425 DX News #1016

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3B8 - Gerd, DG5MMW will be active as 3B8/DG5MMW from Mauritus Island (AF-049) from 30 October to 6 November. He will operate holiday style on 40-15 metres mainly SSB and PSK31. QSL via home call. [TNX DG5MMW] 3D2 - Eddie, VK4AN will be active as 3D2A (QSL via home call) from Viti Levu Island (OC-016) between 27 October and 14 November. He will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on 160-10 metres, and will take part in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as a Multi-Single entry along with 3D2AA. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] 4J - 4J5A, 4J5T, RA6FPL (4K3FPL) and RL3KT (4K3QQA) will be active as 4J0WFF from Lake Gey-Gel Nature Reserve on 22-25 October. They plan to operate CW and SSB on 40-12 metres. QSL via 4J5T (c/o Parvana Hasanova Fornati, 12584 Eden Court, Apple Valley MN 55124, USA). [TNX 4J5T] 6W - Luc, F5RAV will be active as 6V7T from Senegal from 25 October to 1 November. e will operate SSB and PSK31 on 160-10 metres and will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via F5RAV, direct only. [TNX NG3K] CT7 - The CR5WFF team reports they will be active from the Serra de Montejunto Protected Landscape on 23-24 October. QSL via CT1EJB. CT9 - Darren, G0TSM will be active holiday style as CT9/G0TSM from Madeira (AF-014) from 25 October to 1 November, including some search & pounce during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. As the station will only be 100W and a mobile whip antenna, he expects his signals to be "quite poor". QSL via home call and LoTW (bureau cards can be requested by e-mail). [TNX G0TSM] CY0 - Bad weather conditions prevented AA4VK, AI5P, N0TG and VE1RGB from flying to Sabe Island on 21 October, and the forecast does not look promising. The next flight attempt will be on 23 October at 15 UTC. "If we are delayed until Monday", N0TG says, "we will extend the end date beyond the current schedule of 29 October". Bookmark www.cy0dxpedition.com for updates. EA8 - The Grupo DX Teide (http://ea8arg.ure.es/) will be active as EG8FPT from the lighthouse at Punta de Teno on Tenerife Island on 23-24 October. EA8AM, EA8ARG, EA8AY, EA8BFH, EA8BRW and EA8IH will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on the HF bands, as well as on VHF and UHF. QSL via EA8NQ, direct or bureau. [TNX EA8NQ] FM - Dim, UT5UGR will be active as as FM/KL7WA from Martinique (NA-107) from 26 October to 3 November. He will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as TO7A. QSL via UT5UGR. [TNX UT5UGR] GU - Dave, G1OCN (M3IOP) and his wife Carol, 2E1DQZ will be active as GU1OCN (MU3IOP) and 2U1DQZ from the island of Alderney, Guernsey (EU-114) between 29 October and 5 November. Activity will be holiday style on 80, 40, 20, 17, 10 and 6 metres SSB and digital modes. QSL direct only to G1OCN. [TNX NG3K] HL - Special callsign D7G20 will be active between 29 October and 28 November to celebrate the G20 Summit that will be held in Seoul. Expect activity on 80-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. [TNX DX World] I - IT9ATF, IT9NPR, IT9PPG and IT9WDC will be active as IF9A from Favignana Island (EU-054) on 27-31 October, including an entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via IT9ATF, direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org] PJ7 - Charlie, K4UWH will operate as PJ7/K4UWH from Sint Maarten (NA-105) between 23 October to 5 November. Expect him to be QRV on 40-10 metres CW only, mainly during his evening hours . QSL via home call, direct or bureau and LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX] S7 - David G3NKC, Fred G4BWP, Martin G4XUM and Mike G7VJR will be active from Mahe (AF-024), Seychelles from 26 October to 2 November, including an entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as S79K (QSL via G3NKC). S7 - Davide, IW0HLG will be active as S79AD from Mahe (AF-024), Seychelles from 26 October to 4 November. He will operate holiday style on the HF bands and 6 metres, SSB and digital modes. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. SV - Special event stations SX2500M, SX2500M/p (from Marathon) and SX2500M/m (on the route from Marathon and Thessaloniki) will be active on 30-31 October to celebrate the 2500th anniversary of the Battle of Marathon. Expect activity on the HF bands SSB, CW and digital modes. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. Further information at http://sx2500m.blogspot.com/ T8 - Nob, JA1FMZ will be active as T88OM from Palau (OC-009) from 27 October to 1 November. He will operate holiday style on 20-10 metres SSB, with activity during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via home call (direct) and LoTW. [TNX DX World] V3 - Mike, W7ASF and Tom, KB7JAL will be active as V31MH and V31TS from Belize from 27 October to 4 November, CQ WW DX SSB Contest included. They will operate mostly SSB and PSK on 80-20 metres. [TNX DX World] V6 - Miki, JJ2CJB will be active as V63CJB from Chuuk (OC-011), Micronesia between 29 October and 2 November. He will concentrate operations during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest; outside the contest he will operate holiday style on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres CW and SSB. QSL via home call, direct or bureau, and LoTW. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] V6 - JA7HMZ (V63DX), JA7GYP (V63T) and JA7EPO (V63EPO) will be active from Pohnpei (OC-010), Micronesia from 29 October to 4 November. QSL via home calls. They will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as V6B (QSL via JA7HMZ). [TNX NG3K] VE - Celebrating the 65th anniversary of the United Nations and UNESCO, the Westcumb Amateur Radio Club (VE1WRC ) will operate special event station VC1J on 24 October. They will operate from the Joggins Fossil Cliffs (Nova Scotia), which became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2009. [TNX Southgate ARC] VP2M - George, K2DM will be active on 160-6 metres as VP2MDG from Montserrat (NA-103) from 27 October to 2 November, CQ WW DX SSB Contest included. QSL via K2DM. [TNX NG3K] YV - Vladimir, UY5ZZ will be active as YV7/UY5ZZ from Margarita Island (SA-012) from 26 October to 7 November, including participation in the CQ WW DX SSB and Ukrainian DX Contests. QSL via home call. [TNX UY5ZZ] =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW DXCC NEWS ---> The following operations have been approved for DXCC credit: 9U1KI, 9U1RSI, 9U1VO and 9U4T (Burundi, 2010 operations); A51A (Bhutan, 2010 operation); T6MB (Afghanistan, 2010 operation). If you ahve had any of these operations rejected in a recent submission please send a note to dxcc[@]arrl.org. [TNX NC1L] PACIFIC DXERS ---> Pacific DXers (http://pacific-dxers.com) was formed in September 2010 for anyone interested in Pacific DXing or DXing in the Pacific. "We already have a well stocked 'DXpedition Kit' available for members to use", Eddie, VK4AN says. It will be made available on a booking basis for DXpeditions in the South Pacific area from 2011 onwards. They have also "negotiated a big reduction in price at a ham-friendly resort in Fiji for members staying at least a week, and are continuing negotiations with other resorts around the Pacific." QSL 9J2CA ---> Phil, G3SWH says he is no longer the QSL manager for 9J2CA or 9I40CA, and he has no blank cards left. QSL PJ2A ----> Effective immediately Jerry, N5UCF will be serving as QSL manager for PJ2A. He will have logs for all PJ2A contacts, will be answer direct and bureau requests. "QSL cards are ordered and in queue to be printed", he says, "so please be patient for a return QSL over the next several months or so". RADIO ARCALA & CQWW SSB CONTEST ---> Radio Arcala (www.radioarcala.com) will deploy four stations in this year's event: OH8X from Northern Finland operated by OH2UA (SOAB), OH0B from the Aland Islands operated by OH2UA (SOAB), CR2X from the Azores operated by N5TJ, 5R8X from Madagascar operated by OH2BH, OH2PM, OH6KN, OH7EA and OH8NC (Multi-Single). QSL OH8X via OH2UA, others via OH2BH. [TNX OH2BN] VHF-DATABASE ---> The latest issue of the VHF-DATABASE (3.10 - 10/2010) is now available to private users as well as DX-Cluster Sysops on Make More Miles on VHF (www.mmmonvhf.de), the VHF-DX-Portal. [TNX DL8EBW] + SILENT KEYS + Marcel Dehonin (ON4QM) passed away a few weeks ago after a long illness. He will be remembered mainly for his operations from the Pacific, such as A35DM, FW5XX, H44QM, ZK1DM, ZK2XX, ZK3DM and FO0DEH from several rare IOTA groups in French Polynesia and the Austral Islands. Other recently reported Silent Keys include Clifton D. Swigard (W7NA) and Makoto Inami (JA6AV), former Vice President of the Japan Amateur Radio League. =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL ROUTES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3G200PCG XQ7UP GB1WSD M3ZYZ PJ4N DJ8NK 3Z0DKI SP2DKI GM3WOJ N3SL PJ4NX PA3CNX [b] 3Z200CHOPIN SP9W GP0STH G4DIY PJ4W W3HNK 3Z2010CY SP4NDU GT1IOM GD1MIP PJ5/AA4NC AA4NC 4J6RO 4K4K GX2UG G0PFH PJ5/AH6HY AH6HY 4L4ZA DJ1CW H74LEON TI4SU PJ5/K1XM KQ1F 4W6AAD VK3ZGW HC2SL EA5KB PJ6/K4LMY K4LMY 4X0WFF 4X4JU HF200FC SP9HTY PJ6A N4NX 5R8AL G3SWH HG100V HA6VA PJ7MF IZ1MHY 5R8FL G3SWH HI8E NK4L PJ7UQ W3HNK 5R8GT DJ5IO HK1RRL EA5KB PV7M PT7ZT 5R8GZ G3SWH HZ1SBS HZ1HN SN0JP SP9PKZ 5V7TT I2YSB [a] HZ1ZH EA7FTR SO3BASF SP3PKC 5V7TT G6BMY [b] IR0JOTA IW0FFP SP200AAZ SP4AAZ 5W1SA JH7OHF IR7WFF IK7JWX SP200BCA SP7BCA 6W7RV F8CMT IR9CIRM IQ9TP SP200CGN SP5CGN 7Q7HB G0IAS JW/HB9LEY JQ2GYU SP200FC SP7KED 7Q7RS IT9YVO JW/JQ2GYU JQ2GYU SQ200CHOPIN SP3GVX 9A5Y/p 9A7W JW6EHQ pirate SQ200FC SQ9CWO 9H3SGM 9H5SN K5W W5UE ST26ASC ST2M 9H9MSG 9H1SF KH0R JE6DND SU8JOTA SM5AQD 9M2MRS PA0RRS KK6WW/KH0 JA6EGL SX100SEP/5 SV5FRD 9M6/KM9D OM2SA LA6Q LA9VDA SX1L DL1JCZ 9M6RHM NI5DX M0RSE G3SWH T80W JM1LJS A25DF IK1MDF NH2T W2YC TC03W OK2GZ A25MB IZ5MMB OC80A OA4O TC7YLH TA1HZ A25SL W5SL OE50AMRS OE4RGC TF3CW LX1NO A25ZY I0ZY OE50FQU OE3FQU TI3/W7RI AI4U A60JOTA A62ER OE50XCL OE4RGC TM0RDR F4FJH A65BM W4JS OE50XLC OE4RGC TO3GA DL3GA A71BU NI5DX OE50XMA OE4RGC TR8CA F6CBC BN100 BM2JCC OE50XRM OE4RGC TY1JB DL2UX BP100 BX4AQ OH0B OH2BH V47JA W5JON BU100 BM2JCC OH8X OH2UA V47KP W2OX BV100 BV2KI ON4JOTA ON4GDV V55JAM V51Q BV100ROC BM2JCC OX/DF9TM DL2SWW V73QQ N7RO C56FR ON4TA OX/DL1RTL DL1RTL VE1OMI K3OMI C5YK ON7YK OX/DL2SWW DL2SWW VK4LDX/p VK4LDX C6AEZ NE8Z OX/DL2VFR DL2VFR VQ9JAB KC2TEN C91MS GI4FUM OX2A OZ1ACB VQ9LA N0QM CO6RD 8P9NX OY1OF M0URX VY0JA N3SL CO6WD 8P9NX PA100SRS PD9RAY W3WFF N3GJ CR5EAM CT2JSF PA100WELP PC2S WH0AA JA6GLD D2QMN RZ3EC PA90GEUS PA3GWN WH2D K3UOC D4C IZ4DPV [a] PJ2/OH1VR OH1VR XR33AA CE3AA D4C CT1ESV [b] PJ2/PB2T PB2T XV4TUJ OK1DOT E51NOU N7OU PJ2/W5MPC W5MPC XX9TLX DK7LX EK3GM IK2QPR PJ2A N5UCF YB8EL EA7FTR EM0NFF/p UT8NT PJ2MI EB7DX YW1AJ YV5AJ EM8NFF/p UT7NW PJ2T N9AG ZD8ZZ K7ZZ ER8C ER1DA PJ4/PG4M PG4M ZD9AH DL2AH FH8ND F1OKV PJ4/W9NJY WD9DZV ZM4M ZL4PW FM5DN KU9C PJ4B PA8A ZM4T ZL2AL GB100MWT G0MWT PJ4D W3HNK ZS6CCY K3IRV GB1MT M0XIG PJ4I DL9USA ZW1ROE PY1ZV [a] direct [b] bureau AA4NC William J. Roberts Jr, 8104 Lawdraker Rd, Apex NC 27502, USA AH6HY David A. Flack, P.O. Box 29761, Honolulu HI 96820-2161, USA CS2FCS Associacao de Radioamadores do Litoral Alentejano, Rua do Parque 10, 7540-172 Santiago do Cacem, Portugal DJ8NK Jan B.C. Harders, Kalckreuthweg 17, 22607 Hamburg, Germany DL1RTL Heiko Mann, Gaggenauer Str. 81, 14974 Ludwigsfelde, Germany DL2AH Ulrich Krieg, Feldstr. 9, 06774 Soellichau, Germany DL2SWW Frank Dreyer, Gartenweg 9, 19069 Alt-Meteln, Germany DL2VFR Enrico Stumpf-Siering, Hinter den Hofen 4, 27305 Sustedt, Germany DL9USA Andreas Glaeser, P.O. Box 100 246, 03122 Spremberg, Germany I0ZY Gianfranco Scasciafratti, Via Quirico Filopanti 2, 00152 Roma RM, Italy I2YSB Silvano Borsa, Viale Capettini 1, 27036 Mortara - PV, Italy IK1MDF Lorenzo Tabaracci, Via Sarzanello 260/M, 19038 Sarzana SP, Italy IZ1MHY Andrea Gili, Via Dorgia 54, 19126 La Spezia SP, Italy IZ5MMB Pier Giannarelli, Via Podenzana 10, 54033 Carrara MS, Italy K4LMY Henry N. Hassell, 17251 Ingram Lane, Amelia VA 23002, USA KQ1F Charlotte L. Richardson, 11 Michigan Dr, Hudson MA 01749, USA N4NX William T. Barr, 355 Westerhall Court, Atlanta GA 30328-1233, USA N5UCF Gerald R. Byrd, 14018 Keebler Road, Gulfport MS 39503, USA N7RO Richard J. Moen, 2935 Plymouth Dr, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA OH1VR Seppo Sisatto, Ojakatu 3 A 18, 33100 Tampere, Finland OK2GZ Jaroslav Kelar, Gen. Svobody 1200, 783 91 Unicov 1, Czech Republic PA0RRS Richard Smeets, Constance Gerlingsstraat 60, 5121 ZR Rijen, Netherlands PA8A Peter Jelgersma, Noordzijde 14, 2411 RA Bodegraven, Netherlands PG4M Michiel Minderhoud, Tiendweg West 10, 2941 EP Lekkerkerk, Netherlands PJ7E Sint Maarten 2010, P.O. Box 333, Bethlehem GA 30620-9989, USA VK4LDX Craig Edwards, P.O. Box 487, Belgian Gardens QLD 4810, Australia W3HNK Joseph L. Arcure Jr, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University PA 19352, USA W5MPC Michael P. Corey, 149 Union St Apt 5, Bristol CT 06010, USA W5SL Julian J. Sewell, 14949 Fm 1826, Austin TX 78737, USA WD9DZV Timothy M. Garrity, 5407 W Rosedale Ave, Chicago IL 60646-6525, USA

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