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08 February 2003 No 614 $425WW614B
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AH3D ---> The three operators were due to leave the island at 23 UTC on 4
February. Their schedule was to shut down around 19 UTC, but they went off
the air at about 12 UTC, packed up gear and antennas, and after six hours of
sleep got back on the air using the equipment at the local amateur radio
club. They were able to operate until almost 00 UTC, when they were told the
airplane was ready to board. AH3D made a total of 28,808 QSOs (17744 SSB,
10295 CW, 769 RTTY) in six days of operating. [TNX The Daily DX]
CELTIC CONNECTIONS ---> The GMDX Group introduces "Celtic Connections" to
encourage activity by all radio amateurs worldwide to contact areas with
Celtic origins: Galicia and Asturias (Spain), Ireland, Brittany (France),
Cornwall (England), Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Nova
Scotia (Canada). This "activity weekend" is to be held on the third weekend
in April each year (in 2003 it will start 00:00 UTC on 19 April and last
until 24.00 UTC on the 20th). Reports on activity are welcome and
certificates of participation will be awarded to anyone who submits a report.
Further details from GM3YOR (Drew Givens, 5 Langhouse Place, Inverkip, PA16
0EW, Scotland, UK) or from the GMDX Group web site (http://www.gmdx.org.uk).
[TNX GM3YOR]
DXCC HONOR ROLL ---> In order to appear in the next list, that will appear in
August 2003 QST, you must be current on the DXCC Honor Roll as of 31 March
2003. Applications must be received, or postmarked, 31 March. With the
addition of Ducie Island in 2002, the minimum number of entities required is
326, and these include only current entities. Deleted entities do not count
towards Honor Roll. For Number One Honor Roll, the total is 335 current
entities.
NEW AWARD ---> The GMDX Group announces the new "Celtic Knot Award" for
working stations in lands generally agreed to be those of the Celtic peoples,
namely Scotland (GM), Northern Ireland (GI), Ireland (EI), Isle of Man (GD),
Wales (GW), Cornwall (G), Brittany (F), Galicia and Asturias (EA1) and to
celebrate its Scottish heritage, Nova Scotia (VE1). The GMDX Group sponsors
also the "Worked All Scottish Prefix Award", which is available to licenced
amateurs and SWLs for confirmed/heard contacts with radio amateur stations
located in Scotland. Requirements and further information are available from
the GMDX Group web site (http://www.gmdx.org.uk). [TNX GM3YOR]
NOT THE MANAGER ---> Gary, NM7G has not been manager for James, Z21CA for a
decade. "I have received no logs since 1992", he says. "James is now 9J2CA
and has no manager to my knowledge".
PIRATE ---> OD5CM, who has been active for several months on 160 and 80
metres CW, appears to be a pirate. RAL President OD5CN states that this call
"belongs to John Turner, an American who left Lebanon 35 years ago". [TNX
OE-1002419]
QSL 6W#/F8IXZ ---> Jean-Marc, F8IXZ reports that all of the 6W1/F8IXZ and
6W4/F8IXZ direct cards were sent out between 31 January and 3 February. The
remaining QSOs have been confirmed automatically through the bureau.
Jean-Marc logged 1350 QSOs during his trip to Senegal in December 2003.
QSL FW8FP ---> The QSL cards are expected to arrive from the printer this
coming week and Bill, VK4FW will start processing the requests immediately.
All mail received has been put in date order and will be answered the same.
Please do not send second cards. [TNX VK4FW]
QSL HK6PSG ---> Due to the cost of the mail in Colombia, all QSL cards
(direct and bureau) for Luis, HK6PSG should be sent to his QSL manager,
EA5OL. [TNX HK6PSG]
QSL K1B (SSB) ---> "I completely understand the problems that many of you are
having getting the SSB K1B QSL cards", Roman Thomas, RZ3AA says.
"Unfortunately the mail situation in my country certainly has room for
improvement. In hindsight it was probably not a good choice to use a Russian
QSL address". Roman and Dave, K4SV (ex KW4DA, a K1B team member) have now
arranged for a QSL manager in North America to handle K1B SSB QSL cards. Send
your QSL card, plus SAE and return postage (SASE for US stations) (1 USD
preferred, 1 large IRC accepted) to K4YL (ex W4SMG): Stephen M. Grose, P.O.
Box 183, Flat Rock, North Carolina 28731-0183, USA (e-mail
K4YL@Highstream.net). All cards will be processed in the order they are
received and depending on the demand, some delay might result if additional
cards have to be printed. Please note that this QSL route is for DIRECT SSB
CARDS ONLY: bureau cards still go to RZ3AA, while CW and Digital requests are
still to be sent to YT1AD. [TNX K4SV]
QSL KL7J & VY1JA ---> As of 1 February 2003, Kim Larson, daughter of N3SL, is
the QSL manager for "J", VY1JA and Les, KL7J. She is handling all of the
VY1JA cards EXCEPT for Japan, which remain with Akio, JA3JM. QSL direct or
bureau. QSLs for KL7J are via direct ONLY. The address is Kim Larson, 22 N
Hidden Acres Dr, Sioux City, IA 51108, USA. The logs of both of these active
stations, al well as QSL instructions, can be found at
http://www.qsl.net/n3sl/manager.htm [TNX N3SL]
QSL ZL7C ---> "Please be patient regarding the issue of ZL7C QSL cards", Ken
Holdom, ZL4HU says. The cards have been received and Ken is working on them.
Do not send 2nd QSL requests, as they cause further delays in processing.
QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> Peppe Gerace, IZ8EBI is willing to act as a QSL
manager for one or more stations. His web site is at
http://space.virgilio.it/iz8ebi@tin.it/ and he can be contacted at
iz8ebi@email.it
S.I.A. ---> The Sicilian Islands Award (SIA) is sponsored by ARI Siracusa
(http://siracusanet.it/arisiracusa) and is available to either licenced
amateurs and SWLs. Further information is available from the Award Manager
Salvo Costantino, IT9HLR (e-mail it9hlr@simail.it)
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XY2A: Pictures from XY2A are available at http://qth.com/dxshack [TNX
JI6KVR]
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