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425DXNews Home Page 07 January 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to: Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: DX information (e-mail [email protected] ) Contributors are invited to send their DX information to Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ ([email protected]) The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays

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CE - Marco, CE6TBN reports he will operate as CE6TBN/7 from Las Huichas (SA-064, DICE ICE-705) on 14-15 January. Expect activity on 40 and 20 metres CW and SSB. QSL via CE6TBN. DL_ant - Thorsten, DD1TG/DP0GVN [425DXN 760] will be leaving Neumayer Station on 7 January and there will be no amateur radio operator at the base for the rest of the season. [TNX DL5EBE] GJ - Look for Bert, PA3GIO to operate on 10-160 metres SSB as MJ/PA3GIO/p from Jersey Island (EU-013) on 10-15 January. QSL via home call (for bureau cards please use the easy QSL request form on his website at http://www.pa3gio.nl/). [TNX NG3K] I - All of the fifteen special IO1 calls (IO1ALP, BIA, BOB, CRO, CUR, FRE, FSK, HOC, JUM, LUG, NOR, SHO, SKE, SNO and SPE) will be aired between 10 January and 9 February. This will be the last leg of the approach march to the XX Olympic Winter Games that will take place in Torino on 10-26 February. All of the contacts will confirmed automatically via the bureau, direct cards should be sent to I1JQJ. Full information on the Torino 2006 Award can be found at http://www.ari-r1.it/torino2006 JA - Look for Taka, JR3TVH/JS6 to operate from the Miyako Islands (AS-079) starting around 8 UTC on 6 January through around 1 UTC on the 11th. He expects to be active on 6-160 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and AM. [TNX JN6RZM] JW - Trond, LA9VDA will operate on all bands mostly CW and SSB as JW9VDA from Spitsbergen Island (EU-026, WLOTA JW-0125), Svalbard on 9- 16 January. QSL via home call, direct (Trond Johannessen, Helgedalen 13, N-1528 Moss, Norway) or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to [email protected]). Please note that 1 USD does not cover return postage (European destinations inclueed), but 1 IRC does. [TNX LA9VDA] LU_ant - Henry, LU4DXU reports that new staff members at Melchior Base (LU1ZB, LU-05 for the Antarctica Award) in the Melchior Islands (AN-012), Antarctica and Deception Base (LU1ZC, LU-04 for the Antarctica Award) on Deception Island, South Shetlands (AN-010) have just arrived. Both these bases are expected to show up on 14290 KHz shortly. QSLs via LU4DXU. [TNX DL5EBE] LZ - Special call LZ50KSB will be aired on all bands and modes through the end of the year to commemorate the 50th anniversary of radio club LZ2KSB in Balchik, Bulgaria. QSL via LZ2SX direct or bureau. [TNX LZ3FN] SM - Special event call SA2006EM will be aired by SK6AG and SK6AW on 6 January, 6 February, 6 March, 6 April, 6 May and 6 June during the countdown to the 19th European Athletics Championships (www.goteborg2006.com) that will be held in Goteborg on 6-13 August. From 1 July through 13 August they will operate as 7S6EM and 8S6EM. QSL for all via SM6YOU, preferably via bureau. Further information, including on-line logs and details on the relevant award, can be found at http://sm6.se/em [TNX SM6YOU] T30 - The T30DX operation [425DXN 765] has been cancelled, because the OH Pacific DX Team (http://www.ohpacificdx.com) has not been successful in securing flights for the coming weeks to and from Western Kiribati. "However, the effort put in by the team and all of you supporting us will not be wasted", they say. "We are already preparing a fresh new start to get back to Pacific before Christmas 2006". Details will be announced in due course. T7 - Giovanni, T77CD will participate in the ARRL RTTY Round-Up on 7- 8 January. QSL direct to I0MWI (Stefano Cipriani, Via Taranto 60, 00055 Ladispoli- RM, Italy). [TNX I0MWI] T8 - Mike/JA6EGL (T88SM), Kazu/JH6WDG (T88AQ) and Taka/JA6CM (T88CM) will be active from Palau (OC-009) on 12-17 January. They plan to operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-6 metres. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JN6RZM] V3 - Gerd, DJ4KW and Gisela, DK9GG will operate as V31YN (CW, mostly on 80 and 160 metres) and V31GW (RTTY) respectively from Belize from 12 January to 20 February. On 1-8 February they will be active on 40 metres and higher from Southwater Caye (NA-180). [TNX The Daily DX] V8 - Vladislav/G0KBO (V8FBO), Victor/UA6AF (V8FVV) and Yuri/RN6BR (V8FBR) will be active from Brunei on 8-16 January. QSL V8FBO via G0KBO (direct or bureau). QSL V8FVV via G0KBO (direct) or UA6AF (bureau). QSL V8FBR via G0KBO (direct) or RN6BR (bureau). [TNX The Daily DX] W - Members of the Mid Florida DX Association will operate on 20, 15 and maybe 17 metres as W4FDX from Honeymoon Island (NA-034) on 8 January. QSL via W2NDP. [TNX The Daily DX] ______

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425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (December 2005) is now available in .pdf format at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/. Articles and pictures should be sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA ([email protected]).

3Y0X PRESENTATION ---> Back in late November, while at the Asia-Pacific DX Convention in Japan, Bob Allphin (K4UEE) gave a presentation on the planning of the upcoming 3Y0X DXpedition to Peter I. This presentation can be viewed on www.peterone.com via streaming video. A version on DVD, suitable for amateur radio club meeting programmes, is now available from Bob Schenck, N2OO. If there are any clubs interested in getting a copy of this DVD, please drop Bob an e-mail ([email protected]). [TNX N2OO]

CDXC CONVENTION ---> The 28th Clipperton DX Club DX Convention will be held at Arcachon on 15-17 September. For full details please visit http://www.cdxc.org/Conventions/2006-Arcachon/arcachon2006-e.htm or e-mail [email protected] [TNX F8BBL]

CQ DX MARATHON ---> John Sweeney, K9EL has been appointed as Manager of the new CQ DX Marathon programme [425DXN 729]. Last run in 1948, the new CQ DX Marathon is a year-long DX hunt, with participants competing to see who can work the greatest number of countries ("entities") and CQ zones over the course of a full year, then starting again at zero at the beginning of the next year. This year's Marathon began at 00.00 UTC on 1 January 1 and will end at 23.59 UTC on 31 December. QSLs are not required and submissions must be made electronically, using the downloadable entry matrix form to be made available on the CQ website. The CQ DX Marathon rules can be found at http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/awards.html

IREF ---> The Island Radio Expedition Foundation is the only organization dedicated solely to the support of expeditions to rare and new IOTA qualifying islands. In 2005 grants totalling $3,150 were made to XF1K (NA1-64 and NA-165), CE8A (SA-094), 7V2SI (AF-097), C93DY (AF-098), SY8M (EU-158), CO3VK (NA-093), DX0TIC (OC-207), DX0ST (OC-175), VU2HFR (AS-153), YB7M (OC-268) and YE7P (OC-269). IREF continues to provide critical support to IOTA expeditioners who would otherwise have little or no access to funds to help with the expenses of their expeditions. Details on how to contribute can be found on the IREF's website at http://www.islandradio.org [TNX AD5A]

PIRATE ---> Do not waste time and money on 5T5T (repeatedly spotted on 20 and 40 metres CW as well as on 20m RTTY). Maurice, F5NQL reports that the QSL manager's callsign (F5DIF) has not been issued to anyone, while Jean, 5T0JL says that the only two other operators duly licenced are Feng Wang/5T0WF (ON6WFO, who will be in Mauritania until 15 January) and Nicolas/5T5SN (plus 5T5BN, Bernard, still pending). A further licence is expected to be issued to Fernando, EA1BT in the near future.

VISALIA 2006 ---> The Southern California DX Club (http://www.scdxc.org/) sponsors the 57th annual International DX Convention, which will be held at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Center, Visalia on 21-23 April. Information will be posted at http://www.dxconvention.org/

WF5E DX QSL SERVICE ---> Les Bannon, WF5E is forced to raise his rates because the US Postal Service is raising theirs on 8 January. The new rates for his service are 3 QSLs for $1.00, or 15 QSLs for $5.00 or EUR 5,00. Full information on the QSL Service provided by Les can be found at www.qsl.net/wf5e/ ______

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DX CALENDAR: An interactive DX Calendar based on 425 DX News is available at http://www.dxwatch.com/ (a webcluster with an extensive range of filters plus a customized dxcluster spot delivering service). TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now available at http://www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. Please send your scores, as well as any request for further information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW ([email protected]) ______

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======CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER ======4K9W DL6KVA GI0RTN/P G0RTN S79NC 9V1NC 4KR60S 4J5A HC2SL EA5KB ST/ZS5ADU ZS5ADU 4L4CH LZ1OT HF75PZK SP3IQ ST0RM T93Y 4N150AA YT1AA HK3ARR YV5ARR SU9FL WD9DZV 4N150NT YU1SRS HR1RQF EA7FTR SU9GD DJ2AVB 4U60UN HB9BOU HS0T HS6NDK SU9HP SM0CFO 5H9PD W8FV HS0ZFI SM5GMZ SY2EEC SV2KBB 5T0WF ON6WFO HZ1AN DJ9ZB T30HC DL9HCU 5T5SN IZ1BZV HZ1IK DK7YY TB9CHU TA4ED 5T5T pirate HZ1ZH EA7FTR TI8CBT EA7FTR 5U7JB ON5NT II0AMZS IK5VLO TL8QC F5NRY 5X1RI WD4ELG II0IP IQ0VT (a) TM5OVA F0DTB 6W8CK DH7WW II0IP IZ0EAC (d) TM7VM F5UJZ 7Q7BP G3MRC II1TPG IZ1CCE TR8CA F6CBC 7S2AT SK2AT II2F IW2MVS TR8CR F8EN 7Z1SJ EA7FTR IO1NOR bureau TR8FC F4BQO 8J1RL bureau IO1NOR I1JQJ (d) TT8PK F4EGS 8J3UKB bureau IO1SHO bureau TY5ZR IK2IQD 8J5MC bureau IO1SHO I1JQJ (d) UA8TWW UA0SE 9A650C 9A7K IO1SKE bureau UE1RDM UA1RJ 9J2BO G3TEV IO1SKE I1JQJ (d) UE3DDX RZ3FR 9J2CA G3SWH IO1SNO bureau UE9FPK RA9FDR 9M2CNC G4ZFE (a) IO1SNO I1JQJ (d) UK8OM IK2QPR 9M2MRS PA0RRS IO1SPE bureau UN5A DL8KAC 9N7JO HS0ZGD IO1SPE I1JQJ (d) UN5J W3HNK 9V1YC N5ID JT1FBX JG5PJJ UN8GF IZ8CCW A35RK W7TSQ JW4GHA LA4GHA UN9L LZ1YE A71BX EA7FTR JW5NM LA5NM UN9M DL8KAC BU2/JJ1TBB JL1ANP K3N WX3B UO0AIK DL8KAC BV50CRA BV2KI LR3DX LU7DSY V25OHX G4OHX C6AGN W1DIG LU1ZD LU4DXU V26AAV AA4V CN8NK EA5XX LU1ZR LU4DXU V44KJ WB2TSL CN8YR K4KU LZ13ARDF LZ1KZA V63O JK1FNL CO3JN IZ8EBI MM0XAU DJ6AU V73RY N5LE CO3VK IZ8EBI NA8O/KH2 JK1FNL V73VE JF1OCQ CO6WD W0SA NP4A W3HNK V73Z JA3MCA CX1JJ EA5KB NU4SC K3IXD V8FRF EA7FTR CX2AQ EA5KB OC4BQE EA4BQ VK3AAL/4 OE1DIA D2DX OH2BAD OH0/IZ0FKE IZ0FMA VK8NSB VK6NE D2EB IZ3ETU OX3XR OZ3PZ VP8DII ON5AX DP4K DK3DM P29CQ W7VMI VP8PJ DL5EBE DU1IST JF1IST P49X W0YK YN4MG WK6O DU1ZV JA1BRK PJ2/WB9Z AF9H YT0TESLA YU1EXY E25AJ JR5XPG (b) R1ANF RK1PWA YU150NT YU1SRS E25AJ E21EIC (c) R1ANT RW1AI YV5SSB EA5KB EA9EU EA9AZ R1RDM UA1RJ YZ150T YU1SB FK8HW VK4FW R1SNG UA1RJ ZF2CJ AB2RF FR1AN N5FTR R3K RN3DK ZL4WW W6YJG GB1MGD G0FLP RU0SYL UA0SE ZP8VAO EA7JX

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9A7K Kresimir Juratovic, P.O. Box 88, HR-48001 Koprivnica, Croatia 9M2CNC Richard Everitt, #2601 PNB Darby Park, Jalan Binjai, Kuala Lumpur 50450 Malaysia A22/JA4ATV Take Maga, Private Bag 00369, Gaborone, Botswana AB2RF Kan Yokota, 11 Hyatt Ave, Harrison, NY 10528, USA DL5EBE Dominik Weiel, Johannes-Meyer-Str.13, D-49808 Lingen, Germany EA7FTR Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias #23, Aljaraque, Huelva 21110, Spain F0DTB Gerard Brunet, 13 Rue de la Croix du Moulin, 08000 Warcq, France F4BQO Franck Claude, 56 Rue de la Treille, 95490 Vaureal, France F5NRY Christian Quintin, 89 Ave du General de Gaulle, Pornichet 44380, France HS0ZGD Stig Lindblom, Jum Changphimai, 147/1 - Moo 3, Tambon Boot, Ban Ta Bong, Phimai, TH-30110 Nakhon Ratchashima, Thailand IK5VLO Paolo Ceccarelli, Via del Piano 10A, I-51020 Piano Ontani - PT, Italy IZ1BZV Giorgio Tabilio, P.O. Box 95, 19100 La Spezia - SP, Italy IZ3ETU Carlo Larosi, Via Catullo 25, 35036 Montegrotto Terme - PD, Italy LA4GHA Roger Bjorgvik, Herman Wildenveysgt 12-B, 3022 Drammen, Norway LU4DXU Horacio E. Ledo, P.O. Box 22, 1640 Martinez, Buenos Aires, Argentina N9GGO Jerry Breuss, 758 Laguna, Crystal Lake, IL 60014, USA OH6DX Ari Hyvonen, Viklonkuja 4F18, FI-78880 Kuvansi, Finland SM6YOU Rickard Dahlstedt, Ekebergsgatan 4D, 417 02 Gothenburg, Sweden UA0SE Serge Karpov, P.O. Box 5247, Angarsk, 665819, Russia WD4ELG Mark Lunday, 2309 Becketts Ridge Drive, Hillsborough, NC 27278, USA YV5ARR Anibal Dos Ramos, P.O. Box 20030, 1020 Caracas, Venezuela

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425DXNews Home Page 14 January 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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3Y0 - The DXpedition to Peter I (3Y0X) has been given a substantial grant by the ARRL/Colvin Award, which is is important to their overall DXpedition financing. The team has been assigned the special Chilean Antarctic call sign of XR9A for use to/from Peter I. They hope to be QRV from Punta Arenas for a few days and then maritime mobile to and from the island. There is a possibility that the team will also be QRV from the South Shetlands for a few days after the DXpedition is complete. The latest first hand news and updates on 3Y0X, as well as information on how to contribute to the DXpedition, can be found at www.peterone.com 6O - The 6O0N team of operators [425DXN 759] now includes I1HJT, I2YSB, IK1AOD, IK1HJS, IK2DIA, IK2CIO and IK2CKR. They expect to arrive at Galkayo around noon on 19 January and to be QRV with the first of their three stations in the late afternoon. Plans are to be active until 1 February, as their flight back is scheduled to leave on the 2nd. Look for 6O0N to participate in the CQ WW 160M CW Contest on 28-29 January. QSL via I2YSB, direct or bureau. Further information and updates can be found at http://www.i2ysb.com/6o0n/ C6 - Bob/N4BP (C6AKQ), Kevin/K4PG (C6APG), Bruce/W4OV (C6AOV) and Pete/N8PR (C6AHR) will be active from the Bahamas between 13 and 20 February. They will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as single band entries on 160, 80, 40 and 15 metres. Before the contest they will try to operate extensively on the WARC bands. QSL via home calls. [TNX N8PR] CE - Salvatore, IZ8CLM will operate in his spare time on the HF bands as CE3/IZ8CLM from Chile until 18 January. [TNX IZ8CCW] CE0_jf - Suggested frequencies for the 20-28 January CE0Z DXpedition to Robinson Crusoe Island (Juan Fernandez) [425DXN 762] are 50110, 28040, 24890, 21040, 18080, 14040, 10010, 7020, 3540 and 1820 kHz (CW); 50110, 28495, 24945, 21295, 18145, 14195, 7060, 3795 and 1840 kHz (SSB). The web site for the expedition is at http://www.ce3bsq.cl/ce0z/ CT3 - Herm, HB9CRV and Rudi, HB9CQL will operate as CT3FN and CT3/HB9CQL from Madeira Island (AF-014) from 20 January to 1 February. On 21- 22 January Herm will operate as CT3FN/p from the Sao Jorge/Rosais lighthouse (ARLHS MAD-008). QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ] EA8 - Members of the Canary Islands DX Society will be active (on 10- 80 metres SSB with some RTTY and PSK 31) as ED8CSF from San Francisco Castle in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on 22 January. Further information can be found at http://www.qrz.com/ed8csf. QSL via EC8AUA (all QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau). [TNX EC8AUA] FT - Gildas, TU5KG is back to the Southern Indian Ocean on a fishing boat. Between 15 January and 3 February he will be sailing in the Kerguelen area, then he will be in the Crozet area until early March and back to Kerguelen until the end of March. When on land he expects to operate as FT5XP from Kerguelen and as (probably) FT5WK from Crozet. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX] G - The call sign GB1CPB will be active through 11 January 2007 on various bands and modes to celebrate the 100 years of operation for the Portland Bill lighthouse (ARLHS ENG-273). QSL via bureau or direct to G5XW. [TNX VA3RJ] GU - Paul, F6EXV and Jan, DJ8NK will be active as MU0EXV and GU0VNK respectively from Guernsey (EU-114) on 20-30 January. The will operate SSB, CW and digital modes on 160-10 metres. QSL via home calls. [TNX NG3K] HB0 - Look for HB0/T93M (N4EXA), HB0/T93Y, HB0/T94DX (DJ2MX), HB0/T94JJ (OE1EMS) and HB0/T96Q to operate from Liechtenstein between 25 January and 2 February. They will participate in the CQ WW 160 Meter CW Contest as HB0/T94DX. Before and after contest they will operate with three stations on all bands with an emphasis on 80 and 160 metres. [TNX The Daily DX] HC - Luis, EA7OC will be active (probably as HC2/EA7OC) from Ecuador on 10-27 February. His main QTH will be Guayaquil, but he may also operate from other locations in the Guayas province. QSL via EA7OC, direct or bureau. [TNX EA5KY] HI - Tibor, HA7TM will operate as HA7TM/HI9 from the QTH of HI9CF in Las Terrenas, Samana, Dominican Republic between 18 January and 2 February. He may put up a 160 metre dipole, depending on location conditions. [TNX HA0HW] HK - Girts, YL2KL reports he will operate as HK1/YL2KL from HK1AR's QTH on 10-20 February, including two SOAB HP entries in the CQ WW WPX RTTY and ARRL DX CW Contests. He plans to emphasize on 40, 80 and 160 metres. QSL via YL2KL. JA - Special event station 8J8NST will be active between 16 January and 1 February to celebrate the 61st Winter National Sports Festival in Tomakomai. QSL via the JARL bureau. [TNX VA3RJ] KG4 - Jose, N4BAA (KG4SB) and Bill, W4WV (KG4WV) will operate on 160- 6 metres all modes from Guantanamo Bay on 21-31 January. Look for KG4SB to participate in the CQ 160 Meter Contest. QSL via home calls. [TNX K1XN and The Golist] ON - Special call ON40DST will be used until 31 December to celebrate the 40th anniversary of UBA Diest section. Expect activity during "all sorts of contests", ON8JP says. QSL via ON4AMM, direct or bureau. [TNX ON8JP] PJ2 - Joe/W9JUV and Bill/W9VA will operate from the Signal Point Station (http://www.pj2t.org) on Curacao (SA-006) on 19-27 January. QSL via home calls. Jeff/K8ND will also be operating from the Signal Point Station on 23-31 January, including a single-operator entry in the CQ WW 160 Meter CW Contest. Before and after the contest he will focus on 40 and 80 metres and wil test receiving antennas on 160m. QSL PJ2/K8ND via home call (or LOTW), QSL PJ2T via N9AG (or LOTW). [TNX K8ND] SM - Special event call 8S30JC will be aired throughout 2006 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Western Blekinge County Radio Amateurs (SK7JC). QSL via bureau or direct to Vaestra Blekinge Saendareamatoerer, Aadalsvaegen 28, SE-375 33 Moerrum, Sweden. [TNX SM5LWC] V7 - Kunio, V73VE will operate (on 40, 20, 17 and 15 metres SSB and RTTY) as V73VE/p from Jaluit Atoll (OC-028), Marshall Islands on 13- 17 January. QSL via JF1OCQ. [TNX JF1OCQ] VP2V - Jim, G3RTE and Phil, G3SWH will be active as VP2V/G6AY from Anegada Island in the British Virgin Islands (NA-023) between 23 February and 1 March. Operation will be primarily CW on 80-10 metres, with some SSB and the possibility of some CW operation on 160m. They will have two 100 watt stations and they hope to be on the air as much as possible, propagation permitting. QSL via G3SWH, direct or bureau. [TNX G3SWH] VP8 - Expect activity on 40 to 10 meters from the Falkland Islands (SA-002) during the weekend, as Bob, VP8LP has got together a group of ten operators, who are going to operate a station on 13- 15 January. They will be using their own callsigns. [TNX VP8ON] VP8 - Mike, GM0HCQ reports he has rejoined the Royal Research Ship "James Clark Ross" on 11 January. She expects to leave the Falkland Islands on the 13th, and once back at sea Mike will be QRV again as VP8CMH/MM from the Antarctic waters. Check www.gm0hcq.com for regualr updates and daily pictures. QSL via GM0HCQ, direct or bureau. W - Rick, K6VVA and Mike, K9AJ are proceeding ahead with a QRV dates of 14-16 February from South East Farallon Island (NA-178) [425DXN 765]. They have new sponsors on board, with some great prizes donated for the fundraising raffle programme which will be unveiled soon. They have obtained approval to operate two stations during the daytime hours. Rick and Mike have decided to use only one callsign (K6VVA/6) during the operation. QSL via N6AWD. Bookmark http://www.k6vva.com/iota/na178 for updates. [TNX K6VVA] ZK1_sc - Olav, LA9VFA will operate SSB and digital modes as ZK1VFA from Raratonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands on 19-28 January. QSL via home call. [TNX QRZ-DX]

PACIFIC TRIP ---> Wulf/DL1AWI, Mat/DL5XU and Erik/DL9AWI will operate from the Marquesas, the Austral Islands and New Zealand as follows: 15-28 January Ua Pou, Marquesas (OC-027) 1-14 February Raivavae (OC-114), Austral Islands 17 February-2 March North Island (OC-036) They will have three transceivers, two linear amplifiers, vertical antennas and Beverages. The three plan to operate SSB and CW on 160-10 metres, and to focus on the lower bands, especially 160m. All QSLs go via DL3APO, either direct (Peter Kohde, Adolph-Menzel-Str. 2, 04157 Leipzig, Germany) or via the DARC bureau. Further information, updates and on-line logs can be found at http://www.radioklub.de/cgcg/ [TNX DL3APO]

PACIFIC TRIP ---> Three YL operators (namely Nobuko/JR6XIX, Chizue/JA1EYL and Noriko/7K3EOP) plus Yoshiki/JR6XIW will be active as KH2/homecall from Guam (OC-026) on 17-18 January. Then they will operate from Palau (OC-009) as T88AO, T88CY, T88OP and T88AI respectively on 19-22 January. [TNX VK3DYL] ______

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DAYTON HAMVENTION AWARDS ---> The Dayton Hamvention is accepting nominations for its Amateur of the Year, Special Achievement, and Technical Excellence Awards. The deadline for nominations is 20 February. Further information and nomination forms are available at http://www.hamvention.org/nominate.htm

DXCC NEWS ---> D2DX from Angola (current operation as of 15 December 2004) and KH9/W0CN from Wake Island (17-28 September 2005) have been approved for DXCC credit. [TNX NC1L]

GERMANY POSTAL RATES INCREASE ---> Axel, DL6KVA reports that effective 1 January 2006, the new postal rates from Germany to other European countries is EUR 0,70, while from Germany to destinations outside Europe is EUR 1,70. He adds that with the current exchange rate, 2 USD (= EUR 1,65) do not cover postage for outside Europe, while one IRC does.

QSL 3Y9YBA ---> Trond, LA9VDA is the new QSL manager for contacts made by Aage, 3Y9YBA (LA9YBA) from Antarctica back in 1993-94. [TNX The Daily DX]

QSL 5B4AHJ ---> Alan, 5B4AHJ (P3J) has recently moved QTH and has a new address for direct QSLs: Alan Jubb, Psathi Village, 8749 Pafos, Cyprus. He also QSLs via the bureau and LOTW.

+ SILENT KEY + Long time DXer and RTTY enthusiast Jules Freundlich, W2JGR 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 DX Notes editors (1992-2003) and he was instrumental in persuading the ARRL to establish the RTTY Honor Roll. ______

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LOGS: On-line logs, pictures and information on the recent A52CDX operations from Bhutan can be found at http://www.f5lmj.net/Bhoutan2005/a5-05en.htm ------

QSLs received direct or through managers: 3A/N0FW, 3A/N9NS, 3B8CF, 3V5A, 4K4K, 4S7AB, 4U1UN, 4X/W8HC, 4X17B, 5B/DJ7ZG, 5H9PD, 5U7JB, 5Z4DZ, 6O0CW, 6Y5/K1YCM, 8P7A, 8R1W, 9G5TF, A35YL, A6/ON5NY, A71EM, BA1RB/3, C37JPE, C6ASM (NA-080), CN2MP, CW5T, CX6VM, CY0AA, CY0MM, DX0ST (OC-175), DX0TIC (OC-207), EA9GW, EK6TA, EM1HO, ES1QD, EX2M, F5LPY/TU8, FG/K9NW, FG5FR, FK8KAB/P, FM5BH, FR1AN, FS/K9EL, H79W/YN4 (NA-228), HC1AJQ, HC1HC, HP1/WN6K, KH5/DL6FK, KH6ND/KH5, KH6ZM, KH7U/KH5, KH9/W0CN, LA6Q (EU-062), LZ9W, P29NI (OC-116), P40TA, P43JB, PJ2/WB9Z, PJ5NA, PJ7/K7ZUM, PZ5RA, SU9BN, T77C, TA1ED, TA3D, TI0SP, TI8CBT, TR8CA, TX0P, TX5M, TZ5A, TZ6CW, TZ6LF, TZ6MF, TZ6NS, TZ6RN, TZ9A, V31TG, V63JY, V6A, VK9AA, VK9CG, VK9XG, VP8DIZ, VQ9LA, VR2BG, W2W, XQ6ET, XU7AYY, XW0X, XW3DT, YI9LZ, YS1RR, YV5LIX, Z22JE, ZB2X, ZF1A, ZS1EL.

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425DXNews Home Page 21 January 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

======*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** ======Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

3V - The Lufthansa Amateur Radio Club will be active as 3V8DLH from Borj Cedria, Tunisia on 24-31 January. Plans are to operate on 6- 160 metres SSB, CW, PSK31, RTTY and SSTV. QSL via DJ3FK. On-line logs and pictures will be available on http://www.dj3fk.com/dxp/3v/3v_start.html [TNX NG3K] 5X - Shabu, 5X1RI has been active on 20-40 metres SSB and CW and will remain in Uganda through 2 February. Look for him on 7004 kHz starting at 22.30 UTC. QSL to WD4ELG. [TNX WD4ELG] 9Q - Pierre-Luc, F5HRH expects to be QRV as 9Q/F5HRH/p from the Democratic Republic of Congo on 22-28 January. QSL via home call. [TNX F5NQL] CO - The IOTA activity from Cayo Jutias (NA-093) [425DXN 765] is expected to take place on 23-29 January. Look for CO3JN/1 (PSK31), CO2WL/1 (SSB), CO3LF/1 (SSB), CO3CJ/1 (SSB), CO3VK/1 (SSB) and CO3ET/1 (CW) to operate on 15, 17, 20 and 40 metres. On 28 January thei will use a special callsign, T41JM, for the Jose Marti Day, a Cuban public holiday. All QSLs direct to IZ8EBI (http://xoomer.virgilio.it/iz8_ebi/). [TNX KP4RV] PY - Look for Rick, PY2EL/p and Wal, PY2WC/p to operate from Comprida Island (SA-024) on 26-30 January. They plan to be active on all HF bands, plus 6 metres and 144/432 MHz, on CW, SSB and digital moes. QSL via bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] S9 - Jose, CT1APE and Filipe, CT2GLO will once again be active as S92RI from Ilheu das Rolas (AF-023) on 18-28 January. Expect activity on all bands and modes. QSL via CT1APE. [TNX CT1EEB] TY - Ronald/PA3EWP, Andrea/IK1PMR, Claudia/K2LEO and Tom/GM4FDM, all of T33C fame, will operate from Benin on 15-20 March. Requested calls are TY5WP, TY1MR, TY2LEO and TY4TW respectively (they will collcet their licences upon arrival). They hope to be active on 160- 10 metres all modes, with 100 watts and maybe a linear using verticals and wires from a near beach location. Expect some activity during the BARTG RTTY Contest and maybe the WPX SSB Contest. QSL TY1MR and TY2LEO via IK1PMR, TY5WP via PA7FM and TY4TW via GM4FDM. [TNX GM4FDM] TZ - Paul Van Impe, ON7ASL will operate as TZ6PVI from Bamako, Mali this year. He expects to be active mostly on 40 metres during his evening hours. QSL via homecall or direct to ON4LN. [TNX NG3K] V3 - Martti, OH2BH (V31BH) and Pertti, OH2PM (V31PP) will be cruising in the Caribbean with their ladies to activate Belize in the ARRL DX CW (18-19 February) and SSB (4-5 March) contests as multi- operator all-bands. On the way to the Caribbean, Martti will stop over in the Azores to activate CU2A in the CQ 160-Meter CW Contest (28- 29 January). QSLs to their respective home callsigns. [TNX OH2BN] XE - XE2HWB, XE2K, XE2Q, XE2TG, N6JV and N6VR will be active as XF1K from on of the islands in the the NA-124 IOTA group on 3-5 February. They plan to have three stations up and running simultaneously on 10- 80 metres CW and SSB. QSL via N6AWD. [TNX XE2K] ______

======*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** ======Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

ANTARCTICA AWARD ---> The Award Manager (Gianni Marruccella, IZ8CGS) reports that all of the certificate requests received as of 31 December 2005 have been processed and mailed along with the complimentary map of Antarctica published by the Australian Antarctic Division [425DXN 700]. Up-to-date score tables are available at www.mdxc.org/antarctica/award.asp.

HAM RADIO BLOGS ---> Christian, DL6KAC is putting together a directory of amateur radio blogs (http://ham-blogs.net/). "I know that there exists a huge bunch of weblogs out there", he says. "I set up this website as an effort to offer a comprehensive directory of ham radio related weblogs, but to achieve this goal I need the help of the amateur radio community. So if you are a blog user, please submit your site to the webdirectory". FAQs can be found at http://www.dl6kac.de/blog/2006/ham-radio-blogs-webdirectory/

QSL 3C2MV ---> Gerry, VE6LB reports that all the bureau cards for 3C2MV have been processed and sent to the VE outgoing bureau. All special prefix cards for VE6JO, regular VE6JO and UA6U/VE6JO cards have been cleared as well. If you do not get your cards for any VE6JO operation, please resubmit to VE6LB at the qrz.com address.

QSL 6W7/F8PDR ---> Benoit, F8PDR reports that all direct cards received through 14 January have been processed and mailed. Some 3,000 QSLs have been sent to the REF bureau. [TNX F5NQL]

QSL KG4SB ---> Jose Castillo, N4BAA reports that he now has a QSL manager to assist him. QSLs for all 2006 KG4SB contacts can go to N4BAA himself or via EA7JX, either QSL route will be good.

QSL S79RRC ---> QSLs for S79RRC/A, S79RRC/F, S79EC, and S79NAN should now go to RZ3EC, as K8SIX and VE6VK have run out of cards. [TNX IK3QAR]

QSL XE1/DL6KAC ---> Christian, DL6KAC has been notified that so far quite some pile has accumulated in Germany. Please be patient as he will not be able to respond to these QSLs until he returns to Germany in March. He hopes to mail out the first cards around May. [TNX DL6KAC]

QSL YE7P ---> Al Bailey, K8SIX is no longer able to confirm contacts made by North American stations with YE7P (OC-269) in September 2005. Those who still need a direct card should send their request to YB1TC (P.O. Box 151 BMD, Serpong 15330, Indonesia). [TNX YB1TC]

QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Diego, IZ0EWJ offers his services to stations in needing a QSL manager. He can be contacted at [email protected]

WRTC 2006 REFEREES ---> The 47 selected Referees for the World Radiosport Team Championship to be held in July (http://www.wrtc2006.com/) are: DJ2YA, DJ6QT, DK2OY, DL6LAU, EY8MM, G3LZQ, G3XTT, G4BWP, G5LP, GM4AFF, HA3NU, I4UFH, IV3TAN, JH4RHF, JK3GAD, K1CC, K1KI, K2LE, K2SX, K3NA, K8NZ, K9JF, KC1F, KC7V, N2AA, N2GA, N3AD, N6CW, NF4A, OH2KI, PY2YP, PY8AZT, S50R, S56A, SM3CER, SM3DMP, TG9AJR, UA3AB, UA6HZ, VE3DZ, VE7AHA, VE7SV, W0GJ, W4OI, W6OAT, W6UM and WX0B. They have been selected by Committee vote, taking into account all-round contesting-skills (both SSB and CW), contesting-career, previous WRTC-experience and application-date. This list may change if any selected Referees become Competitors, either as Team-Captains, or Team-Mates, or Multi-Single/Multi-National participants. Therefore there is also a list of Back-Up Referees (namely DL2OBF, HA6ND, K0TG, LY2TA, PY2NY, RA9AB, SP9W, YO3CTK and YU1LA) who will be asked to replace Drop-Outs. [TNX PY5EG] ______

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======CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER ======4A7L WA3HUP FR5EZ/3B9 F8CHM P49T W3BTX 4K5D K2PF FY/F5IRO F5KIN R1ANN RZ3DJ 4K9W DL6KVA GU0VNK DJ8NK R1RDM UA1RJ 4KR60S 4K4K HA200CVM HA0NAR R1SNG UA1RJ 4L0ABC K3PD HZ1IK DK7YY S79GRE DL9GRE 4L0G K3PD II0IP IQ0VT (d) S9SS N4JR 4L1FP LZ1OT II0IP IZ0EAC (e) ST/ZS5ADU ZS5ADU 4L2M K3PD II1TPG IZ1CCE ST2LA K3LA 4N150AA YT1AA II2F IW2MVS SU9HP SM0CFO 4N1856T YU1BM IO1ALP bureau T30HC DL9HCU 5R8FL G3SWH IO1ALP I1JQJ (e) T88AQ JH6WDG 5R8HL SM1ALH IO1BIA bureau T88CM JA6CM 5T0WF ON6WFO IO1BIA I1JQJ (e) T88CY JA1EYL 5T5T pirate IO1BOB bureau T88ME 7N1RTO 6O0N I2YSB IO1BOB I1JQJ (e) T88OP 7K3EOP 6W/HA3AUI HA3AUI IO1CRO bureau T88SM JA6EGL 7S2AT SK2AT IO1CRO I1JQJ (e) TF3ZA KT6YL 8P9NX W0SA IO1CUR bureau TR8CR F8EN 9A150NT 9A6AA IO1CUR I1JQJ (e) UE1QSK UA1RJ 9A650C 9A7K IO1FRE bureau UE1RDM UA1RJ 9G1YK PA3ERA IO1FRE I1JQJ (e) UN7AB DL8KAC 9G5OO DL4WK IO1FSK bureau UN8GU IZ8CCW 9J2BO G3TEV IO1FSK I1JQJ (e) V25G G4OOC 9M2MRS PA0RRS IO1JUM bureau V25OHX G4OHX A6/OD5TX W4JS IO1JUM I1JQJ (e) V26VR G4OOC A6/UT5UDX UT2UB IO1LUG bureau V31JP KA9WON A61Q EA7FTR IO1LUG I1JQJ (e) V31JZ/P NN7A A71CT EA7FTR IO1NOR bureau V31YN DJ4KW CE0Z CE3BSQ (a) IO1NOR I1JQJ (e) V44KJ WB2TSL CE0Z F6AJA (b) IO1SHO bureau V73VE/P JF1OCQ CE0Z N2OO (c) IO1SHO I1JQJ (e) V8FBO G0KBO CN8SG EA7FTR IO1SKE bureau V8FBR G0KBO (e) CO6LPB EA7FTR IO1SKE I1JQJ (e) V8FBR RN6BR (d) CO8LY EA7ADH IO1SPE bureau V8FVV G0KBO (e) CX9AU KA5TUF IO1SPE I1JQJ (e) V8FVV UA6AF (d) D2DX OH2BAD J3/DL3VFN DL3VFN VP8AIB VP8LP DP5P DL3JJ JW0IC RV1CC VQ9JC ND9M DP5Z DL6GV JW5E LA5NM W4FDX W2NDP DT0HF HL2FDW JW5NM LA5NM XU7ACY K2NJ DU6BG K6BG JW9VDA LA9VDA YT150T YU1FJK DU9/N0NM W4DR KP4SQ W3HNK YU150AU YU7AU EK6LP IK2DUW LU1ZI LU4DXU YU150BM YU1BM EK6TA DJ0MCZ LU8XW WD9EWK YU7TESLA YU7BPQ EL2PM EI5IF LX8DL LX1DA YV5ANF EA7FTR EW6GF DL8KAC LZ50KSB LZ2SX YZ150AA YZ1AA EY8CQ DJ1MM MJ/PA3GIO/P PA3GIO Z21GC K3PD FK8HW VK4FW MM0XAU DJ6AU ZB2/G3TXF G3TXF FO/DL5XU DL3APO MU0EXV F6EXV ZF2DS W3WKP FR5EZ F8CHM ON40DST ON4AMM ZF2ZL W8ERI

(a) Central and South America (b) Europe and Africa (c) North America, Japan and others (d) bureau (e) direct ______

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5B4AHJ Alan Jubb, Psathi Village, 8749 Pafos, Cyprus 5Z4ES Enrico Li Perni, P.O. Box 39256-00623, Nairobi. Kenya CE3BSQ Radioclub Manquehue, P.O. Box 27064, Santiago, Chile DL3APO Peter Kohde, Adolph-Menzel-Str. 2, 04157 Leipzig, Germany EI5IF Patrick Molloy, 71 Bannow Road, Cabra West, Dublin 7, Ireland F6AJA Jean-Michel Duthilleul, 515 Rue du Petit Hem, 59870 Bouvignies, France G0KBO Vladislav Kravchenko, Post Restante, Royal Mail, Lampeter, SA48 7DZ, Wales, UK I2YSB Silvano Borsa, Vle Capettini 1, 27036 Mortara - MI, Italy KG4WW Bill Walker, USNH GITMO, Box 4, FPO AE 09589, USA LA9VDA Trond Johannessen, Helgedalen 13, N-1528 Moss, Norway N2OO Robert W. Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087, USA NN7A Art Phillips, P.O. Box 201, Flagstaff, AZ 86002, USA PA0RRS Richard Smeets, Schoorveken 100, 5121 NM Rijen, The Netherlands UA1RJ Yuri Sinitso, Box 10, Vologda, 160000, Russia 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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425DXNews Home Page 28 January 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

======*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** ======Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

3B8 - Jurgen, DJ5HD will operate (on 10-80 metres CW and SSB) as 3B8/DJ5HD from Mauritius Island (AF-049) on 3-15 February. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] 9G - Alan, G3XAQ will be active as 9G5XA from Accra, Ghana from 27 January to 6 February. He will operate CW on the HF bands using 100W and a doublet. QSL via G3SWH. [TNX G3XAQ] 9M6 - Steve, 9M6DXX will be active as 9M6DXX/P from Pulau Gaya (OC- 133) on 18-19 March (approximately from 5 UTC on the 18th until 6 UTC on the 19th). QSL direct only to Steve Telenius-Lowe, WDT 527, 88905 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia (please note that there is no functioning QSL bureau in East Malaysia, that old-type IRCs are no longer exchangeable and that cards sent via G4JVG will now not be received, as mail is no longer being forwarded from Steve's old address in England). [TNX 9M6DXX] 9V - The Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society (SARTS) has been issued the callsign S65X for use in contests. They will start using this call in the PACC Contest (11-12 February: if time permits, they will make some QSOs with stations outside The Netherlands during that weekend). Expect this call to be aired later in the year during international contests as well. QSL via PA0KHS (Henk van Hensbergen, Smaragdstraat 53, 6534 WN Nijmegen, The Netherlands). [TNX 9V1CW] CE - Marco, CE6TBN and Mario, CE6NE plan to operate SSB and CW as CE5S from Santa Maria Island (SA-070) on 7-10 February. QSL via CE6NE. [TNX CE6NE] CT3 - Rosel, DL3KWR and Hardy, DL3KWF will be active again as CT3/DL3KWR and CT3/DL3KWF from Madeira (AF-014) on 9-23 March. They plan to operate mostly CW and on the WARC bands. QSL via home calls. E- mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to [email protected] or [email protected] respectively. Their web site is at http://www.mydarc.de/dl3kwr [TNX DL3KWF] FG - Jacques, F6HMJ will operate (on 10-80 metres CW, SSB and RTTY) as TO2FG from Guadeloupe (NA-102) from 3 February to 7 March. Between 17 February and 3 March he expects to use TO2ANT for the Antarctica Activity Week. Jacques will also try to be active from La Desirade Island. QSL via F6HMJ. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX] FH & FR - Nigel, G3TXF will be active as FH/G3TXF from Mayotte (AF-027) on 28-31 January and as FR/G3TXF from Reunion (AF-016) on 1- 5 February. He will operate on 10-40 metres CW only. QSL via G3TXF, direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to [email protected]). FO_mar - Suggested frequencies for HA9RE's operation from the Marquesas Islands, which is due to start on 28 January [425DXN 765], are: 1815,5/1831,5, 3507/3511, 7007, 10117, 14040, 18084, 21040, 24914 and 28040 (CW); 3789, 7047, 14240, 18114, 21255, 24940 and 28440 (SSB); 14075, 21100 and 28075 (RTTY). Ely will operate as either FO/HG9G or with a special call issued by the local authorities. QSL direct only to HA8IB (a return postage of USD 2 is required). Steve, HA0DU will keep a regular sked with Ely while he is in French Polynesia; information and requests can be sent to [email protected]. [TNX HA8IB and HA0DU] HI - Dennis, K7BV, will operate as HI3TEJ in the ARRL DX CW Contest (18-19 February) from the HI3CCP mountaintop QTH (http://www.lomadeltoro.com/). Look for H3I/K7BV to be used outside contest. QSL HI3TEJ via ON4IQ, QSL HI3/K7BV via home call. [TNX K7BV] I - Special station II1TPG (the official amateur radio station for the IX Paralympic Winter Games) is active now through 31 March. QSL via IZ1CCE, direct or bureau. Information on the "Torino 2006 Paralympic Games Award" can be found at http://www.ii1tpg.it/eng/diploma/index.html [TNX IZ1CCE] I - The Mediterraneo DX Club's worldwide membership is growing. To celebrate the 300th member mark the club organizes the second MDXC Members Trophy, which will take place on 3-5 February. The MDXC HQ station IR8M plus several special event stations are expected to participate in the event: 3V8MDC, 4M5MDC, 4X0MDC, 9A0MDC, ED3MDC, ED8MDC, HG06MDC, IF9MDC, II0MDC, II7MDC, II8MDC, IO0MDC, IO1MDC, IO6MDC, IO8MDC, IR0MDC, IR2MDC, IR3MDC, IR5MDC, IR6MDC, IR8MDC, IR9MDC, IU9MDC, IX1MDC, SU8MDC, YB3ZMD, YE0MDC, YE3ZMD. All of the QSOs made with these stations will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. Direct requests should be sent to the Members Trophy Manager, Corrado Ruscica (IT9DAA). Information on the event and the relevant award can be found at http://www.mdxc.org/trophy.asp I - Carlo/IZ1GCZ (SSB), Sergio/IW1FSQ (SSB), Vincenzo/IK1DYS (CW) and Marco/IZ1BVO (CW) will operate on 80, 40, 20, 17 and 15 metres as IX1CNR from the National Research Council's weather station at Plateau Rosa (Mount Cervino, 3580m a.s.l.) on 3-5, 10-12, 17-19 or 24-26 February depending on weather. QSL via IZ1GCZ. Pictures can be found at http://www.iz1gcz.com/ix1cnr.htm [TNX IW1FGZ] I - Alessandro, IW7EGK (40 metres SSB) and Giovanni, IW7DOL (20 metres SSB) will operate from the lighthouse at Punta Palascia (WAIL PU-005, ARLHS ITA-137) on 5 February. [TNX IW7EGK] J3 - Bill, VE3EBN will operate (on 10-40 metres RTTY, PSK, SSB and CW) as J37LR from Grenada from 1 February to 5 April. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K] JW - Francois, F8DVD will be active for the tenth time from the Arctic in March. Look for him to operate as JW/F8DVD from the Longyearbyen ARC on Spitsbergen Island (EU-026), Svalbard on 24-31 March. He plans to be active on all HF bands CW and SSB, and to participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest on 20 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL] KP2 - Joe/W8GEX, John/WZ8D and Janet/KD8CGN will be on St. Croix, Virgin Islands until 31 January. Look for W8GEX/KP2 and WZ8D/KP2 on 160- 6 metres CW, SSB and PSK, plus 60 metres. John also plans to participate in the CQ WW 160M CW Contest. QSL durect to home calls. [TNX WZ8D and NG3K] LU - Chris, G0HFX and Jan, G0BBL plan operate mostly CW as LU/homecall from Tierra del Fuego (SA-008), Argentina on 3-13 February. Between 13 February and 6 March they will visit various islands in the South Shetlands (AN-010), and plans are to operate as either LU/homecall or with a VP8 callsign. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX] P4 - Paolo, I2UIY will participate in either the CQ WW WPX RTTY (11- 12 February) and ARRL DX CW (18-19 February) contests as P40G from Aruba (http://www.i2uiy.it/p40g.html). He will be on the island from 8 to 20 February. QSL via I2EOW. PJ4 - John, K4BAI and Jeff, KU8E will be active as PJ4/homecall from Bonaire (SA-006) on 14-21 February. They will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as PJ4R (QSL via K4BAI). [TNX KU8E] T7 - From 1 June 1921 through 2 February 1936 a detachment of twenty "Carabinieri" were on duty in San Marino until the constitution of the local police force. COTA (Carabinieri On The Air, http://www.cota.cc) and ARRSM (the local IARU society) will operate CW and SSB as T7COTA and T70A from San Marino on 3-5 February to celebrate the event of 60 years ago. QSL T7COTA via IZ8DDG, QSL T70A direct. [TNX IZ6FUQ] TY - The web pages for the 15-30 March DXpedition to Benin by PA3EWP, IK1PMR, K2LEO and GM4FDM can be found at http://www.ik1pmr.com/dx-peditions/ty/ . There are plans to be active either as a team or as individuals in the BARTG RTTY Contest during the first weekend. [TNX GM4FDM] UR - Paul, UT1KY will operate as EM10KY from Ukraine on 3-12 February to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Akademik Vernadsky Station (previously British Station F - Faraday, transferred to Ukraine on 6 February 1996). QSL via IK1QFM, direct or bureau. [TNX I1HYW] VU4 - DL7DF, DK1BT, SP3DOI, SP3GEM, SP3CCY and maybe DL7UFR will attend the Hamfest in the Andaman Islands on 18-20 April [425DXN 765] and have applied for all necessary permissions and visa in order to operate from there. "We got an official statement that licenses will be available for the period of April 18 and May 17, 2006", Sigi, DL7DF says. "However we don't know yet which callsign(s) will be used". They plan to have three transceivers, two linears and various antennas, and to be heading to VU4 on 15 April. Sigi's web site is at http://www.dl7df.com/ YB - YC6JKV, YB6LYS, YB6PLG, YB1BOD and YC6LAY will be active from Nias Island (OC-161) between 20 and 27 April. They plan to operate for five days on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 6 metres SSB and CW, running barefoot and using homebrew directional antennas for each band. Details on Nias Island and the operation can be found at http://www.toba-dx-group.org/nias/; contributions will be gratefully accepted (please contact Agus, YC6JKV at [email protected]). QSL via JN6RZM (Shuji Yamamoto, 2-23-24-402 Nishijin Sawara, Fukuoka 814-0002, Japan). [TNX JN6RZM] ZS - During 2005, Durban was selected as the venue for the first A1 Grand Prix event to be hosted in South Africa. The Highway Amateur Radio Club (http://www.harc.org.za) will be operating a special event station, using the callsign ZS5A1GP, for the weekend of the A1GP (27-29 January). QSL to Highway Amateur Radio Club, P.O. Box 779, New Germany, 3620, South Africa. [TNX NJ1Q and ZS5BBO]

PACIFIC TRIP ---> Bob, W7YAQ and Bill, N7OU will operate from the South Pacific as follows: 16-24 February Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands, as ZK1YAQ and ZK1NOU 26-28 February Nadi, Fiji (OC-016) as 3D2NB and 3D2OU 1-10 March Rotuma (OC-060) as 3D2RX and 3D2RO 11-13 March Nadi, Fiji (OC-016) as 3D2NB and 3D2OU Activity will be on 80-10 metres mainly CW, with some RTTY and SSB. They will participate in either the ARRL DX CW (18-19 February) and ARRL DX SSB (4-5 March) contests as Multi-Single entries (ZK1NOU and 3D2RX respectively). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. E-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to [email protected] or [email protected] as appropriate. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]

ANTARCTIC ACTIVITY WEEK ---> The Worldwide Antarctic Program has announced that the third Antarctic Activity Week will be held from 20 through 26 February. The aim of this annual event is to promote worlwide interest in the Antarctic continent; stations operating from the various Antarctic bases, as well as special event stations from the rest of the world, are expected to take part in the AAW. Announced special calls include 4O3ANT, AT3ANT, II0ANT, II1ANT, II2ANT, II4ANT, II5ANT, II7ANT, II8ANT, IO2MET, IO6ANT, IO8ANT, IO0ANT, IR0ANT, IR1ANT, IR8ANT, IU0ANT, TM0TAF, TM1ANT, TM2ANT, TM3ANT, TM4ANT, TM5ANT, TM6ANT, TM7ANT, TM8ANT, TM8TAF, TM9ANT, TM0ANT, TO2ANT and UE6ANT. QSL via operator's instructions. Full information on the AAW is available at http://www.ddxc.net/wap. ARI Cassino (http://digilander.libero.it/aricassino) is launching the new WAP A.S.E.A. (Antarctic Special Event Award) for working these and other special event stations. [TNX I1HYW]

CQ WW 160M CW ---> The following stations have announced their participation in this year's contest (28-29 January): 4X - Alex, 4Z5KJ as 4Z5J from Israel. QSL via W0MM. CU - Martti, OH2BH as CU2A from the Azores. QSL via home call. HB0 - T93M, T93Y, T94DX (DJ2MX) and T94JJ (OE1EMS) as HB0/T94DX from Liechtenstein. 6O - I1HJT, I2YSB and IK2CIO as 6O0N from Somalia. QSL via I2YSB. 9N - Stig/LA7JO and Pop/YU7EF as 9N7JO from Nepal. QSL via qrz.com. GD - G3NKC, G4MJS, G4XUM and M0BEW as MD4K from the Isle of Man. QSL via G3NKC. GJ - Richard, K2WR as GJ2A from Jersey. QSL via K2WR (USA) or GJ3DVC (others). HB0 - T93M, T93Y, T94DX, T94JJ and T96Q as HB0/T94DX from Liechtenstein. HS - Ian, HS0ZGL (G3TMA) as Single Operator Low Power. The Thai band goes only from 1.8 to 1.825 MHz. QSL via HS0ZGL. KP4 - Alfredo, WP3C as Single Operator High Power from NP4A's station. QSL via W3HNK. LX - DL4SDW, DL8SCG and LX2AJ as LX7I from Luxembourg. QSL via LX2AJ. OH0 - OH9MM as OH0Z (QSL via W0MM) and OH2BYS as OH0L (QSL via OH2BYS) from the Aland Islands. PJ2 - K8ND as PJ2T (SOHP) from Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. QSL via N9AG. SP - Kaz, SP2FAX as SN2B. QSL via SP2PI. SV9 - Tomas, LY1DF as J49W from Crete. QSL via bureau to LY1DF. VQ9 - Larry, VQ9LA from Diego Garcia, Chagos. QSL direct to the address at qrz.com ZL - ZL2BSJ, ZL1AZE and others as ZL6QH. QSL via bureau or ZL2AOH. Brian, ZL1AZE says that "the presence of a local GPS differential correction system on 1818 kHz means that we are unable to copy weak signals between 1816 and 1820 kHz".

Do not forget to give a look to the list maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cq160c2006.html ______

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QSL JT1CS ---> Effective 20 January, the new QSL route is direct to Bat-Erdene Zevgee, P.O. Box 125, Ulaanbaatar-37, Mongolia. [TNX JT1CS]

QSL LA1IOTA ---> Rag, LA6FJA reports that the QSL cards for the July 2005 operation from EU-079 have been sent to the NRRL outgoing QSL bureau. He also would like to remind readers that the QSL route for DU1/KI4KJP is via WY4N, while KM3X handles LA6FJA's cards for North America.

QSL WL7M ---> Cards for contacts made with WL7M from May 1995 through May 2003 should be sent to Joe, WD0M (formerly WL7M). Please note that the callsign has been reissued to John Pfeifer, and cards for contacts made after May 2003 should be sent to the new licence holder. [TNX WD0M].

QSL VIA DJ1CW ---> Effective 1 January 2006, Dmitri, DJ1CW is the new QSL manager for EK3SA and 4L8A. He also handles the QSL cards for 4L1FX, 4L1DX and 4J8DX.

QSL VIA G3SWH ---> Phil Whitchurch, G3SWH has taken over the QSLing duties for 9G5XA and 3C5XA with immediate effect. He has copies of all the past logs and is awaiting delivery of cards from the operator (G3XAQ). Direct requests with SAE and adequate return postage is preferred, but bureau cards will also be processed.

+ SILENT KEY - Charles Mellen, W1FH passed away on 21 January at 92 years of age. First licenced in 1930, in 1947 he was the first to obtain DXCC on both Mixed and Phone after the beginning of post war DXCC. [TNX The Daily DX] ______

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5H1C: Updates and pictures of the current 5H1C operation from Zanzibar Island can be found at http://5h1c.free.fr/flash_uk.html DX COINS: DXCoins will mint a coin for all 335 DXCC Entities, starting with Peter I. A substantial percentage of each sale will be donated to the 3Y0X team to offset the most expensive DXpedition in history. Details can be found at www.dxcoins.com [TNX K7CO] HB0: The website for the current activity by the T9 team from Liechtenstein [425DXN 767] is up and running at http://www.t93y.com/hb0. On-line logs and pictures will be available after the operation. NA-178: The full-blown "official" website for the 14-16 February K6VVA/6 expedition to the Farallon Islands is now up and running at http://www.k6vva.com/iota/na178. It includes lots of very interesting information on this most wanted IOTA group (see "About NA-178") and this long awaited activation (see "Operational Info"). This operation is extremely expensive, and full details on the raffle organized in order to assist fundraising can be found at http://www.k6vva.com/iota/na178/qsl.html#raffle ST0RM: The web site for ST0RM (http://www.t93y.com/st0rm) has been updated with several new sections. [TNX T93Y] ------

QSLs received direct or through managers: 3A/K4ZLE, 3W2ER, 4K9W, 4L3Y, 4S7PAG (AS-171), 4U60UN, 4Z5LA/P (AS-100), 5T0ID/M, 6Y0A, 7X0RY, 8P1A, 8P9NX, 9J2BO, 9N7JO, 9V1RH, CO8DM, CU8/IZ5CML (EU-089), CX1AV, CX7AF, DU1/IV3IYH (OC-090 and OC-128), DU9/IV3IYH (OC-235), DX0ST (OC-175), DX0TIC (OC-207), ET3TK, EU2MM, FR1AN, FY5KE, H79W/YN4 (NA-228), HB0/DL2OBO/p, HK0FD, IS0N, IS0SDX, J6/G3TBK, J88DR, K7C, K9AJ/VY0 (NA-225), KG4NW, KP4BME, LO2F, LU1FAM, LU1ZB (AN-012; AA LU-05), LU1ZR (AN-013; AA LU-12), LU1ZS (AN-010; AA LU-17), LU8XW NP2/W9UI, PJ2T, R1ANN (AN-016; AA UA-08), R1MVC, RA3NN/1 (EU-119 and EU-162) RA3XR/0 (AS-005), RK6AM/P (EU-185), RU3HD/ANT (AN-016; AA UA-08), S79RRC/A, S79RRC/F, S9SS, ST0RM, SU8BHI, SV2ASP/A, T32CK, TF8GX, TO7C (SA-020), TZ6CW, TZ6JA, TZ6MF, TZ6NS, V26G, V47NS, V51KC, V73VE (OC-029), VP2EAZ, VP8LP, VP9/K0ARY, VP9/K1XM, VR2MY, XW3DT, YI/KE6TNN, YS3/I2JIN, Z22JE, Z24S, ZC4LI, ZD8A, ZL5CP (AN-011).

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3Y_p1 - The 3X0Y team departed Punta Arenas on 1 February. They stopped on King George Island (South Shetlands), boarded the "DAP Mares" and set sail at 1 UTC on 2 February. The voyage to Peter I should take three days and a half; it is possible they arrive around midday (UTC) on 5 February and get on the air on the 7th. The team is signing XR9A/mm during their voyage. QSL via N2OO. Bookmark www.peterone.com for updates, on-line logs, pictures, etc. 9A - The Croatian DX Club (9A1A) is celebrating its 15th anniversary and will be active as 9A15DX now through 31 December. [TNX 9A9A] C6 - Ivars, KC4PX will participate in the CQ WW WPX RTTY Contest (11- 12 February) as C6APX from Nassau (NA-001), Bahamas. Expect him to operate on 15, 20 and 40 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K] F - Special callsigns TM0TAF (QSL via F4TTR) and TM8TAF (QSL via F8BBL) will be aired on 11-25 and 13-23 February respectively for the Antarctic Activity Week [425DXN 769]. The suffix TAF stands for Terres Australes Francaises (French Austral Territories), but these calls will be used from France. [TNX F5NQL] FT*W - FT5WL is the callsign issued to Gildas, TU5KG (FT5XP) for his activity from Crozet [425DXN 767]. Gildas is on a fishing boat and expects to be sailing in the Crozet area until early March. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX] I - ARI Torino members will operate as II1OWG from 10 through 26 February during the XX Olympic Winter Games. All of the contacts will confirmed automatically via the bureau, direct cards should be sent to I1JQJ. Full information on the Torino 2006 Award can be found at http://www.ari-r1.it/torino2006 I_ant - Carlo, IK5DHM (II0AMZS and IK5DHM/ANT) will leave Mario Zucchelli Station, Antarctica in late February [425DXN 757]. He plans to operate as IK5DHM/MM from the M/V "Italica" on his way back to New Zealand. QSL via IK5VLO, direct or bureau. Pictures can be found at http://www.arimpt.org/ [TNX I1HYW] J7 - Look for K5KG (J75KG), KK9K (J79RV), WI9WI (J79WI), W4IX (J79XX) and K1XX (J79IX) to be active from Dominica on 11-21 February, including an entry as J7OJ in the ARRL DX CW Contest. QSL J75KG, J7OJ and J79IX via KU9C; others via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] JT - Naran, JT1BV/JV800BV reports that amateur radio operators from Mongolia have been authorized to replace their prefix with JV800 for the rest of the year to commemorate the 800th anniversary of Mongolian statehood initiated by Chinggis Khan in 1206. [TNX NG3K] OH0 - Nine operators from Finland (namely OH2NAK, OH3BHL, OH6GAZ, OH6HJE, OH6HZH, OH6KTS, OH6OKSA, OH9MDV and OH9MM) will participate in the CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest (11-12 February) as OH0Z from the Aland Islands (EU-002). Theirs will be either a Multi-2 or a Multi- Multi entry. QSL via W0MM. [TNX NG3K] P2 - Jerry Walker (P29ZAD), Norm Beasley (P29NB), Tommy Logan (P29TL) and Peter Holliday (P29KPH) will be active on 80-6 metres as P29K from Kranket Island (OC-258) on 17-20 March. QSL via LZ1JZ. Further information can be found at http://P29K.blogspot.com [TNX P29ZAD] TZ - Jack, F6BUM (http://www.f6bum.net) will operate CW and SSB as TZ3M from Mali on 10-27 February. QSL via F6CXJ. Jack reports that Chris, TZ9A will remain in the country for another three months. UA_ant - Vlady, R1ANN (RU3HD/ANT) will be leaving Novolazarevskaya Base, Antarctica [425DXN 762] on 15 February and board the M/V "Akademik Fedorov". During the voyage to Cape Town, South Africa he might operate as R1ANN/MM and RU3HD/MM. QSL via RZ3DJ. [TNX I1HYW] UN - Franco, IZ2HAN will operate from the KPO International Club Station UN7MWU at Aksai, Kazakhstan on 5 February. Look for him around 14200 kHz between 13 and 14 UTC. [TNX IK2SGV] UR - Four other special calls will be aired from Ukraine on 3- 12 February to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Akademik Vernadsky Station [425DXN 769]: EM10UA (QSL via UT7UA), EM10LV (QSL via UR8LV), EM10HO (QSL via UX2HO) and EM10KGG (QSL via UR5KGG). [TNX I1HYW] VP8_ant - Mike, VP8DJB was supposed to leave Rothera Station [425DXN 758] on 31 January for a one week stay at Station KG - Fossil Bluff (G- 19 for the Antarctica Award) on Alexander Island (AN-018), Antarctica. Mike hopes to be able to operate on the amateur radio bands in his limited spare time; he says he will try and join the DX Nets on 14290/7093 if he is there during the weekend. QSL via F5PFP. Mike's Antarctic blog can be found at http://www.randominformation.co.uk/writings/index.php VU_ant - Bhagwati, VU3BPZ will be leaving Maitri Base, Antarctica in a few days' time. Expect him to be signing VU3BPZ/MM from the M/V "Paardeberg" on his way back home via South Africa. QSL via VU3MKE. [TNX I1HYW] YB - Kardi, YB1TC and his team of YE7P fame are planning to operate as YE6P from Simeulue Island (OC-NEW) on 12-16 April. Further information is expected in due course. Those who are willing to contribute towards the costs of this operation are encouraged to contact Kardi ([email protected]) for details. [TNX YB1TC] ______

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425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (January 2006) is now available in .pdf format at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/. Articles and pictures should be sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA ([email protected]).

DXCC NEWS ---> The following operation has been approved for DXCC credit: YI9VCQ (Iraq), from 30 November 2004 through 5 November 2005. [TNX NC1L]

MOST WANTED SURVEY ---> The DX Magazine's (http://www.dxpub.com) annual Most Wanted Survey was conducted in September-October 2005 [425DXN 749]. The top 20 Most Wanted DXCC Entities are Scarborough Reef, Lakshadweep Islands, North Korea, Peter I Island, Yemen, Navassa Island, Desecheo Island, Bouvet Island, Glorioso Islands, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Kure Island, Prince Edward & Marion Islands, Heard Island, Crozet Islands, St. Paul & Amsterdam Islands, Mount Athos, South Orkney Islands, Kermadec Islands, Willis Island, South Sandwich Islands.

QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Corrado Ruscica, IT9DAA is willing to offer his services to stations in need. He can be contacted at [email protected]

WRTC ---> In order to honour the organizing committees of all WRTC events, the WRTC-2006 Selection Criteria calls for five team leaders to be selected by the organizing committees of the five WRTC events. The criteria specify that the teams will be selected by the National Societies in the host countries. Since two WRTC events have been held in the United States, the ARRL was asked to select two teams. To maximize the honour, the two groups that organized the first and second WRTC events were asked by the ARRL to choose team captains and teammates. From the organization involved in the first-ever WRTC, Seattle in 1990, Western Washington DX Club President Denny Bowman, W7SNH has announced the selection of Ward Silver, N0AX as their Team Captain. Ward has in turn selected Chris Hurlbut, KL9A as his teammate. From the organization that hosted the second WRTC in the Bay Area in 1996, The Northern California Contest Club has selected Dean Straw, N6BV as Team Captain. Dean's selection for teammate is Mark Obermann, AG9A. [Released by Dave Sumner, K1ZZ, ARRL Chief Executive Officer]

+ SILENT KEY + Russ, VE6VK reports that Bill Spars, WA9FXH passed away on 11 January at 88 years of age. He was a very keen DXer and active in the US and Canadian Islands programmes, as well as IOTA. ______

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DX CALENDAR: An interactive DX Calendar based on "425 DX News" is available at http://www.dxwatch.com/ (a webcluster with an extensive range of filters plus a customized dxcluster spot delivering service). DX SPOTS: Rod Elliott, VE3UW has collected the DX spots from the OH2AQ Web Cluster since January 1997. The collection - from January 1997 up to January 2006 - is available at www.425dxn.org/dxspots/, as well the software (DXINFO v2.0) which will enable you to handle the files (instructions at the URL above). HOLYLAND CONTEST: The Holyland DX Contest 2005 results can be found on the IARC web site at http://www.iarc.org. This years' event will be held on 15 April (00.00-23.59 UTC). [TNX 4Z4KX] LOGS: On-line logs for 9A150NT are available at http://www.hamradio.hr/9a150nt; information on this special event station can be found at http://www.inet.hr/9a6aa/9a150nt.htm [TNX 9A6AA] LOGS: On-line logs for TU5KG's last activity from Gabon as TR8CR are now available at http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr [TNX F6AJA] QSL GALLERY: The large collection of QSL cards (3100+) on Les Nouvelle DX's web site has been updated. Eight different galleries include cards for each of the 58 deleted DXCC entities (600+ QSLs), the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (100+ QSLs), obsolete prefixes (1200+ QSLs), Antarctic bases (500+ QSLs) & TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises, 200+ QSLs), pre-1945 countries (200+ QSLs) and French Departments, US 48 States before 1945. Several cards are still needed and your participation is welcome - please visit http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr and send 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 send your scores, as well as any request for further information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW ([email protected]) ______

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======CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER ======3V8DLH DJ3FK ED8CSF EC8AUA LW2DFH EA5KB 3V8MDC IT9DAA ED8MDC IT9DAA LZ13ARDF LZ1ZF 3W2TXR JA2TXR EK3SA DJ1CW MD4K G3NKC 4A7L WA3HUP EM10HO UX2HO MU0EXV F6EXV 4K0VB UA4WHX EM10KGG UR5KGG OH0L OH2BYS 4L0B UA4WHX EM10KY IK1QFM OZ0MF/LH DH1LAO 4L6VV UA6EZ EM10LV UR8LV P40LE K2LE 4L8A DJ1CW EM10UA UT7UA PJ2T N9AG 4M5DX IT9DAA EW6GF DL8KAC PJ5NA K1NA 4S7AVG JA3AVO FH/G3TXF G3TXF PY0S/PS7JN PS7JN 4S7GGG JA3ART FK8GJ F6CXJ S79GRE DL9GRE 4S7LSG JH3LSS FO/DL5XU DL3APO S79HP DL2NUD 4S7QHG JR3QHQ FO/DL9AWI DL3APO S92RI CT1APE 4S7RO/6Y5 DJ9ZB FO/HG9G HA8IB S9SS N4JR 4S7TAG JA3TJA FR1AN N5FTR SN2B SP2PI 4S7UJG JA3UJR GB0SUB G0VIX ST0RM T93Y 4X0MDC IT9DAA GJ2A GJ3DVC (a) SU8MDC IT9DAA 4Z5J W0MM GJ2A K2WR (b) SX8BBC SV8CYR 5B4AIA UA6MF GU0VNK DJ8NK T41JM IZ8EBI 5H1C F5TVG HB0/T93M DJ2MX T70COTA IZ8DDG 5T0JL ON8RA HB0/T93Y T93Y TM0C F6KOP 5W1VE DL9HCU HB0/T94DX DJ2MX TO2FG F6HMJ 5X1RI WD4ELG HB0/T94JJ DJ2MX TR8CA F6CBC 6O0N I2YSB HB0/T96Q T93Y TT8PK F4EGS 7Q7VB UA4WHX HC1HC NE8Z TU5JD IK2IQD 7X0RY OK1DYW HC2SL EA5KB TZ6PVI ON4LN (c) 8P9NX W0SA HG06MDC IT9DAA TZ6PVI ON7ASL (d) 8Q7IS JA3JTA HK6PSG EA5OL UE15UWC RW0UM 8Q7KE JA3ART HP1BYS EA5KB UE3RAA RK3RWA 8Q7NM JA3AVO HR2/KC4CD N4AA UK8OAH IK2QPR 8Q7SK JA3ATJ HS0ZDJ W2YR UN5A DL8KAC 8Q7TT JR3QHQ IF9MDC IT9DAA UN8GF IZ8CCW 9A0MDC IT9DAA II0MDC IT9DAA UN9LFF LZ1YE 9G5XA G3SWH II1TPG IZ1CCE UP0AFG DL8KAC 9M2MRS PA0RRS II7MDC IT9DAA V25AKG AK7G 9M2TO JA0DMV II8MDC IT9DAA V25CSV N4CSV A41KJ N5FTR IO0MDC IT9DAA V25G G4OOC A71CT EA7FTR IO1MDC IT9DAA V26VR G4OOC AT6MM VU2JHM IO6MDC IT9DAA V31GW DJ4KW BU2/JJ1TBB JL1ANP IO8MDC IT9DAA V31JP KA9WON C6AGN W1DIG IR0MDC IT9DAA V31YN DJ4KW CE6M CE6AMN IR2MDC IT9DAA V8FMP NZ7X CN2US NJ2D IR3MDC IT9DAA VO2AC VE3FU CN8IG EA7FTR IR5MDC IT9DAA VP5NA N5OT CN8KA EA7FTR IR6MDC IT9DAA VP8CMH/MM GM0HCQ CN8SG EA7FTR IR7MDC IT9DAA WP3C W3HNK CN8YZ EA7FTR IR8M IT9DAA XF1K N6AWD CO2WL/1 IZ8EBI IR8MDC IT9DAA XR9A/MM N2OO CO3JN/1 IZ8EBI IR9MDC IT9DAA XU7ADI SM5GMZ CO3LF/1 IZ8EBI IU9MDC IT9DAA YB3ZMD IT9DAA CO3VK/1 IZ8EBI IX1MDC IT9DAA YE0MDC IT9DAA CT3FN HB9CRV J49W LY1DF YE3ZMD IT9DAA CT9F CS3MAD JW0IC RV1CC YI1OM IK2DUW CU1AAD EA5KB JW4GHA LA4GHS YT150YT YT7YT CU2A OH2BH JW9DL LA9DL Z32ID DJ0LZ CU2DX CU2AA KG4SB EA7JX ZB2FX G3RFX DP5Z DL6GV KG4WV W4WV ZL6QH ZL2AOH DR06SOCCER DH2ES LU/K4SV K4YL ZS2BS DJ5MS ED3MDC IT9DAA LU8XW WD9EWK ZS5A1GP ZS5NK

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CE6AMN Carlos Montesinos Rozas, P.O. Box 591, Temuco, Chile DJ1CW Dmitri Poliakov, P.O. Box 3441, 49024 Osnabrueck, Germany DJ2MX Mario Lovric, Kampenwandstrasse 13, D-81671 Munich, Germany DJ3FK Frank Kosidowski, Ina-Seidel-Str. 115, D-40885 Ratingen, Germany DJ5HD Jurgen Dittmer, Egestorfer Landstr 16, 21376 Garlstorf, Germany DL3APO Peter Kohde, Adolph-Menzel-Str. 2, 04157 Leipzig, Germany F5TVG Franck Savoldi, P.O. Box 92, 94223 Charenton Cedex, France G3TXF Nigel Cawthorne, Falcons, St George's Avenue, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0BS, England GB60SWL Alan Loveridge, 29 Courtiers Drive, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, Glos. GL52 8NU, England, UK GB6SWL Alan Loveridge, 29 Courtiers Drive, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, Glos. GL52 8NU, England, UK GM0HCQ Mike Gloistein, 27 Stormont Way, Scone, Perthshire PH2 6SP, Scotland, UK HA8IB Szabo Karoly, Aradi u. 42, H-5525 Fuzesgyarmat, Hungary HS0ZGL Ian Buffham, 62/70 Soi Sukhumvit 13, Sukhumvit Road, Klangtoey Nua, Bangkok 10110, Thailand IK5VLO Paolo Ceccarelli, Via del Piano, 3, 51020 Piano degli Ontani - PT, Italy IT9DAA Corrado Ruscica, Via Cap. Salemi 41, 96019 Rosolini - SR, Italy IZ8DDG Orlando Balisciano, Via Villa Bisignano V Traversa Nr. 21, 80147 Napoli- NA, Italy IZ8EBI Giuseppe Gerace, P.O. Box 364, 87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy JT1CS Bat-Erdene Zevgee, P.O. Box 125, Ulaanbaatar-37, Mongolia N6AWD Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr, Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA ON4LN Eric Lauwers, Benedictijnenlaan 25, 3010 Kessel-Lo, Belgium T93Y Boris Knezovic, P.O. Box 59, BA-71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina UR3UN Sergei Petlevanny Slabinuka str.35, 08505, Fastov-5, Ukraine VU3MKE Manoj Kumar Dhaka, Trupati Valley No 7, D-Lane, Kewal Vihar, Dehradun, Uttaranchal 248001, India

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425DXNews Home Page 11 February 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

======*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** ======Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

The 3Y0X team arrived at Peter I on 5 February at 21.35 local time (01.35 UTC of the 6th). It was foggy and windy, and they had to wait for the weather to clear. The first helicopter load landed on the island at 18.30 UTC on 7 February; most of the team and 80% of the gear were flown ashore and 3Y0X became active in the early UTC morning of 8 February. The rest of the gear and the remaining three team members (NP4IW, K3VN and N4GRN) had to be transferred onto the island a few hours later, but the weather deteriorated and at 23.30 UTC of 9 February they were still on the ship. The suggested operating frequencies are: BAND SSB CW Digital ------10 28475 28023 28092 (listening up) 12 24987 24893 24928 (listening down) 15 21295 21023 21102 (listening down) 17 18145 18073 18108 (listening down) 20 14190 14023 14084 (listening up) 30 - 10103 10135 (listening up) 40 7093 7023 - 80 3750 3523 - 160 1842.5 1822.5 - The latest information from the team, released at 18.30 UTC of 10 February, is that they now have four stations QRV around the clock, while weather and visibility conditions are still the same. The first logs (13,067 QSOs QSOs through 10 February at 16 UTC) are now available at http://www.peterone.com/. QSL via N2OO.

3B8 - Jose, ON4LAC will operate (on 10-80 metres SSB, RTTY and PSK31) as 3B8/ON4LAC from Mauritius Island (AF 049) from 17 March to 13 May. He hopes to get the authorization to operate as 3B9/ON4LAC from Rodrigues from 25 April through the end of his stay. QSL via home call. [TNX ON4LAC] 3W - Stan, OK1JR expects to be in Hanoi, Vietnam for a couple of years. He is licenced as 3W9JR and is allowed to operate on 20, 17, 15 and 12 metres CW and SSB. Stan hopes to get permission to operate on the low bands, 6 metres and digital modes. QSL via OK1JN. [TNX The Daily DX] 7Q - Harry, 7Q7HB is once again in Malawi for a period of not less than three months. He has taken with him some software, so now should be able to put other modes on again from there. QSL direct only via G0IAS (Allan Hickman, The Conifers, High Street, Elkesley, Retford, Nottingham DN22 8AJ, UK). [TNX G0IAS] C6 - Steve, AK0M will be active as C6ASB from Abaco Island (NA-080) on 15-22 February, ARRL DX CW Contest included. QSL via AK0M. [TNX VA3RJ] FM - K3TEJ and K3CT will operate CW and some RTTY as FM/K3TEJ and FM/K3CT from Martinique (NA-107) on 12-20 February. QSL via home calls. They will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as TO9A (QSL via K3TEJ). [TNX NG3K] FS & PJ7 - David, K3LP and Clint, W3ARS will operate as FS/K3LP and FS/W3ARS from St. Martin and as PJ7/K3LP and PJ7/W3ARS from St. Maarten on 15-22 February. Look for FS/K3LP to participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest (SOAB Low Power), while Clint will focus on 6 metres and satellite. QSL via home calls. [TNX NG3K] GJ - Pete, K8PT and Craig, K3PLV will be taking what has become their annual DXpedition to the Channel Islands and will be operating from the Island of Jersey (EU-013) on 8-15 March. This year Tom, W8JWN and Jim, N1NK will accompany them, allowing for two stations to operate 24 hours per day with a third station as needed. Operations will cover 6-160 metres (SSB, CW, RTTY & PSK) with an emphasis on the low bands. QSL via home calls. Further information can be found at http://users.adelphia.net/~crahill/ [TNX K8PT] HR - Eugene/K0IEX, Vladimir/N0STL and Ron/N0AT will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest (18-19 February) as HQ9H (Multi-Single) from Utila Island (NA-057). QSL via W0JAR. Outside the contest they will be active as HR9/K0IEX, HR9/N0STL and HR9/N0AT. [TNX NG3K] HR - Heikki, OH3JF and Henri, OH3JR will be active as HQ9F from Honduras from 23 February to 17 March. They will have two stations equipped with amplifiers and antennas for 160-10 metres, and will operate CW, SSB and RTTY targeting Europe and Japan on the low bands. Look for them on 1827, 3507, 7007, 10107, 14007, 18077, 21007, 24897 and 28007 kHz (CW); 1840, 3795, 7045, 14195, 18145, 21295 and 28495 kHz (SSB); 14077, 18097 and 21077 kHz (RTTY). QSL via OH3MKH. [TNX OH3JR] HR - Manuel (CT1BWW), Javier (HR2J), Lane (KC4CD/HR2), Antonio (HR2AHC), Daniel (HR2DMR) and Pedro (HR2PAC) will operate on all bands as HR4T and HQ4T from Isla del Tigre (NA-060) on 21- 25 April. QSL direct to HR2J (Javier Pinel, P.O. Box 2754, San Pedro Sula, Honduras). [TNX CT1BWW] I - Look for ARI Torino members to operate as IO1ARI on 10-26 February during the Olympic Winter Games. QSL via bureau. I - ARI Cantu' members plus HB9OAE will operate as IQ2TU/2 from Campione d'Italia (an Italian enclave in Swiss territory) on 19 February, from 8 to around 11.30 UTC. [TNX IK2LOL] I - IZ1GCZ, IW1FSQ, IK1DYS and IZ1BVO now expect to operate as IX1CNR [425DXN 769] on 3-5 March. QSL via IZ1GCZ. [TNX IW1FGZ] JA - Look for JN4MBO/5 to operate from Yuge Is (AS-076, JIIA AS-076-New), Ehime Prefecture on 16 February. QSL va home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] JA - Look for JA5BEX/5 to operate from Debajima (AS- 076,JIIA AS-076-New), Tokushima Prefecture on 25 February. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] JT - Nicola (I0SNY), Ernesto (I2FUG), Oscar (IK2AQZ) and Giovanni (IK2JYT) will operate from Mongolia from 19 April to 8 May. They will be active as JT1Y from Ulanbaatar and as JT0Y from Oigij, and will be QRV on CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK on the HF bands (with an emphasis on 12 and 17 metres) and 6 metres. QSLs via I0SNY. [TNX I0SNY] JW - Look for JW8AJA, JW9DFA and JW9VDA to operate on all bands CW, SSB and RTTY from Spitsbergen Island (EU-026), Svalbard from 23 February to 1 March. QSL JW8AJA and JW9VDA via LA9VDA; QSL JW9DFA via LA9DFA. Bureau card requests for JW9VDA can be sent to [email protected]; please note that 1 USD does not cover return postage, while 1 IRC does. [TNX LA9VDA] P4 - John, W2GD will operate as P40W from Aruba between 16 February and 8 March, ARRL DX CW (18-19 February), CQ 160 Meter SSB (25- 26 February) and ARRL DX SSB (4-5 March) contests included. QSL via N2MM. [TNX NG3K] PJ7 - Ron, PJ7/ND5S and Sue, PJ7/KF5LG will be active on 160-10 metres CW, RTTY and SSB from St. Maarten (NA-105) on 14-25 February. Ron will participate in the ARRL CW DX Contest as single operator all band. QSL via ND5S, direct or bureau. More details can be found at http://www.qsl.net/nd5s/nd5s8.html [TNX NG3K] PY0_ti - Otto, PY1OTO expects to operate mainly CW as PY1OTO/PY0T from Trindade Island (SA-010) for three days around mid- February (indicatively on 17-19th). QSL via the bureau or direct. [TNX The Daily DX] SM - Stan, SM7WT reports he will be active as SF7WT starting on 15 February to celebrate his golden jubilee with amateur radio. QSL via home call. TI - W9RE, N5OT, NT6X and N4GG will be active from Costa Rica on 14- 25 February. They will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as TI5N (QSL via W3HNK). Outside the contest look for them using TI5/homecall on all bands (QSL via home calls). [TNX NG3K] TR - Salvatore, IZ8CLM is active as TR0A from the AGRA Radio Club until 11 February. For this activity only QSL via IZ8CLM, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW] TT - Sylvain, F5TLN reports he will be active as TT8LN from Chad until June. QSL via home call, direct (preferably) or bureau. He can be contacted at [email protected] for skeds. QSL via home call. V3 - Alan, NS0B and John, WC0W will be operating the ARRL DX CW Contest (18-19 February) from Belize, using either V31TP or V31EV. They will be there probably from 15 through 20 February, and outside the contest they will operate on 10-160 metres (WARC bands excluded). [TNX K1XN and The Golist] V7 - Tom, K7ZZ will participate in the ARRL CW DX Contest as V7/K7ZZ from Kwajalein (OC-028), Marshall Islands. Before the contest he will emphasize Europe on the WARC bands. QSL direct via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] VE - VE2CRAQ will be aired on 18-26 March to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Club Radio Amateur de Quebec (VE2CQ), founded by Alex Lariviere, VE2AB in March 1926. The club invites all radio amateurs to participate in the QSO Party on the air; details can be found at http://www.craq.qc.ca [TNX VA2RC] VK_ant - Paul, VK0JLX [425DXN 758] and Greg, VK0SEE (QSL via VK4SEE) are active from Davis Station, Antarctica (VK-043 for Antarctica Award). Greg will remain there until early March, while Paul will be wintering at Davis. VP2M - VP2MVX, VP2MWH, VP2MFC, VP2MLB and VP2MUK are the callsigns to be used from Montserrat on 14-22 February [425DXN 761]. The group will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as VP2MVX. QSL for all via N3ZNI. [TNX The Daily DX] VP5 - Saul, WA1UKN is active on 20, 17, 15 and 10 metres as WA1UKN/VP5 from Grand Turk Island (NA-003) until 3 March. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin] VP9 - Kurt, W6PH will participate in the either the ARRL DX CW (18- 19 February) and the ARRL DX SSB (4-5 March) Contests as VP9/W6PH from Bermuda (NA-005). QSL direct only to W6PH. [TNX NG3K] VU - Sarla/VU2SWS (YL operator), Basappa/VU2NXM and Mickey/VU2IZO will operate as AT0EI from Elephanta Island (AS-169) on 10-14 February. QSL via VU2SWS (Sarla Sharma, 7 Gaurav Apartments, Behind Ashok Nagar, Nahur, Mulund West, Mumbai 400080, India). [TNX VU2SWS and www.islandchaser.com] VU4 - David, K3LP (www.k3lp.com) reports he be active (on 10-160 metres, either as VU4/K3LP or with another callsign to be issued prior to arrival) from the Andaman Islands on 18-20 April. QSL via W3ADC. He plans to arrive on 14-15 April and to depart on 3 May. If the operational time is extended beyond 20 April, look for him on the air until his departure date. [TNX NG3K] W - Dennis, WA2USA will operate as WA2USA/4 from Bogue Banks, Emerald Isle (NA-112) on 12-19 February, including an entry in the ARRL DX CW Contest. Before and after the contest he will be active on 30 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 from Key West (NA-062) on 13-16 February. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ] YJ - DJ7EO, DL3DXX, DL5LYM and DL9NDS will operate from Port Vila (OC-035), Vanuatu from 24 February to 11 March. Licences and relevant callsigns will be collected upon arrival. They will have two complete stations and plans are to concentrate on 160, 80 and 40 metres CW (plus RTTY, WARC and some SSB). They have a web page at http://www.df3cb.com/yj/, where on-line logs will be available if they have Internet access at the hotel. [TNX DL3DXX] ZD8 - Bill, W4WX (ZD8WX) and Jan, K4QD (ZD8QD) will operate CW, PSK- 31, RTTY and SSB on 10-160 metres from Ascension Island (AF-003) from 20 February to 2 March. QSL ZD8WX via W4WX (direct), QSL ZD8QD via K4QD (direct or bureau). [TNX W4WX] ______

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3Y0X FORUM ---> Robert Chudek, K0RC, has established an open forum (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/3y0x) for the exchange of information about the DXpedition to Peter I. It is inteded as a tool for worldwide amateur radio operators to communicate and exchange information as a community during the expedition, while the primary source of up-to-the minute information from 3Y0X is http://www.peterone.com [TNX K0RC]

DESOTO CUP WINNERS ---> DXCC has announced the winners of the 2005 DeSoto Cup competition. Top honours go to Bob Eshleman, W4DR who for 6th straight year has won the DeSoto Cup Gold Medal. In second and third place, winning the Silver and Bronze Medals are Ken Bolin, W1NG and Fausto Minardi, I4EAT. The remainder of the Top Ten competitors is listed below. Congratulations to all! 1. W4DR Bob Eshleman 3095 2. W1NG Kenneth Bolin 3082 3. I4EAT Fausto Minardi 3077 4. SP5EWY RyszardTymkiewicz 3072 5. OZ1LO Leif Ottosen 3070 6. K5UR Rick Roderick 3066 7. W9ZR Randy Schaaf 3053 8. DJ6RX Klaus Heintzenberg 3042 9. K8MFO Donald Karvonen 3041 W1JR Joseph Reisert Jr. 3041 This list details the Challenge Top Ten as of 30 September 2005. The current DXCC Challenge standings can be found at www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc . Beginning in 2006 the DeSoto Cup winners will be based on the Challenge standings at the end of the calendar year. [TNX NC1L]

DXCC HONOR ROLL ---> The deadline to be shown in the next DXCC Honor Roll list is 31 March 2006. Submissions must be postmarked 31 March 2006 for your submission to count for this listing. The DXCC Honor Roll list will appear in August 2006 QST. There are 335 entities on the DXCC list and you must be within the numerical top 10 DXCC entities to qualify. The current minimum requirement for Honor Roll is 326 current entities (deleted entities do not count towards this level). [TNX NC1L]

DXCC NEWS: K7C from Kure Atoll (25 September - 6 October 2005) has been approved for DXCC credit.

DXCC RULE CHANGES? ---> The ARRL Programs and Services Committee (PSC) has asked the DX Advisory Committee (DXAC) to study the impact of amending the DXCC "political entities" rule. The change under consideration would revise Section II, "DXCC List Criteria," under "1. Political Entities," to add a Paragraph c) reading, "The Entity contains a permanent population, is administered by a local government and is located at least 800 km from its parent." The PSC has asked the DXAC to report back by 15 March. [TNX N7NG]

T99D ---> This is the new callsign issued to Dalibor, T94DO. The QSL route has not changed and it is via DJ2MX. [TNX T99D]

QSL MANAGER SURVEY ---> Conducted by the "Golist, QSL Manager List", the "Top 5 QSL Managers" survey for 2005 closed on 30 January and resulted in 68 different mangers being nominated. From this list of 68, the following Top 5 (listed in alphabetical order) were selected based upon the greatest number of nominations received: Phil Whitechurch (G3SWH), Roger Western (G3SXW), Nigel Cawthorne (G3TXF), Antonio Cannataro (IZ8CCW), Joe Arcure (W3HNK). [TNX K1XN]

QSL VIA G0IAS ---> Allan, G0IAS has all of the late Ron Macfarlane's logbooks. These date back to 1947, and cover all of the QSOs made by Ron as GM3EAK, ZD6RM (when Malawi was called Nyasaland) and 7Q7RM. "I intend to close the logs on the anniversary of Ron's death in September", Allan says. QSL direct only.

QSL VIA N2OO ---> Cards for XR9A/8, XR9A/MM and XR9A can be sent in the same envelope. Bob asks that cards for CE0Z via N2OO and 3Y0X be sent in separate envelopes, as sending cards for multiple calls in one envelope will seriously delay your QSL. [TNX N2OO]

QSL VIA SM5DQC ---> SM5DQC (Osten B. Magnusson, Nyckelvagen 4, SE-59931 Odeshog, Sweden) is the new QSL manager for ZK1EQL (2002 and 2005) and ZF2QL. Those who have already sent their cards to SM7EQL, should not resubmit. One USD does not cover postae from Sweden, but 1 IRC does. Bureau cards will be replied to some time in the future.

YL WRTC 2006 TEAM ---> Our Community has a great desire to enlarge the participation of Ham Ladies in international contest activity. The WRTC2006 Steering Committee is totally in line with this important objective. Discussing this matter with Alexander Teimurazov (4L5A), member of our WRTC 2006 Honorary Board Committee, we came up with an action to really have a good use of the WRTC 2006 to comply with this objective. Has been decided by WRTC 2006 Steering Committee to accept Al's generous offer to specifically sponsor a Team representing the Ham contesting ladies of our hobby in WRTC 2006. 4L5A Al, is donating to WRTC 2006 USD 10,000 to have a new slot for YL TEAM in addition to the other ones already in place. Accordingly with our main philosophy of recognition of actual score as the instrument to choose the competitors, we invited Emily Thiel (P43E), the highest level points among all women applications, to be the YL Team-Leader. Also accordingly our general practices we gave Emily the free option to 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, Press Release 036/06] ______

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QSL GALLERY: An Antarctic Gallery feauturing 1500+ images (including nearly 800 QSL cards) in 58 albums is available on the WAP website at http://www.ddxc.net/modules.php?name=coppermine [TNX I1HYW] YE6P: The website for the 12-16 April activity from Simeulue Island (OC-NEW) [425DXN 770] is now up and running at http://dxpedition.orari.web.id/simeulue [TNX YB1TC] ------

QSLs received direct or through managers: 4L1DA, 4N7ZZ, 4U60UN, 5U7JB, 5W0VF, 5X1RI, 5Z4DZ, 5Z4LS, 6Y2Z, 6Y3R, 6Y5/4S7RO, 7P8/JH4RHF, 7Q7MT, 7X0RY, 8P6RC, 8P9R, 9G5GJ, 9G5OO, 9L1DX, 9M2AX, 9N7JO, 9R2DX (AF-100), A22/JA4ATV, A35RK, A45WD, A6/ON5NT, AH2R, AL1G, C21XF, C31MO, C6AGN, C91CG, CP4BT, CY9SS, D2BB, D44AC, DU1ZV, DU3NXE, DX0TIC (OC-207), ES1QD, ET3TK, EY8MM, FM5JC, FO/N6JA, FS/N8II, FW5ZL, HC1HC, HK1RRL, HU1M, HZ1IK, J3/SP9BQJ, J41V, J6/K9MDO, JR6TYH/JD1, JW0HS, JW9VDA, K6AM/6Y5, K7C, KH0/JM1YGG, KH6ND/KH5, KH7U/KH5, KH8/AH7C, KP2/K3CT, LT1F, NC2N/V44, NP3CW, OH0RJ, OX/DL7WB, OY1CT, P29KM, P29NI (OC-116), P40X, R0K (AS-174), R0K/p (AS-038), R1ANF (AN-01; AA UA-04), S79EC/F, S79EX/F, S79NAN, S79RRC/A (AF-025), S79RRC/C (AF-026), S79RRC/F (AF-035), SU9NC, SV8/I3FDZ/P, SV9/IK8UND, SV9CVY, SY8S (EU-060), T77C, TF3CW, TI5AA, TL8CG, TL8DV, TZ6MF, V25WX, V26B, V31JP, V31TM, V44/EW1AR, V51AS, V63JQ, V73RY, VD2X, VK8PY/6 (OC-183), VK9CG, VK9NS, VP2EWX, VP5/AA2WN, VP5/N0VD, VP5W, VP9/K9JY, VU2PHD, XQ6ET, XU7ACY, YI9KT, YL2LW, YL7A, YN1BB, YS1ECB, YZ1AA, YZ200A, ZC4LI, ZD7VC, ZK2QQ, ZY7C.

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425DXNews Home Page 18 February 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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3Y0 - The weather cooperated and 3Y0X was able to get the remaining three team members ashore along with the rest of supplies and gear. At 15 UTC on 11 February they finally had a full complement of people, equipment and supplies. They have seven stations on the air with the eight being shared between HF and EME. As of press time, on-line logs http://www.peterone.com/p1log.html are up through 16 February at 16.10 UTC (68,865 QSOs). In order not to interfere with the ARRL CW Contest, 3Y0X will only work on the WARC bands on SSB and RTTY during the weekend. The weather forecast does not look good for early next week, and if the situation turns out as expected, the team may be shutting down operations on Sunday. QSL via N2OO. DU - Look for Bert, DF5WA to be signing DF5WA/DU7 from Negros Island (OC-129) until 26 February. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX GM3VLB] F - Bernard, F5LPY will operate as TM90BV on 21-27 February to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Verdun. The longest battle of World War I, it was fought between the German and French armies between 21 February and 19 December 1916. Bernard will operate mainly CW with some SSB from various sites associated with the battle. QSL via F5LPY. [TNX F5NQL] FR/G - Didier, F5OGL reports that the expedition to the Glorioso Islands, previously planned to take place between 16 March and 7 April [425DXN 756], has been postponed again. It has not been cancelled, and the team is working on a new schedule. The DXexpedition web site (http://glorieuses2005.free.fr/) will be updated as soon as possible. [TNX F5CQ] FS & PJ7 - Wolf/DL4WK, Frank/DL7UFR, Rob/DL7VOA, Les/SP3DOI and Sigi/DL7DF will operate from either Saint Martin (FS) and St. Maarten (PJ7) from 21 February to 8 March (one week on each side of the island). They will run two stations on CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV and will concentrate on 160, 80, 40 and 30 metres. QSL via DL7DF, direct or bureau. Logs will be available on www.dl7df.com FY - Steve, MW0ZZK and Florent, F4CYZ will operate as TO7IR from Ile Royale (SA-020) on 23-27 February. Expect activity on 80-6 metres SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL via IZ8CCW, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW] GM - Leo, W3LEO will once again be active as MM0LEO from Portpatrick, Scotland from 21 February to 27 March. He will participate in the ARRL SSB DX and the CQ WPX SSB Contests. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX W3LEO] HB0 - Kasimir, DL2SBY will be active again as HB0/DL2SBY from Liechtenstein from 25 February to 4 March. He plans to operate CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31 on 160-10 metres. [TNX NG3K] I - Michele, IF9ZWA id currently signing IF9ZWA/p from Favignana Island (EU-054, IIA TP-011) until 19 February. He might operate from the lighthouse at Punta Marsala (ARLHS ITA-135, WAIL SI- 023) during his stay. [TNX IT9DAA] OZ - Jakob, OZ7AEI plans to operate on 20 and 40 metres SSB as OZ7AEI/P from a couple of Danish lighthouses (Bovbjerg, ARLHS DEN-003 and Lyngvig, ARLHS DEN-024) sometime between 20 and 23 February, depending on weather. [TNX OZ7AEI] PJ7 - Look for Bill, PJ7/W8EB and Dorothy, PJ7/W8DVC to operate SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31 from Sint Maarten (NA-105) from 21 February to 26 March. Bill will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest, hopefully as PJ7B. QSLs via home calls. [TNX NG3K] UA - Look for Nick, RA1QQ/1 and Alex, RA1QY/1 to operate SSB and CW from the Leshukonsky area (AR-20 for the Russian Districts Award) on 24-26 February. QSLs via RA1QQ. [TNX RA1QY] V7 - JL1WQO will operate as V73WQ from the Marshall Islands on 18- 22 February. Expect activity on 160-10 metres SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K]

ARRL DX CW CONTEST ---> Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operations for this year's event (18-19 February) maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxc2006.html ______

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DXCC NEWS ---> R1MVC and R1MVW from Malyj Vysotskij Island (15-28 November 2005) have been approved for DXCC credit.

HAM RADIO 2006 ---> The 31st International Exibition for Radio Amateurs - Europe's most important meeting for amateur radio enthusiasts - will take place on 23-25 June at Friedrichshafen. As usual, there will be a big flea market and commercial exhibitors, as well as many lectures and presentations. This year's theme is "Young People and Amateur Radio". Detailed information on this year's event can be found at http://www.hamradio-friedrichshafen.de/html/en/index.php . Ham Radio 2006 will be combined with the 57th Bodensee Convention organized by the DARC (more information at http://www.darc.de/ausland/hamradio). [TNX DF5UG]

NA-178 ---> Rick, K6VVA and Mike, K9AJ became active as K6VVA/6 from the Farallons Islands (NA-178) around 21.15 UTC on 14 February and went QRT at 20 UTC on the 16th, after logging 2,552 QSOs (including dupes). Pictures, statistiscs, etc. will be published on http://www.k6vva.com/iota/na178/news.html

NOT THE MANAGER ---> Giancarlo, IK4QIB reports he is receiving cards for V44KJ, but he is not and has never been the QSL manager for this call. The correct QSL route is via WB2TSL.

QSL VIA OK1RK ---> David, OK1RK reports he has the last bundle of blank cards for the QSOs he made as 5N0/OK1AUT, 5N0ZKD, 5N99ZKD and 5N0W during his stay in Nigeria. David is not a member of the OK QSL bureu, so those who still need a card should send their request direct only to David Klimosz, Paprskova 1339/10a, 14000 Praha 4, Czech Republic. Please note that David can confirm contacts made with 5N0W between 1999 and May 2000 only (contacts made after May 2000 "belong" to OK1DXE). [TNX IK3QAR]

UIA ---> The Ukrainian Islands Awards (UIA), established by the Ukrainian Amateur Radio League (UARL) and the Ukrainian DX-Pedition Foundation (UDXPF), has new rules and a new certificate design. Full information can be found at http://www.islands.org.ua and on the Award Manager's web site at http://www.qsl.net/uy5xe [TNX UY5XE]

WRTC 2006 ---> The consolidated rules for the World Radiosport Team Championship are now available at http://www.wrtc2006.com (the direct link to the document is http://www.wrtc2006.com/release38.pdf). [TNX PY5EG] ______

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HQ9F: The web page for the forthcoming HQ9F operation from Honduras [425DXN 771] is now up and running at http://personal.inet.fi/private/oh3jr/hond.html [TNX OH3JR] LOGS: On-line logs for the recent 5H1C operation from Zanzibar Island are available at http://5h1c.free.fr/log_uk.php LOGS: On-line logs for the recent XF1K operation from NA-124 are now available at http://www.425dxn.org/dxped/na124/ [TNX IZ1CCR] ______

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======CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER ======3B8/DJ5HD DJ5HD CP6XE IK6SNR SF7WT SM7WT 3W9JR OK1JN CU6NS EA5KB SM3D SM3WMU 3Y0X N2OO EK6LP IK2DUW ST2BF W3HNK 4K5D K2PF FG/N0YY K9JS SU9HP SM0CFO 4K9W DL6KVA FM/K3CT K3CT T32Z K3PD 4L1DA W7LPF FM/K3TEJ K3TEJ T68G LA4YW 4L1FP LZ1OT FO/DL1AWI DL3APO TF0GX KT6YL 4L1MA ON4RU FO/DL9AWI DL3APO TF3ZA KT6YL 4X/UT5UDX UT2UB FO/HA9G HA8IB TI5/N4GG N4GG 4X0L 4Z4TL FS/K3LP K3LP TI5/N5OT N5OT 4X2Z 4X6UU FS/KN5G KN5G TI5/NT6X NT6X 5R8FL G3SWH FS/W3ARS W3ARS TI5/W9RE W9RE 5R8GZ G3SWH G4WFQ/6W G3SWH TI5N W3HNK 5T5SN IZ1BZV HG2006S HA1CW TI8CBT EA7FTR 5V7BR F5RUQ HI3TEJ ON4IQ TM0TAF F4TTR 5X1GS WB2YQH HK1/YL2KL YL2KL TM3ANT F5PFP 5Z4KI YO9AFH HQ9H W0JAR TM4ANT F6BFH 6W/G4WFQ G3SWH II1OWG bureau TM5ANT F5NOD 6W/HA3AUI HA3AUI IS0/K7QB IN3QBR TM5UJY F5FAB 6W1RD EA7FTR IU7CP IW7DZJ TM8ANT F8DVD 6W4RK F5NPS J37LR VE3EBN TM8TAF F8BBL 6W6/K3IPK K3IPK J43BSF SV1CIB TO2FG F6HMJ 7Q7HB G0IAS J75KG KU9C TO9A K3TEJ 7Q7VB UA4WHX J79IX KU9C TT8LN F5TLN 7X5JF DJ8QP J79RV KK9K TZ3M F6CXJ 8P2K KU9C J79WI WI9WI UA1PBN/1 RK1PWA 8P9NX W0SA J79XX K1XX UN9L LZ1YE 8P9PA W4PA J7OJ KU9C V26G N2ED 9A150NT 9A6AA JV800BV JT1BV V31BH OH2BH 9A650C 9A7K JV800CO JT1CO V31PP OH2PM 9G1YK PA3ERA JV800CS JT1CS V31TP WC0W 9G5OO DL4WK K6VVA/6 N6AWD VK0SEE VK4SEE 9J2BO G3TEV KP2/W1MO W1MO VK8NSB VK6NE 9J2CA G3SWH LU1ZA LU4DXU VP2MLB N3ZNI 9L1KR DL8BAX LU1ZC LU4DXU VP2MSC N3ZNI 9M2MRS PA0RRS LU1ZD LU4DXU VP2MUK N3ZNI 9M6/G3OOK M5AAV LZ50KSB LZ2SX VP2MVX N3ZNI 9V1YC N5ID NP4A W3HNK VP2MWH N3ZNI A45WD YO9HP OD5RT OD5LN VP8DJK G0HFX A61Q EA7FTR OH0Z W0MM VQ9JC ND9M A71BX EA7FTR OM7M OM3PA VY2ZM K1ZM A71EM EA7FTR OY3QN OZ1ACB WP2Z KU9C AH7ZA W8QZA P40G I2EOW YB0IR W4JS AM4AO/AM7 EA7GXW P40LE K2LE YI9AQ OM3XX AT0EI VU2SWS P40W N2MM YJ0AZQ VK2EZQ C56GEA OE3GEA P49Y AE6Y YT150AD YT1AD C6AHR N8PR PJ2/N1ZZ N1ZZ YU150AU YU7AU C6AKQ N4BP PJ4/K4BAI K4BAI YU150KO YU7KO C6ALP W8QT PJ4/KU8E KU8E YU150NT YU1SRS C6AMM K1CN PJ4R K4BAI YZ150AA YZ1AA C6AOV W4OV PJ7/KF5LG KF5LG YZ150EW YZ1EW CN2US NJ2D PJ7/ND5S ND5S Z22JE K3PD CN8KA EA7FTR PY1OTO/PY0T PY1OTO ZD9ATN IZ0CKJ CO2NB EA5KB RK2FWA DK4VW ZK3HC DL9HCU CO6DW EA5KB S65X PA0KHS ZP6/N3BNA KA2AEV CO6WD W0SA SA2006EM SM6YOU ZP0R W3HNK CO8LY EA7ADH SB0B SM0W ZS6CCY OK1DOT ______

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4S7NE Nelson Ranasinghe, 18 Katana Housing Scheme, Demanhandiya 11270, Sri Lanka F5TLN Sylvain Bertrand, 14 Rue du Champ Saint Pierre, 55100 Verdun, France FR5ZL Guy Petit de la Rhodiere, 33 Chemin Lambert, Casabois, 97433 Salazie (La Reunion), France HA8IB Szabo Karoly, Aradi u. 42, H-5525 Fuzesgyarmat, Hungary I2EOW Erminio Pandocchi, Via Moretto da Brescia 40, 20133 Milano, Italy N2OO Bob Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087-0345, USA N6AWD Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr, Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA PA0KHS Henk van Hensbergen, Smaragdstraat 53, 6534 WN Nijmegen, The Netherlands PY1OTO Renato Ottom Rua Joao Lira 103 ap 105, 22430-210 Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil SM6YOU Rickard Dahlstedt, Ekebergsgatan 4D, 417 02 Gothenburg, Sweden VU2SWS Sarla Sharma, 7 Gaurav Apartments, Behind Ashok Nagar, Nahur, Mulund West, Mumbai 400080, India

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425DXNews Home Page 25 February 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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4J - Mir, UA3FDX and Pavel, RA3AUM will be active as 4J0DX and 4J0AUM from Azerbaijan on 17-27 March. They will operate on 10-80 metres (possibly on 160 metres as well) SSB and CW and will participate in either the Russian DX and CQ WPX SSB contests as 4J0DX. QSL for both stations via UA3FDX, direct or bureau. 5Z - Mike, OM2DX and Palo, OM2NW are active as 5Z4/OM2DX (QSL via OM3JW) and 5Z4/OM2NW (QSL via home call) from Kenya until 6 March. [TNX OM3JW] J7 - Igor, VA3YDX reports he will be active from Dominica from 24 February until 14 March. He plans to participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest and the DIG QSO Party. QSL direct only via home call (Igor Slakva, 105 La Rose Ave., #803, Etobicoke, ON M9P 1A9, Canada). 8R - Ken, K7ZUM and Craig, AH8DX will operate as 8R1ZUM and 8R1EA from Guyana from 28 February to 7 March. Before the ARRL SSB DX Contest expect activity mostly on RTTY and the WARC bands. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX] 9H - Texas DX Society's members Cal/WF5W (9H3W), Steve/W9DX (9H3DX), Madison/W5MJ (9H3V), Don/N5DD (9H3RY), Bill/K5WAF (9H3WF), Mike/K5UO (9H3UO), Paul/W5PF (9H3PF) and Keith/NM5G (9H3KD) will operate on 10-80 metres and possibly on 160 metres from Malta (EU-023) on 1- 8 March. They will participate in the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (4-5 March); during non-contest periods primary activity will be 9H3DX on SSB, 9H3V on CW, 9H3RY on RTTY and 9H3WF on PSK. QSL for all via W5PF. Further details and on-line log searches at www.tdxs.org [TNX K5DX] 9M2 - Aniko, HA5TAA plans to operate as 9M2/HA5TAA from Tioman Island (AS-046) for a week between 3 and 11 March. Look for her on 20 metres SSB. [TNX F5NQL] AP - Dane, ST2T is now in Pakistan until the end of March. He has no chance to get an AP licence, but he will try to be active from Ijaz, AP2IA's station (QSL via AP2IA). [TNX S57DX] C6 - Peter, W2IRT will operate holiday style as C6/W2IRT from Nassau (NA-001), Bahamas on 4-10 March. He plans to be on 17 and 20 metres for the most part, using 100W and a dipole. QSL via home call (direct, bureu and LoTW). [TNX NG3K] EA8 - Mari, EA8GL and Dunia, EA8BHD will operate as ED8IWD on 5-8 March to celebrate the International Women's Day (http://www.internationalwomensday.com/events/). QSL via bureau to EA8BHD. [TNX EA8BHD] F - Special call TM5CMC (Catastrophe des Mines de Courrieres) will be aired on 4-19 March to commemorate the Courrieres mining disaster of 10 March 1906, when 1,100 died in a coal dust explosion. QSL via F8CSD. [TNX F8REF] F - Three YL operators will be active as TP1CE from the radio club at the Council of Europe on 11-12 March to celebrate the International Women's Day. QSL via F5LGF. [TNX F6FQK] FG - Gildas, FG/F6HMQ and Michel, FG/F6GWV will be active from Guadeloupe (NA-102) from 25 February to 6 March. They will also operate as TO1T (QSL via F6HMQ) and will participate in the REF SSB (25-26 February) and ARRL DX SSB contests. [TNX The Daily DX] FM - Roberto, IV3IYH (NQ5W) will be active from Martinique (NA-107) on 23-30 March. He will participate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as TO3W and will operate as FM/IV3IYH before and after the contest. QSL for both callsigns via IK2ILH, direct or bureau. E-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to [email protected] [TNX IV3IYH] HL_ssh - Sang Hoon Lee, DS4NMJ [425DXN 761] is now active as DT8A from the Korean Antarctic base 'King Sejong' (HL-01 for the Antarctica Award) on King George Isl., South Shetlands (AN-010). He will be stationed there until 30 December. QSL via HL2FDW. [TNX DS4NMJ] I - Look for Davide/IW9GUR, Angelo/IW9HLM, Riccardo/IT9CVO, Andrea/IT9RKR and Andrea/IW9HQP to be signing IE9/homecall from Ustica Island (EU-051, IIA PA-001) on 10-12 March. They plan to have three stations active on all bands except 30 metres, plus 6 metres. [TNX IW9GUR] J3 - Harry, AC8G will be active as J37K from Grenada on 1-6 March, including an entry in the ARRL DX SSB Contest. He will try to maximize QSOs outside USA/Canada before and after the contest. QSL via AC8G, direct or bureau. [TNX AC8G] JA - Special event call 8N1MOMO will be aired on all bands and modes from 1 March to 5 April to celebrate the Koga-city "Momo" (or Peach) Festival. QSL via the JARL bureau. [TNX VA3RJ] KG4 - Noll, W9RN expects to operate on 6-160 metres CW and SSB as KG4RN from Guantanamo from 27 February to 6 March. He plans to participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest on 40 metres. [TNX The Daily DX] LY - Special call LY15A will be aired on 1-31 March to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the indipendence of the Republic of Lithuania. QSL via LY2ZZ. [TNX LY8O] LZ - The Balkan Contest Club (LZ1KZA) will operate as LZ128LO on 1- 31 March to commemorate the 128th anniversary of the end of the Russian-Turkish War of Liberation. QSL via LZ1KZA, direct (P.O. Box 36, 4300 Karlovo, Bulgaria) or bureau. [TNX LZ1ZF] OZ - Jef, ON4ACA will be active as OZ/ON4ACA from Romo Island (EU-125) on 4-10 March. He will operate SSB and CW on 80, 40 and 20 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX ON4ACA] PZ - Steve, MW0ZZK and Florent, F4CYZ will operate on 80-6 metres as PZ5ZZ and PZ5CY from Suriname between 28 February and 8 March. QSL via IZ8CCW, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW] SV - Look for SV5/SV1QN, SV5/SV1AIN, SV5/SV1GYG, SV5/SV1EQU and SV5/SW1GYN to operate on 160-6 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31 from Patmos Island (EU-001), Dodecanese from 28 March to 2 April. QSL via home calls. [TNX SV1GYG] SV5 - Willi, DJ7RJ will be active as SV5/DJ7RJ from Kos Island, Dodecanese (EU-001) from 27 February to 17 March. He will operate on 160- 10 metres CW and SSB and to concentrate on the low bands. QSL via home call. [TNX DJ7RJ] SV9 - Dimitris, SV9COL reports he will participate in either the CQ WW 160-Meter SSB and the CQ WPX SSB contests as SY9A. UA - Vlad/RZ1OA, Pavel/RA1OZ and Dima/UA1OLM will operate as UE1OTA from Kiy island (EU-153, RR-02-22) on 23-26 February. QSL via RZ1OA (Vlad Sadakov, P.O. Box 48, Arkhangelsk, 163040, Russia). [TNX RZ1OA] V3 - Carl, K3RV and Doug, W3NO will be active from Belize on 21-28 March. They will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as V31RV, while before and after the contest they will operate as V31NO on 160- 10 metres CW and SSB. QSL both callsigns via W3NO. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] V4 - Bob, AA1M and Mike, W1USN will be signing V44/homecall from St. Kitts (NA-104) on 2-10 March. They plan to operate SSB, PSK31 and CW on 80-10 metres. QSL via home calls. [TNX NG3K] VK - The XVIII Commonwealth Games, contested by 4,500 athletes from 70 countries, will be held in Melbourne on 15-26 March. Two special event callsigns will be aired on 1-31 March to celebrate this event: AX3MCG ("Melbourne Commonwealth Games", operated by VK3EW and VK3QI aiming to achieve at least DXCC) and AX3GAMES (activated by a multi-operator roster). QSL for both via the VK3 bureau. Australian amateurs will be allowed to use the AX prefix during the games period. [TNX VK3EW] VU4 - Also Babs, DL7AFS and Lot, DJ7ZG have announced that they have plans to go and operate from the Andaman Islands. Licences have been requested, updates will be posted at http://www.qsl.net/dl7afs/ W - The 2006 Mississippi QSO Party will run from 15 UTC on 25 February through 3 UTC on the 26th; and Read/W4HOZ, Becky/Kd5RHB and Darryl/W5VK will activate stations in Greene, George and possibly Perry Counties in southeastern Mississippi. Special Call K5G will be used in addition to Magnolia DX Club's call K5MDX and W5VK. [TNX W4HOZ] YB - While waiting for YE6P (http://dxpedition.orari.web.id/simeulue/) in April [425DXN 770], another group of operators is going to be active from Simeulue Island (OC-NEW) on 8-15 March. Look for YC6LAY/P, YB6LYS/P, YB6PLG/P, YC6JKV/P and YB1BOD/6 to operate mainly on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres SSB and CW. QSL via YB1BOD/6 (Donny Sirait, P. O. Box 1206, Medan 20233, Indonesia). Further information can be found at www.toba-dx-group.org/simeulue/index.html [TNX YB6PLG] YV - Jose Manuel Robaina, YV5TX (4M5R) expects to visit San Fernando, Apure State between 25 February and 1 March and plans to operate as YV5TX/9 on 20 and 40 metres SSB with some PSK and RTTY. QSL via EA5KB. [TNX YV5TX] ZD8 - Jim, N6TJ will operate again as ZD8Z from Ascension Island (AF-003) on 19-30 March, including an entry in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL via VE3HO. [TNX The Daily DX] ZF - Bob, K3UL will operate as ZF2UL from Grand Cayman (NA-016) on 1- 7 March. He plans to concentrate on the low bands, mainly CW. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] ZK1 - Jim, W1EMT will be working on Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands on 4-24 March and plans to operate QRP on 40, 20, 17, 15 and 10 metres as ZK1EMT in his spare time and during the weekends. QSL direct via homecall. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]

CQ 160-METER SSB CONTEST ---> Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operations for this year's event (25-26 February) maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cq160s2006.html ______

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3Y0X ---> The 3Y0X DXpedition to Peter I went QRT on 19 February at 18.13 UTC after 87,034 QSOs. The DAP Mares was scheduled to leave on 21 February and tentative plans were to visit Deception Island on the way back to King George Island and on to Punta Arenas (Chile). However, the weather worsened to the point that the helicopter was not able to fly to pick up the remaining loads of gear and supplies still on Peter I. At 23.30 UTC on 23 February the team was still awaiting another break in the WX to retrieve their final loads, but the weather forecast is not good for another few days.

DXCC NEWS: K3LP/KP5 and N3KS/KP5 from Desecheo Island (16-17 December 2005) have been approved for DXCC credit.

IOTA STORIES ---> The XF1K (NA-124, February 2006) and C93DY (AF-098, July 2005) stories are now available at http://www.islandradio.org and http://www.dxer.com.ua/c9/story_en.html respectively

QSL 6O0JT ---> Joe, VA6JWT operated from Somalia as 6O0JT and is being overwhelmed by bureau cards. He asks that no more cards be sent to him via the bureau, but that they be sent direct to Joe Talbot, P.O. Box 836, Bowden, Alberta T0M 0K0, Canada. [TNX QRZ-DX]

QSL A61AX ---> Witek, SP9MRO operated as A61AX in November 2005 and says that cards for those QSOs should be sent to his home address: Witek Onaczyszyn, P.O. Box 79, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland. [TNX IZ3EBA]

QSL VK9CG ---> Charlie, W0YG reports that many VK9CG are being sent to either JA3JA (who only used that callsign in 1993) or W0CG. Please QSL the 2005 VK9CG operation via W0YG (direct only). Charlie plans to return to Cocos-Keeling in November, further information is expected in due course.

QSL WB1CBY/VE8 ---> Tom, W1TJL (ex-WB1CBY) still has cards and logs for his past operations from various Canadian islands - Jenny Lind (NA-131), Bray (NA-174), Baffin (NA-047), Resolution (NA-130), Big (NA-174) and Handy (CISA NF021). He can be contacted at [email protected] [TNX www.islandchaser.com]

QSL VIA K4VUD ---> Effective 23 February, the new address for K4VUD is: Charles Harpole, 5900 Baywater Dr., #506, Plano, TX 75093, USA. The change will also affect the following callsigns: HS0ZCW, 9N7UD, 9N1UD, A52UD, XW1UD, KG4FPK, AC4TT, VU3CHE, V26V. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] ______

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LOGS: On-line logs for K6VVA/6 (NA-178) are now available at http://www.k6vva.com/iota/na178/logsearch/na178logsearch.php. Rick and Mike, K9AJ made 2466 QSOs (1897 CW and 569 SSB, plus 110 dupes) on 40, 30, 20 and 17 metres from South East Farallon Island. ------

QSLs received direct or through managers: 3C2MV, 3G1M (SA-069), 4J5A, 4L1QX, 4U1VIC, 4U60UN, 5H1HS (AF-032), 5H1HS/1 (AF-063), 5R8GZ, 5T0JL, 5Z4FM, 6W/HA7TM, 6Y2Z, 6Y7A, 7P8/JH4RHF, 7Q7MM, 7X0RY, 9G5FD, 9K9X, 9L1MS, 9V40UV, A22/JA4ATV, A25/DJ6SI, C91CW, C91NN, C93DY, CE0/LA6IKA, CO8CY, CO8LY, CU2A, CU2B, D44TD (AF-086), EK6TA, ES1GO, ES5Q, ES5RY, ET3TK, FG5FR, FG5GP, FH/G3TXF, FO/JI1WTF, FO/N6JA, FO5RH, FR1HZ, H7A, HH4/K2AC, HI/AA2AP, J48ALO, JY9QJ, K7C, KH9/W0CN, LU3XPL (SA-008), LW4DRV/D (SA-022), MD4K, OJ0B, PS5K, PY7ZY/6 (SA-080), PZ5RA, R1ANN, R1MVW, RU3HD/ANT, RW2F, S61FD, S9SS, SV2ASP/A, SX9A, SY8S, T5X, T80A, T88BH, TO5S (NA-114), TR8CA, TT8PK, TX0P, V26B, V51AS, V51GB, VK9CG, VK9XG, VP5B, XW8KPL/RU3DX, YB0AR (OC-021), YB8NA (OC-146), YC8RRK (OC-210), YE9R (OC-241), YK1AM, YN4SU, YZ150AA, ZB2FK, ZD9IR, ZF2CJ, ZF2LC, ZK1JD. *****************************************************************************

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3D2_rot - Bob, W7YAQ (3D2NB) and Bill, N7OU (3D2OU) were expected to operate as 3D2RX and 3D3RO from Rotuma starting on 1 March [425DXN 769]. However, their flight has been cancelled and they are currently stuck at Nadi (Fiji Islands). They have been told the next flight to Rotuma is due to leave on 6 March. [TNX The Daily DX] DU - A group of operators from the Philippines and Japan will be active as DZ1JP on 10-12 March to celebrate the Philippine- Japan Friendship Year, commemorating 50 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. This operation will concentrate on 160 metres and EME (on 6 and 2 metres). QSL via JA1HGY. [TNX DU1EV] FR/G - In February 2005, an outbreak of chikungunya (a form of viral fever spread by mosquitoes) was recorded on Reunion and around the 20% of the residents have been hit by the virus, and with 77 deaths have been associated to chikungunya. A conditional clearance to organize the DXpedition to Glorioso (http://glorieuses2005.free.fr/) has been given by the military HQ on Reunion. However, the current health situation in the area (neither specific treatment nor vaccine are currently available for chikungunya) advises the organizers not to make the trip now, but to put off it until October or November. [TNX F5CQ] JA - Look for Takeshi, JI3DST to operate as JI3DST/JS6 from Miyako Island (AS-079) until around 7 UTC on 6 March. QSL via home call, preferably through the JARL bureau. [TNX JI3DST] OH - Martti Laine, OH2BH will celebrate his 60th birthday later this year, and the Finnish Telecom Authority has released OH60BH to be used from March. Several interesting activities are planned for this Jubilee year, including one more rare DX counter that will hopefully serve as the actual venue for the party (ten years ago it was the Republic of Nauru, C21BH) For the time being, look for Martti to operate as V31BH from Belize, ARRL SSB Contest included. QSL via OH2BN. [TNX OH2BN] P4 - Look for P40D (requested call) to be aired on all bands CW, SSB and digital modes from Aruba (SA-036) on 6-16 March. QSL via WD9DZV. [TNX NG3K] P4 - Tom, W7YW will be operating as P40TW from Aruba (SA-036) on 7- 24 March. Tom will be accompanied by his wife Bonnie, W7BWW and he plans to be active on all bands SSB, RTTY and CW from the P40L contest station. QSL direct to home call. [TNX W7YW] TY - TY4TW, TY5LEO, TY5MR and TY5WP are the callsigns issued to GM4FDM, K2LEO, IK1PMR and PA3EWP for their 15-30 March activity from Benin [425DXN 769]. Teir equipment now includes two amplifiers and a Spiderbeam for 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres, in addition to monobanders for 160, 80, 40 and 30 metres. Propagation predictions and other information can be found at www.ik1pmr.com/dx-peditions/ty/ [TNX IK1PMR] UR_ant - Dmitry, UR8UC will operate CW, SSB and digital modes as either EM1UC and EM1U from Akademik Vernadsky Station (UR-01 for the Antarctica Award) on Galindez Island (AN-006), Antarctica until February 2007. [TNX UT7UA] VK9_ni - The Oceania Amateur Radio DX Group Inc (http://odxg.org/) are planning to operate on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY as VI9NI from Norfolk Island (OC-005) from 25 May until 20 June as part of the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the landing of the HMS Bounty mutineers. It is possible to accommodate extra operators for various times during this month long operation, thos who are interested in participating in this activity are invited to contact [email protected]; donations to help offset the cost of freighting all the equipment are also being sought. [TNX VK4FW] W - Look for Wade, AA8LL/4 and Liz, K8LIZ/4 to operate holiday style (on 10-40 metres SSB and possibly CW and RTTY) from Cedar Key (NA-076) from around 21 UTC on 3-5 March. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX] XE - XE7T is the special callsign that has been issued for the ARRL DX SSB Contest to the Hermosillo Contest Group, a group of amateurs from Hermosillo, Mexico who will have their first experience at a major contest. Special effort will be made on top band. QSL via N7BXX. [TNX N7DD]

PACIFIC TRIP ---> Bernhard, DL2GAC is once again going to the Pacific. He will operate as H44MS from the Solomon Islands on 4-12 March and then as P29VMS from Papua New Guinea until late March or early April. He plans to be active from a few IOTA groups while in PNG, including Bougainville Island (OC-135), the Shortland Islands (OC-162) and possibly others. QSL via DL2GAC. [TNX The Daily DX]

ARRL DX SSB CONTEST ---> Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operations for this year's event (4-5 March) maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxs2006.html ______

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3A: CHANGES TO FREQUENCY ALLOCATIONS ---> Claude Passet, 3A2LF (Association des Radioamateurs de Monaco, Secretary) reports that the following changes to the spectrum available to radio amateurs in the Principality of Monaco have been announced, effective 26 January 2006: 160 metres: 1.850-2.000 MHz 1.810-1.850 MHz (primary, exclusive) 1.850-2.000 MHz (secondary, shared) 6 metres: 50.000-52.000 Mhz 50.000-51.200 Mhz 51.200-52.000 Mhz (secondary, shared) 4 metres 70.000-70.500 Mhz (secondary, shared) The 135.7-137.8 KHz segment was allocated to the Amateur Radio Service several years ago as a secondary shared band.

3Y0X ---> The final helicopter load from the island was completed at 18.59 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 weather conditions are preventing the team from catching their flight back to Punta Arenas, and as of 3 March they were still on KGI. Meanwhile a few team members operated as CE9/homecall from Bellingshausen station.

DXCC NEWS ---> The following operations have been approved for DXCC credit: T6X Afghanistan Current operation effective 8 March 2005 D2DX Angola Current operation effective 15 December 2004 TS3A Tunisia 24-28 March 2005 TT8PK Chad 27 December 2005 - 11 February 2006 XW1A Laos Current operation effective 29 October 2005 XW1LLR Laos Current operation effective 29 October 2005 XW1X Laos Current operation effective 29 October 2005 XW1M Laos Current operation effective 29 October 2005

QSL VIA IK2QPR ---> Paolo provides the up-to-date list of the stations for which he is the current QSL manager (direct and bureau): 4L0DX EX8MF UC2WO UL7OB 5B4/UN2O EX8MLE (d) UF6FFL UL7PJQ 8Q7PR EX8NK UI8IZ UM8DX EK1700GM (a) EX8NP UI8NH UM8MFO EK3GM (b) EX8QB UI8OAA UM8OM EK8WB (c) EX8QF UK7PBH UM8QB EO2CWO EZ/UN2O UK8GH UN0F EU6MM FO/IK2QPR UK8ICO UN0N (f) EW6BN/P II2R (e) UK8IZ, UN2O EW6CM/P LU1QS UK8OAH UN7FW EW6GB RC4/UC1WWO UK8OB UN7JX EW6WW RF6FU UK8OM UN7PJQ EX2FU RI1OA UK8OWA UN8FE EX2U RL2O UL0OB UN9PQ EX5T UA0LEO UL7FCW UO100OIL EX7MA UA0YAY UL7JGJ UP50O EX7MK UA3UW UL7NAN V25PR EX8DX UC1WWO UL7OAO VP5/IK2QPR (a) until 20 May 2002 (d) until 1 April 2002 (b) until 20 May 2002 (e) until 1995 (c) until 1 May 1999 (f) until 2 February 2001

QSL VIA PA7FM ---> The backlog for direct QSL requests for PZ5PA, PZ5WP, PZ5C and PZ5C/P (SA-092) (November-December 2005) has been cleared. New requests are being processed and mailed in a few days' time. Please note that 1 USD no longer covers postage for extra-European destinations; direct cards without enough return postage will be sent through the bureau. The final logs for these activities can be found at http://www.pa7fm.nl/pz2005/ [TNX PA7FM]

QSL VIA W3HNK ---> Effective 1 March, the new address for Joe, W3HNK is: Joseph Arcure Jr, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352, USA. [TNX K1XN and The Golist]

+ SILENT KEY + Tim Chen, BV2A, founder of the Chinese Taipei Amateur Radio League (CTARL) and first amateur radio operator from Taiwan, passed away on 22 February, at 92 years of age. Condolences can be sent to [email protected], and CTARL HQ will forward them to Tim's family. [TNX BV5AF] ______

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======CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER ======1Z9J WA6TYJ HC1HC NE8Z TJP7PG IK2IQD 3B8/F6EPY F6EPY HQ9F OH3MKH TM0ANT F6KDF 3B8/IW1GIO IW1GIO HZ1IK DK7YY TM0C F6KOP 3D2NB W7YAQ II0ANT I0NZK TM0TAF F4TTR 3D2OU N7OU II1ANT IZ1GJK TM1ANT F5SIH 3W9HRN DL1HRN II1OWG bureau TM2ANT F4DNW 4N1856T YU1BM II1TPG IZ1CCE TM3ANT F5PFP 4O3ANT YZ1SG II2ANT I2JJR TM4ANT F6BFH 4O4T YU4DPR II2V IK2LNJ TM5ANT F5NOD 4O6TESLA YU6GAA II4ANT IK4QIB TM6ANT F6ELE 4U1WB KK4HD II5ANT IZ5BTC TM7ANT F6CKH 4Z5J W0MM II7ANT IZ7AUH TM8ANT F8DVD 5R8SB PA0SSB II8ANT IZ8GGF TM8TAF F8BBL 5Z4/OM2DX OM3JW IO0ANT I0YKN TM90BV F5LPY 5Z4/OM2NW OM2NW IO2MET IK2IWU TM9ANT F5PAC 6V6U K3IPK IO8ANT IK8WEJ TO1T F6HMQ 6W7FZ DK6ZZ IR0ANT IZ0EGC TO2ANT F6HMJ 7P8/IZ7ATN IZ0CKJ IR1ANT I1HYW TO5A F5VHJ 7S3F SM3AF IR8ANT I8ACB TO7IR IZ8CCW 8Q7SH DJ2BC IU0ANT IZ0BTV TU5JD IK2IQD 8R1EA AH8DX IU8ANT I8QJU UE0SZI UA0SR 8R1ZUM K7ZUM J37K AC8G UE1OPI UA1OJL 9A15DX 9A1A J5UAP HA3AUI UE1OTA RZ1OA 9H3RY W5PF JD1BLX JI5USJ UE3YAR/P RV3YR 9H3V W5PF JD1BLY JI5RPT UE6ANT UA6HPR 9H3W W5PF JW4GHA LA4GHA V31BH OH2BN 9K45NLD 9K2RR JW5E LA5NM V31JP KA9WON 9V1CW PA0KHS JW6Q LA9VDA V31PP OH2PM A41KJ N5FTR JW8AJA LA9VDA V44KJ WB2TSL A6/OD5TX W4JS JW9DFA LA9DFA V7/K7ZZ K7ZZ A61C W4JS JW9VDA LA9VDA V73WQ JL1WQO AT3ANT VU2UR KG4RN W9RN VE2CRAQ VE2CQ AX3MCG VK3WI KH2VL/KH0 JM1LJS VK0JLX VK2JLX AX8NSB VK6NE KH6BB K1ER VP2V/G6AY G3SWH C6ALC K2KJI KH6YY K2PF VP8DIZ G7KMZ C6ANM WA2IYO KP3/N2BA WA3RHW VP8DJB F5PFP C6ASB AK0M LU8XW WD9EWK VP8DJO G0JLX CE9/F2JD F6AJA LZ128LO LZ1KZA VU2PEP KF9TC CE9/HB9BXE HB9BXE LZ13ARDF LZ1KZA WP3C W3HNK CE9/N2WB N2OO LZ9C LZ1PM XE1UN N1NK CM6CAC EA5KB OH0E OH2MM XQ6ET W8UVZ CP4BT EA5KB ON100BOIC ON4CRD XR9A/MM N2OO D2DX OH2BAD ON4DAMIAN ON4CP (b) XU7TZG ON4AJV D2U EA7JX ON4DAMIAN ON4LN (c) XV9TH SK7AX DA0FIFA DL9ZEA P40A WD9DZV YB8SI YB9BU DR50BUND DL1WH P40CW F5CWU YJ0ADX DL9NDS DT8A HL2FDW P49MR VE3MR YK3R pirate DU7/DF5WA DF5WA PJ2T N9AG YQ9W YO9WF DU9/N0NM W4DR PJ5NA K1NA YS1ECB EA7BO EA8AH OH1RY PZ5CY IZ8CCW YT150YT YT7YT EM10HO UX2HO PZ5ZZ IZ8CCW YU80F YU1EFG EM10KGG UR5KGG RA1QQ/1 RA1QQ ZD8QD K4QD EM10KY IK1QFM RA1QY/1 RA1QQ ZD8WX W4WX EM10LV UR8LV RK3SWA/P UA3SDY ZF2AH W6VNR EM10UA UT7UA S9SS N4JR ZF2NE W5ASP EP3PTT OK1LO (a) ST0RM T93Y ZF2NT G3SWH EY8MM K1BV SU9GD DJ2AVB ZF2UL K3UL FK8AH W3HNK SV0XAO DJ5JH ZK1NOU N7OU FO/HA9RE HA8IB SY9A SV9COL ZK1WWA AD7AF FS/DL7DF DL7DF T40C N1KI ZK1YAQ W7YAQ FS5AK W1SJ T68G LA4YW ZL4IR W8WC FS5UQ W3HNK T80X DJ2EH ZL4WW W6YJG FT5XP F4EFI TI4CF W3HNK ZP6/N3BNA KA2AEV HB0/DL2SBY DL2SBY TI8M TI2KAC ZP9/N3BNA KA2AEV

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9K2RR Faisal al-Ajmi, P. O. Box 1124, 80000 al-Farwania, Kuwait AP2IA Ijaz Akram, 5 Haroon Road, Saroba Gardens, 17 Km Ferozepur Rd., Lahore 54760, Pakistan DL7DF Sigi Presch, Wilhelmsmuehlenweg 123, D-12621 Berlin, Germany HA8IB Szabo Karoly, Aradi u. 42, H-5525 Fuzesgyarmat, Hungary JI5RPT Makoto Koyanagi, 5-42-203, Kadan, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-0815 Japan JI5USJ Toru Koyanagi, 400-6-1119 Nagasoneminami, Hikone Shiga, 522-0052 Japan LA9DFA Morten Kvenmoen, Brodbol, N-2224 Austmarka, Norway LA9VDA Trond Johannessen, Helgedalen 13, N-1528 Moss, Norway OH3MKH Seppo Sunikka, Raitasenpolku 6, 11100 Riihimaki, Finland RA1QQ Nick A.Smerdov, P.O. Box 24, Cherepovets 162611, Russia RZ1OA Vlad Sadakov, P.O. Box 48, Arkhangelsk, 163040, Russia TI2KAC Carlos Alfaro, P.O. Box 633-1007, Centro Colon, San Jose, Costa Rica

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5T - Fernando, EA1BT plans to be active on all bands as 5T6BT from Mauritania on 7-16 April. QSL via EA4URE. [TNX EC8AUA] 5Z - Riccardo, IZ1GDB reports he will operate mainly on 20, 15 and 17 metres SSB as 5Z4/IZ1GDB from Kenya from 20 April to 1 May. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. 7Q - Les, 7Q7LA is again operating from Malawi. He will stay there for a minimum of two months, and he and Harry, 7Q7HB expect to be able to fill many band/mode slots. QSL direct only via G0IAS. [TNX G0IAS] 6Y - Tomas, LY1DF will operate (on 15-40 metres CW only) as 6Y5/LY1DF from Jamaica (NA-097) on 12-18 March. QSL via bureau to LY1DF. [TNX NG3K] 9A - 9A35Y will be aired on all bands and modes until the end of the year to celebrate the 35th anniversary of radio club "Jan Hus" (9A1CCY). QSL via 9A5CY. [TNX 9A5CY] 9A - Once again Zik, VE3ZIK (http://www.qslnet.de/ve3zik) will be active as 9A/VE3ZIK from Bilice, Croatia between 17 March and 5 April. He will participate in the Russian DX and CQ WW WPX SSB contests, before and after them he will operate mostly on the WARC bands and wait for any FM opening on 29600 kHz. QSL via DL3PS, direct or through the DARC bureau. [TNX VE3ZIK] 9M6 - Pete, SM5GMZ [425DXN 761] will be in Cambodia (XU7ADI) for another week before returning to Thailand (HS0ZFI). Starting 21 March he will be active as 9M6/SM5GMZ from East Malaysia for a couple of weeks. He will operate on all bands and modes, with a special emphasis on 160 and 80 metres. [TNX SM5GMZ] 9Q - Luc, ON7KEC will be working in the Democratic Republic of Congo from early April until the end of July. He plans to operate on the amateur radio bands as 9Q/ON7KEC in his spare time. QSL via home call. [TNX ON8JP] CN - Jim, W7EJ will operate as CN2R from Morocco on 16-29 March. He will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as Single-Operator/Single-Band (80 metres), before and after the contest expect activity on the WARC bands and 6 metres EME. QSL via W7EJ. [TNX NG3K] EA6 - 9A3AXX, 9A3RE, 9A6XX and 9A8MM will operate as EA6/homecall from Ibiza, Balearic Islands on 17-20 March. The main reason for their trip is the participation in the Russiand DX Contest as EA6/9A8MM. QSL via home calls. [TNX 9A6XX] EY - Look for EY8/UA4CC and EY8/UR0MC to operate CW, SSB and RTTY from Dushanbe, Tajikistan on 14-21 March. They will concentrate on the low and WARC bands. QSL via home calls. On 18-19 March they will participate in the Russian DX Contest as EY0R (QSL via UA4CC, direct or bureau) with EY8MM, EY8CQ, EY8BA and possibly others. [TNX UA4CC] FG - Jean-Pierre, F5CVI will be active as FG/F5CVI from Sainte Rose, Guadeloupe (NA-102) on 20-27 March. He plans to operate SSB and RTTY on 10-40 metres (plus 80 and 160 metres depending on local conditions). QSL via home call. His log will be available at http://www.ham-radioamateur.org/ [TNX F5CVI] FM - Guy, F5MNW will be active as FM/F5MNW from Martinique (NA-107) from 25 March to 8 April. He will operate CW on all bands. QSL via homecall, direct or bureau. [TNX F5MNW] HH - Jan K4QD (HH4/K4QD) and Bill W4WX (HH4/W4WX) will be at the NW Haiti Christian Mission (http://www.nwhcm.org/) on 20-31 March and plan to be active on 80-10 metres all modes. QSL HH4/W4WX via W4WX (direct), QSL HH4/K4QD via K4QD (direct or bureau). [TNX K4QD] HB9 - Heinz/HB9BOS, Ruedi/HB9CQL and Nick/HB9DDZ will operate as HB20DIG from 8 March to 7 June to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the DIG Section of Switzerland. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] I - Owing reasons beyond the operators' control, the 10-12 March operation from Ustica Island [425DXN 773] has been postponed for a few weeks [TNX IW9HLM] I - Alessandro, IW7EGK (40 metres SSB) and Giovanni, IW7DOL (20 metres SSB) will be active from the lighthouse at Torre San Giovanni (WAIL PU-003, ARLHS ITA-171) on 12 March. [TNX IW7EGK] I - IK2DUW, IK2GPQ, IK2WFE, IK8UHA and IW2OAZ will operate on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 6 and 2 metres as IB0/IQ2LB from Ventotene Island (EU-045, IIA LT-001) on 22-24 April. QSL via bureau. [TNX IW2OAZ] J6 - Jack, K9JE reports he will be active as J68AR from St Lucia (NA-108) on 16-30 March. QSL via home call. Jack and others will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. J6 - Oleh, UR5BCP reports he will operate on 160-6 metres CW and SSB from St. Lucia (NA-108) from 30 March to 5 April. QSL via KD7WPJ. JD1_oga - Hide, JM1LJS (http://radio-dream.com/jd1blk/e/) will operate as either JD1BLK and JM1LJS/JD1 from Chichijima and Hahajima, Ogasawara (AS-031) from 30 April to 6 May. QSL via JM1LJS, direct or bureau. P2 - Joe, I2YDX (P29YDX) and Roberto, IK2WXZ (P29WXZ) will join Bernhard, DL2GAC (P29VMS) on a three-island operation from 15 to 22 March. They will start from the Femi Island (OC-101), followed by activities from the Tanga Islands (OC-102) and the Lihir Group (OC-069). Plans are to remain 2-3 days on each island and to operate on 40-10 metres SSB and CW. QSL via home calls. [TNX I2YDX] P2 - Johan, PA3EXX reports he will operate (on 10, 15, 20, 30 and 40 metres CW and SSB) as P29VV from the Witu Islands (OC-181) on 16- 19 June. He also plans to be active from New Britain (OC-008) for a few days before and after the operation from OC-181. Further information is expected to be published on http://home.quicknet.nl/mw/prive/willemsen/. PA - Kees/PA3EEQ and Age/PA0XAW will operate on 80, 40, 20 and 2 metres CW, SSB and FM from a couple of Dutch lighthouses (ARLHS NET- 005 and NET-077) on 18 March. On the 25th they will operate from NET-024 on Texel Island (EU-038). QSL direct or via the bureau. Information on the Dutch Lighthouses Award can be found at http://www.dutchlighthouseaward.nl [TNX PA0XAW] S0 - Ten operators (namely Roberto/EA2RY, Pedro/EA5BJ, Fer/EA5FX, Javi/EA5KM, Francisco/EA5RD, Toni/EA5RM, Julio/EA5XX, Javi/EC4DX, Fabrizio/IN3ZNR and Dimitri/UY7CW) will be active as S01R from Western Sahara on 11-16 April. They will have four stations active on 10-160 metres CW, SSB, PSK31 and RTTY. QSL via EA5RM (Antonio Gonzalez, P.O. Box 930, 03200 Elche, Spain). Further information, on-line logs and pictures at http://www.s01r.com; the pilot will be be EA4TD ([email protected]). [TNX EA5RM] T8 - Hide, JM1LJS will operate holiday style on all bands (mostly on 15 metres SSB and CW) as T80W from Palau (OC-009) on 17-20 March. QSL direct to home call. Logs wiil be available at http://radio-dream.com/t80w/ TA - Eric, SM1TDE will operate mainly CW as TA4/SM1TDE from Kemer, Turkey on 9-16 April. He will also try to go and operate as TA0/SA1A from a couple of IOTA groups (AS-099 and AS-115). QSL via bureau to homecall. [TNX SM1TDE] TF - Amateur radio operators from Iceland are allowed to use the special prefix TF60 through the end of the year to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Icelandic Radio Amateurs (http://www.ira.is), their IARU national society. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] TZ - Txema, EA5BWR and Luis, EA5KY have been involved in a "radio solidarity" project in Diougunte, Mali since 6 March and will remain in that country through the 19th. They have applied for TZ#R and TZ#URE and plans are to operate CW, SSB and possibily some RTTY in their spare time until 17 March. QSL via EA4URE. [TNX EA2RY] UA - RA9XV, RA9XY, UA9XBL and UA9XC will be active on 80-10 metres CW and SSB as RI1PXC from Kolguev Island (EU-085) on 14-20 March. QSL via UA9XC. During the Russian DX Contest (18-19 March) they will operate as RI1PI. QSL both calls via UA9XC, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] UA - RA1QQ, RA1PAW, UA1PBU, UA1QV will be active as either UE1RCV/1 and homecall/1 or /p from Sengeyskiy Island (EU-188) on 14-20 March. During the Russian DX Contest they will operate as UA1QV/1. QSL UE1RCV/1 via UA1RJ, others via home call. [TNX IZ8CCW] V2 - Bob, W4OWY (V25WY) and Mark, W9OP (V25OP) will be active from Antigua (NA-100) on 13-19 March. They will operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 6-160 metres, with an emphasis on the low bands. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX] VU4 - Frank, DL4KQ (VU3FRK) reports that amateur radio operations from the Andaman Islands during and after the Hamfest event (http://www.niar.org/hamfest_vu4/intro.html) will take place for eight days (18-25 April). Callsigns, QSL routes, and other details are expected to be announced in due course. Bookmark http://www.dx-pedition.de/andaman2006/index.html for updates. ______

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10M BEACON ---> SR4TEN is the first Polish beacon on 10 metres. Located at the office of the MK QTC Magazine in Suchacz (JO94RG), it was activated at 10.15 UTC on 6 March and operates with 3 watts on 28.203 MHz. If you copy the beacon, please e-mail your report to [email protected] [TNX SP2FAP]

425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (February 2006) is now available at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/. Articles and pictures should be sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA ([email protected]).

DXCC NEWS ---> YI/OM2DX from Iraq (operation commencing on 9 June 2003) has been approved for DXCC credit.

HOLYLAND DX CONTEST ---> The Israel Amateur Radio Club (IARC) invites all amateur radio operators and SWLs to participate in the annual Holyland DX Contest, which will take place on 15 April (from 00.00 UTC until 23.59 UTC). Details can be found on the IARC web site (www.iarc.org). This year's event is dedicated to the memory of the late Michail Kommisarchik 4X4CD, who was the manager and a team leader at the club station 4Z4SZ. [TNX 4Z4KX]

NOT THE MANAGER ---> Anna Mischi, IS0LLJ is receiving QSL cards confirming contacts made with IM0A in July 2004. Please note that the correct QSL route for that operation is via IS0BMU, while Anna is the QSL manager only for the activity that took place on 10-13 October 1997.

NOT THE MANAGER ---> Tim Dickerson, N9NU reports that, owing to his business 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 manager for KH6XT: "I chose to keep Dennis", he says, "as I have known him for a long time and was the first station I managed". Tim will forward the cards he has on hand to the new managers as they are found.

QSL 6O0N ---> Silvano, I2YSB reports that all of the direct requests received so far have been processed and mailed. Those who have requested a direct card, will not receive a second (dupe) card via the bureau; those who have requested bureau cards through the Internet (http://www.i2ysb.com/6o0n/log_qsl/qsllog.php) need neither to e-mail Silvano nor to send their own bureau cards. [TNX I2YSB]

QSL VIA IV3OWC ---> Claudio reports that all of the requests for his past operations (9E1C, ST2CF, TL8DPA, etc) have been processed an mailed.

SIMEULUE ISLAND ---> The Toba DX Group team started their operation from this IOTA new one on 8 March as planned [425DXN 773]. The Mediterraneo DX Club sponsors the expedition and has arranged for QSL cards for Europe to be managed by IZ8CCW (direct or bureau). All others should go via YB1BOD/6 (Donny Sirait, P.O. Box 1206, Medan 20233, Indonesia). ______

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LOGS: On-line logs for the recent operations by Wulf/DL1AWI, Mat/DL5XU and Erik/DL9AWI from the Marquesas and Austral Islands are available at http://www.radioklub.de/cgcg [TNX DL3APO] ------

QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8CF, 3B9FR, 3V8SM (AF-083), 4A7L, 4J6ZZ, 4J9RI, 4K6DI, 4L1QX, 4L2M, 4L4KK, 4U60UN, 5R8GZ, 5T0JL, 5X1RI, 6O0N, 6W1RW, 6Y3R, 6Y7A, 7X0RY, 7Z1SJ, 8Q7EA, 8R1K, 9G5OO, 9J2CA, 9K2KS, 9K2USA, 9M6BG, 9V1YC, A52CDX, A61AR, A61AS, A61R, AB2RF/6Y5, BA7QT, C6AKQ, CE6M (SA-061), CN2WW, CN8YR, D2DX, DL5XX/HI9, DU1/IV3IYH, DX0ST, DX0TIC, ED1ND (EU-080), EY8CQ, EZ8AQ, F6BEE/6W, FG5BG, FH/G3TXF, FM5BH, FO/N6JA, FS/K9EL, FS5UQ, FT5XO, G4WFQ/6W, HC2SL, HC8N, HK0FD, HK0OEP, HP3XUG, HZ1NH, JW8OKA, K3LP/KP5, K7C, KL7DX, KP4SQ, LU1ZR (AN-013), LY2ZZ, MD4K, N3KS/KP5, OL8M, OX3DB, P40E, PJ7/ND5S, PZ5C/P (SA-092), PZ5WP, R1ANB (AN-016; AA UA-07), R1ANF (AN-016; AA UA-04), R1ANN (AN-016; AA UA-08), R1ANZ (AN-016; AA UA-07), S21AR, S9SS, ST0RM, SV8/G4ELZ/P (EU-113), SV9FBG, T6X, T88BH, T88GG, TF0GX, TI0SP, TI5N, TI8/KG6UH, TI8CBT, TR8CA, V26G, V26K, V31YN/P (NA-180), V44/EW1AR, V85SS, V8PMB, VK9LA, VK9NS, VP2E, VP5/N0VD, VP5/WJ2O, VP5RED, VR2BG, WP3C, XF4IH, XQ5SM, XT2JZ, YI1BGD, YI1EM, YN4SU, ZB2/G3TXF, ZB2FK, ZD8R, ZF1A, ZF2AH, ZF2CJ, ZF2NE, ZP0R.

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3B9 - Jose, ON4LAC (3B8/ON4LAC) reports he has been authorized to operate from Rodrigues for the period 18-29 April, but he hopes to have the licence extended through 14 May. Jose is expected to be on Mauritius Island starting on 17 March [425DXN 771]. 6W - Jacques, F6BEE will operate as 6W1RW from Senegal on 21-27 March, including an entry in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] 9V - Selva, 9V1UV will participate in the BARTG RTTY Contest (18- 19 March) using the Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society's contest call S65X. QSL via PA0KHS. [TNX 9V1CW] C6 - Foster, W1CGT will operate on 40-6 metres as W1CGT/C6A from South Andros Island (NA-001), Bahamas on 18-25 March. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] CN - Brad, K7ZSD will operate as CN2SD from Morocco on 20-28 March, including a Single Operator entry on 20 metres during the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL via K7ZSD. [TNX NG3K] DL - A large group of operators will be active as DA0HEL from Helgoland Island (EU-127, N-14 for the German Islands Award) and lighthouse on 16-21 March. QSL via bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] I - Special event call II0FGN will be aired by ARI Frascati from 25 March to 2 April for the 406th Fair at Grottaferrata (Rome). [TNX I0DJV] I - Look for Davide/IW9GUR, Angelo/IW9HLM, Riccardo/IT9CVO, Andrea/IT9RKR and Andrea/IW9HQP to be signing IE9/homecall from Ustica Island (EU-051, IIA PA-001) from 31 March to 2 April. They plan to have three stations active on all bands except 30 metres, plus 6 metres. [TNX IW9GUR] JA - Nobi, JA1JCF plans to operate on 15-30 metres CW as JA1JCF/1 from Inubo Saki Lighthouse (ARLHS JAP-171), Chiba prefecture on 25- 26 March. QSL via home call. In case of bad weather, the activity will be postponed to 15-16 April. [TNX JA1JCF] J7 - Mike/WA2VQW, Bob/WB2NVR, Bob/N2DVQ and Adam/N2DHH will operate as J75RZ from Dominica (NA-101) on 22-28 March, CQ WW WPX SSB Contest included. QSL via W2RZS, direct or bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] OH - Ric, DL2VFR (http://www.iota-expedition.com) and Frank, DL2SWW plan to operate as OH1/DL2VFR and OH1/DL2SWW from Korpo Island (EU- 096) on 22-29 March. Expect activity on 160-6 metres mostly CW, with some SSB and RTTY. QSL via home calls, preferably through the DARC bureau. [TNX DL2VFR] PJ6 - Joeke, PA0VDV will operate CW only as PJ6/PA0VDV from Saba (NA- 145) from 19 March to 5 April. QSL via home call. [TNX PA0VDV] S9 - Frank, F4BQO (TR8FC) will be active as S9/F4BQO on 19-26 March. He plans to operate SSB and CW on 20, 15 and 10 metres, between 8 and 10 UTC and again around 17 UTC. QSL via F4BQO. [TNX F8REF] SV - Special event call SY05AIA will be aired from 15 March until 15 June to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Athen's International Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos". The operators will be SV1GE, SV1RP, SV1AAU, SV2DGH, SV1DPJ, SV2FWV, SV1JCZ and SV0XAD. QSL via SV2FWV, direct or bureau. Further information on the event and the relevant award can be found at http://www.aia.gr/en/special/index.html [TNX SV2FWV] VU4 - As reported last week, the previously announced 3-day amateur radio activities during the 18-20 April Hamfest at Port Blair, Andaman Islands (http://www.niar.org/hamfest_vu4/intro.html) have been extended, and licence holders taking part in the event are now permitted to operate until 25 April. According to Frank, DL4KQ a short visit to the Nicobar Islands (AS-033) is currently being taken into consideration by the official parties concerned. So far the following groups/individuals have announced their activities: * DL4KQ (VU3FRK), DL5OAB, F4EGD, F5CWU, IK1PMR (VU3TLY), K2LEO/IZ1GLO (VU3PLM), K3LP, N6TQS, VU3RSB and possibily others (http://www.dx-pedition.de/andaman2006/index.html) * DL7DF, DK1BT, SP3DOI, SP3GEM and SP3CYY (http://www.dl7df.com/) * DL7AFS and DJ7ZG (http://www.qsl.net/dl7afs/) * DK5WL (www.160m.de) ZD8 - Justin, G4TSH will be active as ZD8Q from Ascension Island (AF- 003) from 24 March to 8 April. This will be a business trip and Justin will operate (on 10-40 metres mostly CW) in his spare time QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]

CENTRAL AMERICA TOUR ---> Marcos, EA1APV (http://www.ureoviedo.com/ea1apv) will be visiting Central and North America in Mach-April. On 22-28 March he will be in Guatemala (TG), then he will operate as V31SF from Belize from 29 March to 2 April. On 4-14 April he will be in Honduras (including Roatan Island, NA-057, from the 7th to the 14th), while on 15-20 April he will in be Florida (expect activity from various lighthouses). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. All QSOs will be uploaded to LOTW. [TNX EA1APV] ______

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NOT THE MANAGER ---> Steve, 9M6DXX understands that the DX4Win program shows a JA QSL manager for 9M6DXX. This is incorrect: this callsign has never been issued before, and Steve has never had a QSL manager in Japan (or elsewhere). The only correct QSL route for 9M6DXX is direct only (there is no functioning QSL bureau in East Malaysia) to Steve Telenius-Lowe, WDT 527, 88905 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Do not use his old address is in England, as Steve left the country 8 months ago and mail is no longer being forwarded to him. [TNX 9M6DXX]

QSL VIA IK2QPR ---> Paolo reports that effective immediately he is the QSL manager for EK3GM and EK3AA (both were via DK6CW), as well as UK8OAM.

RUSSIAN DX CONTEST ---> The Russian DX Contest will be held from 12 UTC on 18 March till 12.UTC on the 19th. All of the relevant information can be found at http://www.rdxc.org

S01R ---> A survey form has been added to the S01R web site (http://www.s01R.com) to let the expeditioners know on which bands/modes you need Western Sahara. The operation will take place on 11-16 April [425DXN 775]. [TNX EA5RM]

S79RRC: The S79RRC team has posted the story of their trip at http://www.qso.ru/s79rrc/eng/story_eng.php; if you want to check the status of your QSL request, please visit http://www.qso.ru/s79rrc/eng/qsl.php. ______

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LOGS: On-line logs for Gerard's (F2JD) recent operations before and after 3Y0X can be found at http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr (click on "logs en ligne"). These include CE0Z (Juan Fernandez, SA-005), LU/F2JD (Tierra del Fuego, SA-008) and CE9/F2JD (South Shetlands, AN-010). [TNX F6AJA] LOGS: When travelling to and from Peter I, the team operated as XR9A. There were three separate logs produced: XR9A (South Shetlands), XR9A/8 (Punta Arenas, Chile) and XR9A/MM (from the "DAP Mares" on way to and from 3Y0X). The XR9A log search is now up and running at http://www.peterone.com/xr9alog.htm, but the logs are incomplete. QSL for all via N2OO. PHOTO GALLERY: Pictures of the recent trip by Steve, MW0ZZK and Florent, F4CYZ to French Guyana (FY/MW0ZZK, FY/F4CYZ and TO7IR from SA-020) and Suriname (PZ5ZZ and PZ5CY) can be found at http://sites.estvideo.net/f4cyz/1/fypz/fypz.html [TNX IZ8CCW] ______

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======CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER ======3B6DX pirate ED6TDV EA6SB R1ANF RK1PWA 3D2JM JA2EWE ED8IWD EA8BHD RI1PI UA9XC 3D2NB W7YAQ EG0URV EA5URV RI1PXC UA9XC 3D2OU N7OU EK6TA DJ0MCZ RK2FWA DK4VW 3D2RO N7OU EK6YL SP9ERV RS14IPA RK3AW 3D2RX W7YAQ EY8/UA4CC UA4CC SA2006EM SM6YOU 3W9JR OK1JN EY8/UR0MC UR0MC SJ4C SM4BZH 4A7L WA3HUP EY8DQ DJ1MM SQ0NATO SP1PBW 4K7Z UA3FDX FM5JC F5CWU SU9HP SM0CFO 4K9W DL6KVA GP0STH G4DIY SV5/DJ7RJ DJ7RJ 4L8A DJ1CW H44MS DL2GAC SY05AIA SV2FWV 5N6EAM IK2IQD HI3TEJ ON4IQ TM4CMC F6BZH 5U7B I2YSB HK4QHD EA5KB TM5CMC F8CSD 5V7BR F5RUQ HQ9F OH3MKH TP1CE F5LGF 5W1VE DL9HCU HR1AAB EA7FTR TR8CA F6CBC 5X1GS WB2YQH HZ1YB DK7YY TT8LN F5TLN 5Z4KI YO9AFH IX1CNR IZ1GCZ TY4TW GM4FDM 6W4RK F5NPS J37LR VE3EBN TY5LEO IK1PMR 6Y5/LY1DF LY1DF J37T VE3EBN TY5MR IK1PMR 7Q7HB G0IAS J5UAP HA3AUI TY5WP PA7FM 7Q7LA G0IAS J79DX VA3YDX TZ6DEL EA4URE 7Z1SJ EA7FTR J79WP DL5JMN UA1PBN/1 RK1PWA 8P9NX W0SA J88DR G3TBK UA1QV/1 UA1QV 9A650C 9A7K JW5E LA5NM UE105SBM RZ0SB 9G1AA PA3ERA JW5NM LA5NM UE1RCV/1 UA1RJ 9G5OO DL4WK K9PPY/5 K9PPY UE8TWV RX0SD 9H3DX W5PF KL7J N3SL UN7AB DL8KAC 9H3JT G3PJT LU1ECZ EA5KB UN7QX W7BO 9H3RY W5PF LU7YZ EA7FTR V25OP W9OP 9H3V W5PF LY3W LY3BW V25WY W4OWY 9K2MU WA4JTK LZ128LO LZ1KZA VP2MDD M0AEP A35RK W7TSQ MJ/K3PLV K3PLV VQ9OW KA9JOW AX1AA VK1AA MJ/K8PT K8PT WP3F OK1DOT AX3CGB VK3CGB MJ/N1NK N1NK XE7T N7BXX AX3GAMES VK3WI MJ/W8JWN W8JWN XU7ADI SM5GMZ AX3MCG VK3WI MM0XAU DJ6AU YB0ECT K3AIR BW2/K0PY K0RS OE4A OE1EMS YB1BOD/6 IZ8CCW (a) C31GN pirate OH0B OH2BH YB1BOD/6 YB1BOD/6 (b) C6A/W2IRT W2IRT OH0Z W0MM YB6LYS/P IZ8CCW (a) C6AKQ N4BP OY3QN OZ1ACB YB6LYS/P YB1BOD/6 (b) C6AMM K1CN OZ0ACA ON4ACA YB6PLG/P IZ8CCW (a) C91VB UA4WHX P29K LZ1JZ YB6PLG/P YB1BOD/6 (b) CN8PA EA7FTR P29WXZ IK2WXZ YC3DIK IZ8CCW CN8SG EA7FTR P29YDX I2YDX YC6JKV/P IZ8CCW (a) CO2NB EA5KB P40A WD9DZV YC6JKV/P YB1BOD/6 (b) CO6LPB EA7FTR P40D WD9DZV YC6LAY/P IZ8CCW (a) CO6WD W0SA P40TW W7YW YC6LAY/P YB1BOD/6 (b) CT3/DL3KWF DL3KWF PA60LDN PA7DA YI1OM IK2DUW CT3/DL3KWR DL3KWR PJ4/K2NG WA2NHA YT65WRTC YT6A CT8T CT1DVV PJ4G WA2NHA YU0NT YU1SRS DR60SBG DG1EA PJ7/W8EB W8EB YU7TESLA YU7BPQ DT8A HL2FDW PJ7B W8EB YV5ANF EA7FTR DZ1JP JA1HGY PT7ZXU CT1AHU ZS2BS DJ5MS

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8R1Z P.O. Box 12111, Georgetown, Guyana 9M6DXX Steve Telenius-Lowe, WDT 527, 88905 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia EZ8AQ Eugene Sviridow, Sadowaja Street-13, Kosterewo City, Vladimirskaja Obl., Petushinskij r-on, 601110 Russia HC1HW Angela de Caviedes, P.O. Box 17-17-1689, Quito, Ecuador I2YDX Giuseppe de Gasperin, Via Trento 1, 21020 Brebbia - VA, Italy IK2QPR Paolo Fava, Via Bertani 8, 46100 Mantova - MN, Italy IK2WXZ Roberto Zanchin, Via Case Nuove 3, 21020 Brebbia - VA, Italy IZ8CCW Antonio Cannataro, P.O. Box 360, 87100 Cosenza - CS, Italy LZ1JZ Tony Stefanov, P.O Box 43, Harmanli 6450, Bulgaria OK1DOT Petr Gustab, Box 52, Cesky Brod, 282 01 Czech Republic SM6YOU Rickard Dahlstedt, Ekebergsgatan 4D, 417 02 Gothenburg, Sweden VA3YDX Igor Slakva, 105 La Rose Avenue, #803, Etobicoke, ON M9P 1A9, Canada W3HNK Joseph Arcure Jr, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352, USA W7YW Thomas H. Worthy, P.O. Box 8115, Cave Creek, AZ 85327, USA YB1BOD/6 Donny Sirait, P.O. Box 1206, Medan 20233, Indonesia

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425DXNews Home Page 25 March 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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3D2 - Brian, N6IZ will be active (on 10-80 metres SSB, CW and digital modes) as 3D2IZ from Namotu Island (OC-121), Fiji from 25 March through 1 April. QSL via home call. The trip is focused on surfing, and operating times will center around the times and frequencies posted at http://www.brianboschma.com/fiji/Fiji2006_operation.htm [TNX N6IZ] 5A - A large team of operators from Germany (DF2SS, DF6QV, DJ2VO, DJ7EO, DJ7IK, DJ8NK, DJ9CB, DK1BT, DK1II, DK7YY, DL1BDF, DL3KDV, DL5EBE and DL9USA), Switzerland (HB9AHL and HB9DTE), Italy (IT9ESZ), The Netherlands (PA0R) and USA (K3LP) will be active on all bands and modes as 5A7A from Libya on 14-28 November, CQ WW DX CW Contest included. QSL via DL9USA, direct or bureau. Further information, including how to contribute to the expedition, is available at http://5a7a.gmxhome.de/ [TNX DJ7IK] 6W - Didier, F6ELE will operate as 6W2/F6ELE from Carabane Island (AF-078) for a few days between 9 and 18 June. QSL via home call. [TNX F6ELE] 8P - Richard, G3RWL will operate (CW and data using 100w and wire antennas) as 8P6DR from Barbados (NA-021) from 28 March to 5 April. QSL via G3RWL, direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to [email protected]). [TNX G3RWL] 8Q - Simon, M0BOX will be active again as 8Q7BO from Kuredu Island, Maldives (AS-013) on 7-20 April. He plans to operate on 40-10 metres SSB and to concentrate on PSK31 and RTTY, plus SSTV if requested. QSL via home call [TNX M0BOX] 9A - Frans, ON6KN reports he will operate as 9A/ON6KN from Losinj (EU-136) on 21-26 May. EA9 - John, G4IRN and Roger, G3SXW expected to operate as ZB2/G4IRN and ZB2/G3SXW from Gibraltar on 23-27 March. However, they have had problems with the antennas, and on 25 March they will go and operate as EA9/G4IRN and EA9/G3SXW from Ceuta until the 27th. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX] FS - John, K9EL reports will operate as FS/K9EL from Saint Martin (NA-105) on 3-11 April. He will be using 100 watts and vertical antennas for 10 through 80 metres. QSL via home call. GM - An operation from the Isle of Rockall (EU-189) is being planned to take place for 5-6 days between 16 and 28 June. Operators so far include Jacek/SP5DRH, James/MM0CWJ, Witold/SP5LCC and Terje/LA3OHA, but others are being sought. Please e- mail [email protected] if interested in joining the team. Further information is expected to be available in due course at http://www.dxpedition.org/ GW - North Wakefield ARC members Charles/M0OXO, Nigel/M0NJW, Chris/M1TRC, Steve/2E0JTI and Barry/2E0JRZ will operate as GB4CI from Caldey Island (EU-124) and lighthouse (WAL-004) on 24-31 July. They will participate in the IOTA Contest as GW5X. QSL for both callsigns via M3ZYZ, direct or bureau. [TNX M0OXO] LZ - Special event call LZ80R will be aired through the end of the year to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the first amateur radio club in Bulgaria. QSL via bureau to LZ1BJ. [TNX LZ1BJ] OA - Daniel, DL5YWM will be in Peru on 7-30 April and will operate CW and SSB as OA4/DL5YWM from Lima in his spare time. He will have 160 and 80 metres, but he is a bit pessimistic because the QRM level in the city is very high. QSL via home call. On 17 April he will be joined by Daniel, DL5SE, who will operate moslty CW as OA4/DL5SE until the 30th. On 22-26 April (+/- 1 day, depending on weather and sea conditions) the two Daniels along with Marcial (OA4DM) and Jorge (OA4BHY) will be active as OC5I from Isla Chincha del Centro (SA-073). They plan to operate CW and SSB on 10-160 metres. QSL OC5I via DL5WM. [TNX DL5YWM] OK - Special station OL74CAV will be active on 23 April to celebrate the 74th anniversary of the Ceskomoravsti Amateri Vysilaci (Czech-Moravian Transmitting Amateurs, www.c-a-v.com). QSL via OK1UU. [TNX OK1UU] PY0_fni - Orlando, PT2OP (PY2TJ) will operate holiday style as ZV0F from Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) from 30 March to 4 April. He expects to be active on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB mainly during his nights. QSL via PT2OP, direct (preferably) or bureau. [TNX PY2HS] TA - Six members of the OK DX Foundation (namely OK1MU, OK1TN, OK1FIA, OK1DG, OK1CDJ and OK2VZE) plan to be active from at least one Turkish island for about four days between 24 April and 5 May. They will operate CW and SBB on 40, 30, 20, 17 and 15 metres with two stations with amplifiers. QSL via OK2GZ, direct or bureau. They have prepared a survey for IOTA enthusiasts to let them know which of the following IOTA groups are needed: AS-098, AS-099, AS-115, AS- 123, AS-154, AS-159 and EU-186. Please visit http://www.okdxf.cz/ankety/iota_ta/iota_ta_en.php and cast your vote. TA - Berkin, TA3J will operate as TA3J/0 from Sican Island (AS-115) when weather permits between 1 and 22 April. Expect activity on all bands and modes. QSL via TA3YJ, direct (SAE plus 1 IRC. no green stamps please) or bureau. [TNX TA3J] UA - Special call R45G will be aired from the radio club station (RK3DZB) at the Cosmonauts Traning Center on Zvyozdny Gorodok on 10-16 April to commemorate the 45th anniversary of Yuri A. Gagarin's first human flight in space (12 April 1961). Activity will be on SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31, MFSK16 and SSTV on the HF bands. QSL direct only via RW6HS (Vasil M. Kasyanenko, P.O. Box 0, Novopavlovsk, Stavropolsky kr., 357300, Russia). [TNX RW6HS] VE - The Surrey Amateur Radio Club (VE7SAR/VE2) will be operating SSB from La Madeleine Islands (NA-038) during IOTA Contest (29-30 July). Look for Heinz, VA7AQ to start operating on the 24th. [TNX VA7AQ] W - Sponsored by the Central Oregon DX Club (http://www.codxc.com/), the first running of the "7th Call Area QSO Party" (7QP) will be held from 13 UTC on 6 May until 7 UTC on the 7th. The rover team of I2UIY, K2RD and W6OAT will be operating as K7SB/m from the following rare Counties in the rare State of Nevada: Carson City, Churchill, Douglas, Esmeralda, Humboldt, Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Nye, Pershing, Storey and Washoe. The proposed itinerary is shown at http://www.i2uiy.it/k7sb.html [TNX I2UIY] YB - Kardi, YB1TC reporta the a group of operators from call areas 0, 1 and 4 of Indonesia (callsigns not provided) will hold a "Low Band Krakatau QSO Party" from Krakatau Island (OC-262) on 9-10 April to celebrate the 38th anniversary of ORARI. Look for them to be active using their home calls as follows (QRG +/- 5 kHz): 9 April: 1.825 MHz 17.15-19.00 UTC CW 19.15-23.00 UTC SSB 1.850 MHz 12.15-17.00 UTC SSB 3.805 MHz 23.15-02.99 UTC SSB 3.805 MHz 02.15-05.00 UTC CW 7.085 MHz 07.15-09.00 UTC SSB 7.085 MHz 09.15-11.00 UTC CW 10 April: 1.825 MHz 15.15-19.00 UTC CW 1.850 MHz 19.15-23.00 UTC SSB QSL to P.O. Box 1000 JKS, Jakarta 12010, Indonesia. The event sponsored by the Indonesian Amteur Radio Old Timer (www.arot.org). YB - The YE6P expedition to Simeulue Island (OC-270), originally expected to take place on 10-16 April, has been postoponed for a month or two, but it has not been cancelled. "Kardi (YB1TC) and his group still plan on putting it on", Al (K8SIX) reports, "as the last operation never made it into NA or SA and apparently some of northern EU". [TNX K8SIX and www.islandchaser.com] YU - Raffaele, IV3NVB and Roberto, IV3SRD will be active probably as YU8/IV3NVB e YU8/IV3SRD from Kossovo until 3 August. QSL via home calls (bureau). [TNX IV3EHH] YU - Charlie, 4N7CC reports that a few special callsigns will be aired from Senta (Vojvodina, Serbia & Montenegro) until 31 December to celebrate the 500th anniversary of that city: 4N7CC will use 4N500CC, 4N7ZZ will use 4N500ZZ, YU7BW will use YU500BW, YU7CM will use YU500CM, YU7JDE will use YU500JDE, YZ7A (contest call) will use YZ500A. YV0 - Operators from the Association of Radioamateurs of Venezuela (ARV) and the Grupo DX Caracas will be active as YX0A from Aves Island (NA-020) in April. The team plans to leave on the 17th and to be QRV on the 19th. They expect to be operating through two weekends. Further information is likely to be posted on http://www.yv0.info/ [TNX The Daily DX]

CARIBBEAN TRIP ---> Lars, SM0CCM (J73CCM) and Seth, SM7XBI (J79XBI), will be QRV from Dominica (NA-101) from 29 March to 12 April and again on 19-28 April. Expect activity on all bands SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31. On 12-19 April they will operate from Grenada, probably as J3/homecall. QSL via home calls, preferably through the bureau. [TNX NG3K]

CQ WW WPX SSB CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their participation in this year's event (25-26 March): 4J - Mir, UA3FDX and Pavel, RA3AUM as 4J0DX from Azerbaijan. QSL via UA3FDX. 6W - Jacques, F6BEE as 6W1RW (SOAB) from Senegal. QSL via home call. 9A - Zik, VE3ZIK as 9A/VE3ZIK from Croatia. QSL via DL3PS, direct or bureau. 9K - Seven operators as 9K2HN (Multi-Single) from Kuwait. QSL direct or bureau. 9M6 - Pete, SM5GMZ and Steve, 9M6DXX as 9M6DXX (Multi-Single) from East Malaysia. QSL direct only to 9M6DXX (Steve Telenius-Lowe, WDT 527, 88905 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia). AP - Ijaz, AP2IA and Dane, S57CQ as AP2IA (Multi-Single) from Pakistan. QSL via AP2IA, direct or bureau. BV - A large gropu of operators as BP0P (Multi-Multi) from Taiwan. QSL via BV2KI. CN - Jim, W7EJ as CN2R (80 metres, QSL via W7EJ) and Brad, K7ZSD as CN2SD (20 metres, QSL via K7ZSD) from Morocco. CT3 - A large group of Madeira Team members (www.madeirateam.com) plus DK7YY as CQ9K from Madeira. FM - Roberto, IV3IYH as TO3W from Martinique. QSL via IK2ILH. GM - Leo, W3LEO as MM0LEO from Scotland. QSL via home call. HC8 - N5KO, K6AW, LU6ETB, LU2FA and LU4FPZ as HC8N (Multi-Two) from the Galapagos Islands. QSL via W5UE. I - IK6JNH, IK6RYU and IK6VXO as IR6T. QSL via IK6VXO. IS0 - Mauro, IN3QBR as IS0/K7QB on 80 metres from Sardinia. QSL via IN3QBR. J6 - The Southwest Ohio DX Association as J6DX from St. Lucia. QSL via N9AG. J7 - WA2VQW, WB2NVR, N2DVQ and N2DHH as J75RZ from Dominica. QSL via W2RZS, direct or bureau. JW - Francois, F8DVD as JW/F8DVD (SOSB 20 metres HP) from Spitsbergen, Svalbard. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. KH6 - KH6ND, KH6TO, KH6YY, KH7U, AH6OZ and AH6NF as KH7X (Multi-Single) from Hawaii. QSL via K2PF. OH0 - OH9MM as OH0Z (SOAB) from the Aland Islands. QSL via W0MM. P4 - W6LD as P40L (SOAB) from Aruba. QSL via K5WW. SP - Kris, SP6DVP as 3Z6V on 20 metres. QSl via home call. SV5 - SV5AZP, SV5DDP, SV5DKL, SV5FRB and SV5FRD as SX5P from the Dodecanese. QSL via SV5FRD. SV9 - Dimitris/SV9COL, John/SV9FBG, John/SV9FBK and George/SV9GPV as SY9A from Crete. TA - The Balkan Contest Club as TC3A from Karacabey, Turkey. QSL via LZ1KZA. TG - TG9ADQ, TG9SM, TG9ATG, TG9AXF, TG9ANF and EA1APV as TG7M from the Maya Biosphere in northern Guatemala. QSL via EA1APV. [TNX NG3K] V3 - K3RV and W3NO as V31RV (Multi-Single) from Belize. QSL via W3NO. VE - Yuri, VE3DZ as VC3T. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. YB - Pri, YB0ECT and several other operators as YB0ZCB/1 (Multi-Single) from Anyer Beach in Banten Province of Indonesia (OC-021). They also plan to operate RTTY and PSK31 on 17 metres. QSL via YB0YAD. ZD8 - Jim, N6TJ as ZD8Z (SOAB) from Ascension Island. QSL via VE3HO. Don't forget to give a look to the Announced Operations for this year's event maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxs2006.html ______

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BELGIUM: VANITY CALLS ---> Franki, ON5ZO (UBA HF Manager) reports that amateur radio operators from Belgium can now apply for a secondary 2x1 vanity callsign with all possible ITU prefixes allocated to that country (but OT5x and OR5x are still reserved for club stations). The primary focus of these new calls is contesting, but they can also be used for everyday DXing. Koen, ON4CCP says his vanity call is OT1A, which was used back in contests back in 2001. Please note that the new QSL route is via ON4CCP (no longer via ON7LR).

CQ DX MARATHON ---> Last run in 1948, the new CQ DX Marathon is a year-long DX hunt, with participants competing to see who can work the greatest number of countries ("entities") and CQ zones over the course of a full year, then starting again at zero at the beginning of the next year. This year's Marathon began at 00.00 UTC on 1 January 1 and will end at 23.59 UTC on 31 December. A new dedicated web site has been established at www.dxmarathon.com [TNX K9EL]

HAMFEST (VU4) INDIA 2006 AWARDS ---> A number of awards will be available for contacting the various operators who will be active for the Hamfest to be 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). Contacts can be made on any band/mode starting from 18.30 UTC on 17 April until the DXpeditions are over. Full information is available at http://www.niar.org/hamfest/awards.html The list of amateur radio operators who will attend the Hamfest so far includes: 4Z4DX, A7/VU3MUV, AA4NN, CE2GLR, DF2IC, DJ0VF, DJ6TF, DJ7ZG, DJ8NK, DK1BT, DK5WL, DL1QW, DL3GA, DL4KQ, DL5OAB, DL7AFS, DL7DF, DL8LE, DL9GFB, DL9MS, F4EGD, F5CWU, G3LQP, I5JHW, IK1PMR, IZ1GLO/K2LEO, JR3MVF, K0IR, K3LP, K4VUD, K6JAJ, K6WX, K8LEE, KD8CGN, KF4IMJ, M1AEV, N2LM, N3OSH, N4GN, N6TQS, N7NG, N8TT, OE1ZKC/JH4RHF, OH2BBM, OH2BE, OH2BH, OH2KI, OH8HBG, ON5GA, PB2T, PY2DM, SP3CYY, SP3DOI, SP3GEM, SP5XVY, SP9EVP, VK2JNA, VK8FR, VK9NS, VU2AJW, VU2BL, VU2BOO, VU2BVB, VU2CBU, VU2CLM, VU2CMN, VU2CSV, VU2DBP, VU2DET, VU2DH, VU2DSV, VU2DVO, VU2FI, VU2FSX, VU2GHX, VU2GL, VU2JJS, VU2JMA, VU2JOS, VU2JVA, VU2LFA, VU2LIC, VU2LK, VU2LKB, VU2LU, VU2MY, VU2MYH, VU2MYL, VU2NIS, VU2NNA, VU2NTR, VU2OCY, VU2PKV, VU2RBI, VU2RIM, VU2RO, VU2SAX, VU2SBJ, VU2SDU, VU2SH, VU2SIE, VU2TRW, VU2UWZ, VU2VPR, VU2WDP, VU2ZBZ, VU3ADI, VU3DAC, VU3DSM, VU3DVS, VU3ELR, VU3HDP, VU3ICC, VU3LGX, VU3LMS, VU3MCK, VU3MMP, VU3NOJ, VU3PAK, VU3RSB, VU3SQB, W0GJ, W2NDP, W3UR, W8AEF, W8GEX, W9IXX, WA6UVF, WA9QJH, WE7K, XU7ACC, YB0US (http://www.niar.org/hamfest/participants.html).

HUNGARY: 6 & 40 METRES ---> Effective 29 March amateur radio operators in Hungary can start using the 50-52 MHz band on a secondary, non-interference basis. All stations holding a CEPT-equivalent licence are automatically granted access: the power limit is 10W ERP and mobile operations on 6 metres are not allowed. Hungarian amateurs have also gained access to the 7100-7200 kHz segment on 40 metres. [TNX HA5X]

NOT THE MANAGER ---> Oreste, IZ8EDJ is receiving cards for V59SWK, but he is not the QSL manager for that station. Oreste says he currently handles only V51KC, V55O, YI3SRA and IR8C.

QRP MAS ---> The QRP Contest Community (http://www.qrpcc.de/) invites to take part in the 7th QRP Minimal Art Session (qrp-mas) that will take place on 25 May from 19 to 23 UTC on 80 metres CW. Contacts shall be made with homebrew rigs as simple as possible and constructed of as few components as possible. Further information can be found on QRPCC's website or from Hartmut Weber, DJ7ST ([email protected]). [TNX DJ7ST]

QSL 9M6AAC ---> DJ8XW and DL2QT recently operated from 9M6AAC at Hillview Gardens in East Malaysia. The permanent QSL manager for all operations from 9M6AAC over the past 10 years is N2OO. The QSL route announced by DJ8XW and DL2QT ("via DL2QT") is incorrect, but they will answer whatever cards do go via that route if they have already been sent there. [TNX N2OO]

QSL VIA YB1BOD/6 ---> Donny reports that his correct address is: Donny Sirait, P.O. Box 1206, Medan 20001, Indonesia. Donny is the QSL manager for the recent operation from Simeulue Island (OC-270). Stations from Europe only can send their request to IZ8CCW.

SINGAPORE: 40 & 80 METRES ---> David, 9V1RH would like to remind readers of 425 DX News that "since September 2005 9V1 amateurs may use the band 7.0 to 7.2 MHz. So if the QRM below 7.1 MHz is too heavy, calling CQ Contest listening 7,110 may get an easy contact. For 9M2, 9M6, 9M8, 9V1 and YB/YC the 75/80 metre band runs from 3,500 to 3,900 kHz, so it is possible to work split with us above the DX window".

W5DXCC ---> The Lone Star DX Association in conjunction with Ham-Com 2006 will host this year's W5DXCC, to be held on 9-10 June in Plano, TX. The main event will be a dinner at the Southfork Hotel on Friday evening (this year's featured speaker and programme at the dinner event will be Bob Allphin, K4UEE and the 3Y0X DXpedition to Peter I Island), but there will be additional DX events on Friday and Saturday at the convention center. To order tickets or read about additional DX programme information, please visit http://www.hamcom.org [TNX WW5L] ______

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LOGS: The guys in Benin (TY5MR, TY5LEO, TY4TW and TY5WP) have found an Internet Cafe and were able to send their logs and a few pictures to Dennis, PA7FM, whi in his turn has made them available on his web site (http://www.pa7fm.nl). The DXpedition is now fully operational on 160-10 metres. During this weekends' WPX Contest look for TY5WP on 80 metres. Next week they will focus on the low bands. [TNX PA7FM] LOTW & WAS: The ARRL's Logbook of the World (LoTW) now supports the Worked All States (WAS) award. Once registered and logged in, users may set up a WAS account on the Logbook Awards page, configuring the account to automatically select QSLs to use or selecting them manually via Your QSOs. OC-270: A photo gallery of the 8-15 March operation from Simeulue Island can be found at http://www.toba-dx-group.org/simeulue/foto.html ------

QSLs received direct or through managers: 3G1M (SA-069), 3XY7C, 4A7L, 4K7Z, 4L8A, 4O3ANT, 4S7NE, 5D6MC, 5H1CM (AF-032), 5T0JL, 5U5Z, 5V7FA, 5Z4ES, 6O0JT, 6O0N, 6V6U, 6Y2Z, 7X0RY, 7X4AN, 8R1EA, 9G1YR, 9J2BO, 9M2CNC, 9N7JO, 9Y4/DL7DF, A22/JA4ATV, A52CDX, A71EM, AT0EI (AS-169), C6ANM, CE0/LA6IKA, CE6M (SA-061), CM6CAC, CN2DX, CN8SG, CU7/G3TXF, D2DX, DU7/G4DUM (OC-129), DX0K, ED1ND (EU-080), EP4HR, ES1FB/8 (EU-178), EU1AZ, EX2X, EY8CQ, FG5BG, FH/G3TXF, FS5UQ, HA7TM/HI9, HC4/NP3D, HC8N, HI3NR, HP1XVH, HV5PUL, IO2ANT, IR1ANT, IR8ANT, J20LA, J37K, J79RV, J88DR, J8DX, JD1BFA, JW5E, JW9VDA, K3LP/KP5, K7C, KC4CD/HR2, KG4WW, KH6ND/KH5, KH7U/KH5, KL7J, LU1ZB (AN-012; AA LU-05), LU1ZR (AN-013; AA LU-12), LU1ZS (AN-010; AA LU-17), MU0EXN, MW5A, N3KS/KP5, OD5NH, P40W, P49MR, P49Y, PJ7/ND5S, PS2T, PZ5C/p, PZ5WP, R1ANB (AN-016; AA UA-07), R1ANF (AN-016; AA UA-04), R1ANN (AN-016; AA UA-08), R1ANZ (AN-016; AA UA-07), R1MVC, R1MVW, RA0FW/p (AS-025), RI1NU (EU-147), RN1NU/1 (EU-162), S9SS, ST/ZS5ADU, SU8GFTN (AF-101), SU9BN, SY8S, T24DX, T32Z, T40C, T80A, T98U, TA0/YZ1SG, TI1C, TI8CBT, TL8DPA, TM8TAF, TR8CR, TT8AMO, TT8M, TT8PK, TX5M, TZ5A, UA2FX, UP60P, V25G, V26AAV, V26VR, V31YN/p, V44/W1USN, V5/SP6IXF, V51/DJ4SO, V7/K7ZZ, VO2AC, VP2MQQ, VP2MW, VP2V/N2IEN, VP5JM, VP5W, VP9/W6PH, VP9I, VY2NT (NA-029), WH6R, WP3C, WP3R, XZ7C, YN4SU,YO2LDC, Z22JE, Z36W, Z37M, ZA3/IZ0CKJ, ZB2/PA3EWP, ZB2CI, ZB2EO, ZB2FX, ZD7BG, ZD8A, ZP0R, ZP3CTW, ZX5J. *****************************************************************************

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425DXNews Home Page 01 April 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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EI - Michael, G7VJR will operate (on 40/20 metres mainly SSB) as EI/G7VJR/p from the Aran Islands (EU-006) on 1-2 April. QSL via home call. Martin, G3ZAY will also be on the trip and may be heard as EI/G3ZAY/p. [TNX G7VJR] G - Geoff, G0PFH will operate on 20 and 40 metres SSB as GX2UG from Holy Island (EU-120) on 6-8 April. QSL via G0PFH. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]. GW - Special callsign GB0MPA will be aired by the Barry Amateur Radio Society for 28 days starting on 4 April. "MPA" was the callsign assigned to RMS Carpathia, the ship that in April 1912 rescued all 705 survivors from the wreck of the Titanic. QSL via GW0ANA. [TNX GW0ANA] I - Alessandro, IW7EGK (40 metres SSB) and Giovanni, IW7DOL (20 metres SSB) will operate from the lighthouse at Torre San Giovanni (WAIL PU-003, ARLHS ITA-171) on 2 April. QSL via bureau. [TNX IW7EGK] J6 - Oleh, UR5BCP is currently unable to make the trip and has postponed his operation from St. Lucia [425DXN 775]. J6 - Bill, WB5ZAM will operate holiday style either as J6/WB5ZAM or with a J68 callsign from St. Lucia (NA-108) for two weeks starting on 8 April. He plans to focus on 30 metres and possibly 40 metres. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] PA - Alfons, ON4AWT will operate (on 10-80 metres SSB and digital modes) as either PA/ON4AWT/P and/or PA/ON4OSA from Schouwen- Duivenland (EU-146) on 3-7 April. QSL via ON4AWT. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]. TK - Look for Jean-Louis, TK/F5NHJ (http://perso.wanadoo.fr/f5nhj/) to be active from Corsica (EU-014) from 29 March to 4 April. This is a QRP CW, holiday style operation. QSL via home call. [TNX F5NQL] UA - Members of Radio Club "Remo" (RZ4CWW) in Saratov will operate as R4G on 1-20 April to commemorate the 45th anniversary of Yuri A. Gagarin's first human flight in space (12 April 1961). QSL via RZ4CWW, direct or bureau. [TNX UA4CC] VU - VU2SWS, VU2IZO, VU2JPN, VU2NKS, VU2PAI and VU2MTT will operate SSB, CW and digital modes as AT0AI from Arnala Island (AS-169) from 31 March to 2 April. QSL via either VU2SWS or VU2PAI. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org and VU2PAI] ______

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425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (March 2006) is now available at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/. Articles and pictures should be sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA ([email protected]).

DXCC NEWS ---> The 3Y0X operation from Peter I (8-19 February) has been approved for DXCC credit.

EU PSK AWARD PROGRAMME ---> The Scottish-Russian ARS introduces the new website for the European PSK Award Programme (www.eu.srars.org). Much of the site's content has been updated or redesigned along with several new sections and pages. [TNX MM0DGR]

MDXC CONVENTION ---> The 2nd Mediterraneo DX Club (MDXC) HF Convention will take place on 16-17 September at Nola (Napoli), Italy. Details will be posted on http://www.mdxc.org/

POSTAGE (AUSTRALIA) ---> Bill Horner, VK4FW reports that effective 6 March all postage rates have gone up in Australia. An airmail letter up to 50 grams is now AUD 1.85.

+ SILENT KEY + Danish DX Group (http://www.ddxg.dk) founder and past president Poul Schnack Nielsen, OZ3PO passed away last week at 78 years of age. [TNX OZ1LO] ______

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3Y0X: The 3Y0X (Peter I) statistics are available at http://www.peterone.com/stats.htm ______

======*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL INFO ******** ======Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

======CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER ======3B8/DF8AN DF8AN DU3NXE W3HNK P49MR VE3MR 3B8/ON4LAC ON4LAC DZ50C JP1IOF PJ2T N9AG 3B8MM DL6UAA EA9/G3SXW G3SXW PJ6/PA0VDV PA0VDV 3D2HC DL9HCU EA9/G4IRN G4IRN PQ7Q PY7VI 3D2IZ N6IZ EA9EU EA9AZ R1ANF/P RK1PWA 3XY8WK I0WK ED3MCF EA3ASE S65X PA0KHS 4J0AUM UA3FDX ED8CLL EC8AUA S9YL N4JR 4J0DX UA3FDX EE1D EA1ACP SN190ZS SP9GFI 4L4CH LZ1OT EI4LRC EI8EM ST2AC ST2M 4L4MM F5VHH EI7M EI6HB ST2BF W3HNK 4L8A DJ1CW EK6LF DJ0LZ SX5P SV5FRD 4M5R EA5KB EK8WA SP9ERV SY9A SV9COL 4N0NS YU7BPQ EL2AR EL2BA SZ5RDS SV5AZP 4N150AA YT1AA EM0Z UY0ZG T68G LA4YW 4N150FN YU7FN EM3H UR3HC T80W JM1LJS 4N150JA 4N1JA EM5U UT2UB T88AR JR4GPA 4N500ZZ 4N7ZZ EY0R UA4CC T88CW JH0IXE 4N8A YU1EA FG/F5CVI F5CVI T88NF JA0FOX 4O3AA K2PF FM/F5MNW F5MNW T88ZK 7N4JZK 5B/AJ2O RA3AUU FM/IV3IYH IK2ILH TA3J/0 TA3YJ 5H3AA K6EID FR1AN N5FTR TC3A LZ1KZA 5V7BR F5RUQ HC1HC NE8Z TG7E EA1APV 5Z4BU UA4WHX HC8/LU4FPZ LU2FA TG7M EA1APV 6W/HB9DTE HB9DTE HC8N W5UE TI8CBT EA7FTR 6W/HB9JOE HB9JOE HF35FO SP2PMW TM7BV F5NPS 6W1EA EA4ATI HH4/K4QD K4QD TM9R F5GGL 6W1RW F6BEE HH4/W4WX W4WX TO3W IK2ILH 7Z1UG DO1HEN HV5PUL pirate (a) TO5BG F5XX 8J1S bureau HZ1AN DJ9ZB TY4TW GM4FDM 8P5A NN1N II0FNG IZ0BTV TY5LEO IK1PMR 8P6DR G3RWL II3P IW3IE TY5MR IK1PMR 8P9JG NN1N IR6T IK6VXO TY5WP PA7FM 9A/VE3ZIK DL3PS IS0/K7QB IN3QBR U4MIR RK3DZB 9G5A DL4WK J43P SV3GKE UE1OPL UA1OAM 9G5LF SP3DOI J6/K8LEE K8LEE UE4PWR RA4PO 9H3FR DF9LW J68AM W8ILC UK8OAM IK2QPR 9J2BO G3TEV J68AR K9JE V31NO W3NO 9J2CA G3SWH J68AS N9AG V31RV W3NO 9K2PL EA5KB J68ID W8QID V47KP K2SB 9M2CNC G4ZFE J68MS W4CEO V51KC IZ8EDJ 9M6/G3OOK M5AAV J6DX N9AG VB3O VA3CCO 9M6/SM5GMZ SM5GMZ J75RZ W2RZS VC3J VE3EJ 9M6AAC N2OO J79VQ WA2VQW VC3L VE3AT 9V1CW PA0KHS JV800DA JT1DA VC3T VE3DZ A6/ON5NT ON5NT JW/F8DVD F8DVD VP2E N5AU A71CT EA7FTR JW4GHA LA4GHA VP5TG VE3TG A71EM EA7FTR KG44WW N4BAA VP8DJO G0JLX AN7FTR EA7FTR KH0AC K7ZA VU3DJQ EA7FTR AN8AH OH1RY KH7X K2PF VU3RIC DJ5IW AX6ANC VK6NE L47D EA5KB XW1A E21EIC AX7GN VK7GN LR2F LU2FA YB0ZCB/1 YB0ZCB AX8NSB VK6NE LX8M LX1ER YB1BAD ON4RU AY8A LU8ADX OA4/DJ3KR DJ3KR YM3SF F6ETQ BP0P BV2KI OF6AA OH6AA YN4MG W0MM C56W DK2WV OH0R OH2PM YR0HKW YO3HKW C91VB UA4WHX OH1/DL2SWW DL2SWW YR100A YO8AXP CN2R W7EJ OH1/DL2VFR DL2VFR YT6150Y YT6Y CN2SD K7ZSD OH4R OH4JFN YU500JDE YU7JDE CN2US NJ2D OH60BH OH2BH YU80F YU1EFG CN8KA EA7FTR OH9TT OH8MSM YW5CQ EA5KB CN8KD EA5XX OL7R OK1XUV YZ3150EW YZ1EW CN8NK EA5XX ON100BOIC ON4CRD ZB2/G3SXW G3SXW CO3LF IZ8EBI ON7G ON4MRX ZB2/G4IRN G4IRN CO8LY EA7ADH OO2A ON4ADN ZB2CN DJ9WH CP4BT EA5KB OQ1C ON4ON ZD8Q G4TSH CU1CB EA5KB OS0S ON4ZD ZD8Z VE3HO CX2AQ EA5KB OT1A ON4CCP ZF2AH W6VNR DK2006TZ DL1SBF OX3XR OZ3PZ ZK1EMT W1EMT DP5A DL3JJ P29KPH N5FTR ZP0R W3HNK DR1A DL6FBL P29VMS DL2GAC ZV0F PT2OP DT8A HL2FDW P40L K5WW ZY7C PY7WA

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9N7JO Stig Lindblom, Jum Changphimai 147/1 - Moo 3, Tambon Boot, Ban Ta Bong, Phimai, TH-30110 Nakhon Ratchashima, Thailand DK2WV Karl-Heinz Ilg, Max-Low-Str 15, 85579 Neubiberg, Germany DL2SWW Frank Dreyer, Gartenweg 9, D-19069 Alt-Meteln, Germany DL2VFR Enrico Stumpf-Siering, OT Bindow Gruene Trift 19, D-15754 Heidesee, Germany EL2BA H. Walcott Benjamin, 285 St. Marks Place, Apt. 4D, Staten Island, NY 10301, USA F8DVD Francois Bergez, 6 rue de la Liberte, F - 71000 Macon, France GM4FDM Tom Wylie, 3 Kings Crescent, Elderslie, Strathclyde, Scotland PA5 9AD, UK IK1PMR Andrea Panati, Via Caccia 52, 15033 Casale Monferrato - AL, Italy JM1LJS Hideyuki Kai, 4-22-15, Takata-Higashi, Kohoku-Ku Yokohama-City, 223-0065 Japan N6IZ Brian D. Boschma, 16237 Maya Way, Los Gatos, CA 95130, USA PA0VDV Joeke van der Velde, Delleburen 1, 8421 RP Oldeberkoop, The Netherlands PA7FM Dennis Robbemond, Loggerhof 11, 3181 NS Rozenburg, The Netherlands PT2OP Orlando Perez Filho, SHIGS 706 - Bloco L - Casa 22, 70350-762 Brasilia - DF, Brazil ST2M Magdi Osman Ahmed Abdelrahim, P.O. Box 2, Khartoum Airport 11112, Sudan SV5FRD Dionisios Hatjigavriil, P.O. Box 437, GR-85100 Rhodes, Greece TA3YJ Nilay Mine Aydogmus, P.O. Box 876, 35214 Izmir, Turkey XV1X Eddy Visser, Van Lennepstraat 84, 3881 WV Putten, The Netherlands

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425DXNews Home Page 08 April 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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6O - Mike, PA5M is now working in Somalia and will be active in his spare time as 6O0M. He will operate mainly CW with 100 watts into wire antennas. Mike should be there for at least 6 weeks. QSL via PA7FM. Pictures and logs will be posted on http://www.6o0m.pa7fm.nl/ as soon as available. [TNX PA7FM] 9A - Fredy (DE0MST), Daki (9A2WJ), Boro (9A3KB), Emir (9A6AA), Sven (DF9MV) and Mathias (DL5MFL), plan to be active as either 9A0CI and homecall/p from Veli Rat Lighthouse (ARLHS CRO-183) on Dugi Otok (EU-170, IOCA CI-018) on 14-22 April. QSL 9A0CI via DE0MST, others via home calls. [TNX VA3RJ] CE - Zoli, HA1AG and Marco, CE6TBN will operate SSB and CW as XR4PI from Pupuya Island in the O'Higgins/Maule IOTA group (SA-NEW) during the weekend. They expect to be QRV late Friday evening (7 April) and to operate until Sunday (9 April) afternoon. The exact schedule will largely depend on local conditions. Feedback during the operation can be sent to [email protected] (messages will be read by the pilots and forwarded to the operators on the island). QSL via HA1AG, direct or bureau. Further information can be found at www.hg6n.hu/ha1ag/xr4pi [TNX HA1AG] DL - Look for Detlev, DL1RTW/p and Klaus, DL7UXG/p to operate SSB and CW from Fehmarn Island (EU-128, O-01 for the German Islands Award) from 29 April to 1 May. [TNX DL8AAM] DU - Rag, LA6FJA plans to operate (on 17, 20, 30, 40 and 80 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31) as DU1/KI4KJP from Luzon Island (OC- 042), Philippines from 6 April to 1 May. QSL via WY4N. [TNX The Daily DX] EA8 - Michael/DL3FCG, Lars/DL6FCB, Fred/DL8MG and Reiner/DL4ZF will be active as EA8/homecall from Tenerife, Canary Islands (AF-004) from 28 April to 5 May. QSL via home calls. [TNX DL3FCG] EI - The South Dublin Radio Club (EI2SDR) will operate as EI90GPO over the Easter weekend to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Uprising of 1916. Activity will be on all HF bands from 80 to 10 metres. [TNX F5NQL] F - Muriel, F0CXD and Arno, F4DCG will operate as TM4BFL on 9-19 April. This special call is in memory of Arnaud Smeulders, F4BFL, who died several months ago at 29 years of age. QSL via F4DCG, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL] FO - Yves, F6CTL will operate from the Pacific between 18 June and 18 July. He expects to be active from the following islands (no exact dates): Marquesas Hiva Hoa OC-027 Australes Rurutu OC-050 French Polynesia Tahiti OC-046 French Polynesia Moorea OC-046 French Polynesia Huahine OC-067 French Polynesia Fakarava OC-066 French Polynesia Mangareva OC-063 He plans to operate SSB and some CW on 10-40 metres using a vertical and dipoles. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX] GM - The Orkney Amateur Radio Club (http://www.eu009.com) will operate as MM0MWW from the Isle of Shapinsay (EU-009) on 13-17 April. They plan to be QRV with two stations on 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15 and 10 metres CW and SSB. QSL direct only to GM0IFM (see http://www.eu009.com/qslpolicy.htm for their QSLling policy). [TNX MM0MSS] HA - Chris, HA5X will operate as HA50MHZ until 31 December to celebrate the long-awaited legalization of 6 metres for amateur radio operators in Hungary. QSL via home call. [TNX HA5X] HH - Glauber, PS7EB will operate as HH/PS7EB from Haiti between 19 May and 25 November. He works for the Brazilian Army and has joined a group of Brazilian military forces that will work together with ONU on a peace mission in Haiti. Glauber plans to operate CW, SSB and digital modes using a multiband vertical antenna. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX PY7RP] I - ARI Sala Consilina (Salerno) members will operate special event station IO8VAT from 15 April to 15 May to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Vatican Radio. QSL via IZ8AJQ (bureau) or direct to P.O. Box 11, 84036 Sala Consilina - SA, Italy. [TNX IZ8AJQ] I - Fabio, IW1DFU reports he will operate as IA5/IW1DFU from Isola d'Elba (EU-028, IIA LI-001) on 23-29 April. Expect activity on 15, 20 and 30 metres. J5 - Simone, IV3NVN and Fabrizio, IV3DHD have been in Guinea-Bissau for one week, and expected to operate as J5UCW and J5UAF respectively from Pecixe Island (AF-093) on 1-5 April. This was a "spare time operation" with 100 watts into verticals, and the two experienced many problems with the generator. On 9-12 April they will be active (again in their limited spare time) from Caboxangue on the mainland. Fabrizio will sign J5UAF, while Simone will use J5UDX. QSL J5UCW and J5UDX via IK2ILH (direct or bureau), QSL J5UAF via IV3DHD. JA - Look for JA1KJW/6, JJI1JGI/6, JH1VVW/6 and possibily others to be active from Tsushima (AS-036, JIIA AS-036-022), Nagasaki prefecture on 21-23 April. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] JA - Look for JA1KJW/4, JJ1JGI/4 and 7N4AGB/4 to be active from Oki Island (AS-041, JIIA AS-041-003), Shimane prefecture from 29 April to 8 May. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] JA - Look for JA4ZKI/4 and JE6QIG/4 to operate from Oshima (AS-117, JIIA AS-117-108), Yamaguchi prefecture on 13-14 May. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] JA - Look for JA1UNS/1, JI1PLF/1, 7NGMK/1, 7L4PVR/1 and 7N4VPS/1 to be active Hachijo Island (AS-043, JIIA AS-043-003) on 19-22 May. They plan to operate CW and SSB on the HF bands. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] OZ - Mike/DK6QW, Claus/DF8QJ and Reinhard/DL6YFB will operate as OZ/homecall from Fano Island (EU-125) on 15-22 April. Expect activity on 80-10 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] S0 - Hitoshi, JH2UVL will be the pilot station for Japan for the forthcoming SO1R DXpedition to Western Sahara [425DXN 775]. Bookmark http://www.s01r.com/ for the latest updates and meews. [TNX EA5RM] SM - Bernd, DL8AAV will be active as SM1/DL8AAV/p from Gotland Island (EU-020) for two weeks starting on 24 May. [TNX DL8AAM] SV - Special event station SX2P will be active on 15-17 April to commemorate the century anniversary of the Intercalated Olympic Games that took place in Athens in 1906. [TNX The Daily DX] UA - Look for R3K to be aired from Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia on 10-16 April to commemorate the 45th anniversary of Yuri A. Gagarin's first human flight in space (12 April 1961). QSL via RN3DK, direct or bureau. [TNX RN3DK] VE - Dana, VE1VOX will be active (on 15, 20 and possibly 40 metres SSB) as VE1OTA from IOTA group NA-081 on 14-16 April. Which islands he will operate from will be decided upon arrival to the area. QSL via home call, direct preferred. [TNX VE1VOX] VU4 - VU4AN will be the "prefix" for the 18-25 April activities from the Andaman Islands [425DXN 777]. According to first hand information collected by Charles Harpole, K4VUD (HS0ZCW), all licenced operators will have a VU mainland callsign that will be prefixed with VU4AN/: for instance Charles will be signing VU4AN/VU3CHE, while IK1PMR will use VU4AN/VU3TLY, IZ1GLO (K2LEO) will use VU4AN/VU3PLM, AA4NN will use VU4AN/VU3JLW, DL4KQ will use VU4AN/VU3FRK, etc. W - John, NY6DX will operate as NY6DX/1 from Block Island (NA-031) on 11-14 April. QSL direct via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] W - Scott, NE1RD and Dave, KZ1O will be active as K1P (Patriots Day special event call) from Deer Isle (NA-055) on 10-17 April. QSL via NE1RD, [TNX VA3RJ] YB - The YE5P team (17 members, including two from Malaysia and one from Singapore) will operate from Berhala Island (claimed to qualify for OC-107) starting on 7 April. They plan to be active on 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres, mostly SSB with some CW and digital modes. QSL direct to P.O. Box 154, Batam 29400, Indonesia, or via the bureau. [TNX YC3MM] YJ - Guenter, DL2AWG will operate as either YJ0AWG or YJ0WG from Port Vila (OC-035), Vanuatu from 19 April to 1 May. Expect activity on 10-40 metres SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL via DL2AWG. [TNX NG3K] YV0 - Ramon/YV5EED, Edgar/YV2IF, Rey/YV5AMH, Jose/YV5ANT, Pablo/YV5IVB, Jose/YV5LIX, Antonio/YV5LMW, Eduardo/YV5MHX, Federico/YV5NCZ, Gregorio/YV5OHW, Alex/YV5SSB, Victor/YV5ZV, Jig/AD6TF and Ray/DL2GG are the operators for the forthcoming operation from Aves Island [425DXN 777]. YX0A should be QRV starting on 19 April and the expedition should end around 1 May. Suggested frequencies are 28475, 24987, 21295, 18145, 14190, 7093, 3750 and 1842.5 kHz (SSB); 28023, 24893, 21023, 18073, 14023, 10103, 7023, 3523 and 1822.5 kHz (CW); 3570, 10137, 14085, 18100, 21085, 24920 and 29580 kHz (RTTY); 3580, 10140, 14071, 18100, 21071, 24920 and 28071 kHz (PSK). The operators will also be listening for openings on 50110 kHz. QSL via KU9C. The web page for the expedition is at http://www.yv0.info/ ______

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DXCC NEWS ---> The following operations are accepted for DXCC credit: 3Y0X Peter I Island Operation from 8 February through 19 February 2006 6O0N Somalia Operation from 18 January through 18 February 2006 YI/OM2DX Iraq Operation from 27 July through 21 September 2003 YI3SRA Iraq Operation commencing 3 October 2003

RD1AL/0 ---> Victor Karassev, RD1AL is signing RD1AL/0 from a scientific drifting station in the Central Arctic Ocean until the end of April. Vic is running 100W into a vertical antenna. QSL via RD1AL (Victor Karassev, P.O. Box 73, St. Petersburg, 191119 Russia). [TNX DL5EBE]

QSL R45G ---> The new QSL route for R45G is via RK3DZB, direct (P.O.Box 159, Zvyozdny Gorodok, 141160, Russia) or bureau. [TNX RU3DNN]

QSL U4MIR ---> The correct QSL route for U4MIR is via RN3DK (not RK3DZB). [TNX RU3DNN]

QSL MANAGEMENT SERVICE ---> Tim Beaumont, M3SDE offers a full package service to help cut costs in QSL posting especially for DXpedition teams, IOTA stations, etc. Please e-mail [email protected] for detailed information.

QSL VIA PA0RRS ---> Richard has started processing sending out the cards (all of the direct and the first 1000 bureau QSLs) direct and burafor his recent activities as 9M2/PA0RRS and 9M2MRS (8600 QSOs). Those who need a direct card, please note that his address his: Richard Smeets, Schoorveken 100, 5121 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!).

SRT MEETING ---> The third International Meeting organized by the Strange Radio Team will take place in Taranto on 22-23 April. Please visit http://www.strangeradioteam.com/meeting/srm-2006_eng.asp for further information.

UK POSTAL RATES ---> Mike, G3TEV reports that effective 3 April, UK postal rates for overseas are as follows: to Europe = 44p (up to 20 grams), to destinations outside Europe = 50p (up to 10 grams).

WARD AWARD ---> The WARD (World Amateur Radio Day) Award commemorates the World Amateur Radio Day celebrated by IARU on 18 April each year. The award is sponsored by MK QTC (the Polish Amateur Radio Journal) with the Polish Amateur Radio Union's support, and it is issued to licenced amateurs and SWLs for contacts made/heard between 00.00 and 23.59 UTC on 18 April. For further information please visit http://ward-award.prv.pl/ [TNX SP2FAP]

WORLD ROBINSON CUP 2006 ---> The Russian Robinson Club sponsors the "World Robinson Cup" ([email protected]) for contacting stations operating from islands between 1 April and 30 September 2006. The national island programmes considered by WRC 2006 are BIA (Belarus), CIsA (Canada), DIA (Denmark), DIB (Brazil), DICE (Chile), DIE and DIEI (Spain), DIFM, DIFI and DIFO (France), DIP (Portugal), GIA (Germany), IIA and ILIA (Italy), IOCA (Croatia), IOSA (Scotland), JIIA (Japan), RRA (Russia), SPIA (Poland), UIA (Ukraine), USIA (United States). Full information is available on the Russian Robinson Club's web site (http://www.hamradio.ru/rrc/wrc_e.htm). [TNX RZ3EM]

WRTC 2006: THE TEAMS ---> The teams for the next World Radiosport Team Championship (http://www.wrtc2006.com) were announced on 1 April. * National Special Invited Teams USA K1DG / N2NT Russia RA3AUU / RV1AW * National WRTC2006 Teams USA N6BV / AG9A USA N0AX / KL9A Slovenia S50A / S59AA Finland OH1JT / OH2IW Brazil PY2YU / PY1NX * Bi-National Young Teams Brazil / ... PY2NDX / TBA Italy / ... IZ3EYZ / TBA Croatia / Germany 9A6XX / DJ1YFK * Special Sponsored Young Team Denmark / Sweden OZ1AA / SM0W * Special Sponsored Lady Team Aruba / USA P43E / WA1S * Bi-National & National WRTC 2006 USA-West W2SC / K5ZD EU-2-Germany DL6FBL / DL2CC USA-West N6MJ / N2NL EU-2-Poland SP7GIQ / SP2FAX USA-East K4BAI / KU8E EU-2-Czech Rep. OK1FUA / OK2RZ USA-East K1ZM / K1KI EU-2-Romania Y09GZU / Y03JR USA-Central N9RV / K3LR EU-1-Serbia YT6A / YT6T USA-Central K5TR / KM3T EU-1-Bulgaria LZ4AX / LZ3FN SA-Brazil PY2NY / PY2EMC EU-1-Italy IK2QEI / IK2JUB SA-Argentina LU1FAM / LU5DX EU-1-Croatia 9A8A / 9A5K OC- Hawaii / USA KH6ND / K9PG EU-1-France / USA F6BEE / W2GD NA- Canada VE3EJ / VE7ZO CA-Panama / USA HP1WW / N5ZO EU-3-Estonia ES5TV / ES2RR CA- Mexico XE1KK / XE1NTT EU-3-Russia RW3QC / RW3GU AS-JA-Japan JK2VOC / JA2BNN EU-3-Lithuania LY2TA / LY2CY AS-BY-China BA4RF / BA7NQ EU-3-Finland OH2UA / OH4JFN AS-Russia UA9AM / RZ3AA EU-3-Latvia YL2KL / YL1ZF AS-Cyprus 5B4WN / 5B4AFM EU-2-Ukraine UT4UZ / UT5UGR AF-So. Africa/Georgia ZS4TX / 4L5A The Sponsored Team's auction will be the weekend of 8-9 April. The Multi-National Multi-Single (MN MS) Teams will be announced soon.

YU DX CONTEST ---> The results of the 2005 YU DX Contest are available at http://arenaqs.com/yudx/index.htm. This year's event will be held on 15-16 April, the rules can be found at the same URL. [TNX VE3EXY] ______

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BENIN 2006: The TY DXpedition (TY5LEO, TY4TW, TY5WP and TY5MR) went QRT on 30 March at 22.59 UTC with 24,000 QSOs in the log, including 4332 QSOs on the low bands and 3298 on RTTY. Online logs, detailed statistics and more than 100 pictures are available at http://www.ik1pmr.com/dx-peditions/ty/ [TNX IK1PMR] DX SPOTS: Rod Elliott, VE3UW has collected the DX spots from the OH2AQ Web Cluster since January 1997. The collection - from January 1997 up to March 2006 - is available at www.425dxn.org/dxspots/, as well the software (DXINFO v2.0) which will enable you to handle the files (instructions at the URL above). QSL GALLERY: The large collection of QSL cards (3300+) on Les Nouvelle DX's web site has been updated. Eight different galleries include cards for each of the 58 deleted DXCC entities (650+ QSLs), the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (120+ QSLs), obsolete prefixes (1300+ QSLs), Antarctic bases (500+ QSLs) & TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises, 200+ QSLs), pre- 1945 countries (200+ QSLs) and French Departments, US 48 States before 1945. Several cards are still needed and your participation is encouraged - please visit http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr and send 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 send your scores, as well as any request for further information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW ([email protected]) ------

QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8CF, 3V5A, 3V8KO, 5H2AG, 5U1A, 5U7JB, 5X1RI, 6O0N, 6V6U, 6W6/K3IPK, 7P8ZZ, 8R1EA, 9G1MR, 9G5OO, 9J2CA, 9V1AG, A41KJ, AP2IA, AT0EI (AS-169), B4RF, C6AQQ, CE0Z/LA6IKA, CO2GL, CO6XN, CO8LY, CP6CW, CU2A, CY9SS, EK6LP, EP3PTT, EP3SMH, ER4/SP4R, ET3TK, EW6DX, EX2X, EZ8BO, FG/N0YY, FM1HM, FP/K8DD, FR5FD, FW5ZL, FY/F5IRO, GJ2A, GP0STH, HC1HC, HC8N, IH9P, IS0/WH0Q, J68MS, J75RZ, J88DR, JW8AJA, K7C, KG4SB, KH0AC, KL1V, KL7/NO7F, KP4SQ, LU1ZB (AN-012; AA LU-05), LU1ZD (AN-016; AA LU-11), LU1ZR (AN-013; AA LU-12), LU1ZS (AN-010; AA LU-17), MJ/K3PLV, MJ/K8PT, MJ0AWR, N3KS/KP5, NP2B, OH0B, OJ0B, OJ0U, OJ0VR, PZ5C, PZ5PA, R1ANB (AN-016; AA UA-07), R1ANF (AN-016; AA UA-04), R1ANN (AN-016; AA UA-08), R1ANT (AN-016; AA UA-07), R1ANZ (AN-016; AA UA-07), R1MVC, R1MVW, ST2BF, SU1SK, SU8GFTN (AF-101), SU9ZZ, SV9CVY, T88AT, T88VC, T88WX, T88ZX, TL8QC, TM8TAF, TS3A, TZ3M, TZ5A, V25G, V26EA, V26VR, V31JP, V4/AA1M, V51AS, V7/K7ZZ, VK9NS, VP5/K7LAZ, VU3BPZ (AN-016; AA VU-02), WZ8D/KP2, XE1ZW, XE2WWW, XW3DT, YI1OM, YK1BA, YL2GP, YM0T (AS-159), YN4MG, YN4SU, ZA/Z35M, ZB2FK, ZB2X, ZD7VC, ZD8R, ZF2NT, ZF2UL, ZK1EQL, ZS1Y. *****************************************************************************

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425DXNews Home Page 15 April 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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6W & J5 - Peter, HA3AUI has prolonged his stay in Africa and will be active as either 6W/HA3AUI from Senegal and J5UAP from and Guinea- Bissau until 10 June. QSL direct to home call. [TNX NG3K] 8Q - Francis, F6DPD will be active as 8Q7FB from Kuramathi, Maldives (AS-013) on 18-24 April. He will operate mainly on 40, 20 and 17 metres SSB and PSK with 1000 watts and a vertical antenna. QSL via bureau to home call. [TNX F5NQL] DL - DJ9MD, DK8MIL, DK7JAN, DK9BTX and DO9BS will operate on all bands, 160 and 2 metres included, as DF0TM from Neuwerk Island (EU-127) on 21-24 April. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] EI - Look for EI60LRC to be aired on 10-80 metres until the end of the year to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Limerick Radio Club. QSL via EI8EM. [TNX EI8EM] F - Antoine, F5RAB will be active from Ouessant Island (EU-065) on 22-25 April and from Brehat Island (EU-074) on 26-28 April. He will operate CW and SSB on the HF bands with 100 watts and wire antennas. QSL via bureau. [TNX F5RAB] GM - Four operators from the Scottish-Russian ARS (namely MM0DFV, GM0WRR, GM4TOQ and MM0GDL) will operate as MS0DGR from Holy Island (EU-123) on 18-20 April. QSL to SRARS, P.O. Box 7469, Glasgow, G42 0YD, Scotland, UK [TNX MM0DFV] H4 - Bernhard, DL2GAC is currently active as H44MS from Honiara, Guadalcanal (OC-047) in the Solomon Islands until 27 April. He operates on 10-80 metres SSB barefoot, as his amplifier died a few days ago. QSL via DL2GAC, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K] HB0 - Gerry, IZ1DSH and Giovanni, IK1WEG will be active as HB0/homecall from Liechtenstein on 22-25 April. They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 80, 40, 20, 17 and 15 metres. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K] I - Simone, IK5RUN plans to operate from several Italian islands during the forthcoming weekends. Expect activity as IA5/IK5RUN/P on 40 and possibily on 20 and 80 metres from Isola del Giglio (EU-028, IIA GR-002), Isola di Giannutri (EU-028, IIA GR-001), Isola Argentarola (not IOTA, IIA GR-003), Formica Grande (EU-028, IIA GR-005), Isola Rossa (not IOTA, IIA GR-015) and Formica Piccola (EU-028, IIA GR-014). QSL via home call. [TNX IK5RUN] JA - Look for JN1VXT/1 to operate (on 40-10 metres CW, plus 6 and 2 metres SSB and CW) from Kozu Island (AS-008, JIIA AS-008-004) on 15-16 April. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] JA - Look for JN4MBO/5 and JA5BEX/5 to operate from Toyo Island (AS- 076, JIIA AS-076-New) from 16 April. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] LX - Theo/PA1TO, Paul/PA2CW, Martin/PA2W and Con/PE1OOM will operate as LX/homecall from Wiltz, Luxembourg on 23-29 April. They plan to be active on all the HF bands with special attention to 160m and the WARC bands. QSL via home calls. [TNX PA1TO] OZ - Look for Ela, OZ/DL1TM and Tor, OZ/DJ4MG to operate on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 2 metres SSB (and PSK31 on 20m) from Vendsyssel- Thy (EU-171) from 16 April until 4 May. QSL via home calls. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] PA - Martin, VE3MR will operate again as PA9MR from Schouwen Duiveland (EU-146) from 15 April to 5 May. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] TA - Karl, WA2KBZ plans to operate as TA0/WA2KBZ from Buyukada (not IOTA) in the Sea of Marmara from 20 April to 1 May. Expect activity on 20, 40 and 80 metres mostly CW. QSL via home call. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin] UR - Slava/US7IGF, Roman/UR7IJQ, Alexandr/UR7IKV and Roman/UY7IQ will operate (on 40-17 metres SSB and CW) from Slovy'ans'kyi Island (SD-09 for for the Ukrainian Islands Award) on 22 April. QSL via home calls. [TNX US7IGF] W - The Low Country Contest Club will be active as NU4SC from Folly Island (NA-110) on 22-23 April. QSL via K3IXD, direct bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] YB - YE6N is the special call issued for the 20-27 April operation from Nias Island (OC-161) [425DXN 769]. Please note a couple of changes: the web site has been updated and moved to http://www.toba-dx-group.net/nias/; the new QSL route is via YB9BU (Kadek Kariana SP, P.O. Box 106, Singaraja 81100, Bali, Indonesia: do not send green stamps, he says, but new IRCs preferably issued in the country the envelope comes from). [TNX YB1BOD/6] YK - Saad, N5FF will be active as YK1BA from Damascus, Syria from 17 April trough 5 May. He plans to operate at least 3-4 hours a day (between 01-04 UTC, 19-22 UTC and possibly 11-14 UTC) on 10- 80 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via N5FF. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]

ANDAMAN ISLANDS 2006 ---> This is the latest list of callsigns that have been issued to foreign amateurs for use during the Hamfest at Port Blair, Andaman Islands: VU3CHE (K4VUD/HS0ZCW) VU3RYE (DL9GFB) VU3FRK (DL4KQ) VU3RYF (DL9MS) VU3GMM (XU7ACC) VU3RYG (SP3CYY) VU3JLW (AA4NN) VU3RYH (WA6UVF) VU3KIE (OH2KI) VU3RYI (JR3MVF) VU3NZB (DJ8NK) VU3RYJ (W0GJ) VU3NZC (SP3DOI) VU3RYM (DL5OAB) VU3OHA (W3UR) VU3RYN (N6TQS) VU3OHB (OH2BH) VU3RYP (VK8FR) VU3PLM (IZ1GLO/K2LEO) VU3SIB (F4EGD) VU3RIC (DJ5IW) VU3SIC (F5CWU) VU3RVC (DK5WL) VU3SID (DJ7ZG) VU3RWN (SP3GEM) VU3SIE (DK1BT) VU3RWO (K3LP) VU3SIF (DL3GA) VU3RWP (JH4RHF/OE1ZKC) VU3SIG (DL7AFS) VU3RYB (DL7DF) VU3TLY (IK1PMR) The following Indian operators have been granted permission to operate: VU2BL VU2GHX VU2MTS VU2VPR VU2BMB VU2GL VU2MY VU2WDP VU2BVB VU2GRM VU2MYH VU3DHD VU2CKD VU2JJS VU2MYL VU3HDP VU2CMK VU2JMA VU2MYN VU3LGX VU2DBP VU2JOS VU2MYV VU3LMS VU2DH VU2JVA VU2NNA VU3MUV VU2DSV VU2LFA VU2PKV VU3NOJ VU2FI VU2LIC VU2RBI VU3RNU VU2FSX VU2LU VU2UWZ VU3RSB All of the callsigns above will have to be prefixed with VU4AN/ (e.g. VU4AN/VU3TLY). According to the information posted by Jose Jacob, VU2JOS on http://www.qrz.com/vu4an, operations will run from 18.30 UTC on 17 April to 18.30 UTC on the 25th. ______

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DXCC NEWS ---> Further supporting documentation has been received for TT8PK (Chad). Operations are accredited for DXCC for the periods from 15 March to 27 May 2004 and from 27 December 2005 to 3 October 2006.

INTERNATIONAL MARCONI DAY ---> Organized by the Cornish Radio Amateur Club, G4CRC/GB4IMD (http://www.cornishradioamateurclub.org.uk), the International Marconi Day (IMD) is a 24-hour amateur radio event held annually to celebrate the birth of Guglielmo Marconi (25 April 1874). It is not a contest, but an opportunity for amateurs around the world to make contacts with historic Marconi sites using HF communications techniques. Details, including information on the relevant Award Certificates and the listing of participating station in this year's event (to be held on 22 April), can be found at http://www.gb4imd.org.uk/

NOT THE MANAGER ---> Rob Snieder, PA2R (ex PA5ET/PA3ERC) is not the QSL manager for VP2E, 8Q7WP (2004) and J79WP (2006). The QSL route for all VP2E contacts dated 1 January 1998 to the present is via N5AU (direct). Cards for contacts made with 8Q7WP in 2004 should be routed via JA1WPX; the QSL manager for the recent J79WP activity is DL5JMN.

OPERATING PRACTICE ---> Mark Demeuleneere, ON4WW is the author of "Operating Practice", an informative and useful article that makes suitable and fruitful reading for novices and old timers alike. It can be found at http://www.on4ww.be/op.html.

QSL LIECHTENSTEIN 2006 ---> The QSL cards for the January 2006 DXpedition to Liechtenstein (http://www.t93y.com/hb0) have been received from the printer and all direct QSL requests for HB0/T93M, HB0/T93Y, HB0/T94DX, HB0/T94JJ and HB0/T96Q have been processed and mailed by DJ2MX and T93Y. [TNX T93Y.]

QSL UE1RDA ---> Yuri, UA1RJ reports that hes has been replaced by Sergey, RW1QN as QSL manager for UE1RDA.

QSL VIA HS0ZCW ---> Charles Harpole, K4VUD/HS0ZCW is going to attend the Ham Fest at Port Blair and operate as VU4AN/VU3CHE. Effective immediately, all QSLs for the following calls: 9N1UD, 9N7UD, A52UD, AC4TT, HS0ZCW, K4VUD, V26V, VU3CHE, VU4AN/VU3CHE and XW1UD should go to this new permanent address: Charles Harpole (Phosit), 95/1 Moo 1, Thambon, Ban Kok, Amper Meung, Samut Sakhon 74000, Thailand.No stamps of any kind nor IRCs should be sent, US currency is all right. [TNX K4VUD/HS0ZCW]

QSL VIA RW1AI ---> Mikhail, RW1AI reports his new address is as follows: Mikhail N. Fokin, P.O. Box 13, St. Petersburg 193312, Russia. He has logs and QSL cards for R1AND (1999), R1ANP (2000), R1ANT (2005), R1ANJ (2006), as well as ZS1/RW1AI, ZL3/RW1AI, KC4/RW1AI and RW1AI/ant. All logs for 4K1, 4K4 and 4K0 operations before 1991 ae closed. QSL for KC4/N2TA go direct only via qrz.com.

QSL VIA UA1PAC---> Alan, UA1PAC returned from the Antarctic expedition on 11 February and in the near future he will continue processing direct and bureau request for the April-May 2000 and April 2001 UA1PAC/p and UA1PAO/p operation from Vaygach Island (EU-086) and RK1PWA/p operation from Storozhevoy Island (EU-086). The cards for ZS1/UA1PAC and UA1PAC/mm are being printed. UA1PAC's new address is: Aleksej V. Kuz'menko, P.O.Box 599, Arkhangelsk, 163000 Russia, but there's no need to send duplicates. [TNX UA1PAC]

XR4PI ---> Bad weather, strong winds and rough seas caused Zoli/HA1AG and Marco/CE6TBN to cancel their 8-9 April XR4PI operation from Pupuya Island (SA-NEW) [425DXN 779].

+ SILENT KEY + B. Dambii, JT1AG has passed away at 85 years of age. Licenced in February 1960, he was the first individually licenced amateur radio station in Mongolia. [TNX JT1CD] ______

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LOGS: On line logs for all of Radio Club Vologda's operations - including R1PQ (EU-035), RF1P (EU-102), RI1POD (EU-102), RI1POM (EU-086), UE1QAA/1 (EU-102), UE1RCV/1 (EU-188), etc - can be found at http://www.rcv.ru/?i=logs [TNX UA1QV] VU4AN/: Andrea, IK1PMR (VU4AN/VU3TLY) has prepared a propagation prediction table for the Andaman Islands; it can be found at http://www.ik1pmr.com/dx-peditions/vu4/wincap/ ______

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======CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER ======3B8/IW1GIO IW1GIO EY8DQ DJ1MM R45CG RK4CYW 3DA0VB UA4WHX FM5WD W3HNK R45G RK3DZB 3W2TXR JA2TXR FO5RH F2HE R4G RZ4CWW 3Z10ZHL SP6ZDA FR/TU5KG F4EFI RI1NU RN1NU 4K9W DL6KVA FS/K9EL K9EL RK1G RZ3LC 4L1FP LZ1OT GB0MPA GW0ANA RK1NWU/P RN1NU 4L1GMC LZ1OT GB2WFS G4DQF S01R EA5RM 4L1MA ON4RU GX2UG/m G0PFH SA2006EM SM6YOU 4L1UN RW6HS H44MS DL2GAC SF0L SM0LQB 4S7VK DJ9ZB HA50MHZ HA5X SI0E SM0EPO 5H3EE DL4SM HG2006S HA1CW SP0TPAX SP7DQR 5N6EAM IK2IQD HK3JCL DK8LRF SX7ML SV7CUD 5N8NDP IK5JAN HP1DCP EA5KB SY05AIA SV2FWV 5R8GZ G3SWH HR9/EA1APV EA1APV T30CXX W0CXX 5X1GS WB2YQH HS0ZFS LZ1KQ T88AP WB6OJB 5Z4DZ PA1AW HZ1MD PA2V TA3J/0 TA3YJ 5Z4KI YO9AFH HZ1NH EA7FTR TF3ZA KT6YL 6O0M PA7FM IQ8SO IZ8GNH TF8GX KT6YL 7Z1SJ EA7FTR J5UAF IV3DHD TM4BFL F4DCG 8N6HIGO JG6TXW J5UAP HA3AUI TR8CA F6CBC 8P2K KU9C J5UCW IK2ILH TT8LN F5TLN 8Q7BO M0BOX J5UDX IK2ILH U4MIR RN3DK 8S4S SM6YOU J70SWD SM0CCM UA1ONY RZ3EC 9A650C 9A7K J73CCM SM0CCM UA1PBN/1 RK1PWA 9G1YK PA3ERA J79XBI SM7XBI UE3QRP/3 UA3LMR 9G5OO DL4WK JD1BMB DJ0FX UE3YAR/P RV3YR 9H3UV G3MXZ JD1BMC DL2DX UE4HDA RW4HB 9J2SZ SP8DIP JV800BV JT1BV UN5J W3HNK 9K2MU WA4JTK JW0HZ SQ5TA UN7AB DL8KAC A6/OD5TX W4JS LZ13ARDF LZ1KZA UN7QX W7BO AT0AI VU2SWS LZ80R LZ1BJ UN8GF IZ8CCW BV50CRA BV2KI MM0MWW GM0IFM UO45YG RX3RC C56JHF SM0JHF MW0UTD/P M0UTD UP2006YG UN7BF C6ARA/MM N1RA OA4/DL5YWM DL5YWM UQ45YG UN7BF CN2BC DL7BC OO5S ON5SY V31JP KA9WON CN8YZ EA7FTR OP5T ON5UM V44KAI K2SB CP6XE IK6SNR OQ5M ON5ZO VK0AG VK3BER D2DX OH2BAD OQ7M ON7EM VP8CMH/MM GM0HCQ DA0DSC DK1RF OR0B ON6AK VP8DJB F5PFP DA0FIFA DL9ZEA OR2M ON4IA VP8SGK GM0HCQ DL2JRM/BY8SK DL2JRM OR4B ON5JV W0NB/BY1PK W0NB DP4K DK3DM OR7A ON7CK XU7TZG ON4AJV DR100NAU DL1RG OT4A ON4AEK YB0ECT K3AIR DU1/KI4KJP WY4N OY4TN ON5UR YB0IR W4JS DW9HGF EA7FTR P29BW N5FTR YB1GJS N5FTR DZ50HBC DU1HBC P29SS N5FTR YB9YKI YB9BU EG7MSS EA7URM P29VR W7LFA YI9RTG WH7USA EI90GPO EI8JR PA/ON4OSA ON4AWT YS1ECB EA7BO EK6LP IK2DUW PJ4/W9NJY WD9DZV YZ6150AMD YZ6AMD EK6TA DJ0MCZ PZ5DK PA0DKA ZK1HCU DL9HCU EL2PM EI5IF R3K RN3DK ZP8AE EA7FTR ______

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4S7AB Kamal Edirisinghe, Walaliyadda, Ellakkala 11116, Sri Lanka EA1APV Marcos Suarez, Capitan Almeida 25 4 B, 33009 Oviedo, Spain EA5RM Antonio Gonzalez, P.O. Box 930, 03200 Elche, Spain EP3AG Ali Ghanbari, P.O.Box 564, 16765 Tehran, Iran EP4SP Shahryar Pasyar, P.O. Box 71365/1664, Shiraz, Iran F5PFP Mehdi Escoffier, 23 rue du Colombier, F-38540 Heyrieux, France FG5FR C. Frantz Selbonne, Villa Le Ferrick Rocade de Paul, 97129 Lamentin, Guadeloupe - France GM0HCQ Mike Gloistein, 27 Stormont Way, Scone, Perthshire PH2 6SP, Scotland, UK GM0IFM Colin Blunn, Tiree, Rendall, Orkney, KW17 2PB, United Kingdom RW1QN Sergey A. Popov, P.O. Box 14, 162606, Cherepovets, Russia SV2FWV Takis Perrotis, 3 Metamorfoseos Str., 15234 Halandri, Greece TA3YJ Nilay Mine Aydogmus, P.O. Box 876, 35214 Izmir, Turkey VU2SWS Sarla Narayana Sharma, 7 Gaurav Apts Behind Ashok, Nagar Nahur Mulund (W), Bombay 400080, India W3HNK Joseph Arcure Jr, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352, USA

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425DXNews Home Page 22 April 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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>>> YX0A & YX0LIX <<< Jose Manuel Valdes Rodriguez, YV5LIX suffered a massive heart attack while on Aves Island with the YX0A team and passed away at 57 years of age. The operation is continuing under a new call - YX0LIX - as a tribute to his memory. Our thoughts and prayers are with Jose's family and friends.

6W - Dani, 6W/EA4ATI will operate as 6W1EA from Goree Island (AF-045) on 22-23 April. QSL direct to EA4ATI. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] 9M6 - Mega, JA3EGZ and Yoko, JA3DFM plan to operate on 80-6 metres SSB and CW as 9M6/JA3EGZ and 9M6/JA3DFM from Kota Kinabalu, East Malaysia on 7-10 July. They will participate in the IARU HF World Championship as 9M6/JA3EGZ as a Multi Operator entry. QSL via home calls. [TNX JA1ELY] 9N - Toshi, JA8BMK and Kazu, JA8MWU will be staying in Katmandu, Nepal between 23 April and 2 May. They hope to be active on 40-10 netres SSB, but the current political situation in Nepal may cause operating restrictons. Kazu's callsign is 9N7WU; Toshi used to be 9N1BMK and 9N1WW, but he is not sure what callsign he will get this time. QSL via home calls. [TNX JA1ELY] C9 - Frosty/K5LBU (C91CF), Wayne/W5KDJ and Tom/WW5L will be active from Mozambique from 29 June to 13 July (IARU HF World Championship included). They plan to operate on all bands and modes and if everything goes well, they will also be giving out C9 on EME. Additional operators are being sought; if interested in joining the team, please give a look to www.tdxs.net/C9.html and contact K5LBU ([email protected]). [TNX K5LBU] DL - Look for DG0OGM/p, DH8WW/p, DL1AZZ/p, DL2AMT/p, DL3ARK/p and DL4AMK/p to operate from Amrum Island (EU-042, GIA N-18) and lighthouse (LH-2464, ARLHS FED-032, GLH-002) from 27 April to 3 May. QSL via home calls. [TNX DL3ARK] DL - Twelve special DR2006 stations and 25 special DQ2006 stations, plus special callsign DR2006J (for YL activities) will be active from 13 May through 16 July to celebrate the FIFA World Cup, the football (soccer) world championship to be held in Germany in June- July (www.fifaworldcup.com). All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau, the QSL manager for direct requests is DF4ZL. Full information on the relevant "WM 2006 Award", sponsored by the DARC, can be found at http://www.amateurradio2006.de/diplomausschreibung_eng.html DL - Tom, DL8AAM reports that after the latest revision of amateur radio regulations in Germany, special callsigns may have up to 8 characters (figures and/or letters) after the two-letter prefix. DA0HAMCAMP will be the very special callsign to be used from the "Ham Camp" during this year's Ham Radio at Friedrichshafen (23- 25 June). All licenced and registered visitors can operate from that station. QSL via bureau. Please contact [email protected] for further information. G - The Oxford and District ARS will be running special event station GB4MHS on 25-29 April (11.00-15.00 UTC) to celebrate the opening of the exhibition "Wireless World. Marconi and the Making of Radio" at the Oxford University's Museum of the History of Science (details at http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/). QSL via G4FON. [TNX M3LLM] G - Keith, G3TTC will operate on 80, 40, 20 and 15 metres SSB as G3TTC/P from the Isles of Scilly (EU-011) from 30 April until 5 May. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] GM - Jim, MM0BQI will operate as MM0BQI/P from Lunga, the largest island in the Treshnish group (EU-108) on 28-30 April. Activity will be on all 80-10 metres SSB, CW and RTTY, running 100 watts into verticals and wire dipoles. QSL via MM0BQI, direct (Jim Martin, 3 Lismore Avenue, Edinburgh, EH8 7DW, Scotland, UK) or bureau. All surplus money from direct QSLs will be donated to the Hebridean Trust (www.hebrideantrust.org), who own and work to preserve the islands and whose permission to land and operate is gratefully acknowledged. [TNX MM0BQI] GM - Marc, ON5FP and Jose, ON4CJK will be touring the Outer Hebrides (EU-010) from 29 July until 5 August. Their main QTH will be on North Uist, and plans are to go and operate also from Barra, Benbecula, Berneray, Eriskay, Lewis & Harris, South Uist and Vatersay. Look for Marc to be signing MM/OS1A, while Jose will be using MM/OP0J (including an entry in the IOTA Contest from North Uist). On 6 August, while on their way back home, they will operate from Skye in the Inner Hebrides (EU-008). QSL via ON4ADN (direct or bureau). [TNX ON5FP] HC - Bruce, KD6WW will attempt to be active as HC3/KD6WW from IOTA SA- 034 between 26 and 28 April, and as HC4/KD6WW from IOTA SA-033 between 28 and 29 April. The time on each island will be limited, because he will be there on a holiday and not a DXpedition. QSL via home call direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to [email protected]). [TNX KD6WW] HH - Ned, N4LS reports he will be active as HH4/N4LS from northern Haiti on 1-8 June. He plans to operate SSB and CW on 80-10 metres during his spare time. I - Alessio, IZ0CKJ plans to operate as IB0/IZ0CKJ from Palmarola Island (EU-045, IIA LT-008) on 22-26 April. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ0CKJ] I - Special event station IU9MSS will be active from Pergusa (Enna), Sicily from 24 April to 1 May. I - ARI Sestri Levante will operate special event station II1HCA on 25-28 May for the 39th edition of the Hans Chrisian Andersen Prize, one of the world's most prestigious prizes for children's literature. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. IS0 - ARI Olbia will participate in the International Marconi Day (22 April) as IY0GA from Cape Figari, Golfo Aranci (Sardinia, EU- 024), where Guglielmo Marconi carried out a microwave test with Rocca di Papa (Rome) on 11 August 1932. QSL via IS0JMA. [TNX IS0JMA] JA - Taka, JR3TVH will operate as JR3TVH/JS6 from Tarama (JIIA AS-079-008) and other islands in the Miyako group (AS-079) from 22 April to 2 May. QSL via bureau to home call. [TNX JR3TVH] JA - Takeshi, JI3DST will be active as JI3DST/JS6 from Okinawa (AS- 017, JIIA AS-017-033) on 27 April (from 1 to 13 UTC) and from the Miyako Islands (AS-079) from 28 April (7 UTC) to 7 May (00.00 UTC). His main QTH will be Miyakojima (AS-079-005), side trips to Ikema- jima (AS-079-001), Kurima-jima (AS-079-003), Ogami-jima (AS-079-006) and Tarama (AS-079-008) are also being planned. QSL via bureau to home call. [TNX JI3DST] J5 - Hisato, JA1DOT (J5DOT) and Hiroyuki, JP1TRJ (J5TRJ) will be active from Guinea-Bissau from 25 April through 4 May. They plan to operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-10 metres. QSL for both calls via JA1DOT. The web page for the operation is at http://www.NDXA.jp/pedi/j5-2006/ [TNX The Daily DX] OY - PI4CC Contest Club (http://www.pi4cc.nl) members PA2A, PA2AM, PA2VMA and PA0VHA will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31 as OY/homecall from Eysturoy, Faroe Islands (EU-018) from 29 May to 8 June. QSL via PA0VHA (Hans Vernhout, Ph. de Goedestraat 54, NL3132XR Vlaardingen, The Netherlands). [TNX PA0VHA] TA - Berkin, TA3J will operate as YM125ATA between 23 April and 10 November to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey. Expect activity on all band and modes. QSL via TA3YJ, direct (SAE plus 1 IRC. no green stamps please) or bureau. [TNX TA3J] UA - Special station RK50SAB will be active on 1-31 May to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the amateur radio club station at the Ryazan Radioengineering Academy. QSL via RK3SWB. [TNX RU3SD] UR - A number of Ukrainian operators will be active as EM20U from Chernobyl on 24-27 April for the 20th anniversary of the disaster at the local nuclear power plant. QSL via UT3UZ (Alex Arbuzov, P.O. Box 7, Kiev-232, 02232, Ukraine). [TNX UT3UZ] VE - Doug, VA7DP reports he will operate as VA7UNEF from 5 June to 5 July to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the UN Emergency Force. QSL via home call, direct only. W - N4AAC, N4MAA, N4NSS and K8QV will operate on all bands and modes as W4Z from Mullet Key (NA-034, USI FL-1325) on 24-25 June (from 14 UTC to 14 UTC) during the ARRL Field Day. QSL direct to K8CXM. YB - The YE6P DXpedition to Simeulue Island (OC-270) has been rescheduled to take place on 24-29 May. QSL via YB1TC, direct or bureau. Bookmark http://dxpedition.orari.web.id/simeulue/ for detailed information and updates. ______

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DXCC NEWS ---> The following operations are approved for DXCC credit: 4W2AQ Timor Leste Operation from 18 June to 17 December 2003 D68JC Comoros Operation from 23 October to 8 November 2001 D6/WB4MBU Comoros Operation from 24 May to 27 October 2001 YI9AQ Iraq Current operation effective 21 September 2004

IOTA CONTEST ---> This year's event will take place on 29-30 July, from 12 UTC on the Saturady until 12 UTC on the Sunday. It is a combined SSB/CW contest, and includes the bands 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m. Every year expeditioners activate many island groups, and it is easily possible to qualify for the basic IOTA-CC-100 Award during the contest weekend. During the 2005 contest, for example, at least 162 island groups were active, and over 1500 entrants submitted logs. For full rules please visit http://www.contesting.co.uk/hfcc/iota.shtml or contact the Contest Manager, Don Field, G3XTT ([email protected]). A free logging program (SDI, SD for IOTA) designed especially for the contest is available at http://www.ei5di.com/

IOTA SWL CONTEST ---> Discontinued in 2005, it has been picked up by the Mediterraneo DX Club (SWL Section), in cooperation with the RSGB HF Contests Committee, and it will be held in parallel with the IOTA Contest (29-30 July). The "Geoff Watts Plaque", as well as a number of certificates, will be presented by the MDXC. Please visit http://www.mdxc.org/swl for full information (software included), or e-mail the Contest Manager Dan Rolla, I1-12387 ([email protected]).

LKK-80 AWARD ---> The Lviv Shortwave Club (Ukraine) and MK QTC Magazine (Poland) sponsor the LKK-80 Award to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the club. The award is for working a number of special stations in either Ukraine and Poland, as well as current and honorary LKK members, from 1 to 31 May. 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 metres (11 March) and 40 metres CW (9 and 20 February). Please note that this was not the genuine Riad Tabbara, OD5RT (whose QSL route is not via OD5LN).

QSL VIA RU3SD ---> Vasily, RU3SD reports he still has logs and cards for UA3SDK/0's activities in 1999 (Severnaya Zemlya, AS-042 and North Pole). He is also the QSL manager for RU3SD/1, UE3SFF/ and UE3SDA. Direct requests should be sent to Vasily Bardin, P.O. Box 1, Ryazan' 390000, Russia. ______

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DT8A: On-line logs and a nice photo gallery of DT8A (DS4NMJ), currently stationed at King Sejong Station (HL-01 for the Antarctica Award) on King George (South Shetlands), are available at http://www.dt8a.com/main.html S01R: The latest expedition to Western Sahara (11-16 April) logged 28,742 QSOs on CW, SSB, PSK31 and RTTY. Logs, pictures and statistics are available on http://www.s01r.com/ [TNX EA5RM] VP6DI & KH8SI: John, K1ER reports that "multiple virus attacks destroyed all the old files" and the web pages for VP6DI (Ducie Island) and KH8SI (Swains Island) have had to be reconstructed. They are now available at http://www.iijnet.or.jp/JA1BK/ (two videos included). VU4AN/VU3xxx: On-line logs for Sigi, DL7DF and his team mates are now available at http://www.dl7df.com/vu4/log.php: VU4AN/VU3NZC (SP3DOI), VU4AN/VU3RWN (SP3GEM), VU4AN/VU3RYB (DL7DF), VU4AN/VU3RYG (SP3CYY) and VU4AN/VU3SIE (DK1BT). QSL all five calls via DL7DF. ------

QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8/OM5RW, 4K9W, 4X411A, 5B4AGC, 6W/G4WFQ, 7X0RY, 8Q7DV, 8R1EA, 9K2HN, 9L1JT, 9M2CNC, 9N7JO, 9V1YC, BA4DW/2, C6AKQ, CP4BT, CX1SI, EW3EW, EX8W, EY7AF, FM/K3CT, FO/HA9G/P, FO/N6JA, HH4/W4WX, HI3/K7BV, J88DR, KG4SB, KH2K/AH0, LU1ZB (AN-012; AA LU-05), MU0EXV, N3KS/KP5, R1MVC, RK2FWA, SV5/SM8C, SV9CVY, TA3D, TE2M, TG9NX, TI8M, TO4E, TO9A, TT8PK, TT8ZZ, TU2CI, TU2OJ, UR0MC, V25G (NA-100), V31TP, V44/EW1AR, V73CW, V73VE, V8ASV, VP8PJ, VQ9LA, WP3R, XF1K (NA-124), XF3NN (NA-135), XQ4ZW, XU7ADI, XU7AFB, XU7AYY, ZA/DM5TI, ZC4LI, ZD8QD, ZD8R, ZD8WX, ZK1ASQ, ZK1EQL, ZP0R.

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5W - Dave, AH6HY will be active from Samoa (OC-097) from 29 April to 4 May. Requested call is 5W0HY and he will operate SSB only during his local evening hours. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX] BY - Nine operators from the Jiangsu DX Club (namely BA4RC, BA4TB, BA4RS, BD4RJC, BG4RQP, BG4WYV, BG4REB, BG4RDK and BD5RV) will be active as BY4RSA/4 from Tianheng Island (AS-150) on 1-5 May. They plan to operate on 160-10 metres SSB and CW, plus VHF/UHF and satellite. QSL via BA4TB. [TNX BD5RV] BY - A group of operators from the TianJin DX Club (BA3CE, BG3AIG, BG3APX, BG3AEK, BD7KLO and possibly others) will be active as BI3H from Puti Island (claimed to count for AS-134) on 4-7 May. Expect activity on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via BA4EG. [TNX BA3CE] DL - Look for DL0RU/LH and DJ8DS/LH to operate from Juist Island (EU- 047, N-03 for the German Islands Award) and the Memmertfeuer lighthouse (GLHA #69, ARLHS FED-121, WLH DL-012) on 29-30 April. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] FP - Juergen, DJ2VO will be active from Miquelon Island (NA-032) on 5- 20 May. He will operate only CW on 80-10 metres with 100 watts and a vertical antenna. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K] FS - Ron, SM7DKF will operate (on 30, 20, 18, 15, 12, 10 and 6 metres SSB and PSK31) as FS/SM7DKF from St. Martin (NA-105) on 6-10 May, and as FJ/SM7DKF from St. Barthelemy (NA-146) on 10-20 May. QSL via SM7DKF (see his QSLling policy at http://www.sm7dkf.se). Logs will be uploaded to LOTW. [TNX www.rsgbiota.com] GM - Andre, GM3VLB and Alex, GM0DHZ will be active from Inchmarnock Island (EU-123) from 28 April to 2 May. They plan to operate CW and SSB on 10-80 metres. QSL via home calls, direct only. [TNX GM3VLB] GM - Joachim, DH5JBR will be visiting and operate from several Scottish islands starting on 30 April. He will begin on Great Cumbrae (EU-123), followed by many other islands in the EU-123, EU- 008, EU-005 and EU-010 IOTA groups. Joachim intends to operate primarily on 20 metres (+/- 14260 kHz). [TNX GM3VLB] HL - Kim/HL1OYF, Han/HL1VAU, Ryu/DS4NYE, Park/HL3AMO, Park/DS3GLW, Park/HL3VAP, Kim/HL2FDW, Seong/DS1OFE, Jeong/HL2DBP, Park/HL1EJT, Cho/DS3MLG, Jeon/DS1EVQ, Yang/DS4CDA and possibly others will operate as homecall/5 from Koje Island (AS-081) on 4-7 May. They plan to have at least two stations active on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via home calls. More information, pictures and log search will be available at http://www.kdxa.org/2006/as081/ (under construction). [TNX HL1VAU] I - IQ3PN will be aired for the 41st National Fair of Amateur Radio that will be held at Pordenone on 29 April-1 May along with the 1st ARI Consensus Conference. QSL via bureau. I - Andrea, IK3MZS and Ampelio, IK3JBP will operate on 20 and 40 metres from Chioggia Lighthouse (WAIL VE-002) on 29 April. [TNX IK3MZS] I - Alex/IW1FGZ, Carlo/IZ1GCZ, Sergio/IW1FSQ, Veronica/IK1KFF and Giorgio/IZ1DXS will participate in the ARI International DX Contest (6-7 May) as II1W. QSL via IW1FGZ. I - Isido/1XOI, Piera/IK1AIF, Mario/IW1PZC, Alberto/IW1PRT, Mauro/IW2KVT, Emanuele/IW2NOD and Giuseppe/I2AZ will be QRV as IG9/homecall from Lampedusa Island (AF-019, IIA AG-001) on 13- 19 May. They plan to be active on SSB, CW and digital modes on all bands from 160 metres to 12 cm, and to operate from two lighthouses (WAIL SI-020 & ARLHS ITA-025, and WAIL SI-021 & ARLHS ITA-123). QSL for all via IW2NOD, direct or bureau. Requests for skeds can be sent to I2AZ ([email protected]) not later than 11 May. [TNX I2AZ] LZ - Special station LZ06KM will be active on 1-31 May to celebrate St. Kiril and Methodius' Day. QSL via LZ1PJ, direct (Ivan Ivanov, P.O. Box 15, BG-1324 Sofia, Bulgaria) or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to [email protected]). [TNX LZ1PJ] OE - The annual Austrian Emergency Communications Training test will be run during the All Austria Contest (AOEC) on 1 May between 5-8 UTC and 14-17 UTC. Diplomatic (prefix OEC), Red Cross (OEH), Police (OEP) Customs (OEN), Military (OEY) and Disaster Relief (OEK) operators are licenced to work OE radioamateurs (also on 30 metres SSB) in order to get trained for possible interaction QSOs in case of an emergency/disaster. Thomas, OE6TFF will operate under the callsign of the customs office at Graz Airport (OEN6124). Other Government stations expected to participate in the emergency test include OEY611, OEY621, OEY622, OEY651, OEY671, OEY681, OEK310, OEK3101, OEK3102. These stations are not allowed to contact amateurs outside Austria, but but SWL reports can be sent via the OE- QSL bureau. More information on this annual event can be found at http://people.freenet.de/troesne/AOEC_Interservice.html [TNX DL8AAM] OE - Paolo, IV3UHL reports he will participate in the ARI International DX Contest (6-7 May) as OE8/IV3UHL (single operator CW). SP - Special event station SP0TPFK will be active on 1-31 May to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Lviv Shortwave Club (LKK). TPFK was the callsign of the club station. QSL via SP2FAP (Sylwester Jarkiewicz, Suchacz-Zamek, ul. Wielmozy 5b, 82-340 Tolkmicko, Poland). [TNX SP2FAP] SP - Wojtek, SP8MI will operate as SN80LKK on 1-31 May to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Lviv Shortwave Club (LKK). QSL via SP8MI, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL] TA - TB0DX is the callsign used by the OK DX Foundation's operators during their island activity from Turkey [425DXN 777]. Pavel/TA2ZAF (OK1MU), Karel/OK1DG, Slavek/OK1TN, Ondra/OK1CDJ, Vasek/OK1DAA, Zdenek/OK1FIA and Mirek/OK2VZE will remain on Kosrelik (AS- 123) until 1 May, and will operate CW and SSB with two stations. QSL via OK2GZ, direct or bureau. The web page for the operation is at http://www.okdxf.cz/ankety/iota_ta/iota_ta_en.php [TNX OM3JW] UA - Igor, RA3QSY and Alex, RK3QA will be active as UE3OFF/6 from the Natural Reserve of Bogdinsko-Baskunchakski on 6-9 May. QSL via RA3QSY, direct (Igor Makeev, P.O. Box 2, Voronezh, 394010, Russia) or bureau (E-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to [email protected]). [TNX RA3QSY] UR - Special station EO61G will be active on 4-14 May to commemorate the 61th anniversary of the end of World War II. QSL via UR3GM, direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to [email protected]). [TNX UR3GM] VK9_lh - Merv, N6NO will celebrate his 70th birthady and 55 years of amateur radio operating as VK9LNO from Lord Howe (OC-004) on 5-13 May. He will be active on 10-80 metres mostly CW. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K] W - Jim/WB9PZB, Carol/WB9PZA and Jerry/WB9ONU will operate as WB9PZB/4 from Santa Rosa Island (NA-142) from 30 April to 4 May. They expect to operate on +/- 3865 and 7265 kHz between 14-16 UTC and 2-3 UTC daily, and +/- 14265 kHz between 17-19 UTC as time permits. QSL direct via WB9PZB. ZA - Pino, I8YGZ will be active from Albania on 1-15 May. He plans to be operate SSB and CW on 160-10 metres, plus 6 and 2 metres, and to operate from three lighthouses located near Vlora, Durres and Saranda. QSL direct to home call (Pino Zamboli, Via Trieste 30/54, 84015 Nocera Superiore - SA, Italy). [TNX I8YGZ] ______

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AVES 2006 ---> The YX0LIX/YX0A operation from Aves Island was expected to come to an end by Friday 28 April, earlier than originally planned. Logs will 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 activity, because the late Jose, YV5LIX was the one who was going to operate on that mode and the rest of the team was not experienced enough. [TNX W4DTA/YV5DTA]

6O0M ---> Michael, PA5M left Somalia on 23 April and has moved to Kenya. He made some 2500 QSOs on 80-10 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31. Michael works for the UN World Food Programme and at this stage it is unknown if he will return to Somalia. QSL via PA7FM (please do keep in mind that 1 US$ no longer covers postage for extra-European destinations). [TNX PA7FM]

DXCC FIELD CHECK ---> DXCC Branch Manager Bill Moore, NC1L will attend the Amateur Radio Fair at Pordenone (29 April-1 May).

QSL VU4AN/VU2MYH ---> Giovanni, I5JHW reports he operated under Mohan's callsign during the recent activity from the Andaman Islands. Please note that the QSL route for contacts made between 18 and 25 April is via I5JHW.

US LICENCE ---> An ARRL/VEC test session will be held at 13.30 local time on 29 April during the Amateur Radio Fair at Pordenone. Further details can be found at http://www.ik1pmr.com/vec/

YE6N ---> John Van Putten, WD8MGQ is collecting donations from US amateurs the YE6N (OC-261) group. John will wait until 17 May, then he will send to the QSL manager (YB9BU) whatever money he has received through Western Union. Send a SASE return envelope, QSO data and your donation; when Kadek sends the cards back to John, he will then put them into the individual SASEs. For further information, please contact John at [email protected]

+ SILENT KEY + Geo Longden, G3ZQS passed away on 25 April. In 1987 Geo founded FISTS (http://www.fists.co.uk/), the International Morse Preservation Society that boasts a membership in the thousands world-wide. ______

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LOGS: On-line logs for C56JJ (as well as for 9A/PA4JJ and SV9/PA9JJ) can be found at http://www.pa4jj.nl; a request form for bureau cards is also available. [TNX PA4JJ] LOGS: On-line logs for VU4AN/VU3PLM (operated by K2LEO/IZ1GLO) and VU4AN/VU3TLY (operated by IK1PMR) are now available at http://www.ik1pmr.com/logs/; more information and pictures will follow. [IK1PMR] LOGS: On-line logs for VU4AN/VU3SID and VU4AN/VU3SIG can be found at www.qsl.net/dl7afs [TNX DL2FAG] ______

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======CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER ======3B9/ON4LAC ON4LAC HC1HC NE8Z VU4AN/VU3CHE HS0ZCW 3W3A JA6UHG HC2SL EA5KB VU4AN/VU3FRK F5CWU 4L0ABC K3PD HC3/KD6WW KD6WW VU4AN/VU3JLW F5CWU 4O3T YT6A HZ1AN DJ9ZB VU4AN/VU3KIE OH2BN 5H3AA K6EID HZ1NH EA7FTR VU4AN/VU3NZB DJ8NK 5R8FL G3SWH IB0/IY0TC I0KHP VU4AN/VU3NZC DL7DF 5T6BT EA4URE IO8VAT IZ8AJQ VU4AN/VU3OHA OH2BN 5Z4/IZ1GDB IZ1GDB IY0GA IS0JMA VU4AN/VU3OHB OH2BN 5Z4ZK W4ZYT IY0TC I0KHP VU4AN/VU3PLM F5CWU 7Q7BP G3MRC IY1MR IK1FSD VU4AN/VU3RIC DJ5IW 7Z1UG DG1XG IY4FGM IK4UPU VU4AN/VU3RSB F5CWU 8Q7FB F6DPD IY4W I4LEC VU4AN/VU3RWN DL7DF 9G1RU HB9DQH J5DOT JA1DOT VU4AN/VU3RWO F5CWU 9H3MN DF8AN J5TRJ JA1DOT VU4AN/VU3RWP OE1ZKC 9M2CNC G4ZFE JT1Y I0SNY VU4AN/VU3RYB DL7DF 9M6/G3OOK M5AAV JT5Y I0SNY VU4AN/VU3RYC DK5WL 9V1CW PA0KHS JW7QIA LA7QIA VU4AN/VU3RYE DL9GFB A61Q EA7FTR KH6RZ W6YM VU4AN/VU3RYF DL9MS A71EM EA7FTR MS0DGR MM0DFV VU4AN/VU3RYG DL7DF CN8SG EA7FTR NU4SC K3IXD VU4AN/VU3RYH WA6UVF CO6WD W0SA OA4/DL5SE DL5WM VU4AN/VU3RYI JR3MVF DR06SOCCER DH2ES OC5I DL5WM VU4AN/VU3RYJ W0GJ EG0VPB EA1FE OL74CAV OK1UU VU4AN/VU3RYM F5CWU EG#DIR EA4URE OP0P ON6DP VU4AN/VU3RYN F5CWU EK3GM IK2QPR OQ7M ON7EM VU4AN/VU3RYP VK8FR EK9AA W6QKB OQ7Q ON7RN VU4AN/VU3SIB F5CWU EM20FA UT2FA OX3XR OZ3PZ VU4AN/VU3SIC F5CWU EM20FEL UR5FEL R20CH RA3YA VU4AN/VU3SID DL7AFS EM20U UT3UZ R20CH RA3YA VU4AN/VU3SIE DL7DF EN20CNPP UY2RO RK3UWK/3 UA3UME VU4AN/VU3SIG DL7AFS EN20CU UR4CU ST0RM T93Y VU4AN/VU3TLY F5CWU EN20F UR5FEO TB0DX OK2GZ YB8SI YB9BU EN20FY UX0FY TI4CF W3HNK YE6N YB9BU EN20UU UX4UU TM1OOB F8CKS YJ0AWG DL2AWG EO2OFT UT0FT UE3XAA UA3XGM YK1BA N5FF EV20R EW8RR UE3YAK UA3YAP YM125ATA TA3YJ GB4MDI GW0ANA UE3YPL RA3YD YV1FM IW7EGQ GB4MHS G4FON UN5A DL8KAC YX0A KU9C GB8OQE GW0ANA VP8DIZ G7KMZ YX0LIX KU9C HB0/IK1WEG IK1WEG VQ9JK G4FJK Z36A DJ0LZ HB0/IZ1DSH IZ1DSH VU4AN/VU2MYH I5JHW ZA/UT7DW DK6CW ______

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DK5WL Heinz-Josef Pick, Friedrichsheck 16, D-55442 Stromberg, Germany DL2AWG Guenter Gassler, Eichertstr. 8, 07589 Muenchenbernsdorf, Germany DL7AFS Baerbel Linge, Eichwaldstr. 86, Kassel, D-34123 Germany DL7DF Sigi Presch, Wilhelmsmuehlenweg 123, D-12621 Berlin, Germany F5CWU Flo Moudar, 25 Rue du Castel Salis, 37100 Tours, France G4FJK Tim Hugill, Swandhams House, Sampford Peverell, Tiverton, Devon EX16 7ED, UK HS0ZCW Charles Harpole (Phosit), 95/1 Moo 1, Thambon, Ban Kok, Amper Meung, Samut Sakhon 74000 Thailand IS0JMA Roberto Alaimo, P.O. Box 41 Centro, 07026 Olbia - OT, Italy JA1DOT Hisato Kobayashi, 2-7-19 Mejirodai, Hachioji-city, Tokyo 193-0833, Japan KU9C Steven M. Wheatley, P.O. Box 31, Morristown, NJ 07963-0031, USA OK2GZ Jaroslav Kelar, Generala Svobody 1200, Unicov 783 91, Czech Republic PA7FM Dennis Robbemond, Loggerhof 11, 3181 NS Rozenburg, The Netherlands RA3YA Vlado Zhukov, Fokina str. 104 A kv 6, Bryansk 241000, Russia RW1AI Mikhail N. Fokin, P.O. Box 13, St. Petersburg 193312, Russia SX2P P.O. Box 26, 59100 Veria, Greece TA3YJ Nilay Mine Aydogmus, P.O. Box 876, 35214 Izmir, Turkey UA1PAC Aleksej V. Kuz'menko, P.O.Box 599, Arkhangelsk, 163000 Russia US7IGF Slava Shevchenko, p.o.box-591, Slavyansk-12, Donetsk obl. 84112, Ukraine UT3UZ Alex Arbuzov, P.O. Box 7, Kiev-232, 02232, Ukraine W0GJ Glenn R. Johnson, 207 Bear Creek Lane NW, Bemidji, MN 56601, USA YB9BU Kadek Kariana SP, P.O. Box 106, Singaraja 81100, Bali, Indonesia *****************************************************************************

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425DXNews Home Page 6 May 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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3D2_rot - Didier/F4ELJ, Andre/F0ELK and Christophe/F0ELI will operate as 3D2BD from Rotuma (OC-060) on 5-17 August. On their way back home they will stop and be active also from Suva, Fiji Islands (OC- 016), from 18 to 21 August. QSL via F4ELJ, direct or bureau. Further details will be posted at http://3d2bd.free.fr [TNX F4ELJ] 6W - Patrick/F6CMH (6V7B), Jean-Marc/F1HDI (6V7A) and Jacques/F1BCS (6V7C) will be active from Senegal on 7-13 May. They plan to operate SSB, digital modes and EME. QSL via W7MAE (US stations) or F6CMH (all others). [TNX The Daily DX] 9A - Once again Zik, VE3ZIK (http://www.qslnet.de/ve3zik) will operate CW and SSB on all bands as 9A/VE3ZIK from Bilice, Croatia on 6- 22 May. He will also try to be active on PSK31, RTTY and 10m FM. QSL via DL3PS, direct or through the DARC bureau. [TNX VE3ZIK] 9A - Livio/9A3KS, Boro/9A3KB and Tom/9A2AA plan to operate from several islands in the Istra group (EU-110) starting on 9 May. QSL via home calls. [TNX 9A2AA] BY - BD4VE, BD4XA and BD4VC will operate as BY4XSL/4 from Dongxilian Island (AS-135) on 4-6 May. Expect activity on 40, 20, 15, 10 and maybe 80 metres CW and SSB. QSL via BD4XA. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] BY - BG1DRJ operated as BG1DRJ/4 from Furong Island (AS-160) on 1-2 May (1014 QSOs). He is now active as BG1DRJ/4 from Sang Island (AS- 146) and should remain there until 7 May. QSL via home call. His web page is at http://spaces.msn.com/bg1drj [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] EA8 - Simone/IZ0BTV, Gianni/IZ7FLP, Alfredo/EC8ADS, Peter/EC8ADW and Eduardo/EC8AUA will be active as ED8OTA from Gran Canaria, Canary Islands (AF-004) on 11-14 May. They also plan to operate from a few satellite islets (details at www.strangeradioteam.com/ed8ota). QSL via IZ7FLP. [TNX IZ8EDJ] F - Francois, F5JNE will operate from Belle-Ile en Mer (EU-048) on 7- 21 May. Look for him on 40 and 20 metres CW during his evening hours. QSL via home call. direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL] F - Special event station TM6ACO will be activated on all bands SSB and CW on 4-18 June for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. QSL via bureau to F6KFI. Further information at http://asso.proxiland.fr/aras72/ [TNX F5TJC] FG - The A.C.R.A club (http://acra-radioclub.site.voila.fr) will be active as TO7AES on 27 May to celebrate the abolition of slavery on Guadeloupe. Expect activity on the HF and VHF bands on SSB, PSK31 and CW. [TNX JI6KVR] G - Mike, M1CCF and Lawrie, G4FAA, with expertise and operators from Cray Valley Radio Society, will be active as GB150VC on 1-28 June to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Victoria Cross from the Museum of the Royal Artillery at Woolwich, south east London. There will be two separate stations on HF (80-10 metres) and VHF (6 and 2 metres). QSL via G4DFI. Details on the relevant awards will be available at www.cvrs.org [TNX M3RCV] GW - Derek, G3KHZ and Steve, G4EDG will operate as GW3KHZ/P from the St. Tudwal's Islands (EU-106) on 12-15 May (weather could modify the dates a little). Derek and Steve are CW operators and so there may not be any SSB activity. QSL direct to G4EDG or LOTW. [TNX IZ1CRR] GW - The Grantham ARC (www.garc.org.uk) will operate as either GW0GRC or GB0SK from Skokholm Island (EU-124) on 26-29 August. They plan to have 12 operators involved in this activity. All contacts will be confirmed automatically via the bureau, the QSL manager for direct cards is G0RCI. [TNX G0RCI] HH - Fabio, PY1ZV will be active as HH/PY1ZV from Port-au-Prince, Haiti (NA-096) from 31 May to 8 June. He plans to operate on 80-10 metres in his spare time. Fabio works for the Brazilian Army and has joined the Brazilian military forces involved in MINUSTAH, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (http://www.minustah.org/). After that Fabio will be going and operate, most likely as PJ2/PY1ZV, from Curacao (SA-006) on 10- 14 June. QSL for all activities via PY4KL, direct or bureau. [TNX PY2HS] I - Isido/I1XOI, Piera/IK1AIF, Mario/IW1PZC, Alberto/IW1PRT, Mauro/IW2KVT, Emanuele/IW2NOD and Giuseppe/I2AZ will be QRV as IG9/homecall from Lampedusa Island (AF-019, IIA AG-001) on 13- 19 May. They plan to be active on SSB, CW and digital modes on all bands from 160 metres to 23 cm, and to operate from two lighthouses (WAIL SI-020 & ARLHS ITA-025, and WAIL SI-021 & ARLHS ITA-123). QSL for all via IW2NOD, direct or bureau. Requests for skeds can be sent to I2AZ ([email protected]) not later than 11 May. [TNX I2AZ] I - Special event station II2CSV will be active from 15 May to 15 June to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ARI Vigevano. [TNX IK2AVH] JA - Look for JA5BEX/5 to be active from Turu Island (AS-076, JIIA AS-076-New), Ehime Prefecture, on 4-6 May. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] JA - Look for JA6RGD/6 to operate from Naga Island (AS-012), Kagoshima Prefecture on 6 May. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] ON - The first four stages of the 88th edition of the Giro d'Italia (the long distance road bicycle race for professional cyclists) will take place in Belgium (Wallonie). The UBA-section CPN will use the special call ON6GIRO on 6-9 May. Expect activity on 20 and 40 metres SSB. QSL via ON4CPN. [TNX VA3RJ] OZ - Tom, DL7UZO will be active as OZ/DL7UZO from the Jylland North Group (EU-171) on 13-20 May. He plans to operate CW, SSB, PSK31, RTTY and WSJT on 80-10 metres, 50 MHz and 144 MHz. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] PA - Members of VERON Department A54 "Etten-Leur" (PI4ETL) will operate as PI25ETL between 24 June and 9 July (including an entry in the IARU HF World Championship) to celebrate their 25th anniversary. A special award will be available for working PI4ETL or PI25ETL during the months of May, June and July; please contact PA0ATG ([email protected]) for the details. [TNX PA0LOU] SM - Special callsign SK60CG will be aired in May to celebrate King Carl Gustaf's 60th birthday. QSL via SM6JSM, bureau or direct. [TNX SM0IMJ] SM - Tomas/SM6XMY, Rolf/SM6IQD, Sten/SM6MIS, Daniel/SA6ABU, Janne/SM6YOF and Rick/SM6U will operate as 8S6KOS from the Koster Islands (EU-043) on 9-11 June. Expect main activity on 80, 40 and 20 metres SSB, with some CW. They plan to run two stations with amplifiers and decent antennas. QSL via bureau to SM6YOU. The home page for the operation is at http://sector7.nu/8s6kos [TNX SM6U] T9 - Zik, VE3ZIK will operate as T9/VE3ZIK from Ljeb, Bosnia & Herzegovina on 27-30 May, CQ WPX CW Contest included. Look for him mostly on 40 and 80 metres. QSL via DL3PS, direct or through the DARC bureau. [TNX VE3ZIK] TK - Vasek, DL4FF will be active again as TK/DL4FF from Corsica (EU- 014) from 15 May to 9 June. He will operate on 10-160 metres CW and SSB, and will be active during the CQ WW WPX CW Contest. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DL4FF] UR - Slava/US7IGF, Roman/UR7IJQ, Alexandr/UR7IKV and Roman/UY7IQ will operate (on 40-17 metres SSB and CW) from Blakytnyi Island (BlL- 01 for the Ukrainian Islands Award) on 8 May. QSL via home calls. [TNX UY7IQ] VE - VE1AI, VE1AST, VE1DHD, VE1FHW, VE1PEI, VE1QD, VE1RGB and VY2RU will operate as VE1FO from Janvrin Island (NA-010, CISA NS-010) on 11- 15 May. [TNX VE9MY] VK9_ni - The VI9NI team [425DXN 774] includes VE7NS, ZL2IFB, VK2BAA, VK4AN, VK4DV, VK5PO and VK4FW. All equipment has been sent to Norfolk Island and they expect to arrive on 24 May. Look for them to operate CW (1822, 3523, 7023, 10103, 14023, 18073, 21023, 24893, 28023 and 50125 kHz) SSB (1822, 3785, 7093, 14195, 18140, 21295, 24940, 28475 and 50125 kHz) and RTTY (10103, 14084, 21084 and 28084 kHz). QSL via VK4FW, direct (Bill Horner, P.O. Box 612, Childers, 4660, Australia) or bureau. Direct requests should include a minimum of 2 USD. [TNX VK4FW] VK9_ni - June 2006 marks the 150th anniversary of the landing of the people of Pitcairn Island, the decendants of the Bounty Mutineers, on Norfolk Island. To help celebrate the event the HIDXA Club has been issued with the special callsigns of VI9NL and VI9NS for the whole month of June covering the period of the celebrations. Kirsti, VK9NL and Jim, VK9NS will use these special callsigns and will both try to be as active as possible during the period. [TNX VK9NS] W - The Mid Florida DX Association has been invited to demonstrate Amateur Radio at Honeymoon Island (NA-034) on 6 May. Expect W4FDX to be active with two stations on 20, 15 and possibly 17 metres. QSL via W2NDP. [TNX The Daily DX] YB - Hotang, YC0IEM will be on Bali Island (OC-022) from 8 to 25 May and will operate from YB9AY's station. QSL via IZ8CCW, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW] ZA - Pino, I8YGZ reports that he plans to operate SSB and CW from four different lighthouses during his stay in Albania [425DXN 782]: Gji Dukatit (ARLHS ALB-013), Kep I Palermos (ALB-001), Kepi I Treporteve (ALB-003) and Lume Vijose (ALB-011). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. ZP - Alfeo, I1HJT reports he will participate in the ARI International DX Contest as ZP0R (QSL for this activity via I1HJT). Outside the contest he might also operate as ZP6/I1HJT in his spare time (QSL via home call). ______

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ARI CONTEST ---> The ARI International DX Contest will be held on 6-7 May, from 20.00 UTC on Saturday through 19.59 UTC on Sunday. Full information can be found at http://www.ari.it/hf/contests/ari/DX_rul_ing_new.html [TNX IT9BLB]

ON40DST ---> UBA Section Diest (ON4DST) sponsors an award to celebrate its 40th anniversary. The award is for working UBA-DST members and ON40DST, the special call issued to the club. Further information can be found at www.qrz.com under ON40DST. [TNX ON8JP]

QSL VU4AN/ ---> There is conflicting QSL information for a few VU4AN/ stations. Apparently not all of the operators who were supposed to use F5CWU as their QSL manager (http://www.dx-pedition.de/andaman2006/) have agreed upon this route. First hand information collected from the operators concerned is that cards for VU4AN/VU3PLM (operated by Claudia, IZ1GLO/K2LEO) and VU4AN/VU3TLY (operated by Andrea, IK1PMR) can go via IK1PMR, while cards for VU4AN/VU3RWO (operated by Dave, K3LP) should go via N3ST. ______

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DX SPOTS: Rod Elliott, VE3UW has collected the DX spots from the OH2AQ Web Cluster since January 1997. The collection - from January 1997 up to April 2006 - is available at www.425dxn.org/dxspots/, as well the software (DXINFO v2.0) which will enable you to handle the files (instructions at the URL above). LOGS: Bernie McClenny, W3UR (aka VU4AN/VU3OHA) has put together a collection of log searches for VU4AN/ stations: go to http://www.dailydx.com/vu4.htm and follow the link to the callsign you are looking for. LOGS: On-line logs for JW/F8DVD (24-31 March) can be found at http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr (click on "logs en ligne"). [TNX F6AJA] LOGS: On-line logs for YX0A and YX0LIX are now available on the DXpedition's web site (http://www.yv0.info/). They contain 45,414 QSOs from 20 April (12.38 UTC) through 29 April (03.16 UTC), but the logs may not be complete. TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now available at http://www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. Please send your scores, as well as any request for further information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW ([email protected]) ------

QSLs received direct or through managers: 1A0KM, 3B8/OM5RW, 3D2OU, 3D2RO, 3DA0RN, 4L1MA, 4S7AB, 4Z5FL, 5H1C, 5T5AFF, 5U3T, 5X1DF, 5Z4DZ, 5Z4LS, 6W1RW, 6Y3R, 6Y5PA, 7P8AD, 7X0RY, 8Q7DV, 9G1MR, 9H1ET, 9K2MU, 9M2/G4ZFE, 9M2CNC, 9M2RPN, A22/JA4ATV, A6/ON5NT, AT0AI (AS-169), BD7KLO/7 (AS-129), CN2R, CO3VK, CO8ZZ, CQ9K, CT9F, CT9M, DS5KJL, DT8A (AN-010; AA HL-01), E30NA, EK8WA, ER1Q, ES1QD, FG5FR, FK8HN, FM/K3TEJ, FO/HA9G (OC-027), FO/HA9RE (OC-131), FO0/F8UFT, FR5ZL, FY5KAC, GP0STH, GU3UOQ, HH4/K4QD, HI3CCP, HI3TEJ, HI8ROX, HK0FD, HP3XUG, HQ9H, HR9/N0STL, J6/K8LEE, J68AR, J75KG, J79AG, J79CW, J7OJ, J88DR, JT1CO, JV800BV, K7C, KH7X, KP2/K3TEJ, LY3UM, N8TP/J6, OD5LN, OH0PM, OH0R, OJ0B, OM5DP, PJ5NA, PY0S/PS7JN, R1MVC, R1MVW, RK1NWU/P, S79HP, S9SS, ST0RM, T88BH, TA2ZAF, TG9ADM, TI5/N4GG, TJ3FR, TJ3SP, TM4ANT, TU2CI, TY5WP, UA2FZ, UE6ANT, UN5J, VE1VOX/p, VE9DX, VK9NS, VP2MLB, VP2MSC, VP2MVX, VP2VE, VP5/OH3RB, VP5W, VP8DJB, VP8PJ, VQ9JC, VQ9LA, VR2UW, VU3BPZ, XF1K (NA-124), XU7ACY, XW3DT, XX9TRR, YB1BAD, YI3SRA, YI9KT, YO0N, YT80HQ, ZA/UT7DW, ZD7BG, ZD7FT, ZD8QD, ZK1NOU, ZW0S, ZY0SAT.

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425DXNews Home Page 13 May 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

======*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** ======Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

CN - Patrick, F6IRF will operate as CN2WW from Morocco on 20-29 May, including a SOAB entry in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest. Latest information will be posted on http://cn2ww.blogspot.com/. QSL via EA7FTR. [TNX NG3K] CT3 - Karl, OE3JAG will be active as CT3/OE3JAG from Madeira (AF-014) on 15-22 May. He plans to operate QRP with a dipole or long wire, mainly on CW, PSK and RTTY on 20 and 30 metres. QSL via OE3JAG. [TNX K1XN] EA - URE Huelva will operate as EG7CC on 20-21 May to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Christopher Columbus. Look for activity on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via EA7URE, direct or bureau. [TNX EA7EUF] FM - Jacky, F5OIU will be active as FM/F5OIU from Martinique (NA- 107) from 13 May to 1 July. He will operate mostly CW, with some SSB and digital modes. QSL via bureau to home call. [TNX F8BBL] GM - MM0DFV, GM0WRR, GM0EZP, GM7OAW and possibly others will operate Great Cumbrae Island (EU-123) on 13 May. Jurij, MM0DFV will take part in the CQ-M contest (CW only) as MS0DGR, while the others will use their own call signs on SSB and digital modes. [TNX MM0DFV] HI - Antonio, IW2OAZ will operate on 80-6 metres as HI8/IW2OAZ from the Dominican Republic (NA-096) on 18-30 May. On 20 May he will be active from Catalina Island (NA-122) for 24 hours. [TNX IW2OAZ] HL - Han, DS2GOO will operate as DS2GOO/3 from Nok Island (AS-080, WLOTA LH 0754) on 18-21 May. He plans to be active on 80-6 metres run 100 watts into vertical and wire antennas. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. Logs will be available at http://myhome.naver.com/dxer2han/LH_0754 [TNX HL1VAU] I - Weather permitting I8JOQ, IZ8EDG and IZ8DWO will operate from Scoglio Vetara (not IOTA, IIA NA-017) on 14 May. [TNX I8JOQ] I - Claudio, I0KHY reports he will operate on the HF bands and 6 metres from Ischia Island (EU-031, IIA NA-001) on 20-27 May. JA - Expect five special stations (8J1P, 8J3P, 8J4P, 8J5P and 8J6P) to be QRV on all bands and modes from 12 May to 30 June to celebrate the International QRP Day (17 June). QSL via operators' instructions. [TNX VA3RJ] JW - Roger, JW4GHA will be staying on Bear Island (EU-027) until July. He plans to focus on 6 metres during the last month of his stay and will be monitoring 50110 kHz (CW and SSB). QSL via LA4GHA. [TNX LA5HE] KH8 - Gavin, W9EYE plans to operate in his spare time as AH8/W9EYE from Pago Pago, American Samoa on 15-21 May. He will operate on all HF bands SSB as propagation allows. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K] KL - Fred, AI3Z and Joanne, N3YYT will operate as AI3Z/KL7 from Kodiak Island (NA-019) on 15-20 May. QSL via AI3Z. They plan to be active on 40 and 6 metres as work and weather permit. [TNX rsgbiota.org] KP2 - Look for The Three Steves - N2IFA, KB2ENF and KF2TI (http://3stevesandkurt.dynu.com/) - to operate on 10-160 metres as KP2/N2IFA, KP2/KB2ENF and KP2/KF2TI from St Croix, US Virgin Islands on 19-22 May. QSL via bureau or direct KF2TI. Work all of them and receive the WAS (Worked All Steves) Certificate!. [TNX KF2TI] LU - LU4DXU and LW1DRH will operate as LU1DMG from Martin Garcia Island (SA-055) on 11-14 May. Look for activity on 80-10 metres SSB and CW. QSL via LU4DXU. [TNX LU4DXU] SP - Special event station SN16B will be active on 10-80 metres CW and SSB (plus 6 and 2 metres) on 15-31 May to celebrate the first visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Poland. QSL via SP9PKZ, direct or bureau. [TNX SP9GKM] SV9 - Dale, G3VMK will operate CW only as SV9/G3VMK from Crete (EU- 015) from 19 May to 2 June. He will concentrate on 30, 20 and 17 metres. [TNX The Daily DX] UA - RK0AXX and UA0AZA will participate in the 50th CQ-M International DX Contest (13-14 May) as R50CQM. QSL via bureau or direct to UA3DX. Full information on the contest can be found at http://www.cq-m.andys.ru/ [TNX RA0ALM] VE - Linda, VE9GLF and Len, VE9MY will be going to NA-027 (Newfoundland) and NA-198 (Newfoundland's Coastal Islands) starting on 16 May for about two weeks. This is a work trip, so their HF operations (mobile or portable) will be as time permits, typically in the evenings and during the weekends. QSL to home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX VE9MY] W - Bodo, DL3OCH will be active as W4/DL3OCH from Key West (NA-062) on 13-20 May. He plans to operate on 80-10 metres mainly CW. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ] W - Herb, WA2PIP will be active as WA2PIP/4 from Hatteras Island (NA-067) and Ocracoke Island (NA-067) on 20-26 May. He plans to operate SSB on 20, 17 and 15 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgiota.org]

AFRICA TOUR ---> Tibi, HA7TM left Hungary on 9 May and should be touring Senegal (6W/HA7TM), Guinea Bissau (J5TM or J5TIB) and The Gambia (C5/HA7TM). Tibi plans to operate CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK on all the HF bands. He is currently staying with Peter, 6W/HA3AUI (J5UAP) waiting for his lost luggage to reach him. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX HA0HW] ______

======*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** ======Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

3Y0X VIDEO ---> Pre-orders for the Peter I 3Y0X "DX-perience" DVD (which is due out in late summer) can be placed at http://www.peterone.com/dvd/index.htm (ordering now gives you a discount off the release price).

425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (April 2006) is now available at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/. Articles and pictures should be sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA ([email protected]).

BS7H ---> Kan Mizoguchi, JA1BK has updated his web site with an improved video of the latest DXpedition to Scarborough Reef (April-May 1997). Give a look to http://www.iijnet.or.jp/JA1BK/ [TNX K1ER]

EU PSK DX CONTEST ---> The Scottish-Russian ARS invites the radio amateurs all over the world to participate in the 3rd annual European PSK DX Contest, to be held on 20-21 May (from 12 UTC to 12 UTC). The objective of the contest is to establish as many contacts as possible between radio amateurs around the world and radio amateurs in Europe using the BPSK31 mode. Detailed rules are at http://www.eu.srars.org [TNX MM0DFV]

EUROPEAN CASTLES DAY ---> The fifth edition of the European Castles Day will take place on 21 May between 6 and 16 UTC. Several stations are expected to operate from fortresses and castles in France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Portugal, etc. Information on the event and castle award programmes can be found on Jean-Pierre's (F6FNA) web site at http://f6fna.club.fr/dfcfa2.html [TNX F6FNA]

QSL 3Y0X ---> The first batch of cards (115 pounds/52 kilograms) was sent out on 8 May. They were mailed to about 2/3 of the individuals who contributed to the DXpedition expenses AND whose cards were received through the beginning of April. Over the next two weeks, the remainder of this group of cards will be processed. After Dayton, the QSL team will resume processing the rest of the contributor cards as well as the non-contributor cards. Bureau cards will be processed at an appropriate time in the future. Please refrain from e-mailing the QSL manager (N2OO) at this time. When the cards are all processed, he will then gladly assist with any QSL issues. [TNX K0IR & K4UEE]

QSL VU4AN/... ---> Final arrangements seems to be in place for the followiong stations: VU3FRK, VU3RSB, VU3RYM, VU3RYN, VU3SIB and VU3SIC via F5CWU; VU3JLW via AA4NN, VU3RWO via N3ST, VU3PLM via IK1PMR, VU3TLY via IK1PMR. Logs can be found at http://www.dx-pedition.de/andaman2006/logs.html

QSL YX0A/YX0LIX ---> Steve Wheatley, KU9C has received the logs for the YX0A/YX0LIX operation, as well as a flood of emails relative to QSOs not being in the log, or incorrect band/mode. "You can trust that I will thorougly examine each of your QSOs against the log", he says, "and do my best to ensure that you get credit for each QSO that match the log entries. I suspect many of the issues raised in the emails will be resolved". Steve asks not to include QSLs for other stations he manages with your YX0A/YX0LIX cards, as this this will substantially delay your QSL return. Bureau cards will be honoured and logs will be posted on LOTW (even though not in the near future). ______

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LOGS: On-line logs for the 1-5 May IOTA operation by BY4RSA/4 (AS-150) are available at http://dx.qsl.net/logs; QSL status and a few pictures can be found at http://spaces.msn.com/ba4tb [TNX BA4TB] LOGS: On-line logs for PY0F/CT1BWW (Fernando de Noronha, August 2005) are now available at http://www.qsl.net/s92bww/QSL.htm [TNX CT1BWW] LOGS: On-line logs, QSL request status, pictures and other information for TB0DX (Kosrelik Island, AS-123) are available at http://www.okdxf.cz/ankety/iota_ta/iota_ta_en.php QSL via OK2GZ. [TNX OK1MU] ______

======*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL INFO ******** ======Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

======CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER ======3W9HRN DL1HRN EX8QB IK2QPR RP4HDP RX4HJ 3W9JR OK1JN FK8GX W3HNK RP4HRS RW4HB 3Z0LKK SP6ZDA GW3KHZ/P G4EDG RP4HZZ RX4HZZ 3Z80LKK SP8AUP HC7AE EA7FTR RP4NKF RZ4NWA 4K5D K2PF HF40BRP SP9BRP RP4P RA4PO 4L1MA ON4RU HF80LKK SP8AQA RP4W UA4WA 4N1856T YU1BM HG6EU HA6VA RP4Y RK4YYY 4U1WB KK4HD HI3TEJ ON4IQ RP61DP RK3DXZ 5R8GZ G3SWH HK4QHD EA5KB RP61XX UA9XC 5V7BR F5RUQ HK4QMH EA5KB RP6A RZ6AZZ 5W0DF AH6HY HK4SAN EA7FTR RP6YYW UA6YW 5Z4DZ PC1A HS0ZAR K3ZO RP9JTT RV9JD 6W1SA F4BIT HS0ZEP HB9FAF RP9ULF RZ9UZV 7Q7HB G0IAS HZ1MD PA2V RP9W RW9WA 7Z1SJ EA7FTR II1W IW1FGZ RP9X UA9XC 8Q7DM HB9DDM II7BAT IW7EGQ RP9XWM/1 RA9XX 9A/VE3ZIK DL3PS JD1BLK JM1LJS RZ4HXA/4 RU4HD 9A0CI DE0MST JT3A YT1AD SB0B SM0W 9G1YE PA3ERA JT3Y I0SNY SI0E SM0EPO 9G1YK PA3ERA JV800BV JT1BV SK60CG SM6JSM 9G5OO DL4WK JV800CS JT1CS SN0DN SQ2CFL 9H3XX K6HFA JY4NE K3IRV SN190ZS SP9GFI 9J2BO G3TEV K8P WA8VDC SN80LKK SP8MI 9J2CA G3SWH KA1I/KH2 JH7BZR SP0TPAX SP7DQR 9L1KR DL8BAX KH6/K1GH DK5FJ SP0TPFK SP2FAP 9W6SUE 9M6TW KH6ZM I0MWI ST2T S57DX A41KJ N5FTR KP3A W3HNK T88KL JN3JBC A6/OD5TX W4JS LU1ECZ EA5KB T88LZ JR1LZK BD1WC EA7FTR LW9EOC EA7JX T88XZ JE1HXZ BG1DRJ/4 BG1DRJ LZ06KM LZ1PJ TF60VG LZ1JZ BI3H BA4EG LZ80R LZ1BJ TM8MAI F6KWP BV4FH N4XP N1L NU1G TR8CA F6CBC BV50CRA BV2KI NP2/AB8CK UA3AGW TT8LN F5TLN BY4RSA/4 BA4TB NP4A W3HNK UA1ONY RZ3EC BY4XSL/4 BD4XA OH0X OH2TA UA1PBN/1 RK1PWA C31GN pirate OH60BH OH2BH UE3GIK RN3GM CM6CAC EA5KB OK8XB M5AAV UE3OFF/6 RA3QSY CN3HAD CN8JV ON6GIRO ON4CPN UE3YBF RW3YW CN8IG EA7FTR OO6C ON6CC UE3YCH UA3YBW CN8KD EA5XX OQ5M ON5ZO UE3YOB RA3YD CN8NK EA5XX OR1R ON4CD UE9RDA RK9QWW CN8PA EA7FTR OR2M ON4IA UE9SWA RW9TP CN8YR K4KU P29KPH N5FTR UE9XBW/1 RA9XX CN8YZ EA7FTR P29SS N5FTR UN3M EA7FTR CO8LY EA7ADH PA9MR VE3MR UN7QX W7BO CU1CB EA5KB PB6KNRM PE2JB UP10E RX3RC D2DX OH2BAD R10DIG OH5ZZ V44KJ WB2TSL DA0FIFA DL9ZEA R1ANF RK1PWA V63SC JM1LBO DF2006WM DJ6SI R7M RU3AWA VK0JLX VK2JLX DK2006TZ DL1SBF RK50SAB RK3SWB VK9LNO N6NO DQ1Q DL1JFI RP0L UA0LMO VQ9OW KA9JOW DR100NAU DL1RG RP0UZF RU0UQ VY2/NF6J DL7RV DZ50HBC DU1HBC RP0Y UA0YAY WH7P/KH2 JP1IOF ED1FID EA1AST RP0Z UA0ZS WP3C W3HNK ED8CII EA8BYG RP1A RZ1AWF WP4HSZ KP4SQ ED8FD EA8AKN RP1CC RV1CC XV2JX JM3UML ED8OTA IZ7FLP RP1N RN1NU YB1BAD ON4RU EL2AR EL2BA RP1VIC RV1AC YB8TAF EA5KB EL2PM EI5IF RP1ZM RZ1ZZZ YI1AK AD5W EM0U UT3UZ RP3ABB RA3BB YL775TALSI YL2CF EM61FA UT2FA RP3ABT RA3BT YN4SU/9 TI4SU EO61FY UX0FY RP3DPW RA3FO YR100A YO8AXP EO61G UR3GM RP3EKM UA3EDQ YT0TESLA YU1EXY EO61IS US7IGF RP3EPS RZ3EC YT150AD YT1AD EO61JM K2PF RP3PT UA3PM YT150AT YT1AT EO61RR UR4RZZ RP3QQP RA3KK YT150Z YU1ACR EO61X UT4XU RP3QWK RN3QO YU150AU YU7AU EV61LBK EW3AA RP3WBD RK3WWF YU150ZZ YU1ZZ EV6ZK UA3FDX RP3WTW RW3WWW YZ6150AMD YZ6AMD EV80A/P EW1WA RP3XMV UA3XAC ZF2JJ W5OX EW6GF DL8KAC RP3ZVD RX3ZB ZK1KH ZL4HU ______

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5Z4ES Enrico Li Perni, P.O. Box 39256-00623, Nairobi, Kenya 9N7JO Stig Lindblom, Jum Changphimai 147/1 - Moo 3, Tambon Boot, Ban Ta Bong, Phimai, TH-30110 Nakhon Ratchashima, Thailand AH6HY David Flack, P.O. Box 29761, Honolulu, Hawaii 96820, USA AK5Q Mickey A. Driver, 7010 Lawler Ridge, Houston, TX 77055, USA BA4TB Dale S. Yu, 40-501 Xicheng-sancun, Wuxi 214041, China I8YGZ Pino Zamboli, Via Trieste 30/54, 84015 Nocera Superiore - SA, Italy IZ7FLP Giovanni Sandionigi, Via Ovidio 22, 74100 Taranto - TA, Italy JQ2IQW Hiroshi Ohno, 1-21-12 Ohmori Naka #302, Ohta-Ku, Tokyo 143-0014, Japan LZ1PJ Ivan Ivanov, P.O. Box 15, BG-1324 Sofia, Bulgaria RA3QSY Igor Makeev, P.O. Box 2, Voronezh, 394010, Russia SM7DKF Ronnie Nilsson, Vaestra Haeggviksvaegen 12, SE-236 32 Hoellviken, Sweden SP2FAP Sylwester Jarkiewicz, Suchacz-Zamek, ul. Wielmozy 5b, 82-340 Tolkmicko, Poland SV2FWV Takis Perrotis, 3 Metamorfoseos Str., 15234 Halandri, Greece UR3GM Igor Pulin, P.O. Box 23, Kherson 73022, Ukraine *****************************************************************************

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425DXNews Home Page 20 May 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

======*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** ======Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

4W - Michael, PA5M is currently in Timor Leste and awaiting the final approval of his licence. The callsign is unknown yet, but will most likely be known on 22 May. His QSL manager (PA7FM) reports that Michael will be there "only for a few weeks". Updates and further details will be posted at http://www.4w.pa7fm [TNX PA7FM] 5B - Look for Harvey, ON5SY and Danny, ON4ON to operate holiday style on 40-10 metres SSB and CW as 5B/OO5S and 5B/OQ1C from Cyprus on 22- 30 May. QSL via ON4ON, direct or bureau. [TNX ON4ON] 9M6 - The Borneo Amateur Radio Club (9M6BRC) will operate on 40, 20, 15, 10 and 6 metres SSB as 9M4SAB starting on 21 May to celebrate and promote Pesta Kaamatan, the Harvest Festival that is celebrated every year throughout the State of Sabah. Expect around the clock activity on 29-31 May. QSL via 9M6BRC. C6 - Duncan, EA5ON reports he will be active again from Freeport, Grand Bahama (NA-080) on 25-29 May. QSL via EA7JX. C6 - Eric, K9GY will operate as C6AYM from Nassau (NA-001), Bahamas on 25-29 May, CQ WW WPX CW Contest included. QSL via K9GY, direct or bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] CU - Marq/CT1BWW, Juan Carlos/EA2RC and John/EA3GHZ will be active from the Azores in July. They will operate as CU7X from Faial Island (EU-175) on 10-16 July, CU6X from Pico Island (EU-175) on 17-21 July and CU5X from S. Jorge Island (EU-175) on 21-25 July. They will have two stations active on 160-6 metres SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL via EA3GHZ, direct or bureau. Detailed information can be found at http://www.geocities.com/carlesrapita [TNX CT1BWW] F - A group of operators from F5KDK (Radio Club EME Phoceen) will operate SSB and CW as TM7NM from Noirmoutier Island (EU-064) on 25-28 May. They plan to have three stations for the HF bands and one station for VHF. QSL via F1IKA. [TNX F8REF] F - Bernard, F5XX and others plan to operate from Fort Brescou (EU- 148) on 25-29 May. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX] F - The Radio Club de Sarlat (F5KEM) will use special event call TM3JB from 29 May to 5 June for the 100th anniversary of the birth of Josephine Baker (http://www.cmgworldwide.com/stars/baker/home.html). QSL via F5MMF. [TNX F8REF] GM - Jim, MM0BQI will be active as MM0BQI/P from Tanera Mor in the Summer Isles (EU-092) on 20-29 May. He plans to operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 80-10 metres. Time permitting there will also be an entry in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest using the Summer Isles Radio Club contest call, MM0Q. QSL via MM0BQI, direct or bureau. [TNX MM0BQI] I - A twinning on the air between two commemorative stations, IY4FGM (for Guglielmo Marconi) and II2V (for Alessandro Volta, the inventor of the voltaic pile, a forerunner of the electric battery) is scheduled to take place on 20 and 21 May. QSL II2V via IK2LNJ (bureau or direct), QSL IY4FGM via IK4UPU (bureau or direct); special QSL card for contacting the two stations via IK2AQZ (bureau or direct). [TNX IK2AQZ] I - Domenico/IW9GTD, Tore/IW9FRA, Girolamo/IT9GNG, Rino/IT9FXY, Enzo/IT9ECQ and Michele/IT9LCG will operate as IF9FI from Favignana Island (EU-054, IIA TP-011) on 25-28 May. Sea conditions permitting, they will also operate from Preveto (EU-054, IIA TP-007). QSL via IT9FXY, direct or bureau. [TNX IT9FXY] I - Alessandro, IW7EGK and Giovanni, IW7DOL will be active on 40 and 20 metres SSB from Torre Sant'Andrea lighthouse (WAIL PU-06, ARLHS ITA-170) lighthouse on 29 May. [TNX IW7EGK] JA - Look for JM1VQJ/1, JO1IRO/1 and JF1IZM/1 to be active from To Island (AS-008, JIIA AS-008-013) on 2-5 June. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] J5 - Tibi, HA7TM has been active as J5UTM from Guinea-Bissau since 15 May and will remain there at least until the 25th. QSL via home call. [TNX HA0HW] PJ4 - Glen, K0JGH will be on Bonaire (SA-006) from 31 May to 8 June with his wife Pam, N0ICF. He will operate SSB, CW and RTTY on a casual schedule. QSL via home call. [TNX K0JGH] S7 - Sal, IZ8CLM will be active as S79RS from Mahe (AF-024), Seychelles from 23 May to 5 June. He plans to operate SSB and RTTY in his spare time, after 14 UTC. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CLM] SM - Bernd, DL8AAV will operate as SD1B from Gotland Island (EU-020) from 24 May to 5 June. QSL via DL8AAV. [TNX The Daily DX] SP - Special event station HF1BXVI will be aired by Scout Club "Zorza" until 1 June to celebrate the first visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Poland. QSL via SP6ZPZ. [TNX SQ6IU] SV - Laci/HA0HW (J48HW and SV8/HA0HW), Tomi/HA4DX (J48DX and SV8/HA4DX) and Ivan/LZ1PJ (J48PJ and SV8/LZ1PJ) will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31 from Thassos Island (EU-174) from 27 May to 5 June. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX HA0HW] SV - SV1HER, SV1GRM, SW1GZL will operate as SY8V from Kythira Island (EU-113) and Moudari/Spathi Lighthouse (WLOTA L-1703, ARLHS GRE- 120, WLH SV-084) on 26-28 May and from Antikythira Island (EU-113) and Apolytares Lighthouse (WLOTA L-0298, ARLHS GRE-040, WLH SV-011) on 2-3 June. QSL for both the operations via SV1HER. [TNX SV1HER] SV - A group of eight (namely SV2BRT, SV2CLL, SV2EWS, SV2FPU, SV2GNQ, SV2HNZ, SV2HPP and SV2HPY) will be active as J48WT from Samothraki Island (EU-174) on 22-27 June. QSL via SV2HPP, direct or bureau. [TNX SV2FPU] UA - UA1CIO, RN1CW, RN1CX, UA1CBW and UA1CCL will operate as homecall/p on all bands CW and SSB from Polosari Island (not IOTA, RR-01-13) on 2-4 June. QSL via home calls (bureau). [TNX RN1CW] V2 - Nobby, G0VJG reports he will be active as V25V from the V26B contest station on Antigua (NA-100) from 23 June to 8 July. He plans to operate SSB, digital modes and some CW on the HF bands and possibly on 6 metres. QSL via G4DFI. [TNX I0YQV] W - Giovanni, IZ2DPX reports he will be touring the US West Coast between 27 May and 8 June and will operate from California, Arizona and Utah. YB - The YE6P operation from Simeulue Island (OC-270) [425DXN 781] is confirmed to take place from 24 to 29 May. Expect activity to start around or even before 12 UTC on the 24th. The web site for the operation is at http://www.orari.web.id [TNX YB1TC] YO - Jean-Michel, F6AJA, Editor of Les Nouvelles DX, reports he will be once again active in his spare time as YO/F6AJA from the QTH of YO8FZ in Suceava, Romania on 22-28 May. QSL via F6AJA. YO - Laurent, F4DZG will operate SSB on 20 metres as YO/F4DZG from Brasov, Romania between 26 May and 12 June. At the end of his family visit he will leave the equipment at David's, YO6FNF. QSL via F4DZG, direct or bureau. [TNX F5UJK] ZC4 - Griff, G0OAB plans to operate as ZC4DG from one of the UK Sovereign Bases on Cyprus from 27 to 31 May. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] ZF - Jim, W4JO (ZF2JO) and his 13-year-old son Mike, K4MBO (ZF2MO) will operate from the Cayman Islands (NA-016) from 26 May to 2 June. QSL ZF2MO via K4MBO, QSL ZF2JO via W4YCH. [TNX The Daily DX] ______

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9L1MS ---> Massimo, IZ0EGB/IW0FQZ (9L1MS) went QRT from Sierra Leone in April and is moving to England. For any matter regarding QSLling, please contact Alessandro, IZ0EGA ([email protected]).

ANTARCTICA AWARD ---> The latest edition of the Antarctica Award Directory, including the new reference number issued to 3Y0X (MN-08), is available for download at www.mdxc.org/antarctica/download.asp [YNX IZ8CGS]

DX MEETING ---> The third International DX Meeting organized by the west Ligurian ARI Radio Clubs, will take place in Imperia (north west Italy) on 1 July. Further information at http://www.arimperia.net [TNX IK1QBT]

DXCC NEWS ---> YI9LZ (current operation from Iraq, effective 8 May 2005) has been approved for DXCC credit.

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 route so far. [TNX The Daily DX]

PB6REM ---> PB6REM will be active on 24 May (or on the 30th, if weather conditions are bad) from the North Sea platform Noordwijk (former REM platform, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REM_island), which is going to be dismantled. QSL via PA7DA. [TNX K1XN & The Golist]

QSL R1MVW & R1MVC ---> Ulrich, DK4VW has received some 2000 envelopes for the November 2005 operation from Malyj Vysotskij. The letters are sent via private channels to Kaliningrad, and the QSL cards are mailed from UA2. The blank cards arrived from the printer in mid-March and it takes about three weeks for a letter to be delivered: so, Ulrich says, QRX a while and do not send duplicates. "If you get nothing by mid-June, e-mail me and a second letter will be sent to you". [TNX I8SAT]

QSL VIA DL3APO ---> Peter, DL3APO has received the QSL cards for FO/DL5XU (OC-027, Marquesas), FO/DL1AWI (OC-114, Australes) and FO/DL9AWI (OC-114, Australes) and has started processing the direct requests received so far. On-line logs and QSL status can be found at http://www.df3cb.com/logsearch/cgcg/logsearch.php [TNX DL3APO]

WRTC 2006 ---> The WRTC2006 Steering Committee reports that the Telecom National Governmental Authority has approved the allocation of special call signs to be used by the teams during the WRTC 2006 in July. The calls approved are from PW5A to PW5Z and from PT5A to PT5Z. The process to assign the stations will be a lottery on the Friday prior the contest, while the calls will be given to the teams at the station before the contest. [TNX PY5EG] ______

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LOGS: On-line logs for 3W3M (2002, QSL via F6BUM), TJ3MC/P (2004, QSL via F6BUM) and TZ3M (2006, QSL via F6CXJ) are available at http://www.f6bum.net [TNX F6BUM] LOGS: On-line logs for the recent LU1DMG operation from Martin Garcia (SA-055) are available at http://www.qsl.net/f5nod/sa055/index.html [TNX F5NOD] ------

QSLs received direct or through managers: 3A0CE, 3B8/OM2TW, 3B9FR, 3Y0X (AN-004; AA MN-08), 4L2M, 4L8A, 4S7AB, 4X1FQ, 5B4AHL, 5H1C (AF-032), 5J1W, 5R8GZ, 5U7JB, 5X1RI, 5Z1A, 5Z4DZ, 6W6JX, 8P5A, 8Q7DV, 8R1EA, 8R1ZUM, 9H3MR, 9H3V, 9J2BO, 9M6/G3OOK, 9Y4/KE9I, A61Q, A92ZE, AP2IA, AT0AI (AS-169), C33DR, CM6RCR, CO2WL/1 (NA-093), CP4BT, CP8XA, CT8T, CU2A, CX1SI, CX5AO, DS5USH, EG8FAS, ER3ZW, ES7FQ, ET3TK, FM5BH, FM5GU, FO/DL1AWI, FO/DL9AWI, FO/HA9G, FY/F5IRO, GU3UOQ, HB0/DL2OBO, HB0/IK1WEG, HI9/K8WK, HK4QHD, HP1DCP, HQ9H, HR2/F2JD, HR2/LU1DY, II0AMZS, II1OWG, J68AS, J79AG, J79CW, JM7OLW, JT1CO, JV800BV, JW9VDA, JY4NE, K6VVA/6 (NA-178), K7C (OC-020), KG4SB, LY1CM, LY2KN, MJ/W8JWN, MJ/W8WJN, OX3DB, OX3XR, P29ZAD, P43JB, PY0S/PS7JN, PZ5RA, R1ANF/P (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, TZ9A, UA9FAR, UA9OS, V31BH, V31JP, V51AS, V73RY, VP2MWM, VP2MWP, VQ9JC, VQ9LA, VU3BPZ (AN-016; AA VU-02), WP2Z, XU7ABN, YA0Y, YB8TAF (OC-146), YK1BA, YN4SU/9, ZB2FK, ZD8WX.

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425DXNews Home Page 27 May 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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A7 - A71EM, A71BX and others will operate on all bands and modes as A72OO6 (Alpha Seventy-Two Oscar Oscar Six) from 1 June through 31 July in anticipation of the the 15th Asian Games that will be held in Doha on 1-15 December. QSL via EA7FTR. [TNX K1XN and the Golist] BY - David, BA4DW will operate holiday style as BA4DW/5 from Pingtan Island in Fujian Province (AS-138) on 26-30 May. QSL via home call (David Y. J. Zhou, P.O. Box 040-088, Shanghai, 200040, China). [TNX BA4DW] EA8 - Special calls ED8CID and EF8CID will be aired on 26-30 May to celebrate the Canary islands Day (30 May). Look for activity on 10-80 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK 31. QSL via EA8AUW. [TNX EA8AUW] F - TM5B is the callsign used by Bernard, F5XX [425DXN 785] and the Castres DX Gang (http://castres.dx.gang.free.fr/) for their current, tenth DXpedition to Fort Brescou (EU-148). QSL via F5XX. F - Special event call TM7HAM will be aired on 3-17 June for the Hameuro Meeting (http://f6kwp.free.fr/hamimg2006.htm) to be held at Longlaville on 11 June. Special call LX7HAM will be aired from Luxembourg during the same period. QSLs via F6KWP. [TNX F8REF] F - Michel, F6IPS will operate as TM6SME on 3-13 June from Emondeville, close to Sainte Mere-Eglise, to commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the World War II "D-Day" landings in Normandy (6 June 1944). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL] G - Chris, G1VDP will operate from Pendean Lighthouse (ARLHS ENG-101) in Cornwall on 31 May. He plans to be active on 40, 20 and 10 metres SSB. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX G1VDP] GW - Glyn, GW0ANA reports he will go and operate as GW4BRS/P from Flatholm Island (EU-124) on 3-4 June. He will be involved in a TV documentary on Marconi, "so if you guys would care to call me", he says, "it would be most helpful for the documentary". QSL via GW0ANA. HL - A group of operators from the Gwangju DX Club will be active as 6L0NJ/4 from Ch'uja Island (AS-084) starting around 0600 UTC on 4 June through 0300 UTC on the 6th. They plan to be active on 160- 6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via HL4XM. Logs will be available at http://www.dx.or.kr [TNX DS4DLK] I - Look for IA5/IZ5HSW (Veronica), IA5/IW5CZU (Roberto) and IA5/IZ5DIY (Silvio) to be active from Isola dei Topi (EU-028, IIA LI-012) on 27-28 May. They plan to operate on 40, 20, 15, 10, 6 and 2 metres. [TNX IZ5DIY] I - ARI Perugia will participate in the IARU Region 1 Field Day CW (3- 4 June) as IQ0PG. QSL via bureau to IK0AZG. This year's event is dedicated to the memory of the late Francesco Fiandra, I0FLY. [TNX IK0EFR] I - Giuliano, I1SAL and others members from ARMI (http://www.assoradiomarinai.tk) and ARI La Spezia will participate in the Museum Ships Weekend (3-4 June) as IQ1SP from the Museo Tecnico Navale in La Spezia (www.museotecniconavale.it/). [TNX IT9MRM] IS0 - Gaetano, IZ8GCB reports he will be active as IS0/IZ8GCB from Sardinia on 3-21 June. He plans to operate CW and SSB on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 20 metres. QSL via home call. JA - Look for JN2TZB/2 to be active from Kaji Island (AS-117, JIIA AS-117-003), Aichi Prefecture on 27 May. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] JW - Juergen, DJ3KR will operate as JW/DJ3KR from Svalbard on 2-18 June. This will be a CW only operation on HF and 6 metres. [TNX The Daily DX] KH5 - Mike, KH6ND has been active as KH6ND/KH5 from Palmyra Atoll (OC- 085) since 20 May and will remain there through the 28th at least. He operates in his spare time, but will particpate in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest on 40 metres. QSL via K2PF. [TNX NG3K] KL - Lanny, W5BOS plans to operate from two IOTA new ones in Alaska between 16 and 22 August. If he can get there, he will sign W5BOS/AL0 from the Southern Alaska Peninsula Centre group (NA-238/pr) and W5BOS/NL0 from the Southern Alaska Peninsula East (NA-237/pr). These islands are very difficult to land on, and weather will be a major factor. QSL via N6AWD. [TNX W5BOS] OH0 - Phil, N6ZZ will be operating from Aland Islands as OH0ZZ for this coming weekend's CQ WPX Contest. He will be accompanied by OH2BH (OH0B) and OH2MM (OH0MM), who can be found on the WARC bands. QSL OH0ZZ via N6ZZ. [TNX OH2BH] SP - Special event station HF16B will be active until 28 May to celebrate the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the city of Krakow. QSL via SP9BRP, direct or bureau. [TNX SP9JPA] SV5 - Ermanno, IK2WZD is active again from Lipsi Island (EU-001) until 31 July. He operates as SV0XAN/5 on all bands and modes. QSL via home call. [TNX IZ2ABN] TK - Jean, F1PNR will be active as TK/F1PNR from Corsica (WWL JN42NO) from 27 May through the end of June. He will operate on the HF bands (mainly 40 and 20 metres) and will focus on 2 metres SSB with 300 watts into a 16-element yagi. Expect activity to take place on 144.265 MHz in the morning hours between 4 and 7. QSL via home call. [TNX F5NQL] ZK1 - Victor, ZK1CG reports that as of 1 June 2006, ZK1 stations will finally change to the new E5 prefix allocated to New Zealand for exclusive use by the Cook Islands [425DXN 726: for information on the impact on the DXCC list, please refer to 425DXN 727]. Victor plans to be QRV with his new call E51CG on 1 June and later with E51USA. [TNX K1XN and The Golist]

CQ WW WPX CW CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their participation in this year's event (27-28 May): 4L - Vaho, 4L8A from Georgia as SOSB on 20 metres. QSL via DJ1CW. 5B - RW3QC as 5B/NN3AA (SOAB) from Cyprus. QSL via RW3RN. 7X - OM3BH, OM3GI, OM3NA, OM3RM and 7X0RY as 7W2OM (Multi-Single) from Algeria. 9V - Enno, 9V1CW as S65X (SARTS contest call) from 9V1PC's QTH. QSL via PA0KHS, direct or bureau (please do not use the Singapore QSL bureau). C6 - K9GY as C6AYM (SOAB LP) from Nassau, Bahamas. QSL via K9GY, direct or bureau. CN - Patrick, F6IRF as CN2WW (SOAB) from Morocco. QSL via EA7FTR. CO - Willy/CO2UG, Yulian/CM6YI and Winston/CO2WF as T40C (Multi-Single High Power) from Cuba. QSL via N1KI. CU - Pertti, OH2PM as CU2A on all bands from the Azores. QSL via OH2BH. EA8 - RD3AF as AM8EW (SOAB HP) from the Canary Islands. QSL via RD3AF. F - Maurice, F5NQL as F3GJ (a very rare French prefix). This callsign belongs to Maurice's QSL manager, Albert Nadot, who is 89 years old. QSL via F3GJ, direct or bureau. KH0 - JP1JFG and others as WH0W (MS) from the Northen Marianas. QSL via JP1JFG. KP - WP3C from Puerto Rico as a SOAB LP entry. QSL via W3HNK. LX - DL2OBF as LX/DL2OBF (SOAB LP) from Luxemburg. QSL via bureau to home call. OH - OH1NOA, OH6GAW, OH6RX, and OH6QU as OF6AA. QSL via OH6AA. P4 - AE6Y as P49Y (SOAB) from Aruba. QSL via AE6Y. PJ2 - Jim, WI9WI as PJ2T (SOAB HP) from Signal Point, Curacao (SA-006). QSL via N9AG. V3 - N3DXX as V31RM (SOAB) from Belize. VE - Yuri, VE3DZ as VC3T. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ] VK - Csaba, HA3LN as VK4ADF. QSL via his home call. YB - The YE6P team from Simeulue Island (OC-270). QSL via YB1TC. ZF - K6AM and N6CW as ZF1A (Multi-Single) from the Cayman Islands. QSL via W5ASP. Don't forget to give a look to the Announced Operations for this year's event maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxc2006.html ______

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CQ HALLS OF FAME ---> The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame was established in January 2001 to recognize individuals - radio amateurs or not - who significantly affected the course of Amateur Radio and radio amateurs who, in the course of their professional lives, had a significant impact on their professions or on world affairs. This year's inductees are: Art Bell, W6OBB Alan Kaul, W6RCL Walt Burdine, W8ZCV Wolfram "Felix" Koerner, DL1CU Francesco Cossiga, I0FCG Bharathi Prasad, VU2RBI Les Cushman, W1BX Hazard "Buzz" Reeves, K2GL Alan Dorhoffer, K2EEK Glynn "Buck" Rogers, K4ABT Tony England, W0ORE Dick Rutan, KB6LQS Marshall Ensor, W9BSP Louisa B. Sando, W5RZJ Clif Evans, K6BX Dick Spenceley, KV4AA Reginald Fessenden, VP9F Terry Sterman, W9DIA Russell A. Hulse, ex-WB2LAV Arne Trossman, W2DTJ Edgar F. Johnson, 9ALD The CQ Contest Hall of Fame was established in 1986 to recognize Amateur Radio operators who have made major contributions to contesting. This year's inductees are Tim Duffy (K3LR) and the late Bill Fisher (W4AN). The CQ DX Hall of Fame was established in 1967 to recognize major contributions by DXers. This year's inductees are Ralph Fedor (K0IR) and Don Greenbaum (N1DG).

DXCC FEES ---> The DXCC programme fees will rise slightly effective 1 July. The fee for a basic DXCC application (including certificate and pin for initial applications only, 120 QSOs maximum) and for first endorsement applications within a year will increase to $12 for ARRL members and to $22 for foreign nonmembers. Second and subsequent endorsements (120 QSOs maximum) within a year will be $22 for ARRL members and $32 for foreign nonmembers. The cost of other DXCC-related items such as plaques and pins also will go up on 1 July.

DXCC NEWS ---> The following operations have been approved for DXCC credit: 4W6AAB Timor-Leste current operation effective 22 May 2006 6O0M Somalia 7-24 April 2006 A6/OD5TX U.A.E. 5 October - 5 November 2005 HN0Z Iraq 27-28 March and 29-30 May 2004 J5DOT Guinea-Bissau 25 April - 5 May 2006 S01R Western Sahara 11-21 April 2006 TT8WL Chad 19 November 1996 - 8 March 1997 YI9HU Iraq 18 May - 5 June 2005 YI9NS Iraq 5 January - 28 March 2006 ZV0F Fernando de Noronha 30 March - 4 April 2006

HUNGARY ---> Effective 25 May 2006, amateur radio regulations in Hungary have changed significantly, in many respects breaking with age-long traditions, Chris (HA5X) reports. Key changes that also affect the international amateur radio community are as follows: * ECC REC (05)06 on the "CEPT Novice Licence" is implemented. Foreign visitors holding a "CEPT Novice Licence" can now work in Hungary using HA/home call. The CEPT Novice licence grants access to 160m, 80m, 40m, 15m, 10m, 2m, 70cm and 23cm bands, with reduced power levels. Please look up rules before operating! * Morse-code is no longer a requirement, VHF licencees can start using HF bands, without changing their HG callsigns. A 6 WPM Morse proficiency exam is still necessary to make CW QSOs, unless the CW QSO is between two computers. * Geographic call area numbers no longer exist in callsigns. * Callsign rules simplified, thus allowing for a wider choice of possibilities. * A new, simplified entry level exam and licence will be introduced for youngsters and seniors later this year. * Earlier licence levels consolidated into two: "CEPT Novice" and "CEPT". All existing licencees get more privileges with this change.

MUSEUM SHIPS WEEKEND EVENT ---> Started in 1997 by the USS Salem Radio Club and now sponsored by The Battleship New Jersey Amateur Radio Station (NJ2BB), this year's event will be held from 00.00 UTC on 3 June through 23.59 UTC on the 4th. The list of participating ships and information on the certificate for working at least 15 of them can be found at http://www.nj2bb.org/

QSL R1ANL ---> Dominik, DL5EBE reports he has received the R1ANL (Novolazarevskaya Base: UA-08 for the Antarctica Award; IOTA AN-016) logs for the period 27 May 1997 - 28 April 1999. The operator was Nick, RW6ACM. Please note that Dominik has not the logs for contact made by Nick as R1ANB (Mirny Base: UA-07; AN-016).

QSL VIA UA0LCZ ---> Vlado reports he is the QSL manager for the following operations: RI0MP (July 2002), RI0MR (July 2003) and RI0MC (July 2004). QSL via bureau or direct to Vladimir Miroshnichenko, P.O. Box 41-21, Vladivostok 41, 690041 Russia

SECC AWARD ---> The Special Event Century Club Award is for worked and confirmed contacts with special event stations. All the information can be found at http://www.mnsi.net/~tgreen/newaward.html [TNX VA3RJ]

VU4AN ---> The May-June 2006 issue of NIAR "Ham News", featuring 20 pages devoted to the Hamfest in the Andaman Islands, is available at http://www.niar.org/hamnews/Newslettermay2006.pdf ______

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H40HL & H44HL: On-line logs and QSL status reports for the Korea DX Club's operations from the Solomon Islands and Temotu Province che be found at http://kdxc.net/h40hl_2005/en_online.php LOGS: On-line log for GW3KHZ/p (EU-106) is now available at http://www.425dxn.org/dxped/eu106/ [TNX IZ1CRR] ______

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======CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER ======3V7A YT1AD DQ2006R DF4ZL KP2/N2IFA KF2TI 4L1DA W7LPF DQ2006S DF4ZL LU1DMG LU4DXU 4L1FP LZ1OT DQ2006T DF4ZL LZ130B LZ1KZA 4L1UN RW6HS DQ2006U DF4ZL MM0BQI/P MM0BQI 4L8A DJ1CW DQ2006V DF4ZL OM50KKF OM7PY 4N0NS YU7BPQ DQ2006W DF4ZL OO5D ON5SD 4O3DX YU1FW DQ2006X DF4ZL OP4R ON4LT 4O3NT YZ1AA DQ2006Y DF4ZL P40A WD9DZV 4O3T YT6A DQ2006Z DF4ZL P41S WA1S 4O4T YU4DPR DR2006B DF4ZL P49MR VE3MR 4W6AAB PA7FM DR2006C DF4ZL PI50JUT PE9PE 4X1FQ AA4V DR2006D DF4ZL R50CQM UA3DX 5B/KI0BP UA6MF DR2006E DF4ZL RA9LI/9 UA9LP 5B/OO5S ON4ON DR2006F DF4ZL RS3A UA4RC 5B/OQ1C ON4ON DR2006G DF4ZL S79RS IZ8CLM 5H3BL IV3BBA DR2006H DF4ZL SD1B DL8AAV 5N6EAM IK2IQD DR2006J DF4ZL SE5E SM5AJV 5N8NDP IK5JAN DR2006K DF4ZL SF0L SM0LQB 6W2SC HA3AUI DR2006N DF4ZL SH3O SM3TLG 7P8VB UA4WHX DR2006O DF4ZL SJ9WL PA0IJM 7S3F SM3AF DR2006P DF4ZL SN0PMW SP9ZKN 7X0RY OK1DYW DR2006S DF4ZL SN16B SP9PKZ 8Q7AV DK6AV DR50BUND DL1WH SQ10DJG SQ9DJG 8Q7YK JA3EZJ DS2GOO/3 DS2GOO SY8V SV1HER 8S0ITU SK0CC EA8AH OH1RY TA4CW F8CVR 9M6XRO M5AAV EG1VCC EA1URV TI8CBT EA7FTR 9M8DX DL4DBR EG7CC EA7URE TJ3SL F5PSA AH8/W9EYE W9EYE EJ4GK EI4GK TM1L F6KPQ B4R BY4RSA EO80W UT7WZ TM1TPH F6KPH C6AOC DL3OCH ES0QD ES1QD TM2CV F6KJX CN2WW EA7FTR EY8/K4YT K4YT TM3S F6KKH CN50FAR EA7FTR FR1AN N5FTR TM5B F5XX CO6WD W0SA GW4BRS/P GW0ANA TM5JEC F6FNA CS6GDX CS1GDX HF13ZDL SP5KCR TM7BV F6KVD CS6O CT1ARR HF16B SP9BRP TM7NM F1IKA CS7GDX CS1GDX HF1BXVI SP6ZPZ TM9C F5IN CT3AS DJ8FW HP1XX DJ0LZ TY5ZR IK2IQD CV7T CX1TA HV0A IK0FVC UE3EDA/3 RZ3EC CX6VM W3HNK HZ1AN DJ9ZB UW5W US5WE DA0HAMCAMP DB8NI HZ1NH EA7FTR VB3O VA3CCO DF50OVGZ DL2MIJ HZ1ZH EA7FTR VC3A VE3AT DP4K DK3DM IF9FI IT9FXY VC3J VE3EJ DQ2006A DF4ZL IG9/I2AZ IW2NOD VC3T VE3DZ DQ2006B DF4ZL IG9/IW1PRT IW2NOD VC3U VE3JAQ DQ2006C DF4ZL IG9/IW1PZC IW2NOD VC6X VE6BF DQ2006D DF4ZL IG9/IW2KVT IW2NOD VI9NI VK4FW DQ2006E DF4ZL IG9/IW2NOD IW2NOD VK9LDL VK3BDL DQ2006F DF4ZL II0PS IZ0EAC XR45TA CE4TA DQ2006G DF4ZL II2CSV IK2BPZ YC0IEM/9 IZ8CCW DQ2006H DF4ZL II2V IK2LNJ YE6P YB1TC DQ2006I DF4ZL IY4FGM IK4UPU YI9DXX W7DXX DQ2006K DF4ZL J5UAP HA3AUI YI9RTG WH7USA DQ2006L DF4ZL J5UTM HA7TM ZA/DF4SA DJ9MH DQ2006M DF4ZL JW4EKA LA4EKA ZD8I G4LTI DQ2006N DF4ZL KH0HQ DU1KGJ ZF2AM K6AM DQ2006O DF4ZL KH5/KH6ND K2PF ZF2BU N6CW DQ2006P DF4ZL KP2/KB2ENF KF2TI ZP8AE EA8FTR DQ2006Q DF4ZL KP2/KF2TI KF2TI ZZ4W PY4KL ______

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AI5P Richard Harris, D3-323, 8201 Golf Course Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87120, USA DF4ZL Paul Schimanski, Mainstrasse 122, 64546 Morfelden-Walldorf, Germany DJ9MH Hajo Weigand, Altensteiner Weg 1, 97437 Hassfurt, Germany DL5EBE Dominik Weiel, Johannes-Meyer-Str. 13, D-49808 Lingen, Germany DS2GOO Sang-Kwen Han, P.O Box 39, Pyongtaek 450-600, Korea IT9FXY Rino G. Fino, P.O. Box 89, 91025 Marsala - TP, Italy JA6UBY Yasuo Tajiri, 703-9-9, Kanaya, Nagasaki 850-0037, Japan KF2TI Steve Adell, 606 E Vail Rd, Landing, NJ 07850-1218, USA LY1N Jon Lasukas, P.O.Box 111, Panevezys, LT 37005, Lithuania SV1HER Sotirios Vanikiotis, Korai 31, GR-12137 Peristeri (Athens), Greece US5WE Victor Goncharsky, P.O. Box 41, Lvov 79000, Ukraine VK4FW Bill Horner, P.O. Box 612, Childers, 4660, Australia W3HNK Joseph Arcure Jr, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352, USA YB1TC Soekardi, P.O. Box 151 BSD, Serpong 15330, Indonesia *****************************************************************************

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425DXNews Home Page 03 June 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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7Q - Bill, KC4D will operate as 7Q7WW from Malawi starting around 5 June until the 23rd. He plans to concentrate on the low bands and to operate mostly CW during his evening and morning hours. QSL via KC4D. [TNX The Daily DX] 8Q - Vangelis, SV2BFN will operate holiday style as 8Q7/SV2BFN from the Maldives (AS-013) from 21 June to 4 July. He plans to be QRV with a vertical antenna on 10-40 metres RTTY and SSB, with some CW. QSl via home call. [TNX SV1CER] 9A - Chris, HA5X plans to operate as 9A8XA from Croatia on 7-20 June. His main QTH will be Mlini, near Dubrovnik, but some occasional IOTA/IOCA activity might also take place depending on local conditions. QSL via HA5X. [TNX HA5X] 9N - Toshi, JA8BMK had to cancel his late April trip to Nepal because of the political situation in that country. Toshi has now decided to try again, and will be staying in Katmandu on holiday from 11 to 18 June. He hopes to operate as 9N7WW on 10-40 metres SSB. QSL via home call, direct (Toshihiko Fukuta, 2115-3 Nobori, Yoichi, 046- 0002 Japan) or bureau. [TNX JA1ELY] CT - Jose/CT1EHX, Toze/CT1GFK, Goncalo/CT1GPQ, Miguel/CT1IUA, Rui/CT2IHP and Antonio/CT2IOU will operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 80-6 metres as CS25M on 17-23 July for the 25th International Motorcycle Rally in Faro. QSL via CT1EHX, direct or bureau. [TNX CT1END] CU - A multi-national team of 11 operators (namely CT1AGF, CT1EPV, CT1GFK, CT3FN, CU2HJA, DF6QV, DJ2VO, DL3MK, F6HMJ, G3KHZ, HB9FMU and VA2AM) will be active on 160-6 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31 from Flores Island (EU-089, DIP AZ-008), Azores from 29 July to 8 August. They will operate as CU8F from Albarnaz Lighthouse (ARLHS AZO- 016, WLOTA LH-0947, DFP FAZ 02), while the call to be used during the IOTA Contest (29-30 July) will be as CU8T. QSL for both calls via CT1GFK, direct or bureau. The web pages for the operation can be found at http://www.to-mk.com/azores/ [TNX CT1END] F - Gilles, F5RPL and Daniel, F1IWH will operate as TM7OCR on 7-21 June to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the French Air Force Base 106 "Capitaine Croci" at Bordeaux-Merignac. QSL via F1IWH. [TNX F8REF] F - Special call TP20CE will be aired on 16-18 June to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the creation of the Council of Europe Amateur Radio Club. QSL via F5LGF. The rules for the relevant "20th Anniversary Challenge" can be found at http://ewwa.free.fr/council_of_europe_radio_club_20t.htm [TNX F6FQK] FM - Tom KC0W will be active as TO0O from Martinique (NA-107) on 6- 24 June. He plans to operate CW and SSB on all the HF bands. QSL direct via KC0W. [TNX NG3K] FO - Yves, F6CTL gives a few details about his fourth trip to the Pacific [425DXN 779]. He and his wife will be leaving France on 18 June and will be visiting the following islands: 20-24 June Hiva Oa (OC-027) Marquesas 25-30 June Rurutu (OC-050) Australes 01-06 July Tahiti & Moorea (OC-046) French Polynesia 07-11 July Magareva (OC-063) French Polynesia 12-14 July Fakarava (OC-066) French Polynesia 14-16 July Huahine (OC-067) French Polynesia On 17 July they will depart Tahiti on their trip back to France. Yves will operate SSB and some CW as FO/F6CTL/M, FO/F6CTL/A and FO/F6CTL as appropriate, with a ground plane for 10-40 metres, plus doublets and long wires depending on local conditions. Expect Yves to be QRV in his early mornings and late afternoons-evenings. GM - Gordon, G3USR will be visiting the Island of Hirta, St. Kilda (EU-059) as part of a National Trust for Scotland working party from 24 June to 6 July. He plans to operate SSB (mainly on 20 and 40 metres) as GM3USR/P in his spare time, which will be "limited and unpredictable". On 21-22 June and again on 8 July he might operate from the islands of Skye (EU-008) and Harris (EU-010), while on 9 July he might be active from Great Cumbrae (EU-123). QSL via G3USR. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] I - Operators from ARMI (http://www.assoradiomarinai.tk) and ARI Formia will be active as IQ0FM/p from Terracina on 11 June during a special field day operation for the Italian Navy Day. [TNX IT9MRM] I - Expect IJ7/IZ7AUH, IJ7/IZ7EDQ and IJ7/IZ7FLP to operate SSB on the HF bands and 6 metres from San Paolo Island (IIA TA-001), Cheradi Islands (EU-073) until 3 June. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ7AUH] I - ARI Versilia will activate special event station II5MD on 11-13 June for the "Meucci Day". Antonio Meucci was recognized as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress, in its resolution 269 dated 11 June 2002. QSL via IK5DND. [TNX I5WEA] JA - Special event station 8N4OKI will be active from the Oki Islands (AS-041) between now and 31 July to celebrate the opening of the new Oki Airport. QSL via the JARL bureau. [TNX VA3RJ] JA - Look for JJ8NNR/8 and others to operate from Rishiri Island (AS- 147, JIIA AS-147-007) on 15-16 July. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] KH0 - Nao (JK1FNL), Jim (7K4QOK) and Takky (JE1KUC) will be active from Saipan, Nothern Mariana Islands (OC-086) on 7-10 July. They will operate on 80-6 metres as NA8O/KH0 (JK1FNL), KG8RP/KH0 (7K4QOK) and N1KU/KH0 (JE1KUC), and will participate in the IARU HF World Championship. QSL via their JA home calls. [TNX JK1FNL] OZ - Jef/ON4ACA, Francis/ON6LY and Marcel/ON6UQ will be active from Romo Island (EU-125) from 29 July to 4 August. They will participate in the IOTA Contest as OZ0ACA; then look for OZ/OP4A, OZ/OP1A and OZ0ACA to be active on 80-2 metres on all modes. QSL OZ0ACA via ON4ACA (direct or bureau), QSL OZ/OP1A via ON6UQ (direct or bureau), QSL OZ/OP4A via ON6LY (direct or bureau). [TNX OPDX Bulletin] SM - Amateur radio operators from Sweden are allowed to replace their ordinary prefixes on 6 June (Sweden National Day) as follows: SM0 = SE0, SA0 = SF0, SM = SE, SA = SF. This applies only to personal callsigns, not club callsigns. Do not confuse these callsigns with the Swedish vanity calls, which are also in the SE and SF prefix series, but with one or two letter suffixes. [TNX SM5LWC] SU - Said, SU1SK will be active again as SU8IOTA from White Rock (Norus Island) in the Matruh Region group (AS-099) between 20 June and 1 July. He plans to operate on 20, 15 and 17 metres SSB, possibly with some CW. He will not be able to camp on the island, and operations will have to stop before sunset. QSL direct only to SU1SK (Said Kamel, P.O. Box 190, New Ramsis Center, Cairo 11794, Egypt). Updates will be posted at http://www.qrz.com/su8iota; information and pictures of last year's operation can be found at www.qsl.net/su1sk/page2.htm [TNX SU1SK] SV9 - Theodoros, SV1EJD will be active as SV9/SV1EJD from Crete (EU- 015) on 7-20 July. He plans to operate SSB and possibly RTTY on 10- 80 metres. Further informtion will be posted on http://www.sv1ejd.gr/crete.htm [TNX SV1EJD] TA - Bekir, TA2RX reports he will operate as TC150HP between 30 May and 30 June to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Turkish railways and the 100th anniversary of Haydar Pasha railway station. Main activity is expected on 20 and 40 metres, typically after 14 UTC. QSL via TA2RX. TK - Gerry, IZ1DSH will operate as TK/IZ1DSH from Porto Vecchio, Corsica (EU-014) on 3-15 August. Main activity will be on 40 and 20 metres SSB. QSL via bureau to home call. [TNX IW1FGZ] TZ - Chris, TZ9A reports he will be leaving Mali in late August. Chris has been active from there since late March 2005, and he has made some 45,000 QSOs on 80-6 metres. QSL via qrz.com. Starting in September he will be travelling to several countries, and he has already the licences for a couple of them (TU5AX for Ivory Coast and TR8SA for Gabon). VE - Canadian amateur radio operators will have special prefixes available for use from 10 June to 9 July to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Canadian born Reginald Fessenden's voice transmission by radio. The regular/special prefixes for this event are: VE = VX, VA = VG, VY = XK, VO = XJ. [TNX VA3RJ] W - Terry/W6WTG, Larry/KF6JOQ and Mark/KG6ZBL will be active as W6C from Santa Cruz Island (NA-144) on 9-11 June. They plan to operate on 20, 2 and 6 metres SSB. QSL via N2OWL, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ] XU - After visiting Nepal (see 9N above), Toshi, JA8BMK will go and operate as XU7BMK from Cambodia on 20-21 June. QSL for this activity via JA8UWT (Kimiko Saitoh, 4-16-2-22 Kamui, Asahikawa, 070- 8014 Japan). [TNX JA1ELY] YO - Xavier, ON4XA reports he will operate as YO2/ON4XA from Romania (Arad and Timis districts) on 5-15 July. From 29 July to 12 August he and his fiancee Bea, YO2MBO/ON4BEA will operate as F/ON4XA, F/YO2MBO and F/ON4BEA from France (Department 34). ZK1 - Jim, ZK1JD and Victor, ZK1CG had hoped to be QRV with their new E5 callsigns on 1 June. However, according to first hand information collected by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, editor of The Daily DX, it seems that "the new calls may not actually be officially issued until July 1st". Hector, EA3EKS reports he will be active as ZK1EKS from the Cook Islands (not mentioned if from the South or North Cooks) on 8- 13 June. He plans to be active on 10, 15 and 20 metres (28275, 21275 and 14275 kHz). QSL via EA3EKS. ______

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4W6AAB ---> Michael, PA5M (4W6AAB) went QRT from Timor Leste earlier than expected. On 27 May he and the rest of the UN WFP (World Food Program) personnel were evacuated from the country because of security concerns. 4W6AAB made 456 QSOs and his log is available at http://www.4w.pa7fm.nl/. QSL via PA7FM.

IOTA HONOUR ROLL ---> The IOTA Annual Listings as at February 2006 are now available on the IOTA Manager's web site (http://www.g3kma.dsl.pipex.com/). The performance tables include the Honour Roll and the Annual Listing, as well as the VHF/UHF, Club and SWL listings. Listing in the 2006 tables was restricted to those members who had updated their scores since February 2001.

IRC ---> The new design (http://www.dailydx.com/2007irc.jpg) for the International Reply Coupon (IRC) has been selected by the Universal Postal Union. The new IRC is expected to be available on 1 July 2006 and it will be good through 31 December 2009. The current IRC (http://www.upu.int/irc/en/2002_version.html) is good through 31 December 2006. [TNX The Daily DX]

NOT THE MANAGER ---> The W1 QSL Bureau has been receiving many QSLs for K1HP/KH2 and K1HP/KH0. The correct route for these operations (and also for K1HP) is via JE2EHP. The W1 Bureau forwards these cards via the JA Bureau. [TNX K1HT]

NOT THE MANAGER ---> The W1 QSL Bureau continues to receive QSLs for CU2AA and CU3AA, but KA1HFL is not the manager for these stations. The W1 Bureau's current information is that neither CU2AA nor CU3AA has a QSL manager at present. [TNX K1HT]

VI9NL & VI9NS ---> Kirsti, VK9NL and Jim, VK9NS both applied and were issued two licences for the callsigns VI9NL and VI9NS to be used for the current celebrations on Norfolk Island [425DXN 783]. However they were notified by the National Licensing and Allocations Branch that "the ACMA does not usually allow more than one Special Event Licence to one organisation [the Heard Island DX Association in this case, ed.] for the same event." Kirsti and Jim have relinquished the use of VI9NL basically as Kirsti will not be here for the complete month. HIDXA retains the use of VI9NS for the month of June 2006. [TNX VK9NS]

YV5EU ---> This is the new callsign for Ray, DL2GG/YV5. QSL via DL3AMA, direct or bureau. Give a look to the expedition stories and nice pictures on Ray's website at http://www.hfdx.org/ ______

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LOGS: On-line logs for the recent YE6P operation from Simeulue Island (OC-270) are now available at http://dxpedition.orari.web.id/simeulue/ QSL GALLERY: The large collection of QSL cards (3500+) on Les Nouvelle DX's web site has been updated. Eight different galleries include cards for each of the 58 deleted DXCC entities (650+ QSLs), the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (120+ QSLs), obsolete prefixes (1300+ QSLs), Antarctic bases (500+ QSLs) & TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises, 200+ QSLs), pre- 1945 countries (200+ QSLs) and French Departments, USA before 1945. Several cards are still needed and your participation is encouraged - please visit http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr and send send your comments to [email protected] [TNX F6AJA] ------

QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8/OM3PC, 3B9FR, 3C5DX, 3D2AG, 3D2OU, 3DA0NW, 3G1M, 3Y0X (AN-004; AA MN-08)), 4J5A, 4KR60RS, 4L2M, 4S7BRG, 4T4V, 4X4PP, 5T5AFF, 5T5HC, 5X1RI, 5X1T, 5Z4DZ, 5Z4JW, 6O0N, 9G5LF, 9H1ZA, 9M0F, 9M2CNC, 9M6/G3OOK,9V1VV, 9Y4/KE9I, A45XR, A61AS, A71AW, BA1RB, BV4FH, BX2AK, C21SX, C31BO, C6AKU, CU6NS, DS5USH, EA9IB, EK6TA, ER4/UX2HO, FG/F5CVI, FM5FJ, FO/DL5XU (OC-027), FO/DL9AWI (OC-114), FO0ARE, FS/DL7DF, FS/K9EL, FW5ZL, GW3KHZ/P, H40HL, H44HL, H44MS, HH4/K4QD, HH4/W4WX, HP1/OA4WW, IU3G, J5DOT, J5TRJ, J5UCW, J68AS, J68RI, J79AG, JD1BMB, JT1CO, JV800BV, JW0HZ, K6VVA/6 (NA-178), K7C, KG4RN, KH0/JK2VOC, LR5U, MJ/N1NK, OA4/DJ3KR, OH0Z, OM3EY, OX3DB, OY/DL5LYM, P29SX, P29YDX (OC-102 and OC-101), PI4TUE, PJ7/DL7DF, PJ7/ND5S, PZ5XX, R1ANF (AN-10; AA UA-04), R1MVC, R1MVW, S9SS, SE5DEC, ST0RM, SU1SK, SU9HP, SV3RF, SV5/DJ7RJ, T30R, T68G, T6X, T94KC, TA1ED/0, TA3DD, TF3GC, TG9ANF, TK/DL7UCX, TL5A, TR8CA, TY5MR, TY5WP, TZ9A, UK8AJ, UN7QX, V26AS, VK0MT (AN-005), VK0SEE (AN-016; AA VK-03), VK9LA, VP2V/G6AY, VP5/WA2VYA, VP8CMH/MM, VP8CRB, VP8DJB (AN 001; AA G-07), VQ9JC, VQ9OW, WP3C, XF3/AB5EB, XV1X, YA5Y, YI1BGD, YI9X, YK1BA, YL3DQ, YL3GFT, YN2N, YO9HP, YU150AU, ZB2/DJ7KJ, ZD8QD, ZD9BV, ZX0F.

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425DXNews Home Page 10 June 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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5H - Dane, ST2T (S57CQ) will be active as 5H1DN from Zanzibar Island (AF-032) on 7-14 July, IARU HF World Championship included. QSL via S57DX. [TNX S57DX] 9M_spr - Tex, 9M2TO will be active as 9M0/9M2TO from Layang Layang, Spratly Islands (AS-051) from around 12 UTC on 9 June until around 22 UTC on the 12th. He plans to operate on 80-6 metres CW only, and since he will be using a small airplane, he will be limited as to how much gear and antennas he can take (namely an FT-847, a G5RV for the HF bands and a F9FT for 6 metres). QSL via bureau to JA0DMV or direct to 9M2TO (Tex Izumo, 2C-10-03 Mutiara Apt, Jalan Sungai Emas, 11100 Batu Ferringhi, Penang Is, Malaysia). [TNX JA1ELY] F - Special station TM5AST will be operated on 17-18 June from Boissy le Sec for this year's edition of Astroradio (http://astroradio.free.fr/). QSL via F4DTL. [TNX F8REF] FO - Alain, FO5RH will be active again from Tatakoto (OC-066), French Polynesia on 6-25 June. [TNX F6AJA] G - Special event station GB50SAD will be active on 11 June to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stevenage & District Amateur Radio Society (www.g3sad.org). QSL via G2BKZ. GM - The IOTA expedition to Rockall (EU-189), which was expected to take place between 16 and 28 June [425DXN 777], has been cancelled because of the lack of sufficient funding - see http://www.dxpedition.org/. HH - Chris, W3CMP will operate as HH4/W3CMP from Haiti on 17-28 June. He will concentrate on 6 and 2 metres, with some limited HF operating. [TNX The Daily DX] I - Special station II2MM will be active on 10-11 June for the Italian Navy Day. QSL via IK2AQZ, direct or bureau. [TNX IK2AQZ] I - Giacomo, I4FGG will be active as IF9/I4FGG from Marettimo Island (EU-054, IIA TP-010) on 12-22 June. He plans to operate mainly on on 15 and 20 metres CW. QSl via bureau to home call. [TNX I4FGG] I - Gianni, IZ8CGS and Maurizio, IZ8GBH will operate as IG9Z from Lampedusa Island (AF-019, IIA AG-001) from 26 June to 2 July. QSL via IZ8GBH. Logs will be available on www.mdxc.org/ig9z [TNX IZ8CGS] JA - Look for JL1OVB/1 and 7L3ATQ/1 to be active from Mikura Island (AS-008, JIIA AS-008-005) on 17-19 June. The island is diffult to reach and in case of bad weather they will operate from Hachijo Island (AS-008). QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] KH0 - JA6CNL and JA6AGA will operate as KH0N and WH0C from Saipan (OC- 086) on 16-20 June, All-Asian DX CW Contest included. Outside the contest they will spend some time on the WARC bands and 160 metres CW (1820/1910 KHz). QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX] LU - The Radio Club Argentino will be operating as LR4D from Martin Garcia Island (SA-055) on 6-9 July and will take part in the IARU HF World Championship as HQ station for Argentina. QSL via LU4AA. [TNX LU1BCE] LX - Amateur radio operators from France, Luxembourg and Germany have hold a meeting in Luxembourg since 1969. Look for special event call LX0SAR to be aired during this year's event, which will take place on 16-18 June at Weicherdange. QSL via DG8VE. [TNX F8REF] OH - The Radio Club of Technical Students (OH8TA), University of Oulu, will operate as OH8T from Hailuoto Island (EU-184) on 9-11 June. Expect activity on 80, 20 and 15 metres. QSL via OH8TA. [TNX VA3RJ] OH - OH6HJE, OH6MTG, OH6NJ and OH6UV will be active as OH6AW/5 from Kaunissaari (EU-140) on 5-10 July. They will operate mostly CW and SSB, with some digital mode operation. [TNX OH6NJ] SP - Special event station HF40PSL will be active from 10 June to 10 September to celebrate the 40th aniversary of Radio Club SP5PSL. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau, the QSL manager for direct requests is SP5JXK. [TNX Info-Radio by I1SCL] T6 - The OPDX Bulletin reports that Ross Ballantyne, VK1UN/VK8UN (formerly known as 4W6UN and EX1UN) is now working in Kabul, Afghanistan as a Project Coordinator for the United Nations. Ross has been issued the first official licence of the Afghan Amateur Service, T61AA, and he says that the YA prefix will not be used any longer. T61AA's operation, effective 23 May 2006, has been approved for DXCC credit. T6 - Mika, OH6MKL is active as T66T from Afghanistan through July. Look for him on 160-10 metres CW and SSB. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] TA - Mill, LX1CC will operate on all bands holiday style as YM3CC from Turkey on 9-28 June.. QSL via home call. [TNX F5NQL] TF - Fabio, IW5DCE will be in Iceland from 8 June for at least six months. He plans to operate in his spare time as TF/IW5DCE on 6 metres and the HF bands (SSB and digital modes). QSL via home call. [TNX IK5HHA] VE - Gregg, VE3ZZ (ex-PA9ZZ) will be active as VE3ZZ/VY2 from Prince Edward Island (NA-029) on 26-31 July, IOTA Contest included. Using the VY2TT superstation, Gregg will be QRV before and after the contest on the WARC bands. QSL via home call. [TNX VE3ZZ] W - Look for Kyle, W4KTF/p to be active on 80-2 metres mainly SSB from Emerald Isle/Bogue Banks (NA-112) on 11-17 June. He plans to operate on 20 metres around 19-21 UTC and anywhere on 20-10 metres around 13 UTC. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ] ______

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425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (May 2006) is now available at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/. Articles and pictures should be sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA ([email protected]).

MONTENEGRO ---> After the dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992, Montenegro went into federation with Serbia, first as Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, then as a looser State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. On 3 June the Parliament of Montenegro declared the independence of Montenegro, formally confirming the result of a referendum on independence held on 21 May. Montenegro has begun the process of seeking international recognition as well as a seat at international organizations. As far as DXCC is concerned, when Montenegro becomes a UN member *or* is assigned a prefix block by the ITU, then it will be added to the DXCC list. Information on the history of Montenegro can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montenegro

POSTAL RATES (ITALY) ---> Effective 1 June, the postal rates for a standard letter (up to 20 grams) from Italy are EUR 0.65 for Europe (plus Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Giordania, Israel, Libya, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria and Tunisia), EUR 0.85 for other destinations in Africa & Asia and the Americas, EUR 1.00 for destinations in Oceania. Consequently, please note that 1 USD no longer covers the postage for direct QSLs outside Europe. * Silvano, I2YSB (see the list of the stations he is the QSL manager for on http://www.i2ysb.com/) says he will honour direct requests that include 1 IRC + 1 USD, or 2 IRCs or 2 USD (otherwise they will be processed through the bureau). * Andrea, IK1PMR (http://www.ik1pmr.com/) says he will provide on his web site a secure PayPal-based system to allow interested DXers to send needed extra-funds for postage. At all events, "a reasonably quick reply via the ARI QSL Bureau is guaranteed" to those who have already sent their direct cards without sufficient return postage.

QSL 3Y0X ---> On 6 June Bob Schenck, N2OO announced that 27,477 QSOs (the 32% of all QSOs made by 3Y0X) have bee confirmed. He stimates that they have now answered approximately 65% of all requests received (this includes about 95% of all 3Y0X contributor's cards). Another QSL session will be scheduled for 11 June and another mailing should be ready for the 12th. Please give a look to the QSL Update announcement & QSLling procedures at http://www.peterone.com/qsl.htm, and refrain from e-mailing N2OO at this time, as it will only slow the process down.

THAILAND ---> The long-awaited permission to operate on the WARC bands (30, 17 and 12 metres) is just around the corner, according to John (Narissara), HS1CHB, who said that the NTC (the Thai National Telecommunications Commission) has agreed to issue temporary permission for those radio amateurs in Thailand who notify them of their desire to do so. This privilege includes permission to operate on 80 and 160 metres, and the temporary permission will be valid until the end of the year. The yet-to-be-formed National Broadcasting Commission would need to be in place before any permanent spectrum changes could be made. [Source: http://www.qsl.net/rast]

WRTC 2006 ---> The results of the WRTC 2006 Contest (which will take place as a part of the IARU contest on 8-9 July) must be ready within 35 hours after the event. The organizers therefore need as many IARU logs as possible and as soon as possible to verify the logs of the WRTC 2006 competitors. All IARU Logs received direct to [email protected] or via [email protected] until they cut-off the reception of the IARU logs at the WRTC 2006 HQ some time late Sunday/early Monday (UTC) will participate in a lottery. All IARU Logs received within 6 hours after the contest (i.e. before 18 UTC on 9 July) will also be entitled to receive a few prizes. Further information can be found at http://www.wrtc2006.com/release52.html [TNX PY5EG] ______

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PHOTO GALLERY: The Dayton Hamvention 2006 Photo Gallery is now up with 214 photos collected by Tom, K8CX at http://hamgallery.com/dayton2006/ TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now available at http://www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. Please send your scores, as well as any request for further information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW ([email protected]) ______

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======CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER ======3W2TXR JA2TXR HF80JS/8 SP9PTA SY8V SV1HER 4H1LC DU1COP HH/PS7EB PS7EB T40C N1KI 4L1QX RW6HS HK6PSG EA5OL T68G LA4YW 4O2A 4N1SM HZ1IK DK7YY T9/VE3ZIK DL3PS 4U1WB KK4HD IH9N OK1MG TC150HP TA2RX 5B/NN3AA RW3RN II0CC IZ8DGG TM1SME F6GIN 5H3AA K6EID IQ0PG IK0AZG TM3JB F5MMF 5V7BR F5RUQ J48DX HA4DX TM5BBC F2UW 6L0NJ/4 HL4XM J48HW HA0HW TM5CSP F6KGI 6P73M pirate J48PJ LZ1PJ TM6ACO F56KFI 6W7RV F8CMT KH2/K1IWD HL1IWD TM6SME F6IPS 7P8VB UA4WHX KP4RV AI4U TM7OCR F1IWH 7Q7HB G0IAS LA3Z LA9VDA TM8BBB F4ERQ 7W2OM OM2VL LN3Z LA9VDA TO0O KC0W 8J4P/4 JA4FKX LZ80R LZ1BJ TR8CA F6CBC 8S6KOS SM6YOU OF6AA OH6AA UE1RRR UA1RJ 9H3UT DL9GDB OH0/SK3SN SM3KIF UE3LMG RV3LZ 9K2PL EA5KB OH0V OH6LI UN7QX W7BO 9V1YC N5ID OH0ZZ N6ZZ V26HS WB4WXE A6/A92DU PE1BSX ON11FAF ON6NR V31RM KN5H A61M A61AV ON84WMM ON7SA VA7UNEF VA7DP A61Q EA7FTR OP1W ON6CW VC3L VE3AT A72OO6 EA7FTR OP2A ON5CD VI9NI VK4FW A92C A92GR OP7B ON7BJ VI9NS VK9NS BA4DW/5 BA4DW OQ5T/P ON4CQ VK4ADF HA3LN BV50CRA BV2KI OX3XR OZ3PZ VP2MMH GM3TAL C21AV 6K2AVL OY/PA0VHA PA0VHA VP2MRT KB4CRT C56W DK2WV OY/PA2A PA0VHA W4P NA4DR C6AYM K9GY OY/PA2AM PA0VHA W6C N2OWL CS2006BWU CT1BWU OY/PA2VMA PA0VHA WH0W JP1JFG CT1HZE DL8HCZ OZ1RDP DL9BCP WP3C W3HNK CU2A OH2BH P49Y AE6Y XU7AIJ DK8ZD ED1SVS EA1URG PJ2T N9AG XU7BKV F4BKV ED2PFX EA2URD PX5Z PP5BI YI1EM EA7FTR ED8CID EA8AUW R1ZSM UA1ZJW YR100YRS YO3HKW EF8CID EA8AUW R60FC UA2FC YT0TESLA YU1EXY EG0URH EA4URH RP1CKK RX1CQ YV5EU DL3AMA EG6FAS EA4FAS RV3LO/9 RV3LO YZ150T YU1SB EG8FAS EA4FAS S65X PA0KHS Z32A YT1AD EJ9FBB EI9FBB SA2006EM SM6YOU Z36A DJ0LZ ET3TK OK1CU SF40A SM5DYC ZA/UT7DW DK6CW F/ON6JUN/P ON5SD SJ4C SM4BZH ZB2FX G3RFX G6PZ M5AAV SN0LED SP3OL ZC4DG G0OAB GB150VC G4DFI SO1CC DL1CC ZF1A W5ASP GB4HAA G0VIX SV0XAN/5 IK2WZD ZF2JO W4YCH GB6OOO G3CSA SX1CS SV1DBY ZF2MO K4MBO ______

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>>> MONTENEGRO: DO YOU FEEL LIKE OPERATING FROM A NEW ONE? <<<

As you already know, the Republic of Montenegro declared its independence on 3 June [425DXN 788] When Montenegro becomes a UN member or is assigned a prefix block by the ITU, then it will be added to the DXCC list. The very first amateur radio activity from this new DXCC Entity will be conducted by an International DXpedition Team, and it is planned to take place soon after the approval of Montenegro's DXCC status. The DXpedition Organizing Committee includes Bob Grimmick (N6OX), Hans Blondeel Timmerman (PB2T), Martti Laine (OH2BH), Dave Sumner (K1ZZ), Linda Sumner (KA1ZD), Ranko Boca (YT6A), Vladan Kecman (YT3T), Wayne Mill (N7NG) and Carsten Esch (DL6LAU). If your operating skills are good enough to handle a real pile-up and if you are interested in becoming a member of the team, please visit http://www.yu6scg.cg.yu/international-dx-festival-montenegro-2006/ and fill in the application form as soon as possible. [TNX YT6A, [email protected]]

>>> ARRL NEWS RELEASE: DXCC RULE CHANGE <<<

Upon request of the Programs and Services Committee (PSC), the DXAC has studied the impact of a change to the DXCC Rules. The DXAC, the Awards Committee and the PSC have concurred in this rule change, which will become effective June 15, 2006 at 0001Z. New text replaces the previously removed DXCC Rule, Section II, 1. Political Entities, Paragraph c). The new text shall read: c) The Entity contains a permanent population, is administered by a local government, and is located at least 800 km from its parent. To satisfy the "permanent population" and "administered by a local government" criteria of this sub-section, an Entity must be listed on either (a) the U.S. Department of State's list of "Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty" as having a local "Administrative Center," or (b) the United Nations list of "Non-Self-Governing Territories." Rule 1c) is intended to recognize entities that are sufficiently separate from their parent for DXCC purposes but do not qualify under Rule 1a) or 1b). The new rule will cause a change to Point 1 status for certain entities. This in turn will reduce the mileage for a first separation for these entities from 800 km to 350 km. The lists referenced in the text of the rule can be viewed at the following Web sites: * the DOS list of Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty at http://www.state.gov/s/inr/rls/10543.htm, and * the U.N. list of Non-Self-Governing Territories at http://www.un.org/depts/dpi/decolonization/trust3.htm. QSOs with any new entity resulting from this rule change will count for credit for the new entity only if the QSOs are made on or after the Start Date for the entity. In no case will QSOs made prior to the date of this notice be considered for credit for any new entity created under this rule. Applications for DXCC award credits resulting from this change will be accepted on or after October 1, 2006. For further information please contact Wayne Mills, N7NG ([email protected]).

8Q - 8Q7GE is the callsign issued to Vangelis, SV2BFN for his forthcoming activity from the Maldives [425DXN 787]. Look for him to operate holiday style from 22 June to 3 July. QSL via home call. [TNX SV1CER] 9A - Special event station 9A06P will be active on all bands and modes through the end of the year to celebrate the city of Djurdjevac. All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX 9A2JK] 9A - Once again Zik, VE3ZIK (http://www.qslnet.de/ve3zik) will operate CW and SSB on all bands as 9A/VE3ZIK from Bilice, Croatia from 20 June to 10 July, IARU HF World Championship included. He will also try to be active from Kaprije Island (EU-170) at least for one day. QSL via DL3PS, direct or through the DARC bureau. [TNX VE3ZIK] DU - Chris, VK3FY and Nik, VK3FNIK (11-year-old Foundation Licence holder) will operate SSB and CW as VK3FY/DU8 from the Philippines between 20 June and 5 July. They plan to go and operate from the following islands: Bayangan (OC-235), Mindanao (OC-130), Cebu (OC-129), Negros (OC-129) and Luzon (OC-042). QSL via VK3FW. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] EA8 - Steve, G0UIH will operate mainly 20, 15 and 17 metres SSB from Fuerteventura (DIE S-006), Canary Islands (AF-004) from 17 June to 1 July. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] EA8 - The Grupo DX Gran Canaria will participate in the XI DIE Contest (18 June) as ED8DIE from Baja del Palo (DIE S-357). QSL via EA8AKN, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ] F - Bernard/F9IE, Serge/F6AML, Pascal/F5JSD, John/F5VHQ and Frank/F4AJQ will participate in the IOTA Contest as TM7C from Noirmoutier Island (EU-064). QSL via F4AJQ. Expect also activity before and after the contest, on the WARC bands as well as 6 and 2 metres. [TNX F5NQL] GI - Members of the Glengormley Electronics Amateur Radio Society (GEARS) will be running special event station GB90SOM on 1 July and at other times thereafter to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme in World War I, where 3000 men from the 36th (Ulster) Division of Northern Ireland lost their lives in one day (1 July 1916). They will be active on HF and 6 metres will be looking especially for ON stations from the Somme and Theipval areas. [TNX GI4FUE] GJ - K2WR will operate as MJ0AWR from Jersey (EU-013) from 26 July to 1 August, and will participate in the IOTA Contest as GJ2A. QSL via K2WR (USA stations) or GJ3DVC (others). [TNX NG3K] GM - Andre, GM3VLB and Alex, GM0DHZ will be operating CW and SSB from Sanda Island (EU-123) on 15-18 June. [TNX GM3VLB] GM - The GM7V contest team (operators GM3WOJ, GM4YXI, GM0RLZ and MM0CCC) will be active from the Island of Benbecula (EU-010) during the IOTA Contest (29-30 July). QSL via M0CMK. [TNX GM3WOJ] GM - Several operators from the Mid Lanark Amateur Radio Society (http://www.mlars.org.uk) will participate in the IOTA Contest as GM0B from the Isle of Bute (EU-123). Look for them on all contest bands SSB and CW. QSL via GM0EGI. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] GM - Peter, GM3OFT will be active as GM3OFT/P from the Orkney Islands (EU-009) in late August. He plans to go and operate from the followings islands: Westray (26-27 August), Papa Westray (27- 28 August), Fara (29 August), Eday (30 August) and Calf of Eday (31 August). [TNX GM3OFT] HR - Javier/HR2J, Daniel/HR2DMR, Antonio/HR2AHC, Pedro/HR2PAC, Henry/HR2H, Carlos/HR2CG and Lane/KC4CD will be active as HQ3C from Chachahuate, Cayos Cochinos (NA-160) on 23-25 June. They plan to operate on 10-160 metres SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via HR2RCH, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] HS - Tony, G4UZN will be in Thailand for three weeks starting on 23 June. WARC bands should be available by then, and Tony expects to be on the air as HS0ZGH (CW only) as time permits. [TNX G4UZN] I - Walter, IN3XUG reports he will be active on the HF bands SSB as IA5/IN3XUG from Capraia Island (EU-028, IIA LI-020) on 17-24 June. QSL via home call (bureau preferred). IS0 - Piero, I1ASU will operate holiday style as IM0/I1ASU from Maddelena Island (EU-041, IIA OT-008) until 29 June. On 17 June, weather permitting, he might go and operate from Santo Stefano (EU-041, IIA OT-020) and a couple of other nearby islets. [TNX Info Radio by I1SCL] IS0 - Look for Giovanni, IS0/IW2NEF to operate from Sardinia (EU-024) on 17-29 June. He plans to concentrate on 6 metres, including entries in the IARU Region 1 50 MHz Contest (17-18 June) and Contest Veneto 50 MHz (25 June). [TNX Info Radio by I1SCL] IS0 - Freddy, IZ1EPM reports he will operate again as II0P from Sardinia (EU-024, JN41OF) between July and September. His main focus will be on 6 metres, but he will operate on HF as well, mainly CW. He also plans to operate /mm from JN51AX in August. JA - Look for the JARL QRP Club to operate on all bands CW only as 8J6P/6 from the Goto Islands (AS-040) on 17-18 June for the International QRP Day (17 June). QSL via bureau to JP6VCH. [TNX VA3RJ] JD1_oga - Special call 8J1P/JD1 will be aired from Ogasawara (AS-031) on 15-18 June to celebrate the 50th anniversay of the JARL QRP CLUB. QSL via bureau to JA1BVA. [TNX VA3RJ] JW - Maria Teresa, IN3TCH and Mauro, IN3SAU will operate SSB as JW/IN3TCH and JW/IN3SAU from club station JW5E at Longyarbyen (EU-026), Svalbard on 12-14 August. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX IN3SAU] KC4_ant - Robert Reynolds (N0QFQ), Satellite Communications Technician at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, (AN-016; K-08 for the Antarctica Award) will be leading a major 2006 Field Day activity for KC4AAA. Operations will take place from 18 UTC on 24 June through 21 UTC on the 25th. Primary operating band/mode will be 20 metres SSB (+/- 14243 kHz).The team (up to ten operators) will be transmitting 1 kW and primarily be using a pair of Log-periodic antennas aimed toward the US. For more information, please contact Nick Powell, NH6ON ([email protected]). [TNX N7NG] LX - The PA6Z crew will revisit Luxembourg from 30 September to 7 October. They will operate from Wiltz as LX/PA6Z on 160-10 metres SSB, CW and PSK31. An experimental station will be on the 136 kHz band. QSL via PA1K, direct or bureau. Further information can be found at http://www.pa6z.nl/lx_2006/index [TNX PA5R] OH0 - Reinaldo, YV5AMH of Aves Island fame will visit Finland and sail out to Aland Islands for activity as OH0AM (QSL via home call) this coming weekend. He will be assisted by OH1TX, OH1NX, OH1XX and OH2BH. [TNX OH2BH] OX - Dwayne, KD4POJ will spend eleven months in Greenland (NA- 018) starting on 30 July. He plans to operate as OX3PG on most bands and modes and to participate in contests as work and propagation permit. QSL direct only via WA0SMQ. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] OZ - OZ2TF, OZ5JR, OZ7KDJ and OZ9V will operate as OZ8MW/P from Anholt Island (EU-088) from 27 July to 1 August, IOTA Contest included. Look for them on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres CW and SSB. [TNX www.rsgbiota.com] P2 - Derek/G3KHZ, Hans/SM6CVX and Vincent/G0LMX will operate (callsigns TBA) from the Trobriand Islands (OC-115) on 2-10 October and from Daru Island (OC-153) on 11-14 October. QSL direct to G3KHZ for OC-115 and SM6CVX for OC-153. [TNX IZ1CRR] SP - Special event station HF80GD will be active on all bands and modes on 22-30 June to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the city of Gdynia. QSL via SP2AVE. [TNX SP2DX] SV5 - Dov, 4Z4DX will operate on all bands and modes as SV5/M0DOV and J45DOV from Rhodes, Dodecanese Islands (EU-001) on 15-20 July. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. He also plans to return to the island in late July for the IOTA Contest, in which he will take part along with the local SX5P team. [TNX 4Z4DX] SV9 - Bert, CX3AN reports he will be joining Theodoros, SV9/SV1EJD and Fotis, SV9/SV1CIG on Crete on 6-10 July; he will operate as SV9/CX3AN (QSL via home call) with 100 watts and a vertical antenna. UR - Slava/US7IGF, Roman/UR7IJQ, Alexandr/UR7IKV, Roman/UY7IQ will operate SSB and CW on 40-17 and 6 metres from Blakitni Island (BlL-01 for the Ukrainian Islands Award) on 24 June. QSL via home calls. [TNX US7IGF] VE - Pete, VE3IKV will be active as VF2X from Prince Edward Island (NA-029) on 1-4 July and as VC2X from Iles de la Madeleine (NA- 038) on 4-8 July. He plans to operate on 40 metres CW and 6 metres SSB and CW. QSL via VE3IKV. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] VP5 - Tom, K4ZGB will be active as VP5/K4ZGB from Providenciales (NA-002), Turks & Caicos Islands, from 25 July to 1 August. He plans to operate on all bands CW and SSB, and to participate in the IOTA Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ] YJ - Tommy, VK2IR reports he will be active as YJ0IR from Vanuatu on 3-15 July. He plans to operate on 80, 40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres SSB depending on conditions. QSL via W3HNK. YV - The Radio Club Venezolano will activate special call YW9AJ (QSL via YV5AJ) on 160-metres all modes from Grid FJ67hm in the rare Apure state from 29 June to 5 July, including an entry in the Venezuela Independence Day Contest (1-2 July). On satellite they will operate as YV5SAT/9 (QSL via YV5SAT). [TNX YV5AJ] ______

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3Y0X ---> A lecture with slideshow on the DXpedition to Peter I will be held at the Cankarjev Dom (Linhart Hall) in Ljubljana, Slovenia at 19 local time on 19 June. The speaker will be 3Y0X team member Robert Lusnia (SP5XVY), while Vilko Oblak (S51XO) will provide the simultaneous interpretation. Details can be found at http://www.cd-cc.si/_Cankarjev_Dom/english/ (clik on "Humanism").

40 METRES (THE NETHERLANDS) ---> Hans, PB2T (VERON IARU liaison officer) reports that effective 10 June amateur radio operators in the Netherlands are allowed to use the band 7100-7200 kHz on a secundary basis with a maximum power of 250 watts.

AMATEUR RADIO LICENSING IN SPAIN ---> The Spanish Government has approved new amateur radio regulations which came into force 10th of June 2006. The most important changes are: * The extinction of the three Spanish licences (General-EA, Restricted-EB and Novice-EC). All Spanish licensed have the same privileges from now on, so you will hear in all bands not only EA but also EB and EC stations. * All amateurs are allowed to use the 50-51 MHz band, including visitors from CEPT countries or others foreign amateurs with temporary licence, but there are geographical restrictions in the centre of Spain due to TV emissions. Further information (in Spanish language) can be found on the URE's website at http://www.ure.es/ (clik on "URE Informa"). [TNX VA3RJ]

ANTARCTICA AWARD AT FRIEDRICHSHAFEN ---> The Antarctica Award will be at Ham Radio 2006, the most important meeting for amateur radio enthusiasts in Europe. Ric, DL2VFR and the Mediterraneo DX Club have organized an Antarctica Award Field Check on 24 June at the ARI (Associazione Radioamatori Italiani) booth. Full information on the Antarctica Award and scores can be found at http://www.mdxc.org/antarctica/ [TNX IZ8CGS]

EUROPEAN PSK CLUB ---> Jurij Phunkner, MM0DFV and a few other amateurs are starting an informal European PSK Club (EPC). Its purpose is to promote activity and good operating practice on the PSK mode(s) on all amateur bands. Membership is free for any licensed radio amateur. For further information please visit http://www.eu.srars.org or email [email protected] [TNX MM0DFV]

GERMAN CALLBOOK ---> The German government's callbook can be found at http://ans.bundesnetzagentur.de/Amateurfunk/Rufzeichen.aspx [TNX The Daily DX]

II0ESA ---> All paper logs for last year's special operations from the European Space Agency have now been imported electronically and have been uploaded to Logbook Of The World. All bureau cards have gone out. Please address any queries to [email protected] [TNX IK0DWN]

QSL RA9LI ---> Serge Abyshev, UA9LP reports he is the new QSL manager from Vasily, RA9LI. This includes Vasily's operations as RA9LI/9 (AS-083 and AS-089), RA9LI/1 and RA9LI/mm.

QSL YI9DXX ---> Adam, KA1ZFE reports he is the new QSL manager for YI9DXX. Cards can be sent either direct (Adam M. Forman, 7321 Pinecastle Rd, Falls Church, VA 22191, USA) or through the bureau. Information about the YI9DXX station can be found at http://www.w7dxx.com/

QSL VIA AC7DX ---> Ron, AC7DX reports that he will now handles cards for T93X and T94TT.

QSL VIA RX3RC ---> Roman Novikov, RX3RC reports he is the new QSL manager for 5B4AHI, 5B4AHH, 5B4AGL, C4T, H2A and P3B, as well as for RK6YYA/0.

SERBIA ---> What will happen to the DXCC status of Serbia after Montenegro joins the ARRL DXCC list [425DXN 788]? The latest issue of The ARRL Letter (9 June) says that "the division of Serbia and Montenegro eliminates what remained of Yugoslavia. Serbia's parliament this week declared Serbia a sovereign nation as heir to the former Serbia-Montenegro union. Assuming that Serbia continues to hold its current seat in the UN, it will remain on the DXCC list as a pre-existing and continuing DXCC entity, Wayne Mills, N7NG (ARRL Membership Services Manager) explained".

+ SILENT KEY + Russ, VE6VK reports that Fred Carter, 3D2CC has passed away. For many years Fred was the only station active from Malolo Lai Lai (OC-121), and had been QRT since February 2004. Russ still has some blank cards for him, and will look after any outstanding QSLs (direct only). [TNX VE6VK]

+ SILENT KEY + Robert Schoettert, LX1RQ passed away in late May at 47 years of age. He was one of the driving forces behind the famous contest station LX5A. ______

QSLs received direct or through managers: 3D2RX, 3DA0NW, 3Y0X, 4L1MA, 4M5RY, 4O8/9X0A, 4U1WB, 5H1C (AF-032), 5J1W, 5W0DF, 6O0N, 6W1RY, 7X0RY, 9L1MS, 9Y4/DL7DF, A41KJ, A41LZ, A52FH, A71BX, A71EM, BA4RF, C31BO, CE0Y, CP6UA, CP6XE, CU6NS, DA0HEL (EU-127), DU3NXE, DU9RG, E21EIC, EK0B, EK6TA, EK6YL, EK8WA, ES1WN, ES5Q, EX8AA, EX8MLE, FK8AH, FK8HN, FM/DL5CF, FM5JC, FO/DL5XU, FO5RH (OC-066), FS/DL7DF, GM5A, H40HL, HB0/T94JJ, HC8N, HH4/W4WX, HP1AC, HS0ZAA, HS1OVH, HV0A, J68MS, JR6TYH/JD1, JT1CO, JV800BV, JY4NE, K3LP/KP5, K7C, KG4OX, LT0H, N3KS/KP5, OH0R, OJ0J, OY1CT, P29VMS (OC-101), PJ7/DL7DF, PP5OW/p, PZ5RA, RU0ZM, SN3A, ST0RM, SV9FBM, T6X, TA1FA, TB0DX (AS-123), TI8CBT, TK1CX, TM4AMD, TO2ANT, TO2FG, TO5A, TT8M, TU2CI, TY4TW, TY5WP, UA0IGV, UN8GU, UR0IM, V85GD, VK9NS, VP8LP, VR2BG, VR2XMT, VU2PHD, VU4AN/VU3NZB, VU4AN/VU3PLM, VU4AN/VU3RYC, VU4AN/VU3RYF, VU4AN/VU3SID, VU4AN/VU3SIG, VU4AN/VU3TLY, XW1A, YE5M (OC-215), YT0TESLA, YU8/9X0A, ZC4LI, ZD7BG, ZF2AH, ZK1YAQ, ZP3CTW.

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425DXNews Home Page 24 June 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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C9 - Frosty/K5LBU (C91CF), Tom/WW5L (C91TL) Dave/NE5EE (C91EE), Art/N4PJ (C91JR) and Tom/NQ7R (C91TK) will be active from Bilene, Mozambique from 27 June to 13 July. QSL via home calls. They expect to operate on all bands and modes and to participate in the IARU HF World Championship as C91HQ (QSL via K5LBU). Further information can be found at http://www.tdxs.net/C9.html [TNX WW5L] EA - EA4ST, EA1CA, EA1HP, EA1OS, EA1DAV, EA1DAX, EA1FDI and EA1DKV will participate in the IOTA Contest as ED1CA from Sisarga Grande (EU-077). Look for them on SSB and CW. QSL via EA1CA. [TNX EA4ST] F - The Minkieboys (namely Dan/ON4ON, Harvey/ON5SY, Dries/ON6CX, Eddy/ON7PO and Pat/ON7PQ) will be active as F/homecall/p from Ile de Sein (EU-068) on 28-30 July. They will participate in the IOTA Contest as F/ON4ON/p. QSL via ON4ON, direct or bureau. [TNX ON4ON] GM - The Five Bells Group (G1JZP, G0VTL, G1GSN and G4ODA) plans to operate as GM4SIV from St. Kilda (EU-059, Grid IO57) on 1-8 July. They will be QRV on 6 metres and up. QSL via G4ODA (direct) or G4SIV (bureau). [TNX VA3RJ] I - Matteo, IZ3HER reports he will operate on 20 and 40 metres SSB as IZ3HER/P from Crevan (EU-131, IIA VE-037) between 8 and 16 UTC on 24 June. QSL via IK3GES. IS0 - Max, IK2YSE will be active (on 10-40 metres CW) as IM0/IK2YSE from Maddalena Island (EU-041, IIA OT-008) on 23-30 June. QSL via bureau to home call. [TNX IK2YSE] JA - Look for JR1WEB/1, JO1IRO/1 and JF1IZM/1 to operate from Aoga Island (AS-043, JIIA AS-043-001) from 30 June to 3 July. Expect activity on the HF bands and 6 metres SSB. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] JA - Six different HQ stations will represent Japan's JARL in the IARU HF World Championship: 8N1HQ 15m-Ph, 10m-CW Kimitsu City, Chiba 8N2HQ 80m-CW, 15m-CW Mihama Town, Aichi 8N3HQ 20m-CW Miki City, Hyogo 8N4HQ 80m-Ph, 40m-Ph, 10m-Ph Okayama City, Okayama 8N7HQ 40m-CW Ugo Town, Akita 8N8HQ 160m-CW, 20m-Ph Iwamizawa City, Hokkaido Each station may be heard on other bands before the contest. All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX JA1BPA] J6 - Dave, KC2HO and Lauren, KC2LR will be QRV as J6/KC2HO and J6/KC2LR from St. Lucia (NA-108) between 25 June and 4 July. Activity will be mostly during evening hours on 40-10 metres, operating SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL to home calls. [TNX KC2HO] SV9 - Stefano, IK5PWQ will operate as SV9/IK5PWQ from Crete (EU-015) from 26 June to 2 July. He also plans to be active (on 20 metres SSB and CW) as SV9/IK5PWQ/P from one of the coastal islands (EU-187) for one day. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. UA - Eight operators (namely RA4HNB, RA4HTX, RK3FA, RN1NA, RN1NU, RZ3FA, RZ4HF and UA6BGB) will operate as UE1NLO from several islands (not IOTA) located in Lake Ladoga between 29 June and 6 July. Further information will be available at http://www.quad.ru/ue1nlo [TNX RZ3EM] UR - Look for UR7GW/P and UR7GO/P to be active from the islands (not IOTA) of Stvornyi (UIA DN-85) and Solodkyi (UIA DN-86) on 23- 24 June. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. They also plan to operate from a couple of lighthouses (Stanislav-Adzhigolsky Front and Rear) during the UHF Field Day on 1-2 July. [TNX UR7GW] VP2M - Graham, M0AEP will operate SSB and CW on 80-6 metres as VP2MDD from Montserrat (NA-103) on 1-14 July. He plans to concentrate on 6 metres with 350 watts and a 5 element yagi. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] Z3 - Laci, HA1RS will visit Zoli, Z38C (HA1CA) in Scopje, Macedonia from 24 June to 14 July. Laci plans to operate as Z38R on HF, 6 metres and the VHF/UHF bands. QSL Z38R and Z38C via HA1RS, direct or bureau. [TNX HA0HW] ZD8 - Andy, G0JLX will operate SSB and CW as ZD8AD from Ascension Island (AF-003) approximatively between 1 and 23 July. QSL via G0JLX, direct or bureau. Updates will be posted at www.qrz.com/zd8ad [TNX VA3RJ] ZL8 - Jacky, ZL3CW will be working on Raoul Island in the Kermadecs (OC-039) for about one week starting on 27 or 28 June. He plans to operate as ZM8CW in his spare time, and to concentrate on the low bands. QSL via ZL1AMO. [TNX The Daily DX]

IOTA TOUR ---> Gabriele, IK3GES has left on his annual IOTA tour. He plans to visit and operate from several island groups in The Netherlands (EU-146 and EU-038), Denmark (EU-171, EU-125, EU-029), Germany (EU-042 and EU-057), Sweden (EU-043, EU-139, EU-087, EU-037, EU-138), Norway (EU-141 and possibily others), Finland (EU-184, EU-101, EU-173). Expect activity on the usual IOTA frequencies +/- 10 kHz during the local daylight hours, while at night he plans to concentrate on RTTY and PSK31. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.

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>>> IOTA NEWS: UNACTIVATED GROUPS NUMBERED <<<

Provisional reference numbers have been issued to almost all currently unnumbered IOTA groups with qualifying islands. The advantage of this is that in future DXpeditioners to a previously unactivated group will know the new reference number before setting off. Offsetting this is the slight disadvantage that, as new numbers will not be issued and confirmed in sequence, tracking them will be a little more difficult. However the IOTA websites will have the information. The procedures for validation of operations from the rarest IOTA groups and groups where special permission is required will continue. For details see the listing under "New IOTA Reference Numbers" on the IOTA Manager's website (http://www.g3kma.dsl.pipex.com). Why the change? It will help DXpeditioners who will now be able to give the new number on air as soon as they start the operation. It will also simplify things considerably for IOTA management. Almost all remaining unnumbered groups are hard to activate, either for "political" reasons - licensing difficulties or nature conservation restrictions - or the practical hurdles of access and cost. Few can be put on the air at little or no notice, so the chances of someone unfamiliar with IOTA requirements on validation firing up from a new island group without any prior contact with IOTA HQ or without warning are not as high now as once they were when procedures were less well-known. [TNX G3KMA]

>>> IOTA NEWS: NEW IOTA GROUP <<<

The IOTA Committee is committed to reviewing the island list every five years. The last such occasion was scheduled for 2005 but in the event the Committee decided against a review then. It needed to complete work implementing decisions taken following the major overhaul of the island list in year 2000. With the next review not now scheduled until 2010 the IOTA Committee has decided not to wait until then to correct an anomaly. Sebatik Island in Borneo is a 'split sovereignty island', one half owned by Indonesia (Kalimantan) and the other by East Malaysia (Sabah). Under paragraph E.5.7 of the Programme Rules such islands each count for a separate IOTA group. The Committee is rectifying this omission now and adding Sebatik Island as a new group in the Oceania list (OC-295P). [TNX G3KMA]

MDXC CONVENTION ---> The 2nd Mediterraneo DX Club (MDXC) HF Convention will take place on 16-17 September at Nola (Napoli), Italy. Full information can be found at http://www.mdxc.org/meeting.asp

MONTENEGRO ---> On 22 June the UN Security Council decided to recommend to the General Assembly that the Republic of Montenegro be admitted as a Member of the United Nations. The Assembly is expected to act on the matter next Wednesday (28 June) - keep an eye on the UN News Centre (http://www.un.org/News/). In their latest press release, the organizers of the "DX Festival Montenegro 2006" [425DXN 787] say that the all-band all-mode DXpedition to the newest DXCC Entity is now expected to take place from 20 July to 12 August. Bookmark http://www.yu6scg.cg.yu/international-dx-festival-montenegro-2006/ for updates.

NOT THE MANAGER ---> Antonello, IK2DUW says is still receiving cards for UA0FZ he is not able to to reply to. He was the QSL manager only for the year 2000 through January 2001; the current QSL route is via W3HNK.

QSL CE0Z ---> Jean-Michel, F6AJA (the European QSL manager for CE0Z) reports that he has received the CE0Z cards from the printer and has mailed all direct European QSLs. He is still waiting for the CE9/F2JD to arrive from the printer.

QSL J6/G3XAQ ---> Phil Whitchurch, G3SWH has recently acquired a copy of the log for the 2002 and 2004 operations of J6/G3XAQ. QSL cards are available either direct or through the bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards are all right). Phil hopes to be able to upload the log to LoTW at some stage in the future. [TNX G3SWH]

QSL VIA K7ZD ---> Effective 18 June, Gary/K7ZD no longer manages any activities by Tony, W4OI (HK1AR). Please send your requests to Tony himself. Gary is still the QSL manager for HK1AR for contacts made before 9 February 2006, as well as well as for 5K5Z and HK0/HK1AR. Cards for contacts made with HK1AR on 10-21 February 2006 go to Girts, YL2KL (who was the guest operator).

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======CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER ======3D2AV 6K2VL GB50SAD G2BKZ SN0SOWA SP6ZKO 3XD2Z UA6JR HC1HC NE8Z SN10SH SP9KGC 3XM6JR UA6JR HF40PSL SP5PSL SU8IOTA SU1SK 3Z0EL SP2YNC HF80GD SP2AVE SV0JD/8 DL6NBA 4L6VG UA6EZ HG2006S HA1CW T30AV 6K2AVL 4Z8DT OK1DT HH4/W3CMP W3CMP T66T OH6MKL 5B4ABP OE2GEN HK4QMH EA5KB T93X AC7DX 6W/F6ELE F6ELE HL615UF HL0NHQ T94TT AC7DX 8J1P/JD1 JA1BVA II2MM IK2AQZ TM5AST F4DTL 8J6P/6 JP6VCH II5MD IK5DND TM5UJY F5FAB 8Q7VR/MM UR9IDX IS0/WH0Q IN3ZNR TO7AES FG1JD 9A15DX 9A1A J48WT SV2HPP TP20CE F5LGF 9H3SR S59ZZ JW4GHA LA4GHA TT8PK F4EGS 9M0/9M2TO 9M2TO (a) KH0N JA6CNL UE3LBM RV3LZ 9M0/9M2TO JA0DMV (b) KH6ZM I0MWI UE3WSC/6 RW3WWW 9M6XRO M5AAV LX0SAR DG8VE UE4NNU/P UA4NU 9N7BMK JA8UWT LY80A LY1FW UN3M EA7FTR A61AS YO3FRI LY80D LY4Q VI9NI VK4FW CN8YZ EA7FTR LY80R LY2ZZ WH0C JA6AGA D80HQ HL1OYF OH0AM YV5AMH XU7BMK JA8UWT DQ06FWC DL7PP OH8T OH8TA XV3BB JG1PED DR60SBG DG1EA P29VV PA3EXX XW1A E21EIC DT8A HL2FDW PB6REM PA7DA YA/IK1UGX IK1UGX ED1IPA EA1AAA PY2VA I8LWL YI9DXX KA1ZFE ED1SEM EA1AUM R3DUBNA UA3DK YM125ATA TA3YJ ED8DIE EA8AKN R60F UA2FEK YM3CC LX1CC EE7WFC EA7FTR RA9LI/9 UA9LP YV5SSB EA5KB EK3GM IK2QPR RK6YYA/0 RX3RC Z2/UA4WHX UA4WHX EW6GF DL8KAC S9SS N4JR ZS10JUN ZS6AMX EX2M W3HNK SD7X DF6JC ZS2BS DJ5MS FO/F6CTL F6CTL SN0DK SP7PKI ZS6CCY OK1DOT

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9M2TO Tex Izumo, 2C-10-03 Mutiara Apt, Jalan Sungai Emas, 11100 Batu Ferringhi, Penang Is, Malaysia F6ELE Didier Bas, 11 Rue des Petites Maisons, F-17230 St. Ouen D'Aunis, France FG1JD Jules Diomede, Radio Club A.C.R.A, BP 126 Messagerie Pointe-a-Pitre Cedex, 97110 Guadeloupe JA8BMK Toshihiko Fukuta, 2115-3 Nobori, Yoichi, 046-0002 Japan JA8UWT Kimiko Saitoh, 4-16-2-22 Kamui, Asahikawa, 070-8014 Japan JX9NOA Ole Martin Pedersen, FLO/IKT, N-8099 Jan Mayen, Norway LX1CC Mill Reiff, 34 Rue de la Resistance, L-3340 Huncherange, Luxembourg PA3EXX Johan Willemsen, Belmolendijk 12, 1693 DJ Wervershoof, The Netherlands SU1SK Said Kamel, P.O. Box 190, New Ramsis Center, Cairo 11794, Egypt W3HNK Joseph Arcure Jr, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352, USA *****************************************************************************

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425DXNews Home Page 1 July 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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>>> NEW DXCC ENTITY: THE REPUBLIC OF MONTENEGRO <<<

According to DXCC Rules, any entity that is a United Nations Member State is considered a Political Entity under DXCC Section II, Part 1. At 15.12 UTC on 28 June the United Nations admitted the Republic of Montenegro as its 192nd member, and this action automatically makes Montenegro the 336th current DXCC Entity. Effective 28 June 2006 (UTC), ARRL has added the Republic of Montenegro to the DXCC List. QSOs made on or after this date will count for DXCC credit. Claims for DXCC credit will be accepted immediately. Montengrin amateur radio operators may use their current callsigns until the International Telecommunication Union designates a new prefix block for the new country. ARRL will accept any prefix deemed legal by the appropriate Montenegrin authorities; please note that Montenegro is not a participating member of CEPT, so portable operations by operators from other countries (e.g. YU6/homecall) are not automatically authorized. Current Montenegrin prefixes are 4O3, 4O6, YT3, YT6, YU3, YU6, YZ3 and YZ6.

5B - Jim, WB2REM will operate SSB on 6-40 metres as 5B/WB2REM from Cyprus on 7-13 July. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX K1XN and The Golist] 9G - Vlad, UY5ZZ will be active as 9G5UR from Accra, Ghana on 4-14 July, IARU HF World Championship included. QSL via home call. [TNX UY5ZZ] 9M6 - Following the RSGB IOTA Committee's recent announcement [425DXN 790] that Pulau Sebatik would count as a new IOTA group (OC-295P), a DXpedition is to be mounted to activate this island for the first time. Members of the Borneo Amateur Radio Club including Steve, 9M6DXX (ex-G4JVG, P29DX etc) and John, 9M6XRO (ex-9M6/G3OOK), will be active as 9M4SEB (callsign applied for) from approximately 11 UTC on 14 July until about 3 UTC on the 17th. Activity will be on 10- 80 metres, CW and SSB, using up to three stations simultaneously. One station will use a beam antenna and two will use 400W amplifiers. QSL via M5AAV direct (Graham Ridgeway, 6 Pilgrim Street, Nelson, Lancs BB9 0JQ, England) or bureau. [TNX 9M6DXX] A7 - Bill, NM7H/G0MKT will be operating as A7/G0MKT from Qatar until approximately 10 Septemeber. His primary bands and modes will be 40, 30 and 20 metres CW and PSK, with some 15 or 10m if the opportunity arises. QSL via NM7H. He has also been invited to operate PSK using the special event call A72OO6 (QSL via EA7FTR). [TNX NM7H] BY - Four HQ stations will represent the Chinese Radio Sports Association (CRSA) during the 2006 IARU HF World Championship: B1HQ (160m SSB and CW, 80m SSB, 20m CW and 15m SSB), B3HQ (80m CW), B4HQ (40m CW and 15m CW) and B7HQ (40m SSB, 20m SSB, 10m SSB and CW). QSL for all via BA4EG. Full information on the awards issued for working these stations can be found at http://www.crsa.org/2006_BnHQ/e.htm CN - M'hamed, CN8NK reports he will participate in the IARU HF World Championship as 5C8A, representing the Association Royale des Radio-Amateurs du Maroc (ARRAM). DL - Hans-Peter, DC1HPS will operate on 10-80 metres as DC1HPS/P from Pellworm Island (EU-042) from 27 July to 18 August, IOTA Contest included. QSL via bureau to home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] DU - Peter, DK2PR will operate holiday style as DU9/DK2PR from Mindanao Island (OC-130) between 28 July and 15 August. Side trips to islands in the OC-235 group are possible, but they will depend on local conditions. [TNX DK2PR] EI - John, G3LZQ will operate holiday style on all bands CW as EJ/G3LZQ from Inis More (EU-006) on 28-31 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ] ES - Frank, DL1FT will be active as ES0FTZ from Saaremaa Island (EU- 034) on 4-14 July. He plans to operate on 40, 20 and 10 metres SSB. QSL via DL1FT. [TNX VA3RJ] F - Special event station TM0GP will be active on 3-16 July for the French Formula 1 Grand Prix at Nevers Magny-Cours. All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX F8REF] FR/E - Luc, FR5IZ reports he will be on Europa Island (AF-009) on 4-6 July and plans to operate as FR5IZ/E/p/ on the HF bands with 100 watts and a dipole. QSL via home call, direct or through the REF bureau. FP - Paul, K9OT and Peg, KB9LIE will be active for the sixth time from Miquelon Island (NA-032) from 28 July to 6 August. They will operate as FP/K9OT and FP/KB9LIE CW and SSB; both of them will participate in the IOTA Contest, and Paul will be active also during the North American CW QSO Party. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. Their web page is at http://www.mhtc.net/~k9ot/ G - The Otley Amateur Radio Society will be taking part in the U.K Air Ambulance Weekend (8-9 July). They will be supporting the Yorkshire Air Ambulance Charity using the callsign GB0YAA on the HF bands, 6 and 2 metres. [TNX G0SNV] G - A group of operators from the Cray Valley Radio Society (namely G4BUO, G4TSH, G0FDZ, G0VJG, G7GLW and M3CVN) will be active as either homecall/p and G3RCV/P (QSL via G4DFI) from St. Mary's Island (EU-011) from 26 July to 2 August. They will participate in the IOTA Contest as M8C (QSL via G4DFI). [TNX OPDX Bulletin] I - Maico, HB9OAE reports he will operate as IA5/HB9OAE from Elba Island (EU-028, IIA LI-001) on 1-15 July. I - Davide, IK4DCT reports he will operate on 10, 15, 20 and 40 metres mainly CW as IA5/IK4DCT from Elba Island (EU-028, IIA LI-001) on 3-13 July. Side trips to other islands in the same IOTA group are possible. I - The following HQ stations will represent the Associazione Radioamatori Italiani (ARI) during the IARU HF World Championship: IU1HQ 20 CW 80 CW & SSB 160 CW & SSB IU2HQ 15 SSB 40 CW IU4HQ 15 CW 40 SSB IU9HQ 20 SSB 10 CW & SSB The operators will be I1HJT, I1NVU, IK1HJS, IK1QBT, IK1YDB, IK2HKT, IK2RZP, IK4ZHH, IT9EQO, IT9BLB, IZ4DPV and others. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX IT9BLB] I - Virgilio, IC8OZM and Paolo, IC8DAK plan to operate SSB and CW from Vivara Island (EU-031, IIA NA-005) on 9 July, from 5 to 10 UTC. QSL via home calls. [TNX IZ3EBA] IS0 - Simone, IW5EDI reports he will operate as IS0/IW5EDI from Sardinia (EU-024) until 7 July. QSL via bureau. IS0 - Wave Master Team member Giorgio, IZ1DXS will operate as either IS0/IZ1DXS from Sardinia (EU-024) and IM0/IZ1DXS from Maddalena Island (EU-041) on 2-10 September. [TNX IW1FGZ] IS0 - Massimo, I0PNM will operate as IM0/I0PNM from San Pietro Island (EU-165, IIA CI-009) from 29 July to 16 August, IOTA Contest included. He alsoplans to operate from the lighthouse at Capo Sandalo (WAIL SA-011). [TNX I0PNM] JA - Look for JA5BEX/5 to operate SSB on the HF bands from Oshima (AS-076, JIIA AS-076-003), Kagawa Prefecture on 1-2 July. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] JW - Hans, SM3TLG will be active as JW/SM3TLG from Longyearbyen (EU- 026), Svalbard on 5-10 July. He plans to operate on all bands and modes. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX SM3TLG] LX - Ivo/ON6UM, Guido/ON4BAG, Peter/ON4PVH, Jan/ON6RJ and Rob/ON6QX will operate as LX/OQ0A, LX/OP7A, LX/OO7A, LX/ON6RJ and LX/OR9Q respectively from Wiltz, Luxembourg on 8-10 September. They plan to operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX ON6UM] ON - UBA Section LGE members will operate as ON12FORTS from the twelve fortresses around Liege between 2 July and the end of the year. The first activity will take place on 2 July from the Fort of Flemalle. QSL via ON5VL. [TNX ON6DP] SM - SM1WXC, SM1DVV, SM1CQA and SM1MUT will operate as SF1SKI from Stora Karlso Island (off Gotland Island) and lighthouse (ARLHS SWE-371) on 19-20 August during the International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend. QSL via bureau. [TNX SM1TDE] SV9 - Theodoros, SV1EJD will be active as SV9/SV1EJD from Crete Island (EU-015) on 6-20 July. He will operate SSB and RTTY on 10-80 metres with 100 watts. QSL via IZ8CCW, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW] T7 - A joint team of operators (T77C, T77CD, T77EB, T77GO, I4FYF, I4TJE, IK2NCJ, IK3QAR, IK4DCW, IK4GNI, IK4HVR, IK4MGP, IK4MGX, IK4SXJ, IK4UNH, IK4WMH, IZ4AKS and K5GN) will participate in the IARU HF World Championship as T70HQ, representing the local IARU Society (ARRSM). They will operate CW and SSB on all bands. Expect some activity as T70A before the contest. QSL via T70A, direct or bureau. [TNX IK4MGP] UA - The UE3EDA and UE1NEW team of operators will be active from a few islands (not IOTA) located in Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega between 1 and 15 July. Expect activity by RK3EXA/1 during the IARU HF World Championship. Further information will be posted at www.hamradio.ru/rrc and www.mdxc.org/edxg [TNX RZ3EM] UA - Sergej, UA3QUO reports he will operate as UE3QMP from Russian districts VR-07 (Borisoglebsk), VR-11 (Povorino) and VR-16 between 1 July and 20 August. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. Full information on the Russian Districts Award can be found at http://rdaward.org/ V7 - Rev. Bill Burton, formerly known as DU3/G4CWA and T88BA, is now V73WJ from Majuro (OC-029), Marshall Islands and expects to be there for at least a year. He operates on 20 metres (14056 and 14320 kHz) as well as on 17 and 15 metres conditions permitting, using dipoles (but he hopes to erect a triband beam donated by a local Marshallese). QSL direct to G4OHX. [TNX V73WJ] VE - VO1MX (operators VO1TA, VO1KVT, VO1JNS and VO1MX) will be active from Exploits Island (NA-198) on 27-30 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via VO1MX. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] VP5 - Bill, W5SJ will operate as VP5/W5SJ from Providenciales (NA-002) on 5-11 July. Primary activity will be on 6 metres with a 7- element beam, and he will frequently "beacon" CQ on 50.102 MHz. Otherwise, he will operate mostly CW on 80-10 metres when conditions allow. QSL via W5FO. [TNX W5SJ] W - Howie, K1VSJ is now active from Martha's Vineyard (NA-046) through 31 August. He will participate in the IOTA Contest. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX] W - Jon, WB8YJF will operate CW, RTTY and SSB as WB8YJF/4 from Ocracoke Island (NA-067) on 23-30 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via home call, direct (Jon Severt, 5586 Babbitt Rd., New Albany, Ohio 43054, USA) or bureau. [TNX WB8YJF] W - N6VR, N6KZ, N6AWD, WB9AWX, KI6VC and WA6SC will operate from Santa Cruz Island (NA-144) on 27-30 July. They will use N6VR/P for the IOTA Contest and home callsigns at other times. They plan to have three stations (one for the WARC bands and two for the other bands) and to operate SSB and CW (during the contest they will use a triband yagi for SSB and amplifier, and a vertical on CW). QSL N6VR via N6AWD, others via home calls. [TNX N6VR] W - Mark, KO1U will be active in the IOTA Contest from NA-137. He plans to operate from either Cousins (USI ME-041S) and Littlejohn (USI ME-065) islands. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] XX9 - XX9A will be the HQ station for the Associacao dos Radioamadores de Macau (ARM) during the IARU HF World Championship. Four stations will be operated from Taipa Island (AS-075). QSL via XX9BB. [TNX The Daily DX] YB - Special callsign YE1O will be used on 7-9 July (IARU HF World Championship included) to commmemorate the 38th anniversary of ORARI. Operations will take place on 10-160 metres from Cikoneng Lighthouse. QSL via YC1RIV. [TNX YB1TC] YO - YR0HQ will be the Federatia Romana de Radioamatorism's (FRR) HQ station for the IARU HF World Championship. Logs will be uploaded to LOTW. A free of charge award will be issued for contacts made with YR0HQ, please contact Adrian, YO3APJ ([email protected]) for the details. [TNX YO3APJ] ZA - Giuseppe/I2AZ, Pino/I8YGZ, Alfredo/IK7JWX and Gian Carlo/IK7QMJ will be active as ZA/homecall on all bands and modes from Albania on 7- 17 July. They plan to operate from a few rare locators as well as from some lighthouses, and to participate in the Six Club Contest, the IARU HF World Championship and the CQ WW VHF Contest. They are also trying to get the final permission to go and operate from Sazan Island (EU-169). QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX IK7JWX] ______

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COOK ISLANDS (PREFIX CHANGE) ---> Victor Rivera, ZK1CG reports that the prefix change from ZK to E5 for the Cooks Islands was officially announced in the local newspapers on 28 June. Please be advised that as of 1 July 2006 the 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 is. So ZK1CG, ZK1USA and ZK1JD will become E51CG, E51USA and E51JD. Local amateur radio operators normally get 2-letter callsigns and visiting operators get 3-letter calls. [TNX K1XN and The Golist]

NOT THE MANAGER ---> Joe, AA4NN (manager for the W4 incoming QSL Bureau single letter prefixes) reminds readers that W4AO is not the manager for OD5NH, N4QB is not the manager for A61AJ and N4BP does not want QSL cards.

QSL UE1RLH ---> The QSL manager for UE1RLH/1 and UE1RLH/2 lighthouse operations is RA1QY, direct (Alexey M.Morozov, P.O. Box 24, Cherepovets 162611, Russia) or bureau. [TNX RA1QY]

QSL VIA IT9DAA ---> Corrado reports that all of the contacts made with the various special calls that were active for the MDXC Members Trophy on 3-5 February are being confirmed automatically via the bureau. Please refrain from sending your own QSL, unless you need a direct card. The results of this year's event can be found at http://www.mdxc.org/trophyresults2006.asp

QSL VIA IZ8CCW ---> Antonio, IZ8CCW reports that all of the QSOs made by YE5M (OC-215), TO7IR and PZ5CY have been confirmed. Direct requests have been processed and mailed, and the rest of the contacts have been confirmed automatically via the bureau.

WRTC 2006 ---> Thanks to Veijo Kontas, OH6KN and Risto Lund, OH3UU from the Contest Club Finland (CCF), during the IARU HF World Championhsip you will be able to follow the WRTC 2006 Contest standings on the Internet. The Score Board demo version (during the contest it will be live) is available for you to see at http://www.hagasoft.com. [TNX PY5EG]

+ SILENT KEY + Eugene Zvontsov, EZ8BO passed away on 11 June. Born in 1931, he was the oldest amateur radio operator in Turkmenistan. Those who need a QSL card for EZ8BO as well as for EZ75BO, EZ21BO, EZ10BO, EY9YBO, EZ56BO, EZ60BO and EZ8AZ can send their request to Stan, RU4SS. [TNX RU4SS] ______

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DXCC DIALOG: The ARRL DXCC Desk has inaugurated the "DXCC Dialog Weblog", containing news and notes about the ARRL DXCC programme. This page will have up-to-date information about the DXCC program;me it does not provide for users to post responses, but authors and e-mail addresses are listed. The blog will be updated as needed to inform and update the DXing community regarding news of interest. Give a look to http://www.arrl.org/blog/DXCC%20Dialog [TNX N7NG] DJ6SI: A QSL collection of Baldur's past operations (from 1964 to 2005) can be found his new web site at http://www.pileup.de.com [TNX DJ6SI] ------

QSLs received direct or through managers: 3A/DJ7RJ, 3D2NB, 3D2RX, 3DA0NW, 3W9HRN, 3Y0X, 4L8A, 5H3EE, 8P5A, 9M6/SM5GMZ, A92GR, AP2MIZ, BD7KLO, C31CT, C56JHF, CE0Z, CE9/F2JD, DU1/IV3IYH (OC-090), ES3RFL, FG/K9NW, FO/DL1AWI (OC-114), FO/DL5XU, FO/DL9AWG, FO/DL9AWI (OC-114), FS/DL7DF, J5DOT, J5TRJ, J5UCW, JT1CO, KG4OX, KH5/KH6ND, KH6RZ, KP4RV, LY2BO, OD5/OK1MU, OX3XR, P29K (OC-258), R1MVC, R1MVW, RU9TC, S01MZ, S58N, S79RJ, SV9CVY, T68G, T94KC, TB0DX (AS-123), TG9NX, TL8DPA, TM8ANT, TY2AB, TY4TW, TY5MR, UA9MA, V51AS, V85SS, VK9LNO, VK9NW, VP8DII, VP8DJK, VP8WFW, VU4AN/VU2MYH, VU4AN/VU3JLW, VU4AN/VU3RYE, VU4AN/VU3RYJ, VU4AN/VU3SID, WH0W, YJ0ADX, YJ0AWG, YS1X, ZA/IK0OKY, ZB2FK, ZC4LI, ZD8Q, ZF2AH, ZK1KDN, ZK1YAQ, ZK2ZL, ZK3MW.

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4W - Michael, PA5M (4W6AAB) will return to Timor Leste for about one month to finish the job for the United Nations World Food Programme. He will arrive on 14 July and will be active when time allows. Updates, logs and pictures will be avalable at http://www.4w.pa7fm.nl/. QSL via PA7FM. [TNX PA7FM] 5A - The 5A7A DXpedition to Libya [425DXN 777] is now scheduled to take place on 15-29 November. Willy, HB9AHL has had to drop out of the team, which is now looking for another experienced DX and contest operator. Applications can be sent to [email protected]. The web site for the expedition is at http://5a7a.gmxhome.de [TNX DJ7IK] BY - Vange, BD7KLO will operate on 10-40 metres SSB and RTTY from five IOTA groups between mid July and mid August: 15-20 July BD7KLO/7 Hainan Island AS-094 21-25 July BD7KLO/7 Shangchuan Island AS-131 27-30 July BD7KLO/7 Sanmen Island AS-129 05-09 August BD7KLO/5 Dongtou Island AS-141 13-17 August BD7KLO/5 Shengshan Island AS-137 QSL direct to homecall. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] CE - Dan, XQ4CW and Marco, CE6TBN will operate SSB and CW as CE5S from Santa Maria Island (SA-070, DICE ICE-502) on 27-31 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via HA1AG. The web page for the operation can be found at www.qsl.net/ce6tbn [TNX www.islandchaser.com] CT - A group of Portuguese operators (CT1END, CT1EGW, CT1EEQ, CT1DIZ, CT1DRB, CT1EGH, CT1EDX and possibily others) will participate in the IOTA Contest as CT6B from Bugio Island (EU-040). QSL via CS1GDX. Before the contest, starting on 27 July, they will operate as homecall/p on 10-80 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. A web page will be available at http://ahrap.no.sapo.pt [TNX CT1END] EA - Thanks to the national society agreeing to this approach as a change from the usual participation from the EA4URE headquarters station in Madrid, Spain will be represented in this year's IARU HF World Championship by a group of operators in the 5th call area, under the call EA5HQ. Full details (in Spanish) can be found at http://cq.uv.es/ea5hq/ [TNX EA5ON] FM - Sido, F4CKP will operate RTTY and SSB on 80-10 metres from Martinique (NA-107) until the end of August. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F5CVI] FW - Toshi, JA8BMK will be active as FW8AA (Wallis & Futuna) on 15- 24 July. He plans to operate on 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 metres CW and SSB. Before going to FW, on 13-14 July, he will be QRV as 3D2WW from Fiji. QSLs via JA8UWT, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX] GM - GM3TTC/p is travelling in the Western Isles (EU-010) until 13 July. He will be on about 12 different islands from Vatersay in the south and ending up on Lewis before returning to the mainland. He operates on 80 and 20 metres SSB only. QSL via G3TTC. [TNX G4JFS] HL - HL0HQ will represent KARL (the Korean Amateur Radio League) in the IARU HF World Championship. Eight to ten stations will operate simultaneously on 10-160 metres CW and SSB from various locations. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX HL1VAU] I - Matteo, IZ3HER will operate in 20 and 40 metres as IZ3HER/P from Buel del Lovo (EU-131, IIA VE-008) on 8 July, starting around 8 UTC. [TNX IZ3EBA] IS0 - Luciano, IW2OEV will be active as as IM0/IW2OEV from Sant'Antioco Island (EU-024, IIA CI-010) on 15-20 July. QSL via bureau. [TNX IZ3EBA] JA - Special event station 8J3SEA will be aired between 15 July and 15 September for the 34th SEANET Convention that will be held in Osaka on 14-17 September. QSL via the JARL bureau. Full information on the convention can be found at http://www.qsl.net/seanet2006/ [TNX VA3RJ] PY - Special event station PP5WRTC will be active until 9 July from Santa Catarina Island (SA-026) for WRTC 2006. QSL via PP5VB. [TNX VA3RJ] PY - Look for ZW2FEN to be active during Fernarcom 2006, the National Fair of Amateur Radio and Communications to be held at Indaiatuba, Brazil on 14-16 July. QSL via PY2QI. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] T8 - Hide/JM1LJS (T80W, http://radio-dream.com/t80w/), Taka/JO2JDJ (T88DJ) and Ryo/JG3DOR (T88OR) will be active from Palau on 14- 18 July. They will operate CW and SSB on 6-40 metres. QSL via home calls. [TNX JM1LJS] UA - Nick, RA1QQ plans to operate from an island in the EU-162 IOTA group on 8-15 July. QSL via RA1QQ (Nick A. Smerdov, P.O. Box 24, Cherepovets 162611, Russia). [TNX RA1QY]

IARU HF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ---> The following IARU Member Society HQ stations are expected to participate in this year's event (8-9 July): 4H1Q Philippines PARA IU2HQ Italy ARI 4L0HQ Georgia NARG IU4HQ Italy ARI 4X4ARC Israel IARC IU9HQ Italy ARI 5C8A Morocco ARRAM LN2HQ Norway NRRL 8N1HQ Japan JARL LR4D Argentina RCA 8N2HQ Japan JARL NU1AW/8 USA IARU 8N3HQ Japan JARL OE1A Austria OEVSV 8N4HQ Japan JARL OH2HQ Finland SRAL 8N7HQ Japan JARL OL4HQ Czech Republic CRC 8N8HQ Japan JARL OM6HQ Slovak Republic SARA 9K9HQ Kuwait KARS OP0HQ Belgium UBA AT6HQ India ARSI P40HQ Aruba AARC B1HQ China CRSA PA6HQ The Netherlands VERON B3HQ China CRSA PJ2HQ Curacao VERONA B4HQ China CRSA S56X Singapore SARTS B7HQ China CRSA SP0HQ Poland PZK BV0HQ Taiwan CTARL T70HQ San Marino ARRSM C91HQ Mozambique LREM T90HQ Bosnia-Hercegovina ARABH DA0HQ Germany DARC TM0HQ France REF EA5HQ Spain URE W1AW/4 USA ARRL EI0HQ Ireland IRTS XX9A Macao ARM ER7HQ Moldova ARM YR0HQ Romania FRR GB5HQ U.K. RSGB YV70IARU Venezuela RCV HB9HQ Switzerland USKA ZA1A Albania AARA HG0HQ Hungary MRASZ ZF1A Cayman Islands CARS HL0HQ Korea KARL ZL6A New Zealand NZART HR2RCH Honduras RCH ZS0HQ South Africa SARL HS0AC Thailand RAST ZW2HQ Brazil LABRE IU1HQ Italy ARI ______

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425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (June 2006) is now available at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/. Articles and pictures should be sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA ([email protected]).

IOTA CONTEST LOGGER ---> The 14th IOTA Contest takes place on 29-30 July. SDI by Paul O'Kane, EI5DI is the only contest logger dedicated to this event, it offers many unique features and it is recommended for single-operator entrants. SDI runs on any Windows PC, and is free from www.ei5di.com (should you have any problems, just ask [email protected]).

PIRATES ---> Emanuela, IZ2ELV reports he is receiving cards for ST/IZ2ELV (a pirate) and TT1ENI (ditto). Save your time and money; she is the QSL manager only for her own operations as 8Q7LY (2002).

WRTC 2006 MONITORING SYSTEM ---> You can watch the 2006 Amateur Radio Olympics live at your computer - just click www.hagasoft.com! The Contest Club Finland (CCF) team are in Brazil to run the system. Each of the 47 competing teams will release their scores at hourly intervals and the ranking will appear on your computer screen along with historical data. The referees at each station use a Nokia sponsored 6301i cell phone and its text messaging (SMS) function to get the scores to a dedicated server. From the server the scores then get processed and transferred to another SQL Server located in California, USA. Adding to the Scoreboard, another technology house (Elisa Communications of Finland) with their team at OH2AQ has moved in to provide you with continued access to all WRTC-related DX Summit spots on a specific Web site: http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/wrtc.html Several prizes are available to IARU HF World Championship participants who send a Cabrillo log to [email protected] or [email protected] within 6 hours after the contest. For the details see WRTC Press Release 054/06 at http://www.wrtc2006.com/release54.html

YU6AO ---> The Daily DX reports that "it is now been confirmed that the station producing highest number of Montenegrin QSOs with the callsign YU6AO is actually a VHF only license and has been operated by several Serbian hams. Upgrading of the license to HF privileges is pending and suggests that QSOs made up to that point will be very questionable for DXCC purposes". ______

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6O0N: A video and photo gallery of the 6O0N expedition to Somalia can be found at http://www.i2ysb.com/6o0n/photopage.htm [TNX IK2CIO] TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now available at http://www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. Please send your scores, as well as any request for further information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW ([email protected]) ______

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======CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER ======3Z0BLY SP2PMW C91TL WW5L SV0LR HB9LDR 3Z0ZOSP SP9PSJ CO2JD AD4Z SX6BJW SV1BJW 3Z20ZJP SP6ZJP CO6WD W0SA TC150HP TA2RX 4K9W DL6KVA CT1HZE DL8HCZ TK5XN F2YT 4L0ABC K3PD DP3D DK3KD TM0GP F5KCH 4L1FP LZ1OT E51USA E51CG TM1PVV F6KKN 4L8A DJ1CW EJ8HT EI8HT TM7RDI F1MRO 4N150JA 4N1JA EK3SA DJ1CW TM9SOM F1SQH 4N500ZZ 4N7ZZ EK6TA DJ0MCZ UE1AAA/p UA1ANA 4O2NT YZ1AA EK8SK SP9ERV UE1ABC/p RK1AM 4O7WWYC YT7AW FR5IZ/E FR5IZ UE1NEW RN1NU 4X4BL WA2KNC GB150VC G4DFI UE1NLH RN1NU 5F50IG EA7FTR GB4HAA G0VIX UE1NLO RN1NA 5F50KD EA7FTR GB90SOM GI4FUE UE1RLH/1 RA1QY 5F50MC EA7FTR GM3TTC/P G3TTC UE1RLH/2 RA1QY 5F50NK EA7FTR GM3USR/P G3USR UE1RRR UA1RJ 5F50PA EA7FTR HC7AE EA7FTR UE3QMP UA3QUO 5F50PG EA7FTR HC8N W5UE UE3RGU RK3FWC 5F50SG EA7FTR HF40BRP SP9BRP UE80SBR RN0SA 5F50YZ EA7FTR HI9CF DL4NCF V21N G4DFI 5H9KR KF9TC HQ3C HR2RCH V25V G4DFI 5R8FL G3SWH HR1AAB EA7FTR V44KAI K2SB 5R8GZ G3SWH HS0ZGH G4UZN V47KV W6JKV 5T5SN IZ1BZV IG9Z IZ8GBH V73KN JK1QLR 5Z4BU UA4WHX IM0/IS0JMA IS0JMA V73WJ G4OHX 5Z4DZ PA1AW IZ3HER/P IK3GES VC2X VE3IKV 6W8CK DH7WW J88DR G3TBK VF2X VE3IKV 7Z1SJ EA7FTR JW/SM3TLG SM3TLG VG2ZO/VX9 VA2ZO 8Q7GE SV2BFN JW0HZ SQ5TA VP2MDD M0AEP 8S2006EAC SK6GO K7A W7RN VP5/W5SJ W5FO 9A650C 9A7K LU2AIB LU4DXU WH0DX JM1LJS 9G5UR UY5ZZ LU4DX EA5KB XE1IPN XE1CL 9H3OX GM4MOX LU8XW WD9EWK XE2OR W5OZI 9H3XX K6HFA LY/4X4FC/LH LY1CM YI9RKB SP1RKB 9J2BO G3TEV OH6AW/5 OH6AD YJ0IR W3HNK 9K2PL EA5KB ON12FORTS ON5VL YP1900D YO5BXI A61M A61AV OP2A ON5CD YT150CS YT1CS A7/G0MKT NM7H OQ1C ON4ON YT6ML DL3ML A92C A92GR PI25ETL PI4ETL YU150SB YU1SB C56W DK2WV PJ7TM K2GSJ YW9AJ YV5AJ C91CF K5LBU R6B RZ6APF Z22JE K3PD C91EE NE5EE RK3IWT/1 RV3IB Z38C HA1RS C91JR N4PJ SN130OS SP9KJM Z38R HA1RS C91TK NQ7R SN190ZS SP9GFI ZM8CW ZL1AMO ______

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DL3ML Reinhard Bollmann, Am Wildpfad 19, D-53797 Lohmar, Germany E51CG Victor Rivera, P.O. Box 618, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, via New Zealand IZ8GBH Maurizio Migliaccio, P.O. Box 47, 80018 Mugnano di Napoli - NA, Italy K6HFA Hubert Clark, 545 West Vassar Avenue, Fresno, CA 93705, USA RA1QY Alexey M. Morozov, P.O. Box 24, Cherepovets 162611, Russia UY5ZZ Vladimir Latyshenko, P.O. Box 4850, Zaporozhye, 69118, Ukraine YT6T Djurica Maletin, Zgrada PKB, Zelenika 85346, Herceg Novi, Montenegro

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425DXNews Home Page 15 July 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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5W - Ted/K8AQM (5W0TR), Jeff/N8CC (5W0JB), Dennis/KT8X (5W0DW) and Kirk/JF3MYU (5W0KI) will be active from Upolu, Samoa (OC-097) from 27 July to 10 August. They will operate on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY with three stations, and will participate in the IOTA Contest (possibly as 5W0XX). QSL 5W0DW, 5W0JB, 5W0TR via KT8X; QSL 5W0KI and for the IOTA Contest call via JF3MYU. Further information can be found at http://www.geocities.jp/jm3uml/samoa2006/index.html [TNX The Daily DX] 9A - Okko, PH2CV will operate on all bands SSB as 9A/PH2CV/P from Krk Island (EU-136) from 22 July to 12 August. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] C6 - W2GJ and K4QO will be active as C6APR from Crooked Island (NA- 113), Bahamas on 26-31 July. They will operate on 80-6 metres CW and SSB, and will participate in the IOTA Contest. QSL via K3IXD. [TNX K3IXD] DL - Peter, DM5DX and Ulf, DL5AXX will participate in the IOTA Contest as DR6IOTA from Usedom Island (EU-129). QSL route TBA. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] EA8 - Special callsign ED8URL will be aired on all bands and modes on 19-21 July to celebrate the 44th anniversary of URE Las Palmas Section. QSL via bureau to EA8URL. [TNX EA8AUW] EI - David, GI8SKN/EI3GKB and Alan, GI0PCU/EI3GJB will operate on 80- 6 metres SSB as EJ3GKB/p and EJ3GJB/p from Great Blasket Island (EU-007) on 15-17 July. [TNX GI8SKN] ES - Rolf, DK2ZF will be active as ES0/DK2ZF from Saaremaa Island (EU-034) between 21 July and 3 August. He will operate mostly CW on HF, 6 metres and 144/432 MHz. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] F - Look for F/ON5HC/p and F/ON5MF/p to be active on all HF bands from Batz Island (EU-105) between 29 July and 5 August. QSL via home calls. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] FK - FK8DD will operate as TX1A from Amedee Lighthouse on 21-31 July to celebrate the 140th anniversary of the lighthouse. Activity will be mostly on CW with some SSB on 10-160 metres. QSL via LZ1JZ (Tony Stefanov, P.O. Box 43, Harmanli 6450, Bulgaria). [TNX LZ1JZ] GI - For the eighth year in a row the Kilmarnock & Loudoun ARC will operate from Rathlin Island (EU-122) for the IOTA Contest. Look for GN0ADX/P to be aired on 28-31 July. QSL via GM0ADX. [TNX VA3RJ] GM - Steve, MM1ERS/P, Colin, GM3VCQ/P and possibily others will be active on 10-80 metres all modes from the Island of Arran (EU-123) from 25 July to 1 August. They will participate in the IOTA Contest as MM3M. QSL via G4FAL. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] GM - The Summer Isles Radio Club will participate in the IOTA Contest as MM0Q from Tanera Mor (EU-092). QSL via MM0BQI. [TNX MM0BQI] GM - Members of the Scottish-Russian ARS and West of Scotland ARS will operate from the Isle of Eigg in the Inner Hebrides (EU-008) for the IOTA Contest. Look for GM2Z (operator MM0DFV) on CW and GM4A (operators GM0WRR, GM4TOQ, MM0GDL, GM7WED and MM3LKV) on SSB. Before the contest they will be active as MS0DGR on the digital modes, especially PSK. QSL for all callsigns via MM0DFV. [TNX MM0DFV and GM0WRR] HI - Mark, KB2MS will be active as HI3/KB2MS from Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic (NA-096) from 28 July until around 23 August. Activity will be on all bands except 160 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K] HL - A large group of operators from the Korea Keymen's Club will be axtive as D80HQ/2 from Taebu Island (AS-105) on 29-31 July, IOTA Contest included. They will operate CW and SSB (RTTY if possible) on 10-40 metres with three 100w stations. QSL via HL1OYF, direct or bureau. [TNX DS3FYW] HV - Look for HV5PUL to be activated on the HF bands and 6 metres from the Pontificia Universita' Lateranense, Vatican City on 18 July. I - Antonello, IK2DUW is active as IK2DUW/7 from Matera province until 27 July. He operates on 40-10 metres CW and SSB, plus some activity on 6 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IW2OAZ] I - Alberto, IT9MRM will operate SSB on the HF bands from Isola delle Palme (EU-025, IIA SR-010) on 26-28 July. QSL via bureau. [TNX IT9MRM] JA - Look for Kenji, JA4GXS/4 to operate CW and SSB from Kasado Island (AS-117, JIIA AS-117-096), Yamaguchi Prefecture on 29 July, including an entru in the IOTA Contest. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] LA - Marco, IN3UFW reports he will operate as LA/IN3UFW from Norway on 17-31 July. QSL via home call. OH - Joern, DG5XJ reports he will be active as OH1/DG5XJ from Houtskar Island (EU-096) from 29 July to 4 August. He plans to operate on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres SSB. OY - A team of six operators (namely G3ZAY, G7VJR, M0BLF, M0DEG, M0SCH and M0TJH) from the Cambridge University Wireless Society will be touring the Faroe Islands (EU-018) on 17-24 July. They will operate as OY/homecall on 80-10 metres SSB, with some CW and datamodes. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau, unless otherwise specified by the operator. The web page for the operation is at www.domsmith.co.uk/dxpeds/2006/faroes [TNX G3ZAY] OZ - Ric, DL2VFR will be active as OZ/DL2VFR Laeso Island (EU-088, NK- 003 for the Danish Islands Award) on 23-30 July, with a possible side trip to Hornfiskroen (EU-088, NK-005) for a few hours. He will operate mostly CW and will participate in the IOTA Contest for 12 hours. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DL2VFR] OZ - Hans, OZ7BQ will be active (QRP) as OZ7BQ/p from Fur Island (EU- 171) on 27-31 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ] OZ - Chris, DL4FO, will be active as OZ/DL4FO from Tuno Island (EU- 172) from 22 July to 5 August, IOTA Contest included. He will operate CW QRP on all HF bands. QSL via home call. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] PA - JanJaap, PG7V and Jack, PD2J will operate as PC6IOTA from Texel Island (EU-038) from 26 July to 2 August, IOTA Contest included. QSL via PG7V, direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to [email protected]). The web iste for the operation is at http://www.pc6iota.info [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] SM - Kjell, SM4DDS will operate CW and SSB on 10-80 metres as 7S5A from Boko/Stora Alo (EU-177) on 15-19 July. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX SM4DDS] SM - Boleslaw, SP4AAZ and Surdziel, SP4TKR will be active as SM6/SP4AAZ/p and SM6/SP4TKR/p from Orust Island (EU-043) between 25 July and 2 August. They will participate in the IOTA Contest as SM6/SP4AAZ/p. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] SV - Max, IK2XYG reports he will operate as SV8/IK2XYG from Corfu (EU-052) from 24 July to 12 August, IOTA Contest included. QSL via home call. SV - Six Hugarians will participate in the IOTA Contest from three different locations on Thassos Island (EU-174): from Skala Rachoni Laci/HA0NAR (J48NAR), from Pothos Endi/HA0IM (J48IM), from Astris Laci/HA7PL (J48PL), Laci/HA6NL (J48NL), Zsolti/HA6PS (J48PS) and Sanyi/HA7JJS (J48JJ). Before and after the contest they will operate as SV8/homecall on all bands CW, SSB with some digital mode activity. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX HA0HW] TA - Berkin, TA3J will participate in the IOTA Contest as TA3J/0 from Sican Adasi (AS-115). QSL via TA3YJ, direct (no green stamps, please) or bureau. [TNX TA3J] UA - RA0CEI, RA0CEQ, RA0CS, RV0CD, UA0AOZ and UA0CDH will operate as UE0CBP from Chkalova island (AS-114, RRA RR-14-01) on 18-23 July. [TNX RA0CS] UA - Igor, RA3QSY and Alex, RK3QA will operate from the Natural Reserve of Darvinski (RFF-33) as UE3OFF/1 on 20-21 July (RDA VO-29) and UE3OFF/3 on 21-22 July (RDA YR-14), and from the Natural Reserve of Kologrivski Forest (RFF-26) as UE3OFF/3 on 23-24 July (RDA KS- 24). QSL via RA3QSY, direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to [email protected]). [TNX RA3QSY] UA - UA1ANE, UA1ATI, RA1ANP, RN1AW, RW6HJV and RX1AW will operate from Seskar Island (EU-133) between 26 July and 1 August. QSL via bureau to home calls. [TNX RN1AW] UR - UT3IB, UT9IO, UX2IQ and UR8IR will operate from Berezan Island (EU-179) on 28-30 July. They will use UX2IQ/P for the IOTA Contest and their home calls at other times. They also plan to operate from the lighthouse there (ARLHS UKR-035). QSL via UX2IQ, direct or bureau. [TNX UT3IB] V4 - Reiner, DL2AAZ will operate as V47/DL2AAZ from Nevis Island (NA- 104) from 20 July to 10 August. He plans to operate on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB and CW. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgiota.org] VE - Linda, VE9GLF and Len, VE9MY will operate from several islands in Nova Scotia on 16-22 July. They plan to visit four IOTA groups (NA-081, NA-126, NA-127 and NA-154): "it looks like NA-126 will be on Friday July 21", Len says, "we will do NA-154 on July 20 and NA-081 on July 22". Operations will be mobile or portable with 100 watts on 20 and 40 metres. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX www.islandchaser.com] VE - Mike, K9AJ and Bruce, KD6WW wil be active as K9AJ/VY0 and KD6WW/VY0 from NA-195 on 19-23 July and from NA-156 on 23-26 July. QSL via home calls. [TNX KD6WW] VE - Fred/VE1FA, Helen/VA1YL, Bill/VE2MR, Lynn/VE2ENT, Al/VO1NO, Shelley/VE1NOS, Rich/VE1CHP, Reg/VE2AYU and Howard/VE1DHD will be active (on 80-6 metres, SSB and CW) as VC2W from Ile du Cap aux Meules (NA-038) from 26 July to 1 August, IOTA Contest included. QSL via VE1RGB. [TNX VA3RJ] W - Alec, W2JU is active as W2JU/1 from Martha's Vineyard (NA-046) until 2 September. He operates mainly CW and will participate in the IOTA Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] W - The M.D.X.A. and A.R.G.Y.L. Clubs sponsors the 2006 USS Silversides submarine special event (mdxa1.org//silversidesspecial.html), in honour of all who served in WWII submarine radio rooms. Look for special callsign N8S to be aired from 16 UTC on 16 July to 16 UTC on the 17th. QSL via qrz.com. [TNX VA3RJ] W - Kyle, W4KTF will be active as homecall/p from Bald Head Island (NA-112) from 28 July to 4 August, IOTA Contest included. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ] W - Mark, AA1AC reports he will be active as AA1AC/p from Aquidneck Island (NA-031), Rhode Island for the IOTA Contest. W - The Dominion DX Group (http://www.ddxg.net/) will participate in the IOTA Contest as K4VAC from Tangier Island (NA-083). Expect activity on either SSB and CW on 10-80 metres. QSL via K4VAC. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] W - Nelson, KI5JF and Carl, KA5GUD will operate as homecall/p from Matagorda Island (NA-092) during the IOTA Contest. Look for them on 20 amd 40 metres SSB and CW. QSL via home calls. [TNX VA3RJ] YU - Special event call 4O7WWYC will be aired until 31 August to celebrate the 7th anniversary of the World Wide Young Contesters (www.wwyc.net) and the 3rd WWYC meeting to be held on 9-14 August in Novi Sad, Serbia. QSL via YT7AW. Full details can be found at wwyc2006.atspace.com/ ______

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DXCC NEWS ---> YU6AO (Montenegro, operation beginning 4 July 2006) has been approved for DXCC credit. [TNX NC1L]

LAKSHADWEEPS 2007 ---> After the successful activity from the Andaman Islands, India's National Institute of Amateur Radio (www.niar.org) is now planning a DXpedition to take place from the Lakshadweep (Laccadives) Islands, VU7, on 15-25 January 2007. Further information is expected in due course from NIAR HQ.

NOT THE MANAGER ---> Goran, YZ1SG says he is receiving bureau cards for 4K4K and 4K60K, but he is not and has never been the QSL manager for those stations.

QSL 3V8SM ---> Thanks to DL1DBF's help and support, Daniele, IK0REH operated CW only from 3V8SM (Djerba Island, AF-083) between 18 June and 2 July. The QSL route for this activity is via the Tunisian QSL bureau. On-line log and a few pictures can be found at www.aricdc.it/3v8sm. [TNX IK0REH]

QSL IF9FI ---> Rino, IT9FXY reports that all of the direct requests received so far have been processed and mailed. Future direct requests without sufficient return postage will be replied to via the bureau. Please see 425 DX News #788 for the new Italian postal rates (effective 1 June 2006).

QSL VIA EA1APV ---> Marcos, EA1APV says he is processing and mailing out the direct requests received for his activities in Central America (TG7M, TG7I, TG7E, TG9E, HR5/EA1APV, HR9/EA1APV and V31SF). Pictures and information at http://www.ureoviedo.com/ea1apv [TNX EA1APV]

QSL VIA IZ8CLM ---> Sal, IZ8CLM reports that all of the direct requests received so far for HZ1SK and S79RS have been processed and mailed.

SINGAPORE ---> S65X (not S56X as reported in 425DXN 792) was active during the IARU HF World Championship, but it did not represent the local national society (SARTS), whose HQ station was 9V9HQ. [TNX The Daily DX]

WRTC ---> The following are the final results for the World Radiosport Team Championship 2006 as officially announced on 12 July (please see http://www.wrtc2006.com/release57.html for the details): Place Call Operators Score ------1 PT5M VE3EJ - VE7ZO 2.439.380 2 PW5C N6MJ - N2NL 2.317.456 3 PT5Y K1DG - N2NT 2.098.060 4 PW5X UT4UZ - UT5UGR 2.024.496 5 PT5D IK2QEI - IK2JUB 1.987.080 6 PT5P DL6FBL - DL2CC 1.978.320 7 PT5N 9A8A - 9A5K 1.962.177 8 PW5Q N0AX - KL9A 1.958.928 9 PT5R RW3QC - RW3GU 1.945.174 10 PT5Q W2SC - K5ZD 1.944.320 11 PT5L YT6A - YT6T 1.937.647 12 PT5K KH6ND - N6AA 1.907.788 13 PT5W LY2TA - LY2CY 1.871.793 14 PW5W RA3AUU - RV1AW 1.845.432 15 PT5B OH2UA - OH4JFN 1.804.495 16 PW5B SP7GIQ - SP2FAX 1.769.625 17 PT5I YL2KL - YL1ZF 1.747.392 18 PW5U XE1KK - XE1NTT 1.698.200 19 PT5X PY2NY - PY2EMC 1.683.825 20 PW5K ES5TV - ES2RR 1.659.948 21 PT5E K1LZ - LZ2HM 1.504.464 22 PW5Y K4BAI - KU8E 1.492.416 23 PT5U K5TR - KM3T 1.489.911 24 PW5V RW4WR - UA9CDV 1.457.868 25 PW5Z YO9GZU - YO3JR 1.441.440 26 PW5I ZS4TX - N2IC 1.431.848 27 PW5O S50A - S59AA 1.404.920 28 PW5G IZ3EYZ - 9A1UN 1.362.812 29 PW5L LZ4AX - LZ3FN 1.359.579 30 PW5D K1ZM - K1KI 1.349.969 31 PT5J N6BV - AG9A 1.333.789 32 PW5F F6BEE - W2GD 1.308.496 33 PT5V 9A6XX - DJ1YFK 1.295.728 34 PT5G N9RV - K3LR 1.212.120 35 PW5A LU1FAM - LU5DX 1.168.500 36 PW5M PY2NDX - UU4JMG 1.147.722 37 PT5C OH1JT - OH2IW 1.136.600 38 PT5A 5B4WN - 5B4AFM 1.128.519 39 PW5P OZ1AA - SM0W 1.098.880 40 PT5O HP1WW - N5ZO 1.095.276 41 PT5T PY2YU - PY1NX 1.055.240 42 PT5F RA3CO - RW3FO 960.690 43 PW5T UA9AM - RZ3AA 938.685 44 PW5J P43E - WA1S 878.712 45 PW5N JK2VOC - JA2BNN 842.289 46 PW5E BA4RF - BA7NQ 534.744 See also: "WRTC 2006 logs and UBN reports" http://www.wrtc2006.com/release58.html "Brief report on log checking" http://www.wrtc2006.com/release59.html "MN MS Results" http://www.wrtc2006.com/release60.html ______

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S01R: Toni, EA5RM, reports that the S01R web site (www.s01r.com) has been updated with the latest news about the QSL card, which was expected to be ready around 15 July. ------

QSLs received direct or through managers: 3G5Q (SA-070), 3V7A, 3V8DLH, 3Y0X (AN-004; AA MN-08), 5B4FL, 5R8GZ, 5W0DL, 5X1T, 5Z1A, 5Z4DZ, 6W/HA7TM, 7W4HI, 7X0RY, 8P9JS, 8R1K, 9H3LEO, A35BO, A41NN, BA4DW/5, BG1DRJ/4 (AS-160), BX2AK, BX4AN, C31IU, C56JFF, C56JHF, C5DXC, CE0Z, CM2IZ, CO0US, CP4BT, CU2A, D2DX, EL2PM, EM10KY, EY8CQ, FK8GN, HC2FG, HI8/DF8AN, HK3PLB, HP1/OA4WW, HQ9F, IS0/K7QB, IS0U, J49Z, J5UTM, J75EA, J75ET, JI2KVW, JV800BV, JW0HU, JY4NE, KH6ND/KH5, KN5G/FS (NA-105), KP2/OK1TN, MJ0DEU, OA4/DL5YWM, OA4WW, OC5I (SA-073), OH0B, OH0E, P29SS, P29ZAD, PJ7/WA6WXD, PJ7TM, PY0T/PY1OTO, PZ5RA, R1ANF (AN-010; AA UA-04), R1ANN (AN-016; AA UA-08), R1MVC, R1MVW, RU3HD/ANT (AN-016; AA UA-08), SU9FL, SU9HP, SU9ZZ, SV8CS (EU-052), SX7ML, T30CXX, TB0DX, TF8GX, TI5N, TI8CBT, TM2ANT, TM5ANT, TY4TW, TY5LEO, TY5MR, TY5WP, VP2MPF, VQ9LA, VU4AN/VU3JLW, VU4AN/VU3NZB, VU4AN/VU3RYE, VU4AN/VU3SIC, W7Y, XR9A, XV1X, XW1A, YV4DYJ, YW8D, ZB2FK, ZD7BG, ZF1A.

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425DXNews Home Page 22 July 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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9A - Look for Norbi, 9A/HA3FIN to operate on the HF bands from Pasman Island (EU-170, IOCA CI-085) on 25-31 July. He will participate in the IOTA Contest as 9A/HG3X. QSL for both calls via HA3FIN. [TNX HA0HW] 9A - Aniko, 9A/HA5TAA and Feri, 9A/HA5AZZ are on Murter Island (not IOTA, IOCA CI-074) until 30 July. They try to visit as many other Croatian islands as possible, operating SSB on 20 and 40 metres. QSL via the Hungarian bureau. [Tnx HA0HW] CE - Special callsign CE70RG (CE Seven Zero RG) will be aired on 80- 10 metres SSB and CW for one month starting on 22 July to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Radio Club Rancagua. QSL via IZ8CLM, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CLM] EA - EA7HY, EA7HW, EA7AVW, EC7AEJ, EC7ALT, EA4TD, EA4ATA, EC4DX and possibily others will operate as ED7SPI from Sancti Petri Island (EU-143, DIE S-002) on 28-30 July, IOTA Contest included. They plan to have three stations active on 10-80 metres SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL via EC7AEJ. [TNX EA4TD] EI - Dave, EI3IO will operate as EJ3IO from the Aran Islands (EU- 006) from 27 July to 1 August. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] EI - David, GI8SKN/EI3GKB will operate holiday style as EJ3GKB/P on the HF bands and 6 metres SSB from Inisheer (EU-006) on 27-31 July. He says he will be active "before and after IOTA Contest times". ES - ES1AN, ES1LS, ES1QV, ES1LSR, ES2EZ, ES2DJ and ES2NJ will operate as ES2U from Rammu Island (EU-149) from 27 July to 1 August, IOTA Contest included. [TNX NG3K] F - Special event call TM0FIL will be aired on all bands and modes from 24 July to 6 August for the 36th Festival Inter-celtique de Lorient (http://www.festival-interceltique.com/). QSL via F6KPQ. [TNX F8REF] G - Dom, M1KTA plans to operate as M1KTA/p from St. Agnes Island (EU-011) between 28 July and 4 August, IOTA Contest included. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ] G - Special event station GB2CS will be active from the Cheshire International Scout Jamboree ("Chamboree 2006", www.chamboree.org.uk) from 29 July to 5 August. Activity will be on most HF bands. QSL via the bureau or direct to G1GYJ. [TNX G7BQY] GM - Rick, G4BYB is active as GM3PPG/P from South Uist (EU-010) until 13 August. He will participate in the IOTA Contest on all bands SSB. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] GW - The Barry Amateur Radio Society will operate as GB5FI from Flatholm Island (EU-124) starting on 27 July. They will participate in the IOTA Contest as GW8K. QSLs via GW0ANA. [TNX GW0ANA] HL - Kang, DS4DRE will be active as DS4DRE/4 from Hong Island (AS- 093) from now until the end of the year. He plans to operate on 10- 80 metres SSB and CW. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DS4DRE] HL - The Hanyang University Wave Reserach Club (HL0C) will be active as HL0C/2 from Tokchok Island (AS-090) on 22-26 July. They plan to operate on 40, 20 and 15 metres mainly CW, with some SSB. QSL via HL0C. [TNX HL1UVH] HL - HL2UOK, HL2AEJ, HL2IFR, HL2ADO and HL2IYI will operate as D7C from Daecheong (AS-122) on 28-30 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via HL2IFR. [TNX NG3K] I - Fabio, IZ7FLQ will operate as IG9/IZ7FLQ/p from Lampedusa Island (AF-019, IIA AG-001) from 28 July to 4 August, IOTA Contest included. Side trips to Lampione (AG-002), Linosa (AG-003) and Isola dei Conigli (AG-004) are possible. [TNX IZ7FLQ] IS0 - After operating from Aglio (IIA OT-054, pictures at http://www.mdxc.org/aglio/) and Carpa (IIA OT-032), Roberto, IS0JMA and ARI Olbia's "IM0 On The Air" team are planning further activities as IM0/IS0JMA and/or IM0/IM0GNF from other islands in the EU-041 IOTA group (Maddalena Archipelago). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IS0JMA] KL - Hubert, K6HFA plans to operate on 40 and 20 metres SSB and CW as K7A from Neragon Island in the Wade-Hampton County group (NA-241/pr) on 21-25 July. Look for him on +/- 7023, 7223, 14023 and 14255 kHz. QSL route TBA. [TNX W3UR] LA - Thorsten, DB7TF will operate SSB only on 10-10 metres as LA/DB7TF from Store Island (EU-055) on 26-30 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] OZ - Rene, DL2JRM will operate as OZ/DL2JRM/p from Lolland Island (EU-029, SJ-015 for the Danish Islands Award) on 28-31 July. He plans to be active on 160m-70cm CW and SSB. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] SM - Mike, SM2OAN is now active as 7S2S from Seskaro Island (EU-139). He expects to remain there through July, and to return during the weekends in August, September and October. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. On-line logs are available at http://www.7s2s.com [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] SV - Marcel, PA9M and George, SV8GXC will be active as SV8/PA9M/p from Chios Island (EU-049) between 29 July and 10 August, IOTA Contest included. QSL via PA9M. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] UA - Alexey, RA1QY plans to operate as either RA1QY/1 and UE1RLH/1 from several Russian islands in the EU-153 IOTA group on 21-30 July. Expect activity on 20 and possibily on 40 and 30 metres from the following islands: Pulonets, Purluda, Baklan, Bol'shoy Kaynets and Nyapa. QSL via RA1QY (Alexey M. Morozov, P.O. Box 24, Cherepovets, 162611, Russia). [TNX RA1QY] UR - Slava/US7IGF, Roman/UR7IJQ, Alexandr/UR7IKV and Roman/UY7IQ will be active from Raygorods'kyi Island (SD-17 for the Ukrainian Islands Award) on 23 July. They plan to operate on 40-17 and 6 metres SSB and CW. QSL via home calls. [TNX US7IGF] UR - UR5FAV, UT0FT, UT2UZ, UT3FW, UT7UT, UX0FF and UX2HO will participate in the IOTA Contest as EM5F from Ankudinov Island (EU-182). QSL via UX0FF, direct or bureau. [TNX UX0FF] VE - Bryan, K2BW will operate on 10-80 metres as K2BW/VE1 from Cape Breton Island (NA-010) on 21-26 July. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ] VE John, VE7JOH and Rick, VE7ADN will be active on 80, 40 and 20 metres from the Malcolm Island ARC (VE7MIV) on Malcolm Island (NA-091) on 29-30 July. [TNX rsgbiota.org] W - Kenneth, AK1Q will be active from Louds Island (NA-137) on 28- 30 July. He will operate on 10-40 metres SSB and CW (20 wpm or less). QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] W - N1DX, W0NO, K0BJ and K1TWF will be active from Deer Isle (NA- 055) from 24 July to 1 August, including an entry in the IOTA Contest as N1DX. QSL via home calls. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] W - Steve, W3RFA will be active in the IOTA Contest from South Marsh Island (NA-140). He will operate SSB only with 20 watts max; he will be accessing the island by canoe and will only have what he can pack in the canoe on a single trip. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.com] YB - YB5QZ and YB5NOF will be active as YE5R from Rupat Island (OC- 245) on 28-30 July, IOTA Contest included. [TNX GM3VLB] YB - Adhi, YC3MM reports he will participate in the IOTA Contest as YC3MM/9 from Bali Island (OC-022). He will operate on 15 metres only (CW/SSB), with 100 watts and a 3-element yagi. QSL via IZ8CCW, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW] YU6 - 4O3T (QSL via YT6A) is the callsign to be used by the large multi-national team of operators who will attend the International DX Festival Montenegro 2006 between 20 July and 13 August. The list of operators includes 9A6AA, A61M, DJ7EO, DJ9ZB, DL3DXX, DL6LAU, DL8OBQ, DL5NAM, DL7AJA, DF3TJ, G3TXF, I0SNY, I8NHJ, IK8HBA, I1JQJ, IK1ADH, IK1PMR, K1ZZ, KA1ZD, K2LEO, K2WR, N6OX, W6OSP, WW5L, LZ1JY, LZ1UQ, LZ2UU, OH2BH, OH2RF, OH2TA, ON4IA, ON4ATW, ON5TN, PA0R, PB2T, S50R, SM0W, SP5XVY, T95A, UA3AB, UA4HBW, UA4HOX, YU1AA, YU3YQ, YT3T, YT6A, YT6T, YT6Y and Z35G plus several others. The first QSO under the 4O3T programme was made by 19-year old Nikola, YZ6AMD at 10.20 UTC on 20 July; totally some seven 4O3T stations are expected to hit the airwaves over this weekend. Announced operating frequencies are: 1826.5, 3522, 7022, 10106, 14022, 18072, 21022, 24892 and 28022 kHz (CW); 3795, 7055, 14190, 18145, 21290, 24945 and 28490 kHz (SSB); 7035, 10135, 14085, 18105, 21085 and 28085 kHz (RTTY); 50106 kHz CW/SSB. Further information and on-line logs at http://www.yu6scg.cg.yu/international-dx-festival-montenegro-2006/ YU6 - Another large team of operators (YU6AO, YT1AD, YU1AU, YU1NR, YU7NU, YU7KW, 4N1JA, YT7AW, RA3AUU, RW3QC, RK3AD (?), YU1DX, Z35A, Z32AU, S56A, IZ0BTV, YZ1EW, YU6ST, YZ6DCT and possibily others) will be active as YU6AO on all bands and modes with four stations from Podgorica, Montenegro until 15 August. Suggested frequencies are: 1830, 3530, 7010, 10115, 14015, 18080, 21015, 24900, 28010, 50102 and 144050 kHz (CW); 1850, 3790, 7080, 14250, 18130, 21250, 24930, 28450, 50130 and 144310 kHz (SSB); 3585, 7040, 10130, 14085, 18110, 21085, 24910, 28085 kHz (digital modes) 14232 kHz (SSTV). YU6AO has already been approved for DXCC credit (beginning 4 July and afterwards, 425DXN 793). QSL to YU6AO, direct or bureau. [TNX YT1AD] YU6 - Emir, 9A6AA will attend the International DX Festival in Montenegro (20 July-13 August) and will try to get a licence for activity from Sv. Nikola (EU-163). If he suceeds, and depending on free time, he plans to operate for a few hours on 40 and 20 metres SSB. [TNX 9A6AA]

NORTHERN EUROPE TOUR ---> Gianpi, IK1TTD will be touring Norway and Sweden between 25 July and 7 August. He plans to operate from various locations using 100 watss and vertical monobanders. QSL via home call. [TNX IK1TTD] ______

======*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** ======Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

>>> 425 TOOLBAR <<<

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2006 DXCC HONOR ROLL LISTING ---> Due to a problem with the DXCC software a few callsigns were not shown in the DXCC Honor Roll list that was published in August 2006 QST. Although there were some errors in this computer-generated list, the on-line Honor Roll listing produced from the same database is correct. If you were on the Honor Roll between April 1, 2005 and March 31, 2006 and your callsign did not show in the QST list, contact DXCC Branch Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, at (860)594-0234 or [email protected]. They will publish a correction in October 2006 QST. [TNX NC1L]

QSL EM5F ---> Nick, UX0FF reports that all of the contacts made by EM5F (EU-182) in 2005 have been confirmed direct or via the bureau. Those who still need a card can send their request to Nikolay Lavreka, P.O. Box 320, Izmail, 68609, Ukraine or (for bureau cards) to [email protected] ______

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P29VV: On-line log and a few pictures of Johan's (PA3EXX) recent IOTA activity from Garove Island (OC-181) can be found at http://home.quicknet.nl/mw/prive/willemsen/. QSL via home call, direct (Johan. Willemsen, Belmolendijk 12, 1693 DJ Wervershoof, The Netherlands) or bureau. QSL ROUTES: Paul, ON6DP (OP0P) maintains a QSL Manager DBase that now contains about 73,100 QSL routes. It can be downloaded at http://on6dp.be.tf [TNX ON6DP] WRTC 2006: A few photo galleries (more are expected) of the World Radiosport Team Championship recently held in Brazil are available at http://www.wrtc2006.com/site/images/album.asp [TNX PY5EG] ______

======*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL INFO ******** ======Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

======CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER ======3X2YA pirate ED8URL EA8URL S9SS N4JR 4H1Q DU1EV EG5VPV EA5URV SF40A SM5DYC 4L0HQ K3PD EJ3GJB/p GI0PCU SJ9WL SM5DJZ 4N150AE YU7AE EJ3GKB/p GI8SKN SK60CG SM6JSM 4O3T YT6A EL2AR EL2BA SN10SH SP9KGC 4O5MOBA YZ1DO EY8MM K1BV ST2T S57DX 4W6AAB PA7FM FS5KA W3HNK (a) SU9AM W3BH 4Z5KJ W0MM FW8AA JA8UWT SV0XAO DJ5JH 5C8A EA5XX GB0YAA M1RAL SV5/M0DOV 4Z4DX 5F50KA EA7FTR GB5HQ G3TXF SV9/SV1EJD IZ8CCW 5X1GS WB2YQH GJ/ON4QJ ON5UR T70HQ T70A 5Z1A PA1AW HA3HV WB3ACH T80W JM1LJS 6W1EA EA4ATI HF40PSL SP5PSL T88DJ JO2JDJ 7Q7BJ G4AHK HF70ZBK SP2PTU T88OR JG3DOR 7S2AT SK2AT HG9R HA9RU T99D DJ2MX 7S2S SM2OAN HS0AC HS0ZFZ TI2VW EA7FTR 7S5A SM4DDS IC8S IK8WEJ TM7BV F6KVD 8S30JC SK7JC IZ3HER/p IK3GES TX1A LZ1JZ 8S6EM SM6YOU JT1T JT1CD TZ6PVI ON4LN (c) 9G5A/P UY5ZZ K9AJ/VY0 K9AJ TZ6PVI ON7ASL (d) 9G5UR UY5ZZ KD6WW/VY0 KD6WW UE0CBP RV0CD 9J2VB UA4WHX KP2A W3HNK UE1RDA/1 RW1QN 9K9HQ 9K2CQ KP4SQ W3HNK UE3LWP RA3LBA 9M2JKL JH3GCN LR4D LU4AA UE3NQ/P RA3NQ 9M4SAB 9M6TW LU2FLN EA5KB UE3OFF/1 RA3QSY 9M4SEB M5AAV NA8O/AH0 JK1FNL UE3QRP/6 RV3DPM 9M6/JA3DFM JA3DFM OD5PL HB9CRV UE4HBA RX4HJ 9M6/JA3EGZ JA3EGZ OH0PM OH2PM UE9AAA UA9AB A61C W4JS OP0HQ ON5ZO UR4MZA/P UX3MR A61R EA7FTR OX3PG WA0SMQ VE1/VE9GLF VE9GLF A71EM EA7FTR OY/G3ZAY/p G3ZAY VE1/VE9MY VE9MY A72OO6 EA7FTR OY/G7VJR/p G7VJR VE1OTA/P VE1VOX B1HQ BA4EG OY/M0BLF/p M0BLF VU3RYO DL2JRM B3HQ BA4EG OY/M0DEG M0DEG WH7S F6EXV B4HQ BA4EG OY/M0SCH/p M0SCH XX9A XX9BB B7HQ BA4EG OY/M0TJH/p M0TJH YB0AZ W7TSQ BD7KLO/7 BD7KLO P40HQ PB2T YE1O YC1RIV C91HQ K5LBU PJ7A W3HNK (b) YN1/EA3EXV EA3EXV CS25M CT1EHX PP5WRTC PP5VB YT150YT YT7YT CU5X EA3GHZ R60F UA2FEK YV70IARU YV5AJ CU6X EA3GHZ R60FW UA2DC YZ150Z YU1ACR CU7X EA3GHZ R60HRC UA6HR ZA/UT7DW DK6CW D2DX OH2BAD R6SE RW3WWW ZA1/I2AZ I8YGZ DA0FIFA DL9ZEA RA1QQ/1 RA1QQ ZL6A ZL1BHQ DQ35AGCW DL1AH RA1QY/1 RA1QY ZS0HQ ZS4BS DT0HF HL2FDW RA9LI/9 UA9LP ZW2FEN PY2QI EA5HQ EA4URE RZ4HZW/4 RX4HJ ZW3J PT2OP

(a) all contacts after March 2006 (c) direct (b) all contacts starting 2006 (d) bureau ______

======*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* ADDRESSES ******* ======Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

CT1EKF Antonio Jose Xar da Costa, Rua do Centro Vidreiro 917, Bustelo, 3720-626 Oliveira de Azemeis, Portugal EA3GHZ Juan Carlos Barcelo Torta, P.O. Box 51, 43540 Sant Carles Rapita, Spain HV5PUL Luca Della Giovampaola, Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano 4, 00120 Citta' del Vaticano IS0JMA Roberto Alaimo, P.O. Box 41 Centro, 07026 Olbia - OT, Italy LZ1JZ Tony Stefanov, P.O. Box 43, Harmanli, 6450 Bulgaria M5AAV Graham Ridgeway, 6 Pilgrim Street, Nelson, Lancs BB9 0JQ, England PA7FM Dennis Robbemond, Loggerhof 11, 3181 NS Rozenburg, The Netherlands RA1QQ Nick A. Smerdov, P.O. Box 24, Cherepovets 162611, Russia RA3QSY Igor Makeev, P.O. Box 2, Voronezh, 394010, Russia SM2OAN Mikael Styrefors, Skolvagen 18, SE-95040 Tore, Sweden VE1VOX Dana Rushton, P.O. Box 1862, Truro, NS B2N 6C7, Canada W3BH Jim Sorenson, 419 Aderhold Road, Saxonburg, PA 16056, USA W3HNK Joseph Arcure Jr, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352, USA YT6A Ranko Boca, Nikole Ljubibratica 78, 85340 Herceg Novi, Montenegro YT6T Djurica Maletin, Zgrada PKB, Zelenika 85346, Herceg Novi, Montenegro YU6AO Gojko Mitrovic, Crnojevica 4, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro

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425DXNews Home Page 29 July 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

======*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** ======Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

Your editors left on Tuesday, July 25, destination the International DX Festival in Montenegro. This week's bulletin is shorter than usual, as it had to be prepared in advance with the information available through 24 July. Many thanks to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA for distributing the bulletin on our behalf.

>>> KH8SI, SWAINS ISLAND: DXCC ENTITY #337 <<<

With the addition of Section II, Criteria Rule 1c) to the Political Entity criteria, certain former separation entities may now qualify as Political Entities. One such entity has been determined to be American Samoa. American Samoa is now a Political Entity for DXCC purposes. As a result of the reclassification of American Samoa, and upon the filing of a request and substantiating evidence, and with the concurrence of the DXAC and the Awards Committee, Swains Island has been added to the DXCC List. Swains Island, entity number 337, qualifies as the first separation entity from American Samoa, now a Political Entity. The distance between American Samoa and Swains Island has been determined to be in excess of 350 km as required by DXCC Rules Section II, Paragraph 2, Section b). QSOs made with Swains Island on or after 0001Z, July 22, 2006 will count for DXCC credit. For additional information please contact Bill Moore, NC1L ([email protected]).

The first operation from this new DXCC Entity will be conducted by Kan (JA1BK), Uti (KS6FO), Paul (F6EXV), John (K1ER), Tets (AH7C) and John (K8YSE) under the callsign KH8SI. The plan is to leave Pago-Pago on 25 or 27 July and to be on the air (SSB and CW on 17-160 metres) for 3-4 days. QSL via JA1BK.

3V - TS60HS is the special callsign to be aired on 28-30 July to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Hammam Sousse Scout Group. The activity will take place from Kuriat Island (AF-092), which was activated only once back in June 2002 (3V8KO). The operators will be Anis/3V8ST, Halim/3V8SS, Achraf/3V8SF an possibily others. QSL via IZ8CCW. Further information will be available at http://www.mdxc.org/ts60hs/ [TNX IZ8CCW] 3X - Dani, 6W/EA4ATI will be active as 3XY9B from Conakry, Guinea on 1-8 August. He plans to operate on all HF bands plus some activity on 6 metres. QSL direct to EA4ATI. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] 9A - Peter, HA9MDP and Tamas, HG9MET will be active as 9A/HA9MDP and 9A/HG9MET from IOTA group EU-170 on 3-13 August. They plan to visit and operate from the islands of Pasman (CI-085) and Ugljan (CI-134), plus some others depending on local conditions. Expect activity on 80-2 metres. QSL via bureau to their home calls. [TNX HA0HW] 9G - Scott, AC3A reports that he will be operating on 40-6 metres as 9G5SE from Accra, Ghana on 5-12 August. C9 - Reinhard, DL6DQW and Ken, G3OCA will operate on 10-80 metres (plus 6 metres, depending on propagation) SSB and CW as C94KF from Inhacamba Island in the Mozambique-Zambezia District (AF-103/pr), the last unactivated IOTA group in Mozambique, on 5-14 August. Propagation forecast have been prepared and particular attention will be paid to East and West coast USA. QSL via G3OCA, direct or bureu (Russian Federation stations may QSL via UA4SKW). There might be a one day operation from AF-098 using the call C93RF (QSL via DL6DQW). [TNX G3OCA] G - A group of operators from the Newbury & District ARS (namely 2E0KOP, G3ZGC, G4FON, G6FOP and M0DDT) will participate in the IOTA Contest as G7N from the Isle of Wight (EU-120). QSL via G5XV. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] GD - The MD4K Contest Group (G3NKC, G4BWP, G4MJS, G4XUM, M0BEW and M0RHI) will participate in the IOTA Contest from the Isle of Man (EU-116). QSL via G3NKC (direct). The on-line form for bureau cards is at http://www.md4k.com/qslinfo.htm [TNX NG3K] GM - The Orkney Amateur Radio Club (http://www.eu009.com) will operate SSB and CW as MM0MWW from Cantick Head Lighthouse (ARLHS SCO-038) on the Isle of Hoy (EU-009) on 18-20 August for the International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend. QSL via GM0IFM (direct only). [TNX MM0MSS] HR - Dale, K4EQ will be active as HR6/K4EQ from Roatan Island (NA-057) from 31 July to 4 August. This will be a QRP only operation, mostly CW with some digital modes. Most operating will be during his late evening and early morning hours. Depending on the band conditions, he plans to work 40, 30, 20, and 17 metres. QSL via home call, direct only. Further information at http://www.k4eq.com/hr6.html [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] I - Wave Master Team's member Giovanni, IK1WEG will operate on the HF bands as IF9/IK1WEG/P from Favignana Island (EU-054, IIA TP-011) on 3-19 August. [TNX IW1FGZ] I - ARI Ancona will operate special station IY6GM from Monte Cappuccini (WAIL MA-003, ARLHS ITA-104) between 5 and 20 August. The activity will celebrate the 102nd anniversary of the experiments carried out by Guglielmo Marconi from that place. QSL via QSL via I6GFX, direct or bureau. [TNX I6GFX] I - Special callsign II5RW will be aired on 6-14 August for the Roverway Italia 2006 (http://www.roverway.it/inglese.htm). QSL via I3GJJ, direct or bureau. [TNX IK0YQJ] I - Fabio, IW1DFU will be active as IA5/IW1DFU from Elba Island (EU-028, IIA LI-001) from 14 August to 1 September. He plans to operate mainly CW on 40, 30, 20 and 15 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IW1DFU] I - Simone/IZ0BTV, Giovanni/IW7DOL, Marco/IZ7DOK, Gianni/IZ7FLP, John/IK8LIU, Franco/IK8WEJ, Luigi/IW8EQS, Oreste/IZ8EDJ, Francesco/IZ8EQF, Mario/IZ8EZP and Salvatore/IZ8GGF will participate in the IOTA Contest as IC8S (QSL via IK8WEJ) from Dino Island (EU-144, IIA CS-002). After the contest, they will operate from Isola dei Serpenti (not IOTA, IIA CS-007). Pictures will be available at http://www.strangeradioteam.com [TNX Strange Radio Team] I - Flavio/I3JRF, Ampelio/IK3JBP, Andrea/IK3MZS, Andrea/IW3IGT and Jack/IZ3DBA will operate as II4GOR from Goro Lighthouse (WAIL ER-007, ARLHS ITA-073) for the International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend (19-20 August). They plan to be active on 10-80 metres, plus 6 and 2 metres during the field day. QSL via IK3MZS, direct or bureau. [TNX IK3MZS] IS0 - Emiliano/IS0BRQ, Gianni/IS0YUJ and possibily others will be active in the IOTA Contest from San Pietro Island (EU-165, IIA CI-009). [TNX IS0BRQ] OH - Mikko, OH1HJO will participate in the IOTA Contest as OH1HJO/P from Putsaari Island (EU-096). Expect activity on 80, 40, 15 and 10 metres (no 20 metres because of licence restrictions) SSB, with some CW upon request. QSL via OH1HJO, direct or bureau. The web page for the operation is at http://www.lailanet.fi/mikko.kareniemi/index.php [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] OJ0 - The QLF DX-Team (Bjorn/LA5UKA, Andy/LA8AJA, Olav/LB8IB, Morten/LA9DFA and Trond/LA9VDA) will operate as OJ0LA from Market Reef (EU-053) on 8-14 September. Expect activity on 10-160 metres SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via LA9VDA, direct (Trond Johannessen, Helgedalen 13, N-1528 Moss, Norway) or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to [email protected]). The web page for the expedition is at http://www.la8aja.com/expeditions/oj0la_2006/ [TNX LA9VDA] ON - Special call ON6BDC will be aired on 5-8 August to commemorate the mining disaster of 8 August 1956 at Bois du Cazier in Marcinelle, when 262 men (including 136 Italians and 95 Belgians) died in a coal mine fire. Activity will take place on 20 and 40 metres SSB, from 7 to 12 UTC. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. Further information on this activity, as well as on the relevant certificate can be found at www.on4con.be [TNX ON4LFP] OZ - Michael, DL3FCG will operate CW and SSB as OZ/DL3FCG from Romo Island (EU-125) on 5-19 August. QSL via home call. Logs will be uploaded to LOTW. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] SM - Eric, SM1TDE will participate in the IOTA Contest as SA1A from Gotland Island (EU-020). His will be a SOAB Low Power CW entry. QSL via SM1TDE, bureau preferred. [TNX SM1TDE] SV - Darren, G0TSM will operate CW and SSB as SV8/G0TSM/p from Zakynthos (EU-052) from 25 July to 1 August, IOTA Contest included. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. Logs will be uploaded to LOTW. [TNX G0TSM] SV - Geza, HA4XG and Gabi, HA1YA will operate as either SV8/HA4XG & SV8/HA1YA and J48XG & J48YA from Thassos Island (EU-174) on 5-19 August. [TNX F5NQL] UA - UA1ANE, UA1ATI, RA1ANP, RN1AW and RX1AW have changed their destination and are no longer going to Seskar Island [425DXN 793]. Their 26 July-1 August activity will take place from Vikhrevoy Island (RRA 01-15, not listed in the IOTA Directory) and Povorotny Lighthouse. QSL via home calls. [TNX RN1AW] VE - Barry, VE1TRI will operate SSB from Big Tancook Island (NA-081) on 28-30 July, IOTA Contest included. QSL via bureau to home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] VE - Gordon, VE3RGG will operate from Cabot Head Lighthouse (ARLHS CAN-067) on 1-6 August. Look for him in the late afternoon and early evening hours on 40 and 20 metres using low power. QSL direct to home call. [TNX VE3NQK] VE - Heinz, VA7AQ will operate as VA7AQ/VA9 from the islands of Lameque and Miscou (both count for NA-068) on 2-6 August. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] VE - The Niagara Peninsula ARC will operate special event station VE3WCD on 5-6 August during the Canal Days festival at Port Colborne, Ontario. QSL via VE3JDF. [TNX VA3RJ] VP5 - Kelly, N0VD and Alan, WB9JTK will be active in their spare time as VP5/homecall from Providenciales (NA-002), Caicos Islands on 1-6 August. VP5/N0VD will make a special effort on the low bands with attention given to the EU sunrise and JA sunset. Both operators will be concentrating on CW with some operation in the US general bands. QSL to home calls. [TNX N0VD] VP9 - Frank, K3TRM will operate as VP9/K3TRM from Bermuda on 3-8 August. Activity will be on 160-6 metres SSB, RTTY, and CW. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. Additional information will be available at http://www.k3trm.com/ [TNX NG3K] W - Sherman, W4ATL will operate from Sunset Beach (NA-112) from 30 July to 4 August. He plans to be active late in the IOTA Contest on 40 and 20 metres CW, while he will be 40-12 metres mainly CW for the rest of his stay. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] W - The Old Barney ARC will be operating as N2OB from "Old Barney", the Barnegat Lighthouse (USA-039) on Long Beach Island (NA-111, USI NJ-001S) on 5 August from about 13 UTC until 22 UTC (rain date 6 August). Most operation is planned for 20 and 40 metres SSB. QSL via N2OB. [TNX N2OO] W - Steve, W3HF will be active as W3HF/4 from Bogue Banks (NA-112) on 6-12 August. Operation will be QRP on 40-15 metres; primary mode will be PSK, with some SSB (stations who want SSB operation please contact him before the trip at [email protected]). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ] YB - The Bekasi DX Club (namely Joz/YD1JZ, Terry/YC1KAF, Arif/YB1BAD, Ras/YE1BI, Yon/YB1CCF, Hery/YB1KAR) will participate in the IOTA Contest as YE1ZAT from Java (OC-021). [TNX YB1BAD] YO - YO3JW, YO8RIJ, YO9GJX, YO9WF and YO9XC will operate as YP1W from Sacalinu Mare (EU-183) from 26 July to 6 August, IOTA Contest included. QSL via YO3JW. They also plan to go and operate as homecall/p from a couple of lighthouses in that area (Sfintu Gheorghe, ARLHS ROM-007 and Sulina, ARLHS ROM-008). [TNX YO3JW] YV - A group of operators from the 4M5DX Group (namely YV1CTE, YV1FM, YV5ANT, YV5KAJ, YV5MSG, YV5OHW, YV5SSB, YV5TX, YV5WW/OH0XX, YY1ALE, YY1JGT, YY1RDX, YY4MP, YY5HBO and YY5RED) along with the support of the Mediterraneo DX Club will be active on all bands and modes as YX5IOTA from La Tortuga (SA-044) on 24-30 September. QSL via IT9DAA. Further information can be found at http://yx5iota.4m5dx.org/ [TNX IT9DAA]

CARIBBEAN VACATION ---> Kan, AB2RF/JJ2RCJ will operate as FG/JJ2RCJ from Guadeloupe (NA-102) on 3-7 August and as V47/AB2RF from Nevis (NA-104) on 8-12 August. He plans to focus on RTTY, CW and 30/40 metres. QSL direct to AB2RF (no IRCs please). Logs will be uploaded to LOTW. [TNX NG3K]

EA9 & EUROPEAN TOUR ---> Slavo, SP2JMB will operate on 160, 80, 40, 30, 20, 15 and 10 metres CW and SSB between 2 and 25 August while visiting Gibraltar, Ceuta & Melilla, Spain, Monaco and Liechtenstien. QSL for these activities via SP2PI. [TNX SP2PI] ______

<<< RSGB IOTA CONTEST (29-30 JULY>>>

The following stations have announced their participation in this year's event (from 12 UTC on 29 July through 12 UTC on the 30th). Information arrived later than 24 July has not been included, as your editors left home on the 25th. For lastest additions please give a look to http://www.rsgbiota.org/, to the IOTW Calendar maintained by John, WD8MGQ (http://www.islandchaser.com/iotw/calendar2/) and to the announced operation lists maintained by Ric, DL2VFR (http://www.iota-post.de/iotatest/hauptteil_iotatest.html) and Bill, NG3K (http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/iota2006.html).

Other groups will be activated during the weekend, but advance information did not mention if the operators participate in the contest. Full details on the contest can be found at http://www.contesting.co.uk/hfcc/iota.shtml

SWLs please note that the IOTA SWL Contest, discontinued in 2005, has been picked up by the Mediterraneo DX Club (SWL Section), in cooperation with the RSGB HF Contests Committee, and it will be held in parallel with the IOTA Contest. Please visit http://www.mdxc.org/swl for full information (software included).

Good luck to you all!

Ref.No. Call/Ops QSL Ref.No. Call/Ops QSL ------AF-004 EA8/DJ2CK/P DJ2CK EU-127 DF0TX AF-019 IG9/IZ7FLQ/p IZ7FLQ EU-128 DJ7YT/p DJ7YT AS-081 HL5BMX/p HL5BMX EU-129 DR6IOTA DM5DX AS-105 D80HQ/2 HL1OYF EU-132 SP4JWR/1 SP4JWR AS-115 TA3J/0 TA3YJ EU-132 SQ4GXE/1 SQ4GXE AS-117 JA4GXS/4 JA4GXS EU-143 ED7SPI EC7AEJ AS-122 D7C HL2IFR EU-144 IC8S IK8WEJ AS-129 BD7KLO/7 BD7KLO EU-146 PB2T/p ON6NL EU-001 SX5P SV5FRD EU-146 PE1OPM/P NL-12339 EU-002 OH0Z W0MM EU-149 ES2U EU-003 CU2CR CU2CR EU-165 I0PNM/IM0 I0PNM EU-006 EJ/G3LZQ G3LZQ EU-165 IS0BRQ/IM0 EU-006 EJ3GKB/p GI8SKN EU-165 IS0YUJ/IM0 EU-008 GM2Z MM0DFV EU-170 9A/HG3X HA3FIN EU-008 GM4A MM0DFV EU-171 OZ7BQ/p OZ7BQ/p EU-010 GM3PPG/P G3PPG EU-172 OZ/DL4FO DL4FO EU-010 GM7V M0CMK EU-174 J48IM HA0IM EU-010 MM/OP0J ON4ADN EU-174 J48JJ HA7JJS EU-011 M1KTA/p M1KTA EU-174 J48NAR HA0NAR EU-011 M8C G4DFI EU-174 J48NL HA6NL EU-013 GJ2A K2WR or GJ3DVC EU-174 J48PL HA7PL EU-014 TK/IW0HK IW0HK EU-174 J48PS HA6PS EU-016 9A7B 9A4W EU-179 UX2IQ/P UX2IQ EU-020 SA1A SM1TDE EU-182 EM5F UX0FF EU-031 IC8WIC IC8WIC EU-183 YP1W YO3JW EU-034 ES0/DK2ZF DK2ZF NA-002 VP5/K4ZGB K4ZGB EU-038 PC6IOTA PG7V NA-029 VE3ZZ/VY2 VE3ZZ EU-040 CT6B CS1GDX NA-031 AA1AC/p AA1AC EU-042 DC1HPS/P DC1HPS NA-032 FP/K9OT K9OT EU-043 SM6/SP4AAZ/p SP4AAZ NA-032 FP/KB9LIE KB9LIE EU-049 SV8/PA9M/p PA9M NA-038 VC2W VE1RGB EU-052 SV8/G0TSM/p G0TSM NA-038 VE7SAR/VE2 EU-052 SV8/IK2XYG IK2XYG NA-046 K1VSJ K1VSJ EU-054 IF9ZWA IF9ZWA NA-046 W2JU/1 W2JU EU-055 LA/DB7TF DB7TF NA-055 N1DX N1DX EU-057 DL/PC2T PC2T NA-067 N4YDU/4 N4YDU EU-064 TM7C F4AJQ NA-067 WB8YJF/4 WB8YJF EU-068 F/ON4ON/p ON4ON NA-081 VE1TRI VE1TRI EU-077 ED1CA EA1CA NA-083 K4VAC K4VAC EU-088 OZ/DL2VFR DL2VFR NA-092 KA5GUD/p KA5GUD EU-088 OZ8MW/P OZ8MW NA-092 KI5JF/p KI5JF EU-089 CU8T CT1GFK NA-112 W4ATL W4ATL EU-092 MM0Q MM0BQI NA-112 W4KTF/p W4KTF EU-096 OH1HJO/P OH1HJO NA-113 C6APR K3IXD EU-116 MD4K G3NKC NA-137 KO1U KO1U EU-120 G7N G5XV NA-140 W3RFA W3RFA EU-121 EJ2MT EI6HB NA-144 N6VR/P N6AWD EU-122 GN0ADX/P GM0ADX NA-144 KI6VC/p KI6VC EU-123 GM0B GM0EGI NA-198 VO1MX VO1MX EU-123 MM0OVL/P MM0OVL OC-021 YE1ZAT EU-123 MM3M G4FAL OC-022 YC3MM/9 IZ8CCW EU-124 GW5X M3ZYZ OC-097 5W0XX (?) JF3MYU EU-124 GW8K GW0ANA OC-245 YE5R YB5NOF EU-125 OZ0ACA ON4ACA SA-070 CE5S HA1AG EU-127 DA0T

TNX to AA1AC, CT1END, DL2VFR, DS3FYW, EA4ST, EA4TD, F5NQL, GW0ANA, HA0HW, I0PNM, IK2XYG, IZ8CCW, JI6KVR, K3IXD, M0OXO, MM0BQI, MM0DFV, NG3K, ON4ON, ON5FP, OPDX Bulletin, SM1TDE, Strange Radio Team, TA3J, The Daily DX, UT3IB, UX0FF, VA3RJ, VA7AQ, VE3ZZ, WB8YJF, www.islandchaser.com, www.rsgbiota.org, YB1TC, ZL1CT and others. ------

QSLs received direct or through managers: 3V8DLH, 3W9HRN, 3Y0X, 4K9W, 4T4V, 5H3AA, 5R8GA, 5R8GZ, 5U7B, 6W7/F8PDR, 6W8CK, 8R1WD, 9H3MR, A22/JA4ATV, A71EM, BA5TT/5, BD7KLO, BG1DRJ/4, CE0Z, CN2WW, EH8BPX, EM10KY, FM5JC, FR1GZ, FY1FL, GM0DHZ/p (EU-123), HB9BQR, HF0POL (AN-010), HQ9F, IS0GQX, JD1BLK, JW/DJ3KR, KG4OX, KH6ND/KH5, KL7DX, OK7GU, OY9JD, OZ7C, P29BW, PY0S/PS7JN, PY1OTO/PY0T, S79GRE, ST2X, SV2ASP/A, SV5/DJ7RJ, T32TF, T33MR, T98T, TC2T, TM6VER, TO0O (NA-107), TP20CE, TU2XZ, TY5LEO, TY5MR, UA0FAI (AS-018), UN7LZ, V47KP, V51LK, V8BDS, VP2V/G6AY, VQ9LA, VU4AN/VU3JLW, VU4AN/VU3RSB, VU4AN/VU3RYX, VU4AN/VU3SIC, WH0D/KH2, XF1K (NA-124), YI9LZ, YK1BA, YU6DZ, YZ6AMD, ZA/WF5T, ZA1UT, ZB2EO, ZD9BV, ZK1NOU, ZP6CW. *****************************************************************************

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3D2_r - The 5-21 August 3D2BD operation from Rotuma and Suva (Fiji) [425DXN 783] has been cancelled because of transportation problems (details at http://3d2bd.free.fr for). [TNX F5NQL] 4L - Eugene, UX3MR reports he will operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 10- 80 metres as 4L/UX3MR from Georgia on 10-31 August. He will also try to activate a lighthouse (GEO-004). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. 9H - Francesco, IK0FVC reports he will operate holiday style as 9H3FV from Malta on 1-11 August. CT - Luis/CT1EEQ, Arlindo/CT1EGW and Carlos/CT1END will be active on 90-10 metres SSB from Culatra Island (EU-145) on 12-13 August. QSL via home calls. Further information will be available at http://ahrap.no.sapo.pt [TNX CT1END] CX - The Centro Radioaficionados de Rocha (CX1TA) will participate in the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (19-20 August) from the Lighthouse at Cabo Santa Maria (ARLHS URU-004). Look for CV8T to be aired on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 and 2 metres SSB, CW, AM, FM and BPSK31. QSL via CX1TA (P.O. Box 29, 27000 Rocha, Uruguay). [TNX CX2TG] DL - Volker, DL1WH will participate in the International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend from the lightship "Amrumbank", DF0MF (FED- 012). He plans to operate CW and SSB on 17-20 August. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau, SWL reports should be sent to DL1WH. [TNX DL1WH] DL - Peter, DL2RPS will participate in the International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend from Lightship "Fehmarnbelt", DL0FFF (FED- 141). QSL via DL2RPS, direct or bureau. [TNX DL1WH] F - Special station TM5VIN (VIN for "wine") will be active on 5-6 August for the Open Cellars Day. Expect activity on 40 and 80 metres SSB and CW. QSL via F9KH. [TNX F8REF] GM - Alex, GM0DHZ and Andre, GM3VLB are active from Skye and other EU- 008 islands (Soay, Wiay, Flodigarry, S. Rona) until 8 August. [TNX GM3VLB] I - ARI Frascati will activate special call IY0ORP on 11-12 August to commemorate the microwave test carried out by Guglielmo Marconi in 1932 between Capo Figari (Sardinia) and Rocca di Papa (Rome). QSL via I0DJV, direct or bureau. [TNX IK0ZCW] I - Marco, IZ6ASI reports he will be active as IZ6ASI/p from Senigallia Lighthouse (WAIL MA-004, ARLHS ITA-181) on 19-20 August for the International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend. QSL via bureau. I - Look for IU1L to be aired again from La Lanterna (ARLHS ITA- 177, WAIL LI-005) during the International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend on 19-20 August. QSL via bureau or direct to ARI Genova, P.O. Box 1117, 16121 Genova - GE, Italy. [TNX IZ1BZS] I - A number of special callsigns will be aired from Italy and other countries on 2-10 August to celebrate the third anniversary of the Strange Radio Team (QSL routes in the QSL Information section below): ED8SRT, EF8SRT, IO0SRT, IO1SRT, IO2SRT, IO3SRT, IO5SRT, IO6SRT, IO7SRT, IO8SRT, IR0SRT (Sardinia), IR3SRT, IU8SRT, L30BST, V55SRT, YI0SRT. [TNX Strange Radio Team] ON - Members of UBA sections DST, KSD and RCO will operate as ON4OSLN from Nieuwpoort Lighthouse (ARLHS BEL-004) on 19-20 August for the International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend. Activity will be on 80-2 metres SSB, CW and and PSK31. QSL via ON5RKN, direct or bureau. The web pages for the operation are at http://users.skynet.be/ON4OSLN/ [TNX ON5RKN] OZ - Jens, DL8WOW will be active as OZ/DL8WOW from Bornholm Island (EU-030, BO-001 for the Danish Islands Award) on 7-17 August. Activity will be on 40-10 metres, mainly QRP CW with 5 watts. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ] SP - Look for Peter, SP5PB/2 to operate CW and SSB on the HF bands from Stilo Lighthouse (ARLHS POL-017) on 17-20 August. This operation commemorates the 100th anniversary of this lighthouse and a certificate will be available (details at http://www.qsl.net/sp5pb/STILO.htm). [TNX SP5DDJ] SV - Enrico, IZ5CML reports he will operate SSB on 10-40 metres as SV8/IZ5CML from Antiparos Island (EU-067) on 6-20 August. QSL to home call via bureau. SV - SV2AYT, SV2AOB, SV2BET, SV0EG and SV2CNB will operate on 80-2 metres mainly SSB as SX8AYT from a few islands in the EU-049 IOTA group between 12 and 27 August. On the islands of Lemnos and Agios Efstratios they will be joyned by local operators SV8CRL and SV8BUZ respectively. QSL SX8AYT via SV2AYT. The web site for the operation is at http://www.sx8ayt.com/ [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] TF - Sergio, IZ6BRN will operate SSB and possibily RTTY as TF6/IZ6BRN from Egilssadir, Iceland (EU-021) on 8-12 August. QSL via IZ8CLM, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CLM] TK - Fabrizio, IK5WOB says he is active as TK/IK5WOB from Algajola, Corsica (EU-014) until 5 August. He operates CW only on 40, 30 and 20 metres. TK - Stefano, IK5PWQ reports he will be active holiday style as TK/IK5PWQ from Corsica (EU-014) on 7-19 August. He will operate CW and SSB on the HF bands, and will also be active on 20 metres as TK/IK5PWQ/P from the Sanguinaires Islands (EU-104). QSL via home call UA - Look for UE3YAR/p to be aired on 11-13 August to celebrate the Russian Air Force Day for the AFARU (Armed Forces Amateur Radio Union) activity programme. QSL direct to RV3YR. [TNX RV3YR] UA_ssh - Oleg, R1ANF is currently active as R1ANF/p from Priroda Refuge on King George Island, South Shetlands (AN-010). He should remain there for another couple of weeks. QSL via RK1PWA. [TNX I1HYW] VE - Dave, VA2DV will operate holiday style as VA2DV/P from the Mingan Islands (NA-176) on 7-11 August. He is likely to operate on 20 and 17 metres, with some activity on 80 metres at night. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ] VP8 - Don, VP8ON reports that hopefully VP8LGT will be aired again from Cape Pembroke Lighthouse (ARLHS FAL-001), Falkland Islands (SA- 002) on 19-20 August for the International Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend. QSL via VP8ON (Donald Betts, P.O. Box 809, Stanley, Falkland Islands, FIQQ-1ZZ, South Atlantic). VQ9 - Jim Clary, ND9M (VQ9JC/KG4JC) is returning to Diego Garcia (AF- 006) for another four-month tour. Last winter he made nearly 15,000 QSOs (84% CW, 11% SSB, 5% digital) despite lousy band conditions, and Jim is hoping for another productive time on the island. QSL via ND9M, direct or bureau (direct requests will be forwarded to him every 2- 3 weeks, and it takes about two weeks for first-class mail to reach him). IRC users please note that requests received after the IRCs have expired at the end of this year will be answered via the bureau. [TNX ND9M] VU - Special event station VU13IARU will be active until 11 August for the 13th IARU Region 3 Conference to be held in Bangalore on 7- 11 August. The person in charge of the station is Mr. A.R. Prathap Kumar, VU2POP ([email protected]). [TNX F5NQL] XX9 - Hide, JM1LJS (XX9TJS) will be active from Macau (not IOTA) on 11- 15 August. He plans to operate on 30, 17, 12 and 6 metres SSB and CW, plus satellite. QSL direct only to home call. Further information and logs can be found at http://radio-dream.com/macau/ YB - Special station YE1SH will be active on 4-6 August to celebrate the 61st anniversary of the Indonesian Declaration of Indipendence. Operations will take place on 2-160 metres SSB, CW, and RTTY/PSK31 from the Soekarno Hatta International Airport (named after the first President and the first Vice-president of Indonesia). QSL via YC1TY. [TNX YB1TC] YB - Hotang, YC0IEM will operate as YC0IEM/7 from Borneo (OC-088) on 7- 24 August. QSL via IZ8CCW, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW] YI - Ryszard, SP8HKT/YI9KT is returning to Iraq and will be in Diwaniyah until January 2007. He plans to operate with 100 watts on 10- 40 metres (also on 80 and 160 metres, if he can install a suitable antenna) in his spare time (8-10 UTC, 13-14.30 UTC, 17-20 UTC and 2-3.30 UTC for low band operation with North America). QSL direct only to home call. [TNX SP8HKT] YU6 - Toma, YU1AB and Emin, T91S are active as YU6/homecall from Montenegro until 10 August. [TNX YU1AB] YU6 - Wayne/K8LEE, Janet/W8CAA, John/KP2A, Jim/W9VNE and Joe/W8GEX will be active as 4O6DX from Montenegro on 14-21 August. They will operate CW, SSB and PSK on 160-6 metres from the contest location of Ranko, YT6A on Obosnik Hill. QSL via K8LEE. [TNX N4AAA] ______

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KH8SI ---> The KH8SI team departed Pago Pago, American Samoa at 12.30 local time (23.30 UTC) on 27 July and became active from Swains Island in the early UTC hours of the 29th. The team experienced a few problems on Swains and had to turn the generator off at times, because the island residents complained that the noise prevented them from sleeping. The team expected to QRT in the UTC evening of 2 August. QSL via JA1BK.

NA-195 & NA-156 ---> Bruce, KD6WW and Mike, K9AJ made a total of 10,185 QSOs from both locations, with approximately 70% of this total from Young Island, Hopewell Islands (NA-195) and 30% from Fairway Island (NA-156). From NA-195 they used KD6WW/VY0 on CW and K9AJ/VY0 on SSB, while from NA-156 they used K9AJ/VY0 on CW and KD6WW/VY0 on SSB. QSL via home calls. [TNX K9AJ]

NA-246/PR ---> On 30 July XE2WWW/XF2 and XE2K/XF2 operated for a few hours from Larga Island in the Tamaulipas State group, NA-246/Pr (IOTA NEW). This was a reconnaissance trip in view of an operation to take place early next year. QSL via N6AWD.

NLLW 2006 ---> The National Lighthouse-Lightship Weekend QSO Party 2006 will take place from 1 UTC on 5 August through 23.59 UTC on the 6th. Detailed information can be found on the Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society's web site at http://arlhs.com/NLLW-2006-guidelines.html

POSTAL RATES (CROATIA) ---> Tom, 9A2AA reports that postal rates have gone up in Croatia (a 15% increase). The postage for a standard letter (up to 20 grams) to European destinations is 7.00 Kuna (HRK), to the US is 8.00 HRK, to Japan 8.2 HRK. Currently 1 USD = 6.6 HRK, 1 EUR = 7,3 HRK.

QSL 3B8FQ ---> Effective 1 July, the QSL route for 3B8FQ is direct to home call (Rachid Cadersa, 55 Rue de la Faye, Belle Rose, Quatre Bornes, Mauritius Island) or via K5XK (no longer via RW6HS).

QSL SV9/IK5PWQ ---> Stefano reports that the QSL cards for SV9/IK5PWQ (EU-015) and SV9/IK5PWQ/P (EU-187) are being printed right now. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau in September. On-line logs are available at http://www.qsl.net/ik5pwq/logs/logs.html

QSL VQ9LA ---> Direct requests should be addressed to Larry Arneson, DG-21 Anx 30, PSC 466 Box 24, FPO AP 96595-0024, USA. Neither N0QM nor WD0HSP (actually Larry's current and former stateside callsigns) are his QSL manager: "some people still send to N0QM", he says, "My parents hold on to the envelopes and send them to me about every 6 months or when I go home on vacation. If you send to N0QM there will be a big delay for getting the cards direct". VQ9LA logs will be uploaded to LOTW once Larry leaves Diego Garcia. [TNX K1XN]

QSL VIA ON4LAC ---> Jose, ON4LAC reports that the QSL cards for his March-May activities from Mauritius (3B8/ON4LAC) and Rodrigues (3B9/ON4LAC) will arrive from the printer in late August. Please be patient and do not send second requests.

WRTC ---> All of the WRTC logs will be uploaded to LOtW. The QSL manager for paper cards for all of the WRTC stations is PP5VB (direct or bureau). Island chasers please note that 15 stations (PT5G, PT5I, PT5J, PT5O, PT5T, PT5V, PT5W, PW5C, PW5D, PW5E, PW5G, PW5J, PW5T and PW5U, plus PP5WRTC) were located on SA-026, four stations (PT5P, PT5Q, PT5X and PW5N) operated from SA-027 and the others were on the mainland. [TNX PT7WA]

+ SILENT KEY + Retired space shuttle astronaut and DXer Dr Charles E. "Chuck" Brady Jr, N4BQW passed away on 23 July following a lengthy illness. He was 54. Following his career as an active astronaut in the 1990s (he was also among the pioneers of SAREX, Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment), he went on to take part in several DXpeditions to rare American Pacific DXCC Entities and to Bouvet Island (3Y0C). The Daily DX reports that those who still need a QSL card can send their direct requests to KB6NAN, who is working with KA4IST to get all the logs. Obituaries can be found at http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/brady.html and http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/07/27/1/

+ SILENT KEY + Donald R. Newcomb, W0DN passed away on 27 July at 71 years of age. In the late 1970s he founded the Butternut Company, manufacturer of a series of highly regarded antennas, and he held several patents in antenna design.

+ SILENT KEY + Raul Roji, CX7BY, one of the best known DXers and contestmen in Uruguay, passed away on 25 July at 84 years of age. [TNX LU6EF] ______

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CT6B: On-line logs and pictures of the recent operation from Bugio Island (EU-040) can be found at http://ahrap.no.sapo.pt LOGS: On-line logs for C91CF, C91HQ, C91TL, C91JR, C91EE, and C91TK can be found at http://www.tdxs.net/C9.html [TNX W9DX] TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now available at http://www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. Please send your scores, as well as any request for further information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW ([email protected]) YU6AO: The YU6AO team now has a web page at http://www.yu6ao.info/ (log search at http://www.yu6ao.info/log.html). ZA/IK7JWX: A few pictures of IK7JWX's recent activity from Albania can be found at http://www.webalice.it/ik7jwx ______

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======CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER ======3D2WW JA8UWT GB2CS G1GYJ OP0P ON6DP 3W2TXR JA2TXR GB4CI M3ZYZ OT4A ON4AEK 3XY9B EA4ATI GB4SSE G0OOO OX3LX OZ1PIF 4N150RR 4N1RR GB5FI GW0ANA OX3YY OZ7YY 4N500CC 4N7CC GJ2A GJ3DVC (a) OZ/DL2VFR DL2VFR 4O3T YT6A GJ2A K2WR (c) OZ/OP1A ON6UQ 4O7WWYC YT7AW GM0B GM0EGI OZ/OP4A ON6LY 4W6AAB PA7FM GM2T GM4UYZ OZ0ACA ON4ACA 5W0DP KT8X GM2Z MM0DFV OZ8MW/P OZ8MW 5W0JB KT8X GM3VLB/P GM3VLB P3B RX3RC 5W0KI JF3MYU GM4A MM0DFV PC6IOTA PG7V 5W0TR KT8X GM7V M0CMK R0Y RX3RC 5W0TT JF3MYU GN0ADX/P GM0ADX R1ANF/P RK1PWA 5X1GS WB2YQH GW5X M3ZYZ R375I RK9CYA 5Z4DZ PA1AW GW8K GW0ANA RI0MO/P UA0LCZ 5Z4JX N6JW HF62PW SP5KCR RI1AA RX3FS 6Y1V OH3RB HI3/KB2MS KB2MS RK3DXZ/1 RX3FS 7S7S/6 DK8KW HK4QMH EA5KB SA1A SM1TDE 9A/HA9MDP HA9MDP HL0C/2 HL0C SJ0X SM6JSM 9A/HG3X HA3FIN HR9/K4EQ K4EQ SP1/DL3BUE DL3BUE 9A/HG9MET HG9MET IG9/IZ7FLQ IZ7FLQ ST0RM T93Y 9A7B 9A4W IM0/I0PNM I0PNM ST2T S57DX 9G1UW DL8UP IO0SRT IZ0BTV SV5/SM8C SM0CMH 9M6XRO M5AAV IO1SRT IZ1GJK SV8/G0TSM/p G0TSM A43MI A47RS IO2SRT I2JJR SV8/HA6NL HA6NL A61Q EA7FTR IO3SRT IV3ZXQ SV8/HA6PS HA6PS B7P/7 BG7KUB IO5SRT IZ5BTC SV8/HA7JJS HA7JJS BP09NJ BX4AN IO6SRT IZ6FZS SV8/IK2XYG IK2XYG BV0O BV2KI IO7SRT IZ7FLT SX5P SV5FRD C6APR K3IXD IO8SRT IK8WEJ T88PL JK1OPL C91H ZS6JR IQ3UD/P IV3DSH TA3J/0 TA3YJ CE70RG IZ8CLM IQ8CS/P IZ8IYL TK/F5MCC F3GJ CS7T CT1ILT IR0SRT IS0LFZ TM0FIL F6KPQ CT6B CS1GDX IR3SRT IN3JJI TM7C F6KOP CU8F CT1GFK IU8SRT IZ8GGF TM9ES F5GTW CU8T CT1GFK J48IM HA0IM UE0ARD/0 RX0AT D2DX OH2BAD J48JJ HA7JJS UE0YAB/P RA0WA D7C HL2IFR J48NAR HA0NAR UE0YAC/P RA0WA D80HQ/2 HL1OYF J48NL HA6NL UE0YAD/P RA0WA DR60SBG DG1EA J48PL HA7PL UE3DGA RK3FWC DR6IOTA DM5DX J48PS HA6PS UE3XXX RA3XA DU9/DK2PR DK2PR JW7VK LA7VK UX2IQ/P UX2IQ E21EIC/p E21EIC (a) KC2NMZ/C6A KC2NMZ V47/DL2AAZ DL2AAZ E21EIC/p JR5XPG (b) KH8/K8YSE K8YSE V51VV UA4WHX E21YDP/p E21YDP KH8SI JA1BK V55SRT IZ8EDJ ED1CA EA1CA L30BST IZ8EDJ V7/N4XP N4XP ED1CI EA1BP LA/DB7TF DB7TF VC2W VE1RGB ED6URB EA6ZX M7M G0CKP VE3ZZ/VY2 VE3ZZ ED7SPI EC7AEJ M8C G4DFI VK8AV UA9XC ED8SRT IZ8EDJ MD4K G3NKC VP5/K4ZGB K4ZGB EE5KB EA5KB MJ0AWR K2WR VP5/N0VD N0VD EF8SRT IZ8EDJ MM/OP0J ON4ADN VP5/WB9JTK WB9JTK EJ2MT EI6HB MM/OS1A ON4ADN VP9/K3TRM K3TRM EK8SK SP9ERV MM0Q MM0BQI WH8/WH7S F6EXV EM5F UX0FF MM3M G4FAL YE5R YB5NOF FG/JJ2RCJ AB2RF MS0DGR MM0DFV YI0SRT IZ8EDJ FO/KM9D OM2SA N6VR/P N6AWD YP1W YO3JW FP/K9OT K9OT NP3D/W2 W3HNK YU150AU YU7AU FP/KB9LIE KB9LIE OH0Z W0MM Z22JE K3PD G3RCV/P G4DFI OH1/DG5XJ DG5XJ ZL40AGY ZL2AGY G7N G5XV OL8ORBIS SP6ZPZ ZP8VAO EA7JX

(a) Others (b) Japan (c) USA ______

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8R1AK Esmond Jones, P.O. Box 10868, Georgetown, Guyana 9K2YM Yaser Malallah, P.O. Box 17521, 72456 Khaldiya, Kuwait AB2RF Kan Yokota, 11 Hyatt Ave, Harrison, NY 10528, USA C5DXC Noz Bryan, P.O. Box 2769, Serrekunda, The Gambia G3NKC David Sharred, Chestnut House, 510 Crewe Rd., Wistaston, Crewe CW2 6PS, UK GM4UYZ Bob Glasgow, 7 Castle Terrace, Port Seton, East Lothian, EH32 0EE, Scotland IF9ZWA Michele Rotolo, Via Cavasino, 91010 Marettimo - TP, Italy JA1BK Kan Mizoguchi, 5-3 Sakiragaoka 4 Chome, Tama City, Tokyo 206-0013, Japan JA4GXS Kenji Sasaki, 2-15 Ishikannon-cyo, Yamaguchi-City, 753-0038 Japan K4EQ Dale Holloway, 2860 McGowan Blvd., Marion, IA 52302, USA M0CMK Linda Taylor, 56 Fenland Village, Osborne Road, Wisbech, Cambs. PE13 3JR, UK M5AAV Graham Ridgeway, 6 Pilgrim Street, Nelson, Lancs BB9 0JQ, England, UK NL-12339 Jeroen Reijerkerk, P.O. Box 42, 4724 ZG Wouw, The Netherlands PG7V JanJaap Vosselman, Zandhuisweg 76, 8077 TB Hulshorst, The Netherlands UX0FF Nikolay Lavreka, P.O. Box 320, Izmail, 68609, Ukraine VO1MX Dan Goodwin, 30 Bowater Drive, Site 4 Box 15, Appleton, NL A0G 2K0, Canada YB5NOF John E. Daluas, P.O. Box 1094, Pekambaru 28010, Indonesia YT6A Ranko Boca, Nikole Ljubibratica 78, 85340 Herceg Novi, Montenegro YU6AO Gojko Mitrovic, Crnojevica 4, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro YU6DZ Miodrag-Rajko Radulovic, Bjelisi 75, 85000 Bar, Montenegro

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4L - 4L9MR is the callsign that Eugene, UX3MR will be using during his 10-31 August activities from Georgia [425DXN 796]. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX UX3MR] CE - Hector, CE3FZL and Ricardo, CE3HDI will operate on all bands as CE2P (SSB) and CE2F (CW) respectively from the lighthouse at Punta Panul (ARLHS CHI-073) during the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend on 19-20 August. QSL CE2P via EA5KB, QSL CE2F via CE3HDI. [TNX EA5OL] CT3 - Richard, PA0RRS will be active as CT3/PA0RRS from Madeira (AF- 014) on 17-31 August. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX PA0RRS] DL - A group of about ten operators will be active as DF0WFB from Hallig Oland Island (EU-042) on 17-20 August. QSL to DF0WFB, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] DL - DH3WO, DJ2HD, DL7JAN, DG0UFA and DJ2BQ will operate CW and SSB on 80-10 metres as DA2006LH from Staberhuk Lighthouse (ARLHS FED- 226) on Fehmarn Island (EU-128) for the ILLW. QSL via bureau or direct to DG0UFA. [TNX DL7JAN] DL - Helmut, DL7VOX reports he will operate CW on 160-10 metres as DL7VOX/p from Usedom Island (EU-129, O-013 for the German Islands Award) on 3-15 September. EX - The Amateur Radio Union of Kyrgyzstan reports that memorial station EX15ID will be active from 25 August to 5 September to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the indipendence of the Kyrgyz Republic. QSL via EX8AB. [TNX EX8AB] F - Weather and tide permitting, Bernard/F9IE and Frank/F4AJQ will go and operate SSB and CW (for a few hours only, starting around 6.30 UTC) as F6KOP/p from Pilier Island (EU-064, DIFM AT-030) and lighthouse on 12 August. QSL via F6AML. [TNX F5NQL] F - Franck, F8ADY reports he will be active as F8ADY/p from Re Island (EU-032, DIFM AT-022) from 26 August to 1 September. He also plans to operate from a few DPLF (Diplome des Phares du Littoral Francais, http://www.wlota.com/dplf/dplf.htm) lighthouses (Les Baleines, St. Martin de Re, La Flotte and maybe others). Franck is also active in the French Mills (Diplome des Moulins de France, http://f5pez.free.fr/index2.htm) and Castles (Diplome des Forts et Chateaux de France, http://f6fna.club.fr/dfcfa2.html) award programmes. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. F - Special event call TM8CDX will be aired on 2-16 September for the 28th Clipperton DX Club (http://www.cdxc.org/) Convention, which will be held at at Arcachon on 16-17 September. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau; direct requests should be sent to F5CQ. [TNX F5NQL] FH - Sam Serge, F6AML will be active as TX6A from Mayotte (AF-027) on 5-17 October. He plans to operate CW and SSB on 80-10 metres (suggested frequencies: 3514, 7014, 10115, 14014, 18071, 21014, 24892 and 28014 kHz; 3785, 7057, 14266, 18140, 21266, 24966 and 28444 kHz) and to pay special attention to North America and Japan. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F6AML] FP - Look for Billy, FP/VE1AAO (QSL direct to home call) and Duane, FP/WV2B (QSL direct via KA3QLF) will be active with 100 watts and simple verticals from the island of St. Pierre (NA-032) on 10- 13 August. They will operate CW and SSB on various bands, but their activity is most likely to concentrate on 20, 30 and 40 metres. G - The Chippenham & District Amateur Radio Club (http://g3vre.org.uk/) will operate as GB2LI from Lundy Island (EU-120) off the coast of Devon on 16-21 September. They will operate SSB, CW and FM on 80, 40, 30, 20, 15 and 2 metres (the generator will be off from 23 to 7 local time). QSL via bureau. [TNX G3YBT] GD - The Worked All Britain Awards Group will be holding a joint event with the Isle of Man ARS and the British Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society on 19-26 August. Please visit www.worked-all- britain.co.uk for further information on this "Activity Week" as well as on the relevant awards. [TNX K1XN] GM - Tony, G0GFL and Nicky, M5YLO will be active as GB2SLH from the Sumburgh Lighthouse (ARLHS SCO-232) on Shetland Island (EU-012) on 12-26 August. QSL via G0GFL, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ] GW - The Barry Amateur Radio Society will operate as GB5FI from the lighthouse on Flatholm Island (EU-124) on 18-20 August. QSL via GW0ANA. [TNX GW0ANA] GW - The Grantham ARC (http://www.garc.org.uk) will operate on 10- 80 metres all modes as GC0GRC/p and GC7GRC/p (from the lighthouse) from Skokholm Island (EU-124) on 26-29 August. They plan to have 10- 12 operators involved in this activity. All contacts will be confirmed automatically via the bureau, the QSL manager for direct cards is G0RCI. [TNX G0RCI] HA - Special event station HG8SDS (http://www.qsl.net/hg8sds) will be activated again on 14-20 August by Veszto Radio Club from Veszto-Magor during the "Sarret Days". QSL via HA8PH. [TNX HA8IC] HP - The Panama Canal Amateur Radio Association will operate as HO1L from the Miraflores Lighthouse (ARLHS PAN-030) on 19-20 August during the ILLW. QSL via HP1IBF. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] I - Nicola/I0SNY, Erica/IZ0EIK, Giuseppe/IW7EBE and Francesco/IZDTC will be active on 80m-6m from La Chiaca Island (IIA FG-011; WWL JN81BW) on 13-14 August. [TNX I0SNY] I - Sea conditions permitting, Alessio/IZ0CKJ, Simon/IZ7ATN, Paolo/IZ0EVI, Luca/IZ6DSQ and Angelo/IZ0ENB will operate on 20 and 40 metres from La Botte (EU-045, IIA LT-003) on 13 August, between 10 and 18 UTC. Other operations from Palmarola (IIA LT-008) and other satellite IB0 islands (LT-006, LT-009, LT-029, LT-026) are possibile between 14 and 24 August. QSL via IZ0CKJ, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ0CKJ] I - Stefano, IZ5FDE will be active as IA5/IZ5FDE from Elba Island (EU-028, IIA LI-001) on 13-25 August. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ] I - A group of operators from ARI Piombino will be active on 80m-23cm as IP5P from Palmaiola Island (EU-028, IIA LI-007) and lighthouse (WAIL TO-005, ARLHS ITA-109) on 18-20 August. QSL via IQ5BA, direct or bureau. Pictures and further information will be available at www.iq5ba.it [TNX IZ5FSA] I - ARI San Benedetto del Tronto will participate in the ILLW as IQ6SB/LGH from the local lighthouse (WAIL MA 001, ARLHS ITA- 154). QSL via bureau. [TNX I6HWD] I - IK8SHL, IZ8GUQ, IK8XSY, IZ2FEB, IW8CGX, IZ8EWD and possibily others will operate as IQ8PZ from Santo Ianni (EU-144, IIA PZ-001) on 19- 20 August. [TNX IZ8ESK] I - Max, IZ5BTC will operate BSK31 and RTTY as IA5/IZ5BTC/p from Elba Island (EU-028, IIA LI-001) from 29 August to 9 September. QSL to home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ5BTC] J7 - Karl, N1DL (J79DL) and George, W4LFK (J79MD) will be operating all modes from Dominica (NA-101) on 21-27 September. They will participate in the CQ WW DX RTTY Contest as J7R. QSL via N1DL. [TNX N1DL] JA - Look for JJ5BQN/5 to be active on 20 and 40 metres from Yo Island (AS-076, JIIA AS-076-005) on 19-20 August. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] KL - K6HFA and K6HTM, who have been active as K7A from Fox Island (NA-197) for a few days, should be active from the town of North Pole, mainland Alaska starting around 12 August. Information on further activities, as well as the QSL route, will be posted at http://www.qrz.com/k7a LA - Bernd/DH1ND, Bernd/DJ8LG, Gerd/DG1XG, Ralf/DK4DV, Juergen/DJ5HD, Manfred/DL6HBX, Wolfgang/DJ5ZWS, Jan-Ole/DB8JO, Jorn/DG5XJ and Helmut/DL8RM will operate on all bands and modes as LA/homecall from Fedje Island (EU-055) on 17-22 August. They will participate in the ILLW (19-20 August) from Hellisoy Fyr (ARLHS NOR-022, WLOTA- 0496). QSL via home calls. Further information at http://www.qslnet.de/member/dg1xg/fedje.html [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] LA - The Norwegian Expedition Club (http://www.la1nec.no/) will operate as LA1NEC from Jomfruland (EU-061) on 18-20 August for the ILLW. Plans are to operate from both the lighthouses on the island. QSL via bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] LU - The Bahia Blanca DX Group (http://www.grupodxbb.com.ar) will participate in the ILLW from five different lighthouses. From Rincon (ARLHS ARG-036) the special callsign LR3DX will be used; from Recalada (ARG-009), Baliza Chica (ARG-083) and Punta Tejada (reference number TBA) the operators will be signing homecall/D; from Hipasam (ARG-040) they will use homecall/V QSL for all via bureau or direct to LU7DSY (Carlos Almiron, P.O. Box 709, 8000 Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina). The Bahia Blanca DX Group sponsors the "Province of Buenos Aires Lighthouses Award". [TNX LU9ESD] OH - Vincenzo, IZ0FKE reports he will operate as OH1AA (QSL via IZ0EHO) from Parainen-Pargas (EU-096) on 9-11 August and as OH0/IZ0FKE (QSL via IZ0FMA) from Odkarby, Aland Islands (EU-002) on 12-23 August. Further information at http://www.iz0fke.com ON - Members of UBA Section OSA (ON4OSA, www.osa.uba.be) will operate as ON9BD from the lighthsip "Westhinder III" berthed at Bonapartedok, Antwerp on 19-22 August for the ILLW and the Tall Ships Races 2006. [TNX ON4QE] SP - Look for SN2NP to be aired from the historic lighthouse at Gdansk Nowy Port (ARLHS POL-033) on 18-20 August. QSL via SP2BIK. [TNX SP2BIK] UA - A team of Russians will be signing RK0LXD/p from Putyatina Island (AS-066) on 17-21 August. They plan to operate CW and SSB on 10- 80 metres. QSL via UA0LQJ (Russian stations) or IK2DUW (rest of the world). [TNX UA0LQJ] VE - Kevin, WD0AAV will be active as WD0AVV/VYO from Iqaluit (Baffin Island, NA-047), Nunavut on 14-18 August. Activity will be on 40- 10 metres mainly CW. QSL via home call. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin] VE - Guy, VE2QRA plans to operate on 80-6 metres mostly SSB as VE2QRA/p from Anticosti Island (NA-077) on 12-18 August. QSL via home call (direct). [TNX VA3RJ] W - The Hiawatha Amateur Radio Association will be active as K8G on 19-20 August for the ILLW. The operation will be from Granite Island (not IOTA, USI MI-080L) and lighthouse (ARLHS USA-333). QSL via K8PT. Further information can be found at www.qsl.net/k8lod/graniteisland.html [TNX VA3RJ] XV - Hiro, JA1DHY (XV3DHY) and Oshima, JA1EKK (XV3EKK) will be active from Vietnam from 31 August to 6 September. Look for XV3DHY on 6, 15, 17, 20, 30 and 80 metres CW and SSB, while XV3EKK will operate on 6, 15 and 20 metres SSB and SSTV. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JA3AFJ] YU6 - Ace, DJ0LZ will be in Montenegro on 14-25 August and has plans to operate on the HF bands and 6 metres SSB. He is waiting for the licence (YT6/DJ0LZ or 4O3LZ). [TNX N3CZ] ZA - Emilio, IK0OKY has been back to Albania since 9 August, and will remain there until mid-September. He operates as ZA/IK0OKY mostly on 6 and 2 metres. QSL via IW0BET, direct or bureau. [TNX IK0OKY] ZS - Matt, ZS1MJJ and Derrick, ZS1DUP will operate again as ZS1RBI from Robben Island (AF-064) and lighthouse on 20-21 August. [TNX F5NQL] ______

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425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (July 2006) is now available at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/. Articles and pictures should be sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA ([email protected]).

9G5UR & 9G5A/P ---> Vlad, UY5ZZ reports he made 10,370 QSOs during his 4-14 July activities from Ghana. He operated as 9G5UR from the mainland and participated in the IARU HF World Championship (1750 QSOs); on 12 July he logged 970 QSOs as 9G5A/p from Nunu (Abokwa) Island (AF-084). The cards have been printed. QSL via home call, direct (Vladimir F Latyshenko, P.O. Box 4850, Zaporozhye, 69118, Ukraine) or bureau.

DXCC NEWS ---> KH8SI (Swains Island) has been approved for DXCC credit. Also approved are K1ER/KH8, KS6FO,KH8, WH7S/KH8, K8YSE/KH8, AH7C/KH8 and KH6BK/KH8, from 28 July through 2 August 2006. [TNX NC1L]

ILLW ---> This year the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend, dedicated to the memory of its founder and organiser, the late Mike Dalrymple (GM4SUC), will take place from from 00.01 UTC on 19 August until 23.59 UTC on the 20th. Full information on this popular event can be found at http://illw.net/index.html. Announced operations are listed at http://illw.net/2006_list.htm

KH8SI ---> A brief travel report and a few pictures of the KH8SI operation from Swains Island can be found at http://www.iijnet.or.jp/JA1BK/. Talking of KH8SI, it appears that a piece of information circulated last week and reported by the DX media (425DXN included) was a fake: "we are not stupid to run generators near island residents", Kan, JA1BK says. "Both CW and SSB station tents are located on beach and residents house are located in 300 meters away".

QSL G3XAQ/6Y5 ---> Phil, G3SWH has recently acquired the logs and a small number of cards for G3XAQ/6Y5's operations from Jamaica back in December 1992, November/December 1995, December 1996 and November/December 1999. The logs are on paper and they will not be uploaded to LoTW. As always, Phil's QSL policy is: direct preferred, bureau is OK or E-mail for a bureau card. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]

QSL VQ9LA ---> Larry Arneson, VQ9LA says that after 1 September 2006 he will no longer accept IRCs. Diego Garcia has no place to redeem them and his contact stateside no longer will buy his coupons. All QSL cards with IRCs for VQ9LA, VQ9X and VQ9IO received after 1 September will be placed in the outgoing QSL bureau. ------

QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8CF, 3D2KT, 3V7A, 3Y0X, 5B/G3SXW, 6W/F6ELE (AF-078), 8R1WD, 9A8A, 9G1AA, A22/JA4ATV, A41MX, BD4XA, BD5WW, C21DL, C91TL, CE0AA, CE0Z (SA-005), CE0ZY, CU2A, DS5USH, EA9IB, EK6TA, EL2AR, EX2A, FK8GJ, H40HL, HA5JI (6m), HP1WW, HQ9F, J5DOT, J79VQ, JT1Y, K3WI, KG4RN, KH6/KU0J, KH6ND/KH5, KL7/WF9A, KP4/K3TRM, MU0FAL, OC5I (SA-073), OH0B, OH0E, OH0ZZ, OY9JD, P29VV (OC-181), PS7JN/PY0S, PY0FF, PY0S/PS7JN, PY0S/PY7JC, PY1OTO/PY0T, R1ANC, R1ANN, R1MVW, S01R, S50K, S92RI, SV2ASP/A, T20FW, T80X, TA3DD, TG9AFX, TZ6DEL, TZ9A, UK8AJ, V26HS, V31BH, V44KAI, V44KJ, V8FMP, VP2M/KB4CRT, VP2MRT, VQ9JC, VU4AN/VU3JLW, VU4AN/VU3KIE, VU4AN/VU3OHA, VU4AN/VU3OHB, VU4AN/VU3RSB, VU4AN/VU3RWO, VU4AN/VU3RYN, VU4AN/VU3SIB, VU4AN/VU3SIC, XE1L, XR9A, XV2PS, XX9BB, YJ0ADX, YS1ECB, YT0A, YT6ML, YU6DZ, Z32XX, Z36W, ZC4CM, ZC4LI, ZD7FT, ZF0F, ZP4KFX. *****************************************************************************

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425DXNews Home Page 19 August 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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3X - Valery, RA3AJ reports that Serge, UA6JR (3XM6JR) and Alex, RW3AZ (3XD2Z) will be active again from Boke, Guinea starting on 29 August "for the few next years". They will operate on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY, plus PSK and SSTV (3XM6JR). Serge also plans to operate from IOTA groups AF-096 and AF-051 during his stay, while a special callsign (3XY3AZ) is supposed to be used in contest activities. QSL via UA6JR, direct or bureau. [TNX RA3AJ] DL - DF0HC will be QRV again in the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (ILLW) from Helios Tower (ARLHS FED-107) in Cologne. Activity will be with two stations mainly on 40/80m and 20/17m SSB and CW. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the DARC bureau; the QSL manager for direct requests is DJ5KP. Their web site is at http://www.mydarc.de/dn1kav/ [TNX DL6KAC] DL - Eddy/ON4AFU, Willy/ON4LBV, Michel/ON8RB, Jose/ON5SD, Fernand/ON6UF and Stefan/ON6YN will operate CW, SSB and RTTY as DL/ON6JUN/p from Usedom Island (EU-129, O-13 for the German Islands Award) on 21- 26 August. QSL via ON5SD. [TNX VA3RJ] EA8 - The Grupo DX Gran Canaria will participate in the ILLW as ED8GCF from the lighthouse Sardina del Norte. QSL via EA8AKN. [TNX EA4TD] ER - Special station ER15MD will be active on 18-27 August to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Moldova. QSL via ER1DA, direct or bureau. [TNX ER1DA] F - F1IKA, F1NSR, F4CJV, F4CWN, F5IVP and F5SDD will be active on 160- 10 metres CW and SSB as TM5F from Frioul Island (EU-095) on 25- 27 August. QSL via F1IKA. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] GJ - Russel, G5XW reports he will operate on the HF bands SSB as GJ5XW/P from Jersey (EU-013) from 26 August to 1 September. QSL direct to G5XW. I - Look for IK2PZG/7, I7PXV/p, IK7JWX/p, IW7DKS/p, IW7DOL/p, IW7EGK/p and IZ7FMQ/p to be active from Sant'Andrea Island (EU-091, IIA LE-001) and lighthouse (ARLHS ITA-084, WAIL PU-023) on 19-20 August. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX IK7JWX] I - IW7DOL, IZ7DOK, IW8EQS, IZ8EDJ, IZ8GGF and possibily others will be active as homecall/p from a few IIA islands in Lecce province on 19-21 August. QSL via home calls. [TNX Strange Radio Team] IS0 - IS0JMA, IM0GNF and IS0SEB plan to operate as IM0/IS0JMA (QSl via home call) from the Stramanari Islets (IIA OT-026), Maddalena Archipelago (EU-041) on 19 August. [TNX IS0JMA] LU - The Mistongo DX Group and Radio Club Tandil (http://www.lu2ee.org.ar) will take part in the ILLW from three different lighthouses: from Mar del Tuyu (ARLHS ARG-073) with the call LU2EE/D, from Querandi (ARG-007) as homecalls/D and from Mar Chiquita (ARLHS ARG-044) as homecalls/D. QSL for all via bureau or direct to LU2EE (P.O. Box 184, 7000 Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina). [TNX LU3DR] OZ - Jakob, OZ7AEI plans to operate as OZ7AEI/p on 20 and 40 metres SSB from a few Danish islands (Fur, Sejero, Sjaelland) and lighthouses between 19 and 27 August. Details can be found at http://hjem.get2net.dk/oz7aei/hovedmunu.htm#1 [TNX OZ7AEI] OZ - Thomas, DH8IAT (www.dh8iat.de) will operate as OZ/DH8IAT from Samso Island (EU-172, JY-008 for Danish Islands Award) on 19-25 August. Activity will be on 40-15 metres SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DH8IAT] OY - Tom, DL2RMC and Katrin, DO3MSH will be active as OY/DL2RMC and OY/DO3MSH from the Faroe Islands (EU-018) on 21-23 August. They plan to operate in their spare time on the HF bands CW, SSB and digital modes, with 400 watts and a vertical antenna. QSL via DL2RMC, preferably via the bureau. [TNX NG3K] SM - A number of lighthouse stations are expected to participate in the ILLW from IOTA group EU-043. They include 7S6LGT from Vinga, 7S6TL from Tistlarna, 8S6LGT from Maseskar and 8S6TYL from Tylo. The list of announced participating stations can be found at http://illw.net/2006_list.htm SV - Angelo, IZ7CTE reports he will be active on 80-10 metres SSB and possibly CW from Paxos, Kefallonia and possibily other EU- 052 islands between 19 and 27 August. SV - Nick, SV1VS plans to operate on 80-6 metres as SV1VS/SV3 from 20 August to 29 September, including some activity from EU-158. QSL via home call. [TNX SV1VS] SV - Ilario, IV3CGJ will operate CW on 40-10 metres as SV8/IV3CGJ/p from Kefallonia (EU-052) from 26 August to 3 September. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] TF - Tom, DL2RMC and Katrin, DO3MSH will be active as TF/DL2RMC and TF/DO3MSH from Iceland (EU-021) from 24 August to 6 September. They plan to operate in their spare time (but they will participate in the IARU Region 1 SSB Field Day) on the HF bands CW, SSB and digital modes, with 400 watts and a vertical antenna. QSL via DL2RMC, preferably via the bureau. [TNX NG3K] UA - Nick, RA1QQ and Alexey, RA1QY will be active from Zayachiy Island (RR 22-20) on 26-27 August. They plan to operate on 40-17 metres SSB and CW. QSL via home calls. [TNX RA1QY] UR - Garry, US0VA will be active as US0VA/p until 20 August from Lighthouse Sarych (UKR-015, ULA-022). He operates on 80-10 metres CW and SSB, plus 2m. QSL via home call. [TNX US0VA] UR - Special event station EN15EIU will be active on all HF bands on 24-28 August to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the independence of Ukraine. QSL via UT4EK, direct or bureau. [TNX UT4EK] W - Eagle Harbor Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-253) will be active on 19- 20 August during the ILLW using the special call K8E. On 21-26 August expect activity to take place also from other lighthouses in that area. QSL via N8MR, direct or bureau. Further informatin can be found at http://www.kc8nah.com/Interests/EagleHarbor/illw06.htm YU6 - Toma/YU1AB, Emin/DK4ES and Branko/YZ1DZ have been back to Montenegro since 15 August and will remain there until the 22nd. They operate CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK under two brand new Montenegrin callsigns, 4O3AB (QSL via YU1AB) and 4O3ES (QSL via DK4ES). [TNX YU1AB] YV - The YX5IOTA operation from La Tortuga (SA-044) [425DXN 795] has been rescheduled to take place from 26 September to 1 October. Full information can be found at http://yx5iota.4m5dx.org/ [TNX IT9DAA] ______

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DXCC ACCREDITATION CRITERIA CHANGE ---> The following restriction has been approved by the Programs and Services Committee, and added to the DXCC Accreditation Criteria, Section III: "The presentation in any public forum of logs or other representations of station operation showing details of station activity or other information from which all essential QSO elements (time, date, band, mode and callsign) for individual contacts can be derived creates a question as to the integrity of the claimed QSOs with that station during the period encompassed by the log. Presentation of such information in any public forum by the station operator, operators or associated parties is not allowed and may be considered sufficient reason to deny ARRL award credit for contacts with any station for which such presentations have been made. Persistent violation of this provision may result in disqualification from the DXCC program". [Further information: http://www.arrl.org/blog/DXCC%20Dialog]

IRC ---> IRC information received by Alan Roocroft, VK4AAR ([email protected]) from the Universal Postal Union can be found at http://www.ad1c.us/upu_rules_irc.htm

KH8SI ---> The KH8SI operation from Swains Island logged 16,390 QSOs (SSB 12615, CW 3750, RTTY 25) from 22.19 UTC on 28 July until 16 UTC on 2 August. The band and continent breakdowns are as follows: 160m 227 North America 8810 (8268 with US stations) 80m 266 Asia 5132 (4723 with Japanese stations) 40m 1595 Europe 1655 30m 2426 Oceania 603 20m 7096 South America 137 17m 3657 Africa 53 15m 800 12m 323 On-line logs can be found at http://vp6di.hp.infoseek.co.jp/scankh82.html.

NA-246/PR ---> A short story and a few pictures of the recent brief activity from Isla Larga (less that 450 QSOs in about 4 hours, as this was just a reconnaissance trip in view of a large scale operation) can be found at www.islandradio.org/xe2www.htm [TNX AB5EB]

QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Colin McGowan, MM0NDX is willing to offer his services to stations in need. He has "plenty of spare time" and can be contacted at [email protected]

QSL T96Q ---> Boris, T93Y is the new QSL manager (direct and bureau) for Ivek, T96Q. Direct cards should be sent to Boris Knezovic, P.O. Box 59, Sarajevo BA-71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with 1 IRC or 2 USD. Direct requests sent to T96Q will be forwarded to Boris every month or two. [TNX T93Y]

QSL VIA TA3YJ ---> The incoming/outgoing status of the direct/bureau QSL cards for the stations handled by Nilay, TA3YJ can be found at http://www.geocities.com/qslservice/ta3yj [TNX TA3YJ] ______

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4W6AAB: Michael went QRT on 12 August after nearly four weeks and almost 3000 QSOs on 40-10 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31. On line logs are available at www.pa7fm.nl and the QSL cards will be printed soon. [TNX PA7FM] WRTC 2006: General information and pictures for all of the WRTC stations can be found at http://www.radioamador.com/wrtc/sites [TNX PY5EG] ______

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======CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER ======3V8SM F5LIT EJ3HA/p EI3HA R60HRC UA6HR 3W9JR OK1JN EK3GM IK2QPR RK0LXD/p IK2DUW (a) 3Z0BW SP5PPK ER/UT5UDX UT2UB RK0LXD/p UA0LQJ (b) 4A7L WA3HUP EY8MM K1BV SA2006EM SM6YOU 4K5D K2PF F/OO5S/p ON4ON SI9AM SV3CVM 4K9W DL6KVA FP/VE1AAO VE1AAO SJ4C SM4BZH 4L0ABC K3PD FP/WV2B KA3QLF SP5PB/2 SP5PB 4L0HQ K3PD GB2PF G7GSX ST2KSS ST2M 4L4BBC K3PD GB2SLH G0GFI SV0XAI/9 LA4XFA 4L8A DJ1CW GM0SHN F6AJA SX8AYT SV2AYT 4L9MR UX3MR HA100RADIO HA5KHC T88TX JI2TXU 4L9VB DJ8QP HF40PSL SP5PSL TC125ATA TA1CM 4O2NT YZ1AA HG2006S HA1CW TF6/IZ6BRN IZ8CLM 4O3AB YU1AB HG8SDS HA8PH TK/IK5PWQ IK5PWQ 4O3ES DK4ES HI3TEJ ON4IQ TK/IZ1DSH IZ1DSH 4O3T YT6A HP1XX DJ0LZ TM5VIN F9KH 4O6DX K8LEE HZ1IK DK7YY TT8FC EA4AHK 4O8O YT1HA HZ1SK IZ8CLM U4MIR RN3DK 4W6AAB PA7FM II5RW I3GJJ UE3LWP RA3LBA 5R8GZ G3SWH IY0ORP I0DJV UE3MRS RK3MXH 6W1SA F4BIT IY6GM I6GFX UE3NQ/p RA3NQ 7S6EM SM6YOU J48XG HA4XG UE3QMP/p UA3QUO 8Q7HY JK1FNN J48YA HA1YA UE3YAR/p RV3YR 8S6EM SM6YOU JW/IN3SAU IN3SAU V47/AB2RF AB2RF 8S9M SM0NJO K7CA/CE1 NM7D V51VV UA4WHX 9A5DJ/p OK3AA KH6RZ W6YM VE2QRA/p VE2QRA 9A5JR/p OE3REB KL7J N3SL VP2E N5AU 9A5LO/p OK1LO LG5LG SM5DJZ VQ9JC ND9M 9J2BO G3TEV LR2F LU2FA VY0/WD0AVV WD0AVV 9J2SZ SP8DIP LU5FF EA7JX W5BOS/NL0 N6AWD BD7KLO/5 BD7KLO LU7HF EA7FTR WH0D JA3QGI BP100S BX4AN LZ60RP LZ2VP XE1KK/XF3 XE1KK C94KF G3OCA LZ80R LZ1BJ XX9TJS JM1LJS C96KF G3OCA MW0DOL/p M0DOL YB1AQB DJ3KR C98RF DL6DQW N7C N7HG YE1SH YC1TY CP6XE IK6SNR OH0/IZ0FKE IZ0FMA YI9KT SP8HKT DF0MF DL1WH OH0CW OH2CW YI9RKB SP1RKB DQ35AGCW DL1AH OH1AA IZ0EHO YR0HKW YO3HKW DR35AGCW DL1AH ON100BOIC ON4CRD YT150AT YT1AT DU9/N0NM W4DR ON12FORTS ON5VL YT150CS YT1CS DX1F JA1HGY ON6BDC ON4CPN YZ150A YZ7AA EB5KB EA5KB OX3PG WA0SMQ ZA/IK0OKY IW0BET EC5KB EA5KB R60F UA2FEK ZB2/SP2JMB SP2PI ED2FPA EA2RCA R60FW UA2DC ZL2MAT K3PD

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AB2RF Kan Yokota, 11 Hyatt Ave, Harrison, NY 10528, USA DL6DQW Reinhard Fendler, Waldteichstrasse 34, D-01468 Boxdorf, Germany G3OCA Ken Frankcom, 1 Chesterton Road, Spondon DE2 7EN, England, UK I6GFX P.O. Box 122, 60100 Ancona - AN, Italy IK5PWQ Stefano Ceccotti Piazza Dante Alighieri 3-AL 56030 Cascine di Buti - PI, Italy M0DOL Chris Darlington, 24 Westridge, Northampton NN2 7RA, England N6AWD Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr, Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA PA7FM Dennis Robbemond, Loggerhof 11, 3181 NS Rozenburg, The Netherlands PP5VB Vanruil Barbosa Dias, P.O. Box 13, Imbituba - SC 88.780-000, Brazil SM6YOU Rickard Dahlstedt, Ekebergsgatan 4D, 417 02 Gothenburg, Sweden SP5PB Piotr Brydak, Okolnik 9A m 16, 00-368 Warszawa, Poland SV2AYT Nicos Agapiades, 2, I. Kragia str., GR-56121 Thessaloniki, Greece UA0LCZ Vladimir Miroshnichenko, P.O. Box 41-21, Vladivostok-41, 690041, Russia US0VA Igor Lazarev, P.O. Box 11, Kiev 04111, Ukraine UX3MR Eugene Finikopulo, P.O. Box 26, Lugansk-33, 91033, Ukraine VE2QRA Guy Bouchard, 1108 Daphne, Quebec, G3K 1W6, Canada YC1TY Bambang, P.O. Box 1001, Jakarta 19120, Indonesia *****************************************************************************

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425DXNews Home Page 26 August 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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3A - Patrice, F5RBB reports he will operate SSB on 40, 20, 15, 10 and 6 metres as 3A/F5RBB from Monaco on 2-10 September. 3V - Francois, F8DVD will operate CW and SSB on 80-10 metres from 3V8SM (Djerba Island, AF-083) on 28-31 August. QSL for this operation via F8DVD, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL] 7P - Jan/DL7JAN, Mathias/DJ2HD and Wolfgang/DH3WO will be active from Roma, Lesotho on 3-12 September. They will collect their licences upon arrival (requested calls are 7P8JF, 7P8DJ and 7P8WO respectively) and they plan to operate with two stations on 80- 10 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL for all via DL7JAN, direct or bureau. [TNX DL7JAN] 9A - Look for 9A5AN/p (Neno), 9A/OM3PC (Rudi), 9A/OM5ZW (Lubo) and Tami 9A/OM5MF (Tami) to operate from Palagruza Island (EU-090) on 2- 9 September. QSL via home calls. Further information can be found at http://www.palagruza.net [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] CU - Jean-Pierre, F8AYU will be active as CU8/F8AYU from Flores Island (EU-089), Azores on 3-10 September. He plans to operate CW and SSB on 20 and 40 metres. [TNX F8REF] EA - Francois, ON4LO reports he will operate as EA5/OO4F from two lighthouses - Cabo de Palos (ARLHS SPA-019) and El Estacio (SPA- 088) - between 1 and 30 September. Activity will be on 40-6 metres SSB. QSL via ON4LO. EA8 - Frank, DH5JG will be active as EA8/DH5JG from Lanzarote (DIE S- 007), Canary Islands (AF-004) from 30 August to 12 September. He plans to operate CW, SSB and RTTY/PSK31 on 40-10 metres, and to partecipate in the IARU Region 1 Field Day SSB (2-3 September) and in the WAEDC SSB (9-10 September). QSL via bureau to home call. [TNX DH5JG] EA8 - Nicolas, F5TGR will operate SSB and CW on 40-10 metres as EA8/F5TGR/p from Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (AF-004) on 2- 16 September. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F5TGR] FH - Tom, DL2RUM and Jan, DJ8NK will operate as TX5T and TX5NK from Mayotte (AF-027) from 31 August through 11 September. They plan to be active on 160-10 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via their respective home calls. [TNX DJ8NK] GM - The Orkney Wireless Museum (www.owm.org.uk) will be on the air as GB2OWM during the 16th Orkney Science Festival (http://www.oisf.org/), which will be held from 31 August to 6 September. [TNX VA3RJ] GM - The Orkney Amateur Radio Club (http://www.eu009.com) will operate as GB1H from the Isle of Stronsay (EU-009) on 7-10 September. They will use an hydrogen powered station. QSL via MM3LQK. [TNX MM0MSS] I - Walter, IZ3ALU will be active as ID9/IZ3ALU from Vulcano Island (EU-017, IIA ME-018) from 26 August to 2 September. He will operate SSB, PSK and RTTY on 40, 20 and 15 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] I - Special call IU3TS will be aired from 1 September through 31 October to celebrate the 60th anniversary of ARI Trieste. [TNX IV3LNQ] IS0 - Giorgio, IZ1DXS reports he has had to cancel his 2-10 September trip [425DXN 791] to Sardinia. LA - Yogi, DB5YB will operate as LA/DB5YB from Halsnoy Island (EU-055) on 1-11 September. He plans to be active mainly on 20 metres SSB. QSL via home call. [TNX DB5YB] LX - Theo/PA1TK, Kees/PA5WT and Rob/PA3GVI will be active as LX/homecalls from Luxembourg (JN39AX) from 30 August to 3 September. Their main goal is the participation in the IARU Region 1 VHF Contest (2- 3 September), but there will be HF activity as well, on 30 and 40 metres (CW and SSB), during their early morning and evening hours. QSL via home calls. Pictures will be available at http://www.sitekreator.com/pa3gvi [TNX PA3GVI] LZ - Special event station LZ1900K will be active through the end of the year to celebrate the 1900th anniversary of the ancient town of Pautalia (modern Kyustendil). QSL via LZ1BJ (bureau preferred). [TNX LZ1BJ] OZ - Look for OZ/DF8HS to be active from Samsoe Island (EU-172) from 27 August to 8 September. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] OZ - Michael, DK5NA will operate as OZ/DK5NA from Romo Island (EU-125) on 2-23 September. Activity will be mostly between 30 and 160 metres CW. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] S7 - Claudio, IZ0KRC reports he will operate holiday style as S79RC from the islands of Mahe, Praslin and La Digue (all count for IOTA AF-024), Seychelles on 3-16 September. QSL via IK0PRP, direct or bureau. UR - Celebrating the 15th anniversary of the indipendence of Ukraine, a number of special calls will be aired on 24-28 August: EO15FF (QSL via UX0FF), EO15FW (QSL via UT3FW), EM15FA (QSL via UT2FA) and EN15P (QSL via UR4PWL). [TNX UX0FF and UR3PGS] UR - Slava/US7IGF, Roman/UR7IJQ, Alexandr/UR7IKV, Roman/UY7IQ will operate on 40-17 metres and 6m SSB and CW from Donets'kyi Island (SD-05 for the Ukrainian Islands Award) on 27 August. QSL card via home calls. [TNX US7IGF] V2 - Bud, AA3B will operate CW only as V26K from Antigua (NA-100) on 22-27 November, including a SOAB Low Power entry in the CQ WW CW DX Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX AA3B] VE - Linda, VE9GLF and Len, VE9MY are planning another operation from NA-126 around late August-early September. Their last trip was cut short by an emergency call from home. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX VE9MY] VE - Look for special event call VE6QCWA to be aired from 1 through 30 September for the QCWA National Convention that will be held in Calgary on 28-30 September. QSL via VE6AFO. Founded in 1947, the Quarter Century Wireless Association is open to amateur radio operators who have been licenced for at least 25 years (please visit http://www.qcwa.org/ for full information). [TNX VA3RJ] VE - Jean-Pierre, F5AHO and Joel, F5PAC plan to operate from a few IOTA groups (NA-068, NA-029, NA-154, NA-010, NA-081, NA-126 and NA- 127) while touring New Brunswick and Nova Scotia between 1 and 23 September. Look for them on +/- 14260 and 18128 kHz between 12 and 19 UTC. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. Further information can be found at http://perso.orange.fr/f5aho [TNX F5AHO] VE - George, K3GV reports he will be active on 15 and 20 metres as K3GV/VY2 from Prince Edward Island (NA-029) on 3-17 September. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. VK - Wade, AA8LL and Liz, K8LIZ will be active from Australia as follows: 01-04 September VK7AAH/5 and VK7AED/5 Cape du Couedic Lighthouse (AUS-030), Kangaroo Island (OC- 139) 05-06 September VK7AAH and VK7AED Cape Bruny Lighthouse (AUS-254), South Bruny Island (OC-233) 07-10 September VK7AAH and VK7AED Tasmania (OC-006) They operate CW and SSB (maybe RTTY) with 100 watts and wires on 15-40 metres. QSL VK7AAH via AA8LL, QSL VK7AED via K8LIZ. [TNX The Daily DX]

AFRICAN TOUR ---> Miki, YT1CS will be touring Africa in October. So far his list of destinations includes Tanzania (5H), Kenya (5Z), Burundi (9U), Ethiopia (ET), Comoros (D6) and Mayotte (FH). He also plans to operate from a few IOTAs: Lamu (AF-040), Wasini (AF-067), Zanzibar (AF-032) and Pemba (AF-063). Miki is looking for sponsors and can be reached at [email protected] [TNX VE3EXY] ______

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DXCC NEWS ---> Several QSLs for ZL7/KH0PR (Chatham Islands, 2-5 May 2005) were inadvertently rejected. Those have had QSOs rejected at DXCC, can claim credit by contacting Bill Moore at [email protected] [TNX NC1L]

QSL 3Y0X ---> Read the latest update on the outgoing QSL situation at http://www.peterone.com/qsl.htm

QSL 5V7BR ---> Gerard, F2VX has been the new QSL manager (direct and bureau) for Robert, 5V7BR since 1 June 2006. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]

QSL GW3KHZ/P ---> Steve, G4EDG reports that all direct requests sent to him for the May 2006 GW3KHZ/P operation from St. Tudwal's Island (EU-106) have been processed and mailed out.

QSL LG5LG & SJ9WL ---> John, SM5DJZ (ex-SM0DJZ) has been the QSL manager for SJ9WL and LG5LG, the station on the border between Sweden and Norway, since 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 QSL bureau). Cards already sent to SM5DJZ will be forwarded to the new QSL manager. Full information on the station at Morokulien can be found at http://www.east.no/priv/la7tia/arim/engarim.htm [TNX SM5DJZ]

QSL VIA IZ7AUH ---> Frank, IZ7AUH says that the II7ANT cards have been printed, and direct requests are being processed and mailed out. Bureau cards for the 2005 and 2006 activities will follow. If you have not received your card(s) for the 2004 and/or 2005 activities, please contact Frank at http://www.iz7auh.com/contact-me.asp

VU4AN ---> Full details on the awards for the 18-25 April activity from the Andman Islands (including awards for those who either operated under a VU4AN callsign or contacted VU4AN stations) can be found at http://www.niar.org/hamfest/vu4an_awards.html [TNX VU2JOS] ------

QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8CF, 3D2NB, 3D2OU, 5B/KI0BP, 5B4AGN, 5X1RI,6W/F6ELE (AF-078), 6W/RW3TN, 7S2E, 7X0RY, 8P2K, 8P9PA, 9M0/9M2TO (AS-051), A41MX, AT0AI, BD5WW, BI3H, C56W, C6AYM, CE6M, CG2AWR, CO8LY, CO8ZZ, CU2A, DS5USH, EH4CRP, EH8BPX, EL2AR, EX8AB, FP/K9OT, FS/DL7DF, GD6IA, HC1HC, HG4F, HH4/K4QD, HH4/W3CMP, HP1WW, J5UCW (AF-093), J5UDX,J79CW, J79DX, J79VQ, JT1Y, K7C, KD6WW/HC3, KD6WW/HC4, KH7U/KH5, KL7/WF9A, LU1ZR, LU1ZS, MU5X, OC5I (SA-073), OL1C, OX3LX, P29ZAD, P41S, PJ2/W0NB, PJ7/DL7DF, PY0S/PS7JN, PY1OTO/PY0T, RI1PI (EU-085), RI1PXC (EU-085), RV9CEN, S01R, S9SS, T80A, T88LZ, T93M, TF4M, TI5N, TI8CBT, TO3W, TT8M, TY5DA, TZ6M, UE1OTA (EU-153), UP4L, V31BH, V31JP, V44KJ, V47KV, V7/N4XP, V8FVV, VI9NI, VP2V/G6AY, VP5/K4ZGB, VU4AN/VU3KIE, VU4AN/VU3NZC, VU4AN/VU3OHA, VU4AN/VU3RWN, VU4AN/VU3RYB, VU4AN/VU3RYG, VU4AN/VU3SIE, WP2Z, XR9A, XX9C, YB6LYS/P (OC-270), YC6JKV/P (OC-270), YE6N (OC-161), YE6P (OC-270), YJ0ADX, YL4HQ, YU6AO, YU6DZ, ZD8Q, ZD8WX, ZF2JO, ZK1YAQ, ZK2VF.

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425DXNews Home Page 02 September 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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7Q - Once again Ely, IN3VZE will be active as 7Q7CE from Malawi from 18 September to 6 October. He plans to operate SSB on 80-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IN3VZE] CT3 - Kresimir, 9A7K (http://www.9a7k.com) will be in Funchal, Madeira Islands (AF-014) until 4 September. He operates as CT3/9A7K from the CS3MAD radio club and the QTH of Jose, CT3HG. QSL via 9A7K. [TNX 9A6JYL] E5 - Ken, ZL4HU will be active as E51KH from Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands between 7 and 22 September. He plans to operate on 20 metres SSB. QSL direct to home call. [TNX The Daily DX] F - Gilles/F5JPG, Michel/F5UTL, Dominique/F1CNB, Luis/F5THW and Juan/F5IRC will operate as TM2P from Pilier Island (EU-064) and lighthouse on 8-10 September. QSL via F5IRC. [TNX F5NQL] FT - Gildas, TU5KG will return to the French Southern Territories around 10 September. His destination is not confirmed - it could be either Crozet (FT5WL) or Kerguelen (FT5XP) - and the length of stay is not known (at all events, he should be back in France by December). QSL via F4EFI. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX] GD - Lars, DF1LON and Georg, DL1ECG will operate as MD0LON and MD0ECG from the Isle of Man (EU-116) on 7-11 September. QSL via home calls. They will participate in the WAE SSB Contest (9-10 September) as GD6IA (QSL direct). [TNX www.rsgbiota.org and DL1ECG] GI - Special event station GB5BIG will be active on 2 September for the Broad Island Gathering at Ballycarry, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. This annual event celebrates the cultural and historic links with the people of Scotland. QSL via GI2BX. [TNX F5NQL] HK0 - Gerd, DL7VOG will celebrate his 60th birthday operating as HK0GU for the fourth time. On 9-14 November he will be active as HK0GU/1 from Isla del Pirata in the Rosario Islands (SA-040); then, from 15 November to 1 December, he will be signing HK0GU from Isla Providencia (NA-049). He plans to operate CW and RTTY plus some SSB on all bands (160 metres included), depending on propagation. QSL via home call, direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to [email protected]). Further details can be found at www.qsl.net/hk0gu or www.qslnet.de/hk0gu [TNX DL7VOG] ON - The Verviers Radio Amateur Group will operate as ON4USA from the WWII American Military Cemetery at Henri-Chapelle on 9-10 September. QSL via ON4GDV. Further information can be found at www.qsl.net/on4usa [TNX VA3RJ] OZ - Klaus, DJ4JI will be active as OZ/DJ4JI from Bornholm Island (EU-030, BO-001 for the Danish Islands Award) on 3-13 September. He plans to operate on 80, 40 and 20 metres, SSB only. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] OZ - Look for Frank, OZ/DL2SWW and Gabi, OZ/DF9TM to be active from Laeso Island (EU-088) on 3-15 September. They plan to operate CW and SSB on 80-10 metres, possibly on 160 metres CW and 6 metres as well. QSL via home calls. [TNX VA3RJ] OZ - Andy, DL4OK/NX1S will be active as OZ/NX1S from Romo Island (EU- 125) on 9-16 September. He expect to operate mostly on 40 and 20 metres. QSL via DL4OK, direct or bureau. [TNX DL4OK] SV - Tomas, LY1F will operate mostly CW as SV8/LY1F from three EU- 075 islands (namely Agkistri, Moni and Aigina) on 1-3 September. QSL via bureau to LY1F. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] SV - Dimitrios, SV2BWC will operate on 10. 40 and 20 metres SSB and CW as J48LEK from Lesvos Island (EU-049) and other satellite islands on 1-7 September. QSL via SV2BWC. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] XE - Fernando, EA1CNF reports he will operate as XE1/EA1CNF from Mexico on 2-9 September. QSl via home call, direct or bureau. YB - Special event station YE9BALI will be active on all bands CW and SSB from Bali Island (OC-022) on 5-10 September for the Bali Ham Festival 2006. QSL via YB9BU. [TNX YB9BU] ______======*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** ======Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (August 2006) is now available at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/. Articles and pictures should be sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA ([email protected]). 425 TOOLBAR ---> The 425 Toolbar [425DXN 794] has already been installed by 619 users and the number of operations performed is over 88000 since the release. Further information and free download at http://425.ourtoolbar.com/ (no personal information is required) [TNX I1-21171/IZ1CRR] DXCC NEWS ---> Toma, YU1AB reports that the 4O3AB and 4O3ES operations from Montenegro (effective 15 August) are acceptable for DXCC credit. DX MAGAZINE MOST WANTED SURVEY ---> The DX Magazine's annual Most Wanted Survey is being conducted now through 15 October. The survey form is available at http://www.dxpub.com/dx_survey2006.html; the complete results will be published early next year in The DX Magazine. The Top 100 will be posted to web site. GERMANY ---> Andreas, DE1DXX/DO1DXX reports that effective 1 September German DO stations are allowed to operate on 1810-1850 kHz (with 100 W PEP), 1850-1890 kHz (with 75 W PEP), 1890-2000 kHz (with 10 W PEP); on 80, 15 and 10 metres with 100 W PEP, on 2m/70cm with 75 W PEP and on 10 GHZ with 5 W PEP. German class A licencees are allowed to operate on 7100-7200 kHz with 250 W PEP and on 50 MHz. [TNX K1XN] HELP NEEDED ---> The 5A7A team is seeking contributions (funds and/or hardware) from the amateur radio community in order to set up a club station in Tripoli. They are looking for "a SW-transceiver, microphone, headphones (or headset), Morse key, GP-vertical, coax cable, and antenna wire". The DXpedition itself is still needing financial support. Please contact [email protected] and visit their web site at http://5a7a.gmxhome.de/ [TNX DJ7IK] IRCS FOR SALE ---> Bob Schenck, N2OO has a limited number of IRCs (expiring on 31 December 2006) for sale at a reduced price (sales will support 3Y0X). Details at http://www.peterone.com/ircs.htm NCDXF ---> At its Board of Directors meeting on 26 August, the Northern California DX Foundation re-elected the following officers and directors: Len Geraldi/K6ANP (President), Al Burnham/K6RIM (Vice President), Tom McShane/NW6P (Secretary), Bruce Butler/W6OSP (Trasurer), Rusty Epps/W6OAT, Dave Pugatch/KI6WF, Chuck Ternes/N6OJ, Glenn Vinson/W6OTC, Steve Merchant/K6AW, Ken Anderson/K6TA and Tim Totten/N4GN (Directors). Information pertaining to the Northern California DX Foundation is available at http://www.ncdxf.org/ QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Francesco D'Esposito, IK8OZP is willing to offer his services to stations in need. He can be contacted at [email protected] THAILAND ---> John, HS1CHB is co-ordinating with the National Telecommunications Commission on impending permission to operate on the WARC bands and low-bands on a temporary basis until the end of the year [425DXN 788]. His latest progress report is not encouraging. Apparently, officials now say that they need to wait for the National Broadcasting Commission to be formed before they can do this. In the meantime the low bands may be activated during contests on weekends as before. [TNX G4UZN/HS0ZGH] + SILENT KEYS + The Daily DX reports a few friends left us over the last 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 from AF-029 and AF-030, ZS7B from Antarctica); former US Ambassador Armin Henry Meyer, W3ACE (YI2AN, OD5AX, YA1AM, EP3AM and JH1YDR). ______======*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** NEWS FROM THE WEB *** ======Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW QSL DB: Boye Christensen, OZ7C has updated his QSL DBase (which now contains 390,333 unique records) for Packet Cluster. The package can be downloaded at http://www.ddxg.dk/oz7c/; a web based search machine can be found at www.ddxg.dk/oz7c [TNX OZ7C, [email protected]] QSL GALLERY: The large collection of QSL cards (3600+) on Les Nouvelle DX's web site has been updated. Eight different galleries include cards for each of the 58 deleted DXCC entities (650+ QSLs), the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (120+ QSLs), obsolete prefixes (1300+ QSLs), Antarctic bases (500+ QSLs) & TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises, 200+ QSLs), pre- 1945 countries (200+ QSLs) and French Departments, USA before 1945. Several cards are still needed and your participation is encouraged - please visit http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr and send 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. 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425DXNews Home Page 09 September 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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>>> LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS 2007 <<<

The National Institute of Amateur Radio (NIAR) has announced that the Lakshadweep Islands (VU7), the #2 Most Wanted DXCC Entity, will be activated in January 2007. Approximately 70 multinational and 30 Indian operators are expected to travel from Kochin, India, by boat to Lakshadweep on or about 12 January. Plans are to operate as VU7RG (requested call, in memory of the late Rajiv Gandhi, VU2RG, former Prime Minister of India) on 15-25 January from three "excellent equipped and well organized sites". An International Advisory Committe (IAC) is constituted under the chairmanship of Mr. S. Suri, VU2MY to organise the event successfully. A Sub-Committee - including Frank Rosenkranz/DL4KQ (Chairman), Kyoko Miyoshi/JR3MVF, Martti Laine/OH2BH and Glenn Johnson/W0GJ (members) and S. Ram Mohan/VU2MYH (convenor) - will deal with requirements/coordination of all international participants in the operations. Further information will be released exclusively by NIAR (www.niar.org). [TNX DL4KQ]

4X - The Israel Amateur Radio Club (IARC) is hosting a special event museum station, 4X4IRS, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the first radio broadcasts in Israel. The station is active until 30 September from the Radio Exibition in Holon (http://www.iarc.org/~4z4tl/4x4irs.htm). QSL via 4X6ZK. Other two special event stations, 4X70R and 4Z70R (http://www.iarc.org/~4z4tl/4x70.html), will be active on 7- 21 October. QSL via 4Z4TL. [TNX 4Z4TL] 5W - Yu, 7K3BKY is active as 5W0YY from Samoa (OC-097) until 13 September. QSL via home call (Yuichi Yamamoto, 2-B Parmelhouse 440- 1 Aoyagi, Maebashi Gumma 371-0056, Japan). [TNX JH7OHF] 9H - A large group of Dutch amateurs will be going to Qawra, Malta (EU-023) for their 19th holiday/DXpedition. They will operate on 80-6 metres (possibily also on 160m) CW, SSB and digital modes as 9H0VRZ (QSL via PB9ZR) between 9 September and 3 October. The operators will be PE1NGF (9H3X), PA0BEA (9H3IE), PA0XYL (9H3XYL), PE2HSB (9H3HS), PG9W (9H3ON), PE1OFJ (9H3YM), PB9ZR (9H3ZR), PA1SL (9H3AB) and PA3CUZ (9H3YN). QSL for the individual 9H3s via home calls. They will also be active on 20 metres during the WAE SSB Contest using 9H9PA (QSL via PH2M). [TNX PH2M] C9 - Marq, CT1BWW will be active as C91BWW from Maputo, Mozambique bewteen 24 September and 7 October, and as C98BWW from Bazaruto Island (AF-072) on 7-14 October. He plans to operate on 160-6 metres CW, SSB, RTTY, SSTV, PSK31 and FM. Further information and on- line logs at http://www.geocities.com/c98bww. QSL via CT1BWW. EA - Ten operators (EA3AXZ, EA3CXY, EA3DTD, EA3EIQ, EA3ESZ, EA3EVR, EA3GHZ, EC3AKY, EA3IM and EA5EOR) will be active as EF3IB from Buda Island (not IOTA, DIE E-004) and Cabo Tortosa Lighthouse (ARLHS SPA-050, FEA E-0377) on 9-10 September. QSL via EC3AKY, direct or bureau. [TNX EA3GHZ] F - Chris, F8EUK will be active as F8EUK/p from Houat Island (EU- 048) between 10 and 17 September. He plans to operate CW on 30, 20, 17 and 15 metres, with some SSB on 20 metres. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] F - Weather permitting, Jacques/F5JY, Daniel/F5LGQ and Alain/F6BFH will be active as homecall/p from Cordouan Island (EU-159) and lighthouse from around 16 UTC on 14 September until around 12 UTC on the 15th. They plan to operate CW and SSB on 40, 30, 20, 17 and 15 metres. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL] F - Special event station TM8ANG will be active on 22-23 September for the French Naval Air Force air show to be held at Nimes-Garons. QSL via bureu to F6KQK. [TNX F5PHW] FO - Pierre, F5JFU will operate holiday style on 10, 15 and 20 metres (maybe also on 40m) CW, SSB and maybe RTTY as FO/F5JFU from French Polynesia from 21 October to 19 November. He will visit three islands: Tahiti (OC-O46, DIFO FO-002), Moorea (OC-046, DIFO FO- 010) and Bora-Bora (OC-O67, DIFO FO-003). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL] GM - The Sands Contest Group (M0SCG) will be active as MS0SCG from the Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides (EU-008) on 24-29 September. They hope to be operational on most modes and most HF bands. [TNX G0YLM] I - Walter, IN3XUG reports he will operate SSB as IF9/IN3XUG from Levanzo Island (EU-054, IIA TP-009) on 7-13 September. QSL via bureau to IN3XUG. I - Special station II8MM will be active on 11-17 September for the second Mediterraneo DX Clu b HF Convention (www.mdxc.org/meeting.asp), which will be held at Nola (Napoli) on 16-17 September. QSL via IZ8FBS, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW] I - Two teams of operators from A.R.M.I. (Associazione Radioamatori Marinai Italiani,http://www.assoradiomarinai.tk) and ARI La Spezia will operate special event stations II1ARU (QSL via IS0PGF) and II1ARD (QSL via IS0SDX) from 28 September to 1 October (from 6 to 20 UTC). On 28-29 September the operations will take place from aboard guided missile destroyers "Audace" and "Ardito", on 30 September and 1 October from the Italian Navy Base at La Spezia. Further information on the evnt and the relevant certificate can be found at www.qrz.com under the two callsigns. [TNX IT9MRM] JT - Zdenek/OK1CCK, Josef/OK1ES, Milan/OK1FM and Josef/OK1XC will be active as JT800OK from Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia from 8 September to 8 October. They plan to operate on 160-10 metres CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV. QSL via OK1XC. On-line logs will be available at http://www.shop73.com/jt800ok [TNX OK1FM] LA - Look for LN3Z to participate in the 2006 Scandinavian Activity Contest (SAC) CW on 16-17 September as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via LA9VDA. Full details on the contest can be found at http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/sacnsc.htm LA - Tom (DL1DVE) and Mike (DL3VTA) will be active from an island in the EU-055 group on 10-15 October. They plan to operate on the HF bands CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31 with 100 watts and several wire antennas. [TNX DL3VTA] OH0 - Hadi, DJ2PJ will be active again as OH0JWH from Eckeroe, Aland Islands (EU-002) from 26 September to 8 October. He plans to focus on the low bands, especially 160 metres, and to operate CW and digital modes. QSL via DJ2PJ, direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to [email protected]). [TNX NG3K] OZ - Look for Bernd, OZ/DL8AAV/p to be active from Laeso Island (EU- 088) on 17-30 September. He plans to operate CW and SSB on 80-10 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ] SV - Marco, IK1RAE will operate as SV8/IK1RAE/p from the islands of Corfu, Antipaxoi and Paxoi (all count for EU-052) on 9-16 September. Look for activity on 7045, 14245, 18145 and 21245 kHz. [TNX IW1DQS] SV5 - Drew, GM3YOR will be active as SV5/GM3YOR from Chalki Island, Dodecanese (EU-001) from 21 September to 4 October. This will be a CW only holiday style operation, depending on conditions and time available. [TNX GM3YOR] T8 - Toshikazu, JE1SYN (T88YN) and Toshio, JP1IOF (T88AS) will be active from Koror (OC-009), Palau on 21-24 September. They plan to operate with two stations on 80-6 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and FM. QSL via home calls. [TNX JF1OCQ] TA - Sei, JF1SQC/KH0DQ will operate SSb, CW and possibily RTTY as TA4/KH0DQ from Turkey on 9-15 September, WAE SSB Contest included. QSL via JF1SQC. [TNX ODPX Bulletin] TK - EA3CUU, EA4BT, EA7AAW, EA7JB, EA7LS and EB4EPJ will operate on 160-10 metres CW, SSB and RTTY from Corsica from 28 September to 6 October. On-line logs will be available at http://www.dx4dx.com. QSL via EA4BT, direct or bureau. [TNX EA4BT] TU - Jean-Luc, F5LDY left Paris on 4 September and will stay in Ivory Coast through August 2007. He has been authorized to operate as TU2/F5LDY and he plans to be active on 160-10 metres CW and SSB, hopefully with some RTTY. QSL via F1CGN (Fabrice Plet, 58 Avenue Rene Lebail, 91210 Draveil, France). On-line logs and updates will be available at http://f5kee.free.fr/tu2-f5ldy/tu2ldy.htm [TNX F5NQL] UA - RA6AU, RA6UF, UA6VY and RU6UR will operate on 40-10 metres CW and SSB as either UE6WAA and/or homecall/6 from Nordovyj Island in the Caspain Sea (not IOTA, RRA RR-18-New One) on 9-10 September. QSL UE6WAA via RA6AU, others via home call. [TNX RZ3EM] UA - RN1CW, RN1CX, UA1CBW and UA1CIO will operate as either UE1RLH/1 and/or homecall/p from a couple of lighthouses on 16 September (Shepelevskiy, ARLHS ERU-007, RLHA RLE-007) and 17 Septenber (Ustinskiy, ARLHS ERU-143, RLHA RLE-072). QSL UE1RLH/1 via RA1QY, others via home calls. [TNX RN1CW] V5 - Pierre, HB9QQ will be visitng Namibia on 7-30 September and will operate as V5/HB9QQ on 30, 17 and 12 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX HB9PL] W - The Kings County Repeater Association (KC2RA) sponsors the annual September 11th Memorial Event, which this year will tale place on 10 September from 9 to 15 local time. Expect activity on 21315, 14305, 7230 and 3880 kHz. QSL to KC2RA 911 Special Event, P.O. Box 280288, Brooklyn, NY 11228-0228. Further information at http://www.kc2ra.com [TNX IZ1CRR] W - The Anaheim Police ARC (W6APD) will operate (on 14253, 18150, 21350, 24950 and 28450 kHz) as K6P on 10-17 September for the POW- MIA Remembrance Day. QSL via KM6HB. [TNX KM6HB] W - Bob, W2IK will operate special event station W2IK/WTC911 on 11 September in memory of those who lost their lives during the World Trade Center disaster. Expect activity on 15, 20 and 40 metres SSB. W2IK was the first callsign to be aired from Ground Zero (read the story at http://hometown.aol.com/realhamradio/). A special QSL certificate will be available from W2IK (Robert J. Hejl, P.O. Box 6731, San Antonio, TX 78209, USA). [TNX F5NQL] XF4 - A large group of operators from Mexico (XE1AY, XE1FRF, XE1FXF, XE1FXM, XE1FXZ, XE1GRR, XE1HBU, XE1MMB, XE1UN, XE2K) and Germany (DF7TH, DJ5IW, DK2WV, DL1YFF, DL3DXX, DL8LE) will operate on all bands and modes (EME and satellite included) as XF4DL from Isla Socorro (NA-030), Revillagigedo from 17 October to 3 November. They plan to have up to five stations operating simultaneously, and to focus on the WARC and low bands, and on digital modes (RTTY and PSK63). Further information can be found at http://www.xf4dl.xedx.org/. Weather permitting, at the end of the operation they will be active "for several hours" as XF4K from Clarion Island (NA-115). QSL via XE1KK (Mexico only), N6AWD (rest of the Americas) or DL9NDS (rest of the world). Contributions to help defray the significant costs of this DXpedition will be gratefully accepted; please contact DL8LE or XE2K for details. [TNX XE2K and DL8LE]

CENTRAL AMERICA TOUR ---> Larry, WO0Z will be active as P40LL from Aruba (SA-036) from 30 September to 6 October, and as V31LL from Belize on 7-21 October. He plans to operate on 80-10 metres CW, SSB, and perhaps RTTY. QSL via home call. [TNX WO0Z]

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QSL 9J2BO ---> Mike, G3TEV says that because of "the extremely high cost of getting bureau cards due to the recently greatly increased mail charges in the UK, I will not be accepting bureau cards for 9J2BO". Please refrain from sending cards by this route "as they will not get an answer".

QSL YZ6AMD ---> The new QSL route for contacts made from 1 September 2006 is via EA7FTR. [TNX K1XN and the Golist]

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IIA: The Italian Island Award list and DBase, as well as the relevant software, are available at http://www.ari.it/hf/diplomi/ LOGS: On-line logs for VP8DJB (Rothera Station on Adelaide Island, AN- 001) are now available at http://f5nod.chez- alice.fr/antarctica_vp8djb.html (the VP8DJB/P QSOs made on 4 February 2006 from Fossil Bluff on Alexander Island, AN-018, are also listed there). [TNX F5NOD]

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8MM, 3D2AV, 3G1M (SA-069), 3G1P (SA-085), 3W2LWS, 3XY7C, 3Y0X, 4J5A, 4KR60S, 4L8A, 4O6DX, 5B4FL, 5T5U, 5W0DP, 5W0JB, 6L0NJ/4 (AS-084), 6W/F6ELE, 6W/HA3AUI, 6W/RW3TN, 6W2SC, 6Y1V, 9G5A, 9G5UR, 9K2HN, 9M4SEB (OC-295), 9M6XRO, 9N7JO, 9V1JA, 9Z4FZ, A45WD, A45XR, BD1WC, BD4ALC/5 (AS-137), BY4RSA/4 (AS-150), C56W, C5DXC, C6DX, C91JR, C91TK, D2DX, E51JD, ER/UT5UDX, EY8MM, FG/JJ2RCJ, FP/DJ2VO, FP/VE7SV, FY1FL, GW3KHZ/P (EU-106), H40HL, H44HL, HB0/T93Y, HC3/KD6WW (SA-034), HC4/KD6WW (SA-033), HC8N, HQ9F, HS0ZEE, HS2SL, J37K, J5UAP, J68AS, JJ1JGI/4 (AS-041), KH6ZM, KH7X, KH8SI, KL7WV, LU/F2JD, NY3A (NA-140), OA4/DL5YWM, OC5I (SA-073), P29ZAD, PS0S, PT7AZ, PY0S/PS7JN, PZ5PI (SA-092), R1AND, R1ANF, R1ANP, RZ0IWZ/p (AS-059), S01R, T30AV, T99C, TA3J/0 (AS-115), TF4M, TJ1AM, TM0HQ, TR8CA, UK8AJ, UU4JXM/P (EU-180), V44KJ, V47/AB2RF, V73Z (OC-029), VI9NI, VK9LNO, VP2MRT, VP8/LZ2UU, VP8DIZ, VU3RYE, VU4AN/VU3PLM, VU4AN/VU3RSB, VU4AN/VU3RWN, VU4AN/VU3RYC, VU4AN/VU3SIB, VU4AN/VU3TLY, W4KFT (NA-112), XR2G (SA-086), XR9A, XW3DT, YE6N (OC-161), YE6P (OC-270), YI9LZ, YU6AO, YZ6AMD. *****************************************************************************

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425DXNews Home Page 16 September 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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9A - A group of operators from radio clubs "Karlovac" and "Duga Resa" will be active as 9A1C from Zut (EU-170) and possibily other nearby islands on 15-17 September. Look for activity on 40 and 20 metres SSB. [TNX VA3RJ] 9A - Once again Zik, VE3ZIK (http://www.qslnet.de/ve3zik) will operate as 9A/VE3ZIK from Bilice, Croatia from 15 September to 1 October. He might also go and operate as 9A/VE3ZIK/p from an island in the EU-170 IOTA group. QSL via DL3PS, direct or through the DARC bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to [email protected]). [TNX VE3ZIK] 9A - Livio/9A3KS and Tom/9A2AA plan to operate from various islands in the EU-110 IOTA group starting on 19 September. QSL via home calls. [TNX 9A2AA] C9 - Marq, CT1BWW will be signing C91BWW from Maputo, Mozambique on 3- 7 October (not 24 September, 425DXN #801). His C98BWW activity from Bazaruto (AF-072) is confirmed to take place on 7-14 October. QSL via home call. GW & VK - The Wales to Wahroonga special event stations will be operating on 22 September, celebrating the first radio message from Britain to Australia, sent by Marconi in Carnarvon (Wales) to Ernest Fisk in Wahroonga (NSW) on 22 September 1918. From Australia, VK2WAH will be active on 80-10 metres, while GB2VK will be operating from the original Marconi Transatlantic Station in Carnarvon. [TNX VK2YJS] I - ARI Torino and the Wave Master Team will operate as IU1WFC between 15 September and 15 October for the World Fencing Championship (http://www.escrime-torino2006.com/). QSL via IZ1GCZ, direct or bureau. [TNX IW1FGZ] I - Special station IU9MK will be active on 17 September from near Palermo, Sicily celebrating the "Kolbe Day 2006". Fr. Maximilian Kolbe, SP3RN, was a Polish Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a family father in the Nazi Auschwitz concentration camp. [TNX Info-Radio by I1SCL] I - Several COTA (Carabinieri On The Air, http://www.cota.cc) members will operate special station II7CC for the XVII national meeting of the Associazione Nazionale Carabinieri to be held in Bari on 22- 24 September. QSL via IZ8DDG, direct or bureau. JA - Look for JA4NVY/4 to be active from Naga Island (AS-117, JIIA AS-117-022), Hiroshima Prefecture on 17-18 September. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] JW - Karl, LA8DW and Nils, LA8XU will be active as JW8DW and JW8XU from Longyearbyen (EU-026), Svalbard from 25 September to 1 October. They will operate SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31 from the JW5E club station. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. PA - Special station PA400RVR is active until 16 September to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the birth of Rembrandt van Rijn, the famous painter. QSL via PD0NTB. [TNX F5NQL] PA - Special callsign PC6NHW will be aired on 16-24 September to commemorate the "New Dutch Waterline" defence system built nearby Utrecht during the XIX century. QSL via bureau to PA3CNX. [TNX PA3CNX] SM - Anders/SM3XGV, Classe/SM3GSK, Jorgen/SM3CXS and Staffan/SM3JGG will operate CW and SSB as SG3U from Grimskar Island (EU-176) from around 16 UTC on 22 September until around 11 UTC on the 24th. QSL via SM3CXS (bureau preferred). [TNX SM3CXS] SV - A group of operators from the SV DX-Group (John/SV1GE, George/SV1RP, Stelios/SV1AAU, Chris/SV2DGH, Takis/SV2FWV, Daniel/SV1JCZ, John/SV0XAD and Paul/DH9VA) will be active as SY8GE from Kythera Island (EU-113) from 23 September through 1 October. They plan to operate on all bands SSB, CW, RTTY and BPSK31. QSL via SV2DGH. Further information, on-line log included, can be found at http://www.sv2dgh.com/sy8ge [TNX SV2DGH] SV5 - Drew, GM3YOR will be operate holiday style CW only as SV5/GM3YOR from Chalki, Dodecanese (EU-001) from 21 September to 4 October. [TNX GM3YOR] VE - Steve, VE2TKH will be in Iqaluit, Baffin Island (NA-047, Zone 2) until June 2007 for a nine-month contract as a French language assistant. He currently active on 20 metres as VY0ICE and will try to operate on as many other bands as possible (6 to 80 metres). QSL direct to VE2AWR (Serge Langlois, 1291 Du Comte, Charlesbourg, QC G2L 1B8, Canada). W - Leroy, N7EIE will operate as N7EIE/m from Whidbey Island (NA- 065) on 17 September. He says he will be on the island "from 16.00 Z until I run the pile-up on 14.045+/- CW in the Washington Salmon Run Contest. I will also try 21.045 CW and 14.275 USB". QSL via bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] W - Eric/N8YC, Lynn/WD8JAW, Phil/KG8AP, Brian/K4BRI, Dennis/KB8ROA, Pete/KC8BZM, Gerry/KD8ASL and Bob/WB8JHT will operate as K8SCH from Deer Isle (NA-055) on 25-29 September. Look for activity on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres SSB depending on band conditions. QSL via K8SCH. [TNX www.rgsbiota.org] W - A large group of operators from the Tennessee Valley DX Association will be active as W4PL from Emerald Isle (NA-112) from 27 September to 6 October. They plan to operate CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK-31 on 6- 80 metres. QSL via K4KWK, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] XW - Eugene, RU3DX is active as XW8KPL/RU3DX from Vientiane, Laos until 19 September. [TNX XW3DT] YU6 - Martti, OH2BH is back to Montenegro and will be active as 4O3B on various bands (Scandinavian Activity Contest included) through 18 September. QSL via OH2BH. [TNX OH2BN]

ANTARCTIC TOUR ---> Mike Gloistein, GM0HCQ (VP8CMH) left again for Antarctica onboard the RRS "James Clark Ross" on 4 September, bound for Montevideo (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) on Adelaide Island (AN-001) in December. Check http://www.gm0hcq.com/ for regualr updates and daily pictures. QSL via GM0HCQ, direct or bureau. ______

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MRASZ QSL BUREAU ---> The new address for the Hungarian QSL Bureau is: MRASZ QSL Bureau, P.O. Box 144, H-1476 Budapest, Hungary. For further information please contact the officer in charge, Alex Gyorfi, HA7UW ([email protected]). [TNX HA1AG]

QSL C31LJ ---> Nenad, VE3EXY is the new QSL manager for Peter, C31LJ (including his other prefixes). The previous QSL manager (Peter's father Geoffrey Jennings, VE3GEJ) passed away on 30 April 2006. [TNX VA3RJ]

QSL T98T ---> All cards can be sent through the T9 QSL bureau, as Robert, T98U is taking care of them (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to [email protected]). Direct cards for QSOs made with T98T from Canada and the US should be sent to Zeljko's address in New Jersey (Zeljko Repic, P.O. Box 703, Garfield, NJ 07026, USA). Direct cards for all other QSOs can be sent to T98U (Robert Babec, Plitvicka 7, 78000 Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina). [TNX T98U]

XF4DL ---> The DXpedition to Isla Socorro, Revillagigedo [425DXN 801] will emphasize PSK63 during digital mode operations. "We know that PSK63 is for sure not one of the very popular modes and very uncommon for a major DXpedition like ours", Juergen, DL8LE says. However, "its excellent properties" should allow "many more digital mode QSOs than possible in old standard RTTY". Please visit the Digital Modes page at http://www.xf4dl.xedx.org for full information.

ZL9BSJ/P ---> Bert, ZL2BSJ did operate from Campbell Island (OC-037) on 10 September.He "works for New Zealand's weather service", The Daily DX reports, "and sails in the Campbell Island area once or twice a year. If he is lucky and has some spare time he operates from the wharf for a few hours before heading back out to sea". A similar activity took place back in 2002 (12 September). Last week's operation was cut short by the weather and Bert was able to log 133 QSOs. QSL via ZL2BSJ. ______

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IK3GES: On-line logs and pictures of Gabriele's IOTA activities (1991-2006) can be found at http://www.ik3ges.it/. Gabriele reports he has processed and mailed all of the direct requests received so far (this applies also to the stations he his the QSL manager for). All of the outstading QSOs made by him and IZ3HER/p will be confirmed automatically via the bureau in late October. VU7: The official website for the January 2007 Hamfest-DXpedition to the Lakshadweeps [425DXN 801] is now up and running at http://www.vu7.in/ ______

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======CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER ======3Z0MSPO SP7PKI EF8RHG EC8ABQ SU9GD DJ2AVB 3Z0SITG SP9PRO EK6TA DJ0MCZ SV5/PA3GCV PA3GCV 3Z40PZF SP9PTA EL2AR EL2BA T88DB JH1UUT 4A7L WA3HUP FM5WD W3HNK TA0/DJ8QP DJ8QP 4L0G K3PD FT5XP/mm F4EFI TA4/KH0DQ JF1SQC 4O5A YU7AV GB1H MM3LQK TA9F KA4UFT 4U1WB KK4HD GB5BIG GI2BX TM2C F6KUF 4X0T 4Z5FI HA100RADIO HA5KHC TM2P F5IRC 4X4IRS 4X6ZK HC1MD K8LJG TM7BV F6KVD 5H3RK W3/VK4VB HF40PSL SP5PSL TM8CDX F5CQ 5N9SJA N0OY HZ1AN DJ9ZB TU2/F5LDY F1CGN 5R8FU SM5DJZ IF9/IN3XUG IN3XUG TX5NK DJ8NK 5R8GT/P DK8ZD II8MM IZ8FBS TX5T DL2RUM 5U7B I2YSB IQ5LV/P I5NZR UE0YDA/P RA0WA 5U7MA VK8ZMA J48LEK SV2BWC UE6WAA RA6AU 5W0YY 7K3BKY J49FD/p SV9KIF UP0L DL8KAC 5W1SA JH7OHF JT800OK OK1XC UU7J UU0JM 5Z4DZ PA1AW K3GV/VY2 K3GV V5/DF3GY DF3GY 5Z4ES K3PD K6P KM6HB V5/HB9QQ HB9QQ 7O1X pirate KH6BB K1ER VE#/F5AHO F5AHO 7P8DJ DL7JAN LU8XW WD9EWK VE#/F5PAC F5PAC 7P8JF DL7JAN LX/ON6RJ ON6RJ VE6QCWA VE6AFO 7P8WO DL7JAN LX/OO7A ON4PVH VK7AAH/5 AA8LL 9H0VRZ PB9ZR LX/OP7A ON4BAG VK7AED/5 K8LIZ 9H3QH PH2M LX/OQ0A ON6UM VQ9JC ND9M 9H3X PE1NGF LZ13ARDF LZ1KZA VQ9JK G4FJK 9H3YM PE1OFJ MD0ECG DL1ECG VY0ICE VE2AWR 9H3YN PA3CUZ MD0LON DF1LON VY2/F5AHO F5AHO 9H3ZR PB9ZR MM0XAU DJ6AU VY2/F5PAC F5PAC 9H9PA PH2M MU0ARC G3LP W2WTC K2HJB 9J2VB UA4WHX OH0PM OH2PM XE1L WA3HUP 9V1YC N5ID OJ0LA LA9VDA XV3DHY JA1DHY A45WD YO9HP OJ0RJ OH0RJ XV3EKK JA1EKK A61AB IZ8CLM ON12FORTS ON5VL XW1A E21EIC A7/M0ECE W5IQS ON4DAMIAN ON4CP (a) YB0ECT K3AIR A71EM EA7FTR ON4DAMIAN ON4LN (b) YB8TAF EA5KB B7M BG7LHY ON4USA ON4GDV YE9BALI YB9BU BP100S BX4AN ON900BN/P ON6NB YI9KT SP8HKT BY1PK/IK1YDB IK1YDB OZ/NX1S DL4OK YI9RKB SP1RKB C4M W3HNK PA400RVR PD0NTB YR1A YO3JR D2DX OH2BAD PJ2F LY4F YZ6AMD EA7FTR DP0EPO DF8KN PJ4LS PA0JLS ZA1E I2MQP E51KH ZL4HU R860T UA3PM ZB2FX G3RFX EA5/OO4F/p ON4LO RA9LI/9 UA9LP ZG2FK G3RFX ED#SDC EA1AUM S50FIRAC S59DZL ZL2MAT K3PD EE1SDC EA1AUM S79RC IK0PRP ZP8AE EA7FTR EF1SDC EA1AUM SN0MME SP3KUJ ZW5B W3HC EF3IB EC3AKY SN100SZ SP9PGB ZX2B PY2MNL EF8OTR EA8AUW SN63TDP SP4ZHT ZX5J AI4U

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8P9NX Peter Cross, 90 Greenpoint, St. Philip, Barbados CE7AOY Ismael Pizarro, P.O. Box 139, Puerto Aysen, Chile DL7JAN Jan Foerderer, Alte Poststr. 34, 69254 Malsch, Germany EL2BA H. Walcott Benjamin, 285 St. Marks Place, Apt. 4D, Staten Island, NY 10301, USA F1CGN Fabrice Plet, 58 Avenue Rene Lebail, 91210 Draveil, France F5AHO Jean-Pierre Kaeuffeur, 15 bis chemin des Bucherons, 68400 Riedisheim, France F5PAC Joel Sutterlin, 1 rue du Rossberg, 68310 Wittelsheim, France KM6HB Mark McMullen, P.O.Box 27271, Santa Ana, CA 92799, USA LA9VDA Trond Johannessen, Helgedalen 13, N-1528 Moss, Norway LZ1KZA P.O. Box 36, Karlovo, 4300 Bulgaria OH2BAD Miika Heikinheimo, Kiviojantie 10 C, 04430 Jarvenpaa, Finland OK1XC Josef Miksatko, Drachov 79, 39201 Sobeslav, Czech Republic PB9ZR Ruben van der Zwet, Barentszstraat 1, 2161 TJ Lisse, The Netherlands PD0NTB J.C. Van Lit Ouwerkerk, Willem de Zwijgerlaan 6, 2316GB Leiden, The Netherlands PH2M Frank de Wilde, Zuidegge 4, 2391 DA Hazerswoude-Dorp, The Netherlands V31AN FISTS QSL Bureau, 1020 Long Island Drive, Moneta, VA 24121, USA V31EA FISTS QSL Bureau, 1020 Long Island Drive, Moneta, VA 24121, USA V31MR FISTS QSL Bureau, 1020 Long Island Drive, Moneta, VA 24121, USA V31UU FISTS QSL Bureau, 1020 Long Island Drive, Moneta, VA 24121, USA VE3EXY Nenad Stevanovic, P.O. Box 65046, Nepean, ON K2G 5Y3, Canada VQ9LA Larry Arneson, PSC 466 Box 24 (DG-21 Annex 30), FPO AP 96595-0024, USA W3HNK Joseph Arcure Jr, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352,USA W5IQS Evan Roberts, P.O. Box 8288, Horseshoe Bay, Texas 78657, USA ZL4HU Ken A Holdom, P O Box 7, Clyde, Central Otago, New Zealand *****************************************************************************

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425DXNews Home Page 23 September 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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9H - Jo, DL5AUA will operate on all bands CW and SSB as 9H3JC from Gozo, Malta (EU-023) from 23 October to 2 November. QSL via home call. [TNX DL5AUA] 9M0 - A group of some 20 operators from Japan and the Malaysian Amateur Radio Transmitters Society (MARTS) - including Phoa/9M2KT, Chow/9M2CF and Tex/9M2TO - will be active on all bands and modes from Layang Layang, Spratly islands (AS-051) on 9-20 March 2007. Further details are expected in due course. [TNX 9M2TO] 9Q - The Ministry of PTT of the Democratic Republic of Congo issued the following licences on 22 September: 9Q1D to SM5DIC (Gus), 9Q1EK to VE2EK (George), 9Q1TB to F5LTB (Phil) and 9Q1NT to ON5NT (Ghis, who will be leaving the country on 28 September). All of them are located in Kinshasa. Further information will follow as soon as available. [TNX ON5NT] BY - BA4XA, BA4VE, BD4IXA and possibly others will be active as BI4F from Furong Island (AS-160) from 29 September to 7 October. They plan to operate CW and SSB on 20, 30 and 18 metres. QSL direct to BA4XA. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] BY - BA1RB, BD1WC and BD1NNI will operate as BY1TX/2 from Guang Lu Island (AS-158) on 1-5 October. They plan to operate mainly CW (50%), with some SSB (35%) and RTTY (15%) on 80-10 metres, with an emphasis on the low bands. QSL via EA7FTR. [TNX EA7FTR] C6 - Pete/W2GJ, Ed/K3IXD and Randy/K4QO will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as C6APR (Multi-Single) from Crooked Island (NA- 113, lighthouse BAH-005). Before and after the contest they will be on CW, PSK31, RTTY as well as SSB on 80-6 metres. QSL via K3IXD. Using either C6APR or K4QO/C6A, on 30 or 31 October, Randy and Pete will attempt the activation of Castle Island Lighthouse (BAH-001), for the first time ever. This will be a day time effort on 17 and/or 20 metres SSB running low power and a vertical. QSL to K3IXD. [TNX K3IXD] F - Special call TP20CE will be aired from 29 September to 1 October to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the creation of the Council of Europe Amateur Radio Club (http://www.coe.int/t/e/tp2ce). QSL via F5LGF. [TNX F6FQK] FG - A group of operators from Radio Club A.C.R.A. will be active as TO8RR from Guadeloupe (NA-102) from 29 October to 12 November for the eighth Route du Rhum (www.routedurhum.org), the 3000-mile single-handed transatlantic yacht race between St-Malo (France) and Pointe-a-Pitre (Guadeloupe). [TNX FG1JD] FO - Look for FO/KM9D to operate on 10-40 metres CW and SSB from Maupihaa (Mopelia) Island, (OC-057), French Polynesia starting "not later than" 23 September for "at least five days". QSL via OM2SA. [TNX The Daily DX] FP - Roger, G3SXW and Nigel, G3TXF will operate CW only as FP/G3SXW and FP/G3TXF from Miquelon (NA-032) on 22-26 September. FP/G3SXW will be mostly on 80, 40 and 20 metres, while FP/G3TXF will be on 30 nd 17 metres. QSL via home calls. The web page for this trip is at http://www.g3txf.com/dxtrip/FP_G3TXF/FP.html [TNX G3TXF] GM - Steve/G0MTD, Mark/2E0MAX, Brian/G0OMB and Paul/M1PAF will be active as MS0WRC/P from the Isle of Skye (EU-008) between 30 September and 7 October. They plan to operate SSB, CW and digital modes on 80- 10 metres. QSL via G0MTD, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ] HA - Dodi, HA6NF and Tibi, HA1DAE will operate as HA506NF and HA501DAE between 1 October and 31 December. QSL via bureau to home calls. These and similar special prefixes (HA or HG + 50 + the rest of the usual callsign) will be used to commemorate the Hungarian Uprising of fifty years ago. [TNX HA1DAE] HI - Koen, ON7RK (http://www.on7rk.be/) is expected to be in the Dominican Republic until 26 September. Announced plans included activities (on 40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres SSB) as either HI2/OO7K from Saona Island (NA-122) and HI7/OO7K from Hispaniola (NA-096). QSL via home call. HI - Antonio, IW2OAZ reports he will operate RTTY and SSB on 20 and 17 metres as HI8/IW2OAZ from the Dominican Republic (NA-096) on 2- 28 October. He also plans to be active as HI2/IW2OAZ from Catalina Island (NA-122) on 26-27 October, from 7 to 16 UTC. QSL to home call via bureau. I - IY4FGM, the station at the Guglielmo Marconi Foundation at Pontecchio, will be activated during the XXII HF-DX Convention to be held on 30 September and 1 October (information at http://www.ari-bo.it). QSL via IK4UPU. I - Davide/IW9GUR, Angelo/IW9HLM, Andrea/IW9HQP and Andrea/IT9RKR will operate on 40-10 metres CW and SSB as homecall/p from Scoglio dello Zio Gennaro (EU-025, IIA ME-039) on 23 September. QSL all calls via IW9HLM, direct or bureau. [TNX IW9GUR] I - Davide/IW9GUR, Angelo/IW9HLM , Andrea/IW9HQP, Riccardo/IT9CVO and Andrea/IT9RKR will operate as IG9/homecall from Linosa Island (AF-019, IIA AG-003) on 12-15 October. They plan to have three stations up and running CW and SSB on 160 to 10 metres. QSL all calls via IW9HLM, direct or bureau. Their web site is at www.095dxteam.org KH2 - Aki, JR1VAY will be active as AH2J from Guam (OC-026) on 6- 10 October. He will participate in the Oceania DX SSB Contest (7- 8 October, http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/). QSL via JR1VAY, bureau preferred. [TNX JR1VAY] LU_ssh - Oleg, R1ANF has been active as LU/R1ANF from Jubany Station (LU- 15 for the Antarctic Award) on King George Island, South Shetlands (AN-010) since 21 September. Reportedly he should remain there for a few more days. QSL via RK1PWA. [TNX DL5EBE] PJ4 - Peter, PA3CNX will be active as PJ4/PA3CNX from Bonaire (SA- 006) from 1 October to 3 November. He plans to operate (mainly between 20 and 2 UTC) SSB and CW on 80-6 metres, and to be active during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX PA3CNX] SV9 - Mick, G8VHB will be operating as SV9/G8VHB from Crete (EU-015) from 27 September to 9 October. He will be active on 10-20 metres with 100 watts and a rotary dipole antenna. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ] TK - TK9Z is the callsign issued to the group of Spanish operators who will be active from Corsica from 28 September to 6 October [425DXN 801]. QSL via EA4BT. Their web page is at http://www.dx4dx.com TT - Philippe, F4EGS is active again from Chad until 20 November. Expect him to operate as TT8PK on 10-40 metres SSB and digital modes. QSL via F4EGS, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX] UA - RW6CW, RK6ABM, RK6ADS, RZ6AER and possibily others will be active as UE1RLH/6 from the lighthouse Kamyshevatskiy (ARLHS ERU-322, RLHA RLE-069, RDA KR-33) on 23-24 September. QSL via RA1QY. [TNX RA1QY] UA_ant - Alex, R1ANC (UA1ZCK) at Vostok Base (UA-10 for the Antarctica Award), Antarctica (AN-016) is QRV for Europe every day between 6 and 10 UTC on 14146 or 14152 kHz beaming over the North Pole. QSL via RU1ZC. [TNX DL5EBE] V2 - Marco, HB9OCR reports he will operate again as V26MH from Antigua (NA-100) from 27 October to 5 November. He plans to concentrate on 17, 20 and 40 metres, and on 80-160m is possible. Pictures and information on his latest experience there can be found at http://www.hb9ocr.ch/hb9ocr/dxpedition/v26mh/v26mh.htm V5 - Alfons/DJ8VC, Ulla/DF6QP and Walter/DL8JS will operate as V5/homecall from Namibia from 23 September to 13 October. QSL via home calls (bureau preferred). [TNX The Daily DX] VE - Dana, VE1VOX will be active as VE1OTA from Pictou Island (NA-154) on 12-14 October. He plans to operate SSB on 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres. QSL via home call, direct preferred. [TNX VE1VOX] VE - Reg, VE7IG plans to operate mostly CW from McNutts Island (NA- 126) for 2-3 days starting on 24 September. Next stops will include Cape Breton Island (NA-010) and hopefully Brier Island (NA-127). He will be in that area until 26 October. [TNX The Daily DX] VK9ck - Charlie, W0YG and Barry, N0KV will operate as VK9CGG from Cocos-Keeling (OC-003) from 30 October until 20 November. QSL via W0YG (direct only). [TNX W0YG] VP2V - Dave, AH6HY will be active as VP2V/AH6HY from Tortola, British Virgin Islands (NA-023) from 26 September to 3 October. He will operate SSB only on 15, 17 and 20 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K] VU - Special callsign AT6MYL will be aired on 15-29 October for the World Wide YL Meeting 2006 that will be held in Mumbai on 26-29 October (http://www.geocities.com/mumbaiylmeet/). QSL via VU2SWS. [TNX DL3KWR]

PACIFIC TOUR ---> Rick, AI5P will be active from the Pacific between 25 September and 2 November: from 25 September E51APX Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cooks 6-20 October ZK2PX (?) Niue Island (OC-040) 25 October-2 November ZL/AI5P New Zealand He plans to operate mostly CW on 17-40 metres. QSL via AI5P. [TNX The Daily DX]

CQ WW DX RTTY CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their participation in this year's event (23-24 September):

ZONE CALL CATEGORY DXCC QSL VIA ------08 8P2K SOSB 20m HP Barbados KU9C 08 J7R Dominica N1DL 08 WP3C SOAB LP Puerto Rico W3HNK 09 HK3SGP SOSB 40m LP Colombia 09 P40KM Aruba W4GKM 10 HC8N M/2 Galapagos Is W5UE 13 CX0TTY Uruguay CX5BW 13 LU8XW M/S Argentina WD9EWK 14 HB0/DL1ZBO M/S HP Liechtenstein 14 Z37M M/? Macedonia Z37M 15 IQ1RY SOSB 80m Italy IK1HXN 15 OH0I SOSB 40m Aland Is OH3BHL 15 OH0KAG SOSB 15m Aland Is OH1KAG 15 OH0M SOSB 20m Aland Is OH1MM 15 OH0Z SOSB 80m Aland Is W0MM 15 RK2FWA M/M Kaliningrad DK4VW 15 YT6A M/M Montenegro qrz.com 16 UU7J M/? Ukraine UU0JM 17 EY8MM SOSB 20m HP Tajikistan K1BV 21 4L1DA SOSB 20m Georgia W7LPF 33 EA8AH M/2 Canary Is RD3A 33 EF8A SOSB 20m Canary Is EA8AUW 35 3XM6JR Guinea UA6JR 40 TF4M M/S Iceland

Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqr2006.html - good contest to you all! ______

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4U1UN ---> The UN HQ station in New York City was activated on 17 September by LA5IIA, JR3EDE and JJ2RCJ. QSL via HB9BOU, direct (Herbert Aeby, Rte du Moulin 1, CH 1782 Belfaux, Switzerland) or bureau.

NOT THE MANAGER ---> Wayne, W4MPY is not the QSL manager for any station. He gets a number of cards each bureau mailing for stations he has simply *printed* QSL cards for (apparently the confusion comes from the rpinetr's credit, "QSLman - W4MPY"). "In the past, I have forwarded them at my expense to the customers", he says, "but will no longer be doing that". [TNX W4MPY]

PSK63 QSO PARTY ---> The EPC PSK63 QSO Party, sponsored by the European PSK Club [425DXN 789], will be held on 19 November (24 hours). Full information can be found at http://www.eu.srars.org

QSL 3Y0X ---> All direct cards for 3Y0X, XR9A and CE0Z received through 16 September have been processed and mailed (52,342 QSOs for all three calls totalled together). Further information can be found at http://www.peterone.com/qsl.htm

QSL R1MVI ---> Roman, RX3RC is the new QSL manager for the 10-12 September 2004 R1MVI operation. QSL direct (Roman A. Novikov, P.O. Box 21, 392000 Tambov, Russia) or bureau. [TNX RX3RC]

QSL WRTC 2006 ---> The QSL cards for the WRTC 2006 stations are printed and ready to be mailed. The QSL manager is PP5VB, direct (Vantuil Barbosa Dias, P.O. Box 13, Imbituba, SC 88780-000, Brazil) or bureau. [TNX PY5EG]

QSL YX0A & YX0LIX ---> Steve, KU9C reports he has printed most of the labels, but is still waiting for the cards to arrive from the printer. He has still to do a number of log searches for the gaps in the logs, and as soon as the DX team provides them he will start that process. Please be patient, as "the situation is a bit out of my control", he says.

YX5IOTA ---> Lighthouse chasers please note that the 26 September-1 October YX5IOTA operation from La Tortuga (SA-044) [425DXN 798] will also count for Cayo Harradure lighthouse (ARLHS VEN-007). QSL via IT9DAA. [TNX IT9DAA] ______

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LOGS: On-line logs and QSL pictures for either TK/IK5PWQ (EU-014) and TK/IK5PWQ/P (EU-104) are now available at http://www.qsl.net/ik5pwq/logs/logs.html [TNX IK5PWQ] ------

QSLs received direct or through managers: 3D2RX, 4L2M, 4O3AB, 4O3ES, 4X4MU, 4Z5ML, 6Y5WJ, 8R1AK/M, 8R1ZUM, 9A150NT, 9G1UW, 9M4SEB (OC-295), 9M6/G3OOK, 9M8DX, 9V1RH, A45XR, A71EM, AY1ZA, BD1WC, BD5WW, BD6AX, BI4S (AS-150), BY4RSA/4, C31MO, C56W, C91JR, CP6UA, CT6A, CX5BW, D2DX, D7C, DS4DBF, DU9/DK2PR, EB5KB (EU-151), EL2AR, EU3DN, F5RAB/p (EU-074), FG/JJ2RCJ, FG/OH7KD/p, FO/HA9RE/p, FO/KM9D, FS/DL7DF, GB50, GB6EHL, GW3KHZ/p (EU-106), H40HL, HC3/KD6WW (SA-034), HC4/KD6WW (SA-033), HC8N, HK1AR, HQ9F, HZ1AB, J48SI (EU-158), JW5YJ, JW9DFA, KC2NMZ/C6A, KH0HQ, KH8SI, KL7AC, KL7HBK (NA-050), KZ5JM, LU/G0HFX (SA-008), LX/DL6WT, MD4K, OH0R (EU-002), ON5KQ, OX3PG, OY/PA0VHA, OY/PA2A, OY/PA2AM, PJ7/DL7DF, RA9LI/9, RC4Q, RK2FWA, S01R, SQ6Z, SV1EQU/8 (EU-075), SV3/SV1VS (EU-158), SV9/SM2EKM, T88CW (OC-009), TA1BM, TF3ZA, TR8JLD, TX0P (AF-027), TY4TW, TZ6DEL, V47/AB2RF, V85GD, VE9DX, VI9NI, VK9LNO, VP8DJB (AN-001), VQ9LA, VR2BG, VU4AN/VU2JOS, VU4AN/VU2UWZ, VU4AN/VU3RYC, VU4AN/VU3RYF, W6C (NA-144), XE2K/XF2 (NA-246), XE2WWW/XF2 (NA-246), YB5AQB (OC-075), YB8SI, YE6N (OC-161), YU6AO, YU6DZ, YV5MM, Z35G, ZA/Z35M, ZK1NOU, ZK1YAQ, ZL2SQ, ZM8CW.

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425DXNews Home Page 30 September 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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5B - Sigi, DL7DF will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and SSTV holiday style as 5B4/DL7DF from Cyprus (AS-004) on 5-12 October. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K] 5R - Willi, DJ7RJ will operate CW and SSB on 160-10 metres from Madagascar on 1-27 October. Reportedly he will be on IOTA AF-057. No callsign has been assigned yet. QSL via home call. [TNX AA1M] 8Q - Andrew, G7COD will be active as 8Q7AK from Embudu Island, Maldives (AS-013) on 3-15 October. He plans to operate on 10-80 metres SSB with some CW. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX K1XN] 9A - Chris (9A/DL9CHR), Georg (9A/DL1GEO), Heli (9A/DH1ABC), Wolfgang (9A/DJ3MWB), Wolf (9A/DG0DE) and Emir (9A6AA/p) will be active from a few Croatian islands in the EU-170 IOTA group on 7-14 October. They plan to operate on 20 and 40 metres SSB. Further information will be available at http://www.inet.hr/9a6aa/iocaplan.htm [TNX VA3RJ] BY - Look for BD1DRJ/2, BG2QMP/2 and BD2RI/2 to be active on 40, 20 and 15 metres SSB and CW from Changxing Islan (AS-151) on 1-6 October. QSL via BD1DRJ (He Lei, Rm 1705,Tower B, No.36 Beisanhuan East Road, Dongcheng Dist., Beijing 100013, China). [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] DL - Thomas, DH5MM and Mario, DL5ME will operate on 40, 20 and 17 metres from Fehmarn Island (EU-128) on 6-9 October. QSL via home calls. [TNX DL5ME] EA8 - Stephan, DK3TNA will be active as EA8/DK3TNA from Tenerife, Canary islands (AF-004) on 7-12 October. He plans to operate SSB on 15- 80 metres during his evening hours. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] ER - Special event station ER570C will be active on 1-15 October to celebrate the 570th anniversary of Chisinau, the capital city of Moldova. QSL via ER1DA, direct or bureau. [TNX ER1DA] G - GB6OCV, G3RCV, G1RCV and member stations will be active during October as part of Cray Valley Radio Society's 60th anniversary celebrations. The Cray Valley Diamond Award is available for working club and member stations in October. Full details are at http://www.cvrs.org [TNX M3RCV] GD - Four members of QRP-Amateur Radio Club International (http://www.qrparci.org/) will be active from the Isle of Man (EU-116) from 28 September until 4 October. Look for Dick G0BPS (GD0BPS), Ken MD/W4DU, Hank MD/K8DD and Stan MD/AC8W to operate CW, SSB and PSK31 on all the usual frequencies. [TNX VA3RJ] GM - Michael, GM0PHW will operate as homecall/p from Inchcolm Island (EU-123) on 7-8 October. Activity will be on 40-10 metres SSB only. QSL direct to GM0PHW (Michael Whitehead, 185 Allanton Road, Allanton Shotts ML7 5AX, Scotland, UK). [TNX VA3RJ] I - Valeriano/IK5ABG, Giovanni/IK5BCM, Oliviero/IK5BQW, Beppe/IK5CBE and Giovanni/IK5CRH will operate as IA5/homecall from Montecristo Island (EU-028, IIA LI-015) on 1-5 October. QSL for all via IK5CBE. [TNX IK5CBE] I - Marconi memorial stations IY1TTM and IY4FGM will be active on 3- 29 October to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the microwave experiments carried out by Marconi in October 1931 from Sestri Levante. QSL IY1TTM via IW1RIK (direct or bureau), QSL IY4FGM via IK4UPU (direct or bureau); special QSL card for contacting the two stations via IK1YKT (direct or bureau). [TNX IW1RIK] J - Look for JJ4UEL/4 to be active from Nino Island (AS-117, JIIA AS-117-023), Hiroshima Prefecture on 30 September. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] P2 - P29NI and P29CVX are the callsigns to be used by Derek/G3KHZ, Vincent/G0LMX and Hans/SM6CVX for their forthcoming IOTA operations from Papua New Guinea [425DXN 789]. They will sign P29NI (QSL via G3KHZ) from the Trobriand Islands (OC-115) on 2-10 October and P29CVX (QSL via SM6CVX) from Daru Island (OC-153) on 11-14 October. They plan to operate CW and SSB with 100 watts and verticals. [TNX SM6CVX] PY - Special event station ZV100SD will be active on all bands during October to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the historic flight of Brazilian Alberto Santos-Dumont. QSL via PS7AHR, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX] ST - ST2A is the new callsign for Jovica, T98A, formerly known as ST0RM. Jovica is still active from Sudan and operates mostly CW (with some SSB, RTTY and PSK31) on various bands. He will do his best to be active on 160 metres during the coming winter season. QSL via T93Y (Boris Knezovic, P.O. Box 59, BA-71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina). [TNX T93Y] T8 - John, WB6Z will operate CW, SSB and FM as T80B from Koror (OC- 009), Palau from 29 September through 3 October. He plans to concentrate on 80 and 6 metres, and on 10m FM. QSL to John Furuya, P.O. Box 747, Mercer Island, WA 98040, USA. [TNX JF1OCQ] T8 - Hide, JM1LJS will be active as T80W from Koror (OC-009), Palau on 6-10 October, while Nob/JR3STX (T88ST) and Doji/JH3JWW (T88JW) will remain one day longer (until the 11th). They will operate holiday style on 40-6 metres plus 145/435 MHz satellite from the IMPAC Palau Rental Shack. QSL T88ST via JR3STX (bureau or direct), QSL T88JW via JH3JWW (bureau only), QSL T80W via JM1LJS (bureau or direct). More information at http://radio-dream.com/t80w/ UR - Roman/UR7IJQ, Alexandr/UR7IKV and Roman/UY7IQ will operate on 40- 17 metres SSB and CW from Slov'yans'kyi Island (SD-09 for the Ukrainian Islands Award) on 1 October. QSL via home calls. [TNX UY7IQ] VE - Steve, VE2TKH/VY0ICE was expected to remain on Baffin Island until June 2007 [425DXN 802]. However, according to the latest information posted at qrz.com, "for many personal reasons" he will now QRT on 11 October and go back home. QSL via VE2AWR, who now accepts also bureau cards. VU7 - On 27 September, in a message posted on the Amateur Radio Society of India's newsgroup (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ARSI/), ARSI President Gopal Madhavan, VU2GMN announced that "formal WPC permission has been received by ARSI with the call sign VU7LD". WPC, the Wireless Planning & Coordination Wing of the Ministry of Communications, is the national radio regulatory authority, and the permission is for a period of one month, from 1 to 31 December 2006. This is the second announced operation from the Lakshadweeps; the first one is being organized by the National Institute of Amateur Radio (NIARS) and is expected to take place between 15 and 25 January 2007 [425DXN 801]. ______

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QSL 4W1BK ---> Stu, WA2MOE was the QSL manager for the 4W1BK operation in May 2003 until he died early last year. Garth, VE3HO has recently obtained a copy of the logs and can confirm contacts for those still needing a card.

QSL IY6GM ---> All of the contacts made with this Marconi memorial station between 5 and 20 August 2006 have been confirmed automatically via the bureau. Logs and pictures can be found at http://www.ariancona.it/iy6gm_2006.htm [TNX I6GFX]

QSL OC-270 ---> Donny, YB6LD (ex-YB1BOD) reports that the QSL cards for the March 2006 operation from Simeulue Island (YC6LAY/p, YB6LYS/p, YC6JKV/p, YB6PLG/p and YB1BOD/6) have arrived form the printer. He expects to process and mail direct requests in early October. Cards without sufficient or proper return postage (i.e. unredeemable IRCs) will be sent thorugh the bureau.

QSL VIA AI4U ---> Jeffrey, AI4U is the new QSL manager (direct only) for PX5E, PT5A and ZX5J. Cards already mailed to VE3HO do not need to be sent again. Jeffrey is the QSL manager also for KP3V, KP4QY, KP4RV, PP5JR, PP5TO, PP5TO/p, PP5TO/PY1, ZV5R (CQ WW DX SSB 2001 and CQ WW RTTY 2005) and ZY1A.

QSL VIA WC5N ---> Barry Blanton, WC5N has received the LoTW certificates for his VK9WB (Cocos-Keeling, 1990) and V63BW (1992) operations. "I'll be glad to check the log and confirm through LoTW for anyone that may still desire a confirmation from those operations", he says. Send an e-mail to [email protected] requesting LoTW confirmation (the same address can be used for bureau card requests as well).

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 through 23.59 UTC on the 22nd. The object is to work as many American and Canadian islands on 160-6 metres as possible. Amateurs worldwide are welcome to participate. Full information can be found on the new USI website at http://www.usislands.org ______

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LX/PA6Z: The web site (including daily updated on-line logs) for the 30 September-7 October operation from Luxembourg [425DXN 789] is at http://www.pa6z.nl/lx_2006/index ______

======*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL INFO ******** ======Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

======CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER ======3A2CWG 3A2LF FP/G3TXF G3TXF R40VAZ RX4HJ 3W9JR OK1JN GB0RAF G0DBX R60FW UA2DC 3XD2Z UA6JR GB2BF G4DFI RK2FWA DK4VW 3XM6JR UA6JR GB2LI G0GRI RW0AJ W3HNK 4K9W DL6KVA GB6SWL G6XOU RZ6AWP/6 RV6AB 4L0F 2M0UUA HC2SL EA5KB S79SG IZ0CKJ 4L1DA W7LPF HC8N W5UE SG3U SM3CXS 4N150JA 4N1JA HK8RQS EA5KB SN700DR SP3PFY 4N1856T YU1BM HP3XBH W4WX SU0ARA HA3JB 4O3B OH2BH HS0ZGQ DL1MJF SV0XAO DJ5JH 4U1UN HB9BOU II7CC IZ8DDG SX1CS SV1DBY 4X1FQ AA4V IQ1RY IK1HXN SY8GE SV2DGH 4X4BL WA2KNC IQ3UD IV3DSH T88AS JP1IOF 5F3COM SV8CS IQ6CC IZ8DDG T88YN JE1SYN 5N8NDP IK5JAN IU1DCI IK1QFM TA2/SP5IXI VK6DXI 6W1SE JR2KDN IU1WFC IZ1GCZ TA4CW F8CVR 7Q7CE IN3VZE J28JA F5JFU TC125ATA TA1CM 7Z1SJ EA7FTR J79MD N1DL TJ3SL F5PSA 8P2K KU9C J7R N1DL TK9Z EA4BT 9A/VE3ZIK DL3PS JW5X LA5X TM3NV F2WS 9G5OO DL4WK JW7XK LA7XK TM8ANG F6KQK 9Q1D SM5BFJ JW8DW LA8DW TT8FC EA4AHK 9Q1NT ON5NT JW8XU LA8XU TT8PK F4EGS A25/DF3GY DF3GY JW9DL LA9DL UA0YAY IK2QPR A25/DJ4LK DJ4LK KG4DX W4WX UE1RLH/6 RA1QY A71BX EA7FTR KH2/N1YN JA1AQV UE3FAP RA3ARS AT7LEO VU2LCI LN3Z LA9VDA UE3LRG RV3LZ B1Z EA7FTR LU/R1ANF RK1PWA UE3NFF RA3NN BD1WC EA7FTR LZ1900K LZ1BJ UE3RGR/P RA3RBL C56X DL9USA LZ5HST LZ1PJ UK7F W3HNK CN2BC DJ2BC MS0SCG/p M0SCG UN7MMM EA7FTR CO2NB EA5KB OH0B OH2BH V31DU K9DUR CT1JGA DL3MCO OH0E OH2MM V31OR K9DUR CX0TTY CX5BW OH0I OH3BHL V31PW K9DUR DT8A HL2FDW OH0JWH DJ2PJ V31TN K9DUR E51APX AI5P OH0KAG OH1KAG V51LK DJ4LK EA1/OZ5IPA OZ5AAH OH0M OH1MM VP8DJB F5PFP EA8AH RD3A OH0MM OH2MM W4PL/4 K4KWK ED6TPI EA6ZX OH0Z W0MM WP3C W3HNK ED6TSM EA6SB ON62POL ON4NOK XU7TZG ON7PP EF8A EA8AUW OP1W ON6CW XW8KPL/RU3DX RU3DX EX2M W3HNK OQ1C ON4ON YB0IR W4JS EX8QB IK2QPR OS0S ON4ZD YT3B UA3AB EY8MM K1BV OX3XR OZ3PZ YV1FM IT9DAA FM5DN KU9C P40KM W4GKM YX5IOTA IT9DAA FO/KM9D OM2SA PC6NHW PA3CNX ZL4IR W8WC FP/G3SXW G3SXW R1FJT UA4RC ZS2BS DJ5MS ______

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9V1FJ Barry Fletcher, 54 Coronation Road West # 03-04, 269266 Singapore AI4U Jeffrey R. Folk, 233 North St, Lewisville, NC 27023, USA EA4BT Apartado Postal 1315, 28800 Alcala de Henares (Madrid), Spain EX8AB Narynbek Djunushev, P.O. Box 2677, 13802 Tallinn, Estonia F1CGN Fabrice Plet, 58 Avenue Rene Lebail, 91210 Draveil, France HS0ZBS Kurt Brauer, P.O. Box 75, Phanom Sarakham-Chachoengsao 24120, Thailand IN3VZE Ely Camin, Corso 3 Novembre 136/2, 38100 Trento - TN, Italy IT9DAA Corrado Ruscica, Via Capitano Salemi 41, 96019 Rosolini - SR, Italy IZ8DDG Orlando Balisciano, Villa Bisignano 5, Traversa 21, I-80147 Napoli, Italy K4KWK Tommie Wright, 2344 Violette Drive, Soddy Daisy, TN 37379, USA RX3RC Roman A. Novikov, P.O. Box 21, 392000 Tambov, Russia SM3CXS Jorgen Svensson, Berghemsvagen 11, SE-86336 Sundsbruk, Sweden SM5BFJ Leif Hammarstrom, Lerklockan 4, SE-73091 Riddarhyttan, Sweden SV2DGH Christos Sfyris, P.O. Box 4200, 57019 Perea, Thessaloniki, Greece TF4M Thorvaldur Stefansson, P.O. Box 2, IS-465 Bildudalur, Iceland TI8II Carlos S. Bedoya, P.O. Box 119, Puntarenas 5400, Costa Rica VE2AWR Serge Langlois, 1291 Du Comte, Charlesbourg, QC G2L 1B8, Canada ZC4LI Steve Hodgson, 4 Nikolau Michael Street, 5523 Dasaki Achnas, Cyprus ZD7VC Bruce R. Salt, P.O. Box 5, Jamestown, St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean STHL 1ZZ

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425DXNews Home Page 7 October 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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3C0 - Elmo, EA5BYP will be active as 3C0M from Annobon (Pagalu) Island (AF-039) from 21 October to 3 November. He plans to operate on 10- 80 metres SSB, 20-15 metres RTTY and 160 metres CW. Further information is expected soon. [TNX EA5YN] 3W - Shim, XV3AA/3W3A will be active from Vietnam for a couple of weeks starting on 11 October. Look for him between 23.30 and 00.30 UTC on 20 metres. QSL via JA6UHG. [TNX The Daily DX] 4X - The Holyland DX Group (4Z4BS, 4Z4KX, 4Z1UF, 4Z5LA, 4Z5FI , 4X6HP and 4X1VF) will be active as 4Z0J on 3-4 November from the site of the so-called "Jesus Boat (www.jesusboat.com/imgs/site/site/boat.html). They will operate CW and SSB on 10-80 metres from M05KT and mobile from other Holyland Award areas around the main location. QSL via 4Z4BS. [TNX 4X1VF] 9N - Tohru, JA0UMV will be active again as 9N7MV from Katmandu, Nepal on 26-30 October, CQ WW DX SSB Contest included. This time he will operate on 40, 30, 20, 17 and 15 metres SSB, CW and possibly RTTY. Suggested CW frequencies are 7017, 10117, 14027, 18077 and 21027 kHz. QSL via home call (Tohru Kataoka, 15-9 Sakae, Kamo, Niigata 959-1382, Japan). [TNX JA1ELY] BV - Special event station BV0RTI will be active (on 80, 40, 20 and 15 metres) from 10 UTC on 8 October until 4 UTC on the 9th to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Radio Taiwan International's German programme. [TNX BV2QB] EA6 - Helmut, DL5DSM will operate holiday style as EA6/DL5DSM from Mallorca (EU-004) on 16-24 October. Main activity is expected on 160 and 80 metres CW. QSL via home call. E-mail-requests for buro cards can be sent to [email protected] [TNX DL5DSM] FS - Yan, FS5HL will be operating from NA-199 (St. Martin's coastal islands) on 6-8 October. [TNX The Daily DX] HL - Han/DS2GOO, Son/DS3HWS, Lee/6K2CEW and maybe a few others will be active from Hong Island (AS-093) on 13-15 October. They will operate as either homecall/4 and D90HE/4 on 80-10 metres SSB with some digital mode activity. QSL D90HE/4 via DS2GOO, others via home call. Log will be available at http://myhome.naver.com/dxer2han/as_093/ [TNX HL1VAU] KH8_si - Hrane, YT1AD is organizing a DXpedition to Swains Island tentatively scheduled to take place between 12 September and 3 October 2007. A multi-national team of operators (K1LZ, K3LP, N6TQS, RA3AUU, RZ3AA, UA3AB, RK3AD, YZ7AA, YU1EA and KD7RCD, plus "potential members" YU7NU, YZ1BX, YU1DX and YZ1EW) will stay on the island for ten days and will operate with six stations. Further information is expected in due course. [TNX YZ1EW] LU - A team of eight operators will be active on the HF bands SSB and CW as LU4AAO/D from Claromeco Lighthouse (ARG-014) on 14-15 October. QSL via LU4AAO. [TNX LU1AEE] PA - Holger, DH1AD will be active as PA/DH1AD from Texel Island (EU- 038) on 9-19 October. It will be a holiday-style operation, with 100 watts and wire antennas. QSL via home call, bureau preferred. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] PZ - Bob, N3CXM plans to operate during his spare time as PZ5JR from Suriname while on a business trip until 19 October. QSL via K3BYV. [TNX The Daily DX] S2 - Josep/EA3BT and his wife Nuria/EA3WL, along with Tony/EA2PA, Fer/EA5FX and Juan/EA8CAC will be active as S21EA from Bangladesh on 10-16 January. The plan to operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 160-6 metres with three stations. QSL via EA3BT, direct orf bureau. Further information will be available at http://www.ea3bt.com/s21ea.html (under construction). [TNX EA3BT] T32 - Look for T32Z to be active from Christmas Island (OC-024) on 10- 20 October. He plans to operate CW and SSB with an emphasis on 12, 17 and 30 metres. QSL via K3PD. [TNX The Daily DX] T6 - John, KE6GFF will be active as T6EE from Afghanistan until 30 October. Look for him on 14200 kHz. QSL via home call (bureau preferred). [TNX QRZ-DX] TK - Kazik/DL2SBY, Tomi/HA4DX and Laci/HA0HW will be active as TK/homecall from Sisco, Corsica (EU-014) on 2-11 November. They will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on all HF bands, with an emphasis on the low bands. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX HA0HW] V2 - Team Antigua (V26B, QSL via KA2AEV) will once again participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. Most of the operators will arrive the week before and be active using their own calls until a few days after the contest. Expect activity by V26BZR (QSL via W2BZR), V26G (QSL via N2ED), V26MH (QSL via HB9OCR), V26OC (QSL via N3OC) and V26R (QSL via KA2AEV). WX3B will be active as well, but his V2 callsign is unknown at this time. [TNX NG3K] V6 - Sasi/JA1KJW (V63JQ), Mat/JA1JQY (V63JY), Hiro/JI1FOP (V63OP) and Kuni/JA8VE (V63VE) will be active from Micronesia on 1-13 November. They will operate from three different islands: Kosrae (OC-059, 1- 6 November), Pohnpei (OC-010, 7-8 November) and Chuuk (OC-011, 9- 13 November). Plans are to have two stations up and running on 160- 10 metres SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL V63JQ via JA1KJW, QSL V63JY via JA1JQY, QSL V63OP via JI1FOP, QSL V63VE via JF1OCQ. [TNX JA1ELY] VP2M - Bill, W4WX (VP2MHX) and Jan, K4QD (VP2MQD) will be active from Montserrat (NA-103) on 23-31 October. They will operate on 10- 80 metres CW, PSK31, RTTY and SSB, and will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as single band entries. QSL VP2MHX via W4WX (direct), QSL VP2MQD via K4QD (direct or bureau). [TNX W4WX] VP2M - Art, WA7NB will be active as VP2MDY from Montserrat (NA-103) on 25-31 October. He will operate on 6-160 metres CW, SSB and PSK31, and will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX WA7NB] VU7 - The NIAR DXpedition to the Lakshadweep Islands (VU7RG), originally planned to take place in January [425DXN 801], has been rescheduled. The new dates are 1-10 December 2006. Bookmark http://www.vu7.in/ for further information and updates. XU - A group of operators from Finland will be active as XU7MDY and XU7JGE from Cambodia from 20 October to 5 November. Apparently they will concentrate on CW (suggested frequencies are 1825, 3507, 7003, 10104, 14007, 21007, 24897 and 28020 kHz) and the low bands; however, XU7MDY will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as a single band entry. QSLs via OH4MDY (direct only). [TNX OH4MDY] YU6 - Hrane, YT1AD will be active as YU3AD from Montenegro in October. QSL this operation via YT1AD. [TNX YZ1EW]

PACIFIC TRIP ---> Larry, N0UU (www.tri.net/n0uu) will be touring the South Pacific with Lindblad Expeditions between 14 and 27 October. Although amateur radio is not the primary reason for these cruises, he plans to operate SSB on 15, 20 and maybe 17 metres as FO/N0UU (from French Polynesia) and VP6UU, as well as with a CE0 callsign if he gets the licence. QSL via home call (bureau). His itinerary is as follows: 14 Oct Bora Bora No operation 21 Oct At sea 15 Oct Makatea OC-066 22 Oct Pitcairn No operation 16 Oct Fakarava OC-066 23 Oct Henderson OC-056 17 Oct Raroia OC-066 24 Oct Ducie OC-182 18 Oct At sea 25 Oct At sea 19 Oct Pukarua OC-238 26 Oct At sea 20 Oct Mangareva OC-063 27 Oct Easter Isl SA-001 Daily ship reports will be posted at http://www.expeditions.com/ [TNX The Daily DX]

PACIFIC TRIP ---> Willy, ON5AX and his wife Magda, ON3AX will be active from the Pacific between 17 October and 14 December. They plan to operate on 20, 30 and 40 metres CW, SSB and PSK from Samoa (5W0AX, 17-22 October), American Samoa (KH8/ON5AX, 24-29 October, CQ WW DX SSB Contest included), Tonga (A35AX, 2-14 November) and New Zealand (ZL/ON5AX, from 16 November to 14 December). [TNX ON5AX] ______

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425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (September 2006) is now available at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/index.html. Articles and pictures should be sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA ([email protected]).

ANTARCTICA AWARD ---> The Award Manager (Gianni Marruccella, IZ8CGS) reports that all of the certificate requests received as of 15 September 2006 h ave been processed and mailed along with the complimentary map of Antarctica published by the Australian Antarctic Division [425DXN 700].Up-to-date score tables are available at www.mdxc.org/antarctica/award.asp.

ANTARCTICA CHALLENGE ---> The French Polar Team has announced a new programme called "The Antarctica Challenge", with the goal of promoting amateur radio contacts with and raising funds for Antarctic ham stations. Full details are available at http://f6kdf.ath.cx/f5nod/ [TNX F5NOD]

DXCC NEWS ---> The following operation has been approved for DXCC credit: TT8LN (Chad), operation from 12 February through 5 June 2006.

DX SPOTS ---> Rod Elliott, VE3UW has collected the DX spots from the OH2AQ Web Cluster since January 1997. The collection - from January 1997 up to September 2006 - is available at www.425dxn.org/dxspots/, as well the software (DXINFO v2.0) which will enable you to handle the files (instructions at the URL above).

INDEXA ---> The International DX Association, INDEXA (www.indexa.org) has announced the results of its 2006-07 election: President Ron Wright, ZL1AMO Vice President Gary Dixon, K4MQG Secretary-Treasurer Bill Jennings, W4UNP Directors: Bob Allphin, K4UEE; Richard Grant, W9RG; Franz Langner, DJ9ZB; Nellie Saltiel de Lazard, XE1CI. Newsletter Editor: John Scott, K8YC. [TNX K4MQG]

NEW WAB AWARD ---> A new WAB (Worked All Britain) award is being introduced from 1 Janury 2007. It will be available to licenced amateurs and SWLs for working the many special event stations (GB callsigns) from the United Kingdom each year. Full information is available on http://www.worked-all-britain.co.uk/ [TNX G1VDP]

QSL HK3JJH ---> Pedro reports that his new mailing address is: Pedro J. Allina, Cod 9906, P.O. Box 02-5242, Miami, FL 33102-5242, USA.

WACI ---> The Worked All Canary Islands award, sponsored by the Gran Canaria DX Group, is available to either licenced amateurs and SWLs for working stations located on the various EA8 islands. Full information is available at http://www.grupodxgc.com [TNX EA8CAC]

WRTC 2010 ---> The World Radiosport Team Championship Sanctioning Committee (WRTC-SC) has announced that in 2010 WRTC will be held in Russia for the first time. The Union of Radio Amateurs of Russia (Soyuz Radiolyubitelei Rossii, SRR) is the primary sponsoring organization, and SRR President Roman Thomas, RZ3AA, is the host committee chairman. The event will be held near Moscow in conjunction with the IARU HF World Championship in July. The committee plans to publish qualification rules and procedures and to establish a web site as soon as possible. [TNX ARRL Contester's Rate Sheet]

YU6AO ---> The YU6AO operation from Montenegro conducted by Hrane, YT1AD and a multi-national team of 35 operators made some 75,000 QSOs (on-line logs and pictures can be found at http://www.yu6ao.info). So far 8,000 envelopes have been received and 25,000+ QSOs have been confirmed, YZ1EW reports. However, according to a note posted on the DXCC Dialog Weblog on 4 October (http://www.arrl.org/blog/DXCC%20Dialog), DXCC credit is currently not allowed "because of possible irregularities in the QSLing process". Once this matter is cleared, credits already submitted can be claimed with a note to the DXCC Branch Manager, Bill Moore at [email protected]. ______

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LOGS: On-line logs for HA506NF and HA501DAE can be found at http://users.atw.hu/ha1dae/ha506nf/search.html and http://users.atw.hu/ha1dae/ha501dae/search.html [TNX HA1DAE] LOGS: On-line logs for this year's ILLW activity by IU1L (La Lanterna, ARLHS ITA-177, WAIL LI-005) can be found at http://www.arigenova.it/CercaLogIU1L.asp [TNX IZ1BZS] LOGS: The YX5IOTA expedition to Cayo Herradura (La Tortuga, SA- 044) logged 10883 QSOs from 20.04 UTC on 26 September through 03.34 UTC on 1 October. On line logs, pictures and statistics are available at http://yx5iota.4m5dx.org MIQUELON: A brief photo-report on the recent FP/G3SXW and FP/G3TXF operation from Miquelon Island can be found at http://www.g3txf.com/dxtrip/FP_G3TXF/FP.html Roger and Nigel made 7,841 CW QSOs in four days. QSL via home calls. TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now available at http://www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. Please send your scores, as well as any request for further information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW ([email protected]) ------

QSLs received direct or through managers: 3D2WW, 3Y0X, 4J6ZZ, 4L1DA, 4L6AM, 4O2NT, 4O3ES, 4O6DX, 4X4BL, 5W0KI, 6W1EA, 9G5UR, 9K2CQ, 9K2HN, 9M4SEB (OC-295), 9M6ACC, AX3MCG, BG7MSN, BV6GU, BY4XSL/4 (AS-135), C31BO, C56W, C6AYM (NA-001), C91HQ, CP6XE, CX5BW, D44BS, DU1EIB, DU6BG, E20WXA, E51JD, EA6SX, EA6UN, EK3GM, EO61JM, ER/RW3AH, ES5Q, ES9C, FK8GX, FK8HN, FS5KA, FW8AA, GC0GRC/p, J28UN, KH6/KF7E, KH8SI, LA/IK3GES/P (EU-044), LA/IK3GES/P (EU-076), LU7YS, LZ0A, NY3A/p (NA-140), OA4/DL5SE, OA4/DL5YWM, OD5NJ, OH8/IK3GES/P (EU-084), OH8/IK3GES/P (EU-184), OJ0LA, OL4HQ, OO5P, OY/PA2A, OZ/IK3GES/P (EU-125), PA/IK3GES/P (EU-146), PZ5RA, R1MVW, S01R, S9SS, SM2/IK3GES/P (EU-139), SM6/IK3GES/P (EU-043), SU9NC, SV5/SV1LK, T88PL, TA2ZF, TG9ADM, TK/IK5PWQ, TM5F (EU-095), TR8CA, UA0AOZ/0 (AS-114), UN5J, UN7DA, UQ1D, V25V, V47KV, V85GD, VI9NI, VP2EBR, VP2VQ, VP8DJB, VP9BO, VU4AN/VU2JMA, VU4AN/VU2JOS, VU4AN/VU2UWZ, VU4AN/VU3JLW, VU4AN/VU3NZC, VU4AN/VU3RWN, VU4AN/VU3RYB, VU4AN/VU3RYG, VU4AN/VU3SIE, XE2K/XF2, XF4IH, XW1A, YB1AQB, YI9QWO, YJ0ADX (OC-035), YJ0IR, YP1W, YU6AO, YU6DZ, YY5YMA, ZA/OK1JR, ZF2JO, ZM8CW, ZV0F.

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3B7 - The Five Star DXers Association (FSDXA, of 9M0C, D68C and 3B9C fame) has announced its next DXpedition, to St. Brandon (requested call 3B7C) to take place in September 2007. This will be a major effort, with a target of more than 100,000 QSOs. There will be up to twelve stations on the air, many using amplifiers and monoband beams, 24 hours a day, for almost three weeks. A multinational team is close to being complete, and 18 operators (9M6DXX, DK7YY, DL7AKC, EI5DI, G0OPB, G3BJ, G3IZD, G3NHL, G3NUG, G3SVL, G3XTT, G4KIU, G4TSH, K3NA, N6HC, SM5AQD, W3WL and WF5T) have already signed up to take part. FSDXA is seeking contributions from sponsors to help defray the very significant logistics costs of this DXpedition. Read the full announcement with the datils on haw contribute at http://www.3b7c.com/index.html (website under construction). [TNX G3XTT] 7Q - Harry, 7Q7HB is back in Malawi for a period of not less than 3 months. He will try to work low bands if he can get the antenna to work. QSL via G0IAS (direct only). [TNX G0IAS] EA6 - DK2ZF and DK4VW will operate as EA6/homecall from Mallorca, Balearic Islands (EU-004) on 14-26 October. Their main objective is testing 144 MHz EME from JT65b, but they also plan to operate CW on 40 and 30 metres in their early morning hours (3-5 UTC). QSL via bureau. [TNX DK2ZF] EA8 - Andy, DL8LAS reports he will be active as EA8/DL8LAS from Lanzarote, Canary islands (AF-004) on 14-27 October. He will operate on 10- 80 metres mostly CW. QSL via home call. FT5X - Gildas, FT5XP (TU5KG) [425DXN 800] operated from Port aux Francais, Kerguelen on 9 October. According to Gil, F5NOD he expects to return there around 25-26 November. QSL via F4EFI. HI - Antonio, IW2OAZ [425DXN 803] reports that he expects to operate as HI2/IW2OAZ from Catalina Island (NA-122) on 26 and 27 October, for about 8 hours starting around 13 UTC. Look for him signing HI2/IW2OAZ mainly on 20 and 17 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW] HR - Andrei/NP3D (EW1AR), Boris/N3SY (UU5SY), Alex/K2PAL (ex UB5XAZ) and Joe/KB2PDW will be active from Honduras between 22 and 30 October. On 22-25 October they will operate - along with HR2J and others - from Tigre Island (NA-060) with a special HQ4 callsign (QSL via W3HNK). Expect activity on 6-80 metres CW, SSB and RTTY. Then they will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as SOSB entries (callsigns TBA). [TNX K1XN] I - Weather and sea conditions permitting, IK8UHA, IK8VRH and IW8BVN will be active as IR8DX from Santo Ianni (EU-144, IIA PZ-001) on 14-15 October. They plan to operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 20, 17 and 15 metres. QSL via IK8VRH. [TNX IK8VRH] I - Special calls ED8SRT (QSL via IZ8EDJ), EF8SRT (QSL via IZ8EDJ), L30BST (QSL via IZ8EDJ), V55SRT (QSL via IZ8EDJ), YI0SRT (QSL via IZ8EDJ), II0SRT (QSL via I0YKN), IO0SRT (QSL via IZ0BTV), IR0SRT (QSL via IS0LFZ), IO1SRT (QSL via IZ1GJK), IO2SRT (QSL via I2JJR), IO3SRT (QSL via IV3ZXQ), IR3SRT (QSL via IN3JJI), IO5SRT (QSL via IZ5BTC), IO6SRT (QSL via IZ6FZS), IO7SRT (QSL via IZ7FLT), IO8SRT (QSL via IK8WEJ), IU8SRT (QSL via IZ8GGF) plus IQ0OS (ARI Ostia) will be aired on 20-22 October for the 3rd Strange Radio Team special event. Proceeds beyond out-of-pocket expenses will be donated to charity. Information is available at http://www.strangeradioteam.com/ or from the Event Manager Marco De Carlo, IZ7DOK ([email protected]) [TNX IZ8EDJ] J3 - Bill, VE3EBN will operate SSB, CW and PSK31 as J37LR and J37T from Grenada from 19 October to 26 November. QSL direct to home call. [TNX NG3K] PJ4 - Andy, W9NJY will be active as PJ4/W9NJY from Bonaire (SA-006) on 20-31 October. He will operate mostly CW on 40-10 metres, with some SSB and digital. QSL via WD9DZV. [TNX The Daily DX] SM - Anders/SM3XGV, Jorgen/SM3CXS, Staffan/SM3JGG and Sten/SM3NXS will be working on Grimskar Island (EU-176) on 20-22 October and will operate as SD3N and SG3U on 80-15 metres CW and SSB. QSL via SD3N via SM3NXS, QSL SG3U via SM3CXS (both preferably through the bureau). [TNX SM3CXS] SP - Special event station SN0JP will be active on 15-17 October to commemorate the 28th anniversary of the election of the late pope John Paul II. QSL via SP9PKZ (bureau) or direct. [TNX SP9GKM] SV - Special event station SX1VAR will be activated from Greece during the JOTA (Jamboree On The Air) on 21-22 October. QSL via SV1VS. [TNX SV1VS] UR - Special event station EM750W is active through 31 October to celebrate the 750th anniversary of the city of Lviv, Ukraine. For information on the relevant award, issued by the Lviv Shortwave Club (LKK), please contact George Chlijanc, UY5XE ([email protected]). [TNX UY5XE] UR - Special stations EM10E (QSL via UR5EDX), EM10I (QSL via UT5IM), EM10J (QSL via UU7JM), EM10K (QSL via US7KA), EM10L (QSL via UR5LO), EM10M (QSL via UR3MP), EM10T (QSL via UR7TO), EM10U (QSL via UT3UZ) and EM10V (QSL via UR5VDA) will be active on 14-17 October to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Ukrainian State Centre of Radio Frequencies. [TNX UT3UZ] V3 - Hart, DL7BC will operate as V31HK from Belize from 16 October through the end of the month. He will participate in the CQ WW SSB DX Contest. QSL via DL7BC, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K] V6 - The new dates for the operations from Micronesia by V63JQ (QSL via JA1KJW), V63JY (QSL via JA1JQY), V63VE (QSL via JA8VE) and V63FP (QSL via JI1FPO) [425DXN 805] are as follows: 1-7 November Kosrae OC-059 7-9 November Pohnpei OC-010 9-14 November Chuuk OC-011 On 14-15 November they will operate as KH2/AK0J (QSL via JA1KJW) from Guam (OC-026). [TNX JI6KVR] W - Dennis, WA2USA will operate on 80-10 metres SSB and CW as WA2USA/5 from Grand Isle (NA-168) on 19-30 October, including activity during the CQ WW SSB DX Contest. He plans to concentrate on 20 metres during the day and on 40/80 metres un the evenings. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] XT - The Provins ARS (F6KOP) has announced plans for a DXpedition to take place from Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso on 6-20 January 2007 (callsign TBA). The operators will be F2JD, F2VX, F4AJQ, F5LMJ, F5TVG, F8BJI, F9IE, N2WB, N6OX and OE8KDK. They will be active on 160-6 metres CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK 31 & 63 and SSTV (plus possibly WSJT on 6 metres) with six transceivers, two amplifiers and a wide range of antennas. QSL via F9IE, direct or bureau. A web site is under construction, more details to follow. [TNX F5NQL] ZL8 - The Microlite Penguins DXpedition team (EI6FR, HB9ASZ, K9ZO, N6MZ, N0TT, VK6DXI, W7EW and 9V1YC) became active as ZL8R from Raoul Island in the Kermadec group (OC-039) on 10 October. Plans are for a 8 or 9-day activity on as many bands and modes as possible. QSL via VE3XN. [TNX K5TR] ZS - Special event station ZS90DW will be active through the end of the year to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Delville Wood during WWI. QSL via ZS4SM. [TNX The Daily DX]

EUROPEAN TOUR ---> Rick, NE8Z reports he will be touring Europe between 19 October and 5 November. He plans to operate QRP from EA, G, HB9, I, SV1, TA4, 3A, CT1 and as 9H3EE. QSL via NE8Z.

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D20VB ---> According to first hand information collected by Cezar (VE3LYC), Vlad (UA4WHX) "was never on AF-108 and whoever spotted him like that made a rather bad joke". Vlad added that "he has no plans at this time to activate 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 is very rough. [TNX www.islandchaser.com]

DXCC NEWS ---> The following operations have been approved for DXCC credit: 9Q1D, 9Q1TB and 9Q1EK (Democratic Republic of the Congo), current operation beginning 22 September 2006. [TNX NC1L]

QSL 9N1AA ---> Satish is back on the air after being inactive for the past three years or so. His QSL manager (Carl Smith, N4AA) says that apparently Satish now has access to his old logs (previously reported as lost), even though he cannot provide a copy of them. Carl will be sending him a list of the "several hundred unanswered requests on hand at N4AA", and hopefully he will be able to confirm those old contacts. "I will answer these cards as soon as possible and to the best of my ability", Carl says. [TNX QRZ-DX]

QSL VK0JLX ---> Paul, VK2JLX/VK0JLX says he has decided not to select a QSL manger, he himself will reply to the many QSL cards that await his for his return to Australia around mid 2007. He is still working at Davis Station, Antarctica and his current operating times on the amateur radio bands are 6-7 UTC and 10-16 UTC (weekdays) and 5 UTC onwards (weekends).

QSL YU6AO ---> The following was published on the DXCC Dialog Weblog (http://www.arrl.org/blog/DXCC%20Dialog) on 11 October: "Reference our recent comments about YU6AO credits [425DXN 805, ed.], we have decided to continue crediting any YU6AO QSOs made on or after July 4, 2006. While we are still concerned that for some reason there are apparent date errors on certain YU6AO QSL cards, we will continue to count these credits pending further investigation. If you have received a YU6AO QSL card showing a date of July 4 or later which actually represents a QSO made prior to July 4, 2006, please let us know in an email to [email protected]". [Bill Moore, NC1L]

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======CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER ======3W2TXR JA2TXR HA500NAR HA0NAR PA25FMF PI4FRG 4L0ABC K3PD HA501AD HA1AD R1ANC RU1ZC 4S7VK DJ9ZB HA501CW HA1CW R1ANF RK1PWA 4X70R 4Z4TL HA501DAE HA1DAE R73SRR UA3DX 4Z70R 4Z4TL HA501TNX HA1TNX SJ9WL LA4EKA 4Z8DT OK1DT HA503DMF HA3DMF ST2A T93Y 5H3EE DL4SM HA503HO HA3HO ST2BF W3HNK 5N46EAM IK2IQD HA503HP HA3HP ST2NH EA7FTR 5R8GZ G3SWH HA503NU HA3NU T32GW WB6NOA 5R8RJ DJ7RJ HA503OD HA3OD T32Z K3PD 5X1GS WB2YQH HA505GY HA5GY T6EE KE6GFF 5Z4ES K3PD HA506KNX HA6KNX T80B WB6Z 6Y5AF W2WC HA506NF HA6NF T80W JM1LJS 7S2AT SK2AT HA506OA HA6OA T88JW JH3JWW 7Z1UG DG1XG HA507MW HA7MW T88ST JR3STX 8Q7AK G7COD HA507PL HA7PL T96Q T93Y 9A/T94DX DJ2MX HA507SQ HA7SQ TF3ZA KT6YL 9A650C 9A7K HA508IB HA8IB TM1GPK F4ERQ 9G5ZS ZS6EGB HA508VK HA8VK TP20CE F5LGF 9H9JR DJ0QJ HA508ZO HA8ZO TU2/F5LDY F1CGN 9J2BO G3TEV HC1HC NE8Z TX6A F6AML 9J2SZ SP8DIP HG1956R HA3HK TY5ZR IK2IQD 9M2IDJ JA6IDJ HZ1PS IZ8CLM UE3LWP RA3LBA 9M2TO JA0DMV IA5/IK5BCM IK5CBE UE6YYH/6 UA6YH 9M6XRO M5AAV IA5/IK5BQW IK5CBE UE6YYW UA6YW 9N1AA N4AA IA5/IK5CBE IK5CBE UR7ITU UY9IF A71EM EA7FTR IA5/IK5CRH IK5CBE V31LL WO0Z AH2J JR1VAY IG9/IT9RKR IW9HLM V5/DJ8VC DJ8VC BD1DRJ/2 BD1DRJ IG9/IW9GUR IW9HLM V5/DL8JS DL8JS BG2QMP/2 BD1DRJ IG9/IW9HLM IW9HLM VE1OTA/P VE1VOX BI4F BA4XA II1ARD IS0SDX VK0JLX VK2JLX BY1TX/2 EA7FTR II1ARU IS0PGF VK3FY/9 VK3FY C91BWW CT1BWW IY1TTM IW1RIK VP8DIZ G7KMZ C98BWW CT1BWW IY4FGM IK4UPU VP8SGK GM0HCQ CN8NK EA5XX JT1FCY I1QOD VQ9JC ND9M CO8ZZ DK1WI JW2PA LA2PA VU3RYO DL2JRM D20VB UA4WHX LA6FJA KM3X (a) VU3SID DL7AFS D44TD CT1EKF LA6FJA WY4N (b) VU3SIG DL7AFS DQ35AGCW DL1AH LG5LG LA4EKA XV3AA JA6UHG DR1A DL6FBL LN7AZ WY4N YB0A W3HNK DU3NXE W3HNK LU1ZV LU4DXU YC3BDJ IZ8CCW DU9/N0NM W4DR LX/PA6Z PA1K YE1AA ON4RU ED5RGC EA5HT LX5B LX1MAX YR100YRS YO3HKW ED7VRS EA7ANC LZ26ZA LZ1KZA YT150YT YT7YT ED8BTM EA8BTM MB2HFC G4BWP YU3AD YT1AD EK6LP IK2DUW MS0WRC G0MTD YZ150Z YU1ACR EM750W UT7WZ ON100BOIC ON4CRD YZ5C YU5CB ER570C ER1DA ON60AF ON6KN Z32A YT1AD EW6GF DL8KAC OP0P ON6DP ZK2PX AI5P EY8DQ DJ1MM OY3QN OZ1ACB ZL40AGY ZL2AGY FT5XP F4EFI P29NI G3KHZ ZL8R VE3XN GB6OCV G4DFI P29VCX SM6CVX ZS90DW ZS4SM HA500LG HA0LG P40LL WO0Z ZV100SD PS7AHR

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9Q1EK Georges Schleger, United Nations - MONUC - Radio Okapi, Kinshasa 12 Av. des Ateurs B.P. 8811, Democratic Republic of Congo BA4XA Kevin Yang, P.O. Box 59, Lian Yun Gang, JS 222002, China BD1DRJ He Lei, Rm 1705, Tower B, No. 36 Beisanhuan East Road, Dongcheng Dist., Beijing 100013, China CT1BWW Manuel Alberto C. Marques, P.O. Box 41, 2780-901 Oeiras, Portugal CT1EKF Antonio Jose Xara da Costa, Rua do Centro Vidreiro 917, Bustelo, 3720-626 Oliveira de Azemeis, Portugal ER1DA Valeri Metaxa, P.O. Box 3000, Chisinau, MD-2071, Moldova G3KHZ Derek Cox, 18 Station Road, Castle Bytham, Grantham, Lincs NG33 4SB, United Kingdom GM0HCQ Mike Gloistein, 27 Stormont Way, Scone, Perthshire PH2 6SP, Scotland, UK IW9HLM Angelo Mai, Via Carlo Pisacane 18/a, 95030 Mascalucia - CT, Italy LU8XP Cosme Alfonso Averna, 17 de Mayo 515, 9410 Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina PA1K Bert van Holst, Ien Dalessingel 357, 7207 LJ Zutphen, The Netherlands PZ5RA Ramon Kaersenhout, P.O. Box 4048, Paramaribo, Suriname SM6CVX Hans Olof Hjelmstrom, Kalltorpsv. 2, 543 35 Tibro, Sweden UA4WHX Vladimir M. Bykov, P.O. Box 2040, 426000 Izhevsk, Russia VE1VOX Dana Rushton, P.O. Box 1862, Truro, NS B2N 6C7, Canada VE3XN Garry V. Hammond, 5 McLaren Avenue, Listowel, ON N4W 3K1, Canada W3HNK Joseph Arcure Jr, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352, USA WB6Z John Furuya, P.O. Box 747, Mercer Island, WA 98040, USA XU7ADX Hiroo Yonezuka, Aiyara Apartment, 260 Rama 9 Rd. Soi 17, Japanese School, Latphaow, Bangkok 10320, Thailand ZC4VJ Andy Chadwick, P.O. Box 36575, 5526 Dasaki Achnas, Cyprus *****************************************************************************

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425DXNews Home Page 21 October 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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A3 - Mark, VK2GND will operate as A35GN from Tonga (OC-049) from 25 December to 3 January. Look for him on or aound 7050, 14195 and 14273 kHz. QSL via home call. [TNX VK2GND] C5 - Darren, G0TSM will be active as C52T from Bijilo Beach, The Gambia on 24-31 October, CQ WW DX SSB Contest included. He will operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 160-6 metres. "Please call me on HF if anyone thinks 6m is open", he says, "and I will QSY". He will have a Yagi for 10/15/20m, simple wire antennas on the other bands and a quad loop for 6m. QSL via home call, direct or bureau (QSLling policy at http://www.g0tsm.com), [TNX G0TSM] F - G8APZ/F1VJQ, F5OWL, F5VHX, G4FUF and PA4ZP will operate as F1VJQ/p and F5VHX/p from Porquerolles Island (EU-070) from 27 October to 4 November. They will operate on 144 Mhz using WSJT (FSK441a) for Meteor Scatter. There may also be a possibility of EME at their moonrise/moonset for the larger stations. On the HF bands, they will be mainly on CW approximately 7 KHz above each band edge. QSL direct for both calls via G8APZ, or via bureau to relevant callsign. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] FM - Mike, K9NW will be active most likely as FM/K9NW from Martinique (NA-107) on 25-30 October, including a SOAB entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX K9NW] FS - Nathan/W3ADX, Mike/N3VOP, Rob/K1RH and Clint/W3ARS will be active as FS/homecall from St. Martin (NA-105) on 25-31 October. QSL via home calls. They will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as FS/WY3P (QSL via W3ADC). Outside the contest look for them on 160-6 metres, with an emphasis on the WARC bands and RTTY. [TNX VA3RJ] GU - Tim/M3SDE (MU3SDE), Ant/MW0JZE (MU0JZE) and Chris/G1VDP (GU1VDP) will operate SSB and digital modes from Alderney Island, Guernsey (EU-114) from 26 October to 1 November. They will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as MU5W (Multi-Single). QSL MU0JZE via MW0JZE, QSL MU3SDE, GU1VDP and MU5W via M3SDE. [TNX G1VDP] HI - Udo/DL2AQI, Ingolf/DL4JS, Sigi/DL8AKI and Rich/DK8YY will be active on SSB, CW and digital modes as homecall/HI9 from the Dominican Republic (NA-096) from 21 October to 3 November. They will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as HI9L. QSL for all via DH7WW, direct or bureau. For direct requests, please note that Ulrich will not accept old style IRCs expiring on 31 December. [TNX DH7WW] HI - Jose, CT1EHX will be active on 10-80 metres SSB and RTTY as HI/CT1EHX from Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (NA-096) on 24- 31 October. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX CT1EHX] HR - HQ4D is the callsign to be used during the 22-25 October operation from Tigre Island (NA-060) [425DXN 806]. QSL via W3HNK. [TNX F5NQL] JA - The Tohoku University ARC and the Osaka University ARC are operating memorial stations 8J7YAGI and 8J3YAGI to commorate the 120th anniversary of the birth and the 30th anniverasy of the death of Dr. Hidetsugu Yagi, the inventor of the Yagi-Uda antenna (patented in 1926). All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau; direct cards should be sent to JA7YAA (for 8J7YAGI) and JA3YKC (for 8J3YAGI). Further information and log search for 8J7YAGI at http://www.ja7yaa.org.tohoku.ac.jp/8j7yagi/index-en.html LA - Tor, LA7LNA and Rag, LA6FJA will operate as LA5G during this weekend's 49th Jamboree On The Air (JOTA, http://www.scout.org/jota/) from a Scout camp in Valdres. QSL via bureau. [TNX LA6FJA] SM - Fred, SM7DAY and Jan, SM7NGH will operate CW and SSB from Ven Island (EU-137) and Hakens Lighthouse (ARLHS SWE-168) on 23-25 October. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX SM7NGH] SM - John, SM5DJZ will operate on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY as SD40JZ through November 2007. The special call celebrate John's 40 years on the amateur radio bands. QSL via SM5DJZ, direct or bureau. Logs will be uploaded to LOTW. [TNX SM5DJZ] SV - Gyuszi/HA2VR, Laci/HA6NL, Zsolt/HA6PS, Al/HA7JJS and Laci/HA7PL will be active on all bands CW and SSB as SV8/HA2VR, SV8/HA6NL and J48NL, SV8/HA6PS and J48PS, SV8/HA7JJS and J48JJ, SV8/HA7PL and J48PL from Thassos Island (EU-174) from 26 October to 8 November. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. They will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as J48RT (QSL via HA6NL). The same callsign will be used also during the HA-QRP Contest (http://www.radiovilag.hu/haqrp2.htm) on 80 metres CW with 7 watts. [TNX HA0HW] SV - Nikiforos/SV1EEX, Theodor/SV1GRM and Sotirios/SV1HER will operate as SX8F from Falkonera Island (EU-113) and lighthouse (ARLHS GRE- 012) on 15-19 November. They plan to operate SSB, CW, PSK, FSK441, SSTV and FM on 160-6 metres plus VHF, UHF and SHF. QSL via SV1HER. [TNX SV1EEX] TA - Milan, OK3AA and Josef, OK1XV will operate mainly CW on the HF bands as TA0/homecall from Lale Island (close to Alibey, which does not qualify for IOTA) on 20-25 October. QSL via home calls. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] UA_ant - Alan, UA1PAC reports that Alex, R1ANC (UA1ZCK) at Vostok Base (UA- 10 for the Antarctica Award), Antarctica (AN-016) is QRV every day between 00.00 and 16 UTC on 20 metres SSB (14160, 14176, 14200 kHz). Please note that the QSL route has changed again. The new QSL manager is UA1PAC himself, who says that he receives updates from Alex on a weekly basis. The new QSL cards are expected from the printer soon. [TNX UA1PAC] V6 - Shoji, JA7HMZ will be active as V63DX from Pohnpei (OC- 010), Micronesia on 13-18 November. He will operate on all bands and modes, with an emphasis on 160 metres for Europe and North America. QSL via home call. [TNX JA1ADT] VE - Manfred, VA3RMF reports that during the W/VE Islands QSO Party (21-22 October) he will operate from four CISA new ones in Ontario: Renny Island, Adelaide Island, Griswold Island and Bridge Island. VE - Rich, N0HJZ reports he will be operating from Canada as VB4MWA on 26-30 October, CQ WW DX SSB Contest included. QSL direct to home call. VK9C - Bernd, VK2IA will be active as VK9AA from Cocos-Keeling (OC- 003) 27-30 October and again on 20-27 November. He will participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as a Multi-Single entry with VK2CZ and possibly others, and in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as a SOAB entry. QSL both operations via DL8YR. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] VP2M - Gordon, G3USR will be active as VP2MSR from Montserrat (NA-103) from 26 October to 2 November. He plans to operate holiday style mostly on 40 and 20 metres SSB. QSL via home call. [TNX G3USR] VP5 - Look for Haru, JA1XGI to operate CW, SSB, RTTY and other digital modes as VP5/W8XGI on 4-7 November. QSL via home call. [TNX JA1XGI] VP9 - Paul, G4BKI will be operating CW only as VP9KF from Hamilton Parish, Bermuda (NA-005) on 1-15 November. QSL to W4/VP9KF (Paul Evans, 6809 River Road, Tampa, FL 33615, USA). [TNX VP9KF] VU7 - The IARU affiliated Amateur Radio Society of India (ARSI) has announced further details about the VU7LD activity from the Lakshadweep Islands [425DXN 804]. A team of about 25 Indian operators "who have a proven record of operating in pile up conditions" is being assembled, and operations will take place mainly from Karavatti Island for the entire month of December. Initial plans are for eight stations to be QRV on all bands and modes. QSL via W3HNK. Please visit http://www.arsi.info/VU7/index.html for further information, official press releases and on-line logs, as well as to get the details on how to contribute. You can also e- mail [email protected] [TNX VU2GMN] VU7 - According to the information posted on the expedition's website, the VU7RG activity [425DXN 805] is still planned to take place on 1- 10 December, along with the International Hamfest. A large multi-national team of about 50 operators will be active from three operating sites located on three different islands (Agatti, Bangaram and Kadmat). There will be three different QSL routes: the German DX Foundation (GDXF) for IARU Region 1, Bob Schenck (N2OO) for IARU Region 2 and the I-House Radio Club for IARU Region 3. Donations are being sought. Read the official press releases from NIAR in the News page at http://www.vu7.in/ W - Look for Paul, AA4ZZ/P to be active holiday style from Sunset Beach Island (NA-112) on 20-23 October. Activity will mainly be on 20 metres SSB, possibly on 80 and 40 metres as well. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ] W - WO0Z and AI0BP will join a team of students at the North Dakota ARC for the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as W0HSC. Current plans would be a Multi-Single entry (100 watts). QSL direct to W0HSC. [TNX WO0Z] XX9 - Ramon, XE1KK plans to be active as XX9TKK from Taipa Island (AS-075), Macau before the CQ WW DX SSB contest, possibily starting on 25 October. QSL via XE1KK. He will then participate in the Contest with the XX9C team (Multi-Multi). [TNX The Daily DX]

PACIFIC TOUR ---> Roman/RZ3AA, Andy/UA3AB and Harry/RA3AUU will be active from Micronesia (as V63RZ, V63UA and V63RQ) on 5-9 November and from Northern Mariana (as KH0/NP2KY, KH0/KB7YHV and KH0/K3UY) on 10-15 November.They will operate CW and SSB with an emphasis on the low bands, especially on 160 metres. Europe and North America will be the main targets. QSL this operation via UA3DX. [TNX RA3AUU and UA3AB]

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3C0M: The web pages for Elmo's (EA5BYP) operation from Annobon [425DXN 805] can be found at http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/web/ea5yn/ (on-line logs will be available after the operation). QSL via EA5BYP, direct (Elmo Bernabe Coll, P.O. Box 3097, 03080 Alicante, Spain) or bureau. The pilot station will be Vicente, EA5YN ([email protected]). [TNX EA5YN] LOGS: On-line logs for the recent IOTA operations by F5AHO and F5PAC from Canada are now available at http://www.qsl.net/f5pac/ve/ [TNX HB9EAA] LOGS: A few pictures and on-line logs for the recent IOTA operations by P29NI from the Trobriand Islands (OC-115) and P29VCX from Daru Island (OC-153) are now available at http://www.425dxn.org/dxped/p29ni/ [TNX IZ1CRR]

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3Y0X, 4L0G, 4O6DX, 4U1UN, 4W6AAB, 5F50KD, 5N46EAM, 5T5SN, 5W0KI, 5W0TT, 5Z4DZ, 7X4AN, 9K2CQ, 9N7JO, AK1Q (NA-137), BG7KLO/5, C91TK, CN8KD, CX5BW, CX5SI, D44BS, DU1EV, E21EIC/p (AS-107), EJ2MT, EK6CC, FG5BG, FO/F6CTL, FP/G3SXW, GD6IA, HB0/DL1ZBO, HK3JRL, HP1IBF, J28JA, J28UN, J48HW, JT1CO, JY9NX, KH8/K8YSE, KH8SI, OH1/DL2VFR (EU-096), OJ0LA, OX3LX, PJ2BR, PV8DX, S01R, ST2BF, ST2T, TG9ANF, TM5F (EU-095), TU2/F5LDY, TX5NK, UA6AF/p (EU-185), UE0CBP (AS-114), UK8AR, UK8OM, UN7JX, UN9PQ, UU7J, UW2M, V47KV, V85GD, V8A, VC2W (NA-038), VK7VAC, VP5/W5SJ, VP5H, VY0ICE, XF4IH, YB1AQB, YJ0AX, YU6AO, Z35G, ZC4LI, ZF2AH, ZL9BSJ/P, ZM8CW, ZS1REC. *****************************************************************************

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425DXNews Home Page 28 October 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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5H - Giovanni, I5JHW reports he will operate SSB and RTTY as 5H1HW from Zanzibar Island (AF-032) on 7-22 November. QSL via I5JHW, direct or bureau. 9H - Jo, DL5AUA reports he has had to cancel his 23 October-2 November 9H3JC operation from Malta [425DXN 803] owing to a family problem. E5 - Bill, N7OU (E51NOU) and Bob, W7YAQ (E51YAQ) will be active from Penrhyn Atoll (OC-082), North Cook Islands on 4-18 November and from Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands on 18-28 November, including participation in the CQ WW CW DX Contest. They will operate on 10-80 metres mostly CW, with some RTTY and SSB. [TNX The Daily DX] FT*X - Gil, F5NOD reports that Gildas, FT5XP (TU5KG) [425DXN 806] might be again active from Port aux Francais, Kerguelen sometime "next week". QSL via F4EFI. G - On 3 November 1906 the Berlin International Wireless Telegraphy Convention agreement established 500kc/s as the maritime calling and distress frequency and SOS as the distress signal. To mark this centenary the Radio Officers' Association will be on air using the call sign GB500KCS on 3-4 November. QSL via operator's instructions. This special event will form the launch of the Radio Officers' Association campaign for 500kHz to be recognised internationally as a 'heritage' frequency. [TNX VA3RJ] HS - Look for HS8KAY to participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest (Single Operator on 20 metres) from Phuket Island (AS-053). After the contest he will operate CW for another 2-3 days before going back home. QSL via home call (bureau preferred). [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] I - INORC (Italian Naval Old Rhythmers Club) members will operate CW only as IY1SP/500KCS from La Spezia (Mount Parodi) on 3-5 November to celebrate the centenary of the signing of the Berlin International Wireless Telegraphy Convention agreement. QSL via I1SAF. [TNX I8QHE] JA - Look for JA5BEX/5 to operate SSB on the HF bands from Ogi Island (AS-076), Kagawa Prefecture on 28 October. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] KC4_ant - Adam, K2ARB will be active as KC4/K2ARB from Patriot Hills Camp (MN-01 for the Antarctica Award), Antarctica (AN-016) from 3 November to 28 January 2007. [TNX DL5EBE] KH8_si - A multi-national team of 12 experienced operators lead by Hrane Milosevic (YT1AD) and co-lead by David Collingham (K3LP) will be active on all bands and modes as N8S from Swains Island on 3- 16 April 2007. The other ten operators will be K1LZ, N3KS, N6TQS, RK3AD, RA3AUU, SV2BFN, UA3AB, RZ3AA, YZ7AA and YZ1BX. The permission to operate was confirmed via email from Larry Gandy (AH8LG) on 23 October. Furthr information will be provided in due course. [TNX The Daily DX] OA - Martijn, PA3GFE will be again in Peru from 3 November until 10 December. He hopes to be able to operate in his spare time on 40- 10 metres (expecially on the lower bands). He will also try to participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest from the OA4O club station, with better antennas and power. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX PA3GFE] ON - UBA radio club stations have been authorized to replace their ordinary prefix with ON60 (Oscar November Six Zero) from 1 November 2006 through 10 February 2008 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Union Belge des Amateurs-emetteurs (UBA, the IARU society for Belgian amateurs). [TNX ON4BEN] OZ - Norbert, DL1HTW will operate on 10-80 metres SSB and SSTV as OZ/DL1HTW from Langeland Island (EU-172) on 4-11 November. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] PA - Look for Filip, ON4AEO to operate as PA/OS6A from Texel Island (EU-038) on 4-5 November. He will be active on 40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres. QSL via ON4AEO. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] P4 - Tim, WD9DZV will operate CW and SSB on 160-10 metres as P40D from Aruba (SA-036) from 30 October to 9 November. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K] PJ4 - Bob, K0NR will be active as PJ4/K0NR from Bonaire (SA-006) from 28 October to 9 November. He plans to operate SSB and PSK31 on 30- 6 metres, as well as FM on Oscar satellites from grid FK52. QSL via home call. [TNX K0NR] PJ4 - Look for Arno, PJ4/DL1CW to operate on 80-10m CW from Bonaire (SA-006), Netherlands Antilles on 2-8 November. QSL via the DARC bureau. [TNX The Daily DX] SV - Look for SV8/F6BZQ/P to operate from Paros Island (EU-067) from 29 October to 3 November. [TNX F8REF] TK - Kasimir/DL2SBY, Tom/HA4DX and Laci/HA0HW will be active from Corsica (EU-014) on 2-10 November. They plan to operate on all bands SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31. [TNX NG3K] UA - A group of operators from radio club RZ4HZW will be active as UE1RLH/4 from Damba-48 Island (RR 26-05) and lighthouse on 29 October. QSL via RA1QY. [TNX RA1QY] V3 - John, W5JON is active as V31FB from Ambergris Caye (NA-073), Belize until 1 November. He will also participate in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ] YU6 - Toma, YU1AB and Emin, T91S will operate CW, SSB and PSK as 4O3AB and 4O3ES from Montenegro on 27 October-3 November. QSL via home calls. [TNX YU1AB]

CQ WW DX SSB CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their participation in this year's event (28-29 October): ZONE CALL CATEGORY DXCC QSL VIA ------02 VE2IM SOAB HP Canada VE3DZ 02 VO2MK SO Canada VO1KVT 04 VB4MWA SO HP Canada N0HJZ 04 VC3R Canada VE7VR 05 VP9I SO Bermuda 07 HQ3A SOSB 80m Honduras W3HNK 07 HQ9R SOAB Honduras N6FF 07 HR2RCH M/2 Honduras HR2RCH 07 TG0AA M/? Guatemala TG9ANF 07 TI8M M/2 Costa Rica TI2KAC 07 V31FB Belize W5JON 07 V31HK SO LP Belize DL7BC 07 YN2EJ M/? Nicaragua K5LBU 08 6Y1V M/? Jamaica OH3RB 08 8P2K SOSB 20m HP Barbados KU9C 08 C6APR M/S Bahamas K3IXD 08 FM/K9NW SOAB Martinique K9NW 08 FM5AN SO HP Martinique FM5AN 08 FS/WY3P M/S St.Martin W3ADC 08 HI9L M/? Dominican Republic DH7WW 08 J3A M/M Grenada WA1S 08 J37T SO Grenada VE3EBN 08 NP2B M/2 US Virgin Islands NP2B 08 NP2KW SOAB LP US Virgin Islands NP2KW 08 NP3U Puerto Rico WP4U 08 KH2RU/KP4 SOSB 10M Puerto Rico KH2RU 08 V26B M/? Antigua KA2AEV 08 VP2MDY Montserrat WA7NB 08 VP2MHX SOSB Montserrat W4WX 08 VP2MQD SOSB Montserrat K4QD 08 VP5T M/M or M-2 Turks & Caicos N2VW 08 WP4BH M/M Puerto Rico WP4BH 09 8R1EA SOAB Guyana AH8DX 09 FY5KE M/S French Guiana FY5KE 09 HK3SGP SOSB 80m LP Colombia qrz.com 09 HK6KKK SOAB Colombia EA5KB 09 P40A SOAB Aruba WD9DZV 09 P40W SOAB Aruba N2MM 09 P49Y Aruba AE6Y 09 PJ2T M/S or M/2 Netherlands Antilles N9AG 09 PJ4E M/? Bonaire WA4PGM 10 HC1JQ SOSB 20m Ecuador HC1JQ 10 OA4WW SOAB HP Peru 11 ZP0R SO Paraguay W3HNK 11 ZY7C M/S Brazil PT7WA 12 CE0Y/N0UU Easter Island N0UU 13 LR2F M/S Argentina LU2FA 13 LU5HM SOAB Argentina EA5KB 14 CU2A SOAB HP Azores OH2BH 14 DR1A M/M Germany 14 HB0/HB9AON M/M Liechtenstein DJ2YE 14 LX7I SOAB Luxembourg LX2A 14 MD4K M/? Isle of Man G3NKC 14 MU5W M/S Guernsey M3SDE 14 TM5HV M/S LP France F8KFZ 15 4N8A SOSB 40m Serbia YU1EA 1 IF9A M/? Italy 15 II3G Italy IV3RJT 15 IO3Z Italy IV3ZXQ 15 IR4B SOSB 20m Italy IK4AUY 15 IR8C Italy IZ8EDJ 15 IR8E Italy IK8PLE 15 IR8Z Italy IZ8EZP 15 IR9K Italy IW9HLM 15 OH0X SOAB Aland Islands OH2TA 15 OH0Z M/M Aland Islands W0MM 15 RK2FWA M/S Kaliningrad DK4VW 15 T70A M/S San Marino T70A 15 TK1KJ SO LP Corsica F1JKJ 15 Z35T SOSB 20m Macedonia Z32XA 17 EY7AF SOSB 40m Tajikistan qrz.com 17 EY8MM SOSB 80m HP Tajikistan K1BV 20 4X/AA4V SOAB Israel 20 4X0WV M/? Israel W8HC 20 5B/AJ2O M/S Cyprus RA3AUU 20 J42WT Greece SV2HPP 20 J48RT M/S Greece HA6NL 20 J49Z M/S Crete IK8UND 20 SX5P M/2 Dodecanese SV5FRD 20 TA2ZAF or YM2W SOSB 10m HP Turkey OK1TN 20 ZC4VJ SOSB 20m? UK Sov Base Areas qrz.com on Cyprus 21 4L8A SOSB 20m Georgia DJ1CW 21 9K2HN M/S Kuwait 9K2HN 21 A45WD SOSB 20m LP Oman YO9HP 22 9N7MV SO LP Nepal JA0UMV 22 AT0D SOAB India EA7FTR 23 JT1/WX8C SOAB Mongolia WX8C 24 B1Z M/S China 24 B7P M/2 China 24 XX9C M/M Macau 26 E20PFE SOAB LP Thailand E20PFE 26 E20WXA SOSB 15m Thailand E20WXA 26 E21EIC SOSB 20m LP Thailand 26 E21IZC SOAB LP Thailand EA5KB 26 E21YDP SOSB 40m Thailand E21YDP 26 HS0AC M/S Thailand HS0ZFZ 26 HS6MYW/1 SOAB LP Thailand HS6MYW 26 HS8KAY SOSB 20m Thailand HS8KAY 26 XU7MDY SB Cambodia OH4MDY 26 XW1A SO LP Laos E21EIC 27 AH2R M/S Guam JH7QXJ 27 DX6M M/S Philippines W6PDX 27 KH2X SOAB HP Guam qrz.com 28 9M2CNC SOAB HP West Malaysia G4ZFE 28 VK9AA M/S Cocos (Keeling) DL8YR 28 YE0X M/S Indonesia YB0ZZ 29 VK6ANC M/M or M/2 Australia VK6NE 29 VK8NSB SOAB Australia VK6NE 31 KH7Q SOSB 20m Hawii VE3HO 31 KH7U SOSB 15m Hawaii AH6NF 31 KH7X SOSB 80m Hawaii K2PF 32 ZM2M M/2 New Zealand ZL2AL 33 7W2W SOAB Algeria OK1CDJ 33 CN2R SOSB 80m Morocco W7EJ 33 CN2ZR SOSB 20m Morocco W7ZR 33 CN3A M/S Morocco I2WIJ 33 CT3/HA5PP SOSB Madeira HA5PP 33 CT3YA M/S Madeira CQ9K 33 CT9L M/2 Madeira DJ6QT 33 EA8AH M/2 Canary Islands OH1RY 33 EF8A M/? Canary Isls EA8URL 33 IG9B SOSB 80m (African) Italy IV3ORM 33 IG9C SOSB 160m (African) Italy IV3OWC 33 IG9R SOSB 20m (African) Italy IK8HCG 33 IH9YMC SOSB 15 or 10m LP (African) Italy IH9YMC 35 6W1RY SOAB HP Senegal F5VHJ 35 3XM6JR SO Guinea UA6JR 35 C52T SO The Gambia G0TSM 37 5Z1A SOSB 20m HP Kenya PA1AW 38 3DA0WW M/? Swaziland ZS6DXB 38 ZS9X M/? South Africa qrz.com Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqs2006.html - good contest to you all! ______

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HB0 JUBILEE CERTIFICATE ---> Amateurfunk Verein Liechtenstein (AFVL, the IARU society for HB0) sponsors a Jubilee Certificate for contacts made with their club station (HB0FL) and AFVL members from 1 January 2006 through 31 December 2007. The certificate commemorates the 200th anniversary of the sovereignty of the Principality of Liechtenstein, as well as the 20th anniversary of AFVL. The certificate is available to either licenced amateurs and SWLs, full information can be found at http://www.afvl.li/ [TNX HB0TW]

QSL VIA CT1GFK ---> Toze reports that all of the direct requests for CU8F and CU8T have been processed and mailed out. Toze is the QSL manager also for CQ1A, CQ1C, CQ4I, CT1A, CT7A, CS0RCL (EU-167 and EU-145), CU4M and CU4T.

VP6UU ---> Larry, N0UU [425DXN 805] operated from Pitcairn (OC-044) on 22 October (341 QSOs), Henderson Island (OC-056) on the 23rd (74 QSOs) and Ducie Island (OC-182) on the 24th (89 QSOs). QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]

ZL8R ---> The Microlite Penguins Dxpedition to Raoul Island in the Kermadecs went QRT at 22 UTC on 17 October after 40,000+ QSOs (26053 CW, 12999 SSB and 1378 RTTY, plus five 6m EME contacts). The operators were EI6FR, HB9ASZ, K9ZO, N0TT, N6MZ, VK6DXI, W7EW and 9V1YC and the total on-air operating time was just over 7 days. Transceivers consisted of six, brand new Icom IC-7000s kindly sponsored by Icom America and antennas were all simple wire dipoles strung up in the surrounding pine trees. The band/mode breakdowns are as follows: Band CW SSB RTTY Total ------1.8 643 - - 643 3.5 2488 551 - 3039 7 4702 1450 - 6152 10 4707 - 454 5161 14 4571 4222 - 8793 18 3531 1541 353 5425 21 3659 3659 571 7889 24 1148 1012 - 2160 28 604 564 - 1168 The continental percentages are North America 39%, Asia 30%, Europe 26%, Oceania 3%, South America 1%, Africa 1%. Almost all of the expenses for this trip were paid by the team members themselves. But given the extraordinary expense it takes to charter a ship to a remote island in the Pacific for two weeks, they say, "we hope that each and every DXer will help contribute to this endeavor, either by donations with your QSL cards to our manager VE3XN, or by joining the Northern California DX Foundation". ______

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LOGS: Latest news and on-line logs (29,634 QSOs uo to 18.58 UTC on 26 October) for XF4DL can be found at http://www.logsearch.de/. ______

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======CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER ======3A/F5VKV IZ1EGT EM10I UT5IM MU3SDE M3SDE 3C0M EA5BYP EM10J UU7JM OD5PL HB9CRV 3XD2Z UA6JR EM10K US7KA OD5RZ YO3FRI 4A7L WA3HUP EM10L UR5LO OK4RQ OK1DRQ 4K5D K2PF EM10M UR3MP ON4JOTA ON4GDV 4K9W DL6KVA EM10T UR7TO PJ4/W9NJY WD9DZV 4L0F 2M0UUA EM10U UT3UZ R1ANC UA1PAC 4L1FP LZ1OT EM10V UR5VDA R1FJT UA4RC 4N6FZ DD5FZ GB4GIN M5AFY S21B KX7YT 4U1UN HB9BOU GT0STH G4DIY S9SS N4JR 5V7BR F2VX HA502EOA HA2EOA SD3N SM3NXS 5W0AX ON5AX HA505KY HA5KY SG3U SM3CXS 5Z1A PA1AW HA505MK HA5MK SM7DAY/p SM7DAY 6K2CEW/4 6K2CEW HA506OI HA6OI SM7NGH/p SM7NGH 6W1RY F5VHJ HA508KW HA8KW SN0JP SP9PKZ 6W1SA F4BIT HA509MDN HA9MDN SP0JOTA SP6YFU 6Y3T CT1ILT HA509MDZ HA9MDZ SU9FL WD9DZV 7Q7HB G0IAS HF740KO SP1NQF SV0XAI/9 LA4XFA 7X5JF DJ8QP HG20129A HA1CW TM6MXP F5KFL 8J3YAGI JA3YKC HI2/IW2OAZ IW2OAZ UE4HDA RW4HB 8J7YAGI JA7YAA HI3TEJ ON4IQ UN7MMM EA7FTR 8R1EA AH8DX HQ4R W3HNK UN8GF IZ8CCW 9G5FD G3XTT HZ1ZH EA7FTR V26BZR W2BZR 9H3EE NE8Z IO0SRT IZ0BTV V26G N2ED 9H3L DL8WAA IO1SRT IZ1GJK V26HS WB4WXE 9M2CNC G4ZFE IO2SRT I2JJR V26JN WX3B 9N7MV JA0UMV IO3SRT IV3ZXQ V26MH HB9OCR 9Q1D SM5BFJ IO5SRT IZ5BTC V26OC N3OC A47JOTA A47RS IO6SRT IZ6FZS V26R KA2AEV AT6MYL VU2SWS IO7SRT IZ7FLT V31HK DL7BC BD1NNI EA7FTR IO8SRT IK8WEJ VK8NSB VK6NE BY1DX OH2BH IQ3UD IV3DSH VP2MDY WA7NB C33IU G0OYH IR0SRT IS0LFZ VP2MHX W4WX C52T G0TSM IR2JOTA IK2YCW VP2MQD K4QD CN2R W7EJ IR3SRT IN3JJI VP6UU N0UU CN8IG EA7FTR IU2FV IQ2MI VP8DBR G0SWC CU2DX CU2AA IU8SRT IZ8GGF XF4DL XE1KK (a) DL2AQI/HI9 DH7WW J28JA F5JFU XF4DL N6AWD (b) DL4JS/HI9 DH7WW J37LR VE3EBN XF4DL DL9NDS (c) DL8AKI/HI9 DH7WW J37T VE3EBN XU7AGO JA7AGO DS2GOO/4 DS2GOO JV800BV JT1BV XU7MDY OH4MDY DS3HWS/4 DS3HWS JV800CS JT1CS XX9TKK XE1KK DT8A HL2FDW JW6RHA LA6RHA YB0DPO K3AIR DU1IST/1 JP1IOF JW7QIA LA7QIA YN2N TI2OHL ED5STE EA5GQK LU4ZS LU4DXU YU150QQ YU1QQ ED6FPN EA6SB LX1JAM LX2A YV1RDX IT9DAA ED7RCO EA7CFU LZ1900K LZ1BJ Z36A DJ0LZ EM10E UR5EDX MU0JZE MW0JZE ZB2CN DJ9WH

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8P9NX Peter Cross, 90 Greenpoint, St. Philip, Barbados 9N7JO Stig Lindblom, Jum Changphimai 147/1 - Moo 3, Tambon Boot, Ban Ta Bong, Phimai, TH-30110 Nakhon Ratchashima, Thailand BG4BRN Mao Shuliang, 1673 Lane No. 2, Room 601, Shanghai 200135, China DL9NDS Uwe Scherf, Itzgrund 15, 95512 Neudrossenfeld, Germany EA5BYP Elmo Bernabe Coll, P.O. Box 3097, 03080 Alicante, Spain F5JFU Pierre Desseneux, Le Bourg, 58140 St Martin du Puy, France G0TSM Darren Collins, 6 Chalvington Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO53 3DX, UK JA0UMV Tohru Kataoka, 15-9 Sakae, Kamo, Niigata 959-1382, Japan N6AWD Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr, Bakersfield CA 93309, USA OH4MDY Reijo Laitinen, Mantytie 13, 76940 Nenonpelto, Finland UA1PAC Alan Kuz'menko, P.O.Box 599, Arkhangelsk, 163000, Russia UR3MP P.O. Box 50, Perevalsk, 94300, Ukraine XE1KK Ramon Santoyo V., Apartado Postal 19-564, Mexico, D.F. 03901, Mexico ZD7M Michael D. Dersham, Rose Bower, P.O. Box 114, Jamestown, St. Helena Island, South Atlantic W3HNK Joseph Arcure Jr, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352, USA *****************************************************************************

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8Q - Michele, IK5ZUI will be active in his spare time as 8Q7IM from the Maldives for the next 12 months. [TNX IZ8CCW] C6 - Cay Sal Bank (NA-219) - one of the rarest IOTA groups in North America - was activated for the first and only time by W5BOS/C6A in October 2000, when Lanny was able to operate for a few hours before bad weather conditions forced him to an early QRT. Bodo/DL3OCH, Rene/DL2JRM, Dan/DL5SE and Daniel/DL5YWM have announced their plans to be will be active (callsign TBA) from Elbow Cay early next year. They will be leaving Key Largo, Florida around 3 January and plans are to be QRV until the 9th (dates are wetaher dependent). They plan to have two stations active on 160-10 metres CW and SSB, and Bodo will also have an EME equipment for 70cm and 23cm contacts (skeds are welcome). QSL via DL3OCH, direct or bureau. Further information, including how to contribute to this expensive expedition, can be found at http://www.qslnet.de/na219 [TNX DL5YWM] E5 - Mike, KM9D and Jan, KF4TUG have been active as E51QMA from Penrhyn Atoll (OC-082), North Cook Islands since 26 October. They plan to remain there "until sometime this weekend" and then to set sail towards Christmas Island (T32). QSL via OM2SA. [TNX The Daily DX] E5 - E51PEN and E51PDX are the callsigns used by Bill, N7OU and Bob, W7YAQ during their operations fron the Cook Islands [425DXN 808]. Expect them to be active first from Penrhyn Atoll (OC-082), North Cooks on 4-18 November. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX] F - The Association des Radioamateurs de Paris (http://arp75.free.fr/) will operate special event station 4U60UO to mark the conclusion of the 60th anniversary celebrations of UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, founded on 16 November 1945). The station will be active on all bands and modes from UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 4-5 November. F - The Association des Radioamateurs de Paris will be active as TM8KP on 11-26 November to celebrate the 80th anniversary of a radio contact between Joseph Nadal, F8KP and Barbara Dunn, G6YL, one of the two first English YLs. FM - Lee, K5UN will be active as TO5X from Martinique (NA-107) on 21- 30 November, including a SOAB entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX K5UN] FT*W - Nicolas, F4EGX will be working again on Possession Island, Crozet between mid-November and December. Expect satellite operations by FT1WM during his spare time. QSL via F4EGX. Further information will be available at http://f4egx.homelinux.net/ [TNX F5UJK] G - Mick, G3LIK reports he will be active as GB4RN 10 November to 7 December, which will include the RNARS/INORC Activity Contest on 18-19 November. ON - Look for BAFARA (Belgian Air Force Amateur Radio Association) club stations ON60AF (QSL via ON6KN, bureau or direct), ON60AP (QSL via bureau) and ON60BAF (QSL via bureau) to be active until 1 October 2007 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Belgian Air Force. [TNX ON6KN] PJ4 - Dan/K1TO, John/K4BAI and Vic/N4TO will operate as PJ4/homecall from Bonaire (SA-006) on 21-28 November. They will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as PJ4A (Multi-Single, High Power). QSL all calls via K4BAI. [TNX K1XN] SV - SV1JG, SW1GZL, SV1HHC and SV1IZR have joined the SX8F group of operators who will be active from Falkonera Island (EU-113) on 15-19 November [425DXN 807]. QSL via SV1HER. The website for the expedition is at http://users.sch.gr/nkontopoul/sx8f [TNX SV1HER] SV - Special event station SX100VAR will be active from Greece from 1 January to 31 December to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts. QSL via SV1VS. Details on the relevant award can be found at http://www.qrz.com/callsign/SX100VAR [TNX SV1VS] TA - Berkin, TA3J pleans to operate as TA3J/0 on all bands and modes from Sican Adasi (AS-115) between 11 and 26 November (weather permitting). QSL via TA3YJ, direct (no green stamps please) or bureau. [TNX TA3J] TK - Christophe, F4DZY will be active from Furiani, Corsica (EU- 014) until 25 November. He plans to operate mainly on the WARC bands as TK/F4DZY in his spare time. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F4DZY] TZ - Bill, NG3K reports that the VooDoo Contest Group will participate in the CQ WW CW Contest as TZ5A (Multi-Multi, QSL via G3SXW) from Mali for the second year. Outside the contest, expect activity between 18 and 30 November by the various operators using their individual callsigns as follows: TZ6LF via KY7M 18-24 Nov TZ6NS via AA7A (also QRV RTTY and 2m EME) 18-24 & 27-30 Nov TZ6MF via KC7V (also QRV 160m and 2m EME) 18-24 & 27-30 Nov TZ6RF via GM3YTS (also QRV 160m) 18-24 Nov TZ6RN via G4IRN 21-24 Nov TZ6VT via K5VT 18-24 Nov TZ6WP via G4BWP 18-24 Nov V5 - Klaus, DJ4SO will operate CW and RTTY/PSK31 on 160-6 metres as V51/DJ4SO from Namibia from 11 November to 1 December. He plans to put a special emphasis on the low bands and to participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via DJ4SO, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX] VP8_ant - Alan Cheshire, VP8PJ (aka VK0LD, 9V0A, VK0MM, etc) reports he will be working again at the Patriot Hills Camp (MN-01 for the Antarctica Award), Antarctica until approximately 10 December. He plans to operate mainly CW (7003, 10103 and 14003 kHz) every day for an hour or so subject to work load. QSL via DL5EBE. Alan also hopes to be active as CE9/VK0LD from the nearby Teniente Parodi station of Chile (CE-NEW) and Vinson Camp (MN-02). His website is at http://www.geocities.com/vk0ld/home.html W - The Palos Verdes ARC (K6PV) will be active from Santa Catalina Island (NA-066) from the afternoon of 12 November through the morning of the 15th. Look for activity on 40 and 20 metres SSB. QSL direct to K6PV. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] XT - Maurice, F5NQL reports that XT2C is the callsign issued to the 6- 20 January expedition to Burkina-Faso [425DXN 806]. The individual callsigns for the operators are as follows: XT2BJ Jean-Paul, F8BJI XT2CI Bob, N6OX XT2CA Gerard, F2VX XT2CJ Bill, N2WB XT2CC Frank, F4AJQ XT2CK Dieter, OE8KDK XT2CD Franck, F5TVG XT2IE Bernard, F9IE XT2CE Alain, F5LMJ XT2JD Gerard, F2JD YB - Look for Pele, YB8TAF/P to be active from Celebes (Sulawesi) Island (OC-146) on 9-14 November. QSL via EA5KB. [TNX VA3RJ] ZD9 - The Daily DX reports that Brian, ZD9BCB expects to be active from Gough Island (AF-030) "starting sometime next week" until September 2007. ZS - Joe, AA4NN reports he will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as ZS3NN from a location south of Port Nolloth, South Africa. CW only activity will start two days prior to the contest, on 160- 10 metres WARC bands included. QSL via AA4NN. ______

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425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (October 2006) is now available at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/index.html. Articles and pictures should be sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA ([email protected]).

DXCC NEWS ---> Bill Moore, NC1L reports that the following operations have been approved for DXCC credit: 3V6T Tunisia 5-15 July 2006 3V6T Tunisia 22-31 October 2006 3V6T Tunisia 22-30 November 2006 3V7A Tunisia 22-31 May 2006 9G5UR Ghana current operation effective 22 Sep 2006 9M0/9M2TO Spratly Islands 9-12 June 2006 9Q1NT Dem. Rep. of the Congo current operation effective 22 Sep 2006 C91TL Mozambique 29 June-13 July 2006 FO/F8UFT Clipperton Island 1-31 March 2005 OJ0LA Market Reef 9-15 September 2006 ZA/IK7JWX Albania 10-30 July 2006 ZL9BSJ Auckland & Campbell I. 12 September 2002

KL7HBK ---> John was active from Endicott/Endeavor Island (NA-004) on 24 and 31 October, and from Barter Island (NA-050) 5-6 August, 16-17 August and 17-20 October. QSL via home call (John D. O. Larey, P.O. Box 813, Anchor Point, AK 99556, USA). ______

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IRC/GS CHART: Bill Heinzinger (W9OL) has updated his IRC/GS Chart. This a listing of information collected from amateur radio operators in foreign countries explaining the amount of IRCs or Green Stamps they need to return a QSL request. It is available http://www.qsl.net/w9ol/ in either .htm and .xls formats. QSL GALLERY: The large collection of QSL cards (3800+) on Les Nouvelle DX's web site has been updated. Eight different galleries include cards for each of the 58 deleted DXCC entities (700+ QSLs), the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (130+ QSLs, including a series for the Lakshadweep Islands), obsolete prefixes (1600+ QSLs), Antarctic bases (600+ QSLs) & TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises, 200+ QSLs), pre-1945 countries (200+ QSLs) French Departments and USA. Several cards are still needed and your participation is encouraged - please visit http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr and send send your comments to [email protected] [TNX F6AJA] ------

QSLs received direct or through managers: 3Y0X, 4O3T, 4O6DX, 4U1UN, 4W6AAB, 5H1HS/1, 5R8FU, 5U7JB, 5W0DP, 5W0JB, 5W0KI, 5W0TR, 5W0TT, 5W0YY, 5W1SA, 5X1GS, 7Q7CE, 9G5A/P (AF-084), 9H3LEO, 9Q1NT, 9V1JA, A52JO, A6/ON5NT, A61M, A61Q, A61Q/p (AS-021), AH2J, AY1ZA, AY8A, BG1DRJ, BG4BRN, C31JS, C56X, CN8NK, DT8A, EI7M, ER4/SP4R, ER4DX, FG/ON5NT, FM1HN, FT5XP, G3RCV/P, HC1JQ, HH4/W4WX, HP3FTD, HS0ZBS, HV5PUL, J28JA, J5UCW, J7R, JD1BLK, JT1CO, JW8AJA, K6VVA/6 (NA-178), KH7X, KH8SI, KP5/N3KS, LU1DMG (SA-055), LU1ZD, LU1ZI, LU1ZR, LU1ZS, LU1ZV, LX1LW, LY6A, MU0FAL, OH0B, OJ0B, OJ0J, OM3DP, PP5/K1KI, RA0ZD/p (AS-095), RK9UE, RZ0ZWA/p (AS-095), SV5/OM2TW, T32Z, T80W, TA2/OK1FIA, TA4CW, TU2/F5LDY, TX1A, TX5NK, TX5T, TY5LEO, TY5MR, TY5WP, V25WX, V31BH, V47/DL2AAZ, VP2EWX, VP5/WA2VYA, VP8LP, VU4AN/VU3KIE, VU4AN/VU3NZB, VU4AN/VU3NZC, VU4AN/VU3RWN, VU4AN/VU3RYJ, VU4AN/VU3TLY, VU4RBI, VY0ICE (NA-047), XE2K/XF2 (NA-246), XE2WWW/XF2 (NA-246), XF3NN (NA-135), XR9A/MM, XW1A, XX9TJB, YB2MTA, YE1ZAT, YE6P (OC-270), YU6AO, Z37M, ZD8WX, ZS5K.

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425DXNews Home Page 11 November 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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3B8 - Rich/OM2TW, Bob/OM1KW, Roman/OM2RA and Zuzi/OM2YL will be active as 3B8/OM0C from Mauritius (AF-049) on 17-30 November. They plan to be operate mostly on the low bands and RTTY, and to participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via OM2FY. [TNX The Daily DX] 8Q - Gianluca, IK0XIH (www.mdxc.org/8q7gl) will be active as 8Q7GL from the Maldives (AS-013) on 21-27 November. He plans to operate SSB on 10-80 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW] A7 - Special event station A70RRY is active until 15 December to celebrate the XV Asian Games that will be held in Doha, Qatar on 1-15 December. QSL via EA7FTR. [TNX NG3K] C6 - C6ARI is the callsign that will be used for the 3-9 January activity from Elbow Cay (NA-219) [425DXN 809]. QSL via DL3OCH. The website for the operation is at http://www.qslnet.de/na219 [TNX DL5YWM] I - The Tikirriki Contest Club (http://www.ih9p.com) will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as IH9P (Multi-Multi) from Pantelleria (AF-018, IIA TP-01). The operators will be I1HJT, I1NVU, I2YSB, IK1QBT, IK2AHB, IK2ANI, IK2CIO, IK2HKT, IK2RZP, IK7JWY, IK8ETA, IT9BLB, IT9VDQ, IT9ZGY, IT9ZMX, IV3SKB and IZ1GAR. Expect some SSB and digital mode activity as IH9/homecall starting on 20 November. QSL via KR7X and LOTW. [TNX IT9BLB] JA - Special event station 8J1ANT is active through 31 March 2007 from the JARL building in Tokyo, Japan to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition programme. QSL via bureau. [TNX I1HYW] J2 - Alfeo/I1HJT, Silvano/I2YSB, Carlo/IK1AOD, Vinicio/IK2CIO, Angelo/IK2CKR and Marcello/IK2DIA will be active as J20M and J20R (requested calls) from Moucha Island (AF-053), Djibouti on 1- 15 February. They will have three stations and will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 10-160 metres. QSL via I2YSB, direct or bureau. The web pages for the expedition can be found at http://www.i2ysb.com/j2 [TNX I2YSB] J5 - Father Gianfranco Gottardi, J59OFM operates from the catholic mission at Caboxangue, Guinea Bissau. He is active only on Sundays and Wednesdays between 16.15 and 16.45 UTC on +/- 14321 kHz. Father Gianfranco does not speak English, but answers to calls in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese language. QSL via I3LDP (Lucio Bresciani, Via Locchi 29, 37124 Verona - VR, Italy). [TNX I3LDP] J7 - Michel, F6COW and Dominique, F6EPY will be active as J79CO and J79EP from Dominica (NA-101) from 20 November to 5 December, CQ WW DX CW Contest included. They will operate CW, SSB and some digital modes with two stations. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX F6EPY] V3 - Joe, K8JP is QRV as V31JP from Belize until early April 2007. He operates mostly CW on 160-6 metres. QSL via KA9WON. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin] VP5 - Roger/W7VV, Ralph/VE7XF, Dick/K7BTW and possibly others will be active as VP5/homecall from Providenciales, Caicos Islands (NA- 002) from 17 November to 1 December. QSL via home calls. They will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as VP5W (Multi-2, QSL via W7TSQ). [TNX VA3RJ] VU7 - The Amateur Radio Society of India reports that most of the VU7LD team members met in Bangalore on 1 November to finalize details of equipment and logistics. The operation is confirmed to take place from Kavaratti Island starting on 1 December. Two additional "collection hubs" for donations have been established in Germany and Japan - details can be found on the expedition website at http://www.arsi.info/vu7/index.html XT - Michael, F1IQH will be staying in Burkina Faso for one month starting on 13 November. He plans to operate as XT2WC with 100 watts and dipoles for 40 and 20 metres. E-mail [email protected] for skeds. QSL via home call. [TNX F5NQL] YU6 - Martti Laine, OH2BH will celebrate his 60th birthday on 19 November and a unique 48-hour birthday party on the air has been organized to take place from Montenegro on 18-19 November. Look for 4O60BH to be aired on CW and SSB simultaneously, on frequencies .025 and .225 (14.025, 14.225, etc). The radio operations are led by Ranko, YT6A and Dragan, YT6Y, plus others. QSL via OH2BN (direct requests will be honoured by a special stamp released for the occasion). Further information on the event (skeds, lottery...) can be found at http://www.kolumbus.fi/oh2bn/bhday [TNX OH2BN] ZA - Tom, DL2RMC and Heiko, DL1RTL will be active as ZA/homecall from Albania on 8-13 November. They plan to operate with two stations on 160-10 metres all modes, and to participate in the WAE RTTY Contest. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K] ______

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NEW IRCS ---> Flavio, IK2IQD reports that effective 1 December he will no longer accept old IRCs (expiring date 31 December 2006). Please use green stamps or new IRCs (exipiring date 31 December 2009). Flavio is the QSL manager for 5N6EAM, 5N9EAM/6, 5N6EAM/7, 5N9EAM/8, 5N41EAM, 5N42EAM, 5N43EAM, 5N44EAM, 5N45EAM, JY/YI1HXH, SU/YI1HXH, TJP7PG, TU5JD, TY2SF, TY5ZR, YI1HXH.

NOT THE MANAGER ---> Jack, F6HMJ reports he is receiving bureau cards for 3B8CF, but he is not his QSL manager. Cards should be sent direct only to S. Mandary, 6 Shastri Road, Candos, Quatre Bornes, Mauritius.

NOT THE MANAGER ---> Rob, PP5AM says that Bosa, PP5VB is not his QSL manager.

QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Donald Striano, IZ8DMZ is willing to offer his services to stations in need. He can be contacted at [email protected]

QSL FT4WD ---> Christian, FD1NOG (now F5NOG) operated from Crozet in 1993 and Norbert, F6AXX still has logs and cards for that activity. QSL to Norbert 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 all of Randy's logs from October 2005 through the recent CQ WW DX SSB Contest.

QSL YC2TJV ---> Dani, YC2TJV (ex YC2DVM) reports he is experiencing serious delivery problems with the incoming QSL bureau. The case is being investigated, but those who need a QSL card are advised to go direct (Halim Dani Hidayat, 248 Pahlawan Street, Kebumen 54311, Indonesia).

QSL VIA IZ8CLM ---> Sal reports that all of the outstanding QSOs made with CE3/IZ8CLM (January 2006), IB0/IQ8BI (June 2003), IF9/IQ8BI (June 2004), II8PAX (October 2003), TF6/IZ6BRN (August 2006), TR0A (his own operation, February 2006) and A92GH have been confirmed automatically via the bureau. The QSL cards for A61AB, A61AN, A61TT and CE70RG are awaited from the printer. ______

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5A7A: The multi-national team of operators [425DXN 792] expects to be QRV in the night of 15 November or by the 16th at the latest. Bookmark http://5a7a.gmxhome.de/ for log search, suggested frequencies, propagation forecast, etc. QSL via DL9USA. LOGS: On-line logs and pictures of the recent C98BWW (Bazaruto Island, AF-072) and C91BWW operations can be found at http://www.geocities.com/c98bww/ or http://www.qsl.net/ok8bww/ [TNX CT1BWW] LOGS: On-line logs and pictures of the CU5X, CU6X and CU7X operations are now available at http://www.geocities.com/carlesrapita [TNX CT1BWW] LOGS: On-line logs for JW/CT1BWW can be found at http://www.geocities.com/ok8bww/QSLCard.htm or http://www.qsl.net/ok8bww [TNX CT1BWW] TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now available at http://www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. Please send your scores, as well as any request for further information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW ([email protected]) ZL8R: Pictures of the recent ZL8R DXpedition to Raoul Islan in the Kermadecs can be found at http://www.vkcc.com/zl8r/ [TNX The Daily DX] ______

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======CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER ======3DA0WW ZS6DXB FT5XP F4EFI ST2T S57DX 3V6T YT1AD GB500KCS GB2LD SV5/SM8C SM0CMH 3W9HRN DL1HRN GM0B MM0BHX SX5P SV5FRD 3W9JR OK1JN GM2T GM4UYZ T6EE KE6GFF 4L0ABC K3PD GM7V M0CMK TF60IRA TF3IRA 4L8A DJ1CW HA502MN HA2MN TF8SM N5FTR 4N500ZZ 4N7ZZ HA507SQ HA7SQ TG0AA TG9ANF 4N8A YU1EA HB0/HB9AON DJ2YE TI8M TI2KAC 4O3AB YU1AB HB9TZZ IK2DUV TK1KJ F1JKJ 4O6EME DL3OCH HC1HC NE8Z TM0RUM F5CYM 4S7JNG DL5JAN HG1956R HA3HK TM2B F8CIL 4U60UO F6GOX HI3CCP ON4IQ TM2S F5PED 4X0WV W8HC HI9L DH7WW TM2T F6KDF 4Z0J 4Z4BS HK0GU/1 DL7VOG TM7BV F6KVD 4Z8DT OK1DT HK4SAN EA7FTR TM7F F6KRC 5B/AJ2O RA3AUU HK6KKK EA5KB TM7Z F5CWU 5B/K3UY RA3AUU HQ9R N6FF TO8RR FG1JD 5D5A I2WIJ HR1LW JA1LW TR8CA F6CBC 5H1HW I5JHW HS0AC HS0ZFZ TT8PK F4EGS 5H3EE DL4SM HZ1GW GW0RHC UE1NFF RN1NU 5R8FU SM5DJZ HZ1IK DK7YY UE1RLH/4 RA1QY 5R8GZ G3SWH IG9B IV3ORM UN7AB DL8KAC 5X1GS WB2YQH IG9C IV3OWC UN8GF IZ8CCW 5Z4DZ PA1AW IG9R IK8HCG UU7J UU0JM 5Z4ES K3PD II3G IV3RJT V25JK W4BCX 6W1SE JR2KDN II8SCOUT IW8FFU V26B KA2AEV 6Y0B W2GB IO3Z IV3ZXQ V31FB W5JON 6Y1V OH3RB IO4T IK4XCL V47NS W9NY 6Y3LP K3LP IR4B IK4AUY V51VV UA4WHX 7W2W OK1CDJ IR4M IK4WMH V63FP JI1FPO 7Z1SJ EA7FTR IR4T IK4IEE V63JQ JA1KJW 8P2K KU9C IR4X I4EAT V63JY JA1JQY 9G5A DL4WK IR8C IZ8EDJ V63SC JM1LBO 9J2BO G3TEV IR9K IW9HLM V63UA UA3DX 9J2CA G3SWH IS0/K7QB IN3QBR V63VE JF1OCQ 9J2SZ SP8DIP IS0/WH0Q IN3ZNR V73RY N7RO 9J2VB UA4WHX IY1SP/500KCS I1SAF V73SC JM1LBO 9M6XRO M5AAV IY1TTM IW1RIK V73WJ G4OHX A35AX ON5AX J38AA WA1S VB4MWA N0HJZ A45WD YO9HP J3A WA1S VC3E VE3AT A61Q EA7FTR J42WT SV2HPP VC3R VE7VR A61TT IZ8CLM J48NL HA6NL VE2DXY KD3RF A70RRY EA7FTR J48PL HA7PL VE2IM VE3DZ A71EM EA7FTR J48PS HA6PS VK1CC DL8YR AH2R JH7QXJ J48RT HA6NL VK6ANC VK6NE AT0D EA7FTR JW5NM LA5NM VK8AA VK6NE B1Z EA7FTR JY3ZH DJ9ZB VK8NSB VK6NE B7M BG7LHY JY4NE K3IRV VK9AA DL8YR B7P BG7KUB KH2F JA2TBS VK9CGG W0YG BD1WC EA7FTR KH7Q VE3HO VO2MK VO1KVT C31LJ VE3EXY KH7U AH6NF VP5/W8XGI JA1XGI C4M W3HNK KH7X K2PF VP5T N2VW C6APR K3IXD LN3Z LA9VDA VP9/K1XM KQ1F C6AQC W3HNK LR2F LU2FA VP9I KQ1F CE4CT EA5KB LU5HM EA5KB VP9KF W4/VP9KF CN2ZR W7ZR LU8XW WD9EWK VY2ZM K1ZM CN3A I2WIJ LX7I LX2A W2FJP/KH2 JA2FJP CO6WD W0SA LZ1195IR LZ1KZA WP2Z KU9C CO8LY EA7ADH M8C G4DFI XF4K DL9NDS (a) CP6XE IK6SNR MD4K G3NKC XF4K N6AWD (b) CQ4U CT2HFS MU5W M3SDE XF4K XE1KK (c) CT3YA CQ9K NP3U WP4U XU7ACQ KF0RQ CT9L DJ6QT OE2S OE2GEN XU7TZG ON7PP CU1CB EA5KB OH0X OH2TA XV2LH DL1LH CU2A OH2BH OH0Z W0MM XW1A E21EIC D2DX OH2BAD OL40JAZZ OK1FAK YE0X YB0ZZ DL500KHZ DK3UZ ON12FORTS ON5VL YI1OM IK2DUW DR35AGCW DL1AH ON25CLM ON4CLM YI9IZE KF4IZE DX6M W6PDX ON60AF ON6KN YI9KT SP8HKT E51PDX W7YAQ ON60WRC ON4ON YM125ATA TA3YJ E51PEN N7OU ON900BL ON4CP YM2W OK1TN E51QMA OM2SA ON900BX ON7RN YN2EJ K5LBU E51TUG OM2SA OP0P ON6DP YT0A YU1EXY EA8AH OH1RY OP2A ON5CD YT3B UA3AB EA9EU EA9AZ OX3PG WA0SMQ YT5J YU1JW EB1WW EA1EY OX3XR OZ3PZ Z21FO K3PD ED1MVS EA1LT OY3QN OZ1ACB Z21GX K3PD ED3SSB EA3QP P29SS N5FTR Z24S W3HNK ED8BTM EA8BTM P29ZAD N5FTR Z35T Z32XA EF5CPB EA5BX P40A WD9DZV ZA/UT7DW DK6CW EF8A EA8URL P40D WD9DZV ZC4T ZC4VJ EI7M EI6HB P40W N2MM ZD7PU DJ0PU EK3GM IK2QPR P49Y AE6Y ZD8AD G0JLX EK3SA DJ1CW PA/OS6A ON4AEO ZF2AH W6VNR EL2AR EL2BA PJ2T N9AG ZM2M ZL2AL EX2X EA5KB PJ4E WA4PGM ZP0R W3HNK EY8MM K1BV PW2C PY2WC ZS6CCY K3PD F1VJQ/P G8APZ RK2FWA DK4VW ZT2V ZS2DL F5VHX/P G8APZ SD40JZ SM5DJZ ZW1TT PY1ZV FM5FJ KU9C SL60FRO SM0OY ZX5J AI4U FM5JC F5CWU SO9Q SP9QMP ZY1A AI4U FS/WY3P W3ADC ST2BF W3HNK ZY7C PT7WA

(a) Rest of the world (b) Rest of the Americas (c) Mexico ______

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9M6DXX Steve Telenius-Lowe, WDT 527, 88905 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia DD5FZ Toby Deinhardt, Einstein Str. 48, D-81675 Muenchen, Germany DH7WW Ulrich Moeckel, Muldenstrasse 1, 08304 Schoenheide, Germany DL7VOG Gerd Uhlig, P.O. Box 700 332, D-10323 Berlin, Germany DL9NDS Uwe Scherf, Itzgrund 15, 95512 Neudrossenfeld, Germany FK8CP Remi Touzard, 73 Rue J Calimbre, Noumea 98800, New Caledonia HC1JQ Jorge Jacome, Av. Gonzalez Suarez 1365, Edificio La Herradura, Piso 5, Quito, Ecuador IW9HLM Angelo Mai, Via Carlo Pisacane 18/a, 95030 Mascalucia - CT, Italy JA1JQY Shigeo Matsui, 2-31-10 Shimoseya, Seya-ku, Yokohama 246-0035, Japan K3PD Pietro deVolpi, 408 Hillside Ave., New Cumberland, PA 17070-3036, USA LX2A Philippe Lutty, 8 Sentier de Bricherhof, L-1262 Luxembourg N6AWD Fred K. Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr, Bakersfield CA 93309, USA N7OU William Vanderheide, 333 NW 9th Ave Apt 913, Portland, OR 97209, USA RA1QY Alexey M. Morozov, P.O. Box 24, Cherepovets, 162611, Russia SM5DJZ Jan Hallenberg, Vassunda Andersberg, SE-741 91 Knivsta, Sweden V51W Rudy Wiechers, P.O. Box 3425, Windhoek, Namibia VK9FLHI Desmond Keith Thompson, P.O. Box 10, Lord Howe Island, NSW 2898, Australia VK9ZLH G.D. Speedy, P.O. Box 86, Lord Howe Island, NSW 2898, Australia W3HNK Joseph Arcure Jr, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352, USA W4/VP9KF Paul Evans, 6809 River Road, Tampa, FL 33615, USA W7YAQ Rovert Norin, 14170 SW 119th Place, Tigard, OR 97224, USA XE1KK Ramon Santoyo V., Apartado Postal 19-564, Mexico, D.F. 03901, Mexico XU7ADX Hiroo Yonezuka, Aiyara Apartment, 260 Rama 9 Rd. Soi 17, Japanese School, Latphaow, Bangkok 10320, Thailand ZC4VJ Andy Chadwick, P.O. Box 36575, 5526 Dasaki Achnas, Cyprus ZS6DXB Rhynhardt Louw, P.O. Box 10148, Edleen, Kempton Park, Gauteng, 1625, South Africa ZS9X Bloemfontein Defence ARC, P.O. Box 9411, Bloemfontein, South Africa

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425DXNews Home Page 18 November 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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3B6 - Witek/SP9MRO, Wojtek/SP9PT and a few others are planning a 12-14 day DXpedition to Agalega (AF-001) in March. They plan to operate on all bands and modes usign several stations. Further information is expected in due course. [TNX W1AW] 4U1UN - The Daily DX reports that 4U1UN, the United Nations Headquarters station in New York City, is expected to be activated by two Japanese operators on 18 November. QSL via HB9BOU. 6W - Paul, K1XM will be active as 6V7D from Senegal on 19-28 November, CQ WW DX CW Contest included. QSL via KQ1F. [TNX NG3K] 8Q - Andrea, IZ6GJO will be active as 8Q7AN from Kihaad Island, Maldives (AS-013) on 11-22 December. He plans to operate CW only on 40, 30, 20 and 15 metres. QSL direct to home call. [TNX I6KYL] 9M6 - Saty, JE1JKL will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as 9M6NA from Labuan Island (OC-133), East Malaysia. It will be a SOSB entry on 20 metres. QSL via home call. Saty welcomes e-mail requests for bureau cards ([email protected]). [TNX NG3K] C6 - K2KW, N6BT and KE7X will operate from Eleuthera (NA-001), Bahamas on 19-27 November. They will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as C6AKX (20m), C6ARR (160m) and C6ATA (40m). QSL via WA4WTG. [TNX NG3K] C6 - Brian, ND3F will be active as C6AQQ from Nassau on New Providence (NA-001), Bahamas from 23 November to 3 December. He will participate in both the CQ WW DX CW and ARRL 160 Meter contests. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] CX - CX3AL, CX5AO, CX5BW, CX9AU, CX7CO and CX9BT will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as a Multi-Single entry. They will be signing CX7BY, in memory of the late Raul Roji. QSL via CX5BW. [TNX NG3K] FO - Alain, F2HE is active again as FO5RH from Tatakoto Atoll (OC- 066), Frech Polynesia until 4 December. He will be back there starting on 10 January. [TNX F6AJA] HL - DS2GOO, DS2KEP, DS3HWS, 6K2CEW, 6K2CSD and other operators from the Pyong Taek DX Club will be active as homecall/3 from Anmyon Island (AS-080) on 18-19 November. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX] HH - Jean-Marc, F1ABQ will be active as HH2FJM from Haiti starting on 18 November. Look for him daily between 5-7 UTC and 18-22 UTC aoriund 14126, 18126, and 21226 kHz. QSL via F5RPB. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX] J2 - Eric, ON7SAT (J20SA) will be working in Djibouti from around 20 November until 16 December. Ho hopes to be able to operate SSB on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres in his spare time. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K] J7 - John, K3TEJ will be active as J79Z from Dominica (NA-101) on 22- 29 November. Before and after the CQ WW DX CW Contest he will operate on 160 metres and the WARC bands. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K] JA - Look for JG4PYJ/4, JI4IPB/4, JJ4KME/4 and JM4FGW/4 to be active from Chiburi Island (AS-041, JIIA AS-041-002), Shimane prefecture on 18-19 November. They plan to operate SSB and CW on 80, 40, 20, 17 and 15 metres. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] KH2 - JA1OZK (AA9WZ), JA1OHP, JF1TAB, JH1FUD, JL1LOW and JK1DRM will be active as K2G from Guam (OC-026) on 25-28 November. They will operate on the HF bands SSB, CW and digital modes and will not participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via JA1OZK. [TNX NG3K] KP2 - Kenji, JH3AIU will be active as WP2AIU from the Virgin Islands (NA-106) on 20-24 November. He plans to operate CW, RTTY, PSK and SSB on 10-160 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K] P4 - Dave/K9UK, John/W9KXQ, Bill/WW9WW, Dave/WG9J and Tom/W9AEB will be active as P40Z from Aruba (SA-036) between 28 November and 5 December. QSL via K9UK. [TNX W9AEB] T8 - Mike, K9NW reports he will be active as T88MR from Palau (OC- 009) between approximately 20-28 November, CQ WW DX CW Contest included. Otside the contest he will try to pay special attention to the low bands. QSL via K9NW. TI - Dick, W0RAA will be departing for Costa Rica on 21 November, as a member of the TI5N for the CQ WW DX CW Contest. Before the contest he will operate mostly RTTY (+/- 14085 kHz) and PSK31 (+/- 14070 kHz) as TI5/W0RAA. QSL direct to home call. [TNX K1XN] V7 - Neil, WD8CRT (http://www.qsl.net/v73ns) will be active again as V73NS from Kwajalein (OC-028), Marshall Islands. He should start around 5 January and remain there for at least two years. Expect him to operate mostly CW on 160-6 metres. QSL via bureau or direct to Neil Schwanitz, Box 8341, APO, AP 96557, USA. [TNX WD8CRT] VP2M - Phil, G3SWH and Jim, G3RTE will operate (callsigns TBA) on 160- 10 metres from Montserrat (NA-103) on 21-28 February. Activity will be primarily on CW, possibily with some RTTY and PSK31. They plan to have two stations on the air for as many hours as possible. QSL via G3SWH, direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to [email protected]). [TNX G3SWH] VU7 - The Wireless Planning & Coordination Wing of the Indian Ministry of Communications has released the first list of special permissions issued to foreign operators holding Indian amateur radio licences to operate from the Lakshadweep Islands during the NIARS Hamfest and DXpedition (VU7RG). Please note that the 10-day activity has been rescheduled to start on 15 January 2007. Bookmark and visit http://www.vu7.in on a regular basis, as further information will be published there. Also visit the VU7RG blog at http://vu7rg.blogspot.com/ [TNX DL4KQ] XU - A group of operators from the Tamsat Group and the Siam DX Group will be active from Sihanoukville, Cambodia on 23-29 November. They will operate CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK-31, FM and Satellite on 160- 10 metres, 6m, 2m and 70cm as follows: E20PFE as XU7ADL on HF + CQWW CW (SOSB LP) E21EIC as XU7ADE on HF + CQWW CW (SOLP) E21QEB as XU7ADM on UHF and Satellites E21YDP as XU7ADK on HF RTTY/PSK-31 + CQWW CW (SOSB 40m LP) HS0ZCY/AA4XR as XU7ADF on HF + CQWW CW (SOSB LP) HS1JAN as XU7ADN on VHF, Satellites and 6m HS5IGY as XU7ADP on VHF, Satellites and 6m. The web site for the operation is at http://www.tamsat.org/xu7 [TNX OPDX Bulletin] YB - Look for Mat, YC8TDE to be active (mainly on 40 and 15 metres SSB) as YC8TDE/p from Ternate Island (OC-145) until 15 December. QSL via home call. [TNX VA3RJ] YB - Hotang, YC0IEM will be active in his spare time as YC0IEM/9 from Lombok Island (OC-150) from 20 November to 6 December. QSL via IZ8CCW, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ8CCW]

PACIFIC TRIP ---> Nag, JA7GAX will be island hopping in the Pacific between 23 November and January as follows: 21 Nov depart from Japan 23 Nov 3D2: Viti Levu & Vanua Levu Group (OC-016) 28 Nov 5W: Samoa Islands (OC-097) 04 Dec KH8: Tutuila Island (OC-045) ?? Dec KH8: Manua Islands (OC-077), 1 week operation 14 Dec A3: Tongatapu Group (OC-049) ?? Dec A3: Ha'apai Group (OC-169), 1 week operation ?? Dec A3: Vava'u Group (OC-064), 1 week operation 09 Jan 3D2: Viti Levu & Vanua Levu Group (OC-016) 12 Jan Return to Japan Nag will try to operate also from Niuatoputapu Island (OC-191), Tonga, but it depends on the flight schedule. QSL direct only to JA7GAX, [TNX The Daily DX]

SOUTHEAST ASIA TRIP ---> Pete, SM5GMZ will be back to Thailand, Cambodia and East Malaysia between 21 November and March 2007. His work will come first, but he will be active on the amateur radio bands as much as he can in his spare time. Expect him to operate as HS0ZFI, XU7ADI and 9M6/SM5GMZ. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX SM5GMZ] ______

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A61TX ---> This is the callsign issued to Michel Homsi, OD5TX, who operated from the UAE as A6/OD5TX until late July 2006. The licence was issued on 14 November 2006 and is valid for one year. QSL via W4JS. [TNX K1XN]

OH CONTEST/DX MEETING ---> The 12th annual CCF (Contest Club Finland, http://www.qsl.net/ccf) and OHDXF (OH DXFoundation, http://www.ohdxf.fi) Contest & DX Meeting will be held once again aboard the Viking Line M/S Gabriella on 19-21 January 2007. The ship will travel from Finland to the Aland Islands to Sweden and back. Further information, prices and on-line registration form are now available at http://www.contestclubfinland.com/ [TNX OH1WZ]

QSL XF4DL & XF4K ---> Once again, please note that there are three different QSL routes. For Mexico only: via XE1KK (Ramon Santoyo V., Apartado Postal 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 the rest of the world: via DL9NDS (Uwe Scherf, Itzgrund 15, 95512 Neudrossenfeld, Germany).

QSL YX5IOTA ---> Corrado, IT9DAA reports that a few envelopes have arrived opened. The relevant requests have been processed, but it is possible that other envelopes have got lost. If you do not receive your card within the end of November, please contact him ([email protected]). Also please note that Corrado now has a new and safer address: Corrado Ruscica, P.O. Box 1, 96018 Pachino (Succ. 1) - SR, Italy. ______

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5A7A: The 5A7A team became QRV on 16 November around 10.45 UTC. Bookmark http://5a7a.gmxhome.de/ for daily news, updates and logs. LOGS: On-line logsearch for 3C0M (Annobon Island) can be found at http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/web/ea5yn/3C0Z_L.htm LOGS: On-line logsearch for HK0GU/1 (Isla Pirata, SA-040, Colombia) can be found at http://logsearch.de/ QSL GALLERY: Jean-Michel, F6AJA has added a new gallery to his on- line collection. It includes QSL cards for various rare French DXCC island Entities. A few cards are still needed and your participation is encouraged - please visit http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr and send your comments to [email protected] [TNX F6AJA] ------

QSLs received direct or through managers: 3W9JR, 4L8A, 4O3T, 4W6AAB, 4Z4DX, 7X0RY, 8R1ZUM, 9A/OM5MF (EU-090), 9J2BO,9K2MU, 9N7JO, 9Q1A, AL7MX, BG1DRJ/4, C33IU, C5DXC, CX5BW, DT8A (AN-010; AA HL-01), ED1CA (EU-077),EK3SA, ER1SS, EW4DW, FO/JJ8DEN (OC-057), FO/N6JA, HI3NR, HV5PUL, J48WT (EU-174), JY4NE, K6VVA/6 (NA-178), K7A (NA-241), KG4DX, KH5/DF6FK, KL7AK/p (NA-053), LU1ZA (AN-008; AA LU-14), LU1ZD (AN-016; AA LU-11), LU1ZI (AN-010; AA LU-15), LU1ZV (AN-016; AA LU-06), LU8XW (SA-008), LY10ZZ, LY5A, LZ8A, MD/K8DD, OH6AW/5 (EU-140), OM3EY, OX3XR, P29SS, P29VCX (OC-153), P29ZAD, P49Y, RU9WX, SV5DKL, T32Z, T96Q, TF3ZA, TJ3FR, TJ3SP, UN7QX, V73RY, VC2W (NA-038), VP2MDY, VP2MHX, VP2V/AH6HY, VP2V/W7XU, VP5T, VP9LP, VQ9LA, VU4AN/VU3NZC, VU4AN/VU3RYB, VU4AN/VU3SIC, VU4AN/VU3TLY, VY0ICE, XF1K (NA-124), XU7TZG, XZ7A, YU6AO, YX5IOTA (SA-044), Z22JE, ZL7/KH0PR, ZX2B, ZY5X (SA-088). *****************************************************************************

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425DXNews Home Page 25 November 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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9M2 - Gerben, PG5M will be active (on 40-10 metres CW only) as 9M2/PG5M from Pulau Ketam (AS-074) on 24-26 November, CQ WW DX CW Contest included. QSL via home call. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] CE - Oscar, LU1XS will be active as CE8/LU1XS from Navarino Island (SA-050) on 8-10 December. He plans to operate CW only on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX LU1XS] DL_ant - Mirko, DG9BHQ will be the new operator at Neumayer Base (DP0GVN, DL-03 for the Antarctica Award), Antarctica (AN-016). He will be there from December 2006 through February 2008. QSL via DL5EBE. [TNX DL5EBE] E5 - After two weeks and almost 15,000 QSOs on Penrhyn (North Cooks), Bob, W7YAQ (E51PDX) and Bill, N7OU (E51PEN) are now active as E51YAQ and E51NOU from Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands. They should remain there until 28 November. QSL via home calls. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] F - Special event station TM5AIR will be active on 2-16 December to celebrate the 70th anniversry of the first air base at Varennes-sur-Allier. QSL via F5KEK. [TNX F8REF] F - A few special stations will be activated for the 20th annual Telethon, the fund-raising event organized by the French Muscular Dystrophy Association that will take place on 8-9 December. Expect activity from TM8T (27 November - 10 December) and TM2TLT (8- 9 December) among the others. [TNX F8REF] F - Special call TP20CE will be aired on 8-10 December to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the creation of the Council of Europe Amateur Radio Club. QSL via F5LGF. The rules for the relevant "20th Anniversary CUP" can be found at http://ewwa.free.fr/ [TNX F6FQK] HI - Serge, ON4AA will be active as HI8/ON4AA from the Dominican Republic (NA-096) from 2 December to 14 January. He plans to focus on 40 and 20 metres SSB, RTTY and PSK31, and to particpate in a number of contests. QSL via home call. An attempt will be made to operate as HI2/ON4AA from Isla Catalina (NA-122) during local day-time hours on a Wednesday or a Saturday (not coinciding with a major SBB or RTTY contest). [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] HS - Champ/E21EIC, Dej/E21YDP, Bruce/AA4XR (HS0ZCY) and Alex/UT5UY will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 10-160 metres from Lipe Island (AS-126) on 5-12 December. They will be active mainly as E21EIC/P, but they might also use their personal Thai calls. QSL via home calls. [TNX UT5UY] JA - Look for JR2RKK/6 to operate SSB on the HF bands from Aguni Island (AS-017, JIIA AS-017-002), Okinawa Prefecture on 1-4 December. QSL to via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] J7 - John, K3TEJ will operate as J79Z from Dominica (NA-101) until 29 November. Activity will be on 10-160 metres, including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW contest. QSL via home call. [TNX K3TEJ] KH8 - Pete/N0FW, Jay/K4ZLE, Charlie/W6KK and Mike/N9NS will be active as KH8Q from American Samoa on 1-14 December. They will operate CW and SSB on 160-10 metres, including efforts in the ARRL 160 Meter (1- 3 December) and 10 Meter (9-10 December) contests. QSL via W8QID. [TNX K4ZLE] LZ_ssh - Mitko, LZ1UQ will be active as LZ0A from the Bulgarian base St. Kliment Ohridski (LZ-02) on Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands (AN-010) from 1 December to 1 March 2007. Mitko also plans to operate as VP8/LZ1UQ during a few HF contests. [TNX I1HYW] P4 - Ken, K6TA and Kay, K6KO will operate SSB, CW and RTTY as P40TA and P40K respectively from Aruba (SA-036) on 1-21 December. QSL both callsigns via WM6A, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX] TN - Baldur, DJ6SI (CW) and Franz, DJ9ZB (SSB and RTTY) expect to be active from Congo in late November-early December. They plan to operate as TN6X and TN0Z respectively, on 10-160 metres CW, SSB and digital modes with two stations. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX] VE - Dave, VA3RJ reports that to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Reginald Fessenden's first AM voice broadcast (24 December 1906), from 1 December through 31 January all Canadian amateur radio operators may replace their ordinary prefix with a special one as follows: CF1 = VA1 CG1 = VE1 CG8 = VE8 CF2 = VA2 CG2 = VE2 CG9 = VE9 CF3 = VA3 CG3 = VE3 CH1 = VO1 CF4 = VA4 CG4 = VE4 CH2 = VO2 CF5 = VA5 CG5 = VE5 CI1 = VY1 CF6 = VA6 CG6 = VE6 CI2 = VY2 CF7 = VA7 CG7 = VE7 CI0 = VY0 VP5 - Kelly, N0VD will be active as VP5/N0VD from the Caicos Islands (NA-002) on 2-12 December, including an entry in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest as VP5D. QSL for both via home call. [TNX N0VD] VU7 - The ARSI team of operators for the 1-30 December VU7LD activity from Kavaratti Island in the Lakshadweeps includes 23 people from all over India (see the roaster and individual operating mode skills on the expedition web site). They will operate in batches: the first group will arrive on 30 November, followed by the second and the third ones around 12 and 22 December respectively. Please pay frequent visits to http://arsi.info/vu7/ for further information and updates. YI - Mitch, K7TUT plans to operate as YI9TU from Iraq till 12 December, and then again in January and February. Look for him on 10, 17, 20 and 40 metres SSB, CW and PSK3 between 15 and 18 UTC, and on Sundays between 4 and 6 UTC. QSL via N2OO. [TNX The Daily DX]

DX TRIP ---> Karl, N1DL will visit and operate holiday style from several countries between 27 November and 19 December as follows: 27-28 Nov VP2V/N1DL Virgin Gorda, BVI (NA-023) 29 Nov FJ/N1DL St. Barthelemy (NA-146) 30 Nov-1 Dec 9Y4/N1DL Tobago (SA-009) 5-6 Dec PY8/N1DL Boca da Valeria 11-12 Dec FY/N1DL Devil's (Diable) Island (SA-020) 14 Dec 8P6/N1DL Barbados (NA-021) 15 Dec J7R and J79DL Dominica (NA-101) 16 Dec V25DL Antigua (NA-100) 17 Dec VP2V/N1DL Tortola, BVI (NA-023) 18-19 Dec N1DL/HI9 Samana, Dominican Republic (NA-096) He says he will favour RTTY, PSK and CW, with some SSB. QSL via home call. Karl adds that all of the QSL cards for the recent J7R operation have been sent either direct or via bureau.

CQ WW DX CW CONTEST ---> The following stations have announced their participation in this year's event (25-26 November): ZONE CALL CATEGORY DXCC QSL VIA ------02 VE2WDX M/S Canada VE3TA 05 4U1UN United Nations HQ HB9BOU 05 VP9I SOAB Bermuda N1HRA 07 TI5N M/2 Costa Rica W3HNK 07 V31XX SOAB HP Belize EA4BQ 08 6Y1V SOSB 40m Jamaica OH3RB 08 6Y3R SOSB 80m Jamaica OH3RB 08 8P5A SOAB HP Barbados NN1N 08 8P9XA SO Barbados G3SWH 08 C6AKX SOSB 20m Bahamas WA4WTG 08 C6AQQ SOAB LP Bahamas ND3F 08 C6ARR SOSB 160m Bahamas WA4WTG 08 C6ART SOAB Bahamas KN5H 08 C6ATA SOSB 40m Bahamas WA4WTG 08 FS/AH8DX SO St. Martin AH8DX 08 HI3A SOAB Dominican Republic ON4IQ 08 J79CO Dominica F6COW 08 J79EP Dominica F6EPY 08 J79Z SOAB Dominica K3TEJ 08 KP3Z M/S Puerto Rico WC4E 08 KP4US M/S Puerto Rico 08 T40C M/S Cuba N1KI 08 TO5X SOAB Martinique K5UN 08 V26K SOAB LP Antigua AA3B 08 V47NT St. Kitts & Nevis N2NT 08 VP2MDG SOAB HP Montserrat K2DM 08 VP2VVV M/S British Virgin Isls K9VV 08 VP5W M/2 Turks & Caicos W7TSQ 08 ZF1A M/2 Cayman Islands W5ASP 09 9Y4AA M/? Trinidad & Tobago VE3HO 09 FY5FY SOAB QRP French Guiana FY5FY 09 P40A SOAB Aruba WD9DZV 09 P40T Aruba N6AA 09 P40W SOAB Aruba N2MM 09 P49Y Aruba AE6Y 09 PJ2T M/S Netherlands Antilles N9AG 09 PJ4A M/S HP Netherlands Antilles K4BAI 09 PZ5ZY SOAB Suriname N6ZZ 09 YW4D SOAB Venezuela EA7JX 10 HC8N M/M Galapagos Is W5UE 11 ZP0R SOAB HP Paraguay W3HNK 11 ZY7C M/S Brazil PT7WA 12 3G1X SOAB HP Chile XQ1IDM 13 CX7BY M/S Uruguay CX5BW 13 LR2F M/S Argentina LU2FA 14 CS2R SOSB 80m Portugal CS1GDX 14 CS7A SOSB 20 or 15m Portugal CS1GDX 14 CU2A SOAB HP Azores OH2BH 14 EI/SP4Z SOAB LP Ireland 14 G5W M/S England G3BJ 14 G6M M/2 England 14 GD6IA SOAB HP Isle of Man GD6IA 14 GD8T SOSB 40m Isle of Man G4MJS 14 GJ2A SOAB HP Jersey K2WR 14 LX7I M/2 or M/S Luxembourg LX2A 14 MD4K SOSB 80m Isle of Man G3NKC 14 MD6V SOSB 160m Isle of Man G3NKC 14 MJ0ASP SOSB 20m Jersey F5SHQ 14 MZ5A SOAB Shetland (Scotland) G3TXF 14 TM4Q M/S France F6FYA 14 TM8W SOAB LP France F5TER 15 4O3B SOSB 80m Montenegro OH2BH 15 4O3M SOSB 160m Montenegro OH2PM 15 IR9K Italy IW9HLM 15 IS0N SOSB 40m Sardinia OK1MG 15 YT6A SOSB 20m Montenegro YU1FW 15 Z38N M/M Macedonia HA6KNB 16 R7C M/2 European Russia RW3GW 16 RD3A SOAB European Russia RD3AF 16 RL3A M/S European Russia W3HNK 16 RU1A M/2 European Russia RU1AE 17 UA9AYA SOSB 40m Asiatic Russia UA9AB 20 4X0G M/S Israel W3GG 20 J41A SOSB 160m Greece LY1DF 20 LZ9A SOSB Bulgaria LZ2HM 20 P3F M/2 Cyprus 5B4AGN 20 SV9COL SOSB HP Crete 20 YM2W SOSB Turkey OK1TN 20 YR2V SOSB 40m Romania YO2LDC 21 4L2M SOSB 40m Georgia K3PD 21 4L8A SOSB 20m Georgia DJ1CW 21 A45WD SOSB 15m Oman YO9HP 22 8Q7DV M/2 Maldives UA9CLB 22 VU3JRA SOSB 80m India DJ3KR 24 B1Z M/S China EA7FTR 24 B3C M/S China BA4EG 24 VR2/AA1ON SO LP Hong Kong AA1ON 26 HS0ZDJ SOAB Thailand W2YR 26 HS0ZGH SO Thailand G4UZN 26 XU7ADE SO Cambodia E21EIC 26 XU7ADF SOSB Cambodia AA4XR 26 XU7ADK SOSB 40m Cambodia E21YDP 26 XU7ADL SOSB LP Cambodia E20PFE 26 XU7MWA SOAB Cambodia 27 AH2R M/S Guam JH7QXJ 27 T88MR SOAB Palau K9NW 28 9M2/PG5M SO West Malaysia PG5M 28 9M2CNC SOAB HP West Malaysia G4ZFE 28 9M6NA SOSB 20m East Malaysia JE1JKL 28 YB0ECT SOSB 20m LP Indonesia K3AIR 29 VK8NSB SOAB Australia VK6NE 29 VK9AA SOAB Cocos (Keeling) DL8YR 31 KH6/W6PH SOAB LP Hawaii W6PH 32 E51YAQ South Cook Isls W7YAQ 33 CN2R SOSB 40m Morocco W7EJ 33 CN2WW SOSB 20m Morocco EA7FTR 33 CT3NT SOAB Madeira 33 CT9L M/2 Madeira DJ6QT 33 EA8/OH4NL SOSB 80m or 160m Canary Islands OH2BYS 33 EA8EW M/2 Canary Islands YL2KL 33 IH9P M/M (African) Italy KR7X 34 5A7A M/M Libya DL9USA 34 ST2A M/S Sudan T93Y 35 6V7D SOAB LP Senegal KQ1F 35 6W1RW SOAB HP Senegal F6BEE 35 D44AC SOSB Cape Verde 35 TZ5A M/M Mali G3SXW 37 5Z1A SOSB 20m Kenya PA1AW 37 5Z4LS Kenya G3RWF 38 V5/DJ4SO SOSB 20m LP Namibia DJ4SO 38 ZS3NN SOAB South Africa AA4NN 38 ZT2V South Africa ZS2DL 39 3B8/OM0C M/S Mauritius OM2FY 40 JW5E M/? Svalbard Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operations listing maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqc2006.html - good contest to you all!

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ARRL 160 METER CONTEST ---> Object of the contest is for amateurs worldwide to work W/VE amateurs on 160 metres CW only (full rules can be found at http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2006/160-Meters.html). This year's event will run from 22.00 UTC on 1 December through 16.00 UTC on the 3rd. Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operation listing maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/arrl160_2006.html

QSL CO#OTA ---> Pepe, EA5KB reports he is now able to confirm contacts made back in 2000 with the various CO#OTA stations: CO0OTA (NA-015), CO1OTA (NA-093), CO4OTA (NA-056), CO6OTA (NA-204), CO7OTA (NA-086), CO8OTA (NA-218), CO9OTA (NA-201). Before sending your cards, please contact Pepe ([email protected]).

S9SS ---> Charles Lewis, KY4P (S9SS, aka S92SS as well as A25/KY4P, A22AA, SV0LM and SV5/SV0LM) will retire in February 2007 and finish his work as IBB VOA station manager on the island of Sao Tome. He and Lesley, N3TIA (S9YL, S92YL and SV0LN) will live in North Carolina. His S9SS log has been uploaded to LoTW and paper QSLs can be confirmed by his QSL manager N4JR. Log search is available at http://s50u.s50e.si, and by the end of February more than 80.000 QSOs will be sent to http://logsearch.de/. All of his logs for callsigns prior to S9SS exist only on paper (about 100,000 QSOs), but he plans to create files of at least some of them for submission to the LoTW over the next few years. He will do the A25/KY4P log first. [TNX S50U]

+ SILENT KEY + The Association des Radioamateurs de Monaco (ARM) reports the passing of Aldo Comisso, 3A2GL, on 23 July. He used to be mainly active on the low bands CW. [TNX 3A2LF]

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LOGS: On-line logsearch for 4O60BH (OH2BH's on-the-air 60th birthday party) can be found at http://www.skycc.info/4o60bh/search.html. The Lucky Draw winners are listed at http://www.kolumbus.fi/oh2bn/tuesdayrelease.htm LOGS: On-line logsearch for 5A7A can be found at http://www.df3cb.com/logsearch/5a7a/. These logs cover the period from 14.05 UTC on 16 November through 08.02 UTC on the 24th, but a few thousand QSOs are known to be missing (do not panic!). LOGS: On-line logsearch for 9G5UR can be found at http://logsearch.de/. Vladimir, UY5ZZ operated as 9G5UR on 4-14 July, and as 9G5A/P (AF-084) on 12 July 2006. QSL to Vladimir F. Latyshenko, P.O. Box 4850, Zaporozhye, 69118, Ukraine. XT2C: The web site for the 6-20 January expedition to Burkina Faso is up and running at http://xt2c.free.fr/

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======CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER ======3B8/OM0C OM2FY E51NOU N7OU PZ5ZY N6ZZ 4A7L WA3HUP E51PDX W7YAQ R1ANC UA1PAC 4L1FP LZ1OT E51PEN N7OU S9SS N4JR 4L3Y DK6CW E51TLA OZ6TL SK60CG SM6JSM 4O2NT YZ1AA E51YAQ W7YAQ ST2A T93Y 4O3B OH2BH EH7FCI EB7AEY SX8F SV1HER 4O3M OH2PM EK6LP IK2DUW T88MR K9NW 4O60BH OH2BN EK6TA DJ0MCZ TC4ITU TA4KA 4U1UN HB9BOU EX2M W3HNK TC4PP TA4KA 5A7A DL9USA EY8CQ DJ1MM TM5DIA F5LRL 5H3AA K6EID EY8DQ DJ1MM TM8KP F6GOX 5N6EAM IK2IQD HA501TJ HA1TJ TO5X K5NU 5N9GKA N0OY HA502EOA HA2EOA TT8FC EA4AHK 5V7SE IK3GES HA503NU HA3NU TU0PAX TU2CI 5W0OJ DL4RDJ HA505BA HA5BA TU2/F5LDY F1CGN 5Z4LS G3RWF HA505OV HA5OV TZ5A G3SXW 6V7D KQ1F HA507PL HA7PL TZ6LF KY7M 6W1RW F6BEE HC2SL EA5KB TZ6MF KC7V 6Y3R OH3RB HC8N W5UE TZ6NS AA7A 7X5JF DJ8QP HF16CD SP3PML TZ6RF GM3YTS 7Z1HL DJ9ZB HK0GU DL7VOG TZ6RN G4IRN 7Z1UG DG1XG HS0ZCY AA4XR TZ6VT K5VT 8P9JG NN1N HZ1MD PA2V TZ6WP G4BWP 8Q7GL IK0XIH J28JA F5JFU U4MIR RN3DK 9G1YK PA3ERA J59OFM I3LDP UN7MMM EA7FTR 9G5OO DL4WK J79CO F6COW V26K AA3B 9J2VB UA4WHX J79EP F6EPY V63DX JH7HMZ 9K2YM EA5KB J79Z K3TEJ V6T1 JA7AO 9M2CNC G4ZFE JV800DA JT1DA VP5/K7LAZ K7LAZ 9Q1D SM5BFJ KC4/K2ARB K2ARB VP5/W7VV W7VV 9Q1TB F5LTB KC4AAA K1IED VQ9JK G4FJK 9Y4AA VE3HO KH0/K3UY UA3DX VQ9NL W4NML A61C W4JS KH2/AK0J JA1KJW VU3RYO DL2JRM C6AKX WA4WTG KP4SQ W3HNK WP2AIU JH3AIU C6ATA WA4WTG LX8DL LX1DA WP3R W3HNK CN2WW EA7FTR NL7G OK1DOT XU7ADE E21EIC CN8IG EA7FTR ON4PTC ON7YB XU7ADF AA4XR CN8KD EA5XX ON69MIA ON5VL XU7MWA KM0O CO3JN IZ8EBI OT4A ON4AEK YI9SM W5CSM CO3VK IZ8EBI PJ2DX N9AG YT150T YU1FJK DK2006TZ DL1SBF PJ4/K1TO K4BAI ZF2DO N5DO DT8A HL2FDW PJ4/N4TO K4BAI ZS3NN AA4NN

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DL7VOG Gerd Uhlig, P.O. Box 700 332, D-10323 Berlin, Germany DL9USA Andreas Glaeser, PF 100 246, D-03122 Spremberg, Germany IT9DAA Corrado Ruscica, P.O. Box 1, 96018 Pachino (Succ. 1) - SR, Italy JA7AO Tokro Matsumoto, 3-62 Okachimachi, Yuzawa 012-0856, Japan OH2BN Jarmo J. Jaakola, Kiilletie 5 C 30, Helsinki 00710, Finland ST2M Magdi Osman Ahmed Abdelrahim, P.O. Box 2, Khartoum Airport 11112, Sudan SV1HER Sotirios Vanikiotis, Korai 31, GR-12137 Peristeri (Athens), Greece UA1PAC Alan Kuz'menko, P.O.Box 599, Arkhangelsk, 163000, Russia UT8IM Valery P. Sossko, P.O. Box 25, Mariupol, 87514, Ukraine XU7ABN Claude Laget, P.O. Box 1373 GPO, 99999 Phnom-Penh, Cambodia

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425DXNews Home Page 2 December 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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9M2 - Rich, PA0RRS (9M2MRS) will be active again from Penang Island (AS-015) from 1 January to 28 February. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX PA0RRS] BY - BA4XA, BA4VE, BD3APX, BD4IXA, BG4VES and BG6IQD will operate as BI4N from Lingshan Island (AS-150) on 6-10 December. QSL direct to BA4XA. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] C6 - Janet/W8CAA, Jim/K8FL, Phil/W9IXX (C6AXX) and Joe/W8GEX (C6DX) will operate on all bands and modes from Eleuthera (NA-001), Bahamas on 5-13 December. They plan to to have two stations running on the HF bands and one on 50125 kHz. QSL C6DX via W8GEX, QSL C6AXX via W9IXX. [TNX QRZ-DX] J6 - Oleh, KD7WPJ reports he will be active as J6/KD7WPJ from St. Lucia (NA-108) on 21-27 December. QSL via home call. JA - Look for JA6WFM/6, JM6EBU/6 and JF6YME/6 to operate SSB, CW and RTTY on the HF bands from Yoron Island (AS-023, JIIA AS-023- 013), Kagoshima Prefecture on 4-7 December. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] LU - Alberto/LU1DZ, Tito/LU7EE and Fernando/LW2DX will operate CW and SSB as LR50U and LR5U on 7-12 December to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first activity by an Argentine amateur (LU3ZY) from the South Sandwich Islands. QSL direct only via EA5NI. [TNX F5NQL] SV - Look for Steve, SV8/G4EDG/P and Jeff, SV8/G4ELZ/P to operate CW only from Aegina Island (EU-075) on 4-10 December. QSL direct to homecalls (but logs will also be uploaded to LOTW). [TNX G4EDG] TN - The Daily DX reports that Baldur, DJ6SI and Franz, DJ9ZB have postponed their trip to Congo [425DXN 812] because they are still waiting for their licenses. UR - The Ukrainian Amateur Radio League is celebrating its 15th anniversary and EM15UARL, as well as a number of EM15, EN15 and EO15 callsigns, will be aired between 15 and 25 December. For information on the relevant "UARL-15" short term award please contact Vlad Ageyev, UR5WCW ([email protected]). VE - Igor, VA3YDX reports he will operate as VE2IDX from Bizard Island (not IOTA, QC-027 for the Canadian Islands Award) on 29-30 December. His main goal is to participate in the Canada Winter Contest. Look for him on +/- 14260, 3795 and 7260 kHz. QSL direct to VA3YDX. VP9 - Mark, AA1AC will be operating as AA1AC/VP9 from Hamilton Parish, Bermuda (NA-005) on 9-13 December. QSL via home call. [TNX AA1AC] VU7 - The first batch of ARSI operators (including VU2DMP, VU2GGM, VU2IZO, VU2MTT, VU2NKS, VU2NXM, VU2PAI, VU2PJP, VU2RCR, VU2RDQ, VU2SWS, VU2VKU, VU3ENB, VU3KKZ and VU3SGS) has been active from Kavaratti Island, Lakshadweeps (AS-011) since around 18.30 UTC on 30 November (i.e. on 1 December at noon local time). They have been required to sign VU7LD/homecall, but this is not an Andaman-like activity (different operations under different callsigns, with different QSL routes and different QSL cards): so there is no need to work multiple VU7LD/hc's on the same band and mode, as they would be duplicate QSOs. Suggested frequencies are as follows: Band CW SSB RTTY SSTV PSK ------160m 1822 1845 - - - 80m 3502 3795 3570 - 3580 40m 7002 7060 7035 - 7037 30m 10102 - 10137 - 10140 20m 14022 14260 14085 14230 14071 17m 18072 18150 18100 - 18100 15m 21022 21260 21085 - 21085 12m 24892 24940 24920 - 24920 10m 28022 28495 28080 - 28120 QSL via W3HNK (Joseph L. Arcure, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352, USA). Keep an eye on http://www.arsi.info/vu7/index.shtml (the first logs are expected to be posted on 2 December). W - The Alphalpha Repeater Group (http://n4maa.us) will operate as W4A from the Tierra Verde Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-1335) on Cunningham Key (NA-034, USI FL-284S) on 8-11 December. Expect activity on 3875, 7235, 14310 and 21330 kHz. QSL via K8CXM. [TNX VA3RJ] W - Before going and operate from Elbow Cay (NA-219) [425DXN 809], Bodo/DL3OCH, Rene/DL2JRM, Dan/DL5SE and Daniel/DL5YWM will be active as W4/homecall from Key West (NA-062) from 29 December to 2 January. They also plan to operate from a few ARLHS lighthouses and USI islands during that time frame. QSL via home calls. [TNX DL5YWM] ______

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5A7A ---> The DXpedition went QRT around 7 UTC on 29 November. On-line logs are now complete and the band/mode breakdowns are as follows (source: http://www.df3cb.com/logsearch/5a7a/): CW SSB RTTY PSK SSTV FM WSJT FSK441 Totals 160m 6344 928 283 98 0 0 0 0 7653 80m 9925 7243 377 4 0 0 0 0 17549 40m 12843 11689 1273 222 0 0 0 0 26027 30m 7553 0 490 9 0 0 0 0 8052 20m 8322 8687 1490 11 71 0 0 0 18581 17m 4231 4598 802 55 0 0 0 0 9686 15m 6388 8227 205 0 0 0 0 0 14820 12m 1872 1616 0 0 0 0 0 0 3488 10m 1893 1318 0 0 0 0 0 0 3211 6m 41 8 0 0 0 1 2 0 52 2m 2 6 0 0 0 0 63 210 281 70cm 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 Totals 59415 44326 4920 399 71 1 67 210 109409

NOT THE MANAGER ---> Pierre, F6CXJ is receiving a large number of bureau cards for TZ9A, but he is not the QSL manager for Chris. Cards should be sent to Christian Saint-Arroman, Chemin de Mousteguy, 64990 Urcuit, France.

QSL 4O3T ---> The QSL cards for the International DX Festival Montenegro 2006 are being distributed right now. If you do not receive your card(s) by 20 December, please contact Ranko, YT6A ([email protected]). [TNX YT6A]

QSL 5V7SE ---> Gabriele, IK3GES reports receiving direct card requests for Elvira, 5V7SE that include "old style" IRCs expiring on 31 December. Please note that if Gabriele can get the logs before the end of the year, these requests will be hounoured, otherwise they will be replied to via the bureau.

QSL R7C ---> The correct QSL route is not via RW3GW, but HQ Academy & Found "The World Encyclopedia of Travel", P.O. Box 2007, Moscow, 101000, Russia. Cards can also be sent via the bureau. [TNX RW3GW]

QSL VIA TA3YJ ---> Nilay reports having problems with the incoming QSL bureau. She has not received any card for several months now; should you be in urgent need of a card, she recommends to go direct. The current status of the incoming/outgoing QSL traffic handled by Nilay can be found at http://www.geocities.com/qslservice/ta3yj

VQ9JC ---> Jim, VQ9JC (ND9M) expects to leave Diego Garcia on 5 December for a four-month holiday with his wife in Florida. He should return to VQ9 in April 2007 for another four-month tour. "I've been active from VQ9 for eight months out of the past year", he says, "and so far logged 26,000 QSOs. CW accounts for 85%, with SSB at 13%, and 2% were using digital modes. About 40% have been on 20m, 20% were on 15m, and another 20% were split between 30 and 40m. Considering what propagation conditions have been like, I'm quite pleased with the results". All direct mail QSLs received at his Florida QTH as of 10 November have been answered. The requests received after that date will be answered when Jim gets home. Bureau cards received as of 10 November have also been processed and will be mailed to the Outgoing Bureau. All QSL requests go via ND9M. ______

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LOGS: On-line logsearch for HK0GU (Providencia) can be found at http://logsearch.de/ LOGS: On-line logserach for Eric, J20SA can be found at http://users.telenet.be/on4knp/ [TNX ON4ZD] TOP LISTS: The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now available at http://www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. Please send your scores, as well as any request for further information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW ([email protected]) ------

QSLs received direct or through managers: 4O3T, 5R8FK, 5R8GZ, 5T0JL, 5X1GS, 7P8/G3RWF, 8P9NX, 8R1EA, 9J2BO, 9K2YM, 9Q1D, 9V1VC, A25/DF3GY, BV0O, C33IU, D44BS, DT8A, EA6SX, ED1CA (EU-077), EU1UN, EX8F, FG/N0YY, FO/F6CTL, FO/N6JA, FW8AA, GT0STH, H40HL, HO1L, J68MS, J7R, K9AJ/VY0 (NA-156 and NA-195), KD6WW/VY0 (NA-156 and NA-195), KH0AC, KH0HQ, KH8SI, KL7AA, KL7J, LU8XW, NL7G, OX/OZ8AE, OX3HI, P29NI (OC-115), P29VCX (OC-153), P4/WA2NHA, P40W, SM5EDX, ST2BF, SU9FL, SV2ASP/A, T77EB, T96Q, TU2/F5LDY, TY5MR, UK8IZ, V31MR, V51AS, VE1OTA (NA-081), VK9AA, VK9CGG, VK9NS, VP2MDY, VP2MHZ, VP2V/AH6HY, VP2V/W7XU, VP6UU, VR2MY, VU3MCV, VU4AN/VU3CHE, VU4AN/VU3RWO, VU4AN/VU3SIC, W1AJT/VE3, XW1A, YL2TW, YU6AO, YU6DZ, YU7EF, YX5IOTA (SA-044), Z22JE, ZA/IW2JOP, ZD9BV, ZS6AJD. *****************************************************************************

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425DXNews Home Page 8 December 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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9N - Stig, 9N7JO reports he will be QRV from Nepal "on and off" at various periods during 2007. He will operate on all the HF bands SSB, CW, PSK31 and RTTY. QSL direct only to his address in Thailand: Stig Lindblom, Jum Changphimai 147/1 - Moo 3, Tambon Boot, Ban Ta Bong, Phimai, TH-30110 Nakhon Ratchashima, Thailand. CE - Hector, CE3FZL reports he will be active as CE2P from the lighthouse at Punta Panul (ARLHS CHI-073) during weekends in December, January and February. He plans to operate SSB on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via EA5KB. HS - Nopporn, HS0EHF has joined the team of operators for the E21EIC/P activity from Lipe Island (AS-126). Originally announced to take place on 5-12 December [425DXN 812], it is now scheduled from 8 to 13 December. QSL via home calls. [TNX UT5UY] JA - Special event station 8J8WSC is active until 4 March 2007 to celebrate the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships that will take place Sapporo (Hokkaido) from 22 February to 4 March (http://www.sapporo2007.com/). QSL via bureau. [TNX VA3RJ] LU - Fernando, LW2DX reports that the LR50U and LR5U special activity [425DXN 813] was performed last year only, and will not be repeated this year. P4 - Marty, W2CG will be vacationing in Aruba on 11-18 December and plans to operate as P40CG (requested call) during his early morning and late evening hours. QSL via homecall. [TNX W2CG] TF - Russian Robinson Club members Sergey/RA3NAN, Eugene/RZ3EC and Andy/RZ3EM will be going to Iceland next week. Weather permitting, they will operate as TF7RRC from the Westman Islands (EU-071) on 15-16 December and TF4RRC from Flatey Island (EU-168) on 18- 19 December. QSL both calls via RZ3EC (QSL RA3NAN/TF, RZ3EC/TF and RZ3EM/TF via home calls). The website for the expedition is at www.qso.ru/tf7rrc [TNX RZ3EM] UA - RP65MB, RP65FWW and a number of other special event stations/ callsigns (RP65xxx, RP3xxx, UE3xxx plus UE4CGP) are active until 10 December to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Battle of Moscow during World War II. These activaty days are organized by the Moscow regional branch of SRR. Information on the relevant award can be found at www.srr-mo.ru (if you can read Russian) or from Dmitriy, RV3DUT ([email protected]). QSL RP65MB and RP65FWW via RZ3FR (but all of the contacts will be confirmed automatically via the SRR bureau); the QSL routes for the other stations are listed in the "QSL Info" section below. [TNX RV3DUT] VP5 - Olav, LA9VFA will be active as VP5/LA9VFA from Providenciales, Caicos Islands (NA-002) on 13-29 December. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ] YV0 - After the successful YX5IOTA operation, the 4M5DX Group is organizing a DXpedition to Aves Island (NA-020) to take place for ten days starting around 5 February 2007. A team of fifteen operators (lead by Alex, YV5SSB and including Jose/YV5TX, Julio/YV1RDX, Rafael/YV5RED, Martti/OH2BH, Tomas/YV1CTE, Jesus/YV5MSG, Jose/YV5ANT, Olli/YV5WW-OH0XX, Greg/YV5OHW, Ray/YV5EU-DL2GG, Pasquale/YV5KAJ, Franco/YV1FM, Felo/YV5GRV, Jig/AD6TF and Corrado/IT9DAA) will be active as YW0DX on all bands and modes. QSL via IT9DAA, direct or bureau. Sponsors and donors are beingh sought; further information can be found on the website for the DXpedition at http://yw0dx.4m5dx.org/ [TNX IT9DAA]

ARRL 10 METER CONTEST ---> Object of the contest is for amateurs worldwide to work as many stations as possible on 10 metres (full rules can be found at http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2006/10-meters.html). This year's event will run from 00.00 UTC on 9 December through 23.59 UTC on the 10th. Do not forget to give a look to the Announced Operation listing maintained by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/arrl10_2006.html

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3B7C ---> The Five Star DXers Association (FSDXA) 3B7C expedition to St. Brandon (AF-015) [425DXN 806] is still on course for September 2007. The plan is to be QRV from the 7th to the 24th, ensuring two full weeks and three weekends of activity. The team is aware that a Polish expedition to Agalega has been announced for April 2007, but considers that demand for this rare one is such that a large-scale operation (12 stations) is fully justified. The QSL manager will be G3NUG, direct or bureau. Further information will be posted on http://www.3b7c.com as it becomes available. [TNX G3XTT]

3D2RN ---> Jack, WB6JZY is active from Sigatoka, Viti Levu (OC-016). He is using the callsign of Richard Norby (3D2RN), from whose resort Jack is currently guest operating. QSL via WB6JZY. [TNX IW0HEX]

425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The latest issue (November 2006) is now available at http://www.425dxn.org/monthly/index.html. Articles and pictures should be sent to Nicola Baldresca, IZ3EBA ([email protected]).

POSTAL RATES (CANADA) ---> Garth, VE3HO reports that on 15 January 2007 rates will increase for all mail (domestic, to the US and overseas) as follows: Canada - $0.56 for 30 grams ($0.52 plus 6% tax) USA - $0.99 for 30 grams ($0.93 plus 6% tax) Other countries - $1.64 for 30 grams ($1.55 plus 6% tax) Current exchange rate for 1 USD is $1.13 Canadian (note: US $2.00 bills can not be exchanged in Canada). All IRCs other than the new blue ones will no longer be redeemable starting on 1 January 2007.

QSL VP2VVV ---> Please note that the correct QSL route is via K5WW (not K9VV).

QSL XV1X ---> Effective 1 December 2006, the new QSL route for Eddy, XV1X is via OK1DOT: Petr Gustab, P.O Box 52, Cesky Brod, 282 01 Czech Republic. On-line logsearch can be found at http://www.qsl.net/xv1x/logs/ [TNX OK1DOT]

VU7RG ---> While another five VU7 permits and three reciprocal licences have been granted to foreign participants in the January 2007 activity, the team is finishing now the last logistics for a full-fledged operation of 15 manned stations. The latest field tests confirmed that Internet access on the islands will allow the team to upload online logs on daily base. VU7RG will make use of three pilot stations (Klaus/DL1XX, Don/N1DG and a third one TBA). For the time being, you can give the team the opportunity to benefit from your monitored band openings towards the Lakshadweeps. Please visit http://www.vu7.in, enter the VU7RG blog and post your observations and suggestions. [TNX DL4KQ]

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LOGS: On-line logsearch for 8Q7GL can be found at http://www.mdxc.org/8q7gl; the QSL cards are being printed and Gianluca expects to get them by the end of the year. [TNX IK0XIH] LOGS: The first and partial logs (1-5 December) have been uploaded to the VU7LD website (http://arsi.info/vu7/). N8S: The website for the April 2007 expedition to Swains Island [425DXN 808] is now up and running at http://www.yt1ad.info/nh8s/index.html (be advised that the callsign for the DXpedition is N8S, not NH8S). A multi-national team of 12-15 operators will be active on all bands and modes with several stations for ten days. [TNX YT1AD]

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======CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER ======3B8/OM0C OM2FY EG1WFA EA1URE RP65DWP RK3FWD 3D2CX JA7GAX EG4TCA EA4HV RP65DXS RK3DXS 3G1X XQ1IDM EG5A EA5RS RP65DZA RZ3DZA 3V6T YT1AD EG5D EA5FID RP65FWW RZ3FR 3W2TXR JA2TXR EH7CE EA7URM RP65FZP RN3BR 3W9JR OK1JN EK3AA IK2QPR RP65MB RZ3FR 3XD2Z UA6JR ES5RR ES2RR SN1I SP1NQF 4K5D K2PF EX2X EA5KB SN3A SP3GEM 4K9W DL6KVA EY8MM K1BV ST2A T93Y 4L2M K3PD G5W G3BJ SV8/G4EDG/P G4ELZ 4L4CC RV1CC G6M M3UZL SV8/G4ELZ/P G4ELZ 4L8A DJ1CW GD8T G4SHF T40C N1KI 4N500ZZ 4N7ZZ GJ2A K2WR (a) T88MR K9NW 4O3B OH2BH GJ2A GJ3DVC (b) T99D DJ2MX 4O3M OH2PM H7A TI4SU TG9AKH OK1DOT 4U1UN HB9BOU HB0/DD4B/p DL3PS TI5N W3HNK 4X0G W3GG HC8N W5UE TM2Y F6BEE 4X1FQ AA4V HG1956R HA3HK TM4Q F6FYA 4Z8DT OK1DT HG3DX HA7UW TM5AIR F5KEK 5A7A DL9USA HI3A ON4IQ TM7XX F5MUX 5B/M0XAA 5B8AD HI9CF DL4NCF TM8W F5TER 5H3EE DL4SM HK0GU DL7VOG TO5X K5UN 5N8NDP IK5JAN HK4QMH EA5KB TP20CE F5LGF 5R8FU SM5DJZ HK4SAN EA7FTR TZ5A G3SXW 5R8GZ G3SWH HP3XUG KG6UH UA0YAY IK2QPR 5W0CX JA7GAX HS0ZDJ W2YR UA9AYA UA9AB 5W0OJ DL4RDJ HS0ZEA OE2REL UE3AOM/P RZ3AWQ 5Z1A PA1AW HS0ZFI SM5GMZ UE3DLM RK3FWC 5Z4LS G3RWF HZ1SK IZ8CLM UE3DOP RK3DXJ 6V7D KQ1F IH9P KR7X UE3DPK RK3DYD 6W1RW F6BEE IS0N OK1MG UE3DPS RX3DQX 6Y1V OH3RB J20SA ON7SAT UE3DUT RV3DUT 6Y3R OH3RB J37T VE3EBN UE3DWM RN3BR 7X2EB EA7FTR J41A LY1DF UE3DWR RN3BR 8P5A NN1N J42T SV2BFN UE3DXZ RX3FS 8P9XA G3SWH J45KLN SM0CMH UE3LWP RA3LBA 8Q7BB DK7TF J79CO F6COW UE3XGV UA3XGV 8Q7DV UA9CLB J79EP F6EPY UE4CGP RA4CEO 8Q7ED 4S7AB J79Z K3TEJ UE9CZF RV9CVA 9A1P 9A2RD JW1CCA LA1CCA UN7AB DL8KAC 9G5ZS ZS6EGB K2G JA1OZK UP5G LZ1YE 9H6A 9H1XT KH0PR JJ8DEN V26K AA3B 9J2BO G3TEV KH6BK VE3HO V47NT N2NT 9J2SZ SP8DIP KH7U AH6NF VC7G VE7GL 9M2/PG5M PG5M KH7X K2PF VE2WDX VE3TA 9M2CNC G4ZFE KH8/JA7GAX JA7GAX VK8NSB VK6NE 9M6NA JE1JKL KH8Q W8QID VK9AA DL8YR 9M6XRO M5AAV KP3Z WC4E VO1AAM VE3DZ 9M8YY JR3WXA LN3Z LA9VDA VP2MDG K2DM 9V1YC N5ID LN8W LA9VDA VP2VVV K5WW 9Y4AA VE3HO LR2F LU2FA VP5/N0VD N0VD 9Y4RAJ AB2MH LU2FLN EA5KB VP5W W7TSQ A45WD YO9HP LU8YE EA7FTR VP8DBR G0SWC A61AB IZ8CLM LX7I LX2A VP8DJK G0HFX A61M A61AV LY7A LY2ZO VP9I N1HRA A61NT ON5NT LZ0A LZ1KDP VQ9JC ND9M A70RRY EA7FTR LZ1900K LZ1BJ VU7LD W3HNK A71EM EA7FTR MD4K G3NKC VY2ZM K1ZM A92BND A92GR MD6V G3NKC W2W W3HEM AH2R JH7QXJ MJ0AWR K2WR (a) XU7ADE E21EIC AM1A EA4URE MJ0AWR GJ3DVC (b) XU7MWA KM0O B1Z EA7FTR MZ5A G3TXF YB0ECT K3AIR B3C BA4EG OE4A OE1EMS YC0IEM/9 IZ8CCW B7P BG7KUB OH0I OH3BHL YI9E WU5E BP100S BX4AN OH0M OH1MM YI9HU K3ASK C4M W3HNK OH0V OH6LI YI9HW N4THW C6AKX WA4WTG OH0X OH2TA YI9IZE KF4IZE C6AQQ ND3F OH0Z W0MM YI9KT SP8HKT C6ART KN5H OH1F OH1AF YI9TU N2OO C6ATA WA4WTG OH4A OH6LI YN4SU/9 TI4SU C6AXX W9IXX OH6M OH6AH YQ0U YO5BET C6DX W8GEX OH7M OH6DX YR8B YO8KGA C91VB/4 UA4WHX OH8X OH6KN YT0A YU1EXY CN2R W7EJ OL40JAZZ OK1FAK YT0TESLA YU1EXY CN2WW EA7FTR ON60TWS ON5UR YT150CS YT1CS CN8SG EA7FTR OX3XR OZ3PZ YT6A YU1FW CO2NB EA5KB P3F 5B4AGN YU2A YU1BX CS2R CS1GDX P40A WD9DZV YU50NR YU1NR CS7A CS1GDX P40T VE3HO YU60BPQ YU7BPQ CT2GLO W3HNK P40TA WM6A YV5SSB EA5KB CT3NT CT1BOH P40W N2MM YW4D EA7JX CT6A CT1ILT P40Z K9UK YZ6AMD EA7FTR CT9L DJ6QT P49Y AE6Y Z36A DJ0LZ CU2A OH2BH PJ2T N9AG Z38N HA6KNB CX7BY CX5BW PJ4A K4BAI ZB2/4O3AL EB7EAY DR100NAU DL1RG PZ5ZY N6ZZ ZF1A W5ASP DR1A DL6FBL RK2FWA DK4VW ZF2ZH K6ZH DT8A HL2FDW RP3DFT RZ3DO ZL6QH ZL2AOH E51NOU N7OU RP3DMK RL3FX ZP0R W3HNK E51YAQ W7YAQ RP3DYB RK3DYB ZP8AE EA7FTR EA8/OH4NL OH2BYS RP3DZD RK3DZD ZS2BS DJ5MS EA8EW YL2KL RP65DPW RA3FO ZS3NN AA4NN EA9/OL8R OK1FCJ RP65DRO RW3DW ZY7C PT7WA

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5B8AD Alexander M. Saveliev, P.O. Box 42110, Larnaca 6431, Cyprus A45XR Chris Dabrowski, P.O.Box 2038, CPO 111, Sultanate of Oman DL8YR Peter Kallfelz, Langenbruchweg 58, D-52080 Aachen, Germany DL9USA Andreas Glaeser, PF 100 246, D-03122 Spremberg, Germany JE1JKL Satoshi Nakamura, 1-27-2, Kamiya, Ushiku, Ibaraki, 300-1216 Japan PG5M Gerben A. Menting, Brandparken 2, 9351 XM Leek, The Netherlands R7C HQ Academy & Found "The World Encyclopedia of Travel", P.O. Box 2007, Moscow, 101000, Russia W3HNK Joseph L. Arcure, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352, USA

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425DXNews Home Page 16 December 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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1A - Giorgio/IZ4AKS, Massimo/IZ4DPV, Fabio/I4UFH, Gabriele/IK4UPB and Luca/IW0DJB will operate as 1A4A (yes, One Alpha Four Alpha) from the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM) on 2-8 January. Activity will take place from the extraterritorial zone of Villa Malta on the Aventine in Rome. Three or four stations will be active on 2-160 metres SSB, CW and RTTY; plans are to concentrate on certain DX areas (Japan, South America and West Coast) and on the low bands. The license has been granted as a part of a fundraising programme to support the worldwide relief activities of the Order of Malta (see http://www.orderofmalta.org for further information). The first activity of 1A4A (which stands for One Aid For Africa) will help collecting funds to build a school for young girls, as part of a support plan for the rebirth of South Sudan, coordinated by the Order of Malta, together with the Italian government. The web site for the operation is up and running at http://www.1a4a.org. QSL 1A4A via IZ4DPV (direct only). [TNX IZ4AKS] 5H - Sam, F6AML will be active as 5H1Z from Zanzibar Island (AF-032) on 18-29 January. He plans to operate SSB and CW on 80-10 metres and to pay special attention to North America and Asia, especially on the low bands. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F6AML] 5U - Christian Saint-Arroman (formerly active from Mali as TZ9A and from a number of other African countries) has been authorized to operate as 5U5U from Niger since 5 December. He will be active on all bands SSB for about one month starting on 3 January, and he expects to pay regular visits to that country over the next few years. QSL direct to Christian Saint-Arroman, Chemin de Mousteguy, F-64990 Urcuit, France. [TNX 5U5U] 9M_spr - 9M4SDX is the callsign issued to the March 2007 expedition to the Spratly Islands [425DXN 803]. A large group of operators from Japan (JA1OCZ, JE1CKA, JF1PJK, JK1FNL, JR1AIB, JJ2VLY, JQ2GYU and JR7TEQ) and Malaysia (9M2CF, 9M2KT, 9M2TO, 9M2/JH3GCN and 9M8YY) will be active from Layang Layang (AS-051) on 10-19 March with four stations on all bands and modes. QSL via 9M2TO, direct or bureau. The web site for the expedition can be found at http://island.geocities.jp/layang9m4sdx/ [TNX 9M2TO] BV - Steve/N8BJQ, George/W8UVZ, Randy/W9ZR and several local operators will be active as BX0ZR from Taiwan on 8-21 January. Expect activity on all bands with an emphasis on 160 and 80 metres. QSL via W8UVZ. [TNX W9ZR] BY - David, BA4DW will be active as BA4DW/7 from Hainan Island (AS- 094) on 20, 23 and 24 December. This will be a spare time operation, with activity on 20 and 15 metres. QSL direct to David Y. J. Zhou, P.O. Box 040-088, Shanghai, 200040, China. [TNX BA4DW] HB0 - Tom, DL2OBO will be active again as HB0/homecall from Liechtenstein on 1-9 January. He plans to ficus on 30-160 metres CW, with some SSB and possibily some RTTY/PSK as well. QSL via home call, bureau preferred. Give a look to his past experiences on http://www.dl2obo.de.vu [TNX DL2OBO] J2 - Eric, J20SA (ON7SAT) will be leaving on 17 December, but he has had his licence extended as he will return to Djibouti on 4 January for about three weeks. The website for his activity, on-line log included, is at http://users.telenet.be/on4knp/ [TNX ON4ZD] JA - Look for Take, JS6RRR/JS6 to operate SSB, CW and RTTY on the HF bands from Miyako Island (AS-079) from 28 December through 9 January. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] PY - Jim/PY7XC, Cris/PY7GK, Renner/PY7RP and Ben/PY7VI will be active as ZY6T from Itaparica Island (SA-023) on 27-30 December. They plan to operate SSB and CW on 10-80 metres. QSL via PY7GK, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] S2 - The callsign to be used during the 10-16 January operation from Bangladesh [425DXN 805] has changed. The Spanish team will be active as S21XA on 160-6 metres SSB, CW and RTYY with three stations. QSL via EA3BT, direct or bureau. A survey form is available on the expedition website (http://www.ea3bt.com/s21xa.htm) to let the team know on which bands/modes you need Bangladesh. UR - Special event callsigns that wiil be aired on 15-25 December to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Ukrainian Amateur Radio League [425DXN #813] include EM15Q (QSL via UR5QU), EM15V (QSL via UR7VA), EO15FF (QSL via UX0FF) and EO15IS (QSL via US7IGF), as well as a large number of other EM15, EN15 and EO15 prefixes. VE - The VE2DX contest team will be operating on 20, 40 and 80 metres as CG2DX from Jesus Island (CISA PQ-014) until early 2007 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first AM transmission (24 December 1906). The VE2DX/CG2DX contest station is operated by members of the Club Radio Amateur Laval Laurentide. QSL via VE2STN. [TNX VE2STN] VK - Special event call VI3JAM will be activated on 2-13 January for the 21st Scouts Australia's Jamboree that will be held in Elmore, Victoria (website under construction at www.vi3jam.com). Next year the Scouting Movement will celebrate its 100th anniversary, and a second special event station (VI3SAA) will be QRV from a number of scout centenary events throughout 2007. Two commemorative QSLs will be issued. [TNX VK3EW] ______

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CQ DX MARATHON ---> The new CQ DX Marathon [425DXN 777] is a year-long DX hunt, with participants competing to see who can work the greatest number of countries ("entities") and CQ zones over the course of a full year, then starting again at zero at the beginning of the next year. This year's Marathon began at 00.00 UTC on 1 January 1 and will end at 23.59 UTC on 31 December: "it is now time to start gathering your country and zone contacts made in 2006", John, K9EL says, "and enter them onto the official DX Marathon score sheet available at http://www.dxmarathon.com". All logs must be received no later than 28 February 2007. The 2007 Marathon will start at 00.00 UTC on 1 January. [TNX K9EL]

DIRECT CARDS FROM INDONESIA ---> Donny Sirait, YB6LD (ex YB1BOD) has compiled an informative document on how to obtain a direct QSL card from Indonesia. It includes the current postage rates to several destinations around the world and useful tips on IRCs, whose redeemable value depends on the country they originate from, not on their "destination": for instance, a coupon issued in the US will give a 4,500 Indonesian Rupiahs postage stamp (which covers a letter to Japan, but not to the US). "Normally", Donny says, "a 20gr (single card request) need 2 valid IRC's from the originating country for an airmail reply". The document (.pdf format) is vailable from Donny, please contact him at [email protected] if interested.

HNY 2007 PARTY --->The "Happy New Year 2007 Party", sponsored by Polish MK QTC Magazine (http://qtc.radio.org.pl), will take place from 18 UTC on 31 December to 18 UTC on 1 January. For details on the event and the relevant award, please e-mail Sylwester Jarkiewicz, SP2FAP at [email protected] [TNX SP2FAP]

JIIA ---> The JIIA Activity Year will run from 1 January through 31 December 2007 to celebrate the Japanese IOTA Islands Award (JIIA) programme's 5th anniversary. A special award will be issued for contacts made with at least 10 stations operating from different islands. Please contact Yuki, JI6KVR ([email protected]) for further information.

OH CONTEST/DX MEETING ---> The 12th annual Contest & DX Meeting, organized by the Contest Club Finland and thr OH DX Foundation, will be held aboard the Viking Line M/S Gabriella on 19-21 January 2007. The ship will travel from Finland to the Aland Islands to Sweden and back. Further information, prices and on-line registration form are available at http://www.contestclubfinland.com/ (bookings should be made no later than 18 December). [TNX OH1UA]

PIRATE ---> The NZART (New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters) Monitoring Service reports that the station signing ZK3DX and claiming to be operating from Nukunonu Atoll (Tokelau) is a pirate. He has been operating (usually around 7000-7010 kHz between 5 and 7 NZDT) since 16 September and was last heard on 3 December. The Tokelau Administration has not issued this callsign, nor have they heard of any amateur operating from these islands. [TNX ZL2RR and AD1C]

QSL 4O3T ---> Bill Moore, NC1L reports that the first batch of cards received by US operators contained only the month and year and not the specific day of the QSO. 4O3T cards that show July 2006 or later, with or without the actual day being shown on the card, will be credited for "Montenegro". QSLs for QSOs in May 2006 or earlier will count for "Serbia and Montenegro". Cards for QSOs in June 2006 will not be accepted for any credit (Montenegro was added to the DXCC list on 28 June 2006). Those who received a 4O3T QSL card with no date number and wish to obtain a corrected QSL can send a self addressed envelope directly to John Kennon, N7CQQ who is sending out cards for all of the Americas.

QSL OC-270 ---> Donny, YB6LD (ex YB1BOD) says that all of the direct requests received so far for the March 2006 operation from Simeulue Island (YC6LAY/p, YB6LYS/p, YC6JKV/p, YB6PLG/p and YB1BOD/6) have been processed and mailed. Direct requests from Japan without sufficient return postage have been honoured through the JARL bureau. "For other stations outside JA that did not send sufficient funds, I have no other choice than to send it directly since sending it to the bureau will cost me the same amount (due to small numbers)", Donny says.

QSL ST2A ---> Boris, T93Y reports that all direct requests received as of 9 December have processed and mailed. You can give a look to the card designs in the "QSL Info" and check the status of your request in the "LOG Search" sections of the ST2A website (http://www.t93y.com/st2a). Boris reminds the DX community that 1 USD does not cover the postage from Bosnia and Herzegovina to anywhere in the world, while 1 IRC does. [TNX T93Y]

QSL VIA DL5EBE ---> Dominik reports he is now living in Russia. Those who need a direct card for any of the stations he is the QSL manager for should mail their request to the following address: Wintershall Holding AG, Abt. EV, Mr. Dominik Weiel, Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 160, D-34119 Kassel, Germany. Cards sent via the DARC QSL bureau will be forwarded to Dominik.

QSL VIA RZ3DJ ---> Those who still need a QSL card for Vlady's (RU3HD) activities from Antarctica can send their request to RZ3DJ (Dmitry Tsyplakov, P.O. Box 5/3, Pushkino - 5, 141205, Russia). Vlady nade about 36,000 QSOs (153 on 160m and 1282 on 80m) as R1ANN and RU3HD/ANT from Novolazarevskaja (IOTA NA-01, UA-08 for the Antarctica Award), and some 7,000 QSOs as R1ANN/mm and RU3HD/mm from the "Academic Fedorov". [TNX RZ3DJ]

QSL YX0A & YX0LIX ---> "The cards have arrived, and I'm in the process of preparing the first mailings", Steve (KU9C) says. "The process will be a bit slower than I'd like, due to the holidays and a few business and family commitments. Please do not resubmit; I'll use the DX bulletins to advise when I've finished mailing what I've got and status updates along the way. I do apologize for the delay in getting the cards out".

VU7LD ---> The 9th press release (issued on 9 December) states that the second batch of six operators (VU2GMN Gopal, VU2LX Lakshman, VU3SPQ Sunny, VU3RSB Sara, VU3ELR Sasi and VU2SJD Sanjay) were sailing to Kavaratti to join the other operators who have been there since 30 November. "We are aware of issues with the published online logs where the mode and band have in some cases been wrong, also a couple of logs from a few sessions were not published on the web", Gopal (VU2GMN) says, "We are working to rectify that in the next log update expected latest around the 20th of December. [Actually, the log search at http://www.arsi.info/vu7/onlinelog.shtml now covers the period 1-12 December, and the next update is expected for 16 December, Ed.]. A number of constructive suggestions have been received from the international DX community and we have taken note of the suggestions and information has already been passed on to the operators who are working to implement as many of them as is feasible". A few pictures of VU7LD can be found at http://www.vu7ld.info/.

+ SILENT KEY + We were saddened by the news of the sudden passing of Agustinus "Agus" Ginting, YC6JKV, who was killed in a car accident on 8 December. He had been an active amateur since the Eighties and had participated in a few IOTA operations, including activity from the islands of Mursala (OC-245, March 2001), Simeulue (OC-270, March 2006) and Nias (OC-161, April 2006). [TNX YB6LD] ------

QSLs received direct or through managers: 3A2MD, 4L8A, 4O3AB, 4O3T, 5T0JL, 5W0DP, 5W0OJ, 6W1SE, 6Y0B, 7P8DA, 7P8JF, 7Z1UG, 8P9DX, 9H3MR, 9Q1D, 9Q1NT, A22/JA4ATV, A25/DJ4LK, A92GR, B1Z, C5DXC, CP4BT, D2DX, DL5ME/p (EU-128), DT8A, FG5JK, FM5JC, FP/G3TXF, GT0STH, HC1HC, HC8N, HG6N, HI3TEJ, HQ9F, J28JA, JX7DFA, K9AJ/VY0 (NA-175), KC4AAA, KH8SI, KL7HBK (NA-004), LZ0A, NP2B, OJ0LA, OY9R, P29BW, P29NI (OC-115), P29VCX (OC-153), P29ZAD, P41S, P43JB, PJ7TM, R1MVW, S79WJM, S9SS, SU9NC, T70HQ, T77EB, TK5MH, TO2FG, TO4T, TT8PK, TU2/F5LDY, TY5LEO, TY5MR, TZ5A, TZ6LF, TZ6MF, TZ6NS, V31MR, V63JQ (OC-059), V63VE, VK9CGG, VK9NS, VP6UU (OC-044), VP6UU/p (OC-182), VP8LGT, VP9I, W5BOS/AL0 (NA-238), W5BOS/NL0 (NA-237), XE2K/XF2 (NA-246), YJ0ADX, YT6A, YT7A, YU6AO, ZA/IK7JWX, ZD7BG, ZF1A, ZY0K.

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425DXNews Home Page 23 December 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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************************************ * TO ALL OUR READERS * * WARMEST THOUGHTS AND BEST WISHES * * FOR A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY * * AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR * ************************************

4S - Ben, DL7UCX will be active probably as 4S7UCG from Sri Lanka from 26 December to 5 January. He plans to operate holiday style on 160- 30 metres CW. QSL via DL7UCX, direct or bureau. [TNX NG3K] F - Fred, F5OZK will be active as TM0ZK from Belle Ile en Mer (EU- 048, DIFM AT-015) on 26-30 December. He will concentrate on the digital modes. QSL via home call. [TNX F5NQL] JA - Take, JS6RRR says he will operate as either JS6RRR and JS6RRR/JS6 during his stay on Miyako Island (AS-079, JIIA AS-079-005) from 28 December to 9 January [425DXN 815]. He also plans a couple of side trips to Ikema-jima (JIIA AS-079-001) and Kurima-jima (JIIA AS-079-003) during that time frame. QSL via bureau. LZ - Special callsign LZ2007EU will be aired from the HQ of the Bulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs from 1 January through 30 April to celebrate the accession of Bulgaria to the European Union. QSL via LZ1BJ (bureau preferred). [TNX LZ1BJ] T30 - Toshi, JA8BMK will active as T30XX from West Kiribati from 27 December to 8 January. He plans to operate during his spare time on 160-10 metres CW and SSB, with a linear amplifier (800 watts), a 3-element yagi (20, 15 and 10 metres), a rotary dipole (40, 30, 17 and 12 metres) and an Inverted "V" (160 and 80 metres). QSL via JA8UWT (direct only). [TNX JA8BMK] UA - Dmitry, RN3GM and others will operate as UE3GMF and UE3GMF/p until 29 December. The special callsign celebrates the third anniversary of mobile operator MegaFon's branch in Lipetsk. QSL via RA3GJ, direct or bureau. [TNX RN3GM] UA_ant - Dominik, DL5EBE reports that Alex, UA1ZCK will be leaving Vostok station (R1ANC) on 25 December. He will stop and possibily be active from Progress station (R1ANP) for a few days, before departing from Antarctica on 10 January. UA_ssh - Oleg, R1ANF is currently active as R1ANF/p from the small Eco Base of the Czech Republic (OK-01 for the Antarctica Award) located on Nelson Island, South Shetlands (AN-010). VE - Bob/VA3QV, Terry/VE3TWC, Steve/VE3SBC, Mark/VA3UMP, Martin/VA3SIE and possibily others will operate SSB and CW as CF3RCS (which stands for Canadians Freezing 3 Real Cold Spot) from Bate Island (not IOTA, new one for the Canadian Islands Awards programme) on 30 December for 24 hours. They will participate in the RAC Canada Winter Contest (http://www.rac.ca/service/infocont.htm). QSL direct to VA3SIE or VA3UMP or VA3QV. [TNX VA3RJ] VU7 - A special permit to operate on 30 metres has been granted to the VU7RG expedition to the Lakshadweeps (15-25 January). Due to the current poor conditions 30m will have high priority, since it will be one of the few bands to serve the most difficult regions, especially North America. Bookmark and pay regular visits to http://www.vu7.in for further information and updates. [TNX DL4KQ] W - Look for Rich, K8HGY/4 to be active from a couple of islands - namely Tybee (not IOTA, USI GA-008S) and and Cockspur (not IOTA, USI GA-029S) - and lighthouses (ARLHS USA-864 and USA-181) on 26- 30 December. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ] W - Rich, K4FCP will be active on 15 and 20 metres from Hunting Island (NA-110) on 27-30 December. QSL via K4BMS. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] ______

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CAROLINA DX ASSOCIATION ---> At its Annual Meeting/Holiday Party held on 14 December, the Carolina DX Association (CDXA) elected the following officers for 2007: Ted Goldthorpe, W4VHF President Thomas Wright, N4HN Vice President Cliff Wagoner, W3ZL Secretary-Treasurer John Scott, K8YC Newsletter Editor Joe Simpkins, K4MD Cluster Manager Paul Sturpe, W3GQ Cluster Manager (Northern Area) Dick Williams, W3OA Contest Manager Wayne Setzer, WB4BXW Webmaster More information on the CDXA can be found at http://www.cdxa.org [TNX K8YC]

HOLYLAND CONTEST ---> The results of the Holyland DX Contest 2006 are now available on the IARC website (http://www.iarc.org). Next year's event will be held on 21 April, with a new digital mode category. [TNX 4Z4KX]

QSL 9Q1EK & 9Q1TB ---> The new QSL route for either Georges, 9Q1EK (VE2EK) and Philippe, 9Q1TB is via SM5DQC, direct only: Osten B. Magnusson, Nyckelvagen 4, SE-59931 Odeshog, Sweden.

QSL JW4GHA ---> Roger, LA4GHA reports that he has started sending out the JW4GHA cards for his 2005-06 operations from Bear Island (EU-027) and Hopen Island (EU-063).

QSL VIA DL7JAN ---> Jan reports that all of the direct cards for 7P8JF, 7P8DJ and 7P8WO (September 2006) received so far have been processed and mailed on 18 December.

TF4RRC ---> The Russian Robinson Club team of operators (RA3NAN, RZ3EC and RZ3EM) had to change their plans and to cancel the TF7RRC operation from the Westman Islands (EU-071). However, they were active as TF4RRC from Flatey Island (EU-168) on 15-17 December and as homecall/TF from TF3IRA's shack in Rejkyavik (EU-021). Logs and pictures can be found at http://www.qso.ru/tf7rrc/eng/index.php

VU7LD ---> In his latest press release, dated 22 December, Gopal (VU2GMN) reports that the operators left on the island for the remaining days are VU2NKS, VU3IZO, VU3RGP, VU3RSB, VU2PJP and VU2RCR. In spite of propagation not being at its best, several solar flares and multiple power outages, the team has logged almost 50,000 QSOs so far. "The transfer of logs to the mainland for updating the webpage has been a problem but VU2ZAP and VU2SJD have been working very hard to sort out the many errors and partials that have been brought to our notice and updating the online logs. VU2ZAP has also been diligently answering all mail regarding errors and we expect that most of the issues will be sorted out completely". On-line logs current cover the period 1-21 December, the next update is expected on 24 December. ______

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ZY6T: The website for the 27-30 December operation from Itaparica Island (SA-023) [425DXN 815] can be found at http://zy6t.atspace.com (on-line logs will be available). QSL via PY7GK. [TNX PY7GK] ______

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======CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER ======4A7L WA3HUP EM15Y UT4YWA JL8GFB RW6HS 4L0G UA9LP EN15U UT4UZA K3C N3VOP 4L0HQ UA9LP EO15EK UT4EK KC4/K2ARB K2ARB 4L1FP LZ1OT EO15FA UT2FA KH8Q W8QID 4L2M UA9LP EO15FF UX0FF KP4SQ W3HNK 4L6QL RW6HS EO15FT UT0FT L47D EA5KB 4U1UN HB9BOU EO15FY UX0FY LU5FZ EA7FTR 5R8FL G3SWH EO15F?L UR5FEL LX6T LX1KC 5V7BR F2VX EO15II UT2II NH6P W6YM 7Z1HL DJ9ZB EO15IN UR8IN NP4A W3HNK 8P2K KU9C EO15IS US7IGF OH9SCL OH9UV 8Q7AN IZ6GJO EO15IT UT8IT ON60EKO ON4EKO 9A650C 9A7K EO15MID UR5MID P40K WM6A 9G5OO DL4WK EO15NK UT3NK P49MR VE3MR 9H3SX G3SXW EO15NT UT8NT RA3NAN/TF RA3NAN 9H3TF G3TXF EO15PWC UR4PWC RZ3EC/TF RZ4EC 9M6DXX M5AAV EO15QWX US4QWX RZ3EM/TF RZ3EM 9Q1D SM5BFJ EO15QYY UY5YY S01MZ EA1BT 9Q1EK SM5DQC EO15UA UY2UA SU0FEC WD9DZV 9Q1TB SM5DQC EO15UAP UY5AP SU9HP SC6A A35RK W7TSQ EO15UQ UY2UQ T32Z K3PD A35TN JA7GAX EO15UV UT3UV T9/EA1CYK EA4URE A61TX W4JS EO15WCW UR5WCW TF/KL1A RW3AH A71BX EA7FTR EO15WZ UT7WZ TF4RRC RZ3EC AY8A LU8ADX EO15WZA UT7WZA TF60IRA TF3IRA BA4DW/7 BA4DW EO15YA US0YA TF60PPN TF3PPN BI4N BA4XA EO15YW US0YW TG0AA TG9ANF C31CT EA3QS ER0FEO UR5FEO TM2TLT F4ESO C91VB/6 UA4WHX EW6AF DL8KAC TM6SHV F8KIS CG2DX VE2STN EY8CQ DJ1CW TM6TLT F6KFI CG2FET VE2FET GB2RAF G4PSH TM6VT F6KJX CG3OIJ VE3OIJ HA500LG HA0LG TT8FC EA4AHK CG9NC VE9NC HA500LP HA0LP TU2/F5LDY F1CGN CN8IG EA7FTR HA500NAR HA0NAR UE4CTR RA4CEO CN8KD EA5XX HA501WD HA1WD UK8GWW RW6HS CN8YZ EA7FTR HA501ZH HA1ZH UN7TX RW6HS CO8LY EA7ADH HA502MN HA2MN V73FA/mm N1DL CU1CB EA5KB HA503HP HA3HP VP5D N0VD CV5D CX2ABC HA503NU HA3NU VP8DKF K2ARB DA0UBOOT DK9OS HA503OD HA3OD VP8ROT GM0HCQ DK5A DK5KMA HA503OU HA3OU VQ9BW KD4DZJ DP0GVN DL5EBE HA506OI HA6OI VQ9IE WY8Q EA9EU EA9AZ HA507PL HA7PL VU7LD W3HNK EF8A EA8AUW HA508IB HA8IB W4A K8CXM EK6YL SP9ERV HA508LTQ HA8LTQ XU7ADR JF1KML EM15F UR5FEO HF80GD SP2AVE XV1X OK1DOT EM15P UR4PWL HF95HTA SP9ZBC XW1A E21EIC EM15Q UR5QU HG20129A HA1CW YI9SM W5CSM EM15UARL UT2UB HG79P HA6ZQ YN4MG W0MM EM15UD UR4UWS HZ1AN DJ9ZB YZ150A YZ7AA EM15UN UT5UN HZ1GW GW0RHC ZB2TY M0TNY EM15V UR7VA HZ1ZH EA7FTR ZF2BI K4BI EM15W UT7WZ II0TH I0YCB ZM3R ZL3RG EM15X UT7XX JE7IZM/JD1 bureau ZY7EAM PY7VI ______

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BA4DW David Y. J. Zhou, P.O. Box 040-088, Shanghai, 200040, China BA4XA Kevin Yang, P.O. Box 59, Lian Yun Gang, JS 222002, China DL5EBE Wintershall Holding AG, Abt. EV, Mr. Dominik Weiel, Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 160, D-34119 Kassel, Germany EP3HF Sadegh Farzadkhah, P.O. Box 34185-1687, Qazvin, Iran RW6HS Vasilij M. Kasyanenko, P.O. Box 0, g. Novopavlovsk, 357300, Stavropolskiy kr., Russia RZ3EC Eugene Shelkanovtcev, P.O.Box 70, Orel, 302028, Russia UR5QU Victor Andriyuk, P.O. Box 1391, Zaporozhye 69091, Ukraine US7IGF Slava Shevchenko, P.O. Box 591, Slavyansk-12, Donetsk obl. 84112, Ukraine W3HNK Joseph Arcure Jr, 115 Buck Run Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352, USA Z35M Vladimir Kovaceski, P.O. Box 10, Struga 6330, Macedonia

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425DXNews Home Page 30 December 2006 Bulletins' Index A.R.I. Dx Bulletin

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1A - The forthcoming 1A4A operation from the Sovereing Military Order of Malta [425DXN 815] will include MS activity (sked requests can be sent to to [email protected]). The team is arranging a 2m station for WSJT that will be active on 6-7 January. Further details will be available at http://www.1a4a.org 3V - Alex, GM0DHZ reports he will be active from 3V8SS for five weeks starting on 7 January. He plans to operate SSB and CW on 10- 80 metres. 6W - Bert, PA3GIO will be active (on 160-10 metres SSB) as PA3GIO/6W from the 6W7RV DX Shack in Somone (http://www.le-calao.com/), Senegal on 3-10 January. QSL via home call, direct or bureau (please use the QSL request form at http://www.pa3gio.nl/ for bureau cards). [TNX PA3GIO] 7X - Mike, DB1JAW and Nichael, DK5MH will be active from the northern part of the Sahara as 7W0JAW and 7W0MH on 2-10 February. They will operate 24 hours a day on 80-10 metres, but their main frequencies will be +/- 14185, 14290, 18120, 18150, 24950 and 24980 kHz. QSL for both calls direct only to DB1JAW. [TNX NG3K] 9M6 - Saty, JE1JKL will be active again as 9M6NA from Labuan Island (OC-133), East Malaysia on 4-7 January. He will concentrate on 80 and 160 metres. QSL via home call (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to [email protected]). [TNX NG3K] A3 - Nag, JA7GAX (A35TN) has been active from Niauatoputapu (OC- 191) since 26 December and will remain there until 2 January. He will then move to Vava'u (OC-064) until 4 January. After that, he will return to Fiji (3D2CX) on his way back home (15 January). QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] CE - Carlos, CE6AMN and other six operators (namely CE3HDI, CE6UFF, CE6UFY, CE6UZL, LU1EJ and XQ3SA) will be active as XR7C from the lighthouse at Punta Corona (ARLHS CHI-013) on Chiloe Island (SA- 018) from 29 January until 5 February. They plan to operate SSB and CW on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via CE6AMN. [TNX CE6AMN] CE0_eas - Nao, JK1FNL will be active as CE0Y/JK1FNL from Easter Island (SA-001) on 4-7 January. He will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 40, 20, and 17 metres. If he can get a licence, he might also be active as FO/NA8O from French Polynesia on 3 and 8 January. QSL via home call. [TNX JK1FNL] DU - Francisco, CT1EAT will be active as DU1/CT1EAT from Romblon Island (OC-244) on 1-17 January (but on 10 January he will move to a new location on the same island, and he says he might not be able to operate from there). He plans to operate holiday style SSB and RTTY on 10-80 metres. QSL direct to home call (logs will be uploaded to LOtW). After 17 January he might go and be active from a rarer IOTA group, but he cannot give more details for the time being. The web page for the operation is at http://ct1eat.no.sapo.pt [TNX CT1EAT] HI - Norm, W1BYH reports he will be active from the Dominican Republic (HI3) on 6-12 January. He plans to operate holiday style on all bands, with an emphasis on the WARC bands, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. HL - HL22 is a very special callsign issued to Kim, DS5SWL to support PyeongChang as the candidate city of South Korea for the organization of the XXII Olympic Winter Games to be held in 2014 (http://www.pyeongchang2014.org/). HL22 will be aired on 80- 10 metres SSB and CW until 30 June 2007. QSL via DS5SWL, direct or bureau. HL - Han/DS2GOO, Jeong/6K2ABX, Lee/6K2CEW and possibily a few others will be active as either HL0GHQ/2 and homecall/2 from Paengnyong Island (AS-122) between 31 December and 2 January (length of stay may change depending on weather conditions and transport). They plan to operate CW, SSB, RTTY and some PSK31 on 10-80 metres. QSLs via DS2GOO, direct or bureau. [TNX HL1VAU] JT - Ken, K4ZW will return to Mongolia on 15-25 January and will be active (possibly as JT1/K4ZW) along with Chak, JT1CO. They plan to concentrate on the low bands, with a special emphasis on 160 metres, especially to those areas most difficult to work from Zone 23. [TNX K4ZW] LX - Luxemburg and the Greater Region will be the European Capital of Culture 2007 (www.luxembourg2007.org). Special event stations LX2007L (district of Luxembourg) LX2007G (district of Grevenmacher) and LX2007D (district of Diekirch) will be active from 1 January through 31 December to celebrate this event. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. Information on the relevant award, issued by the Reseau Luxembourgeois des Amateurs d'Ondes Courtes, can be found in the Awards section at http://www.rlx.lu PJ4 - Kelly, N0VD will be active as PJ4/N0VD from Bonaire (SA-006) on 6- 13 January. This is a business trip so activity will be as time allows. QSL via home call. [TNX N0VD] PJ4 - Jeff, KU8E and John, K4BAI will operate (mostly CW on 160-10 metres and possibly CW and SSB on 6 metres) as PJ4/homecall from the K2NG/PJ4G rental QTH on Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles on 13- 20 February. During the ARRL DX CW Contest John will be QRV as PJ4A (SOAB HP) full time and Jeff will be QRV as PJ4/KU8E part time. QSL for all via K4BAI. [TNX K4BAI] ST - Slavko, S57DX will be in Sudan from January through April and will try to be active on the amateur radio bands as much as he can. His callsign will be ST2R, QSL via home call. Please note that Slavko is also the QSL manager for ST2T: "don't worry", he says, "all requests will be answered for sure" once he returns home. [TNX S57DX] TA - Charlie, GI4FUE will operate holiday style as TA4/GI4FUE from Marmaris, Turkey from 30 December until 11 January. He will be active on 17 and 20 meters CW with some SSB, and he also hopes to have a dipole ready to take for possible 30m operation. [TNX GI4FUE] VE - John, VE7JZ will be active on 20 and 40 metres from IOTA group NA-061 on 7-20 January. QSL direct or via the bureau. [TNX www.islandchaser.com] VK9_nor - A group of operators from the Bavarian Contest Club (namely Markus/DJ7EO, Heye/DJ9RR, Christian/DL1MGB, Dietmar/DL3DXX, Tom/DL5LYM and Dieter/DL8OH) will be active as VK9DNX from Norfolk Island (OC-005) from 15 February to 3 March. They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-10 metres, with a focus on the low bands. QSL via DJ2MX, direct or bureau (an Online QSL Request System service will be available for bureau cards). Further information and on- line logs can be found at http://www.df3cb.com/vk9dnx/ [TNX DL1MGB] W - Special event station K1Y will be active on 1-31 January to celebrate the first anniversary of the Straight Key Century Club (www.skccgroup.com). All special event operators will be using straight keys and bugs. QSL via K4VD. XE - In 2007 the Federacion Mexicana de Radioexperimentadores (FMRE, formerly known as Liga Mexicana de Radioexperimentadores) will celebrate its 75th anniversary. Amateur radio stations from Mexico have been allowed to replace their ordinary prefixes with the following ones: 6H1 for XE1, 6I2 for XE2, 6J3 for XE3, 6E4 for XF4 (Revillagigedo). In addition, expect 6G1LM (FMRE club station) and 6F75A (FMRE contest station) to be aired from 1 January through 31 December. Next year Mexico is also likely to establish ten call areas (from XE1 through XE0) to replace the current four. TNX K1XN] XU - Peter, NO2R will operate CW and SSB as XU7ACY from Sihanoukville, Cambodia on 7-30 January. He plans to concentrate on the low bands and to participate in the CQ WW 160-Meter DX CW Contest. QSL via K2NJ. Doug, W2EN will act as his pilot station. [TNX NG3K] YB - Club station YC2ZBM will celebrate the 71st anniversary of Kebumen Regency in Central Java on 6-10 January with a special activity on 40 and 15 metres. A large QSL certificate will be available from YC2TJV (P.O. Box 123, Kebumen 54300, Indonesia), details can be found at www.qrz.com [TNX YC2TJV] YS - Roberto, I2JIN will operate CW only from El Salvador on 10- 31 January. [TNX I2FUG]

TRIP TO AFRICA ---> Sid/DM2AYO, Mel/DL6CT and Hans/DL7CM will be active from Senegal (Cap Skirring, IK12pi) and Guinea Bissau (north of Varela, IK12qh) between 3 and 23 March. They will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK as 6W/DM2AYO, 6W/DL6CT and 6W/DL7CM (QSL via home calls, direct or bureau) 160-6 metres, and as J5UAR (QSL via DL7CM, direct or bureau) on 160-10 metres. Further information on their trip can be found at http://www.qsl.net/dl7cm/6W/6W.htm [TNX DL7CM] ______

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HK3W ---> This is the new callsign issued to Francisco "Siso" Hennessey, HK3SGP. QSL to Siso Hennessey, P.O. Box 02-5242, Miami, FL 33102, USA. [TNX HK3W]

QSL 8Q7GL ---> Gianluca, IK0XIH reports that the QSL cards will not be ready before early February at the earliest.

QSL JX9NOA ---> Ole Martin Pedersen, LA9NOA (JX9NOA) has been very busy since he left Jan Mayen in October. In a note sent to Tom, NU2W he says that he has "now processed all the QSLs sent to me" and that the actual cards will be mailed when he comes back from his 5-week business trip to Africa (first week of February).

QSL NH6P ---> Petr, OK1DOT reports that effective 1 January he is the new QSL manager for NH6P.

SJDXA ---> The 2007 officers for the South Jersey DX Association (http://sjdxa.org) are Bob Schenck, N2OO (President); Bob Tomkovich, K2RET (Vice President); Arnie Oberson, W2OB (Secretary) and Bob Pantazes, W2ARP (Treasurer). [TNX N2OO]

VU7LD ---> The ARSI operation from Kavaratti, Lakshadweep Islands (http://www.arsi.info/vu7/index.html) went QRT at 13 UTC on 27 December, a few days earlier than originally planned. On-line logs currently cover the entire period of the DXpedition: if you do not find yourself in the log and believe you have a valid QSO, please send a message to [email protected] with your detailed log entry (including the VU7LD/operator you worked) for the team to verify if a mistake was made while entering the log.

VU7RG ---> The following table shows the Operating Frequencies (source http://www.vu7.in/, latest update 24 December) for the 15-25 January VU7RG activity for the Lakshadweeps. "As announced earlier we have made clear agreements with all involved VU7 stations how we are going to share the frequency band to avoid chaos because of overlapping frequencies", the team says. Please note that: - all sites will operate exclusively within their frequency slots and - always at the beginning of their slot; - split window never will exceed upper slot boundary; - stations calling VU7RG outside the slot windows will not get logged - for example, Site 1 operates on 1821 kc and the upper split window boundary is 1832 kc: call on 1830 kc and will get your chance, call on 1833 kc and you will not be considered at all.

BAND SITE 1 SITE 2 SITE 3 ------160m 1820-1832 CW - 1832-1845 CW 1820-1832 SSB - 1845-1860 SSB - - 1905-1915 QSX ------80m 3500-3520 CW - 3520-3540 CW 3640-3670 SSB - 3670-3700 SSB - - 3775-3825 QSX ------40m 7020-7030 CW 7010-7020 CW 7000-7010 CW - - 7040-7050 DIGI 7050-7060 SSB 7070-7080 SSB 7080-7090 SSB 7225-7250 QSX 7250-7275 QSX 7175-7225 QSX ------30m 10100-10110 CW 10120-10130 CW 10130-10140 CW 10100-10110 DIGI - 10140-10150 DIGI ------20m 14000-14015 CW 14030-14045 CW 14015-14030 CW 14070-14085 DIGI - 14085-14100 DIGI 14200-14230 SSB 14235-14265 SSB 14150-14180 SSB 14230 SSTV - 14233 SSTV 14313-14331 SSB 14331-14350 SSB 14295-14313 SSB ------17m 18088-18098 CW 18068-18078 CW 18078-18088 CW 18158-18168 DIGI - 18108-18118 DIGI 18148-18158 SSB 18128-18138 SSB 18118-18128 SSB ------15m 21000-21015 CW 21030-21045 CW 21015-21030 CW 21070-21085 DIGI - 21085-21100 DIGI 21230-21260 SSB 21320-21350 SSB 21290-21320 SSB ------12m 24910-24920 CW 24890-24900 CW 24900-24910 CW 24976-24990 DIGI - 24930-24940 DIGI 24976-24990 SSB 24940-24952 SSB 24964-24976 SSB ------10m 28045-28060 CW 28015-28030 CW 28000-28015 CW 28070-28085 DIGI - 28085-28100 DIGI 28475-28500 SSB 28500-28550 SSB 28450-28500 SSB ------

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LOGS: On-line logs for 5V7SE are now available at http://www.ik3ges.it/iv3fsg.htm; the QSL cards will not be printed before the end of January at the earliest. Direct requests with expired IRCs will be processed via the bureau. [TNX IK3GES] ------

QSLs received direct or through managers: 3V6T, 4J6ZZ, 4O3T, 4U1UN, 7P8JF, 9H3MR, 9K2HN, 9L1MS, 9Q1D, 9Y4AA, A22/JA4ATV, C4M, C6AQC, C6AQQ, C94KF (AF-103), CT9L, CX6VM, D2DX, ES5RY, EZ8AQ, FG5FR, FK8GM, J28JA, J3A, KG6DX, KH8SI, KP2D, OY9JD, PJ7TM, R1MVW, R2/OZ5IPA, RU2FO, S9SS, ST2BF, SU8IOTA (AF-099), T32GW, TK5MH, TM5F (EU-095), TY5LEO, TY5MR, TZ6LF, TZ6MF, UA2DC, UA2FCB, V26K, VP2MDY, VU4AN/VU3TLY, YN2EJ, YX0LIX, Z35T, ZB2FK.

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