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1 February 2003 No 613 $425WW613A
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3B8 - Katrin, DL1AXL has been forced to cancel her participation in the
9-15 February 3B8/DK7AO operation [425DXN 611] from Mauritius
(AF-049). The team now include Achim, DL1XD. QSL via DL3APO. Logs
will be available at http://www.radioklub.de/3b8 [TNX DL3APO]
5B - Look for Alan, 5B/G3PMR to be active from Cyprus from 4 February to
10 March. QSL via G3PMR either direct or through the RSGB bureau
(e-mail requests for bureau cards are welcome at
g3pmr@shacklog.co.uk).
9Q - La Gazette du DX reports that Pat and Nicole's licences have been
renewed through July. They are going to resume their amateur radio
activities as 9Q1A/2 and 9Q1YL/2 from their new QTH at Matadi.
A5 - Glenn Johnson, W0GJ will operate again as A51B from Bhutan between 3
and 26 February. He plans to concentrate on 80 metres CW during his
mornings and evenings and to be active during the CQ/RJ WW RTTY (8-9
February) and the ARRL DX CW (15-16 February) contests. QSL direct
to W0GJ. [TNX The Daily DX]
BY - Nicola, I0SNY and Gianni, I8KGZ plan to will be active from China on
6-29 May. Further details to follow. [TNX I0SNY]
C6 - Ivars, KC4PX will be active on 6 metres as C6APX from Nassau
(NA-001) on 8-15 February. QSL via KC4PX. [TNX The Daily DX]
DL - A group of German operators (including DH1LA, DH2AX, DH7NO, DL2RTK,
DL2SWW, DL2VFR, DL6ATM and others) will participate in the IOTA
Contest (26-27 July) as DL0KWH from Peenemuende, Usedom Island
(EU-129). Before the contest they will operate for 2-3 days with
individual callsigns on CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL via bureau. [TNX
DL2VFR]
DU - G3OCA, 4F2KWT and other DU operators will be active as DX0C from
OC-120 on 14-17 March and as 4D0B from OC-092 on 20-26 March. They
plan to have two stations on 40, 20,15 and 10 metres SSB and CW,
maybe with some WARC activity as well. QSL via G3OCA (except for
Russian stations, whose cards will be handled by UA4SKW). All direct
cards received for the 2002 expedition were mailed by the beginning
of December 2002, cards received recently are normally sent out next
day. [TNX G3OCA]
EA9 - EA9CE, the Ceuta branch of URE (http://www.gratisweb.com/ea9ce),
will participate in the CQ WW WPX RTTY Contest as AM9CE. QSL via
bureau to EA9CE. [TNX EA9CD]
F - The Belgian team of the "Minkieboys" will be going for the fourth
year to Sein Island (EU-068, DIFM AT-007) to participate in the IOTA
Contest. ON4ASG, ON4AVA, ON4ON, ON5SY, ON6CX, ON7PQ, ON7XT and
ON9CGB plan to be on the island from 24 to 29 July, and to operate
as TM3ON before, during and after the contest. QSL via ON4ON either
direct (Danny Commeyne, Rozenlaan 38, B-8890 Dadizele, Belgium) or
through the bureau. The web site for the team is at
http://users.skynet.be/minkies/ [TNX ON9CGB]
FG - Pierre, F6FXS will be active as FG/F6FXS from Guadeloupe (NA-102,
DIFO FG-001) from 12 February to 12 March. He will operate on 10-40
metres CW only, mainly during his morning and evening hours, with
some 30 watts and a wire antenna. QSL via homecall either direct
or through the bureau. [TNX F5NQL]
FO_mar - I2MOV, I2YSB, IK1AOD, IK1PMR, IK2DIA, IK2GNW and IK2WXV will be
active on CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK from the Marquesas Islands (OC-027)
for two weeks starting in late April. They plan to have three
stations on all bands, 6 metres included, with beams and linear
amplifiers. Further information is expected in due course; on-line
logs will be available at http://digilander.libero.it/i2ysb [TNX
I2YSB]
HP - Wil, DJ7AA will be active (callsign not known) from Contadora Island
(NA-072) on 4-19 February. He will participate in the CQ WPX RTTY
and ARRL DX CW contests. Outside the contests he will concentrate on
160 and 80 metres CW (look for him on or around 1826.5 and 3560
kHz), with some SSB and WARC band activity. QSL via DL6MYL. [TNX
NG3K]
JA - Look for Hiro, JO1EPY/6 to be active (on 40, 17, 15, 12 and 10
metres SSB and CW) from Nakano-shima in the Tokara Islands (AS-049)
on 1-3 March. QSL via home call either direct (Hiroshi Kotoku,
3-4-19 Kishimachi, Kawagoe City, Saitama 350-1131, Japan) or through
the bureau. [TNX JI6KVR]
JA - Mat, JS6PXB will be active (on 40 and 20 metres SSB) as JS6PXB/6
from Zamami Island (AS-017), from 6 UTC on 5 February through 00.00
UTC on the 6th. QSL via home call either direct or through the
bureau.
KH3 - Martti/OH2BH, Pertti/OH2PM and Bernie/W3UR have been active as AH3D
from Johnston Atoll since early this week. They operate from the
local Club station (KJ6BZ), which will be dismantled a few days
after the end of this expedition. The last operation will be on
Monday night (Johnston local time) on 20 and 10 metres (last
antennas to come down). There have been problems with e-mail from
Johnston, so on-line logs are not available. The pilot station is
Bill Avery, K6GNX (bavery@telemetry.com). QSL via OH2BH (2003
Johnston Atoll DXpedition, P.O. Box 73, 02380 Espoo, Finland). [TNX
K6GNX]
PJ - Tom/AE9B, Marty/NW0L and Jerry/WB9Z will be active (on SSB, CW and
RTTY with an emphasis on the WARC bands) as PJ2/homecall from from
Curacao (SA-006) from 26 February through 4 March. QSL via home
calls. They will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as PJ2T (QSL
via N9AG). [TNX NW0L]
PY - CT1AHU, PY8EA, PT7BI, PT2GTI, PT2HF will be active (call unknown)
from Mexiana Island (SA-042, the most "most wanted" IOTA group in
South America) on 21-25 May. They plan to operate on 40, 20, 15 and
10 metres SSB. Further information is expected in due course. [TNX
CT1END and CT1AHU]
PY0_fdn- Bill, W9VA will be active as PY0ZFO (QSL via W9VA) from Fernando de
Noronha on 12-18 February, including and entry in the ARRL CW DX
Contest (contest category and callsign TBA). [TNX NG3K]
T8 - JA5AUC (T88TM), JA5ROH (T88RH), JA5MY (T88FB), JA5SUD (T88DY) and
JA5EIY (T88EI) will be active on 160-6 metres from Palau (OC-009) on
7-12 February. QSL via home calls. [TNX NG3K and La Gazette du DX]
V2 - Bill, W4WX (V25WX) and Larry, W1LR (V2/W1LR, but he has applied for
V26LR) will be active from Antigua (NA-100) on 17-25 February. They
will have a small beam for 10, 15 & 20 metres, a vertical for 10,
12, 15, 17, & 20 metres and dipole for 6 metres. They will be on
SSB, MMTTY and PSK-31. The pilot station will be Clarence, W9AAZ
(kx8nlaf@bellsouth.net). QSL via home calls. [TNX W4WX]
VK9_lh - Barry, VK2BJ will be active as VK2LBJ from Lord Howe Island (OC-004)
for one week starting on 8 February. [TNX The Daily DX]
VK9_xms- Steve, VK3OT/VK3SIX will be active as VK9XI from Christmas Island
(OC-002) on 7-21 April. He will concentrate on 6 metres (50115 kHz)
between 10 and 15 UTC, with low band operation at 23 UTC (sunrise)
and 8 UTC (sunset). QSL direct to VK3OT (Steven Gregory, P.O. Box
622, Hamilton, Victoria 3300, Australia). Web page at
http://members.datafast.net.au/electronics/vk9x.htm [TNX VK3OT]
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