=========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3B7 - Rachid, 3B8FQ has received approval and will be active as 3B7FQ from St. Brandon Island (AF-015) in August. This may be his last visit to 3B7 for the next five years. It will be a working trip, with time shared for maintenance on the island's meteorological equipment. He will depart Mauritius on 10 August and return from St. Brandon on the 30th. Operation will be SSB and CW on 40-10 metres. QSL via K5XK. [TNX K5XK] 3D2_cr - Conway Reef (OC-112) was activated for the first time in April 1989 by 3D2CR. Twenty years after that event, Hawa, DK9KX (ex 3D2CR) will return to Ceva-I-Ra along with six other operators (namely Norbert/DJ7JC, Jan/DJ8NK, Dieter/DJ9ON, Heye/DJ9RR, Hans/DL6JGN and Ron/PA3EWP). They plan to be active between 1 and 10 October, depending on weather conditions, and to operate SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK on 160-6 metres. The callsign will be announced when the operation starts. QSL via DJ8NK, direct or bureau. A web page is under construction. [TNX DJ8NK] 3W - In March 2008 XV3M (F6BUM) activated IOTA group AS-185, but was able to make only 577 QSOs under difficult circumstances [425DXN 886]. Those who did not work Jack will be given a new chance on 10-18 April 2010, when Hans-Peter, HB9BXE and a large group of operators from Switzerland, Germany and Vietnam will be active as 3W6C from Con Co Island. Further information is expected in due course. For the time being, please visit http://www.3w6c.qrv.ch/ and consider supporting the project with a donation. [TNX HB9BXE] 4W - Chris, VK4FR works for the Australian Armed Forces and is currently stationed in Dili, East Timor (OC-148) through October. He operates SSB and digital modes as 4W6FR in his spare time. QSL via VK4FW. [TNX VK4FW] 8Q - Pierre, HB9QQ is now active as 8Q7QQ from the Maldives until 11 July. He operates on 50183 kHz in JT65A mode (first period) around moonrise and moonset in search of Sporadic E and EME contacts. Other activities include 30, 17 and 12 metres. QSL via mome call. [TNX HB9PL] 9Y - The Trinidad and Tobago Amateur Radio Society (TTARS) will be QRV during the IARU HF World Championship (11-12 July), probably as 9Y4HQ (callsign to be confirmed). IOTA Chasers please note that activity will take place from two different locations, one on Trinidad (SA-011) and the other on Tobago (SA-009). The station on Tobago is most likely to operate on 40 and 80 metres. [TNX The Daily DX] CT9 - Look for CT9/DB2TR, CT9/DK7TM, CT9/DL1CW, CT9/DL1SBF and CT9/DL3ZH to operate SSB, CW and RTTY from Madeira (AF-014) on 10-15 July, IARU HF World Championship included. QSL via home calls, bureau preferred. [TNX DL1SBF] DL - Harald, DF6BL will be active as DF6BL/p from Langeness Island (EU-042) on 6-13 July. QSL via home call, bureau preferred. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] DL - Sebastian, DL1AXX will be active as DL1AXX/p from Warder Island (EU-128, O-32 for the German Island Award) on 11-18 July. He will operate CW only on 30, 40 and 80 metres. QSl via home call, bureau preferred. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] DU - Moj, PA3GZU will be active holiday style as DU9/PA3GZU from Mindanao Island (OC-130) from 6 July to 1 August. QSL via home call, bureau preferred. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] EI - Members of the Dalkey Island Contest Group (namely EI2CA, EI5DI, EI6EW, EI7CC, EI7CD, EI8BP and EI8CE) will participate in the IOTA Contest (25-26 July) as EJ1DD from Clare Island (EU-121). QSL via EI7CC. Before and after the contest, on 23-27 July, look for the individual operators using EJ prefixes. [TNX EI7CC] FT5G - The much anticipated DXpedition to Glorioso (FT5GA) has been postponed again, hopefully at the end of August. The main cause for this unexpected postponement is a stability problem of the runway on Grande Glorieuse, which must be fixed in early July in order to allow safe landings. However, the silver lining is that two more operators (David, F8CRS and Bernard, F5LPY) will be able to join F4EGS, F5IRO, F5PRU, F5RQQ and F5TLN. They still expect to remain on the island for about three weeks, and to have four stations active 24/7 (three on the HF bands and one on 6 metres). [TNX F5NQL] G - The Wakefield & District Radio Society will be active as GB1HI from Holy (Lindisfarne) Island (EU-120) on 10-13 July. QSL via M3ZYZ. HB0 - Alain, F5LMJ will be active as HB0/F5LMJ/p from Liechtenstein on 11-24 July. He plans to operate CW and digital modes during his evening and early morning hours. QSL via F5LMJ, bureau preferred. Alain will upload his log to LoTW. [TNX F5LMJ] HK0_sa - The Daily DX reports that Dennis, 5J0BV [425DXN 944] has extended his stay and is now expected to remain active from San Andres until 16 UTC on 6 July. QSL via K7BV. I - Andrea, IZ2LSC will be active holiday style as IH9/IZ2LSC from Pantelleria Island (AF-018, IIA TP-001) on 20-31 July, including an entry in the IOTA Contest. He will operate SSB and digital modes on 40-10 metres. QSL via IZ2LSC (bureau only). He will upload the log to LoTW. Andrea's blog is at http://timpyblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/pantelleria-island.html [TNX IZ2LSC] JA - Nine HQ stations representing JARL will be active from various regions of Japan for the IARU HF World Championship (11-12 July): Call Band/Mode Location --------------------------------------------------------- 8N1HQ 15m-CW Kimitsu City, Chiba 8N1HQ 160m-CW, 10m-CW Minato Ku, Tokyo 8N1HQ 80m-Ph Minami-Ashigara City, Kanagawa 8N2HQ 10m-Ph Nakatsugawa City, Gifu 8N3HQ 15m-Ph Nara City, Nara 8N3HQ 40m-CW Kobe City, Hyogo 8N3HQ 20m-CW Miki City, Hyogo 8N4HQ 80m-CW, 40m-Ph Okayama City, Okayama 8N8HQ 20m-Ph Iwamizawa City, Hokkaido Each station may be heard on other bands in the week before the contest. All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX JA1BPA] LX - Once again LX0HQ will represent the Luxembourg Amateur Radio Society (RL) in the IARU HF World Championship. There will be twenty operators for nine stations from Eschdorf (QTH of LX7I, webcam at http://www.lx2a.com) and Esebuer (QTH of LX0RL). The new QSL route is via LX2A. Bureau cards can be requested at lx0hqgrlx.lu and the log will be uploaded to LoTW. [TNX LX2A] OH - Look for UA1ANA, RA1AGL and RV1AE to be active as OH2DZ/p, OH/RA1AGL/p and OH/RV1AE/p from Reposaari Island (EU-173) on 3-6 July. [TNX robinsons.ru] S5 - Nineteen operators will run the twelve S50HQ stations (10-160 metres CW and SSB) that will represent ZRS during the IARU HF World Championship (11-12 July). QSL via the Slovenian QSL bureau and LoTW. [TNX S50U] SV - Alexandros/SV8CYR, Vassilis/SV8CYV, Ilias/SV8FMY and Giorgios/ SV8IJZ will be active as SX8GR from Samos Island (EU-049) for the Aegean VHF Contest (4-5 July, rules at http://www.5-9report.gr/). They will operate SSB and CW on 6 and 2 metres, and on 40 and 80 metres during their nights. QSL direct to SV8FMY. [TNX SV8CYV] SV - Gabi, HA1YA will be active as J48YA from Zakynthos Island (EU-052) on 8-21 July, and from Thassos Island (EU-174) from 25 August to 8 September. He will operate on 6, 4 and 2 metres, as well as on the HF bands. QSL via home call. [TNX DL8EBW and MMMonVHF] UA - Alex, RA1QY plans to operate as RA1QY/1 from several islands in Onega Bay, White Sea on 4-11 July. IOTA groups concerned are EU-147 and EU-153, with Purluda Island (EU-153) as main target. Details can be found at http://robinsons.ru/ (click on "News RRA"). QSL via RA1QY ,direct or bureau. [TNX RA1QY] YL - Special callsign YL90AIR will be used through 31 December to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Latvian Air Forces. QSL via bureau and eQSL.cc [TNX YL3AD] PACIFIC TOUR ---> Gerben, PG5M reports that the dates for his September operations from Kiribati and Tuvalu [425DXN 947] have been swapped. The updated schedule is as follows: 06-07 September Fiji requested call 3D2G 08-14 September Western Kiribati T30G 15-16 September Fiji requested call 3D2G 17-23 September Tuvalu T2G 24-27 September Fiji requested call 3D2G Gerben will operate CW only. QSL via PG5M, direct or bureau. Updates will be posted at http://www.dx.to/ [TNX PG5M] =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW DX SUMMIT ---> In the process of making the DX Summit service more focused on younger user segments and non-amateur radio population, two features have been added recently to the Radio Arcala (OH8X) DX Summit portal (http://www.dxsummit.fi/). Each spotting and spotted callsign is automatically linked to qrz.com, providing a more human link to the personal profiles of people and to their pictures. Additionally, each line carries the name of the DXCC country spotted. In a few months time, custom selected filters will be provided to the public allowing users to receive personalized spots. While initially the selected spots will be sent to your personal e-mail address, the ultimate aim is to offer an SMS (short message service) option to DX Summit users. This service is a non-profit exercise for Radio Arcala, but donations will be gratefully accepted. A Help Desk for regular users and for S/W developers is being set up, and support is currently channelled through the relevant button: donations will be used to help fund exclusively the DX Summit Help Desk function, and OH8X will send you a Radio Arcala wall calendar postpaid to those who donate. Support related to the calendar is limited to the months of July and August 2009. [TNX OH8X] NCDXF ---> The Northern California DX Foundation Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Ed Muns, W0YK, as an Advisor to the NCDXF Board of Directors. Ed's primary duty, along with Doug Bender, WW6D, will be working with the NCDXF website (http://www.ncdxf.org). Since May 2008, NCDXF has provided financial help to 4W6R (Timor Lorosa'e), VK9XWW (Christmas Island), VK9CJW (Cocos-Keeling), OJ0B (Market Reef), VK9DWX (Willis Island), A5100A (Bhutan), E44M (Palestine), FW5RE (Wallis & Fortuna), K5D (Desecheo Island), VK9LA (Lord Howe Island) and S04R (Western Sahara). Contributions can now easily be made on-line using a SSL secured web server (https://www.ncdxf.org/donate). [TNX W0GJ] QSL 4S7BRG ---> The new QSL route for Mario, 4S7BRG is via LZ3HI. Cards can be requested direct (Emil Stoikov, P.O. Box 8, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria) or via the bureau. QSL HQ9R ---> It seems that quite a few people are still sending cards for HQ9R to the former QSL manager (N6FF), who has been a Silent Key since August 2007. Please note that the correct QSL route is via K5WW. [TNX K5WW] QSL VK9LA ---> "After much haggling with the Australian Customs Department, we have finally received the QSL cards from Czech Republic", Bill Horner, VK4FW says. He had planned to have all direct QSLling done by the end of June, but this is no longer possible. On 2 July Bill left home for a two-month family holiday. He processed and mailed as many cards as he could before leaving, so "many of you will receive your cards within a few days, but there will be also many that will not". Please be patient. QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX's web site has been updated. Twelve different galleries include cards for the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (306 QSLs), the 58 deleted DXCC entities (961 QSLs), obsolete prefixes (2613 QSLs), stations from Magrebh from 1947 to 1962 (315 QSLs), Antarctic bases (768 QSLs) & TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises, 248 QSLs), the various French DXCC island Entities in the Pacific Ocean (251 QSLs) & the Indian Ocean (96 QSLs), pre-1945 countries (631 QSLs), French Departments (535 QSLs) and USA (50 QSLs), plus a gallery for cards not accepted by DXCC (107 QSLs). Several cards are still needed and your participation is encouraged - please visit http://LesNouvellesdx.fr and send your comments to [email protected] [TNX F6AJA] TOP LISTS ---> The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now available at http://www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. Please note that QSOs confirmed through LoTW or included in on-line logs are eligible for listing. Send send your scores, as well as any request for further information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW ([email protected]) VY1JA QRT ---> Jay, VY1JA (N8JA) says his work stint in VY0 has concluded, and he is back home in the Yukon. His last logged QSO was made on 19 October 2008 and he is retiring from amateur radio. His station has been dismantled, and he is giving/selling everything to "younger Yukon hams". Steve, N3SL will continue to keep his logs and answer QSLs, while Akio, JA3JM handles QSLling for Japan. [TNX N3SL] WHQS AWARD ---> "QTC", the Polish Amateur Radio Journal, sponsors the 2009 W-HQ-S award for working at least ten HQ stations during the upcoming IARU HF Contest. Rules and picture of the certificate can be found at http://www.skjkc.pl/pga/index.php?go=news&dzial=swiat&id=362 [TNX SP2FAP] ZK2V ---> Chris, ZL1CT reports that, despite "flat" band conditions, he made 15817 QSOs (including 1279 QSOs on RTTY) 160, 80, 60, 40, 30, 20, 15 and 12 metres during his recent ZK2V DXpedition to Niue (http://www.zk2v.com/). Jeff, N8CC was the overall leader with 16 band-slots out of a possible 20. QSL via N3SL, direct or bureau. All QSOs have been uploaded to LoTW, resulting in more than 2000 QSO matches. =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL ROUTES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3D2YA JA1NLX DP3SSKW DK7FK RZ4HZW RX4HJ 3W1M OM3JW E74KC E73Y SN09A SP2ZIE 3Z0FLIS SP8BBK ED5T EA5ELT SN09C SP2ZIE 3Z50KPN SP5ZRW ED9NA EA9GW SN09E SP2ZIE 4L1FL EA7FTR EE1E EA1GFP SN09H SP2ZIE 4L1FP LZ1OT EE5G EB5GG SN09I SP2ZIE 4U1WED 4U1VIC EF1W EA1WS SN09L SP2ZIE 4W6FR VK4FW EF5K EA5KB SN09P SP2ZIE 4X0X 4Z5AX EG8FSA EA8RKL SN09R SP2ZIE 5B4AIF EB7DX EH3AA EA3EVR SN09S SP2ZIE 5J0BV K7BV EI7DAR EI2JD SN09T SP2ZIE 5N9NDP IK5JAN EN300H UR0HA SN0DK SP7PKI 5R8FL G3SWH EN50KSR UT1KY SN0DM/1 SP1BPW 6W1SE JR2KDN EO9P UT5PW SN0HS SP5KP 8Q7LR UA9LP EY8MM K1BV SN0SZ SP1PBW 8Q7QQ HB9QQ GB0RMM G0FYX SN10SKPO SP6ZJP 8R1TO N3DB GB0YG G0RCI SN2009TSR SP2ZIE 9A/OO5S ON4ON GB250RB MM0DHQ SN50ZAGLE SP2ZIE 9A4C 9A7W GB2MOF GM4UYZ SO3BMK JA8BMK 9A800VZ 9A7A GB2NWA G0TOC SP09A SP2ZIE 9A8XA M0XXA GB2OH M0CNP SP09L SP2ZIE 9G1YK PA3ERA GB2RI G3LUW SP09S SP2ZIE 9H3EP IV3EPO GB6WRS M3ZYZ SQ09S SP2ZIE 9J2FM JA4ATV GB70VI G0OOO SV0LR HB9LDR 9K2YM EA5KB HB0/4Z5KJ W0MM SX2MT SV2KBB A61TT IZ8CLM HF1759BPK SP3PJW SX2TMN SV2GWY A92C A92GR HG7DANUBE HA7VY SY2O SV2FLQ AM1A EA1URG HK1RRL EA5KB T88AC JA8BNN AM1S EA1OS HV0A IK0FVC TM0FDB F6KHS AO5B EA5BZ IY3GM IW3RUA TM5DUM F5SRH AO7C EA7HMD IY3MG IZ3DBA TM7RPC F6KJU AO7K EC7AMT LZ01WFF LZ1ZF TO8YY DH7WW BV2009WGK BV7GC LZ50BNT LZ1HA TZ6EI W7XU BX2AAL NI5DX OE100TMW OE1XIC UA0IDZ RW0IZ C4Z G3SWH OL07RRR OK2RZ UE6III RK6FZ CN2AB HB9OAB OL50CASTLE OK1KPU US5D UT7DX CN8ZG EA7FTR ON16FF ON6KN V29JKV W6JKV CN8ZG EA7FTR ON60ARSG ON7KC V44KAI K2SB CO6XN N3ZOM OX3YY OZ7YY V6P JH1NBN CR57FAP CT1REP P40OZ W2OZO VE3FRED VE3NOO CR6A CT1GFK PA123OLS PE1NCP VK6AU N1DT CX7CO WB3CDX PP5EG K3IRV VR2009EAG VR2XMT D2QMN RZ3EC R6SC RW3WWW XV1X OK1DOT D44TOI HB9BOI RZ1CWC/p RN1CW Z30V DJ0LZ 4U1VIC Amateur Radio Club, Vienna International Centre, P.O. Box 500, A-1400 Vienna, Austria DH7WW Ulrich Moeckel, Muldenstr. 1, 08304 Schoenheide, Germany G0RCI Alan Gibson, 1 Oakleigh Rd, Grantham, NG31 7NN, England JD1BMM Masafumi Ishihara, 2-305 Loran, 2-5-35 Miyazaki, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-0806, Japan JY5CC Abdalla Farmawi, P.O. Box 616, Amman 11118, Jordan K7BV Dennis R Motschenbacher, 3627D Aspen Valley Way, Santa Ana, CA 92704, USA N3DB David Craig, 4931 Mariners Drive, Shady Side, MD 20864, USA TL0A Christian Saint-Arroman, Chemin de Mousteguy, F-64990 Urcuit, France 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 VR2XMT Charlie C.M. Ho, P.O. Box 900, Fanling Post Office, Hong Kong W7XU Arliss N. Thompson, 45720 268TH St, Parker, SD 57053, USA
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