7ACY K2NJ<br />

DU6BG K6BG JW9VDA LA9VDA YT150T YU1FJK<br />

DU9/N0NM W4DR KP4SQ W3HNK YU150AU YU7AU<br />

EK6LP IK2DUW LU1ZI LU4<strong>DX</strong>U YU150BM YU1BM<br />

EK6TA DJ0MCZ LU8XW WD9EWK YU7TESLA YU7BPQ<br />

EL2PM EI5IF LX8DL LX1DA YV5ANF EA7FTR<br />

EW6GF DL8KAC LZ50KSB LZ2SX YZ150AA YZ1AA<br />

EY8CQ DJ1MM MJ/PA3GIO/P PA3GIO Z21GC K3PD<br />

FK8HW VK4FW MM0XAU DJ6AU ZB2/G3TXF G3TXF<br />

FO/DL5XU DL3APO MU0EXV F6EXV ZF2DS W3WKP<br />

FR5EZ F8CHM ON40DST ON4AMM ZF2ZL W8ERI<br />

(a) Central and South America<br />

(b) Europe and Africa<br />

(c) North America, Japan and others<br />

(d) bureau<br />

(e) direct<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

5B4AHJ Alan Jubb, Psathi Village, 8749 Pafos, Cyprus<br />

5Z4ES Enrico Li Perni, P.O. Box 39256-00623, Nairobi. Kenya<br />

CE3BSQ Radioclub Manquehue, P.O. Box 27064, Santiago, Chile<br />

DL3APO Peter Kohde, Adolph-Menzel-Str. 2, 04157 Leipzig, Germany<br />

EI5IF Patrick Molloy, 71 Bannow Road, Cabra West, Dublin 7, Ireland<br />

F6AJA Jean-Michel Duthilleul, 515 Rue du Petit Hem, 59870 Bouvignies,<br />

France<br />

G0KBO Vladislav Kravchenko, Post Restante, Royal Mail, Lampeter, SA48 7DZ,<br />

Wales, UK<br />

I2YSB Silvano Borsa, Vle Capettini 1, 27036 Mortara - MI, Italy<br />

KG4WW Bill Walker, USNH GITMO, Box 4, FPO AE 09589, USA<br />

LA9VDA Trond Johannessen, Helgedalen 13, N-1528 Moss, Norway<br />

N2OO Robert W. Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087, USA<br />

NN7A Art Phillips, P.O. Box 201, Flagstaff, AZ 86002, USA<br />

PA0RRS Richard Smeets, Schoorveken 100, 5121 NM Rijen, The Netherlands<br />

UA1RJ Yuri Sinitso, Box 10, Vologda, 160000, Russia<br />

VK4FW Bill Horner, P.O. Box 612, Childers, 4660, Australia<br />

VQ9LA Larry Arneson, PSC 466 Box 24 (DG-21 Annex 30), FPO AP 96595-0024,<br />

USA<br />

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28 January 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

3B8 - Jurgen, DJ5HD will operate (on 10-80 metres CW and SSB)<br />

as<br />

3B8/DJ5HD from Mauritius Island (AF-049) on 3-15 February. QSL<br />

via<br />

home call. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

9G - Alan, G3XAQ will be active as 9G5XA from Accra, Ghana from<br />

27<br />

January to 6 February. He will operate CW on the HF bands<br />

using<br />

100W and a doublet. QSL via G3SWH. [TNX G3XAQ]<br />

9M6 - Steve, 9M6<strong>DX</strong>X will be active as 9M6<strong>DX</strong>X/P from Pulau Gaya (OC-<br />

133)<br />

on 18-19 March (approximately from 5 UTC on the 18th until 6 UTC<br />

on<br />

the 19th). QSL direct only to Steve Telenius-Lowe, WDT 527,<br />

88905<br />

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia (please note that there is<br />

no<br />

functioning QSL bureau in East Malaysia, that old-type IRCs are<br />

no<br />

longer exchangeable and that cards sent via G4JVG will now not<br />

be<br />

received, as mail is no longer being forwarded from Steve's<br />

old<br />

address in England). [TNX 9M6<strong>DX</strong>X]<br />

9V - The Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society (SARTS) has<br />

been<br />

issued the callsign S65X for use in contests. They will start<br />

using<br />

this call in the PACC Contest (11-12 February: if time<br />

permits,<br />

they will make some QSOs with stations outside The<br />

Netherlands<br />

during that weekend). Expect this call to be aired later in<br />

the<br />

year during international contests as well. QSL via PA0KHS<br />

Next bulletin<br />

Bulletins' Index


(Henk<br />

van Hensbergen, Smaragdstraat 53, 6534 WN Nijmegen,<br />

The<br />

Netherlands). [TNX 9V1CW]<br />

CE - Marco, CE6TBN and Mario, CE6NE plan to operate SSB and CW as<br />

CE5S<br />

from Santa Maria Island (SA-070) on 7-10 February. QSL via<br />

CE6NE.<br />

[TNX CE6NE]<br />

CT3 - Rosel, DL3KWR and Hardy, DL3KWF will be active again as<br />

CT3/DL3KWR<br />

and CT3/DL3KWF from Madeira (AF-014) on 9-23 March. They plan<br />

to<br />

operate mostly CW and on the WARC bands. QSL via home calls. Email<br />

requests for bureau cards can be sent to dl3kwr@darc.de<br />

or<br />

dl3kwf@darc.de respectively. Their web site is<br />

at<br />

http://www.mydarc.de/dl3kwr [TNX DL3KWF]<br />

FG - Jacques, F6HMJ will operate (on 10-80 metres CW, SSB and RTTY)<br />

as<br />

TO2FG from Guadeloupe (NA-102) from 3 February to 7 March.<br />

Between<br />

17 February and 3 March he expects to use TO2ANT for the<br />

Antarctica<br />

Activity Week. Jacques will also try to be active from La<br />

Desirade<br />

Island. QSL via F6HMJ. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

FH & FR - Nigel, G3TXF will be active as FH/G3TXF from Mayotte (AF-027)<br />

on<br />

28-31 January and as FR/G3TXF from Reunion (AF-016) on 1-<br />

5<br />

February. He will operate on 10-40 metres CW only. QSL via<br />

G3TXF,<br />

direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent<br />

to<br />

QSL@g3txf.com).<br />

FO_mar - Suggested frequencies for HA9RE's operation from the<br />

Marquesas<br />

Islands, which is due to start on 28 January [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 765],<br />

are:<br />

1815,5/1831,5, 3507/3511, 7007, 10117, 14040, 18084, 21040,<br />

24914<br />

and 28040 (CW); 3789, 7047, 14240, 18114, 21255, 24940 and<br />

28440<br />

(SSB); 14075, 21100 and 28075 (RTTY). Ely will operate as<br />

either<br />

FO/HG9G or with a special call issued by the local authorities.<br />

QSL<br />

direct only to HA8IB (a return postage of USD 2 is<br />

required).<br />

Steve, HA0DU will keep a regular sked with Ely while he is<br />

in<br />

French Polynesia; information and requests can be sent<br />

to<br />

ha0du@dx.hu. [TNX HA8IB and HA0DU]<br />

HI - Dennis, K7BV, will operate as HI3TEJ in the ARRL <strong>DX</strong> CW<br />

Contest<br />

(18-19 February) from the HI3CCP mountaintop<br />

QTH<br />

(http://www.lomadeltoro.com/). Look for H3I/K7BV to be used


outside<br />

contest. QSL HI3TEJ via ON4IQ, QSL HI3/K7BV via home call.<br />

[TNX<br />

K7BV]<br />

I - Special station II1TPG (the official amateur radio station for<br />

the<br />

IX Paralympic Winter Games) is active now through 31 March. QSL<br />

via<br />

IZ1CCE, direct or bureau. Information on the "Torino<br />

2006<br />

Paralympic Games Award" can be found<br />

at<br />

http://www.ii1tpg.it/eng/diploma/index.html [TNX IZ1CCE]<br />

I - The Mediterraneo <strong>DX</strong> Club's worldwide membership is growing.<br />

To<br />

celebrate the 300th member mark the club organizes the second<br />

M<strong>DX</strong>C<br />

Members Trophy, which will take place on 3-5 February. The M<strong>DX</strong>C<br />

HQ<br />

station IR8M plus several special event stations are expected<br />

to<br />

participate in the event: 3V8MDC, 4M5MDC, 4X0MDC, 9A0MDC,<br />

ED3MDC,<br />

ED8MDC, HG06MDC, IF9MDC, II0MDC, II7MDC, II8MDC, IO0MDC,<br />

IO1MDC,<br />

IO6MDC, IO8MDC, IR0MDC, IR2MDC, IR3MDC, IR5MDC, IR6MDC,<br />

IR8MDC,<br />

IR9MDC, IU9MDC, IX1MDC, SU8MDC, YB3ZMD, YE0MDC, YE3ZMD. All of<br />

the<br />

QSOs made with these stations will be confirmed automatically<br />

via<br />

the bureau. Direct requests should be sent to the Members<br />

Trophy<br />

Manager, Corrado Ruscica (IT9DAA). Information on the event and<br />

the<br />

relevant award can be found at http://www.mdxc.org/trophy.asp<br />

I - Carlo/IZ1GCZ (SSB), Sergio/IW1FSQ (SSB), Vincenzo/IK1DYS (CW)<br />

and<br />

Marco/IZ1BVO (CW) will operate on 80, 40, 20, 17 and 15 metres<br />

as<br />

IX1CNR from the National Research Council's weather station<br />

at<br />

Plateau Rosa (Mount Cervino, 3580m a.s.l.) on 3-5, 10-12, 17-19<br />

or<br />

24-26 February depending on weather. QSL via IZ1GCZ. Pictures<br />

can<br />

be found at http://www.iz1gcz.com/ix1cnr.htm [TNX IW1FGZ]<br />

I - Alessandro, IW7EGK (40 metres SSB) and Giovanni, IW7DOL (20<br />

metres<br />

SSB) will operate from the lighthouse at Punta Palascia<br />

(WAIL<br />

PU-005, ARLHS ITA-137) on 5 February. [TNX IW7EGK]<br />

J3 - Bill, VE3EBN will operate (on 10-40 metres RTTY, PSK, SSB and<br />

CW)<br />

as J37LR from Grenada from 1 February to 5 April. QSL via<br />

home<br />

call. [TNX NG3K]<br />

JW - Francois, F8DVD will be active for the tenth time from the<br />

Arctic<br />

in March. Look for him to operate as JW/F8DVD from the<br />

Longyearbyen<br />

ARC on Spitsbergen Island (EU-026), Svalbard on 24-31 March.


He<br />

plans to be active on all HF bands CW and SSB, and to<br />

participate<br />

in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest on 20 metres. QSL via home<br />

call,<br />

direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]<br />

KP2 - Joe/W8GEX, John/WZ8D and Janet/KD8CGN will be on St. Croix,<br />

Virgin<br />

Islands until 31 January. Look for W8GEX/KP2 and WZ8D/KP2 on 160-<br />

6<br />

metres CW, SSB and PSK, plus 60 metres. John also plans<br />

to<br />

participate in the CQ WW 160M CW Contest. QSL durect to home<br />

calls.<br />

[TNX WZ8D and NG3K]<br />

LU - Chris, G0HFX and Jan, G0BBL plan operate mostly CW as<br />

LU/homecall<br />

from Tierra del Fuego (SA-008), Argentina on 3-13 February.<br />

Between<br />

13 February and 6 March they will visit various islands in<br />

the<br />

South Shetlands (AN-010), and plans are to operate as<br />

either<br />

LU/homecall or with a VP8 callsign. QSL via home calls, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

P4 - Paolo, I2UIY will participate in either the CQ WW WPX RTTY (11-<br />

12<br />

February) and ARRL <strong>DX</strong> CW (18-19 February) contests as P40G<br />

from<br />

Aruba (http://www.i2uiy.it/p40g.html). He will be on the<br />

island<br />

from 8 to 20 February. QSL via I2EOW.<br />

PJ4 - John, K4BAI and Jeff, KU8E will be active as PJ4/homecall<br />

from<br />

Bonaire (SA-006) on 14-21 February. They will participate in<br />

the<br />

ARRL <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest as PJ4R (QSL via K4BAI). [TNX KU8E]<br />

T7 - From 1 June 1921 through 2 February 1936 a detachment of<br />

twenty<br />

"Carabinieri" were on duty in San Marino until the constitution<br />

of<br />

the local police force. COTA (Carabinieri On The<br />

Air,<br />

http://www.cota.cc) and ARRSM (the local IARU society) will<br />

operate<br />

CW and SSB as T7COTA and T70A from San Marino on 3-5 February<br />

to<br />

celebrate the event of 60 years ago. QSL T7COTA via IZ8DDG,<br />

QSL<br />

T70A direct. [TNX IZ6FUQ]<br />

TY - The web pages for the 15-30 March <strong>DX</strong>pedition to Benin by<br />

PA3EWP,<br />

IK1PMR, K2LEO and GM4FDM can be found<br />

at<br />

http://www.ik1pmr.com/dx-peditions/ty/ . There are plans to<br />

be<br />

active either as a team or as individuals in the BARTG RTTY<br />

Contest<br />

during the first weekend. [TNX GM4FDM]<br />

UR - Paul, UT1KY will operate as EM10KY from Ukraine on 3-12 February<br />

to


celebrate the 10th anniversary of Akademik Vernadsky<br />

Station<br />

(previously British Station F - Faraday, transferred to Ukraine<br />

on<br />

6 February 1996). QSL via IK1QFM, direct or bureau. [TNX I1HYW]<br />

VU4 - DL7DF, DK1BT, SP3DOI, SP3GEM, SP3CCY and maybe DL7UFR will<br />

attend<br />

the Hamfest in the Andaman Islands on 18-20 April [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 765]<br />

and<br />

have applied for all necessary permissions and visa in order<br />

to<br />

operate from there. "We got an official statement that<br />

licenses<br />

will be available for the period of April 18 and May 17,<br />

2006",<br />

Sigi, DL7DF says. "However we don't know yet which callsign(s)<br />

will<br />

be used". They plan to have three transceivers, two linears<br />

and<br />

various antennas, and to be heading to VU4 on 15 April. Sigi's<br />

web<br />

site is at http://www.dl7df.com/<br />

YB - YC6JKV, YB6LYS, YB6PLG, YB1BOD and YC6LAY will be active from<br />

Nias<br />

Island (OC-161) between 20 and 27 April. They plan to operate<br />

for<br />

five days on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 6 metres SSB and CW,<br />

running<br />

barefoot and using homebrew directional antennas for each<br />

band.<br />

Details on Nias Island and the operation can be found<br />

at<br />

http://www.toba-dx-group.org/nias/; contributions will<br />

be<br />

gratefully accepted (please contact Agus, YC6JKV<br />

at<br />

yc6jkv@toba-dx-group.org). QSL via JN6RZM (Shuji<br />

Yamamoto,<br />

2-23-24-402 Nishijin Sawara, Fukuoka 814-0002, Japan). [TNX<br />

JN6RZM]<br />

ZS - During 2005, Durban was selected as the venue for the first<br />

A1<br />

Grand Prix event to be hosted in South Africa. The Highway<br />

Amateur<br />

Radio Club (http://www.harc.org.za) will be operating a<br />

special<br />

event station, using the callsign ZS5A1GP, for the weekend of<br />

the<br />

A1GP (27-29 January). QSL to Highway Amateur Radio Club, P.O.<br />

Box<br />

779, New Germany, 3620, South Africa. [TNX NJ1Q and ZS5BBO]<br />

PACIFIC TRIP ---> Bob, W7YAQ and Bill, N7OU will operate from the South<br />

Pacific as follows:<br />

16-24 February Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands, as ZK1YAQ and ZK1NOU<br />

26-28 February Nadi, Fiji (OC-016) as 3D2NB and 3D2OU<br />

1-10 March Rotuma (OC-060) as 3D2RX and 3D2RO<br />

11-13 March Nadi, Fiji (OC-016) as 3D2NB and 3D2OU<br />

Activity will be on 80-10 metres mainly CW, with some RTTY and SSB. They will<br />

participate in either the ARRL <strong>DX</strong> CW (18-19 February) and ARRL <strong>DX</strong> SSB (4-5<br />

March) contests as Multi-Single entries (ZK1NOU and 3D2RX respectively). QSL<br />

via home call, direct or bureau. E-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent


to W7YAQ@arrl.net or N7OU@arrl.net as appropriate. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />

ANTARCTIC ACTIVITY WEEK ---> The Worldwide Antarctic Program has announced<br />

that the third Antarctic Activity Week will be held from 20 through 26<br />

February. The aim of this annual event is to promote worlwide interest in the<br />

Antarctic continent; stations operating from the various Antarctic bases, as<br />

well as special event stations from the rest of the world, are expected to<br />

take part in the AAW. Announced special calls include 4O3ANT, AT3ANT, II0ANT,<br />

II1ANT, II2ANT, II4ANT, II5ANT, II7ANT, II8ANT, IO2MET, IO6ANT, IO8ANT,<br />

IO0ANT, IR0ANT, IR1ANT, IR8ANT, IU0ANT, TM0TAF, TM1ANT, TM2ANT, TM3ANT,<br />

TM4ANT, TM5ANT, TM6ANT, TM7ANT, TM8ANT, TM8TAF, TM9ANT, TM0ANT, TO2ANT and<br />

UE6ANT. QSL via operator's instructions.<br />

Full information on the AAW is available at http://www.ddxc.net/wap. ARI<br />

Cassino (http://digilander.libero.it/aricassino) is launching the new WAP<br />

A.S.E.A. (Antarctic Special Event Award) for working these and other special<br />

event stations. [TNX I1HYW]<br />

CQ WW 160M CW ---> The following stations have announced their participation<br />

in this year's contest (28-29 January):<br />

4X - Alex, 4Z5KJ as 4Z5J from Israel. QSL via W0MM.<br />

CU - Martti, OH2BH as CU2A from the Azores. QSL via home call.<br />

HB0 - T93M, T93Y, T94<strong>DX</strong> (DJ2MX) and T94JJ (OE1EMS) as HB0/T94<strong>DX</strong><br />

from<br />

Liechtenstein.<br />

6O - I1HJT, I2YSB and IK2CIO as 6O0N from Somalia. QSL via I2YSB.<br />

9N - Stig/LA7JO and Pop/YU7EF as 9N7JO from Nepal. QSL via qrz.com.<br />

GD - G3NKC, G4MJS, G4XUM and M0BEW as MD4K from the Isle of Man. QSL<br />

via<br />

G3NKC.<br />

GJ - Richard, K2WR as GJ2A from Jersey. QSL via K2WR (USA) or<br />

GJ3DVC<br />

(others).<br />

HB0 - T93M, T93Y, T94<strong>DX</strong>, T94JJ and T96Q as HB0/T94<strong>DX</strong> from Liechtenstein.<br />

HS - Ian, HS0ZGL (G3TMA) as Single Operator Low Power. The Thai band<br />

goes<br />

only from 1.8 to 1.825 MHz. QSL via HS0ZGL.<br />

KP4 - Alfredo, WP3C as Single Operator High Power from NP4A's station.<br />

QSL<br />

via W3HNK.<br />

LX - DL4SDW, DL8SCG and LX2AJ as LX7I from Luxembourg. QSL via LX2AJ.<br />

OH0 - OH9MM as OH0Z (QSL via W0MM) and OH2BYS as OH0L (QSL via OH2BYS)<br />

from<br />

the Aland Islands.<br />

PJ2 - K8ND as PJ2T (SOHP) from Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. QSL via N9AG.<br />

SP - Kaz, SP2FAX as SN2B. QSL via SP2PI.<br />

SV9 - Tomas, LY1DF as J49W from Crete. QSL via bureau to LY1DF.<br />

VQ9 - Larry, VQ9LA from Diego Garcia, Chagos. QSL direct to the address<br />

at<br />

qrz.com<br />

ZL - ZL2BSJ, ZL1AZE and others as ZL6QH. QSL via bureau or ZL2AOH.<br />

Brian,<br />

ZL1AZE says that "the presence of a local GPS differential<br />

correction<br />

system on 1818 kHz means that we are unable to copy weak<br />

signals<br />

between 1816 and 1820 kHz".<br />

Do not forget to give a look to the list maintained by Bill, NG3K at<br />

http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cq160c2006.html<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

QSL JT1CS ---> Effective 20 January, the new QSL route is direct to<br />

Bat-Erdene Zevgee, P.O. Box 125, Ulaanbaatar-37, Mongolia. [TNX JT1CS]<br />

QSL LA1IOTA ---> Rag, LA6FJA reports that the QSL cards for the July 2005<br />

operation from EU-079 have been sent to the NRRL outgoing QSL bureau. He also<br />

would like to remind readers that the QSL route for DU1/KI4KJP is via WY4N,<br />

while KM3X handles LA6FJA's cards for North America.<br />

QSL WL7M ---> Cards for contacts made with WL7M from May 1995 through May<br />

2003 should be sent to Joe, WD0M (formerly WL7M). Please note that the<br />

callsign has been reissued to John Pfeifer, and cards for contacts made after<br />

May 2003 should be sent to the new licence holder. [TNX WD0M].<br />

QSL VIA DJ1CW ---> Effective 1 January 2006, Dmitri, DJ1CW is the new QSL<br />

manager for EK3SA and 4L8A. He also handles the QSL cards for 4L1FX, 4L1<strong>DX</strong><br />

and 4J8<strong>DX</strong>.<br />

QSL VIA G3SWH ---> Phil Whitchurch, G3SWH has taken over the QSLing duties<br />

for 9G5XA and 3C5XA with immediate effect. He has copies of all the past logs<br />

and is awaiting delivery of cards from the operator (G3XAQ). Direct requests<br />

with SAE and adequate return postage is preferred, but bureau cards will also<br />

be processed.<br />

+ SILENT KEY - Charles Mellen, W1FH passed away on 21 January at 92 years of<br />

age. First licenced in 1930, in 1947 he was the first to obtain <strong>DX</strong>CC on both<br />

Mixed and Phone after the beginning of post war <strong>DX</strong>CC. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

5H1C: Updates and pictures of the current 5H1C operation from<br />

Zanzibar<br />

Island can be found at http://5h1c.free.fr/flash_uk.html<br />

<strong>DX</strong> COINS: <strong>DX</strong>Coins will mint a coin for all 335 <strong>DX</strong>CC Entities, starting<br />

with<br />

Peter I. A substantial percentage of each sale will be donated<br />

to<br />

the 3Y0X team to offset the most expensive <strong>DX</strong>pedition in<br />

history.<br />

Details can be found at www.dxcoins.com [TNX K7CO]<br />

HB0: The website for the current activity by the T9 team<br />

from<br />

Liechtenstein [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 767] is up and running<br />

at<br />

http://www.t93y.com/hb0. On-line logs and pictures will<br />

be<br />

available after the operation.<br />

NA-178: The full-blown "official" website for the 14-16 February<br />

K6VVA/6<br />

expedition to the Farallon Islands is now up and running


at<br />

http://www.k6vva.com/iota/na178. It includes lots of<br />

very<br />

interesting information on this most wanted IOTA group (see<br />

"About<br />

NA-178") and this long awaited activation (see "Operational<br />

Info").<br />

This operation is extremely expensive, and full details on<br />

the<br />

raffle organized in order to assist fundraising can be found<br />

at<br />

http://www.k6vva.com/iota/na178/qsl.html#raffle<br />

ST0RM: The web site for ST0RM (http://www.t93y.com/st0rm) has been<br />

updated<br />

with several new sections. [TNX T93Y]<br />

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3A/K4ZLE, 3W2ER, 4K9W, 4L3Y, 4S7PAG<br />

(AS-171), 4U60UN, 4Z5LA/P (AS-100), 5T0ID/M, 6Y0A, 7X0RY, 8P1A, 8P9NX, 9J2BO,<br />

9N7JO, 9V1RH, CO8DM, CU8/IZ5CML (EU-089), CX1AV, CX7AF, DU1/IV3IYH (OC-090<br />

and OC-128), DU9/IV3IYH (OC-235), <strong>DX</strong>0ST (OC-175), <strong>DX</strong>0TIC (OC-207), ET3TK,<br />

EU2MM, FR1AN, FY5KE, H79W/YN4 (NA-228), HB0/DL2OBO/p, HK0FD, IS0N, IS0S<strong>DX</strong>,<br />

J6/G3TBK, J88DR, K7C, K9AJ/VY0 (NA-225), KG4NW, KP4BME, LO2F, LU1FAM, LU1ZB<br />

(AN-012; AA LU-05), LU1ZR (AN-013; AA LU-12), LU1ZS (AN-010; AA LU-17), LU8XW<br />

NP2/W9UI, PJ2T, R1ANN (AN-016; AA UA-08), R1MVC, RA3NN/1 (EU-119 and EU-162)<br />

RA3XR/0 (AS-005), RK6AM/P (EU-185), RU3HD/ANT (AN-016; AA UA-08), S79RRC/A,<br />

S79RRC/F, S9SS, ST0RM, SU8BHI, SV2ASP/A, T32CK, TF8GX, TO7C (SA-020), TZ6CW,<br />

TZ6JA, TZ6MF, TZ6NS, V26G, V47NS, V51KC, V73VE (OC-029), VP2EAZ, VP8LP,<br />

VP9/K0ARY, VP9/K1XM, VR2MY, XW3DT, YI/KE6TNN, YS3/I2JIN, Z22JE, Z24S, ZC4LI,<br />

ZD8A, ZL5CP (AN-011).<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #770<br />

04 February 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

(e-mail i1jqj@<strong>425</strong>dxn.org )<br />

Contributors are invited to send their <strong>DX</strong> information to<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

3Y_p1 - The 3X0Y team departed Punta Arenas on 1 February. They stopped<br />

on<br />

King George Island (South Shetlands), boarded the "DAP Mares"<br />

and<br />

set sail at 1 UTC on 2 February. The voyage to Peter I should<br />

take<br />

three days and a half; it is possible they arrive around<br />

midday<br />

(UTC) on 5 February and get on the air on the 7th. The team<br />

is<br />

signing XR9A/mm during their voyage. QSL via N2OO.<br />

Bookmark<br />

www.peterone.com for updates, on-line logs, pictures, etc.<br />

9A - The Croatian <strong>DX</strong> Club (9A1A) is celebrating its 15th anniversary<br />

and<br />

will be active as 9A15<strong>DX</strong> now through 31 December. [TNX 9A9A]<br />

C6 - Ivars, KC4PX will participate in the CQ WW WPX RTTY Contest (11-<br />

12<br />

February) as C6APX from Nassau (NA-001), Bahamas. Expect him<br />

to<br />

operate on 15, 20 and 40 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]<br />

F - Special callsigns TM0TAF (QSL via F4TTR) and TM8TAF (QSL via<br />

F8BBL)<br />

will be aired on 11-25 and 13-23 February respectively for<br />

the<br />

Antarctic Activity Week [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 769]. The suffix TAF stands<br />

for<br />

Terres Australes Francaises (French Austral Territories), but<br />

these<br />

calls will be used from France. [TNX F5NQL]<br />

FT*W - FT5WL is the callsign issued to Gildas, TU5KG (FT5XP) for<br />

his<br />

activity from Crozet [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 767]. Gildas is on a fishing boat<br />

and<br />

expects to be sailing in the Crozet area until early March.<br />

[TNX<br />

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F6AJA and Les Nouvelles <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

I - ARI Torino members will operate as II1OWG from 10 through<br />

26<br />

February during the XX Olympic Winter Games. All of the<br />

contacts<br />

will confirmed automatically via the bureau, direct cards should<br />

be<br />

sent to I1JQJ. Full information on the Torino 2006 Award can<br />

be<br />

found at http://www.ari-r1.it/torino2006<br />

I_ant - Carlo, IK5DHM (II0AMZS and IK5DHM/ANT) will leave Mario<br />

Zucchelli<br />

Station, Antarctica in late February [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 757]. He plans<br />

to<br />

operate as IK5DHM/MM from the M/V "Italica" on his way back to<br />

New<br />

Zealand. QSL via IK5VLO, direct or bureau. Pictures can be found<br />

at<br />

http://www.arimpt.org/ [TNX I1HYW]<br />

J7 - Look for K5KG (J75KG), KK9K (J79RV), WI9WI (J79WI), W4IX<br />

(J79XX)<br />

and K1XX (J79IX) to be active from Dominica on 11-21<br />

February,<br />

including an entry as J7OJ in the ARRL <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest. QSL<br />

J75KG,<br />

J7OJ and J79IX via KU9C; others via home call. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

JT - Naran, JT1BV/JV800BV reports that amateur radio operators<br />

from<br />

Mongolia have been authorized to replace their prefix with<br />

JV800<br />

for the rest of the year to commemorate the 800th anniversary<br />

of<br />

Mongolian statehood initiated by Chinggis Khan in 1206. [TNX NG3K]<br />

OH0 - Nine operators from Finland (namely OH2NAK, OH3BHL, OH6GAZ,<br />

OH6HJE,<br />

OH6HZH, OH6KTS, OH6OKSA, OH9MDV and OH9MM) will participate in<br />

the<br />

CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest (11-12 February) as OH0Z from the<br />

Aland<br />

Islands (EU-002). Theirs will be either a Multi-2 or a Multi-<br />

Multi<br />

entry. QSL via W0MM. [TNX NG3K]<br />

P2 - Jerry Walker (P29ZAD), Norm Beasley (P29NB), Tommy Logan<br />

(P29TL)<br />

and Peter Holliday (P29KPH) will be active on 80-6 metres as<br />

P29K<br />

from Kranket Island (OC-258) on 17-20 March. QSL via LZ1JZ.<br />

Further<br />

information can be found at http://P29K.blogspot.com [TNX P29ZAD]<br />

TZ - Jack, F6BUM (http://www.f6bum.net) will operate CW and SSB as<br />

TZ3M<br />

from Mali on 10-27 February. QSL via F6CXJ. Jack reports<br />

that<br />

Chris, TZ9A will remain in the country for another three months.<br />

UA_ant - Vlady, R1ANN (RU3HD/ANT) will be leaving Novolazarevskaya<br />

Base,<br />

Antarctica [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 762] on 15 February and board the M/V<br />

"Akademik<br />

Fedorov". During the voyage to Cape Town, South Africa he<br />

might<br />

operate as R1ANN/MM and RU3HD/MM. QSL via RZ3DJ. [TNX I1HYW]<br />

UN - Franco, IZ2HAN will operate from the KPO International Club


Station<br />

UN7MWU at Aksai, Kazakhstan on 5 February. Look for him<br />

around<br />

14200 kHz between 13 and 14 UTC. [TNX IK2SGV]<br />

UR - Four other special calls will be aired from Ukraine on 3-<br />

12<br />

February to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Akademik<br />

Vernadsky<br />

Station [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 769]: EM10UA (QSL via UT7UA), EM10LV (QSL<br />

via<br />

UR8LV), EM10HO (QSL via UX2HO) and EM10KGG (QSL via UR5KGG).<br />

[TNX<br />

I1HYW]<br />

VP8_ant - Mike, VP8DJB was supposed to leave Rothera Station [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 758]<br />

on<br />

31 January for a one week stay at Station KG - Fossil Bluff (G-<br />

19<br />

for the Antarctica Award) on Alexander Island (AN-018),<br />

Antarctica.<br />

Mike hopes to be able to operate on the amateur radio bands in<br />

his<br />

limited spare time; he says he will try and join the <strong>DX</strong> Nets<br />

on<br />

14290/7093 if he is there during the weekend. QSL via F5PFP.<br />

Mike's<br />

Antarctic blog can be found<br />

at<br />

http://www.randominformation.co.uk/writings/index.php<br />

VU_ant - Bhagwati, VU3BPZ will be leaving Maitri Base, Antarctica in a<br />

few<br />

days' time. Expect him to be signing VU3BPZ/MM from the<br />

M/V<br />

"Paardeberg" on his way back home via South Africa. QSL via<br />

VU3MKE.<br />

[TNX I1HYW]<br />

YB - Kardi, YB1TC and his team of YE7P fame are planning to operate<br />

as<br />

YE6P from Simeulue Island (OC-NEW) on 12-16 April.<br />

Further<br />

information is expected in due course. Those who are willing<br />

to<br />

contribute towards the costs of this operation are encouraged<br />

to<br />

contact Kardi (simelue@dxpedition.com) for details. [TNX YB1TC]<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (January 2006) is now available in<br />

.pdf format at http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/monthly/. Articles and pictures should<br />

be sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS ---> The following operation has been approved for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit:<br />

YI9VCQ (Iraq), from 30 November 2004 through 5 November 2005. [TNX NC1L]<br />

MOST WANTED SURVEY ---> The <strong>DX</strong> Magazine's (http://www.dxpub.com) annual Most


Wanted Survey was conducted in September-October 2005 [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 749]. The top<br />

20 Most Wanted <strong>DX</strong>CC Entities are Scarborough Reef, Lakshadweep Islands, North<br />

Korea, Peter I Island, Yemen, Navassa Island, Desecheo Island, Bouvet Island,<br />

Glorioso Islands, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Kure Island, Prince Edward &<br />

Marion Islands, Heard Island, Crozet Islands, St. Paul & Amsterdam Islands,<br />

Mount Athos, South Orkney Islands, Kermadec Islands, Willis Island, South<br />

Sandwich Islands.<br />

QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Corrado Ruscica, IT9DAA is willing to offer his<br />

services to stations in need. He can be contacted at it9daa@libero.it<br />

WRTC ---> In order to honour the organizing committees of all WRTC events,<br />

the WRTC-2006 Selection Criteria calls for five team leaders to be selected<br />

by the organizing committees of the five WRTC events. The criteria specify<br />

that the teams will be selected by the National Societies in the host<br />

countries. Since two WRTC events have been held in the United States, the<br />

ARRL was asked to select two teams. To maximize the honour, the two groups<br />

that organized the first and second WRTC events were asked by the ARRL to<br />

choose team captains and teammates.<br />

From the organization involved in the first-ever WRTC, Seattle in<br />

1990,<br />

Western Washington <strong>DX</strong> Club President Denny Bowman, W7SNH has announced the<br />

selection of Ward Silver, N0AX as their Team Captain. Ward has in turn<br />

selected Chris Hurlbut, KL9A as his teammate. From the organization that<br />

hosted the second WRTC in the Bay Area in 1996, The Northern California<br />

Contest Club has selected Dean Straw, N6BV as Team Captain. Dean's selection<br />

for teammate is Mark Obermann, AG9A. [Released by Dave Sumner, K1ZZ, ARRL<br />

Chief Executive Officer]<br />

+ SILENT KEY + Russ, VE6VK reports that Bill Spars, WA9FXH passed away on 11<br />

January at 88 years of age. He was a very keen <strong>DX</strong>er and active in the US and<br />

Canadian Islands programmes, as well as IOTA.<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

<strong>DX</strong> CALENDAR: An interactive <strong>DX</strong> Calendar based on "<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong>" is<br />

available at http://www.dxwatch.com/ (a webcluster with an<br />

extensive range of filters plus a customized dxcluster<br />

spot delivering service).<br />

<strong>DX</strong> SPOTS: Rod Elliott, VE3UW has collected the <strong>DX</strong> spots from the<br />

OH2AQ Web Cluster since January 1997. The collection -<br />

from January 1997 up to January 2006 - is available at<br />

www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/dxspots/, as well the software (<strong>DX</strong>INFO<br />

v2.0)<br />

which will enable you to handle the files (instructions<br />

at<br />

the URL above).<br />

HOLYLAND CONTEST: The Holyland <strong>DX</strong> Contest 2005 results can be found on<br />

the<br />

IARC web site at http://www.iarc.org. This years'<br />

event<br />

will be held on 15 April (00.00-23.59 UTC). [TNX 4Z4KX]<br />

LOGS: On-line logs for 9A150NT are available<br />

at<br />

http://www.hamradio.hr/9a150nt; information on this


special<br />

event station can be found<br />

at<br />

http://www.inet.hr/9a6aa/9a150nt.htm [TNX 9A6AA]<br />

LOGS: On-line logs for TU5KG's last activity from Gabon as<br />

TR8CR<br />

are now available at http://LesNouvelles<strong>DX</strong>.free.fr [TNX<br />

F6AJA]<br />

QSL GALLERY: The large collection of QSL cards (3100+) on Les<br />

Nouvelle<br />

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******* QSL INFO ********<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />

===================================================================<br />

3V8DLH DJ3FK ED8CSF EC8AUA LW2DFH EA5KB<br />

3V8MDC IT9DAA ED8MDC IT9DAA LZ13ARDF LZ1ZF<br />

3W2TXR JA2TXR EK3SA DJ1CW MD4K G3NKC<br />

4A7L WA3HUP EM10HO UX2HO MU0EXV F6EXV<br />

4K0VB UA4WHX EM10KGG UR5KGG OH0L OH2BYS<br />

4L0B UA4WHX EM10KY IK1QFM OZ0MF/LH DH1LAO<br />

4L6VV UA6EZ EM10LV UR8LV P40LE K2LE<br />

4L8A DJ1CW EM10UA UT7UA PJ2T N9AG<br />

4M5<strong>DX</strong> IT9DAA EW6GF DL8KAC PJ5NA K1NA<br />

4S7AVG JA3AVO FH/G3TXF G3TXF PY0S/PS7JN PS7JN<br />

4S7GGG JA3ART FK8GJ F6CXJ S79GRE DL9GRE<br />

4S7LSG JH3LSS FO/DL5XU DL3APO S79HP DL2NUD<br />

4S7QHG JR3QHQ FO/DL9AWI DL3APO S92RI CT1APE<br />

4S7RO/6Y5 DJ9ZB FO/HG9G HA8IB S9SS N4JR


4S7TAG JA3TJA FR1AN N5FTR SN2B SP2PI<br />

4S7UJG JA3UJR GB0SUB G0VIX ST0RM T93Y<br />

4X0MDC IT9DAA GJ2A GJ3DVC (a) SU8MDC IT9DAA<br />

4Z5J W0MM GJ2A K2WR (b) SX8BBC SV8CYR<br />

5B4AIA UA6MF GU0VNK DJ8NK T41JM IZ8EBI<br />

5H1C F5TVG HB0/T93M DJ2MX T70COTA IZ8DDG<br />

5T0JL ON8RA HB0/T93Y T93Y TM0C F6KOP<br />

5W1VE DL9HCU HB0/T94<strong>DX</strong> DJ2MX TO2FG F6HMJ<br />

5X1RI WD4ELG HB0/T94JJ DJ2MX TR8CA F6CBC<br />

6O0N I2YSB HB0/T96Q T93Y TT8PK F4EGS<br />

7Q7VB UA4WHX HC1HC NE8Z TU5JD IK2IQD<br />

7X0RY OK1DYW HC2SL EA5KB TZ6PVI ON4LN (c)<br />

8P9NX W0SA HG06MDC IT9DAA TZ6PVI ON7ASL (d)<br />

8Q7IS JA3JTA HK6PSG EA5OL UE15UWC RW0UM<br />

8Q7KE JA3ART HP1BYS EA5KB UE3RAA RK3RWA<br />

8Q7NM JA3AVO HR2/KC4CD N4AA UK8OAH IK2QPR<br />

8Q7SK JA3ATJ HS0ZDJ W2YR UN5A DL8KAC<br />

8Q7TT JR3QHQ IF9MDC IT9DAA UN8GF IZ8CCW<br />

9A0MDC IT9DAA II0MDC IT9DAA UN9LFF LZ1YE<br />

9G5XA G3SWH II1TPG IZ1CCE UP0AFG DL8KAC<br />

9M2MRS PA0RRS II7MDC IT9DAA V25AKG AK7G<br />

9M2TO JA0DMV II8MDC IT9DAA V25CSV N4CSV<br />

A41KJ N5FTR IO0MDC IT9DAA V25G G4OOC<br />

A71CT EA7FTR IO1MDC IT9DAA V26VR G4OOC<br />

AT6MM VU2JHM IO6MDC IT9DAA V31GW DJ4KW<br />

BU2/JJ1TBB JL1ANP IO8MDC IT9DAA V31JP KA9WON<br />

C6AGN W1DIG IR0MDC IT9DAA V31YN DJ4KW<br />

CE6M CE6AMN IR2MDC IT9DAA V8FMP NZ7X<br />

CN2US NJ2D IR3MDC IT9DAA VO2AC VE3FU<br />

CN8IG EA7FTR IR5MDC IT9DAA VP5NA N5OT<br />

CN8KA EA7FTR IR6MDC IT9DAA VP8CMH/MM GM0HCQ<br />

CN8SG EA7FTR IR7MDC IT9DAA WP3C W3HNK<br />

CN8YZ EA7FTR IR8M IT9DAA XF1K N6AWD<br />

CO2WL/1 IZ8EBI IR8MDC IT9DAA XR9A/MM N2OO<br />

CO3JN/1 IZ8EBI IR9MDC IT9DAA XU7ADI SM5GMZ<br />

CO3LF/1 IZ8EBI IU9MDC IT9DAA YB3ZMD IT9DAA<br />

CO3VK/1 IZ8EBI IX1MDC IT9DAA YE0MDC IT9DAA<br />

CT3FN HB9CRV J49W LY1DF YE3ZMD IT9DAA<br />

CT9F CS3MAD JW0IC RV1CC YI1OM IK2DUW<br />

CU1AAD EA5KB JW4GHA LA4GHS YT150YT YT7YT<br />

CU2A OH2BH JW9DL LA9DL Z32ID DJ0LZ<br />

CU2<strong>DX</strong> CU2AA KG4SB EA7JX ZB2FX G3RFX<br />

DP5Z DL6GV KG4WV W4WV ZL6QH ZL2AOH<br />

DR06SOCCER DH2ES LU/K4SV K4YL ZS2BS DJ5MS<br />

ED3MDC IT9DAA LU8XW WD9EWK ZS5A1GP ZS5NK<br />

(a) others (b) USA<br />

(c) direct (d) bureau<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

CE6AMN Carlos Montesinos Rozas, P.O. Box 591, Temuco, Chile<br />

DJ1CW Dmitri Poliakov, P.O. Box 3441, 49024 Osnabrueck, Germany<br />

DJ2MX Mario Lovric, Kampenwandstrasse 13, D-81671 Munich, Germany<br />

DJ3FK Frank Kosidowski, Ina-Seidel-Str. 115, D-40885 Ratingen, Germany


DJ5HD Jurgen Dittmer, Egestorfer Landstr 16, 21376 Garlstorf, Germany<br />

DL3APO Peter Kohde, Adolph-Menzel-Str. 2, 04157 Leipzig, Germany<br />

F5TVG Franck Savoldi, P.O. Box 92, 94223 Charenton Cedex, France<br />

G3TXF Nigel Cawthorne, Falcons, St George's Avenue, Weybridge, Surrey KT13<br />

0BS, England<br />

GB60SWL Alan Loveridge, 29 Courtiers Drive, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham,<br />

Glos.<br />

GL52 8NU, England, UK<br />

GB6SWL Alan Loveridge, 29 Courtiers Drive, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham,<br />

Glos.<br />

GL52 8NU, England, UK<br />

GM0HCQ Mike Gloistein, 27 Stormont Way, Scone, Perthshire PH2 6SP,<br />

Scotland,<br />

UK<br />

HA8IB Szabo Karoly, Aradi u. 42, H-5525 Fuzesgyarmat, Hungary<br />

HS0ZGL Ian Buffham, 62/70 Soi Sukhumvit 13, Sukhumvit Road, Klangtoey Nua,<br />

Bangkok 10110, Thailand<br />

IK5VLO Paolo Ceccarelli, Via del Piano, 3, 51020 Piano degli Ontani - PT,<br />

Italy<br />

IT9DAA Corrado Ruscica, Via Cap. Salemi 41, 96019 Rosolini - SR, Italy<br />

IZ8DDG Orlando Balisciano, Via Villa Bisignano V Traversa Nr. 21, 80147<br />

Napoli- NA, Italy<br />

IZ8EBI Giuseppe Gerace, P.O. Box 364, 87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy<br />

JT1CS Bat-Erdene Zevgee, P.O. Box 125, Ulaanbaatar-37, Mongolia<br />

N6AWD Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr, Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA<br />

ON4LN Eric Lauwers, Benedictijnenlaan 25, 3010 Kessel-Lo, Belgium<br />

T93Y Boris Knezovic, P.O. Box 59, BA-71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and<br />

Herzegovina<br />

UR3UN Sergei Petlevanny Slabinuka str.35, 08505, Fastov-5, Ukraine<br />

VU3MKE Manoj Kumar Dhaka, Trupati Valley No 7, D-Lane, Kewal Vihar,<br />

Dehradun, Uttaranchal 248001, India<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #771<br />

11 February 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

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**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

The 3Y0X team arrived at Peter I on 5 February at 21.35 local time (01.35 UTC<br />

of the 6th). It was foggy and windy, and they had to wait for the weather to<br />

clear. The first helicopter load landed on the island at 18.30 UTC on 7<br />

February; most of the team and 80% of the gear were flown ashore and 3Y0X<br />

became active in the early UTC morning of 8 February. The rest of the gear<br />

and the remaining three team members (NP4IW, K3VN and N4GRN) had to be<br />

transferred onto the island a few hours later, but the weather deteriorated<br />

and at 23.30 UTC of 9 February they were still on the ship.<br />

The suggested operating frequencies are:<br />

BAND SSB CW Digital<br />

---------------------------------------------<br />

10 28475 28023 28092 (listening up)<br />

12 24987 24893 24928 (listening down)<br />

15 21295 21023 21102 (listening down)<br />

17 18145 18073 18108 (listening down)<br />

20 14190 14023 14084 (listening up)<br />

30 - 10103 10135 (listening up)<br />

40 7093 7023 -<br />

80 3750 3523 -<br />

160 1842.5 1822.5 -<br />

The latest information from the team, released at 18.30 UTC of 10 February,<br />

is that they now have four stations QRV around the clock, while weather and<br />

visibility conditions are still the same. The first logs (13,067 QSOs QSOs<br />

through 10 February at 16 UTC) are now available at http://www.peterone.com/.<br />

QSL via N2OO.<br />

3B8 - Jose, ON4LAC will operate (on 10-80 metres SSB, RTTY and PSK31)<br />

as<br />

3B8/ON4LAC from Mauritius Island (AF 049) from 17 March to 13<br />

May.<br />

He hopes to get the authorization to operate as 3B9/ON4LAC<br />

from<br />

Rodrigues from 25 April through the end of his stay. QSL via<br />

home<br />

call. [TNX ON4LAC]<br />

3W - Stan, OK1JR expects to be in Hanoi, Vietnam for a couple of<br />

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years.<br />

He is licenced as 3W9JR and is allowed to operate on 20, 17,<br />

15<br />

and 12 metres CW and SSB. Stan hopes to get permission to<br />

operate<br />

on the low bands, 6 metres and digital modes. QSL via OK1JN.<br />

[TNX<br />

The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

7Q - Harry, 7Q7HB is once again in Malawi for a period of not less<br />

than<br />

three months. He has taken with him some software, so now<br />

should<br />

be able to put other modes on again from there. QSL direct<br />

only<br />

via G0IAS (Allan Hickman, The Conifers, High Street,<br />

Elkesley,<br />

Retford, Nottingham DN22 8AJ, UK). [TNX G0IAS]<br />

C6 - Steve, AK0M will be active as C6ASB from Abaco Island (NA-080)<br />

on<br />

15-22 February, ARRL <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest included. QSL via AK0M.<br />

[TNX<br />

VA3RJ]<br />

FM - K3TEJ and K3CT will operate CW and some RTTY as FM/K3TEJ<br />

and<br />

FM/K3CT from Martinique (NA-107) on 12-20 February. QSL via<br />

home<br />

calls. They will participate in the ARRL <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest as<br />

TO9A<br />

(QSL via K3TEJ). [TNX NG3K]<br />

FS & PJ7 - David, K3LP and Clint, W3ARS will operate as FS/K3LP and<br />

FS/W3ARS<br />

from St. Martin and as PJ7/K3LP and PJ7/W3ARS from St. Maarten<br />

on<br />

15-22 February. Look for FS/K3LP to participate in the ARRL <strong>DX</strong><br />

CW<br />

Contest (SOAB Low Power), while Clint will focus on 6 metres<br />

and<br />

satellite. QSL via home calls. [TNX NG3K]<br />

GJ - Pete, K8PT and Craig, K3PLV will be taking what has become<br />

their<br />

annual <strong>DX</strong>pedition to the Channel Islands and will be<br />

operating<br />

from the Island of Jersey (EU-013) on 8-15 March. This year<br />

Tom,<br />

W8JWN and Jim, N1NK will accompany them, allowing for two<br />

stations<br />

to operate 24 hours per day with a third station as<br />

needed.<br />

Operations will cover 6-160 metres (SSB, CW, RTTY & PSK) with<br />

an<br />

emphasis on the low bands. QSL via home calls. Further<br />

information<br />

can be found at http://users.adelphia.net/~crahill/ [TNX K8PT]<br />

HR - Eugene/K0IEX, Vladimir/N0STL and Ron/N0AT will participate in<br />

the<br />

ARRL <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest (18-19 February) as HQ9H (Multi-Single)<br />

from<br />

Utila Island (NA-057). QSL via W0JAR. Outside the contest<br />

they<br />

will be active as HR9/K0IEX, HR9/N0STL and HR9/N0AT. [TNX NG3K]<br />

HR - Heikki, OH3JF and Henri, OH3JR will be active as HQ9F<br />

from


Honduras from 23 February to 17 March. They will have two<br />

stations<br />

equipped with amplifiers and antennas for 160-10 metres, and<br />

will<br />

operate CW, SSB and RTTY targeting Europe and Japan on the<br />

low<br />

bands. Look for them on 1827, 3507, 7007, 10107, 14007,<br />

18077,<br />

21007, 24897 and 28007 kHz (CW); 1840, 3795, 7045, 14195,<br />

18145,<br />

21295 and 28495 kHz (SSB); 14077, 18097 and 21077 kHz (RTTY).<br />

QSL<br />

via OH3MKH. [TNX OH3JR]<br />

HR - Manuel (CT1BWW), Javier (HR2J), Lane (KC4CD/HR2),<br />

Antonio<br />

(HR2AHC), Daniel (HR2DMR) and Pedro (HR2PAC) will operate on<br />

all<br />

bands as HR4T and HQ4T from Isla del Tigre (NA-060) on 21-<br />

25<br />

April. QSL direct to HR2J (Javier Pinel, P.O. Box 2754, San<br />

Pedro<br />

Sula, Honduras). [TNX CT1BWW]<br />

I - Look for ARI Torino members to operate as IO1ARI on 10-26<br />

February<br />

during the Olympic Winter Games. QSL via bureau.<br />

I - ARI Cantu' members plus HB9OAE will operate as IQ2TU/2<br />

from<br />

Campione d'Italia (an Italian enclave in Swiss territory) on<br />

19<br />

February, from 8 to around 11.30 UTC. [TNX IK2LOL]<br />

I - IZ1GCZ, IW1FSQ, IK1DYS and IZ1BVO now expect to operate as<br />

IX1CNR<br />

[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 769] on 3-5 March. QSL via IZ1GCZ. [TNX IW1FGZ]<br />

JA - Look for JN4MBO/5 to operate from Yuge Is (AS-076,<br />

JIIA<br />

AS-076-New), Ehime Prefecture on 16 February. QSL va home<br />

call,<br />

direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />

JA - Look for JA5BEX/5 to operate from Debajima (AS-<br />

076,JIIA<br />

AS-076-New), Tokushima Prefecture on 25 February. QSL via<br />

home<br />

call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />

JT - Nicola (I0SNY), Ernesto (I2FUG), Oscar (IK2AQZ) and<br />

Giovanni<br />

(IK2JYT) will operate from Mongolia from 19 April to 8 May.<br />

They<br />

will be active as JT1Y from Ulanbaatar and as JT0Y from Oigij,<br />

and<br />

will be QRV on CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK on the HF bands (with<br />

an<br />

emphasis on 12 and 17 metres) and 6 metres. QSLs via I0SNY.<br />

[TNX<br />

I0SNY]<br />

JW - Look for JW8AJA, JW9DFA and JW9VDA to operate on all bands CW,<br />

SSB<br />

and RTTY from Spitsbergen Island (EU-026), Svalbard from<br />

23<br />

February to 1 March. QSL JW8AJA and JW9VDA via LA9VDA; QSL<br />

JW9DFA<br />

via LA9DFA. Bureau card requests for JW9VDA can be sent<br />

to


la9vda2003@yahoo.no; please note that 1 USD does not cover<br />

return<br />

postage, while 1 IRC does. [TNX LA9VDA]<br />

P4 - John, W2GD will operate as P40W from Aruba between 16 February<br />

and<br />

8 March, ARRL <strong>DX</strong> CW (18-19 February), CQ 160 Meter SSB (25-<br />

26<br />

February) and ARRL <strong>DX</strong> SSB (4-5 March) contests included. QSL<br />

via<br />

N2MM. [TNX NG3K]<br />

PJ7 - Ron, PJ7/ND5S and Sue, PJ7/KF5LG will be active on 160-10<br />

metres<br />

CW, RTTY and SSB from St. Maarten (NA-105) on 14-25 February.<br />

Ron<br />

will participate in the ARRL CW <strong>DX</strong> Contest as single operator<br />

all<br />

band. QSL via ND5S, direct or bureau. More details can be found<br />

at<br />

http://www.qsl.net/nd5s/nd5s8.html [TNX NG3K]<br />

PY0_ti - Otto, PY1OTO expects to operate mainly CW as PY1OTO/PY0T<br />

from<br />

Trindade Island (SA-010) for three days around mid-<br />

February<br />

(indicatively on 17-19th). QSL via the bureau or direct. [TNX<br />

The<br />

Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

SM - Stan, SM7WT reports he will be active as SF7WT starting on<br />

15<br />

February to celebrate his golden jubilee with amateur radio.<br />

QSL<br />

via home call.<br />

TI - W9RE, N5OT, NT6X and N4GG will be active from Costa Rica on 14-<br />

25<br />

February. They will participate in the ARRL <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest as<br />

TI5N<br />

(QSL via W3HNK). Outside the contest look for them<br />

using<br />

TI5/homecall on all bands (QSL via home calls). [TNX NG3K]<br />

TR - Salvatore, IZ8CLM is active as TR0A from the AGRA Radio Club<br />

until<br />

11 February. For this activity only QSL via IZ8CLM, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW]<br />

TT - Sylvain, F5TLN reports he will be active as TT8LN from Chad<br />

until<br />

June. QSL via home call, direct (preferably) or bureau. He can<br />

be<br />

contacted at f5tln@free.fr for skeds. QSL via home call.<br />

V3 - Alan, NS0B and John, WC0W will be operating the ARRL <strong>DX</strong> CW<br />

Contest<br />

(18-19 February) from Belize, using either V31TP or V31EV.<br />

They<br />

will be there probably from 15 through 20 February, and<br />

outside<br />

the contest they will operate on 10-160 metres (WARC<br />

bands<br />

excluded). [TNX K1XN and The Golist]<br />

V7 - Tom, K7ZZ will participate in the ARRL CW <strong>DX</strong> Contest as<br />

V7/K7ZZ<br />

from Kwajalein (OC-028), Marshall Islands. Before the contest<br />

he<br />

will emphasize Europe on the WARC bands. QSL direct via home


call.<br />

[TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

VE - VE2CRAQ will be aired on 18-26 March to commemorate the<br />

80th<br />

anniversary of the Club Radio Amateur de Quebec (VE2CQ),<br />

founded<br />

by Alex Lariviere, VE2AB in March 1926. The club invites all<br />

radio<br />

amateurs to participate in the QSO Party on the air; details<br />

can<br />

be found at http://www.craq.qc.ca [TNX VA2RC]<br />

VK_ant - Paul, VK0JLX [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 758] and Greg, VK0SEE (QSL via VK4SEE)<br />

are<br />

active from Davis Station, Antarctica (VK-043 for<br />

Antarctica<br />

Award). Greg will remain there until early March, while Paul<br />

will<br />

be wintering at Davis.<br />

VP2M - VP2MVX, VP2MWH, VP2MFC, VP2MLB and VP2MUK are the callsigns to<br />

be<br />

used from Montserrat on 14-22 February [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 761]. The<br />

group<br />

will participate in the ARRL <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest as VP2MVX. QSL for<br />

all<br />

via N3ZNI. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

VP5 - Saul, WA1UKN is active on 20, 17, 15 and 10 metres as<br />

WA1UKN/VP5<br />

from Grand Turk Island (NA-003) until 3 March. [TNX ARRL<br />

<strong>DX</strong><br />

Bulletin]<br />

VP9 - Kurt, W6PH will participate in the either the ARRL <strong>DX</strong> CW (18-<br />

19<br />

February) and the ARRL <strong>DX</strong> SSB (4-5 March) Contests as<br />

VP9/W6PH<br />

from Bermuda (NA-005). QSL direct only to W6PH. [TNX NG3K]<br />

VU - Sarla/VU2SWS (YL operator), Basappa/VU2NXM and Mickey/VU2IZO<br />

will<br />

operate as AT0EI from Elephanta Island (AS-169) on 10-14<br />

February.<br />

QSL via VU2SWS (Sarla Sharma, 7 Gaurav Apartments, Behind<br />

Ashok<br />

Nagar, Nahur, Mulund West, Mumbai 400080, India). [TNX VU2SWS<br />

and<br />

www.islandchaser.com]<br />

VU4 - David, K3LP (www.k3lp.com) reports he be active (on 10-160<br />

metres,<br />

either as VU4/K3LP or with another callsign to be issued prior<br />

to<br />

arrival) from the Andaman Islands on 18-20 April. QSL via<br />

W3ADC.<br />

He plans to arrive on 14-15 April and to depart on 3 May. If<br />

the<br />

operational time is extended beyond 20 April, look for him on<br />

the<br />

air until his departure date. [TNX NG3K]<br />

W - Dennis, WA2USA will operate as WA2USA/4 from Bogue Banks,<br />

Emerald<br />

Isle (NA-112) on 12-19 February, including an entry in the ARRL<br />

<strong>DX</strong><br />

CW Contest. Before and after the contest he will be active on<br />

30<br />

and 17 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]


W - Jeff, VA3QSL will be active on 10-20 metres SSB as VA3QSL/W4<br />

from<br />

Key West (NA-062) on 13-16 February. QSL via home call, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

YJ - DJ7EO, DL3<strong>DX</strong>X, DL5LYM and DL9NDS will operate from Port<br />

Vila<br />

(OC-035), Vanuatu from 24 February to 11 March. Licences<br />

and<br />

relevant callsigns will be collected upon arrival. They will<br />

have<br />

two complete stations and plans are to concentrate on 160, 80<br />

and<br />

40 metres CW (plus RTTY, WARC and some SSB). They have a web<br />

page<br />

at http://www.df3cb.com/yj/, where on-line logs will be<br />

available<br />

if they have Internet access at the hotel. [TNX DL3<strong>DX</strong>X]<br />

ZD8 - Bill, W4WX (ZD8WX) and Jan, K4QD (ZD8QD) will operate CW, PSK-<br />

31,<br />

RTTY and SSB on 10-160 metres from Ascension Island (AF-003)<br />

from<br />

20 February to 2 March. QSL ZD8WX via W4WX (direct), QSL ZD8QD<br />

via<br />

K4QD (direct or bureau). [TNX W4WX]<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

3Y0X FORUM ---> Robert Chudek, K0RC, has established an open forum<br />

(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/3y0x) for the exchange of information about<br />

the <strong>DX</strong>pedition to Peter I. It is inteded as a tool for worldwide amateur<br />

radio operators to communicate and exchange information as a community during<br />

the expedition, while the primary source of up-to-the minute information from<br />

3Y0X is http://www.peterone.com [TNX K0RC]<br />

DESOTO CUP WINNERS ---> <strong>DX</strong>CC has announced the winners of the 2005 DeSoto Cup<br />

competition. Top honours go to Bob Eshleman, W4DR who for 6th straight year<br />

has won the DeSoto Cup Gold Medal. In second and third place, winning the<br />

Silver and Bronze Medals are Ken Bolin, W1NG and Fausto Minardi, I4EAT. The<br />

remainder of the Top Ten competitors is listed below. Congratulations to all!<br />

1. W4DR Bob Eshleman 3095<br />

2. W1NG Kenneth Bolin 3082<br />

3. I4EAT Fausto Minardi 3077<br />

4. SP5EWY RyszardTymkiewicz 3072<br />

5. OZ1LO Leif Ottosen 3070<br />

6. K5UR Rick Roderick 3066<br />

7. W9ZR Randy Schaaf 3053<br />

8. DJ6RX Klaus Heintzenberg 3042<br />

9. K8MFO Donald Karvonen 3041<br />

W1JR Joseph Reisert Jr. 3041<br />

This list details the Challenge Top Ten as of 30 September 2005. The current<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC Challenge standings can be found at www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc . Beginning<br />

in 2006 the DeSoto Cup winners will be based on the Challenge standings at<br />

the end of the calendar year. [TNX NC1L]


<strong>DX</strong>CC HONOR ROLL ---> The deadline to be shown in the next <strong>DX</strong>CC Honor Roll<br />

list is 31 March 2006. Submissions must be postmarked 31 March 2006 for your<br />

submission to count for this listing. The <strong>DX</strong>CC Honor Roll list will appear in<br />

August 2006 QST. There are 335 entities on the <strong>DX</strong>CC list and you must be<br />

within the numerical top 10 <strong>DX</strong>CC entities to qualify. The current minimum<br />

requirement for Honor Roll is 326 current entities (deleted entities do not<br />

count towards this level). [TNX NC1L]<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS: K7C from Kure Atoll (25 September - 6 October 2005) has been<br />

approved for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit.<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC RULE CHANGES? ---> The ARRL Programs and Services Committee (PSC) has<br />

asked the <strong>DX</strong> Advisory Committee (<strong>DX</strong>AC) to study the impact of amending the<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC "political entities" rule. The change under consideration would revise<br />

Section II, "<strong>DX</strong>CC List Criteria," under "1. Political Entities," to add a<br />

Paragraph c) reading, "The Entity contains a permanent population, is<br />

administered by a local government and is located at least 800 km from its<br />

parent." The PSC has asked the <strong>DX</strong>AC to report back by 15 March. [TNX N7NG]<br />

T99D ---> This is the new callsign issued to Dalibor, T94DO. The QSL route<br />

has not changed and it is via DJ2MX. [TNX T99D]<br />

QSL MANAGER SURVEY ---> Conducted by the "Golist, QSL Manager List", the "Top<br />

5 QSL Managers" survey for 2005 closed on 30 January and resulted in 68<br />

different mangers being nominated. From this list of 68, the following Top 5<br />

(listed in alphabetical order) were selected based upon the greatest number<br />

of nominations received: Phil Whitechurch (G3SWH), Roger Western (G3SXW),<br />

Nigel Cawthorne (G3TXF), Antonio Cannataro (IZ8CCW), Joe Arcure (W3HNK). [TNX<br />

K1XN]<br />

QSL VIA G0IAS ---> Allan, G0IAS has all of the late Ron Macfarlane's<br />

logbooks. These date back to 1947, and cover all of the QSOs made by Ron as<br />

GM3EAK, ZD6RM (when Malawi was called Nyasaland) and 7Q7RM. "I intend to<br />

close the logs on the anniversary of Ron's death in September", Allan says.<br />

QSL direct only.<br />

QSL VIA N2OO ---> Cards for XR9A/8, XR9A/MM and XR9A can be sent in the same<br />

envelope. Bob asks that cards for CE0Z via N2OO and 3Y0X be sent in separate<br />

envelopes, as sending cards for multiple calls in one envelope will seriously<br />

delay your QSL. [TNX N2OO]<br />

QSL VIA SM5DQC ---> SM5DQC (Osten B. Magnusson, Nyckelvagen 4, SE-59931<br />

Odeshog, Sweden) is the new QSL manager for ZK1EQL (2002 and 2005) and ZF2QL.<br />

Those who have already sent their cards to SM7EQL, should not resubmit. One<br />

USD does not cover postae from Sweden, but 1 IRC does. Bureau cards will be<br />

replied to some time in the future.<br />

YL WRTC 2006 TEAM ---> Our Community has a great desire to enlarge the<br />

participation of Ham Ladies in international contest activity. The WRTC2006<br />

Steering Committee is totally in line with this important objective.<br />

Discussing this matter with Alexander Teimurazov (4L5A), member of our WRTC<br />

2006 Honorary Board Committee, we came up with an action to really have a<br />

good use of the WRTC 2006 to comply with this objective.<br />

Has been decided by WRTC 2006 Steering Committee to accept Al's generous<br />

offer to specifically sponsor a Team representing the Ham contesting ladies<br />

of our hobby in WRTC 2006. 4L5A Al, is donating to WRTC 2006 USD 10,000 to<br />

have a new slot for YL TEAM in addition to the other ones already in place.<br />

Accordingly with our main philosophy of recognition of actual score as the<br />

instrument to choose the competitors, we invited Emily Thiel (P43E), the<br />

highest level points among all women applications, to be the YL Team-Leader.<br />

Also accordingly our general practices we gave Emily the free option to<br />

nominate her Team-Mate. She decided to invite Ann M. Santos (WA1S)) as


Team-Mate, coincidentally the third YL highest score. [TNX PY5EG and 4L5A,<br />

Press Release 036/06]<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

QSL GALLERY: An Antarctic Gallery feauturing 1500+ images (including nearly<br />

800 QSL cards) in 58 albums is available on the WAP website<br />

at http://www.ddxc.net/modules.php?name=coppermine [TNX I1HYW]<br />

YE6P: The website for the 12-16 April activity from Simeulue Island<br />

(OC-NEW) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 770] is now up and running at<br />

http://dxpedition.orari.web.id/simeulue [TNX YB1TC]<br />

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 4L1DA, 4N7ZZ, 4U60UN, 5U7JB, 5W0VF,<br />

5X1RI, 5Z4DZ, 5Z4LS, 6Y2Z, 6Y3R, 6Y5/4S7RO, 7P8/JH4RHF, 7Q7MT, 7X0RY, 8P6RC,<br />

8P9R, 9G5GJ, 9G5OO, 9L1<strong>DX</strong>, 9M2AX, 9N7JO, 9R2<strong>DX</strong> (AF-100), A22/JA4ATV, A35RK,<br />

A45WD, A6/ON5NT, AH2R, AL1G, C21XF, C31MO, C6AGN, C91CG, CP4BT, CY9SS, D2BB,<br />

D44AC, DU1ZV, DU3NXE, <strong>DX</strong>0TIC (OC-207), ES1QD, ET3TK, EY8MM, FM5JC, FO/N6JA,<br />

FS/N8II, FW5ZL, HC1HC, HK1RRL, HU1M, HZ1IK, J3/SP9BQJ, J41V, J6/K9MDO,<br />

JR6TYH/JD1, JW0HS, JW9VDA, K6AM/6Y5, K7C, KH0/JM1YGG, KH6ND/KH5, KH7U/KH5,<br />

KH8/AH7C, KP2/K3CT, LT1F, NC2N/V44, NP3CW, OH0RJ, OX/DL7WB, OY1CT, P29KM,<br />

P29NI (OC-116), P40X, R0K (AS-174), R0K/p (AS-038), R1ANF (AN-01; AA UA-04),<br />

S79EC/F, S79EX/F, S79NAN, S79RRC/A (AF-025), S79RRC/C (AF-026), S79RRC/F<br />

(AF-035), SU9NC, SV8/I3FDZ/P, SV9/IK8UND, SV9CVY, SY8S (EU-060), T77C, TF3CW,<br />

TI5AA, TL8CG, TL8DV, TZ6MF, V25WX, V26B, V31JP, V31TM, V44/EW1AR, V51AS,<br />

V63JQ, V73RY, VD2X, VK8PY/6 (OC-183), VK9CG, VK9NS, VP2EWX, VP5/AA2WN,<br />

VP5/N0VD, VP5W, VP9/K9JY, VU2PHD, XQ6ET, XU7ACY, YI9KT, YL2LW, YL7A, YN1BB,<br />

YS1ECB, YZ1AA, YZ200A, ZC4LI, ZD7VC, ZK2QQ, ZY7C.<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #772<br />

18 February 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

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3Y0 - The weather cooperated and 3Y0X was able to get the<br />

remaining<br />

three team members ashore along with the rest of supplies<br />

and<br />

gear. At 15 UTC on 11 February they finally had a full<br />

complement<br />

of people, equipment and supplies. They have seven stations on<br />

the<br />

air with the eight being shared between HF and EME. As of<br />

press<br />

time, on-line logs http://www.peterone.com/p1log.html are<br />

up<br />

through 16 February at 16.10 UTC (68,865 QSOs). In order not<br />

to<br />

interfere with the ARRL CW Contest, 3Y0X will only work on<br />

the<br />

WARC bands on SSB and RTTY during the weekend. The<br />

weather<br />

forecast does not look good for early next week, and if<br />

the<br />

situation turns out as expected, the team may be shutting<br />

down<br />

operations on Sunday. QSL via N2OO.<br />

DU - Look for Bert, DF5WA to be signing DF5WA/DU7 from Negros<br />

Island<br />

(OC-129) until 26 February. QSL via home call, direct or<br />

bureau.<br />

[TNX GM3VLB]<br />

F - Bernard, F5LPY will operate as TM90BV on 21-27 February<br />

to<br />

commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Verdun.<br />

The<br />

longest battle of World War I, it was fought between the<br />

German<br />

and French armies between 21 February and 19 December<br />

1916.<br />

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Bernard will operate mainly CW with some SSB from various<br />

sites<br />

associated with the battle. QSL via F5LPY. [TNX F5NQL]<br />

FR/G - Didier, F5OGL reports that the expedition to the Glorioso<br />

Islands,<br />

previously planned to take place between 16 March and 7<br />

April<br />

[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 756], has been postponed again. It has not been<br />

cancelled,<br />

and the team is working on a new schedule. The <strong>DX</strong>expedition<br />

web<br />

site (http://glorieuses2005.free.fr/) will be updated as soon<br />

as<br />

possible. [TNX F5CQ]<br />

FS & PJ7 - Wolf/DL4WK, Frank/DL7UFR, Rob/DL7VOA, Les/SP3DOI and<br />

Sigi/DL7DF<br />

will operate from either Saint Martin (FS) and St. Maarten<br />

(PJ7)<br />

from 21 February to 8 March (one week on each side of the<br />

island).<br />

They will run two stations on CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV<br />

and<br />

will concentrate on 160, 80, 40 and 30 metres. QSL via<br />

DL7DF,<br />

direct or bureau. Logs will be available on www.dl7df.com<br />

FY - Steve, MW0ZZK and Florent, F4CYZ will operate as TO7IR from<br />

Ile<br />

Royale (SA-020) on 23-27 February. Expect activity on 80-6<br />

metres<br />

SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL via IZ8CCW, direct or bureau.<br />

[TNX<br />

IZ8CCW]<br />

GM - Leo, W3LEO will once again be active as MM0LEO from<br />

Portpatrick,<br />

Scotland from 21 February to 27 March. He will participate in<br />

the<br />

ARRL SSB <strong>DX</strong> and the CQ WPX SSB Contests. QSL via home call,<br />

direct<br />

or bureau. [TNX W3LEO]<br />

HB0 - Kasimir, DL2SBY will be active again as HB0/DL2SBY<br />

from<br />

Liechtenstein from 25 February to 4 March. He plans to operate<br />

CW,<br />

SSB, RTTY and PSK31 on 160-10 metres. [TNX NG3K]<br />

I - Michele, IF9ZWA id currently signing IF9ZWA/p from<br />

Favignana<br />

Island (EU-054, IIA TP-011) until 19 February. He might<br />

operate<br />

from the lighthouse at Punta Marsala (ARLHS ITA-135, WAIL SI-<br />

023)<br />

during his stay. [TNX IT9DAA]<br />

OZ - Jakob, OZ7AEI plans to operate on 20 and 40 metres SSB as<br />

OZ7AEI/P<br />

from a couple of Danish lighthouses (Bovbjerg, ARLHS DEN-003<br />

and<br />

Lyngvig, ARLHS DEN-024) sometime between 20 and 23<br />

February,<br />

depending on weather. [TNX OZ7AEI]<br />

PJ7 - Look for Bill, PJ7/W8EB and Dorothy, PJ7/W8DVC to operate SSB,<br />

CW,<br />

RTTY and PSK31 from Sint Maarten (NA-105) from 21 February to<br />

26


March. Bill will participate in the ARRL <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest,<br />

hopefully<br />

as PJ7B. QSLs via home calls. [TNX NG3K]<br />

UA - Look for Nick, RA1QQ/1 and Alex, RA1QY/1 to operate SSB and<br />

CW<br />

from the Leshukonsky area (AR-20 for the Russian Districts<br />

Award)<br />

on 24-26 February. QSLs via RA1QQ. [TNX RA1QY]<br />

V7 - JL1WQO will operate as V73WQ from the Marshall Islands on 18-<br />

22<br />

February. Expect activity on 160-10 metres SSB, CW and RTTY.<br />

QSL<br />

via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K]<br />

ARRL <strong>DX</strong> CW CONTEST ---> Do not forget to give a look to the Announced<br />

Operations for this year's event (18-19 February) maintained by Bill, NG3K at<br />

http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxc2006.html<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS ---> R1MVC and R1MVW from Malyj Vysotskij Island (15-28 November<br />

2005) have been approved for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit.<br />

HAM RADIO 2006 ---> The 31st International Exibition for Radio Amateurs -<br />

Europe's most important meeting for amateur radio enthusiasts - will take<br />

place on 23-25 June at Friedrichshafen. As usual, there will be a big flea<br />

market and commercial exhibitors, as well as many lectures and presentations.<br />

This year's theme is "Young People and Amateur Radio". Detailed information<br />

on this year's event can be found at<br />

http://www.hamradio-friedrichshafen.de/html/en/index.php . Ham Radio 2006<br />

will be combined with the 57th Bodensee Convention organized by the DARC<br />

(more information at http://www.darc.de/ausland/hamradio). [TNX DF5UG]<br />

NA-178 ---> Rick, K6VVA and Mike, K9AJ became active as K6VVA/6 from the<br />

Farallons Islands (NA-178) around 21.15 UTC on 14 February and went QRT at 20<br />

UTC on the 16th, after logging 2,552 QSOs (including dupes). Pictures,<br />

statistiscs, etc. will be published on<br />

http://www.k6vva.com/iota/na178/news.html<br />

NOT THE MANAGER ---> Giancarlo, IK4QIB reports he is receiving cards for<br />

V44KJ, but he is not and has never been the QSL manager for this call. The<br />

correct QSL route is via WB2TSL.<br />

QSL VIA OK1RK ---> David, OK1RK reports he has the last bundle of blank cards<br />

for the QSOs he made as 5N0/OK1AUT, 5N0ZKD, 5N99ZKD and 5N0W during his stay<br />

in Nigeria. David is not a member of the OK QSL bureu, so those who still<br />

need a card should send their request direct only to David Klimosz, Paprskova<br />

1339/10a, 14000 Praha 4, Czech Republic. Please note that David can confirm<br />

contacts made with 5N0W between 1999 and May 2000 only (contacts made after<br />

May 2000 "belong" to OK1<strong>DX</strong>E). [TNX IK3QAR]<br />

UIA ---> The Ukrainian Islands Awards (UIA), established by the Ukrainian<br />

Amateur Radio League (UARL) and the Ukrainian <strong>DX</strong>-Pedition Foundation (U<strong>DX</strong>PF),<br />

has new rules and a new certificate design. Full information can be found at<br />

http://www.islands.org.ua and on the Award Manager's web site at


http://www.qsl.net/uy5xe [TNX UY5XE]<br />

WRTC 2006 ---> The consolidated rules for the World Radiosport Team<br />

Championship are now available at http://www.wrtc2006.com (the direct link to<br />

the document is http://www.wrtc2006.com/release38.pdf). [TNX PY5EG]<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

HQ9F: The web page for the forthcoming HQ9F operation from<br />

Honduras<br />

[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 771] is now up and running<br />

at<br />

http://personal.inet.fi/private/oh3jr/hond.html [TNX OH3JR]<br />

LOGS: On-line logs for the recent 5H1C operation from Zanzibar Island<br />

are<br />

available at http://5h1c.free.fr/log_uk.php<br />

LOGS: On-line logs for the recent XF1K operation from NA-124 are<br />

now<br />

available at http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/dxped/na124/ [TNX IZ1CCR]<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />

===================================================================<br />

3B8/DJ5HD DJ5HD CP6XE IK6SNR SF7WT SM7WT<br />

3W9JR OK1JN CU6NS EA5KB SM3D SM3WMU<br />

3Y0X N2OO EK6LP IK2DUW ST2BF W3HNK<br />

4K5D K2PF FG/N0YY K9JS SU9HP SM0CFO<br />

4K9W DL6KVA FM/K3CT K3CT T32Z K3PD<br />

4L1DA W7LPF FM/K3TEJ K3TEJ T68G LA4YW<br />

4L1FP LZ1OT FO/DL1AWI DL3APO TF0GX KT6YL<br />

4L1MA ON4RU FO/DL9AWI DL3APO TF3ZA KT6YL<br />

4X/UT5U<strong>DX</strong> UT2UB FO/HA9G HA8IB TI5/N4GG N4GG<br />

4X0L 4Z4TL FS/K3LP K3LP TI5/N5OT N5OT<br />

4X2Z 4X6UU FS/KN5G KN5G TI5/NT6X NT6X<br />

5R8FL G3SWH FS/W3ARS W3ARS TI5/W9RE W9RE<br />

5R8GZ G3SWH G4WFQ/6W G3SWH TI5N W3HNK<br />

5T5SN IZ1BZV HG2006S HA1CW TI8CBT EA7FTR<br />

5V7BR F5RUQ HI3TEJ ON4IQ TM0TAF F4TTR<br />

5X1GS WB2YQH HK1/YL2KL YL2KL TM3ANT F5PFP<br />

5Z4KI YO9AFH HQ9H W0JAR TM4ANT F6BFH<br />

6W/G4WFQ G3SWH II1OWG bureau TM5ANT F5NOD<br />

6W/HA3AUI HA3AUI IS0/K7QB IN3QBR TM5UJY F5FAB<br />

6W1RD EA7FTR IU7CP IW7DZJ TM8ANT F8DVD<br />

6W4RK F5NPS J37LR VE3EBN TM8TAF F8BBL<br />

6W6/K3IPK K3IPK J43BSF SV1CIB TO2FG F6HMJ<br />

7Q7HB G0IAS J75KG KU9C TO9A K3TEJ


7Q7VB UA4WHX J79IX KU9C TT8LN F5TLN<br />

7X5JF DJ8QP J79RV KK9K TZ3M F6CXJ<br />

8P2K KU9C J79WI WI9WI UA1PBN/1 RK1PWA<br />

8P9NX W0SA J79XX K1XX UN9L LZ1YE<br />

8P9PA W4PA J7OJ KU9C V26G N2ED<br />

9A150NT 9A6AA JV800BV JT1BV V31BH OH2BH<br />

9A650C 9A7K JV800CO JT1CO V31PP OH2PM<br />

9G1YK PA3ERA JV800CS JT1CS V31TP WC0W<br />

9G5OO DL4WK K6VVA/6 N6AWD VK0SEE VK4SEE<br />

9J2BO G3TEV KP2/W1MO W1MO VK8NSB VK6NE<br />

9J2CA G3SWH LU1ZA LU4<strong>DX</strong>U VP2MLB N3ZNI<br />

9L1KR DL8BAX LU1ZC LU4<strong>DX</strong>U VP2MSC N3ZNI<br />

9M2MRS PA0RRS LU1ZD LU4<strong>DX</strong>U VP2MUK N3ZNI<br />

9M6/G3OOK M5AAV LZ50KSB LZ2SX VP2MVX N3ZNI<br />

9V1YC N5ID NP4A W3HNK VP2MWH N3ZNI<br />

A45WD YO9HP OD5RT OD5LN VP8DJK G0HFX<br />

A61Q EA7FTR OH0Z W0MM VQ9JC ND9M<br />

A71BX EA7FTR OM7M OM3PA VY2ZM K1ZM<br />

A71EM EA7FTR OY3QN OZ1ACB WP2Z KU9C<br />

AH7ZA W8QZA P40G I2EOW YB0IR W4JS<br />

AM4AO/AM7 EA7GXW P40LE K2LE YI9AQ OM3XX<br />

AT0EI VU2SWS P40W N2MM YJ0AZQ VK2EZQ<br />

C56GEA OE3GEA P49Y AE6Y YT150AD YT1AD<br />

C6AHR N8PR PJ2/N1ZZ N1ZZ YU150AU YU7AU<br />

C6AKQ N4BP PJ4/K4BAI K4BAI YU150KO YU7KO<br />

C6ALP W8QT PJ4/KU8E KU8E YU150NT YU1SRS<br />

C6AMM K1CN PJ4R K4BAI YZ150AA YZ1AA<br />

C6AOV W4OV PJ7/KF5LG KF5LG YZ150EW YZ1EW<br />

CN2US NJ2D PJ7/ND5S ND5S Z22JE K3PD<br />

CN8KA EA7FTR PY1OTO/PY0T PY1OTO ZD9ATN IZ0CKJ<br />

CO2NB EA5KB RK2FWA DK4VW ZK3HC DL9HCU<br />

CO6DW EA5KB S65X PA0KHS ZP6/N3BNA KA2AEV<br />

CO6WD W0SA SA2006EM SM6YOU ZP0R W3HNK<br />

CO8LY EA7ADH SB0B SM0W ZS6CCY OK1DOT<br />

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******* ADDRESSES *******<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

4S7NE Nelson Ranasinghe, 18 Katana Housing Scheme, Demanhandiya 11270, Sri<br />

Lanka<br />

F5TLN Sylvain Bertrand, 14 Rue du Champ Saint Pierre, 55100 Verdun, France<br />

FR5ZL Guy Petit de la Rhodiere, 33 Chemin Lambert, Casabois, 97433 Salazie<br />

(La Reunion), France<br />

HA8IB Szabo Karoly, Aradi u. 42, H-5525 Fuzesgyarmat, Hungary<br />

I2EOW Erminio Pandocchi, Via Moretto da Brescia 40, 20133 Milano, Italy<br />

N2OO Bob Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087-0345, USA<br />

N6AWD Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr, Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA<br />

PA0KHS Henk van Hensbergen, Smaragdstraat 53, 6534 WN Nijmegen, The<br />

Netherlands<br />

PY1OTO Renato Ottom Rua Joao Lira 103 ap 105, 22430-210 Rio de Janeiro -<br />

RJ,<br />

Brazil<br />

SM6YOU Rickard Dahlstedt, Ekebergsgatan 4D, 417 02 Gothenburg, Sweden<br />

VU2SWS Sarla Sharma, 7 Gaurav Apartments, Behind Ashok Nagar, Nahur, Mulund<br />

West, Mumbai 400080, India


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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #773<br />

25 February 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

4J - Mir, UA3F<strong>DX</strong> and Pavel, RA3AUM will be active as 4J0<strong>DX</strong> and<br />

4J0AUM<br />

from Azerbaijan on 17-27 March. They will operate on 10-80<br />

metres<br />

(possibly on 160 metres as well) SSB and CW and will participate<br />

in<br />

either the Russian <strong>DX</strong> and CQ WPX SSB contests as 4J0<strong>DX</strong>. QSL for<br />

both<br />

stations via UA3F<strong>DX</strong>, direct or bureau.<br />

5Z - Mike, OM2<strong>DX</strong> and Palo, OM2NW are active as 5Z4/OM2<strong>DX</strong> (QSL via<br />

OM3JW)<br />

and 5Z4/OM2NW (QSL via home call) from Kenya until 6 March.<br />

[TNX<br />

OM3JW]<br />

J7 - Igor, VA3Y<strong>DX</strong> reports he will be active from Dominica from<br />

24<br />

February until 14 March. He plans to participate in the ARRL <strong>DX</strong><br />

SSB<br />

Contest and the DIG QSO Party. QSL direct only via home call<br />

(Igor<br />

Slakva, 105 La Rose Ave., #803, Etobicoke, ON M9P 1A9, Canada).<br />

8R - Ken, K7ZUM and Craig, AH8<strong>DX</strong> will operate as 8R1ZUM and 8R1EA<br />

from<br />

Guyana from 28 February to 7 March. Before the ARRL SSB <strong>DX</strong><br />

Contest<br />

expect activity mostly on RTTY and the WARC bands. QSL via<br />

home<br />

calls. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

9H - Texas <strong>DX</strong> Society's members Cal/WF5W (9H3W), Steve/W9<strong>DX</strong><br />

(9H3<strong>DX</strong>),<br />

Madison/W5MJ (9H3V), Don/N5DD (9H3RY), Bill/K5WAF (9H3WF),<br />

Mike/K5UO<br />

(9H3UO), Paul/W5PF (9H3PF) and Keith/NM5G (9H3KD) will operate<br />

on<br />

10-80 metres and possibly on 160 metres from Malta (EU-023) on 1-<br />

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March. They will participate in the ARRL International <strong>DX</strong><br />

SSB<br />

Contest (4-5 March); during non-contest periods primary<br />

activity<br />

will be 9H3<strong>DX</strong> on SSB, 9H3V on CW, 9H3RY on RTTY and 9H3WF on<br />

PSK.<br />

QSL for all via W5PF. Further details and on-line log searches<br />

at<br />

www.tdxs.org [TNX K5<strong>DX</strong>]<br />

9M2 - Aniko, HA5TAA plans to operate as 9M2/HA5TAA from Tioman<br />

Island<br />

(AS-046) for a week between 3 and 11 March. Look for her on<br />

20<br />

metres SSB. [TNX F5NQL]<br />

AP - Dane, ST2T is now in Pakistan until the end of March. He has<br />

no<br />

chance to get an AP licence, but he will try to be active from<br />

Ijaz,<br />

AP2IA's station (QSL via AP2IA). [TNX S57<strong>DX</strong>]<br />

C6 - Peter, W2IRT will operate holiday style as C6/W2IRT from<br />

Nassau<br />

(NA-001), Bahamas on 4-10 March. He plans to be on 17 and 20<br />

metres<br />

for the most part, using 100W and a dipole. QSL via home<br />

call<br />

(direct, bureu and LoTW). [TNX NG3K]<br />

EA8 - Mari, EA8GL and Dunia, EA8BHD will operate as ED8IWD on 5-8 March<br />

to<br />

celebrate the International Women's<br />

Day<br />

(http://www.internationalwomensday.com/events/). QSL via bureau<br />

to<br />

EA8BHD. [TNX EA8BHD]<br />

F - Special call TM5CMC (Catastrophe des Mines de Courrieres) will<br />

be<br />

aired on 4-19 March to commemorate the Courrieres mining disaster<br />

of<br />

10 March 1906, when 1,100 died in a coal dust explosion. QSL<br />

via<br />

F8CSD. [TNX F8REF]<br />

F - Three YL operators will be active as TP1CE from the radio club<br />

at<br />

the Council of Europe on 11-12 March to celebrate the<br />

International<br />

Women's Day. QSL via F5LGF. [TNX F6FQK]<br />

FG - Gildas, FG/F6HMQ and Michel, FG/F6GWV will be active from<br />

Guadeloupe<br />

(NA-102) from 25 February to 6 March. They will also operate as<br />

TO1T<br />

(QSL via F6HMQ) and will participate in the REF SSB (25-26<br />

February)<br />

and ARRL <strong>DX</strong> SSB contests. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

FM - Roberto, IV3IYH (NQ5W) will be active from Martinique (NA-107)<br />

on<br />

23-30 March. He will participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as<br />

TO3W<br />

and will operate as FM/IV3IYH before and after the contest. QSL<br />

for<br />

both callsigns via IK2ILH, direct or bureau. E-mail requests<br />

for<br />

bureau cards can be sent to ik2ilh@libero.it [TNX IV3IYH]<br />

HL_ssh - Sang Hoon Lee, DS4NMJ [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 761] is now active as DT8A from


the<br />

Korean Antarctic base 'King Sejong' (HL-01 for the Antarctica<br />

Award)<br />

on King George Isl., South Shetlands (AN-010). He will be<br />

stationed<br />

there until 30 December. QSL via HL2FDW. [TNX DS4NMJ]<br />

I - Look for Davide/IW9GUR, Angelo/IW9HLM,<br />

Riccardo/IT9CVO,<br />

Andrea/IT9RKR and Andrea/IW9HQP to be signing IE9/homecall<br />

from<br />

Ustica Island (EU-051, IIA PA-001) on 10-12 March. They plan to<br />

have<br />

three stations active on all bands except 30 metres, plus 6<br />

metres.<br />

[TNX IW9GUR]<br />

J3 - Harry, AC8G will be active as J37K from Grenada on 1-6<br />

March,<br />

including an entry in the ARRL <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest. He will try<br />

to<br />

maximize QSOs outside USA/Canada before and after the contest.<br />

QSL<br />

via AC8G, direct or bureau. [TNX AC8G]<br />

JA - Special event call 8N1MOMO will be aired on all bands and modes<br />

from<br />

1 March to 5 April to celebrate the Koga-city "Momo" (or<br />

Peach)<br />

Festival. QSL via the JARL bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

KG4 - Noll, W9RN expects to operate on 6-160 metres CW and SSB as<br />

KG4RN<br />

from Guantanamo from 27 February to 6 March. He plans to<br />

participate<br />

in the ARRL <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest on 40 metres. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

LY - Special call LY15A will be aired on 1-31 March to celebrate the<br />

15th<br />

anniversary of the indipendence of the Republic of Lithuania.<br />

QSL<br />

via LY2ZZ. [TNX LY8O]<br />

LZ - The Balkan Contest Club (LZ1KZA) will operate as LZ128LO on 1-<br />

31<br />

March to commemorate the 128th anniversary of the end of<br />

the<br />

Russian-Turkish War of Liberation. QSL via LZ1KZA, direct (P.O.<br />

Box<br />

36, 4300 Karlovo, Bulgaria) or bureau. [TNX LZ1ZF]<br />

OZ - Jef, ON4ACA will be active as OZ/ON4ACA from Romo Island (EU-125)<br />

on<br />

4-10 March. He will operate SSB and CW on 80, 40 and 20 metres.<br />

QSL<br />

via home call. [TNX ON4ACA]<br />

PZ - Steve, MW0ZZK and Florent, F4CYZ will operate on 80-6 metres<br />

as<br />

PZ5ZZ and PZ5CY from Suriname between 28 February and 8 March.<br />

QSL<br />

via IZ8CCW, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW]<br />

SV - Look for SV5/SV1QN, SV5/SV1AIN, SV5/SV1GYG, SV5/SV1EQU<br />

and<br />

SV5/SW1GYN to operate on 160-6 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31<br />

from<br />

Patmos Island (EU-001), Dodecanese from 28 March to 2 April. QSL<br />

via<br />

home calls. [TNX SV1GYG]<br />

SV5 - Willi, DJ7RJ will be active as SV5/DJ7RJ from Kos Island,


Dodecanese<br />

(EU-001) from 27 February to 17 March. He will operate on 160-<br />

10<br />

metres CW and SSB and to concentrate on the low bands. QSL via<br />

home<br />

call. [TNX DJ7RJ]<br />

SV9 - Dimitris, SV9COL reports he will participate in either the CQ<br />

WW<br />

160-Meter SSB and the CQ WPX SSB contests as SY9A.<br />

UA - Vlad/RZ1OA, Pavel/RA1OZ and Dima/UA1OLM will operate as UE1OTA<br />

from<br />

Kiy island (EU-153, RR-02-22) on 23-26 February. QSL via RZ1OA<br />

(Vlad<br />

Sadakov, P.O. Box 48, Arkhangelsk, 163040, Russia). [TNX RZ1OA]<br />

V3 - Carl, K3RV and Doug, W3NO will be active from Belize on 21-28<br />

March.<br />

They will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as V31RV,<br />

while<br />

before and after the contest they will operate as V31NO on 160-<br />

10<br />

metres CW and SSB. QSL both callsigns via W3NO. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />

V4 - Bob, AA1M and Mike, W1USN will be signing V44/homecall from<br />

St.<br />

Kitts (NA-104) on 2-10 March. They plan to operate SSB, PSK31 and<br />

CW<br />

on 80-10 metres. QSL via home calls. [TNX NG3K]<br />

VK - The XVIII Commonwealth Games, contested by 4,500 athletes from<br />

70<br />

countries, will be held in Melbourne on 15-26 March. Two<br />

special<br />

event callsigns will be aired on 1-31 March to celebrate this<br />

event:<br />

AX3MCG ("Melbourne Commonwealth Games", operated by VK3EW and<br />

VK3QI<br />

aiming to achieve at least <strong>DX</strong>CC) and AX3GAMES (activated by<br />

a<br />

multi-operator roster). QSL for both via the VK3 bureau.<br />

Australian<br />

amateurs will be allowed to use the AX prefix during the<br />

games<br />

period. [TNX VK3EW]<br />

VU4 - Also Babs, DL7AFS and Lot, DJ7ZG have announced that they have<br />

plans<br />

to go and operate from the Andaman Islands. Licences have<br />

been<br />

requested, updates will be posted at http://www.qsl.net/dl7afs/<br />

W - The 2006 Mississippi QSO Party will run from 15 UTC on 25<br />

February<br />

through 3 UTC on the 26th; and Read/W4HOZ, Becky/Kd5RHB<br />

and<br />

Darryl/W5VK will activate stations in Greene, George and<br />

possibly<br />

Perry Counties in southeastern Mississippi. Special Call K5G will<br />

be<br />

used in addition to Magnolia <strong>DX</strong> Club's call K5M<strong>DX</strong> and W5VK.<br />

[TNX<br />

W4HOZ]<br />

YB - While waiting for YE6P (http://dxpedition.orari.web.id/simeulue/)<br />

in<br />

April [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 770], another group of operators is going to be<br />

active<br />

from Simeulue Island (OC-NEW) on 8-15 March. Look for


YC6LAY/P,<br />

YB6LYS/P, YB6PLG/P, YC6JKV/P and YB1BOD/6 to operate mainly on<br />

10,<br />

15, 20, 40 and 80 metres SSB and CW. QSL via YB1BOD/6 (Donny<br />

Sirait,<br />

P. O. Box 1206, Medan 20233, Indonesia). Further information can<br />

be<br />

found at www.toba-dx-group.org/simeulue/index.html [TNX YB6PLG]<br />

YV - Jose Manuel Robaina, YV5TX (4M5R) expects to visit San<br />

Fernando,<br />

Apure State between 25 February and 1 March and plans to operate<br />

as<br />

YV5TX/9 on 20 and 40 metres SSB with some PSK and RTTY. QSL<br />

via<br />

EA5KB. [TNX YV5TX]<br />

ZD8 - Jim, N6TJ will operate again as ZD8Z from Ascension<br />

Island<br />

(AF-003) on 19-30 March, including an entry in the CQ WW WPX<br />

SSB<br />

Contest. QSL via VE3HO. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

ZF - Bob, K3UL will operate as ZF2UL from Grand Cayman (NA-016) on 1-<br />

7<br />

March. He plans to concentrate on the low bands, mainly CW. QSL<br />

via<br />

home call. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

ZK1 - Jim, W1EMT will be working on Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook<br />

Islands<br />

on 4-24 March and plans to operate QRP on 40, 20, 17, 15 and<br />

10<br />

metres as ZK1EMT in his spare time and during the weekends.<br />

QSL<br />

direct via homecall. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

CQ 160-METER SSB CONTEST ---> Do not forget to give a look to the Announced<br />

Operations for this year's event (25-26 February) maintained by Bill, NG3K at<br />

http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cq160s2006.html<br />

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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

3Y0X ---> The 3Y0X <strong>DX</strong>pedition to Peter I went QRT on 19 February at 18.13 UTC<br />

after 87,034 QSOs. The DAP Mares was scheduled to leave on 21 February and<br />

tentative plans were to visit Deception Island on the way back to King George<br />

Island and on to Punta Arenas (Chile). However, the weather worsened to the<br />

point that the helicopter was not able to fly to pick up the remaining loads<br />

of gear and supplies still on Peter I. At 23.30 UTC on 23 February the team<br />

was still awaiting another break in the WX to retrieve their final loads, but<br />

the weather forecast is not good for another few days.<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS: K3LP/KP5 and N3KS/KP5 from Desecheo Island (16-17 December 2005)<br />

have been approved for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit.<br />

IOTA STORIES ---> The XF1K (NA-124, February 2006) and C93DY (AF-098, July<br />

2005) stories are now available at http://www.islandradio.org and<br />

http://www.dxer.com.ua/c9/story_en.html respectively


QSL 6O0JT ---> Joe, VA6JWT operated from Somalia as 6O0JT and is being<br />

overwhelmed by bureau cards. He asks that no more cards be sent to him via<br />

the bureau, but that they be sent direct to Joe Talbot, P.O. Box 836, Bowden,<br />

Alberta T0M 0K0, Canada. [TNX QRZ-<strong>DX</strong>]<br />

QSL A61AX ---> Witek, SP9MRO operated as A61AX in November 2005 and says that<br />

cards for those QSOs should be sent to his home address: Witek Onaczyszyn,<br />

P.O. Box 79, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland. [TNX IZ3EBA]<br />

QSL VK9CG ---> Charlie, W0YG reports that many VK9CG are being sent to either<br />

JA3JA (who only used that callsign in 1993) or W0CG. Please QSL the 2005<br />

VK9CG operation via W0YG (direct only). Charlie plans to return to<br />

Cocos-Keeling in November, further information is expected in due course.<br />

QSL WB1CBY/VE8 ---> Tom, W1TJL (ex-WB1CBY) still has cards and logs for his<br />

past operations from various Canadian islands - Jenny Lind (NA-131), Bray<br />

(NA-174), Baffin (NA-047), Resolution (NA-130), Big (NA-174) and Handy (CISA<br />

NF021). He can be contacted at w1tjl@arrl.net [TNX www.islandchaser.com]<br />

QSL VIA K4VUD ---> Effective 23 February, the new address for K4VUD is:<br />

Charles Harpole, 5900 Baywater Dr., #506, Plano, TX 75093, USA. The change<br />

will also affect the following callsigns: HS0ZCW, 9N7UD, 9N1UD, A52UD, XW1UD,<br />

KG4FPK, AC4TT, VU3CHE, V26V. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

LOGS: On-line logs for K6VVA/6 (NA-178) are now available<br />

at<br />

http://www.k6vva.com/iota/na178/logsearch/na178logsearch.php.<br />

Rick<br />

and Mike, K9AJ made 2466 QSOs (1897 CW and 569 SSB, plus 110<br />

dupes)<br />

on 40, 30, 20 and 17 metres from South East Farallon Island.<br />

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3C2MV, 3G1M (SA-069), 4J5A, 4L1QX,<br />

4U1VIC, 4U60UN, 5H1HS (AF-032), 5H1HS/1 (AF-063), 5R8GZ, 5T0JL, 5Z4FM,<br />

6W/HA7TM, 6Y2Z, 6Y7A, 7P8/JH4RHF, 7Q7MM, 7X0RY, 9G5FD, 9K9X, 9L1MS, 9V40UV,<br />

A22/JA4ATV, A25/DJ6SI, C91CW, C91NN, C93DY, CE0/LA6IKA, CO8CY, CO8LY, CU2A,<br />

CU2B, D44TD (AF-086), EK6TA, ES1GO, ES5Q, ES5RY, ET3TK, FG5FR, FG5GP,<br />

FH/G3TXF, FO/JI1WTF, FO/N6JA, FO5RH, FR1HZ, H7A, HH4/K2AC, HI/AA2AP, J48ALO,<br />

JY9QJ, K7C, KH9/W0CN, LU3XPL (SA-008), LW4DRV/D (SA-022), MD4K, OJ0B, PS5K,<br />

PY7ZY/6 (SA-080), PZ5RA, R1ANN, R1MVW, RU3HD/ANT, RW2F, S61FD, S9SS,<br />

SV2ASP/A, SX9A, SY8S, T5X, T80A, T88BH, TO5S (NA-114), TR8CA, TT8PK, TX0P,<br />

V26B, V51AS, V51GB, VK9CG, VK9XG, VP5B, XW8KPL/RU3<strong>DX</strong>, YB0AR (OC-021), YB8NA<br />

(OC-146), YC8RRK (OC-210), YE9R (OC-241), YK1AM, YN4SU, YZ150AA, ZB2FK,<br />

ZD9IR, ZF2CJ, ZF2LC, ZK1JD.<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #774<br />

04 March 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

(e-mail i1jqj@<strong>425</strong>dxn.org )<br />

Contributors are invited to send their <strong>DX</strong> information to<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ (i1jqj@<strong>425</strong>dxn.org)<br />

The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays<br />

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**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

3D2_rot - Bob, W7YAQ (3D2NB) and Bill, N7OU (3D2OU) were expected to<br />

operate<br />

as 3D2RX and 3D3RO from Rotuma starting on 1 March [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N<br />

769].<br />

However, their flight has been cancelled and they are<br />

currently<br />

stuck at Nadi (Fiji Islands). They have been told the next<br />

flight<br />

to Rotuma is due to leave on 6 March. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

DU - A group of operators from the Philippines and Japan will be<br />

active<br />

as DZ1JP on 10-12 March to celebrate the Philippine-<br />

Japan<br />

Friendship Year, commemorating 50 years of diplomatic<br />

relations<br />

between the two countries. This operation will concentrate on<br />

160<br />

metres and EME (on 6 and 2 metres). QSL via JA1HGY. [TNX DU1EV]<br />

FR/G - In February 2005, an outbreak of chikungunya (a form of viral<br />

fever<br />

spread by mosquitoes) was recorded on Reunion and around the 20%<br />

of<br />

the residents have been hit by the virus, and with 77 deaths<br />

have<br />

been associated to chikungunya. A conditional clearance to<br />

organize<br />

the <strong>DX</strong>pedition to Glorioso (http://glorieuses2005.free.fr/)<br />

has<br />

been given by the military HQ on Reunion. However, the<br />

current<br />

health situation in the area (neither specific treatment<br />

nor<br />

vaccine are currently available for chikungunya) advises<br />

the<br />

organizers not to make the trip now, but to put off it<br />

until<br />

Next bulletin<br />

Bulletins' Index


October or November. [TNX F5CQ]<br />

JA - Look for Takeshi, JI3DST to operate as JI3DST/JS6 from<br />

Miyako<br />

Island (AS-079) until around 7 UTC on 6 March. QSL via home<br />

call,<br />

preferably through the JARL bureau.<br />

[TNX JI3DST]<br />

OH - Martti Laine, OH2BH will celebrate his 60th birthday later<br />

this<br />

year, and the Finnish Telecom Authority has released OH60BH to<br />

be<br />

used from March. Several interesting activities are planned<br />

for<br />

this Jubilee year, including one more rare <strong>DX</strong> counter that<br />

will<br />

hopefully serve as the actual venue for the party (ten years ago<br />

it<br />

was the Republic of Nauru, C21BH) For the time being, look<br />

for<br />

Martti to operate as V31BH from Belize, ARRL SSB Contest<br />

included.<br />

QSL via OH2BN. [TNX OH2BN]<br />

P4 - Look for P40D (requested call) to be aired on all bands CW, SSB<br />

and<br />

digital modes from Aruba (SA-036) on 6-16 March. QSL via<br />

WD9DZV.<br />

[TNX NG3K]<br />

P4 - Tom, W7YW will be operating as P40TW from Aruba (SA-036) on 7-<br />

24<br />

March. Tom will be accompanied by his wife Bonnie, W7BWW and<br />

he<br />

plans to be active on all bands SSB, RTTY and CW from the<br />

P40L<br />

contest station. QSL direct to home call. [TNX W7YW]<br />

TY - TY4TW, TY5LEO, TY5MR and TY5WP are the callsigns issued to<br />

GM4FDM,<br />

K2LEO, IK1PMR and PA3EWP for their 15-30 March activity from<br />

Benin<br />

[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 769]. Teir equipment now includes two amplifiers and<br />

a<br />

Spiderbeam for 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres, in addition<br />

to<br />

monobanders for 160, 80, 40 and 30 metres. Propagation<br />

predictions<br />

and other information can be found<br />

at<br />

www.ik1pmr.com/dx-peditions/ty/ [TNX IK1PMR]<br />

UR_ant - Dmitry, UR8UC will operate CW, SSB and digital modes as<br />

either<br />

EM1UC and EM1U from Akademik Vernadsky Station (UR-01 for<br />

the<br />

Antarctica Award) on Galindez Island (AN-006), Antarctica<br />

until<br />

February 2007. [TNX UT7UA]<br />

VK9_ni - The Oceania Amateur Radio <strong>DX</strong> Group Inc (http://odxg.org/)<br />

are<br />

planning to operate on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY as VI9NI<br />

from<br />

Norfolk Island (OC-005) from 25 May until 20 June as part of<br />

the<br />

commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the landing of the<br />

HMS


Bounty mutineers. It is possible to accommodate extra operators<br />

for<br />

various times during this month long operation, thos who<br />

are<br />

interested in participating in this activity are invited to<br />

contact<br />

vi9ni@westnet.com.au; donations to help offset the cost<br />

of<br />

freighting all the equipment are also being sought. [TNX VK4FW]<br />

W - Look for Wade, AA8LL/4 and Liz, K8LIZ/4 to operate holiday<br />

style<br />

(on 10-40 metres SSB and possibly CW and RTTY) from Cedar<br />

Key<br />

(NA-076) from around 21 UTC on 3-5 March. QSL via home<br />

calls,<br />

direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

XE - XE7T is the special callsign that has been issued for the ARRL<br />

<strong>DX</strong><br />

SSB Contest to the Hermosillo Contest Group, a group of<br />

amateurs<br />

from Hermosillo, Mexico who will have their first experience at<br />

a<br />

major contest. Special effort will be made on top band. QSL<br />

via<br />

N7BXX. [TNX N7DD]<br />

PACIFIC TRIP ---> Bernhard, DL2GAC is once again going to the Pacific. He<br />

will operate as H44MS from the Solomon Islands on 4-12 March and then as<br />

P29VMS from Papua New Guinea until late March or early April. He plans to be<br />

active from a few IOTA groups while in PNG, including Bougainville Island<br />

(OC-135), the Shortland Islands (OC-162) and possibly others. QSL via DL2GAC.<br />

[TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

ARRL <strong>DX</strong> SSB CONTEST ---> Do not forget to give a look to the Announced<br />

Operations for this year's event (4-5 March) maintained by Bill, NG3K at<br />

http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxs2006.html<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

3A: CHANGES TO FREQUENCY ALLOCATIONS ---> Claude Passet, 3A2LF (Association<br />

des Radioamateurs de Monaco, Secretary) reports that the following changes to<br />

the spectrum available to radio amateurs in the Principality of Monaco have<br />

been announced, effective 26 January 2006:<br />

160 metres: 1.850-2.000 MHz<br />

1.810-1.850 MHz (primary, exclusive)<br />

1.850-2.000 MHz (secondary, shared)<br />

6 metres: 50.000-52.000 Mhz<br />

50.000-51.200 Mhz<br />

51.200-52.000 Mhz (secondary, shared)<br />

4 metres 70.000-70.500 Mhz (secondary, shared)<br />

The 135.7-137.8 KHz segment was allocated to the Amateur Radio Service<br />

several years ago as a secondary shared band.<br />

3Y0X ---> The final helicopter load from the island was completed at 18.59<br />

UTC on 24 February. On the 28th the DAP Mares stopped for a few hours at


Deception Island and then resumed the voyage to King George Island. Bad<br />

weather conditions are preventing the team from catching their flight back to<br />

Punta Arenas, and as of 3 March they were still on KGI. Meanwhile a few team<br />

members operated as CE9/homecall from Bellingshausen station.<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS ---> The following operations have been approved for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit:<br />

T6X Afghanistan Current operation effective 8 March 2005<br />

D2<strong>DX</strong> Angola Current operation effective 15 December 2004<br />

TS3A Tunisia 24-28 March 2005<br />

TT8PK Chad 27 December 2005 - 11 February 2006<br />

XW1A Laos Current operation effective 29 October 2005<br />

XW1LLR Laos Current operation effective 29 October 2005<br />

XW1X Laos Current operation effective 29 October 2005<br />

XW1M Laos Current operation effective 29 October 2005<br />

QSL VIA IK2QPR ---> Paolo provides the up-to-date list of the stations for<br />

which he is the current QSL manager (direct and bureau):<br />

4L0<strong>DX</strong> EX8MF UC2WO UL7OB<br />

5B4/UN2O EX8MLE (d) UF6FFL UL7PJQ<br />

8Q7PR EX8NK UI8IZ UM8<strong>DX</strong><br />

EK1700GM (a) EX8NP UI8NH UM8MFO<br />

EK3GM (b) EX8QB UI8OAA UM8OM<br />

EK8WB (c) EX8QF UK7PBH UM8QB<br />

EO2CWO EZ/UN2O UK8GH UN0F<br />

EU6MM FO/IK2QPR UK8ICO UN0N (f)<br />

EW6BN/P II2R (e) UK8IZ, UN2O<br />

EW6CM/P LU1QS UK8OAH UN7FW<br />

EW6GB RC4/UC1WWO UK8OB UN7JX<br />

EW6WW RF6FU UK8OM UN7PJQ<br />

EX2FU RI1OA UK8OWA UN8FE<br />

EX2U RL2O UL0OB UN9PQ<br />

EX5T UA0LEO UL7FCW UO100OIL<br />

EX7MA UA0YAY UL7JGJ UP50O<br />

EX7MK UA3UW UL7NAN V25PR<br />

EX8<strong>DX</strong> UC1WWO UL7OAO VP5/IK2QPR<br />

(a) until 20 May 2002 (d) until 1 April 2002<br />

(b) until 20 May 2002 (e) until 1995<br />

(c) until 1 May 1999 (f) until 2 February 2001<br />

QSL VIA PA7FM ---> The backlog for direct QSL requests for PZ5PA, PZ5WP, PZ5C<br />

and PZ5C/P (SA-092) (November-December 2005) has been cleared. New requests<br />

are being processed and mailed in a few days' time. Please note that 1 USD no<br />

longer covers postage for extra-European destinations; direct cards without<br />

enough return postage will be sent through the bureau. The final logs for<br />

these activities can be found at http://www.pa7fm.nl/pz2005/ [TNX PA7FM]<br />

QSL VIA W3HNK ---> Effective 1 March, the new address for Joe, W3HNK is:<br />

Joseph Arcure Jr, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352, USA. [TNX<br />

K1XN and The Golist]<br />

+ SILENT KEY + Tim Chen, BV2A, founder of the Chinese Taipei Amateur Radio<br />

League (CTARL) and first amateur radio operator from Taiwan, passed away on<br />

22 February, at 92 years of age. Condolences can be sent to<br />

bv2a@ctarl.org.tw, and CTARL HQ will forward them to Tim's family. [TNX<br />

BV5AF]<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

<strong>DX</strong> CALENDAR: An interactive <strong>DX</strong> Calendar based on "<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong>"<br />

is<br />

available at http://www.dxwatch.com/ (a webcluster with<br />

an<br />

extensive range of filters plus a customized dxcluster<br />

spot<br />

delivering service).<br />

<strong>DX</strong> SPOTS: Rod Elliott, VE3UW has collected the <strong>DX</strong> spots from<br />

the<br />

OH2AQ Web Cluster since January 1997. The collection -<br />

from January 1997 up to Februar 2006 - is available<br />

at<br />

www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/dxspots/, as well the software (<strong>DX</strong>INFO<br />

v2.0)<br />

which will enable you to handle the files (instructions<br />

at<br />

the URL above).<br />

IOTA CONTEST: The final results for last year's event, as well as<br />

a<br />

161-image photo gallery, are available<br />

at<br />

http://iotacontest.com/2005/iotaScores.php<br />

LOGS: The following logs are now available on-line:<br />

HB0/T9xxx http://www.t93y.com/hb0<br />

HG1S http://w3.enternet.hu/mttosz/ANGOL/HG1S.htm<br />

HQ9F http://personal.inet.fi/private/oh3jr/hond.html<br />

YJ0A<strong>DX</strong> http://www.df3cb.com/yj0adx/news.php<br />

TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are<br />

now<br />

available at<br />

http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html.<br />

Please send your scores, as well as any request for<br />

further<br />

information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@ari.it)<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

===================================================================<br />

CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />

===================================================================<br />

1Z9J WA6TYJ HC1HC NE8Z TJP7PG IK2IQD<br />

3B8/F6EPY F6EPY HQ9F OH3MKH TM0ANT F6KDF<br />

3B8/IW1GIO IW1GIO HZ1IK DK7YY TM0C F6KOP<br />

3D2NB W7YAQ II0ANT I0NZK TM0TAF F4TTR<br />

3D2OU N7OU II1ANT IZ1GJK TM1ANT F5SIH<br />

3W9HRN DL1HRN II1OWG bureau TM2ANT F4DNW<br />

4N1856T YU1BM II1TPG IZ1CCE TM3ANT F5PFP<br />

4O3ANT YZ1SG II2ANT I2JJR TM4ANT F6BFH<br />

4O4T YU4DPR II2V IK2LNJ TM5ANT F5NOD<br />

4O6TESLA YU6GAA II4ANT IK4QIB TM6ANT F6ELE<br />

4U1WB KK4HD II5ANT IZ5BTC TM7ANT F6CKH<br />

4Z5J W0MM II7ANT IZ7AUH TM8ANT F8DVD


5R8SB PA0SSB II8ANT IZ8GGF TM8TAF F8BBL<br />

5Z4/OM2<strong>DX</strong> OM3JW IO0ANT I0YKN TM90BV F5LPY<br />

5Z4/OM2NW OM2NW IO2MET IK2IWU TM9ANT F5PAC<br />

6V6U K3IPK IO8ANT IK8WEJ TO1T F6HMQ<br />

6W7FZ DK6ZZ IR0ANT IZ0EGC TO2ANT F6HMJ<br />

7P8/IZ7ATN IZ0CKJ IR1ANT I1HYW TO5A F5VHJ<br />

7S3F SM3AF IR8ANT I8ACB TO7IR IZ8CCW<br />

8Q7SH DJ2BC IU0ANT IZ0BTV TU5JD IK2IQD<br />

8R1EA AH8<strong>DX</strong> IU8ANT I8QJU UE0SZI UA0SR<br />

8R1ZUM K7ZUM J37K AC8G UE1OPI UA1OJL<br />

9A15<strong>DX</strong> 9A1A J5UAP HA3AUI UE1OTA RZ1OA<br />

9H3RY W5PF JD1BLX JI5USJ UE3YAR/P RV3YR<br />

9H3V W5PF JD1BLY JI5RPT UE6ANT UA6HPR<br />

9H3W W5PF JW4GHA LA4GHA V31BH OH2BN<br />

9K45NLD 9K2RR JW5E LA5NM V31JP KA9WON<br />

9V1CW PA0KHS JW6Q LA9VDA V31PP OH2PM<br />

A41KJ N5FTR JW8AJA LA9VDA V44KJ WB2TSL<br />

A6/OD5TX W4JS JW9DFA LA9DFA V7/K7ZZ K7ZZ<br />

A61C W4JS JW9VDA LA9VDA V73WQ JL1WQO<br />

AT3ANT VU2UR KG4RN W9RN VE2CRAQ VE2CQ<br />

AX3MCG VK3WI KH2VL/KH0 JM1LJS VK0JLX VK2JLX<br />

AX8NSB VK6NE KH6BB K1ER VP2V/G6AY G3SWH<br />

C6ALC K2KJI KH6YY K2PF VP8DIZ G7KMZ<br />

C6ANM WA2IYO KP3/N2BA WA3RHW VP8DJB F5PFP<br />

C6ASB AK0M LU8XW WD9EWK VP8DJO G0JLX<br />

CE9/F2JD F6AJA LZ128LO LZ1KZA VU2PEP KF9TC<br />

CE9/HB9BXE HB9BXE LZ13ARDF LZ1KZA WP3C W3HNK<br />

CE9/N2WB N2OO LZ9C LZ1PM XE1UN N1NK<br />

CM6CAC EA5KB OH0E OH2MM XQ6ET W8UVZ<br />

CP4BT EA5KB ON100BOIC ON4CRD XR9A/MM N2OO<br />

D2<strong>DX</strong> OH2BAD ON4DAMIAN ON4CP (b) XU7TZG ON4AJV<br />

D2U EA7JX ON4DAMIAN ON4LN (c) XV9TH SK7AX<br />

DA0FIFA DL9ZEA P40A WD9DZV YB8SI YB9BU<br />

DR50BUND DL1WH P40CW F5CWU YJ0A<strong>DX</strong> DL9NDS<br />

DT8A HL2FDW P49MR VE3MR YK3R pirate<br />

DU7/DF5WA DF5WA PJ2T N9AG YQ9W YO9WF<br />

DU9/N0NM W4DR PJ5NA K1NA YS1ECB EA7BO<br />

EA8AH OH1RY PZ5CY IZ8CCW YT150YT YT7YT<br />

EM10HO UX2HO PZ5ZZ IZ8CCW YU80F YU1EFG<br />

EM10KGG UR5KGG RA1QQ/1 RA1QQ ZD8QD K4QD<br />

EM10KY IK1QFM RA1QY/1 RA1QQ ZD8WX W4WX<br />

EM10LV UR8LV RK3SWA/P UA3SDY ZF2AH W6VNR<br />

EM10UA UT7UA S9SS N4JR ZF2NE W5ASP<br />

EP3PTT OK1LO (a) ST0RM T93Y ZF2NT G3SWH<br />

EY8MM K1BV SU9GD DJ2AVB ZF2UL K3UL<br />

FK8AH W3HNK SV0XAO DJ5JH ZK1NOU N7OU<br />

FO/HA9RE HA8IB SY9A SV9COL ZK1WWA AD7AF<br />

FS/DL7DF DL7DF T40C N1KI ZK1YAQ W7YAQ<br />

FS5AK W1SJ T68G LA4YW ZL4IR W8WC<br />

FS5UQ W3HNK T80X DJ2EH ZL4WW W6YJG<br />

FT5XP F4EFI TI4CF W3HNK ZP6/N3BNA KA2AEV<br />

HB0/DL2SBY DL2SBY TI8M TI2KAC ZP9/N3BNA KA2AEV<br />

(a) 23-26 February 2006<br />

(b) bureau<br />

(c) direct<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

9K2RR Faisal al-Ajmi, P. O. Box 1124, 80000 al-Farwania, Kuwait<br />

AP2IA Ijaz Akram, 5 Haroon Road, Saroba Gardens, 17 Km Ferozepur Rd.,<br />

Lahore 54760, Pakistan<br />

DL7DF Sigi Presch, Wilhelmsmuehlenweg 123, D-12621 Berlin, Germany<br />

HA8IB Szabo Karoly, Aradi u. 42, H-5525 Fuzesgyarmat, Hungary<br />

JI5RPT Makoto Koyanagi, 5-42-203, Kadan, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-0815<br />

Japan<br />

JI5USJ Toru Koyanagi, 400-6-1119 Nagasoneminami, Hikone Shiga, 522-0052<br />

Japan<br />

LA9DFA Morten Kvenmoen, Brodbol, N-2224 Austmarka, Norway<br />

LA9VDA Trond Johannessen, Helgedalen 13, N-1528 Moss, Norway<br />

OH3MKH Seppo Sunikka, Raitasenpolku 6, 11100 Riihimaki, Finland<br />

RA1QQ Nick A.Smerdov, P.O. Box 24, Cherepovets 162611, Russia<br />

RZ1OA Vlad Sadakov, P.O. Box 48, Arkhangelsk, 163040, Russia<br />

TI2KAC Carlos Alfaro, P.O. Box 633-1007, Centro Colon, San Jose, Costa Rica<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #775<br />

11 March 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

5T - Fernando, EA1BT plans to be active on all bands as 5T6BT<br />

from<br />

Mauritania on 7-16 April. QSL via EA4URE. [TNX EC8AUA]<br />

5Z - Riccardo, IZ1GDB reports he will operate mainly on 20, 15 and<br />

17<br />

metres SSB as 5Z4/IZ1GDB from Kenya from 20 April to 1 May. QSL<br />

via<br />

home call, direct or bureau.<br />

7Q - Les, 7Q7LA is again operating from Malawi. He will stay there for<br />

a<br />

minimum of two months, and he and Harry, 7Q7HB expect to be able<br />

to<br />

fill many band/mode slots. QSL direct only via G0IAS. [TNX G0IAS]<br />

6Y - Tomas, LY1DF will operate (on 15-40 metres CW only) as<br />

6Y5/LY1DF<br />

from Jamaica (NA-097) on 12-18 March. QSL via bureau to LY1DF.<br />

[TNX<br />

NG3K]<br />

9A - 9A35Y will be aired on all bands and modes until the end of<br />

the<br />

year to celebrate the 35th anniversary of radio club "Jan<br />

Hus"<br />

(9A1CCY). QSL via 9A5CY. [TNX 9A5CY]<br />

9A - Once again Zik, VE3ZIK (http://www.qslnet.de/ve3zik) will<br />

be<br />

active as 9A/VE3ZIK from Bilice, Croatia between 17 March and<br />

5<br />

April. He will participate in the Russian <strong>DX</strong> and CQ WW WPX<br />

SSB<br />

contests, before and after them he will operate mostly on the<br />

WARC<br />

bands and wait for any FM opening on 29600 kHz. QSL via<br />

DL3PS,<br />

direct or through the DARC bureau. [TNX VE3ZIK]<br />

9M6 - Pete, SM5GMZ [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 761] will be in Cambodia (XU7ADI) for<br />

another<br />

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week before returning to Thailand (HS0ZFI). Starting 21 March<br />

he<br />

will be active as 9M6/SM5GMZ from East Malaysia for a couple<br />

of<br />

weeks. He will operate on all bands and modes, with a<br />

special<br />

emphasis on 160 and 80 metres. [TNX SM5GMZ]<br />

9Q - Luc, ON7KEC will be working in the Democratic Republic of<br />

Congo<br />

from early April until the end of July. He plans to operate on<br />

the<br />

amateur radio bands as 9Q/ON7KEC in his spare time. QSL via<br />

home<br />

call. [TNX ON8JP]<br />

CN - Jim, W7EJ will operate as CN2R from Morocco on 16-29 March. He<br />

will<br />

participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest<br />

as<br />

Single-Operator/Single-Band (80 metres), before and after<br />

the<br />

contest expect activity on the WARC bands and 6 metres EME. QSL<br />

via<br />

W7EJ. [TNX NG3K]<br />

EA6 - 9A3AXX, 9A3RE, 9A6XX and 9A8MM will operate as EA6/homecall<br />

from<br />

Ibiza, Balearic Islands on 17-20 March. The main reason for<br />

their<br />

trip is the participation in the Russiand <strong>DX</strong> Contest as<br />

EA6/9A8MM.<br />

QSL via home calls. [TNX 9A6XX]<br />

EY - Look for EY8/UA4CC and EY8/UR0MC to operate CW, SSB and RTTY<br />

from<br />

Dushanbe, Tajikistan on 14-21 March. They will concentrate on<br />

the<br />

low and WARC bands. QSL via home calls. On 18-19 March they<br />

will<br />

participate in the Russian <strong>DX</strong> Contest as EY0R (QSL via<br />

UA4CC,<br />

direct or bureau) with EY8MM, EY8CQ, EY8BA and possibly<br />

others.<br />

[TNX UA4CC]<br />

FG - Jean-Pierre, F5CVI will be active as FG/F5CVI from Sainte<br />

Rose,<br />

Guadeloupe (NA-102) on 20-27 March. He plans to operate SSB<br />

and<br />

RTTY on 10-40 metres (plus 80 and 160 metres depending on<br />

local<br />

conditions). QSL via home call. His log will be available<br />

at<br />

http://www.ham-radioamateur.org/ [TNX F5CVI]<br />

FM - Guy, F5MNW will be active as FM/F5MNW from Martinique (NA-107)<br />

from<br />

25 March to 8 April. He will operate CW on all bands. QSL<br />

via<br />

homecall, direct or bureau. [TNX F5MNW]<br />

HH - Jan K4QD (HH4/K4QD) and Bill W4WX (HH4/W4WX) will be at the<br />

NW<br />

Haiti Christian Mission (http://www.nwhcm.org/) on 20-31 March<br />

and<br />

plan to be active on 80-10 metres all modes. QSL HH4/W4WX via<br />

W4WX<br />

(direct), QSL HH4/K4QD via K4QD (direct or bureau). [TNX K4QD]


HB9 - Heinz/HB9BOS, Ruedi/HB9CQL and Nick/HB9DDZ will operate as<br />

HB20DIG<br />

from 8 March to 7 June to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the<br />

DIG<br />

Section of Switzerland. All of the QSOs will be<br />

confirmed<br />

automatically via the bureau. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />

I - Owing reasons beyond the operators' control, the 10-12<br />

March<br />

operation from Ustica Island [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 773] has been postponed for<br />

a<br />

few weeks [TNX IW9HLM]<br />

I - Alessandro, IW7EGK (40 metres SSB) and Giovanni, IW7DOL (20<br />

metres<br />

SSB) will be active from the lighthouse at Torre San Giovanni<br />

(WAIL<br />

PU-003, ARLHS ITA-171) on 12 March. [TNX IW7EGK]<br />

I - IK2DUW, IK2GPQ, IK2WFE, IK8UHA and IW2OAZ will operate on 160,<br />

80,<br />

40, 20, 15, 6 and 2 metres as IB0/IQ2LB from Ventotene<br />

Island<br />

(EU-045, IIA LT-001) on 22-24 April. QSL via bureau. [TNX IW2OAZ]<br />

J6 - Jack, K9JE reports he will be active as J68AR from St<br />

Lucia<br />

(NA-108) on 16-30 March. QSL via home call. Jack and others<br />

will<br />

participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest.<br />

J6 - Oleh, UR5BCP reports he will operate on 160-6 metres CW and<br />

SSB<br />

from St. Lucia (NA-108) from 30 March to 5 April. QSL via KD7WPJ.<br />

JD1_oga - Hide, JM1LJS (http://radio-dream.com/jd1blk/e/) will operate<br />

as<br />

either JD1BLK and JM1LJS/JD1 from Chichijima and<br />

Hahajima,<br />

Ogasawara (AS-031) from 30 April to 6 May. QSL via JM1LJS,<br />

direct<br />

or bureau.<br />

P2 - Joe, I2Y<strong>DX</strong> (P29Y<strong>DX</strong>) and Roberto, IK2WXZ (P29WXZ) will<br />

join<br />

Bernhard, DL2GAC (P29VMS) on a three-island operation from 15 to<br />

22<br />

March. They will start from the Femi Island (OC-101), followed<br />

by<br />

activities from the Tanga Islands (OC-102) and the Lihir<br />

Group<br />

(OC-069). Plans are to remain 2-3 days on each island and<br />

to<br />

operate on 40-10 metres SSB and CW. QSL via home calls. [TNX<br />

I2Y<strong>DX</strong>]<br />

P2 - Johan, PA3EXX reports he will operate (on 10, 15, 20, 30 and<br />

40<br />

metres CW and SSB) as P29VV from the Witu Islands (OC-181) on 16-<br />

19<br />

June. He also plans to be active from New Britain (OC-008) for<br />

a<br />

few days before and after the operation from OC-181.<br />

Further<br />

information is expected to be published<br />

on<br />

http://home.quicknet.nl/mw/prive/willemsen/.<br />

PA - Kees/PA3EEQ and Age/PA0XAW will operate on 80, 40, 20 and 2<br />

metres


CW, SSB and FM from a couple of Dutch lighthouses (ARLHS NET-<br />

005<br />

and NET-077) on 18 March. On the 25th they will operate<br />

from<br />

NET-024 on Texel Island (EU-038). QSL direct or via the<br />

bureau.<br />

Information on the Dutch Lighthouses Award can be found<br />

at<br />

http://www.dutchlighthouseaward.nl [TNX PA0XAW]<br />

S0 - Ten operators (namely Roberto/EA2RY, Pedro/EA5BJ,<br />

Fer/EA5FX,<br />

Javi/EA5KM, Francisco/EA5RD, Toni/EA5RM, Julio/EA5XX,<br />

Javi/EC4<strong>DX</strong>,<br />

Fabrizio/IN3ZNR and Dimitri/UY7CW) will be active as S01R<br />

from<br />

Western Sahara on 11-16 April. They will have four stations<br />

active<br />

on 10-160 metres CW, SSB, PSK31 and RTTY. QSL via EA5RM<br />

(Antonio<br />

Gonzalez, P.O. Box 930, 03200 Elche, Spain). Further<br />

information,<br />

on-line logs and pictures at http://www.s01r.com; the pilot will<br />

be<br />

be EA4TD (oscar@ea4td.com). [TNX EA5RM]<br />

T8 - Hide, JM1LJS will operate holiday style on all bands (mostly on<br />

15<br />

metres SSB and CW) as T80W from Palau (OC-009) on 17-20 March.<br />

QSL<br />

direct to home call. Logs wiil be available<br />

at<br />

http://radio-dream.com/t80w/<br />

TA - Eric, SM1TDE will operate mainly CW as TA4/SM1TDE from<br />

Kemer,<br />

Turkey on 9-16 April. He will also try to go and operate<br />

as<br />

TA0/SA1A from a couple of IOTA groups (AS-099 and AS-115). QSL<br />

via<br />

bureau to homecall. [TNX SM1TDE]<br />

TF - Amateur radio operators from Iceland are allowed to use the<br />

special<br />

prefix TF60 through the end of the year to celebrate the<br />

60th<br />

anniversary of the Icelandic Radio Amateurs<br />

(http://www.ira.is),<br />

their IARU national society. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />

TZ - Txema, EA5BWR and Luis, EA5KY have been involved in a<br />

"radio<br />

solidarity" project in Diougunte, Mali since 6 March and<br />

will<br />

remain in that country through the 19th. They have applied for<br />

TZ#R<br />

and TZ#URE and plans are to operate CW, SSB and possibily some<br />

RTTY<br />

in their spare time until 17 March. QSL via EA4URE. [TNX EA2RY]<br />

UA - RA9XV, RA9XY, UA9XBL and UA9XC will be active on 80-10 metres<br />

CW<br />

and SSB as RI1PXC from Kolguev Island (EU-085) on 14-20 March.<br />

QSL<br />

via UA9XC. During the Russian <strong>DX</strong> Contest (18-19 March) they<br />

will<br />

operate as RI1PI. QSL both calls via UA9XC, direct or bureau.<br />

[TNX


www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

UA - RA1QQ, RA1PAW, UA1PBU, UA1QV will be active as either UE1RCV/1<br />

and<br />

homecall/1 or /p from Sengeyskiy Island (EU-188) on 14-20<br />

March.<br />

During the Russian <strong>DX</strong> Contest they will operate as UA1QV/1.<br />

QSL<br />

UE1RCV/1 via UA1RJ, others via home call. [TNX IZ8CCW]<br />

V2 - Bob, W4OWY (V25WY) and Mark, W9OP (V25OP) will be active<br />

from<br />

Antigua (NA-100) on 13-19 March. They will operate SSB, CW and<br />

RTTY<br />

on 6-160 metres, with an emphasis on the low bands. QSL via<br />

home<br />

calls, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

VU4 - Frank, DL4KQ (VU3FRK) reports that amateur radio operations<br />

from<br />

the Andaman Islands during and after the Hamfest<br />

event<br />

(http://www.niar.org/hamfest_vu4/intro.html) will take place<br />

for<br />

eight days (18-25 April). Callsigns, QSL routes, and other<br />

details<br />

are expected to be announced in due course.<br />

Bookmark<br />

http://www.dx-pedition.de/andaman2006/index.html for updates.<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

10M BEACON ---> SR4TEN is the first Polish beacon on 10 metres. Located at<br />

the office of the MK QTC Magazine in Suchacz (JO94RG), it was activated at<br />

10.15 UTC on 6 March and operates with 3 watts on 28.203 MHz. If you copy the<br />

beacon, please e-mail your report to qtc@post.pl [TNX SP2FAP]<br />

<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (February 2006) is now available<br />

at http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/monthly/. Articles and pictures should be sent to<br />

Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS ---> YI/OM2<strong>DX</strong> from Iraq (operation commencing on 9 June 2003) has<br />

been approved for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit.<br />

HOLYLAND <strong>DX</strong> CONTEST ---> The Israel Amateur Radio Club (IARC) invites all<br />

amateur radio operators and SWLs to participate in the annual Holyland <strong>DX</strong><br />

Contest, which will take place on 15 April (from 00.00 UTC until 23.59 UTC).<br />

Details can be found on the IARC web site (www.iarc.org). This year's event<br />

is dedicated to the memory of the late Michail Kommisarchik 4X4CD, who was<br />

the manager and a team leader at the club station 4Z4SZ. [TNX 4Z4KX]<br />

NOT THE MANAGER ---> Anna Mischi, IS0LLJ is receiving QSL cards confirming<br />

contacts made with IM0A in July 2004. Please note that the correct QSL route<br />

for that operation is via IS0BMU, while Anna is the QSL manager only for the<br />

activity that took place on 10-13 October 1997.<br />

NOT THE MANAGER ---> Tim Dickerson, N9NU reports that, owing to his business<br />

commitments, he will no longer be able to manage YB0GJS/YB1GJS, 9K9A, 9K2AI,


A92GQ, UA9CKN and RU3GF with immediate effect. However, he is still the QSL<br />

manager for KH6XT: "I chose to keep Dennis", he says, "as I have known him<br />

for a long time and was the first station I managed". Tim will forward the<br />

cards he has on hand to the new managers as they are found.<br />

QSL 6O0N ---> Silvano, I2YSB reports that all of the direct requests received<br />

so far have been processed and mailed. Those who have requested a direct<br />

card, will not receive a second (dupe) card via the bureau; those who have<br />

requested bureau cards through the Internet<br />

(http://www.i2ysb.com/6o0n/log_qsl/qsllog.php) need neither to e-mail Silvano<br />

nor to send their own bureau cards. [TNX I2YSB]<br />

QSL VIA IV3OWC ---> Claudio reports that all of the requests for his past<br />

operations (9E1C, ST2CF, TL8DPA, etc) have been processed an mailed.<br />

SIMEULUE ISLAND ---> The Toba <strong>DX</strong> Group team started their operation from this<br />

IOTA new one on 8 March as planned [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 773]. The Mediterraneo <strong>DX</strong> Club<br />

sponsors the expedition and has arranged for QSL cards for Europe to be<br />

managed by IZ8CCW (direct or bureau). All others should go via YB1BOD/6<br />

(Donny Sirait, P.O. Box 1206, Medan 20233, Indonesia).<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

LOGS: On-line logs for the recent operations by Wulf/DL1AWI, Mat/DL5XU<br />

and<br />

Erik/DL9AWI from the Marquesas and Austral Islands are available<br />

at<br />

http://www.radioklub.de/cgcg [TNX DL3APO]<br />

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8CF, 3B9FR, 3V8SM (AF-083), 4A7L,<br />

4J6ZZ, 4J9RI, 4K6DI, 4L1QX, 4L2M, 4L4KK, 4U60UN, 5R8GZ, 5T0JL, 5X1RI, 6O0N,<br />

6W1RW, 6Y3R, 6Y7A, 7X0RY, 7Z1SJ, 8Q7EA, 8R1K, 9G5OO, 9J2CA, 9K2KS, 9K2USA,<br />

9M6BG, 9V1YC, A52C<strong>DX</strong>, A61AR, A61AS, A61R, AB2RF/6Y5, BA7QT, C6AKQ, CE6M<br />

(SA-061), CN2WW, CN8YR, D2<strong>DX</strong>, DL5XX/HI9, DU1/IV3IYH, <strong>DX</strong>0ST, <strong>DX</strong>0TIC, ED1ND<br />

(EU-080), EY8CQ, EZ8AQ, F6BEE/6W, FG5BG, FH/G3TXF, FM5BH, FO/N6JA, FS/K9EL,<br />

FS5UQ, FT5XO, G4WFQ/6W, HC2SL, HC8N, HK0FD, HK0OEP, HP3XUG, HZ1NH, JW8OKA,<br />

K3LP/KP5, K7C, KL7<strong>DX</strong>, KP4SQ, LU1ZR (AN-013), LY2ZZ, MD4K, N3KS/KP5, OL8M,<br />

OX3DB, P40E, PJ7/ND5S, PZ5C/P (SA-092), PZ5WP, R1ANB (AN-016; AA UA-07),<br />

R1ANF (AN-016; AA UA-04), R1ANN (AN-016; AA UA-08), R1ANZ (AN-016; AA UA-07),<br />

S21AR, S9SS, ST0RM, SV8/G4ELZ/P (EU-113), SV9FBG, T6X, T88BH, T88GG, TF0GX,<br />

TI0SP, TI5N, TI8/KG6UH, TI8CBT, TR8CA, V26G, V26K, V31YN/P (NA-180),<br />

V44/EW1AR, V85SS, V8PMB, VK9LA, VK9NS, VP2E, VP5/N0VD, VP5/WJ2O, VP5RED,<br />

VR2BG, WP3C, XF4IH, XQ5SM, XT2JZ, YI1BGD, YI1EM, YN4SU, ZB2/G3TXF, ZB2FK,<br />

ZD8R, ZF1A, ZF2AH, ZF2CJ, ZF2NE, ZP0R.<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #776<br />

18 March 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

3B9 - Jose, ON4LAC (3B8/ON4LAC) reports he has been authorized to<br />

operate<br />

from Rodrigues for the period 18-29 April, but he hopes to have<br />

the<br />

licence extended through 14 May. Jose is expected to be on<br />

Mauritius<br />

Island starting on 17 March [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 771].<br />

6W - Jacques, F6BEE will operate as 6W1RW from Senegal on 21-27<br />

March,<br />

including an entry in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest. QSL via home<br />

call.<br />

[TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />

9V - Selva, 9V1UV will participate in the BARTG RTTY Contest (18-<br />

19<br />

March) using the Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting<br />

Society's<br />

contest call S65X. QSL via PA0KHS. [TNX 9V1CW]<br />

C6 - Foster, W1CGT will operate on 40-6 metres as W1CGT/C6A from<br />

South<br />

Andros Island (NA-001), Bahamas on 18-25 March. QSL via home<br />

call.<br />

[TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

CN - Brad, K7ZSD will operate as CN2SD from Morocco on 20-28<br />

March,<br />

including a Single Operator entry on 20 metres during the CQ WW<br />

WPX<br />

SSB Contest. QSL via K7ZSD. [TNX NG3K]<br />

DL - A large group of operators will be active as DA0HEL from<br />

Helgoland<br />

Island (EU-127, N-14 for the German Islands Award) and lighthouse<br />

on<br />

16-21 March. QSL via bureau. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />

I - Special event call II0FGN will be aired by ARI Frascati from<br />

25<br />

March to 2 April for the 406th Fair at Grottaferrata (Rome).<br />

[TNX<br />

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I - Look for Davide/IW9GUR, Angelo/IW9HLM,<br />

Riccardo/IT9CVO,<br />

Andrea/IT9RKR and Andrea/IW9HQP to be signing IE9/homecall<br />

from<br />

Ustica Island (EU-051, IIA PA-001) from 31 March to 2 April.<br />

They<br />

plan to have three stations active on all bands except 30<br />

metres,<br />

plus 6 metres. [TNX IW9GUR]<br />

JA - Nobi, JA1JCF plans to operate on 15-30 metres CW as JA1JCF/1<br />

from<br />

Inubo Saki Lighthouse (ARLHS JAP-171), Chiba prefecture on 25-<br />

26<br />

March. QSL via home call. In case of bad weather, the activity<br />

will<br />

be postponed to 15-16 April. [TNX JA1JCF]<br />

J7 - Mike/WA2VQW, Bob/WB2NVR, Bob/N2DVQ and Adam/N2DHH will operate<br />

as<br />

J75RZ from Dominica (NA-101) on 22-28 March, CQ WW WPX SSB<br />

Contest<br />

included. QSL via W2RZS, direct or bureau. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />

OH - Ric, DL2VFR (http://www.iota-expedition.com) and Frank, DL2SWW<br />

plan<br />

to operate as OH1/DL2VFR and OH1/DL2SWW from Korpo Island (EU-<br />

096)<br />

on 22-29 March. Expect activity on 160-6 metres mostly CW, with<br />

some<br />

SSB and RTTY. QSL via home calls, preferably through the<br />

DARC<br />

bureau. [TNX DL2VFR]<br />

PJ6 - Joeke, PA0VDV will operate CW only as PJ6/PA0VDV from Saba (NA-<br />

145)<br />

from 19 March to 5 April. QSL via home call. [TNX PA0VDV]<br />

S9 - Frank, F4BQO (TR8FC) will be active as S9/F4BQO on 19-26 March.<br />

He<br />

plans to operate SSB and CW on 20, 15 and 10 metres, between 8<br />

and<br />

10 UTC and again around 17 UTC. QSL via F4BQO. [TNX F8REF]<br />

SV - Special event call SY05AIA will be aired from 15 March until 15<br />

June<br />

to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Athen's International<br />

Airport<br />

"Eleftherios Venizelos". The operators will be SV1GE, SV1RP,<br />

SV1AAU,<br />

SV2DGH, SV1DPJ, SV2FWV, SV1JCZ and SV0XAD. QSL via SV2FWV, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. Further information on the event and the relevant award<br />

can<br />

be found at http://www.aia.gr/en/special/index.html [TNX SV2FWV]<br />

VU4 - As reported last week, the previously announced 3-day amateur<br />

radio<br />

activities during the 18-20 April Hamfest at Port Blair,<br />

Andaman<br />

Islands (http://www.niar.org/hamfest_vu4/intro.html) have<br />

been<br />

extended, and licence holders taking part in the event are<br />

now<br />

permitted to operate until 25 April. According to Frank, DL4KQ<br />

a<br />

short visit to the Nicobar Islands (AS-033) is currently<br />

being


taken into consideration by the official parties concerned. So<br />

far<br />

the following groups/individuals have announced their activities:<br />

* DL4KQ (VU3FRK), DL5OAB, F4EGD, F5CWU, IK1PMR<br />

(VU3TLY),<br />

K2LEO/IZ1GLO (VU3PLM), K3LP, N6TQS, VU3RSB and possibily<br />

others<br />

(http://www.dx-pedition.de/andaman2006/index.html)<br />

* DL7DF, DK1BT, SP3DOI, SP3GEM and SP3CYY (http://www.dl7df.com/)<br />

* DL7AFS and DJ7ZG (http://www.qsl.net/dl7afs/)<br />

* DK5WL (www.160m.de)<br />

ZD8 - Justin, G4TSH will be active as ZD8Q from Ascension Island (AF-<br />

003)<br />

from 24 March to 8 April. This will be a business trip and<br />

Justin<br />

will operate (on 10-40 metres mostly CW) in his spare time QSL<br />

via<br />

home call. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

CENTRAL AMERICA TOUR ---> Marcos, EA1APV (http://www.ureoviedo.com/ea1apv)<br />

will be visiting Central and North America in Mach-April. On 22-28 March he<br />

will be in Guatemala (TG), then he will operate as V31SF from Belize from 29<br />

March to 2 April. On 4-14 April he will be in Honduras (including Roatan<br />

Island, NA-057, from the 7th to the 14th), while on 15-20 April he will in be<br />

Florida (expect activity from various lighthouses). QSL via home call, direct<br />

or bureau. All QSOs will be uploaded to LOTW. [TNX EA1APV]<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

===========================<br />

Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

NOT THE MANAGER ---> Steve, 9M6<strong>DX</strong>X understands that the <strong>DX</strong>4Win program shows<br />

a JA QSL manager for 9M6<strong>DX</strong>X. This is incorrect: this callsign has never been<br />

issued before, and Steve has never had a QSL manager in Japan (or elsewhere).<br />

The only correct QSL route for 9M6<strong>DX</strong>X is direct only (there is no functioning<br />

QSL bureau in East Malaysia) to Steve Telenius-Lowe, WDT 527, 88905 Kota<br />

Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Do not use his old address is in England, as Steve<br />

left the country 8 months ago and mail is no longer being forwarded to him.<br />

[TNX 9M6<strong>DX</strong>X]<br />

QSL VIA IK2QPR ---> Paolo reports that effective immediately he is the QSL<br />

manager for EK3GM and EK3AA (both were via DK6CW), as well as UK8OAM.<br />

RUSSIAN <strong>DX</strong> CONTEST ---> The Russian <strong>DX</strong> Contest will be held from 12 UTC on 18<br />

March till 12.UTC on the 19th. All of the relevant information can be found<br />

at http://www.rdxc.org<br />

S01R ---> A survey form has been added to the S01R web site<br />

(http://www.s01R.com) to let the expeditioners know on which bands/modes you<br />

need Western Sahara. The operation will take place on 11-16 April [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N<br />

775]. [TNX EA5RM]<br />

S79RRC: The S79RRC team has posted the story of their trip at<br />

http://www.qso.ru/s79rrc/eng/story_eng.php; if you want to check the status<br />

of your QSL request, please visit http://www.qso.ru/s79rrc/eng/qsl.php.<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

LOGS: On-line logs for Gerard's (F2JD) recent operations before<br />

and<br />

after 3Y0X can be found at<br />

http://LesNouvelles<strong>DX</strong>.free.fr<br />

(click on "logs en ligne"). These include CE0Z<br />

(Juan<br />

Fernandez, SA-005), LU/F2JD (Tierra del Fuego, SA-008)<br />

and<br />

CE9/F2JD (South Shetlands, AN-010). [TNX F6AJA]<br />

LOGS: When travelling to and from Peter I, the team operated<br />

as<br />

XR9A. There were three separate logs produced: XR9A<br />

(South<br />

Shetlands), XR9A/8 (Punta Arenas, Chile) and XR9A/MM (from<br />

the<br />

"DAP Mares" on way to and from 3Y0X). The XR9A log search<br />

is<br />

now up and running at http://www.peterone.com/xr9alog.htm,<br />

but<br />

the logs are incomplete. QSL for all via N2OO.<br />

PHOTO GALLERY: Pictures of the recent trip by Steve, MW0ZZK and<br />

Florent,<br />

F4CYZ to French Guyana (FY/MW0ZZK, FY/F4CYZ and TO7IR<br />

from<br />

SA-020) and Suriname (PZ5ZZ and PZ5CY) can be found<br />

at<br />

http://sites.estvideo.net/f4cyz/1/fypz/fypz.html [TNX IZ8CCW]<br />

_____________________________________________________________________________<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

******* QSL INFO ********<br />

===========================<br />

Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

===================================================================<br />

CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />

===================================================================<br />

3B6<strong>DX</strong> pirate ED6TDV EA6SB R1ANF RK1PWA<br />

3D2JM JA2EWE ED8IWD EA8BHD RI1PI UA9XC<br />

3D2NB W7YAQ EG0URV EA5URV RI1PXC UA9XC<br />

3D2OU N7OU EK6TA DJ0MCZ RK2FWA DK4VW<br />

3D2RO N7OU EK6YL SP9ERV RS14IPA RK3AW<br />

3D2RX W7YAQ EY8/UA4CC UA4CC SA2006EM SM6YOU<br />

3W9JR OK1JN EY8/UR0MC UR0MC SJ4C SM4BZH<br />

4A7L WA3HUP EY8DQ DJ1MM SQ0NATO SP1PBW<br />

4K7Z UA3F<strong>DX</strong> FM5JC F5CWU SU9HP SM0CFO<br />

4K9W DL6KVA GP0STH G4DIY SV5/DJ7RJ DJ7RJ<br />

4L8A DJ1CW H44MS DL2GAC SY05AIA SV2FWV<br />

5N6EAM IK2IQD HI3TEJ ON4IQ TM4CMC F6BZH<br />

5U7B I2YSB HK4QHD EA5KB TM5CMC F8CSD<br />

5V7BR F5RUQ HQ9F OH3MKH TP1CE F5LGF


5W1VE DL9HCU HR1AAB EA7FTR TR8CA F6CBC<br />

5X1GS WB2YQH HZ1YB DK7YY TT8LN F5TLN<br />

5Z4KI YO9AFH IX1CNR IZ1GCZ TY4TW GM4FDM<br />

6W4RK F5NPS J37LR VE3EBN TY5LEO IK1PMR<br />

6Y5/LY1DF LY1DF J37T VE3EBN TY5MR IK1PMR<br />

7Q7HB G0IAS J5UAP HA3AUI TY5WP PA7FM<br />

7Q7LA G0IAS J79<strong>DX</strong> VA3Y<strong>DX</strong> TZ6DEL EA4URE<br />

7Z1SJ EA7FTR J79WP DL5JMN UA1PBN/1 RK1PWA<br />

8P9NX W0SA J88DR G3TBK UA1QV/1 UA1QV<br />

9A650C 9A7K JW5E LA5NM UE105SBM RZ0SB<br />

9G1AA PA3ERA JW5NM LA5NM UE1RCV/1 UA1RJ<br />

9G5OO DL4WK K9PPY/5 K9PPY UE8TWV RX0SD<br />

9H3<strong>DX</strong> W5PF KL7J N3SL UN7AB DL8KAC<br />

9H3JT G3PJT LU1ECZ EA5KB UN7QX W7BO<br />

9H3RY W5PF LU7YZ EA7FTR V25OP W9OP<br />

9H3V W5PF LY3W LY3BW V25WY W4OWY<br />

9K2MU WA4JTK LZ128LO LZ1KZA VP2MDD M0AEP<br />

A35RK W7TSQ MJ/K3PLV K3PLV VQ9OW KA9JOW<br />

AX1AA VK1AA MJ/K8PT K8PT WP3F OK1DOT<br />

AX3CGB VK3CGB MJ/N1NK N1NK XE7T N7BXX<br />

AX3GAMES VK3WI MJ/W8JWN W8JWN XU7ADI SM5GMZ<br />

AX3MCG VK3WI MM0XAU DJ6AU YB0ECT K3AIR<br />

BW2/K0PY K0RS OE4A OE1EMS YB1BOD/6 IZ8CCW (a)<br />

C31GN pirate OH0B OH2BH YB1BOD/6 YB1BOD/6 (b)<br />

C6A/W2IRT W2IRT OH0Z W0MM YB6LYS/P IZ8CCW (a)<br />

C6AKQ N4BP OY3QN OZ1ACB YB6LYS/P YB1BOD/6 (b)<br />

C6AMM K1CN OZ0ACA ON4ACA YB6PLG/P IZ8CCW (a)<br />

C91VB UA4WHX P29K LZ1JZ YB6PLG/P YB1BOD/6 (b)<br />

CN8PA EA7FTR P29WXZ IK2WXZ YC3DIK IZ8CCW<br />

CN8SG EA7FTR P29Y<strong>DX</strong> I2Y<strong>DX</strong> YC6JKV/P IZ8CCW (a)<br />

CO2NB EA5KB P40A WD9DZV YC6JKV/P YB1BOD/6 (b)<br />

CO6LPB EA7FTR P40D WD9DZV YC6LAY/P IZ8CCW (a)<br />

CO6WD W0SA P40TW W7YW YC6LAY/P YB1BOD/6 (b)<br />

CT3/DL3KWF DL3KWF PA60LDN PA7DA YI1OM IK2DUW<br />

CT3/DL3KWR DL3KWR PJ4/K2NG WA2NHA YT65WRTC YT6A<br />

CT8T CT1DVV PJ4G WA2NHA YU0NT YU1SRS<br />

DR60SBG DG1EA PJ7/W8EB W8EB YU7TESLA YU7BPQ<br />

DT8A HL2FDW PJ7B W8EB YV5ANF EA7FTR<br />

DZ1JP JA1HGY PT7ZXU CT1AHU ZS2BS DJ5MS<br />

(a) Europe (b) others<br />

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******* ADDRESSES *******<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

8R1Z P.O. Box 12111, Georgetown, Guyana<br />

9M6<strong>DX</strong>X Steve Telenius-Lowe, WDT 527, 88905 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia<br />

EZ8AQ Eugene Sviridow, Sadowaja Street-13, Kosterewo City, Vladimirskaja<br />

Obl., Petushinskij r-on, 601110 Russia<br />

HC1HW Angela de Caviedes, P.O. Box 17-17-1689, Quito, Ecuador<br />

I2Y<strong>DX</strong> Giuseppe de Gasperin, Via Trento 1, 21020 Brebbia - VA, Italy<br />

IK2QPR Paolo Fava, Via Bertani 8, 46100 Mantova - MN, Italy<br />

IK2WXZ Roberto Zanchin, Via Case Nuove 3, 21020 Brebbia - VA, Italy<br />

IZ8CCW Antonio Cannataro, P.O. Box 360, 87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy<br />

LZ1JZ Tony Stefanov, P.O Box 43, Harmanli 6450, Bulgaria<br />

OK1DOT Petr Gustab, Box 52, Cesky Brod, 282 01 Czech Republic


SM6YOU Rickard Dahlstedt, Ekebergsgatan 4D, 417 02 Gothenburg, Sweden<br />

VA3Y<strong>DX</strong> Igor Slakva, 105 La Rose Avenue, #803, Etobicoke, ON M9P 1A9,<br />

Canada<br />

W3HNK Joseph Arcure Jr, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352,<br />

USA<br />

W7YW Thomas H. Worthy, P.O. Box 8115, Cave Creek, AZ 85327, USA<br />

YB1BOD/6 Donny Sirait, P.O. Box 1206, Medan 20233, Indonesia<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #777<br />

25 March 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

(e-mail i1jqj@<strong>425</strong>dxn.org )<br />

Contributors are invited to send their <strong>DX</strong> information to<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ (i1jqj@<strong>425</strong>dxn.org)<br />

The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

3D2 - Brian, N6IZ will be active (on 10-80 metres SSB, CW and<br />

digital<br />

modes) as 3D2IZ from Namotu Island (OC-121), Fiji from 25<br />

March<br />

through 1 April. QSL via home call. The trip is focused on<br />

surfing,<br />

and operating times will center around the times and<br />

frequencies<br />

posted at<br />

http://www.brianboschma.com/fiji/Fiji2006_operation.htm<br />

[TNX N6IZ]<br />

5A - A large team of operators from Germany (DF2SS, DF6QV, DJ2VO,<br />

DJ7EO,<br />

DJ7IK, DJ8NK, DJ9CB, DK1BT, DK1II, DK7YY, DL1BDF, DL3KDV, DL5EBE<br />

and<br />

DL9USA), Switzerland (HB9AHL and HB9DTE), Italy (IT9ESZ),<br />

The<br />

Netherlands (PA0R) and USA (K3LP) will be active on all bands<br />

and<br />

modes as 5A7A from Libya on 14-28 November, CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW<br />

Contest<br />

included. QSL via DL9USA, direct or bureau. Further<br />

information,<br />

including how to contribute to the expedition, is available<br />

at<br />

http://5a7a.gmxhome.de/ [TNX DJ7IK]<br />

6W - Didier, F6ELE will operate as 6W2/F6ELE from Carabane<br />

Island<br />

(AF-078) for a few days between 9 and 18 June. QSL via home<br />

call.<br />

[TNX F6ELE]<br />

8P - Richard, G3RWL will operate (CW and data using 100w and<br />

wire<br />

antennas) as 8P6DR from Barbados (NA-021) from 28 March to 5<br />

April.<br />

QSL via G3RWL, direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau<br />

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cards<br />

can be sent to g3rwl@amsat.org). [TNX G3RWL]<br />

8Q - Simon, M0BOX will be active again as 8Q7BO from Kuredu<br />

Island,<br />

Maldives (AS-013) on 7-20 April. He plans to operate on 40-10<br />

metres<br />

SSB and to concentrate on PSK31 and RTTY, plus SSTV if<br />

requested.<br />

QSL via home call [TNX M0BOX]<br />

9A - Frans, ON6KN reports he will operate as 9A/ON6KN from<br />

Losinj<br />

(EU-136) on 21-26 May.<br />

EA9 - John, G4IRN and Roger, G3SXW expected to operate as ZB2/G4IRN<br />

and<br />

ZB2/G3SXW from Gibraltar on 23-27 March. However, they have<br />

had<br />

problems with the antennas, and on 25 March they will go and<br />

operate<br />

as EA9/G4IRN and EA9/G3SXW from Ceuta until the 27th. QSL via<br />

home<br />

calls. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

FS - John, K9EL reports will operate as FS/K9EL from Saint<br />

Martin<br />

(NA-105) on 3-11 April. He will be using 100 watts and<br />

vertical<br />

antennas for 10 through 80 metres. QSL via home call.<br />

GM - An operation from the Isle of Rockall (EU-189) is being planned<br />

to<br />

take place for 5-6 days between 16 and 28 June. Operators so<br />

far<br />

include Jacek/SP5DRH, James/MM0CWJ, Witold/SP5LCC and<br />

Terje/LA3OHA,<br />

but others are being sought. Please email<br />

dxpedition2000@dxpedition.org if interested in joining the<br />

team.<br />

Further information is expected to be available in due course<br />

at<br />

http://www.dxpedition.org/<br />

GW - North Wakefield ARC members Charles/M0OXO, Nigel/M0NJW,<br />

Chris/M1TRC,<br />

Steve/2E0JTI and Barry/2E0JRZ will operate as GB4CI from<br />

Caldey<br />

Island (EU-124) and lighthouse (WAL-004) on 24-31 July. They<br />

will<br />

participate in the IOTA Contest as GW5X. QSL for both callsigns<br />

via<br />

M3ZYZ, direct or bureau. [TNX M0OXO]<br />

LZ - Special event call LZ80R will be aired through the end of the<br />

year<br />

to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the first amateur radio club<br />

in<br />

Bulgaria. QSL via bureau to LZ1BJ. [TNX LZ1BJ]<br />

OA - Daniel, DL5YWM will be in Peru on 7-30 April and will operate CW<br />

and<br />

SSB as OA4/DL5YWM from Lima in his spare time. He will have 160<br />

and<br />

80 metres, but he is a bit pessimistic because the QRM level in<br />

the<br />

city is very high. QSL via home call. On 17 April he will be<br />

joined<br />

by Daniel, DL5SE, who will operate moslty CW as OA4/DL5SE until


the<br />

30th. On 22-26 April (+/- 1 day, depending on weather and<br />

sea<br />

conditions) the two Daniels along with Marcial (OA4DM) and<br />

Jorge<br />

(OA4BHY) will be active as OC5I from Isla Chincha del<br />

Centro<br />

(SA-073). They plan to operate CW and SSB on 10-160 metres. QSL<br />

OC5I<br />

via DL5WM. [TNX DL5YWM]<br />

OK - Special station OL74CAV will be active on 23 April to celebrate<br />

the<br />

74th anniversary of the Ceskomoravsti Amateri<br />

Vysilaci<br />

(Czech-Moravian Transmitting Amateurs, www.c-a-v.com). QSL<br />

via<br />

OK1UU. [TNX OK1UU]<br />

PY0_fni - Orlando, PT2OP (PY2TJ) will operate holiday style as ZV0F<br />

from<br />

Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) from 30 March to 4 April. He expects<br />

to<br />

be active on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB mainly during<br />

his<br />

nights. QSL via PT2OP, direct (preferably) or bureau. [TNX PY2HS]<br />

TA - Six members of the OK <strong>DX</strong> Foundation (namely OK1MU, OK1TN,<br />

OK1FIA,<br />

OK1DG, OK1CDJ and OK2VZE) plan to be active from at least<br />

one<br />

Turkish island for about four days between 24 April and 5 May.<br />

They<br />

will operate CW and SBB on 40, 30, 20, 17 and 15 metres with<br />

two<br />

stations with amplifiers. QSL via OK2GZ, direct or bureau. They<br />

have<br />

prepared a survey for IOTA enthusiasts to let them know which of<br />

the<br />

following IOTA groups are needed: AS-098, AS-099, AS-115, AS-<br />

123,<br />

AS-154, AS-159 and EU-186. Please<br />

visit<br />

http://www.okdxf.cz/ankety/iota_ta/iota_ta_en.php and cast<br />

your<br />

vote.<br />

TA - Berkin, TA3J will operate as TA3J/0 from Sican Island (AS-115)<br />

when<br />

weather permits between 1 and 22 April. Expect activity on all<br />

bands<br />

and modes. QSL via TA3YJ, direct (SAE plus 1 IRC. no green<br />

stamps<br />

please) or bureau. [TNX TA3J]<br />

UA - Special call R45G will be aired from the radio club station<br />

(RK3DZB)<br />

at the Cosmonauts Traning Center on Zvyozdny Gorodok on 10-16<br />

April<br />

to commemorate the 45th anniversary of Yuri A. Gagarin's first<br />

human<br />

flight in space (12 April 1961). Activity will be on SSB, CW,<br />

RTTY,<br />

PSK31, MFSK16 and SSTV on the HF bands. QSL direct only via<br />

RW6HS<br />

(Vasil M. Kasyanenko, P.O. Box 0, Novopavlovsk, Stavropolsky<br />

kr.,


357300, Russia). [TNX RW6HS]<br />

VE - The Surrey Amateur Radio Club (VE7SAR/VE2) will be operating<br />

SSB<br />

from La Madeleine Islands (NA-038) during IOTA Contest (29-30<br />

July).<br />

Look for Heinz, VA7AQ to start operating on the 24th. [TNX VA7AQ]<br />

W - Sponsored by the Central Oregon <strong>DX</strong> Club (http://www.codxc.com/),<br />

the<br />

first running of the "7th Call Area QSO Party" (7QP) will be<br />

held<br />

from 13 UTC on 6 May until 7 UTC on the 7th. The rover team<br />

of<br />

I2UIY, K2RD and W6OAT will be operating as K7SB/m from the<br />

following<br />

rare Counties in the rare State of Nevada: Carson City,<br />

Churchill,<br />

Douglas, Esmeralda, Humboldt, Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Nye,<br />

Pershing,<br />

Storey and Washoe. The proposed itinerary is shown<br />

at<br />

http://www.i2uiy.it/k7sb.html [TNX I2UIY]<br />

YB - Kardi, YB1TC reporta the a group of operators from call areas 0,<br />

1<br />

and 4 of Indonesia (callsigns not provided) will hold a "Low<br />

Band<br />

Krakatau QSO Party" from Krakatau Island (OC-262) on 9-10 April<br />

to<br />

celebrate the 38th anniversary of ORARI. Look for them to be<br />

active<br />

using their home calls as follows (QRG +/- 5 kHz):<br />

9 April: 1.825 MHz 17.15-19.00 UTC CW<br />

19.15-23.00 UTC SSB<br />

1.850 MHz 12.15-17.00 UTC SSB<br />

3.805 MHz 23.15-02.99 UTC SSB<br />

3.805 MHz 02.15-05.00 UTC CW<br />

7.085 MHz 07.15-09.00 UTC SSB<br />

7.085 MHz 09.15-11.00 UTC CW<br />

10 April: 1.825 MHz 15.15-19.00 UTC CW<br />

1.850 MHz 19.15-23.00 UTC SSB<br />

QSL to P.O. Box 1000 JKS, Jakarta 12010, Indonesia. The<br />

event<br />

sponsored by the Indonesian Amteur Radio Old Timer (www.arot.org).<br />

YB - The YE6P expedition to Simeulue Island (OC-270), originally<br />

expected<br />

to take place on 10-16 April, has been postoponed for a month<br />

or<br />

two, but it has not been cancelled. "Kardi (YB1TC) and his<br />

group<br />

still plan on putting it on", Al (K8SIX) reports, "as the<br />

last<br />

operation never made it into NA or SA and apparently some<br />

of<br />

northern EU". [TNX K8SIX and www.islandchaser.com]<br />

YU - Raffaele, IV3NVB and Roberto, IV3SRD will be active probably<br />

as<br />

YU8/IV3NVB e YU8/IV3SRD from Kossovo until 3 August. QSL via<br />

home<br />

calls (bureau). [TNX IV3EHH]<br />

YU - Charlie, 4N7CC reports that a few special callsigns will be<br />

aired<br />

from Senta (Vojvodina, Serbia & Montenegro) until 31 December<br />

to


celebrate the 500th anniversary of that city: 4N7CC will<br />

use<br />

4N500CC, 4N7ZZ will use 4N500ZZ, YU7BW will use YU500BW, YU7CM<br />

will<br />

use YU500CM, YU7JDE will use YU500JDE, YZ7A (contest call) will<br />

use<br />

YZ500A.<br />

YV0 - Operators from the Association of Radioamateurs of Venezuela<br />

(ARV)<br />

and the Grupo <strong>DX</strong> Caracas will be active as YX0A from Aves<br />

Island<br />

(NA-020) in April. The team plans to leave on the 17th and to be<br />

QRV<br />

on the 19th. They expect to be operating through two<br />

weekends.<br />

Further information is likely to be posted on<br />

http://www.yv0.info/<br />

[TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

CARIBBEAN TRIP ---> Lars, SM0CCM (J73CCM) and Seth, SM7XBI (J79XBI), will be<br />

QRV from Dominica (NA-101) from 29 March to 12 April and again on 19-28<br />

April. Expect activity on all bands SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31. On 12-19 April<br />

they will operate from Grenada, probably as J3/homecall. QSL via home calls,<br />

preferably through the bureau. [TNX NG3K]<br />

CQ WW WPX SSB CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their<br />

participation in this year's event (25-26 March):<br />

4J - Mir, UA3F<strong>DX</strong> and Pavel, RA3AUM as 4J0<strong>DX</strong> from Azerbaijan. QSL via<br />

UA3F<strong>DX</strong>.<br />

6W - Jacques, F6BEE as 6W1RW (SOAB) from Senegal. QSL via home call.<br />

9A - Zik, VE3ZIK as 9A/VE3ZIK from Croatia. QSL via DL3PS, direct or<br />

bureau.<br />

9K - Seven operators as 9K2HN (Multi-Single) from Kuwait. QSL direct<br />

or<br />

bureau.<br />

9M6 - Pete, SM5GMZ and Steve, 9M6<strong>DX</strong>X as 9M6<strong>DX</strong>X (Multi-Single) from<br />

East<br />

Malaysia. QSL direct only to 9M6<strong>DX</strong>X (Steve Telenius-Lowe, WDT<br />

527,<br />

88905 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia).<br />

AP - Ijaz, AP2IA and Dane, S57CQ as AP2IA (Multi-Single) from Pakistan.<br />

QSL<br />

via AP2IA, direct or bureau.<br />

BV - A large gropu of operators as BP0P (Multi-Multi) from Taiwan. QSL<br />

via<br />

BV2KI.<br />

CN - Jim, W7EJ as CN2R (80 metres, QSL via W7EJ) and Brad, K7ZSD as<br />

CN2SD<br />

(20 metres, QSL via K7ZSD) from Morocco.<br />

CT3 - A large group of Madeira Team members (www.madeirateam.com) plus<br />

DK7YY<br />

as CQ9K from Madeira.<br />

FM - Roberto, IV3IYH as TO3W from Martinique. QSL via IK2ILH.<br />

GM - Leo, W3LEO as MM0LEO from Scotland. QSL via home call.<br />

HC8 - N5KO, K6AW, LU6ETB, LU2FA and LU4FPZ as HC8N (Multi-Two) from<br />

the<br />

Galapagos Islands. QSL via W5UE.<br />

I - IK6JNH, IK6RYU and IK6VXO as IR6T. QSL via IK6VXO.<br />

IS0 - Mauro, IN3QBR as IS0/K7QB on 80 metres from Sardinia. QSL via IN3QBR.<br />

J6 - The Southwest Ohio <strong>DX</strong> Association as J6<strong>DX</strong> from St. Lucia. QSL via<br />

N9AG.<br />

J7 - WA2VQW, WB2NVR, N2DVQ and N2DHH as J75RZ from Dominica. QSL via


W2RZS,<br />

direct or bureau.<br />

JW - Francois, F8DVD as JW/F8DVD (SOSB 20 metres HP) from<br />

Spitsbergen,<br />

Svalbard. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.<br />

KH6 - KH6ND, KH6TO, KH6YY, KH7U, AH6OZ and AH6NF as KH7X (Multi-Single)<br />

from<br />

Hawaii. QSL via K2PF.<br />

OH0 - OH9MM as OH0Z (SOAB) from the Aland Islands. QSL via W0MM.<br />

P4 - W6LD as P40L (SOAB) from Aruba. QSL via K5WW.<br />

SP - Kris, SP6DVP as 3Z6V on 20 metres. QSl via home call.<br />

SV5 - SV5AZP, SV5DDP, SV5DKL, SV5FRB and SV5FRD as SX5P from the<br />

Dodecanese.<br />

QSL via SV5FRD.<br />

SV9 - Dimitris/SV9COL, John/SV9FBG, John/SV9FBK and George/SV9GPV as<br />

SY9A<br />

from Crete.<br />

TA - The Balkan Contest Club as TC3A from Karacabey, Turkey. QSL via<br />

LZ1KZA.<br />

TG - TG9ADQ, TG9SM, TG9ATG, TG9AXF, TG9ANF and EA1APV as TG7M from the<br />

Maya<br />

Biosphere in northern Guatemala. QSL via EA1APV. [TNX NG3K]<br />

V3 - K3RV and W3NO as V31RV (Multi-Single) from Belize. QSL via W3NO.<br />

VE - Yuri, VE3DZ as VC3T. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.<br />

YB - Pri, YB0ECT and several other operators as YB0ZCB/1 (Multi-Single)<br />

from<br />

Anyer Beach in Banten Province of Indonesia (OC-021). They also plan<br />

to<br />

operate RTTY and PSK31 on 17 metres. QSL via YB0YAD.<br />

ZD8 - Jim, N6TJ as ZD8Z (SOAB) from Ascension Island. QSL via VE3HO.<br />

Don't forget to give a look to the Announced Operations for this year's event<br />

maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxs2006.html<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

BELGIUM: VANITY CALLS ---> Franki, ON5ZO (UBA HF Manager) reports that<br />

amateur radio operators from Belgium can now apply for a secondary 2x1 vanity<br />

callsign with all possible ITU prefixes allocated to that country (but OT5x<br />

and OR5x are still reserved for club stations). The primary focus of these<br />

new calls is contesting, but they can also be used for everyday <strong>DX</strong>ing.<br />

Koen, ON4CCP says his vanity call is OT1A, which was used back in contests<br />

back in 2001. Please note that the new QSL route is via ON4CCP (no longer via<br />

ON7LR).<br />

CQ <strong>DX</strong> MARATHON ---> Last run in 1948, the new CQ <strong>DX</strong> Marathon is a year-long<br />

<strong>DX</strong> hunt, with participants competing to see who can work the greatest number<br />

of countries ("entities") and CQ zones over the course of a full year, then<br />

starting again at zero at the beginning of the next year. This year's<br />

Marathon began at 00.00 UTC on 1 January 1 and will end at 23.59 UTC on 31<br />

December. A new dedicated web site has been established at www.dxmarathon.com<br />

[TNX K9EL]<br />

HAMFEST (VU4) INDIA 2006 AWARDS ---> A number of awards will be available for<br />

contacting the various operators who will be active for the Hamfest to be<br />

held at Port Blair, Andaman Islands in April. The basic award will be issued


to any station who works at least four different VU4 stations (callsigns).<br />

Contacts can be made on any band/mode starting from 18.30 UTC on 17 April<br />

until the <strong>DX</strong>peditions are over. Full information is available at<br />

http://www.niar.org/hamfest/awards.html<br />

The list of amateur radio operators who will attend the Hamfest so far<br />

includes: 4Z4<strong>DX</strong>, A7/VU3MUV, AA4NN, CE2GLR, DF2IC, DJ0VF, DJ6TF, DJ7ZG, DJ8NK,<br />

DK1BT, DK5WL, DL1QW, DL3GA, DL4KQ, DL5OAB, DL7AFS, DL7DF, DL8LE, DL9GFB,<br />

DL9MS, F4EGD, F5CWU, G3LQP, I5JHW, IK1PMR, IZ1GLO/K2LEO, JR3MVF, K0IR, K3LP,<br />

K4VUD, K6JAJ, K6WX, K8LEE, KD8CGN, KF4IMJ, M1AEV, N2LM, N3OSH, N4GN, N6TQS,<br />

N7NG, N8TT, OE1ZKC/JH4RHF, OH2BBM, OH2BE, OH2BH, OH2KI, OH8HBG, ON5GA, PB2T,<br />

PY2DM, SP3CYY, SP3DOI, SP3GEM, SP5XVY, SP9EVP, VK2JNA, VK8FR, VK9NS, VU2AJW,<br />

VU2BL, VU2BOO, VU2BVB, VU2CBU, VU2CLM, VU2CMN, VU2CSV, VU2DBP, VU2DET, VU2DH,<br />

VU2DSV, VU2DVO, VU2FI, VU2FSX, VU2GHX, VU2GL, VU2JJS, VU2JMA, VU2JOS, VU2JVA,<br />

VU2LFA, VU2LIC, VU2LK, VU2LKB, VU2LU, VU2MY, VU2MYH, VU2MYL, VU2NIS, VU2NNA,<br />

VU2NTR, VU2OCY, VU2PKV, VU2RBI, VU2RIM, VU2RO, VU2SAX, VU2SBJ, VU2SDU, VU2SH,<br />

VU2SIE, VU2TRW, VU2UWZ, VU2VPR, VU2WDP, VU2ZBZ, VU3ADI, VU3DAC, VU3DSM,<br />

VU3DVS, VU3ELR, VU3HDP, VU3ICC, VU3LGX, VU3LMS, VU3MCK, VU3MMP, VU3NOJ,<br />

VU3PAK, VU3RSB, VU3SQB, W0GJ, W2NDP, W3UR, W8AEF, W8GEX, W9IXX, WA6UVF,<br />

WA9QJH, WE7K, XU7ACC, YB0US (http://www.niar.org/hamfest/participants.html).<br />

HUNGARY: 6 & 40 METRES ---> Effective 29 March amateur radio operators in<br />

Hungary can start using the 50-52 MHz band on a secondary, non-interference<br />

basis. All stations holding a CEPT-equivalent licence are automatically<br />

granted access: the power limit is 10W ERP and mobile operations on 6 metres<br />

are not allowed. Hungarian amateurs have also gained access to the 7100-7200<br />

kHz segment on 40 metres. [TNX HA5X]<br />

NOT THE MANAGER ---> Oreste, IZ8EDJ is receiving cards for V59SWK, but he is<br />

not the QSL manager for that station. Oreste says he currently handles only<br />

V51KC, V55O, YI3SRA and IR8C.<br />

QRP MAS ---> The QRP Contest Community (http://www.qrpcc.de/) invites to take<br />

part in the 7th QRP Minimal Art Session (qrp-mas) that will take place on 25<br />

May from 19 to 23 UTC on 80 metres CW. Contacts shall be made with homebrew<br />

rigs as simple as possible and constructed of as few components as possible.<br />

Further information can be found on QRPCC's website or from Hartmut Weber,<br />

DJ7ST (dj7st@darc.de). [TNX DJ7ST]<br />

QSL 9M6AAC ---> DJ8XW and DL2QT recently operated from 9M6AAC at Hillview<br />

Gardens in East Malaysia. The permanent QSL manager for all operations from<br />

9M6AAC over the past 10 years is N2OO. The QSL route announced by DJ8XW and<br />

DL2QT ("via DL2QT") is incorrect, but they will answer whatever cards do go<br />

via that route if they have already been sent there. [TNX N2OO]<br />

QSL VIA YB1BOD/6 ---> Donny reports that his correct address is: Donny<br />

Sirait, P.O. Box 1206, Medan 20001, Indonesia. Donny is the QSL manager for<br />

the recent operation from Simeulue Island (OC-270). Stations from Europe only<br />

can send their request to IZ8CCW.<br />

SINGAPORE: 40 & 80 METRES ---> David, 9V1RH would like to remind readers of<br />

<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> that "since September 2005 9V1 amateurs may use the band 7.0 to<br />

7.2 MHz. So if the QRM below 7.1 MHz is too heavy, calling CQ Contest<br />

listening 7,110 may get an easy contact. For 9M2, 9M6, 9M8, 9V1 and YB/YC the<br />

75/80 metre band runs from 3,500 to 3,900 kHz, so it is possible to work<br />

split with us above the <strong>DX</strong> window".<br />

W5<strong>DX</strong>CC ---> The Lone Star <strong>DX</strong> Association in conjunction with Ham-Com 2006<br />

will host this year's W5<strong>DX</strong>CC, to be held on 9-10 June in Plano, TX. The main<br />

event will be a dinner at the Southfork Hotel on Friday evening (this year's<br />

featured speaker and programme at the dinner event will be Bob Allphin, K4UEE<br />

and the 3Y0X <strong>DX</strong>pedition to Peter I Island), but there will be additional <strong>DX</strong><br />

events on Friday and Saturday at the convention center. To order tickets or


ead about additional <strong>DX</strong> programme information, please visit<br />

http://www.hamcom.org [TNX WW5L]<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

LOGS: The guys in Benin (TY5MR, TY5LEO, TY4TW and TY5WP) have found<br />

an<br />

Internet Cafe and were able to send their logs and a few<br />

pictures<br />

to Dennis, PA7FM, whi in his turn has made them available on<br />

his<br />

web site (http://www.pa7fm.nl). The <strong>DX</strong>pedition is now<br />

fully<br />

operational on 160-10 metres. During this weekends' WPX<br />

Contest<br />

look for TY5WP on 80 metres. Next week they will focus on the<br />

low<br />

bands. [TNX PA7FM]<br />

LOTW & WAS: The ARRL's Logbook of the World (LoTW) now supports the<br />

Worked<br />

All States (WAS) award. Once registered and logged in, users<br />

may<br />

set up a WAS account on the Logbook Awards page, configuring<br />

the<br />

account to automatically select QSLs to use or selecting<br />

them<br />

manually via Your QSOs.<br />

OC-270: A photo gallery of the 8-15 March operation from Simeulue<br />

Island<br />

can be found at http://www.toba-dx-group.org/simeulue/foto.html<br />

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3G1M (SA-069), 3XY7C, 4A7L, 4K7Z,<br />

4L8A, 4O3ANT, 4S7NE, 5D6MC, 5H1CM (AF-032), 5T0JL, 5U5Z, 5V7FA, 5Z4ES, 6O0JT,<br />

6O0N, 6V6U, 6Y2Z, 7X0RY, 7X4AN, 8R1EA, 9G1YR, 9J2BO, 9M2CNC, 9N7JO,<br />

9Y4/DL7DF, A22/JA4ATV, A52C<strong>DX</strong>, A71EM, AT0EI (AS-169), C6ANM, CE0/LA6IKA, CE6M<br />

(SA-061), CM6CAC, CN2<strong>DX</strong>, CN8SG, CU7/G3TXF, D2<strong>DX</strong>, DU7/G4DUM (OC-129), <strong>DX</strong>0K,<br />

ED1ND (EU-080), EP4HR, ES1FB/8 (EU-178), EU1AZ, EX2X, EY8CQ, FG5BG, FH/G3TXF,<br />

FS5UQ, HA7TM/HI9, HC4/NP3D, HC8N, HI3NR, HP1XVH, HV5PUL, IO2ANT, IR1ANT,<br />

IR8ANT, J20LA, J37K, J79RV, J88DR, J8<strong>DX</strong>, JD1BFA, JW5E, JW9VDA, K3LP/KP5, K7C,<br />

KC4CD/HR2, KG4WW, KH6ND/KH5, KH7U/KH5, KL7J, LU1ZB (AN-012; AA LU-05), LU1ZR<br />

(AN-013; AA LU-12), LU1ZS (AN-010; AA LU-17), MU0EXN, MW5A, N3KS/KP5, OD5NH,<br />

P40W, P49MR, P49Y, PJ7/ND5S, PS2T, PZ5C/p, PZ5WP, R1ANB (AN-016; AA UA-07),<br />

R1ANF (AN-016; AA UA-04), R1ANN (AN-016; AA UA-08), R1ANZ (AN-016; AA UA-07),<br />

R1MVC, R1MVW, RA0FW/p (AS-025), RI1NU (EU-147), RN1NU/1 (EU-162), S9SS,<br />

ST/ZS5ADU, SU8GFTN (AF-101), SU9BN, SY8S, T24<strong>DX</strong>, T32Z, T40C, T80A, T98U,<br />

TA0/YZ1SG, TI1C, TI8CBT, TL8DPA, TM8TAF, TR8CR, TT8AMO, TT8M, TT8PK, TX5M,<br />

TZ5A, UA2FX, UP60P, V25G, V26AAV, V26VR, V31YN/p, V44/W1USN, V5/SP6IXF,<br />

V51/DJ4SO, V7/K7ZZ, VO2AC, VP2MQQ, VP2MW, VP2V/N2IEN, VP5JM, VP5W, VP9/W6PH,<br />

VP9I, VY2NT (NA-029), WH6R, WP3C, WP3R, XZ7C, YN4SU,YO2LDC, Z22JE, Z36W,<br />

Z37M, ZA3/IZ0CKJ, ZB2/PA3EWP, ZB2CI, ZB2EO, ZB2FX, ZD7BG, ZD8A, ZP0R, ZP3CTW,<br />

ZX5J.<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #778<br />

01 April 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

EI - Michael, G7VJR will operate (on 40/20 metres mainly SSB)<br />

as<br />

EI/G7VJR/p from the Aran Islands (EU-006) on 1-2 April. QSL via<br />

home<br />

call. Martin, G3ZAY will also be on the trip and may be heard<br />

as<br />

EI/G3ZAY/p. [TNX G7VJR]<br />

G - Geoff, G0PFH will operate on 20 and 40 metres SSB as GX2UG from<br />

Holy<br />

Island (EU-120) on 6-8 April. QSL via G0PFH. [TNX<br />

www.rsgbiota.org].<br />

GW - Special callsign GB0MPA will be aired by the Barry Amateur<br />

Radio<br />

Society for 28 days starting on 4 April. "MPA" was the<br />

callsign<br />

assigned to RMS Carpathia, the ship that in April 1912 rescued<br />

all<br />

705 survivors from the wreck of the Titanic. QSL via GW0ANA.<br />

[TNX<br />

GW0ANA]<br />

I - Alessandro, IW7EGK (40 metres SSB) and Giovanni, IW7DOL (20<br />

metres<br />

SSB) will operate from the lighthouse at Torre San Giovanni<br />

(WAIL<br />

PU-003, ARLHS ITA-171) on 2 April. QSL via bureau. [TNX IW7EGK]<br />

J6 - Oleh, UR5BCP is currently unable to make the trip and has<br />

postponed<br />

his operation from St. Lucia [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 775].<br />

J6 - Bill, WB5ZAM will operate holiday style either as J6/WB5ZAM or<br />

with<br />

a J68 callsign from St. Lucia (NA-108) for two weeks starting on<br />

8<br />

April. He plans to focus on 30 metres and possibly 40 metres.<br />

[TNX<br />

OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />

PA - Alfons, ON4AWT will operate (on 10-80 metres SSB and digital<br />

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modes)<br />

as either PA/ON4AWT/P and/or PA/ON4OSA from Schouwen-<br />

Duivenland<br />

(EU-146) on 3-7 April. QSL via ON4AWT. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org].<br />

TK - Look for Jean-Louis, TK/F5NHJ (http://perso.wanadoo.fr/f5nhj/) to<br />

be<br />

active from Corsica (EU-014) from 29 March to 4 April. This is a<br />

QRP<br />

CW, holiday style operation. QSL via home call. [TNX F5NQL]<br />

UA - Members of Radio Club "Remo" (RZ4CWW) in Saratov will operate as<br />

R4G<br />

on 1-20 April to commemorate the 45th anniversary of Yuri<br />

A.<br />

Gagarin's first human flight in space (12 April 1961). QSL<br />

via<br />

RZ4CWW, direct or bureau. [TNX UA4CC]<br />

VU - VU2SWS, VU2IZO, VU2JPN, VU2NKS, VU2PAI and VU2MTT will operate<br />

SSB,<br />

CW and digital modes as AT0AI from Arnala Island (AS-169) from<br />

31<br />

March to 2 April. QSL via either VU2SWS or VU2PAI.<br />

[TNX<br />

www.rsgbiota.org and VU2PAI]<br />

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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (March 2006) is now available at<br />

http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/monthly/. Articles and pictures should be sent to<br />

Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS ---> The 3Y0X operation from Peter I (8-19 February) has been<br />

approved for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit.<br />

EU PSK AWARD PROGRAMME ---> The Scottish-Russian ARS introduces the new<br />

website for the European PSK Award Programme (www.eu.srars.org). Much of the<br />

site's content has been updated or redesigned along with several new sections<br />

and pages. [TNX MM0DGR]<br />

M<strong>DX</strong>C CONVENTION ---> The 2nd Mediterraneo <strong>DX</strong> Club (M<strong>DX</strong>C) HF Convention will<br />

take place on 16-17 September at Nola (Napoli), Italy. Details will be posted<br />

on http://www.mdxc.org/<br />

POSTAGE (AUSTRALIA) ---> Bill Horner, VK4FW reports that effective 6 March<br />

all postage rates have gone up in Australia. An airmail letter up to 50 grams<br />

is now AUD 1.85.<br />

+ SILENT KEY + Danish <strong>DX</strong> Group (http://www.ddxg.dk) founder and past<br />

president Poul Schnack Nielsen, OZ3PO passed away last week at 78 years of<br />

age. [TNX OZ1LO]<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

3Y0X: The 3Y0X (Peter I) statistics are available<br />

at<br />

http://www.peterone.com/stats.htm<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

===================================================================<br />

CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />

===================================================================<br />

3B8/DF8AN DF8AN DU3NXE W3HNK P49MR VE3MR<br />

3B8/ON4LAC ON4LAC DZ50C JP1IOF PJ2T N9AG<br />

3B8MM DL6UAA EA9/G3SXW G3SXW PJ6/PA0VDV PA0VDV<br />

3D2HC DL9HCU EA9/G4IRN G4IRN PQ7Q PY7VI<br />

3D2IZ N6IZ EA9EU EA9AZ R1ANF/P RK1PWA<br />

3XY8WK I0WK ED3MCF EA3ASE S65X PA0KHS<br />

4J0AUM UA3F<strong>DX</strong> ED8CLL EC8AUA S9YL N4JR<br />

4J0<strong>DX</strong> UA3F<strong>DX</strong> EE1D EA1ACP SN190ZS SP9GFI<br />

4L4CH LZ1OT EI4LRC EI8EM ST2AC ST2M<br />

4L4MM F5VHH EI7M EI6HB ST2BF W3HNK<br />

4L8A DJ1CW EK6LF DJ0LZ SX5P SV5FRD<br />

4M5R EA5KB EK8WA SP9ERV SY9A SV9COL<br />

4N0NS YU7BPQ EL2AR EL2BA SZ5RDS SV5AZP<br />

4N150AA YT1AA EM0Z UY0ZG T68G LA4YW<br />

4N150FN YU7FN EM3H UR3HC T80W JM1LJS<br />

4N150JA 4N1JA EM5U UT2UB T88AR JR4GPA<br />

4N500ZZ 4N7ZZ EY0R UA4CC T88CW JH0IXE<br />

4N8A YU1EA FG/F5CVI F5CVI T88NF JA0FOX<br />

4O3AA K2PF FM/F5MNW F5MNW T88ZK 7N4JZK<br />

5B/AJ2O RA3AUU FM/IV3IYH IK2ILH TA3J/0 TA3YJ<br />

5H3AA K6EID FR1AN N5FTR TC3A LZ1KZA<br />

5V7BR F5RUQ HC1HC NE8Z TG7E EA1APV<br />

5Z4BU UA4WHX HC8/LU4FPZ LU2FA TG7M EA1APV<br />

6W/HB9DTE HB9DTE HC8N W5UE TI8CBT EA7FTR<br />

6W/HB9JOE HB9JOE HF35FO SP2PMW TM7BV F5NPS<br />

6W1EA EA4ATI HH4/K4QD K4QD TM9R F5GGL<br />

6W1RW F6BEE HH4/W4WX W4WX TO3W IK2ILH<br />

7Z1UG DO1HEN HV5PUL pirate (a) TO5BG F5XX<br />

8J1S bureau HZ1AN DJ9ZB TY4TW GM4FDM<br />

8P5A NN1N II0FNG IZ0BTV TY5LEO IK1PMR<br />

8P6DR G3RWL II3P IW3IE TY5MR IK1PMR<br />

8P9JG NN1N IR6T IK6VXO TY5WP PA7FM<br />

9A/VE3ZIK DL3PS IS0/K7QB IN3QBR U4MIR RK3DZB<br />

9G5A DL4WK J43P SV3GKE UE1OPL UA1OAM<br />

9G5LF SP3DOI J6/K8LEE K8LEE UE4PWR RA4PO<br />

9H3FR DF9LW J68AM W8ILC UK8OAM IK2QPR<br />

9J2BO G3TEV J68AR K9JE V31NO W3NO<br />

9J2CA G3SWH J68AS N9AG V31RV W3NO<br />

9K2PL EA5KB J68ID W8QID V47KP K2SB<br />

9M2CNC G4ZFE J68MS W4CEO V51KC IZ8EDJ<br />

9M6/G3OOK M5AAV J6<strong>DX</strong> N9AG VB3O VA3CCO<br />

9M6/SM5GMZ SM5GMZ J75RZ W2RZS VC3J VE3EJ


9M6AAC N2OO J79VQ WA2VQW VC3L VE3AT<br />

9V1CW PA0KHS JV800DA JT1DA VC3T VE3DZ<br />

A6/ON5NT ON5NT JW/F8DVD F8DVD VP2E N5AU<br />

A71CT EA7FTR JW4GHA LA4GHA VP5TG VE3TG<br />

A71EM EA7FTR KG44WW N4BAA VP8DJO G0JLX<br />

AN7FTR EA7FTR KH0AC K7ZA VU3DJQ EA7FTR<br />

AN8AH OH1RY KH7X K2PF VU3RIC DJ5IW<br />

AX6ANC VK6NE L47D EA5KB XW1A E21EIC<br />

AX7GN VK7GN LR2F LU2FA YB0ZCB/1 YB0ZCB<br />

AX8NSB VK6NE LX8M LX1ER YB1BAD ON4RU<br />

AY8A LU8A<strong>DX</strong> OA4/DJ3KR DJ3KR YM3SF F6ETQ<br />

BP0P BV2KI OF6AA OH6AA YN4MG W0MM<br />

C56W DK2WV OH0R OH2PM YR0HKW YO3HKW<br />

C91VB UA4WHX OH1/DL2SWW DL2SWW YR100A YO8AXP<br />

CN2R W7EJ OH1/DL2VFR DL2VFR YT6150Y YT6Y<br />

CN2SD K7ZSD OH4R OH4JFN YU500JDE YU7JDE<br />

CN2US NJ2D OH60BH OH2BH YU80F YU1EFG<br />

CN8KA EA7FTR OH9TT OH8MSM YW5CQ EA5KB<br />

CN8KD EA5XX OL7R OK1XUV YZ3150EW YZ1EW<br />

CN8NK EA5XX ON100BOIC ON4CRD ZB2/G3SXW G3SXW<br />

CO3LF IZ8EBI ON7G ON4MRX ZB2/G4IRN G4IRN<br />

CO8LY EA7ADH OO2A ON4ADN ZB2CN DJ9WH<br />

CP4BT EA5KB OQ1C ON4ON ZD8Q G4TSH<br />

CU1CB EA5KB OS0S ON4ZD ZD8Z VE3HO<br />

CX2AQ EA5KB OT1A ON4CCP ZF2AH W6VNR<br />

DK2006TZ DL1SBF OX3XR OZ3PZ ZK1EMT W1EMT<br />

DP5A DL3JJ P29KPH N5FTR ZP0R W3HNK<br />

DR1A DL6FBL P29VMS DL2GAC ZV0F PT2OP<br />

DT8A HL2FDW P40L K5WW ZY7C PY7WA<br />

(a) 27 March 2006<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

9N7JO Stig Lindblom, Jum Changphimai 147/1 - Moo 3, Tambon Boot, Ban Ta<br />

Bong, Phimai, TH-30110 Nakhon Ratchashima, Thailand<br />

DK2WV Karl-Heinz Ilg, Max-Low-Str 15, 85579 Neubiberg, Germany<br />

DL2SWW Frank Dreyer, Gartenweg 9, D-19069 Alt-Meteln, Germany<br />

DL2VFR Enrico Stumpf-Siering, OT Bindow Gruene Trift 19, D-15754 Heidesee,<br />

Germany<br />

EL2BA H. Walcott Benjamin, 285 St. Marks Place, Apt. 4D, Staten Island, NY<br />

10301, USA<br />

F8DVD Francois Bergez, 6 rue de la Liberte, F - 71000 Macon, France<br />

GM4FDM Tom Wylie, 3 Kings Crescent, Elderslie, Strathclyde, Scotland PA5<br />

9AD, UK<br />

IK1PMR Andrea Panati, Via Caccia 52, 15033 Casale Monferrato - AL, Italy<br />

JM1LJS Hideyuki Kai, 4-22-15, Takata-Higashi, Kohoku-Ku Yokohama-City,<br />

223-0065 Japan<br />

N6IZ Brian D. Boschma, 16237 Maya Way, Los Gatos, CA 95130, USA<br />

PA0VDV Joeke van der Velde, Delleburen 1, 8421 RP Oldeberkoop, The<br />

Netherlands<br />

PA7FM Dennis Robbemond, Loggerhof 11, 3181 NS Rozenburg, The Netherlands<br />

PT2OP Orlando Perez Filho, SHIGS 706 - Bloco L - Casa 22, 70350-762<br />

Brasilia - DF, Brazil<br />

ST2M Magdi Osman Ahmed Abdelrahim, P.O. Box 2, Khartoum Airport 11112,


Sudan<br />

SV5FRD Dionisios Hatjigavriil, P.O. Box 437, GR-85100 Rhodes, Greece<br />

TA3YJ Nilay Mine Aydogmus, P.O. Box 876, 35214 Izmir, Turkey<br />

XV1X Eddy Visser, Van Lennepstraat 84, 3881 WV Putten, The Netherlands<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #779<br />

08 April 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

(e-mail i1jqj@<strong>425</strong>dxn.org )<br />

Contributors are invited to send their <strong>DX</strong> information to<br />

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The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

6O - Mike, PA5M is now working in Somalia and will be active in his<br />

spare<br />

time as 6O0M. He will operate mainly CW with 100 watts into<br />

wire<br />

antennas. Mike should be there for at least 6 weeks. QSL via<br />

PA7FM.<br />

Pictures and logs will be posted on http://www.6o0m.pa7fm.nl/ as<br />

soon as available. [TNX PA7FM]<br />

9A - Fredy (DE0MST), Daki (9A2WJ), Boro (9A3KB), Emir (9A6AA),<br />

Sven<br />

(DF9MV) and Mathias (DL5MFL), plan to be active as either 9A0CI<br />

and<br />

homecall/p from Veli Rat Lighthouse (ARLHS CRO-183) on Dugi<br />

Otok<br />

(EU-170, IOCA CI-018) on 14-22 April. QSL 9A0CI via DE0MST,<br />

others<br />

via home calls. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

CE - Zoli, HA1AG and Marco, CE6TBN will operate SSB and CW as XR4PI<br />

from<br />

Pupuya Island in the O'Higgins/Maule IOTA group (SA-NEW) during<br />

the<br />

weekend. They expect to be QRV late Friday evening (7 April) and<br />

to<br />

operate until Sunday (9 April) afternoon. The exact schedule<br />

will<br />

largely depend on local conditions. Feedback during the<br />

operation<br />

can be sent to xr4pi@dx.hu (messages will be read by the pilots<br />

and<br />

forwarded to the operators on the island). QSL via HA1AG, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. Further information can be found at<br />

www.hg6n.hu/ha1ag/xr4pi<br />

[TNX HA1AG]<br />

DL - Look for Detlev, DL1RTW/p and Klaus, DL7UXG/p to operate SSB and<br />

CW<br />

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from Fehmarn Island (EU-128, O-01 for the German Islands Award)<br />

from<br />

29 April to 1 May. [TNX DL8AAM]<br />

DU - Rag, LA6FJA plans to operate (on 17, 20, 30, 40 and 80 metres<br />

CW,<br />

SSB, RTTY and PSK31) as DU1/KI4KJP from Luzon Island (OC-<br />

042),<br />

Philippines from 6 April to 1 May. QSL via WY4N. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

EA8 - Michael/DL3FCG, Lars/DL6FCB, Fred/DL8MG and Reiner/DL4ZF will<br />

be<br />

active as EA8/homecall from Tenerife, Canary Islands (AF-004)<br />

from<br />

28 April to 5 May. QSL via home calls. [TNX DL3FCG]<br />

EI - The South Dublin Radio Club (EI2SDR) will operate as EI90GPO<br />

over<br />

the Easter weekend to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the<br />

Easter<br />

Uprising of 1916. Activity will be on all HF bands from 80 to<br />

10<br />

metres. [TNX F5NQL]<br />

F - Muriel, F0CXD and Arno, F4DCG will operate as TM4BFL on 9-19<br />

April.<br />

This special call is in memory of Arnaud Smeulders, F4BFL, who<br />

died<br />

several months ago at 29 years of age. QSL via F4DCG, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX F5NQL]<br />

FO - Yves, F6CTL will operate from the Pacific between 18 June and<br />

18<br />

July. He expects to be active from the following islands (no<br />

exact<br />

dates):<br />

Marquesas Hiva Hoa OC-027<br />

Australes Rurutu OC-050<br />

French Polynesia Tahiti OC-046<br />

French Polynesia Moorea OC-046<br />

French Polynesia Huahine OC-067<br />

French Polynesia Fakarava OC-066<br />

French Polynesia Mangareva OC-063<br />

He plans to operate SSB and some CW on 10-40 metres using a<br />

vertical<br />

and dipoles. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

GM - The Orkney Amateur Radio Club (http://www.eu009.com) will operate<br />

as<br />

MM0MWW from the Isle of Shapinsay (EU-009) on 13-17 April. They<br />

plan<br />

to be QRV with two stations on 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15 and 10<br />

metres<br />

CW and SSB. QSL direct only to GM0IFM<br />

(see<br />

http://www.eu009.com/qslpolicy.htm for their QSLling policy).<br />

[TNX<br />

MM0MSS]<br />

HA - Chris, HA5X will operate as HA50MHZ until 31 December to<br />

celebrate<br />

the long-awaited legalization of 6 metres for amateur<br />

radio<br />

operators in Hungary. QSL via home call. [TNX HA5X]<br />

HH - Glauber, PS7EB will operate as HH/PS7EB from Haiti between 19<br />

May<br />

and 25 November. He works for the Brazilian Army and has joined<br />

a


group of Brazilian military forces that will work together with<br />

ONU<br />

on a peace mission in Haiti. Glauber plans to operate CW, SSB<br />

and<br />

digital modes using a multiband vertical antenna. QSL via home<br />

call,<br />

direct or bureau. [TNX PY7RP]<br />

I - ARI Sala Consilina (Salerno) members will operate special<br />

event<br />

station IO8VAT from 15 April to 15 May to celebrate the<br />

75th<br />

anniversary of Vatican Radio. QSL via IZ8AJQ (bureau) or direct<br />

to<br />

P.O. Box 11, 84036 Sala Consilina - SA, Italy. [TNX IZ8AJQ]<br />

I - Fabio, IW1DFU reports he will operate as IA5/IW1DFU from<br />

Isola<br />

d'Elba (EU-028, IIA LI-001) on 23-29 April. Expect activity on<br />

15,<br />

20 and 30 metres.<br />

J5 - Simone, IV3NVN and Fabrizio, IV3DHD have been in Guinea-Bissau<br />

for<br />

one week, and expected to operate as J5UCW and J5UAF<br />

respectively<br />

from Pecixe Island (AF-093) on 1-5 April. This was a "spare<br />

time<br />

operation" with 100 watts into verticals, and the two<br />

experienced<br />

many problems with the generator. On 9-12 April they will be<br />

active<br />

(again in their limited spare time) from Caboxangue on the<br />

mainland.<br />

Fabrizio will sign J5UAF, while Simone will use J5U<strong>DX</strong>. QSL J5UCW<br />

and<br />

J5U<strong>DX</strong> via IK2ILH (direct or bureau), QSL J5UAF via IV3DHD.<br />

JA - Look for JA1KJW/6, JJI1JGI/6, JH1VVW/6 and possibily others to<br />

be<br />

active from Tsushima (AS-036, JIIA AS-036-022), Nagasaki<br />

prefecture<br />

on 21-23 April. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />

JA - Look for JA1KJW/4, JJ1JGI/4 and 7N4AGB/4 to be active from<br />

Oki<br />

Island (AS-041, JIIA AS-041-003), Shimane prefecture from 29<br />

April<br />

to 8 May. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />

JA - Look for JA4ZKI/4 and JE6QIG/4 to operate from Oshima (AS-117,<br />

JIIA<br />

AS-117-108), Yamaguchi prefecture on 13-14 May. QSL via home<br />

calls,<br />

direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />

JA - Look for JA1UNS/1, JI1PLF/1, 7NGMK/1, 7L4PVR/1 and 7N4VPS/1 to<br />

be<br />

active Hachijo Island (AS-043, JIIA AS-043-003) on 19-22 May.<br />

They<br />

plan to operate CW and SSB on the HF bands. QSL via home<br />

calls,<br />

direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />

OZ - Mike/DK6QW, Claus/DF8QJ and Reinhard/DL6YFB will operate<br />

as<br />

OZ/homecall from Fano Island (EU-125) on 15-22 April.<br />

Expect<br />

activity on 80-10 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via<br />

home


calls, direct or bureau. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />

S0 - Hitoshi, JH2UVL will be the pilot station for Japan for<br />

the<br />

forthcoming SO1R <strong>DX</strong>pedition to Western Sahara [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 775].<br />

Bookmark<br />

http://www.s01r.com/ for the latest updates and meews. [TNX EA5RM]<br />

SM - Bernd, DL8AAV will be active as SM1/DL8AAV/p from Gotland<br />

Island<br />

(EU-020) for two weeks starting on 24 May. [TNX DL8AAM]<br />

SV - Special event station SX2P will be active on 15-17 April<br />

to<br />

commemorate the century anniversary of the Intercalated<br />

Olympic<br />

Games that took place in Athens in 1906. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

UA - Look for R3K to be aired from Korolev Rocket and Space<br />

Corporation<br />

Energia on 10-16 April to commemorate the 45th anniversary of<br />

Yuri<br />

A. Gagarin's first human flight in space (12 April 1961). QSL<br />

via<br />

RN3DK, direct or bureau. [TNX RN3DK]<br />

VE - Dana, VE1VOX will be active (on 15, 20 and possibly 40 metres<br />

SSB)<br />

as VE1OTA from IOTA group NA-081 on 14-16 April. Which islands<br />

he<br />

will operate from will be decided upon arrival to the area. QSL<br />

via<br />

home call, direct preferred. [TNX VE1VOX]<br />

VU4 - VU4AN will be the "prefix" for the 18-25 April activities from<br />

the<br />

Andaman Islands [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 777]. According to first hand<br />

information<br />

collected by Charles Harpole, K4VUD (HS0ZCW), all licenced<br />

operators<br />

will have a VU mainland callsign that will be prefixed with<br />

VU4AN/:<br />

for instance Charles will be signing VU4AN/VU3CHE, while IK1PMR<br />

will<br />

use VU4AN/VU3TLY, IZ1GLO (K2LEO) will use VU4AN/VU3PLM, AA4NN<br />

will<br />

use VU4AN/VU3JLW, DL4KQ will use VU4AN/VU3FRK, etc.<br />

W - John, NY6<strong>DX</strong> will operate as NY6<strong>DX</strong>/1 from Block Island (NA-031)<br />

on<br />

11-14 April. QSL direct via home call. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

W - Scott, NE1RD and Dave, KZ1O will be active as K1P (Patriots<br />

Day<br />

special event call) from Deer Isle (NA-055) on 10-17 April. QSL<br />

via<br />

NE1RD, [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

YB - The YE5P team (17 members, including two from Malaysia and one<br />

from<br />

Singapore) will operate from Berhala Island (claimed to qualify<br />

for<br />

OC-107) starting on 7 April. They plan to be active on 15, 20,<br />

40<br />

and 80 metres, mostly SSB with some CW and digital modes. QSL<br />

direct<br />

to P.O. Box 154, Batam 29400, Indonesia, or via the bureau.<br />

[TNX<br />

YC3MM]<br />

YJ - Guenter, DL2AWG will operate as either YJ0AWG or YJ0WG from<br />

Port


Vila (OC-035), Vanuatu from 19 April to 1 May. Expect activity<br />

on<br />

10-40 metres SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL via DL2AWG. [TNX NG3K]<br />

YV0 - Ramon/YV5EED, Edgar/YV2IF, Rey/YV5AMH, Jose/YV5ANT,<br />

Pablo/YV5IVB,<br />

Jose/YV5LIX, Antonio/YV5LMW, Eduardo/YV5MHX,<br />

Federico/YV5NCZ,<br />

Gregorio/YV5OHW, Alex/YV5SSB, Victor/YV5ZV, Jig/AD6TF and<br />

Ray/DL2GG<br />

are the operators for the forthcoming operation from Aves<br />

Island<br />

[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 777]. YX0A should be QRV starting on 19 April and<br />

the<br />

expedition should end around 1 May. Suggested frequencies are<br />

28475,<br />

24987, 21295, 18145, 14190, 7093, 3750 and 1842.5 kHz (SSB);<br />

28023,<br />

24893, 21023, 18073, 14023, 10103, 7023, 3523 and 1822.5 kHz<br />

(CW);<br />

3570, 10137, 14085, 18100, 21085, 24920 and 29580 kHz (RTTY);<br />

3580,<br />

10140, 14071, 18100, 21071, 24920 and 28071 kHz (PSK). The<br />

operators<br />

will also be listening for openings on 50110 kHz. QSL via KU9C.<br />

The<br />

web page for the expedition is at http://www.yv0.info/<br />

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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS ---> The following operations are accepted for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit:<br />

3Y0X Peter I Island Operation from 8 February through 19 February 2006<br />

6O0N Somalia Operation from 18 January through 18 February 2006<br />

YI/OM2<strong>DX</strong> Iraq Operation from 27 July through 21 September 2003<br />

YI3SRA Iraq Operation commencing 3 October 2003<br />

RD1AL/0 ---> Victor Karassev, RD1AL is signing RD1AL/0 from a scientific<br />

drifting station in the Central Arctic Ocean until the end of April. Vic is<br />

running 100W into a vertical antenna. QSL via RD1AL (Victor Karassev, P.O.<br />

Box 73, St. Petersburg, 191119 Russia). [TNX DL5EBE]<br />

QSL R45G ---> The new QSL route for R45G is via RK3DZB, direct (P.O.Box 159,<br />

Zvyozdny Gorodok, 141160, Russia) or bureau. [TNX RU3DNN]<br />

QSL U4MIR ---> The correct QSL route for U4MIR is via RN3DK (not RK3DZB).<br />

[TNX RU3DNN]<br />

QSL MANAGEMENT SERVICE ---> Tim Beaumont, M3SDE offers a full package service<br />

to help cut costs in QSL posting especially for <strong>DX</strong>pedition teams, IOTA<br />

stations, etc. Please e-mail qslm@btopenworld.com for detailed information.<br />

QSL VIA PA0RRS ---> Richard has started processing sending out the cards (all<br />

of the direct and the first 1000 bureau QSLs) direct and burafor his recent<br />

activities as 9M2/PA0RRS and 9M2MRS (8600 QSOs). Those who need a direct<br />

card, please note that his address his: Richard Smeets, Schoorveken 100, 5121<br />

NM Rijen, The Netherlands (he still receives cards sent to his old address in


Alphen, which has been no longer valid for eight years now!).<br />

SRT MEETING ---> The third International Meeting organized by the Strange<br />

Radio Team will take place in Taranto on 22-23 April. Please visit<br />

http://www.strangeradioteam.com/meeting/srm-2006_eng.asp for further<br />

information.<br />

UK POSTAL RATES ---> Mike, G3TEV reports that effective 3 April, UK postal<br />

rates for overseas are as follows: to Europe = 44p (up to 20 grams), to<br />

destinations outside Europe = 50p (up to 10 grams).<br />

WARD AWARD ---> The WARD (World Amateur Radio Day) Award commemorates the<br />

World Amateur Radio Day celebrated by IARU on 18 April each year. The award<br />

is sponsored by MK QTC (the Polish Amateur Radio Journal) with the Polish<br />

Amateur Radio Union's support, and it is issued to licenced amateurs and SWLs<br />

for contacts made/heard between 00.00 and 23.59 UTC on 18 April. For further<br />

information please visit http://ward-award.prv.pl/ [TNX SP2FAP]<br />

WORLD ROBINSON CUP 2006 ---> The Russian Robinson Club sponsors the "World<br />

Robinson Cup" (wrc_rrc@mail.ru) for contacting stations operating from<br />

islands between 1 April and 30 September 2006. The national island programmes<br />

considered by WRC 2006 are BIA (Belarus), CIsA (Canada), DIA (Denmark), DIB<br />

(Brazil), DICE (Chile), DIE and DIEI (Spain), DIFM, DIFI and DIFO (France),<br />

DIP (Portugal), GIA (Germany), IIA and ILIA (Italy), IOCA (Croatia), IOSA<br />

(Scotland), JIIA (Japan), RRA (Russia), SPIA (Poland), UIA (Ukraine), USIA<br />

(United States). Full information is available on the Russian Robinson Club's<br />

web site (http://www.hamradio.ru/rrc/wrc_e.htm). [TNX RZ3EM]<br />

WRTC 2006: THE TEAMS ---> The teams for the next World Radiosport Team<br />

Championship (http://www.wrtc2006.com) were announced on 1 April.<br />

* National Special Invited Teams<br />

USA K1DG / N2NT<br />

Russia RA3AUU / RV1AW<br />

* National WRTC2006 Teams<br />

USA N6BV / AG9A<br />

USA N0AX / KL9A<br />

Slovenia S50A / S59AA<br />

Finland OH1JT / OH2IW<br />

Brazil PY2YU / PY1NX<br />

* Bi-National Young Teams<br />

Brazil / ... PY2N<strong>DX</strong> / TBA<br />

Italy / ... IZ3EYZ / TBA<br />

Croatia / Germany 9A6XX / DJ1YFK<br />

* Special Sponsored Young Team<br />

Denmark / Sweden OZ1AA / SM0W<br />

* Special Sponsored Lady Team<br />

Aruba / USA P43E / WA1S<br />

* Bi-National & National WRTC 2006<br />

USA-West W2SC / K5ZD EU-2-Germany DL6FBL / DL2CC<br />

USA-West N6MJ / N2NL EU-2-Poland SP7GIQ /<br />

SP2FAX<br />

USA-East K4BAI / KU8E EU-2-Czech Rep. OK1FUA / OK2RZ<br />

USA-East K1ZM / K1KI EU-2-Romania Y09GZU / Y03JR<br />

USA-Central N9RV / K3LR EU-1-Serbia YT6A / YT6T<br />

USA-Central K5TR / KM3T EU-1-Bulgaria LZ4AX / LZ3FN<br />

SA-Brazil PY2NY / PY2EMC EU-1-Italy IK2QEI /<br />

IK2JUB<br />

SA-Argentina LU1FAM / LU5<strong>DX</strong> EU-1-Croatia 9A8A / 9A5K<br />

OC- Hawaii / USA KH6ND / K9PG EU-1-France / USA F6BEE / W2GD<br />

NA- Canada VE3EJ / VE7ZO CA-Panama / USA HP1WW / N5ZO<br />

EU-3-Estonia ES5TV / ES2RR CA- Mexico XE1KK / XE1NTT<br />

EU-3-Russia RW3QC / RW3GU AS-JA-Japan JK2VOC /


JA2BNN<br />

EU-3-Lithuania LY2TA / LY2CY AS-BY-China BA4RF / BA7NQ<br />

EU-3-Finland OH2UA / OH4JFN AS-Russia UA9AM / RZ3AA<br />

EU-3-Latvia YL2KL / YL1ZF AS-Cyprus 5B4WN / 5B4AFM<br />

EU-2-Ukraine UT4UZ / UT5UGR AF-So. Africa/Georgia ZS4TX / 4L5A<br />

The Sponsored Team's auction will be the weekend of 8-9 April. The<br />

Multi-National Multi-Single (MN MS) Teams will be announced soon.<br />

YU <strong>DX</strong> CONTEST ---> The results of the 2005 YU <strong>DX</strong> Contest are available at<br />

http://arenaqs.com/yudx/index.htm. This year's event will be held on 15-16<br />

April, the rules can be found at the same URL. [TNX VE3EXY]<br />

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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

BENIN 2006: The TY <strong>DX</strong>pedition (TY5LEO, TY4TW, TY5WP and TY5MR) went QRT<br />

on<br />

30 March at 22.59 UTC with 24,000 QSOs in the log,<br />

including<br />

4332 QSOs on the low bands and 3298 on RTTY. Online<br />

logs,<br />

detailed statistics and more than 100 pictures are available<br />

at<br />

http://www.ik1pmr.com/dx-peditions/ty/ [TNX IK1PMR]<br />

<strong>DX</strong> SPOTS: Rod Elliott, VE3UW has collected the <strong>DX</strong> spots from<br />

the<br />

OH2AQ Web Cluster since January 1997. The collection<br />

-<br />

from January 1997 up to March 2006 - is available<br />

at<br />

www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/dxspots/, as well the software (<strong>DX</strong>INFO v2.0)<br />

which will enable you to handle the files (instructions<br />

at<br />

the URL above).<br />

QSL GALLERY: The large collection of QSL cards (3300+) on Les Nouvelle<br />

<strong>DX</strong>'s<br />

web site has been updated. Eight different galleries<br />

include<br />

cards for each of the 58 deleted <strong>DX</strong>CC entities (650+ QSLs),<br />

the<br />

ten Most Wanted <strong>DX</strong>CC Entities (120+ QSLs), obsolete<br />

prefixes<br />

(1300+ QSLs), Antarctic bases (500+ QSLs) & TAAF<br />

(Terres<br />

Australes and Antarctiques Francaises, 200+ QSLs), pre-<br />

1945<br />

countries (200+ QSLs) and French Departments, US 48<br />

States<br />

before 1945. Several cards are still needed and<br />

your<br />

participation is encouraged - please<br />

visit<br />

http://LesNouvelles<strong>DX</strong>.free.fr and send send your comments<br />

to<br />

LesNouvelles<strong>DX</strong>@free.fr [TNX F6AJA]<br />

TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now


available at<br />

http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html.<br />

Please send your scores, as well as any request for<br />

further<br />

information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@ari.it)<br />

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8CF, 3V5A, 3V8KO, 5H2AG, 5U1A,<br />

5U7JB, 5X1RI, 6O0N, 6V6U, 6W6/K3IPK, 7P8ZZ, 8R1EA, 9G1MR, 9G5OO, 9J2CA,<br />

9V1AG, A41KJ, AP2IA, AT0EI (AS-169), B4RF, C6AQQ, CE0Z/LA6IKA, CO2GL, CO6XN,<br />

CO8LY, CP6CW, CU2A, CY9SS, EK6LP, EP3PTT, EP3SMH, ER4/SP4R, ET3TK, EW6<strong>DX</strong>,<br />

EX2X, EZ8BO, FG/N0YY, FM1HM, FP/K8DD, FR5FD, FW5ZL, FY/F5IRO, GJ2A, GP0STH,<br />

HC1HC, HC8N, IH9P, IS0/WH0Q, J68MS, J75RZ, J88DR, JW8AJA, K7C, KG4SB, KH0AC,<br />

KL1V, KL7/NO7F, KP4SQ, LU1ZB (AN-012; AA LU-05), LU1ZD (AN-016; AA LU-11),<br />

LU1ZR (AN-013; AA LU-12), LU1ZS (AN-010; AA LU-17), MJ/K3PLV, MJ/K8PT,<br />

MJ0AWR, N3KS/KP5, NP2B, OH0B, OJ0B, OJ0U, OJ0VR, PZ5C, PZ5PA, R1ANB (AN-016;<br />

AA UA-07), R1ANF (AN-016; AA UA-04), R1ANN (AN-016; AA UA-08), R1ANT (AN-016;<br />

AA UA-07), R1ANZ (AN-016; AA UA-07), R1MVC, R1MVW, ST2BF, SU1SK, SU8GFTN<br />

(AF-101), SU9ZZ, SV9CVY, T88AT, T88VC, T88WX, T88ZX, TL8QC, TM8TAF, TS3A,<br />

TZ3M, TZ5A, V25G, V26EA, V26VR, V31JP, V4/AA1M, V51AS, V7/K7ZZ, VK9NS,<br />

VP5/K7LAZ, VU3BPZ (AN-016; AA VU-02), WZ8D/KP2, XE1ZW, XE2WWW, XW3DT, YI1OM,<br />

YK1BA, YL2GP, YM0T (AS-159), YN4MG, YN4SU, ZA/Z35M, ZB2FK, ZB2X, ZD7VC, ZD8R,<br />

ZF2NT, ZF2UL, ZK1EQL, ZS1Y.<br />

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15 April 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

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Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

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**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

6W & J5 - Peter, HA3AUI has prolonged his stay in Africa and will be<br />

active<br />

as either 6W/HA3AUI from Senegal and J5UAP from and Guinea-<br />

Bissau<br />

until 10 June. QSL direct to home call. [TNX NG3K]<br />

8Q - Francis, F6DPD will be active as 8Q7FB from Kuramathi,<br />

Maldives<br />

(AS-013) on 18-24 April. He will operate mainly on 40, 20 and<br />

17<br />

metres SSB and PSK with 1000 watts and a vertical antenna. QSL<br />

via<br />

bureau to home call. [TNX F5NQL]<br />

DL - DJ9MD, DK8MIL, DK7JAN, DK9BTX and DO9BS will operate on all<br />

bands,<br />

160 and 2 metres included, as DF0TM from Neuwerk Island (EU-127)<br />

on<br />

21-24 April. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

EI - Look for EI60LRC to be aired on 10-80 metres until the end of<br />

the<br />

year to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Limerick Radio<br />

Club.<br />

QSL via EI8EM. [TNX EI8EM]<br />

F - Antoine, F5RAB will be active from Ouessant Island (EU-065)<br />

on<br />

22-25 April and from Brehat Island (EU-074) on 26-28 April. He<br />

will<br />

operate CW and SSB on the HF bands with 100 watts and<br />

wire<br />

antennas. QSL via bureau. [TNX F5RAB]<br />

GM - Four operators from the Scottish-Russian ARS (namely<br />

MM0DFV,<br />

GM0WRR, GM4TOQ and MM0GDL) will operate as MS0DGR from Holy<br />

Island<br />

(EU-123) on 18-20 April. QSL to SRARS, P.O. Box 7469, Glasgow,<br />

G42<br />

0YD, Scotland, UK [TNX MM0DFV]<br />

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H4 - Bernhard, DL2GAC is currently active as H44MS from<br />

Honiara,<br />

Guadalcanal (OC-047) in the Solomon Islands until 27 April.<br />

He<br />

operates on 10-80 metres SSB barefoot, as his amplifier died a<br />

few<br />

days ago. QSL via DL2GAC, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K]<br />

HB0 - Gerry, IZ1DSH and Giovanni, IK1WEG will be active as<br />

HB0/homecall<br />

from Liechtenstein on 22-25 April. They will operate CW, SSB<br />

and<br />

RTTY on 80, 40, 20, 17 and 15 metres. QSL via home calls, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX NG3K]<br />

I - Simone, IK5RUN plans to operate from several Italian islands<br />

during<br />

the forthcoming weekends. Expect activity as IA5/IK5RUN/P on 40<br />

and<br />

possibily on 20 and 80 metres from Isola del Giglio (EU-028,<br />

IIA<br />

GR-002), Isola di Giannutri (EU-028, IIA GR-001), Isola<br />

Argentarola<br />

(not IOTA, IIA GR-003), Formica Grande (EU-028, IIA GR-005),<br />

Isola<br />

Rossa (not IOTA, IIA GR-015) and Formica Piccola (EU-028,<br />

IIA<br />

GR-014). QSL via home call. [TNX IK5RUN]<br />

JA - Look for JN1VXT/1 to operate (on 40-10 metres CW, plus 6 and<br />

2<br />

metres SSB and CW) from Kozu Island (AS-008, JIIA AS-008-004)<br />

on<br />

15-16 April. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />

JA - Look for JN4MBO/5 and JA5BEX/5 to operate from Toyo Island (AS-<br />

076,<br />

JIIA AS-076-New) from 16 April. QSL via home calls, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />

LX - Theo/PA1TO, Paul/PA2CW, Martin/PA2W and Con/PE1OOM will operate<br />

as<br />

LX/homecall from Wiltz, Luxembourg on 23-29 April. They plan to<br />

be<br />

active on all the HF bands with special attention to 160m and<br />

the<br />

WARC bands. QSL via home calls. [TNX PA1TO]<br />

OZ - Look for Ela, OZ/DL1TM and Tor, OZ/DJ4MG to operate on 160, 80,<br />

40,<br />

20, 15 and 2 metres SSB (and PSK31 on 20m) from Vendsyssel-<br />

Thy<br />

(EU-171) from 16 April until 4 May. QSL via home calls.<br />

[TNX<br />

www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

PA - Martin, VE3MR will operate again as PA9MR from Schouwen<br />

Duiveland<br />

(EU-146) from 15 April to 5 May. QSL via home call. [TNX The<br />

Daily<br />

<strong>DX</strong>]<br />

TA - Karl, WA2KBZ plans to operate as TA0/WA2KBZ from Buyukada<br />

(not<br />

IOTA) in the Sea of Marmara from 20 April to 1 May. Expect<br />

activity<br />

on 20, 40 and 80 metres mostly CW. QSL via home call. [TNX ARRL<br />

<strong>DX</strong>


Bulletin]<br />

UR - Slava/US7IGF, Roman/UR7IJQ, Alexandr/UR7IKV and Roman/UY7IQ<br />

will<br />

operate (on 40-17 metres SSB and CW) from Slovy'ans'kyi<br />

Island<br />

(SD-09 for for the Ukrainian Islands Award) on 22 April. QSL<br />

via<br />

home calls. [TNX US7IGF]<br />

W - The Low Country Contest Club will be active as NU4SC from<br />

Folly<br />

Island (NA-110) on 22-23 April. QSL via K3IXD, direct bureau.<br />

[TNX<br />

OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />

YB - YE6N is the special call issued for the 20-27 April operation<br />

from<br />

Nias Island (OC-161) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 769]. Please note a couple of<br />

changes:<br />

the web site has been updated and moved<br />

to<br />

http://www.toba-dx-group.net/nias/; the new QSL route is via<br />

YB9BU<br />

(Kadek Kariana SP, P.O. Box 106, Singaraja 81100, Bali,<br />

Indonesia:<br />

do not send green stamps, he says, but new IRCs preferably<br />

issued<br />

in the country the envelope comes from). [TNX YB1BOD/6]<br />

YK - Saad, N5FF will be active as YK1BA from Damascus, Syria from<br />

17<br />

April trough 5 May. He plans to operate at least 3-4 hours a<br />

day<br />

(between 01-04 UTC, 19-22 UTC and possibly 11-14 UTC) on 10-<br />

80<br />

metres CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via N5FF. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />

ANDAMAN ISLANDS 2006 ---> This is the latest list of callsigns that have been<br />

issued to foreign amateurs for use during the Hamfest at Port Blair, Andaman<br />

Islands:<br />

VU3CHE (K4VUD/HS0ZCW) VU3RYE (DL9GFB)<br />

VU3FRK (DL4KQ) VU3RYF (DL9MS)<br />

VU3GMM (XU7ACC) VU3RYG (SP3CYY)<br />

VU3JLW (AA4NN) VU3RYH (WA6UVF)<br />

VU3KIE (OH2KI) VU3RYI (JR3MVF)<br />

VU3NZB (DJ8NK) VU3RYJ (W0GJ)<br />

VU3NZC (SP3DOI) VU3RYM (DL5OAB)<br />

VU3OHA (W3UR) VU3RYN (N6TQS)<br />

VU3OHB (OH2BH) VU3RYP (VK8FR)<br />

VU3PLM (IZ1GLO/K2LEO) VU3SIB (F4EGD)<br />

VU3RIC (DJ5IW) VU3SIC (F5CWU)<br />

VU3RVC (DK5WL) VU3SID (DJ7ZG)<br />

VU3RWN (SP3GEM) VU3SIE (DK1BT)<br />

VU3RWO (K3LP) VU3SIF (DL3GA)<br />

VU3RWP (JH4RHF/OE1ZKC) VU3SIG (DL7AFS)<br />

VU3RYB (DL7DF) VU3TLY (IK1PMR)<br />

The following Indian operators have been granted permission to operate:<br />

VU2BL VU2GHX VU2MTS VU2VPR<br />

VU2BMB VU2GL VU2MY VU2WDP<br />

VU2BVB VU2GRM VU2MYH VU3DHD<br />

VU2CKD VU2JJS VU2MYL VU3HDP<br />

VU2CMK VU2JMA VU2MYN VU3LGX<br />

VU2DBP VU2JOS VU2MYV VU3LMS<br />

VU2DH VU2JVA VU2NNA VU3MUV<br />

VU2DSV VU2LFA VU2PKV VU3NOJ


VU2FI VU2LIC VU2RBI VU3RNU<br />

VU2FSX VU2LU VU2UWZ VU3RSB<br />

All of the callsigns above will have to be prefixed with VU4AN/ (e.g.<br />

VU4AN/VU3TLY). According to the information posted by Jose Jacob, VU2JOS on<br />

http://www.qrz.com/vu4an, operations will run from 18.30 UTC on 17 April to<br />

18.30 UTC on the 25th.<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS ---> Further supporting documentation has been received for TT8PK<br />

(Chad). Operations are accredited for <strong>DX</strong>CC for the periods from 15 March to<br />

27 May 2004 and from 27 December 2005 to 3 October 2006.<br />

INTERNATIONAL MARCONI DAY ---> Organized by the Cornish Radio Amateur Club,<br />

G4CRC/GB4IMD (http://www.cornishradioamateurclub.org.uk), the International<br />

Marconi Day (IMD) is a 24-hour amateur radio event held annually to celebrate<br />

the birth of Guglielmo Marconi (25 April 1874). It is not a contest, but an<br />

opportunity for amateurs around the world to make contacts with historic<br />

Marconi sites using HF communications techniques. Details, including<br />

information on the relevant Award Certificates and the listing of<br />

participating station in this year's event (to be held on 22 April), can be<br />

found at http://www.gb4imd.org.uk/<br />

NOT THE MANAGER ---> Rob Snieder, PA2R (ex PA5ET/PA3ERC) is not the QSL<br />

manager for VP2E, 8Q7WP (2004) and J79WP (2006). The QSL route for all VP2E<br />

contacts dated 1 January 1998 to the present is via N5AU (direct). Cards for<br />

contacts made with 8Q7WP in 2004 should be routed via JA1WPX; the QSL manager<br />

for the recent J79WP activity is DL5JMN.<br />

OPERATING PRACTICE ---> Mark Demeuleneere, ON4WW is the author of "Operating<br />

Practice", an informative and useful article that makes suitable and fruitful<br />

reading for novices and old timers alike. It can be found at<br />

http://www.on4ww.be/op.html.<br />

QSL LIECHTENSTEIN 2006 ---> The QSL cards for the January 2006 <strong>DX</strong>pedition to<br />

Liechtenstein (http://www.t93y.com/hb0) have been received from the printer<br />

and all direct QSL requests for HB0/T93M, HB0/T93Y, HB0/T94<strong>DX</strong>, HB0/T94JJ and<br />

HB0/T96Q have been processed and mailed by DJ2MX and T93Y. [TNX T93Y.]<br />

QSL UE1RDA ---> Yuri, UA1RJ reports that hes has been replaced by Sergey,<br />

RW1QN as QSL manager for UE1RDA.<br />

QSL VIA HS0ZCW ---> Charles Harpole, K4VUD/HS0ZCW is going to attend the Ham<br />

Fest at Port Blair and operate as VU4AN/VU3CHE. Effective immediately, all<br />

QSLs for the following calls: 9N1UD, 9N7UD, A52UD, AC4TT, HS0ZCW, K4VUD,<br />

V26V, VU3CHE, VU4AN/VU3CHE and XW1UD should go to this new permanent address:<br />

Charles Harpole (Phosit), 95/1 Moo 1, Thambon, Ban Kok, Amper Meung, Samut<br />

Sakhon 74000, Thailand.No stamps of any kind nor IRCs should be sent, US<br />

currency is all right. [TNX K4VUD/HS0ZCW]<br />

QSL VIA RW1AI ---> Mikhail, RW1AI reports his new address is as follows:<br />

Mikhail N. Fokin, P.O. Box 13, St. Petersburg 193312, Russia. He has logs and<br />

QSL cards for R1AND (1999), R1ANP (2000), R1ANT (2005), R1ANJ (2006), as well<br />

as ZS1/RW1AI, ZL3/RW1AI, KC4/RW1AI and RW1AI/ant. All logs for 4K1, 4K4 and<br />

4K0 operations before 1991 ae closed. QSL for KC4/N2TA go direct only via


qrz.com.<br />

QSL VIA UA1PAC---> Alan, UA1PAC returned from the Antarctic expedition on 11<br />

February and in the near future he will continue processing direct and bureau<br />

request for the April-May 2000 and April 2001 UA1PAC/p and UA1PAO/p operation<br />

from Vaygach Island (EU-086) and RK1PWA/p operation from Storozhevoy Island<br />

(EU-086). The cards for ZS1/UA1PAC and UA1PAC/mm are being printed. UA1PAC's<br />

new address is: Aleksej V. Kuz'menko, P.O.Box 599, Arkhangelsk, 163000<br />

Russia, but there's no need to send duplicates. [TNX UA1PAC]<br />

XR4PI ---> Bad weather, strong winds and rough seas caused Zoli/HA1AG and<br />

Marco/CE6TBN to cancel their 8-9 April XR4PI operation from Pupuya Island<br />

(SA-NEW) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 779].<br />

+ SILENT KEY + B. Dambii, JT1AG has passed away at 85 years of age. Licenced<br />

in February 1960, he was the first individually licenced amateur radio<br />

station in Mongolia. [TNX JT1CD]<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

LOGS: On line logs for all of Radio Club Vologda's operations<br />

-<br />

including R1PQ (EU-035), RF1P (EU-102), RI1POD (EU-102),<br />

RI1POM<br />

(EU-086), UE1QAA/1 (EU-102), UE1RCV/1 (EU-188), etc - can<br />

be<br />

found at http://www.rcv.ru/?i=logs [TNX UA1QV]<br />

VU4AN/: Andrea, IK1PMR (VU4AN/VU3TLY) has prepared a<br />

propagation<br />

prediction table for the Andaman Islands; it can be found<br />

at<br />

http://www.ik1pmr.com/dx-peditions/vu4/wincap/<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />

===================================================================<br />

3B8/IW1GIO IW1GIO EY8DQ DJ1MM R45CG RK4CYW<br />

3DA0VB UA4WHX FM5WD W3HNK R45G RK3DZB<br />

3W2TXR JA2TXR FO5RH F2HE R4G RZ4CWW<br />

3Z10ZHL SP6ZDA FR/TU5KG F4EFI RI1NU RN1NU<br />

4K9W DL6KVA FS/K9EL K9EL RK1G RZ3LC<br />

4L1FP LZ1OT GB0MPA GW0ANA RK1NWU/P RN1NU<br />

4L1GMC LZ1OT GB2WFS G4DQF S01R EA5RM<br />

4L1MA ON4RU GX2UG/m G0PFH SA2006EM SM6YOU<br />

4L1UN RW6HS H44MS DL2GAC SF0L SM0LQB<br />

4S7VK DJ9ZB HA50MHZ HA5X SI0E SM0EPO


5H3EE DL4SM HG2006S HA1CW SP0TPAX SP7DQR<br />

5N6EAM IK2IQD HK3JCL DK8LRF SX7ML SV7CUD<br />

5N8NDP IK5JAN HP1DCP EA5KB SY05AIA SV2FWV<br />

5R8GZ G3SWH HR9/EA1APV EA1APV T30CXX W0CXX<br />

5X1GS WB2YQH HS0ZFS LZ1KQ T88AP WB6OJB<br />

5Z4DZ PA1AW HZ1MD PA2V TA3J/0 TA3YJ<br />

5Z4KI YO9AFH HZ1NH EA7FTR TF3ZA KT6YL<br />

6O0M PA7FM IQ8SO IZ8GNH TF8GX KT6YL<br />

7Z1SJ EA7FTR J5UAF IV3DHD TM4BFL F4DCG<br />

8N6HIGO JG6TXW J5UAP HA3AUI TR8CA F6CBC<br />

8P2K KU9C J5UCW IK2ILH TT8LN F5TLN<br />

8Q7BO M0BOX J5U<strong>DX</strong> IK2ILH U4MIR RN3DK<br />

8S4S SM6YOU J70SWD SM0CCM UA1ONY RZ3EC<br />

9A650C 9A7K J73CCM SM0CCM UA1PBN/1 RK1PWA<br />

9G1YK PA3ERA J79XBI SM7XBI UE3QRP/3 UA3LMR<br />

9G5OO DL4WK JD1BMB DJ0FX UE3YAR/P RV3YR<br />

9H3UV G3MXZ JD1BMC DL2<strong>DX</strong> UE4HDA RW4HB<br />

9J2SZ SP8DIP JV800BV JT1BV UN5J W3HNK<br />

9K2MU WA4JTK JW0HZ SQ5TA UN7AB DL8KAC<br />

A6/OD5TX W4JS LZ13ARDF LZ1KZA UN7QX W7BO<br />

AT0AI VU2SWS LZ80R LZ1BJ UN8GF IZ8CCW<br />

BV50CRA BV2KI MM0MWW GM0IFM UO45YG RX3RC<br />

C56JHF SM0JHF MW0UTD/P M0UTD UP2006YG UN7BF<br />

C6ARA/MM N1RA OA4/DL5YWM DL5YWM UQ45YG UN7BF<br />

CN2BC DL7BC OO5S ON5SY V31JP KA9WON<br />

CN8YZ EA7FTR OP5T ON5UM V44KAI K2SB<br />

CP6XE IK6SNR OQ5M ON5ZO VK0AG VK3BER<br />

D2<strong>DX</strong> OH2BAD OQ7M ON7EM VP8CMH/MM GM0HCQ<br />

DA0DSC DK1RF OR0B ON6AK VP8DJB F5PFP<br />

DA0FIFA DL9ZEA OR2M ON4IA VP8SGK GM0HCQ<br />

DL2JRM/BY8SK DL2JRM OR4B ON5JV W0NB/BY1PK W0NB<br />

DP4K DK3DM OR7A ON7CK XU7TZG ON4AJV<br />

DR100NAU DL1RG OT4A ON4AEK YB0ECT K3AIR<br />

DU1/KI4KJP WY4N OY4TN ON5UR YB0IR W4JS<br />

DW9HGF EA7FTR P29BW N5FTR YB1GJS N5FTR<br />

DZ50HBC DU1HBC P29SS N5FTR YB9YKI YB9BU<br />

EG7MSS EA7URM P29VR W7LFA YI9RTG WH7USA<br />

EI90GPO EI8JR PA/ON4OSA ON4AWT YS1ECB EA7BO<br />

EK6LP IK2DUW PJ4/W9NJY WD9DZV YZ6150AMD YZ6AMD<br />

EK6TA DJ0MCZ PZ5DK PA0DKA ZK1HCU DL9HCU<br />

EL2PM EI5IF R3K RN3DK ZP8AE EA7FTR<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

4S7AB Kamal Edirisinghe, Walaliyadda, Ellakkala 11116, Sri Lanka<br />

EA1APV Marcos Suarez, Capitan Almeida 25 4 B, 33009 Oviedo, Spain<br />

EA5RM Antonio Gonzalez, P.O. Box 930, 03200 Elche, Spain<br />

EP3AG Ali Ghanbari, P.O.Box 564, 16765 Tehran, Iran<br />

EP4SP Shahryar Pasyar, P.O. Box 71365/1664, Shiraz, Iran<br />

F5PFP Mehdi Escoffier, 23 rue du Colombier, F-38540 Heyrieux, France<br />

FG5FR C. Frantz Selbonne, Villa Le Ferrick Rocade de Paul, 97129 Lamentin,<br />

Guadeloupe - France<br />

GM0HCQ Mike Gloistein, 27 Stormont Way, Scone, Perthshire PH2 6SP,<br />

Scotland,<br />

UK


GM0IFM Colin Blunn, Tiree, Rendall, Orkney, KW17 2PB, United Kingdom<br />

RW1QN Sergey A. Popov, P.O. Box 14, 162606, Cherepovets, Russia<br />

SV2FWV Takis Perrotis, 3 Metamorfoseos Str., 15234 Halandri, Greece<br />

TA3YJ Nilay Mine Aydogmus, P.O. Box 876, 35214 Izmir, Turkey<br />

VU2SWS Sarla Narayana Sharma, 7 Gaurav Apts Behind Ashok, Nagar Nahur<br />

Mulund<br />

(W), Bombay 400080, India<br />

W3HNK Joseph Arcure Jr, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352,<br />

USA<br />

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22 April 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

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>>> YX0A & YX0LIX


Additional operators are being sought; if interested in joining<br />

the<br />

team, please give a look to www.tdxs.net/C9.html and contact<br />

K5LBU<br />

(frosty1@pdq.net). [TNX K5LBU]<br />

DL - Look for DG0OGM/p, DH8WW/p, DL1AZZ/p, DL2AMT/p, DL3ARK/p<br />

and<br />

DL4AMK/p to operate from Amrum Island (EU-042, GIA N-18)<br />

and<br />

lighthouse (LH-2464, ARLHS FED-032, GLH-002) from 27 April to 3<br />

May.<br />

QSL via home calls. [TNX DL3ARK]<br />

DL - Twelve special DR2006 stations and 25 special DQ2006 stations,<br />

plus<br />

special callsign DR2006J (for YL activities) will be active from<br />

13<br />

May through 16 July to celebrate the FIFA World Cup, the<br />

football<br />

(soccer) world championship to be held in Germany in June-<br />

July<br />

(www.fifaworldcup.com). All of the QSOs will be<br />

confirmed<br />

automatically via the bureau, the QSL manager for direct requests<br />

is<br />

DF4ZL. Full information on the relevant "WM 2006 Award",<br />

sponsored<br />

by the DARC, can be found<br />

at<br />

http://www.amateurradio2006.de/diplomausschreibung_eng.html<br />

DL - Tom, DL8AAM reports that after the latest revision of amateur<br />

radio<br />

regulations in Germany, special callsigns may have up to<br />

8<br />

characters (figures and/or letters) after the two-letter<br />

prefix.<br />

DA0HAMCAMP will be the very special callsign to be used from<br />

the<br />

"Ham Camp" during this year's Ham Radio at Friedrichshafen (23-<br />

25<br />

June). All licenced and registered visitors can operate from<br />

that<br />

station. QSL via bureau. Please contact hamcamp@darc.de for<br />

further<br />

information.<br />

G - The Oxford and District ARS will be running special event<br />

station<br />

GB4MHS on 25-29 April (11.00-15.00 UTC) to celebrate the opening<br />

of<br />

the exhibition "Wireless World. Marconi and the Making of Radio"<br />

at<br />

the Oxford University's Museum of the History of Science (details<br />

at<br />

http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/). QSL via G4FON. [TNX M3LLM]<br />

G - Keith, G3TTC will operate on 80, 40, 20 and 15 metres SSB as<br />

G3TTC/P<br />

from the Isles of Scilly (EU-011) from 30 April until 5 May. QSL<br />

via<br />

home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

GM - Jim, MM0BQI will operate as MM0BQI/P from Lunga, the largest<br />

island<br />

in the Treshnish group (EU-108) on 28-30 April. Activity will be<br />

on


all 80-10 metres SSB, CW and RTTY, running 100 watts into<br />

verticals<br />

and wire dipoles. QSL via MM0BQI, direct (Jim Martin, 3<br />

Lismore<br />

Avenue, Edinburgh, EH8 7DW, Scotland, UK) or bureau. All<br />

surplus<br />

money from direct QSLs will be donated to the Hebridean<br />

Trust<br />

(www.hebrideantrust.org), who own and work to preserve the<br />

islands<br />

and whose permission to land and operate is gratefully<br />

acknowledged.<br />

[TNX MM0BQI]<br />

GM - Marc, ON5FP and Jose, ON4CJK will be touring the Outer<br />

Hebrides<br />

(EU-010) from 29 July until 5 August. Their main QTH will be<br />

on<br />

North Uist, and plans are to go and operate also from<br />

Barra,<br />

Benbecula, Berneray, Eriskay, Lewis & Harris, South Uist<br />

and<br />

Vatersay. Look for Marc to be signing MM/OS1A, while Jose will<br />

be<br />

using MM/OP0J (including an entry in the IOTA Contest from<br />

North<br />

Uist). On 6 August, while on their way back home, they will<br />

operate<br />

from Skye in the Inner Hebrides (EU-008). QSL via ON4ADN (direct<br />

or<br />

bureau). [TNX ON5FP]<br />

HC - Bruce, KD6WW will attempt to be active as HC3/KD6WW from IOTA SA-<br />

034<br />

between 26 and 28 April, and as HC4/KD6WW from IOTA SA-033<br />

between<br />

28 and 29 April. The time on each island will be limited, because<br />

he<br />

will be there on a holiday and not a <strong>DX</strong>pedition. QSL via home<br />

call<br />

direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent<br />

to<br />

kd6ww@inreach.com). [TNX KD6WW]<br />

HH - Ned, N4LS reports he will be active as HH4/N4LS from northern<br />

Haiti<br />

on 1-8 June. He plans to operate SSB and CW on 80-10 metres<br />

during<br />

his spare time.<br />

I - Alessio, IZ0CKJ plans to operate as IB0/IZ0CKJ from Palmarola<br />

Island<br />

(EU-045, IIA LT-008) on 22-26 April. QSL via home call, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX IZ0CKJ]<br />

I - Special event station IU9MSS will be active from Pergusa<br />

(Enna),<br />

Sicily from 24 April to 1 May.<br />

I - ARI Sestri Levante will operate special event station II1HCA<br />

on<br />

25-28 May for the 39th edition of the Hans Chrisian Andersen<br />

Prize,<br />

one of the world's most prestigious prizes for<br />

children's<br />

literature. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via<br />

the


ureau.<br />

IS0 - ARI Olbia will participate in the International Marconi Day<br />

(22<br />

April) as IY0GA from Cape Figari, Golfo Aranci (Sardinia, EU-<br />

024),<br />

where Guglielmo Marconi carried out a microwave test with Rocca<br />

di<br />

Papa (Rome) on 11 August 1932. QSL via IS0JMA. [TNX IS0JMA]<br />

JA - Taka, JR3TVH will operate as JR3TVH/JS6 from Tarama<br />

(JIIA<br />

AS-079-008) and other islands in the Miyako group (AS-079) from<br />

22<br />

April to 2 May. QSL via bureau to home call. [TNX JR3TVH]<br />

JA - Takeshi, JI3DST will be active as JI3DST/JS6 from Okinawa (AS-<br />

017,<br />

JIIA AS-017-033) on 27 April (from 1 to 13 UTC) and from the<br />

Miyako<br />

Islands (AS-079) from 28 April (7 UTC) to 7 May (00.00 UTC).<br />

His<br />

main QTH will be Miyakojima (AS-079-005), side trips to Ikemajima<br />

(AS-079-001), Kurima-jima (AS-079-003), Ogami-jima (AS-079-006)<br />

and<br />

Tarama (AS-079-008) are also being planned. QSL via bureau to<br />

home<br />

call. [TNX JI3DST]<br />

J5 - Hisato, JA1DOT (J5DOT) and Hiroyuki, JP1TRJ (J5TRJ) will be<br />

active<br />

from Guinea-Bissau from 25 April through 4 May. They plan to<br />

operate<br />

CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-10 metres. QSL for both calls via<br />

JA1DOT.<br />

The web page for the operation is<br />

at<br />

http://www.N<strong>DX</strong>A.jp/pedi/j5-2006/ [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

OY - PI4CC Contest Club (http://www.pi4cc.nl) members PA2A, PA2AM,<br />

PA2VMA<br />

and PA0VHA will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31 as OY/homecall<br />

from<br />

Eysturoy, Faroe Islands (EU-018) from 29 May to 8 June. QSL<br />

via<br />

PA0VHA (Hans Vernhout, Ph. de Goedestraat 54, NL3132XR<br />

Vlaardingen,<br />

The Netherlands). [TNX PA0VHA]<br />

TA - Berkin, TA3J will operate as YM125ATA between 23 April and<br />

10<br />

November to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the birth<br />

of<br />

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey. Expect<br />

activity<br />

on all band and modes. QSL via TA3YJ, direct (SAE plus 1 IRC.<br />

no<br />

green stamps please) or bureau. [TNX TA3J]<br />

UA - Special station RK50SAB will be active on 1-31 May to celebrate<br />

the<br />

50th anniversary of the amateur radio club station at the<br />

Ryazan<br />

Radioengineering Academy. QSL via RK3SWB. [TNX RU3SD]<br />

UR - A number of Ukrainian operators will be active as EM20U<br />

from<br />

Chernobyl on 24-27 April for the 20th anniversary of the disaster<br />

at


the local nuclear power plant. QSL via UT3UZ (Alex Arbuzov, P.O.<br />

Box<br />

7, Kiev-232, 02232, Ukraine). [TNX UT3UZ]<br />

VE - Doug, VA7DP reports he will operate as VA7UNEF from 5 June to 5<br />

July<br />

to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the<br />

UN<br />

Emergency Force. QSL via home call, direct only.<br />

W - N4AAC, N4MAA, N4NSS and K8QV will operate on all bands and modes<br />

as<br />

W4Z from Mullet Key (NA-034, USI FL-1325) on 24-25 June (from 14<br />

UTC<br />

to 14 UTC) during the ARRL Field Day. QSL direct to K8CXM.<br />

YB - The YE6P <strong>DX</strong>pedition to Simeulue Island (OC-270) has been<br />

rescheduled<br />

to take place on 24-29 May. QSL via YB1TC, direct or<br />

bureau.<br />

Bookmark http://dxpedition.orari.web.id/simeulue/ for<br />

detailed<br />

information and updates.<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

===========================<br />

Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS ---> The following operations are approved for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit:<br />

4W2AQ Timor Leste Operation from 18 June to 17 December 2003<br />

D68JC Comoros Operation from 23 October to 8 November 2001<br />

D6/WB4MBU Comoros Operation from 24 May to 27 October 2001<br />

YI9AQ Iraq Current operation effective 21 September 2004<br />

IOTA CONTEST ---> This year's event will take place on 29-30 July, from 12<br />

UTC on the Saturady until 12 UTC on the Sunday. It is a combined SSB/CW<br />

contest, and includes the bands 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m. Every year<br />

expeditioners activate many island groups, and it is easily possible to<br />

qualify for the basic IOTA-CC-100 Award during the contest weekend. During<br />

the 2005 contest, for example, at least 162 island groups were active, and<br />

over 1500 entrants submitted logs. For full rules please visit<br />

http://www.contesting.co.uk/hfcc/iota.shtml or contact the Contest Manager,<br />

Don Field, G3XTT (iotacontest@rsgbhfcc.org). A free logging program (SDI, SD<br />

for IOTA) designed especially for the contest is available at<br />

http://www.ei5di.com/<br />

IOTA SWL CONTEST ---> Discontinued in 2005, it has been picked up by the<br />

Mediterraneo <strong>DX</strong> Club (SWL Section), in cooperation with the RSGB HF Contests<br />

Committee, and it will be held in parallel with the IOTA Contest (29-30<br />

July). The "Geoff Watts Plaque", as well as a number of certificates, will be<br />

presented by the M<strong>DX</strong>C. Please visit http://www.mdxc.org/swl for full<br />

information (software included), or e-mail the Contest Manager Dan Rolla,<br />

I1-12387 (iw1qla@tin.it).<br />

LKK-80 AWARD ---> The Lviv Shortwave Club (Ukraine) and MK QTC Magazine<br />

(Poland) sponsor the LKK-80 Award to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the<br />

club. The award is for working a number of special stations in either Ukraine<br />

and Poland, as well as current and honorary LKK members, from 1 to 31 May.<br />

Full information is available at http://lkk-80.prv.pl/ [TNX UY5XE]


PIRATE ---> Hani, OD5TE reports that OD5RT was reported as being active on 30<br />

metres (11 March) and 40 metres CW (9 and 20 February). Please note that this<br />

was not the genuine Riad Tabbara, OD5RT (whose QSL route is not via OD5LN).<br />

QSL VIA RU3SD ---> Vasily, RU3SD reports he still has logs and cards for<br />

UA3SDK/0's activities in 1999 (Severnaya Zemlya, AS-042 and North Pole). He<br />

is also the QSL manager for RU3SD/1, UE3SFF/ and UE3SDA. Direct requests<br />

should be sent to Vasily Bardin, P.O. Box 1, Ryazan' 390000, Russia.<br />

_____________________________________________________________________________<br />

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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />

===========================<br />

Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

DT8A: On-line logs and a nice photo gallery of DT8A<br />

(DS4NMJ),<br />

currently stationed at King Sejong Station (HL-01 for<br />

the<br />

Antarctica Award) on King George (South Shetlands),<br />

are<br />

available at http://www.dt8a.com/main.html<br />

S01R: The latest expedition to Western Sahara (11-16 April)<br />

logged<br />

28,742 QSOs on CW, SSB, PSK31 and RTTY. Logs, pictures<br />

and<br />

statistics are available on http://www.s01r.com/ [TNX EA5RM]<br />

VP6DI & KH8SI: John, K1ER reports that "multiple virus attacks destroyed<br />

all<br />

the old files" and the web pages for VP6DI (Ducie Island)<br />

and<br />

KH8SI (Swains Island) have had to be reconstructed. They<br />

are<br />

now available at http://www.iijnet.or.jp/JA1BK/ (two<br />

videos<br />

included).<br />

VU4AN/VU3xxx: On-line logs for Sigi, DL7DF and his team mates are<br />

now<br />

available at http://www.dl7df.com/vu4/log.php:<br />

VU4AN/VU3NZC<br />

(SP3DOI), VU4AN/VU3RWN (SP3GEM), VU4AN/VU3RYB<br />

(DL7DF),<br />

VU4AN/VU3RYG (SP3CYY) and VU4AN/VU3SIE (DK1BT). QSL all<br />

five<br />

calls via DL7DF.<br />

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />

QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8/OM5RW, 4K9W, 4X411A, 5B4AGC,<br />

6W/G4WFQ, 7X0RY, 8Q7DV, 8R1EA, 9K2HN, 9L1JT, 9M2CNC, 9N7JO, 9V1YC, BA4DW/2,<br />

C6AKQ, CP4BT, CX1SI, EW3EW, EX8W, EY7AF, FM/K3CT, FO/HA9G/P, FO/N6JA,<br />

HH4/W4WX, HI3/K7BV, J88DR, KG4SB, KH2K/AH0, LU1ZB (AN-012; AA LU-05), MU0EXV,<br />

N3KS/KP5, R1MVC, RK2FWA, SV5/SM8C, SV9CVY, TA3D, TE2M, TG9NX, TI8M, TO4E,<br />

TO9A, TT8PK, TT8ZZ, TU2CI, TU2OJ, UR0MC, V25G (NA-100), V31TP, V44/EW1AR,<br />

V73CW, V73VE, V8ASV, VP8PJ, VQ9LA, WP3R, XF1K (NA-124), XF3NN (NA-135),<br />

XQ4ZW, XU7ADI, XU7AFB, XU7AYY, ZA/DM5TI, ZC4LI, ZD8QD, ZD8R, ZD8WX, ZK1ASQ,<br />

ZK1EQL, ZP0R.<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

5W - Dave, AH6HY will be active from Samoa (OC-097) from 29 April to<br />

4<br />

May. Requested call is 5W0HY and he will operate SSB only during<br />

his<br />

local evening hours. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />

The<br />

Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

BY - Nine operators from the Jiangsu <strong>DX</strong> Club (namely BA4RC, BA4TB,<br />

BA4RS,<br />

BD4RJC, BG4RQP, BG4WYV, BG4REB, BG4RDK and BD5RV) will be active<br />

as<br />

BY4RSA/4 from Tianheng Island (AS-150) on 1-5 May. They plan<br />

to<br />

operate on 160-10 metres SSB and CW, plus VHF/UHF and satellite.<br />

QSL<br />

via BA4TB. [TNX BD5RV]<br />

BY - A group of operators from the TianJin <strong>DX</strong> Club (BA3CE,<br />

BG3AIG,<br />

BG3APX, BG3AEK, BD7KLO and possibly others) will be active as<br />

BI3H<br />

from Puti Island (claimed to count for AS-134) on 4-7 May.<br />

Expect<br />

activity on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL<br />

via<br />

BA4EG. [TNX BA3CE]<br />

DL - Look for DL0RU/LH and DJ8DS/LH to operate from Juist Island (EU-<br />

047,<br />

N-03 for the German Islands Award) and the Memmertfeuer<br />

lighthouse<br />

(GLHA #69, ARLHS FED-121, WLH DL-012) on 29-30 April. [TNX<br />

OP<strong>DX</strong><br />

Bulletin]<br />

FP - Juergen, DJ2VO will be active from Miquelon Island (NA-032) on 5-<br />

20<br />

May. He will operate only CW on 80-10 metres with 100 watts and<br />

a<br />

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vertical antenna. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]<br />

FS - Ron, SM7DKF will operate (on 30, 20, 18, 15, 12, 10 and 6 metres<br />

SSB<br />

and PSK31) as FS/SM7DKF from St. Martin (NA-105) on 6-10 May, and<br />

as<br />

FJ/SM7DKF from St. Barthelemy (NA-146) on 10-20 May. QSL via<br />

SM7DKF<br />

(see his QSLling policy at http://www.sm7dkf.se). Logs will<br />

be<br />

uploaded to LOTW. [TNX www.rsgbiota.com]<br />

GM - Andre, GM3VLB and Alex, GM0DHZ will be active from<br />

Inchmarnock<br />

Island (EU-123) from 28 April to 2 May. They plan to operate CW<br />

and<br />

SSB on 10-80 metres. QSL via home calls, direct only. [TNX GM3VLB]<br />

GM - Joachim, DH5JBR will be visiting and operate from several<br />

Scottish<br />

islands starting on 30 April. He will begin on Great<br />

Cumbrae<br />

(EU-123), followed by many other islands in the EU-123, EU-<br />

008,<br />

EU-005 and EU-010 IOTA groups. Joachim intends to operate<br />

primarily<br />

on 20 metres (+/- 14260 kHz). [TNX GM3VLB]<br />

HL - Kim/HL1OYF, Han/HL1VAU, Ryu/DS4NYE, Park/HL3AMO,<br />

Park/DS3GLW,<br />

Park/HL3VAP, Kim/HL2FDW, Seong/DS1OFE, Jeong/HL2DBP,<br />

Park/HL1EJT,<br />

Cho/DS3MLG, Jeon/DS1EVQ, Yang/DS4CDA and possibly others<br />

will<br />

operate as homecall/5 from Koje Island (AS-081) on 4-7 May.<br />

They<br />

plan to have at least two stations active on 160-6 metres CW,<br />

SSB<br />

and digital modes. QSL via home calls. More information,<br />

pictures<br />

and log search will be available at<br />

http://www.kdxa.org/2006/as081/<br />

(under construction). [TNX HL1VAU]<br />

I - IQ3PN will be aired for the 41st National Fair of Amateur Radio<br />

that<br />

will be held at Pordenone on 29 April-1 May along with the 1st<br />

ARI<br />

Consensus Conference. QSL via bureau.<br />

I - Andrea, IK3MZS and Ampelio, IK3JBP will operate on 20 and 40<br />

metres<br />

from Chioggia Lighthouse (WAIL VE-002) on 29 April. [TNX IK3MZS]<br />

I - Alex/IW1FGZ, Carlo/IZ1GCZ, Sergio/IW1FSQ, Veronica/IK1KFF<br />

and<br />

Giorgio/IZ1<strong>DX</strong>S will participate in the ARI International <strong>DX</strong><br />

Contest<br />

(6-7 May) as II1W. QSL via IW1FGZ.<br />

I - Isido/1XOI, Piera/IK1AIF, Mario/IW1PZC,<br />

Alberto/IW1PRT,<br />

Mauro/IW2KVT, Emanuele/IW2NOD and Giuseppe/I2AZ will be QRV<br />

as<br />

IG9/homecall from Lampedusa Island (AF-019, IIA AG-001) on 13-<br />

19<br />

May. They plan to be active on SSB, CW and digital modes on<br />

all<br />

bands from 160 metres to 12 cm, and to operate from two<br />

lighthouses


(WAIL SI-020 & ARLHS ITA-025, and WAIL SI-021 & ARLHS ITA-123).<br />

QSL<br />

for all via IW2NOD, direct or bureau. Requests for skeds can be<br />

sent<br />

to I2AZ (alfazebra1@virgilio.it) not later than 11 May. [TNX I2AZ]<br />

LZ - Special station LZ06KM will be active on 1-31 May to celebrate<br />

St.<br />

Kiril and Methodius' Day. QSL via LZ1PJ, direct (Ivan Ivanov,<br />

P.O.<br />

Box 15, BG-1324 Sofia, Bulgaria) or bureau (e-mail requests<br />

for<br />

bureau cards can be sent to lz1pj@qsl.net). [TNX LZ1PJ]<br />

OE - The annual Austrian Emergency Communications Training test will<br />

be<br />

run during the All Austria Contest (AOEC) on 1 May between 5-8<br />

UTC<br />

and 14-17 UTC. Diplomatic (prefix OEC), Red Cross (OEH),<br />

Police<br />

(OEP) Customs (OEN), Military (OEY) and Disaster Relief<br />

(OEK)<br />

operators are licenced to work OE radioamateurs (also on 30<br />

metres<br />

SSB) in order to get trained for possible interaction QSOs in<br />

case<br />

of an emergency/disaster. Thomas, OE6TFF will operate under<br />

the<br />

callsign of the customs office at Graz Airport (OEN6124).<br />

Other<br />

Government stations expected to participate in the emergency<br />

test<br />

include OEY611, OEY621, OEY622, OEY651, OEY671, OEY681,<br />

OEK310,<br />

OEK3101, OEK3102. These stations are not allowed to contact<br />

amateurs<br />

outside Austria, but but SWL reports can be sent via the OE-<br />

QSL<br />

bureau. More information on this annual event can be found<br />

at<br />

http://people.freenet.de/troesne/AOEC_Interservice.html [TNX<br />

DL8AAM]<br />

OE - Paolo, IV3UHL reports he will participate in the ARI<br />

International<br />

<strong>DX</strong> Contest (6-7 May) as OE8/IV3UHL (single operator CW).<br />

SP - Special event station SP0TPFK will be active on 1-31 May<br />

to<br />

celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Lviv Shortwave Club<br />

(LKK).<br />

TPFK was the callsign of the club station. QSL via SP2FAP<br />

(Sylwester<br />

Jarkiewicz, Suchacz-Zamek, ul. Wielmozy 5b, 82-340<br />

Tolkmicko,<br />

Poland). [TNX SP2FAP]<br />

SP - Wojtek, SP8MI will operate as SN80LKK on 1-31 May to celebrate<br />

the<br />

80th anniversary of the Lviv Shortwave Club (LKK). QSL via<br />

SP8MI,<br />

direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]<br />

TA - TB0<strong>DX</strong> is the callsign used by the OK <strong>DX</strong> Foundation's<br />

operators<br />

during their island activity from Turkey [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 777].<br />

Pavel/TA2ZAF<br />

(OK1MU), Karel/OK1DG, Slavek/OK1TN, Ondra/OK1CDJ,


Vasek/OK1DAA,<br />

Zdenek/OK1FIA and Mirek/OK2VZE will remain on Kosrelik (AS-<br />

123)<br />

until 1 May, and will operate CW and SSB with two stations. QSL<br />

via<br />

OK2GZ, direct or bureau. The web page for the operation is<br />

at<br />

http://www.okdxf.cz/ankety/iota_ta/iota_ta_en.php [TNX OM3JW]<br />

UA - Igor, RA3QSY and Alex, RK3QA will be active as UE3OFF/6 from<br />

the<br />

Natural Reserve of Bogdinsko-Baskunchakski on 6-9 May. QSL<br />

via<br />

RA3QSY, direct (Igor Makeev, P.O. Box 2, Voronezh, 394010,<br />

Russia)<br />

or bureau (E-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent<br />

to<br />

ra3qsy@mail.ru). [TNX RA3QSY]<br />

UR - Special station EO61G will be active on 4-14 May to commemorate<br />

the<br />

61th anniversary of the end of World War II. QSL via UR3GM,<br />

direct<br />

or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent<br />

to<br />

ur3gm@tlc.kherson.ua). [TNX UR3GM]<br />

VK9_lh - Merv, N6NO will celebrate his 70th birthady and 55 years of<br />

amateur<br />

radio operating as VK9LNO from Lord Howe (OC-004) on 5-13 May.<br />

He<br />

will be active on 10-80 metres mostly CW. QSL via home call.<br />

[TNX<br />

NG3K]<br />

W - Jim/WB9PZB, Carol/WB9PZA and Jerry/WB9ONU will operate as<br />

WB9PZB/4<br />

from Santa Rosa Island (NA-142) from 30 April to 4 May. They<br />

expect<br />

to operate on +/- 3865 and 7265 kHz between 14-16 UTC and 2-3<br />

UTC<br />

daily, and +/- 14265 kHz between 17-19 UTC as time permits.<br />

QSL<br />

direct via WB9PZB.<br />

ZA - Pino, I8YGZ will be active from Albania on 1-15 May. He plans to<br />

be<br />

operate SSB and CW on 160-10 metres, plus 6 and 2 metres, and<br />

to<br />

operate from three lighthouses located near Vlora, Durres<br />

and<br />

Saranda. QSL direct to home call (Pino Zamboli, Via Trieste<br />

30/54,<br />

84015 Nocera Superiore - SA, Italy). [TNX I8YGZ]<br />

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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

AVES 2006 ---> The YX0LIX/YX0A operation from Aves Island was expected to<br />

come to an end by Friday 28 April, earlier than originally planned. Logs will<br />

be available at http://www.yv0.info/ once the team gets back to Caracas, as


they were unable to upload the logs during the operation. There was no RTTY<br />

activity, because the late Jose, YV5LIX was the one who was going to operate<br />

on that mode and the rest of the team was not experienced enough. [TNX<br />

W4DTA/YV5DTA]<br />

6O0M ---> Michael, PA5M left Somalia on 23 April and has moved to Kenya. He<br />

made some 2500 QSOs on 80-10 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31. Michael works<br />

for the UN World Food Programme and at this stage it is unknown if he will<br />

return to Somalia. QSL via PA7FM (please do keep in mind that 1 US$ no longer<br />

covers postage for extra-European destinations). [TNX PA7FM]<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC FIELD CHECK ---> <strong>DX</strong>CC Branch Manager Bill Moore, NC1L will attend the<br />

Amateur Radio Fair at Pordenone (29 April-1 May).<br />

QSL VU4AN/VU2MYH ---> Giovanni, I5JHW reports he operated under Mohan's<br />

callsign during the recent activity from the Andaman Islands. Please note<br />

that the QSL route for contacts made between 18 and 25 April is via I5JHW.<br />

US LICENCE ---> An ARRL/VEC test session will be held at 13.30 local time on<br />

29 April during the Amateur Radio Fair at Pordenone. Further details can be<br />

found at http://www.ik1pmr.com/vec/<br />

YE6N ---> John Van Putten, WD8MGQ is collecting donations from US amateurs<br />

the YE6N (OC-261) group. John will wait until 17 May, then he will send to<br />

the QSL manager (YB9BU) whatever money he has received through Western Union.<br />

Send a SASE return envelope, QSO data and your donation; when Kadek sends the<br />

cards back to John, he will then put them into the individual SASEs. For<br />

further information, please contact John at wd8mgq@adelphia.net<br />

+ SILENT KEY + Geo Longden, G3ZQS passed away on 25 April. In 1987 Geo<br />

founded FISTS (http://www.fists.co.uk/), the International Morse Preservation<br />

Society that boasts a membership in the thousands world-wide.<br />

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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

LOGS: On-line logs for C56JJ (as well as for 9A/PA4JJ and SV9/PA9JJ) can<br />

be<br />

found at http://www.pa4jj.nl; a request form for bureau cards is<br />

also<br />

available. [TNX PA4JJ]<br />

LOGS: On-line logs for VU4AN/VU3PLM (operated by K2LEO/IZ1GLO)<br />

and<br />

VU4AN/VU3TLY (operated by IK1PMR) are now available<br />

at<br />

http://www.ik1pmr.com/logs/; more information and pictures<br />

will<br />

follow. [IK1PMR]<br />

LOGS: On-line logs for VU4AN/VU3SID and VU4AN/VU3SIG can be found<br />

at<br />

www.qsl.net/dl7afs [TNX DL2FAG]<br />

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******* QSL INFO ********<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

===================================================================<br />

CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />

===================================================================<br />

3B9/ON4LAC ON4LAC HC1HC NE8Z VU4AN/VU3CHE HS0ZCW<br />

3W3A JA6UHG HC2SL EA5KB VU4AN/VU3FRK F5CWU<br />

4L0ABC K3PD HC3/KD6WW KD6WW VU4AN/VU3JLW F5CWU<br />

4O3T YT6A HZ1AN DJ9ZB VU4AN/VU3KIE OH2BN<br />

5H3AA K6EID HZ1NH EA7FTR VU4AN/VU3NZB DJ8NK<br />

5R8FL G3SWH IB0/IY0TC I0KHP VU4AN/VU3NZC DL7DF<br />

5T6BT EA4URE IO8VAT IZ8AJQ VU4AN/VU3OHA OH2BN<br />

5Z4/IZ1GDB IZ1GDB IY0GA IS0JMA VU4AN/VU3OHB OH2BN<br />

5Z4ZK W4ZYT IY0TC I0KHP VU4AN/VU3PLM F5CWU<br />

7Q7BP G3MRC IY1MR IK1FSD VU4AN/VU3RIC DJ5IW<br />

7Z1UG DG1XG IY4FGM IK4UPU VU4AN/VU3RSB F5CWU<br />

8Q7FB F6DPD IY4W I4LEC VU4AN/VU3RWN DL7DF<br />

9G1RU HB9DQH J5DOT JA1DOT VU4AN/VU3RWO F5CWU<br />

9H3MN DF8AN J5TRJ JA1DOT VU4AN/VU3RWP OE1ZKC<br />

9M2CNC G4ZFE JT1Y I0SNY VU4AN/VU3RYB DL7DF<br />

9M6/G3OOK M5AAV JT5Y I0SNY VU4AN/VU3RYC DK5WL<br />

9V1CW PA0KHS JW7QIA LA7QIA VU4AN/VU3RYE DL9GFB<br />

A61Q EA7FTR KH6RZ W6YM VU4AN/VU3RYF DL9MS<br />

A71EM EA7FTR MS0DGR MM0DFV VU4AN/VU3RYG DL7DF<br />

CN8SG EA7FTR NU4SC K3IXD VU4AN/VU3RYH WA6UVF<br />

CO6WD W0SA OA4/DL5SE DL5WM VU4AN/VU3RYI JR3MVF<br />

DR06SOCCER DH2ES OC5I DL5WM VU4AN/VU3RYJ W0GJ<br />

EG0VPB EA1FE OL74CAV OK1UU VU4AN/VU3RYM F5CWU<br />

EG#DIR EA4URE OP0P ON6DP VU4AN/VU3RYN F5CWU<br />

EK3GM IK2QPR OQ7M ON7EM VU4AN/VU3RYP VK8FR<br />

EK9AA W6QKB OQ7Q ON7RN VU4AN/VU3SIB F5CWU<br />

EM20FA UT2FA OX3XR OZ3PZ VU4AN/VU3SIC F5CWU<br />

EM20FEL UR5FEL R20CH RA3YA VU4AN/VU3SID DL7AFS<br />

EM20U UT3UZ R20CH RA3YA VU4AN/VU3SIE DL7DF<br />

EN20CNPP UY2RO RK3UWK/3 UA3UME VU4AN/VU3SIG DL7AFS<br />

EN20CU UR4CU ST0RM T93Y VU4AN/VU3TLY F5CWU<br />

EN20F UR5FEO TB0<strong>DX</strong> OK2GZ YB8SI YB9BU<br />

EN20FY UX0FY TI4CF W3HNK YE6N YB9BU<br />

EN20UU UX4UU TM1OOB F8CKS YJ0AWG DL2AWG<br />

EO2OFT UT0FT UE3XAA UA3XGM YK1BA N5FF<br />

EV20R EW8RR UE3YAK UA3YAP YM125ATA TA3YJ<br />

GB4MDI GW0ANA UE3YPL RA3YD YV1FM IW7EGQ<br />

GB4MHS G4FON UN5A DL8KAC YX0A KU9C<br />

GB8OQE GW0ANA VP8DIZ G7KMZ YX0LIX KU9C<br />

HB0/IK1WEG IK1WEG VQ9JK G4FJK Z36A DJ0LZ<br />

HB0/IZ1DSH IZ1DSH VU4AN/VU2MYH I5JHW ZA/UT7DW DK6CW<br />

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******* ADDRESSES *******<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

DK5WL Heinz-Josef Pick, Friedrichsheck 16, D-55442 Stromberg, Germany<br />

DL2AWG Guenter Gassler, Eichertstr. 8, 07589 Muenchenbernsdorf, Germany<br />

DL7AFS Baerbel Linge, Eichwaldstr. 86, Kassel, D-34123 Germany


DL7DF Sigi Presch, Wilhelmsmuehlenweg 123, D-12621 Berlin, Germany<br />

F5CWU Flo Moudar, 25 Rue du Castel Salis, 37100 Tours, France<br />

G4FJK Tim Hugill, Swandhams House, Sampford Peverell, Tiverton, Devon EX16<br />

7ED, UK<br />

HS0ZCW Charles Harpole (Phosit), 95/1 Moo 1, Thambon, Ban Kok, Amper Meung,<br />

Samut Sakhon 74000 Thailand<br />

IS0JMA Roberto Alaimo, P.O. Box 41 Centro, 07026 Olbia - OT, Italy<br />

JA1DOT Hisato Kobayashi, 2-7-19 Mejirodai, Hachioji-city, Tokyo 193-0833,<br />

Japan<br />

KU9C Steven M. Wheatley, P.O. Box 31, Morristown, NJ 07963-0031, USA<br />

OK2GZ Jaroslav Kelar, Generala Svobody 1200, Unicov 783 91, Czech Republic<br />

PA7FM Dennis Robbemond, Loggerhof 11, 3181 NS Rozenburg, The Netherlands<br />

RA3YA Vlado Zhukov, Fokina str. 104 A kv 6, Bryansk 241000, Russia<br />

RW1AI Mikhail N. Fokin, P.O. Box 13, St. Petersburg 193312, Russia<br />

SX2P P.O. Box 26, 59100 Veria, Greece<br />

TA3YJ Nilay Mine Aydogmus, P.O. Box 876, 35214 Izmir, Turkey<br />

UA1PAC Aleksej V. Kuz'menko, P.O.Box 599, Arkhangelsk, 163000 Russia<br />

US7IGF Slava Shevchenko, p.o.box-591, Slavyansk-12, Donetsk obl. 84112,<br />

Ukraine<br />

UT3UZ Alex Arbuzov, P.O. Box 7, Kiev-232, 02232, Ukraine<br />

W0GJ Glenn R. Johnson, 207 Bear Creek Lane NW, Bemidji, MN 56601, USA<br />

YB9BU Kadek Kariana SP, P.O. Box 106, Singaraja 81100, Bali, Indonesia<br />

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A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

3D2_rot - Didier/F4ELJ, Andre/F0ELK and Christophe/F0ELI will operate<br />

as<br />

3D2BD from Rotuma (OC-060) on 5-17 August. On their way back<br />

home<br />

they will stop and be active also from Suva, Fiji Islands (OC-<br />

016),<br />

from 18 to 21 August. QSL via F4ELJ, direct or bureau.<br />

Further<br />

details will be posted at http://3d2bd.free.fr [TNX F4ELJ]<br />

6W - Patrick/F6CMH (6V7B), Jean-Marc/F1HDI (6V7A) and<br />

Jacques/F1BCS<br />

(6V7C) will be active from Senegal on 7-13 May. They plan<br />

to<br />

operate SSB, digital modes and EME. QSL via W7MAE (US stations)<br />

or<br />

F6CMH (all others). [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

9A - Once again Zik, VE3ZIK (http://www.qslnet.de/ve3zik) will<br />

operate<br />

CW and SSB on all bands as 9A/VE3ZIK from Bilice, Croatia on 6-<br />

22<br />

May. He will also try to be active on PSK31, RTTY and 10m FM.<br />

QSL<br />

via DL3PS, direct or through the DARC bureau. [TNX VE3ZIK]<br />

9A - Livio/9A3KS, Boro/9A3KB and Tom/9A2AA plan to operate from<br />

several<br />

islands in the Istra group (EU-110) starting on 9 May. QSL via<br />

home<br />

calls. [TNX 9A2AA]<br />

BY - BD4VE, BD4XA and BD4VC will operate as BY4XSL/4 from<br />

Dongxilian<br />

Island (AS-135) on 4-6 May. Expect activity on 40, 20, 15, 10<br />

and<br />

maybe 80 metres CW and SSB. QSL via BD4XA. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

BY - BG1DRJ operated as BG1DRJ/4 from Furong Island (AS-160) on 1-2<br />

May<br />

(1014 QSOs). He is now active as BG1DRJ/4 from Sang Island (AS-<br />

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and should remain there until 7 May. QSL via home call. His<br />

web<br />

page is at http://spaces.msn.com/bg1drj [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

EA8 - Simone/IZ0BTV, Gianni/IZ7FLP, Alfredo/EC8ADS, Peter/EC8ADW<br />

and<br />

Eduardo/EC8AUA will be active as ED8OTA from Gran Canaria,<br />

Canary<br />

Islands (AF-004) on 11-14 May. They also plan to operate from a<br />

few<br />

satellite islets (details at www.strangeradioteam.com/ed8ota).<br />

QSL<br />

via IZ7FLP. [TNX IZ8EDJ]<br />

F - Francois, F5JNE will operate from Belle-Ile en Mer (EU-048) on 7-<br />

21<br />

May. Look for him on 40 and 20 metres CW during his evening<br />

hours.<br />

QSL via home call. direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]<br />

F - Special event station TM6ACO will be activated on all bands SSB<br />

and<br />

CW on 4-18 June for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. QSL via bureau<br />

to<br />

F6KFI. Further information at http://asso.proxiland.fr/aras72/<br />

[TNX<br />

F5TJC]<br />

FG - The A.C.R.A club (http://acra-radioclub.site.voila.fr) will<br />

be<br />

active as TO7AES on 27 May to celebrate the abolition of slavery<br />

on<br />

Guadeloupe. Expect activity on the HF and VHF bands on SSB,<br />

PSK31<br />

and CW. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />

G - Mike, M1CCF and Lawrie, G4FAA, with expertise and operators<br />

from<br />

Cray Valley Radio Society, will be active as GB150VC on 1-28<br />

June<br />

to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Victoria Cross from<br />

the<br />

Museum of the Royal Artillery at Woolwich, south east London.<br />

There<br />

will be two separate stations on HF (80-10 metres) and VHF (6 and<br />

2<br />

metres). QSL via G4DFI. Details on the relevant awards will<br />

be<br />

available at www.cvrs.org [TNX M3RCV]<br />

GW - Derek, G3KHZ and Steve, G4EDG will operate as GW3KHZ/P from the<br />

St.<br />

Tudwal's Islands (EU-106) on 12-15 May (weather could modify<br />

the<br />

dates a little). Derek and Steve are CW operators and so there<br />

may<br />

not be any SSB activity. QSL direct to G4EDG or LOTW. [TNX IZ1CRR]<br />

GW - The Grantham ARC (www.garc.org.uk) will operate as either GW0GRC<br />

or<br />

GB0SK from Skokholm Island (EU-124) on 26-29 August. They plan<br />

to<br />

have 12 operators involved in this activity. All contacts will<br />

be<br />

confirmed automatically via the bureau, the QSL manager for<br />

direct<br />

cards is G0RCI. [TNX G0RCI]<br />

HH - Fabio, PY1ZV will be active as HH/PY1ZV from Port-au-Prince,


Haiti<br />

(NA-096) from 31 May to 8 June. He plans to operate on 80-10<br />

metres<br />

in his spare time. Fabio works for the Brazilian Army and<br />

has<br />

joined the Brazilian military forces involved in MINUSTAH,<br />

the<br />

United Nations Stabilization Mission in<br />

Haiti<br />

(http://www.minustah.org/). After that Fabio will be going<br />

and<br />

operate, most likely as PJ2/PY1ZV, from Curacao (SA-006) on 10-<br />

14<br />

June. QSL for all activities via PY4KL, direct or bureau.<br />

[TNX<br />

PY2HS]<br />

I - Isido/I1XOI, Piera/IK1AIF, Mario/IW1PZC,<br />

Alberto/IW1PRT,<br />

Mauro/IW2KVT, Emanuele/IW2NOD and Giuseppe/I2AZ will be QRV<br />

as<br />

IG9/homecall from Lampedusa Island (AF-019, IIA AG-001) on 13-<br />

19<br />

May. They plan to be active on SSB, CW and digital modes on<br />

all<br />

bands from 160 metres to 23 cm, and to operate from two<br />

lighthouses<br />

(WAIL SI-020 & ARLHS ITA-025, and WAIL SI-021 & ARLHS ITA-123).<br />

QSL<br />

for all via IW2NOD, direct or bureau. Requests for skeds can<br />

be<br />

sent to I2AZ (alfazebra1@virgilio.it) not later than 11 May.<br />

[TNX<br />

I2AZ]<br />

I - Special event station II2CSV will be active from 15 May to 15<br />

June<br />

to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ARI Vigevano. [TNX IK2AVH]<br />

JA - Look for JA5BEX/5 to be active from Turu Island (AS-076,<br />

JIIA<br />

AS-076-New), Ehime Prefecture, on 4-6 May. QSL via home<br />

call,<br />

direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />

JA - Look for JA6RGD/6 to operate from Naga Island (AS-012),<br />

Kagoshima<br />

Prefecture on 6 May. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.<br />

[TNX<br />

JI6KVR]<br />

ON - The first four stages of the 88th edition of the Giro d'Italia<br />

(the<br />

long distance road bicycle race for professional cyclists)<br />

will<br />

take place in Belgium (Wallonie). The UBA-section CPN will use<br />

the<br />

special call ON6GIRO on 6-9 May. Expect activity on 20 and<br />

40<br />

metres SSB. QSL via ON4CPN. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

OZ - Tom, DL7UZO will be active as OZ/DL7UZO from the Jylland<br />

North<br />

Group (EU-171) on 13-20 May. He plans to operate CW, SSB,<br />

PSK31,<br />

RTTY and WSJT on 80-10 metres, 50 MHz and 144 MHz. QSL via<br />

home<br />

call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]


PA - Members of VERON Department A54 "Etten-Leur" (PI4ETL) will<br />

operate<br />

as PI25ETL between 24 June and 9 July (including an entry in<br />

the<br />

IARU HF World Championship) to celebrate their 25th anniversary.<br />

A<br />

special award will be available for working PI4ETL or<br />

PI25ETL<br />

during the months of May, June and July; please contact<br />

PA0ATG<br />

(pa0atg@amsat.org) for the details. [TNX PA0LOU]<br />

SM - Special callsign SK60CG will be aired in May to celebrate King<br />

Carl<br />

Gustaf's 60th birthday. QSL via SM6JSM, bureau or direct.<br />

[TNX<br />

SM0IMJ]<br />

SM - Tomas/SM6XMY, Rolf/SM6IQD, Sten/SM6MIS, Daniel/SA6ABU,<br />

Janne/SM6YOF<br />

and Rick/SM6U will operate as 8S6KOS from the Koster<br />

Islands<br />

(EU-043) on 9-11 June. Expect main activity on 80, 40 and 20<br />

metres<br />

SSB, with some CW. They plan to run two stations with<br />

amplifiers<br />

and decent antennas. QSL via bureau to SM6YOU. The home page<br />

for<br />

the operation is at http://sector7.nu/8s6kos [TNX SM6U]<br />

T9 - Zik, VE3ZIK will operate as T9/VE3ZIK from Ljeb, Bosnia<br />

&<br />

Herzegovina on 27-30 May, CQ WPX CW Contest included. Look for<br />

him<br />

mostly on 40 and 80 metres. QSL via DL3PS, direct or through<br />

the<br />

DARC bureau. [TNX VE3ZIK]<br />

TK - Vasek, DL4FF will be active again as TK/DL4FF from Corsica (EU-<br />

014)<br />

from 15 May to 9 June. He will operate on 10-160 metres CW and<br />

SSB,<br />

and will be active during the CQ WW WPX CW Contest. QSL via<br />

home<br />

call, direct or bureau. [TNX DL4FF]<br />

UR - Slava/US7IGF, Roman/UR7IJQ, Alexandr/UR7IKV and Roman/UY7IQ<br />

will<br />

operate (on 40-17 metres SSB and CW) from Blakytnyi Island (BlL-<br />

01<br />

for the Ukrainian Islands Award) on 8 May. QSL via home calls.<br />

[TNX<br />

UY7IQ]<br />

VE - VE1AI, VE1AST, VE1DHD, VE1FHW, VE1PEI, VE1QD, VE1RGB and VY2RU<br />

will<br />

operate as VE1FO from Janvrin Island (NA-010, CISA NS-010) on 11-<br />

15<br />

May. [TNX VE9MY]<br />

VK9_ni - The VI9NI team [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 774] includes VE7NS, ZL2IFB, VK2BAA,<br />

VK4AN,<br />

VK4DV, VK5PO and VK4FW. All equipment has been sent to<br />

Norfolk<br />

Island and they expect to arrive on 24 May. Look for them<br />

to<br />

operate CW (1822, 3523, 7023, 10103, 14023, 18073, 21023,<br />

24893,<br />

28023 and 50125 kHz) SSB (1822, 3785, 7093, 14195, 18140,


21295,<br />

24940, 28475 and 50125 kHz) and RTTY (10103, 14084, 21084 and<br />

28084<br />

kHz). QSL via VK4FW, direct (Bill Horner, P.O. Box 612,<br />

Childers,<br />

4660, Australia) or bureau. Direct requests should include<br />

a<br />

minimum of 2 USD. [TNX VK4FW]<br />

VK9_ni - June 2006 marks the 150th anniversary of the landing of the<br />

people<br />

of Pitcairn Island, the decendants of the Bounty Mutineers,<br />

on<br />

Norfolk Island. To help celebrate the event the HI<strong>DX</strong>A Club has<br />

been<br />

issued with the special callsigns of VI9NL and VI9NS for the<br />

whole<br />

month of June covering the period of the celebrations.<br />

Kirsti,<br />

VK9NL and Jim, VK9NS will use these special callsigns and will<br />

both<br />

try to be as active as possible during the period. [TNX VK9NS]<br />

W - The Mid Florida <strong>DX</strong> Association has been invited to<br />

demonstrate<br />

Amateur Radio at Honeymoon Island (NA-034) on 6 May. Expect<br />

W4F<strong>DX</strong><br />

to be active with two stations on 20, 15 and possibly 17<br />

metres.<br />

QSL via W2NDP. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

YB - Hotang, YC0IEM will be on Bali Island (OC-022) from 8 to 25 May<br />

and<br />

will operate from YB9AY's station. QSL via IZ8CCW, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW]<br />

ZA - Pino, I8YGZ reports that he plans to operate SSB and CW from<br />

four<br />

different lighthouses during his stay in Albania [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 782]:<br />

Gji<br />

Dukatit (ARLHS ALB-013), Kep I Palermos (ALB-001), Kepi<br />

I<br />

Treporteve (ALB-003) and Lume Vijose (ALB-011). QSL via home<br />

call,<br />

direct or bureau.<br />

ZP - Alfeo, I1HJT reports he will participate in the ARI<br />

International<br />

<strong>DX</strong> Contest as ZP0R (QSL for this activity via I1HJT). Outside<br />

the<br />

contest he might also operate as ZP6/I1HJT in his spare time<br />

(QSL<br />

via home call).<br />

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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

ARI CONTEST ---> The ARI International <strong>DX</strong> Contest will be held on 6-7 May,<br />

from 20.00 UTC on Saturday through 19.59 UTC on Sunday. Full information can<br />

be found at http://www.ari.it/hf/contests/ari/<strong>DX</strong>_rul_ing_new.html [TNX


IT9BLB]<br />

ON40DST ---> UBA Section Diest (ON4DST) sponsors an award to celebrate its<br />

40th anniversary. The award is for working UBA-DST members and ON40DST, the<br />

special call issued to the club. Further information can be found at<br />

www.qrz.com under ON40DST. [TNX ON8JP]<br />

QSL VU4AN/ ---> There is conflicting QSL information for a few VU4AN/<br />

stations. Apparently not all of the operators who were supposed to use F5CWU<br />

as their QSL manager (http://www.dx-pedition.de/andaman2006/) have agreed<br />

upon this route. First hand information collected from the operators<br />

concerned is that cards for VU4AN/VU3PLM (operated by Claudia, IZ1GLO/K2LEO)<br />

and VU4AN/VU3TLY (operated by Andrea, IK1PMR) can go via IK1PMR, while cards<br />

for VU4AN/VU3RWO (operated by Dave, K3LP) should go via N3ST.<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

<strong>DX</strong> SPOTS: Rod Elliott, VE3UW has collected the <strong>DX</strong> spots from<br />

the<br />

OH2AQ Web Cluster since January 1997. The collection<br />

-<br />

from January 1997 up to April 2006 - is available at<br />

www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/dxspots/, as well the software (<strong>DX</strong>INFO v2.0)<br />

which will enable you to handle the files (instructions<br />

at<br />

the URL above).<br />

LOGS: Bernie McClenny, W3UR (aka VU4AN/VU3OHA) has put together<br />

a<br />

collection of log searches for VU4AN/ stations: go<br />

to<br />

http://www.dailydx.com/vu4.htm and follow the link to the<br />

callsign you are looking for.<br />

LOGS: On-line logs for JW/F8DVD (24-31 March) can be found<br />

at<br />

http://LesNouvelles<strong>DX</strong>.free.fr (click on "logs en ligne").<br />

[TNX<br />

F6AJA]<br />

LOGS: On-line logs for YX0A and YX0LIX are now available on<br />

the<br />

<strong>DX</strong>pedition's web site (http://www.yv0.info/). They<br />

contain<br />

45,414 QSOs from 20 April (12.38 UTC) through 29 April<br />

(03.16<br />

UTC), but the logs may not be complete.<br />

TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are<br />

now<br />

available at<br />

http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html.<br />

Please send your scores, as well as any request for<br />

further<br />

information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@ari.it)<br />

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A0KM, 3B8/OM5RW, 3D2OU, 3D2RO,<br />

3DA0RN, 4L1MA, 4S7AB, 4Z5FL, 5H1C, 5T5AFF, 5U3T, 5X1DF, 5Z4DZ, 5Z4LS, 6W1RW,


6Y3R, 6Y5PA, 7P8AD, 7X0RY, 8Q7DV, 9G1MR, 9H1ET, 9K2MU, 9M2/G4ZFE, 9M2CNC,<br />

9M2RPN, A22/JA4ATV, A6/ON5NT, AT0AI (AS-169), BD7KLO/7 (AS-129), CN2R, CO3VK,<br />

CO8ZZ, CQ9K, CT9F, CT9M, DS5KJL, DT8A (AN-010; AA HL-01), E30NA, EK8WA, ER1Q,<br />

ES1QD, FG5FR, FK8HN, FM/K3TEJ, FO/HA9G (OC-027), FO/HA9RE (OC-131),<br />

FO0/F8UFT, FR5ZL, FY5KAC, GP0STH, GU3UOQ, HH4/K4QD, HI3CCP, HI3TEJ, HI8ROX,<br />

HK0FD, HP3XUG, HQ9H, HR9/N0STL, J6/K8LEE, J68AR, J75KG, J79AG, J79CW, J7OJ,<br />

J88DR, JT1CO, JV800BV, K7C, KH7X, KP2/K3TEJ, LY3UM, N8TP/J6, OD5LN, OH0PM,<br />

OH0R, OJ0B, OM5DP, PJ5NA, PY0S/PS7JN, R1MVC, R1MVW, RK1NWU/P, S79HP, S9SS,<br />

ST0RM, T88BH, TA2ZAF, TG9ADM, TI5/N4GG, TJ3FR, TJ3SP, TM4ANT, TU2CI, TY5WP,<br />

UA2FZ, UE6ANT, UN5J, VE1VOX/p, VE9<strong>DX</strong>, VK9NS, VP2MLB, VP2MSC, VP2MVX, VP2VE,<br />

VP5/OH3RB, VP5W, VP8DJB, VP8PJ, VQ9JC, VQ9LA, VR2UW, VU3BPZ, XF1K (NA-124),<br />

XU7ACY, XW3DT, XX9TRR, YB1BAD, YI3SRA, YI9KT, YO0N, YT80HQ, ZA/UT7DW, ZD7BG,<br />

ZD7FT, ZD8QD, ZK1NOU, ZW0S, ZY0SAT.<br />

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A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

(e-mail i1jqj@<strong>425</strong>dxn.org )<br />

Contributors are invited to send their <strong>DX</strong> information to<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

CN - Patrick, F6IRF will operate as CN2WW from Morocco on 20-29<br />

May,<br />

including a SOAB entry in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest.<br />

Latest<br />

information will be posted on http://cn2ww.blogspot.com/. QSL<br />

via<br />

EA7FTR. [TNX NG3K]<br />

CT3 - Karl, OE3JAG will be active as CT3/OE3JAG from Madeira (AF-014)<br />

on<br />

15-22 May. He plans to operate QRP with a dipole or long<br />

wire,<br />

mainly on CW, PSK and RTTY on 20 and 30 metres. QSL via<br />

OE3JAG.<br />

[TNX K1XN]<br />

EA - URE Huelva will operate as EG7CC on 20-21 May to commemorate<br />

the<br />

500th anniversary of the death of Christopher Columbus. Look<br />

for<br />

activity on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via EA7URE, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX EA7EUF]<br />

FM - Jacky, F5OIU will be active as FM/F5OIU from Martinique (NA-<br />

107)<br />

from 13 May to 1 July. He will operate mostly CW, with some SSB<br />

and<br />

digital modes. QSL via bureau to home call. [TNX F8BBL]<br />

GM - MM0DFV, GM0WRR, GM0EZP, GM7OAW and possibly others will<br />

operate<br />

Great Cumbrae Island (EU-123) on 13 May. Jurij, MM0DFV will<br />

take<br />

part in the CQ-M contest (CW only) as MS0DGR, while the others<br />

will<br />

use their own call signs on SSB and digital modes. [TNX MM0DFV]<br />

HI - Antonio, IW2OAZ will operate on 80-6 metres as HI8/IW2OAZ from<br />

the<br />

Dominican Republic (NA-096) on 18-30 May. On 20 May he will<br />

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active from Catalina Island (NA-122) for 24 hours. [TNX IW2OAZ]<br />

HL - Han, DS2GOO will operate as DS2GOO/3 from Nok Island (AS-080,<br />

WLOTA<br />

LH 0754) on 18-21 May. He plans to be active on 80-6 metres run<br />

100<br />

watts into vertical and wire antennas. QSL via home call, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. Logs will be available<br />

at<br />

http://myhome.naver.com/dxer2han/LH_0754 [TNX HL1VAU]<br />

I - Weather permitting I8JOQ, IZ8EDG and IZ8DWO will operate<br />

from<br />

Scoglio Vetara (not IOTA, IIA NA-017) on 14 May. [TNX I8JOQ]<br />

I - Claudio, I0KHY reports he will operate on the HF bands and 6<br />

metres<br />

from Ischia Island (EU-031, IIA NA-001) on 20-27 May.<br />

JA - Expect five special stations (8J1P, 8J3P, 8J4P, 8J5P and 8J6P) to<br />

be<br />

QRV on all bands and modes from 12 May to 30 June to celebrate<br />

the<br />

International QRP Day (17 June). QSL via operators'<br />

instructions.<br />

[TNX VA3RJ]<br />

JW - Roger, JW4GHA will be staying on Bear Island (EU-027) until July.<br />

He<br />

plans to focus on 6 metres during the last month of his stay<br />

and<br />

will be monitoring 50110 kHz (CW and SSB). QSL via LA4GHA.<br />

[TNX<br />

LA5HE]<br />

KH8 - Gavin, W9EYE plans to operate in his spare time as AH8/W9EYE<br />

from<br />

Pago Pago, American Samoa on 15-21 May. He will operate on all<br />

HF<br />

bands SSB as propagation allows. QSL via home call, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX NG3K]<br />

KL - Fred, AI3Z and Joanne, N3YYT will operate as AI3Z/KL7 from<br />

Kodiak<br />

Island (NA-019) on 15-20 May. QSL via AI3Z. They plan to be<br />

active<br />

on 40 and 6 metres as work and weather permit. [TNX rsgbiota.org]<br />

KP2 - Look for The Three Steves - N2IFA, KB2ENF and<br />

KF2TI<br />

(http://3stevesandkurt.dynu.com/) - to operate on 10-160 metres<br />

as<br />

KP2/N2IFA, KP2/KB2ENF and KP2/KF2TI from St Croix, US Virgin<br />

Islands<br />

on 19-22 May. QSL via bureau or direct KF2TI. Work all of them<br />

and<br />

receive the WAS (Worked All Steves) Certificate!. [TNX KF2TI]<br />

LU - LU4<strong>DX</strong>U and LW1DRH will operate as LU1DMG from Martin Garcia<br />

Island<br />

(SA-055) on 11-14 May. Look for activity on 80-10 metres SSB and<br />

CW.<br />

QSL via LU4<strong>DX</strong>U. [TNX LU4<strong>DX</strong>U]<br />

SP - Special event station SN16B will be active on 10-80 metres CW<br />

and<br />

SSB (plus 6 and 2 metres) on 15-31 May to celebrate the first<br />

visit<br />

of Pope Benedict XVI to Poland. QSL via SP9PKZ, direct or


ureau.<br />

[TNX SP9GKM]<br />

SV9 - Dale, G3VMK will operate CW only as SV9/G3VMK from Crete (EU-<br />

015)<br />

from 19 May to 2 June. He will concentrate on 30, 20 and 17<br />

metres.<br />

[TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

UA - RK0AXX and UA0AZA will participate in the 50th CQ-M International<br />

<strong>DX</strong><br />

Contest (13-14 May) as R50CQM. QSL via bureau or direct to<br />

UA3<strong>DX</strong>.<br />

Full information on the contest can be found<br />

at<br />

http://www.cq-m.andys.ru/ [TNX RA0ALM]<br />

VE - Linda, VE9GLF and Len, VE9MY will be going to NA-027<br />

(Newfoundland)<br />

and NA-198 (Newfoundland's Coastal Islands) starting on 16 May<br />

for<br />

about two weeks. This is a work trip, so their HF operations<br />

(mobile<br />

or portable) will be as time permits, typically in the evenings<br />

and<br />

during the weekends. QSL to home calls, direct or bureau.<br />

[TNX<br />

VE9MY]<br />

W - Bodo, DL3OCH will be active as W4/DL3OCH from Key West (NA-062)<br />

on<br />

13-20 May. He plans to operate on 80-10 metres mainly CW. QSL<br />

via<br />

home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

W - Herb, WA2PIP will be active as WA2PIP/4 from Hatteras<br />

Island<br />

(NA-067) and Ocracoke Island (NA-067) on 20-26 May. He plans<br />

to<br />

operate SSB on 20, 17 and 15 metres. QSL via home call.<br />

[TNX<br />

www.rsgiota.org]<br />

AFRICA TOUR ---> Tibi, HA7TM left Hungary on 9 May and should be touring<br />

Senegal (6W/HA7TM), Guinea Bissau (J5TM or J5TIB) and The Gambia (C5/HA7TM).<br />

Tibi plans to operate CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK on all the HF bands. He is<br />

currently staying with Peter, 6W/HA3AUI (J5UAP) waiting for his lost luggage<br />

to reach him. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX HA0HW]<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

3Y0X VIDEO ---> Pre-orders for the Peter I 3Y0X "<strong>DX</strong>-perience" DVD (which is<br />

due out in late summer) can be placed at<br />

http://www.peterone.com/dvd/index.htm (ordering now gives you a discount off<br />

the release price).<br />

<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (April 2006) is now available at<br />

http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/monthly/. Articles and pictures should be sent to<br />

Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).


BS7H ---> Kan Mizoguchi, JA1BK has updated his web site with an improved<br />

video of the latest <strong>DX</strong>pedition to Scarborough Reef (April-May 1997). Give a<br />

look to http://www.iijnet.or.jp/JA1BK/ [TNX K1ER]<br />

EU PSK <strong>DX</strong> CONTEST ---> The Scottish-Russian ARS invites the radio amateurs<br />

all over the world to participate in the 3rd annual European PSK <strong>DX</strong> Contest,<br />

to be held on 20-21 May (from 12 UTC to 12 UTC). The objective of the contest<br />

is to establish as many contacts as possible between radio amateurs around<br />

the world and radio amateurs in Europe using the BPSK31 mode. Detailed rules<br />

are at http://www.eu.srars.org [TNX MM0DFV]<br />

EUROPEAN CASTLES DAY ---> The fifth edition of the European Castles Day will<br />

take place on 21 May between 6 and 16 UTC. Several stations are expected to<br />

operate from fortresses and castles in France, Belgium, Italy, Spain,<br />

Portugal, etc. Information on the event and castle award programmes can be<br />

found on Jean-Pierre's (F6FNA) web site at http://f6fna.club.fr/dfcfa2.html<br />

[TNX F6FNA]<br />

QSL 3Y0X ---> The first batch of cards (115 pounds/52 kilograms) was sent out<br />

on 8 May. They were mailed to about 2/3 of the individuals who contributed to<br />

the <strong>DX</strong>pedition expenses AND whose cards were received through the beginning<br />

of April. Over the next two weeks, the remainder of this group of cards will<br />

be processed. After Dayton, the QSL team will resume processing the rest of<br />

the contributor cards as well as the non-contributor cards. Bureau cards will<br />

be processed at an appropriate time in the future. Please refrain from<br />

e-mailing the QSL manager (N2OO) at this time. When the cards are all<br />

processed, he will then gladly assist with any QSL issues. [TNX K0IR & K4UEE]<br />

QSL VU4AN/... ---> Final arrangements seems to be in place for the followiong<br />

stations: VU3FRK, VU3RSB, VU3RYM, VU3RYN, VU3SIB and VU3SIC via F5CWU; VU3JLW<br />

via AA4NN, VU3RWO via N3ST, VU3PLM via IK1PMR, VU3TLY via IK1PMR. Logs can be<br />

found at http://www.dx-pedition.de/andaman2006/logs.html<br />

QSL YX0A/YX0LIX ---> Steve Wheatley, KU9C has received the logs for the<br />

YX0A/YX0LIX operation, as well as a flood of emails relative to QSOs not<br />

being in the log, or incorrect band/mode. "You can trust that I will<br />

thorougly examine each of your QSOs against the log", he says, "and do my<br />

best to ensure that you get credit for each QSO that match the log entries. I<br />

suspect many of the issues raised in the emails will be resolved". Steve asks<br />

not to include QSLs for other stations he manages with your YX0A/YX0LIX<br />

cards, as this this will substantially delay your QSL return. Bureau cards<br />

will be honoured and logs will be posted on LOTW (even though not in the near<br />

future).<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

LOGS: On-line logs for the 1-5 May IOTA operation by BY4RSA/4 (AS-150)<br />

are<br />

available at http://dx.qsl.net/logs; QSL status and a few pictures<br />

can be found at http://spaces.msn.com/ba4tb [TNX BA4TB]<br />

LOGS: On-line logs for PY0F/CT1BWW (Fernando de Noronha, August 2005)<br />

are<br />

now available at http://www.qsl.net/s92bww/QSL.htm [TNX CT1BWW]<br />

LOGS: On-line logs, QSL request status, pictures and other information<br />

for


TB0<strong>DX</strong> (Kosrelik Island, AS-123) are available<br />

at<br />

http://www.okdxf.cz/ankety/iota_ta/iota_ta_en.php QSL via OK2GZ.<br />

[TNX<br />

OK1MU]<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />

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3W9HRN DL1HRN EX8QB IK2QPR RP4HDP RX4HJ<br />

3W9JR OK1JN FK8GX W3HNK RP4HRS RW4HB<br />

3Z0LKK SP6ZDA GW3KHZ/P G4EDG RP4HZZ RX4HZZ<br />

3Z80LKK SP8AUP HC7AE EA7FTR RP4NKF RZ4NWA<br />

4K5D K2PF HF40BRP SP9BRP RP4P RA4PO<br />

4L1MA ON4RU HF80LKK SP8AQA RP4W UA4WA<br />

4N1856T YU1BM HG6EU HA6VA RP4Y RK4YYY<br />

4U1WB KK4HD HI3TEJ ON4IQ RP61DP RK3<strong>DX</strong>Z<br />

5R8GZ G3SWH HK4QHD EA5KB RP61XX UA9XC<br />

5V7BR F5RUQ HK4QMH EA5KB RP6A RZ6AZZ<br />

5W0DF AH6HY HK4SAN EA7FTR RP6YYW UA6YW<br />

5Z4DZ PC1A HS0ZAR K3ZO RP9JTT RV9JD<br />

6W1SA F4BIT HS0ZEP HB9FAF RP9ULF RZ9UZV<br />

7Q7HB G0IAS HZ1MD PA2V RP9W RW9WA<br />

7Z1SJ EA7FTR II1W IW1FGZ RP9X UA9XC<br />

8Q7DM HB9DDM II7BAT IW7EGQ RP9XWM/1 RA9XX<br />

9A/VE3ZIK DL3PS JD1BLK JM1LJS RZ4HXA/4 RU4HD<br />

9A0CI DE0MST JT3A YT1AD SB0B SM0W<br />

9G1YE PA3ERA JT3Y I0SNY SI0E SM0EPO<br />

9G1YK PA3ERA JV800BV JT1BV SK60CG SM6JSM<br />

9G5OO DL4WK JV800CS JT1CS SN0DN SQ2CFL<br />

9H3XX K6HFA JY4NE K3IRV SN190ZS SP9GFI<br />

9J2BO G3TEV K8P WA8VDC SN80LKK SP8MI<br />

9J2CA G3SWH KA1I/KH2 JH7BZR SP0TPAX SP7DQR<br />

9L1KR DL8BAX KH6/K1GH DK5FJ SP0TPFK SP2FAP<br />

9W6SUE 9M6TW KH6ZM I0MWI ST2T S57<strong>DX</strong><br />

A41KJ N5FTR KP3A W3HNK T88KL JN3JBC<br />

A6/OD5TX W4JS LU1ECZ EA5KB T88LZ JR1LZK<br />

BD1WC EA7FTR LW9EOC EA7JX T88XZ JE1HXZ<br />

BG1DRJ/4 BG1DRJ LZ06KM LZ1PJ TF60VG LZ1JZ<br />

BI3H BA4EG LZ80R LZ1BJ TM8MAI F6KWP<br />

BV4FH N4XP N1L NU1G TR8CA F6CBC<br />

BV50CRA BV2KI NP2/AB8CK UA3AGW TT8LN F5TLN<br />

BY4RSA/4 BA4TB NP4A W3HNK UA1ONY RZ3EC<br />

BY4XSL/4 BD4XA OH0X OH2TA UA1PBN/1 RK1PWA<br />

C31GN pirate OH60BH OH2BH UE3GIK RN3GM<br />

CM6CAC EA5KB OK8XB M5AAV UE3OFF/6 RA3QSY<br />

CN3HAD CN8JV ON6GIRO ON4CPN UE3YBF RW3YW<br />

CN8IG EA7FTR OO6C ON6CC UE3YCH UA3YBW<br />

CN8KD EA5XX OQ5M ON5ZO UE3YOB RA3YD<br />

CN8NK EA5XX OR1R ON4CD UE9RDA RK9QWW<br />

CN8PA EA7FTR OR2M ON4IA UE9SWA RW9TP<br />

CN8YR K4KU P29KPH N5FTR UE9XBW/1 RA9XX<br />

CN8YZ EA7FTR P29SS N5FTR UN3M EA7FTR


CO8LY EA7ADH PA9MR VE3MR UN7QX W7BO<br />

CU1CB EA5KB PB6KNRM PE2JB UP10E RX3RC<br />

D2<strong>DX</strong> OH2BAD R10DIG OH5ZZ V44KJ WB2TSL<br />

DA0FIFA DL9ZEA R1ANF RK1PWA V63SC JM1LBO<br />

DF2006WM DJ6SI R7M RU3AWA VK0JLX VK2JLX<br />

DK2006TZ DL1SBF RK50SAB RK3SWB VK9LNO N6NO<br />

DQ1Q DL1JFI RP0L UA0LMO VQ9OW KA9JOW<br />

DR100NAU DL1RG RP0UZF RU0UQ VY2/NF6J DL7RV<br />

DZ50HBC DU1HBC RP0Y UA0YAY WH7P/KH2 JP1IOF<br />

ED1FID EA1AST RP0Z UA0ZS WP3C W3HNK<br />

ED8CII EA8BYG RP1A RZ1AWF WP4HSZ KP4SQ<br />

ED8FD EA8AKN RP1CC RV1CC XV2JX JM3UML<br />

ED8OTA IZ7FLP RP1N RN1NU YB1BAD ON4RU<br />

EL2AR EL2BA RP1VIC RV1AC YB8TAF EA5KB<br />

EL2PM EI5IF RP1ZM RZ1ZZZ YI1AK AD5W<br />

EM0U UT3UZ RP3ABB RA3BB YL775TALSI YL2CF<br />

EM61FA UT2FA RP3ABT RA3BT YN4SU/9 TI4SU<br />

EO61FY UX0FY RP3DPW RA3FO YR100A YO8AXP<br />

EO61G UR3GM RP3EKM UA3EDQ YT0TESLA YU1EXY<br />

EO61IS US7IGF RP3EPS RZ3EC YT150AD YT1AD<br />

EO61JM K2PF RP3PT UA3PM YT150AT YT1AT<br />

EO61RR UR4RZZ RP3QQP RA3KK YT150Z YU1ACR<br />

EO61X UT4XU RP3QWK RN3QO YU150AU YU7AU<br />

EV61LBK EW3AA RP3WBD RK3WWF YU150ZZ YU1ZZ<br />

EV6ZK UA3F<strong>DX</strong> RP3WTW RW3WWW YZ6150AMD YZ6AMD<br />

EV80A/P EW1WA RP3XMV UA3XAC ZF2JJ W5OX<br />

EW6GF DL8KAC RP3ZVD RX3ZB ZK1KH ZL4HU<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

5Z4ES Enrico Li Perni, P.O. Box 39256-00623, Nairobi, Kenya<br />

9N7JO Stig Lindblom, Jum Changphimai 147/1 - Moo 3, Tambon Boot, Ban Ta<br />

Bong,<br />

Phimai, TH-30110 Nakhon Ratchashima, Thailand<br />

AH6HY David Flack, P.O. Box 29761, Honolulu, Hawaii 96820, USA<br />

AK5Q Mickey A. Driver, 7010 Lawler Ridge, Houston, TX 77055, USA<br />

BA4TB Dale S. Yu, 40-501 Xicheng-sancun, Wuxi 214041, China<br />

I8YGZ Pino Zamboli, Via Trieste 30/54, 84015 Nocera Superiore - SA, Italy<br />

IZ7FLP Giovanni Sandionigi, Via Ovidio 22, 74100 Taranto - TA, Italy<br />

JQ2IQW Hiroshi Ohno, 1-21-12 Ohmori Naka #302, Ohta-Ku, Tokyo 143-0014,<br />

Japan<br />

LZ1PJ Ivan Ivanov, P.O. Box 15, BG-1324 Sofia, Bulgaria<br />

RA3QSY Igor Makeev, P.O. Box 2, Voronezh, 394010, Russia<br />

SM7DKF Ronnie Nilsson, Vaestra Haeggviksvaegen 12, SE-236 32 Hoellviken,<br />

Sweden<br />

SP2FAP Sylwester Jarkiewicz, Suchacz-Zamek, ul. Wielmozy 5b, 82-340<br />

Tolkmicko,<br />

Poland<br />

SV2FWV Takis Perrotis, 3 Metamorfoseos Str., 15234 Halandri, Greece<br />

UR3GM Igor Pulin, P.O. Box 23, Kherson 73022, Ukraine<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #785<br />

20 May 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

4W - Michael, PA5M is currently in Timor Leste and awaiting the<br />

final<br />

approval of his licence. The callsign is unknown yet, but will<br />

most<br />

likely be known on 22 May. His QSL manager (PA7FM) reports<br />

that<br />

Michael will be there "only for a few weeks". Updates and<br />

further<br />

details will be posted at http://www.4w.pa7fm [TNX PA7FM]<br />

5B - Look for Harvey, ON5SY and Danny, ON4ON to operate holiday style<br />

on<br />

40-10 metres SSB and CW as 5B/OO5S and 5B/OQ1C from Cyprus on 22-<br />

30<br />

May. QSL via ON4ON, direct or bureau. [TNX ON4ON]<br />

9M6 - The Borneo Amateur Radio Club (9M6BRC) will operate on 40, 20,<br />

15,<br />

10 and 6 metres SSB as 9M4SAB starting on 21 May to celebrate<br />

and<br />

promote Pesta Kaamatan, the Harvest Festival that is<br />

celebrated<br />

every year throughout the State of Sabah. Expect around the<br />

clock<br />

activity on 29-31 May. QSL via 9M6BRC.<br />

C6 - Duncan, EA5ON reports he will be active again from Freeport,<br />

Grand<br />

Bahama (NA-080) on 25-29 May. QSL via EA7JX.<br />

C6 - Eric, K9GY will operate as C6AYM from Nassau (NA-001), Bahamas<br />

on<br />

25-29 May, CQ WW WPX CW Contest included. QSL via K9GY, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />

CU - Marq/CT1BWW, Juan Carlos/EA2RC and John/EA3GHZ will be active<br />

from<br />

the Azores in July. They will operate as CU7X from Faial<br />

Island<br />

(EU-175) on 10-16 July, CU6X from Pico Island (EU-175) on 17-21<br />

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July<br />

and CU5X from S. Jorge Island (EU-175) on 21-25 July. They will<br />

have<br />

two stations active on 160-6 metres SSB, CW and digital modes.<br />

QSL<br />

via EA3GHZ, direct or bureau. Detailed information can be found<br />

at<br />

http://www.geocities.com/carlesrapita [TNX CT1BWW]<br />

F - A group of operators from F5KDK (Radio Club EME Phoceen)<br />

will<br />

operate SSB and CW as TM7NM from Noirmoutier Island (EU-064)<br />

on<br />

25-28 May. They plan to have three stations for the HF bands and<br />

one<br />

station for VHF. QSL via F1IKA. [TNX F8REF]<br />

F - Bernard, F5XX and others plan to operate from Fort Brescou (EU-<br />

148)<br />

on 25-29 May. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

F - The Radio Club de Sarlat (F5KEM) will use special event call<br />

TM3JB<br />

from 29 May to 5 June for the 100th anniversary of the birth<br />

of<br />

Josephine Baker<br />

(http://www.cmgworldwide.com/stars/baker/home.html).<br />

QSL via F5MMF. [TNX F8REF]<br />

GM - Jim, MM0BQI will be active as MM0BQI/P from Tanera Mor in the<br />

Summer<br />

Isles (EU-092) on 20-29 May. He plans to operate SSB, CW and RTTY<br />

on<br />

80-10 metres. Time permitting there will also be an entry in the<br />

CQ<br />

WW WPX CW Contest using the Summer Isles Radio Club contest<br />

call,<br />

MM0Q. QSL via MM0BQI, direct or bureau. [TNX MM0BQI]<br />

I - A twinning on the air between two commemorative stations,<br />

IY4FGM<br />

(for Guglielmo Marconi) and II2V (for Alessandro Volta, the<br />

inventor<br />

of the voltaic pile, a forerunner of the electric battery)<br />

is<br />

scheduled to take place on 20 and 21 May. QSL II2V via<br />

IK2LNJ<br />

(bureau or direct), QSL IY4FGM via IK4UPU (bureau or<br />

direct);<br />

special QSL card for contacting the two stations via IK2AQZ<br />

(bureau<br />

or direct). [TNX IK2AQZ]<br />

I - Domenico/IW9GTD, Tore/IW9FRA, Girolamo/IT9GNG,<br />

Rino/IT9FXY,<br />

Enzo/IT9ECQ and Michele/IT9LCG will operate as IF9FI from<br />

Favignana<br />

Island (EU-054, IIA TP-011) on 25-28 May. Sea conditions<br />

permitting,<br />

they will also operate from Preveto (EU-054, IIA TP-007). QSL<br />

via<br />

IT9FXY, direct or bureau. [TNX IT9FXY]<br />

I - Alessandro, IW7EGK and Giovanni, IW7DOL will be active on 40 and<br />

20<br />

metres SSB from Torre Sant'Andrea lighthouse (WAIL PU-06,<br />

ARLHS<br />

ITA-170) lighthouse on 29 May. [TNX IW7EGK]<br />

JA - Look for JM1VQJ/1, JO1IRO/1 and JF1IZM/1 to be active from To


Island<br />

(AS-008, JIIA AS-008-013) on 2-5 June. QSL via home calls, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />

J5 - Tibi, HA7TM has been active as J5UTM from Guinea-Bissau since 15<br />

May<br />

and will remain there at least until the 25th. QSL via home<br />

call.<br />

[TNX HA0HW]<br />

PJ4 - Glen, K0JGH will be on Bonaire (SA-006) from 31 May to 8 June<br />

with<br />

his wife Pam, N0ICF. He will operate SSB, CW and RTTY on a<br />

casual<br />

schedule. QSL via home call. [TNX K0JGH]<br />

S7 - Sal, IZ8CLM will be active as S79RS from Mahe (AF-024),<br />

Seychelles<br />

from 23 May to 5 June. He plans to operate SSB and RTTY in his<br />

spare<br />

time, after 14 UTC. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.<br />

[TNX<br />

IZ8CLM]<br />

SM - Bernd, DL8AAV will operate as SD1B from Gotland Island (EU-020)<br />

from<br />

24 May to 5 June. QSL via DL8AAV. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

SP - Special event station HF1BXVI will be aired by Scout Club<br />

"Zorza"<br />

until 1 June to celebrate the first visit of Pope Benedict XVI<br />

to<br />

Poland. QSL via SP6ZPZ. [TNX SQ6IU]<br />

SV - Laci/HA0HW (J48HW and SV8/HA0HW), Tomi/HA4<strong>DX</strong> (J48<strong>DX</strong> and<br />

SV8/HA4<strong>DX</strong>)<br />

and Ivan/LZ1PJ (J48PJ and SV8/LZ1PJ) will operate CW, SSB, RTTY<br />

and<br />

PSK31 from Thassos Island (EU-174) from 27 May to 5 June. QSL<br />

via<br />

home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX HA0HW]<br />

SV - SV1HER, SV1GRM, SW1GZL will operate as SY8V from Kythira<br />

Island<br />

(EU-113) and Moudari/Spathi Lighthouse (WLOTA L-1703, ARLHS GRE-<br />

120,<br />

WLH SV-084) on 26-28 May and from Antikythira Island (EU-113)<br />

and<br />

Apolytares Lighthouse (WLOTA L-0298, ARLHS GRE-040, WLH SV-011)<br />

on<br />

2-3 June. QSL for both the operations via SV1HER. [TNX SV1HER]<br />

SV - A group of eight (namely SV2BRT, SV2CLL, SV2EWS, SV2FPU,<br />

SV2GNQ,<br />

SV2HNZ, SV2HPP and SV2HPY) will be active as J48WT from<br />

Samothraki<br />

Island (EU-174) on 22-27 June. QSL via SV2HPP, direct or<br />

bureau.<br />

[TNX SV2FPU]<br />

UA - UA1CIO, RN1CW, RN1CX, UA1CBW and UA1CCL will operate as<br />

homecall/p<br />

on all bands CW and SSB from Polosari Island (not IOTA, RR-01-13)<br />

on<br />

2-4 June. QSL via home calls (bureau). [TNX RN1CW]<br />

V2 - Nobby, G0VJG reports he will be active as V25V from the V26B<br />

contest<br />

station on Antigua (NA-100) from 23 June to 8 July. He plans<br />

to<br />

operate SSB, digital modes and some CW on the HF bands and


possibly<br />

on 6 metres. QSL via G4DFI. [TNX I0YQV]<br />

W - Giovanni, IZ2DPX reports he will be touring the US West<br />

Coast<br />

between 27 May and 8 June and will operate from California,<br />

Arizona<br />

and Utah.<br />

YB - The YE6P operation from Simeulue Island (OC-270) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 781]<br />

is<br />

confirmed to take place from 24 to 29 May. Expect activity to<br />

start<br />

around or even before 12 UTC on the 24th. The web site for<br />

the<br />

operation is at http://www.orari.web.id [TNX YB1TC]<br />

YO - Jean-Michel, F6AJA, Editor of Les Nouvelles <strong>DX</strong>, reports he will<br />

be<br />

once again active in his spare time as YO/F6AJA from the QTH<br />

of<br />

YO8FZ in Suceava, Romania on 22-28 May. QSL via F6AJA.<br />

YO - Laurent, F4DZG will operate SSB on 20 metres as YO/F4DZG<br />

from<br />

Brasov, Romania between 26 May and 12 June. At the end of his<br />

family<br />

visit he will leave the equipment at David's, YO6FNF. QSL via<br />

F4DZG,<br />

direct or bureau. [TNX F5UJK]<br />

ZC4 - Griff, G0OAB plans to operate as ZC4DG from one of the UK<br />

Sovereign<br />

Bases on Cyprus from 27 to 31 May. QSL via home call. [TNX The<br />

Daily<br />

<strong>DX</strong>]<br />

ZF - Jim, W4JO (ZF2JO) and his 13-year-old son Mike, K4MBO (ZF2MO)<br />

will<br />

operate from the Cayman Islands (NA-016) from 26 May to 2 June.<br />

QSL<br />

ZF2MO via K4MBO, QSL ZF2JO via W4YCH. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

9L1MS ---> Massimo, IZ0EGB/IW0FQZ (9L1MS) went QRT from Sierra Leone in April<br />

and is moving to England. For any matter regarding QSLling, please contact<br />

Alessandro, IZ0EGA (IZ0EGA@libero.it).<br />

ANTARCTICA AWARD ---> The latest edition of the Antarctica Award Directory,<br />

including the new reference number issued to 3Y0X (MN-08), is available for<br />

download at www.mdxc.org/antarctica/download.asp [YNX IZ8CGS]<br />

<strong>DX</strong> MEETING ---> The third International <strong>DX</strong> Meeting organized by the west<br />

Ligurian ARI Radio Clubs, will take place in Imperia (north west Italy) on 1<br />

July. Further information at http://www.arimperia.net [TNX IK1QBT]<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS ---> YI9LZ (current operation from Iraq, effective 8 May 2005) has<br />

been approved for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit.<br />

NOT THE MANAGER ---> VK3BER says he is not the QSL manager for Graham, VK0AG


(Davis Base, Antarctica), who is reported not to have established any QSL<br />

route so far. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

PB6REM ---> PB6REM will be active on 24 May (or on the 30th, if weather<br />

conditions are bad) from the North Sea platform Noordwijk (former REM<br />

platform, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REM_island), which is going to be<br />

dismantled. QSL via PA7DA. [TNX K1XN & The Golist]<br />

QSL R1MVW & R1MVC ---> Ulrich, DK4VW has received some 2000 envelopes for the<br />

November 2005 operation from Malyj Vysotskij. The letters are sent via<br />

private channels to Kaliningrad, and the QSL cards are mailed from UA2. The<br />

blank cards arrived from the printer in mid-March and it takes about three<br />

weeks for a letter to be delivered: so, Ulrich says, QRX a while and do not<br />

send duplicates. "If you get nothing by mid-June, e-mail me and a second<br />

letter will be sent to you". [TNX I8SAT]<br />

QSL VIA DL3APO ---> Peter, DL3APO has received the QSL cards for FO/DL5XU<br />

(OC-027, Marquesas), FO/DL1AWI (OC-114, Australes) and FO/DL9AWI (OC-114,<br />

Australes) and has started processing the direct requests received so far.<br />

On-line logs and QSL status can be found at<br />

http://www.df3cb.com/logsearch/cgcg/logsearch.php [TNX DL3APO]<br />

WRTC 2006 ---> The WRTC2006 Steering Committee reports that the Telecom<br />

National Governmental Authority has approved the allocation of special call<br />

signs to be used by the teams during the WRTC 2006 in July. The calls<br />

approved are from PW5A to PW5Z and from PT5A to PT5Z. The process to assign<br />

the stations will be a lottery on the Friday prior the contest, while the<br />

calls will be given to the teams at the station before the contest. [TNX<br />

PY5EG]<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

LOGS: On-line logs for 3W3M (2002, QSL via F6BUM), TJ3MC/P (2004, QSL<br />

via<br />

F6BUM) and TZ3M (2006, QSL via F6CXJ) are available<br />

at<br />

http://www.f6bum.net [TNX F6BUM]<br />

LOGS: On-line logs for the recent LU1DMG operation from Martin<br />

Garcia<br />

(SA-055) are available at<br />

http://www.qsl.net/f5nod/sa055/index.html<br />

[TNX F5NOD]<br />

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3A0CE, 3B8/OM2TW, 3B9FR, 3Y0X<br />

(AN-004; AA MN-08), 4L2M, 4L8A, 4S7AB, 4X1FQ, 5B4AHL, 5H1C (AF-032), 5J1W,<br />

5R8GZ, 5U7JB, 5X1RI, 5Z1A, 5Z4DZ, 6W6JX, 8P5A, 8Q7DV, 8R1EA, 8R1ZUM, 9H3MR,<br />

9H3V, 9J2BO, 9M6/G3OOK, 9Y4/KE9I, A61Q, A92ZE, AP2IA, AT0AI (AS-169), C33DR,<br />

CM6RCR, CO2WL/1 (NA-093), CP4BT, CP8XA, CT8T, CU2A, CX1SI, CX5AO, DS5USH,<br />

EG8FAS, ER3ZW, ES7FQ, ET3TK, FM5BH, FM5GU, FO/DL1AWI, FO/DL9AWI, FO/HA9G,<br />

FY/F5IRO, GU3UOQ, HB0/DL2OBO, HB0/IK1WEG, HI9/K8WK, HK4QHD, HP1DCP, HQ9H,<br />

HR2/F2JD, HR2/LU1DY, II0AMZS, II1OWG, J68AS, J79AG, J79CW, JM7OLW, JT1CO,<br />

JV800BV, JW9VDA, JY4NE, K6VVA/6 (NA-178), K7C (OC-020), KG4SB, LY1CM, LY2KN,<br />

MJ/W8JWN, MJ/W8WJN, OX3DB, OX3XR, P29ZAD, P43JB, PY0S/PS7JN, PZ5RA, R1ANF/P<br />

(AN-010; AA LU-22), R1ANN (AN-016; AA UA-08), R1MVW, RI0L, S79GRE, SU9HP,


SU9NC, SV2ASP/A, T68G, T6X, T97M, TK/OM5RW/P, TR8CA, TY5LEO, TY5MR, TY5WP,<br />

TZ9A, UA9FAR, UA9OS, V31BH, V31JP, V51AS, V73RY, VP2MWM, VP2MWP, VQ9JC,<br />

VQ9LA, VU3BPZ (AN-016; AA VU-02), WP2Z, XU7ABN, YA0Y, YB8TAF (OC-146), YK1BA,<br />

YN4SU/9, ZB2FK, ZD8WX.<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #786<br />

27 May 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

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**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

A7 - A71EM, A71BX and others will operate on all bands and modes<br />

as<br />

A72OO6 (Alpha Seventy-Two Oscar Oscar Six) from 1 June through<br />

31<br />

July in anticipation of the the 15th Asian Games that will be<br />

held<br />

in Doha on 1-15 December. QSL via EA7FTR. [TNX K1XN and the Golist]<br />

BY - David, BA4DW will operate holiday style as BA4DW/5 from<br />

Pingtan<br />

Island in Fujian Province (AS-138) on 26-30 May. QSL via home<br />

call<br />

(David Y. J. Zhou, P.O. Box 040-088, Shanghai, 200040, China).<br />

[TNX<br />

BA4DW]<br />

EA8 - Special calls ED8CID and EF8CID will be aired on 26-30 May<br />

to<br />

celebrate the Canary islands Day (30 May). Look for activity<br />

on<br />

10-80 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK 31. QSL via EA8AUW. [TNX EA8AUW]<br />

F - TM5B is the callsign used by Bernard, F5XX [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 785] and<br />

the<br />

Castres <strong>DX</strong> Gang (http://castres.dx.gang.free.fr/) for their<br />

current,<br />

tenth <strong>DX</strong>pedition to Fort Brescou (EU-148). QSL via F5XX.<br />

F - Special event call TM7HAM will be aired on 3-17 June for the<br />

Hameuro<br />

Meeting (http://f6kwp.free.fr/hamimg2006.htm) to be held<br />

at<br />

Longlaville on 11 June. Special call LX7HAM will be aired<br />

from<br />

Luxembourg during the same period. QSLs via F6KWP. [TNX F8REF]<br />

F - Michel, F6IPS will operate as TM6SME on 3-13 June from<br />

Emondeville,<br />

close to Sainte Mere-Eglise, to commemorate the 62nd anniversary<br />

of<br />

the World War II "D-Day" landings in Normandy (6 June 1944). QSL<br />

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via<br />

home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]<br />

G - Chris, G1VDP will operate from Pendean Lighthouse (ARLHS ENG-101)<br />

in<br />

Cornwall on 31 May. He plans to be active on 40, 20 and 10<br />

metres<br />

SSB. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX G1VDP]<br />

GW - Glyn, GW0ANA reports he will go and operate as GW4BRS/P<br />

from<br />

Flatholm Island (EU-124) on 3-4 June. He will be involved in a<br />

TV<br />

documentary on Marconi, "so if you guys would care to call me",<br />

he<br />

says, "it would be most helpful for the documentary". QSL<br />

via<br />

GW0ANA.<br />

HL - A group of operators from the Gwangju <strong>DX</strong> Club will be active<br />

as<br />

6L0NJ/4 from Ch'uja Island (AS-084) starting around 0600 UTC on<br />

4<br />

June through 0300 UTC on the 6th. They plan to be active on 160-<br />

6<br />

metres CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via HL4XM. Logs will be available<br />

at<br />

http://www.dx.or.kr [TNX DS4DLK]<br />

I - Look for IA5/IZ5HSW (Veronica), IA5/IW5CZU (Roberto) and<br />

IA5/IZ5DIY<br />

(Silvio) to be active from Isola dei Topi (EU-028, IIA LI-012)<br />

on<br />

27-28 May. They plan to operate on 40, 20, 15, 10, 6 and 2<br />

metres.<br />

[TNX IZ5DIY]<br />

I - ARI Perugia will participate in the IARU Region 1 Field Day CW (3-<br />

4<br />

June) as IQ0PG. QSL via bureau to IK0AZG. This year's event<br />

is<br />

dedicated to the memory of the late Francesco Fiandra, I0FLY.<br />

[TNX<br />

IK0EFR]<br />

I - Giuliano, I1SAL and others members from<br />

ARMI<br />

(http://www.assoradiomarinai.tk) and ARI La Spezia will<br />

participate<br />

in the Museum Ships Weekend (3-4 June) as IQ1SP from the<br />

Museo<br />

Tecnico Navale in La Spezia (www.museotecniconavale.it/).<br />

[TNX<br />

IT9MRM]<br />

IS0 - Gaetano, IZ8GCB reports he will be active as IS0/IZ8GCB<br />

from<br />

Sardinia on 3-21 June. He plans to operate CW and SSB on 80, 40,<br />

20,<br />

15 and 20 metres. QSL via home call.<br />

JA - Look for JN2TZB/2 to be active from Kaji Island (AS-117,<br />

JIIA<br />

AS-117-003), Aichi Prefecture on 27 May. QSL via home call,<br />

direct<br />

or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />

JW - Juergen, DJ3KR will operate as JW/DJ3KR from Svalbard on 2-18<br />

June.<br />

This will be a CW only operation on HF and 6 metres. [TNX The<br />

Daily


<strong>DX</strong>]<br />

KH5 - Mike, KH6ND has been active as KH6ND/KH5 from Palmyra Atoll (OC-<br />

085)<br />

since 20 May and will remain there through the 28th at least.<br />

He<br />

operates in his spare time, but will particpate in the CQ WW WPX<br />

CW<br />

Contest on 40 metres. QSL via K2PF. [TNX NG3K]<br />

KL - Lanny, W5BOS plans to operate from two IOTA new ones in<br />

Alaska<br />

between 16 and 22 August. If he can get there, he will<br />

sign<br />

W5BOS/AL0 from the Southern Alaska Peninsula Centre<br />

group<br />

(NA-238/pr) and W5BOS/NL0 from the Southern Alaska Peninsula<br />

East<br />

(NA-237/pr). These islands are very difficult to land on,<br />

and<br />

weather will be a major factor. QSL via N6AWD. [TNX W5BOS]<br />

OH0 - Phil, N6ZZ will be operating from Aland Islands as OH0ZZ for<br />

this<br />

coming weekend's CQ WPX Contest. He will be accompanied by<br />

OH2BH<br />

(OH0B) and OH2MM (OH0MM), who can be found on the WARC bands.<br />

QSL<br />

OH0ZZ via N6ZZ. [TNX OH2BH]<br />

SP - Special event station HF16B will be active until 28 May to<br />

celebrate<br />

the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the city of Krakow. QSL<br />

via<br />

SP9BRP, direct or bureau. [TNX SP9JPA]<br />

SV5 - Ermanno, IK2WZD is active again from Lipsi Island (EU-001) until<br />

31<br />

July. He operates as SV0XAN/5 on all bands and modes. QSL via<br />

home<br />

call. [TNX IZ2ABN]<br />

TK - Jean, F1PNR will be active as TK/F1PNR from Corsica (WWL<br />

JN42NO)<br />

from 27 May through the end of June. He will operate on the HF<br />

bands<br />

(mainly 40 and 20 metres) and will focus on 2 metres SSB with<br />

300<br />

watts into a 16-element yagi. Expect activity to take place<br />

on<br />

144.265 MHz in the morning hours between 4 and 7. QSL via home<br />

call.<br />

[TNX F5NQL]<br />

ZK1 - Victor, ZK1CG reports that as of 1 June 2006, ZK1 stations<br />

will<br />

finally change to the new E5 prefix allocated to New Zealand<br />

for<br />

exclusive use by the Cook Islands [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 726: for information<br />

on<br />

the impact on the <strong>DX</strong>CC list, please refer to <strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 727].<br />

Victor<br />

plans to be QRV with his new call E51CG on 1 June and later<br />

with<br />

E51USA. [TNX K1XN and The Golist]<br />

CQ WW WPX CW CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their<br />

participation in this year's event (27-28 May):<br />

4L - Vaho, 4L8A from Georgia as SOSB on 20 metres. QSL via DJ1CW.


5B - RW3QC as 5B/NN3AA (SOAB) from Cyprus. QSL via RW3RN.<br />

7X - OM3BH, OM3GI, OM3NA, OM3RM and 7X0RY as 7W2OM (Multi-Single)<br />

from<br />

Algeria.<br />

9V - Enno, 9V1CW as S65X (SARTS contest call) from 9V1PC's QTH. QSL<br />

via<br />

PA0KHS, direct or bureau (please do not use the Singapore QSL bureau).<br />

C6 - K9GY as C6AYM (SOAB LP) from Nassau, Bahamas. QSL via K9GY, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau.<br />

CN - Patrick, F6IRF as CN2WW (SOAB) from Morocco. QSL via EA7FTR.<br />

CO - Willy/CO2UG, Yulian/CM6YI and Winston/CO2WF as T40C (Multi-Single<br />

High<br />

Power) from Cuba. QSL via N1KI.<br />

CU - Pertti, OH2PM as CU2A on all bands from the Azores. QSL via OH2BH.<br />

EA8 - RD3AF as AM8EW (SOAB HP) from the Canary Islands. QSL via RD3AF.<br />

F - Maurice, F5NQL as F3GJ (a very rare French prefix). This callsign<br />

belongs to Maurice's QSL manager, Albert Nadot, who is 89 years old.<br />

QSL via F3GJ, direct or bureau.<br />

KH0 - JP1JFG and others as WH0W (MS) from the Northen Marianas. QSL<br />

via<br />

JP1JFG.<br />

KP - WP3C from Puerto Rico as a SOAB LP entry. QSL via W3HNK.<br />

LX - DL2OBF as LX/DL2OBF (SOAB LP) from Luxemburg. QSL via bureau to<br />

home<br />

call.<br />

OH - OH1NOA, OH6GAW, OH6RX, and OH6QU as OF6AA. QSL via OH6AA.<br />

P4 - AE6Y as P49Y (SOAB) from Aruba. QSL via AE6Y.<br />

PJ2 - Jim, WI9WI as PJ2T (SOAB HP) from Signal Point, Curacao (SA-006).<br />

QSL<br />

via N9AG.<br />

V3 - N3<strong>DX</strong>X as V31RM (SOAB) from Belize.<br />

VE - Yuri, VE3DZ as VC3T. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

VK - Csaba, HA3LN as VK4ADF. QSL via his home call.<br />

YB - The YE6P team from Simeulue Island (OC-270). QSL via YB1TC.<br />

ZF - K6AM and N6CW as ZF1A (Multi-Single) from the Cayman Islands. QSL<br />

via<br />

W5ASP.<br />

Don't forget to give a look to the Announced Operations for this year's event<br />

maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxc2006.html<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

CQ HALLS OF FAME ---> The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame was established in<br />

January 2001 to recognize individuals - radio amateurs or not - who<br />

significantly affected the course of Amateur Radio and radio amateurs who, in<br />

the course of their professional lives, had a significant impact on their<br />

professions or on world affairs. This year's inductees are:<br />

Art Bell, W6OBB Alan Kaul, W6RCL<br />

Walt Burdine, W8ZCV Wolfram "Felix" Koerner, DL1CU<br />

Francesco Cossiga, I0FCG Bharathi Prasad, VU2RBI<br />

Les Cushman, W1BX Hazard "Buzz" Reeves, K2GL<br />

Alan Dorhoffer, K2EEK Glynn "Buck" Rogers, K4ABT<br />

Tony England, W0ORE Dick Rutan, KB6LQS<br />

Marshall Ensor, W9BSP Louisa B. Sando, W5RZJ


Clif Evans, K6BX Dick Spenceley, KV4AA<br />

Reginald Fessenden, VP9F Terry Sterman, W9DIA<br />

Russell A. Hulse, ex-WB2LAV Arne Trossman, W2DTJ<br />

Edgar F. Johnson, 9ALD<br />

The CQ Contest Hall of Fame was established in 1986 to recognize Amateur<br />

Radio operators who have made major contributions to contesting. This year's<br />

inductees are Tim Duffy (K3LR) and the late Bill Fisher (W4AN).<br />

The CQ <strong>DX</strong> Hall of Fame was established in 1967 to recognize major<br />

contributions by <strong>DX</strong>ers. This year's inductees are Ralph Fedor (K0IR) and Don<br />

Greenbaum (N1DG).<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC FEES ---> The <strong>DX</strong>CC programme fees will rise slightly effective 1 July.<br />

The fee for a basic <strong>DX</strong>CC application (including certificate and pin for<br />

initial applications only, 120 QSOs maximum) and for first endorsement<br />

applications within a year will increase to $12 for ARRL members and to $22<br />

for foreign nonmembers. Second and subsequent endorsements (120 QSOs maximum)<br />

within a year will be $22 for ARRL members and $32 for foreign nonmembers.<br />

The cost of other <strong>DX</strong>CC-related items such as plaques and pins also will go up<br />

on 1 July.<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS ---> The following operations have been approved for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit:<br />

4W6AAB Timor-Leste current operation effective 22 May 2006<br />

6O0M Somalia 7-24 April 2006<br />

A6/OD5TX U.A.E. 5 October - 5 November 2005<br />

HN0Z Iraq 27-28 March and 29-30 May 2004<br />

J5DOT Guinea-Bissau 25 April - 5 May 2006<br />

S01R Western Sahara 11-21 April 2006<br />

TT8WL Chad 19 November 1996 - 8 March 1997<br />

YI9HU Iraq 18 May - 5 June 2005<br />

YI9NS Iraq 5 January - 28 March 2006<br />

ZV0F Fernando de Noronha 30 March - 4 April 2006<br />

HUNGARY ---> Effective 25 May 2006, amateur radio regulations in Hungary have<br />

changed significantly, in many respects breaking with age-long traditions,<br />

Chris (HA5X) reports. Key changes that also affect the international amateur<br />

radio community are as follows:<br />

* ECC REC (05)06 on the "CEPT Novice Licence" is implemented.<br />

Foreign<br />

visitors holding a "CEPT Novice Licence" can now work in Hungary<br />

using<br />

HA/home call. The CEPT Novice licence grants access to 160m, 80m, 40m,<br />

15m,<br />

10m, 2m, 70cm and 23cm bands, with reduced power levels. Please look<br />

up<br />

rules before operating!<br />

* Morse-code is no longer a requirement, VHF licencees can start using<br />

HF<br />

bands, without changing their HG callsigns. A 6 WPM Morse proficiency<br />

exam<br />

is still necessary to make CW QSOs, unless the CW QSO is between<br />

two<br />

computers.<br />

* Geographic call area numbers no longer exist in callsigns.<br />

* Callsign rules simplified, thus allowing for a wider choice<br />

of<br />

possibilities.<br />

* A new, simplified entry level exam and licence will be introduced<br />

for<br />

youngsters and seniors later this year.<br />

* Earlier licence levels consolidated into two: "CEPT Novice" and "CEPT".<br />

All<br />

existing licencees get more privileges with this change.


MUSEUM SHIPS WEEKEND EVENT ---> Started in 1997 by the USS Salem Radio Club<br />

and now sponsored by The Battleship New Jersey Amateur Radio Station (NJ2BB),<br />

this year's event will be held from 00.00 UTC on 3 June through 23.59 UTC on<br />

the 4th. The list of participating ships and information on the certificate<br />

for working at least 15 of them can be found at http://www.nj2bb.org/<br />

QSL R1ANL ---> Dominik, DL5EBE reports he has received the R1ANL<br />

(Novolazarevskaya Base: UA-08 for the Antarctica Award; IOTA AN-016) logs for<br />

the period 27 May 1997 - 28 April 1999. The operator was Nick, RW6ACM.<br />

Please note that Dominik has not the logs for contact made by Nick as R1ANB<br />

(Mirny Base: UA-07; AN-016).<br />

QSL VIA UA0LCZ ---> Vlado reports he is the QSL manager for the following<br />

operations: RI0MP (July 2002), RI0MR (July 2003) and RI0MC (July 2004). QSL<br />

via bureau or direct to Vladimir Miroshnichenko, P.O. Box 41-21, Vladivostok<br />

41, 690041 Russia<br />

SECC AWARD ---> The Special Event Century Club Award is for worked and<br />

confirmed contacts with special event stations. All the information can be<br />

found at http://www.mnsi.net/~tgreen/newaward.html [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

VU4AN ---> The May-June 2006 issue of NIAR "Ham <strong>News</strong>", featuring 20 pages<br />

devoted to the Hamfest in the Andaman Islands, is available at<br />

http://www.niar.org/hamnews/<strong>News</strong>lettermay2006.pdf<br />

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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

H40HL & H44HL: On-line logs and QSL status reports for the Korea <strong>DX</strong><br />

Club's<br />

operations from the Solomon Islands and Temotu Province che<br />

be<br />

found at http://kdxc.net/h40hl_2005/en_online.php<br />

LOGS: On-line log for GW3KHZ/p (EU-106) is now available<br />

at<br />

http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/dxped/eu106/ [TNX IZ1CRR]<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

===================================================================<br />

CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />

===================================================================<br />

3V7A YT1AD DQ2006R DF4ZL KP2/N2IFA KF2TI<br />

4L1DA W7LPF DQ2006S DF4ZL LU1DMG LU4<strong>DX</strong>U<br />

4L1FP LZ1OT DQ2006T DF4ZL LZ130B LZ1KZA<br />

4L1UN RW6HS DQ2006U DF4ZL MM0BQI/P MM0BQI<br />

4L8A DJ1CW DQ2006V DF4ZL OM50KKF OM7PY<br />

4N0NS YU7BPQ DQ2006W DF4ZL OO5D ON5SD


4O3<strong>DX</strong> YU1FW DQ2006X DF4ZL OP4R ON4LT<br />

4O3NT YZ1AA DQ2006Y DF4ZL P40A WD9DZV<br />

4O3T YT6A DQ2006Z DF4ZL P41S WA1S<br />

4O4T YU4DPR DR2006B DF4ZL P49MR VE3MR<br />

4W6AAB PA7FM DR2006C DF4ZL PI50JUT PE9PE<br />

4X1FQ AA4V DR2006D DF4ZL R50CQM UA3<strong>DX</strong><br />

5B/KI0BP UA6MF DR2006E DF4ZL RA9LI/9 UA9LP<br />

5B/OO5S ON4ON DR2006F DF4ZL RS3A UA4RC<br />

5B/OQ1C ON4ON DR2006G DF4ZL S79RS IZ8CLM<br />

5H3BL IV3BBA DR2006H DF4ZL SD1B DL8AAV<br />

5N6EAM IK2IQD DR2006J DF4ZL SE5E SM5AJV<br />

5N8NDP IK5JAN DR2006K DF4ZL SF0L SM0LQB<br />

6W2SC HA3AUI DR2006N DF4ZL SH3O SM3TLG<br />

7P8VB UA4WHX DR2006O DF4ZL SJ9WL PA0IJM<br />

7S3F SM3AF DR2006P DF4ZL SN0PMW SP9ZKN<br />

7X0RY OK1DYW DR2006S DF4ZL SN16B SP9PKZ<br />

8Q7AV DK6AV DR50BUND DL1WH SQ10DJG SQ9DJG<br />

8Q7YK JA3EZJ DS2GOO/3 DS2GOO SY8V SV1HER<br />

8S0ITU SK0CC EA8AH OH1RY TA4CW F8CVR<br />

9M6XRO M5AAV EG1VCC EA1URV TI8CBT EA7FTR<br />

9M8<strong>DX</strong> DL4DBR EG7CC EA7URE TJ3SL F5PSA<br />

AH8/W9EYE W9EYE EJ4GK EI4GK TM1L F6KPQ<br />

B4R BY4RSA EO80W UT7WZ TM1TPH F6KPH<br />

C6AOC DL3OCH ES0QD ES1QD TM2CV F6KJX<br />

CN2WW EA7FTR EY8/K4YT K4YT TM3S F6KKH<br />

CN50FAR EA7FTR FR1AN N5FTR TM5B F5XX<br />

CO6WD W0SA GW4BRS/P GW0ANA TM5JEC F6FNA<br />

CS6G<strong>DX</strong> CS1G<strong>DX</strong> HF13ZDL SP5KCR TM7BV F6KVD<br />

CS6O CT1ARR HF16B SP9BRP TM7NM F1IKA<br />

CS7G<strong>DX</strong> CS1G<strong>DX</strong> HF1BXVI SP6ZPZ TM9C F5IN<br />

CT3AS DJ8FW HP1XX DJ0LZ TY5ZR IK2IQD<br />

CV7T CX1TA HV0A IK0FVC UE3EDA/3 RZ3EC<br />

CX6VM W3HNK HZ1AN DJ9ZB UW5W US5WE<br />

DA0HAMCAMP DB8NI HZ1NH EA7FTR VB3O VA3CCO<br />

DF50OVGZ DL2MIJ HZ1ZH EA7FTR VC3A VE3AT<br />

DP4K DK3DM IF9FI IT9FXY VC3J VE3EJ<br />

DQ2006A DF4ZL IG9/I2AZ IW2NOD VC3T VE3DZ<br />

DQ2006B DF4ZL IG9/IW1PRT IW2NOD VC3U VE3JAQ<br />

DQ2006C DF4ZL IG9/IW1PZC IW2NOD VC6X VE6BF<br />

DQ2006D DF4ZL IG9/IW2KVT IW2NOD VI9NI VK4FW<br />

DQ2006E DF4ZL IG9/IW2NOD IW2NOD VK9LDL VK3BDL<br />

DQ2006F DF4ZL II0PS IZ0EAC XR45TA CE4TA<br />

DQ2006G DF4ZL II2CSV IK2BPZ YC0IEM/9 IZ8CCW<br />

DQ2006H DF4ZL II2V IK2LNJ YE6P YB1TC<br />

DQ2006I DF4ZL IY4FGM IK4UPU YI9<strong>DX</strong>X W7<strong>DX</strong>X<br />

DQ2006K DF4ZL J5UAP HA3AUI YI9RTG WH7USA<br />

DQ2006L DF4ZL J5UTM HA7TM ZA/DF4SA DJ9MH<br />

DQ2006M DF4ZL JW4EKA LA4EKA ZD8I G4LTI<br />

DQ2006N DF4ZL KH0HQ DU1KGJ ZF2AM K6AM<br />

DQ2006O DF4ZL KH5/KH6ND K2PF ZF2BU N6CW<br />

DQ2006P DF4ZL KP2/KB2ENF KF2TI ZP8AE EA8FTR<br />

DQ2006Q DF4ZL KP2/KF2TI KF2TI ZZ4W PY4KL<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW


AI5P Richard Harris, D3-323, 8201 Golf Course Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM<br />

87120,<br />

USA<br />

DF4ZL Paul Schimanski, Mainstrasse 122, 64546 Morfelden-Walldorf, Germany<br />

DJ9MH Hajo Weigand, Altensteiner Weg 1, 97437 Hassfurt, Germany<br />

DL5EBE Dominik Weiel, Johannes-Meyer-Str. 13, D-49808 Lingen, Germany<br />

DS2GOO Sang-Kwen Han, P.O Box 39, Pyongtaek 450-600, Korea<br />

IT9FXY Rino G. Fino, P.O. Box 89, 91025 Marsala - TP, Italy<br />

JA6UBY Yasuo Tajiri, 703-9-9, Kanaya, Nagasaki 850-0037, Japan<br />

KF2TI Steve Adell, 606 E Vail Rd, Landing, NJ 07850-1218, USA<br />

LY1N Jon Lasukas, P.O.Box 111, Panevezys, LT 37005, Lithuania<br />

SV1HER Sotirios Vanikiotis, Korai 31, GR-12137 Peristeri (Athens), Greece<br />

US5WE Victor Goncharsky, P.O. Box 41, Lvov 79000, Ukraine<br />

VK4FW Bill Horner, P.O. Box 612, Childers, 4660, Australia<br />

W3HNK Joseph Arcure Jr, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352,<br />

USA<br />

YB1TC Soekardi, P.O. Box 151 BSD, Serpong 15330, Indonesia<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #787<br />

03 June 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

7Q - Bill, KC4D will operate as 7Q7WW from Malawi starting around 5<br />

June<br />

until the 23rd. He plans to concentrate on the low bands and<br />

to<br />

operate mostly CW during his evening and morning hours. QSL<br />

via<br />

KC4D. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

8Q - Vangelis, SV2BFN will operate holiday style as 8Q7/SV2BFN from<br />

the<br />

Maldives (AS-013) from 21 June to 4 July. He plans to be QRV with<br />

a<br />

vertical antenna on 10-40 metres RTTY and SSB, with some CW. QSl<br />

via<br />

home call. [TNX SV1CER]<br />

9A - Chris, HA5X plans to operate as 9A8XA from Croatia on 7-20 June.<br />

His<br />

main QTH will be Mlini, near Dubrovnik, but some<br />

occasional<br />

IOTA/IOCA activity might also take place depending on<br />

local<br />

conditions. QSL via HA5X. [TNX HA5X]<br />

9N - Toshi, JA8BMK had to cancel his late April trip to Nepal because<br />

of<br />

the political situation in that country. Toshi has now decided<br />

to<br />

try again, and will be staying in Katmandu on holiday from 11 to<br />

18<br />

June. He hopes to operate as 9N7WW on 10-40 metres SSB. QSL via<br />

home<br />

call, direct (Toshihiko Fukuta, 2115-3 Nobori, Yoichi, 046-<br />

0002<br />

Japan) or bureau. [TNX JA1ELY]<br />

CT - Jose/CT1EHX, Toze/CT1GFK, Goncalo/CT1GPQ, Miguel/CT1IUA,<br />

Rui/CT2IHP<br />

and Antonio/CT2IOU will operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 80-6 metres<br />

as<br />

Next bulletin<br />

Bulletins' Index


CS25M on 17-23 July for the 25th International Motorcycle Rally<br />

in<br />

Faro. QSL via CT1EHX, direct or bureau. [TNX CT1END]<br />

CU - A multi-national team of 11 operators (namely CT1AGF,<br />

CT1EPV,<br />

CT1GFK, CT3FN, CU2HJA, DF6QV, DJ2VO, DL3MK, F6HMJ, G3KHZ, HB9FMU<br />

and<br />

VA2AM) will be active on 160-6 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31<br />

from<br />

Flores Island (EU-089, DIP AZ-008), Azores from 29 July to 8<br />

August.<br />

They will operate as CU8F from Albarnaz Lighthouse (ARLHS AZO-<br />

016,<br />

WLOTA LH-0947, DFP FAZ 02), while the call to be used during<br />

the<br />

IOTA Contest (29-30 July) will be as CU8T. QSL for both calls<br />

via<br />

CT1GFK, direct or bureau. The web pages for the operation can<br />

be<br />

found at http://www.to-mk.com/azores/ [TNX CT1END]<br />

F - Gilles, F5RPL and Daniel, F1IWH will operate as TM7OCR on 7-21<br />

June<br />

to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the French Air Force Base<br />

106<br />

"Capitaine Croci" at Bordeaux-Merignac. QSL via F1IWH. [TNX F8REF]<br />

F - Special call TP20CE will be aired on 16-18 June to celebrate<br />

the<br />

20th anniversary of the creation of the Council of Europe<br />

Amateur<br />

Radio Club. QSL via F5LGF. The rules for the relevant<br />

"20th<br />

Anniversary Challenge" can be found<br />

at<br />

http://ewwa.free.fr/council_of_europe_radio_club_20t.htm [TNX<br />

F6FQK]<br />

FM - Tom KC0W will be active as TO0O from Martinique (NA-107) on 6-<br />

24<br />

June. He plans to operate CW and SSB on all the HF bands. QSL<br />

direct<br />

via KC0W. [TNX NG3K]<br />

FO - Yves, F6CTL gives a few details about his fourth trip to the<br />

Pacific<br />

[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 779]. He and his wife will be leaving France on 18 June<br />

and<br />

will be visiting the following islands:<br />

20-24 June Hiva Oa (OC-027) Marquesas<br />

25-30 June Rurutu (OC-050) Australes<br />

01-06 July Tahiti & Moorea (OC-046) French Polynesia<br />

07-11 July Magareva (OC-063) French Polynesia<br />

12-14 July Fakarava (OC-066) French Polynesia<br />

14-16 July Huahine (OC-067) French Polynesia<br />

On 17 July they will depart Tahiti on their trip back to<br />

France.<br />

Yves will operate SSB and some CW as FO/F6CTL/M, FO/F6CTL/A<br />

and<br />

FO/F6CTL as appropriate, with a ground plane for 10-40 metres,<br />

plus<br />

doublets and long wires depending on local conditions. Expect<br />

Yves<br />

to be QRV in his early mornings and late afternoons-evenings.<br />

GM - Gordon, G3USR will be visiting the Island of Hirta, St.<br />

Kilda


(EU-059) as part of a National Trust for Scotland working party<br />

from<br />

24 June to 6 July. He plans to operate SSB (mainly on 20 and<br />

40<br />

metres) as GM3USR/P in his spare time, which will be "limited<br />

and<br />

unpredictable". On 21-22 June and again on 8 July he might<br />

operate<br />

from the islands of Skye (EU-008) and Harris (EU-010), while on<br />

9<br />

July he might be active from Great Cumbrae (EU-123). QSL via<br />

G3USR.<br />

[TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

I - Operators from ARMI (http://www.assoradiomarinai.tk) and ARI<br />

Formia<br />

will be active as IQ0FM/p from Terracina on 11 June during a<br />

special<br />

field day operation for the Italian Navy Day. [TNX IT9MRM]<br />

I - Expect IJ7/IZ7AUH, IJ7/IZ7EDQ and IJ7/IZ7FLP to operate SSB on<br />

the<br />

HF bands and 6 metres from San Paolo Island (IIA TA-001),<br />

Cheradi<br />

Islands (EU-073) until 3 June. QSL via home calls, direct or<br />

bureau.<br />

[TNX IZ7AUH]<br />

I - ARI Versilia will activate special event station II5MD on 11-13<br />

June<br />

for the "Meucci Day". Antonio Meucci was recognized as the<br />

first<br />

inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress, in<br />

its<br />

resolution 269 dated 11 June 2002. QSL via IK5DND. [TNX I5WEA]<br />

JA - Special event station 8N4OKI will be active from the Oki<br />

Islands<br />

(AS-041) between now and 31 July to celebrate the opening of the<br />

new<br />

Oki Airport. QSL via the JARL bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

JA - Look for JJ8NNR/8 and others to operate from Rishiri Island (AS-<br />

147,<br />

JIIA AS-147-007) on 15-16 July. QSL via home calls, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />

KH0 - Nao (JK1FNL), Jim (7K4QOK) and Takky (JE1KUC) will be active<br />

from<br />

Saipan, Nothern Mariana Islands (OC-086) on 7-10 July. They<br />

will<br />

operate on 80-6 metres as NA8O/KH0 (JK1FNL), KG8RP/KH0 (7K4QOK)<br />

and<br />

N1KU/KH0 (JE1KUC), and will participate in the IARU HF<br />

World<br />

Championship. QSL via their JA home calls. [TNX JK1FNL]<br />

OZ - Jef/ON4ACA, Francis/ON6LY and Marcel/ON6UQ will be active from<br />

Romo<br />

Island (EU-125) from 29 July to 4 August. They will participate<br />

in<br />

the IOTA Contest as OZ0ACA; then look for OZ/OP4A, OZ/OP1A<br />

and<br />

OZ0ACA to be active on 80-2 metres on all modes. QSL OZ0ACA<br />

via<br />

ON4ACA (direct or bureau), QSL OZ/OP1A via ON6UQ (direct or<br />

bureau),<br />

QSL OZ/OP4A via ON6LY (direct or bureau). [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]


SM - Amateur radio operators from Sweden are allowed to replace<br />

their<br />

ordinary prefixes on 6 June (Sweden National Day) as follows: SM0<br />

=<br />

SE0, SA0 = SF0, SM = SE, SA = SF. This applies only to<br />

personal<br />

callsigns, not club callsigns. Do not confuse these callsigns<br />

with<br />

the Swedish vanity calls, which are also in the SE and SF<br />

prefix<br />

series, but with one or two letter suffixes. [TNX SM5LWC]<br />

SU - Said, SU1SK will be active again as SU8IOTA from White Rock<br />

(Norus<br />

Island) in the Matruh Region group (AS-099) between 20 June and<br />

1<br />

July. He plans to operate on 20, 15 and 17 metres SSB, possibly<br />

with<br />

some CW. He will not be able to camp on the island, and<br />

operations<br />

will have to stop before sunset. QSL direct only to SU1SK<br />

(Said<br />

Kamel, P.O. Box 190, New Ramsis Center, Cairo 11794, Egypt).<br />

Updates<br />

will be posted at http://www.qrz.com/su8iota; information and<br />

pictures of last year's operation can be found<br />

at<br />

www.qsl.net/su1sk/page2.htm [TNX SU1SK]<br />

SV9 - Theodoros, SV1EJD will be active as SV9/SV1EJD from Crete (EU-<br />

015)<br />

on 7-20 July. He plans to operate SSB and possibly RTTY on 10-<br />

80<br />

metres. Further informtion will be posted<br />

on<br />

http://www.sv1ejd.gr/crete.htm [TNX SV1EJD]<br />

TA - Bekir, TA2RX reports he will operate as TC150HP between 30 May<br />

and<br />

30 June to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Turkish railways<br />

and<br />

the 100th anniversary of Haydar Pasha railway station. Main<br />

activity<br />

is expected on 20 and 40 metres, typically after 14 UTC. QSL<br />

via<br />

TA2RX.<br />

TK - Gerry, IZ1DSH will operate as TK/IZ1DSH from Porto Vecchio,<br />

Corsica<br />

(EU-014) on 3-15 August. Main activity will be on 40 and 20<br />

metres<br />

SSB. QSL via bureau to home call. [TNX IW1FGZ]<br />

TZ - Chris, TZ9A reports he will be leaving Mali in late August.<br />

Chris<br />

has been active from there since late March 2005, and he has<br />

made<br />

some 45,000 QSOs on 80-6 metres. QSL via qrz.com. Starting<br />

in<br />

September he will be travelling to several countries, and he<br />

has<br />

already the licences for a couple of them (TU5AX for Ivory Coast<br />

and<br />

TR8SA for Gabon).<br />

VE - Canadian amateur radio operators will have special<br />

prefixes<br />

available for use from 10 June to 9 July to celebrate the


100th<br />

anniversary of Canadian born Reginald Fessenden's voice<br />

transmission<br />

by radio. The regular/special prefixes for this event are: VE =<br />

VX,<br />

VA = VG, VY = XK, VO = XJ. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

W - Terry/W6WTG, Larry/KF6JOQ and Mark/KG6ZBL will be active as W6C<br />

from<br />

Santa Cruz Island (NA-144) on 9-11 June. They plan to operate on<br />

20,<br />

2 and 6 metres SSB. QSL via N2OWL, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

XU - After visiting Nepal (see 9N above), Toshi, JA8BMK will go<br />

and<br />

operate as XU7BMK from Cambodia on 20-21 June. QSL for this<br />

activity<br />

via JA8UWT (Kimiko Saitoh, 4-16-2-22 Kamui, Asahikawa, 070-<br />

8014<br />

Japan). [TNX JA1ELY]<br />

YO - Xavier, ON4XA reports he will operate as YO2/ON4XA from<br />

Romania<br />

(Arad and Timis districts) on 5-15 July. From 29 July to 12<br />

August<br />

he and his fiancee Bea, YO2MBO/ON4BEA will operate as<br />

F/ON4XA,<br />

F/YO2MBO and F/ON4BEA from France (Department 34).<br />

ZK1 - Jim, ZK1JD and Victor, ZK1CG had hoped to be QRV with their new<br />

E5<br />

callsigns on 1 June. However, according to first hand<br />

information<br />

collected by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, editor of The Daily <strong>DX</strong>, it<br />

seems<br />

that "the new calls may not actually be officially issued until<br />

July<br />

1st".<br />

Hector, EA3EKS reports he will be active as ZK1EKS from the<br />

Cook<br />

Islands (not mentioned if from the South or North Cooks) on 8-<br />

13<br />

June. He plans to be active on 10, 15 and 20 metres (28275,<br />

21275<br />

and 14275 kHz). QSL via EA3EKS.<br />

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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

4W6AAB ---> Michael, PA5M (4W6AAB) went QRT from Timor Leste earlier than<br />

expected. On 27 May he and the rest of the UN WFP (World Food Program)<br />

personnel were evacuated from the country because of security concerns.<br />

4W6AAB made 456 QSOs and his log is available at http://www.4w.pa7fm.nl/. QSL<br />

via PA7FM.<br />

IOTA HONOUR ROLL ---> The IOTA Annual Listings as at February 2006 are now<br />

available on the IOTA Manager's web site (http://www.g3kma.dsl.pipex.com/).<br />

The performance tables include the Honour Roll and the Annual Listing, as<br />

well as the VHF/UHF, Club and SWL listings. Listing in the 2006 tables was<br />

restricted to those members who had updated their scores since February 2001.


IRC ---> The new design (http://www.dailydx.com/2007irc.jpg) for the<br />

International Reply Coupon (IRC) has been selected by the Universal Postal<br />

Union. The new IRC is expected to be available on 1 July 2006 and it will be<br />

good through 31 December 2009. The current IRC<br />

(http://www.upu.int/irc/en/2002_version.html) is good through 31 December<br />

2006. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

NOT THE MANAGER ---> The W1 QSL Bureau has been receiving many QSLs for<br />

K1HP/KH2 and K1HP/KH0. The correct route for these operations (and also for<br />

K1HP) is via JE2EHP. The W1 Bureau forwards these cards via the JA Bureau.<br />

[TNX K1HT]<br />

NOT THE MANAGER ---> The W1 QSL Bureau continues to receive QSLs for CU2AA<br />

and CU3AA, but KA1HFL is not the manager for these stations. The W1 Bureau's<br />

current information is that neither CU2AA nor CU3AA has a QSL manager at<br />

present. [TNX K1HT]<br />

VI9NL & VI9NS ---> Kirsti, VK9NL and Jim, VK9NS both applied and were issued<br />

two licences for the callsigns VI9NL and VI9NS to be used for the current<br />

celebrations on Norfolk Island [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 783]. However they were notified by<br />

the National Licensing and Allocations Branch that "the ACMA does not usually<br />

allow more than one Special Event Licence to one organisation [the Heard<br />

Island <strong>DX</strong> Association in this case, ed.] for the same event." Kirsti and Jim<br />

have relinquished the use of VI9NL basically as Kirsti will not be here for<br />

the complete month. HI<strong>DX</strong>A retains the use of VI9NS for the month of June<br />

2006. [TNX VK9NS]<br />

YV5EU ---> This is the new callsign for Ray, DL2GG/YV5. QSL via DL3AMA,<br />

direct or bureau. Give a look to the expedition stories and nice pictures on<br />

Ray's website at http://www.hfdx.org/<br />

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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

LOGS: On-line logs for the recent YE6P operation from Simeulue<br />

Island<br />

(OC-270) are now available at<br />

http://dxpedition.orari.web.id/simeulue/<br />

QSL GALLERY: The large collection of QSL cards (3500+) on Les Nouvelle<br />

<strong>DX</strong>'s<br />

web site has been updated. Eight different galleries<br />

include<br />

cards for each of the 58 deleted <strong>DX</strong>CC entities (650+ QSLs),<br />

the<br />

ten Most Wanted <strong>DX</strong>CC Entities (120+ QSLs), obsolete<br />

prefixes<br />

(1300+ QSLs), Antarctic bases (500+ QSLs) & TAAF<br />

(Terres<br />

Australes and Antarctiques Francaises, 200+ QSLs), pre-<br />

1945<br />

countries (200+ QSLs) and French Departments, USA before<br />

1945.<br />

Several cards are still needed and your participation<br />

is<br />

encouraged - please visit http://LesNouvelles<strong>DX</strong>.free.fr and


send<br />

send your comments to LesNouvelles<strong>DX</strong>@free.fr [TNX F6AJA]<br />

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8/OM3PC, 3B9FR, 3C5<strong>DX</strong>, 3D2AG,<br />

3D2OU, 3DA0NW, 3G1M, 3Y0X (AN-004; AA MN-08)), 4J5A, 4KR60RS, 4L2M, 4S7BRG,<br />

4T4V, 4X4PP, 5T5AFF, 5T5HC, 5X1RI, 5X1T, 5Z4DZ, 5Z4JW, 6O0N, 9G5LF, 9H1ZA,<br />

9M0F, 9M2CNC, 9M6/G3OOK,9V1VV, 9Y4/KE9I, A45XR, A61AS, A71AW, BA1RB, BV4FH,<br />

BX2AK, C21SX, C31BO, C6AKU, CU6NS, DS5USH, EA9IB, EK6TA, ER4/UX2HO,<br />

FG/F5CVI, FM5FJ, FO/DL5XU (OC-027), FO/DL9AWI (OC-114), FO0ARE, FS/DL7DF,<br />

FS/K9EL, FW5ZL, GW3KHZ/P, H40HL, H44HL, H44MS, HH4/K4QD, HH4/W4WX, HP1/OA4WW,<br />

IU3G, J5DOT, J5TRJ, J5UCW, J68AS, J68RI, J79AG, JD1BMB, JT1CO, JV800BV,<br />

JW0HZ, K6VVA/6 (NA-178), K7C, KG4RN, KH0/JK2VOC, LR5U, MJ/N1NK, OA4/DJ3KR,<br />

OH0Z, OM3EY, OX3DB, OY/DL5LYM, P29SX, P29Y<strong>DX</strong> (OC-102 and OC-101), PI4TUE,<br />

PJ7/DL7DF, PJ7/ND5S, PZ5XX, R1ANF (AN-10; AA UA-04), R1MVC, R1MVW, S9SS,<br />

SE5DEC, ST0RM, SU1SK, SU9HP, SV3RF, SV5/DJ7RJ, T30R, T68G, T6X, T94KC,<br />

TA1ED/0, TA3DD, TF3GC, TG9ANF, TK/DL7UCX, TL5A, TR8CA, TY5MR, TY5WP, TZ9A,<br />

UK8AJ, UN7QX, V26AS, VK0MT (AN-005), VK0SEE (AN-016; AA VK-03), VK9LA,<br />

VP2V/G6AY, VP5/WA2VYA, VP8CMH/MM, VP8CRB, VP8DJB (AN 001; AA G-07), VQ9JC,<br />

VQ9OW, WP3C, XF3/AB5EB, XV1X, YA5Y, YI1BGD, YI9X, YK1BA, YL3DQ, YL3GFT, YN2N,<br />

YO9HP, YU150AU, ZB2/DJ7KJ, ZD8QD, ZD9BV, ZX0F.<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #788<br />

10 June 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

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**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

5H - Dane, ST2T (S57CQ) will be active as 5H1DN from Zanzibar<br />

Island<br />

(AF-032) on 7-14 July, IARU HF World Championship included. QSL<br />

via<br />

S57<strong>DX</strong>. [TNX S57<strong>DX</strong>]<br />

9M_spr - Tex, 9M2TO will be active as 9M0/9M2TO from Layang Layang,<br />

Spratly<br />

Islands (AS-051) from around 12 UTC on 9 June until around 22 UTC<br />

on<br />

the 12th. He plans to operate on 80-6 metres CW only, and since<br />

he<br />

will be using a small airplane, he will be limited as to how<br />

much<br />

gear and antennas he can take (namely an FT-847, a G5RV for the<br />

HF<br />

bands and a F9FT for 6 metres). QSL via bureau to JA0DMV or<br />

direct<br />

to 9M2TO (Tex Izumo, 2C-10-03 Mutiara Apt, Jalan Sungai Emas,<br />

11100<br />

Batu Ferringhi, Penang Is, Malaysia). [TNX JA1ELY]<br />

F - Special station TM5AST will be operated on 17-18 June from Boissy<br />

le<br />

Sec for this year's edition of<br />

Astroradio<br />

(http://astroradio.free.fr/). QSL via F4DTL. [TNX F8REF]<br />

FO - Alain, FO5RH will be active again from Tatakoto (OC-066),<br />

French<br />

Polynesia on 6-25 June. [TNX F6AJA]<br />

G - Special event station GB50SAD will be active on 11 June to<br />

celebrate<br />

the 50th anniversary of the Stevenage & District Amateur<br />

Radio<br />

Society (www.g3sad.org). QSL via G2BKZ.<br />

GM - The IOTA expedition to Rockall (EU-189), which was expected to<br />

take<br />

place between 16 and 28 June [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 777], has been<br />

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cancelled<br />

because of the lack of sufficient funding -<br />

see<br />

http://www.dxpedition.org/.<br />

HH - Chris, W3CMP will operate as HH4/W3CMP from Haiti on 17-28 June.<br />

He<br />

will concentrate on 6 and 2 metres, with some limited HF<br />

operating.<br />

[TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

I - Special station II2MM will be active on 10-11 June for the<br />

Italian<br />

Navy Day. QSL via IK2AQZ, direct or bureau. [TNX IK2AQZ]<br />

I - Giacomo, I4FGG will be active as IF9/I4FGG from Marettimo<br />

Island<br />

(EU-054, IIA TP-010) on 12-22 June. He plans to operate mainly on<br />

on<br />

15 and 20 metres CW. QSl via bureau to home call. [TNX I4FGG]<br />

I - Gianni, IZ8CGS and Maurizio, IZ8GBH will operate as IG9Z<br />

from<br />

Lampedusa Island (AF-019, IIA AG-001) from 26 June to 2 July.<br />

QSL<br />

via IZ8GBH. Logs will be available on www.mdxc.org/ig9z [TNX<br />

IZ8CGS]<br />

JA - Look for JL1OVB/1 and 7L3ATQ/1 to be active from Mikura<br />

Island<br />

(AS-008, JIIA AS-008-005) on 17-19 June. The island is diffult<br />

to<br />

reach and in case of bad weather they will operate from<br />

Hachijo<br />

Island (AS-008). QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />

KH0 - JA6CNL and JA6AGA will operate as KH0N and WH0C from Saipan (OC-<br />

086)<br />

on 16-20 June, All-Asian <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest included. Outside the<br />

contest<br />

they will spend some time on the WARC bands and 160 metres<br />

CW<br />

(1820/1910 KHz). QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

LU - The Radio Club Argentino will be operating as LR4D from<br />

Martin<br />

Garcia Island (SA-055) on 6-9 July and will take part in the IARU<br />

HF<br />

World Championship as HQ station for Argentina. QSL via LU4AA.<br />

[TNX<br />

LU1BCE]<br />

LX - Amateur radio operators from France, Luxembourg and Germany<br />

have<br />

hold a meeting in Luxembourg since 1969. Look for special event<br />

call<br />

LX0SAR to be aired during this year's event, which will take<br />

place<br />

on 16-18 June at Weicherdange. QSL via DG8VE. [TNX F8REF]<br />

OH - The Radio Club of Technical Students (OH8TA), University of<br />

Oulu,<br />

will operate as OH8T from Hailuoto Island (EU-184) on 9-11<br />

June.<br />

Expect activity on 80, 20 and 15 metres. QSL via OH8TA. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

OH - OH6HJE, OH6MTG, OH6NJ and OH6UV will be active as OH6AW/5<br />

from<br />

Kaunissaari (EU-140) on 5-10 July. They will operate mostly CW<br />

and<br />

SSB, with some digital mode operation. [TNX OH6NJ]<br />

SP - Special event station HF40PSL will be active from 10 June to


10<br />

September to celebrate the 40th aniversary of Radio Club SP5PSL.<br />

All<br />

of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau, the<br />

QSL<br />

manager for direct requests is SP5JXK. [TNX Info-Radio by I1SCL]<br />

T6 - The OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin reports that Ross Ballantyne,<br />

VK1UN/VK8UN<br />

(formerly known as 4W6UN and EX1UN) is now working in<br />

Kabul,<br />

Afghanistan as a Project Coordinator for the United Nations.<br />

Ross<br />

has been issued the first official licence of the Afghan<br />

Amateur<br />

Service, T61AA, and he says that the YA prefix will not be used<br />

any<br />

longer. T61AA's operation, effective 23 May 2006, has been<br />

approved<br />

for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit.<br />

T6 - Mika, OH6MKL is active as T66T from Afghanistan through July.<br />

Look<br />

for him on 160-10 metres CW and SSB. QSL via home call. [TNX<br />

The<br />

Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

TA - Mill, LX1CC will operate on all bands holiday style as YM3CC<br />

from<br />

Turkey on 9-28 June.. QSL via home call. [TNX F5NQL]<br />

TF - Fabio, IW5DCE will be in Iceland from 8 June for at least<br />

six<br />

months. He plans to operate in his spare time as TF/IW5DCE on<br />

6<br />

metres and the HF bands (SSB and digital modes). QSL via home<br />

call.<br />

[TNX IK5HHA]<br />

VE - Gregg, VE3ZZ (ex-PA9ZZ) will be active as VE3ZZ/VY2 from<br />

Prince<br />

Edward Island (NA-029) on 26-31 July, IOTA Contest included.<br />

Using<br />

the VY2TT superstation, Gregg will be QRV before and after<br />

the<br />

contest on the WARC bands. QSL via home call. [TNX VE3ZZ]<br />

W - Look for Kyle, W4KTF/p to be active on 80-2 metres mainly SSB<br />

from<br />

Emerald Isle/Bogue Banks (NA-112) on 11-17 June. He plans to<br />

operate<br />

on 20 metres around 19-21 UTC and anywhere on 20-10 metres around<br />

13<br />

UTC. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (May 2006) is now available at<br />

http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/monthly/. Articles and pictures should be sent to<br />

Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).<br />

MONTENEGRO ---> After the dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of


Yugoslavia in 1992, Montenegro went into federation with Serbia, first as<br />

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, then as a looser State Union of Serbia and<br />

Montenegro. On 3 June the Parliament of Montenegro declared the independence<br />

of Montenegro, formally confirming the result of a referendum on independence<br />

held on 21 May. Montenegro has begun the process of seeking international<br />

recognition as well as a seat at international organizations. As far as <strong>DX</strong>CC<br />

is concerned, when Montenegro becomes a UN member *or* is assigned a prefix<br />

block by the ITU, then it will be added to the <strong>DX</strong>CC list. Information on the<br />

history of Montenegro can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montenegro<br />

POSTAL RATES (ITALY) ---> Effective 1 June, the postal rates for a standard<br />

letter (up to 20 grams) from Italy are EUR 0.65 for Europe (plus Algeria,<br />

Cyprus, Egypt, Giordania, Israel, Libya, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria and<br />

Tunisia), EUR 0.85 for other destinations in Africa & Asia and the Americas,<br />

EUR 1.00 for destinations in Oceania. Consequently, please note that 1 USD no<br />

longer covers the postage for direct QSLs outside Europe.<br />

* Silvano, I2YSB (see the list of the stations he is the QSL manager for<br />

on<br />

http://www.i2ysb.com/) says he will honour direct requests that include<br />

1<br />

IRC + 1 USD, or 2 IRCs or 2 USD (otherwise they will be processed<br />

through<br />

the bureau).<br />

* Andrea, IK1PMR (http://www.ik1pmr.com/) says he will provide on his web<br />

site a secure PayPal-based system to allow interested <strong>DX</strong>ers to send<br />

needed<br />

extra-funds for postage. At all events, "a reasonably quick reply via<br />

the<br />

ARI QSL Bureau is guaranteed" to those who have already sent their<br />

direct<br />

cards without sufficient return postage.<br />

QSL 3Y0X ---> On 6 June Bob Schenck, N2OO announced that 27,477 QSOs (the 32%<br />

of all QSOs made by 3Y0X) have bee confirmed. He stimates that they have now<br />

answered approximately 65% of all requests received (this includes about 95%<br />

of all 3Y0X contributor's cards). Another QSL session will be scheduled for<br />

11 June and another mailing should be ready for the 12th. Please give a look<br />

to the QSL Update announcement & QSLling procedures at<br />

http://www.peterone.com/qsl.htm, and refrain from e-mailing N2OO at this<br />

time, as it will only slow the process down.<br />

THAILAND ---> The long-awaited permission to operate on the WARC bands (30,<br />

17 and 12 metres) is just around the corner, according to John (Narissara),<br />

HS1CHB, who said that the NTC (the Thai National Telecommunications<br />

Commission) has agreed to issue temporary permission for those radio amateurs<br />

in Thailand who notify them of their desire to do so. This privilege includes<br />

permission to operate on 80 and 160 metres, and the temporary permission will<br />

be valid until the end of the year. The yet-to-be-formed National<br />

Broadcasting Commission would need to be in place before any permanent<br />

spectrum changes could be made. [Source: http://www.qsl.net/rast]<br />

WRTC 2006 ---> The results of the WRTC 2006 Contest (which will take place as<br />

a part of the IARU contest on 8-9 July) must be ready within 35 hours after<br />

the event. The organizers therefore need as many IARU logs as possible and as<br />

soon as possible to verify the logs of the WRTC 2006 competitors. All IARU<br />

Logs received direct to logs@wrtc2006.com or via iaruhf@iaru.org until they<br />

cut-off the reception of the IARU logs at the WRTC 2006 HQ some time late<br />

Sunday/early Monday (UTC) will participate in a lottery. All IARU Logs<br />

received within 6 hours after the contest (i.e. before 18 UTC on 9 July) will<br />

also be entitled to receive a few prizes. Further information can be found at<br />

http://www.wrtc2006.com/release52.html [TNX PY5EG]<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

PHOTO GALLERY: The Dayton Hamvention 2006 Photo Gallery is now up with<br />

214<br />

photos collected by Tom, K8CX<br />

at<br />

http://hamgallery.com/dayton2006/<br />

TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are<br />

now<br />

available at<br />

http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html.<br />

Please send your scores, as well as any request for<br />

further<br />

information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@ari.it)<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

===================================================================<br />

CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />

===================================================================<br />

3W2TXR JA2TXR HF80JS/8 SP9PTA SY8V SV1HER<br />

4H1LC DU1COP HH/PS7EB PS7EB T40C N1KI<br />

4L1QX RW6HS HK6PSG EA5OL T68G LA4YW<br />

4O2A 4N1SM HZ1IK DK7YY T9/VE3ZIK DL3PS<br />

4U1WB KK4HD IH9N OK1MG TC150HP TA2RX<br />

5B/NN3AA RW3RN II0CC IZ8DGG TM1SME F6GIN<br />

5H3AA K6EID IQ0PG IK0AZG TM3JB F5MMF<br />

5V7BR F5RUQ J48<strong>DX</strong> HA4<strong>DX</strong> TM5BBC F2UW<br />

6L0NJ/4 HL4XM J48HW HA0HW TM5CSP F6KGI<br />

6P73M pirate J48PJ LZ1PJ TM6ACO F56KFI<br />

6W7RV F8CMT KH2/K1IWD HL1IWD TM6SME F6IPS<br />

7P8VB UA4WHX KP4RV AI4U TM7OCR F1IWH<br />

7Q7HB G0IAS LA3Z LA9VDA TM8BBB F4ERQ<br />

7W2OM OM2VL LN3Z LA9VDA TO0O KC0W<br />

8J4P/4 JA4FKX LZ80R LZ1BJ TR8CA F6CBC<br />

8S6KOS SM6YOU OF6AA OH6AA UE1RRR UA1RJ<br />

9H3UT DL9GDB OH0/SK3SN SM3KIF UE3LMG RV3LZ<br />

9K2PL EA5KB OH0V OH6LI UN7QX W7BO<br />

9V1YC N5ID OH0ZZ N6ZZ V26HS WB4WXE<br />

A6/A92DU PE1BSX ON11FAF ON6NR V31RM KN5H<br />

A61M A61AV ON84WMM ON7SA VA7UNEF VA7DP<br />

A61Q EA7FTR OP1W ON6CW VC3L VE3AT<br />

A72OO6 EA7FTR OP2A ON5CD VI9NI VK4FW<br />

A92C A92GR OP7B ON7BJ VI9NS VK9NS<br />

BA4DW/5 BA4DW OQ5T/P ON4CQ VK4ADF HA3LN<br />

BV50CRA BV2KI OX3XR OZ3PZ VP2MMH GM3TAL<br />

C21AV 6K2AVL OY/PA0VHA PA0VHA VP2MRT KB4CRT<br />

C56W DK2WV OY/PA2A PA0VHA W4P NA4DR


C6AYM K9GY OY/PA2AM PA0VHA W6C N2OWL<br />

CS2006BWU CT1BWU OY/PA2VMA PA0VHA WH0W JP1JFG<br />

CT1HZE DL8HCZ OZ1RDP DL9BCP WP3C W3HNK<br />

CU2A OH2BH P49Y AE6Y XU7AIJ DK8ZD<br />

ED1SVS EA1URG PJ2T N9AG XU7BKV F4BKV<br />

ED2PFX EA2URD PX5Z PP5BI YI1EM EA7FTR<br />

ED8CID EA8AUW R1ZSM UA1ZJW YR100YRS YO3HKW<br />

EF8CID EA8AUW R60FC UA2FC YT0TESLA YU1EXY<br />

EG0URH EA4URH RP1CKK RX1CQ YV5EU DL3AMA<br />

EG6FAS EA4FAS RV3LO/9 RV3LO YZ150T YU1SB<br />

EG8FAS EA4FAS S65X PA0KHS Z32A YT1AD<br />

EJ9FBB EI9FBB SA2006EM SM6YOU Z36A DJ0LZ<br />

ET3TK OK1CU SF40A SM5DYC ZA/UT7DW DK6CW<br />

F/ON6JUN/P ON5SD SJ4C SM4BZH ZB2FX G3RFX<br />

G6PZ M5AAV SN0LED SP3OL ZC4DG G0OAB<br />

GB150VC G4DFI SO1CC DL1CC ZF1A W5ASP<br />

GB4HAA G0VIX SV0XAN/5 IK2WZD ZF2JO W4YCH<br />

GB6OOO G3CSA SX1CS SV1DBY ZF2MO K4MBO<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

BA4DW David Y. J. Zhou, P.O. Box 040-088, Shanghai, 200040, China<br />

F6ELE Didier Bas, 11 Rue des Petites Maisons, F-17230 St. Ouen D'Aunis,<br />

France<br />

F6IPS Michel Le Balc'h , 16 Hameau Mace, F-50310 Emondeville, France<br />

JX9NOA Ole Martin Pedersen, FLO/IKT, N-8099 Jan Mayen, Norway<br />

K6EID Phil Finkle, 3353 Forest Creek Dr., Marietta, GA 30064-2441, USA<br />

N2OWL Sharon Godley, 2701 Fordham, Bakersfield, CA 93305, USA<br />

PA0VHA Hans Vernhout, Ph. de Goedestraat 54, NL3132XR Vlaardingen, The<br />

Netherlands<br />

PS7EB Glauber Fernandes, P.O. Box 251, 59010-970 Natal - RN, Brazil<br />

SM6YOU Rickard Dahlstedt, Ekebergsgatan 4D, 417 02 Gothenburg, Sweden<br />

SV2ASP/A Monk Apollo, Docheiariou Monastery, 63087, Dafni - Mount Athos,<br />

Greece<br />

SV1HER Sotirios Vanikiotis, Korai 31, GR-12137 Peristeri (Athens), Greece<br />

VA7DP Doug Pichette, 533 Nelson Ave, Penticton, Canada<br />

VK4FW Bill Horner, P.O. Box 612, Childers, 4660, Australia<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #789<br />

17 June 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

>>> MONTENEGRO: DO YOU FEEL LIKE OPERATING FROM A NEW ONE?


Special Sovereignty" as having a local "Administrative Center," or<br />

(b)<br />

the United Nations list of "Non-Self-Governing Territories."<br />

Rule 1c) is intended to recognize entities that are sufficiently separate<br />

from their parent for <strong>DX</strong>CC purposes but do not qualify under Rule 1a) or 1b).<br />

The new rule will cause a change to Point 1 status for certain entities. This<br />

in turn will reduce the mileage for a first separation for these entities<br />

from 800 km to 350 km.<br />

The lists referenced in the text of the rule can be viewed at the following<br />

Web sites:<br />

* the DOS list of Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty at<br />

http://www.state.gov/s/inr/rls/10543.htm, and<br />

* the U.N. list of Non-Self-Governing Territories at<br />

http://www.un.org/depts/dpi/decolonization/trust3.htm.<br />

QSOs with any new entity resulting from this rule change will count for<br />

credit for the new entity only if the QSOs are made on or after the Start<br />

Date for the entity. In no case will QSOs made prior to the date of this<br />

notice be considered for credit for any new entity created under this rule.<br />

Applications for <strong>DX</strong>CC award credits resulting from this change will be<br />

accepted on or after October 1, 2006.<br />

For further information please contact Wayne Mills, N7NG (n7ng@arrl.org).<br />

8Q - 8Q7GE is the callsign issued to Vangelis, SV2BFN for<br />

his<br />

forthcoming activity from the Maldives [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 787]. Look for<br />

him<br />

to operate holiday style from 22 June to 3 July. QSL via home<br />

call.<br />

[TNX SV1CER]<br />

9A - Special event station 9A06P will be active on all bands and<br />

modes<br />

through the end of the year to celebrate the city of<br />

Djurdjevac.<br />

All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau.<br />

[TNX<br />

9A2JK]<br />

9A - Once again Zik, VE3ZIK (http://www.qslnet.de/ve3zik) will<br />

operate<br />

CW and SSB on all bands as 9A/VE3ZIK from Bilice, Croatia from<br />

20<br />

June to 10 July, IARU HF World Championship included. He will<br />

also<br />

try to be active from Kaprije Island (EU-170) at least for one<br />

day.<br />

QSL via DL3PS, direct or through the DARC bureau. [TNX VE3ZIK]<br />

DU - Chris, VK3FY and Nik, VK3FNIK (11-year-old Foundation<br />

Licence<br />

holder) will operate SSB and CW as VK3FY/DU8 from the<br />

Philippines<br />

between 20 June and 5 July. They plan to go and operate from<br />

the<br />

following islands: Bayangan (OC-235), Mindanao (OC-130),<br />

Cebu<br />

(OC-129), Negros (OC-129) and Luzon (OC-042). QSL via VK3FW.<br />

[TNX<br />

www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

EA8 - Steve, G0UIH will operate mainly 20, 15 and 17 metres SSB<br />

from<br />

Fuerteventura (DIE S-006), Canary Islands (AF-004) from 17 June<br />

to<br />

1 July. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />

www.rsgbiota.org]


EA8 - The Grupo <strong>DX</strong> Gran Canaria will participate in the XI DIE<br />

Contest<br />

(18 June) as ED8DIE from Baja del Palo (DIE S-357). QSL via<br />

EA8AKN,<br />

direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

F - Bernard/F9IE, Serge/F6AML, Pascal/F5JSD, John/F5VHQ and<br />

Frank/F4AJQ<br />

will participate in the IOTA Contest as TM7C from<br />

Noirmoutier<br />

Island (EU-064). QSL via F4AJQ. Expect also activity before<br />

and<br />

after the contest, on the WARC bands as well as 6 and 2<br />

metres.<br />

[TNX F5NQL]<br />

GI - Members of the Glengormley Electronics Amateur Radio<br />

Society<br />

(GEARS) will be running special event station GB90SOM on 1 July<br />

and<br />

at other times thereafter to commemorate the 90th anniversary<br />

of<br />

the Battle of the Somme in World War I, where 3000 men from<br />

the<br />

36th (Ulster) Division of Northern Ireland lost their lives in<br />

one<br />

day (1 July 1916). They will be active on HF and 6 metres will<br />

be<br />

looking especially for ON stations from the Somme and<br />

Theipval<br />

areas. [TNX GI4FUE]<br />

GJ - K2WR will operate as MJ0AWR from Jersey (EU-013) from 26 July to<br />

1<br />

August, and will participate in the IOTA Contest as GJ2A. QSL<br />

via<br />

K2WR (USA stations) or GJ3DVC (others). [TNX NG3K]<br />

GM - Andre, GM3VLB and Alex, GM0DHZ will be operating CW and SSB<br />

from<br />

Sanda Island (EU-123) on 15-18 June. [TNX GM3VLB]<br />

GM - The GM7V contest team (operators GM3WOJ, GM4YXI, GM0RLZ and<br />

MM0CCC)<br />

will be active from the Island of Benbecula (EU-010) during<br />

the<br />

IOTA Contest (29-30 July). QSL via M0CMK. [TNX GM3WOJ]<br />

GM - Several operators from the Mid Lanark Amateur Radio<br />

Society<br />

(http://www.mlars.org.uk) will participate in the IOTA Contest<br />

as<br />

GM0B from the Isle of Bute (EU-123). Look for them on all<br />

contest<br />

bands SSB and CW. QSL via GM0EGI. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

GM - Peter, GM3OFT will be active as GM3OFT/P from the Orkney<br />

Islands<br />

(EU-009) in late August. He plans to go and operate from<br />

the<br />

followings islands: Westray (26-27 August), Papa Westray (27-<br />

28<br />

August), Fara (29 August), Eday (30 August) and Calf of Eday<br />

(31<br />

August). [TNX GM3OFT]<br />

HR - Javier/HR2J, Daniel/HR2DMR, Antonio/HR2AHC,<br />

Pedro/HR2PAC,<br />

Henry/HR2H, Carlos/HR2CG and Lane/KC4CD will be active as HQ3C<br />

from


Chachahuate, Cayos Cochinos (NA-160) on 23-25 June. They plan<br />

to<br />

operate on 10-160 metres SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via HR2RCH,<br />

direct<br />

or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

HS - Tony, G4UZN will be in Thailand for three weeks starting on<br />

23<br />

June. WARC bands should be available by then, and Tony expects<br />

to<br />

be on the air as HS0ZGH (CW only) as time permits. [TNX G4UZN]<br />

I - Walter, IN3XUG reports he will be active on the HF bands SSB<br />

as<br />

IA5/IN3XUG from Capraia Island (EU-028, IIA LI-020) on 17-24<br />

June.<br />

QSL via home call (bureau preferred).<br />

IS0 - Piero, I1ASU will operate holiday style as IM0/I1ASU from<br />

Maddelena<br />

Island (EU-041, IIA OT-008) until 29 June. On 17 June,<br />

weather<br />

permitting, he might go and operate from Santo Stefano (EU-041,<br />

IIA<br />

OT-020) and a couple of other nearby islets. [TNX Info Radio<br />

by<br />

I1SCL]<br />

IS0 - Look for Giovanni, IS0/IW2NEF to operate from Sardinia (EU-024)<br />

on<br />

17-29 June. He plans to concentrate on 6 metres, including<br />

entries<br />

in the IARU Region 1 50 MHz Contest (17-18 June) and Contest<br />

Veneto<br />

50 MHz (25 June). [TNX Info Radio by I1SCL]<br />

IS0 - Freddy, IZ1EPM reports he will operate again as II0P from<br />

Sardinia<br />

(EU-024, JN41OF) between July and September. His main focus will<br />

be<br />

on 6 metres, but he will operate on HF as well, mainly CW. He<br />

also<br />

plans to operate /mm from JN51AX in August.<br />

JA - Look for the JARL QRP Club to operate on all bands CW only<br />

as<br />

8J6P/6 from the Goto Islands (AS-040) on 17-18 June for<br />

the<br />

International QRP Day (17 June). QSL via bureau to JP6VCH.<br />

[TNX<br />

VA3RJ]<br />

JD1_oga - Special call 8J1P/JD1 will be aired from Ogasawara (AS-031)<br />

on<br />

15-18 June to celebrate the 50th anniversay of the JARL QRP<br />

CLUB.<br />

QSL via bureau to JA1BVA. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

JW - Maria Teresa, IN3TCH and Mauro, IN3SAU will operate SSB<br />

as<br />

JW/IN3TCH and JW/IN3SAU from club station JW5E at<br />

Longyarbyen<br />

(EU-026), Svalbard on 12-14 August. QSL via home calls, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX IN3SAU]<br />

KC4_ant - Robert Reynolds (N0QFQ), Satellite Communications Technician at<br />

the<br />

Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, (AN-016; K-08 for the<br />

Antarctica<br />

Award) will be leading a major 2006 Field Day activity for


KC4AAA.<br />

Operations will take place from 18 UTC on 24 June through 21<br />

UTC<br />

on the 25th. Primary operating band/mode will be 20 metres<br />

SSB<br />

(+/- 14243 kHz).The team (up to ten operators) will be<br />

transmitting<br />

1 kW and primarily be using a pair of Log-periodic antennas<br />

aimed<br />

toward the US. For more information, please contact Nick<br />

Powell,<br />

NH6ON (nick.powell@usap.gov). [TNX N7NG]<br />

LX - The PA6Z crew will revisit Luxembourg from 30 September to<br />

7<br />

October. They will operate from Wiltz as LX/PA6Z on 160-10<br />

metres<br />

SSB, CW and PSK31. An experimental station will be on the 136<br />

kHz<br />

band. QSL via PA1K, direct or bureau. Further information can<br />

be<br />

found at http://www.pa6z.nl/lx_2006/index [TNX PA5R]<br />

OH0 - Reinaldo, YV5AMH of Aves Island fame will visit Finland and<br />

sail<br />

out to Aland Islands for activity as OH0AM (QSL via home call)<br />

this<br />

coming weekend. He will be assisted by OH1TX, OH1NX, OH1XX<br />

and<br />

OH2BH. [TNX OH2BH]<br />

OX - Dwayne, KD4POJ will spend eleven months in Greenland (NA-<br />

018)<br />

starting on 30 July. He plans to operate as OX3PG on most bands<br />

and<br />

modes and to participate in contests as work and<br />

propagation<br />

permit. QSL direct only via WA0SMQ. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

OZ - OZ2TF, OZ5JR, OZ7KDJ and OZ9V will operate as OZ8MW/P from<br />

Anholt<br />

Island (EU-088) from 27 July to 1 August, IOTA Contest<br />

included.<br />

Look for them on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres CW and SSB.<br />

[TNX<br />

www.rsgbiota.com]<br />

P2 - Derek/G3KHZ, Hans/SM6CVX and Vincent/G0LMX will operate<br />

(callsigns<br />

TBA) from the Trobriand Islands (OC-115) on 2-10 October and<br />

from<br />

Daru Island (OC-153) on 11-14 October. QSL direct to G3KHZ<br />

for<br />

OC-115 and SM6CVX for OC-153. [TNX IZ1CRR]<br />

SP - Special event station HF80GD will be active on all bands and<br />

modes<br />

on 22-30 June to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the city<br />

of<br />

Gdynia. QSL via SP2AVE. [TNX SP2<strong>DX</strong>]<br />

SV5 - Dov, 4Z4<strong>DX</strong> will operate on all bands and modes as SV5/M0DOV<br />

and<br />

J45DOV from Rhodes, Dodecanese Islands (EU-001) on 15-20 July.<br />

QSL<br />

via home call, direct or bureau. He also plans to return to<br />

the<br />

island in late July for the IOTA Contest, in which he will<br />

take


part along with the local SX5P team. [TNX 4Z4<strong>DX</strong>]<br />

SV9 - Bert, CX3AN reports he will be joining Theodoros, SV9/SV1EJD<br />

and<br />

Fotis, SV9/SV1CIG on Crete on 6-10 July; he will operate<br />

as<br />

SV9/CX3AN (QSL via home call) with 100 watts and a<br />

vertical<br />

antenna.<br />

UR - Slava/US7IGF, Roman/UR7IJQ, Alexandr/UR7IKV, Roman/UY7IQ<br />

will<br />

operate SSB and CW on 40-17 and 6 metres from Blakitni<br />

Island<br />

(BlL-01 for the Ukrainian Islands Award) on 24 June. QSL via<br />

home<br />

calls. [TNX US7IGF]<br />

VE - Pete, VE3IKV will be active as VF2X from Prince Edward<br />

Island<br />

(NA-029) on 1-4 July and as VC2X from Iles de la Madeleine (NA-<br />

038)<br />

on 4-8 July. He plans to operate on 40 metres CW and 6 metres<br />

SSB<br />

and CW. QSL via VE3IKV. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

VP5 - Tom, K4ZGB will be active as VP5/K4ZGB from<br />

Providenciales<br />

(NA-002), Turks & Caicos Islands, from 25 July to 1 August.<br />

He<br />

plans to operate on all bands CW and SSB, and to participate in<br />

the<br />

IOTA Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

YJ - Tommy, VK2IR reports he will be active as YJ0IR from Vanuatu<br />

on<br />

3-15 July. He plans to operate on 80, 40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and<br />

10<br />

metres SSB depending on conditions. QSL via W3HNK.<br />

YV - The Radio Club Venezolano will activate special call YW9AJ (QSL<br />

via<br />

YV5AJ) on 160-metres all modes from Grid FJ67hm in the rare<br />

Apure<br />

state from 29 June to 5 July, including an entry in the<br />

Venezuela<br />

Independence Day Contest (1-2 July). On satellite they will<br />

operate<br />

as YV5SAT/9 (QSL via YV5SAT). [TNX YV5AJ]<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

3Y0X ---> A lecture with slideshow on the <strong>DX</strong>pedition to Peter I will be held<br />

at the Cankarjev Dom (Linhart Hall) in Ljubljana, Slovenia at 19 local time<br />

on 19 June. The speaker will be 3Y0X team member Robert Lusnia (SP5XVY),<br />

while Vilko Oblak (S51XO) will provide the simultaneous interpretation.<br />

Details can be found at http://www.cd-cc.si/_Cankarjev_Dom/english/ (clik on<br />

"Humanism").<br />

40 METRES (THE NETHERLANDS) ---> Hans, PB2T (VERON IARU liaison officer)<br />

reports that effective 10 June amateur radio operators in the Netherlands are<br />

allowed to use the band 7100-7200 kHz on a secundary basis with a maximum


power of 250 watts.<br />

AMATEUR RADIO LICENSING IN SPAIN ---> The Spanish Government has approved new<br />

amateur radio regulations which came into force 10th of June 2006. The most<br />

important changes are:<br />

* The extinction of the three Spanish licences (General-EA, Restricted-EB<br />

and<br />

Novice-EC). All Spanish licensed have the same privileges from now on,<br />

so<br />

you will hear in all bands not only EA but also EB and EC stations.<br />

* All amateurs are allowed to use the 50-51 MHz band, including visitors<br />

from<br />

CEPT countries or others foreign amateurs with temporary licence, but<br />

there<br />

are geographical restrictions in the centre of Spain due to TV emissions.<br />

Further information (in Spanish language) can be found on the URE's website<br />

at http://www.ure.es/ (clik on "URE Informa"). [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

ANTARCTICA AWARD AT FRIEDRICHSHAFEN ---> The Antarctica Award will be at Ham<br />

Radio 2006, the most important meeting for amateur radio enthusiasts in<br />

Europe. Ric, DL2VFR and the Mediterraneo <strong>DX</strong> Club have organized an Antarctica<br />

Award Field Check on 24 June at the ARI (Associazione Radioamatori Italiani)<br />

booth. Full information on the Antarctica Award and scores can be found at<br />

http://www.mdxc.org/antarctica/ [TNX IZ8CGS]<br />

EUROPEAN PSK CLUB ---> Jurij Phunkner, MM0DFV and a few other amateurs are<br />

starting an informal European PSK Club (EPC). Its purpose is to promote<br />

activity and good operating practice on the PSK mode(s) on all amateur bands.<br />

Membership is free for any licensed radio amateur. For further information<br />

please visit http://www.eu.srars.org or email mm0dfv@scotham.net [TNX MM0DFV]<br />

GERMAN CALLBOOK ---> The German government's callbook can be found at<br />

http://ans.bundesnetzagentur.de/Amateurfunk/Rufzeichen.aspx [TNX The Daily<br />

<strong>DX</strong>]<br />

II0ESA ---> All paper logs for last year's special operations from the<br />

European Space Agency have now been imported electronically and have been<br />

uploaded to Logbook Of The World. All bureau cards have gone out. Please<br />

address any queries to ik0dwn@arrl.net [TNX IK0DWN]<br />

QSL RA9LI ---> Serge Abyshev, UA9LP reports he is the new QSL manager from<br />

Vasily, RA9LI. This includes Vasily's operations as RA9LI/9 (AS-083 and<br />

AS-089), RA9LI/1 and RA9LI/mm.<br />

QSL YI9<strong>DX</strong>X ---> Adam, KA1ZFE reports he is the new QSL manager for YI9<strong>DX</strong>X.<br />

Cards can be sent either direct (Adam M. Forman, 7321 Pinecastle Rd, Falls<br />

Church, VA 22191, USA) or through the bureau. Information about the YI9<strong>DX</strong>X<br />

station can be found at http://www.w7dxx.com/<br />

QSL VIA AC7<strong>DX</strong> ---> Ron, AC7<strong>DX</strong> reports that he will now handles cards for T93X<br />

and T94TT.<br />

QSL VIA RX3RC ---> Roman Novikov, RX3RC reports he is the new QSL manager for<br />

5B4AHI, 5B4AHH, 5B4AGL, C4T, H2A and P3B, as well as for RK6YYA/0.<br />

SERBIA ---> What will happen to the <strong>DX</strong>CC status of Serbia after Montenegro<br />

joins the ARRL <strong>DX</strong>CC list [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 788]? The latest issue of The ARRL Letter (9<br />

June) says that "the division of Serbia and Montenegro eliminates what<br />

remained of Yugoslavia. Serbia's parliament this week declared Serbia a<br />

sovereign nation as heir to the former Serbia-Montenegro union. Assuming that<br />

Serbia continues to hold its current seat in the UN, it will remain on the<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC list as a pre-existing and continuing <strong>DX</strong>CC entity, Wayne Mills, N7NG


(ARRL Membership Services Manager) explained".<br />

+ SILENT KEY + Russ, VE6VK reports that Fred Carter, 3D2CC has passed away.<br />

For many years Fred was the only station active from Malolo Lai Lai (OC-121),<br />

and had been QRT since February 2004. Russ still has some blank cards for<br />

him, and will look after any outstanding QSLs (direct only). [TNX VE6VK]<br />

+ SILENT KEY + Robert Schoettert, LX1RQ passed away in late May at 47 years<br />

of age. He was one of the driving forces behind the famous contest station<br />

LX5A.<br />

_____________________________________________________________________________<br />

QSLs received direct or through managers: 3D2RX, 3DA0NW, 3Y0X, 4L1MA, 4M5RY,<br />

4O8/9X0A, 4U1WB, 5H1C (AF-032), 5J1W, 5W0DF, 6O0N, 6W1RY, 7X0RY, 9L1MS,<br />

9Y4/DL7DF, A41KJ, A41LZ, A52FH, A71BX, A71EM, BA4RF, C31BO, CE0Y, CP6UA,<br />

CP6XE, CU6NS, DA0HEL (EU-127), DU3NXE, DU9RG, E21EIC, EK0B, EK6TA, EK6YL,<br />

EK8WA, ES1WN, ES5Q, EX8AA, EX8MLE, FK8AH, FK8HN, FM/DL5CF, FM5JC, FO/DL5XU,<br />

FO5RH (OC-066), FS/DL7DF, GM5A, H40HL, HB0/T94JJ, HC8N, HH4/W4WX, HP1AC,<br />

HS0ZAA, HS1OVH, HV0A, J68MS, JR6TYH/JD1, JT1CO, JV800BV, JY4NE, K3LP/KP5,<br />

K7C, KG4OX, LT0H, N3KS/KP5, OH0R, OJ0J, OY1CT, P29VMS (OC-101), PJ7/DL7DF,<br />

PP5OW/p, PZ5RA, RU0ZM, SN3A, ST0RM, SV9FBM, T6X, TA1FA, TB0<strong>DX</strong> (AS-123),<br />

TI8CBT, TK1CX, TM4AMD, TO2ANT, TO2FG, TO5A, TT8M, TU2CI, TY4TW, TY5WP,<br />

UA0IGV, UN8GU, UR0IM, V85GD, VK9NS, VP8LP, VR2BG, VR2XMT, VU2PHD,<br />

VU4AN/VU3NZB, VU4AN/VU3PLM, VU4AN/VU3RYC, VU4AN/VU3RYF, VU4AN/VU3SID,<br />

VU4AN/VU3SIG, VU4AN/VU3TLY, XW1A, YE5M (OC-215), YT0TESLA, YU8/9X0A, ZC4LI,<br />

ZD7BG, ZF2AH, ZK1YAQ, ZP3CTW.<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #790<br />

24 June 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

(e-mail i1jqj@<strong>425</strong>dxn.org )<br />

Contributors are invited to send their <strong>DX</strong> information to<br />

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The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

C9 - Frosty/K5LBU (C91CF), Tom/WW5L (C91TL) Dave/NE5EE (C91EE),<br />

Art/N4PJ<br />

(C91JR) and Tom/NQ7R (C91TK) will be active from Bilene,<br />

Mozambique<br />

from 27 June to 13 July. QSL via home calls. They expect to<br />

operate<br />

on all bands and modes and to participate in the IARU HF<br />

World<br />

Championship as C91HQ (QSL via K5LBU). Further information can<br />

be<br />

found at http://www.tdxs.net/C9.html [TNX WW5L]<br />

EA - EA4ST, EA1CA, EA1HP, EA1OS, EA1DAV, EA1DAX, EA1FDI and EA1DKV<br />

will<br />

participate in the IOTA Contest as ED1CA from Sisarga<br />

Grande<br />

(EU-077). Look for them on SSB and CW. QSL via EA1CA. [TNX EA4ST]<br />

F - The Minkieboys (namely Dan/ON4ON, Harvey/ON5SY,<br />

Dries/ON6CX,<br />

Eddy/ON7PO and Pat/ON7PQ) will be active as F/homecall/p from Ile<br />

de<br />

Sein (EU-068) on 28-30 July. They will participate in the<br />

IOTA<br />

Contest as F/ON4ON/p. QSL via ON4ON, direct or bureau. [TNX ON4ON]<br />

GM - The Five Bells Group (G1JZP, G0VTL, G1GSN and G4ODA) plans<br />

to<br />

operate as GM4SIV from St. Kilda (EU-059, Grid IO57) on 1-8<br />

July.<br />

They will be QRV on 6 metres and up. QSL via G4ODA (direct) or<br />

G4SIV<br />

(bureau). [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

I - Matteo, IZ3HER reports he will operate on 20 and 40 metres SSB<br />

as<br />

IZ3HER/P from Crevan (EU-131, IIA VE-037) between 8 and 16 UTC on<br />

24<br />

June. QSL via IK3GES.<br />

IS0 - Max, IK2YSE will be active (on 10-40 metres CW) as IM0/IK2YSE<br />

from<br />

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Maddalena Island (EU-041, IIA OT-008) on 23-30 June. QSL via<br />

bureau<br />

to home call. [TNX IK2YSE]<br />

JA - Look for JR1WEB/1, JO1IRO/1 and JF1IZM/1 to operate from Aoga<br />

Island<br />

(AS-043, JIIA AS-043-001) from 30 June to 3 July. Expect activity<br />

on<br />

the HF bands and 6 metres SSB. QSL via home calls, direct or<br />

bureau.<br />

[TNX JI6KVR]<br />

JA - Six different HQ stations will represent Japan's JARL in the IARU<br />

HF<br />

World Championship:<br />

8N1HQ 15m-Ph, 10m-CW Kimitsu City, Chiba<br />

8N2HQ 80m-CW, 15m-CW Mihama Town, Aichi<br />

8N3HQ 20m-CW Miki City, Hyogo<br />

8N4HQ 80m-Ph, 40m-Ph, 10m-Ph Okayama City, Okayama<br />

8N7HQ 40m-CW Ugo Town, Akita<br />

8N8HQ 160m-CW, 20m-Ph Iwamizawa City, Hokkaido<br />

Each station may be heard on other bands before the contest.<br />

All<br />

QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX JA1BPA]<br />

J6 - Dave, KC2HO and Lauren, KC2LR will be QRV as J6/KC2HO and<br />

J6/KC2LR<br />

from St. Lucia (NA-108) between 25 June and 4 July. Activity will<br />

be<br />

mostly during evening hours on 40-10 metres, operating SSB, CW<br />

and<br />

RTTY. QSL to home calls. [TNX KC2HO]<br />

SV9 - Stefano, IK5PWQ will operate as SV9/IK5PWQ from Crete (EU-015)<br />

from<br />

26 June to 2 July. He also plans to be active (on 20 metres SSB<br />

and<br />

CW) as SV9/IK5PWQ/P from one of the coastal islands (EU-187) for<br />

one<br />

day. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.<br />

UA - Eight operators (namely RA4HNB, RA4HTX, RK3FA, RN1NA, RN1NU,<br />

RZ3FA,<br />

RZ4HF and UA6BGB) will operate as UE1NLO from several islands<br />

(not<br />

IOTA) located in Lake Ladoga between 29 June and 6 July.<br />

Further<br />

information will be available at http://www.quad.ru/ue1nlo<br />

[TNX<br />

RZ3EM]<br />

UR - Look for UR7GW/P and UR7GO/P to be active from the islands<br />

(not<br />

IOTA) of Stvornyi (UIA DN-85) and Solodkyi (UIA DN-86) on 23-<br />

24<br />

June. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. They also plan<br />

to<br />

operate from a couple of lighthouses (Stanislav-Adzhigolsky<br />

Front<br />

and Rear) during the UHF Field Day on 1-2 July. [TNX UR7GW]<br />

VP2M - Graham, M0AEP will operate SSB and CW on 80-6 metres as VP2MDD<br />

from<br />

Montserrat (NA-103) on 1-14 July. He plans to concentrate on<br />

6<br />

metres with 350 watts and a 5 element yagi. QSL via home call.<br />

[TNX<br />

www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

Z3 - Laci, HA1RS will visit Zoli, Z38C (HA1CA) in Scopje, Macedonia


from<br />

24 June to 14 July. Laci plans to operate as Z38R on HF, 6<br />

metres<br />

and the VHF/UHF bands. QSL Z38R and Z38C via HA1RS, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX HA0HW]<br />

ZD8 - Andy, G0JLX will operate SSB and CW as ZD8AD from Ascension<br />

Island<br />

(AF-003) approximatively between 1 and 23 July. QSL via<br />

G0JLX,<br />

direct or bureau. Updates will be posted at www.qrz.com/zd8ad<br />

[TNX<br />

VA3RJ]<br />

ZL8 - Jacky, ZL3CW will be working on Raoul Island in the<br />

Kermadecs<br />

(OC-039) for about one week starting on 27 or 28 June. He plans<br />

to<br />

operate as ZM8CW in his spare time, and to concentrate on the<br />

low<br />

bands. QSL via ZL1AMO. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

IOTA TOUR ---> Gabriele, IK3GES has left on his annual IOTA tour. He plans to<br />

visit and operate from several island groups in The Netherlands (EU-146 and<br />

EU-038), Denmark (EU-171, EU-125, EU-029), Germany (EU-042 and EU-057),<br />

Sweden (EU-043, EU-139, EU-087, EU-037, EU-138), Norway (EU-141 and possibily<br />

others), Finland (EU-184, EU-101, EU-173). Expect activity on the usual IOTA<br />

frequencies +/- 10 kHz during the local daylight hours, while at night he<br />

plans to concentrate on RTTY and PSK31. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.<br />

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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

>>> IOTA NEWS: UNACTIVATED GROUPS NUMBERED


years. The last such occasion was scheduled for 2005 but in the event the<br />

Committee decided against a review then. It needed to complete work<br />

implementing decisions taken following the major overhaul of the island list<br />

in year 2000. With the next review not now scheduled until 2010 the IOTA<br />

Committee has decided not to wait until then to correct an anomaly. Sebatik<br />

Island in Borneo is a 'split sovereignty island', one half owned by Indonesia<br />

(Kalimantan) and the other by East Malaysia (Sabah). Under paragraph E.5.7 of<br />

the Programme Rules such islands each count for a separate IOTA group. The<br />

Committee is rectifying this omission now and adding Sebatik Island as a new<br />

group in the Oceania list (OC-295P). [TNX G3KMA]<br />

M<strong>DX</strong>C CONVENTION ---> The 2nd Mediterraneo <strong>DX</strong> Club (M<strong>DX</strong>C) HF Convention will<br />

take place on 16-17 September at Nola (Napoli), Italy. Full information can<br />

be found at http://www.mdxc.org/meeting.asp<br />

MONTENEGRO ---> On 22 June the UN Security Council decided to recommend to<br />

the General Assembly that the Republic of Montenegro be admitted as a Member<br />

of the United Nations. The Assembly is expected to act on the matter next<br />

Wednesday (28 June) - keep an eye on the UN <strong>News</strong> Centre<br />

(http://www.un.org/<strong>News</strong>/).<br />

In their latest press release, the organizers of the "<strong>DX</strong> Festival Montenegro<br />

2006" [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 787] say that the all-band all-mode <strong>DX</strong>pedition to the newest<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC Entity is now expected to take place from 20 July to 12 August. Bookmark<br />

http://www.yu6scg.cg.yu/international-dx-festival-montenegro-2006/ for<br />

updates.<br />

NOT THE MANAGER ---> Antonello, IK2DUW says is still receiving cards for<br />

UA0FZ he is not able to to reply to. He was the QSL manager only for the year<br />

2000 through January 2001; the current QSL route is via W3HNK.<br />

QSL CE0Z ---> Jean-Michel, F6AJA (the European QSL manager for CE0Z) reports<br />

that he has received the CE0Z cards from the printer and has mailed all<br />

direct European QSLs. He is still waiting for the CE9/F2JD to arrive from the<br />

printer.<br />

QSL J6/G3XAQ ---> Phil Whitchurch, G3SWH has recently acquired a copy of the<br />

log for the 2002 and 2004 operations of J6/G3XAQ. QSL cards are available<br />

either direct or through the bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards are all<br />

right). Phil hopes to be able to upload the log to LoTW at some stage in the<br />

future. [TNX G3SWH]<br />

QSL VIA K7ZD ---> Effective 18 June, Gary/K7ZD no longer manages any<br />

activities by Tony, W4OI (HK1AR). Please send your requests to Tony himself.<br />

Gary is still the QSL manager for HK1AR for contacts made before 9 February<br />

2006, as well as well as for 5K5Z and HK0/HK1AR. Cards for contacts made with<br />

HK1AR on 10-21 February 2006 go to Girts, YL2KL (who was the guest operator).<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

===================================================================<br />

CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />

===================================================================<br />

3D2AV 6K2VL GB50SAD G2BKZ SN0SOWA SP6ZKO<br />

3XD2Z UA6JR HC1HC NE8Z SN10SH SP9KGC<br />

3XM6JR UA6JR HF40PSL SP5PSL SU8IOTA SU1SK<br />

3Z0EL SP2YNC HF80GD SP2AVE SV0JD/8 DL6NBA<br />

4L6VG UA6EZ HG2006S HA1CW T30AV 6K2AVL


4Z8DT OK1DT HH4/W3CMP W3CMP T66T OH6MKL<br />

5B4ABP OE2GEN HK4QMH EA5KB T93X AC7<strong>DX</strong><br />

6W/F6ELE F6ELE HL615UF HL0NHQ T94TT AC7<strong>DX</strong><br />

8J1P/JD1 JA1BVA II2MM IK2AQZ TM5AST F4DTL<br />

8J6P/6 JP6VCH II5MD IK5DND TM5UJY F5FAB<br />

8Q7VR/MM UR9I<strong>DX</strong> IS0/WH0Q IN3ZNR TO7AES FG1JD<br />

9A15<strong>DX</strong> 9A1A J48WT SV2HPP TP20CE F5LGF<br />

9H3SR S59ZZ JW4GHA LA4GHA TT8PK F4EGS<br />

9M0/9M2TO 9M2TO (a) KH0N JA6CNL UE3LBM RV3LZ<br />

9M0/9M2TO JA0DMV (b) KH6ZM I0MWI UE3WSC/6 RW3WWW<br />

9M6XRO M5AAV LX0SAR DG8VE UE4NNU/P UA4NU<br />

9N7BMK JA8UWT LY80A LY1FW UN3M EA7FTR<br />

A61AS YO3FRI LY80D LY4Q VI9NI VK4FW<br />

CN8YZ EA7FTR LY80R LY2ZZ WH0C JA6AGA<br />

D80HQ HL1OYF OH0AM YV5AMH XU7BMK JA8UWT<br />

DQ06FWC DL7PP OH8T OH8TA XV3BB JG1PED<br />

DR60SBG DG1EA P29VV PA3EXX XW1A E21EIC<br />

DT8A HL2FDW PB6REM PA7DA YA/IK1UGX IK1UGX<br />

ED1IPA EA1AAA PY2VA I8LWL YI9<strong>DX</strong>X KA1ZFE<br />

ED1SEM EA1AUM R3DUBNA UA3DK YM125ATA TA3YJ<br />

ED8DIE EA8AKN R60F UA2FEK YM3CC LX1CC<br />

EE7WFC EA7FTR RA9LI/9 UA9LP YV5SSB EA5KB<br />

EK3GM IK2QPR RK6YYA/0 RX3RC Z2/UA4WHX UA4WHX<br />

EW6GF DL8KAC S9SS N4JR ZS10JUN ZS6AMX<br />

EX2M W3HNK SD7X DF6JC ZS2BS DJ5MS<br />

FO/F6CTL F6CTL SN0DK SP7PKI ZS6CCY OK1DOT<br />

(a) direct (b) bureau<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

9M2TO Tex Izumo, 2C-10-03 Mutiara Apt, Jalan Sungai Emas, 11100 Batu<br />

Ferringhi, Penang Is, Malaysia<br />

F6ELE Didier Bas, 11 Rue des Petites Maisons, F-17230 St. Ouen D'Aunis,<br />

France<br />

FG1JD Jules Diomede, Radio Club A.C.R.A, BP 126 Messagerie Pointe-a-Pitre<br />

Cedex, 97110 Guadeloupe<br />

JA8BMK Toshihiko Fukuta, 2115-3 Nobori, Yoichi, 046-0002 Japan<br />

JA8UWT Kimiko Saitoh, 4-16-2-22 Kamui, Asahikawa, 070-8014 Japan<br />

JX9NOA Ole Martin Pedersen, FLO/IKT, N-8099 Jan Mayen, Norway<br />

LX1CC Mill Reiff, 34 Rue de la Resistance, L-3340 Huncherange, Luxembourg<br />

PA3EXX Johan Willemsen, Belmolendijk 12, 1693 DJ Wervershoof, The<br />

Netherlands<br />

SU1SK Said Kamel, P.O. Box 190, New Ramsis Center, Cairo 11794, Egypt<br />

W3HNK Joseph Arcure Jr, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352,<br />

USA<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #791<br />

1 July 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

(e-mail i1jqj@<strong>425</strong>dxn.org )<br />

Contributors are invited to send their <strong>DX</strong> information to<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ (i1jqj@<strong>425</strong>dxn.org)<br />

The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

>>> NEW <strong>DX</strong>CC ENTITY: THE REPUBLIC OF MONTENEGRO


UTC<br />

on 14 July until about 3 UTC on the 17th. Activity will be on 10-<br />

80<br />

metres, CW and SSB, using up to three stations simultaneously.<br />

One<br />

station will use a beam antenna and two will use 400W<br />

amplifiers.<br />

QSL via M5AAV direct (Graham Ridgeway, 6 Pilgrim Street,<br />

Nelson,<br />

Lancs BB9 0JQ, England) or bureau. [TNX 9M6<strong>DX</strong>X]<br />

A7 - Bill, NM7H/G0MKT will be operating as A7/G0MKT from Qatar<br />

until<br />

approximately 10 Septemeber. His primary bands and modes will be<br />

40,<br />

30 and 20 metres CW and PSK, with some 15 or 10m if the<br />

opportunity<br />

arises. QSL via NM7H. He has also been invited to operate PSK<br />

using<br />

the special event call A72OO6 (QSL via EA7FTR). [TNX NM7H]<br />

BY - Four HQ stations will represent the Chinese Radio Sports<br />

Association<br />

(CRSA) during the 2006 IARU HF World Championship: B1HQ (160m<br />

SSB<br />

and CW, 80m SSB, 20m CW and 15m SSB), B3HQ (80m CW), B4HQ (40m<br />

CW<br />

and 15m CW) and B7HQ (40m SSB, 20m SSB, 10m SSB and CW). QSL for<br />

all<br />

via BA4EG. Full information on the awards issued for working<br />

these<br />

stations can be found at http://www.crsa.org/2006_BnHQ/e.htm<br />

CN - M'hamed, CN8NK reports he will participate in the IARU HF<br />

World<br />

Championship as 5C8A, representing the Association Royale<br />

des<br />

Radio-Amateurs du Maroc (ARRAM).<br />

DL - Hans-Peter, DC1HPS will operate on 10-80 metres as DC1HPS/P<br />

from<br />

Pellworm Island (EU-042) from 27 July to 18 August, IOTA<br />

Contest<br />

included. QSL via bureau to home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

DU - Peter, DK2PR will operate holiday style as DU9/DK2PR from<br />

Mindanao<br />

Island (OC-130) between 28 July and 15 August. Side trips to<br />

islands<br />

in the OC-235 group are possible, but they will depend on<br />

local<br />

conditions. [TNX DK2PR]<br />

EI - John, G3LZQ will operate holiday style on all bands CW as<br />

EJ/G3LZQ<br />

from Inis More (EU-006) on 28-31 July, IOTA Contest included.<br />

QSL<br />

via home call. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

ES - Frank, DL1FT will be active as ES0FTZ from Saaremaa Island (EU-<br />

034)<br />

on 4-14 July. He plans to operate on 40, 20 and 10 metres SSB.<br />

QSL<br />

via DL1FT. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

F - Special event station TM0GP will be active on 3-16 July for<br />

the<br />

French Formula 1 Grand Prix at Nevers Magny-Cours. All QSOs will<br />

be<br />

confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX F8REF]


FR/E - Luc, FR5IZ reports he will be on Europa Island (AF-009) on 4-6<br />

July<br />

and plans to operate as FR5IZ/E/p/ on the HF bands with 100<br />

watts<br />

and a dipole. QSL via home call, direct or through the REF bureau.<br />

FP - Paul, K9OT and Peg, KB9LIE will be active for the sixth time<br />

from<br />

Miquelon Island (NA-032) from 28 July to 6 August. They will<br />

operate<br />

as FP/K9OT and FP/KB9LIE CW and SSB; both of them will<br />

participate<br />

in the IOTA Contest, and Paul will be active also during the<br />

North<br />

American CW QSO Party. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau.<br />

Their<br />

web page is at http://www.mhtc.net/~k9ot/<br />

G - The Otley Amateur Radio Society will be taking part in the U.K<br />

Air<br />

Ambulance Weekend (8-9 July). They will be supporting the<br />

Yorkshire<br />

Air Ambulance Charity using the callsign GB0YAA on the HF bands,<br />

6<br />

and 2 metres. [TNX G0SNV]<br />

G - A group of operators from the Cray Valley Radio Society<br />

(namely<br />

G4BUO, G4TSH, G0FDZ, G0VJG, G7GLW and M3CVN) will be active<br />

as<br />

either homecall/p and G3RCV/P (QSL via G4DFI) from St. Mary's<br />

Island<br />

(EU-011) from 26 July to 2 August. They will participate in the<br />

IOTA<br />

Contest as M8C (QSL via G4DFI). [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />

I - Maico, HB9OAE reports he will operate as IA5/HB9OAE from Elba<br />

Island<br />

(EU-028, IIA LI-001) on 1-15 July.<br />

I - Davide, IK4DCT reports he will operate on 10, 15, 20 and 40<br />

metres<br />

mainly CW as IA5/IK4DCT from Elba Island (EU-028, IIA LI-001)<br />

on<br />

3-13 July. Side trips to other islands in the same IOTA group<br />

are<br />

possible.<br />

I - The following HQ stations will represent the<br />

Associazione<br />

Radioamatori Italiani (ARI) during the IARU HF World Championship:<br />

IU1HQ 20 CW 80 CW & SSB 160 CW & SSB<br />

IU2HQ 15 SSB 40 CW<br />

IU4HQ 15 CW 40 SSB<br />

IU9HQ 20 SSB 10 CW & SSB<br />

The operators will be I1HJT, I1NVU, IK1HJS, IK1QBT, IK1YDB,<br />

IK2HKT,<br />

IK2RZP, IK4ZHH, IT9EQO, IT9BLB, IZ4DPV and others. All of the<br />

QSOs<br />

will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX IT9BLB]<br />

I - Virgilio, IC8OZM and Paolo, IC8DAK plan to operate SSB and CW<br />

from<br />

Vivara Island (EU-031, IIA NA-005) on 9 July, from 5 to 10 UTC.<br />

QSL<br />

via home calls. [TNX IZ3EBA]<br />

IS0 - Simone, IW5EDI reports he will operate as IS0/IW5EDI from<br />

Sardinia<br />

(EU-024) until 7 July. QSL via bureau.


IS0 - Wave Master Team member Giorgio, IZ1<strong>DX</strong>S will operate as<br />

either<br />

IS0/IZ1<strong>DX</strong>S from Sardinia (EU-024) and IM0/IZ1<strong>DX</strong>S from<br />

Maddalena<br />

Island (EU-041) on 2-10 September. [TNX IW1FGZ]<br />

IS0 - Massimo, I0PNM will operate as IM0/I0PNM from San Pietro<br />

Island<br />

(EU-165, IIA CI-009) from 29 July to 16 August, IOTA<br />

Contest<br />

included. He alsoplans to operate from the lighthouse at<br />

Capo<br />

Sandalo (WAIL SA-011). [TNX I0PNM]<br />

JA - Look for JA5BEX/5 to operate SSB on the HF bands from<br />

Oshima<br />

(AS-076, JIIA AS-076-003), Kagawa Prefecture on 1-2 July. QSL<br />

via<br />

home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />

JW - Hans, SM3TLG will be active as JW/SM3TLG from Longyearbyen (EU-<br />

026),<br />

Svalbard on 5-10 July. He plans to operate on all bands and<br />

modes.<br />

QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX SM3TLG]<br />

LX - Ivo/ON6UM, Guido/ON4BAG, Peter/ON4PVH, Jan/ON6RJ and Rob/ON6QX<br />

will<br />

operate as LX/OQ0A, LX/OP7A, LX/OO7A, LX/ON6RJ and<br />

LX/OR9Q<br />

respectively from Wiltz, Luxembourg on 8-10 September. They plan<br />

to<br />

operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL<br />

via<br />

home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX ON6UM]<br />

ON - UBA Section LGE members will operate as ON12FORTS from the<br />

twelve<br />

fortresses around Liege between 2 July and the end of the year.<br />

The<br />

first activity will take place on 2 July from the Fort of<br />

Flemalle.<br />

QSL via ON5VL. [TNX ON6DP]<br />

SM - SM1WXC, SM1DVV, SM1CQA and SM1MUT will operate as SF1SKI from<br />

Stora<br />

Karlso Island (off Gotland Island) and lighthouse (ARLHS SWE-371)<br />

on<br />

19-20 August during the International Lighthouse &<br />

Lightship<br />

Weekend. QSL via bureau. [TNX SM1TDE]<br />

SV9 - Theodoros, SV1EJD will be active as SV9/SV1EJD from Crete<br />

Island<br />

(EU-015) on 6-20 July. He will operate SSB and RTTY on 10-80<br />

metres<br />

with 100 watts. QSL via IZ8CCW, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW]<br />

T7 - A joint team of operators (T77C, T77CD, T77EB, T77GO, I4FYF,<br />

I4TJE,<br />

IK2NCJ, IK3QAR, IK4DCW, IK4GNI, IK4HVR, IK4MGP, IK4MGX,<br />

IK4SXJ,<br />

IK4UNH, IK4WMH, IZ4AKS and K5GN) will participate in the IARU<br />

HF<br />

World Championship as T70HQ, representing the local IARU<br />

Society<br />

(ARRSM). They will operate CW and SSB on all bands. Expect<br />

some<br />

activity as T70A before the contest. QSL via T70A, direct or<br />

bureau.


[TNX IK4MGP]<br />

UA - The UE3EDA and UE1NEW team of operators will be active from a<br />

few<br />

islands (not IOTA) located in Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega between<br />

1<br />

and 15 July. Expect activity by RK3EXA/1 during the IARU HF<br />

World<br />

Championship. Further information will be posted<br />

at<br />

www.hamradio.ru/rrc and www.mdxc.org/edxg [TNX RZ3EM]<br />

UA - Sergej, UA3QUO reports he will operate as UE3QMP from<br />

Russian<br />

districts VR-07 (Borisoglebsk), VR-11 (Povorino) and VR-16 between<br />

1<br />

July and 20 August. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.<br />

Full<br />

information on the Russian Districts Award can be found<br />

at<br />

http://rdaward.org/<br />

V7 - Rev. Bill Burton, formerly known as DU3/G4CWA and T88BA, is<br />

now<br />

V73WJ from Majuro (OC-029), Marshall Islands and expects to be<br />

there<br />

for at least a year. He operates on 20 metres (14056 and 14320<br />

kHz)<br />

as well as on 17 and 15 metres conditions permitting, using<br />

dipoles<br />

(but he hopes to erect a triband beam donated by a<br />

local<br />

Marshallese). QSL direct to G4OHX. [TNX V73WJ]<br />

VE - VO1MX (operators VO1TA, VO1KVT, VO1JNS and VO1MX) will be<br />

active<br />

from Exploits Island (NA-198) on 27-30 July, IOTA Contest<br />

included.<br />

QSL via VO1MX. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

VP5 - Bill, W5SJ will operate as VP5/W5SJ from Providenciales (NA-002)<br />

on<br />

5-11 July. Primary activity will be on 6 metres with a 7element<br />

beam, and he will frequently "beacon" CQ on 50.102 MHz.<br />

Otherwise,<br />

he will operate mostly CW on 80-10 metres when conditions allow.<br />

QSL<br />

via W5FO. [TNX W5SJ]<br />

W - Howie, K1VSJ is now active from Martha's Vineyard (NA-046)<br />

through<br />

31 August. He will participate in the IOTA Contest. QSL via<br />

home<br />

call, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

W - Jon, WB8YJF will operate CW, RTTY and SSB as WB8YJF/4 from<br />

Ocracoke<br />

Island (NA-067) on 23-30 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via<br />

home<br />

call, direct (Jon Severt, 5586 Babbitt Rd., New Albany, Ohio<br />

43054,<br />

USA) or bureau. [TNX WB8YJF]<br />

W - N6VR, N6KZ, N6AWD, WB9AWX, KI6VC and WA6SC will operate from<br />

Santa<br />

Cruz Island (NA-144) on 27-30 July. They will use N6VR/P for<br />

the<br />

IOTA Contest and home callsigns at other times. They plan to<br />

have


three stations (one for the WARC bands and two for the other<br />

bands)<br />

and to operate SSB and CW (during the contest they will use<br />

a<br />

triband yagi for SSB and amplifier, and a vertical on CW). QSL<br />

N6VR<br />

via N6AWD, others via home calls. [TNX N6VR]<br />

W - Mark, KO1U will be active in the IOTA Contest from NA-137. He<br />

plans<br />

to operate from either Cousins (USI ME-041S) and Littlejohn<br />

(USI<br />

ME-065) islands. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />

OP<strong>DX</strong><br />

Bulletin]<br />

XX9 - XX9A will be the HQ station for the Associacao dos Radioamadores<br />

de<br />

Macau (ARM) during the IARU HF World Championship. Four<br />

stations<br />

will be operated from Taipa Island (AS-075). QSL via XX9BB. [TNX<br />

The<br />

Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

YB - Special callsign YE1O will be used on 7-9 July (IARU HF<br />

World<br />

Championship included) to commmemorate the 38th anniversary<br />

of<br />

ORARI. Operations will take place on 10-160 metres from<br />

Cikoneng<br />

Lighthouse. QSL via YC1RIV. [TNX YB1TC]<br />

YO - YR0HQ will be the Federatia Romana de Radioamatorism's (FRR)<br />

HQ<br />

station for the IARU HF World Championship. Logs will be uploaded<br />

to<br />

LOTW. A free of charge award will be issued for contacts made<br />

with<br />

YR0HQ, please contact Adrian, YO3APJ<br />

(adrian.sinitaru@electricaserv.ro) for the details. [TNX YO3APJ]<br />

ZA - Giuseppe/I2AZ, Pino/I8YGZ, Alfredo/IK7JWX and Gian Carlo/IK7QMJ<br />

will<br />

be active as ZA/homecall on all bands and modes from Albania on 7-<br />

17<br />

July. They plan to operate from a few rare locators as well as<br />

from<br />

some lighthouses, and to participate in the Six Club Contest,<br />

the<br />

IARU HF World Championship and the CQ WW VHF Contest. They are<br />

also<br />

trying to get the final permission to go and operate from<br />

Sazan<br />

Island (EU-169). QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX IK7JWX]<br />

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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

COOK ISLANDS (PREFIX CHANGE) ---> Victor Rivera, ZK1CG reports that the<br />

prefix change from ZK to E5 for the Cooks Islands was officially announced in<br />

the local newspapers on 28 June. Please be advised that as of 1 July 2006 the<br />

new prefix for the North and South Cook Islands will be E5 (Echo Five), but


only the first two characters will change, while the rest will remain as it<br />

is. So ZK1CG, ZK1USA and ZK1JD will become E51CG, E51USA and E51JD. Local<br />

amateur radio operators normally get 2-letter callsigns and visiting<br />

operators get 3-letter calls. [TNX K1XN and The Golist]<br />

IOTA SWL CONTEST ---> Discontinued in 2005, it has been picked up by the<br />

Mediterraneo <strong>DX</strong> Club (SWL Section), in cooperation with the RSGB HF Contests<br />

Committee, and it will be held in parallel with the IOTA Contest (29-30<br />

July). The "Geoff Watts Plaque", as well as a number of certificates, will be<br />

presented by the M<strong>DX</strong>C. Please visit http://www.mdxc.org/swl for full<br />

information (software included), or e-mail the Contest Manager Dan Rolla,<br />

I1-12387 (iw1qla@tin.it).<br />

NOT THE MANAGER ---> Joe, AA4NN (manager for the W4 incoming QSL Bureau<br />

single letter prefixes) reminds readers that W4AO is not the manager for<br />

OD5NH, N4QB is not the manager for A61AJ and N4BP does not want QSL cards.<br />

QSL UE1RLH ---> The QSL manager for UE1RLH/1 and UE1RLH/2 lighthouse<br />

operations is RA1QY, direct (Alexey M.Morozov, P.O. Box 24, Cherepovets<br />

162611, Russia) or bureau. [TNX RA1QY]<br />

QSL VIA IT9DAA ---> Corrado reports that all of the contacts made with the<br />

various special calls that were active for the M<strong>DX</strong>C Members Trophy on 3-5<br />

February are being confirmed automatically via the bureau. Please refrain<br />

from sending your own QSL, unless you need a direct card. The results of this<br />

year's event can be found at http://www.mdxc.org/trophyresults2006.asp<br />

QSL VIA IZ8CCW ---> Antonio, IZ8CCW reports that all of the QSOs made by YE5M<br />

(OC-215), TO7IR and PZ5CY have been confirmed. Direct requests have been<br />

processed and mailed, and the rest of the contacts have been confirmed<br />

automatically via the bureau.<br />

WRTC 2006 ---> Thanks to Veijo Kontas, OH6KN and Risto Lund, OH3UU from the<br />

Contest Club Finland (CCF), during the IARU HF World Championhsip you will be<br />

able to follow the WRTC 2006 Contest standings on the Internet. The Score<br />

Board demo version (during the contest it will be live) is available for you<br />

to see at http://www.hagasoft.com. [TNX PY5EG]<br />

+ SILENT KEY + Eugene Zvontsov, EZ8BO passed away on 11 June. Born in 1931,<br />

he was the oldest amateur radio operator in Turkmenistan. Those who need a<br />

QSL card for EZ8BO as well as for EZ75BO, EZ21BO, EZ10BO, EY9YBO, EZ56BO,<br />

EZ60BO and EZ8AZ can send their request to Stan, RU4SS. [TNX RU4SS]<br />

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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC DIALOG: The ARRL <strong>DX</strong>CC Desk has inaugurated the "<strong>DX</strong>CC Dialog<br />

Weblog",<br />

containing news and notes about the ARRL <strong>DX</strong>CC programme.<br />

This<br />

page will have up-to-date information about the <strong>DX</strong>CC<br />

program;me<br />

it does not provide for users to post responses, but authors<br />

and<br />

e-mail addresses are listed. The blog will be updated as<br />

needed


to inform and update the <strong>DX</strong>ing community regarding news<br />

of<br />

interest. Give a look to<br />

http://www.arrl.org/blog/<strong>DX</strong>CC%20Dialog<br />

[TNX N7NG]<br />

DJ6SI: A QSL collection of Baldur's past operations (from 1964 to<br />

2005)<br />

can be found his new web site at http://www.pileup.de.com<br />

[TNX<br />

DJ6SI]<br />

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3A/DJ7RJ, 3D2NB, 3D2RX, 3DA0NW,<br />

3W9HRN, 3Y0X, 4L8A, 5H3EE, 8P5A, 9M6/SM5GMZ, A92GR, AP2MIZ, BD7KLO, C31CT,<br />

C56JHF, CE0Z, CE9/F2JD, DU1/IV3IYH (OC-090), ES3RFL, FG/K9NW, FO/DL1AWI<br />

(OC-114), FO/DL5XU, FO/DL9AWG, FO/DL9AWI (OC-114), FS/DL7DF, J5DOT, J5TRJ,<br />

J5UCW, JT1CO, KG4OX, KH5/KH6ND, KH6RZ, KP4RV, LY2BO, OD5/OK1MU, OX3XR, P29K<br />

(OC-258), R1MVC, R1MVW, RU9TC, S01MZ, S58N, S79RJ, SV9CVY, T68G, T94KC, TB0<strong>DX</strong><br />

(AS-123), TG9NX, TL8DPA, TM8ANT, TY2AB, TY4TW, TY5MR, UA9MA, V51AS, V85SS,<br />

VK9LNO, VK9NW, VP8DII, VP8DJK, VP8WFW, VU4AN/VU2MYH, VU4AN/VU3JLW,<br />

VU4AN/VU3RYE, VU4AN/VU3RYJ, VU4AN/VU3SID, WH0W, YJ0A<strong>DX</strong>, YJ0AWG, YS1X,<br />

ZA/IK0OKY, ZB2FK, ZC4LI, ZD8Q, ZF2AH, ZK1KDN, ZK1YAQ, ZK2ZL, ZK3MW.<br />

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8 July 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

4W - Michael, PA5M (4W6AAB) will return to Timor Leste for about<br />

one<br />

month to finish the job for the United Nations World Food<br />

Programme.<br />

He will arrive on 14 July and will be active when time<br />

allows.<br />

Updates, logs and pictures will be avalable<br />

at<br />

http://www.4w.pa7fm.nl/. QSL via PA7FM. [TNX PA7FM]<br />

5A - The 5A7A <strong>DX</strong>pedition to Libya [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 777] is now scheduled to<br />

take<br />

place on 15-29 November. Willy, HB9AHL has had to drop out of<br />

the<br />

team, which is now looking for another experienced <strong>DX</strong> and<br />

contest<br />

operator. Applications can be sent to 5a7a@gmx.de. The web site<br />

for<br />

the expedition is at http://5a7a.gmxhome.de [TNX DJ7IK]<br />

BY - Vange, BD7KLO will operate on 10-40 metres SSB and RTTY from<br />

five<br />

IOTA groups between mid July and mid August:<br />

15-20 July BD7KLO/7 Hainan Island AS-094<br />

21-25 July BD7KLO/7 Shangchuan Island AS-131<br />

27-30 July BD7KLO/7 Sanmen Island AS-129<br />

05-09 August BD7KLO/5 Dongtou Island AS-141<br />

13-17 August BD7KLO/5 Shengshan Island AS-137<br />

QSL direct to homecall. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

CE - Dan, XQ4CW and Marco, CE6TBN will operate SSB and CW as CE5S<br />

from<br />

Santa Maria Island (SA-070, DICE ICE-502) on 27-31 July,<br />

IOTA<br />

Contest included. QSL via HA1AG. The web page for the operation<br />

can<br />

be found at www.qsl.net/ce6tbn [TNX www.islandchaser.com]<br />

CT - A group of Portuguese operators (CT1END, CT1EGW, CT1EEQ,<br />

CT1DIZ,<br />

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CT1DRB, CT1EGH, CT1E<strong>DX</strong> and possibily others) will participate in<br />

the<br />

IOTA Contest as CT6B from Bugio Island (EU-040). QSL via<br />

CS1G<strong>DX</strong>.<br />

Before the contest, starting on 27 July, they will operate<br />

as<br />

homecall/p on 10-80 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. A web page<br />

will<br />

be available at http://ahrap.no.sapo.pt [TNX CT1END]<br />

EA - Thanks to the national society agreeing to this approach as a<br />

change<br />

from the usual participation from the EA4URE headquarters station<br />

in<br />

Madrid, Spain will be represented in this year's IARU HF<br />

World<br />

Championship by a group of operators in the 5th call area, under<br />

the<br />

call EA5HQ. Full details (in Spanish) can be found<br />

at<br />

http://cq.uv.es/ea5hq/ [TNX EA5ON]<br />

FM - Sido, F4CKP will operate RTTY and SSB on 80-10 metres<br />

from<br />

Martinique (NA-107) until the end of August. QSL via home<br />

call,<br />

direct or bureau. [TNX F5CVI]<br />

FW - Toshi, JA8BMK will be active as FW8AA (Wallis & Futuna) on 15-<br />

24<br />

July. He plans to operate on 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 metres CW<br />

and<br />

SSB. Before going to FW, on 13-14 July, he will be QRV as 3D2WW<br />

from<br />

Fiji. QSLs via JA8UWT, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

GM - GM3TTC/p is travelling in the Western Isles (EU-010) until 13<br />

July.<br />

He will be on about 12 different islands from Vatersay in the<br />

south<br />

and ending up on Lewis before returning to the mainland. He<br />

operates<br />

on 80 and 20 metres SSB only. QSL via G3TTC. [TNX G4JFS]<br />

HL - HL0HQ will represent KARL (the Korean Amateur Radio League) in<br />

the<br />

IARU HF World Championship. Eight to ten stations will<br />

operate<br />

simultaneously on 10-160 metres CW and SSB from various<br />

locations.<br />

All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau.<br />

[TNX<br />

HL1VAU]<br />

I - Matteo, IZ3HER will operate in 20 and 40 metres as IZ3HER/P<br />

from<br />

Buel del Lovo (EU-131, IIA VE-008) on 8 July, starting around 8<br />

UTC.<br />

[TNX IZ3EBA]<br />

IS0 - Luciano, IW2OEV will be active as as IM0/IW2OEV from<br />

Sant'Antioco<br />

Island (EU-024, IIA CI-010) on 15-20 July. QSL via bureau.<br />

[TNX<br />

IZ3EBA]<br />

JA - Special event station 8J3SEA will be aired between 15 July and<br />

15<br />

September for the 34th SEANET Convention that will be held in<br />

Osaka


on 14-17 September. QSL via the JARL bureau. Full information on<br />

the<br />

convention can be found at http://www.qsl.net/seanet2006/<br />

[TNX<br />

VA3RJ]<br />

PY - Special event station PP5WRTC will be active until 9 July from<br />

Santa<br />

Catarina Island (SA-026) for WRTC 2006. QSL via PP5VB. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

PY - Look for ZW2FEN to be active during Fernarcom 2006, the<br />

National<br />

Fair of Amateur Radio and Communications to be held at<br />

Indaiatuba,<br />

Brazil on 14-16 July. QSL via PY2QI. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />

T8 - Hide/JM1LJS (T80W, http://radio-dream.com/t80w/),<br />

Taka/JO2JDJ<br />

(T88DJ) and Ryo/JG3DOR (T88OR) will be active from Palau on 14-<br />

18<br />

July. They will operate CW and SSB on 6-40 metres. QSL via<br />

home<br />

calls. [TNX JM1LJS]<br />

UA - Nick, RA1QQ plans to operate from an island in the EU-162 IOTA<br />

group<br />

on 8-15 July. QSL via RA1QQ (Nick A. Smerdov, P.O. Box<br />

24,<br />

Cherepovets 162611, Russia). [TNX RA1QY]<br />

IARU HF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ---> The following IARU Member Society HQ<br />

stations are expected to participate in this year's event (8-9 July):<br />

4H1Q Philippines PARA IU2HQ Italy ARI<br />

4L0HQ Georgia NARG IU4HQ Italy ARI<br />

4X4ARC Israel IARC IU9HQ Italy ARI<br />

5C8A Morocco ARRAM LN2HQ Norway NRRL<br />

8N1HQ Japan JARL LR4D Argentina RCA<br />

8N2HQ Japan JARL NU1AW/8 USA IARU<br />

8N3HQ Japan JARL OE1A Austria OEVSV<br />

8N4HQ Japan JARL OH2HQ Finland SRAL<br />

8N7HQ Japan JARL OL4HQ Czech Republic CRC<br />

8N8HQ Japan JARL OM6HQ Slovak Republic SARA<br />

9K9HQ Kuwait KARS OP0HQ Belgium UBA<br />

AT6HQ India ARSI P40HQ Aruba AARC<br />

B1HQ China CRSA PA6HQ The Netherlands VERON<br />

B3HQ China CRSA PJ2HQ Curacao VERONA<br />

B4HQ China CRSA S56X Singapore SARTS<br />

B7HQ China CRSA SP0HQ Poland PZK<br />

BV0HQ Taiwan CTARL T70HQ San Marino ARRSM<br />

C91HQ Mozambique LREM T90HQ Bosnia-Hercegovina ARABH<br />

DA0HQ Germany DARC TM0HQ France REF<br />

EA5HQ Spain URE W1AW/4 USA ARRL<br />

EI0HQ Ireland IRTS XX9A Macao ARM<br />

ER7HQ Moldova ARM YR0HQ Romania FRR<br />

GB5HQ U.K. RSGB YV70IARU Venezuela RCV<br />

HB9HQ Switzerland USKA ZA1A Albania AARA<br />

HG0HQ Hungary MRASZ ZF1A Cayman Islands CARS<br />

HL0HQ Korea KARL ZL6A New Zealand NZART<br />

HR2RCH Honduras RCH ZS0HQ South Africa SARL<br />

HS0AC Thailand RAST ZW2HQ Brazil LABRE<br />

IU1HQ Italy ARI<br />

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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (June 2006) is now available at<br />

http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/monthly/. Articles and pictures should be sent to<br />

Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).<br />

IOTA CONTEST LOGGER ---> The 14th IOTA Contest takes place on 29-30 July. SDI<br />

by Paul O'Kane, EI5DI is the only contest logger dedicated to this event, it<br />

offers many unique features and it is recommended for single-operator<br />

entrants. SDI runs on any Windows PC, and is free from www.ei5di.com (should<br />

you have any problems, just ask sd-user@contesting.com).<br />

PIRATES ---> Emanuela, IZ2ELV reports he is receiving cards for ST/IZ2ELV (a<br />

pirate) and TT1ENI (ditto). Save your time and money; she is the QSL manager<br />

only for her own operations as 8Q7LY (2002).<br />

WRTC 2006 MONITORING SYSTEM ---> You can watch the 2006 Amateur Radio<br />

Olympics live at your computer - just click www.hagasoft.com! The Contest<br />

Club Finland (CCF) team are in Brazil to run the system. Each of the 47<br />

competing teams will release their scores at hourly intervals and the ranking<br />

will appear on your computer screen along with historical data. The referees<br />

at each station use a Nokia sponsored 6301i cell phone and its text messaging<br />

(SMS) function to get the scores to a dedicated server. From the server the<br />

scores then get processed and transferred to another SQL Server located in<br />

California, USA.<br />

Adding to the Scoreboard, another technology house (Elisa Communications of<br />

Finland) with their team at OH2AQ has moved in to provide you with continued<br />

access to all WRTC-related <strong>DX</strong> Summit spots on a specific Web site:<br />

http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/wrtc.html<br />

Several prizes are available to IARU HF World Championship participants who<br />

send a Cabrillo log to logs@wrtc2006.com or iaruhf@iaru.org within 6 hours<br />

after the contest. For the details see WRTC Press Release 054/06 at<br />

http://www.wrtc2006.com/release54.html<br />

YU6AO ---> The Daily <strong>DX</strong> reports that "it is now been confirmed that the<br />

station producing highest number of Montenegrin QSOs with the callsign YU6AO<br />

is actually a VHF only license and has been operated by several Serbian hams.<br />

Upgrading of the license to HF privileges is pending and suggests that QSOs<br />

made up to that point will be very questionable for <strong>DX</strong>CC purposes".<br />

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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

6O0N: A video and photo gallery of the 6O0N expedition to<br />

Somalia<br />

can be found at http://www.i2ysb.com/6o0n/photopage.htm<br />

[TNX<br />

IK2CIO]<br />

TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are<br />

now<br />

available at<br />

http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html.<br />

Please send your scores, as well as any request for


further<br />

information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@ari.it)<br />

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******* QSL INFO ********<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

===================================================================<br />

CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />

===================================================================<br />

3Z0BLY SP2PMW C91TL WW5L SV0LR HB9LDR<br />

3Z0ZOSP SP9PSJ CO2JD AD4Z SX6BJW SV1BJW<br />

3Z20ZJP SP6ZJP CO6WD W0SA TC150HP TA2RX<br />

4K9W DL6KVA CT1HZE DL8HCZ TK5XN F2YT<br />

4L0ABC K3PD DP3D DK3KD TM0GP F5KCH<br />

4L1FP LZ1OT E51USA E51CG TM1PVV F6KKN<br />

4L8A DJ1CW EJ8HT EI8HT TM7RDI F1MRO<br />

4N150JA 4N1JA EK3SA DJ1CW TM9SOM F1SQH<br />

4N500ZZ 4N7ZZ EK6TA DJ0MCZ UE1AAA/p UA1ANA<br />

4O2NT YZ1AA EK8SK SP9ERV UE1ABC/p RK1AM<br />

4O7WWYC YT7AW FR5IZ/E FR5IZ UE1NEW RN1NU<br />

4X4BL WA2KNC GB150VC G4DFI UE1NLH RN1NU<br />

5F50IG EA7FTR GB4HAA G0VIX UE1NLO RN1NA<br />

5F50KD EA7FTR GB90SOM GI4FUE UE1RLH/1 RA1QY<br />

5F50MC EA7FTR GM3TTC/P G3TTC UE1RLH/2 RA1QY<br />

5F50NK EA7FTR GM3USR/P G3USR UE1RRR UA1RJ<br />

5F50PA EA7FTR HC7AE EA7FTR UE3QMP UA3QUO<br />

5F50PG EA7FTR HC8N W5UE UE3RGU RK3FWC<br />

5F50SG EA7FTR HF40BRP SP9BRP UE80SBR RN0SA<br />

5F50YZ EA7FTR HI9CF DL4NCF V21N G4DFI<br />

5H9KR KF9TC HQ3C HR2RCH V25V G4DFI<br />

5R8FL G3SWH HR1AAB EA7FTR V44KAI K2SB<br />

5R8GZ G3SWH HS0ZGH G4UZN V47KV W6JKV<br />

5T5SN IZ1BZV IG9Z IZ8GBH V73KN JK1QLR<br />

5Z4BU UA4WHX IM0/IS0JMA IS0JMA V73WJ G4OHX<br />

5Z4DZ PA1AW IZ3HER/P IK3GES VC2X VE3IKV<br />

6W8CK DH7WW J88DR G3TBK VF2X VE3IKV<br />

7Z1SJ EA7FTR JW/SM3TLG SM3TLG VG2ZO/VX9 VA2ZO<br />

8Q7GE SV2BFN JW0HZ SQ5TA VP2MDD M0AEP<br />

8S2006EAC SK6GO K7A W7RN VP5/W5SJ W5FO<br />

9A650C 9A7K LU2AIB LU4<strong>DX</strong>U WH0<strong>DX</strong> JM1LJS<br />

9G5UR UY5ZZ LU4<strong>DX</strong> EA5KB XE1IPN XE1CL<br />

9H3OX GM4MOX LU8XW WD9EWK XE2OR W5OZI<br />

9H3XX K6HFA LY/4X4FC/LH LY1CM YI9RKB SP1RKB<br />

9J2BO G3TEV OH6AW/5 OH6AD YJ0IR W3HNK<br />

9K2PL EA5KB ON12FORTS ON5VL YP1900D YO5BXI<br />

A61M A61AV OP2A ON5CD YT150CS YT1CS<br />

A7/G0MKT NM7H OQ1C ON4ON YT6ML DL3ML<br />

A92C A92GR PI25ETL PI4ETL YU150SB YU1SB<br />

C56W DK2WV PJ7TM K2GSJ YW9AJ YV5AJ<br />

C91CF K5LBU R6B RZ6APF Z22JE K3PD<br />

C91EE NE5EE RK3IWT/1 RV3IB Z38C HA1RS<br />

C91JR N4PJ SN130OS SP9KJM Z38R HA1RS<br />

C91TK NQ7R SN190ZS SP9GFI ZM8CW ZL1AMO<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

DL3ML Reinhard Bollmann, Am Wildpfad 19, D-53797 Lohmar, Germany<br />

E51CG Victor Rivera, P.O. Box 618, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, via New Zealand<br />

IZ8GBH Maurizio Migliaccio, P.O. Box 47, 80018 Mugnano di Napoli - NA, Italy<br />

K6HFA Hubert Clark, 545 West Vassar Avenue, Fresno, CA 93705, USA<br />

RA1QY Alexey M. Morozov, P.O. Box 24, Cherepovets 162611, Russia<br />

UY5ZZ Vladimir Latyshenko, P.O. Box 4850, Zaporozhye, 69118, Ukraine<br />

YT6T Djurica Maletin, Zgrada PKB, Zelenika 85346, Herceg Novi, Montenegro<br />

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A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

5W - Ted/K8AQM (5W0TR), Jeff/N8CC (5W0JB), Dennis/KT8X (5W0DW)<br />

and<br />

Kirk/JF3MYU (5W0KI) will be active from Upolu, Samoa (OC-097)<br />

from<br />

27 July to 10 August. They will operate on 160-6 metres CW, SSB<br />

and<br />

RTTY with three stations, and will participate in the IOTA<br />

Contest<br />

(possibly as 5W0XX). QSL 5W0DW, 5W0JB, 5W0TR via KT8X; QSL 5W0KI<br />

and<br />

for the IOTA Contest call via JF3MYU. Further information can<br />

be<br />

found at http://www.geocities.jp/jm3uml/samoa2006/index.html [TNX<br />

The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

9A - Okko, PH2CV will operate on all bands SSB as 9A/PH2CV/P from<br />

Krk<br />

Island (EU-136) from 22 July to 12 August. QSL via home call.<br />

[TNX<br />

www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

C6 - W2GJ and K4QO will be active as C6APR from Crooked Island (NA-<br />

113),<br />

Bahamas on 26-31 July. They will operate on 80-6 metres CW and<br />

SSB,<br />

and will participate in the IOTA Contest. QSL via K3IXD. [TNX<br />

K3IXD]<br />

DL - Peter, DM5<strong>DX</strong> and Ulf, DL5AXX will participate in the IOTA Contest<br />

as<br />

DR6IOTA from Usedom Island (EU-129). QSL route TBA. [TNX<br />

OP<strong>DX</strong><br />

Bulletin]<br />

EA8 - Special callsign ED8URL will be aired on all bands and modes<br />

on<br />

19-21 July to celebrate the 44th anniversary of URE Las<br />

Palmas<br />

Section. QSL via bureau to EA8URL. [TNX EA8AUW]<br />

EI - David, GI8SKN/EI3GKB and Alan, GI0PCU/EI3GJB will operate on 80-<br />

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6<br />

metres SSB as EJ3GKB/p and EJ3GJB/p from Great Blasket<br />

Island<br />

(EU-007) on 15-17 July. [TNX GI8SKN]<br />

ES - Rolf, DK2ZF will be active as ES0/DK2ZF from Saaremaa<br />

Island<br />

(EU-034) between 21 July and 3 August. He will operate mostly CW<br />

on<br />

HF, 6 metres and 144/432 MHz. QSL via home call.<br />

[TNX<br />

www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

F - Look for F/ON5HC/p and F/ON5MF/p to be active on all HF bands<br />

from<br />

Batz Island (EU-105) between 29 July and 5 August. QSL via<br />

home<br />

calls. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

FK - FK8DD will operate as TX1A from Amedee Lighthouse on 21-31 July<br />

to<br />

celebrate the 140th anniversary of the lighthouse. Activity will<br />

be<br />

mostly on CW with some SSB on 10-160 metres. QSL via LZ1JZ<br />

(Tony<br />

Stefanov, P.O. Box 43, Harmanli 6450, Bulgaria). [TNX LZ1JZ]<br />

GI - For the eighth year in a row the Kilmarnock & Loudoun ARC<br />

will<br />

operate from Rathlin Island (EU-122) for the IOTA Contest. Look<br />

for<br />

GN0A<strong>DX</strong>/P to be aired on 28-31 July. QSL via GM0A<strong>DX</strong>. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

GM - Steve, MM1ERS/P, Colin, GM3VCQ/P and possibily others will be<br />

active<br />

on 10-80 metres all modes from the Island of Arran (EU-123) from<br />

25<br />

July to 1 August. They will participate in the IOTA Contest as<br />

MM3M.<br />

QSL via G4FAL. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

GM - The Summer Isles Radio Club will participate in the IOTA Contest<br />

as<br />

MM0Q from Tanera Mor (EU-092). QSL via MM0BQI. [TNX MM0BQI]<br />

GM - Members of the Scottish-Russian ARS and West of Scotland ARS<br />

will<br />

operate from the Isle of Eigg in the Inner Hebrides (EU-008) for<br />

the<br />

IOTA Contest. Look for GM2Z (operator MM0DFV) on CW and<br />

GM4A<br />

(operators GM0WRR, GM4TOQ, MM0GDL, GM7WED and MM3LKV) on SSB.<br />

Before<br />

the contest they will be active as MS0DGR on the digital<br />

modes,<br />

especially PSK. QSL for all callsigns via MM0DFV. [TNX MM0DFV<br />

and<br />

GM0WRR]<br />

HI - Mark, KB2MS will be active as HI3/KB2MS from Puerto Plata,<br />

Dominican<br />

Republic (NA-096) from 28 July until around 23 August. Activity<br />

will<br />

be on all bands except 160 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]<br />

HL - A large group of operators from the Korea Keymen's Club will<br />

be<br />

axtive as D80HQ/2 from Taebu Island (AS-105) on 29-31 July,<br />

IOTA<br />

Contest included. They will operate CW and SSB (RTTY if possible)<br />

on


10-40 metres with three 100w stations. QSL via HL1OYF, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX DS3FYW]<br />

HV - Look for HV5PUL to be activated on the HF bands and 6 metres<br />

from<br />

the Pontificia Universita' Lateranense, Vatican City on 18 July.<br />

I - Antonello, IK2DUW is active as IK2DUW/7 from Matera province<br />

until<br />

27 July. He operates on 40-10 metres CW and SSB, plus some<br />

activity<br />

on 6 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IW2OAZ]<br />

I - Alberto, IT9MRM will operate SSB on the HF bands from Isola<br />

delle<br />

Palme (EU-025, IIA SR-010) on 26-28 July. QSL via bureau.<br />

[TNX<br />

IT9MRM]<br />

JA - Look for Kenji, JA4GXS/4 to operate CW and SSB from Kasado<br />

Island<br />

(AS-117, JIIA AS-117-096), Yamaguchi Prefecture on 29<br />

July,<br />

including an entru in the IOTA Contest. QSL via home call, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />

LA - Marco, IN3UFW reports he will operate as LA/IN3UFW from Norway<br />

on<br />

17-31 July. QSL via home call.<br />

OH - Joern, DG5XJ reports he will be active as OH1/DG5XJ from<br />

Houtskar<br />

Island (EU-096) from 29 July to 4 August. He plans to operate on<br />

10,<br />

15, 20, 40 and 80 metres SSB.<br />

OY - A team of six operators (namely G3ZAY, G7VJR, M0BLF, M0DEG,<br />

M0SCH<br />

and M0TJH) from the Cambridge University Wireless Society will<br />

be<br />

touring the Faroe Islands (EU-018) on 17-24 July. They will<br />

operate<br />

as OY/homecall on 80-10 metres SSB, with some CW and datamodes.<br />

QSL<br />

via home calls, direct or bureau, unless otherwise specified by<br />

the<br />

operator. The web page for the operation is<br />

at<br />

www.domsmith.co.uk/dxpeds/2006/faroes [TNX G3ZAY]<br />

OZ - Ric, DL2VFR will be active as OZ/DL2VFR Laeso Island (EU-088, NK-<br />

003<br />

for the Danish Islands Award) on 23-30 July, with a possible<br />

side<br />

trip to Hornfiskroen (EU-088, NK-005) for a few hours. He<br />

will<br />

operate mostly CW and will participate in the IOTA Contest for<br />

12<br />

hours. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DL2VFR]<br />

OZ - Hans, OZ7BQ will be active (QRP) as OZ7BQ/p from Fur Island (EU-<br />

171)<br />

on 27-31 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via home call. [TNX<br />

VA3RJ]<br />

OZ - Chris, DL4FO, will be active as OZ/DL4FO from Tuno Island (EU-<br />

172)<br />

from 22 July to 5 August, IOTA Contest included. He will operate<br />

CW<br />

QRP on all HF bands. QSL via home call. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]


PA - JanJaap, PG7V and Jack, PD2J will operate as PC6IOTA from<br />

Texel<br />

Island (EU-038) from 26 July to 2 August, IOTA Contest included.<br />

QSL<br />

via PG7V, direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can<br />

be<br />

sent to mail@pc6iota.info). The web iste for the operation is<br />

at<br />

http://www.pc6iota.info [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

SM - Kjell, SM4DDS will operate CW and SSB on 10-80 metres as 7S5A<br />

from<br />

Boko/Stora Alo (EU-177) on 15-19 July. QSL via home call, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX SM4DDS]<br />

SM - Boleslaw, SP4AAZ and Surdziel, SP4TKR will be active as<br />

SM6/SP4AAZ/p<br />

and SM6/SP4TKR/p from Orust Island (EU-043) between 25 July and<br />

2<br />

August. They will participate in the IOTA Contest as<br />

SM6/SP4AAZ/p.<br />

QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />

SV - Max, IK2XYG reports he will operate as SV8/IK2XYG from<br />

Corfu<br />

(EU-052) from 24 July to 12 August, IOTA Contest included. QSL<br />

via<br />

home call.<br />

SV - Six Hugarians will participate in the IOTA Contest from<br />

three<br />

different locations on Thassos Island (EU-174): from Skala<br />

Rachoni<br />

Laci/HA0NAR (J48NAR), from Pothos Endi/HA0IM (J48IM), from<br />

Astris<br />

Laci/HA7PL (J48PL), Laci/HA6NL (J48NL), Zsolti/HA6PS (J48PS)<br />

and<br />

Sanyi/HA7JJS (J48JJ). Before and after the contest they will<br />

operate<br />

as SV8/homecall on all bands CW, SSB with some digital<br />

mode<br />

activity. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX HA0HW]<br />

TA - Berkin, TA3J will participate in the IOTA Contest as TA3J/0<br />

from<br />

Sican Adasi (AS-115). QSL via TA3YJ, direct (no green<br />

stamps,<br />

please) or bureau. [TNX TA3J]<br />

UA - RA0CEI, RA0CEQ, RA0CS, RV0CD, UA0AOZ and UA0CDH will operate<br />

as<br />

UE0CBP from Chkalova island (AS-114, RRA RR-14-01) on 18-23<br />

July.<br />

[TNX RA0CS]<br />

UA - Igor, RA3QSY and Alex, RK3QA will operate from the Natural<br />

Reserve<br />

of Darvinski (RFF-33) as UE3OFF/1 on 20-21 July (RDA VO-29)<br />

and<br />

UE3OFF/3 on 21-22 July (RDA YR-14), and from the Natural Reserve<br />

of<br />

Kologrivski Forest (RFF-26) as UE3OFF/3 on 23-24 July (RDA KS-<br />

24).<br />

QSL via RA3QSY, direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau<br />

cards<br />

can be sent to ra3qsy@mail.ru). [TNX RA3QSY]<br />

UA - UA1ANE, UA1ATI, RA1ANP, RN1AW, RW6HJV and RX1AW will operate<br />

from


Seskar Island (EU-133) between 26 July and 1 August. QSL via<br />

bureau<br />

to home calls. [TNX RN1AW]<br />

UR - UT3IB, UT9IO, UX2IQ and UR8IR will operate from Berezan<br />

Island<br />

(EU-179) on 28-30 July. They will use UX2IQ/P for the IOTA<br />

Contest<br />

and their home calls at other times. They also plan to operate<br />

from<br />

the lighthouse there (ARLHS UKR-035). QSL via UX2IQ, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX UT3IB]<br />

V4 - Reiner, DL2AAZ will operate as V47/DL2AAZ from Nevis Island (NA-<br />

104)<br />

from 20 July to 10 August. He plans to operate on 40, 20, 15 and<br />

10<br />

metres SSB and CW. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgiota.org]<br />

VE - Linda, VE9GLF and Len, VE9MY will operate from several islands<br />

in<br />

Nova Scotia on 16-22 July. They plan to visit four IOTA<br />

groups<br />

(NA-081, NA-126, NA-127 and NA-154): "it looks like NA-126 will<br />

be<br />

on Friday July 21", Len says, "we will do NA-154 on July 20<br />

and<br />

NA-081 on July 22". Operations will be mobile or portable with<br />

100<br />

watts on 20 and 40 metres. QSL via home calls, direct or<br />

bureau.<br />

[TNX www.islandchaser.com]<br />

VE - Mike, K9AJ and Bruce, KD6WW wil be active as K9AJ/VY0 and<br />

KD6WW/VY0<br />

from NA-195 on 19-23 July and from NA-156 on 23-26 July. QSL<br />

via<br />

home calls. [TNX KD6WW]<br />

VE - Fred/VE1FA, Helen/VA1YL, Bill/VE2MR, Lynn/VE2ENT,<br />

Al/VO1NO,<br />

Shelley/VE1NOS, Rich/VE1CHP, Reg/VE2AYU and Howard/VE1DHD will<br />

be<br />

active (on 80-6 metres, SSB and CW) as VC2W from Ile du Cap<br />

aux<br />

Meules (NA-038) from 26 July to 1 August, IOTA Contest included.<br />

QSL<br />

via VE1RGB. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

W - Alec, W2JU is active as W2JU/1 from Martha's Vineyard (NA-046)<br />

until<br />

2 September. He operates mainly CW and will participate in the<br />

IOTA<br />

Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

W - The M.D.X.A. and A.R.G.Y.L. Clubs sponsors the 2006 USS<br />

Silversides<br />

submarine special event (mdxa1.org//silversidesspecial.html),<br />

in<br />

honour of all who served in WWII submarine radio rooms. Look<br />

for<br />

special callsign N8S to be aired from 16 UTC on 16 July to 16 UTC<br />

on<br />

the 17th. QSL via qrz.com. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

W - Kyle, W4KTF will be active as homecall/p from Bald Head<br />

Island<br />

(NA-112) from 28 July to 4 August, IOTA Contest included. QSL<br />

via


home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

W - Mark, AA1AC reports he will be active as AA1AC/p from<br />

Aquidneck<br />

Island (NA-031), Rhode Island for the IOTA Contest.<br />

W - The Dominion <strong>DX</strong> Group (http://www.ddxg.net/) will participate in<br />

the<br />

IOTA Contest as K4VAC from Tangier Island (NA-083). Expect<br />

activity<br />

on either SSB and CW on 10-80 metres. QSL via K4VAC.<br />

[TNX<br />

www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

W - Nelson, KI5JF and Carl, KA5GUD will operate as homecall/p<br />

from<br />

Matagorda Island (NA-092) during the IOTA Contest. Look for them<br />

on<br />

20 amd 40 metres SSB and CW. QSL via home calls. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

YU - Special event call 4O7WWYC will be aired until 31 August<br />

to<br />

celebrate the 7th anniversary of the World Wide Young<br />

Contesters<br />

(www.wwyc.net) and the 3rd WWYC meeting to be held on 9-14 August<br />

in<br />

Novi Sad, Serbia. QSL via YT7AW. Full details can be found<br />

at<br />

wwyc2006.atspace.com/<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

===========================<br />

Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS ---> YU6AO (Montenegro, operation beginning 4 July 2006) has been<br />

approved for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit. [TNX NC1L]<br />

LAKSHADWEEPS 2007 ---> After the successful activity from the Andaman<br />

Islands, India's National Institute of Amateur Radio (www.niar.org) is now<br />

planning a <strong>DX</strong>pedition to take place from the Lakshadweep (Laccadives)<br />

Islands, VU7, on 15-25 January 2007. Further information is expected in due<br />

course from NIAR HQ.<br />

NOT THE MANAGER ---> Goran, YZ1SG says he is receiving bureau cards for 4K4K<br />

and 4K60K, but he is not and has never been the QSL manager for those<br />

stations.<br />

QSL 3V8SM ---> Thanks to DL1DBF's help and support, Daniele, IK0REH operated<br />

CW only from 3V8SM (Djerba Island, AF-083) between 18 June and 2 July. The<br />

QSL route for this activity is via the Tunisian QSL bureau. On-line log and a<br />

few pictures can be found at www.aricdc.it/3v8sm. [TNX IK0REH]<br />

QSL IF9FI ---> Rino, IT9FXY reports that all of the direct requests received<br />

so far have been processed and mailed. Future direct requests without<br />

sufficient return postage will be replied to via the bureau. Please see <strong>425</strong><br />

<strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #788 for the new Italian postal rates (effective 1 June 2006).<br />

QSL VIA EA1APV ---> Marcos, EA1APV says he is processing and mailing out the<br />

direct requests received for his activities in Central America (TG7M, TG7I,<br />

TG7E, TG9E, HR5/EA1APV, HR9/EA1APV and V31SF). Pictures and information at<br />

http://www.ureoviedo.com/ea1apv [TNX EA1APV]


QSL VIA IZ8CLM ---> Sal, IZ8CLM reports that all of the direct requests<br />

received so far for HZ1SK and S79RS have been processed and mailed.<br />

SINGAPORE ---> S65X (not S56X as reported in <strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 792) was active during<br />

the IARU HF World Championship, but it did not represent the local national<br />

society (SARTS), whose HQ station was 9V9HQ. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

WRTC ---> The following are the final results for the World Radiosport Team<br />

Championship 2006 as officially announced on 12 July (please see<br />

http://www.wrtc2006.com/release57.html for the details):<br />

Place Call Operators Score<br />

-----------------------------------------------<br />

1 PT5M VE3EJ - VE7ZO 2.439.380<br />

2 PW5C N6MJ - N2NL 2.317.456<br />

3 PT5Y K1DG - N2NT 2.098.060<br />

4 PW5X UT4UZ - UT5UGR 2.024.496<br />

5 PT5D IK2QEI - IK2JUB 1.987.080<br />

6 PT5P DL6FBL - DL2CC 1.978.320<br />

7 PT5N 9A8A - 9A5K 1.962.177<br />

8 PW5Q N0AX - KL9A 1.958.928<br />

9 PT5R RW3QC - RW3GU 1.945.174<br />

10 PT5Q W2SC - K5ZD 1.944.320<br />

11 PT5L YT6A - YT6T 1.937.647<br />

12 PT5K KH6ND - N6AA 1.907.788<br />

13 PT5W LY2TA - LY2CY 1.871.793<br />

14 PW5W RA3AUU - RV1AW 1.845.432<br />

15 PT5B OH2UA - OH4JFN 1.804.495<br />

16 PW5B SP7GIQ - SP2FAX 1.769.625<br />

17 PT5I YL2KL - YL1ZF 1.747.392<br />

18 PW5U XE1KK - XE1NTT 1.698.200<br />

19 PT5X PY2NY - PY2EMC 1.683.825<br />

20 PW5K ES5TV - ES2RR 1.659.948<br />

21 PT5E K1LZ - LZ2HM 1.504.464<br />

22 PW5Y K4BAI - KU8E 1.492.416<br />

23 PT5U K5TR - KM3T 1.489.911<br />

24 PW5V RW4WR - UA9CDV 1.457.868<br />

25 PW5Z YO9GZU - YO3JR 1.441.440<br />

26 PW5I ZS4TX - N2IC 1.431.848<br />

27 PW5O S50A - S59AA 1.404.920<br />

28 PW5G IZ3EYZ - 9A1UN 1.362.812<br />

29 PW5L LZ4AX - LZ3FN 1.359.579<br />

30 PW5D K1ZM - K1KI 1.349.969<br />

31 PT5J N6BV - AG9A 1.333.789<br />

32 PW5F F6BEE - W2GD 1.308.496<br />

33 PT5V 9A6XX - DJ1YFK 1.295.728<br />

34 PT5G N9RV - K3LR 1.212.120<br />

35 PW5A LU1FAM - LU5<strong>DX</strong> 1.168.500<br />

36 PW5M PY2N<strong>DX</strong> - UU4JMG 1.147.722<br />

37 PT5C OH1JT - OH2IW 1.136.600<br />

38 PT5A 5B4WN - 5B4AFM 1.128.519<br />

39 PW5P OZ1AA - SM0W 1.098.880<br />

40 PT5O HP1WW - N5ZO 1.095.276<br />

41 PT5T PY2YU - PY1NX 1.055.240<br />

42 PT5F RA3CO - RW3FO 960.690<br />

43 PW5T UA9AM - RZ3AA 938.685<br />

44 PW5J P43E - WA1S 878.712<br />

45 PW5N JK2VOC - JA2BNN 842.289<br />

46 PW5E BA4RF - BA7NQ 534.744<br />

See also:<br />

"WRTC 2006 logs and UBN reports" http://www.wrtc2006.com/release58.html<br />

"Brief report on log checking" http://www.wrtc2006.com/release59.html


"MN MS Results" http://www.wrtc2006.com/release60.html<br />

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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

S01R: Toni, EA5RM, reports that the S01R web site (www.s01r.com) has<br />

been<br />

updated with the latest news about the QSL card, which was expected<br />

to<br />

be ready around 15 July.<br />

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />

QSLs received direct or through managers: 3G5Q (SA-070), 3V7A, 3V8DLH, 3Y0X<br />

(AN-004; AA MN-08), 5B4FL, 5R8GZ, 5W0DL, 5X1T, 5Z1A, 5Z4DZ, 6W/HA7TM, 7W4HI,<br />

7X0RY, 8P9JS, 8R1K, 9H3LEO, A35BO, A41NN, BA4DW/5, BG1DRJ/4 (AS-160), BX2AK,<br />

BX4AN, C31IU, C56JFF, C56JHF, C5<strong>DX</strong>C, CE0Z, CM2IZ, CO0US, CP4BT, CU2A, D2<strong>DX</strong>,<br />

EL2PM, EM10KY, EY8CQ, FK8GN, HC2FG, HI8/DF8AN, HK3PLB, HP1/OA4WW, HQ9F,<br />

IS0/K7QB, IS0U, J49Z, J5UTM, J75EA, J75ET, JI2KVW, JV800BV, JW0HU, JY4NE,<br />

KH6ND/KH5, KN5G/FS (NA-105), KP2/OK1TN, MJ0DEU, OA4/DL5YWM, OA4WW, OC5I<br />

(SA-073), OH0B, OH0E, P29SS, P29ZAD, PJ7/WA6WXD, PJ7TM, PY0T/PY1OTO, PZ5RA,<br />

R1ANF (AN-010; AA UA-04), R1ANN (AN-016; AA UA-08), R1MVC, R1MVW, RU3HD/ANT<br />

(AN-016; AA UA-08), SU9FL, SU9HP, SU9ZZ, SV8CS (EU-052), SX7ML, T30CXX,<br />

TB0<strong>DX</strong>, TF8GX, TI5N, TI8CBT, TM2ANT, TM5ANT, TY4TW, TY5LEO, TY5MR, TY5WP,<br />

VP2MPF, VQ9LA, VU4AN/VU3JLW, VU4AN/VU3NZB, VU4AN/VU3RYE, VU4AN/VU3SIC, W7Y,<br />

XR9A, XV1X, XW1A, YV4DYJ, YW8D, ZB2FK, ZD7BG, ZF1A.<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #794<br />

22 July 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

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Contributors are invited to send their <strong>DX</strong> information to<br />

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**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

9A - Look for Norbi, 9A/HA3FIN to operate on the HF bands from<br />

Pasman<br />

Island (EU-170, IOCA CI-085) on 25-31 July. He will participate<br />

in<br />

the IOTA Contest as 9A/HG3X. QSL for both calls via HA3FIN.<br />

[TNX<br />

HA0HW]<br />

9A - Aniko, 9A/HA5TAA and Feri, 9A/HA5AZZ are on Murter Island (not<br />

IOTA,<br />

IOCA CI-074) until 30 July. They try to visit as many other<br />

Croatian<br />

islands as possible, operating SSB on 20 and 40 metres. QSL via<br />

the<br />

Hungarian bureau. [Tnx HA0HW]<br />

CE - Special callsign CE70RG (CE Seven Zero RG) will be aired on 80-<br />

10<br />

metres SSB and CW for one month starting on 22 July to celebrate<br />

the<br />

70th anniversary of Radio Club Rancagua. QSL via IZ8CLM, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX IZ8CLM]<br />

EA - EA7HY, EA7HW, EA7AVW, EC7AEJ, EC7ALT, EA4TD, EA4ATA, EC4<strong>DX</strong><br />

and<br />

possibily others will operate as ED7SPI from Sancti Petri<br />

Island<br />

(EU-143, DIE S-002) on 28-30 July, IOTA Contest included. They<br />

plan<br />

to have three stations active on 10-80 metres SSB, CW and<br />

digital<br />

modes. QSL via EC7AEJ. [TNX EA4TD]<br />

EI - Dave, EI3IO will operate as EJ3IO from the Aran Islands (EU-<br />

006)<br />

from 27 July to 1 August. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

EI - David, GI8SKN/EI3GKB will operate holiday style as EJ3GKB/P on<br />

the<br />

HF bands and 6 metres SSB from Inisheer (EU-006) on 27-31 July.<br />

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He<br />

says he will be active "before and after IOTA Contest times".<br />

ES - ES1AN, ES1LS, ES1QV, ES1LSR, ES2EZ, ES2DJ and ES2NJ will operate<br />

as<br />

ES2U from Rammu Island (EU-149) from 27 July to 1 August,<br />

IOTA<br />

Contest included. [TNX NG3K]<br />

F - Special event call TM0FIL will be aired on all bands and modes<br />

from<br />

24 July to 6 August for the 36th Festival Inter-celtique de<br />

Lorient<br />

(http://www.festival-interceltique.com/). QSL via F6KPQ. [TNX<br />

F8REF]<br />

G - Dom, M1KTA plans to operate as M1KTA/p from St. Agnes<br />

Island<br />

(EU-011) between 28 July and 4 August, IOTA Contest included.<br />

QSL<br />

via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

G - Special event station GB2CS will be active from the<br />

Cheshire<br />

International Scout Jamboree ("Chamboree<br />

2006",<br />

www.chamboree.org.uk) from 29 July to 5 August. Activity will be<br />

on<br />

most HF bands. QSL via the bureau or direct to G1GYJ. [TNX G7BQY]<br />

GM - Rick, G4BYB is active as GM3PPG/P from South Uist (EU-010) until<br />

13<br />

August. He will participate in the IOTA Contest on all bands<br />

SSB.<br />

[TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

GW - The Barry Amateur Radio Society will operate as GB5FI from<br />

Flatholm<br />

Island (EU-124) starting on 27 July. They will participate in<br />

the<br />

IOTA Contest as GW8K. QSLs via GW0ANA. [TNX GW0ANA]<br />

HL - Kang, DS4DRE will be active as DS4DRE/4 from Hong Island (AS-<br />

093)<br />

from now until the end of the year. He plans to operate on 10-<br />

80<br />

metres SSB and CW. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />

DS4DRE]<br />

HL - The Hanyang University Wave Reserach Club (HL0C) will be active<br />

as<br />

HL0C/2 from Tokchok Island (AS-090) on 22-26 July. They plan<br />

to<br />

operate on 40, 20 and 15 metres mainly CW, with some SSB. QSL<br />

via<br />

HL0C. [TNX HL1UVH]<br />

HL - HL2UOK, HL2AEJ, HL2IFR, HL2ADO and HL2IYI will operate as D7C<br />

from<br />

Daecheong (AS-122) on 28-30 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL<br />

via<br />

HL2IFR. [TNX NG3K]<br />

I - Fabio, IZ7FLQ will operate as IG9/IZ7FLQ/p from Lampedusa<br />

Island<br />

(AF-019, IIA AG-001) from 28 July to 4 August, IOTA<br />

Contest<br />

included. Side trips to Lampione (AG-002), Linosa (AG-003) and<br />

Isola<br />

dei Conigli (AG-004) are possible. [TNX IZ7FLQ]<br />

IS0 - After operating from Aglio (IIA OT-054, pictures<br />

at


http://www.mdxc.org/aglio/) and Carpa (IIA OT-032), Roberto,<br />

IS0JMA<br />

and ARI Olbia's "IM0 On The Air" team are planning<br />

further<br />

activities as IM0/IS0JMA and/or IM0/IM0GNF from other islands in<br />

the<br />

EU-041 IOTA group (Maddalena Archipelago). QSL via home call,<br />

direct<br />

or bureau. [TNX IS0JMA]<br />

KL - Hubert, K6HFA plans to operate on 40 and 20 metres SSB and CW as<br />

K7A<br />

from Neragon Island in the Wade-Hampton County group (NA-241/pr)<br />

on<br />

21-25 July. Look for him on +/- 7023, 7223, 14023 and 1<strong>425</strong>5 kHz.<br />

QSL<br />

route TBA. [TNX W3UR]<br />

LA - Thorsten, DB7TF will operate SSB only on 10-10 metres as<br />

LA/DB7TF<br />

from Store Island (EU-055) on 26-30 July, IOTA Contest included.<br />

QSL<br />

via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

OZ - Rene, DL2JRM will operate as OZ/DL2JRM/p from Lolland<br />

Island<br />

(EU-029, SJ-015 for the Danish Islands Award) on 28-31 July.<br />

He<br />

plans to be active on 160m-70cm CW and SSB. QSL via home call.<br />

[TNX<br />

www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

SM - Mike, SM2OAN is now active as 7S2S from Seskaro Island (EU-139).<br />

He<br />

expects to remain there through July, and to return during<br />

the<br />

weekends in August, September and October. QSL via home call,<br />

direct<br />

or bureau. On-line logs are available at http://www.7s2s.com<br />

[TNX<br />

www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

SV - Marcel, PA9M and George, SV8GXC will be active as SV8/PA9M/p<br />

from<br />

Chios Island (EU-049) between 29 July and 10 August, IOTA<br />

Contest<br />

included. QSL via PA9M. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />

UA - Alexey, RA1QY plans to operate as either RA1QY/1 and UE1RLH/1<br />

from<br />

several Russian islands in the EU-153 IOTA group on 21-30<br />

July.<br />

Expect activity on 20 and possibily on 40 and 30 metres from<br />

the<br />

following islands: Pulonets, Purluda, Baklan, Bol'shoy Kaynets<br />

and<br />

Nyapa. QSL via RA1QY (Alexey M. Morozov, P.O. Box 24,<br />

Cherepovets,<br />

162611, Russia). [TNX RA1QY]<br />

UR - Slava/US7IGF, Roman/UR7IJQ, Alexandr/UR7IKV and Roman/UY7IQ will<br />

be<br />

active from Raygorods'kyi Island (SD-17 for the Ukrainian<br />

Islands<br />

Award) on 23 July. They plan to operate on 40-17 and 6 metres<br />

SSB<br />

and CW. QSL via home calls. [TNX US7IGF]<br />

UR - UR5FAV, UT0FT, UT2UZ, UT3FW, UT7UT, UX0FF and UX2HO will<br />

participate


in the IOTA Contest as EM5F from Ankudinov Island (EU-182). QSL<br />

via<br />

UX0FF, direct or bureau. [TNX UX0FF]<br />

VE - Bryan, K2BW will operate on 10-80 metres as K2BW/VE1 from<br />

Cape<br />

Breton Island (NA-010) on 21-26 July. QSL via home call, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

VE John, VE7JOH and Rick, VE7ADN will be active on 80, 40 and 20<br />

metres<br />

from the Malcolm Island ARC (VE7MIV) on Malcolm Island (NA-091)<br />

on<br />

29-30 July. [TNX rsgbiota.org]<br />

W - Kenneth, AK1Q will be active from Louds Island (NA-137) on 28-<br />

30<br />

July. He will operate on 10-40 metres SSB and CW (20 wpm or<br />

less).<br />

QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

W - N1<strong>DX</strong>, W0NO, K0BJ and K1TWF will be active from Deer Isle (NA-<br />

055)<br />

from 24 July to 1 August, including an entry in the IOTA Contest<br />

as<br />

N1<strong>DX</strong>. QSL via home calls. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

W - Steve, W3RFA will be active in the IOTA Contest from South<br />

Marsh<br />

Island (NA-140). He will operate SSB only with 20 watts max; he<br />

will<br />

be accessing the island by canoe and will only have what he can<br />

pack<br />

in the canoe on a single trip. QSL via home call.<br />

[TNX<br />

www.rsgbiota.com]<br />

YB - YB5QZ and YB5NOF will be active as YE5R from Rupat Island (OC-<br />

245)<br />

on 28-30 July, IOTA Contest included. [TNX GM3VLB]<br />

YB - Adhi, YC3MM reports he will participate in the IOTA Contest<br />

as<br />

YC3MM/9 from Bali Island (OC-022). He will operate on 15 metres<br />

only<br />

(CW/SSB), with 100 watts and a 3-element yagi. QSL via<br />

IZ8CCW,<br />

direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW]<br />

YU6 - 4O3T (QSL via YT6A) is the callsign to be used by the<br />

large<br />

multi-national team of operators who will attend the<br />

International<br />

<strong>DX</strong> Festival Montenegro 2006 between 20 July and 13 August. The<br />

list<br />

of operators includes 9A6AA, A61M, DJ7EO, DJ9ZB, DL3<strong>DX</strong>X,<br />

DL6LAU,<br />

DL8OBQ, DL5NAM, DL7AJA, DF3TJ, G3TXF, I0SNY, I8NHJ, IK8HBA,<br />

I1JQJ,<br />

IK1ADH, IK1PMR, K1ZZ, KA1ZD, K2LEO, K2WR, N6OX, W6OSP, WW5L,<br />

LZ1JY,<br />

LZ1UQ, LZ2UU, OH2BH, OH2RF, OH2TA, ON4IA, ON4ATW, ON5TN, PA0R,<br />

PB2T,<br />

S50R, SM0W, SP5XVY, T95A, UA3AB, UA4HBW, UA4HOX, YU1AA, YU3YQ,<br />

YT3T,<br />

YT6A, YT6T, YT6Y and Z35G plus several others. The first QSO<br />

under<br />

the 4O3T programme was made by 19-year old Nikola, YZ6AMD at<br />

10.20


UTC on 20 July; totally some seven 4O3T stations are expected to<br />

hit<br />

the airwaves over this weekend. Announced operating frequencies<br />

are:<br />

1826.5, 3522, 7022, 10106, 14022, 18072, 21022, 24892 and 28022<br />

kHz<br />

(CW); 3795, 7055, 14190, 18145, 21290, 24945 and 28490 kHz<br />

(SSB);<br />

7035, 10135, 14085, 18105, 21085 and 28085 kHz (RTTY); 50106<br />

kHz<br />

CW/SSB. Further information and on-line logs<br />

at<br />

http://www.yu6scg.cg.yu/international-dx-festival-montenegro-2006/<br />

YU6 - Another large team of operators (YU6AO, YT1AD, YU1AU, YU1NR,<br />

YU7NU,<br />

YU7KW, 4N1JA, YT7AW, RA3AUU, RW3QC, RK3AD (?), YU1<strong>DX</strong>, Z35A,<br />

Z32AU,<br />

S56A, IZ0BTV, YZ1EW, YU6ST, YZ6DCT and possibily others) will<br />

be<br />

active as YU6AO on all bands and modes with four stations<br />

from<br />

Podgorica, Montenegro until 15 August. Suggested frequencies<br />

are:<br />

1830, 3530, 7010, 10115, 14015, 18080, 21015, 24900, 28010,<br />

50102<br />

and 144050 kHz (CW); 1850, 3790, 7080, 1<strong>425</strong>0, 18130, 21250,<br />

24930,<br />

28450, 50130 and 144310 kHz (SSB); 3585, 7040, 10130, 14085,<br />

18110,<br />

21085, 24910, 28085 kHz (digital modes) 14232 kHz (SSTV). YU6AO<br />

has<br />

already been approved for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit (beginning 4 July<br />

and<br />

afterwards, <strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 793). QSL to YU6AO, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />

YT1AD]<br />

YU6 - Emir, 9A6AA will attend the International <strong>DX</strong> Festival in<br />

Montenegro<br />

(20 July-13 August) and will try to get a licence for activity<br />

from<br />

Sv. Nikola (EU-163). If he suceeds, and depending on free time,<br />

he<br />

plans to operate for a few hours on 40 and 20 metres SSB.<br />

[TNX<br />

9A6AA]<br />

NORTHERN EUROPE TOUR ---> Gianpi, IK1TTD will be touring Norway and Sweden<br />

between 25 July and 7 August. He plans to operate from various locations<br />

using 100 watss and vertical monobanders. QSL via home call. [TNX IK1TTD]<br />

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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

>>> <strong>425</strong> TOOLBAR


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few callsigns were not shown in the <strong>DX</strong>CC Honor Roll list that was published<br />

in August 2006 QST. Although there were some errors in this<br />

computer-generated list, the on-line Honor Roll listing produced from the<br />

same database is correct. If you were on the Honor Roll between April 1, 2005<br />

and March 31, 2006 and your callsign did not show in the QST list, contact<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC Branch Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, at (860)594-0234 or dxcc@arrl.org. They<br />

will publish a correction in October 2006 QST. [TNX NC1L]<br />

QSL EM5F ---> Nick, UX0FF reports that all of the contacts made by EM5F<br />

(EU-182) in 2005 have been confirmed direct or via the bureau. Those who<br />

still need a card can send their request to Nikolay Lavreka, P.O. Box 320,<br />

Izmail, 68609, Ukraine or (for bureau cards) to ux0ff1@izmail.uptel.net<br />

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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

P29VV: On-line log and a few pictures of Johan's (PA3EXX) recent<br />

IOTA<br />

activity from Garove Island (OC-181) can be found<br />

at<br />

http://home.quicknet.nl/mw/prive/willemsen/. QSL via home<br />

call,<br />

direct (Johan. Willemsen, Belmolendijk 12, 1693 DJ<br />

Wervershoof,<br />

The Netherlands) or bureau.<br />

QSL ROUTES: Paul, ON6DP (OP0P) maintains a QSL Manager DBase that<br />

now<br />

contains about 73,100 QSL routes. It can be downloaded<br />

at<br />

http://on6dp.be.tf [TNX ON6DP]<br />

WRTC 2006: A few photo galleries (more are expected) of the World<br />

Radiosport<br />

Team Championship recently held in Brazil are available<br />

at<br />

http://www.wrtc2006.com/site/images/album.asp [TNX PY5EG]<br />

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******* QSL INFO ********<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

===================================================================<br />

CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />

===================================================================


3X2YA pirate ED8URL EA8URL S9SS N4JR<br />

4H1Q DU1EV EG5VPV EA5URV SF40A SM5DYC<br />

4L0HQ K3PD EJ3GJB/p GI0PCU SJ9WL SM5DJZ<br />

4N150AE YU7AE EJ3GKB/p GI8SKN SK60CG SM6JSM<br />

4O3T YT6A EL2AR EL2BA SN10SH SP9KGC<br />

4O5MOBA YZ1DO EY8MM K1BV ST2T S57<strong>DX</strong><br />

4W6AAB PA7FM FS5KA W3HNK (a) SU9AM W3BH<br />

4Z5KJ W0MM FW8AA JA8UWT SV0XAO DJ5JH<br />

5C8A EA5XX GB0YAA M1RAL SV5/M0DOV 4Z4<strong>DX</strong><br />

5F50KA EA7FTR GB5HQ G3TXF SV9/SV1EJD IZ8CCW<br />

5X1GS WB2YQH GJ/ON4QJ ON5UR T70HQ T70A<br />

5Z1A PA1AW HA3HV WB3ACH T80W JM1LJS<br />

6W1EA EA4ATI HF40PSL SP5PSL T88DJ JO2JDJ<br />

7Q7BJ G4AHK HF70ZBK SP2PTU T88OR JG3DOR<br />

7S2AT SK2AT HG9R HA9RU T99D DJ2MX<br />

7S2S SM2OAN HS0AC HS0ZFZ TI2VW EA7FTR<br />

7S5A SM4DDS IC8S IK8WEJ TM7BV F6KVD<br />

8S30JC SK7JC IZ3HER/p IK3GES TX1A LZ1JZ<br />

8S6EM SM6YOU JT1T JT1CD TZ6PVI ON4LN (c)<br />

9G5A/P UY5ZZ K9AJ/VY0 K9AJ TZ6PVI ON7ASL (d)<br />

9G5UR UY5ZZ KD6WW/VY0 KD6WW UE0CBP RV0CD<br />

9J2VB UA4WHX KP2A W3HNK UE1RDA/1 RW1QN<br />

9K9HQ 9K2CQ KP4SQ W3HNK UE3LWP RA3LBA<br />

9M2JKL JH3GCN LR4D LU4AA UE3NQ/P RA3NQ<br />

9M4SAB 9M6TW LU2FLN EA5KB UE3OFF/1 RA3QSY<br />

9M4SEB M5AAV NA8O/AH0 JK1FNL UE3QRP/6 RV3DPM<br />

9M6/JA3DFM JA3DFM OD5PL HB9CRV UE4HBA RX4HJ<br />

9M6/JA3EGZ JA3EGZ OH0PM OH2PM UE9AAA UA9AB<br />

A61C W4JS OP0HQ ON5ZO UR4MZA/P UX3MR<br />

A61R EA7FTR OX3PG WA0SMQ VE1/VE9GLF VE9GLF<br />

A71EM EA7FTR OY/G3ZAY/p G3ZAY VE1/VE9MY VE9MY<br />

A72OO6 EA7FTR OY/G7VJR/p G7VJR VE1OTA/P VE1VOX<br />

B1HQ BA4EG OY/M0BLF/p M0BLF VU3RYO DL2JRM<br />

B3HQ BA4EG OY/M0DEG M0DEG WH7S F6EXV<br />

B4HQ BA4EG OY/M0SCH/p M0SCH XX9A XX9BB<br />

B7HQ BA4EG OY/M0TJH/p M0TJH YB0AZ W7TSQ<br />

BD7KLO/7 BD7KLO P40HQ PB2T YE1O YC1RIV<br />

C91HQ K5LBU PJ7A W3HNK (b) YN1/EA3EXV EA3EXV<br />

CS25M CT1EHX PP5WRTC PP5VB YT150YT YT7YT<br />

CU5X EA3GHZ R60F UA2FEK YV70IARU YV5AJ<br />

CU6X EA3GHZ R60FW UA2DC YZ150Z YU1ACR<br />

CU7X EA3GHZ R60HRC UA6HR ZA/UT7DW DK6CW<br />

D2<strong>DX</strong> OH2BAD R6SE RW3WWW ZA1/I2AZ I8YGZ<br />

DA0FIFA DL9ZEA RA1QQ/1 RA1QQ ZL6A ZL1BHQ<br />

DQ35AGCW DL1AH RA1QY/1 RA1QY ZS0HQ ZS4BS<br />

DT0HF HL2FDW RA9LI/9 UA9LP ZW2FEN PY2QI<br />

EA5HQ EA4URE RZ4HZW/4 RX4HJ ZW3J PT2OP<br />

(a) all contacts after March 2006 (c) direct<br />

(b) all contacts starting 2006 (d) bureau<br />

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******* ADDRESSES *******<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

CT1EKF Antonio Jose Xar da Costa, Rua do Centro Vidreiro 917, Bustelo,<br />

3720-626 Oliveira de Azemeis, Portugal


EA3GHZ Juan Carlos Barcelo Torta, P.O. Box 51, 43540 Sant Carles Rapita,<br />

Spain<br />

HV5PUL Luca Della Giovampaola, Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano 4, 00120<br />

Citta' del Vaticano<br />

IS0JMA Roberto Alaimo, P.O. Box 41 Centro, 07026 Olbia - OT, Italy<br />

LZ1JZ Tony Stefanov, P.O. Box 43, Harmanli, 6450 Bulgaria<br />

M5AAV Graham Ridgeway, 6 Pilgrim Street, Nelson, Lancs BB9 0JQ, England<br />

PA7FM Dennis Robbemond, Loggerhof 11, 3181 NS Rozenburg, The Netherlands<br />

RA1QQ Nick A. Smerdov, P.O. Box 24, Cherepovets 162611, Russia<br />

RA3QSY Igor Makeev, P.O. Box 2, Voronezh, 394010, Russia<br />

SM2OAN Mikael Styrefors, Skolvagen 18, SE-95040 Tore, Sweden<br />

VE1VOX Dana Rushton, P.O. Box 1862, Truro, NS B2N 6C7, Canada<br />

W3BH Jim Sorenson, 419 Aderhold Road, Saxonburg, PA 16056, USA<br />

W3HNK Joseph Arcure Jr, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352,<br />

USA<br />

YT6A Ranko Boca, Nikole Ljubibratica 78, 85340 Herceg Novi, Montenegro<br />

YT6T Djurica Maletin, Zgrada PKB, Zelenika 85346, Herceg Novi, Montenegro<br />

YU6AO Gojko Mitrovic, Crnojevica 4, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #795<br />

29 July 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

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Contributors are invited to send their <strong>DX</strong> information to<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

Your editors left on Tuesday, July 25, destination the International <strong>DX</strong><br />

Festival in Montenegro. This week's bulletin is shorter than usual, as it had<br />

to be prepared in advance with the information available through 24 July.<br />

Many thanks to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA for distributing the bulletin on our<br />

behalf.<br />

>>> KH8SI, SWAINS ISLAND: <strong>DX</strong>CC ENTITY #337


August. He plans to operate on all HF bands plus some activity on 6<br />

metres. QSL direct to EA4ATI. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />

9A - Peter, HA9MDP and Tamas, HG9MET will be active as 9A/HA9MDP and<br />

9A/HG9MET from IOTA group EU-170 on 3-13 August. They plan to visit<br />

and operate from the islands of Pasman (CI-085) and Ugljan (CI-134),<br />

plus some others depending on local conditions. Expect activity on<br />

80-2 metres. QSL via bureau to their home calls. [TNX HA0HW]<br />

9G - Scott, AC3A reports that he will be operating on 40-6 metres as<br />

9G5SE from Accra, Ghana on 5-12 August.<br />

C9 - Reinhard, DL6DQW and Ken, G3OCA will operate on 10-80 metres (plus 6<br />

metres, depending on propagation) SSB and CW as C94KF from Inhacamba<br />

Island in the Mozambique-Zambezia District (AF-103/pr), the last<br />

unactivated IOTA group in Mozambique, on 5-14 August. Propagation<br />

forecast have been prepared and particular attention will be paid to<br />

East and West coast USA. QSL via G3OCA, direct or bureu (Russian<br />

Federation stations may QSL via UA4SKW). There might be a one day<br />

operation from AF-098 using the call C93RF (QSL via DL6DQW). [TNX<br />

G3OCA]<br />

G - A group of operators from the Newbury & District ARS (namely 2E0KOP,<br />

G3ZGC, G4FON, G6FOP and M0DDT) will participate in the IOTA Contest<br />

as G7N from the Isle of Wight (EU-120). QSL via G5XV. [TNX<br />

www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

GD - The MD4K Contest Group (G3NKC, G4BWP, G4MJS, G4XUM, M0BEW and M0RHI)<br />

will participate in the IOTA Contest from the Isle of Man (EU-116).<br />

QSL via G3NKC (direct). The on-line form for bureau cards is at<br />

http://www.md4k.com/qslinfo.htm [TNX NG3K]<br />

GM - The Orkney Amateur Radio Club (http://www.eu009.com) will operate<br />

SSB and CW as MM0MWW from Cantick Head Lighthouse (ARLHS SCO-038) on<br />

the Isle of Hoy (EU-009) on 18-20 August for the International<br />

Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend. QSL via GM0IFM (direct only). [TNX<br />

MM0MSS]<br />

HR - Dale, K4EQ will be active as HR6/K4EQ from Roatan Island (NA-057)<br />

from 31 July to 4 August. This will be a QRP only operation, mostly<br />

CW with some digital modes. Most operating will be during his late<br />

evening and early morning hours. Depending on the band conditions,<br />

he plans to work 40, 30, 20, and 17 metres. QSL via home call,<br />

direct only. Further information at http://www.k4eq.com/hr6.html<br />

[TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

I - Wave Master Team's member Giovanni, IK1WEG will operate on the HF<br />

bands as IF9/IK1WEG/P from Favignana Island (EU-054, IIA TP-011) on<br />

3-19 August. [TNX IW1FGZ]<br />

I - ARI Ancona will operate special station IY6GM from Monte Cappuccini<br />

(WAIL MA-003, ARLHS ITA-104) between 5 and 20 August. The activity<br />

will celebrate the 102nd anniversary of the experiments carried out<br />

by Guglielmo Marconi from that place. QSL via QSL via I6GFX, direct<br />

or bureau. [TNX I6GFX]<br />

I - Special callsign II5RW will be aired on 6-14 August for the Roverway<br />

Italia 2006 (http://www.roverway.it/inglese.htm). QSL via I3GJJ,<br />

direct or bureau. [TNX IK0YQJ]<br />

I - Fabio, IW1DFU will be active as IA5/IW1DFU from Elba Island (EU-028,<br />

IIA LI-001) from 14 August to 1 September. He plans to operate<br />

mainly CW on 40, 30, 20 and 15 metres. QSL via home call, direct or<br />

bureau. [TNX IW1DFU]<br />

I - Simone/IZ0BTV, Giovanni/IW7DOL, Marco/IZ7DOK, Gianni/IZ7FLP,<br />

John/IK8LIU, Franco/IK8WEJ, Luigi/IW8EQS, Oreste/IZ8EDJ,<br />

Francesco/IZ8EQF, Mario/IZ8EZP and Salvatore/IZ8GGF will participate<br />

in the IOTA Contest as IC8S (QSL via IK8WEJ) from Dino Island<br />

(EU-144, IIA CS-002). After the contest, they will operate from<br />

Isola dei Serpenti (not IOTA, IIA CS-007). Pictures will be<br />

available at http://www.strangeradioteam.com [TNX Strange Radio<br />

Team]<br />

I - Flavio/I3JRF, Ampelio/IK3JBP, Andrea/IK3MZS, Andrea/IW3IGT and


Jack/IZ3DBA will operate as II4GOR from Goro Lighthouse (WAIL<br />

ER-007, ARLHS ITA-073) for the International Lighthouse & Lightship<br />

Weekend (19-20 August). They plan to be active on 10-80 metres, plus<br />

6 and 2 metres during the field day. QSL via IK3MZS, direct or<br />

bureau. [TNX IK3MZS]<br />

IS0 - Emiliano/IS0BRQ, Gianni/IS0YUJ and possibily others will be active<br />

in the IOTA Contest from San Pietro Island (EU-165, IIA CI-009).<br />

[TNX IS0BRQ]<br />

OH - Mikko, OH1HJO will participate in the IOTA Contest as OH1HJO/P from<br />

Putsaari Island (EU-096). Expect activity on 80, 40, 15 and 10<br />

metres (no 20 metres because of licence restrictions) SSB, with some<br />

CW upon request. QSL via OH1HJO, direct or bureau. The web page for<br />

the operation is at http://www.lailanet.fi/mikko.kareniemi/index.php<br />

[TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

OJ0 - The QLF <strong>DX</strong>-Team (Bjorn/LA5UKA, Andy/LA8AJA, Olav/LB8IB,<br />

Morten/LA9DFA and Trond/LA9VDA) will operate as OJ0LA from Market<br />

Reef (EU-053) on 8-14 September. Expect activity on 10-160 metres<br />

SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via LA9VDA, direct (Trond Johannessen,<br />

Helgedalen 13, N-1528 Moss, Norway) or bureau (e-mail requests for<br />

bureau cards can be sent to la9vda2003@yahoo.no). The web page for<br />

the expedition is at http://www.la8aja.com/expeditions/oj0la_2006/<br />

[TNX LA9VDA]<br />

ON - Special call ON6BDC will be aired on 5-8 August to commemorate the<br />

mining disaster of 8 August 1956 at Bois du Cazier in Marcinelle,<br />

when 262 men (including 136 Italians and 95 Belgians) died in a coal<br />

mine fire. Activity will take place on 20 and 40 metres SSB, from 7<br />

to 12 UTC. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the<br />

bureau. Further information on this activity, as well as on the<br />

relevant certificate can be found at www.on4con.be [TNX ON4LFP]<br />

OZ - Michael, DL3FCG will operate CW and SSB as OZ/DL3FCG from Romo<br />

Island (EU-125) on 5-19 August. QSL via home call. Logs will be<br />

uploaded to LOTW. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

SM - Eric, SM1TDE will participate in the IOTA Contest as SA1A from<br />

Gotland Island (EU-020). His will be a SOAB Low Power CW entry. QSL<br />

via SM1TDE, bureau preferred. [TNX SM1TDE]<br />

SV - Darren, G0TSM will operate CW and SSB as SV8/G0TSM/p from Zakynthos<br />

(EU-052) from 25 July to 1 August, IOTA Contest included. QSL via<br />

home call, direct or bureau. Logs will be uploaded to LOTW. [TNX<br />

G0TSM]<br />

SV - Geza, HA4XG and Gabi, HA1YA will operate as either SV8/HA4XG &<br />

SV8/HA1YA and J48XG & J48YA from Thassos Island (EU-174) on 5-19<br />

August. [TNX F5NQL]<br />

UA - UA1ANE, UA1ATI, RA1ANP, RN1AW and RX1AW have changed their<br />

destination and are no longer going to Seskar Island [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 793].<br />

Their 26 July-1 August activity will take place from Vikhrevoy<br />

Island (RRA 01-15, not listed in the IOTA Directory) and Povorotny<br />

Lighthouse. QSL via home calls. [TNX RN1AW]<br />

VE - Barry, VE1TRI will operate SSB from Big Tancook Island (NA-081) on<br />

28-30 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via bureau to home call. [TNX<br />

www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

VE - Gordon, VE3RGG will operate from Cabot Head Lighthouse (ARLHS<br />

CAN-067) on 1-6 August. Look for him in the late afternoon and early<br />

evening hours on 40 and 20 metres using low power. QSL direct to<br />

home call. [TNX VE3NQK]<br />

VE - Heinz, VA7AQ will operate as VA7AQ/VA9 from the islands of Lameque<br />

and Miscou (both count for NA-068) on 2-6 August. QSL via home call.<br />

[TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

VE - The Niagara Peninsula ARC will operate special event station VE3WCD<br />

on 5-6 August during the Canal Days festival at Port Colborne,<br />

Ontario. QSL via VE3JDF. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

VP5 - Kelly, N0VD and Alan, WB9JTK will be active in their spare time as<br />

VP5/homecall from Providenciales (NA-002), Caicos Islands on 1-6


August. VP5/N0VD will make a special effort on the low bands with<br />

attention given to the EU sunrise and JA sunset. Both operators will<br />

be concentrating on CW with some operation in the US general bands.<br />

QSL to home calls. [TNX N0VD]<br />

VP9 - Frank, K3TRM will operate as VP9/K3TRM from Bermuda on 3-8 August.<br />

Activity will be on 160-6 metres SSB, RTTY, and CW. QSL via home<br />

call, direct or bureau. Additional information will be available at<br />

http://www.k3trm.com/ [TNX NG3K]<br />

W - Sherman, W4ATL will operate from Sunset Beach (NA-112) from 30 July<br />

to 4 August. He plans to be active late in the IOTA Contest on 40<br />

and 20 metres CW, while he will be 40-12 metres mainly CW for the<br />

rest of his stay. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

W - The Old Barney ARC will be operating as N2OB from "Old Barney", the<br />

Barnegat Lighthouse (USA-039) on Long Beach Island (NA-111, USI<br />

NJ-001S) on 5 August from about 13 UTC until 22 UTC (rain date 6<br />

August). Most operation is planned for 20 and 40 metres SSB. QSL via<br />

N2OB. [TNX N2OO]<br />

W - Steve, W3HF will be active as W3HF/4 from Bogue Banks (NA-112) on<br />

6-12 August. Operation will be QRP on 40-15 metres; primary mode<br />

will be PSK, with some SSB (stations who want SSB operation please<br />

contact him before the trip at w3hf@arrl.net). QSL via home call,<br />

direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

YB - The Bekasi <strong>DX</strong> Club (namely Joz/YD1JZ, Terry/YC1KAF, Arif/YB1BAD,<br />

Ras/YE1BI, Yon/YB1CCF, Hery/YB1KAR) will participate in the IOTA<br />

Contest as YE1ZAT from Java (OC-021). [TNX YB1BAD]<br />

YO - YO3JW, YO8RIJ, YO9GJX, YO9WF and YO9XC will operate as YP1W from<br />

Sacalinu Mare (EU-183) from 26 July to 6 August, IOTA Contest<br />

included. QSL via YO3JW. They also plan to go and operate as<br />

homecall/p from a couple of lighthouses in that area (Sfintu<br />

Gheorghe, ARLHS ROM-007 and Sulina, ARLHS ROM-008). [TNX YO3JW]<br />

YV - A group of operators from the 4M5<strong>DX</strong> Group (namely YV1CTE, YV1FM,<br />

YV5ANT, YV5KAJ, YV5MSG, YV5OHW, YV5SSB, YV5TX, YV5WW/OH0XX, YY1ALE,<br />

YY1JGT, YY1R<strong>DX</strong>, YY4MP, YY5HBO and YY5RED) along with the support of<br />

the Mediterraneo <strong>DX</strong> Club will be active on all bands and modes as<br />

YX5IOTA from La Tortuga (SA-044) on 24-30 September. QSL via IT9DAA.<br />

Further information can be found at http://yx5iota.4m5dx.org/ [TNX<br />

IT9DAA]<br />

CARIBBEAN VACATION ---> Kan, AB2RF/JJ2RCJ will operate as FG/JJ2RCJ from<br />

Guadeloupe (NA-102) on 3-7 August and as V47/AB2RF from Nevis (NA-104) on<br />

8-12 August. He plans to focus on RTTY, CW and 30/40 metres. QSL direct to<br />

AB2RF (no IRCs please). Logs will be uploaded to LOTW. [TNX NG3K]<br />

EA9 & EUROPEAN TOUR ---> Slavo, SP2JMB will operate on 160, 80, 40, 30, 20,<br />

15 and 10 metres CW and SSB between 2 and 25 August while visiting Gibraltar,<br />

Ceuta & Melilla, Spain, Monaco and Liechtenstien. QSL for these activities<br />

via SP2PI. [TNX SP2PI]<br />

_____________________________________________________________________________<br />

><br />

The following stations have announced their participation in this year's<br />

event (from 12 UTC on 29 July through 12 UTC on the 30th). Information<br />

arrived later than 24 July has not been included, as your editors left home<br />

on the 25th. For lastest additions please give a look to<br />

http://www.rsgbiota.org/, to the IOTW Calendar maintained by John, WD8MGQ<br />

(http://www.islandchaser.com/iotw/calendar2/) and to the announced operation<br />

lists maintained by<br />

Ric, DL2VFR (http://www.iota-post.de/iotatest/hauptteil_iotatest.html) and<br />

Bill, NG3K (http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/iota2006.html).


Other groups will be activated during the weekend, but advance information<br />

did not mention if the operators participate in the contest. Full details on<br />

the contest can be found at http://www.contesting.co.uk/hfcc/iota.shtml<br />

SWLs please note that the IOTA SWL Contest, discontinued in 2005, has been<br />

picked up by the Mediterraneo <strong>DX</strong> Club (SWL Section), in cooperation with the<br />

RSGB HF Contests Committee, and it will be held in parallel with the IOTA<br />

Contest. Please visit http://www.mdxc.org/swl for full information (software<br />

included).<br />

Good luck to you all!<br />

Ref.No. Call/Ops QSL Ref.No. Call/Ops QSL<br />

------------------------------ ------------------------------<br />

AF-004 EA8/DJ2CK/P DJ2CK EU-127 DF0TX<br />

AF-019 IG9/IZ7FLQ/p IZ7FLQ EU-128 DJ7YT/p DJ7YT<br />

AS-081 HL5BMX/p HL5BMX EU-129 DR6IOTA DM5<strong>DX</strong><br />

AS-105 D80HQ/2 HL1OYF EU-132 SP4JWR/1 SP4JWR<br />

AS-115 TA3J/0 TA3YJ EU-132 SQ4GXE/1 SQ4GXE<br />

AS-117 JA4GXS/4 JA4GXS EU-143 ED7SPI EC7AEJ<br />

AS-122 D7C HL2IFR EU-144 IC8S IK8WEJ<br />

AS-129 BD7KLO/7 BD7KLO EU-146 PB2T/p ON6NL<br />

EU-001 SX5P SV5FRD EU-146 PE1OPM/P NL-12339<br />

EU-002 OH0Z W0MM EU-149 ES2U<br />

EU-003 CU2CR CU2CR EU-165 I0PNM/IM0 I0PNM<br />

EU-006 EJ/G3LZQ G3LZQ EU-165 IS0BRQ/IM0<br />

EU-006 EJ3GKB/p GI8SKN EU-165 IS0YUJ/IM0<br />

EU-008 GM2Z MM0DFV EU-170 9A/HG3X HA3FIN<br />

EU-008 GM4A MM0DFV EU-171 OZ7BQ/p OZ7BQ/p<br />

EU-010 GM3PPG/P G3PPG EU-172 OZ/DL4FO DL4FO<br />

EU-010 GM7V M0CMK EU-174 J48IM HA0IM<br />

EU-010 MM/OP0J ON4ADN EU-174 J48JJ HA7JJS<br />

EU-011 M1KTA/p M1KTA EU-174 J48NAR HA0NAR<br />

EU-011 M8C G4DFI EU-174 J48NL HA6NL<br />

EU-013 GJ2A K2WR or GJ3DVC EU-174 J48PL HA7PL<br />

EU-014 TK/IW0HK IW0HK EU-174 J48PS HA6PS<br />

EU-016 9A7B 9A4W EU-179 UX2IQ/P UX2IQ<br />

EU-020 SA1A SM1TDE EU-182 EM5F UX0FF<br />

EU-031 IC8WIC IC8WIC EU-183 YP1W YO3JW<br />

EU-034 ES0/DK2ZF DK2ZF NA-002 VP5/K4ZGB K4ZGB<br />

EU-038 PC6IOTA PG7V NA-029 VE3ZZ/VY2 VE3ZZ<br />

EU-040 CT6B CS1G<strong>DX</strong> NA-031 AA1AC/p AA1AC<br />

EU-042 DC1HPS/P DC1HPS NA-032 FP/K9OT K9OT<br />

EU-043 SM6/SP4AAZ/p SP4AAZ NA-032 FP/KB9LIE KB9LIE<br />

EU-049 SV8/PA9M/p PA9M NA-038 VC2W VE1RGB<br />

EU-052 SV8/G0TSM/p G0TSM NA-038 VE7SAR/VE2<br />

EU-052 SV8/IK2XYG IK2XYG NA-046 K1VSJ K1VSJ<br />

EU-054 IF9ZWA IF9ZWA NA-046 W2JU/1 W2JU<br />

EU-055 LA/DB7TF DB7TF NA-055 N1<strong>DX</strong> N1<strong>DX</strong><br />

EU-057 DL/PC2T PC2T NA-067 N4YDU/4 N4YDU<br />

EU-064 TM7C F4AJQ NA-067 WB8YJF/4 WB8YJF<br />

EU-068 F/ON4ON/p ON4ON NA-081 VE1TRI VE1TRI<br />

EU-077 ED1CA EA1CA NA-083 K4VAC K4VAC<br />

EU-088 OZ/DL2VFR DL2VFR NA-092 KA5GUD/p KA5GUD<br />

EU-088 OZ8MW/P OZ8MW NA-092 KI5JF/p KI5JF<br />

EU-089 CU8T CT1GFK NA-112 W4ATL W4ATL<br />

EU-092 MM0Q MM0BQI NA-112 W4KTF/p W4KTF<br />

EU-096 OH1HJO/P OH1HJO NA-113 C6APR K3IXD<br />

EU-116 MD4K G3NKC NA-137 KO1U KO1U<br />

EU-120 G7N G5XV NA-140 W3RFA W3RFA<br />

EU-121 EJ2MT EI6HB NA-144 N6VR/P N6AWD


EU-122 GN0A<strong>DX</strong>/P GM0A<strong>DX</strong> NA-144 KI6VC/p KI6VC<br />

EU-123 GM0B GM0EGI NA-198 VO1MX VO1MX<br />

EU-123 MM0OVL/P MM0OVL OC-021 YE1ZAT<br />

EU-123 MM3M G4FAL OC-022 YC3MM/9 IZ8CCW<br />

EU-124 GW5X M3ZYZ OC-097 5W0XX (?) JF3MYU<br />

EU-124 GW8K GW0ANA OC-245 YE5R YB5NOF<br />

EU-125 OZ0ACA ON4ACA SA-070 CE5S HA1AG<br />

EU-127 DA0T<br />

TNX to AA1AC, CT1END, DL2VFR, DS3FYW, EA4ST, EA4TD, F5NQL, GW0ANA, HA0HW,<br />

I0PNM, IK2XYG, IZ8CCW, JI6KVR, K3IXD, M0OXO, MM0BQI, MM0DFV, NG3K, ON4ON,<br />

ON5FP, OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin, SM1TDE, Strange Radio Team, TA3J, The Daily <strong>DX</strong>, UT3IB,<br />

UX0FF, VA3RJ, VA7AQ, VE3ZZ, WB8YJF, www.islandchaser.com, www.rsgbiota.org,<br />

YB1TC, ZL1CT and others.<br />

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3V8DLH, 3W9HRN, 3Y0X, 4K9W, 4T4V,<br />

5H3AA, 5R8GA, 5R8GZ, 5U7B, 6W7/F8PDR, 6W8CK, 8R1WD, 9H3MR, A22/JA4ATV, A71EM,<br />

BA5TT/5, BD7KLO, BG1DRJ/4, CE0Z, CN2WW, EH8BPX, EM10KY, FM5JC, FR1GZ, FY1FL,<br />

GM0DHZ/p (EU-123), HB9BQR, HF0POL (AN-010), HQ9F, IS0GQX, JD1BLK, JW/DJ3KR,<br />

KG4OX, KH6ND/KH5, KL7<strong>DX</strong>, OK7GU, OY9JD, OZ7C, P29BW, PY0S/PS7JN, PY1OTO/PY0T,<br />

S79GRE, ST2X, SV2ASP/A, SV5/DJ7RJ, T32TF, T33MR, T98T, TC2T, TM6VER, TO0O<br />

(NA-107), TP20CE, TU2XZ, TY5LEO, TY5MR, UA0FAI (AS-018), UN7LZ, V47KP, V51LK,<br />

V8BDS, VP2V/G6AY, VQ9LA, VU4AN/VU3JLW, VU4AN/VU3RSB, VU4AN/VU3RYX,<br />

VU4AN/VU3SIC, WH0D/KH2, XF1K (NA-124), YI9LZ, YK1BA, YU6DZ, YZ6AMD, ZA/WF5T,<br />

ZA1UT, ZB2EO, ZD9BV, ZK1NOU, ZP6CW.<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #796<br />

5 August 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

3D2_r - The 5-21 August 3D2BD operation from Rotuma and Suva (Fiji)<br />

[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N<br />

783] has been cancelled because of transportation problems<br />

(details<br />

at http://3d2bd.free.fr for). [TNX F5NQL]<br />

4L - Eugene, UX3MR reports he will operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 10-<br />

80<br />

metres as 4L/UX3MR from Georgia on 10-31 August. He will also try<br />

to<br />

activate a lighthouse (GEO-004). QSL via home call, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau.<br />

9H - Francesco, IK0FVC reports he will operate holiday style as<br />

9H3FV<br />

from Malta on 1-11 August.<br />

CT - Luis/CT1EEQ, Arlindo/CT1EGW and Carlos/CT1END will be active<br />

on<br />

90-10 metres SSB from Culatra Island (EU-145) on 12-13 August.<br />

QSL<br />

via home calls. Further information will be available<br />

at<br />

http://ahrap.no.sapo.pt [TNX CT1END]<br />

CX - The Centro Radioaficionados de Rocha (CX1TA) will participate in<br />

the<br />

International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (19-20 August) from<br />

the<br />

Lighthouse at Cabo Santa Maria (ARLHS URU-004). Look for CV8T to<br />

be<br />

aired on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 and 2 metres SSB, CW, AM, FM<br />

and<br />

BPSK31. QSL via CX1TA (P.O. Box 29, 27000 Rocha, Uruguay).<br />

[TNX<br />

CX2TG]<br />

DL - Volker, DL1WH will participate in the International Lighthouse<br />

&<br />

Lightship Weekend from the lightship "Amrumbank", DF0MF (FED-<br />

Next bulletin<br />

Bulletins' Index


012).<br />

He plans to operate CW and SSB on 17-20 August. All of the QSOs<br />

will<br />

be confirmed automatically via the bureau, SWL reports should<br />

be<br />

sent to DL1WH. [TNX DL1WH]<br />

DL - Peter, DL2RPS will participate in the International Lighthouse<br />

&<br />

Lightship Weekend from Lightship "Fehmarnbelt", DL0FFF (FED-<br />

141).<br />

QSL via DL2RPS, direct or bureau. [TNX DL1WH]<br />

F - Special station TM5VIN (VIN for "wine") will be active on 5-6<br />

August<br />

for the Open Cellars Day. Expect activity on 40 and 80 metres<br />

SSB<br />

and CW. QSL via F9KH. [TNX F8REF]<br />

GM - Alex, GM0DHZ and Andre, GM3VLB are active from Skye and other EU-<br />

008<br />

islands (Soay, Wiay, Flodigarry, S. Rona) until 8 August.<br />

[TNX<br />

GM3VLB]<br />

I - ARI Frascati will activate special call IY0ORP on 11-12 August<br />

to<br />

commemorate the microwave test carried out by Guglielmo Marconi<br />

in<br />

1932 between Capo Figari (Sardinia) and Rocca di Papa (Rome).<br />

QSL<br />

via I0DJV, direct or bureau. [TNX IK0ZCW]<br />

I - Marco, IZ6ASI reports he will be active as IZ6ASI/p from<br />

Senigallia<br />

Lighthouse (WAIL MA-004, ARLHS ITA-181) on 19-20 August for<br />

the<br />

International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend. QSL via bureau.<br />

I - Look for IU1L to be aired again from La Lanterna (ARLHS ITA-<br />

177,<br />

WAIL LI-005) during the International Lighthouse & Lightship<br />

Weekend<br />

on 19-20 August. QSL via bureau or direct to ARI Genova, P.O.<br />

Box<br />

1117, 16121 Genova - GE, Italy. [TNX IZ1BZS]<br />

I - A number of special callsigns will be aired from Italy and<br />

other<br />

countries on 2-10 August to celebrate the third anniversary of<br />

the<br />

Strange Radio Team (QSL routes in the QSL Information<br />

section<br />

below): ED8SRT, EF8SRT, IO0SRT, IO1SRT, IO2SRT, IO3SRT,<br />

IO5SRT,<br />

IO6SRT, IO7SRT, IO8SRT, IR0SRT (Sardinia), IR3SRT, IU8SRT,<br />

L30BST,<br />

V55SRT, YI0SRT. [TNX Strange Radio Team]<br />

ON - Members of UBA sections DST, KSD and RCO will operate as<br />

ON4OSLN<br />

from Nieuwpoort Lighthouse (ARLHS BEL-004) on 19-20 August for<br />

the<br />

International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend. Activity will be<br />

on<br />

80-2 metres SSB, CW and and PSK31. QSL via ON5RKN, direct or<br />

bureau.<br />

The web pages for the operation are<br />

at<br />

http://users.skynet.be/ON4OSLN/ [TNX ON5RKN]


OZ - Jens, DL8WOW will be active as OZ/DL8WOW from Bornholm<br />

Island<br />

(EU-030, BO-001 for the Danish Islands Award) on 7-17<br />

August.<br />

Activity will be on 40-10 metres, mainly QRP CW with 5 watts.<br />

QSL<br />

via home call. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

SP - Look for Peter, SP5PB/2 to operate CW and SSB on the HF bands<br />

from<br />

Stilo Lighthouse (ARLHS POL-017) on 17-20 August. This<br />

operation<br />

commemorates the 100th anniversary of this lighthouse and<br />

a<br />

certificate will be available (details<br />

at<br />

http://www.qsl.net/sp5pb/STILO.htm). [TNX SP5DDJ]<br />

SV - Enrico, IZ5CML reports he will operate SSB on 10-40 metres<br />

as<br />

SV8/IZ5CML from Antiparos Island (EU-067) on 6-20 August. QSL<br />

to<br />

home call via bureau.<br />

SV - SV2AYT, SV2AOB, SV2BET, SV0EG and SV2CNB will operate on 80-2<br />

metres<br />

mainly SSB as SX8AYT from a few islands in the EU-049 IOTA<br />

group<br />

between 12 and 27 August. On the islands of Lemnos and<br />

Agios<br />

Efstratios they will be joyned by local operators SV8CRL and<br />

SV8BUZ<br />

respectively. QSL SX8AYT via SV2AYT. The web site for the<br />

operation<br />

is at http://www.sx8ayt.com/ [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

TF - Sergio, IZ6BRN will operate SSB and possibily RTTY as<br />

TF6/IZ6BRN<br />

from Egilssadir, Iceland (EU-021) on 8-12 August. QSL via<br />

IZ8CLM,<br />

direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CLM]<br />

TK - Fabrizio, IK5WOB says he is active as TK/IK5WOB from<br />

Algajola,<br />

Corsica (EU-014) until 5 August. He operates CW only on 40, 30<br />

and<br />

20 metres.<br />

TK - Stefano, IK5PWQ reports he will be active holiday style as<br />

TK/IK5PWQ<br />

from Corsica (EU-014) on 7-19 August. He will operate CW and SSB<br />

on<br />

the HF bands, and will also be active on 20 metres as<br />

TK/IK5PWQ/P<br />

from the Sanguinaires Islands (EU-104). QSL via home call<br />

UA - Look for UE3YAR/p to be aired on 11-13 August to celebrate<br />

the<br />

Russian Air Force Day for the AFARU (Armed Forces Amateur<br />

Radio<br />

Union) activity programme. QSL direct to RV3YR. [TNX RV3YR]<br />

UA_ssh - Oleg, R1ANF is currently active as R1ANF/p from Priroda Refuge<br />

on<br />

King George Island, South Shetlands (AN-010). He should remain<br />

there<br />

for another couple of weeks. QSL via RK1PWA. [TNX I1HYW]<br />

VE - Dave, VA2DV will operate holiday style as VA2DV/P from the<br />

Mingan<br />

Islands (NA-176) on 7-11 August. He is likely to operate on 20


and<br />

17 metres, with some activity on 80 metres at night. QSL via<br />

home<br />

call. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

VP8 - Don, VP8ON reports that hopefully VP8LGT will be aired again<br />

from<br />

Cape Pembroke Lighthouse (ARLHS FAL-001), Falkland Islands (SA-<br />

002)<br />

on 19-20 August for the International Lighthouse &<br />

Lightship<br />

Weekend. QSL via VP8ON (Donald Betts, P.O. Box 809,<br />

Stanley,<br />

Falkland Islands, FIQQ-1ZZ, South Atlantic).<br />

VQ9 - Jim Clary, ND9M (VQ9JC/KG4JC) is returning to Diego Garcia (AF-<br />

006)<br />

for another four-month tour. Last winter he made nearly 15,000<br />

QSOs<br />

(84% CW, 11% SSB, 5% digital) despite lousy band conditions, and<br />

Jim<br />

is hoping for another productive time on the island. QSL via<br />

ND9M,<br />

direct or bureau (direct requests will be forwarded to him every 2-<br />

3<br />

weeks, and it takes about two weeks for first-class mail to<br />

reach<br />

him). IRC users please note that requests received after the<br />

IRCs<br />

have expired at the end of this year will be answered via<br />

the<br />

bureau. [TNX ND9M]<br />

VU - Special event station VU13IARU will be active until 11 August<br />

for<br />

the 13th IARU Region 3 Conference to be held in Bangalore on 7-<br />

11<br />

August. The person in charge of the station is Mr. A.R.<br />

Prathap<br />

Kumar, VU2POP (vu2pop@hotmail.com). [TNX F5NQL]<br />

XX9 - Hide, JM1LJS (XX9TJS) will be active from Macau (not IOTA) on 11-<br />

15<br />

August. He plans to operate on 30, 17, 12 and 6 metres SSB and<br />

CW,<br />

plus satellite. QSL direct only to home call. Further<br />

information<br />

and logs can be found at http://radio-dream.com/macau/<br />

YB - Special station YE1SH will be active on 4-6 August to celebrate<br />

the<br />

61st anniversary of the Indonesian Declaration of<br />

Indipendence.<br />

Operations will take place on 2-160 metres SSB, CW, and<br />

RTTY/PSK31<br />

from the Soekarno Hatta International Airport (named after the<br />

first<br />

President and the first Vice-president of Indonesia). QSL via<br />

YC1TY.<br />

[TNX YB1TC]<br />

YB - Hotang, YC0IEM will operate as YC0IEM/7 from Borneo (OC-088) on 7-<br />

24<br />

August. QSL via IZ8CCW, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW]<br />

YI - Ryszard, SP8HKT/YI9KT is returning to Iraq and will be in<br />

Diwaniyah<br />

until January 2007. He plans to operate with 100 watts on 10-<br />

40


metres (also on 80 and 160 metres, if he can install a<br />

suitable<br />

antenna) in his spare time (8-10 UTC, 13-14.30 UTC, 17-20 UTC<br />

and<br />

2-3.30 UTC for low band operation with North America). QSL<br />

direct<br />

only to home call. [TNX SP8HKT]<br />

YU6 - Toma, YU1AB and Emin, T91S are active as YU6/homecall<br />

from<br />

Montenegro until 10 August. [TNX YU1AB]<br />

YU6 - Wayne/K8LEE, Janet/W8CAA, John/KP2A, Jim/W9VNE and Joe/W8GEX will<br />

be<br />

active as 4O6<strong>DX</strong> from Montenegro on 14-21 August. They will<br />

operate<br />

CW, SSB and PSK on 160-6 metres from the contest location of<br />

Ranko,<br />

YT6A on Obosnik Hill. QSL via K8LEE. [TNX N4AAA]<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

===========================<br />

Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

KH8SI ---> The KH8SI team departed Pago Pago, American Samoa at 12.30 local<br />

time (23.30 UTC) on 27 July and became active from Swains Island in the early<br />

UTC hours of the 29th. The team experienced a few problems on Swains and had<br />

to turn the generator off at times, because the island residents complained<br />

that the noise prevented them from sleeping. The team expected to QRT in the<br />

UTC evening of 2 August. QSL via JA1BK.<br />

NA-195 & NA-156 ---> Bruce, KD6WW and Mike, K9AJ made a total of 10,185 QSOs<br />

from both locations, with approximately 70% of this total from Young Island,<br />

Hopewell Islands (NA-195) and 30% from Fairway Island (NA-156). From NA-195<br />

they used KD6WW/VY0 on CW and K9AJ/VY0 on SSB, while from NA-156 they used<br />

K9AJ/VY0 on CW and KD6WW/VY0 on SSB. QSL via home calls. [TNX K9AJ]<br />

NA-246/PR ---> On 30 July XE2WWW/XF2 and XE2K/XF2 operated for a few hours<br />

from Larga Island in the Tamaulipas State group, NA-246/Pr (IOTA NEW). This<br />

was a reconnaissance trip in view of an operation to take place early next<br />

year. QSL via N6AWD.<br />

NLLW 2006 ---> The National Lighthouse-Lightship Weekend QSO Party 2006 will<br />

take place from 1 UTC on 5 August through 23.59 UTC on the 6th. Detailed<br />

information can be found on the Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society's web site<br />

at http://arlhs.com/NLLW-2006-guidelines.html<br />

POSTAL RATES (CROATIA) ---> Tom, 9A2AA reports that postal rates have gone up<br />

in Croatia (a 15% increase). The postage for a standard letter (up to 20<br />

grams) to European destinations is 7.00 Kuna (HRK), to the US is 8.00 HRK, to<br />

Japan 8.2 HRK. Currently 1 USD = 6.6 HRK, 1 EUR = 7,3 HRK.<br />

QSL 3B8FQ ---> Effective 1 July, the QSL route for 3B8FQ is direct to home<br />

call (Rachid Cadersa, 55 Rue de la Faye, Belle Rose, Quatre Bornes, Mauritius<br />

Island) or via K5XK (no longer via RW6HS).<br />

QSL SV9/IK5PWQ ---> Stefano reports that the QSL cards for SV9/IK5PWQ<br />

(EU-015) and SV9/IK5PWQ/P (EU-187) are being printed right now. All of the<br />

QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau in September. On-line


logs are available at http://www.qsl.net/ik5pwq/logs/logs.html<br />

QSL VQ9LA ---> Direct requests should be addressed to Larry Arneson, DG-21<br />

Anx 30, PSC 466 Box 24, FPO AP 96595-0024, USA. Neither N0QM nor WD0HSP<br />

(actually Larry's current and former stateside callsigns) are his QSL<br />

manager: "some people still send to N0QM", he says, "My parents hold on to<br />

the envelopes and send them to me about every 6 months or when I go home on<br />

vacation. If you send to N0QM there will be a big delay for getting the cards<br />

direct". VQ9LA logs will be uploaded to LOTW once Larry leaves Diego Garcia.<br />

[TNX K1XN]<br />

QSL VIA ON4LAC ---> Jose, ON4LAC reports that the QSL cards for his March-May<br />

activities from Mauritius (3B8/ON4LAC) and Rodrigues (3B9/ON4LAC) will arrive<br />

from the printer in late August. Please be patient and do not send second<br />

requests.<br />

WRTC ---> All of the WRTC logs will be uploaded to LOtW. The QSL manager for<br />

paper cards for all of the WRTC stations is PP5VB (direct or bureau). Island<br />

chasers please note that 15 stations (PT5G, PT5I, PT5J, PT5O, PT5T, PT5V,<br />

PT5W, PW5C, PW5D, PW5E, PW5G, PW5J, PW5T and PW5U, plus PP5WRTC) were located<br />

on SA-026, four stations (PT5P, PT5Q, PT5X and PW5N) operated from SA-027 and<br />

the others were on the mainland. [TNX PT7WA]<br />

+ SILENT KEY + Retired space shuttle astronaut and <strong>DX</strong>er Dr Charles E. "Chuck"<br />

Brady Jr, N4BQW passed away on 23 July following a lengthy illness. He was<br />

54. Following his career as an active astronaut in the 1990s (he was also<br />

among the pioneers of SAREX, Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment), he went on to<br />

take part in several <strong>DX</strong>peditions to rare American Pacific <strong>DX</strong>CC Entities and<br />

to Bouvet Island (3Y0C). The Daily <strong>DX</strong> reports that those who still need a QSL<br />

card can send their direct requests to KB6NAN, who is working with KA4IST to<br />

get all the logs.<br />

Obituaries can be found at http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/brady.html<br />

and http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/07/27/1/<br />

+ SILENT KEY + Donald R. Newcomb, W0DN passed away on 27 July at 71 years of<br />

age. In the late 1970s he founded the Butternut Company, manufacturer of a<br />

series of highly regarded antennas, and he held several patents in antenna<br />

design.<br />

+ SILENT KEY + Raul Roji, CX7BY, one of the best known <strong>DX</strong>ers and contestmen<br />

in Uruguay, passed away on 25 July at 84 years of age. [TNX LU6EF]<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />

===========================<br />

Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

CT6B: On-line logs and pictures of the recent operation from<br />

Bugio<br />

Island (EU-040) can be found at http://ahrap.no.sapo.pt<br />

LOGS: On-line logs for C91CF, C91HQ, C91TL, C91JR, C91EE, and C91TK can<br />

be found at http://www.tdxs.net/C9.html [TNX W9<strong>DX</strong>]<br />

TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now<br />

available<br />

at http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. Please<br />

send<br />

your scores, as well as any request for further information,<br />

to


Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@ari.it)<br />

YU6AO: The YU6AO team now has a web page at http://www.yu6ao.info/<br />

(log<br />

search at http://www.yu6ao.info/log.html).<br />

ZA/IK7JWX: A few pictures of IK7JWX's recent activity from Albania can<br />

be<br />

found at http://www.webalice.it/ik7jwx<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

******* QSL INFO ********<br />

===========================<br />

Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

===================================================================<br />

CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />

===================================================================<br />

3D2WW JA8UWT GB2CS G1GYJ OP0P ON6DP<br />

3W2TXR JA2TXR GB4CI M3ZYZ OT4A ON4AEK<br />

3XY9B EA4ATI GB4SSE G0OOO OX3LX OZ1PIF<br />

4N150RR 4N1RR GB5FI GW0ANA OX3YY OZ7YY<br />

4N500CC 4N7CC GJ2A GJ3DVC (a) OZ/DL2VFR DL2VFR<br />

4O3T YT6A GJ2A K2WR (c) OZ/OP1A ON6UQ<br />

4O7WWYC YT7AW GM0B GM0EGI OZ/OP4A ON6LY<br />

4W6AAB PA7FM GM2T GM4UYZ OZ0ACA ON4ACA<br />

5W0DP KT8X GM2Z MM0DFV OZ8MW/P OZ8MW<br />

5W0JB KT8X GM3VLB/P GM3VLB P3B RX3RC<br />

5W0KI JF3MYU GM4A MM0DFV PC6IOTA PG7V<br />

5W0TR KT8X GM7V M0CMK R0Y RX3RC<br />

5W0TT JF3MYU GN0A<strong>DX</strong>/P GM0A<strong>DX</strong> R1ANF/P RK1PWA<br />

5X1GS WB2YQH GW5X M3ZYZ R375I RK9CYA<br />

5Z4DZ PA1AW GW8K GW0ANA RI0MO/P UA0LCZ<br />

5Z4JX N6JW HF62PW SP5KCR RI1AA RX3FS<br />

6Y1V OH3RB HI3/KB2MS KB2MS RK3<strong>DX</strong>Z/1 RX3FS<br />

7S7S/6 DK8KW HK4QMH EA5KB SA1A SM1TDE<br />

9A/HA9MDP HA9MDP HL0C/2 HL0C SJ0X SM6JSM<br />

9A/HG3X HA3FIN HR9/K4EQ K4EQ SP1/DL3BUE DL3BUE<br />

9A/HG9MET HG9MET IG9/IZ7FLQ IZ7FLQ ST0RM T93Y<br />

9A7B 9A4W IM0/I0PNM I0PNM ST2T S57<strong>DX</strong><br />

9G1UW DL8UP IO0SRT IZ0BTV SV5/SM8C SM0CMH<br />

9M6XRO M5AAV IO1SRT IZ1GJK SV8/G0TSM/p G0TSM<br />

A43MI A47RS IO2SRT I2JJR SV8/HA6NL HA6NL<br />

A61Q EA7FTR IO3SRT IV3ZXQ SV8/HA6PS HA6PS<br />

B7P/7 BG7KUB IO5SRT IZ5BTC SV8/HA7JJS HA7JJS<br />

BP09NJ BX4AN IO6SRT IZ6FZS SV8/IK2XYG IK2XYG<br />

BV0O BV2KI IO7SRT IZ7FLT SX5P SV5FRD<br />

C6APR K3IXD IO8SRT IK8WEJ T88PL JK1OPL<br />

C91H ZS6JR IQ3UD/P IV3DSH TA3J/0 TA3YJ<br />

CE70RG IZ8CLM IQ8CS/P IZ8IYL TK/F5MCC F3GJ<br />

CS7T CT1ILT IR0SRT IS0LFZ TM0FIL F6KPQ<br />

CT6B CS1G<strong>DX</strong> IR3SRT IN3JJI TM7C F6KOP<br />

CU8F CT1GFK IU8SRT IZ8GGF TM9ES F5GTW<br />

CU8T CT1GFK J48IM HA0IM UE0ARD/0 RX0AT<br />

D2<strong>DX</strong> OH2BAD J48JJ HA7JJS UE0YAB/P RA0WA<br />

D7C HL2IFR J48NAR HA0NAR UE0YAC/P RA0WA<br />

D80HQ/2 HL1OYF J48NL HA6NL UE0YAD/P RA0WA<br />

DR60SBG DG1EA J48PL HA7PL UE3DGA RK3FWC<br />

DR6IOTA DM5<strong>DX</strong> J48PS HA6PS UE3XXX RA3XA<br />

DU9/DK2PR DK2PR JW7VK LA7VK UX2IQ/P UX2IQ


E21EIC/p E21EIC (a) KC2NMZ/C6A KC2NMZ V47/DL2AAZ DL2AAZ<br />

E21EIC/p JR5XPG (b) KH8/K8YSE K8YSE V51VV UA4WHX<br />

E21YDP/p E21YDP KH8SI JA1BK V55SRT IZ8EDJ<br />

ED1CA EA1CA L30BST IZ8EDJ V7/N4XP N4XP<br />

ED1CI EA1BP LA/DB7TF DB7TF VC2W VE1RGB<br />

ED6URB EA6ZX M7M G0CKP VE3ZZ/VY2 VE3ZZ<br />

ED7SPI EC7AEJ M8C G4DFI VK8AV UA9XC<br />

ED8SRT IZ8EDJ MD4K G3NKC VP5/K4ZGB K4ZGB<br />

EE5KB EA5KB MJ0AWR K2WR VP5/N0VD N0VD<br />

EF8SRT IZ8EDJ MM/OP0J ON4ADN VP5/WB9JTK WB9JTK<br />

EJ2MT EI6HB MM/OS1A ON4ADN VP9/K3TRM K3TRM<br />

EK8SK SP9ERV MM0Q MM0BQI WH8/WH7S F6EXV<br />

EM5F UX0FF MM3M G4FAL YE5R YB5NOF<br />

FG/JJ2RCJ AB2RF MS0DGR MM0DFV YI0SRT IZ8EDJ<br />

FO/KM9D OM2SA N6VR/P N6AWD YP1W YO3JW<br />

FP/K9OT K9OT NP3D/W2 W3HNK YU150AU YU7AU<br />

FP/KB9LIE KB9LIE OH0Z W0MM Z22JE K3PD<br />

G3RCV/P G4DFI OH1/DG5XJ DG5XJ ZL40AGY ZL2AGY<br />

G7N G5XV OL8ORBIS SP6ZPZ ZP8VAO EA7JX<br />

(a) Others (b) Japan (c) USA<br />

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******* ADDRESSES *******<br />

===========================<br />

Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

8R1AK Esmond Jones, P.O. Box 10868, Georgetown, Guyana<br />

9K2YM Yaser Malallah, P.O. Box 17521, 72456 Khaldiya, Kuwait<br />

AB2RF Kan Yokota, 11 Hyatt Ave, Harrison, NY 10528, USA<br />

C5<strong>DX</strong>C Noz Bryan, P.O. Box 2769, Serrekunda, The Gambia<br />

G3NKC David Sharred, Chestnut House, 510 Crewe Rd., Wistaston, Crewe CW2<br />

6PS, UK<br />

GM4UYZ Bob Glasgow, 7 Castle Terrace, Port Seton, East Lothian, EH32 0EE,<br />

Scotland<br />

IF9ZWA Michele Rotolo, Via Cavasino, 91010 Marettimo - TP, Italy<br />

JA1BK Kan Mizoguchi, 5-3 Sakiragaoka 4 Chome, Tama City, Tokyo 206-0013,<br />

Japan<br />

JA4GXS Kenji Sasaki, 2-15 Ishikannon-cyo, Yamaguchi-City, 753-0038 Japan<br />

K4EQ Dale Holloway, 2860 McGowan Blvd., Marion, IA 52302, USA<br />

M0CMK Linda Taylor, 56 Fenland Village, Osborne Road, Wisbech, Cambs.<br />

PE13<br />

3JR, UK<br />

M5AAV Graham Ridgeway, 6 Pilgrim Street, Nelson, Lancs BB9 0JQ, England,<br />

UK<br />

NL-12339 Jeroen Reijerkerk, P.O. Box 42, 4724 ZG Wouw, The Netherlands<br />

PG7V JanJaap Vosselman, Zandhuisweg 76, 8077 TB Hulshorst, The<br />

Netherlands<br />

UX0FF Nikolay Lavreka, P.O. Box 320, Izmail, 68609, Ukraine<br />

VO1MX Dan Goodwin, 30 Bowater Drive, Site 4 Box 15, Appleton, NL A0G 2K0,<br />

Canada<br />

YB5NOF John E. Daluas, P.O. Box 1094, Pekambaru 28010, Indonesia<br />

YT6A Ranko Boca, Nikole Ljubibratica 78, 85340 Herceg Novi, Montenegro<br />

YU6AO Gojko Mitrovic, Crnojevica 4, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro<br />

YU6DZ Miodrag-Rajko Radulovic, Bjelisi 75, 85000 Bar, Montenegro<br />

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12 August 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

4L - 4L9MR is the callsign that Eugene, UX3MR will be using during<br />

his<br />

10-31 August activities from Georgia [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 796]. QSL via<br />

home<br />

call, direct or bureau. [TNX UX3MR]<br />

CE - Hector, CE3FZL and Ricardo, CE3HDI will operate on all bands as<br />

CE2P<br />

(SSB) and CE2F (CW) respectively from the lighthouse at Punta<br />

Panul<br />

(ARLHS CHI-073) during the International<br />

Lighthouse/Lightship<br />

Weekend on 19-20 August. QSL CE2P via EA5KB, QSL CE2F via<br />

CE3HDI.<br />

[TNX EA5OL]<br />

CT3 - Richard, PA0RRS will be active as CT3/PA0RRS from Madeira (AF-<br />

014)<br />

on 17-31 August. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX PA0RRS]<br />

DL - A group of about ten operators will be active as DF0WFB from<br />

Hallig<br />

Oland Island (EU-042) on 17-20 August. QSL to DF0WFB, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

DL - DH3WO, DJ2HD, DL7JAN, DG0UFA and DJ2BQ will operate CW and SSB<br />

on<br />

80-10 metres as DA2006LH from Staberhuk Lighthouse (ARLHS FED-<br />

226)<br />

on Fehmarn Island (EU-128) for the ILLW. QSL via bureau or direct<br />

to<br />

DG0UFA. [TNX DL7JAN]<br />

DL - Helmut, DL7VOX reports he will operate CW on 160-10 metres<br />

as<br />

DL7VOX/p from Usedom Island (EU-129, O-013 for the German<br />

Islands<br />

Award) on 3-15 September.<br />

EX - The Amateur Radio Union of Kyrgyzstan reports that memorial<br />

station<br />

Next bulletin<br />

Bulletins' Index


EX15ID will be active from 25 August to 5 September to<br />

commemorate<br />

the 15th anniversary of the indipendence of the Kyrgyz Republic.<br />

QSL<br />

via EX8AB. [TNX EX8AB]<br />

F - Weather and tide permitting, Bernard/F9IE and Frank/F4AJQ will<br />

go<br />

and operate SSB and CW (for a few hours only, starting around<br />

6.30<br />

UTC) as F6KOP/p from Pilier Island (EU-064, DIFM AT-030)<br />

and<br />

lighthouse on 12 August. QSL via F6AML. [TNX F5NQL]<br />

F - Franck, F8ADY reports he will be active as F8ADY/p from Re<br />

Island<br />

(EU-032, DIFM AT-022) from 26 August to 1 September. He also<br />

plans<br />

to operate from a few DPLF (Diplome des Phares du Littoral<br />

Francais,<br />

http://www.wlota.com/dplf/dplf.htm) lighthouses (Les Baleines,<br />

St.<br />

Martin de Re, La Flotte and maybe others). Franck is also active<br />

in<br />

the French Mills (Diplome des Moulins de<br />

France,<br />

http://f5pez.free.fr/index2.htm) and Castles (Diplome des Forts<br />

et<br />

Chateaux de France, http://f6fna.club.fr/dfcfa2.html)<br />

award<br />

programmes. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.<br />

F - Special event call TM8C<strong>DX</strong> will be aired on 2-16 September for<br />

the<br />

28th Clipperton <strong>DX</strong> Club (http://www.cdxc.org/) Convention,<br />

which<br />

will be held at at Arcachon on 16-17 September. All of the QSOs<br />

will<br />

be confirmed automatically via the bureau; direct requests should<br />

be<br />

sent to F5CQ. [TNX F5NQL]<br />

FH - Sam Serge, F6AML will be active as TX6A from Mayotte (AF-027)<br />

on<br />

5-17 October. He plans to operate CW and SSB on 80-10<br />

metres<br />

(suggested frequencies: 3514, 7014, 10115, 14014, 18071,<br />

21014,<br />

24892 and 28014 kHz; 3785, 7057, 14266, 18140, 21266, 24966<br />

and<br />

28444 kHz) and to pay special attention to North America and<br />

Japan.<br />

QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F6AML]<br />

FP - Look for Billy, FP/VE1AAO (QSL direct to home call) and<br />

Duane,<br />

FP/WV2B (QSL direct via KA3QLF) will be active with 100 watts<br />

and<br />

simple verticals from the island of St. Pierre (NA-032) on 10-<br />

13<br />

August. They will operate CW and SSB on various bands, but<br />

their<br />

activity is most likely to concentrate on 20, 30 and 40 metres.<br />

G - The Chippenham & District Amateur Radio Club<br />

(http://g3vre.org.uk/)<br />

will operate as GB2LI from Lundy Island (EU-120) off the coast<br />

of


Devon on 16-21 September. They will operate SSB, CW and FM on<br />

80,<br />

40, 30, 20, 15 and 2 metres (the generator will be off from 23 to<br />

7<br />

local time). QSL via bureau. [TNX G3YBT]<br />

GD - The Worked All Britain Awards Group will be holding a joint<br />

event<br />

with the Isle of Man ARS and the British Amateur Radio<br />

Lighthouse<br />

Society on 19-26 August. Please visit www.worked-allbritain.co.uk<br />

for further information on this "Activity Week" as well as on<br />

the<br />

relevant awards. [TNX K1XN]<br />

GM - Tony, G0GFL and Nicky, M5YLO will be active as GB2SLH from<br />

the<br />

Sumburgh Lighthouse (ARLHS SCO-232) on Shetland Island (EU-012)<br />

on<br />

12-26 August. QSL via G0GFL, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

GW - The Barry Amateur Radio Society will operate as GB5FI from<br />

the<br />

lighthouse on Flatholm Island (EU-124) on 18-20 August. QSL<br />

via<br />

GW0ANA. [TNX GW0ANA]<br />

GW - The Grantham ARC (http://www.garc.org.uk) will operate on 10-<br />

80<br />

metres all modes as GC0GRC/p and GC7GRC/p (from the lighthouse)<br />

from<br />

Skokholm Island (EU-124) on 26-29 August. They plan to have 10-<br />

12<br />

operators involved in this activity. All contacts will be<br />

confirmed<br />

automatically via the bureau, the QSL manager for direct cards<br />

is<br />

G0RCI. [TNX G0RCI]<br />

HA - Special event station HG8SDS (http://www.qsl.net/hg8sds) will<br />

be<br />

activated again on 14-20 August by Veszto Radio Club<br />

from<br />

Veszto-Magor during the "Sarret Days". QSL via HA8PH. [TNX HA8IC]<br />

HP - The Panama Canal Amateur Radio Association will operate as HO1L<br />

from<br />

the Miraflores Lighthouse (ARLHS PAN-030) on 19-20 August during<br />

the<br />

ILLW. QSL via HP1IBF. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />

I - Nicola/I0SNY, Erica/IZ0EIK, Giuseppe/IW7EBE and Francesco/IZDTC<br />

will<br />

be active on 80m-6m from La Chiaca Island (IIA FG-011; WWL<br />

JN81BW)<br />

on 13-14 August. [TNX I0SNY]<br />

I - Sea conditions permitting, Alessio/IZ0CKJ,<br />

Simon/IZ7ATN,<br />

Paolo/IZ0EVI, Luca/IZ6DSQ and Angelo/IZ0ENB will operate on 20<br />

and<br />

40 metres from La Botte (EU-045, IIA LT-003) on 13 August,<br />

between<br />

10 and 18 UTC. Other operations from Palmarola (IIA LT-008)<br />

and<br />

other satellite IB0 islands (LT-006, LT-009, LT-029, LT-026)<br />

are<br />

possibile between 14 and 24 August. QSL via IZ0CKJ, direct<br />

or


ureau. [TNX IZ0CKJ]<br />

I - Stefano, IZ5FDE will be active as IA5/IZ5FDE from Elba<br />

Island<br />

(EU-028, IIA LI-001) on 13-25 August. QSL via home call, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

I - A group of operators from ARI Piombino will be active on 80m-23cm<br />

as<br />

IP5P from Palmaiola Island (EU-028, IIA LI-007) and lighthouse<br />

(WAIL<br />

TO-005, ARLHS ITA-109) on 18-20 August. QSL via IQ5BA, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. Pictures and further information will be available<br />

at<br />

www.iq5ba.it [TNX IZ5FSA]<br />

I - ARI San Benedetto del Tronto will participate in the ILLW<br />

as<br />

IQ6SB/LGH from the local lighthouse (WAIL MA 001, ARLHS ITA-<br />

154).<br />

QSL via bureau. [TNX I6HWD]<br />

I - IK8SHL, IZ8GUQ, IK8XSY, IZ2FEB, IW8CGX, IZ8EWD and possibily<br />

others<br />

will operate as IQ8PZ from Santo Ianni (EU-144, IIA PZ-001) on 19-<br />

20<br />

August. [TNX IZ8ESK]<br />

I - Max, IZ5BTC will operate BSK31 and RTTY as IA5/IZ5BTC/p from<br />

Elba<br />

Island (EU-028, IIA LI-001) from 29 August to 9 September. QSL<br />

to<br />

home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ5BTC]<br />

J7 - Karl, N1DL (J79DL) and George, W4LFK (J79MD) will be operating<br />

all<br />

modes from Dominica (NA-101) on 21-27 September. They<br />

will<br />

participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> RTTY Contest as J7R. QSL via N1DL.<br />

[TNX<br />

N1DL]<br />

JA - Look for JJ5BQN/5 to be active on 20 and 40 metres from Yo<br />

Island<br />

(AS-076, JIIA AS-076-005) on 19-20 August. QSL via home call,<br />

direct<br />

or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />

KL - K6HFA and K6HTM, who have been active as K7A from Fox<br />

Island<br />

(NA-197) for a few days, should be active from the town of<br />

North<br />

Pole, mainland Alaska starting around 12 August. Information<br />

on<br />

further activities, as well as the QSL route, will be posted<br />

at<br />

http://www.qrz.com/k7a<br />

LA - Bernd/DH1ND, Bernd/DJ8LG, Gerd/DG1XG, Ralf/DK4DV,<br />

Juergen/DJ5HD,<br />

Manfred/DL6HBX, Wolfgang/DJ5ZWS, Jan-Ole/DB8JO, Jorn/DG5XJ<br />

and<br />

Helmut/DL8RM will operate on all bands and modes as LA/homecall<br />

from<br />

Fedje Island (EU-055) on 17-22 August. They will participate in<br />

the<br />

ILLW (19-20 August) from Hellisoy Fyr (ARLHS NOR-022, WLOTA-<br />

0496).<br />

QSL via home calls. Further information


at<br />

http://www.qslnet.de/member/dg1xg/fedje.html [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

LA - The Norwegian Expedition Club (http://www.la1nec.no/) will<br />

operate<br />

as LA1NEC from Jomfruland (EU-061) on 18-20 August for the<br />

ILLW.<br />

Plans are to operate from both the lighthouses on the island.<br />

QSL<br />

via bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

LU - The Bahia Blanca <strong>DX</strong> Group (http://www.grupodxbb.com.ar)<br />

will<br />

participate in the ILLW from five different lighthouses. From<br />

Rincon<br />

(ARLHS ARG-036) the special callsign LR3<strong>DX</strong> will be used;<br />

from<br />

Recalada (ARG-009), Baliza Chica (ARG-083) and Punta<br />

Tejada<br />

(reference number TBA) the operators will be signing<br />

homecall/D;<br />

from Hipasam (ARG-040) they will use homecall/V QSL for all<br />

via<br />

bureau or direct to LU7DSY (Carlos Almiron, P.O. Box 709, 8000<br />

Bahia<br />

Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina). The Bahia Blanca <strong>DX</strong> Group<br />

sponsors<br />

the "Province of Buenos Aires Lighthouses Award". [TNX LU9ESD]<br />

OH - Vincenzo, IZ0FKE reports he will operate as OH1AA (QSL via<br />

IZ0EHO)<br />

from Parainen-Pargas (EU-096) on 9-11 August and as OH0/IZ0FKE<br />

(QSL<br />

via IZ0FMA) from Odkarby, Aland Islands (EU-002) on 12-23<br />

August.<br />

Further information at http://www.iz0fke.com<br />

ON - Members of UBA Section OSA (ON4OSA, www.osa.uba.be) will operate<br />

as<br />

ON9BD from the lighthsip "Westhinder III" berthed at<br />

Bonapartedok,<br />

Antwerp on 19-22 August for the ILLW and the Tall Ships Races<br />

2006.<br />

[TNX ON4QE]<br />

SP - Look for SN2NP to be aired from the historic lighthouse at<br />

Gdansk<br />

Nowy Port (ARLHS POL-033) on 18-20 August. QSL via SP2BIK.<br />

[TNX<br />

SP2BIK]<br />

UA - A team of Russians will be signing RK0LXD/p from Putyatina<br />

Island<br />

(AS-066) on 17-21 August. They plan to operate CW and SSB on 10-<br />

80<br />

metres. QSL via UA0LQJ (Russian stations) or IK2DUW (rest of<br />

the<br />

world). [TNX UA0LQJ]<br />

VE - Kevin, WD0AAV will be active as WD0AVV/VYO from Iqaluit<br />

(Baffin<br />

Island, NA-047), Nunavut on 14-18 August. Activity will be on 40-<br />

10<br />

metres mainly CW. QSL via home call. [TNX ARRL <strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />

VE - Guy, VE2QRA plans to operate on 80-6 metres mostly SSB as<br />

VE2QRA/p<br />

from Anticosti Island (NA-077) on 12-18 August. QSL via home<br />

call<br />

(direct). [TNX VA3RJ]


W - The Hiawatha Amateur Radio Association will be active as K8G<br />

on<br />

19-20 August for the ILLW. The operation will be from Granite<br />

Island<br />

(not IOTA, USI MI-080L) and lighthouse (ARLHS USA-333). QSL<br />

via<br />

K8PT. Further information can be found<br />

at<br />

www.qsl.net/k8lod/graniteisland.html [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

XV - Hiro, JA1DHY (XV3DHY) and Oshima, JA1EKK (XV3EKK) will be<br />

active<br />

from Vietnam from 31 August to 6 September. Look for XV3DHY on<br />

6,<br />

15, 17, 20, 30 and 80 metres CW and SSB, while XV3EKK will<br />

operate<br />

on 6, 15 and 20 metres SSB and SSTV. QSL via home call, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX JA3AFJ]<br />

YU6 - Ace, DJ0LZ will be in Montenegro on 14-25 August and has plans<br />

to<br />

operate on the HF bands and 6 metres SSB. He is waiting for<br />

the<br />

licence (YT6/DJ0LZ or 4O3LZ). [TNX N3CZ]<br />

ZA - Emilio, IK0OKY has been back to Albania since 9 August, and<br />

will<br />

remain there until mid-September. He operates as ZA/IK0OKY mostly<br />

on<br />

6 and 2 metres. QSL via IW0BET, direct or bureau. [TNX IK0OKY]<br />

ZS - Matt, ZS1MJJ and Derrick, ZS1DUP will operate again as ZS1RBI<br />

from<br />

Robben Island (AF-064) and lighthouse on 20-21 August. [TNX F5NQL]<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (July 2006) is now available at<br />

http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/monthly/. Articles and pictures should be sent to<br />

Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).<br />

9G5UR & 9G5A/P ---> Vlad, UY5ZZ reports he made 10,370 QSOs during his 4-14<br />

July activities from Ghana. He operated as 9G5UR from the mainland and<br />

participated in the IARU HF World Championship (1750 QSOs); on 12 July he<br />

logged 970 QSOs as 9G5A/p from Nunu (Abokwa) Island (AF-084). The cards have<br />

been printed. QSL via home call, direct (Vladimir F Latyshenko, P.O. Box<br />

4850, Zaporozhye, 69118, Ukraine) or bureau.<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS ---> KH8SI (Swains Island) has been approved for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit. Also<br />

approved are K1ER/KH8, KS6FO,KH8, WH7S/KH8, K8YSE/KH8, AH7C/KH8 and<br />

KH6BK/KH8, from 28 July through 2 August 2006. [TNX NC1L]<br />

ILLW ---> This year the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend, dedicated<br />

to the memory of its founder and organiser, the late Mike Dalrymple (GM4SUC),<br />

will take place from from 00.01 UTC on 19 August until 23.59 UTC on the 20th.<br />

Full information on this popular event can be found at<br />

http://illw.net/index.html. Announced operations are listed at<br />

http://illw.net/2006_list.htm


KH8SI ---> A brief travel report and a few pictures of the KH8SI operation<br />

from Swains Island can be found at http://www.iijnet.or.jp/JA1BK/. Talking of<br />

KH8SI, it appears that a piece of information circulated last week and<br />

reported by the <strong>DX</strong> media (<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N included) was a fake: "we are not stupid to<br />

run generators near island residents", Kan, JA1BK says. "Both CW and SSB<br />

station tents are located on beach and residents house are located in 300<br />

meters away".<br />

QSL G3XAQ/6Y5 ---> Phil, G3SWH has recently acquired the logs and a small<br />

number of cards for G3XAQ/6Y5's operations from Jamaica back in December<br />

1992, November/December 1995, December 1996 and November/December 1999. The<br />

logs are on paper and they will not be uploaded to LoTW. As always, Phil's<br />

QSL policy is: direct preferred, bureau is OK or E-mail for a bureau card.<br />

[TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />

QSL VQ9LA ---> Larry Arneson, VQ9LA says that after 1 September 2006 he will<br />

no longer accept IRCs. Diego Garcia has no place to redeem them and his<br />

contact stateside no longer will buy his coupons. All QSL cards with IRCs for<br />

VQ9LA, VQ9X and VQ9IO received after 1 September will be placed in the<br />

outgoing QSL bureau.<br />

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8CF, 3D2KT, 3V7A, 3Y0X, 5B/G3SXW,<br />

6W/F6ELE (AF-078), 8R1WD, 9A8A, 9G1AA, A22/JA4ATV, A41MX, BD4XA, BD5WW,<br />

C21DL, C91TL, CE0AA, CE0Z (SA-005), CE0ZY, CU2A, DS5USH, EA9IB, EK6TA, EL2AR,<br />

EX2A, FK8GJ, H40HL, HA5JI (6m), HP1WW, HQ9F, J5DOT, J79VQ, JT1Y, K3WI, KG4RN,<br />

KH6/KU0J, KH6ND/KH5, KL7/WF9A, KP4/K3TRM, MU0FAL, OC5I (SA-073), OH0B, OH0E,<br />

OH0ZZ, OY9JD, P29VV (OC-181), PS7JN/PY0S, PY0FF, PY0S/PS7JN, PY0S/PY7JC,<br />

PY1OTO/PY0T, R1ANC, R1ANN, R1MVW, S01R, S50K, S92RI, SV2ASP/A, T20FW, T80X,<br />

TA3DD, TG9AFX, TZ6DEL, TZ9A, UK8AJ, V26HS, V31BH, V44KAI, V44KJ, V8FMP,<br />

VP2M/KB4CRT, VP2MRT, VQ9JC, VU4AN/VU3JLW, VU4AN/VU3KIE, VU4AN/VU3OHA,<br />

VU4AN/VU3OHB, VU4AN/VU3RSB, VU4AN/VU3RWO, VU4AN/VU3RYN, VU4AN/VU3SIB,<br />

VU4AN/VU3SIC, XE1L, XR9A, XV2PS, XX9BB, YJ0A<strong>DX</strong>, YS1ECB, YT0A, YT6ML, YU6DZ,<br />

Z32XX, Z36W, ZC4CM, ZC4LI, ZD7FT, ZF0F, ZP4KFX.<br />

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3X - Valery, RA3AJ reports that Serge, UA6JR (3XM6JR) and Alex,<br />

RW3AZ<br />

(3XD2Z) will be active again from Boke, Guinea starting on 29<br />

August<br />

"for the few next years". They will operate on 160-6 metres CW,<br />

SSB<br />

and RTTY, plus PSK and SSTV (3XM6JR). Serge also plans to<br />

operate<br />

from IOTA groups AF-096 and AF-051 during his stay, while a<br />

special<br />

callsign (3XY3AZ) is supposed to be used in contest activities.<br />

QSL<br />

via UA6JR, direct or bureau. [TNX RA3AJ]<br />

DL - DF0HC will be QRV again in the International<br />

Lighthouse/Lightship<br />

Weekend (ILLW) from Helios Tower (ARLHS FED-107) in<br />

Cologne.<br />

Activity will be with two stations mainly on 40/80m and 20/17m<br />

SSB<br />

and CW. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the<br />

DARC<br />

bureau; the QSL manager for direct requests is DJ5KP. Their web<br />

site<br />

is at http://www.mydarc.de/dn1kav/ [TNX DL6KAC]<br />

DL - Eddy/ON4AFU, Willy/ON4LBV, Michel/ON8RB, Jose/ON5SD,<br />

Fernand/ON6UF<br />

and Stefan/ON6YN will operate CW, SSB and RTTY as DL/ON6JUN/p<br />

from<br />

Usedom Island (EU-129, O-13 for the German Islands Award) on 21-<br />

26<br />

August. QSL via ON5SD. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

EA8 - The Grupo <strong>DX</strong> Gran Canaria will participate in the ILLW as<br />

ED8GCF<br />

from the lighthouse Sardina del Norte. QSL via EA8AKN. [TNX EA4TD]<br />

ER - Special station ER15MD will be active on 18-27 August to<br />

commemorate<br />

the 15th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of<br />

Next bulletin<br />

Bulletins' Index


Moldova.<br />

QSL via ER1DA, direct or bureau. [TNX ER1DA]<br />

F - F1IKA, F1NSR, F4CJV, F4CWN, F5IVP and F5SDD will be active on 160-<br />

10<br />

metres CW and SSB as TM5F from Frioul Island (EU-095) on 25-<br />

27<br />

August. QSL via F1IKA. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

GJ - Russel, G5XW reports he will operate on the HF bands SSB as<br />

GJ5XW/P<br />

from Jersey (EU-013) from 26 August to 1 September. QSL direct<br />

to<br />

G5XW.<br />

I - Look for IK2PZG/7, I7PXV/p, IK7JWX/p, IW7DKS/p, IW7DOL/p,<br />

IW7EGK/p<br />

and IZ7FMQ/p to be active from Sant'Andrea Island (EU-091,<br />

IIA<br />

LE-001) and lighthouse (ARLHS ITA-084, WAIL PU-023) on 19-20<br />

August.<br />

QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX IK7JWX]<br />

I - IW7DOL, IZ7DOK, IW8EQS, IZ8EDJ, IZ8GGF and possibily others will<br />

be<br />

active as homecall/p from a few IIA islands in Lecce province<br />

on<br />

19-21 August. QSL via home calls. [TNX Strange Radio Team]<br />

IS0 - IS0JMA, IM0GNF and IS0SEB plan to operate as IM0/IS0JMA (QSl<br />

via<br />

home call) from the Stramanari Islets (IIA OT-026),<br />

Maddalena<br />

Archipelago (EU-041) on 19 August. [TNX IS0JMA]<br />

LU - The Mistongo <strong>DX</strong> Group and Radio Club<br />

Tandil<br />

(http://www.lu2ee.org.ar) will take part in the ILLW from<br />

three<br />

different lighthouses: from Mar del Tuyu (ARLHS ARG-073) with<br />

the<br />

call LU2EE/D, from Querandi (ARG-007) as homecalls/D and from<br />

Mar<br />

Chiquita (ARLHS ARG-044) as homecalls/D. QSL for all via bureau<br />

or<br />

direct to LU2EE (P.O. Box 184, 7000 Tandil, Buenos<br />

Aires,<br />

Argentina). [TNX LU3DR]<br />

OZ - Jakob, OZ7AEI plans to operate as OZ7AEI/p on 20 and 40 metres<br />

SSB<br />

from a few Danish islands (Fur, Sejero, Sjaelland) and<br />

lighthouses<br />

between 19 and 27 August. Details can be found<br />

at<br />

http://hjem.get2net.dk/oz7aei/hovedmunu.htm#1 [TNX OZ7AEI]<br />

OZ - Thomas, DH8IAT (www.dh8iat.de) will operate as OZ/DH8IAT from<br />

Samso<br />

Island (EU-172, JY-008 for Danish Islands Award) on 19-25<br />

August.<br />

Activity will be on 40-15 metres SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via<br />

home<br />

call, direct or bureau. [TNX DH8IAT]<br />

OY - Tom, DL2RMC and Katrin, DO3MSH will be active as OY/DL2RMC<br />

and<br />

OY/DO3MSH from the Faroe Islands (EU-018) on 21-23 August. They<br />

plan<br />

to operate in their spare time on the HF bands CW, SSB and<br />

digital


modes, with 400 watts and a vertical antenna. QSL via<br />

DL2RMC,<br />

preferably via the bureau. [TNX NG3K]<br />

SM - A number of lighthouse stations are expected to participate in<br />

the<br />

ILLW from IOTA group EU-043. They include 7S6LGT from Vinga,<br />

7S6TL<br />

from Tistlarna, 8S6LGT from Maseskar and 8S6TYL from Tylo. The<br />

list<br />

of announced participating stations can be found<br />

at<br />

http://illw.net/2006_list.htm<br />

SV - Angelo, IZ7CTE reports he will be active on 80-10 metres SSB<br />

and<br />

possibly CW from Paxos, Kefallonia and possibily other EU-<br />

052<br />

islands between 19 and 27 August.<br />

SV - Nick, SV1VS plans to operate on 80-6 metres as SV1VS/SV3 from<br />

20<br />

August to 29 September, including some activity from EU-158. QSL<br />

via<br />

home call. [TNX SV1VS]<br />

SV - Ilario, IV3CGJ will operate CW on 40-10 metres as SV8/IV3CGJ/p<br />

from<br />

Kefallonia (EU-052) from 26 August to 3 September. QSL via<br />

home<br />

call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

TF - Tom, DL2RMC and Katrin, DO3MSH will be active as TF/DL2RMC<br />

and<br />

TF/DO3MSH from Iceland (EU-021) from 24 August to 6 September.<br />

They<br />

plan to operate in their spare time (but they will participate<br />

in<br />

the IARU Region 1 SSB Field Day) on the HF bands CW, SSB and<br />

digital<br />

modes, with 400 watts and a vertical antenna. QSL via<br />

DL2RMC,<br />

preferably via the bureau. [TNX NG3K]<br />

UA - Nick, RA1QQ and Alexey, RA1QY will be active from Zayachiy<br />

Island<br />

(RR 22-20) on 26-27 August. They plan to operate on 40-17 metres<br />

SSB<br />

and CW. QSL via home calls. [TNX RA1QY]<br />

UR - Garry, US0VA will be active as US0VA/p until 20 August<br />

from<br />

Lighthouse Sarych (UKR-015, ULA-022). He operates on 80-10 metres<br />

CW<br />

and SSB, plus 2m. QSL via home call. [TNX US0VA]<br />

UR - Special event station EN15EIU will be active on all HF bands<br />

on<br />

24-28 August to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the<br />

independence<br />

of Ukraine. QSL via UT4EK, direct or bureau. [TNX UT4EK]<br />

W - Eagle Harbor Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-253) will be active on 19-<br />

20<br />

August during the ILLW using the special call K8E. On 21-26<br />

August<br />

expect activity to take place also from other lighthouses in<br />

that<br />

area. QSL via N8MR, direct or bureau. Further informatin can<br />

be<br />

found at http://www.kc8nah.com/Interests/EagleHarbor/illw06.htm


YU6 - Toma/YU1AB, Emin/DK4ES and Branko/YZ1DZ have been back to<br />

Montenegro<br />

since 15 August and will remain there until the 22nd. They<br />

operate<br />

CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK under two brand new Montenegrin<br />

callsigns,<br />

4O3AB (QSL via YU1AB) and 4O3ES (QSL via DK4ES). [TNX YU1AB]<br />

YV - The YX5IOTA operation from La Tortuga (SA-044) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 795] has<br />

been<br />

rescheduled to take place from 26 September to 1 October.<br />

Full<br />

information can be found at http://yx5iota.4m5dx.org/ [TNX IT9DAA]<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

===========================<br />

Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC ACCREDITATION CRITERIA CHANGE ---> The following restriction has been<br />

approved by the Programs and Services Committee, and added to the <strong>DX</strong>CC<br />

Accreditation Criteria, Section III:<br />

"The presentation in any public forum of logs or other representations of<br />

station operation showing details of station activity or other information<br />

from which all essential QSO elements (time, date, band, mode and callsign)<br />

for individual contacts can be derived creates a question as to the integrity<br />

of the claimed QSOs with that station during the period encompassed by the<br />

log. Presentation of such information in any public forum by the station<br />

operator, operators or associated parties is not allowed and may be<br />

considered sufficient reason to deny ARRL award credit for contacts with any<br />

station for which such presentations have been made. Persistent violation of<br />

this provision may result in disqualification from the <strong>DX</strong>CC program".<br />

[Further information: http://www.arrl.org/blog/<strong>DX</strong>CC%20Dialog]<br />

IRC ---> IRC information received by Alan Roocroft, VK4AAR<br />

(al-mee@aapt.net.au) from the Universal Postal Union can be found at<br />

http://www.ad1c.us/upu_rules_irc.htm<br />

KH8SI ---> The KH8SI operation from Swains Island logged 16,390 QSOs (SSB<br />

12615, CW 3750, RTTY 25) from 22.19 UTC on 28 July until 16 UTC on 2 August.<br />

The band and continent breakdowns are as follows:<br />

160m 227 North America 8810 (8268 with US stations)<br />

80m 266 Asia 5132 (4723 with Japanese stations)<br />

40m 1595 Europe 1655<br />

30m 2426 Oceania 603<br />

20m 7096 South America 137<br />

17m 3657 Africa 53<br />

15m 800<br />

12m 323<br />

On-line logs can be found at http://vp6di.hp.infoseek.co.jp/scankh82.html.<br />

NA-246/PR ---> A short story and a few pictures of the recent brief activity<br />

from Isla Larga (less that 450 QSOs in about 4 hours, as this was just a<br />

reconnaissance trip in view of a large scale operation) can be found at<br />

www.islandradio.org/xe2www.htm [TNX AB5EB]<br />

QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Colin McGowan, MM0N<strong>DX</strong> is willing to offer his<br />

services to stations in need. He has "plenty of spare time" and can be<br />

contacted at mm0ndx@blueyonder.co.uk


QSL T96Q ---> Boris, T93Y is the new QSL manager (direct and bureau) for<br />

Ivek, T96Q. Direct cards should be sent to Boris Knezovic, P.O. Box 59,<br />

Sarajevo BA-71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with 1 IRC or 2 USD. Direct<br />

requests sent to T96Q will be forwarded to Boris every month or two. [TNX<br />

T93Y]<br />

QSL VIA TA3YJ ---> The incoming/outgoing status of the direct/bureau QSL<br />

cards for the stations handled by Nilay, TA3YJ can be found at<br />

http://www.geocities.com/qslservice/ta3yj [TNX TA3YJ]<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />

===========================<br />

Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

4W6AAB: Michael went QRT on 12 August after nearly four weeks and<br />

almost<br />

3000 QSOs on 40-10 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31. On line<br />

logs<br />

are available at www.pa7fm.nl and the QSL cards will be<br />

printed<br />

soon. [TNX PA7FM]<br />

WRTC 2006: General information and pictures for all of the WRTC stations<br />

can<br />

be found at http://www.radioamador.com/wrtc/sites [TNX PY5EG]<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

******* QSL INFO ********<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

===================================================================<br />

CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />

===================================================================<br />

3V8SM F5LIT EJ3HA/p EI3HA R60HRC UA6HR<br />

3W9JR OK1JN EK3GM IK2QPR RK0LXD/p IK2DUW (a)<br />

3Z0BW SP5PPK ER/UT5U<strong>DX</strong> UT2UB RK0LXD/p UA0LQJ (b)<br />

4A7L WA3HUP EY8MM K1BV SA2006EM SM6YOU<br />

4K5D K2PF F/OO5S/p ON4ON SI9AM SV3CVM<br />

4K9W DL6KVA FP/VE1AAO VE1AAO SJ4C SM4BZH<br />

4L0ABC K3PD FP/WV2B KA3QLF SP5PB/2 SP5PB<br />

4L0HQ K3PD GB2PF G7GSX ST2KSS ST2M<br />

4L4BBC K3PD GB2SLH G0GFI SV0XAI/9 LA4XFA<br />

4L8A DJ1CW GM0SHN F6AJA SX8AYT SV2AYT<br />

4L9MR UX3MR HA100RADIO HA5KHC T88TX JI2TXU<br />

4L9VB DJ8QP HF40PSL SP5PSL TC125ATA TA1CM<br />

4O2NT YZ1AA HG2006S HA1CW TF6/IZ6BRN IZ8CLM<br />

4O3AB YU1AB HG8SDS HA8PH TK/IK5PWQ IK5PWQ<br />

4O3ES DK4ES HI3TEJ ON4IQ TK/IZ1DSH IZ1DSH<br />

4O3T YT6A HP1XX DJ0LZ TM5VIN F9KH<br />

4O6<strong>DX</strong> K8LEE HZ1IK DK7YY TT8FC EA4AHK<br />

4O8O YT1HA HZ1SK IZ8CLM U4MIR RN3DK<br />

4W6AAB PA7FM II5RW I3GJJ UE3LWP RA3LBA


5R8GZ G3SWH IY0ORP I0DJV UE3MRS RK3MXH<br />

6W1SA F4BIT IY6GM I6GFX UE3NQ/p RA3NQ<br />

7S6EM SM6YOU J48XG HA4XG UE3QMP/p UA3QUO<br />

8Q7HY JK1FNN J48YA HA1YA UE3YAR/p RV3YR<br />

8S6EM SM6YOU JW/IN3SAU IN3SAU V47/AB2RF AB2RF<br />

8S9M SM0NJO K7CA/CE1 NM7D V51VV UA4WHX<br />

9A5DJ/p OK3AA KH6RZ W6YM VE2QRA/p VE2QRA<br />

9A5JR/p OE3REB KL7J N3SL VP2E N5AU<br />

9A5LO/p OK1LO LG5LG SM5DJZ VQ9JC ND9M<br />

9J2BO G3TEV LR2F LU2FA VY0/WD0AVV WD0AVV<br />

9J2SZ SP8DIP LU5FF EA7JX W5BOS/NL0 N6AWD<br />

BD7KLO/5 BD7KLO LU7HF EA7FTR WH0D JA3QGI<br />

BP100S BX4AN LZ60RP LZ2VP XE1KK/XF3 XE1KK<br />

C94KF G3OCA LZ80R LZ1BJ XX9TJS JM1LJS<br />

C96KF G3OCA MW0DOL/p M0DOL YB1AQB DJ3KR<br />

C98RF DL6DQW N7C N7HG YE1SH YC1TY<br />

CP6XE IK6SNR OH0/IZ0FKE IZ0FMA YI9KT SP8HKT<br />

DF0MF DL1WH OH0CW OH2CW YI9RKB SP1RKB<br />

DQ35AGCW DL1AH OH1AA IZ0EHO YR0HKW YO3HKW<br />

DR35AGCW DL1AH ON100BOIC ON4CRD YT150AT YT1AT<br />

DU9/N0NM W4DR ON12FORTS ON5VL YT150CS YT1CS<br />

<strong>DX</strong>1F JA1HGY ON6BDC ON4CPN YZ150A YZ7AA<br />

EB5KB EA5KB OX3PG WA0SMQ ZA/IK0OKY IW0BET<br />

EC5KB EA5KB R60F UA2FEK ZB2/SP2JMB SP2PI<br />

ED2FPA EA2RCA R60FW UA2DC ZL2MAT K3PD<br />

(a) rest of the world (b) Russia<br />

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******* ADDRESSES *******<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

AB2RF Kan Yokota, 11 Hyatt Ave, Harrison, NY 10528, USA<br />

DL6DQW Reinhard Fendler, Waldteichstrasse 34, D-01468 Boxdorf, Germany<br />

G3OCA Ken Frankcom, 1 Chesterton Road, Spondon DE2 7EN, England, UK<br />

I6GFX P.O. Box 122, 60100 Ancona - AN, Italy<br />

IK5PWQ Stefano Ceccotti Piazza Dante Alighieri 3-AL 56030 Cascine di Buti -<br />

PI, Italy<br />

M0DOL Chris Darlington, 24 Westridge, Northampton NN2 7RA, England<br />

N6AWD Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr, Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA<br />

PA7FM Dennis Robbemond, Loggerhof 11, 3181 NS Rozenburg, The Netherlands<br />

PP5VB Vanruil Barbosa Dias, P.O. Box 13, Imbituba - SC 88.780-000, Brazil<br />

SM6YOU Rickard Dahlstedt, Ekebergsgatan 4D, 417 02 Gothenburg, Sweden<br />

SP5PB Piotr Brydak, Okolnik 9A m 16, 00-368 Warszawa, Poland<br />

SV2AYT Nicos Agapiades, 2, I. Kragia str., GR-56121 Thessaloniki, Greece<br />

UA0LCZ Vladimir Miroshnichenko, P.O. Box 41-21, Vladivostok-41, 690041,<br />

Russia<br />

US0VA Igor Lazarev, P.O. Box 11, Kiev 04111, Ukraine<br />

UX3MR Eugene Finikopulo, P.O. Box 26, Lugansk-33, 91033, Ukraine<br />

VE2QRA Guy Bouchard, 1108 Daphne, Quebec, G3K 1W6, Canada<br />

YC1TY Bambang, P.O. Box 1001, Jakarta 19120, Indonesia<br />

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26 August 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

3A - Patrice, F5RBB reports he will operate SSB on 40, 20, 15, 10 and<br />

6<br />

metres as 3A/F5RBB from Monaco on 2-10 September.<br />

3V - Francois, F8DVD will operate CW and SSB on 80-10 metres from<br />

3V8SM<br />

(Djerba Island, AF-083) on 28-31 August. QSL for this operation<br />

via<br />

F8DVD, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]<br />

7P - Jan/DL7JAN, Mathias/DJ2HD and Wolfgang/DH3WO will be active<br />

from<br />

Roma, Lesotho on 3-12 September. They will collect their<br />

licences<br />

upon arrival (requested calls are 7P8JF, 7P8DJ and<br />

7P8WO<br />

respectively) and they plan to operate with two stations on 80-<br />

10<br />

metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL for all via DL7JAN, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX DL7JAN]<br />

9A - Look for 9A5AN/p (Neno), 9A/OM3PC (Rudi), 9A/OM5ZW (Lubo) and<br />

Tami<br />

9A/OM5MF (Tami) to operate from Palagruza Island (EU-090) on 2-<br />

9<br />

September. QSL via home calls. Further information can be found<br />

at<br />

http://www.palagruza.net [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

CU - Jean-Pierre, F8AYU will be active as CU8/F8AYU from Flores<br />

Island<br />

(EU-089), Azores on 3-10 September. He plans to operate CW and<br />

SSB<br />

on 20 and 40 metres. [TNX F8REF]<br />

EA - Francois, ON4LO reports he will operate as EA5/OO4F from<br />

two<br />

lighthouses - Cabo de Palos (ARLHS SPA-019) and El Estacio (SPA-<br />

088)<br />

- between 1 and 30 September. Activity will be on 40-6 metres<br />

SSB.<br />

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Bulletins' Index


QSL via ON4LO.<br />

EA8 - Frank, DH5JG will be active as EA8/DH5JG from Lanzarote (DIE S-<br />

007),<br />

Canary Islands (AF-004) from 30 August to 12 September. He plans<br />

to<br />

operate CW, SSB and RTTY/PSK31 on 40-10 metres, and to<br />

partecipate<br />

in the IARU Region 1 Field Day SSB (2-3 September) and in the<br />

WAEDC<br />

SSB (9-10 September). QSL via bureau to home call. [TNX DH5JG]<br />

EA8 - Nicolas, F5TGR will operate SSB and CW on 40-10 metres<br />

as<br />

EA8/F5TGR/p from Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (AF-004) on 2-<br />

16<br />

September. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F5TGR]<br />

FH - Tom, DL2RUM and Jan, DJ8NK will operate as TX5T and TX5NK<br />

from<br />

Mayotte (AF-027) from 31 August through 11 September. They plan<br />

to<br />

be active on 160-10 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via<br />

their<br />

respective home calls. [TNX DJ8NK]<br />

GM - The Orkney Wireless Museum (www.owm.org.uk) will be on the air<br />

as<br />

GB2OWM during the 16th Orkney Science<br />

Festival<br />

(http://www.oisf.org/), which will be held from 31 August to<br />

6<br />

September. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

GM - The Orkney Amateur Radio Club (http://www.eu009.com) will operate as<br />

GB1H from the Isle of Stronsay (EU-009) on 7-10 September. They<br />

will<br />

use an hydrogen powered station. QSL via MM3LQK. [TNX MM0MSS]<br />

I - Walter, IZ3ALU will be active as ID9/IZ3ALU from Vulcano Island<br />

(EU-017, IIA ME-018) from 26 August to 2 September. He will<br />

operate<br />

SSB, PSK and RTTY on 40, 20 and 15 metres. QSL via home call.<br />

[TNX<br />

www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

I - Special call IU3TS will be aired from 1 September through 31<br />

October<br />

to celebrate the 60th anniversary of ARI Trieste. [TNX IV3LNQ]<br />

IS0 - Giorgio, IZ1<strong>DX</strong>S reports he has had to cancel his 2-10 September<br />

trip<br />

[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 791] to Sardinia.<br />

LA - Yogi, DB5YB will operate as LA/DB5YB from Halsnoy Island (EU-055)<br />

on<br />

1-11 September. He plans to be active mainly on 20 metres SSB.<br />

QSL<br />

via home call. [TNX DB5YB]<br />

LX - Theo/PA1TK, Kees/PA5WT and Rob/PA3GVI will be active as<br />

LX/homecalls<br />

from Luxembourg (JN39AX) from 30 August to 3 September. Their<br />

main<br />

goal is the participation in the IARU Region 1 VHF Contest (2-<br />

3<br />

September), but there will be HF activity as well, on 30 and<br />

40<br />

metres (CW and SSB), during their early morning and evening<br />

hours.<br />

QSL via home calls. Pictures will be available<br />

at


http://www.sitekreator.com/pa3gvi [TNX PA3GVI]<br />

LZ - Special event station LZ1900K will be active through the end of<br />

the<br />

year to celebrate the 1900th anniversary of the ancient town<br />

of<br />

Pautalia (modern Kyustendil). QSL via LZ1BJ (bureau preferred).<br />

[TNX<br />

LZ1BJ]<br />

OZ - Look for OZ/DF8HS to be active from Samsoe Island (EU-172) from<br />

27<br />

August to 8 September. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

OZ - Michael, DK5NA will operate as OZ/DK5NA from Romo Island (EU-125)<br />

on<br />

2-23 September. Activity will be mostly between 30 and 160<br />

metres<br />

CW. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

S7 - Claudio, IZ0KRC reports he will operate holiday style as S79RC<br />

from<br />

the islands of Mahe, Praslin and La Digue (all count for<br />

IOTA<br />

AF-024), Seychelles on 3-16 September. QSL via IK0PRP, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau.<br />

UR - Celebrating the 15th anniversary of the indipendence of Ukraine,<br />

a<br />

number of special calls will be aired on 24-28 August: EO15FF<br />

(QSL<br />

via UX0FF), EO15FW (QSL via UT3FW), EM15FA (QSL via UT2FA) and<br />

EN15P<br />

(QSL via UR4PWL). [TNX UX0FF and UR3PGS]<br />

UR - Slava/US7IGF, Roman/UR7IJQ, Alexandr/UR7IKV, Roman/UY7IQ<br />

will<br />

operate on 40-17 metres and 6m SSB and CW from Donets'kyi<br />

Island<br />

(SD-05 for the Ukrainian Islands Award) on 27 August. QSL card<br />

via<br />

home calls. [TNX US7IGF]<br />

V2 - Bud, AA3B will operate CW only as V26K from Antigua (NA-100)<br />

on<br />

22-27 November, including a SOAB Low Power entry in the CQ WW CW<br />

<strong>DX</strong><br />

Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX AA3B]<br />

VE - Linda, VE9GLF and Len, VE9MY are planning another operation<br />

from<br />

NA-126 around late August-early September. Their last trip was<br />

cut<br />

short by an emergency call from home. QSL via home calls, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX VE9MY]<br />

VE - Look for special event call VE6QCWA to be aired from 1 through<br />

30<br />

September for the QCWA National Convention that will be held<br />

in<br />

Calgary on 28-30 September. QSL via VE6AFO. Founded in 1947,<br />

the<br />

Quarter Century Wireless Association is open to amateur<br />

radio<br />

operators who have been licenced for at least 25 years (please<br />

visit<br />

http://www.qcwa.org/ for full information). [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

VE - Jean-Pierre, F5AHO and Joel, F5PAC plan to operate from a few<br />

IOTA


groups (NA-068, NA-029, NA-154, NA-010, NA-081, NA-126 and NA-<br />

127)<br />

while touring New Brunswick and Nova Scotia between 1 and<br />

23<br />

September. Look for them on +/- 14260 and 18128 kHz between 12<br />

and<br />

19 UTC. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. Further<br />

information<br />

can be found at http://perso.orange.fr/f5aho [TNX F5AHO]<br />

VE - George, K3GV reports he will be active on 15 and 20 metres<br />

as<br />

K3GV/VY2 from Prince Edward Island (NA-029) on 3-17 September.<br />

QSL<br />

via home call, direct or bureau.<br />

VK - Wade, AA8LL and Liz, K8LIZ will be active from Australia as<br />

follows:<br />

01-04 September VK7AAH/5 and VK7AED/5<br />

Cape du Couedic Lighthouse (AUS-030), Kangaroo Island (OC-<br />

139)<br />

05-06 September VK7AAH and VK7AED<br />

Cape Bruny Lighthouse (AUS-254), South Bruny Island (OC-233)<br />

07-10 September VK7AAH and VK7AED<br />

Tasmania (OC-006)<br />

They operate CW and SSB (maybe RTTY) with 100 watts and wires<br />

on<br />

15-40 metres. QSL VK7AAH via AA8LL, QSL VK7AED via K8LIZ. [TNX<br />

The<br />

Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

AFRICAN TOUR ---> Miki, YT1CS will be touring Africa in October. So far his<br />

list of destinations includes Tanzania (5H), Kenya (5Z), Burundi (9U),<br />

Ethiopia (ET), Comoros (D6) and Mayotte (FH). He also plans to operate from a<br />

few IOTAs: Lamu (AF-040), Wasini (AF-067), Zanzibar (AF-032) and Pemba<br />

(AF-063). Miki is looking for sponsors and can be reached at yt1cs@ptt.yu<br />

[TNX VE3EXY]<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS ---> Several QSLs for ZL7/KH0PR (Chatham Islands, 2-5 May 2005)<br />

were inadvertently rejected. Those have had QSOs rejected at <strong>DX</strong>CC, can claim<br />

credit by contacting Bill Moore at dxcc@arrl.org [TNX NC1L]<br />

QSL 3Y0X ---> Read the latest update on the outgoing QSL situation at<br />

http://www.peterone.com/qsl.htm<br />

QSL 5V7BR ---> Gerard, F2VX has been the new QSL manager (direct and bureau)<br />

for Robert, 5V7BR since 1 June 2006. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

QSL GW3KHZ/P ---> Steve, G4EDG reports that all direct requests sent to him<br />

for the May 2006 GW3KHZ/P operation from St. Tudwal's Island (EU-106) have<br />

been processed and mailed out.<br />

QSL LG5LG & SJ9WL ---> John, SM5DJZ (ex-SM0DJZ) has been the QSL manager for<br />

SJ9WL and LG5LG, the station on the border between Sweden and Norway, since<br />

1995. As of 20 August 2006, the QSL route has changed and cards should be


sent to Svenn-Erik Spigseth, LA4EKA (either direct or through the Norwegian<br />

QSL bureau). Cards already sent to SM5DJZ will be forwarded to the new QSL<br />

manager. Full information on the station at Morokulien can be found at<br />

http://www.east.no/priv/la7tia/arim/engarim.htm [TNX SM5DJZ]<br />

QSL VIA IZ7AUH ---> Frank, IZ7AUH says that the II7ANT cards have been<br />

printed, and direct requests are being processed and mailed out. Bureau cards<br />

for the 2005 and 2006 activities will follow. If you have not received your<br />

card(s) for the 2004 and/or 2005 activities, please contact Frank at<br />

http://www.iz7auh.com/contact-me.asp<br />

VU4AN ---> Full details on the awards for the 18-25 April activity from the<br />

Andman Islands (including awards for those who either operated under a VU4AN<br />

callsign or contacted VU4AN stations) can be found at<br />

http://www.niar.org/hamfest/vu4an_awards.html [TNX VU2JOS]<br />

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8CF, 3D2NB, 3D2OU, 5B/KI0BP,<br />

5B4AGN, 5X1RI,6W/F6ELE (AF-078), 6W/RW3TN, 7S2E, 7X0RY, 8P2K, 8P9PA,<br />

9M0/9M2TO (AS-051), A41MX, AT0AI, BD5WW, BI3H, C56W, C6AYM, CE6M, CG2AWR,<br />

CO8LY, CO8ZZ, CU2A, DS5USH, EH4CRP, EH8BPX, EL2AR, EX8AB, FP/K9OT, FS/DL7DF,<br />

GD6IA, HC1HC, HG4F, HH4/K4QD, HH4/W3CMP, HP1WW, J5UCW (AF-093), J5U<strong>DX</strong>,J79CW,<br />

J79<strong>DX</strong>, J79VQ, JT1Y, K7C, KD6WW/HC3, KD6WW/HC4, KH7U/KH5, KL7/WF9A, LU1ZR,<br />

LU1ZS, MU5X, OC5I (SA-073), OL1C, OX3LX, P29ZAD, P41S, PJ2/W0NB, PJ7/DL7DF,<br />

PY0S/PS7JN, PY1OTO/PY0T, RI1PI (EU-085), RI1PXC (EU-085), RV9CEN, S01R, S9SS,<br />

T80A, T88LZ, T93M, TF4M, TI5N, TI8CBT, TO3W, TT8M, TY5DA, TZ6M, UE1OTA<br />

(EU-153), UP4L, V31BH, V31JP, V44KJ, V47KV, V7/N4XP, V8FVV, VI9NI, VP2V/G6AY,<br />

VP5/K4ZGB, VU4AN/VU3KIE, VU4AN/VU3NZC, VU4AN/VU3OHA, VU4AN/VU3RWN,<br />

VU4AN/VU3RYB, VU4AN/VU3RYG, VU4AN/VU3SIE, WP2Z, XR9A, XX9C, YB6LYS/P<br />

(OC-270), YC6JKV/P (OC-270), YE6N (OC-161), YE6P (OC-270), YJ0A<strong>DX</strong>, YL4HQ,<br />

YU6AO, YU6DZ, ZD8Q, ZD8WX, ZF2JO, ZK1YAQ, ZK2VF.<br />

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02 September 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

7Q - Once again Ely, IN3VZE will be active as 7Q7CE from Malawi from<br />

18<br />

September to 6 October. He plans to operate SSB on 80-10 metres.<br />

QSL<br />

via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IN3VZE]<br />

CT3 - Kresimir, 9A7K (http://www.9a7k.com) will be in Funchal,<br />

Madeira<br />

Islands (AF-014) until 4 September. He operates as CT3/9A7K from<br />

the<br />

CS3MAD radio club and the QTH of Jose, CT3HG. QSL via 9A7K.<br />

[TNX<br />

9A6JYL]<br />

E5 - Ken, ZL4HU will be active as E51KH from Rarotonga (OC-013),<br />

South<br />

Cook Islands between 7 and 22 September. He plans to operate on<br />

20<br />

metres SSB. QSL direct to home call. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

F - Gilles/F5JPG, Michel/F5UTL, Dominique/F1CNB, Luis/F5THW<br />

and<br />

Juan/F5IRC will operate as TM2P from Pilier Island (EU-064)<br />

and<br />

lighthouse on 8-10 September. QSL via F5IRC. [TNX F5NQL]<br />

FT - Gildas, TU5KG will return to the French Southern Territories<br />

around<br />

10 September. His destination is not confirmed - it could be<br />

either<br />

Crozet (FT5WL) or Kerguelen (FT5XP) - and the length of stay is<br />

not<br />

known (at all events, he should be back in France by December).<br />

QSL<br />

via F4EFI. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

GD - Lars, DF1LON and Georg, DL1ECG will operate as MD0LON and<br />

MD0ECG<br />

from the Isle of Man (EU-116) on 7-11 September. QSL via home<br />

calls.<br />

They will participate in the WAE SSB Contest (9-10 September)<br />

as<br />

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GD6IA (QSL direct). [TNX www.rsgbiota.org and DL1ECG]<br />

GI - Special event station GB5BIG will be active on 2 September for<br />

the<br />

Broad Island Gathering at Ballycarry, Co. Antrim, Northern<br />

Ireland.<br />

This annual event celebrates the cultural and historic links<br />

with<br />

the people of Scotland. QSL via GI2BX. [TNX F5NQL]<br />

HK0 - Gerd, DL7VOG will celebrate his 60th birthday operating as HK0GU<br />

for<br />

the fourth time. On 9-14 November he will be active as HK0GU/1<br />

from<br />

Isla del Pirata in the Rosario Islands (SA-040); then, from<br />

15<br />

November to 1 December, he will be signing HK0GU from<br />

Isla<br />

Providencia (NA-049). He plans to operate CW and RTTY plus some<br />

SSB<br />

on all bands (160 metres included), depending on propagation.<br />

QSL<br />

via home call, direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau<br />

cards<br />

can be sent to hk0gu@dl7vog.de). Further details can be found<br />

at<br />

www.qsl.net/hk0gu or www.qslnet.de/hk0gu [TNX DL7VOG]<br />

ON - The Verviers Radio Amateur Group will operate as ON4USA from<br />

the<br />

WWII American Military Cemetery at Henri-Chapelle on 9-10<br />

September.<br />

QSL via ON4GDV. Further information can be found<br />

at<br />

www.qsl.net/on4usa [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

OZ - Klaus, DJ4JI will be active as OZ/DJ4JI from Bornholm<br />

Island<br />

(EU-030, BO-001 for the Danish Islands Award) on 3-13 September.<br />

He<br />

plans to operate on 80, 40 and 20 metres, SSB only. QSL via<br />

home<br />

call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

OZ - Look for Frank, OZ/DL2SWW and Gabi, OZ/DF9TM to be active from<br />

Laeso<br />

Island (EU-088) on 3-15 September. They plan to operate CW and<br />

SSB<br />

on 80-10 metres, possibly on 160 metres CW and 6 metres as well.<br />

QSL<br />

via home calls. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

OZ - Andy, DL4OK/NX1S will be active as OZ/NX1S from Romo Island (EU-<br />

125)<br />

on 9-16 September. He expect to operate mostly on 40 and 20<br />

metres.<br />

QSL via DL4OK, direct or bureau. [TNX DL4OK]<br />

SV - Tomas, LY1F will operate mostly CW as SV8/LY1F from three EU-<br />

075<br />

islands (namely Agkistri, Moni and Aigina) on 1-3 September. QSL<br />

via<br />

bureau to LY1F. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

SV - Dimitrios, SV2BWC will operate on 10. 40 and 20 metres SSB and CW<br />

as<br />

J48LEK from Lesvos Island (EU-049) and other satellite islands<br />

on<br />

1-7 September. QSL via SV2BWC. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

XE - Fernando, EA1CNF reports he will operate as XE1/EA1CNF from


Mexico<br />

on 2-9 September. QSl via home call, direct or bureau.<br />

YB - Special event station YE9BALI will be active on all bands CW and<br />

SSB<br />

from Bali Island (OC-022) on 5-10 September for the Bali<br />

Ham<br />

Festival 2006. QSL via YB9BU. [TNX YB9BU]<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (August 2006) is now available at<br />

http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/monthly/. Articles and pictures should be sent to<br />

Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).<br />

<strong>425</strong> TOOLBAR ---> The <strong>425</strong> Toolbar [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 794] has already been installed by<br />

619 users and the number of operations performed is over 88000 since the<br />

release. Further information and free download at http://<strong>425</strong>.ourtoolbar.com/<br />

(no personal information is required) [TNX I1-21171/IZ1CRR]<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS ---> Toma, YU1AB reports that the 4O3AB and 4O3ES operations from<br />

Montenegro (effective 15 August) are acceptable for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit.<br />

<strong>DX</strong> MAGAZINE MOST WANTED SURVEY ---> The <strong>DX</strong> Magazine's annual Most Wanted<br />

Survey is being conducted now through 15 October. The survey form is<br />

available at http://www.dxpub.com/dx_survey2006.html; the complete results<br />

will be published early next year in The <strong>DX</strong> Magazine. The Top 100 will be<br />

posted to web site.<br />

GERMANY ---> Andreas, DE1<strong>DX</strong>X/DO1<strong>DX</strong>X reports that effective 1 September German<br />

DO stations are allowed to operate on 1810-1850 kHz (with 100 W PEP),<br />

1850-1890 kHz (with 75 W PEP), 1890-2000 kHz (with 10 W PEP); on 80, 15 and<br />

10 metres with 100 W PEP, on 2m/70cm with 75 W PEP and on 10 GHZ with 5 W<br />

PEP. German class A licencees are allowed to operate on 7100-7200 kHz with<br />

250 W PEP and on 50 MHz. [TNX K1XN]<br />

HELP NEEDED ---> The 5A7A team is seeking contributions (funds and/or<br />

hardware) from the amateur radio community in order to set up a club station<br />

in Tripoli. They are looking for "a SW-transceiver, microphone, headphones<br />

(or headset), Morse key, GP-vertical, coax cable, and antenna wire". The<br />

<strong>DX</strong>pedition itself is still needing financial support. Please contact<br />

5a7a@gmx.de and visit their web site at http://5a7a.gmxhome.de/ [TNX DJ7IK]<br />

IRCS FOR SALE ---> Bob Schenck, N2OO has a limited number of IRCs (expiring<br />

on 31 December 2006) for sale at a reduced price (sales will support 3Y0X).<br />

Details at http://www.peterone.com/ircs.htm<br />

NC<strong>DX</strong>F ---> At its Board of Directors meeting on 26 August, the Northern<br />

California <strong>DX</strong> Foundation re-elected the following officers and directors: Len<br />

Geraldi/K6ANP (President), Al Burnham/K6RIM (Vice President), Tom<br />

McShane/NW6P (Secretary), Bruce Butler/W6OSP (Trasurer), Rusty Epps/W6OAT,<br />

Dave Pugatch/KI6WF, Chuck Ternes/N6OJ, Glenn Vinson/W6OTC, Steve<br />

Merchant/K6AW, Ken Anderson/K6TA and Tim Totten/N4GN (Directors). Information<br />

pertaining to the Northern California <strong>DX</strong> Foundation is available at<br />

http://www.ncdxf.org/<br />

QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Francesco D'Esposito, IK8OZP is willing to offer<br />

his services to stations in need. He can be contacted at ik8ozp@yahoo.it<br />

THAILAND ---> John, HS1CHB is co-ordinating with the National<br />

Telecommunications Commission on impending permission to operate on the WARC<br />

bands and low-bands on a temporary basis until the end of the year [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N<br />

788]. His latest progress report is not encouraging. Apparently, officials<br />

now say that they need to wait for the National Broadcasting Commission to be<br />

formed before they can do this. In the meantime the low bands may be<br />

activated during contests on weekends as before. [TNX G4UZN/HS0ZGH]<br />

+ SILENT KEYS + The Daily <strong>DX</strong> reports a few friends left us over the last<br />

couple of weeks. Harri Mantila, OH6YF/OH6Y at 39 years of age; Bud Voortman,


ZS1B (aka ZS23I from AF-077, ZS26BI from AF-079, ZS31ER from AF-085, ZD9/ZS1B<br />

from AF-029 and AF-030, ZS7B from Antarctica); former US Ambassador Armin<br />

Henry Meyer, W3ACE (YI2AN, OD5AX, YA1AM, EP3AM and JH1YDR).<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

QSL DB: Boye Christensen, OZ7C has updated his QSL DBase (which<br />

now<br />

contains 390,333 unique records) for Packet Cluster. The<br />

package<br />

can be downloaded at http://www.ddxg.dk/oz7c/; a web based<br />

search machine can be found at www.ddxg.dk/oz7c [TNX OZ7C,<br />

oz7c@qsl.net]<br />

QSL GALLERY: The large collection of QSL cards (3600+) on Les Nouvelle<br />

<strong>DX</strong>'s<br />

web site has been updated. Eight different galleries<br />

include<br />

cards for each of the 58 deleted <strong>DX</strong>CC entities (650+ QSLs),<br />

the<br />

ten Most Wanted <strong>DX</strong>CC Entities (120+ QSLs), obsolete<br />

prefixes<br />

(1300+ QSLs), Antarctic bases (500+ QSLs) & TAAF<br />

(Terres<br />

Australes and Antarctiques Francaises, 200+ QSLs), pre-<br />

1945<br />

countries (200+ QSLs) and French Departments, USA before<br />

1945.<br />

Several cards are still needed and your participation<br />

is<br />

encouraged - please visit http://LesNouvelles<strong>DX</strong>.free.fr and<br />

send<br />

send your comments to LesNouvelles<strong>DX</strong>@free.fr [TNX F6AJA]<br />

TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are<br />

now<br />

available at<br />

http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html.<br />

Please send your scores, as well as any request for<br />

further<br />

information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@ari.it)<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />

===================================================================<br />

3V8SM F8DVD EM90BL UY5BQ OH0AZ OH0JFB<br />

3W2TXR JA2TXR EN15EIU UT4EK OJ0/EC3ADC EB2AYV<br />

3XD2Z UA6JR EN15F UR5FEO ON4OSLN ON5RKN<br />

3XM6JR UA6JR EN15P UR4PWL OY/DL2RMC DL2RMC<br />

3Z0RS SP9PZU EO15FF UX0FF OY/DO3MSH DL2RMC<br />

4L4CC RV1CC EO15FT UT0FT OZ0MF/LH DH1LAO<br />

4N3A KP2A EO15FY UX0FY P29VR W7LFA<br />

4O6<strong>DX</strong> K8LEE EO15ID US7IGF P29ZAD N5FTR<br />

5H3AA K6EID ER15MD ER1DA P29ZAD N5FTR


5N6EAM IK2IQD ES15L ES6PZ R1ANF/P RK1PWA<br />

5R8UO DF8UO EX15ID EX8AB R375I RK9CYA<br />

5V7BR F2VX FO/M0RAA JH6RTO R3K RN3DK<br />

6W1SE JR2KDN GB0GRA/P M0JHW R6B RZ6APF<br />

7P8JF DL7JAN GB2ELH MM5PSL RI1NU RN1NU<br />

7S6LGT SK6NL GB2FCL G4NOK RK6LWA/p RZ6MF<br />

8S30JC SK7JC GB2FL M3ZYZ RV7AA NT2X<br />

8S6TYL SM6AFA GB2LBN GM4UYZ S9SS N4JR<br />

8S6VAN SM6JSM GB2LT GM0JHF SK7<strong>DX</strong> SM7<strong>DX</strong>Q<br />

9A/TA3J pirate GB2SLH G0GFL SN2NP SP2BIK<br />

9A150NT 9A6AA GB2TER G4NOK SX8B SV8CYV<br />

9A8TQF HB9TQF GC0GRC/p G0RCI T68G LA4YW<br />

9G1YK PA3ERA GC7GRC/p G0RCI T96Q T93Y<br />

A25VB UA4WHX GJ5XW/P G5XW TA4ZT DK1AR<br />

A7/G0MKT NM7H HO1L HP1IBF TF/DL2RMC DL2RMC<br />

CE2F CE3HDI HP1WW EA4BQ TK/F5MCC F3GJ<br />

CE2P EA5KB HR1AAB EA7FTR TM5F F1IKA<br />

CN2CP OM3CPH II4GOR IK3MZS TM5UJY F5FAB<br />

CN8SG EA7FTR IP5P IQ5BA TX5T DL2RUM<br />

CO8LY EA7ADH IQ8PZ/p IK8IFW TY5ZR IK2IQD<br />

CU2<strong>DX</strong> CU2AA IU1DCI IK1QFM UA0AV W3HNK<br />

CV8T CX1TA IU2FV IQ2MI UE0ARD RX0AT<br />

CX3CCC CX2ABC J28JA F5JFU UE1RLH/6 RA1QY<br />

CX7TT K5WW JW5E LA5NM UE9JRI RV9JD<br />

DA2006LH DG0UFA JW6IKA LA6IKA UM15UZ UK8AR<br />

DF0HC DJ5KP JY4NE K3IRV UN7AB DL8KAC<br />

DL/ON6JUN/p ON5SD K4A K4LTA UP1AF UN7AL<br />

DL0FFF DL2RPS K7A K6HFA V55O DJ4LK<br />

DR06XVI DM6HK K8E N8MR VE1OTA/9 VE1VOX<br />

DS2QEI HL0IHQ K8G K8PT VP8DIZ G7KMZ<br />

DT8A HL2FDW KH2E JE1HJA VP8DJB F5PFP<br />

DZ50HBC DU1HBC KP3RE KP4RD VP8LGT VP8ON<br />

ED1KEH EA1EAU LA/DB5YB DB5YB W5BOS/AL0 N6AWD<br />

ED1LHA EA1AST LR3<strong>DX</strong> LU7DSY XF4/G4TOL pirate<br />

ED1LSI EA1AUO LR7E LU4DQ XM2CBF VE2CKC<br />

ED8GCF EA8AKN LU2FLN EA5KB XV3EKK JA1EKK<br />

EE1JRA EA1RKA LU7YZ EA7FTR YM125ATA TA3YJ<br />

EK6LP IK2DUW LZ1900K LZ1BJ YR50A YO5KAI<br />

EM15FA/P UT2FA MM0MWW/p GM0IFM ZL6LH ZL1VK<br />

EM15FEL UR5FEL OD5NF HB9CRV ZP6CW ZP6CU<br />

EM15II UT2II OD5QT YO3FRI ZS1RBI ZS1DUP<br />

EM50C UT7CWW OD5TE K3IRV ZX7NTL PS7<strong>DX</strong><br />

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CX1TA P.O. Box 29, 27000 Rocha, Uruguay<br />

DB5YB Juergen Gellert, Ravensberger Strasse 13, 32584 Loehne, Germany<br />

DL2RMC Thomas Hitzner, Anton-Moosmuller-Str. 1, D-84791 Reischach, Germany<br />

ER1DA Valery Metaxa, P.O. Box 3000, Chisinau, MD-2071, Moldova<br />

EX8AB Narynbek Djunushev, P.O. Box 2677, 13802 Tallinn, Estonia<br />

F5JFU Pierre Desseneux, Le Bourg, F-58140 St Martin du Puy, France<br />

F8DVD Francois Bergez, 6 Rue de la Liberte, F-71000 Macon, France<br />

GM0IFM Colin Blunn, Tiree, Rendall, Orkney, KW17 2PB, United Kingdom<br />

IF9ZWA Michele Rotolo, Via Cavasino, 91010 Marettimo - TP, Italy<br />

K6HFA Hubert R Clark, 545 West Vassar Ave, Fresno, CA 93705, USA<br />

K8PT Pete Treml, 725 W. Magnetic St., Marquette, MI 49855, USA<br />

LU7DSY Carlos Almiron, P.O. Box 709, 8000 Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires,<br />

Argentina


LU9DA Ricardo Suarez, Calle Roca 3678, 7600 Mar del Plata, Argentina<br />

N8MR Michael Rudzki, 14071 Fairway, Livonia, MI 48154-5227, USA<br />

ON5RKN Susanne Ronny, Duinkerkestraat 16, 8620 Nieuwpoort, Belgium<br />

T93Y Boris Knezovic, P.O. Box 59, Sarajevo BA-71000, Bosnia and<br />

Herzegovina<br />

US7IGF Slava Shevchenko, P.O. Box 591, Slavyansk-12, Donetsk obl. 84112,<br />

Ukraine<br />

UT4EK Olexander M. Senchurov, P.O. Box 1669, Kryvy Rig, 50038, Ukraine<br />

VP8ON Donald Betts, P.O. Box 809, Stanley, Falkland Islands, FIQQ-1ZZ,<br />

South<br />

Atlantic<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #801<br />

09 September 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

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Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

>>> LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS 2007


9H - A large group of Dutch amateurs will be going to Qawra,<br />

Malta<br />

(EU-023) for their 19th holiday/<strong>DX</strong>pedition. They will operate<br />

on<br />

80-6 metres (possibily also on 160m) CW, SSB and digital modes<br />

as<br />

9H0VRZ (QSL via PB9ZR) between 9 September and 3 October.<br />

The<br />

operators will be PE1NGF (9H3X), PA0BEA (9H3IE), PA0XYL<br />

(9H3XYL),<br />

PE2HSB (9H3HS), PG9W (9H3ON), PE1OFJ (9H3YM), PB9ZR (9H3ZR),<br />

PA1SL<br />

(9H3AB) and PA3CUZ (9H3YN). QSL for the individual 9H3s via<br />

home<br />

calls. They will also be active on 20 metres during the WAE<br />

SSB<br />

Contest using 9H9PA (QSL via PH2M). [TNX PH2M]<br />

C9 - Marq, CT1BWW will be active as C91BWW from Maputo,<br />

Mozambique<br />

bewteen 24 September and 7 October, and as C98BWW from<br />

Bazaruto<br />

Island (AF-072) on 7-14 October. He plans to operate on 160-6<br />

metres<br />

CW, SSB, RTTY, SSTV, PSK31 and FM. Further information and online<br />

logs at http://www.geocities.com/c98bww. QSL via CT1BWW.<br />

EA - Ten operators (EA3AXZ, EA3CXY, EA3DTD, EA3EIQ, EA3ESZ,<br />

EA3EVR,<br />

EA3GHZ, EC3AKY, EA3IM and EA5EOR) will be active as EF3IB from<br />

Buda<br />

Island (not IOTA, DIE E-004) and Cabo Tortosa Lighthouse<br />

(ARLHS<br />

SPA-050, FEA E-0377) on 9-10 September. QSL via EC3AKY, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX EA3GHZ]<br />

F - Chris, F8EUK will be active as F8EUK/p from Houat Island (EU-<br />

048)<br />

between 10 and 17 September. He plans to operate CW on 30, 20,<br />

17<br />

and 15 metres, with some SSB on 20 metres. All of the QSOs will<br />

be<br />

confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

F - Weather permitting, Jacques/F5JY, Daniel/F5LGQ and Alain/F6BFH will<br />

be active as homecall/p from Cordouan Island (EU-159) and<br />

lighthouse<br />

from around 16 UTC on 14 September until around 12 UTC on the<br />

15th.<br />

They plan to operate CW and SSB on 40, 30, 20, 17 and 15 metres.<br />

QSL<br />

via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]<br />

F - Special event station TM8ANG will be active on 22-23 September<br />

for<br />

the French Naval Air Force air show to be held at Nimes-Garons.<br />

QSL<br />

via bureu to F6KQK. [TNX F5PHW]<br />

FO - Pierre, F5JFU will operate holiday style on 10, 15 and 20<br />

metres<br />

(maybe also on 40m) CW, SSB and maybe RTTY as FO/F5JFU from<br />

French<br />

Polynesia from 21 October to 19 November. He will visit<br />

three<br />

islands: Tahiti (OC-O46, DIFO FO-002), Moorea (OC-046, DIFO FO-


010)<br />

and Bora-Bora (OC-O67, DIFO FO-003). QSL via home call, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX F5NQL]<br />

GM - The Sands Contest Group (M0SCG) will be active as MS0SCG from<br />

the<br />

Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides (EU-008) on 24-29 September.<br />

They<br />

hope to be operational on most modes and most HF bands. [TNX G0YLM]<br />

I - Walter, IN3XUG reports he will operate SSB as IF9/IN3XUG<br />

from<br />

Levanzo Island (EU-054, IIA TP-009) on 7-13 September. QSL<br />

via<br />

bureau to IN3XUG.<br />

I - Special station II8MM will be active on 11-17 September for<br />

the<br />

second Mediterraneo <strong>DX</strong> Clu b HF<br />

Convention<br />

(www.mdxc.org/meeting.asp), which will be held at Nola (Napoli)<br />

on<br />

16-17 September. QSL via IZ8FBS, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW]<br />

I - Two teams of operators from A.R.M.I. (Associazione<br />

Radioamatori<br />

Marinai Italiani,http://www.assoradiomarinai.tk) and ARI La<br />

Spezia<br />

will operate special event stations II1ARU (QSL via IS0PGF)<br />

and<br />

II1ARD (QSL via IS0S<strong>DX</strong>) from 28 September to 1 October (from 6 to<br />

20<br />

UTC). On 28-29 September the operations will take place from<br />

aboard<br />

guided missile destroyers "Audace" and "Ardito", on 30 September<br />

and<br />

1 October from the Italian Navy Base at La Spezia.<br />

Further<br />

information on the evnt and the relevant certificate can be found<br />

at<br />

www.qrz.com under the two callsigns. [TNX IT9MRM]<br />

JT - Zdenek/OK1CCK, Josef/OK1ES, Milan/OK1FM and Josef/OK1XC will<br />

be<br />

active as JT800OK from Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia from 8 September to<br />

8<br />

October. They plan to operate on 160-10 metres CW, SSB, RTTY,<br />

PSK31<br />

and SSTV. QSL via OK1XC. On-line logs will be available<br />

at<br />

http://www.shop73.com/jt800ok [TNX OK1FM]<br />

LA - Look for LN3Z to participate in the 2006 Scandinavian<br />

Activity<br />

Contest (SAC) CW on 16-17 September as a Multi-Single entry. QSL<br />

via<br />

LA9VDA. Full details on the contest can be found<br />

at<br />

http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/sacnsc.htm<br />

LA - Tom (DL1DVE) and Mike (DL3VTA) will be active from an island in<br />

the<br />

EU-055 group on 10-15 October. They plan to operate on the HF<br />

bands<br />

CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31 with 100 watts and several wire<br />

antennas.<br />

[TNX DL3VTA]<br />

OH0 - Hadi, DJ2PJ will be active again as OH0JWH from Eckeroe,


Aland<br />

Islands (EU-002) from 26 September to 8 October. He plans to<br />

focus<br />

on the low bands, especially 160 metres, and to operate CW<br />

and<br />

digital modes. QSL via DJ2PJ, direct or bureau (e-mail requests<br />

for<br />

bureau cards can be sent to oh0@dj2pj.de). [TNX NG3K]<br />

OZ - Look for Bernd, OZ/DL8AAV/p to be active from Laeso Island (EU-<br />

088)<br />

on 17-30 September. He plans to operate CW and SSB on 80-10<br />

metres.<br />

QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

SV - Marco, IK1RAE will operate as SV8/IK1RAE/p from the islands<br />

of<br />

Corfu, Antipaxoi and Paxoi (all count for EU-052) on 9-16<br />

September.<br />

Look for activity on 7045, 14245, 18145 and 21245 kHz. [TNX IW1DQS]<br />

SV5 - Drew, GM3YOR will be active as SV5/GM3YOR from Chalki<br />

Island,<br />

Dodecanese (EU-001) from 21 September to 4 October. This will be<br />

a<br />

CW only holiday style operation, depending on conditions and<br />

time<br />

available. [TNX GM3YOR]<br />

T8 - Toshikazu, JE1SYN (T88YN) and Toshio, JP1IOF (T88AS) will be<br />

active<br />

from Koror (OC-009), Palau on 21-24 September. They plan to<br />

operate<br />

with two stations on 80-6 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and FM. QSL via<br />

home<br />

calls. [TNX JF1OCQ]<br />

TA - Sei, JF1SQC/KH0DQ will operate SSb, CW and possibily RTTY<br />

as<br />

TA4/KH0DQ from Turkey on 9-15 September, WAE SSB Contest<br />

included.<br />

QSL via JF1SQC. [TNX ODPX Bulletin]<br />

TK - EA3CUU, EA4BT, EA7AAW, EA7JB, EA7LS and EB4EPJ will operate<br />

on<br />

160-10 metres CW, SSB and RTTY from Corsica from 28 September to<br />

6<br />

October. On-line logs will be available at http://www.dx4dx.com.<br />

QSL<br />

via EA4BT, direct or bureau. [TNX EA4BT]<br />

TU - Jean-Luc, F5LDY left Paris on 4 September and will stay in<br />

Ivory<br />

Coast through August 2007. He has been authorized to operate<br />

as<br />

TU2/F5LDY and he plans to be active on 160-10 metres CW and<br />

SSB,<br />

hopefully with some RTTY. QSL via F1CGN (Fabrice Plet, 58<br />

Avenue<br />

Rene Lebail, 91210 Draveil, France). On-line logs and updates<br />

will<br />

be available at http://f5kee.free.fr/tu2-f5ldy/tu2ldy.htm<br />

[TNX<br />

F5NQL]<br />

UA - RA6AU, RA6UF, UA6VY and RU6UR will operate on 40-10 metres CW<br />

and<br />

SSB as either UE6WAA and/or homecall/6 from Nordovyj Island in<br />

the<br />

Caspain Sea (not IOTA, RRA RR-18-New One) on 9-10 September.


QSL<br />

UE6WAA via RA6AU, others via home call. [TNX RZ3EM]<br />

UA - RN1CW, RN1CX, UA1CBW and UA1CIO will operate as either<br />

UE1RLH/1<br />

and/or homecall/p from a couple of lighthouses on 16<br />

September<br />

(Shepelevskiy, ARLHS ERU-007, RLHA RLE-007) and 17<br />

Septenber<br />

(Ustinskiy, ARLHS ERU-143, RLHA RLE-072). QSL UE1RLH/1 via<br />

RA1QY,<br />

others via home calls. [TNX RN1CW]<br />

V5 - Pierre, HB9QQ will be visitng Namibia on 7-30 September and<br />

will<br />

operate as V5/HB9QQ on 30, 17 and 12 metres. QSL via home call.<br />

[TNX<br />

HB9PL]<br />

W - The Kings County Repeater Association (KC2RA) sponsors the<br />

annual<br />

September 11th Memorial Event, which this year will tale place on<br />

10<br />

September from 9 to 15 local time. Expect activity on 21315,<br />

14305,<br />

7230 and 3880 kHz. QSL to KC2RA 911 Special Event, P.O. Box<br />

280288,<br />

Brooklyn, NY 11228-0228. Further information at<br />

http://www.kc2ra.com<br />

[TNX IZ1CRR]<br />

W - The Anaheim Police ARC (W6APD) will operate (on 1<strong>425</strong>3, 18150,<br />

21350,<br />

24950 and 28450 kHz) as K6P on 10-17 September for the POW-<br />

MIA<br />

Remembrance Day. QSL via KM6HB. [TNX KM6HB]<br />

W - Bob, W2IK will operate special event station W2IK/WTC911 on<br />

11<br />

September in memory of those who lost their lives during the<br />

World<br />

Trade Center disaster. Expect activity on 15, 20 and 40 metres<br />

SSB.<br />

W2IK was the first callsign to be aired from Ground Zero (read<br />

the<br />

story at http://hometown.aol.com/realhamradio/). A special<br />

QSL<br />

certificate will be available from W2IK (Robert J. Hejl, P.O.<br />

Box<br />

6731, San Antonio, TX 78209, USA). [TNX F5NQL]<br />

XF4 - A large group of operators from Mexico (XE1AY, XE1FRF,<br />

XE1FXF,<br />

XE1FXM, XE1FXZ, XE1GRR, XE1HBU, XE1MMB, XE1UN, XE2K) and<br />

Germany<br />

(DF7TH, DJ5IW, DK2WV, DL1YFF, DL3<strong>DX</strong>X, DL8LE) will operate on<br />

all<br />

bands and modes (EME and satellite included) as XF4DL from<br />

Isla<br />

Socorro (NA-030), Revillagigedo from 17 October to 3 November.<br />

They<br />

plan to have up to five stations operating simultaneously, and<br />

to<br />

focus on the WARC and low bands, and on digital modes (RTTY<br />

and<br />

PSK63). Further information can be found<br />

at<br />

http://www.xf4dl.xedx.org/. Weather permitting, at the end of


the<br />

operation they will be active "for several hours" as XF4K<br />

from<br />

Clarion Island (NA-115). QSL via XE1KK (Mexico only), N6AWD (rest<br />

of<br />

the Americas) or DL9NDS (rest of the world). Contributions to<br />

help<br />

defray the significant costs of this <strong>DX</strong>pedition will be<br />

gratefully<br />

accepted; please contact DL8LE or XE2K for details. [TNX XE2K<br />

and<br />

DL8LE]<br />

CENTRAL AMERICA TOUR ---> Larry, WO0Z will be active as P40LL from Aruba<br />

(SA-036) from 30 September to 6 October, and as V31LL from Belize on 7-21<br />

October. He plans to operate on 80-10 metres CW, SSB, and perhaps RTTY. QSL<br />

via home call. [TNX WO0Z]<br />

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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

QSL 9J2BO ---> Mike, G3TEV says that because of "the extremely high cost of<br />

getting bureau cards due to the recently greatly increased mail charges in<br />

the UK, I will not be accepting bureau cards for 9J2BO". Please refrain from<br />

sending cards by this route "as they will not get an answer".<br />

QSL YZ6AMD ---> The new QSL route for contacts made from 1 September 2006 is<br />

via EA7FTR. [TNX K1XN and the Golist]<br />

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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

IIA: The Italian Island Award list and DBase, as well as the<br />

relevant<br />

software, are available at http://www.ari.it/hf/diplomi/<br />

LOGS: On-line logs for VP8DJB (Rothera Station on Adelaide Island, AN-<br />

001)<br />

are now available at http://f5nod.chezalice.fr/antarctica_vp8djb.html<br />

(the VP8DJB/P QSOs made on 4 February 2006 from Fossil Bluff<br />

on<br />

Alexander Island, AN-018, are also listed there). [TNX F5NOD]<br />

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8MM, 3D2AV, 3G1M (SA-069), 3G1P<br />

(SA-085), 3W2LWS, 3XY7C, 3Y0X, 4J5A, 4KR60S, 4L8A, 4O6<strong>DX</strong>, 5B4FL, 5T5U, 5W0DP,<br />

5W0JB, 6L0NJ/4 (AS-084), 6W/F6ELE, 6W/HA3AUI, 6W/RW3TN, 6W2SC, 6Y1V, 9G5A,<br />

9G5UR, 9K2HN, 9M4SEB (OC-295), 9M6XRO, 9N7JO, 9V1JA, 9Z4FZ, A45WD, A45XR,<br />

BD1WC, BD4ALC/5 (AS-137), BY4RSA/4 (AS-150), C56W, C5<strong>DX</strong>C, C6<strong>DX</strong>, C91JR, C91TK,<br />

D2<strong>DX</strong>, E51JD, ER/UT5U<strong>DX</strong>, EY8MM, FG/JJ2RCJ, FP/DJ2VO, FP/VE7SV, FY1FL, GW3KHZ/P<br />

(EU-106), H40HL, H44HL, HB0/T93Y, HC3/KD6WW (SA-034), HC4/KD6WW (SA-033),<br />

HC8N, HQ9F, HS0ZEE, HS2SL, J37K, J5UAP, J68AS, JJ1JGI/4 (AS-041), KH6ZM,<br />

KH7X, KH8SI, KL7WV, LU/F2JD, NY3A (NA-140), OA4/DL5YWM, OC5I (SA-073),


P29ZAD, PS0S, PT7AZ, PY0S/PS7JN, PZ5PI (SA-092), R1AND, R1ANF, R1ANP,<br />

RZ0IWZ/p (AS-059), S01R, T30AV, T99C, TA3J/0 (AS-115), TF4M, TJ1AM, TM0HQ,<br />

TR8CA, UK8AJ, UU4JXM/P (EU-180), V44KJ, V47/AB2RF, V73Z (OC-029), VI9NI,<br />

VK9LNO, VP2MRT, VP8/LZ2UU, VP8DIZ, VU3RYE, VU4AN/VU3PLM, VU4AN/VU3RSB,<br />

VU4AN/VU3RWN, VU4AN/VU3RYC, VU4AN/VU3SIB, VU4AN/VU3TLY, W4KFT (NA-112), XR2G<br />

(SA-086), XR9A, XW3DT, YE6N (OC-161), YE6P (OC-270), YI9LZ, YU6AO, YZ6AMD.<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #802<br />

16 September 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

9A - A group of operators from radio clubs "Karlovac" and "Duga<br />

Resa"<br />

will be active as 9A1C from Zut (EU-170) and possibily other<br />

nearby<br />

islands on 15-17 September. Look for activity on 40 and 20<br />

metres<br />

SSB. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

9A - Once again Zik, VE3ZIK (http://www.qslnet.de/ve3zik) will<br />

operate<br />

as 9A/VE3ZIK from Bilice, Croatia from 15 September to 1<br />

October.<br />

He might also go and operate as 9A/VE3ZIK/p from an island in<br />

the<br />

EU-170 IOTA group. QSL via DL3PS, direct or through the DARC<br />

bureau<br />

(e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to<br />

zik@tiscali.de).<br />

[TNX VE3ZIK]<br />

9A - Livio/9A3KS and Tom/9A2AA plan to operate from various islands<br />

in<br />

the EU-110 IOTA group starting on 19 September. QSL via home<br />

calls.<br />

[TNX 9A2AA]<br />

C9 - Marq, CT1BWW will be signing C91BWW from Maputo, Mozambique on 3-<br />

7<br />

October (not 24 September, <strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N #801). His C98BWW activity<br />

from<br />

Bazaruto (AF-072) is confirmed to take place on 7-14 October.<br />

QSL<br />

via home call.<br />

GW & VK - The Wales to Wahroonga special event stations will be operating<br />

on<br />

22 September, celebrating the first radio message from Britain<br />

to<br />

Australia, sent by Marconi in Carnarvon (Wales) to Ernest Fisk<br />

in<br />

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Bulletins' Index


Wahroonga (NSW) on 22 September 1918. From Australia, VK2WAH<br />

will<br />

be active on 80-10 metres, while GB2VK will be operating from<br />

the<br />

original Marconi Transatlantic Station in Carnarvon. [TNX VK2YJS]<br />

I - ARI Torino and the Wave Master Team will operate as IU1WFC<br />

between<br />

15 September and 15 October for the World Fencing<br />

Championship<br />

(http://www.escrime-torino2006.com/). QSL via IZ1GCZ, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX IW1FGZ]<br />

I - Special station IU9MK will be active on 17 September from<br />

near<br />

Palermo, Sicily celebrating the "Kolbe Day 2006". Fr.<br />

Maximilian<br />

Kolbe, SP3RN, was a Polish Franciscan friar who volunteered to<br />

die<br />

in place of a family father in the Nazi Auschwitz<br />

concentration<br />

camp. [TNX Info-Radio by I1SCL]<br />

I - Several COTA (Carabinieri On The Air, http://www.cota.cc) members<br />

will operate special station II7CC for the XVII national meeting<br />

of<br />

the Associazione Nazionale Carabinieri to be held in Bari on 22-<br />

24<br />

September. QSL via IZ8DDG, direct or bureau.<br />

JA - Look for JA4NVY/4 to be active from Naga Island (AS-117,<br />

JIIA<br />

AS-117-022), Hiroshima Prefecture on 17-18 September. QSL via<br />

home<br />

call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />

JW - Karl, LA8DW and Nils, LA8XU will be active as JW8DW and JW8XU<br />

from<br />

Longyearbyen (EU-026), Svalbard from 25 September to 1<br />

October.<br />

They will operate SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31 from the JW5E<br />

club<br />

station. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau.<br />

PA - Special station PA400RVR is active until 16 September to<br />

celebrate<br />

the 400th anniversary of the birth of Rembrandt van Rijn,<br />

the<br />

famous painter. QSL via PD0NTB. [TNX F5NQL]<br />

PA - Special callsign PC6NHW will be aired on 16-24 September<br />

to<br />

commemorate the "New Dutch Waterline" defence system built<br />

nearby<br />

Utrecht during the XIX century. QSL via bureau to PA3CNX.<br />

[TNX<br />

PA3CNX]<br />

SM - Anders/SM3XGV, Classe/SM3GSK, Jorgen/SM3CXS and Staffan/SM3JGG<br />

will<br />

operate CW and SSB as SG3U from Grimskar Island (EU-176)<br />

from<br />

around 16 UTC on 22 September until around 11 UTC on the 24th.<br />

QSL<br />

via SM3CXS (bureau preferred). [TNX SM3CXS]<br />

SV - A group of operators from the SV <strong>DX</strong>-Group<br />

(John/SV1GE,<br />

George/SV1RP, Stelios/SV1AAU, Chris/SV2DGH,<br />

Takis/SV2FWV,


Daniel/SV1JCZ, John/SV0XAD and Paul/DH9VA) will be active as<br />

SY8GE<br />

from Kythera Island (EU-113) from 23 September through 1<br />

October.<br />

They plan to operate on all bands SSB, CW, RTTY and BPSK31. QSL<br />

via<br />

SV2DGH. Further information, on-line log included, can be found<br />

at<br />

http://www.sv2dgh.com/sy8ge [TNX SV2DGH]<br />

SV5 - Drew, GM3YOR will be operate holiday style CW only as<br />

SV5/GM3YOR<br />

from Chalki, Dodecanese (EU-001) from 21 September to 4<br />

October.<br />

[TNX GM3YOR]<br />

VE - Steve, VE2TKH will be in Iqaluit, Baffin Island (NA-047, Zone<br />

2)<br />

until June 2007 for a nine-month contract as a French<br />

language<br />

assistant. He currently active on 20 metres as VY0ICE and will<br />

try<br />

to operate on as many other bands as possible (6 to 80 metres).<br />

QSL<br />

direct to VE2AWR (Serge Langlois, 1291 Du Comte, Charlesbourg,<br />

QC<br />

G2L 1B8, Canada).<br />

W - Leroy, N7EIE will operate as N7EIE/m from Whidbey Island (NA-<br />

065)<br />

on 17 September. He says he will be on the island "from 16.00<br />

Z<br />

until I run the pile-up on 14.045+/- CW in the Washington<br />

Salmon<br />

Run Contest. I will also try 21.045 CW and 14.275 USB". QSL<br />

via<br />

bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

W - Eric/N8YC, Lynn/WD8JAW, Phil/KG8AP, Brian/K4BRI,<br />

Dennis/KB8ROA,<br />

Pete/KC8BZM, Gerry/KD8ASL and Bob/WB8JHT will operate as K8SCH<br />

from<br />

Deer Isle (NA-055) on 25-29 September. Look for activity on 80,<br />

40,<br />

20, 15 and 10 metres SSB depending on band conditions. QSL<br />

via<br />

K8SCH. [TNX www.rgsbiota.org]<br />

W - A large group of operators from the Tennessee Valley <strong>DX</strong><br />

Association<br />

will be active as W4PL from Emerald Isle (NA-112) from 27<br />

September<br />

to 6 October. They plan to operate CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK-31 on 6-<br />

80<br />

metres. QSL via K4KWK, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

XW - Eugene, RU3<strong>DX</strong> is active as XW8KPL/RU3<strong>DX</strong> from Vientiane, Laos<br />

until<br />

19 September. [TNX XW3DT]<br />

YU6 - Martti, OH2BH is back to Montenegro and will be active as 4O3B<br />

on<br />

various bands (Scandinavian Activity Contest included) through<br />

18<br />

September. QSL via OH2BH. [TNX OH2BN]<br />

ANTARCTIC TOUR ---> Mike Gloistein, GM0HCQ (VP8CMH) left again for Antarctica<br />

onboard the RRS "James Clark Ross" on 4 September, bound for Montevideo<br />

(Uruguay). Mike hopes to be able to operate from South Georgia (VP8SGK) in


October and possibly from Rothera Base VP8ROT (G-07 for the Antarctica Award)<br />

on Adelaide Island (AN-001) in December. Check http://www.gm0hcq.com/ for<br />

regualr updates and daily pictures. QSL via GM0HCQ, direct or bureau.<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

MRASZ QSL BUREAU ---> The new address for the Hungarian QSL Bureau is: MRASZ<br />

QSL Bureau, P.O. Box 144, H-1476 Budapest, Hungary. For further information<br />

please contact the officer in charge, Alex Gyorfi, HA7UW<br />

(mrasz-qsl.bureau@freemail.hu). [TNX HA1AG]<br />

QSL C31LJ ---> Nenad, VE3EXY is the new QSL manager for Peter, C31LJ<br />

(including his other prefixes). The previous QSL manager (Peter's father<br />

Geoffrey Jennings, VE3GEJ) passed away on 30 April 2006. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

QSL T98T ---> All cards can be sent through the T9 QSL bureau, as Robert,<br />

T98U is taking care of them (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to<br />

t98u@teol.net). Direct cards for QSOs made with T98T from Canada and the US<br />

should be sent to Zeljko's address in New Jersey (Zeljko Repic, P.O. Box 703,<br />

Garfield, NJ 07026, USA). Direct cards for all other QSOs can be sent to T98U<br />

(Robert Babec, Plitvicka 7, 78000 Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina). [TNX T98U]<br />

XF4DL ---> The <strong>DX</strong>pedition to Isla Socorro, Revillagigedo [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 801] will<br />

emphasize PSK63 during digital mode operations. "We know that PSK63 is for<br />

sure not one of the very popular modes and very uncommon for a major<br />

<strong>DX</strong>pedition like ours", Juergen, DL8LE says. However, "its excellent<br />

properties" should allow "many more digital mode QSOs than possible in old<br />

standard RTTY". Please visit the Digital Modes page at<br />

http://www.xf4dl.xedx.org for full information.<br />

ZL9BSJ/P ---> Bert, ZL2BSJ did operate from Campbell Island (OC-037) on 10<br />

September.He "works for New Zealand's weather service", The Daily <strong>DX</strong> reports,<br />

"and sails in the Campbell Island area once or twice a year. If he is lucky<br />

and has some spare time he operates from the wharf for a few hours before<br />

heading back out to sea". A similar activity took place back in 2002 (12<br />

September). Last week's operation was cut short by the weather and Bert was<br />

able to log 133 QSOs. QSL via ZL2BSJ.<br />

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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

IK3GES: On-line logs and pictures of Gabriele's IOTA<br />

activities<br />

(1991-2006) can be found at http://www.ik3ges.it/. Gabriele<br />

reports he has processed and mailed all of the direct<br />

requests<br />

received so far (this applies also to the stations he his the<br />

QSL<br />

manager for). All of the outstading QSOs made by him and<br />

IZ3HER/p


will be confirmed automatically via the bureau in late October.<br />

VU7: The official website for the January 2007 Hamfest-<strong>DX</strong>pedition<br />

to<br />

the Lakshadweeps [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 801] is now up and running<br />

at<br />

http://www.vu7.in/<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

******* QSL INFO ********<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

===================================================================<br />

CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />

===================================================================<br />

3Z0MSPO SP7PKI EF8RHG EC8ABQ SU9GD DJ2AVB<br />

3Z0SITG SP9PRO EK6TA DJ0MCZ SV5/PA3GCV PA3GCV<br />

3Z40PZF SP9PTA EL2AR EL2BA T88DB JH1UUT<br />

4A7L WA3HUP FM5WD W3HNK TA0/DJ8QP DJ8QP<br />

4L0G K3PD FT5XP/mm F4EFI TA4/KH0DQ JF1SQC<br />

4O5A YU7AV GB1H MM3LQK TA9F KA4UFT<br />

4U1WB KK4HD GB5BIG GI2BX TM2C F6KUF<br />

4X0T 4Z5FI HA100RADIO HA5KHC TM2P F5IRC<br />

4X4IRS 4X6ZK HC1MD K8LJG TM7BV F6KVD<br />

5H3RK W3/VK4VB HF40PSL SP5PSL TM8C<strong>DX</strong> F5CQ<br />

5N9SJA N0OY HZ1AN DJ9ZB TU2/F5LDY F1CGN<br />

5R8FU SM5DJZ IF9/IN3XUG IN3XUG TX5NK DJ8NK<br />

5R8GT/P DK8ZD II8MM IZ8FBS TX5T DL2RUM<br />

5U7B I2YSB IQ5LV/P I5NZR UE0YDA/P RA0WA<br />

5U7MA VK8ZMA J48LEK SV2BWC UE6WAA RA6AU<br />

5W0YY 7K3BKY J49FD/p SV9KIF UP0L DL8KAC<br />

5W1SA JH7OHF JT800OK OK1XC UU7J UU0JM<br />

5Z4DZ PA1AW K3GV/VY2 K3GV V5/DF3GY DF3GY<br />

5Z4ES K3PD K6P KM6HB V5/HB9QQ HB9QQ<br />

7O1X pirate KH6BB K1ER VE#/F5AHO F5AHO<br />

7P8DJ DL7JAN LU8XW WD9EWK VE#/F5PAC F5PAC<br />

7P8JF DL7JAN LX/ON6RJ ON6RJ VE6QCWA VE6AFO<br />

7P8WO DL7JAN LX/OO7A ON4PVH VK7AAH/5 AA8LL<br />

9H0VRZ PB9ZR LX/OP7A ON4BAG VK7AED/5 K8LIZ<br />

9H3QH PH2M LX/OQ0A ON6UM VQ9JC ND9M<br />

9H3X PE1NGF LZ13ARDF LZ1KZA VQ9JK G4FJK<br />

9H3YM PE1OFJ MD0ECG DL1ECG VY0ICE VE2AWR<br />

9H3YN PA3CUZ MD0LON DF1LON VY2/F5AHO F5AHO<br />

9H3ZR PB9ZR MM0XAU DJ6AU VY2/F5PAC F5PAC<br />

9H9PA PH2M MU0ARC G3LP W2WTC K2HJB<br />

9J2VB UA4WHX OH0PM OH2PM XE1L WA3HUP<br />

9V1YC N5ID OJ0LA LA9VDA XV3DHY JA1DHY<br />

A45WD YO9HP OJ0RJ OH0RJ XV3EKK JA1EKK<br />

A61AB IZ8CLM ON12FORTS ON5VL XW1A E21EIC<br />

A7/M0ECE W5IQS ON4DAMIAN ON4CP (a) YB0ECT K3AIR<br />

A71EM EA7FTR ON4DAMIAN ON4LN (b) YB8TAF EA5KB<br />

B7M BG7LHY ON4USA ON4GDV YE9BALI YB9BU<br />

BP100S BX4AN ON900BN/P ON6NB YI9KT SP8HKT<br />

BY1PK/IK1YDB IK1YDB OZ/NX1S DL4OK YI9RKB SP1RKB<br />

C4M W3HNK PA400RVR PD0NTB YR1A YO3JR<br />

D2<strong>DX</strong> OH2BAD PJ2F LY4F YZ6AMD EA7FTR<br />

DP0EPO DF8KN PJ4LS PA0JLS ZA1E I2MQP<br />

E51KH ZL4HU R860T UA3PM ZB2FX G3RFX


EA5/OO4F/p ON4LO RA9LI/9 UA9LP ZG2FK G3RFX<br />

ED#SDC EA1AUM S50FIRAC S59DZL ZL2MAT K3PD<br />

EE1SDC EA1AUM S79RC IK0PRP ZP8AE EA7FTR<br />

EF1SDC EA1AUM SN0MME SP3KUJ ZW5B W3HC<br />

EF3IB EC3AKY SN100SZ SP9PGB ZX2B PY2MNL<br />

EF8OTR EA8AUW SN63TDP SP4ZHT ZX5J AI4U<br />

(a) bureau (b) direct<br />

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******* ADDRESSES *******<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

8P9NX Peter Cross, 90 Greenpoint, St. Philip, Barbados<br />

CE7AOY Ismael Pizarro, P.O. Box 139, Puerto Aysen, Chile<br />

DL7JAN Jan Foerderer, Alte Poststr. 34, 69254 Malsch, Germany<br />

EL2BA H. Walcott Benjamin, 285 St. Marks Place, Apt. 4D, Staten Island, NY<br />

10301, USA<br />

F1CGN Fabrice Plet, 58 Avenue Rene Lebail, 91210 Draveil, France<br />

F5AHO Jean-Pierre Kaeuffeur, 15 bis chemin des Bucherons, 68400<br />

Riedisheim,<br />

France<br />

F5PAC Joel Sutterlin, 1 rue du Rossberg, 68310 Wittelsheim, France<br />

KM6HB Mark McMullen, P.O.Box 27271, Santa Ana, CA 92799, USA<br />

LA9VDA Trond Johannessen, Helgedalen 13, N-1528 Moss, Norway<br />

LZ1KZA P.O. Box 36, Karlovo, 4300 Bulgaria<br />

OH2BAD Miika Heikinheimo, Kiviojantie 10 C, 04430 Jarvenpaa, Finland<br />

OK1XC Josef Miksatko, Drachov 79, 39201 Sobeslav, Czech Republic<br />

PB9ZR Ruben van der Zwet, Barentszstraat 1, 2161 TJ Lisse, The Netherlands<br />

PD0NTB J.C. Van Lit Ouwerkerk, Willem de Zwijgerlaan 6, 2316GB Leiden, The<br />

Netherlands<br />

PH2M Frank de Wilde, Zuidegge 4, 2391 DA Hazerswoude-Dorp, The<br />

Netherlands<br />

V31AN FISTS QSL Bureau, 1020 Long Island Drive, Moneta, VA 24121, USA<br />

V31EA FISTS QSL Bureau, 1020 Long Island Drive, Moneta, VA 24121, USA<br />

V31MR FISTS QSL Bureau, 1020 Long Island Drive, Moneta, VA 24121, USA<br />

V31UU FISTS QSL Bureau, 1020 Long Island Drive, Moneta, VA 24121, USA<br />

VE3EXY Nenad Stevanovic, P.O. Box 65046, Nepean, ON K2G 5Y3, Canada<br />

VQ9LA Larry Arneson, PSC 466 Box 24 (DG-21 Annex 30), FPO AP 96595-0024,<br />

USA<br />

W3HNK Joseph Arcure Jr, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA<br />

19352,USA<br />

W5IQS Evan Roberts, P.O. Box 8288, Horseshoe Bay, Texas 78657, USA<br />

ZL4HU Ken A Holdom, P O Box 7, Clyde, Central Otago, New Zealand<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #803<br />

23 September 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

(e-mail i1jqj@<strong>425</strong>dxn.org )<br />

Contributors are invited to send their <strong>DX</strong> information to<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ (i1jqj@<strong>425</strong>dxn.org)<br />

The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

9H - Jo, DL5AUA will operate on all bands CW and SSB as 9H3JC from<br />

Gozo,<br />

Malta (EU-023) from 23 October to 2 November. QSL via home<br />

call.<br />

[TNX DL5AUA]<br />

9M0 - A group of some 20 operators from Japan and the Malaysian<br />

Amateur<br />

Radio Transmitters Society (MARTS) - including<br />

Phoa/9M2KT,<br />

Chow/9M2CF and Tex/9M2TO - will be active on all bands and<br />

modes<br />

from Layang Layang, Spratly islands (AS-051) on 9-20 March<br />

2007.<br />

Further details are expected in due course. [TNX 9M2TO]<br />

9Q - The Ministry of PTT of the Democratic Republic of Congo issued<br />

the<br />

following licences on 22 September: 9Q1D to SM5DIC (Gus), 9Q1EK<br />

to<br />

VE2EK (George), 9Q1TB to F5LTB (Phil) and 9Q1NT to ON5NT (Ghis,<br />

who<br />

will be leaving the country on 28 September). All of them<br />

are<br />

located in Kinshasa. Further information will follow as soon<br />

as<br />

available. [TNX ON5NT]<br />

BY - BA4XA, BA4VE, BD4IXA and possibly others will be active as BI4F<br />

from<br />

Furong Island (AS-160) from 29 September to 7 October. They plan<br />

to<br />

operate CW and SSB on 20, 30 and 18 metres. QSL direct to<br />

BA4XA.<br />

[TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

BY - BA1RB, BD1WC and BD1NNI will operate as BY1TX/2 from Guang Lu<br />

Island<br />

(AS-158) on 1-5 October. They plan to operate mainly CW (50%),<br />

with<br />

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some SSB (35%) and RTTY (15%) on 80-10 metres, with an emphasis<br />

on<br />

the low bands. QSL via EA7FTR. [TNX EA7FTR]<br />

C6 - Pete/W2GJ, Ed/K3IXD and Randy/K4QO will participate in the CQ WW<br />

<strong>DX</strong><br />

SSB Contest as C6APR (Multi-Single) from Crooked Island (NA-<br />

113,<br />

lighthouse BAH-005). Before and after the contest they will be<br />

on<br />

CW, PSK31, RTTY as well as SSB on 80-6 metres. QSL via K3IXD.<br />

Using<br />

either C6APR or K4QO/C6A, on 30 or 31 October, Randy and Pete<br />

will<br />

attempt the activation of Castle Island Lighthouse (BAH-001),<br />

for<br />

the first time ever. This will be a day time effort on 17 and/or<br />

20<br />

metres SSB running low power and a vertical. QSL to K3IXD.<br />

[TNX<br />

K3IXD]<br />

F - Special call TP20CE will be aired from 29 September to 1 October<br />

to<br />

celebrate the 20th anniversary of the creation of the Council<br />

of<br />

Europe Amateur Radio Club (http://www.coe.int/t/e/tp2ce). QSL<br />

via<br />

F5LGF. [TNX F6FQK]<br />

FG - A group of operators from Radio Club A.C.R.A. will be active<br />

as<br />

TO8RR from Guadeloupe (NA-102) from 29 October to 12 November<br />

for<br />

the eighth Route du Rhum (www.routedurhum.org), the 3000-mile<br />

single-handed transatlantic yacht race between St-Malo (France)<br />

and<br />

Pointe-a-Pitre (Guadeloupe). [TNX FG1JD]<br />

FO - Look for FO/KM9D to operate on 10-40 metres CW and SSB from<br />

Maupihaa<br />

(Mopelia) Island, (OC-057), French Polynesia starting "not<br />

later<br />

than" 23 September for "at least five days". QSL via OM2SA. [TNX<br />

The<br />

Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

FP - Roger, G3SXW and Nigel, G3TXF will operate CW only as FP/G3SXW<br />

and<br />

FP/G3TXF from Miquelon (NA-032) on 22-26 September. FP/G3SXW will<br />

be<br />

mostly on 80, 40 and 20 metres, while FP/G3TXF will be on 30 nd<br />

17<br />

metres. QSL via home calls. The web page for this trip is<br />

at<br />

http://www.g3txf.com/dxtrip/FP_G3TXF/FP.html [TNX G3TXF]<br />

GM - Steve/G0MTD, Mark/2E0MAX, Brian/G0OMB and Paul/M1PAF will be<br />

active<br />

as MS0WRC/P from the Isle of Skye (EU-008) between 30 September<br />

and<br />

7 October. They plan to operate SSB, CW and digital modes on 80-<br />

10<br />

metres. QSL via G0MTD, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

HA - Dodi, HA6NF and Tibi, HA1DAE will operate as HA506NF and<br />

HA501DAE<br />

between 1 October and 31 December. QSL via bureau to home<br />

calls.


These and similar special prefixes (HA or HG + 50 + the rest of<br />

the<br />

usual callsign) will be used to commemorate the Hungarian<br />

Uprising<br />

of fifty years ago. [TNX HA1DAE]<br />

HI - Koen, ON7RK (http://www.on7rk.be/) is expected to be in<br />

the<br />

Dominican Republic until 26 September. Announced plans<br />

included<br />

activities (on 40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres SSB) as<br />

either<br />

HI2/OO7K from Saona Island (NA-122) and HI7/OO7K from<br />

Hispaniola<br />

(NA-096). QSL via home call.<br />

HI - Antonio, IW2OAZ reports he will operate RTTY and SSB on 20 and<br />

17<br />

metres as HI8/IW2OAZ from the Dominican Republic (NA-096) on 2-<br />

28<br />

October. He also plans to be active as HI2/IW2OAZ from<br />

Catalina<br />

Island (NA-122) on 26-27 October, from 7 to 16 UTC. QSL to home<br />

call<br />

via bureau.<br />

I - IY4FGM, the station at the Guglielmo Marconi Foundation<br />

at<br />

Pontecchio, will be activated during the XXII HF-<strong>DX</strong> Convention to<br />

be<br />

held on 30 September and 1 October (information<br />

at<br />

http://www.ari-bo.it). QSL via IK4UPU.<br />

I - Davide/IW9GUR, Angelo/IW9HLM, Andrea/IW9HQP and Andrea/IT9RKR<br />

will<br />

operate on 40-10 metres CW and SSB as homecall/p from Scoglio<br />

dello<br />

Zio Gennaro (EU-025, IIA ME-039) on 23 September. QSL all calls<br />

via<br />

IW9HLM, direct or bureau. [TNX IW9GUR]<br />

I - Davide/IW9GUR, Angelo/IW9HLM , Andrea/IW9HQP, Riccardo/IT9CVO<br />

and<br />

Andrea/IT9RKR will operate as IG9/homecall from Linosa<br />

Island<br />

(AF-019, IIA AG-003) on 12-15 October. They plan to have<br />

three<br />

stations up and running CW and SSB on 160 to 10 metres. QSL<br />

all<br />

calls via IW9HLM, direct or bureau. Their web site is<br />

at<br />

www.095dxteam.org<br />

KH2 - Aki, JR1VAY will be active as AH2J from Guam (OC-026) on 6-<br />

10<br />

October. He will participate in the Oceania <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest (7-<br />

8<br />

October, http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/). QSL via JR1VAY,<br />

bureau<br />

preferred. [TNX JR1VAY]<br />

LU_ssh - Oleg, R1ANF has been active as LU/R1ANF from Jubany Station (LU-<br />

15<br />

for the Antarctic Award) on King George Island, South<br />

Shetlands<br />

(AN-010) since 21 September. Reportedly he should remain there for<br />

a<br />

few more days. QSL via RK1PWA. [TNX DL5EBE]


PJ4 - Peter, PA3CNX will be active as PJ4/PA3CNX from Bonaire (SA-<br />

006)<br />

from 1 October to 3 November. He plans to operate (mainly between<br />

20<br />

and 2 UTC) SSB and CW on 80-6 metres, and to be active during the<br />

CQ<br />

WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />

PA3CNX]<br />

SV9 - Mick, G8VHB will be operating as SV9/G8VHB from Crete (EU-015)<br />

from<br />

27 September to 9 October. He will be active on 10-20 metres<br />

with<br />

100 watts and a rotary dipole antenna. QSL via home call.<br />

[TNX<br />

VA3RJ]<br />

TK - TK9Z is the callsign issued to the group of Spanish operators<br />

who<br />

will be active from Corsica from 28 September to 6 October<br />

[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N<br />

801]. QSL via EA4BT. Their web page is at http://www.dx4dx.com<br />

TT - Philippe, F4EGS is active again from Chad until 20 November.<br />

Expect<br />

him to operate as TT8PK on 10-40 metres SSB and digital modes.<br />

QSL<br />

via F4EGS, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

UA - RW6CW, RK6ABM, RK6ADS, RZ6AER and possibily others will be active<br />

as<br />

UE1RLH/6 from the lighthouse Kamyshevatskiy (ARLHS ERU-322,<br />

RLHA<br />

RLE-069, RDA KR-33) on 23-24 September. QSL via RA1QY. [TNX RA1QY]<br />

UA_ant - Alex, R1ANC (UA1ZCK) at Vostok Base (UA-10 for the<br />

Antarctica<br />

Award), Antarctica (AN-016) is QRV for Europe every day between<br />

6<br />

and 10 UTC on 14146 or 14152 kHz beaming over the North Pole.<br />

QSL<br />

via RU1ZC. [TNX DL5EBE]<br />

V2 - Marco, HB9OCR reports he will operate again as V26MH from<br />

Antigua<br />

(NA-100) from 27 October to 5 November. He plans to concentrate<br />

on<br />

17, 20 and 40 metres, and on 80-160m is possible. Pictures<br />

and<br />

information on his latest experience there can be found<br />

at<br />

http://www.hb9ocr.ch/hb9ocr/dxpedition/v26mh/v26mh.htm<br />

V5 - Alfons/DJ8VC, Ulla/DF6QP and Walter/DL8JS will operate<br />

as<br />

V5/homecall from Namibia from 23 September to 13 October. QSL<br />

via<br />

home calls (bureau preferred). [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

VE - Dana, VE1VOX will be active as VE1OTA from Pictou Island (NA-154)<br />

on<br />

12-14 October. He plans to operate SSB on 15, 20, 40 and 80<br />

metres.<br />

QSL via home call, direct preferred. [TNX VE1VOX]<br />

VE - Reg, VE7IG plans to operate mostly CW from McNutts Island (NA-<br />

126)<br />

for 2-3 days starting on 24 September. Next stops will include<br />

Cape<br />

Breton Island (NA-010) and hopefully Brier Island (NA-127). He<br />

will


e in that area until 26 October. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

VK9ck - Charlie, W0YG and Barry, N0KV will operate as VK9CGG<br />

from<br />

Cocos-Keeling (OC-003) from 30 October until 20 November. QSL<br />

via<br />

W0YG (direct only). [TNX W0YG]<br />

VP2V - Dave, AH6HY will be active as VP2V/AH6HY from Tortola,<br />

British<br />

Virgin Islands (NA-023) from 26 September to 3 October. He<br />

will<br />

operate SSB only on 15, 17 and 20 metres. QSL via home call,<br />

direct<br />

or bureau. [TNX NG3K]<br />

VU - Special callsign AT6MYL will be aired on 15-29 October for the<br />

World<br />

Wide YL Meeting 2006 that will be held in Mumbai on 26-29<br />

October<br />

(http://www.geocities.com/mumbaiylmeet/). QSL via VU2SWS.<br />

[TNX<br />

DL3KWR]<br />

PACIFIC TOUR ---> Rick, AI5P will be active from the Pacific between 25<br />

September and 2 November:<br />

from 25 September E51APX Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cooks<br />

6-20 October ZK2PX (?) Niue Island (OC-040)<br />

25 October-2 November ZL/AI5P New Zealand<br />

He plans to operate mostly CW on 17-40 metres. QSL via AI5P. [TNX The Daily<br />

<strong>DX</strong>]<br />

CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> RTTY CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their<br />

participation in this year's event (23-24 September):<br />

ZONE CALL CATEGORY <strong>DX</strong>CC QSL VIA<br />

--------------------------------------------------------------<br />

08 8P2K SOSB 20m HP Barbados KU9C<br />

08 J7R Dominica N1DL<br />

08 WP3C SOAB LP Puerto Rico W3HNK<br />

09 HK3SGP SOSB 40m LP Colombia<br />

09 P40KM Aruba W4GKM<br />

10 HC8N M/2 Galapagos Is W5UE<br />

13 CX0TTY Uruguay CX5BW<br />

13 LU8XW M/S Argentina WD9EWK<br />

14 HB0/DL1ZBO M/S HP Liechtenstein<br />

14 Z37M M/? Macedonia Z37M<br />

15 IQ1RY SOSB 80m Italy IK1HXN<br />

15 OH0I SOSB 40m Aland Is OH3BHL<br />

15 OH0KAG SOSB 15m Aland Is OH1KAG<br />

15 OH0M SOSB 20m Aland Is OH1MM<br />

15 OH0Z SOSB 80m Aland Is W0MM<br />

15 RK2FWA M/M Kaliningrad DK4VW<br />

15 YT6A M/M Montenegro qrz.com<br />

16 UU7J M/? Ukraine UU0JM<br />

17 EY8MM SOSB 20m HP Tajikistan K1BV<br />

21 4L1DA SOSB 20m Georgia W7LPF<br />

33 EA8AH M/2 Canary Is RD3A<br />

33 EF8A SOSB 20m Canary Is EA8AUW<br />

35 3XM6JR Guinea UA6JR<br />

40 TF4M M/S Iceland<br />

Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operations listing maintained<br />

by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqr2006.html - good contest to you<br />

all!


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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

4U1UN ---> The UN HQ station in New York City was activated on 17 September<br />

by LA5IIA, JR3EDE and JJ2RCJ. QSL via HB9BOU, direct (Herbert Aeby, Rte du<br />

Moulin 1, CH 1782 Belfaux, Switzerland) or bureau.<br />

NOT THE MANAGER ---> Wayne, W4MPY is not the QSL manager for any station. He<br />

gets a number of cards each bureau mailing for stations he has simply<br />

*printed* QSL cards for (apparently the confusion comes from the rpinetr's<br />

credit, "QSLman - W4MPY"). "In the past, I have forwarded them at my expense<br />

to the customers", he says, "but will no longer be doing that". [TNX W4MPY]<br />

PSK63 QSO PARTY ---> The EPC PSK63 QSO Party, sponsored by the European PSK<br />

Club [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 789], will be held on 19 November (24 hours). Full information<br />

can be found at http://www.eu.srars.org<br />

QSL 3Y0X ---> All direct cards for 3Y0X, XR9A and CE0Z received through 16<br />

September have been processed and mailed (52,342 QSOs for all three calls<br />

totalled together). Further information can be found at<br />

http://www.peterone.com/qsl.htm<br />

QSL R1MVI ---> Roman, RX3RC is the new QSL manager for the 10-12 September<br />

2004 R1MVI operation. QSL direct (Roman A. Novikov, P.O. Box 21, 392000<br />

Tambov, Russia) or bureau. [TNX RX3RC]<br />

QSL WRTC 2006 ---> The QSL cards for the WRTC 2006 stations are printed and<br />

ready to be mailed. The QSL manager is PP5VB, direct (Vantuil Barbosa Dias,<br />

P.O. Box 13, Imbituba, SC 88780-000, Brazil) or bureau. [TNX PY5EG]<br />

QSL YX0A & YX0LIX ---> Steve, KU9C reports he has printed most of the labels,<br />

but is still waiting for the cards to arrive from the printer. He has still<br />

to do a number of log searches for the gaps in the logs, and as soon as the<br />

<strong>DX</strong> team provides them he will start that process. Please be patient, as "the<br />

situation is a bit out of my control", he says.<br />

YX5IOTA ---> Lighthouse chasers please note that the 26 September-1 October<br />

YX5IOTA operation from La Tortuga (SA-044) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 798] will also count for<br />

Cayo Harradure lighthouse (ARLHS VEN-007). QSL via IT9DAA. [TNX IT9DAA]<br />

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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

LOGS: On-line logs and QSL pictures for either TK/IK5PWQ (EU-014)<br />

and<br />

TK/IK5PWQ/P (EU-104) are now available<br />

at<br />

http://www.qsl.net/ik5pwq/logs/logs.html [TNX IK5PWQ]<br />

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3D2RX, 4L2M, 4O3AB, 4O3ES, 4X4MU,<br />

4Z5ML, 6Y5WJ, 8R1AK/M, 8R1ZUM, 9A150NT, 9G1UW, 9M4SEB (OC-295), 9M6/G3OOK,<br />

9M8<strong>DX</strong>, 9V1RH, A45XR, A71EM, AY1ZA, BD1WC, BD5WW, BD6AX, BI4S (AS-150),<br />

BY4RSA/4, C31MO, C56W, C91JR, CP6UA, CT6A, CX5BW, D2<strong>DX</strong>, D7C, DS4DBF,<br />

DU9/DK2PR, EB5KB (EU-151), EL2AR, EU3DN, F5RAB/p (EU-074), FG/JJ2RCJ,<br />

FG/OH7KD/p, FO/HA9RE/p, FO/KM9D, FS/DL7DF, GB50, GB6EHL, GW3KHZ/p (EU-106),<br />

H40HL, HC3/KD6WW (SA-034), HC4/KD6WW (SA-033), HC8N, HK1AR, HQ9F, HZ1AB,<br />

J48SI (EU-158), JW5YJ, JW9DFA, KC2NMZ/C6A, KH0HQ, KH8SI, KL7AC, KL7HBK<br />

(NA-050), KZ5JM, LU/G0HFX (SA-008), LX/DL6WT, MD4K, OH0R (EU-002), ON5KQ,<br />

OX3PG, OY/PA0VHA, OY/PA2A, OY/PA2AM, PJ7/DL7DF, RA9LI/9, RC4Q, RK2FWA, S01R,<br />

SQ6Z, SV1EQU/8 (EU-075), SV3/SV1VS (EU-158), SV9/SM2EKM, T88CW (OC-009),<br />

TA1BM, TF3ZA, TR8JLD, TX0P (AF-027), TY4TW, TZ6DEL, V47/AB2RF, V85GD, VE9<strong>DX</strong>,<br />

VI9NI, VK9LNO, VP8DJB (AN-001), VQ9LA, VR2BG, VU4AN/VU2JOS, VU4AN/VU2UWZ,<br />

VU4AN/VU3RYC, VU4AN/VU3RYF, W6C (NA-144), XE2K/XF2 (NA-246), XE2WWW/XF2<br />

(NA-246), YB5AQB (OC-075), YB8SI, YE6N (OC-161), YU6AO, YU6DZ, YV5MM, Z35G,<br />

ZA/Z35M, ZK1NOU, ZK1YAQ, ZL2SQ, ZM8CW.<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

5B - Sigi, DL7DF will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and SSTV holiday style<br />

as<br />

5B4/DL7DF from Cyprus (AS-004) on 5-12 October. QSL via home<br />

call.<br />

[TNX NG3K]<br />

5R - Willi, DJ7RJ will operate CW and SSB on 160-10 metres<br />

from<br />

Madagascar on 1-27 October. Reportedly he will be on IOTA AF-057.<br />

No<br />

callsign has been assigned yet. QSL via home call. [TNX AA1M]<br />

8Q - Andrew, G7COD will be active as 8Q7AK from Embudu Island,<br />

Maldives<br />

(AS-013) on 3-15 October. He plans to operate on 10-80 metres<br />

SSB<br />

with some CW. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX K1XN]<br />

9A - Chris (9A/DL9CHR), Georg (9A/DL1GEO), Heli (9A/DH1ABC),<br />

Wolfgang<br />

(9A/DJ3MWB), Wolf (9A/DG0DE) and Emir (9A6AA/p) will be active<br />

from<br />

a few Croatian islands in the EU-170 IOTA group on 7-14<br />

October.<br />

They plan to operate on 20 and 40 metres SSB. Further<br />

information<br />

will be available at http://www.inet.hr/9a6aa/iocaplan.htm<br />

[TNX<br />

VA3RJ]<br />

BY - Look for BD1DRJ/2, BG2QMP/2 and BD2RI/2 to be active on 40, 20<br />

and<br />

15 metres SSB and CW from Changxing Islan (AS-151) on 1-6<br />

October.<br />

QSL via BD1DRJ (He Lei, Rm 1705,Tower B, No.36 Beisanhuan East<br />

Road,<br />

Dongcheng Dist., Beijing 100013, China). [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

DL - Thomas, DH5MM and Mario, DL5ME will operate on 40, 20 and 17<br />

metres<br />

from Fehmarn Island (EU-128) on 6-9 October. QSL via home<br />

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calls.<br />

[TNX DL5ME]<br />

EA8 - Stephan, DK3TNA will be active as EA8/DK3TNA from Tenerife,<br />

Canary<br />

islands (AF-004) on 7-12 October. He plans to operate SSB on 15-<br />

80<br />

metres during his evening hours. QSL via home call.<br />

[TNX<br />

www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

ER - Special event station ER570C will be active on 1-15 October<br />

to<br />

celebrate the 570th anniversary of Chisinau, the capital city<br />

of<br />

Moldova. QSL via ER1DA, direct or bureau. [TNX ER1DA]<br />

G - GB6OCV, G3RCV, G1RCV and member stations will be active<br />

during<br />

October as part of Cray Valley Radio Society's 60th<br />

anniversary<br />

celebrations. The Cray Valley Diamond Award is available for<br />

working<br />

club and member stations in October. Full details are<br />

at<br />

http://www.cvrs.org [TNX M3RCV]<br />

GD - Four members of QRP-Amateur Radio Club<br />

International<br />

(http://www.qrparci.org/) will be active from the Isle of<br />

Man<br />

(EU-116) from 28 September until 4 October. Look for Dick<br />

G0BPS<br />

(GD0BPS), Ken MD/W4DU, Hank MD/K8DD and Stan MD/AC8W to operate<br />

CW,<br />

SSB and PSK31 on all the usual frequencies. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

GM - Michael, GM0PHW will operate as homecall/p from Inchcolm<br />

Island<br />

(EU-123) on 7-8 October. Activity will be on 40-10 metres SSB<br />

only.<br />

QSL direct to GM0PHW (Michael Whitehead, 185 Allanton Road,<br />

Allanton<br />

Shotts ML7 5AX, Scotland, UK). [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

I - Valeriano/IK5ABG, Giovanni/IK5BCM, Oliviero/IK5BQW, Beppe/IK5CBE<br />

and<br />

Giovanni/IK5CRH will operate as IA5/homecall from Montecristo<br />

Island<br />

(EU-028, IIA LI-015) on 1-5 October. QSL for all via IK5CBE.<br />

[TNX<br />

IK5CBE]<br />

I - Marconi memorial stations IY1TTM and IY4FGM will be active on 3-<br />

29<br />

October to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the<br />

microwave<br />

experiments carried out by Marconi in October 1931 from<br />

Sestri<br />

Levante. QSL IY1TTM via IW1RIK (direct or bureau), QSL IY4FGM<br />

via<br />

IK4UPU (direct or bureau); special QSL card for contacting the<br />

two<br />

stations via IK1YKT (direct or bureau). [TNX IW1RIK]<br />

J - Look for JJ4UEL/4 to be active from Nino Island (AS-117,<br />

JIIA<br />

AS-117-023), Hiroshima Prefecture on 30 September. QSL via<br />

home<br />

call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]


P2 - P29NI and P29CVX are the callsigns to be used by<br />

Derek/G3KHZ,<br />

Vincent/G0LMX and Hans/SM6CVX for their forthcoming IOTA<br />

operations<br />

from Papua New Guinea [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 789]. They will sign P29NI (QSL<br />

via<br />

G3KHZ) from the Trobriand Islands (OC-115) on 2-10 October<br />

and<br />

P29CVX (QSL via SM6CVX) from Daru Island (OC-153) on 11-14<br />

October.<br />

They plan to operate CW and SSB with 100 watts and verticals.<br />

[TNX<br />

SM6CVX]<br />

PY - Special event station ZV100SD will be active on all bands<br />

during<br />

October to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the historic flight<br />

of<br />

Brazilian Alberto Santos-Dumont. QSL via PS7AHR, direct or<br />

bureau.<br />

[TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

ST - ST2A is the new callsign for Jovica, T98A, formerly known as<br />

ST0RM.<br />

Jovica is still active from Sudan and operates mostly CW (with<br />

some<br />

SSB, RTTY and PSK31) on various bands. He will do his best to<br />

be<br />

active on 160 metres during the coming winter season. QSL via<br />

T93Y<br />

(Boris Knezovic, P.O. Box 59, BA-71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia<br />

and<br />

Herzegovina). [TNX T93Y]<br />

T8 - John, WB6Z will operate CW, SSB and FM as T80B from Koror (OC-<br />

009),<br />

Palau from 29 September through 3 October. He plans to<br />

concentrate<br />

on 80 and 6 metres, and on 10m FM. QSL to John Furuya, P.O. Box<br />

747,<br />

Mercer Island, WA 98040, USA. [TNX JF1OCQ]<br />

T8 - Hide, JM1LJS will be active as T80W from Koror (OC-009), Palau<br />

on<br />

6-10 October, while Nob/JR3STX (T88ST) and Doji/JH3JWW (T88JW)<br />

will<br />

remain one day longer (until the 11th). They will operate<br />

holiday<br />

style on 40-6 metres plus 145/435 MHz satellite from the IMPAC<br />

Palau<br />

Rental Shack. QSL T88ST via JR3STX (bureau or direct), QSL T88JW<br />

via<br />

JH3JWW (bureau only), QSL T80W via JM1LJS (bureau or direct).<br />

More<br />

information at http://radio-dream.com/t80w/<br />

UR - Roman/UR7IJQ, Alexandr/UR7IKV and Roman/UY7IQ will operate on 40-<br />

17<br />

metres SSB and CW from Slov'yans'kyi Island (SD-09 for the<br />

Ukrainian<br />

Islands Award) on 1 October. QSL via home calls. [TNX UY7IQ]<br />

VE - Steve, VE2TKH/VY0ICE was expected to remain on Baffin Island<br />

until<br />

June 2007 [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 802]. However, according to the latest<br />

information<br />

posted at qrz.com, "for many personal reasons" he will now QRT on<br />

11


October and go back home. QSL via VE2AWR, who now accepts<br />

also<br />

bureau cards.<br />

VU7 - On 27 September, in a message posted on the Amateur Radio Society<br />

of<br />

India's newsgroup (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ARSI/),<br />

ARSI<br />

President Gopal Madhavan, VU2GMN announced that "formal<br />

WPC<br />

permission has been received by ARSI with the call sign VU7LD".<br />

WPC,<br />

the Wireless Planning & Coordination Wing of the Ministry<br />

of<br />

Communications, is the national radio regulatory authority, and<br />

the<br />

permission is for a period of one month, from 1 to 31 December<br />

2006.<br />

This is the second announced operation from the Lakshadweeps;<br />

the<br />

first one is being organized by the National Institute of<br />

Amateur<br />

Radio (NIARS) and is expected to take place between 15 and<br />

25<br />

January 2007 [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 801].<br />

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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

QSL 4W1BK ---> Stu, WA2MOE was the QSL manager for the 4W1BK operation in May<br />

2003 until he died early last year. Garth, VE3HO has recently obtained a copy<br />

of the logs and can confirm contacts for those still needing a card.<br />

QSL IY6GM ---> All of the contacts made with this Marconi memorial station<br />

between 5 and 20 August 2006 have been confirmed automatically via the<br />

bureau. Logs and pictures can be found at<br />

http://www.ariancona.it/iy6gm_2006.htm [TNX I6GFX]<br />

QSL OC-270 ---> Donny, YB6LD (ex-YB1BOD) reports that the QSL cards for the<br />

March 2006 operation from Simeulue Island (YC6LAY/p, YB6LYS/p, YC6JKV/p,<br />

YB6PLG/p and YB1BOD/6) have arrived form the printer. He expects to process<br />

and mail direct requests in early October. Cards without sufficient or proper<br />

return postage (i.e. unredeemable IRCs) will be sent thorugh the bureau.<br />

QSL VIA AI4U ---> Jeffrey, AI4U is the new QSL manager (direct only) for<br />

PX5E, PT5A and ZX5J. Cards already mailed to VE3HO do not need to be sent<br />

again. Jeffrey is the QSL manager also for KP3V, KP4QY, KP4RV, PP5JR, PP5TO,<br />

PP5TO/p, PP5TO/PY1, ZV5R (CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB 2001 and CQ WW RTTY 2005) and ZY1A.<br />

QSL VIA WC5N ---> Barry Blanton, WC5N has received the LoTW certificates for<br />

his VK9WB (Cocos-Keeling, 1990) and V63BW (1992) operations. "I'll be glad to<br />

check the log and confirm through LoTW for anyone that may still desire a<br />

confirmation from those operations", he says. Send an e-mail to wc5n@arrl.net<br />

requesting LoTW confirmation (the same address can be used for bureau card<br />

requests as well).<br />

W/VE ISLANDS QSO PARTY ---> The W/VE Islands QSO Party, sponsored by the US


Islands Awards Program (USI), will take place from 16 UTC on 21 October<br />

through 23.59 UTC on the 22nd. The object is to work as many American and<br />

Canadian islands on 160-6 metres as possible. Amateurs worldwide are welcome<br />

to participate. Full information can be found on the new USI website at<br />

http://www.usislands.org<br />

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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

LX/PA6Z: The web site (including daily updated on-line logs) for the<br />

30<br />

September-7 October operation from Luxembourg [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 789] is<br />

at<br />

http://www.pa6z.nl/lx_2006/index<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

******* QSL INFO ********<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

===================================================================<br />

CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />

===================================================================<br />

3A2CWG 3A2LF FP/G3TXF G3TXF R40VAZ RX4HJ<br />

3W9JR OK1JN GB0RAF G0DBX R60FW UA2DC<br />

3XD2Z UA6JR GB2BF G4DFI RK2FWA DK4VW<br />

3XM6JR UA6JR GB2LI G0GRI RW0AJ W3HNK<br />

4K9W DL6KVA GB6SWL G6XOU RZ6AWP/6 RV6AB<br />

4L0F 2M0UUA HC2SL EA5KB S79SG IZ0CKJ<br />

4L1DA W7LPF HC8N W5UE SG3U SM3CXS<br />

4N150JA 4N1JA HK8RQS EA5KB SN700DR SP3PFY<br />

4N1856T YU1BM HP3XBH W4WX SU0ARA HA3JB<br />

4O3B OH2BH HS0ZGQ DL1MJF SV0XAO DJ5JH<br />

4U1UN HB9BOU II7CC IZ8DDG SX1CS SV1DBY<br />

4X1FQ AA4V IQ1RY IK1HXN SY8GE SV2DGH<br />

4X4BL WA2KNC IQ3UD IV3DSH T88AS JP1IOF<br />

5F3COM SV8CS IQ6CC IZ8DDG T88YN JE1SYN<br />

5N8NDP IK5JAN IU1DCI IK1QFM TA2/SP5IXI VK6<strong>DX</strong>I<br />

6W1SE JR2KDN IU1WFC IZ1GCZ TA4CW F8CVR<br />

7Q7CE IN3VZE J28JA F5JFU TC125ATA TA1CM<br />

7Z1SJ EA7FTR J79MD N1DL TJ3SL F5PSA<br />

8P2K KU9C J7R N1DL TK9Z EA4BT<br />

9A/VE3ZIK DL3PS JW5X LA5X TM3NV F2WS<br />

9G5OO DL4WK JW7XK LA7XK TM8ANG F6KQK<br />

9Q1D SM5BFJ JW8DW LA8DW TT8FC EA4AHK<br />

9Q1NT ON5NT JW8XU LA8XU TT8PK F4EGS<br />

A25/DF3GY DF3GY JW9DL LA9DL UA0YAY IK2QPR<br />

A25/DJ4LK DJ4LK KG4<strong>DX</strong> W4WX UE1RLH/6 RA1QY<br />

A71BX EA7FTR KH2/N1YN JA1AQV UE3FAP RA3ARS<br />

AT7LEO VU2LCI LN3Z LA9VDA UE3LRG RV3LZ<br />

B1Z EA7FTR LU/R1ANF RK1PWA UE3NFF RA3NN<br />

BD1WC EA7FTR LZ1900K LZ1BJ UE3RGR/P RA3RBL


C56X DL9USA LZ5HST LZ1PJ UK7F W3HNK<br />

CN2BC DJ2BC MS0SCG/p M0SCG UN7MMM EA7FTR<br />

CO2NB EA5KB OH0B OH2BH V31DU K9DUR<br />

CT1JGA DL3MCO OH0E OH2MM V31OR K9DUR<br />

CX0TTY CX5BW OH0I OH3BHL V31PW K9DUR<br />

DT8A HL2FDW OH0JWH DJ2PJ V31TN K9DUR<br />

E51APX AI5P OH0KAG OH1KAG V51LK DJ4LK<br />

EA1/OZ5IPA OZ5AAH OH0M OH1MM VP8DJB F5PFP<br />

EA8AH RD3A OH0MM OH2MM W4PL/4 K4KWK<br />

ED6TPI EA6ZX OH0Z W0MM WP3C W3HNK<br />

ED6TSM EA6SB ON62POL ON4NOK XU7TZG ON7PP<br />

EF8A EA8AUW OP1W ON6CW XW8KPL/RU3<strong>DX</strong> RU3<strong>DX</strong><br />

EX2M W3HNK OQ1C ON4ON YB0IR W4JS<br />

EX8QB IK2QPR OS0S ON4ZD YT3B UA3AB<br />

EY8MM K1BV OX3XR OZ3PZ YV1FM IT9DAA<br />

FM5DN KU9C P40KM W4GKM YX5IOTA IT9DAA<br />

FO/KM9D OM2SA PC6NHW PA3CNX ZL4IR W8WC<br />

FP/G3SXW G3SXW R1FJT UA4RC ZS2BS DJ5MS<br />

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******* ADDRESSES *******<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

9V1FJ Barry Fletcher, 54 Coronation Road West # 03-04, 269266 Singapore<br />

AI4U Jeffrey R. Folk, 233 North St, Lewisville, NC 27023, USA<br />

EA4BT Apartado Postal 1315, 28800 Alcala de Henares (Madrid), Spain<br />

EX8AB Narynbek Djunushev, P.O. Box 2677, 13802 Tallinn, Estonia<br />

F1CGN Fabrice Plet, 58 Avenue Rene Lebail, 91210 Draveil, France<br />

HS0ZBS Kurt Brauer, P.O. Box 75, Phanom Sarakham-Chachoengsao 24120,<br />

Thailand<br />

IN3VZE Ely Camin, Corso 3 Novembre 136/2, 38100 Trento - TN, Italy<br />

IT9DAA Corrado Ruscica, Via Capitano Salemi 41, 96019 Rosolini - SR, Italy<br />

IZ8DDG Orlando Balisciano, Villa Bisignano 5, Traversa 21, I-80147 Napoli,<br />

Italy<br />

K4KWK Tommie Wright, 2344 Violette Drive, Soddy Daisy, TN 37379, USA<br />

RX3RC Roman A. Novikov, P.O. Box 21, 392000 Tambov, Russia<br />

SM3CXS Jorgen Svensson, Berghemsvagen 11, SE-86336 Sundsbruk, Sweden<br />

SM5BFJ Leif Hammarstrom, Lerklockan 4, SE-73091 Riddarhyttan, Sweden<br />

SV2DGH Christos Sfyris, P.O. Box 4200, 57019 Perea, Thessaloniki, Greece<br />

TF4M Thorvaldur Stefansson, P.O. Box 2, IS-465 Bildudalur, Iceland<br />

TI8II Carlos S. Bedoya, P.O. Box 119, Puntarenas 5400, Costa Rica<br />

VE2AWR Serge Langlois, 1291 Du Comte, Charlesbourg, QC G2L 1B8, Canada<br />

ZC4LI Steve Hodgson, 4 Nikolau Michael Street, 5523 Dasaki Achnas, Cyprus<br />

ZD7VC Bruce R. Salt, P.O. Box 5, Jamestown, St. Helena Island, South<br />

Atlantic Ocean STHL 1ZZ<br />

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A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

3C0 - Elmo, EA5BYP will be active as 3C0M from Annobon (Pagalu)<br />

Island<br />

(AF-039) from 21 October to 3 November. He plans to operate on 10-<br />

80<br />

metres SSB, 20-15 metres RTTY and 160 metres CW. Further<br />

information<br />

is expected soon. [TNX EA5YN]<br />

3W - Shim, XV3AA/3W3A will be active from Vietnam for a couple of<br />

weeks<br />

starting on 11 October. Look for him between 23.30 and 00.30 UTC<br />

on<br />

20 metres. QSL via JA6UHG. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

4X - The Holyland <strong>DX</strong> Group (4Z4BS, 4Z4KX, 4Z1UF, 4Z5LA, 4Z5FI , 4X6HP<br />

and<br />

4X1VF) will be active as 4Z0J on 3-4 November from the site of<br />

the<br />

so-called "Jesus Boat<br />

(www.jesusboat.com/imgs/site/site/boat.html).<br />

They will operate CW and SSB on 10-80 metres from M05KT and<br />

mobile<br />

from other Holyland Award areas around the main location. QSL<br />

via<br />

4Z4BS. [TNX 4X1VF]<br />

9N - Tohru, JA0UMV will be active again as 9N7MV from Katmandu, Nepal<br />

on<br />

26-30 October, CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest included. This time he<br />

will<br />

operate on 40, 30, 20, 17 and 15 metres SSB, CW and possibly<br />

RTTY.<br />

Suggested CW frequencies are 7017, 10117, 14027, 18077 and<br />

21027<br />

kHz. QSL via home call (Tohru Kataoka, 15-9 Sakae, Kamo,<br />

Niigata<br />

959-1382, Japan). [TNX JA1ELY]<br />

BV - Special event station BV0RTI will be active (on 80, 40, 20 and<br />

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metres) from 10 UTC on 8 October until 4 UTC on the 9th to<br />

celebrate<br />

the 20th anniversary of Radio Taiwan International's<br />

German<br />

programme. [TNX BV2QB]<br />

EA6 - Helmut, DL5DSM will operate holiday style as EA6/DL5DSM<br />

from<br />

Mallorca (EU-004) on 16-24 October. Main activity is expected on<br />

160<br />

and 80 metres CW. QSL via home call. E-mail-requests for buro<br />

cards<br />

can be sent to dl5dsm@online.de [TNX DL5DSM]<br />

FS - Yan, FS5HL will be operating from NA-199 (St. Martin's<br />

coastal<br />

islands) on 6-8 October. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

HL - Han/DS2GOO, Son/DS3HWS, Lee/6K2CEW and maybe a few others will<br />

be<br />

active from Hong Island (AS-093) on 13-15 October. They will<br />

operate<br />

as either homecall/4 and D90HE/4 on 80-10 metres SSB with<br />

some<br />

digital mode activity. QSL D90HE/4 via DS2GOO, others via home<br />

call.<br />

Log will be available at<br />

http://myhome.naver.com/dxer2han/as_093/<br />

[TNX HL1VAU]<br />

KH8_si - Hrane, YT1AD is organizing a <strong>DX</strong>pedition to Swains Island<br />

tentatively<br />

scheduled to take place between 12 September and 3 October 2007.<br />

A<br />

multi-national team of operators (K1LZ, K3LP, N6TQS, RA3AUU,<br />

RZ3AA,<br />

UA3AB, RK3AD, YZ7AA, YU1EA and KD7RCD, plus "potential<br />

members"<br />

YU7NU, YZ1BX, YU1<strong>DX</strong> and YZ1EW) will stay on the island for ten<br />

days<br />

and will operate with six stations. Further information is<br />

expected<br />

in due course. [TNX YZ1EW]<br />

LU - A team of eight operators will be active on the HF bands SSB and<br />

CW<br />

as LU4AAO/D from Claromeco Lighthouse (ARG-014) on 14-15<br />

October.<br />

QSL via LU4AAO. [TNX LU1AEE]<br />

PA - Holger, DH1AD will be active as PA/DH1AD from Texel Island (EU-<br />

038)<br />

on 9-19 October. It will be a holiday-style operation, with<br />

100<br />

watts and wire antennas. QSL via home call, bureau preferred.<br />

[TNX<br />

www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

PZ - Bob, N3CXM plans to operate during his spare time as PZ5JR<br />

from<br />

Suriname while on a business trip until 19 October. QSL via<br />

K3BYV.<br />

[TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

S2 - Josep/EA3BT and his wife Nuria/EA3WL, along with<br />

Tony/EA2PA,<br />

Fer/EA5FX and Juan/EA8CAC will be active as S21EA from Bangladesh<br />

on<br />

10-16 January. The plan to operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 160-6<br />

metres


with three stations. QSL via EA3BT, direct orf bureau.<br />

Further<br />

information will be available at<br />

http://www.ea3bt.com/s21ea.html<br />

(under construction). [TNX EA3BT]<br />

T32 - Look for T32Z to be active from Christmas Island (OC-024) on 10-<br />

20<br />

October. He plans to operate CW and SSB with an emphasis on 12,<br />

17<br />

and 30 metres. QSL via K3PD. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

T6 - John, KE6GFF will be active as T6EE from Afghanistan until<br />

30<br />

October. Look for him on 14200 kHz. QSL via home call<br />

(bureau<br />

preferred). [TNX QRZ-<strong>DX</strong>]<br />

TK - Kazik/DL2SBY, Tomi/HA4<strong>DX</strong> and Laci/HA0HW will be active<br />

as<br />

TK/homecall from Sisco, Corsica (EU-014) on 2-11 November. They<br />

will<br />

operate CW, SSB and digital modes on all HF bands, with an<br />

emphasis<br />

on the low bands. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX HA0HW]<br />

V2 - Team Antigua (V26B, QSL via KA2AEV) will once again participate<br />

in<br />

the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest. Most of the operators will arrive the<br />

week<br />

before and be active using their own calls until a few days<br />

after<br />

the contest. Expect activity by V26BZR (QSL via W2BZR), V26G<br />

(QSL<br />

via N2ED), V26MH (QSL via HB9OCR), V26OC (QSL via N3OC) and<br />

V26R<br />

(QSL via KA2AEV). WX3B will be active as well, but his V2<br />

callsign<br />

is unknown at this time. [TNX NG3K]<br />

V6 - Sasi/JA1KJW (V63JQ), Mat/JA1JQY (V63JY), Hiro/JI1FOP (V63OP)<br />

and<br />

Kuni/JA8VE (V63VE) will be active from Micronesia on 1-13<br />

November.<br />

They will operate from three different islands: Kosrae (OC-059, 1-<br />

6<br />

November), Pohnpei (OC-010, 7-8 November) and Chuuk (OC-011, 9-<br />

13<br />

November). Plans are to have two stations up and running on 160-<br />

10<br />

metres SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL V63JQ via JA1KJW, QSL V63JY via<br />

JA1JQY,<br />

QSL V63OP via JI1FOP, QSL V63VE via JF1OCQ. [TNX JA1ELY]<br />

VP2M - Bill, W4WX (VP2MHX) and Jan, K4QD (VP2MQD) will be active<br />

from<br />

Montserrat (NA-103) on 23-31 October. They will operate on 10-<br />

80<br />

metres CW, PSK31, RTTY and SSB, and will participate in the CQ WW<br />

<strong>DX</strong><br />

SSB Contest as single band entries. QSL VP2MHX via W4WX<br />

(direct),<br />

QSL VP2MQD via K4QD (direct or bureau). [TNX W4WX]<br />

VP2M - Art, WA7NB will be active as VP2MDY from Montserrat (NA-103)<br />

on<br />

25-31 October. He will operate on 6-160 metres CW, SSB and<br />

PSK31,<br />

and will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest. QSL via home


call.<br />

[TNX WA7NB]<br />

VU7 - The NIAR <strong>DX</strong>pedition to the Lakshadweep Islands (VU7RG),<br />

originally<br />

planned to take place in January [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 801], has been<br />

rescheduled.<br />

The new dates are 1-10 December 2006. Bookmark<br />

http://www.vu7.in/<br />

for further information and updates.<br />

XU - A group of operators from Finland will be active as XU7MDY<br />

and<br />

XU7JGE from Cambodia from 20 October to 5 November. Apparently<br />

they<br />

will concentrate on CW (suggested frequencies are 1825, 3507,<br />

7003,<br />

10104, 14007, 21007, 24897 and 28020 kHz) and the low<br />

bands;<br />

however, XU7MDY will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest as<br />

a<br />

single band entry. QSLs via OH4MDY (direct only). [TNX OH4MDY]<br />

YU6 - Hrane, YT1AD will be active as YU3AD from Montenegro in October.<br />

QSL<br />

this operation via YT1AD. [TNX YZ1EW]<br />

PACIFIC TRIP ---> Larry, N0UU (www.tri.net/n0uu) will be touring the South<br />

Pacific with Lindblad Expeditions between 14 and 27 October. Although amateur<br />

radio is not the primary reason for these cruises, he plans to operate SSB on<br />

15, 20 and maybe 17 metres as FO/N0UU (from French Polynesia) and VP6UU, as<br />

well as with a CE0 callsign if he gets the licence. QSL via home call<br />

(bureau). His itinerary is as follows:<br />

14 Oct Bora Bora No operation 21 Oct At sea<br />

15 Oct Makatea OC-066 22 Oct Pitcairn No operation<br />

16 Oct Fakarava OC-066 23 Oct Henderson OC-056<br />

17 Oct Raroia OC-066 24 Oct Ducie OC-182<br />

18 Oct At sea 25 Oct At sea<br />

19 Oct Pukarua OC-238 26 Oct At sea<br />

20 Oct Mangareva OC-063 27 Oct Easter Isl SA-001<br />

Daily ship reports will be posted at http://www.expeditions.com/ [TNX The<br />

Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

PACIFIC TRIP ---> Willy, ON5AX and his wife Magda, ON3AX will be active from<br />

the Pacific between 17 October and 14 December. They plan to operate on 20,<br />

30 and 40 metres CW, SSB and PSK from Samoa (5W0AX, 17-22 October), American<br />

Samoa (KH8/ON5AX, 24-29 October, CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest included), Tonga<br />

(A35AX, 2-14 November) and New Zealand (ZL/ON5AX, from 16 November to 14<br />

December). [TNX ON5AX]<br />

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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (September 2006) is now available<br />

at http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/monthly/index.html. Articles and pictures should be<br />

sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).<br />

ANTARCTICA AWARD ---> The Award Manager (Gianni Marruccella, IZ8CGS) reports<br />

that all of the certificate requests received as of 15 September 2006 h ave


een processed and mailed along with the complimentary map of Antarctica<br />

published by the Australian Antarctic Division [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 700].Up-to-date score<br />

tables are available at www.mdxc.org/antarctica/award.asp.<br />

ANTARCTICA CHALLENGE ---> The French Polar Team has announced a new programme<br />

called "The Antarctica Challenge", with the goal of promoting amateur radio<br />

contacts with and raising funds for Antarctic ham stations. Full details are<br />

available at http://f6kdf.ath.cx/f5nod/ [TNX F5NOD]<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS ---> The following operation has been approved for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit:<br />

TT8LN (Chad), operation from 12 February through 5 June 2006.<br />

<strong>DX</strong> SPOTS ---> Rod Elliott, VE3UW has collected the <strong>DX</strong> spots from the OH2AQ<br />

Web Cluster since January 1997. The collection - from January 1997 up to<br />

September 2006 - is available at www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/dxspots/, as well the<br />

software (<strong>DX</strong>INFO v2.0) which will enable you to handle the files<br />

(instructions at the URL above).<br />

INDEXA ---> The International <strong>DX</strong> Association, INDEXA (www.indexa.org) has<br />

announced the results of its 2006-07 election:<br />

President Ron Wright, ZL1AMO<br />

Vice President Gary Dixon, K4MQG<br />

Secretary-Treasurer Bill Jennings, W4UNP<br />

Directors: Bob Allphin, K4UEE; Richard Grant, W9RG; Franz Langner, DJ9ZB;<br />

Nellie Saltiel de Lazard, XE1CI. <strong>News</strong>letter Editor: John Scott, K8YC. [TNX<br />

K4MQG]<br />

NEW WAB AWARD ---> A new WAB (Worked All Britain) award is being introduced<br />

from 1 Janury 2007. It will be available to licenced amateurs and SWLs for<br />

working the many special event stations (GB callsigns) from the United<br />

Kingdom each year. Full information is available on<br />

http://www.worked-all-britain.co.uk/ [TNX G1VDP]<br />

QSL HK3JJH ---> Pedro reports that his new mailing address is: Pedro J.<br />

Allina, Cod 9906, P.O. Box 02-5242, Miami, FL 33102-5242, USA.<br />

WACI ---> The Worked All Canary Islands award, sponsored by the Gran Canaria<br />

<strong>DX</strong> Group, is available to either licenced amateurs and SWLs for working<br />

stations located on the various EA8 islands. Full information is available at<br />

http://www.grupodxgc.com [TNX EA8CAC]<br />

WRTC 2010 ---> The World Radiosport Team Championship Sanctioning Committee<br />

(WRTC-SC) has announced that in 2010 WRTC will be held in Russia for the<br />

first time. The Union of Radio Amateurs of Russia (Soyuz Radiolyubitelei<br />

Rossii, SRR) is the primary sponsoring organization, and SRR President Roman<br />

Thomas, RZ3AA, is the host committee chairman. The event will be held near<br />

Moscow in conjunction with the IARU HF World Championship in July. The<br />

committee plans to publish qualification rules and procedures and to<br />

establish a web site as soon as possible. [TNX ARRL Contester's Rate Sheet]<br />

YU6AO ---> The YU6AO operation from Montenegro conducted by Hrane, YT1AD and<br />

a multi-national team of 35 operators made some 75,000 QSOs (on-line logs and<br />

pictures can be found at http://www.yu6ao.info). So far 8,000 envelopes have<br />

been received and 25,000+ QSOs have been confirmed, YZ1EW reports. However,<br />

according to a note posted on the <strong>DX</strong>CC Dialog Weblog on 4 October<br />

(http://www.arrl.org/blog/<strong>DX</strong>CC%20Dialog), <strong>DX</strong>CC credit is currently not<br />

allowed "because of possible irregularities in the QSLing process". Once this<br />

matter is cleared, credits already submitted can be claimed with a note to<br />

the <strong>DX</strong>CC Branch Manager, Bill Moore at dxcc@arrl.org.<br />

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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

LOGS: On-line logs for HA506NF and HA501DAE can be found<br />

at<br />

http://users.atw.hu/ha1dae/ha506nf/search.html and<br />

http://users.atw.hu/ha1dae/ha501dae/search.html [TNX HA1DAE]<br />

LOGS: On-line logs for this year's ILLW activity by IU1L (La<br />

Lanterna,<br />

ARLHS ITA-177, WAIL LI-005) can be found<br />

at<br />

http://www.arigenova.it/CercaLogIU1L.asp [TNX IZ1BZS]<br />

LOGS: The YX5IOTA expedition to Cayo Herradura (La Tortuga, SA-<br />

044)<br />

logged 10883 QSOs from 20.04 UTC on 26 September through<br />

03.34<br />

UTC on 1 October. On line logs, pictures and statistics<br />

are<br />

available at http://yx5iota.4m5dx.org<br />

MIQUELON: A brief photo-report on the recent FP/G3SXW and<br />

FP/G3TXF<br />

operation from Miquelon Island can be found<br />

at<br />

http://www.g3txf.com/dxtrip/FP_G3TXF/FP.html Roger and Nigel<br />

made 7,841 CW QSOs in four days. QSL via home calls.<br />

TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are<br />

now<br />

available at<br />

http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html.<br />

Please send your scores, as well as any request for<br />

further<br />

information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@ari.it)<br />

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3D2WW, 3Y0X, 4J6ZZ, 4L1DA, 4L6AM,<br />

4O2NT, 4O3ES, 4O6<strong>DX</strong>, 4X4BL, 5W0KI, 6W1EA, 9G5UR, 9K2CQ, 9K2HN, 9M4SEB<br />

(OC-295), 9M6ACC, AX3MCG, BG7MSN, BV6GU, BY4XSL/4 (AS-135), C31BO, C56W,<br />

C6AYM (NA-001), C91HQ, CP6XE, CX5BW, D44BS, DU1EIB, DU6BG, E20WXA, E51JD,<br />

EA6SX, EA6UN, EK3GM, EO61JM, ER/RW3AH, ES5Q, ES9C, FK8GX, FK8HN, FS5KA,<br />

FW8AA, GC0GRC/p, J28UN, KH6/KF7E, KH8SI, LA/IK3GES/P (EU-044), LA/IK3GES/P<br />

(EU-076), LU7YS, LZ0A, NY3A/p (NA-140), OA4/DL5SE, OA4/DL5YWM, OD5NJ,<br />

OH8/IK3GES/P (EU-084), OH8/IK3GES/P (EU-184), OJ0LA, OL4HQ, OO5P, OY/PA2A,<br />

OZ/IK3GES/P (EU-125), PA/IK3GES/P (EU-146), PZ5RA, R1MVW, S01R, S9SS,<br />

SM2/IK3GES/P (EU-139), SM6/IK3GES/P (EU-043), SU9NC, SV5/SV1LK, T88PL, TA2ZF,<br />

TG9ADM, TK/IK5PWQ, TM5F (EU-095), TR8CA, UA0AOZ/0 (AS-114), UN5J, UN7DA,<br />

UQ1D, V25V, V47KV, V85GD, VI9NI, VP2EBR, VP2VQ, VP8DJB, VP9BO, VU4AN/VU2JMA,<br />

VU4AN/VU2JOS, VU4AN/VU2UWZ, VU4AN/VU3JLW, VU4AN/VU3NZC, VU4AN/VU3RWN,<br />

VU4AN/VU3RYB, VU4AN/VU3RYG, VU4AN/VU3SIE, XE2K/XF2, XF4IH, XW1A, YB1AQB,<br />

YI9QWO, YJ0A<strong>DX</strong> (OC-035), YJ0IR, YP1W, YU6AO, YU6DZ, YY5YMA, ZA/OK1JR, ZF2JO,<br />

ZM8CW, ZV0F.<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

3B7 - The Five Star <strong>DX</strong>ers Association (FS<strong>DX</strong>A, of 9M0C, D68C and 3B9C<br />

fame)<br />

has announced its next <strong>DX</strong>pedition, to St. Brandon (requested<br />

call<br />

3B7C) to take place in September 2007. This will be a major<br />

effort,<br />

with a target of more than 100,000 QSOs. There will be up to<br />

twelve<br />

stations on the air, many using amplifiers and monoband beams,<br />

24<br />

hours a day, for almost three weeks. A multinational team is<br />

close<br />

to being complete, and 18 operators (9M6<strong>DX</strong>X, DK7YY, DL7AKC,<br />

EI5DI,<br />

G0OPB, G3BJ, G3IZD, G3NHL, G3NUG, G3SVL, G3XTT, G4KIU, G4TSH,<br />

K3NA,<br />

N6HC, SM5AQD, W3WL and WF5T) have already signed up to take<br />

part.<br />

FS<strong>DX</strong>A is seeking contributions from sponsors to help defray the<br />

very<br />

significant logistics costs of this <strong>DX</strong>pedition. Read the<br />

full<br />

announcement with the datils on haw contribute<br />

at<br />

http://www.3b7c.com/index.html (website under construction).<br />

[TNX<br />

G3XTT]<br />

7Q - Harry, 7Q7HB is back in Malawi for a period of not less than<br />

3<br />

months. He will try to work low bands if he can get the antenna<br />

to<br />

work. QSL via G0IAS (direct only). [TNX G0IAS]<br />

EA6 - DK2ZF and DK4VW will operate as EA6/homecall from Mallorca,<br />

Balearic<br />

Islands (EU-004) on 14-26 October. Their main objective is<br />

testing<br />

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144 MHz EME from JT65b, but they also plan to operate CW on 40<br />

and<br />

30 metres in their early morning hours (3-5 UTC). QSL via<br />

bureau.<br />

[TNX DK2ZF]<br />

EA8 - Andy, DL8LAS reports he will be active as EA8/DL8LAS from<br />

Lanzarote,<br />

Canary islands (AF-004) on 14-27 October. He will operate on 10-<br />

80<br />

metres mostly CW. QSL via home call.<br />

FT5X - Gildas, FT5XP (TU5KG) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 800] operated from Port aux<br />

Francais,<br />

Kerguelen on 9 October. According to Gil, F5NOD he expects to<br />

return<br />

there around 25-26 November. QSL via F4EFI.<br />

HI - Antonio, IW2OAZ [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 803] reports that he expects to operate<br />

as<br />

HI2/IW2OAZ from Catalina Island (NA-122) on 26 and 27 October,<br />

for<br />

about 8 hours starting around 13 UTC. Look for him<br />

signing<br />

HI2/IW2OAZ mainly on 20 and 17 metres. QSL via home call, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW]<br />

HR - Andrei/NP3D (EW1AR), Boris/N3SY (UU5SY), Alex/K2PAL (ex UB5XAZ)<br />

and<br />

Joe/KB2PDW will be active from Honduras between 22 and 30<br />

October.<br />

On 22-25 October they will operate - along with HR2J and others<br />

-<br />

from Tigre Island (NA-060) with a special HQ4 callsign (QSL<br />

via<br />

W3HNK). Expect activity on 6-80 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. Then<br />

they<br />

will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest as SOSB<br />

entries<br />

(callsigns TBA). [TNX K1XN]<br />

I - Weather and sea conditions permitting, IK8UHA, IK8VRH and<br />

IW8BVN<br />

will be active as IR8<strong>DX</strong> from Santo Ianni (EU-144, IIA PZ-001)<br />

on<br />

14-15 October. They plan to operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 20, 17<br />

and<br />

15 metres. QSL via IK8VRH. [TNX IK8VRH]<br />

I - Special calls ED8SRT (QSL via IZ8EDJ), EF8SRT (QSL via<br />

IZ8EDJ),<br />

L30BST (QSL via IZ8EDJ), V55SRT (QSL via IZ8EDJ), YI0SRT (QSL<br />

via<br />

IZ8EDJ), II0SRT (QSL via I0YKN), IO0SRT (QSL via IZ0BTV),<br />

IR0SRT<br />

(QSL via IS0LFZ), IO1SRT (QSL via IZ1GJK), IO2SRT (QSL via<br />

I2JJR),<br />

IO3SRT (QSL via IV3ZXQ), IR3SRT (QSL via IN3JJI), IO5SRT (QSL<br />

via<br />

IZ5BTC), IO6SRT (QSL via IZ6FZS), IO7SRT (QSL via IZ7FLT),<br />

IO8SRT<br />

(QSL via IK8WEJ), IU8SRT (QSL via IZ8GGF) plus IQ0OS (ARI<br />

Ostia)<br />

will be aired on 20-22 October for the 3rd Strange Radio<br />

Team<br />

special event. Proceeds beyond out-of-pocket expenses will<br />

be


donated to charity. Information is available<br />

at<br />

http://www.strangeradioteam.com/ or from the Event Manager Marco<br />

De<br />

Carlo, IZ7DOK (iz7dok@strangeradioteam.com) [TNX IZ8EDJ]<br />

J3 - Bill, VE3EBN will operate SSB, CW and PSK31 as J37LR and J37T<br />

from<br />

Grenada from 19 October to 26 November. QSL direct to home<br />

call.<br />

[TNX NG3K]<br />

PJ4 - Andy, W9NJY will be active as PJ4/W9NJY from Bonaire (SA-006)<br />

on<br />

20-31 October. He will operate mostly CW on 40-10 metres, with<br />

some<br />

SSB and digital. QSL via WD9DZV. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

SM - Anders/SM3XGV, Jorgen/SM3CXS, Staffan/SM3JGG and Sten/SM3NXS will<br />

be<br />

working on Grimskar Island (EU-176) on 20-22 October and<br />

will<br />

operate as SD3N and SG3U on 80-15 metres CW and SSB. QSL via<br />

SD3N<br />

via SM3NXS, QSL SG3U via SM3CXS (both preferably through<br />

the<br />

bureau). [TNX SM3CXS]<br />

SP - Special event station SN0JP will be active on 15-17 October<br />

to<br />

commemorate the 28th anniversary of the election of the late<br />

pope<br />

John Paul II. QSL via SP9PKZ (bureau) or direct. [TNX SP9GKM]<br />

SV - Special event station SX1VAR will be activated from Greece<br />

during<br />

the JOTA (Jamboree On The Air) on 21-22 October. QSL via SV1VS.<br />

[TNX<br />

SV1VS]<br />

UR - Special event station EM750W is active through 31 October<br />

to<br />

celebrate the 750th anniversary of the city of Lviv, Ukraine.<br />

For<br />

information on the relevant award, issued by the Lviv Shortwave<br />

Club<br />

(LKK), please contact George Chlijanc,<br />

UY5XE<br />

(uy5xe@ut1wpr.ampr.org). [TNX UY5XE]<br />

UR - Special stations EM10E (QSL via UR5E<strong>DX</strong>), EM10I (QSL via<br />

UT5IM),<br />

EM10J (QSL via UU7JM), EM10K (QSL via US7KA), EM10L (QSL via<br />

UR5LO),<br />

EM10M (QSL via UR3MP), EM10T (QSL via UR7TO), EM10U (QSL via<br />

UT3UZ)<br />

and EM10V (QSL via UR5VDA) will be active on 14-17 October<br />

to<br />

celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Ukrainian State Centre<br />

of<br />

Radio Frequencies. [TNX UT3UZ]<br />

V3 - Hart, DL7BC will operate as V31HK from Belize from 16<br />

October<br />

through the end of the month. He will participate in the CQ WW<br />

SSB<br />

<strong>DX</strong> Contest. QSL via DL7BC, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K]<br />

V6 - The new dates for the operations from Micronesia by V63JQ (QSL<br />

via<br />

JA1KJW), V63JY (QSL via JA1JQY), V63VE (QSL via JA8VE) and


V63FP<br />

JA1KJW)<br />

(QSL via JI1FPO) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 805] are as follows:<br />

1-7 November Kosrae OC-059<br />

7-9 November Pohnpei OC-010<br />

9-14 November Chuuk OC-011<br />

On 14-15 November they will operate as KH2/AK0J (QSL via<br />

from Guam (OC-026). [TNX JI6KVR]<br />

W - Dennis, WA2USA will operate on 80-10 metres SSB and CW as<br />

WA2USA/5<br />

from Grand Isle (NA-168) on 19-30 October, including activity<br />

during<br />

the CQ WW SSB <strong>DX</strong> Contest. He plans to concentrate on 20<br />

metres<br />

during the day and on 40/80 metres un the evenings. QSL via<br />

home<br />

call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

XT - The Provins ARS (F6KOP) has announced plans for a <strong>DX</strong>pedition to<br />

take<br />

place from Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso on 6-20 January 2007<br />

(callsign<br />

TBA). The operators will be F2JD, F2VX, F4AJQ, F5LMJ, F5TVG,<br />

F8BJI,<br />

F9IE, N2WB, N6OX and OE8KDK. They will be active on 160-6 metres<br />

CW,<br />

SSB, RTTY, PSK 31 & 63 and SSTV (plus possibly WSJT on 6<br />

metres)<br />

with six transceivers, two amplifiers and a wide range of<br />

antennas.<br />

QSL via F9IE, direct or bureau. A web site is under<br />

construction,<br />

more details to follow. [TNX F5NQL]<br />

ZL8 - The Microlite Penguins <strong>DX</strong>pedition team (EI6FR, HB9ASZ, K9ZO,<br />

N6MZ,<br />

N0TT, VK6<strong>DX</strong>I, W7EW and 9V1YC) became active as ZL8R from<br />

Raoul<br />

Island in the Kermadec group (OC-039) on 10 October. Plans are for<br />

a<br />

8 or 9-day activity on as many bands and modes as possible. QSL<br />

via<br />

VE3XN. [TNX K5TR]<br />

ZS - Special event station ZS90DW will be active through the end of<br />

the<br />

year to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Battle of<br />

Delville<br />

Wood during WWI. QSL via ZS4SM. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

EUROPEAN TOUR ---> Rick, NE8Z reports he will be touring Europe between 19<br />

October and 5 November. He plans to operate QRP from EA, G, HB9, I, SV1, TA4,<br />

3A, CT1 and as 9H3EE. QSL via NE8Z.<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

===========================<br />

Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

D20VB ---> According to first hand information collected by Cezar (VE3LYC),<br />

Vlad (UA4WHX) "was never on AF-108 and whoever spotted him like that made a<br />

rather bad joke". Vlad added that "he has no plans at this time to activate<br />

any of the D2 IOTAs", because travelling throught the country is extremely


difficult, the islands are much less safer than the mainland and the terrain<br />

is very rough. [TNX www.islandchaser.com]<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS ---> The following operations have been approved for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit:<br />

9Q1D, 9Q1TB and 9Q1EK (Democratic Republic of the Congo), current operation<br />

beginning 22 September 2006. [TNX NC1L]<br />

QSL 9N1AA ---> Satish is back on the air after being inactive for the past<br />

three years or so. His QSL manager (Carl Smith, N4AA) says that apparently<br />

Satish now has access to his old logs (previously reported as lost), even<br />

though he cannot provide a copy of them. Carl will be sending him a list of<br />

the "several hundred unanswered requests on hand at N4AA", and hopefully he<br />

will be able to confirm those old contacts. "I will answer these cards as<br />

soon as possible and to the best of my ability", Carl says. [TNX QRZ-<strong>DX</strong>]<br />

QSL VK0JLX ---> Paul, VK2JLX/VK0JLX says he has decided not to select a QSL<br />

manger, he himself will reply to the many QSL cards that await his for his<br />

return to Australia around mid 2007. He is still working at Davis Station,<br />

Antarctica and his current operating times on the amateur radio bands are 6-7<br />

UTC and 10-16 UTC (weekdays) and 5 UTC onwards (weekends).<br />

QSL YU6AO ---> The following was published on the <strong>DX</strong>CC Dialog Weblog<br />

(http://www.arrl.org/blog/<strong>DX</strong>CC%20Dialog) on 11 October: "Reference our recent<br />

comments about YU6AO credits [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 805, ed.], we have decided to continue<br />

crediting any YU6AO QSOs made on or after July 4, 2006. While we are still<br />

concerned that for some reason there are apparent date errors on certain<br />

YU6AO QSL cards, we will continue to count these credits pending further<br />

investigation. If you have received a YU6AO QSL card showing a date of July 4<br />

or later which actually represents a QSO made prior to July 4, 2006, please<br />

let us know in an email to dxcc@arrl.org". [Bill Moore, NC1L]<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

******* QSL INFO ********<br />

===========================<br />

Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

===================================================================<br />

CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />

===================================================================<br />

3W2TXR JA2TXR HA500NAR HA0NAR PA25FMF PI4FRG<br />

4L0ABC K3PD HA501AD HA1AD R1ANC RU1ZC<br />

4S7VK DJ9ZB HA501CW HA1CW R1ANF RK1PWA<br />

4X70R 4Z4TL HA501DAE HA1DAE R73SRR UA3<strong>DX</strong><br />

4Z70R 4Z4TL HA501TNX HA1TNX SJ9WL LA4EKA<br />

4Z8DT OK1DT HA503DMF HA3DMF ST2A T93Y<br />

5H3EE DL4SM HA503HO HA3HO ST2BF W3HNK<br />

5N46EAM IK2IQD HA503HP HA3HP ST2NH EA7FTR<br />

5R8GZ G3SWH HA503NU HA3NU T32GW WB6NOA<br />

5R8RJ DJ7RJ HA503OD HA3OD T32Z K3PD<br />

5X1GS WB2YQH HA505GY HA5GY T6EE KE6GFF<br />

5Z4ES K3PD HA506KNX HA6KNX T80B WB6Z<br />

6Y5AF W2WC HA506NF HA6NF T80W JM1LJS<br />

7S2AT SK2AT HA506OA HA6OA T88JW JH3JWW<br />

7Z1UG DG1XG HA507MW HA7MW T88ST JR3STX<br />

8Q7AK G7COD HA507PL HA7PL T96Q T93Y<br />

9A/T94<strong>DX</strong> DJ2MX HA507SQ HA7SQ TF3ZA KT6YL<br />

9A650C 9A7K HA508IB HA8IB TM1GPK F4ERQ<br />

9G5ZS ZS6EGB HA508VK HA8VK TP20CE F5LGF<br />

9H9JR DJ0QJ HA508ZO HA8ZO TU2/F5LDY F1CGN<br />

9J2BO G3TEV HC1HC NE8Z TX6A F6AML


9J2SZ SP8DIP HG1956R HA3HK TY5ZR IK2IQD<br />

9M2IDJ JA6IDJ HZ1PS IZ8CLM UE3LWP RA3LBA<br />

9M2TO JA0DMV IA5/IK5BCM IK5CBE UE6YYH/6 UA6YH<br />

9M6XRO M5AAV IA5/IK5BQW IK5CBE UE6YYW UA6YW<br />

9N1AA N4AA IA5/IK5CBE IK5CBE UR7ITU UY9IF<br />

A71EM EA7FTR IA5/IK5CRH IK5CBE V31LL WO0Z<br />

AH2J JR1VAY IG9/IT9RKR IW9HLM V5/DJ8VC DJ8VC<br />

BD1DRJ/2 BD1DRJ IG9/IW9GUR IW9HLM V5/DL8JS DL8JS<br />

BG2QMP/2 BD1DRJ IG9/IW9HLM IW9HLM VE1OTA/P VE1VOX<br />

BI4F BA4XA II1ARD IS0S<strong>DX</strong> VK0JLX VK2JLX<br />

BY1TX/2 EA7FTR II1ARU IS0PGF VK3FY/9 VK3FY<br />

C91BWW CT1BWW IY1TTM IW1RIK VP8DIZ G7KMZ<br />

C98BWW CT1BWW IY4FGM IK4UPU VP8SGK GM0HCQ<br />

CN8NK EA5XX JT1FCY I1QOD VQ9JC ND9M<br />

CO8ZZ DK1WI JW2PA LA2PA VU3RYO DL2JRM<br />

D20VB UA4WHX LA6FJA KM3X (a) VU3SID DL7AFS<br />

D44TD CT1EKF LA6FJA WY4N (b) VU3SIG DL7AFS<br />

DQ35AGCW DL1AH LG5LG LA4EKA XV3AA JA6UHG<br />

DR1A DL6FBL LN7AZ WY4N YB0A W3HNK<br />

DU3NXE W3HNK LU1ZV LU4<strong>DX</strong>U YC3BDJ IZ8CCW<br />

DU9/N0NM W4DR LX/PA6Z PA1K YE1AA ON4RU<br />

ED5RGC EA5HT LX5B LX1MAX YR100YRS YO3HKW<br />

ED7VRS EA7ANC LZ26ZA LZ1KZA YT150YT YT7YT<br />

ED8BTM EA8BTM MB2HFC G4BWP YU3AD YT1AD<br />

EK6LP IK2DUW MS0WRC G0MTD YZ150Z YU1ACR<br />

EM750W UT7WZ ON100BOIC ON4CRD YZ5C YU5CB<br />

ER570C ER1DA ON60AF ON6KN Z32A YT1AD<br />

EW6GF DL8KAC OP0P ON6DP ZK2PX AI5P<br />

EY8DQ DJ1MM OY3QN OZ1ACB ZL40AGY ZL2AGY<br />

FT5XP F4EFI P29NI G3KHZ ZL8R VE3XN<br />

GB6OCV G4DFI P29VCX SM6CVX ZS90DW ZS4SM<br />

HA500LG HA0LG P40LL WO0Z ZV100SD PS7AHR<br />

(a) North America (b) Others<br />

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******* ADDRESSES *******<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

9Q1EK Georges Schleger, United Nations - MONUC - Radio Okapi, Kinshasa 12<br />

Av. des Ateurs B.P. 8811, Democratic Republic of Congo<br />

BA4XA Kevin Yang, P.O. Box 59, Lian Yun Gang, JS 222002, China<br />

BD1DRJ He Lei, Rm 1705, Tower B, No. 36 Beisanhuan East Road, Dongcheng<br />

Dist., Beijing 100013, China<br />

CT1BWW Manuel Alberto C. Marques, P.O. Box 41, 2780-901 Oeiras, Portugal<br />

CT1EKF Antonio Jose Xara da Costa, Rua do Centro Vidreiro 917, Bustelo,<br />

3720-626 Oliveira de Azemeis, Portugal<br />

ER1DA Valeri Metaxa, P.O. Box 3000, Chisinau, MD-2071, Moldova<br />

G3KHZ Derek Cox, 18 Station Road, Castle Bytham, Grantham, Lincs NG33 4SB,<br />

United Kingdom<br />

GM0HCQ Mike Gloistein, 27 Stormont Way, Scone, Perthshire PH2 6SP, Scotland,<br />

UK<br />

IW9HLM Angelo Mai, Via Carlo Pisacane 18/a, 95030 Mascalucia - CT, Italy<br />

LU8XP Cosme Alfonso Averna, 17 de Mayo 515, 9410 Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego,<br />

Argentina<br />

PA1K Bert van Holst, Ien Dalessingel 357, 7207 LJ Zutphen, The Netherlands<br />

PZ5RA Ramon Kaersenhout, P.O. Box 4048, Paramaribo, Suriname<br />

SM6CVX Hans Olof Hjelmstrom, Kalltorpsv. 2, 543 35 Tibro, Sweden<br />

UA4WHX Vladimir M. Bykov, P.O. Box 2040, 426000 Izhevsk, Russia


VE1VOX Dana Rushton, P.O. Box 1862, Truro, NS B2N 6C7, Canada<br />

VE3XN Garry V. Hammond, 5 McLaren Avenue, Listowel, ON N4W 3K1, Canada<br />

W3HNK Joseph Arcure Jr, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352,<br />

USA<br />

WB6Z John Furuya, P.O. Box 747, Mercer Island, WA 98040, USA<br />

XU7A<strong>DX</strong> Hiroo Yonezuka, Aiyara Apartment, 260 Rama 9 Rd. Soi 17, Japanese<br />

School, Latphaow, Bangkok 10320, Thailand<br />

ZC4VJ Andy Chadwick, P.O. Box 36575, 5526 Dasaki Achnas, Cyprus<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #807<br />

21 October 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

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Contributors are invited to send their <strong>DX</strong> information to<br />

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The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />

===========================<br />

Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

A3 - Mark, VK2GND will operate as A35GN from Tonga (OC-049) from<br />

25<br />

December to 3 January. Look for him on or aound 7050, 14195<br />

and<br />

14273 kHz. QSL via home call. [TNX VK2GND]<br />

C5 - Darren, G0TSM will be active as C52T from Bijilo Beach, The<br />

Gambia<br />

on 24-31 October, CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest included. He will<br />

operate<br />

SSB, CW and RTTY on 160-6 metres. "Please call me on HF if<br />

anyone<br />

thinks 6m is open", he says, "and I will QSY". He will have a<br />

Yagi<br />

for 10/15/20m, simple wire antennas on the other bands and a<br />

quad<br />

loop for 6m. QSL via home call, direct or bureau (QSLling policy<br />

at<br />

http://www.g0tsm.com), [TNX G0TSM]<br />

F - G8APZ/F1VJQ, F5OWL, F5VHX, G4FUF and PA4ZP will operate as<br />

F1VJQ/p<br />

and F5VHX/p from Porquerolles Island (EU-070) from 27 October to<br />

4<br />

November. They will operate on 144 Mhz using WSJT (FSK441a)<br />

for<br />

Meteor Scatter. There may also be a possibility of EME at<br />

their<br />

moonrise/moonset for the larger stations. On the HF bands, they<br />

will<br />

be mainly on CW approximately 7 KHz above each band edge. QSL<br />

direct<br />

for both calls via G8APZ, or via bureau to relevant callsign.<br />

[TNX<br />

www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

FM - Mike, K9NW will be active most likely as FM/K9NW from<br />

Martinique<br />

(NA-107) on 25-30 October, including a SOAB entry in the CQ WW<br />

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SSB Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX K9NW]<br />

FS - Nathan/W3A<strong>DX</strong>, Mike/N3VOP, Rob/K1RH and Clint/W3ARS will be active<br />

as<br />

FS/homecall from St. Martin (NA-105) on 25-31 October. QSL via<br />

home<br />

calls. They will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest as<br />

FS/WY3P<br />

(QSL via W3ADC). Outside the contest look for them on 160-6<br />

metres,<br />

with an emphasis on the WARC bands and RTTY. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

GU - Tim/M3SDE (MU3SDE), Ant/MW0JZE (MU0JZE) and Chris/G1VDP<br />

(GU1VDP)<br />

will operate SSB and digital modes from Alderney Island,<br />

Guernsey<br />

(EU-114) from 26 October to 1 November. They will participate in<br />

the<br />

CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest as MU5W (Multi-Single). QSL MU0JZE via<br />

MW0JZE,<br />

QSL MU3SDE, GU1VDP and MU5W via M3SDE. [TNX G1VDP]<br />

HI - Udo/DL2AQI, Ingolf/DL4JS, Sigi/DL8AKI and Rich/DK8YY will be<br />

active<br />

on SSB, CW and digital modes as homecall/HI9 from the<br />

Dominican<br />

Republic (NA-096) from 21 October to 3 November. They<br />

will<br />

participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest as HI9L. QSL for all<br />

via<br />

DH7WW, direct or bureau. For direct requests, please note<br />

that<br />

Ulrich will not accept old style IRCs expiring on 31 December.<br />

[TNX<br />

DH7WW]<br />

HI - Jose, CT1EHX will be active on 10-80 metres SSB and RTTY<br />

as<br />

HI/CT1EHX from Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (NA-096) on 24-<br />

31<br />

October. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX CT1EHX]<br />

HR - HQ4D is the callsign to be used during the 22-25 October<br />

operation<br />

from Tigre Island (NA-060) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 806]. QSL via W3HNK. [TNX F5NQL]<br />

JA - The Tohoku University ARC and the Osaka University ARC are<br />

operating<br />

memorial stations 8J7YAGI and 8J3YAGI to commorate the<br />

120th<br />

anniversary of the birth and the 30th anniverasy of the death of<br />

Dr.<br />

Hidetsugu Yagi, the inventor of the Yagi-Uda antenna (patented<br />

in<br />

1926). All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via<br />

the<br />

bureau; direct cards should be sent to JA7YAA (for 8J7YAGI)<br />

and<br />

JA3YKC (for 8J3YAGI). Further information and log search for<br />

8J7YAGI<br />

at http://www.ja7yaa.org.tohoku.ac.jp/8j7yagi/index-en.html<br />

LA - Tor, LA7LNA and Rag, LA6FJA will operate as LA5G during<br />

this<br />

weekend's 49th Jamboree On The Air<br />

(JOTA,<br />

http://www.scout.org/jota/) from a Scout camp in Valdres. QSL<br />

via


ureau. [TNX LA6FJA]<br />

SM - Fred, SM7DAY and Jan, SM7NGH will operate CW and SSB from Ven<br />

Island<br />

(EU-137) and Hakens Lighthouse (ARLHS SWE-168) on 23-25 October.<br />

QSL<br />

via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX SM7NGH]<br />

SM - John, SM5DJZ will operate on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY as<br />

SD40JZ<br />

through November 2007. The special call celebrate John's 40 years<br />

on<br />

the amateur radio bands. QSL via SM5DJZ, direct or bureau. Logs<br />

will<br />

be uploaded to LOTW. [TNX SM5DJZ]<br />

SV - Gyuszi/HA2VR, Laci/HA6NL, Zsolt/HA6PS, Al/HA7JJS and Laci/HA7PL<br />

will<br />

be active on all bands CW and SSB as SV8/HA2VR, SV8/HA6NL and<br />

J48NL,<br />

SV8/HA6PS and J48PS, SV8/HA7JJS and J48JJ, SV8/HA7PL and J48PL<br />

from<br />

Thassos Island (EU-174) from 26 October to 8 November. QSL via<br />

home<br />

calls, direct or bureau. They will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong><br />

SSB<br />

Contest as J48RT (QSL via HA6NL). The same callsign will be<br />

used<br />

also during the HA-QRP Contest<br />

(http://www.radiovilag.hu/haqrp2.htm)<br />

on 80 metres CW with 7 watts. [TNX HA0HW]<br />

SV - Nikiforos/SV1EEX, Theodor/SV1GRM and Sotirios/SV1HER will operate<br />

as<br />

SX8F from Falkonera Island (EU-113) and lighthouse (ARLHS GRE-<br />

012)<br />

on 15-19 November. They plan to operate SSB, CW, PSK, FSK441,<br />

SSTV<br />

and FM on 160-6 metres plus VHF, UHF and SHF. QSL via SV1HER.<br />

[TNX<br />

SV1EEX]<br />

TA - Milan, OK3AA and Josef, OK1XV will operate mainly CW on the HF<br />

bands<br />

as TA0/homecall from Lale Island (close to Alibey, which does<br />

not<br />

qualify for IOTA) on 20-25 October. QSL via home calls. [TNX<br />

OP<strong>DX</strong><br />

Bulletin]<br />

UA_ant - Alan, UA1PAC reports that Alex, R1ANC (UA1ZCK) at Vostok Base (UA-<br />

10<br />

for the Antarctica Award), Antarctica (AN-016) is QRV every<br />

day<br />

between 00.00 and 16 UTC on 20 metres SSB (14160, 14176, 14200<br />

kHz).<br />

Please note that the QSL route has changed again. The new<br />

QSL<br />

manager is UA1PAC himself, who says that he receives updates<br />

from<br />

Alex on a weekly basis. The new QSL cards are expected from<br />

the<br />

printer soon. [TNX UA1PAC]<br />

V6 - Shoji, JA7HMZ will be active as V63<strong>DX</strong> from Pohnpei (OC-<br />

010),<br />

Micronesia on 13-18 November. He will operate on all bands<br />

and<br />

modes, with an emphasis on 160 metres for Europe and North


America.<br />

QSL via home call. [TNX JA1ADT]<br />

VE - Manfred, VA3RMF reports that during the W/VE Islands QSO<br />

Party<br />

(21-22 October) he will operate from four CISA new ones in<br />

Ontario:<br />

Renny Island, Adelaide Island, Griswold Island and Bridge Island.<br />

VE - Rich, N0HJZ reports he will be operating from Canada as VB4MWA<br />

on<br />

26-30 October, CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest included. QSL direct to<br />

home<br />

call.<br />

VK9C - Bernd, VK2IA will be active as VK9AA from Cocos-Keeling (OC-<br />

003)<br />

27-30 October and again on 20-27 November. He will participate<br />

in<br />

the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest as a Multi-Single entry with VK2CZ<br />

and<br />

possibly others, and in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest as a SOAB entry.<br />

QSL<br />

both operations via DL8YR. [TNX OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />

VP2M - Gordon, G3USR will be active as VP2MSR from Montserrat (NA-103)<br />

from<br />

26 October to 2 November. He plans to operate holiday style<br />

mostly<br />

on 40 and 20 metres SSB. QSL via home call. [TNX G3USR]<br />

VP5 - Look for Haru, JA1XGI to operate CW, SSB, RTTY and other<br />

digital<br />

modes as VP5/W8XGI on 4-7 November. QSL via home call. [TNX JA1XGI]<br />

VP9 - Paul, G4BKI will be operating CW only as VP9KF from Hamilton<br />

Parish,<br />

Bermuda (NA-005) on 1-15 November. QSL to W4/VP9KF (Paul Evans,<br />

6809<br />

River Road, Tampa, FL 33615, USA). [TNX VP9KF]<br />

VU7 - The IARU affiliated Amateur Radio Society of India (ARSI)<br />

has<br />

announced further details about the VU7LD activity from<br />

the<br />

Lakshadweep Islands [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 804]. A team of about 25<br />

Indian<br />

operators "who have a proven record of operating in pile<br />

up<br />

conditions" is being assembled, and operations will take<br />

place<br />

mainly from Karavatti Island for the entire month of<br />

December.<br />

Initial plans are for eight stations to be QRV on all bands<br />

and<br />

modes. QSL via W3HNK. Please<br />

visit<br />

http://www.arsi.info/VU7/index.html for further<br />

information,<br />

official press releases and on-line logs, as well as to get<br />

the<br />

details on how to contribute. You can also email<br />

vu7ldarsi@gmail.com [TNX VU2GMN]<br />

VU7 - According to the information posted on the expedition's website,<br />

the<br />

VU7RG activity [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 805] is still planned to take place on 1-<br />

10<br />

December, along with the International Hamfest. A


large<br />

multi-national team of about 50 operators will be active from<br />

three<br />

operating sites located on three different islands (Agatti,<br />

Bangaram<br />

and Kadmat). There will be three different QSL routes: the German<br />

<strong>DX</strong><br />

Foundation (G<strong>DX</strong>F) for IARU Region 1, Bob Schenck (N2OO) for<br />

IARU<br />

Region 2 and the I-House Radio Club for IARU Region 3. Donations<br />

are<br />

being sought. Read the official press releases from NIAR in the<br />

<strong>News</strong><br />

page at http://www.vu7.in/<br />

W - Look for Paul, AA4ZZ/P to be active holiday style from Sunset<br />

Beach<br />

Island (NA-112) on 20-23 October. Activity will mainly be on<br />

20<br />

metres SSB, possibly on 80 and 40 metres as well. QSL via home<br />

call.<br />

[TNX VA3RJ]<br />

W - WO0Z and AI0BP will join a team of students at the North Dakota<br />

ARC<br />

for the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest as W0HSC. Current plans would be<br />

a<br />

Multi-Single entry (100 watts). QSL direct to W0HSC. [TNX WO0Z]<br />

XX9 - Ramon, XE1KK plans to be active as XX9TKK from Taipa<br />

Island<br />

(AS-075), Macau before the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB contest, possibily<br />

starting<br />

on 25 October. QSL via XE1KK. He will then participate in<br />

the<br />

Contest with the XX9C team (Multi-Multi). [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

PACIFIC TOUR ---> Roman/RZ3AA, Andy/UA3AB and Harry/RA3AUU will be active<br />

from Micronesia (as V63RZ, V63UA and V63RQ) on 5-9 November and from Northern<br />

Mariana (as KH0/NP2KY, KH0/KB7YHV and KH0/K3UY) on 10-15 November.They will<br />

operate CW and SSB with an emphasis on the low bands, especially on 160<br />

metres. Europe and North America will be the main targets. QSL this operation<br />

via UA3<strong>DX</strong>. [TNX RA3AUU and UA3AB]<br />

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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

3C0M: The web pages for Elmo's (EA5BYP) operation from Annobon<br />

[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N<br />

805] can be found at<br />

http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/web/ea5yn/<br />

(on-line logs will be available after the operation). QSL<br />

via<br />

EA5BYP, direct (Elmo Bernabe Coll, P.O. Box 3097, 03080<br />

Alicante,<br />

Spain) or bureau. The pilot station will be Vicente,<br />

EA5YN<br />

(ea5yn@telefonica.net). [TNX EA5YN]<br />

LOGS: On-line logs for the recent IOTA operations by F5AHO and F5PAC<br />

from<br />

Canada are now available at http://www.qsl.net/f5pac/ve/


[TNX<br />

HB9EAA]<br />

LOGS: A few pictures and on-line logs for the recent IOTA operations<br />

by<br />

P29NI from the Trobriand Islands (OC-115) and P29VCX from<br />

Daru<br />

Island (OC-153) are now available<br />

at<br />

http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/dxped/p29ni/ [TNX IZ1CRR]<br />

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3Y0X, 4L0G, 4O6<strong>DX</strong>, 4U1UN, 4W6AAB,<br />

5F50KD, 5N46EAM, 5T5SN, 5W0KI, 5W0TT, 5Z4DZ, 7X4AN, 9K2CQ, 9N7JO, AK1Q<br />

(NA-137), BG7KLO/5, C91TK, CN8KD, CX5BW, CX5SI, D44BS, DU1EV, E21EIC/p<br />

(AS-107), EJ2MT, EK6CC, FG5BG, FO/F6CTL, FP/G3SXW, GD6IA, HB0/DL1ZBO, HK3JRL,<br />

HP1IBF, J28JA, J28UN, J48HW, JT1CO, JY9NX, KH8/K8YSE, KH8SI, OH1/DL2VFR<br />

(EU-096), OJ0LA, OX3LX, PJ2BR, PV8<strong>DX</strong>, S01R, ST2BF, ST2T, TG9ANF, TM5F<br />

(EU-095), TU2/F5LDY, TX5NK, UA6AF/p (EU-185), UE0CBP (AS-114), UK8AR, UK8OM,<br />

UN7JX, UN9PQ, UU7J, UW2M, V47KV, V85GD, V8A, VC2W (NA-038), VK7VAC, VP5/W5SJ,<br />

VP5H, VY0ICE, XF4IH, YB1AQB, YJ0AX, YU6AO, Z35G, ZC4LI, ZF2AH, ZL9BSJ/P,<br />

ZM8CW, ZS1REC.<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #808<br />

28 October 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

(e-mail i1jqj@<strong>425</strong>dxn.org )<br />

Contributors are invited to send their <strong>DX</strong> information to<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ (i1jqj@<strong>425</strong>dxn.org)<br />

The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />

===========================<br />

Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

5H - Giovanni, I5JHW reports he will operate SSB and RTTY as 5H1HW<br />

from<br />

Zanzibar Island (AF-032) on 7-22 November. QSL via I5JHW, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau.<br />

9H - Jo, DL5AUA reports he has had to cancel his 23 October-2<br />

November<br />

9H3JC operation from Malta [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 803] owing to a family problem.<br />

E5 - Bill, N7OU (E51NOU) and Bob, W7YAQ (E51YAQ) will be active<br />

from<br />

Penrhyn Atoll (OC-082), North Cook Islands on 4-18 November<br />

and<br />

from Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands on 18-28<br />

November,<br />

including participation in the CQ WW CW <strong>DX</strong> Contest. They<br />

will<br />

operate on 10-80 metres mostly CW, with some RTTY and SSB. [TNX<br />

The<br />

Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

FT*X - Gil, F5NOD reports that Gildas, FT5XP (TU5KG) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 806] might<br />

be<br />

again active from Port aux Francais, Kerguelen sometime<br />

"next<br />

week". QSL via F4EFI.<br />

G - On 3 November 1906 the Berlin International Wireless<br />

Telegraphy<br />

Convention agreement established 500kc/s as the maritime<br />

calling<br />

and distress frequency and SOS as the distress signal. To mark<br />

this<br />

centenary the Radio Officers' Association will be on air using<br />

the<br />

call sign GB500KCS on 3-4 November. QSL via<br />

operator's<br />

instructions. This special event will form the launch of the<br />

Radio<br />

Next bulletin<br />

Bulletins' Index


Officers' Association campaign for 500kHz to be<br />

recognised<br />

internationally as a 'heritage' frequency. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

HS - Look for HS8KAY to participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB Contest<br />

(Single<br />

Operator on 20 metres) from Phuket Island (AS-053). After<br />

the<br />

contest he will operate CW for another 2-3 days before going<br />

back<br />

home. QSL via home call (bureau preferred). [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

I - INORC (Italian Naval Old Rhythmers Club) members will operate<br />

CW<br />

only as IY1SP/500KCS from La Spezia (Mount Parodi) on 3-5<br />

November<br />

to celebrate the centenary of the signing of the<br />

Berlin<br />

International Wireless Telegraphy Convention agreement. QSL<br />

via<br />

I1SAF. [TNX I8QHE]<br />

JA - Look for JA5BEX/5 to operate SSB on the HF bands from Ogi<br />

Island<br />

(AS-076), Kagawa Prefecture on 28 October. QSL via home<br />

call,<br />

direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />

KC4_ant - Adam, K2ARB will be active as KC4/K2ARB from Patriot Hills<br />

Camp<br />

(MN-01 for the Antarctica Award), Antarctica (AN-016) from<br />

3<br />

November to 28 January 2007. [TNX DL5EBE]<br />

KH8_si - A multi-national team of 12 experienced operators lead by<br />

Hrane<br />

Milosevic (YT1AD) and co-lead by David Collingham (K3LP) will<br />

be<br />

active on all bands and modes as N8S from Swains Island on 3-<br />

16<br />

April 2007. The other ten operators will be K1LZ, N3KS,<br />

N6TQS,<br />

RK3AD, RA3AUU, SV2BFN, UA3AB, RZ3AA, YZ7AA and YZ1BX.<br />

The<br />

permission to operate was confirmed via email from Larry<br />

Gandy<br />

(AH8LG) on 23 October. Furthr information will be provided in<br />

due<br />

course. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

OA - Martijn, PA3GFE will be again in Peru from 3 November until<br />

10<br />

December. He hopes to be able to operate in his spare time on 40-<br />

10<br />

metres (expecially on the lower bands). He will also try<br />

to<br />

participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest from the OA4O club<br />

station,<br />

with better antennas and power. QSL via home call, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX PA3GFE]<br />

ON - UBA radio club stations have been authorized to replace<br />

their<br />

ordinary prefix with ON60 (Oscar November Six Zero) from 1<br />

November<br />

2006 through 10 February 2008 to celebrate the 60th anniversary<br />

of<br />

the Union Belge des Amateurs-emetteurs (UBA, the IARU society


for<br />

Belgian amateurs). [TNX ON4BEN]<br />

OZ - Norbert, DL1HTW will operate on 10-80 metres SSB and SSTV<br />

as<br />

OZ/DL1HTW from Langeland Island (EU-172) on 4-11 November. QSL<br />

via<br />

home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

PA - Look for Filip, ON4AEO to operate as PA/OS6A from Texel<br />

Island<br />

(EU-038) on 4-5 November. He will be active on 40, 20, 17, 15,<br />

12<br />

and 10 metres. QSL via ON4AEO. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

P4 - Tim, WD9DZV will operate CW and SSB on 160-10 metres as P40D<br />

from<br />

Aruba (SA-036) from 30 October to 9 November. QSL via home<br />

call.<br />

[TNX NG3K]<br />

PJ4 - Bob, K0NR will be active as PJ4/K0NR from Bonaire (SA-006) from<br />

28<br />

October to 9 November. He plans to operate SSB and PSK31 on 30-<br />

6<br />

metres, as well as FM on Oscar satellites from grid FK52. QSL<br />

via<br />

home call. [TNX K0NR]<br />

PJ4 - Look for Arno, PJ4/DL1CW to operate on 80-10m CW from<br />

Bonaire<br />

(SA-006), Netherlands Antilles on 2-8 November. QSL via the<br />

DARC<br />

bureau. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

SV - Look for SV8/F6BZQ/P to operate from Paros Island (EU-067) from<br />

29<br />

October to 3 November. [TNX F8REF]<br />

TK - Kasimir/DL2SBY, Tom/HA4<strong>DX</strong> and Laci/HA0HW will be active<br />

from<br />

Corsica (EU-014) on 2-10 November. They plan to operate on<br />

all<br />

bands SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31. [TNX NG3K]<br />

UA - A group of operators from radio club RZ4HZW will be active<br />

as<br />

UE1RLH/4 from Damba-48 Island (RR 26-05) and lighthouse on<br />

29<br />

October. QSL via RA1QY. [TNX RA1QY]<br />

V3 - John, W5JON is active as V31FB from Ambergris Caye (NA-073),<br />

Belize<br />

until 1 November. He will also participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong><br />

SSB<br />

Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

YU6 - Toma, YU1AB and Emin, T91S will operate CW, SSB and PSK as<br />

4O3AB<br />

and 4O3ES from Montenegro on 27 October-3 November. QSL via<br />

home<br />

calls. [TNX YU1AB]<br />

CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their<br />

participation in this year's event (28-29 October):<br />

ZONE CALL CATEGORY <strong>DX</strong>CC QSL VIA<br />

--------------------------------------------------------------<br />

02 VE2IM SOAB HP Canada VE3DZ<br />

02 VO2MK SO Canada VO1KVT<br />

04 VB4MWA SO HP Canada N0HJZ<br />

04 VC3R Canada VE7VR<br />

05 VP9I SO Bermuda


07 HQ3A SOSB 80m Honduras W3HNK<br />

07 HQ9R SOAB Honduras N6FF<br />

07 HR2RCH M/2 Honduras HR2RCH<br />

07 TG0AA M/? Guatemala TG9ANF<br />

07 TI8M M/2 Costa Rica TI2KAC<br />

07 V31FB Belize W5JON<br />

07 V31HK SO LP Belize DL7BC<br />

07 YN2EJ M/? Nicaragua K5LBU<br />

08 6Y1V M/? Jamaica OH3RB<br />

08 8P2K SOSB 20m HP Barbados KU9C<br />

08 C6APR M/S Bahamas K3IXD<br />

08 FM/K9NW SOAB Martinique K9NW<br />

08 FM5AN SO HP Martinique FM5AN<br />

08 FS/WY3P M/S St.Martin W3ADC<br />

08 HI9L M/? Dominican Republic DH7WW<br />

08 J3A M/M Grenada WA1S<br />

08 J37T SO Grenada VE3EBN<br />

08 NP2B M/2 US Virgin Islands NP2B<br />

08 NP2KW SOAB LP US Virgin Islands NP2KW<br />

08 NP3U Puerto Rico WP4U<br />

08 KH2RU/KP4 SOSB 10M Puerto Rico KH2RU<br />

08 V26B M/? Antigua KA2AEV<br />

08 VP2MDY Montserrat WA7NB<br />

08 VP2MHX SOSB Montserrat W4WX<br />

08 VP2MQD SOSB Montserrat K4QD<br />

08 VP5T M/M or M-2 Turks & Caicos N2VW<br />

08 WP4BH M/M Puerto Rico WP4BH<br />

09 8R1EA SOAB Guyana AH8<strong>DX</strong><br />

09 FY5KE M/S French Guiana FY5KE<br />

09 HK3SGP SOSB 80m LP Colombia qrz.com<br />

09 HK6KKK SOAB Colombia EA5KB<br />

09 P40A SOAB Aruba WD9DZV<br />

09 P40W SOAB Aruba N2MM<br />

09 P49Y Aruba AE6Y<br />

09 PJ2T M/S or M/2 Netherlands Antilles N9AG<br />

09 PJ4E M/? Bonaire WA4PGM<br />

10 HC1JQ SOSB 20m Ecuador HC1JQ<br />

10 OA4WW SOAB HP Peru<br />

11 ZP0R SO Paraguay W3HNK<br />

11 ZY7C M/S Brazil PT7WA<br />

12 CE0Y/N0UU Easter Island N0UU<br />

13 LR2F M/S Argentina LU2FA<br />

13 LU5HM SOAB Argentina EA5KB<br />

14 CU2A SOAB HP Azores OH2BH<br />

14 DR1A M/M Germany<br />

14 HB0/HB9AON M/M Liechtenstein DJ2YE<br />

14 LX7I SOAB Luxembourg LX2A<br />

14 MD4K M/? Isle of Man G3NKC<br />

14 MU5W M/S Guernsey M3SDE<br />

14 TM5HV M/S LP France F8KFZ<br />

15 4N8A SOSB 40m Serbia YU1EA<br />

1 IF9A M/? Italy<br />

15 II3G Italy IV3RJT<br />

15 IO3Z Italy IV3ZXQ<br />

15 IR4B SOSB 20m Italy IK4AUY<br />

15 IR8C Italy IZ8EDJ<br />

15 IR8E Italy IK8PLE<br />

15 IR8Z Italy IZ8EZP<br />

15 IR9K Italy IW9HLM<br />

15 OH0X SOAB Aland Islands OH2TA<br />

15 OH0Z M/M Aland Islands W0MM<br />

15 RK2FWA M/S Kaliningrad DK4VW


15 T70A M/S San Marino T70A<br />

15 TK1KJ SO LP Corsica F1JKJ<br />

15 Z35T SOSB 20m Macedonia Z32XA<br />

17 EY7AF SOSB 40m Tajikistan qrz.com<br />

17 EY8MM SOSB 80m HP Tajikistan K1BV<br />

20 4X/AA4V SOAB Israel<br />

20 4X0WV M/? Israel W8HC<br />

20 5B/AJ2O M/S Cyprus RA3AUU<br />

20 J42WT Greece SV2HPP<br />

20 J48RT M/S Greece HA6NL<br />

20 J49Z M/S Crete IK8UND<br />

20 SX5P M/2 Dodecanese SV5FRD<br />

20 TA2ZAF or YM2W SOSB 10m HP Turkey OK1TN<br />

20 ZC4VJ SOSB 20m? UK Sov Base Areas qrz.com<br />

on Cyprus<br />

21 4L8A SOSB 20m Georgia DJ1CW<br />

21 9K2HN M/S Kuwait 9K2HN<br />

21 A45WD SOSB 20m LP Oman YO9HP<br />

22 9N7MV SO LP Nepal JA0UMV<br />

22 AT0D SOAB India EA7FTR<br />

23 JT1/WX8C SOAB Mongolia WX8C<br />

24 B1Z M/S China<br />

24 B7P M/2 China<br />

24 XX9C M/M Macau<br />

26 E20PFE SOAB LP Thailand E20PFE<br />

26 E20WXA SOSB 15m Thailand E20WXA<br />

26 E21EIC SOSB 20m LP Thailand<br />

26 E21IZC SOAB LP Thailand EA5KB<br />

26 E21YDP SOSB 40m Thailand E21YDP<br />

26 HS0AC M/S Thailand HS0ZFZ<br />

26 HS6MYW/1 SOAB LP Thailand HS6MYW<br />

26 HS8KAY SOSB 20m Thailand HS8KAY<br />

26 XU7MDY SB Cambodia OH4MDY<br />

26 XW1A SO LP Laos E21EIC<br />

27 AH2R M/S Guam JH7QXJ<br />

27 <strong>DX</strong>6M M/S Philippines W6P<strong>DX</strong><br />

27 KH2X SOAB HP Guam qrz.com<br />

28 9M2CNC SOAB HP West Malaysia G4ZFE<br />

28 VK9AA M/S Cocos (Keeling) DL8YR<br />

28 YE0X M/S Indonesia YB0ZZ<br />

29 VK6ANC M/M or M/2 Australia VK6NE<br />

29 VK8NSB SOAB Australia VK6NE<br />

31 KH7Q SOSB 20m Hawii VE3HO<br />

31 KH7U SOSB 15m Hawaii AH6NF<br />

31 KH7X SOSB 80m Hawaii K2PF<br />

32 ZM2M M/2 New Zealand ZL2AL<br />

33 7W2W SOAB Algeria OK1CDJ<br />

33 CN2R SOSB 80m Morocco W7EJ<br />

33 CN2ZR SOSB 20m Morocco W7ZR<br />

33 CN3A M/S Morocco I2WIJ<br />

33 CT3/HA5PP SOSB Madeira HA5PP<br />

33 CT3YA M/S Madeira CQ9K<br />

33 CT9L M/2 Madeira DJ6QT<br />

33 EA8AH M/2 Canary Islands OH1RY<br />

33 EF8A M/? Canary Isls EA8URL<br />

33 IG9B SOSB 80m (African) Italy IV3ORM<br />

33 IG9C SOSB 160m (African) Italy IV3OWC<br />

33 IG9R SOSB 20m (African) Italy IK8HCG<br />

33 IH9YMC SOSB 15 or 10m LP (African) Italy IH9YMC<br />

35 6W1RY SOAB HP Senegal F5VHJ<br />

35 3XM6JR SO Guinea UA6JR<br />

35 C52T SO The Gambia G0TSM


37 5Z1A SOSB 20m HP Kenya PA1AW<br />

38 3DA0WW M/? Swaziland ZS6<strong>DX</strong>B<br />

38 ZS9X M/? South Africa qrz.com<br />

Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operations listing maintained<br />

by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqs2006.html - good contest to you<br />

all!<br />

_____________________________________________________________________________<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

HB0 JUBILEE CERTIFICATE ---> Amateurfunk Verein Liechtenstein (AFVL, the IARU<br />

society for HB0) sponsors a Jubilee Certificate for contacts made with their<br />

club station (HB0FL) and AFVL members from 1 January 2006 through 31 December<br />

2007. The certificate commemorates the 200th anniversary of the sovereignty<br />

of the Principality of Liechtenstein, as well as the 20th anniversary of<br />

AFVL. The certificate is available to either licenced amateurs and SWLs, full<br />

information can be found at http://www.afvl.li/ [TNX HB0TW]<br />

QSL VIA CT1GFK ---> Toze reports that all of the direct requests for CU8F and<br />

CU8T have been processed and mailed out. Toze is the QSL manager also for<br />

CQ1A, CQ1C, CQ4I, CT1A, CT7A, CS0RCL (EU-167 and EU-145), CU4M and CU4T.<br />

VP6UU ---> Larry, N0UU [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 805] operated from Pitcairn (OC-044) on 22<br />

October (341 QSOs), Henderson Island (OC-056) on the 23rd (74 QSOs) and Ducie<br />

Island (OC-182) on the 24th (89 QSOs). QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

ZL8R ---> The Microlite Penguins Dxpedition to Raoul Island in the Kermadecs<br />

went QRT at 22 UTC on 17 October after 40,000+ QSOs (26053 CW, 12999 SSB and<br />

1378 RTTY, plus five 6m EME contacts). The operators were EI6FR, HB9ASZ,<br />

K9ZO, N0TT, N6MZ, VK6<strong>DX</strong>I, W7EW and 9V1YC and the total on-air operating time<br />

was just over 7 days. Transceivers consisted of six, brand new Icom IC-7000s<br />

kindly sponsored by Icom America and antennas were all simple wire dipoles<br />

strung up in the surrounding pine trees. The band/mode breakdowns are as<br />

follows:<br />

Band CW SSB RTTY Total<br />

------------------------------------------<br />

1.8 643 - - 643<br />

3.5 2488 551 - 3039<br />

7 4702 1450 - 6152<br />

10 4707 - 454 5161<br />

14 4571 4222 - 8793<br />

18 3531 1541 353 5<strong>425</strong><br />

21 3659 3659 571 7889<br />

24 1148 1012 - 2160<br />

28 604 564 - 1168<br />

The continental percentages are North America 39%, Asia 30%, Europe 26%,<br />

Oceania 3%, South America 1%, Africa 1%. Almost all of the expenses for this<br />

trip were paid by the team members themselves. But given the extraordinary<br />

expense it takes to charter a ship to a remote island in the Pacific for two<br />

weeks, they say, "we hope that each and every <strong>DX</strong>er will help contribute to<br />

this endeavor, either by donations with your QSL cards to our manager VE3XN,<br />

or by joining the Northern California <strong>DX</strong> Foundation".<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

LOGS: Latest news and on-line logs (29,634 QSOs uo to 18.58 UTC on<br />

26<br />

October) for XF4DL can be found at http://www.logsearch.de/.<br />

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******* QSL INFO ********<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

===================================================================<br />

CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />

===================================================================<br />

3A/F5VKV IZ1EGT EM10I UT5IM MU3SDE M3SDE<br />

3C0M EA5BYP EM10J UU7JM OD5PL HB9CRV<br />

3XD2Z UA6JR EM10K US7KA OD5RZ YO3FRI<br />

4A7L WA3HUP EM10L UR5LO OK4RQ OK1DRQ<br />

4K5D K2PF EM10M UR3MP ON4JOTA ON4GDV<br />

4K9W DL6KVA EM10T UR7TO PJ4/W9NJY WD9DZV<br />

4L0F 2M0UUA EM10U UT3UZ R1ANC UA1PAC<br />

4L1FP LZ1OT EM10V UR5VDA R1FJT UA4RC<br />

4N6FZ DD5FZ GB4GIN M5AFY S21B KX7YT<br />

4U1UN HB9BOU GT0STH G4DIY S9SS N4JR<br />

5V7BR F2VX HA502EOA HA2EOA SD3N SM3NXS<br />

5W0AX ON5AX HA505KY HA5KY SG3U SM3CXS<br />

5Z1A PA1AW HA505MK HA5MK SM7DAY/p SM7DAY<br />

6K2CEW/4 6K2CEW HA506OI HA6OI SM7NGH/p SM7NGH<br />

6W1RY F5VHJ HA508KW HA8KW SN0JP SP9PKZ<br />

6W1SA F4BIT HA509MDN HA9MDN SP0JOTA SP6YFU<br />

6Y3T CT1ILT HA509MDZ HA9MDZ SU9FL WD9DZV<br />

7Q7HB G0IAS HF740KO SP1NQF SV0XAI/9 LA4XFA<br />

7X5JF DJ8QP HG20129A HA1CW TM6MXP F5KFL<br />

8J3YAGI JA3YKC HI2/IW2OAZ IW2OAZ UE4HDA RW4HB<br />

8J7YAGI JA7YAA HI3TEJ ON4IQ UN7MMM EA7FTR<br />

8R1EA AH8<strong>DX</strong> HQ4R W3HNK UN8GF IZ8CCW<br />

9G5FD G3XTT HZ1ZH EA7FTR V26BZR W2BZR<br />

9H3EE NE8Z IO0SRT IZ0BTV V26G N2ED<br />

9H3L DL8WAA IO1SRT IZ1GJK V26HS WB4WXE<br />

9M2CNC G4ZFE IO2SRT I2JJR V26JN WX3B<br />

9N7MV JA0UMV IO3SRT IV3ZXQ V26MH HB9OCR<br />

9Q1D SM5BFJ IO5SRT IZ5BTC V26OC N3OC<br />

A47JOTA A47RS IO6SRT IZ6FZS V26R KA2AEV<br />

AT6MYL VU2SWS IO7SRT IZ7FLT V31HK DL7BC<br />

BD1NNI EA7FTR IO8SRT IK8WEJ VK8NSB VK6NE<br />

BY1<strong>DX</strong> OH2BH IQ3UD IV3DSH VP2MDY WA7NB<br />

C33IU G0OYH IR0SRT IS0LFZ VP2MHX W4WX<br />

C52T G0TSM IR2JOTA IK2YCW VP2MQD K4QD<br />

CN2R W7EJ IR3SRT IN3JJI VP6UU N0UU<br />

CN8IG EA7FTR IU2FV IQ2MI VP8DBR G0SWC<br />

CU2<strong>DX</strong> CU2AA IU8SRT IZ8GGF XF4DL XE1KK (a)<br />

DL2AQI/HI9 DH7WW J28JA F5JFU XF4DL N6AWD (b)<br />

DL4JS/HI9 DH7WW J37LR VE3EBN XF4DL DL9NDS (c)<br />

DL8AKI/HI9 DH7WW J37T VE3EBN XU7AGO JA7AGO


DS2GOO/4 DS2GOO JV800BV JT1BV XU7MDY OH4MDY<br />

DS3HWS/4 DS3HWS JV800CS JT1CS XX9TKK XE1KK<br />

DT8A HL2FDW JW6RHA LA6RHA YB0DPO K3AIR<br />

DU1IST/1 JP1IOF JW7QIA LA7QIA YN2N TI2OHL<br />

ED5STE EA5GQK LU4ZS LU4<strong>DX</strong>U YU150QQ YU1QQ<br />

ED6FPN EA6SB LX1JAM LX2A YV1R<strong>DX</strong> IT9DAA<br />

ED7RCO EA7CFU LZ1900K LZ1BJ Z36A DJ0LZ<br />

EM10E UR5E<strong>DX</strong> MU0JZE MW0JZE ZB2CN DJ9WH<br />

(a) Mexico only<br />

(b) rest of the Americas<br />

(c) rest of the world<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

8P9NX Peter Cross, 90 Greenpoint, St. Philip, Barbados<br />

9N7JO Stig Lindblom, Jum Changphimai 147/1 - Moo 3, Tambon Boot, Ban Ta<br />

Bong, Phimai, TH-30110 Nakhon Ratchashima, Thailand<br />

BG4BRN Mao Shuliang, 1673 Lane No. 2, Room 601, Shanghai 200135, China<br />

DL9NDS Uwe Scherf, Itzgrund 15, 95512 Neudrossenfeld, Germany<br />

EA5BYP Elmo Bernabe Coll, P.O. Box 3097, 03080 Alicante, Spain<br />

F5JFU Pierre Desseneux, Le Bourg, 58140 St Martin du Puy, France<br />

G0TSM Darren Collins, 6 Chalvington Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO53 3<strong>DX</strong>,<br />

UK<br />

JA0UMV Tohru Kataoka, 15-9 Sakae, Kamo, Niigata 959-1382, Japan<br />

N6AWD Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr, Bakersfield CA 93309, USA<br />

OH4MDY Reijo Laitinen, Mantytie 13, 76940 Nenonpelto, Finland<br />

UA1PAC Alan Kuz'menko, P.O.Box 599, Arkhangelsk, 163000, Russia<br />

UR3MP P.O. Box 50, Perevalsk, 94300, Ukraine<br />

XE1KK Ramon Santoyo V., Apartado Postal 19-564, Mexico, D.F. 03901, Mexico<br />

ZD7M Michael D. Dersham, Rose Bower, P.O. Box 114, Jamestown, St. Helena<br />

Island, South Atlantic<br />

W3HNK Joseph Arcure Jr, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352,<br />

USA<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #809<br />

04 November 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

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Contributors are invited to send their <strong>DX</strong> information to<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

8Q - Michele, IK5ZUI will be active in his spare time as 8Q7IM from<br />

the<br />

Maldives for the next 12 months. [TNX IZ8CCW]<br />

C6 - Cay Sal Bank (NA-219) - one of the rarest IOTA groups in<br />

North<br />

America - was activated for the first and only time by W5BOS/C6A<br />

in<br />

October 2000, when Lanny was able to operate for a few hours<br />

before<br />

bad weather conditions forced him to an early QRT.<br />

Bodo/DL3OCH,<br />

Rene/DL2JRM, Dan/DL5SE and Daniel/DL5YWM have announced their<br />

plans<br />

to be will be active (callsign TBA) from Elbow Cay early next<br />

year.<br />

They will be leaving Key Largo, Florida around 3 January and<br />

plans<br />

are to be QRV until the 9th (dates are wetaher dependent).<br />

They<br />

plan to have two stations active on 160-10 metres CW and SSB,<br />

and<br />

Bodo will also have an EME equipment for 70cm and 23cm<br />

contacts<br />

(skeds are welcome). QSL via DL3OCH, direct or bureau.<br />

Further<br />

information, including how to contribute to this<br />

expensive<br />

expedition, can be found at http://www.qslnet.de/na219 [TNX<br />

DL5YWM]<br />

E5 - Mike, KM9D and Jan, KF4TUG have been active as E51QMA from<br />

Penrhyn<br />

Atoll (OC-082), North Cook Islands since 26 October. They plan<br />

to<br />

remain there "until sometime this weekend" and then to set<br />

sail<br />

towards Christmas Island (T32). QSL via OM2SA. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

Next bulletin<br />

Bulletins' Index


E5 - E51PEN and E51P<strong>DX</strong> are the callsigns used by Bill, N7OU and<br />

Bob,<br />

W7YAQ during their operations fron the Cook Islands [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N<br />

808].<br />

Expect them to be active first from Penrhyn Atoll (OC-082),<br />

North<br />

Cooks on 4-18 November. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

F - The Association des Radioamateurs de Paris<br />

(http://arp75.free.fr/)<br />

will operate special event station 4U60UO to mark the conclusion<br />

of<br />

the 60th anniversary celebrations of UNESCO (the United<br />

Nations<br />

Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, founded on<br />

16<br />

November 1945). The station will be active on all bands and<br />

modes<br />

from UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 4-5 November.<br />

F - The Association des Radioamateurs de Paris will be active as<br />

TM8KP<br />

on 11-26 November to celebrate the 80th anniversary of a<br />

radio<br />

contact between Joseph Nadal, F8KP and Barbara Dunn, G6YL, one<br />

of<br />

the two first English YLs.<br />

FM - Lee, K5UN will be active as TO5X from Martinique (NA-107) on 21-<br />

30<br />

November, including a SOAB entry in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest.<br />

QSL<br />

via home call. [TNX K5UN]<br />

FT*W - Nicolas, F4EGX will be working again on Possession Island,<br />

Crozet<br />

between mid-November and December. Expect satellite operations<br />

by<br />

FT1WM during his spare time. QSL via F4EGX. Further<br />

information<br />

will be available at http://f4egx.homelinux.net/ [TNX F5UJK]<br />

G - Mick, G3LIK reports he will be active as GB4RN 10 November to<br />

7<br />

December, which will include the RNARS/INORC Activity Contest<br />

on<br />

18-19 November.<br />

ON - Look for BAFARA (Belgian Air Force Amateur Radio Association)<br />

club<br />

stations ON60AF (QSL via ON6KN, bureau or direct), ON60AP (QSL<br />

via<br />

bureau) and ON60BAF (QSL via bureau) to be active until 1<br />

October<br />

2007 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Belgian Air<br />

Force.<br />

[TNX ON6KN]<br />

PJ4 - Dan/K1TO, John/K4BAI and Vic/N4TO will operate as PJ4/homecall<br />

from<br />

Bonaire (SA-006) on 21-28 November. They will participate in the<br />

CQ<br />

WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest as PJ4A (Multi-Single, High Power). QSL all<br />

calls<br />

via K4BAI. [TNX K1XN]<br />

SV - SV1JG, SW1GZL, SV1HHC and SV1IZR have joined the SX8F group<br />

of<br />

operators who will be active from Falkonera Island (EU-113)<br />

on


15-19 November [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 807]. QSL via SV1HER. The website for<br />

the<br />

expedition is at http://users.sch.gr/nkontopoul/sx8f [TNX SV1HER]<br />

SV - Special event station SX100VAR will be active from Greece from<br />

1<br />

January to 31 December to celebrate the 100th anniversary of<br />

the<br />

Boy Scouts. QSL via SV1VS. Details on the relevant award can<br />

be<br />

found at http://www.qrz.com/callsign/SX100VAR [TNX SV1VS]<br />

TA - Berkin, TA3J pleans to operate as TA3J/0 on all bands and<br />

modes<br />

from Sican Adasi (AS-115) between 11 and 26 November<br />

(weather<br />

permitting). QSL via TA3YJ, direct (no green stamps please)<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX TA3J]<br />

TK - Christophe, F4DZY will be active from Furiani, Corsica (EU-<br />

014)<br />

until 25 November. He plans to operate mainly on the WARC bands<br />

as<br />

TK/F4DZY in his spare time. QSL via home call, direct or<br />

bureau.<br />

[TNX F4DZY]<br />

TZ - Bill, NG3K reports that the VooDoo Contest Group will<br />

participate<br />

in the CQ WW CW Contest as TZ5A (Multi-Multi, QSL via G3SXW)<br />

from<br />

Mali for the second year. Outside the contest, expect<br />

activity<br />

between 18 and 30 November by the various operators using<br />

their<br />

individual callsigns as follows:<br />

TZ6LF via KY7M 18-24<br />

Nov<br />

TZ6NS via AA7A (also QRV RTTY and 2m EME) 18-24 & 27-30<br />

Nov<br />

TZ6MF via KC7V (also QRV 160m and 2m EME) 18-24 & 27-30<br />

Nov<br />

TZ6RF via GM3YTS (also QRV 160m) 18-24<br />

Nov<br />

TZ6RN via G4IRN 21-24<br />

Nov<br />

TZ6VT via K5VT 18-24<br />

Nov<br />

TZ6WP via G4BWP 18-24<br />

Nov<br />

V5 - Klaus, DJ4SO will operate CW and RTTY/PSK31 on 160-6 metres<br />

as<br />

V51/DJ4SO from Namibia from 11 November to 1 December. He plans<br />

to<br />

put a special emphasis on the low bands and to participate in<br />

the<br />

CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest. QSL via DJ4SO, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />

The<br />

Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

VP8_ant - Alan Cheshire, VP8PJ (aka VK0LD, 9V0A, VK0MM, etc) reports he<br />

will<br />

be working again at the Patriot Hills Camp (MN-01 for<br />

the<br />

Antarctica Award), Antarctica until approximately 10 December.<br />

He


plans to operate mainly CW (7003, 10103 and 14003 kHz) every<br />

day<br />

for an hour or so subject to work load. QSL via DL5EBE. Alan<br />

also<br />

hopes to be active as CE9/VK0LD from the nearby Teniente<br />

Parodi<br />

station of Chile (CE-NEW) and Vinson Camp (MN-02). His website<br />

is<br />

at http://www.geocities.com/vk0ld/home.html<br />

W - The Palos Verdes ARC (K6PV) will be active from Santa<br />

Catalina<br />

Island (NA-066) from the afternoon of 12 November through<br />

the<br />

morning of the 15th. Look for activity on 40 and 20 metres SSB.<br />

QSL<br />

direct to K6PV. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

XT - Maurice, F5NQL reports that XT2C is the callsign issued to the 6-<br />

20<br />

January expedition to Burkina-Faso [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 806]. The<br />

individual<br />

callsigns for the operators are as follows:<br />

XT2BJ Jean-Paul, F8BJI XT2CI Bob, N6OX<br />

XT2CA Gerard, F2VX XT2CJ Bill, N2WB<br />

XT2CC Frank, F4AJQ XT2CK Dieter, OE8KDK<br />

XT2CD Franck, F5TVG XT2IE Bernard, F9IE<br />

XT2CE Alain, F5LMJ XT2JD Gerard, F2JD<br />

YB - Look for Pele, YB8TAF/P to be active from Celebes (Sulawesi)<br />

Island<br />

(OC-146) on 9-14 November. QSL via EA5KB. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

ZD9 - The Daily <strong>DX</strong> reports that Brian, ZD9BCB expects to be active<br />

from<br />

Gough Island (AF-030) "starting sometime next week" until<br />

September<br />

2007.<br />

ZS - Joe, AA4NN reports he will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW<br />

Contest<br />

as ZS3NN from a location south of Port Nolloth, South Africa.<br />

CW<br />

only activity will start two days prior to the contest, on 160-<br />

10<br />

metres WARC bands included. QSL via AA4NN.<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (October 2006) is now available at<br />

http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/monthly/index.html. Articles and pictures should be<br />

sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC NEWS ---> Bill Moore, NC1L reports that the following operations have<br />

been approved for <strong>DX</strong>CC credit:<br />

3V6T Tunisia 5-15 July 2006<br />

3V6T Tunisia 22-31 October 2006<br />

3V6T Tunisia 22-30 November 2006<br />

3V7A Tunisia 22-31 May 2006<br />

9G5UR Ghana current operation effective 22 Sep 2006


9M0/9M2TO Spratly Islands 9-12 June 2006<br />

9Q1NT Dem. Rep. of the Congo current operation effective 22 Sep 2006<br />

C91TL Mozambique 29 June-13 July 2006<br />

FO/F8UFT Clipperton Island 1-31 March 2005<br />

OJ0LA Market Reef 9-15 September 2006<br />

ZA/IK7JWX Albania 10-30 July 2006<br />

ZL9BSJ Auckland & Campbell I. 12 September 2002<br />

KL7HBK ---> John was active from Endicott/Endeavor Island (NA-004) on 24 and<br />

31 October, and from Barter Island (NA-050) 5-6 August, 16-17 August and<br />

17-20 October. QSL via home call (John D. O. Larey, P.O. Box 813, Anchor<br />

Point, AK 99556, USA).<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

IRC/GS CHART: Bill Heinzinger (W9OL) has updated his IRC/GS Chart. This<br />

a<br />

listing of information collected from amateur radio<br />

operators<br />

in foreign countries explaining the amount of IRCs or<br />

Green<br />

Stamps they need to return a QSL request. It is<br />

available<br />

http://www.qsl.net/w9ol/ in either .htm and .xls formats.<br />

QSL GALLERY: The large collection of QSL cards (3800+) on Les Nouvelle<br />

<strong>DX</strong>'s<br />

web site has been updated. Eight different galleries<br />

include<br />

cards for each of the 58 deleted <strong>DX</strong>CC entities (700+ QSLs),<br />

the<br />

ten Most Wanted <strong>DX</strong>CC Entities (130+ QSLs, including a<br />

series<br />

for the Lakshadweep Islands), obsolete prefixes (1600+<br />

QSLs),<br />

Antarctic bases (600+ QSLs) & TAAF (Terres Australes<br />

and<br />

Antarctiques Francaises, 200+ QSLs), pre-1945 countries<br />

(200+<br />

QSLs) French Departments and USA. Several cards are<br />

still<br />

needed and your participation is encouraged - please<br />

visit<br />

http://LesNouvelles<strong>DX</strong>.free.fr and send send your comments<br />

to<br />

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5X1GS, 7Q7CE, 9G5A/P (AF-084), 9H3LEO, 9Q1NT, 9V1JA, A52JO, A6/ON5NT, A61M,<br />

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Previous bulletin<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #810<br />

11 November 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

(e-mail i1jqj@<strong>425</strong>dxn.org )<br />

Contributors are invited to send their <strong>DX</strong> information to<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ (i1jqj@<strong>425</strong>dxn.org)<br />

The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays<br />

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**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

3B8 - Rich/OM2TW, Bob/OM1KW, Roman/OM2RA and Zuzi/OM2YL will be active<br />

as<br />

3B8/OM0C from Mauritius (AF-049) on 17-30 November. They plan to<br />

be<br />

operate mostly on the low bands and RTTY, and to participate in<br />

the<br />

CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest. QSL via OM2FY. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

8Q - Gianluca, IK0XIH (www.mdxc.org/8q7gl) will be active as 8Q7GL<br />

from<br />

the Maldives (AS-013) on 21-27 November. He plans to operate SSB<br />

on<br />

10-80 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW]<br />

A7 - Special event station A70RRY is active until 15 December<br />

to<br />

celebrate the XV Asian Games that will be held in Doha, Qatar<br />

on<br />

1-15 December. QSL via EA7FTR. [TNX NG3K]<br />

C6 - C6ARI is the callsign that will be used for the 3-9 January<br />

activity<br />

from Elbow Cay (NA-219) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 809]. QSL via DL3OCH. The<br />

website<br />

for the operation is at http://www.qslnet.de/na219 [TNX DL5YWM]<br />

I - The Tikirriki Contest Club (http://www.ih9p.com) will participate<br />

in<br />

the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest as IH9P (Multi-Multi) from<br />

Pantelleria<br />

(AF-018, IIA TP-01). The operators will be I1HJT, I1NVU,<br />

I2YSB,<br />

IK1QBT, IK2AHB, IK2ANI, IK2CIO, IK2HKT, IK2RZP, IK7JWY,<br />

IK8ETA,<br />

IT9BLB, IT9VDQ, IT9ZGY, IT9ZMX, IV3SKB and IZ1GAR. Expect some<br />

SSB<br />

and digital mode activity as IH9/homecall starting on 20<br />

November.<br />

QSL via KR7X and LOTW. [TNX IT9BLB]<br />

JA - Special event station 8J1ANT is active through 31 March 2007<br />

Next bulletin<br />

Bulletins' Index


from<br />

the JARL building in Tokyo, Japan to celebrate the 50th<br />

anniversary<br />

of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition programme. QSL<br />

via<br />

bureau. [TNX I1HYW]<br />

J2 - Alfeo/I1HJT, Silvano/I2YSB, Carlo/IK1AOD,<br />

Vinicio/IK2CIO,<br />

Angelo/IK2CKR and Marcello/IK2DIA will be active as J20M and<br />

J20R<br />

(requested calls) from Moucha Island (AF-053), Djibouti on 1-<br />

15<br />

February. They will have three stations and will operate CW, SSB<br />

and<br />

RTTY on 10-160 metres. QSL via I2YSB, direct or bureau. The<br />

web<br />

pages for the expedition can be found at<br />

http://www.i2ysb.com/j2<br />

[TNX I2YSB]<br />

J5 - Father Gianfranco Gottardi, J59OFM operates from the<br />

catholic<br />

mission at Caboxangue, Guinea Bissau. He is active only on<br />

Sundays<br />

and Wednesdays between 16.15 and 16.45 UTC on +/- 14321 kHz.<br />

Father<br />

Gianfranco does not speak English, but answers to calls in<br />

Italian,<br />

Spanish and Portuguese language. QSL via I3LDP (Lucio Bresciani,<br />

Via<br />

Locchi 29, 37124 Verona - VR, Italy). [TNX I3LDP]<br />

J7 - Michel, F6COW and Dominique, F6EPY will be active as J79CO and<br />

J79EP<br />

from Dominica (NA-101) from 20 November to 5 December, CQ WW <strong>DX</strong><br />

CW<br />

Contest included. They will operate CW, SSB and some digital<br />

modes<br />

with two stations. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX<br />

F6EPY]<br />

V3 - Joe, K8JP is QRV as V31JP from Belize until early April 2007.<br />

He<br />

operates mostly CW on 160-6 metres. QSL via KA9WON. [TNX ARRL<br />

<strong>DX</strong><br />

Bulletin]<br />

VP5 - Roger/W7VV, Ralph/VE7XF, Dick/K7BTW and possibly others will<br />

be<br />

active as VP5/homecall from Providenciales, Caicos Islands (NA-<br />

002)<br />

from 17 November to 1 December. QSL via home calls. They<br />

will<br />

participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest as VP5W (Multi-2, QSL<br />

via<br />

W7TSQ). [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

VU7 - The Amateur Radio Society of India reports that most of the<br />

VU7LD<br />

team members met in Bangalore on 1 November to finalize details<br />

of<br />

equipment and logistics. The operation is confirmed to take<br />

place<br />

from Kavaratti Island starting on 1 December. Two<br />

additional<br />

"collection hubs" for donations have been established in<br />

Germany


and Japan - details can be found on the expedition website<br />

at<br />

http://www.arsi.info/vu7/index.html<br />

XT - Michael, F1IQH will be staying in Burkina Faso for one<br />

month<br />

starting on 13 November. He plans to operate as XT2WC with 100<br />

watts<br />

and dipoles for 40 and 20 metres. E-mail xt2wc@aol.com for<br />

skeds.<br />

QSL via home call. [TNX F5NQL]<br />

YU6 - Martti Laine, OH2BH will celebrate his 60th birthday on 19<br />

November<br />

and a unique 48-hour birthday party on the air has been organized<br />

to<br />

take place from Montenegro on 18-19 November. Look for 4O60BH to<br />

be<br />

aired on CW and SSB simultaneously, on frequencies .025 and<br />

.225<br />

(14.025, 14.225, etc). The radio operations are led by Ranko,<br />

YT6A<br />

and Dragan, YT6Y, plus others. QSL via OH2BN (direct requests<br />

will<br />

be honoured by a special stamp released for the occasion).<br />

Further<br />

information on the event (skeds, lottery...) can be found<br />

at<br />

http://www.kolumbus.fi/oh2bn/bhday [TNX OH2BN]<br />

ZA - Tom, DL2RMC and Heiko, DL1RTL will be active as ZA/homecall<br />

from<br />

Albania on 8-13 November. They plan to operate with two stations<br />

on<br />

160-10 metres all modes, and to participate in the WAE RTTY<br />

Contest.<br />

QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K]<br />

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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

NEW IRCS ---> Flavio, IK2IQD reports that effective 1 December he will no<br />

longer accept old IRCs (expiring date 31 December 2006). Please use green<br />

stamps or new IRCs (exipiring date 31 December 2009). Flavio is the QSL<br />

manager for 5N6EAM, 5N9EAM/6, 5N6EAM/7, 5N9EAM/8, 5N41EAM, 5N42EAM, 5N43EAM,<br />

5N44EAM, 5N45EAM, JY/YI1HXH, SU/YI1HXH, TJP7PG, TU5JD, TY2SF, TY5ZR, YI1HXH.<br />

NOT THE MANAGER ---> Jack, F6HMJ reports he is receiving bureau cards for<br />

3B8CF, but he is not his QSL manager. Cards should be sent direct only to S.<br />

Mandary, 6 Shastri Road, Candos, Quatre Bornes, Mauritius.<br />

NOT THE MANAGER ---> Rob, PP5AM says that Bosa, PP5VB is not his QSL manager.<br />

QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Donald Striano, IZ8DMZ is willing to offer his<br />

services to stations in need. He can be contacted at iz8dmz@libero.it<br />

QSL FT4WD ---> Christian, FD1NOG (now F5NOG) operated from Crozet in 1993 and<br />

Norbert, F6AXX still has logs and cards for that activity. QSL to Norbert<br />

Laurent, 72 chemin de Bellevue, F-83500 La Seyne-sur-Mer, France. [TNX F5NQL]


QSL V73RY ---> Dick, N7RO reports he is now handling all V73RY QSLs. He has<br />

all of Randy's logs from October 2005 through the recent CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> SSB<br />

Contest.<br />

QSL YC2TJV ---> Dani, YC2TJV (ex YC2DVM) reports he is experiencing serious<br />

delivery problems with the incoming QSL bureau. The case is being<br />

investigated, but those who need a QSL card are advised to go direct (Halim<br />

Dani Hidayat, 248 Pahlawan Street, Kebumen 54311, Indonesia).<br />

QSL VIA IZ8CLM ---> Sal reports that all of the outstanding QSOs made with<br />

CE3/IZ8CLM (January 2006), IB0/IQ8BI (June 2003), IF9/IQ8BI (June 2004),<br />

II8PAX (October 2003), TF6/IZ6BRN (August 2006), TR0A (his own operation,<br />

February 2006) and A92GH have been confirmed automatically via the bureau.<br />

The QSL cards for A61AB, A61AN, A61TT and CE70RG are awaited from the<br />

printer.<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

5A7A: The multi-national team of operators [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 792] expects to<br />

be<br />

QRV in the night of 15 November or by the 16th at the<br />

latest.<br />

Bookmark http://5a7a.gmxhome.de/ for log search, suggested<br />

frequencies, propagation forecast, etc. QSL via DL9USA.<br />

LOGS: On-line logs and pictures of the recent C98BWW (Bazaruto<br />

Island,<br />

AF-072) and C91BWW operations can be found<br />

at<br />

http://www.geocities.com/c98bww/ or http://www.qsl.net/ok8bww/<br />

[TNX CT1BWW]<br />

LOGS: On-line logs and pictures of the CU5X, CU6X and CU7X<br />

operations<br />

are now available at http://www.geocities.com/carlesrapita [TNX<br />

CT1BWW]<br />

LOGS: On-line logs for JW/CT1BWW can be found<br />

at<br />

http://www.geocities.com/ok8bww/QSLCard.htm or<br />

http://www.qsl.net/ok8bww [TNX CT1BWW]<br />

TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now<br />

available<br />

at http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. Please send<br />

your scores, as well as any request for further information,<br />

to<br />

Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@ari.it)<br />

ZL8R: Pictures of the recent ZL8R <strong>DX</strong>pedition to Raoul Islan in<br />

the<br />

Kermadecs can be found at http://www.vkcc.com/zl8r/ [TNX The<br />

Daily<br />

<strong>DX</strong>]<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />

===================================================================<br />

3DA0WW ZS6<strong>DX</strong>B FT5XP F4EFI ST2T S57<strong>DX</strong><br />

3V6T YT1AD GB500KCS GB2LD SV5/SM8C SM0CMH<br />

3W9HRN DL1HRN GM0B MM0BHX SX5P SV5FRD<br />

3W9JR OK1JN GM2T GM4UYZ T6EE KE6GFF<br />

4L0ABC K3PD GM7V M0CMK TF60IRA TF3IRA<br />

4L8A DJ1CW HA502MN HA2MN TF8SM N5FTR<br />

4N500ZZ 4N7ZZ HA507SQ HA7SQ TG0AA TG9ANF<br />

4N8A YU1EA HB0/HB9AON DJ2YE TI8M TI2KAC<br />

4O3AB YU1AB HB9TZZ IK2DUV TK1KJ F1JKJ<br />

4O6EME DL3OCH HC1HC NE8Z TM0RUM F5CYM<br />

4S7JNG DL5JAN HG1956R HA3HK TM2B F8CIL<br />

4U60UO F6GOX HI3CCP ON4IQ TM2S F5PED<br />

4X0WV W8HC HI9L DH7WW TM2T F6KDF<br />

4Z0J 4Z4BS HK0GU/1 DL7VOG TM7BV F6KVD<br />

4Z8DT OK1DT HK4SAN EA7FTR TM7F F6KRC<br />

5B/AJ2O RA3AUU HK6KKK EA5KB TM7Z F5CWU<br />

5B/K3UY RA3AUU HQ9R N6FF TO8RR FG1JD<br />

5D5A I2WIJ HR1LW JA1LW TR8CA F6CBC<br />

5H1HW I5JHW HS0AC HS0ZFZ TT8PK F4EGS<br />

5H3EE DL4SM HZ1GW GW0RHC UE1NFF RN1NU<br />

5R8FU SM5DJZ HZ1IK DK7YY UE1RLH/4 RA1QY<br />

5R8GZ G3SWH IG9B IV3ORM UN7AB DL8KAC<br />

5X1GS WB2YQH IG9C IV3OWC UN8GF IZ8CCW<br />

5Z4DZ PA1AW IG9R IK8HCG UU7J UU0JM<br />

5Z4ES K3PD II3G IV3RJT V25JK W4BCX<br />

6W1SE JR2KDN II8SCOUT IW8FFU V26B KA2AEV<br />

6Y0B W2GB IO3Z IV3ZXQ V31FB W5JON<br />

6Y1V OH3RB IO4T IK4XCL V47NS W9NY<br />

6Y3LP K3LP IR4B IK4AUY V51VV UA4WHX<br />

7W2W OK1CDJ IR4M IK4WMH V63FP JI1FPO<br />

7Z1SJ EA7FTR IR4T IK4IEE V63JQ JA1KJW<br />

8P2K KU9C IR4X I4EAT V63JY JA1JQY<br />

9G5A DL4WK IR8C IZ8EDJ V63SC JM1LBO<br />

9J2BO G3TEV IR9K IW9HLM V63UA UA3<strong>DX</strong><br />

9J2CA G3SWH IS0/K7QB IN3QBR V63VE JF1OCQ<br />

9J2SZ SP8DIP IS0/WH0Q IN3ZNR V73RY N7RO<br />

9J2VB UA4WHX IY1SP/500KCS I1SAF V73SC JM1LBO<br />

9M6XRO M5AAV IY1TTM IW1RIK V73WJ G4OHX<br />

A35AX ON5AX J38AA WA1S VB4MWA N0HJZ<br />

A45WD YO9HP J3A WA1S VC3E VE3AT<br />

A61Q EA7FTR J42WT SV2HPP VC3R VE7VR<br />

A61TT IZ8CLM J48NL HA6NL VE2<strong>DX</strong>Y KD3RF<br />

A70RRY EA7FTR J48PL HA7PL VE2IM VE3DZ<br />

A71EM EA7FTR J48PS HA6PS VK1CC DL8YR<br />

AH2R JH7QXJ J48RT HA6NL VK6ANC VK6NE<br />

AT0D EA7FTR JW5NM LA5NM VK8AA VK6NE<br />

B1Z EA7FTR JY3ZH DJ9ZB VK8NSB VK6NE<br />

B7M BG7LHY JY4NE K3IRV VK9AA DL8YR<br />

B7P BG7KUB KH2F JA2TBS VK9CGG W0YG<br />

BD1WC EA7FTR KH7Q VE3HO VO2MK VO1KVT<br />

C31LJ VE3EXY KH7U AH6NF VP5/W8XGI JA1XGI<br />

C4M W3HNK KH7X K2PF VP5T N2VW<br />

C6APR K3IXD LN3Z LA9VDA VP9/K1XM KQ1F<br />

C6AQC W3HNK LR2F LU2FA VP9I KQ1F


CE4CT EA5KB LU5HM EA5KB VP9KF W4/VP9KF<br />

CN2ZR W7ZR LU8XW WD9EWK VY2ZM K1ZM<br />

CN3A I2WIJ LX7I LX2A W2FJP/KH2 JA2FJP<br />

CO6WD W0SA LZ1195IR LZ1KZA WP2Z KU9C<br />

CO8LY EA7ADH M8C G4DFI XF4K DL9NDS (a)<br />

CP6XE IK6SNR MD4K G3NKC XF4K N6AWD (b)<br />

CQ4U CT2HFS MU5W M3SDE XF4K XE1KK (c)<br />

CT3YA CQ9K NP3U WP4U XU7ACQ KF0RQ<br />

CT9L DJ6QT OE2S OE2GEN XU7TZG ON7PP<br />

CU1CB EA5KB OH0X OH2TA XV2LH DL1LH<br />

CU2A OH2BH OH0Z W0MM XW1A E21EIC<br />

D2<strong>DX</strong> OH2BAD OL40JAZZ OK1FAK YE0X YB0ZZ<br />

DL500KHZ DK3UZ ON12FORTS ON5VL YI1OM IK2DUW<br />

DR35AGCW DL1AH ON25CLM ON4CLM YI9IZE KF4IZE<br />

<strong>DX</strong>6M W6P<strong>DX</strong> ON60AF ON6KN YI9KT SP8HKT<br />

E51P<strong>DX</strong> W7YAQ ON60WRC ON4ON YM125ATA TA3YJ<br />

E51PEN N7OU ON900BL ON4CP YM2W OK1TN<br />

E51QMA OM2SA ON900BX ON7RN YN2EJ K5LBU<br />

E51TUG OM2SA OP0P ON6DP YT0A YU1EXY<br />

EA8AH OH1RY OP2A ON5CD YT3B UA3AB<br />

EA9EU EA9AZ OX3PG WA0SMQ YT5J YU1JW<br />

EB1WW EA1EY OX3XR OZ3PZ Z21FO K3PD<br />

ED1MVS EA1LT OY3QN OZ1ACB Z21GX K3PD<br />

ED3SSB EA3QP P29SS N5FTR Z24S W3HNK<br />

ED8BTM EA8BTM P29ZAD N5FTR Z35T Z32XA<br />

EF5CPB EA5BX P40A WD9DZV ZA/UT7DW DK6CW<br />

EF8A EA8URL P40D WD9DZV ZC4T ZC4VJ<br />

EI7M EI6HB P40W N2MM ZD7PU DJ0PU<br />

EK3GM IK2QPR P49Y AE6Y ZD8AD G0JLX<br />

EK3SA DJ1CW PA/OS6A ON4AEO ZF2AH W6VNR<br />

EL2AR EL2BA PJ2T N9AG ZM2M ZL2AL<br />

EX2X EA5KB PJ4E WA4PGM ZP0R W3HNK<br />

EY8MM K1BV PW2C PY2WC ZS6CCY K3PD<br />

F1VJQ/P G8APZ RK2FWA DK4VW ZT2V ZS2DL<br />

F5VHX/P G8APZ SD40JZ SM5DJZ ZW1TT PY1ZV<br />

FM5FJ KU9C SL60FRO SM0OY ZX5J AI4U<br />

FM5JC F5CWU SO9Q SP9QMP ZY1A AI4U<br />

FS/WY3P W3ADC ST2BF W3HNK ZY7C PT7WA<br />

(a) Rest of the world (b) Rest of the Americas (c) Mexico<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

9M6<strong>DX</strong>X Steve Telenius-Lowe, WDT 527, 88905 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia<br />

DD5FZ Toby Deinhardt, Einstein Str. 48, D-81675 Muenchen, Germany<br />

DH7WW Ulrich Moeckel, Muldenstrasse 1, 08304 Schoenheide, Germany<br />

DL7VOG Gerd Uhlig, P.O. Box 700 332, D-10323 Berlin, Germany<br />

DL9NDS Uwe Scherf, Itzgrund 15, 95512 Neudrossenfeld, Germany<br />

FK8CP Remi Touzard, 73 Rue J Calimbre, Noumea 98800, New Caledonia<br />

HC1JQ Jorge Jacome, Av. Gonzalez Suarez 1365, Edificio La Herradura, Piso<br />

5, Quito, Ecuador<br />

IW9HLM Angelo Mai, Via Carlo Pisacane 18/a, 95030 Mascalucia - CT, Italy<br />

JA1JQY Shigeo Matsui, 2-31-10 Shimoseya, Seya-ku, Yokohama 246-0035, Japan<br />

K3PD Pietro deVolpi, 408 Hillside Ave., New Cumberland, PA 17070-3036,<br />

USA


LX2A Philippe Lutty, 8 Sentier de Bricherhof, L-1262 Luxembourg<br />

N6AWD Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr, Bakersfield CA 93309, USA<br />

N7OU William Vanderheide, 333 NW 9th Ave Apt 913, Portland, OR 97209,<br />

USA<br />

RA1QY Alexey M. Morozov, P.O. Box 24, Cherepovets, 162611, Russia<br />

SM5DJZ Jan Hallenberg, Vassunda Andersberg, SE-741 91 Knivsta, Sweden<br />

V51W Rudy Wiechers, P.O. Box 3<strong>425</strong>, Windhoek, Namibia<br />

VK9FLHI Desmond Keith Thompson, P.O. Box 10, Lord Howe Island, NSW 2898,<br />

Australia<br />

VK9ZLH G.D. Speedy, P.O. Box 86, Lord Howe Island, NSW 2898, Australia<br />

W3HNK Joseph Arcure Jr, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352,<br />

USA<br />

W4/VP9KF Paul Evans, 6809 River Road, Tampa, FL 33615, USA<br />

W7YAQ Rovert Norin, 14170 SW 119th Place, Tigard, OR 97224, USA<br />

XE1KK Ramon Santoyo V., Apartado Postal 19-564, Mexico, D.F. 03901,<br />

Mexico<br />

XU7A<strong>DX</strong> Hiroo Yonezuka, Aiyara Apartment, 260 Rama 9 Rd. Soi 17, Japanese<br />

School, Latphaow, Bangkok 10320, Thailand<br />

ZC4VJ Andy Chadwick, P.O. Box 36575, 5526 Dasaki Achnas, Cyprus<br />

ZS6<strong>DX</strong>B Rhynhardt Louw, P.O. Box 10148, Edleen, Kempton Park, Gauteng,<br />

1625,<br />

South Africa<br />

ZS9X Bloemfontein Defence ARC, P.O. Box 9411, Bloemfontein, South Africa<br />

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18 November 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

3B6 - Witek/SP9MRO, Wojtek/SP9PT and a few others are planning a 12-14<br />

day<br />

<strong>DX</strong>pedition to Agalega (AF-001) in March. They plan to operate on<br />

all<br />

bands and modes usign several stations. Further information<br />

is<br />

expected in due course. [TNX W1AW]<br />

4U1UN - The Daily <strong>DX</strong> reports that 4U1UN, the United Nations<br />

Headquarters<br />

station in New York City, is expected to be activated by<br />

two<br />

Japanese operators on 18 November. QSL via HB9BOU.<br />

6W - Paul, K1XM will be active as 6V7D from Senegal on 19-28 November,<br />

CQ<br />

WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest included. QSL via KQ1F. [TNX NG3K]<br />

8Q - Andrea, IZ6GJO will be active as 8Q7AN from Kihaad Island,<br />

Maldives<br />

(AS-013) on 11-22 December. He plans to operate CW only on 40,<br />

30,<br />

20 and 15 metres. QSL direct to home call. [TNX I6KYL]<br />

9M6 - Saty, JE1JKL will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest as<br />

9M6NA<br />

from Labuan Island (OC-133), East Malaysia. It will be a SOSB<br />

entry<br />

on 20 metres. QSL via home call. Saty welcomes e-mail requests<br />

for<br />

bureau cards (9m6na@jsfc.org). [TNX NG3K]<br />

C6 - K2KW, N6BT and KE7X will operate from Eleuthera (NA-001), Bahamas<br />

on<br />

19-27 November. They will participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest<br />

as<br />

C6AKX (20m), C6ARR (160m) and C6ATA (40m). QSL via WA4WTG.<br />

[TNX<br />

NG3K]<br />

C6 - Brian, ND3F will be active as C6AQQ from Nassau on New<br />

Providence<br />

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(NA-001), Bahamas from 23 November to 3 December. He<br />

will<br />

participate in both the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW and ARRL 160 Meter contests.<br />

QSL<br />

via home call. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

CX - CX3AL, CX5AO, CX5BW, CX9AU, CX7CO and CX9BT will participate in<br />

the<br />

CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest as a Multi-Single entry. They will be<br />

signing<br />

CX7BY, in memory of the late Raul Roji. QSL via CX5BW. [TNX NG3K]<br />

FO - Alain, F2HE is active again as FO5RH from Tatakoto Atoll (OC-<br />

066),<br />

Frech Polynesia until 4 December. He will be back there starting<br />

on<br />

10 January. [TNX F6AJA]<br />

HL - DS2GOO, DS2KEP, DS3HWS, 6K2CEW, 6K2CSD and other operators from<br />

the<br />

Pyong Taek <strong>DX</strong> Club will be active as homecall/3 from Anmyon<br />

Island<br />

(AS-080) on 18-19 November. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

HH - Jean-Marc, F1ABQ will be active as HH2FJM from Haiti starting on<br />

18<br />

November. Look for him daily between 5-7 UTC and 18-22 UTC<br />

aoriund<br />

14126, 18126, and 21226 kHz. QSL via F5RPB. [TNX F6AJA and<br />

Les<br />

Nouvelles <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

J2 - Eric, ON7SAT (J20SA) will be working in Djibouti from around<br />

20<br />

November until 16 December. Ho hopes to be able to operate SSB<br />

on<br />

40, 20, 15 and 10 metres in his spare time. QSL via home<br />

call,<br />

direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K]<br />

J7 - John, K3TEJ will be active as J79Z from Dominica (NA-101) on 22-<br />

29<br />

November. Before and after the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest he will<br />

operate<br />

on 160 metres and the WARC bands. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]<br />

JA - Look for JG4PYJ/4, JI4IPB/4, JJ4KME/4 and JM4FGW/4 to be active<br />

from<br />

Chiburi Island (AS-041, JIIA AS-041-002), Shimane prefecture<br />

on<br />

18-19 November. They plan to operate SSB and CW on 80, 40, 20,<br />

17<br />

and 15 metres. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />

KH2 - JA1OZK (AA9WZ), JA1OHP, JF1TAB, JH1FUD, JL1LOW and JK1DRM will<br />

be<br />

active as K2G from Guam (OC-026) on 25-28 November. They<br />

will<br />

operate on the HF bands SSB, CW and digital modes and will<br />

not<br />

participate in the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest. QSL via JA1OZK. [TNX NG3K]<br />

KP2 - Kenji, JH3AIU will be active as WP2AIU from the Virgin<br />

Islands<br />

(NA-106) on 20-24 November. He plans to operate CW, RTTY, PSK<br />

and<br />

SSB on 10-160 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K]<br />

P4 - Dave/K9UK, John/W9KXQ, Bill/WW9WW, Dave/WG9J and Tom/W9AEB will<br />

be<br />

active as P40Z from Aruba (SA-036) between 28 November and<br />

5


December. QSL via K9UK. [TNX W9AEB]<br />

T8 - Mike, K9NW reports he will be active as T88MR from Palau (OC-<br />

009)<br />

between approximately 20-28 November, CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest<br />

included.<br />

Otside the contest he will try to pay special attention to the<br />

low<br />

bands. QSL via K9NW.<br />

TI - Dick, W0RAA will be departing for Costa Rica on 21 November, as<br />

a<br />

member of the TI5N for the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest. Before the<br />

contest<br />

he will operate mostly RTTY (+/- 14085 kHz) and PSK31 (+/-<br />

14070<br />

kHz) as TI5/W0RAA. QSL direct to home call. [TNX K1XN]<br />

V7 - Neil, WD8CRT (http://www.qsl.net/v73ns) will be active again as<br />

V73NS from Kwajalein (OC-028), Marshall Islands. He should<br />

start<br />

around 5 January and remain there for at least two years. Expect<br />

him<br />

to operate mostly CW on 160-6 metres. QSL via bureau or direct<br />

to<br />

Neil Schwanitz, Box 8341, APO, AP 96557, USA. [TNX WD8CRT]<br />

VP2M - Phil, G3SWH and Jim, G3RTE will operate (callsigns TBA) on 160-<br />

10<br />

metres from Montserrat (NA-103) on 21-28 February. Activity will<br />

be<br />

primarily on CW, possibily with some RTTY and PSK31. They plan<br />

to<br />

have two stations on the air for as many hours as possible. QSL<br />

via<br />

G3SWH, direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can<br />

be<br />

sent to phil@g3swh.demon.co.uk). [TNX G3SWH]<br />

VU7 - The Wireless Planning & Coordination Wing of the Indian Ministry<br />

of<br />

Communications has released the first list of special<br />

permissions<br />

issued to foreign operators holding Indian amateur radio licences<br />

to<br />

operate from the Lakshadweep Islands during the NIARS Hamfest<br />

and<br />

<strong>DX</strong>pedition (VU7RG). Please note that the 10-day activity has<br />

been<br />

rescheduled to start on 15 January 2007. Bookmark and<br />

visit<br />

http://www.vu7.in on a regular basis, as further information will<br />

be<br />

published there. Also visit the VU7RG blog<br />

at<br />

http://vu7rg.blogspot.com/ [TNX DL4KQ]<br />

XU - A group of operators from the Tamsat Group and the Siam <strong>DX</strong><br />

Group<br />

will be active from Sihanoukville, Cambodia on 23-29 November.<br />

They<br />

will operate CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK-31, FM and Satellite on 160-<br />

10<br />

metres, 6m, 2m and 70cm as follows:<br />

E20PFE as XU7ADL on HF + CQWW CW (SOSB LP)<br />

E21EIC as XU7ADE on HF + CQWW CW (SOLP)<br />

E21QEB as XU7ADM on UHF and Satellites<br />

E21YDP as XU7ADK on HF RTTY/PSK-31 + CQWW CW (SOSB 40m LP)


HS0ZCY/AA4XR as XU7ADF on HF + CQWW CW (SOSB LP)<br />

HS1JAN as XU7ADN on VHF, Satellites and 6m<br />

HS5IGY as XU7ADP on VHF, Satellites and 6m.<br />

The web site for the operation is at http://www.tamsat.org/xu7 [TNX<br />

OP<strong>DX</strong> Bulletin]<br />

YB - Look for Mat, YC8TDE to be active (mainly on 40 and 15 metres<br />

SSB)<br />

as YC8TDE/p from Ternate Island (OC-145) until 15 December. QSL<br />

via<br />

home call. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

YB - Hotang, YC0IEM will be active in his spare time as YC0IEM/9<br />

from<br />

Lombok Island (OC-150) from 20 November to 6 December. QSL<br />

via<br />

IZ8CCW, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW]<br />

PACIFIC TRIP ---> Nag, JA7GAX will be island hopping in the Pacific between<br />

23 November and January as follows:<br />

21 Nov depart from Japan<br />

23 Nov 3D2: Viti Levu & Vanua Levu Group (OC-016)<br />

28 Nov 5W: Samoa Islands (OC-097)<br />

04 Dec KH8: Tutuila Island (OC-045)<br />

?? Dec KH8: Manua Islands (OC-077), 1 week operation<br />

14 Dec A3: Tongatapu Group (OC-049)<br />

?? Dec A3: Ha'apai Group (OC-169), 1 week operation<br />

?? Dec A3: Vava'u Group (OC-064), 1 week operation<br />

09 Jan 3D2: Viti Levu & Vanua Levu Group (OC-016)<br />

12 Jan Return to Japan<br />

Nag will try to operate also from Niuatoputapu Island (OC-191), Tonga, but it<br />

depends on the flight schedule. QSL direct only to JA7GAX, [TNX The Daily<br />

<strong>DX</strong>]<br />

SOUTHEAST ASIA TRIP ---> Pete, SM5GMZ will be back to Thailand, Cambodia and<br />

East Malaysia between 21 November and March 2007. His work will come first,<br />

but he will be active on the amateur radio bands as much as he can in his<br />

spare time. Expect him to operate as HS0ZFI, XU7ADI and 9M6/SM5GMZ. QSL via<br />

home call, direct or bureau. [TNX SM5GMZ]<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

A61TX ---> This is the callsign issued to Michel Homsi, OD5TX, who operated<br />

from the UAE as A6/OD5TX until late July 2006. The licence was issued on 14<br />

November 2006 and is valid for one year. QSL via W4JS. [TNX K1XN]<br />

OH CONTEST/<strong>DX</strong> MEETING ---> The 12th annual CCF (Contest Club Finland,<br />

http://www.qsl.net/ccf) and OH<strong>DX</strong>F (OH <strong>DX</strong>Foundation, http://www.ohdxf.fi)<br />

Contest & <strong>DX</strong> Meeting will be held once again aboard the Viking Line M/S<br />

Gabriella on 19-21 January 2007. The ship will travel from Finland to the<br />

Aland Islands to Sweden and back. Further information, prices and on-line<br />

registration form are now available at http://www.contestclubfinland.com/<br />

[TNX OH1WZ]<br />

QSL XF4DL & XF4K ---> Once again, please note that there are three different<br />

QSL routes. For Mexico only: via XE1KK (Ramon Santoyo V., Apartado Postal<br />

19-564, Mexico, D.F. 03901, Mexico). For North, Central and South America:


via N6AWD (Fred K . Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr, Bakersfield CA 93309, USA). For<br />

the rest of the world: via DL9NDS (Uwe Scherf, Itzgrund 15, 95512<br />

Neudrossenfeld, Germany).<br />

QSL YX5IOTA ---> Corrado, IT9DAA reports that a few envelopes have arrived<br />

opened. The relevant requests have been processed, but it is possible that<br />

other envelopes have got lost. If you do not receive your card within the end<br />

of November, please contact him (it9daa@4m5dx.org). Also please note that<br />

Corrado now has a new and safer address: Corrado Ruscica, P.O. Box 1, 96018<br />

Pachino (Succ. 1) - SR, Italy.<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

5A7A: The 5A7A team became QRV on 16 November around 10.45<br />

UTC.<br />

Bookmark http://5a7a.gmxhome.de/ for daily news, updates and<br />

logs.<br />

LOGS: On-line logsearch for 3C0M (Annobon Island) can be found<br />

at<br />

http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/web/ea5yn/3C0Z_L.htm<br />

LOGS: On-line logsearch for HK0GU/1 (Isla Pirata, SA-040,<br />

Colombia)<br />

can be found at http://logsearch.de/<br />

QSL GALLERY: Jean-Michel, F6AJA has added a new gallery to his online<br />

collection. It includes QSL cards for various rare French<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC<br />

island Entities. A few cards are still needed and<br />

your<br />

participation is encouraged - please<br />

visit<br />

http://LesNouvelles<strong>DX</strong>.free.fr and send your comments to<br />

LesNouvelles<strong>DX</strong>@free.fr [TNX F6AJA]<br />

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />

QSLs received direct or through managers: 3W9JR, 4L8A, 4O3T, 4W6AAB, 4Z4<strong>DX</strong>,<br />

7X0RY, 8R1ZUM, 9A/OM5MF (EU-090), 9J2BO,9K2MU, 9N7JO, 9Q1A, AL7MX, BG1DRJ/4,<br />

C33IU, C5<strong>DX</strong>C, CX5BW, DT8A (AN-010; AA HL-01), ED1CA (EU-077),EK3SA, ER1SS,<br />

EW4DW, FO/JJ8DEN (OC-057), FO/N6JA, HI3NR, HV5PUL, J48WT (EU-174), JY4NE,<br />

K6VVA/6 (NA-178), K7A (NA-241), KG4<strong>DX</strong>, KH5/DF6FK, KL7AK/p (NA-053), LU1ZA<br />

(AN-008; AA LU-14), LU1ZD (AN-016; AA LU-11), LU1ZI (AN-010; AA LU-15), LU1ZV<br />

(AN-016; AA LU-06), LU8XW (SA-008), LY10ZZ, LY5A, LZ8A, MD/K8DD, OH6AW/5<br />

(EU-140), OM3EY, OX3XR, P29SS, P29VCX (OC-153), P29ZAD, P49Y, RU9WX, SV5DKL,<br />

T32Z, T96Q, TF3ZA, TJ3FR, TJ3SP, UN7QX, V73RY, VC2W (NA-038), VP2MDY, VP2MHX,<br />

VP2V/AH6HY, VP2V/W7XU, VP5T, VP9LP, VQ9LA, VU4AN/VU3NZC, VU4AN/VU3RYB,<br />

VU4AN/VU3SIC, VU4AN/VU3TLY, VY0ICE, XF1K (NA-124), XU7TZG, XZ7A, YU6AO,<br />

YX5IOTA (SA-044), Z22JE, ZL7/KH0PR, ZX2B, ZY5X (SA-088).<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #812<br />

25 November 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

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Contributors are invited to send their <strong>DX</strong> information to<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

9M2 - Gerben, PG5M will be active (on 40-10 metres CW only) as<br />

9M2/PG5M<br />

from Pulau Ketam (AS-074) on 24-26 November, CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW<br />

Contest<br />

included. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

CE - Oscar, LU1XS will be active as CE8/LU1XS from Navarino<br />

Island<br />

(SA-050) on 8-10 December. He plans to operate CW only on 40, 20,<br />

15<br />

and 10 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX LU1XS]<br />

DL_ant - Mirko, DG9BHQ will be the new operator at Neumayer Base<br />

(DP0GVN,<br />

DL-03 for the Antarctica Award), Antarctica (AN-016). He will<br />

be<br />

there from December 2006 through February 2008. QSL via DL5EBE.<br />

[TNX<br />

DL5EBE]<br />

E5 - After two weeks and almost 15,000 QSOs on Penrhyn (North<br />

Cooks),<br />

Bob, W7YAQ (E51P<strong>DX</strong>) and Bill, N7OU (E51PEN) are now active as<br />

E51YAQ<br />

and E51NOU from Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands. They<br />

should<br />

remain there until 28 November. QSL via home calls. [TNX<br />

OP<strong>DX</strong><br />

Bulletin]<br />

F - Special event station TM5AIR will be active on 2-16 December<br />

to<br />

celebrate the 70th anniversry of the first air base<br />

at<br />

Varennes-sur-Allier. QSL via F5KEK. [TNX F8REF]<br />

F - A few special stations will be activated for the 20th<br />

annual<br />

Telethon, the fund-raising event organized by the French<br />

Muscular<br />

Dystrophy Association that will take place on 8-9 December.<br />

Next bulletin<br />

Bulletins' Index


Expect<br />

activity from TM8T (27 November - 10 December) and TM2TLT (8-<br />

9<br />

December) among the others. [TNX F8REF]<br />

F - Special call TP20CE will be aired on 8-10 December to celebrate<br />

the<br />

20th anniversary of the creation of the Council of Europe<br />

Amateur<br />

Radio Club. QSL via F5LGF. The rules for the relevant<br />

"20th<br />

Anniversary CUP" can be found at http://ewwa.free.fr/ [TNX F6FQK]<br />

HI - Serge, ON4AA will be active as HI8/ON4AA from the Dominican<br />

Republic<br />

(NA-096) from 2 December to 14 January. He plans to focus on 40<br />

and<br />

20 metres SSB, RTTY and PSK31, and to particpate in a number<br />

of<br />

contests. QSL via home call. An attempt will be made to operate<br />

as<br />

HI2/ON4AA from Isla Catalina (NA-122) during local day-time hours<br />

on<br />

a Wednesday or a Saturday (not coinciding with a major SBB or<br />

RTTY<br />

contest). [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

HS - Champ/E21EIC, Dej/E21YDP, Bruce/AA4XR (HS0ZCY) and Alex/UT5UY<br />

will<br />

operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 10-160 metres from Lipe<br />

Island<br />

(AS-126) on 5-12 December. They will be active mainly as<br />

E21EIC/P,<br />

but they might also use their personal Thai calls. QSL via<br />

home<br />

calls. [TNX UT5UY]<br />

JA - Look for JR2RKK/6 to operate SSB on the HF bands from Aguni<br />

Island<br />

(AS-017, JIIA AS-017-002), Okinawa Prefecture on 1-4 December.<br />

QSL<br />

to via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />

J7 - John, K3TEJ will operate as J79Z from Dominica (NA-101) until<br />

29<br />

November. Activity will be on 10-160 metres, including an entry<br />

in<br />

the CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW contest. QSL via home call. [TNX K3TEJ]<br />

KH8 - Pete/N0FW, Jay/K4ZLE, Charlie/W6KK and Mike/N9NS will be active<br />

as<br />

KH8Q from American Samoa on 1-14 December. They will operate CW<br />

and<br />

SSB on 160-10 metres, including efforts in the ARRL 160 Meter (1-<br />

3<br />

December) and 10 Meter (9-10 December) contests. QSL via W8QID.<br />

[TNX<br />

K4ZLE]<br />

LZ_ssh - Mitko, LZ1UQ will be active as LZ0A from the Bulgarian base<br />

St.<br />

Kliment Ohridski (LZ-02) on Livingston Island, South<br />

Shetland<br />

Islands (AN-010) from 1 December to 1 March 2007. Mitko also<br />

plans<br />

to operate as VP8/LZ1UQ during a few HF contests. [TNX I1HYW]<br />

P4 - Ken, K6TA and Kay, K6KO will operate SSB, CW and RTTY as P40TA<br />

and<br />

P40K respectively from Aruba (SA-036) on 1-21 December. QSL


oth<br />

callsigns via WM6A, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

TN - Baldur, DJ6SI (CW) and Franz, DJ9ZB (SSB and RTTY) expect to<br />

be<br />

active from Congo in late November-early December. They plan<br />

to<br />

operate as TN6X and TN0Z respectively, on 10-160 metres CW, SSB<br />

and<br />

digital modes with two stations. QSL via home calls. [TNX The<br />

Daily<br />

<strong>DX</strong>]<br />

VE - Dave, VA3RJ reports that to celebrate the 100th anniversary<br />

of<br />

Reginald Fessenden's first AM voice broadcast (24 December<br />

1906),<br />

from 1 December through 31 January all Canadian amateur<br />

radio<br />

operators may replace their ordinary prefix with a special one<br />

as<br />

follows:<br />

CF1 = VA1 CG1 = VE1 CG8 = VE8<br />

CF2 = VA2 CG2 = VE2 CG9 = VE9<br />

CF3 = VA3 CG3 = VE3 CH1 = VO1<br />

CF4 = VA4 CG4 = VE4 CH2 = VO2<br />

CF5 = VA5 CG5 = VE5 CI1 = VY1<br />

CF6 = VA6 CG6 = VE6 CI2 = VY2<br />

CF7 = VA7 CG7 = VE7 CI0 = VY0<br />

VP5 - Kelly, N0VD will be active as VP5/N0VD from the Caicos<br />

Islands<br />

(NA-002) on 2-12 December, including an entry in the ARRL 10<br />

Meter<br />

Contest as VP5D. QSL for both via home call. [TNX N0VD]<br />

VU7 - The ARSI team of operators for the 1-30 December VU7LD activity<br />

from<br />

Kavaratti Island in the Lakshadweeps includes 23 people from<br />

all<br />

over India (see the roaster and individual operating mode skills<br />

on<br />

the expedition web site). They will operate in batches: the<br />

first<br />

group will arrive on 30 November, followed by the second and<br />

the<br />

third ones around 12 and 22 December respectively. Please<br />

pay<br />

frequent visits to http://arsi.info/vu7/ for further information<br />

and<br />

updates.<br />

YI - Mitch, K7TUT plans to operate as YI9TU from Iraq till 12<br />

December,<br />

and then again in January and February. Look for him on 10, 17,<br />

20<br />

and 40 metres SSB, CW and PSK3 between 15 and 18 UTC, and on<br />

Sundays<br />

between 4 and 6 UTC. QSL via N2OO. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

<strong>DX</strong> TRIP ---> Karl, N1DL will visit and operate holiday style from several<br />

countries between 27 November and 19 December as follows:<br />

27-28 Nov VP2V/N1DL Virgin Gorda, BVI (NA-023)<br />

29 Nov FJ/N1DL St. Barthelemy (NA-146)<br />

30 Nov-1 Dec 9Y4/N1DL Tobago (SA-009)<br />

5-6 Dec PY8/N1DL Boca da Valeria<br />

11-12 Dec FY/N1DL Devil's (Diable) Island (SA-020)


14 Dec 8P6/N1DL Barbados (NA-021)<br />

15 Dec J7R and J79DL Dominica (NA-101)<br />

16 Dec V25DL Antigua (NA-100)<br />

17 Dec VP2V/N1DL Tortola, BVI (NA-023)<br />

18-19 Dec N1DL/HI9 Samana, Dominican Republic (NA-096)<br />

He says he will favour RTTY, PSK and CW, with some SSB. QSL via home call.<br />

Karl adds that all of the QSL cards for the recent J7R operation have been<br />

sent either direct or via bureau.<br />

CQ WW <strong>DX</strong> CW CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their<br />

participation in this year's event (25-26 November):<br />

ZONE CALL CATEGORY <strong>DX</strong>CC QSL VIA<br />

------------------------------------------------------------<br />

02 VE2W<strong>DX</strong> M/S Canada VE3TA<br />

05 4U1UN United Nations HQ HB9BOU<br />

05 VP9I SOAB Bermuda N1HRA<br />

07 TI5N M/2 Costa Rica W3HNK<br />

07 V31XX SOAB HP Belize EA4BQ<br />

08 6Y1V SOSB 40m Jamaica OH3RB<br />

08 6Y3R SOSB 80m Jamaica OH3RB<br />

08 8P5A SOAB HP Barbados NN1N<br />

08 8P9XA SO Barbados G3SWH<br />

08 C6AKX SOSB 20m Bahamas WA4WTG<br />

08 C6AQQ SOAB LP Bahamas ND3F<br />

08 C6ARR SOSB 160m Bahamas WA4WTG<br />

08 C6ART SOAB Bahamas KN5H<br />

08 C6ATA SOSB 40m Bahamas WA4WTG<br />

08 FS/AH8<strong>DX</strong> SO St. Martin AH8<strong>DX</strong><br />

08 HI3A SOAB Dominican Republic ON4IQ<br />

08 J79CO Dominica F6COW<br />

08 J79EP Dominica F6EPY<br />

08 J79Z SOAB Dominica K3TEJ<br />

08 KP3Z M/S Puerto Rico WC4E<br />

08 KP4US M/S Puerto Rico<br />

08 T40C M/S Cuba N1KI<br />

08 TO5X SOAB Martinique K5UN<br />

08 V26K SOAB LP Antigua AA3B<br />

08 V47NT St. Kitts & Nevis N2NT<br />

08 VP2MDG SOAB HP Montserrat K2DM<br />

08 VP2VVV M/S British Virgin Isls K9VV<br />

08 VP5W M/2 Turks & Caicos W7TSQ<br />

08 ZF1A M/2 Cayman Islands W5ASP<br />

09 9Y4AA M/? Trinidad & Tobago VE3HO<br />

09 FY5FY SOAB QRP French Guiana FY5FY<br />

09 P40A SOAB Aruba WD9DZV<br />

09 P40T Aruba N6AA<br />

09 P40W SOAB Aruba N2MM<br />

09 P49Y Aruba AE6Y<br />

09 PJ2T M/S Netherlands Antilles N9AG<br />

09 PJ4A M/S HP Netherlands Antilles K4BAI<br />

09 PZ5ZY SOAB Suriname N6ZZ<br />

09 YW4D SOAB Venezuela EA7JX<br />

10 HC8N M/M Galapagos Is W5UE<br />

11 ZP0R SOAB HP Paraguay W3HNK<br />

11 ZY7C M/S Brazil PT7WA<br />

12 3G1X SOAB HP Chile XQ1IDM<br />

13 CX7BY M/S Uruguay CX5BW<br />

13 LR2F M/S Argentina LU2FA<br />

14 CS2R SOSB 80m Portugal CS1G<strong>DX</strong><br />

14 CS7A SOSB 20 or 15m Portugal CS1G<strong>DX</strong><br />

14 CU2A SOAB HP Azores OH2BH<br />

14 EI/SP4Z SOAB LP Ireland


14 G5W M/S England G3BJ<br />

14 G6M M/2 England<br />

14 GD6IA SOAB HP Isle of Man GD6IA<br />

14 GD8T SOSB 40m Isle of Man G4MJS<br />

14 GJ2A SOAB HP Jersey K2WR<br />

14 LX7I M/2 or M/S Luxembourg LX2A<br />

14 MD4K SOSB 80m Isle of Man G3NKC<br />

14 MD6V SOSB 160m Isle of Man G3NKC<br />

14 MJ0ASP SOSB 20m Jersey F5SHQ<br />

14 MZ5A SOAB Shetland (Scotland) G3TXF<br />

14 TM4Q M/S France F6FYA<br />

14 TM8W SOAB LP France F5TER<br />

15 4O3B SOSB 80m Montenegro OH2BH<br />

15 4O3M SOSB 160m Montenegro OH2PM<br />

15 IR9K Italy IW9HLM<br />

15 IS0N SOSB 40m Sardinia OK1MG<br />

15 YT6A SOSB 20m Montenegro YU1FW<br />

15 Z38N M/M Macedonia HA6KNB<br />

16 R7C M/2 European Russia RW3GW<br />

16 RD3A SOAB European Russia RD3AF<br />

16 RL3A M/S European Russia W3HNK<br />

16 RU1A M/2 European Russia RU1AE<br />

17 UA9AYA SOSB 40m Asiatic Russia UA9AB<br />

20 4X0G M/S Israel W3GG<br />

20 J41A SOSB 160m Greece LY1DF<br />

20 LZ9A SOSB Bulgaria LZ2HM<br />

20 P3F M/2 Cyprus 5B4AGN<br />

20 SV9COL SOSB HP Crete<br />

20 YM2W SOSB Turkey OK1TN<br />

20 YR2V SOSB 40m Romania YO2LDC<br />

21 4L2M SOSB 40m Georgia K3PD<br />

21 4L8A SOSB 20m Georgia DJ1CW<br />

21 A45WD SOSB 15m Oman YO9HP<br />

22 8Q7DV M/2 Maldives UA9CLB<br />

22 VU3JRA SOSB 80m India DJ3KR<br />

24 B1Z M/S China EA7FTR<br />

24 B3C M/S China BA4EG<br />

24 VR2/AA1ON SO LP Hong Kong AA1ON<br />

26 HS0ZDJ SOAB Thailand W2YR<br />

26 HS0ZGH SO Thailand G4UZN<br />

26 XU7ADE SO Cambodia E21EIC<br />

26 XU7ADF SOSB Cambodia AA4XR<br />

26 XU7ADK SOSB 40m Cambodia E21YDP<br />

26 XU7ADL SOSB LP Cambodia E20PFE<br />

26 XU7MWA SOAB Cambodia<br />

27 AH2R M/S Guam JH7QXJ<br />

27 T88MR SOAB Palau K9NW<br />

28 9M2/PG5M SO West Malaysia PG5M<br />

28 9M2CNC SOAB HP West Malaysia G4ZFE<br />

28 9M6NA SOSB 20m East Malaysia JE1JKL<br />

28 YB0ECT SOSB 20m LP Indonesia K3AIR<br />

29 VK8NSB SOAB Australia VK6NE<br />

29 VK9AA SOAB Cocos (Keeling) DL8YR<br />

31 KH6/W6PH SOAB LP Hawaii W6PH<br />

32 E51YAQ South Cook Isls W7YAQ<br />

33 CN2R SOSB 40m Morocco W7EJ<br />

33 CN2WW SOSB 20m Morocco EA7FTR<br />

33 CT3NT SOAB Madeira<br />

33 CT9L M/2 Madeira DJ6QT<br />

33 EA8/OH4NL SOSB 80m or 160m Canary Islands OH2BYS<br />

33 EA8EW M/2 Canary Islands YL2KL<br />

33 IH9P M/M (African) Italy KR7X


34 5A7A M/M Libya DL9USA<br />

34 ST2A M/S Sudan T93Y<br />

35 6V7D SOAB LP Senegal KQ1F<br />

35 6W1RW SOAB HP Senegal F6BEE<br />

35 D44AC SOSB Cape Verde<br />

35 TZ5A M/M Mali G3SXW<br />

37 5Z1A SOSB 20m Kenya PA1AW<br />

37 5Z4LS Kenya G3RWF<br />

38 V5/DJ4SO SOSB 20m LP Namibia DJ4SO<br />

38 ZS3NN SOAB South Africa AA4NN<br />

38 ZT2V South Africa ZS2DL<br />

39 3B8/OM0C M/S Mauritius OM2FY<br />

40 JW5E M/? Svalbard<br />

Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operations listing maintained<br />

by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqc2006.html - good contest to you<br />

all!<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

ARRL 160 METER CONTEST ---> Object of the contest is for amateurs worldwide<br />

to work W/VE amateurs on 160 metres CW only (full rules can be found at<br />

http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2006/160-Meters.html). This year's event<br />

will run from 22.00 UTC on 1 December through 16.00 UTC on the 3rd. Do not<br />

forget to give a look to the Announced Operation listing maintained by Bill,<br />

NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/arrl160_2006.html<br />

QSL CO#OTA ---> Pepe, EA5KB reports he is now able to confirm contacts made<br />

back in 2000 with the various CO#OTA stations: CO0OTA (NA-015), CO1OTA<br />

(NA-093), CO4OTA (NA-056), CO6OTA (NA-204), CO7OTA (NA-086), CO8OTA (NA-218),<br />

CO9OTA (NA-201). Before sending your cards, please contact Pepe<br />

(EA5KB@telefonica.net).<br />

S9SS ---> Charles Lewis, KY4P (S9SS, aka S92SS as well as A25/KY4P, A22AA,<br />

SV0LM and SV5/SV0LM) will retire in February 2007 and finish his work as IBB<br />

VOA station manager on the island of Sao Tome. He and Lesley, N3TIA (S9YL,<br />

S92YL and SV0LN) will live in North Carolina. His S9SS log has been uploaded<br />

to LoTW and paper QSLs can be confirmed by his QSL manager N4JR. Log search<br />

is available at http://s50u.s50e.si, and by the end of February more than<br />

80.000 QSOs will be sent to http://logsearch.de/. All of his logs for<br />

callsigns prior to S9SS exist only on paper (about 100,000 QSOs), but he<br />

plans to create files of at least some of them for submission to the LoTW<br />

over the next few years. He will do the A25/KY4P log first. [TNX S50U]<br />

+ SILENT KEY + The Association des Radioamateurs de Monaco (ARM) reports the<br />

passing of Aldo Comisso, 3A2GL, on 23 July. He used to be mainly active on<br />

the low bands CW. [TNX 3A2LF]<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

LOGS: On-line logsearch for 4O60BH (OH2BH's on-the-air 60th<br />

birthday<br />

party) can be found at


http://www.skycc.info/4o60bh/search.html.<br />

The Lucky Draw winners are listed<br />

at<br />

http://www.kolumbus.fi/oh2bn/tuesdayrelease.htm<br />

LOGS: On-line logsearch for 5A7A can be found<br />

at<br />

http://www.df3cb.com/logsearch/5a7a/. These logs cover the<br />

period<br />

from 14.05 UTC on 16 November through 08.02 UTC on the 24th, but<br />

a<br />

few thousand QSOs are known to be missing (do not panic!).<br />

LOGS: On-line logsearch for 9G5UR can be found at<br />

http://logsearch.de/.<br />

Vladimir, UY5ZZ operated as 9G5UR on 4-14 July, and as<br />

9G5A/P<br />

(AF-084) on 12 July 2006. QSL to Vladimir F. Latyshenko, P.O.<br />

Box<br />

4850, Zaporozhye, 69118, Ukraine.<br />

XT2C: The web site for the 6-20 January expedition to Burkina Faso is<br />

up<br />

and running at http://xt2c.free.fr/<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

===================================================================<br />

CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />

===================================================================<br />

3B8/OM0C OM2FY E51NOU N7OU PZ5ZY N6ZZ<br />

4A7L WA3HUP E51P<strong>DX</strong> W7YAQ R1ANC UA1PAC<br />

4L1FP LZ1OT E51PEN N7OU S9SS N4JR<br />

4L3Y DK6CW E51TLA OZ6TL SK60CG SM6JSM<br />

4O2NT YZ1AA E51YAQ W7YAQ ST2A T93Y<br />

4O3B OH2BH EH7FCI EB7AEY SX8F SV1HER<br />

4O3M OH2PM EK6LP IK2DUW T88MR K9NW<br />

4O60BH OH2BN EK6TA DJ0MCZ TC4ITU TA4KA<br />

4U1UN HB9BOU EX2M W3HNK TC4PP TA4KA<br />

5A7A DL9USA EY8CQ DJ1MM TM5DIA F5LRL<br />

5H3AA K6EID EY8DQ DJ1MM TM8KP F6GOX<br />

5N6EAM IK2IQD HA501TJ HA1TJ TO5X K5NU<br />

5N9GKA N0OY HA502EOA HA2EOA TT8FC EA4AHK<br />

5V7SE IK3GES HA503NU HA3NU TU0PAX TU2CI<br />

5W0OJ DL4RDJ HA505BA HA5BA TU2/F5LDY F1CGN<br />

5Z4LS G3RWF HA505OV HA5OV TZ5A G3SXW<br />

6V7D KQ1F HA507PL HA7PL TZ6LF KY7M<br />

6W1RW F6BEE HC2SL EA5KB TZ6MF KC7V<br />

6Y3R OH3RB HC8N W5UE TZ6NS AA7A<br />

7X5JF DJ8QP HF16CD SP3PML TZ6RF GM3YTS<br />

7Z1HL DJ9ZB HK0GU DL7VOG TZ6RN G4IRN<br />

7Z1UG DG1XG HS0ZCY AA4XR TZ6VT K5VT<br />

8P9JG NN1N HZ1MD PA2V TZ6WP G4BWP<br />

8Q7GL IK0XIH J28JA F5JFU U4MIR RN3DK<br />

9G1YK PA3ERA J59OFM I3LDP UN7MMM EA7FTR<br />

9G5OO DL4WK J79CO F6COW V26K AA3B<br />

9J2VB UA4WHX J79EP F6EPY V63<strong>DX</strong> JH7HMZ<br />

9K2YM EA5KB J79Z K3TEJ V6T1 JA7AO<br />

9M2CNC G4ZFE JV800DA JT1DA VP5/K7LAZ K7LAZ<br />

9Q1D SM5BFJ KC4/K2ARB K2ARB VP5/W7VV W7VV


9Q1TB F5LTB KC4AAA K1IED VQ9JK G4FJK<br />

9Y4AA VE3HO KH0/K3UY UA3<strong>DX</strong> VQ9NL W4NML<br />

A61C W4JS KH2/AK0J JA1KJW VU3RYO DL2JRM<br />

C6AKX WA4WTG KP4SQ W3HNK WP2AIU JH3AIU<br />

C6ATA WA4WTG LX8DL LX1DA WP3R W3HNK<br />

CN2WW EA7FTR NL7G OK1DOT XU7ADE E21EIC<br />

CN8IG EA7FTR ON4PTC ON7YB XU7ADF AA4XR<br />

CN8KD EA5XX ON69MIA ON5VL XU7MWA KM0O<br />

CO3JN IZ8EBI OT4A ON4AEK YI9SM W5CSM<br />

CO3VK IZ8EBI PJ2<strong>DX</strong> N9AG YT150T YU1FJK<br />

DK2006TZ DL1SBF PJ4/K1TO K4BAI ZF2DO N5DO<br />

DT8A HL2FDW PJ4/N4TO K4BAI ZS3NN AA4NN<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

DL7VOG Gerd Uhlig, P.O. Box 700 332, D-10323 Berlin, Germany<br />

DL9USA Andreas Glaeser, PF 100 246, D-03122 Spremberg, Germany<br />

IT9DAA Corrado Ruscica, P.O. Box 1, 96018 Pachino (Succ. 1) - SR, Italy<br />

JA7AO Tokro Matsumoto, 3-62 Okachimachi, Yuzawa 012-0856, Japan<br />

OH2BN Jarmo J. Jaakola, Kiilletie 5 C 30, Helsinki 00710, Finland<br />

ST2M Magdi Osman Ahmed Abdelrahim, P.O. Box 2, Khartoum Airport 11112,<br />

Sudan<br />

SV1HER Sotirios Vanikiotis, Korai 31, GR-12137 Peristeri (Athens), Greece<br />

UA1PAC Alan Kuz'menko, P.O.Box 599, Arkhangelsk, 163000, Russia<br />

UT8IM Valery P. Sossko, P.O. Box 25, Mariupol, 87514, Ukraine<br />

XU7ABN Claude Laget, P.O. Box 1373 GPO, 99999 Phnom-Penh, Cambodia<br />

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2 December 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

9M2 - Rich, PA0RRS (9M2MRS) will be active again from Penang<br />

Island<br />

(AS-015) from 1 January to 28 February. QSL via home call, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX PA0RRS]<br />

BY - BA4XA, BA4VE, BD3APX, BD4IXA, BG4VES and BG6IQD will operate as<br />

BI4N<br />

from Lingshan Island (AS-150) on 6-10 December. QSL direct to<br />

BA4XA.<br />

[TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

C6 - Janet/W8CAA, Jim/K8FL, Phil/W9IXX (C6AXX) and Joe/W8GEX (C6<strong>DX</strong>)<br />

will<br />

operate on all bands and modes from Eleuthera (NA-001), Bahamas<br />

on<br />

5-13 December. They plan to to have two stations running on the<br />

HF<br />

bands and one on 50125 kHz. QSL C6<strong>DX</strong> via W8GEX, QSL C6AXX via<br />

W9IXX.<br />

[TNX QRZ-<strong>DX</strong>]<br />

J6 - Oleh, KD7WPJ reports he will be active as J6/KD7WPJ from St.<br />

Lucia<br />

(NA-108) on 21-27 December. QSL via home call.<br />

JA - Look for JA6WFM/6, JM6EBU/6 and JF6YME/6 to operate SSB, CW and<br />

RTTY<br />

on the HF bands from Yoron Island (AS-023, JIIA AS-023-<br />

013),<br />

Kagoshima Prefecture on 4-7 December. QSL via home calls, direct<br />

or<br />

bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />

LU - Alberto/LU1DZ, Tito/LU7EE and Fernando/LW2<strong>DX</strong> will operate CW and<br />

SSB<br />

as LR50U and LR5U on 7-12 December to commemorate the<br />

50th<br />

anniversary of the first activity by an Argentine amateur<br />

(LU3ZY)<br />

from the South Sandwich Islands. QSL direct only via EA5NI.<br />

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[TNX<br />

F5NQL]<br />

SV - Look for Steve, SV8/G4EDG/P and Jeff, SV8/G4ELZ/P to operate CW<br />

only<br />

from Aegina Island (EU-075) on 4-10 December. QSL direct<br />

to<br />

homecalls (but logs will also be uploaded to LOTW). [TNX G4EDG]<br />

TN - The Daily <strong>DX</strong> reports that Baldur, DJ6SI and Franz, DJ9ZB<br />

have<br />

postponed their trip to Congo [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 812] because they are<br />

still<br />

waiting for their licenses.<br />

UR - The Ukrainian Amateur Radio League is celebrating its<br />

15th<br />

anniversary and EM15UARL, as well as a number of EM15, EN15 and<br />

EO15<br />

callsigns, will be aired between 15 and 25 December. For<br />

information<br />

on the relevant "UARL-15" short term award please contact<br />

Vlad<br />

Ageyev, UR5WCW (LRU_award@ukr.net).<br />

VE - Igor, VA3Y<strong>DX</strong> reports he will operate as VE2I<strong>DX</strong> from Bizard<br />

Island<br />

(not IOTA, QC-027 for the Canadian Islands Award) on 29-30<br />

December.<br />

His main goal is to participate in the Canada Winter Contest.<br />

Look<br />

for him on +/- 14260, 3795 and 7260 kHz. QSL direct to VA3Y<strong>DX</strong>.<br />

VP9 - Mark, AA1AC will be operating as AA1AC/VP9 from Hamilton<br />

Parish,<br />

Bermuda (NA-005) on 9-13 December. QSL via home call. [TNX AA1AC]<br />

VU7 - The first batch of ARSI operators (including VU2DMP, VU2GGM,<br />

VU2IZO,<br />

VU2MTT, VU2NKS, VU2NXM, VU2PAI, VU2PJP, VU2RCR, VU2RDQ,<br />

VU2SWS,<br />

VU2VKU, VU3ENB, VU3KKZ and VU3SGS) has been active from<br />

Kavaratti<br />

Island, Lakshadweeps (AS-011) since around 18.30 UTC on 30<br />

November<br />

(i.e. on 1 December at noon local time). They have been required<br />

to<br />

sign VU7LD/homecall, but this is not an Andaman-like<br />

activity<br />

(different operations under different callsigns, with different<br />

QSL<br />

routes and different QSL cards): so there is no need to<br />

work<br />

multiple VU7LD/hc's on the same band and mode, as they would<br />

be<br />

duplicate QSOs. Suggested frequencies are as follows:<br />

Band CW SSB RTTY SSTV PSK<br />

---------------------------------------------<br />

160m 1822 1845 - - -<br />

80m 3502 3795 3570 - 3580<br />

40m 7002 7060 7035 - 7037<br />

30m 10102 - 10137 - 10140<br />

20m 14022 14260 14085 14230 14071<br />

17m 18072 18150 18100 - 18100<br />

15m 21022 21260 21085 - 21085<br />

12m 24892 24940 24920 - 24920<br />

10m 28022 28495 28080 - 28120<br />

QSL via W3HNK (Joseph L. Arcure, 115 Buck Run Road,


Lincoln<br />

University, PA 19352, USA). Keep an eye<br />

on<br />

http://www.arsi.info/vu7/index.shtml (the first logs are expected<br />

to<br />

be posted on 2 December).<br />

W - The Alphalpha Repeater Group (http://n4maa.us) will operate as<br />

W4A<br />

from the Tierra Verde Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-1335) on Cunningham<br />

Key<br />

(NA-034, USI FL-284S) on 8-11 December. Expect activity on<br />

3875,<br />

7235, 14310 and 21330 kHz. QSL via K8CXM. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

W - Before going and operate from Elbow Cay (NA-219) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N<br />

809],<br />

Bodo/DL3OCH, Rene/DL2JRM, Dan/DL5SE and Daniel/DL5YWM will be<br />

active<br />

as W4/homecall from Key West (NA-062) from 29 December to<br />

2<br />

January. They also plan to operate from a few ARLHS lighthouses<br />

and<br />

USI islands during that time frame. QSL via home calls. [TNX<br />

DL5YWM]<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

5A7A ---> The <strong>DX</strong>pedition went QRT around 7 UTC on 29 November. On-line logs<br />

are now complete and the band/mode breakdowns are as follows (source:<br />

http://www.df3cb.com/logsearch/5a7a/):<br />

CW SSB RTTY PSK SSTV FM WSJT FSK441 Totals<br />

160m 6344 928 283 98 0 0 0 0 7653<br />

80m 9925 7243 377 4 0 0 0 0 17549<br />

40m 12843 11689 1273 222 0 0 0 0 26027<br />

30m 7553 0 490 9 0 0 0 0 8052<br />

20m 8322 8687 1490 11 71 0 0 0 18581<br />

17m 4231 4598 802 55 0 0 0 0 9686<br />

15m 6388 8227 205 0 0 0 0 0 14820<br />

12m 1872 1616 0 0 0 0 0 0 3488<br />

10m 1893 1318 0 0 0 0 0 0 3211<br />

6m 41 8 0 0 0 1 2 0 52<br />

2m 2 6 0 0 0 0 63 210 281<br />

70cm 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 9<br />

Totals 59415 44326 4920 399 71 1 67 210 109409<br />

NOT THE MANAGER ---> Pierre, F6CXJ is receiving a large number of bureau<br />

cards for TZ9A, but he is not the QSL manager for Chris. Cards should be sent<br />

to Christian Saint-Arroman, Chemin de Mousteguy, 64990 Urcuit, France.<br />

QSL 4O3T ---> The QSL cards for the International <strong>DX</strong> Festival Montenegro 2006<br />

are being distributed right now. If you do not receive your card(s) by 20<br />

December, please contact Ranko, YT6A (yt310sky@yahoo.com). [TNX YT6A]<br />

QSL 5V7SE ---> Gabriele, IK3GES reports receiving direct card requests for<br />

Elvira, 5V7SE that include "old style" IRCs expiring on 31 December. Please<br />

note that if Gabriele can get the logs before the end of the year, these


equests will be hounoured, otherwise they will be replied to via the bureau.<br />

QSL R7C ---> The correct QSL route is not via RW3GW, but HQ Academy & Found<br />

"The World Encyclopedia of Travel", P.O. Box 2007, Moscow, 101000, Russia.<br />

Cards can also be sent via the bureau. [TNX RW3GW]<br />

QSL VIA TA3YJ ---> Nilay reports having problems with the incoming QSL<br />

bureau. She has not received any card for several months now; should you be<br />

in urgent need of a card, she recommends to go direct. The current status of<br />

the incoming/outgoing QSL traffic handled by Nilay can be found at<br />

http://www.geocities.com/qslservice/ta3yj<br />

VQ9JC ---> Jim, VQ9JC (ND9M) expects to leave Diego Garcia on 5 December for<br />

a four-month holiday with his wife in Florida. He should return to VQ9 in<br />

April 2007 for another four-month tour. "I've been active from VQ9 for eight<br />

months out of the past year", he says, "and so far logged 26,000 QSOs. CW<br />

accounts for 85%, with SSB at 13%, and 2% were using digital modes. About 40%<br />

have been on 20m, 20% were on 15m, and another 20% were split between 30 and<br />

40m. Considering what propagation conditions have been like, I'm quite<br />

pleased with the results". All direct mail QSLs received at his Florida QTH<br />

as of 10 November have been answered. The requests received after that date<br />

will be answered when Jim gets home. Bureau cards received as of 10 November<br />

have also been processed and will be mailed to the Outgoing Bureau. All QSL<br />

requests go via ND9M.<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

LOGS: On-line logsearch for HK0GU (Providencia) can be found<br />

at<br />

http://logsearch.de/<br />

LOGS: On-line logserach for Eric, J20SA can be found<br />

at<br />

http://users.telenet.be/on4knp/ [TNX ON4ZD]<br />

TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now<br />

available<br />

at http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. Please send<br />

your scores, as well as any request for further information,<br />

to<br />

Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@ari.it)<br />

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 4O3T, 5R8FK, 5R8GZ, 5T0JL, 5X1GS,<br />

7P8/G3RWF, 8P9NX, 8R1EA, 9J2BO, 9K2YM, 9Q1D, 9V1VC, A25/DF3GY, BV0O, C33IU,<br />

D44BS, DT8A, EA6SX, ED1CA (EU-077), EU1UN, EX8F, FG/N0YY, FO/F6CTL, FO/N6JA,<br />

FW8AA, GT0STH, H40HL, HO1L, J68MS, J7R, K9AJ/VY0 (NA-156 and NA-195),<br />

KD6WW/VY0 (NA-156 and NA-195), KH0AC, KH0HQ, KH8SI, KL7AA, KL7J, LU8XW, NL7G,<br />

OX/OZ8AE, OX3HI, P29NI (OC-115), P29VCX (OC-153), P4/WA2NHA, P40W, SM5E<strong>DX</strong>,<br />

ST2BF, SU9FL, SV2ASP/A, T77EB, T96Q, TU2/F5LDY, TY5MR, UK8IZ, V31MR, V51AS,<br />

VE1OTA (NA-081), VK9AA, VK9CGG, VK9NS, VP2MDY, VP2MHZ, VP2V/AH6HY, VP2V/W7XU,<br />

VP6UU, VR2MY, VU3MCV, VU4AN/VU3CHE, VU4AN/VU3RWO, VU4AN/VU3SIC, W1AJT/VE3,<br />

XW1A, YL2TW, YU6AO, YU6DZ, YU7EF, YX5IOTA (SA-044), Z22JE, ZA/IW2JOP, ZD9BV,<br />

ZS6AJD.<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #814<br />

8 December 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

9N - Stig, 9N7JO reports he will be QRV from Nepal "on and off"<br />

at<br />

various periods during 2007. He will operate on all the HF<br />

bands<br />

SSB, CW, PSK31 and RTTY. QSL direct only to his address in<br />

Thailand:<br />

Stig Lindblom, Jum Changphimai 147/1 - Moo 3, Tambon Boot, Ban<br />

Ta<br />

Bong, Phimai, TH-30110 Nakhon Ratchashima, Thailand.<br />

CE - Hector, CE3FZL reports he will be active as CE2P from the<br />

lighthouse<br />

at Punta Panul (ARLHS CHI-073) during weekends in December,<br />

January<br />

and February. He plans to operate SSB on 40, 20, 15 and 10<br />

metres.<br />

QSL via EA5KB.<br />

HS - Nopporn, HS0EHF has joined the team of operators for the<br />

E21EIC/P<br />

activity from Lipe Island (AS-126). Originally announced to<br />

take<br />

place on 5-12 December [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 812], it is now scheduled from 8<br />

to<br />

13 December. QSL via home calls. [TNX UT5UY]<br />

JA - Special event station 8J8WSC is active until 4 March 2007<br />

to<br />

celebrate the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships that will<br />

take<br />

place Sapporo (Hokkaido) from 22 February to 4<br />

March<br />

(http://www.sapporo2007.com/). QSL via bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

LU - Fernando, LW2<strong>DX</strong> reports that the LR50U and LR5U special<br />

activity<br />

[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 813] was performed last year only, and will not be<br />

repeated<br />

this year.<br />

P4 - Marty, W2CG will be vacationing in Aruba on 11-18 December and<br />

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plans<br />

to operate as P40CG (requested call) during his early morning<br />

and<br />

late evening hours. QSL via homecall. [TNX W2CG]<br />

TF - Russian Robinson Club members Sergey/RA3NAN, Eugene/RZ3EC<br />

and<br />

Andy/RZ3EM will be going to Iceland next week. Weather<br />

permitting,<br />

they will operate as TF7RRC from the Westman Islands (EU-071)<br />

on<br />

15-16 December and TF4RRC from Flatey Island (EU-168) on 18-<br />

19<br />

December. QSL both calls via RZ3EC (QSL RA3NAN/TF, RZ3EC/TF<br />

and<br />

RZ3EM/TF via home calls). The website for the expedition is<br />

at<br />

www.qso.ru/tf7rrc [TNX RZ3EM]<br />

UA - RP65MB, RP65FWW and a number of other special event<br />

stations/<br />

callsigns (RP65xxx, RP3xxx, UE3xxx plus UE4CGP) are active until<br />

10<br />

December to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Battle of<br />

Moscow<br />

during World War II. These activaty days are organized by the<br />

Moscow<br />

regional branch of SRR. Information on the relevant award can<br />

be<br />

found at www.srr-mo.ru (if you can read Russian) or from<br />

Dmitriy,<br />

RV3DUT (rv3dut@narod.ru). QSL RP65MB and RP65FWW via RZ3FR (but<br />

all<br />

of the contacts will be confirmed automatically via the SRR<br />

bureau);<br />

the QSL routes for the other stations are listed in the "QSL<br />

Info"<br />

section below. [TNX RV3DUT]<br />

VP5 - Olav, LA9VFA will be active as VP5/LA9VFA from<br />

Providenciales,<br />

Caicos Islands (NA-002) on 13-29 December. QSL via home call,<br />

direct<br />

or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

YV0 - After the successful YX5IOTA operation, the 4M5<strong>DX</strong> Group<br />

is<br />

organizing a <strong>DX</strong>pedition to Aves Island (NA-020) to take place<br />

for<br />

ten days starting around 5 February 2007. A team of<br />

fifteen<br />

operators (lead by Alex, YV5SSB and including<br />

Jose/YV5TX,<br />

Julio/YV1R<strong>DX</strong>, Rafael/YV5RED, Martti/OH2BH,<br />

Tomas/YV1CTE,<br />

Jesus/YV5MSG, Jose/YV5ANT, Olli/YV5WW-OH0XX,<br />

Greg/YV5OHW,<br />

Ray/YV5EU-DL2GG, Pasquale/YV5KAJ, Franco/YV1FM,<br />

Felo/YV5GRV,<br />

Jig/AD6TF and Corrado/IT9DAA) will be active as YW0<strong>DX</strong> on all<br />

bands<br />

and modes. QSL via IT9DAA, direct or bureau. Sponsors and donors<br />

are<br />

beingh sought; further information can be found on the website<br />

for<br />

the <strong>DX</strong>pedition at http://yw0dx.4m5dx.org/ [TNX IT9DAA]


ARRL 10 METER CONTEST ---> Object of the contest is for amateurs worldwide to<br />

work as many stations as possible on 10 metres (full rules can be found at<br />

http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2006/10-meters.html). This year's event<br />

will run from 00.00 UTC on 9 December through 23.59 UTC on the 10th. Do not<br />

forget to give a look to the Announced Operation listing maintained by Bill,<br />

NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/arrl10_2006.html<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

3B7C ---> The Five Star <strong>DX</strong>ers Association (FS<strong>DX</strong>A) 3B7C expedition to St.<br />

Brandon (AF-015) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 806] is still on course for September 2007. The plan<br />

is to be QRV from the 7th to the 24th, ensuring two full weeks and three<br />

weekends of activity. The team is aware that a Polish expedition to Agalega<br />

has been announced for April 2007, but considers that demand for this rare<br />

one is such that a large-scale operation (12 stations) is fully justified.<br />

The QSL manager will be G3NUG, direct or bureau. Further information will be<br />

posted on http://www.3b7c.com as it becomes available. [TNX G3XTT]<br />

3D2RN ---> Jack, WB6JZY is active from Sigatoka, Viti Levu (OC-016). He is<br />

using the callsign of Richard Norby (3D2RN), from whose resort Jack is<br />

currently guest operating. QSL via WB6JZY. [TNX IW0HEX]<br />

<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (November 2006) is now available<br />

at http://www.<strong>425</strong>dxn.org/monthly/index.html. Articles and pictures should<br />

be sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA (iz3eba@ari.it).<br />

POSTAL RATES (CANADA) ---> Garth, VE3HO reports that on 15 January 2007 rates<br />

will increase for all mail (domestic, to the US and overseas) as follows:<br />

Canada - $0.56 for 30 grams ($0.52 plus 6% tax)<br />

USA - $0.99 for 30 grams ($0.93 plus 6% tax)<br />

Other countries - $1.64 for 30 grams ($1.55 plus 6% tax)<br />

Current exchange rate for 1 USD is $1.13 Canadian (note: US $2.00 bills can<br />

not be exchanged in Canada). All IRCs other than the new blue ones will no<br />

longer be redeemable starting on 1 January 2007.<br />

QSL VP2VVV ---> Please note that the correct QSL route is via K5WW (not<br />

K9VV).<br />

QSL XV1X ---> Effective 1 December 2006, the new QSL route for Eddy, XV1X is<br />

via OK1DOT: Petr Gustab, P.O Box 52, Cesky Brod, 282 01 Czech Republic.<br />

On-line logsearch can be found at http://www.qsl.net/xv1x/logs/ [TNX OK1DOT]<br />

VU7RG ---> While another five VU7 permits and three reciprocal licences have<br />

been granted to foreign participants in the January 2007 activity, the team<br />

is finishing now the last logistics for a full-fledged operation of 15 manned<br />

stations. The latest field tests confirmed that Internet access on the<br />

islands will allow the team to upload online logs on daily base. VU7RG will<br />

make use of three pilot stations (Klaus/DL1XX, Don/N1DG and a third one TBA).<br />

For the time being, you can give the team the opportunity to benefit from<br />

your monitored band openings towards the Lakshadweeps. Please visit<br />

http://www.vu7.in, enter the VU7RG blog and post your observations and<br />

suggestions. [TNX DL4KQ]<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***


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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

LOGS: On-line logsearch for 8Q7GL can be found<br />

at<br />

http://www.mdxc.org/8q7gl; the QSL cards are being printed<br />

and<br />

Gianluca expects to get them by the end of the year. [TNX IK0XIH]<br />

LOGS: The first and partial logs (1-5 December) have been uploaded to<br />

the<br />

VU7LD website (http://arsi.info/vu7/).<br />

N8S: The website for the April 2007 expedition to Swains Island<br />

[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N<br />

808] is now up and running at<br />

http://www.yt1ad.info/nh8s/index.html<br />

(be advised that the callsign for the <strong>DX</strong>pedition is N8S, not<br />

NH8S).<br />

A multi-national team of 12-15 operators will be active on<br />

all<br />

bands and modes with several stations for ten days. [TNX YT1AD]<br />

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******* QSL INFO ********<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

===================================================================<br />

CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />

===================================================================<br />

3B8/OM0C OM2FY EG1WFA EA1URE RP65DWP RK3FWD<br />

3D2CX JA7GAX EG4TCA EA4HV RP65<strong>DX</strong>S RK3<strong>DX</strong>S<br />

3G1X XQ1IDM EG5A EA5RS RP65DZA RZ3DZA<br />

3V6T YT1AD EG5D EA5FID RP65FWW RZ3FR<br />

3W2TXR JA2TXR EH7CE EA7URM RP65FZP RN3BR<br />

3W9JR OK1JN EK3AA IK2QPR RP65MB RZ3FR<br />

3XD2Z UA6JR ES5RR ES2RR SN1I SP1NQF<br />

4K5D K2PF EX2X EA5KB SN3A SP3GEM<br />

4K9W DL6KVA EY8MM K1BV ST2A T93Y<br />

4L2M K3PD G5W G3BJ SV8/G4EDG/P G4ELZ<br />

4L4CC RV1CC G6M M3UZL SV8/G4ELZ/P G4ELZ<br />

4L8A DJ1CW GD8T G4SHF T40C N1KI<br />

4N500ZZ 4N7ZZ GJ2A K2WR (a) T88MR K9NW<br />

4O3B OH2BH GJ2A GJ3DVC (b) T99D DJ2MX<br />

4O3M OH2PM H7A TI4SU TG9AKH OK1DOT<br />

4U1UN HB9BOU HB0/DD4B/p DL3PS TI5N W3HNK<br />

4X0G W3GG HC8N W5UE TM2Y F6BEE<br />

4X1FQ AA4V HG1956R HA3HK TM4Q F6FYA<br />

4Z8DT OK1DT HG3<strong>DX</strong> HA7UW TM5AIR F5KEK<br />

5A7A DL9USA HI3A ON4IQ TM7XX F5MUX<br />

5B/M0XAA 5B8AD HI9CF DL4NCF TM8W F5TER<br />

5H3EE DL4SM HK0GU DL7VOG TO5X K5UN<br />

5N8NDP IK5JAN HK4QMH EA5KB TP20CE F5LGF<br />

5R8FU SM5DJZ HK4SAN EA7FTR TZ5A G3SXW<br />

5R8GZ G3SWH HP3XUG KG6UH UA0YAY IK2QPR<br />

5W0CX JA7GAX HS0ZDJ W2YR UA9AYA UA9AB<br />

5W0OJ DL4RDJ HS0ZEA OE2REL UE3AOM/P RZ3AWQ<br />

5Z1A PA1AW HS0ZFI SM5GMZ UE3DLM RK3FWC<br />

5Z4LS G3RWF HZ1SK IZ8CLM UE3DOP RK3<strong>DX</strong>J<br />

6V7D KQ1F IH9P KR7X UE3DPK RK3DYD


6W1RW F6BEE IS0N OK1MG UE3DPS RX3DQX<br />

6Y1V OH3RB J20SA ON7SAT UE3DUT RV3DUT<br />

6Y3R OH3RB J37T VE3EBN UE3DWM RN3BR<br />

7X2EB EA7FTR J41A LY1DF UE3DWR RN3BR<br />

8P5A NN1N J42T SV2BFN UE3<strong>DX</strong>Z RX3FS<br />

8P9XA G3SWH J45KLN SM0CMH UE3LWP RA3LBA<br />

8Q7BB DK7TF J79CO F6COW UE3XGV UA3XGV<br />

8Q7DV UA9CLB J79EP F6EPY UE4CGP RA4CEO<br />

8Q7ED 4S7AB J79Z K3TEJ UE9CZF RV9CVA<br />

9A1P 9A2RD JW1CCA LA1CCA UN7AB DL8KAC<br />

9G5ZS ZS6EGB K2G JA1OZK UP5G LZ1YE<br />

9H6A 9H1XT KH0PR JJ8DEN V26K AA3B<br />

9J2BO G3TEV KH6BK VE3HO V47NT N2NT<br />

9J2SZ SP8DIP KH7U AH6NF VC7G VE7GL<br />

9M2/PG5M PG5M KH7X K2PF VE2W<strong>DX</strong> VE3TA<br />

9M2CNC G4ZFE KH8/JA7GAX JA7GAX VK8NSB VK6NE<br />

9M6NA JE1JKL KH8Q W8QID VK9AA DL8YR<br />

9M6XRO M5AAV KP3Z WC4E VO1AAM VE3DZ<br />

9M8YY JR3WXA LN3Z LA9VDA VP2MDG K2DM<br />

9V1YC N5ID LN8W LA9VDA VP2VVV K5WW<br />

9Y4AA VE3HO LR2F LU2FA VP5/N0VD N0VD<br />

9Y4RAJ AB2MH LU2FLN EA5KB VP5W W7TSQ<br />

A45WD YO9HP LU8YE EA7FTR VP8DBR G0SWC<br />

A61AB IZ8CLM LX7I LX2A VP8DJK G0HFX<br />

A61M A61AV LY7A LY2ZO VP9I N1HRA<br />

A61NT ON5NT LZ0A LZ1KDP VQ9JC ND9M<br />

A70RRY EA7FTR LZ1900K LZ1BJ VU7LD W3HNK<br />

A71EM EA7FTR MD4K G3NKC VY2ZM K1ZM<br />

A92BND A92GR MD6V G3NKC W2W W3HEM<br />

AH2R JH7QXJ MJ0AWR K2WR (a) XU7ADE E21EIC<br />

AM1A EA4URE MJ0AWR GJ3DVC (b) XU7MWA KM0O<br />

B1Z EA7FTR MZ5A G3TXF YB0ECT K3AIR<br />

B3C BA4EG OE4A OE1EMS YC0IEM/9 IZ8CCW<br />

B7P BG7KUB OH0I OH3BHL YI9E WU5E<br />

BP100S BX4AN OH0M OH1MM YI9HU K3ASK<br />

C4M W3HNK OH0V OH6LI YI9HW N4THW<br />

C6AKX WA4WTG OH0X OH2TA YI9IZE KF4IZE<br />

C6AQQ ND3F OH0Z W0MM YI9KT SP8HKT<br />

C6ART KN5H OH1F OH1AF YI9TU N2OO<br />

C6ATA WA4WTG OH4A OH6LI YN4SU/9 TI4SU<br />

C6AXX W9IXX OH6M OH6AH YQ0U YO5BET<br />

C6<strong>DX</strong> W8GEX OH7M OH6<strong>DX</strong> YR8B YO8KGA<br />

C91VB/4 UA4WHX OH8X OH6KN YT0A YU1EXY<br />

CN2R W7EJ OL40JAZZ OK1FAK YT0TESLA YU1EXY<br />

CN2WW EA7FTR ON60TWS ON5UR YT150CS YT1CS<br />

CN8SG EA7FTR OX3XR OZ3PZ YT6A YU1FW<br />

CO2NB EA5KB P3F 5B4AGN YU2A YU1BX<br />

CS2R CS1G<strong>DX</strong> P40A WD9DZV YU50NR YU1NR<br />

CS7A CS1G<strong>DX</strong> P40T VE3HO YU60BPQ YU7BPQ<br />

CT2GLO W3HNK P40TA WM6A YV5SSB EA5KB<br />

CT3NT CT1BOH P40W N2MM YW4D EA7JX<br />

CT6A CT1ILT P40Z K9UK YZ6AMD EA7FTR<br />

CT9L DJ6QT P49Y AE6Y Z36A DJ0LZ<br />

CU2A OH2BH PJ2T N9AG Z38N HA6KNB<br />

CX7BY CX5BW PJ4A K4BAI ZB2/4O3AL EB7EAY<br />

DR100NAU DL1RG PZ5ZY N6ZZ ZF1A W5ASP<br />

DR1A DL6FBL RK2FWA DK4VW ZF2ZH K6ZH<br />

DT8A HL2FDW RP3DFT RZ3DO ZL6QH ZL2AOH<br />

E51NOU N7OU RP3DMK RL3FX ZP0R W3HNK<br />

E51YAQ W7YAQ RP3DYB RK3DYB ZP8AE EA7FTR<br />

EA8/OH4NL OH2BYS RP3DZD RK3DZD ZS2BS DJ5MS<br />

EA8EW YL2KL RP65DPW RA3FO ZS3NN AA4NN


EA9/OL8R OK1FCJ RP65DRO RW3DW ZY7C PT7WA<br />

(a) USA (b) others<br />

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******* ADDRESSES *******<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

5B8AD Alexander M. Saveliev, P.O. Box 42110, Larnaca 6431, Cyprus<br />

A45XR Chris Dabrowski, P.O.Box 2038, CPO 111, Sultanate of Oman<br />

DL8YR Peter Kallfelz, Langenbruchweg 58, D-52080 Aachen, Germany<br />

DL9USA Andreas Glaeser, PF 100 246, D-03122 Spremberg, Germany<br />

JE1JKL Satoshi Nakamura, 1-27-2, Kamiya, Ushiku, Ibaraki, 300-1216 Japan<br />

PG5M Gerben A. Menting, Brandparken 2, 9351 XM Leek, The Netherlands<br />

R7C HQ Academy & Found "The World Encyclopedia of Travel", P.O. Box 2007,<br />

Moscow, 101000, Russia<br />

W3HNK Joseph L. Arcure, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352, USA<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #815<br />

16 December 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to:<br />

Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: <strong>DX</strong> information<br />

(e-mail i1jqj@<strong>425</strong>dxn.org )<br />

Contributors are invited to send their <strong>DX</strong> information to<br />

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The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />

===========================<br />

Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

1A - Giorgio/IZ4AKS, Massimo/IZ4DPV, Fabio/I4UFH, Gabriele/IK4UPB<br />

and<br />

Luca/IW0DJB will operate as 1A4A (yes, One Alpha Four Alpha)<br />

from<br />

the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM) on 2-8<br />

January.<br />

Activity will take place from the extraterritorial zone of<br />

Villa<br />

Malta on the Aventine in Rome. Three or four stations will be<br />

active<br />

on 2-160 metres SSB, CW and RTTY; plans are to concentrate<br />

on<br />

certain <strong>DX</strong> areas (Japan, South America and West Coast) and on<br />

the<br />

low bands.<br />

The license has been granted as a part of a fundraising programme<br />

to<br />

support the worldwide relief activities of the Order of Malta<br />

(see<br />

http://www.orderofmalta.org for further information). The<br />

first<br />

activity of 1A4A (which stands for One Aid For Africa) will<br />

help<br />

collecting funds to build a school for young girls, as part of<br />

a<br />

support plan for the rebirth of South Sudan, coordinated by<br />

the<br />

Order of Malta, together with the Italian government. The web<br />

site<br />

for the operation is up and running at http://www.1a4a.org. QSL<br />

1A4A<br />

via IZ4DPV (direct only). [TNX IZ4AKS]<br />

5H - Sam, F6AML will be active as 5H1Z from Zanzibar Island (AF-032)<br />

on<br />

18-29 January. He plans to operate SSB and CW on 80-10 metres and<br />

to<br />

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pay special attention to North America and Asia, especially on<br />

the<br />

low bands. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F6AML]<br />

5U - Christian Saint-Arroman (formerly active from Mali as TZ9A and<br />

from<br />

a number of other African countries) has been authorized to<br />

operate<br />

as 5U5U from Niger since 5 December. He will be active on all<br />

bands<br />

SSB for about one month starting on 3 January, and he expects to<br />

pay<br />

regular visits to that country over the next few years. QSL<br />

direct<br />

to Christian Saint-Arroman, Chemin de Mousteguy, F-64990<br />

Urcuit,<br />

France. [TNX 5U5U]<br />

9M_spr - 9M4S<strong>DX</strong> is the callsign issued to the March 2007 expedition to<br />

the<br />

Spratly Islands [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 803]. A large group of operators from<br />

Japan<br />

(JA1OCZ, JE1CKA, JF1PJK, JK1FNL, JR1AIB, JJ2VLY, JQ2GYU and<br />

JR7TEQ)<br />

and Malaysia (9M2CF, 9M2KT, 9M2TO, 9M2/JH3GCN and 9M8YY) will<br />

be<br />

active from Layang Layang (AS-051) on 10-19 March with four<br />

stations<br />

on all bands and modes. QSL via 9M2TO, direct or bureau. The<br />

web<br />

site for the expedition can be found<br />

at<br />

http://island.geocities.jp/layang9m4sdx/ [TNX 9M2TO]<br />

BV - Steve/N8BJQ, George/W8UVZ, Randy/W9ZR and several local<br />

operators<br />

will be active as BX0ZR from Taiwan on 8-21 January. Expect<br />

activity<br />

on all bands with an emphasis on 160 and 80 metres. QSL via<br />

W8UVZ.<br />

[TNX W9ZR]<br />

BY - David, BA4DW will be active as BA4DW/7 from Hainan Island (AS-<br />

094)<br />

on 20, 23 and 24 December. This will be a spare time operation,<br />

with<br />

activity on 20 and 15 metres. QSL direct to David Y. J. Zhou,<br />

P.O.<br />

Box 040-088, Shanghai, 200040, China. [TNX BA4DW]<br />

HB0 - Tom, DL2OBO will be active again as HB0/homecall from<br />

Liechtenstein<br />

on 1-9 January. He plans to ficus on 30-160 metres CW, with some<br />

SSB<br />

and possibily some RTTY/PSK as well. QSL via home call,<br />

bureau<br />

preferred. Give a look to his past experiences<br />

on<br />

http://www.dl2obo.de.vu [TNX DL2OBO]<br />

J2 - Eric, J20SA (ON7SAT) will be leaving on 17 December, but he has<br />

had<br />

his licence extended as he will return to Djibouti on 4 January<br />

for<br />

about three weeks. The website for his activity, on-line<br />

log<br />

included, is at http://users.telenet.be/on4knp/ [TNX ON4ZD]<br />

JA - Look for Take, JS6RRR/JS6 to operate SSB, CW and RTTY on the


HF<br />

bands from Miyako Island (AS-079) from 28 December through<br />

9<br />

January. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]<br />

PY - Jim/PY7XC, Cris/PY7GK, Renner/PY7RP and Ben/PY7VI will be active<br />

as<br />

ZY6T from Itaparica Island (SA-023) on 27-30 December. They plan<br />

to<br />

operate SSB and CW on 10-80 metres. QSL via PY7GK, direct or<br />

bureau.<br />

[TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

S2 - The callsign to be used during the 10-16 January operation<br />

from<br />

Bangladesh [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 805] has changed. The Spanish team will be<br />

active<br />

as S21XA on 160-6 metres SSB, CW and RTYY with three stations.<br />

QSL<br />

via EA3BT, direct or bureau. A survey form is available on<br />

the<br />

expedition website (http://www.ea3bt.com/s21xa.htm) to let the<br />

team<br />

know on which bands/modes you need Bangladesh.<br />

UR - Special event callsigns that wiil be aired on 15-25 December<br />

to<br />

celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Ukrainian Amateur Radio<br />

League<br />

[<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N #813] include EM15Q (QSL via UR5QU), EM15V (QSL via<br />

UR7VA),<br />

EO15FF (QSL via UX0FF) and EO15IS (QSL via US7IGF), as well as<br />

a<br />

large number of other EM15, EN15 and EO15 prefixes.<br />

VE - The VE2<strong>DX</strong> contest team will be operating on 20, 40 and 80 metres<br />

as<br />

CG2<strong>DX</strong> from Jesus Island (CISA PQ-014) until early 2007 to<br />

celebrate<br />

the 100th anniversary of the first AM transmission (24<br />

December<br />

1906). The VE2<strong>DX</strong>/CG2<strong>DX</strong> contest station is operated by members of<br />

the<br />

Club Radio Amateur Laval Laurentide. QSL via VE2STN. [TNX VE2STN]<br />

VK - Special event call VI3JAM will be activated on 2-13 January for<br />

the<br />

21st Scouts Australia's Jamboree that will be held in<br />

Elmore,<br />

Victoria (website under construction at www.vi3jam.com). Next<br />

year<br />

the Scouting Movement will celebrate its 100th anniversary, and<br />

a<br />

second special event station (VI3SAA) will be QRV from a number<br />

of<br />

scout centenary events throughout 2007. Two commemorative QSLs<br />

will<br />

be issued. [TNX VK3EW]<br />

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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW


CQ <strong>DX</strong> MARATHON ---> The new CQ <strong>DX</strong> Marathon [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 777] is a year-long <strong>DX</strong><br />

hunt, with participants competing to see who can work the greatest number of<br />

countries ("entities") and CQ zones over the course of a full year, then<br />

starting again at zero at the beginning of the next year. This year's<br />

Marathon began at 00.00 UTC on 1 January 1 and will end at 23.59 UTC on 31<br />

December: "it is now time to start gathering your country and zone contacts<br />

made in 2006", John, K9EL says, "and enter them onto the official <strong>DX</strong> Marathon<br />

score sheet available at http://www.dxmarathon.com". All logs must be<br />

received no later than 28 February 2007. The 2007 Marathon will start at<br />

00.00 UTC on 1 January. [TNX K9EL]<br />

DIRECT CARDS FROM INDONESIA ---> Donny Sirait, YB6LD (ex YB1BOD) has compiled<br />

an informative document on how to obtain a direct QSL card from Indonesia. It<br />

includes the current postage rates to several destinations around the world<br />

and useful tips on IRCs, whose redeemable value depends on the country they<br />

originate from, not on their "destination": for instance, a coupon issued in<br />

the US will give a 4,500 Indonesian Rupiahs postage stamp (which covers a<br />

letter to Japan, but not to the US). "Normally", Donny says, "a 20gr (single<br />

card request) need 2 valid IRC's from the originating country for an airmail<br />

reply". The document (.pdf format) is vailable from Donny, please contact him<br />

at yb6ld@yahoo.com if interested.<br />

HNY 2007 PARTY --->The "Happy New Year 2007 Party", sponsored by Polish MK<br />

QTC Magazine (http://qtc.radio.org.pl), will take place from 18 UTC on 31<br />

December to 18 UTC on 1 January. For details on the event and the relevant<br />

award, please e-mail Sylwester Jarkiewicz, SP2FAP at qtc@post.pl [TNX SP2FAP]<br />

JIIA ---> The JIIA Activity Year will run from 1 January through 31 December<br />

2007 to celebrate the Japanese IOTA Islands Award (JIIA) programme's 5th<br />

anniversary. A special award will be issued for contacts made with at least<br />

10 stations operating from different islands. Please contact Yuki, JI6KVR<br />

(ji6kvr@dance.ocn.ne.jp) for further information.<br />

OH CONTEST/<strong>DX</strong> MEETING ---> The 12th annual Contest & <strong>DX</strong> Meeting, organized<br />

by the Contest Club Finland and thr OH <strong>DX</strong> Foundation, will be held aboard the<br />

Viking Line M/S Gabriella on 19-21 January 2007. The ship will travel from<br />

Finland to the Aland Islands to Sweden and back. Further information, prices<br />

and on-line registration form are available at<br />

http://www.contestclubfinland.com/ (bookings should be made no later than 18<br />

December). [TNX OH1UA]<br />

PIRATE ---> The NZART (New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters)<br />

Monitoring Service reports that the station signing ZK3<strong>DX</strong> and claiming to be<br />

operating from Nukunonu Atoll (Tokelau) is a pirate. He has been operating<br />

(usually around 7000-7010 kHz between 5 and 7 NZDT) since 16 September and<br />

was last heard on 3 December. The Tokelau Administration has not issued this<br />

callsign, nor have they heard of any amateur operating from these islands.<br />

[TNX ZL2RR and AD1C]<br />

QSL 4O3T ---> Bill Moore, NC1L reports that the first batch of cards received<br />

by US operators contained only the month and year and not the specific day of<br />

the QSO. 4O3T cards that show July 2006 or later, with or without the actual<br />

day being shown on the card, will be credited for "Montenegro". QSLs for QSOs<br />

in May 2006 or earlier will count for "Serbia and Montenegro". Cards for QSOs<br />

in June 2006 will not be accepted for any credit (Montenegro was added to the<br />

<strong>DX</strong>CC list on 28 June 2006). Those who received a 4O3T QSL card with no date<br />

number and wish to obtain a corrected QSL can send a self addressed envelope<br />

directly to John Kennon, N7CQQ who is sending out cards for all of the<br />

Americas.<br />

QSL OC-270 ---> Donny, YB6LD (ex YB1BOD) says that all of the direct requests


eceived so far for the March 2006 operation from Simeulue Island (YC6LAY/p,<br />

YB6LYS/p, YC6JKV/p, YB6PLG/p and YB1BOD/6) have been processed and mailed.<br />

Direct requests from Japan without sufficient return postage have been<br />

honoured through the JARL bureau. "For other stations outside JA that did not<br />

send sufficient funds, I have no other choice than to send it directly since<br />

sending it to the bureau will cost me the same amount (due to small<br />

numbers)", Donny says.<br />

QSL ST2A ---> Boris, T93Y reports that all direct requests received as of 9<br />

December have processed and mailed. You can give a look to the card designs<br />

in the "QSL Info" and check the status of your request in the "LOG Search"<br />

sections of the ST2A website (http://www.t93y.com/st2a). Boris reminds the <strong>DX</strong><br />

community that 1 USD does not cover the postage from Bosnia and Herzegovina<br />

to anywhere in the world, while 1 IRC does. [TNX T93Y]<br />

QSL VIA DL5EBE ---> Dominik reports he is now living in Russia. Those who<br />

need a direct card for any of the stations he is the QSL manager for should<br />

mail their request to the following address: Wintershall Holding AG, Abt. EV,<br />

Mr. Dominik Weiel, Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 160, D-34119 Kassel, Germany. Cards<br />

sent via the DARC QSL bureau will be forwarded to Dominik.<br />

QSL VIA RZ3DJ ---> Those who still need a QSL card for Vlady's (RU3HD)<br />

activities from Antarctica can send their request to RZ3DJ (Dmitry Tsyplakov,<br />

P.O. Box 5/3, Pushkino - 5, 141205, Russia). Vlady nade about 36,000 QSOs<br />

(153 on 160m and 1282 on 80m) as R1ANN and RU3HD/ANT from Novolazarevskaja<br />

(IOTA NA-01, UA-08 for the Antarctica Award), and some 7,000 QSOs as R1ANN/mm<br />

and RU3HD/mm from the "Academic Fedorov". [TNX RZ3DJ]<br />

QSL YX0A & YX0LIX ---> "The cards have arrived, and I'm in the process of<br />

preparing the first mailings", Steve (KU9C) says. "The process will be a bit<br />

slower than I'd like, due to the holidays and a few business and family<br />

commitments. Please do not resubmit; I'll use the <strong>DX</strong> bulletins to advise when<br />

I've finished mailing what I've got and status updates along the way. I do<br />

apologize for the delay in getting the cards out".<br />

VU7LD ---> The 9th press release (issued on 9 December) states that the<br />

second batch of six operators (VU2GMN Gopal, VU2LX Lakshman, VU3SPQ Sunny,<br />

VU3RSB Sara, VU3ELR Sasi and VU2SJD Sanjay) were sailing to Kavaratti to join<br />

the other operators who have been there since 30 November. "We are aware of<br />

issues with the published online logs where the mode and band have in some<br />

cases been wrong, also a couple of logs from a few sessions were not<br />

published on the web", Gopal (VU2GMN) says, "We are working to rectify that<br />

in the next log update expected latest around the 20th of December.<br />

[Actually, the log search at http://www.arsi.info/vu7/onlinelog.shtml now<br />

covers the period 1-12 December, and the next update is expected for 16<br />

December, Ed.]. A number of constructive suggestions have been received from<br />

the international <strong>DX</strong> community and we have taken note of the suggestions and<br />

information has already been passed on to the operators who are working to<br />

implement as many of them as is feasible". A few pictures of VU7LD can be<br />

found at http://www.vu7ld.info/.<br />

+ SILENT KEY + We were saddened by the news of the sudden passing of<br />

Agustinus "Agus" Ginting, YC6JKV, who was killed in a car accident on 8<br />

December. He had been an active amateur since the Eighties and had<br />

participated in a few IOTA operations, including activity from the islands of<br />

Mursala (OC-245, March 2001), Simeulue (OC-270, March 2006) and Nias (OC-161,<br />

April 2006). [TNX YB6LD]<br />

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3A2MD, 4L8A, 4O3AB, 4O3T, 5T0JL,<br />

5W0DP, 5W0OJ, 6W1SE, 6Y0B, 7P8DA, 7P8JF, 7Z1UG, 8P9<strong>DX</strong>, 9H3MR, 9Q1D, 9Q1NT,<br />

A22/JA4ATV, A25/DJ4LK, A92GR, B1Z, C5<strong>DX</strong>C, CP4BT, D2<strong>DX</strong>, DL5ME/p (EU-128),


DT8A, FG5JK, FM5JC, FP/G3TXF, GT0STH, HC1HC, HC8N, HG6N, HI3TEJ, HQ9F, J28JA,<br />

JX7DFA, K9AJ/VY0 (NA-175), KC4AAA, KH8SI, KL7HBK (NA-004), LZ0A, NP2B, OJ0LA,<br />

OY9R, P29BW, P29NI (OC-115), P29VCX (OC-153), P29ZAD, P41S, P43JB, PJ7TM,<br />

R1MVW, S79WJM, S9SS, SU9NC, T70HQ, T77EB, TK5MH, TO2FG, TO4T, TT8PK,<br />

TU2/F5LDY, TY5LEO, TY5MR, TZ5A, TZ6LF, TZ6MF, TZ6NS, V31MR, V63JQ (OC-059),<br />

V63VE, VK9CGG, VK9NS, VP6UU (OC-044), VP6UU/p (OC-182), VP8LGT, VP9I,<br />

W5BOS/AL0 (NA-238), W5BOS/NL0 (NA-237), XE2K/XF2 (NA-246), YJ0A<strong>DX</strong>, YT6A,<br />

YT7A, YU6AO, ZA/IK7JWX, ZD7BG, ZF1A, ZY0K.<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #816<br />

23 December 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

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* TO ALL OUR READERS *<br />

* WARMEST THOUGHTS AND BEST WISHES *<br />

* FOR A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY *<br />

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4S - Ben, DL7UCX will be active probably as 4S7UCG from Sri Lanka from<br />

26<br />

December to 5 January. He plans to operate holiday style on 160-<br />

30<br />

metres CW. QSL via DL7UCX, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K]<br />

F - Fred, F5OZK will be active as TM0ZK from Belle Ile en Mer (EU-<br />

048,<br />

DIFM AT-015) on 26-30 December. He will concentrate on the<br />

digital<br />

modes. QSL via home call. [TNX F5NQL]<br />

JA - Take, JS6RRR says he will operate as either JS6RRR and<br />

JS6RRR/JS6<br />

during his stay on Miyako Island (AS-079, JIIA AS-079-005) from<br />

28<br />

December to 9 January [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 815]. He also plans a couple of<br />

side<br />

trips to Ikema-jima (JIIA AS-079-001) and Kurima-jima<br />

(JIIA<br />

AS-079-003) during that time frame. QSL via bureau.<br />

LZ - Special callsign LZ2007EU will be aired from the HQ of the<br />

Bulgarian<br />

Federation of Radio Amateurs from 1 January through 30 April<br />

to<br />

celebrate the accession of Bulgaria to the European Union. QSL<br />

via<br />

LZ1BJ (bureau preferred). [TNX LZ1BJ]<br />

T30 - Toshi, JA8BMK will active as T30XX from West Kiribati from<br />

27<br />

December to 8 January. He plans to operate during his spare time<br />

Next bulletin<br />

Bulletins' Index


on<br />

160-10 metres CW and SSB, with a linear amplifier (800 watts),<br />

a<br />

3-element yagi (20, 15 and 10 metres), a rotary dipole (40, 30,<br />

17<br />

and 12 metres) and an Inverted "V" (160 and 80 metres). QSL<br />

via<br />

JA8UWT (direct only). [TNX JA8BMK]<br />

UA - Dmitry, RN3GM and others will operate as UE3GMF and UE3GMF/p<br />

until<br />

29 December. The special callsign celebrates the third<br />

anniversary<br />

of mobile operator MegaFon's branch in Lipetsk. QSL via<br />

RA3GJ,<br />

direct or bureau. [TNX RN3GM]<br />

UA_ant - Dominik, DL5EBE reports that Alex, UA1ZCK will be leaving<br />

Vostok<br />

station (R1ANC) on 25 December. He will stop and possibily be<br />

active<br />

from Progress station (R1ANP) for a few days, before departing<br />

from<br />

Antarctica on 10 January.<br />

UA_ssh - Oleg, R1ANF is currently active as R1ANF/p from the small Eco<br />

Base<br />

of the Czech Republic (OK-01 for the Antarctica Award) located<br />

on<br />

Nelson Island, South Shetlands (AN-010).<br />

VE - Bob/VA3QV, Terry/VE3TWC, Steve/VE3SBC, Mark/VA3UMP,<br />

Martin/VA3SIE<br />

and possibily others will operate SSB and CW as CF3RCS (which<br />

stands<br />

for Canadians Freezing 3 Real Cold Spot) from Bate Island (not<br />

IOTA,<br />

new one for the Canadian Islands Awards programme) on 30<br />

December<br />

for 24 hours. They will participate in the RAC Canada Winter<br />

Contest<br />

(http://www.rac.ca/service/infocont.htm). QSL direct to VA3SIE<br />

or<br />

VA3UMP or VA3QV. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

VU7 - A special permit to operate on 30 metres has been granted to<br />

the<br />

VU7RG expedition to the Lakshadweeps (15-25 January). Due to<br />

the<br />

current poor conditions 30m will have high priority, since it<br />

will<br />

be one of the few bands to serve the most difficult<br />

regions,<br />

especially North America. Bookmark and pay regular visits<br />

to<br />

http://www.vu7.in for further information and updates. [TNX DL4KQ]<br />

W - Look for Rich, K8HGY/4 to be active from a couple of islands<br />

-<br />

namely Tybee (not IOTA, USI GA-008S) and and Cockspur (not IOTA,<br />

USI<br />

GA-029S) - and lighthouses (ARLHS USA-864 and USA-181) on 26-<br />

30<br />

December. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]<br />

W - Rich, K4FCP will be active on 15 and 20 metres from Hunting<br />

Island<br />

(NA-110) on 27-30 December. QSL via K4BMS. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]<br />

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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

CAROLINA <strong>DX</strong> ASSOCIATION ---> At its Annual Meeting/Holiday Party held on 14<br />

December, the Carolina <strong>DX</strong> Association (C<strong>DX</strong>A) elected the following officers<br />

for 2007:<br />

Ted Goldthorpe, W4VHF President<br />

Thomas Wright, N4HN Vice President<br />

Cliff Wagoner, W3ZL Secretary-Treasurer<br />

John Scott, K8YC <strong>News</strong>letter Editor<br />

Joe Simpkins, K4MD Cluster Manager<br />

Paul Sturpe, W3GQ Cluster Manager (Northern Area)<br />

Dick Williams, W3OA Contest Manager<br />

Wayne Setzer, WB4BXW Webmaster<br />

More information on the C<strong>DX</strong>A can be found at http://www.cdxa.org [TNX K8YC]<br />

HOLYLAND CONTEST ---> The results of the Holyland <strong>DX</strong> Contest 2006 are now<br />

available on the IARC website (http://www.iarc.org). Next year's event will<br />

be held on 21 April, with a new digital mode category. [TNX 4Z4KX]<br />

QSL 9Q1EK & 9Q1TB ---> The new QSL route for either Georges, 9Q1EK (VE2EK)<br />

and Philippe, 9Q1TB is via SM5DQC, direct only: Osten B. Magnusson,<br />

Nyckelvagen 4, SE-59931 Odeshog, Sweden.<br />

QSL JW4GHA ---> Roger, LA4GHA reports that he has started sending out the<br />

JW4GHA cards for his 2005-06 operations from Bear Island (EU-027) and Hopen<br />

Island (EU-063).<br />

QSL VIA DL7JAN ---> Jan reports that all of the direct cards for 7P8JF, 7P8DJ<br />

and 7P8WO (September 2006) received so far have been processed and mailed on<br />

18 December.<br />

TF4RRC ---> The Russian Robinson Club team of operators (RA3NAN, RZ3EC and<br />

RZ3EM) had to change their plans and to cancel the TF7RRC operation from the<br />

Westman Islands (EU-071). However, they were active as TF4RRC from Flatey<br />

Island (EU-168) on 15-17 December and as homecall/TF from TF3IRA's shack in<br />

Rejkyavik (EU-021). Logs and pictures can be found at<br />

http://www.qso.ru/tf7rrc/eng/index.php<br />

VU7LD ---> In his latest press release, dated 22 December, Gopal (VU2GMN)<br />

reports that the operators left on the island for the remaining days are<br />

VU2NKS, VU3IZO, VU3RGP, VU3RSB, VU2PJP and VU2RCR. In spite of propagation<br />

not being at its best, several solar flares and multiple power outages, the<br />

team has logged almost 50,000 QSOs so far. "The transfer of logs to the<br />

mainland for updating the webpage has been a problem but VU2ZAP and VU2SJD<br />

have been working very hard to sort out the many errors and partials that<br />

have been brought to our notice and updating the online logs. VU2ZAP has also<br />

been diligently answering all mail regarding errors and we expect that most<br />

of the issues will be sorted out completely". On-line logs current cover the<br />

period 1-21 December, the next update is expected on 24 December.<br />

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*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***


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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

ZY6T: The website for the 27-30 December operation from Itaparica<br />

Island<br />

(SA-023) [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 815] can be found at<br />

http://zy6t.atspace.com<br />

(on-line logs will be available). QSL via PY7GK. [TNX PY7GK]<br />

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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER<br />

===================================================================<br />

4A7L WA3HUP EM15Y UT4YWA JL8GFB RW6HS<br />

4L0G UA9LP EN15U UT4UZA K3C N3VOP<br />

4L0HQ UA9LP EO15EK UT4EK KC4/K2ARB K2ARB<br />

4L1FP LZ1OT EO15FA UT2FA KH8Q W8QID<br />

4L2M UA9LP EO15FF UX0FF KP4SQ W3HNK<br />

4L6QL RW6HS EO15FT UT0FT L47D EA5KB<br />

4U1UN HB9BOU EO15FY UX0FY LU5FZ EA7FTR<br />

5R8FL G3SWH EO15F?L UR5FEL LX6T LX1KC<br />

5V7BR F2VX EO15II UT2II NH6P W6YM<br />

7Z1HL DJ9ZB EO15IN UR8IN NP4A W3HNK<br />

8P2K KU9C EO15IS US7IGF OH9SCL OH9UV<br />

8Q7AN IZ6GJO EO15IT UT8IT ON60EKO ON4EKO<br />

9A650C 9A7K EO15MID UR5MID P40K WM6A<br />

9G5OO DL4WK EO15NK UT3NK P49MR VE3MR<br />

9H3SX G3SXW EO15NT UT8NT RA3NAN/TF RA3NAN<br />

9H3TF G3TXF EO15PWC UR4PWC RZ3EC/TF RZ4EC<br />

9M6<strong>DX</strong>X M5AAV EO15QWX US4QWX RZ3EM/TF RZ3EM<br />

9Q1D SM5BFJ EO15QYY UY5YY S01MZ EA1BT<br />

9Q1EK SM5DQC EO15UA UY2UA SU0FEC WD9DZV<br />

9Q1TB SM5DQC EO15UAP UY5AP SU9HP SC6A<br />

A35RK W7TSQ EO15UQ UY2UQ T32Z K3PD<br />

A35TN JA7GAX EO15UV UT3UV T9/EA1CYK EA4URE<br />

A61TX W4JS EO15WCW UR5WCW TF/KL1A RW3AH<br />

A71BX EA7FTR EO15WZ UT7WZ TF4RRC RZ3EC<br />

AY8A LU8A<strong>DX</strong> EO15WZA UT7WZA TF60IRA TF3IRA<br />

BA4DW/7 BA4DW EO15YA US0YA TF60PPN TF3PPN<br />

BI4N BA4XA EO15YW US0YW TG0AA TG9ANF<br />

C31CT EA3QS ER0FEO UR5FEO TM2TLT F4ESO<br />

C91VB/6 UA4WHX EW6AF DL8KAC TM6SHV F8KIS<br />

CG2<strong>DX</strong> VE2STN EY8CQ DJ1CW TM6TLT F6KFI<br />

CG2FET VE2FET GB2RAF G4PSH TM6VT F6KJX<br />

CG3OIJ VE3OIJ HA500LG HA0LG TT8FC EA4AHK<br />

CG9NC VE9NC HA500LP HA0LP TU2/F5LDY F1CGN<br />

CN8IG EA7FTR HA500NAR HA0NAR UE4CTR RA4CEO<br />

CN8KD EA5XX HA501WD HA1WD UK8GWW RW6HS<br />

CN8YZ EA7FTR HA501ZH HA1ZH UN7TX RW6HS<br />

CO8LY EA7ADH HA502MN HA2MN V73FA/mm N1DL<br />

CU1CB EA5KB HA503HP HA3HP VP5D N0VD<br />

CV5D CX2ABC HA503NU HA3NU VP8DKF K2ARB<br />

DA0UBOOT DK9OS HA503OD HA3OD VP8ROT GM0HCQ


DK5A DK5KMA HA503OU HA3OU VQ9BW KD4DZJ<br />

DP0GVN DL5EBE HA506OI HA6OI VQ9IE WY8Q<br />

EA9EU EA9AZ HA507PL HA7PL VU7LD W3HNK<br />

EF8A EA8AUW HA508IB HA8IB W4A K8CXM<br />

EK6YL SP9ERV HA508LTQ HA8LTQ XU7ADR JF1KML<br />

EM15F UR5FEO HF80GD SP2AVE XV1X OK1DOT<br />

EM15P UR4PWL HF95HTA SP9ZBC XW1A E21EIC<br />

EM15Q UR5QU HG20129A HA1CW YI9SM W5CSM<br />

EM15UARL UT2UB HG79P HA6ZQ YN4MG W0MM<br />

EM15UD UR4UWS HZ1AN DJ9ZB YZ150A YZ7AA<br />

EM15UN UT5UN HZ1GW GW0RHC ZB2TY M0TNY<br />

EM15V UR7VA HZ1ZH EA7FTR ZF2BI K4BI<br />

EM15W UT7WZ II0TH I0YCB ZM3R ZL3RG<br />

EM15X UT7XX JE7IZM/JD1 bureau ZY7EAM PY7VI<br />

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******* ADDRESSES *******<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

BA4DW David Y. J. Zhou, P.O. Box 040-088, Shanghai, 200040, China<br />

BA4XA Kevin Yang, P.O. Box 59, Lian Yun Gang, JS 222002, China<br />

DL5EBE Wintershall Holding AG, Abt. EV, Mr. Dominik Weiel,<br />

Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 160, D-34119 Kassel, Germany<br />

EP3HF Sadegh Farzadkhah, P.O. Box 34185-1687, Qazvin, Iran<br />

RW6HS Vasilij M. Kasyanenko, P.O. Box 0, g. Novopavlovsk, 357300,<br />

Stavropolskiy kr., Russia<br />

RZ3EC Eugene Shelkanovtcev, P.O.Box 70, Orel, 302028, Russia<br />

UR5QU Victor Andriyuk, P.O. Box 1391, Zaporozhye 69091, Ukraine<br />

US7IGF Slava Shevchenko, P.O. Box 591, Slavyansk-12, Donetsk obl. 84112,<br />

Ukraine<br />

W3HNK Joseph Arcure Jr, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352,<br />

USA<br />

Z35M Vladimir Kovaceski, P.O. Box 10, Struga 6330, Macedonia<br />

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<strong>425</strong> <strong>DX</strong> <strong>News</strong> #817<br />

30 December 2006<br />

A.R.I. Dx Bulletin<br />

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

**** <strong>DX</strong> INFORMATION ****<br />

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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

1A - The forthcoming 1A4A operation from the Sovereing Military Order<br />

of<br />

Malta [<strong>425</strong><strong>DX</strong>N 815] will include MS activity (sked requests can<br />

be<br />

sent to to ms@1a4a.org). The team is arranging a 2m station for<br />

WSJT<br />

that will be active on 6-7 January. Further details will<br />

be<br />

available at http://www.1a4a.org<br />

3V - Alex, GM0DHZ reports he will be active from 3V8SS for five<br />

weeks<br />

starting on 7 January. He plans to operate SSB and CW on 10-<br />

80<br />

metres.<br />

6W - Bert, PA3GIO will be active (on 160-10 metres SSB) as PA3GIO/6W<br />

from<br />

the 6W7RV <strong>DX</strong> Shack in Somone (http://www.le-calao.com/), Senegal<br />

on<br />

3-10 January. QSL via home call, direct or bureau (please use<br />

the<br />

QSL request form at http://www.pa3gio.nl/ for bureau cards).<br />

[TNX<br />

PA3GIO]<br />

7X - Mike, DB1JAW and Nichael, DK5MH will be active from the<br />

northern<br />

part of the Sahara as 7W0JAW and 7W0MH on 2-10 February. They<br />

will<br />

operate 24 hours a day on 80-10 metres, but their main<br />

frequencies<br />

will be +/- 14185, 14290, 18120, 18150, 24950 and 24980 kHz. QSL<br />

for<br />

both calls direct only to DB1JAW. [TNX NG3K]<br />

9M6 - Saty, JE1JKL will be active again as 9M6NA from Labuan<br />

Island<br />

(OC-133), East Malaysia on 4-7 January. He will concentrate on<br />

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and 160 metres. QSL via home call (e-mail requests for bureau<br />

cards<br />

can be sent to 9m6na@jsfc.org). [TNX NG3K]<br />

A3 - Nag, JA7GAX (A35TN) has been active from Niauatoputapu (OC-<br />

191)<br />

since 26 December and will remain there until 2 January. He<br />

will<br />

then move to Vava'u (OC-064) until 4 January. After that, he<br />

will<br />

return to Fiji (3D2CX) on his way back home (15 January). QSL<br />

via<br />

home call. [TNX The Daily <strong>DX</strong>]<br />

CE - Carlos, CE6AMN and other six operators (namely CE3HDI,<br />

CE6UFF,<br />

CE6UFY, CE6UZL, LU1EJ and XQ3SA) will be active as XR7C from<br />

the<br />

lighthouse at Punta Corona (ARLHS CHI-013) on Chiloe Island (SA-<br />

018)<br />

from 29 January until 5 February. They plan to operate SSB and CW<br />

on<br />

80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via CE6AMN. [TNX CE6AMN]<br />

CE0_eas - Nao, JK1FNL will be active as CE0Y/JK1FNL from Easter<br />

Island<br />

(SA-001) on 4-7 January. He will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 40,<br />

20,<br />

and 17 metres. If he can get a licence, he might also be active<br />

as<br />

FO/NA8O from French Polynesia on 3 and 8 January. QSL via home<br />

call.<br />

[TNX JK1FNL]<br />

DU - Francisco, CT1EAT will be active as DU1/CT1EAT from Romblon<br />

Island<br />

(OC-244) on 1-17 January (but on 10 January he will move to a<br />

new<br />

location on the same island, and he says he might not be able<br />

to<br />

operate from there). He plans to operate holiday style SSB and<br />

RTTY<br />

on 10-80 metres. QSL direct to home call (logs will be uploaded<br />

to<br />

LOtW). After 17 January he might go and be active from a rarer<br />

IOTA<br />

group, but he cannot give more details for the time being. The<br />

web<br />

page for the operation is at http://ct1eat.no.sapo.pt [TNX CT1EAT]<br />

HI - Norm, W1BYH reports he will be active from the Dominican<br />

Republic<br />

(HI3) on 6-12 January. He plans to operate holiday style on<br />

all<br />

bands, with an emphasis on the WARC bands, RTTY and PSK31. QSL<br />

via<br />

home call, direct or bureau. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW.<br />

HL - HL22 is a very special callsign issued to Kim, DS5SWL to<br />

support<br />

PyeongChang as the candidate city of South Korea for<br />

the<br />

organization of the XXII Olympic Winter Games to be held in<br />

2014<br />

(http://www.pyeongchang2014.org/). HL22 will be aired on 80-<br />

10<br />

metres SSB and CW until 30 June 2007. QSL via DS5SWL, direct<br />

or


ureau.<br />

HL - Han/DS2GOO, Jeong/6K2ABX, Lee/6K2CEW and possibily a few others<br />

will<br />

be active as either HL0GHQ/2 and homecall/2 from Paengnyong<br />

Island<br />

(AS-122) between 31 December and 2 January (length of stay<br />

may<br />

change depending on weather conditions and transport). They plan<br />

to<br />

operate CW, SSB, RTTY and some PSK31 on 10-80 metres. QSLs<br />

via<br />

DS2GOO, direct or bureau. [TNX HL1VAU]<br />

JT - Ken, K4ZW will return to Mongolia on 15-25 January and will<br />

be<br />

active (possibly as JT1/K4ZW) along with Chak, JT1CO. They plan<br />

to<br />

concentrate on the low bands, with a special emphasis on 160<br />

metres,<br />

especially to those areas most difficult to work from Zone 23.<br />

[TNX<br />

K4ZW]<br />

LX - Luxemburg and the Greater Region will be the European Capital<br />

of<br />

Culture 2007 (www.luxembourg2007.org). Special event stations<br />

LX2007L (district of Luxembourg) LX2007G (district of<br />

Grevenmacher)<br />

and LX2007D (district of Diekirch) will be active from 1<br />

January<br />

through 31 December to celebrate this event. All of the QSOs will<br />

be<br />

confirmed automatically via the bureau. Information on the<br />

relevant<br />

award, issued by the Reseau Luxembourgeois des Amateurs<br />

d'Ondes<br />

Courtes, can be found in the Awards section at http://www.rlx.lu<br />

PJ4 - Kelly, N0VD will be active as PJ4/N0VD from Bonaire (SA-006) on 6-<br />

13<br />

January. This is a business trip so activity will be as time<br />

allows.<br />

QSL via home call. [TNX N0VD]<br />

PJ4 - Jeff, KU8E and John, K4BAI will operate (mostly CW on 160-10<br />

metres<br />

and possibly CW and SSB on 6 metres) as PJ4/homecall from<br />

the<br />

K2NG/PJ4G rental QTH on Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles on 13-<br />

20<br />

February. During the ARRL <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest John will be QRV as<br />

PJ4A<br />

(SOAB HP) full time and Jeff will be QRV as PJ4/KU8E part time.<br />

QSL<br />

for all via K4BAI. [TNX K4BAI]<br />

ST - Slavko, S57<strong>DX</strong> will be in Sudan from January through April and<br />

will<br />

try to be active on the amateur radio bands as much as he can.<br />

His<br />

callsign will be ST2R, QSL via home call. Please note that Slavko<br />

is<br />

also the QSL manager for ST2T: "don't worry", he says, "all<br />

requests<br />

will be answered for sure" once he returns home. [TNX S57<strong>DX</strong>]<br />

TA - Charlie, GI4FUE will operate holiday style as TA4/GI4FUE<br />

from


Marmaris, Turkey from 30 December until 11 January. He will<br />

be<br />

active on 17 and 20 meters CW with some SSB, and he also hopes<br />

to<br />

have a dipole ready to take for possible 30m operation. [TNX<br />

GI4FUE]<br />

VE - John, VE7JZ will be active on 20 and 40 metres from IOTA<br />

group<br />

NA-061 on 7-20 January. QSL direct or via the bureau.<br />

[TNX<br />

www.islandchaser.com]<br />

VK9_nor - A group of operators from the Bavarian Contest Club<br />

(namely<br />

Markus/DJ7EO, Heye/DJ9RR, Christian/DL1MGB,<br />

Dietmar/DL3<strong>DX</strong>X,<br />

Tom/DL5LYM and Dieter/DL8OH) will be active as VK9DNX from<br />

Norfolk<br />

Island (OC-005) from 15 February to 3 March. They will operate<br />

CW,<br />

SSB and RTTY on 160-10 metres, with a focus on the low bands.<br />

QSL<br />

via DJ2MX, direct or bureau (an Online QSL Request System<br />

service<br />

will be available for bureau cards). Further information and online<br />

logs can be found at http://www.df3cb.com/vk9dnx/ [TNX DL1MGB]<br />

W - Special event station K1Y will be active on 1-31 January<br />

to<br />

celebrate the first anniversary of the Straight Key Century<br />

Club<br />

(www.skccgroup.com). All special event operators will be<br />

using<br />

straight keys and bugs. QSL via K4VD.<br />

XE - In 2007 the Federacion Mexicana de Radioexperimentadores<br />

(FMRE,<br />

formerly known as Liga Mexicana de Radioexperimentadores)<br />

will<br />

celebrate its 75th anniversary. Amateur radio stations from<br />

Mexico<br />

have been allowed to replace their ordinary prefixes with<br />

the<br />

following ones: 6H1 for XE1, 6I2 for XE2, 6J3 for XE3, 6E4 for<br />

XF4<br />

(Revillagigedo). In addition, expect 6G1LM (FMRE club station)<br />

and<br />

6F75A (FMRE contest station) to be aired from 1 January through<br />

31<br />

December. Next year Mexico is also likely to establish ten<br />

call<br />

areas (from XE1 through XE0) to replace the current four. TNX K1XN]<br />

XU - Peter, NO2R will operate CW and SSB as XU7ACY from<br />

Sihanoukville,<br />

Cambodia on 7-30 January. He plans to concentrate on the low<br />

bands<br />

and to participate in the CQ WW 160-Meter <strong>DX</strong> CW Contest. QSL<br />

via<br />

K2NJ. Doug, W2EN will act as his pilot station. [TNX NG3K]<br />

YB - Club station YC2ZBM will celebrate the 71st anniversary of<br />

Kebumen<br />

Regency in Central Java on 6-10 January with a special activity<br />

on<br />

40 and 15 metres. A large QSL certificate will be available


from<br />

YC2TJV (P.O. Box 123, Kebumen 54300, Indonesia), details can<br />

be<br />

found at www.qrz.com [TNX YC2TJV]<br />

YS - Roberto, I2JIN will operate CW only from El Salvador on 10-<br />

31<br />

January. [TNX I2FUG]<br />

TRIP TO AFRICA ---> Sid/DM2AYO, Mel/DL6CT and Hans/DL7CM will be active from<br />

Senegal (Cap Skirring, IK12pi) and Guinea Bissau (north of Varela, IK12qh)<br />

between 3 and 23 March. They will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK as 6W/DM2AYO,<br />

6W/DL6CT and 6W/DL7CM (QSL via home calls, direct or bureau) 160-6 metres,<br />

and as J5UAR (QSL via DL7CM, direct or bureau) on 160-10 metres. Further<br />

information on their trip can be found at http://www.qsl.net/dl7cm/6W/6W.htm<br />

[TNX DL7CM]<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****<br />

===========================<br />

Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

HK3W ---> This is the new callsign issued to Francisco "Siso" Hennessey,<br />

HK3SGP. QSL to Siso Hennessey, P.O. Box 02-5242, Miami, FL 33102, USA. [TNX<br />

HK3W]<br />

QSL 8Q7GL ---> Gianluca, IK0XIH reports that the QSL cards will not be ready<br />

before early February at the earliest.<br />

QSL JX9NOA ---> Ole Martin Pedersen, LA9NOA (JX9NOA) has been very busy since<br />

he left Jan Mayen in October. In a note sent to Tom, NU2W he says that he has<br />

"now processed all the QSLs sent to me" and that the actual cards will be<br />

mailed when he comes back from his 5-week business trip to Africa (first week<br />

of February).<br />

QSL NH6P ---> Petr, OK1DOT reports that effective 1 January he is the new QSL<br />

manager for NH6P.<br />

SJ<strong>DX</strong>A ---> The 2007 officers for the South Jersey <strong>DX</strong> Association<br />

(http://sjdxa.org) are Bob Schenck, N2OO (President); Bob Tomkovich, K2RET<br />

(Vice President); Arnie Oberson, W2OB (Secretary) and Bob Pantazes, W2ARP<br />

(Treasurer). [TNX N2OO]<br />

VU7LD ---> The ARSI operation from Kavaratti, Lakshadweep Islands<br />

(http://www.arsi.info/vu7/index.html) went QRT at 13 UTC on 27 December, a<br />

few days earlier than originally planned. On-line logs currently cover the<br />

entire period of the <strong>DX</strong>pedition: if you do not find yourself in the log and<br />

believe you have a valid QSO, please send a message to vu7ld@arsi.info with<br />

your detailed log entry (including the VU7LD/operator you worked) for the<br />

team to verify if a mistake was made while entering the log.<br />

VU7RG ---> The following table shows the Operating Frequencies (source<br />

http://www.vu7.in/, latest update 24 December) for the 15-25 January VU7RG<br />

activity for the Lakshadweeps. "As announced earlier we have made clear<br />

agreements with all involved VU7 stations how we are going to share the<br />

frequency band to avoid chaos because of overlapping frequencies", the team<br />

says. Please note that:<br />

- all sites will operate exclusively within their frequency slots and<br />

- always at the beginning of their slot;


- split window never will exceed upper slot boundary;<br />

- stations calling VU7RG outside the slot windows will not get logged - for<br />

example, Site 1 operates on 1821 kc and the upper split window boundary is<br />

1832 kc: call on 1830 kc and will get your chance, call on 1833 kc and you<br />

will not be considered at all.<br />

BAND SITE 1 SITE 2 SITE 3<br />

-------------------------------------------------------------------<br />

160m 1820-1832 CW - 1832-1845 CW<br />

1820-1832 SSB - 1845-1860 SSB<br />

- - 1905-1915 QSX<br />

-------------------------------------------------------------------<br />

80m 3500-3520 CW - 3520-3540 CW<br />

3640-3670 SSB - 3670-3700 SSB<br />

- - 3775-3825 QSX<br />

-------------------------------------------------------------------<br />

40m 7020-7030 CW 7010-7020 CW 7000-7010 CW<br />

- - 7040-7050 DIGI<br />

7050-7060 SSB 7070-7080 SSB 7080-7090 SSB<br />

7225-7250 QSX 7250-7275 QSX 7175-7225 QSX<br />

-------------------------------------------------------------------<br />

30m 10100-10110 CW 10120-10130 CW 10130-10140 CW<br />

10100-10110 DIGI - 10140-10150 DIGI<br />

-------------------------------------------------------------------<br />

20m 14000-14015 CW 14030-14045 CW 14015-14030 CW<br />

14070-14085 DIGI - 14085-14100 DIGI<br />

14200-14230 SSB 14235-14265 SSB 14150-14180 SSB<br />

14230 SSTV - 14233 SSTV<br />

14313-14331 SSB 14331-14350 SSB 14295-14313 SSB<br />

-------------------------------------------------------------------<br />

17m 18088-18098 CW 18068-18078 CW 18078-18088 CW<br />

18158-18168 DIGI - 18108-18118 DIGI<br />

18148-18158 SSB 18128-18138 SSB 18118-18128 SSB<br />

-------------------------------------------------------------------<br />

15m 21000-21015 CW 21030-21045 CW 21015-21030 CW<br />

21070-21085 DIGI - 21085-21100 DIGI<br />

21230-21260 SSB 21320-21350 SSB 21290-21320 SSB<br />

-------------------------------------------------------------------<br />

12m 24910-24920 CW 24890-24900 CW 24900-24910 CW<br />

24976-24990 DIGI - 24930-24940 DIGI<br />

24976-24990 SSB 24940-24952 SSB 24964-24976 SSB<br />

-------------------------------------------------------------------<br />

10m 28045-28060 CW 28015-28030 CW 28000-28015 CW<br />

28070-28085 DIGI - 28085-28100 DIGI<br />

28475-28500 SSB 28500-28550 SSB 28450-28500 SSB<br />

-------------------------------------------------------------------<br />

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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***<br />

*** NEWS FROM THE WEB ***<br />

===========================<br />

Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH<br />

Direttore Responsabile I2VGW<br />

LOGS: On-line logs for 5V7SE are now available<br />

at<br />

http://www.ik3ges.it/iv3fsg.htm; the QSL cards will not be<br />

printed<br />

before the end of January at the earliest. Direct requests<br />

with<br />

expired IRCs will be processed via the bureau. [TNX IK3GES]<br />

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------


QSLs received direct or through managers: 3V6T, 4J6ZZ, 4O3T, 4U1UN, 7P8JF,<br />

9H3MR, 9K2HN, 9L1MS, 9Q1D, 9Y4AA, A22/JA4ATV, C4M, C6AQC, C6AQQ, C94KF<br />

(AF-103), CT9L, CX6VM, D2<strong>DX</strong>, ES5RY, EZ8AQ, FG5FR, FK8GM, J28JA, J3A, KG6<strong>DX</strong>,<br />

KH8SI, KP2D, OY9JD, PJ7TM, R1MVW, R2/OZ5IPA, RU2FO, S9SS, ST2BF, SU8IOTA<br />

(AF-099), T32GW, TK5MH, TM5F (EU-095), TY5LEO, TY5MR, TZ6LF, TZ6MF, UA2DC,<br />

UA2FCB, V26K, VP2MDY, VU4AN/VU3TLY, YN2EJ, YX0LIX, Z35T, ZB2FK.<br />

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