=========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
F - Members of the Radio Club Haute Saintonge (F5KLJ) will operate SSB, CW and digital modes as TM1MAD from Ile Madame (not IOTA, DIFM AT-024) on 5-6 September. QSl via F5KLJ, bureau preferred. [TNX F5NQL] F - Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of radioactivity pioneer and Nobel laureate Pierre Curie, special event stations TM150RPC (QSL via F5KAZ) and TM0RPC (QSL via F5KEB) will be active on 6-20 September and 19 September-2 October respectively. [TNX F1SIU] G - The Cray Valley Radio Society will be holding a "Ham Radio Summit Festival" on 30 August (10-19 UTC) from Shooters Hill, the highest point in South East London. Expect activity on the HF bands and 2 metres using the special callsign GB4SH. QSL via G4DFI. More details at www.qrz.com [TNX 2E0RCV] KH0 - Kuny/7L1FPU (W1FPU) and his nine-year-old son Yoshiki/JF1UCV (KH0UA), Tomo/ JQ1OCR (N2QP) and his wife Yuri/KE7TWK, Hajime/AH0BR and Moto/W1NDE will be active as AH0BT from the Mariana Islands (OC-086) on 4-7 September, including a M/M entry in the All Asian DX Contest (SSB). QSL via 7L1FPU, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K] LX - Theo/PA1TK, Kees/PA5WT and Rob/PA3GVI will be active as LX/ homecall from Luxembourg on 4-7 September. Theo will operate in the IARU VHF Contest (144 MHz), while Kees and Rob will focus on the HF bands (80-10 metres, CW and SSB). QSL via home calls. [TNX PA3GVI] OH0 - Peter (OH0JWL, CW), Horst (OH0/DF6FL, CW and SSB) and Siegfried (OH0/DL9ZE, SSB and RTTY) will be active from Eckeroe, Aland Islands (EU-002) from 28 August to 12 September. Expect them to be QRV on 10, 15, 17 and 20 metres as preferred bands. QSL OH0JWL via DL5FF, others via home calls. [TNX DXNL] OH - OH1BOI, OH1JJO and OH1FEQ will be active as OH1AV/2 from Vormo Island (EU-097) on 28-30 August. QSL via OH1BOI. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] ON - Special callsign ON4DAMIAN will be in use on 5-6 September and 3-4 October to mark the canonization of Father Damiaan de Veuster (1840-1889), a Belgian missionary who helped lepers on the Hawaiian island of Molokai. QSL via ON7LR, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX] P2 - Allan, VK2GR will be active in his spare time as P29CW from Kiunga, Papua New Guinea (OC-034) between September and December. QSL direct only via VK2IR. [TNX MM0NDX] PA - In October 1934 the KLM Douglas DC-2 "Uiver" (callsign PH-AJU) won the handicap section of the MacRobertson Trophy Air Race from London to Melbourne. Celebrating the 75th anniversary of that event, special station PA75AJU will be active on 1-29 September. QSL via PA3CAL, direct or bureau. [TNX PA3CAL] SP - The Second World War started on 1 September 1939 with the invasion of Poland. A large number of "No More War" special stations will be active from that country between 1 September and 6 October: HF70NMW, SN70NMW, SO70NMW, HF70A, HF70E, HF70M, HF70N, HF70O, HF70R, HF70W, SN70A, SN70E, SN70M, SN70N, SN70O, SN70R, SN70W, SO70A, SO70E, SO70M, SO70N, SO70O, SO70R and SO70W. The event is organized by PZK, the Polish IARU society, and is supported by the Ministry of National Defence. Information on the relevant award can be found at http://www.pzk.org.pl/nomorewar [TNX F5NQL] SV - A group of 11 operators will be active on the HF bands SSB as SX2IMA from Mount Rachia for the Greek Field Day on 5-6 September. QSL via SV2JAO (direct only). [TNX SV2LZX] UA - Mike/RA1ALA, Alex/RX1AW and George/RW3AKN will be active as homecall/1 from Nemetskiy Kuzov Island (EU-147) from 29 August to 4 September. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ] V5 - Look for V5/DJ2HD, V5/DK1CE and V5/DH3WO to be active from Namibia on 5-26 September. They will operate holiday style on 40-10 metres SSB and CW. QSL via home calls. [TNX NG3K] VE - Juergen, DL7RV will be active again as VO2/NF6J from Battle Island (NA-044) on 4-11 September. Look for him on 30, 20 and 15 metres CW only. QSL via DL7RV, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] W - Dick/N7RO, Johnny/KE7V and Yuri/N3QQ are expected to be active as N7RO/p from Tatoosh Island (NA-169) until 30 August. QSL via N7RO. [TNX N3QQ] W - A large number of stations from the US will add /140 to their callsigns on 2-9 September to celebrate the 140th anniversary of the birth of Hiram Percy Maxim, W1AW (1869-1936), co-founder and first president of the American Radio Relay League. Information on the event and the relevant certificate can be found at http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/08/17/11025/?nc=1 ZS - Special event callsign ZS10WCS will be aired from South Africa from September through 12 July 2010 for the FIFA World Cup (http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/index.html). Expect activity on a daily basis from 1 June through 12 July, while during the months leading up to the event the callsign will be in use during the weekends. QSL via the South African Radio League's bureau, whose mailing address for direct QSLling is: SARL, P.O. Box 1721, Strubensvallei 1735, South Africa. PACIFIC TOUR ---> Don/G3BJ and Hilary/G4JKS will be active as FO/G3BJ from the Austral Islands (Rurutu, OC-050 and Tubuai, OC-152) on 4-16 September, and as ZK2BJ from Niue (OC-040) on 18-25 September. They will operate holiday style mainly on CW on 10, 15, 20, 30, 40 and 80 metres. [TNX The Daily DX] =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW AGB NEMIGA CONTEST ---> The Activity Group of Belarus sponsors the AGB-NEMIGA Contest to be held on 18 September, from 21 to 24 UTC, on 80 metres CW and SSB. Participation certificates in PDF format will be e-mailed to all entrants. Complete rules can be found at http://www.ev5agb.com/contest/agb_nemiga.htm [TNX EU1EU] FT5GA ---> Propagation predictions for 6m from Glorioso do not look promising at all, and the only available antenna would be a 2-element HB9CV. The FT5GA has decided that it would not be worth the trouble, and therefore they will be QRV only on the HF bands (160-10 metres). [TNX http://glorieuses2008.free.fr/] LOGS ---> The logsearch for 4W6AL is at http://www.algarvedx.com/. SCC RTTY CHAMPIONSHIP ---> Organized by the Slovenia Contest Club, it will be held on 29-30 August (from 12 UTC to 11.59 UTC). Rules and results can be found at http://lea.hamradio.si/~scc/rtty/rtty.htm [TNX S50XX] + SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include Heinz Topp (DJ2LE), William Allen (N6XD) and Denis Yakovlev (RA3LL). Vlad, UA6JD and his family would like to express their gratitude to the dozens of radio amateurs from all over the world who have offered their sympathy and condoncolences for the loss of Harry, UA6JW (www.qrz.com/db/ua6jw). =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL ROUTES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3Z80BEM SP9ZBC EO16IKF US6IKN OY3AA OZ1ACB 3Z8WFF SP8AJC EO16IKN US6IKN OZ0FR/p DL2VFR 4C50C XE1J EO16IT US6IKN PA09VUELTA PI4ASN 4J0FR F6FYD EO16IZ US6IKN PA09WSF PA0FAW 4K/F2VX F2VX ES20W ES1QD PA110LL PH2CV 4K9W DL6KVA ET3JA OK3AA PA150SLH PA0HFT 4L6QC LZ1OT EU6DA/p IK2DUW PA6URK PA3GNE 4U30VIC 4U1VIC EV1P/2 EW1YT PF27CAVENTE PA1DV 4W6AL CT1GFK FJ/W2VQ WQ2N PI4F PD1WAT 4W6FR VK4FW FJ/WQ2N WQ2N PJ7MF IZ1MHY 4X4DK VE3MR GB0BHL G0TQT R1FJM RX3MM 5B/G4MKP M0URX GB1DLH GB6BSR S51LGT S57LO 5B4AIF EB7DX GB1OL MM5DWW SF6LGT SK6NL 5R8CW F5FYO GB2BML M0CNP SH3O/5 SM3TLG 5R8DN IW1GIO GB2ELH MM5PSL SK7L SK7CA 5R8FU SM5DJZ GB2FL M3ZYZ SN0WFF SP5X 6M0HZ/2 HL1IWD GB2GNL GM4BKV SN120OSP SP4CUF 7S0SFJ SM0BYD GB2LBN GM4UYZ SN25IL SP9PEE 7S6LH SK6QW GB2LS MM1BHO SN2NP SP2BIK 7S7KUL SK7DD GB2SCA G0OOO SN5MPW SP7DQR 7X0MT F5MSR GB2SFL G0KOK SO0HAL SP5ZGO 7Z1HL DJ9ZB GB4LL G4WUA SO1EKO DL1EKO 8J1ASAHI JA1SKY GB4SML M1DZT SX8DI SV2GWY 8N1Y JL1RNE GB50ATG M5AEX T6AD K2AU 8S5LH SM5UGC GB5HOD G4IAR T6AF WA2EWE 9J2BO G3TEV GC4BRS GW0ANA TC17A TA2KI 9J2CA G3SWH H44MY OM2SA TC99K TA1HZ 9K2/SP4R SP4GFG H81L HP1RCP TC99Y TA1HZ 9M2QQ DF5UG HC2AQ EA5KB TF8GX KT6YL 9M4LHS 9M6DJC HC2SL EA5KB TM0LHG PA0HEL 9V1YC W5UE HF65GETTO SP7YLD TM4RSX F5KFL A61AS YO3FRI HF6HQ SP7DQR TM65LA F5NEP A61BK NI5DX HF900OG SP6TRX TN5SN IZ1BZV A61Q EA7FTR HG8SDS HA8PH TY5ZR IK2IQD A71EM EA7FTR HI8LAM EA5NI UE1RLH/6 RA1QY AO1LW EA1NT HP3DX W4WX UE3DFF RK3DYB AO8FLH EA8AKN HR9/WQ7R AI4U UE3LFF UA3LAF C21TI EA4ATI HV50VR IV3KKW UE6GFF/6 UA6GG C31CT EA3QS IE9X IZ4AKS UN7AB DL8KAC CN8VO EA7FTR II4LH IK3MZS UR4MZM/P US1MM CN8VX EA7FTR II8AB IZ8GFN UW0HFF UX2HB CP4BT EA5KB II8LPC IZ8IQO V55V DJ8VC CQ7GIL CS1AAM J48YA HA1YA V73NF JA2DSQ CR5JNB CT2GSN JW8LGA LA8LGA V7XX JH2BNL CR6LH CT1GZB K4LRA W4TBB VQ9JC ND9M CW4T CX1TA KG4NL N2NL VR2009EAG VR2XMT CX7CO WB3CDX KH2/K6SV K6HRO W2T N2OO DA2009LH DH3WO KH2/K7BV K6HRO W8L K8PT DK0WFF/P DK6AN KH6MB AI4U XR1A XQ1IDM DM800VOGT DL8CX KL5DX N5XZ XV9DX OM3JW DP3SSKW DK7FK KL7CQ AC7DX XX9LT XX9AH DQ11APOLLO DF3JO L61E LU2DT YB0ECT K3AIR DU3NXE W3HNK LA9K LA3QNA YI1RZ IK2DUW E77XZ DK6XZ LM2T70Y LA2T YN2N TI2OHL EG2EPC EC2AMN LR5D LU4AA YP2GEO YO2KAR EG2FSB EA2RKW LZ01WFF LZ1ZF Z21BC NI5DX EG6CIB EA6JN LZ40ATSA LZ1PJ Z36T DJ0LZ EH7FFD EB7DX MA0FME IZ2FME ZD8DC KJ4GNB EK6LP DL8KAC MS0ARG MM0CIN ZL1IRD DF7EF EK6TA DJ0MCZ N7C N7HG ZL4IR W8WC EK6YL SP9LJD N7L K7VV ZL6LH ZL1VK EM360B UY5BC OH0J OH1RX ZP6CW ZP6CU EN500I DM5BB ON26IOF ON4AMM ZP8VAO K2DER EN5R UY2RA ON6RVG ON6NB ZW50CVA PY1BMB EO0UD UR7UT OR9W ON4CB ZZ6Z PY6HD CT1GFK Antonio Jose Rebelo Guerreiro, Apartado 1111 - Zona Industrial, P-8700 240 Olhao, Portugal EA4TI Dani Bolanos, P.O. Box 292, 45080 Toledo, Spain JY4CI Rafiq Farmawi, P.O. Box 616, Amman 11118, Jordan KH7XS Big Island Contest Club, P.O. Box 490, Laupahoehoe, HI 96764, USA L60Q Radio Club San Luis, Yapeyu 1385, San Luis SL 5700, Argentina OM2SA Juraj Sipos, P.O. Box 29, 94603 Kolarovo, Slovak Republic OX3JZ John Aaen, Strandvej 99 a, 9970 Strandby, Denmark ST2M Magdi Osman Ahmed Abdelrahim, P.O. Box 2, Khartoum Airport 11112, Sudan V51AS Frank Steinhauser, Am Rosenkothen 17, 40880 Ratingen, Germany VK4FW Bill Horner, P.O. Box 612, Childers 4660, Australia VQ9LA Larry Arneson, PSC 466 Box 24 (DG-21 Annex 30), FPO AP 96595-0024, USA
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