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8 March 2003 No 618 $425WW618B
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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VK - Bill, VK4FW reports he will be on Fraser Island (OC-142) from 8
March for about four days. "I will be extremely busy", he says,
"however I hope to get a little time for the radio". He will operate
mainly CW in his late afternoon and some night. QSL direct only to
Bill Horner, P.O. Box 1343, Maroochydore 4558, Australia.
VK - VI5WCP is the special call to be used from Waldegrave Island in the
South Australia State West Centre Group (OC-???) [425DXN 615].
Tom/VK3ZZ, Peter/VK3QI, Keith/VK3FT and Jack/VK3WWW will now be
active (on all bands except 160 metres, SSB and CW) on 17-22 April.
The operation will celebrate the historical naming of the island by
Matthew Flinders during his coastal exploration of 1802/03. QSL via
VK3ZZ either direct (Thomas Marlowe, P.O. Box 368, Leongatha,
Victoria 3953, Australia) or through the bureau. [TNX VK3ZZ]
VP5 - Look for David, VP5/KY1V (www.ky1v.com) to be active from Whitby,
North Caicos Island (NA-002) on 11-18 March. QSL via home call. [TNX
NG3K]
VP6_di - Stu Greene, WA2MOE reports that the Ducie Island team expects to
arrive on 8 March in their morning (Ducie time is UTC -8). To avoid
pirates, the call sign will not be released until the operation has
begun. Suggested frequencies are the following:
CW 10.102 or 10.124 listen up per instructions
14.020 up 9
18.070 up 9
21.020 up 9
24.900 up 9
28.020 up 9
SSB 14.195 up .215
18.130 up .140
21.295 up .305
24.950 up .955
28.445 up .455
RTTY 21.080 up .100-120 (primary band as long as there is demand)
14.080 up .085 (second band)
6m 50.110 SSB/CW on operators instruction, a beacon will be
there 24 hours
"Please don't ask about 40, 80 or 160, because I do not know at this
time", WA2MOE says.
The pilots for the operation are JE2EHP(je2ehp@jarl.com), DJ8NK
(C_Harders@compuserve.com) and WA2MOE (wa2moe@firstinter.net). QSL
via JR2KDN Yuichi Yoshida, 4F Kato Building, 529 Rokugaike, Kita-Ku,
Nagoya 462-0002, Japan). The web sites are at
www.qsl.net/wd4ngb/ducie.htm and www.qsl.net/aa0mz/ducie2.htm.
CARIBBEAN TOUR ---> Nigel, G3TXF will be active as VP2EN from Anguilla
(NA-022) through 12 March. He hopes to be QRV during the RSGB's Commonwealth
Contest (8-9 March). On 13-18 March Nigel plans to operate as FS/G3TXF/p from
Tintamarre Island (NA-199), St. Martin. These are likely to be daytime only
operations from about 14 UTC to 22 UTC. Both operations will be CW only and
Nigel will try to "stick to the zeroes" (i.e 14030 or 14040, 18080 or 18090,
21030 or 21040, 24900 or 24910, 28030 or 28040). QSL via G3TXF. Further
details on http://www.G3TXF.com [TNX NG3K]
SOUTH AMERICA TOUR ---> From 14 to 30 March Rick, NE8Z will be operating from
Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil as LU/NE8Z (various locations), CX/NE8Z
(Colonia) and PY5/NE8Z (Iguazu Falls). He plans to operate on 40-10 metres CW
(most activity on WARC bands). QSL via NE8Z (Rick Dorsch, P.O. Box 616,
Hamburg, MI 48139, USA). [TNX NE8Z]
SOUTH SHETLANDS (AN-010) ---> Oleg (UA1PBA) is currently active as DP1ANF
from the Eduard Dallmann Laboratory (WABA DL-07) on King George Island, but
will have to QRT on 8 March (actual time will depends on the weather which is
very poor at the moment). QSL via RK1PWA. Due to poor propagation, Oleg and
Alex (UA1PAW) logged some 1400 QSOs only during their recent R1ANF/p
operation from the Teniente Ballve refuge of Argentina (WABA LU-22). [TNX
DL5EBE]
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