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15 March 2003 No 619 $425WW619C
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YS - Holger (DL7IO, http://www.dl7io.de/news.html), Birgit (DL7IQ) and
Cisco (YS1CF) will be active (on 10-80 metres SSB, SSTV, RTTY and
CW) from various sites in El Salvador between 24 March and 11 April.
They will be using YS1/homecall from the San Salvador area and HU1M
(Multi-Single) during the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. They also plan to
operate from Meanguera Island (NA-190) as YS3/homecall and to take a
side trip to Honduras and be active as HR4/homecall from El Tigre
(NA-060). QSLs for all via DK7AO. [TNX VE3LYC]
ZL - Steve, G4EDG will be active as ZL1/G4EDG from Waiheke Island
(OC-201) from about 14 March for 4-5 days. This will be a 20m QRP CW
only operation, best time for Europe is around 6 UTC. QSL via home
call. [TNX G4EDG]
ZP - Tom/ZP5AZL and Jorge/CX6VM will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB
Contest as ZP40Z (Multi-Single) from Asuncion, Paraguay. QSL via
W3HNK. [TNX CX6VM]
PACIFIC TOUR ---> Jeffrey, KI0RO reports he will be active (on 10-40 metres
CW and SSB) from the Marshall Islands and Micronesia as follows:
23-28 March V73/KI0RO Roi-Namur, Kwajalein (OC-028)
30 March-2 April V63JE Kosrae (OC-059)
4-7 April V63JE Pohnpei (OC-010)
This is not a DXpedition and Jeffrey will be QRV as time permits. All QSLs
via KI0RO.
MDXC ---> Antonio, IZ8CCW reports that several members of the Mediterraneo DX
Club (http://www.mdxc.org) will be using special calls between 1 and 6 April
to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Club. Look for IB0MDC (from Ventotene
Island, EU-045), IR1MDC, IR2MDC, IR6MDC, IR8MDC, IU8MDC, IR8M (from the MDXC
HQ), IO8MDC (from Dino Island, EU-144), II8MDC and IR9MDC from Italy, as well
as for YC3MDC from OC-021 and EA8MDC from the Canary Islands (AF-004). A
special QSL will be available from the MDXC (P.O. Box 245, 87100 Cosenza -
CS, Italy); bureau cards should be routed via IZ8BGY. The operators involved
in the celebration are EA8AKN, I8JOQ, IK1NLZ, IK2TDM, IK2THN, IK2UVR, IK2VUC,
IK2WZQ, IK2ZJN, IK6QGD, IK6TUP, IK8TPB, IK8UHA, IK8VRH, IK8VRN, IK8YVG,
IT9DAA, IT9EJW, IT9SSI, IW8AXU, IW8ERC, IW8EUE, IW8RMN, IZ1BZV, IZ1DUI,
IZ2ABN, IZ2ACG, IZ2EIH, IZ6AWB, IZ6EGW, IZ8AZZ, IZ8BGY, IZ8CCW, IZ8DDG,
IZ8DPL, IZ8DPO, IZ8DWJ, IZ8DWL, IZ8EPX, IZ8EQB, IZ8FAV, IZ8FBZ, YC3BDJ,
YC3DIK, YC3IZK and YC3TT.
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
5B4AHJ ---> This is the permanent 5B call received by Alan, G3PMR on 7 March.
Alan reports he used it during the RSGB Commonwealth Contest at the weekend,
and will use it again for all future operations from Cyprus. QSL via G3PMR.
A35KB ---> Father Kevin Burke, A35KB is now QRT. "Kevin is very busy with his
duties as parish priest on the island of Eua, and is no longer able to
operate on the radio. He has allowed his license to expire, his station is
dismantled and he has no intention of getting back on the air any time soon.
Kevin can no longer respond to QSL requests". The information came from Paul
Kidd, A35RK, who talked to Father Kevin on the phone. [TNX The Daily DX]
DX1ABC ---> The Philippine Amateur Radio Association reports that the "same
person using DU1ABC now using DX1ABC is an illegal operator as per the
records of our National Telecommunications Commission." [TNX The Daily DX]
LF IN POLAND ---> Sylwester Jarkiewicz, SP2FAB reports that the Polish
telecommunications authority has approved the use of 135.7-137.8 kHz for
amateur radio on a secondary basis with 1W e.i.r.p. on CW.
NOT THE MANAGER ---> IK4JPR, IK4RUX and IZ4CCO operated from San Marino
(T70A) and Vatican (HV5PUL) on 29-30 September 2001 and 16 May 2002
respectively. They are receiving QSL cards, but they cannot confirm any of
those QSOs. Please note that cards for T70A should be sent via bureau or
direct to A.R.R.S.M., P.O. Box 77, San Marino A1, 47031 Repubblica di San
Marino. Cards for HV5PUL should be sent direct only to Pontificia Universita'
Lateranense, Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano 4, 00120 Citta' del Vaticano.
PIRATE ---> "I am sorry to report that Albert, 5R8GZ call is being pirated on
80 and 160 metres", Phil Whitchurch, G3SWH says. "Albert does not operate on
these bands at all as he has no suitable antennas".
QSL MANAGER OFFERED ---> William Brooks, KV4DT is willing to volunteer his
services as a QSL manager. Please contact him at either kv4dt@mfire.com or
P.O. Box 309, Drummonds, TN 38023, USA.
QSL ES85x ---> Oleg, ES1RA reports that the correct QSL routes are as
follows: ES85M (CW) via ES1RA, ES85M (SSB) via ES1QD, ES85J (CW) via ES1RA.
QSL HK3AXY ---> W2GR (Mike Benjamin, 1064 99th Street, Niagara Falls, NY
14304, USA) is the new QSL manager for Daniel, HK3AXY. Mike will accept
direct cards only, while bureau cards should be sent to HK3AXY.
QSL TR8XX ---> The Daily DX reports that Didier, F5OGL "received a phone call
from TR8SA, Christian saying he visited the QTH of the late TR8XX,
Jean-Claude, in Libreville, Gabon. Christian was unable to locate any logs.
Christian had also checked the home of Jean-Claude in France earlier, also
with no luck". Didier is therefore unable to confirm past QSOs with TR8XX,
all requests will be returned to sender. Please note that F5OGL does have the
logs for the 3C2JJ operation (AF-082, May 1999) and another one from Corsica.
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